1 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:30,360 A natural wizard? 2 00:01:31,140 --> 00:01:32,140 Surely not. 3 00:01:33,860 --> 00:01:34,860 Practically a child. 4 00:01:35,320 --> 00:01:37,100 A very successful child. 5 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,300 Made a fortune and a family hotel business. 6 00:01:41,020 --> 00:01:44,700 Mama's rich, Papa's rich, and he made them even richer. 7 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:47,300 And he's putting money into the White Sands? 8 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:50,940 We're desperate for an infusion of cash. What with the roof to fix, the footings 9 00:01:50,940 --> 00:01:51,940 to shore up. 10 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:55,040 Butter him up, old girl. He could be the answer to our prayers. 11 00:01:56,190 --> 00:02:00,670 Good morning, Mr. Osborne. Sorry to keep you waiting. May I introduce my 12 00:02:00,670 --> 00:02:02,590 business partner, Miss Hetty King. 13 00:02:02,790 --> 00:02:03,790 Pleasure, Miss King. 14 00:02:03,870 --> 00:02:05,910 Oh, no, the pleasure's mine, Miss Osborne. 15 00:02:06,750 --> 00:02:09,750 So pleased you found time to respond to our letter. 16 00:02:12,130 --> 00:02:17,650 You've had a chance, I trust, to look around our establishment. 17 00:02:18,190 --> 00:02:19,190 I have. 18 00:02:19,530 --> 00:02:21,090 And what do you think? 19 00:02:21,490 --> 00:02:22,490 B .I. 20 00:02:22,890 --> 00:02:24,910 B .I.? Burn it. 21 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:30,120 B .I. What a wit. Hear that, Hetty? Burn it. 22 00:02:30,340 --> 00:02:33,420 My time is valuable, Mr. Tremaine. I never wasted on jokes. 23 00:02:33,660 --> 00:02:37,160 To be blunt, this hotel is a dinosaur. 24 00:02:37,920 --> 00:02:38,960 Have you noticed? 25 00:02:39,260 --> 00:02:41,980 The White Sands is the pride and joy of this island. 26 00:02:42,580 --> 00:02:47,080 Madam, there are hotels being built today that make this one look like a 27 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:48,080 from the Dark Ages. 28 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:50,780 I say S .F .S. 29 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,160 Start from scratch. 30 00:02:54,460 --> 00:02:55,460 Here's the plan. 31 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,860 Trainloads of tourists, conventions, group packages. We'll triple the 32 00:02:59,860 --> 00:03:00,559 in a year. 33 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:03,020 Next you'll suggest showgirls and singing waiters? 34 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:08,860 Precisely. Which is why I would tear out this dining room and turn it into a 35 00:03:08,860 --> 00:03:10,720 cafeteria. What is a cafeteria? 36 00:03:12,140 --> 00:03:14,020 It's sort of a smorgasbord. 37 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,160 You expect my guests to line up like sheep? 38 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:18,540 What do you think, young man? 39 00:03:18,740 --> 00:03:19,740 Me? 40 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:24,020 Well, I think it might be fun. 41 00:03:25,820 --> 00:03:27,600 If we set up separate stations. 42 00:03:28,300 --> 00:03:30,640 Salad's there, and main course is there. 43 00:03:31,140 --> 00:03:32,140 Food stations? 44 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:36,760 By Jiminy Tremaine, there's the sort of fellow we like to work with. 45 00:03:37,740 --> 00:03:39,000 The contract, sir. 46 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,040 Sign on the dotted line, and I'll bring in the work crew. 47 00:03:43,260 --> 00:03:44,239 I'm sorry. 48 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:46,380 I cannot turn the white stands into a circus. 49 00:03:47,380 --> 00:03:48,580 It's your funeral, Tremaine. 50 00:03:49,860 --> 00:03:53,860 Great hotels are run by visionaries, not by old progies. 51 00:03:54,670 --> 00:03:55,670 Good day, sir. 52 00:03:56,170 --> 00:03:57,170 Madam. 53 00:03:58,710 --> 00:04:01,210 I'll give you a week to think this over. 54 00:04:02,310 --> 00:04:04,170 Stay in touch. You've got potential. 55 00:04:11,750 --> 00:04:13,590 Is it right, Hetty King? 56 00:04:16,829 --> 00:04:19,130 Am I over the hill? 57 00:04:19,529 --> 00:04:20,649 Of course not. 58 00:04:21,910 --> 00:04:23,130 You're a man of wit. 59 00:04:23,630 --> 00:04:27,110 And vitality. And that is visionary in my book. 60 00:04:28,130 --> 00:04:29,470 Health of the hotel. 61 00:04:31,070 --> 00:04:37,250 Fine service and good old -fashioned hospitality. I'll never go out of date. 62 00:04:37,650 --> 00:04:39,150 Mark my words. 63 00:04:40,770 --> 00:04:41,770 Oops. 64 00:04:42,330 --> 00:04:43,570 School. I'm late. 65 00:04:45,550 --> 00:04:47,770 Good day there, Pierre. Felix. 66 00:04:48,190 --> 00:04:53,030 I wouldn't treat you for... 67 00:04:53,470 --> 00:04:56,070 Ten of those insolent young whippersnappers. 68 00:05:02,650 --> 00:05:07,650 You know, she can be very sweet. 69 00:05:07,950 --> 00:05:08,970 Miss King? 70 00:05:09,370 --> 00:05:10,390 Who else? 71 00:05:11,590 --> 00:05:13,870 We think alike on so many issues. 72 00:05:14,690 --> 00:05:15,970 Au contraire. 73 00:05:16,550 --> 00:05:21,470 You say white, she says black. You say night, she says day. 74 00:05:22,150 --> 00:05:24,100 You... fight about everything. 75 00:05:24,380 --> 00:05:28,480 Oh, nonsense. A few little tiffs over the years, they mean nothing. 76 00:05:30,900 --> 00:05:32,780 I must do right by her, Pierre. 77 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:37,180 All the money she invested here, she could lose it all. 78 00:05:38,140 --> 00:05:39,440 If Osborne is right. 79 00:05:40,940 --> 00:05:42,220 Miss King, Miss King! 80 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:44,780 Telegram! Oh, nobody take the budget! 81 00:05:45,100 --> 00:05:46,640 Oh, it could be in your mouth. 82 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:49,200 Telegram. 83 00:05:50,220 --> 00:05:51,480 From Mr. Pettibone. 84 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:57,680 Stopping early tomorrow at the Avonlea School with Mr. Tunbridge, Deputy 85 00:05:57,680 --> 00:05:59,020 Minister of Education. 