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No, I'm just...

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Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your
attention, please?

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As you know, Beatrice and Evangeline
Elliott sail for England tomorrow aboard

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the Laconia.

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Now, while I'm happy to wish them bon
voyage, I'm not going to say goodbye.

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I would much prefer to say au revoir.

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The Elliott Collection has been an
enormous success with both the press and

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public. And as a director of the
company, may I say, Sears Roebuck is

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be associated with them.

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So would you join me in a toast, please,
to Beatrice and Evangeline, the house

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of Elliot.

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Thank

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you.

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Not only for allowing us to show our
designs in America and embark on what

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promises to be a successful venture.

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but also for all the warmth and
hospitality you've shown us.

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Evie? Well, we've had a wonderful time,
and we're looking forward to our next

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visit. Thank you.

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So, how are you? Glad to be going home.

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In a way, we really had a terrific time
here, though.

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Yes.

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Beatrice looks very happy.

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Yes. Donald's been very kind to us both.

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This trip has done us the world of good.

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Is, um... Is Beatrice fond of Donald?

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Yes. Oh, please, Donald. There's so many
people I want to say goodbye to. All

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right, I'll find us some fruit cups.

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I'm not going to spoil the party with
business, but tell me something.

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Are you now going to consider designing
ready -to -wear gowns on a more regular

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basis? Oh, I don't know. I think with
the season coming up at home, we're

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to be pretty tied up with the couture
collection.

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Oh, of course.

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As long as your experience with Sears
Roebuck hasn't put you off the whole

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Not at all. It's been very interesting
to see just how much demand there is for

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high -quality gowns in North Doors.

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Hasn't put us off anything.

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Good.

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Oh, excuse me, there's Harry.

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He'll want to say goodbye to you as
well.

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Pretty tied up?

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When you've been here six weeks, you're
beginning to sound like an American. Oh,

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so?

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Hi!

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I think gone naked is the expression.

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No more of that after tomorrow, eh?

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No, I suppose not.

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Still. We have plenty to look forward to
in England.

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Can I have the next dance, please?

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Oh, come on, it's not even six o 'clock
yet. Oh, it nearly makes no difference.

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I'm off. Excuse me.

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You're back.

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How are you today? Fine.

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Well, it all looks... Thank you.

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Welcome back.

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You should have let us know when you
were arriving. We could have had someone

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meet you. Well, we wanted to surprise
you.

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I'm telling you, I had no idea. How are
you?

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How have you been managing?

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I'm not sure where to start. Oh, please
don't give me the details this minute.

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Everything looks well under control.

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We're just about managed.

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If you want to get off home, then,
please do. Oh, thank you, Miss Evie.

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My mother -in -law's expecting me
straight back.

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I'm just going to say hello to Alice and
then... What do you mean, ah?

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Perhaps we should go through to your
office.

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It was very difficult.

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Well, what was? What's happened to her?

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Mrs Burgoyne received a...

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A most generous offer from Maison
Gilles, Premier Vendors.

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That's ridiculous.

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Alice wouldn't walk out for a better
job.

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Well, she walked out of her vows for us.

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Mrs. Burgoyne and I, we... It was fine
at first, and then we found we... I'm

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laying all the blame on her mind. It was
just... Perhaps I was a little

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overzealous in my duties. I was anxious
to make sure everything went smoothly.

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I can see that Mrs. Burgoyne might have
regarded that as interference.

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Did she say as much?

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She pointed out that I was a bookkeeper,
not a couturier, and, well, she was

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quite right.

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When did all this happen?

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Last week. She didn't even wait to take
her wages and left on the Friday.

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Well, what about our clients? Who's been
attending to them? I've done my best.

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Tilly has been most helpful.

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I don't know.

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Life is peace.

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I don't know. You turn your back for
five minutes and look what happens.

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Thanks, silly.

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It wasn't all his fault, though.

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We're dead set on going.

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Well, I find it hard to imagine Joseph
upsetting anyone that much.

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Did you see much of what went on?

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Some.

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Couldn't help it half the time.

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She'll have got a voice for that woman
when she tries.

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There were shouting matches.

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Oh, no.

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Not in front of the clients.

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Never got that bad.

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So what actually happened?

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Silly things.

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Brewers rang. They had water damage in
their warehouse.

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They'll have to get a new batch of grape
in for us. I mean, it was going to be a

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couple of days, that's all.

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She went mad.

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Well, who do you think you are? You
can't do this to the House of Elliot.

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you're having no more orders of us.

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Slamming the telephone down?

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And I mean, they've been good to us,
brewers.

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It's all right now, though. Mr Wink got
it all sorted out in the end.

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In fact, it wasn't Joseph's fault at
all.

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No.

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Except... Go on.

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He came in in a morning suit.

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Pardon? Well, after Mrs Burgoyne left,
the Duchess of Chilham made an

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appointment, and Mr Wimps said he'd
better receive her, so... He hired a

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suit.

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And? She was very gracious.

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I mean, she shook hands with him and all
that, and said she'd better make an

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appointment when you two got back.

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And Mr Wint, he bowed.

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I laughed at your home.

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Smashing cottage pie, Mum. Oh, yeah, I
wasn't expecting to come home to a hot

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meal. Oh, it's a cold night.

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And it's your favourite.

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Oh, they call it ground beef in America,
and they make it into sort of chorizo

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hamburgers. I don't think I fancy that.

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Oh, no, they're everything.

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We had a lovely cape on for our
Christmas, didn't we, Jerry?

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A bit too much for just the two of us,
but it was ever so nice.

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Mum's been a real trooper since you've
been away, Madge. Well, that's what I'm

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here for.

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Oh, by the way, I cleared out the back
cupboard for you.

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There was all sorts of rubbish in there
I wanted to throw in out.

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Very good of you.

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Oh.

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Someone had to hold the fort while he
was off gallivanting, didn't they?

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How long have we been back in England?

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About 12 hours.

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Oh, seems like months.

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Thank you.

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Are you expecting a letter from Jack?

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No, why should I be?

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There's a lovely telegraph from Donald.
I mean, wire.

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Oh, yes?

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Welcome home. Stop.

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America's loss is England's gain. Stop.

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In touch soon, Doc.

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You made a great impression on Donald
Bradley.

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Well, I should think so. We brought a
lot of prestige to see his robe up.

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Is that all?

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I obviously failed miserably in how I
brought you up. You were far too nosy

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your own good.

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I know.

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Still, I didn't get a telegraph from
Franklin. Or Geoffrey, or Arnold K.

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Winstanley, Jr.

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Well, it's fun, isn't it?

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Yes.

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Do you know, Miriam asked us if we were
considering doing any more ready -to

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-wear. Mm -hmm.

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Well, do you think we ought to look at
the idea more seriously?

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Well, all ideas are worth looking at,
Bea.

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But it's not what we do best, is it?

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There, dear, there are...

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It's called rayon. Now, everyone wears
rayon stockings in America. Well, it

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feels like silk.

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Now, they don't dine as easy as silk,
but then they don't need it so often.

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wear ever so well, and you can wash them
and everything.

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Very kind, I'm sure.

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Oh, thanks ever so much, Madge. I'm
going to wear them tonight when I see

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Oh!

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You'll make a start on Miss Hampton. All
right.

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Here we go.

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Charles!

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I didn't forget you.

