All language subtitles for Call.the.Midwife.S12E08.WEB

ALARM CLOCK RINGS

MATURE JENNIFER: Dreams
are delicate things

born out of hope and desire,

and e'er they are
vulnerable to daylight,

as fragile as a moth's wing.

The brush of a hand
can crush them.

Dreams also have the
power to fuel our journey

to the future.

They drive us
forth like engines.

Dreams are the bricks
with which we build

a life we cannot touch.

They're signposts and signals.

DOORBELL RINGS

Dreams are the promise
we make to ourselves.

Morning! Oh, good morning.

Thank you.

How does it look now?

This? Like it came free
with a copy of the Jackie.

As soon as the Aylward
family tiara can be

retrieved from the bank,
we'll have the real thing.

And I'll also have my something
old because it's Edwardian,

and my something blue
because of the sapphires.

Not to mention
something borrowed,

because you've got
to give it back.

KNOCK ON DOOR

Have morning orders
slipped your minds?

Ohh...

Your brother telephoned.

Geoffrey? I thought
he was still in Malta.

He's just landed at Heathrow.

Highly excited about
giving you away

and craving details about
the week's itinerary.

I'm sorry.

He can be rather chatty.

SISTER JULIENNE: You must try
to eat just a little more.

You won't recover from your
illness without nourishment.

My illness was...

..months ago. It was weeks ago.

Sometimes things become
a little confused.

But that's to be expected.

Now, Sister Veronica
thinks it's time

we started to rehearse your
reading for the wedding.

Why can you not protect
me from her schemes?

Because we both think
that reading the lesson

will give you
something to aim for.

♪ For she's a jolly good fellow
For she's a jolly good fellow

♪ And so say all of us

♪ And so say all of us
And so say all of us

♪ For she's a jolly good fellow

♪ And so say all of us! ♪

CHEERING

Mm.

What a lovely bit
of buttercream.

Mind you, I hope you're having
proper fruit and marzipan

for your actual wedding cake. I
don't think you can beat that.

Absolutely.

Four tiers, too.

Don't forget to keep the top one
for when there's a christening.

Is that what you did? Mm.

For the eldest.

Number three's just
going to have to make do

with a swiss roll
from the corner shop.

SINGING

Whatever's that?

♪ La-la-la-la-la-la, hey!
La-la-la-la-la-la, hey!

♪ La la la la, hey!
La la la la, hey!

♪ La-la-la-la-la, hey!
La-la-la-la-la, hey!

♪ La la la la, hey! ♪

Is this a clinic

or Trafalgar Square on New
Year's Eve? Good afternoon,

Miss Butler. Have you
brought your Co-op card?

I think you might have to
change my name to Yu now.

We've come straight
from the registry.

GIGGLES

Oh! I beat you to
it, Nurse Franklin.

So I see. Congratulations.

If you've brought a
card for Nurse Franklin,

please put it in the
celebratory postbox provided.

I was terrified we weren't
going to be in time.

Arnold's mum wanted us
to wait till she got back

from seeing family in Hong Kong,

and the Chinese, they do
what their parents say.

We foster a little
girl from Hong Kong.

I've seen her round and about.

Oh, she's ever so pretty.

We love her more than I can say.

I can't wait to see
what mine looks like.

I want it to look like Arnold.

Loads of black hair
and eyes like pennies.

Oh!

Lizzie, they'll be
wondering where we are

down the Hand and Shears.

We'll be done and dusted
shortly, Mrs Butler,

if you'd just wait outside.

We're only meant to be
in the pub for an hour,

then we've got to get to
Arnold's uncle's restaurant

for the sit-down. Mum,
do as the nurse says.

She made us promise there'd
be chicken and chips.

Some people have got
no sense of adventure.

GIGGLES

I've just found a box of Apostle
spoons in the clinical room.

"With love from Uncle
Ted and Auntie Sybil"?

They can go on the
table over there.

This is chaos.

I've lost all track of who
or what needs to be where

by when, or even or even
by what means of transport.

I did suggest the
purchase of a Rolodex.

The advice was not taken.

DOORBELL RINGS

Is that my brother?
It certainly is!

Bearing the most opulent,
elegant and, I have to say,

the heaviest wedding
dress of all time.

Matthew isn't supposed
to see it, Geoffrey!

What, even in its box?

Oh! There's also a bag
with some spare buttons,

thread and a remnant
of the fabric.

