1 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:44,740 If it isn't our new minister's son. 2 00:01:46,140 --> 00:01:49,920 I certainly hope whatever sickness it was that kept you home from musicale on 3 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:51,700 Friday has finally cleared your system, Sarah. 4 00:01:52,060 --> 00:01:53,760 I wasn't really sick. 5 00:01:54,260 --> 00:01:55,260 I knew it. 6 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:56,400 Out with it. 7 00:01:56,740 --> 00:01:59,500 I pretended to be ill so that I could go to a dance party with you. 8 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:01,780 I want every detail. 9 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:09,380 My nerves are shot up to pieces. I have not slept a wink, not a proper wink, 10 00:02:09,479 --> 00:02:11,320 since the night that Sarah defied me. 11 00:02:11,930 --> 00:02:13,810 Teddy, she didn't defy you. 12 00:02:14,090 --> 00:02:15,490 What would you call her, then? 13 00:02:16,010 --> 00:02:20,890 She sneaked out of the house behind my back to meet with that Booth Ellis. 14 00:02:21,290 --> 00:02:27,470 Well, naturally, a girl Sarah's age is going to want to begin to see boys. 15 00:02:28,010 --> 00:02:29,470 I like Booth. 16 00:02:29,730 --> 00:02:32,190 And Jasper says he's very talented. 17 00:02:32,970 --> 00:02:33,970 No, no. 18 00:02:34,270 --> 00:02:37,130 He's nothing but a young, young girl. 19 00:02:38,230 --> 00:02:39,230 Rui. 20 00:02:40,110 --> 00:02:42,730 And you say Aunt Hedy is taking this well? Quite well. 21 00:02:43,270 --> 00:02:44,810 She's even letting him call on me. 22 00:02:46,290 --> 00:02:49,410 In her own way. I think Aunt Hedy's starting to accept this. 23 00:02:49,950 --> 00:02:51,530 That doesn't sound like Aunt Hedy. 24 00:02:52,570 --> 00:02:54,030 Maybe she's mellowing with age. 25 00:02:54,930 --> 00:02:55,930 Do this for me. 26 00:02:57,210 --> 00:02:58,490 I have a plan. 27 00:02:59,470 --> 00:03:01,930 I'll allow Sarah to spend time with the Elliot boy. 28 00:03:02,430 --> 00:03:04,830 So she can see for herself his shortcomings. 29 00:03:05,570 --> 00:03:08,250 But I'll not let the pair of them out of my sight. 30 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:11,960 can't do that. 31 00:03:12,180 --> 00:03:13,400 Oh, yes, I can, and I will. 32 00:03:14,540 --> 00:03:16,700 I'll be watching their every move. 33 00:03:17,140 --> 00:03:18,220 Oh, you didn't worry. 34 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:19,880 They'll never know it. 35 00:03:20,660 --> 00:03:23,120 I'll be discreet, you see. 36 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:29,900 Are you not coming, John? 37 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:35,440 Oh, I'm sorry, my love, but the editor of the Presbyterian Advocate was so 38 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:38,160 effusive in his enthusiasm for my satiric article. 39 00:03:38,570 --> 00:03:42,690 He completely supports my theory of the power of humor to reinforce faith. 40 00:03:43,010 --> 00:03:45,170 It's inspired me to another installment. 41 00:03:45,790 --> 00:03:49,990 I have an idea to write about a sleepy little island town where there are no 42 00:03:49,990 --> 00:03:55,310 sinners because... It's too dull even for the devil. 43 00:03:56,850 --> 00:03:58,910 Well, Booth is already at the gathering. 44 00:03:59,110 --> 00:04:02,270 I'll just make my way on my own. The muse is at my elbow. 45 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:11,100 All right, Mother, there you go. No, Alec, I haven't been up on slaves in a 46 00:04:11,100 --> 00:04:12,100 dog's age. 47 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,920 I need to work up my courage. Will you go and skate with Felicity and Daniel? 48 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:17,560 All right. All right. 49 00:04:18,399 --> 00:04:19,760 Here you go, Daniel. 50 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:21,160 There you go. 51 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:23,960 All right. 52 00:04:24,900 --> 00:04:25,900 Here we go. 53 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:29,320 No! 54 00:04:32,300 --> 00:04:33,300 Wait! 55 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:35,620 Wait? Wait for what? 56 00:04:36,330 --> 00:04:39,690 I've been waiting for years to try to tell her. Just let me help you, all 57 00:04:40,610 --> 00:04:41,610 Okay. All right. 58 00:04:43,750 --> 00:04:44,190 Good 59 00:04:44,190 --> 00:04:52,410 morning, 60 00:04:52,450 --> 00:04:54,710 Mrs. Bugle. Mrs. Clown. Oh, good morning. 61 00:04:55,850 --> 00:04:57,990 I should find those hats. 62 00:04:58,470 --> 00:05:01,650 There's an ostrich alive that hasn't been plucked full. 63 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:06,340 What beautiful automobile. Now, does that belong to you, Miss Stacy? 64 00:05:06,540 --> 00:05:07,540 Indeed it does. 65 00:05:07,700 --> 00:05:11,560 Oh, I admire you. The mere idea of an independent woman careening around the 66 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:12,560 island in a motor car. 67 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:15,760 I don't know if I should like to think of it as careening. 68 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:17,260 But I'll tell you what. 69 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:20,300 Driving is a little difficult this time of the year, but when the roads clear, 70 00:05:20,500 --> 00:05:22,420 I'd gladly give you a driving lesson if you'd like. 71 00:05:22,660 --> 00:05:24,560 Really? Really. Thank you. 72 00:05:24,840 --> 00:05:26,400 Oh, Clive. Good day, ladies. 73 00:05:26,620 --> 00:05:30,220 Where's Izzy? She's on her way. May I help you lace up your skates and we'll 74 00:05:30,220 --> 00:05:31,220 take a spin? Wonderful. 75 00:05:38,250 --> 00:05:41,610 Now, you must be getting good enough by now to let go of me. Oh, I'm never going 76 00:05:41,610 --> 00:05:42,770 to let myself get that good. 77 00:05:43,590 --> 00:05:44,590 Oh, Harry. 78 00:05:46,110 --> 00:05:49,050 Nothing like a good old -fashioned skate, I say. 79 00:05:50,570 --> 00:05:52,130 Restoring the body, clearing the mind. 80 00:05:54,210 --> 00:05:55,210 Thank you. 81 00:05:55,730 --> 00:05:56,730 Come along, you two. 82 00:05:57,350 --> 00:05:58,450 What are we waiting for? 83 00:06:02,050 --> 00:06:03,050 There, now. 84 00:06:03,150 --> 00:06:04,150 Up like a woman. 