1 00:01:31,210 --> 00:01:32,690 I don't want any part of it. 2 00:01:32,910 --> 00:01:35,170 Oh, you're a pessimist, you lady bugle. 3 00:01:35,390 --> 00:01:37,410 I'm a realist, Hetty King. 4 00:01:37,910 --> 00:01:42,170 It's defeatist attitudes like your own that hold us back every time. 5 00:01:42,490 --> 00:01:46,490 Well, if I have a defeatist attitude, it's because we're always being 6 00:01:46,990 --> 00:01:51,370 Ah, but this year will be different, mark my words. This year we'll win. Win 7 00:01:51,370 --> 00:01:54,870 what? The regional drama competition. 8 00:01:55,310 --> 00:01:57,190 Oh. Oh, is it that time of year again already? 9 00:01:57,390 --> 00:01:58,750 Oh, most certainly is. 10 00:01:59,430 --> 00:02:03,310 What's more, it's Avonlea's turn to host the competition this year. 11 00:02:04,190 --> 00:02:05,670 Another reason we're going to win. 12 00:02:06,570 --> 00:02:10,289 Avonlea hasn't won in 22 years. What makes you think this year will be any 13 00:02:10,289 --> 00:02:15,270 different? Because, you lay -lay bugle, it so happens that I have selected the 14 00:02:15,270 --> 00:02:16,710 most perfect melodrama. 15 00:02:17,290 --> 00:02:23,810 Really, it's quite masterful, if I do say so. Which means you wrote it. 16 00:02:24,110 --> 00:02:25,110 Well, yes. 17 00:02:25,250 --> 00:02:26,570 As a matter of fact, I did. 18 00:02:28,130 --> 00:02:30,050 You want me to be in your play? 19 00:02:30,350 --> 00:02:31,329 I do. 20 00:02:31,330 --> 00:02:35,810 Oh, I'll not forget the last time Avonlea won the drama competition. It 21 00:02:35,990 --> 00:02:39,290 Muriel Stacey, who performed the leading role. 22 00:02:40,030 --> 00:02:41,310 22 years ago. 23 00:02:41,530 --> 00:02:45,370 It was like sewing a cross stitch. Once you know how, you never forget. 24 00:02:45,990 --> 00:02:48,130 Oh, you know how heavy it is, Muriel. 25 00:02:48,430 --> 00:02:50,790 You might as well resign yourself to being in the play. 26 00:02:52,870 --> 00:02:53,870 Well... 27 00:02:54,670 --> 00:02:55,670 All right. 28 00:02:56,530 --> 00:02:59,670 I'll try my best, but I'm not promising anything. 29 00:03:00,010 --> 00:03:01,010 Wonderful. 30 00:03:01,170 --> 00:03:04,210 That's done. Now we must begin preparations at once. 31 00:03:04,950 --> 00:03:10,330 Now, Olivia, you will supervise costumes as usual, and Rachel Lind will be stage 32 00:03:10,330 --> 00:03:13,330 manager as usual, and you'll be my assistant as usual. 33 00:03:13,610 --> 00:03:15,070 Kitty, I was wondering... Dr. 34 00:03:15,310 --> 00:03:17,390 Janet, certainly as usual. 35 00:03:17,710 --> 00:03:18,730 As usual. 36 00:03:19,150 --> 00:03:20,370 May I paint sets or something? 37 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:24,320 I don't want to be an elf again. But there's no elves this year, Felix. 38 00:03:25,060 --> 00:03:26,060 Who's the director? 39 00:03:26,500 --> 00:03:28,800 Who else? 40 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:32,160 As usual. 41 00:03:35,460 --> 00:03:37,400 The seductive Ruwe. 42 00:03:37,780 --> 00:03:40,240 Are there any elves in this one? No. 43 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:41,560 What's a Ruwe? 44 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,360 A Ruwe, well, sort of a rate. 45 00:03:45,220 --> 00:03:46,700 He's a rate to pick up hay. 46 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:48,840 Well, a Ruwe is a man who... 47 00:03:49,370 --> 00:03:54,430 who thinks only of himself and mistreats others. I wish I could play the villain 48 00:03:54,430 --> 00:03:55,530 just once. 49 00:03:56,210 --> 00:03:58,750 Think only of myself and mistreat people. 50 00:03:59,490 --> 00:04:01,350 Far too handsome. 51 00:04:02,190 --> 00:04:04,270 Oh, and you're blind as a bat, woman, bless you. 52 00:04:04,850 --> 00:04:06,230 Are you going to be prompter again? 53 00:04:07,350 --> 00:04:11,530 Well, I'm only so tired of doing the same old thing time after time. 54 00:04:12,370 --> 00:04:13,370 Oh, never mind. 55 00:04:13,590 --> 00:04:14,590 What? 56 00:04:15,010 --> 00:04:18,050 Well, I thought it'd be kind of fun to get on the stage myself. 57 00:04:18,829 --> 00:04:20,390 I didn't think you ever wanted to act. 58 00:04:21,010 --> 00:04:22,010 Act? No. 59 00:04:22,630 --> 00:04:24,270 Just get on the stage. 60 00:04:24,570 --> 00:04:26,070 No, I don't think I could act, really. 61 00:04:26,990 --> 00:04:32,350 Well, I only mention it because there just happens to be a small role in here. 62 00:04:32,610 --> 00:04:34,890 I think I might be able to play. Wait, go on. 63 00:04:35,670 --> 00:04:36,670 When? 64 00:04:39,790 --> 00:04:42,130 Yeah, as Molly the milkmaid. 65 00:04:44,110 --> 00:04:45,110 That's absurd. 66 00:04:45,390 --> 00:04:46,950 I think it's a good idea. 67 00:04:49,700 --> 00:04:51,340 Janet's never been on the stage. 68 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:53,520 Yes, but it's a small part. 69 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:55,100 There's only three lines. 70 00:04:55,740 --> 00:05:01,220 Who would be Prompto? No, no, no, we must have a Prompto. I could help with 71 00:05:01,220 --> 00:05:02,220 that. 72 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:04,100 Thank you, Eliza. 73 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:06,600 Just what I need. 74 00:05:07,420 --> 00:05:08,920 Prompto's half -blind, nearly deaf. 75 00:05:09,340 --> 00:05:10,460 I heard that. 76 00:05:12,270 --> 00:05:17,010 If you don't want me, Hetty, I won't insist. I don't mean to be any trouble. 77 00:05:17,110 --> 00:05:24,010 Trouble? There's no trouble. This is simply your leading man asking for a 78 00:05:24,010 --> 00:05:25,830 favor. Oh, I see. 79 00:05:26,630 --> 00:05:31,430 Oh, since you put it that way, how can I refuse? 80 00:05:33,710 --> 00:05:34,870 Molly the milkmaid. 81 00:05:35,630 --> 00:05:36,630 Oh. 82 00:05:38,450 --> 00:05:41,610 The Rustico Dramatic Circle will perform first. 83 00:05:42,140 --> 00:05:44,840 followed by Midfield and Hillsdale on the first day. 84 00:05:45,260 --> 00:05:50,400 Then Port Galant, Malpec, Carmody, and Avonlea on the second. 85 00:05:51,280 --> 00:05:55,940 As chairman of the organizing committee, I must advise you we have a new rule 86 00:05:55,940 --> 00:05:56,940 this year. 87 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:59,660 No play shall exceed 30 minutes in length. 88 00:06:00,020 --> 00:06:01,020 What? 89 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:05,120 Regardless of how restrictive that may seem to the various authors in question. 90 00:06:05,980 --> 00:06:06,980 Stupid rule. 91 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,420 The contest begins a fortnight from now, and good luck to you all. 92 00:06:11,840 --> 00:06:14,540 Please, help yourself to the refreshments in the back. 93 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:17,820 Isn't this good? 94 00:06:19,280 --> 00:06:20,280 Delicious. 95 00:06:21,100 --> 00:06:22,100 Ah, 96 00:06:23,620 --> 00:06:28,840 sampling the best, I see, Eleanor McHugh. Oh, is this your cranberry pie? 97 00:06:29,220 --> 00:06:30,600 One taste should tell you. 98 00:06:31,220 --> 00:06:32,220 Delicious. 99 00:06:32,700 --> 00:06:33,980 Of course it is. 100 00:06:34,580 --> 00:06:37,700 Excuse me, Eleanor. This doodle is just marvelous. 101 00:06:38,220 --> 00:06:41,620 I was wondering, do you use nutmeg and cinnamon, or is this all spice? 