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MATURE JENNY: 'Christmas comes at
the closing of the year.

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'It is a time for reaching out,
looking back,

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'finding comfort in the
magic of a season that endures.

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'It is when we take stock,

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'when we measure joy and pain.

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we are, what we have now become,

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'and when we acknowledge
what we cherish most of all.'

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Philip?

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I can't find it anywhere!

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Are they in the box with
the tree lights?

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I would never put it in there!

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Why would I?

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It doesn't go on the tree,
it goes on the mantelpiece!

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Er, perhaps the holly will be
enough.

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It's even got some
berries on it this year.

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Anyway, I'll soon get you
a nice blaze going.

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I don't know - I'm not sure
if I'm a fool, or a romantic

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or a creature of routine.

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Last two.

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Once a nurse, always a nurse.

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We were so young.

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Well, Sister Monica Joan must have
been 80-odd, even then.

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I think the word I'm looking for is
"innocent".

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Oh, we knew things, I'd seen things,

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things I'd never seen before
and never since, but...

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..we had a way at looking
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Not frightened at all,
only the young do that.

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I wish I could find that ornament.

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'A Christmas card seems such
a frail sort of missive.

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'A scrap of coloured paper
folded to enclose

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'and if love is meant and not just
included for the sake of form,

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'a little line of kisses,
neat and faint

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'as the prints of birds on snow.'

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A card from Jenny.

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Lovely!

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Keep on going round!

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And round again, skipping as high as
you can because we need to make sure

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those headdresses stay on during the
actual performance.

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Higher than that, please, Maxine!
I can't see where I'm going!

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Well, keep on following Beverley.
Beverley, you're doing splendidly!

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Keep going.

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Oh!

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GIRLS GIGGLE

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Right, that's enough. That's enough.

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Will all snowflakes please STOP
dancing and stay where you are

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until Nurse Franklin has had a
look at your headdresses

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and considered the case for a few
more kirby grips, perhaps?

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I strongly suspect there aren't
enough kirby grips in the world.

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How are you getting along with
the snow?

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We've cut up enough for a small
blizzard.Afternoon!

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Oh, Fred!
You've come about your costume.

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No.

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I've come about the leaky tap.

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Nurse Franklin, I can't believe you
just did that.

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What?

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Referred to my costume
when all the kiddies could hear you!

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I didn't say what the costume was.

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Well, they know I'm
not in the concert!

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They know I'm not in the Ballet of
the Snowflakes

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or the Donkey's Tap Dance.

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Do you want a crimson velvet
Santa suit,

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a bit more scarlet?

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You're cutting it a bit fine!

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I thought this was a fitting, not me
being measured up from scratch.

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Fred, why are you making
such a fuss?

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Everybody knows you're not
the real Father Christmas.

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You're just helping him out!
Exactly!

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I don't want to see any disappointed
faces when I come in with my sack.

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Helping out the big fella from the
North Pole is a sacred undertaking.

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To me, if not to you.

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GIRLS GIGGLE

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O Attic shape!

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Fair attitude!

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With brede of marble men
and maidens overwrought

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With forest branches
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Is that Keats, Sister Monica Joan?

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There is no end to your perspicacity

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since you commenced walking out
with a clergyman.

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I did not think your mind could
keep abreast of his,

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but I was wrong.

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SHE GASPS

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I was just thinking what a good thing
it was, that the crib was in its box

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when the bomb went off,

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but one of the figurines must
have been broken. Oh, no.

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Run it under the tap, quickly.

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Oh! It is the sheep.

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And it is shattered.

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When will Herr Hitler
cease his sport with us?

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dusted. Little boy, name of Noel.

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That's rather jolly.

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We get Noels every year.
Noels, Robins, Hollies, Carols.

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You can set your watch by them.

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Why isn't the autoclave on?
Look at all these instruments!

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Sister, I'm sorry, I'm expected in
Sister Julienne's office in a moment.

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Course you are. Off you pop.

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Thank you, Sister. Autoclave!

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After which, you can
adjust your list

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because I'm breaking into this
bottle of Milk of Magnesia.

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snacks on you this time of year.

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I gave in to a piece of sherry log,
keeps repeating on me.

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Mmm...

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And what!

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A star was seen in the east,

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and the donkey ears were
found behind the bar.

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Where's Freddie? I put him down for
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Poor little soldier!

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I can smell the ale on them
from here.

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Tom Hereward confessed to a bit
of larking about at the youth club.

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He left the keys to the bar
unattended.

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He could be arrested for that.

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"Failure to ensure the safety of
minors at a place of entertainment."

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You do work so awfully hard.

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I don't want to fail my sergeant's
exams again.

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Peter, you say that as
if you've failed them annually

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since time immemorial!
It's only been twice.

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Twice so far.
You could get arrested for that.

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Offence against the
Optimism Act, 1959.

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Chapter 1, clause 1. "Failure to
demonstrate a backbone under fire."

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Nurse Miller, I know how deeply
you've been considering this matter,

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and I know how much you've been
questioning your heart

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and how hard you've been praying.

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How could I not, when once I
asked the same questions

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and prayed the same prayers?

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I thought I'd be certain by now.
It's been months.

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Sometimes it takes years.

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That's why we speak of
testing our vocation,

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beginning with six months
as a postulant. I know that.

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feeling this call. This longing.

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Cynthia, you may take as long as you
need to discern

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what God wills for you.

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But there will be several
other applicants

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joining the order at the New Year,
and there is a place for you

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beside them,
if you wish to take it up. I see.

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If you're not ready,
there will be other possibilities.

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In another 12 months,
or possibly two years.

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Sister Julienne.

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Will you pray for me?

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Always.

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Go on, let me
see how big yours are now.

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Happy Christmas, Nurse.
Liqueur chocolates! How decadent.

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And a urine sample.

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You are kind(!)

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Shelagh, she's put on another pound.

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She's doing so well.

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woman alive.

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Ah, all my prayers were answered.

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Just not in the way I expected.

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A little bird tells me that a
certain young lady

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has come for her vaccinations!

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And she can come right to the
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Patrick,
she'll catch her death of cold.

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He's years older than her.
Gives me the creeps.

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Handkerchief, Denise.

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I've forgotten it.

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You think at 16 they're
all grown up.

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themselves.

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Using their common sense.

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You stop asking
if they've remembered their hanky.

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I haven't got mine either.
You'll have to do without.

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Here you are.

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Wipe your eyes
and have a good blow, old thing.

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Now, it's not often we're able to
refer our mothers-to-be

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to Astor Lodge, but by all accounts
it's absolutely splendid.

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They only take 12 girls at a time,

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and the matron there runs
it as a proper home from home.

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How long will she have it with
her for? The child?

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The general rule is that the little
ones are cared for by their mothers

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until the first stage of adoption
goes through.

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That's usually accomplished
within six weeks.

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I told the social worker -
I don't want to see it,

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I don't want to touch it.
I'm handing it over and that's that.

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And where's your mother?

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Yes, that's in your notes.

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Nurse Mount will accompany
you on the bus, and then hand over

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all your paperwork to Sister Maltby
when you arrive.

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I hope there's not a long
walk at the other end.

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I've got a Dansette to
carry as well as a suitcase.

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You'd think you
were on your way to Butlins.

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Butlins?

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I don't think so.

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that's why I'm wearing my mink hat.

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That's never mink.

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Chocks away, I think!

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Let's not smoke
in the street, Avril.

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I'd finished it, in any case.

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Are we slipping out the side way?
I think it's for the best.

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away from home before.

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I'm still hoping nobody'll find
out where she's gone.

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When Denise comes back,
she can make a fresh start.

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And from experience, no-one will ask
any difficult questions.

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At least she won't make the same
mistake again...will she?

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I'm sure she won't.

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< Right, come get your
Christmas tree! Freshly cut...

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What are you doing here, Sister?

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You deem me
incognisant of your purpose,

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but I fear that were I to let you
perform your task unsupervised,

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Nonnatus would receive a very
sorry tree indeed.

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But Sister Monica Joan, Sister
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"Nothing too ostentatious,"
she said.

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There is no ostentation
in appropriate proportion,

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only in vulgar ornaments
and excess trim.

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Look after the lady and gentleman,
please, Victor.

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I require a tree.

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It should be neither too slender
nor too squat,

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of equal symmetry

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and smell pleasingly of pine.

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These all smell of pine.
They are pine.

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Apart from the spruces.

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Then you may exhibit them
to myself and my assistant.

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Now, she can have any tree
she wants.

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You helped deliver my daughter
Ingrid, Sister.

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two doodle-bug raids.