86 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:01,860 Oh, tomorrow. 87 00:06:02,300 --> 00:06:03,300 Good grief. 88 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:12,920 Now then, first I'll say a few words of welcome to Mr. Tunbridge and then we'll 89 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:13,960 have the Lord's Prayer. 90 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,520 Is there a volunteer, anybody? 91 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,560 Me. I'll do it, Miss King. Very good. 92 00:06:21,100 --> 00:06:22,100 Becky Lester. 93 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:28,420 Next, then, we should have some rendition or other of the Maple Leaf 94 00:06:28,940 --> 00:06:31,100 Miss King, Cecily and I can sing in harmony. 95 00:06:31,420 --> 00:06:32,580 Yes, of course. 96 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:37,200 Excellent. Miss King, Dora knows her times table's upside down and sideways. 97 00:06:37,780 --> 00:06:39,620 Mind your own beeswax, Davy Keith. 98 00:06:39,860 --> 00:06:41,060 I'll be a nervous wreck. 99 00:06:41,420 --> 00:06:43,900 Oh, nonsense, Dora. Davy's right. 100 00:06:44,540 --> 00:06:48,480 Well, you do, you have a veritable genius for numbers. 101 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:50,280 Oh, you're no class. 102 00:06:51,580 --> 00:06:56,080 This will be the ideal opportunity for you to show off your talents. 103 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:58,800 So I think I'll invite your families. 104 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:01,360 Why, 105 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:03,760 of course. I'd be delighted to attend. 106 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,120 I'll bring some pastries, if you like. 107 00:07:08,980 --> 00:07:12,820 And, Hedy, thank you for thinking of me. 108 00:07:19,020 --> 00:07:20,020 Which is best? 109 00:07:20,460 --> 00:07:22,240 The stripe or the velvet. 110 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:24,700 Oh, heaven's sakes, it's a hat. 111 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:26,320 Oh, you're right. 112 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,800 Yes, the velvet's more refined. 113 00:07:30,820 --> 00:07:32,140 Elegant, stylish, the rest. 114 00:07:32,660 --> 00:07:36,900 Hey, King, the deputy minister isn't coming to give you an award, you know. 115 00:07:36,900 --> 00:07:39,480 won't even notice what's on your head. But how do you know, Rachel? 116 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:41,740 Well, I've been thinking. 117 00:07:42,460 --> 00:07:46,360 What about the governor general's award for best teacher? 118 00:07:47,470 --> 00:07:48,429 Oh, can you imagine? 119 00:07:48,430 --> 00:07:52,650 With a trip to Ottawa for the Gallop presentation. 120 00:07:53,450 --> 00:07:55,330 Well, I could wear the velvet then. 121 00:07:55,670 --> 00:07:57,950 Hattie, it's bad luck to count your chickens. 122 00:07:58,230 --> 00:07:59,370 Now get a move on. 123 00:08:10,050 --> 00:08:11,050 They're here! 124 00:08:12,570 --> 00:08:13,910 Everybody, get in. 125 00:08:15,450 --> 00:08:16,450 Where are they? 126 00:08:24,780 --> 00:08:26,060 Mr. Tumbridge, Mr. 127 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:29,440 Pettibone. Oh, how good of you to pay us call. 128 00:08:29,780 --> 00:08:33,780 Good day, Miss King. Your superintendent, Mr. Pettibone, is 129 00:08:33,780 --> 00:08:34,780 today. 130 00:08:34,919 --> 00:08:36,600 Welcome to the Avondale School. 131 00:08:37,039 --> 00:08:39,260 Oh, please, right this way. 132 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:45,360 Here, Mr. Tumbridge, sir. 133 00:08:45,680 --> 00:08:46,840 Oh, thank you. 134 00:08:47,580 --> 00:08:49,580 Well, now, this is a pleasure. 135 00:08:51,980 --> 00:08:53,220 Good day, class. 136 00:08:54,990 --> 00:08:56,250 Good day, Mr. 137 00:08:56,490 --> 00:08:57,590 Tumbridge, sir. 138 00:09:00,410 --> 00:09:01,790 Please be seated. 139 00:09:02,670 --> 00:09:03,670 Mr. 140 00:09:04,810 --> 00:09:11,390 Tumbridge, may I say that despite the short notice, the children have managed 141 00:09:11,390 --> 00:09:17,470 prepare a recital in your honor. Oh, yes, we have songs and a recitation. 142 00:09:17,790 --> 00:09:21,370 Miss King, could I have a word with you privately? 143 00:09:21,870 --> 00:09:24,150 Privately? Oh, yes, of course. 144 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:26,880 At ease, everyone. 145 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:35,940 I fear there's been a slight misunderstanding, Miss King. I'm on a 146 00:09:35,940 --> 00:09:42,460 schedule. I'm afraid I can't stay for your recital. Please give my apologies 147 00:09:42,460 --> 00:09:47,200 the children, but I'm here for the inauguration of the new school and 148 00:09:47,460 --> 00:09:52,140 Now, you will be receiving details by post, but I wanted to give you the 149 00:09:52,140 --> 00:09:53,660 official news in person. 150 00:09:55,430 --> 00:10:01,150 The news. You, Miss King, are to be moved over to the Carmody School to 151 00:10:01,150 --> 00:10:02,310 class in English composition. 152 00:10:03,010 --> 00:10:04,010 Oh. 153 00:10:04,290 --> 00:10:05,910 No, no, no, I couldn't. 154 00:10:06,670 --> 00:10:11,070 I wouldn't dream of abandoning the Avenue School. 155 00:10:11,570 --> 00:10:13,630 My students need me. 156 00:10:13,930 --> 00:10:15,410 You don't understand, Miss King. 157 00:10:16,810 --> 00:10:22,330 Either you accept the Carmody position or we must ask you to retire. Retire? 158 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:29,200 Did you say retire? 159 00:10:29,560 --> 00:10:32,560 Well, it's your choice, of course. 160 00:10:32,860 --> 00:10:36,280 But one -room schoolhouses are a thing of the past. 161 00:10:36,680 --> 00:10:43,500 Carmody will have 20 rooms with specialized courses in shorthand and 162 00:10:43,500 --> 00:10:44,500 business practice. 163 00:10:44,540 --> 00:10:49,460 A student seeking a superior education will come from all the surrounding 164 00:10:49,460 --> 00:10:50,460 villages. 