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[MATCH STRIKES,
FLAME CRACKLES]

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[NOBLE ORCHESTRAL FANFARE PLAYS]

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[SLOW, GENTLE THEME PLAYS]

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♪

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[BRUSH CLINKS LIGHTLY
AGAINST GLASS]

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♪

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♪

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[BIRDS TWITTERING]

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WOMAN [VOICE-OVER]:
There's something delicious

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about writing
the first words of a story.

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You can never quite tell
where they'll take you.

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Mine took me here.

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[MEN CONVERSING,
HORSE HOOVES CLOPPING]

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Looking back, the city and I
never much liked each other.

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An unmarried woman, after all, was expected to behave

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in very particular ways,

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which did not include traipsing from publisher to publisher

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with a gaggle of friends.

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[SIGHS]

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Now, listen to me.

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You must not be afraid.

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And don't talk too much.

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[MAN SOFTLY CLICKING TONGUE]

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Friends who, sadly, others were not so keen to meet.

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Mm...

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Hmm...

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I've been selling my drawings

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for greeting cards, place cards,

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etcetera, for seven years.

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Uh-huh.

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[SLOW, EXTENDED GROAN]

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Mm...

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Mm.

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Mm.

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Bunnies in jackets
with brass buttons.

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However do you imagine
such things?

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I don't imagine them;
they're quite real.

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They're my friends.

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Uh, you base the animal
characters on your friends?

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No.

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The animals are my friends.

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Before Peter Rabbit,
there was Benjamin Bunny

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and then Sir Isaac the Newt...

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I have their drawings, as well,
if you'd like to see them.

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That won't be necessary.

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Unfortunately, Miss Potter...
it is "Miss" Potter,

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is it not?

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Yes, of course. Silly of me.

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Unfortunately, the market
for children's books...

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Yes, of course.

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I-I completely understand.

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It was silly of me.

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No experience...

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Warne and Company would like

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to publish your little
book, Miss Potter.

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But best not to
get overly hopeful.

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I know publishing...
your book will not sell

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a great number of copies,
but I think we can

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turn a small profit.

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My dear Mr. Warne...

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Well, I'm pleased.

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Very pleased, indeed.

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I shall do everything
possible to ensure

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that you've not made a mistake.

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[CLEARS THROAT QUIETLY]

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Miss Wiggin,

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I believe we can go.

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Thank you very much, indeed,

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Messrs. Warne, for your time.

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Our pleasure.

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My brother always
knows what he's doing.

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Oh...

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I'm quite particular
about book size and price,

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and I'd like to avoid that
dreadful gothic type face

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your children's books
usually have.

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I'm sure everything will
be to your satisfaction.

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Uh, Miss Potter...

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Your...

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[GASPS QUIETLY]

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[CHUCKLING]:
Of course.

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My portfolio.

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[CHUCKLES]

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Come along, Peter.

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Sir Isaac the Newt.

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You can't be serious, Fruing.

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That book won't sell ten copies!

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Of course not.

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However, the thought
did occur to me...

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Norman.

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We promised our little
brother a project.

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If he makes a muck of it,
what will it matter?

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I think Miss Potter may
turn out to be a godsend.

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Home, Miss Potter?

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No, Saunders.

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Drive me through the park.

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Through all the parks.

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I beg your pardon, Miss Potter?

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Drive!

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Whoa, go on.

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We did it.

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Did you hear my heart?

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It was a kettledrum!

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You see, we cannot
stay home all our lives.

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We must present ourselves

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to the world,
and we must look upon it

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as an adventure.

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[CARRIAGE WHEELS RATTLING
OVER COBBLESTONES]

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[INHALING DEEPLY]

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Faster, Saunders!

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Faster, Saunders, if you please!

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No, Miss Beatrix. No.

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- Fast as you can, old boy.
- Right.

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Oh. I say.

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[INHALING DEEPLY]

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Whoa.

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[HORSE WHINNIES]

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Saunders.

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[DOOR OPENING]

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Beatrix, where have you been?

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It's after 4:00.

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I'm not a child.

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I can do things without
my mother's permission.

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I was hoping to use

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the carriage myself
this afternoon.

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Where were you?

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I took a drive.

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With my friends.

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♪

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You don't have any friends.

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Yes, I do, Mother...

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every time I draw.

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You know, some of your paintings
are quite

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pretty, Beatrix,

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but I'm not going to deceive you

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as your father does
and call them great art.

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Well, my friend,
when I'm a published author,

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then we shall see.

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[FOOTFALLS APPROACHING]

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Beatrix, Bertram,
time for good-nights.

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But I haven't finished yet.

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Come on, hurry up.

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Bertram.

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BERTRAM:
There, I've got him.

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Bertram, you're barbaric.

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Come on, you two.

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Hurry up.
Down you go.

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Slowly.

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Hurry, Rupert.

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It won't do

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to be late to the Hydes.

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Doesn't Mama

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look beautiful, Beatrix?

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Being in a temper puts such
a rose into her cheeks.

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When you grow up, Beatrix,
and have to run a household,

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plan parties,
keep a social calendar

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and put up with a man
who's never been introduced

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to a clock,

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your cheeks will glow, too.

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Look at this ribbon.
That's unsightly.

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Change her
into something decent.

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Dear, oh, dear.
Give this nightdress away.

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Oh, this will never do.
I'm just all fingers and thumbs.

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You're impossible, Rupert.

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We are so late.

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What have you drawn
today, Beatrix?

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Benjamin Bunny having a rest.

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Oh, his ears are getting
better and better.

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And this shading here
is very good, Beatrix.

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Rupert...

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Say your good-nights
now, children.

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- Good night, Mother.
- Good night, Beatrix.

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- Good night, Father.
- Good night, Beatrix.

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- Good night, Mother.
- Good night, Bertram.

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- Good night, Father.
- Good night, Bertram.

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Now hurry upstairs.

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Come on, mustn't make
Mama and Papa...

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- Later than they are.
- Oh, children.

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What now?

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On my way home,
I happened to walk down

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Picadilly, and what do you think
jumped into my pockets?

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Something very special

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for the young entomologist.

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[IMITATES BUZZING]
Oh!

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[LAUGHING]
And something very suitable

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for the young lady who's
very soon to grow up

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to run a fine home,
just like her mother.

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We'll open them upstairs.
Come on.

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Thank you, Father.
Yeah.

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Thank you, Father.

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Come on.

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MRS. POTTER:
Late, late, late.

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We are not late.

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We'll never be invited
to the Hydes again.

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Oh, for heaven's sake, Helen.

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It's polite to be a little late.

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Now, get in the cab.

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This isn't polite late;

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this is late-late.

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All right, wee ones.

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One story and then bed.

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BERTRAM:
I want Beatrix to tell a story.

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Hers are funny.

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Oh.
Indeed they are,

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and I know exactly
what it'll be about.

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Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca!

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Precisely.
[MOUSE SQUEAKING]

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Tom, Hunca, are you ready
to play in a story?

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[HIGH VOICE]:
Oh, yes, we're excellent actors.

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Well, we shall see about that.

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This will be your test.

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Over there.

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Once upon a time, those
two excellent housekeepers,

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Lucinda and Jane,

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bought some shiny
new porcelain food,

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which they set out

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on their perfectly-appointed
dining room table.

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Then, they decide
to go for a walk.

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[HUMMING HAPPILY]

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Suddenly, there came a scuffling
noise from the kitchen.

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Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca
crept out.

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The two mice saw that the dining
table was set for dinner.

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Tom Thumb leapt up and took a
big bite from the first plate

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and broke his tooth.

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[HIGH VOICE]:
Ow.

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[DOOR KNOCKER TAPPING]
HELEN: Are we expecting someone?

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It's my publishers.

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Oh.

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It's not a social call.

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In fact, I'm rather dreading it.

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I wish you wouldn't invite
tradespeople into the house.

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They carry dust.

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Well, next time, I shall
go to their office.

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Mm.

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Mr. Norman Warne.

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Miss Potter.
Oh.

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I hope you will forgive

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my intrusion
into your daily routine.

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I was expecting one of the...

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Ah, yes, I am Harold
and Fruing's brother.

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I've recently joined the firm,

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and they have done me
the great honor

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of assigning your book to me.

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Thank you. Uh...

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It was most gracious of
you to invite me to...

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Tea?

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Yes, I would love some.

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Yes, thank you.

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Uh... lemon.

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Thank you.

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[SOFTLY]:
Extraordinary.

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Oh, and funny.

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[LAUGHS]

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Delightful and magical
and so beautifully drawn.

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I am utterly,
utterly speechless.

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Perhaps we should discuss
our business, Mr. Warne.

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I put your drawings aside
with the greatest reluctance.

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Your brothers' letter
makes two proposals

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which I find quite unacceptable.

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First, they'd like the
drawings to be in color.

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I'm adamant they be
in black and white.

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But Peter Rabbit's blue jacket
and the red radishes.

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Surely, you would like
your enchanting drawings

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reproduced as they are.

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Well, of course
I would prefer color,

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but color will make
the book cost far more

266
00:13:38,499 --> 00:13:39,919
than little rabbits can afford.

267
00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:41,713
I'm adamant.

268
00:13:41,755 --> 00:13:44,259
Which brings us to your
brothers' second point:

269
00:13:44,301 --> 00:13:47,932
They wish to reduce the number
of drawings by nearly a third.

270
00:13:47,973 --> 00:13:49,768
Totally unacceptable.

271
00:13:49,809 --> 00:13:50,979
Let me explain.

272
00:13:51,021 --> 00:13:52,898
The idea of reducing
the number of drawings

273
00:13:52,940 --> 00:13:54,526
was not my brothers' but my own.

274
00:13:54,568 --> 00:13:57,364
If we can reduce
the number to 31 precisely,

275
00:13:57,405 --> 00:13:59,118
then the illustrations
for the entire book

276
00:13:59,159 --> 00:14:00,954
could be printed
on a single sheet of paper,

277
00:14:00,994 --> 00:14:02,498
by using what we call the
three-color process

278
00:14:02,540 --> 00:14:03,917
that you desire

279
00:14:03,958 --> 00:14:07,297
and at a relatively
low level of, um, cost, yes?

280
00:14:07,339 --> 00:14:09,801
Oh.

281
00:14:09,844 --> 00:14:12,097
I've given your book
a great deal of attention.

282
00:14:12,139 --> 00:14:15,311
Truly, uh, I would like it
to look colorful on the shelf,

283
00:14:15,352 --> 00:14:17,983
so that it stands out
from ordinary books.

284
00:14:18,024 --> 00:14:20,236
Why, you have given
it some thought.

285
00:14:20,277 --> 00:14:23,408
Which other books have you
supervised, Mr. Warne?

286
00:14:23,449 --> 00:14:24,576
- Personally?
- Yes.

287
00:14:24,618 --> 00:14:26,079
This will be my first.

288
00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:28,583
Ah.

289
00:14:28,625 --> 00:14:31,922
Miss Potter, I have recently
informed my brothers

290
00:14:31,963 --> 00:14:34,843
and my mother that I am no
longer content to stay at home

291
00:14:34,885 --> 00:14:37,138
and play nursemaid, solely
because I am the youngest son.

292
00:14:37,181 --> 00:14:41,104
No, I would like a proper job
working for my family's firm.

293
00:14:41,145 --> 00:14:43,649
And they have assigned me you.

294
00:14:43,691 --> 00:14:45,444
Does that make things clearer?

295
00:14:45,486 --> 00:14:50,286
In other words, you have
no experience whatsoever,

296
00:14:50,328 --> 00:14:53,248
but because you've made
a nuisance of yourself,

297
00:14:53,290 --> 00:14:56,672
demanding a chance, they've
fobbed you off on me.

298
00:14:56,714 --> 00:15:00,469
Miss Potter, I know all too well
what my brothers intended,

299
00:15:00,511 --> 00:15:03,808
giving me your... your
"bunny book," as they call it,

300
00:15:03,850 --> 00:15:07,606
but I find your book quite
enchanting, delightful.

301
00:15:07,647 --> 00:15:10,569
And if they intended
to "fob me off," as you say,

302
00:15:10,612 --> 00:15:12,113
then we shall show them.

303
00:15:12,155 --> 00:15:16,037
We shall give them a bunny book
to conjure with, in colors,

304
00:15:16,079 --> 00:15:17,373
mixed to your satisfaction,

305
00:15:17,414 --> 00:15:19,334
in front of your very eyes
at the printer.

306
00:15:19,376 --> 00:15:21,296
BEATRIX:
At the printer?

307
00:15:21,338 --> 00:15:22,715
Oh, I could never.

308
00:15:22,757 --> 00:15:25,094
I will escort you there
myself...

309
00:15:25,136 --> 00:15:26,846
if you will allow me the honor.

310
00:15:26,888 --> 00:15:29,392
BEATRIX:
Why, would I never?

311
00:15:29,434 --> 00:15:30,645
Of course I'll go.

312
00:15:30,686 --> 00:15:32,898
I'm a grown woman;
Miss Wiggin will be there.

313
00:15:32,940 --> 00:15:34,985
I see absolutely no reason

314
00:15:35,027 --> 00:15:36,780
why an artist shouldn't
visit her printer.

315
00:15:36,822 --> 00:15:38,700
Excellent, Miss Potter.

316
00:15:38,742 --> 00:15:40,745
Jolly good.

317
00:15:40,786 --> 00:15:42,122
Thank you.

318
00:15:42,164 --> 00:15:43,917
I shall make
all the arrangements,

319
00:15:43,958 --> 00:15:46,713
and I am in every way, my
dear lady, at your service.

320
00:15:46,755 --> 00:15:48,675
Oh.
Oh.

321
00:15:48,717 --> 00:15:51,096
You and rabbits...
extraordinary.

322
00:15:51,137 --> 00:15:52,681
Excuse me.

323
00:15:54,936 --> 00:15:56,354
[BIRD SCREECHING]

324
00:15:56,396 --> 00:15:57,816
HELEN: Johnson, come
and get the trunks, would you?

325
00:15:57,857 --> 00:15:58,816
JOHNSON:
Yes, ma'am.

326
00:15:58,858 --> 00:16:00,236
HELEN:
Slowly, slowly, slowly.

327
00:16:00,277 --> 00:16:01,237
Put it there

328
00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:02,364
JOHNSON:
I will be careful, ma'am.

329
00:16:02,406 --> 00:16:03,575
HELEN:
One, two, three, four,

330
00:16:03,616 --> 00:16:06,079
five, six, seven,
eight, nine, ten.

331
00:16:07,582 --> 00:16:10,544
BEATRIX: When I was ten,
my mother badgered my father

332
00:16:10,586 --> 00:16:12,089
into spending a summer
in the Lake District,

333
00:16:12,131 --> 00:16:14,968
as did other
fashionable families.

334
00:16:15,010 --> 00:16:17,348
Like an animal
released from its cage,

335
00:16:17,389 --> 00:16:19,518
I fell under its spell.

336
00:16:20,687 --> 00:16:23,315
Mind your frocks now.

337
00:16:23,358 --> 00:16:24,901
Come here.

338
00:16:24,944 --> 00:16:27,824
The woods are full of
fairies and little folk

339
00:16:27,865 --> 00:16:30,161
that look for children
that get their clothes dirty,

340
00:16:30,202 --> 00:16:34,167
and when they find them, they
send the fairy beasts at night

341
00:16:34,209 --> 00:16:37,464
with sharp teeth and a ready
appetite for young flesh.

342
00:16:37,506 --> 00:16:39,093
BERTRAM:
I'm coming to get you, Bea.

343
00:16:39,134 --> 00:16:40,427
No!

344
00:16:40,470 --> 00:16:41,847
Oh.

345
00:16:41,889 --> 00:16:43,976
[BIRDS CHIRPING]

346
00:16:55,245 --> 00:16:56,205
[SOLID TAP]

347
00:16:56,246 --> 00:16:57,456
[GRUNTS]

348
00:17:00,044 --> 00:17:01,630
[BOY SHOUTING]

349
00:17:03,216 --> 00:17:04,302
Hello.

350
00:17:04,343 --> 00:17:05,262
Bertram, Bertram.

351
00:17:05,303 --> 00:17:06,596
Don't, Beatrix.

352
00:17:06,638 --> 00:17:07,932
Farmer's children,
they're hands... germs.

353
00:17:07,975 --> 00:17:09,728
Come on.

354
00:17:09,769 --> 00:17:10,770
Bertram. Bertram.

355
00:17:10,811 --> 00:17:12,898
[BOY SHOUTING]

356
00:17:12,941 --> 00:17:14,818
[BIRDS TWITTERING]

357
00:17:29,260 --> 00:17:31,304
Catch him, Bea!

358
00:17:33,474 --> 00:17:34,686
BEATRIX:
There he is.