85 00:06:04,230 --> 00:06:05,230 Up. 86 00:06:08,010 --> 00:06:10,450 skater at all. Oh, I've never been on a skate before in my life. Oh, well, good. 87 00:06:10,870 --> 00:06:13,530 Let's sit together and watch the others. Oh, watch the fun in sitting. Come on. 88 00:06:13,830 --> 00:06:14,970 Oh, dear. 89 00:06:15,330 --> 00:06:19,530 Let's pretend it's a sweltering day in August and we've come across this huge, 90 00:06:19,550 --> 00:06:21,010 expansive ice. So what will we do? 91 00:06:21,390 --> 00:06:22,890 Throw ourselves upon it, I suppose. 92 00:06:23,730 --> 00:06:24,709 Gladly, too. 93 00:06:24,710 --> 00:06:26,650 It's all the way you look at things. There we go. 94 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:38,900 I see that Mrs. Elliot's behavior is just as showy as her hat. 95 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:10,879 All right, then. 96 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:11,880 I'm fine. 97 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:13,620 We haven't got to go home just yet. 98 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:15,680 I don't want you overexerting yourself. 99 00:07:16,340 --> 00:07:19,760 We'll go now. Well, no, surely you can stay and have a cup of hot cocoa. 100 00:07:20,900 --> 00:07:22,260 We ought to get home, Mrs. King. 101 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:24,180 All right, dear, anything you say. 102 00:07:24,420 --> 00:07:27,040 Come on. Oh, my goodness. 103 00:07:29,660 --> 00:07:30,639 Bye, Jeff. 104 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:31,640 Bye, Viola. 105 00:07:33,860 --> 00:07:34,860 Who? 106 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:36,460 Are you coming back? 107 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:38,600 No, I... 108 00:07:38,670 --> 00:07:39,670 I don't think so. 109 00:07:50,670 --> 00:07:52,430 Mrs. Potts? Mrs. 110 00:07:52,810 --> 00:07:54,030 Inglis? Good day, Reverend. 111 00:07:54,290 --> 00:07:55,290 Good day. 112 00:07:59,270 --> 00:08:02,130 Have you invited the Reverend Elliot to tea yet? Not yet. 113 00:08:02,590 --> 00:08:06,310 I can't think of a way of wording it so his wife won't come along with him. 114 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:10,020 She'll probably show up in one of these gaudy hats as if she's attending a New 115 00:08:10,020 --> 00:08:15,600 York burlesque. If I could tolerate her manner of dress, if her conduct were a 116 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:19,220 little more sedate, there's something queer about that woman's behavior. 117 00:08:19,780 --> 00:08:23,380 Could be she picked up a parasite over there in Borneo and it affected her 118 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:27,580 They'd have been better off to stay in New Orleans, if you want my opinion. 119 00:08:28,020 --> 00:08:32,299 Don't think that Viola Elliott was too wild even for New Orleans, my dear. 120 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:34,620 I can't imagine that woman. 121 00:08:35,140 --> 00:08:36,539 fitting in any place. 122 00:08:44,020 --> 00:08:47,860 Mother. Oh, Felix, leave me in peace. My poor aching bones. 123 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:49,580 But I can't find a clean nightshirt. 124 00:08:49,900 --> 00:08:51,600 Well, I guess you'll have to sleep in a burlap sack. 125 00:08:51,940 --> 00:08:55,300 Don't bother your mother right now. Ask Felicity what's become of the ironing. 126 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:02,200 Well, you and Mrs. Elliot certainly made a display of yourselves this afternoon. 127 00:09:02,500 --> 00:09:04,160 Why should the young have all the fun? 128 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:06,800 There's still a little kick left in this old girl. 129 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:08,500 Well, there's a kick, all right. 130 00:09:09,740 --> 00:09:13,380 That, uh, Viola Elliot, she's quite a character. 131 00:09:13,740 --> 00:09:15,520 She's lively. There's no crime. 132 00:09:15,900 --> 00:09:21,240 Lively is one thing, but she's... The most interesting, vital woman in 133 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:23,640 I only wish I had half her character. 134 00:09:24,260 --> 00:09:27,560 The only problem is, Avonlea isn't used to a woman having a mind of her own. 135 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:29,720 Oh, is that so? 136 00:09:36,430 --> 00:09:39,770 of the South China Sea are breathtaking. 137 00:09:41,130 --> 00:09:43,290 I can scarcely believe. 138 00:09:44,770 --> 00:09:47,130 Have you really been all these places? 139 00:09:47,630 --> 00:09:48,970 Been and left. 140 00:09:50,470 --> 00:09:54,730 Borneo, Malaya, Singapore. 141 00:09:57,510 --> 00:09:59,930 The Orient is so mysterious. 142 00:10:00,990 --> 00:10:02,470 Do you miss it a little? 143 00:10:03,310 --> 00:10:06,770 Those balmy nights, the air scented with spices. 144 00:10:08,210 --> 00:10:09,590 It is very beautiful. 145 00:10:11,050 --> 00:10:13,570 But I turned quite hard. 146 00:10:15,150 --> 00:10:20,930 All in all, I'm really quite glad to be there at home. 147 00:10:23,770 --> 00:10:24,770 Viola? 148 00:10:25,330 --> 00:10:26,890 Is there something troubling you? 149 00:10:29,390 --> 00:10:31,050 It's just it does seem odd. 150 00:10:33,100 --> 00:10:39,080 To come home and feel as much a stranger here as I did in Kuala Lumpur. 151 00:10:41,220 --> 00:10:43,020 You know, my father was a minister. 152 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:47,580 And we always lived in Avonlea. But I knew other ministers' wives, friends of 153 00:10:47,580 --> 00:10:48,580 mother's. 154 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:51,980 And they always said that it was hardest on them landing in a new post. 155 00:10:52,380 --> 00:10:53,380 Trying to fit in. 156 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:55,900 People just need time to get to know you. 157 00:11:03,690 --> 00:11:06,610 Viola, you could give a magic lantern show for the children at the Sunday 158 00:11:06,610 --> 00:11:08,510 school. No, I'd help you. 159 00:11:09,770 --> 00:11:13,230 They may not get to know any better who you are, but at least they'd know where 160 00:11:13,230 --> 00:11:14,049 you've been. 161 00:11:14,050 --> 00:11:15,770 And that's a step in the right direction. 162 00:11:16,050 --> 00:11:18,050 Oh, the children would love it. 163 00:11:18,410 --> 00:11:22,770 Janet, I hardly think the Sunday school teachers would appreciate me 164 00:11:22,770 --> 00:11:24,370 interrupting their lesson time. 165 00:11:24,630 --> 00:11:27,090 Oh, they can do Jonah and the Whale the next Sunday. 