1 00:00:01,133 --> 00:00:04,000 (orchestal music) 2 00:00:20,733 --> 00:00:23,367 - Now, Rose as soon as Miss Elizabeth arrives. 3 00:00:23,467 --> 00:00:24,767 - Who, Mr. Hudson? 4 00:00:24,867 --> 00:00:26,000 - Mrs. Kirbridge. 5 00:00:26,100 --> 00:00:27,733 As soon as Mr. and Mrs. Kirbridge arrive 6 00:00:27,833 --> 00:00:29,467 you can go straight upstairs and pack your case. 7 00:00:29,567 --> 00:00:31,267 - I'll have that out for my dress and apron. 8 00:00:31,367 --> 00:00:32,300 - Yes, well it won't take you a moment 9 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:33,900 to change out to luncheon. 10 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:35,867 Put all your things ready to change into. 11 00:00:35,967 --> 00:00:37,533 I don't want you to be keeping 12 00:00:37,633 --> 00:00:39,000 Mr. And Mrs. Kirbridge waiting 13 00:00:39,100 --> 00:00:40,000 when they're ready to set off for Greenwich. 14 00:00:40,100 --> 00:00:40,833 - No, Mr. Hudson. 15 00:00:40,933 --> 00:00:42,533 - Oh, Mrs. Bridges. 16 00:00:45,033 --> 00:00:45,967 -[Rose] Oooh! 17 00:00:46,067 --> 00:00:47,067 That looks lovely, Mrs. Bridges! 18 00:00:47,167 --> 00:00:49,833 It always was Miss Elizabeth's favorite dessert! 19 00:00:49,933 --> 00:00:51,800 - Whose, Rose? 20 00:00:51,900 --> 00:00:53,467 - I hope Mr. and Mrs. Kirbridge enjoyed their honeymoon. 21 00:00:53,567 --> 00:00:56,000 - I gather from our ladyship that Austria 22 00:00:56,100 --> 00:00:58,400 proved perfectly satisfactory, 23 00:00:58,500 --> 00:01:00,700 for those who like a foreign part. 24 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:02,267 - I wouldn't like to spend my honeymoon 25 00:01:02,367 --> 00:01:04,567 among a lot of foreigners! 26 00:01:06,067 --> 00:01:08,467 - Ah, well, they're back now. 27 00:01:14,867 --> 00:01:17,767 -[Woman] I brought a lot of luggage, I'm afraid. 28 00:01:17,867 --> 00:01:20,067 (chattering) 29 00:01:20,100 --> 00:01:21,067 Where's my mother, Edward? 30 00:01:21,100 --> 00:01:23,167 -[Edward] In the morning room Mrs. Kirbridge. 31 00:01:23,267 --> 00:01:25,300 - Well done, Edward, you remembered! 32 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:26,400 - Hello, darling. 33 00:01:26,500 --> 00:01:27,700 - Mother. 34 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:28,533 - Lawrence. 35 00:01:28,633 --> 00:01:29,633 You do look well! 36 00:01:29,733 --> 00:01:30,833 Why didn't Edward take that for you? 37 00:01:30,933 --> 00:01:31,867 - No, that's the one with the presents in it! 38 00:01:31,967 --> 00:01:33,367 Put it on the table, Lawrence. 39 00:01:33,467 --> 00:01:35,433 (bickering) 40 00:01:35,533 --> 00:01:37,667 Put it on the floor. 41 00:01:37,767 --> 00:01:39,467 - Did you have a good crossing? 42 00:01:39,567 --> 00:01:40,633 -[Elizabeth] Very good! 43 00:01:40,733 --> 00:01:41,867 Didn't stop Lawrence being sick. 44 00:01:41,967 --> 00:01:43,233 - I don't know why people aren't seasick 45 00:01:43,333 --> 00:01:44,633 are always so superior to people who are. 46 00:01:44,733 --> 00:01:46,600 - Oh, Lawrence, I agree with you. 47 00:01:46,700 --> 00:01:48,867 Whenever I'm lying in the cabin feeling simply dreadful, 48 00:01:48,967 --> 00:01:50,533 Elizabeth's father flings open the door 49 00:01:50,633 --> 00:01:52,233 letting in blasts of fresh air and says, 50 00:01:52,333 --> 00:01:54,367 "What you need is a brisk walk round the deck." 51 00:01:54,467 --> 00:01:56,067 Throughout our married life, 52 00:01:56,167 --> 00:01:57,700 it's happened every time we've crossed the channel together. 53 00:01:57,800 --> 00:01:59,700 - That is obviously going to happen with us too. 54 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:01,367 Except that in our case, 55 00:02:01,467 --> 00:02:03,267 Lawrence is reclining in the cabin 56 00:02:03,367 --> 00:02:04,500 and I'm walking about the deck 57 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:05,767 letting in blasts of cold air. 58 00:02:05,867 --> 00:02:07,700 (door opening) 59 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:09,800 Hudson! How lovely to see you. 60 00:02:09,900 --> 00:02:11,267 - Welcome back Mrs. Kirbridge. 61 00:02:11,367 --> 00:02:13,067 -[Lawrence] Hello, Hudson. 62 00:02:13,100 --> 00:02:13,933 - Good morning, sir. 63 00:02:14,067 --> 00:02:14,867 Would you care for some sherry, my lady? 64 00:02:14,967 --> 00:02:15,900 - Lawrence? 65 00:02:16,067 --> 00:02:17,067 -[Lawrence] Oh, thank you. 66 00:02:17,133 --> 00:02:17,833 - Elizabeth, do you want to come upstairs 67 00:02:17,933 --> 00:02:18,733 and take your hat off? 68 00:02:18,833 --> 00:02:20,167 - No, not 'til I find your present. 69 00:02:20,267 --> 00:02:21,167 -[Hudson] Sherry, madam? 70 00:02:21,267 --> 00:02:22,267 - No thank you, Hudson. 71 00:02:22,367 --> 00:02:25,567 I'll have some schnapps if you've got some. 72 00:02:25,667 --> 00:02:27,967 It's alright, I'm only joking. 73 00:02:28,067 --> 00:02:29,167 Yes, I will have some. 74 00:02:29,267 --> 00:02:30,367 Put it over there, would you? 75 00:02:30,467 --> 00:02:31,533 - Sit down, Lawrence. 76 00:02:31,633 --> 00:02:32,933 Elizabeth is rummaging. 77 00:02:33,067 --> 00:02:34,700 Your father says sorry he couldn't be here. 78 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,133 He had to have lunch at the house 79 00:02:37,233 --> 00:02:38,633 with a tiresome constituent 80 00:02:38,733 --> 00:02:40,800 who didn't like the line he took on old age pensions. 81 00:02:40,900 --> 00:02:41,867 - Well, if Father knows he was right, 82 00:02:41,967 --> 00:02:43,367 I don't know why he bothers with him. 83 00:02:43,467 --> 00:02:47,067 Or is the man a large contributor to party funds? 84 00:02:47,100 --> 00:02:48,200 -[Mother] Thank you, Hudson. 85 00:02:48,300 --> 00:02:50,267 -[Hudson] My lady. 86 00:02:50,367 --> 00:02:51,267 -[Mother] Oh, Hudson! 87 00:02:51,367 --> 00:02:52,533 Is Rose ready? 88 00:02:52,633 --> 00:02:53,433 - Yes, my lady. 89 00:02:53,533 --> 00:02:54,633 - Ready for what? 90 00:02:54,733 --> 00:02:56,333 - It's a surprise that Hudson and I 91 00:02:56,433 --> 00:02:58,067 have concocted between us. 92 00:02:58,133 --> 00:02:59,067 - Good! I like surprises. 93 00:02:59,133 --> 00:03:00,067 Usually. 94 00:03:01,867 --> 00:03:02,833 Look! 95 00:03:02,933 --> 00:03:04,367 I got this for Henrietta! 96 00:03:04,467 --> 00:03:05,600 - Oh, it's charming. 97 00:03:05,700 --> 00:03:07,200 -[Lawrence] One should perhaps mention 98 00:03:07,300 --> 00:03:08,800 that it wasn't bought for its beauty, 99 00:03:08,900 --> 00:03:10,067 but for its social significance. 100 00:03:10,133 --> 00:03:11,067 - Good heavens, really? 101 00:03:11,167 --> 00:03:12,267 - You see, we went into this big shop in the 102 00:03:12,367 --> 00:03:14,367 something strata. 103 00:03:14,467 --> 00:03:15,833 - The something strata. 104 00:03:15,933 --> 00:03:17,867 - Yes, well, they were selling hand carved boxes and things 105 00:03:17,967 --> 00:03:19,533 at enormous prices! 106 00:03:19,633 --> 00:03:21,100 And I went to the back of the shop 107 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:22,533 and there was this little man, 108 00:03:22,633 --> 00:03:25,567 working away in a dreadfully bad light carving them. 109 00:03:25,667 --> 00:03:27,167 So I told Lawrence to hold 110 00:03:27,267 --> 00:03:28,667 the owner of the shop in conversation. 111 00:03:28,767 --> 00:03:29,833 -[Lawrence] Yes, that wasn't easy. 112 00:03:29,933 --> 00:03:31,133 He wasn't interested in politics 113 00:03:31,233 --> 00:03:33,100 and the only poet he'd ever heard of was Barnum. 114 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:34,533 - Yes, well anyway, Lawrence managed 115 00:03:34,633 --> 00:03:35,700 to keep him out of the way 116 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:37,067 while I asked the old man if he had 117 00:03:37,133 --> 00:03:38,167 something of his own to sell. 118 00:03:38,267 --> 00:03:39,400 And he brought out this! 119 00:03:39,500 --> 00:03:40,800 So I was able to buy it from him direct, 120 00:03:40,900 --> 00:03:42,900 without any horrid middle man taking the profit. 121 00:03:43,067 --> 00:03:44,600 - That's cheating the unfortunate shopkeeper 122 00:03:44,700 --> 00:03:46,133 who was paying the rent and taxes 123 00:03:46,233 --> 00:03:48,833 and making sure the old man didn't starve. 124 00:03:48,933 --> 00:03:50,200 - Never mind, it was a blow against sweated labor, 125 00:03:50,300 --> 00:03:53,067 and I know Henrietta will approve. 126 00:03:53,167 --> 00:03:54,100 - Darling. 127 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:55,700 You haven't changed a bit. 128 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:57,467 - Haven't I, Mother? 129 00:03:59,067 --> 00:04:00,600 -[Mrs. Bridges] Did Miss Elizabeth 130 00:04:00,700 --> 00:04:02,667 enjoy our peaches colbert? 131 00:04:02,767 --> 00:04:04,067 -[Hudson] She did, indeed, Mrs. Bridges. 132 00:04:04,100 --> 00:04:05,533 She said she's coming downstairs to tell you so herself. 133 00:04:05,633 --> 00:04:06,900 - Oh, gracious! 134 00:04:08,300 --> 00:04:09,733 I'll put on a clean apron. 135 00:04:09,833 --> 00:04:11,067 I'm not fit to be seen. 136 00:04:11,167 --> 00:04:13,567 I hope Mr. Kirbridge isn't coming down too. 137 00:04:13,667 --> 00:04:15,867 - No, I believe he has to leave very shortly. 138 00:04:15,967 --> 00:04:19,833 He has an appointment with a publisher. 139 00:04:19,933 --> 00:04:23,100 - Isn't he going to Greenwich with Miss Elizabeth? 140 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:24,733 Their first day in their new home?! 141 00:04:24,833 --> 00:04:26,067 - Apparently not, Mrs. Bridges. 142 00:04:26,100 --> 00:04:28,067 I thought Lady Marjorie seemed a wee bit put out about it. 143 00:04:28,167 --> 00:04:29,533 - Not surprised! 144 00:04:30,567 --> 00:04:31,867 - Mr. Kirbridge spoke to me ever so nicely. 145 00:04:31,967 --> 00:04:33,133 Didn't he, Mr. Hudson? 146 00:04:33,233 --> 00:04:34,533 - Oh, he's always been a very pleasant, 147 00:04:34,633 --> 00:04:35,933 easygoing young gentleman. 148 00:04:36,067 --> 00:04:36,900 Ruby! 149 00:04:37,967 --> 00:04:39,300 - I thought he looked handsomer than ever! 150 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:42,367 - Handsome is as handsome does. 151 00:04:42,467 --> 00:04:44,367 - Now, Rose, as soon as we start serving coffee 152 00:04:44,467 --> 00:04:47,200 you can go straight upstairs and change. 