1 00:00:39,160 --> 00:00:41,950 We've got to go, George. The Darwin won't unload itself! 2 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:43,350 Just 10 more minutes. 3 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:45,200 I promised I'd wait as long as I could. 4 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:51,590 'It was time to return to the place that I called home. 5 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:54,950 'Grief had kept me absent for too long, 6 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,750 'and if my healing was not complete, 7 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:00,200 'I could picture a day when it might be so. 8 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:05,870 'Now I needed to be with the friends I loved 9 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:08,320 'and return to the work that defined me.' 10 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:12,280 George! 11 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:18,830 'Midwifery is about separation, 12 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:23,400 'physically dividing into two that which has been one for nine months. 13 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:27,280 'There is beauty and relief in the cleaving. 14 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,040 'There is labour but there is reward. 15 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:39,950 'I had survived a wound, a loss that ripped my heart 16 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,040 'and made it bleed.' 17 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:44,310 Hello, stranger! 18 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:46,510 You're quite the act to follow, Jenny Lee! 19 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:50,880 'Restored to Nonnatus House, I was safe in harbour.' 20 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:56,040 We're very close now. Breathe gently, Pamela. 21 00:01:58,320 --> 00:01:59,360 That's the stuff. 22 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:05,400 That's better. 23 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:08,760 Gently. Don't push. 24 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:13,560 It's a caulbearer, born in the amniotic sac. 25 00:02:14,640 --> 00:02:18,910 A mermaid's purse full of luck, according to the old wives' tale. 26 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:20,560 I've only heard about them. 27 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:29,000 Perfect little girl. 28 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:34,150 In olden times, they dried the caul and sold it to a sailor 29 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:35,240 to keep him safe. 30 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:37,560 It's a great prize. 31 00:02:38,640 --> 00:02:41,190 I want to keep it for my George. 32 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:44,230 He's out all hours on the river as a lighterman. 33 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:46,080 Every one of them's an age to me. 34 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:58,350 On the chest of drawers, Nurse. Green for a girl. 35 00:02:58,400 --> 00:02:59,630 Light it for me, would you? 36 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:01,990 Hang it in the window for my George. 37 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:04,120 He said he'd wait as long as he could. 38 00:03:06,640 --> 00:03:09,150 Nurse Miller and I will take it in turns to visit. 39 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:10,880 You'll be well looked after, Pamela. 40 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:23,990 A girl! Yes! 41 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:25,550 Yes! 42 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:26,640 Ha ha ha! 43 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:39,520 Mater! 44 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:42,000 Oh, Camilla. 45 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:46,880 I see that grace does not grow exponentially with age. 46 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:04,750 Jenny, you must have your old room back. 47 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,470 Honestly, I'm more than happy in the box room. 48 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:09,470 I've rather got used to having my own. 49 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:13,070 Chichester's changed you, though I shan't miss the snoring! 50 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:16,630 You'll be able to get to the mirror. What a treat! 51 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:19,270 Do you really have to head off so soon? 52 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:21,790 I don't like the thought of you surrounded by strangers. 53 00:04:21,840 --> 00:04:24,390 Yes, you're sure you're ready for secondment to the London? 54 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:26,150 You'll have to hit the ground running. 55 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:28,590 I just can't quite pick up where I left off. 56 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:30,150 This way, no-one will ask me how I am 57 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:32,070 and no-one will feel sorry for me. 58 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:35,390 Hurry up, then. It's the London, not Butlins! 59 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:38,110 You're to collect your uniform when you arrive. 60 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,230 Oh, and Nurse Lee... 61 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:41,910 you've been missed. 62 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:43,000 Greatly. 63 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:12,760 Nurse Lee? Very pleased to have you with us. 64 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:17,910 It's, er, rather different to district midwifery. 65 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:21,150 Out there, we can't look after them, can't stop their glorious leaders 66 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:24,110 asking for dinner on the table or their smalls to be washed. 67 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:25,950 But here, they can rest. 68 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,990 We have two women in early labour admitted overnight. 69 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:30,750 You'll find their notes on my desk. 70 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:33,390 Your priority is to ensure that they move swiftly 71 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:35,350 to the labour ward as they progress. 72 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:36,440 Please excuse me. 73 00:05:42,840 --> 00:05:43,880 Mrs Halford? 74 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:52,440 We wondered whether you might care to supper with us. Tomorrow, perhaps? 75 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,870 An evening of jellied eels? 76 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:57,320 I think not. 77 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:05,480 I suppose your week is full of frightfully exciting plans. 78 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:08,240 I'm here for rather longer. 79 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:12,400 Permanently, in fact. 80 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:15,950 Madeira's never really suited me. 81 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:17,470 But Pater adores it. 82 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:21,480 That's why he's staying there. We're going our separate ways. 83 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:24,360 But why? 84 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:30,560 I'm tired of living alone. Your father has many... 85 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,040 ..interests. I'm not one of them. 86 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:38,160 For you, madam. 87 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,790 Oh, Lord! Mater, your watch! It must have come loose. 88 00:06:46,840 --> 00:06:50,320 Oh, heavens! We'll find it. Sit down, Camilla! It's not lost. 89 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:56,000 I have no need of a diamond watch, far greater need of its value. 90 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:01,990 Mater, you can't mean you've sold it? 91 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:05,320 You were not brought up to pry. 92 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:11,990 Please, come to supper with us tomorrow. 93 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:15,390 Whatever's going on, surely, we might help. 94 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:16,990 We're your family. 95 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:20,360 And it would give you a chance to finally meet Freddie. 