166 00:11:28,350 --> 00:11:29,410 Shall we do it? 167 00:11:31,210 --> 00:11:32,210 Let's. 168 00:11:34,510 --> 00:11:39,190 You see, the temple dancers, dancing lifts them to a higher plane. Every 169 00:11:39,190 --> 00:11:43,730 undulation brings them closer to a kind of religious ecstasy. 170 00:11:45,290 --> 00:11:49,790 Natalia, when you said you had pictures of the Christian mission, we were all 171 00:11:49,790 --> 00:11:52,170 hoping you'd have pictures of the leper colony. 172 00:11:52,730 --> 00:11:54,670 Not godless pagan temples. 173 00:11:55,070 --> 00:11:59,130 I assure you, Mrs. Sloan, the Hindu are anything but godless. 174 00:12:00,270 --> 00:12:03,750 Now, this temple alone celebrates over a hundred... 175 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:09,120 Now, the river is vital to the life of the community. 176 00:12:09,740 --> 00:12:13,920 Here is where they celebrate many of their most important rituals. 177 00:12:19,580 --> 00:12:20,580 That's it. 178 00:12:20,620 --> 00:12:22,280 That's all for today. 179 00:12:23,660 --> 00:12:25,300 Children. Up, up, up, up. No. 180 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:29,480 Hurry up now. Yes, children. Your parents are waiting for you. Straight 181 00:12:29,680 --> 00:12:34,580 Children, you must realize the importance of the rivets of the dire 182 00:12:35,300 --> 00:12:37,120 Straight out. It ends there. 183 00:12:37,340 --> 00:12:38,340 Straight out. 184 00:12:38,560 --> 00:12:39,560 Well, 185 00:12:39,860 --> 00:12:44,640 this is the last thing I expected from the someone who is supposed to be 186 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:47,640 upstanding and a leader of proper morality. 187 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:52,020 In the name of... Don't make such a fuss, you lady. This could have been an 188 00:12:52,020 --> 00:12:54,360 edifying experience if you weren't such an old prune. 189 00:12:55,340 --> 00:12:56,340 Edifying? 190 00:12:56,980 --> 00:12:57,980 Edifying? 191 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:01,780 Girly pictures and dancing the hoochie -coochie. 192 00:13:02,260 --> 00:13:03,900 That's not Sunday school. 193 00:13:04,260 --> 00:13:05,940 Not in Avonlea. 194 00:13:16,490 --> 00:13:19,830 As an elder of this church, Reverend, I gotta tell you that here in Avonlea, we 195 00:13:19,830 --> 00:13:20,850 take our church seriously. 196 00:13:21,570 --> 00:13:25,850 And if you have hopes of staying on, you and your family had best look to your 197 00:13:25,850 --> 00:13:26,850 way of doing things. 198 00:13:33,130 --> 00:13:34,130 I'm so sorry. 199 00:13:37,510 --> 00:13:42,610 Oh, those women are so blessed infuriating. Now, Janet, don't let them 200 00:13:42,610 --> 00:13:43,610 your serenity. 201 00:13:44,560 --> 00:13:48,120 I'd like to disturb that Eulalie Bugle serenity, I can tell you. 202 00:13:48,460 --> 00:13:49,940 Come on, just sit down. 203 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:52,720 It's all in the job. 204 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:55,680 Yes, yes, I suppose you're right. 205 00:13:56,580 --> 00:14:01,340 I've just taken on too many things. I was joining all these committees and 206 00:14:01,340 --> 00:14:02,340 and that. 207 00:14:02,500 --> 00:14:06,560 I'm just tired, that's all. And do you know, my feet have not stopped aching 208 00:14:06,560 --> 00:14:07,560 since we were skating. 209 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:10,840 All right, you rest right there. I have just the thing. 210 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:19,720 It's a restorative. 211 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:26,440 Excellent for a variety of aches. 212 00:14:26,660 --> 00:14:27,660 Oh. 213 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:36,060 One or more doses daily to vivify the system. 214 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:42,940 For heaven's sakes. I find it most settling for jangled nerves. 215 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:44,920 I think I'll have some, too. 216 00:14:45,140 --> 00:14:46,140 Oh, yes. 217 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:57,520 That tonic is good. 218 00:14:58,740 --> 00:15:01,180 Oh, I can feel it healing all the way down. 219 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:07,520 Well, now, if one glass of vivifier is good for the system, two must be twice 220 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:08,520 good. 221 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:44,340 Exactly. That's what's so wonderful. 222 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:46,520 Yeah! 223 00:15:49,580 --> 00:15:52,220 Aunt Hattie, what are you doing all the way out here? 224 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:57,320 Just taking my constitutional. 225 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:00,120 Invigorating, isn't it? 226 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:03,080 Which way are you two headed? 227 00:16:04,020 --> 00:16:06,500 Well, nowhere in particular. 228 00:16:07,460 --> 00:16:08,460 That's funny. 229 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:09,620 Neither am I. 230 00:16:10,190 --> 00:16:13,750 Well, may as well go nowhere together, shall we? Come on. 231 00:16:18,130 --> 00:16:20,030 Oh, oh, land. 232 00:16:20,690 --> 00:16:22,510 Thanks, we have water, please. 233 00:16:23,530 --> 00:16:24,530 Oh, 234 00:16:25,330 --> 00:16:26,330 lovely. 235 00:16:27,090 --> 00:16:29,430 Oh, Janet, do you know how to drive? 236 00:16:29,930 --> 00:16:33,670 Me? No, but how did you... I don't want to learn. 237 00:16:34,810 --> 00:16:36,910 No, no, no, how hard could it be? 238 00:16:37,450 --> 00:16:38,910 No, no, no, I think he's just turning in. 239 00:17:28,430 --> 00:17:29,430 What do you think, Felicity? 240 00:17:29,590 --> 00:17:30,810 Should we have our tea shortly? 241 00:17:31,270 --> 00:17:32,270 Certainly, Miss Stacy. 242 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:38,340 The sun is well up. 243 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:40,840 Oh. 244 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:46,040 Oh. I feel dreadful. 245 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:50,120 I must be coming down with something. 246 00:18:50,940 --> 00:18:52,040 Head pounding? 247 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:53,840 Stomach upset? 