1 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:02,640 substitute, but that doesn't solve the problem. 2 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:05,260 That's four teachers in two months. 3 00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:07,900 Now we can't even get anyone to answer our ads. 4 00:02:08,139 --> 00:02:11,680 Hedy managed for so many years. Why can't anyone else? Maybe we're listing 5 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:12,680 wrong qualifications. 6 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:16,480 My only qualification is that the candidate should be breathing. I could 7 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:19,120 strong case to Hedy. You'll never pry her away from that baby. 8 00:02:25,740 --> 00:02:29,680 Oh, Hedy, we were invited for lunch, and at this rate, Janet will be having 9 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:30,680 dinner. 10 00:02:31,310 --> 00:02:32,228 Hi, dear. 11 00:02:32,230 --> 00:02:33,230 Don't be reckless. 12 00:02:34,270 --> 00:02:35,270 Dottal, the poor babe. 13 00:02:36,530 --> 00:02:39,490 I told you we should have waited till after his morning nap. 14 00:02:40,910 --> 00:02:42,670 Janet's loud as man. She's a mother. 15 00:02:52,690 --> 00:02:55,590 Sarah, you wouldn't want to trade, would you? 16 00:02:56,330 --> 00:02:58,570 They know. Trust me. You won't want to. 17 00:02:58,810 --> 00:02:59,810 Come on, Sarah. 18 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:01,120 I've had cheese all week. 19 00:03:01,340 --> 00:03:03,580 I'm sorry, Felix. I prefer my own lunch. 20 00:03:04,900 --> 00:03:05,900 Wait. 21 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:08,040 I've got this. 22 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:09,920 Pride of the Punjab. 23 00:03:10,580 --> 00:03:14,160 I've got tiger hunts, daring do, everything. 24 00:03:44,780 --> 00:03:45,880 Someone? What's the matter? 25 00:03:47,060 --> 00:03:48,060 That's what! 26 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:53,220 Just a garden. 27 00:04:22,060 --> 00:04:23,640 Yes, I dare say she is. 28 00:04:23,860 --> 00:04:26,340 Come on. Come on, boy. Let's go. 29 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:29,540 Unlock this door! 30 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:33,520 Let me out, you no -good ruffian! 31 00:04:33,900 --> 00:04:36,820 Let me out or I'll cut your head! 32 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:38,080 That's what! 33 00:04:39,140 --> 00:04:43,720 Help! Go, Olivia. You tend to let your little... 34 00:05:19,990 --> 00:05:25,390 Is this the sort of school I leave as my legacy? 35 00:05:27,030 --> 00:05:30,970 A bunch of hooligans and ruffians. 36 00:05:33,810 --> 00:05:38,090 See, I didn't remit. 37 00:05:42,550 --> 00:05:44,350 Too lenient, I'll admit. 38 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:53,020 Apologize to Mrs. Linden now. 39 00:05:54,280 --> 00:05:55,500 Sorry, Mrs. 40 00:05:55,820 --> 00:06:01,940 Linden. And you will clean this schoolroom from top to bottom. 41 00:06:02,840 --> 00:06:09,840 And if anything like this should occur again, every one of you will 42 00:06:09,840 --> 00:06:11,680 fail your year, do you hear? 43 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:19,220 Now then, you will each write a two -page essay on decorum. 44 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:25,920 to be handed in by Monday, decorum, D -E -C -O -R -U -M. 45 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:27,620 Is that understood? 46 00:06:28,300 --> 00:06:29,760 Yes, Mrs. King. 47 00:06:32,940 --> 00:06:34,360 It's all your fault, Felix. 48 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:35,860 You and Rupert Gillis. 49 00:06:36,540 --> 00:06:38,280 Yeah, now we're in for it. 50 00:06:38,540 --> 00:06:39,840 Two pages of writing. 51 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:41,200 What'll I say? 52 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:43,260 Nice thing about Mrs. Lind, I think. 53 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:46,880 You're so upset about it. Why didn't you let her out, Felicity? 54 00:06:47,739 --> 00:06:51,780 Between Rupert and Sally, I couldn't even reach the door. Sally Potts kicked 55 00:06:51,820 --> 00:06:53,500 you know. I thought it was sort of funny. 56 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:56,700 Mrs. Lynde all red in the face and her hair every which way. 57 00:07:01,020 --> 00:07:02,020 Gus Pike! 58 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:04,060 That is positively disgusting. 59 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:05,680 Falsy. 60 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:10,120 It's on account of Tom Garlinghurst. 61 00:07:11,620 --> 00:07:12,620 It's haunted. 62 00:07:14,380 --> 00:07:17,720 And you believe that expectorating in the road will protect you from wandering 63 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:21,920 spirits? What foolishness, Gus. There's no such thing as ghosts. 64 00:07:22,580 --> 00:07:23,920 How do you know, sir, Stanley? 65 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:25,780 I've never seen one before. 66 00:07:26,100 --> 00:07:27,380 But I don't want to, neither. 67 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:29,100 You don't know so much, Felicity. 68 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:33,520 There's lots that happens that no one can explain. Even Uncle Jasper says so. 69 00:07:33,620 --> 00:07:37,700 Uncle Jasper also says that there's a scientific explanation for everything. 70 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:40,060 We just haven't discovered them all yet. 71 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:41,760 I know. 72 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:43,580 We'll conduct an experiment. 73 00:07:44,590 --> 00:07:46,990 We'll come back some night and watch for ghosts. 