1 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:13,400 -♪ ♪ 2 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:29,200 (distorted, echoing voices growing louder) 3 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:39,320 RINGMASTER: Roll up, roll up, ladies and gentlemen. 4 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:41,280 The most marvelous, 5 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:44,920 the most courageous, Miss Sara Waybourne! 6 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:53,640 ♪ ♪ 7 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:22,880 Bertie? 8 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:29,160 Where are you!? 9 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:33,640 It's okay, Sprout. 10 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:35,360 I've gotcha. 11 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,600 ♪ ♪ 12 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:48,560 -Why does she... -Shh. 13 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,120 Come here. 14 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,240 Well, they were out of control. 15 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:56,520 -Just wait until I tell Mrs. Appleyard. -You will not. 16 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:59,680 I don't think that you are fit 17 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:01,680 to be in charge of young ladies. 18 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:03,080 Perhaps... 19 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,840 perhaps I watch out for them in other ways. 20 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:10,360 -I forgot she was there. -Oh... 21 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:15,200 : Oh, Sara. 22 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,960 -Here. -I want... to see... 23 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:19,520 Irma. 24 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,400 Irma is gone. 25 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:31,880 Cook's made your favorite breakfast. 26 00:02:31,920 --> 00:02:33,720 Porridge with treacle. 27 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:37,520 Come on, Tom'll be fatter than me 28 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:40,160 if he keeps scoffing all these meals you won't touch. 29 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,560 Porridge with treacle is my brother's favorite. 30 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:46,720 -Yeah. 31 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:48,640 He's coming for me, Minnie. I know it. 32 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:50,160 Of course he is. 33 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:52,800 And he'd want you to eat, to stay strong. 34 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:54,800 Bertie's the best rider. 35 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:56,080 He loves horses. 36 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:57,920 We'll join a circus. 37 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:00,000 Is that so? 38 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:01,880 Well, eat up, then. 39 00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:04,680 Miranda says there are pretty circus ladies 40 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,200 who ride horses, and they stand on one leg. 41 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,240 We really should pack up Miranda Reid's things. 42 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:18,480 For safekeeping. 43 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:20,040 Yes, ma'am. 44 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:29,280 Your shoulders are the bane of Miss Lumley's life. 45 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:35,200 You know, if you didn't slouch... 46 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,200 well, you wouldn't need the posture board, would you? 47 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:44,440 I've come to understand 48 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:48,200 what a clever little spy you are. 49 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,960 You must have a great collection of special secrets. 50 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,120 I was your age once. 51 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:00,520 I know all about collecting secrets. 52 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:03,640 You don't know anything. 53 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,160 ♪ ♪ 54 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:15,040 APPLEYARD: Hysteria 55 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:18,520 is an unattractive malady which must be extinguished. 56 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:21,520 The remedy shall be fresh air 57 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:22,920 and organ music. 58 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:24,520 It is the Sabbath. 59 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:27,200 This morning we shall return 60 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:29,200 -to church. : Oh... 61 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:31,640 Please collect your hats, 62 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,120 gloves and capes. 63 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:37,640 Blanche, make sure that the girls proceed to the drag 64 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:39,520 in an orderly fashion. 65 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,400 Yes, Mrs. Appleyard. 66 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:44,720 Off you go. 67 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:51,560 Watch your step. 68 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:53,440 Miss Lumley. 69 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,240 Take Sara to her room. 70 00:04:56,280 --> 00:04:59,040 She appears to have a rash. Keep an eye on her. 71 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:02,760 Wait. You mean... stay here? 72 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:04,840 But I'll miss the sermon. 73 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:07,880 I'm sure your faith is strong enough to be tested. 74 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:09,280 Indeed it is. 75 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:25,200 Well, well, well. 76 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:27,880 Hello, Hester, luv. 77 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:12,920 Give it back. 78 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:14,360 Give it back. Give it back! 79 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:15,920 Drive on, Mr. Hussey. We're going home. 80 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:17,040 Drive on! 81 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:18,440 Giddyap! Hey-oh! 82 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:27,520 What dark souls people have behind their smiling faces. 