153 00:04:47,300 --> 00:04:48,233 - I won't be a minute, Mr. Hudson. 154 00:04:48,333 --> 00:04:50,933 (dishes clattering) 155 00:04:51,067 --> 00:04:51,933 - Oh, Ruby! 156 00:04:52,067 --> 00:04:53,367 What have you broken now? 157 00:04:53,467 --> 00:04:54,867 Get out of here! 158 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:58,300 - Do you think you're gonna miss it Rose 159 00:04:58,400 --> 00:04:59,667 when you go down to Greenwich, eh? 160 00:04:59,767 --> 00:05:00,700 - Ow! 161 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:03,300 You made me spill it! 162 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:04,300 I will tell you Edward, 163 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:06,533 if I miss you it'll be a good miss! 164 00:05:06,633 --> 00:05:08,200 -[Edward] Probably have some larks out there. 165 00:05:08,300 --> 00:05:09,300 - I hope Rose will have no such thing. 166 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:10,967 And Rose, while I'm on the subject. 167 00:05:11,067 --> 00:05:13,133 - Yes, Mr. Hudson? 168 00:05:13,233 --> 00:05:15,200 - Mrs. Kirbridge not being experienced as lady of the house, 169 00:05:15,300 --> 00:05:17,767 it will be up to you to maintain standards 170 00:05:17,867 --> 00:05:19,267 in the kitchen and elsewhere. 171 00:05:19,367 --> 00:05:21,467 - There'll be a cook in charge of the kitchen, Mr. Hudson. 172 00:05:21,567 --> 00:05:23,500 - Well, that's very true, Mrs. Bridges, 173 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:25,867 but a cook general is not quite the same as, 174 00:05:25,967 --> 00:05:29,233 well, as what we're accustomed to here. 175 00:05:31,300 --> 00:05:33,600 I'm not suggesting that your Rose should usurp 176 00:05:33,700 --> 00:05:34,867 authority in the kitchen, 177 00:05:34,967 --> 00:05:36,300 but as far as serving, dishing up, running the household 178 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:40,067 is concerned, you will have very big responsibilities, Rose. 179 00:05:40,133 --> 00:05:42,467 I want to be sure that you take them seriously. 180 00:05:42,567 --> 00:05:44,167 - Oh, I will, Mr. Hudson! 181 00:05:44,267 --> 00:05:45,100 I will! 182 00:05:46,767 --> 00:05:47,800 - You mean I can have Rose?! 183 00:05:47,900 --> 00:05:49,200 - I thought you'd be pleased. 184 00:05:49,300 --> 00:05:50,433 Mind you, you can't keep her. 185 00:05:50,533 --> 00:05:51,700 I'm only lending her to you. 186 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:52,900 It's just to settle you in. 187 00:05:53,067 --> 00:05:54,200 - Oh, but that's marvelous! 188 00:05:54,300 --> 00:05:55,067 Dear Rose. 189 00:05:55,133 --> 00:05:56,600 What a difference it'll make! 190 00:05:56,700 --> 00:05:58,233 I was dreading having to give orders 191 00:05:58,333 --> 00:05:59,667 to a lot of strange servants. 192 00:05:59,767 --> 00:06:00,933 - Well, I found you quite a good cook. 193 00:06:01,067 --> 00:06:02,333 Mrs. Fellowes. 194 00:06:02,433 --> 00:06:03,767 Of course, with a cook general you don't expect 195 00:06:03,867 --> 00:06:05,067 quite the same standards. 196 00:06:05,167 --> 00:06:08,567 But her references are good and I saw her former employer. 197 00:06:08,667 --> 00:06:09,867 - Oh, did you really, Lady Marjorie? 198 00:06:09,967 --> 00:06:11,333 That was a great deal of trouble. 199 00:06:11,433 --> 00:06:13,367 - Oh, I never trust a written reference. 200 00:06:13,467 --> 00:06:14,667 After all, when you employ servants, 201 00:06:14,767 --> 00:06:16,733 you're taking them into your house, 202 00:06:16,833 --> 00:06:18,367 bringing them into contact with your children. 203 00:06:18,467 --> 00:06:19,767 Everything they do reflects on you 204 00:06:19,867 --> 00:06:21,900 in a sense their reputation's yours. 205 00:06:22,067 --> 00:06:23,600 - Oh, what a terrifying thought! 206 00:06:23,700 --> 00:06:26,533 I hate being responsible for other people. 207 00:06:26,633 --> 00:06:28,400 It's bad enough being responsible for one's self. 208 00:06:28,500 --> 00:06:29,833 - All bachelors feel like that. 209 00:06:29,933 --> 00:06:32,433 That's why perennial bachelors are such trivial people. 210 00:06:32,533 --> 00:06:37,233 When you marry you have to accept responsibility. 211 00:06:37,333 --> 00:06:39,700 - All this just because we're engaging a cook! 212 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:41,233 Who was her former employer? 213 00:06:41,333 --> 00:06:43,300 Why did she leave? Had she been burning the soup? 214 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:44,367 - No. 215 00:06:44,467 --> 00:06:46,133 No, she was in the household of a bank manager 216 00:06:46,233 --> 00:06:48,167 who'd been appointed to a branch in Manchester. 217 00:06:48,267 --> 00:06:51,067 His wife said Mrs. Fellowes was keen and capable 218 00:06:51,100 --> 00:06:53,200 but hadn't a great range of dishes. 219 00:06:53,300 --> 00:06:55,300 - Never mind, I'll teach you some Viennese cooking. 220 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:56,800 Tafelspitz, knodel. 221 00:06:56,900 --> 00:06:59,167 (speaking foreign language) 222 00:06:59,267 --> 00:07:01,067 - Well, don't alarm her too much at first. 223 00:07:01,100 --> 00:07:03,067 I should let her settle in with cutlets and trifle. 224 00:07:03,167 --> 00:07:04,300 More coffee, Lawrence? 225 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:05,333 - No, no thank you. 226 00:07:05,433 --> 00:07:06,633 I really ought to be going. 227 00:07:06,733 --> 00:07:08,100 - I hope your publisher's encouraging 228 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:09,700 and offers you a lot of money. 229 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:10,900 - Oh, I don't suppose he'll offer any money. 230 00:07:11,067 --> 00:07:11,867 - Really? 231 00:07:13,767 --> 00:07:15,300 I thought if he published your poems 232 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:17,467 he'd naturally pay you for it. 233 00:07:17,567 --> 00:07:19,533 I mean, people buy books, don't they? 234 00:07:19,633 --> 00:07:21,767 So surely, well of course, 235 00:07:21,867 --> 00:07:23,600 I really know nothing about publishing. 236 00:07:23,700 --> 00:07:24,567 - No. 237 00:07:26,867 --> 00:07:28,333 - Lawrence hopes to write some articles. 238 00:07:28,433 --> 00:07:29,900 He'll get paid for those. 239 00:07:30,067 --> 00:07:31,767 The Pal Mal Gazette have asked him for two reviews already! 240 00:07:31,867 --> 00:07:33,800 - Oh, but that's splendid! 241 00:07:33,900 --> 00:07:35,733 And I suppose it's the same as with everything else, 242 00:07:35,833 --> 00:07:38,233 you start in a small way and work your way up. 243 00:07:38,333 --> 00:07:40,300 - Except that a poet isn't exactly 244 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:42,067 like a draper's assistant, 245 00:07:42,167 --> 00:07:46,267 moving on from socks and ties to silk handkerchief. 246 00:07:46,367 --> 00:07:48,300 - Perhaps what we should really do 247 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:49,700 is open a poetry shop in the strand 248 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:51,667 and sell your poems over the counter. 249 00:07:51,767 --> 00:07:53,533 - Well, anyway you've plenty of time 250 00:07:53,633 --> 00:07:55,733 to look around and decide what you want to do. 251 00:07:55,833 --> 00:07:57,067 Meanwhile, you should be able 252 00:07:57,167 --> 00:07:59,100 to live at Greenwich very economically. 253 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,933 I agreed on 30 pounds a year for the cook, 254 00:08:02,067 --> 00:08:05,100 I hope you feel that's alright. 255 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:06,967 - I suppose so if that's what cooks usually get. 256 00:08:07,067 --> 00:08:08,067 - Your father and I will pay Rose's wages 257 00:08:08,100 --> 00:08:09,567 as our contribution. 258 00:08:09,667 --> 00:08:10,867 You'll need a kitchen maid, 259 00:08:10,967 --> 00:08:14,067 but that should only cost 16 pounds a year. 260 00:08:14,100 --> 00:08:16,067 So, apart from a jobbing gardener. 261 00:08:16,100 --> 00:08:18,333 -[Elizabeth] And Lawrence's manservant! 262 00:08:18,433 --> 00:08:19,367 - Lawrence's? 263 00:08:19,467 --> 00:08:21,067 - Manservant. 264 00:08:21,167 --> 00:08:22,067 - I'm sorry, I-- 265 00:08:22,133 --> 00:08:23,267 - No, it's alright. 266 00:08:23,367 --> 00:08:24,800 I advertised for one before we left. 267 00:08:24,900 --> 00:08:26,067 -[Mother] Well, I haven't received any applications. 268 00:08:26,167 --> 00:08:27,100 - No, no. 269 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:28,267 Well, I gave my mother's address for replies. 270 00:08:28,367 --> 00:08:30,967 I didn't want to bother you. 271 00:08:31,067 --> 00:08:32,533 - Oh, yes, I see. 272 00:08:34,067 --> 00:08:37,433 You don't think a manservant might be rather expensive? 273 00:08:37,533 --> 00:08:40,367 I doubt if you could pay less than 50 pounds a year. 274 00:08:40,467 --> 00:08:42,433 It might be a good idea to have a boot boy. 275 00:08:42,533 --> 00:08:44,067 - Oh, no! No, no, no! 276 00:08:44,100 --> 00:08:45,167 Must have a manservant. 277 00:08:45,267 --> 00:08:46,833 It's such a delightful expression, my manservant. 278 00:08:46,933 --> 00:08:49,300 It sets one's standards, 279 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:51,867 it gives one something to live up to. 280 00:08:51,967 --> 00:08:53,067 - Don't you think if you had a boot boy 281 00:08:53,133 --> 00:08:55,700 you could set standards for him? 282 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:57,933 - Well, it wouldn't be the same. 283 00:08:58,067 --> 00:08:59,500 - No. 284 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:01,067 Well, if you feel it wouldn't 285 00:09:01,133 --> 00:09:03,433 put too much of a strain on your finances. 286 00:09:03,533 --> 00:09:05,967 -[Lawrence] I'm sure we shall manage beautifully. 287 00:09:06,067 --> 00:09:08,200 Well, thank you Lady Marjorie for a delicious lunch. 288 00:09:08,300 --> 00:09:09,767 I'll see you at Greenwich, Elizabeth. 