102 00:06:41,860 --> 00:06:45,120 Oh, that is a closely guarded family secret, I'm afraid. 103 00:06:45,860 --> 00:06:50,460 But I might be persuaded to trade recipes with you. Oh, 104 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:52,340 dandy. Oh, Olivia. 105 00:06:53,660 --> 00:06:54,940 Not in your life, was I? 106 00:06:55,440 --> 00:07:00,280 The recipe of King Cranberry Pie has been a family secret for three 107 00:07:01,620 --> 00:07:02,620 Very well. 108 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:05,940 I'm quite looking forward to this year's competition. 109 00:07:06,380 --> 00:07:07,720 As am I. 110 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:09,280 As am I. 111 00:07:09,740 --> 00:07:12,480 Hetty King, you are an inspiration. 112 00:07:13,580 --> 00:07:14,580 I am? 113 00:07:14,620 --> 00:07:19,620 Well, it must be so depressing to lose year after year after year. 114 00:07:20,100 --> 00:07:25,580 And yet there you stand, resolute and proud, in face of certain defeat. 115 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:27,980 Yes, well, we'll not lose this year. 116 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:30,240 Oh, I'm sure you'll make a valiant attempt. 117 00:07:30,820 --> 00:07:32,480 No, I am sure we'll win. 118 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:35,760 But we have won the competition five years running. 119 00:07:36,260 --> 00:07:38,420 You have lost 22 times. 120 00:07:39,420 --> 00:07:41,740 But you're still ready to give it your all. 121 00:07:42,340 --> 00:07:44,480 That is indeed inspiring. 122 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:50,340 Best prepare for the worst, Eleanor McHugh, because this time you're going 123 00:07:50,340 --> 00:07:51,340 lose. 124 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:53,540 Would you care to make a wager on that? 125 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:56,960 I don't mean gambling, but if I... I don't mean money. 126 00:07:57,580 --> 00:07:58,580 What then? 127 00:07:58,900 --> 00:08:02,040 If Avonlea wins, I will give you the recipe for my strudel. 128 00:08:02,670 --> 00:08:06,910 And if Carmody wins, you will give me the secrets of your cranberry pie. 129 00:08:08,110 --> 00:08:09,110 Done. 130 00:08:11,130 --> 00:08:12,950 Good day, Miss King. Yes. 131 00:08:13,530 --> 00:08:14,530 Mrs. Dale. 132 00:08:16,870 --> 00:08:18,090 My goodness. 133 00:08:20,570 --> 00:08:21,910 No risk, Olivia. 134 00:08:22,990 --> 00:08:26,110 Well, it's Muriel Stacey and my new play. 135 00:08:26,710 --> 00:08:30,810 Oh, a fortnight from now, we'll be feasting on Carmody's doodle whilst 136 00:08:31,450 --> 00:08:34,150 Eleanor McHugh, woman, it's humble pie. 137 00:08:41,929 --> 00:08:45,450 I have come to talk to you about Mary. 138 00:08:48,630 --> 00:08:55,530 Felix King and Elbert were... The color pine green was named after 139 00:08:55,530 --> 00:08:59,410 pine trees. These are supposed to be pine trees, but that is not pine green. 140 00:08:59,510 --> 00:09:00,510 Change it! 141 00:09:01,499 --> 00:09:05,160 Bert Potts, be careful with those candles. You want to burn down the hall? 142 00:09:05,780 --> 00:09:08,740 Lady is a boy from Moose. And all the same charm. 143 00:09:08,980 --> 00:09:10,560 Let's go get some pine green paint. 144 00:09:11,980 --> 00:09:15,480 Mrs. Lynn, is there anything that I can do? Just watch me and learn. 145 00:09:16,780 --> 00:09:17,880 Archie Gillis, what is that? 146 00:09:18,180 --> 00:09:19,180 They're pigs. 147 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:21,160 I know that. What's it doing here? 148 00:09:21,580 --> 00:09:22,780 I'm in charge of props. 149 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:24,880 The play doesn't call for any pigs. 150 00:09:25,370 --> 00:09:28,430 The heroine's a farmer, isn't she? If she's a farmer, she's got to have pigs. 151 00:09:28,670 --> 00:09:31,970 We don't get to see the pigs. What's wrong with seeing the pigs? 152 00:09:32,830 --> 00:09:34,410 Francis is a lovely pig. 153 00:09:35,630 --> 00:09:36,790 You wanted something to do? 154 00:09:37,130 --> 00:09:39,670 Help Mr. Gillis out with his prop. 155 00:09:49,210 --> 00:09:50,210 Salmon's from him. 156 00:09:50,250 --> 00:09:51,390 Have you done to your face? 157 00:09:53,070 --> 00:09:54,070 What do you mean? 158 00:09:54,740 --> 00:09:58,760 I'm referring to that ridiculous broom thing attached to her upper lip. 159 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:01,380 Don't you think it's rather villainous? 160 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:04,400 Oh! 161 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:06,619 Oh, Hedy. 162 00:10:06,620 --> 00:10:12,500 I was thinking that Mary Truesdale would wear a nice, bright calico. Now, she's 163 00:10:12,500 --> 00:10:15,640 a poor woman, but I think she'd do the best with what she has. Oh, yes, yes, 164 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:16,640 it's very nice, Olivia. 165 00:10:17,620 --> 00:10:19,060 Where is Meryl? Oh, 166 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:21,740 it's not like her to be late. Here she is. 167 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:23,140 Oh, finally. 168 00:10:26,140 --> 00:10:30,640 Muriel! Muriel, I really must insist that in future you be more punctual. 169 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:32,220 I'm so sorry, Hedy. 170 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:35,420 But I just received a cablegram from my sister -in -law. 171 00:10:35,700 --> 00:10:37,020 My brother's been taken out. 172 00:10:38,180 --> 00:10:39,180 Muriel. 173 00:10:39,580 --> 00:10:40,700 Will he be all right? 174 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:42,480 We don't know. 175 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:46,260 It's something to do with his heart, and I really must go and see him. 176 00:10:47,380 --> 00:10:48,820 I suppose you must. 177 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:51,140 Well, I'll simply have to... 178 00:10:51,750 --> 00:10:56,710 rehearse around you, but when you get back... Eddie, my brother's moved to 179 00:10:56,710 --> 00:10:57,710 Saskatchewan. 180 00:10:58,210 --> 00:10:59,210 Saskatchewan? 181 00:11:00,010 --> 00:11:01,010 That'll take a week. 182 00:11:01,470 --> 00:11:05,530 So I'm afraid I really can't be in the play after all. I'm so sorry. 183 00:11:06,870 --> 00:11:08,950 Don't apologize. We'll manage. 184 00:11:10,030 --> 00:11:12,630 Oh, well, give your brother our love. 185 00:11:13,090 --> 00:11:14,330 Thank you. I will. 186 00:11:15,230 --> 00:11:16,230 Thank you. 187 00:11:17,150 --> 00:11:18,690 How terrible. 188 00:11:19,570 --> 00:11:21,030 How inconsiderate. 189 00:11:22,030 --> 00:11:25,070 That brother of hers had to go and have heart trouble. At least he could have 190 00:11:25,070 --> 00:11:26,250 waited a couple of weeks. 191 00:11:26,750 --> 00:11:27,750 Oh, my. 192 00:11:30,190 --> 00:11:31,190 Oh, my. 193 00:11:33,690 --> 00:11:34,710 Oh, Hattie. 194 00:11:36,050 --> 00:11:38,310 Have a nice cup of tea. It'll make you feel better. 195 00:11:39,010 --> 00:11:40,870 Nothing will ever make me feel better. 196 00:11:41,150 --> 00:11:43,690 Oh, come now, Hattie. It's not the end of the world. 197 00:11:44,150 --> 00:11:46,610 It's the end if I have a chance to win the drama competition. 