1 00:00:32,336 --> 00:00:35,687 In the spring of 1966... 2 00:00:35,688 --> 00:00:41,064 ...the ground did not feel entirely firm beneath our feet. 3 00:00:42,529 --> 00:00:45,992 We were shaken by new revelations 4 00:00:46,551 --> 00:00:49,451 and stirred by ancient fears. 5 00:00:53,124 --> 00:00:56,295 The modern world brought uncertainty, 6 00:00:56,296 --> 00:00:59,848 and our troubles did not always vanish 7 00:01:00,013 --> 00:01:02,813 when we turned to face them. 8 00:01:07,944 --> 00:01:11,112 Let me help you there, Mr Clarke. 9 00:01:29,653 --> 00:01:32,583 I had a letter from Mother Mildred this morning. 10 00:01:32,584 --> 00:01:34,264 I think it is... 11 00:01:34,933 --> 00:01:38,172 ...somewhat preferable to a visitation. 12 00:01:38,173 --> 00:01:43,463 Would you like to come to my office and hear me read it to our Sisters? 13 00:01:43,464 --> 00:01:44,904 I would not. 14 00:01:49,813 --> 00:01:52,935 "I request you express my gratitude to Nurse Crane for her diligence 15 00:01:52,936 --> 00:01:55,367 "in providing photographic images of the exceedingly... 16 00:01:55,368 --> 00:01:57,868 "..innovative new habits. 17 00:02:00,493 --> 00:02:03,193 "My response is as follows. 18 00:02:03,304 --> 00:02:06,012 "If the Almighty had intended us to dress in drip-dry fabrics, 19 00:02:06,013 --> 00:02:09,511 "the biblical plains should not have... bloomed with flax. 20 00:02:09,512 --> 00:02:12,492 "Are Ruth or Esther recorded as wearing Crimplene? 21 00:02:12,493 --> 00:02:16,231 "Did our Holy Mother ever appear in a pinafore dress? I think not. 22 00:02:16,232 --> 00:02:20,292 "As the cost of this frivolity was presumably immense, 23 00:02:20,293 --> 00:02:22,247 "I instruct that every garment is put 24 00:02:22,248 --> 00:02:25,959 "direct in the charity box for the benefit of others. 25 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:29,351 "They might in due course be deployed as... 26 00:02:29,352 --> 00:02:31,032 "..office wear." 27 00:02:36,264 --> 00:02:39,143 We are so grateful to you, Pastor Robinson. 28 00:02:39,144 --> 00:02:40,487 I'm happy to be able to help. 29 00:02:40,488 --> 00:02:42,343 I'm just sorry for your trouble. 30 00:02:42,344 --> 00:02:45,543 Take your time, Mr Clarke. We're not in any hurry. 31 00:02:45,544 --> 00:02:48,295 Do you need to see a doctor about your leg? 32 00:02:48,296 --> 00:02:51,972 It's an old injury. I was driving a lorry at the packing plant 33 00:02:51,973 --> 00:02:55,692 and there was an accident. They blamed it on my inexperience. 34 00:02:55,693 --> 00:03:00,263 Back home, he was an accountant. But when he was discharged from the hospital, 35 00:03:00,264 --> 00:03:02,695 the packing plant wouldn't have him back. 36 00:03:02,696 --> 00:03:04,103 And there's no work in book-keeping. 37 00:03:04,104 --> 00:03:07,367 - Mmm. - Or at least, no work to be had. 38 00:03:07,368 --> 00:03:09,668 Not for people like us. 39 00:03:16,584 --> 00:03:18,884 Of course. That's fine. 40 00:03:21,384 --> 00:03:23,175 Excuse me, Mr Scarisbrick, 41 00:03:23,176 --> 00:03:25,735 has Fiona Aylward been re-admitted? 42 00:03:25,736 --> 00:03:28,231 I'm afraid so. Her husband telephoned to say she was feeling 43 00:03:28,232 --> 00:03:29,895 faint and running a temperature, 44 00:03:29,896 --> 00:03:31,495 so I asked him to bring her straight in. 45 00:03:31,496 --> 00:03:34,951 - Does she have an infection? - I'm running all the usual checks. 46 00:03:34,952 --> 00:03:38,412 Come with me. We'll pop along and look at her. 47 00:03:38,413 --> 00:03:40,692 Was there any doubt, when the baby was delivered, 48 00:03:40,693 --> 00:03:43,271 that the placenta and membrane were intact? 49 00:03:43,272 --> 00:03:44,712 None at all. 50 00:03:44,744 --> 00:03:47,052 She was a little bit tearful when she arrived, 51 00:03:47,053 --> 00:03:50,605 so let's give her lots of reassurance. 52 00:03:56,584 --> 00:03:58,024 Hello there! 53 00:03:58,213 --> 00:04:00,167 It's Mrs O'Malley, isn't it? 54 00:04:00,168 --> 00:04:03,495 I didn't know you were on our books again. 55 00:04:03,496 --> 00:04:05,696 You look so glamorous. 56 00:04:06,253 --> 00:04:07,953 Like a film star. 57 00:04:08,296 --> 00:04:09,767 Off anywhere nice? 58 00:04:09,768 --> 00:04:13,607 Oh, go on with you, Sister. I'm coming here for me check-up. 59 00:04:13,608 --> 00:04:16,212 But it never hurts to make a little effort. 60 00:04:16,213 --> 00:04:18,313 Know what I'm saying? 61 00:04:21,288 --> 00:04:24,264 I can tell it's not going down. 62 00:04:24,493 --> 00:04:26,983 Well, temperatures can be naughty things. 63 00:04:26,984 --> 00:04:29,863 Yes, I see no harm in some precautionary antibiotics, 64 00:04:29,864 --> 00:04:33,255 and we'll run a few tests to see if we can shed any light on the cause. 65 00:04:33,256 --> 00:04:36,327 Sister Franklin will keep a kindly eye on you in the meantime. 66 00:04:36,328 --> 00:04:38,292 It makes me smile just seeing you again. 67 00:04:38,293 --> 00:04:39,373 Likewise. 68 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:42,663 I made this all by myself in a little kitchen down the corridor. 69 00:04:42,664 --> 00:04:45,252 A pretty stern-looking matron gave me quite the stare. 70 00:04:45,253 --> 00:04:46,951 - Hello, Sister. - Hello, Mr Aylward. 71 00:04:46,952 --> 00:04:50,315 An orderly would have been more than happy to do that for you. 72 00:04:50,316 --> 00:04:50,919 Ah! 73 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:54,012 Sister, we'll need to take bloods and swabs before we start the antibiotics. 74 00:04:54,013 --> 00:04:58,045 - Of course, Mr Scarisbrick. - Good day to you. 75 00:04:58,664 --> 00:05:01,543 I'm looking forward to hearing all about baby Jonathan. 76 00:05:01,544 --> 00:05:04,935 Oh, he's simply glorious! Getting bigger and bigger. 77 00:05:04,936 --> 00:05:07,623 - Who's looking after him for you? - Matthew's mother. 78 00:05:07,624 --> 00:05:10,452 I have to get out of here in short order, as I'm not sure she knows 79 00:05:10,453 --> 00:05:12,012 one end of the baby from the other. 80 00:05:12,013 --> 00:05:14,535 She always had nannies for Matthew and his brothers. 81 00:05:14,536 --> 00:05:16,839 Mrs Aylward, have you lost a little weight? 82 00:05:16,840 --> 00:05:19,572 Oh, I hope so. Last time you saw me, I was giving birth. 83 00:05:19,573 --> 00:05:21,191 But you have been off your food. 84 00:05:21,192 --> 00:05:23,431 She didn't touch last night's beef stroganoff. 85 00:05:23,432 --> 00:05:25,112 Beef stroganoff? 86 00:05:25,224 --> 00:05:27,975 No prizes for guessing who cooked that. 87 00:05:27,976 --> 00:05:29,176 It was me. 88 00:05:29,448 --> 00:05:31,751 Not exactly cordon bleu. It should've been cordoned off. 89 00:05:31,752 --> 00:05:32,752 Ah! 90 00:05:32,776 --> 00:05:36,136 I better organise your blood tests. 91 00:05:55,176 --> 00:05:58,823 I'm so sorry. You say you've lost your co-op card, 92 00:05:58,824 --> 00:06:01,452 but I can only find records for your little girls. 93 00:06:01,453 --> 00:06:03,879 Is this the first time you've been seen with this pregnancy? 94 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:07,240 Better late than never! Eh, Sister? 95 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,492 Well, let's start at the beginning, shall we? 96 00:06:12,493 --> 00:06:14,567 Can you remember the date of your last period? 97 00:06:14,568 --> 00:06:17,063 We'll work out your due date and we'll take it all from there. 98 00:06:17,064 --> 00:06:22,824 You're all right, Sister. I know exactly when I got pregnant. 99 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:47,335 I imagine you'll be wanting a little boy if you've already got two little girls. 100 00:06:47,336 --> 00:06:51,623 Mind you, it's always good to keep an open mind, don't you think? 101 00:06:51,624 --> 00:06:54,759 I'm giving the baby up for adoption, Sister. 102 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:57,492 That's why I don't care what sex it is. 103 00:06:57,493 --> 00:07:00,135 That's why I've never been here before. 104 00:07:00,136 --> 00:07:03,143 Now, if I could, I'd like to forget the whole thing, 105 00:07:03,144 --> 00:07:06,023 but every day I'm finding it harder to ignore. 