289 00:09:09,867 --> 00:09:11,767 - Yes, but I'll have to take all the luggage! 290 00:09:11,867 --> 00:09:12,767 - Well, yes, of course, 291 00:09:12,867 --> 00:09:13,667 I don't want to drag it all over Hoben. 292 00:09:13,767 --> 00:09:15,967 You're going straight to Greenwich. 293 00:09:16,067 --> 00:09:18,300 Greenwich, that means green wood. 294 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:20,400 I think I shall call it that. 295 00:09:20,500 --> 00:09:22,533 We live under the green wood tree. 296 00:09:22,633 --> 00:09:24,533 Is there a tree in the garden? 297 00:09:24,633 --> 00:09:25,833 - I don't remember. 298 00:09:25,933 --> 00:09:28,333 - Well, we'll have to plant one! 299 00:09:28,433 --> 00:09:30,100 (door closing) 300 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:31,333 - Elizabeth-- 301 00:09:31,433 --> 00:09:32,933 -[Elizabeth] You didn't ask if I'd like any more coffee! 302 00:09:33,067 --> 00:09:33,933 I think I would. 303 00:09:34,067 --> 00:09:35,067 - Oh, sorry. 304 00:09:37,933 --> 00:09:38,733 Darling. 305 00:09:38,833 --> 00:09:39,700 - Yes? 306 00:09:41,067 --> 00:09:42,500 - The income from your marriage settlement 307 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:45,367 will only bring in 700 a year. 308 00:09:45,467 --> 00:09:48,067 So with Lawrence not earning any, well, regular, 309 00:09:48,167 --> 00:09:51,767 you'll have to be very careful about money. 310 00:09:51,867 --> 00:09:52,767 - Well, really, Mother, 311 00:09:52,867 --> 00:09:54,433 I think you've made that quite plain. 312 00:09:54,533 --> 00:09:56,233 I don't feel we're heading so much for our first home 313 00:09:56,333 --> 00:09:57,933 as for the workhouse. 314 00:09:58,067 --> 00:09:59,300 -[Mother] Oh, darling. 315 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:00,300 You know I didn't mean. 316 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:02,933 I really only want you to say, 317 00:10:03,033 --> 00:10:05,933 well, when your father and I were married ... 318 00:10:06,033 --> 00:10:06,867 - Yes? 319 00:10:08,367 --> 00:10:09,533 Oh, what is it, Mother?! 320 00:10:09,633 --> 00:10:10,700 I think you'd better come out with it, 321 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:12,467 you'll feel much better. 322 00:10:12,567 --> 00:10:13,600 - Well, when I married your father, 323 00:10:13,700 --> 00:10:15,300 he wasn't a rich man. 324 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:16,400 - He isn't now, is he?! 325 00:10:16,500 --> 00:10:17,600 - No. 326 00:10:17,700 --> 00:10:19,100 What's mine's his naturally, 327 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:21,700 but it isn't easy for a man to marry a wife 328 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:23,833 whose family has more money than he has. 329 00:10:23,933 --> 00:10:24,867 - Oh, Mother, we don't care about that! 330 00:10:24,967 --> 00:10:28,000 Money isn't as important to us as it is to you. 331 00:10:28,100 --> 00:10:31,467 - Money's always important if you haven't enough of it. 332 00:10:31,567 --> 00:10:34,000 Let Lawrence make the decisions, darling. 333 00:10:34,100 --> 00:10:35,833 Especially about money. 334 00:10:35,933 --> 00:10:38,100 Your marriage will never succeed if you don't. 335 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:39,800 - But it will succeed if I do? 336 00:10:39,900 --> 00:10:40,933 - Elizabeth. 337 00:10:41,900 --> 00:10:43,700 -[Elizabeth] I think I'd better go and see Mrs. Bridges. 338 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:44,933 Is she better now? 339 00:10:45,033 --> 00:10:46,067 - Yes, quite recovered. 340 00:10:46,167 --> 00:10:48,167 Though she'll never get over missing your wedding. 341 00:10:48,267 --> 00:10:51,300 Don't forget to mention the peaches. 342 00:10:53,167 --> 00:10:55,333 (door closing) 343 00:10:55,433 --> 00:10:57,633 - I'm very glad you enjoyed it. 344 00:10:57,733 --> 00:10:59,767 - I wish you would come and cook it for me at Greenwich! 345 00:10:59,867 --> 00:11:02,500 - Oh, well, I'm sure her ladyship's found you 346 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:04,800 a very good cook, Miss. 347 00:11:04,900 --> 00:11:06,700 A good, plain cook, she said she was. 348 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:08,733 - But not like you, Mrs. Bridges. 349 00:11:08,833 --> 00:11:10,267 - Oh, well. 350 00:11:10,367 --> 00:11:11,700 (laughing) 351 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:13,267 Miss Elizabeth. 352 00:11:13,367 --> 00:11:15,233 You ought to start as you mean to go on. 353 00:11:15,333 --> 00:11:16,733 Do as her ladyship does, 354 00:11:16,833 --> 00:11:18,800 see cook's accounts every week 355 00:11:18,900 --> 00:11:20,600 and make sure they tally. 356 00:11:20,700 --> 00:11:22,467 I'm sure she wouldn't mean to cheat you, 357 00:11:22,567 --> 00:11:25,767 but a penny here and a penny there soon mounts up 358 00:11:25,867 --> 00:11:28,700 and slipshod ways cost money. 359 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:30,867 - Yes, Mrs. Bridges, thank you. 360 00:11:30,967 --> 00:11:32,233 Oh, I almost forgot! 361 00:11:32,333 --> 00:11:34,333 I brought you a present from Vienna. 362 00:11:34,433 --> 00:11:35,733 For all of you, for everybody. 363 00:11:35,833 --> 00:11:36,700 - Oh! 364 00:11:38,067 --> 00:11:39,267 You open it, Mr. Hudson! 365 00:11:39,367 --> 00:11:40,467 - No, no, Mrs. Bridges. 366 00:11:40,567 --> 00:11:42,067 You open it! 367 00:11:42,133 --> 00:11:42,967 - Oh. 368 00:11:44,533 --> 00:11:48,167 (wrapping paper crinkling) 369 00:11:50,233 --> 00:11:51,733 Oh, well now! 370 00:11:51,833 --> 00:11:53,367 That's very-- 371 00:11:53,467 --> 00:11:54,800 - Open the lid. 372 00:11:57,900 --> 00:12:00,567 (soft music) 373 00:12:00,667 --> 00:12:02,567 - Oh, it's a music box! 374 00:12:03,467 --> 00:12:04,667 Oh, isn't that-- 375 00:12:04,767 --> 00:12:06,067 -[Edward] What's that tune, then? 376 00:12:06,133 --> 00:12:08,700 - Tales from the Vienna Woods. 377 00:12:13,067 --> 00:12:13,867 Oh, Rose! 378 00:12:16,300 --> 00:12:17,467 Are you ready? 379 00:12:21,133 --> 00:12:23,233 I suppose we'd better go. 380 00:12:32,133 --> 00:12:33,367 - Fancy! 381 00:12:33,467 --> 00:12:35,600 A lady dancing in the kitchen. 382 00:12:35,700 --> 00:12:36,733 - You must remember, Ruby, 383 00:12:36,833 --> 00:12:39,433 Mrs. Kirbridge grew up here in this house. 384 00:12:39,533 --> 00:12:42,600 - She'll never grow up, not altogether. 385 00:12:42,700 --> 00:12:45,333 Not that young lady, bless her. 386 00:12:46,700 --> 00:12:48,633 - Edward, get out the luggage while I fetch a cab. 387 00:12:48,733 --> 00:12:49,600 Look sharp, now. 388 00:12:49,700 --> 00:12:52,733 - Now, Ruby, get on with the greens. 389 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:58,767 (horses cantering) 390 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:32,600 (bell ringing) 391 00:13:32,700 --> 00:13:35,500 (birds tweeting) 392 00:13:38,900 --> 00:13:41,067 (Rose screaming) 393 00:13:41,133 --> 00:13:42,633 -[Elizabeth] Rose? 394 00:13:42,733 --> 00:13:44,200 What on Earth's the matter?! 395 00:13:44,300 --> 00:13:45,867 - Oh, Miss Lizzie. 396 00:13:49,067 --> 00:13:50,900 - Good afternoon. 397 00:13:51,067 --> 00:13:52,700 - Who're you? 398 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:54,300 What do you want? 399 00:13:55,167 --> 00:13:57,933 - I've come to see Mr. Kirbridge. 400 00:13:59,067 --> 00:14:00,067 - Miss Lizzie? 401 00:14:00,100 --> 00:14:01,067 - What? 402 00:14:02,100 --> 00:14:04,167 -[Rose] He looks like a debt collector. 403 00:14:04,267 --> 00:14:05,700 - Looks like we're being done before we even move in. 404 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:07,733 - Don't let him inside. 405 00:14:07,833 --> 00:14:10,200 - Would you be Mrs. Kirbridge? 406 00:14:10,300 --> 00:14:11,233 - Yes. 407 00:14:11,333 --> 00:14:12,533 -[Man] Well, I had your letter, mum. 408 00:14:12,633 --> 00:14:16,833 Now, you see, it says to come for an interview at 4 o'clock. 409 00:14:16,933 --> 00:14:18,633 - Interview? 410 00:14:18,733 --> 00:14:21,100 - For the post of valet. 411 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:23,667 - This isn't my hand-- 412 00:14:23,767 --> 00:14:24,800 Oh, yes! 413 00:14:24,900 --> 00:14:26,267 This is from my husband's mother. 414 00:14:26,367 --> 00:14:28,200 Well, I'm afraid Mr. Kirbridge isn't here at the moment. 415 00:14:28,300 --> 00:14:30,500 Perhaps you could come back another day. 416 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,700 - Well, I come a long ways, see, mum? 417 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:36,700 - Oh. 418 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:39,400 Very well, I'll see you myself. 419 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:42,567 - Aw, thanks very much, mum! 420 00:14:42,667 --> 00:14:46,867 - Rose, open the door so we can get all the stuff inside. 421 00:14:48,733 --> 00:14:50,467 - Oh! Allow me, mum! 422 00:14:51,467 --> 00:14:52,500 - Thank you. 423 00:14:59,067 --> 00:15:01,767 (bell ringing) 424 00:15:03,067 --> 00:15:05,667 (bell ringing) 425 00:15:16,233 --> 00:15:18,800 (bell ringing) 426 00:15:28,133 --> 00:15:29,067 Oh! 427 00:15:29,167 --> 00:15:30,600 - Well, you did say you'd see me now, mum. 428 00:15:30,700 --> 00:15:32,133 - Yes, of course! 429 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:35,867 Do sit down. 430 00:15:35,967 --> 00:15:38,067 - Thanks very much, mum. 431 00:15:41,233 --> 00:15:43,267 - Excuse me, madam. 432 00:15:43,367 --> 00:15:44,700 Would you like me to pay the cab driver? 433 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:46,700 -[Elizabeth] Oh, yes! 434 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:48,333 Yes, please, Rose. 435 00:15:55,433 --> 00:15:57,133 (door closing) 436 00:15:57,233 --> 00:15:59,167 What is your name? 437 00:15:59,267 --> 00:16:01,833 - Watkins, mum. Thomas Watkins. 438 00:16:01,933 --> 00:16:05,333 - And you have some references, of course. 439 00:16:05,433 --> 00:16:06,467 - Oh, yes. 440 00:16:06,567 --> 00:16:10,633 Yes, I've got a letter here from my last employer. 441 00:16:15,700 --> 00:16:17,067 - Abergavenny? 