198 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:51,760 And the end of the family cranberry pie recipe, which somebody saw fit to gamble 199 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:53,860 away. It wasn't a gamble. 200 00:11:54,700 --> 00:11:56,400 Not when we had Muriel Stacy. 201 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:59,040 Well, I'm sure you can find someone else to play the role. 202 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:01,800 Oh, I can't find anyone in the avenue. 203 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:07,760 Muriel's kind of a... Well, how would you know? You haven't held auditions for 204 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:08,760 years. 205 00:12:09,620 --> 00:12:12,360 Yeah, why not try to find somebody else? 206 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:13,880 What have you got to lose? 207 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:31,820 What a fool I was to fall for that smooth -talking cad. He doesn't want me. 208 00:12:31,820 --> 00:12:38,660 never wanted me. He wants my farm. And because of him, I have 209 00:12:38,660 --> 00:12:41,860 lost the one true love of my... 210 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:10,200 try it with an accent. 211 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:11,680 No, no. 212 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:14,780 Done. Quite enough. 213 00:13:15,460 --> 00:13:16,460 Thank you. 214 00:13:20,060 --> 00:13:24,160 Turn that recipe over to Ellen on the cue right now. I'll be done with it. 215 00:13:25,700 --> 00:13:26,840 Janet, are you going home? 216 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:30,000 Oh, I can't listen. It's too discouraging. 217 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:34,740 No one's doing the part properly, and it's written so well. Oh, yes, it is. 218 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:37,080 How difficult could it be to do the part right? 219 00:13:37,770 --> 00:13:39,110 Why, it'd be hard to do it wrong. 220 00:13:40,330 --> 00:13:44,050 What a fool I was to fall for that smooth -talking cad. He doesn't want me. 221 00:13:44,570 --> 00:13:46,610 He never wanted me. He wants my farm. 222 00:13:47,710 --> 00:13:50,830 And because of him, I've lost the one true love of my life. 223 00:13:51,550 --> 00:13:52,550 Oh, Ned. 224 00:13:53,490 --> 00:13:55,110 Where have you gone? What have I done? 225 00:13:56,410 --> 00:13:57,730 I've lost him. 226 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:12,640 Mrs. Lynn won't let me do anything. 227 00:14:13,460 --> 00:14:16,460 What's the point of being assistant stage manager when I don't get to 228 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:18,220 Well, tell her you want to do more. 229 00:14:19,300 --> 00:14:21,380 You don't talk to Mrs. Lynn, do you listen? 230 00:14:21,620 --> 00:14:23,160 She's got the voice of a moose. 231 00:14:24,460 --> 00:14:25,460 Janet? 232 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:27,160 Hello. 233 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:28,800 What took you so long? 234 00:14:29,020 --> 00:14:30,760 Oh, I was helping Hattie with her audition. 235 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:33,200 Did she find someone to take Muriel Stacy's place? 236 00:14:33,940 --> 00:14:35,060 Yes. Who? 237 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:37,240 Oh, Ned. 238 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:39,300 Can you ever forgive me? 239 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:41,040 Forgive me? 240 00:14:42,010 --> 00:14:43,010 You mean you? 241 00:14:43,610 --> 00:14:48,090 You? You got the part? I didn't even think you were interested in acting. 242 00:14:48,450 --> 00:14:50,170 I've never seen you so lit up. 243 00:14:50,410 --> 00:14:51,410 Well, 244 00:14:51,710 --> 00:14:54,510 Hedy King's never had a kind word to say about anything I've ever done. 245 00:14:54,790 --> 00:14:56,950 Oh, it feels so good to be appreciated. 246 00:14:57,530 --> 00:15:02,530 Congratulations. Oh, this is the happiest day of my life. Except, of 247 00:15:02,530 --> 00:15:05,910 the day I married you, dear, and gave birth to you, and to you, Felix, and 248 00:15:05,910 --> 00:15:07,370 Cecily, and Daniel, and... 249 00:15:12,140 --> 00:15:15,600 I told you there was talent in Avonlea. Oh, we're not out of the woods yet. 250 00:15:15,940 --> 00:15:19,760 Janet King is no Muriel Stacey, you know. Oh, she'll be fine, you'll see. 251 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:20,960 What's that? 252 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:24,460 Thank you, Mr. Tremaine. 253 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:26,460 Well, I shan't be long. 254 00:15:26,740 --> 00:15:28,320 Take as much time as you need. 255 00:15:28,700 --> 00:15:29,900 Where is the post office? 256 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:31,200 Over there. 257 00:15:31,220 --> 00:15:32,400 I shall go there first. 258 00:15:33,340 --> 00:15:34,340 Mr. 259 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:39,260 Tremaine. Oh, good morning, Mrs. Deale. 260 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:40,920 Hetty. Simon. 261 00:15:42,190 --> 00:15:43,250 know her from somewhere. 262 00:15:43,470 --> 00:15:44,470 Indeed. 263 00:15:44,790 --> 00:15:46,490 Somewhat overdressed, wouldn't you say? 264 00:15:47,230 --> 00:15:49,370 Simple expedition to the post office. 265 00:15:50,270 --> 00:15:52,770 Since when were you in the habit of driving guests about? 266 00:15:53,150 --> 00:15:56,450 I know, I haven't actually met her, but I think I've seen her photographed 267 00:15:56,450 --> 00:16:01,610 somewhere. Shouldn't you be minding the hotel, or at least learning the lines? 268 00:16:01,970 --> 00:16:02,970 Oh, my goodness. 269 00:16:03,370 --> 00:16:04,790 Is that Isabel Carrington? 270 00:16:05,030 --> 00:16:06,030 Correct, Mrs. Dale. 271 00:16:08,210 --> 00:16:09,550 Isabel Carrington. 272 00:16:09,810 --> 00:16:10,810 Well, certainly. 273 00:16:11,210 --> 00:16:14,290 I happened to catch her once in London at the He Market playing Lady Macbeth. 274 00:16:14,370 --> 00:16:15,550 Oh, it was magnificent. 275 00:16:16,270 --> 00:16:19,810 There are some who prefer Sarah Bernhardt, others favor Mrs. Patrick 276 00:16:19,930 --> 00:16:24,470 but for my money, Isabel Carrington is the finest dramatic actress on either 277 00:16:24,470 --> 00:16:25,470 side of the Atlantic. 278 00:16:25,610 --> 00:16:27,890 Well, whatever is she doing in Avonlea? 279 00:16:28,230 --> 00:16:29,910 Keeping a low profile of the wise hand. 280 00:16:30,330 --> 00:16:33,370 Apparently there was some sort of scandal involving one of the backers of 281 00:16:33,370 --> 00:16:34,370 last play. 282 00:16:34,850 --> 00:16:35,930 How shall I say? 283 00:16:36,430 --> 00:16:40,270 The backer's wife was not amused with the way Miss Carrington was showing... 284 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:43,680 Her appreciation to the backer. My goodness. 285 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:47,660 She's scheduled to stay for three weeks, but I don't think she'll last. She's 286 00:16:47,660 --> 00:16:50,060 bored already and pacing like a caged tiger. 