1 00:00:11,864 --> 00:00:21,248 Subtitles by MemoryOnSmells http://UKsubtitles.ru. 2 00:00:35,847 --> 00:00:39,662 I had made Nonnatus House my home. 3 00:00:39,675 --> 00:00:42,635 When I needed peace and comfort, 4 00:00:42,636 --> 00:00:46,097 when I needed to grieve and to be restored, 5 00:00:46,098 --> 00:00:48,641 I did not go far. 6 00:00:48,642 --> 00:00:53,104 It was as though its roof still sheltered me, 7 00:00:53,105 --> 00:00:57,025 as though I was still safe within its walls. 8 00:00:57,026 --> 00:01:00,236 Sister Julienne, has the post gone yet? 9 00:01:00,237 --> 00:01:02,030 No. You're in luck. 10 00:01:02,031 --> 00:01:03,948 Oh, good. 11 00:01:03,949 --> 00:01:06,576 I don't wear this any more. I thought it could go to 12 00:01:06,577 --> 00:01:08,703 the Girls' Brigade donation for the home. 13 00:01:08,704 --> 00:01:09,996 Oh, thank you! 14 00:01:09,997 --> 00:01:12,457 Is there anything you want to send to Nurse Lee? 15 00:01:12,458 --> 00:01:13,624 Just this letter. 16 00:01:13,626 --> 00:01:16,377 I sat up all night trying to think of something cheerful to say 17 00:01:16,378 --> 00:01:18,087 that didn't sound too callous. 18 00:01:18,088 --> 00:01:19,923 It's a frightfully fine line. 19 00:01:23,260 --> 00:01:26,220 You may take these to the Post Office 20 00:01:26,221 --> 00:01:28,139 but come straight back. 21 00:01:28,140 --> 00:01:30,099 We've a great deal to do this morning. 22 00:01:30,100 --> 00:01:31,393 Of course, Sister. 23 00:01:49,161 --> 00:01:51,788 People retreat from the world 24 00:01:51,789 --> 00:01:53,623 for different reasons. 25 00:01:53,624 --> 00:01:58,544 But if I had come to the Mother House of the order to forget, 26 00:01:58,545 --> 00:02:01,256 I was not forgotten. 27 00:02:04,218 --> 00:02:06,761 And that I was remembered 28 00:02:06,762 --> 00:02:09,306 made my pain endurable. 29 00:02:23,278 --> 00:02:25,363 Lovely! 30 00:02:25,364 --> 00:02:27,824 I knew that nice little Girls' Brigade leader 31 00:02:27,825 --> 00:02:29,325 wouldn't let us down. 32 00:02:29,326 --> 00:02:32,078 The Postman nearly did. 33 00:02:32,079 --> 00:02:33,621 Late again. 34 00:02:33,622 --> 00:02:36,999 I ought to send you out to the gate to meet him. 35 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,335 There's nothing like one of your reproachful stares 36 00:02:39,336 --> 00:02:41,421 to make a person toe the line. 37 00:02:41,422 --> 00:02:45,259 He's scared I'll hit him with my stick. 38 00:02:47,928 --> 00:02:49,221 Right, Jacob... 39 00:02:50,472 --> 00:02:53,767 ..are you ready for a spot of crowd control after lunch? 40 00:02:55,769 --> 00:02:57,311 What is this? 41 00:02:57,312 --> 00:03:00,399 It's called Quiche Lorraine, according to Mrs B. 42 00:03:02,234 --> 00:03:03,359 Pass me the beetroot. 43 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:06,362 With Sister Julienne's permission, I'll make myself a sandwich. 44 00:03:06,363 --> 00:03:07,780 Of course. 45 00:03:07,781 --> 00:03:09,574 What I want to know is 46 00:03:09,575 --> 00:03:12,577 does Nurse Lee say when she's coming back? 47 00:03:12,578 --> 00:03:14,537 No, she doesn't. 48 00:03:14,538 --> 00:03:16,372 She just closes by saying, 49 00:03:16,373 --> 00:03:19,625 "I hope Sister Monica Joan enjoyed the cake as much as I did! 50 00:03:19,626 --> 00:03:21,210 "Love, Jenny." 51 00:03:21,211 --> 00:03:22,795 And three kisses. 52 00:03:22,796 --> 00:03:25,756 So glad she chose to go to the Mother House. 53 00:03:25,758 --> 00:03:28,551 It seems like the perfect place for her to recuperate. 54 00:03:28,552 --> 00:03:32,263 Much as we all feel deep compassion for Nurse Lee, 55 00:03:32,264 --> 00:03:35,434 her absence is felt across every department. 56 00:03:40,647 --> 00:03:42,690 I think she's fainted! 57 00:03:42,691 --> 00:03:44,359 Sister? Sister? 58 00:03:48,739 --> 00:03:50,573 Steak and kidney pie. 59 00:03:50,574 --> 00:03:52,116 Your steak and kidney pie? 60 00:03:52,117 --> 00:03:54,785 Timothy helped a bit this time. 61 00:03:54,787 --> 00:03:57,121 I think I might have a rival on my hands! 62 00:03:57,122 --> 00:03:59,081 I only rolled some of the pastry. 63 00:03:59,082 --> 00:04:00,833 Well, it looks delicious. 64 00:04:00,834 --> 00:04:02,418 You keep him at it. 65 00:04:02,419 --> 00:04:04,086 It's the summer holiday! 66 00:04:04,087 --> 00:04:06,297 I don't want to be inside doing cookery. 67 00:04:06,298 --> 00:04:08,049 I want to play out! 68 00:04:08,050 --> 00:04:10,092 You can't play out, Timothy. 69 00:04:10,093 --> 00:04:12,595 You can't keep up with the other boys just now. 70 00:04:12,596 --> 00:04:14,514 They'll slow down for me. 71 00:04:14,515 --> 00:04:16,517 I don't want you getting hurt. 72 00:04:19,603 --> 00:04:21,854 I thought we'd get the bus into town one day 73 00:04:21,855 --> 00:04:23,689 and go to the Science Museum. 74 00:04:23,690 --> 00:04:25,818 Oh, I can't wait! 75 00:04:31,406 --> 00:04:32,866 Behave yourself, Tim. 76 00:04:34,117 --> 00:04:37,119 I don't get the chance to do anything else. 77 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,790 Polio damaged my legs, not my brain. 78 00:04:42,125 --> 00:04:45,878 Patrick, you're needed at Nonnatus House. 79 00:04:45,879 --> 00:04:48,590 It's Sister Julienne. 80 00:04:53,220 --> 00:04:54,470 Stay there. 81 00:04:54,471 --> 00:04:58,058 We can hunt down an ice cream van later, when I'm on my rounds. 82 00:05:20,622 --> 00:05:23,207 Very well, everyone! 83 00:05:23,208 --> 00:05:25,334 All the party clothes 84 00:05:25,335 --> 00:05:28,754 are laid out on the trestle tables. 85 00:05:28,755 --> 00:05:31,507 and you are all to choose one outfit 86 00:05:31,508 --> 00:05:34,176 to wear for the Founder's Day dance. 87 00:05:34,177 --> 00:05:35,761 Do you all understand? 88 00:05:35,762 --> 00:05:38,889 Yes, Miss Molyneux. 89 00:05:38,891 --> 00:05:40,058 In you go! 90 00:05:51,987 --> 00:05:54,822 It's mine, Mavis! It's mine! Let go! 91 00:05:54,823 --> 00:05:56,657 It won't even fit you! 92 00:05:56,658 --> 00:06:00,286 Mavis, give it back to Sally. Why? 93 00:06:00,287 --> 00:06:02,623 Because she's older than you. 94 00:06:04,625 --> 00:06:06,667 Now, Sally, 95 00:06:06,668 --> 00:06:10,172 find something pretty for Mavis. 96 00:06:14,301 --> 00:06:16,135 That's nice, I like that one. 97 00:06:16,136 --> 00:06:19,055 We'll arrange some bloods to be on the safe side. 98 00:06:19,056 --> 00:06:21,349 But I can't find anything wrong with you 99 00:06:21,350 --> 00:06:22,683 a proper rest won't cure. 100 00:06:22,684 --> 00:06:24,727 I wouldn't say no to a day in bed 101 00:06:24,728 --> 00:06:26,145 and that's not like me. 102 00:06:26,146 --> 00:06:27,396 No, it isn't. 103 00:06:27,397 --> 00:06:28,856 But I'm not talking a day. 104 00:06:28,857 --> 00:06:32,151 I'm talking a week at least and preferably two. 105 00:06:32,152 --> 00:06:34,737 I am prescribing you a fortnight at the Mother House, 106 00:06:34,738 --> 00:06:36,113 starting tomorrow. 107 00:06:36,114 --> 00:06:38,366 It's out of the question. 108 00:06:38,367 --> 00:06:39,992 We're a midwife short 109 00:06:39,993 --> 00:06:42,828 and I've Sister Evangelina's jubilee to organise. 110 00:06:42,829 --> 00:06:44,288 Jubilee? 111 00:06:44,289 --> 00:06:46,957 It's the anniversary of her religious vows 112 00:06:46,959 --> 00:06:49,335 and I need to arrange a service and a party... 113 00:06:49,336 --> 00:06:51,212 Some of that's already under way! 114 00:06:51,213 --> 00:06:53,923 I've been writing letters to try to track down her family 115 00:06:53,924 --> 00:06:55,383 and invite them. There! 