74 00:07:48,170 --> 00:07:49,810 That is, unless you're too afraid to. 75 00:07:50,530 --> 00:07:51,710 I know about them. 76 00:07:52,110 --> 00:07:55,150 But I can't fathom waiting around for no ghost I don't want to see anyway. 77 00:07:56,470 --> 00:07:58,210 Leave well enough alone, Felix King. 78 00:08:02,810 --> 00:08:03,810 What? 79 00:08:04,030 --> 00:08:05,030 I quit. 80 00:08:05,230 --> 00:08:06,230 That's what... 81 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:10,200 Now, Rachel, they'll settle down, and it's only a few days until the next 82 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:14,120 interview. I wouldn't go back there for all the tea in China. 83 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:22,140 Never in all my born days have I seen such willful, wanton behavior. 84 00:08:22,740 --> 00:08:25,380 And you, Sarah Stanley, should know better. 85 00:08:25,740 --> 00:08:29,100 Aunt Hattie, there was only one of me. When Gus tried to help, he got kicked in 86 00:08:29,100 --> 00:08:32,600 the shins. Well, it's a good thing someone knows what's right and proper. 87 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:35,100 where, pray tell, did you get this? 88 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:37,880 From Felix. 89 00:08:38,460 --> 00:08:44,000 Because Felix King chooses to befuddle his brains with such nonsense. 90 00:08:44,380 --> 00:08:46,020 There's no reason you should. 91 00:08:46,340 --> 00:08:51,940 Now, I have warned you before, Sarah, about these popular pulp romances. 92 00:08:52,380 --> 00:08:56,380 Teddy, it's just a piece of fiction. Why, you read them yourself. 93 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:01,060 And if I do, Olivia, it's so I may... 94 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:06,220 Inform the publishers of such twaddle that they are single -handedly 95 00:09:06,220 --> 00:09:09,380 the intellectual fibre of the Western world. 96 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:16,500 You can go to your room now, Sarah, and complete the essay on decorum, and I 97 00:09:16,500 --> 00:09:21,380 would advise a sentence or two on the importance of higher literature. 98 00:09:34,220 --> 00:09:35,220 What's so funny? 99 00:09:35,500 --> 00:09:39,000 Destroying the intellectual fiber of the Western world. Well, it is. 100 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:44,380 And this, this Pride of the Punjabs, an excellent case in point. 101 00:09:44,620 --> 00:09:48,200 Oh, it's nothing but one brawl after another. 102 00:09:48,580 --> 00:09:55,420 Whoever this C .L. Small, Colonel Retired May Be, he is no writer. 103 00:09:56,060 --> 00:09:57,780 So you've already read it, then? 104 00:09:58,000 --> 00:09:59,600 Oh, cursory glance, yes. 105 00:10:00,260 --> 00:10:03,580 Betty, Small is noted for keeping his readers... 106 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:07,560 spellbound with adventure and suspense and romance. 107 00:10:08,020 --> 00:10:11,400 If I didn't know better, I'd think you were jealous of these writers. 108 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:17,640 Jealous? Anyone with half a brain could write that drivel. Right. 109 00:10:17,940 --> 00:10:23,020 It's fiction, Hetty. Why, you have to make everything up yourself. It must 110 00:10:23,020 --> 00:10:29,540 a keen mind, a wonderful imagination, a way with words, a special method of 111 00:10:29,540 --> 00:10:30,620 looking at the world. 112 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:35,560 Oh, so you don't think I possess these requisite qualities and abilities, is 113 00:10:35,560 --> 00:10:41,000 that it? You're saying that C .L. Small and his ilk are more talented than I? 114 00:10:41,260 --> 00:10:43,500 Harry, those who can, do. 115 00:10:45,540 --> 00:10:48,400 Lydia? There we are. Yes, we will. 116 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:50,700 My little baby boy, hi. 117 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:52,380 Hi there, Montgomery. 118 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:20,600 A sword. 119 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:28,640 A blade. 120 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:34,700 The lady and the blade. 121 00:12:06,250 --> 00:12:07,250 I'm sorry. 122 00:12:07,470 --> 00:12:10,870 Mr. Clive Pettibone, Colonel, retired, Alec King. 123 00:12:11,330 --> 00:12:12,330 And you do. 124 00:12:13,230 --> 00:12:17,570 Mr. Pettibone, late of the Proctor Military Academy in Delhi, Indiana. 125 00:12:17,910 --> 00:12:18,910 India. 126 00:12:19,610 --> 00:12:21,130 Oh. Oh, yes. 127 00:12:21,390 --> 00:12:22,410 Delhi, India. 128 00:12:22,950 --> 00:12:24,930 And, uh, Reading, New Brunswick. 129 00:12:27,550 --> 00:12:31,370 All your teaching experience, Mr. Pettibone, seems to be in military 130 00:12:31,710 --> 00:12:34,410 Yes. So why have you applied here, sir? 131 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:36,500 You need an educator with my qualifications. 132 00:12:36,940 --> 00:12:39,540 And I have a young family who might enjoy living here. 133 00:12:40,020 --> 00:12:41,080 Sounds good to me. 134 00:12:42,540 --> 00:12:43,540 Qualifications. 135 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:47,600 Avalon Lee is a far cry from a military school, sir. 136 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:49,040 Military background. 137 00:12:49,380 --> 00:12:50,380 He'll need it. 138 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:52,300 Precisely my point, Mr. King. 139 00:12:52,740 --> 00:12:55,940 What are your views on discipline in the classroom, Mr. Pettibone? 140 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:58,120 There is only one authority in the classroom. 141 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:00,640 One voice of command, that of the educator. 