165 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:52,800 I mean, you're... 166 00:10:53,020 --> 00:10:55,220 They're shipping some of my pupils over to Calvary. 167 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:58,060 Not some of them, Miss King. All of them. 168 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,440 Next year, the Albany School will be closed. 169 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:04,000 Progress, Miss King. 170 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:06,300 Down with the old, up with the new. 171 00:11:06,660 --> 00:11:07,920 Onward and upward. 172 00:11:08,660 --> 00:11:09,660 Petty. 173 00:11:09,980 --> 00:11:10,979 Petty bone. 174 00:11:10,980 --> 00:11:12,180 Miss King. Shall we go? 175 00:11:13,660 --> 00:11:15,240 Thank you kindly, Miss King. 176 00:11:15,460 --> 00:11:16,460 Good day, class. 177 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:17,640 Good day. 178 00:11:20,300 --> 00:11:22,200 I didn't know, Hetty. I'm sorry. 179 00:11:59,790 --> 00:12:00,790 Let go. 180 00:12:01,590 --> 00:12:02,730 If you like. 181 00:12:03,110 --> 00:12:04,290 No, no, don't. 182 00:12:05,690 --> 00:12:10,950 I mean... I don't mind if you don't mind. 183 00:12:23,830 --> 00:12:26,550 Do you think I should give up the hotel business and retire? 184 00:12:28,010 --> 00:12:29,350 Move back to Scotland. 185 00:12:30,310 --> 00:12:31,410 Scotland? No. 186 00:12:31,790 --> 00:12:33,030 Oh, no, you won't. 187 00:12:34,130 --> 00:12:36,890 Simon, I will be lost without you. 188 00:12:38,170 --> 00:12:39,190 Oh, Hattie. 189 00:12:41,230 --> 00:12:42,610 I never dreamed. 190 00:12:44,610 --> 00:12:45,770 Neither did I. 191 00:12:56,970 --> 00:12:58,970 Mr. Tremaine, pardonnez -moi. 192 00:12:59,210 --> 00:13:00,210 Oh, yes, 193 00:13:00,890 --> 00:13:01,890 Pierre. 194 00:13:02,250 --> 00:13:04,110 A lovely night, isn't it? 195 00:13:04,570 --> 00:13:05,770 I suppose so. 196 00:13:06,110 --> 00:13:12,450 I thought I should warn you. Young Felix is planning to give some sort of dance 197 00:13:12,450 --> 00:13:13,450 lessons. 198 00:13:14,490 --> 00:13:16,950 He's putting up signs as we speak. 199 00:13:17,350 --> 00:13:18,790 Oh, really? How lovely. 200 00:13:19,770 --> 00:13:21,530 I thought you disapproved. 201 00:13:22,730 --> 00:13:24,450 What are you going to do? 202 00:13:24,950 --> 00:13:25,950 Do? 203 00:13:27,370 --> 00:13:30,530 Did you ever see the moon shine so brightly, Pierre? 204 00:13:40,990 --> 00:13:43,470 Are you sure you're all right, Hattie King? 205 00:13:45,230 --> 00:13:51,530 Far be it from me to interfere where I'm not wanted, but is there anything you'd 206 00:13:51,530 --> 00:13:52,530 like to tell me? 207 00:13:53,730 --> 00:13:55,150 You know, it's strange. 208 00:13:56,750 --> 00:14:02,370 Here life's dealt me its cruelest blow, and yet somehow I feel 209 00:14:02,370 --> 00:14:04,610 strangely elated. 210 00:14:05,390 --> 00:14:09,250 Yes, well, there's an old -fashioned name for that. It's called lunacy. 211 00:14:09,910 --> 00:14:11,510 What are you talking about? 212 00:14:12,390 --> 00:14:14,170 Plain horse sense, that's what. 213 00:14:14,450 --> 00:14:19,030 Take it from me, Hetty, when your heart skips a beat, it isn't love, it's 214 00:14:19,030 --> 00:14:20,030 indigestion. 215 00:14:31,470 --> 00:14:32,790 I can't believe this has happened. 216 00:14:34,270 --> 00:14:36,230 Every cloud has a silver lining, Eddie. 217 00:14:37,410 --> 00:14:38,410 Platitudes. 218 00:14:40,810 --> 00:14:43,610 We did have some wonderful times in this old place, didn't we? 219 00:14:44,690 --> 00:14:47,810 What's wrong with a one -room schoolhouse? That's what I want to know. 220 00:14:48,330 --> 00:14:49,330 I know, Eddie. 221 00:14:50,530 --> 00:14:52,770 It's difficult to set one's mind on a new course. 222 00:14:55,010 --> 00:14:56,790 Oh, another platitude. 223 00:14:58,010 --> 00:15:00,230 One door closes and another opens. 224 00:15:07,950 --> 00:15:08,950 And fools. 225 00:15:23,070 --> 00:15:28,150 Frantic rats to me, Maudra. They're like sheep conforming to the latest fad. 226 00:15:28,310 --> 00:15:29,310 Exactly. 227 00:15:29,890 --> 00:15:35,310 We don't conform, do we, Simon? We continue to like the things that we 228 00:15:35,630 --> 00:15:37,170 You know what we are. 229 00:15:38,220 --> 00:15:39,220 We're rebels. 230 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:40,920 Yes. 231 00:15:41,660 --> 00:15:43,080 Revolutionaries, that's us. 232 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:50,020 Revolutionaries. You know, Hetty, when push comes to shove, you're the only one 233 00:15:50,020 --> 00:15:51,280 that truly understands me. 234 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:54,020 Likewise, Simon. 235 00:15:55,380 --> 00:16:00,860 Oh, it's such fun, isn't it, having someone to confide in? 236 00:16:12,300 --> 00:16:16,260 In the past few years, I've come to realize how fleeting is time. 237 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:18,940 How much you mean to me. 238 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:43,640 Would you? 239 00:16:44,740 --> 00:16:45,740 Oh, no. 240 00:16:46,500 --> 00:16:49,800 Then you'll be mine forever and ever. 241 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:52,980 Oh, yes, yes. 242 00:16:54,620 --> 00:16:55,660 Yes, yes. 243 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:02,000 Ah, 244 00:17:08,079 --> 00:17:11,400 I was hoping to have a word with you, Mr. Osborne. 245 00:17:12,460 --> 00:17:16,060 I've worked out a new proposal to take this decrepit hotel off your hands. 246 00:17:16,819 --> 00:17:20,599 You don't have the money to fix it, and I'm not prepared to throw good money 247 00:17:20,599 --> 00:17:25,579 after bad and invest in this museum so that you can relinquish your debt. 248 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:31,860 I have plans to save the place, but it would mean you're selling out. 249 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:34,700 Now, hold on a minute, Mr. Osborne. 250 00:17:35,300 --> 00:17:38,460 I will never hand over control of this fine hotel. 251 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:40,120 It's a part of my life. 252 00:17:40,770 --> 00:17:43,550 And I could never convince my business partner to give up her stake, no. 253 00:17:43,870 --> 00:17:46,810 A change of ownership is out of the question, I'm afraid. 