1 00:01:58,862 --> 00:01:59,965 Three-star, you see. 2 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,206 This is the other side. 3 00:02:17,379 --> 00:02:20,034 That's Pyari on the sitar. 4 00:02:20,068 --> 00:02:23,000 The woman on the couch in the spangled sari is a maharani 5 00:02:23,034 --> 00:02:24,310 but suing for divorce. 6 00:02:24,344 --> 00:02:26,758 The elderly Englishman beside her is her legal adviser, 7 00:02:26,793 --> 00:02:28,965 but I don't imagine it goes further than that. 8 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,827 That white boy whose head he's fondling 9 00:02:31,862 --> 00:02:34,379 looks like an AB from a ship of His Majesty's Service. 10 00:02:34,413 --> 00:02:35,655 It's one way for boys like that 11 00:02:35,689 --> 00:02:38,034 to see some of the bright lights when they're ashore. 12 00:02:40,068 --> 00:02:44,000 Oh, well done! Well done! 13 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,827 Jimmy, the Movement Control telephoned. 14 00:02:53,862 --> 00:02:54,931 The plane for Colombo leaves 15 00:02:54,965 --> 00:02:56,275 half an hour earlier than they said. 16 00:02:56,310 --> 00:02:57,448 Thanks, Mira, I brought somebody 17 00:02:57,482 --> 00:02:58,620 to hear Pyari -- her name's Sarah. 18 00:02:58,655 --> 00:03:01,413 -Hello. - Pyari's in good form, hmm? 19 00:03:01,448 --> 00:03:04,137 He said they've asked for him at Government House. 20 00:03:04,172 --> 00:03:05,448 - Did you hear? - Will he go? 21 00:03:05,482 --> 00:03:08,448 He said, only if he could take a bomb in his sitar. 22 00:03:08,482 --> 00:03:12,758 But why ruin a good instrument? So that's that. 23 00:03:13,724 --> 00:03:15,655 Mira's a stunner, isn't she? 24 00:03:15,689 --> 00:03:17,931 Yes, beautiful. 25 00:03:17,965 --> 00:03:20,413 She keeps her husband in drink, pays all his gambling debts 26 00:03:20,448 --> 00:03:22,931 and his mistress's clothes and jewelry accounts. 27 00:03:22,965 --> 00:03:27,000 Does she? Why? 28 00:03:27,034 --> 00:03:29,413 Why not? She's so rich, she can't count it. 29 00:03:29,448 --> 00:03:32,482 Anyway, she likes his mistress. 30 00:03:32,517 --> 00:03:33,689 They were lovers. 31 00:03:33,724 --> 00:03:34,793 Mira has friends in Cairo. 32 00:03:34,827 --> 00:03:36,413 That's how I got to know this place. 33 00:03:36,448 --> 00:03:38,689 It's my unofficial address in Cal. 34 00:03:38,724 --> 00:03:42,413 Has Mira got friends in Ceylon too? 35 00:03:42,448 --> 00:03:43,655 We both have. 36 00:03:43,689 --> 00:03:45,413 Then you'll be nice and comfortable. 37 00:03:45,448 --> 00:03:48,206 It is one of my aims in life. 38 00:03:48,241 --> 00:03:49,896 Isn't it yours? 39 00:03:49,931 --> 00:03:54,413 Yes, I suppose it must be. 40 00:03:54,448 --> 00:03:57,275 Well, that's refreshingly honest. 41 00:03:57,310 --> 00:03:58,827 That "honor of the regiment" exterior 42 00:03:58,862 --> 00:04:00,482 is paper thin, isn't it? 43 00:04:00,517 --> 00:04:02,482 Didn't the injection take? It's usually fatal. 44 00:04:02,517 --> 00:04:04,482 Growing up with all the po-faced kids 45 00:04:04,517 --> 00:04:08,482 in a ghastly nonstop performance of "Where the Rainbow Ends." 46 00:04:08,517 --> 00:04:10,275 And you escaped? 47 00:04:10,310 --> 00:04:12,482 I suppose that's how it looks. 48 00:04:12,517 --> 00:04:15,482 It's only half the truth. 49 00:04:15,517 --> 00:04:18,000 What's the other half? 50 00:04:20,517 --> 00:04:22,275 Last Christmas, I was in Pindi 51 00:04:22,310 --> 00:04:23,551 staying with a friend of a friend 52 00:04:23,586 --> 00:04:24,620 who's been out here for years. 53 00:04:24,655 --> 00:04:27,482 We were tremendously polite. 54 00:04:27,517 --> 00:04:28,965 I had nothing at all to say to him 55 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,689 or his wife or two of the po-faced kids. 56 00:04:31,724 --> 00:04:35,172 They'd been trapped in some perpetual Edwardian sunlight. 57 00:04:35,206 --> 00:04:38,724 I felt I ought to say, "Come back, all is forgiven." 58 00:04:38,758 --> 00:04:42,689 Come back where? Forgiven by whom, and for what? 59 00:04:42,724 --> 00:04:46,172 For what? Don't you know? 60 00:04:46,206 --> 00:04:47,655 This place is a gold mine, 61 00:04:47,689 --> 00:04:50,103 but it's stiff with people dying of hunger in the streets. 62 00:04:50,137 --> 00:04:52,689 That's the legacy from all those blue-eyed Bible-thumpers 63 00:04:52,724 --> 00:04:54,034 who came out here because they 64 00:04:54,068 --> 00:04:56,068 couldn't stand the commercial pace back home. 65 00:04:56,103 --> 00:04:57,724 I'll give it another two years 66 00:04:57,758 --> 00:05:00,448 after the socialists have won the next election. 67 00:05:00,482 --> 00:05:03,758 I mean, who wants India as one of our postwar problems? 68 00:05:03,793 --> 00:05:05,517 Are you a socialist? 69 00:05:05,551 --> 00:05:07,103 Good Lord, no. 70 00:05:07,137 --> 00:05:09,758 I'm a low Tory, if you could call me anything. 71 00:05:09,793 --> 00:05:10,827 Why are you so sure 72 00:05:10,862 --> 00:05:12,620 the socialists would win an election? 73 00:05:12,655 --> 00:05:15,655 Won't Mr. Churchill's reputation count for anything? 74 00:05:15,689 --> 00:05:16,724 Why do women always call him 75 00:05:16,758 --> 00:05:17,965 "Mr. Churchill"? 76 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,965 It makes him sound like a vicar. 77 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:21,965 Of course his name will count -- 78 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,000 for everything patriotic and time-expired. 79 00:05:25,034 --> 00:05:26,206 I don't suppose you've talked much 80 00:05:26,241 --> 00:05:27,517 to common British soldiers, have you? 81 00:05:27,551 --> 00:05:29,758 The fellows you refer to as BORs. 82 00:05:29,793 --> 00:05:32,241 I'll tell you what your BOR in Deolali 83 00:05:32,275 --> 00:05:33,448 or your door-to-door salesman 84 00:05:33,482 --> 00:05:35,103 with Wingate in Burma thinks, you know. 85 00:05:35,137 --> 00:05:37,758 He thinks, "All right, mate. You're the officer. 86 00:05:37,793 --> 00:05:40,586 Have it cushy while you can and duck when the -- flies, 87 00:05:40,620 --> 00:05:42,551 but when this stinking mess is sorted out, 88 00:05:42,586 --> 00:05:44,827 be a good lad and bugger off out of my government 89 00:05:44,862 --> 00:05:46,724 and out of my bloody life, but forever." 