142 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:04,140 Absolutely. Children learn best given a tight schedule. 143 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:06,480 No deviations or special cases. 144 00:13:07,060 --> 00:13:09,040 Sounds just like the man we need. 145 00:13:09,680 --> 00:13:12,120 Sounds just like Hetty King, that's what. 146 00:13:12,700 --> 00:13:13,940 Yes, I suppose it does. 147 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:20,320 I'm Felix King. 148 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:21,640 Sarah Stanley. 149 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:26,160 Morgan, that's Izzy. My father's being interviewed. We're supposed to sit and 150 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:27,220 wait here, Iz. I know. 151 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:30,040 Nice toss. 152 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:33,820 Is that your real name, Izzy? None of your beeswax. 153 00:13:46,569 --> 00:13:48,810 Authority is just what those little hellions need. 154 00:13:49,010 --> 00:13:50,010 My Rupert included. 155 00:13:50,150 --> 00:13:53,950 There's no nonsense about Mr. Pettibone. No sense of humor, either. He didn't 156 00:13:53,950 --> 00:13:57,810 even flinch when I mentioned that. A man who could easily deal with glue on the 157 00:13:57,810 --> 00:13:58,769 seat of his pants. 158 00:13:58,770 --> 00:14:01,270 Well, it's true. Since Hattie stopped teaching, the children have been 159 00:14:01,270 --> 00:14:02,390 completely out of control. 160 00:14:02,610 --> 00:14:04,630 Well, I say we fight fire with fire. 161 00:14:04,830 --> 00:14:06,150 We give him a trial period. 162 00:14:06,430 --> 00:14:09,570 Well, I don't... Look at it this way, Alec. 163 00:14:09,890 --> 00:14:12,330 It's either him or you. 164 00:14:17,550 --> 00:14:18,550 He's hired. 165 00:14:20,850 --> 00:14:23,790 A shuffling, scuffling sound. 166 00:14:24,050 --> 00:14:31,030 A rasping, gasping sigh emanated from the deep, dank recesses 167 00:14:31,030 --> 00:14:32,830 hidden in the corner of his cell. 168 00:14:33,950 --> 00:14:35,750 Rosamunda stepped back. 169 00:14:35,950 --> 00:14:39,390 Her quaking shoulder scraped the stony wall. 170 00:14:40,250 --> 00:14:45,630 The darkness unfurled itself and moved toward her. 171 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:52,280 Reaching, Rosamunda whispered, My love. 172 00:14:53,520 --> 00:15:00,380 Her words echoed in the shallow cell as Rosamunda ran across the cold 173 00:15:00,380 --> 00:15:05,900 stone floor and into the arms of the knight of the silver sword, 174 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:13,160 into the embrace of her beloved, where her 175 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:14,600 lips found his. 176 00:15:15,530 --> 00:15:17,910 And she could breathe his name at last. 177 00:15:20,130 --> 00:15:21,130 Edward. 178 00:15:25,250 --> 00:15:26,870 Oh, Hetty. 179 00:15:27,910 --> 00:15:29,650 I had no idea. 180 00:15:30,810 --> 00:15:32,470 Oh, it's just wonderful. 181 00:15:32,790 --> 00:15:34,810 It is good, isn't it? 182 00:15:35,250 --> 00:15:38,550 Well, an interesting exercise, you know. 183 00:15:38,870 --> 00:15:43,510 Oh, now, I trust we keep this to ourselves, Olivia. Oh, Lord. 184 00:15:44,310 --> 00:15:45,800 What? what people think. 185 00:15:48,140 --> 00:15:50,060 Montgomery looks flush to me. 186 00:15:50,900 --> 00:15:53,360 In my opinion, you overdress him, Olivia. 187 00:15:53,660 --> 00:15:54,660 He's fine, Hetty. 188 00:15:57,140 --> 00:15:58,140 Hetty? 189 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:02,360 This story is so good. I think it should be published. 190 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:05,180 Published? Oh, for heaven's sake, Olivia. 191 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:07,160 Published, indeed. 192 00:16:10,220 --> 00:16:13,740 What are we doing? 193 00:16:14,970 --> 00:16:17,090 minutes past Montgomery's feeding. 194 00:16:17,510 --> 00:16:23,910 I'll get it. You might as well get used to it, little chum. 195 00:16:55,720 --> 00:17:01,440 in silken thread, gleamed in the streaming sunlight, saturating the tower 196 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:06,220 She set the sword for Miss Gabbard, shielding the swooning sister from the 197 00:17:06,220 --> 00:17:10,960 slicing, side -long storm of the Cedric's dangerous dirt. 198 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:14,640 Viro Lawson, I've been standing here in eternity. 199 00:17:15,500 --> 00:17:18,839 I can't imagine what could be that interesting in the Chronicle. 200 00:17:19,180 --> 00:17:21,420 Oh, Betty King, I feel the very fool. 201 00:17:22,099 --> 00:17:24,540 But it is the most wonderful story, though. 202 00:17:25,450 --> 00:17:27,630 The Lady and the Blade. 203 00:17:32,370 --> 00:17:34,870 By H .E. Le Roy. 204 00:17:35,850 --> 00:17:36,870 Go ahead. 205 00:17:39,030 --> 00:17:41,750 It's Leroy, I think. 206 00:17:44,690 --> 00:17:45,710 Olivia Dale. 207 00:17:46,270 --> 00:17:49,090 How could you? I am speechless. 208 00:17:50,090 --> 00:17:52,910 Come on, Peter. That's what you are. 209 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:56,880 The moment my back is turned, you stab me in the cherry. 210 00:17:57,220 --> 00:17:58,720 No, no, no excuses. 211 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:02,240 This was our secret, Olivia. 212 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:05,160 A secret trust. 213 00:18:05,580 --> 00:18:10,040 A familial bond. A check for royalties. What? 214 00:18:10,380 --> 00:18:11,540 What did you say? 215 00:18:11,860 --> 00:18:14,820 Harry, they want more, much more. Read it. 216 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:22,780 From Wilton and Straub, publishers' representatives. 217 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:24,840 To H .E. 218 00:18:25,060 --> 00:18:26,520 Leroy, Esquire. 