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'Ere, my missus still laughs about

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how you had to fan her with her
ration book.

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Check the ticket when she's picks
one, then halve the price.

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Are these obtained from Germany
or from Norway?

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I'm only casual labour.

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I would very much prefer a tree that
sprang from Allied soil.

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I'm sorry about my mum. I think
your hat's lovely.

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I'm particular about what I wear.

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I worked in a dress shop up
Roman Road before I started showing.

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Come along. I'll stow the bags.

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You get on board and choose
some seats.

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Oh, and your ma's right,
it ain't mink. It's musquash.

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What's musquash?

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It's like a sort of weasel...
only smarter.

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I'm scared now.

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about these mother-and-baby homes.

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And God knows,
I need a bleeding rest.

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SHE GASPS

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The parlour corner?

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It certainly is
a tremendous-looking specimen...

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THEY GASP

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..but are you sure
it isn't a little big?

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I secured an advantageous price

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and increased the scale
of our purchase accordingly.

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SHRIEKS OF LAUGHTER

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Isn't it wonderful?

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Thank you very much.
Thank you.Thank you.

246
00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:27,360
(Here...)

247
00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:30,600
Bag up some of these
mince pies for him.

248
00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:33,480
They'll still be sticking
to his ribs come Christmas Eve.

249
00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:35,760
I don't know what Mrs B
is putting in that pastry.

250
00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:37,680
Excuse me!

251
00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:39,200
Sir!

252
00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:45,200
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a few mince feet.

253
00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:55,040
They're still warm.
I can feel 'em through the bag.

254
00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:57,040
Yes.

255
00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:58,280
Happy Christmas.

256
00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:10,720
Are you absolutely sure you can't
just take it back to the market

257
00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:12,120
and swap it?

258
00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:14,960
Well, I can't now.

259
00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:16,840
THEY LAUGH

260
00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:38,000
You're late.
You said five o'clock!

261
00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:40,400
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262
00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:42,000
And a treat!

263
00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:47,120
I done all right.

264
00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:49,680
We'll keep some back for the meter

265
00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:51,920
and the rest is going in here.

266
00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:54,080
We'll fill it up in no time.

267
00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:56,600
We haven't got no time,
though, have we?

268
00:16:56,600 --> 00:17:00,040
We've got about...four months?

269
00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:02,120
Or five months?

270
00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:05,960
Light the fire, eh?

271
00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:08,480
Like you always do
when you come home.

272
00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:36,440
It certainly seems rather desolate.

273
00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:38,320
I've never actually been before.

274
00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:40,400
Makes sense, though, don't it?

275
00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:43,080
We're being hidden away
from society's gaze.

276
00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:45,480
I've been hidden away
from society's gaze, anyway.

277
00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:48,760
My mum hasn't let me out
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278
00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:54,400
And not a bleedin'
fairy light in sight, neither.

279
00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:03,000
BABY CRIES

280
00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:08,400
Good afternoon?

281
00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:14,360
CRYING INTENSIFIES

282
00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:17,600
That's enough, thank you.

283
00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:21,360
We don't touch other people's
babies at Astor Lodge.

284
00:18:21,360 --> 00:18:23,240
Hygiene regulations.

285
00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:28,280
<font color="
to cleanliness. Follow me.

286
00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:30,640
CRYING CONTINUES

287
00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:42,120
Your cockatiel's pulling its
feathers out.

288
00:18:42,120 --> 00:18:44,960
That's a sign
of illness in a bird.

289
00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:49,440
I've brought both the girls' notes,
Sister Maltby.

290
00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:52,000
Avril Fox and Denise Henshaw.

291
00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:55,120
Once you're happy
all the paperwork's in order,

292
00:18:55,120 --> 00:18:58,640
I'll leave them in your charge.
Which of you is which?

293
00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:01,000
I'm Avril Fox. Miss.

294
00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:04,240
I think you'll find
everyone's a "miss" here.

295
00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:08,000
And this is Denise.
She has mild anaemia.

296
00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,560
She's been prescribed iron tablets,
but I think that...

297
00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:12,480
I'll make sure she takes them.

298
00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:15,480
The midwives and doctor
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299
00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:17,680
her need for any further
prescriptions.

300
00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:19,440
BELL TINKLES

301
00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:21,840
The labour bell!
I have to get on, Nurse.

302
00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:24,440
Thank you.Of course.
I like to give the girls

303
00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:28,320
my full attention once things get
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304
00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:36,560
Good luck.
Do let us know how it goes.

305
00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:38,760
You won't hear
nothing from me, Nurse.

306
00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:41,640
I'm putting all this behind me.
That's the spirit.

307
00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,520
SHE GROANS

308
00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:49,680
Which one of you is it?
It's Lena, Sister Maltby.

309
00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:52,360
Get upstairs and fetch her bag.
I take it you did pack?

310
00:19:52,360 --> 00:19:54,920
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do I have to tell you?!

311
00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:59,000
Bags in the hall from two weeks
before your due date. Hand!

312
00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:02,800
Small.

313
00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:07,800
That one looks about right.

314
00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:11,280
Spare your blushes.

315
00:20:23,120 --> 00:20:24,960
Follow me, you two.

316
00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:30,520
BABY CRIES

317
00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:35,800
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if you don't put him down.

318
00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:37,440
You're there.

319
00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:40,880
And you're there.
He knows what's coming up.

320
00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:42,880
He can taste it in my milk.

321
00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:45,080
The only thing
he can taste in your milk

322
00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:48,200
is all the vitamins the National
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323
00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:50,960
Isn't that right, little boy?
His name's Nicholas.

324
00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:53,120
Stop indulging yourself and him.

325
00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:56,120
You're making it harder
for both of you.

326
00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:07,560
Well, welcome to The Grand Hotel(!)

327
00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:10,640
Singing carols in the hospital
is always my favourite.

328
00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:14,040
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by the thought of snow

329
00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:16,200
for Christmas?Yes.

330
00:21:18,360 --> 00:21:21,200
I rather think we ought
to save three pennies-worth

331
00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:24,280
for Sister Winifred. We could leave
them on her bed for her to find

332
00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:27,200
after compline.I don't think
she'd actually thank us for them.

333
00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:29,040
When she went back with the nuns,

334
00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:31,880
she looked as happy to be with them
as we are to be together.

335
00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:34,840
Yes, but it's hardly
a normal life for a young woman!

336
00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:36,280
Or an old one, for that matter.

337
00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:38,760
One bath a week,
chapel four times a day

338
00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:42,360
and black-wool stockings
held up with elastic garters.

339
00:21:42,360 --> 00:21:44,960
You're talking about the things
we can see,

340
00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:48,720
<font color="
or in her spiritual life.

341
00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:52,240
It's what she feels called to do.
I can't argue with that.

342
00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:55,520
Yes, Tom,
but you lead an ordinary life.

343
00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:58,680
You wear ordinary clothes,
apart from your dog collar.

344
00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:01,880
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you're free to do ordinary things,

345
00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:04,120
like marry, if you want to.

346
00:22:04,120 --> 00:22:06,640
I can't argue with that, either.

347
00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:10,680
But what if Sister Winifred
didn't want just ordinary things?

348
00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:14,520
What if she felt called
to try to live a different way?

349
00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,800
Cynthia, you're getting
frightfully exercised by this.

350
00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:20,560
Well...perhaps that's for a reason.

351
00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:27,280
Oh, good grief.I'm not sure.
I haven't made my final decision.

352
00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:32,000
But the one thing I do know is
that grief doesn't come into it.

353
00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:38,440
I feel as though I'm on the edge
of a truly great happiness.

354
00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,080
Did you know about this?

355
00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:51,920
Do come and talk to us
about it, Cynthia.

356
00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:59,280
I promise Trixie isn't
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357
00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,560
No. I don't want to discuss it.

358
00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:09,360
SHE SIGHS

359
00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:19,800
I can't believe it's what
Cynthia really wants! I can't!

360
00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:26,680
If she'd even had...one boyfriend.

361
00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:30,520
If one man had so much as
asked her out to the cinema

362
00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:35,560
or held her hand or taken her
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363
00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:38,680
she wouldn't be in such a rush
to throw her life away!

364
00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:42,840
Trixie, I'm as shocked as you,
but having a boyfriend

365
00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:44,480
is NOT the be all and end all.

366
00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:51,200
Besides, Cynthia doesn't seem
to be rushing into anything.

367
00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:54,600
<font color="
at all?

368
00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,640
The trouble is...
it's our hope versus her faith...

369
00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:03,360
..and I'm not sure
that that's a fair fight.

370
00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:08,480
Colin's got a silver tree.

371
00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:10,800
His auntie sent it from America.