116 00:06:55,384 --> 00:06:57,635 Sister Winifred can organise the jubilee 117 00:06:57,636 --> 00:06:59,553 and someone else can run the office. 118 00:06:59,554 --> 00:07:01,515 No-one else is capable. I... 119 00:07:05,102 --> 00:07:06,186 Catch it! 120 00:07:14,319 --> 00:07:17,530 Throw it to me! 121 00:07:17,531 --> 00:07:20,117 Colin Cowdrey eat your heart out. Eh, Doc? 122 00:07:21,618 --> 00:07:23,161 Absolutely. 123 00:07:24,496 --> 00:07:26,123 Good shot, Tim! 124 00:07:30,168 --> 00:07:34,004 I can't believe you left him there! What if he falls over? 125 00:07:34,006 --> 00:07:36,882 Or wears himself out and is too tired to walk home? 126 00:07:36,883 --> 00:07:39,468 Shelagh, leave him to his own devices. 127 00:07:39,469 --> 00:07:42,138 We both left him to his own devices, if you remember, 128 00:07:42,139 --> 00:07:44,181 the day he was taken ill! 129 00:07:44,182 --> 00:07:46,892 I don't deserve that and neither do you. 130 00:07:46,893 --> 00:07:48,477 I'm sorry. 131 00:07:48,478 --> 00:07:51,105 I'm sorry! We're both sorry. 132 00:07:51,106 --> 00:07:53,608 And he's an 11-year-old boy. 133 00:07:54,693 --> 00:07:57,821 Polio or no polio, he needs to spread his wings. 134 00:07:59,489 --> 00:08:02,159 I don't know what I'm going to do with myself. 135 00:08:04,995 --> 00:08:06,954 I do. 136 00:08:06,955 --> 00:08:09,165 We still have to find another midwife 137 00:08:09,166 --> 00:08:11,250 as soon as is humanly possible. 138 00:08:11,251 --> 00:08:13,753 The current casebook makes for terrifying reading. 139 00:08:13,754 --> 00:08:16,505 I took the liberty of speaking to Nurse Noakes 140 00:08:16,506 --> 00:08:19,925 and she's already agreed to do some extra shifts. 141 00:08:19,926 --> 00:08:21,011 May I? 142 00:08:24,056 --> 00:08:27,933 I should really let you see it from this side of the desk, shouldn't I? 143 00:08:27,934 --> 00:08:31,562 If I'm to take over the administration whilst you are away, 144 00:08:31,563 --> 00:08:32,939 that would be best. 145 00:08:45,368 --> 00:08:48,621 Did Dr Turner tell you that the gait assessment clinic 146 00:08:48,622 --> 00:08:50,956 is going to be moved to the Community Centre? 147 00:08:50,957 --> 00:08:54,376 Sister Julienne, I think we're making each other nervous. 148 00:08:54,377 --> 00:08:58,006 That wasn't the object of this exercise. No. 149 00:09:02,761 --> 00:09:05,095 You can't go out in a sopping wet uniform, Camilla! 150 00:09:05,097 --> 00:09:07,473 I'm ironing it dry! Look, dry as a bone. 151 00:09:07,474 --> 00:09:10,142 People will think you've had the accident, not Freddie. 152 00:09:10,143 --> 00:09:12,812 They're expecting me at Nonnatus House at half past, Peter! 153 00:09:12,813 --> 00:09:15,607 And I was expecting to be in my bed at quarter to! 154 00:09:17,609 --> 00:09:22,321 I'm the most inconsiderate beast in the whole sorry history of creation. 155 00:09:22,322 --> 00:09:24,323 No, you're not. 156 00:09:24,324 --> 00:09:26,242 You received a call to arms, 157 00:09:26,243 --> 00:09:29,371 I understand. 158 00:09:43,885 --> 00:09:47,263 And may you enjoy every happiness in your new home, Reverend. 159 00:09:47,264 --> 00:09:48,556 Thanks for your help, Fred. 160 00:09:48,557 --> 00:09:50,683 Don't go fretting about your khazi, 161 00:09:50,684 --> 00:09:54,563 I'll be round tonight to take me plunger to the U-bend. 162 00:09:58,108 --> 00:10:01,110 Never mind helping the curate to move in! 163 00:10:01,111 --> 00:10:03,863 Sister Julienne's got a train to catch! All right. 164 00:10:03,864 --> 00:10:05,198 Morning! 165 00:10:07,284 --> 00:10:10,579 He'd be more efficient helping you to Mars! 166 00:10:15,667 --> 00:10:18,794 I think a jubilee sounds tremendously jolly. 167 00:10:18,795 --> 00:10:20,713 Will we be having parlour games? 168 00:10:20,714 --> 00:10:23,132 Well, I did think I might try and find a roulette wheel 169 00:10:23,133 --> 00:10:25,092 and set up a little casino in the parlour! 170 00:10:25,093 --> 00:10:27,511 I've always fancied myself as a croupier. 171 00:10:27,512 --> 00:10:31,015 The plan is for Holy Communion followed by a tea party. 172 00:10:31,016 --> 00:10:33,183 It's custom to invite the sister's family, 173 00:10:33,185 --> 00:10:35,352 and any friends she has outside the order. 174 00:10:35,353 --> 00:10:37,938 I think she had quite a few brothers and sisters, 175 00:10:37,939 --> 00:10:39,481 I've heard her mention it. 176 00:10:39,482 --> 00:10:41,734 I have written to her last known address 177 00:10:41,735 --> 00:10:43,485 before she entered as a postulant 178 00:10:43,486 --> 00:10:45,404 but there's been no response. 179 00:10:45,405 --> 00:10:47,948 Have you tried writing to the curate of that parish? 180 00:10:47,949 --> 00:10:51,452 Curates are always such founts of vital information. 181 00:10:51,453 --> 00:10:54,413 Right, ladies, stand and deliver. 182 00:10:54,414 --> 00:10:57,625 Lisbon Buildings beckons, as usual. 183 00:10:57,626 --> 00:10:59,502 Who's going to answer the call? 184 00:11:03,340 --> 00:11:06,592 Faggots and peas, I can't say I'm not relieved. 185 00:11:06,593 --> 00:11:10,220 So, Mrs Turner, have you had a busy morning? 186 00:11:10,222 --> 00:11:11,722 Yes, I have! 187 00:11:11,723 --> 00:11:13,557 I've engaged a new midwife, 188 00:11:13,558 --> 00:11:16,518 who will be joining us from The London the day after tomorrow. 189 00:11:16,519 --> 00:11:19,104 She'll be staying on after Nurse Lee returns. 190 00:11:19,105 --> 00:11:21,024 That's wonderful news! 191 00:11:23,235 --> 00:11:25,235 Oh, I'm frightfully sorry 192 00:11:25,237 --> 00:11:27,655 but I don't think I can eat a morsel of lunch 193 00:11:27,656 --> 00:11:31,283 until we've found out which one of us has walked in dog dirt. 194 00:11:31,284 --> 00:11:32,618 How do you know it isn't you? 195 00:11:32,619 --> 00:11:34,995 It was you last time, with your winklepicker shoes. 196 00:11:34,996 --> 00:11:37,165 The mat in the parlour still hasn't recovered. 197 00:11:39,626 --> 00:11:40,793 Innocent. 198 00:11:40,794 --> 00:11:42,754 Sister Winifred, Nurse Miller? 199 00:11:44,047 --> 00:11:45,547 Mrs Turner? 200 00:11:45,548 --> 00:11:49,885 And it was not I. My olfactory powers are exceptional. 201 00:11:49,886 --> 00:11:54,056 I should have been immediately aware of the offence 202 00:11:54,057 --> 00:11:55,684 and seen it remedied. 203 00:12:01,648 --> 00:12:05,902 For two pins, I'd have every mutt in Poplar put down! 204 00:12:17,289 --> 00:12:19,957 Stand back, there's all kinds spraying everywhere! 205 00:12:19,958 --> 00:12:22,876 Leave them to dry and come back and eat your lunch. 206 00:12:22,877 --> 00:12:25,754 In my stockinged feet? I don't think so. 207 00:12:25,755 --> 00:12:28,549 Is this your only pair of shoes? 208 00:12:28,550 --> 00:12:31,135 Dog dirt's the least of your worries. 209 00:12:31,136 --> 00:12:33,679 The upper's completely come away from the sole! 210 00:12:33,680 --> 00:12:37,267 You may recollect that some of us have taken a vow of poverty. 211 00:12:40,020 --> 00:12:43,523 I've had these ten years - get another couple out of them. 212 00:12:44,733 --> 00:12:46,859 I'm sending them to the menders. 213 00:12:46,860 --> 00:12:49,194 I'm sure you'll find something to tide you over 214 00:12:49,195 --> 00:12:51,156 in the second-hand clothes box. 215 00:14:05,188 --> 00:14:07,981 Want to join in the dancing, Sheryl? 216 00:14:07,982 --> 00:14:10,442 I can manage by myself. 217 00:14:10,443 --> 00:14:12,111 Shy? 218 00:14:12,112 --> 00:14:14,113 She's one of my quiet ones. 219 00:14:14,114 --> 00:14:15,907 I wouldn't mind a few of those. 