I said to the couturier,

"What is she supposed
to do with that?

"Make a matching pyjama case?"

NURSE CRANE: Oh!

I think it's absolutely wonderful
that you've travelled all this way

to walk your sister
up the aisle.

Sister Julienne, I would have
crossed the Mediterranean in a canoe.

I've been in training
for this for 20 years.

Oh! LAUGHS Thank
you, Geoffrey.

When I wrote and told him I
was engaged to be married,

he sent me a telegram saying,
"Perfect timing. Stop.

"Superb modes for the
mature bride these days."

GENTLE LAUGHTER
I'm sorry I'm late.

I had to call the surgery about
an appointment for Colette.

She keeps getting nosebleeds.

Oh, how ghastly.

I've never been able to
bear the sight of blood.

It's why I became an oesteopath
instead of a heart surgeon.

LAUGHTER

VOCAL EXERCISES

♪ Lah! ♪

I thought I was going to
read this, not sing it.

A few simple vocal exercises
will open out your lungs.

It'll do you good generally
after being in bed for so long.

Mm.

Ah...

Hmm.

Now... CLEARS HER THROAT

..a reading from the First Letter
of Paul to the Corinthians.

I hope this is not
going to be Chapter 13.

It is.

You were asked to choose
it, but you became unwell.

Is it too late for me
to make a new selection?

The orders of service have
been printed, so, yes.

You come for Lizzie?

I have. Just a routine call.

She upstairs. Thank you.

Tea? You want tea?

I'd love some tea.

Arnold, tell your mother the
nurse will want a proper cuppa

with milk in.

I'm not being funny. That
jasmine stuff smells beautiful,

but it's like you're meant to
splash it behind your ears,

not drink it.

Actually, jasmine tea
would be quite a treat.

Thank you.

Does your little girl
like Chinese food?

We have been to
the Peking Fountain

once or twice as a family.

She really enjoys it,

as do we.

Arnold's Uncle Li's
place is much better.

Mingmei, my mother-in-law, gets
him to make me pork bone soup.

Is it any wonder
she's got heartburn?

What you two really need
to do is sort out names.

Baby second name Chinese.

Baby first name Chinese too.

You've got to think of it
going to school, Mrs Yu.

It needs something English,
like Gillian or Ian.

Even Arnold calls
himself Arnold!

Arnold name Ka Lun.

Name mean build the kinship.

It's the first grandchild
for both sides, Nurse

I think they're
getting a bit wound up.

Lizzie, I actually
called to say your urine

is showing an infection.

I've brought you a
course of antibiotics.

Doctor wants you to start
taking them at once.

I told her wearing tights every
day of the week would do this.

However, he also wants to
see you at the surgery.

I shall make you an appointment
for a few days' time.

Mm-hm.

I think we're over
the finish line

in terms of packing the things

the bride is taking to the
hotel the night before.

SIGHS

She's moved on to the lingerie
part of the trousseau now.

I was surplus to requirements.

Can we tempt you to a
Bournvita before you leave?

Oh, yeah, go on.

I'm sure they'll have
nothing so luxurious

at the Ormonde Hotel. LAUGHS

Dare I inquire...

..about the hen night plans?

She doesn't want to go
out dancing up west.

She doesn't want to go to
one of those new wine bars.

I can't even interest her
in a meal out at the Napoli.

Trixie doesn't drink
alcohol, Nancy. SIGHS

Nurse Corrigan,

would you come to my office
for a moment, please?

Of course, Sister Julienne.

I believe Sir Matthew
is having a dinner

for all his gentleman
friends at his club.

Yes, I've been invited.

So has our other
sibling, Ronald. SIGHS

Trixie must do
something to celebrate,

even if it's just a
trip to the pictures.

The last time I looked, it was
a choice of Planet Of The Apes

or Brides Of Dracula.

We can do better than that.

In this afternoon's post,
I received a request

for references from Netherditch
Hospital in Surrey...

..because you applied
for a position there.

That was months ago.

Well, weeks ago.

But I never heard anything
from them, so I suppose

I sort of... forgot.

Are you unhappy
here, Nurse Corrigan?

I'm as happy as I've ever
been anywhere in my life.

But... this job...

..when I saw it advertised,

I saw it was full
of all these things

that might make me even happier.