442 00:16:17,133 --> 00:16:18,367 Oh, I don't think I could go to Abergavenny, 443 00:16:18,467 --> 00:16:20,067 wherever that may be. 444 00:16:20,133 --> 00:16:21,367 - It's in Wales. 445 00:16:21,467 --> 00:16:23,500 - I thought it might be. 446 00:16:27,433 --> 00:16:29,233 (door closing) 447 00:16:29,333 --> 00:16:30,500 - Your purse, madam. 448 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:32,867 - Oh, thank you, Rose! 449 00:16:32,967 --> 00:16:35,500 Didn't my mother say that the cook was supposed to be here? 450 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:36,867 - Yes, madam. 451 00:16:36,967 --> 00:16:39,433 I'll go and see where she is. 452 00:17:11,867 --> 00:17:14,267 - Why did you leave your last employer? 453 00:17:14,367 --> 00:17:15,867 - He was goin' to Australia, mum. 454 00:17:15,967 --> 00:17:17,267 -[Elizabeth] Oh. 455 00:17:17,367 --> 00:17:18,200 Didn't you want to go with him? 456 00:17:18,300 --> 00:17:19,400 - No. 457 00:17:19,500 --> 00:17:21,967 No, not enough scope there, from what I hear. 458 00:17:22,067 --> 00:17:24,333 - Well, I don't know that there's going to be 459 00:17:24,433 --> 00:17:26,700 a great deal of scope here. 460 00:17:32,100 --> 00:17:33,933 - What would my duties be? 461 00:17:34,067 --> 00:17:36,067 - Duties? Yes, yes, duties. 462 00:17:36,100 --> 00:17:39,800 Well, to look after the master's clothing, I suppose. 463 00:17:39,900 --> 00:17:44,067 Light the fire in his dressing room, keep it tidy. 464 00:17:44,133 --> 00:17:46,100 Clean the boots, fill the colt's saddles. 465 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:47,733 - Clean the boots? 466 00:17:47,833 --> 00:17:50,067 - If you wouldn't mind. 467 00:17:50,133 --> 00:17:52,267 - So I'd be footman valet? 468 00:17:52,367 --> 00:17:54,067 -[Elizabeth] Yes. 469 00:17:54,167 --> 00:17:57,967 We'd like you to wait at table and help out generally. 470 00:17:58,067 --> 00:17:59,100 Indoors, that is! 471 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:00,600 We thought we'd get a jobbing gardener for the-- 472 00:18:00,700 --> 00:18:01,567 -[Watkins] Oh, I'll look after the garden for you, 473 00:18:01,667 --> 00:18:02,967 if you like. 474 00:18:03,067 --> 00:18:05,067 - Oh, yes, alright. 475 00:18:05,167 --> 00:18:06,367 -[Rose] Cook! 476 00:18:09,500 --> 00:18:10,367 Cook? 477 00:18:11,500 --> 00:18:12,667 Are you there? 478 00:18:38,300 --> 00:18:41,700 (footsteps approaching) 479 00:18:42,900 --> 00:18:44,267 - Oh. 480 00:18:44,367 --> 00:18:48,300 There now, I thought you'd come while I was out. 481 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:51,633 I hope you thought to put something on the fire! 482 00:18:51,733 --> 00:18:53,233 - We've only just got here. 483 00:18:53,333 --> 00:18:54,400 Besides, it is not my place to make up the kitchen fire. 484 00:18:54,500 --> 00:18:55,867 - Oh, there now. 485 00:18:57,867 --> 00:19:01,300 I'll suppose you'll be wanting a bit of hot supper tonight. 486 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:03,767 And the master and mistress will be wanting their dinner. 487 00:19:03,867 --> 00:19:06,200 Well, I can't do everything. 488 00:19:07,167 --> 00:19:08,767 Not with my leg. 489 00:19:08,867 --> 00:19:10,667 - The master will be dining out tonight. 490 00:19:10,767 --> 00:19:13,567 - Oh, there now, I got some nice chops in, 491 00:19:13,667 --> 00:19:16,067 I thought he'd fancy them. 492 00:19:16,100 --> 00:19:16,967 Oh, well. 493 00:19:18,167 --> 00:19:20,233 I hope they're not gonna be always coming and going. 494 00:19:20,333 --> 00:19:22,067 I don't like a household 495 00:19:22,133 --> 00:19:23,233 where they're always coming and going. 496 00:19:23,333 --> 00:19:24,767 And like I told her ladyship, 497 00:19:24,867 --> 00:19:28,467 I can't do any heavy work, not with my leg. 498 00:19:34,100 --> 00:19:36,167 - What will the wages be? 499 00:19:36,267 --> 00:19:37,300 - 50 pounds? 500 00:19:38,133 --> 00:19:40,433 50 pounds a year, and a suit of clothes. 501 00:19:40,533 --> 00:19:41,500 - A livery. 502 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:43,167 - No, no, I don't want you in a livery. 503 00:19:43,267 --> 00:19:44,133 - Oh. 504 00:19:44,967 --> 00:19:47,233 - You see, you'd really be my husband's valet. 505 00:19:47,333 --> 00:19:49,067 I think a black suit would be appropriate. 506 00:19:49,167 --> 00:19:50,067 - Right you are, mum. 507 00:19:50,167 --> 00:19:51,233 When would you like me to start? 508 00:19:51,333 --> 00:19:52,233 - Start? 509 00:19:52,333 --> 00:19:53,267 -[Watkins] Well, I can get my things 510 00:19:53,367 --> 00:19:54,433 and be with you tomorrow morning, if you like. 511 00:19:54,533 --> 00:19:55,500 -[Elizabeth] Oh, yes, alright. 512 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:57,633 Perhaps you could come fairly early 513 00:19:57,733 --> 00:19:58,467 so that my husband could see you. 514 00:19:58,567 --> 00:20:00,367 - Right you are, mum. 515 00:20:09,567 --> 00:20:10,867 - Excuse me, madam. 516 00:20:10,967 --> 00:20:14,100 Have you engaged that young man? 517 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,667 - I rather think I must have. 518 00:20:24,333 --> 00:20:26,267 What on earth time did you get in last night? 519 00:20:26,367 --> 00:20:27,400 - Just after midnight. 520 00:20:27,500 --> 00:20:29,333 You were sound asleep. 521 00:20:29,433 --> 00:20:30,367 - Midnight?! 522 00:20:30,467 --> 00:20:31,300 But the last train-- 523 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:32,500 - I went for a walk. 524 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:33,433 - Lawrence. 525 00:20:33,533 --> 00:20:35,400 I was waiting for you. 526 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:37,800 -[Lawrence] Oh. 527 00:20:37,900 --> 00:20:39,267 Were you? 528 00:20:39,367 --> 00:20:40,933 I thought you'd be tired out 529 00:20:41,033 --> 00:20:43,833 after all your little wifely mess making activities. 530 00:20:43,933 --> 00:20:45,700 Now, I got off the train 531 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:47,500 and it was such a glorious night, 532 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:49,467 I could hear Queen Elizabeth dancing 533 00:20:49,567 --> 00:20:53,000 in a ghostly, but compelling manner down at the old palace. 534 00:20:53,100 --> 00:20:55,567 So, I went for a walk up to the top of the hill 535 00:20:55,667 --> 00:20:58,033 and I sat on a gate and I read a poem. 536 00:20:58,133 --> 00:21:01,767 I chanted it to myself very loudly all the way back. 537 00:21:01,867 --> 00:21:03,800 And when I came in you were sleeping 538 00:21:03,900 --> 00:21:05,467 like a rather tousled Madonna. 539 00:21:05,567 --> 00:21:09,767 I thought it was a shame to wake you, so I didn't. 540 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:29,433 - Mrs. Fellowes! 541 00:21:29,533 --> 00:21:31,133 Mrs. Fellowes, have you seen the big warming dish, 542 00:21:31,233 --> 00:21:33,167 the silver one? 543 00:21:33,267 --> 00:21:36,067 -[Mrs. Fellowes] Oh, it must be there somewhere. 544 00:21:36,167 --> 00:21:37,100 Oh, there now. 545 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:38,567 I thought those sausages had burst. 546 00:21:38,667 --> 00:21:40,800 And I picked every last one of them! 547 00:21:40,900 --> 00:21:42,200 - I know it's here somewhere, I wanna know where! 548 00:21:42,300 --> 00:21:45,067 It's called a chafing dish, 549 00:21:45,167 --> 00:21:47,067 it holds water in it at the bottom. 550 00:21:47,100 --> 00:21:48,300 I know they've got one 'cause I've seen it. 551 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:49,867 It was given as a wedding present! 552 00:21:49,967 --> 00:21:52,367 - There was a big dish up on the top of the dresser. 553 00:21:52,467 --> 00:21:54,767 - Well, what's it doing there? 554 00:21:54,867 --> 00:21:59,067 It's supposed to be kept with the rest of the silver. 555 00:22:01,667 --> 00:22:04,433 Mrs. Fellowes, have we by any chance got a stepladder? 556 00:22:04,533 --> 00:22:07,167 - I'll put the coal on. 557 00:22:07,267 --> 00:22:08,367 How do they like their bacon? 558 00:22:08,467 --> 00:22:09,733 - I don't know! 559 00:22:12,567 --> 00:22:13,700 - Oh, I wonder if I've got time 560 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:16,533 to slip around the corner and get some kidneys. 561 00:22:16,633 --> 00:22:18,733 I can't serve burst sausages! 562 00:22:18,833 --> 00:22:20,067 -[Rose] Mrs. Fellowes! 563 00:22:20,167 --> 00:22:22,233 Would you give us a hand, please? 564 00:22:22,333 --> 00:22:23,500 Mrs. Fellowes! 565 00:22:25,167 --> 00:22:28,733 Could you come and take it from me, please? 566 00:22:32,133 --> 00:22:33,067 Oh, no! 567 00:22:33,867 --> 00:22:35,300 Look at me apron! 568 00:22:36,533 --> 00:22:38,833 I can't serve breakfast like this! 569 00:22:38,933 --> 00:22:40,367 - You shouldn't have put your clean one on 570 00:22:40,467 --> 00:22:41,533 'til you were ready. 571 00:22:41,633 --> 00:22:43,233 - I thought I was ready! 572 00:22:43,333 --> 00:22:44,800 - Well, of course at me last place 573 00:22:44,900 --> 00:22:46,567 we had a kitchen maid to do the dirty work. 574 00:22:46,667 --> 00:22:47,567 -[Rose] Yes. 575 00:22:47,667 --> 00:22:49,900 Well, we had a kitchen maid, footman, 576 00:22:50,067 --> 00:22:52,667 butler and another house parlor maid. 577 00:22:52,767 --> 00:22:54,700 - Oh, don't say you did. 578 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:56,567 But you haven't now! 579 00:22:56,667 --> 00:23:00,200 How you'll manage when you've got all the fires to do, 580 00:23:00,300 --> 00:23:01,567 I don't know. 581 00:23:01,667 --> 00:23:03,833 And I can't do any heavy work, not with my leg. 582 00:23:03,933 --> 00:23:07,300 I told her ladyship that from the start. 583 00:23:08,467 --> 00:23:09,367 -[Elizabeth] Oh, I forgot to tell you, 584 00:23:09,467 --> 00:23:11,067 your man's coming this morning. 585 00:23:11,167 --> 00:23:12,067 - Man? 586 00:23:12,133 --> 00:23:13,667 - Footman valet, valet footman. 587 00:23:13,767 --> 00:23:14,867 - Oh, my manservant! 