220 00:14:18,243 --> 00:14:21,286 Can you put on a slow one next, Jacob, 221 00:14:21,287 --> 00:14:22,996 just to calm everybody down? 222 00:14:28,837 --> 00:14:29,921 That's the one. 223 00:14:38,263 --> 00:14:39,764 Ooh, I like this one. 224 00:15:18,011 --> 00:15:20,889 I feel sorry for them... all of them. 225 00:15:23,141 --> 00:15:25,350 Do you know something, Sheryl? 226 00:15:25,351 --> 00:15:26,852 I don't. 227 00:15:37,238 --> 00:15:39,406 Where you going? 228 00:15:39,407 --> 00:15:42,284 Where have you been? I've got to pick up a list of my house calls. 229 00:15:42,285 --> 00:15:45,037 I was at weekly briefing. What's the matter with Freddie? 230 00:15:45,038 --> 00:15:48,123 Eggs and soldiers turned into a full-scale war. 231 00:15:48,124 --> 00:15:51,210 Mrs Torpy's gone to sit with him until you come home! 232 00:15:51,211 --> 00:15:55,339 Oh, Mrs Torpy! There's a box of Bickiepegs on the sideboard! 233 00:15:55,340 --> 00:15:56,465 Sorry. 234 00:15:56,466 --> 00:15:58,884 We agreed you'd work part-time, Camilla. 235 00:15:58,885 --> 00:16:01,970 The trouble is, Peter, I'm a midwife 236 00:16:01,971 --> 00:16:04,724 and babies aren't exactly a part-time business. 237 00:16:07,393 --> 00:16:08,645 No, they aren't. 238 00:16:09,896 --> 00:16:11,147 Mrs Torpy? 239 00:16:29,541 --> 00:16:30,625 I say! 240 00:16:32,126 --> 00:16:33,878 I believe I'm expected? 241 00:16:39,175 --> 00:16:42,302 Any objection to me barging in? 242 00:16:42,303 --> 00:16:43,971 None... 243 00:16:43,972 --> 00:16:47,808 for we are besieged by duty and obligation. 244 00:16:47,809 --> 00:16:51,270 All who enter here must serve, as I do. 245 00:16:51,271 --> 00:16:54,523 "Golden lads and girls all must, 246 00:16:54,524 --> 00:16:58,860 "as chimney-sweepers, come to dust!" 247 00:16:58,861 --> 00:17:01,238 You need a spot of polish on that cloth, 248 00:17:01,239 --> 00:17:02,991 preferably beeswax based. 249 00:17:07,745 --> 00:17:10,539 If I don't get a cup of coffee within 60 seconds, 250 00:17:10,540 --> 00:17:12,332 I might commit murder. 251 00:17:12,333 --> 00:17:14,126 The only way you're going to get that 252 00:17:14,127 --> 00:17:15,627 is if I pour it down your throat 253 00:17:15,628 --> 00:17:17,796 through a funnel, while you're working. 254 00:17:17,797 --> 00:17:21,133 I want that autoclave turned round, pronto. 255 00:17:21,134 --> 00:17:24,052 Unless you can levitate, I suggest you all march in on tiptoes! 256 00:17:24,053 --> 00:17:25,512 I've done the whole thing twice, 257 00:17:25,513 --> 00:17:27,764 cos I thought I caught a little whiff of dog mess. 258 00:17:27,765 --> 00:17:29,182 Are you the new girl? 259 00:17:29,183 --> 00:17:32,561 I'm Patience Mount but people call me Patsy. 260 00:17:32,562 --> 00:17:33,729 Move your mop and bucket. 261 00:17:33,730 --> 00:17:36,440 Nurse Miller and Nurse Franklin need to get to the autoclave. 262 00:17:36,441 --> 00:17:37,899 Oh, it's all been turned around. 263 00:17:37,900 --> 00:17:40,527 Two batches of instruments all bagged up and ready to go. 264 00:17:40,528 --> 00:17:43,196 And I replenished the dressing cupboard from the store. 265 00:17:43,197 --> 00:17:44,990 Really? Goodness. 266 00:17:44,991 --> 00:17:48,076 I think I might just have fallen a little bit in love with you. 267 00:17:48,077 --> 00:17:51,371 Red hats are only correct out of doors. 268 00:17:51,372 --> 00:17:54,583 I wanted to make sure it stayed on during vigorous activity. 269 00:17:54,584 --> 00:17:57,670 There's nothing more unsettling than an unkempt nurse. 270 00:18:00,256 --> 00:18:02,550 I think it's time to put the kettle on. 271 00:18:09,849 --> 00:18:13,060 It's all very well, cycling for 15 miles a day 272 00:18:13,061 --> 00:18:16,146 but that doesn't necessarily do a huge amount for the waistline. 273 00:18:16,147 --> 00:18:19,191 And I'm thinking about going over to an elastic panty girdle, 274 00:18:19,192 --> 00:18:20,817 so I need to get trim. 275 00:18:20,818 --> 00:18:23,403 Have you ever thought of fencing? I fenced at school 276 00:18:23,404 --> 00:18:26,740 and I was the only girl ever to beat Mother Gertrude. 277 00:18:26,741 --> 00:18:28,658 Did you go to a convent, Patsy? 278 00:18:28,660 --> 00:18:32,704 Yes, and I vowed I'd never go within 100 yards of another nun again. 279 00:18:32,705 --> 00:18:34,206 They were Catholics, though. 280 00:18:34,207 --> 00:18:36,708 I thought these might be more humane. 281 00:18:36,709 --> 00:18:38,668 I've never met a Catholic nun 282 00:18:38,670 --> 00:18:41,254 but these are wonderful. 283 00:18:41,255 --> 00:18:44,591 They've been so kind to Jenny since her boyfriend died. 284 00:18:44,592 --> 00:18:46,676 It's all horribly sad. 285 00:18:46,678 --> 00:18:49,429 I met her last year when she was seconded to The London. 286 00:18:49,430 --> 00:18:52,140 It was actually her who put midwifery in my mind. 287 00:18:52,141 --> 00:18:54,768 Male Surgical was eroding my will to live. 288 00:18:54,769 --> 00:18:56,521 Or at least my will to nurse! 289 00:19:08,825 --> 00:19:10,784 More Scotch, anyone? 290 00:19:10,785 --> 00:19:13,955 Can I have quite a lot of Canada Dry this time? 291 00:19:16,082 --> 00:19:18,583 I can't believe you've brought your own whisky. 292 00:19:18,584 --> 00:19:19,876 Well, my father always says, 293 00:19:19,877 --> 00:19:21,545 "One should never start a new venture 294 00:19:21,546 --> 00:19:23,588 "without a bottle of something sociable." 295 00:19:23,589 --> 00:19:24,966 A man after my own heart. 296 00:19:27,593 --> 00:19:29,804 Cynthia, grab a hoop! 297 00:19:38,271 --> 00:19:39,731 Cynthia! 298 00:20:21,439 --> 00:20:25,775 I've come to see Sally, Jacob, but she wasn't waiting on the steps! 299 00:20:25,777 --> 00:20:27,445 Miss Molyneux! 300 00:20:29,238 --> 00:20:31,656 Oh, yes, Mrs Harper! 301 00:20:31,657 --> 00:20:33,909 Sally's a bit under the weather today. 302 00:20:33,910 --> 00:20:36,995 Peverell Ward - left and up the back staircase. 303 00:20:36,996 --> 00:20:39,372 Never used to be allowed to go up the stairs. 304 00:20:39,373 --> 00:20:42,960 Times change, Mrs Harper. We're relaxing some of the rules. 305 00:20:47,423 --> 00:20:48,924 It's no good giving in to it. 306 00:20:48,925 --> 00:20:52,177 You just want to get up and get your circulation moving. 307 00:20:52,178 --> 00:20:53,887 I'm not well, mum. 308 00:20:53,888 --> 00:20:55,722 Oh, Sally. 309 00:20:55,723 --> 00:20:59,726 You're going to have to show me were it hurts. Come on. 310 00:20:59,727 --> 00:21:00,812 Oh, no. 311 00:21:03,064 --> 00:21:04,606 What's the matter? 312 00:21:04,607 --> 00:21:06,316 I don't know 313 00:21:06,317 --> 00:21:08,318 but I know it's not your monthlies. 314 00:21:08,319 --> 00:21:10,154 I don't have them any more. 315 00:21:11,614 --> 00:21:13,949 No! 316 00:21:13,950 --> 00:21:16,409 No, no! 317 00:21:16,410 --> 00:21:18,995 Mrs Harper, whatever is amiss?! 318 00:21:18,996 --> 00:21:21,456 I'm getting her on the first and fastest bus out of here. 319 00:21:21,457 --> 00:21:24,209 I'm taking her home. This IS my home! 320 00:21:24,210 --> 00:21:26,545 Come into my office and sit down, both of you. 321 00:21:26,546 --> 00:21:29,172 We generally find Sally's quite amenable to reason. 322 00:21:29,173 --> 00:21:31,466 What else has she been amenable to? 323 00:21:31,467 --> 00:21:33,177 That's what I'd like to know! 324 00:21:53,447 --> 00:21:56,491 Oh, Lord! Is that lemon meringue pie? 325 00:21:56,492 --> 00:21:59,327 Oh, sorry, old thing. It's spoken for. 326 00:21:59,328 --> 00:22:01,539 It's been promised as a raffle prize. 327 00:22:03,165 --> 00:22:06,459 Can we turn our minds to the jubilee buffet? 328 00:22:06,460 --> 00:22:10,630 We're going to have vol-au-vents, and cheese and pineapple sticks... 