248 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:56,080 Yes. 249 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:58,940 I'm dying of thirst. 250 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:01,280 What is it, Alec? Is something going around? 251 00:19:01,540 --> 00:19:05,280 Not since temperance turned the island teetotal, my dear. 252 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:11,560 You are suffering from the after effects of drink. 253 00:19:12,660 --> 00:19:14,260 Drink? Oh, 254 00:19:15,140 --> 00:19:17,760 don't make me laugh. 255 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:21,480 Oh, it must be poisoning of some kind. 256 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:23,200 Oh, it was poisoning, all right. 257 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:25,300 What did you get into? 258 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:34,340 Alec, you can't... I mean, you couldn't... Unless... 259 00:19:34,340 --> 00:19:35,340 You know what that... 260 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:36,760 Tonic vial gave me. 261 00:19:38,060 --> 00:19:39,980 Tonic? A vivifier. 262 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:42,600 I only had two thimbles full. 263 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:45,620 No, maybe it was three. 264 00:19:46,860 --> 00:19:48,080 Or was it four? 265 00:19:52,100 --> 00:19:53,900 Mrs. Staley's car? 266 00:19:55,740 --> 00:19:57,660 Well, it was no real damage. 267 00:19:57,900 --> 00:20:00,340 But it is a serious matter. The two of you could have been hurt. 268 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:02,160 Oh. 269 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:04,860 This can't be true. 270 00:20:06,180 --> 00:20:09,860 How much of this tonic does Viola take? How often? 271 00:20:10,660 --> 00:20:12,280 Oh, I'm certain she's prudent. 272 00:20:12,580 --> 00:20:15,980 Well, I'm not so certain. Frankly, it goes a long way to explaining some of 273 00:20:15,980 --> 00:20:16,980 behavior. 274 00:20:18,420 --> 00:20:21,280 Viola can't have a problem of this nature. 275 00:20:21,500 --> 00:20:23,680 Don't be ridiculous. She's a minister's wife. 276 00:20:25,140 --> 00:20:26,780 Well, you know her better than anyone. 277 00:20:35,850 --> 00:20:38,430 I'm going down into the town. Is there anything I can get for you? 278 00:20:38,810 --> 00:20:40,350 Oh, no, I think I'll go in later myself. 279 00:20:41,770 --> 00:20:43,310 Are you sure you're feeling up to it? 280 00:20:44,430 --> 00:20:48,050 John, please, for heaven's sakes, don't baby me. 281 00:20:49,010 --> 00:20:50,010 After yesterday? 282 00:20:50,150 --> 00:20:51,230 Yesterday was an accident. 283 00:20:52,670 --> 00:20:53,910 There's no need to discuss it. 284 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:05,360 Viola, you mustn't push yourself. 285 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:08,320 Everyone has limitations. 286 00:21:08,540 --> 00:21:11,520 I don't want your condition to deteriorate. 287 00:21:12,620 --> 00:21:14,860 I am perfectly aware of my condition. 288 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:17,720 I'm fine. 289 00:21:19,380 --> 00:21:21,240 Just remember the doctor's warning. 290 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:26,340 I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself and my family and my duties to 291 00:21:26,340 --> 00:21:27,340 the church. 292 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:30,280 Now, go on about your day. 293 00:21:47,500 --> 00:21:48,820 Are you waiting for anyone in particular? 294 00:21:49,180 --> 00:21:50,560 No, no one in particular. 295 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:55,060 Unless, of course, she's got golden blonde hair, plays the flute, and stands 296 00:21:55,060 --> 00:21:56,720 a near five -foot nothing. 297 00:21:57,060 --> 00:21:58,840 You wouldn't happen to know anyone like that, would you? 298 00:21:59,060 --> 00:22:00,060 Well, I guess I do. 299 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,380 Well, Nat, you can add a pity. 300 00:22:03,700 --> 00:22:06,360 Because I was going to be extending an invitation of sorts. 301 00:22:07,300 --> 00:22:08,300 Hello there. 302 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:09,600 Hello there, you two. 303 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:11,680 Oh, my, what luck. 304 00:22:12,340 --> 00:22:14,540 I was just on my way back from the village. 305 00:22:14,860 --> 00:22:17,580 I thought to myself, why don't I stop by? School. 306 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:22,020 Maybe Sarah will be there and we can walk home together and here you are. 307 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:26,100 Well, I guess I'll be heading home. 308 00:22:26,300 --> 00:22:27,300 See you later, Sarah. 309 00:22:29,180 --> 00:22:33,780 Boop, um... You were going to ask me something? 310 00:22:34,660 --> 00:22:35,660 Well, yeah. 311 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:39,800 I was wondering if Friday evening, maybe... Friday? 312 00:22:40,060 --> 00:22:41,200 Friday, did you say? 313 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:43,760 You must be clairvoyant or something. 314 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:46,260 Just about to mention Friday. 315 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:51,920 Oh, you see, Sarah and I have been meaning to invite you for dinner, 316 00:22:51,980 --> 00:22:53,460 Sarah? We have? 317 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:54,880 Friday would be perfect. 318 00:22:55,120 --> 00:22:56,480 Yes, just the ticket. 319 00:22:56,740 --> 00:22:58,120 A nice dinner. 320 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:01,580 A quiet evening at home, just the three of us. 321 00:23:02,140 --> 00:23:04,000 Get together, as you say nowadays. 322 00:23:04,940 --> 00:23:06,400 That would be nice, wouldn't it? 323 00:23:06,900 --> 00:23:11,420 It certainly would be, Miss Hetty. That would be very nice. 324 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:16,779 Friday, then. 325 00:23:16,780 --> 00:23:17,780 Have first six. 326 00:23:18,820 --> 00:23:19,820 All right. 327 00:23:27,500 --> 00:23:31,840 What wild goings -on. I'm behind the wheel of an auto car. The minister's 328 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:32,920 no less. 329 00:23:34,500 --> 00:23:36,600 Hello, Sarah. May I help you? No, thank you. 330 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:38,420 Felicity, I need your advice. 