106 00:07:06,024 --> 00:07:09,031 But... why are you ignoring it? Even if you... 107 00:07:09,032 --> 00:07:12,743 ...you do want to give up the baby, there are things that have to be set in train. 108 00:07:12,744 --> 00:07:14,727 Is there a form I need to fill in? 109 00:07:14,728 --> 00:07:17,415 You can take care of that for me, can't you? 110 00:07:17,416 --> 00:07:19,812 And anyway, aren't you married? 111 00:07:19,813 --> 00:07:22,471 I want to speak to someone more senior. 112 00:07:22,472 --> 00:07:24,455 I need to see someone more official, like. 113 00:07:24,456 --> 00:07:26,375 I-I didn't mean to upset you, Mrs O'Malley. I... 114 00:07:26,376 --> 00:07:29,276 Someone senior. You heard me! 115 00:07:34,824 --> 00:07:36,492 - Is anything amiss? - No. 116 00:07:36,493 --> 00:07:37,493 No. 117 00:07:37,704 --> 00:07:39,751 Everything's in order. 118 00:07:39,752 --> 00:07:41,432 Or it will be. 119 00:07:42,824 --> 00:07:43,975 Actually, Mrs O'Malley, 120 00:07:43,976 --> 00:07:46,092 I've been working here for nearly two years now. 121 00:07:46,093 --> 00:07:49,549 I'm senior enough to deal with this. 122 00:07:49,693 --> 00:07:51,079 Maybe I can start afresh. 123 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:52,487 We all make mistakes. 124 00:07:52,488 --> 00:07:57,192 You're preaching to the choir on that one, Sister. 125 00:07:57,527 --> 00:08:01,128 Well, if you move the three o'clock to four o'clock, we should just about get away with it. 126 00:08:01,129 --> 00:08:02,129 Why not? 127 00:08:03,733 --> 00:08:06,252 Well, I-I could take a taxi. 128 00:08:06,253 --> 00:08:10,215 Very well. I'll familiarise myself with the prosecution's arguments en route. 129 00:08:10,216 --> 00:08:11,296 Ah! Er... 130 00:08:12,252 --> 00:08:13,932 All right, all right, excellent. Thank you. 131 00:08:13,933 --> 00:08:16,332 I'll see you when I get there. Thank you. Goodbye. 132 00:08:16,333 --> 00:08:18,133 I'm so sorry. I... 133 00:08:18,856 --> 00:08:22,984 I've dealt with worse spillages, believe me. 134 00:08:25,064 --> 00:08:29,000 Did I do the right thing, bringing her in? 135 00:08:29,096 --> 00:08:31,527 Mr Scarisbrick talks about "feelings of faintness", 136 00:08:31,528 --> 00:08:33,972 but she went down like a tree. 137 00:08:33,973 --> 00:08:37,095 She was out for the count. I just panicked. 138 00:08:37,096 --> 00:08:39,252 Of course you did the right thing. 139 00:08:39,253 --> 00:08:43,367 Women are often a bit below par just after they have a baby, 140 00:08:43,368 --> 00:08:47,911 but it does make sense to look into any problems. 141 00:08:47,912 --> 00:08:52,040 We'll soon have her back with baby Jonathan. 142 00:08:53,152 --> 00:08:56,416 My husband, he's away at sea a lot, 143 00:08:56,773 --> 00:08:58,473 months at a time. 144 00:09:00,136 --> 00:09:02,736 And a girl can get lonely. 145 00:09:03,016 --> 00:09:04,999 You know what I'm saying? 146 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:06,279 I think you're saying... 147 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:09,287 ...you've done things you regret. 148 00:09:09,288 --> 00:09:11,783 Are you still in contact with the baby's father? 149 00:09:11,784 --> 00:09:13,464 It was so quick. 150 00:09:14,173 --> 00:09:17,149 A fling, I think you'd call it. 151 00:09:17,224 --> 00:09:20,487 What's done is done, Mrs O'Malley. 152 00:09:20,488 --> 00:09:23,532 We need to deal with what's before you now. 153 00:09:23,533 --> 00:09:25,415 The last time Dessy was home, 154 00:09:25,416 --> 00:09:29,448 I wasn't showing, so he was none the wiser. 155 00:09:29,832 --> 00:09:33,671 And touch wood, if everything goes to plan... 156 00:09:33,672 --> 00:09:37,320 ...he'll be away till after my due date. 157 00:09:37,768 --> 00:09:41,128 So, what I think is best is that... 158 00:09:42,504 --> 00:09:44,504 ...I have the baby... 159 00:09:44,744 --> 00:09:46,644 ...don't tell him... 160 00:09:47,304 --> 00:09:50,204 ...and put it up for adoption. 161 00:09:50,376 --> 00:09:54,407 Do you not think your other children might work it out? 162 00:09:54,408 --> 00:09:56,308 They're very young. 163 00:09:56,653 --> 00:09:58,887 I've hidden it from them. 164 00:09:58,888 --> 00:10:00,972 I've hidden it from everyone. 165 00:10:00,973 --> 00:10:02,919 I've been wearing a girdle when I go out, 166 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:07,335 and then people just think I've been hitting the cream cakes. 167 00:10:07,336 --> 00:10:10,452 Very well. I suggest that as soon as your labour starts, 168 00:10:10,453 --> 00:10:14,197 you come straight to the maternity home. 169 00:10:16,333 --> 00:10:19,367 If there's anything you'd prefer, I'm sure Chef would be more than 170 00:10:19,368 --> 00:10:22,452 happy to prepare it for you. It's imperative we get your strength up. 171 00:10:22,453 --> 00:10:25,703 I need to visit the lavatory. I could bring a commode, if that's any easier. 172 00:10:25,704 --> 00:10:27,012 That won't be necessary. 173 00:10:27,013 --> 00:10:29,292 Please I... I just want you to take my plate. 174 00:10:29,293 --> 00:10:30,493 Of course. 175 00:10:30,973 --> 00:10:32,743 I want to do this alone. 176 00:10:32,744 --> 00:10:34,812 I'm being mindful of my dignity! 177 00:10:34,813 --> 00:10:36,013 Of course. 178 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:52,391 Oh, Fiona! I should never have left you. 179 00:10:52,392 --> 00:10:56,679 Oh, I shouldn't have been so ridiculously stubborn. 180 00:10:56,680 --> 00:10:59,412 Let's bite the bullet and join forces. 181 00:10:59,413 --> 00:11:04,295 And I can assure you your dignity will be protected at all times. 182 00:11:04,296 --> 00:11:07,175 Fred, can we take a fresh loaf, please? 183 00:11:07,176 --> 00:11:10,183 Someone's cooking up a storm tonight. 184 00:11:10,184 --> 00:11:13,212 Chocolate biscuits, as well? 185 00:11:13,213 --> 00:11:14,663 My kinda meal! 186 00:11:14,664 --> 00:11:16,007 Ah, not for me, I'm afraid. 187 00:11:16,008 --> 00:11:18,503 For a homeless family I'm ministering to. 188 00:11:18,504 --> 00:11:22,983 Homeless? No-one should be homeless in this day and age. 189 00:11:22,984 --> 00:11:26,292 Hmm. It happens more often than we realise - 190 00:11:26,293 --> 00:11:28,812 eviction, simply for getting behind on the rent. 191 00:11:28,813 --> 00:11:34,573 It's not right, but it's real. And we must help where we can. 192 00:11:35,173 --> 00:11:36,173 No, no. 193 00:11:36,853 --> 00:11:38,412 Put your money away. 194 00:11:38,413 --> 00:11:42,445 Thank you, Mr Buckle, but there is no need. 195 00:11:43,465 --> 00:11:46,627 It's too late for Mrs O'Malley to regret her mistakes. 196 00:11:46,628 --> 00:11:48,931 I shouldn't have made her feel awkward about them. 197 00:11:48,932 --> 00:11:50,339 She didn't need that. 198 00:11:50,340 --> 00:11:53,091 Mrs O'Malley needs good, solid encouragement 199 00:11:53,092 --> 00:11:54,819 and an efficient midwife, 200 00:11:54,820 --> 00:11:57,443 and it sounds as though you gave her both. 201 00:11:57,444 --> 00:12:00,515 I'll be giving her a home visit, too. She's anaemic. 202 00:12:00,516 --> 00:12:02,184 And she'll need iron tablets. 203 00:12:02,185 --> 00:12:04,867 The main lesson you need to digest from this 204 00:12:04,868 --> 00:12:09,504 is that we need to be ready when a patient wrong-foots us. 205 00:12:09,505 --> 00:12:12,867 It's like having a shilling in your pocket for the meter. 206 00:12:12,868 --> 00:12:17,347 We must always be prepared. Now, I believe we have 207 00:12:17,348 --> 00:12:21,476 an appointment with a cheese and onion flan! 208 00:12:24,625 --> 00:12:27,331 Gosh, it all feels as if it might soon be within our reach. 209 00:12:27,332 --> 00:12:30,787 Has Mr Scarisbrick been in touch with you directly, Sister Julienne? 210 00:12:30,788 --> 00:12:32,468 He has indeed. 211 00:12:32,580 --> 00:12:34,755 And I am reporting everything to Mother Mildred. 212 00:12:34,756 --> 00:12:38,596 It certainly seems very "all systems go". 213 00:12:38,852 --> 00:12:41,603 We shall see. But the information 214 00:12:41,604 --> 00:12:43,304 thus far seems... 