96 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:23,960 I really can't get used to that name. 97 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:27,600 After the handyman, you said? 98 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:41,910 It's for her caul, when it's ready, 99 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:45,190 so you can have a bit of us with you, wherever you are. 100 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:46,760 A mermaid birth! 101 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:52,270 Mum always said you could have too much luck. 102 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:53,470 Spoils you. 103 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:55,190 Well, I want to be spoilt. 104 00:07:55,240 --> 00:08:01,480 I want five more babies and I want dogs and cats and a budgie. 105 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:05,560 I want our family bursting at the seams, George. All right. 106 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:09,720 All right, then. If you say so. 107 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,360 And I'll keep you safe, as long as I live. 108 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:17,950 Well, I mean, you'd better! 109 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,280 I married you for them strong arms, not your personality! 110 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:01,390 Morning, Mrs Saint. 111 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:02,560 My milk won't come. 112 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:07,390 Nothing to worry about. It always takes a little while. 113 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:10,840 And you know how to top up. She'll do perfectly well with water. 114 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:13,910 It's just, at the Mothercraft, 115 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:17,790 they said it's the way we'll form our bond. It's how she'll know me. 116 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:20,070 Well, if it won't come, she can't. 117 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,230 That's not quite what we meant. 118 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:25,800 And we certainly wouldn't expect your milk to be in yet. 119 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:30,470 I don't want her having the water. 120 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,150 I read about what the Metropolitan Water Board do. 121 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:36,950 They say that we drink the same glass of water at least three times. 122 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:38,400 Passes straight through us. 123 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:06,150 Please calm down! You don't even know your mother will come. 124 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,230 But if she comes, 125 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:12,350 do you really think anything less than spit-spot will pass muster? 126 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:14,950 And I have to telephone my father, 127 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,150 which is akin to summoning Churchill! 128 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:20,430 You'll feel more comfortable when you've spoken to him. 129 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:23,840 In the meantime, we don't need to turn the entire house upside down. 130 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:27,950 Auntie Mary gave us that! 131 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:29,390 Oh, and he's perfectly charming, 132 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:32,000 but now he needs a little nap in the cupboard. 133 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:37,800 You're embarrassed by our home. 134 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:41,280 I just want her to like something about me. 135 00:10:42,680 --> 00:10:44,720 Even if it's simply my curtains. 136 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:58,560 I wish you didn't care, Camilla. 137 00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:02,280 I wish you saw yourself as I do. 138 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:24,070 Patrick, I feel like I'm pestering you, 139 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:26,750 but I do need the details of your referee. 140 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:30,430 Terrible game! We lost 2-0. I wouldn't recommend him. 141 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:32,950 I'm sure the Church of England Children's Society will be 142 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:36,430 thrilled how seriously you're taking the adoption process. 143 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:38,830 I'm handing the forms in today. 144 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:42,870 Frank Higginson. We served in Italy together. He's in my book. 145 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:44,440 Second drawer down. 146 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:51,350 Sorry, Nurse. 147 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:53,590 It's quite all right. Accidents happen. 148 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:56,590 It's all good training for having a family. 149 00:11:56,640 --> 00:12:00,270 For people with families or who are indeed planning for them. 150 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:04,430 Or nurses with scrupulous attention to the cleanliness of their floors. 151 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:06,710 I was going for the more abstract route. 152 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:08,230 I'm after some orange juice. 153 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:10,550 I've a Bible class. It's a good carrot. 154 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:13,030 A reward for making it through Corinthians. 155 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:15,390 I wondered if you... I'm sure we can spare some. 156 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:18,670 The class, it's this evening. 157 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:21,280 I'm not really one for Bibles. I meant after. 158 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:24,840 Dinner? A walk? 159 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:28,670 Or the dance? Well, I hadn't really considered... 160 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:29,960 I usually go at seven. 161 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:35,240 All ready for Mrs Rawle? 162 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:40,590 I see from her notes she delivered stillborn on her first pregnancy. 163 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:43,550 That's why she's in early - for observation. 164 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:46,470 Do we know whether Mrs Halford delivered safely this morning? 165 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:48,470 I haven't heard. Why would you? 166 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:50,790 If we began to cross-pollinate with postnatal, 167 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:52,440 we'd very quickly be in a pickle. 168 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:56,360 I still marvel at all this, free of charge. 169 00:12:57,440 --> 00:12:59,150 I lost my mother 30 years ago. 170 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:02,550 She died in childbirth with my brother. 171 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:06,830 My father couldn't afford a doctor. Now look at us! 172 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:09,760 Come along in. Mrs Rawle, we don't bite! 173 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:13,990 She's had lunch. Touch dizzy this morning, 174 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:15,630 She tossed and turned a bit last night. 175 00:13:15,680 --> 00:13:18,270 I think we'll manage. 176 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:19,830 You'll be well looked after, love. 177 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:23,560 You'd hope so. We pay enough to the National Insurance Scheme! 178 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:25,640 Thank you. 179 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:30,190 I'm Nurse Lee. Let's get you settled. 180 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:33,590 Not wishing to be rude, but I'd be much happier with a doctor. 181 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:35,550 I'm afraid you'll have to make do with me. 182 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:39,590 I'll organise a bath for you, pop your things in the locker. 183 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:41,320 We'll store your case and coat. 184 00:13:55,960 --> 00:14:00,350 It's new, my case. Do be careful with it. 185 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:02,230 I don't want it in a heap. 186 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:05,080 We're careful with everything, Mrs Rawle. 187 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:20,630 Mrs Saint! 