359
00:17:34,727 --> 00:17:35,770
Oh, yes.

360
00:17:36,606 --> 00:17:37,482
Come on.

361
00:17:39,986 --> 00:17:40,904
Ouch...

362
00:17:40,946 --> 00:17:41,906
Out of the way.

363
00:17:46,121 --> 00:17:47,999
BEATRIX:
There.

364
00:17:54,051 --> 00:17:55,303
There he is.

365
00:17:55,345 --> 00:17:56,847
Shh.

366
00:18:00,979 --> 00:18:02,774
Ooh.

367
00:18:02,816 --> 00:18:03,984
[SNICKERS]

368
00:18:13,625 --> 00:18:16,504
NANNY: I don't think a
thrashing will be necessary.

369
00:18:16,546 --> 00:18:19,301
I'll just leave the window in
the nursery unlatched tonight.

370
00:18:19,343 --> 00:18:21,680
The fairy beasts
will take care of the rest.

371
00:18:21,723 --> 00:18:22,932
BERTRAM: No! I'll stay clean.
[LAUGHING]

372
00:18:22,974 --> 00:18:24,518
Bertram.

373
00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:27,523
Really, Beatrix, what young man

374
00:18:27,565 --> 00:18:29,902
is ever going to marry a girl
with a face full of mud?

375
00:18:29,943 --> 00:18:31,489
Well, I shan't marry,
so it doesn't matter.

376
00:18:31,530 --> 00:18:33,032
Of course you shall marry.

377
00:18:33,074 --> 00:18:34,618
All girls marry.

378
00:18:34,660 --> 00:18:36,538
I did;
your grandmother did.

379
00:18:36,580 --> 00:18:39,376
Even Fiona will, one day.

380
00:18:39,418 --> 00:18:41,088
Well, I shan't;
I shall draw.

381
00:18:41,129 --> 00:18:42,173
Oh, those silly drawings.

382
00:18:42,215 --> 00:18:43,884
Then who will love you?

383
00:18:43,926 --> 00:18:45,679
My art and my animals.

384
00:18:45,721 --> 00:18:48,308
I won't need
more love than that.

385
00:18:48,349 --> 00:18:49,643
Perhaps not at 11, but let's see

386
00:18:49,685 --> 00:18:51,939
if you still feel the same way
at 18.

387
00:18:51,981 --> 00:18:53,817
I drew Mama when we first met,

388
00:18:53,859 --> 00:18:56,071
and she married me.

389
00:18:56,112 --> 00:18:57,615
And, Fiona,
doesn't mud wash off?

390
00:18:57,657 --> 00:18:59,034
Bertram, come with me.

391
00:18:59,076 --> 00:18:59,994
Go on.

392
00:19:03,083 --> 00:19:04,878
Die, you little devil.

393
00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:05,920
Ugh.

394
00:19:05,962 --> 00:19:07,507
Right.

395
00:19:07,548 --> 00:19:09,969
Prince Charming himself couldn't
resist such a bonny wee girl.

396
00:19:10,011 --> 00:19:12,807
Not when he meets my brother,
Vlad the Impaler.

397
00:19:12,849 --> 00:19:14,184
Got you.

398
00:19:14,226 --> 00:19:16,980
FIONA:
Bedtime, my young reprobates.

399
00:19:17,023 --> 00:19:18,317
Now, shall I leave

400
00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:19,860
a window open or...?

401
00:19:19,903 --> 00:19:20,863
No!

402
00:19:20,904 --> 00:19:23,074
I don't like fairy beasts.

403
00:19:23,116 --> 00:19:24,952
Well, it is a well-known fact
that fairy beasts

404
00:19:24,994 --> 00:19:27,248
never eat a child when he's
tucked up in his own bed.

405
00:19:27,290 --> 00:19:30,336
The fairies have been

406
00:19:30,378 --> 00:19:32,632
in the north country
for hundreds of years

407
00:19:32,674 --> 00:19:33,550
and have had many adventures.

408
00:19:34,718 --> 00:19:36,931
Have I told you about
the changeling child?

409
00:19:36,972 --> 00:19:37,932
No.

410
00:19:37,975 --> 00:19:39,811
Yes. Several times.

411
00:19:39,852 --> 00:19:41,522
I want to hear it.

412
00:19:41,564 --> 00:19:43,358
Oh, go ahead, Fiona.

413
00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:44,985
I'll tell myself a story.

414
00:19:45,028 --> 00:19:47,782
Right.

415
00:19:47,824 --> 00:19:51,037
Once upon a time,
there was a king and a queen.

416
00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:54,543
Once upon a time,
there were four little rabbits.

417
00:19:54,584 --> 00:19:56,756
Their names were...

418
00:19:56,797 --> 00:19:58,216
Flopsy, Mopsy...

419
00:19:58,257 --> 00:20:00,929
Cotton-tail and Peter.

420
00:20:00,970 --> 00:20:02,181
"Now, my dears,"

421
00:20:02,223 --> 00:20:03,683
said old Mrs. Rabbit
one morning,

422
00:20:03,726 --> 00:20:06,647
"you may go into the fields
or down the lane,

423
00:20:06,689 --> 00:20:09,569
but don't go into
Mr. McGregor's garden."

424
00:20:09,610 --> 00:20:11,447
"Why not, Mother?"

425
00:20:11,488 --> 00:20:15,328
"Because your father
had an accident there.

426
00:20:15,369 --> 00:20:17,122
He was put in a pie

427
00:20:17,165 --> 00:20:18,792
by Mrs. McGregor."

428
00:20:18,834 --> 00:20:20,628
Yes.

429
00:20:20,671 --> 00:20:23,425
GROWN BEATRIX:
Peter, who was very naughty,

430
00:20:23,466 --> 00:20:25,554
ran straightaway
to Mr. McGregor's garden...

431
00:20:25,595 --> 00:20:28,183
And squeezed under the gate.

432
00:20:29,226 --> 00:20:31,313
I like it.

433
00:20:31,354 --> 00:20:33,317
[MECHANICAL CLANKING,
MEN SHOUTING]

434
00:20:42,248 --> 00:20:45,545
But round the end
of the cucumber frame,

435
00:20:45,587 --> 00:20:46,964
whom should he meet

436
00:20:47,006 --> 00:20:49,301
but Mr. McGregor.

437
00:20:49,343 --> 00:20:51,389
Peter was out of breath
and trembling with fright,

438
00:20:51,430 --> 00:20:54,310
and he had not the least idea
which way to go.

439
00:20:54,352 --> 00:20:55,854
It's muddy, actually.

440
00:20:55,896 --> 00:20:57,523
One more, Mr. Mortimer.
Lighten it up, hmm?

441
00:20:57,565 --> 00:21:00,029
Mr. McGregor caught sight
of him at the corner,

442
00:21:00,069 --> 00:21:01,405
but Peter did not care.

443
00:21:01,447 --> 00:21:03,283
He slipped underneath the gate

444
00:21:03,325 --> 00:21:06,289
and was safe at last
in the wood outside.

445
00:21:06,330 --> 00:21:08,125
Not quite.

446
00:21:08,166 --> 00:21:09,251
See here,

447
00:21:09,293 --> 00:21:11,422
it's still a bit...

448
00:21:19,227 --> 00:21:21,188
When Peter came home,
his mother put him to bed

449
00:21:21,230 --> 00:21:23,567
with a tablespoonful
of chamomile tea.

450
00:21:23,608 --> 00:21:25,445
But Flopsy, Mopsy

451
00:21:25,487 --> 00:21:28,826
and Cotton-tail
had bread and milk

452
00:21:28,867 --> 00:21:31,205
and blackberries for supper.

453
00:21:35,713 --> 00:21:39,677
This book, it's changed
things for me, Mr. Warne.

454
00:21:39,719 --> 00:21:42,056
How so?

455
00:21:42,098 --> 00:21:43,851
Well...

456
00:21:43,893 --> 00:21:47,190
for one thing, it's given me
the chance to prove to my mother

457
00:21:47,232 --> 00:21:50,820
that an unmarried woman
of 32 can do more than

458
00:21:50,863 --> 00:21:54,828
attend tea parties and smile
at dull conversations.

459
00:21:54,870 --> 00:21:55,954
Yes, indeed.

460
00:21:55,996 --> 00:21:57,332
You know, my family
never wanted me

461
00:21:57,373 --> 00:21:59,168
to get into publishing, either.

462
00:21:59,210 --> 00:22:01,756
We do make rather a good
team, don't you think?

463
00:22:01,798 --> 00:22:03,551
Hmm.

464
00:22:03,592 --> 00:22:07,098
Provided, of course,
we prove them wrong.

465
00:22:17,031 --> 00:22:20,830
Mother, this is Miss Potter.

466
00:22:20,871 --> 00:22:22,916
Ah, at last,

467
00:22:22,957 --> 00:22:25,629
we poor forgotten folk
in Bedford Square

468
00:22:25,670 --> 00:22:27,257
get to share some
of Norman's excitement.

469
00:22:27,297 --> 00:22:30,387
Mrs. Warne, it's so kind
of you to invite me.

470
00:22:30,429 --> 00:22:31,556
Nonsense.

471
00:22:31,597 --> 00:22:33,309
It was the desperate act
of a woman

472
00:22:33,350 --> 00:22:35,229
who was beginning to forget
what her son looked like.

473
00:22:35,270 --> 00:22:37,065
Mother. And this is
my sister, Amelia.

474
00:22:37,107 --> 00:22:38,693
Hello.

475
00:22:38,734 --> 00:22:40,737
Norman allowed us a peek
at Peter Rabbit, Miss Potter.

476
00:22:40,779 --> 00:22:41,948
We found it utterly charming,

477
00:22:41,989 --> 00:22:43,492
so we wheedled, cajoled

478
00:22:43,533 --> 00:22:46,539
and absolutely insisted that
Norman bring you round for tea.

479
00:22:46,581 --> 00:22:49,712
I have decided that you and I
are going to be friends.

480
00:22:49,752 --> 00:22:51,422
Have you?

481
00:22:51,464 --> 00:22:55,261
Well, Norman tells me that
you're unmarried, as am I,

482
00:22:55,304 --> 00:22:57,181
and that you're not
unhappy about it.

483
00:22:57,224 --> 00:22:59,018
And I can't tell you
how much that pleases me.

484
00:22:59,060 --> 00:23:01,064
Why can't you talk about
the weather like other girls?

485
00:23:01,105 --> 00:23:04,151
Well, all the other unmarried
daughters in our circle...

486
00:23:04,193 --> 00:23:05,987
and believe me, there are
many... they sit around all day

487
00:23:06,030 --> 00:23:09,285
gossiping and unaccountably
bursting into tears.

488
00:23:09,327 --> 00:23:10,704
But you have done something.

489
00:23:10,746 --> 00:23:13,250
You've written a book.

490
00:23:13,291 --> 00:23:16,004
I warn you, I am prepared
to like you very much.

491
00:23:16,046 --> 00:23:18,843
Well, in that case, I shall have
to like you, too, Miss Warne.

492
00:23:18,884 --> 00:23:20,137
Call me Millie, and that's to be

493
00:23:20,179 --> 00:23:21,556
the last of Miss Potter,
too, I'm afraid.

494
00:23:21,597 --> 00:23:22,599
Absolutely.

495
00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:24,018
Beatrix, by all means.

496
00:23:24,059 --> 00:23:25,396
MRS. WARNE:
Thank goodness, the tea.

497
00:23:25,437 --> 00:23:27,942
I'm beginning to feel quite ill
with all this bonhomie.

498
00:23:27,983 --> 00:23:29,778
Oh, do let's have tea
in the garden, Mother.

499
00:23:29,819 --> 00:23:31,363
It's too beautiful a day
in every way

500
00:23:31,405 --> 00:23:33,409
not to share it
with the flowers.

501
00:23:36,038 --> 00:23:37,374
MILLIE:
Well, I love to garden.

502
00:23:37,415 --> 00:23:38,709
Mother disapproves, but
I can't help myself.

503
00:23:38,751 --> 00:23:40,045
I love flowers, shockingly.

504
00:23:40,087 --> 00:23:41,338
That's why you have
the hands of a greengrocer.

505
00:23:41,381 --> 00:23:43,301
I do not.

506
00:23:43,342 --> 00:23:45,762
Thank heavens Norman sometimes

507
00:23:45,804 --> 00:23:47,098
deigns to read to me.

508
00:23:47,141 --> 00:23:48,977
If I had to rely
on you for companionship,

509
00:23:49,018 --> 00:23:50,479
I should expire of loneliness.

510
00:23:50,521 --> 00:23:51,439
My mother's taste in books,

511
00:23:51,481 --> 00:23:52,691
Miss Potter, and, I'm afraid,

512
00:23:52,732 --> 00:23:55,195
in life, runs to
the, um... melodramatic.

513
00:23:55,237 --> 00:23:56,447
[CHUCKLING]:
Oh, nonsense.

514
00:23:56,488 --> 00:23:58,075
I like good

515
00:23:58,116 --> 00:23:59,285
English biographies,

516
00:23:59,327 --> 00:24:00,871
and you know it.

517
00:24:00,913 --> 00:24:03,292
I loathe silly romances, such as
the ones your brothers publish.

518
00:24:03,334 --> 00:24:05,379
My brothers and I, Mother.

519
00:24:05,420 --> 00:24:07,549
I am part of the firm now,
too, you know.

520
00:24:07,591 --> 00:24:09,469
Oh, a sweet-natured boy like you

521
00:24:09,511 --> 00:24:10,471
does not need to work.

522
00:24:10,513 --> 00:24:11,473
Your brothers provide

523
00:24:11,514 --> 00:24:12,891
quite well for all of us,

524
00:24:12,933 --> 00:24:14,686
and I need your smile here.

525
00:24:14,727 --> 00:24:16,606
But then no one listens

526
00:24:16,647 --> 00:24:17,899
to a crotchety old lady

527
00:24:17,941 --> 00:24:19,110
in a wheelchair.

528
00:24:19,152 --> 00:24:20,487
NORMAN:
Indeed they don't, Mother.

529
00:24:20,529 --> 00:24:22,199
My mother may be crotchety,
Miss Potter,

530
00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:23,826
but she does have an eye
for beautiful things.

531
00:24:23,868 --> 00:24:24,870
She was fascinated
by your drawings.

532
00:24:24,912 --> 00:24:27,499
[CHUCKLING]:
Oh. Oh.

533
00:24:27,541 --> 00:24:29,336
- Utterly unique.
- Oh.

534
00:24:29,378 --> 00:24:32,340
Yes, well, when I see
something unusual,

535
00:24:32,382 --> 00:24:34,761
I, I'm not content
just to look at it.

536
00:24:34,803 --> 00:24:36,639
I must capture it.

537
00:24:36,681 --> 00:24:39,436
Last summer, in the farmyard,

538
00:24:39,477 --> 00:24:41,731
I was drawing something that was
quite lovely in the sun,

539
00:24:41,773 --> 00:24:43,442
and suddenly, I realized

540
00:24:43,484 --> 00:24:46,364
I was drawing
the pigs' swill bucket.

541
00:24:46,405 --> 00:24:47,282
[LAUGHTER]

542
00:24:47,324 --> 00:24:48,451
I had to laugh at myself.

543
00:24:48,492 --> 00:24:49,452
[LAUGHS]

544
00:24:49,494 --> 00:24:51,957
I feel a bit of a chill, Norman.

545
00:24:51,998 --> 00:24:53,543
Can you take me inside?
Of course.

546
00:24:53,584 --> 00:24:54,753
Please excuse me.

547
00:24:54,794 --> 00:24:56,714
It was delightful meeting you,
Miss Potter.

548
00:24:56,756 --> 00:24:58,509
And you.

549
00:24:58,550 --> 00:25:01,222
Do stay longer, and teach Millie
how to behave.

550
00:25:01,263 --> 00:25:02,223
NORMAN:
Mummy.

551
00:25:02,265 --> 00:25:04,561
I think that means
she likes you.

552
00:25:06,230 --> 00:25:09,736
Did she say she likes
to draw swill buckets?

553
00:25:09,778 --> 00:25:12,199
Indeed, she did, Mother.

554
00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:13,367
Indeed, she did.

555
00:25:13,409 --> 00:25:15,454
Now, I think by Wednesday

556
00:25:15,495 --> 00:25:17,708
you could hang the lace
curtains upstairs.

557
00:25:17,749 --> 00:25:19,461
Then at least it will
look like summer,

558
00:25:19,502 --> 00:25:20,879
even if it doesn't feel like it.

559
00:25:20,921 --> 00:25:22,549
Yes, Madam.
Oh, Beatrix.

560
00:25:22,592 --> 00:25:24,886
What is this stain
on your blouse?