215 00:12:43,780 --> 00:12:45,384 ...extremely satisfactory. 216 00:12:45,385 --> 00:12:48,195 In my mind's eye, him look like Dr Kildare on the television. 217 00:12:48,196 --> 00:12:49,876 Mr Scarisbrick? 218 00:12:50,692 --> 00:12:54,787 He's certainly quite suave, and there is a hint of a cheekbone, 219 00:12:54,788 --> 00:12:57,795 but he's very definitely the wrong side of middle-aged. 220 00:12:57,796 --> 00:13:01,059 Maturity can bring very valuable experience. 221 00:13:02,665 --> 00:13:05,731 Anyway, there's scant time for getting square-eyed at the moment. 222 00:13:05,732 --> 00:13:08,867 We're rushed off us feet, being one man down. 223 00:13:08,868 --> 00:13:12,264 The standard of care at the Lady Emily is excellent. 224 00:13:12,265 --> 00:13:15,984 And no-one can deny that Mr Scarisbrick is genuinely caring, 225 00:13:15,985 --> 00:13:17,699 but I also am quite certain 226 00:13:17,700 --> 00:13:20,579 there is something we can take to the table there 227 00:13:20,580 --> 00:13:22,464 in terms of midwifery practice. 228 00:13:22,465 --> 00:13:25,224 All the luxury in the world cannot take the place 229 00:13:25,225 --> 00:13:29,304 of kind and sensible support when a woman is at her most fragile, 230 00:13:29,305 --> 00:13:31,104 because when she is at her most fragile, 231 00:13:31,105 --> 00:13:34,465 that's when she finds her strength. 232 00:13:36,196 --> 00:13:39,748 What do you think, Sister Monica Joan? 233 00:13:40,676 --> 00:13:45,860 Seek not wisdom beneath the branches of the mighty oak. 234 00:13:45,988 --> 00:13:48,688 Its shadows cast confusion. 235 00:13:49,636 --> 00:13:51,316 Stand, instead, 236 00:13:52,068 --> 00:13:54,068 beside the saplings. 237 00:13:54,116 --> 00:13:55,944 There is more light. 238 00:13:55,945 --> 00:13:58,145 You will gain clarity. 239 00:14:06,625 --> 00:14:07,625 Ohhh! 240 00:14:19,716 --> 00:14:22,915 - Iron tablets. - That's what I call service! 241 00:14:22,916 --> 00:14:25,016 - Come on in. - Thank you. 242 00:14:26,116 --> 00:14:28,216 Oh, we aim to please. 243 00:14:32,004 --> 00:14:34,104 Is that your husband? 244 00:14:34,948 --> 00:14:36,628 He looks lovely. 245 00:14:36,745 --> 00:14:40,771 All he ever wanted was a family of his own. 246 00:14:40,772 --> 00:14:43,587 Had a picture of it in his head. 247 00:14:43,588 --> 00:14:45,144 Little house... 248 00:14:45,145 --> 00:14:46,465 ...garden... 249 00:14:47,305 --> 00:14:48,985 ...doting wife... 250 00:14:49,284 --> 00:14:50,964 ...little boy... 251 00:14:51,396 --> 00:14:53,076 ...little girl. 252 00:14:53,444 --> 00:14:55,544 I gave him two girls. 253 00:14:56,324 --> 00:14:58,224 It was near enough. 254 00:14:58,465 --> 00:15:00,665 Maybe he'd understand. 255 00:15:01,316 --> 00:15:03,616 His own family, Sister. 256 00:15:05,185 --> 00:15:08,035 Well, from here on in, whatever happens, 257 00:15:08,036 --> 00:15:11,492 I can help you every step of the way. 258 00:15:12,068 --> 00:15:13,508 Look at you. 259 00:15:14,065 --> 00:15:15,965 You must be my age. 260 00:15:16,105 --> 00:15:18,005 What happened, huh? 261 00:15:19,300 --> 00:15:23,812 I ended up like this and you ended up like that. 262 00:15:27,044 --> 00:15:30,563 Mr Scarisbrick? Do we have the results of Fiona Aylward's tests? 263 00:15:30,564 --> 00:15:31,564 Not yet. 264 00:15:33,188 --> 00:15:35,747 - How's her temperature this morning? - She's still pyrexial 265 00:15:35,748 --> 00:15:38,243 and seems unusually weak. 266 00:15:38,244 --> 00:15:41,044 I didn't like the look of that petechial rash you spotted, as you know. 267 00:15:41,045 --> 00:15:43,491 Septicaemia crossed my mind, but the rash hasn't spread. 268 00:15:43,492 --> 00:15:46,883 I thought I'd root out the last set of blood tests we have for her 269 00:15:46,884 --> 00:15:49,464 whilst we wait for the results of her new ones. 270 00:15:49,465 --> 00:15:50,467 Her antenatal tests? 271 00:15:50,468 --> 00:15:52,387 Yes. They're not entirely consistent 272 00:15:52,388 --> 00:15:54,755 with a straightforward iron deficiency picture, 273 00:15:54,756 --> 00:15:58,824 so I've consulted with the haematologist at St Luke's. 274 00:15:58,825 --> 00:16:02,904 He'd like to perform a bone marrow aspiration here on Friday. 275 00:16:02,905 --> 00:16:04,704 He'll take a sample of soft bone tissue 276 00:16:04,705 --> 00:16:06,915 so we can see what's really going on in her blood cells, 277 00:16:06,916 --> 00:16:09,155 and to see if there's anything more serious lurking. 278 00:16:09,156 --> 00:16:10,464 I do hope there isn't. 279 00:16:10,465 --> 00:16:13,827 So do I, but we must investigate and wait. 280 00:16:13,828 --> 00:16:16,228 You take good care of her in the meantime... and her husband. 281 00:16:16,229 --> 00:16:17,229 I will. 282 00:16:20,356 --> 00:16:21,356 Ta-da! 283 00:16:24,580 --> 00:16:28,324 Are you feeling sad, Sister Monica Joan? 284 00:16:28,356 --> 00:16:30,356 "Sad"...is such a... 285 00:16:32,004 --> 00:16:33,684 ...specific word. 286 00:16:34,756 --> 00:16:37,828 I feel a bit sad, if I'm honest. 287 00:16:38,020 --> 00:16:40,003 It was something a patient said, 288 00:16:40,004 --> 00:16:42,264 not for the first time! 289 00:16:42,265 --> 00:16:45,165 But each time I hear it, it... 290 00:16:45,745 --> 00:16:47,425 ...punctures me. 291 00:16:47,940 --> 00:16:50,371 She pointed out that we were the same age 292 00:16:50,372 --> 00:16:52,867 but were on completely different paths. 293 00:16:52,868 --> 00:16:56,036 We've led such contrasting lives. 294 00:16:56,785 --> 00:17:00,547 Now, I know some Sisters think all the time about the sacrifices they've made 295 00:17:00,548 --> 00:17:03,524 to join the Order. But I don't. 296 00:17:03,940 --> 00:17:06,627 I hardly had to give up anything. 297 00:17:06,628 --> 00:17:10,852 I entered the convent when I was seventeen... 298 00:17:11,492 --> 00:17:15,044 ...before the Beatles, before the pill. 299 00:17:16,228 --> 00:17:18,915 I've never had a boyfriend... 300 00:17:18,916 --> 00:17:21,416 ...never mind been kissed. 301 00:17:22,372 --> 00:17:24,384 Plus, I've never worn a miniskirt. 302 00:17:24,385 --> 00:17:26,085 And I never will. 303 00:17:26,596 --> 00:17:28,195 The pinafore dress was... 304 00:17:28,196 --> 00:17:31,824 - ...quite sufficient. - I was mortified when they made me wear that. 305 00:17:31,825 --> 00:17:33,635 The first time I saw a miniskirt 306 00:17:33,636 --> 00:17:35,555 in Harrogate, I was quite perturbed. 307 00:17:35,556 --> 00:17:38,819 I thought, "Oh, that... that poor lady's skirt's ridden up 308 00:17:38,820 --> 00:17:41,507 "and no-one's told her." So I did. 309 00:17:41,508 --> 00:17:46,627 I was very polite about it, but... she gave me short shrift. 310 00:17:46,628 --> 00:17:52,292 Can I really understand my patients' problems when I'm so... 311 00:17:53,156 --> 00:17:54,716 ...unworldly? 312 00:17:54,820 --> 00:17:57,796 You are faced with a conundrum. 313 00:17:58,660 --> 00:18:01,560 Conundrums require solutions. 314 00:18:02,065 --> 00:18:03,745 Do you have one? 315 00:18:05,572 --> 00:18:06,572 No. 316 00:18:07,172 --> 00:18:09,572 I, too, am challenged... 317 00:18:10,825 --> 00:18:13,325 ...and can find no answer. 318 00:18:14,916 --> 00:18:16,596 May I interject 319 00:18:17,545 --> 00:18:20,045 and venture a suggestion? 320 00:18:21,385 --> 00:18:24,864 Life never quite goes to plan, does it? 321 00:18:24,865 --> 00:18:29,571 I was just getting into my routine with Jonathan, and... 322 00:18:29,572 --> 00:18:32,784 Oh, if I talk about him I shall cry. 323 00:18:32,785 --> 00:18:34,704 You must miss him dreadfully. 324 00:18:34,705 --> 00:18:36,505 I miss everything. 325 00:18:37,225 --> 00:18:39,525 I just want to go home. 326 00:18:40,945 --> 00:18:42,745 I miss my own bed. 327 00:18:42,756 --> 00:18:46,212 I miss... lining up my Le Creuset pans 328 00:18:46,980 --> 00:18:50,819 and musing on what I'm going to cook for Matthew! 329 00:18:50,820 --> 00:18:53,064 I miss writing in my journal, 330 00:18:53,065 --> 00:18:55,944 with Jonathan's head tucked in up against my neck. 331 00:18:55,945 --> 00:18:57,347 You keep a journal? 332 00:18:57,348 --> 00:18:59,388 I hope it's full to bursting with delicious scandal. 