188 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:21,990 What on earth's going on? 189 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:26,110 Oh, well, there's all this dust. I don't want my Rose taking it in. 190 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:29,270 I need to get them curtains down. There was a fog last night. 191 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,790 Brings the spores in. Mrs Saint, you need to rest. 192 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:36,270 Oh! No, I need a clean house for my baby, so I can relax, 193 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:39,150 so my milk'll come. Mrs Saint, it's normal for it to come 194 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:42,600 when baby's three or four days old. Rest will only help. 195 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:46,630 I'm not tired and there's so much to do. 196 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,190 Just help me with the chest. Into bed! 197 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:51,390 What about having your mother to stay? 198 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:54,030 I know she's in Harlow, but it wouldn't be hard to arrange 199 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:56,160 and she'd be great help to you. 200 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:03,190 It's scaring her. Your headdress. 201 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:04,870 The way it flaps. 202 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:10,350 I'm sorry, little one, but a promise to our Lord transcends even you. 203 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:12,320 Think about having your mother. 204 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:27,800 Your hands are shaking. Just a bit fiddly, that's all. 205 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:32,600 A heck of a lot of salmon for two! 206 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:35,000 She MAY come. 207 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:41,910 Peter, if you'd heard Father when I telephoned him. 208 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:45,830 He was SO cold. He's cut her off without a penny! 209 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:48,430 Well, she did up and leave! Cos she's so bally lonely. 210 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:50,150 You don't know that for sure. 211 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:53,080 She's alone and without funds. That much I do know. 212 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:01,120 Oh, good Lord! She's come! 213 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:08,000 How's my girls? 214 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:12,190 You have to stop her, OK? You have to stop her coming here 215 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:14,390 cos she's trying to turn Rose against me. 216 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:17,310 You have... You have to stop her. Love? 217 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:19,880 What's all this? What are you on about? 218 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:29,920 Well, Lady Browne, what do you think of our little chap? 219 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:34,880 I find infant charms somewhat exaggerated. 220 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:39,110 So uninspiring until they can converse! 221 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:43,510 He may yet inherit some of my father's talent for politics. 222 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:47,590 Goodness knows! The country's in need of a decent politician. 223 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:53,200 I'll take Freddie up. 224 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:56,520 Come on, mate! Up we go. 225 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:07,910 Really, Camilla! A man doesn't come home to be a nursemaid to his child! 226 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:09,760 Peter adores being with Freddie. 227 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:14,190 I spoke with Father today. 228 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:16,790 I asked you not to pry. 229 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:17,920 I'm worried. 230 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:21,990 You cannot have the funds to manage, certainly not at The Savoy. 231 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:24,270 But I'm not at The Savoy. 232 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:26,470 I'm at a dear little place in Bayswater. 233 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:29,030 You need not concern yourself. 234 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:31,800 Let us not poke at wounds we cannot heal. 235 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:40,510 Mrs Rawle? What is it? 236 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:43,400 My baby's heartbeat. It's not been checked for a while. 237 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:50,070 Checked at 4pm. All perfectly normal. 238 00:17:50,120 --> 00:17:53,240 I want it checked again. He's gone ever so quiet. 239 00:17:55,120 --> 00:17:57,470 I'll fetch my Pinard, have a little listen, 240 00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:59,350 put our minds at rest. 241 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:00,750 Nurse Lee? 242 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:03,150 We check baby's heartbeat every four hours. 243 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,390 Any more is wholly unnecessary. 244 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:06,960 We are not here to indulge. 245 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:22,000 Mr Saint? Whatever is the matter? 246 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:24,720 Don't know how to say, Nurse. 247 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:36,360 Pamela's become very upset. 248 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:41,350 Mr Saint says you insisted her mother come to stay. 249 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:44,670 It seems their relationship is very fragile. 250 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:47,390 I suggested it. I certainly didn't mean to upset her. 251 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:50,470 I think the whole business of feeding is worrying her unduly. 252 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:53,630 She seems to believe it's becoming a barrier between her and Rose. 253 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:56,760 That's exactly what I mean. I'll talk to her tomorrow. 254 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:00,150 Mr Saint asked that I visit. 255 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:02,000 Of course. We'll go together. 256 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:06,200 In place of you. 257 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:28,440 What a magnificent beast! 258 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:33,080 The smallest amount, if you would. 259 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:42,670 How is the weather in Madeira? 260 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:43,800 Cloudy. 261 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:46,960 But unburdened by smog. 262 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:52,150 I understand they have a very particular fish there 263 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:53,990 because of the deep water. 264 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:56,720 I'm not much of an angler, I'm afraid. 265 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:04,590 The Farquhar-Thompsons. Aren't they in town at this time of year? 266 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:06,670 I believe Cressida's getting married. 267 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:08,510 Will you be going? 268 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:11,520 Perhaps when things quieten down. Why don't you stay with us? 269 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:15,990 We'd very much like you with us, wouldn't we, Peter? 270 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:18,800 It would give you a chance to get to know Freddie. 271 00:20:20,120 --> 00:20:21,990 Of course. 272 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,510 London's dreadfully expensive. 273 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:27,470 You could have our room, just until you're settled. 274 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:29,710 We shall muddle along perfectly well. 275 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:31,080 I don't wish to muddle. 276 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:47,920 A parishioner of mine is struggling greatly. 277 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:51,750 I'm afraid I need to sit with him to try and help. 278 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:53,590 After the dance? 279 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:55,950 It's a little bit more important than dancing. 