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BOY: Floy! Wait for me!
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(THEME TUNE MASKS DIALOGUE)
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Mr Towlinson.
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Thank you, Miss Nipper.
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-(GIGGLES)
- Susan!
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Oh'. Sorry , Miss Hey.
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Excuse me.
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I have the honour to address
Miss Dombey, I believe?
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- Yes.
- My name is Carker.
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I can hardly hope to be remembered by
Miss Dombey except by name. Carker.
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I'm sure I've heard my father speak of you.
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I beg pardon a thousand times
for the intrusion
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but I'm going down tomorrow morning
to Mr Dombey at Leamington
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and if Miss Dombey can entrust me
with any commission,
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need I say how very happy I shall be?
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I am much obliged to you, Mr Carker.
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If you could tell Papa that I've been invited
to spend a week or two
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with Sir Barnet and Lady Skettles at
Fulham.
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As you can see, I'm going there now.
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Anything else, Miss Dombey?
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If you would be so kind
as to give Papa my dear love.
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With pleasure. Your servant, Miss Dombey.
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There is no news of the ship.
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SUSAN: Miss Floy!
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Miss Floy, the coachman's ready.
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Is anything the matter?
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What?
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No, Susan. Nothing.
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(MUMBLES)
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(MUMBLING) Oh, avast there!
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(\NHEEZES AND MUMBLES)
What's... What's amiss?
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If you please, sir, I'm Rob
that works in Mr Gills' shop.
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- He's...
- Steady, me lad.
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Don't you dare speak a word to me as yet.
(COUGHS)
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(INHALES DEEPLY)
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(EXHALES)
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Now, lad...
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(COUGHS)
..heave ahead.
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Eh?
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- Oh, you mean tell ya?
- Aye.
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Well, sir, I ain't got much to tell.
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But look 'ere. And look 'ere.
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When I woke this morning, Captain,
I found these on my pillow.
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Shop door was unbolted and Mr Gills gone.
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Er...g...g...gone?
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- Flowed, sir.
- Eh...?
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Upon me word and honour,
I don't know any more about it.
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"For Captain Cuttle" is on the keys.
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And on the pocket, too.
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'Ere's a situation for a lad
that's just got a situation.
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(MUTTERS ANGRILY)
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"My dear Ned Cuttle.
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Enclosed is my...will...
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...and testament."
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W...Where's the testament?
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What have you done with the testament?
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I never see it. I never touched the testament.
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Don't keep suspecting
an innocent lad, Captain.
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"Last will and testament...
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...which don't open for a year,
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or until you have news of my dear Walter.
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If you should never hear of me
or see me more,
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remember an old friend kindly,
but make no inquiry for me.
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It is useless.
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Your true friend, Solomon Gills."
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(GASPING INTAKE OF BREATH)
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Oh, don't, Captain!
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I wonder how you can.
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What have I done to be looked at like that?
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Lad, don't you sing out afore you're hurt
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Don't you commit yourself, whatever you do.
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I ain't been and committed nothing, Captain.
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Keep free, then, and ride easy.
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If you please, Captain,
what's to become of me?
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Eh?
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Of my situation?
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The shop will need minding.
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I shall be the new Captain,
that's what I'll do.
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I'll quit this berth and change ships.
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- But what of her?
- Her, Captain?
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Her downstairs. Mrs MacStinger.
She wouldn't hear of it.
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She'd keelhaul me for deserting.
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Aye, but I'll fox her.
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Under cover of darkness,
I'll slip me berth and steal away.
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Aye, that's what I'll do.
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But if she ever gets wind of where I'm at,
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if she ever comes after me..
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Sunk, lad.
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I'll be sunk and 50 fathoms deep.
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Your most humble servant, sir.
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Damn it, sir, a friend of my friend Dombey
is a friend of mine.
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I am infinitely obliged, Carker,
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to Major Bagstock
for his company and conversation.
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Major Bagstock has rendered me
great service, Carker.
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I thank you, Major, for the improvement
in Mr Dombey's looks and spirits.
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By gad, sir, there are no thanks due to me.
(CHUCKLES)
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But when my friend Dombey
talks to you of Major Bagstock,
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I must crave leave to set him and you right.
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He means, sir, plain Joe. Joey B. Josh.