90 00:05:46,758 --> 00:05:49,344 See, he thinks his own lot ought to run things 91 00:05:49,379 --> 00:05:50,931 because there are more of them -- 92 00:05:50,965 --> 00:05:54,758 more than there are of la-di-da poofs swigging brandy 93 00:05:54,793 --> 00:05:57,517 and getting hot for women that they don't know how to poke. 94 00:05:57,551 --> 00:06:00,896 Go on. 95 00:06:03,068 --> 00:06:06,275 You're quite a girl, Sarah Layton. 96 00:06:06,310 --> 00:06:08,586 No, I'm not "quite a girl." 97 00:06:08,620 --> 00:06:10,275 I'm this one. 98 00:06:10,310 --> 00:06:12,551 And you're still a virgin, of course. 99 00:06:16,103 --> 00:06:19,310 Yes, I'm still a virgin, of course. 100 00:06:19,344 --> 00:06:21,206 Are you annoyed with me for asking 101 00:06:21,241 --> 00:06:23,310 or because it's something you don't want to admit 102 00:06:23,344 --> 00:06:26,965 or a bit of both, hmm? 103 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:31,206 In any case, clearly I must apologize. 104 00:06:33,172 --> 00:06:34,620 Mira is doing us proud. 105 00:06:34,655 --> 00:06:36,034 It's Lakshmi Kripalani. 106 00:06:36,068 --> 00:06:37,620 She sings, in case you didn't know. 107 00:06:45,448 --> 00:06:47,827 They're going to play again. 108 00:06:47,862 --> 00:06:49,896 I'd better show you where you can freshen up. 109 00:06:49,931 --> 00:06:52,724 That's a good idea. They might go on for an hour. 110 00:06:52,758 --> 00:06:55,931 - I'll keep this warm for you. - Yes. Thank you. 111 00:07:11,896 --> 00:07:13,551 There's probably everything you want. 112 00:07:13,586 --> 00:07:15,896 If not, just ring. One of the girls will come. 113 00:07:15,931 --> 00:07:18,241 Thank you. 114 00:08:41,620 --> 00:08:43,827 You're going the wrong way. 115 00:08:43,862 --> 00:08:45,379 I'm over here. 116 00:08:45,413 --> 00:08:47,103 You do seem startled. 117 00:08:47,137 --> 00:08:49,068 Weren't you expecting me? 118 00:08:49,103 --> 00:08:51,448 - No. - That's a pity. 119 00:08:51,482 --> 00:08:53,517 I thought you understood that we had an appointment. 120 00:08:53,551 --> 00:08:54,965 I mean, Mira did. 121 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,103 So you mustn't worry about our absence causing comment. 122 00:08:57,137 --> 00:09:00,068 We had no appointment. 123 00:09:04,689 --> 00:09:07,068 Please turn on the light and open the door. 124 00:09:13,413 --> 00:09:15,413 Are you sure you want the door opened? 125 00:09:15,448 --> 00:09:17,275 Yes. 126 00:09:17,310 --> 00:09:21,275 The key is here. 127 00:09:21,310 --> 00:09:24,034 Oh, dear. Have I miscalculated? 128 00:09:24,068 --> 00:09:25,172 I don't often, 129 00:09:25,206 --> 00:09:27,793 but it is an occupational hazard of the male. 130 00:09:27,827 --> 00:09:29,827 You get a few more slaps than you deserve, 131 00:09:29,862 --> 00:09:30,965 but you also get screws, 132 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,517 so you can't complain. 133 00:09:33,551 --> 00:09:36,379 Are you quite sure you don't want to lose that cherry? 134 00:09:36,413 --> 00:09:38,310 Quite sure. 135 00:09:38,344 --> 00:09:41,275 I'll give you one minute to unlock the door. 136 00:09:41,310 --> 00:09:43,965 You're not really plain. 137 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,068 Quite pretty, really. 138 00:09:46,103 --> 00:09:48,827 In the buff, I expect your breasts 139 00:09:48,862 --> 00:09:51,034 look much more prominent. 140 00:09:51,068 --> 00:09:52,620 What I like best about you is 141 00:09:52,655 --> 00:09:54,620 that you never say anything too obvious. 142 00:09:54,655 --> 00:09:57,034 That and your colonel's-daughter guts. 143 00:09:57,068 --> 00:09:59,000 I brought up our drinks as well. 144 00:09:59,034 --> 00:10:00,206 Do you want yours? 145 00:10:00,241 --> 00:10:02,275 Not too much. 146 00:10:02,310 --> 00:10:06,241 Aunt Fenny told me that your mother drinks. 147 00:10:06,275 --> 00:10:08,275 It's embarrassing, isn't it? 148 00:10:08,310 --> 00:10:12,275 My father drinks a lot. 149 00:10:12,310 --> 00:10:15,206 What she should do is screw. 150 00:10:15,241 --> 00:10:17,275 I mean, that would be better for the Colonel, really, 151 00:10:17,310 --> 00:10:19,793 not to come home to an alcoholic who gets her screws 152 00:10:19,827 --> 00:10:21,275 out of bottles. 153 00:10:21,310 --> 00:10:25,172 - Like your father? - Yes. Just like him. 154 00:10:25,206 --> 00:10:28,413 And what did your mother do for screws? 155 00:10:28,448 --> 00:10:30,034 Oh, Mother was never hard up. 156 00:10:30,068 --> 00:10:32,448 She went in for handsome chauffeurs. 157 00:10:32,482 --> 00:10:34,275 Go on, you're doing very well. 158 00:10:34,310 --> 00:10:37,517 I hope you're not cross with Aunt Fenny, by the way. 159 00:10:37,551 --> 00:10:39,482 She was only trying to bring out my protective instincts. 160 00:10:39,517 --> 00:10:42,275 It's my fault she said too much. 161 00:10:42,310 --> 00:10:45,103 I realize that. 162 00:10:50,620 --> 00:10:53,275 Why are you shivering? 163 00:10:53,310 --> 00:10:56,379 Because I find it difficult to control myself. 164 00:10:56,413 --> 00:10:59,275 And you feel you must. 165 00:10:59,310 --> 00:11:03,103 What do you find difficult to control? 166 00:11:03,137 --> 00:11:04,655 Your temper? 167 00:11:04,689 --> 00:11:08,137 Yes. 168 00:11:10,379 --> 00:11:13,344 Now I'd be glad if you'd open the door. 169 00:11:13,379 --> 00:11:16,034 If the taxi's still here, I can go home 170 00:11:16,068 --> 00:11:18,344 without putting you to any trouble. 171 00:11:18,379 --> 00:11:20,586 If not, I'm afraid you'll have to organize one. 172 00:11:20,620 --> 00:11:22,965 And you don't want to lose that cherry? 173 00:11:26,379 --> 00:11:28,517 Very well. 174 00:11:31,862 --> 00:11:35,344 I like your Aunt Fenny. 175 00:11:35,379 --> 00:11:36,448 She's shallow. 176 00:11:36,482 --> 00:11:40,344 And I bet she was a scorcher as a girl. 177 00:11:40,379 --> 00:11:44,344 Potentially, you are worth 20 of her. 178 00:11:44,379 --> 00:11:47,000 But your brains and your toughness 179 00:11:47,034 --> 00:11:50,344 aren't worth a bag of peanuts if you lack joy. 180 00:11:50,379 --> 00:11:53,344 That's what Aunt Fenny's got and you haven't. 181 00:11:53,379 --> 00:11:55,344 The place is stuffed with people 182 00:11:55,379 --> 00:11:56,448 who've thought so long 183 00:11:56,482 --> 00:11:58,172 that they've forgotten to be happy 184 00:11:58,206 --> 00:12:01,172 or people who've spent so long trying to be happy 185 00:12:01,206 --> 00:12:04,413 that they haven't had time to think. 