280 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:57,990 It's a personal crisis. 281 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:01,950 We could reconvene tomorrow. Dinner, perhaps? 282 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,080 The dance is tonight, not tomorrow. Good night, Tom. 283 00:21:11,120 --> 00:21:13,000 These heels are murder, anyway. 284 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:24,720 Idiot! You all right, Reverend? 285 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,830 You had every right to ask about the mother. 286 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,590 The day we stop asking's the day we stop caring. 287 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:40,510 Perhaps Mrs Saint feels more comfortable with a younger midwife. 288 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:44,910 I suppose I could seem like a bit of a relic to these young mothers. 289 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:50,190 We are that great sprawl, that growing mass of alchemy. 290 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:55,710 Some of us are golden, some of us are base, but you are golden. 291 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:58,110 And although they do not know it, 292 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:00,520 the young need you now more than ever. 293 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,040 More or less the words I was searching for. 294 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:09,310 You promise? 295 00:22:09,360 --> 00:22:12,190 Cos she brings the germs in with her, the bad things. 296 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:14,560 She ain't coming! Don't take on so. 297 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:18,510 Pam? 298 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:21,670 Germs. The air's full of them. 299 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,390 They're on you, they're all over you. Well, I want to hold her. 300 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:26,350 Yeah, but I told you, I've got to keep her safe. 301 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:29,150 I told you what the Sister's doing. She's trying to hurt her. 302 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:30,950 No, no! 303 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,030 This has got to stop. 304 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:34,880 You ain't making no sense, Pam. 305 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:37,710 You promise she won't come? 306 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:39,360 I told you, didn't I? 307 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,670 The window tends to rattle a little 308 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:10,710 but we find a wedge of paper seems to do the trick. 309 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:14,310 We're usually up early but we'll try not to disturb you. 310 00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:16,240 You always were a stomper. 311 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:21,550 I must get on, Camilla. 312 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:25,430 Likewise. Freddie to nursery, then the babies of Poplar, 313 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:28,670 who won't delay their entrance to the world, not even for you, Mater. 314 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:31,070 Can one get the Times here? 315 00:23:31,120 --> 00:23:34,110 Well, it's usually a day late, taking into account the, er, 316 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,200 time difference with central London. 317 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,790 Midwives! 318 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:53,630 Why do they keep coming? Why won't they just leave us alone? 319 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:55,030 Mrs Saint? 320 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:56,630 You! You ain't supposed to come here! 321 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:58,310 Mrs Saint, whatever are you doing? 322 00:23:58,360 --> 00:24:00,910 Well, I have to clean her. I have to sterilise everything. 323 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:02,790 Can't trust the tap. They put dangers in it. 324 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:04,190 Safer with the river. 325 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:07,230 Not with that. The water's far too hot. You'll burn her. 326 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:08,670 Yeah, well, I have to clean her. 327 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:12,790 I'm going to put some cool in it. I'll bring it right back. 328 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:15,160 Stay with her, Nurse Miller. I'm calling Dr Turner. 329 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:19,600 Let's get Rose settled. 330 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:23,320 Ssh... There. 331 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:26,350 I wanted to apologise, Fred. 332 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,600 I must have seemed rude last night. 333 00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:34,030 From what I hear, it's not me you need to apologise to. 334 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:37,520 Still, needs must when parishioners fall upon hard times. 335 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:42,040 There is no parishioner. I have two left feet. 336 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:44,360 I can't dance. 337 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:49,030 I thought you lot weren't supposed to lie! 338 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:51,440 Trixie can have the pick of any man she wants. 339 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:58,680 I'm a book man, a pint man with a jumper and a weekend jacket. 340 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:01,600 I'm not a dancer. 341 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:06,920 Meet me at the community centre. Six sharp! 342 00:25:13,120 --> 00:25:15,150 Pupil Midwife Wells is with me today. 343 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,630 She's here to complete her training. 344 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:19,590 You need to palpate the abdomen 345 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,670 to check the baby's lie, presentation and position. No! 346 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:26,630 I shan't be seen except by a proper midwife. 347 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:28,470 I came in here for the best of care. 348 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:30,990 Pupil midwives need to learn and I'm here to supervise. 349 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:35,440 I want a trained professional. It's the very least I expect. 350 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:38,360 Excuse us for a moment. 351 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:51,320 I know what it is to lose something precious, Mrs Rawle. 352 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:56,040 And whether you believe it or not, you are in the best hands. 353 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:02,960 I did everything right. Before. 354 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:10,760 I ate right, slept right, didn't even do no lifting at the end. 355 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,150 They said I didn't call the midwife soon enough 356 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,950 and that's why she was stillborn. 357 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,550 Sometimes, these awful things just happen. 358 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:25,150 But what if it happens again? 359 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:28,230 I came in here to be safe. That's why I keep asking for checks, 360 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:29,520 but no-one will listen. 361 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:34,960 Let's see what baby's up to, shall we? 362 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:43,560 A kick! 363 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:46,480 Telling you to trust us. 364 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:51,830 She's fallen in with my mother. 365 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:53,430 They've been talking. 366 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:55,950 She doesn't want me and Rose happy. 367 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,630 She brought the germs in with her. 368 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:01,270 A special one, left over from when we had the Plague. 369 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:04,640 Mrs Saint, who are you talking about? 370 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,840 The Sister, the one who brought the badness in. 371 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:13,190 Sister Julienne? That's why I have to get my baby clean. 