333 00:18:59,389 --> 00:19:02,749 You'll have to kill me to find out! 334 00:19:03,428 --> 00:19:06,692 Oh, there's nothing in it, really. 335 00:19:06,884 --> 00:19:09,059 I always looked rather fashionable - 336 00:19:09,060 --> 00:19:11,363 I worked in advertising - but deep down, 337 00:19:11,364 --> 00:19:13,584 I'm actually quite old-fashioned. 338 00:19:13,585 --> 00:19:15,651 You're in better company than you might think. 339 00:19:15,652 --> 00:19:16,652 You too? 340 00:19:16,868 --> 00:19:19,875 I won't tell anyone if you don't! 341 00:19:19,876 --> 00:19:22,584 Who knows, maybe one day we'll both break out 342 00:19:22,585 --> 00:19:25,635 and run down Regent Street in our bikinis! 343 00:19:25,636 --> 00:19:27,043 It's a date! 344 00:19:27,044 --> 00:19:29,444 I'll book a baby-sitter. 345 00:19:37,156 --> 00:19:39,907 Dr Turner's surgery. How may I be of assistance? 346 00:19:39,908 --> 00:19:42,275 Miss Higgins, it's Sister Hilda. 347 00:19:42,276 --> 00:19:45,027 Oh, Sister Hilda, how may I help you? 348 00:19:45,028 --> 00:19:47,715 I'm telephoning... on the cadge, so to speak. 349 00:19:47,716 --> 00:19:50,339 Hm... Next time you're throwing out any magazines, 350 00:19:50,340 --> 00:19:53,544 would you mind passing them our way? I'm talking 351 00:19:53,545 --> 00:19:56,227 specifically about periodicals from the, er... 352 00:19:56,228 --> 00:19:59,683 ...the more "groovy" end of the spectrum. 353 00:19:59,684 --> 00:20:04,163 Well, I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the term "groovy". 354 00:20:04,164 --> 00:20:08,707 Er, but I could offer you Woman's Realm and The People's Friend. 355 00:20:08,708 --> 00:20:11,876 I was rather hoping for Tit-Bits. 356 00:20:12,548 --> 00:20:16,584 Might I remind you that this is a doctor's surgery and not a... 357 00:20:16,585 --> 00:20:19,267 ...a beauty parlour on the King's Road? 358 00:20:19,268 --> 00:20:23,300 Of course, Miss Higgins. I stand corrected. 359 00:20:24,708 --> 00:20:28,355 I think it's best if you don't linger by the coatstand. 360 00:20:28,356 --> 00:20:29,955 Miss Higgins is in an acerbic mood. 361 00:20:29,956 --> 00:20:31,363 What's wrong with her? 362 00:20:31,364 --> 00:20:36,419 Oh, words have been had with Nonnatus House. It wasn't to do with medical matters. 363 00:20:36,420 --> 00:20:39,939 There is such a lot of tension underneath the surface. 364 00:20:39,940 --> 00:20:41,859 Miss Higgins knows as well as we do 365 00:20:41,860 --> 00:20:45,384 that our fortunes are tied up with the Order 366 00:20:45,385 --> 00:20:49,475 but we have no control over what they choose to do. 367 00:20:49,476 --> 00:20:52,611 Patrick, even if the Sisters do expand to the Lady Emily, 368 00:20:52,612 --> 00:20:55,464 they won't leave us in the lurch. 369 00:20:55,465 --> 00:20:59,459 Sister Julienne's whole reason for doing this is to underpin their work in Poplar. 370 00:20:59,460 --> 00:21:01,140 I do know that. 371 00:21:01,465 --> 00:21:05,923 And I don't want to see them shut up shop for lack of funds. 372 00:21:05,924 --> 00:21:08,547 Our general practice could survive without them, 373 00:21:08,548 --> 00:21:10,403 but the maternity home can't. 374 00:21:10,404 --> 00:21:13,956 Just as they can't survive without us. 375 00:21:14,628 --> 00:21:18,915 I'd grown to cherish the fact that we're so dependent on each other. 376 00:21:18,916 --> 00:21:23,459 But things really do feel quite precarious right now. 377 00:21:23,460 --> 00:21:26,851 It will fall on deaf ears if I tell you to have faith. 378 00:21:26,852 --> 00:21:31,076 But I will say this - I am praying every day. 379 00:21:31,268 --> 00:21:32,948 That's my girl. 380 00:21:36,196 --> 00:21:40,824 Keep staring at the flowers, Mrs Aylward. The local anaesthetic is working. 381 00:21:40,825 --> 00:21:42,915 You shan't feel a thing. 382 00:21:42,916 --> 00:21:44,707 Look at me, if that helps. 383 00:21:44,708 --> 00:21:47,587 We're just double-checking a few things. 384 00:21:47,588 --> 00:21:49,888 It won't take too long. 385 00:22:20,676 --> 00:22:22,531 I might not be a haematologist, 386 00:22:22,532 --> 00:22:25,155 but even I know why doctors do bone marrow tests. 387 00:22:25,156 --> 00:22:26,184 Mr Aylward... 388 00:22:26,185 --> 00:22:29,187 What is wrong with my wife, Sister Franklin? 389 00:22:29,188 --> 00:22:32,387 Please. I just want someone to tell me the truth. 390 00:22:32,388 --> 00:22:33,475 The truth is... 391 00:22:33,476 --> 00:22:35,075 ...we don't know. 392 00:22:35,076 --> 00:22:37,507 But we're trying to find out. 393 00:22:37,508 --> 00:22:40,771 The bone marrow test will help us rule out certain things. 394 00:22:40,772 --> 00:22:42,472 "Certain things"? 395 00:22:43,225 --> 00:22:45,315 "Certain things" is... 396 00:22:45,316 --> 00:22:47,216 It's all euphemism! 397 00:22:48,900 --> 00:22:52,739 Do we not need to move her to a proper hospital? 398 00:22:52,740 --> 00:22:58,627 With the best will in the world, this is a maternity clinic! If... If she... 399 00:22:58,628 --> 00:23:02,544 Mrs Aylward will be moved when the test results are in, if necessary. 400 00:23:02,545 --> 00:23:06,435 And in the meantime, I've been thinking, if your wife is going to 401 00:23:06,436 --> 00:23:10,147 be here for a longer period than we first envisaged, we could set up 402 00:23:10,148 --> 00:23:13,283 an adjoining room for baby Jonathan, 403 00:23:13,284 --> 00:23:16,355 if you so desire, and bring in a nursery nurse. 404 00:23:16,356 --> 00:23:18,467 That is a wonderful idea. 405 00:23:18,468 --> 00:23:19,668 Thank you. 406 00:23:25,105 --> 00:23:27,705 I managed to find some clothes for the children in the charity box 407 00:23:27,706 --> 00:23:29,506 at Nonnatus House. 408 00:23:29,796 --> 00:23:35,364 We can take those over with the food for Mr and Mrs Clarke. 409 00:23:35,428 --> 00:23:38,307 It's so warm and toasty in here. 410 00:23:38,308 --> 00:23:41,123 I shudder to think how cold they must be in that place. 411 00:23:41,124 --> 00:23:46,308 We'll warm them up soon. Come and have a taste of this. 412 00:23:49,060 --> 00:23:50,740 Cyril Robinson! 413 00:23:50,916 --> 00:23:53,183 You are beating me at my own game. 414 00:24:31,748 --> 00:24:33,188 Fred Buckle! 415 00:24:37,828 --> 00:24:41,764 Hello, sweetie. I have someone to see you. 416 00:24:43,780 --> 00:24:44,780 Ohhh! 417 00:24:45,892 --> 00:24:47,212 Hello, you. 418 00:24:48,196 --> 00:24:51,395 Oh, I've missed you. 419 00:24:51,396 --> 00:24:53,996 Oh, what a beautiful face. 420 00:25:04,225 --> 00:25:07,011 - I'm about to leave, Mr Scarisbrick. - Sister Franklin! 421 00:25:07,012 --> 00:25:09,744 In another very soignee ensemble. 422 00:25:09,745 --> 00:25:11,107 I wonder, Mr Scarisbrick, 423 00:25:11,108 --> 00:25:13,347 if you'd allow me to observe you in theatre tomorrow. 424 00:25:13,348 --> 00:25:15,864 Of course. Any particular surgery? 425 00:25:15,865 --> 00:25:18,265 I'd like to watch a DandC. 426 00:25:18,532 --> 00:25:20,707 You seem to do them quite frequently. 427 00:25:20,708 --> 00:25:25,955 I admire your diligence. You are, of course, most welcome to attend. 428 00:25:25,956 --> 00:25:29,064 Read another! This is jolly good fun. 429 00:25:29,065 --> 00:25:30,765 "Mothers, beware! 430 00:25:31,225 --> 00:25:33,625 "My three-year-old niece 431 00:25:33,865 --> 00:25:38,115 "recently locked her mother in a cupboard by mistake, 432 00:25:38,116 --> 00:25:41,379 "and she had to wait for my brother-in-law to return from the office 433 00:25:41,380 --> 00:25:44,579 "to get her out again. Fortunately, they all saw the funny side. 434 00:25:44,580 --> 00:25:46,780 "Miss AC (Wimbledon)." 435 00:25:47,665 --> 00:25:50,595 I hope they're not renting a room out to any tennis stars. 436 00:25:50,596 --> 00:25:52,344 Centre Court will be empty. 437 00:25:52,345 --> 00:25:55,971 Do people really have nothing better to do with their time 438 00:25:55,972 --> 00:25:58,944 than to write such banalities in to women's magazines? 439 00:25:58,945 --> 00:26:02,947 I'm surprised the nation hasn't been driven to narcolepsy. 