329 00:22:10,631 --> 00:22:12,465 Are you sure, Trixie? 330 00:22:12,466 --> 00:22:15,051 Sister Evangelina's got quite a conservative palate. 331 00:22:15,052 --> 00:22:18,346 ..and butterfly cakes and a sherry trifle. 332 00:22:18,347 --> 00:22:21,766 Ooh, and I've found a recipe for the most marvellous centrepiece. 333 00:22:21,767 --> 00:22:23,184 Do look. 334 00:22:23,185 --> 00:22:25,562 It's called a Banana Coronet. 335 00:22:25,563 --> 00:22:27,272 It looks a bit like Stonehenge, 336 00:22:27,273 --> 00:22:28,608 only made of penises. 337 00:22:30,318 --> 00:22:31,776 Sorry! 338 00:22:31,777 --> 00:22:35,071 Three years on Male Surgical have rather made their mark. 339 00:22:35,072 --> 00:22:37,157 Clearly. 340 00:22:37,158 --> 00:22:40,702 So, any joy from the curate of that parish? 341 00:22:40,703 --> 00:22:43,788 There's news but it isn't very joyful. 342 00:22:43,789 --> 00:22:47,000 He wrote today, saying that Sister Evangelina's eldest brother 343 00:22:47,001 --> 00:22:49,586 was killed on active service in the war. 344 00:22:49,587 --> 00:22:52,839 The only ray of hope seems to be Vincent, the youngest. 345 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:54,633 He joined the Merchant Navy 346 00:22:54,634 --> 00:22:57,927 and the curate sent our letter on to the Seaman's Mission. 347 00:22:57,929 --> 00:22:59,722 I'll go. 348 00:23:06,145 --> 00:23:09,648 May I help you? The name's Harper, I'd like my daughter examined. 349 00:23:09,649 --> 00:23:12,150 I reckon she's in the family way. 350 00:23:12,151 --> 00:23:13,818 Surely not? 351 00:23:13,819 --> 00:23:15,570 It's Sally, isn't it? 352 00:23:15,571 --> 00:23:18,157 Don't you live at St Gideon's? Not any more. 353 00:23:19,617 --> 00:23:20,785 Come in. 354 00:23:24,330 --> 00:23:26,915 Perhaps it's an abdominal tumour? 355 00:23:26,916 --> 00:23:28,583 Or trapped wind? 356 00:23:28,584 --> 00:23:31,461 I mean, is it even possible? 357 00:23:31,462 --> 00:23:33,965 I've never heard of it happening... ever. 358 00:23:38,135 --> 00:23:39,552 Your hands are cold. 359 00:23:39,553 --> 00:23:40,637 Sorry, old thing, 360 00:23:40,638 --> 00:23:42,223 I should have warmed them. 361 00:23:46,644 --> 00:23:48,980 I think she's six and a half months. 362 00:24:03,911 --> 00:24:06,705 People said she'd be better off in St Gideon's. 363 00:24:06,706 --> 00:24:08,873 I never wanted to send her away but they said, 364 00:24:08,874 --> 00:24:12,127 "You can't be watching her all the hours God sends! 365 00:24:12,128 --> 00:24:16,048 "She'll grow up, she'll develop and the streets aren't safe." 366 00:24:17,174 --> 00:24:19,134 She smiles at people, Nurse. 367 00:24:19,135 --> 00:24:21,428 She thinks everyone's her friend. 368 00:24:21,429 --> 00:24:22,929 I can imagine. 369 00:24:22,930 --> 00:24:25,432 She seems so enormously trusting. 370 00:24:25,433 --> 00:24:29,060 Well, when she was 11, she started wandering off. 371 00:24:29,061 --> 00:24:32,188 I never knew where she'd been, or who with. 372 00:24:32,189 --> 00:24:33,815 So I did what people do... 373 00:24:33,816 --> 00:24:36,776 ..I put her where she'd be safe. 374 00:24:36,777 --> 00:24:40,363 Doctor's prescribed Sally some antibiotics. 375 00:24:40,364 --> 00:24:42,907 She'll soon be feeling more comfortable. 376 00:24:42,908 --> 00:24:45,577 I don't know what disturbs me most, 377 00:24:45,578 --> 00:24:49,414 the pregnancy of an unmarried 30-year-old with mongolism 378 00:24:49,415 --> 00:24:53,835 or the untreated urine infection that's left her in agonising pain. 379 00:24:53,836 --> 00:24:55,837 I think you'll find the term mongolism 380 00:24:55,838 --> 00:24:57,839 is falling out of favour, Doctor. 381 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:01,634 We prefer to say Down's Syndrome, nowadays. 382 00:25:01,635 --> 00:25:04,471 In which case, I stand corrected. 383 00:25:04,472 --> 00:25:07,474 But it makes no material difference to her plight 384 00:25:07,475 --> 00:25:09,225 or your negligence. 385 00:25:09,226 --> 00:25:12,312 She's been molested while under your care and supervision. 386 00:25:12,313 --> 00:25:15,941 And I want every male resident, nurse and orderly questioned. 387 00:25:17,526 --> 00:25:21,988 Has Sally made any disclosure of how it all came about? 388 00:25:21,989 --> 00:25:23,198 No. 389 00:25:23,199 --> 00:25:26,534 But I think it's in everybody's best interests to find out. 390 00:25:26,535 --> 00:25:28,621 Don't you? 391 00:25:31,707 --> 00:25:35,293 Whoever he is, he'll go down for it if we catch him. 392 00:25:35,294 --> 00:25:36,795 According to the '56 Act, 393 00:25:36,796 --> 00:25:40,048 it's an offence to have intercourse with a mental defective. 394 00:25:40,049 --> 00:25:42,175 Peter, that sounds so unfeeling! 395 00:25:42,176 --> 00:25:44,470 The man who did it is the unfeeling one. 396 00:25:46,555 --> 00:25:49,182 You eat your pie and mash. 397 00:25:49,183 --> 00:25:50,892 There's a choc ice for your pudding 398 00:25:50,893 --> 00:25:53,394 and it's not every day I make a grand romantic gesture. 399 00:25:53,395 --> 00:25:54,896 No. 400 00:25:54,897 --> 00:25:56,981 Although you rather let the side down 401 00:25:56,982 --> 00:25:59,693 by not hiring a waiter who can play the violin! 402 00:26:05,950 --> 00:26:08,576 I've got a day off tomorrow. 403 00:26:08,577 --> 00:26:10,370 I thought we could snuggle up on the sofa 404 00:26:10,371 --> 00:26:12,205 and listen to Take It From Here. 405 00:26:12,206 --> 00:26:14,040 Oh, Peter, once we've cleared this away, 406 00:26:14,041 --> 00:26:15,625 I'll be rigging up the twin-tub! 407 00:26:15,626 --> 00:26:18,546 You and Freddie haven't a clean vest between you! 408 00:26:26,637 --> 00:26:27,721 Help! 409 00:26:29,223 --> 00:26:31,307 Stay where you are, Sister! 410 00:26:31,308 --> 00:26:32,934 Help! Help! 411 00:26:32,935 --> 00:26:36,021 Custer's Cavalry is on its way. 412 00:26:39,650 --> 00:26:41,693 There has been an intruder! 413 00:26:41,694 --> 00:26:42,819 What do you mean? 414 00:26:42,820 --> 00:26:47,866 The glass in the back door is broken, our ramparts are breached, 415 00:26:47,867 --> 00:26:51,620 and the felon fled with the lemon meringue pie! 416 00:26:53,330 --> 00:26:55,498 You're like a moth to a flame with meringue, 417 00:26:55,499 --> 00:26:58,251 you needn't think we've forgotten the queen of puddings! 418 00:26:58,252 --> 00:26:59,752 Ladies, please! 419 00:26:59,753 --> 00:27:02,380 I'm sure there is no need to stage a burglary 420 00:27:02,381 --> 00:27:05,133 just because food has... gone missing. 421 00:27:05,134 --> 00:27:08,720 She forgets. I have eschewed all citrus 422 00:27:08,721 --> 00:27:11,472 since the dentist stopped my teeth with mercury! 423 00:27:11,473 --> 00:27:15,894 The alchemical reaction is too grievous to bear! Well, it... 424 00:27:15,895 --> 00:27:17,103 Sisters! 425 00:27:17,104 --> 00:27:19,898 I will make sure Fred repairs the door, 426 00:27:19,899 --> 00:27:22,191 and ask Mrs B to make another pie. 427 00:27:22,193 --> 00:27:24,402 I don't know what she's going to make it in, 428 00:27:24,403 --> 00:27:27,781 because whoever it was has waltzed off with the dish into the bargain! 429 00:27:29,033 --> 00:27:31,826 Excuse me, ladies. Who sent for you? 430 00:27:31,827 --> 00:27:34,704 It wasn't the Crown Jewels, it was a lemon meringue. 431 00:27:34,705 --> 00:27:37,498 Lemon meringue? Never mind. 432 00:27:37,499 --> 00:27:40,418 I've actually called about the Sally Harper case. 433 00:27:40,419 --> 00:27:42,420 Her parents telephoned the station. 434 00:27:42,421 --> 00:27:45,216 Is a midwife free to come with me on a house call? 435 00:27:47,593 --> 00:27:48,677 Sally... 