219 00:18:27,100 --> 00:18:29,980 Leroy, that's king in French. I made it up myself. 220 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:31,960 Oh, Eddie. 221 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:33,920 They want all of it. 222 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:35,520 Lady and the Blade. 223 00:18:35,900 --> 00:18:38,120 They want to serialize it internationally. 224 00:18:38,860 --> 00:18:41,380 Eddie, you've written the story of the year. 225 00:18:42,700 --> 00:18:43,700 Well, no. 226 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:47,560 Oh, this in no way excuses your behavior, Olivia. 227 00:18:49,300 --> 00:18:52,020 But, Eddie, it does change things. 228 00:18:55,770 --> 00:18:56,870 internationally. Oh, my, my. 229 00:20:04,910 --> 00:20:06,330 Stanley, you scared me half to death. 230 00:20:07,070 --> 00:20:09,330 Gus, you don't really think we're going to see a ghost, do you? 231 00:20:10,110 --> 00:20:11,810 Well, I ain't saying one way or the other. 232 00:20:12,630 --> 00:20:13,970 But I know which way I'd prefer. 233 00:20:16,470 --> 00:20:17,470 Gus! 234 00:20:18,610 --> 00:20:20,550 Look, we'd better hurry. We'll be late meeting the others. 235 00:20:52,360 --> 00:20:53,540 It's all your fault. 236 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:58,040 It's all your fault, you blasted dog. Go on home, digger, home. 237 00:21:08,590 --> 00:21:10,950 caught in this storm and both of us catch our dance. Come on. 238 00:21:16,930 --> 00:21:21,310 This worked 239 00:21:21,310 --> 00:21:24,610 out great. 240 00:21:25,250 --> 00:21:26,710 Everyone thinks we're at Aunt Hedy's. 241 00:21:27,150 --> 00:21:29,490 What did you tell Aunt Hedy? She wasn't at home. 242 00:21:30,070 --> 00:21:31,330 She's never at home anymore. 243 00:21:31,690 --> 00:21:34,710 And if she is, she's locked up in a room working on something or other. 244 00:21:35,010 --> 00:21:36,570 It's very secretive, so I just... 245 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,040 Left a note saying that I'd be staying at Aunt Olivia's tonight. 246 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:41,000 What if she goes over to Dale's house? 247 00:21:41,220 --> 00:21:42,420 Then we're in big trouble. 248 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:45,020 Something you should be well acquainted with, Felix. 249 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:47,680 This was a really silly idea. 250 00:21:48,460 --> 00:21:50,200 Why didn't you stay home, Felicity? 251 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:53,240 She wouldn't be at all interested in seeing the ghost, would she? 252 00:22:09,900 --> 00:22:10,900 Spirit. 253 00:23:06,380 --> 00:23:07,380 I think. 254 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:04,020 just like a schoolboy. 255 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:10,220 Mother! Mother! 256 00:24:12,340 --> 00:24:14,500 Help! You won't believe it. What'd they say? 257 00:24:15,020 --> 00:24:18,400 What'd they tell you? What in the name of Hades is this all about? Felicity, 258 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:22,500 Felix. It's haunted, Mr. Kent. I saw it. We all saw it. All right, one at a 259 00:24:22,500 --> 00:24:23,500 time. 260 00:24:24,300 --> 00:24:26,380 Hades. It's preservative. 261 00:24:27,120 --> 00:24:28,160 A murderer. 262 00:24:28,940 --> 00:24:30,740 A prowler. What happened? 263 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:33,780 Take a deep breath. Oh, get the smelling salts. 264 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:36,200 Tom Callenhouse. 265 00:24:36,780 --> 00:24:39,340 Tom Callenhouse, it's fine. Be quiet, Hattie. Sit down. 266 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:40,720 Oh, 267 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:42,080 Sarah. 268 00:24:46,180 --> 00:24:47,580 Get that dog away from me. 269 00:24:49,180 --> 00:24:51,620 Cause of my near brush with death. 270 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:55,280 Brush with death? You've been reading that serial in the paper now. Just tell 271 00:24:55,280 --> 00:25:00,040 what happened. That dog frightened the horse off the road and then forced to go 272 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:01,040 on foot. 273 00:25:02,420 --> 00:25:04,300 refuge in the Tom Gallen house. 274 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:06,560 You? Miss Kay? 275 00:25:07,060 --> 00:25:08,420 Somebody else was there, Gus. 276 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:10,080 The ghost? 277 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:13,140 Oh, no, Felix, no. Flesh and blood. 278 00:25:13,500 --> 00:25:14,800 Well, did you see who it was? 279 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:18,540 I didn't stop to exchange pleasantries, Alec. What did you do? 280 00:25:19,300 --> 00:25:25,180 I armed myself, of course, and then I thrashed that scoundrel soundly with an 281 00:25:25,180 --> 00:25:29,220 iron skillet, and then I ran, ran for my life. 282 00:25:31,830 --> 00:25:33,570 The new schoolteacher. 283 00:25:34,370 --> 00:25:36,190 That's for the rest of you. I'll deal with you later. 284 00:25:38,870 --> 00:25:39,870 Big trouble. 285 00:25:40,930 --> 00:25:42,810 The new schoolteacher. 286 00:25:45,330 --> 00:25:51,010 Of course, no one expects anyone to be in Tom Callen House, Mr. Pettibone. And 287 00:25:51,010 --> 00:25:56,630 someone seeking refuge from the storm and believing the old sea tales about 288 00:25:56,630 --> 00:26:00,630 house being haunted, well, they might have thought you were a ghost. 289 00:26:02,700 --> 00:26:06,460 One doesn't arm oneself with a skillet to do battle with an ephemeral being. 290 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:09,720 Good point. 291 00:26:10,500 --> 00:26:13,160 Nevertheless, you will forgive and forget. 292 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:14,800 Never. 