83 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,320 We'd never have imagined. 84 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:34,040 Those young ladies have been defiled 85 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:36,560 and tossed into the ravine a dozen times a day 86 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:38,360 since they've disappeared. 87 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:41,720 Well, that shows how ignorant people are. 88 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:45,000 Outrages occur behind innocent front doors, 89 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:47,240 not out in nature. 90 00:06:47,280 --> 00:06:50,320 I was starting to wonder if there could have been foul play. 91 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:52,600 If they're at the bottom of a ravine, 92 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:54,720 it's because they held hands and jumped. 93 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:57,920 Don't look at me like that. 94 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:00,760 Have you any idea what goes on inside the minds of girls 95 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:03,760 that age, what they get up to when they're not supervised? 96 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:05,880 It must have seemed like 97 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:09,600 such a grand adventure at first. 98 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:51,560 ♪ ♪ 99 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:23,040 ♪ ♪ 100 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:01,360 ♪ ♪ 101 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:26,880 So, are you gonna marry me? 102 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:30,480 I already said yes. 103 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:36,880 -Stay here. 104 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:45,480 You're all maniacs! 105 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:50,320 WILKINS: Steady there. Easy now. 106 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:53,880 : Put the gun down. 107 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:55,320 Miss Sara. 108 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:57,600 Are you all right? 109 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:09,800 Girls, look away. 110 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:12,200 Inside. Quickly. 111 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:19,640 Sorry to do this in front of the girls. 112 00:10:19,680 --> 00:10:21,320 NOLAN: Lying bitch! 113 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:22,800 I see you two are acquainted. 114 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:24,920 There was an incident with one of the girls. 115 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:26,680 Which girl? 116 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:28,040 Miranda Reid. 117 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:30,600 He showed an unwelcome interest. 118 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:32,880 It was at the government cottage fête. 119 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:34,920 It was unimportant. He was drunk then, too. 120 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:36,320 Trodden on by his horse. 121 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:38,280 -Bullshit. -Language. 122 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:40,200 Sluice him down before you put him in the wagon. 123 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:41,680 Yes, boss. 124 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:49,760 Why do you own a gun? 125 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:51,760 It belonged to my late husband. 126 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:54,600 Why did you station an officer on my property without asking 127 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:56,880 -I heard you were having some trouble 128 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:58,000 with a possum. 129 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:01,680 Sergeant, I have told you before, 130 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:03,680 this is a ladies' college, 131 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:05,680 and I am charged with their reputations. 132 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:08,040 That is an Enfield. It's a highwayman's gun. 133 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:09,760 What are you doing with a highwayman's gun, 134 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:11,840 -Speaking of highwaymen, 135 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:14,760 any news on the two riders? 136 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:16,720 I believe they were shearers. 137 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:20,240 Since when do shearers ride valuable horses? 138 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:22,760 You will remove yourself and the young pup 139 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,120 you've sent to guard us immediately. 140 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:28,080 I am more than capable of looking after my own girls. 141 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,200 If I had been on that picnic, 142 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:32,720 none of this would have happened. 143 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:34,880 Why didn't you go on the picnic? 144 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:39,000 I dislike the Australian landscape. 145 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:41,120 It is insubordinate. 146 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:44,880 GIRL: Where did she find the gun? 147 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:47,240 GIRL 2: I don't know, but I don't trust her. 148 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:50,280 -She's dangerous. -Lucky she didn't shoot us. 149 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:52,640 (conversation continues indistinctly) 150 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:00,640 SARA: How many days on the train? 151 00:12:00,680 --> 00:12:02,200 MIRANDA: Five. 152 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:07,320 Just you and me, then two days' drive from Mackay. 