436 00:27:49,887 --> 00:27:51,804 ..it's very important that you understand 437 00:27:51,805 --> 00:27:54,641 that you aren't in any sort of trouble. 438 00:27:54,642 --> 00:27:56,726 You're a policeman. 439 00:27:56,727 --> 00:27:58,895 Policeman don't punish people. 440 00:27:58,896 --> 00:28:01,981 They help them, too, like nurses do. 441 00:28:01,982 --> 00:28:04,360 You can trust Constable Noakes, Sally. 442 00:28:05,527 --> 00:28:09,489 He wants me to tell him things. 443 00:28:09,490 --> 00:28:11,908 Did somebody ask you not to, Sally? 444 00:28:11,909 --> 00:28:14,494 What do we have to do to get the bastard brought to book? 445 00:28:14,495 --> 00:28:16,496 Language, Bert - in front of the nurse. 446 00:28:16,497 --> 00:28:18,539 What do we have to do? 447 00:28:18,540 --> 00:28:22,710 If the girl was normal, and somebody knocked her up, 448 00:28:22,711 --> 00:28:25,797 I could go after whoever it was with a hatchet. 449 00:28:25,798 --> 00:28:30,635 I could make him marry her, I could make everything all right, 450 00:28:30,636 --> 00:28:33,012 but how can she ever be married? She isn't normal! 451 00:28:33,013 --> 00:28:35,391 I am normal at St Gideon's! 452 00:28:36,558 --> 00:28:38,184 Come along, Sally. 453 00:28:38,185 --> 00:28:39,686 That's enough for now. 454 00:28:39,687 --> 00:28:40,895 We'll go to your bedroom, 455 00:28:40,896 --> 00:28:43,899 and you can tell me if your tummy's feeling better. 456 00:28:46,610 --> 00:28:47,777 Is that it, then? 457 00:28:47,778 --> 00:28:51,280 Mr Harper, if Sally won't give us any information, we can't prosecute. 458 00:28:51,282 --> 00:28:54,742 It'd be me you'd end up prosecuting if you ever found him 459 00:28:54,743 --> 00:28:57,496 cos I'd throttle him to death with my own bare hands! 460 00:29:07,298 --> 00:29:09,883 You mustn't let all the shouting upset you. 461 00:29:10,926 --> 00:29:14,637 Fathers get very cross when their daughters are hurt, 462 00:29:14,638 --> 00:29:16,973 or, at least, the nice ones do. 463 00:29:16,974 --> 00:29:18,726 Nobody hurt me. 464 00:29:19,935 --> 00:29:23,021 Sally, you're going to have a baby. 465 00:29:23,022 --> 00:29:24,522 You're not a silly girl, 466 00:29:24,523 --> 00:29:27,401 and I do believe you understand what that means. 467 00:29:29,194 --> 00:29:34,991 I think you also understand that the baby came about 468 00:29:34,992 --> 00:29:37,828 because something happened with a man... 469 00:29:39,830 --> 00:29:44,251 ..perhaps a man who wanted to get very close to you. 470 00:29:45,544 --> 00:29:46,962 Yes. 471 00:29:49,715 --> 00:29:52,217 I know it's not an easy thing to talk about. 472 00:29:56,305 --> 00:29:58,724 It was my boyfriend... 473 00:30:01,185 --> 00:30:02,644 ..and it didn't hurt. 474 00:30:24,500 --> 00:30:26,084 Hello. Oh, lovely. 475 00:30:26,085 --> 00:30:29,963 Thank you very much. I'll just take this round to the kitchen. 476 00:30:33,759 --> 00:30:35,551 Well, what about you? 477 00:30:35,552 --> 00:30:37,429 Oh, I couldn't possibly. 478 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:42,309 Sally Harper to see Dr Turner. 479 00:30:44,978 --> 00:30:48,232 Come along, Sally. You can bring your mother with you. 480 00:30:52,319 --> 00:30:54,487 See that? 481 00:30:54,488 --> 00:30:55,823 She's pregnant? 482 00:30:57,241 --> 00:31:01,119 We'll need to monitor your daughter very closely, Mrs Harper. 483 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:04,705 Pregnancy is very, very unusual for girls like Sally, 484 00:31:04,706 --> 00:31:07,041 and we can't be sure things will go smoothly. 485 00:31:07,042 --> 00:31:09,043 It's already a disaster. 486 00:31:09,044 --> 00:31:11,462 If she shows any signs of going into labour, 487 00:31:11,463 --> 00:31:14,090 we will admit her to the maternity home first, 488 00:31:14,091 --> 00:31:16,384 and then think about transfer to hospital. 489 00:31:16,385 --> 00:31:18,678 Not hospital! 490 00:31:18,679 --> 00:31:20,763 I want to go back to St Gideon's! 491 00:31:20,764 --> 00:31:22,390 I won't have her upset. 492 00:31:22,391 --> 00:31:25,310 I won't have her any more scared than she has to be. 493 00:31:28,897 --> 00:31:30,022 The difficulty is 494 00:31:30,023 --> 00:31:32,900 there are hardly any cases in the literature. 495 00:31:32,901 --> 00:31:34,944 It seems an early birth is likely, 496 00:31:34,945 --> 00:31:38,157 but I'm scrabbling around, trying to find any statistics. 497 00:31:39,408 --> 00:31:43,369 Well, perhaps we should just put statistics to one side. 498 00:31:43,370 --> 00:31:46,789 Whoever is responsible, she got pregnant without any trouble, 499 00:31:46,790 --> 00:31:49,667 and may well go to term, and give birth quite naturally. 500 00:31:49,668 --> 00:31:53,254 I hope she does, because it gives us time to prepare her, 501 00:31:53,255 --> 00:31:56,716 otherwise, she's going to give birth without fully understanding 502 00:31:56,717 --> 00:31:59,844 what will happen. She'll be traumatised. 503 00:31:59,845 --> 00:32:02,722 Which of you does she trust the most? 504 00:32:02,723 --> 00:32:06,893 Me, I think... hope. And Chummy. 505 00:32:06,894 --> 00:32:09,312 Let's take each week as it comes. 506 00:32:09,313 --> 00:32:11,856 I don't want to hand her over to The London, 507 00:32:11,857 --> 00:32:14,901 and have her made even more of an object of curiosity. 508 00:32:14,902 --> 00:32:16,403 We'll look after her. 509 00:32:20,491 --> 00:32:24,243 Look, Sister, the mystery is over, 510 00:32:24,244 --> 00:32:26,537 found it behind the lean-to. 511 00:32:26,538 --> 00:32:28,080 It must have been a tramp! 512 00:32:28,081 --> 00:32:31,209 The poor thing's practically eaten the pattern off the dish. 513 00:32:31,210 --> 00:32:33,336 I can remember when your average down-and-out 514 00:32:33,337 --> 00:32:35,296 was glad of a slice of bread and dripping. 515 00:32:35,297 --> 00:32:38,466 We'll have to save them some titbits from your party. 516 00:32:38,467 --> 00:32:39,635 What party?! 517 00:32:43,764 --> 00:32:46,641 This would never have happened with Sister Julienne in charge. 518 00:32:46,642 --> 00:32:50,394 Sister Julienne IS in charge. I'm merely carrying out her orders. 519 00:32:50,395 --> 00:32:52,813 Well, I didn't give permission for a party, 520 00:32:52,814 --> 00:32:55,900 and I didn't give permission for anyone to write to my relations! 521 00:32:55,901 --> 00:32:59,863 I didn't think anyone needed permission. It was done with love. 522 00:33:01,949 --> 00:33:04,700 It's a tradition in the religious life. 523 00:33:04,701 --> 00:33:07,370 I think you forfeited your right to lecture me 524 00:33:07,371 --> 00:33:10,706 or anyone else on the religious life. 525 00:33:10,707 --> 00:33:13,919 There is to be no party. Do you hear me? 526 00:33:19,758 --> 00:33:21,426 Thank you. Goodbye. 527 00:33:23,053 --> 00:33:24,804 Right, Nurse Mount, 528 00:33:24,805 --> 00:33:27,640 was that someone's waters breaking, first couple of twinges, 529 00:33:27,641 --> 00:33:30,518 or an incoherent father who's forgotten his own address? 530 00:33:30,519 --> 00:33:32,270 It was the cobbler, actually. 531 00:33:32,271 --> 00:33:34,480 He says your shoes need completely resoling, 532 00:33:34,481 --> 00:33:35,940 and it's going to cost 18 and 6. 533 00:33:35,941 --> 00:33:38,944 Oh, no, it's not, because I'm perfectly happy in my plimsolls. 534 00:33:41,113 --> 00:33:42,446 Nonnatus House? 535 00:33:42,447 --> 00:33:44,699 Nonnatus House, midwife speaking! 536 00:33:44,700 --> 00:33:47,286 Slow down, sir, and I'll take your details. 