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[ Footsteps Running ]

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[ Honking ]

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[ Wings Flapping,
Bird Chattering ]

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[ Groaning ]

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I SAW...

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SOMETHING NASTY
IN THE WOODSHED.

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[ Thunderclap ]

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[ Man ]
HELP! HELP! HELP!

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[ Man ]
I'VE ALWAYS FOUND YOUR CHOICE
OF HOBBY, MADAM, QUITE UNIQUE.

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YES. WHAT DO
YOU THINK, SNELLER?

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NOT REALLY
MY DEPARTMENT,
MADAM.

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VENUS DESIGN.
WABER BROTHERS, 1918.

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FAMED CORSETIERES TO THE GENTRY.
AND IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY,

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YOU'LL SEE IT'S GOT ONLY
TWO ELASTIC PANELS IN FRONT
INSTEAD OF THE USUAL THREE.

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SO IT HAS, MADAM.
[ Car Engine Rattling ]

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IT'S MISS POSTE.
OH, POOR THING.
GO AND LET HER IN.

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SNELLER, HOW ARE YOU?
VERY WELL, MISS.

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I'M SO SORRY TO HEAR
ABOUT YOUR PARENTS.
THANK YOU, SNELLER.

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DO YOU HAVE ONE AND SIX
FOR THE DRIVER?
I'LL SEE TO IT, MISS.

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FLORA, DARLING, WAS
THE FUNERAL TOO AWFUL?

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UGH! HORRID.
THOUGH I'M BOUND TO SAY...

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ALL THE LONDON RELATIVES
SEEMED TO ENJOY IT NO END.

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DID ANY OF THEM ASK YOU
TO GO AND LIVE WITH THEM?
I MEANT TO WARN YOU.

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RELATIVES AT FUNERALS
ALWAYS DO THAT.
NOT ME.

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I'VE ONLY
A HUNDRED POUNDS A YEAR,
AND I CAN'T PLAY BRIDGE.

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AND I WAS NEVER
VERY CLOSE TO MY PARENTS.

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OF COURSE YOU CAN STAY HERE
AS LONG AS YOU LIKE, DARLING,

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BUT YOU'LL PROBABLY WANT TO TAKE
UP SOME KIND OF WORK SOMETIME;

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EARN ENOUGH FOR
A FLAT OF YOUR OWN.

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WHAT KIND OF WORK?

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IT'S AGES SINCE I DID ANY,
BUT THERE MUST BE SOMETHING
THAT WOULD SUIT YOU.

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BOOKKEEPING, BEEKEEPING.
I CAN'T
DO THAT, MARY.

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REALLY.
NOW, FLORA,
DON'T BE FEEBLE.

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YOU KNOW YOU'D BE MISERABLE
IF YOU HAVEN'T A JOB
AND ALL YOUR FRIENDS HAVE.

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BESIDES, A HUNDRED POUNDS
A YEAR-- HA! HARDLY KEEP
YOU IN STOCKINGS AND FANS.

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OH, THANK YOU, SNELLER.
BATTENBURG! MY FAVORITE.

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YOU MUST HAVE
SOME AMBITION.

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I DO. I WANT
TO BE A WRITER.

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WHEN I'M 53,
I MEAN TO WRITE A NOVEL...

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AS GOOD AS PERSUASION,
BUT WITH A MODERN SETTING.

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WELL, HOW WILL YOU SPEND
THE NEXT 30 YEARS?
LIVING LIFE.

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COLLECTING MATERIAL.
SURELY NO ONE CAN
OBJECT TO THAT.

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I HAVE SUCH A LOT IN COMMON
WITH JANE AUSTEN. NEITHER
OF US COULD ENDURE A MESS.

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WHAT WILL YOU LIVE ON--
OR OFF?

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AS YOU SAID: RELATIVES.
I'M PECULIARLY
RICH IN THEM.

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THEY HAVEN'T ASKED YOU.
THE LONDON ONES
HAVEN'T,

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BUT THERE ARE PLENTY MORE
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

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I'LL SEND OFF SOME
PITEOUS LETTERS TOMORROW.
WHAT SHALL WE DO TONIGHT?

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ARE ANY OF YOUR ADMIRERS
BACK FROM THEIR JUNGLES?

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YOU MUST SEE THE NEW RIVER CLUB.
IT'S EVER SO SMART AND SELECT.
SNELLER,

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ARE ANY OF
THE MEN HOME?

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I BELIEVE MR. FAIRFORD
AND MR. BISCUIT.
AH, BIKKI!

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CHARLES FAIRFORD?
HE'S A RELATIVE,
A SORT OF SECOND COUSIN.

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TELEPHONE, MADAM.

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UM, BELGRAVIA--

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2211.

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♪ [ Uptempo Dance ]

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HOW WAS KENYA, BIKKI?
I'VE HEARD AWFUL THINGS
ABOUT IT.

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IT'S ALL TRUE.

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MORE BUBBLY?
OH, JUST POUR IT,
BIKKI.

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MARY SAYS YOU WANT
TO LIVE WITH RELATIVES.

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OH, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID,
MARY. HE MIGHT THINK I WANT
TO GO AND LIVE WITH HIM...

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AND WAS ANGLING
FOR AN INVITATION.

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YOU'D BE VERY WELCOME.
MOTHER WOULD LOVE IT
IF YOU DID.

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WHAT DO YOU DO, CHARLES?

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EMBRYO PARSON, ACTUALLY.
OH, WELL, THAT REALLY
MAKES IT AWKWARD.

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ANYWAY, YOU'RE NOT ENOUGH
OF A CHALLENGE. I LIKE
TO ORGANIZE THINGS AND TIDY UP.

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YOU SEEM TIDY ALREADY.

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BESIDES, I WANT TO LEARN
ABOUT REAL LIFE.

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WHAT FOR?
TO PUT IT IN BOOKS.

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OH, I SEE.

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HOW ABOUT IT, MARY?

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I THINK BIKKI
WANTS TO DANCE.

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[ Man ]
WHAT ABOUT THAT
GAME OF GOLF?

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[ Laughing ]

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[ Man ]
I SAY.

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YOU EVER THINK
OF GETTING MARRIED?

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I BELIEVE IN ARRANGED
MARRIAGES, DON'T YOU?
RATHER OUT OF DATE.

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NOT AT ALL.
I'VE ALWAYS LIKED THE PHRASE
"A MARRIAGE HAS BEEN ARRANGED."

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WHEN I FEEL LIKE IT,
I'LL ARRANGE ONE.

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IF YOU GET BORED,
WHEREVER YOU ARE, PHONE.

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I'LL COME AND RESCUE YOU
IN MY PLANE.

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HAVE YOU A PLANE, CHARLES?
MMM. BELISHA BAT
CALLED SPEED COP TWO.

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ARE YOU SURE AN EMBRYO PARSON
SHOULD HAVE A PLANE?

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EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A PLANE.
[ Laughing ]
OH, REALLY, CHARLES.

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POST, MISS POSTE.

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THERE YOU ARE.
THEY'VE ALL ANSWERED.
NOW YOU'LL BE SORRY.

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WELL, WAIT NOW.
I'LL HAVE TO SEE
WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.

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THEN I'LL MAKE
MY CHOICE.
WELL, GO ON THEN.

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"MY DEAR NIECE,
SUCH A SAD LOSS--"

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BUT WE MUST ALL KEEP
A STIFF UPPER LIP.

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YOU'D BE MOST WELCOME HERE.

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THE WORTHING AIR IS BRACING,
AND DEAR ROSEDALE IS ALWAYS--

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"FULL OF THE HAPPIEST
OF BOARDERS.

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YOU'LL FIND A TRUE
HOME ATMOSPHERE
AND PLENTY OF FUN."

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AND COUSIN PEGGY,
NOW ARKELA OF
HER OWN TROOP,

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WOULD LOVE TO SHARE
HER BEDROOM WITH YOU.

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"YOUR LOVING AUNT GWEN."

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SHARE.
I COULDN'T.

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[ Man ]
I WAS SHOCKED BY YOUR LETTER--

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SO SHOCKED,
MY OLD TROUBLE IS BACK.

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I AM VERY WILLING TO SHELTER
YOUR WEE GIRLHOOD UNDER MY ROOF,

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EH, BUT I FEAR
YOU COULD FIND IT DULL...

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WITH NO COMPANY SAVE
MY POOR CHAIRBOUND SELF,

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MY MAN-- HOOTS--

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AND MY HOUSEKEEPER,
NOW TOTALLY DEAF.

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"STILL, THERE IS MARVELOUS
BIRD LIFE TO BE FOUND
IN THE MARSHES...

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THAT SURROUND MY RUIN
ON ALL SIDES."

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[ Hacking Cough ]
[ Flora Reading ]
"I MUST END NOW,

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"AS MY OLD TROUBLE
IS RETURNING.

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YOUR LOVING
Uncle McKNAG."
NO, FLORA. NO.

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[ Woman ] I'VE EXPECTED
TO HEAR FROM ROBERT POSTE'S
CHILD THESE 20 YEARS.

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CHILD, MY MAN ONCE DID
YOUR FATHER A GREAT WRONG.

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IF YOU'LL COME HERE,
I'LL DO MY BEST TO ATONE.

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BUT NEVER ASK WHAT FOR.
MY LIPS ARE SEALED.

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"WE'RE NOT LIKE OTHER FOLK
MAYBE, BUT THERE HAVE ALWAYS
BEEN STARKADDERS...

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AT COLD COMFORT FARM."

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WILL YOU STOP IT?
"AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO
WELCOME ROBERT POSTE'S CHILD."

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CHILD, CHILD,

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00:11:13,510 --> 00:11:15,910
IF YOU COME
TO THIS DOOMED HOUSE,

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WHAT IS THERE TO SAVE YOU?

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"YOUR COUSIN,
JUDITH STARKADDER."

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JUDITH STARKADDER?
THE DAUGHTER OF MY
GREAT-AUNT, ADA DOOM.

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WHOM MOTHER
COULDN'T ABIDE.

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OH, IT SOUNDS APPALLING.

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INTERESTING AND APPALLING.
THE OTHERS JUST SOUND
APPALLING.

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OH, FLORA.
I'M WILLING TO BET...

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THERE ARE ALSO COUSINS
CALLED "SETH" AND "REUBEN."

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- WHY?
- HIGHLY SEXED YOUNG MEN
LIVING ON FARMS...

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ARE ALWAYS CALLED
"SETH" OR "REUBEN."

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REALLY. I MEAN,
THERE PROBABLY ISN'T
EVEN A BATHROOM.

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IT IS SUSSEX,
FOR GOODNESS' SAKE.

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WELL, IF YOU'VE REALLY MADE UP
YOUR MIND TO GO, YOU'D BETTER.
YOU'LL SOON TIRE OF IT ANYHOW.

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I THINK I WILL GO.

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I'M VERY KEEN TO KNOW
WHAT COUSIN JUDITH MEANS
BY MY "RIGHTS."

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00:12:04,460 --> 00:12:06,870
[ Mary ] YOU HAVE TO CHANGE
TRAINS FOUR TIMES AND GET OUT
SOMEWHERE

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CALLED BEERSHORN HALT.

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00:12:09,230 --> 00:12:12,370
DON'T WORRY, MARY.
THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF
MATERIAL FOR MY NOVEL...

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AND PERHAPS
ONE OR TWO FAMILY
MESSES I CAN CLEAR UP.

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SOMETHING TO TAKE
TO THE COUNTRY.

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FLOWERS COME FROM
THE COUNTRY, CHARLES.

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OHH. IT'S VERY
KIND OF YOU.

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MAY I COME WITH YOU
TO THE STATION?

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PLEASE DO.
I LIKE TO GO OFF IN STYLE.

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GOOD-BYE, MY DOVE.

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I SHALL EXPECT REGULAR
LETTERS FROM YOU LETTING
US KNOW OF YOUR PROGRESS.

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I CAN SEND
YOU THINGS.
WHAT THINGS?

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OH, PROPER CLOTHES,
CHEERFUL FASHION PAPERS.

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YOU'LL NEED THEM.
YOU'VE NEVER LIVED
IN THE COUNTRY.

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I'M SURE I'LL FIND IT
VERY AMUSING.

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MIND YOU,
WIRE IF YOU WANT ANY
GUMBOOTS OR ANYTHING.

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[ Whistle Blowing ]

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00:13:02,220 --> 00:13:04,160
[ Thinking ]
IT WAS WINTER,

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THE GRIMMEST HOUR
OF THE DARKEST DAY
OF THE YEAR.

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00:13:08,620 --> 00:13:10,850
OH, NO.

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REALLY.

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00:13:17,260 --> 00:13:21,400
[ Thinking ]
THE GOLDEN ORB
HAD ALMOST DISAPPEARED...

158
00:13:21,430 --> 00:13:25,400
BEHIND THE INTERLACING FINGERS
OF THE HAWTHORN.

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[ Metal Banging ]
ADAM LAMBSBREATH!

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[ Banging Pail ]

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00:13:42,260 --> 00:13:45,900
- [ Cow Bellowing ]
- STEADY, GRACELESS.

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COME ON, FECKLESS.
FILL 'UN UP.

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ADAM?
THERE YOU ARE.

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00:13:52,330 --> 00:13:57,300
HOW MANY PAILS TODAY?
DUNNO KNOW HOW MANY,
MISS JUDITH. 'TIS HARD TO TELL.

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IF POINTLESS GOT OVER
HER INDIGESTION, MAYBE FOUR.
IF NOT, MAYBE THREE.

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[ Giggling ]

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00:14:05,910 --> 00:14:10,080
[ Moaning ]

168
00:14:11,450 --> 00:14:15,550
GET OUT OF THERE,
SETH, YOU NO-GOOD
SON OF MINE.

169
00:14:15,590 --> 00:14:20,000
GOOD DAY, MOTHER.
DO YOU WANT TO
BREAK MY HEART?

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00:14:20,030 --> 00:14:24,200
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- LIBERTINE. WHO'S
THAT UP THERE?

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00:14:24,230 --> 00:14:26,490
JUST LOOKIN' FOR EGGS,
MISS JUDITH.

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00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:29,530
GET BACK TO
THE VICARAGE, VIOLET.

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AND ANOTHER THING, ADAM.

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00:14:31,500 --> 00:14:34,600
YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE THE TRAP
DOWN TO BEERSHORN HALT.
MEET THE TRAIN.

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00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:38,640
ROBERT POSTE'S CHILD'S
COMIN' TODAY.
AFTER THE FARM, IS SHE?

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00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:41,150
OH, MUN I,
MISS JUDITH?

177
00:14:41,180 --> 00:14:44,280
CAN'T SETH GO
INSTEAD OF ME?

178
00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:48,330
HOW CAN I LOOK IN
HER LITTLE FLOWER FACE
KNOWING WHAT I KNOWS?

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00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:51,130
YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED
WHEN HE WENT TO MEET
THE NEW KITCHEN MAID.

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00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:53,630
NO. YOU GO, ADAM.

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00:14:53,660 --> 00:14:57,390
DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES
I FEARED THIS DAY WOULD COME.

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00:14:57,430 --> 00:15:00,560
HOW WILL I KNOW
THE LITTLE MAIDY?

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00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:03,670
WHO ELSE IS GONNA GET OFF
AT BEERSHORN HALT?

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[ Thinking ]
THE MAN'S HUGE BODY, RUDE
AS A WIND-TORTURED THORN,

185
00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:17,310
WAS PRINTED DARK
AGAINST THE FLAME
OF SUN THAT--

186
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THAT THROBBED--
THAT THROBBED ON THE TIP
OF MOCKUNCLE HILL.

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THE GOLDEN ORB--
[ Conductor ]
BEERSHORN!

188
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OH.

189
00:15:38,010 --> 00:15:40,210
[ Blows Whistle ]
[ Train Whistle
Blowing ]

190
00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:05,770
UGH!
HOW REVOLTING!

191
00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:08,440
DON'T YOU KNOW
THIS TRAP'S FILTHY?

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[ Grunting ]

193
00:16:13,470 --> 00:16:17,010
ARE YE THE LITTLE MAIDY,
ROBERT POSTE'S CHILD?

194
00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:19,070
YES, I'M THE LITTLE MAIDY.
WHO ARE YOU?

195
00:16:19,110 --> 00:16:23,750
ADAM.
ADAM LAMBSBREATH.

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00:16:23,780 --> 00:16:27,480
YE GET UP.
I'LL SEE TO THEM,
ROBERT POSTE'S CHILD.

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00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:32,250
MISS POSTE. OR MISS FLORA,
IF YOU WANT TO BE
COMPLETELY FEUDAL.

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UGH!

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[ Flora ] WHERE'S THIS?
HOWLIN', ROBERT
POSTE'S CHILD.

200
00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:48,810
HOWLING?
ARE WE NEARLY THERE?

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00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:52,670
ANOTHER FEW MILES YET,
ROBERT POSTE'S CHILD.

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00:16:52,710 --> 00:16:54,740
GIT ON, VIPER.

203
00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:03,100
WHAT'S THE FARM LIKE?
THE SEEDS WITHER AND THE EARTH
WILL NOT NOURISH 'EM.

204
00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:06,350
THE COWS ARE BARREN.
THE SOWS ARE FARREN.

205
00:17:06,390 --> 00:17:10,560
ALL IS TURNED
TO SOURNESS AND RUIN.
OH, DEAR.

206
00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:13,140
IS THERE NO MONEY?
'TAIN'T MONEY.

207
00:17:13,170 --> 00:17:16,610
THERE'S A CURSE ON THE PLACE,
ROBERT POSTE'S CHILD.

208
00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:20,110
'TIS THE STARKADDERS'S DOOM.

209
00:17:20,140 --> 00:17:23,410
[ Flora ]
OH, I'M SURE IT'S NOT
AS BAD AS ALL THAT.

210
00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:25,470
[ Groaning ]

211
00:17:27,550 --> 00:17:29,820
[ Adam ]
VIPER.

212
00:17:30,620 --> 00:17:33,260
WHOA THERE, VIPER.

213
00:17:33,290 --> 00:17:36,690
WELL, IT IS A LITTLE GLOOMY,
I AGREE.

214
00:17:45,170 --> 00:17:48,640
WHOA. WHOA, VIPER!

215
00:17:49,900 --> 00:17:54,140
GET 'E DOWN,
ROBERT POSTE'S CHILD.

216
00:17:57,140 --> 00:18:00,510
OH, HOW DO YOU DO?
YOU MUST BE COUSIN JUDITH.

217
00:18:00,550 --> 00:18:05,890
IT'S SO GOOD OF YOU TO
HAVE ME. ISN'T IT CURIOUS
WE'VE NEVER MET BEFORE?

218
00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:08,790
'TIS ROBERT POSTE'S CHILD,
ALL RIGHT.
[ Cow Bellowing ]

219
00:18:08,820 --> 00:18:12,190
THAT'S GRACELESS,
LOOKING OUT FOR ME.

220
00:18:12,230 --> 00:18:15,170
YOU GET BACK
TO YOUR COWS, ADAM.
MY LUGGAGE.

221
00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:19,800
MERIAM'LL BRING IT.
THIS WAY, MISS POSTE.

222
00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:34,680
I THINK, JUST FOR TONIGHT,
I'LL EAT IN MY ROOM
IF I MAY.