254 00:17:49,230 --> 00:17:51,490 What about the people who depend on you for employment? 255 00:17:54,270 --> 00:17:57,170 In the present course of destruction that you've chosen, they'll be out of 256 00:17:57,170 --> 00:17:58,170 in less than a year. 257 00:17:58,950 --> 00:17:59,950 You have no choice. 258 00:18:01,850 --> 00:18:04,310 I will buy you and your partner out with a respectable sum. 259 00:18:06,050 --> 00:18:07,510 At this point, it's only LOE. 260 00:18:09,990 --> 00:18:10,990 L -O -E. 261 00:18:11,370 --> 00:18:12,750 Liquidate or evaporate. 262 00:18:14,510 --> 00:18:18,130 I've dictated the basic terms to my attorneys, who will drop a long -form 263 00:18:18,130 --> 00:18:19,130 agreement. 264 00:18:20,610 --> 00:18:24,330 I could even include provisions for the continued employment of key staff. 265 00:18:27,350 --> 00:18:31,150 Thank you for coming all this way to discuss investment. Our conversation has 266 00:18:31,150 --> 00:18:32,530 been most enlightening, Mr. Osborne. 267 00:18:34,190 --> 00:18:36,590 I will take what you've said under advisement. 268 00:18:38,090 --> 00:18:39,850 I will let you know when I've reached my decision. 269 00:18:43,310 --> 00:18:44,350 Don't MTB now. 270 00:18:46,930 --> 00:18:47,930 Missed the boat. 271 00:18:58,030 --> 00:18:59,170 Smile. Don't, Hetty. 272 00:18:59,530 --> 00:19:01,250 First outing as an engaged couple. 273 00:19:02,350 --> 00:19:04,490 Bridge with the kings and the petty boons. 274 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:07,540 That's what he'll be, I suppose. 275 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:10,900 Years after years of bridge. 276 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,060 Week after week, like clockwork. 277 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:20,100 Listening to Clive and Muriel and Alec and Janet. 278 00:19:20,300 --> 00:19:21,300 Yes. 279 00:19:23,540 --> 00:19:24,540 Never mind. 280 00:19:24,980 --> 00:19:26,420 We may grow to like it. 281 00:19:29,460 --> 00:19:30,460 Come on now. 282 00:19:30,780 --> 00:19:31,800 Let's find the others. 283 00:19:32,780 --> 00:19:34,040 Probably in the parlor. 284 00:19:50,060 --> 00:19:52,560 No matter what. I can't do that. Everyone, 285 00:19:56,760 --> 00:20:03,740 to Hedy and Simon, our very best wishes for a long and happy life together. 286 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,480 To Hedy and Simon. 287 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:06,800 Thank you. 288 00:20:07,380 --> 00:20:10,740 Where are you two lovebirds going to build your little nest? 289 00:20:11,820 --> 00:20:13,080 The White Sands. 290 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:20,680 Some disgusting to do, don't we, darling? 291 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:24,040 No, we don't, dearest. 292 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:30,000 Why would I want to live in a hotel when I've a perfectly lovely home to live 293 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,740 in? And one that's been in the family for generations. 294 00:20:34,020 --> 00:20:36,260 Why would I live in your little home when I have the day and night 295 00:20:36,260 --> 00:20:37,980 responsibilities for a great big hotel? 296 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:40,580 But you're giving up the hotel. 297 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:42,920 Oh, thank you. 298 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:45,920 Hedy, I must commend you on your wise decision. 299 00:20:46,460 --> 00:20:48,280 What decision? I haven't made one yet. 300 00:20:48,900 --> 00:20:50,480 We're just discussing it. No. 301 00:20:51,820 --> 00:20:54,780 No, no, I was referring to your wisdom in turning down Carmody. 302 00:20:55,100 --> 00:20:58,360 Very astute of you. Go out with a blaze of glory, say I. 303 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:01,440 What are you talking about? 304 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:05,680 Clive. No, no, no, let him speak. Go on, Clive. 305 00:21:07,020 --> 00:21:08,020 There's nothing. 306 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:14,060 It's just that if I were in your shoes, I would feel the same way. All those 307 00:21:14,060 --> 00:21:17,510 smart... Young things on staff. 308 00:21:19,030 --> 00:21:21,450 I'd have difficulty keeping up with them. 309 00:21:23,170 --> 00:21:24,170 Difficult. 310 00:21:24,810 --> 00:21:26,250 What's difficult about it? 311 00:21:26,510 --> 00:21:27,590 Have some cake, dear. 312 00:21:28,210 --> 00:21:34,710 Now, surely, Clive, you're not insinuating that some young snippet, wet 313 00:21:34,710 --> 00:21:37,230 the ears, is a better teacher than I am. 314 00:21:37,470 --> 00:21:40,570 Hattie, I'm on your side. 315 00:21:40,930 --> 00:21:42,330 It doesn't matter what I think. 316 00:21:43,370 --> 00:21:45,270 It's what the deputy minister thinks that counts. 317 00:21:45,710 --> 00:21:49,090 Oh, and what, praise tell, is that? 318 00:21:50,970 --> 00:21:53,970 Well, that your teaching methods are outdated. 319 00:21:54,690 --> 00:21:57,330 That's why he's closing the Avonlea schoolhouse. 320 00:21:58,230 --> 00:21:59,970 Eddie, we mustn't get excited. 321 00:22:01,030 --> 00:22:03,390 Now, look here, Clive Pettibone. 322 00:22:03,970 --> 00:22:08,770 I'll pit my pupils against that Carmody lot any day of the week. 323 00:22:09,150 --> 00:22:12,150 Math, English, geography, you name it. 324 00:22:13,290 --> 00:22:14,310 Just you wait. 325 00:22:15,290 --> 00:22:16,570 I want a contest. 326 00:22:16,890 --> 00:22:17,890 A contest? 327 00:22:18,030 --> 00:22:22,710 Fair and square between the two schools to settle what I consider to be a 328 00:22:22,710 --> 00:22:25,870 question of slender... But what if you lose? 329 00:22:26,170 --> 00:22:29,010 My students won't lose. They'll win. 330 00:22:29,290 --> 00:22:34,610 And then your precious Mr. Tumbridge will have to reconsider his decision to 331 00:22:34,610 --> 00:22:40,170 close my school. Come along, dear. I feel a very big headache coming on. 332 00:22:45,310 --> 00:22:47,150 Deputy Minister Ickrow. 