561
00:25:24,928 --> 00:25:26,932
Jane says it won't wash out,
and she's tried everything.

562
00:25:26,974 --> 00:25:27,934
Oh, it's ink.

563
00:25:27,975 --> 00:25:29,101
Ink?

564
00:25:29,144 --> 00:25:30,312
I must have brushed against

565
00:25:30,354 --> 00:25:31,565
something at the printer's.

566
00:25:31,606 --> 00:25:34,611
Jane, I'm very sorry for
causing you extra work.

567
00:25:34,653 --> 00:25:37,449
Jane, take the blouse away...
give it to the poor.

568
00:25:37,491 --> 00:25:39,244
This behavior shows scant regard

569
00:25:39,285 --> 00:25:40,413
for your father's money.

570
00:25:40,454 --> 00:25:42,666
Well, one day, I shall
make enough money

571
00:25:42,707 --> 00:25:44,293
to buy my own clothes.

572
00:25:44,336 --> 00:25:46,380
I'm far too old to be
living off the generosity

573
00:25:46,423 --> 00:25:47,591
of my father.

574
00:25:47,633 --> 00:25:49,010
You're too old to be
spending so much time

575
00:25:49,052 --> 00:25:51,973
in the company of a man
who takes you to printers.

576
00:25:52,016 --> 00:25:54,019
Your father does not approve,
and neither do I.

577
00:25:54,060 --> 00:25:56,815
Mr. Warne is
publishing my book.

578
00:25:56,856 --> 00:25:58,359
[LAUGHING]:
That book.

579
00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,696
I can hardly wait till
it's finished and forgotten.

580
00:26:00,738 --> 00:26:03,158
I don't understand you, Beatrix.

581
00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:04,536
Your father and I
have introduced you

582
00:26:04,578 --> 00:26:06,248
to so many suitable young men

583
00:26:06,289 --> 00:26:07,665
of your class,
young men of fortune

584
00:26:07,708 --> 00:26:09,795
and impeccably good family.

585
00:26:09,836 --> 00:26:11,131
[CHUCKLING]:
Oh, certainly.

586
00:26:11,172 --> 00:26:13,008
Like that charming fellow,

587
00:26:13,050 --> 00:26:14,595
Lionel Stokely.

588
00:26:14,636 --> 00:26:17,724
Lionel is a particular favorite
of his uncle, the earl,

589
00:26:17,767 --> 00:26:20,562
whom we visit every
summer at Stokely Court.

590
00:26:20,604 --> 00:26:21,898
BEATRIX: Oh, and I
do regret terribly Yes.

591
00:26:21,941 --> 00:26:24,361
That I didn't accept
Harry Haddon-Bell.

592
00:26:24,402 --> 00:26:26,614
Harry's great-grandfather
went to Sandhurst,

593
00:26:26,656 --> 00:26:28,534
Harry's grandfather
went to Sandhurst,

594
00:26:28,576 --> 00:26:30,454
Harry's father went
to Sandhurst...

595
00:26:30,496 --> 00:26:32,374
And so I went to Sandhurst.

596
00:26:32,416 --> 00:26:33,334
[HARRY SNORTING, LAUGHING]

597
00:26:33,376 --> 00:26:34,794
Father and I and the gamekeeper

598
00:26:34,836 --> 00:26:37,549
often go out riding in the
morning and shoot breakfast.

599
00:26:37,591 --> 00:26:38,969
Ashton's a crack shot.

600
00:26:39,010 --> 00:26:40,596
[WHINNYING LAUGH]

601
00:26:40,638 --> 00:26:43,267
But, no, you're just
a pig-headed girl.

602
00:26:43,309 --> 00:26:45,605
MAID: Mr. Warne is asking
for you at the door, Miss.

603
00:26:45,646 --> 00:26:46,732
Mr. Warne?

604
00:26:46,773 --> 00:26:47,859
He's not expected.

605
00:26:47,900 --> 00:26:49,736
Unannounced.

606
00:26:49,779 --> 00:26:50,988
Perfection.

607
00:27:08,893 --> 00:27:11,731
Come on. Here.

608
00:27:16,071 --> 00:27:18,284
NORMAN [VOICE-OVER]:
Two sold while we were at the bookseller's.

609
00:27:18,326 --> 00:27:20,371
That amounts to 40 in a week.

610
00:27:20,413 --> 00:27:21,456
BEATRIX:
Forty?

611
00:27:21,497 --> 00:27:23,250
Which is 160 in a month.
Good gracious.

612
00:27:23,292 --> 00:27:26,673
And I'm trying to remember
my 12-times table.

613
00:27:26,715 --> 00:27:29,677
1,920 in a year.

614
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:30,722
I can't breathe.

615
00:27:30,763 --> 00:27:33,058
And that's just in one shop.

616
00:27:33,100 --> 00:27:35,522
My dear Miss Potter,
you are an author.

617
00:27:35,563 --> 00:27:37,483
We have achieved what
we set out to do.

618
00:27:37,525 --> 00:27:39,611
We have created a book.

619
00:27:39,653 --> 00:27:42,156
Yes.

620
00:27:42,199 --> 00:27:43,952
What's the matter?

621
00:27:43,993 --> 00:27:46,456
A cloud just passed
across your face.

622
00:27:48,334 --> 00:27:51,172
You've been very generous
with your time, Mr. Warne.

623
00:27:51,214 --> 00:27:54,135
Shown me things that
I never would have seen.

624
00:27:54,177 --> 00:27:55,763
Printing houses.

625
00:27:55,805 --> 00:27:57,641
[CHUCKLES]

626
00:27:57,683 --> 00:27:59,478
I shall miss your company.

627
00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:00,980
Are you losing my company?

628
00:28:01,021 --> 00:28:05,028
Well, it just occurred to me
that the book is out,

629
00:28:05,071 --> 00:28:08,618
and our association
is coming to an end.

630
00:28:08,660 --> 00:28:11,999
Miss Potter... I...

631
00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:14,419
I had hoped that you
might have other stories.

632
00:28:14,460 --> 00:28:18,008
Really? Really?

633
00:28:19,637 --> 00:28:22,599
Do you know, uh,
I recently remembered one...

634
00:28:22,641 --> 00:28:25,104
I thought I'd forgotten it...
um, about a duck.

635
00:28:25,146 --> 00:28:26,648
[CHUCKLES]

636
00:28:26,690 --> 00:28:29,026
A very stupid duck.

637
00:28:29,069 --> 00:28:30,696
Based on one of your friends?

638
00:28:30,738 --> 00:28:33,993
[CHUCKLING]:
It's based on myself, I think.

639
00:28:34,036 --> 00:28:35,956
It's a story
I told a friend once.

640
00:28:35,997 --> 00:28:37,124
Yes?

641
00:28:37,165 --> 00:28:40,171
My family summers
in the Lake District,

642
00:28:40,212 --> 00:28:41,256
and there was someone there,

643
00:28:41,298 --> 00:28:42,632
the groundsman's son,

644
00:28:42,675 --> 00:28:44,552
who was always interested
in my stories.

645
00:28:49,437 --> 00:28:51,731
Oh, Miss Beatrix.

646
00:28:51,774 --> 00:28:53,025
Are you skulking?

647
00:28:53,068 --> 00:28:54,862
No such thing, Willie Heelis.

648
00:28:54,903 --> 00:28:56,407
No, I was drying off
my sketchbook.

649
00:29:02,541 --> 00:29:04,377
Not bad, Miss Beatrix.

650
00:29:04,420 --> 00:29:06,799
Do you have any animal
stories for me today?

651
00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:08,343
I don't. Sorry.

652
00:29:08,384 --> 00:29:09,386
Nothing new.

653
00:29:11,473 --> 00:29:13,768
Oh. That's Jemima.

654
00:29:13,809 --> 00:29:15,146
She doesn't have a story yet,

655
00:29:15,187 --> 00:29:16,815
not a proper one.

656
00:29:16,856 --> 00:29:17,692
Jemima Duck?

657
00:29:17,733 --> 00:29:19,235
Jemima Puddle-Duck.

658
00:29:19,278 --> 00:29:20,739
And a stupider duck

659
00:29:20,780 --> 00:29:22,158
the world has never seen.

660
00:29:22,199 --> 00:29:23,743
[LAUGHS]

661
00:29:23,785 --> 00:29:26,915
She goes looking for
a safe place to lay her eggs

662
00:29:26,958 --> 00:29:29,044
and meets a charming gentleman
with a long bushy tail

663
00:29:29,085 --> 00:29:30,672
and very sharp teeth.

664
00:29:30,714 --> 00:29:31,715
Aha.

665
00:29:31,757 --> 00:29:32,925
[GROWLS]

666
00:29:32,967 --> 00:29:34,971
Precisely.

667
00:29:35,012 --> 00:29:37,182
The gentleman
offers her his shed,

668
00:29:37,224 --> 00:29:38,434
and Jemima is surprised to find

669
00:29:38,477 --> 00:29:40,354
that there are
so many feathers in it.

670
00:29:40,397 --> 00:29:43,735
But then, as I told you,
she is a very stupid duck.

671
00:29:43,777 --> 00:29:45,404
I like it.

672
00:29:47,909 --> 00:29:50,663
BEATRIX: I'd love to paint
every view in this valley,

673
00:29:50,704 --> 00:29:52,833
but I'm not very good
at landscapes.

674
00:29:52,876 --> 00:29:55,379
Wait too long and it won't be
here to paint, Miss Beatrix.

675
00:29:55,421 --> 00:29:57,925
Really?
That's ridiculous.

676
00:29:57,967 --> 00:29:59,177
No, I'm serious.

677
00:29:59,219 --> 00:30:00,513
The large farms
are being broken up

678
00:30:00,555 --> 00:30:02,516
into small plots and sold off.

679
00:30:02,558 --> 00:30:05,689
Well, you can't stand
in the way of progress.

680
00:30:05,730 --> 00:30:07,983
So they say.

681
00:30:08,025 --> 00:30:11,282
But I say beauty's
worth preserving.

682
00:30:11,322 --> 00:30:12,825
I know you do, Willie.

683
00:30:12,867 --> 00:30:15,162
But nobody could disagree
with you about that.

684
00:30:15,204 --> 00:30:17,291
[CHUCKLES]

685
00:30:17,333 --> 00:30:19,086
Well, I'll see you soon, then.

686
00:30:19,128 --> 00:30:20,881
Perhaps not, Miss Beatrix.

687
00:30:20,922 --> 00:30:23,259
I'm leaving for
Manchester next week.

688
00:30:23,301 --> 00:30:24,928
To study the law?

689
00:30:24,970 --> 00:30:26,181
Yes, indeed.

690
00:30:26,222 --> 00:30:27,308
I have to better meself somehow.

691
00:30:27,350 --> 00:30:29,937
Good luck.

692
00:30:29,979 --> 00:30:31,105
Send me some drawings.

693
00:30:31,147 --> 00:30:33,067
I will.

694
00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:38,076
BEATRIX: He encouraged
me to take my writing seriously.

695
00:30:38,118 --> 00:30:39,787
We must get started on the
new story straightaway.

696
00:30:39,829 --> 00:30:40,873
Jemima Puddle-Duck.

697
00:30:40,914 --> 00:30:42,667
I think the public
should like that.

698
00:30:42,709 --> 00:30:44,670
And Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca.

699
00:30:44,712 --> 00:30:45,630
W-What do you think?

700
00:30:45,672 --> 00:30:47,133
Well, if you, if you think.

701
00:30:47,174 --> 00:30:48,426
Your book has been
very important

702
00:30:48,468 --> 00:30:49,595
in my life.

703
00:30:49,637 --> 00:30:51,139
You have been very
important in my life.

704
00:30:51,180 --> 00:30:52,850
And you in mine, Mr. Warne.

705
00:30:52,892 --> 00:30:54,603
Then we must do it
again and again.

706
00:30:54,645 --> 00:30:55,772
And again.

707
00:30:55,813 --> 00:30:58,401
I promise you,
I intend to be a nuisance.

708
00:31:20,313 --> 00:31:23,360
MILLIE: When did you
decide you wouldn't marry?

709
00:31:23,401 --> 00:31:25,030
BEATRIX:
Just before my 20th birthday.

710
00:31:25,070 --> 00:31:27,534
Mother came to my
room and announced

711
00:31:27,575 --> 00:31:30,371
that Lionel Stokely was
to marry Gwendolyn Alcott,

712
00:31:30,414 --> 00:31:31,957
and they were to live
at Stokely Court,

713
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:35,337
which Lionel had just
inherited from the earl.

714
00:31:35,380 --> 00:31:36,674
And I knew, right then,

715
00:31:36,716 --> 00:31:38,385
that she would bring
me no more suitors

716
00:31:38,427 --> 00:31:41,599
and that I would never marry.

717
00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:43,769
And that shocked me.

718
00:31:43,810 --> 00:31:44,979
Hmm.

719
00:31:45,020 --> 00:31:47,608
But I felt relieved.

720
00:31:47,649 --> 00:31:48,652
And thatshocked me.

721
00:31:48,693 --> 00:31:50,113
[CHUCKLES]

722
00:31:50,155 --> 00:31:51,448
So I went into the garden

723
00:31:51,489 --> 00:31:54,328
and filled an entire
notebook with sketches.

724
00:31:54,369 --> 00:31:55,998
Men are bores.

725
00:31:56,039 --> 00:31:58,459
They're useful for only
two things in life:

726
00:31:58,501 --> 00:32:00,464
financial support
and procreation.

727
00:32:00,505 --> 00:32:01,632
Millie.

728
00:32:01,674 --> 00:32:03,801
You say outrageous things.

729
00:32:03,844 --> 00:32:05,721
[CHUCKLES]

730
00:32:05,764 --> 00:32:07,767
Ah, but the price.

731
00:32:07,808 --> 00:32:09,144
What price?

732
00:32:09,186 --> 00:32:10,104
Domestic enslavement,

733
00:32:10,146 --> 00:32:13,568
childbirth...
terrifying.

734
00:32:13,611 --> 00:32:16,073
No, unmarried women
have a better life.

735
00:32:16,114 --> 00:32:17,408
I swear it's true.

736
00:32:17,450 --> 00:32:19,704
No, no houses, no babies,

737
00:32:19,746 --> 00:32:22,417
no husbands demanding
things all the time.

738
00:32:22,458 --> 00:32:25,130
As long as one's lucky enough
in life to have a good friend.

739
00:32:25,171 --> 00:32:27,926
I'm so glad Norman
found you, Beatrix.

740
00:32:27,968 --> 00:32:30,222
I was missing something
I didn't even know.

741
00:32:42,533 --> 00:32:43,828
NORMAN:
"Dear Miss Potter,

742
00:32:43,869 --> 00:32:45,789
"I enclose with great pleasure

743
00:32:45,831 --> 00:32:48,794
"the latest in what I hope
will be a long line of tales.

744
00:32:48,835 --> 00:32:50,755
Yours affably, Norman Warne."

745
00:32:50,797 --> 00:32:52,258
BEATRIX:
Mr. Warne.

746
00:32:52,300 --> 00:32:54,637
Would you and Millie like
to come to a Christmas party?

747
00:32:54,679 --> 00:32:57,057
My parents hold one every year,

748
00:32:57,100 --> 00:32:59,812
and I think it's high time
that I invited someone.

749
00:32:59,854 --> 00:33:01,983
Yes, we'd be delighted
to attend.

750
00:33:02,024 --> 00:33:03,735
Thrilled, in fact.

751
00:33:14,962 --> 00:33:16,089
[GROANS]

752
00:33:17,884 --> 00:33:20,305
Be still, little imps.

753
00:33:20,346 --> 00:33:21,473
Peter, you naughty boy.

754
00:33:21,515 --> 00:33:24,562
Look what an example
you're setting.

755
00:33:25,605 --> 00:33:27,358
[DOOR OPENING]

756
00:33:27,399 --> 00:33:28,945
That's better.

757
00:33:28,986 --> 00:33:30,112
Any more of that,

758
00:33:30,154 --> 00:33:31,783
and I'll paint you out.

759
00:33:31,825 --> 00:33:32,909
[CLEARS THROAT]

760
00:33:32,951 --> 00:33:35,872
Your father is home.

761
00:33:40,171 --> 00:33:42,758
How was your day
at the club, Father?

762
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,180
Interesting, as always.

763
00:33:45,222 --> 00:33:46,724
Rupert, we seem to have
a situation.

764
00:33:46,765 --> 00:33:48,018
We need your resolution.

765
00:33:48,059 --> 00:33:50,271
I want to invite Norman Warne
and his sister

766
00:33:50,313 --> 00:33:51,565
to our Christmas party.

767
00:33:51,608 --> 00:33:53,777
With Lady Armitage,
with Sir Nigel and Sybil.