293 00:26:15,700 --> 00:26:19,840 And ever since my time spent during the Suez Struggle have I felt my life in 294 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:22,820 such peril. And from what I can only think is a local lunatic. 295 00:26:23,300 --> 00:26:26,200 One of many, I believe, who live in your charming town. 296 00:26:32,430 --> 00:26:34,930 I have no wish to place my children in such danger. 297 00:26:35,630 --> 00:26:37,290 So I bid you good day. 298 00:26:37,590 --> 00:26:38,590 Goodbye. 299 00:26:40,190 --> 00:26:41,190 And good luck. 300 00:26:56,690 --> 00:26:57,690 Eddie? 301 00:26:58,870 --> 00:27:02,770 Alec! Mr. Pettibone has quit, thanks to you. 302 00:27:03,330 --> 00:27:05,590 Well, it was an accident, Alec. 303 00:27:06,270 --> 00:27:07,270 Surely Mr. 304 00:27:07,510 --> 00:27:08,910 Pettibone doesn't understand accidents? 305 00:27:09,410 --> 00:27:11,230 No, no, no. What Mr. 306 00:27:11,470 --> 00:27:16,730 Pettibone understands is the goose egg on his throbbing head. Now, since you 307 00:27:16,730 --> 00:27:21,750 responsible for his departure, you will take his place until we can find a 308 00:27:21,750 --> 00:27:26,530 replacement. And with the reputation that Avonlea is getting, that could be 309 00:27:26,530 --> 00:27:27,670 many, many years. 310 00:27:48,110 --> 00:27:49,110 Mr. Pettibone? 311 00:27:49,950 --> 00:27:53,670 I hope you'll excuse me. I'm Olivia Dale, Alec King's sister. 312 00:27:54,050 --> 00:27:55,530 Good day to you, Mrs. Dale. 313 00:27:56,270 --> 00:27:57,970 I trust you're feeling better? 314 00:27:58,350 --> 00:27:59,350 Mm -hmm. 315 00:28:01,030 --> 00:28:03,790 I'm terribly sorry that you're leaving Avonlea. 316 00:28:04,130 --> 00:28:05,130 Are you, madam? 317 00:28:05,150 --> 00:28:06,150 Why so? 318 00:28:07,550 --> 00:28:11,630 Avonlea could use a man with your abilities, Mr. Pettibone. 319 00:28:12,550 --> 00:28:15,090 I hope you don't judge us too harshly. 320 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:19,860 It was all an accident, you know. You were someplace you weren't expected to 321 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:23,440 and my sister never meant to cause you any harm. Your sister? 322 00:28:23,660 --> 00:28:24,539 Hetty King. 323 00:28:24,540 --> 00:28:25,940 Well, she'd never admit it. 324 00:28:26,500 --> 00:28:33,260 Oh, and you mustn't tell her that I said so, but she was afraid, alone 325 00:28:33,260 --> 00:28:34,640 in the storm. 326 00:28:34,860 --> 00:28:35,860 A woman. 327 00:28:37,360 --> 00:28:38,400 A woman alone. 328 00:28:40,180 --> 00:28:43,780 Hetty feels absolutely terrible about the whole thing. 329 00:28:44,490 --> 00:28:45,610 She's very embarrassed. 330 00:28:48,590 --> 00:28:51,590 I really do hope you'll change your mind about leaving. 331 00:28:52,490 --> 00:28:55,550 But if you don't, I thought you should know the whole story. 332 00:28:56,030 --> 00:28:58,470 Yes. I quite understand. 333 00:29:04,730 --> 00:29:06,390 Sally Potts, stop printing. 334 00:29:07,650 --> 00:29:10,870 And I'll have salads. 335 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:16,180 to improve those deplorable essays on decorum. 336 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:19,800 Legs out of the aisle, that's right. 337 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:36,240 Clive Pettibone. 338 00:29:36,780 --> 00:29:38,160 Oh, yes, Mr. Pettibone. 339 00:29:38,660 --> 00:29:39,660 How do you do? 340 00:29:40,460 --> 00:29:41,460 I'd like to speak with you. 341 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:42,800 Privately. 342 00:29:43,660 --> 00:29:45,960 Ah, yes, of course. 343 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:48,500 One moment. 344 00:29:48,900 --> 00:29:49,900 My children. 345 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:51,620 Izzy, Morgan. 346 00:29:52,580 --> 00:29:53,580 Children. 347 00:29:56,060 --> 00:29:57,060 Find a seat. 348 00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:58,120 Yes, sir. 349 00:30:00,860 --> 00:30:03,080 Felicity, you be in charge. 350 00:30:16,450 --> 00:30:17,950 Relieved to hear on her, Mr. 351 00:30:18,150 --> 00:30:22,870 Pettibone, and that you're willing to assume responsibilities here at the 352 00:30:22,870 --> 00:30:25,830 school. Your sister Olivia is very persuasive. 353 00:30:26,310 --> 00:30:27,310 Charming woman. 354 00:30:27,390 --> 00:30:28,830 Oh, is she? 355 00:30:29,350 --> 00:30:30,350 Really? 356 00:30:30,770 --> 00:30:32,050 Oh, of course. 357 00:30:32,490 --> 00:30:38,750 I would be only too willing, if you like it, for me to share some of my vast 358 00:30:38,750 --> 00:30:41,270 experience here at the school. That won't be necessary, Miss King. 359 00:30:41,530 --> 00:30:45,270 I can see for myself what your deft hand has wrought here. 360 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:47,400 I needn't detain you any longer. 361 00:30:47,820 --> 00:30:52,360 I'm given to understand you're a very busy woman. You're free to pursue 362 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:53,360 it is you do. 363 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:56,700 Thank you. I'll do just that. 364 00:30:58,520 --> 00:30:59,520 Good day to you. 365 00:30:59,660 --> 00:31:00,660 Goodbye, Miss King. 366 00:31:02,660 --> 00:31:03,660 And good luck. 367 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:32,260 You may call me Mr. Pettibone, and I shall address you by your formal 368 00:31:32,260 --> 00:31:33,260 Mr. King? 369 00:31:34,220 --> 00:31:37,480 Mr. King, when I call your name, I expect a response, not sloth and 370 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:38,960 Up. 371 00:31:41,380 --> 00:31:42,380 Stand up straight, man. 372 00:31:43,580 --> 00:31:46,040 Now, Mr. King, the chalk pieces. 373 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:47,880 Here. Chalk pieces? 