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BELL TOLLING

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FOGHORN

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'I used to think that night
was a time for women.

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'All day, the docks were raucous
with the lives of men.

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'Lightermen and stevedores,
dockers and pilots,

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'the sailors and the drivers
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'In the smallest hours,
only the river's voice was heard.

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'Only women were awake.'

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KETTLE WHISTLES
'Men slept.

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'Mostly.'

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WOMAN SCREAMS AND CRIES

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WOMAN SCREAMS

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Are you sure you're a midwife?
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Don't worry, Ingrid.
You're quite safe.

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INGRID GROANS AND SOBS

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I'll...kill...him!

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I'll bloody kill him when I'm done!

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SCREAMS AND CRIES

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Short breaths.

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GASPING

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There.

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No mother ever did.

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'She would only curse his name, and
say there'd never be a next time.

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BABY CRYING
'And she would mean it.

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'And there always was.'

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and to the Son

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Is now, and ever shall be

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of Thy mercies

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from my wickedness...

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Zakir, I'm with someone.

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from my sin...

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Take him to the Crystal Room.

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CHORUS TALENT

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Oh, she's a bit of all right.

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I'm going to call her Dawn.

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It's a beautiful name.

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Ah, hug, hug.
BABY GURGLES

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That's it, nicely. Good girl.
BABY CRIES

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COINS CLINK

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Don't short-change me.

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It's eight bob,
if I bring you inside.

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FOOTSTEPS

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Thought he'd dropped off on the job.

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Tell you what, some of them lascars
don't half rub off on you.

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Is it any wonder?

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There's things you can do, Mare.

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Things you'll have to do.

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And what if I won't?

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You can't keep it.
They won't let you.

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FOGHORN

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'I had entered a house
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'and emerged into sunshine,
leaving a new life behind,

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'and I wouldn't have changed my job
for all the world.'

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Oh, hello, Jenny!
Up all night again?

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Mrs B kept you a kipper.

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I'd be quick, if I were you,
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I heard that, and I hate kippers.

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I tried smoking 'em once.
It's a mug's game.

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Flat tyre.

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Three advance delivery packs,

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one booking-in
and two final home visits.

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girl, Sister. No complications.

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Good. You'll have to see
to Sister Bernadette's list later.

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She's been seconded
to the hospital today.

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PHONE RINGING

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Nonnatus House. Midwife speaking.

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The new trainee is on her way.

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I can't deny I'm looking forward
to an extra pair of hands.

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Doreen Riley. She's the twins
case in Quebec Street.

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We don't need an extra pair of
hands. We need an octopus.

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I'll contact the aquarium(!)

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In the meantime
the new girl's details are on here.

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BELL CHIMES

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Ah! Camilla
Fortescue-Cholmeley-Browne?

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Yes. Come in.

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I generally answer to Chummy.
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"Long dogs need short names."

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Mm. Follow me. And mind your head.

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I understand you qualified
by a whisker, Nurse
Fortescue-Cholmeley-Browne.

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I did pass. It was a bit of a scrape.

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Before that I was nursing
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Come on, inside.

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Do you need me to go through this
piece by piece?

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No, not remotely. What's that?

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It's an enema nozzle.
It's made of glass.

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Do you break things?

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No.

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I do have another, in eau de nil.

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I bet you look a picture
in that too.

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Nurse Lee!

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KNOCK AT DOOR

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Uniforms.

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Standard pale blue. Two.

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I found some in the airing cupboard.
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That's what we used to say at school.

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I could never bear all that fussing
and flapping under dressing capes.

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Ha-Ha!

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I've always been a longshanks.

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Even as a child in India,
I was always taller than my brothers.

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she used to be in tears,

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but my ayah just sewed flounces
at the bottom of my frocks.

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It would look a bit rum
round the hem of a nurse's outfit.

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Oh, I can't move my arms.

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Those are the biggest size.

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The rotating handle
is delicately mechanised.

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The cogs will be deranged
if it's pounded out of rhythm.

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Oh, don't worry, I've got the measure
of this little warhorse.

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I was at the Royal School
of Needlework

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Have you thought of French knots,
to make that jolly fellow's hair?

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I intend to furnish it with a beret.

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The scalp will not be
visible to view. Oh.

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MUSIC PLAYS FAINTLY

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STAIR CREAKS

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DOOR CREAKS

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I thank you and I love you all!

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I wish I could make my own patterns.
I'd save a bomb on clothes.

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Yes. I've loved clothes
ever since the New Look.

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New Look's old hat, darling.

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of ironing all those layers?

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Only wearing four tomorrow night.
No room for six
in the Royal Festival Hall.

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Another concert? On your own?

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Yes. Rachmaninoff.

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Oh! Oh. I've chopped
Princess Margaret's head off.

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She'll be giving me
one of her hard, cold stares.

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I'm sure she'll forgive you.
I think she looks like fun.

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Oh, she's frightfully vivacious
when she's had a gin.

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Not that I know her well.

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since Pa's investiture.

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Investiture? Yes, he was just...

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Well, he was knighted for, er...
services to the viceroy.

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I'd keep that from
Sister Evangelina.

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Why? She grew up
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It's made her
a bit of an inverted snob.

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DOOR OPENS
FRED: Right, young madam.

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Bicycles.

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I've got a very nice Rival of
Norwich, with a lightweight frame.

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off the ark. The choice is yours.

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Oh, I don't need a bicycle.
Thanks awfully.

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Shanks's pony will suffice for me.

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Darling, you won't last five minutes
on shanks's pony.

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We cover eight square miles.

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I can ride a horse. That can't be
so very different, surely?

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Once somebody's learned
to ride a bicycle,

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they never, ever forget. Absolutely.

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You'll have to do this once.
It's like learning to smoke

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Ready? Oh! Oh, gosh, erm...

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Buckle down. Is... Oh.

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All right. Yes, feet on.

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And go. Oh, um...

