All language subtitles for Upstairs Downstairs S03E03 A Change of Scene WEB-DL DDP2 0 H 264-squalor (1)_track3_[eng]

(upbeat instrumental music)

- Ah, it's in print at last.

Congratulations.

- It's come out rather
well, I think.

I found a misprint already.

- No, I think it looks
absolutely splendid.

Well done, father.

Can I borrow this?

- You can keep it.

I've inscribed the
first copy for you.

- Thank you father.

I shall take it to
the city with me.

I'm sure it's more interesting
than the price of tea.

-[Richard] Oh here,
it's your letter.

- Oh, Bunny Newbury asked me
to go shooting next weekend.

I don't think I'll go.

- Well why not?

You don't get out
enough these days.

- Father, you used to
say I was always...

- Dashing around?

Well yes, it has been
rather a quiet household

these past few months.

Change of scene will
do you good.

Who else is going to be there?

-[James] Hmm, he doesn't say.

Just come down next weekend.

Bring your gun.

He says he can supply
me with a loader.

I suppose I could take Edward,

not that he knows anything
about guns.

- Why not take Hudson?

He's an experienced loader.

I've always found him
an excellent valet.

- Hudson, he wouldn't
want to come.

- Why on Earth not?

He's country born and bred.

Whenever your mother and
I took him to Chatsworth,

he was delighted.

- Possibly, but he'd
find it far beneath

his dignity to accompany me.

He and I haven't always
seen eye to eye.

Have we?

- Well now you have a
very good opportunity

to show you bear
him no ill will.

Ask him.

- Alright, but I bet
he won't want to come.

He thinks this house
would fall to pieces

if he wasn't here
to look after it.

- Well in that case,
it'll do Hudson good

to know that he's
not indispensable.

(laughter)

- Oh and here is the key to
my wine cellar, Mrs. Bridges.

I don't feel like giving
it to the hands of Edward.

I've told him that if he needs
it, he can ask you for it.

- Very good Mr. Hudson.

Well, I hope you have a
pleasant stay in Summerby Park.

The Marquis of Newbury
is quite young.

- Only inherited last
year Mrs. Bridges.

A rather rackety
young gentleman.

- Oh dear.

- Nevertheless, I expect to
find a well-run household

as his Lordship's mother,
the Dowager Marchionesse

is still in residence, his
Lordship being unmarried.

- Well, it'll make a nice
change for you, Mr. Hudson.

- Change is not everything,
Mrs. Bridges.

I would much prefer to
stay here at my post.

- I don't really want
to go at all.

- Well why do you go then?

- Well one just does, you know.

- I sometimes think that
people in society

are like migrating birds.

They flock to Ascot, and
they flock to Goodwood,

and they flock to...

- Scotland for the grouse,

and back to England
for the pheasant.

- Thank you, and they
don't know why they do it.

It's just that everyone
else does.

(laughter)

- Shall I stay at home?

Would you like me to?

- Me?

What have I got to do with it?

- Don't you think
you'll miss me?

- I doubt it.

Look at the amount of work
your father's given me to do.

I shall be much too busy.

(typewriter clicking)

Goodbye.

- Goodbye.

(typewriter clicking)

- I think His Lordship
is consorting

with the head keeper, my Lord.

- Don't worry Makepiece,
I'll look after myself.

Ah, Kitty and Cochie
are here already.

What a surprise.

- Charles, I'm so
glad to see you.

We quite thought that everyone
was arriving this morning.

- I suppose come to lunch
and come to tea

do look quite alike in
Bunny's handwriting.

- Yes, they do.

- Talking of tea...

- Yes, I really do think
that poor old Makepiece

is getting quite senile.

I told him he could bring in
tea a quarter of an hour ago.

- Perhaps he felt that
he should wait

for the rest of the guests,
or even for our hostess.

- Oh, Dolly will be
having tea in her boudoir

with Mr. Weinberg.

So much smarter to have
a tame Jew than a poodle,

and much more useful.

It's too funny to think
of him sitting up there

taking tea and advising
Dolly about her investments.

- I wish he'd advise
us about ours.

- Well perhaps if Kitty's
nice to him, he will.

- Well I admired his tweed suit.

I never once said it made him
look like a bookie's runner.

(laughter)

I really don't know
what more I can do.

- I suppose darling Diana
will be with us.

Diana the huntress
pursued by a bunny,

that's quite a reversal.

-[Kitty] She's such
a lovely girl,

not quite as young as she was.

I suppose Bunny does mean to
pop the question this weekend.

Oh Cochie, what are
you prowling about for?

- Hunting for a cigarette.

- Your case is empty is it?

- What?

Um yes, I think it is.

Oh, I seem to have one
after all, isn't that lucky?

- There was a girl on the train,
a very pretty little thing.

-[Cochie] Oh really?

- Not very chatty.

Golden hair and big blue eyes.

-[Cochie] I say, golden hair?