440 00:26:02,948 --> 00:26:07,584 Tell us again about the Beatles' favourite family Christmas gifts. I enjoyed that. 441 00:26:07,585 --> 00:26:09,285 They feel like... 442 00:26:09,988 --> 00:26:15,844 ...important matters for the woman about town. Don't you agree? 443 00:26:20,740 --> 00:26:25,475 It's hard to believe they're the same stars we saw back in Rodney Bay. 444 00:26:25,476 --> 00:26:29,424 Do you think they're looking down at us and thinking, "Fools"? 445 00:26:29,425 --> 00:26:33,219 No man who tries to get something better for his children is a fool. 446 00:26:33,220 --> 00:26:35,320 And no woman, either. 447 00:26:36,100 --> 00:26:37,800 I'm sorry, Faith. 448 00:26:38,916 --> 00:26:42,372 I wish things were going differently. 449 00:26:56,665 --> 00:27:00,744 Sister Franklin will be observing us today, ladies and gentlemen. 450 00:27:00,745 --> 00:27:05,731 She has assured me there'll be no jeering from the cheap seats. 451 00:27:05,732 --> 00:27:09,956 Hegar's dilator, if you would, please, Nurse. 452 00:27:12,580 --> 00:27:13,987 A routine DandC. 453 00:27:13,988 --> 00:27:16,588 Let's see what we'll find. 454 00:27:26,212 --> 00:27:27,912 You've been busy. 455 00:27:29,425 --> 00:27:33,059 It's the only thing he or she will have that's a little part of me. 456 00:27:33,060 --> 00:27:37,347 Oh, I think they'll have more of you than you'll ever know. 457 00:27:37,348 --> 00:27:39,548 I never knew my mammy. 458 00:27:39,652 --> 00:27:42,744 She left when I was six weeks old. 459 00:27:42,745 --> 00:27:45,667 And my dad had a bit of a temper, so... 460 00:27:45,668 --> 00:27:47,907 I used to always think, 461 00:27:47,908 --> 00:27:51,364 "Why couldn't she take me with her?" 462 00:27:53,796 --> 00:27:55,356 This is hers. 463 00:27:57,764 --> 00:28:00,835 It's the only thing of hers I have. 464 00:28:00,836 --> 00:28:04,388 Well, apart from her nose, apparently. 465 00:28:04,705 --> 00:28:07,619 I used to wonder, were we alike 466 00:28:07,620 --> 00:28:11,844 in temperament, were we, like, similar? Or... 467 00:28:12,868 --> 00:28:14,915 I don't remember her. 468 00:28:14,916 --> 00:28:17,216 Sometimes I think I do, 469 00:28:17,305 --> 00:28:19,605 but I'm kidding myself. 470 00:28:20,804 --> 00:28:22,224 When I touch this... 471 00:28:22,225 --> 00:28:23,665 ...I dunno... 472 00:28:26,820 --> 00:28:28,520 ...I can feel her. 473 00:28:29,956 --> 00:28:31,171 Is that mad? 474 00:28:31,172 --> 00:28:32,172 No. 475 00:28:32,580 --> 00:28:34,260 No, not at all. 476 00:28:35,908 --> 00:28:41,155 I always swore I'd never do to my kids what she did to me. 477 00:28:41,156 --> 00:28:42,856 Well, guess what? 478 00:28:44,548 --> 00:28:48,388 The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. 479 00:28:57,156 --> 00:28:59,715 I'm now preparing to remove 480 00:28:59,716 --> 00:29:02,416 the products of conception. 481 00:29:13,105 --> 00:29:18,769 This young lady was not entirely candid about her condition. 482 00:29:18,788 --> 00:29:21,347 She's three months pregnant, 483 00:29:21,348 --> 00:29:24,900 not nine or ten weeks, as she told me. 484 00:29:26,020 --> 00:29:30,504 I'm just glad she had the means and the common sense to come here. 485 00:29:30,505 --> 00:29:36,073 God knows where she might have looked for rescue otherwise. 486 00:29:41,252 --> 00:29:44,515 They have some wonderful competitions in there. 487 00:29:44,516 --> 00:29:45,987 A lady who comes in here 488 00:29:45,988 --> 00:29:50,211 won a year's supply of Avon's new Tender Tints. 489 00:29:50,212 --> 00:29:54,628 Not that you'd have much call for that, though! 490 00:29:55,465 --> 00:30:00,707 Ooh, and in that one, there's a wonderful true-life romance. 491 00:30:00,708 --> 00:30:02,819 A young woman opens her heart 492 00:30:02,820 --> 00:30:06,024 to a doctor, and he helps piece her back together physically... 493 00:30:06,025 --> 00:30:07,825 ...and emotionally. 494 00:30:08,905 --> 00:30:12,073 I'll just take these two, please. 495 00:30:14,340 --> 00:30:17,219 Thank you for letting me observe, Mr Scarisbrick. 496 00:30:17,220 --> 00:30:19,224 I trust you found it informative. 497 00:30:19,225 --> 00:30:20,424 I most certainly did. 498 00:30:20,425 --> 00:30:24,744 That operation was entered into the theatre record as a DandC. 499 00:30:24,745 --> 00:30:28,227 And it will remain on the record as a DandC. 500 00:30:28,228 --> 00:30:29,699 It was an abortion! 501 00:30:29,700 --> 00:30:32,140 Sister Franklin, you knew what you were going to see in there. 502 00:30:32,141 --> 00:30:35,184 That's why you asked to watch me working, was it not? 503 00:30:35,185 --> 00:30:36,865 I didn't know. 504 00:30:37,105 --> 00:30:38,723 My suspicions were aroused. 505 00:30:38,724 --> 00:30:42,435 And, meanwhile, I am under orders and honour bound to report back 506 00:30:42,436 --> 00:30:45,507 everything I learn about the Lady Emily to Sister Julienne. 507 00:30:45,508 --> 00:30:47,107 - You know that! - And will you? 508 00:30:47,108 --> 00:30:50,115 There's much that could go unspoken. So much does. 509 00:30:50,116 --> 00:30:52,216 Women don't die here. 510 00:30:53,545 --> 00:30:58,051 I'm not going to say that makes no difference, Mr Scarisbrick... 511 00:30:58,052 --> 00:31:00,675 ...because this is less lethal than a backstreet kitchen table. 512 00:31:00,676 --> 00:31:02,339 We're both entirely aware of that! 513 00:31:02,340 --> 00:31:05,604 But you are still breaking the law! 514 00:31:06,820 --> 00:31:09,763 All morals, all beliefs, all views aside, 515 00:31:09,764 --> 00:31:12,451 what you are doing is criminal, 516 00:31:12,452 --> 00:31:14,307 and I cannot allow the Order to walk into it. 517 00:31:14,308 --> 00:31:15,715 I couldn't do it to them. 518 00:31:15,716 --> 00:31:16,995 And you shouldn't want to! 519 00:31:16,996 --> 00:31:18,716 Do you not read the papers, Sister Franklin? 520 00:31:18,717 --> 00:31:23,331 The idea of hospitals performing abortions is being discussed in Parliament. 521 00:31:23,332 --> 00:31:26,064 Being discussed in Parliament doesn't make it legal! Yet! 522 00:31:26,065 --> 00:31:29,731 I'm not interested in having a debate with you. 523 00:31:29,732 --> 00:31:32,547 I'm interested in collating all the relevant facts 524 00:31:32,548 --> 00:31:34,595 so that I can put them before Sister Julienne 525 00:31:34,596 --> 00:31:37,667 and allow her to come to her own conclusions. 526 00:31:37,668 --> 00:31:41,064 I trust this will all be done in confidence. 527 00:31:41,065 --> 00:31:45,264 You're good at doing things in confidence, aren't you, Mr Scarisbrick? 528 00:31:45,265 --> 00:31:51,265 I think you'll find Sister Julienne's defining virtue is integrity. 529 00:31:53,988 --> 00:31:55,715 It's so clean in here. 530 00:31:55,716 --> 00:31:57,744 Everything smells so fresh. 531 00:31:57,745 --> 00:32:00,195 It's a constant battle against the damp. 532 00:32:00,196 --> 00:32:02,544 You have to keep on top of it. Honestly, 533 00:32:02,545 --> 00:32:04,867 they chucked up these flats without a second thought 534 00:32:04,868 --> 00:32:06,595 of what it's actually like to live in them. 535 00:32:06,596 --> 00:32:10,464 As soon as you put fresh paper up, it's mouldy. 536 00:32:10,465 --> 00:32:12,384 The wind gets in, the rain... 537 00:32:12,385 --> 00:32:14,685 Oh, Jacinta, I'm sorry. 538 00:32:21,745 --> 00:32:24,387 I'm the worst woman in the world. 539 00:32:24,388 --> 00:32:26,435 I'm not going to let you say that, because it's just not true! 540 00:32:26,436 --> 00:32:28,163 I wouldn't waste your breath, Sister. 541 00:32:28,164 --> 00:32:30,339 Nothing you can say to change my mind. 542 00:32:30,340 --> 00:32:35,620 And no matter how much I clean, I still feel so... dirty. 543 00:32:36,036 --> 00:32:37,827 I've told you, I'm not having this! 544 00:32:37,828 --> 00:32:41,764 I'm giving my child away, my newborn baby. 545 00:32:41,796 --> 00:32:44,424 Every time I think about it, I just... 546 00:32:44,425 --> 00:32:46,125 ...fall to pieces. 547 00:32:48,865 --> 00:32:49,865 Hello? 548 00:32:50,185 --> 00:32:52,185 Daddy's here! 549 00:32:55,876 --> 00:32:58,704 Is that your husband? 550 00:32:58,705 --> 00:33:02,467 Hey, yous. How are you? Look how much you've grown! 