223
00:18:34,710 --> 00:18:38,780
IT'S COLD THERE.
I EXPECT A FIRE
WILL SOON WARM IT UP.

224
00:18:39,850 --> 00:18:42,180
OH, MY SONS'LL BE SORRY.

225
00:18:43,360 --> 00:18:45,530
THEY WANTED TO SEE
THEIR LITTLE COUSIN.

226
00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:48,930
YOUR SONS?
SETH AND REUBEN.

227
00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:51,260
SETH AND REUBEN.
REALLY?

228
00:18:51,300 --> 00:18:54,240
WELL, I'LL SEE THEM
TOMORROW, I'M SURE.

229
00:19:01,610 --> 00:19:05,780
SOMEONE HAS
A HEARTY APPETITE.
FOLLOW ME, MISS POSTE.

230
00:19:10,950 --> 00:19:14,450
NOBODY SHALL SAY
WE DIDN'T DO RIGHT
BY ROBERT POSTE'S CHILD.

231
00:19:14,490 --> 00:19:16,530
NO. QUITE.

232
00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:20,150
THANK YOU.

233
00:19:30,340 --> 00:19:32,440
[ Springs Squeaking ]

234
00:19:41,710 --> 00:19:44,810
[ Rustling ]

235
00:19:58,430 --> 00:20:00,430
HEY, ELFINE.

236
00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:07,900
MY LITTLE WATER VOLE.
MY LITTLE WATER VOLE.

237
00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,640
[ Rooster Crowing ]

238
00:20:31,660 --> 00:20:34,460
MMM.
[ Chickens Clucking ]

239
00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:38,430
OHH.

240
00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:43,370
[ Adam ]
YOU'D NEVER SELL FECKLESS!
[ Man ] I DO WHAT I LIKE!

241
00:20:43,410 --> 00:20:46,770
[ Adam ]
WHO COULD'VE TENDED THE POOR,
DUMB BEASTY BETTER NOR I?

242
00:20:46,810 --> 00:20:51,980
I KNOWS WHAT'S IN HER HEART
BETTER THAN I KNOWS WHAT'S
IN THE HEARTS OF SOME HUMANS.

243
00:20:52,020 --> 00:20:54,860
[ Man ] LOOK AT HER! BE HARD
TO FIND A KNACKER'S MAN
WHO'D TAKE HER.

244
00:20:54,890 --> 00:20:57,630
AND ANOTHER THING!
I DON'T PAY YE WAGES
TO COLLECT...

245
00:20:57,660 --> 00:21:00,830
CHICKEN FEATHERS AND
SELL 'EM DOWN BEERSHORN
FOR GOOD MONEY!

246
00:21:00,860 --> 00:21:05,290
THAT WEREN'T I!
MAY I NEVER SET HAND
ON PLOW AGAIN IF IT WERE!

247
00:21:05,330 --> 00:21:07,860
THAT WERE URK!
I SAY.

248
00:21:07,900 --> 00:21:11,670
DO YOU THINK YOU
WOULD MIND NOT TALKING
QUITE SO LOUDLY, PLEASE?

249
00:21:11,700 --> 00:21:14,300
SOME OF US ARE
TRYING TO SLEEP.

250
00:21:14,340 --> 00:21:16,440
OH.
OHH.

251
00:22:02,860 --> 00:22:05,960
WIFE, WHERE'S ELFINE?

252
00:22:05,990 --> 00:22:08,690
NOT UP YET,
I EXPECT, AMOS.

253
00:22:08,730 --> 00:22:11,870
GODLESS HABIT, LYIN' ABED
OF A WORKIN' DAY.

254
00:22:11,900 --> 00:22:16,010
THE REEKIN' FIRES LIE WAITING
FOR THEM AS DO.

255
00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:20,510
WHAT A FAMILY
I'M CURSED WITH.

256
00:22:20,540 --> 00:22:24,040
YOU'LL FRITTER AND FRY
IN HELL, THE LOT OF YOU!

257
00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:26,480
MERIAM PASSED OUT
THIS MORNING.

258
00:22:26,510 --> 00:22:28,480
OH, BLESS HER.

259
00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:32,490
AH. RECKON HER TIME'S
COME, EH, SETH?

260
00:22:35,990 --> 00:22:38,100
ROBERT POSTE'S
CHILD HERE, INNIT SHE?

261
00:22:39,030 --> 00:22:41,470
AFTER YOUR 'HERITANCE,
EH, REUBEN?

262
00:22:49,540 --> 00:22:51,610
ROBERT POSTE'S CHILD.

263
00:22:57,140 --> 00:23:00,410
WELL, SOME OF US
HAS FARMIN' TO DO.

264
00:23:00,450 --> 00:23:04,820
URK, TIME THE BARREN FIELD
WERE GONE OVER
WITH A PRUNIN' SNOOT.

265
00:23:04,850 --> 00:23:08,980
REUBEN, GET PLOWIN'
DOWN NETTLE FLITCH. SETH,

266
00:23:09,020 --> 00:23:10,990
YOU DRAIN THE WELL.

267
00:23:11,020 --> 00:23:13,090
THERE'S A NEIGHBOR MISSIN'.

268
00:23:26,910 --> 00:23:29,080
SO YOU'RE
THE LITTLE LADY
FROM LONDON...

269
00:23:29,110 --> 00:23:31,180
WITH YOUR
SMART WAYS, EH?

270
00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:35,710
I KNOW YOUR SORT.

271
00:23:35,750 --> 00:23:38,220
DRAIN AWAY A MAN'S BLOOD
SOON AS LOOK AT HIM.

272
00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:40,850
SETH, AFTER YOU'VE
DONE THE WELL,

273
00:23:40,890 --> 00:23:43,860
YOU GET SCRATTLIN'
UP AT TICKLEPENNY CORNER.

274
00:23:47,630 --> 00:23:51,040
COME ON, MISS POSTE.
ADAM WILL GET YOU BREAKFAST.

275
00:24:02,810 --> 00:24:04,820
IS THERE ANY
BREAD AND BUTTER
AND SOME TEA, ADAM?

276
00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:06,770
I DON'T MUCH CARE
FOR PORRIDGE.

277
00:24:06,810 --> 00:24:09,580
BREAD AND BUTTER
IN THE CROCKET.
TEA IN THE POT.

278
00:24:09,620 --> 00:24:14,230
NOW LEAVE ME IN PEACE.
I MUN CLETTER THE DISHES,
ROBERT POSTE'S CHILD.

279
00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:21,130
THAT'S A TWIG.
WHAT YOU WANT IS A NICE
LITTLE MOP WITH A HANDLE.

280
00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:23,790
IT WOULD GET THE DISHES
CLEANER AND BE SO MUCH
QUICKER TOO.

281
00:24:23,830 --> 00:24:26,230
DON'T WANT NO MOP
WITH A HANDLE.
I'VE CLETTERED DISHES...

282
00:24:26,270 --> 00:24:28,810
WITH AN OLD THORN TWIG
NIGH ON 50 YEAR.

283
00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:31,080
AND WHAT WAS GOOD ENOUGH
THEN IS GOOD ENOUGH NOW,
IS IT?

284
00:24:31,100 --> 00:24:33,130
AYE.

285
00:24:33,170 --> 00:24:36,270
ADAM, I'VE BEEN THINKING
ABOUT THE STARKADDERS'S DOOM.

286
00:24:36,310 --> 00:24:40,280
WHY DOESN'T COUSIN AMOS JUST
SELL THIS AND BUY A FARM THAT
DOESN'T HAVE A CURSE ON IT?

287
00:24:40,310 --> 00:24:43,680
IN BERKSHIRE
OR DEVON, PERHAPS.
NAY.

288
00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:46,860
THERE'S ALWAYS
BEEN STARKADDERS
AT COLD COMFORT FARM.

289
00:24:46,890 --> 00:24:49,890
'TIS IMPOSSIBLE
FOR ANY OF US TO
DREAM OF LEAVIN'.

290
00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:55,660
MRS. STARKADDER'S SET ON US
STAYIN'. 'TIS HER LIFE--
THE VERY LIFE IN HER VEINS.

291
00:24:55,700 --> 00:24:58,570
COUSIN JUDITH,
YOU MEAN? SHE DOESN'T
SEEM VERY HAPPY HERE.

292
00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:02,770
NO, I MEAN THE OLD LADY,
OLD MRS. STARKADDER.

293
00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:05,170
IS SHE DEAD?
NO.

294
00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:07,700
[ Laughing ]

295
00:25:07,740 --> 00:25:10,640
NO, MISS, SHE'S
ALIVE RIGHT ENOUGH.

296
00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,020
HER HAND LIES ON US
LIKE IRON,

297
00:25:13,050 --> 00:25:15,720
BUT SHE NEVER
LEAVES HER ROOM,

298
00:25:15,750 --> 00:25:17,920
NEVER SEES NO ONE
BUT MISS JUDITH.

299
00:25:17,950 --> 00:25:21,850
AIN'T LEFT THE FARM THESE
20 YEAR. THAT BE HER TRAY--
[ Chickens Squawking ]

300
00:25:21,890 --> 00:25:24,930
OH, THERE SHE IS,
MY LITTLE WENNIT.

301
00:25:28,260 --> 00:25:32,730
- GRACIOUS. WHO'S THAT?
- THAT'S MY COWDLIN'.

302
00:25:32,770 --> 00:25:35,270
THAT'S ELFINE STARKADDER.

303
00:25:35,300 --> 00:25:38,230
DOES SHE ALWAYS
CHARGE ABOUT
LIKE THAT?

304
00:25:38,270 --> 00:25:42,100
SHE'S AS WILD AND SHY
AS A PHARISEE OF THE WOODS.

305
00:25:42,140 --> 00:25:44,670
DAYS, SHE'S GONE
WANDERING THE DOWNS...

306
00:25:44,710 --> 00:25:49,180
WITH ONLY
THE SPYIN' MAGPIES AND
LITTLE RABBITS FOR COMPANY.

307
00:25:49,220 --> 00:25:53,060
NO THOUGHT FOR THEM AS
LOVED HER AND COWDLED HER
IN THEIR BOSOM...

308
00:25:53,090 --> 00:25:55,030
WHEN SHE WERE A MOMMET.

309
00:25:55,050 --> 00:25:56,950
- [ Bell Ringing ]
- HOW TRYING. I'LL
TAKE THE TRAY, ADAM.

310
00:25:56,990 --> 00:26:00,300
OH, NO, MISS!
I DOUBT SHE EVEN
KNOW YOU'RE HERE.

311
00:26:00,330 --> 00:26:02,930
I UNDERSTAND WHAT TO DO.
JUST LEAVE IT OUTSIDE
HER DOOR.

312
00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:07,660
NO, M--
[ Bell Ringing ]

313
00:26:28,190 --> 00:26:30,700
[ Door Creaking ]

314
00:26:38,670 --> 00:26:41,740
ELFINE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?

315
00:26:41,770 --> 00:26:45,010
COUSIN JUDITH'S ROOM.
BE A LAMB AND SHOW ME
THE WAY.

316
00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:47,080
IT'S THAT WAY.

317
00:26:49,410 --> 00:26:53,720
DO FORGIVE ME SAYING SO, BUT
I'D LOVE TO SEE YOU IN BLUE.

318
00:26:53,750 --> 00:26:56,290
SOME SHADES OF GREEN
ARE GOOD, OF COURSE, BUT...

319
00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:59,060
DULL GREENS ARE VERY TRYING,
I ALWAYS THINK.

320
00:26:59,090 --> 00:27:02,060
DEFINITELY BLUE.
YOU TRY IT AND SEE.

321
00:27:05,060 --> 00:27:07,030
OH!
WHO'S THAT?

322
00:27:07,060 --> 00:27:10,300
IT'S URK.
HE'S HORRIBLE!

323
00:27:10,330 --> 00:27:13,170
HE'S AFTER ME AGAIN.
GO AWAY!

324
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:16,240
[ Cackling ]

325
00:27:20,370 --> 00:27:22,400
[ Knocking ]
WHO'S THERE?

326
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:28,010
GOOD MORNING. I'M SO SORRY
TO INTERRUPT YOU WHILE
YOU'RE BUSY WRITING LETTERS.

327
00:27:28,050 --> 00:27:33,290
BUSY? OH!
BUSY WEAVIN' ME OWN
SHROUD, BE LIKE.

328
00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:37,030
YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU PLEASE
ROUND THE FARM,
ROBERT POSTE'S CHILD,

329
00:27:37,060 --> 00:27:39,860
IF YOU DON'T BREAK IN
ON ME LONELINESS.

330
00:27:39,890 --> 00:27:45,030
GIVE ME TIME AND I'LL ATONE
FOR THE WRONG MY MAN
DID YOUR FATHER.

331
00:27:45,060 --> 00:27:49,800
GIVE US ALL TIME
AND WE'LL ATONE.

332
00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:53,310
I DON'T SUPPOSE
YOU'D CARE TO TELL ME
WHAT THE WRONG WAS.

333
00:27:53,340 --> 00:27:55,810
MY LIPS ARE SEALED,
MISS POSTE.

334
00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:57,770
JUST AS YOU LIKE,
COUSIN JUDITH.

335
00:27:57,810 --> 00:28:01,040
NOW, CAN WE DISCUSS
MY KEEP? I HAVE
A HUNDRED A YEAR.

336
00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:05,310
I WOULDN'T TOUCH
A SINGLE PENNY OF
ROBERT POSTE'S MONEY.

337
00:28:05,350 --> 00:28:09,320
WHILE YOU'RE HERE,
YOU'RE A GUEST
OF COLD COMFORT.

338
00:28:09,360 --> 00:28:13,300
EVERY MIDDOCK WILL BE
PAID FOR BY OUR SWEAT.

339
00:28:13,330 --> 00:28:15,370
[ Woman Moaning ]

340
00:28:15,390 --> 00:28:17,930
WHILE I'M HERE, MIGHT I
MAKE A FEW CHANGES?

341
00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:21,300
I ADORE MY BEDROOM, BUT
DO YOU THINK I COULD HAVE
MY CURTAINS WASHED?

342
00:28:21,330 --> 00:28:24,730
I BELIEVE THEY'RE
RED, BUT I SHOULD
LIKE TO MAKE SURE.

343
00:28:24,770 --> 00:28:28,770
CHILD, CHILD, IT'S YEARS
SINCE SUCH TRIFLES...

344
00:28:28,810 --> 00:28:32,150
BROKE ACROSS THE WEB
OF MY SOLITUDE.

345
00:28:32,180 --> 00:28:35,190
PERHAPS MERIAM
COULD WASH THEM.
[ Shrieking ]

346
00:28:35,210 --> 00:28:39,750
- OH, NOT NOW.
HER TIME HAS COME.
- SHE'S IN LABOR? WHERE?

347
00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:45,450
- IS THE DOCTOR THERE?
- YOU LEAVE HER BE.

348
00:28:45,490 --> 00:28:49,290
EVERY YEAR
WHEN THE SUKEBIND FLOWERS,
IT'S THE SAME THING.

349
00:28:49,330 --> 00:28:52,500
'TIS THE HAND OF NATURE.
WE WOMEN CAN'T ESCAPE IT.

350
00:28:52,530 --> 00:28:55,830
OF COURSE WE CAN!
WHO'S RESPONSIBLE?

351
00:28:55,870 --> 00:28:58,410
OH, CURSED BE THE DAY
I BROUGHT HIM FORTH...

352
00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:01,480
AND THE NOURISHMENT
HE DREW FROM MY BOSOM.

353
00:29:01,510 --> 00:29:04,850
CURSED BE THE WOOING TONGUE
GOD GAVE HIM...

354
00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:08,320
TO BRING DISGRACE
UPON WEAK FEMALES.

355
00:29:08,350 --> 00:29:11,890
RIGHT. WELL,
IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME,
COUSIN JUDITH,

356
00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:14,090
I HAVE A FEW THINGS
TO ATTEND TO.

357
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,200
[ Groaning ]

358
00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,540
WHO'S THERE?
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

359
00:30:05,570 --> 00:30:09,270
IT'S MISS POSTE,
FROM THE FARM.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?

360
00:30:09,310 --> 00:30:12,180
MAY I COME IN?

361
00:30:13,650 --> 00:30:15,890
COME TO MOCK ME
IN MY SHAME, MUM?

362
00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:19,120
I THOUGHT
YOU WERE IN LABOR.
I HEARD YOU CRY OUT.

363
00:30:19,150 --> 00:30:24,090
HAD IT LAST NIGHT.
I WAS JUST MOANING A BIT.

364
00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:28,620
IT'S NOT SO BAD IF YOU
KEEP YOUR SPIRITS UP
AND EAT HEARTY AFOREHAND.

365
00:30:28,660 --> 00:30:32,160
IS IT YOUR FIRST?
'TIS MY FOURTH.

366
00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:35,640
AND WHO KNOWS WHAT'LL HAPPEN
AGAIN WHEN THE SUKEBIND'S
OUT IN THE HEDGES.

367
00:30:35,670 --> 00:30:39,640
NOW LOOK, MERIAM, NOTHING
NEED HAPPEN SO LONG AS YOU
USE YOUR INTELLIGENCE...

368
00:30:39,670 --> 00:30:42,000
AND SEE IT DOESN'T.

369
00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:44,640
HAVEN'T YOU HEARD
OF FAMILY PLANNING?
NO, MUM.

370
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:48,650
YOU CAN PREVENT IT. ALL YOU
NEED'S A LITTLE RUBBER BOWLER
HAT TO STOP IT HAPPENING AGAIN.

371
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:54,050
- THE DOCTOR CAN SHOW YOU.
- WHAT WOULD I LOOK LIKE
IN A RUBBER BOWLER HAT?

372
00:30:54,090 --> 00:30:59,360
- YOU WEAR IT INSIDE, MERIAM.
- OH, NO, MUM. 'TIS FLYIN'
AGAINST NATURE, THAT IS.

373
00:30:59,390 --> 00:31:01,920
NONSENSE. NATURE'S
ALL VERY WELL IN HER PLACE,

374
00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:04,430
BUT SHE MUSTN'T BE ALLOWED
TO MAKE THINGS UNTIDY.

375
00:31:04,460 --> 00:31:08,060
NOW REMEMBER, MERIAM,
NO MORE SUKEBIND
AND SUMMER EVENINGS...

376
00:31:08,100 --> 00:31:10,060
WITHOUT A FEW
PREPARATIONS
BEFOREHAND.

377
00:31:10,100 --> 00:31:12,600
IF YOU'LL WASH
MY BEDROOM CURTAINS
FOR ME, I'LL PAY YOU.

378
00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:16,950
THAT CAN GO TOWARDS
BUYING WHATEVER IT IS
YOUR CHILDREN HAVE TO EAT.

379
00:31:16,980 --> 00:31:19,250
MORNIN', MISS.

380
00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:23,960
HELLO, MOTHER.
SHE WANTS ME TO WASH
HER BEDROOM CURTAINS.

381
00:31:23,980 --> 00:31:28,080
WHO'S "SHE"? THE CAT'S
MOTHER? YOU SPEAK PROPER
TO THE YOUNG LADY.

382
00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:31,950
NEVER THOUGHT I'D HEAR ANYONE
WANTING WASHING DONE
AT COLD COMFORT.