372
00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:12,280
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373
00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:15,720
Well, Colin and his family
clearly have very modern tastes.

374
00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,600
Your father and I
are more traditional. I know.

375
00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:22,640
Timothy, a silver tree would just
look plain silly in our sitting room.

376
00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:24,920
But, Mum, it would save money.

377
00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:28,200
We'd be able to get
the same tree out every year,

378
00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,520
<font color="
be able to say,

379
00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:33,240
"This is the tree we got
the first Christmas I was born."

380
00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:36,640
We're going to have a lovely spruce,
and that's the end of the matter.

381
00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:38,440
If you like, you can choose some

382
00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,520
slightly-modern ornaments
from Woolworth's later -

383
00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:45,160
just to prove we aren't lagging
too far behind the times.

384
00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,360
Oh! Watch the baby!

385
00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:50,800
<font color="
Help me to get him onto his side.

386
00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:55,240
There's a risk that he might choke.
Some of the coal's burnt his leg.

387
00:24:56,360 --> 00:25:00,840
Let me deal with the fit. Would
somebody ring for an ambulance?!

388
00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:03,440
Harry, run to the phone box now!
It's all right.

389
00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:04,480
It's all right.

390
00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:07,560
I wish his dad could see him.

391
00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:09,080
He's got a dad?

392
00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:11,680
We wanted to get married,
but we aren't 21 yet

393
00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:14,080
and our parents
wouldn't sign the papers.

394
00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:15,680
What about you?

395
00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:17,400
Oh, I packed mine in.

396
00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:21,000
He used to come into my grandad's
pet shop to get seed for his budgies

397
00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,840
but I reckon caged birds
were about his limit.

398
00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,800
You'll start forming icicles
if you don't get a move on!

399
00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:29,720
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And I've got a headache.

400
00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:31,600
WHISTLE PEEPS

401
00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:34,360
Yvonne Corless!
Matron's office, please!

402
00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:37,840
You'd think we were rowing
boats down Vicky Park lake.

403
00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:41,080
"Come on, number three,
your time's up."Pronto!

404
00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:47,240
Oh, dear. A dummy?
He cries without it.

405
00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:49,960
<font color="
to carry out final checks.

406
00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:52,800
If you go upstairs
and set his clothes on the bed,

407
00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:56,080
I'll be able to tell the parents
what clothes and bedding

408
00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:57,880
to buy in ahead of his arrival.

409
00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:00,520
He's due his feed in a minute.
Can I do that first?

410
00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:02,400
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411
00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:04,160
Soon!

412
00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:13,560
Denise ain't feeling well.
She needs to see a doctor.

413
00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:17,080
I'm sure it's nothing
a lie-down won't sort out.

414
00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:18,680
Up you go.

415
00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:20,680
And don't come down till teatime.

416
00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:23,320
I would never give him a dummy.

417
00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:26,160
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418
00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,960
Thank you.
I'll ensure the doctor's made aware

419
00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:32,920
and the duty district nurse.
That was the London.

420
00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:36,120
A Mr Victor McKenty has been
discharged after a grand mal episode.

421
00:26:36,120 --> 00:26:38,680
He suffered burns and will need
dressing changes.

422
00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,960
The gentleman with the seizure -
he's one of our patients?

423
00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:47,280
There's heat coming off you
like you're a radiator!

424
00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:51,440
And you're covered in a rash!
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425
00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:53,520
Well, you're pale enough.

426
00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:56,320
But this is all over your neck...
and behind your ears.

427
00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:59,280
It's like blisters!

428
00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:59,280
CAR ENGINE STARTS

429
00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:00,480
No.

430
00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:01,800
No!

431
00:27:06,120 --> 00:27:08,240
Nicholas! No...

432
00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:10,560
No, you can't take him!

433
00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:13,680
No! You can't take him!

434
00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:17,200
She can't take him! She can't!
She can! You've signed the papers!

435
00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:19,560
You didn't say it would be today!

436
00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,600
You didn't say I wouldn't be able
to say goodbye

437
00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,560
or feed him one last time...

438
00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:29,400
It was time for his feed.

439
00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:31,840
He'll wonder where I am.

440
00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:38,080
I've had words about indulgence
with you in the past!

441
00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,080
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442
00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:11,400
He was discharged from
the Countess of Irby Mental Home,

443
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:14,280
after the powers that be
closed it down.

444
00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:18,200
1933. Aged 16 years.

445
00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:20,800
You only saw him once, in September.

446
00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:24,280
You re-prescribed phenobarbitone.
He had a routine appointment

447
00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:26,920
booked for the end of November
but he missed it.

448
00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,320
The secretary
should have noticed that.

449
00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,440
Does he need the dose changing?

450
00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:33,160
I suspect what he really needs

451
00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:36,280
is help in organising the routine.
Poor soul.

452
00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:46,120
Why would you do that?

453
00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:49,000
Why would you take a baby like that?

454
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,640
Because it prevents
distressing scenes!

455
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:54,320
I suggest you take Yvonne
a cup of tea.

456
00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:57,800
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and have some hot milk.

457
00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:00,560
Have one for me, while you're at it.

458
00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:03,320
And you needn't think
I can't smell that gin.

459
00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:05,920
Put that receiver down this instant!

460
00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:09,840
Regulations state that residents
are not permitted to make calls.

461
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:11,920
Is that the operator?

462
00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:16,960
I want to be put through to Nonnatus
House, Wick Street, Poplar.

463
00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:19,400
Pronto.

464
00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:25,480
I reckon you're going
to find the regulations state

465
00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:28,640
all sorts of things -
like not drinking on the job,

466
00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:30,920
like keeping the place clean,

467
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:32,600
like making sure people get

468
00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:35,120
the doctor sent for
when they're ill.

469
00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:36,680
PHONE RINGS

470
00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:38,680
Nonnatus House. Midwife speaking.

471
00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:41,560
Is that the posh one with the ginger
hair or the one with the glasses?

472
00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:44,640
The one with the glasses.
Well...

473
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:47,720
..I've got news for you.

474
00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:51,680
<font color="
Henshaw had a rash and a fever.

475
00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:55,240
They're the only two on our books,
but she said some of the girls

476
00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:57,680
haven't seen a midwife
or doctor for weeks.

477
00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:00,160
Do you think
she might have German measles?

478
00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:01,440
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479
00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:03,440
He's coming along for the ride.

480
00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:05,480
To the mother-and-baby home?

481
00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:08,520
It's all right. I quite fancy
a bit of moral contagion.

482
00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:10,280
That's enough, Tim.

483
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:34,320
I don't think I need to change
this today, Mr McKenty.

484
00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:38,360
I'll come back tomorrow
and see to it then.

485
00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:41,160
In the meantime,
you mustn't get the burn wet.

486
00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:44,760
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baths on Fridays.

487
00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:46,600
Can he get it wet then?

488
00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:50,640
Best not.

489
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:54,600
We'll come each day, though, so we'll
be able to tell you when it's safe.

490
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:58,440
Dr Turner will be calling in later,

491
00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:02,280
but he's sent a new prescription
for your epilepsy medicine.

492
00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:05,920
Will you be able to pop out
to the chemist, Mrs McKenty?

493
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,640
We're not married.

494
00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:11,080
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too much money.

495
00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:13,280
I shouldn't have presumed.

496
00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:16,480
And I do know a shilling
isn't always easy to find.

497
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:20,160
Nancy, love, why don't you make
the nurse a cup a tea?

498
00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:30,360
We've got a mince pie,
if you want it?

499
00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:33,840
That would be lovely.

500
00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:40,720
She's shy.

501
00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:43,960
I'm shy, too.

502
00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:48,280
Mr McKenty, you stay right there.

503
00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:51,160
Here, let me help.

504
00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:05,360
Is someone expecting a baby?

505
00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:09,080
Don't tell her, Victor.

506
00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:10,920
Nancy...

507
00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:13,080
We've got to tell someone.

508
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:19,680
Did you question her?
Do you know how far along she is?

509
00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:23,720
I didn't dare pry! I'd already pushed
things as far as I could.

510
00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:25,120
She seems very frail.

511
00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:28,320
<font color="
locked up in the Countess of Irby,

512
00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:29,840
like him, I shouldn't wonder.

513
00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:32,840
It's criminal how they've just
turned them out onto the streets.

514
00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:35,240
They're subnormal,
they've been waited on hand,

515
00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,680
foot and finger all their lives,
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516
00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:40,240
they've got to manage money,
cook for themselves,

517
00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:41,840
clean for themselves.

518
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:43,720
You're on the midwifery roster.