186 00:12:04,448 --> 00:12:06,413 Aunt Fenny doesn't think at all. 187 00:12:06,448 --> 00:12:11,413 She wished you joy, that's all. 188 00:12:11,448 --> 00:12:13,413 And you don't want it. 189 00:12:13,448 --> 00:12:17,620 She's my Aunt Fenny, not yours. 190 00:12:21,448 --> 00:12:24,448 My key for your Aunt Fenny. 191 00:12:24,482 --> 00:12:25,689 Catch. 192 00:12:28,172 --> 00:12:30,689 For Pete's sake, Sarah Layton, 193 00:12:30,724 --> 00:12:33,413 you don't know anything about joy at all, do you? 194 00:12:33,448 --> 00:12:35,586 No. 195 00:12:35,620 --> 00:12:39,241 No, I don't. 196 00:12:52,448 --> 00:12:55,689 You're crying. Why? 197 00:12:57,448 --> 00:13:01,482 Because you really want me to make love to you? 198 00:13:01,517 --> 00:13:04,482 I couldn't promise love. 199 00:13:04,517 --> 00:13:08,482 You couldn't either, could you? 200 00:13:08,517 --> 00:13:11,482 And that's not right, where you belong. 201 00:13:11,517 --> 00:13:15,482 Except that you don't. 202 00:13:15,517 --> 00:13:19,068 Do you pretend because your father's away? 203 00:13:19,103 --> 00:13:21,482 Pretend that you belong for his sake? 204 00:13:21,517 --> 00:13:23,482 No. 205 00:13:23,517 --> 00:13:26,482 I do belong. 206 00:13:26,517 --> 00:13:28,482 That's what I know. 207 00:13:28,517 --> 00:13:32,482 That's the trouble. 208 00:13:32,517 --> 00:13:36,034 Please take your hand away. 209 00:13:43,689 --> 00:13:47,310 You really ought to bathe your eyes, you know. 210 00:13:47,344 --> 00:13:50,758 My Aunt Fenny would think the worst if she saw you now. 211 00:14:03,586 --> 00:14:06,551 Well, then... 212 00:14:06,586 --> 00:14:08,793 shall we go, Sarah Layton? 213 00:14:52,586 --> 00:14:56,551 Is it so sad? 214 00:14:56,586 --> 00:15:01,551 Sarah, be joyful. 215 00:15:35,448 --> 00:15:41,620 "She is to visit Captain Merrick 216 00:15:41,655 --> 00:15:45,241 in hospital. 217 00:15:45,275 --> 00:15:47,620 I wonder, 218 00:15:47,655 --> 00:15:53,620 will she ask him this time 219 00:15:53,655 --> 00:15:58,551 if he knew Edwina?" 220 00:16:55,724 --> 00:16:58,413 Oh, can't you sleep either? 221 00:16:58,448 --> 00:17:00,482 I was writing. 222 00:17:00,517 --> 00:17:02,000 Letters. 223 00:17:02,034 --> 00:17:04,172 Can I get you anything? 224 00:17:04,206 --> 00:17:06,724 No. Thank you, Barbie. 225 00:17:06,758 --> 00:17:09,413 There's nothing I want. 226 00:17:09,448 --> 00:17:13,206 I'm not sleepy, though. 227 00:17:13,241 --> 00:17:15,517 It's rather close, isn't it? 228 00:17:15,551 --> 00:17:17,000 Just a bit. 229 00:17:18,896 --> 00:17:20,793 Perhaps you were thinking about the news. 230 00:17:20,827 --> 00:17:24,310 That's why Icouldn't sleep. 231 00:17:24,344 --> 00:17:25,827 About the invasion. 232 00:17:25,862 --> 00:17:32,793 No, I was thinking it's a long time since I visited the grave. 233 00:17:32,827 --> 00:17:35,793 My husband's grave in Ranpur. 234 00:17:35,827 --> 00:17:38,448 Did I ever take you, Barbie? 235 00:17:38,482 --> 00:17:41,172 Don't go. 236 00:17:41,206 --> 00:17:42,724 Stay and talk to me. 237 00:17:42,758 --> 00:17:45,620 Talk? What about? 238 00:17:45,655 --> 00:17:46,793 Anything. 239 00:17:46,827 --> 00:17:49,000 About when you were young. 240 00:17:49,034 --> 00:17:50,275 I always enjoy that. 241 00:17:50,310 --> 00:17:54,379 Do you? Do you? 242 00:17:54,413 --> 00:17:55,758 Oh. 243 00:17:55,793 --> 00:18:00,862 Well, I was always a bit afraid of going upstairs to bed, 244 00:18:00,896 --> 00:18:04,275 so I used to hum a song my mother disapproved of. 245 00:18:04,310 --> 00:18:07,931 ♪ I've seen a deal of gaiety throughout my noisy life ♪ 246 00:18:07,965 --> 00:18:11,275 - Throughout what? - "Throughout my noisy life." 247 00:18:11,310 --> 00:18:14,275 Oh. One of your father's comic songs. 248 00:18:14,310 --> 00:18:17,413 Yes. He loved the music hall. 249 00:18:17,448 --> 00:18:18,965 He often promised to take me to it, 250 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:20,068 but of course he never did. 251 00:18:20,103 --> 00:18:22,137 He was afraid of what my mother would say 252 00:18:22,172 --> 00:18:23,655 if she found out. 253 00:18:23,689 --> 00:18:27,655 And he was always a bit short of what he called "the ready." 254 00:18:27,689 --> 00:18:31,275 One Christmas, he lost the presents for my stocking 255 00:18:31,310 --> 00:18:33,655 on the way home. 256 00:18:33,689 --> 00:18:36,655 I adored Christmas mornings. 257 00:18:36,689 --> 00:18:39,000 Waking in the dark, 258 00:18:39,034 --> 00:18:41,655 feeling the weight of the stocking on my toes. 259 00:18:41,689 --> 00:18:43,758 It was magic. 260 00:18:43,793 --> 00:18:46,241 I remember that. 261 00:18:46,275 --> 00:18:51,655 Even the quarrels in our house had a sort of magic. 262 00:18:51,689 --> 00:18:53,931 My life was never dull. 263 00:18:53,965 --> 00:18:56,448 Is it dull now? 264 00:18:56,482 --> 00:18:58,448 Now?! 265 00:18:58,482 --> 00:19:02,517 Least of all! 266 00:19:02,551 --> 00:19:07,827 What do you think will happen when the war is over? 267 00:19:07,862 --> 00:19:09,586 Happen? 268 00:19:09,620 --> 00:19:13,413 Well, this house is much bigger 269 00:19:13,448 --> 00:19:16,517 than the Grace and Favor Bungalow. 270 00:19:16,551 --> 00:19:18,068 If your stepson, 271 00:19:18,103 --> 00:19:19,517 if Colonel Layton is coming home, 272 00:19:19,551 --> 00:19:22,103 people are bound to think this was 273 00:19:22,137 --> 00:19:24,206 his father's house, and that the bungalow's 274 00:19:24,241 --> 00:19:30,310 too small for Mildred, Sarah, Susan, and the baby. 275 00:19:30,344 --> 00:19:33,517 I know Mildred hates me because she thinks -- 276 00:19:33,551 --> 00:19:36,724 Oh, I'm sorry. 277 00:19:36,758 --> 00:19:38,068 I'm sorry. 278 00:19:38,103 --> 00:19:39,758 You must go to sleep. 279 00:19:39,793 --> 00:19:42,275 Yes, I will now. 280 00:19:42,310 --> 00:19:46,620 Thank you, Barbie. 281 00:19:46,655 --> 00:19:48,827 I'll see to the other light. 282 00:19:56,793 --> 00:19:59,758 - Mabel? - Yes? 283 00:19:59,793 --> 00:20:02,655 Who is Gillian Waller? 284 00:20:03,793 --> 00:20:05,896 Gillian Waller? 