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Keep going.
You want to tie her to our go-kart?

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I'm sure he means well.

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CHILDREN LAUGH

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Feet. What? Feet. Yes.

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Feet! Work your feet, Chummy.

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Feet. Yes. Oh! Down.

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Oh, no! Sorry. Sorry.
BIKE BELL RINGS

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It's just this alternate
body parts business.

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Feet, you know,
doing different things.

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One fears there is something in her
that is misaligned.

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CHILDREN: Pedal up! Pedal down!

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The East End'll
eat her for breakfast.

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TRAIN WHISTLE

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Miss?

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Miss? Could you change
a five-pound note for me?

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A five-pound note?
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What about that cafe over there?
I daren't. They'll think I stole it.

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Would you go in
and change it for me?

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I'm sorry.

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00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:03,240
Please!

201
00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:05,400
I've not eaten today.

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Nor yesterday.

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00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:13,600
Well, I suppose
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We could get you something to eat.

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00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:20,880
I could pay using the banknote,
so they'll think it's mine.

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00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:35,560
First dinner I ever had in England
was like this.

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That pie was in silver paper too.

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00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:41,680
It was in the transport cafe.
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00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:43,560
You're not from Liverpool, though?

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County Mayo.

211
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Then Dublin, after Dadda died.

212
00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:52,360
That was where our luck ran out.

213
00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:56,000
And Mam fell in love with the drink.

214
00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:01,040
I don't like it when people pry.
I shouldn't pry myself. I'm sorry.

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00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:03,480
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and meths by now.

216
00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:08,640
She used to tell me the story
of Dick Whittington and his cat,

217
00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:13,520
and how they came to London
and he heard the bells.

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I thought, "What sort of eejit goes
to make his fortune and takes
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00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:24,280
When she took a man to live with us,
I knew I'd have to leave.

220
00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:28,040
I thought, "I'll take a leaf
out of Dick Whittington's book.

221
00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:29,680
"I'm just not taking any pets."

222
00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:34,200
I thought the boat went from Dublin
straight to London.

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any other city.

224
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And I hitched a ride
from Liverpool docks.

225
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It was the driver
who bought me the pie.

226
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Did he take advantage of you?

227
00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:50,440
I like your scarf.

228
00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:52,280
It's from Paris.

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Did the lorry driver
take advantage of you?

231
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No.

232
00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:03,600
He was the last good Englishman
I met.

233
00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:07,080
It's just...

234
00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:11,320
..I can see you're expecting a baby.
Can you?

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236
00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:15,720
You're not old enough.

237
00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:17,440
I'm older than you. Sorry, girls.

238
00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:20,240
I'm closing me till.
That's two and nine, please.

239
00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:25,600
I can't change that.
Haven't you got anything smaller?

240
00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:29,560
If you can't change this banknote,
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00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:32,800
Which, of course,
has now been eaten.

242
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THEY GIGGLE

243
00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:44,160
Four pounds seventeen
and thruppence.

244
00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:52,600
Is there somewhere you can go?

245
00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:55,080
There's the place I used to work.

246
00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:59,200
But, if I go there, they'll hurt me.

247
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are supposed to help people like me.

248
00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:16,440
Come on.

249
00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:23,560
I can't wake Sister Julienne now.

250
00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:26,920
The nuns get up to pray
at half past four.

251
00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:28,840
I hate half past four.

252
00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,160
It's cold, even in the summer.

253
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Will she let me stay?

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00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:40,200
I thought you were one of my sort.

256
00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:43,320
Only of the grand kind.

257
00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:48,400
It was your lovely coat,
and the way you let it swing
when you were walking.

258
00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:50,280
There's a girl called Charmaine

259
00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:53,040
in the place
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260
00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:55,840
She said she was going to go up west

261
00:17:55,840 --> 00:18:00,040
and wear white gloves
and a touch-me-not expression.

262
00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:02,640
She probably thought
she could look like you.

263
00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:08,240
Mary, is Zakir the father
of your child?

264
00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:10,240
I don't think so.

265
00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:15,640
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since he wanted me.

266
00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:17,720
And some nights
I've been with three men.

267
00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:19,480
Even four.

268
00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:24,200
God love your innocence,
Nurse Jenny Lee.

269
00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:28,280
Which of us is the oldest now?

270
00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:35,440
SEAGULLS CRY OUTSIDE

271
00:18:50,360 --> 00:18:51,840
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272
00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:55,800
Bit of an argument
with the bust darts.

273
00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:57,760
Night.

274
00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:00,480
Night.

275
00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:22,560
SHOUTING AND CHEERING

276
00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:27,640
Pedal up. Up.

277
00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:31,160
Pedal down. Down.

278
00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:32,960
Pedal up. Up.

279
00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:35,520
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Getting it! Getting it!

280
00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:39,200
Bravo, Chummy!
CHILDREN:
the Wonder Horse!

281
00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:42,720

I'm so proud of you, Chummy!

282
00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:46,280

flashing 'cross the sky...

283
00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:49,600
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284
00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,440

everywhere you go...

285
00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:53,800
Oh! Oh, no! Aah!

286
00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:57,120
CHILDREN LAUGH

287
00:19:57,120 --> 00:20:00,280
Move out of the way, please.
Are you all right?

288
00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:03,600
SOBBING

289
00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:10,680
I'm not going out of that door!

290
00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:12,600
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291
00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:16,440
You'll be safe with Father Joe
at Wellclose Square.

292
00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:18,600
He's set up a refuge
for girls like you.

293
00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:22,080
I'm not going out!
Someone will see me.

294
00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:24,960
You're very afraid of something,
aren't you, Mary?

295
00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:28,640
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296
00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:32,760
If you can tell us what it is,
you may be able to help us help you.

297
00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:40,200
There was a girl with a baby in her.

298
00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,200
And they sent for a woman to come.

299
00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:50,520
She had a hook,
like the one you knit with.