383
00:31:31,990 --> 00:31:36,420
SHE'LL WASH 'EM
FOR YOU, MISS.
OH, HOW IS HE?

384
00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:40,000
DOIN' FINE.
THEY ALWAYS DOES.

385
00:31:40,030 --> 00:31:42,130
WELL, YOU NEEDN'T SOUND
AS IF YOU WISH
THEY WOULDN'T.

386
00:31:42,170 --> 00:31:46,610
LORD KNOWS, NONE OF 'EM
WAS VERY WELCOME,
POOR LITTLE INNOCENTS.

387
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:51,480
STILL, NOW THEY'RE HERE,
WE MIGHT AS WELL LOOK
AFTER 'EM RIGHT.

388
00:31:51,510 --> 00:31:55,280
COME ANOTHER FOUR YEARS,
I'LL START MAKIN' USE OF 'EM.

389
00:31:55,310 --> 00:31:57,210
HOW?

390
00:31:57,250 --> 00:31:59,660
TRAIN THE FOUR OF 'EM UP
FOR ONE OF THEM JAZZ BANDS.

391
00:31:59,690 --> 00:32:04,360
THEY GET SIX POUND A NIGHT
PLAYIN' UP WEST
IN THE NIGHTCLUBS.

392
00:32:04,390 --> 00:32:08,190
THAT'S WHY WE GOT TO
LOOK AFTER 'EM RIGHT.
YEAH.

393
00:32:08,230 --> 00:32:12,100
HE'S GONNA BE
A TROMBONE PLAYER.
LOOK AT HIS MOUTH.

394
00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:16,630
A TELEGRAM, MADAM.

395
00:32:16,670 --> 00:32:19,610
OOH, IT MUST BE
FROM FLORA.

396
00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:21,710
OH, DO READ IT,
SNELLER.

397
00:32:24,110 --> 00:32:29,080
"WORST FEARS REALIZED.
SETH AND REUBEN TOO.

398
00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:33,260
EVERYTHING NEEDS CHANGING.
SEND MAGAZINES."

399
00:32:53,710 --> 00:32:55,650
MORNING.
MORNING.

400
00:32:55,670 --> 00:32:57,970
NOT SO BAD NOW, EH?
NO.

401
00:33:04,380 --> 00:33:07,780
LUNCHES, DEAR?
WE DO, BUT ONLY IN AUGUST.

402
00:33:07,820 --> 00:33:11,160
NOT ALWAYS THEN.
YOU CAN HAVE WHAT
WE'RE HAVIN'.

403
00:33:11,190 --> 00:33:13,590
GOT TO COOK
MY GENTLEMAN'S DINNER.
OH!

404
00:33:13,630 --> 00:33:17,030
OH, NO, MY DEAR.
THAT'S MR. HAWK-MONITOR
FROM UP THE HALL.

405
00:33:17,060 --> 00:33:19,390
HE'S A REAL GENTLEMAN.
HE DON'T EAT HERE.

406
00:33:19,430 --> 00:33:23,560
MY GENTLEMAN'S
A MR. MYBUG FROM LONDON.
HE'S A BOOK WRITER.

407
00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:26,430
OH, NOT ANOTHER.
THERE HE IS NOW.

408
00:33:26,470 --> 00:33:30,670
WALKS THE HIGH WEALD
ALL HOURS, HE DOES.
THEN COMES IN COVERED IN MUD.

409
00:33:30,710 --> 00:33:33,380
♪ [ Humming ]

410
00:33:36,150 --> 00:33:40,160
GOOD DAY, ALL.
NICE WALK,
MR. MYBUG?

411
00:33:40,190 --> 00:33:44,100
I HAVE FREELY WANDERED
THE AMPLE SUCKLING BREASTS
OF THE WELCOMING HILLS.

412
00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:46,450
A PINT OF CIDER,
IF YOU WOULD,
MRS. MURTHER.

413
00:33:46,490 --> 00:33:48,660
A YOUNG LADY
ASKIN' AFTER YOU.

414
00:33:50,430 --> 00:33:52,640
HA! FLORA POSTE,
ISN'T IT?

415
00:33:52,660 --> 00:33:55,500
MAY I SIT DOWN?
WE MET AT THE POLSWETTS
IN OCTOBER.

416
00:33:55,530 --> 00:33:58,230
DID WE, MR. MYBUG?
MEYERBURG.
DON'T YOU REMEMBER?

417
00:33:58,270 --> 00:34:02,370
HARRIET BELMONT SAT NAKED
ON THE GRASS AND PLAYED
TO US ON HER FLUTE.

418
00:34:02,410 --> 00:34:06,420
ACTUALLY, THE POLSWETTS SAID
YOU WERE DOWN HERE. I RATHER
HOPED I WOULD RUN INTO YOU.

419
00:34:06,450 --> 00:34:09,290
BETTER GO UP AND DRY OFF,
HADN'T YOU, MR. MYBUG?

420
00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:13,160
YES, YES. DEAR ME,
I DO SEEM SOMEWHAT SOAKED
IN NATURE'S FECUND BLESSING.

421
00:34:13,190 --> 00:34:16,260
I SHALL SEE YOU
IN A VERY FEW MOMENTS,
MY DEAR MISS POSTE.

422
00:34:16,290 --> 00:34:19,400
BUT LET ME WARN YOU.
I'M A QUEER, MOODY BRUTE,

423
00:34:19,430 --> 00:34:23,070
BUT THERE'S RICH SOIL
IN HERE IF YOU CARE
TO DIG FOR IT.

424
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:30,240
♪ [ Singing ]

425
00:34:30,270 --> 00:34:34,310
MRS. MURTHER, I THINK I'LL DO
WITHOUT LUNCH TODAY AFTER ALL.
ALL RIGHT, DEAR.

426
00:34:35,540 --> 00:34:37,570
GOOD-BYE.

427
00:34:48,290 --> 00:34:50,790
HELLO.

428
00:34:50,820 --> 00:34:53,890
I THOUGHT I'D INTRODUCE
THE CUSTOM OF AFTERNOON TEA.

429
00:34:53,930 --> 00:34:56,170
DO YOU TAKE MILK?

430
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:20,650
I SCRANLETTED 200 FURROW
COME 3:00 DOWN IN THE BUTE.

431
00:35:22,250 --> 00:35:25,190
DID YOU?
AYE.

432
00:35:25,220 --> 00:35:26,920
DID TOO.

433
00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:31,470
ALL THE WAY FROM
TICKLEPENNY CORNER
TO NETTLE FLITCH.

434
00:35:35,430 --> 00:35:37,260
COULD YOU 'A' DONE THAT?

435
00:35:37,300 --> 00:35:39,930
NO, INDEED.
I CERTAINLY
COULDN'T, REUBEN.

436
00:35:39,970 --> 00:35:42,700
BUT THEN, YOU SEE,
I SHOULDN'T WANT TO.

437
00:35:43,980 --> 00:35:48,520
TAKE THE FARM,
PAY HIRED MEN, I'D WAGER.

438
00:35:48,550 --> 00:35:51,520
WASTE ALL
THE TAKINGS.
NO, I WOULDN'T.

439
00:35:51,550 --> 00:35:54,780
I WOULDN'T CARE IF
TICKLEPENNY CORNER WASN'T
SCRANLETTED AT ALL.

440
00:35:54,820 --> 00:35:58,720
I'D LET YOU
DO IT INSTEAD.
LET? LET!

441
00:36:00,230 --> 00:36:02,200
THAT'S A FINE WORD
TO USE TO A MAN...

442
00:36:02,230 --> 00:36:04,870
THAT'S NURSED THIS FARM
LIKE A SICK MOMMET,

443
00:36:04,900 --> 00:36:07,770
KNOWS EVERY INCH OF SOIL
AND PATCH OF SUKEBIND
IN THE PLACE.

444
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:10,970
LET'S GET IT STRAIGHT, REUBEN.
I DON'T WANT THE FARM.

445
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:15,870
I'M THE LAST PERSON IN THE WORLD
TO BE ANY GOOD AT SCRANLETTING.
REALLY.

446
00:36:15,910 --> 00:36:19,880
I PREFER TO LEAVE IT
TO PEOPLE WHO KNOW
ALL ABOUT IT. LIKE YOU.

447
00:36:26,550 --> 00:36:28,680
[ Door Opening ]

448
00:36:46,740 --> 00:36:50,910
WHAT'S THAT
YOU'RE MAKIN'?
A BATH TOWEL, SETH.

449
00:36:50,940 --> 00:36:53,310
WOULD YOU LIKE
SOME TEA?

450
00:36:54,710 --> 00:36:56,710
YOU WOMEN ARE ALL ALIKE.

451
00:36:59,720 --> 00:37:04,830
FUSSIN' OVER
YOUR FAL-DE-LALS
TO BEDAZE A MAN'S EYES, EH?

452
00:37:04,860 --> 00:37:07,260
AND WHAT YOU REALLY WANT
IS HIS BLOOD,

453
00:37:07,290 --> 00:37:11,790
HIS PRIDE,
AND THE HEART
OUT OF HIS BODY.

454
00:37:11,830 --> 00:37:14,360
- REALLY?
- AYE.

455
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:19,370
AND THEN WHEN YOU GOT HIM,
BOUND UP IN YOUR FAL-DE-LALS
AND YOUR SOFTNESS...

456
00:37:19,410 --> 00:37:22,950
AND HE CAN'T MOVE 'CAUSE OF THE
LONGIN' THAT CRIES IN HIS BLOOD,
WHAT DO YOU DO THEN, EH?

457
00:37:22,970 --> 00:37:25,510
I'M AFRAID
I DON'T KNOW, SETH.

458
00:37:25,540 --> 00:37:28,710
WOULD YOU MIND PASSING ME
THAT REEL OF COTTON
ON THE DRESSER?

459
00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:42,870
THIS WHAT YOU'RE AFTER?

460
00:37:46,030 --> 00:37:48,560
THANK YOU.

461
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:51,700
YOU EATS HIM.

462
00:37:51,740 --> 00:37:54,980
SAME AS A HEN SPIDER
EATS A COCK SPIDER.

463
00:37:56,680 --> 00:37:59,950
BUT I DON'T LET
NO WOMEN EAT ME.

464
00:37:59,980 --> 00:38:02,920
I EATS THEM INSTEAD.

465
00:38:02,950 --> 00:38:07,360
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHAT I'M SAYIN', DO YOU,
LITTLE INNOCENT?

466
00:38:07,390 --> 00:38:09,630
YES, AND I THINK
IT'S DREADFUL.

467
00:38:09,660 --> 00:38:13,900
WHAT DO YOU DO IN
THE EVENINGS, SETH? WHEN
YOU'RE NOT EATING PEOPLE.

468
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:20,570
- GO OVER BEERSHORN
TO THE TALKIES.
- OH, YOU LIKE THE TALKIES?

469
00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:23,010
BETTER THAN ANYTHING
IN THE WHOLE WORLD.

470
00:38:30,980 --> 00:38:33,520
SEVENTY-FOUR PHOTOS
OF LOTTIE FUNCHAL.

471
00:38:37,150 --> 00:38:39,890
FORTY OF JENNIE CARROLL.

472
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:43,360
FIFTY-FIVE, LAURA VALLEY.

473
00:38:44,990 --> 00:38:49,790
ALL SIGNED ONES.
THAT'S WHERE I'M GOIN' NOW.

474
00:38:49,830 --> 00:38:53,100
D'YOU WANT TO COME?
THEY'RE SHOWIN'
STREET SINNERS.

475
00:38:53,130 --> 00:38:58,060
I SAW IT LONDON, ACTUALLY.
THANK YOU, SETH.
YOU'LL ENJOY IT.

476
00:39:09,820 --> 00:39:11,860
WOMEN.

477
00:39:20,630 --> 00:39:24,600
YOU'LL BE GLAD TO KNOW
MY CAMPAIGN FOR TIDYING UP
COLD COMFORT FARM...

478
00:39:24,630 --> 00:39:26,560
IS GOING RATHER WELL.

479
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:30,410
"I'VE ALREADY BEGUN
TO SOFTEN THE DOUR REUBEN,

480
00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:34,610
AND I THINK I'VE DISCOVERED
THE REAL NATURE OF SETH'S
GRAND PASSION."

481
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:39,110
AHEM. "I'VE STARTED
TEACHING THE HIRED GIRL
THE PRECAUTIONARY ARTS--"

482
00:39:39,140 --> 00:39:41,480
VERY GOOD.
"ALL PART OF
MY MISSION...

483
00:39:41,510 --> 00:39:43,910
"TO DRAG THEM
INTO THE MODERN WORLD,

484
00:39:43,950 --> 00:39:46,420
"AND I'M ALSO GETTING
MY BEDROOM CURTAINS WASHED,

485
00:39:46,450 --> 00:39:49,450
"BUT I STILL HAVE TO MEET
AUNT ADA DOOM,

486
00:39:49,490 --> 00:39:53,060
"AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
WRONG WAS DONE TO PAPA.

487
00:39:53,090 --> 00:39:55,890
PLEASE SEND
THIS MONTH'S VOGUE."

488
00:39:57,860 --> 00:40:02,130
[ Thinking ]
FROM THE STUBBORN INTERWOVEN
STRATA OF HIS UNCONSCIOUS,

489
00:40:03,070 --> 00:40:07,110
THOUGHT SEEPED UP
INTO HIS DIM...

490
00:40:07,140 --> 00:40:09,050
CONSCIOUS,

491
00:40:09,070 --> 00:40:12,010
NOT AS AN INTEGRAL PART
OF THAT CONSCIOUSNESS,

492
00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:16,680
RATHER AS
AN IMPALPABLE EMANATION...

493
00:40:16,720 --> 00:40:20,520
FROM THE UNSLEEPING LIFE
OF THE NATURE THAT
SURROUNDED HIM.

494
00:40:21,950 --> 00:40:24,690
THE GOLDEN ORB--

495
00:40:24,720 --> 00:40:26,750
THE GOLDEN ORB--

496
00:40:28,930 --> 00:40:31,000
OH, DEAR.

497
00:40:54,190 --> 00:40:56,960
[ Chickens
Clucking ]
AMOS!

498
00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:03,130
WHERE YOU GOING?
PREACHIN'.
AT BEERSHORN.

499
00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:05,830
AT THE CHURCH
OF THE QUIVERIN' BRETHREN.

500
00:41:05,860 --> 00:41:10,860
THEY'LL ALL BURN IN HELL,
AND SOMEONE'S GOTTA
TELL THEM SO.

501
00:41:10,900 --> 00:41:14,840
MAY I COME WITH YOU?
THINK YOU'LL ESCAPE FROM
THE FIRES OF HELL...

502
00:41:14,870 --> 00:41:17,740
IF YOU COME ALONG WITH ME
AND BOW DOWN AND QUIVER?

503
00:41:17,780 --> 00:41:21,690
'TIS TOO LATE, YOUNG LADY.
YOU'LL BURN WITH THE REST.

504
00:41:21,710 --> 00:41:24,110
WELL, I SHOULD LIKE
TO SEE IT, EVEN SO.

505
00:41:24,150 --> 00:41:26,720
WHY ARE THEY CALLED
"QUIVERING BRETHREN"?

506
00:41:26,750 --> 00:41:30,620
WHY? BECAUSE
THEY QUIVER WHEN THEY
PREPARE FOR TORMENT.

507
00:41:30,660 --> 00:41:32,730
[ Cow Bellowing ]

508
00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:36,900
DO YOU PREPARE
YOUR SERMONS BEFOREHAND
OR DOES IT JUST COME?

509
00:41:36,930 --> 00:41:42,170
WORD IS NEVER PREPARED.
IT FALLS ON ME MIND
LIKE MANNA FROM HEAVEN.

510
00:41:43,100 --> 00:41:46,530
REALLY?
HOW INTERESTING.

511
00:41:46,570 --> 00:41:49,170
THEN YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
YOU'RE GOING TO SAY BEFORE
YOU GET THERE?

512
00:41:49,210 --> 00:41:52,150
AYE. I ALWAYS KNOW
IT'LL BE SUMMAT
ABOUT BURNIN'.

513
00:41:52,180 --> 00:41:54,320
AND DOES ANYONE ELSE PREACH,
OR ARE YOU THE ONLY ONE?

514
00:41:54,350 --> 00:41:55,950
ONLY ME.
[ Bell Ringing ]

515
00:41:55,980 --> 00:42:01,720
DEBORAH CHECKBOTTOM,
SHE TRIED ONCEWAYS TO GET UP
AND PREACH, BUT SHE COULDN'T.

516
00:42:01,750 --> 00:42:04,280
THE LORD WEREN'T IN HER.

517
00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:09,090
[ Congregation ]
♪ WHATEVER SHALL WE DO
O LORD ♪

518
00:42:09,130 --> 00:42:14,270
♪ WHEN GABRIEL BLOWS
O'ER SEA AND RIVER ♪

519
00:42:14,300 --> 00:42:18,640
♪ FEN AND DESERT
MOUNT AND FORD ♪

520
00:42:18,670 --> 00:42:25,110
♪ THE EARTH WILL BURN
BUT WE WILL QUIVER ♪

521
00:42:26,110 --> 00:42:30,940
♪ WHATEVER SHALL WE DO
O LORD ♪

522
00:42:30,980 --> 00:42:36,050
♪ WHEN CROPS DO FAIL
AND BLOSSOMS WITHER ♪

523
00:42:36,090 --> 00:42:40,330
♪ GOD'S GREAT WRATH
BE NOT IGNORED ♪

524
00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:48,670
♪ THE EARTH MAY FAIL
BUT WE WILL QUIVER ♪

525
00:42:48,700 --> 00:42:55,270
♪ AMEN

526
00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:10,330
YE MISERABLE,
CRAWLIN' WORMS.

527
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:14,100
ARE YE HERE AGAIN THEN?
[ Congregation ]
AYE.

528
00:43:14,130 --> 00:43:18,170
HAVE YE COME LIKE NIMSHI,
SON OF REHOBOAM,

529
00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:20,640
SECRETLY OUT OF
YOUR DOOMED HOUSES...

530
00:43:20,670 --> 00:43:23,240
TO HEAR WHAT'S
COMIN' TO YE?

531
00:43:23,270 --> 00:43:26,940
[ All ]
AYE.
HAVE YE COME, OLD AND YOUNG,

532
00:43:26,970 --> 00:43:31,400
SICK AND WELL,
MATRONS AND VIRGINS--

533
00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:34,710
IF THERE BE ANY VIRGINS
AMONGST YOU, WHICH
IS NOT LIKELY,

534
00:43:34,750 --> 00:43:37,390
THE WORLD BEING
IN THE WICKED STATE
THAT IT IS.

535
00:43:37,420 --> 00:43:40,890
AYE.
HAVE YE COME TO
HEAR ME TELL YE...

536
00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:46,730
OF THE GREAT CRIMSON,
LICKING FLAMES
OF HELL FIRE?

537
00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:49,200
[ All ]
AYE!
AYE!

538
00:43:49,230 --> 00:43:52,940
YOU'VE COME,
DOZENS OF YE,

539
00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:58,260
LIKE RATS TO THE GRANARY,
LIKE FIELD MICE WHEN
THERE'S HARVEST HOME.

540
00:43:58,300 --> 00:44:01,430
AND WHAT GOOD
WILL IT DO YE?