- Yes, it could be the
youngest Grey girl.

So pretty, and almost an idiot.

- Anyone else coming?

-[Kitty] Only James Bellamy.

- Oh James is coming, good.

- It's so embarrassing,
his mother having

gone down on the Titanic.

One feels quite inhibited
about mentioning water.

Cochie, you had better
drink soda

with your whiskey
while you're here.

(laughter)

- Wasn't James Bellamy rather
keen on Diana at one time?

- Was he?

In that case, I wonder
why Bunny's asked him.

- Perhaps it was Diana's idea.

- Perhaps it was.

- Now make sure they put
the car under cover, Hudson.

- Very good sir.

- Cochie, we've got some food.

Tea darling, do you
take milk or lemon?

- I say Miss Diana, I'm
fearfully glad you could come.

- Are you Bunny?

Hmm, it is rather
good of me to come

when you invite people
like Kitty Danby.

She's such a cat.

- I suppose she is rather awful.

- Of course she is, so
why did you ask her?

- I don't know really.

- The trouble is, Bunny, you
never know why you do things.

It gets rather boring.

- Diana, darling.

- Hello Kitty.

- Hello Diana.

- Captain Bellamy, my Lord.

- Oh Jimmy, I'm glad
you could come.

Now, oh Kitty, you know
Jimmy Bellamy, don't you?

- Yes, I do, but don't expect
me to be polite to him.

He behaved very badly
when we were

playing croquet at Wilton.

He hit my ball into
the shrubery,

and when I went to look for
it, he didn't even follow me.

- I apologize for my bad
manners and my bad taste.

- Hello James.

- Charles.

- I didn't expect to see you.

I thought you were
a city gent now.

- Ah well even city gents get
time off for good behavior.

(laughter)

- Now Jimmy, I want you
to meet Miss Grey.

Now he's going to tell you
all about buying tea in India

and shipping it back to England.

- Oh gosh, that sounds
terribly interesting.

- Well I don't know about that.

(laughter)

Diana, how simply splendid.

I didn't know you were
going to be here.

I thought you loathed
shooting parties.

- Well I must have forgotten.

Come on, have a scone.
They're delicious.

- Oh hello Cochie,
found the food as usual?

- You haven't gotten
any tea, have you?

- No.

- You're quite right,
they're absolutely delicious.

Do you remember the
cinnamon toast

we used to have down
at Southwold?

- Ah yes, on my first
weekend there when I was

so frightened, biting
into a piece

and spitting butter
all down my dress.

Your grandma was
beastly about it.

- She called you a hoiden.

- What would she
say about me now?

- Just the same,
Grandmother never changes.

- I say, Jimmy, would you
mind looking after Miss Grey?

She doesn't know a soul, and
she hasn't had anything to eat.

- I'll feed her.

- Have you heard from
Elizabeth lately?

(mumbling conversation)

- Mr. Hudson, good evening.

- Ah good evening Mr. Breeze.

- It's very nice to
see you, I'm sure.

- Thank you.

The chauffeur brought
the car around,

but there doesn't seem to be
anyone to carry in the luggage.

- Oh there should
be someone about.

Oh Henry, fetch in Captain
Bellamy's luggage, will you?

- Righty-o.

- You didn't come on
the London train, then?

- No, we drove down in
Captain Bellamy's motorcar.

- One of those open
things, is it?

- It is.

- That's one thing I hate.

You get bled about, your
gentleman gets dusty,

and then what's the
point of it all?

The train gets there quicker
and more comfortable.

His Lordship wanted me to
go up to London with him

in his motor last week.

I said much obliged,
my Lord, I said,

but I think we'll serve
better if you drive,

I go by train, and I'll
be there in time

to get the luggage
out of the dickey,

if it hasn't fallen
out on the way.

- You wouldn't have
talked like that

to His late Lordship,
Mr. Breeze.

- Ah, there's a great many
things done in this house,

Mr. Hudson, that wouldn't
have suited His late Lordship.

- Oh take care of that!

- Here watch it Henry,
you'll have

spray all over his shirts.

- I'll take the garment.

- Gun room's in here.

- Thank you Mr. Breeze.

Captain Bellamy's in the
blue dressing room, Henry.

- Right Mr. Breeze.

- Do you mind showing Mr. Hudson
his room at the same time?

He's in the west wing
next to Mr. Gilmour,

Lord Charles's gentleman.

- That bag is mine.

You may carry that
too if you will.

- Yes sir.

- Oh it's very nice to have
you with us Mr. Hudson.

Tea will be served shortly
in the servants' hall.

We should be very happy,
I'm sure to welcome you

to the upper servants'
sitting room after dinner.

- Thank you Mr. Breeze.

Mr. Breeze?

-[Breeze] Yes Mr. Hudson?

Does Mr. Makepiece take his
tea in the servants' hall?

- Mr. Makepiece?