519
00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:47,400
You go with Nurse Miller next time
she makes a district call.

520
00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:50,480
See if we can talk some sense
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521
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,200
Run the engine
and turn the heater on.

522
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:08,480
I don't want you with
pneumonia for Christmas.

523
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:12,920
Can't be any worse than polio.

524
00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:19,040
BABIES CRY

525
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:25,000
Your colleague's upstairs already.

526
00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:28,120
What a terrible smell.

527
00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:30,480
SWITCH CLICKS ON AND OFF

528
00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:32,960
<font color="

529
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:35,720
Some bits of the house have got it,
some haven't.

530
00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:39,160
She managed to warm the milk
to put in her gin, though.

531
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:41,560
The matron? Where is she?

532
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:45,320
Legged it soon as she knew
I'd blown the whistle on her.

533
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:47,240
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534
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:55,560
Chickenpox.

535
00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:58,480
She'll need to be moved to a
separate room and kept in isolation.

536
00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:00,640
I want to go home!

537
00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:04,240
Chickenpox can be frightfully
tricky in pregnancy

538
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:06,920
for...for mother and baby.

539
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:10,000
SOBBING

540
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:13,360
They took her baby
and she can't stop crying.

541
00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:20,120
<font color="

542
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:25,920
He needed feeding.

543
00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:31,040
Doctor?

544
00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:34,520
Would you mind awfully taking
a look at this young lady's eye?

545
00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:37,280
I can see what the problem
is from here.

546
00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:42,480
Burst a blood vessel in her eye
through crying?

547
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:45,640
I wouldn't have thought it was
anatomically possible.

548
00:34:45,640 --> 00:34:49,280
<font color="
run by small charities.

549
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:51,600
Then the councils took them over,

550
00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:55,240
now nobody knows who's
supposed to be in charge,

551
00:34:55,240 --> 00:34:58,520
and you end up with a mess
like this.

552
00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:03,840
Dad, did Angela come from...
a mess like this?

553
00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:05,960
I hope not.

554
00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:08,960
<font color="
a girl like these.

555
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:16,240
Ah, there you are!

556
00:35:16,240 --> 00:35:20,560
Sister Monica Joan has arranged
the figurines

557
00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:24,120
in what she calls
"conversational groupings".

558
00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:27,240
What in the name of goodness is
the Angel Gabriel

559
00:35:27,240 --> 00:35:29,760
<font color="

560
00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:33,200
Dr Turner telephoned
from Astor Lodge.

561
00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:36,000
He says until the matron
is officially replaced,

562
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:40,120
we must have a qualified midwife
in place round the clock.

563
00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:43,240
Oh, he does, does he?
I'm sending Nurse Mount.

564
00:35:43,240 --> 00:35:46,720
And Nurse Noakes has agreed
to commute there by bus each day,

565
00:35:46,720 --> 00:35:50,920
until we get proper care organised
for the mothers and the babies. Ohh.

566
00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:54,720
<font color="
It's my lumbago.

567
00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:57,120
And if it's not that,
it's my indigestion.

568
00:35:57,120 --> 00:36:00,560
Sister, do you need a doctor?
No, I do not.

569
00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:03,440
At least I'm in better shape
than this poor wretch.

570
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:06,480
Got more scars than
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571
00:36:20,240 --> 00:36:22,280
I got this down the tip.

572
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:26,120
I told her, Nurse, I don't think
it's clean enough.

573
00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:29,320
It certainly needs a run-in
with some Stardrops.

574
00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:32,800
But I've seen older prams than this
giving sterling service.

575
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:36,200
The thing is, Nancy, if you would
agree to visit the doctor

576
00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:40,120
<font color="
we can look after you properly.

577
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:44,680
I don't like doctors.
Do I, Victor?

578
00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:47,000
No, love.

579
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:48,800
They're not...

580
00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:53,720
..kind.

581
00:36:53,720 --> 00:36:55,960
Our doctor's very kind.

582
00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:59,200
Besides, once you've
filled in all your forms,

583
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:02,240
<font color="
maternity grant.

584
00:37:02,240 --> 00:37:06,000
Baby's going to need a cot
and clothes as well as a pram.

585
00:37:08,240 --> 00:37:10,520
I'll come with you, Nance.

586
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:14,280
And so will I. We don't just want
what's best for you.

587
00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:16,480
We want what's best for baby.

588
00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:22,720
Using your skill, judgment and
encyclopaedicknowledge

589
00:37:22,720 --> 00:37:25,160
of the Homicide Act 1957,

590
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:29,760
discuss the implications of the term
"diminished responsibility".

591
00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:33,960
This defence is distinguishable
from the defence of insanity,

592
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:38,040
for while the former requires
a substantial impairment

593
00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:42,120
of mental responsibility arising
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594
00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:45,280
the latter requires
a defect of reason

595
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:48,920
arising from a disease of the mind.
Top notch.

596
00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:52,040
I don't think it's helping to try
and do two things at once.

597
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:53,800
We'd be doing three things at once

598
00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:56,840
if I was actually doing the thing
that I most need to be getting done,

599
00:37:56,840 --> 00:37:59,320
and that's decorating
the Christmas tree.

600
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:03,240
BABY CRIES

601
00:38:03,240 --> 00:38:05,760
Do you reckon we're in for another
sleepless night?

602
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:09,120
I don't know. I had hoped
the antibiotics would clear it.

603
00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:13,080
I'm starting to think
it's this filthy city air.

604
00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:19,720
If I got my stripes, I could move us
out to Redbridge or Walthamstow.

605
00:38:19,720 --> 00:38:24,280
The air would be cleaner there.
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606
00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:25,840
Let's see, shall we?

607
00:38:42,240 --> 00:38:44,880
Sorry, Sister. I couldn't sleep.

608
00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:46,880
Nor could I.

609
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:49,840
I was on my way to the clinical
room for some aspirin.

610
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:52,960
For your hand?

611
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:56,560
Pain can be a sign that a wound
is healing. It passes.

612
00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:02,120
I keep thinking this will pass.

613
00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:03,640
The questioning?

614
00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:10,160
The wanting. I've never longed
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615
00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:15,240
It seems to me
that if that is what you're feeling,

616
00:39:15,240 --> 00:39:17,160
the questioning is over.

617
00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:20,360
I don't know why he wants ME,
Sister!

618
00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:22,440
I have nothing to give!

619
00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:28,280
Nothing to sacrifice or offer
up in exchange for all his love.

620
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:33,840
Once upon a time, I thought
I knew what God had in mind for me,

621
00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:35,920
but I didn't.

622
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:39,800
I thought I knew what love was
but I didn't.

623
00:39:41,720 --> 00:39:43,760
Certainty is fleeting.

624
00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:47,840
That is why we must have faith.

625
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:59,320
Thank you.
All right, my love, thank you.

626
00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:02,400
Any more fares.

627
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:05,520
Tickets.

628
00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:11,680
Ah, morning!

629
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:14,280
One of our young ladies
went into labour in the small hours.

630
00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:16,880
I sat up with her, she left
in an ambulance half an hour ago

631
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:18,800
after she'd had some tea and toast.

632
00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:21,840
<font color="
I'll get them in the laundry hamper.

633
00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:23,320
That's the spirit!

634
00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:28,120
Don't know what I would've done
without Avril last night.
She's the perfect marvel.

635
00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:33,680
How did you come by this
scar on your tummy?

636
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:35,520
I had an operation.

637
00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:37,720
At the Countess of Irby?

638
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:40,760
<font color="

639
00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:42,360
Were you in pain?

640
00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:43,840
No.

641
00:40:45,240 --> 00:40:48,160
They said it would help them
to stay regular.

642
00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:54,960
I had it when I had
the operation on my head.

643
00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:17,200
Can you remember why they did this,
Miss Williston?

644
00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:19,520
<font color="

645
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:27,200
I couldn't keep still inside,
in my brain, or outside in my body.

646
00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:31,480
It was like I always wanted
to dance.

647
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:34,560
And afterwards?

648
00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:39,320
Like there wasn't any music
any more.

649
00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:46,160
<font color="
who supervised the closure
of that hospital.

650
00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:48,840
Said his predecessors
were notorious.

651
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:51,280
Lobotomy. Leucotomy.

652
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:53,240
A lobotomy? Without her consent?

653
00:41:53,240 --> 00:41:57,040
If she'd been committed,
she wouldn't have been asked for it.

654
00:41:57,040 --> 00:41:58,920
<font color="

655
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:01,280
understood the implications
if she had.

656
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:07,960
Ready?

657
00:42:10,720 --> 00:42:15,840
I'm afraid you aren't going
to have a baby, Nancy.

