1 00:00:04,203 --> 00:00:06,453 Jo! 2 00:00:06,563 --> 00:00:08,693 Jo! 3 00:00:08,803 --> 00:00:10,813 Jo, have you got the curling papers? 4 00:00:10,923 --> 00:00:12,613 Ugh! 5 00:00:12,723 --> 00:00:15,613 There was a whole box full in the dresser on the landing! 6 00:00:15,723 --> 00:00:17,973 Marmee left them and said we were to share them! 7 00:00:18,083 --> 00:00:21,373 Amy, what use do you suppose I have for curling papers? 8 00:00:21,483 --> 00:00:23,013 Sorry. 9 00:00:23,123 --> 00:00:24,483 I forgot. 10 00:00:29,203 --> 00:00:31,373 Beth! Beth! 11 00:00:31,483 --> 00:00:33,733 "Marmee, I wish you could see how well your troop of 12 00:00:33,843 --> 00:00:36,053 "little women have marshalled themselves. 13 00:00:36,163 --> 00:00:39,403 "It would do Father more good than all the medicine in Washington. 14 00:00:41,443 --> 00:00:44,573 "Mr Brooke was a hero to telegraph as soon as you arrived. 15 00:00:44,683 --> 00:00:48,013 "Just to know that the news was not the worst was enough to send us 16 00:00:48,123 --> 00:00:49,613 "wild with happiness, 17 00:00:49,723 --> 00:00:52,893 "and back to our posts in the house like soldiers." 18 00:00:53,003 --> 00:00:54,733 Beth! Beth! 19 00:00:54,843 --> 00:00:56,373 Have you seen the curling papers? 20 00:00:56,483 --> 00:00:58,413 Marmee said I was to start doing my own hair. 21 00:00:58,523 --> 00:01:01,733 No, and Marmee also said you shouldn't put papers in on weekdays. 22 00:01:01,843 --> 00:01:03,843 Marmee isn't here. 23 00:01:08,243 --> 00:01:12,523 "You wouldn't find a single fault in us, I promise." 24 00:01:43,723 --> 00:01:45,053 The curling papers! 25 00:01:45,163 --> 00:01:47,853 I knew someone had taken them! 26 00:01:47,963 --> 00:01:49,453 Where are you going? 27 00:01:49,563 --> 00:01:52,413 On Thursday, I'm going to stay at Annie Moffat's. 28 00:01:52,523 --> 00:01:53,973 You didn't say! 29 00:01:54,083 --> 00:01:56,293 I only just got permission from Mr Laurence. Hm. 30 00:01:56,403 --> 00:01:58,533 Marmee entrusted him with all such matters. 31 00:01:58,643 --> 00:02:01,253 Marmee also told us to be indigent about our work. 32 00:02:01,363 --> 00:02:03,893 How can you be indigent when you abandon your poor pupils 33 00:02:04,003 --> 00:02:06,373 to go gallivanting off at somebody's mansion? 34 00:02:06,483 --> 00:02:08,213 The word is diligent. Not indigent! 35 00:02:08,323 --> 00:02:10,893 And my poor pupils are going to the ocean, with their parents, 36 00:02:11,003 --> 00:02:13,003 because there's scarlet fever in town. 37 00:02:16,083 --> 00:02:20,373 There's going to be a ball. Annie's sister Belle just got engaged! 38 00:02:20,483 --> 00:02:21,773 A ball at the Moffats'... 39 00:02:21,883 --> 00:02:23,733 It's all going to be so elegant! 40 00:02:23,843 --> 00:02:25,413 Would you like to be engaged? 41 00:02:25,523 --> 00:02:27,613 Oh, I'd like to be married, one day. 42 00:02:27,723 --> 00:02:32,013 Well, you won't catch many husbands in this shabby old tarlatan! 43 00:02:32,123 --> 00:02:33,573 Marmee always said the first one of us 44 00:02:33,683 --> 00:02:35,853 to get to go to a ball would wear that violet silk dress, 45 00:02:35,963 --> 00:02:37,893 the one she keeps wrapped up in the special paper. 46 00:02:38,003 --> 00:02:40,253 There isn't time to make it over. 47 00:02:40,363 --> 00:02:43,083 This shabby old tarlatan will have to do. 48 00:02:44,163 --> 00:02:47,253 Hm. Well, you might ruin it, anyway. 49 00:02:47,363 --> 00:02:49,613 Like when you turned the sleeves on my old dress 50 00:02:49,723 --> 00:02:51,653 and they came out bluer than the bodice. 51 00:02:51,763 --> 00:02:55,413 Oh, I was a figure of fun at school for days! 52 00:02:55,523 --> 00:02:58,293 And it's bad enough that I owe at least a dozen pickled limes! 53 00:02:58,403 --> 00:03:00,213 Are pickled limes still the fashion? 54 00:03:00,323 --> 00:03:03,173 Yes. Even though Mr Davis has forbidden them. 55 00:03:03,283 --> 00:03:06,283 And I am dreadfully in debt, because I can't return them. 56 00:03:07,803 --> 00:03:10,763 You know what it's like to be socially disadvantaged. 57 00:03:13,003 --> 00:03:16,443 Will 25 cents buy enough pickled limes to restore your dignity? 58 00:03:23,923 --> 00:03:24,963 Mrs March? 59 00:03:27,443 --> 00:03:31,373 I asked the landlady of the boarding house to make up a jug of beef tea. 60 00:03:31,483 --> 00:03:34,203 She packed it up with some toast, and a little fruit. 61 00:03:35,123 --> 00:03:37,693 Mr March isn't able to eat anything. 62 00:03:37,803 --> 00:03:39,653 But you are. 63 00:03:39,763 --> 00:03:41,523 And you must. 64 00:04:00,723 --> 00:04:02,213 Good morning, Mary. 65 00:04:02,323 --> 00:04:05,933 I came in early this morning for extra algebra. Oh, pickled limes! 66 00:04:06,043 --> 00:04:10,533 You're brave. Mr Davis took his coffee way too strong this morning. 67 00:04:10,643 --> 00:04:13,173 He's as nervous as a witch, and as cross as a bear! 68 00:04:13,283 --> 00:04:15,213 Amy March has pickled limes! 69 00:04:15,323 --> 00:04:17,933 I might have known you'd smell them from across the yard. 70 00:04:18,043 --> 00:04:21,723 - You could always smell mine. - Flat nose or no flat nose. 71 00:04:24,443 --> 00:04:26,053 I wanted to wear white tonight, 72 00:04:26,163 --> 00:04:29,333 but Mother said that was for debutantes and brides - I've been 73 00:04:29,443 --> 00:04:32,853 a debutante already, and we're already planning my wedding gown! 74 00:04:32,963 --> 00:04:35,413 Oh, these flowers you've brought from the Laurences' - 75 00:04:35,523 --> 00:04:36,973 they're delicious, Meg! 76 00:04:37,083 --> 00:04:40,093 The young man of the house is clearly out to spoil you! 77 00:04:40,203 --> 00:04:44,413 Sallie, I think you'll find it was the old man of the house. 78 00:04:44,523 --> 00:04:47,293 Mr Laurence knows I like to share. 79 00:04:47,403 --> 00:04:50,773 And that is just one of the many very delightful things about you. 80 00:04:50,883 --> 00:04:52,658 And although we all think that there couldn't 81 00:04:52,768 --> 00:04:54,453 really be a much prettier version of you... 82 00:04:54,563 --> 00:04:57,333 You have the loveliest arms of all of us, 83 00:04:57,443 --> 00:04:59,773 and almost the smallest waist. 84 00:04:59,883 --> 00:05:02,653 I only have that half-inch less because of my new corset! 85 00:05:02,763 --> 00:05:05,973 You would look so adorable in a brand-new gown, with French heels 86 00:05:06,083 --> 00:05:09,803 to match it, and maybe one of these flowers in a little silver holder. 87 00:05:11,123 --> 00:05:13,493 But I don't have any of those things. 88 00:05:13,603 --> 00:05:15,413 And I can't complain, or apologise, 89 00:05:15,523 --> 00:05:17,803 because that's just the way things are. 90 00:05:18,883 --> 00:05:22,003 Well. Not necessarily. 