153 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:09,120 Ooh, Reg, Reg, Reg, Reg! 154 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:11,360 Oh. 155 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:13,640 Surely these girls should be more modest? 156 00:12:13,680 --> 00:12:17,040 Well, if you change your mind, I'll be at the Menzies. 157 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,600 I've ordered marrons glacés so it should still feel 158 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:21,960 like Christmas even in this horrid heat. 159 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:23,720 I love Christmas here. 160 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:25,200 It's peaceful. 161 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:26,960 I get to read all day. 162 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:33,000 Venez les filles. We must go. 163 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:41,000 Your mom must be very busy wrapping all your presents. 164 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:45,600 We will take you to your house on our way to the station. 165 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:48,240 Thank you. 166 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,600 Blanche, in the back. 167 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:57,120 I'm just so excited... 168 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:17,440 ♪ ♪ 169 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:26,760 They're cleaning. 170 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:29,000 Everything's covered in dust sheets. 171 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:39,000 It's nice and cool in here. 172 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:40,760 Not for long. I'm boiling these buggers. 173 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:43,000 Off you go. 174 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:50,960 I just did the floors in there, Miss Marion. 175 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:52,440 So shoo. 176 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:55,760 -Christmas spirit everywhere we turn. 177 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:58,840 My father sent me a crate of books. 178 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:00,560 So I heard. 179 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:02,280 You can borrow any you'd like. 180 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:08,400 Our room bakes in the afternoon. 181 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:12,520 I know a nook. 182 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:30,160 What are you reading? 183 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:31,840 The Turn of the Screw. 184 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:35,680 Sounds dull. Is it about carpentry? 185 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:37,440 I don't think so. 186 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:39,040 I can go back to the beginning if you like. 187 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:47,920 "The story had held us, 188 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:52,600 "round the fire, sufficiently breathless, 189 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:55,840 "but for the obvious remark that it was gruesome, 190 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:59,160 as on Christmas Eve in an old house." 191 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,880 "Gruesome." Go on. 192 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:05,760 "I remember no comment uttered till somebody happened to say 193 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:09,080 "that it was the only case he had met in which 194 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,560 such a visitation had fallen on a child." 195 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:14,320 A visitation. 196 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:41,400 "The apparition had reached the landing halfway up 197 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:44,320 "and was therefore on the spot nearest the window, 198 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:46,680 "where at the sight of me, it stopped short 199 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:48,920 "and fixed me exactly as it had fixed me 200 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:50,960 from the tower and from the garden." 201 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,600 Oh, my Lord. Go on. 202 00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:59,760 "He knew me as well as I knew him; 203 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:01,920 "and so, in the cold, faint twilight, 204 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:03,520 "with a glimmer in the high glass 205 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:05,920 "and another on the polish of the oak stair below, 206 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:08,560 we faced each other in our common intensity." 207 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:15,160 "He was absolutely, on this occasion, 208 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:18,680 a living, detestable, dangerous presence." 209 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:22,680 We should go. Cook will skin us alive. 210 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:23,960 We could continue after dinner. 211 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:25,400 In the dark? 212 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:27,360 I'll have night terrors. 213 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:30,160 Well, that would be the fun of it. 214 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:54,560 No one can sleep tonight. 215 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:57,080 I think Mrs. Appleyard has gone up to the tower. 216 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:59,640 That's odd. 217 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:04,800 Shall I go on? 218 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:07,320 Oh, I wish we'd never started this terrible story. 219 00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:08,760 Don't stop. 220 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:18,960 Do you believe in ghosts? 221 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,080 I don't know. 222 00:17:21,120 --> 00:17:23,320 "She isn't there, little lady. 223 00:17:23,360 --> 00:17:26,520 "Nobody's there. 224 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:28,080 "How can poor Miss Jessel be there 225 00:17:28,120 --> 00:17:31,640 when poor Miss Jessel's dead and buried?" 226 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:51,720 It's interesting to me 227 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:55,560 that you chose to remain here for Christmas, 228 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:59,040 despite the luxuries offered by Miss Leopold. 