Netherditch used to
be a cottage hospital,

so it's in the country,

and it comes with a
house, two bedrooms,

so me and Colette
could live together...

..rent free.

If you are offered
the position...

..you must make the decision
that you think is best.

Thank you.

Because, really, you might not
be here much longer anyway.

Nonnatus House is either going
to be knocked down or shut down.

And what would
happen to me then?

What would happen
to my daughter?

FRED: Ruddy leaking roof.

I thought I heard my hairdryer.

What do you think
you're playing at?

I'm drying out these fireworks.

They'd just be fit
for the bin otherwise.

And then you'd
accuse me of thinking

we've got money to burn...

..or not burn. CHUCKLES

Catherine wheels on
the draining board?

I want all this cleared away.

And then when you've done
your lollipop duties,

you're to go to the
gentlemen's outfitter's

and collect the morning suits.

Ascot Grey - you're
all wearing the same.

And then go and fetch
Reggie off the coach

so that I can concentrate
on the bridesmaids' dresses.

My nerves are like
Shredded Wheat.

I thought women liked weddings.

No, no. Women run weddings.

It's not the same at all.

CAR DOOR OPENS MATTHEW: Trixie.

I spent the entire evening
with Nancy just a few days ago.

She did not breathe
one word of this.

She assures me she had forgotten
all about her application.

One can't really challenge her
logic in wanting to move on.

In the face of all the
changes in the health service,

minnows like Nonnatus
House are going to suffer.

There's a strong tide out there
and we can't swim fast enough.

Can't we?

But why didn't you tell
the truth, Matthew?

Why did you say that the
tiara was in the bank?

I told you what my mother told
me, which is that the executor

needed to deal
with the paperwork.

She thought she
could get hold of it

because when she sold it,
she sold it to a friend.

I just don't understand why
she sold it but didn't say!

After my father was first ill,

she wanted to take him on
a cruise, and the tiara

was just languishing there.

I mean, nobody really
wears them any more.

But I was going to wear it!

It was going to be my something
old, something borrowed

and something blue.

And it was my father's six
weeks on the Queen Mary

trying to get his health back!

Couldn't he have
had that anyway?

Perhaps things weren't as
liquid as they might have been

in their personal
accounts. What?

Why? Because contrary

to what you appear to believe,
money doesn't grow on trees!

I don't know where you're
planning to flounce off to,

but don't you dare
follow me in here!

MATTHEW SIGHS

DOOR SLAMS

I have telephoned
every health farm

in the Home
Counties, but not one

has a vacancy on the
bride's only day off.

I'm sorry, but we really
can't change the roster.

It's hanging by a
thread as it is.

Oh, whatever is the matter?

Matthew's mother's
sold the family tiara.

No... WHY didn't she say so?

I had the option of a pillbox
hat in matching ivory satin.

But now it's too late.

What am I supposed to
secure the veil with?

Kirby grips? Oh, come here.

It's all right.

TRIXIE SOBS

If we can't get this
girl to a health farm,

the health farm is going
to have to come to her.

I'll be making some
tea in a minute.

I just need to make a start
on digging up these carrots.

I didn't know you
were a gardener.

Oh, these are Fred's.

He said I could have them for
making soup down at the hostel.

Are you taking a little time
out from all your preparations?

SCOFFS

Yes.

And giving myself a
bit of a talking-to.

Are your nerves kicking in?

No, no, not at all. It's...

On the day, it will
be a beautiful thing.

Hmm.

And the thing I always say is,

never lose sight of the love.

Love got you this far

and it will carry
you all the way...

..wherever you are going.

Shall I get a pencil?

Only I read that if you
put a pencil in sideways

and bite down on it,
it makes it stop.

I'm pinching the
bridge of the nose.

That should make a clot form.

Colette isn't to come anywhere
near this bridesmaid's dress

until that's stopped.

And neither are you.

DOORBELL RINGS

Good afternoon, Nurse
Crane. We're closed.

Is this an emergency? Yes.

Ohh...

MATTHEW: I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm nervous, Trixie.

Nervous about getting married?

Nervous about the wedding...

..which is...

..of course, the point at
which one does actually

get married legally,

so, punctiliously speaking, yes.

The aftermath,

the being together always,

I am entirely happy about.

Ecstatic about.

I'm very glad to hear it.

Matthew...

..the wedding only
lasts one day.

One hour,
punctiliously speaking.