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Oh, I say.

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Oh, they're from Havana.

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Oh.

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I've got some for you and some for Mr
Wint.

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Well, thank you very much, Madge. That's
very kind of you.

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Madge, will you give me two minutes to
make sure everyone's set up and I'll

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you what's going on? Yes.

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Is she all right?

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Well, she took a lot of responsibility
when everyone was away, especially

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when... Oh, I know, I heard.

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She would have enjoyed a trip to
America.

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Don't worry.

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I won't rub her nose in it.

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Mrs. Armstrong will be here in 15
minutes. And there'll be no one for the

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of the day. And only Miss Hampton
tomorrow. I know it's my fault, but I

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didn't know what to do.

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The ladies wish to see other ladies, and
without Mrs. Burgoyne... No one is

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blaming you, Joseph.

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You obviously managed very well under
very trying circumstances. They all said

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they'd rebook once you were home.

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Well, most of them did. I'm sure they
will, Joseph.

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So, if you'll excuse me.

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I have a good deal of my own work to
catch up with. Of course.

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Five appointments, all we'd be.

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You think Alice just took all her
clients with her to Maison Gilles?

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I don't know. She certainly didn't bring
any with her from the south to us.

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Maybe we just underestimated the
importance of actually being here

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All the accounts are up to date.
Everyone seems to be paying their bills.

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Uh -huh.

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What?

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Talk, mate, tell.

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Maison Gilles winter collection.

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100 glittering evening gowns.

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We obviously have a lot of catching up
to do.

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Hello.

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Oh, good morning. I'd like to see the
Elliot sisters, please. And I know

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back. Look, Miss Keeble, as I said to
you last time, Miss Keeble, it would be

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much better if you were to make an
appointment.

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Are they busy now?

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They're with a client at this very
moment. How long will they be?

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I couldn't really say.

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Ten minutes?

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Half an hour? Possibly.

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Then I'll wait.

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In here, all right?

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It's gorgeous.

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I simply adore it.

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Oh, I must.

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It had turned out awfully well.

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Mrs. Burgoyne looked after you, I
presume.

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Yeah. Turn round, darling.

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We were all most surprised when Mrs.
Burgoyne decamped to Maison Gilles.

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But she seems happy enough there.

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Yes, that is charming. Now get changed
quickly, darling.

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Thank you.

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You will both come this evening, won't
you?

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Too many people dying to talk to you
about America.

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Oh, yes, of course. It's Jessica's 21st,
isn't it?

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Yes, the invitation was waiting for us
when we got home. We are looking forward

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to it.

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By the way, I hope I've done the right
thing, my dear. I know things have been

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awkward between you and Jack, but he and
the children have been such chums that

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Simon has been trying to telephone him
for weeks.

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Well, he was in Germany before
Christmas.

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Oh, well, that's probably it, then.

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Simon sent him an invitation.

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So if he's there, he's there, and if
he's not, he isn't.

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Jessie, darling, come on, quickly.

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Oh, there's a young lady to see you,
Miss Keeble.

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A client?

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I don't know Miss Elliot. She came a
couple of times while you were away, but

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she... Hello.

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My name's Grace Keeble.

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Hello. Miss Keeble.

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It's all right. I haven't come to buy
anything.

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Then come here. We'll help you keep it
down. I've come to show you these.

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What do you think?

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Do you like them?

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Well, yes, they're very good.

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Would you like to buy them?

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I beg your pardon?

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I'm a fashion designer like you. Trouble
is, I'm like you. I don't have a

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fashion house. So I'm trying to sell me
designs to someone who does.

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I'm afraid the House of Elliot doesn't
buy designs.

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Why not? Because my sister and I do all
the designing ourselves.

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It's nothing to do with the quality of
the work. No. It's just never been our

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policy to employ other designers.

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Have you, um, ever had any of these made
up at all? I've done this one.

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Oh.

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Where did you... I mean, who... I made
it.

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I've done dressmaking and ladies'
tailoring at the technical school in

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Shoreditch. Did you?

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That's not bad.

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But not good enough to get you to buy my
designs, eh?

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If you're seeking employment, Miss
Keeble, we occasionally have vacancies

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workroom. I've been in workrooms. I've
done outwork, and it's not for me.

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As I said, I'm a designer, and that's
what I'm going to do.

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Well, I'm terribly sorry.

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I only come to you when you get started
from nothing.

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Still, another time, eh?

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Look, I am sorry if we appear rude.

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It's just... Well, no one's ever brought
their designs to us before. You'd have

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rather take us by surprise.

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Your work is good. You've obviously gone
to a great deal of trouble.

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The designs are very promising.

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I can't guarantee that they will ever be
sold or even made up, but we would be

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prepared to buy a couple of them as
drawings.

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Depending on the price, of course.

283
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Does five shillings each sound
reasonable?

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A guinea the pair.

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Very well.

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I'll get my checkbook. Kath!

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I'll, um, go and see Joseph, sir.

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Oh, I'm sorry I'm late, Perk. Been
waiting long?

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Long enough to let me breathe in.

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Come on, let's go and get Kath and warm
up.

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Yeah, all right.

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Here, listen.

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Have you got any cash on you, girl?

294
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Only on iffy wallet, I see.

295
00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:48,020
Oh, yeah, I've got enough for our
dinner.

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Good girl.

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I'll call you back tonight.

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Right, Mr Baker, that's a gross of black
cotton, gross of white.

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20 yards of the narrow lace trim, 20
yards of the white stuff. Tons of yards,

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said. It's up and three farthings on
orders less than 50 yards, Mr. Cotter.

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up and farthing and I make it 30 yards
of each.

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And I'll have a bolt of the same
interfacing I had last time and a gross

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silver gilt buckles.

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Dragonfly or pharaoh's head?

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00:19:21,350 --> 00:19:23,670
Dragonfly, if you please, Mr. Baker.
Can't even sell the Egyptian -looking

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Manchester any more. Very well.

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00:19:27,270 --> 00:19:29,210
Miss Elliot, please, come in, come in.

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He has to find those buns for me now.
Not one kind, but two.

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Really?

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I'll be with you in a tick, Mr. Cotter.

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Now.

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This is the tortoise shell you wanted to
see. And this one is Indian buffalo

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horn. Oh, I like that.

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I'll have a dozen for both of those. Of
course. I shall be with you directly.

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00:19:57,360 --> 00:20:00,980
Oh, forgive me for interrupting your
business. That's quite all right. No

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trouble at all.

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It is Miss Elliot's of the House of
Elliot, isn't it?

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That's right.

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00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:11,640
Well, now, I'm very pleased to meet you,
Larry Cotter.

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I've been an admirer of yours for a long
time.

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How kind.

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00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:18,100
I remember when you showed those
nocturne gowns a couple of years ago.

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were clamouring for violet silk for
months afterwards.

324
00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:22,540
Really? Oh, yes. Couldn't get enough of
it.

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00:20:28,220 --> 00:20:35,060
And your last collection, even after all
the business with Lord... Well,

326
00:20:35,120 --> 00:20:37,780
er... All water under the bridge now.

327
00:20:38,850 --> 00:20:42,610
I'm in the fashion business myself, you
know. Not quite in the same circles as

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yourself, obviously.

329
00:20:43,470 --> 00:20:44,910
I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting.