229 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:00,800 Yes, I did. 230 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:03,240 Have you considered what you'll do 231 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:05,120 when you finish your senior year? 232 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:09,080 Not really. 233 00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:11,840 Unfortunately, Marion, 234 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:17,480 the sort of husband you deserve is unlikely to propose. 235 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:22,760 I would like to offer you work. 236 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:24,160 What sort of work? 237 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:25,800 Teaching history. 238 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:28,600 You would have your own room. 239 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:31,440 You would eat meals with the staff. 240 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:34,320 Obviously, you wouldn't interact with the parents directly, 241 00:18:34,360 --> 00:18:39,720 but you may come to view that as a privilege, not a punishment. 242 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:42,880 Naturally, you will receive the same wage 243 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:45,400 as the other teachers 244 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:47,760 with holiday entitlements. 245 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:51,040 How generous. 246 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:54,040 Thank you, Mrs. Appleyard. 247 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,720 Hello, ladies. I'm back. 248 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:04,000 Where's Marion? 249 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:12,960 History's so dull. 250 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:17,520 Will you accept? 251 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,120 Yes. 252 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:28,280 For one reason only. 253 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:39,560 Shall we find out how it ends? 254 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:44,640 I don't want it to end. 255 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,280 Everything ends 256 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:53,200 unless you stay in between. 257 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:57,560 It's easier there. 258 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:00,600 In between? 259 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:03,560 What does that mean? 260 00:20:10,120 --> 00:20:11,800 GIRL: Welcome back. 261 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:12,960 So good to see you. 262 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,880 Did you have a nice holiday? 263 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:18,240 -Irma's cross with me. 264 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:20,120 I don't know. 265 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:21,640 Blanche is her favorite now. 266 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:23,960 She's invited her to sleep in our room. 267 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:27,160 How was your holiday? 268 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,080 -It was sublimely stupendous. 269 00:20:29,120 --> 00:20:30,640 -I rescued a baby wallaby. -Ooh. 270 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:31,840 A joey. 271 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:34,040 And my horse was called Beetle. 272 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:35,680 He taught me how to ride him. 273 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:37,040 Yeah, Beatle's quite chatty for a horse. 274 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:41,920 I had a sublimely stupendous time, too. 275 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:03,880 ALBERT: Well, well, well, how about this? 276 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:06,400 Didn't expect you. 277 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:09,640 Thought you'd be on the run after what happened. 278 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:11,680 I needed to get away. 279 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:13,080 Get my head straight. 280 00:21:13,120 --> 00:21:14,600 Make some decisions. 281 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:16,000 I can understand that. 282 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:19,440 I'm gonna go travelling up north. 283 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:21,400 Queensland for starters. 284 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:23,760 Meant to be beautiful country up there. 285 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:26,480 Thought I'd visit Miss Reid's family. 286 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:28,520 Pay my respects. 287 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,440 And... 288 00:21:38,120 --> 00:21:41,920 Albert, I... 289 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:44,240 I want you to come with me. 290 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,200 Wouldn't be right. 291 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:59,080 Couldn't leave your uncle in the lurch. 292 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:05,400 Well, I'm sure he could replace you easily enough. 293 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:10,320 -You told me you like travelling. 294 00:22:10,360 --> 00:22:12,120 I do. 295 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:14,600 But I'm, um... 296 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:19,360 ...I'm a working man. 297 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:22,680 Wouldn't be able to pay my way. 298 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:25,680 We wouldn't be equals. 299 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,960 No. 300 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,800 Not in that way. 301 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:38,960 But... 302 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,760 we would be equals in every other sense. 303 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:45,440 That's the way that matters to me. 304 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:51,000 Yes. 305 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:56,600 Of course. 306 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,840 As you know, a number of girls 307 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,600 have been withdrawn by their parents. 