And I'd be lying if I said I
wasn't every bit as on edge

as you are.

But a marriage lasts for years.

Decades...

..if the fates are on your side.

Yeah.

And we're on each other's side.

And there's no need for nerves

because we will be
doing this together.

CLOCK BELL CHIMES

DOOR OPENS

Rest has escaped you also?

Yes, it has.

My mind is thronged with
fragments of Bible verse.

I think from the Letter
to the Corinthians.

It is as tedious as
it is irritating.

That will be your reading
for Nurse Franklin's wedding.

SIGHS

I cannot keep all these
weddings aligned and documented

in my mind.

The rate with which these
women marry is absurd.

The rate at which women marry,

or indeed do not marry,

has kept us in business
in Poplar for 100 years.

Perhaps we should
thank God for that,

instead of railing at his works.

The antibiotics certainly
seem to be doing the trick.

Just make sure you
finish the course.

I need to nip to reception
to make a phone call.

I'll leave you with Mrs Turner.

Lizzie, you can put me in
my place if you see fit,

but you develop a fine nose

for warring mothers-in-law
in this job.

They mean well.

And they didn't choose who
their kids were going to marry.

They will adjust

or they won't adjust,

and, either way,

the most important thing
is your peace of mind

as a new mother.

Nobody's ever said that.

Not even Arnold.

He's like piggy in the
middle too, the same as I am.

My mum even wants to be
there when it's born,

and if his mum finds out,
she'll be tipping up an' all.

It's going to be like Sunday
Night At The London Palladium

in the delivery room.

Oh, no, it's not, because
I'm not going to allow it!

The minute you think
you're in labour,

even just the first twinges,

I want you to come straight
to the maternity home.

You can settle in,

have some quiet time,

away from all these
family pressures.

The principal nursing officer
will see you now, Sister.

Morning.

Midwife calling.

Well, you certainly seem
to be nesting, Estelle.

Perhaps, baby isn't
that far away.

Nesting? Is that
what they call it?

I'm always big on cleaning -

comes with being married
to a chimney sweep.

It's been the family business
for a long time, hasn't it?

Oh, yeah. Tony's
great-granddad started it

when Queen Victoria
was on the throne.

Mind you, since
the Clean Air Act,

we'll be telling our kids
to train up as gas fitters.

That's where the
money is these days.

Gas fires.

Money is tight, I
don't mind telling ya.

Well, you will get a bit
more family allowance.

Tony is going to
start a sideline

turning up at weddings to bring
luck to the bride and groom.

I'd forgotten about that. I
do love a good superstition.

Oh, it's not long till
your big day, is it?

I'm sure he'd offer you a reduced
rate. He's got this lovely

old-fashioned coat and 'at.

That sounds glorious,

but I'm afraid I'm getting
married in Chelsea.

It'd be too far for him to come.

I hope we're not barking up the
wrong tree with all of this.

I was full of bright ideas
when I was raking through

that charity cupboard.

Phyllis, now is not the
time to lose confidence.

You've already set
to with the scissors.

DOORBELL RINGS

Oh, I think dinner has arrived.

ALL LAUGH

SHELAGH: Ooh. Excuse me.

PATRICK: Evening!

LIZZIE: Evening, Doctor!

Oh!

My uncle sent the whole of
menu B with a few extras -

some wonton and
some xiaolongbao.

They're like dumplings.
SHELAGH GASPS

Uncle Li doesn't put them
on the menu, but he thought

your little girl
might like to try 'em.

PATRICK: I think we'd
all like to try those.

Well, off you go.
Over to the table.

I brought chopsticks. Can
you eat with chopsticks?

I'll show you, if you
like. I wouldn't mind a go.

I'm always game
for an adventure.

Lizzie, you really must
let us pay you for this.

Uncle Li would have
our guts for garters.

I wasn't sure how any
of this would turn out.

What I was heading for.

Then I suddenly realised,

if you go where love is...

..that's where life is.

I realised that, too, once.

It was the beginning
of everything.

Morning. Morning.

DOOR CLOSES

Cyril?

Or perhaps that
should be Mr Robinson.

This is clearly a
professional visitation.

I'm just looking at
a couple of things.

For a council structural audit.

Is it all right if we go out
to the back yard? By all means.

EXCITED GIGGLING

TRIXIE SHRIEKS

SHE SIGHS

GROANING

What's this?

A little something from all of us
to you to mark your special day.