Dear no, he takes his tea
in the housekeeper's room.

- Mrs. Kenton, I believe?

- That's right.

- Mr. Breeze, I wonder if
you would be good enough

to have a message conveyed
to Mrs. Kenton

to the effect that Mr. Hudson
would like a word with her?

- Very good Mr. Hudson.

- Now Jimmy, you won't
need a loader will you?

- No thanks, I've got Hudson.

Who's shooting?

- There's you, me, Cochie,
Charlie, Max Weinberg,

and one or two what my
mother will call Aborigines,

you know, harmless locals.

(laughter)

- Who on Earth is that
with your mother?

- It's Max Weinberg.

- He's a highly successful
financier,

whose hobby which he practices
rather less successfully

is being an English gentleman.

- Well he used to advise the
old king on his investments,

and he now advises my mother.

He likes coming down
here for the shooting

and the hunting, and that's
how he gets paid for it.

- He's got two pairs of Purdey
specials, both brand new,

and costing about 400 pounds.

- So he can shoot four meters
without even reloading.

(laughter)

- I'll have to put
him on the outside,

fiddle the draw, and he
can't do too much harm.

- Good evening Charles.

- Good evening Lady Newbury.

- Charles, how very pleasant
to see you here again.

- Good evening Lady Newbury.

- How's your dear aunt?

- Very well.

- She and I had such an
interesting time in the summer

helping Daisy Warig orgainize
tea for miners' wives.

Poor things, they were
quite over-awed,

but they did appreciate
it so much.

You must come and
meet Max Weinberg.

Now you're working in the city,
he might be useful to you.

Max, this is Captain Bellamy.

- How do you do?

- Captain Bellamy, what an
excellent speech your father

made on the financial provisions
of the home rule bill.

- Oh I'm glad you approve.

- I approve whenever a
politician talks sense about
money.

It doesn't happen often.

(laughter)

- Are you coming shooting
with us tomorrow?

- I might.

I'd do almost anything to
avoid spending the morning

listening to Kitty Danby saying

unpleasant things about people.

If you disagree with her,
you sound like a prig.

If you don't, you feel
ashamed after.

- Come and stand with
me then, like old times.

Remember shooting rabbits
with me down at Southwold?

- Yes, I had to retrieve them,

and I got blood all
over my dress,

and there was a frightful
row when I got home.

- You make it sound as if
I did absolutely nothing

for the first 16
years of my life.

Does that make things
difficult for you?

- You did.

So what are you going
to do about it now?

- James, Miss Grey and
I are trying to decide

whether or not your grandmother
is related

to her aunt, Lady Threadgold.

Do come and settle it for us.

- Oh well Lady...

- That's too bad of Jimmy.

- What is?

- Well I asked him down here
for Miss Grey, and he's not...

- Doing his duty?

- Well when you ask
people to stay,

you expect them to fit in,
you know, do their bit.

I mean, it doesn't make
a pattern unless

they're keeping their place.

- And where is my place?

(knocking)

- Come in.

(door opening)

Ah Mr. Hudson, you're
Captain Bellamy's valet?

I believe you wanted
to speak to me?

- Mrs. Kenton,

I think there has been some
very natural misunderstanding.

I am not, strictly speaking,
Captain Bellamy's valet.

I hold the position of
butler to Mr. Richard Bellamy

and to the late Lady
Marjorie Bellamy.

Captain Bellamy's valet, Edward,

would normally have
accompanied him,

but since there was
shooting involved

and Edward is not experienced
with guns,

I offered to take his
place for this occasion

and act as valet.

- I'm sure Captain Bellamy
appreciates it.

Nevertheless, you are
in this household

in the capacity of valet,
and if you wish to complain

to me about your place
in the servants' hall...

- Complain about my place?

Certainly not.

As far as my place is
concerned, I think I shall be

content to quote the old
Scottish saying and remark

"Where the McGregor sits
is the head of the table."

No, no Mrs. Kenton.

In my own house in Eaton
Place, I am, as it were,

master of below stairs.

I don't expect anyone to
question my authority there,

and I would not dream of
questioning your authority here.

It was merely that I felt
that some slight embarrassment

might arise later
if it was realized

that the situation had
been misunderstood.

I'm sure I shall find it
an interesting experience

taking tea in the
servants' hall.

It will remind me of my old
days as a footman at Southwold.

(knocking)

- Alright Betsy, you
can lay the table.

Mr. Hudson, perhaps
you'd care to stay

and take tea with Mr.
Makepiece and myself,

just for this afternoon.

- Thank you Mrs. Kenton, but
I must unpack for the Captain.

He'll be wanting to change
since we traveled down by motor,

and it was rather dusty.

- Well, perhaps you'd care
to return in half an hour.

- Thank you Mrs. Kenton,
that would be very pleasant.

- Sherry sir?

- You haven't got any
cocktails, have you?

- No sir.

