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JENNIFER: 'Why do we give presents at Christmas?
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'Because once upon a time
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'a child lay in a manger,
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'asking for nothing yet needing so much?
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'And because three kings
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'paid tribute in the only way they could?
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'Perhaps the reason does not matter.
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'The smiles of those we love mean more than any ribboned box,
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'whether it is offered or received.
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'And the most precious gifts cost nothing whatsoever.'
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Merry Christmas, Fred.
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Shh! Less of the "Fred". I'm Father Christmas's helper.
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You can come in as long as you don't ring that wretched bell.
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We've half a dozen newborns trying to get their beauty sleep,
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including Master Rutherford, who's just arrived by Caesarean section,
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and I assisted in his delivery.
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Oh-hoo, look at you, you little bruiser!
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Now, you been naughty or nice? Nice, I reckon.
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Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas.
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HUM OF LAUGHTER AND CONVERSATION
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Two fully assembled Christmas dinners plated up,
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in the oven and put on a low light -
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one for Nurse Franklin and one for Nurse Mount.
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To absent friends!
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ALL: Absent friends.
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Merry Christmas, everybody.
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PHONE RINGS
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That may be the Mother House calling early.
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Come with me, we'll take the call together.
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Here's Sister Monica Joan.
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Happy Christmas, Mother Jesu Emmanuel.
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I hope you've had the most blessed and peaceful day.
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Oh. I see.
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As you all doubtless know, our Order supports Hope Clinic,
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a tiny mission hospital in South Africa.
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For some years, there has been one doctor there
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and a handful of nuns under Mother Felicity.
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Mother Felicity has just died.
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May she rest in peace and rise in glory.
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The clinic is now so understaffed it may have to close altogether.
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That would be disastrous.
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Hope Clinic is the only medical facility for 100 miles.
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And that is why we have been asked to send
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a small working party out there...for four weeks.
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Four weeks in South Africa?
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We would be nursing and running an urgent polio vaccination programme.
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Meanwhile, a cleric of our choice would disburse a small
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but very welcome grant from a mission society,
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and assess the future viability of the clinic.
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I would like Mr Hereward to take on this role.
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If you would consider it?
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Of course.
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You would have to be scrupulously honest
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and yet the survival of Hope Clinic will depend on your findings.
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When were you planning on setting sail?
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In a fortnight.
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Nurse Mount is doing sterling work. Forceps won't be needed after all.
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Now, I've been researching some logistics.
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Most people spend their Christmas Day afternoon watching
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Billy Smart's Circus and eating Quality Street!
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How have we ended up discussing a mission to South Africa?
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Because God moves in a mysterious manner,
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even on major public holidays.
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I have work to do here, Shelagh, in Poplar.
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Patrick, London is full of locums
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and that vaccination programme needs a doctor.
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Our own son had polio once.
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Also, if we cut down our time away by flying instead of sailing...
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By flying?
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..then Granny Parker can mind the children.
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Well, she's been begging to have them and they adore her.
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You really want to go, don't you?
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I want us both to go, Patrick,
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because we need to be somewhere where we know the medicine
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we're giving out is doing good, not harm.
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Shelagh, you didn't prescribe thalidomide to anyone.
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What you did, I did. Where you go, I go.
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And I think we should go to South Africa.
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Don't you want me to stay here, keep an eye on things?
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What about Sister Monica Joan?
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Sister Mary Cynthia will take exemplary care of her
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and Nurse Mount will run Nonnatus very efficiently in my absence.
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But I haven't done sanitary engineering since
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El Alamein, Sister.
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Wouldn't you rather take an actual missionary?
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Fred, the Army Pioneer Corps has given you skills that
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no missionary could match -
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logistics, plumbing, mechanics...
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and drains.
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I'd hazard a guess there's not much in the way
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of drains where we're going.
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Quite.
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# Everybody's doing a brand-new dance now
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# Come on, baby, do the loco-motion
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# I know you'll get to like it if you give it a chance now
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# Come on, baby, do the loco-motion
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# My little baby sister can do it with me
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# It's easy as a line in your ABC
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# So come on, come on... #
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You next.
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Mr Hereward's waiting outside.
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I shall see to him.
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Oh, I can do his, too.
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You must observe boundaries whilst we're away -
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I think it's best you put them in place now.
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The parcel from my sister came.
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Oh, I'm so glad I didn't splash out on a new swimming costume!
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Hers will do me just fine.
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No-one's wearing ruched one-pieces
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with modesty panels anymore, Barbara.
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It's a good job I packed you an extra boned playsuit.
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And, last but not least, medical supplies box number seven.
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Containing 20 gross of sugar lumps for the administration
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of the oral vaccine.
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This contains more fruit than any commercial confectioner's item
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and furthermore it is steeped in such a richness of alcohol
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that it will not fester should you transfer it through the hemisphere.
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They can't give out Christmas cake in an African vaccination queue.
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The marzipan would take a tremendous amount of explaining.
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- Travel safe.
- Bye.
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- Bye.
- Bye.
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- Let us know when you get there safely. Bye.
- Bye.
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- Safe trip.
- Have a safe journey.
- Bye.
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Hey, look at that! Goats in the road!
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You wouldn't see that down Chrisp Street.