300
00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:53,840
I had to help to hold her down.

301
00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:57,640
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like in a butcher's.

302
00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:02,040
Did the girl lose the baby?

303
00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:08,080
There was a chamberpot
in the corner of our room.

304
00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,480
It had violets printed on the china.

305
00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:17,240
And I saw the baby in there,
no bigger than my hand.

306
00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:20,200
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307
00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:23,200
I can feel it underneath my heart.

308
00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:28,320
Mary, we're not a nursing home,
or a clinic.

309
00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:30,040
MARY SOBS

310
00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,680
This is where the midwives live.

311
00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:35,840
We look after women in the community.

312
00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:41,000
When you go to Father Joe's,
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313
00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:44,000
and we'll look after you.

314
00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:52,400
I'll go if Jenny comes.

315
00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:02,560
Fred's mending the dent on your
mudguard. You've got gravel in that.

316
00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:04,840
Botheration.

317
00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:08,920
You are going to have to get
cycling under your belt.

318
00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:10,680
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319
00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:13,760
just like you've got to find time
for your extra study.

320
00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:17,680
I know, Sister. I know
I barely scratched a pass at my
exams. But I won't give up.

321
00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:21,680
If you can't serve your patients,
you're a hindrance, not a help,

322
00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:23,840
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323
00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:25,640
But I need district experience.

324
00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:27,720
Without it, I can't go to Africa.

325
00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:31,960
What do you want to go there for?
Aren't we good enough for you?

326
00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:35,280
I feel I've been called to work
in Africa by God.

327
00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:39,200
Do you feel called to the
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328
00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:42,200
One hopes there might be
some sort of a chap along the way.

329
00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:44,480
I'm quite happy
just to be a missionary.

330
00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:50,000
But when I close my eyes to pray,
I see all these little black faces.

331
00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,880
You don't have to up sticks
<font color="

332
00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:56,680
Just go a bit nearer the docks.
It's not that far...by bicycle.

333
00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:15,920
That's the place I used to work.

334
00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:18,240
It's all right.
I'm not taking you there.

335
00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:20,480
Yes, you are!

336
00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,600
No! You are! No, no, no!

337
00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:34,400
Do you know him?

338
00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:37,920
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339
00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:54,200
Tea for three.

340
00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,600
I hope you've no objection
to fig rolls.

341
00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:12,920
Never had one. Are they foreign?

342
00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:16,400
Probably. I never reckoned
they were up to much.

343
00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:22,400
They taste like treacle
wrapped in a doormat.

344
00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:33,880
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345
00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:38,280
No.

346
00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:41,080
I had a boyfriend.

347
00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:43,720
His name was Zakir.

348
00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:48,200
He took me in, when he found me
eating bread left for the birds.

349
00:24:51,120 --> 00:24:53,480
But he worked for his uncle.

350
00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:56,760
And I had to work for his uncle too.

351
00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:00,480
We understand that you were forced.

352
00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,120
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353
00:25:04,120 --> 00:25:06,160
There isn't for the men.

354
00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:12,280
It's a pimp's trick,
old as the hills.

355
00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:15,200
A young man finds a vulnerable girl,

356
00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:19,160
lures her to bed
with a kiss and kind words.

357
00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:23,520
By the time he's finished with her,
she'd do anything for him.

358
00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:25,840
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have any sense of danger?

359
00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,400
They've usually been in danger
all their lives.

360
00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:32,240
If not from violence,
then from hunger and disease.

361
00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:35,880
It's hard to imagine, I grant you,
if you've never lived like that.

362
00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:38,480
<font color="
I know about poverty.

363
00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:40,360
Nurse, I don't think you do.

364
00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,400
Poverty isn't bad housing,
dirty clothing, families of ten.

365
00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:48,040
It's never having been loved,
or even respected.

366
00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:52,720
Not knowing the difference
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367
00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:54,960
a kiss that wasn't
down payment on a blow.

368
00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,360
I'm sorry.

369
00:26:02,360 --> 00:26:04,720
You must think me very ignorant.

370
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,520
I think you're very fortunate.

371
00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:11,920
And there's no need
to apologise for that.

372
00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:17,120


373
00:26:17,120 --> 00:26:20,840
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374
00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:25,480


375
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:32,360


376
00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:37,120


377
00:26:37,120 --> 00:26:41,080


378
00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:47,640

of thy mercies

379
00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:51,160


380
00:26:52,360 --> 00:26:57,840

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381
00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:02,520


382
00:27:05,120 --> 00:27:07,560
MEN CHATTERING

383
00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:17,400
What happened to the Wonder Horse?
Will you put a sock in it?

384
00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:20,920
You've a voice like you've swallowed
a foghorn! Good afternoon, Nurse.

385
00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:22,640
Afternoon.

386
00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:24,680
Excuse me.

387
00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:28,480
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She could pull a brewer's dray.

388
00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:38,120
BABIES CRYING

389
00:27:38,120 --> 00:27:41,960
I hope everyone's brought
their sample today.

390
00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,560
Oh, not the syrup tin again,
Mrs Teeman.

391
00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:47,960
It plays havoc with the sugar test.

392
00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:59,160
Ah, good afternoon.
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393
00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:05,200
You're with Dr Turner.
Cubicle on the end.

394
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,600
Hello, Brenda!

395
00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:09,880
Never thought I'd be bumping
into you here!

396
00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:11,880
I remarried. Two years ago.

397
00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:14,960
Well, that's a poke in the eye
for Adolf, innit?

398
00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:21,560
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your first husband again?

399
00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:24,440
In the Blitz.
When the sugar works caught fire.

400
00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:28,920
Oh, will I ever forget it? The
gutters ran with fudge for a week.

401
00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:32,600
You're happy, I presume?
Delighted. Aren't you?

402
00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:35,880
Ah, I come round to the idea.
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403
00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:37,720
It don't seem right, does it?