333 00:22:47,750 --> 00:22:50,410 I've got my students in training at one. 334 00:22:50,790 --> 00:22:51,790 What about the wedding? 335 00:22:52,210 --> 00:22:53,210 What? 336 00:22:53,770 --> 00:22:54,770 Oh, 337 00:22:55,090 --> 00:23:01,290 surely Simon, you don't think I'd let our wedding place second fiddle to a 338 00:23:01,290 --> 00:23:03,550 showdown between two schools, do you? 339 00:23:04,050 --> 00:23:06,130 Do you? No, no, of course not. 340 00:23:09,550 --> 00:23:11,410 I'll settle up everything with Osborne. 341 00:23:14,900 --> 00:23:15,900 Dinner. 342 00:23:16,780 --> 00:23:17,780 Tomorrow night. 343 00:23:18,060 --> 00:23:19,060 At the hotel. 344 00:23:19,180 --> 00:23:20,180 Eight o 'clock. 345 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:22,240 Delicious, hmm? 346 00:23:22,780 --> 00:23:23,780 I'll be there. 347 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:25,120 With bells on. 348 00:23:31,860 --> 00:23:36,420 Look here, Mr. Tombridge. This whole situation is extremely regrettable. Miss 349 00:23:36,420 --> 00:23:39,960 King is very upset. I just wish I'd been able to warn her. 350 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:47,540 This is, after all, in accordance with the Ministry of Education's progressive 351 00:23:47,540 --> 00:23:48,720 new policies. 352 00:23:49,100 --> 00:23:53,080 Hedy King is highly respected. For miles around, she feels her reputation has 353 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:54,080 been damaged. 354 00:23:54,300 --> 00:23:57,700 She wants to hold a contest between the two schools to prove her point. 355 00:23:58,020 --> 00:23:59,020 A contest? 356 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:01,460 Oh, this is most irregular. 357 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:02,919 Why not? 358 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:06,940 If Avonlea loses, your decision to close the school will have been justified, 359 00:24:07,020 --> 00:24:11,400 and this way, Miss King and her students will have had their day in court, so to 360 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:12,400 speak. 361 00:24:12,620 --> 00:24:16,020 Well, I'll, um... I'll give it some thought. 362 00:24:16,540 --> 00:24:17,540 Thank you, sir. 363 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:24,500 A written test. 364 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:28,460 To be taken in Carmody the day after tomorrow. 365 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:32,300 Questions to be prepared by a committee of three. 366 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:37,540 Myself, the Carmody principal, and a ministry official. 367 00:24:38,780 --> 00:24:40,740 Don't worry, Miss King. They don't scare us. 368 00:24:41,470 --> 00:24:42,750 We don't want our school to close. 369 00:24:42,990 --> 00:24:45,930 No. We're going to beat their pants off. Yeah. 370 00:24:46,810 --> 00:24:48,570 Indeed we will, David Kidd. 371 00:24:48,790 --> 00:24:50,030 Indeed we will. 372 00:24:50,750 --> 00:24:51,870 All right, children. 373 00:24:52,590 --> 00:24:54,250 Let's prepare to do battle. 374 00:24:56,730 --> 00:24:57,870 Dividing into teams. 375 00:24:58,450 --> 00:24:59,450 Math here. 376 00:24:59,730 --> 00:25:02,250 Geography over there. English across the back. 377 00:25:02,730 --> 00:25:04,150 Ready. March. 378 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:16,100 Now remember, the fate of our school is at stake. 379 00:25:16,660 --> 00:25:19,040 I know you'll do me proud. 380 00:25:20,380 --> 00:25:24,900 For God, for country, for Avonlea, to work. 381 00:25:31,860 --> 00:25:33,460 Will you see what I brought you? 382 00:25:33,660 --> 00:25:35,020 Oh, Lydia, please, not now. 383 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:40,000 I'm in a triffle, honey. I'm supposed to be meeting Simon for dinner at eight o 384 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:41,920 'clock. It'll only take a moment. 385 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,100 It's Grandmother King's wedding dress. I found it in the attic. 386 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:53,479 Oh, 387 00:25:53,480 --> 00:26:02,040 my. 388 00:26:02,460 --> 00:26:03,800 Oh, my. 389 00:26:11,980 --> 00:26:13,000 You look like a real bride. 390 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:17,380 Oh, thank you, child. 391 00:26:18,340 --> 00:26:21,840 I know you're in a big rush to go out, but I have a problem with my long 392 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:25,200 division. Davy's in a real sweat over his objects of proposition. 393 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:27,560 Proposition, yes. 394 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:32,300 Mrs. Lynn's at her foreign missions meeting, so she can't help. Oh, yes, I 395 00:26:32,300 --> 00:26:33,300 forgot. 396 00:26:35,900 --> 00:26:38,300 Good grief, it's 20 to 8. 397 00:26:38,660 --> 00:26:42,320 Oh, well, I... stay to help, but I've got to get home and put money to bed. 398 00:26:42,580 --> 00:26:43,580 Yes, of course. 399 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:45,060 All right, Dora dear. 400 00:26:46,220 --> 00:26:47,220 I'll see what I can do. 401 00:26:47,500 --> 00:26:48,620 Only a few moments now. 402 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:50,840 Now, Olivia, just leave it there. 403 00:26:51,100 --> 00:26:52,620 I'll try it on later, I promise. 404 00:27:17,390 --> 00:27:18,390 Good. 405 00:27:19,510 --> 00:27:20,670 I am tired. 406 00:27:20,950 --> 00:27:21,950 Yeah. 407 00:27:26,490 --> 00:27:27,490 No, 408 00:27:33,990 --> 00:27:35,410 no, Davy. 409 00:27:36,350 --> 00:27:39,970 One doesn't say who are you speaking to. 410 00:27:40,210 --> 00:27:41,210 No. 411 00:27:41,930 --> 00:27:42,930 What now? 412 00:27:43,170 --> 00:27:45,670 I don't... See who that is, will you, dear? 413 00:27:46,379 --> 00:27:52,560 No, no, you see, one says, to whom are you speaking? 414 00:27:53,860 --> 00:27:57,700 Whom is the object of the preposition to, you see. 415 00:27:58,900 --> 00:28:04,460 Miss King, you gotta help us. Me and Wiley, we're going off our rockers with 416 00:28:04,460 --> 00:28:06,000 these here latitudes and longitudes. 