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00:20:45,170 --> 00:20:46,630
That's all right. I'm more in ready to
wear.

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00:20:48,390 --> 00:20:50,950
And, of course, I've been reading great
things about your American tour.

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Thank you very much. Pleasure. Good day.
So nice to talk to you, Miss Ellie. I

333
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do hope we meet again.

334
00:20:57,350 --> 00:20:58,870
Yes, I hope so too.

335
00:20:59,290 --> 00:21:01,470
Oh, let me give you my card.

336
00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:16,800
Show me those buttons again.

337
00:21:19,820 --> 00:21:21,460
You got anything like that in Bakelite?

338
00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:57,540
But, Jess, the whole orchestra are
playing real music, but she wouldn't

339
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minute. Come on, Jessica.

340
00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:03,800
Oh, my dear Pendo, the birthday girl.

341
00:22:04,060 --> 00:22:05,500
Thank you.

342
00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:11,480
And the Americans have the most
wonderful conmuggles. Really fresh,

343
00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:13,740
colours. Isn't that what they use the
place for?

344
00:22:14,180 --> 00:22:16,640
Uh, not anymore, no.

345
00:22:19,500 --> 00:22:22,160
If you have a consignment arriving any
day, maybe you would like to drop in.

346
00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:24,500
Yes, I might, when I have a moment.

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Darling, check.

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00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:31,160
If I have to live into one more old,
droning on about the dangers of modern

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living, I will die.

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Happy birthday, dear.

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00:22:34,180 --> 00:22:37,540
I say, you look frightfully elegant.

352
00:22:38,180 --> 00:22:41,020
That's not a Gilles number, is it? No,
it's an Elliot.

353
00:22:41,500 --> 00:22:43,660
Oh, I didn't think of going there.

354
00:22:43,940 --> 00:22:47,380
It's just that everybody went along to
the Maison Gilles collection.

355
00:22:48,060 --> 00:22:52,020
And I rather went along with them. And
once one's there, it's frightfully hard

356
00:22:52,020 --> 00:22:53,080
to resist, isn't it?

357
00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:55,400
Jessica, happy birthday.

358
00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:56,680
Thank you.

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00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:05,180
Do you know there were eight mannequins
on parade at the same time?

360
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Gown after gown.

361
00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:10,080
And each one more splendid than the
last.

362
00:23:10,380 --> 00:23:12,960
I see we shall have to look to our
laurels if Maison Jules is going to

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00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:14,800
such an extravagant collection each
season.

364
00:23:15,220 --> 00:23:16,720
Oh, my dear Beatrice.

365
00:23:17,260 --> 00:23:19,660
I'm sure you have no cause for concern.

366
00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:21,440
None at all.

367
00:23:21,660 --> 00:23:24,020
Good. Would you excuse me a moment?

368
00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:29,720
Having fun?

369
00:23:30,420 --> 00:23:31,460
Not really, no.

370
00:23:32,060 --> 00:23:34,460
No? No, Jack's not here after all.

371
00:23:34,900 --> 00:23:38,460
It's just about to be one more. Never
mind.

372
00:23:38,660 --> 00:23:41,680
They've extracted promises to visit us
from at least a dozen people.

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00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:42,880
Well done.

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00:23:43,120 --> 00:23:45,820
Beatrice, Evangeline, the very people.

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is driving me to distraction.

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00:23:49,120 --> 00:23:50,860
It's been going on for weeks.

377
00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:56,460
But when Colonel Stanhope brought the
subject up again, her eyes positively

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00:23:56,460 --> 00:24:01,460
up. And I suddenly thought, you're just
the ones to solve the problem.

379
00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:03,400
What exactly is the problem?

380
00:24:04,060 --> 00:24:10,440
Well, Jessica is quite determined to
take up some sort of paid employment.

381
00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:12,380
I can't imagine why.

382
00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:15,080
It's not as if she needed money, but
there we are.

383
00:24:15,460 --> 00:24:17,960
And I suddenly thought of you.

384
00:24:20,060 --> 00:24:22,720
Well, Jessica could be your new bondeur.

385
00:24:23,460 --> 00:24:29,200
Oh, well, we're certainly very flattered
by Jessica's interest. Oh, do say yes.

386
00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:36,000
After all, you do need a new bondeur,
and Jessica knows absolutely everyone.

387
00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:38,800
Well, we could certainly talk to her.

388
00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:40,640
Splendid! She'll be great.

389
00:24:41,540 --> 00:24:46,000
And to be quite honest, I don't really
mind her doing that sort of thing.

390
00:24:46,620 --> 00:24:50,680
After all, it's not what one would call
a real job, is it?

391
00:24:51,420 --> 00:24:52,540
Jessica, darling.

392
00:24:55,860 --> 00:24:58,320
Oh, it's nice to be back in my own bed
again.

393
00:24:59,260 --> 00:25:01,400
I'll worry up and get into it like I'm
on my feet up.

394
00:25:01,820 --> 00:25:02,820
It's in a minute, love.

395
00:25:05,180 --> 00:25:06,800
Did you miss me while I was away?

396
00:25:07,580 --> 00:25:08,580
Yes, of course I did.

397
00:25:09,860 --> 00:25:11,860
Don't know what I'd have done if my mate
hadn't been for good.

398
00:25:12,860 --> 00:25:14,520
That's not what I meant.

399
00:25:15,060 --> 00:25:16,060
Aye?

400
00:25:16,620 --> 00:25:17,620
Oh, never mind.

401
00:25:30,300 --> 00:25:31,300
Mr Cuddle.

402
00:25:32,100 --> 00:25:33,100
One minute, love.

403
00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:36,180
Only I've got to be up early tomorrow
morning.

404
00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:41,140
Mr Simmons is down with a bad tummy, so
I've got to do all the timetables, as

405
00:25:41,140 --> 00:25:42,140
well as do it at the ticket office.

406
00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:54,840
Go and get some sleep then.

407
00:26:25,550 --> 00:26:28,810
Good morning, Agnes. Let us take you
through to the Bondo's office, and we

408
00:26:28,810 --> 00:26:30,990
explain exactly what the job entails.
This way.

409
00:26:31,350 --> 00:26:35,670
I must say, it'll be quite novel
ordering frocks from one's own daughter.

410
00:26:35,890 --> 00:26:39,830
Ah, Tilly, perhaps Mrs Armstrong would
like to see some designs while we talk

411
00:26:39,830 --> 00:26:41,470
Jessica? Of course. This way, Jessica.

412
00:26:44,610 --> 00:26:46,210
Would you like a pair of coffee, Mrs
Armstrong?

413
00:26:48,850 --> 00:26:51,890
Obviously, you've seen what a Bondo does
on your visits as a client. Oh,

414
00:26:51,890 --> 00:26:52,890
absolutely.

415
00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:59,200
You show them the designs, find out
which one they want, and make

416
00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:01,420
Well, it's a little more complicated
than that.

417
00:27:01,860 --> 00:27:05,280
You must check with the workroom at each
stage of the process, make sure they

418
00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:08,960
can get the work done in time for the
fittings, and make sure either Madge or

419
00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:10,480
Tilly are free to attend the fittings.

420
00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:15,820
And ideally, you should make every
client feel that she's the most

421
00:27:15,820 --> 00:27:16,820
person you know.