404
00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,200
Mother of the bride
being in the family way.

405
00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:42,480
Her wedding's in a fortnight.

406
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:45,200
I've had to buy one of those
trapeze-line coats.

407
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:48,080
Mrs Brenda McEntee to see Dr Turner.

408
00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:53,600
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409
00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:00,520
Bowels been normal and regular?

410
00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:02,160
Yeah.

411
00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:05,000
Any vomiting or nausea?
No. That's stopped.

412
00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:08,880
Any swelling of the ankles?
Any fainting or dizziness?

413
00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:10,720
No.

414
00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:15,320
Then we'll examine your tummy.
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415
00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:17,640
and has a skeletal malformation
as a result,

416
00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:20,040
including what's known
as a rachitic pelvis.

417
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:22,560
Have you come across it before?
No, I haven't.

418
00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:25,560
Mrs McEntee is a rare bird.

419
00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:29,440
She was deprived of sunlight
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420
00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:32,440
Rickets was a disease of poverty.

421
00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:35,960
Now we have the welfare state
it's become a disease of the past.

422
00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:39,160
As are the problems of pregnancy
she experienced in the past.

423
00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,840
SOBBING

424
00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:45,440
Now, come along, Mrs McEntee.

425
00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:48,840
<font color="
I've...I've been trying to be brave.

426
00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:52,080
But I had the quickening this week.

427
00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:55,040
I've felt it move.
Like the others moved.

428
00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:57,560
SOBBING

429
00:29:57,560 --> 00:29:59,600
And I lost every one of them.

430
00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:05,240
Mrs McEntee had four obstructed
labours, many years ago.

431
00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:07,480
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432
00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:11,240
But we can refer her for surgery
now, all free of charge.

433
00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:14,320
There's no need to attempt
a natural childbirth.

434
00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:16,360
SOBBING

435
00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:22,880
I'm... I'm sorry.

436
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:27,480
It's just that...that, well,
things come back, you know.

437
00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:30,000
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438
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:34,440
This a brand-new baby,
and a splendid chance for you.

439
00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:37,440
We're all here to help, and Doctor's
going to help most of all.

440
00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:39,920
I... I know.

441
00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:42,360
I... I'm making a show of myself.

442
00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,680
Not at all.

443
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:48,320
Now, let's start by letting him
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444
00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:57,200
Look out!

445
00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:59,240
BABIES CRYING

446
00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:09,000
I hope you take greater care
of the babies.

447
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:11,360
They're not quite
so easily replaced.

448
00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:26,840
Well done.

449
00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:29,480
You made Brenda McEntee feel safe.

450
00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:32,840
Magic handkerchief.
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451
00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:36,360
You made her feel safe.
It's the mark of a good nurse.

452
00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:38,800
A midwife too.

453
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:43,000
Everything else is just mechanics.
You'll soon get the hang of it.

454
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,520
Do you think so?

455
00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:47,440
Yes, I do.

456
00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:52,280
<font color="
Along The Nile" by The Duprees

457
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:13,360


458
00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:20,680

on a tropic isle

459
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:27,320

all the while

460
00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:34,840


461
00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:41,680


462
00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:48,840
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463
00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:55,680


464
00:32:55,680 --> 00:33:02,320


465
00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:05,920


466
00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:08,480
We like to hold refresher classes
when we can.

467
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:10,840
Some complications
come up only rarely,

468
00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:13,240
and it's as well to stay
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469
00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:14,680
Now.

470
00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:19,520
Approximately 3 to 4% of babies
arriving at term are born breech.

471
00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:23,840
That is to say,
the buttocks and not the head
will be the presenting part.

472
00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:27,800
Didn't Shakespeare describe
Richard III as being breech?

473
00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:31,440
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the world with his legs forward?

474
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,920
In Poplar they call it
arriving arse-first.

475
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:35,440
SNORTS

476
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:37,960
Did anyone see any breech births
during training?

477
00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:41,120
I saw two. I saw one,
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478
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:43,920
Nurse Browne?

479
00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:47,240
Oh, um...I did and I didn't. Oh?

480
00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:50,440
All tickety-boo to start with,
then after the legs descended,

481
00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:54,080
the midwife wrapped the baby in a
towel and let its body hang there.

482
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:58,000
<font color="
inside the birth canal.

483
00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:01,240
Yes. That is done to increase
the flexion of the head.

484
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:03,400
It increases the risk
of asphyxiation.

485
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:05,800
It is a showman's trick, in my view.

486
00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:08,880
How long was it allowed to hang?
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487
00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:13,040
I suddenly felt all peely-wally
and passed out. Came to face down
on the lino in the corridor.

488
00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:17,080
Nurse Fortescue-Cholmeley-Browne!

489
00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:22,040
According to the duty log,
you were late for
your first three appointments,

490
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,080
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491
00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:26,880
Chummy wrote those entries
in the log herself!

492
00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:30,640
As if it's something to be proud of?
Chummy has to walk everywhere.

493
00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:33,040
Then why isn't she doing
something about it?

494
00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:36,840
"Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!

495
00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:40,280
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Ye cataracts and hurricanes, spout".

496
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:41,720
Sister Monica Joan...

497
00:34:41,720 --> 00:34:45,520
I refer to the fact...
that her nose is running.

498
00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:48,400
Oh. Here you are.

499
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:51,800
You need to have more respect
for your patients.

500
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:54,080
If you can't be trusted
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501
00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:56,320
you can't be trusted
to do your own deliveries,

502
00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:58,960
no matter how much studying you do.

503
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:21,040
I love it every time it kicks.

504
00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:25,000
All I can think is,
"Please let it be born strong."

505
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:28,920
Everything else can wait till later.
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506
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:30,560
and eat as much as you can.

507
00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:34,560
That's it. Perfect.

508
00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:39,600
I could get used to perfect.
I can't get used to them fig rolls.

509
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:42,320
They'll do you good.
They've got fruit in.