91 00:05:23,563 --> 00:05:26,883 Did you see Meg's face when we left her at the Moffats'? 92 00:05:30,203 --> 00:05:33,133 It's odd knowing your sister's at somebody else's house 93 00:05:33,243 --> 00:05:36,173 surrounded by things she'd love to have, but can't afford to buy. 94 00:05:36,283 --> 00:05:37,813 Can't afford to buy now. 95 00:05:37,923 --> 00:05:40,523 She may marry a man who will make her very happy. 96 00:05:41,523 --> 00:05:44,213 Ned Moffat and the Gardiner boys are going to that ball. 97 00:05:44,323 --> 00:05:45,733 That isn't funny, Teddy! 98 00:05:45,843 --> 00:05:48,013 I've felt so... rumpled in my mind ever since you told me 99 00:05:48,123 --> 00:05:49,773 that Brooke had taken Meg's glove 100 00:05:49,883 --> 00:05:51,573 and kept it in his pocket. 101 00:05:51,683 --> 00:05:54,293 Ned Moffat and the Gardiner boys aren't all bad. 102 00:05:54,403 --> 00:05:57,173 They just like a harmless lark now and then, 103 00:05:57,283 --> 00:05:59,133 and... so do I. 104 00:05:59,243 --> 00:06:00,824 Going to town and playing billiards 105 00:06:00,934 --> 00:06:03,133 and drinking whiskey aren't harmless. 106 00:06:03,243 --> 00:06:04,525 Because if you run wild, Marmee will 107 00:06:04,635 --> 00:06:06,333 put a stop to all of our good times. 108 00:06:06,443 --> 00:06:09,773 I see. In which case I'd better be a double-distilled saint. 109 00:06:09,883 --> 00:06:12,853 Why can't you just be grateful for all the chances that you have? 110 00:06:12,963 --> 00:06:15,173 The chance to study! The chance to go to college! 111 00:06:15,283 --> 00:06:18,893 The chance to spend years of your life with books, and ideas! 112 00:06:19,003 --> 00:06:21,093 You say it as though I might enjoy it. 113 00:06:21,203 --> 00:06:22,333 I'd enjoy it. 114 00:06:22,443 --> 00:06:25,493 Are you going to deliver lectures all the way home? 115 00:06:25,603 --> 00:06:28,893 Because if you are, I'm going to walk someplace where I can take a bus. 116 00:06:29,003 --> 00:06:30,253 I just worry about you, Laurie, 117 00:06:30,363 --> 00:06:32,213 because you've got such a strong will that 118 00:06:32,323 --> 00:06:34,813 if you ever go the wrong way it won't be possible to stop you! 119 00:06:34,923 --> 00:06:38,493 Whilst you, of course, are always entirely open to reason, 120 00:06:38,603 --> 00:06:40,923 and never afraid to admit you're in the wrong! 121 00:06:42,363 --> 00:06:44,653 I meant what I said! I'll take the bus. 122 00:06:44,763 --> 00:06:46,763 No. I'll take the bus. 123 00:07:37,723 --> 00:07:39,413 Young ladies, my eye is upon you. 124 00:07:39,523 --> 00:07:42,133 If you would be good enough to return your attention to the 125 00:07:42,243 --> 00:07:46,533 front of the class, I'd like you all to direct your attention to 126 00:07:46,643 --> 00:07:48,923 this map of the Dutch East Indies. 127 00:07:50,123 --> 00:07:53,453 Miss Kingsley, what is the object of your interest? 128 00:07:53,563 --> 00:07:55,923 The map of the Dutch East Indies, sir. 129 00:07:58,203 --> 00:08:02,803 I think the object of her interest is the parcel in Miss March's desk. 130 00:08:04,603 --> 00:08:07,293 And would Miss March like to enlighten us 131 00:08:07,403 --> 00:08:09,363 as to the contents of that parcel? 132 00:08:10,763 --> 00:08:12,963 No, sir, I would not. 133 00:08:21,523 --> 00:08:22,643 Pickled limes! 134 00:08:24,803 --> 00:08:26,093 Yes. 135 00:08:26,203 --> 00:08:27,843 Pick them up. 136 00:08:39,763 --> 00:08:41,283 Out the window. 137 00:08:43,443 --> 00:08:44,413 What? 138 00:08:44,523 --> 00:08:46,243 Out the window, now, two at a time! 139 00:09:27,123 --> 00:09:30,523 And you'll remain there until recess. 140 00:09:38,483 --> 00:09:40,413 I am never going back there. 141 00:09:40,523 --> 00:09:42,693 And I'm not going to make you! 142 00:09:42,803 --> 00:09:45,373 If I had my way, that vicious animal would be arrested! 143 00:09:45,483 --> 00:09:47,613 Jail would be too good for him. 144 00:09:47,723 --> 00:09:50,173 He made me throw two dozen perfectly good limes out the window! 145 00:09:50,283 --> 00:09:52,493 That's not why he should be punished, Amy. 146 00:09:52,603 --> 00:09:56,613 And if he had to punish you, he shouldn't have done it this way! 147 00:09:56,723 --> 00:09:59,763 All I could think about was Marmee's face! 148 00:10:01,083 --> 00:10:04,173 And how disappointed she would be when she finds out. 149 00:10:04,283 --> 00:10:07,733 Beth, would you please go and play some piano? 150 00:10:07,843 --> 00:10:10,083 Music might set us back to rights. 151 00:10:21,363 --> 00:10:22,966 Why in the name of Christopher Columbus 152 00:10:23,076 --> 00:10:24,933 are you playing Land Of The Leal, Beth? 153 00:10:25,043 --> 00:10:27,363 Because it's Father and Marmee's favourite! 154 00:10:44,643 --> 00:10:46,933 May I take you in to supper, Miss March? 155 00:10:47,043 --> 00:10:49,773 Oh, quelle dommage! 156 00:10:49,883 --> 00:10:52,813 I already have someone on my card for that! 157 00:10:52,923 --> 00:10:55,293 I thought so! Reuben Gardiner. 158 00:10:55,403 --> 00:10:59,613 I'm not so easily rebuffed, you bewitching little minx. Oh! 159 00:10:59,723 --> 00:11:02,293 May I put my name down for the Lancers? 160 00:11:02,403 --> 00:11:07,213 If you are very, very good, I might just accept you for the Quadrille. 161 00:11:07,323 --> 00:11:09,443 It really is the last one left! 162 00:11:15,043 --> 00:11:18,813 I-I am going to be very naughty and ask you to excuse me. 163 00:11:18,923 --> 00:11:22,133 A family friend has just arrived and will expect my company. 164 00:11:22,243 --> 00:11:24,043 I don't care to disappoint him! 165 00:11:26,003 --> 00:11:27,123 Oh. 166 00:11:28,523 --> 00:11:33,213 That family friend. So it's true, what everyone says, then? 167 00:11:33,323 --> 00:11:34,613 Everyone? 168 00:11:34,723 --> 00:11:36,413 Including my mother. 169 00:11:36,523 --> 00:11:40,203 "Mrs March has made her plans!" she said. 170 00:11:43,923 --> 00:11:45,483 Made what plans? 171 00:11:57,323 --> 00:12:00,813 Stop fanning yourself - it isn't even hot! 172 00:12:00,923 --> 00:12:03,653 I brought you a glass of Champagne, and an ice cream. 173 00:12:03,763 --> 00:12:06,333 I've had so much Champagne I've already started the headache 174 00:12:06,443 --> 00:12:08,083 I'll wake up with in the morning. 175 00:12:09,283 --> 00:12:13,813 How dare people even think that Marmee "has plans"? 176 00:12:13,923 --> 00:12:16,213 That she's plotting for us to make a match? 177 00:12:16,323 --> 00:12:17,733 She's not that sort of woman. 