331 00:23:39,260 --> 00:23:42,900 Aunt Hetty is being intolerable. She won't give Booth and me a moment of 332 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:47,490 Sarah. How can I possibly be expected to think about your romantic problems? 333 00:23:48,210 --> 00:23:49,210 Haven't you heard? 334 00:23:49,270 --> 00:23:50,270 Heard what? 335 00:23:50,310 --> 00:23:51,650 About our family's shame. 336 00:23:52,030 --> 00:23:53,750 Aren't you being a tad melodramatic? 337 00:23:54,350 --> 00:23:59,330 Melodramatic? My own mother and the minister's wife were behaving like a 338 00:23:59,330 --> 00:24:01,110 of... teeners. 339 00:24:02,150 --> 00:24:06,630 Teeners? Actually, I don't know a single person between the ages of 13 and 19 340 00:24:06,630 --> 00:24:09,290 who would even consider taking a motor car from the side of the road. 341 00:24:09,750 --> 00:24:11,470 Well, thank you for the consolation, Sarah. 342 00:24:12,170 --> 00:24:14,250 This entire town is in an uproar. 343 00:24:15,690 --> 00:24:16,730 I'll give you this advice. 344 00:24:18,110 --> 00:24:20,370 Watch Booth very carefully. 345 00:24:20,970 --> 00:24:21,970 For what? 346 00:24:22,550 --> 00:24:23,850 Any signs of lunacy. 347 00:24:24,650 --> 00:24:26,610 They're saying that madness runs in his family. 348 00:24:29,310 --> 00:24:30,330 Booth, are you ready? 349 00:24:30,650 --> 00:24:32,270 No, go on ahead, Mother. I'll meet you there. 350 00:24:40,490 --> 00:24:45,510 And so Satan says to the old farmer, Oh, never mind. I'm going back to New York 351 00:24:45,510 --> 00:24:49,250 City. There's much more opportunity there for me to advance my career. 352 00:24:58,590 --> 00:25:05,190 So, as we read in Proverbs 1 .10, 353 00:25:05,290 --> 00:25:09,110 If sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 354 00:25:14,030 --> 00:25:18,950 So the repairs to the roof are finally paid for, and there's just one more 355 00:25:18,950 --> 00:25:21,270 installment on the organ before it's free and clear. 356 00:25:22,210 --> 00:25:27,050 And all in all, if the congregation's offerings remain consistent, we're in 357 00:25:27,050 --> 00:25:28,050 pretty good standing. 358 00:25:28,710 --> 00:25:30,070 Thank you, Mr. Treasurer. 359 00:25:31,970 --> 00:25:33,050 Other business? 360 00:25:33,370 --> 00:25:36,030 Oh, right, other business. 361 00:25:37,390 --> 00:25:38,910 Reverend... Yes, Mr. Potts? 362 00:25:40,750 --> 00:25:44,910 Reverend, I guess it's no secret that the changing over from one pastor to the 363 00:25:44,910 --> 00:25:48,210 next has been going less than smoothly. 364 00:25:48,850 --> 00:25:53,390 It always takes a little time to settle into a new post. 365 00:25:53,770 --> 00:25:55,290 Now, that's true, certainly. 366 00:25:57,090 --> 00:26:04,030 But the thing is, Reverend, in the light of recent occurrences, some would say 367 00:26:04,030 --> 00:26:08,830 that it's only fair that we get certain assurances from you about certain 368 00:26:08,830 --> 00:26:09,830 things. 369 00:26:11,020 --> 00:26:12,520 What kind of assurances? 370 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:18,580 Well, it's a matter of style, Reverend, and yours is a little unreverently, 371 00:26:18,700 --> 00:26:21,360 cracking jokes about sin and so forth. 372 00:26:22,860 --> 00:26:27,160 Even the great Protestant reformer Martin Luther said, the best way to 373 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:31,160 the devil is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn. 374 00:26:31,460 --> 00:26:34,920 Well, we aren't Lutherans, Reverend, we're Presbyterians, and we just as soon 375 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:36,480 get our license straight from the book. 376 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:38,800 A good sermon is like cough syrup. 377 00:26:39,150 --> 00:26:43,390 If it goes down too easy, it's not likely to cure what ails you. 378 00:26:44,450 --> 00:26:45,450 I see. 379 00:26:47,010 --> 00:26:48,090 And what else? 380 00:26:49,450 --> 00:26:56,250 Well, there's the, uh... There's the matter... There is the matter of your 381 00:26:56,250 --> 00:27:00,030 making a display of herself as if the hats weren't enough. 382 00:27:00,970 --> 00:27:03,510 You gotta find a way to rein her in. 383 00:27:03,890 --> 00:27:05,390 There's been a lot of talk. 384 00:27:06,060 --> 00:27:09,860 I think what we're all looking for here is a way of dealing with our concerns 385 00:27:09,860 --> 00:27:11,860 openly and fairly. 386 00:27:15,380 --> 00:27:21,420 Gentlemen, ladies, certainly I can change my style. 387 00:27:22,060 --> 00:27:25,920 I don't say that I agree with you, but that doesn't really matter. It is as 388 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:28,320 your church as mine, perhaps more so. 389 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:34,420 However, I want you to know that where my family is concerned, you cross the 390 00:27:34,420 --> 00:27:35,420 line. 391 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:40,180 I will never rein in my wife. 392 00:27:41,460 --> 00:27:45,040 Are you saying that you refuse to speak to her about this at all? 393 00:27:45,460 --> 00:27:46,540 Not a word. 394 00:27:46,940 --> 00:27:48,940 We are being more than fair. 395 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:54,180 You know, we could send a wire of official complaint to the presbytery. 396 00:27:54,620 --> 00:27:56,400 Then I invite you to send your wire. 397 00:27:57,580 --> 00:27:59,400 You're not leaving as much choice, Reverend. 398 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,460 All right, we'll work out the wording of the complaint, then. 399 00:28:06,220 --> 00:28:13,160 Your excuse from this next part reverend But you might want to 400 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:16,380 give it some thought as to whether heavenly is the post for you 401 00:28:36,649 --> 00:28:38,370 Mother? Mrs. King, it's Colin. 402 00:28:38,670 --> 00:28:39,670 Janet, hello. 403 00:28:39,790 --> 00:28:43,490 I have a fruitcake from your real Stacy. I thought you might want to come with 404 00:28:43,490 --> 00:28:47,750 me. I suppose... I suppose we owe her an apology. 405 00:28:47,990 --> 00:28:49,590 I suppose we do. 406 00:28:49,950 --> 00:28:53,770 There was really no harm done. But it was very, very wicked of us to help 407 00:28:53,770 --> 00:28:54,830 ourselves to her automobile. 408 00:28:55,250 --> 00:29:00,210 Next time, I promise to do as I am told and ask for Stacy for a proper lesson. 409 00:29:00,350 --> 00:29:02,410 But Janet, weren't we awful? 