551 00:33:02,468 --> 00:33:05,603 Look what Daddy has for you. One for you and one for you. 552 00:33:05,604 --> 00:33:07,587 Where's your mammy? Huh? 553 00:33:07,588 --> 00:33:08,588 OK... 554 00:33:09,145 --> 00:33:11,545 Where's your mammy? Huh? 555 00:33:11,684 --> 00:33:12,684 Jacinta? 556 00:33:13,604 --> 00:33:15,504 Jacinta, guess who? 557 00:33:16,356 --> 00:33:17,356 OK... 558 00:33:17,785 --> 00:33:18,785 I'll... 559 00:33:20,665 --> 00:33:21,665 Jacinta! 560 00:33:22,180 --> 00:33:25,156 - What the...? - Hello, Mr O'Malley. 561 00:33:26,916 --> 00:33:31,011 Suffering ice cakes! Are you... Are you taking holy orders now? 562 00:33:31,012 --> 00:33:34,104 Jaysus, do I not even get a hello? 563 00:33:34,105 --> 00:33:35,105 Jacinta? 564 00:33:35,428 --> 00:33:37,108 What's going on? 565 00:33:37,476 --> 00:33:40,932 - Why won't me wife turn around? - Erm... 566 00:33:44,516 --> 00:33:45,795 You dirty little tart! 567 00:33:45,796 --> 00:33:47,267 Mr O'Malley, no! 568 00:33:47,268 --> 00:33:48,675 Keep away from me, Dessy! 569 00:33:48,676 --> 00:33:52,420 Well, it's not mine, is it? Well, is it? 570 00:33:55,780 --> 00:33:58,147 Mr O'Malley, I'm going to have to ask you not to be violent, 571 00:33:58,148 --> 00:34:00,264 or I shall call the police. 572 00:34:00,265 --> 00:34:02,165 Oh, shut your hole. 573 00:34:03,268 --> 00:34:04,268 Well? 574 00:34:05,905 --> 00:34:06,905 No. 575 00:34:08,545 --> 00:34:10,225 It's not yours. 576 00:34:13,636 --> 00:34:14,636 Oh? 577 00:34:15,748 --> 00:34:17,795 Are we offering a delivery service now? 578 00:34:17,796 --> 00:34:20,675 It's just a couple of loaves and a... and a few bits. 579 00:34:20,676 --> 00:34:22,723 Nurse Anderson and Cyril told me 580 00:34:22,724 --> 00:34:24,643 about this family fallen upon hard times. 581 00:34:24,644 --> 00:34:26,435 Well, we'll fall on hard times 582 00:34:26,436 --> 00:34:28,739 if you keep on giving things away. 583 00:34:28,740 --> 00:34:30,864 But, Vi, they're living in a squat. 584 00:34:30,865 --> 00:34:34,243 And you said yourself there was a shortage of houses at the moment. 585 00:34:34,244 --> 00:34:36,675 I don't know why I bothered locking up the shop today. 586 00:34:36,676 --> 00:34:38,339 I should've just left the door open 587 00:34:38,340 --> 00:34:41,667 and invited everyone in for a free-for-all. 588 00:34:41,668 --> 00:34:43,368 And no more tick! 589 00:34:43,524 --> 00:34:47,619 I'm going to put my hand in that till one day and find it empty 590 00:34:47,620 --> 00:34:51,203 because you've given everything away for free. 591 00:34:51,204 --> 00:34:54,104 Please, Vi, just come with me. 592 00:35:05,156 --> 00:35:07,011 I'm so sorry, Sister Julienne. 593 00:35:07,012 --> 00:35:10,275 I know I'm interrupting the Great Silence, but when you hear what I have to say, 594 00:35:10,276 --> 00:35:15,331 I-I think you'll agree it can't wait until the morning. 595 00:35:15,332 --> 00:35:17,132 Just through here. 596 00:35:25,124 --> 00:35:27,724 This is Mr and Mrs Buckle. 597 00:35:28,516 --> 00:35:32,424 They're the people that sent you that food the other day. 598 00:35:32,425 --> 00:35:34,979 Er, we've brought you some more bits and bobs. 599 00:35:34,980 --> 00:35:35,980 Er... 600 00:35:36,324 --> 00:35:39,395 Er, some more corned beef, and... 601 00:35:39,396 --> 00:35:41,424 ...swiss roll for the kiddies. 602 00:35:41,425 --> 00:35:43,125 You're very kind. 603 00:35:43,428 --> 00:35:45,219 You are most welcome. 604 00:35:45,220 --> 00:35:48,624 We will reimburse you as soon as our circumstances allow. 605 00:35:48,625 --> 00:35:50,725 We'll not hear of it. 606 00:35:51,172 --> 00:35:53,184 You're in the East End now. 607 00:35:53,185 --> 00:35:55,824 And in the East End, what we have 608 00:35:55,825 --> 00:35:56,905 we share. 609 00:36:05,316 --> 00:36:08,323 - And this is commonplace there? - Yes. It is. 610 00:36:08,324 --> 00:36:11,459 Mr Scarisbrick has offered up a full disclosure. 611 00:36:11,460 --> 00:36:14,339 One wishes he had done so without being asked. 612 00:36:14,340 --> 00:36:17,544 It would appear our bid to save Nonnatus House 613 00:36:17,545 --> 00:36:21,187 by going into private practice is now over. 614 00:36:21,188 --> 00:36:24,264 - Is there something you wish to say? - I'm angry. 615 00:36:24,265 --> 00:36:27,715 I'm angry that wealthy women can go there, 616 00:36:27,716 --> 00:36:31,584 and ordinary women end up on a table in a room above a pub, 617 00:36:31,585 --> 00:36:35,459 that whether you are damaged internally is down to how much money you have. 618 00:36:35,460 --> 00:36:40,643 The haves have it all, and the have-nots are yet again cast aside. 619 00:36:40,644 --> 00:36:42,084 And yet I... 620 00:36:42,308 --> 00:36:44,547 ...I like Mr Scarisbrick. 621 00:36:44,548 --> 00:36:46,228 I respect him. 622 00:36:46,825 --> 00:36:50,115 And just in this moment, that makes me angry, too. 623 00:36:50,116 --> 00:36:52,867 Anger is always an interesting emotion. 624 00:36:52,868 --> 00:36:56,707 It never comes without questions in its wake. 625 00:36:56,708 --> 00:37:02,467 You will work a week's notice at the Lady Emily, after which... 626 00:37:02,468 --> 00:37:05,636 ...we will not speak of it again. 627 00:37:09,764 --> 00:37:12,195 They're your dirty shoes. 628 00:37:12,196 --> 00:37:14,691 Take them off. Or don't step on the rug. 629 00:37:14,692 --> 00:37:19,107 Er, you don't tell me what to do. I tell you what to do. 630 00:37:19,108 --> 00:37:20,904 Ball's in my court now. 631 00:37:20,905 --> 00:37:24,227 Talking of which, you've been unfaithful. 632 00:37:24,228 --> 00:37:26,851 Any court in the land would say that you're an unfit mother 633 00:37:26,852 --> 00:37:29,052 - and give them kids to me. - She's not an unfit mother. 634 00:37:29,053 --> 00:37:30,435 She's a very good mother. 635 00:37:30,436 --> 00:37:34,595 Who cares what some nun thinks? It's what the courts think that matters. 636 00:37:34,596 --> 00:37:37,096 And they'd agree with me. 637 00:37:37,796 --> 00:37:39,796 She's damaged goods. 638 00:37:41,444 --> 00:37:45,283 And for the record, I'm only here to see my kids... 639 00:37:45,284 --> 00:37:49,028 ...while I make me mind up on what to do. 640 00:37:52,225 --> 00:37:56,064 I'll show you out. They should have mended the lift today. 641 00:37:56,065 --> 00:37:59,617 Sorry, there's something I have to do. 642 00:38:00,772 --> 00:38:04,035 Do you have no sympathy for your wife, Mr O'Malley? 643 00:38:04,036 --> 00:38:07,204 Left alone while you were at sea? 644 00:38:07,876 --> 00:38:10,947 I know life isn't as black and white as it is in the agony columns 645 00:38:10,948 --> 00:38:13,704 and letters pages! And I know it must be very hard 646 00:38:13,705 --> 00:38:16,835 to forgive what Jacinta's done. It... It must feel like a betrayal. 647 00:38:16,836 --> 00:38:18,936 Feel like a betrayal? 648 00:38:19,345 --> 00:38:21,045 It is a betrayal. 649 00:38:21,865 --> 00:38:25,475 Look, there's a lot in life that I don't have the greatest grasp on, 650 00:38:25,476 --> 00:38:29,028 but I do know that she's a good woman. 651 00:38:29,425 --> 00:38:34,627 And I do know that she just wants what's best for all your children. 652 00:38:34,628 --> 00:38:35,628 "All"? 653 00:38:36,868 --> 00:38:39,268 I've only got two, love. 654 00:38:39,556 --> 00:38:41,184 That thing in there... 655 00:38:41,185 --> 00:38:42,865 ...is not mine. 656 00:38:52,484 --> 00:38:54,787 It might be best to sit down, Mr Aylward. 657 00:38:54,788 --> 00:38:56,788 That sounds ominous. 658 00:38:57,028 --> 00:39:02,500 Why don't I take baby Jonathan off your hands for a while? 659 00:39:05,604 --> 00:39:10,019 Dr Carlson has got the results of your bone marrow aspiration. 660 00:39:10,020 --> 00:39:14,904 We've consulted. I'm afraid it's not the news we'd hoped for. 661 00:39:14,905 --> 00:39:19,897 The tests show that you have acute myeloid leukaemia. 662 00:39:21,156 --> 00:39:23,856 This... This is ridiculous. 663 00:39:24,164 --> 00:39:26,724 I mean, she only came in with a fever. What have you done to her? 664 00:39:26,725 --> 00:39:28,944 - Matthew... - I am sorry, Mr Aylward. 665 00:39:28,945 --> 00:39:31,395 Puerperal fever and leukaemia have very similar symptoms. 