178 00:12:17,843 --> 00:12:19,933 And I'll make my own match, thank you very much. 179 00:12:20,043 --> 00:12:22,523 I dare say I will, one day. 180 00:12:23,643 --> 00:12:26,733 But I'm certainly not going to plan, and scheme, 181 00:12:26,843 --> 00:12:29,293 and have Marmee's integrity called into question! 182 00:12:29,403 --> 00:12:31,733 Meg, why don't you just eat your ice cream? 183 00:12:31,843 --> 00:12:35,573 Because my feet burn so in these borrowed shoes 184 00:12:35,683 --> 00:12:38,283 that I'd rather just stick them right in it! 185 00:12:40,043 --> 00:12:44,643 Oh! Don't tell Jo I let them dress me up. 186 00:12:46,243 --> 00:12:50,683 She doesn't like anything to do with romance, or flirting. 187 00:12:52,083 --> 00:12:53,483 I know. 188 00:12:54,883 --> 00:12:56,573 She might change her mind. 189 00:12:56,683 --> 00:12:57,883 Mm. 190 00:13:02,163 --> 00:13:04,043 Mm! 191 00:13:14,283 --> 00:13:15,683 Are you coming in with me? 192 00:13:22,163 --> 00:13:23,203 Oh! 193 00:13:30,563 --> 00:13:33,573 I hereby serve notice of the withdrawal of my sister 194 00:13:33,683 --> 00:13:34,923 from your school. 195 00:13:37,683 --> 00:13:40,843 Fees until the end of this week are enclosed. Hm. 196 00:13:42,083 --> 00:13:45,093 Miss March was rather a favourite of mine. 197 00:13:45,203 --> 00:13:48,173 Had she once apologised, or beseeched, or begged me, 198 00:13:48,283 --> 00:13:49,853 I would have desisted. 199 00:13:49,963 --> 00:13:52,093 She should have apologised. 200 00:13:52,203 --> 00:13:55,803 But if she was too proud to beseech, or beg, I commend her. 201 00:14:12,723 --> 00:14:15,413 It says here that the Union Army lost heavily at Ball's Bluff. 202 00:14:15,523 --> 00:14:17,813 They advanced into four Confederate regiments, 203 00:14:17,923 --> 00:14:20,653 and in the confusion many men tried to swim the river and drowned. 204 00:14:20,763 --> 00:14:22,493 It's definitely setting. 205 00:14:22,603 --> 00:14:25,373 I'm glad I put less water in than the instructions said. 206 00:14:25,483 --> 00:14:28,453 Oh, I hope they don't introduce conscription. 207 00:14:28,563 --> 00:14:30,653 Marmee needs Mr Brooke to stay in Washington, 208 00:14:30,763 --> 00:14:32,173 and I wouldn't want him called away. 209 00:14:32,283 --> 00:14:34,213 I can send them an artistic model of my foot 210 00:14:34,323 --> 00:14:35,933 when I've completed this casting. 211 00:14:36,043 --> 00:14:39,043 They can put it where Father can see it from his bed. Hm. 212 00:14:40,803 --> 00:14:42,693 Hannah, may I take this loaf to the Hummels? 213 00:14:42,803 --> 00:14:45,693 You can take it if you've a wish to and no desire for any bread yourself. 214 00:14:45,803 --> 00:14:49,053 It's the last morsel we have, and seeing as it's a wash day 215 00:14:49,163 --> 00:14:52,053 there'll be no more until one of your sisters rolls up her sleeves 216 00:14:52,163 --> 00:14:54,733 and sets to it with the yeast and the proving pans! 217 00:14:54,843 --> 00:14:57,293 I've enough to do with that cat having kittens again, 218 00:14:57,403 --> 00:14:59,163 in the necessary house. 219 00:15:05,683 --> 00:15:07,043 It won't come out! 220 00:15:08,523 --> 00:15:10,213 It won't come out! 221 00:15:10,323 --> 00:15:11,613 It won't come out! 222 00:15:11,723 --> 00:15:13,533 Shouldn't you have greased your foot first? 223 00:15:13,643 --> 00:15:16,603 I don't know! We need a mallet. 224 00:15:25,603 --> 00:15:27,853 Will one of you come with me to the Hummels'? 225 00:15:27,963 --> 00:15:31,413 Oh, I have letters to write, including one to Marmee. 226 00:15:31,523 --> 00:15:34,643 And can't you see I am being incommoded by my art? 227 00:15:37,723 --> 00:15:39,853 You've been to the Hummels' every day this week, Beth! 228 00:15:39,963 --> 00:15:41,493 Mrs Hummel has some scrubbing work, 229 00:15:41,603 --> 00:15:43,933 but she's leaving Lottchen in charge of all the little ones. 230 00:15:44,043 --> 00:15:45,693 I have a cold, Beth. 231 00:15:45,803 --> 00:15:48,133 I'd be at Aunt March's, but she can't stand to hear me read 232 00:15:48,243 --> 00:15:49,723 when my nose is blocked. 233 00:16:12,843 --> 00:16:14,243 Lottchen? 234 00:16:16,123 --> 00:16:17,733 Where's the baby? 235 00:16:17,843 --> 00:16:19,597 Lottchen? 236 00:16:24,563 --> 00:16:26,123 Lottchen, where's the baby? 237 00:16:28,483 --> 00:16:30,483 Oh, please wake up, baby! 238 00:16:34,083 --> 00:16:36,083 I brought bread with me, and milk. 239 00:16:38,403 --> 00:16:41,013 I'm going to make you all sorts of good things to eat! 240 00:16:41,123 --> 00:16:44,693 Please wake up, baby. Please wake up. 241 00:16:44,803 --> 00:16:46,283 Please wake up! 242 00:16:48,563 --> 00:16:50,403 Please wake up! 243 00:17:09,523 --> 00:17:10,923 I need to see Dr Bangs! 244 00:17:12,403 --> 00:17:15,013 How long have the family been ill? 245 00:17:15,123 --> 00:17:17,733 A little bit sick for a week or so. 246 00:17:17,843 --> 00:17:20,083 But I only saw the rash on him today. 247 00:17:21,403 --> 00:17:24,323 His mother has gone out scrubbing so she can pay you. 248 00:17:29,883 --> 00:17:31,963 There will be no bill. 249 00:17:34,083 --> 00:17:36,363 And now I need to examine you. 250 00:17:45,923 --> 00:17:47,363 Beth! 251 00:17:53,163 --> 00:17:55,893 Is the doctor absolutely sure it's scarlet fever? 252 00:17:56,003 --> 00:17:58,373 He's seen a dozen children die in the past two weeks! 253 00:17:58,483 --> 00:18:00,037 I would have noticed if I hadn't been so 254 00:18:00,147 --> 00:18:01,773 obsessed with scribbling all that rubbish! 255 00:18:01,883 --> 00:18:03,773 I knew there was an epidemic in the town. 256 00:18:03,883 --> 00:18:05,963 I should have made her stay at home! 257 00:18:07,163 --> 00:18:08,973 Dried lavender. 258 00:18:09,083 --> 00:18:11,293 Marmee must have put it there. 259 00:18:11,403 --> 00:18:16,763 You have to telegraph her. She has to come home from Washington. 260 00:18:18,403 --> 00:18:20,613 You can't manage this alone! 261 00:18:20,723 --> 00:18:24,923 Father might be dying, Laurie! Marmee can't leave him! 262 00:18:28,483 --> 00:18:30,803 We have to spare her what anxiety we can. 263 00:18:34,523 --> 00:18:37,093 I'm not going! I tell you, I'm not going! 264 00:18:37,203 --> 00:18:39,363 I already told Meg and I told Jo! 265 00:18:40,363 --> 00:18:43,173 They still think the change of air will stop you getting scarlet fever. 266 00:18:43,283 --> 00:18:47,093 I'd rather get scarlet fever than go to stay at Aunt March's house! 267 00:18:47,203 --> 00:18:49,453 Scarlet fever isn't a joke, Amy. 268 00:18:49,563 --> 00:18:51,213 Neither is spending weeks on end 269 00:18:51,323 --> 00:18:56,043 in a dull house with a cross old woman, a poodle and a parrot! 