(piano music)

- It really is too
deliciously amusing to see

Dolly Newbury and Bunny like
two overanxious sheepdogs

trying to herd James Bellamy
in the direction of Miss Grey.

- And he keeps slipping
out of the pen

and joining Diana, leaving
Bunny with Miss Grey.

- Poor Bunny.

I'm sure he's invited Diana down

with the express intention
of getting engaged to her

before the weekend was over.

Wouldn't it be too
amusing if she got engaged

to James Bellamy instead?

Shall we see if we
can contrive it?

- Why not?

(laughter)

(instrumental music)

- I hope they're looking
after you alright Hudson.

- Quite satisfactory,
thank you sir.

I am acquainted with
His Lordship's valet,

and the housekeeper seems to
be a very agreeable woman.

- Good, just as long as
they're making you comfortable.

- Very comfortable,
thank you sir.

- What time are we starting?

- At nine o'clock sir.

- Are we going out after lunch?

- No sir, I understand
the ladies are driving out

to join you for luncheon.

It is pleasant to see Lady
Diana Russel again sir.

- Yes, yes very pleasant.

- She was always a great
favorite of Her Ladyship's.

I remember Her Ladyship
saying to me once,

"Lady Diana is coming
to dinner, Hudson.

"We must ask Mrs.
Bridges to make

"raspberry pudding
she's so fond of."

- I don't remember Lady
Diana dining at Eaton Place.

- I think it was when
you were in India, sir.

Yes, I remember when
Lady Diana arrived,

she asked if you were
going to be there,

and she seemed very disappointed

when she heard that
you were not.

As it is rather a chilly
morning, sir,

I think perhaps you should wear

a guernsey under your jacket.

I'll get it out so that you
can put it on after breakfast.

- Thank you Hudson.

- Mr. Makepiece, did you
want any other glasses

besides the claret?

- What?

- We packed the claret glasses.

Do you want tumblers as well?

- Don't you come here
asking me questions.

I'll tell you what
to do soon enough.

Don't you come bothering me.

- Sorry Mr. Makepiece.

- I hope you're putting in

some rugs and chairs,
Mr. Makepiece.

The gentlemen will
sit on the ground,

and I don't want His
Lordship's new suit

all nasty green stains.

- The ground?

He won't sit on the ground.

Not with his arthritis.

He'd never get up again.

- I'm talking about His young
Lordship, Mr. Makepiece.

His late Lordship is dead.

- I know he's dead.

What are you talking about?

-[Hudson] Good morning
Mr. Makepiece.

- Good morning, good morning.

Who are you?

Do I know you?

- Mr. Hudson.

Butler to Mr. Richard
Bellamy and

the late Lady Marjorie Bellamy.

- Ah yes, yes, yes.

You're guests in the
house are they?

- Captain Bellamy
is staying here.

- Ah yes.

That's what I thought.

Just tasting the claret.

Lordship's very particular
about his claret,

always has been.

I remember for the old
queen's jubilee,

we gave a supper to
150 estate workers,

and His Lordship said "give
them claret, Makepiece" he said.

"Let them try the real
thing for once."

- I dare say they would
just as soon have had beer.

- That's what I said.

"My Lord," I said, "they'd
just as soon have beer" I said.

But he said "let them try
the real thing for once."

Of course, it wasn't
his best claret.

Do I know you?

- Hudson, Mr. Makepiece.

I had the pleasure of taking tea

with you and Mrs.
Kenton yesterday.

- Ah yes, yes, I thought
I knew your face.

- Bunny says the weather's
been very bad this summer.

A bunch of young birds died.

- We've had a lot of trouble
with vermin at Bransbury.

- Good morning Major Danby.

- Good morning Mr. Danby?.

Those gators of yours
are going to get

a bit muddy, aren't they?

- Oh my man's very good
with gators, you know.

He used to be with
Lord Harcourt.

- Really?

- Is that a diamond tie pin?

- It looks like it.

- It's no use.

I can't get used to
seeing the fellow here.

I mean good God, we might
as well invite one's tailor.

- Good morning, good morning.

- Good morning.

- We should have good
sport today, I think.

- I hope so.

- I'm looking forward to
trying my new Purdey guns.

One magnificent pair.

Special short barrels.

You must see them.

What guns do you use
Captain Bellamy?

- Me, oh I use the same
gun I've used for 10 years.

Hammer action, built for
my grandfather in 1885.

I don't particularly
want to change now.

- Weinberg, I hear your
firm's financing

this new railway in Uganda.

Is that likely to be
profitable soon?

- I'm afraid I have no
information on that at the
moment.

- Come on you chaps,
early start.

- Extraordinary these Jews are.

They don't talk about
anything but money.

(group chatting)

(laughter)

- Good morning.

- Thank you John.

- Seven.

- Lovely morning.

- Two.

- Number five.

- Three.

- Six.

- Six, Weinberg, you're
next to James, alright?