374 00:31:49,740 --> 00:31:51,440 You think I'm dim -witted, Mr. King? 375 00:31:52,220 --> 00:31:53,220 No. 376 00:31:53,500 --> 00:31:54,500 No what? 377 00:31:56,020 --> 00:31:57,560 No, I don't think you're dim -witted. 378 00:31:57,950 --> 00:31:59,930 Miss Pettibone, what is our proper response? 379 00:32:00,150 --> 00:32:02,210 To end each and every address with a respectful sir. 380 00:32:02,430 --> 00:32:04,230 Sir. Thank you, Miss Pettibone. 381 00:32:07,010 --> 00:32:08,410 Chalk pieces, Mr. King. 382 00:32:16,370 --> 00:32:17,730 Remain standing, Mr. King. 383 00:32:21,850 --> 00:32:24,310 I can't say I think much of that, sir. 384 00:32:24,830 --> 00:32:29,430 Mr. Pettibone's attitude, Alec. Well, we didn't hire him for his attitude, Hedy. 385 00:32:29,550 --> 00:32:36,090 Oh, he's vain, authoritative, abrasive, opinionated, and 386 00:32:36,090 --> 00:32:39,770 offensive. Does that sound like anyone else you know? 387 00:32:40,490 --> 00:32:41,490 Who? 388 00:32:42,230 --> 00:32:43,510 Alec, I am serious. 389 00:32:45,030 --> 00:32:48,770 Look, Hedy, I'm sure Mr. Pettibone has the children well in hand, and they'll 390 00:32:48,770 --> 00:32:53,470 learn to appreciate him, as they have you, Hedy. Yes, but... 391 00:32:57,709 --> 00:32:59,510 No, Miss King, that is incorrect. 392 00:33:00,070 --> 00:33:04,590 But I'm sure if you check the play, you'll find that the merchant is 393 00:33:04,750 --> 00:33:07,890 sir. Which part of no don't you understand, Miss King? 394 00:33:08,270 --> 00:33:09,610 The N or the O? 395 00:33:15,150 --> 00:33:16,570 He's just plain awful. 396 00:33:16,830 --> 00:33:19,830 He likes picking on people. He hates me. He hates everybody. 397 00:33:20,090 --> 00:33:22,990 Except Izzy. She gave me a bloody nose he didn't even care. 398 00:33:23,290 --> 00:33:23,969 Who's Izzy? 399 00:33:23,970 --> 00:33:26,810 It's like a prison, only worse. It's like church, only quieter. 400 00:33:27,310 --> 00:33:28,990 It's like the army. Oh, now, now. 401 00:33:29,430 --> 00:33:34,290 Mr. Pettibone simply has different manners and ways of teaching, that's 402 00:33:34,330 --> 00:33:39,470 Teaching? Even Aunt Hedy's better than him. He's vain, authoritative, abrasive. 403 00:33:39,530 --> 00:33:41,470 And offensive, yes, I know, I know. All right. 404 00:33:42,090 --> 00:33:44,490 I'll, uh, I'll have a word with Mr. Pettibone. 405 00:33:50,610 --> 00:33:51,610 Mr. 406 00:33:53,770 --> 00:33:56,610 Pettibone, how was your first day of school? 407 00:33:57,150 --> 00:34:00,830 As I anticipated, Mr. King. It will take a great deal of hard work to establish 408 00:34:00,830 --> 00:34:02,210 even a semblance of discipline. 409 00:34:03,230 --> 00:34:08,810 I'm glad you brought that up. I don't think we need go overboard with 410 00:34:08,810 --> 00:34:12,889 and harsh punishment. I will conduct my classroom as I see fit, Mr. King. 411 00:34:17,830 --> 00:34:20,909 No, no, no. It's got to be the Jester Ferguson. 412 00:34:21,550 --> 00:34:22,650 be ridiculous, Bert. 413 00:34:22,929 --> 00:34:25,909 Excuse me, please. No, no, no. It's not the jester. It's the monk. Oh, 414 00:34:26,850 --> 00:34:27,850 the monk. 415 00:34:27,870 --> 00:34:32,070 Could I get some service, please, Mrs. Lawson? 416 00:34:32,489 --> 00:34:37,130 Oh, Mr. Pettibone, your order's right here. The very man. Now, who do you 417 00:34:37,130 --> 00:34:39,110 it is? The knight of the silver sword. 418 00:34:39,389 --> 00:34:41,969 Who? The lady in the blade. Which one's the blade? 419 00:34:42,210 --> 00:34:44,409 The blade. What a piece of overbearing drivel. 420 00:34:44,730 --> 00:34:48,989 The worst example of pulp fiction ever put on paper. 421 00:34:49,330 --> 00:34:50,330 Really? 422 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:52,659 No, I thought that... Excuse me, Olivia. 423 00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:59,060 Excuse me, Mr. Pettibone, but how could you know anything about the creation of 424 00:34:59,060 --> 00:35:00,420 imaginary worlds? 425 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:05,900 Of wits, of symbols, of motifs? 426 00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:07,560 Surely you jest. 427 00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:09,160 Wit, madam. 428 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:10,860 Such great turns of phrase. 429 00:35:11,610 --> 00:35:16,290 as she slipped the sword from its scabbard, shielding the swooning sister 430 00:35:16,290 --> 00:35:21,310 the slicing side -long storm of Sir Cedric's dangerous dirk, or yet again... 431 00:35:21,310 --> 00:35:25,350 did win this. Pretty good, that part. That is alliteration, Mr. Pettibone, 432 00:35:25,370 --> 00:35:26,370 alliteration. 433 00:35:26,870 --> 00:35:28,270 Parts I better than most. 434 00:35:28,550 --> 00:35:30,310 Oh, then this, for example. 435 00:35:31,230 --> 00:35:32,930 Pride of the Punjab. 436 00:35:33,170 --> 00:35:36,910 A veritable plethora of literary affectation. 437 00:35:37,550 --> 00:35:38,690 Oh, listen to this. 438 00:35:39,580 --> 00:35:41,400 Thunder boomed the mountain. 439 00:35:41,940 --> 00:35:47,900 Oh, this... The tiger drew back its lips into a snarl. 440 00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:52,880 Its teeth gleaming, scimitars flashing, whirling dervishes. 441 00:35:53,380 --> 00:35:59,720 If anything, does that mean... The heroine, if I dare label such a shrew, 442 00:35:59,860 --> 00:36:04,280 is the most obnoxious, opinionated, overbearing woman in Christendom. 443 00:36:04,820 --> 00:36:08,220 The young private in this muddle is the most... 444 00:36:08,650 --> 00:36:12,130 nakedly wayward reprobate ever to appear in print. 445 00:36:12,390 --> 00:36:13,870 He is a classic hero. 446 00:36:14,710 --> 00:36:17,230 She is the new woman. 447 00:36:17,470 --> 00:36:20,450 God, keep her far from me. Oh, God, your lover. 448 00:36:21,770 --> 00:36:27,550 Peritors who lust after violence and are themselves so stupid. 449 00:36:28,110 --> 00:36:34,170 They try to follow a cannonball on its trajectory to their own encampment. 