372 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:16,030 I have to take her to the river. She'll be safe there, like... 373 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:17,120 Like Moses. 374 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:20,110 You have to get her out of here, Nurse. 375 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:22,550 You have to... You have to keep her away from here, please. 376 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,550 Who's that? Who've you brought here? 377 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:30,830 It's Dr Turner. He visits all newly-delivered mothers. 378 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:32,760 Mrs Saint, it's quite all right. 379 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:35,040 Hello, Mrs Saint. 380 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,440 Would you wait next door, Nurse Miller? 381 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:46,920 There's no need to worry. No need at all. 382 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,390 I've given her a sedative. She's stable 383 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,550 but I would like a second opinion, urgently. 384 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:09,990 Could it be a puerperal psychosis? 385 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:11,440 As a worst case, yes. 386 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:17,990 I thought we spoke, Nurse. 387 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:22,000 Mr Saint, this is rather more than anxiety. 388 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:25,950 Your wife is showing signs of paranoia. 389 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:31,310 It's rare but it may be a hormonal fluctuation caused by Rose's birth. 390 00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:36,000 Have you noticed any change in her behaviour? Anything at all? 391 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:38,520 We must know, Mr Saint. 392 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:41,560 There's no shame in it. 393 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,990 She's my Pam! There's nothing wrong with her. 394 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:48,550 I'm arranging a psychiatric assessment. 395 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:52,070 A head doctor? No! No, no, no! She ain't going to no head doctor! 396 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:55,270 Then he will visit her today. 397 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:59,790 And if she shows any further signs of anxiety, you must telephone us. 398 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:02,080 I'll call again later. 399 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:05,600 Thank you. Goodbye. 400 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:12,390 Dr Hatton will make a late call to Mrs Saint tonight. 401 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:13,640 Poor woman. 402 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,270 We have our own appointment. 403 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:21,110 We're to be interviewed by the adoption society. 404 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:22,630 They'll visit us at home 405 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:24,990 to see if we're "fit and proper persons". 406 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,590 I'd hope our work was testament to that. 407 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:30,870 Think they're rather more concerned with the sort of people we are 408 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:34,150 outside of work and the home we may offer a child. 409 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:35,640 Best behaviour, please. 410 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:40,390 Fred? 411 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:42,480 Cue the music! Lights! 412 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:46,160 Fred and Ginger at your service! 413 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:56,000 ♪ Maria Elena You're the answer to a prayer 414 00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:05,240 ♪ Maria Elena Can't you see how much I care? ♪ 415 00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:07,320 Right. 416 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:11,990 Left foot forward. Right foot to the side. 417 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:13,600 Bring the left foot to the right. 418 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:17,390 Sorry. It's all in the eyes. 419 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:19,760 Connect there and it doesn't matter what your feet do. 420 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:26,800 The waltz is all about protection. 421 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:31,390 It's a dance that says, 422 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:33,680 "I have you in my arms, my dear. 423 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:37,120 "All is well with the world." 424 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:43,350 It's also about trying not to tread on the lady's toes! 425 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:44,870 You ain't making no sense. Enough! 426 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:47,510 Don't let him back in here, OK, cos he tried to give me something 427 00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:49,350 but I... I didn't take it. I spat it back out. 428 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:51,070 He's a doctor! He's trying to help you. 429 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:53,070 No! You...you need to help me! 430 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:55,150 I don't want any more people coming in here. 431 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:59,070 They're checking you and the baby. They want to take her! Stop this! 432 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:01,000 Please. Stop it! 433 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:06,310 Be all right. 434 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:08,160 Get you some fish and chips, eh? 435 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:11,240 You're all right. 436 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:31,640 I got there in the end! 437 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:37,430 I'm afraid they're just early labour pains. 438 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:40,310 Not quite ready for curtain-up yet, Faye. 439 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:42,830 Don't I get my flowers back? 440 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:46,390 In the morning. They take oxygen from the ward at night. 441 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:47,720 They reminded me of home. 442 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:50,760 Makes me feel more alone than ever. 443 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:55,030 You're not alone. You've got me. 444 00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:57,640 Will you be with me when my time comes? 445 00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:01,150 Please, Nurse! 446 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:02,240 Of course I will. 447 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:04,400 Nurse Lee? 448 00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:12,670 Your job is to prepare these women for labour, 449 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:15,350 not to offer personal guarantees. 450 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:18,150 It makes a great difference to the patient if she feels supported. 451 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:21,510 I won't insult you by pointing out you are governed by shifts. 452 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:23,230 In an hour's time, yours is at an end. 453 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:24,550 I'd be happy to work beyond... 454 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:27,590 You're not here to involve yourself in the lives of others. 455 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:31,320 Isn't that why you've come away from district midwifery? 456 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:42,760 Bridge, was it? 457 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:48,150 Yes. The old dears do love it! 458 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,600 And you accompany it with romantic music? 459 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:55,190 I didn't come down in the last shower. 460 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:56,800 I saw you with Tom! 461 00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:00,190 It's not what you think. 462 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:03,590 Or at least, what I think you might think. 463 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:05,390 Don't make a fool of me! 464 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:07,320 I'm rather hurt you think I would. 