768
00:33:53,819 --> 00:33:55,404
A tradesman, Rupert.

769
00:33:55,447 --> 00:33:56,866
How will anyone have fun?

770
00:33:56,908 --> 00:33:58,910
He's the gentleman
who publishes my books, Father.

771
00:34:01,707 --> 00:34:02,792
Rupert.

772
00:34:02,834 --> 00:34:05,505
I have something here, Beatrix.

773
00:34:05,547 --> 00:34:06,757
I went into Hatchard's

774
00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:09,136
bookshop and I purchased this

775
00:34:09,178 --> 00:34:10,722
with good money.

776
00:34:10,763 --> 00:34:12,726
Old Hugh Whitteford
bearded me in the club

777
00:34:12,767 --> 00:34:14,436
and rattled on for hours...
you know old Hugh,

778
00:34:14,479 --> 00:34:15,856
jowls all aflutter.

779
00:34:15,898 --> 00:34:17,316
Wife's bought three
of your girls' books

780
00:34:17,359 --> 00:34:18,652
for her granddaughter's nursery.

781
00:34:18,694 --> 00:34:20,614
Sending more by ship
to chums in Bombay.

782
00:34:20,655 --> 00:34:22,575
And very soon, the
whole club was telling me

783
00:34:22,617 --> 00:34:24,537
of some purchase
that they had made

784
00:34:24,579 --> 00:34:26,332
of our daughter's creation.

785
00:34:26,374 --> 00:34:28,252
So I thought it was
time that I bought one.

786
00:34:28,294 --> 00:34:29,545
So I went straight
into Hatchard's,

787
00:34:29,587 --> 00:34:31,256
put my shilling
onto the counter.

788
00:34:31,298 --> 00:34:32,675
I would have given you one.

789
00:34:32,718 --> 00:34:34,762
But I wanted to buy one,

790
00:34:34,804 --> 00:34:36,391
like everyone else.

791
00:34:36,432 --> 00:34:39,520
Now, I owe you an
apology, Beatrix.

792
00:34:39,561 --> 00:34:42,984
When you showed me your books,
all I saw was my little girl

793
00:34:43,026 --> 00:34:46,365
bringing me clever drawings
for me to comment on.

794
00:34:46,407 --> 00:34:48,368
You're not a little
girl anymore.

795
00:34:48,410 --> 00:34:50,580
You're an artist.

796
00:34:50,623 --> 00:34:52,792
The genuine article.

797
00:34:52,833 --> 00:34:54,670
I would have been proud
to use that word

798
00:34:54,712 --> 00:34:56,423
about myself,

799
00:34:56,465 --> 00:34:58,385
and now, I'm proud of you,
Beatrix.

800
00:34:58,426 --> 00:34:59,930
Thank you, Father.

801
00:34:59,972 --> 00:35:01,306
So I don't see

802
00:35:01,349 --> 00:35:04,353
any reason why we cannot
make a little social effort

803
00:35:04,396 --> 00:35:06,440
to welcome the gentleman
responsible

804
00:35:06,482 --> 00:35:08,527
for this blessing into our home.

805
00:35:08,569 --> 00:35:10,948
Thank you, Father.

806
00:35:11,949 --> 00:35:13,411
Thank you.

807
00:35:14,871 --> 00:35:16,875
I think it will be good
for all of us.

808
00:35:21,382 --> 00:35:23,135
Merry Christmas, Rupert.

809
00:35:28,394 --> 00:35:29,646
Yes.

810
00:35:29,687 --> 00:35:32,483
Glenys, don't serve
Sir Nigel the punch

811
00:35:32,525 --> 00:35:33,653
with brandy
unless he demands it.

812
00:35:33,694 --> 00:35:34,863
Yes, madam.

813
00:35:34,904 --> 00:35:36,574
And after dinner,
he'll take port.

814
00:35:36,616 --> 00:35:38,201
Come and give me a little signal

815
00:35:38,243 --> 00:35:39,829
after he's had four glasses.

816
00:35:39,871 --> 00:35:41,207
- All right?
- Yes, madam.

817
00:35:41,249 --> 00:35:43,252
The house shimmers, my darling.

818
00:35:43,293 --> 00:35:45,046
You've done it again.

819
00:35:45,088 --> 00:35:47,133
[DOOR KNOCKER TAPPING]

820
00:35:47,175 --> 00:35:48,176
- JANE: Good evening, sir.
- Good evening.

821
00:35:48,219 --> 00:35:49,429
Good evening, ma'am.
Good evening.

822
00:35:49,470 --> 00:35:50,430
Mr. Warne, Millie.

823
00:35:50,472 --> 00:35:52,559
How wonderful.

824
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:54,938
Thank you, Jane.

825
00:35:54,979 --> 00:35:57,275
Thank you... thank you.

826
00:36:00,113 --> 00:36:03,452
Mother, Father,
I would like you to meet

827
00:36:03,494 --> 00:36:07,041
Miss Amelia
and Mr. Norman Warne.

828
00:36:07,083 --> 00:36:10,297
How charming of you
to be so... punctual.

829
00:36:10,338 --> 00:36:11,716
[GUESTS CHATTING]

830
00:36:11,758 --> 00:36:13,928
[CLASSICAL VERSION
OF "DECK THE HALLS" PLAYING]

831
00:36:13,970 --> 00:36:15,680
[CHUCKLING]

832
00:36:19,771 --> 00:36:22,191
[LAUGHTER]

833
00:36:28,786 --> 00:36:31,207
Go on, one wouldn't hurt.

834
00:36:31,249 --> 00:36:32,834
[LAUGHS]

835
00:36:32,876 --> 00:36:34,254
I think Wiggin

836
00:36:34,296 --> 00:36:36,841
is under strict orders
never to leave our side.

837
00:36:36,883 --> 00:36:38,845
How festive.

838
00:36:40,055 --> 00:36:43,728
[GUESTS CHATTING]

839
00:36:53,368 --> 00:36:56,207
[CLASSICAL VERSION OF "WE WISH
YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS" PLAYING]

840
00:37:06,014 --> 00:37:07,976
Such scintillating conversation.

841
00:37:08,018 --> 00:37:09,312
Oh, mine as well.

842
00:37:09,354 --> 00:37:10,689
The weather in Amsterdam

843
00:37:10,731 --> 00:37:12,400
in July.

844
00:37:12,442 --> 00:37:14,278
Could I interest you ladies
in an after-dinner coffee?

845
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:16,699
Some of the gentlemen
would like to play

846
00:37:16,740 --> 00:37:18,744
a few hands of cards,
but they're short of a fourth.

847
00:37:18,786 --> 00:37:20,957
I don't suppose
you play whist, Mr. Warne?

848
00:37:20,998 --> 00:37:23,085
I'm afraid I've never had
much aptitude for cards.

849
00:37:23,126 --> 00:37:25,005
Oh, that is a pity.
I play.

850
00:37:25,046 --> 00:37:27,467
This is to play
with Sir Nigel, Miss Warne.

851
00:37:27,509 --> 00:37:29,805
Sir Nigel takes his whist
very seriously.

852
00:37:29,846 --> 00:37:31,516
I play rather well, actually.

853
00:37:31,557 --> 00:37:33,059
Do you, Millie?

854
00:37:34,145 --> 00:37:35,648
Well, I'm sure you
two have plenty

855
00:37:35,689 --> 00:37:37,902
to talk about without me, and...

856
00:37:37,943 --> 00:37:40,364
if they can't play
without a fourth...

857
00:37:40,405 --> 00:37:42,576
Come along, Miss Warne.

858
00:37:44,036 --> 00:37:45,622
LADY SYBIL:
Carols in the music room,

859
00:37:45,664 --> 00:37:47,876
my dears.

860
00:37:47,918 --> 00:37:50,715
Perhaps I could show you
your Christmas present.

861
00:37:50,756 --> 00:37:52,801
Yes.

862
00:37:52,843 --> 00:37:54,721
It's upstairs.

863
00:37:54,763 --> 00:37:57,101
I will bring the coffee.

864
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,496
[CHATTER, LAUGHTER IN DISTANCE]

865
00:38:09,537 --> 00:38:10,540
[CLEARS THROAT]

866
00:38:13,127 --> 00:38:14,336
Mrs. Wiggin.

867
00:38:14,379 --> 00:38:15,547
Miss.

868
00:38:15,589 --> 00:38:17,008
Miss Wiggin.
I have taken the liberty

869
00:38:17,049 --> 00:38:19,095
of adding a splash of brandy
to our coffees.

870
00:38:19,136 --> 00:38:21,224
Oh?
Well, it is Christmas.

871
00:38:22,809 --> 00:38:24,646
Is this where you paint,
Miss Potter?

872
00:38:24,688 --> 00:38:29,238
Yes, and it's where we shall
find your Christmas present.

873
00:38:32,118 --> 00:38:34,496
Oh, my.

874
00:38:34,538 --> 00:38:36,040
I think, other than
Bertram and Father,

875
00:38:36,081 --> 00:38:38,252
you are the first man ever
to set foot in this room.

876
00:38:38,294 --> 00:38:39,754
Would you like me to leave?
No, no, no.

877
00:38:39,797 --> 00:38:40,881
Wiggin is here.

878
00:38:40,924 --> 00:38:42,634
And if this is the best I can do

879
00:38:42,677 --> 00:38:43,970
for scandal at my age,

880
00:38:44,011 --> 00:38:46,140
I'm hardly worthy of my
reputation for creativity.

881
00:38:46,182 --> 00:38:47,267
[LAUGHS]

882
00:38:47,309 --> 00:38:49,520
Here.

883
00:38:50,523 --> 00:38:53,193
My, but it's beautiful.

884
00:38:53,236 --> 00:38:54,613
Is it the new story?

885
00:38:54,655 --> 00:38:55,948
Miss Potter,

886
00:38:55,990 --> 00:38:57,993
is it the new story? Is it?

887
00:38:58,036 --> 00:39:00,163
I'm not going to tell you.

888
00:39:00,205 --> 00:39:02,793
Come over here.

889
00:39:02,835 --> 00:39:04,880
Ah, it's Jemima Puddle-Duck.

890
00:39:04,922 --> 00:39:06,632
Mm, it's the first drawing
I ever did of Jemima.

891
00:39:06,675 --> 00:39:08,636
Mm. I was, uh, eight, I think.

892
00:39:08,678 --> 00:39:10,849
Jemima, stop that.

893
00:39:11,849 --> 00:39:13,310
Stop what?

894
00:39:13,352 --> 00:39:15,272
Just some silliness.

895
00:39:17,526 --> 00:39:19,446
And what's this?

896
00:39:19,488 --> 00:39:21,408
Oh, it's a music box.

897
00:39:21,449 --> 00:39:23,619
My father gave it to me
for my sixth birthday.

898
00:39:23,661 --> 00:39:24,788
He did the painting himself.

899
00:39:24,829 --> 00:39:27,542
Oh, so your father
is an artist, too?

900
00:39:27,584 --> 00:39:29,045
No, he always wanted
to be an artist,

901
00:39:29,087 --> 00:39:30,214
but the family disapproved,

902
00:39:30,255 --> 00:39:32,468
so he took up law.
Hmm.

903
00:39:32,508 --> 00:39:35,305
The joke is I've never once
heard him discuss a case.

904
00:39:35,347 --> 00:39:37,852
He goes to his club every
day and never his office.

905
00:39:37,893 --> 00:39:39,563
So I don't really
know what he does.

906
00:39:39,605 --> 00:39:40,606
[LAUGHS]

907
00:39:40,647 --> 00:39:42,151
[MUSIC BOX PLAYS
SWEET MELODY]

908
00:39:42,193 --> 00:39:43,153
Oh, dear.

909
00:39:43,194 --> 00:39:44,864
Oh. Wiggin is fallible.

910
00:39:44,905 --> 00:39:46,866
I'm afraid, Miss Potter,
your reputation

911
00:39:46,907 --> 00:39:49,454
is now officially dented.

912
00:39:49,496 --> 00:39:51,082
Ah, "Let Me Teach You
How to Dance."

913
00:39:51,124 --> 00:39:53,336
Do you dance, Miss Potter?

914
00:39:53,377 --> 00:39:55,757
No. Well, not well.

915
00:39:55,799 --> 00:39:57,426
I make a terrible hash
of it too when I try,

916
00:39:57,467 --> 00:39:58,761
but the words are very sweet.

917
00:39:58,803 --> 00:39:59,888
You know the words?

918
00:39:59,930 --> 00:40:01,641
Will you sing the words?

919
00:40:03,603 --> 00:40:05,648
Well, uh...

920
00:40:05,690 --> 00:40:10,031
♪ Let me teach you
how to dance ♪

921
00:40:10,072 --> 00:40:14,412
♪ Let me lead you
to the floor ♪

922
00:40:14,455 --> 00:40:18,837
♪ Simply place
your hand in mine ♪

923
00:40:18,878 --> 00:40:23,678
♪ And then think
of nothing more ♪

924
00:40:23,720 --> 00:40:27,517
♪ Let the music
cast its spell ♪

925
00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:32,527
♪ Give the atmosphere
a chance ♪

926
00:40:32,568 --> 00:40:37,283
♪ Simply follow
where I lead ♪

927
00:40:37,326 --> 00:40:42,334
♪ Let me teach you
how to dance. ♪

928
00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:47,719
Miss Potter...

929
00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:52,309
...I know you have decided
not to marry.

930
00:40:52,352 --> 00:40:54,438
All my life, I thought that
I would not marry, either,

931
00:40:54,479 --> 00:40:55,982
but something has happened
that has caused me

932
00:40:56,024 --> 00:40:57,693
to change my mind.
Mr. Warne...

933
00:40:57,735 --> 00:41:00,114
No, please, let me go on,
for if I do not say what I have

934
00:41:00,155 --> 00:41:02,618
to say now, I fear I never will.

935
00:41:02,659 --> 00:41:06,834
Miss Potter,
I would like you to consider...

936
00:41:06,875 --> 00:41:07,794
Mr. Warne...

937
00:41:07,834 --> 00:41:09,379
doing me the honor,

938
00:41:09,421 --> 00:41:11,383
and I do not expect
an immediate answer...

939
00:41:11,424 --> 00:41:13,218
HELEN:
Beatrix?

940
00:41:14,847 --> 00:41:17,685
I was just showing Mr. Warne
his Christmas present.

941
00:41:19,397 --> 00:41:21,316
I'm an impeccably genteel,
unmarried lady, Mother.

942
00:41:21,357 --> 00:41:23,570
I haven't begun to
invite men to my room.

943
00:41:23,611 --> 00:41:26,032
Mr. Warne?

944
00:41:36,216 --> 00:41:37,426
[WHISPERS]:
Wiggin.

945
00:41:37,469 --> 00:41:39,263
[CHAIR SCRAPES]

946
00:41:41,308 --> 00:41:44,104
[GUESTS ENGAGING
IN LIVELY CONVERSATION]

947
00:41:48,778 --> 00:41:51,366
What is the picture, Beatrix?

948
00:41:51,408 --> 00:41:54,204
Oh, uh, uh...

949
00:41:54,246 --> 00:41:58,210
I've written and drawn
little children's books,

950
00:41:58,252 --> 00:42:00,674
which have been published.

951
00:42:00,715 --> 00:42:03,303
The man who published them
is here,

952
00:42:03,344 --> 00:42:05,473
Mr. Norman Warne.

953
00:42:05,514 --> 00:42:06,683
To thank him for his assistance

954
00:42:06,725 --> 00:42:12,067
and generosity, uh, well, I'm...

955
00:42:12,109 --> 00:42:13,946
I'm writing him
a Christmas story.

956
00:42:13,987 --> 00:42:14,822
Ah.
Ah.

957
00:42:15,782 --> 00:42:16,742
WOMAN:
Can we hear it?

958
00:42:16,784 --> 00:42:18,160
Oh, well,
it isn't finished, so...

959
00:42:18,202 --> 00:42:19,204
Oh, go on.

960
00:42:19,246 --> 00:42:22,710
Oh, well... I suppose,

961
00:42:22,752 --> 00:42:26,717
before we part for the evening,
I could share a glimpse

962
00:42:26,759 --> 00:42:30,765
of the unfinished tale of...

963
00:42:30,806 --> 00:42:33,519
"The Rabbits' Christmas Party."

964
00:42:33,561 --> 00:42:34,730
- [GUESTS LAUGHING]
- WOMAN: Charming.

965
00:42:36,608 --> 00:42:40,782
One particularly snowy
Christmas Eve,

966
00:42:40,824 --> 00:42:42,535
a young rabbit

967
00:42:42,576 --> 00:42:46,750
and his fearsome older brothers
and fiercely brave sister

968
00:42:46,791 --> 00:42:48,795
set out on a journey

969
00:42:48,837 --> 00:42:51,299
they make every year
to celebrate

970
00:42:51,341 --> 00:42:52,677
with their friends.