422
00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,540
Yes. Mrs. Burgoyne was awfully good at
that.

423
00:27:19,900 --> 00:27:23,180
Almost like a best friend, really. You
could tell her absolutely...

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00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:24,400
Everything.

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00:27:24,660 --> 00:27:27,600
I'm sure I don't have to remind you,
Jess, that the fitting room has the same

426
00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:30,360
confidentiality as the priest's
confessional. Here?

427
00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:32,580
And instantly forget, Jess.

428
00:27:33,340 --> 00:27:34,340
Gosh, yes.

429
00:27:35,580 --> 00:27:38,700
Another aspect of the job is to woo the
client.

430
00:27:39,500 --> 00:27:42,760
Encourage them to visit the house of
Elliot as opposed to, say, Maison

431
00:27:42,940 --> 00:27:43,940
for instance.

432
00:27:44,460 --> 00:27:46,040
But can't people go where they like?

433
00:27:46,360 --> 00:27:49,420
Yes, of course they can, but we'd much
prefer it if they came here.

434
00:27:50,360 --> 00:27:51,600
Yes, I suppose you would.

435
00:27:52,380 --> 00:27:53,380
Well, that's all right.

436
00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,740
Everyone will think it's the most
enormous wheeze to come and buy from me.

437
00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:01,540
What about other clients, people you
don't actually know? Do you feel you

438
00:28:01,540 --> 00:28:04,900
introduce yourself socially as well as
balance the business side of things? Oh,

439
00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:07,360
yes, I'm terribly sociable.

440
00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:10,700
Well, I think that's all for the moment.

441
00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:14,080
Jess, would you care to join your mother
in the reception? And Evie and I will

442
00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:16,280
just see if there's anything else we
haven't discussed yet. All right.

443
00:28:25,219 --> 00:28:26,219
Triumph or disaster?

444
00:28:26,500 --> 00:28:28,160
Difficult to say. Could be either.

445
00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:30,260
She has all the right connections.

446
00:28:30,900 --> 00:28:33,740
But she must try and cultivate a more
professional attitude.

447
00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:35,240
It would only be temporary.

448
00:28:35,860 --> 00:28:36,860
Let's give her a try.

449
00:28:38,780 --> 00:28:41,340
Miss B, a telephone call for you from
Barak's picture studio.

450
00:28:41,620 --> 00:28:42,620
I'll just come through.

451
00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:44,900
Oh, Evie, will you finish off the other
one? Yes.

452
00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:52,700
Mr Barak, hello. How nice to hear

453
00:28:52,700 --> 00:28:53,700
from you.

454
00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:55,060
I'm fine. How are you?

455
00:28:57,780 --> 00:28:59,400
No, I haven't heard from him.

456
00:29:01,700 --> 00:29:05,760
All I know is Jack was staying in
Germany till the film was finished. I

457
00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:06,760
he'd be back by now.

458
00:29:09,820 --> 00:29:11,880
Well, yes, I'll tell him if I see him.

459
00:29:13,700 --> 00:29:14,700
Goodbye.

460
00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:26,700
Will you tell Evie I'll be out over the
lunch hour?

461
00:29:26,940 --> 00:29:27,940
Yes, Miss Baker. Thank you.

462
00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:34,600
And we saw Greta Garbo in the Temptress.
All those men chasing after her. I

463
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:35,499
could have missed her.

464
00:29:35,500 --> 00:29:38,280
You'll have to go and see it when it
comes here, Mr Charles. It's lovely.

465
00:29:38,620 --> 00:29:41,420
Well, that's the great beauty of the
motion picture, isn't it? It takes you

466
00:29:41,420 --> 00:29:45,180
right out of yourself into a whole new
world. It's just like being there.

467
00:29:45,740 --> 00:29:48,240
Are you keen on the pictures, then?
Loving them, Madge.

468
00:29:48,700 --> 00:29:50,740
Do you know, I saw The Sheik.

469
00:29:51,050 --> 00:29:53,090
Five times. You never. I did.

470
00:29:54,270 --> 00:29:57,290
Yeah, I must say, though, I do envy you
your trip to America. That must have

471
00:29:57,290 --> 00:29:58,029
been wonderful.

472
00:29:58,030 --> 00:30:00,570
It was really something, as they say.

473
00:30:03,030 --> 00:30:06,010
I'm getting really brassed off with all
this talk about America.

474
00:30:06,350 --> 00:30:07,710
I expect you are too, aren't you, Tilly?

475
00:30:07,950 --> 00:30:09,230
No, not really.

476
00:30:09,450 --> 00:30:11,130
My checks aren't with too much about it.

477
00:30:11,850 --> 00:30:13,670
So, could you start tomorrow?

478
00:30:14,110 --> 00:30:15,110
Ten o 'clock.

479
00:30:15,450 --> 00:30:18,030
8 .30 is when we usually like to get
started.

480
00:30:19,010 --> 00:30:20,010
I'm excited.

481
00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:21,760
Calm down, dear.

482
00:30:22,940 --> 00:30:29,940
Now, will Jess be dealing exclusively
with your couture clients, or will she

483
00:30:29,940 --> 00:30:32,560
be expected to meet the ready -to -wear
people as well?

484
00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:37,320
We've only designed one ready -to -wear
collection, and that was in America.

485
00:30:37,740 --> 00:30:39,720
Oh! You sound surprised.

486
00:30:40,220 --> 00:30:46,860
Well, I thought I saw that particular
gown

487
00:30:46,860 --> 00:30:49,360
in a shop in Kensington just this
morning.

488
00:30:49,870 --> 00:30:51,190
No, it's a... Oh, yes.

489
00:30:51,530 --> 00:30:53,570
It had exactly the same collar.

490
00:30:54,110 --> 00:30:55,110
So distinctive.

491
00:30:55,510 --> 00:30:56,870
It's rather nice, actually.

492
00:30:57,550 --> 00:31:01,590
I mean, one doesn't buy ready -to -wear
oneself, but... Which shop was it,

493
00:31:01,610 --> 00:31:02,610
exactly?

494
00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:36,440
Yes.

495
00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:38,080
Who on earth are you?

496
00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:43,760
Good afternoon, madam.

497
00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:44,960
May I help you?

498
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:46,200
I'm not sure.

499
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:48,420
I was just looking at this dress in the
window.

500
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:50,960
Would madam care to try it on?

501
00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:52,720
No, I don't.

502
00:31:53,580 --> 00:31:54,580
It's gentle.

503
00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:57,380
I wondered who designed it.

504
00:31:57,640 --> 00:31:59,060
It's not a Paris copy, is it?

505
00:31:59,620 --> 00:32:01,580
It's not a copy at all, madam.

506
00:32:02,060 --> 00:32:04,080
It's a great Keeble original.

507
00:32:05,179 --> 00:32:06,179
Grace Keeble.

508
00:32:06,900 --> 00:32:08,400
I don't think I've ever heard of her.

509
00:32:08,660 --> 00:32:12,000
She trained in Paris with Worth and then
with Poirot.

510
00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:15,260
She's also designed for the house of
Elliot.

511
00:32:20,300 --> 00:32:21,900
Fred, I haven't got a clue where he is.

512
00:32:23,340 --> 00:32:26,300
I haven't heard from the old son for
weeks. I'm starting to get a bit

513
00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:29,100
Tons of letters for him.