285 00:20:05,931 --> 00:20:09,379 Sometimes you say it in your sleep. 286 00:20:11,655 --> 00:20:14,758 Jallianwallah. 287 00:20:14,793 --> 00:20:17,758 Jallianwallah Bagh. 288 00:20:17,793 --> 00:20:19,827 It's not a person. 289 00:20:19,862 --> 00:20:21,758 It's a place. 290 00:20:21,793 --> 00:20:24,758 The Amritsar Massacre in 1919, 291 00:20:24,793 --> 00:20:29,517 where General Dyer killed all those unarmed Indians. 292 00:20:29,551 --> 00:20:31,034 Was your husband there? 293 00:20:31,068 --> 00:20:34,241 He died in 1917. 294 00:20:34,275 --> 00:20:38,034 - But you remember it? - Oh, yes. 295 00:20:38,068 --> 00:20:41,206 £26,000 they raised for General Dyer 296 00:20:41,241 --> 00:20:43,758 when they retired him. 297 00:20:43,793 --> 00:20:45,758 I sent £100... 298 00:20:45,793 --> 00:20:48,310 to the fund the Indians were raising 299 00:20:48,344 --> 00:20:51,068 for the families of their dead. 300 00:20:51,103 --> 00:20:54,758 There were more than 260 victims, you see. 301 00:20:54,793 --> 00:20:58,758 And £26,000 for him. 302 00:20:58,793 --> 00:21:03,034 So I thought £100 was the price of one dead brown. 303 00:21:04,862 --> 00:21:08,827 It's not you, Barbie, and not this house. 304 00:21:08,862 --> 00:21:11,827 Jallianwallah Bagh. 305 00:21:11,862 --> 00:21:14,827 I gave it to the Indians. 306 00:21:14,862 --> 00:21:19,827 That's what she can't forgive. 307 00:21:19,862 --> 00:21:22,344 A daughter of the regiment. 308 00:21:25,862 --> 00:21:29,344 I'm ready for the light now. 309 00:21:30,137 --> 00:21:32,862 Good night, Mabel. 310 00:21:41,862 --> 00:21:43,827 India's Minister of Information 311 00:21:43,862 --> 00:21:46,862 says, "We have trapped the enemy in the Imphal area. 312 00:21:46,896 --> 00:21:49,827 He must either withdraw or be annihilated." 313 00:21:49,862 --> 00:21:51,827 These pictures from the Assam-Burma border 314 00:21:51,862 --> 00:21:54,103 take us into the hills of Manipur, 315 00:21:54,137 --> 00:21:58,896 where men of the 5th and 7th Indian Divisions are in action. 316 00:22:09,793 --> 00:22:12,896 Japanese-held villages are consumed by flames 317 00:22:12,931 --> 00:22:15,310 as his attempt to seize our offensive base at Imphal 318 00:22:15,344 --> 00:22:17,758 is thwarted. 319 00:22:23,931 --> 00:22:25,896 This is any man's country. 320 00:22:25,931 --> 00:22:28,896 Large opposing forces can wander for scores of miles 321 00:22:28,931 --> 00:22:30,793 without ever meeting each other. 322 00:22:30,827 --> 00:22:33,896 But when they meet, it becomes a massacre. 323 00:22:33,931 --> 00:22:36,896 Japanese corpses are strewn thickly where they fell 324 00:22:36,931 --> 00:22:39,000 after being caught in a merciless crossfire 325 00:22:39,034 --> 00:22:42,241 from infantry and tanks. 326 00:22:47,931 --> 00:22:50,896 They have no further interest in Tojo's gamble. 327 00:22:50,931 --> 00:22:53,724 For them, it has meant death in a strange jungle 328 00:22:53,758 --> 00:22:55,931 3,000 miles from Tokyo. 329 00:23:24,034 --> 00:23:26,448 Memsahib, rickshaw is here. 330 00:23:26,482 --> 00:23:29,965 - Thank you, Aziz. - Memsahib come home? 331 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:34,068 7:00, Aziz. Or 7:30. 332 00:23:34,103 --> 00:23:36,758 Certainly for dinner. 333 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,620 Susan? 334 00:23:47,655 --> 00:23:49,965 I've told Aziz you'll be here to lunch. 335 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,586 Is your mother coming to fetch you? 336 00:23:52,620 --> 00:23:54,241 Mm. From the club. 337 00:23:54,275 --> 00:23:57,965 It's so lovely here. 338 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,413 Bye, Barbie. 339 00:24:10,068 --> 00:24:12,034 Aren't you awfully hot? 340 00:24:12,068 --> 00:24:14,034 You should be in the shade! 341 00:24:14,068 --> 00:24:16,551 I like the sun. 342 00:24:16,586 --> 00:24:19,034 Where are you off to now? 343 00:24:19,068 --> 00:24:21,034 - Mr. Maybrick's. - Where? 344 00:24:21,068 --> 00:24:23,034 The organist. I told you. 345 00:24:23,068 --> 00:24:26,034 He wants me to stick his volume of Bach together. 346 00:24:26,068 --> 00:24:27,758 It's all in pieces. 347 00:24:29,517 --> 00:24:30,517 Bach! 348 00:24:30,551 --> 00:24:32,551 I'll be back to dinner. 349 00:24:32,586 --> 00:24:33,551 Susan's here. 350 00:24:33,586 --> 00:24:36,137 When is Sarah coming back? 351 00:24:36,172 --> 00:24:39,000 Well, she only went the day before yesterday. 352 00:24:39,034 --> 00:24:40,965 She booked a sleeper for tomorrow night. 353 00:24:46,103 --> 00:24:48,586 Goodbye, Barbie. 354 00:25:19,068 --> 00:25:22,241 Are you awake, Auntie Mabel? 355 00:25:35,310 --> 00:25:38,034 Auntie! 356 00:25:40,965 --> 00:25:42,689 I tell you, it's gone! 357 00:25:42,724 --> 00:25:44,931 Double page. 358 00:25:44,965 --> 00:25:46,931 The F minor fugue. 359 00:25:46,965 --> 00:25:48,931 Here's where it should be. 360 00:25:48,965 --> 00:25:51,931 Are you sure you've looked everywhere? 361 00:25:51,965 --> 00:25:56,931 What a pickle you're in! 362 00:25:56,965 --> 00:26:00,724 Mr. Maybrick, what are you standing on? 363 00:26:00,758 --> 00:26:01,931 What? 364 00:26:03,689 --> 00:26:06,000 Eureka! 365 00:26:06,034 --> 00:26:09,000 "Perseverance," my father used to say. 366 00:26:09,034 --> 00:26:12,896 Perseverance, Mr. Maybrick, wins the day. 367 00:26:12,931 --> 00:26:14,586 Angelic, Barbie. 368 00:26:14,620 --> 00:26:17,586 Ham-fisted, but angelic. 369 00:26:17,620 --> 00:26:19,965 What would you say to mutton, curry, and rice? 370 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:23,000 - I should say no. - It was planned! 371 00:26:23,034 --> 00:26:26,000 Mutton, curry, and rice for two. 372 00:26:26,034 --> 00:26:29,551 - Planned by whom? - Lovingly by me. 373 00:26:29,586 --> 00:26:31,827 You've been overdoing the sherry. 374 00:26:31,862 --> 00:26:34,068 You've not done so badly yourself. 375 00:26:34,103 --> 00:26:36,034 Two glasses are all I've had! 376 00:26:36,068 --> 00:26:39,241 Refilled between fugues. 377 00:26:42,034 --> 00:26:45,172 If you stayed to supper, 378 00:26:45,206 --> 00:26:48,000 you could start the binding afterwards. 379 00:26:48,034 --> 00:26:50,000 I shall do no such thing. 380 00:26:50,034 --> 00:26:53,379 You're becoming a hard woman, Barbie. 381 00:26:56,172 --> 00:26:57,344 I'm sorry. 382 00:26:57,379 --> 00:26:58,379 Oh, Arthur! 