287 00:16:51,220 --> 00:16:52,580 Three weeks, you said? 288 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:57,120 Eddie. What? I hope you're not thinking what I think you're thinking. 289 00:16:58,510 --> 00:17:00,010 The interest, I hear, of what you're thinking. 290 00:17:00,330 --> 00:17:01,390 Yes, well, where are you going? 291 00:17:01,670 --> 00:17:07,270 Oh, to pay my respects to Isabel Farrington, of course, and, oh, 292 00:17:07,270 --> 00:17:10,910 on that breathtaking performance of Lady Macbeth. 293 00:17:11,270 --> 00:17:12,810 You didn't even see it. 294 00:17:14,950 --> 00:17:15,950 Oh, dear. 295 00:17:18,869 --> 00:17:24,329 Miss Carrington, Hattie King, director of the Avonlea Drama Society. 296 00:17:24,609 --> 00:17:25,609 How do you do? 297 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:28,580 Please forgive my intruding upon your plan. 298 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:33,440 But I have to say I am such an admirer of you. 299 00:17:33,700 --> 00:17:36,740 Oh, this is too much, even for Hetty. 300 00:17:37,260 --> 00:17:39,220 Never underestimate Hetty King. 301 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:45,020 But, Harold, darling, I'm dying to come home. 302 00:17:45,620 --> 00:17:50,180 Can't you just explain away this little scandal to Mrs. What's -her -name? 303 00:17:52,020 --> 00:17:54,480 But, Angel, darling, I'm bored. 304 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:56,410 There's just no... There's nothing to do here. 305 00:18:04,150 --> 00:18:05,610 Surrounded by cretins. 306 00:18:09,030 --> 00:18:11,170 All right, Miss Bing. 307 00:18:11,830 --> 00:18:12,830 All right. 308 00:18:17,210 --> 00:18:19,510 You couldn't have come at a better time. 309 00:18:19,750 --> 00:18:20,750 Couldn't I? 310 00:18:20,890 --> 00:18:23,150 Alec and I have been learning our lines and... 311 00:18:23,590 --> 00:18:25,930 I'm at the point where I talk about my father. 312 00:18:26,430 --> 00:18:30,590 I can't decide whether I should be angry because he left when I was so young or 313 00:18:30,590 --> 00:18:32,430 sad because I didn't get to see him enough. 314 00:18:32,950 --> 00:18:34,730 I can give it either interpretation. 315 00:18:35,510 --> 00:18:36,510 What do you think? 316 00:18:37,070 --> 00:18:38,130 What do I think? 317 00:18:38,530 --> 00:18:40,310 I think you needn't worry about anything. 318 00:18:40,850 --> 00:18:43,310 I have the most amazing news. 319 00:18:44,070 --> 00:18:46,310 You must have heard of Isabel Carrington. 320 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,580 The actress? Oh, the actress, yes, yes, the actress. 321 00:18:49,780 --> 00:18:55,260 Well, she happens to be staying for several weeks at the White Sands Hotel, 322 00:18:55,260 --> 00:19:02,040 I happened to run into her today, and she's agreed to perform the 323 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:03,300 leading role in our play. 324 00:19:03,940 --> 00:19:05,080 What do you think of that? 325 00:19:05,380 --> 00:19:08,380 What are you talking about? You've given that role to Janet. 326 00:19:08,660 --> 00:19:12,120 Oh, this is Israel Carrington. 327 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:13,480 Oh, 328 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:16,380 that's all right. I can still play Molly the milkmaid. 329 00:19:16,940 --> 00:19:18,440 Oh, how stupid of me. 330 00:19:18,740 --> 00:19:25,420 When you took the lead role, I gave that part to Clara Potts. Clara Potts. 331 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:28,320 Clara Potts. Well, you're going to have to tell you've changed your mind. 332 00:19:28,780 --> 00:19:30,940 Well, I definitely won't do that to Clara Potts. 333 00:19:31,140 --> 00:19:32,600 Well, you're doing it to Janet. 334 00:19:32,820 --> 00:19:34,160 Oh, different, Janet. 335 00:19:34,900 --> 00:19:35,900 Family. 336 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:39,100 Well, then, as your brother, I quit. 337 00:19:40,140 --> 00:19:41,140 Alec. 338 00:19:43,140 --> 00:19:44,340 Alec, for pity's sake. 339 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:45,680 I mean it. 340 00:19:46,300 --> 00:19:47,300 Listen to me. 341 00:19:47,780 --> 00:19:49,440 Don't make this worse than it is. 342 00:19:49,740 --> 00:19:52,700 Well, look, she has no right. Two wrongs don't make a right. 343 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:56,860 And if Isabel Carrington is willing to play the part, maybe she'll improve our 344 00:19:56,860 --> 00:19:59,300 chances of winning. I don't care about winning. I care about you. 345 00:19:59,500 --> 00:20:01,560 Then stay on as a favor to me. 346 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:06,900 I'm asking you not to make a big to -do about this, please. 347 00:20:07,300 --> 00:20:08,300 All right. 348 00:20:15,139 --> 00:20:16,139 Isabel Carrington. 349 00:20:16,940 --> 00:20:18,520 Now, that's wonderful. 350 00:20:20,980 --> 00:20:23,300 I told you it would all work out. 351 00:20:25,180 --> 00:20:26,820 Felix King and Albert Worth. 352 00:20:27,540 --> 00:20:28,540 Look at this. 353 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:30,800 Two dollars for paint and lumber. 354 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:33,560 You are making a backdrop, not the Taj Mahal. 355 00:20:33,780 --> 00:20:35,500 Aunt Hetty said she didn't want pine trees. 356 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:39,080 I don't care what your Aunt Hetty says. You are not to spend a single red cent 357 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:40,860 more unless you chat with me first. 358 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:44,540 If you like, I can supervise their work. I need you with me. 359 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:49,340 Mr. Potts, please be very careful with those candles for the footlights. 360 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:51,960 It's going to burn us down, I know it. 361 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:53,760 What is this? 362 00:20:53,940 --> 00:20:54,940 It's a pig. 363 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:57,480 It's made of wood. 364 00:20:58,380 --> 00:20:59,380 So? 365 00:20:59,820 --> 00:21:02,560 It's totally unbelievable. Everybody will know it's not real. 366 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:05,240 Well, you made me get rid of the real one, didn't you? 367 00:21:06,660 --> 00:21:07,840 Besides, it's a drama. 368 00:21:08,540 --> 00:21:10,340 People are supposed to use their imagination. 369 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:12,480 No one has that much imagination. 370 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:15,460 Who is at the door? 371 00:21:16,220 --> 00:21:20,180 It's an interesting theory, but you have no way of proving it. You are a 372 00:21:20,180 --> 00:21:21,380 blaggard and a villain. 373 00:21:21,700 --> 00:21:24,160 Get out, or I shall throw you out. 374 00:21:24,460 --> 00:21:28,240 Now, should I simply go out or give him a look first? 375 00:21:30,020 --> 00:21:31,920 Simply walk away. 376 00:21:32,580 --> 00:21:36,260 Your famous actress is late. 377 00:21:47,719 --> 00:21:49,400 Good morning, everyone. 378 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:51,900 There you are. 379 00:21:52,700 --> 00:21:55,840 Thank goodness, you've been a little concerned. 