514
00:32:30,180 --> 00:32:31,200
Have you heard anything?

515
00:32:32,340 --> 00:32:33,340
No, I haven't.

516
00:32:35,490 --> 00:32:37,270
Forgive me, what are you actually doing
here?

517
00:32:38,030 --> 00:32:39,470
Human anatomy at the moment.

518
00:32:40,090 --> 00:32:43,230
The final's coming up in the summer.
Jack said I could look after the flat

519
00:32:43,230 --> 00:32:44,189
he was in Germany.

520
00:32:44,190 --> 00:32:45,190
Is he still there?

521
00:32:45,450 --> 00:32:46,890
Well, if he isn't, he hasn't told me.

522
00:32:47,590 --> 00:32:48,590
I see.

523
00:32:50,450 --> 00:32:52,370
I see. You don't mind me being here, do
you?

524
00:32:52,670 --> 00:32:56,130
Only Jack did say... We're separated,
yes. No, I don't mind you being here.

525
00:32:58,350 --> 00:33:00,130
Did you want to pick up some of your
things?

526
00:33:00,990 --> 00:33:02,250
Yes, but not at the moment.

527
00:33:04,190 --> 00:33:06,790
I am just a little concerned as to
Jack's whereabouts.

528
00:33:09,090 --> 00:33:10,090
Hello.

529
00:33:26,590 --> 00:33:28,210
You come to tell me you're making up my
designs?

530
00:33:28,410 --> 00:33:29,450
I must certainly have not.

531
00:33:29,870 --> 00:33:31,970
I've come to ask you what the devil you
think you're playing at.

532
00:33:32,310 --> 00:33:33,310
In what way?

533
00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:37,880
I think we should discuss this indoors,
may I come in? No.

534
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:40,720
If you're going to be rude, you can say
what you've got to say out here.

535
00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:42,040
I see.

536
00:33:43,140 --> 00:33:44,180
Very well, Miss Keeble.

537
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,220
I've just come from Miss Pemberton's
dress shop in Kensington.

538
00:33:47,700 --> 00:33:48,519
Oh, yeah?

539
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:51,620
Where your dress, the one whose design
you sold to us, was displayed in the

540
00:33:51,620 --> 00:33:52,640
window. So?

541
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:57,060
You sold that design to us, Miss Keeble.
I sold you a couple of drawings.

542
00:33:57,770 --> 00:34:00,630
You made it quite clear you weren't
going to make them up. They weren't good

543
00:34:00,630 --> 00:34:04,170
enough for your clientele. You never
asked me if I was selling anywhere else.

544
00:34:04,230 --> 00:34:08,110
That is not the way business is done.
Not in your world, perhaps, Miss Elliot.

545
00:34:08,250 --> 00:34:10,810
But in my world, you do business any way
you can.

546
00:34:11,090 --> 00:34:12,090
Good night.

547
00:34:13,250 --> 00:34:17,170
How dare she march into our office and
sell us designs she's already sold to

548
00:34:17,170 --> 00:34:18,170
someone else.

549
00:34:18,210 --> 00:34:21,409
And to actually tell that woman she
designed for the house of Elliot.

550
00:34:22,130 --> 00:34:24,449
And to leave me standing on the
doorstep.

551
00:34:24,850 --> 00:34:26,210
I've never been so...

552
00:34:28,590 --> 00:34:29,590
I think this is outrageous.

553
00:34:29,650 --> 00:34:32,590
Well, I don't see how it really affects
us. We weren't going to make the designs

554
00:34:32,590 --> 00:34:35,330
up anyway. That's not the point we might
have done, Bea.

555
00:34:35,830 --> 00:34:36,830
It's the principle.

556
00:34:37,730 --> 00:34:40,909
I think you've just had your nose put
out of joint because Mrs Armstrong

557
00:34:40,909 --> 00:34:43,350
they were good enough to be your
designs. Oh, I'm so absurd.

558
00:34:45,830 --> 00:34:47,850
Aren't you the least bit interested in
this?

559
00:34:48,090 --> 00:34:50,929
Frankly, no, not very. I have other
things to think about.

560
00:34:53,550 --> 00:34:54,550
What's happened, Bea?

561
00:34:55,730 --> 00:34:57,130
Nothing. I can't find Jack.

562
00:34:59,310 --> 00:35:00,590
No one can. What?

563
00:35:01,790 --> 00:35:04,290
That telephone call from Abraham Barak
this morning.

564
00:35:05,310 --> 00:35:07,490
He's been trying to trace Jack in
Germany.

565
00:35:08,450 --> 00:35:11,650
He isn't at the address he said he'd be
at. He's not at the studio.

566
00:35:13,270 --> 00:35:17,150
So I went round to the flat and there
was a stranger there.

567
00:35:18,530 --> 00:35:24,810
Jack's let the flat to a tenant without
even telling me, without... He didn't

568
00:35:24,810 --> 00:35:25,830
know where Jack was either.

569
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:30,360
What happened to him, Evie?

570
00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:33,800
Let's get home. Have a nice cup of tea,
won't you?

571
00:35:34,180 --> 00:35:35,180
Here, here.

572
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:36,620
You'll be all right soon, won't you?

573
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:37,960
I beg your pardon?

574
00:35:38,140 --> 00:35:42,400
When you and your fiancé get married,
you'll come home to find a nice bar all

575
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:43,400
ready to eat, won't you?

576
00:35:43,860 --> 00:35:44,860
Supper on the table.

577
00:35:45,140 --> 00:35:48,540
Lippers by the arm. Good cook is she,
your fiancé? Yeah, excellent.

578
00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:49,920
What's her name?

579
00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:51,320
Stand back, ladies!

580
00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:54,860
Ain't you got no manners?

581
00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:58,600
Let's get home, won't you, Madge?

582
00:36:10,359 --> 00:36:12,580
Yeah. Tilly, what's the matter?

583
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:17,100
Miss Armstrong's just asked me to make
tea for her and her clients in the

584
00:36:17,100 --> 00:36:17,799
fitting room.

585
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:18,800
Has she indeed?

586
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,580
What was I supposed to do? I couldn't
have let you say no in front of them.

587
00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:23,480
It's not done now, is it? No, it's not.

588
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:26,460
We'll do it this once and I'll have a
word with Miss Armstrong.

589
00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:27,709
All right.

590
00:36:27,710 --> 00:36:31,230
Oh, by the way, then flowers arrived for
you about 20 minutes ago. I've just

591
00:36:31,230 --> 00:36:33,950
been running around so much, I didn't
have time to tell you. All right, Tilly,

592
00:36:34,010 --> 00:36:35,110
thank you. You're welcome.

593
00:36:45,950 --> 00:36:48,210
All right, I lied.

594
00:36:48,630 --> 00:36:50,150
But what difference does it make?

595
00:36:50,430 --> 00:36:52,910
You'd never have known if that Elliot
woman hadn't told you.

596
00:36:53,420 --> 00:36:58,020
You liked the dress, didn't you? It
hasn't changed, has it? I do not wish to

597
00:36:58,020 --> 00:36:59,440
discuss the matter any further.

598
00:36:59,840 --> 00:37:03,760
Are you telling me that a dress is worth
30 guineas if it's made by Grace Keeble

599
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:05,740
of the House of Elliot and nothing if
it's not?