- Jolly good.

- You never know, he might
hit a tail feather or two.

(group chatting)

I'm glad you could come, James.

We've not seen you
about much lately.

Still, I suppose under
the circumstances,

you've not had much choice.

I gather Diana especially saw
to it that you were asked.

- Did she?

-[Charles] Yes I believe.

May not be true of course.

That's your eyepiece.

- Oh Mrs. Cochrane-Danby,
I found your piece of sky.

- That is almost too
exciting to bear.

Perhaps you'd kindly put
it in for me, Miss Grey.

- Yes of course.

- It really is appallingly cold.

Miss Grey, I wonder if
you'd ring the bell

for the footman to
make up the fire.

-[Grey] Yes of course.

Um, do you think we should?

- Well since the alternative
is to freeze to death,

I'm quite sure we should.

- Oh yes.

- Oh shooting parties
are really such a bore.

Either one is left alone to
amuse oneself until tea time,

or else one goes to have
lunch in a muddy field

with the ruination of
one's boots and gloves.

And the men come in at four
o'clock with splitting headaches

fit for nothing but dozing
in front of the fire

and tumbling into bed,
usually their own.

I really don't know why I come.

- Don't you?

- At least we know why
James Bellamy's come,

and I don't mean
for the shooting.

- Oh?

- Oh my dear Diana,
surely you know.

- Know what?

- Well James said he
wouldn't come at first,

but then Bunny told him
you would be here,

so he changed his mind.

(gasping)

Oh dear now I've betrayed
a confidence.

Oh it really can't be helped.

- Well it's a long time
since you and I

were out in the country
together, Hudson.

- Indeed it is sir.

Makes a pleasant change.

- Tell me, do you ever
regret not becoming

a gamekeeper like your father?

- I have never believed
in dwelling

on what might have been, sir.

(whistling)

- I'm going for a walk.

(guns firing)

- Over you sir.

(guns firing)
(yelling)

- Hudson, if you see Mr.
Weinberg pointing his gun

in this direction, fall
flat on your face.

I certainly intend to.

- Very good sir.

(guns firing)

- You see that, Hudson?

- Out left and right sir.

Very good shooting sir.

- It was indeed.

- Good morning Lady Newbury.

- Dear Celia, how
charming you look.

Mrs. Danby, always so striking.

- Lady Newbury.

- Now are we ready?

I think we can all fit
into the Landeau.

Where is Lady Diana?

- She went for a walk.

I think she's probably
already there.

- Ah yes, she and my
son are such friends.

It's quite delightful
to see them together.

- Quite.

(guns firing)

-[Hudson] Ah you're a wee
bit ahead of that sir.

Good shot sir.

That one's out hit sir.

- Hello.

- I took you at your
word, is that alright?

- Yes, and if I had
two sets of guns

like Mr. Weinberg, you
would help Hudson load.

- Lady?

- I'd rather sit
here, thank you.

(guns firing)

- Nice shot sir.

- Luncheon, luncheon.

Come on, pick up.

Come on, pick up everyone.

Luncheon.

Come on James, luncheon.

Luncheon everybody.

- Hello Bunny, I came to
see how you were getting on.

- Oh I say, Diana,
how simply riffing.

- Well you shoot very
well Mr. Weinberg.

- Thank you.

I never believe it's
worth doing anything

unless one does it well.

- Mr. Makepiece, do
you think we ought

to get the hay boxes
out of the break?

- What's that?

Not yet, I don't want
the food to get cold.

- Better get the glasses out.

- Did you shoot well?

(group chatting)

- Where should we all sit down?

- My Lady.

Get some chairs out
of the tent quickly.

Set them around the table.

- Thank you.

- Quickly, quickly.

Do you wish the hot food
put out, Mr. Makepiece?

- Mustn't get it out too soon.

It could get cold.

- The ladies and gentlemen
are here, Mr. Makepiece,

ready for their luncheon.

- Huh?

- Get the hay boxes
out of the rig.

Set the food out on the table.

Would you care to come and
sit down, Mr. Makepiece?

I dare say you're feeling
a wee bit tired

after all your exertions.

- A bit tired, yeah,
have a sleep.

- This way.

(group chatting)

Give me a hand.

Here we are.

Alright, up we go.

Got a hold of him?

Get those hot patties
handed around at once.

I'll open some wine.

Is that the hot pot
for the beaters?

Set it out behind the tent.

Quickly, now, quickly.

(group chatting)

My Lady?

- Where's Makepiece?

- He's feeling unwell my Lady.

- I see.

It's very kind of you
to help us out.

- Hudson, make sure you get
something to eat yourself.

- Oh yes, sir, I shall
have something presently.

- Thank you so much.

- Miss?

Or would you prefer
ginger wine Miss?

- Oh yes, please, I
love ginger wine.

- I'll get some at once Miss.

- Remarkable loader
you have there.