588 00:23:14,967 --> 00:23:16,433 - He came for an interview with you yesterday 589 00:23:16,533 --> 00:23:17,800 and since you weren't here, I saw him. 590 00:23:17,900 --> 00:23:18,800 - Good, what's he like? 591 00:23:18,900 --> 00:23:19,933 - I don't know. 592 00:23:20,067 --> 00:23:22,100 I don't think Rose liked him very much. 593 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:24,433 - We're not engaging him for Rose, are we? 594 00:23:24,533 --> 00:23:28,133 - No, but she'll have to work with him. 595 00:23:28,233 --> 00:23:29,533 Lawrence, there's an article about you! 596 00:23:29,633 --> 00:23:30,533 - Really? 597 00:23:30,633 --> 00:23:32,400 -[Elizabeth] Alone among the younger poets, 598 00:23:32,500 --> 00:23:34,867 Lawrence Kirbridge is able to express new and exciting 599 00:23:34,967 --> 00:23:37,433 thoughts in a language of classic style and simplicity. 600 00:23:37,533 --> 00:23:38,400 - Who's it by? 601 00:23:38,500 --> 00:23:39,933 - Stephen Keating. 602 00:23:40,067 --> 00:23:42,067 - Oh, so this is the little surprise he said he got for me. 603 00:23:42,100 --> 00:23:43,167 - Do you know him? 604 00:23:43,267 --> 00:23:44,933 - Yes, we had dinner with him last night. 605 00:23:45,067 --> 00:23:46,333 - I thought you were having dinner 606 00:23:46,433 --> 00:23:47,333 with your tutor from Cambridge? 607 00:23:47,433 --> 00:23:48,400 - We met Stephen Keating with some friends, 608 00:23:48,500 --> 00:23:49,733 he took us all the to Café Royal. 609 00:23:49,833 --> 00:23:51,100 I talked about Austria, 610 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:53,233 and was frightfully witty about lederhosen. 611 00:23:53,333 --> 00:23:55,067 People who say (speaking foreign language) 612 00:23:55,167 --> 00:23:57,633 every time they tripped over your feet in the park. 613 00:23:57,733 --> 00:23:58,800 So, Stephen's going to get me a commission 614 00:23:58,900 --> 00:24:00,300 to write some articles about it. 615 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:01,900 - But that's marvelous! 616 00:24:02,067 --> 00:24:03,100 - Yes! 617 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:04,067 Isn't it? 618 00:24:06,067 --> 00:24:07,733 - Mrs. Fellowes? 619 00:24:07,833 --> 00:24:09,533 If you would do the plates before doing your pots and pans 620 00:24:09,633 --> 00:24:10,867 I could finish the drying up 621 00:24:10,967 --> 00:24:11,967 and get on with the rest of me work. 622 00:24:12,067 --> 00:24:13,433 (bell ringing) 623 00:24:13,533 --> 00:24:14,667 - Oh, there now! 624 00:24:14,767 --> 00:24:15,667 I thought the trays would be calling round 625 00:24:15,767 --> 00:24:16,533 for their orders soon. 626 00:24:16,633 --> 00:24:17,367 - I'll go. 627 00:24:17,467 --> 00:24:19,633 It's probably the new man. 628 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:21,567 Oh. 629 00:24:21,667 --> 00:24:22,567 - Good morning. 630 00:24:22,667 --> 00:24:24,100 - You better come inside. 631 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:25,467 - Yeah, well, I'm not gonna get very far 632 00:24:25,567 --> 00:24:28,467 standing outside on the step, am I? 633 00:24:29,833 --> 00:24:30,967 Good morning. 634 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:33,900 - You can put that there. 635 00:24:35,233 --> 00:24:36,533 Then come upstairs 636 00:24:36,633 --> 00:24:40,500 and I'll see if the master is able to see you. 637 00:24:42,700 --> 00:24:44,633 - I think I'm gonna buy dozens of copies of this 638 00:24:44,733 --> 00:24:46,933 and send it to all my friends. 639 00:24:47,067 --> 00:24:48,400 I mean, there's no point in being famous 640 00:24:48,500 --> 00:24:49,800 if nobody knows about it. 641 00:24:49,900 --> 00:24:50,833 - You can't go now! 642 00:24:50,933 --> 00:24:51,800 -[Lawrence] Why not? 643 00:24:51,900 --> 00:24:52,800 -[Elizabeth] That man's coming! 644 00:24:52,900 --> 00:24:53,867 - Well, you see him. 645 00:24:53,967 --> 00:24:54,933 - I saw him yesterday! 646 00:24:55,067 --> 00:24:58,067 Besides, you've got to decide if you like him. 647 00:24:58,100 --> 00:24:59,300 - I never know if I like people. 648 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:02,200 Tell him I'll take him on trial. 649 00:25:03,067 --> 00:25:03,867 Oh. 650 00:25:05,067 --> 00:25:08,500 - Excuse me, sir, the new man is here to see you. 651 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:09,600 - Ah. 652 00:25:09,700 --> 00:25:11,867 Alright, let him come in. 653 00:25:21,533 --> 00:25:23,067 Good morning. 654 00:25:23,133 --> 00:25:24,800 - Good morning, sir. 655 00:25:29,933 --> 00:25:31,733 - What is your name? 656 00:25:31,833 --> 00:25:33,067 -[Watkins] Thomas Watkins, sir. 657 00:25:33,100 --> 00:25:36,500 - Do you like being called Thomas or Watkins? 658 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:37,767 - Oh, Thomas will do nicely, thank you, sir. 659 00:25:37,867 --> 00:25:39,067 - Good! Good. 660 00:25:42,133 --> 00:25:43,933 Have you any references? 661 00:25:44,067 --> 00:25:46,067 - Yes, sir, madam's already seen them, sir. 662 00:25:46,167 --> 00:25:48,900 - His last employer lived in Abergavenny. 663 00:25:49,067 --> 00:25:50,933 - In Abergavenny? 664 00:25:51,067 --> 00:25:51,867 Oh. 665 00:25:53,733 --> 00:25:55,800 What wages would you like? 666 00:25:55,900 --> 00:25:58,067 - Well, madam suggested 50 pounds a year. 667 00:25:58,133 --> 00:25:59,467 - And is that-- 668 00:26:00,367 --> 00:26:03,967 - Oh, that's quite satisfactory, sir, thank you. 669 00:26:04,067 --> 00:26:05,567 - Oh, good! Good. 670 00:26:08,967 --> 00:26:10,733 - Well, if that's all, sir? 671 00:26:10,833 --> 00:26:11,733 - Yes! 672 00:26:11,833 --> 00:26:12,867 Yes, I think so! Thank you. 673 00:26:12,967 --> 00:26:15,267 - Where shall I put my things, mum? 674 00:26:15,367 --> 00:26:17,133 - Rose will show you. 675 00:26:19,100 --> 00:26:21,767 (bell ringing) 676 00:26:21,867 --> 00:26:23,333 - Do you like poetry? 677 00:26:23,433 --> 00:26:25,800 -[Watkins] Well, I'm not familiar with a great deal, sir. 678 00:26:25,900 --> 00:26:28,167 Used to know The Boy Stood on the Burning Deck. 679 00:26:28,267 --> 00:26:29,900 -[Lawrence] Music? 680 00:26:30,067 --> 00:26:31,967 -[Watkins] Well, I've been known to display 681 00:26:32,067 --> 00:26:34,300 a light baritone, sir. 682 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,667 In the right time and the right place, of course. 683 00:26:37,767 --> 00:26:39,900 - Yes, well, we weren't going to ask you to oblige us now. 684 00:26:40,067 --> 00:26:42,967 - Oh, I didn't think you were, sir. 685 00:26:44,067 --> 00:26:44,967 - Oh, Rose! 686 00:26:45,067 --> 00:26:46,300 Would you show Thomas where to put his things? 687 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:48,267 There's a room behind the kitchen, isn't there? 688 00:26:48,367 --> 00:26:51,400 - Yes, madam, where the boot boy was to sleep. 689 00:26:51,500 --> 00:26:52,400 - Yes-- 690 00:26:52,500 --> 00:26:53,567 - Only there isn't no bed. 691 00:26:53,667 --> 00:26:55,367 - There's a spare bed in the attic, Rose. 692 00:26:55,467 --> 00:26:58,633 If you ask Thomas, I'm sure he'll help you down with it. 693 00:26:58,733 --> 00:27:00,367 Then you could buy some material 694 00:27:00,467 --> 00:27:02,567 and make some curtains and a bed cover, 695 00:27:02,667 --> 00:27:03,833 fix it up nicely for him. 696 00:27:03,933 --> 00:27:04,900 - Me, madam? 697 00:27:05,067 --> 00:27:06,633 - Oh, come along, Rose, come along! 698 00:27:06,733 --> 00:27:08,200 You never know, you may discover 699 00:27:08,300 --> 00:27:09,433 a whole new range of hidden talents! 700 00:27:09,533 --> 00:27:10,733 You may design such a beautiful little bar 701 00:27:10,833 --> 00:27:12,667 for Thomas in the basement 702 00:27:12,767 --> 00:27:15,267 that people will be coming from miles around just to see it. 703 00:27:15,367 --> 00:27:18,333 Just like, well, just like The Great Exhibition. 704 00:27:18,433 --> 00:27:19,400 - Yes, sir. 705 00:27:27,500 --> 00:27:30,100 (door closing) 706 00:27:31,233 --> 00:27:32,833 -[Lawrence] Pity about Rose. 707 00:27:32,933 --> 00:27:33,967 - Pity? 708 00:27:34,067 --> 00:27:35,833 -[Lawrence] Do you remember that day she came to tea 709 00:27:35,933 --> 00:27:37,267 in Henrietta's lodgings? 710 00:27:37,367 --> 00:27:39,067 She didn't exactly let her hair down, 711 00:27:39,100 --> 00:27:42,600 but she laughed, she talked, she looked almost pretty. 712 00:27:42,700 --> 00:27:43,600 - Rose? 713 00:27:43,700 --> 00:27:45,500 - Now she looks every day, more and more 714 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:47,200 like an acidulated spinster. 715 00:27:47,300 --> 00:27:48,400 - No, she doesn't! - It's all wrong, you know! 716 00:27:48,500 --> 00:27:49,367 - What is? 717 00:27:50,167 --> 00:27:51,700 -[Lawrence] Well, we take all these young girls, 718 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:52,933 now, just think of it, 719 00:27:53,067 --> 00:27:54,100 thousands of them from all over the country, 720 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:56,767 and we shove them up in servant's halls, 721 00:27:56,867 --> 00:27:58,733 put them in unbecoming uniforms, 722 00:27:58,833 --> 00:28:01,267 tell them they can't have any fellows, 723 00:28:01,367 --> 00:28:03,233 and they end up as a deadly army 724 00:28:03,333 --> 00:28:06,667 of elderly, muffin serving virgins. 725 00:28:06,767 --> 00:28:09,467 All those girls with the names of flowers. 726 00:28:09,567 --> 00:28:11,533 Rose, Violet, Primrose. 727 00:28:13,300 --> 00:28:14,900 - I never heard of a housemaid called Primrose. 728 00:28:15,067 --> 00:28:17,233 - If I had my way, 729 00:28:17,333 --> 00:28:20,500 Rose would be wearing diaphanous clothes 730 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:24,133 and go floating about the house, singing, 731 00:28:24,233 --> 00:28:26,333 with flowers in her hair. 732 00:28:27,267 --> 00:28:28,867 - That'll be enough, Mrs. Fellowes. 733 00:28:28,967 --> 00:28:30,700 Mrs. Kirbridge isn't very partial to soup. 734 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:32,133 - Well, I hope she likes that 735 00:28:32,233 --> 00:28:33,433 after all the trouble I've taken. 736 00:28:33,533 --> 00:28:34,733 That's beef broth, that is, in there. 737 00:28:34,833 --> 00:28:36,833 - When they finish their soup, 738 00:28:36,933 --> 00:28:38,333 I will tell Thomas and he'll come down 739 00:28:38,433 --> 00:28:39,567 to get the next course. 