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Bagstock, Joseph. Rough and tough
old Joe, sir, at your service. Wine!
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You will join us, Carker? Achair.
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Fill it to the brim, you scoundrel.
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Give a glass to Mr Carker.
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Fill Mr Dombey.
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Gentlemen, let us consecrate this glass...
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...to a divinity whom Joe is proud to know.
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And at a distance,
humbly and reverently to admire.
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Her name is Edith. Angelic Edith.
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By all means.
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- Edith.
- Edith.
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And now, sir, you and Dombey
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have the devil's own amount of business
to talk over.
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We shall meet at dinner time.
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In the interval, old Joe will make himself
scarce, eh, Dombey?
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Have you any further message to them?
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A message?
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Er...my compliments.
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By the Lord, you must make it warmer than
that, or old Joe will be far from welcome.
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W...What you will, then, Major.
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Our friend is sly, sir, sly, sir, devilish sly.
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Dombey, I envy your feelings.
God bless you.
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Door!
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I perceive that you go into society here.
I'm so very glad.
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Of all the men I know,
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you are the best adapted,
by nature and by position, for society.
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I've been frequently amazed that you should
have held it at arm's length for so long.
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I've had my reasons, Carker.
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I've been alone, and indifferent to it.
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But you have great social qualifications
yourself.
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Oh, I?
I don't come into comparison with you.
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Well, I shall have the pleasure to present
you to my... to the Major's friends.
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You're very kind.
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Highly agreeable people.
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Ladies among them, I presume?
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They are all... That is to say,
they are both ladies.
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Sisters, perhaps?
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(CLEARS THROAT)
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Mother and daughter.
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I shall be delighted to meet them.
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Speaking of daughters,
I have seen Miss Dombey.
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She is spending some time
with Sir Barnet Skettles at Fulham.
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I am asked to be the bearer of her dear love.
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What business intelligence is there?
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What insupportable creature is this?
Go away, whoever you are.
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(GASPS) I cannot bear it.
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You've not the head to banish JB, ma'am?
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Oh, it's you, is it?
Well, on second thoughts, you may enter.
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A-ha. Jaldi!
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But don't come too near,
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for I'm frightfully faint
and sensitive this morning.
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And you smell of the sun.
(GIGGLES)
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You're positively tropical!
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(MOCK GROWL AND CHUCKLE)
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How is Mr Dombey?
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Dombey, ma'am, is as well
as a man in his condition can be.
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He's touched, ma'am, is Dombey.
He's bayonetted through the body.
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Major, do I sense an allusion to Edith,
to my exceedingly dear child?
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Bluntness, ma'am, has ever been a
characteristic of the Bagstock breed.
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You are right. Joe admits it.
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- And Mr Dombey?
- Bayonetted, ma'am.
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- He has confided in you?
- No, not confided.
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- Oh.
- But Joe sees. A-ha!
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His Royal Highness,
the late Duke of York, observed of Joey,
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at a levee that he saw.
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(CHUCKLES)
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And no, ma'am, not confided,
for Dombey is as proud as Lucifer.
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Oh, a charming quality,
reminding one of dearest Edith.
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- She...
-(CLEARS THROAT)
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Oh, dear Miss Edith. Are you going out?
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Yes, for a walk.
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Major Bagstock, my dear Edith,
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who's generally, as you know, the most
useful and disagreeable person...
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My dear Mama, it is surely not worthwhile
to observe these forms of speech.
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We are quite alone. We know each other.
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-Indeed, ma'am.
- My darling child.
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- Not "woman" yet?
- Oh.
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How very odd she is today.
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Dombey, ma'am, presents his compliments,
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and begs that you will ride with him
to Warwick Castle tomorrow morning...
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Ohhh.
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...and afterwards, do him the honour
of dining with him.
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Edith...will you go?
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Yes. Why shouldn't I?
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Ahhh. I knew you would, my own.
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Mr Dombey's letter, ma'am.
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Thank you. I have no desire to read it.
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Then perhaps I had better answer it myself.
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- Shall I send your regards, Edith?
- What you will, Mama.
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(BRANCHES RUSTLING)
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Let me tell you your fortune, my pretty lady.
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I can tell it for myself.
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Aye, aye. But you can't tell it true.
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Give me a piece of silver and I'll tell it true.
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There's riches in your face, pretty lady.