510
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:47,160
The night I met Zakir, he gave me
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511
00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:51,400
He'd given me wine to drink,
and I hadn't liked it.

512
00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:54,480
The cake was supposed
to make the wine taste sweeter,

513
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:57,320
but it only made it taste more sour.

514
00:35:57,320 --> 00:36:01,560
You can open the curtains now, Mary.
I've finished examining you.

515
00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:05,440
<font color="
that he took me to the Crystal Room.

516
00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:12,920
I knew what men did to women.

517
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:16,000
I'd had it done to me.

518
00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:20,800
And...I didn't think
it could be beautiful...

519
00:36:22,720 --> 00:36:25,520
..or that it could happen
on a bed with golden sheets.

520
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:28,360
<font color="

521
00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:32,720
"Did you think anything like that
could ever come to you?"

522
00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:35,160
As if he knew
I'd never known it could.

523
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,480
Mary.

524
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:42,080
What Zakir did to you
was obscene, not beautiful.

525
00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:44,720
<font color="
You shouldn't think of him.

526
00:36:44,720 --> 00:36:46,640
I can't help it.

527
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:50,560
He's standing in the street.

528
00:36:54,720 --> 00:36:58,280
He comes and stands there
every afternoon.

529
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:05,880
I don't care how many calls I have to
make or how far we have to send her.

530
00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:09,280
<font color="
out of Stepney.

531
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:12,720
She's younger than most,
she's not sharp in the head,

532
00:37:12,720 --> 00:37:15,680
and she's valuable to them
on both those counts.

533
00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:19,480
Right.

534
00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:23,640
'A place was found for Mary

535
00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:27,120
'at a Catholic mother-and-baby home
<font color="

536
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:29,320
'She would be cared for there,

537
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:33,000
'with her child delivered
in the cottage hospital.'

538
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:36,480
Thank you for being my friend,
Jenny Lee.

539
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:55,520
Well done, Chummy!

540
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:59,680
We're going to go straight ahead
and turn right into Lisbon Street.

541
00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:02,920
<font color="
I just stick out my arm, don't I?

542
00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:05,400
Medal for that woman!

543
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:07,560
Slow down now, Chum!

544
00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:10,640
How?

545
00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:13,760
Lean in as you turn.
I don't know how to turn.

546
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:15,520
I've forgotten how to turn!

547
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:17,520
THEY SQUEAL

548
00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:19,800
<font color="

549
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:21,800
BELLS RING

550
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,040
What happened?
They were going too fast.

551
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:26,640
GROANS

552
00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:28,680
All right? That's it.

553
00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:31,320
You all right, nurse?

554
00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:32,880
I think so.

555
00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:37,160
All right, darling? All right,
take it easy. Anything hurt?

556
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:39,760
<font color="

557
00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:41,800
Just take a minute.

558
00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:54,080
First, I'm glad that none of you
are more seriously injured,

559
00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:57,640
and, second, that you aren't
all up before the magistrates.

560
00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:01,680
How did you persuade the policeman
not to charge you?

561
00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:04,320
<font color="
is a criminal offence.

562
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:06,000
I can't remember what I said.

563
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,760
I just tried to say it
as nicely as I could.

564
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:13,520
"Sweet voice, sweet lips,
soft hand, and softer breast,

565
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:20,680
"Warm breath, light whisper,
tender semi-tone."

566
00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:25,200
<font color="
or any other portion of the form

567
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:28,080
helped to turn away
the policeman's wrath.

568
00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:29,760
I don't care if they did.

569
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:33,600
Nurse Fortescue-Cholmeley-Browne
has got off scot-free,

570
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:36,800
we're short-staffed
<font color="

571
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:40,640
Nurse Browne was diagnosed
with shock and mild concussion.

572
00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:42,840
After bed rest, she will recover

573
00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:46,480
and then she'll be attending
deliveries by herself.

574
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:48,200
She's not competent!

575
00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:51,600
Cycling aside,
she's competent enough.

576
00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:55,400
<font color="
and a highly experienced nurse.

577
00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:57,440
There's experience and experience.

578
00:39:57,440 --> 00:40:00,160
What experience has she got
of ordinary people?

579
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:04,040
What experience have they
got of her? They like her.

580
00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:06,080
They laugh at her.

581
00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:10,040
<font color="
She's no better than a tourist.

582
00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:12,680
She's using them for her own ends.

583
00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:15,120
The East End's nothing
but a stepping stone to her.

584
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:18,280
But what if it's the stepping stone
to her life's work?

585
00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:20,920
This is our life's work.

586
00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:25,080
<font color="
looking down on us

587
00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:27,280
from her...her great height!

588
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:29,080
Nurse Browne!

589
00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:34,320
- What are you doing out of bed?
- I've been to the off-licence.

590
00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:37,680
To buy some whisky
for the policeman.

591
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:42,160
I asked if they had the Glenlivet,
<font color="

592
00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:47,880
BIRDSONG

593
00:40:50,240 --> 00:40:52,760
LOW CHATTER

594
00:40:56,400 --> 00:41:01,480


595
00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:07,120


596
00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:13,000
I called her Kathleen.

597
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:16,440
It means pure.

598
00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:28,120
It's a shame you gave
that Scotch to that bobby.

599
00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:31,280
<font color="
with a nip tonight.

600
00:41:34,720 --> 00:41:38,640
Do you suppose this is how
fighter pilots felt,
waiting for the call to fly?

601
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:41,880
I dunno. I was an Army man myself.
Pioneer Corps.

602
00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:43,960
Gosh. One of the glamour boys?

603
00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:47,280
Well, I specialised in lavatories.

604
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:49,680
<font color="
marches on its stomach.

605
00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:52,200
What your fighting man needs
is a top-notch khazi...

606
00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:56,000
PHONE RINGS
..and not to panic.

607
00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:59,120
Like Monty said at El Alamein,

608
00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:01,760
"It can be done,
and it will be done!"