410 00:29:02,810 --> 00:29:04,390 What a pair of terrors. 411 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:06,760 What were we thinking of? 412 00:29:07,540 --> 00:29:09,920 Caught up in the moment, I imagine, weren't we? 413 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:18,700 I don't think it was the moment, Viola, as much as it was perhaps your tonic. 414 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:20,180 My tonic? 415 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:25,620 I hope you think of me as a friend, the way I think of you, and I hope as a 416 00:29:25,620 --> 00:29:30,400 friend I could tell you anything and you wouldn't judge me, at least not 417 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:31,400 harshly. 418 00:29:33,420 --> 00:29:39,440 If there was anything you wanted to tell me, to confide in me, you could. 419 00:29:41,700 --> 00:29:42,860 That's very kind of you. 420 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:46,340 But I'm sure I don't know what that is an aid of. 421 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:49,980 I can't think of anything of which I need to unburden myself. 422 00:29:52,500 --> 00:29:56,280 Why, it's just that your tonic... Yes? 423 00:29:59,060 --> 00:30:00,380 Do you know what's in it? 424 00:30:01,230 --> 00:30:06,890 Does it contain alcohol? I fear there's something... Janet, it's a restorative. 425 00:30:07,730 --> 00:30:08,870 A patent medicine. 426 00:30:09,870 --> 00:30:11,470 I use it when I need it. 427 00:30:11,970 --> 00:30:13,030 That is all. 428 00:30:14,590 --> 00:30:17,090 Do you think you use it too often? 429 00:30:17,310 --> 00:30:19,890 Janet, I've changed my mind. 430 00:30:21,210 --> 00:30:24,050 I don't really feel well enough to visit Miss Daisy this afternoon. 431 00:30:24,990 --> 00:30:26,610 I'll just send over a note later. 432 00:30:28,950 --> 00:30:30,450 I'm only thinking of you. 433 00:30:31,189 --> 00:30:33,250 Thank you for thinking of me so kindly. 434 00:30:33,910 --> 00:30:35,350 And thank you for dropping by. 435 00:30:53,459 --> 00:30:58,340 Hetty, I must tell you, I wish I could type as fast as I read. I've so enjoyed 436 00:30:58,340 --> 00:31:01,240 the last few chapters of your book. Have you read any of it, Sarah? 437 00:31:01,700 --> 00:31:02,700 Oh, no, no. 438 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:04,680 Roll it more, Sarah. Thinner. 439 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:08,200 You don't want your pie crust like bootleggers, do you? 440 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:11,260 Oh, and I adore the new title. It's Booth Coming to Dinner, Aunt Hetty, not 441 00:31:11,260 --> 00:31:13,240 King of Sire. My home is the island. 442 00:31:13,500 --> 00:31:18,940 Your Aunt Olivia will tell you that courting is not just flowers and sighs 443 00:31:18,940 --> 00:31:20,900 strolls down the lane. No, no. 444 00:31:22,030 --> 00:31:23,950 A man is no end of work. 445 00:31:24,210 --> 00:31:29,130 So they tell me, day you meet him till the day he's laid out in the grave. 446 00:31:29,850 --> 00:31:34,810 Oh, yes, he'll be wanting four courses, you can count on it, and then a spread 447 00:31:34,810 --> 00:31:35,810 of desserts. 448 00:31:35,890 --> 00:31:36,890 Ah, yes, 449 00:31:37,510 --> 00:31:42,870 well, we have strawberry rhubarb pie and English trifle, and, oh, that's what it 450 00:31:42,870 --> 00:31:46,250 swears. Pie and trifle? Isn't that a bit much? Redmond! 451 00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:50,580 That's what this title has? No, not at all. Not if you want to serve yourself a 452 00:31:50,580 --> 00:31:51,579 proper meal. 453 00:31:51,580 --> 00:31:53,700 It was not my idea to spend the evening here. 454 00:31:54,460 --> 00:32:01,400 You'll thank me for it later. Now, for after 455 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:05,920 -dinner amusement, I've managed to track down some parlor games. 456 00:32:06,460 --> 00:32:08,400 I don't want the idle moments, do I? 457 00:32:08,900 --> 00:32:14,480 There's croquenot and Chinese checkers and... Now I remember when I saw that 458 00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:15,480 poor cheesy board. 459 00:32:20,460 --> 00:32:21,520 Who needs Parcheesi? 460 00:32:22,180 --> 00:32:25,780 After all this food, we'll just lie around the parlor and burst. 461 00:32:28,100 --> 00:32:30,860 Angelica, I really don't think there's any hope for this evening at all. 462 00:32:31,060 --> 00:32:32,940 It won't be so bad. You'll see. 463 00:32:33,780 --> 00:32:39,440 I just... I just worry that Aunt Hetty will ruin everything. 464 00:32:40,860 --> 00:32:46,640 No matter how it looks from time to time, there's nothing she wants more for 465 00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:47,640 than your happiness. 466 00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:50,600 There's... true feeling and a will. 467 00:32:50,900 --> 00:32:54,900 Love just seems to find its way around everything in its path. 468 00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:57,700 You can add Hetty. 469 00:32:58,600 --> 00:32:59,700 Even Hetty. 470 00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:23,440 over to Rose Cottage for dinner. 471 00:33:24,380 --> 00:33:26,440 Is Father not home yet? 472 00:33:26,660 --> 00:33:28,860 Oh, your father went to visit poor Mrs. McDonald. 473 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:33,600 She came down with some gout, and he needs some company. 474 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:37,260 He didn't say when he'd be back, but you know, it's about McDonald. She doesn't 475 00:33:37,260 --> 00:33:38,260 like to talk. 476 00:33:38,500 --> 00:33:41,080 Well, look, don't worry about me. I'll be fine. 477 00:33:41,540 --> 00:33:42,540 Run along. 478 00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:43,840 Have fun. 479 00:33:44,180 --> 00:33:45,180 I'll try. 480 00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:58,220 You're very quiet tonight. 481 00:33:58,520 --> 00:33:59,580 What are you thinking about? 482 00:34:01,180 --> 00:34:02,180 Oh. 483 00:34:03,900 --> 00:34:05,180 Here, let me help you with that. 484 00:34:10,100 --> 00:34:11,159 About Viola. 485 00:34:12,580 --> 00:34:16,139 I'm so sorry about the unpleasantness that sprung up between us. I should have 486 00:34:16,139 --> 00:34:17,820 just minded my own Ps and Qs. 487 00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:20,280 Well, you were just acting as her friend. Was I? 488 00:34:21,139 --> 00:34:26,260 Or was I jumping to conclusions? Was I just becoming one of those... 