417 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:09,960 Ma said you'd straighten us out. Would you, Miss King, please? We gotta win. 418 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:13,000 Yes, all right. 419 00:28:13,150 --> 00:28:15,030 Oh, get out the atlas. 420 00:28:15,230 --> 00:28:16,330 Quickly now, quickly. 421 00:28:17,330 --> 00:28:18,850 Be seated, both of you. 422 00:28:19,090 --> 00:28:21,290 Miss King, you sure look pretty with that veil on. 423 00:28:21,970 --> 00:28:22,970 Oh, the veil. 424 00:28:23,410 --> 00:28:24,970 Oh, yes, the veil. 425 00:28:25,750 --> 00:28:26,750 I'll get it. 426 00:28:27,350 --> 00:28:28,510 Now what? 427 00:28:29,410 --> 00:28:33,570 Miss King, you have to help us. I'm stuck on this Latin poetry and the 428 00:28:33,570 --> 00:28:34,570 need help with their English. 429 00:28:34,890 --> 00:28:35,890 Oh. 430 00:28:37,210 --> 00:28:38,210 Yes, all right. 431 00:28:38,590 --> 00:28:39,590 All right. 432 00:28:40,390 --> 00:28:42,130 I'll see to you each in turn. 433 00:28:42,810 --> 00:28:43,810 Is he first? 434 00:28:46,630 --> 00:28:47,170 She 435 00:28:47,170 --> 00:28:55,710 stood 436 00:28:55,710 --> 00:28:56,710 him up. 437 00:28:57,370 --> 00:29:00,090 Well, perhaps it's for the best. 438 00:29:00,810 --> 00:29:01,810 You think so? 439 00:29:03,610 --> 00:29:05,930 Love is like a delicate souffle. 440 00:29:06,190 --> 00:29:10,410 It can rise or fall, and nobody ever knows why. 441 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:17,780 One thing I do know, our friend over there will be miserable if he gives up 442 00:29:17,780 --> 00:29:18,780 he loves best. 443 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:21,480 You mean Aunt Hattie? 444 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:23,760 No, no, my boy. 445 00:29:24,100 --> 00:29:25,680 I mean the hotel. 446 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:45,200 I'll get it. 447 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:52,840 Hello, Simon. 448 00:29:56,080 --> 00:30:02,020 Oh, how could I have... I'm so sorry. No, no, it's quite all right. 449 00:30:02,420 --> 00:30:05,200 It was just a little snack. 450 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:07,240 Nothing special. 451 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:12,300 It's just the conscious tomorrow, you know, and suddenly... 452 00:30:12,670 --> 00:30:13,910 Everyone needed my help. 453 00:30:14,890 --> 00:30:15,890 Yes, 454 00:30:16,150 --> 00:30:18,210 I'll be in Carmody tomorrow to cheer you on. 455 00:30:18,890 --> 00:30:20,370 No, no, I understand. 456 00:30:21,630 --> 00:30:22,790 I'm not upset. 457 00:30:23,690 --> 00:30:24,690 No. 458 00:30:24,890 --> 00:30:25,890 No. 459 00:30:27,490 --> 00:30:28,490 Good night, my dear. 460 00:30:36,790 --> 00:30:38,150 I'm leaving tomorrow afternoon. 461 00:30:38,470 --> 00:30:39,630 Have you made up your mind? 462 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:44,500 It should be a simple choice, Tremaine. 463 00:30:45,060 --> 00:30:48,380 I'm not prepared to talk about the business affairs of the present. 464 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:50,360 You'll have to wait until tomorrow. 465 00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:43,660 Well, old man, in another few weeks you'll be lassoed and wed. 466 00:31:45,460 --> 00:31:46,680 How are you two getting along? 467 00:31:48,140 --> 00:31:49,140 I don't know. 468 00:31:50,100 --> 00:31:52,820 She's been under a great deal of pressure, as you can see. 469 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:55,000 It'll pass. 470 00:31:56,660 --> 00:31:58,340 Planning on a nice long honeymoon, are you? 471 00:31:59,260 --> 00:32:00,260 Yes. 472 00:32:01,100 --> 00:32:04,680 Just between you and me, I've got surprise plans in the works for a trip 473 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:06,620 Scotland after I deal with the hotel. Oh, yeah? 474 00:32:07,500 --> 00:32:10,080 Go. visiting all my old haunts. 475 00:32:10,300 --> 00:32:12,240 She's never been across the ocean, you know. 476 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:18,360 Of course, if heavenly winds, the honeymoon could go right out the window. 477 00:32:19,300 --> 00:32:22,280 Nonsense. A woman in love doesn't cancel her honeymoon. 478 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:23,900 It's an unwritten law. 479 00:32:25,500 --> 00:32:27,960 Just the same. Keep Scotland on your heart, will you? 480 00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:31,800 I'd prefer to surprise Hetty in a romantic way. 481 00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:35,200 And time's up. 482 00:32:36,770 --> 00:32:37,790 Prophetic words, eh? 483 00:32:44,750 --> 00:32:49,790 Excuse me, please. Excuse me. 484 00:32:49,990 --> 00:32:50,990 Excuse me. 485 00:32:53,270 --> 00:32:54,350 Avenue General Store. 486 00:32:57,650 --> 00:32:58,650 Yes. 487 00:32:59,710 --> 00:33:00,710 Yes. 488 00:33:02,390 --> 00:33:03,390 I'll tell them. 489 00:33:09,090 --> 00:33:10,610 Avonlea has won. 490 00:33:11,130 --> 00:33:13,070 The school stays open. 491 00:33:14,810 --> 00:33:16,390 Three cheers for us. 492 00:33:16,630 --> 00:33:19,370 Cheers to the future. 493 00:33:20,010 --> 00:33:21,650 To you, Eddie King. 494 00:33:22,130 --> 00:33:23,690 You certainly pulled it off. 495 00:33:23,930 --> 00:33:24,930 No, no, not I. 496 00:33:25,170 --> 00:33:26,810 No, no, it was my students. 497 00:33:27,230 --> 00:33:29,350 The best in the province. 498 00:33:30,950 --> 00:33:32,830 Oh, dear me, Simon. 499 00:33:33,570 --> 00:33:34,770 You know... 500 00:33:35,310 --> 00:33:38,390 The school's staying open only in a very short honeymoon. 501 00:33:39,830 --> 00:33:42,010 But I was planning something special. 502 00:33:42,630 --> 00:33:43,630 Unique. 503 00:33:43,890 --> 00:33:45,890 Once in a lifetime excursion. 504 00:33:46,310 --> 00:33:47,350 Full of history. 505 00:33:47,650 --> 00:33:52,390 Oh, yes, but you know, I've been thinking that there are some very 506 00:33:52,390 --> 00:33:53,770 hotels in Halifax. 507 00:33:54,650 --> 00:33:56,550 Why not a quick weekend trip? 508 00:33:56,890 --> 00:33:58,710 A weekend in Halifax? 