270 00:19:00,523 --> 00:19:04,613 How about I come and visit you at Aunt March's every day, 271 00:19:04,723 --> 00:19:06,483 and take you out for a drive? 272 00:19:12,683 --> 00:19:14,213 In the carriage or the phaeton? 273 00:19:14,323 --> 00:19:17,253 The carriage and the phaeton on alternate afternoons, 274 00:19:17,363 --> 00:19:20,323 if you'll only go tell Meg and Jo you've changed your mind. 275 00:19:29,603 --> 00:19:31,163 Very well. 276 00:19:32,323 --> 00:19:35,123 As long as everyone remembers I'm making a great sacrifice. 277 00:19:41,843 --> 00:19:43,683 I brought the hot water bottle. 278 00:19:46,123 --> 00:19:48,323 Oh, I thought I'd be warmer by now. 279 00:19:49,483 --> 00:19:52,323 It's a long time since I came in out of the rain. 280 00:20:02,203 --> 00:20:03,373 Scarlet fever? 281 00:20:03,483 --> 00:20:05,133 Huh, it's inevitable, 282 00:20:05,243 --> 00:20:09,093 if you're all encouraged to go poking about among poor folks. 283 00:20:09,203 --> 00:20:11,533 Are you expected to succumb? 284 00:20:11,643 --> 00:20:13,837 They sent me here in the hope that I wouldn't. 285 00:20:15,123 --> 00:20:17,963 Don't sniff. I can't abide it when people sniff. 286 00:20:19,203 --> 00:20:22,173 Do they pet you at home, and make much of you? 287 00:20:22,283 --> 00:20:25,253 Are you lavished with affection and kind words? 288 00:20:25,363 --> 00:20:27,133 Yes. 289 00:20:27,243 --> 00:20:31,653 The female animal should not be indulged, for hers is a thorny path. 290 00:20:31,763 --> 00:20:35,413 She must learn to tread it in a spirit of self-governance. 291 00:20:35,523 --> 00:20:37,043 Yes, Aunt March. 292 00:20:38,683 --> 00:20:42,533 Your countenance is not unpleasant, and I dare to hope you may 293 00:20:42,643 --> 00:20:46,923 prove less intractable and more rewarding than your sister. 294 00:20:49,483 --> 00:20:51,573 May I put the parrot down now, Aunt March? 295 00:20:51,683 --> 00:20:53,373 Well, if you so desire, 296 00:20:53,483 --> 00:20:56,053 but if he suspects that you not admire him, 297 00:20:56,163 --> 00:20:58,917 he will devise a method of revenge. 298 00:21:07,083 --> 00:21:08,533 Can I see her? 299 00:21:08,643 --> 00:21:09,933 She wouldn't know you, sir. 300 00:21:10,043 --> 00:21:12,093 And the doctor bade us keep her quiet, 301 00:21:12,203 --> 00:21:15,293 with the curtains drawn, lest the fever settle on her eyes. 302 00:21:15,403 --> 00:21:16,803 And blind her? 303 00:21:19,363 --> 00:21:23,973 Mr March has suffered a relapse of his encephalitis. 304 00:21:24,083 --> 00:21:25,973 So it's not pneumonia, then? 305 00:21:26,083 --> 00:21:31,803 No. It never was. He has a fever of the brain. 306 00:21:34,363 --> 00:21:38,013 I'm not partial to falsehoods, but I dare say there are times 307 00:21:38,123 --> 00:21:40,963 when they're more honourable than the truth. 308 00:21:42,923 --> 00:21:44,573 Green birds. 309 00:21:44,683 --> 00:21:47,203 No. There are no green birds. 310 00:21:48,483 --> 00:21:51,043 It's just the pattern of the ivy on the wallpaper. 311 00:21:52,043 --> 00:21:53,773 You're safe here in bed. 312 00:21:53,883 --> 00:21:55,453 They're moving! 313 00:21:55,563 --> 00:21:58,683 They're not moving. I promise you. 314 00:22:00,323 --> 00:22:02,283 You have to come back, Beth. 315 00:22:03,683 --> 00:22:05,563 Too many people miss you. 316 00:22:10,163 --> 00:22:11,723 I miss you. 317 00:22:57,243 --> 00:23:00,443 Estelle lets me come in here when Aunt March is napping. 318 00:23:04,523 --> 00:23:07,253 Here's the string of pearls Aunt March's father gave her 319 00:23:07,363 --> 00:23:08,843 when she turned 18. 320 00:23:10,363 --> 00:23:13,203 Estelle says the first one of us to be engaged will get it. 321 00:23:14,643 --> 00:23:19,853 And look, it's the silver bracelet the only baby she ever had wore. 322 00:23:19,963 --> 00:23:21,283 Until it died. 323 00:23:22,763 --> 00:23:23,963 Look! 324 00:23:25,483 --> 00:23:27,493 Her wedding ring. 325 00:23:27,603 --> 00:23:30,013 Hm. She's too fat to wear it now. 326 00:23:30,123 --> 00:23:31,853 Oh! 327 00:23:31,963 --> 00:23:34,323 I am a venerable butterfingers! 328 00:23:40,323 --> 00:23:42,453 Thank you. 329 00:23:42,563 --> 00:23:46,163 Laurie, I want you to witness my will. 330 00:23:50,763 --> 00:23:55,653 "I, Amy Curtis March, do give and bequeath all my earthly things viz 331 00:23:55,763 --> 00:23:58,172 "and to wit. Namely... to Jo, my most 332 00:23:58,282 --> 00:24:01,293 precious plaster rabbit, because I'm 333 00:24:01,403 --> 00:24:03,293 "sorry I burnt her book. 334 00:24:03,403 --> 00:24:05,773 "To Theodore Laurence, who has been my friend 335 00:24:05,883 --> 00:24:11,373 "in my hour of darkest affliction, my papier mache model of a horse 336 00:24:11,483 --> 00:24:14,893 "with apologies for shouting at him when he said it hadn't any neck..." 337 00:24:15,003 --> 00:24:17,813 It hadn't any neck. You were right. 338 00:24:17,923 --> 00:24:21,323 "And to Beth, if she was after me..." 339 00:24:22,803 --> 00:24:24,613 I'm not reading any more of this. 340 00:24:24,723 --> 00:24:27,813 It's one apology after another, and you aren't even sick, Amy. 341 00:24:27,923 --> 00:24:29,093 You are not going to die! 342 00:24:29,203 --> 00:24:31,293 I will some day! 343 00:24:31,403 --> 00:24:33,733 Everybody does! 344 00:24:33,843 --> 00:24:37,123 And I don't want to depart this Earth ashamed of myself! 345 00:24:40,043 --> 00:24:42,443 I could be a better person, Laurie. 346 00:24:43,603 --> 00:24:45,523 I've known that for a while now. 347 00:24:46,723 --> 00:24:48,163 I think that, too. 348 00:24:49,883 --> 00:24:51,483 About me? 349 00:24:52,643 --> 00:24:54,683 About myself. 350 00:25:01,283 --> 00:25:03,613 Wait. 351 00:25:03,723 --> 00:25:06,533 Laurie, can you add that I want all my curls cut off 352 00:25:06,643 --> 00:25:09,053 and given away to the people who have loved me? 353 00:25:09,163 --> 00:25:12,413 If you want to look revolting in your coffin, 354 00:25:12,523 --> 00:25:15,163 that is entirely up to you. 355 00:25:39,603 --> 00:25:43,173 If I didn't see the sweetness and the beauty of your nature before, 356 00:25:43,283 --> 00:25:44,813 I see it now. 357 00:25:44,923 --> 00:25:46,813 If I didn't know what a deep 358 00:25:46,923 --> 00:25:51,173 and tender place you held in my heart, I know it now. 359 00:25:51,283 --> 00:25:53,933 And I know that living for others has worth, 360 00:25:54,043 --> 00:25:56,293 because it's what you were doing all along. 361 00:25:56,403 --> 00:25:59,013 And I want to say thank you. 362 00:25:59,123 --> 00:26:01,483 Do you hear me? 363 00:26:03,763 --> 00:26:05,283 Do you hear me? 364 00:26:40,723 --> 00:26:44,803 If you can send for your mother, then you should. 