600
00:37:06,060 --> 00:37:07,060
Yes.

601
00:37:07,340 --> 00:37:10,420
And now, if you would be so good as to
return my money.

602
00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:12,400
Good morning. Good morning.

603
00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:13,740
How are you?

604
00:37:14,780 --> 00:37:17,360
But it's the same colour as the one I
tried on at Maison Gilles.

605
00:37:17,700 --> 00:37:20,640
Oh, no, that was a more subtle shade.

606
00:37:21,540 --> 00:37:22,580
Try the black one.

607
00:37:23,100 --> 00:37:24,100
Mummy would have a fit.

608
00:37:24,380 --> 00:37:25,540
She'd think I was in mourning.

609
00:37:26,140 --> 00:37:27,600
Yes, but jolly elegant mourning.

610
00:37:28,240 --> 00:37:29,240
Right on for fun.

611
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:31,840
Oh, hello.

612
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:34,820
Miss Elliot, may I present Miss
Charlotte Parker.

613
00:37:35,060 --> 00:37:37,500
Good morning. Miss Julia Colbrook. Good
morning.

614
00:37:38,260 --> 00:37:40,140
I'll make sure someone brings you an
ashtray.

615
00:37:40,740 --> 00:37:42,100
Jessica, may I have a word?

616
00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:43,480
Yes, excuse me.

617
00:37:49,190 --> 00:37:52,410
I've spoken to just about everyone I
know, and they've all been terribly

618
00:37:53,230 --> 00:37:57,930
Mrs Fitzwalt is coming in next week
sometime, and Mrs Babbage and her

619
00:37:57,930 --> 00:37:59,490
Pamela, you know the one with the red
hair?

620
00:38:00,170 --> 00:38:01,430
They've promised to come and visit.

621
00:38:02,070 --> 00:38:06,030
And you met Julia and Charlotte. They
tried on absolutely heaps of stuff.

622
00:38:06,370 --> 00:38:07,370
Did they order anything?

623
00:38:07,970 --> 00:38:08,970
Not exactly.

624
00:38:09,670 --> 00:38:10,670
What about the others?

625
00:38:10,950 --> 00:38:12,610
Have they made any definite
appointments?

626
00:38:13,110 --> 00:38:14,890
More or less. I mean, they will.

627
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:18,380
They all seem terribly keen, which is
saying something when you think how

628
00:38:18,380 --> 00:38:22,860
besotted everyone is with Mr. Gilles.
Jessica, I know you're new, and I

629
00:38:22,860 --> 00:38:27,480
appreciate you helping us out like this,
but, well, you must try and cultivate a

630
00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:28,660
more professional attitude.

631
00:38:29,740 --> 00:38:31,540
We need solid orders.

632
00:38:32,180 --> 00:38:33,180
Yes, Miss Elliot.

633
00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:36,060
And no more coffee and cigarettes in the
fitting room or the office.

634
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:38,920
Just think what would happen if
something got spilled.

635
00:38:39,940 --> 00:38:42,860
Sorry. I will try and do better,
honestly.

636
00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:45,680
It's all right.

637
00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:48,280
Oh, Beatrice.

638
00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:52,560
Yes? Daddy's taking a gun at Ardenlock
Castle this weekend.

639
00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:57,180
He wants Mummy and me to go to sort of a
house party, so I'd like to take Friday

640
00:38:57,180 --> 00:38:58,180
off.

641
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:01,920
Mac?

642
00:39:02,100 --> 00:39:03,100
Mac?

643
00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:05,180
Have I done something to upset you?

644
00:39:05,780 --> 00:39:07,080
No, why do you ask?

645
00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:09,540
I've just got it into my head that
you're not speaking to me.

646
00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:11,260
Well, what ever made you think that?

647
00:39:11,700 --> 00:39:12,700
I don't know.

648
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:16,560
It's just that you've been nattering on
to everyone else about America and all

649
00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:18,600
that stuff, and you haven't said a
single word to me.

650
00:39:18,940 --> 00:39:20,100
I thought we were friends.

651
00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:21,920
You daft daper!

652
00:39:22,820 --> 00:39:24,480
I thought you minded me going.

653
00:39:24,980 --> 00:39:26,800
I thought it seemed like gloating.

654
00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:30,600
I've been dying to tell you. I didn't
think you wanted to know.

655
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:32,400
Me, a daft daper.

656
00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:38,000
Here, come back and have your tea at our
house. I can tell you all about

657
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,860
America, and you can tell me all about
old Mrs Burgoyne. I can't. because

658
00:39:40,860 --> 00:39:43,580
Norman's on nights tonight and I do want
to get back and see him before he goes

659
00:39:43,580 --> 00:39:44,580
to work.

660
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:45,600
Sunday's tomorrow, though.

661
00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:47,020
I'll make us a lardy cake.

662
00:39:48,240 --> 00:39:49,640
Don't. I've been eating so much.

663
00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:06,660
Of course I remember you, Mr. Cotter.

664
00:40:08,430 --> 00:40:10,570
Well, I'm afraid I'm a bit busy at the
moment.

665
00:40:11,950 --> 00:40:12,950
Oh, yeah?

666
00:40:12,990 --> 00:40:14,070
What sort of proposition?

667
00:40:16,410 --> 00:40:18,370
Well, if you hold on, I'll just check my
diary.

668
00:40:21,990 --> 00:40:23,310
I'm afraid I'm busy all day.

669
00:40:23,650 --> 00:40:24,650
What are you doing?

670
00:40:24,890 --> 00:40:26,770
7 o 'clock Friday? Yes, I'll be there.

671
00:40:28,190 --> 00:40:29,650
Lydia, who do you think you are?

672
00:40:29,890 --> 00:40:31,410
I beg your pardon. You would?

673
00:40:31,810 --> 00:40:33,050
How dare you?

674
00:40:33,350 --> 00:40:34,350
How dare I?

675
00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:37,720
It's all right for her to come storming
round my home asking me what I'm playing

676
00:40:37,720 --> 00:40:40,900
at, and it's not all right me doing the
same. I came to see you because I felt

677
00:40:40,900 --> 00:40:44,900
you dealt with us in an underhand
manner. Then what did you lose by it?

678
00:40:44,900 --> 00:40:45,839
lose your living?

679
00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:48,940
Did all the ladyships stop coming to the
House of Elliot because you was conned

680
00:40:48,940 --> 00:40:51,680
out of one rotten guinea? Miss Keeble,
what exactly is your complaint?

681
00:40:52,500 --> 00:40:54,460
Do you know how much that material cost
me?

682
00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:57,880
Do you know how long I've been trying to
get someone to look at my designs, take

683
00:40:57,880 --> 00:40:58,880
them seriously?

684
00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:03,280
An old flaming year, walking around
fashion houses, shops...

685
00:41:04,279 --> 00:41:07,400
begging introductions to women who look
down their noses at me because I don't

686
00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:08,400
have the right accent.

687
00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:11,180
That frock was the first one I sold.

688
00:41:11,780 --> 00:41:13,600
Yeah, all right, I'll spun her a bit of
a line.

689
00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:15,700
Otherwise, he wouldn't have looked twice
at the dress.

690
00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:19,180
I mean, it's not talent that counts in
this game, is it?

691
00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:22,440
Do you know what she'd done, Miss
Pemberton, after you'd gone and stuck

692
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:23,379
nose in?