971
00:42:52,718 --> 00:42:54,638
Now, rabbits are highly
sociable creatures,

972
00:42:54,680 --> 00:42:56,141
and legend has it

973
00:42:56,183 --> 00:42:58,477
that wherever they find
themselves on Christmas Eve,

974
00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:02,067
they get together
and throw a jolly party.

975
00:43:02,109 --> 00:43:03,862
[LAUGHTER]
Now, I know such a legend

976
00:43:03,903 --> 00:43:06,700
exists, because I made it up.

977
00:43:06,742 --> 00:43:08,620
Ah.
[LAUGHTER]

978
00:43:08,662 --> 00:43:11,542
The rabbits travel
through the woods

979
00:43:11,583 --> 00:43:13,795
to the well-appointed burrow
of their cousins,

980
00:43:13,836 --> 00:43:17,176
where a warm fire
is waiting for them.

981
00:43:17,218 --> 00:43:20,013
They take off
their frosty coats,

982
00:43:20,055 --> 00:43:23,812
and the party begins.

983
00:43:23,853 --> 00:43:27,192
Now, I know on this night that
they will eat and talk and dance

984
00:43:27,234 --> 00:43:31,282
and laugh and... and
roast apples on the fire,

985
00:43:31,325 --> 00:43:35,288
but I'm not certain
how the story ends,

986
00:43:35,331 --> 00:43:39,380
because I haven't
made that part up yet.

987
00:43:39,421 --> 00:43:41,508
But in any case,

988
00:43:41,551 --> 00:43:44,346
Mr. Warne will have
to read it first,

989
00:43:44,387 --> 00:43:46,808
as he is my strict censor,

990
00:43:46,851 --> 00:43:50,440
and, well, it is his present.

991
00:43:50,481 --> 00:43:52,400
Merry Christmas,
Mr. Warne.

992
00:43:52,443 --> 00:43:54,823
Thank you, Miss Potter;
it's so beautiful.

993
00:43:54,864 --> 00:43:55,950
NIGEL: Hear, hear.
Thank you.

994
00:43:55,990 --> 00:43:56,909
Good show!

995
00:43:56,950 --> 00:43:58,286
WOMAN:
There'll be no problem

996
00:43:58,328 --> 00:43:59,872
with presents for the
grandchildren next year,

997
00:43:59,913 --> 00:44:01,208
I daresay.

998
00:44:01,250 --> 00:44:03,169
Oh, you must be
very proud, Helen.

999
00:44:03,210 --> 00:44:07,092
[LAUGHING]:
It's just a children's story.

1000
00:44:07,135 --> 00:44:08,636
Outstanding.

1001
00:44:08,678 --> 00:44:10,056
Can I talk to you?

1002
00:44:10,098 --> 00:44:11,850
Of course.

1003
00:44:15,523 --> 00:44:16,984
What is it?

1004
00:44:17,025 --> 00:44:18,069
Is there something wrong?

1005
00:44:18,111 --> 00:44:19,071
No.

1006
00:44:19,112 --> 00:44:20,156
As my confidante...

1007
00:44:20,198 --> 00:44:21,575
[GASPS]
Oh.

1008
00:44:21,617 --> 00:44:22,618
You have something to confide?

1009
00:44:22,661 --> 00:44:24,497
How delicious.

1010
00:44:24,538 --> 00:44:27,710
Your brother has asked me
to marry him,

1011
00:44:27,752 --> 00:44:29,463
and I feel,

1012
00:44:29,504 --> 00:44:34,973
quite irrationally,
that I may say yes.

1013
00:44:35,014 --> 00:44:36,808
I'd like your approval.

1014
00:44:38,770 --> 00:44:42,026
My approval?

1015
00:44:42,067 --> 00:44:44,780
Beatrix, don't be a fool.

1016
00:44:46,742 --> 00:44:48,244
Marry him.

1017
00:44:48,286 --> 00:44:49,664
Tomorrow.

1018
00:44:49,706 --> 00:44:51,082
Don't waste a moment.

1019
00:44:51,124 --> 00:44:52,293
How could you hesitate?

1020
00:44:52,335 --> 00:44:53,670
You're not upset?

1021
00:44:53,712 --> 00:44:55,757
Well, why would I be upset?

1022
00:44:55,799 --> 00:44:58,720
Well, both Norman and I...

1023
00:44:58,762 --> 00:44:59,931
You'll be alone.

1024
00:44:59,972 --> 00:45:01,183
You have a chance

1025
00:45:01,225 --> 00:45:03,686
for happiness, and
you're worrying about me?

1026
00:45:03,728 --> 00:45:05,439
I wouldn't worry about you if...

1027
00:45:05,481 --> 00:45:07,109
If someone came
along who loved me

1028
00:45:07,151 --> 00:45:09,989
and whom I loved, I
would trample my mother.

1029
00:45:10,031 --> 00:45:11,492
Do you love Norman?

1030
00:45:11,533 --> 00:45:12,577
Yes.

1031
00:45:12,618 --> 00:45:14,538
Then marry him.

1032
00:45:14,580 --> 00:45:17,125
Don't you dare think
about anyone else.

1033
00:45:17,168 --> 00:45:19,464
But what about all the blessings
of being alone?

1034
00:45:19,505 --> 00:45:20,924
Hogwash.

1035
00:45:20,965 --> 00:45:23,971
What else is a woman on
her own supposed to say?

1036
00:45:24,013 --> 00:45:26,183
You have a chance to be loved.

1037
00:45:26,224 --> 00:45:27,477
Take it.

1038
00:45:27,518 --> 00:45:30,106
And leave me happy

1039
00:45:30,148 --> 00:45:32,819
knowing that the two people
that I love are happy.

1040
00:45:32,861 --> 00:45:36,367
That is the most thought
you should ever have for me.

1041
00:45:36,409 --> 00:45:38,329
There you are, Beatrix.

1042
00:45:38,370 --> 00:45:39,496
The guests.

1043
00:45:39,538 --> 00:45:41,083
Yes, Mother.

1044
00:45:41,124 --> 00:45:42,209
[DOOR CLOSES]

1045
00:45:42,251 --> 00:45:44,129
Oh, Millie...

1046
00:45:47,093 --> 00:45:48,053
Go.

1047
00:45:48,095 --> 00:45:49,513
Yeah.

1048
00:45:51,516 --> 00:45:54,229
What is going on tonight?

1049
00:45:54,272 --> 00:45:57,986
Why do I feel like a... stranger
in my own home?

1050
00:45:58,028 --> 00:45:59,447
You have
a clever daughter, Rupert.

1051
00:45:59,488 --> 00:46:00,448
You must be very proud.

1052
00:46:00,490 --> 00:46:02,242
Of Beatrix? Yes, we are.

1053
00:46:02,285 --> 00:46:03,662
To write and draw like that.

1054
00:46:03,704 --> 00:46:05,874
Beatrix should meet
my niece, Anne.

1055
00:46:05,915 --> 00:46:07,085
She makes pots.

1056
00:46:07,127 --> 00:46:08,420
Ceramics, Nigel.

1057
00:46:08,461 --> 00:46:10,089
Look like pots to me.

1058
00:46:10,131 --> 00:46:12,051
[LAUGHTER]

1059
00:46:12,093 --> 00:46:13,761
As for you, madam,

1060
00:46:13,804 --> 00:46:16,641
I suggest you take up knitting.

1061
00:46:16,684 --> 00:46:17,644
Merry Christmas.

1062
00:46:17,686 --> 00:46:19,564
ALL:
Merry Christmas.

1063
00:46:19,606 --> 00:46:21,859
[OVERLAPPING GOOD-BYES]

1064
00:46:23,612 --> 00:46:25,114
What was all that about?

1065
00:46:25,157 --> 00:46:27,159
Sir Nigel disapproves
of the way I play whist.

1066
00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:28,912
I'm afraid I won
two guineas from him.

1067
00:46:28,953 --> 00:46:30,165
Mr. Warne!

1068
00:46:31,459 --> 00:46:33,837
Your painting.

1069
00:46:33,879 --> 00:46:35,006
Oh, yes, my Christmas present.

1070
00:46:39,597 --> 00:46:41,016
Yes.

1071
00:46:44,522 --> 00:46:46,776
Bye-bye.

1072
00:46:48,862 --> 00:46:49,864
Good-bye, Mr. Warne.

1073
00:46:49,905 --> 00:46:51,032
Good-bye.
Good-bye, Mr. Warne.

1074
00:47:03,261 --> 00:47:04,847
[HOOVES CLOPPING]

1075
00:47:13,153 --> 00:47:15,824
["LET ME TEACH YOU
HOW TO DANCE" PLAYING]

1076
00:47:20,874 --> 00:47:22,877
[LAUGHS QUIETLY]

1077
00:47:43,328 --> 00:47:46,000
[ORCHESTRA CONTINUES MELODY]

1078
00:47:50,131 --> 00:47:51,425
Sir?

1079
00:47:51,467 --> 00:47:53,386
Uh, I have an appointment
to see Mr. Rupert Potter

1080
00:47:53,428 --> 00:47:54,555
in the Eagleton Room.

1081
00:47:54,597 --> 00:47:55,640
He's expecting you, sir.

1082
00:47:55,683 --> 00:47:57,184
Thank you.

1083
00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:11,834
Come along, Norman;
it's only her father.

1084
00:48:13,420 --> 00:48:16,760
Come in.

1085
00:48:23,729 --> 00:48:25,148
Thank you very much, Mr. Potter,

1086
00:48:25,189 --> 00:48:27,235
for taking the time
out of your very busy day.

1087
00:48:27,277 --> 00:48:29,948
Good-bye, Mr. Warne.

1088
00:48:32,368 --> 00:48:33,954
RUPERT:
If you will not accept

1089
00:48:33,996 --> 00:48:36,834
our advice and decision, then we
will have to impose that advice.

1090
00:48:36,876 --> 00:48:38,712
HELEN: Respect our knowledge
and the worth of our opinions...

1091
00:48:38,754 --> 00:48:42,511
[ALL ARGUING AT ONCE]

1092
00:48:45,140 --> 00:48:46,600
Oi. Go on.

1093
00:48:46,642 --> 00:48:49,480
[ARGUMENT CONTINUES
INDISTINCTLY]

1094
00:48:49,522 --> 00:48:51,818
I said that I'll do it,
and I will.

1095
00:48:51,859 --> 00:48:53,279
HELEN: Norman Warne
is a tradesman, Beatrix.

1096
00:48:53,320 --> 00:48:54,990
No Potter can marry into trade,
and that's final.

1097
00:48:55,031 --> 00:48:56,450
And what are we?

1098
00:48:56,492 --> 00:48:58,830
Father's money comes from
Grandfather's printing works

1099
00:48:58,871 --> 00:49:00,958
in Lancashire...
a trade, Mother.

1100
00:49:00,999 --> 00:49:03,963
And if Grandfather hadn't run
for Parliament,

1101
00:49:04,005 --> 00:49:06,634
we'd still be living in
the shadow of his factories.

1102
00:49:06,676 --> 00:49:07,970
Your legacy came

1103
00:49:08,012 --> 00:49:10,139
from Grandfather Leech's
cotton trade.

1104
00:49:10,182 --> 00:49:13,103
When did we become
so high and mighty?

1105
00:49:13,145 --> 00:49:14,648
We're parvenus, Mother.

1106
00:49:14,689 --> 00:49:16,568
Social climbers.

1107
00:49:16,609 --> 00:49:18,529
Your father and I will not
allow this marriage,

1108
00:49:18,571 --> 00:49:20,324
for your own good.

1109
00:49:20,365 --> 00:49:21,492
And there's no reason
to become insulting.

1110
00:49:21,534 --> 00:49:22,785
It's not an insult.

1111
00:49:22,828 --> 00:49:24,371
It's the truth.

1112
00:49:24,414 --> 00:49:27,168
Our lives are pretension
and social aspiration.

1113
00:49:27,210 --> 00:49:29,130
"Sir" this and "lady" that.

1114
00:49:29,171 --> 00:49:31,760
Norman Warne is a gentleman
of comfortable means,

1115
00:49:31,801 --> 00:49:34,304
and not one bit beneath us,

1116
00:49:34,347 --> 00:49:37,769
and I intend to marry him.

1117
00:49:37,810 --> 00:49:39,897
Not if you expect to take
one penny of your inheritance.

1118
00:49:39,940 --> 00:49:42,987
You haven't disinherited
Bertram for running off

1119
00:49:43,028 --> 00:49:44,989
with a wine merchant's daughter.

1120
00:49:45,032 --> 00:49:46,534
Happily, I am
a published author.

1121
00:49:46,576 --> 00:49:48,203
I have means of my own.

1122
00:49:48,246 --> 00:49:49,956
This discussion is over.

1123
00:49:59,514 --> 00:50:01,016
[INHALES SHARPLY]

1124
00:50:01,059 --> 00:50:02,435
[KNOCK AT DOOR]

1125
00:50:02,478 --> 00:50:03,772
Come in, Father.

1126
00:50:03,812 --> 00:50:06,108
[DOOR OPENING]

1127
00:50:06,151 --> 00:50:08,195
Why is it that after
any difficult situation,

1128
00:50:08,238 --> 00:50:09,739
she always sends you?

1129
00:50:09,781 --> 00:50:12,118
Mama didn't send me.

1130
00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:15,707
I don't like tension in my home.

1131
00:50:15,750 --> 00:50:17,377
I want to resolve this matter.

1132
00:50:17,418 --> 00:50:18,420
Well, you can't.

1133
00:50:18,462 --> 00:50:19,924
I've made my decision.

1134
00:50:19,965 --> 00:50:23,220
Your mother wants what is best
for you, as do I, Beatrix.

1135
00:50:23,262 --> 00:50:25,015
An impulsive
and inappropriate marriage

1136
00:50:25,057 --> 00:50:26,643
is something that you would

1137
00:50:26,684 --> 00:50:27,978
ultimately regret.

1138
00:50:28,020 --> 00:50:29,939
You can't allow me to marry
and leave.

1139
00:50:29,981 --> 00:50:32,069
With Bertram moved away,
who would take care of you?

1140
00:50:32,110 --> 00:50:34,239
You surely do not think that we
would deny you happiness

1141
00:50:34,280 --> 00:50:35,866
just simply because
we needed a nursemaid?

1142
00:50:35,909 --> 00:50:37,494
That is a knife in my heart.

1143
00:50:37,536 --> 00:50:38,704
Well, then, what is it, Father?

1144
00:50:38,746 --> 00:50:39,831
'Cause I can't understand.

1145
00:50:39,872 --> 00:50:41,625
You cannot make us
the villains, Beatrix.

1146
00:50:41,668 --> 00:50:43,296
Your mother trotted out
countless suitors,

1147
00:50:43,337 --> 00:50:45,215
all of them acceptable.

1148
00:50:45,256 --> 00:50:46,635
You rejected every one of them.

1149
00:50:46,676 --> 00:50:47,969
I know that, Father.

1150
00:50:48,011 --> 00:50:49,889
I didn't want to
be a silly woman

1151
00:50:49,931 --> 00:50:52,018
marrying a man simply
because he was acceptable

1152
00:50:52,060 --> 00:50:54,481
or rich enough to
take care of me!

1153
00:50:54,522 --> 00:50:58,446
But does that mean that
I'm never to be loved?

1154
00:50:59,948 --> 00:51:01,159
Father?!

1155
00:51:05,541 --> 00:51:07,961
Wiggin, wait here, please.

1156
00:51:11,551 --> 00:51:13,429
BEATRIX:
I'd like to enquire

1157
00:51:13,471 --> 00:51:16,309
about my royalty earnings,
Mr. Copperthwaite.

1158
00:51:16,351 --> 00:51:22,026
And whether I might,
at some stage,

1159
00:51:22,068 --> 00:51:25,157
afford a house of my own
in the country.

1160
00:51:25,199 --> 00:51:27,493
You have enough
to buy an estate...

1161
00:51:27,536 --> 00:51:30,040
several estates,
and a house in town.

1162
00:51:30,082 --> 00:51:33,546
You're quite a wealthy
woman, Miss Potter.

1163
00:51:33,588 --> 00:51:35,674
Am I truly?

1164
00:51:35,716 --> 00:51:39,806
Yes, the income has
become quite regular.

1165
00:51:39,848 --> 00:51:42,018
If your fortune
continues to grow,

1166
00:51:42,059 --> 00:51:43,729
you should have no
financial worries

1167
00:51:43,771 --> 00:51:45,358
for the rest of your life.

1168
00:51:48,822 --> 00:51:51,368
Extraordinary.