365 00:26:51,843 --> 00:26:54,333 Wh-Where are you going, Jo? 366 00:26:54,443 --> 00:26:56,853 To send for Marmee. 367 00:26:56,963 --> 00:26:58,253 We held out and held out 368 00:26:58,363 --> 00:27:00,973 and now Beth might be dead before she can get here! 369 00:27:01,083 --> 00:27:04,363 Jo, I-I telegraphed her yesterday. 370 00:27:06,163 --> 00:27:08,573 But she can't leave Father! I told you that! 371 00:27:08,683 --> 00:27:10,853 Why do you never listen to anything I say, Laurie? 372 00:27:10,963 --> 00:27:12,603 Because I want what's best for you! 373 00:27:15,603 --> 00:27:17,803 She's already on the train. 374 00:27:24,363 --> 00:27:26,413 I keep looking at the clock. 375 00:27:26,523 --> 00:27:29,413 I don't know how the hands can move so slowly. 376 00:27:29,523 --> 00:27:31,093 The minute it chimes midnight, 377 00:27:31,203 --> 00:27:33,533 I'm leaving to fetch your mother from the station. 378 00:27:33,643 --> 00:27:35,693 I have to go back up. 379 00:27:35,803 --> 00:27:37,573 It's Meg's turn to have a rest. 380 00:27:37,683 --> 00:27:39,933 Will you take some of the claret up for Beth? 381 00:27:40,043 --> 00:27:43,733 Grandfather sent it for her. He thought it would be fortifying. 382 00:27:43,843 --> 00:27:47,333 Beth can't swallow anything, Laurie! 383 00:27:47,443 --> 00:27:49,493 Does nobody understand that? 384 00:27:49,603 --> 00:27:52,293 She doesn't even look like my Beth any more! 385 00:27:52,403 --> 00:27:55,413 It's like she's already gone, and she's taken half my soul with her, 386 00:27:55,523 --> 00:27:59,243 and I can't find God in any of this. 387 00:28:00,843 --> 00:28:05,253 We have no mother and no father to help us to endure it. 388 00:28:05,363 --> 00:28:06,613 Can you imagine how that feels? 389 00:28:06,723 --> 00:28:08,453 Yes. 390 00:28:08,563 --> 00:28:10,523 I can. 391 00:28:12,323 --> 00:28:14,403 Forgive me, Teddy. 392 00:28:29,483 --> 00:28:31,843 I'll help you to endure it. 393 00:28:33,403 --> 00:28:36,003 Marmee used to do that. 394 00:28:37,883 --> 00:28:39,893 She'll be doing it again by daybreak. 395 00:28:40,003 --> 00:28:41,613 Thanks to you. 396 00:28:41,723 --> 00:28:43,693 I was afraid you might let fly at me. 397 00:28:43,803 --> 00:28:45,323 Not this time. 398 00:28:46,243 --> 00:28:48,323 I quite like it when you let fly. 399 00:28:49,243 --> 00:28:52,213 And you're always sorry afterwards. 400 00:28:52,323 --> 00:28:54,333 Did I say sorry for letting fly that day 401 00:28:54,443 --> 00:28:56,173 we drove Meg to the Moffats'? 402 00:28:56,283 --> 00:28:59,133 No. 403 00:28:59,243 --> 00:29:02,813 Well, I was. And I am. 404 00:29:02,923 --> 00:29:04,853 I just get mad, 405 00:29:04,963 --> 00:29:08,443 and wild, at the thought of somebody coming to carry my sister off. 406 00:29:10,483 --> 00:29:12,733 Somebody will come and carry you off, one day. 407 00:29:12,843 --> 00:29:15,163 I don't want them to. 408 00:29:29,483 --> 00:29:30,963 Teddy? 409 00:29:32,043 --> 00:29:33,563 Please. 410 00:29:36,123 --> 00:29:39,083 Please just be my comfortable friend. 411 00:29:43,603 --> 00:29:45,843 That's better. 412 00:30:27,443 --> 00:30:30,403 This won't survive another night in that cold wind. 413 00:30:33,843 --> 00:30:36,373 I thought that if I put it here, 414 00:30:36,483 --> 00:30:40,373 it will be the first thing she sees when she opens her eyes. 415 00:30:40,483 --> 00:30:44,163 And the second thing she'll see will be our mother's face. 416 00:30:46,523 --> 00:30:49,653 If God spares her, I will never complain again. 417 00:30:49,763 --> 00:30:53,613 If God spares her, I will love Him all my days. 418 00:30:53,723 --> 00:30:58,293 But if this is what life is - if it's going to be as hard as this - 419 00:30:58,403 --> 00:31:01,083 I don't know how we'll ever get through it. 420 00:31:02,563 --> 00:31:04,283 Beth? 421 00:31:06,323 --> 00:31:08,363 Oh, her hands are colder. 422 00:31:19,723 --> 00:31:22,243 It's Marmee. She's home! 423 00:31:34,043 --> 00:31:36,573 Marmee! Marmee! 424 00:31:36,683 --> 00:31:39,893 The fever's turned - she's breathing natural! 425 00:31:40,003 --> 00:31:41,523 Praise be given! 426 00:31:47,123 --> 00:31:50,483 Beth. Oh, Beth, my darling girl! 427 00:31:56,283 --> 00:31:58,093 Did Father come with you? 428 00:31:58,203 --> 00:32:02,123 No. But he's getting better. So much better. 429 00:32:05,603 --> 00:32:07,803 I need to sleep now, Marmee. 430 00:32:18,603 --> 00:32:20,123 Thank you. 431 00:32:44,123 --> 00:32:47,173 ♪ May God bless you 432 00:32:47,283 --> 00:32:48,733 ♪ Good Queen Bess 433 00:32:48,843 --> 00:32:50,853 ♪ May no woes you betide 434 00:32:50,963 --> 00:32:53,693 ♪ But love and peace and happiness 435 00:32:53,803 --> 00:32:55,613 ♪ Be yours this Christmas tide! 436 00:32:55,723 --> 00:32:57,933 ♪ Our dearest love these makers laid 437 00:32:58,043 --> 00:32:59,773 ♪ Within this maid of snow! 438 00:32:59,883 --> 00:33:02,453 ♪ Accept it, and this glad grenade 439 00:33:02,563 --> 00:33:08,043 ♪ From Meg, Laurie, Amy and Jo... ♪ 440 00:33:14,003 --> 00:33:16,253 We really can't leave these kittens outside any longer. 441 00:33:16,363 --> 00:33:18,813 I thought I'd smuggle them in while Hannah's out at church. 442 00:33:18,923 --> 00:33:21,613 I shall deny all knowledge of them being brought indoors. 443 00:33:21,723 --> 00:33:24,933 Besides, I'm in Hannah's good books for sitting in 444 00:33:25,043 --> 00:33:27,683 and watching the pudding while it steams. 445 00:33:31,523 --> 00:33:33,613 Do you want to tell me anything? 446 00:33:33,723 --> 00:33:34,933 Yes. 447 00:33:35,043 --> 00:33:36,933 But it's about Meg, not me. 448 00:33:37,043 --> 00:33:39,933 She told me all about her visit to the Moffats. 449 00:33:40,043 --> 00:33:42,883 She came to me a day or so ago. 450 00:33:44,123 --> 00:33:47,563 I had hoped you would come to me, in your own chosen time. 451 00:33:48,723 --> 00:33:50,403 Marmee... 452 00:33:53,403 --> 00:33:58,523 In the summer, Mr Brooke stole Meg's glove... 453 00:33:59,763 --> 00:34:03,443 ..and he keeps it in his pocket! 454 00:34:04,563 --> 00:34:05,763 Laurie saw. 455 00:34:08,123 --> 00:34:12,243 In his pocket, Marmee! Isn't that a dreadful state of things? 456 00:34:16,123 --> 00:34:20,453 Do you think Meg cares for John? 457 00:34:20,563 --> 00:34:21,653 John?! 458 00:34:21,763 --> 00:34:23,773 While we were in Washington, your father 459 00:34:23,883 --> 00:34:27,373 and I started to call Mr Brooke by his Christian name. 460 00:34:27,483 --> 00:34:30,323 As he has no family, I think he likes it. 461 00:34:31,483 --> 00:34:33,363 And we like him. 462 00:34:34,443 --> 00:34:38,693 He spoke to us very sincerely about Meg. 463 00:34:38,803 --> 00:34:41,573 But he stole her glove! 