465 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:11,510 Rats! Look... 466 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:13,790 I was teaching Tom to dance... 467 00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:15,080 for you. 468 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:18,230 He wanted to surprise you. 469 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:21,190 And just to add to the heady romance, Fred was there. 470 00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:24,470 Utterly irresistible to both Tom and myself! 471 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:27,270 And, with the greatest respect, Tom is not my type. 472 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:28,990 At all! 473 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:31,430 And what do you mean by that? 474 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:35,390 Well, apart from the fact that he's clearly besotted with you, there are 475 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:39,630 certain things he lacks and certain things he has too much of... 476 00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:41,520 for me. 477 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:46,640 Pamela? I'm back! 478 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:01,880 No! 479 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,390 Good night, Sister. Good night. 480 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:10,590 Nurse Lee? Help me! 481 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:11,990 I think my waters have broken. 482 00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:13,990 Why on earth didn't you call me? 483 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:15,670 Lie flat for me, Faye. 484 00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:18,470 I want Nurse Lee! She said she'd be with me. 485 00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:20,950 We're all here to help you, Mrs Rawle. 486 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:24,870 She was fixated with the river, about how the water there is safer. 487 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:27,870 Is there somewhere she goes? Somewhere with meaning? 488 00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:31,190 There was the pier at Middle Dock. 489 00:34:31,240 --> 00:34:34,080 Tell Dr Turner where we are. You stay here in case she returns. 490 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:38,440 Sister, the cord has prolapsed. 491 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:41,280 What does that mean? 492 00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:46,670 We need to get you to theatre. Baby's in difficulty. 493 00:34:46,720 --> 00:34:49,350 Call the porters. Inform theatre we have a cord prolapse. 494 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:51,350 Don't leave me, Nurse! Please, don't leave me! 495 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:53,470 Baby's pushing on the cord. It's all right, Faye. 496 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:56,150 We need to relieve the pressure. Now, I need you on your knees. 497 00:34:56,200 --> 00:35:00,830 Good girl. Knees on the bed. Knees and onto your elbows. 498 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:03,510 Lean on your elbows. I can't lose another! 499 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:05,480 You're not going to. Quickly now! 500 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:08,240 Straight to theatre. 501 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:11,070 Don't leave me, Nurse! 502 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:12,960 Nurse Lee, your shift is at an end. 503 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:25,070 Dear God! Pamela! 504 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:27,030 Oh, my Lord! What you doing up there? 505 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:29,430 My milk! It came! 506 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:30,470 Get down from there! 507 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:33,200 You stay away! You just stay away from us! 508 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:38,870 Stop it, Rose. Got to get you clean. I've got to get you safe. 509 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:41,710 Pam, I'm warning you! No! She's got my daughter! 510 00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:43,790 We must take very great care because of that. 511 00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:46,600 I keep asking you! Why won't you just leave us? 512 00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:51,800 It's the germs! Brought them here like wolves! 513 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:56,150 You're frightening Rose. 514 00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:58,830 It's not me. It's you and it's that... 515 00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:02,790 It's that thing that scares her. It's that! 516 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:04,800 My wimple? I'll take it off. 517 00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:08,960 I don't want to scare her. Neither do you. 518 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:13,910 You're her mother. You're the one that protects her. 519 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:15,240 You're trying to trick me! 520 00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:19,510 They're here to help. 521 00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:21,510 No, they want to take her! 522 00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:24,950 They want you to be safe. They want Rose to be safe. 523 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:27,790 She's crying, you see. She's crying cos she doesn't trust you. 524 00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:31,230 That's because she's cold. Oh, look at her, Pamela! 525 00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,480 She's not strong enough to be out. 526 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:41,390 Nurse Miller and I can help. Let us help Rose. 527 00:36:49,720 --> 00:36:52,470 I can't. I have to wash her. 528 00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:53,950 It's the germs! 529 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:57,190 Not the river. In a warm bath. 530 00:36:57,240 --> 00:36:59,710 We can do that. We can take her home. 531 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:02,870 Would you like that? To go home? To be safe? 532 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:04,440 For Rose to be safe? 533 00:37:30,720 --> 00:37:33,750 Quickly, Nurse Miller! Against your skin for warmth. 534 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:43,720 Sister! No! Pamela! No! 535 00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:53,840 You will get better. You will get better. 536 00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:58,760 It will end, I promise. 537 00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:02,240 Fetch an ambulance. 538 00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:18,200 She is suffering from puerperal psychosis. 539 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:21,910 She is being admitted to Bow House. 540 00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:23,960 What, the nut house? 541 00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:28,510 She was happy! She... She wanted the baby. 542 00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:31,150 She still does. She will be better. 543 00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:32,720 She tried to hurt our baby! 544 00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:35,750 How can a mother do that? 545 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:39,320 I'd like to show you how to give Rose her formula. 546 00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:41,720 Here. 547 00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:58,040 ♪ Good night, my love 548 00:38:59,960 --> 00:39:02,270 ♪ Pleasant dreams 549 00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:04,920 ♪ Sleep tight, my love 550 00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:11,160 ♪ May tomorrow be sunny and bright 551 00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:16,400 ♪ And bring you closer to me 552 00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:24,480 ♪ Before you go 553 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:30,720 ♪ Please remember I need you so 554 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:36,960 ♪ And this love that I have for you 555 00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:42,270 ♪ Will never grow old. ♪ 556 00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:44,200 I wouldn't ever hurt her! 557 00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:48,480 I just want her back! 558 00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:57,790 You don't strike me as a dancer. 