380 00:21:56,480 --> 00:22:02,180 Am I late? Oh, Miss Carrington. 381 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:06,000 May I present Rachel Lynde, our stage manager. 382 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:09,440 I hope you don't crack the whip too hard. 383 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:12,760 Her assistant, Felicity King. 384 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:17,960 Lucky for me, the role doesn't call for an ingenue. You'd be perfect. 385 00:22:19,540 --> 00:22:21,240 Olivia Dale, my sister. 386 00:22:21,780 --> 00:22:23,100 She's in charge of costume. 387 00:22:23,740 --> 00:22:26,700 I have a few ideas about what I'd like to wear. 388 00:22:26,900 --> 00:22:28,380 We should talk after the rehearsal. 389 00:22:30,250 --> 00:22:34,970 Of course, you're already well acquainted with Simon Tremayne. He will 390 00:22:34,970 --> 00:22:36,330 Uriah Leach. 391 00:22:36,970 --> 00:22:39,730 The villains always get the best lines, don't they? 392 00:22:41,690 --> 00:22:45,810 Janet King, your prompter. My lifeline. 393 00:22:46,030 --> 00:22:49,110 And Alec King here will be your Ned. 394 00:22:49,890 --> 00:22:54,030 My leading man. Well, it certainly will be easy to play the love scenes. 395 00:22:58,120 --> 00:23:00,920 Well, now, everyone, shall we rehearse? 396 00:23:01,900 --> 00:23:02,900 Ah, 397 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:17,640 what a glorious morning. 398 00:23:20,620 --> 00:23:21,620 Lion. 399 00:23:22,220 --> 00:23:24,760 But, alas, there's much work to be done. 400 00:23:25,140 --> 00:23:26,640 Yes, yes, I've got it. 401 00:23:27,950 --> 00:23:29,810 Ah, what a glorious morning. 402 00:23:30,470 --> 00:23:32,850 But alas, there is much work to be done. 403 00:23:33,970 --> 00:23:40,090 A farmer's lot is a hard one, but harder still for the lonely woman managing her 404 00:23:40,090 --> 00:23:41,090 farm by herself. 405 00:23:41,870 --> 00:23:44,050 That would be lonely. 406 00:23:45,170 --> 00:23:50,210 Pardon, eh? You said lonely woman. It should have been lonely woman. 407 00:23:51,230 --> 00:23:52,290 Are you sure? 408 00:23:52,710 --> 00:23:55,670 Oh, yes, quite, quite sure. In my script. 409 00:23:56,360 --> 00:23:57,440 It says Longley. 410 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,940 Well, it has a misprint, I suppose. 411 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,900 That G should have been an E. 412 00:24:07,360 --> 00:24:09,840 Oh, I rather like Longley. 413 00:24:10,340 --> 00:24:13,400 It has a poetic quality to it. 414 00:24:13,700 --> 00:24:17,380 As I see it, my character has a certain longing. 415 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:23,640 Yes, yes. The trouble is that Longley isn't actually a word. 416 00:24:27,120 --> 00:24:28,120 Very well. 417 00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:31,980 Lonely it is. 418 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:37,660 I think it went rather well for the first day of rehearsal. 419 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:39,560 There's still so much to be done. 420 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:40,920 Mrs. Dale! 421 00:24:41,780 --> 00:24:43,240 Ah, there you are. 422 00:24:43,700 --> 00:24:46,680 I haven't a chance to discuss my costumes with you. 423 00:24:47,700 --> 00:24:49,240 Costumes? Yes. 424 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:51,700 Well, the play only calls for one. 425 00:24:52,100 --> 00:24:53,700 I shall need at least three. 426 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:55,960 Three? 427 00:24:56,460 --> 00:25:00,500 But the whole play takes place in the course of one day. 428 00:25:01,060 --> 00:25:04,920 Well, I thought the costumes should reflect my various moods. 429 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:06,800 Moods? 430 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,940 Oh, no, no, Miss Carrington, you see. 431 00:25:10,380 --> 00:25:13,960 Your character is a very poor woman. 432 00:25:14,620 --> 00:25:16,600 She can barely get food to the table. 433 00:25:17,020 --> 00:25:19,320 She can't afford three dresses. 434 00:25:19,860 --> 00:25:23,380 If she could, she wouldn't wear them all, not on the same day. 435 00:25:25,150 --> 00:25:29,990 You see, I couldn't possibly wear the same dress in the proposed scene as I 436 00:25:29,990 --> 00:25:31,190 in the mortgage scene. 437 00:25:32,330 --> 00:25:33,330 Why not? 438 00:25:34,810 --> 00:25:37,190 Well, if you have to ask, you'll never understand. 439 00:25:38,970 --> 00:25:39,990 Now, Miss Thing. 440 00:25:40,250 --> 00:25:41,250 Kinga with a K. 441 00:25:41,450 --> 00:25:42,910 Surely you understand. 442 00:25:43,670 --> 00:25:45,710 You saw me in the Scottish play. 443 00:25:46,630 --> 00:25:49,170 Don't mention the name of that play. It's bad luck. 444 00:25:50,390 --> 00:25:53,030 Miss Carrington, please. All right. 445 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:54,840 Three dresses it shall be. 446 00:25:55,660 --> 00:25:56,660 Olivia, three. 447 00:25:57,620 --> 00:25:58,620 Thank you. 448 00:25:59,620 --> 00:26:00,399 Good day. 449 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:01,400 Good day. 450 00:26:03,220 --> 00:26:07,520 Harry King, I don't have time to throw three cards. Now, Olivia, we are dealing 451 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:10,460 with a narcissist here, so we have to try to make her happy. 452 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,320 I know I just met the man, but I don't trust him. 453 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:19,520 Oh, no, there's Ned. 454 00:26:19,740 --> 00:26:21,460 He's a man of great sophistication. 455 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,140 I don't know if I would call it that. 456 00:26:24,500 --> 00:26:25,600 Why, Ned, you're jealous. 457 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:31,420 If... I believe it would help the moment if when I say the jealousy line, I 458 00:26:31,420 --> 00:26:32,420 caress his cheek. 459 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:34,480 Why, Ned, you're jealous. 460 00:26:38,340 --> 00:26:41,080 Interesting idea. 461 00:26:41,500 --> 00:26:43,160 It is very interesting. 462 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,560 Still, I find it so... 463 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:52,880 Difficult to imagine your character, Mary, making such a, well, a forward 464 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:53,880 gesture. 465 00:26:54,640 --> 00:27:01,420 I believe my character is an earthy peasant woman uninhibited by middle 466 00:27:01,420 --> 00:27:02,860 -class ideas of morality. 467 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:10,040 Well, I think you'd find that an earthy peasant woman, as you put it, at 468 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:14,560 that time in Prince Edward Island... 469 00:27:15,710 --> 00:27:19,510 Very inhibited indeed in her ideas regarding morality. 470 00:27:20,030 --> 00:27:24,130 Well, the scene simply doesn't work without something. 471 00:27:25,590 --> 00:27:29,470 Perhaps you can find something a trifle more subtle. 472 00:27:29,810 --> 00:27:31,230 Harry, do you like the dress? 473 00:27:31,670 --> 00:27:34,230 Yes, yes, Olivia, it's perfect. 474 00:27:38,870 --> 00:27:39,910 Isn't it perfect? 