740 00:28:39,667 --> 00:28:40,667 - What do you mean, tell me? 741 00:28:40,767 --> 00:28:42,067 I'll be able to see for myself, won't I? 742 00:28:42,133 --> 00:28:43,067 - You'll be waiting outside with the dirty dishes. 743 00:28:43,100 --> 00:28:44,367 - Oh, no, I won't! I'll be serving! 744 00:28:44,467 --> 00:28:48,233 - If you mean waiting at table, no you will not. 745 00:28:48,333 --> 00:28:49,467 I am the parlor maid. 746 00:28:49,567 --> 00:28:52,067 - And I'm the footman. 747 00:28:52,133 --> 00:28:53,800 Come on, live and let live. 748 00:28:53,900 --> 00:28:56,133 We'll serve the table together. 749 00:28:56,233 --> 00:28:57,100 Come on! 750 00:28:58,867 --> 00:29:01,500 - By the way, the Annisters have asked me for the weekend. 751 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:03,600 - They've asked you, what about me? 752 00:29:03,700 --> 00:29:04,633 - Hm? 753 00:29:04,733 --> 00:29:06,433 - Don't they know you're married? 754 00:29:06,533 --> 00:29:07,967 - What, you mean that husbands and wives 755 00:29:08,067 --> 00:29:09,533 should always go everywhere together? 756 00:29:09,633 --> 00:29:11,700 Now, we don't believe in those absurd conventions. 757 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:13,767 I'm sure the Annisters don't either. 758 00:29:13,867 --> 00:29:15,400 - I notice you believe in absurd conventions 759 00:29:15,500 --> 00:29:16,567 when they suit you. 760 00:29:16,667 --> 00:29:18,333 - Now, when did I ever believe in absurd conventions? 761 00:29:18,433 --> 00:29:20,067 - When we got married. 762 00:29:20,100 --> 00:29:22,233 - That was to please your parents. 763 00:29:22,333 --> 00:29:23,267 - And your mother. 764 00:29:23,367 --> 00:29:24,333 -[Lawrence] Oh, no. 765 00:29:24,433 --> 00:29:25,567 No, no, no, you're quite wrong there. 766 00:29:25,667 --> 00:29:29,567 She didn't want me to marry you at all. 767 00:29:29,667 --> 00:29:31,300 - Who are the Annisters anyway? 768 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:32,267 - There you are! 769 00:29:32,367 --> 00:29:33,300 - Where am I? 770 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:34,533 - In a state of abysmal ignorance. 771 00:29:34,633 --> 00:29:36,767 What am I supposed to do with this? 772 00:29:36,867 --> 00:29:39,833 - I think the idea is that you should carve it. 773 00:29:39,933 --> 00:29:40,833 - No. 774 00:29:42,100 --> 00:29:44,333 (sighing) 775 00:29:54,933 --> 00:29:57,200 The damn thing is full of bone. 776 00:29:57,300 --> 00:29:59,533 - Would you prefer me to carve it, sir? 777 00:29:59,633 --> 00:30:02,000 - Yes, I think you'd better. 778 00:30:03,933 --> 00:30:05,267 - If there's one thing that's designed 779 00:30:05,367 --> 00:30:06,967 to turn me into a vegetarian over night, 780 00:30:07,067 --> 00:30:08,533 it's trying to hack lumps of meat 781 00:30:08,633 --> 00:30:11,200 off a charred carcass and then being asked 782 00:30:11,300 --> 00:30:12,267 to eat the damn thing. 783 00:30:12,367 --> 00:30:13,467 - My grandfather says that carving is an art 784 00:30:13,567 --> 00:30:16,167 which every gentleman should be proud to practice. 785 00:30:16,267 --> 00:30:18,233 - Since your grandfather's notion of art 786 00:30:18,333 --> 00:30:21,567 is cemented firmly on Frith's Derby Day 787 00:30:21,667 --> 00:30:24,167 and Tennyson's Idylls of the King, 788 00:30:24,267 --> 00:30:25,933 I don't feel too utterly cast down 789 00:30:26,033 --> 00:30:29,467 at being able to live up to his ideals. 790 00:30:29,567 --> 00:30:32,567 - You still haven't told me who the Annisters are. 791 00:30:32,667 --> 00:30:34,167 - They're the most important people 792 00:30:34,267 --> 00:30:35,000 in the literary world today. 793 00:30:35,100 --> 00:30:35,833 - Good. 794 00:30:35,933 --> 00:30:36,900 Then I should like to meet them. 795 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:37,933 - I don't think they'd amuse you. 796 00:30:38,033 --> 00:30:41,000 - I don't always need to be amused! 797 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:50,867 - They are the center of a circle. 798 00:30:50,967 --> 00:30:51,900 - Who are? 799 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:52,900 - The Annisters. 800 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:53,867 - Oh. 801 00:30:57,833 --> 00:30:58,800 What's this? 802 00:30:58,900 --> 00:31:00,067 - Artichokes, madam. 803 00:31:00,100 --> 00:31:01,367 - You know I don't like artichokes! 804 00:31:01,467 --> 00:31:03,067 Tell Mrs. Fellowes not to get anymore. 805 00:31:03,133 --> 00:31:04,400 - As it happens, I like artichokes very much indeed. 806 00:31:04,500 --> 00:31:06,100 - Very well. 807 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:08,100 Rose, tell Mrs. Fellowes only to get artichokes 808 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:11,367 when I'm away for the weekend and Mr. Kirbridge is here. 809 00:31:11,467 --> 00:31:12,600 - Yes, madam. 810 00:31:15,067 --> 00:31:16,267 - What kind of circle? 811 00:31:16,367 --> 00:31:18,633 - Writers, poets, painters. 812 00:31:19,667 --> 00:31:23,233 Either you're in the circle or you're not. 813 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:27,933 -[Elizabeth] And what do the Annisters actually do? 814 00:31:28,067 --> 00:31:29,600 - They don't do anything! 815 00:31:29,700 --> 00:31:31,200 They are! 816 00:31:31,300 --> 00:31:32,933 They're patrons of the arts. 817 00:31:33,067 --> 00:31:33,933 - Good. 818 00:31:34,067 --> 00:31:35,233 Perhaps they'll give you some money. 819 00:31:35,333 --> 00:31:39,367 -[Lawrence] Do you know you sound exactly like your mother? 820 00:32:21,633 --> 00:32:23,667 - I think I'll go to bed. 821 00:32:23,767 --> 00:32:25,500 Are you coming? 822 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:27,200 - Yes, alright. 823 00:32:27,300 --> 00:32:29,667 I'll just finish this verse. 824 00:32:39,267 --> 00:32:40,200 (footsteps approaching) 825 00:32:40,300 --> 00:32:41,667 - Goodnight, mum. 826 00:32:41,767 --> 00:32:42,800 - Goodnight. 827 00:32:45,767 --> 00:32:47,967 (sighing) 828 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:19,067 - Put your foot in the air. 829 00:33:19,100 --> 00:33:20,067 -[Rose] What? 830 00:33:20,100 --> 00:33:22,133 - Put your foot up in the air! 831 00:33:22,233 --> 00:33:24,267 - I'll do no such thing! 832 00:33:28,067 --> 00:33:29,367 I clean everybody else's shoes around here, 833 00:33:29,467 --> 00:33:31,967 I might as well clean yours. 834 00:33:32,067 --> 00:33:33,467 Now, there's a neat foot. 835 00:33:33,567 --> 00:33:36,067 - My mother used to say you can tell a lady 836 00:33:36,167 --> 00:33:38,133 by her hands and her feet. 837 00:33:38,233 --> 00:33:40,333 - She was quite right. 838 00:33:40,433 --> 00:33:41,367 - Here, come on. 839 00:33:41,467 --> 00:33:42,967 I can't get a proper perch. 840 00:33:43,067 --> 00:33:44,067 - Watch it! 841 00:33:47,700 --> 00:33:48,933 You shouldn't be doin' this by rights, 842 00:33:49,067 --> 00:33:50,500 it's not your place. 843 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:54,067 - I don't believe in people having places. 844 00:33:54,133 --> 00:33:57,233 -[Rose] Be a funny world if they didn't. 845 00:33:57,333 --> 00:33:59,267 - You ever seen a grave? 846 00:33:59,367 --> 00:34:00,467 - Grave? 847 00:34:00,567 --> 00:34:02,367 -[Watkins] One that's just been dug. 848 00:34:02,467 --> 00:34:03,967 Very deep and very narrow. 849 00:34:04,067 --> 00:34:05,167 - Once I did. 850 00:34:07,133 --> 00:34:09,933 - I think a lot of people, soon as their born, 851 00:34:10,067 --> 00:34:11,833 they put their feet together 852 00:34:11,933 --> 00:34:13,167 and their hands by their sides 853 00:34:13,267 --> 00:34:15,367 and there they are for the rest of their lives, 854 00:34:15,467 --> 00:34:17,467 all ready for their graves. 855 00:34:17,567 --> 00:34:18,667 I don't believe in that. 856 00:34:18,767 --> 00:34:19,867 - Don't you? 857 00:34:19,967 --> 00:34:21,367 - No, I believe in making the most of life for yourself 858 00:34:21,467 --> 00:34:22,633 and for other people. 859 00:34:22,733 --> 00:34:25,133 After all, we're all in it together, aren't we? 860 00:34:25,233 --> 00:34:27,600 - Yes, I suppose we are. 861 00:34:27,700 --> 00:34:30,467 - So, we might as well enjoy it. 862 00:34:30,567 --> 00:34:34,067 Well, come on, give me the other one. 863 00:34:34,133 --> 00:34:35,067 - Oh! 864 00:34:39,833 --> 00:34:42,433 (door opening) 865 00:34:53,833 --> 00:34:54,867 - Elizabeth? 866 00:34:56,067 --> 00:34:56,933 You asleep? 867 00:35:08,833 --> 00:35:09,800 (door closing) 868 00:35:09,900 --> 00:35:10,833 - Oh come on, Rose! 869 00:35:10,933 --> 00:35:12,600 Come and help me to open these presents! 870 00:35:12,700 --> 00:35:14,300 -[Rose] Oh, madam, I've got my work to do! 871 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:17,067 - Well, you work for me now! 872 00:35:17,133 --> 00:35:19,733 So you have to do what I want. 873 00:35:19,833 --> 00:35:21,067 - Yes, eh, but you wouldn't like it 874 00:35:21,133 --> 00:35:22,367 if you doing what you want 875 00:35:22,467 --> 00:35:23,567 meant the whole house got dirty. 876 00:35:23,667 --> 00:35:24,900 - I'd rather be knee deep in dirt 877 00:35:25,067 --> 00:35:26,600 than open these by myself. 878 00:35:26,700 --> 00:35:28,100 Go on, Rose! Go and get the others! 879 00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:30,667 There's something very depressing about 880 00:35:30,767 --> 00:35:32,833 presents which arrive after the wedding. 881 00:35:32,933 --> 00:35:35,333 It's like guests that come on the wrong day. 882 00:35:35,433 --> 00:35:36,567 They look slightly ridiculous. 883 00:35:36,667 --> 00:35:38,433 You never know what on earth to do with them! 884 00:35:38,533 --> 00:35:39,967 - Yeah, well don't be long! 885 00:35:40,067 --> 00:35:41,533 I've got more bedrooms to do! 886 00:35:41,633 --> 00:35:43,067 And more than one trunk's still at Eaton Place. 887 00:35:43,133 --> 00:35:46,533 We're running very short of linen. 888 00:35:46,633 --> 00:35:47,567 - I'm sending Thomas for them. 889 00:35:47,667 --> 00:35:48,567 - Thomas? 890 00:35:48,667 --> 00:35:49,733 - He can take the train. 