658
00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:19,440
Doctor believes your monthly
periods have stopped

659
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:22,520
as part of a natural process
called the menopause.

660
00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:24,640
Happens to all women,

661
00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:27,920
some time between
their 40s and their 50s.

662
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:30,320
I'm not that old.

663
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:33,800
Doctor believes you might be.

664
00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:37,200
He's sent away for your medical
records, so we can all be sure,

665
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:39,280
but...

666
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:43,640
heis absolutely certain that you
aren't expecting.

667
00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:49,080
She might still get pregnant.

668
00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:51,200
I might.

669
00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:55,800
If I eat right
and do all the proper things,

670
00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:57,320
I still might.

671
00:42:57,320 --> 00:43:00,120
And I can look after her.

672
00:43:00,120 --> 00:43:05,440
Nancy, Doctor thinks the operation
on your tummy

673
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:09,280
was something called
a tubal ligation.

674
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:13,680
It was actually done by the doctors

675
00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:17,320
to prevent you from ever
conceiving a child.

676
00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:23,480
What does "conceiving" mean?

677
00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:28,440
It means...to make and to carry.

678
00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:38,680
Have I imagined it all?

679
00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:44,640
Have I been ill in my head again?

680
00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:48,280
No. You just wanted it very much.

681
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:52,000
And that's understandable.

682
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,640
I'm so very sorry, Nancy.

683
00:43:59,960 --> 00:44:02,360
SHE WAILS

684
00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:05,520
Nancy!

685
00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:13,040
Nancy!

686
00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:14,920
I love you!

687
00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:23,400
Don't say you love me.

688
00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:27,480
Please don't say you love me.

689
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:29,200
Don't say that.

690
00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:34,280
But I can't give you anything.

691
00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:38,560
I can't...can't fill in anything
that is missing.

692
00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:42,040
<font color="
I give you what I can.

693
00:44:42,040 --> 00:44:44,560
My blessing is that you let me.

694
00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:49,600
I ask for no more,
and we're both made whole by it.

695
00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:03,680
NUNS SING SOFTLY

696
00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:21,480
CHATTER

697
00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:26,400


698
00:45:26,400 --> 00:45:30,880


699
00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:35,720


700
00:45:35,720 --> 00:45:40,080


701
00:45:40,080 --> 00:45:42,200
That was absolutely lovely,

702
00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:44,880
although I'm sure
if Nurse Noakes were here,

703
00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:48,280
she would say the donkeys would be
a little bit more proud.

704
00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:49,840
Mm-hm?

705
00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:52,520
You OK, Beverley? Can I see?

706
00:45:52,520 --> 00:45:55,920
Her tooth's fallen out!
Oh, go to the kitchen, Beverley,

707
00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:57,880
and rinse your mouth out
with some water.

708
00:45:57,880 --> 00:45:59,560
You can take your friend with you.

709
00:45:59,560 --> 00:46:00,800
Second verse...

710
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:03,880
It's the cotton wool.
It's just not convincing.

711
00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:06,560
<font color="
about nothing.

712
00:46:06,560 --> 00:46:10,840


713
00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:14,840


714
00:46:14,840 --> 00:46:16,080
Don't give up now.

715
00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:20,240


716
00:46:20,240 --> 00:46:24,880


717
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:27,120
APPLAUSE

718
00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:29,720
That was very good, well done.

719
00:46:29,720 --> 00:46:31,720
SCREAMING

720
00:46:31,720 --> 00:46:33,640
Oh, no, it's Fred.

721
00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:37,120
What a shame. You've spoiled Fred's
wonderful surprise!

722
00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:41,160
<font color="
such a lovely song and dance number

723
00:46:41,160 --> 00:46:44,480
at the concert.
We were just trying his costume on.

724
00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:48,440
I checked on Denise
and reapplied the calamine.

725
00:46:48,440 --> 00:46:51,000
The spots seem to be drying
out nicely.

726
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:54,680
Yvonne seems to be picking

727
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:54,680
up a bit too.

728
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:54,680
PHONE RINGS

729
00:46:54,680 --> 00:46:56,840
Astor Lodge. Acting Sister speaking.

730
00:46:56,840 --> 00:46:58,400
<font color="

731
00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:00,280
This is an unexpected pleasure.

732
00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:03,760
How was Freddie when you left him?

733
00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:07,720
A bit chesty. There's
a couple like him at nursery.

734
00:47:07,720 --> 00:47:09,800
I need you to test me on procedure.

735
00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:12,760
'Peter, I'm at work.
I don't have any of the manuals.'

736
00:47:12,760 --> 00:47:15,720
<font color="
and inside out, Camilla!

737
00:47:15,720 --> 00:47:18,520
This is just nerves, Peter.
I promise you.

738
00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:21,800
I've got the 1872 Licensing Act
going round and round in my head

739
00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:23,720
like a hamster on a wheel.

740
00:47:23,720 --> 00:47:27,280
Peter, the exam's tomorrow.
<font color="

741
00:47:27,280 --> 00:47:31,080
We'll sit in our dressing gowns
with a cup of Horlicks,

742
00:47:31,080 --> 00:47:32,680
I'll test you then.

743
00:47:32,680 --> 00:47:34,800
'I love you, Camilla.'

744
00:47:34,800 --> 00:47:37,200
Chummy, have you seen outside?

745
00:47:40,120 --> 00:47:42,640
Oh, botheration!

746
00:47:44,320 --> 00:47:46,880
I rather think Wellingtons
might be in order!

747
00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:49,920
Nonsense. These brogues have
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748
00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:52,480
I'll be on that bus
before you can say "knife".

749
00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:56,840


750
00:47:56,840 --> 00:48:00,000


751
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:05,280


752
00:48:08,440 --> 00:48:10,640


753
00:48:10,640 --> 00:48:14,240
Stop! Halt! Wait!

754
00:48:14,240 --> 00:48:17,960

I knew you were my pet...

755
00:48:17,960 --> 00:48:20,360
Ohhh! Oh, God.

756
00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:25,880

how much I love you...

757
00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:27,160
Ow!

758
00:48:27,160 --> 00:48:29,400
BUS BELL RINGS

759
00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:31,480
Blast! Wait, please.

760
00:48:32,840 --> 00:48:36,200
I'm anxious about you going
anywhere in these conditions.

761
00:48:39,240 --> 00:48:43,680
It's not a long walk to the station,
and the trains are running as usual.

762
00:48:43,680 --> 00:48:46,720
I do need to tell my parents
face to face.

763
00:48:46,720 --> 00:48:48,520
Of course.

764
00:48:51,720 --> 00:48:54,760
Sister, is this sheep being
thrown away?

765
00:48:54,760 --> 00:48:57,040
Do you want it?

766
00:48:57,040 --> 00:49:01,200
Oh, no. I'm going to be laying
possessions to one side,

767
00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:04,560
but I know someone who would
love this so much.

768
00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:11,640
I desperately wanted to
be at home tonight.

769
00:49:11,640 --> 00:49:13,240
Peter needs me.

770
00:49:13,240 --> 00:49:15,040
As does Freddie.

771
00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:16,920
The buses have stopped running,

772
00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:19,160
they've just announced
it on the wireless.

773
00:49:19,160 --> 00:49:23,280
And much good you'd do them, dead
in a ditch like Captain Oates!

774
00:49:23,280 --> 00:49:25,280
Thank you.

775
00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:27,600
<font color="

776
00:49:35,040 --> 00:49:37,640
No Mama for us tonight, Freddie.

777
00:49:37,640 --> 00:49:40,680
We're looking at a boys' night in.

778
00:49:40,680 --> 00:49:44,440
MUSIC: Santa Bring My Baby Back
(To Me) by Elvis Presley

779
00:49:44,440 --> 00:49:48,080
Come on, give me a twirl.
I want to be twirled!

780
00:49:48,080 --> 00:49:50,240


781
00:49:50,240 --> 00:49:52,560


782
00:49:52,560 --> 00:49:55,600


783
00:49:55,600 --> 00:49:57,800


784
00:49:57,800 --> 00:49:59,840


785
00:49:59,840 --> 00:50:02,320


786
00:50:02,320 --> 00:50:05,880
Come on! No wallflowers allowed!

787
00:50:05,880 --> 00:50:08,080


788
00:50:08,080 --> 00:50:10,640


789
00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:14,960


790
00:50:14,960 --> 00:50:17,640


791
00:50:17,640 --> 00:50:20,800


792
00:50:20,800 --> 00:50:23,720


793
00:50:23,720 --> 00:50:25,760


794
00:50:25,760 --> 00:50:28,400


795
00:50:28,400 --> 00:50:31,360
Girls, here I go!