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Oh, look at you, Barbara. Brussel-sprout green all over again.
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I thought looking at my Xhosa phrase book might help
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me take my mind off it.
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You just have to suck on a barley sugar, like you did onboard ship.
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Are there any left?
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I've all manner of aids to wellbeing in my bag of tricks.
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I daren't ask if you've got anything to stop my mascara from running.
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I've some petroleum jelly you can take it off with.
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Why are we stopping?
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I'll deal with this.
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Passport and visa.
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How many are on the bus?
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Six more passengers and the driver.
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I'm not interested in the driver.
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Why've we stopped?
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Passports and visas, please.
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Sunglasses off, please.
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- Don't smile.
- Oh.
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Thank you very much. Welcome to South Africa.
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You are so very welcome, Sisters.
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I'm so sorry to have missed Mother Felicity.
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I do hope her passing was a peaceful one.
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Amoebic dysentery. Better ways to go, even in this country.
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But she died in harness, which I suspect would please her mightily.
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Dr Fitzsimmonds?
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It's a long time since anyone called me that.
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The locals can't seem to get their tongues round it.
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You can do as they do, call me Dr Myra.
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Did you bring the things we asked for?
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Everything from penicillin to rubber gloves.
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It shouldn't be easier to ship things from London than it is
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to get them out of one's Administrative Health Board,
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but that's another story, and we're grateful for what we can get.
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I can see the caption now...
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"English roses - African Skies, exclamation mark."
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My jaw's starting to ache, Phyllis.
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Well, this is a new camera.
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Well, all I can say is thank goodness the Dansette runs on
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batteries because I don't know what's worse - this or
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the fact that our complexions are
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going to turn to pudding in this climate.
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We're going to have to find a shop that sells cucumbers,
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so we can make ourselves a cooling masque.
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Food? As a beauty aid?
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It might be a bit tactless, Trixie. People here are really poor.
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Can anyone smell anything slightly musky?
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It isn't me, is it?
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You're not usually challenged in the personal daintiness department, Barbara.
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Well, circumstances are rather exceptional.
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You shall have to set to with the Lifebouy.
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But I was three feet away from Tom on the bus.
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Bad enough I got that bit of sick on his trousers in the Bay of Biscay.
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There are some memories even Lifebouy can't erase.
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Whichever soap you choose, I suggest you apply it with a bit of backbone.
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I'm sorry, lass, but you've had enough barley sugar and sympathy.
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It's time to pull yourself together.
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Meanwhile, I shall have to sneak some surgical spirit from supplies,
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or else blisters will beckon.
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- Argh!
- What?
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Spider.
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Argh!
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As big as a wireless knob
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and it looks to be heading this way at speed!
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Dead.
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Was it poisonous?
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I can't tell. But it's crushed to a pulp -
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I can tell that.
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I'd give your shoe a rinse.
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It may have some venom on it...
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or some backbone.
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FLIES BUZZ
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Let's rest it here.
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Yes.
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Instruments being sterilised by boiling.
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A perfectly efficient method. We all knew the facilities would be humble.
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I didn't expect an autoclave, but this is an oil stove.
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I don't actually think they've got any electricity.
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Is there no refrigerator?
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It's over there.
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It smells as though it's powered by paraffin.
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It's at times like this that I say to myself,
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"What would Sister Evangelina do?"
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Well, first of all, she'd mention the war
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and then she'd remind us we're here for our patients.
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Yes.
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Sinayo ibhedi kunye namayeza akho.
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Zizophela intlungu, kungekudala.
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Soon you will have no more pain.
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SHE GROANS
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Put her in the general ward,
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the end bed, so she can feel the sun coming in through the window.
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I suspect she has leukaemia.
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She presented four months ago with joint pain and exhaustion.
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Did you consider sending her somewhere larger,
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perhaps for radium treatment?
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No, I did not.
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She hasn't the money to pay for it and, if she had,
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she'd run the risk of dying far from home.
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And who would take that final comfort from her, hmm?
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I see someone's made himself at home.
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You speak in jest, kind Reverend,
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but by performing my ablutions in our new abode,
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- I'm in fact marking my territory.
- I see.
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You see, wild animals, like wolves
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and those little spotty humpy black dog things, er...
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- Hyenas?
- That's the fellas.
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Wolves and hyenas mark their territory by leaving their scent.
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Soldiers and Englishmen have a shave and visit the khazi.
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I've just had a visit to the khazi.
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I thought you was looking a bit pale.
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I thought national service had prepared me for most things,
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but not long-drop loos over an open trench.
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I also thought that conducting worship
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would be my biggest contribution...
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..but these people have nothing.
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Tomorrow morning, say your prayers and write your report,
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and I will wage war on the long drops.
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In the meantime, have a shave.
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We'll have to arrange
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for deliveries of extra vaccine from Cape Town,
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with the only phone a mile away in the village Post Office.
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I actually shuddered when she said that.
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How does anyone run a hospital without access to telephone?
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What's all this?
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It's made of a new material called Bri-Nylon.
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You can rinse it through and just leave it to drip dry.
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Perfect for a colonial climate.
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Absolutely.
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Honestly, Trixie, I promise you,
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nobody will know you haven't been able to set your hair.