609
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:09,760
<font color="

610
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:13,800
Me daughter's waters went
all over the carpet
when they cut the wedding cake!

611
00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:16,480
And is the lady in labour the bride?
Bride's mother.

612
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:21,400
I'd hurry. This is her fifth,
and she don't half have 'em fast!

613
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:23,560
<font color="

614
00:42:23,560 --> 00:42:28,080
She's two weeks before her due date
so nothing's been sent on ahead!

615
00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:34,360
Thank you.

616
00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:38,960
Oh, you put a nip of something in it.

617
00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:41,600
Army trick.
Before going into battle?

618
00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:44,120
Before going
into the other ranks' latrines.

619
00:42:57,440 --> 00:43:00,760
<font color="

620
00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:05,000


621
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:08,960


622
00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:12,720

rah, rah, rah!

623
00:43:12,720 --> 00:43:16,200

You put your left leg out!

624
00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:19,440

Shake it all about!

625
00:43:19,440 --> 00:43:23,040
<font color="
and you turn around

626
00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:27,560

Run for your lives!

627
00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:29,040


628
00:43:29,040 --> 00:43:32,360
Watch it! Look out!

629
00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:34,760
Get out the way!

630
00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:37,560
LOUD CLATTERING

631
00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:40,400
Here! I will not have you
<font color="

632
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:43,800
Especially to the nurse
who's come to help your mum.

633
00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:46,160
Here! What you walloping him for?

634
00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:47,680
Disrespect.

635
00:43:47,680 --> 00:43:49,960
Come here.

636
00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:53,920
I know your wallops.
You're too soft on him.

637
00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:58,560
The midwife had a moustache.

638
00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:00,640
SNORTS

639
00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:02,800
<font color="
between my knees

640
00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:05,640
and looking where I don't like
being looked at.

641
00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:09,080
I yelled a little bit.

642
00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:14,440
She kept on saying, "Nearly over.

643
00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:17,120
"Nearly over."

644
00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:20,520
And all I kept thinking was,
"It's nearly starting.

645
00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:24,400
<font color="

646
00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:28,880
What was it like
when you saw her face?

647
00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:32,880
Like I'd been missing her
me whole life.

648
00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:38,520
SINGING OUTSIDE
Aah! Oh!

649
00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:40,720
SOBBING

650
00:44:40,720 --> 00:44:43,040
That's the girl! Let it rip.

651
00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:46,360
They're singing Old MacDonald now
<font color="

652
00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:49,440
Now, after your contraction,
I'll carry out an examination,

653
00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:51,680
and we'll see how close
to delivery you are.

654
00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:54,640
I hope it's born
before the party ends.

655
00:44:54,640 --> 00:44:57,520
Be a right lark,
making an announcement!

656
00:44:57,520 --> 00:44:59,920
<font color="
being drawn to this, Mum!

657
00:44:59,920 --> 00:45:02,840
I'm 42. It makes me look loose.

658
00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:04,960
It makes him indoors look loose. Oh!

659
00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:08,360
You should have made him
take up dominoes.

660
00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:10,040
Oi! My tortoise is under that bed!

661
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:12,840
It went into early hibernation.
<font color="

662
00:45:12,840 --> 00:45:16,720
All tortoises are deaf.
Now, come on. Shoo.

663
00:45:16,720 --> 00:45:18,880
Come on, out you go.

664
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:21,400
SHE GASPS

665
00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:24,520
This is happening too fast.
I haven't even had my enema yet.

666
00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:40,240
Everything in order, Nurse?

667
00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:44,000
It would seem, Betty,
<font color="

668
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:45,880
is presenting in the breech position.

669
00:45:45,880 --> 00:45:47,800
You what?

670
00:45:48,840 --> 00:45:50,720
It's coming out arse-first.

671
00:45:50,720 --> 00:45:54,400
That's bad.
She's not quite fully dilated.

672
00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:56,920
So, there's time
to transfer her to hospital,

673
00:45:56,920 --> 00:45:59,320
where she might feel
<font color="

674
00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:01,640
I feel secure here!
I want to stay in my own bed.

675
00:46:01,640 --> 00:46:05,760
And it's not like
you're one of them slips of girls.

676
00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:09,800
Betty's had all hers delivered
by Nonnatans, just like I had mine.

677
00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:13,000
Mum. Quick, get the bowl.

678
00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:16,040
<font color="

679
00:46:16,040 --> 00:46:20,320
She's moving on, Nurse.
She's getting ready to want it out.

680
00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:22,760
I shall be back
in precisely one moment.

681
00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:46,560
CHILDREN SHOUTING

682
00:46:49,040 --> 00:46:50,680
LAUGHTER

683
00:46:50,680 --> 00:46:53,240
Stop!

684
00:46:53,240 --> 00:46:56,200
I want all the children
to go downstairs.

685
00:46:56,200 --> 00:46:57,640
<font color="

686
00:46:57,640 --> 00:47:00,960
Jack, I need you to go to the
telephone and ring Nonnatus House.

687
00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:04,280
That's Poplar 459.
Tell them the baby is breech.

688
00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:05,840
What's that mean?

689
00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:08,560
Just say "breech"
to whoever answers the telephone.

690
00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:12,120
It's like the beach, the seaside.
<font color="

691
00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:15,280
Tell them we need additional support.
Go!

692
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:24,640
Betty. Betty, listen to me.
I need you to change position.

693
00:47:24,640 --> 00:47:26,960
What? I need you with your bottom

694
00:47:26,960 --> 00:47:30,000
right at the edge of the bed.
I can't move.

695
00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:33,560
<font color="
I know it's a rotten business.

696
00:47:33,560 --> 00:47:35,360
But I do know the form.

697
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:40,920
BETTY GROANS

698
00:47:42,920 --> 00:47:45,760
CONGA MUSIC AND CHATTER

699
00:47:50,200 --> 00:47:52,720
PHONE RINGS

700
00:47:52,720 --> 00:47:54,480
Nonnatus House?