796
00:50:31,360 --> 00:50:33,160
Whoo!

797
00:50:33,160 --> 00:50:34,920
<font color="

798
00:50:34,920 --> 00:50:38,120


799
00:50:38,120 --> 00:50:41,280


800
00:50:41,280 --> 00:50:43,520


801
00:50:43,520 --> 00:50:46,240


802
00:50:46,240 --> 00:50:48,880


803
00:50:48,880 --> 00:50:55,280

back to me...

804
00:50:56,520 --> 00:50:58,520
ANGUISHED WAIL

805
00:50:58,520 --> 00:51:00,040
April?

806
00:51:01,240 --> 00:51:03,880
MUSIC AND LAUGHTER DOWNSTAIRS

807
00:51:09,960 --> 00:51:14,120
<font color="
and light the lights time!

808
00:51:14,120 --> 00:51:17,280
You sure you aren't making
a mistake?

809
00:51:20,640 --> 00:51:22,440
That's it.

810
00:51:22,440 --> 00:51:24,280
That's it.

811
00:51:24,280 --> 00:51:29,120
You just...you just meet
that bally pain...head on,

812
00:51:29,120 --> 00:51:31,160
let it know who's boss!

813
00:51:38,120 --> 00:51:40,720
<font color="

814
00:51:40,720 --> 00:51:42,360
Guide's honour?

815
00:51:42,360 --> 00:51:44,360
I was never in the bloody Guides!

816
00:51:44,360 --> 00:51:47,800
Well, it does get a smidgen
more intense,

817
00:51:47,800 --> 00:51:49,880
but not for very long.

818
00:51:49,880 --> 00:51:53,520
You can hold my hand
when we get to the sharp end.

819
00:51:53,520 --> 00:51:56,160
<font color="

820
00:51:56,160 --> 00:51:58,760
I just want to go to the hospital.

821
00:51:58,760 --> 00:52:00,680
You're out of luck there,
I'm afraid.

822
00:52:00,680 --> 00:52:02,720
The ambulance can't get through

823
00:52:02,720 --> 00:52:04,880
so you'll just have to make
do with us two!

824
00:52:07,160 --> 00:52:10,440
BABY GRIZZLES

825
00:52:10,440 --> 00:52:12,240
BABY COUGHS

826
00:52:18,960 --> 00:52:21,480
COUGHING GETS LOUDER

827
00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:30,360
Freddie?

828
00:52:30,360 --> 00:52:33,000
It's OK, ssh, ssh.
It's OK, ssh, ssh.

829
00:52:42,120 --> 00:52:43,880
<font color="

830
00:52:43,880 --> 00:52:46,760
There'll be absolutely no mention
in despatches

831
00:52:46,760 --> 00:52:48,920
for keeping a stiff upper lip.

832
00:52:48,920 --> 00:52:51,760
You can squeal like a stuck pig,
if you like.

833
00:52:51,760 --> 00:52:53,640
No-one'll hear you.

834
00:52:58,600 --> 00:53:00,720
My mother used to say that.

835
00:53:03,760 --> 00:53:06,400
I learned how to stay
as quiet as a mouse.

836
00:53:08,520 --> 00:53:11,120
Funny thing was...

837
00:53:11,120 --> 00:53:13,720
I did it to please her at first...

838
00:53:15,680 --> 00:53:17,640
..then I knew I never would.

839
00:53:19,960 --> 00:53:22,680
I started to do it out of spite.

840
00:53:24,120 --> 00:53:25,680
Do what?

841
00:53:29,400 --> 00:53:31,800
Bite my tongue.

842
00:53:31,800 --> 00:53:33,600
Not cry.

843
00:53:35,680 --> 00:53:40,000
She'd get bored quicker,
hit me less.

844
00:53:42,800 --> 00:53:45,600
No-one's going to hit you now,
old thing.

845
00:53:47,480 --> 00:53:49,280
Guide's honour?

846
00:53:51,040 --> 00:53:52,760
Absolutely.

847
00:53:56,680 --> 00:54:02,360
I shouldn't make you tell me
the truth. I've lied and lied.

848
00:54:03,800 --> 00:54:06,800
That's of no consequence
<font color="

849
00:54:28,040 --> 00:54:31,000
I never knew my grandparents.

850
00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:33,800
They didn't have a pet shop.

851
00:54:37,320 --> 00:54:40,240
My mum dumped me
in Dr Barnardo's,

852
00:54:40,240 --> 00:54:43,640
left me there with all the other
little bastards.

853
00:54:55,880 --> 00:54:57,880
Mrs Torpy.

854
00:54:59,320 --> 00:55:01,040
Mrs Torpy!

855
00:55:03,520 --> 00:55:05,520
Hello?

856
00:55:07,440 --> 00:55:10,400
BABY COUGHS

857
00:55:12,640 --> 00:55:14,720
SHE GROANS

858
00:55:14,720 --> 00:55:16,480
(It's OK.

859
00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:18,080
(There we go.

860
00:55:18,080 --> 00:55:19,720
(Well done.)

861
00:55:21,480 --> 00:55:22,960
<font color="

862
00:55:24,280 --> 00:55:26,360
Breathe.

863
00:55:33,560 --> 00:55:35,200
Well done.

864
00:55:35,200 --> 00:55:37,600
Baby's head's well on its way.

865
00:55:37,600 --> 00:55:40,920
Did you hear that, Avril?
The finish line's in sight.

866
00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:44,400
It looks like it's
a compound presentation.

867
00:55:44,400 --> 00:55:46,640
Avril, listen to me.

868
00:55:46,640 --> 00:55:49,160
<font color="

869
00:55:49,160 --> 00:55:51,720
but it looks like baby's
wanting to be born

870
00:55:51,720 --> 00:55:54,000
with his hand held up
against his head.

871
00:55:54,000 --> 00:55:56,720
I just want this to be over.
I know.

872
00:55:56,720 --> 00:56:00,040
It's a rotten business,
but if you do as we tell you,

873
00:56:00,040 --> 00:56:01,600
<font color="

874
00:56:01,600 --> 00:56:03,760
BABY COUGHS

875
00:56:03,760 --> 00:56:05,880
It's going to be all right.

876
00:56:05,880 --> 00:56:08,120
Ssh-ssh-ssh.

877
00:56:13,280 --> 00:56:15,800
OPERATOR: 'Fire, Police
and Ambulance.

878
00:56:15,800 --> 00:56:17,880
'Which service do you require.'
Ambulance.

879
00:56:17,880 --> 00:56:20,240
I'vea 14-month-old baby
who can't breathe.

880
00:56:20,240 --> 00:56:22,720
'We are advised that due to
<font color="

881
00:56:22,720 --> 00:56:26,120
'it is taking up to 90 minutes
for ambulances to...'

882
00:56:26,120 --> 00:56:28,560
SHE SOBS

883
00:56:26,120 --> 00:56:28,560
Not too hard, Avril.

884
00:56:28,560 --> 00:56:30,440
We need nice, steady pushes.

885
00:56:30,440 --> 00:56:31,920
I can't...

886
00:56:31,920 --> 00:56:33,800
Yes, you can.

887
00:56:35,400 --> 00:56:36,760
Good girl, Avril.

888
00:56:40,800 --> 00:56:43,400
BABY COUGHS

889
00:56:50,080 --> 00:56:52,920
It's Freddie.
I don't know what to do.

890
00:56:54,560 --> 00:56:55,880
<font color="

891
00:56:55,880 --> 00:56:58,840
The child has croup.
I have seen it a thousand times.

892
00:56:58,840 --> 00:57:02,040
And the best remedy for the malady
is steam -

893
00:57:02,040 --> 00:57:06,600
equal child of engineering
and of nature.

894
00:57:14,280 --> 00:57:17,400
Ssh-ssh. It's OK.

895
00:57:17,400 --> 00:57:20,200
BABY CRIES

896
00:57:20,200 --> 00:57:22,080
Good girl, Avril! Good girl!

897
00:57:22,080 --> 00:57:24,440
<font color="

898
00:57:24,440 --> 00:57:26,200
Am I doing it wrong?

899
00:57:26,200 --> 00:57:29,400
No. Believe me, if you were
on stage at the Albert Hall

900
00:57:29,400 --> 00:57:32,520
the audience would be on
their feet and cheering!

901
00:57:32,520 --> 00:57:34,720
I want the baby to be all right.

902
00:57:34,720 --> 00:57:36,680
I don't want it to be hurt.

903
00:57:38,920 --> 00:57:43,200
SHE SCREAMS

904
00:57:43,200 --> 00:57:44,760
That's it.