308 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:17,920 I expect there will be others who will not return 309 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:19,320 after the Easter holiday. 310 00:23:19,360 --> 00:23:22,600 I will rename the college, 311 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:24,960 then advertise. 312 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:29,200 From today, the missing are not to be spoken of 313 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:30,880 or referred to by the girls. 314 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,640 I have given it a great deal of thought. 315 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,400 I have their best interests at heart. 316 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:38,080 Miss Lumley. 317 00:23:38,120 --> 00:23:41,840 Our daily prayers will no longer remember them. 318 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:46,120 Yes, a great misadventure has befallen us, 319 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:50,600 but we must lay down this burden. 320 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,960 From this moment on, 321 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,680 it will be as though they never existed. 322 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:04,080 I'd like to box your ears! 323 00:24:04,120 --> 00:24:08,120 You're old enough to know better, that's for damn sure. 324 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,000 You won't improve on her. 325 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:11,800 Money and beauty. 326 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:13,760 What on earth are you thinking? 327 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:15,360 I'm thinking a man's measure 328 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:17,840 -is an honest day's work. 329 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:21,000 And I've never done a day of work in my entire life. 330 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:24,040 Now, listen to me, Michael. 331 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:26,600 We Fitzhuberts... 332 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:28,320 It's Mike. 333 00:24:28,360 --> 00:24:30,040 Not Michael. 334 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:31,440 Mike. 335 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:34,160 ♪ ♪ 336 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:45,440 ♪ ♪ 337 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:11,080 I don't know who did it, ma'am. 338 00:25:11,120 --> 00:25:14,080 We both know who's responsible. 339 00:25:14,120 --> 00:25:16,280 Get them down immediately. 340 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:22,680 Fetch help. 341 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:32,120 -Mrs. Appleyard. Good morning. 342 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,120 Blanche is asleep, as are the other girls. 343 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:36,760 -We've come to take her home. -We've ridden through the night. 344 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:38,480 So if you don't mind waking her. 345 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:40,520 Well, let's take a turn around the garden, 346 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:42,520 whilst I have some breakfast prepared. 347 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:45,160 Decisions shouldn't be made on an empty stomach. 348 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:47,080 I'll get her myself. 349 00:25:52,120 --> 00:25:54,600 What in blazes...? 350 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:57,240 Blanche? Blanche! 351 00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:00,040 GIRLS : Blanche Blanche? 352 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:04,240 GIRLS: Blanche 353 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:08,680 ♪ ♪ 354 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:36,440 Uh, you wanted to see me? 355 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:38,680 Crundall. Yes. 356 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,160 We've received a letter. 357 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:45,680 I... assumed it was for us, 358 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,320 as it's from Mr. Leopold. 359 00:26:48,360 --> 00:26:50,480 -Mm. 360 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:53,720 Miss Irma's father, who writes to thank you 361 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:55,720 for finding his daughter. 362 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:56,840 It wasn't me, sir. 363 00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:59,120 -It was... -Michael. Yes. 364 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:02,120 Who has returned to Melbourne on some... 365 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:04,160 tomfool plan to travel. 366 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:08,200 The boy hasn't been right in the head since that wretched picnic. 367 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:14,440 Very honorable of you, Crundall, to constantly refuse the glory. 368 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:18,120 But it was you who rescued her, for all practical purposes. 369 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:24,840 Wait, man. There's more. 370 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:27,320 A check. 371 00:27:27,360 --> 00:27:29,920 For 1,000 pounds. 372 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,400 MRS. FITZHUBERT: Someone of your standing 373 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:39,280 would have little experience of such a ludicrous sum. 374 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:43,120 You... you would do well to seek the advice of my husband. 375 00:27:47,120 --> 00:27:49,520 Uh, can I have the afternoon off, sir? 376 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:52,480 I'll make it up on my Friday. 377 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:54,320 Of course. 378 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,680 (playing Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata") 379 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:06,720 (misplaying notes, starting and stopping) 380 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:08,320 Stop moving the paper. 381 00:28:08,360 --> 00:28:11,160 I can't read when you are moving the paper. 382 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:14,800 Now... 383 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:25,720 -Sara. Class started ten minutes ago. 384 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:28,200 -I'm not allowed art anymore. 