489 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:30,060 interfering meddlesome women who made my mother's life miserable. 490 00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:32,080 Well, that's not what you set out to do. 491 00:34:33,580 --> 00:34:37,320 Alec, I'm going to go over there right now and apologize. 492 00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:39,420 Well, now that weather's starting to pick up... No, the weather's fine. 493 00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:40,520 dear. 494 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:21,800 Well, it certainly was a scrumptious dinner. 495 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:23,960 Thank you, Boogs. 496 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:29,620 Were you expecting other people? Just the three of us as usual. 497 00:35:30,260 --> 00:35:32,280 We haven't had a second to ourselves lately. 498 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:33,560 It's all right, Vera. 499 00:35:34,500 --> 00:35:37,440 We've also made some ice cream if you'd like some with your pie. 500 00:35:38,420 --> 00:35:39,420 Pie and ice cream. 501 00:35:40,300 --> 00:35:42,180 Well, you can't have one without the other. 502 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:45,080 Some things are just like that, two by two. 503 00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:49,800 I can't even seem to think of them separately. They're so meant to be 504 00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:50,960 Like you and me. 505 00:35:51,220 --> 00:35:53,420 The pie and the ice cream. 506 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:59,000 Oh, well, now, after dessert, we'll take tea in the parlor, and then it's time 507 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:00,320 for Parcheesi. 508 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:02,500 Eat up, eat up. 509 00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:17,020 I hope you didn't slip on that threadbare old rug we put in the parlor. 510 00:36:17,020 --> 00:36:20,680 the church women the manse was in need of new carpeting. No, don't worry 511 00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:21,680 yourself about this. 512 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:23,860 This is not a new injury, unfortunately. 513 00:36:24,580 --> 00:36:25,760 This is a relapse. 514 00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:27,720 A relapse? 515 00:36:28,720 --> 00:36:31,540 It's about three years ago. 516 00:36:32,420 --> 00:36:39,360 I was teaching the dyke in Batang Lupar, and we suffered a terrible 517 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:40,360 typhoon, and... 518 00:36:41,070 --> 00:36:44,250 The schoolhouse was nearly destroyed, and my back, along with it. 519 00:36:46,430 --> 00:36:47,750 I had no idea. 520 00:36:48,710 --> 00:36:53,370 I didn't know what my back could bear, and now I've done it worse than ever. 521 00:36:54,050 --> 00:36:55,050 Shh. 522 00:36:55,530 --> 00:36:57,010 There's no sense blaming yourself. 523 00:37:01,510 --> 00:37:05,230 Viola, I came to tell you I'm sorry. 524 00:37:06,410 --> 00:37:08,790 For? For doubting you. 525 00:37:10,730 --> 00:37:12,210 I feel I failed you somehow. 526 00:37:14,070 --> 00:37:16,310 I know what a caring person you are. 527 00:37:16,610 --> 00:37:18,990 Just keep me company. 528 00:37:20,150 --> 00:37:21,150 Make me laugh. 529 00:37:36,870 --> 00:37:38,350 That's done it for me again. 530 00:37:39,650 --> 00:37:40,650 Three out of five. 531 00:37:43,830 --> 00:37:45,930 Oh, what do you say, Booth? 532 00:37:46,130 --> 00:37:47,990 Shall we make it four out of seven? 533 00:37:48,230 --> 00:37:49,690 Oh, I don't know, Miss Hetty. 534 00:37:51,170 --> 00:37:54,090 It doesn't sound like this storm's going to blow itself out. 535 00:37:54,850 --> 00:37:56,490 Maybe I should take a chance and go home. 536 00:37:56,830 --> 00:37:57,830 Oh. 537 00:37:59,270 --> 00:38:00,270 Oh. 538 00:38:01,250 --> 00:38:02,350 Good grief. 539 00:38:03,350 --> 00:38:05,810 By the looks of it, you'll not be going anywhere, young man. 540 00:38:06,150 --> 00:38:09,650 Oh, you get the... lost ten feet from the door in a storm like this. 541 00:38:11,410 --> 00:38:17,950 Oh, dear. Well, I suppose you'll have to put up here for the night on 542 00:38:17,950 --> 00:38:18,950 the sofa. 543 00:38:20,850 --> 00:38:22,090 Now, you stay where you are. 544 00:38:24,850 --> 00:38:26,030 I'll fetch your blankets. 545 00:38:28,590 --> 00:38:30,210 Come along, Sarah, dear. 546 00:38:30,830 --> 00:38:31,830 Sarah, bedtime. 547 00:38:32,290 --> 00:38:33,290 Come on. 548 00:38:37,450 --> 00:38:38,450 Good night. 549 00:38:39,150 --> 00:38:41,970 Good night, Sarah. 550 00:38:42,410 --> 00:38:43,410 Good night, Bill. 551 00:38:51,090 --> 00:38:57,970 I think she's finally asleep. 552 00:38:59,610 --> 00:39:03,470 Oh, what a shame this happened. She was merely sweeping the carpet. 553 00:39:03,730 --> 00:39:04,730 It doesn't take much. 554 00:39:05,550 --> 00:39:09,010 The doctors have warned her that her spine would never be as strong as it 555 00:39:09,130 --> 00:39:12,450 that overexertion would lead to a relapse of this nature. 556 00:39:14,170 --> 00:39:15,750 She's so active. 557 00:39:17,690 --> 00:39:22,790 She lives with almost constant pain, but never lets on how greatly she suffers. 558 00:39:24,030 --> 00:39:25,190 That's Viola's way. 559 00:39:26,310 --> 00:39:30,510 She clings to the philosophy that the Lord gave us life, and we praise him by 560 00:39:30,510 --> 00:39:31,990 the fullness with which we live it. 561 00:39:34,410 --> 00:39:36,190 And I complain if my feet are tired. 562 00:39:37,530 --> 00:39:41,430 That accident was the kind of experience that has broken many, but not Viola. 563 00:39:42,590 --> 00:39:47,650 She worked so hard to build the trust of her young charges, trying to instill an 564 00:39:47,650 --> 00:39:49,410 understanding of God's infinite mercy. 565 00:39:52,710 --> 00:39:58,350 Two days after she was injured, she asked that the children be brought to 566 00:39:58,350 --> 00:39:59,650 the infirmary in the afternoon. 567 00:40:00,610 --> 00:40:01,710 And in the morning... 568 00:40:02,090 --> 00:40:04,970 She had a nurse's aide go down into the market on the port to fetch her the 569 00:40:04,970 --> 00:40:08,250 brightest, most vividly colored bed jacket money could buy. 570 00:40:09,210 --> 00:40:14,030 Of course, there was no such thing to be had on such short notice, but the girl 571 00:40:14,030 --> 00:40:15,030 did the best she could. 