- Oh no, he's really our butler,

but he acts as a valet
and loader sometimes.

- Butler? Valet? Loader?

And diplomat, quite
a valuable object.

(group chatting)

- I hope everything went
alright my Lady.

- Yes thank you, Mrs. Kenton.

- Poor old Makepiece was
feeling rather unwell.

I think it must have
been the cold.

- Yes my Lady, it
does affect him.

I hope the luncheon
didn't suffer.

- Oh no, that man of Captain
Bellamy's was very helpful.

Everything went off splendidly.

Oh Mrs. Kenton, we must
remember that man.

What's his name?

Hudson?

If ever our dear old Makepiece
should think of retiring,

that is exactly the kind of
man we should be looking for.

-[Charles] That was quite
an interesting hand.

[Kitty] Oh well played partner.

- Do you play bridge Miss Grey?

- Oh no, I wish I did.

I shall have to get
someone to teach me.

- I should be glad to teach you.

- Would you really?

- You want to watch out
for Cochie, Miss Grey.

He's much more dangerous
than he looks.

- Oh Mrs. Cochrane-Danby,
I'm sure he isn't.

- Come Cochie, you don't
play nearly well enough

to teach Miss Grey.

Much better let James do it.

- Oh I assure you nothing
would give me more pleasure,

but Diana has faithfully
promised to teach me

a new patience so I can
teach my grandmother

when we next go to Southwold.

- Oh well Bunny, I
must admit you do

play a much better
game than I do.

Miss Grey, I gracefully resign.

- Of course.

- Miss Grey, I'm not
much of a teacher.

- Oh dear, and I'm so
dreadfully stupid.

- Yes, uh no, no, no,
of course you're not.

- Do you really want
to learn the patience?

- Not in the least, and if
it's a really fiendish one,

I'm sure my grandmother
knows it already.

-[Grey] Oh dear, I've forgotten

whether you've said
the ace is high or low.

- I pity that little creature.

- There's probably a
hidden genius underneath.

(laughter)

She's pretty enough, but
a little out of her depth.

- She tries to do all the things

her mother has told her to do.

- And what has your mother
told you to do?

- Oh the usual things,
marry well.

Only her idea of marrying
well is not the same as mine.

-[James] What's yours?

- I think it ought to
be something more

than agreeing to share
the same house and butler.

- Yes.

- I sometimes wish
I'd been born in

something around in BC
when people lived in caves

and men and women
got married just

so as to huddle together
for warmth

and stop each other from
being frightened of the dark.

- Are you frightened
of the dark?

- Sometimes, aren't you?

- Sometimes.

- Would you like to huddle
close to me for warmth?

- Try me.

- I say, I think Miss Grey
would learn to play much better

if we all four played together.

- What a good idea Bunny.

We got tired of playing
patience anyway.

(group chatting)

- Oh Mr. Hudson?

- Yes Mr. Breeze?

- Message from Mrs.
Kenton for you.

Would you care to join her for
breakfast tomorrow morning?

8:30 if that would
be convenient.

- Quite convenient, thank
you Mr. Breeze.

Thank you.

- Sugar?

- Thank you.

- Mr. Makepiece doesn't
usually join me

for breakfast these days,
so it's very pleasant

for me to have company.

People don't always realize
that the life of a housekeeper

in a large household can
sometimes be rather lonely.

- Uneasy lies the head
that wears the crown eh?

- Exactly.

I expect that you find that
in, where is your house?

- Eaton Place.

Ah it is a much smaller
household there.

- Oh?

- Salt?

- No thank you.

- Yes, Mr. Bellamy, though
a member of parliament,

lives in a comparatively
modest style,

especially since the tragic
death of Her Ladyship.

- Yes quite.

What does the household
consist of?

- Myself and the cook,
the house parlor maid,

a footman, the housemaid,
and the kitchen maid.

- Dear me, that is
a small household.

You must sometimes feel that
such a very restricted staff

hardly exercises your abilities.

- I've never really
thought about it.

- Oh the trouble with our
line of work, Mr. Hudson,

is that there are not
many opportunities

of getting to the top.

I remember my dear
mother saying to me

when I first came here as
kitchen maid all those years
ago,

"Ethyl" she said,

"work hard and work
will be its own reward."

Oh I little thought when I
crept in through those gates,

too frightened to even look up,

one day I'd be housekeeper.

I often think to myself, if
only mother could see me now.

-[Hudson] There's a
great satisfaction

in reaching the top of the tree.

- Some people might think
that the responsibilities

of the Newbury butler
are almost too great.

Not only Summerby Park and the
house in Grovener's Square.

Of course that's kept
fully staffed at all times,

but the house in
Scotland as well.

- I see.

- Some toast Mr. Hudson?

And perhaps you'd be kind
enough to ring the bell.

I think we should like
some hot toast.

- Certainly.

- Yes, the Newbury butler
has to be a man

who is not afraid
to take command.