383 00:26:58,413 --> 00:27:02,000 Mr. Maybrick and I were just... 384 00:27:03,206 --> 00:27:04,862 Forgive me, Barbie. 385 00:27:04,896 --> 00:27:09,586 Mrs. Layton telephoned from Rose Cottage. 386 00:27:12,758 --> 00:27:15,034 "Stay with me and talk." 387 00:27:15,068 --> 00:27:17,379 I knew! 388 00:27:17,413 --> 00:27:20,793 A stroke. Very sudden. 389 00:27:20,827 --> 00:27:26,275 I think we must believe she felt no pain. 390 00:27:26,310 --> 00:27:32,034 "Throughout my noisy life." 391 00:27:32,068 --> 00:27:35,206 No pain at all. 392 00:27:51,172 --> 00:27:53,137 Rose Cottage. 393 00:27:53,172 --> 00:27:55,689 Kevin Coley speaking. 394 00:27:55,724 --> 00:27:57,965 - Is Miss Batchelor with you? - Well, no. She's not here. 395 00:27:58,000 --> 00:27:59,689 She's not there. 396 00:27:59,724 --> 00:28:01,758 I'm telephoning from Mr. Maybrick's. 397 00:28:01,793 --> 00:28:03,724 I told Miss Batchelor of Mabel Layton's death 398 00:28:03,758 --> 00:28:06,068 and suggested she shall spend the night at my house. 399 00:28:06,103 --> 00:28:07,965 Well, she was distressed, of course, 400 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:09,413 and anxious to go home at once. 401 00:28:09,448 --> 00:28:11,758 Mr. Maybrick and I were trying to persuade her. 402 00:28:11,793 --> 00:28:13,206 She retired for a few moments, 403 00:28:13,241 --> 00:28:15,068 and now we find she's disappeared. 404 00:28:15,103 --> 00:28:19,758 Gone? Well, frankly, Peplow, not convenient at all. 405 00:28:19,793 --> 00:28:21,931 Oh, mystery resolved. 406 00:28:21,965 --> 00:28:23,758 Miss Batchelor's here. 407 00:28:23,793 --> 00:28:26,344 Yes, just arriving. 408 00:28:29,448 --> 00:28:33,310 Understood. Thanks for telephoning. 409 00:28:34,793 --> 00:28:38,448 Arthur Peplow on the phone. Seemed a bit concerned. 410 00:28:38,482 --> 00:28:41,137 I told Arthur I must get home at once. 411 00:28:41,172 --> 00:28:44,241 There's so much to do. 412 00:28:44,275 --> 00:28:47,551 Excuse me, Captain Coley. 413 00:28:49,517 --> 00:28:51,758 - Miss Batchelor -- - I won't get in anyone's way. 414 00:28:51,793 --> 00:28:54,620 No! No! 415 00:28:54,655 --> 00:28:55,689 Is that Susan? 416 00:28:55,724 --> 00:28:56,758 Dr. Travers is with her now. 417 00:28:56,793 --> 00:28:59,620 I think she may have started. 418 00:28:59,655 --> 00:29:03,379 Much better... 419 00:29:03,413 --> 00:29:05,103 If there's anything I can do -- 420 00:29:05,137 --> 00:29:07,827 Thank you, but I think we can cope. 421 00:29:07,862 --> 00:29:10,448 Have you any idea where that bloody man can have got to? 422 00:29:10,482 --> 00:29:13,482 - Which man, Mildred? - Aziz. Aziz! 423 00:29:13,517 --> 00:29:15,827 - Aziz was here. - Well, he's not here now. 424 00:29:15,862 --> 00:29:17,586 and if and when he shows his face again, 425 00:29:17,620 --> 00:29:19,137 Kevin here has promised personally 426 00:29:19,172 --> 00:29:20,206 to boot him in the rear. 427 00:29:20,241 --> 00:29:23,482 But... but if he was worried... 428 00:29:23,517 --> 00:29:27,310 I don't think you understand Indians like Aziz at all. 429 00:29:27,344 --> 00:29:30,758 I understand only too well. 430 00:29:30,793 --> 00:29:32,034 I've asked Colonel Beames 431 00:29:32,068 --> 00:29:33,689 to have a word with the police. 432 00:29:33,724 --> 00:29:35,758 The police?! 433 00:29:35,793 --> 00:29:37,172 Whatever are you saying? 434 00:29:37,206 --> 00:29:39,758 Not that there appears to be anything noticeably missing. 435 00:29:39,793 --> 00:29:41,758 Dr. Travis says Susan has started 436 00:29:41,793 --> 00:29:43,827 and wants you to help take her down to the car. 437 00:29:43,862 --> 00:29:46,034 No! 438 00:29:46,068 --> 00:29:48,068 No, I don't want to go! 439 00:29:48,103 --> 00:29:49,655 She's terribly upset. 440 00:29:49,689 --> 00:29:52,655 No one really suspects Aziz. 441 00:29:52,689 --> 00:29:55,000 It's just a precaution until Beames is satisfied 442 00:29:55,034 --> 00:29:56,103 about the cause of death. 443 00:29:56,137 --> 00:29:57,862 The cause? 444 00:29:57,896 --> 00:30:01,034 He wanted a pathologist's report. 445 00:30:01,068 --> 00:30:03,482 Excuse me. 446 00:30:07,862 --> 00:30:10,000 Where is Mabel? 447 00:30:15,827 --> 00:30:18,965 No! I don't want to go! 448 00:30:55,862 --> 00:31:00,137 No! No! 449 00:31:00,172 --> 00:31:03,068 Oh, Mabel! 450 00:31:03,103 --> 00:31:05,379 Mabel! 451 00:31:19,896 --> 00:31:21,827 It can't have started. 452 00:31:21,862 --> 00:31:23,620 The baby isn't finished yet. 453 00:31:23,655 --> 00:31:25,103 Come on, Sue. Keep going. 454 00:31:25,137 --> 00:31:27,827 We'll have you right as rain. You'll see. 455 00:31:46,896 --> 00:31:49,034 Miss Batchelor? 456 00:31:49,068 --> 00:31:52,275 Miss Batchelor, Maybrick's here. 457 00:31:52,310 --> 00:31:54,896 They've come to take you to the Peplows' for the night. 458 00:31:59,896 --> 00:32:03,137 Thank you, Captain Coley. 459 00:32:07,103 --> 00:32:08,896 Where have they taken Mabel? 460 00:32:08,931 --> 00:32:11,275 Would you mind telling me? 461 00:32:11,310 --> 00:32:13,448 General Hospital. 462 00:32:18,241 --> 00:32:21,931 Yes. Colonel Beames thought it would be best. 463 00:32:21,965 --> 00:32:24,206 But it's all right. 464 00:32:24,241 --> 00:32:26,655 Mildred's there with Susan. 465 00:32:26,689 --> 00:32:28,931 I'm sure what you need is a good night's sleep. 466 00:32:28,965 --> 00:32:31,482 Have you transport? 467 00:32:31,517 --> 00:32:33,758 There's a rickshaw at the bottom. 468 00:32:33,793 --> 00:32:38,931 I left my bag somewhere. 469 00:32:38,965 --> 00:32:43,448 Oh, I've some receipts for bills I paid. 470 00:32:43,482 --> 00:32:45,724 I'll put them in Mabel's desk. 471 00:32:54,965 --> 00:32:57,758 Perhaps you'll see that Mildred gets these. 472 00:32:57,793 --> 00:32:59,379 Of course. 473 00:32:59,413 --> 00:33:01,793 I'll pack some things. 474 00:33:06,344 --> 00:33:09,000 We shall go straight to the hospital. 475 00:33:09,034 --> 00:33:12,862 I must pay my last respects to Mabel, of course! 476 00:33:12,896 --> 00:33:14,655 I don't think that Captain Coley thinks that you -- 477 00:33:14,689 --> 00:33:18,034 Captain Coley doesn't think at all! 478 00:33:18,068 --> 00:33:20,448 That's God's blessing on him. 479 00:33:20,482 --> 00:33:23,689 And I must speak to Colonel Beames at once. 480 00:33:33,034 --> 00:33:34,724 Sorry to have kept you waiting. 