693
00:41:23,380 --> 00:41:24,840
She demanded her money back.

694
00:41:25,220 --> 00:41:27,440
Said she only dealt in exclusive couture
designs.

695
00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:29,280
So you have it.

696
00:41:29,580 --> 00:41:32,480
You paid a guinea for the exclusive
design. You have the dress.

697
00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:41,080
did you?

698
00:41:41,460 --> 00:41:45,020
What does it take, eh? What do I have to
do to get a job?

699
00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:48,240
I thought you of all people would
understand.

700
00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:53,060
I mean, I remember hearing you actually
knit clients from under durox those when

701
00:41:53,060 --> 00:41:54,060
you first started.

702
00:41:54,500 --> 00:41:55,780
You weren't proud then.

703
00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:58,380
You didn't have Alcibelia policies then.

704
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:01,040
But you've made it now, haven't you?

705
00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:03,040
You can afford policies.

706
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:07,540
Yeah, and pulling the ladder up after
you's just one of them, I suppose.

707
00:42:09,930 --> 00:42:11,450
There's bigger fish in the sea than you.

708
00:42:12,130 --> 00:42:14,910
I hear Maison Schultz's whole room's
full of designers.

709
00:42:16,030 --> 00:42:18,830
Maybe he's grand enough not to be scared
of new talent.

710
00:42:21,190 --> 00:42:25,590
Miss Keeble, would you mind waiting in
the reception for five minutes? I must

711
00:42:25,590 --> 00:42:26,590
speak with my sister.

712
00:42:27,290 --> 00:42:28,290
What?

713
00:42:30,010 --> 00:42:31,490
Yeah. All right.

714
00:42:33,970 --> 00:42:34,970
Thank you.

715
00:42:36,190 --> 00:42:37,190
No, we...

716
00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:41,360
Absolutely not. Out with the question.
Perhaps for a trial period, say for a

717
00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:45,460
season. Purely from our point of view, I
can see the benefits of having a

718
00:42:45,460 --> 00:42:48,780
trainee designer. Yes, so can I, but not
her. Why not?

719
00:42:49,180 --> 00:42:53,220
Because... Because she's awful.

720
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:55,040
You said yourself she's very talented.

721
00:42:55,660 --> 00:42:59,500
Perhaps she wouldn't be so awful if she
wasn't so frustrated at every turn.

722
00:43:00,060 --> 00:43:02,280
Think about it, Evie. We've seen it for
ourselves.

723
00:43:02,860 --> 00:43:05,840
She's overwhelming us with sheer weight
of numbers.

724
00:43:06,330 --> 00:43:10,190
Yes, well, she's not exactly going to
solve that problem for us, is she? Not

725
00:43:10,190 --> 00:43:11,190
yet, no.

726
00:43:11,230 --> 00:43:14,270
But eventually we're going to have to
take on someone if we're to survive.

727
00:43:15,170 --> 00:43:17,230
I'd rather it was someone we trained
ourselves.

728
00:43:18,790 --> 00:43:22,730
Perhaps to take on the day wear. Leave
you more time for the special evening

729
00:43:22,730 --> 00:43:23,730
gowns.

730
00:43:25,910 --> 00:43:27,830
She's still got a great deal to learn.

731
00:43:38,430 --> 00:43:40,350
Delicious. I thought we were having
lardy cake.

732
00:43:41,150 --> 00:43:44,290
You know, I tried making waffles for
Jerry and his mother and they wouldn't

733
00:43:44,290 --> 00:43:45,530
try them. Don't know what they're
missing.

734
00:43:46,170 --> 00:43:49,830
Mind you, I think I've been expecting
I've been a devil for any few three.

735
00:43:50,430 --> 00:43:51,430
That maple syrup.

736
00:43:51,930 --> 00:43:52,990
Take it home with you.

737
00:43:53,490 --> 00:43:55,430
Go on, I've got another jar in the
cupboard.

738
00:43:56,010 --> 00:43:57,010
Oh, thank you, mate.

739
00:43:58,670 --> 00:44:03,150
You know, I bet it's funny being all
ordinary back here after being so grand

740
00:44:03,150 --> 00:44:04,890
America. How is she both?

741
00:44:05,580 --> 00:44:07,260
Did you get to sit on the captain's
table?

742
00:44:07,980 --> 00:44:08,980
No.

743
00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:11,700
Oh, I must show you what I nicked off
the boat.

744
00:44:11,900 --> 00:44:12,900
You what?

745
00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:17,100
Oh, it's only a paper napkin and one of
them little fancy menu cards.

746
00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:21,540
But it says S .S. Laconia on them in
lovely gold letters. Oh, my.

747
00:44:23,180 --> 00:44:25,200
Oh, actually. Hello.

748
00:44:26,720 --> 00:44:30,640
Here, Gerry, have you seen that paper
napkin that was in there?

749
00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:32,540
You know, the one off the boat?

750
00:44:33,260 --> 00:44:34,360
Oh, I threw it out. Why?

751
00:44:34,990 --> 00:44:35,990
You did what?

752
00:44:37,390 --> 00:44:38,390
I'm sorry, Madge.

753
00:44:39,610 --> 00:44:40,870
I didn't think it was important.

754
00:44:43,910 --> 00:44:46,130
Anyway, we hardly need to keep paper
napkins, do we?

755
00:44:49,770 --> 00:44:50,830
Any chance of a cup of tea?

756
00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:14,200
Beatrice?

757
00:45:15,340 --> 00:45:16,340
Hello.

758
00:45:20,680 --> 00:45:22,760
Thank you for the flowers. They are
beautiful.

759
00:45:32,500 --> 00:45:37,100
By the end of the day, we'd actually
taken on the extraordinary, Miss Keeble.

760
00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:40,780
I think you'll be glad you did. Oh, you
haven't met her. No, but I've met people

761
00:45:40,780 --> 00:45:41,698
like her.

762
00:45:41,700 --> 00:45:42,700
Tough.

763
00:45:42,950 --> 00:45:44,970
Hungry, from the wrong side of the
tribe.

764
00:45:45,530 --> 00:45:49,570
Yes. They know what's needed in shops,
in offices.

765
00:45:50,210 --> 00:45:53,190
What Mrs. General Manager's willing to
pay for a cocktail drink.

766
00:45:53,430 --> 00:45:55,190
That hardly applies to the House of
Elliot.

767
00:45:55,450 --> 00:45:57,650
The world is changing, Beatrice.

768
00:45:58,110 --> 00:46:00,430
Of course, there'll always be a place
for a couture.

769
00:46:00,990 --> 00:46:04,850
But mark my words, it'll be a very bad
mistake to underestimate the power of

770
00:46:04,850 --> 00:46:07,150
that woman, and of all the others like
her.

771
00:46:12,730 --> 00:46:16,750
I didn't mean to take up our first
evening talking business. No, neither

772
00:46:17,310 --> 00:46:18,870
It's so good to see you again.

773
00:46:19,410 --> 00:46:20,870
Do you wish to order now, sir?

774
00:46:24,210 --> 00:46:29,990
Charles, Joseph, ladies, I would like to
introduce Miss Grace Keeble, as from

775
00:46:29,990 --> 00:46:32,630
this morning she will be joining us as a
trainee designer.