475 00:27:40,610 --> 00:27:42,310 Well, it's quite lovely. 476 00:27:43,230 --> 00:27:44,230 But what? 477 00:27:44,750 --> 00:27:45,770 I don't wear blue. 478 00:27:46,450 --> 00:27:48,170 You don't wear blue. 479 00:27:49,430 --> 00:27:54,230 I once had to wear a blue dress while playing Desdemona in a production of 480 00:27:54,230 --> 00:27:56,750 Othello. It ruined my performance. 481 00:27:58,110 --> 00:27:59,630 Blue will never do. 482 00:28:00,090 --> 00:28:05,070 Well, I wish you had said something about it when I showed you the material. 483 00:28:05,310 --> 00:28:10,630 Well, I thought it was for Molly Milkmaid. It's not important what she 484 00:28:12,360 --> 00:28:13,980 We can discuss this later, Olivia. 485 00:28:15,620 --> 00:28:17,540 Let's resume rehearsal, shall we? 486 00:28:18,180 --> 00:28:24,360 Mary has just said, Ned, I believe you're jealous. 487 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:27,380 Ah, and then Uriah enters. 488 00:28:31,060 --> 00:28:32,060 Thank you. 489 00:28:34,100 --> 00:28:37,300 Dear Miss Mary, allow me to assist you. 490 00:28:38,700 --> 00:28:42,100 A flower such as yourself should not have to... What did you say? 491 00:28:42,540 --> 00:28:44,440 Miss Carrington, that's not your line. 492 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:48,640 Well, I know it's not my line. I simply couldn't understand what the man was 493 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:49,640 saying. 494 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:53,580 Forgive me. You really ought to drop the phony accent. 495 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:55,120 Phony accent? 496 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:57,940 The audience will never understand what you're saying. 497 00:28:58,340 --> 00:29:00,200 Miss Carrington, this is the way I speak. 498 00:29:00,900 --> 00:29:04,180 Well, can't you change it? I understood him perfectly. 499 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:07,300 I think we'll call it a day. 500 00:29:08,750 --> 00:29:09,750 Very good work. 501 00:29:11,390 --> 00:29:13,690 Bright and early in the morning, if it were. Please, Captain. 502 00:29:16,530 --> 00:29:17,530 Oh, 503 00:29:21,690 --> 00:29:26,270 Alec. I was wondering, have you spent much time on the stage before? 504 00:29:26,930 --> 00:29:29,690 Professionally speaking, I mean. No, no, just these local plays. 505 00:29:30,470 --> 00:29:31,830 You have a flair for drama. 506 00:29:32,210 --> 00:29:34,110 Oh, that's very kind of you to say. Thank you. 507 00:29:34,530 --> 00:29:36,830 I think between the two of us, we can make the play work. 508 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:39,100 I only wish we had more time. 509 00:29:39,300 --> 00:29:40,640 Well, it's not coming along too badly. 510 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:44,580 Well, we could use more work on the proposal scene. 511 00:29:45,660 --> 00:29:46,740 I have an idea. 512 00:29:47,740 --> 00:29:49,840 Why don't we practice at the White Sands? 513 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:54,900 Well, it's a bit busy to rehearse at the White Sands, isn't it? Oh, nobody's 514 00:29:54,900 --> 00:29:58,260 going to bother us in my room. We can concentrate on the essentials without 515 00:29:58,260 --> 00:29:59,260 being interrupted. 516 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:01,260 Oh, I don't think that's necessary. 517 00:30:01,620 --> 00:30:03,300 Oh, look at you. You look so worried. 518 00:30:04,250 --> 00:30:05,450 We're only going to rehearse. 519 00:30:05,690 --> 00:30:08,790 Well, we could rehearse at Rose Cottage with Hedy. 520 00:30:09,670 --> 00:30:11,150 We don't need Miss Bing. 521 00:30:12,110 --> 00:30:14,370 There's something that you and I should work out between us. 522 00:30:14,570 --> 00:30:15,890 And anyway, I'm not going to bite. 523 00:30:18,870 --> 00:30:19,870 You're blushing. 524 00:30:20,230 --> 00:30:21,610 Just what is it you're thinking? 525 00:30:22,110 --> 00:30:24,550 Well, I'm thinking I should be getting home. 526 00:30:25,090 --> 00:30:26,590 That's not what I was thinking. 527 00:30:28,550 --> 00:30:31,710 You just let me know if you want to rehearse. 528 00:30:36,940 --> 00:30:40,240 It's not as bad as it looks. Oh, yes, it is. Janet. You think I can't see? No, 529 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:42,560 but I'm saying... She's got the murder scene all wrong. 530 00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:45,720 What? And the proposal scene. Alec, there will be children in the audience. 531 00:30:46,820 --> 00:30:48,620 You're worried about how she's playing the scene? 532 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:50,160 Yes. 533 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:52,000 Isn't that what you were going to say? 534 00:30:52,300 --> 00:30:53,300 Oh, yes. 535 00:30:54,260 --> 00:30:58,660 No. No, um... Aren't you jealous? 536 00:31:00,220 --> 00:31:01,220 Why? 537 00:31:02,500 --> 00:31:04,820 Are you... interested? 538 00:31:08,790 --> 00:31:09,790 Maybe. 539 00:31:10,950 --> 00:31:13,510 If she was the last woman on Earth. 540 00:31:33,810 --> 00:31:34,870 Threes look good. 541 00:31:35,330 --> 00:31:36,390 Backdrop looks good. 542 00:31:36,790 --> 00:31:37,790 What'd it cost? 543 00:31:38,570 --> 00:31:39,570 Three dollars. 544 00:31:39,690 --> 00:31:40,790 And 22 cents. 545 00:31:42,670 --> 00:31:44,530 13 cents under budget. 546 00:31:44,750 --> 00:31:46,690 Excellent. My, my. 547 00:31:47,050 --> 00:31:48,610 This will never do. 548 00:31:49,330 --> 00:31:50,330 What's wrong? 549 00:31:51,010 --> 00:31:53,730 Any fool can see it's the wrong color for my complexion. 550 00:31:54,590 --> 00:31:56,770 These are maple trees. They have to be this color. 551 00:31:57,270 --> 00:32:00,050 Well, they make them some other color. I won't go on with that in the 552 00:32:00,050 --> 00:32:01,050 background. 553 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:09,660 I've told you before about those candles. You've got too many of them. 554 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:13,760 Well, how is anybody supposed to see the play if it's not properly illuminated? 555 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:18,560 It'll burn down the hall. Oh, nonsense. Mr. Peep, try bunching some of them 556 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:21,480 closer together so that she can understand what I'm talking about. 557 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:24,220 Do you know that any decent theater has gaslight? 558 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:27,320 But when in the province... Look out! 559 00:32:32,500 --> 00:32:34,160 Better be careful with the candles. 560 00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:43,040 Miss Carrington, we have a new dress for the proposal scene. 561 00:32:43,540 --> 00:32:50,340 Oh, well, it's, um... It's... It's 562 00:32:50,340 --> 00:32:51,340 common. 563 00:32:52,740 --> 00:32:55,220 Well, it's supposed to be simple. 564 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:57,220 Mary lives on a farm. 565 00:32:57,500 --> 00:32:59,900 Ah, but Isabel Carrington does not. 566 00:33:01,220 --> 00:33:02,980 You'll have to try again, dear. 567 00:33:03,470 --> 00:33:06,170 Miss Carrington, we're ready to rehearse. 