385 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:30,240 DORA: She's to help me prepare 386 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:32,080 for the annual Woodend concert. 387 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:35,920 ♪ ♪ 388 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,320 VALANGE: I know she misbehaves. 389 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:41,960 -But you must concede 390 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:43,840 she's more talented than any of the others. 391 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:45,960 What does talent have to do with bad behavior? 392 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,000 It's-it's cruel to deny her what she loves. 393 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:52,840 What does cruelty have to do with teaching good behavior? 394 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:55,280 Am I answerable to you, 395 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:57,400 -No. 396 00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:00,120 But you are answerable to the parents. 397 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:03,520 -Sara's lessons have been paid for. 398 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:05,720 -Sara's guardian 399 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:08,760 hasn't paid her fees since before Christmas. 400 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:14,160 You know him to be a man of excellent character. 401 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:18,040 He travels, to places mail can't get through. 402 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:19,880 And then he bowls up out of thin air 403 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:22,400 with bequests for the college and gifts for Sara. 404 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:25,040 You can't question his commitment to her. 405 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:27,400 I run this establishment as I see fit. 406 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:30,000 And I think you run it abominably. 407 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:31,480 The girls are confused. 408 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:34,600 The only thing they learn here is how to be afraid. 409 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:36,280 The staff as well. 410 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:38,520 The only person who respects you 411 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:40,120 is a simpleton. 412 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:42,480 Worse. Dora Lumley has been mistreated 413 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:44,560 since the day she was born. 414 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,280 She's like some poor, mad dog. 415 00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:49,520 Be careful she doesn't turn around and bite you one day. 416 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:52,480 I gather this is your resignation? 417 00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:00,160 It most certainly is. 418 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:12,800 VALANGE: Ah. 419 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:14,840 No. Leave it, Tom. 420 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:19,680 I've been such a fool. 421 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:25,040 Thank you. 422 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:39,600 ♪ ♪ 423 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:03,000 I'm sorry to say 424 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:07,040 your guardian, Mr. Cosgrove, has abandoned you as well. 425 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:10,040 Sara. 426 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:15,600 Your behavior concerns me deeply. 427 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,440 Either you will allow me to guide you, 428 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:23,040 or I will be forced to return you to the orphanage. 429 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,280 ♪ ♪ 430 00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:00,480 WOMAN: Waybourne, you say? 431 00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:02,520 ALBERT: Sara. 432 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:10,320 Last time I came here, they told me she'd been adopted out 433 00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:12,800 to a fella with a fortune. 434 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:15,600 Figured she'd be better off with him, but... 435 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:18,240 now I've got the money myself. 436 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:19,760 -I... -Ah, yes. 437 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:21,160 Mr. Cosgrove. 438 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,160 If I could just have his address... 439 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,240 All we have is one in London. 440 00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:27,840 Which I'm not at liberty to disclose. 441 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:32,320 Like I said, I've... I've got the money. 442 00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:35,200 Maybe she's forgotten about me by now, I don't know. 443 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,840 But I told her I'd be back. 444 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:40,800 I tried once. 445 00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:43,800 Now I'm trying twice. 446 00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:47,240 I'm gonna keep trying until I find her. 447 00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:50,080 If you like, 448 00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:53,760 I can write and tell him of your recent good fortune... 449 00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:56,480 and your wish to be reunited with Sara. 450 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:04,360 Mr. Cosgrove would appear to be the very best of men. 451 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:08,040 This Cosgrove is fine, if you say so. 452 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:12,520 But I'm her brother. 453 00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:21,360 Whoa. 454 00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:35,440 Tom. 455 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:37,760 You are to give this to Sara Waybourne 456 00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:42,120 as soon as possible-- without alerting Mrs. Appleyard. 