The thought of you pinning
your veil on with kirby grips

was too much for us to bear.

Oh... Phyllis,
Shelagh, it's perfect.

We made it from the remnant
of your wedding dress,

and it was stitched with love.

What's this?

A lady is never
without a handkerchief,

even on her wedding day, and you
will have to give it back to me.

My something borrowed. Is
this my something blue?

There's a bit of one of
your old uniforms in there

and a piece from one
of the Sister's habits.

You can sew it inside the
hem of your wedding gown

or underneath the train.

Nobody will see it,

but you'll know you've got a
piece of Nonnatus House with you.

And so will we.

Am I allowed to use the hanky
now? I think I'm going to cry.

Oh, good gracious, Mr Aylward.
You're up with the lark.

I was hoping to see you alone.

And then Nurse
Franklin. In that order.

Matthew!

The tiara?!

I thought better
late than never.

And it didn't take
that much sleuthing,

just a bit of application

and I suppose the
knowledge that it would...

..make you happy.

Does it make you happy?

It is certainly very...

..uh...

..opulent.

It reminds me of
my granny Maude,

and of course, my mother,
or at least my mother

around about the time that
the Queen was crowned,

which was actually the last
time I saw her wear it.

It might look
better on a blonde.

I actually think
it's bloody hideous.

I hate it.

You would have worn
it, wouldn't you?

Just because I went to the
trouble of tracking it down.

Mmm, probably.

But then I would have felt
guilty that my friends

went to so much trouble
making me a replacement.

A replacement tiara? No.

Something simpler and better.

Something that doesn't distract me
from the fact that I'm marrying you

for you.

Not a title,

or a name,

or any of the things
that go with it.

Am I allowed to say that
I never doubted that?

OVER PHONE: Mother House,
Order of St Raymond Nonnatus.

This is Sister Julienne,
calling from Poplar.

Please may I speak
to Mother Mildred?

Yes, of course.

Cards first.

When you've dealt with that, Mrs
Estelle Hopkiss needs a visit.

Signs of early labour.

Netherditch Hospital?

"Dear Nurse Corrigan, we're
delighted to inform you

"that your job app...
lication has been successful."

Sorry. This is for
you. Obviously.

They must be desperate.

They didn't even ask
me for an interview.

I'll think about it and
decide after the wedding.

I feel as though I'm letting myself
down, Sister Julienne, but...

..I've been hoping against hope

that they wouldn't
offer her that position.

If Nurse Corrigan chooses to
leave us, she can be replaced.

But...

..she's become one of us.

We've brought her on and
brought out the best in her.

Fretted over her.

And now she's heading off,
like they all head off.

And it hurts...

..like it always hurts.

Do you suppose this is how
people feel about their children?

I don't know. But I feel it too.

Forgive me, Sister.

Perhaps it's just a wedding
bringing everything to a head.

Seeing Nurse
Franklin's bags packed.

Nurse Franklin will
still be working with us.

I know, but...

..she'll be a married woman.

Young people look
outward and upward.

When you've youngsters
around you all the time,

you do the same.

Nurse Crane, what are
you most afraid of?

Being left behind.

Becoming an irrelevance.

Having no work to do.

Nurse Crane, listen to me.

That is not going to happen.

Nonnatus House is
not going to close.

I think things may be
tuning up, Estelle,

but I'm not sure baby
is absolutely imminent.

No chance of it coming while
the kids are at school, then?

Not as far as I can see.

Keep pottering about and
try to eat a proper lunch.

You'll know when it's
time to call us. Yes.

And, Nurse, the offer of the
lucky sweep still stands.

I have an inkling
you and your husband

may have other things
to worry about tomorrow.

There are two types of defence
mode for animals in the wild.

They can curl up in a ball

and make themselves
as small as possible,

or they can spread their wings,

expand their chests,

and make themselves seem
far bigger than they are.

I'm not sure I'm
catching your drift.

I am in negotiation
with St Cuthbert's.

We are reinstating the
midwife training programme.

New students will start
with us before the new year.

I have signed a two-year
agreement with the hospital.

But what about the rent?

The council charge us so much

we could scarcely meet our bills

even when we had the
students last time.

Mr Aylward...

..Sir Matthew has just bought
his building from them...

..outright.

How much did he pay?

The place is falling down

and it's meant to be under
threat of demolition!