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That hat covers a multitude of sins.
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It's the first time I've ever wished I had a wimple.
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No-one who comes to Hope Clinic is ever refused our help
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and, if they can't get here, we will fetch them.
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And if they arrive at night, we rise and light the lamps.
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And if their only ailment is starvation,
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we'll ensure that they're fed.
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But the bedrock of it all is our open clinic,
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which we hold every morning of the week.
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And how do you organise your appointments systems, Doctor?
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I don't have one.
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I'd be delighted to introduce you to my Rolodexing systems.
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The people I take care of know when they're ill
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and I know that disease cannot be diarised.
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What about the maternity patients?
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Are they given regular checks?
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If they want them, they can have them, and many do.
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Other women choose to give birth at home, in their rondavels,
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with only their families around them...
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and the village witch doctor chanting just outside.
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Really?
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I've no objection on religious grounds.
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But too many of our mothers were malnourished as children,
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so we see a lot of very narrow pelvises
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and, in that case, the witch doctor can't save them...
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But we can.
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With forceps?
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Yeah, with forceps or a Caesarean.
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It's why I asked you to bring the lignocaine.
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But lignocaine is a local anaesthetic...
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Yes, we can't and don't do any operations that require a general.
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We have our own methods and we get good results
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for both mother and child.
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Babies are precious here.
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Well, babies are precious everywhere.
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Nevertheless, I expect half your patients come to you asking
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you to prevent conception.
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Since they licensed the pill, yes, although...
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Well, these women are poor and they are black,
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and they live in a society that is gradually stripping them of
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any dignities or freedoms that they ever had,
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so motherhood is everything. It's status, purpose, life itself
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and we have to help it to happen.
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It isn't always easy.
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No.
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But medicine's never about doing what's easy -
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it's about doing what's essential.
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That's why we came - to help.
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I'm grateful for your help with the vaccination programme.
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Everything else, you can leave to me.
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These people and I understand each other.
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GRINDING
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So this is the hospital truck.
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GRINDING CONTINUES
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Well, that doesn't sound too healthy, Fred.
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Well, it's working. I just don't know how it's working.
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I can see at least three component parts that come from other vehicles.
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How far are you planning to travel in this tomorrow?
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Well, the first village on tomorrow's list is called Elbaai -
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it's about 30 miles away.
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Right.
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I was working in the kitchen at home.
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It was just a cut, but now it hurts all the way up as far as my elbow.
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That is a nasty infection, but there's plenty we can do.
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- A healthy mother makes for a healthy baby.
- Yes.
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Nurse Franklin, could you spare a moment?
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I'll need to lance this hand, then you can dress it.
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Of course, Doctor.
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WOMAN CALLS OUT
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Please help.
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Ezikalini. Scales.
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Uyagula lomntana.
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Sick. Is sick.
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Oh.
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If Baby is sick, we will ask Doctor to look.
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Oh, molo!
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Is everything all right, Nurse Gilbert?
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I don't know.
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There we go. Sh, sh.
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Baby has a very high fever.
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102.
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ENGINE RASPS
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Doctor!
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Dr Myra! Dr Myra!
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What is it, Innocent?
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Running a marathon's never a good idea when you've got TB.
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Is it your wife?
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Undon. The baby's coming! And she has failed to walk.
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Where is she?
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Two to three miles away. She couldn't walk, so I ran.
348
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Did you leave her by the side of the road?
349
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He's fitting!
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Febrile convulsions!
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Baby aged five months, dehydrated, temperature of 102.
352
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You, come with me to the children's ward.
353
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And, you, get the truck, see to this man's wife.
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Come.
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- Hiya pha.
- You can't drive this, look, it's misfiring and it's got
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a really nasty hissing sound coming from the manifold.
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May I remind you
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that I am a member of the Institute of Advanced Motorists
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and a young first-time mother has been left labouring in a ditch?
360
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Her fear is greater than mine. Give me the keys.
361
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No.
362
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If the swelling's gone down tomorrow morning,
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doctor will let you go home.
364
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But this will need regular dressing changes.
365
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Is there someone who can do that?
366
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Oh, yes.
367
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There's my mother, and my mother-in-law and my mother's mother
368
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and my two younger sisters and all the aunties.
369
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They'll take good care of me because we've waited many years
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for this baby.
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All of us.
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But you most of all?
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Ten years of marriage and ten years of prayer.
374
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Well, I'm all for persistence in the face of adversity.
375
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You look like a modern young woman.
376
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You know, I used to work in Cape Town -
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not as a servant but as a secretary.
378
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I had a good education here at the Missionary School
379
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and I got to work for a coloured lawyer.
380
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Oh! It was the happiest two years of my life.
381
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I always think it's terribly unfair when women have to give up
382
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their jobs just because they're expecting.
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I gave up work years ago.
384
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They changed the law so that you had to carry
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a pass to go to the city and to stay there and to work,
386
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but I never got one.
387
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Why not?
388
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It's just the way things are.
389
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But my mother always says we have to bloom where we are planted...
390
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..and I'm blooming now.
391
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Any landmarks spring to mind?
392
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I left her under the shade of a tree.
393
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Mm, that was thoughtful of you.
394
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I recommend that you take deep breaths, Mr Muzungulu.
