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Penelope Wilton and Lyndsey Marshal star in this high Victorian tale of a woman who runs her own bank. Hester Vernon, having invited her disgraced cousin to be her junior in the bank, finds his ambition for growth hard to control and there is also his wife - Lady Ellen - to take into account. Margaret Oliphant's novel first published in 1883. Dramatised by Kate Clanchy & Zena Forster. Margaret Oliphant .... Penelope Wilton Hester Vernon .... Lyndsey Marshal Lady Ellen .... Jasmine Hyde Catherine Vernon .... Lizzy Watts Edward Vernon .... Joseph Kloska Director: Jonquil Panting First broadcast on Â鶹Éç Radio 4 in January 2014.