568 00:33:06,490 --> 00:33:07,570 When you are. 569 00:33:15,450 --> 00:33:18,010 We'll start from your entrance, Simon. 570 00:33:27,410 --> 00:33:28,650 Uriah, what is it? 571 00:33:29,290 --> 00:33:31,130 I've news about Ned. 572 00:33:32,170 --> 00:33:36,890 I know. He... He... Lying. 573 00:33:37,950 --> 00:33:39,770 He was just here with news about you. 574 00:33:41,730 --> 00:33:43,350 Are we keeping you awake, dear? 575 00:33:43,970 --> 00:33:46,970 I'm sorry. I couldn't tell if you were acting or forgetting. 576 00:33:47,490 --> 00:33:50,890 If prompting is too difficult for you, perhaps we could get one of the children 577 00:33:50,890 --> 00:33:51,890 to do it. 578 00:33:53,430 --> 00:33:55,190 I believe you're right. 579 00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:02,840 No, I'm obviously not the right person to help Miss Carrington. 580 00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:04,280 Don't ask hastily. 581 00:34:05,100 --> 00:34:08,400 Hastily? The woman's been impossible since the day she walked in. 582 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:10,980 Please, Janet, try to understand. 583 00:34:11,780 --> 00:34:17,920 Great extras like a fine racehorse. Oh, yes, they can be strong and difficult, 584 00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:21,040 yes, but that's part of what makes them great. Yes. 585 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,560 And if a fine racehorse gives you trouble, you ship them off to the glue 586 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:28,760 factory. I just don't think that great talent in any area is an excuse for bad 587 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:29,780 manners and selfishness. 588 00:34:30,300 --> 00:34:33,480 Anyway, you wanted Isabel Carrington, you got her. 589 00:34:34,060 --> 00:34:35,060 I'm going home. 590 00:34:38,420 --> 00:34:39,420 Well, 591 00:34:42,679 --> 00:34:43,679 then. 592 00:34:44,380 --> 00:34:46,139 Let's continue, shall we? 593 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:51,199 He came here earlier with news about you. 594 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:55,239 He's not to be... He's not to be trusted, you know. 595 00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:58,960 Now, you should be moving toward me when you say the line. 596 00:34:59,340 --> 00:35:00,540 Moving towards you? Yes. 597 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:02,940 No, he wouldn't move. 598 00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:10,220 You see, Uriah's strategy here is to make you, Mary, her, trust 599 00:35:10,220 --> 00:35:16,240 him. Oh, one false move and you, she... I take it as a threat to become afraid 600 00:35:16,240 --> 00:35:17,019 of him. 601 00:35:17,020 --> 00:35:20,200 But Uriah can't control his passion for Mary. 602 00:35:21,240 --> 00:35:22,920 No, you don't understand. 603 00:35:24,540 --> 00:35:28,440 He's not interested in you, Mary, romantically. 604 00:35:28,700 --> 00:35:31,240 No, he's only here for the farm. 605 00:35:34,100 --> 00:35:38,680 You have missed the entire subtext of this scene. Let me show you. 606 00:35:40,260 --> 00:35:41,260 Very well. 607 00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:45,820 He's not to be trusted, you know. 608 00:35:46,340 --> 00:35:49,360 I'm afraid it is you that is not to be trusted. 609 00:35:50,060 --> 00:35:51,820 That's not the line. I changed the line. 610 00:35:55,650 --> 00:35:56,650 changed it. 611 00:35:56,810 --> 00:35:59,430 As a matter of fact, I have rewritten the entire scene. 612 00:36:01,490 --> 00:36:04,810 What? Mary is entirely too gullible. 613 00:36:05,070 --> 00:36:08,970 Gullible? She is not a gullible. She is innocent. 614 00:36:09,850 --> 00:36:14,730 Innocent of the ways of the world. And Uriah here is taking advantage of that. 615 00:36:15,650 --> 00:36:19,550 That's not the way I see it. It's the way the author sees it. 616 00:36:20,170 --> 00:36:22,350 But I never pay much attention to the words. 617 00:36:22,940 --> 00:36:26,060 You saw my performance in the Scottish play. 618 00:36:26,420 --> 00:36:29,520 Be gone, you odious blotch. 619 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:31,340 That is not Lady Macbeth. 620 00:36:35,020 --> 00:36:38,560 Miss Carrington, the words are the play. 621 00:36:38,780 --> 00:36:45,440 And you, my good woman, are merely an interpreter of one part. You are not the 622 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:47,040 creator of the whole. 623 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:52,080 I am the person on this stage having to recite... 624 00:36:52,460 --> 00:36:54,180 Then dribble and make it work. 625 00:36:54,460 --> 00:36:59,740 Oh, you wouldn't understand. Believe me, I have read some dreadful plays in my 626 00:36:59,740 --> 00:37:00,740 life. 627 00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:02,060 That dribble. 628 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:07,320 An understandable opinion coming from a blithering numbskull. 629 00:37:08,820 --> 00:37:09,820 Pardonnez -moi. 630 00:37:10,740 --> 00:37:15,320 I call you a blithering numbskull. How dare you. 631 00:37:15,540 --> 00:37:16,540 And how dare you. 632 00:37:16,780 --> 00:37:21,300 Be so rude, vain, childish, ungracious. 633 00:37:21,660 --> 00:37:22,940 Big -headed. Big -headed, yes. 634 00:37:24,100 --> 00:37:28,980 Self -centered. Why, you're the most inconsiderate, inconsiderate excuse for 635 00:37:28,980 --> 00:37:30,100 human being I've yet to meet. 636 00:37:30,300 --> 00:37:31,440 And you, Miss Bing. 637 00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:32,920 King of dit. 638 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:34,700 You are an amateur. 639 00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:41,440 And as far as I am concerned, you and your two -bit group of provincial 640 00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:43,600 can think into the Atlantic. 641 00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:45,320 I quit. 642 00:37:58,220 --> 00:38:01,080 Who's going to play Mary now? The competition is tomorrow night. 643 00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:15,520 What are you up to? 644 00:38:17,240 --> 00:38:23,560 Copping out the King Cranberry Pie recipe for Eleanor McHugh. 645 00:38:24,660 --> 00:38:26,440 Oops, you left out the cherry juice. 646 00:38:28,810 --> 00:38:29,810 Just as good without it. 647 00:38:30,270 --> 00:38:32,450 No, no, no. The cherry juice is what makes it. 648 00:38:34,110 --> 00:38:38,630 Then... I'll substitute lemon juice. 649 00:38:39,690 --> 00:38:41,430 Oh, Harry King! 650 00:38:42,990 --> 00:38:47,630 Why should we be made to suffer all on account of that unspeakable Elizabeth 651 00:38:47,630 --> 00:38:48,630 Carrington? 652 00:38:49,490 --> 00:38:51,430 Harry, we haven't lost yet. 653 00:38:52,050 --> 00:38:53,650 We don't have an actress. 654 00:38:54,050 --> 00:38:55,330 We don't have a play. 655 00:38:55,670 --> 00:38:57,690 We don't have a play. We can't... 656 00:38:58,310 --> 00:38:59,308 Possibly, Wynne. 657 00:38:59,310 --> 00:39:00,930 We still have Janet. 658 00:39:02,850 --> 00:39:05,650 I don't think Janet would even consider playing the part. 659 00:39:06,530 --> 00:39:11,250 Oh, not if I booted her out in such an unseemly fashion. 