541
00:44:01,470 --> 00:44:03,900
YOU'RE ALL DAMNED!

542
00:44:03,940 --> 00:44:06,870
- [ Congregation Shuddering ]
- [ Amos ] DAMNED!

543
00:44:06,910 --> 00:44:10,810
DO YOU EVER STOP
TO THINK WHAT
THAT WORD MEANS?

544
00:44:10,850 --> 00:44:14,320
[ Congregation ] NO-O-O-O.
NO, YOU DON'T.
IT MEANS...

545
00:44:14,350 --> 00:44:17,380
ENDLESS, HORRIFYING TORMENT.

546
00:44:17,420 --> 00:44:22,060
IT MEANS YOUR POOR, SINFUL
BODIES STRETCHED OUT
ON RED-HOT GRIDIRONS...

547
00:44:22,090 --> 00:44:24,360
IN THE NETHERMOST
FIERY PIT OF HELL...

548
00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:29,710
AND THOSE DEMONS
MOCKING YE WHILE THEY
WAVES COOLING JELLIES...

549
00:44:29,740 --> 00:44:31,810
IN FRONT OF YE.

550
00:44:35,740 --> 00:44:39,470
YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE
WHEN YOU BURN YOUR HAND...

551
00:44:39,510 --> 00:44:42,040
TAKIN' A CAKE
OUT OF THE OVEN...

552
00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:44,910
OR LIGHTING ONE OF THEM
GODLESS CIGARETTES?

553
00:44:44,950 --> 00:44:49,020
AND IT STINGS WITH
A FEARFUL PAIN. AYE?

554
00:44:49,050 --> 00:44:54,190
AND YOU RUN TO CLAP
A BIT OF BUTTER ON IT
TO TAKE THE PAIN AWAY, AYE?

555
00:44:54,230 --> 00:44:56,370
AYE.
WELL, I'LL TELL YE.

556
00:44:56,390 --> 00:45:01,900
- THERE'LL BE NO
BUTTER IN HELL!
- NO!

557
00:45:01,930 --> 00:45:04,730
AND YOUR BODY WILL BE
BURNIN' AND STINGIN'
WITH THAT TERRIBLE PAIN!

558
00:45:04,770 --> 00:45:07,900
AND YOUR BLACKENED TONGUE
WILL BE STICKIN' OUT OF
YOUR MOUTH,

559
00:45:07,940 --> 00:45:12,020
AND YOUR PARCHED LIPS
WILL BE CRYIN' OUT FOR--

560
00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:14,940
[ Sermon Continues,
Indistinct ]

561
00:45:20,850 --> 00:45:24,080
CAKES AND AN ORANGE
WITH SUGAR ON IT.
THANK YOU.

562
00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:36,770
AH, MISS POSTE!
MAY I JOIN YOU?

563
00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:39,900
MR. MYBUG.
I SUPPOSE SO.
MEYERBURG.

564
00:45:39,940 --> 00:45:43,010
I'LL HAVE WHAT
SHE'S HAVING, PLEASE.
VERY WELL, SIR.

565
00:45:43,040 --> 00:45:46,470
I DO LOVE EATING
WITH A SPOON, DON'T YOU?

566
00:45:46,510 --> 00:45:50,180
NOW, MISS POSTE, PERHAPS
YOU CAN HELP ME ON A MATTER
THAT'S BEEN TROUBLING ME.

567
00:45:50,220 --> 00:45:53,360
DO YOU BELIEVE
THAT WOMEN HAVE SOULS?

568
00:45:53,380 --> 00:45:55,920
I'M AFRAID I'M NOT
VERY INTERESTED.
QUITE.

569
00:45:55,950 --> 00:46:00,290
I DO SO AGREE.
BODIES MATTER SO MUCH MORE
THAN SOULS, DON'T YOU THINK?

570
00:46:00,330 --> 00:46:04,900
OR ARE YOU, ALAS, LIKE SO MANY
YOUNG ENGLISHWOMEN, A PRISONER
OF OUTDATED INHIBITIONS?

571
00:46:04,930 --> 00:46:09,260
DO YOU KNOW WHAT
D.H. LAWRENCE SAID?
I DO, ACTUALLY, YES.

572
00:46:09,300 --> 00:46:14,500
HE SAID THERE MUST ALWAYS BE
A DARK, DUMB, BITTER
BELLY TENSION...

573
00:46:14,540 --> 00:46:16,480
BETWEEN THE LIVING MAN
AND THE LIVING WOMAN.

574
00:46:16,510 --> 00:46:19,920
MR. MYBUG, DO TELL ME ABOUT
THE BOOK YOU'RE WRITING.
AH.

575
00:46:19,950 --> 00:46:21,950
EXCUSE ME, SIR.
WELL--
THANK YOU.

576
00:46:21,980 --> 00:46:24,180
THANK YOU, SIR.
I INTEND TO PROVE...

577
00:46:24,220 --> 00:46:27,590
THAT BRANWELL BRONTE5
WROTE WUTHERING HEIGHTS...

578
00:46:27,620 --> 00:46:32,330
AND JANE EYRE AND
THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL.

579
00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:34,970
A WORK OF FICTION,
IS IT?

580
00:46:34,990 --> 00:46:38,590
YES, WELL, THAT'S ENOUGH
ABOUT ME. TELL ME, MISS POSTE,
DO YOU CARE ABOUT WALKING?

581
00:46:38,630 --> 00:46:41,570
WHAT ABOUT IT?
I THOUGHT WE MIGHT TAKE
SOME NATURE WALKS TOGETHER,

582
00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:44,840
GO ON DISCUSSING
ART AND LITERATURE LIKE THIS.

583
00:46:44,870 --> 00:46:47,000
BUT I'D BETTER WARN YOU.
I'M PRETTY SUSCEPTIBLE.

584
00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:50,350
WELL, THEN, PERHAPS WE
SHOULD POSTPONE THE WALKS
UNTIL THE WEATHER'S FINER.

585
00:46:50,380 --> 00:46:53,520
IT WOULD BE TOO BAD
IF YOUR BOOK WAS HELD UP
BECAUSE YOU'D CAUGHT A COLD.

586
00:46:53,540 --> 00:46:57,980
I'M TALKING ABOUT SEX,
MISS POSTE! YES. YOU SEE,
I BELIEVE IN UTTER FRANKNESS...

587
00:46:58,020 --> 00:47:00,020
ABOUT SEXUAL THINGS.

588
00:47:00,050 --> 00:47:03,180
AYE, YE FORNICATORS.
FORNICATORS!

589
00:47:03,220 --> 00:47:08,550
[ Stammering ]
NO, I ASSURE YOU. MISS POSTE
AND I ARE JUST OLD FRIENDS.

590
00:47:08,590 --> 00:47:11,860
- WE MET IN LONDON.
- OH, AYE, THE DEVIL'S CITY.

591
00:47:11,900 --> 00:47:15,470
THE STINKIN' PIT OF WHOREDOM.
COME ON, YOUNG LADY.

592
00:47:15,500 --> 00:47:17,930
IT'S BACK TO COLD COMFORT
FOR YOU!

593
00:47:26,340 --> 00:47:31,210
YE'LL FRITTER AND FRY.
YE DIDN'T EVEN STAY
TO HEAR THE LORD'S WORD.

594
00:47:31,250 --> 00:47:35,090
I WAS OVERWHELMED, COUSIN.
YOU'RE SUCH A POWERFUL PREACHER.

595
00:47:35,120 --> 00:47:38,420
AYE, THE WORD
BURNS IN ME MOUTH,

596
00:47:38,460 --> 00:47:41,630
AND I MUST BLOW IT
ON THE WHOLE WORLD
LIKE FLAMES.

597
00:47:41,660 --> 00:47:47,270
YOU OUGHT TO DO IT
MORE WIDELY, COUSIN AMOS.
WHAT DO YE MEAN?

598
00:47:47,300 --> 00:47:50,670
YOU SHOULDN'T WASTE IT
ON A FEW MISERABLE SINNERS
IN BEERSHORN.

599
00:47:50,700 --> 00:47:54,600
YOU COULD GO ROUND THE COUNTRY
IN A FORD VAN, PREACHING
ON MARKET DAYS.

600
00:47:54,640 --> 00:47:57,450
'TWOULD BE EXALTING MESELF
AND PUFFIN' MESELF UP...

601
00:47:57,480 --> 00:48:00,220
IF I WENT AROUND
IN ONE OF THEY VANS.

602
00:48:00,250 --> 00:48:03,490
THINKIN' OF MY GLORY
'STEAD OF THE LORD'S.

603
00:48:03,510 --> 00:48:07,950
YOU COULD SAVE
THOUSANDS OF SOULS.
THAT'S HOW I'D LOOK AT IT...

604
00:48:07,990 --> 00:48:10,990
IF I WERE GOING
ROUND THE COUNTRY
IN A FORD VAN.

605
00:48:13,990 --> 00:48:16,320
WHAT KIND OF FORD VAN?

606
00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:39,680
HAS SHE BEEN ASKIN' ABOUT
ME, ROBERT POSTE'S CHILD?
WHAT DOES SHE WANT?

607
00:48:39,720 --> 00:48:43,330
SHE'S BEEN HERE MORE THAN
A WEEK. SHE KEEPS ASKIN'
TO SEE YOU, MOTHER.

608
00:48:43,350 --> 00:48:44,990
COULDN'T YOU COME DOWN
JUST ONCE AND TALK TO HER?

609
00:48:45,020 --> 00:48:50,620
YOU KNOW I NEVER COME DOWN
EXCEPT FOR THE COUNTIN',
NOT AFTER WHAT HAPPENED TO ME.

610
00:48:50,660 --> 00:48:53,960
SHE'S ROBERT POSTE'S CHILD.
SHE HAS HER RIGHTS.

611
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:57,140
SAW SOMETHING NASTY
IN THE WOODSHED.

612
00:48:57,170 --> 00:48:59,510
I NEVER SPOKE OF IT,
NOT EVEN TO MAMA.

613
00:48:59,540 --> 00:49:04,750
BUT I'VE ALWAYS REMEMBERED IT
EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE.
IT'S MADE ME THE WAY I AM.

614
00:49:04,780 --> 00:49:08,550
YES, MOTHER.
IT'S THE FARM
SHE WANTS, ISN'T IT?

615
00:49:08,580 --> 00:49:12,020
SHE'S YOUR SISTER'S
GRANDCHILD. SHE'S OWED--
SHE'S OWED NOTHIN'.

616
00:49:12,050 --> 00:49:16,280
SHE SHOULD NEVER HAVE COME HERE.
SHE'S PLAYIN' HER WILES
ON ALL OF YOU.

617
00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:20,150
I'VE WATCHED HER.
REUBEN, SETH, NOW AMOS.

618
00:49:20,190 --> 00:49:23,560
I'M NOT HAVIN' IT, GIRL.
THERE'VE ALWAYS BEEN
STARKADDERS...

619
00:49:23,590 --> 00:49:27,060
AT COLD COMFORT FARM.
AT COLD COMFORT FARM. YES,
MOTHER, DON'T UPSET YOURSELF.

620
00:49:27,100 --> 00:49:30,540
STARKADDERS!
ALWAYS WERE,
ALWAYS WILL BE.

621
00:49:30,570 --> 00:49:35,410
TELL HER, GIRL. TELL HER!
HEAR WHAT I SAID?
STARKADDERS!

622
00:51:02,560 --> 00:51:06,760
ADAM, YOU'RE NOT USING THAT
NICE DISH MOP I BOUGHT YOU
FOR THE CLETTERING.

623
00:51:06,800 --> 00:51:12,610
NAY. I'D NEVER PUT THAT
PRETTY IN GURT-GREASY
WASHING-UP WATER.

624
00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:16,750
I MUN DO THAT
WITH THORN TWIGS.
THEY'LL SERVE.

625
00:51:19,140 --> 00:51:22,280
'TIS PRETTIER
THAN APPLE BLOOM,
MY LITTLE MOP.

626
00:51:25,150 --> 00:51:28,110
IS SOMETHING WRONG, ADAM?

627
00:51:28,150 --> 00:51:31,280
'TIS MY LITTLE WENNIT.
WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH HER?

628
00:51:31,320 --> 00:51:34,350
SHE'S ALWAYS PEERIN' THROUGH
THE WINDOWS UP HOWCHIKER HALL...

629
00:51:34,390 --> 00:51:37,490
TO GET A SIGHT OF THAT YOUNG
CHUCK-STUBBARD MASTER RICHARD.

630
00:51:37,530 --> 00:51:40,800
DICK HAWK-MONITOR?
ARR!
BLAST HIM...

631
00:51:40,830 --> 00:51:43,800
FOR A SETUP YEARLIN'
OF A WOMANIZER.

632
00:51:43,830 --> 00:51:46,170
OH, I HEAR
HE'S NICE ENOUGH.

633
00:51:46,200 --> 00:51:48,900
YOU KNOWS THE WAYS
OF GENTRY.

634
00:51:48,940 --> 00:51:54,150
HIM THE YOUNG SQUIRE
AND HER JUST A LITTLE
WENNIT OUT OF NATURE.

635
00:51:54,180 --> 00:51:57,290
INDEED I DO KNOW
THE WAYS OF GENTRY.

636
00:51:57,320 --> 00:51:59,590
I'M SURE HE MEANS NO HARM.

637
00:51:59,620 --> 00:52:03,190
THE PROBLEM IS, ELFINE'S
NOT QUITE THE SORT GENTRY MARRY.

638
00:52:03,220 --> 00:52:07,320
'TIS WHAT I MEAN.
LEAVE IT TO ME, ADAM.
I'LL TALK TO HER.

639
00:52:09,430 --> 00:52:11,830
POOR LITTLE WENNIT.

640
00:52:13,330 --> 00:52:17,260
SISTER SUN
AND BROTHER WIND,

641
00:52:17,300 --> 00:52:20,670
DANCIN' THROUGH
THE WOODLAND TREES,

642
00:52:20,710 --> 00:52:23,580
THIS LITTLE ODE
TO YOU I SING...

643
00:52:23,610 --> 00:52:25,950
AND WHISPER IT
UPON THE BREEZE.

644
00:52:25,980 --> 00:52:29,420
REALLY, ELFINE, DON'T YOU
THINK YOU SOMETIMES
OVERDO IT A BIT?

645
00:52:29,450 --> 00:52:32,220
OVERDO WHAT?
THIS WILL-OF-THE-WISP THING.

646
00:52:32,250 --> 00:52:33,950
WHO ENCOURAGED YOU
TO BE LIKE THAT?

647
00:52:33,980 --> 00:52:36,550
MISS ASHFORD FROM
THE ARTS AND CRAFTS SHOP
IN BEERSHORN.

648
00:52:36,590 --> 00:52:39,860
SHE WAS SO KIND TO ME.
SHE TAUGHT ME SUCH A LOT:

649
00:52:39,890 --> 00:52:43,590
HOW TO DRESS,
HOW TO SPEAK BEAUTIFULLY.

650
00:52:43,630 --> 00:52:46,240
AND SHE HAD
SUCH LOVELY THINGS.

651
00:52:46,260 --> 00:52:48,190
AND SHE MADE YOU
READ POETRY.
MMM.

652
00:52:48,230 --> 00:52:51,560
WRITE IT, TOO, PROBABLY.
YES. I'M GOING TO PUBLISH
A VOLUME WHEN I'M 50.

653
00:52:51,600 --> 00:52:54,630
OH. AND THAT'S WHY
YOU HAVE TO BE ALONE ON
THE HILLSIDES, IS IT?

654
00:52:54,670 --> 00:52:58,700
YES. SO I CAN BE
WITH MY POETRY AND MY DREAMS.

655
00:53:00,450 --> 00:53:04,450
ANYWAY, I CAN'T STAND
THE FARM ANOTHER MINUTE.
WHY NOT?

656
00:53:04,480 --> 00:53:07,550
URK, OF COURSE.
HE'S HORRIBLE.

657
00:53:07,590 --> 00:53:10,990
HE'S ALWAYS IN THE TREE
OUTSIDE MY WINDOW,
SPYING ON ME.

658
00:53:11,020 --> 00:53:15,420
MMM.
GRANDMA DOOM SAYS I'M PROMISED
TO MARRY HIM WHEN I'M 18.

659
00:53:15,460 --> 00:53:18,420
OH, NO! WHY?
BECAUSE HE'S
A STARKADDER.

660
00:53:18,460 --> 00:53:22,530
AND THERE HAVE ALWAYS
BEEN STARKADDERS AT
COLD COMFORT FARM.

661
00:53:22,570 --> 00:53:25,280
BUT THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE,
ISN'T THERE?

662
00:53:25,300 --> 00:53:28,570
HOW DID YOU KNOW?
THERE ALWAYS IS.

663
00:53:28,610 --> 00:53:32,250
DICK HAWK-MONITOR
AT THE HALL? YES?

664
00:53:32,280 --> 00:53:36,420
ARE YOU ENGAGED
TO HIM?
ENGAGED? NO.

665
00:53:36,450 --> 00:53:38,890
NO, IT'S--
IT'S TOO BINDING.

666
00:53:38,920 --> 00:53:42,430
MMM.
DON'T YOU THINK IT'S HORRIBLE
TO BIND SOMEONE DOWN?

667
00:53:42,450 --> 00:53:48,250
I SEE. SO HE DOESN'T
WANT TO MARRY YOU.

668
00:53:48,290 --> 00:53:51,290
OH, I THINK HE DOES
SOMETIMES,

669
00:53:51,330 --> 00:53:53,070
BUT HE'S GOT THIS LONDON
COUSIN CALLED PAMELA.

670
00:53:53,100 --> 00:53:56,940
IT'S HIS 21st BIRTHDAY
PARTY NEXT MONTH. THEY'RE
BOUND TO GET ENGAGED THEN.

671
00:53:56,970 --> 00:54:00,280
NEXT MONTH?
WELL, THEN,
IT'S QUITE SIMPLE.

672
00:54:00,310 --> 00:54:02,810
YOU MUST GO TO THIS PARTY
AND WIN HIM OVER.

673
00:54:02,840 --> 00:54:06,840
I CAN'T GO TO THE PARTY.
GRANDMA DOOM DOESN'T LET US
ACCEPT INVITATIONS.

674
00:54:06,880 --> 00:54:09,720
ONLY TO FUNERALS AND
THE CHURCHIN' OF WOMEN.

675
00:54:09,750 --> 00:54:14,290
LOOK! THERE HE IS!
ISN'T HE FINE?

676
00:54:14,320 --> 00:54:17,530
[ Flora ]
YES. HE SHOULD
SUIT YOU VERY NICELY.

677
00:54:17,560 --> 00:54:20,000
WOULD YOU LIKE ME
TO HELP YOU?

678
00:54:41,780 --> 00:54:44,750
REUBEN.
MISS POSTE.

679
00:54:46,350 --> 00:54:48,780
GOIN' TO CHURCH AGAIN
WITH THE OLD DEVIL?
NO.

680
00:54:48,820 --> 00:54:53,660
I WAS ADVISING COUSIN AMOS
TO ADDRESS HIS SERMONS
TO A WIDER AUDIENCE.

681
00:54:53,690 --> 00:54:56,420
WANTS TO FRIGHTEN THE BIRDS
OFF THE TREES, DOES HE?