He needs to have a
natural authority.

Not everyone has.

- No no, that's very true.

- Her Ladyship was
remarking to me yesterday

how very much she appreciated
the way you helped

everything to go smoothly
at the shooting luncheon.

- I was only too glad
to be of service.

- Of course Mr. Makepiece
will be retiring soon.

- Oh indeed.

- Some hot toast, please, Betsy.

- Oh I brought some
ma'am, please.

- Is that fresh?

- Oh yes, ma'am, just
this minute made.

- Very well, Betsy.

- Thank you, please.

- Thank you.

Of course I know that you're

perfectly well suited
now, Mr. Hudson.

-[Hudson] Yes, certainly.

- But if you should ever decide
that you wanted a change,

and felt that you would like
the post of butler at Summerby,

I think I can safely say
that it would be yours.

Of course I don't
know if the idea

would be likely to
appeal to you.

- It would certainly
be a challenge.

- And one I think
that you'd enjoy.

- Yes, I would.

- Well, if you should
decide to leave

your present position,
you've only to write a letter

to me here, and the
matter would be settled.

Marmalade?

- Diana, wait for me!

Diana!

James!

Wait!

- His Lordship and
Lady Diana Russle

make such a fine couple.

We're expecting some happy
news shortly, you know.

- Captain Bellamy and Lady
Diana are also old friends.

- Ah, but when it
comes to marriage,

I think a marquis
takes precedence

over a commoner, don't you?

- Who's coming to church?

Celia?

- Yes of course, Lady Newbury.

- I still say I won.

- I won by a nose.

- Well your nose is
longer than mine.

- Well that's the
luck of the game.

- Oh come along, Bunny,
or we'll be late.

You're reading the lesson
this morning.

And I'm sure Diana will
want to come too

to keep you company.

- I shall come to keep
Diana company and to cheer

you on when you turn over
two pages instead of one.

- I wish you wouldn't.

I feel such a fool when I
get those begots and begats.

- We'll stay here.

- I think we should
try to fill the pew.

-[Diana] Alright, we'll come.

-[James] I'll get my gloves.

-[Diana] I'll get my hat.

-[James] I'll race you upstairs.

- Childhood friends, you know.

Quite like brother and sister.

Come along.

We'll go on ahead, and
they can follow us.

- Quite like brother and sister.

It really is too bad that
we didn't have a bet.

- On what?

- On the Lady Diana stakes.

- Oh I'll bet with
you if you like.

- But we should both
bet the same way.

- Oh?

- On James Bellamy.

- Oh I'll bet on Bunny.

- You can't be serious.

She's head over heels
in love with James.

I mean she was head over
heels in love with him before,

but he hadn't any money.

Now he has the Southwold
inheritance,

and she means to have him.

- But does he mean to have her?

Bunny does.

10 guineas?

- 10 guineas.

- Weinberg, you can
hold the stakes.

Or would you like
a bet yourself?

- I never bet on human beings.

They're much too unpredictable.

(dog barking)

- Evening Mr. Hudson.

- Evening.

- Mr. Hudson.

- Good evening Mr. Makepiece.

- Been out for a stroll?

- That's one of the advantages
of being out in the country.

- There's not much
pleasure in the strolling

about the London streets.

I was born in London.

Unless you walked down
the old Kent road,

it's through a field
of daffodils.

You'll be off tomorrow, then?

- Yes, Captain Bellamy
has to go to his office.

- I'll be sorry to see you go.

It's a big responsibility,
this place.

- Yes, it must be.

- I didn't notice
it so much when

His old Lordship was
alive, but now,

when it comes to maintaining
standards,

it's all on my shoulders.

- I know what you mean.

- I sometimes think
that going into service

is like getting married.

You live in the same house,
you back each other up,

quarrel sometimes, but you
make your lives together.

And then the master dies.

- Or the mistress.

- You're expected to carry on,

just as if nothing had happened.

But you can't.

It's a question of
loyalty, you see.

- Yes.

It's a question of loyalty.

- I say, what should we do?

- Oh what about charades?

- No.

- Oh no, we've done
all the easy words,

and we can never guess
the difficult ones.

- Sardines!

- Sardines, oh what a good idea.

Now who shall hide?

James?

- Oh right.

- Oh I say, my mother
wouldn't approve on a Sunday.

It does make so much noise.

- Only because last time
Charles insisted

on hiding in the attics,

and frightening all the
housemaids into fits.

- Why don't we roll the
carpets back and dance?

We could turn the lights out
and dance by candlelight.

Oh so romantic.

- But unfortunately,
we've no orchestra.

- Oh Bunny, where's
your gramophone?

- Oh better still Bunny,
why don't you play for us?

You play ragtime so marvelously.

(cheers of agreement)

It'll be awfully fun, don't
you think so Miss Grey?

- Oh gosh yes, simply devine.