905
00:57:48,480 --> 00:57:50,080
<font color="

906
00:57:53,080 --> 00:57:56,480
Bravo, Avril! Bravo. Well done.

907
00:57:56,480 --> 00:57:58,520
Well done!

908
00:58:24,560 --> 00:58:26,680
It's a little girl.

909
00:58:28,520 --> 00:58:31,840
She looks rather like Ma,
if I'm not very much mistaken.

910
00:58:31,840 --> 00:58:34,360
Be a sport and take a peek.

911
00:58:34,360 --> 00:58:36,360
You worked so hard.

912
00:58:38,280 --> 00:58:40,080
No.

913
00:58:45,280 --> 00:58:47,920
<font color="

914
00:58:47,920 --> 00:58:50,000
May the Lord be praised.

915
00:58:50,000 --> 00:58:51,640
Did you hear that? Come here.

916
00:58:58,360 --> 00:59:00,760
I've had two hours' sleep.

917
00:59:00,760 --> 00:59:03,480
I can move mountains
on two hours' sleep.

918
00:59:03,480 --> 00:59:06,800
So can you, you're no stranger
to the night shift.

919
00:59:08,160 --> 00:59:09,840
There! You'll do.

920
00:59:09,840 --> 00:59:13,920
Now, we will be fine
<font color="

921
00:59:13,920 --> 00:59:16,880
Remember, one stripe,
two stripes, three stripes -

922
00:59:16,880 --> 00:59:19,240
none of it's worth
tuppence ha'penny,

923
00:59:19,240 --> 00:59:21,240
compared with what you've
got already.

924
00:59:22,760 --> 00:59:24,240
I know.

925
00:59:24,240 --> 00:59:25,880
Thank you.

926
00:59:33,560 --> 00:59:35,280
I don't want to see her.

927
00:59:37,880 --> 00:59:41,520
If I believed that,
<font color="

928
00:59:41,520 --> 00:59:44,080
holding your beautiful
daughter in my arms.

929
00:59:44,080 --> 00:59:46,600
She's not going to be
my beautiful daughter.

930
00:59:46,600 --> 00:59:49,600
She's going to be somebody else's
beautiful daughter.

931
00:59:49,600 --> 00:59:52,440
Or else she can go in
a home, like I did.

932
00:59:52,440 --> 00:59:57,000
Avril, you can give us a bravura
performance of not caring

933
00:59:57,000 --> 01:00:01,320
if you like, but last night
<font color="

934
01:00:01,320 --> 01:00:04,640
everything you could to bring this
baby safely into the world.

935
01:00:04,640 --> 01:00:07,040
You did everything YOU could.

936
01:00:08,960 --> 01:00:11,920
You carried her inside you
for nine months.

937
01:00:11,920 --> 01:00:14,800
Your body sheltered her
and nourished her.

938
01:00:14,800 --> 01:00:17,480
It still could,
<font color="

939
01:00:19,400 --> 01:00:21,200
What for?

940
01:00:21,200 --> 01:00:24,040
We're both on our own now,
might as well get used to it.

941
01:00:24,040 --> 01:00:27,320
Avril, you're going
to be together for weeks.

942
01:00:27,320 --> 01:00:29,360
I just wanted a nice life.

943
01:00:29,360 --> 01:00:31,080
A happy life...

944
01:00:32,280 --> 01:00:34,840
..with proper things in it,
like other people had.

945
01:00:34,840 --> 01:00:38,840
And a home - with a small "H",
not a capital letter.

946
01:00:40,160 --> 01:00:44,040
You wanted love,
that's not unreasonable.

947
01:00:44,040 --> 01:00:45,800
I thought I had it...

948
01:00:45,800 --> 01:00:47,320
with him -

949
01:00:47,320 --> 01:00:49,840
the one I went to bed with.

950
01:00:49,840 --> 01:00:51,560
And I was wrong.

951
01:00:52,960 --> 01:00:55,760
Love doesn't always come
in the package one expects,

952
01:00:55,760 --> 01:01:01,120
and this little one was born
reaching out for your hand.

953
01:01:05,640 --> 01:01:07,840
Well...

954
01:01:07,840 --> 01:01:09,920
more fool her.

955
01:01:16,000 --> 01:01:18,160
(It's all right.)

956
01:01:23,000 --> 01:01:26,080
You may turn over your paper
and begin.

957
01:01:34,640 --> 01:01:37,000
BABY CRIES

958
01:01:41,760 --> 01:01:43,840
Any news from Peter?

959
01:01:43,840 --> 01:01:46,800
Not yet. I think he'll still be
in the exam.

960
01:01:46,800 --> 01:01:49,680
I asked Avril
if she'd like to feed baby.

961
01:01:49,680 --> 01:01:52,680
She gave me my marching orders,
in no uncertain terms.

962
01:01:52,680 --> 01:01:56,120
It's bally wrong, you know -
<font color="

963
01:01:56,120 --> 01:01:58,600
and then forcing them
to make their choice.

964
01:01:58,600 --> 01:02:01,000
But it isn't a choice,
that's the thing.

965
01:02:01,000 --> 01:02:04,760
Places like this make the shame
and the stigma even worse.

966
01:02:06,960 --> 01:02:09,640
Avril was illegitimate,

967
01:02:09,640 --> 01:02:11,960
<font color="

968
01:02:11,960 --> 01:02:13,880
All she needs is love.

969
01:02:15,440 --> 01:02:17,240
She needs love so badly

970
01:02:17,240 --> 01:02:20,040
she ended up bringing a daughter
of her own into the world.

971
01:02:20,040 --> 01:02:22,480
She daren't even look at her...
KNOCK AT DOOR

972
01:02:22,480 --> 01:02:24,360
..never mind love her.

973
01:02:24,360 --> 01:02:26,000
Excuse me, Nurse,

974
01:02:26,000 --> 01:02:29,680
<font color="
and she was crying.

975
01:02:42,480 --> 01:02:44,720
I want my mum.

976
01:02:49,800 --> 01:02:51,840
I want my mum.

977
01:02:51,840 --> 01:02:54,120
Shall we see if we can get her
on the telephone?

978
01:02:54,120 --> 01:02:56,880
I...I don't think she wants to know.

979
01:02:56,880 --> 01:02:59,400
Oh, I'm sure that's not the case.

980
01:03:00,560 --> 01:03:02,600
Come on. There we are.

981
01:03:08,560 --> 01:03:10,720
I wondered where you'd got to.

982
01:03:12,120 --> 01:03:13,920
You look sad.

983
01:03:13,920 --> 01:03:16,240
<font color="

984
01:03:17,520 --> 01:03:19,840
For us.

985
01:03:19,840 --> 01:03:22,920
Our daughter started life
as someone else's child.

986
01:03:22,920 --> 01:03:25,760
How can we ever forget that?

987
01:03:27,440 --> 01:03:29,440
I forget it a hundred times a day!

988
01:03:30,720 --> 01:03:32,080
Then I remember,

989
01:03:32,080 --> 01:03:35,280
and my heart breaks for the
poor wee girl who gave her up.

990
01:03:36,480 --> 01:03:38,440
And it's Christmas.

991
01:03:39,520 --> 01:03:41,920
She'll be thinking, "Is she loved?"

992
01:03:58,760 --> 01:04:01,040
Can I hold her?

993
01:04:04,600 --> 01:04:06,040
<font color="

994
01:04:06,040 --> 01:04:08,240
There's no need to ask.

995
01:04:11,720 --> 01:04:15,320
The young madam's just been
indulging in a spot of luncheon.

996
01:04:34,400 --> 01:04:36,680
It's like we fit into each other.

997
01:04:39,200 --> 01:04:41,680
Like we're two pieces of a puzzle.

998
01:04:43,480 --> 01:04:46,560
I don't want her thinking
I didn't want to know.

999
01:04:51,320 --> 01:04:53,880
How will I ever give her up?

1000
01:04:55,920 --> 01:04:58,520
She might need me one day.

1001
01:04:59,760 --> 01:05:01,600
She needs you now.

1002
01:05:04,080 --> 01:05:07,000
<font color="
you can't keep her.

1003
01:05:08,240 --> 01:05:09,600
No.

1004
01:05:11,960 --> 01:05:13,720
There isn't, is there?

1005
01:05:17,960 --> 01:05:20,680
We do all understand
that this letter

1006
01:05:20,680 --> 01:05:23,440
may never reach
the baby's first mother.

1007
01:05:23,440 --> 01:05:26,720
It may be that all
the adoption society will do is

1008
01:05:26,720 --> 01:05:29,240
keep it on file, in case
she ever makes enquiries.