537 00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,630 I've made several attempts to contact the Harpers, 538 00:33:59,631 --> 00:34:01,799 but there's been no response. 539 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:03,801 They're upset that Sally keeps saying 540 00:34:03,802 --> 00:34:05,469 she wants to come back here, 541 00:34:05,470 --> 00:34:08,806 especially because she insists that the baby was fathered by 542 00:34:08,807 --> 00:34:10,434 her "boyfriend". 543 00:34:12,394 --> 00:34:14,437 She's refused to say anything. 544 00:34:14,438 --> 00:34:15,980 Even to the police? 545 00:34:15,981 --> 00:34:18,065 Especially to the police. 546 00:34:18,066 --> 00:34:23,154 But, Miss Molyneux, we always offer our patients confidentiality, 547 00:34:23,155 --> 00:34:25,781 and we've decided that the best thing for Sally 548 00:34:25,782 --> 00:34:28,409 is to treat her like any other pregnant woman. 549 00:34:28,410 --> 00:34:31,330 Sally isn't like any other pregnant woman! 550 00:34:53,101 --> 00:34:55,603 Jacob... 551 00:34:55,604 --> 00:34:59,398 ..could you weave some of your magic for me and conjure up a cup of tea? 552 00:34:59,399 --> 00:35:00,942 On its way. 553 00:35:13,121 --> 00:35:14,247 Fares. 554 00:35:15,332 --> 00:35:20,920 I want to go to Dulacke Street, Poplar, please. 555 00:35:20,921 --> 00:35:22,296 Sorry, mate? 556 00:35:22,297 --> 00:35:24,883 Dulacke Street, Poplar. 557 00:35:26,468 --> 00:35:28,095 It's on the paper. 558 00:35:29,805 --> 00:35:33,016 Ninepence, and you need to get off at the Town Hall. 559 00:35:41,692 --> 00:35:45,111 Dulacke Street, please. 560 00:35:45,112 --> 00:35:48,031 Top of the street and turn left. Thank you. 561 00:36:00,001 --> 00:36:03,922 Absolutely tiptop, young lady - tiptop and tickety-boo. 562 00:36:11,054 --> 00:36:15,642 I would like to see my girlfriend, please. 563 00:36:16,727 --> 00:36:18,144 You? 564 00:36:18,145 --> 00:36:19,395 Jacob? 565 00:36:19,396 --> 00:36:20,647 Sally! 566 00:36:26,611 --> 00:36:29,196 I didn't tell them. 567 00:36:29,197 --> 00:36:30,991 They didn't tell me. 568 00:36:32,909 --> 00:36:34,869 I don't care if he's not right either. 569 00:36:34,870 --> 00:36:37,621 He's sharper in the head than she is - he knew what he was doing! 570 00:36:37,622 --> 00:36:42,084 Ssh, Mrs Harper, let's take this one step at a time. 571 00:36:42,085 --> 00:36:45,838 I took the bull by the horns, and made a pot of Rosie Lee. 572 00:36:45,839 --> 00:36:50,468 Everyone needs a cup, especially Jacob - 573 00:36:50,469 --> 00:36:52,344 he's had a very long journey. 574 00:36:52,345 --> 00:36:56,140 He'll have another long journey back tonight. 575 00:36:56,141 --> 00:36:58,976 I wouldn't give him tea, he'll just spill it everywhere. 576 00:36:58,977 --> 00:37:00,353 Thank you. 577 00:37:02,731 --> 00:37:06,192 When does Mr Harper come home? 578 00:37:06,193 --> 00:37:09,612 If I were you, I'd clear out before he gets here. 579 00:37:09,613 --> 00:37:13,866 Because I'm going to ask him if I can marry her. 580 00:37:13,867 --> 00:37:17,161 What good would that do? You live in a home! 581 00:37:17,162 --> 00:37:19,580 You can't work. You can't keep her! 582 00:37:19,581 --> 00:37:21,582 I can do the decent thing. 583 00:37:21,583 --> 00:37:23,792 Oh, it's a bit bloody late to talk about decency! 584 00:37:23,794 --> 00:37:26,170 Mrs Harper, that is enough. Leave him alone! 585 00:37:26,171 --> 00:37:28,131 Stay calm, old thing, stay calm. 586 00:37:29,674 --> 00:37:32,384 I wanted to see her, 587 00:37:32,385 --> 00:37:36,764 because I wanted to know she was looked after. 588 00:37:36,765 --> 00:37:38,891 She is... by me. 589 00:37:38,892 --> 00:37:40,976 And I'm glad, 590 00:37:40,977 --> 00:37:46,398 because there is a part of me that you cannot see, 591 00:37:46,399 --> 00:37:47,943 but she can... 592 00:37:49,444 --> 00:37:55,033 ..and if she is loved, I can go on living. 593 00:38:09,506 --> 00:38:13,467 Cynthia, you simply wouldn't believe the afternoon I've had - 594 00:38:13,468 --> 00:38:15,886 a retained placenta in Castile Buildings, 595 00:38:15,887 --> 00:38:17,638 and then a false alarm in Dove Street. 596 00:38:17,639 --> 00:38:21,350 It should have been Sister Evangelina, but she'd gone AWOL. 597 00:38:21,351 --> 00:38:22,810 Oh, hello. 598 00:38:22,811 --> 00:38:24,979 This is Jacob, Trixie. 599 00:38:24,980 --> 00:38:30,484 He's... a very good friend of Sally Harper's from St Gideon's. 600 00:38:30,485 --> 00:38:33,028 I'm just going to pop over the street and ask Tom Hereward 601 00:38:33,029 --> 00:38:34,947 if he can arrange a lift back for him. 602 00:38:34,948 --> 00:38:36,032 Of course. 603 00:38:39,703 --> 00:38:41,412 Well, I have to say, Jacob, 604 00:38:41,413 --> 00:38:44,249 you look as though your day's been as gruelling as mine. 605 00:38:46,501 --> 00:38:50,546 I thought there were sausage rolls, but they seem to have gone walkies 606 00:38:50,547 --> 00:38:53,757 and, yesterday, half a pound of luncheon meat just vanished. 607 00:38:53,758 --> 00:38:55,467 We must have mice. 608 00:38:55,468 --> 00:38:56,970 Lucky mice. 609 00:38:59,139 --> 00:39:01,140 Ah! 610 00:39:01,141 --> 00:39:03,894 Scones. Left there to cool. 611 00:39:05,645 --> 00:39:07,314 Simply marvellous. 612 00:39:17,282 --> 00:39:19,075 Oh, I'm sorry. 613 00:39:20,535 --> 00:39:21,953 I need help. 614 00:39:24,789 --> 00:39:26,124 Of course. 615 00:39:45,852 --> 00:39:48,604 That was wonderful. 616 00:39:48,605 --> 00:39:52,524 Yes, the Sisters have just gone over to Brooke Bond from Typhoo. 617 00:39:52,525 --> 00:39:54,193 I'm a Nescafe girl myself, 618 00:39:54,194 --> 00:39:57,071 so I just kept my head down, out of the range of flying missiles. 619 00:39:57,072 --> 00:39:59,574 Chauffeur service. 620 00:40:01,493 --> 00:40:05,287 Mr Hereward, do be an angel and butter those scones for us. 621 00:40:05,288 --> 00:40:07,290 Jacob's still drinking his tea. 622 00:40:20,303 --> 00:40:22,888 Sally's sleeping now. 623 00:40:22,889 --> 00:40:25,183 I think the upset tired her out. 624 00:40:27,143 --> 00:40:29,436 What'll happen to the baby? 625 00:40:29,437 --> 00:40:32,565 That will depend on whether he or she... 626 00:40:33,984 --> 00:40:37,112 ..is born with the same condition as Sally. You mean backward? 627 00:40:38,154 --> 00:40:42,283 Dr Turner thinks the likelihood could be as much as 50%. 628 00:40:43,410 --> 00:40:45,828 I hate the word "mongol". 629 00:40:45,829 --> 00:40:48,956 Mongols are a tribe, they live abroad. 630 00:40:48,957 --> 00:40:51,083 I saw them at the pictures once. 631 00:40:51,084 --> 00:40:54,671 The Adventures Of Marco Polo with Gary Cooper. 632 00:40:56,506 --> 00:40:59,007 Sally was just a little girl then. 633 00:40:59,009 --> 00:41:02,094 She wasn't perfect, but she was ours, 634 00:41:02,095 --> 00:41:04,888 not something from a foreign country. 635 00:41:04,889 --> 00:41:08,183 Nobody doubts how much you love your daughter, Mrs Harper. 636 00:41:08,184 --> 00:41:10,602 I do doubt it. 637 00:41:10,603 --> 00:41:14,231 Let me say it, Nurse. Please, let me say it. 638 00:41:14,232 --> 00:41:18,402 If I'd have loved Sally more, would she have gone to him, 639 00:41:18,403 --> 00:41:20,279 would she have needed him? 640 00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:22,656 Would she have even have let him near her? 641 00:41:22,657 --> 00:41:26,785 You mustn't blame yourself. No matter what you feel. 642 00:41:26,786 --> 00:41:28,705 I don't know what I feel, Nurse. 643 00:41:30,123 --> 00:41:32,208 I do know what I've never shown her. 644 00:41:38,089 --> 00:41:39,214 Come on. 645 00:41:39,215 --> 00:41:43,511 If you're lucky, we might still pick up reception for Radio Luxembourg. 