481 00:33:34,758 --> 00:33:37,862 But I do have my pathologist's report now. 482 00:33:37,896 --> 00:33:40,000 It confirms my assumption of cerebral hemorrhage. 483 00:33:40,034 --> 00:33:42,000 Do sit down. 484 00:33:42,034 --> 00:33:46,793 Um... had she complained lately of feeling unwell? 485 00:33:46,827 --> 00:33:48,000 No. 486 00:33:48,034 --> 00:33:51,310 Not complained. 487 00:33:51,344 --> 00:33:54,448 I've told Mildred... uh, Mrs. Layton, Junior. 488 00:33:54,482 --> 00:33:57,000 She's here with young Susan, as I expect you know. 489 00:33:57,034 --> 00:34:00,000 I'm afraid, from what Travers says, 490 00:34:00,034 --> 00:34:02,034 she's in for rather an arduous time. 491 00:34:02,068 --> 00:34:04,482 Fortunately, Captain Coley 492 00:34:04,517 --> 00:34:06,241 and Arthur Peplow have undertaken to make 493 00:34:06,275 --> 00:34:07,827 the arrangements for the funeral. 494 00:34:07,862 --> 00:34:09,034 There's a great deal to do. 495 00:34:09,068 --> 00:34:10,413 Do you know anything 496 00:34:10,448 --> 00:34:13,551 of the arrangements for transportation? 497 00:34:13,586 --> 00:34:16,000 I wish to accompany, of course. 498 00:34:16,034 --> 00:34:17,344 Transportation? 499 00:34:17,379 --> 00:34:20,034 The burial will be at St. Luke's in Ranpur. 500 00:34:20,068 --> 00:34:23,448 She wished to be buried with her husband there. 501 00:34:23,482 --> 00:34:26,482 Hasn't Mildred mentioned this to you? 502 00:34:26,517 --> 00:34:28,241 No. 503 00:34:28,275 --> 00:34:32,517 I... must see her and remind her. 504 00:34:32,551 --> 00:34:35,724 Are you sure those were the elder Mrs. Layton's wishes? 505 00:34:35,758 --> 00:34:38,068 Quite sure. 506 00:34:38,103 --> 00:34:40,137 I see. 507 00:34:40,172 --> 00:34:43,068 I'll mention it to her then. 508 00:34:43,103 --> 00:34:48,068 Well, I'm afraid I must leave now for Flagstaff House. 509 00:34:48,103 --> 00:34:50,344 But you can depend upon my letting her know. 510 00:34:50,379 --> 00:34:52,758 Are you accompanied? 511 00:34:52,793 --> 00:34:54,551 Mr. Maybrick is with me. 512 00:34:54,586 --> 00:34:58,068 Good. You must try to get a good night's rest. 513 00:34:58,103 --> 00:35:00,034 This must have been a greater shock for you than any of us. 514 00:35:00,068 --> 00:35:03,034 I wish to see her, of course. 515 00:35:03,068 --> 00:35:06,137 Can I do that now? 516 00:35:06,172 --> 00:35:08,137 I'm afraid not. 517 00:35:08,172 --> 00:35:10,000 But if you ring in the morning 518 00:35:10,034 --> 00:35:12,137 and ask to speak to Dr. Iyanagar, 519 00:35:12,172 --> 00:35:13,206 I'm sure it could be arranged. 520 00:35:13,241 --> 00:35:14,724 Dr. Iyanagar? 521 00:35:14,758 --> 00:35:19,137 Or his assistant. Extension 22. 522 00:35:19,172 --> 00:35:20,689 Thank you, Colonel Beames. 523 00:35:31,758 --> 00:35:32,758 Mr. Maybrick -- 524 00:35:32,793 --> 00:35:34,137 I brought the suitcase in. 525 00:35:34,172 --> 00:35:36,137 Safer than with the rickshaw wallah. 526 00:35:36,172 --> 00:35:39,137 Why don't you go back to the rectory bungalow? 527 00:35:39,172 --> 00:35:42,379 Tell Clarissa and Arthur I'll be there in half an hour. 528 00:35:42,413 --> 00:35:44,172 Half an hour?! I'll wait. 529 00:35:44,206 --> 00:35:46,344 Well, it may be longer. 530 00:35:46,379 --> 00:35:47,551 I shall ask. 531 00:35:50,172 --> 00:35:52,206 Colonel Beames will have rung. 532 00:35:52,241 --> 00:35:54,310 I'm to see Dr. Iyanagar. 533 00:35:54,344 --> 00:35:56,206 Will you please tell him I'm here? 534 00:35:56,241 --> 00:35:58,413 Oh, but Dr. Iyanagar has left. 535 00:35:58,448 --> 00:36:00,965 Then his assistant. 536 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,034 Extension 22. 537 00:36:05,137 --> 00:36:06,896 Colonel Beames should have rung 538 00:36:06,931 --> 00:36:09,206 before he left for Flagstaff House. 539 00:36:11,310 --> 00:36:13,275 You see, I don't remember. 540 00:36:13,310 --> 00:36:16,275 It's Miss Batchelor, isn't it? 541 00:36:16,310 --> 00:36:19,413 Get Dr. Lal quickly, please. 542 00:36:19,448 --> 00:36:21,413 Dr. Lal will come to the telephone. 543 00:36:21,448 --> 00:36:23,034 Tell him I'm here in connection 544 00:36:23,068 --> 00:36:25,413 with the death of Mrs. Mabel Layton. 545 00:36:25,448 --> 00:36:28,827 As arranged by Colonel Beames, 546 00:36:28,862 --> 00:36:30,413 I'm to see him in his office. 547 00:36:30,448 --> 00:36:34,482 Barbie, what on earth are you doing, for heaven's sakes? 548 00:36:34,517 --> 00:36:36,000 Something I have to do. 549 00:36:41,448 --> 00:36:43,413 Dr. Lal? 550 00:36:43,448 --> 00:36:47,103 Yes, I am Dr. Lal. 551 00:36:47,137 --> 00:36:50,551 I was expecting to see Dr. Iyanagar, 552 00:36:50,586 --> 00:36:52,482 but I understand he's left. 553 00:36:52,517 --> 00:36:55,551 Yes, I'm sorry. Half an hour since. 554 00:36:55,586 --> 00:36:58,413 Some obvious lack of liaison upstairs. 555 00:36:58,448 --> 00:37:01,034 May we proceed at once, please? 556 00:37:01,068 --> 00:37:03,172 I'm sorry, proceed with what? 557 00:37:03,206 --> 00:37:04,482 Identification. 558 00:37:04,517 --> 00:37:07,379 I have to see and identify the body 559 00:37:07,413 --> 00:37:09,034 of the late Mrs. Mabel Layton. 560 00:37:09,068 --> 00:37:10,206 I see. 561 00:37:10,241 --> 00:37:13,413 But no one mentioned to me this necessity. 562 00:37:13,448 --> 00:37:15,172 Are you a relative? 563 00:37:15,206 --> 00:37:16,310 Yes. 564 00:37:16,344 --> 00:37:19,448 One moment. 565 00:37:22,517 --> 00:37:24,517 Please sit. 566 00:38:12,551 --> 00:38:15,448 Aah! 567 00:38:15,482 --> 00:38:17,551 Oh! Oh! 568 00:38:17,586 --> 00:38:20,551 You should have waited. 569 00:38:20,586 --> 00:38:22,482 It is most irregular. 570 00:38:22,517 --> 00:38:24,551 I mean, nothing is ready yet. 571 00:38:24,586 --> 00:38:26,172 You come in without permission. 572 00:38:26,206 --> 00:38:27,689 It is not allowed. 573 00:38:27,724 --> 00:38:29,000 And now you're in a state. 574 00:38:29,034 --> 00:38:32,758 Please, please, you must sit somewhere and be patient. 575 00:38:32,793 --> 00:38:34,310 Why should I be blamed for this? 576 00:38:34,344 --> 00:38:36,551 No one will blame you, Dr. Lal. 577 00:38:36,586 --> 00:38:38,448 I shall say nothing. 