457 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:44,080 Yes, ma'am. 458 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:45,640 Good luck, Tom. 459 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:47,920 Say good-bye to Minnie for me. 460 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:54,040 -WOMAN: Come along, now. 461 00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:59,200 ALBERT: G'day, Tom. 462 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:03,000 Didn't think I'd see you again. 463 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:04,960 Just wanted to say good-bye. 464 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,160 Good Where are you going? 465 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:08,680 Minnie and I are getting married. 466 00:34:08,720 --> 00:34:10,000 About time. 467 00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:14,080 Thought I might make a go of it in the city. 468 00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:15,480 I reckon they got jobs there 469 00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:17,320 for blokes like me, doing all sorts. 470 00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:19,720 The future beckons. 471 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:21,760 That's right. 472 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:23,440 -Hey... 473 00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:26,320 you know anyone that could give me a hand with a letter? 474 00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:28,760 Come down to the college. There's a French lady there. 475 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:31,320 Mademoiselle. She writes all of ours. 476 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:33,680 Likes to practice English. 477 00:34:33,720 --> 00:34:36,160 All right. Thanks. 478 00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:41,200 -Come on. 479 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:44,840 ♪ ♪ 480 00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:08,000 "On behalf of the parents of the missing, 481 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,760 "I've arranged for a detective from Scotland Yard 482 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:12,800 to investigate." 483 00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:19,680 Dr. Mackenzie is here for Edith's toothache. 484 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:29,480 Miss Leopold's father has taken it upon himself 485 00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:30,840 to help us. 486 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:32,560 A senior detective 487 00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:37,120 from Scotland Yard is bound for these fair shores as we speak. 488 00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:38,800 A muckety-muck from London. 489 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:41,240 Ah, you'll be out in the bush looking for him next. 490 00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:44,200 I'm bloody sick of everyone's bullshit. 491 00:35:44,240 --> 00:35:46,600 Something's not right about that college. 492 00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:50,000 What if those girls got lost on purpose? 493 00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:53,760 We've been looking for girls who want to be found. 494 00:36:02,720 --> 00:36:05,440 Oh, my word. And you are? 495 00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:07,560 Mr. Tomasetti. 496 00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:11,440 Tomasetti Marble. 497 00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:13,960 Mrs., uh...? 498 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:15,160 Appleyard. 499 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:17,440 Mrs. Appleyard. 500 00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:20,240 Commiserations, madam. 501 00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:23,920 The whole country is praying for them young ladies to be found, 502 00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:26,400 safe and well. 503 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:31,880 So, are these the, uh, the wenches in need of my attention? 504 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:33,360 APPLEYARD: Yes, I wish to replace them. 505 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:36,280 Well, why not make them respectable instead? 506 00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:37,920 I mean, there's stone to work with. 507 00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:39,880 Now, let's see. 508 00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:43,880 I would, uh, I would find the clothes beneath the flesh. 509 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:47,400 What I suggest is, you just slice off the breasts, 510 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:51,960 and, uh, release the inner garments. 511 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,640 APPLEYARD: Thank you for coming out. 512 00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:58,840 But I'm sure you understand, now is not a convenient time. 513 00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:01,880 All eyes are upon you. 514 00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:06,200 This college mystery is all anyone talks about these days. 515 00:37:06,240 --> 00:37:11,160 It is the perfect time for concealment. 516 00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:14,880 Scandal is to be avoided. 517 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:16,480 So... 518 00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:19,680 I'm your man, if you want something covered up. 519 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:25,920 So I'm just south of Bendigo, down the main road. 520 00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:31,280 So sorry. 521 00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:34,520 Doctor, Edith's right upstairs, 522 00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:36,560 and she's making quite a fuss. 523 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:44,400 BUMPHER: Might be all right for Mad Dog Morgan, 524 00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:46,680 but I can't imagine a young lady would much like it. 525 00:37:46,720 --> 00:37:49,120 Three wouldn't even fit. 526 00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:02,440 If you were running away, where would you go? 527 00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:12,840 The old road to Bendigo. 528 00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:23,480 MADEMOISELLE: Très bien, Mademoiselle. 529 00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:24,680 (Mademoiselle speaking in French) 530 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:27,720 Very good. 531 00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:30,520 Très bien, Mademoiselle. 