- While I ring the bell
for the candles,

Charles, James, and Cochie,
you roll the carpet back.

Oh what a shame.

If Bunny is playing, he won't
be able to dance with Diana.

- It's positively Machievelian.

You're trying to knobble my nag.

- Not too bad, was it?

All's fair in love and war.

- Thank you.

- You work in the
city, I believe.

- Yes, yes, worst luck.

- Oh don't say worst luck.

Say thank God.

You know the phrase
I hear most often

in English country houses?

What should we do?

All those intelligent and
capable young men and women

saying what should we do?

They sneer at me for
being in business.

Oh yes, I'm well aware of it.

I like to hunt and
shoot, go racing.

I don't want the trouble
of a house of my own,

so I put up with it.

It amuses me to come
away for weekends,

and so I do it.

But if I had to be one
of those idle young men,

marry one of those
idle young women,

I'd put my Purdey special
to my head and shoot myself.

(dance music)

By the way, if you should
happen to have

any money lying about, that
new Australian tin mine

might be quite a good idea.

Good night.

- Good night.

(laughter)

That's alright Hudson,
thank you.

- Very good sir.

Good night sir.

- Good night.

Hello.

- You don't mind, do you?

-[James] What's up?

- That beast, Cochie Danby,

he said if I drop a glove
outside my door,

he'd pay me a visit, so I did.

- You did?

- Cecile's there, my maid.

She thinks every man who comes
near is going to rape her.

- Should be interesting.

- That's what I thought.

Quick, turn the light out.

I think he's coming.

- Oh my.

- He said he sleeps in
his dressing room,

so Kitty wouldn't hear him.

(giggling)

- He's taking his shoes off.

(screaming)

(laughter)
(yelling)

I enjoyed that,

even if Cochie didn't.

Shall I take you back
to your room?

- Don't bother.

- Good night.

- You know, Bunny
wants to marry me?

- Yes, he's not nearly
good enough for you.

- No.

- Goodbye Mr. Hudson.

It's been a great pleasure
to have you with us.

- I thank you for making
my stay so enjoyable.

- Mr. Hudson, I hope to
hear from you very shortly.

- I say, Diana, I know you
think I'm a fearful bore, but

- What?

- Well, Diana, will
you marry me?

- Why not?

- Oh, you're back.

- Hello Hazel.

- Did you have a good time?

- Have you ever been to a party

and thought you were
enjoying yourself

and suddenly wanted
to come home?

(ringing)

- Hudson, thank heavens
you're back.

I've just received this
letter from Lady Southwold,

she's arriving this evening.

- In London, sir?

- Here Hudson.

She's coming up for some
charity or other

tomorrow morning and
wants to stay here.

- Very good sir.

- Not very good at all.

Not for the group of liberal
gentlemen dining here,

including Mr. Churchill.

Her Ladyship will be
mortally offended.

- Quite so sir.

- But our business is important,

and I don't want to
put the dinner off.

- Might I suggest, sir,
that Captain James

might escort Lady
Southwold to the theatre?

- The theatre?

- A sweet tale of old
Rury And Mr. Fred Terry.

I believe Lady Southwold
very much admires him.

- Yes, you're right Hudson.

Her Ladyship has a particular
weakness for Fred Terry.

It's extraordinary really.

Is Captain James free?

- I asked him if he
had any engagements

for this evening sir, and
he said that he had not.

And then perhaps we could
prepare a cold supper

upstairs in the drawing room.

- Yes, and Her Ladyship need
never meet my guests at all.

Hudson, you're a wonder.

Miss Forrest's gone
to the bridge museum

to check some documents for me.

Perhaps when she returns,
you'll consult with her

about the arrangements.

Oh I suppose Her Ladyship could
have Miss Elizabeth's room.

Oh but then she's bringing
that extremely

disagreeable companion of hers.

What do you know about her?

- I think Rose will be able
to manage Miss Hodges, sir.

- Yes, I expect she will.

Hudson, I don't know what
we should do without you.

Send Edward around for the
theatre tickets, will you?

And telephone Captain James.

- Very good sir.

- Oh by the way Hudson,
Captain James tells me

you had a bit of a domestic
crisis at Summerby Park

and that you saved the day.

- Hardly that sir.

- Well he said you were
a pillar of strength,

and he was very proud of you.

- Thank you sir.

- Oh Mr. Hudson, I
didn't like to mention it

in the servants' hall,
but Edward was a bit hurt

that you didn't give him
the key of the wine cellar.

He said it made him feel
that you didn't trust him.

- I'll have a word with him.

I think I was wrong.

It's good for him to learn
to take responsibility.

Thank you Mrs. Bridges.

- Oh Mr. Hudson, it is
good to have you back.

We've all missed you,
but I suspect you

enjoyed yourself
in Summerby Park.

Nice to be working in
a big house again.

- It made a pleasant
change, Mrs. Bridges,

for a while.