646 00:41:49,476 --> 00:41:51,186 Oh, his arms is dead strong! 647 00:41:57,609 --> 00:42:00,403 'Your radio's dialled to Radio Luxembourg.' 648 00:42:08,953 --> 00:42:10,038 Sshh! 649 00:42:15,126 --> 00:42:17,003 I've only just put him down, Camilla. 650 00:42:20,632 --> 00:42:22,716 I want to kiss him. 651 00:42:22,717 --> 00:42:24,511 Then he'll know how much he's loved. 652 00:42:28,765 --> 00:42:30,892 Yes. There's Daddy. 653 00:42:43,404 --> 00:42:44,864 Sister Monica Joan? 654 00:42:49,744 --> 00:42:50,954 Sister! 655 00:42:52,247 --> 00:42:53,498 Sister! 656 00:43:02,549 --> 00:43:03,840 Oh. 657 00:43:03,842 --> 00:43:07,303 I thought you were Sister Monica Joan, got out in the night again. 658 00:43:08,346 --> 00:43:12,975 Constable Noakes, can I show you something? 659 00:43:12,976 --> 00:43:14,227 Of course, Sister. 660 00:43:27,824 --> 00:43:29,200 Vincent? 661 00:43:30,368 --> 00:43:31,661 You've got company. 662 00:43:33,705 --> 00:43:35,289 Can a man not sleep? 663 00:43:35,290 --> 00:43:36,958 Sorry to disturb you, sir. 664 00:43:44,883 --> 00:43:47,342 Is he a meths drinker? 665 00:43:47,343 --> 00:43:48,636 Not yet. 666 00:43:51,931 --> 00:43:53,600 He's my brother. 667 00:43:57,437 --> 00:44:01,398 He's been fighting the bottle since he opened his first pay packet. 668 00:44:01,399 --> 00:44:05,819 That's the trouble with drink. It hates those who love it most. 669 00:44:05,820 --> 00:44:08,822 You needn't think I feel sorry for you. 670 00:44:08,823 --> 00:44:11,450 You straightened yourself out more than once. 671 00:44:11,451 --> 00:44:13,994 Drink follows people. 672 00:44:13,995 --> 00:44:17,665 It followed me. 673 00:44:20,168 --> 00:44:23,795 He's a sick man, Sister Evangelina. 674 00:44:23,796 --> 00:44:26,131 I'm going to call for an ambulance. 675 00:44:26,132 --> 00:44:28,884 Apart from anything else, you're putting yourself in danger, 676 00:44:28,885 --> 00:44:31,428 crawling round derelict buildings in the dead of night. 677 00:44:31,429 --> 00:44:33,430 I never made her. 678 00:44:33,431 --> 00:44:36,309 I tried to turn my back. But I couldn't. 679 00:44:37,602 --> 00:44:42,397 In the past, when he's pitched up, I've always kept it from my Sisters. 680 00:44:42,398 --> 00:44:45,484 I hadn't seen him in three or four years, 681 00:44:45,485 --> 00:44:48,153 I started to think he must be dead. 682 00:44:48,154 --> 00:44:50,656 And then he got wind of my jubilee, through some letter 683 00:44:50,657 --> 00:44:54,201 that was sent to the Seamen's Mission and he came knocking on the door. 684 00:44:54,202 --> 00:44:56,119 Well, you can put two and two together 685 00:44:56,120 --> 00:44:58,664 regarding the lemon meringue. 686 00:44:58,665 --> 00:45:00,625 Did him no good, by the look of it. 687 00:45:03,544 --> 00:45:06,172 I hated the life he chose. 688 00:45:08,007 --> 00:45:09,968 And he hated the life I chose. 689 00:45:11,552 --> 00:45:16,891 He used to say "Why, Enid? Why? You're throwing your life away." 690 00:45:19,268 --> 00:45:20,728 The irony of it is... 691 00:45:24,399 --> 00:45:27,318 ..he was the first baby I saw being born. 692 00:45:30,780 --> 00:45:35,951 And it was his first cry that decided it for me. 693 00:45:35,952 --> 00:45:38,913 There was... So full of hope. 694 00:45:42,458 --> 00:45:44,210 Everything made new. 695 00:45:47,171 --> 00:45:49,132 You see the good in everything. 696 00:45:50,341 --> 00:45:52,010 That's your curse. 697 00:45:53,553 --> 00:45:56,764 And you don't. And that's yours. 698 00:46:00,435 --> 00:46:03,145 So that's why she refused to get her shoes mended? 699 00:46:03,146 --> 00:46:06,314 The reason she's been going around in those filthy white plimsolls. 700 00:46:06,315 --> 00:46:08,734 I actually think they look rather comfy. 701 00:46:08,735 --> 00:46:10,569 She felt she was defrauding the Order, 702 00:46:10,570 --> 00:46:14,197 by taking food and bandages without permission. 703 00:46:14,198 --> 00:46:16,992 And she didn't want a jubilee in case her brother came. 704 00:46:16,993 --> 00:46:19,995 It's positively heartbreaking. 705 00:46:19,996 --> 00:46:26,126 ♪ To thee all Angels cry aloud 706 00:46:26,127 --> 00:46:32,674 ♪ To thee Cherubim and Seraphim 707 00:46:32,675 --> 00:46:37,763 ♪ Continually do cry 708 00:46:37,764 --> 00:46:42,350 ♪ Holy, Holy, Holy... ♪ 709 00:46:42,351 --> 00:46:46,064 It's Sally Harper. So soon? Yes. 710 00:46:47,106 --> 00:46:52,153 ♪ Heaven and Earth are full of thy Majesty... ♪ 711 00:46:57,408 --> 00:46:59,367 Sally, old bean... 712 00:46:59,368 --> 00:47:02,245 I know this bally mask feels rotten. 713 00:47:02,246 --> 00:47:05,958 But, if you listen to me, I'll help you breathe in the right way. 714 00:47:07,585 --> 00:47:10,962 I'm scared. I know. 715 00:47:10,963 --> 00:47:13,965 Eight fingers. 716 00:47:13,966 --> 00:47:16,134 Won't be much longer. 717 00:47:16,135 --> 00:47:17,970 I want to go home. 718 00:47:22,350 --> 00:47:25,894 It won't live. They said it can't live. 719 00:47:25,895 --> 00:47:29,564 It's being born too soon, be too small. 720 00:47:29,565 --> 00:47:31,358 Is the doctor going to come? 721 00:47:31,359 --> 00:47:33,111 They said he's on his way. 722 00:47:38,908 --> 00:47:42,745 I don't think I can bear it. I know she can't. Nor can I. 723 00:47:47,875 --> 00:47:50,169 What-ho, Sally. Here comes Ma. 724 00:47:51,963 --> 00:47:53,214 Mum. 725 00:47:55,091 --> 00:47:58,301 I don't want no baby. I know you don't. 726 00:47:58,302 --> 00:48:01,221 I don't want it. Don't you worry about that now. 727 00:48:01,222 --> 00:48:04,183 You just be a good girl for the nurses. Come on. 728 00:48:05,810 --> 00:48:08,020 Mummy loves you. 729 00:48:18,614 --> 00:48:21,533 Here we go. Keep going. 730 00:48:21,534 --> 00:48:24,412 Well done, Sally. 731 00:48:26,998 --> 00:48:30,042 You're going absolutely great guns, Sally. 732 00:48:31,878 --> 00:48:34,129 That's it. 733 00:48:34,130 --> 00:48:35,631 Good girl. 734 00:48:58,696 --> 00:49:00,281 I haven't heard it cry yet. 735 00:49:04,660 --> 00:49:06,078 Is it hurt? 736 00:49:07,872 --> 00:49:10,041 It's just very, very little, Sally. 737 00:49:20,218 --> 00:49:22,595 It's just the placenta, Sally. 738 00:49:29,977 --> 00:49:31,938 Can I go home now? 739 00:49:39,028 --> 00:49:42,656 Hello, Jacob. They keeping you hard at it? 740 00:49:42,657 --> 00:49:47,536 Miss Molyneux wants me where she can see me. 741 00:49:49,830 --> 00:49:51,915 Will you sit down, Jacob? 742 00:49:51,916 --> 00:49:54,084 I need to talk to you. 743 00:49:54,085 --> 00:49:56,586 Is it about Sally? 744 00:49:56,587 --> 00:49:59,298 Yes. About Sally. 745 00:50:04,679 --> 00:50:06,973 And about the baby, too. I'm afraid. 746 00:50:10,268 --> 00:50:13,520 If Sally's mother wants her to return to residential care, 747 00:50:13,521 --> 00:50:17,065 there is still a place for her at St Gideon's. 748 00:50:17,066 --> 00:50:19,734 It's already been suggested that we remove Jacob 749 00:50:19,735 --> 00:50:21,987 to an institution for males only. 750 00:50:21,988 --> 00:50:24,072 Because he can't be trusted with Sally? 751 00:50:24,073 --> 00:50:26,741 Because he can't be trusted with any young women. 752 00:50:26,742 --> 00:50:29,995 He was in a position of trust, as much as a member of staff would be. 753 00:50:29,996 --> 00:50:32,330 Jacob loves Sally, Miss Molyneux. 754 00:50:32,331 --> 00:50:35,792 I know that. At least, I know it now. 755 00:50:35,793 --> 00:50:38,795 But I also know that Jacob needs to love, 756 00:50:38,796 --> 00:50:41,965 and be loved, just like any other human being. 