701
00:47:54,480 --> 00:47:55,720
Well done.

702
00:47:55,720 --> 00:47:59,640
I can feel your hand. It's shaking.

703
00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:02,760
<font color="

704
00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:13,600
Whoa! Can I sit with you?

705
00:48:13,600 --> 00:48:16,120
I told them to keep on dancing.

706
00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:19,400
I told them your mum says
the noise is a help.

707
00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:24,080
Now, Betty. I'm sure you want
to push like billy-o.

708
00:48:24,080 --> 00:48:27,040
But I need this baby

709
00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:29,120
<font color="

710
00:48:29,120 --> 00:48:32,320
So...pant.

711
00:48:32,320 --> 00:48:35,560
Pant, pant.

712
00:48:37,600 --> 00:48:39,600
Little push.
GRUNTS

713
00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:42,240
Little push. Stop.

714
00:48:42,240 --> 00:48:43,720
GASPING

715
00:48:43,720 --> 00:48:46,480
Bravo.

716
00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:49,880
Little push. Little push.

717
00:48:49,880 --> 00:48:52,440
Little push. Stop.

718
00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:54,720
GASPING

719
00:48:54,720 --> 00:48:56,880
<font color="

720
00:48:56,880 --> 00:48:59,920
Your baby's bottom is now delivered.

721
00:48:59,920 --> 00:49:02,800
Now,

722
00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:05,760
I need you to stay very still.

723
00:49:05,760 --> 00:49:08,920
Breathe very calmly...

724
00:49:10,320 --> 00:49:12,880
..as I hook my fingers...

725
00:49:14,200 --> 00:49:16,920
..over her legs

726
00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:19,280
and bring them into the world.

727
00:49:25,880 --> 00:49:29,120
Have you done it yet?

728
00:49:29,120 --> 00:49:31,560
<font color="

729
00:49:31,560 --> 00:49:33,480
Oh!

730
00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:42,080
Here, your hand's
not shaking no more.

731
00:49:47,960 --> 00:49:51,640
Now, Betty, I'm going to wrap
the baby in a towel.

732
00:49:54,840 --> 00:49:57,480
Her head is still inside
the birth canal,

733
00:49:57,480 --> 00:50:00,880
and, if she becomes cold,
<font color="

734
00:50:00,880 --> 00:50:02,520
would be unfortunate.

735
00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:08,000
GRUNTING
Now, with the next contraction,

736
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:11,560
you will feel the baby move,
as I turn her just a quarter circle.

737
00:50:13,400 --> 00:50:16,680
That will help ease
the shoulders out.

738
00:50:19,120 --> 00:50:21,040
GASPS AND GROANS

739
00:50:31,440 --> 00:50:33,080
<font color="

740
00:50:35,160 --> 00:50:37,200
CONGA MUSIC

741
00:50:47,680 --> 00:50:49,480
She should have called you direct.

742
00:50:49,480 --> 00:50:52,080
Doctor is always called for
in the case of a breech.

743
00:50:52,080 --> 00:50:54,800
You called for me.
Now we're both here.

744
00:50:54,800 --> 00:50:58,160
Now, Betty,
I don't want you to move a muscle.

745
00:50:58,160 --> 00:51:00,920
GRUNTS

746
00:51:00,920 --> 00:51:04,040
<font color="
on Baby...

747
00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:07,920
..and let her body hang.

748
00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:11,320
SOBS AND GASPS

749
00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:16,240
BETTY WHIMPERS

750
00:51:17,320 --> 00:51:19,520
Oh. Oh.

751
00:51:22,800 --> 00:51:26,480
Not a muscle, Betty. Can we have
quiet for the mother, please?

752
00:51:26,480 --> 00:51:28,600
Why are you holding back?
It looks to me

753
00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:31,400
<font color="
things beautifully.

754
00:51:31,400 --> 00:51:33,480
BETTY GASPING

755
00:51:33,480 --> 00:51:35,320
Now, old thing.

756
00:51:35,320 --> 00:51:36,880
Push.

757
00:51:36,880 --> 00:51:38,720
LONG GROAN

758
00:51:41,720 --> 00:51:44,120
Keep it coming.

759
00:51:44,120 --> 00:51:46,680
Keep it coming.

760
00:51:46,680 --> 00:51:48,680
BETTY GROANING

761
00:51:48,680 --> 00:51:50,520
That's it.

762
00:51:50,520 --> 00:51:54,200
<font color="

763
00:51:54,200 --> 00:51:56,000
BETTY SOBBING

764
00:51:59,400 --> 00:52:01,720
BABY CRIES

765
00:52:06,880 --> 00:52:08,640
Hello.

766
00:52:08,640 --> 00:52:11,080
Hi.

767
00:52:12,520 --> 00:52:17,120
Come on, you big girl's blouse.

768
00:52:17,120 --> 00:52:20,680
It's only a baby being born.

769
00:52:20,680 --> 00:52:23,480
BABY GRIZZLES

770
00:52:27,840 --> 00:52:29,880
BABY CRYING

771
00:52:32,120 --> 00:52:34,160
You're all right.

772
00:52:38,440 --> 00:52:40,000
<font color="

773
00:52:49,080 --> 00:52:52,240
Gone to sleep already.
Just like her dad.

774
00:53:32,400 --> 00:53:34,320
Kathleen!

775
00:53:36,400 --> 00:53:39,080
SOBS
Kathleen!

776
00:53:41,440 --> 00:53:43,320
Kathleen!

777
00:53:43,320 --> 00:53:44,840
DOOR SLAMS

778
00:53:46,480 --> 00:53:48,600
Kathleen!

779
00:53:49,720 --> 00:53:52,160
Kathleen!

780
00:53:53,680 --> 00:53:55,760
Jenny Lee.