682
00:54:56,460 --> 00:54:59,660
THINK ABOUT IT, REUBEN.
IF HE WERE AWAY PREACHING,

683
00:54:59,700 --> 00:55:02,000
SOMEONE ELSE WOULD NEED
TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE FARM.

684
00:55:02,030 --> 00:55:05,100
AND SO I'LL HAVE TO ONE DAY,
WHEN THE OLD DEVIL DIES.

685
00:55:05,140 --> 00:55:07,480
BUT HE TALKS OF
LEAVING IT TO ADAM.

686
00:55:07,510 --> 00:55:10,780
WOULDN'T IT BE BETTER IF
WHOEVER TOOK CHARGE GOT
A REAL GRIP ON THINGS...

687
00:55:10,810 --> 00:55:15,490
SO WHEN COUSIN AMOS CAME
BACK, HE COULD SEE IT OUGHT
TO BE LEFT TO THAT PERSON?

688
00:55:15,510 --> 00:55:18,080
OH, I GET IT.
MEANING YOU.

689
00:55:18,120 --> 00:55:23,730
NO, REUBEN, I'VE TOLD YOU
BEFORE, I DON'T WANT THE FARM.
MEANIN' WHO, THEN?

690
00:55:23,750 --> 00:55:26,520
MEANING YOU, REUBEN.

691
00:55:26,560 --> 00:55:29,430
WHO, ME?
AYE, THEE.

692
00:55:30,900 --> 00:55:32,840
AH, 'TIS IMPOSSIBLE.

693
00:55:32,860 --> 00:55:35,560
AUNT ADA'LL
NEVER LET HIM GO.

694
00:55:37,400 --> 00:55:41,570
IF ANYONE TALKS O' LEAVIN',
SHE HAS AN ATTACK.

695
00:55:41,610 --> 00:55:44,580
SHE'S ILL.
HOW DOES IT SHOW?

696
00:55:44,610 --> 00:55:46,820
OH, HAS TO KNOW
EVERYTHIN' AS GOES ON.

697
00:55:46,840 --> 00:55:50,080
HAS TO SEE THE MILK BOOK,
CHICKEN BOOK, COW BOOK.

698
00:55:50,110 --> 00:55:52,480
WE KEEPS BACK THE BOOKS,
SHE HAS AN ATTACK.

699
00:55:52,520 --> 00:55:55,460
WE ASK FOR POCKET MONEY,
SHE HAS AN ATTACK.

700
00:55:55,490 --> 00:55:57,860
ANYONE WANTS TO WED,
SHE HAS AN ATTACK.

701
00:55:57,890 --> 00:56:00,500
ANYONE WANT TO LEAVE
COLD COMFORT--

702
00:56:10,000 --> 00:56:13,430
SHE AIN'T LIKE
OTHER PEOPLE'S GRANDMOTHERS.

703
00:56:13,470 --> 00:56:15,700
SHE'S MAD, AND THAT'S ALL.

704
00:56:15,740 --> 00:56:21,110
I SEE. WELL, JUST BECAUSE
AUNT ADA IS MAD,

705
00:56:21,150 --> 00:56:25,150
THAT'S NO REASON WHY YOU
SHOULDN'T PERSUADE AMOS
TO GO ON HIS PREACHING TOUR.

706
00:56:30,790 --> 00:56:32,900
DANG ME IF IT DON'T.

707
00:56:48,010 --> 00:56:50,750
AUNT ADA, ISN'T IT
TIME WE TALKED?

708
00:56:50,780 --> 00:56:54,050
I SAW SOMETHING NASTY.
SAW SOMETHING NASTY!

709
00:56:54,080 --> 00:56:57,890
AUNT ADA!
SOMETHING NASTY
IN THE WOODSHED.

710
00:56:57,920 --> 00:57:00,720
GO AWAY, GIRL!
[ Sighs ]

711
00:57:00,750 --> 00:57:03,050
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN
IN THERE, AUNT ADA?

712
00:57:05,620 --> 00:57:08,650
EVER SINCE MY JUDITH
MARRIED AMOS.

713
00:57:08,690 --> 00:57:11,090
ISN'T IT LONELY?
LONELY?

714
00:57:11,130 --> 00:57:15,840
I SAW SOMETHING NASTY
IN THE WOODSHED.
DID YOU? WHAT?

715
00:57:15,870 --> 00:57:19,440
I DON'T REMEMBER ANYMORE.
I WAS LITTLE.

716
00:57:20,510 --> 00:57:22,780
SOMETHING TERRIBLE!

717
00:57:22,810 --> 00:57:25,980
AND IT WAS IN THE WOODSHED?
ARE YOU SURE?

718
00:57:26,010 --> 00:57:28,070
COURSE I'M SURE.

719
00:57:31,250 --> 00:57:35,630
OR MAYBE THE POTTING SHED.
OR THE BICYCLE SHED.

720
00:57:35,650 --> 00:57:37,720
OR THE TOOLSHED.

721
00:57:37,760 --> 00:57:41,200
ALL THESE YEARS,
GETTING FIVE GOOD MEALS A DAY,

722
00:57:41,230 --> 00:57:44,130
RUNNING THE FARM,
RULING THE ROOST,
EVERYONE DOING...

723
00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:47,890
EXACTLY AS YOU SAY
AND SACRIFICING THEIR LIVES
TO YOURS?

724
00:57:47,930 --> 00:57:52,770
THAT'S NOT BAD, IS IT,
JUST FOR SEEING SOMETHING NASTY
IN THE WOODSHED?

725
00:57:52,800 --> 00:57:55,900
EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON ME.

726
00:57:57,240 --> 00:57:59,470
DOES IT?

727
00:58:10,090 --> 00:58:12,160
[ Geese Honking ]

728
00:58:21,130 --> 00:58:24,130
THE BULL'S OUT.

729
00:58:24,170 --> 00:58:26,180
BIG BUSINESS?
[ Flora ]
IS THAT BAD?

730
00:58:26,200 --> 00:58:28,930
THAT'S TERRIBLE.
SOMEONE'LL GET HURT.
URK, GET THE BULL FORK.

731
00:58:28,970 --> 00:58:30,970
ADAM, COME ON!
BULL'S OUT!
WHERE'S SETH?

732
00:58:31,010 --> 00:58:33,050
DANG SETH!
COME ON!
ALL RIGHT!

733
00:58:33,080 --> 00:58:35,220
SOMETHIN' TO DO
WITH YOU, ISN'T IT?
WHY ME, URK?

734
00:58:35,250 --> 00:58:38,250
I KNOW YOU'RE TRYIN'
TO TAKE ELFINE AWAY FROM ME.
SHE'S MINE.

735
00:58:38,280 --> 00:58:41,810
SHE WERE PROMISED ME
THE DAY SHE WAS BORN.
YOU HEED WHAT I SAY.

736
00:58:41,850 --> 00:58:44,750
[ Amos ] URK!
WHEN THE WATER VOLES
MATE THIS SUMMER, SHE BE MINE.

737
00:58:44,790 --> 00:58:47,200
BETTER HURRY, URK.
THE BULL'S OUT.

738
00:58:47,220 --> 00:58:51,690
[ Indistinct Shout ]
COME ON!

739
00:58:51,730 --> 00:58:53,770
[ Clucking ]

740
00:58:54,630 --> 00:58:56,600
NO, BOY!
COME ON, BOY!

741
00:58:56,630 --> 00:58:58,760
[ Bull Bellowing ]
[ Yelling ]

742
00:59:10,980 --> 00:59:13,050
[ Whispering ]
ELFINE!

743
00:59:35,640 --> 00:59:37,870
[ Softly ]
GO, VIPER.

744
00:59:54,260 --> 00:59:58,200
VOILA.
NO, NO. LOW HERE?

745
00:59:58,230 --> 01:00:01,170
[ Murmuring ]
[ Murmuring In French ]

746
01:00:01,200 --> 01:00:04,810
[ Mary ]
OH, THAT'S LOVELY.
YES, THAT'S IT.

747
01:00:04,840 --> 01:00:07,140
YOU HAPPY, DARLING?
YES, I THINK THAT'S SWEET.

748
01:00:07,170 --> 01:00:09,800
RIGHT HERE.
[ Murmuring ]

749
01:00:12,680 --> 01:00:15,080
ROUND NECK,
I THINK.

750
01:00:15,110 --> 01:00:18,940
[ Mary ]
YES, I THINK A SMALL TRAIN.
AND THEN SOMEWHERE HERE,

751
01:00:18,980 --> 01:00:23,050
WE'RE NEEDING A BIT
OF UPLIFT, I THINK.

752
01:00:23,090 --> 01:00:29,000
HERE WE HAVE A PRIME EXAMPLE
OF E!COLE DE PARIS PAINTING.
HE'S ALSO VERY KEEN...

753
01:00:29,030 --> 01:00:33,240
ON THE WHOLE CALLIGRAPHIC
EFFECT OF HIS PAINTING,
THE VERY LINEAR QUALITY OF IT.

754
01:00:33,260 --> 01:00:35,330
ALWAYS WITH HIS WORK,
YOU FIND--

755
01:00:40,070 --> 01:00:43,170
FLORA, WHAT
DO YOU THINK?
NO, PLEASE, LOOK AT THIS.

756
01:00:43,210 --> 01:00:46,180
HIGHER COMMON SENSE.
VERY GOOD. VERY CLEVER.

757
01:00:46,210 --> 01:00:49,370
ESPECIALLY
THE INTRODUCTION.
[ Cork Popping ]

758
01:00:54,220 --> 01:00:57,860
THAT'S FOR YOU.
OH, THANK YOU.

759
01:00:59,260 --> 01:01:03,100
I THINK SHE'S CHARMING.
WAIT 'TIL
WE'VE FINISHED.

760
01:01:03,130 --> 01:01:05,470
DO YOU LIKE
YOUR NEW DRESS, ELFINE?
OH, IT'S HEAVENLY.

761
01:01:05,500 --> 01:01:09,040
IT'S WHITE SATIN,
STRAIGHT LINES.
BETTER THAN POETRY?

762
01:01:09,070 --> 01:01:11,740
DO EXPLAIN TO HER
ABOUT POETRY, MARY.

763
01:01:11,770 --> 01:01:15,180
DO I GATHER THAT YOU
LOVE POETRY AND THINK
THAT IF YOU TALK ABOUT IT...

764
01:01:15,210 --> 01:01:17,880
TO A YOUNG MAN LIKE
DICK HAWK-MONITOR,
HE'LL BE PLEASED?

765
01:01:17,910 --> 01:01:21,850
- EVERYBODY LOVES POETRY.
- [ Mary ] MOST DECENT YOUNG
MEN ARE TOTALLY ALARMED...

766
01:01:21,880 --> 01:01:25,290
WHEN THEY HEAR THAT
A GIRL READS IT,
LET ALONE WRITES IT.

767
01:01:25,320 --> 01:01:28,720
TELL HER, CHARLES.
DICK HAWK-MONITOR'S
A PERFECTLY NICE CHAP.

768
01:01:28,750 --> 01:01:32,150
- YOU KNOW HIM?
- OF COURSE. AND HIS MOTHER.
RATHER WELL, ACTUALLY.

769
01:01:32,190 --> 01:01:34,130
BUT POETRY AND DICK--

770
01:01:34,160 --> 01:01:37,900
NO, QUITE FRANKLY.
IN FACT, WHEN
POETRY'S COMBINED...

771
01:01:37,930 --> 01:01:41,500
WITH ILL-GROOMED HAIR
AND ECCENTRIC DRESS,
IT'S GENERALLY FATAL.

772
01:01:41,530 --> 01:01:44,930
YOU'RE VERY LUCKY, ELFINE.
HE MUST HAVE SEEN
YOUR FINER POINTS.

773
01:01:44,970 --> 01:01:48,380
I SHALL WRITE IT
SECRETLY THEN.
QUITE RIGHT.

774
01:01:48,410 --> 01:01:51,050
IT'S BAD TO BE DEWY-EYED
AMONG SMART PEOPLE,

775
01:01:51,080 --> 01:01:53,780
BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS
SECRETLY DESPISE THEM.

776
01:01:53,810 --> 01:01:55,910
YOU SEE, ELFINE,
WE TELL YOU THESE THINGS

777
01:01:55,950 --> 01:01:58,150
SO YOU'LL HAVE SOME STANDARDS
INSIDE YOURSELF,

778
01:01:58,180 --> 01:02:01,980
NOW YOU'RE GOING TO MEET
A NEW KIND OF LIFE.

779
01:02:05,020 --> 01:02:08,150
[ Flora ]
EVERYTHING ARRANGED, CHARLES?
ABSOLUTELY.

780
01:02:08,190 --> 01:02:11,190
WHAT'S ARRANGED?
[ Flora ]
NEVER MIND.

781
01:02:11,230 --> 01:02:13,840
CHARLES IS GOING TO HELP.
I SAID I MIGHT.

782
01:02:13,860 --> 01:02:16,300
WHO'S THIS MAN MYBUG?

783
01:02:16,330 --> 01:02:19,300
OH, JUST A STRANGE
LAWRENTIAN PERSON WHO
SAYS HE'S IN LOVE WITH ME.

784
01:02:19,340 --> 01:02:22,780
[ Mary ]
JEALOUS, CHARLES?

785
01:02:22,810 --> 01:02:26,220
GOOD.
ENJOYING YOURSELF,
ELFINE?

786
01:02:26,240 --> 01:02:29,910
OH, IT'S GOING TO BE
SUCH FUN.
NO, IT'S GOING TO BE...

787
01:02:29,950 --> 01:02:34,120
"AMUSING" OR "DIVERTING,"
NOT "SUCH FUN," DARLING.

788
01:02:43,930 --> 01:02:45,800
HI THERE, FLORA POSTE.

789
01:02:45,830 --> 01:02:49,090
MR. NECK! HELLO!
BACK ON ONE OF YOUR
LONDON TRIPS?

790
01:02:49,130 --> 01:02:51,460
YEAH, I FLEW
INTO THE SAVOY
THIS MORNING.

791
01:02:51,500 --> 01:02:56,070
THIS IS EARL P. NECK,
THE HOLLYWOOD MOVIE CZAR.
WE MET AT THE PARIS FILM CLUB.

792
01:02:56,110 --> 01:02:58,050
MY FRIEND
MARY SMILING.

793
01:02:58,080 --> 01:03:01,120
MARY!
[ Flora ]
ELFINE.

794
01:03:01,150 --> 01:03:03,120
ELFINE!

795
01:03:03,150 --> 01:03:05,020
CHARLES.
CHARLES.

796
01:03:05,050 --> 01:03:08,190
[ Mary ]
WON'T YOU JOIN US?
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

797
01:03:08,220 --> 01:03:10,590
TELL ME, MR. NECK,

798
01:03:10,620 --> 01:03:13,190
WHAT EXACTLY
DOES A CZAR DO?

799
01:03:13,220 --> 01:03:15,420
[ Laughing ]
WHAT DO I DO?

800
01:03:15,460 --> 01:03:19,070
IMAGINE THE NIGHT SKY.
WHAT DO YOU SEE?

801
01:03:20,630 --> 01:03:23,130
- CLOUDS?
- YOU SEE STARS.

802
01:03:23,170 --> 01:03:25,940
AND WHAT YOU SEE UP THERE,
I SPOT DOWN HERE.

803
01:03:25,970 --> 01:03:29,530
I TAKE ORDINARY PEOPLE,
AND I TURN 'EM INTO ASTEROIDS.

804
01:03:29,570 --> 01:03:32,270
[ Mary ]
FLORA DOES THE SAME.
THIS IS HER LATEST.

805
01:03:32,310 --> 01:03:38,020
OH, SHE'S WONDERFUL!
AND SO ARE YOU, MISS POSTE.
YOU CARE TO RUMBA?

806
01:04:02,510 --> 01:04:05,350
SMYTHE-FORSYTHES.
UH-HUH.

807
01:04:05,380 --> 01:04:08,620
SMITH-JONES,
CLYDE-FORRESTERS.

808
01:04:08,650 --> 01:04:12,490
MISS GERTRUDE FORSTER.
OH, THOSE UNFORTUNATE
FIELD-MORRISONS.

809
01:04:12,520 --> 01:04:16,060
OH. OH!
OH, AND I'VE INVITED
PAMELA'S PARENTS.

810
01:04:16,090 --> 01:04:20,260
JUST IN CASE THERE'S
A DOUBLE CELEBRATION.
MOTHER!

811
01:04:39,580 --> 01:04:44,250
OH, FLORA, I FEEL SICK.
YOU CAN'T FEEL SICK.
EVERYTHING'S ARRANGED.

812
01:04:45,650 --> 01:04:47,890
[ Bell Ringing ]

813
01:04:50,050 --> 01:04:52,620
IS URK OUT THE WAY?
SAW HIM DOWN
TICKLEPENNY CORNER,

814
01:04:52,660 --> 01:04:54,930
TALKIN' TO
THE WATER VOLES.

815
01:05:07,240 --> 01:05:09,210
[ Cow Bellowing ]

816
01:05:09,240 --> 01:05:12,110
I SAY, THIS IS ALL
AWFULLY GOTHIC, ISN'T IT?

817
01:05:12,140 --> 01:05:15,610
YOU DO LOOK EXTREMELY NICE,
FLORA. THE DRESS IS CHARMING.

818
01:05:15,650 --> 01:05:18,490
AND AS FOR YOUR PROTEGE,
SHE'S QUITE BEAUTIFUL.
DON'T CHATTER, CHARLES.

819
01:05:18,520 --> 01:05:20,590
JUST DRIVE QUIETLY OFF.

820
01:05:20,620 --> 01:05:23,430
OH. OH, I SAY.

821
01:05:36,130 --> 01:05:39,360
♪ [ Waltz ]
[ Mrs. Hawk-Monitor ]
ROGER! HOW LOVELY TO SEE YOU.

822
01:05:39,400 --> 01:05:43,070
OH, MY DEAR,
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DRESS!
HAVE A LOVELY TIME.

823
01:05:43,110 --> 01:05:48,250
JAMES!
HOW LOVELY TO SEE YOU.
HELLO, JANE. HOW ARE YOU?

824
01:05:48,280 --> 01:05:52,390
HAVE FUN. CHARLES!
ALL THE WAY FROM LONDON.

825
01:05:52,420 --> 01:05:56,090
YOU DIDN'T TRAVEL UP WITH
PAMELA, BY ANY CHANCE.
AFRAID NOT, MRS. HAWK-MONITOR.

826
01:05:56,120 --> 01:05:59,450
MAY I INTRODUCE
FLORA POSTE? SHE'S
STAYING LOCALLY, ACTUALLY.

827
01:05:59,490 --> 01:06:03,200
OH, WHAT A SHAME, MISS POSTE.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING OF YOU.
WHERE ARE YOU STAYING?

828
01:06:03,230 --> 01:06:07,000
I'M JUST STAYING A FEW MILES
UP THE ROAD WITH RELATIVES.
IT'S MY FIRST EVENING OUT.

829
01:06:07,030 --> 01:06:08,990
OH. WELL, HAVE
A LOVELY EVENING.
THANKS VERY MUCH.

830
01:06:09,030 --> 01:06:12,130
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING.
WHO'S THAT?