757 00:50:41,966 --> 00:50:46,302 And the board have decided he'd be better off out of temptation's way. 758 00:50:46,304 --> 00:50:48,556 Have you asked Jacob his opinion? 759 00:50:49,890 --> 00:50:53,476 I would love to be like you, Mr Hereward. 760 00:50:53,477 --> 00:50:58,773 I would love to be young and zealous and full of ideals. 761 00:50:58,774 --> 00:51:01,735 But what happens in St Gideon's is real, 762 00:51:01,736 --> 00:51:04,237 and compromised and shabby. 763 00:51:04,238 --> 00:51:05,947 And that can change. 764 00:51:05,948 --> 00:51:08,616 Maybe one day it will. 765 00:51:08,617 --> 00:51:11,078 For now, we must do the best we can. 766 00:51:15,333 --> 00:51:17,543 Sister Evangelina? 767 00:51:19,045 --> 00:51:21,504 I'm just giving this a thorough seeing to. 768 00:51:21,505 --> 00:51:24,883 Before Nurse Mount gets to it and deprives me of the pleasure. 769 00:51:24,884 --> 00:51:28,470 Dr Turner has arranged a bed for your brother at The Maudsley. 770 00:51:28,471 --> 00:51:30,555 Mental hospital? 771 00:51:30,556 --> 00:51:32,599 He'll run rings round those psychiatrists. 772 00:51:32,600 --> 00:51:35,101 He's sharp as a tack, always was. 773 00:51:35,102 --> 00:51:38,105 Sister, I know how fond of him you are. 774 00:51:39,398 --> 00:51:42,860 Well, we can't choose where we love, can we? 775 00:51:43,944 --> 00:51:45,278 No. 776 00:51:45,279 --> 00:51:48,615 Nor can we choose what happens when we do. 777 00:51:48,616 --> 00:51:49,825 More's the pity. 778 00:51:52,036 --> 00:51:56,039 Sister Julienne told me of your troubles 779 00:51:56,040 --> 00:51:59,292 when we were drawing up the prayer list. 780 00:51:59,293 --> 00:52:00,878 Um... 781 00:52:04,882 --> 00:52:05,966 Listen... 782 00:52:08,052 --> 00:52:13,264 You already have a child, Shelagh - his name is Timothy. 783 00:52:13,265 --> 00:52:16,935 And I know why, because I delivered him. 784 00:52:16,936 --> 00:52:20,730 I didn't know. He was born before I joined the Order. 785 00:52:20,731 --> 00:52:25,110 I can still see Dr Turner putting him into his mother's arms. 786 00:52:25,111 --> 00:52:28,113 And she looked into that baby's face and said, 787 00:52:28,114 --> 00:52:31,742 "I want you always to be loved." 788 00:52:33,411 --> 00:52:35,662 I'm afraid of loving him too much. 789 00:52:35,663 --> 00:52:38,040 Well, for whose sake? Yours or his? 790 00:52:40,584 --> 00:52:43,545 If there's one thing the religious life has taught me, 791 00:52:43,546 --> 00:52:46,589 is it's impossible to love too much. 792 00:52:46,590 --> 00:52:48,341 What's needed is taken up, 793 00:52:48,342 --> 00:52:52,430 and what's not needed hangs around somewhere, looking for a home. 794 00:52:53,514 --> 00:52:56,182 I've been given so much, Sister. 795 00:52:56,183 --> 00:52:59,435 All I want to do is pass it on. 796 00:52:59,437 --> 00:53:02,273 And I don't know how or to whom. 797 00:53:03,524 --> 00:53:07,903 Well, if I could answer that, it would make me as wise as Him. 798 00:53:10,448 --> 00:53:14,033 You just bide your time. 799 00:53:14,034 --> 00:53:17,121 He'll show you his plan. Mark my words. 800 00:53:21,459 --> 00:53:23,710 Jacob... 801 00:53:23,711 --> 00:53:27,505 you can stare as reproachfully at me as you like. 802 00:53:27,506 --> 00:53:30,300 But you're going to move to St Mungo's. 803 00:53:30,301 --> 00:53:33,678 No. I'm not. 804 00:53:33,679 --> 00:53:36,097 I appreciate that it's Ayrshire. 805 00:53:36,098 --> 00:53:38,933 But you do have family in Scotland. 806 00:53:38,934 --> 00:53:41,854 Have I? I wouldn't know. 807 00:53:44,148 --> 00:53:46,566 The board have agreed to your transfer. 808 00:53:46,567 --> 00:53:49,694 I haven't agreed. 809 00:53:49,695 --> 00:53:51,654 Jacob... 810 00:53:51,655 --> 00:53:54,324 you can do this kicking and screaming, 811 00:53:54,325 --> 00:53:58,454 or you can do it with dignity and with grace. 812 00:54:00,289 --> 00:54:02,290 Please. 813 00:54:02,291 --> 00:54:06,336 Will it make any difference? 814 00:54:06,337 --> 00:54:08,589 It will make it bearable. 815 00:54:09,673 --> 00:54:10,758 For who? 816 00:54:12,218 --> 00:54:13,427 For you? 817 00:54:46,377 --> 00:54:47,878 Timothy Turner? 818 00:56:03,162 --> 00:56:06,957 I did it! Well done, son. 819 00:56:10,336 --> 00:56:13,046 I told you we'd be back in time for lunch. 820 00:56:13,047 --> 00:56:14,881 Will you come and visit me? 821 00:56:14,882 --> 00:56:18,634 Of course. I always did and I always will. 822 00:56:18,636 --> 00:56:20,928 And I'll need a new lipstick. 823 00:56:20,929 --> 00:56:24,433 As long as it's just a pink one. Not too red! 824 00:56:26,977 --> 00:56:29,313 Jacob? Jacob! 825 00:56:31,482 --> 00:56:32,816 Jacob! 826 00:56:56,924 --> 00:57:00,301 Oh, tough luck. Two dozen test tubes. 827 00:57:00,302 --> 00:57:02,929 They might be new, but they're certainly not clean. 828 00:57:02,930 --> 00:57:05,640 What did your last slave die of? I'm sorry. 829 00:57:05,641 --> 00:57:08,559 It's all frightfully inconvenient, on the day of your jubilee. 830 00:57:08,560 --> 00:57:10,436 Nonsense. There's work to be done. 831 00:57:10,437 --> 00:57:13,231 I shall look forward to our little tea in the parlour later. 832 00:57:13,232 --> 00:57:15,817 And at least we got the service moved back to 4pm 833 00:57:15,818 --> 00:57:18,069 so that Sister Julienne can get here. 834 00:57:18,070 --> 00:57:20,363 Bowls - kidney - six. 835 00:57:20,364 --> 00:57:24,784 Clamps - midwives - for the use of - six. 836 00:57:24,785 --> 00:57:27,579 Sister Evangelina, you're wanted at the door. 837 00:58:06,076 --> 00:58:09,705 May God bless you on your jubilee, my dear Sister. 838 00:58:12,791 --> 00:58:14,542 Oh! 839 00:58:14,543 --> 00:58:17,212 Let's hope I get another ten years out of these! 840 00:58:20,799 --> 00:58:23,009 You delivered me, Sister Evangelina. 841 00:58:23,010 --> 00:58:26,471 And you delivered my Carol, too, last year. 842 00:58:26,472 --> 00:58:29,475 Thank you very much. Thank you. 843 00:58:32,394 --> 00:58:34,354 I'm one of yours as well, Sister. 844 00:58:36,398 --> 00:58:38,816 And me. 845 00:58:38,817 --> 00:58:40,986 Thank you, Sister Evangelina. 846 00:58:42,112 --> 00:58:46,532 'Perfection is not a polished thing. 847 00:58:46,533 --> 00:58:51,329 'It is often simply something that is sincerely meant. 848 00:58:51,330 --> 00:58:54,999 'Perfection is a job complete, 849 00:58:55,000 --> 00:58:59,337 'praise given, prayer heard. 850 00:58:59,338 --> 00:59:02,757 'It can be kindness shown, 851 00:59:02,758 --> 00:59:05,052 'thanks offered up.' 852 00:59:21,401 --> 00:59:25,780 'Perfection is what we discover in each other, 853 00:59:25,781 --> 00:59:28,283 'what we see reflected back.' 854 00:59:48,178 --> 00:59:49,805 Thank you. 855 00:59:57,271 --> 00:59:59,481 Well done, Sister. 856 01:00:02,484 --> 01:00:03,902 And well done, you. 857 01:00:09,283 --> 01:00:11,702 Oh! 858 01:00:13,495 --> 01:00:19,208 'And if perfection eludes us, that doesn't matter. 859 01:00:19,209 --> 01:00:22,796 'For what we have within the moment is enough.' 860 01:00:41,982 --> 01:00:45,360 Dad said I wasn't to trouble you, but he's got really bad. 861 01:00:48,989 --> 01:00:51,949 If you want him to stay a bastard, that's fine! 862 01:00:51,950 --> 01:00:54,660 Let's not get ourselves married! 863 01:00:54,661 --> 01:00:56,997 Declan's not always so unpleasant. 864 01:00:59,333 --> 01:01:01,917 This is Colin. Hello, Timothy's mum and dad. 865 01:01:01,919 --> 01:01:03,878 Hello. 866 01:01:03,879 --> 01:01:07,173 I must say I find Mr Herewood very... agreeable. 867 01:01:07,174 --> 01:01:08,424 So do I. 868 01:01:08,425 --> 01:01:11,824 Hello. Good morning. You look lovely. You look very nice. 869 01:01:11,863 --> 01:01:43,787