578 00:38:38,482 --> 00:38:40,827 It would be wise for you to say nothing too. 579 00:38:40,862 --> 00:38:43,586 I have seen all I need. 580 00:38:43,620 --> 00:38:45,172 Forget I was ever here. 581 00:38:45,206 --> 00:38:46,344 But Dr. Iyanagar -- 582 00:38:46,379 --> 00:38:48,551 He knows nothing. 583 00:38:48,586 --> 00:38:52,448 She is in torment! 584 00:39:00,655 --> 00:39:01,896 Yes? 585 00:39:01,931 --> 00:39:03,034 Can I help? 586 00:39:03,068 --> 00:39:04,620 Sister Paige? 587 00:39:04,655 --> 00:39:06,344 Sister Paige is busy for a moment. 588 00:39:06,379 --> 00:39:08,137 I'm Sister Matthews. Are you lost? 589 00:39:08,172 --> 00:39:10,275 I've come to see Mrs. Layton. 590 00:39:10,310 --> 00:39:13,620 They told me downstairs to come up to number eight. 591 00:39:13,655 --> 00:39:15,655 Oh, I understood it was a Captain Coley 592 00:39:15,689 --> 00:39:17,137 with a message from Mr. Peplow. 593 00:39:17,172 --> 00:39:18,620 Oh, they got it slightly muddled. 594 00:39:18,655 --> 00:39:21,000 There is an urgent message for Mrs. Layton 595 00:39:21,034 --> 00:39:23,413 which concerns Captain Coley and Mr. Peplow. 596 00:39:23,448 --> 00:39:25,758 Yes, I see, and there, I've just told Mrs. Layton 597 00:39:25,793 --> 00:39:26,827 it was Captain Coley. 598 00:39:26,862 --> 00:39:27,862 Well, never mind. 599 00:39:27,896 --> 00:39:30,068 This way. 600 00:39:34,655 --> 00:39:36,034 How is her daughter, Susan? 601 00:39:36,068 --> 00:39:38,620 Mrs. Bingham's just as well as can be expected. 602 00:39:38,655 --> 00:39:40,931 It's not going to be an easy delivery, I'm afraid. 603 00:39:40,965 --> 00:39:42,620 She's so tense. 604 00:39:42,655 --> 00:39:44,620 And Mrs. Layton's awfully anxious too, 605 00:39:44,655 --> 00:39:47,620 trying to get through to her other daughter in Calcutta. 606 00:39:47,655 --> 00:39:48,931 But I expect they're all out 607 00:39:48,965 --> 00:39:50,620 celebrating the Normandy invasion, 608 00:39:50,655 --> 00:39:54,034 what I'd be doing if we weren't short-staffed. 609 00:39:54,068 --> 00:39:56,275 Your visitor, Mrs. Layton. 610 00:39:59,655 --> 00:40:01,206 Come in, Kevin. 611 00:40:01,241 --> 00:40:03,758 Pour yourself a drink. It's on the dressing table. 612 00:40:03,793 --> 00:40:05,310 And freshen mine, there's an angel. 613 00:40:05,344 --> 00:40:07,620 What's happening? 614 00:40:07,655 --> 00:40:10,793 I've got through to Calcutta, thank God. 615 00:40:10,827 --> 00:40:14,620 Sarah starts back tomorrow. 616 00:40:14,655 --> 00:40:16,620 Kevin? 617 00:40:16,655 --> 00:40:19,379 You bloody bitch! 618 00:40:19,413 --> 00:40:22,448 Mildred, please don't. 619 00:40:22,482 --> 00:40:24,965 It's not my fault that they got the message wrong. 620 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:27,344 Do I look like Captain Coley? 621 00:40:27,379 --> 00:40:29,137 You can call me anything you like 622 00:40:29,172 --> 00:40:30,620 for what you think I've done, 623 00:40:30,655 --> 00:40:32,793 but you must listen to me first, or she'll never rest. 624 00:40:32,827 --> 00:40:34,620 Never, never! 625 00:40:34,655 --> 00:40:36,620 I've seen her, so I know. 626 00:40:36,655 --> 00:40:40,758 She's in that terrible place, in anguish, 627 00:40:40,793 --> 00:40:42,034 because she thinks you've forgotten 628 00:40:42,068 --> 00:40:44,034 your promise or won't abide by it. 629 00:40:44,068 --> 00:40:45,896 She'll haunt me. 630 00:40:45,931 --> 00:40:48,793 She'll haunt you. All of us. 631 00:40:48,827 --> 00:40:50,586 I've no idea what you mean. 632 00:40:50,620 --> 00:40:51,655 What promise? 633 00:40:51,689 --> 00:40:53,862 To bury Mabel at St Luke's in Ranpur. 634 00:40:53,896 --> 00:40:55,793 What on earth are you talking about? 635 00:40:55,827 --> 00:40:57,000 It's what she wished. 636 00:40:57,034 --> 00:41:00,413 She told me. She must have told you. 637 00:41:00,448 --> 00:41:02,034 St Luke's in Ranpur? 638 00:41:02,068 --> 00:41:03,620 I know absolutely nothing about it. 639 00:41:03,655 --> 00:41:05,034 It's quite out of the question. 640 00:41:05,068 --> 00:41:06,344 If you don't want the humiliation 641 00:41:06,379 --> 00:41:07,413 of being asked to leave 642 00:41:07,448 --> 00:41:08,862 by a member of the staff, you'd better go. 643 00:41:08,896 --> 00:41:10,379 Why is it out of the question? 644 00:41:10,413 --> 00:41:12,724 There's a telephone on that table there. 645 00:41:12,758 --> 00:41:16,275 All you have to do is to ring Arthur Peplow and tell him. 646 00:41:16,310 --> 00:41:18,034 Tell him this simple thing -- 647 00:41:18,068 --> 00:41:20,689 that she wished to be buried with her husband. 648 00:41:20,724 --> 00:41:23,586 Arthur and I will do everything else that's necessary, 649 00:41:23,620 --> 00:41:24,931 but that must come from you. 650 00:41:24,965 --> 00:41:29,586 What you will do is leave this hospital at once 651 00:41:29,620 --> 00:41:31,137 and stop interfering. 652 00:41:31,172 --> 00:41:34,413 I find your suggestion utterly obscene. 653 00:41:34,448 --> 00:41:35,689 It's June. 654 00:41:35,724 --> 00:41:38,620 Perhaps you've noticed it's warm, even in Pankot. 655 00:41:38,655 --> 00:41:39,931 I have no intention of having 656 00:41:39,965 --> 00:41:41,620 my husband's stepmother transported 657 00:41:41,655 --> 00:41:43,241 like a piece of refrigerated meat. 658 00:41:43,275 --> 00:41:45,275 If there were some indication in her will, 659 00:41:45,310 --> 00:41:46,620 I should have to override it. 660 00:41:46,655 --> 00:41:48,241 I know nothing about her will. 661 00:41:48,275 --> 00:41:50,206 But I do know about her will. 662 00:41:50,241 --> 00:41:53,206 I've had a copy of it ever since my husband went abroad. 663 00:41:53,241 --> 00:41:56,241 This gruesome little convoy you seem to think she wanted 664 00:41:56,275 --> 00:41:57,655 is out of character. 665 00:41:57,689 --> 00:41:59,103 After five years of living with her, 666 00:41:59,137 --> 00:42:01,034 I'm surprised you didn't know her better. 667 00:42:01,068 --> 00:42:03,000 On the other hand, I'm not. 668 00:42:03,034 --> 00:42:05,172 You were born with the soul of a parlor maid, 669 00:42:05,206 --> 00:42:06,827 and a parlor maid is what you've remained. 670 00:42:06,862 --> 00:42:09,517 India's been very bad for you, 671 00:42:09,551 --> 00:42:12,000 and Rose Cottage a disaster. 672 00:42:12,034 --> 00:42:15,137 I'd be glad if you'd be out of there by the end of the month. 