831
01:06:34,190 --> 01:06:37,160
ELFINE.
YOU LOOK INCREDIBLE.

832
01:06:51,840 --> 01:06:55,670
IS IT WORKING?
I SHOULD SAY SO.

833
01:07:18,200 --> 01:07:21,370
I MUST GO DOWNSTAIRS.
OH, MOTHER.

834
01:07:21,410 --> 01:07:26,250
YOU'RE MISTAKEN.
'TIS NOT THE FIRST OF MAY
NOR THE SEVENTEENTH OF OCTOBER.

835
01:07:26,280 --> 01:07:29,220
YOU BIDE HERE.
I TELL YOU
I MUST GO DOWNSTAIRS.

836
01:07:29,250 --> 01:07:33,290
I MUST HAVE YOU ALL ROUND ME.
I MUST HAVE ALL THE STARKADDERS
ROUND ME.

837
01:07:33,320 --> 01:07:36,360
TO SEE IF ANYONE'S MISSING.
NOBODY'S MISSING,
MOTHER.

838
01:07:36,390 --> 01:07:42,860
GET ME MY LIBERTY BODICE, GIRL.
AND THE ELASTIC-SIDED BOOTS.

839
01:07:42,890 --> 01:07:46,230
♪ [ Foxtrot ]

840
01:08:00,140 --> 01:08:04,210
I HOPE YOU'RE NOT FEELING
NEGLECTED, SETH.
NO, I AREN'T.

841
01:08:04,250 --> 01:08:09,190
LONDON GIRLS.
THEM TOLD ME I WAS
ABSOLUTELY BODY-THRILLIN'.

842
01:08:09,220 --> 01:08:13,200
SO YOU ARE, SETH.
THEY'RE ALL THE SAME.

843
01:08:13,220 --> 01:08:16,260
ONLY WANT YOUR BLOOD,
YOUR BREATH, THE VERY
HEART OF YOUR THOUGHTS.

844
01:08:16,290 --> 01:08:19,860
I AIN'T GOT NO TIME FOR THAT.
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT
TIME FOR, SETH?

845
01:08:19,900 --> 01:08:24,640
MOVIES. THERE WAS
A DANCE JUST LIKE THIS
IN CRIMINAL LUSTS.

846
01:08:25,940 --> 01:08:28,180
SHALL WE
TRY IT THEN?

847
01:08:53,300 --> 01:08:56,670
MISS POSTE.
MISS POSTE!

848
01:08:56,700 --> 01:08:59,760
I LOVE YOU!
MISS POSTE!

849
01:09:06,380 --> 01:09:08,380
YOU DO ENJOY YOURSELF,
DON'T YOU?

850
01:09:08,410 --> 01:09:10,740
I TRY TO BRING PEOPLE ROUND
TO THE HIGHER COMMON SENSE.

851
01:09:10,780 --> 01:09:14,250
OH, I SHOULDN'T LET YOU
DO THAT TO ME.
THINK OF ALL THE GOOD I DO.

852
01:09:14,280 --> 01:09:17,850
ELFINE'S THE BELLE
OF THE BALL. DICK HAS
THE GIRL HE WANTS.

853
01:09:17,890 --> 01:09:20,900
SETH'S ENJOYING HIMSELF,
TEASING ALL THE LONDON
DEBUTANTES.

854
01:09:20,920 --> 01:09:22,920
AND YOU'RE HAVING
A LOVELY TIME WITH ME.

855
01:09:22,960 --> 01:09:25,530
TAKE YOUR DISGUSTING
BOURGEOIS HANDS OFF ME!

856
01:09:25,560 --> 01:09:28,590
MISS POSTE! MISS POSTE!
TELL THEM WHO I AM!

857
01:09:28,630 --> 01:09:31,430
- HE'S MR. MYBUG,
A FAMOUS WRITER.
- I'M SORRY, MISS.

858
01:09:31,470 --> 01:09:34,480
THIS IS A PRIVATE PARTY.
COME ON, SIR.
MISS POSTE! MISS POSTE!

859
01:09:34,500 --> 01:09:36,840
I'M ENGORGINGLY
IN LOVE WITH YOU!

860
01:09:38,880 --> 01:09:41,950
I CAN'T HELP FEELING
A BIT SORRY FOR HIM.

861
01:09:41,980 --> 01:09:44,990
NEVER MIND. WE'RE ALL
PURIFIED BY SUFFERING.

862
01:09:45,010 --> 01:09:49,950
HE'S SO OBNOXIOUS. I HAVEN'T
THE HEART TO TELL HIM THAT'S
WHY I WON'T LET HIM KISS ME.

863
01:09:49,990 --> 01:09:55,260
HE THINKS I'M INHIBITED.
I'M NOT, OF COURSE.
I'M NOT OBNOXIOUS.

864
01:09:55,290 --> 01:09:59,390
NO, CHARLES.
EXACTLY.
SPEECH! SPEECH!

865
01:09:59,430 --> 01:10:01,540
SPEECH!

866
01:10:02,570 --> 01:10:05,840
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
FRIENDS,

867
01:10:05,870 --> 01:10:08,510
LORD LIEUTENANT,

868
01:10:08,540 --> 01:10:10,910
I'M REALLY GLAD YOU
COULD ALL COME TO MY 21st.

869
01:10:10,940 --> 01:10:12,500
[ Guests Murmuring ]

870
01:10:12,540 --> 01:10:16,840
MAMA HASN'T THROWN A BASH
FOR ME LIKE THIS SINCE I WAS
WEARING A CHRISTENING DRESS.

871
01:10:16,880 --> 01:10:21,010
[ Laughter ]

872
01:10:21,050 --> 01:10:26,650
- ANYWAY, THIS HAS BEEN
A PARTICULARLY FINE EVENING.
- [ Guests ] HEAR! HEAR!

873
01:10:26,690 --> 01:10:28,650
NO, I MEAN FOR ME.

874
01:10:28,690 --> 01:10:32,360
BECAUSE, WELL, I'VE
SOMETHING TO TELL YOU ALL.

875
01:10:34,000 --> 01:10:37,940
MISS ELFINE STARKADDER AND I
HAVE JUST BECOME ENGAGED.

876
01:10:37,970 --> 01:10:40,880
- ELFINE?
- [ Guests Gasping,
Murmuring ]

877
01:10:40,900 --> 01:10:43,740
[ Applause ]

878
01:10:43,770 --> 01:10:46,770
♪ [ Drum Roll, Glissando ]

879
01:10:47,840 --> 01:10:51,040
♪ FOR THEY ARE
JOLLY GOOD FELLOWS ♪

880
01:10:51,080 --> 01:10:53,780
♪ FOR THEY ARE
JOLLY GOOD FELLOWS ♪

881
01:10:53,820 --> 01:10:57,630
♪ FOR THEY ARE
JOLLY GOOD FELLOWS ♪

882
01:10:57,650 --> 01:11:00,450
♪ AND SO SAY ALL OF US

883
01:11:00,490 --> 01:11:04,860
♪ AND SO SAY ALL OF US
AND SO SAY ALL OF US ♪

884
01:11:04,890 --> 01:11:08,030
♪ FOR THEY ARE
JOLLY GOOD FELLOWS ♪

885
01:11:08,060 --> 01:11:10,730
♪ FOR THEY ARE
JOLLY GOOD FELLOWS ♪

886
01:11:10,770 --> 01:11:14,980
♪ FOR THEY ARE
JOLLY GOOD FELLOWS ♪

887
01:11:15,000 --> 01:11:17,740
♪ AND SO SAY ALL OF US

888
01:11:17,770 --> 01:11:20,970
[ Laughter,
Applause ]

889
01:11:24,780 --> 01:11:28,550
IT WAS WONDERFUL,
FLORA! THE HAPPIEST
NIGHT OF MY LIFE!

890
01:11:28,590 --> 01:11:32,390
YES, A BRILLIANT EVENING, FLORA.
CONGRATULATIONS, ELFINE.

891
01:11:32,420 --> 01:11:35,420
JUST BETTER HOPE
GRANDMA DON'T
STOP IT NOW, EH?

892
01:11:45,540 --> 01:11:48,440
[ Charles ]
I THOUGHT YOU TOLD ME
THEY'D ALL BE IN BED.

893
01:11:48,470 --> 01:11:50,440
IT'S GRANDMA.
SHE'S COME DOWNSTAIRS.

894
01:11:50,470 --> 01:11:53,510
I RECKON SHE'S
HOLDING A COUNTIN'.
WHAT COUNTING?

895
01:11:55,010 --> 01:11:59,110
WE A RUM LOT, US STARKADDERS.
SOME OF US GOES BARMY.

896
01:11:59,150 --> 01:12:03,560
SOME OF US DIES IN CHILDHOOD.
SOME OF US PUSHES OTHERS
DOWN WELLS.

897
01:12:03,590 --> 01:12:08,600
SO ONCE A YEAR, GRANDMA
HOLDS A LITTLE GATHERIN'...
CALLED THE COUNTIN'.

898
01:12:08,630 --> 01:12:11,930
SHE MUST BE DOIN' IT
EARLY FOR SOME REASON.

899
01:12:14,860 --> 01:12:17,600
CHARLES, THANK YOU.

900
01:12:19,140 --> 01:12:22,110
COME BACK
TO LONDON WITH ME.
NO, CHARLES.

901
01:12:22,140 --> 01:12:24,380
IT'S NOT FINISHED YET.

902
01:12:25,740 --> 01:12:27,840
I SAY, FLORA.

903
01:12:27,880 --> 01:12:30,790
WHEN AM I GOING
TO GET A LOOK IN?

904
01:12:45,130 --> 01:12:50,040
'TWAS A BURNIN' NOONDAY
69 YEAR AGO,

905
01:12:50,070 --> 01:12:52,670
AND ME NO BIGGER
THAN A TITTY WREN.

906
01:12:53,700 --> 01:12:55,800
AND I SAW SOMETHING NASTY...

907
01:12:55,840 --> 01:12:57,850
IN THE WOODSHED.
IN THE WOODSHED.

908
01:12:57,870 --> 01:13:02,910
YOU'RE ALL WICKED
AND CRUEL. I KNOW
YOU ALL WANT TO GO AWAY...

909
01:13:02,950 --> 01:13:04,890
AND LEAVE ME
WITH WHAT I SAW.

910
01:13:04,910 --> 01:13:06,910
BUT THERE'VE ALWAYS
BEEN STARKADDERS...

911
01:13:06,950 --> 01:13:09,450
AT COLD COMFORT FARM.
AT COLD COMFORT FARM.

912
01:13:09,490 --> 01:13:12,560
AND YOU'LL NEVER GO,
NONE OF YOU.

913
01:13:12,590 --> 01:13:14,630
[ Door Opening ]

914
01:13:22,130 --> 01:13:25,830
[ Flora ]
WELL, WELL, THE GANG'S
ALL HERE, ISN'T IT?

915
01:13:26,900 --> 01:13:28,900
I DON'T SUPPOSE
THERE ARE ANY SANDWICHES.

916
01:13:28,940 --> 01:13:32,710
WHO'S THAT THERE THEN?
IT'S ROBERT
POSTE'S CHILD.

917
01:13:32,740 --> 01:13:35,870
COME AND MEET
YOUR AUNT ADA DOOM.

918
01:13:38,950 --> 01:13:41,690
HOW DO YOU DO,
AUNT ADA?

919
01:13:41,720 --> 01:13:45,990
LOOK WHO'S COME
TO SEE YOU, MOTHER.
IT'S FLORA POSTE.

920
01:13:46,020 --> 01:13:50,050
I SAW SOMETHING NASTY
IN THE WOODSHED.

921
01:13:50,090 --> 01:13:54,560
THERE'VE ALWAYS BEEN STARKADDERS
AT COLD COMFORT FARM.
AT COLD COMFORT FARM.

922
01:13:55,730 --> 01:13:57,730
YOU'LL STAY HERE,
ALL OF YOU.

923
01:13:57,770 --> 01:14:02,140
AMOS AND JUDITH,
SETH AND REUBEN,
URK AND ELFINE.

924
01:14:02,170 --> 01:14:05,700
- AND RENNET.
- WHO'S RENNET?

925
01:14:05,740 --> 01:14:09,710
THE ONE WHO LOOKS AS IF SHE JUST
JUMPED IN THE WELL. SHE'S A KIND
OF THIRD COUSIN, WE THINK.

926
01:14:09,750 --> 01:14:12,490
[ Tapping ]

927
01:14:13,880 --> 01:14:16,550
IT'S TIME TO HOLD
THE COUNTIN'.

928
01:14:30,200 --> 01:14:32,140
WHERE'S MY SETH?

929
01:14:32,170 --> 01:14:34,240
HERE I BE.
AH.

930
01:14:35,810 --> 01:14:40,210
- I'LL NEVER LEAVE YOU, GRANDMA.
- AYE, YOU'RE MY MOMMET,
MY PIPPET.

931
01:14:40,240 --> 01:14:42,870
THE LORD SEES
YOUR LASCIVIOUS GLANCES.

932
01:14:42,910 --> 01:14:46,680
BUT HOW GRAND HE IS
TONIGHT. AND ELFINE.

933
01:14:46,720 --> 01:14:49,720
DRESSED UP LIKE
A PROPER LITTLE LADY.

934
01:14:49,750 --> 01:14:54,650
WHAT'S ALL THIS?
WHAT YOU BEEN DOIN', BOY?
TELL YOUR GRANNY.

935
01:14:56,890 --> 01:15:00,930
HE'S BEEN TO A DANCE
AT THE HAWK-MONITORS.
SO HAVE I.

936
01:15:00,960 --> 01:15:04,100
SO HAS ELFINE.
AND WHAT'S MORE, AUNT ADA,

937
01:15:04,130 --> 01:15:07,200
ELFINE AND RICHARD HAWK-MONITOR
ARE ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED
A MONTH FROM NOW.

938
01:15:07,240 --> 01:15:11,280
- NO! MY LITTLE WATER VOLE!
MY LITTLE WATER VOLE!
- HEY! HEY! HEY!

939
01:15:11,310 --> 01:15:15,220
SHE B'AIN'T WORTH IT.
SHE B'AIN'T WORTH NOTHIN'.
I'LL GO MAD!

940
01:15:15,240 --> 01:15:18,080
ELFINE WAS PROMISED TO URK
WHEN SHE WAS BORN.

941
01:15:18,110 --> 01:15:22,210
AMOS, YOU'RE THE MAN
HERE. TELL THEM
WHAT THEIR DUTY IS.

942
01:15:22,250 --> 01:15:25,680
I'VE GOT SOMETHIN'
TO SAY, MOTHER.

943
01:15:25,720 --> 01:15:29,990
I BEEN WRESTLIN'
AND PRAYIN' AND
BROODIN' OVER IT,

944
01:15:30,030 --> 01:15:34,300
AND I KNOW THE LORD'S
TRUTH AT LAST.

945
01:15:34,330 --> 01:15:38,630
I MUN GO ABROAD
IN ONE OF THEY FORD VANS,

946
01:15:38,670 --> 01:15:41,240
PREACHIN' ALL OVER
THE COUNTRYSIDE.

947
01:15:41,270 --> 01:15:44,900
AYE, LIKE
THE APOSTLES OF OLD.

948
01:15:44,940 --> 01:15:48,610
I'VE HEARD MY CALL,
AND I MUN FOLLOW IT.

949
01:15:48,650 --> 01:15:53,120
NO, YOU DON'T!
NO ONE CAN LEAVE ME!

950
01:15:53,150 --> 01:15:58,290
I SHALL GO MAD AND DIE ALONE
IN THE WOODSHED WITH NASTY
THINGS PRESSIN' ON ME!

951
01:15:58,320 --> 01:16:00,790
SHE'LL GO MAD!
YOU STRIKE AND TORMENT ME
ALL YOU WANT.

952
01:16:00,820 --> 01:16:04,890
I HEAR THE GLAD VOICES
OF THE ANGELS CALLIN' ME...

953
01:16:04,930 --> 01:16:07,340
OVER THE PLOWED FIELDS,

954
01:16:07,360 --> 01:16:10,730
AND THE LITTLE SEEDLINGS
IS CLAPPING THEIR HANDS
IN PRAYER.

955
01:16:10,770 --> 01:16:12,740
'TIS GOOD-BYE TO YE ALL.

956
01:16:12,770 --> 01:16:15,240
I'VE BROKEN YOUR CHAINS
AT LAST, MOTHER,

957
01:16:15,270 --> 01:16:19,140
WITH THE HELP OF THE ANGELS
AND THE LORD'S WORD.

958
01:16:19,180 --> 01:16:21,650
[ Sighs ]
WHERE'S ME HAT?

959
01:16:21,680 --> 01:16:24,920
NO, AMOS!
WHAT SHALL BECOME OF US?

960
01:16:24,950 --> 01:16:27,860
THE LORD WILL PROVIDE.

961
01:16:27,880 --> 01:16:30,250
OR NOT, ACCORDING
TO HIS WHIM.

962
01:16:30,290 --> 01:16:33,030
I'LL SEND YOU A CARD
FROM WHERE I'M GOING.

963
01:16:33,060 --> 01:16:35,860
I SHALL GO MAD, AMOS.
I PROMISE YOU.

964
01:16:35,890 --> 01:16:38,920
I'M SORRY, MOTHER.
THE LORD'S WILL.

965
01:16:40,860 --> 01:16:42,760
[ Wailing ]

966
01:16:42,800 --> 01:16:45,670
WE'RE DOOMED!
[ Door Slamming ]

967
01:16:45,700 --> 01:16:49,900
URK, ELFINE'S YOURS.
PROMISED THE DAY
SHE WAS BORN.

968
01:16:49,940 --> 01:16:52,210
YOU TAKE HER
BACK, BOY.

969
01:16:52,240 --> 01:16:56,010
URK, SHE JUST
B'AIN'T WORTH IT.
NO, SHE B'AIN'T.

970
01:16:56,050 --> 01:16:59,850
'AVE ME INSTEAD.
DON'T YOU HAVE HIM, DUCKY,
'LESS YOU FEELS LIKE IT.

971
01:16:59,880 --> 01:17:04,220
I CAN ALWAYS
MAKE HIM WASH A BIT,
IF I FEELS LIKE IT.

972
01:17:06,190 --> 01:17:09,800
URK!
COME ON,
ME BEAUTY.

973
01:17:09,830 --> 01:17:13,170
- DIRT AS YE ARE, WE'LL SINK
INTO THE MIRE TOGETHER.
- URK, WAIT. DON'T YOU GO TOO.

974
01:17:13,200 --> 01:17:17,040
- I SHALL GO MAD, I TELL YOU.
- [ Meriam Laughing, Squealing ]

975
01:17:17,070 --> 01:17:20,310
'SPECT THERE'LL BE ANOTHER
LITTLE BEETLE SOON, NOW
THE SUKEBIND'S FLOWERIN'.

976
01:17:20,340 --> 01:17:24,350
[ Door Slamming ]
AMOS GONE,
URK GONE.

977
01:17:25,740 --> 01:17:29,370
I'M ALL ALONE.
ALL ALONE IN THE WOODSHED.

978
01:17:31,450 --> 01:17:34,160
AND WHO TOOK THEM AWAY?

979
01:17:35,850 --> 01:17:38,920
IT WAS YOU,
WASN'T IT?