395
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Ooh!
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Shame you haven't got your new camera.
397
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Let's keep our minds on our patient, shall we?
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I take it any jokes about "zebra crossings" would fall on deaf ears?
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GEARS GRIND
400
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Your grandson has a gut infection and he's starving!
401
00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:24,920
Ulambile! Umtyisa ntoni?
402
00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:26,760
What have you been feeding him on?
403
00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:28,760
Isidudu sikamili mili.
404
00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:31,080
Oh, he's too young for mielie pop!
405
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Andinayo eye into endinomnika yona.
406
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If you have nothing else to give him, you can bring him here.
407
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Doctor, she DID bring him here.
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Ungabinaxhala. I'll take care of him.
409
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This is the second time she's come here with
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a desperately sick grandchild.
411
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Her daughters are both in domestic service, miles away.
412
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It's not just feeding them meal and water that does this -
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it's the utter lack of hygiene.
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Let ME take the baby.
415
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He needs glucose and water.
416
00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:19,080
Ndiyambona! I see her, I see her!
417
00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:20,440
I see her over there!
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SHE BREATHES HEAVILY
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SHE MOANS
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Good morning, Mrs Muzungulu!
421
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Or perhaps I should say Molo!
422
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I'm Nurse Crane.
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Baby... Baby coming...
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Un-ga-bin-axhala. All is well.
425
00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:53,520
We'll have some privacy for Mother, please, gentlemen.
426
00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:56,080
Keep your distance until instructed to do otherwise.
427
00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:01,520
You poor lass. You must be petrified, out here all alone.
428
00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:03,040
You're not alone now.
429
00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:09,200
Nurse Crane, I can see something moving in those bushes over there!
430
00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:12,440
I don't know what it is, but it looks like it might charge...
431
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..or pounce.
432
00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:16,760
And do you have the means with which to defend
433
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this labouring mother and myself?
434
00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:20,720
- What? What do you mean? A rifle?
- Yes.
435
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No.
436
00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:24,160
Then I don't wish to hear any more about it.
437
00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,560
That's it. Legs nice and wide apart.
438
00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:33,360
Just bend your knees a little, if you can manage it.
439
00:25:33,360 --> 00:25:36,520
There we go...there...
440
00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:47,240
Hello.
441
00:25:48,360 --> 00:25:49,680
Hello.
442
00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:52,080
I'm just checking on the water situation in here.
443
00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:54,160
There's a bucket in the corner.
444
00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:56,960
It has a lid, which does seem to keep the flies out.
445
00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:00,080
This the little chap that had the fit?
446
00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:04,360
Yes. He's already picking up, thanks to the glucose solution.
447
00:26:04,360 --> 00:26:07,560
Dr Myra thinks we should be able to avoid putting him on a drip.
448
00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:09,640
Well, that's good, isn't it?
449
00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:12,280
His grandmother went home in tears, Tom.
450
00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:15,560
I didn't come here to make people feel ashamed.
451
00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:17,600
I came here to make people feel better!
452
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I thought it would be easy.
453
00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:21,160
So did I.
454
00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:26,680
In my mind, I'm kissing you very gently.
455
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And I'm kissing you back.
456
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FEZEKA CRIES OUT
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Well done, lass. Well done... Fred?
458
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Put the stretcher down and escort Mr Muzungulu back to the truck,
459
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where he can wait till we're done.
460
00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:55,360
Then come back here. I shall be requiring some assistance.
461
00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:01,040
When my two were born, I went down the Hand And Shears.
462
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And if there was a bar in sight, I'd recommend you do the same.
463
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And I'll come with ya!
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Fred!
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You may not win many medals for sprinting, Fred,
466
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but you've got two hands at the ends of your arms.
467
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Get my bag, get the Dettol, and give them a good sluicing.
468
00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:28,720
Then empty my instruments into the smaller of the two kidney
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dishes and put them there, where I can reach them.
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FEZEKA MOANS
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It's all right, lass. It's all right.
472
00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:40,600
Baby's well on the way...
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00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:45,600
..and the head is born.
474
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You clever girl.
475
00:27:48,360 --> 00:27:49,640
Not yet.
476
00:27:52,120 --> 00:27:57,320
Now, Fezeka, can you give me a really big, strong push?
477
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FEZEKA GROANS
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Fezeka, baby needs a bit more room to get out.
479
00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:10,920
We're going to have to get you kneeling down.
480
00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:12,480
Kneel down?
481
00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:14,400
And, Fred, I need your shirt.
482
00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:20,080
It's all right.
483
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,760
That's the way. Now kneel down for me.
484
00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:29,120
You grab hold of me, girl, that's it.
485
00:28:29,120 --> 00:28:32,440
You see? Men can come in handy on occasion.
486
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,720
All right, Fezeka, push now! Push!
487
00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:38,360
FEZEKA GROANS
488
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:40,520
I can't...
489
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You CAN, Fezeka, you can!
490
00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:46,600
Now, you listen to Nurse Crane and do what she says.
491
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Take some of our strength.
492
00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:51,600
That's it, girl, you use us. We've got plenty.
493
00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:53,800
We're in this together.
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Come on! That's it!
495
00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:58,000
It's all right.