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I know. I knew it before.
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What?
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You won't give me nothing
to tell your fortune?
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How much would you give me not to tell it?
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Give me something or I'll call it after you!
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Hold your peace and be off with you.
Be off, do you hear?
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You give me something,
or I will call it after her.
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Or worse, I'll call it after you.
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After me, old lady?
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Well...what do you know?
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Can you tell me who the lady is?
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One child dead.
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The other child living.
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One wife dead.
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One wife coming.
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- Go and meet her.
- What?
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Go and meet her! Ha-ha-ha.
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(CACKLES)
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(CACKLING CONTINUES)
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Dinner will be ready in no time, Captain
Cuttle, almost as soon as you are.
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Is there something special
I might cook for you?
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Er...no, ma'am. I'll have whatever suits you.
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Well, a nice, small kidney pudding, p'r'aps.
Or a sheep's head.
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- Don't mind my trouble.
- No, thank you, ma'am.
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'Ere...have a roast fowl.
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With a nice little bit of weal stuffing.
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And some egg sauce.
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Come on, Captain, give yourself a little treat.
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No, thank you, ma'am.
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Oh, I say, I'm sure you're out of sods,
you know. You want stimulating.
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(ensues)
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Why not 'ave, for once in a way,
a bottle of sherry wine?
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I...l think I might try that, ma'am.
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If you'd be so good as
to take a glass or two yourself.
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And would you do me the favour, ma'am,
to accept a quarter's rent ahead?
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Eh? Why so, Captain Cuttle?
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It... It would oblige me.
I can't keep my money very well.
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It pays itself out.
I'd take it kindly if you'd comply.
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Oh. Well...it's, er...
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You must do as you please.
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I mean, it's, er... it's not for me,
with my family, to refuse, really.
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No more than it is to ask.
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Er...would you be so good, ma'am,
as to, er...
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offer 18 pence apiece
to the little family all round?
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...I should be obliged, ma'am.
- Oh!
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Well, I, er... It's a great kindness
on your pad, Captain Cuttle.
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Yes, well, I'll, erm...go and see
to cooking your dinner.
242
00:13:38,421 --> 00:13:41,095
Oh, thank 'ee, er...thank you, ma'am.
243
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Why, today of all days, is she as mild
and good-tempered as a lamb?
244
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It's enough to tear at a man's conscience.
But it must be done.
245
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(STAMPS FOOT)
246
00:14:00,701 --> 00:14:03,898
Leave her get downstairs,
then off with you to the shop.
247
00:14:03,981 --> 00:14:06,211
Keep watch there till you hear me knock.
248
00:14:06,301 --> 00:14:08,451
It'll be after midnight, perhaps.
249
00:14:08,541 --> 00:14:11,533
Whatever time it is, turn to and show
yourself smart with the door.
250
00:14:11,621 --> 00:14:13,737
- I'll be sorted to it, Captain.
- There may be a chase.
251
00:14:13,821 --> 00:14:17,257
She might take me while I was awaiting
if you didn't show yourself smart
252
00:14:17,341 --> 00:14:19,173
I'll be at hand, Captain.
253
00:14:19,261 --> 00:14:23,937
And if she ever comes to the shop after me,
you might say you never heard of me
254
00:14:24,021 --> 00:14:28,731
but that you read in a paper that a
captain of my name was gone to Australia,
255
00:14:28,821 --> 00:14:32,655
emigrating, along with a whole ship's
complement of people,
256
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that had all swore
never to come back no more.
257
00:14:36,061 --> 00:14:39,816
Don't worry. I'll take care, Captain.
258
00:14:43,301 --> 00:14:44,939
-(DOOR SHUTS)
- She's gone.
259
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Off with you, back to your moorings.
260
00:14:46,701 --> 00:14:50,934
And show yourself smart with the door,
or I'm hanged for abandoning ship. Off you!
261
00:15:07,461 --> 00:15:11,170
Falsest of false friends, how do you do?
262
00:15:11,261 --> 00:15:16,893
Mrs Skewton, let me gratify my friend,
Mr Carker, by presenting him to you.
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Ohh, charmed, I'm sure.
264
00:15:19,821 --> 00:15:22,176
- Mrs Granger.
- How do you do?
265
00:15:23,061 --> 00:15:26,975
I'm obliged to the gentleman for sparing me
some annoyance from a beggar yesterday.