559 00:39:57,840 --> 00:39:59,430 Well, that's because 560 00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,030 you haven't been swept round the dance floor by me. 561 00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:05,840 I won competitions... me and my old lady. 562 00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:10,510 I miss it. 563 00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:14,080 The dancing. Well, her most of all. 564 00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:18,630 It was nice to hear the music again. 565 00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:21,560 It's very unfair to pluck at my heartstrings. 566 00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:28,590 This business about the parishioner, he made it up. 567 00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:31,920 He was too embarrassed to tell you he can't dance. 568 00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:35,480 He's mad about you, Nurse Franklin. 569 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:41,200 He's got potential. Hidden, but it's definitely there. 570 00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:06,160 I lost it, didn't I? 571 00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:13,310 You have a little boy, Faye, who screams his lungs out, 572 00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:16,590 has ten fingers and ten perfect toes. 573 00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:18,630 I can't believe they didn't tell you. 574 00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:20,430 Where is he? I... I want to see him. 575 00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:23,870 You've had major surgery. You need time to recover. 576 00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:24,960 Please! 577 00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:27,640 I never held my last. 578 00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:33,440 I wish there was something I could do. It's against hospital rules. 579 00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:41,760 I'm not even supposed to be in here. 580 00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:46,790 We've enough here to feed the whole of Poplar. 581 00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:48,350 Might we keep a little back? 582 00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:52,350 I don't think Mr Saint knows how to operate anything beyond a tin opener in the kitchen. 583 00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:53,710 I could take it to him. 584 00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:55,510 I'd rather it went to his wife. 585 00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:56,950 She's the one that's suffering. 586 00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:59,470 Nurse Franklin, they're all suffering. 587 00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:03,310 Thankfully, baby's with an aunt and will have no memory of events. 588 00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:04,950 How long for, though? 589 00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,110 The Largactil's cured the psychosis 590 00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:09,710 but can do nothing for her terrible depression. 591 00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:13,310 We must hope the electroconvulsive therapy restores her. 592 00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:15,310 I worked in a psychiatric ward. 593 00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:18,480 I've never seen a patient get free of the black dog without it. 594 00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:22,430 Timothy is a very happy young child 595 00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:25,880 who, we hope, reflects the love our home is filled with. 596 00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:31,070 Our wards have already been abandoned once. 597 00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:33,710 It is my duty to limit their pain to once. 598 00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:35,550 We would never abandon a child. 599 00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:39,430 What occupied you during the period April 1945 600 00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:41,920 to December of that year, Dr Turner? 601 00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:45,190 Your detailed service and work history - 602 00:42:45,240 --> 00:42:47,710 there seems to be an omission. 603 00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:50,070 I... I was injured. 604 00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:51,910 Could you be more specific? 605 00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:53,510 I prefer not to. 606 00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:56,350 Patrick? I don't see how this is relevant. 607 00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:59,430 You were discharged from the Army. 608 00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:03,520 You must understand. It was the end of the War. 609 00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:09,470 I...I was Medical Corps, trying to save lives at the front. I... 610 00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:13,190 You were an inpatient at Northfield Military Psychiatric Hospital 611 00:43:13,240 --> 00:43:15,270 for five months... 612 00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:18,960 while you were being treated for war neurosis. 613 00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:28,840 I was worn out. There was too much death. 614 00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:34,360 I recovered. I'm recovered. 615 00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:42,800 We've both needed great strength. 616 00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:48,030 We believe a child should be placed in a home 617 00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:51,160 where truth and trust are central to that home. 618 00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:56,230 How could you not tell me? 619 00:43:56,280 --> 00:43:58,910 I didn't think she would go through my entire history! 620 00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:03,470 She is placing a child! She needs to know who she is placing it with. 621 00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:05,240 So do I! 622 00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:08,480 What happened to you? 623 00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:12,200 I can't talk about it. 624 00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:17,110 If you think we can forget this, you don't know me! 625 00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:20,390 I won't live with this between us, Patrick. 626 00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:24,630 I manage. I manage by keeping it behind me. 627 00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:29,440 How can you treat others when you so clearly cannot treat yourself? 628 00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:38,560 Mr Saint? 629 00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:42,520 Might you visit Pamela? 630 00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:45,950 What, in the nut house? It's not an asylum. 631 00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:47,950 Keep your voice down, please! 632 00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:50,670 You're saying the people in there ain't loonies? 633 00:44:50,720 --> 00:44:53,310 The people in there are being treated for mental illnesses 634 00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:56,270 by medical doctors and nurses, not jailors. 635 00:44:56,320 --> 00:44:58,030 It ain't no place for decent people! 636 00:44:58,080 --> 00:44:59,870 They're ill, Mr Saint. 637 00:44:59,920 --> 00:45:02,270 They should be extended the same understanding 638 00:45:02,320 --> 00:45:04,150 that we have for physical illnesses. 639 00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:06,990 Your visit will speed her recovery. 640 00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:10,240 You didn't lose your daughter. You must not lose your wife. 641 00:45:35,560 --> 00:45:38,960 Hello, little one. There's someone you need to meet. 642 00:45:44,240 --> 00:45:45,480 Can I help you, Nurse? 643 00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:51,400 Yes. I need a very, very large favour. 644 00:46:01,240 --> 00:46:05,150 You have to be very careful. Gentle movements. 645 00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:06,240 Is he really mine? 646 00:46:07,960 --> 00:46:09,000 Every last ounce. 647 00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:11,840 Gently. 648 00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:22,040 Beautiful. 649 00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:43,790 I understand you had to dance with Patsy 650 00:46:43,840 --> 00:46:47,880 which, charming as she is, took a great deal of courage. 651 00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:51,000 I want to make you happy. 652 00:46:54,160 --> 00:46:56,720 It'd be a crime to waste what you've learned. 