The clearance programme
has been delayed

and there is life
in this house yet,

as Mr Robinson confirmed
when he inspected it.

When he was here the other day?

For now, we are safer than
we have ever been in years.

And we will have young
people underneath our roof.

KNOCK ON DOOR

What's all this moping?

Everyone's downstairs
celebrating

some sort of stay of execution,

and I'm about to sweep you away
to a plush hotel in Chelsea.

Last night as a bachelor girl.

Some of us stay true to that
particular calling all our lives.

You're going to have
so much fun, sis.

The Queen Elizabeth,
the Waldorf Astoria.

Then a whole life with
him, and little him.

I wish I'd known.

Known what?

That so much happiness
was waiting for me...

..when we were children,

and Father was alive.

And ill.

And we always had to light up all
the rooms with fun and laughter.

Did you find it hard too?

Having a flair for something
doesn't make it easy.

Lucky old Ronald wasn't
cursed with charm at all.

He was all just bicycles...

..then golf.

SHE SIGHS

Real happiness really
is quite something,

isn't it, when you find
it or it finds you.

And suddenly...

..you don't have to pretend
to be laughing any more.

I'll take your word for it.

And you, most adored
of all my sisters,

are to grab that
happiness with both hands.

GEOFFREY: Come on!

Bye!

TRIXIE EXCLAIMS

PHONE RINGS

SHE GROANS

Nonnatus House,
midwife speaking.

This is the best thing that's
ever happened to Colette.

Belonging to a family.

Knowing there's
somewhere she can go

where people are always
pleased to see her.

It's the best thing that's
ever happened to me too.

It's not something to be
surrendered lightly, Nancy.

That's why I won't leave my job

and why I don't want to
move from the East End.

The church is perfect
for the wedding,

and this hotel will be just
right for the reception.

But...

You'd rather have
a hoolie in Poplar.

Well, it'd be nice to
have a little bit of that.

But no-one can have everything,
not all at the same time.

And choosing one thing over
another can be very, very hard.

Isn't that the truth!

SHE YELLS

Is that it? Promise
me that's it.

That most certainly is it.

Baby's head is
resting in my hand.

Oh, thank God for that!

Are you sure that's a baby?

Looks more like a
turnip covered in jam.

The little one's
turning now, Estelle.

So rest. Rest.

When the next pain comes,

just one big brave
push for the shoulders.

BABY CRIES ESTELLE GROANS

Here's your reward.

A beautiful bonny...

..daughter!

A girl? We wanted a
girl, didn't we, 'Stelle?

Look at her.

She's massive.

Yeah, you don't need
to tell me that!

BABY CRIES

SHE GROANS

You go to bed.

I bring tea.

I'm fine, honestly.

I'd only be tossing and turning.

SHE GASPS Oh...

Baby is coming?

I think it might be.

Mum!

Mum.

Reggie, we don't have
to leave for ages.

My trousers don't fit.

Needless to say, there is no reply
from the gentleman's outfitter's.

I don't know how they
expect to survive in retail.

Violet...

..this wouldn't do
up on a leprechaun.

And I'm telling you now -

I have not eaten
one pie out of place

since I got measured
up for this.

No, Violet. It's too
short and it's too tight.

I've told you before.

Colette is only
going to the wedding

because she's a bridesmaid.

I'll bring you some
after-dinner mints back.

TIMOTHY: I'll let
you know. Eat up.

It's already five past.

We have a very strict
timetable this morning.

CHILDREN: Aww...
That was Mrs Buckle.

Everybody's got the wrong
morning suits. PHONE RINGS

I'll answer it.

The locum cover
doesn't start till ten.

Turner.

A couple of stitches won't
take me more than half an hour.

Go straight to Violet Buckle's.

Wait for me by the
shop-front door.

Oh, how will I know
which suit is yours?

It'll be the one that
won't fit anyone else.

Room service! Virgin
bellinis all round.

Colette's got a nosebleed.

Oh, no, no, no. Doesn't she need
an ambulance or nurse or something?

She's got two nurses, and she's
still bleeding like a stuck pig.

It's like something
out of Sweeney Todd.

I had stitches with
both my others.

You ought to fit me with a zip.

I'm glad Nurse Crane
sent for me so quickly.

These things are never
as straightforward

once the swelling kicks in.

Oh, can't you give her
something to pep her up?

She's been up all night.
She's got a wedding to go to.