266
00:15:27,061 --> 00:15:28,938
I am obliged to my good fortune
267
00:15:29,021 --> 00:15:31,490
for the opportunity of rendering
so slight a service
268
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to one whose servant I am proud to be.
269
00:15:33,821 --> 00:15:35,892
(MRS SKEWTON GIGGLES)
Really? Oh!
270
00:15:35,981 --> 00:15:40,657
This is one of the most enchanting
coincidences I ever heard of.
271
00:15:40,741 --> 00:15:43,381
There is such an obvious
destiny in it
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that, really, one might be induced
to cross one's arms upon one's frock
273
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and say with those wicked Turks,
"There is no whatsisname but thingummy
274
00:15:50,221 --> 00:15:52,576
and whatchamacallit is his prophet!"
275
00:15:52,661 --> 00:15:54,857
It gives me great pleasure that a gentleman
276
00:15:54,941 --> 00:15:57,217
as closely connected with myself
as Carker is
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should have the honour and happiness
278
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of rendering the least assistance
to Mrs Granger.
279
00:16:03,741 --> 00:16:05,652
Shall we be seated?
280
00:16:09,061 --> 00:16:11,974
By the Lord, sir, it seems
an extraordinary thing to me
281
00:16:12,061 --> 00:16:13,938
that no one can have the honour
and happiness
282
00:16:14,021 --> 00:16:18,254
of shooting all beggars through the head
without being brought to book for it.
283
00:16:18,341 --> 00:16:21,618
But here's an arm for Mrs Granger,
should she ever need it.
284
00:16:22,221 --> 00:16:25,373
I thought Warwick Castle so charming.
285
00:16:25,461 --> 00:16:28,499
Don't you dote on the Middle Ages,
Mr Carker?
286
00:16:28,581 --> 00:16:32,575
- Yes, I do. Very much.
- Such charming times.
287
00:16:32,661 --> 00:16:35,972
- You have been to Warwick often, I think.
- Several times.
288
00:16:36,061 --> 00:16:38,974
Then today's visit
must have been tedious for you, I'm afraid.
289
00:16:39,061 --> 00:16:40,290
Not at all.
290
00:16:40,381 --> 00:16:45,012
Oh, yes, those darling bygone times,
Mr Carker,
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with their delicious fortresses
and their dear old dungeons
292
00:16:48,901 --> 00:16:51,051
and their delightful places of torture.
293
00:16:51,141 --> 00:16:53,291
Everything that made life worth living.
294
00:16:53,381 --> 00:16:56,897
Ohh, how dreadfully we have degenerated.
295
00:16:56,981 --> 00:16:59,052
Yes, we have fallen off deplorably.
296
00:16:59,141 --> 00:17:01,132
Tomorrow morning?
297
00:17:01,221 --> 00:17:04,577
I'm sure I shall be most pleased to see you.
298
00:17:04,661 --> 00:17:07,574
I hope you dote on Harry the Eighth?
299
00:17:07,661 --> 00:17:09,459
I do admire him very much.
300
00:17:09,541 --> 00:17:13,296
So bluff, so burly, so truly English.
301
00:17:13,381 --> 00:17:16,294
(GIGGLES)
And those dear little peepy eyes of his,
302
00:17:16,381 --> 00:17:18,418
and that benevolent chin...
303
00:17:18,501 --> 00:17:20,856
- Edith, my dearest love.
- Yes, Mama?
304
00:17:20,941 --> 00:17:25,492
Mr Dombey has a piano.
I'm sure he's dying to hear you.
305
00:17:25,581 --> 00:17:29,051
Mr Dombey has life enough left
to say so for himself, Mama.
306
00:17:32,981 --> 00:17:34,972
I shall be immensely obliged.
307
00:17:45,541 --> 00:17:48,818
Damn it, sir,
old Joe has half a mind to propose
308
00:17:48,901 --> 00:17:52,576
that this hotel be named in the future,
The Two Jolly Bachelors,
309
00:17:52,661 --> 00:17:54,095
in honour of ourselves.
310
00:17:54,181 --> 00:17:55,580
(CHUCKLES)
311
00:17:55,661 --> 00:17:57,732
(PIANO PLAYS GENTLY)
312
00:18:13,261 --> 00:18:15,696
I have requested Mrs Granger's permission
313
00:18:15,781 --> 00:18:18,295
to call on her tomorrow morning
for a purpose.