572 00:40:16,450 --> 00:40:21,810 And that afternoon, Violet taught from her hospital bed that life is precious 573 00:40:21,810 --> 00:40:23,110 and wonderful. 574 00:40:25,490 --> 00:40:28,190 And not a child there has ever forgotten it. 575 00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:33,180 or that flaming red kimono. 576 00:41:11,820 --> 00:41:12,840 Did you write this? 577 00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:24,860 It's a... It's very, very beautiful. 578 00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:30,080 It's as if you can see what I dream. 579 00:41:33,020 --> 00:41:38,460 You've made up this... perfect, safe place full of love. 580 00:41:41,100 --> 00:41:42,140 A lot like a home. 581 00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:46,420 I hope Mother and Father and I find one day. 582 00:41:48,260 --> 00:41:50,480 It's not made up, actually. 583 00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:56,000 Avonlea, the village you're writing about. 584 00:41:57,400 --> 00:41:58,620 Yes, it is. 585 00:42:00,620 --> 00:42:06,760 With some creative license, of course. 586 00:42:12,460 --> 00:42:15,940 The people in the family are the kings? 587 00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:18,020 Bits and pieces. 588 00:42:19,820 --> 00:42:24,300 Bits of my mother, of Sarah's mother, Ruth. 589 00:42:26,540 --> 00:42:32,340 Bits of the living and of those who live on inside us 590 00:42:32,340 --> 00:42:33,660 here. 591 00:42:37,780 --> 00:42:40,300 It's an incredible gift you've created for your family. 592 00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:46,640 And I think Sarah is very lucky to have you as an aunt. 593 00:42:52,720 --> 00:42:54,820 Life is a precious gift. 594 00:42:55,500 --> 00:42:57,160 So too is joy. 595 00:42:58,300 --> 00:43:05,060 Despair is a sin, but joy, the joy of life, is a blessing from God. 596 00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:12,920 As we read in Philippians chapter 4, rejoice in the Lord always, and again I 597 00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:14,920 say, rejoice. 598 00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:17,160 Amen. 599 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:25,400 Well, may I have the pleasure of escorting you two ladies home? 600 00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:27,320 Oh, that's kind of you both. 601 00:43:27,780 --> 00:43:30,100 No, no, you two go on alone. 602 00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:31,440 Go on. 603 00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:33,080 I'll stay here. 604 00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:35,200 Get up with the neighbors. Yes. 605 00:43:40,010 --> 00:43:43,630 I see Mrs. Elliot's taste in hats has rubbed off on you, Janet. 606 00:43:43,990 --> 00:43:46,430 That and a lot more, I should hope, you lady. 607 00:43:47,030 --> 00:43:48,770 And what is that supposed to mean? 608 00:43:51,030 --> 00:43:51,530 Well... 609 00:43:51,530 --> 00:44:04,610 Reverend, 610 00:44:05,010 --> 00:44:06,970 we're, uh... 611 00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:11,360 We're so sorry to hear about your wife's ill health. 612 00:44:12,220 --> 00:44:15,160 Some of us have done her a terrible disservice. 613 00:44:16,700 --> 00:44:21,480 What we'd all like to do is to leave any harsh words behind us and say how 614 00:44:21,480 --> 00:44:24,600 pleased we would be if you and your wife would stay on as long as you will. 615 00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:29,080 Thank you, Bert. And thank you all for your good wishes. 616 00:44:29,300 --> 00:44:30,940 I'll pass them along to Viola. 617 00:44:32,940 --> 00:44:36,720 But I'm sorry to tell you that shortly after you wired the presbytery... 618 00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:40,440 I received word from Knox Presbyterian in St. John, New Brunswick. 619 00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:44,660 They are also in need of a minister, and my family and I would be welcomed 620 00:44:44,660 --> 00:44:45,660 there. 621 00:44:45,740 --> 00:44:48,520 But we'd like you to stay on now to be sure, Reverend. 622 00:44:48,760 --> 00:44:49,880 There's really no need. 623 00:44:50,180 --> 00:44:51,400 I'm afraid there is. 624 00:44:52,580 --> 00:44:55,560 Viola would be near a hospital where she can get proper attention. 625 00:44:56,120 --> 00:44:59,720 Her condition is worsening, and she'll need medical care that isn't available 626 00:44:59,720 --> 00:45:00,720 here. 627 00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:04,160 I wired them yesterday to accept. 628 00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:20,820 Viola, wait right here. 629 00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:29,280 The ladies of the church women's committee all got together and we 630 00:45:29,280 --> 00:45:30,320 and we got you this. 631 00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:39,340 We felt that as the new minister's wife at Knox Presbyterian, you should have a 632 00:45:39,340 --> 00:45:40,299 proper hat. 633 00:45:40,300 --> 00:45:43,280 Oh, it's just, it's perfect. 634 00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:44,640 Thank you. 635 00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:46,600 Now, Janet. 636 00:45:47,500 --> 00:45:48,500 You promised. 637 00:45:48,520 --> 00:45:49,520 I know. 638 00:45:53,200 --> 00:45:55,360 You've become a very good friend to me. 639 00:45:57,300 --> 00:45:58,320 And you to me. 640 00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:03,600 We'll write. 641 00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:05,980 And I'll find a way to visit. 642 00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:09,120 Our paths will come together again, Sarah. 643 00:46:09,460 --> 00:46:10,460 They will. 644 00:46:11,060 --> 00:46:12,060 I promise. 645 00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:16,780 I just wish that our last moment together didn't have to be so public. 646 00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:24,580 I don't see anyone now, do you? 647 00:46:25,960 --> 00:46:26,960 Not a soul. 648 00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:38,760 Find ice cream. 649 00:46:39,180 --> 00:46:40,180 You and me. 650 00:46:49,770 --> 00:46:50,770 safe trip!