450 00:36:35,310 --> 00:36:39,750 That is mere womanish falderal without a whit of fact. 451 00:36:39,990 --> 00:36:44,390 An emasculated hero with enough tongue twisters to render the whole mess 452 00:36:44,390 --> 00:36:49,870 unreadable. Stuff and nonsense for witless fools. Mrs. Lawson, my order. 453 00:36:51,050 --> 00:36:54,250 Because you think you could do better, Mr. Pettibone. Well, I'll let you know 454 00:36:54,250 --> 00:36:55,250 that I... 455 00:37:01,770 --> 00:37:05,770 Well, I don't care what the Papa Jay says. I still think it's a right rippin' 456 00:37:05,770 --> 00:37:08,510 story. Yeah. And it's got to be the Jester. 457 00:37:08,770 --> 00:37:09,770 Oh, Bert. 458 00:37:09,990 --> 00:37:11,530 You've got to stop saying that. No, Bert. 459 00:37:11,910 --> 00:37:13,010 No, Bert. No, Bert. No, Bert. 460 00:37:13,710 --> 00:37:14,850 No, Bert. No, Bert. 461 00:37:15,730 --> 00:37:17,730 Did he wake up? 462 00:37:18,410 --> 00:37:19,950 Did he wake up, baby? No. 463 00:37:20,830 --> 00:37:21,830 Good day. 464 00:37:23,930 --> 00:37:24,930 No. 465 00:37:25,750 --> 00:37:27,470 Pedant. Oh, a fool. 466 00:37:27,990 --> 00:37:29,430 In love with his own voice. 467 00:37:29,980 --> 00:37:34,500 Not a creator's bone in his body. Petty, it's not worth getting all worked up 468 00:37:34,500 --> 00:37:36,060 about. His is only one opinion. 469 00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:37,440 Good day. 470 00:37:38,460 --> 00:37:40,880 What can I do without Mr. Pettybone's opinions? 471 00:37:42,020 --> 00:37:43,560 Mark my words, dear. 472 00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,100 His days are numbered. 473 00:38:02,380 --> 00:38:05,660 It is clear to me that you cannot be left to your own devices even during 474 00:38:05,660 --> 00:38:09,540 recess. Therefore, proper parameters will be established. 475 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:13,460 There will be a chart posted on the schoolhouse wall, and you will undertake 476 00:38:13,460 --> 00:38:15,420 only those activities during your spare time. 477 00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:17,480 What's that mean? Big trouble. 478 00:38:18,260 --> 00:38:19,520 Quiet in the ranks. 479 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:24,120 You will conduct yourselves as befits young ladies and gentlemen. 480 00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:25,560 Form up. 481 00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:30,140 I hate school more than ever. 482 00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:33,180 Is your father like this at home? Oh, yes, it's wonderful. 483 00:38:33,420 --> 00:38:36,480 He's the best father in the whole world. I want to be exactly like him. 484 00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:39,820 Izzy's going to be the first woman ever in charge of the British Army. 485 00:38:40,220 --> 00:38:41,320 Somehow I believe you. 486 00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:43,440 Forward! 487 00:39:02,020 --> 00:39:04,360 Father, when's Arthur coming to see our new home? 488 00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:06,380 I'm not sure he is. 489 00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:13,520 Carry on. 490 00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:16,040 Mr. King! 491 00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:17,860 A very fine -looking animal. 492 00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:19,558 Thank you. 493 00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:20,560 Hello. 494 00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:26,180 I, uh... I have to talk with you, Mr. Pettibone. 495 00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:29,360 I'm afraid that, uh... 496 00:39:30,830 --> 00:39:32,390 Well, things just aren't working out. 497 00:39:33,250 --> 00:39:34,250 I see. 498 00:39:34,810 --> 00:39:37,230 Upon what grounds do you base this judgment? 499 00:39:38,730 --> 00:39:44,110 Your manner, sir, is too authoritarian for our community. Your methods, too 500 00:39:44,110 --> 00:39:47,910 intimidating. I think, well, we think that you'd be better off in a military 501 00:39:47,910 --> 00:39:50,170 academy than a small country school. 502 00:39:50,750 --> 00:39:52,390 Mutiny in the ranks, I wager. 503 00:39:53,110 --> 00:39:56,330 Your children have complained, and I'm not surprised. 504 00:39:56,750 --> 00:39:58,770 They've been allowed to run circles around you. 505 00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:03,000 are completely out of control, and have become accustomed to getting away with 506 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:04,560 murder, but not with me. 507 00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:09,220 Well, they are children, and that gives them license to run around like wild 508 00:40:09,220 --> 00:40:10,220 savages. 509 00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:16,240 You will receive notice of your dismissal in writing at the end of this 510 00:40:16,240 --> 00:40:20,020 -week period, unless you are prepared to accommodate some of our concerns. 511 00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:23,720 Good day, Mr. Pettymont. 512 00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:30,700 Will we have to leave, Father? 513 00:40:32,060 --> 00:40:33,060 Possibly, Izzy. 514 00:40:33,300 --> 00:40:34,880 Well, I sort of like it here. 515 00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:38,320 I even have a friend, Felix. I socked him in the nose. 516 00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:40,440 Did you, now, Iz? 517 00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:44,260 I'm sorry, children. 518 00:40:45,660 --> 00:40:47,320 This is entirely my own doing. 519 00:40:47,620 --> 00:40:49,180 You may give me demerits. 