660 00:39:13,330 --> 00:39:14,330 Would she? 661 00:39:15,450 --> 00:39:17,710 Well, I know how much it hurts you to lose that part. 662 00:39:18,510 --> 00:39:21,730 Isabel Carrington is gone. You're the only woman who knows the lines, and I 663 00:39:21,730 --> 00:39:22,890 think you should offer to go back. 664 00:39:23,190 --> 00:39:24,770 After the way Hetty treated me. 665 00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:29,260 Well, don't do it for Hattie, and don't do it to save the king cranberry pie 666 00:39:29,260 --> 00:39:31,900 recipe. I don't know why everyone wants to keep that a secret in the first 667 00:39:31,900 --> 00:39:36,480 place. Do it for yourself. Do it because you're good, and you'd enjoy doing it. 668 00:39:37,260 --> 00:39:38,260 I'll get that. 669 00:39:41,580 --> 00:39:43,220 Oh, Hattie, it's you. 670 00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:44,600 Come on in. 671 00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:48,680 Look who's here. 672 00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:52,800 Hello, Janet. 673 00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:54,680 Hattie? 674 00:39:55,240 --> 00:39:57,900 I'll just go put on the tea. 675 00:39:59,820 --> 00:40:04,040 How are you? 676 00:40:05,420 --> 00:40:06,420 Fine. 677 00:40:08,580 --> 00:40:15,200 I imagine that Alec has told you about our little 678 00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:17,420 mishap with Miss Carrington. 679 00:40:18,700 --> 00:40:19,700 Yes. 680 00:40:21,420 --> 00:40:23,720 Yes, well, I realise now that perhaps... 681 00:40:26,830 --> 00:40:27,830 Sensitive. 682 00:40:28,210 --> 00:40:31,670 Giving that part to Isabel, I've given it to you. 683 00:40:33,670 --> 00:40:34,670 Slightly. 684 00:40:36,050 --> 00:40:37,050 You're right. 685 00:40:38,610 --> 00:40:40,550 Considerably insensitive. 686 00:40:42,090 --> 00:40:43,970 Not for the first time, either. 687 00:40:45,670 --> 00:40:47,330 I suppose it isn't. 688 00:40:48,110 --> 00:40:54,230 My goodness, if I had a nickel for every ill -considered remark or ungenerous 689 00:40:54,230 --> 00:40:56,330 action taken against me over the last... 690 00:40:56,910 --> 00:40:58,130 Twenty -odd years. 691 00:40:58,750 --> 00:41:02,150 I know I'm somewhat headstrong at times. 692 00:41:02,870 --> 00:41:07,430 But I shouldn't be. I know that. But I am so religious. 693 00:41:09,990 --> 00:41:14,450 For whatever it's worth, Janet, I do apologize. 694 00:41:17,810 --> 00:41:23,310 I wonder if you might consider coming back to the play. 695 00:41:25,710 --> 00:41:28,110 You said so yourself. I'm no Isabel Carrington. 696 00:41:29,470 --> 00:41:30,850 Thank you for that. 697 00:41:34,570 --> 00:41:36,590 Will you come back to the place, Janet? 698 00:41:37,950 --> 00:41:38,950 Please. 699 00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:01,080 hope you've all had loads of fun. 700 00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:07,300 And so until we meet next year, we wish you all the best good cheer. 701 00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:12,000 Best 702 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:19,860 good 703 00:42:19,860 --> 00:42:21,280 cheer. Now that's drivel. 704 00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:24,220 All right, everyone. We're on. Hop to it. 705 00:42:24,660 --> 00:42:25,660 What's the matter? 706 00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:27,800 Go on, get everyone ready. 707 00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:36,620 What? Don't worry. I know exactly what to do. All right, everyone, hop to it. 708 00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:42,780 Let's get the backdrop unfurled. Felix King, Albert Worth, get a move on with 709 00:42:42,780 --> 00:42:43,780 those trees. 710 00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:52,320 Mr. Potts, yes, set up those candles, but mind you, don't burn the place down. 711 00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:00,560 I've got your pig. 712 00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:01,960 What? 713 00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:04,080 Absolutely not. 714 00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:06,160 But... No. 715 00:43:13,460 --> 00:43:14,460 Oh, 716 00:43:15,500 --> 00:43:16,880 she's lovely. Hi, Eddie. 717 00:43:17,620 --> 00:43:19,980 I don't know who I'm trying to fool. I'm no actress. 718 00:43:20,380 --> 00:43:22,420 Oh, now, Janet, you were wonderful in Rathaus. 719 00:43:22,660 --> 00:43:28,380 You'll be wonderful now. Eddie, my legs are shaking. I don't know how I can walk 720 00:43:28,380 --> 00:43:29,380 on the... 721 00:43:30,060 --> 00:43:30,919 I understand. 722 00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:36,320 Each new school year, when I'd face that class of young and eager faces, I was 723 00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:38,380 always a nervous wreck. 724 00:43:38,980 --> 00:43:40,300 You were? Oh, yes. 725 00:43:40,900 --> 00:43:46,720 What I did was I put all that nervous energy into the task at hand, and that's 726 00:43:46,720 --> 00:43:49,080 what you must do, put it into your performance. 727 00:43:49,720 --> 00:43:53,000 Now, you know you have my utmost confidence. 728 00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:57,480 If you fail, you can always blame it on the writer. 729 00:44:20,900 --> 00:44:22,540 Who is at the door? 730 00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:27,780 I don't know who it would be at this late hour. 731 00:44:29,260 --> 00:44:30,260 I'll go see. 732 00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:44,280 You are a welcome sight for these weary eyes. 733 00:44:51,380 --> 00:44:55,280 Would that I could turn back the clock and undo what's been done. 734 00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:56,760 I cannot. 735 00:44:58,020 --> 00:45:04,560 I can only tell you from the bottom of my heart, I loved you then, and I love 736 00:45:04,560 --> 00:45:05,560 you now. 737 00:45:06,140 --> 00:45:09,420 And the greatest joy I could imagine is for you to say... 738 00:45:10,379 --> 00:45:12,140 You want me still to be your wife? 739 00:45:13,080 --> 00:45:15,260 Make me the happiest man on the island. 740 00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:16,640 Marry me. 741 00:46:00,190 --> 00:46:04,010 Now, as writer -director of this year's award -winning play, I think the first 742 00:46:04,010 --> 00:46:05,010 piece should go to Hetty. 743 00:46:05,750 --> 00:46:10,750 Oh, this apple strudel is courtesy of Eleanor McHugh. Thank you. It's a 744 00:46:10,750 --> 00:46:11,750 pleasure. 745 00:46:13,450 --> 00:46:14,450 Well? 746 00:46:15,690 --> 00:46:16,690 How is it? 747 00:46:18,350 --> 00:46:20,010 Something not quite right. 748 00:46:20,690 --> 00:46:22,830 Well, I followed the recipe to the letter. 749 00:46:23,710 --> 00:46:25,110 Which is also the recipe. 750 00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:30,040 I would like to propose a toast. 751 00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:31,380 Ah, yes. 752 00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:36,040 To the finest actress in Avonlea. 753 00:46:39,020 --> 00:46:40,020 Well, 754 00:46:44,200 --> 00:46:46,700 here's to the finest actress in the whole island. 755 00:46:46,980 --> 00:46:48,200 To Janet King.