980
01:17:38,960 --> 01:17:42,430
YOU CHIT!
YOU SCHEMING BRAT!

981
01:17:42,460 --> 01:17:45,830
IT WAS YOU,
ROBERT POSTE'S CHILD!

982
01:17:45,860 --> 01:17:49,390
YOU POURED POISON
INTO THEIR EARS!

983
01:17:49,430 --> 01:17:52,000
COME ON.
SIT DOWN.
COME ON.

984
01:18:01,510 --> 01:18:04,180
THEY'RE ALL GONE,

985
01:18:04,210 --> 01:18:08,780
AND I SAW SOMETHING NASTY
IN THE WOODSHED.

986
01:18:08,820 --> 01:18:10,930
DON'T WORRY, GRANDMA.
I'M STILL HERE.

987
01:18:10,950 --> 01:18:15,020
YOU'LL BREAK OUR HEARTS,
TOO, YOU LIBERTINE.
I KNOW IT.

988
01:18:15,060 --> 01:18:19,130
COME ALONG, MISS POSTE.
'TIS TIME YOU WERE IN BED.

989
01:18:22,070 --> 01:18:25,070
THANK YOU, REUBEN.
YOU'RE AN UTTER LAMB.

990
01:18:25,100 --> 01:18:28,030
AH, YOU GOT THE OLD DEVIL
OUT O' THE WAY.

991
01:18:28,070 --> 01:18:31,040
FARM'LL BE MINE NOW,
WON'T IT?

992
01:18:31,070 --> 01:18:35,210
I DON'T FORGET,
MISS POSTE.
YES, OF COURSE, REUBEN.

993
01:18:35,240 --> 01:18:37,310
GOOD NIGHT.

994
01:19:16,350 --> 01:19:19,380
[ Cow Moos ]

995
01:19:31,370 --> 01:19:34,980
MR. NECK!
MR. NECK!

996
01:19:35,000 --> 01:19:38,240
MR. NECK!

997
01:19:38,270 --> 01:19:42,170
IS THE, UH,
HOUSE OF USHER OPEN?
MAY I COME IN?

998
01:19:42,210 --> 01:19:46,540
MR. NECK,
HOW WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU.
I'LL COME DOWN.

999
01:19:49,850 --> 01:19:52,380
[ Flora ]
WELL, MR. NECK, MARY SAID
IN HER LAST LETTER...

1000
01:19:52,420 --> 01:19:54,950
THAT YOU WERE STILL LOOKING
FOR ENGLISH FILM STARS.

1001
01:19:54,990 --> 01:19:59,290
SURE AM, BUT I DON'T WANT
SISSIES. SISSIES GIVE ME
A PAIN IN THE NECK.

1002
01:19:59,330 --> 01:20:03,440
THEY'RE STARTING TO GIVE
THE GODDAMN AMERICAN PUBLIC
A PAIN IN THE NECK TOO.

1003
01:20:03,470 --> 01:20:06,410
BELIEVE ME, IT'S
RED MEAT TIME IN MOVIES.

1004
01:20:06,440 --> 01:20:09,380
WELL, THERE'S PLENTY OF RED MEAT
AT COLD COMFORT FARM.

1005
01:20:09,410 --> 01:20:13,180
YOU MEAN SOMEONE
LIKE TEX JONES?
YEAH. TEX'S A GOOD KID.

1006
01:20:13,210 --> 01:20:16,350
HE CAN RIDE ALL RIGHT,
BUT HE'S GOT NO BODY URGE.

1007
01:20:16,380 --> 01:20:19,050
I WANT A MAN
TO FETCH THE WOMEN.

1008
01:20:19,080 --> 01:20:22,310
SOME BIG, HUSKY GUY THAT
SMELLS OF THE GREAT OUTDOORS.

1009
01:20:22,350 --> 01:20:25,980
A GUY WHO CAN LIVE AND LOVE
AND STILL HANDLE A PLOW.

1010
01:20:26,020 --> 01:20:28,220
YOU MEAN
LIKE SLAKE FOUNTAIN?

1011
01:20:28,260 --> 01:20:32,570
SURE, BUT IT TAKES 20 GUYS
TO PULL A BOTTLE OFF HIM
BEFORE HE GETS ON SET.

1012
01:20:32,600 --> 01:20:35,500
[ Sniffing ]

1013
01:20:37,500 --> 01:20:41,900
THAT'S IT!
HOLD IT THERE.
WHO ARE YOU, SON?

1014
01:20:41,940 --> 01:20:46,080
OH, SETH, THERE YOU ARE.
THIS IS MY COUSIN
SETH STARKADDER.

1015
01:20:46,110 --> 01:20:50,350
HE'S VERY INTERESTED
IN THE TALKIES.
MR. NECK IS A FILM PRODUCER.

1016
01:20:50,380 --> 01:20:54,960
SETH... STARKADDER!
HIT 'EM RIGHT
WITH IT, EH?

1017
01:20:54,980 --> 01:20:58,950
[ Chuckling ]
SO YOU'RE A FAN,
SWEETHEART?

1018
01:20:58,990 --> 01:21:01,930
YOU AND ME SHOULD
GET ACQUAINTED, HUH?

1019
01:21:01,960 --> 01:21:06,970
MAYBE YOU'VE THOUGHT OF
BEING IN THE MOVIES YOURSELF.
WHAT IF I HAD?

1020
01:21:07,000 --> 01:21:09,640
[ Cow Bellows ]

1021
01:21:09,670 --> 01:21:12,910
HE'S GOT THE FLESH.
HE'S GOT THE BURR
IN HIS VOICE.

1022
01:21:12,940 --> 01:21:14,680
AND HE CAN PLOW
AND MOLLOCK.

1023
01:21:14,700 --> 01:21:17,600
I GOT THE WHAT?
YOU JUST GOT
THE BIG OFFER, SON.

1024
01:21:17,640 --> 01:21:21,640
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE
TO BE IN THE MOVIES,
SETH STARKADDER?

1025
01:21:21,680 --> 01:21:24,090
I'D LIKE IT MORE THAN
ANYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD.

1026
01:21:24,110 --> 01:21:28,480
AIN'T THAT DANDY!
HE WANTS TO BE A MOVIE STAR,
AND I WANNA MAKE HIM ONE!

1027
01:21:28,520 --> 01:21:31,630
SETH, NO!
YOU CAN'T LEAVE YOUR MOTHER!

1028
01:21:31,650 --> 01:21:34,420
YOU MUSTN'T GO!
OH, I KNEW IT!

1029
01:21:34,460 --> 01:21:38,230
I KNEW IT WOULD COME TO THIS!
[ Sobbing ]
GOT TO GO, MOTHER.

1030
01:21:38,260 --> 01:21:40,590
IT'S WHAT I WERE
ALWAYS MADE FOR.

1031
01:21:40,630 --> 01:21:43,300
GOD, HE'S TERRIFIC!

1032
01:21:43,330 --> 01:21:47,200
GEE, MA'AM, I KNOW IT'S RAW.
I KNOW IT'S TOUGH,
BUT THAT'S LIFE, SWEETHEART.

1033
01:21:47,240 --> 01:21:50,040
GO ON, GET YOUR COAT, BOY.
TIME TO BE OFF!

1034
01:21:50,070 --> 01:21:52,340
WE TAKE THE TRANSATLANTIC
CLIPPER IN THE MORNING.

1035
01:21:52,380 --> 01:21:54,980
YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME.
YOU CAN'T LEAVE YOUR MOTHER.

1036
01:21:55,010 --> 01:21:57,180
THERE'S A SPRING
ONION HARVEST!

1037
01:21:57,210 --> 01:22:01,210
'TIS MAN'S WORK!
OH, SETH, NO!

1038
01:22:01,250 --> 01:22:03,950
I'M A DEAD WOMAN!

1039
01:22:03,990 --> 01:22:06,530
I'D TAKE HER TOO,
BUT SHE'S GLOOMY.

1040
01:22:06,560 --> 01:22:11,170
LOOK, MAMA, HE'LL BE FINE.
I GOT THE PERFECT PART.

1041
01:22:11,190 --> 01:22:13,690
SETH STARKADDER
IN SMALL TOWN COWBOY.

1042
01:22:13,730 --> 01:22:17,470
HE'LL SEND YOU FIVE GRAND
FROM THE MOVIE, AND YOU'LL
BE MAMA TO A STAR.

1043
01:22:17,500 --> 01:22:20,500
[ Wailing ]

1044
01:22:20,540 --> 01:22:24,050
[ Chickens Clucking,
Squawking ]

1045
01:22:26,380 --> 01:22:30,380
GOOD-BYE, MR. NECK. I'M SURE
WE'LL MEET AGAIN IN LONDON.
I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

1046
01:22:30,410 --> 01:22:34,110
AND THANKS FOR THE BOY.
HE'S QUITE A FIND.

1047
01:22:34,150 --> 01:22:36,510
[ Judith ]
MOTHER! MOTHER!
COME ON DOWN!

1048
01:22:36,550 --> 01:22:39,120
MOTHER, HE'S
TAKING MY SETH!

1049
01:22:39,160 --> 01:22:40,630
NO!
OH, SETH!

1050
01:22:40,660 --> 01:22:43,560
OH, MERCY!
IT'S GREAT-AUNT ADA.

1051
01:22:43,590 --> 01:22:45,760
SETH!
YOU'D BETTER HURRY UP AND GO.

1052
01:22:45,790 --> 01:22:49,230
DON'T LEAVE ME!
NO! I FORBID IT!

1053
01:22:49,270 --> 01:22:52,540
I SAW SOMETHING NASTY
IN THE WOODSHED.

1054
01:22:52,570 --> 01:22:56,780
- SURE, YOU DID,
BUT DID IT SEE YOU, BABY?
- [ Cow Moos ]

1055
01:22:56,810 --> 01:23:00,010
COME ON, SETH!
HOLLYWOOD'S WAITING.

1056
01:23:00,040 --> 01:23:07,350
♪ [ "Tara's Theme" from
Gone With The Wind ]

1057
01:23:07,380 --> 01:23:10,280
OH, SETH.

1058
01:23:10,320 --> 01:23:12,490
♪ [ Continues ]

1059
01:23:14,560 --> 01:23:17,270
[ Inhales Loudly ]

1060
01:23:20,800 --> 01:23:24,110
- [ Ignition Starts ]
- SETH, YOU CAN'T LEAVE US!

1061
01:23:24,130 --> 01:23:26,660
YOU MUSTN'T GO!
[ Seth ]
GOOD-BYE, MOTHER.

1062
01:23:26,700 --> 01:23:28,570
OH, SETH!

1063
01:23:28,600 --> 01:23:30,570
SETH!

1064
01:23:30,610 --> 01:23:33,250
SETH! SETH!

1065
01:23:35,410 --> 01:23:38,380
[ Sobbing ]
I'M A DEAD WOMAN.

1066
01:23:38,410 --> 01:23:41,010
[ Geese Honking ]

1067
01:24:21,690 --> 01:24:23,650
[ Spits ]

1068
01:24:23,690 --> 01:24:25,720
[ Grunts ]
[ Piglets Squealing ]

1069
01:24:25,760 --> 01:24:28,260
♪ DRIVE A PLOW

1070
01:24:28,300 --> 01:24:31,170
♪ OR MILK A COW

1071
01:24:31,200 --> 01:24:33,660
♪ OH, I CAN REAP AND MOW

1072
01:24:34,670 --> 01:24:38,100
♪ I'M AS FRESH AS A DAISY

1073
01:24:38,140 --> 01:24:41,170
♪ THAT GROWS IN THE FIELD
[ Lowing ]

1074
01:24:41,210 --> 01:24:43,610
[ Bell Jangles ]
♪ AND THEY CALLS I

1075
01:24:43,650 --> 01:24:45,750
♪ BUTTERCUP JOE

1076
01:25:01,200 --> 01:25:04,810
[ Pigs Squealing ]

1077
01:25:04,830 --> 01:25:07,430
[ Chuckles ]
YEAH, WELL.

1078
01:25:07,470 --> 01:25:09,900
PLACE LOOK A LOT BETTER,
EH, MISS POSTE?

1079
01:25:09,940 --> 01:25:13,580
MUCH BETTER, REUBEN.
I KNEW YOU WERE THE ONE
TO TAKE CHARGE.

1080
01:25:13,610 --> 01:25:16,820
YEAH. SHOULD PLEASE
THE OLD DEVIL WHEN HE
COMES BACK, EH?

1081
01:25:16,850 --> 01:25:20,750
I DON'T THINK
HE IS COMING BACK.
I HAD A CARD TODAY.

1082
01:25:23,320 --> 01:25:27,560
"PRAISE THE LORD.
I GO TO SPREAD THE WORD
AMONG THE HEATHEN AMERICANS...

1083
01:25:27,590 --> 01:25:31,460
"WITH THE REVEREND
ELDERBERRY SHIFTGLASS
OF CHICAGO.

1084
01:25:31,490 --> 01:25:36,160
TELL REUBEN HE
CAN HAVE THE OLD PLACE.
AMOS STARKADDER."

1085
01:25:40,600 --> 01:25:43,800
HAVE THE PLACE?
WHAT, IT'S MINE?

1086
01:25:43,840 --> 01:25:47,550
ONE DAY.
WHEN THE OLD LADY--

1087
01:25:47,580 --> 01:25:52,690
OH, COUSIN FLORA, 'TWERE
A GOOD DAY WHEN YE CAME
TO COLD COMFORT.

1088
01:25:55,220 --> 01:25:57,430
HERE,

1089
01:25:57,450 --> 01:26:00,650
I DON'T SUPPOSE
YOU'D MARRY ME?

1090
01:26:00,690 --> 01:26:04,630
OH, REUBEN,
THAT IS NICE OF YOU.

1091
01:26:04,660 --> 01:26:07,460
OH, I MEAN IT, MISS POSTE.
I LIKE YOUR PRETTY WAYS.

1092
01:26:07,500 --> 01:26:11,440
I LIKE YOURS TOO,
BUT I'M AFRAID IT
WOULD NEVER DO.

1093
01:26:11,470 --> 01:26:14,710
I'M NOT AT ALL
THE SORT OF PERSON TO MAKE
A GOOD FARMER'S WIFE.

1094
01:26:14,740 --> 01:26:18,280
AND THERE'S ENOUGH MARRIAGE
JUST NOW WITH ELFINE'S
WEDDING COMING UP.

1095
01:26:18,310 --> 01:26:22,620
SHE ALL RIGHT UP AT THE HALL?
SHE LOVES IT,
AND THEY LOVE HER.

1096
01:26:22,650 --> 01:26:25,550
THEY OUGHT TO HAVE
THE WEDDING FEAST
HERE AT COLD COMFORT,

1097
01:26:25,580 --> 01:26:27,810
NOW YOU'VE MADE IT
SO NICE.

1098
01:26:27,850 --> 01:26:30,650
YOU'LL HAVE TO ASK
AUNT ADA.

1099
01:26:30,690 --> 01:26:34,400
YES, I SUPPOSE I WILL.
BUT YOU WOULDN'T MIND?

1100
01:26:34,420 --> 01:26:37,360
OH, NO, NOT AT ALL. NO.

1101
01:26:37,390 --> 01:26:39,920
THAT WERE A NO,
BY THE WAY, WERE IT?

1102
01:26:39,960 --> 01:26:43,960
YES, IT WERE NO.
YOU'LL FIND SOMEONE.

1103
01:26:44,000 --> 01:26:46,540
WHAT ABOUT RENNET?
OH!

1104
01:26:46,570 --> 01:26:50,610
[ Chuckling ]
NO ONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND
WOULD MARRY RENNET.

1105
01:26:50,640 --> 01:26:54,210
[ Chuckling ]
BUT I'LL FIND SOMEONE.

1106
01:27:05,850 --> 01:27:08,920
AUNT ADA?
I'VE BROUGHT YOUR LUNCH.
MAY I COME IN?

1107
01:27:08,960 --> 01:27:12,700
WHO'S THERE?
IT'S FLORA,
ROBERT POSTE'S CHILD.

1108
01:27:23,940 --> 01:27:27,820
[ Laughing,
Chattering ]

1109
01:27:28,840 --> 01:27:31,610
[ Muffled Chatter ]

1110
01:27:31,650 --> 01:27:35,790
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S
ENOUGH MONEY FOR--
[ Laughing ] YEAH!

1111
01:27:35,820 --> 01:27:38,660
OH, DANG ME!

1112
01:27:56,340 --> 01:27:58,580
WHAT'S GOING ON?
NO SUPPER?

1113
01:27:58,610 --> 01:28:00,880
I DIDN'T LIKE TO MAKE
SUPPER, MASTER REUBEN.

1114
01:28:00,910 --> 01:28:05,520
MISS POSTE WENT UP TO SEE
THE OLD LADY AT NOON
AND HASN'T COME BACK DOWN AGAIN.

1115
01:28:05,550 --> 01:28:08,520
THEY BEEN TALKIN'
ALL DAY.

1116
01:28:08,550 --> 01:28:12,420
MAYBE I OUGHT TO TAKE UP
SOME SANDWICHES AND COCOA.
NO, NO, MRS. BEETLE.

1117
01:28:12,460 --> 01:28:15,560
BETTER LET 'EM BE.
MISS POSTE KNOWS
WHAT SHE'S DOIN'.

1118
01:28:15,590 --> 01:28:18,290
SOMETHING TERRIBLE'LL
COME OF IT.

1119
01:28:19,930 --> 01:28:22,800
WHAT'S HAPPENED?
IS SHE ALL RIGHT,
THE OLD LADY?

1120
01:28:22,830 --> 01:28:25,360
SHE'S ABSOLUTELY FINE.
I'VE JUST PUT HER TO BED.

1121
01:28:25,400 --> 01:28:28,630
[ Shouts ]
WHAT?

1122
01:28:37,680 --> 01:28:40,480
[ Birds Chirping ]

1123
01:28:47,090 --> 01:28:50,860
HOW'S THAT, MISS POSTE?
PRETTY, INNIT?
LOVELY, URK.

1124
01:28:50,890 --> 01:28:54,090
COULD YOU FETCH THE MEN?
I WANT TO SET UP THE TABLES
FOR THE FEAST--

1125
01:28:54,130 --> 01:28:57,100
ONE FOR THE FARMERS,
ONE FOR THE COUNTY.

1126
01:28:57,130 --> 01:28:59,560
[ Chattering
In Distance ]

1127
01:28:59,600 --> 01:29:03,100
[ Mrs. Beetle ]
OH! GIVE US
YOUR TOES.

1128
01:29:03,140 --> 01:29:06,010
THAT'S IT. WHEW!

1129
01:29:07,610 --> 01:29:10,370
AH!

1130
01:29:10,410 --> 01:29:13,480
[ Rapid Whisking ]

1131
01:29:17,890 --> 01:29:20,830
[ Whisking Continues ]

1132
01:29:29,730 --> 01:29:32,060
COME ON, RENNET.
STIR THAT DOUGH!

1133
01:29:32,100 --> 01:29:35,070
DON'T WANT 'EM EATING
THEIR WEDDING BREAKFAST A WEEK
AFTER THE NUPTIALS, DO WE?