509 00:33:59,550 --> 00:34:02,070 That's all the time from school I can afford, really. 510 00:34:02,830 --> 00:34:04,030 Never mind. 511 00:34:05,290 --> 00:34:12,050 We'll leave Saturday and take in a moving picture show and stroll along the 512 00:34:12,050 --> 00:34:14,630 and be back in time for school first thing Monday morning. 513 00:34:15,210 --> 00:34:18,710 Aunt Hattie, a telegram from the Deputy Minister of Education. 514 00:34:19,550 --> 00:34:21,469 Congratulations, no doubt. 515 00:34:22,550 --> 00:34:25,570 The old goat will be eating crow by now, that's for certain. 516 00:34:41,159 --> 00:34:43,560 The decision's been stayed. 517 00:34:44,820 --> 00:34:47,520 The exams were remarked. 518 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:51,360 Apparently we didn't win, after all. 519 00:34:52,940 --> 00:34:56,320 And Tumbridge may still close the Abner School. 520 00:34:57,500 --> 00:34:58,660 Dear Lord. 521 00:35:00,180 --> 00:35:05,160 Carmody, Principal, filed a complaint against me for... 522 00:35:10,190 --> 00:35:16,110 He said he saw me handling my students during this, um... 523 00:35:16,110 --> 00:35:22,950 Excuse me for revealing the question ahead of 524 00:35:22,950 --> 00:35:23,950 time. 525 00:35:29,650 --> 00:35:30,650 Hattie! 526 00:35:35,630 --> 00:35:39,450 Hattie Kim, you have to come out of this sooner or later. 527 00:35:40,490 --> 00:35:42,530 No, I don't, and I won't. 528 00:35:44,470 --> 00:35:50,110 Never has a king been subjected to such vile accusations. 529 00:35:51,590 --> 00:35:53,610 Oh, this is a shame. 530 00:35:54,810 --> 00:35:59,710 My poor school, my poor dear students. 531 00:36:00,710 --> 00:36:03,270 Oh, it's a black, black day. 532 00:36:05,190 --> 00:36:08,730 Nor will I, Simon Tremaine, nor will I... 533 00:36:09,100 --> 00:36:11,460 Drag your good name into the mire with me. 534 00:36:13,820 --> 00:36:15,920 So, here. 535 00:36:18,020 --> 00:36:19,020 Take this. 536 00:36:20,220 --> 00:36:21,240 You're off the hook. 537 00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:23,120 Hetty. 538 00:36:25,340 --> 00:36:26,760 You mustn't. 539 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:28,360 It's her pride. 540 00:36:28,720 --> 00:36:31,300 She couldn't be worse if they cut off her right arm. 541 00:36:31,540 --> 00:36:32,680 But what about my pride? 542 00:36:34,460 --> 00:36:36,920 I refuse to break off our engagement, Hetty King. 543 00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:38,560 No, I tell you. 544 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:41,480 Take it. You're a stubborn fool, Hickey King. 545 00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:45,120 But I'm just as stubborn as you are. 546 00:36:51,780 --> 00:36:52,960 Poor Miss King. 547 00:36:53,660 --> 00:36:54,720 Everything's going wrong. 548 00:36:55,860 --> 00:36:57,840 We have to do something, Davy. 549 00:36:58,660 --> 00:36:59,940 We have to do it quick. 550 00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:17,240 Has Osborne left? Did he withdraw his offer? 551 00:37:19,140 --> 00:37:24,900 You haven't had a morsel of food today. How about a nice hot roast beef sandwich 552 00:37:24,900 --> 00:37:27,700 with gravy and home -fried potatoes? 553 00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:29,640 Thank you, Pierre. 554 00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:31,520 I couldn't choke down a crumb. 555 00:37:32,100 --> 00:37:36,520 What with the constant complaining from the guests about the plumbing, the leaky 556 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:38,080 roof, the lack of electricity. 557 00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:42,300 Not to mention this... this contract. 558 00:37:44,140 --> 00:37:48,240 Putting my name on this dotted line is like... Signing your life away. 559 00:37:48,720 --> 00:37:49,720 Exactly. 560 00:37:51,460 --> 00:37:52,640 What's wrong with me? 561 00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:55,940 It's plain as the nose on your face. 562 00:37:56,240 --> 00:37:59,620 You are not ready to leave the hotel business. 563 00:38:01,340 --> 00:38:02,900 I like running this place. 564 00:38:05,020 --> 00:38:08,800 In fact, I love it. 565 00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:13,200 I love the walls. I love the ceilings. 566 00:38:15,069 --> 00:38:18,610 Furniture. I don't want the Osbournes of the world changing as much as a doily. 567 00:38:20,590 --> 00:38:21,590 Tell me, lad. 568 00:38:21,910 --> 00:38:23,750 You've known your aunt much longer than I have. 569 00:38:24,430 --> 00:38:26,990 Just how important is teaching a school to her? 570 00:38:29,170 --> 00:38:30,210 It's where her heart is. 571 00:38:30,710 --> 00:38:32,170 If she gave it up, she'd be unhappy. 572 00:38:33,210 --> 00:38:34,210 Unhappy. 573 00:38:34,630 --> 00:38:35,630 She'd be miserable. 574 00:38:37,890 --> 00:38:40,810 Well, there you have it, gentlemen. 575 00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:45,080 She loves me. 576 00:38:45,900 --> 00:38:46,900 I love her. 577 00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:49,800 But what do we do about it? 578 00:38:51,620 --> 00:38:54,240 Well, let's start with fixing the roof. 579 00:38:54,740 --> 00:38:58,320 Then we can patch the plumbing. We'll have this old place looking like a brand 580 00:38:58,320 --> 00:38:59,320 new hotel in no time. 581 00:39:00,300 --> 00:39:01,600 We'll never let it fall apart. 582 00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:12,600 You sure Mr. Tremaine said he'd give us a ride? 583 00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:13,738 He promised. 584 00:39:13,740 --> 00:39:16,000 As long as we keep it, it's the only you know who. 585 00:39:16,620 --> 00:39:17,620 Let's go. 586 00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:26,120 Just where do you think you're going? 587 00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:30,240 Um, we were just going to school. 588 00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:32,500 At six o 'clock in the morning? 589 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,860 Mrs. Lind, I cannot tell a lie. Shut up, Dora. 590 00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:42,960 We're going to go look for the blue -backed springle goose. 