496
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:08,520
BABY CRIES
497
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:18,920
You clever, brave girl! You have a daughter.
498
00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:22,800
FRED CHUCKLES
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00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:24,400
See?
500
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:27,120
I see her! I see her!
501
00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:38,240
You can have your cuddle in a minute, Nurse Buckle.
502
00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:52,800
What do you reckon they're going to do with this?
503
00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:56,240
What, the afterbirth? Fezeka said her family wants it.
504
00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:58,400
They carry out rituals, apparently.
505
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,000
What sort of rituals?
506
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,400
I didn't enquire.
507
00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:05,600
They send them off to the allotments in Poplar -
508
00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:07,960
I don't enquire about that either...
509
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:11,000
being vegetarian and fond of a tomato.
510
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:14,040
ENGINE GRINDS AND STALLS
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Oh!
512
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Come on!
513
00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:22,320
Oh, hell's teeth.
514
00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:25,400
Could it not have hung on for another quarter of a mile?
515
00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:29,640
No, looks like we're walking.
516
00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:30,920
MUSIC PLAYING
517
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:34,160
I have to say, basic facilities or not,
518
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:38,280
the way Dr Myra does a Caesarean is quite an education.
519
00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:42,400
A much smaller incision and very little blood loss. I was amazed.
520
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:44,200
I've been bitten by an insect again.
521
00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:47,480
Cigarette smoke's supposed to repel them. Do you want one?
522
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:50,320
I've never smoked, Trixie, you know that.
523
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:52,800
Well, I'm perfectly willing to teach you.
524
00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:54,440
Phyllis, too, if you're in the mood.
525
00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:56,120
No, thank you, Trixie.
526
00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:59,480
They aren't good for you and the pair of you should know that.
527
00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:01,920
Besides, even when I was young and ignorant,
528
00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,600
I had a distaste for silky paper.
529
00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:08,720
Hold it out, like this, taking care to extend the arm to create
530
00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:11,520
a graceful line from the wrist to the shoulder.
531
00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:13,960
You sound like you're teaching a keep fit class!
532
00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:15,640
It's not a dissimilar approach.
533
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,880
Keep fit and smoking both require discipline and poise.
534
00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:22,160
I'm awfully sorry. But has anybody got anything for sunburn?
535
00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:24,200
I think my forehead's starting to blister.
536
00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:25,920
Oh, surely it wasn't that hot?
537
00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:32,560
No. But...underneath all of this, I'm...a redhead.
538
00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:36,040
Your eyebrows had given rise to speculation.
539
00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:38,120
I've got some Pond's Cold Cream.
540
00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:42,160
In a minute, Barbara! Concentrate on your smoking for a moment.
541
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:51,920
I think you need to exhale through your nose before you open your mouth again.
542
00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:54,280
Can't I just wave it around and frighten off
543
00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:56,720
- the mosquitoes that way?
- Oh.
544
00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:59,320
It seems we have company.
545
00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:02,280
Hello, Rosa, come and join us.
546
00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:08,880
The most pressing problem is the need to repair that truck.
547
00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:12,800
Without it, we can't get out to the villages to start the vaccinations.
548
00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,200
I'm worried about the sheer lack of records
549
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,840
and our inability to predict how many people will actually
550
00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:19,880
turn up to be vaccinated.
551
00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:23,080
I don't know how things here function as efficiently as they do.
552
00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:25,800
I'm not sure they function efficiently at all.
553
00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:28,880
The sisters do their best but, without electricity,
554
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,840
they're struggling to sterilise equipment
555
00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:33,080
and keep their premature new-borns warm.
556
00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:36,360
And the lamps aren't bright enough to work by after dark.
557
00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:38,400
Would it help if they had a generator?
558
00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:40,760
We made our decision about that long ago.
559
00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:44,760
It was a choice between a generator and the truck.
560
00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:47,520
We had other means of making heat and light,
561
00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:50,200
but no other way of travelling.
562
00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:53,920
I'm sorry, Doctor. We shouldn't have started without you.
563
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:57,440
I was with my leukaemia patient.
564
00:32:57,440 --> 00:32:58,800
Is that tea?
565
00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:01,360
Yes, Ty-phoo. We brought it with us.
566
00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:02,760
I thought so.
567
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:06,400
I caught a faint scent of my mother's parlour from it.
568
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:07,840
Circa 1919.
569
00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:12,280
What else have you put in your report?
570
00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:14,960
I'm planning to mention that the water in your tank is at
571
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:16,160
a very low level and...
572
00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:19,920
Yes, it's unfortunate, but we make the best of it.
573
00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:23,080
There's a better source not far away,
574
00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:26,360
but we would have had to lay pipes across somebody else's land
575
00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:29,600
and "somebody else" wouldn't give us their permission.
576
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:32,960
I smoked when I worked in an office in Cape Town -
577
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:34,760
it's what you did.
578
00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:37,640
It was like learning to type or use carbon paper -
579
00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:40,040
it was part of being smart.
580
00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:45,080
I worked in a bakery. It wasn't thought smart there.
581
00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:48,920
Nobody wants to get ash on their bread or in it.
582
00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:52,240
Where does your husband work?
583
00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:54,920
In a coal mine in Witbank.
584
00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:56,280
Mine also.