673 00:42:15,172 --> 00:42:18,034 As soon as possible, in fact, if you've paid. 674 00:42:18,068 --> 00:42:22,000 - Mildred! - How dare you call me Mildred! 675 00:42:22,034 --> 00:42:23,551 To you, I'm Mrs. Layton. 676 00:42:23,586 --> 00:42:26,310 That's ridiculous! It's spiteful! 677 00:42:26,344 --> 00:42:29,137 Mildred is your given name, your Christian name. 678 00:42:29,172 --> 00:42:30,586 Christ! 679 00:42:33,034 --> 00:42:35,137 No, please! 680 00:42:35,172 --> 00:42:37,413 Let go! 681 00:42:37,448 --> 00:42:40,137 I'm sorry. Sorry! 682 00:42:40,172 --> 00:42:42,275 I am what you say. 683 00:42:42,310 --> 00:42:44,206 But I loved her so much. 684 00:42:44,241 --> 00:42:46,517 And I think God gave me this last chance 685 00:42:46,551 --> 00:42:48,586 to serve Him through her. 686 00:42:48,620 --> 00:42:50,655 Please, Mildred! 687 00:42:50,689 --> 00:42:53,068 She asked for so little, but she did ask for this. 688 00:42:53,103 --> 00:42:55,000 Why should I make up a story? 689 00:42:55,034 --> 00:42:58,206 I'll do anything, everything you say, 690 00:42:58,241 --> 00:43:01,655 but please don't bury her in the wrong grave. 691 00:43:01,689 --> 00:43:04,793 Not that! Not that! 692 00:43:04,827 --> 00:43:06,655 Not that! 693 00:43:06,689 --> 00:43:07,896 Oh! 694 00:43:16,689 --> 00:43:19,655 Now... 695 00:43:19,689 --> 00:43:23,068 I've told you. 696 00:43:29,689 --> 00:43:35,655 I shall need a little time to collect my things. 697 00:43:35,689 --> 00:43:38,517 Good night, Mildred. 698 00:44:34,758 --> 00:44:38,724 They've all gone now. 699 00:44:38,758 --> 00:44:40,862 These are for her? 700 00:46:23,896 --> 00:46:26,172 Oh, my dear. That was your mother. 701 00:46:26,206 --> 00:46:27,862 It's bad news. 702 00:46:27,896 --> 00:46:31,137 Aunt Mabel. I'm afraid she's dead. 703 00:46:31,172 --> 00:46:33,793 Miss Layton? 704 00:46:33,827 --> 00:46:36,482 I'm sorry, Miss Layton, but we're nearly there. 705 00:46:36,517 --> 00:46:37,931 We're coming into Ranpur. 706 00:46:37,965 --> 00:46:39,379 I'm sorry to disturb you. 707 00:46:39,413 --> 00:46:43,275 Oh, no. Thanks, Mrs. Roper. 708 00:46:43,310 --> 00:46:44,758 Now, don't rush. 709 00:46:44,793 --> 00:46:46,344 We just thought you'd want plenty of time, 710 00:46:46,379 --> 00:46:48,413 because we only stay in Ranpur for 10 minutes. 711 00:46:48,448 --> 00:46:51,379 Yes. I'll get down. 712 00:46:51,413 --> 00:46:53,689 Can you manage, dear? 713 00:46:53,724 --> 00:46:55,655 You've had a good long sleep. 714 00:46:55,689 --> 00:46:57,517 We nodded off too. 715 00:46:57,551 --> 00:46:58,862 You've been very kind. 716 00:46:58,896 --> 00:47:01,551 I'm afraid I was a most awful nuisance to you. 717 00:47:01,586 --> 00:47:03,275 Oh, my dear. Not at all. 718 00:47:03,310 --> 00:47:06,931 Your uncle in Calcutta seemed so concerned. 719 00:47:06,965 --> 00:47:08,931 Letting me share your coupé. 720 00:47:08,965 --> 00:47:11,413 And letting down the bunk as well. 721 00:47:11,448 --> 00:47:12,689 Now, just leave that. 722 00:47:12,724 --> 00:47:14,827 Directly we've had dinner, Mrs. Perryman and I 723 00:47:14,862 --> 00:47:16,689 are going to tuck down. 724 00:47:16,724 --> 00:47:18,517 Is there anything we can do? 725 00:47:18,551 --> 00:47:20,103 You'll want some food at the station. 726 00:47:20,137 --> 00:47:21,517 No. Really. 727 00:47:21,551 --> 00:47:22,724 But your train for Pankot 728 00:47:22,758 --> 00:47:24,413 doesn't leave till after midnight. 729 00:47:24,448 --> 00:47:26,551 Yes, I know. 730 00:47:28,620 --> 00:47:31,172 I think I'll just go and wash my face. 731 00:47:31,206 --> 00:47:34,000 Yes. Freshen up. 732 00:47:36,965 --> 00:47:38,034 Perhaps she wants 733 00:47:38,068 --> 00:47:39,965 to be on her own for a bit, 734 00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:42,758 in the circumstances. 735 00:47:51,206 --> 00:47:55,241 I do hope there's something really pukka lined up 736 00:47:55,275 --> 00:47:56,379 for us in Ranpur. 737 00:47:56,413 --> 00:47:59,275 Personally, I always find trains famishing. 738 00:47:59,310 --> 00:48:04,000 Tea in the dining car back home was best. 739 00:48:04,034 --> 00:48:06,034 Those little pots of jam. Do you remember? 740 00:48:06,068 --> 00:48:08,034 And teacakes! 741 00:48:08,068 --> 00:48:09,965 When we first came out, 742 00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:13,034 Roger's mother used to send us Tiptree's. 743 00:48:13,068 --> 00:48:14,275 They're from Fortnum's. 744 00:48:14,310 --> 00:48:18,000 It's the sort of thing that really counts. 745 00:48:18,034 --> 00:48:20,000 Though in Burma, it was marvelous 746 00:48:20,034 --> 00:48:23,000 what we could get through Ramcham's in Rangoon. 747 00:48:23,034 --> 00:48:25,413 I mean, Jim's Special Marmalade. 748 00:48:27,034 --> 00:48:29,000 I say! Keep a lookout, Dorothy! 749 00:48:29,034 --> 00:48:31,275 I think we're here! 750 00:48:39,034 --> 00:48:41,827 Memsahib! Memsahib! 751 00:48:43,034 --> 00:48:45,000 I've got your coolie for you. 752 00:48:45,034 --> 00:48:46,413 After 30 years of India, 753 00:48:46,448 --> 00:48:48,827 I can always spot the one you can trust. 754 00:48:48,862 --> 00:48:51,379 Well, there's only my case. 755 00:49:00,172 --> 00:49:03,034 Thank you. 756 00:49:03,068 --> 00:49:05,620 I can see some restaurant- bearers down the platform. 757 00:49:05,655 --> 00:49:08,344 I hope one's got our trays. Bearer! 758 00:49:08,379 --> 00:49:10,241 Bearer! 759 00:49:17,068 --> 00:49:18,275 Goodbye, Mrs. Roper. 760 00:49:18,310 --> 00:49:19,275 Thanks for everything. 761 00:49:19,310 --> 00:49:21,241 - Goodbye, dear. - Mrs. Perryman. 762 00:49:21,275 --> 00:49:23,482 Shouldn't we find an escort for you? 763 00:49:23,517 --> 00:49:25,482 There must be at least one officer on the platform 764 00:49:25,517 --> 00:49:26,551 we could whistle up. 765 00:49:26,586 --> 00:49:28,655 Really, I shall be quite all right. 766 00:49:28,689 --> 00:49:31,034 But surely you don't usually travel alone? 767 00:49:31,068 --> 00:49:34,103 Well, there's always a first time, isn't there? 768 00:49:40,068 --> 00:49:41,482 Goodbye. Goodbye, Mrs. Roper. 769 00:49:41,517 --> 00:49:42,586 Goodbye! 770 00:49:59,275 --> 00:50:01,241 You know, Bunty, things are certainly changing. 771 00:50:01,275 --> 00:50:03,413 Well, they are. Bearer! 772 00:50:03,448 --> 00:50:05,413 Memsahib! 773 00:50:05,448 --> 00:50:09,034 Express to Delhi.