1134
01:29:35,100 --> 01:29:38,700
WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT IT?
MY LITTLE WENNIT.
[ Rapid Stirring ]

1135
01:29:38,740 --> 01:29:44,110
THE SEED TO THE FLOWER,
THE FLOWER TO THE FRUIT,
THE FRUIT TO THE BELLY.

1136
01:29:44,150 --> 01:29:48,090
URK, GRANDMA DOOM'S CHAIR,
COULD YOU FIND IT AND PUT IT
OUT FOR ME?

1137
01:29:48,120 --> 01:29:51,760
SHE ONLY USE THAT
FOR THE COUNTIN'.
JUST FIND IT, PLEASE.

1138
01:29:52,960 --> 01:29:57,500
RENNET, HERE'S A HAT
FOR YOU TO WEAR TO THE CHURCH.

1139
01:29:58,690 --> 01:30:01,020
OH, COUSIN FLORA,
DO YOU MIND?

1140
01:30:01,060 --> 01:30:03,960
I AIN'T USED TO
THEM COLLARS.
NO, OF COURSE, REUBEN.

1141
01:30:04,000 --> 01:30:06,640
SIT DOWN.

1142
01:30:23,620 --> 01:30:25,590
[ Guests Chattering ]
HELLO!

1143
01:30:25,620 --> 01:30:28,550
REST IN PEACE,
HUSBAND MINE.
[ Church Bells Chiming ]

1144
01:30:28,590 --> 01:30:31,990
YOUR LOVING WIFE
WON'T BE FAR BEHIND.

1145
01:30:32,030 --> 01:30:35,070
[ Bells Continue ]

1146
01:30:37,500 --> 01:30:40,730
HERE LIES
MY DARLING GEORGE.

1147
01:30:40,770 --> 01:30:44,710
WHATEVER SHALL I DO
WITHOUT YOU
COME THE HARVEST?

1148
01:30:46,270 --> 01:30:49,740
COUSIN JUDITH, I'D LIKE YOU
TO MEET DR. ADOLF MUSDEL
FROM VIENNA.

1149
01:30:49,780 --> 01:30:52,150
LEAVE ME TO ME FATE,
ROBERT POSTE'S CHILD.

1150
01:30:52,180 --> 01:30:55,110
IT'S A VERY GREAT
PLEASURE TO MEET YOU,
MRS. STARKADDER.

1151
01:30:55,150 --> 01:30:58,180
I HAVE HEARD
SOMETHING OF YOU
FROM FRAULEIN POSTE.

1152
01:30:58,220 --> 01:31:01,750
YOU MUST LEAVE ME BE.
I'M A DEAD WOMAN.

1153
01:31:01,790 --> 01:31:05,620
NOW SHE'S SAFELY
GATHERED IN, DELIVERED
FROM THIS LIFE OF SIN.

1154
01:31:05,660 --> 01:31:08,130
YES. WELL,
NEVER MIND THAT NOW.

1155
01:31:08,160 --> 01:31:11,800
POURING WITH RAIN WHEN
YOUR FATHER AND I GOT MARRIED.
I MUST GO IN.

1156
01:31:11,830 --> 01:31:14,260
YES.
GOOD LUCK.

1157
01:31:14,300 --> 01:31:16,170
[ Woman Laughing ]
HELLO.

1158
01:31:16,200 --> 01:31:19,600
FREDDIE, I WANTED
TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT
THOSE CATHEDRAL--

1159
01:31:19,640 --> 01:31:21,910
IT IS.
THANK GOODNESS.
[ Chuckling ]

1160
01:31:21,940 --> 01:31:23,910
YESTERDAY--
WHY...

1161
01:31:23,950 --> 01:31:26,620
MISS POSTE!

1162
01:31:26,650 --> 01:31:28,960
WHAT A MARVELOUS DAY
FOR A WEDDING!

1163
01:31:28,980 --> 01:31:32,050
DR. MU$DEL,
THIS IS MR. MYBUG.
UH, MEYERBURG.

1164
01:31:32,090 --> 01:31:35,030
DR. MU$DEL, YES.
I KNOW YOU BY REPUTATION,
OF COURSE.

1165
01:31:35,060 --> 01:31:38,530
WE'VE NEVER ACTUALLY MET.
I DID ATTEND ONE OF
YOUR LECTURES ONCE.

1166
01:31:38,560 --> 01:31:41,790
UM, "THE MIND
AT WAR WITH ITSELF."
AH, SO.

1167
01:31:41,830 --> 01:31:45,060
WEREN'T YOU THERE TOO,
MISS POSTE?
YES, INDEED, MR. MYBUG.

1168
01:31:45,100 --> 01:31:48,900
DR. MU$DEL, COULD I ASK YOU
TO ACCOMPANY COUSIN JUDITH
INTO THE CHURCH?

1169
01:31:48,940 --> 01:31:51,610
IT WILL BE MY PLEASURE.

1170
01:31:53,610 --> 01:31:57,150
TELL ME, DO YOU LIKE
OLD CHURCHES?

1171
01:31:57,180 --> 01:32:00,020
AH!
MR. MYBUG, WOULD
YOU EXCUSE ME?

1172
01:32:00,050 --> 01:32:03,020
I'VE SPOTTED SOMEONE
I SIMPLY MUST TALK TO.

1173
01:32:03,050 --> 01:32:05,080
[ Bird Cawing ]

1174
01:32:05,120 --> 01:32:08,720
♪ [ Organ ]
[ Chattering ]

1175
01:32:14,030 --> 01:32:16,000
FLOWERS!

1176
01:32:16,030 --> 01:32:19,100
♪ [ Continues ]

1177
01:32:19,130 --> 01:32:22,930
♪ [ Organ Continues ]
[ Guests Chattering,
Child Crying ]

1178
01:32:24,710 --> 01:32:27,820
[ Chattering Continues
Noisily ]
[ Woman Laughing ]

1179
01:32:27,840 --> 01:32:31,980
STOP IT!

1180
01:32:32,010 --> 01:32:35,050
[ Noisy Chattering,
Laughing Continue ]

1181
01:32:47,700 --> 01:32:50,800
♪ [ Organ Continues ]

1182
01:33:03,080 --> 01:33:05,350
REUBEN!
DO HURRY UP, ELFINE.

1183
01:33:05,380 --> 01:33:08,310
THEY'RE ALL WAITING.
OH, YOU LOOK GORGEOUS.

1184
01:33:08,350 --> 01:33:11,250
[ Organ Stops ]
[ Elfine ]
FLORA, DO I LOOK NICE?

1185
01:33:11,290 --> 01:33:14,360
DON'T BE NERVOUS.
♪ [ Organ: "Wedding March" ]

1186
01:33:14,390 --> 01:33:16,860
REUBEN, MIND ME DRESS.

1187
01:33:16,890 --> 01:33:22,890
♪

1188
01:33:26,170 --> 01:33:29,640
- ♪ [ Organ Slows ]
- MY LITTLE WENNET.

1189
01:33:29,670 --> 01:33:32,670
♪ [ Organ Dies ]
ADAM!

1190
01:33:32,710 --> 01:33:35,750
OH!

1191
01:33:35,780 --> 01:33:39,050
♪ [ Resumes ]

1192
01:34:09,140 --> 01:34:12,010
♪ [ Polka ]
[ Man Muttering ]

1193
01:34:13,080 --> 01:34:16,080
[ Chomping Loudly ]

1194
01:34:16,120 --> 01:34:19,230
[ Guests Chattering,
Laughing, Hooting ]

1195
01:34:40,340 --> 01:34:43,370
[ Guests Hooting,
Laughing ]

1196
01:34:44,750 --> 01:34:48,360
♪ [ Continues ]

1197
01:34:55,760 --> 01:34:58,770
OH, ABSOLUTELY
FASCINATING.

1198
01:34:58,790 --> 01:35:01,260
[ Bellows ]

1199
01:35:05,200 --> 01:35:07,430
HOW KIND.
I DON'T USUALLY.

1200
01:35:07,470 --> 01:35:10,780
I MUST SAY YOU'RE
LOOKING SPLENDID,
MRS. BEETLE.

1201
01:35:10,810 --> 01:35:13,310
OH, VICAR, THANK YOU!

1202
01:35:13,340 --> 01:35:16,140
- [ Hooting Continues ]
- TELL ME, MY DEAR,

1203
01:35:16,180 --> 01:35:19,190
YOU CAN SETTLE A QUESTION
THAT'S BEEN PUZZLING ME.

1204
01:35:19,210 --> 01:35:21,780
DO YOU BELIEVE
THAT WOMEN HAVE SOULS?

1205
01:35:26,550 --> 01:35:29,390
A WEDDING PRESENT
FOR YE, MAIDY.

1206
01:35:29,420 --> 01:35:32,890
A GIFT FOR MY OWN
WILD MARSH TIGGET.

1207
01:35:32,930 --> 01:35:35,200
OH, ADAM,
HOW SWEET OF YOU.

1208
01:35:35,230 --> 01:35:37,490
OH. OH.

1209
01:35:37,530 --> 01:35:41,930
PUT IT IN THY BOSOM.
IT'LL MAKE YE BEAR
FOUR CHILDREN.

1210
01:35:41,970 --> 01:35:45,100
THAT IT WILL.
YOU'LL SEE.

1211
01:35:52,210 --> 01:35:54,510
I MUST THANK YOU,
MISS POSTE.

1212
01:35:54,550 --> 01:35:58,460
DR. MU$DEL HAS ASKED ME
TO STAY WITH HIM AT
HIS NURSING HOME IN LONDON.

1213
01:35:58,490 --> 01:36:03,060
HE SAYS I CAN STAY WITH HIM
FOR SIX MONTHS AND TALK TO HIM,
PLAY SOME CHESS IF I LIKE.

1214
01:36:03,090 --> 01:36:06,190
IT'S MY ENERGY, YOU SEE.
IT TURNS IN INSTEAD OF OUT.

1215
01:36:06,230 --> 01:36:09,340
HE'S GOING TO
TURN IT OUT FOR ME.

1216
01:36:14,500 --> 01:36:17,100
♪ [ Drumroll Continues ]

1217
01:36:17,140 --> 01:36:20,280
♪ [ Band:
"Wedding Processional" ]

1218
01:36:24,210 --> 01:36:26,980
GRANDMAMA?

1219
01:36:27,020 --> 01:36:30,190
[ Urk ] AYE, 'TIS HER!
[ Meriam ]
ALL DRESSED UP TO GO OUT.

1220
01:36:30,220 --> 01:36:32,160
'TIS FLYING AGAINST NATURE.

1221
01:36:32,190 --> 01:36:36,460
- LOOK AT HER!
- [ Reuben ]
WELL, I NEVER. GRANNY!

1222
01:36:36,490 --> 01:36:40,090
SHE MUST'VE SEEN
SOME'AT NASTY
IN THE WOODSHED.

1223
01:36:40,130 --> 01:36:44,040
[ Applause ]

1224
01:36:49,270 --> 01:36:53,170
WELCOME TO
COLD COMFORT FARM.

1225
01:36:53,210 --> 01:36:58,490
-THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN STARKADDERS
AT COLD COMFORT FARM.
-[ Starkadders ] AYE!

1226
01:36:58,510 --> 01:37:01,850
BUT IT'S BEEN
SOME TIME SINCE WE'VE
HAD A WEDDING HERE.

1227
01:37:01,880 --> 01:37:07,120
I MUST ADMIT THAT ELFINE'S
WEDDING HAS NOT TURNED OUT
QUITE AS I'D PLANNED,

1228
01:37:07,160 --> 01:37:11,330
BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN HER
LOOKING LOVELIER
OR MORE RADIANT.

1229
01:37:11,360 --> 01:37:13,930
[ Applause ]
SO--

1230
01:37:13,960 --> 01:37:16,460
SO I GIVE IT MY BLESSING.

1231
01:37:16,500 --> 01:37:22,510
MY GREAT-NIECE FLORA
HAS TOLD ME SOMETHING VERY WISE.

1232
01:37:22,540 --> 01:37:25,610
WHAT A PLEASANT LIFE--

1233
01:37:25,640 --> 01:37:28,010
HOW'D YOU PUT IT, DEAR?

1234
01:37:28,040 --> 01:37:30,410
WHAT A PLEASANT LIFE
MIGHT BE HAD IN THIS WORLD...

1235
01:37:30,450 --> 01:37:33,650
BY A HANDSOME, SENSIBLE
OLD LADY OF GOOD FORTUNE,

1236
01:37:33,680 --> 01:37:36,610
BLESSED WITH A SOUND
CONSTITUTION AND A FIRM WILL.

1237
01:37:36,650 --> 01:37:39,080
JANE AUSTEN. JANE AUSTEN.
[ Guests ]
AYE!

1238
01:37:39,120 --> 01:37:41,280
SO I'M TAKING HER ADVICE...

1239
01:37:41,320 --> 01:37:44,090
AND LEAVING FOR PARIS
IN A FEW MOMENTS.

1240
01:37:44,130 --> 01:37:46,970
- PARIS?
- [ Car Horn Honking ]

1241
01:37:49,360 --> 01:37:51,590
[ Ada ]
OH, GOOD-BYE, DEAR.

1242
01:37:51,630 --> 01:37:54,630
GOD BLESS YOU, MUM.
[ Ada ]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

1243
01:37:54,670 --> 01:37:58,350
NOW, REMEMBER,
WHEN YOU GET TO NICE,
ASK FOR THE HOTEL MIRAMAR.

1244
01:37:58,370 --> 01:38:02,470
I WILL, MY DEAR.
I SHALL DO EXACTLY
AS YOU ADVISED.

1245
01:38:02,510 --> 01:38:07,410
YOU WON'T FIND ME
PLUCKING MY EYEBROWS,
NOR DIETING.

1246
01:38:07,450 --> 01:38:12,090
NOR DOTING ON
A BOY OF 25.

1247
01:38:12,120 --> 01:38:14,990
THERE IS JUST ONE THING,
AUNT ADA, BEFORE YOU GO.

1248
01:38:15,020 --> 01:38:19,490
WHAT WAS THE WRONG
AMOS DID MY FATHER?
AND WHAT ARE MY RIGHTS?

1249
01:38:19,530 --> 01:38:22,000
WELL--
YES, MY DEAR?
AUNT ADA.

1250
01:38:22,030 --> 01:38:25,160
ADAM WANTS TO COME TO
HAUTECOUTURE HALL WITH US
AND LOOK AFTER OUR COWS.

1251
01:38:25,200 --> 01:38:27,060
DO YOU MIND?

1252
01:38:27,100 --> 01:38:30,530
WHO WILL CARE FOR
FECKLESS, AIMLESS,
GRACELESS AND POINTLESS?

1253
01:38:30,570 --> 01:38:33,040
ADAM, YOU WOULDN'T
DESERT THEM?

1254
01:38:33,080 --> 01:38:35,580
NEVER, MA'AM.
TAKE 'EM WITH ME.

1255
01:38:35,610 --> 01:38:38,340
THERE'S ROOM FOR ALL
AT HOWCHIKER HALL.

1256
01:38:38,380 --> 01:38:43,080
[ Chuckling ]
WELL, YOU MAY TAKE 'EM
IF YOU WANT TO, ADAM.

1257
01:38:43,120 --> 01:38:46,560
BLESS YE, MISS STARKADDER.
YOU'ME A GOOD 'UN AFTER ALL.

1258
01:38:46,590 --> 01:38:49,360
AND BLESS YE,
ROBERT POSTE'S CHILD.

1259
01:38:49,390 --> 01:38:52,720
YOU'ME LIFTED THE DOOM
FROM COLD COMFORT.

1260
01:38:52,760 --> 01:38:56,230
- THREE CHEERS FOR AUNT ADA!
HIP-HIP!
- [ All ] HOORAY!

1261
01:38:56,260 --> 01:38:58,360
HIP-HIP!
[ All ]
HOORAY!

1262
01:38:58,400 --> 01:39:00,730
HIP-HIP!
HOORAY!

1263
01:39:00,770 --> 01:39:05,110
[ All Cheering,
Chattering ]

1264
01:39:12,550 --> 01:39:18,060
[ Thinking ]
IT WAS THE LOVELIEST TIME OF
THE LOVELIEST DAY OF THE YEAR.

1265
01:39:18,090 --> 01:39:21,360
THE ERMINE FLOWERS
AND SILKY LEAVES...

1266
01:39:22,660 --> 01:39:25,730
AND... SATIN LEAVES--

1267
01:39:25,760 --> 01:39:28,490
[ Thinking ]
DAZZLED AGAINST AN AZURE SKY.

1268
01:39:28,530 --> 01:39:32,230
THE GAUZE-LIKE SHADOWS
CREPT IN...

1269
01:39:32,270 --> 01:39:34,340
STEALTHILY.

1270
01:39:34,370 --> 01:39:37,740
[ Thinking ]
THE DREAMING BIRDS
BEGAN THEIR SLEEP SONG.

1271
01:39:37,770 --> 01:39:40,270
[ Rattling, Clanking ]
OH.

1272
01:39:40,310 --> 01:39:43,450
[ Cowbells Clanking ]

1273
01:39:45,650 --> 01:39:48,090
[ Thinking ]
GOLDEN ORB.

1274
01:39:48,120 --> 01:39:51,320
THE GOLDEN ORB--

1275
01:39:51,350 --> 01:39:54,650
THE GOLDEN ORB--
[ Plane Engine Humming ]

1276
01:39:54,690 --> 01:39:57,130
[ Sighs ]

1277
01:40:43,310 --> 01:40:47,080
OH, CHARLES, YOU DO HAVE
HEAVENLY TEETH.

1278
01:40:47,110 --> 01:40:49,420
COME ON!

1279
01:40:54,120 --> 01:40:56,760
HERE, CLAP THAT.

1280
01:41:00,460 --> 01:41:04,460
THIS IS FOREVER,
ISN'T IT?
OH, YES, FOREVER.

1281
01:41:04,490 --> 01:41:07,590
NOW, IS IT ALL OVER,
MY DARLING?
YES, CHARLES.

1282
01:41:07,630 --> 01:41:11,540
I DID IT ALL.
VERY CLEVER.
WHAT ABOUT THE NOVEL?

1283
01:41:11,570 --> 01:41:13,670
TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST,

1284
01:41:13,700 --> 01:41:16,470
I DON'T REALLY THINK
I'M CUT OUT
TO BE A NOVELIST.

1285
01:41:16,500 --> 01:41:19,700
YOU KNOW, I NEVER DID
APPROVE OF YOU INTERFERING
IN OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES.

1286
01:41:19,740 --> 01:41:22,710
SO I SHAN'T BE ALLOWED
TO INTERFERE IN YOURS?
NO!

1287
01:41:22,740 --> 01:41:26,640
OF COURSE, YOU CAN SHARE IT,
FLORA. IN FACT,
I VERY MUCH HOPE YOU WILL.

1288
01:41:26,680 --> 01:41:29,280
[ Engine Starts ]

1289
01:41:29,320 --> 01:41:31,890
CHARLES, I LOVE YOU!
WHAT?

1290
01:41:31,920 --> 01:41:34,730
I LOVE YOU!

1291
01:42:05,220 --> 01:42:08,790
[ Guests Shouting ]

1292
01:42:08,820 --> 01:42:11,920
GOOD-BYE!

1293
01:42:11,960 --> 01:42:14,330
FLORA!
[ Sobbing ]