464 00:34:41,683 --> 00:34:44,413 And never said a word about it to her face! 465 00:34:44,523 --> 00:34:46,133 Why are you so angry, Jo? 466 00:34:46,243 --> 00:34:49,813 Because they'll go lovering all over the house, 467 00:34:49,923 --> 00:34:51,493 and we'll have to dodge them! 468 00:34:51,603 --> 00:34:54,173 Because he'll scratch up some sort of fortune, and drag her away, 469 00:34:54,283 --> 00:34:55,773 and tear a great hole in the family, 470 00:34:55,883 --> 00:34:57,613 and it will be the end of the way things are! 471 00:34:57,723 --> 00:34:58,973 But why do you object so much? 472 00:34:59,083 --> 00:35:00,773 It's natural, and right, 473 00:35:00,883 --> 00:35:03,733 that you should all go to homes of your own, in time. 474 00:35:03,843 --> 00:35:06,493 - I'd marry Meg myself, if I could. - Oh! 475 00:35:06,603 --> 00:35:08,853 If it would keep her safe and close. 476 00:35:08,963 --> 00:35:12,373 I think that would be a very odd arrangement. 477 00:35:12,483 --> 00:35:17,013 Your father and I have told Meg all about John's interest, 478 00:35:17,123 --> 00:35:20,693 and that we insist on a three-year courtship before marriage. 479 00:35:20,803 --> 00:35:24,813 Three years, Marmee? That's no time at all! 480 00:35:24,923 --> 00:35:27,853 Well, I would like to keep all of my girls for as long as I can, 481 00:35:27,963 --> 00:35:33,453 but I also want real love, for all of you, from good men! 482 00:35:33,563 --> 00:35:37,093 The former takes time to flourish, 483 00:35:37,203 --> 00:35:41,373 and the latter are not lightly found. 484 00:35:41,483 --> 00:35:45,093 Meg doesn't love John yet. But she will. 485 00:35:45,203 --> 00:35:48,283 And everyone will have to bear it. 486 00:36:56,883 --> 00:36:59,093 ♪ Tis the season to be jolly 487 00:36:59,203 --> 00:37:00,253 ♪ Fa la la la la 488 00:37:00,363 --> 00:37:01,413 ♪ La la la la 489 00:37:01,523 --> 00:37:03,733 ♪ Don we now our gay apparel 490 00:37:03,843 --> 00:37:06,203 ♪ Fa la la la la la la la la... ♪ 491 00:37:08,643 --> 00:37:10,853 Jo? 492 00:37:10,963 --> 00:37:12,043 Jo? 493 00:37:22,483 --> 00:37:24,213 Why are you bringing me downstairs? 494 00:37:24,323 --> 00:37:26,733 I don't come downstairs until much later usually! 495 00:37:26,843 --> 00:37:30,203 Today isn't a usual sort of day, Beth! 496 00:37:42,883 --> 00:37:44,653 I bought you a bag of oranges. 497 00:37:44,763 --> 00:37:46,373 Is that the wrong thing? 498 00:37:46,483 --> 00:37:49,253 I thought it would be better than nuts, in the circumstances. 499 00:37:49,363 --> 00:37:51,053 What circumstances? 500 00:37:51,163 --> 00:37:53,253 Weren't you at the dentist? 501 00:37:53,363 --> 00:37:54,963 No. 502 00:37:57,083 --> 00:38:00,373 I just had a story accepted by a publisher. 503 00:38:00,483 --> 00:38:01,933 The Ashes Of The Peacock! 504 00:38:02,043 --> 00:38:03,893 Is that the one where the Duke goes mad after 505 00:38:04,003 --> 00:38:05,573 he wins a haunted mirror in a card game? 506 00:38:05,683 --> 00:38:07,773 No, it's the one with the chase in the catacombs of Paris. 507 00:38:07,883 --> 00:38:09,973 There's a duel, two people drink hemlock. 508 00:38:10,083 --> 00:38:11,173 Oh, Jo...! 509 00:38:11,283 --> 00:38:13,853 Oh, no, Laurie! Don't you dare try any of that kissing lark again! 510 00:38:13,963 --> 00:38:16,893 We haven't been drinking any claret, so there's really no excuse. 511 00:38:17,003 --> 00:38:21,013 I shall content myself with a cry of, "All hail Josephine March, 512 00:38:21,123 --> 00:38:24,243 "a celebrated American authoress!" Sh! 513 00:38:25,523 --> 00:38:26,893 Oh! 514 00:38:27,003 --> 00:38:29,773 This time last year, I was a bad-tempered girl 515 00:38:29,883 --> 00:38:32,133 complaining that she wasn't getting any Christmas presents! 516 00:38:32,243 --> 00:38:34,323 I was the loneliest boy on Earth. 517 00:38:35,363 --> 00:38:38,093 I don't know who that girl is any more! 518 00:38:38,203 --> 00:38:41,973 I want to be her again, because she didn't know anything. 519 00:38:42,083 --> 00:38:45,533 She didn't know what would be savaged, and almost lost. 520 00:38:45,643 --> 00:38:50,613 And yet I don't want to be her, because of all that I've gained. 521 00:38:50,723 --> 00:38:53,413 It's a happy Christmas, this year, isn't it? 522 00:38:53,523 --> 00:38:55,173 Happier. 523 00:38:55,283 --> 00:38:58,453 Jo, I came to find you for a reason. 524 00:38:58,563 --> 00:39:01,923 You didn't tell anyone where you were going. You're needed at home. 525 00:39:18,123 --> 00:39:20,523 Mr Laurence, your piano! 526 00:39:26,203 --> 00:39:27,563 Jo! 527 00:39:30,843 --> 00:39:32,363 You're home? 528 00:39:36,243 --> 00:39:39,933 You're home, and you're truly well again? 529 00:39:40,043 --> 00:39:43,603 I am as whole as ever I shall be. 530 00:39:59,723 --> 00:40:01,533 Hm! 531 00:40:01,643 --> 00:40:05,163 Hm-mm-mm-mm. 532 00:40:13,763 --> 00:40:15,213 Yes? 533 00:40:15,323 --> 00:40:17,493 Dearest. There's someone here to see you. 534 00:40:17,603 --> 00:40:19,003 Ah. 535 00:40:24,403 --> 00:40:28,413 I thank you, John, for the loyalty you've shown us, 536 00:40:28,523 --> 00:40:32,493 and the service you are about to give to our country. 537 00:40:32,603 --> 00:40:35,053 It is my honour and my privilege, sir. 538 00:40:35,163 --> 00:40:36,373 Sit? 539 00:40:36,483 --> 00:40:39,323 Dearest, he's here to see Meg. 540 00:40:42,123 --> 00:40:43,563 Ah! 541 00:40:49,763 --> 00:40:52,773 I polished your silver toilette set, and put it back in your bedroom. 542 00:40:52,883 --> 00:40:54,533 Hm. Then get your tippet. 543 00:40:54,643 --> 00:40:57,253 I wish to address your parents about your future, 544 00:40:57,363 --> 00:40:59,213 and that of your sister Josephine. 545 00:40:59,323 --> 00:41:01,773 Great, ungainly windmill of a girl. 546 00:41:01,883 --> 00:41:06,653 I need a poised and punctilious companion, and a refined one. 547 00:41:06,763 --> 00:41:11,203 I am resolved that you shall replace her. 548 00:41:16,803 --> 00:41:17,973 You enlisted? 549 00:41:18,083 --> 00:41:21,523 I said I would. And I'm a man of my word. 550 00:41:22,643 --> 00:41:24,933 Jo, would you grant me a private interview with Meg? 551 00:41:25,043 --> 00:41:27,213 I'll tell him to go away if you don't care to talk to him. 552 00:41:27,323 --> 00:41:28,523 Don't. 553 00:41:29,643 --> 00:41:31,963 Because I do. 554 00:41:53,443 --> 00:41:55,723 Your hands are trembling. 555 00:41:57,323 --> 00:42:00,253 Please don't tell me you're afraid of me. 556 00:42:00,363 --> 00:42:03,893 How could I be afraid of you, when you've been so kind to my father? 557 00:42:04,003 --> 00:42:07,243 I still don't like to make you tremble. 