532 00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:35,400 Good. 533 00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:37,000 Just imagine there is a string, 534 00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:40,000 a little string, attached to you head. 535 00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:42,560 Remember to stand straight, girls. 536 00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:44,280 Very good. 537 00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:45,440 N'oublie pas sourir. 538 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:48,600 Don't forget to smile. 539 00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:49,960 Très bien. 540 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:51,360 Straight. Good posture. 541 00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:54,800 Hey, Edith. 542 00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:56,200 You're not supposed to spin around. 543 00:38:56,240 --> 00:38:58,640 But I want to be the girl. 544 00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:01,640 Très bien, Mademoiselle. 545 00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:07,760 GIRLS: Merci, Mademoiselle. 546 00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:21,840 SARA: Mademoiselle? 547 00:39:25,720 --> 00:39:27,640 Oui? 548 00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:30,000 Can she really send me back to the orphanage? 549 00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:35,360 Sara, your pocket. 550 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:37,800 It bulges like the toad. 551 00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:41,800 It's Miranda. 552 00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:43,280 She's always with me. 553 00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:50,640 Si belle. 554 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:55,000 MIRANDA: Sara. 555 00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:56,680 Are you asleep? 556 00:39:56,720 --> 00:39:58,920 No. 557 00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:01,880 I'm too excited about the picnic. 558 00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:04,520 Me, too. 559 00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:15,040 I've got a present for you. 560 00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:32,840 It's from our holiday. 561 00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:37,000 Happy Saint Valentine's Day. 562 00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:38,200 For tomorrow. 563 00:40:38,240 --> 00:40:39,640 Sisters? 564 00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:41,480 That's right. 565 00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:56,040 You must learn to love people other than me. 566 00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:58,920 Hmm? 567 00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:10,080 MADEMOISELLE: Sara? 568 00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:12,360 Why does Irma hate Miranda? 569 00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:16,520 Because she's free. 570 00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:18,920 But free where? 571 00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:23,560 She's always been free. 572 00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:30,080 -Hello. -Good day, Elsie. 573 00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:32,880 Uh, Tom said I should see a "Mademoiselle"? 574 00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:34,280 About a letter. 575 00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:37,040 After a French letter, are you? 576 00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:38,280 Wait here. 577 00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:11,000 I know who you are, you know. 578 00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:14,800 You saved our Irma. 579 00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:20,200 To whom is the letter? 580 00:42:20,240 --> 00:42:22,080 Mike Fitzhubert. 581 00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:25,000 Michael Fitzhubert? 582 00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:28,200 But put, uh, "Mike," or he won't know it's from me. 583 00:42:28,240 --> 00:42:29,640 All right. 584 00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:33,240 So, "Dear Mike..." 585 00:42:35,720 --> 00:42:38,160 "I've come into some money. 586 00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:41,040 And I've given in my notice at Lake View." 587 00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:46,040 Uh, just put, um, "Meet me any afternoon 588 00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:49,080 "at the Post Office Hotel on Bourke Street. 589 00:42:49,120 --> 00:42:55,160 We can have a beer and fix a date for Queensland." 590 00:42:55,200 --> 00:42:56,760 You are friends? 591 00:42:56,800 --> 00:42:59,000 Yeah. 592 00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:03,000 Can I leave this with you? 593 00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:05,280 Post has been collected from Lake View. 594 00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:08,080 Yes, of course. 595 00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:12,000 Thank you. 596 00:43:16,080 --> 00:43:18,200 Who shall it be from? 597 00:43:18,240 --> 00:43:19,560 ALBERT : Albert. 598 00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:40,360 Bertie? 599 00:43:46,200 --> 00:43:49,000 Bertie? Bertie! 600 00:43:49,040 --> 00:43:51,080 Bertie! 601 00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:02,960 Did you see him? 602 00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:04,040 Is he real? 603 00:44:04,080 --> 00:44:05,880 The coachman from Lake View? 604 00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:07,160 Of course. 605 00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:08,840 Uh, the coachman from Lake View. 606 00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:10,360 Well, for not much longer. 607 00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:12,960 He is leaving. 608 00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:14,440 Like everyone else. 609 00:44:32,320 --> 00:44:34,560 ARTHUR: They chose you! 610 00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:36,240 They chose you! 611 00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:39,440 You! 612 00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:09,480 Nobody's home, we're all alone, mousy you and I. 613 00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:18,600 APPLEYARD: Nobody's home, we're all alone, 614 00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:21,040 mousy you and I. 615 00:46:54,720 --> 00:46:56,720 WOMAN: Sara.