I hereby prescribe a triple
espresso from the Napoli.

We are to go to the church
with Nurse Crane in her car.

If the service is
all you can manage,

we can come home by taxi
immediately afterwards.

I am utterly depleted.

It's best if you go without me.

The reading is not one that
I would have chosen anyway.

Hmm.

I'll take those. What
on earth has happened?

The flowers have been
delivered to the wrong address.

Oh, heavens to Murgatroyd.

It is the most abject failure of
organisation I have ever seen.

Now, I am dispatching the
florists to the church

with the pedestal arrangements
and the buttonholes,

and meanwhile, I shall
take the bouquets

to the bride's hotel myself.

Oh, I'd take your
rollers out first.

SHE SCREAMS

ARNOLD AND MRS YU SHOUT

Is it starting? I could hear
her halfway down the street.

Pain after pain after pain.

I brought you a shepherd's
pie and a book of baby names.

English book? English names?

I ring ambulance.

Arnold's got the car. He can
drive us to the maternity home.

Let me just put
this on the side.

The only person who is
going with Lizzie is me.

You two are staying at home.

Oh, Miss Higgins!
Put them over there.

Madame appears to have
entirely forgotten her manners.

Thank you. You are most welcome.

At least it's stopped
streaming like a tap,

the way it was before.

It's just a sort of postscript.

I can't breathe...

It's on her bodice, Nancy!

We shall send for milk, which
will remove the worst of it.

The bouquet will cover the rest.

And I regret to inform
you it has begun to rain.

You'll have to unscrew your
head or take your hat off.

This roof's not retractable.

CYRIL CHUCKLES

The Turners aren't
coming in the convoy.

They're running late.

Where's Sister Monica Joan?

She's unwell and must rest.

Sister Veronica
will stay with her.

What a shame!

I'm really not a
lover of parties.

THEY LAUGH

Shush! They'll hear
you. Both of them.

You could have won
an Oscar in there.

I am having twinges.

You know what Mrs Turner said -

first twinges, you come
straight to the maternity home

for some peace and quiet.

SHE GASPS

Do you need me to put my
foot down and do 60? No...

But on the other hand... the mums
might be watching from the window.

We're back on track

with our timetable, thanks
to your speedy turnaround

after that house call.

His bag's still in
the boot of the car.

And remember, Timothy,
if there's a great deal

of cutlery at the
wedding breakfast,

simply work your way
from the outside in.

Oh, Patrick, I'm really not happy
about you driving all the way

to Chelsea sitting on
the tails of that coat.

I smoothed them
before I sat down.

Well, they won't be
smooth when we get there.

You'll have to get
out and take it off.

HORN BEEPS

TYRES SCREECH CRASH

SHOUTING

I'm ringing 999.

I'm a doctor. How
many are inside?

I think there's two.

My wife... My wife's in
the family way. Shelagh!

I brought your bag. Do you know how
to call the flying squad? Yes. Yes.

Go now. Tell them there
is a pregnant woman

at term involved in a car crash -
unconscious and seriously injured.

Phone's that way. Shelagh,
it's Lizzie and Arnold Yu.

Careful! Careful.

Shelagh, I need the stethoscope.

Lizzie! Lizzie!

I've got you out.

ARNOLD GROANS

No.

No, Patrick! SHE SOBS

She must have died instantly.

A head injury, possibly
a heart attack. Get away!

Get off! Arnold...

HE WAILS Arnold, Arnold!

Arnold. It's all
right. It's all right.

We're looking after Lizzie.
We'll take care of her.

No, no... Arnold,
it's all right.

You just bit your tongue
when the car crashed.

That's it, clear your throat.

Flying squad's on their way.

Arrival's six minutes minimum.

Look after this man until
the other ambulance arrives.

He's in shock.
Possible rib damage.

And he has an oral laceration.

See if someone can fetch
you some ice from the pub.

Patrick, the baby
still has a heartbeat.

It's alive.

Come on, Lizzie.

Come on.

She's dead.

She's been dead for minutes.

You know what I've
got to do, don't you?

We need a screen! Patrick...

A screen now!

POLICE SHOUTS INSTRUCTION

Is there anyone I can send for?

Anyone that you'd
like to have come?

It's our first baby.

There's grandmas everywhere.

Somewhere.

It's Lizzie I want.

And I can't see her.

No...

This won't hurt you,
Lizzie, sweetheart.