314
00:18:18,381 --> 00:18:21,419
May I hope to have the pleasure
of finding you at home afterwards?
315
00:18:21,501 --> 00:18:24,095
(FLUSTERED WHIMPERING)
316
00:18:51,181 --> 00:18:54,412
- Bought.
-(CHUCKLES) "Bought"?
317
00:18:54,501 --> 00:18:58,734
That is the word I used
and that is what I am. He has bought me.
318
00:18:58,821 --> 00:19:00,414
Or he will. Tomorrow.
319
00:19:01,181 --> 00:19:03,172
He has considered of his bargain.
320
00:19:03,261 --> 00:19:05,252
He's shown it to his friend.
321
00:19:05,341 --> 00:19:07,298
He's even rather proud of it.
322
00:19:07,381 --> 00:19:11,659
He thinks it may be had sufficiently cheap
and he will buy tomorrow.
323
00:19:12,581 --> 00:19:14,891
God, that I should have lived for this.
324
00:19:14,981 --> 00:19:17,018
And that I feel it.
325
00:19:17,101 --> 00:19:18,978
What do you mean?
326
00:19:19,061 --> 00:19:22,099
- Haven't you, from a child...
- Child? When was I a child?
327
00:19:22,181 --> 00:19:23,979
What childhood did you ever leave to me?
328
00:19:24,061 --> 00:19:27,611
I was a woman laying snares for men
before I knew myself or you.
329
00:19:27,701 --> 00:19:30,500
Or even understood the aim
of every new display I learnt.
330
00:19:30,581 --> 00:19:35,212
We have been making every effort
to secure you a good establishment.
331
00:19:35,301 --> 00:19:39,295
That has been your life.
And now you have got it.
332
00:19:39,381 --> 00:19:42,578
For ten years you have made me a byword
among all kinds of men.
333
00:19:42,661 --> 00:19:45,335
- I have?
- I have been hawked and vended
334
00:19:45,421 --> 00:19:49,733
around half the places of resort upon
the map of England until I loathe myself.
335
00:19:49,821 --> 00:19:53,610
But they all rejected me because
you were too plain with your cunning.
336
00:19:53,701 --> 00:19:56,295
-"Cunning"!
- Thanks to you, we've come to be notorious.
337
00:19:56,381 --> 00:19:57,860
Edith!
338
00:19:57,941 --> 00:20:02,299
How can you speak like that...
to your own mother?
339
00:20:02,381 --> 00:20:03,530
($055)
340
00:20:03,621 --> 00:20:05,294
Listen to me.
341
00:20:06,101 --> 00:20:09,219
He makes this purchase of his own will
342
00:20:09,301 --> 00:20:11,258
and I hope it may never disappoint him.
343
00:20:11,341 --> 00:20:13,810
But I did not tempt this man on.
344
00:20:13,901 --> 00:20:15,494
"This man"?
345
00:20:15,581 --> 00:20:16,980
You talk as if you hated him.
346
00:20:17,061 --> 00:20:19,177
Did you think I loved him?
347
00:20:20,061 --> 00:20:23,338
There is one man
who already knows us thoroughly.
348
00:20:23,421 --> 00:20:25,537
I've seen it in his eyes and...
349
00:20:25,621 --> 00:20:29,580
I am degraded by his knowledge of me.
And of you.
350
00:20:29,661 --> 00:20:31,538
If you mean that poor Mr Carker,
351
00:20:31,621 --> 00:20:35,216
his opinion is not likely to have much effect
on your establishment.
352
00:20:35,301 --> 00:20:39,181
Oh, Edith.
What is the matter with you tonight?
353
00:20:39,261 --> 00:20:40,934
Are you ill?
354
00:20:41,021 --> 00:20:42,614
"In"?
355
00:20:42,701 --> 00:20:44,100
Yes.
356
00:20:44,181 --> 00:20:46,900
Yes, I am ill.
357
00:21:15,021 --> 00:21:16,932
Miss Florence.
358
00:21:17,621 --> 00:21:20,898
Why, Susan. What has happened
to our house?
359
00:21:23,981 --> 00:21:26,257
For Mr Dombey. For Miss Dombey.