666 00:39:31,396 --> 00:39:32,995 So you missed it? 667 00:39:32,996 --> 00:39:35,784 Is that what you're saying? This was some sort of misdiagnosis? 668 00:39:35,785 --> 00:39:37,155 I'm not saying that. 669 00:39:37,156 --> 00:39:39,624 Perhaps you and I could speak outside, Mr Aylward. 670 00:39:39,625 --> 00:39:42,985 - Please may I have my son? - Of course. 671 00:39:49,636 --> 00:39:50,636 Darling? 672 00:39:50,665 --> 00:39:53,365 Nobody's made any mistakes. 673 00:39:53,476 --> 00:39:59,363 And nothing you do or say now is going to change the fact that I'm... 674 00:39:59,364 --> 00:40:00,364 ...ill. 675 00:40:12,745 --> 00:40:14,851 There must be something more that you can do for her. 676 00:40:14,852 --> 00:40:18,384 Trust me, Mr Aylward, we will explore all avenues. 677 00:40:18,385 --> 00:40:22,944 There's a specialist in Manchester, a Dr Prince, I wish to telephone for guidance, 678 00:40:22,945 --> 00:40:27,651 and we should try a blood transfusion, see if that can't perk your wife up. 679 00:40:27,652 --> 00:40:30,467 I fear she needs a little more than just perking up, sir. 680 00:40:30,468 --> 00:40:34,435 No. Currently, I do not advise moving her to another facility. 681 00:40:34,436 --> 00:40:36,436 She's just too weak. 682 00:40:38,185 --> 00:40:42,313 Call me naive, but I refuse to give up hope. 683 00:40:42,628 --> 00:40:43,628 Oh! 684 00:40:45,745 --> 00:40:48,835 Mrs Buckle mentioned you were in her shop the other day... 685 00:40:48,836 --> 00:40:50,947 ...purchasing some magazines. 686 00:40:50,948 --> 00:40:53,424 I've broken a rule, haven't I? 687 00:40:53,425 --> 00:40:54,425 Have I? 688 00:40:55,172 --> 00:40:57,155 I think it's tremendous that, er, 689 00:40:57,156 --> 00:41:00,547 you're keen to understand young women like Mrs O'Malley, 690 00:41:00,548 --> 00:41:03,747 on many levels so very different from yourself. 691 00:41:03,748 --> 00:41:06,024 If reading such publications facilitates that... 692 00:41:06,025 --> 00:41:07,843 I am learning a lot. 693 00:41:07,844 --> 00:41:10,644 ...then it can only be good. 694 00:41:10,660 --> 00:41:13,560 I hereby grant you permission 695 00:41:13,732 --> 00:41:17,784 to read one women's magazine a week, so long as you do so 696 00:41:17,785 --> 00:41:20,424 in the parlour during recreation 697 00:41:20,425 --> 00:41:24,291 and you don't take said publication up to your room. 698 00:41:30,820 --> 00:41:34,275 Are you writing in your journal, Mrs Aylward? 699 00:41:34,276 --> 00:41:36,067 Please call me Fiona. 700 00:41:36,068 --> 00:41:38,755 It seems rather pointless standing on ceremony now. 701 00:41:38,756 --> 00:41:43,076 - Could you do something for me? - Yes, of course! 702 00:41:43,108 --> 00:41:45,155 I'm writing a letter to Matthew. 703 00:41:45,156 --> 00:41:46,156 Well... 704 00:41:47,545 --> 00:41:49,225 ...just in case. 705 00:41:49,465 --> 00:41:52,515 If I dictate it, could you write it for me? 706 00:41:52,516 --> 00:41:53,716 Of course. 707 00:41:56,740 --> 00:42:02,307 I only got as far as "Dear Matthew" and then I rather ran out of steam. 708 00:42:02,308 --> 00:42:05,699 Sometimes, when I have to do something incredibly difficult, 709 00:42:05,700 --> 00:42:07,555 I find it best to... 710 00:42:07,556 --> 00:42:11,544 ...just say what's in your head. Who cares if it jumps about? 711 00:42:11,545 --> 00:42:12,803 We can always fillet it down 712 00:42:12,804 --> 00:42:16,068 and... make more sense of it later. 713 00:42:16,260 --> 00:42:19,824 I don't care if I have to write it a hundred different times. 714 00:42:19,825 --> 00:42:22,225 We'll make it wonderful. 715 00:42:22,532 --> 00:42:23,532 Ready? 716 00:42:24,772 --> 00:42:25,772 Ready. 717 00:42:33,348 --> 00:42:35,459 And the blood transfusion? 718 00:42:35,460 --> 00:42:37,827 Doesn't seem to have helped. 719 00:42:37,828 --> 00:42:42,051 If she's deteriorating rapidly, you just have to let nature 720 00:42:42,052 --> 00:42:43,464 take its course. 721 00:42:43,465 --> 00:42:45,507 It's funny... 722 00:42:45,508 --> 00:42:50,404 ...no amount of money can make Fiona Aylward better. 723 00:42:51,204 --> 00:42:57,204 I suppose at times like this we are all as poor - or rich - as each other. 724 00:43:00,676 --> 00:43:04,132 My mother went to Harrods yesterday, 725 00:43:04,225 --> 00:43:07,297 bought Jonathan a sailor's suit. 726 00:43:08,305 --> 00:43:11,857 I'm worried he might look like Popeye. 727 00:43:12,745 --> 00:43:16,201 I think she's... reliving my babyhood. 728 00:43:17,425 --> 00:43:22,824 The next thing you know, she'll be putting his name down for prep school. 729 00:43:22,825 --> 00:43:24,525 We always said... 730 00:43:25,345 --> 00:43:29,089 ...we don't want him to board, didn't we? 731 00:43:29,604 --> 00:43:32,580 We want him home every night... 732 00:43:32,868 --> 00:43:36,324 ...all three of us round the table... 733 00:43:36,707 --> 00:43:37,987 ...eating supper together and... 734 00:43:37,988 --> 00:43:41,732 ...watching the television. 735 00:43:42,025 --> 00:43:44,525 Fiona's parents are here. 736 00:44:51,076 --> 00:44:52,756 Go! Phone box! 737 00:44:53,252 --> 00:44:55,352 Phone Nonnatus House. 738 00:44:55,465 --> 00:44:56,665 Now. GROANS 739 00:45:05,092 --> 00:45:06,992 Come here, sweetie. 740 00:45:43,876 --> 00:45:46,776 Darling, if you need to go... 741 00:45:48,548 --> 00:45:49,548 ...go. 742 00:45:54,985 --> 00:45:56,425 - Mum? - Jacinta? 743 00:45:58,980 --> 00:46:00,880 Back to bed, girls. 744 00:46:01,825 --> 00:46:03,505 Back to bed now. 745 00:46:18,865 --> 00:46:20,185 Is it dead? 746 00:46:22,276 --> 00:46:26,020 It's not breathing. Please check it now. 747 00:46:30,788 --> 00:46:36,260 Darling, don't worry about me and Jonathan. We'll be fine. 748 00:46:39,556 --> 00:46:40,963 Do not worry about... 749 00:46:40,964 --> 00:46:42,284 ...anything. 750 00:46:46,852 --> 00:46:48,172 You can go. 751 00:47:24,996 --> 00:47:28,707 Do something, please. Just rub its back. 752 00:47:28,708 --> 00:47:31,608 - Yeah, rub. - Come on, little one. 753 00:47:32,356 --> 00:47:33,916 Come on, now. 754 00:47:36,836 --> 00:47:38,636 Come on. 755 00:47:42,340 --> 00:47:44,340 That's more like it. 756 00:47:47,076 --> 00:47:48,976 I can't believe it. 757 00:47:50,596 --> 00:47:52,276 Oh, thank God. 758 00:47:53,905 --> 00:47:56,666 Oh, you certainly wrong-footed us, Jacinta. You've delivered this baby 759 00:47:56,667 --> 00:47:59,184 - all on your own! - Thank God you're here, Sister. 760 00:47:59,185 --> 00:48:02,161 - Is it all right? - Well done, lad. 761 00:48:02,628 --> 00:48:04,675 You can stand down for now. 762 00:48:04,676 --> 00:48:07,576 And go and put that kettle on. 763 00:48:07,705 --> 00:48:09,744 Tell me, is my baby all right, Sisters? 764 00:48:09,745 --> 00:48:12,817 All's well, Jacinta, all's well. 765 00:48:13,585 --> 00:48:15,785 Thank God you're here. 766 00:48:16,516 --> 00:48:17,596 Pulse 96. 767 00:48:18,052 --> 00:48:21,604 Placenta still appears to be attached. 768 00:48:38,980 --> 00:48:40,300 She's gone. 769 00:48:52,292 --> 00:48:54,892 It's just us now, soldier. 770 00:48:58,244 --> 00:48:59,244 Just us. 771 00:49:02,724 --> 00:49:06,180 Aren't you the cleverest mother ever? 772 00:49:11,108 --> 00:49:14,180 Do you know what you've got yet? 773 00:49:15,745 --> 00:49:17,305 A little boy. 774 00:49:19,428 --> 00:49:21,128 How about that... 775 00:49:21,668 --> 00:49:23,468 ...after two girls? 776 00:49:24,676 --> 00:49:27,624 You let us know when you feel ready to hold him. 777 00:49:27,625 --> 00:49:29,544 She may not want to. 778 00:49:29,545 --> 00:49:32,424 We've done enough in a rush for one day. 779 00:49:32,425 --> 00:49:34,125 All in good time. 780 00:49:34,980 --> 00:49:36,680 He's so gorgeous. 781 00:49:56,185 --> 00:49:59,641 I hope that cup of tea's on its way! 782 00:50:00,025 --> 00:50:05,593 And then we'll be needing more hot water to bathe the baby. 783 00:50:19,105 --> 00:50:21,891 We don't want any heat escaping. 784 00:50:21,892 --> 00:50:24,092 Or any cold coming in. 785 00:50:24,900 --> 00:50:28,356 Mother and baby need to be kept warm. 786 00:50:30,385 --> 00:50:31,385 Water. 