Dr Turner is just doing
what's best for your baby.

There's no choice,
you know, Shelagh.

I know there's no choice.

BABY CRIES

You have a daughter, Lizzie.

And she looks like Arnold.

She has loads of hair

and eyes like pennies,

just like you always dreamed of.

There are such a lot of
stories that start with

"once upon a time".

But ours did too.

Once upon a time...

..I thought the
world had ended...

..because we were alone in it.

Not any more.

We're all going to live
happily ever after.

Yeah? Yeah.

SIREN WAILS

What do we do now?

Carry on.

You once told me that is the
terror and privilege of what we do.

PATRICK SIGHS

We will change our clothes
and we'll go to the wedding.

Just like Lizzie
herself once said...

..go where love is because
that is where life is.

RUNNING FOOTSTEPS

She's ready, but she wants
to wait until the rain stops.

Brides are always
fashionably late.

If we do not leave on time,
you will be unfashionably late.

ALARM RINGS Jesus!
Is that a fire alarm?

It's a drill. It's a drill.

But I can smell smoke. Trixie,
if you don't come out now,

I'm going to drag
you by the veil.

First the flowers and now the
wedding cake delivered here

to the wrong address...

Oh...

WHIMSICAL MUSIC PLAYS

Is that Sister Veronica?

She must be late too.

CAR RADIO: A number of fire
engines have been called

to the Ormonde Hotel
in London's Chelsea.

The building has been
safely evacuated,

but it is substantially ablaze.

Ormonde Hotel? That's
where the reception is.

Ohh!

Sister Monica Joan.

I had a hunch she might
have made her own way here.

She was supposed to be ill!

On occasion, with
God's will, I rally.

The man requires remuneration.

She certainly gave me a fright.

But all is now as it should be.

I'm afraid it isn't as
it should be, Sister.

We're going to have to
break bad news to the bride.

Therefore, if any man
can show any just cause

why they may not lawfully
be joined together,

let him now speak,

or else hereafter,
forever hold his peace.

I have not come here
to discuss just causes.

Neither shall I hold my peace,

for I have an
obligation to fulfil.

♪ I will not cease
from mental fight

♪ Nor shall my sword
sleep in my hand

♪ Till we have built Jerusalem

♪ In England's green
and pleasant land. ♪

The order of service leads
you to anticipate a passage

from Paul's Letter
to the Corinthians.

That is not what
you're about to hear.

I shall now read
a wedding prayer

by Robert Louis Stevenson

with an addendum by myself.

Lord, behold our
family here assembled

We thank you for the
place in which we dwell

For the love that unites us

For the peace
accorded us this day

For the hope with which
we expect the morrow

For the health,
the work, the food

And the bright skies that
make our lives delightful

And for our friends in
all parts of the earth

And for those we love

And may look upon no longer

For those whose path
will not be ours

For those we teach

And from whom we learn

And for those who hold
us in their hearts

And call us home.

Amen. CONGREGATION: Amen.

SOFTLY: Amen.

CHEERING

When are you going to apprise
them of the fire at the hotel?

I thought at first we ought to
get some pictures of the bride

where she's not
hysterical. But...

..we have a plan, and it's
going to be marvellous.

SHE WHISPERS

Er, ladies and gentlemen,

would the bride, the groom
and the wedding party

please make their way outside?

MATURE JENNIFER: There are
hopes, there are plans,

there are dreams,
there is reality.

And above all the other things
we cherish, there is truth.

Trixie's wedding was
not the stuff of dreams.

It was more beautiful than that.

The people of Poplar loved her,
and they repaid her for her service

by saving her big day.

They brought fish and
chips and furniture

and carts of fruit and seafood.

They brought music
and their children

and their open hearts.

It was makeshift and
warm and chaotic.

It was perfect!

CHEERING

BABY CRIES

We cannot predict what
the fates will bring.

We can only find strength
and hope and survival

in each other.

There will be new
dreams one day,

there will be reasons to go on.

Let in the truth,
embrace the real,

open your arms to the
things you did not look for,

for you will find
what you did not seek,

be given what you did
not know you lacked

and be lavished with a joy
that takes your breath away.

Here are life's
riches next to you...

..here, in the faces
of your friends,

in the laughter
of their children,

in the tenderness of those you
love and work and lived with.

This is community,

our end and our beginning.

This is the best of
everything we are.