520 00:40:49,420 --> 00:40:52,480 It's not your fault, Father. They just don't know you like we do. 521 00:41:01,870 --> 00:41:04,730 Thank you, Mr. Pettibone. That's a wonderful draft. I'm sure it's going to 522 00:41:04,730 --> 00:41:07,730 very successful book. Good luck with your final draft. Thank you, Mr. 523 00:41:17,510 --> 00:41:19,650 Good. Now, welcome to the hotel. 524 00:41:30,050 --> 00:41:31,090 H .E. Leroy. 525 00:41:31,580 --> 00:41:35,240 Esquire? A novelist? You, Miss King? 526 00:41:38,220 --> 00:41:39,680 C .L. Small. 527 00:41:40,340 --> 00:41:41,580 Colonel retired. 528 00:41:46,580 --> 00:41:51,820 A truce, Miss King. 529 00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:56,300 So be it, Mr. Pettiford. 530 00:41:58,060 --> 00:41:59,060 Well... 531 00:41:59,660 --> 00:42:02,720 Perhaps sometime we might compare notes. 532 00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:08,720 I've no one else in Avonlea with whom to confide. I would enjoy that, but I fear 533 00:42:08,720 --> 00:42:10,940 I won't be staying in Avonlea. I've been sacked. 534 00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:15,960 Last at school board. 535 00:42:16,820 --> 00:42:20,300 They're quite right, you know. I just wasn't cut out for civilian life. 536 00:42:21,060 --> 00:42:23,760 Oh, your own children don't seem to think so. 537 00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:26,060 Clearly they adore you. 538 00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:27,480 Two out of three, maybe. 539 00:42:28,590 --> 00:42:32,730 I have an older son who's away at school studying to be a veterinarian. We don't 540 00:42:32,730 --> 00:42:33,730 say aye to aye. 541 00:42:34,350 --> 00:42:35,350 Never have. 542 00:42:36,430 --> 00:42:38,290 But I shall be sorry to leave Avonlea. 543 00:42:38,690 --> 00:42:42,730 I've rather grown to like it, despite having been hit on the head with a 544 00:42:42,730 --> 00:42:43,730 skillet. 545 00:42:46,310 --> 00:42:49,050 Oh, Morton. No, thank you. 546 00:42:52,270 --> 00:42:55,590 Did you read the children's essays on decorum by any chance? 547 00:42:56,010 --> 00:42:57,010 Oh, yes. 548 00:42:57,100 --> 00:42:58,100 Very entertaining. 549 00:42:59,220 --> 00:43:03,600 Particularly young Felix King's runaway paper on the chivalric code of the 550 00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:06,880 Knights of the Round Table. Touches on my own scholarly interest, you know. 551 00:43:07,520 --> 00:43:09,900 The chivalry code, really. 552 00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:18,060 You know, though King Arthur ruled with admirable discipline, still 553 00:43:18,060 --> 00:43:23,000 he recognized the need for knightly quests, didn't he? 554 00:43:23,820 --> 00:43:25,180 Individual freedoms. 555 00:43:26,410 --> 00:43:31,170 I wonder if such thinking might be applied to children. 556 00:43:31,830 --> 00:43:33,110 What do you think? 557 00:43:35,790 --> 00:43:37,450 Very perceptive, Miss King. 558 00:43:37,670 --> 00:43:39,450 Not unlike your heroine. 559 00:43:41,090 --> 00:43:44,750 It would be very courageous of you, Mr. Pettibone. 560 00:43:45,350 --> 00:43:47,250 Not unlike your hero. 561 00:43:51,010 --> 00:43:53,190 Don't give the school board another thought. 562 00:43:54,750 --> 00:43:55,750 Cheers. 563 00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:16,460 We shall have no more of this. 564 00:44:17,180 --> 00:44:18,500 Uh -oh, what next? 565 00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:19,860 Red and water, I'd wager. 566 00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:25,180 I believe that we shall undertake to uphold the principles as presented to me 567 00:44:25,180 --> 00:44:27,900 an essay on decorum penned by Mr. Felix King. 568 00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:30,280 What's he talking about? 569 00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:37,100 You may follow your own pursuits, ladies and gentlemen. 570 00:44:37,620 --> 00:44:41,660 And, Mr. King, you expressed an avid interest in swordplay. 571 00:44:42,220 --> 00:44:46,580 If anyone should like lessons in the use of the rapier, I would be happy to 572 00:44:46,580 --> 00:44:47,580 oblige. 573 00:44:49,620 --> 00:44:50,620 Lord? 574 00:44:56,380 --> 00:44:57,600 As you were, troops. 575 00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:21,720 Kingfather? Rust! 576 00:45:22,140 --> 00:45:23,680 Perry! It was swell! 577 00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:26,160 And we got to tell what our quest would be if we were really nice. 578 00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:29,320 We're supposed to write a story and hand it in next week. 579 00:45:29,540 --> 00:45:31,500 He even said Digger could be in the story. 580 00:45:32,060 --> 00:45:35,580 It seems highly irregular, but I suppose it is a way of instilling grammar and 581 00:45:35,580 --> 00:45:39,360 vocabulary. Now, are we talking about the same Mr. Pettibone who was vain, 582 00:45:39,540 --> 00:45:43,640 abrasive, offensive, etc.? Uh -huh, but it's just sort of his manner of 583 00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:46,620 teaching. Easy explained it all to us. He's not really like that. 584 00:45:46,940 --> 00:45:50,300 Well, it does seem unfair to make rash judgments about a person before you even 585 00:45:50,300 --> 00:45:51,300 get to know them. 586 00:45:51,540 --> 00:45:53,180 I don't know about you children. 587 00:46:24,620 --> 00:46:25,660 I think you'll like the heroine. 588 00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:27,580 The Lady Henrietta. 589 00:46:29,500 --> 00:46:30,500 Thank you. 590 00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:38,000 The Crimson Rude. 591 00:46:38,500 --> 00:46:41,800 With a dashing hero, Sir Clive. 592 00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:44,780 A man devoted to the chivalry code. 593 00:46:46,340 --> 00:46:48,380 Thank you, Miss King. 594 00:46:51,020 --> 00:46:52,860 Don't mention it, Mr. Pettibone.