558 00:42:08,643 --> 00:42:11,083 I won't take your hand again if you don't wish it. 559 00:42:12,323 --> 00:42:15,213 I shall only ask you this - 560 00:42:15,323 --> 00:42:19,293 do you, or could you, care for me, even a little? 561 00:42:19,403 --> 00:42:21,843 I... 562 00:42:23,123 --> 00:42:24,883 ..don't know. 563 00:42:27,923 --> 00:42:30,773 I shall wait, and I shall fight, 564 00:42:30,883 --> 00:42:35,573 and if I am spared, I shall come home and work. 565 00:42:35,683 --> 00:42:37,253 And even if you can't promise me 566 00:42:37,363 --> 00:42:39,653 your love as a reward at the end of my endeavours, 567 00:42:39,763 --> 00:42:45,613 I shall not falter, but only pray that my efforts are not in vain, 568 00:42:45,723 --> 00:42:51,243 and that you'll choose to love me as much as I love you. 569 00:42:53,443 --> 00:42:55,523 And what if I don't choose? 570 00:42:57,283 --> 00:43:00,093 I will have to try to bear it. 571 00:43:00,203 --> 00:43:03,093 Ah! I've come to see my nephew. 572 00:43:03,203 --> 00:43:06,693 As the door to the street was ajar, and neither hide nor hair 573 00:43:06,803 --> 00:43:12,173 of a maid in evidence, I thought I would show myself into the parlour. 574 00:43:12,283 --> 00:43:16,523 Would you remove this fancywork? Thank you. 575 00:43:19,403 --> 00:43:22,973 Then explain the presence of this military gentleman, 576 00:43:23,083 --> 00:43:25,893 and the reason why your cheeks are peony pink. 577 00:43:26,003 --> 00:43:28,813 I dare say the two circumstances are connected. 578 00:43:28,923 --> 00:43:32,373 This is Mr Brooke, Aunt March, my father's friend. 579 00:43:32,483 --> 00:43:34,413 Rook? Hm. 580 00:43:34,523 --> 00:43:37,013 Not a name I've ever heard in connection with the better 581 00:43:37,123 --> 00:43:39,133 families of Massachusetts. 582 00:43:39,243 --> 00:43:41,533 His name is Brooke, Aunt March. 583 00:43:41,643 --> 00:43:45,413 And until he enlisted, he was tutor to Mr Laurence's grandson. 584 00:43:45,523 --> 00:43:47,933 Oh! Of course. The tutor. 585 00:43:48,043 --> 00:43:51,813 A head full of notions, and coffers full of air. 586 00:43:51,923 --> 00:43:54,973 If you harbour thoughts of mischief towards my great-niece, 587 00:43:55,083 --> 00:43:56,613 I insist that you divulge them. 588 00:43:56,723 --> 00:43:58,933 There is no mischief in me, ma'am. 589 00:43:59,043 --> 00:44:02,573 But I have just made a proposal of marriage. 590 00:44:02,683 --> 00:44:05,293 And did you accept him, Margaret? 591 00:44:05,403 --> 00:44:07,733 No. She did not. 592 00:44:07,843 --> 00:44:08,933 Good. 593 00:44:09,043 --> 00:44:13,093 Because if you do, you will never see one penny of my money! 594 00:44:13,203 --> 00:44:15,133 I will marry whom I please, Aunt March! 595 00:44:15,243 --> 00:44:17,293 And you can leave your money to anyone you like! 596 00:44:17,403 --> 00:44:18,333 Hm. 597 00:44:18,443 --> 00:44:21,333 There is a defect of character one encounters in the young, 598 00:44:21,443 --> 00:44:25,453 when they are engulfed by intimations of romance. 599 00:44:25,563 --> 00:44:29,893 I call it the spice of perversity, and it leads to hot heads 600 00:44:30,003 --> 00:44:32,093 and bitter reflection! 601 00:44:32,203 --> 00:44:35,373 And if you don't believe me, pray consult your parents! 602 00:44:35,483 --> 00:44:39,253 They had no more worldly wisdom than a pair of babies, either. 603 00:44:39,363 --> 00:44:40,613 And I am very glad of it! 604 00:44:40,723 --> 00:44:44,093 For they made as beautiful a match as I have ever seen, 605 00:44:44,203 --> 00:44:46,293 and they care for nothing but my happiness! 606 00:44:46,403 --> 00:44:48,733 I wish they cared to teach you your duty! 607 00:44:48,843 --> 00:44:52,253 Which is to respect your elders, marry well, 608 00:44:52,363 --> 00:44:54,093 and provide for your family! 609 00:44:54,203 --> 00:44:57,443 I will marry well, because John loves me. 610 00:44:59,163 --> 00:45:01,563 And I love him. 611 00:45:03,563 --> 00:45:05,613 Well, if that is your conviction, 612 00:45:05,723 --> 00:45:08,803 I wash my hands of the entire affair. 613 00:45:11,083 --> 00:45:15,533 Expect nothing from me when you marry, or when I am laid in Earth, 614 00:45:15,643 --> 00:45:19,443 for I say this, and say it plainly - I am done with you. 615 00:45:25,723 --> 00:45:27,093 You just told her you love me! 616 00:45:27,203 --> 00:45:30,453 I... I didn't know I did, until she abused you, 617 00:45:30,563 --> 00:45:32,683 but I know it now. 618 00:45:40,963 --> 00:45:46,053 ♪ I'm wearing away, John 619 00:45:46,163 --> 00:45:50,733 ♪ Like snow-wreaths in thaw, John 620 00:45:50,843 --> 00:45:54,529 ♪ I'm wearing away 621 00:45:54,629 --> 00:45:59,573 ♪To the land of the Leal 622 00:45:59,683 --> 00:46:04,653 ♪ There's no sorrow there, John 623 00:46:04,763 --> 00:46:09,253 ♪ There's neither cold nor care, John 624 00:46:09,363 --> 00:46:12,948 ♪ The day is aye fair 625 00:46:13,048 --> 00:46:18,953 In the land of the Leal 626 00:46:18,963 --> 00:46:25,839 ♪ Now fare ye well, my own John 627 00:46:26,443 --> 00:46:31,853 ♪ This world's cares are vain, John. ♪ 628 00:46:31,963 --> 00:46:34,637 Study hard. 629 00:47:52,163 --> 00:47:55,083 Wounded man! 630 00:48:40,403 --> 00:48:41,723 Father. 631 00:48:43,923 --> 00:48:45,613 May I speak with you? 632 00:48:45,723 --> 00:48:47,653 Is it about Meg's wedding? 633 00:48:47,763 --> 00:48:50,013 No, Father, it is not. 634 00:48:50,123 --> 00:48:53,453 In which case you may speak with me to your heart's content. 635 00:48:53,563 --> 00:48:58,013 I have spent the last several weeks stretched 636 00:48:58,123 --> 00:49:02,253 to my utmost on topics as far-reaching and as strange to me 637 00:49:02,363 --> 00:49:07,613 as veils versus bonnets, cake versus pie, and the minimum 638 00:49:07,723 --> 00:49:12,093 number of scuttles and dusters required when setting up home. 639 00:49:12,203 --> 00:49:17,283 To converse on any other subject can only be a joy to me. 640 00:49:19,243 --> 00:49:22,933 Well... An offer in writing 641 00:49:23,043 --> 00:49:27,053 to publish your novel is not an inconsiderable thing, Jo. 642 00:49:27,163 --> 00:49:28,613 That's why I'm showing it to you. 643 00:49:28,723 --> 00:49:31,773 And I have to say, 300 is not an inconsiderable thing, either. 644 00:49:31,883 --> 00:49:36,893 You must not let the size of the sum they offer sway you. 645 00:49:37,003 --> 00:49:42,363 They say here they want "significant amendments". 646 00:49:43,483 --> 00:49:45,133 Money isn't everything. 647 00:49:45,243 --> 00:49:47,813 No, but we need more of it in this house! 648 00:49:47,923 --> 00:49:51,653 I'm blessed to have found a position as minister. 