891 00:35:49,833 --> 00:35:50,767 - Oh. 892 00:35:50,867 --> 00:35:52,433 - How do you get on with him? 893 00:35:52,533 --> 00:35:55,733 - Oh, better than I expected, I must say. 894 00:35:55,833 --> 00:35:58,133 - Oh come on, don't be so stuffy, Rose. 895 00:35:58,233 --> 00:35:59,433 He may be rather a rough diamond-- 896 00:35:59,533 --> 00:36:00,533 - Oh, he's not a rough diamond, madam. 897 00:36:00,633 --> 00:36:01,533 - Oh? 898 00:36:02,767 --> 00:36:04,300 What on earth is-- 899 00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:05,667 Ew! 900 00:36:05,767 --> 00:36:08,167 How simply appalling. 901 00:36:08,267 --> 00:36:09,733 Well, I can't put it up anywhere here, 902 00:36:09,833 --> 00:36:11,100 Lawrence would have a fit! 903 00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:12,400 Who's it from, Rose? 904 00:36:12,500 --> 00:36:14,633 - Mr. J. Hedringtongrass. 905 00:36:15,767 --> 00:36:16,967 - Oh, he's that rather vulgar 906 00:36:17,067 --> 00:36:18,967 millionaire friend of Father's. 907 00:36:19,067 --> 00:36:20,300 Must be worth a fortune. 908 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:21,733 Good! 909 00:36:21,833 --> 00:36:23,167 At least we can hock it. 910 00:36:23,267 --> 00:36:24,167 - Do what? 911 00:36:24,267 --> 00:36:25,367 - Put it up the spout. 912 00:36:25,467 --> 00:36:28,133 - Madam, wherever do you learn such strange expressions? 913 00:36:28,233 --> 00:36:30,067 - Oh, I've learned a lot while I've been away, Rose. 914 00:36:30,100 --> 00:36:31,067 Doesn't it show? 915 00:36:31,100 --> 00:36:32,800 After all, I'm a woman of the world now 916 00:36:32,900 --> 00:36:34,767 with grave responsibilities. 917 00:36:34,867 --> 00:36:36,067 - Yeah, well, you look cheerful enough to me! 918 00:36:36,167 --> 00:36:39,333 - Oh, yes, I am very cheerful. 919 00:36:39,433 --> 00:36:41,633 I've come back from my honeymoon with stars in my eyes 920 00:36:41,733 --> 00:36:44,433 and a house in Greenwich. 921 00:36:44,533 --> 00:36:46,967 And a hideous alabaster vase, 922 00:36:47,067 --> 00:36:48,733 which we could take to Uncle when we run short of cash, 923 00:36:48,833 --> 00:36:50,933 which we certainly shall. 924 00:36:52,367 --> 00:36:53,367 - There is money in the family, then? 925 00:36:53,467 --> 00:36:55,500 - Oh, yes, her ladyship's family's quite wealthy. 926 00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:57,733 - Big house in the country. 927 00:36:57,833 --> 00:36:58,867 - Southward. 928 00:37:00,067 --> 00:37:01,500 I was born there. 929 00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:02,767 Well, on the estate. 930 00:37:02,867 --> 00:37:04,600 Oh, it's beautiful! 931 00:37:04,700 --> 00:37:07,233 You should see the hot houses. 932 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:12,233 Well, they've got nectarines, peaches, grapes, 933 00:37:13,667 --> 00:37:15,967 of course it's more than your life's worth to go inside. 934 00:37:16,067 --> 00:37:18,867 - Big staff there, I should expect? 935 00:37:18,967 --> 00:37:20,367 - Oh, yes, very big. 936 00:37:20,467 --> 00:37:21,967 Well, I'd say it's bigger than 937 00:37:22,067 --> 00:37:23,733 this whole house put together! 938 00:37:23,833 --> 00:37:28,067 Bigger even than the servant's hall at Eaton Place. 939 00:37:28,933 --> 00:37:30,133 - Eaton Place. 940 00:37:31,233 --> 00:37:33,600 What's it like at Eaton Place? 941 00:37:33,700 --> 00:37:36,833 - Well, it's what I'd call friendly but dignified. 942 00:37:36,933 --> 00:37:38,367 - Dignified? 943 00:37:38,467 --> 00:37:41,300 - See we're all friendly below stairs, 944 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:44,067 but we know where we are. 945 00:37:44,133 --> 00:37:45,933 - You mean you have to know your place. 946 00:37:46,067 --> 00:37:47,233 -[Rose] Oh, yes. 947 00:37:47,333 --> 00:37:48,500 Mr. Hudson sees to that. 948 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:49,733 - Mr. Hudson. 949 00:38:02,467 --> 00:38:03,200 -[Watkins] Good afternoon. 950 00:38:03,300 --> 00:38:04,233 Mr. Hudson? 951 00:38:04,333 --> 00:38:05,267 - I am. 952 00:38:05,367 --> 00:38:07,100 - I've come to collect Mr. Kirbridge's trunk. 953 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:08,700 - So you're Mr. Kirbridge's new man. 954 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:09,900 - I am. 955 00:38:10,067 --> 00:38:11,233 Thomas Watkins. 956 00:38:11,333 --> 00:38:13,633 - Our ladyship mentioned the fact that you would be coming. 957 00:38:13,733 --> 00:38:15,067 Come in, please. 958 00:38:23,167 --> 00:38:24,400 Mrs. Bridges. 959 00:38:24,500 --> 00:38:25,800 - Pleased to meet you. - How do you do? 960 00:38:25,900 --> 00:38:27,100 - And this is Edward. 961 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:28,367 - This is Ruby, my kitchen maid. 962 00:38:28,467 --> 00:38:32,500 Ruby, go and finish laying the scene in the servant's hall. 963 00:38:35,067 --> 00:38:37,600 We have a party a little later. 964 00:38:39,667 --> 00:38:41,633 I suppose we can't ask you to join us? 965 00:38:41,733 --> 00:38:42,800 - Oh, no, no, I have to be going. 966 00:38:42,900 --> 00:38:44,433 I have to catch the train back to Greenwich. 967 00:38:44,533 --> 00:38:46,400 Mr. Kirbridge will be wanting to change for dinner, see. 968 00:38:46,500 --> 00:38:47,700 - Oh. 969 00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:49,933 Well perhaps you'd like just a cup of tea. 970 00:38:50,067 --> 00:38:51,433 - Well, that's very kind of you. 971 00:38:51,533 --> 00:38:52,533 Thanks very much, Mrs. Bridges! 972 00:38:52,633 --> 00:38:55,500 - I shall arrange for the trunk to be brought down 973 00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:56,933 while you're having your tea. 974 00:38:57,067 --> 00:38:57,933 Come along, Edward. 975 00:38:58,067 --> 00:38:59,600 - Yes, Mr. Hudson. 976 00:39:04,300 --> 00:39:07,100 (kettle boiling) 977 00:39:17,567 --> 00:39:18,533 - I don't suppose there'd be a piece 978 00:39:18,633 --> 00:39:21,400 of your walnut cake around, Mrs. Bridges? 979 00:39:21,500 --> 00:39:23,500 - My walnut cake?! 980 00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:25,233 How ever did you hear about that? 981 00:39:25,333 --> 00:39:27,300 - Well, Rose just happened to mention it, see. 982 00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:28,267 - Oh! 983 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:32,067 Well I'm afraid we had the last slice yesterday. 984 00:39:32,100 --> 00:39:33,267 - Oh. 985 00:39:33,367 --> 00:39:35,200 - But perhaps you'd like to try a slice of my cherry cake? 986 00:39:35,300 --> 00:39:37,100 - Oh, lovely, yeah. 987 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:39,567 - Sit down, Mr. Watkins. 988 00:39:39,667 --> 00:39:41,533 - Thank you very much, Mrs. Bridges. 989 00:39:41,633 --> 00:39:42,500 - There! 990 00:39:45,567 --> 00:39:48,067 So you're valeting Mr. Kirbridge, are you? 991 00:39:48,133 --> 00:39:50,233 - Yes, yes, that's right. 992 00:39:51,100 --> 00:39:52,667 - But you're footman as well! 993 00:39:52,767 --> 00:39:54,500 - Well, I said I'd put my hand 994 00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:56,400 to anything that's needed, you know. 995 00:39:56,500 --> 00:39:58,300 - Oh, you want to watch that! 996 00:39:58,400 --> 00:40:02,467 I like it best when everybody knows their place 997 00:40:02,567 --> 00:40:04,567 and what they ought to do. 998 00:40:04,667 --> 00:40:07,967 When they don't, the servants get put upon 999 00:40:08,067 --> 00:40:10,400 and then everybody suffers. 1000 00:40:10,500 --> 00:40:13,500 - Yes, well, I don't think I'll get put upon, Mrs. Bridges. 1001 00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:14,533 See, I don't mind what I do 1002 00:40:14,633 --> 00:40:16,467 as long as people are pleasant. 1003 00:40:16,567 --> 00:40:18,233 - I'm just the same. 1004 00:40:20,067 --> 00:40:21,400 There! 1005 00:40:21,500 --> 00:40:25,067 - Oh, thanks very much, Mrs. Bridges. 1006 00:40:25,167 --> 00:40:28,633 - And how are Mr. and Mrs. Kirbridge 1007 00:40:28,733 --> 00:40:31,533 finding things in their new home? 1008 00:40:32,467 --> 00:40:34,400 Quite loveless, I dare say. 1009 00:40:34,500 --> 00:40:35,767 - Oh, yes, yes. 1010 00:40:37,333 --> 00:40:38,400 - Oh, it's a good thing he doesn't 1011 00:40:38,500 --> 00:40:40,300 have to going to keep going to that House of Commons, 1012 00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:41,600 like Mr. Bellamy. 1013 00:40:41,700 --> 00:40:44,867 - Mind, he's got a lot of engagements. 1014 00:40:46,033 --> 00:40:47,333 You know, lunches and dinners and such. 1015 00:40:47,433 --> 00:40:48,300 - Oh. 1016 00:40:49,433 --> 00:40:53,533 Can you just taste that cake and see how you like it? 1017 00:40:53,633 --> 00:40:55,433 - Oh, it looks grand. 1018 00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:07,700 You know, that's the best cherry cake I ever tasted. 1019 00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:08,667 - Oh! 1020 00:41:10,333 --> 00:41:11,833 Well, next time you come you must try my walnut cake 1021 00:41:11,933 --> 00:41:14,067 and see which you prefer! 1022 00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:19,633 So, Mr. Kirbridge has to be away from home quite a bit then? 1023 00:41:21,433 --> 00:41:23,967 - Most days he goes off up to town and oh, you know, 1024 00:41:24,067 --> 00:41:27,533 you never know when he'll be back. 1025 00:41:27,633 --> 00:41:28,833 -[Mrs. Bridges] Well of course Mr. Kirbridge 1026 00:41:28,933 --> 00:41:30,633 isn't used to living in a household yet. 1027 00:41:30,733 --> 00:41:32,400 - La Vie Bohème, eh? 1028 00:41:33,633 --> 00:41:35,467 - Oh, no I didn't mean anything wrong. 1029 00:41:35,567 --> 00:41:37,833 - No, no of course not! 1030 00:41:37,933 --> 00:41:40,067 -[Mrs. Bridges] A bachelor gets so accustomed 1031 00:41:40,133 --> 00:41:41,433 to going and coming as he pleases 1032 00:41:41,533 --> 00:41:43,267 and having meals at all hours 1033 00:41:43,367 --> 00:41:45,867 and sitting up half the night. 1034 00:41:45,967 --> 00:41:47,933 - Does that alright. 1035 00:41:48,067 --> 00:41:49,167 - Does what?! 1036 00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:52,700 - Well, I suppose it's within being a boy, you know? 1037 00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:56,467 He's got into the habit of working by himself late at night. 