1169
00:51:55,457 --> 00:51:57,377
[UTENSILS CLINKING]

1170
00:52:04,890 --> 00:52:06,851
HELEN:
Beatrix.

1171
00:52:06,894 --> 00:52:07,894
RUPERT:
Beatrix.

1172
00:52:07,936 --> 00:52:09,523
Come and sit with us, please.

1173
00:52:09,564 --> 00:52:11,192
I'd rather not, Father.

1174
00:52:11,234 --> 00:52:13,029
We have something to discuss.

1175
00:52:13,070 --> 00:52:14,156
A proposition.

1176
00:52:14,196 --> 00:52:15,449
And, for heaven's sake, Beatrix,

1177
00:52:15,490 --> 00:52:17,076
let the servants
carry your dishes.

1178
00:52:18,996 --> 00:52:22,086
Thank you.

1179
00:52:22,127 --> 00:52:23,336
HELEN:
Tea?

1180
00:52:23,379 --> 00:52:24,381
- No, thank you.
- Nonsense.

1181
00:52:24,422 --> 00:52:25,882
You always take tea.

1182
00:52:25,925 --> 00:52:28,846
RUPERT: Contrary to what
you think and what you have so

1183
00:52:28,888 --> 00:52:32,227
vehemently expressed,
your Mama and I

1184
00:52:32,268 --> 00:52:33,772
want you to be happy.

1185
00:52:33,813 --> 00:52:36,526
We simply doubt that this
marriage will do the trick.

1186
00:52:36,568 --> 00:52:38,321
RUPERT:
Helen, please.

1187
00:52:38,362 --> 00:52:40,491
Sit down, Beatrix.

1188
00:52:42,452 --> 00:52:44,581
What we don't want is for
you to rush into something

1189
00:52:44,624 --> 00:52:46,960
which you may later
wish to reconsider.

1190
00:52:47,001 --> 00:52:48,379
I won't want to reconsider.

1191
00:52:48,420 --> 00:52:49,464
We are not convinced.

1192
00:52:49,506 --> 00:52:50,507
Helen, please.

1193
00:52:50,550 --> 00:52:54,055
We are not convinced.

1194
00:52:54,097 --> 00:52:57,519
Yet, neither have
we hearts of stone.

1195
00:52:57,560 --> 00:53:01,400
Therefore, this is
what we propose.

1196
00:53:01,443 --> 00:53:03,488
You may accept
Mr. Warne,

1197
00:53:03,530 --> 00:53:06,033
but it must remain
a complete secret,

1198
00:53:06,076 --> 00:53:08,287
even from his own family.

1199
00:53:08,329 --> 00:53:09,539
Now, this summer, yourself,

1200
00:53:09,582 --> 00:53:11,250
Mama and I will go, as always,

1201
00:53:11,292 --> 00:53:12,795
to the Lake District.

1202
00:53:12,836 --> 00:53:16,760
If, at the end of the summer,
you still wish to proceed,

1203
00:53:16,802 --> 00:53:20,098
then we will announce
your engagement,

1204
00:53:20,141 --> 00:53:24,397
and you can marry
with our blessing and our love.

1205
00:53:26,234 --> 00:53:28,154
Why must no one know?

1206
00:53:28,195 --> 00:53:29,615
HELEN:
So there'll be no public

1207
00:53:29,657 --> 00:53:31,034
embarrassment when
you change your mind...

1208
00:53:31,075 --> 00:53:33,162
If. If you change your mind.

1209
00:53:33,204 --> 00:53:34,707
If.

1210
00:53:34,748 --> 00:53:37,127
Now, Beatrix,
if you care for this man

1211
00:53:37,168 --> 00:53:39,798
as much as you say you do,
then, in a few months,

1212
00:53:39,840 --> 00:53:42,303
the ardor will still be there.

1213
00:53:42,344 --> 00:53:43,429
If your mother

1214
00:53:43,471 --> 00:53:45,558
and I are correct,

1215
00:53:45,600 --> 00:53:48,980
and this emotion cools
with time, then we will have

1216
00:53:49,022 --> 00:53:53,153
protected you against
humiliation and unhappiness.

1217
00:53:53,195 --> 00:53:54,615
It will not cool.

1218
00:53:54,656 --> 00:53:56,200
HELEN:
Beatrix, listen to me.

1219
00:53:56,242 --> 00:53:58,037
A woman at your age must
consider very carefully...

1220
00:53:58,079 --> 00:54:00,875
Mother, the only thing
true at my age

1221
00:54:00,917 --> 00:54:04,298
is that, at my age,
every day matters.

1222
00:54:09,639 --> 00:54:12,311
Very well, Mother, Father.

1223
00:54:12,352 --> 00:54:14,481
I accept your terms.

1224
00:54:14,523 --> 00:54:18,029
Norman and I may decide
to wait, in any case.

1225
00:54:19,657 --> 00:54:21,744
But make plans.

1226
00:54:21,785 --> 00:54:25,375
There will be a wedding
in this house by October.

1227
00:54:30,466 --> 00:54:31,927
Mm.

1228
00:54:35,350 --> 00:54:37,436
[HORSE HOOVES CLOPPING]

1229
00:54:42,611 --> 00:54:44,907
[CHUCKLES]

1230
00:54:57,428 --> 00:54:59,348
[LOW, INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]

1231
00:55:23,013 --> 00:55:24,848
They're beautiful.

1232
00:55:37,203 --> 00:55:40,040
♪

1233
00:55:51,851 --> 00:55:53,104
[CHUCKLES]

1234
00:56:01,784 --> 00:56:03,830
Which carriage, Rupert?

1235
00:56:03,872 --> 00:56:05,708
Saunders?

1236
00:56:08,003 --> 00:56:09,881
About four carriages down.

1237
00:56:09,923 --> 00:56:10,883
This way.

1238
00:56:12,470 --> 00:56:14,097
What a dreadful day.
Oh.

1239
00:56:14,140 --> 00:56:15,767
Dreadful. Dreadful.

1240
00:56:17,436 --> 00:56:18,480
[SIGHS]

1241
00:56:20,692 --> 00:56:22,361
Well...

1242
00:56:24,406 --> 00:56:25,826
This is the Potters'
for Windermere.

1243
00:56:25,867 --> 00:56:27,912
Right you are, sir.

1244
00:56:27,953 --> 00:56:29,039
Here.
There you are.

1245
00:56:29,080 --> 00:56:29,999
And those two.

1246
00:56:33,965 --> 00:56:35,007
Beatrix.

1247
00:56:44,105 --> 00:56:45,817
Mr. Warne!

1248
00:56:45,858 --> 00:56:47,528
Oh.

1249
00:56:47,570 --> 00:56:49,490
Oh, I do apologize.

1250
00:57:02,386 --> 00:57:03,304
Miss Potter!

1251
00:57:03,346 --> 00:57:05,183
Mr. Warne!

1252
00:57:05,224 --> 00:57:06,936
I was beginning to fear
you wouldn't come.

1253
00:57:06,977 --> 00:57:08,104
You're soaked.

1254
00:57:08,146 --> 00:57:09,565
It wasn't raining when
I left the office.

1255
00:57:09,607 --> 00:57:11,360
I brought you the proof of
the new book for your trip.

1256
00:57:11,402 --> 00:57:13,363
Oh, you'll catch cold.

1257
00:57:13,405 --> 00:57:14,823
I couldn't miss seeing you off.

1258
00:57:14,865 --> 00:57:16,743
You know nothing would stop me.

1259
00:57:16,785 --> 00:57:19,456
This is going to be the longest
summer I've ever spent...

1260
00:57:19,498 --> 00:57:21,627
But it's only the
summer, that's all.

1261
00:57:21,669 --> 00:57:23,171
Yes.
And this time is not for us.

1262
00:57:23,213 --> 00:57:24,298
It's for your parents.

1263
00:57:24,340 --> 00:57:25,716
How can they know
what we're feeling?

1264
00:57:25,759 --> 00:57:27,095
They've never felt it.
No.

1265
00:57:27,136 --> 00:57:28,722
We can afford them
this three months.

1266
00:57:28,764 --> 00:57:30,601
I suppose.

1267
00:57:30,642 --> 00:57:32,269
[WHISTLE BLOWS]
Oh.

1268
00:57:32,312 --> 00:57:35,650
This is not how I wish
to say good-bye to you.

1269
00:57:41,911 --> 00:57:43,788
[ENGINE STEAM HISSING]

1270
00:57:48,464 --> 00:57:49,381
[TRAIN CHUGS]

1271
00:57:51,009 --> 00:57:53,847
Good-bye, Miss Potter.

1272
00:57:53,889 --> 00:57:55,809
I look forward to
your speedy return.

1273
00:57:55,851 --> 00:57:57,019
As do I, Mr. Warne.

1274
00:57:57,060 --> 00:57:57,979
[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING]

1275
00:57:58,020 --> 00:57:58,939
Quickly.
Yes.

1276
00:57:58,980 --> 00:58:00,233
Here.

1277
00:58:00,274 --> 00:58:02,153
[TRAIN CHUGGING]

1278
00:58:06,076 --> 00:58:07,703
Good-bye, Miss Potter.

1279
00:58:07,745 --> 00:58:09,623
[TRAIN CHUGGING FASTER]

1280
00:58:09,665 --> 00:58:10,792
Good-bye, Mr. Warne.

1281
00:58:12,545 --> 00:58:15,342
Good-bye... Norman.

1282
00:58:19,431 --> 00:58:23,229
[ORCHESTRAL "LET ME TEACH YOU
HOW TO DANCE?" PLAYING]

1283
00:58:27,111 --> 00:58:28,614
[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING]

1284
00:58:44,181 --> 00:58:45,809
BEATRIX:
"My dear, dear Norman,

1285
00:58:45,850 --> 00:58:47,227
"This absurd,

1286
00:58:47,269 --> 00:58:49,774
"forced separation is surely
a kind of madness,

1287
00:58:49,816 --> 00:58:52,320
"most notably,
that of my mother,

1288
00:58:52,362 --> 00:58:54,448
"but you are here,
my dear, for me.

1289
00:58:54,489 --> 00:58:57,746
"The beauty of this place
seems magnified somehow

1290
00:58:57,787 --> 00:58:59,248
"with you in my mind.

1291
00:58:59,289 --> 00:59:01,668
"In my occasional
lonely moments,

1292
00:59:01,710 --> 00:59:04,882
"I imagine conversations
between us, and yesterday,

1293
00:59:04,925 --> 00:59:07,846
startled a duck with my
declaration of love for you."

1294
00:59:07,887 --> 00:59:11,059
NORMAN: "All of my thoughts
are with you, my darling.

1295
00:59:11,101 --> 00:59:12,938
"I know that you find
Harold and Fruing

1296
00:59:12,979 --> 00:59:16,151
"terribly boring, but, in fact, I'm having what I could almost

1297
00:59:16,193 --> 00:59:18,447
"describe as wild enjoyment
working with them.

1298
00:59:18,488 --> 00:59:20,074
"You may wake up, one day,

1299
00:59:20,117 --> 00:59:22,411
"to find yourself
married to a businessman.

1300
00:59:22,453 --> 00:59:25,667
Praise the day when I can wake up to find you beside me."

1301
00:59:28,088 --> 00:59:30,008
BEATRIX:
"I took one of the boats out

1302
00:59:30,050 --> 00:59:33,556
"onto the lake at sunset to
watch the water hens feeding.

1303
00:59:33,597 --> 00:59:35,684
"They made noises like kissing.

1304
00:59:35,726 --> 00:59:37,854
I closed my eyes
and pictured you."

1305
00:59:37,896 --> 00:59:40,567
NORMAN:
"I find I love my heart more now,

1306
00:59:40,609 --> 00:59:43,363
"because that is where
I know I can find you.

1307
00:59:43,405 --> 00:59:45,200
"Amelia sends her fond love

1308
00:59:45,242 --> 00:59:46,911
"and wishes for us all
to be together again,

1309
00:59:46,952 --> 00:59:49,540
as do I,
multiplied a hundredfold."

1310
00:59:49,582 --> 00:59:50,667
[HAMMERING]

1311
00:59:57,095 --> 00:59:58,639
Sir...

1312
00:59:58,681 --> 00:59:59,849
Hill Top Farm.

1313
00:59:59,891 --> 01:00:01,811
May I ask, is it a working farm?

1314
01:00:01,852 --> 01:00:03,522
Aye.

1315
01:00:03,564 --> 01:00:05,901
Another great one falls,

1316
01:00:05,942 --> 01:00:08,280
but this one breaks your heart.

1317
01:00:08,321 --> 01:00:09,281
Really? Why?

1318
01:00:11,285 --> 01:00:13,247
Now, miss, a body would
have to be a poet,

1319
01:00:13,288 --> 01:00:15,000
which I certainly am not.

1320
01:00:17,003 --> 01:00:19,840
Excuse me, but I'd swear
you were someone I once knew.

1321
01:00:19,882 --> 01:00:21,344
Good heavens, Willie Heelis.

1322
01:00:21,385 --> 01:00:22,929
Miss Beatrix...
uh, Miss Potter.

1323
01:00:22,971 --> 01:00:24,098
Is that you?

1324
01:00:24,140 --> 01:00:25,392
How good to see you.

1325
01:00:25,433 --> 01:00:27,144
Well, hello.

1326
01:00:27,186 --> 01:00:28,313
I see you've given up

1327
01:00:28,355 --> 01:00:29,773
on the law.

1328
01:00:29,816 --> 01:00:31,819
Have you decided to
make an honest living?

1329
01:00:31,860 --> 01:00:33,155
Ah, yes, the law.

1330
01:00:33,197 --> 01:00:35,199
Well, not exactly.
No, no.

1331
01:00:35,241 --> 01:00:38,205
A country solicitor needs to be
proficient in many skills.

1332
01:00:38,246 --> 01:00:39,665
[LAUGHS]
Oh. Of course.

1333
01:00:39,707 --> 01:00:42,170
And it suits me to be out
of the office now and again.

1334
01:00:42,212 --> 01:00:46,259
Now, I could, uh, show you
Hill Top, if you have the time.

1335
01:00:46,302 --> 01:00:48,722
Uh...

1336
01:00:48,764 --> 01:00:50,016
Yes. Yes.

1337
01:00:50,058 --> 01:00:51,269
Time is exactly what I have.

1338
01:00:51,310 --> 01:00:52,228
Good.

1339
01:00:52,270 --> 01:00:53,355
[CHUCKLES]

1340
01:00:59,615 --> 01:01:02,328
[SIGHING]:
Oh.

1341
01:01:02,370 --> 01:01:04,708
Not a bad outlook, Miss Potter.

1342
01:01:04,750 --> 01:01:06,335
It's sublime.

1343
01:01:06,377 --> 01:01:09,716
BEATRIX: "By chance,
I met an old friend today,

1344
01:01:09,757 --> 01:01:12,177
"who showed me a beautiful farm that's for sale.

1345
01:01:12,220 --> 01:01:15,600
"It would be a perfect country home, and though I know

1346
01:01:15,642 --> 01:01:17,103
"we'll live mainly in the city,

1347
01:01:17,145 --> 01:01:20,149
I'm very keen to share
my favorite places with you."

1348
01:01:34,299 --> 01:01:35,675
The post has arrived.

1349
01:01:35,718 --> 01:01:37,846
And, once again,
no letter from your Mr. Warne.

1350
01:01:37,888 --> 01:01:41,644
Is it time for me to start
getting just a little hopeful?

1351
01:01:41,685 --> 01:01:43,605
He did mention he might
take a few days' holiday.

1352
01:01:43,647 --> 01:01:44,984
Hmm.

1353
01:01:45,025 --> 01:01:47,320
The post is no doubt slow
from wherever he's gone.

1354
01:01:47,361 --> 01:01:48,698
Yes, indeed.

1355
01:01:48,739 --> 01:01:51,953
But there is something
that appears to be

1356
01:01:51,994 --> 01:01:53,747
from that interesting
sister of his.

1357
01:01:53,790 --> 01:01:54,791
Millie?
Hmm.

1358
01:01:54,833 --> 01:01:56,711
How delightful.

1359
01:01:59,424 --> 01:02:01,218
Excuse me.

1360
01:02:11,819 --> 01:02:13,739
[BIRDS CHIRPING]

1361
01:02:25,301 --> 01:02:27,971
Norman is ill.

1362
01:02:29,766 --> 01:02:32,479
[HORSE WHINNIES]

1363
01:02:39,700 --> 01:02:41,953
[TRAIN CHUGGING]

1364
01:02:41,994 --> 01:02:45,250
[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING]

1365
01:02:53,764 --> 01:02:55,309
I'm Beatrix Potter.

1366
01:02:55,351 --> 01:02:57,062
Please come in, miss.