781
00:53:59,120 --> 00:54:01,560
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782
00:54:04,360 --> 00:54:06,640
She needs me to feed her!

783
00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:17,360
She has abscesses in both breasts!

784
00:54:17,360 --> 00:54:20,040
Isn't her mental agony
enough for them?

785
00:54:20,040 --> 00:54:23,040
Babies are always placed
for adoption in these cases.

786
00:54:23,040 --> 00:54:25,360
It's thought to be
in the child's best interests.

787
00:54:25,360 --> 00:54:27,000
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788
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:29,440
She's that child's mother,
and she did not consent!

789
00:54:29,440 --> 00:54:31,400
Nurse Lee.

790
00:54:32,960 --> 00:54:34,840
She can't consent.

791
00:54:35,920 --> 00:54:39,480
She's only 15,
still legally a child herself.

792
00:54:39,480 --> 00:54:43,000
It was a case
of which child should we choose.

793
00:54:43,000 --> 00:54:47,920
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with no home, no education,

794
00:54:47,920 --> 00:54:51,040
no trade other than that of
prostitution, bring up a baby?

795
00:54:51,040 --> 00:54:53,080
She gave up prostitution.

796
00:54:53,080 --> 00:54:57,120
She doesn't have that choice. And
you're not the only one who's angry!

797
00:54:58,880 --> 00:55:00,920
HE SIGHS

798
00:55:03,960 --> 00:55:06,240
But you're young.

799
00:55:06,240 --> 00:55:08,760
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800
00:55:08,760 --> 00:55:11,520
and our Lord will love you
for your righteous indignation.

801
00:55:11,520 --> 00:55:14,200
Even while Mary's condemned
as a sinner?

802
00:55:14,200 --> 00:55:17,280
God forgives. The Church forgives.

803
00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:21,360
The Church took her baby.
I think it will kill her.

804
00:55:21,360 --> 00:55:24,920
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805
00:55:24,920 --> 00:55:27,560
She could find love.

806
00:55:27,560 --> 00:55:30,160
She could have another child.

807
00:55:30,160 --> 00:55:32,640
And you think that will console her?

808
00:55:32,640 --> 00:55:34,560
It consoles me.

809
00:55:44,960 --> 00:55:48,200
Your milk ducts
have become blocked, Mary.

810
00:55:48,200 --> 00:55:50,440
That's the cause of the infection.

811
00:55:50,440 --> 00:55:53,000
It hurts.

812
00:55:53,000 --> 00:55:55,840
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hurt could hurt.

813
00:55:58,200 --> 00:56:01,120
Reverend Mother
has sent for the doctor.

814
00:56:01,120 --> 00:56:04,400
He'll prescribe you antibiotics.

815
00:56:04,400 --> 00:56:07,480
In the meantime,
I'm going to bind your breasts

816
00:56:07,480 --> 00:56:09,840
so we can help stop
the flow of milk.

817
00:56:09,840 --> 00:56:11,720
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818
00:56:11,720 --> 00:56:13,720
It's Kathleen's.

819
00:56:21,640 --> 00:56:23,160
Can I use this?

820
00:56:38,280 --> 00:56:40,320
BELL TOLLS

821
00:56:41,480 --> 00:56:45,320
'Mary was never reunited
with her child.

822
00:56:45,320 --> 00:56:47,360
'She might look for her,

823
00:56:47,360 --> 00:56:50,320
'but her name would not be
Kathleen any more.'

824
00:56:56,960 --> 00:57:01,240


825
00:57:01,240 --> 00:57:07,240
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826
00:57:07,240 --> 00:57:11,800
Jack became Chummy's
devoted guardian.

827
00:57:11,800 --> 00:57:14,880
Never taunted again
by any passer-by,

828
00:57:14,880 --> 00:57:18,200
she finally mastered
the art of the bike.

829
00:57:20,680 --> 00:57:24,360


830
00:57:24,360 --> 00:57:26,480
All right, Constable?

831
00:57:26,480 --> 00:57:30,880
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Chummy bought him a bicycle

832
00:57:30,880 --> 00:57:33,720
from her generous private funds.

833
00:57:36,320 --> 00:57:37,720
BABY CRIES

834
00:57:37,720 --> 00:57:41,480
Brenda McEntee delivered a daughter
by the Caesarean section

835
00:57:41,480 --> 00:57:44,800
that could have saved
each of her stillborn children.

836
00:57:47,600 --> 00:57:53,160
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gave her the gift of motherhood.

837
00:57:53,160 --> 00:57:58,000
She called her child Grace Miracle.

838
00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:00,480
And she was perfect.

839
00:58:03,360 --> 00:58:06,840
Jimmy? What are you doing here?
I'm in a tight spot, Jenny.

840
00:58:06,840 --> 00:58:10,640
Don't worry, Nurse Lee,
I shan't go telling any tales,

841
00:58:10,640 --> 00:58:14,080
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of my own.

842
00:58:14,080 --> 00:58:16,920
You look well. And you. Very well.

843
00:58:16,920 --> 00:58:19,280
As do you.
CLEARS THROAT

844
00:58:19,280 --> 00:58:22,720
It's not right, Mr Collett. They
can't make you leave your own home.

845
00:58:22,720 --> 00:58:26,840
Don't cry over an old codger
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846
00:58:26,840 --> 00:58:30,480
I'm scared! We're going to
take good care of you. Don't worry.

847
00:58:30,480 --> 00:58:33,280
You don't understand! I'm scared!

848
00:58:33,280 --> 00:58:35,280
What are you so afraid of, Mrs Luce?

849
00:58:36,320 --> 00:58:40,080


850
00:58:40,080 --> 00:58:45,520


851
00:58:47,080 --> 00:58:51,360


852
00:58:51,360 --> 00:58:54,080
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853
00:58:54,080 --> 00:58:58,440


854
00:58:58,440 --> 00:59:01,480
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