653 00:46:58,800 --> 00:47:00,040 I'm off at five. 654 00:47:20,120 --> 00:47:21,160 It's no use. 655 00:47:24,760 --> 00:47:27,390 I can stand up in a school or a church 656 00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:29,600 and give a sermon to 100 people, but... 657 00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:34,360 ..when it's just me, I... 658 00:47:37,360 --> 00:47:41,430 I want to be able to sweep you off your feet, but I can't even... 659 00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:42,800 Do be quiet. 660 00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:48,080 There are some things you just have to stop thinking about... 661 00:47:50,400 --> 00:47:52,150 ..and start doing. 662 00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:58,270 ♪ I wonder if we'll ever meet 663 00:47:58,320 --> 00:48:02,270 ♪ My song of love 664 00:48:02,320 --> 00:48:06,630 ♪ Is incomplete 665 00:48:06,680 --> 00:48:11,150 ♪ I'm just the words 666 00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:15,470 ♪ Looking for the tune 667 00:48:15,520 --> 00:48:22,280 ♪ Reaching for the moon and you... ♪ 668 00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:24,840 Sign here. 669 00:48:46,840 --> 00:48:51,630 ♪ I'm just the words 670 00:48:51,680 --> 00:48:56,150 ♪ Looking for the tune 671 00:48:56,200 --> 00:49:04,000 ♪ Reaching for the moon and you. ♪ 672 00:49:16,640 --> 00:49:20,070 Quite why curd should be such a challenge... 673 00:49:20,120 --> 00:49:21,200 Let me. 674 00:49:27,040 --> 00:49:28,590 Should you tire of nursing, 675 00:49:28,640 --> 00:49:31,480 Nurse Lee, I may have want of a jar-opener. 676 00:49:32,520 --> 00:49:34,310 Well, I may enjoy it. 677 00:49:34,360 --> 00:49:37,470 At least I'd be able to see it through from beginning to end. 678 00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:40,960 Not tasting, of course. I retain all tasting rights! 679 00:49:43,120 --> 00:49:45,320 How did care become so lightly valued? 680 00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:48,590 In the hospital, I mean. 681 00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:52,080 It seems I'd do better if I treat my patients like strangers. 682 00:49:54,280 --> 00:49:59,400 Swift machines built for the future, the world passes in a blur. 683 00:50:01,400 --> 00:50:03,720 But we can always walk, Nurse Lee... 684 00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:08,470 ..should we prefer to see what we are missing. 685 00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:10,960 I have the cream! 686 00:50:16,840 --> 00:50:18,000 Lady Browne? 687 00:50:27,800 --> 00:50:31,120 Are you all right? You look a little pale. 688 00:50:34,120 --> 00:50:38,160 The air could hardly be described as therapeutic. 689 00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:43,320 What school have you got Freddie down for? 690 00:50:44,960 --> 00:50:46,310 I'm sorry? 691 00:50:46,360 --> 00:50:48,680 One cannot get the ball rolling too soon. 692 00:50:50,440 --> 00:50:51,480 Oh, I see. 693 00:50:54,520 --> 00:50:57,430 I think you understand that we're not in a position to manage 694 00:50:57,480 --> 00:50:59,190 a private education for Freddie, 695 00:50:59,240 --> 00:51:01,840 but we have high hopes for the grammar school. 696 00:51:05,600 --> 00:51:07,590 I can almost accept the limitations 697 00:51:07,640 --> 00:51:10,510 my daughter has set herself through this marriage, 698 00:51:10,560 --> 00:51:15,070 but my grandson... to be so poorly provided for! 699 00:51:15,120 --> 00:51:16,630 I love them. 700 00:51:16,680 --> 00:51:18,990 One cannot survive on love. 701 00:51:19,040 --> 00:51:21,510 One cannot survive without it. Camilla. 702 00:51:21,560 --> 00:51:23,190 It needs to be said! 703 00:51:23,240 --> 00:51:25,710 We could scrimp and save. 704 00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:29,470 We could possibly afford the fees, send him away. 705 00:51:29,520 --> 00:51:31,510 Camilla, let's talk about this later. 706 00:51:31,560 --> 00:51:36,030 We could have him reared by cold and distant people who would 707 00:51:36,080 --> 00:51:40,110 want him to be cold and distant so he didn't cry himself to sleep. 708 00:51:40,160 --> 00:51:42,760 But despite what you so clearly think of us... 709 00:51:44,680 --> 00:51:48,510 ..we believe we'll give him the best start... 710 00:51:48,560 --> 00:51:51,240 because he'll know he's loved. 711 00:52:04,640 --> 00:52:07,230 I fear you were right all along, Mater. 712 00:52:07,280 --> 00:52:11,360 You're better off in a hotel. Excuse me. 713 00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:35,190 Ah, Nurse Lee! Mrs Morecombe in to delivery. 714 00:52:35,240 --> 00:52:37,430 Update her notes, please. Of course. 715 00:52:37,480 --> 00:52:38,520 Sister? 716 00:52:41,440 --> 00:52:44,910 I'm afraid I have to give notice on my time here. 717 00:52:44,960 --> 00:52:48,790 I'm sorry. I admire what you do, greatly. 718 00:52:48,840 --> 00:52:54,230 But I realise I have to be able to sit with a patient all night 719 00:52:54,280 --> 00:52:57,360 if needed, or go to her at a moment's notice. 720 00:52:58,800 --> 00:53:00,270 I need to care. 721 00:53:00,320 --> 00:53:03,120 I can't ration it or turn it into an efficiency. 722 00:53:04,920 --> 00:53:06,720 That'll never be my way. 723 00:53:20,400 --> 00:53:22,310 Goodbye, little one. 724 00:53:22,360 --> 00:53:25,320 Grandma's made a bit of a hash of things, hasn't she? 725 00:53:26,480 --> 00:53:30,000 See, you're a natural with him. 726 00:53:32,840 --> 00:53:36,720 I'm a natural with horses. Both parties know where they stand. 727 00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:44,680 Lady Browne, why don't we all sit down, see if we can't work this out? 728 00:54:05,720 --> 00:54:07,800 Nonnatus House, midwife speaking. 729 00:54:09,040 --> 00:54:10,480 Peter! 730 00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:19,870 'Pamela continued with a course of treatment 731 00:54:19,920 --> 00:54:23,560 'as unfathomable as the brain on which it was applied. 732 00:54:27,560 --> 00:54:31,350 'Like a filament powered by the same electricity, 733 00:54:31,400 --> 00:54:35,400 'she began to grow brighter, began to return. 734 00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:41,320 'But still, she was separated from her child.' 735 00:54:45,600 --> 00:54:49,270 And it was just us, dancing to the sound of the river 736 00:54:49,320 --> 00:54:51,230 and Ella Fitzgerald! 737 00:54:51,280 --> 00:54:52,950 How romantic! 738 00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:56,830 Of course, I shall need cotton wool for my shoes. Protect the toes! 739 00:54:56,880 --> 00:54:59,280 Don't remind me. I still have the bruises! 740 00:55:01,720 --> 00:55:04,720 Is it true? You're back, properly? 741 00:55:07,680 --> 00:55:09,510 I miss the East End. 742 00:55:09,560 --> 00:55:10,840 Just the East End? 743 00:55:13,080 --> 00:55:17,270 Cycling over the cobbles - very good for the legs. 744 00:55:17,320 --> 00:55:21,950 The endless cups of tea, heaving my bag around all day, every day. 745 00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:24,080 All those little things. And us? 746 00:55:26,120 --> 00:55:29,400 Didn't I say? Missed you most of all. 747 00:56:08,840 --> 00:56:10,680 Have you spoken with the surgeons? 748 00:56:13,000 --> 00:56:15,120 They call it an open and closed case. 749 00:56:16,720 --> 00:56:20,710 Investigations show malignant tumours in the abdomen, 750 00:56:20,760 --> 00:56:23,200 liver, spleen. I could go on. 751 00:56:25,280 --> 00:56:26,920 "Nothing can be done." 752 00:56:28,840 --> 00:56:30,120 Such simple words. 753 00:56:32,320 --> 00:56:33,680 Oh, Camilla. 754 00:56:37,560 --> 00:56:40,600 To have been in such pain and kept silent. 755 00:56:49,120 --> 00:56:51,790 You're making a wonderful job of that. 756 00:56:51,840 --> 00:56:53,670 Probably shouldn't. 757 00:56:53,720 --> 00:56:56,590 Feels like I'm getting ahead of myself, but... 758 00:56:56,640 --> 00:56:59,070 I can't just sit here doing nothing. 759 00:56:59,120 --> 00:57:02,070 And even if I don't get to give it to her myself, just... 760 00:57:02,120 --> 00:57:04,510 knowing that she's warm... 761 00:57:04,560 --> 00:57:06,510 I'm going to leave you now, Pamela. 762 00:57:06,560 --> 00:57:08,470 No, no, no! I want you to stay. 763 00:57:08,520 --> 00:57:11,470 I, um... I finished the hat. I was going to show you. 764 00:57:11,520 --> 00:57:12,960 You have other visitors. 765 00:57:43,720 --> 00:57:44,710 Take her, then. 766 00:57:48,960 --> 00:57:50,000 She needs you. 767 00:57:51,160 --> 00:57:52,200 We both do. 768 00:58:09,120 --> 00:58:13,030 'Invisible wounds are the hardest to heal, 769 00:58:13,080 --> 00:58:16,160 'for their closure depends upon the love of others... 770 00:58:17,320 --> 00:58:21,960 '..on patience, understanding and the tender gift of time.' 771 00:58:29,560 --> 00:58:33,760 - Begging your pardon, Sister, but it's Sister Monica Joan. - Oh, no! 772 00:58:37,040 --> 00:58:39,190 - You're the father? - He's the cousin. - Out! 773 00:58:39,240 --> 00:58:42,760 The mother-daughter bond is a very precious thing. 774 00:58:48,640 --> 00:58:50,640 Nurse Lee has some news for us. 775 00:58:55,680 --> 00:58:58,190 ♪ You know 776 00:58:58,240 --> 00:59:00,360 ♪ I really love you 777 00:59:01,400 --> 00:59:03,950 ♪ You know 778 00:59:04,000 --> 00:59:07,190 ♪ I love the things you do 779 00:59:07,240 --> 00:59:09,790 ♪ To me 780 00:59:09,840 --> 00:59:13,920 ♪ Why did you say we're through? ♪