591 00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:45,380 We have to do a paper on it. 592 00:39:45,940 --> 00:39:47,600 The blue -backed what? 593 00:39:48,460 --> 00:39:50,020 It's a very rare bird. 594 00:39:50,620 --> 00:39:55,120 And if we don't go right now, we'll miss it. Because it only comes once a year. 595 00:39:56,420 --> 00:40:03,380 Well, I never... I suppose, if you must... We'll be back in time for lunch. 596 00:40:12,140 --> 00:40:15,920 You see, Mr. Tunbridge, sir, I know Miss King didn't cheat. 597 00:40:16,300 --> 00:40:19,000 She only looked at me to give me a little bit of encouragement. 598 00:40:19,340 --> 00:40:20,460 There's nothing wrong with that. 599 00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:23,960 Test me right now. I can answer any question you ask me. 600 00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:29,460 Mr. Tunbridge, I see no need to test the child again. It's quite obvious that 601 00:40:29,460 --> 00:40:30,760 they are trying to cover up for Miss King. 602 00:40:31,660 --> 00:40:33,020 They cheated on the exam. 603 00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:37,740 The heavenly school should close as planned. Then we can teach them a thing 604 00:40:37,740 --> 00:40:40,160 two about the three R's. Reading, writing. 605 00:40:40,990 --> 00:40:42,450 And respect for the truth. 606 00:40:42,950 --> 00:40:43,950 Excuse me. 607 00:40:45,290 --> 00:40:46,290 Wilson. 608 00:40:48,830 --> 00:40:51,070 What are the markings all over these pages? 609 00:40:52,930 --> 00:40:57,510 The children erased some of their answers during the exam. They were 610 00:40:58,550 --> 00:41:04,890 Oh, I'm sure there's more here than meets the eye. The writing, it's 611 00:41:04,890 --> 00:41:05,890 inconsistent. 612 00:41:06,150 --> 00:41:09,990 None of it matches the individual paper. 613 00:41:13,790 --> 00:41:17,430 Wilson, you can fool some of the people some of the time. 614 00:41:19,870 --> 00:41:20,870 Dora, 615 00:41:21,250 --> 00:41:22,410 what's ten times seven? 616 00:41:22,750 --> 00:41:24,010 It's seventy, of course. 617 00:41:24,250 --> 00:41:27,510 Davy, what's the past tense of the verb to be? 618 00:41:27,790 --> 00:41:30,650 Was. Dora, double elevens? 619 00:41:30,950 --> 00:41:33,870 One hundred and thirty -two. Davy, name me three prepositions. 620 00:41:34,250 --> 00:41:38,030 Under, over, on. Dora, sixty -eight plus two minus seven? 621 00:41:38,610 --> 00:41:40,230 Sixty -three. Davy, what's the conjunction? 622 00:41:40,690 --> 00:41:41,690 And. 623 00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:47,279 Get yourself together. 624 00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:50,760 Quick. Mr. Tunbridge is coming up the walk with the children. 625 00:41:51,060 --> 00:41:54,000 What? Blue -backed, sprinkled goose. 626 00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:55,620 Miss King? 627 00:41:56,100 --> 00:41:57,840 Mrs. Lynde, we got company. 628 00:41:58,300 --> 00:41:59,300 Miss King? 629 00:42:01,340 --> 00:42:02,340 Mr. 630 00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:12,140 Tunbridge. Forgive the intrusion, Miss King, but your students summoned me to a 631 00:42:12,140 --> 00:42:16,830 meeting. to discuss the complaint filed by the Carmody principal. 632 00:42:17,430 --> 00:42:18,249 The what? 633 00:42:18,250 --> 00:42:23,410 Yes, there seems to be a certain desperation over at Carmody to increase 634 00:42:23,410 --> 00:42:27,310 student population of that school in order to increase funding. 635 00:42:27,810 --> 00:42:28,810 Oh. 636 00:42:30,410 --> 00:42:32,630 Principal Wilson, he reached our answers. 637 00:42:32,950 --> 00:42:36,190 We showed him how brilliant we are. Mind you, my boy. 638 00:42:36,590 --> 00:42:37,850 Thanks to a brilliant teacher. 639 00:42:38,230 --> 00:42:41,230 Yes, I apologize for the odious suggestions. 640 00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:43,280 previous day. 641 00:42:44,020 --> 00:42:49,260 Such devotion and scholarship among these admirable children, it can't be 642 00:42:49,260 --> 00:42:55,680 ignored. The retabulated exams prove, as we originally thought, that the Avonlea 643 00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:58,340 School is the hands -down winner of the competition. 644 00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:05,800 Miss King, the Avonlea School will remain open as long as you remain at the 645 00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:06,800 helm. 646 00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:09,340 Then this is the... 647 00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:12,360 A glorious day, family. 648 00:43:12,720 --> 00:43:14,420 Thank you. 649 00:43:32,240 --> 00:43:34,960 One minute. Oh, I'm... 650 00:43:40,460 --> 00:43:43,160 I haven't seen you as happy as this in a long, long time. 651 00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:45,760 You look happy, too. 652 00:43:46,460 --> 00:43:47,820 You know me so well. 653 00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:50,000 Like a book. 654 00:43:53,820 --> 00:43:56,000 We've been fooling ourselves, haven't we? 655 00:43:58,860 --> 00:44:05,760 Your marriage proposal, Simon Tremaine, is the greatest compliment I've 656 00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:06,980 ever been paid. 657 00:44:18,090 --> 00:44:19,430 Do you think they'll give me my money back? 658 00:44:21,190 --> 00:44:22,830 Perhaps you'd better save it. 659 00:44:23,570 --> 00:44:25,110 You may fall in love again. 660 00:44:26,430 --> 00:44:27,430 No. 661 00:44:28,310 --> 00:44:29,370 I'm still in love. 662 00:44:31,150 --> 00:44:32,150 Oh, my. 663 00:44:35,630 --> 00:44:40,070 I don't feel marriage really suits either of us. 664 00:44:40,650 --> 00:44:41,950 No, probably not. 665 00:44:44,750 --> 00:44:47,490 Would you care to indulge in old hotel custom? 666 00:44:47,930 --> 00:44:48,930 What? 667 00:44:49,870 --> 00:44:50,870 No. 668 00:44:51,690 --> 00:44:57,950 I'd much prefer a quiet stroll together along our decrepit veranda. 669 00:44:58,890 --> 00:45:00,970 Whatever pleases you, darling.