1367
01:03:00,776 --> 01:03:01,693
Ah, Miss Potter.

1368
01:03:01,736 --> 01:03:03,865
Hello.

1369
01:03:03,906 --> 01:03:05,283
Please, come in.

1370
01:03:05,325 --> 01:03:06,870
Thank you.

1371
01:03:06,912 --> 01:03:08,456
I came as soon as I heard.

1372
01:03:08,498 --> 01:03:10,250
Yes, it's very
kind of you, very...

1373
01:03:10,292 --> 01:03:11,836
very kind, indeed.

1374
01:03:11,878 --> 01:03:13,965
How is he?

1375
01:03:14,006 --> 01:03:16,344
MILLIE:
Beatrix?

1376
01:03:19,432 --> 01:03:20,851
Millie.

1377
01:03:20,892 --> 01:03:22,312
Oh, Beatrix.

1378
01:03:22,354 --> 01:03:23,313
Millie...?

1379
01:03:30,868 --> 01:03:31,953
I'm too late.

1380
01:03:42,303 --> 01:03:45,809
MILLIE:
He was so happy.

1381
01:03:45,850 --> 01:03:47,896
He sang songs.

1382
01:03:47,938 --> 01:03:49,649
He made me dance
with him in the parlor.

1383
01:03:49,690 --> 01:03:51,027
Oh.

1384
01:03:51,069 --> 01:03:52,362
He laughed all the time.

1385
01:03:52,403 --> 01:03:54,073
Everyone noticed
the change and...

1386
01:03:54,115 --> 01:03:57,704
only I knew the reason.

1387
01:03:57,746 --> 01:04:00,919
But all summer, he had a cough.

1388
01:04:00,960 --> 01:04:03,632
And then the cough got worse.

1389
01:04:03,673 --> 01:04:06,928
And in one night, he was gone.

1390
01:04:06,969 --> 01:04:08,055
It was so sudden.

1391
01:04:08,097 --> 01:04:10,351
I keep thinking
that it hasn't happened.

1392
01:04:10,392 --> 01:04:14,024
I keep expecting
to see him in the garden.

1393
01:04:14,065 --> 01:04:16,694
W-When's the funeral?

1394
01:04:16,736 --> 01:04:19,365
It was yesterday.

1395
01:04:19,407 --> 01:04:20,534
[GASPS]

1396
01:04:20,576 --> 01:04:22,245
It was only the immediate
family, and I...

1397
01:04:22,287 --> 01:04:23,331
and I couldn't think of a reason

1398
01:04:23,373 --> 01:04:25,333
to ask them to delay it for you.

1399
01:04:25,376 --> 01:04:26,586
[FOOTFALLS APPROACHING]

1400
01:04:28,506 --> 01:04:29,424
[CLEARS THROAT]

1401
01:04:30,467 --> 01:04:31,928
HAROLD:
It was considerate of you

1402
01:04:31,970 --> 01:04:33,848
to come and pay
your respects, Miss Potter.

1403
01:04:33,890 --> 01:04:36,352
FRUING:
Our mother is particularly moved

1404
01:04:36,393 --> 01:04:38,022
and is sorry she
isn't well enough

1405
01:04:38,063 --> 01:04:40,066
to come down to greet you.

1406
01:04:40,109 --> 01:04:41,862
I'll be taking over
our late brother's

1407
01:04:41,903 --> 01:04:43,030
business affairs, Miss Potter.

1408
01:04:44,992 --> 01:04:46,536
Fine.

1409
01:04:46,578 --> 01:04:48,872
HAROLD: I want to assure
you that F. Warne and Company

1410
01:04:48,915 --> 01:04:50,418
will do everything in its power

1411
01:04:50,459 --> 01:04:52,963
to ensure that our tragic loss

1412
01:04:53,005 --> 01:04:55,384
causes you the least
possible inconvenience.

1413
01:04:55,425 --> 01:04:59,182
FRUING: Please accept the
gratitude of the entire family.

1414
01:05:08,239 --> 01:05:11,453
[WHISPERS]:
They want me to go.

1415
01:05:11,494 --> 01:05:13,373
I'm sorry.

1416
01:05:15,125 --> 01:05:16,669
[SOFTLY]:
I'll go.

1417
01:05:25,393 --> 01:05:28,231
[MOTORCAR ENGINE CHUGGING]

1418
01:05:35,409 --> 01:05:36,368
Miss Beatrix.

1419
01:05:36,411 --> 01:05:37,746
What are you doing in London?

1420
01:05:37,788 --> 01:05:38,873
Is something wrong?

1421
01:05:38,915 --> 01:05:39,833
A friend died.

1422
01:05:39,875 --> 01:05:41,168
I'm sorry, miss.

1423
01:05:41,211 --> 01:05:44,007
Was she a close friend?

1424
01:06:08,965 --> 01:06:11,761
[SOBBING SOFTLY]

1425
01:06:18,356 --> 01:06:19,733
Miss Beatrix?

1426
01:06:22,154 --> 01:06:24,616
Miss Beatrix?

1427
01:06:26,744 --> 01:06:29,582
HILDA: I'll leave your dinner
outside the door, then, miss.

1428
01:06:31,419 --> 01:06:32,964
[TRAY CLATTERING]

1429
01:06:33,006 --> 01:06:34,883
[FOOTSTEPS RECEDING]

1430
01:06:44,441 --> 01:06:46,319
[BIRDS CHIRPING]

1431
01:06:50,660 --> 01:06:54,458
Saunders is here, Miss Potter,
to take you to the station.

1432
01:06:54,500 --> 01:06:57,129
BEATRIX: I shan't be
going back to the Lakes.

1433
01:06:57,171 --> 01:07:00,217
Can I get you anything, then?

1434
01:07:00,259 --> 01:07:02,846
Nothing, Hilda.

1435
01:07:02,888 --> 01:07:04,641
Very well, Miss Potter.

1436
01:07:15,243 --> 01:07:17,830
[BEATRIX GASPING QUIETLY]

1437
01:07:33,397 --> 01:07:35,275
[HOOVES CLOPPING]

1438
01:07:57,855 --> 01:07:59,441
[WATER SLOSHING]

1439
01:07:59,482 --> 01:08:01,820
[CROAKS]

1440
01:08:01,862 --> 01:08:03,365
[BEATRIX GASPS]

1441
01:08:06,870 --> 01:08:08,958
[CROAKS]

1442
01:08:08,999 --> 01:08:09,918
[SPLASH]

1443
01:08:18,431 --> 01:08:20,267
[POTTERY SHATTERING]

1444
01:08:20,309 --> 01:08:21,937
[MICE SQUEAKING]

1445
01:08:21,978 --> 01:08:23,815
[QUACKING]

1446
01:08:24,650 --> 01:08:26,444
[CAWING]

1447
01:08:26,486 --> 01:08:28,406
[TINY BIRDS CHIRPING]

1448
01:08:32,788 --> 01:08:34,666
[ANIMALS CLAMORING]

1449
01:08:34,708 --> 01:08:39,550
[DOG BARKING, BIRDS CHIRPING,
GOAT BLEATING, FROG CROAKING]

1450
01:08:39,591 --> 01:08:42,471
[PIG SNORTING, OINKING]

1451
01:08:42,512 --> 01:08:44,934
[KNOCK AT DOOR]

1452
01:08:44,976 --> 01:08:46,645
MILLIE:
Beatrix, it's Millie.

1453
01:08:49,609 --> 01:08:50,818
Look, I know I'm unannounced,

1454
01:08:50,860 --> 01:08:54,324
but they sent back
all my messages.

1455
01:08:54,366 --> 01:08:56,954
Please, please,
please, let me in.

1456
01:09:02,337 --> 01:09:03,841
[FOOTFALLS APPROACHING]

1457
01:09:09,725 --> 01:09:12,396
[HOOVES CLOPPING,
CARRIAGE RATTLING OUTSIDE]

1458
01:09:17,196 --> 01:09:18,531
[SIGHS]

1459
01:09:18,573 --> 01:09:20,994
We've got to get you
out of here.

1460
01:09:21,036 --> 01:09:23,456
Come on. Come on.

1461
01:09:23,498 --> 01:09:25,919
Let's get you washed and
dressed and out of this room.

1462
01:09:25,960 --> 01:09:27,171
Go and find something to wear.

1463
01:09:30,343 --> 01:09:32,220
[SOBBING]:
I can't.

1464
01:09:35,560 --> 01:09:37,104
Millie.

1465
01:09:37,146 --> 01:09:39,232
I can't.

1466
01:09:39,274 --> 01:09:42,405
[SOBBING SOFTLY]

1467
01:09:44,366 --> 01:09:46,286
[SNIFFLES]

1468
01:09:53,048 --> 01:09:56,637
I've been torturing myself.

1469
01:09:56,678 --> 01:09:58,431
I should never have
encouraged you with Norman.

1470
01:09:58,473 --> 01:10:00,058
I'd have saved you all
this terrible grief.

1471
01:10:02,062 --> 01:10:03,982
I loved him.

1472
01:10:04,024 --> 01:10:06,862
I loved him, too.

1473
01:10:08,864 --> 01:10:10,494
But he's gone.

1474
01:10:16,712 --> 01:10:18,549
I must leave this house.

1475
01:10:23,181 --> 01:10:25,059
I will leave this house.

1476
01:10:43,632 --> 01:10:46,471
Congratulations, Miss Potter.

1477
01:10:46,512 --> 01:10:49,141
You are now the proud
owner of Hill Top Farm.

1478
01:10:49,183 --> 01:10:51,687
Thank you, George.

1479
01:10:51,728 --> 01:10:53,607
Well, I'm sure you'll be
very happy at Hill Top.

1480
01:10:53,648 --> 01:10:55,067
I spent some time
there as a child.

1481
01:10:55,110 --> 01:10:58,157
Is that so?

1482
01:10:58,198 --> 01:11:01,077
I did have other plans for it,
but I'm sure

1483
01:11:01,119 --> 01:11:03,873
that I will love it in any case.

1484
01:11:03,916 --> 01:11:05,126
Yes.

1485
01:11:05,168 --> 01:11:06,796
If you need any other
assistance or help...

1486
01:11:06,837 --> 01:11:09,008
Thank you very much, Mr. Heelis.

1487
01:11:09,050 --> 01:11:10,134
Good day.

1488
01:11:10,176 --> 01:11:11,345
Good day, Miss Potter.

1489
01:11:17,647 --> 01:11:19,525
To your right.

1490
01:11:25,243 --> 01:11:27,748
What I don't
understand, Beatrix,

1491
01:11:27,789 --> 01:11:29,584
is how you're going
to pay for this farm.

1492
01:11:29,625 --> 01:11:31,211
I'm a writer, Mother.

1493
01:11:31,253 --> 01:11:32,755
People buy my work.

1494
01:11:32,797 --> 01:11:34,634
Our daughter is famous, Helen.

1495
01:11:34,675 --> 01:11:37,472
You're the only person
who doesn't know it.

1496
01:11:42,730 --> 01:11:44,775
What I don't understand
is why you find it

1497
01:11:44,817 --> 01:11:46,863
necessary to leave your home.

1498
01:11:46,904 --> 01:11:49,867
It is not a choice, Father.

1499
01:11:49,909 --> 01:11:52,413
Beatrix, if I could
undo anything...

1500
01:11:52,454 --> 01:11:54,500
There's nothing to undo.

1501
01:11:54,542 --> 01:11:58,173
This has nothing to do
with you or Mother.

1502
01:11:58,214 --> 01:12:00,385
I must make my own way.

1503
01:12:03,390 --> 01:12:04,559
So you must.

1504
01:12:06,479 --> 01:12:08,941
So you must.

1505
01:12:15,619 --> 01:12:17,538
[HOOVES CLOPPING]

1506
01:12:34,108 --> 01:12:36,111
Everybody out.

1507
01:12:36,153 --> 01:12:38,574
You see?

1508
01:12:38,615 --> 01:12:41,370
I told you we could not know
where our journey would lead.

1509
01:12:41,411 --> 01:12:44,458
It has led us here.

1510
01:12:44,500 --> 01:12:46,378
This is your new home.

1511
01:12:56,729 --> 01:12:58,566
No tears!

1512
01:13:04,659 --> 01:13:06,662
[SNIFFLING]

1513
01:13:06,704 --> 01:13:08,624
[SOBBING]

1514
01:13:13,841 --> 01:13:15,719
[SHEEP BLEATING, BIRDS CHIRPING]

1515
01:13:29,450 --> 01:13:31,370
[INSECT CHIRPING]

1516
01:14:01,462 --> 01:14:03,341
[BIRDS CHIRPING]

1517
01:14:13,900 --> 01:14:15,820
[BIRDS CHIRPING]

1518
01:14:26,921 --> 01:14:29,007
[BRUSHES RATTLING]

1519
01:14:36,186 --> 01:14:38,858
[HORSE WHINNYING,
HOOVES CLOPPING]

1520
01:14:45,159 --> 01:14:47,414
Miss?

1521
01:14:48,874 --> 01:14:51,045
Millie.

1522
01:14:51,086 --> 01:14:53,758
Oh, oh...

1523
01:14:53,799 --> 01:14:55,719
It's wonderful to see you.

1524
01:14:55,760 --> 01:14:58,098
[WHISPERS]:
Oh, this place is perfect.

1525
01:14:58,140 --> 01:15:00,477
Millie.

1526
01:15:00,518 --> 01:15:02,898
Well, what have you brought?

1527
01:15:02,939 --> 01:15:04,317
Oh, uh,

1528
01:15:04,358 --> 01:15:07,280
well, I thought it best
not to bring this, but then...

1529
01:15:07,322 --> 01:15:10,703
it jumped into my hand
as I walked out the door.

1530
01:15:14,792 --> 01:15:17,214
[GASPS SOFTLY]

1531
01:15:21,262 --> 01:15:24,225
I'm sorry.

1532
01:15:28,566 --> 01:15:31,153
[WHISPERS]:
Thank you.

1533
01:15:32,448 --> 01:15:35,119
[BIRD SQUAWKING IN DISTANCE]

1534
01:15:35,160 --> 01:15:37,581
It's getting easier.

1535
01:15:37,622 --> 01:15:39,375
It's getting easier for me, too.

1536
01:15:39,417 --> 01:15:41,128
Good.

1537
01:15:41,170 --> 01:15:42,839
I'm painting again.

1538
01:15:42,881 --> 01:15:44,008
[GASPS]

1539
01:15:44,050 --> 01:15:46,094
My mind's going mad
with the story.

1540
01:15:46,136 --> 01:15:48,181
I've got pigs
running amok up there.

1541
01:15:48,224 --> 01:15:51,312
[BOTH LAUGH]

1542
01:15:51,354 --> 01:15:53,232
Well, it's this place, isn't it?

1543
01:15:53,274 --> 01:15:55,151
Who'd want to be
cooped up in London

1544
01:15:55,193 --> 01:15:56,613
when they could be up here?

1545
01:15:56,654 --> 01:15:58,533
I'm so glad you came.

1546
01:15:58,574 --> 01:16:00,453
Me, too.

1547
01:16:00,493 --> 01:16:02,790
I've been so lucky
with visitors.

1548
01:16:02,831 --> 01:16:05,126
First my brother Bertram,
then my mother.

1549
01:16:05,168 --> 01:16:06,587
You think that's lucky?

1550
01:16:06,630 --> 01:16:08,173
Your mother is a monster.

1551
01:16:08,216 --> 01:16:10,052
[LAUGHING]:
No, it's fine.

1552
01:16:10,093 --> 01:16:12,723
My mother and I have come
to an understanding.

1553
01:16:12,765 --> 01:16:15,477
We've agreed to not
understand each other.

1554
01:16:15,519 --> 01:16:16,812
[LAUGHS]

1555
01:16:18,273 --> 01:16:21,612
[BIRDS CHIRPING]

1556
01:16:21,655 --> 01:16:23,532
[SHEEP BLEATING]

1557
01:16:24,909 --> 01:16:28,124
[BIRDS CHIRPING]

1558
01:16:38,891 --> 01:16:41,144
MAN:
Look, if some city slicker

1559
01:16:41,187 --> 01:16:43,064
wants to offer me
a half-decent price

1560
01:16:43,107 --> 01:16:44,650
for a derelict property

1561
01:16:44,693 --> 01:16:47,363
and then pay me and my lads
good money

1562
01:16:47,406 --> 01:16:50,118
to knock the damn place down...
[PEOPLE CLAMORING]

1563
01:16:50,160 --> 01:16:51,996
let him build what he likes.

1564
01:16:52,038 --> 01:16:54,376
CHAIRMAN:
If we allow these city developers

1565
01:16:54,417 --> 01:16:56,003
to buy up our land,

1566
01:16:56,046 --> 01:16:57,840
there'll be no more farming,

1567
01:16:57,882 --> 01:17:01,095
and all you're left with
is a ruined landscape

1568
01:17:01,136 --> 01:17:02,431
and no community.