776
00:46:39,950 --> 00:46:42,430
I didn't say anything at the time
because you had obviously made all the

777
00:46:42,430 --> 00:46:45,570
arrangements. But in future, we would
prefer it if you didn't ask for days off

778
00:46:45,570 --> 00:46:46,570
just like that.

779
00:46:46,590 --> 00:46:49,530
If it's terribly important, then I'm
sure we can come to some sort of

780
00:46:49,530 --> 00:46:52,090
arrangement. Yes, I know. I am awfully
sorry.

781
00:46:52,690 --> 00:46:54,230
But it was terribly useful.

782
00:46:54,830 --> 00:46:57,170
Really? And I've done it all properly.

783
00:46:57,590 --> 00:46:58,590
Look.

784
00:47:00,250 --> 00:47:01,430
Charlotte Parker at ten.

785
00:47:02,310 --> 00:47:03,330
Julia at eleven.

786
00:47:03,710 --> 00:47:06,290
Mrs. Campbell and Mrs. Prescott -White
in the afternoon.

787
00:47:07,130 --> 00:47:10,690
And I'd rather said you'll do the
fitting for my godmother on Thursday.

788
00:47:11,390 --> 00:47:12,770
That's the Duchess of Chilham.

789
00:47:13,250 --> 00:47:15,430
She said on Saturday she was dying to
meet you.

790
00:47:16,310 --> 00:47:19,990
Really? And I've given Madge and Tilly a
list of all the appointments for next

791
00:47:19,990 --> 00:47:21,150
week, so there's no confusion.

792
00:47:22,310 --> 00:47:23,830
How many appointments are there?

793
00:47:24,690 --> 00:47:28,770
About nine in all, and half a dozen or
so for next week.

794
00:47:29,890 --> 00:47:30,890
Is that all right?

795
00:47:31,210 --> 00:47:32,210
Yes.

796
00:47:32,570 --> 00:47:33,570
Blended.

797
00:47:34,450 --> 00:47:35,450
Well done.

798
00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:43,340
This is Tilly, our specialist in
beadwork and embroidery.

799
00:47:43,640 --> 00:47:45,360
I did embroidery at Barrett Street.

800
00:47:46,280 --> 00:47:49,480
How many of these beads per square inch
can you use without dragging the fabric?

801
00:47:52,080 --> 00:47:54,500
I'm sure Tilly will be happy to tell you
anything you don't know.

802
00:47:56,180 --> 00:48:00,580
Look, what I need to know is cutting.
You said yourself... I said we'd train

803
00:48:00,580 --> 00:48:01,780
to design for the House of Elliot.

804
00:48:03,160 --> 00:48:04,180
We'll start with fabric.

805
00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:08,440
Well, I shall be round in about an hour,
then.

806
00:48:09,420 --> 00:48:10,420
Right. Good night.

807
00:48:14,020 --> 00:48:16,880
Jack Tennant's going out for the
evening, so I'm going to go round and

808
00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:18,480
the rest of my things. Where are you
going?

809
00:48:18,820 --> 00:48:20,640
Out to dinner with Larry Cotter,
remember?

810
00:48:21,380 --> 00:48:22,860
Not that I'm looking forward to it.

811
00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:26,720
Wouldn't have agreed to go at all if
Grace hadn't barged in. I knew you'd

812
00:48:26,720 --> 00:48:27,920
something to blame her for.

813
00:48:34,200 --> 00:48:36,980
You see, our worlds are merging,
Mathalia.

814
00:48:37,520 --> 00:48:38,760
Growing together, if you will.

815
00:48:39,420 --> 00:48:43,220
But the aristocracy, they're not quite
as well off as they were.

816
00:48:44,140 --> 00:48:48,760
And the people that may do with what
they could always get, well, they're

817
00:48:48,760 --> 00:48:50,200
getting paid more so they can get more.

818
00:48:50,660 --> 00:48:51,660
Do you see what I mean?

819
00:48:52,060 --> 00:48:53,060
I think so.

820
00:48:53,080 --> 00:48:54,080
Thank you so much.

821
00:48:54,720 --> 00:48:58,500
Anyway, somewhere in the middle ground
is the sort of woman that wants couture

822
00:48:58,500 --> 00:49:02,580
style at, well, not quite high street
prices, but, well, bond street prices,

823
00:49:02,580 --> 00:49:03,558
you follow my meaning.

824
00:49:03,560 --> 00:49:04,720
Yes, I follow you. Of course.

825
00:49:06,660 --> 00:49:10,020
Now, this is the area where someone such
as yourself might well do business with

826
00:49:10,020 --> 00:49:11,020
someone such as myself.

827
00:49:11,500 --> 00:49:14,900
You, a highly respected couturier, knows
one end of the business, and I've sold

828
00:49:14,900 --> 00:49:18,740
a thousand dresses up and down every
high street in Britain. Now, where you

829
00:49:18,740 --> 00:49:22,040
silk, I sell cotton, we sell good
quality artificial silk.

830
00:49:23,580 --> 00:49:25,240
We've got a lot to learn from each
other, Miss Elliot.

831
00:49:26,100 --> 00:49:27,440
That may be so, Mr. Cotter.

832
00:49:27,900 --> 00:49:32,140
But quite frankly, apart from our one
American venture, I can't really see the

833
00:49:32,140 --> 00:49:34,520
House of Elliot going into ready -to
-wear on such a large scale.

834
00:49:35,140 --> 00:49:40,210
No? You got full order books till 1930,
have you? Is Lady Harriet Ponsonby

835
00:49:40,210 --> 00:49:42,170
-Smith still ordering 24 gowns each
season?

836
00:49:42,490 --> 00:49:44,210
Well, no, but... What's your annual
profit?

837
00:49:45,210 --> 00:49:46,250
Same as last year.

838
00:49:47,130 --> 00:49:48,130
Mine's almost doubled.

839
00:49:48,590 --> 00:49:49,590
How's yours?

840
00:49:56,090 --> 00:49:57,250
Mr Davenport?

841
00:50:10,730 --> 00:50:16,770
What I've got in mind is your artistry,
your prestige, coupled with my

842
00:50:16,770 --> 00:50:18,410
manufacturing and retailing experience.

843
00:50:18,650 --> 00:50:23,810
An exclusive label sold in exclusive
shops. Sounds like a fascinating idea.

844
00:50:24,470 --> 00:50:28,190
But quite honestly, I don't see my
sister and I being willing to compromise

845
00:50:28,190 --> 00:50:32,190
quality of our work merely in order to
attract what may prove to be a less

846
00:50:32,190 --> 00:50:33,570
discriminating clientele.

847
00:50:34,470 --> 00:50:37,510
Man -made fabrics are all very well... I
knew you'd agree with me there.

848
00:50:38,430 --> 00:50:39,430
I beg your pardon?

849
00:50:39,819 --> 00:50:42,720
I noticed you were wearing rayon
stockings the minute you walked in.

850
00:50:44,200 --> 00:50:45,640
Very nice too, if I may say so.

851
00:50:46,500 --> 00:50:47,500
Oh!

852
00:50:47,580 --> 00:50:48,580
No, thank you.

853
00:50:50,280 --> 00:50:51,700
Would you like a coffee, Mr. Cotter?

854
00:51:04,200 --> 00:51:06,140
I'm so sorry, Mr. Davenport. I thought
that...