649 00:49:51,763 --> 00:49:55,373 If my parish is a small one, and the living lean, I'm no less grateful. 650 00:49:55,483 --> 00:49:58,653 Father, I only earn five or six dollars apiece 651 00:49:58,763 --> 00:50:00,893 for my Spread Eagle stories, but it paid for the rug 652 00:50:01,003 --> 00:50:04,053 to be mended, and for you to have new galoshes last winter! 653 00:50:04,163 --> 00:50:07,613 It pays for beef, so that Beth can have broth to try to build her up. 654 00:50:07,723 --> 00:50:10,893 She has never been well since she had the scarlet fever. 655 00:50:11,003 --> 00:50:14,253 And the care you take of her does you every credit, 656 00:50:14,363 --> 00:50:16,693 but you must also nurture yourself, 657 00:50:16,803 --> 00:50:19,093 and that means to nurture your writing. 658 00:50:19,203 --> 00:50:22,053 It's more sacred than you allow yourself to think. 659 00:50:22,163 --> 00:50:26,053 It isn't sacred! It's essential to me, but it isn't sacred. 660 00:50:26,163 --> 00:50:29,053 There are too many things I have to achieve by it, Father! 661 00:50:29,163 --> 00:50:32,853 Don't spoil your book for the sake of 300, Jo! 662 00:50:32,963 --> 00:50:37,693 You have more talent than you know, and you should let your work ripen. 663 00:50:37,803 --> 00:50:39,373 Like you do? 664 00:50:39,483 --> 00:50:42,493 I've been working on my book for 20 years, 665 00:50:42,603 --> 00:50:47,533 and, yes, it's starting to bear fruit. 666 00:50:47,643 --> 00:50:50,853 That is a wonderful accomplishment, Father! 667 00:50:50,963 --> 00:50:54,083 And a luxury I am not convinced I have! 668 00:50:58,203 --> 00:51:01,053 She won't wait! I'm telling you now, she won't wait. 669 00:51:01,163 --> 00:51:04,493 And she will profit more from the trial than by feeling 670 00:51:04,603 --> 00:51:06,493 she's been thwarted. 671 00:51:06,603 --> 00:51:08,493 Do you think it will be a trial? 672 00:51:08,603 --> 00:51:12,333 Well, we can't save Jo from criticism, if it comes her way! 673 00:51:12,443 --> 00:51:16,813 She has to send her book into the world, just as we have 674 00:51:16,923 --> 00:51:18,883 to send our children. 675 00:51:20,723 --> 00:51:22,413 Well, Meg isn't going far. 676 00:51:22,523 --> 00:51:25,693 That little house isn't ten minutes' walk away. 677 00:51:25,803 --> 00:51:28,973 Even if they don't have a cellar for the coal, 678 00:51:29,083 --> 00:51:31,523 or room for a dining table. 679 00:51:33,043 --> 00:51:35,323 I'm not sure about this bonnet now. 680 00:51:36,323 --> 00:51:41,333 And I can't rest for thinking that the cats will get the ham. 681 00:51:41,443 --> 00:51:46,163 Are all the weddings going to be as bad as this? 682 00:51:50,883 --> 00:51:53,683 Sh. Come on. Come on. 683 00:52:21,083 --> 00:52:23,013 I found more hairpins! 684 00:52:23,123 --> 00:52:25,493 I want to be sure the veil's fixed on! 685 00:52:25,603 --> 00:52:26,923 Just a minute! 686 00:52:56,203 --> 00:52:58,893 I want to kiss you all so much. 687 00:52:59,003 --> 00:53:01,613 But I'm afraid that kisses would turn into me 688 00:53:01,723 --> 00:53:03,373 throwing my arms around you, 689 00:53:03,483 --> 00:53:08,283 and all this perfection will be utterly undone! 690 00:53:10,003 --> 00:53:13,213 Here are the hairpins, in case you need them. 691 00:53:13,323 --> 00:53:16,163 See you all downstairs. 692 00:53:34,603 --> 00:53:36,693 Get off there! Get off now. 693 00:53:36,803 --> 00:53:38,123 Get off, you! 694 00:53:41,523 --> 00:53:44,053 May the Lord look with favour upon you 695 00:53:44,163 --> 00:53:49,573 and so fill you with grace that you may live together in this life 696 00:53:49,683 --> 00:53:53,603 and in the world to come have life everlasting. 697 00:53:54,963 --> 00:53:56,253 Amen. 698 00:53:56,363 --> 00:53:58,123 Amen. 699 00:54:01,563 --> 00:54:04,013 You may kiss the bride. 700 00:54:04,123 --> 00:54:08,363 Oh, I'm sorry, John! The first kiss is for Marmee! 701 00:54:20,083 --> 00:54:23,893 I always said that my pearls would go to the 702 00:54:24,003 --> 00:54:27,523 first of my great-nieces to become engaged. 703 00:54:32,203 --> 00:54:36,413 And if I must present them to a bride, and not to a fiancee 704 00:54:36,523 --> 00:54:41,013 with a new ring sparkling on her hand, that is no-one's doing 705 00:54:41,123 --> 00:54:47,053 but my own, and though I do not care to, I entreat your pardon. 706 00:54:47,163 --> 00:54:49,083 Thank you, Aunt March. 707 00:54:53,563 --> 00:54:55,283 Thank you. 708 00:55:19,923 --> 00:55:21,523 Here. Sit. 709 00:55:24,283 --> 00:55:26,533 I thought you'd be treading on my feet more. 710 00:55:26,643 --> 00:55:30,643 I'm counting like crazy. You just can't see my lips move. 711 00:55:36,963 --> 00:55:38,203 Beth's fading, Laurie. 712 00:55:39,323 --> 00:55:41,533 She'll be all right. 713 00:55:41,643 --> 00:55:43,853 Everything will be all right. 714 00:55:43,963 --> 00:55:45,534 Beth will dance at your wedding, too. 715 00:55:45,643 --> 00:55:47,897 My wedding? Oh, no, Laurie! 716 00:55:48,083 --> 00:55:50,373 There should always be at least one old maid in a family 717 00:55:50,483 --> 00:55:52,773 and I've made up my mind that it's going to be me! 718 00:55:52,883 --> 00:55:57,533 Jo! I miss you all the time when I'm away at college. 719 00:55:57,643 --> 00:55:59,093 No, you don't! 720 00:55:59,203 --> 00:56:02,003 You fall in love with a different girl every fortnight! 721 00:56:02,683 --> 00:56:04,783 Can we change the subject, please? 722 00:56:04,883 --> 00:56:07,053 We can, but it won't go away! 723 00:56:07,363 --> 00:56:09,563 Time won't stand still, Jo. 724 00:56:10,803 --> 00:56:12,283 I wish it would. 725 00:56:15,043 --> 00:56:18,403 And I don't want any more talk of love. 726 00:56:41,923 --> 00:56:43,773 I need to not live out my entire life 727 00:56:43,883 --> 00:56:45,413 in the tiny town where I was born. 728 00:56:45,523 --> 00:56:49,013 You never let people see your soft side, but everyone who cares 729 00:56:49,123 --> 00:56:50,213 knows it's there. 730 00:56:50,323 --> 00:56:52,013 You know so much more than I do. 731 00:56:52,123 --> 00:56:56,013 That only makes me learned. It does not make me wise. 732 00:56:56,123 --> 00:56:57,933 Can we go back to being happy, 733 00:56:58,043 --> 00:56:59,213 like we were before? 734 00:56:59,323 --> 00:57:00,493 Not quite. 735 00:57:00,603 --> 00:57:03,043 We were children before and we aren't any longer. 736 00:57:04,083 --> 00:57:06,413 You're going to have to go on a journey. 737 00:57:06,523 --> 00:57:08,813 And you mustn't be afraid. 738 00:57:08,923 --> 00:57:11,979 You were always braver than you knew. 739 00:57:12,089 --> 00:57:14,089 Corrected and Synced by Bakugan