1569
01:17:02,473 --> 01:17:03,432
[CLAMORING IN AGREEMENT]

1570
01:17:03,473 --> 01:17:06,772
♪

1571
01:17:06,813 --> 01:17:08,983
Miss Potter.

1572
01:17:09,025 --> 01:17:11,863
Ah, Mr. Heelis.

1573
01:17:11,905 --> 01:17:14,701
I see you've found me.

1574
01:17:14,743 --> 01:17:17,539
I played here so
often as a child.

1575
01:17:17,581 --> 01:17:19,543
I know your farm very well.

1576
01:17:19,585 --> 01:17:20,669
Oh.

1577
01:17:20,711 --> 01:17:22,131
Swam in the stream,

1578
01:17:22,172 --> 01:17:24,968
played hide-and-seek in the
woods with cousin Charles.

1579
01:17:25,010 --> 01:17:26,262
[CHUCKLES]

1580
01:17:26,304 --> 01:17:28,224
I brought you the executed
deed for the farm.

1581
01:17:28,265 --> 01:17:31,145
At last. Thank you
very much, Mr. Heelis.

1582
01:17:31,187 --> 01:17:32,397
Busy.

1583
01:17:32,439 --> 01:17:35,528
Yes. Yes, I've asked
Mr. Cannon to stay on

1584
01:17:35,570 --> 01:17:37,531
and run Hill Top
as a working farm.

1585
01:17:37,573 --> 01:17:40,536
I'm learning a great deal.

1586
01:17:40,577 --> 01:17:43,791
I wish everyone who bought land
up here could be so...

1587
01:17:43,833 --> 01:17:44,834
enlightened.

1588
01:17:44,876 --> 01:17:45,710
[LAUGHS]

1589
01:17:45,752 --> 01:17:47,089
You've bought a farm,

1590
01:17:47,130 --> 01:17:48,341
you've kept the workers on,
you're working the land,

1591
01:17:48,383 --> 01:17:50,469
and you're preserving
this place.

1592
01:17:50,510 --> 01:17:51,847
Yes.

1593
01:17:51,889 --> 01:17:54,726
It makes me happy.

1594
01:17:54,768 --> 01:17:57,189
Mr. Cannon says
the two farms adjoining mine

1595
01:17:57,230 --> 01:17:58,649
are for sale.

1596
01:17:58,691 --> 01:18:01,655
I'd hate to see the developers
get hold of them.

1597
01:18:01,696 --> 01:18:03,408
Do you know anything about them?

1598
01:18:05,912 --> 01:18:06,913
Morning, Mr. Cannon.

1599
01:18:06,955 --> 01:18:08,666
Miss Potter.

1600
01:18:10,586 --> 01:18:12,088
My, they've grown.

1601
01:18:12,130 --> 01:18:14,217
Handsome lot, wouldn't you say?

1602
01:18:14,259 --> 01:18:15,302
Yes.

1603
01:18:15,344 --> 01:18:18,057
Have you named them?

1604
01:18:18,098 --> 01:18:20,144
We don't often give 'em
names, Miss Potter.

1605
01:18:20,185 --> 01:18:22,398
Makes it a bit hard
come slaughtering time.

1606
01:18:22,440 --> 01:18:24,192
Hello, Miss Potter.

1607
01:18:25,236 --> 01:18:28,449
Hello yourself, Mr. Heelis.

1608
01:18:28,491 --> 01:18:30,578
To what do I owe this pleasure?

1609
01:18:30,620 --> 01:18:32,039
I've come with a message.

1610
01:18:32,080 --> 01:18:33,791
Mr. Hubbard is ill
and will be unable

1611
01:18:33,833 --> 01:18:35,670
to show you the
neighboring farms today.

1612
01:18:35,711 --> 01:18:37,673
Oh, dear.
It's not serious, I hope.

1613
01:18:37,715 --> 01:18:39,593
Chronic illness, I'm afraid.

1614
01:18:39,635 --> 01:18:41,263
Recurs several times a month.

1615
01:18:41,304 --> 01:18:44,350
Usually after a night
at the Rose and Crown.

1616
01:18:44,392 --> 01:18:46,605
- I see.
- Mr. Hubbard wondered

1617
01:18:46,646 --> 01:18:49,109
if I might show you
the properties instead.

1618
01:18:49,150 --> 01:18:53,866
I'd be pleased to have
so knowledgeable a guide.

1619
01:18:53,909 --> 01:18:56,245
I'll just get my shawl.

1620
01:18:56,288 --> 01:18:57,789
Well, it's prime land.

1621
01:18:57,831 --> 01:19:00,002
There's a lot of profit
in building houses on it.

1622
01:19:00,044 --> 01:19:02,422
Ah, but more value as
a working farm, surely.

1623
01:19:02,464 --> 01:19:05,010
Spoken like a true
Lakes woman, Miss Potter.

1624
01:19:05,051 --> 01:19:06,597
Indeed, Mr. Heelis.

1625
01:19:06,637 --> 01:19:08,850
You do realize I've never
been to an auction?

1626
01:19:08,891 --> 01:19:10,310
Well, it's simple enough.

1627
01:19:10,352 --> 01:19:12,564
Don't bid too early,
and stick to your limit.

1628
01:19:12,607 --> 01:19:15,944
[LAUGHS]:
I know my limit, Mr. Heelis.

1629
01:19:15,987 --> 01:19:18,116
AUCTIONEER:
Craven's Mill Farm.

1630
01:19:18,157 --> 01:19:20,286
40 acres of splendor.

1631
01:19:20,327 --> 01:19:22,039
1,100 pounds anywhere?

1632
01:19:22,080 --> 01:19:23,916
1,100 I'm bid.

1633
01:19:23,959 --> 01:19:25,503
1,150?

1634
01:19:25,544 --> 01:19:27,214
Come along, gentlemen.

1635
01:19:27,256 --> 01:19:28,800
Splendid little farm, this.

1636
01:19:28,842 --> 01:19:30,344
Lots of development potential.

1637
01:19:30,386 --> 01:19:31,929
1,150 pounds.

1638
01:19:31,972 --> 01:19:33,559
1,200 anywhere?

1639
01:19:33,600 --> 01:19:35,144
1,200.

1640
01:19:35,186 --> 01:19:36,479
1,300 anywhere?

1641
01:19:36,521 --> 01:19:37,648
Bidding, madam?

1642
01:19:37,689 --> 01:19:39,526
1,300 pounds.

1643
01:19:39,568 --> 01:19:41,195
Seated at 1,300 pounds.

1644
01:19:41,238 --> 01:19:43,741
1,400.

1645
01:19:43,783 --> 01:19:45,871
1,500.

1646
01:19:45,912 --> 01:19:47,121
1,600.

1647
01:19:47,164 --> 01:19:48,416
Seven hundred.

1648
01:19:48,458 --> 01:19:49,543
Eight hundred.

1649
01:19:49,585 --> 01:19:51,296
1,900.

1650
01:19:51,338 --> 01:19:52,339
At one thousand...

1651
01:19:52,381 --> 01:19:53,925
2,000 pounds.

1652
01:19:53,967 --> 01:19:56,262
At the back, 2,000 pounds.

1653
01:19:56,304 --> 01:19:58,891
Any more at 2,000 pounds?

1654
01:19:58,933 --> 01:20:01,520
2,300.

1655
01:20:01,563 --> 01:20:03,399
MAN: Rich bastard.
Thank you, sir.

1656
01:20:03,440 --> 01:20:05,193
[CROWD MURMURING]
2,300 pounds.

1657
01:20:05,236 --> 01:20:08,032
At 2,300 pounds.

1658
01:20:08,073 --> 01:20:11,496
Any more, then, at 2,300 pounds?

1659
01:20:11,537 --> 01:20:13,416
2,500 pounds.

1660
01:20:13,457 --> 01:20:15,629
The lady at 2,500 pounds.

1661
01:20:15,670 --> 01:20:18,007
Against you, sir, at 2,500.

1662
01:20:18,049 --> 01:20:18,967
2,800.

1663
01:20:19,009 --> 01:20:20,428
Miss Potter, you've bid more

1664
01:20:20,469 --> 01:20:22,056
than that farm is worth.

1665
01:20:22,097 --> 01:20:24,518
AUCTIONEER:
3,000 pounds.

1666
01:20:24,560 --> 01:20:27,105
At 3,000 pounds, seated,
with the lady.

1667
01:20:27,148 --> 01:20:28,275
Against you, sir.

1668
01:20:28,316 --> 01:20:29,609
Are we all done

1669
01:20:29,651 --> 01:20:31,863
at 3,000 pounds?

1670
01:20:31,905 --> 01:20:33,074
Going once...

1671
01:20:33,115 --> 01:20:34,952
going twice...

1672
01:20:34,994 --> 01:20:37,748
Sold to the lady, 3,000 pounds.

1673
01:20:37,790 --> 01:20:39,961
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]

1674
01:20:40,002 --> 01:20:42,965
Sir, you should
control your client.

1675
01:20:43,007 --> 01:20:45,094
She has allowed her emotions
to get the better of her.

1676
01:20:45,135 --> 01:20:47,222
Really?
She has squandered

1677
01:20:47,264 --> 01:20:49,226
any possibility of profit
from that farm.

1678
01:20:49,267 --> 01:20:50,937
It was prime development land.

1679
01:20:50,978 --> 01:20:53,900
This place, this community,
is an inspiration.

1680
01:20:53,941 --> 01:20:56,696
It should be conserved
for future generations

1681
01:20:56,738 --> 01:20:59,367
and not destroyed...
it deserves protection.

1682
01:20:59,409 --> 01:21:00,953
Madam, your observations
are woefully inadequate.

1683
01:21:00,995 --> 01:21:04,543
Please, sir, I am no longer in
the habit of being lectured to,

1684
01:21:04,585 --> 01:21:07,339
and, thankfully, I do not
require your approval,

1685
01:21:07,380 --> 01:21:09,343
or anyone else's.

1686
01:21:09,385 --> 01:21:11,012
So, if you'll excuse us.

1687
01:21:11,053 --> 01:21:12,806
Mr. Heelis.

1688
01:21:17,189 --> 01:21:19,485
[LAUGHING]

1689
01:21:19,526 --> 01:21:22,031
HEELIS: I hope you're
not gonna make a habit

1690
01:21:22,072 --> 01:21:23,158
of this, Miss Potter.

1691
01:21:23,199 --> 01:21:24,325
BEATRIX:
Do you know,

1692
01:21:24,368 --> 01:21:27,122
Mr. Heelis, I think I might.

1693
01:21:27,164 --> 01:21:30,336
Now, will you have time tomorrow
to show me those other farms?

1694
01:21:30,378 --> 01:21:31,630
I certainly will.

1695
01:21:31,671 --> 01:21:34,718
Excellent.

1696
01:21:44,651 --> 01:21:46,571
Come in.

1697
01:21:48,157 --> 01:21:49,576
[GASPS]

1698
01:21:49,617 --> 01:21:51,622
Oh, my.

1699
01:21:51,663 --> 01:21:53,416
Goodness me.

1700
01:21:53,457 --> 01:21:55,336
I'll be just a moment.

1701
01:22:02,348 --> 01:22:05,520
[BIRDS CHIRPING]

1702
01:22:13,659 --> 01:22:16,121
[LAUGHS]

1703
01:22:19,334 --> 01:22:21,380
Now, then, young man,

1704
01:22:21,421 --> 01:22:24,427
how are you taking
to your new home?

1705
01:22:24,468 --> 01:22:27,180
I know it's not London,
but Hill Top

1706
01:22:27,223 --> 01:22:29,434
might suit a young
rabbit better.

1707
01:22:30,520 --> 01:22:32,606
He seems to be taking
to the place.

1708
01:22:32,648 --> 01:22:35,444
As am I, Mr. Heelis.

1709
01:22:35,486 --> 01:22:37,156
Now, the road.

1710
01:22:37,197 --> 01:22:38,366
Oh, yes.

1711
01:22:38,408 --> 01:22:40,996
Yes, of course, Miss Potter.
[CLEARS THROAT]

1712
01:22:41,037 --> 01:22:42,623
Oh.

1713
01:22:42,665 --> 01:22:44,168
[CHUCKLES]

1714
01:22:44,210 --> 01:22:46,212
How would you feel
about calling me "William"

1715
01:22:46,254 --> 01:22:48,299
instead of this
infernal "Mr. Heelis"?

1716
01:22:48,342 --> 01:22:49,969
I sound like an undertaker.

1717
01:22:50,010 --> 01:22:51,722
[CHUCKLING]:
Of course, William.

1718
01:22:51,763 --> 01:22:56,981
And I believe "Beatrix" might be
perfectly appropriate as well.

1719
01:23:02,115 --> 01:23:05,537
[CREATURES SQUAWKING, CHIRPING]

1720
01:23:13,048 --> 01:23:15,679
BEATRIX:
There's something delicious

1721
01:23:15,721 --> 01:23:19,184
about writing those
first few words of a story.

1722
01:23:19,227 --> 01:23:22,273
You can never quite tell
where they'll take you.

1723
01:23:24,276 --> 01:23:26,488
Mine took me here...

1724
01:23:26,529 --> 01:23:28,700
where I belong.

1725
01:23:58,375 --> 01:24:01,880
♪

1726
01:24:38,734 --> 01:24:42,198
♪

1727
01:24:57,014 --> 01:24:59,184
[ORCHESTRAL THEME ENDS]

1728
01:24:59,226 --> 01:25:01,939
[GENTLE ACOUSTIC GUITAR
INTRO PLAYS]

1729
01:25:10,870 --> 01:25:16,296
♪ When you taught me
how to dance ♪

1730
01:25:16,338 --> 01:25:22,265
♪ Years ago, with misty eyes

1731
01:25:22,306 --> 01:25:28,108
♪ Every step and silent glance

1732
01:25:28,149 --> 01:25:34,160
♪ Every move
a sweet surprise ♪

1733
01:25:34,202 --> 01:25:39,627
♪ Someone must have
taught you well ♪

1734
01:25:39,668 --> 01:25:46,137
♪ To beguile and to entrance

1735
01:25:46,180 --> 01:25:51,647
♪ For that night
you cast your spell ♪

1736
01:25:51,689 --> 01:25:57,615
♪ And you taught me
how to dance ♪

1737
01:25:57,656 --> 01:26:03,917
♪ Like reflections in a lake

1738
01:26:03,959 --> 01:26:09,343
♪ I recall what went before

1739
01:26:09,385 --> 01:26:15,228
♪ As I give, I learn to take

1740
01:26:15,270 --> 01:26:21,656
♪ And will be alone no more

1741
01:26:21,698 --> 01:26:26,455
♪ Other lights
may light my way ♪

1742
01:26:26,497 --> 01:26:33,175
♪ I may even find romance

1743
01:26:33,217 --> 01:26:38,935
♪ But I won't forget
that night ♪

1744
01:26:38,976 --> 01:26:45,362
♪ When you taught me
how to dance ♪

1745
01:26:45,403 --> 01:26:49,827
♪ Cold winds blow

1746
01:26:49,869 --> 01:26:52,916
♪ But up on those hills

1747
01:26:52,957 --> 01:26:57,382
♪ You find me

1748
01:26:57,423 --> 01:27:01,722
♪ And I know

1749
01:27:01,764 --> 01:27:08,775
♪ You're walking
right behind me ♪

1750
01:27:08,817 --> 01:27:14,285
♪ When you taught me
how to dance ♪

1751
01:27:14,327 --> 01:27:20,337
♪ Years ago with misty eyes

1752
01:27:20,378 --> 01:27:26,096
♪ Every step and silent glance

1753
01:27:26,138 --> 01:27:32,064
♪ Every move a sweet surprise

1754
01:27:32,106 --> 01:27:37,573
♪ Someone must have
taught you well ♪

1755
01:27:37,616 --> 01:27:43,959
♪ To beguile and to entrance

1756
01:27:44,001 --> 01:27:49,636
♪ For that night
you cast your spell ♪

1757
01:27:49,678 --> 01:27:55,520
♪ And you taught me
how to dance ♪

1758
01:27:55,562 --> 01:27:58,232
♪ And you taught me

1759
01:27:58,275 --> 01:28:03,492
♪ How to dance.

1760
01:28:03,534 --> 01:28:06,080
[SONG ENDS]

1761
01:28:07,457 --> 01:28:10,254
[GENTLE ORCHESTRAL THEME
FADES IN]

1762
01:28:19,477 --> 01:28:21,522
♪

1763
01:28:34,669 --> 01:28:35,629
[THEME ENDS]