360
00:21:26,341 --> 00:21:28,139
-(BARKING)
- Thank you, sir.
361
00:21:28,221 --> 00:21:29,939
Mr Toots! You're here?
362
00:21:30,021 --> 00:21:32,410
Susan, we're hardly home
and we have a visitor.
363
00:21:32,501 --> 00:21:36,290
I see him, Miss Floy.
And a deal more besides.
364
00:21:36,381 --> 00:21:38,531
Yes. Yes, indeed.
365
00:21:39,101 --> 00:21:40,899
Mr Toots, I'm glad to see you.
366
00:21:40,981 --> 00:21:44,611
How do you do, Miss Dombey?
Thank you. I'm very well indeed.
367
00:21:44,701 --> 00:21:46,499
I see Diogenes is well.
368
00:21:46,581 --> 00:21:48,970
I er... I hope you are the same?
369
00:21:49,621 --> 00:21:51,419
You're very kind.
370
00:21:51,501 --> 00:21:54,175
Thank you. It's of no consequence.
371
00:21:54,261 --> 00:21:56,093
Won't you step into the drawing room?
372
00:21:56,181 --> 00:21:58,172
It's of no consequence.
373
00:21:58,261 --> 00:21:59,456
Good morning.
374
00:21:59,541 --> 00:22:01,179
- But...
- No consequence.
375
00:22:01,261 --> 00:22:02,854
-(CLATTERING)
-(SHE SCREAMS)
376
00:22:03,661 --> 00:22:04,935
Good morning.
377
00:22:05,021 --> 00:22:07,012
(WOMEN LAUGH)
378
00:22:08,261 --> 00:22:11,697
Miss Floy, what's been 'appening 'ere?
I should like to know.
379
00:22:11,781 --> 00:22:14,011
I've no idea. I scarcely know what to think.
380
00:22:14,101 --> 00:22:16,615
-(\NOMAN SCREAMS)
- Papa!
381
00:22:16,701 --> 00:22:19,693
- You're here?
- Oh, Lord have mercy.
382
00:22:19,781 --> 00:22:21,579
- Florence, how do you do?
- How do you do, Papa?
383
00:22:21,661 --> 00:22:23,140
What dog is that?
384
00:22:23,221 --> 00:22:26,259
It's a dog, Papa...from Brighton.
385
00:22:28,021 --> 00:22:29,216
Well...
386
00:22:29,861 --> 00:22:32,501
He's very good-natured. Please excuse him.
387
00:22:33,101 --> 00:22:35,411
Mrs Skewton, this is my daughter, Florence.
388
00:22:35,501 --> 00:22:38,254
Charming, I'm sure. So natural.
389
00:22:38,341 --> 00:22:41,618
Florence, my darling,
you must kiss me, if you please.
390
00:22:41,701 --> 00:22:44,341
Edith, this is my daughter, Florence.
391
00:22:44,421 --> 00:22:47,015
Florence, this lady will soon be your mama.
392
00:22:47,861 --> 00:22:49,772
What? She...
393
00:22:50,861 --> 00:22:52,613
Oh, Papa!
394
00:22:52,701 --> 00:22:57,411
May you be very happy.
May you be very, very happy all your life.
395
00:22:59,301 --> 00:23:00,621
Thank you, Florence.
396
00:23:01,941 --> 00:23:03,978
Your sentiments do you credit.
397
00:23:04,061 --> 00:23:07,372
Shall we go on through the other rooms
and see how our workmen are doing?
398
00:23:07,461 --> 00:23:09,372
Pray allow me, madam.
399
00:23:22,821 --> 00:23:23,970
($055)
400
00:23:24,061 --> 00:23:27,417
MRS SKEWTON: Edith, my dear.
Come along. We are here, my love.
401
00:23:27,501 --> 00:23:30,380
Florence, you will not begin by hating me?
402
00:23:30,461 --> 00:23:33,374
By hating you...Mama?
403
00:23:33,461 --> 00:23:35,691
Begin by thinking well of me.
404
00:23:35,781 --> 00:23:38,500
Begin by believing
that I will try to make you happy.
405
00:23:38,581 --> 00:23:40,219
MRS SKEWTON:
Edith!
406
00:23:40,301 --> 00:23:42,372
Don't stay here now.