585
00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:58,920
They all come home for two months every year,
586
00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:01,400
to help with the ploughing and the sowing.
587
00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:03,080
Three times now,
588
00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:07,360
mine has ploughed and sowed a little bit more than maize and peppers.
589
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:15,000
But my first child and my second child both died.
590
00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:19,320
One in my belly and one in my arms.
591
00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:21,960
I'm sorry.
592
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:23,760
Why are you sorry?
593
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,400
Oh, i..it's something we say in England,
594
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,560
when someone says something bad has happened.
595
00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:35,120
It is in the past now. This baby's in the future,
596
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:38,200
which is why you should never be sorry, just be glad.
597
00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:45,880
MUSIC STARTS
598
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:52,240
# While I'm far away from you, my baby
599
00:34:54,240 --> 00:34:58,960
# I know it's hard for you, my baby
600
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:05,320
# Because it's hard for me, my baby
601
00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:08,520
# And the darkest hour... #
602
00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:11,320
I ought to go and put my veil on - ready for compline.
603
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:14,120
Oh, don't dash off.
604
00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:15,480
If you listen to the lyrics,
605
00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:17,880
they mention the word "prayer" quite a few times.
606
00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:23,840
# A little prayer for me, my baby... #
607
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:25,640
I suppose it is a bit like a hymn.
608
00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:30,920
# And tell all the stars above
609
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:35,840
# This is dedicated to the one I love
610
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:43,080
# Life can never be
611
00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:45,520
# Exactly like we want it to be
612
00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:48,200
# I could be satisfied
613
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:50,480
# Knowing you love... #
614
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:51,920
Enough!
615
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:55,520
This is a prohibited gathering. We request that you disperse.
616
00:35:55,520 --> 00:36:00,360
What do you mean, disperse? We're nurses and these are our patients.
617
00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:04,720
You know the law, and you, even if they don't. You're Bantu.
618
00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:07,600
They're white. You don't mix.
619
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:10,840
Get back to your beds, or your sleeping mats, wherever you belong.
620
00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:16,400
We'll escort these ladies to their wards, thank you, Sergeant,
621
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:18,400
and leave you to get on with your business.
622
00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:24,080
Your truck is abandoned in the lane.
623
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:25,760
It's obstructing traffic.
624
00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:29,240
Really, Sergeant. It's half past ten at night -
625
00:36:29,240 --> 00:36:30,880
there is no traffic.
626
00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:34,680
There will be traffic after daybreak - it will obstruct it then.
627
00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:45,560
Makes me just want to get it started so I can run him over.
628
00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:48,440
I'm here on a missionary basis and therefore trying not to think
629
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:50,440
uncharitable thoughts.
630
00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:53,240
I'm perfectly happy to think them for you.
631
00:36:53,240 --> 00:36:54,520
That's my girl.
632
00:37:00,240 --> 00:37:01,280
Ow!
633
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:06,800
Can I bring anything over to your quarters, Doctor?
634
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:08,400
No, thank you.
635
00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:12,760
Tempting though your Ty-phoo is, I fear any more may keep me awake.
636
00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:15,040
I was thinking perhaps some pain relief?
637
00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:20,480
Sorry, I...didn't mean to pry.
638
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:27,640
I was in fine fettle until Sister Felicity shuffled off
639
00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:29,360
this mortal coil.
640
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:33,160
But every institution has its crumbling old dear
641
00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:37,280
and it would seem that, now she's gone, falls to me to fill the void.
642
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:40,280
I will keep you in my prayers.
643
00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:42,760
Oh, I don't believe in any of that.
644
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:46,560
Not quite what you expect to hear in a mission hospital, is it?
645
00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:50,040
I've been here so long I can hardly recall
646
00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:52,080
my state of faith when I arrived.
647
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,760
I'm driven by people's need, now, not by my own beliefs.
648
00:37:58,320 --> 00:37:59,840
Don't tell anyone.
649
00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:05,960
THEY SING
650
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:12,600
SINGING CONTINUES
651
00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:33,760
Good morning!
652
00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:35,440
Good morning, Constance!
653
00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:36,880
Good morning, Sister.
654
00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:40,640
I'm just popping in to look you over before we set out for the day.
655
00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:43,080
Oh! Where's Roza?
656
00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:46,600
She has gone home. The man doctor said her hand was better.
657
00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:50,840
Yes, but he asked me to see to her maternity checks before she left.
658
00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:53,440
Her mother came for her, so she went.
659
00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:57,600
Oh. Still, she seemed fit and well.
660
00:38:57,600 --> 00:38:58,680
Mm.
661
00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:03,160
Sister, you are an excellent dancer.
662
00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:04,360
Shh!
663
00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:08,760
RATTLING
664
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:11,560
ENGINE STARTS
665
00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:13,120
ALL CHEER
666
00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:20,880
MUSIC: Pata Pata by Miriam Makeba
667
00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:56,920
MUSIC DROWNS SPEECH
668
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:14,960
MUSIC FADES
669
00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:29,680
KNOCKING ECHOES
670
00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:32,600
Fred, come and look at this.
671
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:34,280
I'd better stand upwind of you.
672
00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:37,240
I've been digging trenches for them long drops.