1038 00:41:56,567 --> 00:41:57,667 - By himself? 1039 00:41:58,600 --> 00:41:59,800 Late at night? 1040 00:42:00,733 --> 00:42:01,600 Oh, well. 1041 00:42:03,933 --> 00:42:05,800 They'll soon be setting up their nurseries, 1042 00:42:05,900 --> 00:42:08,067 I wouldn't wonder. 1043 00:42:08,133 --> 00:42:10,200 - Cab's here, Mr. Watkins. 1044 00:42:10,300 --> 00:42:12,467 (humming) 1045 00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:18,067 - What a row! 1046 00:42:18,133 --> 00:42:20,300 (humming) 1047 00:42:23,067 --> 00:42:24,267 I suppose she'll be going about 1048 00:42:24,367 --> 00:42:25,267 with flowers in her hair next. 1049 00:42:25,367 --> 00:42:26,200 - Hmm? 1050 00:42:26,300 --> 00:42:27,367 - What's the matter with her?! 1051 00:42:27,467 --> 00:42:29,200 - Could it be that the desires of Rose, 1052 00:42:29,300 --> 00:42:31,133 the virginal nymph, 1053 00:42:31,233 --> 00:42:35,400 are aroused by the dark masculinity of the Welsh bull? 1054 00:42:35,500 --> 00:42:39,067 - I find that remark cheap and disgusting. 1055 00:42:41,667 --> 00:42:44,700 - I better go and see if Thomas is packing my things. 1056 00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:47,433 (door closing) 1057 00:42:50,133 --> 00:42:52,200 (door opening) 1058 00:42:52,300 --> 00:42:54,933 (door closing) 1059 00:42:56,067 --> 00:42:58,267 (sighing) 1060 00:42:59,733 --> 00:43:02,667 (clearing throat) 1061 00:43:04,767 --> 00:43:07,333 Do you like being a valet? 1062 00:43:07,433 --> 00:43:09,233 - I have no objection to it. 1063 00:43:09,333 --> 00:43:11,267 - I happen to have thought it'd be rather dead end job. 1064 00:43:11,367 --> 00:43:12,433 - I wouldn't say that, sir. 1065 00:43:12,533 --> 00:43:15,767 - Not many valets become prime ministers. 1066 00:43:15,867 --> 00:43:18,133 - Not many poets do either. 1067 00:43:22,500 --> 00:43:25,367 Did you want to take this tie with you, sir? 1068 00:43:25,467 --> 00:43:27,667 -[Lawrence] Yes, it goes with those socks. 1069 00:43:27,767 --> 00:43:28,867 - Ah, it should've been cleaned, really. 1070 00:43:28,967 --> 00:43:31,533 No mind, I'll give it a press later. 1071 00:43:31,633 --> 00:43:34,900 Yes, sir, every job's got scope in it, sir. 1072 00:43:35,067 --> 00:43:36,700 If you look for it. 1073 00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:41,067 - And what scope can you find in being a valet, hm? 1074 00:43:43,967 --> 00:43:45,400 - Well, let's see, sir, 1075 00:43:45,500 --> 00:43:48,067 you might become famous 1076 00:43:48,167 --> 00:43:50,900 and travel all over the world reading your poetry, see. 1077 00:43:51,067 --> 00:43:53,100 Well, naturally I'd come with you. 1078 00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:55,067 And I might meet one of those rich American ladies, 1079 00:43:55,133 --> 00:43:56,833 there's lots of them about, widows and such like. 1080 00:43:56,933 --> 00:43:58,900 And then marry her, see? 1081 00:43:59,067 --> 00:44:02,400 Or maybe we'd go to South Africa! 1082 00:44:02,500 --> 00:44:05,167 And I'd be playing cards with a man who couldn't play 1083 00:44:05,267 --> 00:44:08,367 but he'd give me a worthless scrap of paper 1084 00:44:08,467 --> 00:44:10,067 that would turn out to be a diamond mine. 1085 00:44:10,167 --> 00:44:11,967 So there you are, millionaire again. 1086 00:44:12,067 --> 00:44:13,633 Oh, there's always scope somewhere, sir. 1087 00:44:13,733 --> 00:44:16,567 - Meanwhile, you press my ties. 1088 00:44:16,667 --> 00:44:17,533 - Ah. 1089 00:44:18,767 --> 00:44:20,067 Well, sir, you have to do a good job 1090 00:44:20,100 --> 00:44:23,067 on whatever you're doing at the moment, eh? 1091 00:44:23,100 --> 00:44:25,100 I mean, you have to do that. 1092 00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:26,833 Otherwise you can't take advantage of the scope 1093 00:44:26,933 --> 00:44:28,400 when you find it, see? 1094 00:44:28,500 --> 00:44:30,067 Do you ever wear these, sir? 1095 00:44:30,133 --> 00:44:31,467 - Yes, of course I do, why? 1096 00:44:31,567 --> 00:44:32,700 - Well, they are a bit like 1097 00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:35,467 a coster's night out, ain't they? 1098 00:44:35,567 --> 00:44:37,900 - They are my walking socks! 1099 00:44:38,767 --> 00:44:39,933 Since we shall be going for long walks 1100 00:44:40,067 --> 00:44:41,200 all over the downs, 1101 00:44:41,300 --> 00:44:44,067 I shall certainly be needing them. 1102 00:44:44,100 --> 00:44:45,567 - Very good, sir. 1103 00:45:03,233 --> 00:45:04,733 - I wish you weren't going. 1104 00:45:04,833 --> 00:45:06,167 - Oh, I'm sure it'll be dreadfully dull, 1105 00:45:06,267 --> 00:45:07,500 you'll be much happier here. 1106 00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:08,533 - Not without you. 1107 00:45:08,633 --> 00:45:09,467 Lawrence! 1108 00:45:12,133 --> 00:45:13,700 While you're away, 1109 00:45:13,800 --> 00:45:15,833 will you think about us? 1110 00:45:17,300 --> 00:45:19,467 - Of course I will. 1111 00:45:19,567 --> 00:45:21,133 - I do love you! 1112 00:45:21,233 --> 00:45:22,533 - Well, I love you, too. 1113 00:45:22,633 --> 00:45:24,500 - No, don't say it like that. 1114 00:45:24,600 --> 00:45:25,800 - How should I say it? 1115 00:45:25,900 --> 00:45:28,233 - You make it sound so easy. 1116 00:45:29,133 --> 00:45:30,933 It's not easy at all. 1117 00:45:35,500 --> 00:45:37,433 - I must go and change. 1118 00:45:37,533 --> 00:45:39,167 I'll miss my train! 1119 00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:45,100 (laughing) 1120 00:45:49,900 --> 00:45:51,800 - Thomas, do you ever go down the mines? 1121 00:45:51,900 --> 00:45:53,200 - No. 1122 00:45:53,300 --> 00:45:55,400 No, dad said I was too bright for that 1123 00:45:55,500 --> 00:45:57,567 so he sent me to school. 1124 00:45:57,667 --> 00:45:59,367 But then he died. 1125 00:45:59,467 --> 00:46:00,800 Mom needed the money coming in, 1126 00:46:00,900 --> 00:46:02,600 so I went to work in a bicycle shop. 1127 00:46:02,700 --> 00:46:03,567 -[Rose] What did you do? 1128 00:46:03,667 --> 00:46:05,967 - Mended punctures, mostly. 1129 00:46:06,833 --> 00:46:09,867 Mending punctures to cleaning boots. 1130 00:46:12,067 --> 00:46:14,100 I haven't progressed very far, have I? 1131 00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:15,700 - Yes, you have! 1132 00:46:15,800 --> 00:46:19,133 See, you only clean boots now to oblige. 1133 00:46:46,833 --> 00:46:48,700 (distant laughing) 1134 00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:52,133 - You know, sitting here with you mending my coat, 1135 00:46:52,233 --> 00:46:53,967 we're like an old married couple, ain't we? 1136 00:46:54,067 --> 00:46:55,100 - Not quite. 1137 00:46:56,067 --> 00:46:57,533 Thomas, your last job 1138 00:46:57,633 --> 00:46:59,567 can't have been very good 1139 00:46:59,667 --> 00:47:02,500 or they wouldn't have let you wear your coat like this! 1140 00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:04,600 - Well, I suppose they didn't notice. 1141 00:47:04,700 --> 00:47:06,133 - Yeah, well, that'll have to do 1142 00:47:06,233 --> 00:47:09,267 until the master gets you a new one. 1143 00:47:10,667 --> 00:47:11,733 - You know, I think you must be 1144 00:47:11,833 --> 00:47:15,900 the nicest, kindest, prettiest girl in the whole world. 1145 00:47:16,067 --> 00:47:18,100 - Oh, you're just sayin' that. 1146 00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:19,333 - Am I? 1147 00:47:19,433 --> 00:47:20,300 Try me. 1148 00:47:27,900 --> 00:47:29,200 Come on! 1149 00:47:29,300 --> 00:47:30,233 -[Rose] What? 1150 00:47:30,333 --> 00:47:32,067 - Come on, Rose! 1151 00:47:32,100 --> 00:47:33,200 (laughing) 1152 00:47:33,300 --> 00:47:34,400 - No, Thomas, no. 1153 00:47:34,500 --> 00:47:36,900 It wouldn't be right. 1154 00:47:37,067 --> 00:47:38,667 You love me, that's right enough, isn't it? 1155 00:47:38,767 --> 00:47:41,400 - Well, maybe but if it doesn't feel right, 1156 00:47:41,500 --> 00:47:43,600 then it isn't right. 1157 00:47:43,700 --> 00:47:45,133 - You're a funny girl, aren't you? 1158 00:47:45,233 --> 00:47:46,933 Yes, I know what I'll do with you. 1159 00:47:47,067 --> 00:47:48,400 I'll make a bargain. 1160 00:47:48,500 --> 00:47:50,567 I close my eyes, blind one buff, 1161 00:47:50,667 --> 00:47:51,833 chase you around the kitchen, 1162 00:47:51,933 --> 00:47:52,800 if I catch you, 1163 00:47:52,900 --> 00:47:54,967 you gotta give me a proper kiss, right? 1164 00:47:55,067 --> 00:47:56,067 (laughing) 1165 00:47:56,167 --> 00:47:57,067 - I don't accept! 1166 00:47:57,167 --> 00:47:57,900 - You have to accept! 1167 00:47:58,067 --> 00:47:58,733 One! 1168 00:47:58,833 --> 00:47:59,567 Two! - Thomas I don't! 1169 00:47:59,667 --> 00:48:00,467 - Three! - That's not fair! 1170 00:48:00,567 --> 00:48:01,933 - Right, I'm after you now. 1171 00:48:02,067 --> 00:48:03,067 (laughing) 1172 00:48:03,133 --> 00:48:04,100 Then give us a clue as to where you are. 1173 00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:05,600 No, I can hear you, you see. - You're cheating. 1174 00:48:05,700 --> 00:48:06,600 - I'm not cheating! 1175 00:48:06,700 --> 00:48:09,467 (chattering) 1176 00:48:09,567 --> 00:48:10,467 I can't hear you at all Rose! 1177 00:48:10,567 --> 00:48:12,100 Oh, there you are! 1178 00:48:12,200 --> 00:48:14,067 Got you, I got you! 1179 00:48:14,167 --> 00:48:16,067 -[Elizabeth] How dare you?! 1180 00:48:16,100 --> 00:48:17,933 How dare you behave like that? 1181 00:48:18,067 --> 00:48:19,133 I won't have it in my kitchen, I won't! 1182 00:48:19,233 --> 00:48:21,667 You can take a week's notice! 1183 00:48:22,967 --> 00:48:24,067 Both of you. 1184 00:48:25,633 --> 00:48:27,833 (sobbing) 1185 00:48:32,067 --> 00:48:35,300 (footsteps retreating) 1186 00:48:38,267 --> 00:48:40,967 (door slamming) 1187 00:48:48,100 --> 00:48:51,500 - When would you like me to leave, madam? 1188 00:48:51,600 --> 00:48:52,633 - Oh, Rosie. 1189 00:48:53,967 --> 00:48:54,800 Rosie. 1190 00:48:56,133 --> 00:48:58,300 (sobbing) 1191 00:49:01,233 --> 00:49:03,333 - Oh, Miss Lizzie. 1192 00:49:03,433 --> 00:49:07,067 (Elizabeth crying heavily) 1193 00:49:09,967 --> 00:49:12,500 Let me make you some hot milk. 1194 00:49:22,067 --> 00:49:24,633 (upbeat music)