1009
01:05:29,240 --> 01:05:32,200
I still think we ought to try.
Very well.

1010
01:05:32,200 --> 01:05:35,960
"Your daughter is now known as
Angela Julienne

1011
01:05:35,960 --> 01:05:38,040
"and she is ten weeks old.

1012
01:05:38,040 --> 01:05:41,240
"She has blonde hair,
she has an older brother, Timothy,

1013
01:05:41,240 --> 01:05:42,440
"and our family lives..."

1014
01:05:42,440 --> 01:05:44,960
..in a flat with a natural
Christmas tree.

1015
01:05:48,320 --> 01:05:51,280
GENERAL HUBBUB

1016
01:05:56,480 --> 01:05:58,840
Shall we take our seats?

1017
01:06:14,560 --> 01:06:16,840
LAUGHTER

1018
01:06:18,600 --> 01:06:20,640
APPLAUSE

1019
01:06:20,640 --> 01:06:23,480
PIANO MUSIC PLAYS

1020
01:06:23,480 --> 01:06:27,400

the chimney

1021
01:06:27,400 --> 01:06:29,760


1022
01:06:29,760 --> 01:06:32,960
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won't get any toys

1023
01:06:32,960 --> 01:06:35,080


1024
01:06:35,080 --> 01:06:37,400


1025
01:06:37,400 --> 01:06:39,560


1026
01:06:39,560 --> 01:06:42,600

the chimney

1027
01:06:42,600 --> 01:06:44,560


1028
01:06:44,560 --> 01:06:46,120
APPLAUSE

1029
01:06:46,120 --> 01:06:48,080
Merry Christmas!

1030
01:06:48,080 --> 01:06:49,840
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1031
01:06:49,840 --> 01:06:53,320
All part of the service!
No, thank you, Nurse.

1032
01:07:00,040 --> 01:07:01,600
Bye, everyone.

1033
01:07:01,600 --> 01:07:03,440
Bye. Bye, Yvonne.

1034
01:07:03,440 --> 01:07:09,720


1035
01:07:09,720 --> 01:07:16,080


1036
01:07:17,120 --> 01:07:21,760


1037
01:07:21,760 --> 01:07:26,400


1038
01:07:29,000 --> 01:07:33,600


1039
01:07:33,600 --> 01:07:35,400
Is he all right?

1040
01:07:35,400 --> 01:07:37,680
Chickenpox didn't hurt him?

1041
01:07:37,680 --> 01:07:40,680
Doctor's been. Says he's fine.

1042
01:07:40,680 --> 01:07:46,720


1043
01:07:49,640 --> 01:07:53,880
I should have made sure you caught
it when you were a little girl.

1044
01:07:53,880 --> 01:07:56,800
I always did everything
I could to protect you.

1045
01:07:56,800 --> 01:07:59,440
It's all right, Mum.

1046
01:08:05,200 --> 01:08:07,920
He's my first grandchild.

1047
01:08:10,680 --> 01:08:14,440
There'll be others.
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1048
01:08:14,440 --> 01:08:16,480
He'll always be my first.

1049
01:08:23,680 --> 01:08:25,880
You can change your mind.

1050
01:08:28,800 --> 01:08:30,960
If I did,

1051
01:08:30,960 --> 01:08:33,080
I'd be doing what I want most now.

1052
01:08:34,480 --> 01:08:36,440
Not what's best.

1053
01:08:36,440 --> 01:08:38,960
Not for him or for me.

1054
01:08:42,640 --> 01:08:44,440
I know.

1055
01:08:49,360 --> 01:08:50,880
I know.

1056
01:08:53,240 --> 01:08:56,080
And I'll think about him
every Christmas.

1057
01:09:12,480 --> 01:09:17,200
MATURE JENNY: 'If not every wish can
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1058
01:09:17,200 --> 01:09:21,680
'it is still a time of generosity
and gentleness,

1059
01:09:21,680 --> 01:09:27,120
'of gathering together
and closing out the world,

1060
01:09:27,120 --> 01:09:30,680
'and amongst all the glitter and
the gifts, one precious thing

1061
01:09:30,680 --> 01:09:33,080
'shines brighter than the rest,

1062
01:09:33,080 --> 01:09:37,160
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of sharing all we have,

1063
01:09:37,160 --> 01:09:40,800
'and the season made complete.'

1064
01:09:40,800 --> 01:09:43,520
Oh! Where did it go?

1065
01:09:40,800 --> 01:09:43,520
CRACKER POPS

1066
01:09:48,440 --> 01:09:51,400
LAUGHTER

1067
01:09:51,400 --> 01:09:54,400
TV: 'Never in the field...'

1068
01:09:54,400 --> 01:09:56,520
LAUGHTER

1069
01:10:13,000 --> 01:10:15,360
Pass.

1070
01:10:23,000 --> 01:10:24,920
Can't believe I'm doing this.

1071
01:10:26,040 --> 01:10:27,800
It's New Year's Eve!

1072
01:10:27,800 --> 01:10:29,400
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1073
01:10:29,400 --> 01:10:31,840
with the junior doctors
at the London.

1074
01:10:31,840 --> 01:10:33,840
But we're here, though, aren't we?

1075
01:10:34,920 --> 01:10:38,000
Waving Cynthia off for six months
in the Mother House!

1076
01:10:38,000 --> 01:10:39,920
And I'm so glad.

1077
01:10:46,360 --> 01:10:49,600
I decided when I saw you
I was going to say, "Ready?",

1078
01:10:49,600 --> 01:10:52,160
as if it was your wedding day.

1079
01:10:55,120 --> 01:10:58,680
But there's no need for me
to ask that at all, is there?

1080
01:11:02,000 --> 01:11:04,480
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1081
01:11:04,480 --> 01:11:07,360
They've already told me
I'm coming back here.

1082
01:11:11,080 --> 01:11:13,760
But they might change your name.

1083
01:11:13,760 --> 01:11:15,960
You might be called something else.

1084
01:11:15,960 --> 01:11:17,960
Be somebody else.

1085
01:11:19,160 --> 01:11:20,960
But you won't.

1086
01:11:23,800 --> 01:11:28,720


1087
01:11:30,880 --> 01:11:34,840

parts of the sea...

1088
01:11:34,840 --> 01:11:38,920
MATURE JENNY:<font color="
Christmas is made more exquisite

1089
01:11:38,920 --> 01:11:41,400
'by the change it brings.

1090
01:11:41,400 --> 01:11:45,400
'New beginnings,
accepted with grace,

1091
01:11:45,400 --> 01:11:48,720
'become beloved memories

1092
01:11:48,720 --> 01:11:51,720
'and their beauty shines for ever.

1093
01:11:53,280 --> 01:11:56,880
'Dear faces under glass.'

1094
01:12:08,040 --> 01:12:09,720
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1095
01:12:09,720 --> 01:12:12,160
Snow!

1096
01:12:12,160 --> 01:12:13,920
Philip!

1097
01:12:20,520 --> 01:12:22,920
Ah, perfect.

1098
01:12:24,720 --> 01:12:27,360
And now...

1099
01:12:27,360 --> 01:12:30,680
something to make it all
truly complete.

1100
01:12:37,840 --> 01:12:41,600
Well, it wouldn't be Christmas
without this, would it?

1101
01:12:47,720 --> 01:12:50,880
SHE CHUCKLES SOFTLY

1102
01:12:50,880 --> 01:12:55,760
Oh, it gets more delicate
with every year that passes.

1103
01:12:55,760 --> 01:12:59,040
Doesn't get any better looking,
though, does it? No!

1104
01:12:59,040 --> 01:13:01,720
MATURE JENNY:<font color="
we find love.

1105
01:13:01,720 --> 01:13:05,640
'If we're blessed,
we understand its meaning.

1106
01:13:05,640 --> 01:13:09,320
'The bird-print kisses
at the bottom of a card

1107
01:13:09,320 --> 01:13:12,480
'will not vanish like the snow
but will endure.'

1108
01:13:12,480 --> 01:13:16,560
You know you should get
it down on paper.

1109
01:13:16,560 --> 01:13:18,160
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1110
01:13:19,600 --> 01:13:21,480
Write my memoirs?

1111
01:13:22,560 --> 01:13:25,200
I think you should consider it.

1112
01:13:26,400 --> 01:13:28,080
I will...

1113
01:13:30,000 --> 01:13:32,400
..after Christmas.

1114
01:13:37,720 --> 01:13:43,960

on a Christmas tree

1115
01:13:43,960 --> 01:13:49,440


1116
01:13:51,360 --> 01:13:56,800

will always be

1117
01:13:56,800 --> 01:14:00,240