673
00:40:37,240 --> 00:40:39,440
Inch of maggots in the old ones.
674
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:41,560
The water's even lower than it was before.
675
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:44,960
Did that come out of the tank?
676
00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:48,560
Looks like it's full of clay.
677
00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:52,400
We need to put it right...
678
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:55,600
..but first we have to find the source.
679
00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:02,240
Yeah.
680
00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:05,560
These old pipes ain't too bad.
681
00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:15,480
Here's the source.
682
00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:20,880
I told ya! Clay. You can make dinner plates with that lot.
683
00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:25,440
What you want is a new source, full stop.
684
00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:27,200
Well, there's a potential one here
685
00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:29,840
but it's not going to be straightforward.
686
00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:32,320
If we can clean and re-lay these pipes,
687
00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:36,040
then the SPG grant might just stretch to cover the labour.
688
00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:38,600
But we'd be disconnecting what little supply there is.
689
00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:41,080
Well, that's going to run out in days anyway without rain.
690
00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:43,520
So, tomorrow, I'll go and get permission.
691
00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:47,640
MUSIC: Pata Pata by Miriam Makeba
692
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:52,160
MUSIC DROWNS SPEECH
693
00:41:58,520 --> 00:41:59,880
Look, through there.
694
00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:04,800
# Hoo, every Friday and Saturday night
695
00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:07,720
# It's Pata Pata time
696
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:13,640
# The dance keeps going all night long
697
00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:16,240
# Till the morning sun begins to shine... #
698
00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:27,080
Thank you, Mrs Nonesi. Next, please.
699
00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:28,680
Good afternoon, boys!
700
00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:31,800
My name is Abel. We've come for the polio vaccination.
701
00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:33,120
I have money.
702
00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:34,520
If I don't have enough for both,
703
00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:36,400
I want my brother to have the injection.
704
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:37,880
There's no injection, Abel,
705
00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:40,360
it's medicine you swallow on a sugar lump.
706
00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:41,560
And there's no charge.
707
00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:43,480
Although we do have to add you to our records,
708
00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:45,080
if you aren't already on our list.
709
00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:47,680
We are not from this place. I walk eight miles.
710
00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:49,840
No wonder your brother's legs got tired.
711
00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:52,240
Matthias cannot walk - he has had polio -
712
00:42:52,240 --> 00:42:54,840
that's why I want HIM to have the vaccination.
713
00:42:59,880 --> 00:43:02,600
How long ago did Matthias have polio, Abel?
714
00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:03,880
Two years ago.
715
00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:08,560
Did you learn to speak English at school?
716
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:10,920
We learn only handicrafts at school.
717
00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:13,040
Our mother taught me before she died.
718
00:43:18,080 --> 00:43:19,480
Can you feel that?
719
00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:24,000
He feels but he can't move.
720
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:26,760
That is why we want him to have the vaccination,
721
00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:29,720
to cure the polio, like it says on the posters.
722
00:43:31,720 --> 00:43:34,040
You can have the vaccination, Abel,
723
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:38,160
and there's no harm in giving Matthias one, too.
724
00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:42,360
But there is something that you need to understand.
725
00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:45,040
I'm going to tell it to you, man to man.
726
00:43:46,240 --> 00:43:50,160
And neither I, nor anyone else, is going to take a penny of your money.
727
00:43:50,160 --> 00:43:51,560
Thank you, Doctor, sir.
728
00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:59,400
Abel, vaccination is to prevent polio, to stop it from happening.
729
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:01,120
It is good medicine.
730
00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:02,720
All medicine is good...
731
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:05,320
..usually.
732
00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:10,880
But vaccination can't make you better when you've already
733
00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:12,440
had the disease.
734
00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:14,120
Can't it help him to walk?
735
00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:16,280
He was a good walker before he had polio.
736
00:44:17,640 --> 00:44:18,720
No.
737
00:44:25,440 --> 00:44:29,240
They were kids, the pair of them,
738
00:44:29,240 --> 00:44:32,240
and I had to take away the only thing they had -
739
00:44:32,240 --> 00:44:35,520
the belief that somehow things might get better.
740
00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:39,120
At least Abel's been vaccinated.
741
00:44:39,120 --> 00:44:42,280
Well, that's no comfort to either of us, Shelagh, and you know it...
742
00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:44,360
and even less comfort to them.
743
00:44:55,840 --> 00:44:58,720
- Look! Oh, wait.
- Please, Sister Gertrude!
744
00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:02,840
Please! Please come! Doctor Myra's very, very sick.
745
00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:13,160
I don't need you to examine me.
746
00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:14,920
I'm not playing that game.
747
00:45:16,520 --> 00:45:19,880
When you've been the only doctor within a 30-mile radius
748
00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:24,600
for 27 years, you develop an impressive diagnostic prowess.
749
00:45:24,600 --> 00:45:28,200
I don't doubt that and I don't doubt you.
750
00:45:28,200 --> 00:45:29,640
Oh, yes, you do.
751
00:45:29,640 --> 00:45:33,120
Won't you even let me look at you, just to be sure?
752
00:45:33,120 --> 00:45:36,880
I have jaundice, nausea, weight loss.
753
00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:40,520
Upper right quadrant pain referring through to the upper back.