787 00:50:32,580 --> 00:50:33,580 Warm. 788 00:50:50,756 --> 00:50:55,556 As a last kindness to your... lovely, lovely wife... 789 00:50:55,825 --> 00:50:58,425 ...I have to give you this. 790 00:51:01,060 --> 00:51:04,228 I was with her when she wrote it. 791 00:51:04,644 --> 00:51:07,344 And I promised her I would. 792 00:51:08,932 --> 00:51:11,432 Do I have to read it now? 793 00:51:11,556 --> 00:51:16,548 Sometimes, some things are best left for another day. 794 00:51:16,996 --> 00:51:18,556 Will it hurt? 795 00:51:18,788 --> 00:51:19,788 Yes. 796 00:51:21,505 --> 00:51:23,805 Because it's beautiful. 797 00:51:24,356 --> 00:51:27,332 When will the undertakers come? 798 00:51:27,748 --> 00:51:28,748 Not yet. 799 00:51:49,764 --> 00:51:52,584 I'm so very sorry to intrude out of working hours. 800 00:51:52,585 --> 00:51:55,267 Can I tempt you to a nice cup of Earl Grey, Sister Julienne? 801 00:51:55,268 --> 00:51:56,483 There's some in the pot. 802 00:51:56,484 --> 00:51:59,904 I would have been perfectly content with ordinary tea, but thank you. 803 00:51:59,905 --> 00:52:02,691 And a little home-made shortbread? 804 00:52:02,692 --> 00:52:05,699 Oh, just the tea would be delightful, thank you. 805 00:52:05,700 --> 00:52:07,875 You said you had news. 806 00:52:07,876 --> 00:52:08,876 Indeed. 807 00:52:09,092 --> 00:52:10,092 I do. 808 00:52:10,436 --> 00:52:13,059 And that it would be music to our ears. 809 00:52:13,060 --> 00:52:15,043 I have decided to cut all ties 810 00:52:15,044 --> 00:52:17,544 with the Lady Emily clinic and with Mr Scarisbrick. 811 00:52:17,545 --> 00:52:19,651 No partnership with them would be... 812 00:52:19,652 --> 00:52:20,995 ...appropriate. 813 00:52:20,996 --> 00:52:24,264 I was always concerned about it, Sister. 814 00:52:24,265 --> 00:52:26,371 I know you acted at all times 815 00:52:26,372 --> 00:52:30,147 in the interests of those people we care for in Poplar, 816 00:52:30,148 --> 00:52:31,848 but at what cost? 817 00:52:34,180 --> 00:52:37,464 Not at the cost of legality or the Order's moral standing. 818 00:52:37,465 --> 00:52:42,361 Ah. I take it Mr Scarisbrick has a certain sideline. 819 00:52:42,628 --> 00:52:44,184 What sort of sideline? 820 00:52:44,185 --> 00:52:45,744 Indeed. He does. 821 00:52:45,745 --> 00:52:47,555 The termination of unwanted pregnancies. 822 00:52:47,556 --> 00:52:48,556 Oh! 823 00:52:48,708 --> 00:52:51,008 Sister, they all do it. 824 00:52:51,145 --> 00:52:52,945 Why wouldn't they? 825 00:52:54,276 --> 00:52:56,579 I have been naive at best, 826 00:52:56,580 --> 00:53:01,476 wilfully, doggedly blind at worst. The scheme had... 827 00:53:01,956 --> 00:53:04,456 ...too much to commend it. 828 00:53:05,092 --> 00:53:08,099 It... It could have made such a difference here. 829 00:53:08,100 --> 00:53:09,800 But at what cost? 830 00:53:09,956 --> 00:53:14,819 You've cancelled the relationship on point of principle. 831 00:53:14,820 --> 00:53:18,275 In my experience, there's no better reason for ever doing anything. 832 00:53:18,276 --> 00:53:19,476 Thank you. 833 00:53:19,705 --> 00:53:23,833 And now we have to find another way ahead... 834 00:53:25,225 --> 00:53:29,641 ...or Nonnatus House will not be serving anyone. 835 00:53:30,265 --> 00:53:31,465 I'm sorry. 836 00:53:34,148 --> 00:53:36,448 - Goodnight. - Good evening. 837 00:53:37,348 --> 00:53:40,824 This is for Mr Clarke. He has a job interview! 838 00:53:40,825 --> 00:53:44,067 Really? Your trousers are going to be very long on him. 839 00:53:44,068 --> 00:53:47,075 Mrs Wallace has come to our rescue again. 840 00:53:47,076 --> 00:53:50,787 She knows a dry cleaner in need for a part-time book-keeper. 841 00:53:50,788 --> 00:53:53,219 Mr Clarke has his interview tomorrow. 842 00:53:53,220 --> 00:53:54,900 A dry cleaner? 843 00:53:55,716 --> 00:53:57,744 It's a wise move to send him in a suit. 844 00:53:57,745 --> 00:53:59,491 Do you want me to pick him out a tie? 845 00:53:59,492 --> 00:54:00,492 Mm-hm. 846 00:54:10,948 --> 00:54:15,555 What's going on in that little head of yours, pal, eh? 847 00:54:15,556 --> 00:54:19,396 We thought we'd lost you there, you know. 848 00:54:23,812 --> 00:54:26,312 Thank the Lord we didn't. 849 00:54:33,505 --> 00:54:35,505 Dessy, I'm so sorry. 850 00:54:37,124 --> 00:54:39,824 There isn't even an excuse. 851 00:54:40,964 --> 00:54:42,764 We all get lonely. 852 00:54:44,425 --> 00:54:46,925 But he's here now, and... 853 00:54:47,940 --> 00:54:52,740 ...well, you always had that picture in your head... 854 00:54:52,868 --> 00:54:54,548 ...the house... 855 00:54:55,236 --> 00:54:56,236 ...a boy. 856 00:54:59,460 --> 00:55:05,412 Well, this little boy's come along through no fault of his own. 857 00:55:07,140 --> 00:55:10,596 There's a new picture now, all right. 858 00:55:18,148 --> 00:55:21,048 The reason I telephoned was... 859 00:55:21,385 --> 00:55:23,907 ...I wanted to thank you... 860 00:55:23,908 --> 00:55:26,787 ...for everything that you did for Fiona. 861 00:55:26,788 --> 00:55:29,288 I appreciate it hugely... 862 00:55:29,860 --> 00:55:31,587 ...more than I can... 863 00:55:31,588 --> 00:55:35,491 ...I can ever say or will ever get the chance to say, 864 00:55:35,492 --> 00:55:36,572 probably. 865 00:55:37,225 --> 00:55:40,297 Delivering her baby was... a joy. 866 00:55:41,316 --> 00:55:44,868 And looking after her was a privilege. 867 00:55:47,588 --> 00:55:49,988 I don't want to hang up. 868 00:55:50,852 --> 00:55:54,115 If I hang up, it means I have to go to the funeral. 869 00:55:54,116 --> 00:55:58,052 - I so wish I could be there. - I keep wishing 870 00:55:58,148 --> 00:55:59,784 Fiona could be there... 871 00:55:59,785 --> 00:56:03,241 ...which is just bloody silly, really. 872 00:56:03,908 --> 00:56:04,908 Goodbye. 873 00:56:06,660 --> 00:56:08,660 Goodbye, Mr Aylward. 874 00:56:25,585 --> 00:56:27,624 You look like a gentleman again. 875 00:56:27,625 --> 00:56:29,699 I have been helped by one. 876 00:56:29,700 --> 00:56:34,116 And there are some good people in this country. 877 00:56:36,932 --> 00:56:38,372 Right, then. 878 00:56:38,980 --> 00:56:41,880 I better go and call the lift. 879 00:56:42,436 --> 00:56:43,756 I'll, er... 880 00:56:44,740 --> 00:56:45,740 I'll... 881 00:56:47,556 --> 00:56:50,456 I'll see yous when I get back. 882 00:56:52,945 --> 00:56:54,024 All four of you. 883 00:56:54,025 --> 00:56:55,025 Really? 884 00:56:56,580 --> 00:56:57,780 Oh, Dessy! 885 00:56:59,012 --> 00:57:00,692 Goodbye, girls. 886 00:57:04,345 --> 00:57:06,545 Goodbye, little fella. 887 00:57:15,524 --> 00:57:19,344 Certainty isn't everything. 888 00:57:19,345 --> 00:57:23,459 Sometimes the unknown is better than the known, 889 00:57:23,460 --> 00:57:27,555 and courage and love make many things possible, 890 00:57:27,556 --> 00:57:28,876 if not all. 891 00:57:30,052 --> 00:57:33,508 Much is asked of people on a journey. 892 00:57:33,636 --> 00:57:36,067 Humility is called for... 893 00:57:36,068 --> 00:57:37,748 ...and acceptance 894 00:57:37,860 --> 00:57:39,300 and resolve. 895 00:57:39,865 --> 00:57:42,465 These are the quiet gifts. 896 00:57:43,465 --> 00:57:48,035 These are the qualities that help us to stand fast 897 00:57:48,036 --> 00:57:50,211 when the world would have us falter, 898 00:57:50,212 --> 00:57:53,476 and our path is strewn with stones. 899 00:57:56,065 --> 00:57:57,745 So move forward, 900 00:57:58,020 --> 00:58:02,064 putting one foot in front of the other, other lives... 901 00:58:02,065 --> 00:58:03,965 ...in front of ours. 902 00:58:05,508 --> 00:58:07,188 There is pain... 903 00:58:07,748 --> 00:58:09,948 ...but there is love... 904 00:58:10,180 --> 00:58:12,180 ...and there is hope. 905 00:58:13,225 --> 00:58:14,851 It seems we are to have a visitor. 906 00:58:14,852 --> 00:58:17,304 And where will the young gentleman be sleeping? 907 00:58:17,305 --> 00:58:19,267 Three hours I waited. 908 00:58:19,268 --> 00:58:21,024 I won't be coming here again. 909 00:58:21,025 --> 00:58:23,184 How bad do things have to be before you'll help me? 910 00:58:23,185 --> 00:58:25,731 You know, children, you have 911 00:58:25,732 --> 00:58:28,227 - an exceptionally clever mother. - Yay! 912 00:58:28,228 --> 00:58:33,412 I may be verging on decrepitude, but I am not yet dead!