754
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:45,760
Liver cancer's a sordid business, I know what I'm in for.
755
00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:50,840
Do you think it's primary or metastatic?
756
00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:54,240
The former. End of story.
757
00:45:56,480 --> 00:46:00,720
I don't know what's worse, hope, like those little boys had,
758
00:46:00,720 --> 00:46:02,600
or no hope at all.
759
00:46:04,080 --> 00:46:08,320
There's never no hope at all, Patrick. It's 1962!
760
00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:25,600
Oh, disgusting!
761
00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:30,960
I've just changed Doctor Myra's sheets.
762
00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:33,240
Apart from being helped to drink a little fluid,
763
00:46:33,240 --> 00:46:35,600
it's the only attention she'll accept.
764
00:46:35,600 --> 00:46:38,720
Put them in the basket over there.
765
00:46:38,720 --> 00:46:41,120
The lady from the village who helps with the washing went home
766
00:46:41,120 --> 00:46:43,240
sick yesterday and hasn't been seen since.
767
00:46:43,240 --> 00:46:45,760
Sister Edith says two of the patients in general ward have
768
00:46:45,760 --> 00:46:47,560
developed vomiting and diarrhoea.
769
00:46:47,560 --> 00:46:50,720
Well, I wish I was surprised.
770
00:46:55,680 --> 00:46:58,480
Excuse me. Is this the Starke farmhouse?
771
00:46:58,480 --> 00:46:59,520
Yes, sir.
772
00:47:02,640 --> 00:47:08,760
Every five years, I have to mount these all over again.
773
00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:17,720
The glue disintegrates and, when I open the album,
774
00:47:17,720 --> 00:47:21,880
all the photographs fall out like a deck of cards.
775
00:47:21,880 --> 00:47:25,440
I'm afraid I've called at an inconvenient time, Mr Starke.
776
00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:32,200
If you're thinking about running a water pipeline across my land, from
777
00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:38,760
the spring to that hospital, there will never be a convenient time.
778
00:47:39,760 --> 00:47:42,520
The new stream isn't on your land and there is just
779
00:47:42,520 --> 00:47:44,240
no other route to the hospital.
780
00:47:44,240 --> 00:47:45,400
Then work it out.
781
00:47:47,240 --> 00:47:50,280
Find another spring or find another way.
782
00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:54,800
Mr Starke, our tank is almost empty. There is no other way.
783
00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:56,600
Our water's running out.
784
00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:03,560
GOATS BLEAT
785
00:48:07,480 --> 00:48:09,800
Nice goat....nice goat...
786
00:48:17,440 --> 00:48:18,720
GOAT BLEAT
787
00:48:25,200 --> 00:48:26,720
You're connected.
788
00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:29,400
Hello?
789
00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:31,800
This is Nonnatus House.
790
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:33,320
'Sister Monica Joan?'
791
00:48:33,320 --> 00:48:37,160
It's Shelagh. I'm calling from South Africa.
792
00:48:37,160 --> 00:48:41,000
'I left a key at Nonnatus House before we came away,
793
00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:44,360
'so someone could go to our flat and water the plants.'
794
00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:47,160
The parlour palm thrives.
795
00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:52,520
Honesty dictates a poor report on the begonias.
796
00:48:52,520 --> 00:48:55,240
'I'm not worried about the begonias.'
797
00:48:55,240 --> 00:48:56,920
I need your help.
798
00:48:56,920 --> 00:49:00,760
'Could someone go to the flat and look in one of the cupboards for me?'
799
00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:02,880
MUSIC: Rubber Ball by Bobby Vee
800
00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:08,120
# Bouncy bouncy
801
00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:10,000
# Bouncy bouncy
802
00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:11,520
# Bouncy bouncy
803
00:49:11,520 --> 00:49:15,200
# Ee-ee-ee... #
804
00:49:16,360 --> 00:49:19,240
Yonke into ihamba kakuhle. Perfect.
805
00:49:20,560 --> 00:49:24,400
With your increasing command of Xhosa and my unerring ability
806
00:49:24,400 --> 00:49:27,280
to draw a crowd through the deployment of popular music,
807
00:49:27,280 --> 00:49:29,440
we're becoming an indispensable double act.
808
00:49:30,640 --> 00:49:33,040
- Please! Please come very fast.
- Is somebody ill?
809
00:49:33,040 --> 00:49:34,840
Yes, my daughter's baby's coming.
810
00:49:34,840 --> 00:49:36,960
It's been three days since she had pains.
811
00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:39,000
- Three days?
- Yes, please come, please.
812
00:49:41,040 --> 00:49:44,040
Sibiza izinyanya zakwa uMthimkulu, uMthimkulu kwakona, umPafane,
813
00:49:44,040 --> 00:49:46,160
uGabatha, nezinyanya zakwa Gadebe...
814
00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:49,400
Has your daughter seen the doctor?
815
00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:52,520
No, not for the labour, only for the bad cut in her head.
816
00:49:57,320 --> 00:49:59,760
Midwives calling.
817
00:50:01,880 --> 00:50:04,720
Hello, Roza. Remember me?
818
00:50:07,240 --> 00:50:10,240
I want to do this the old way,
819
00:50:10,240 --> 00:50:11,440
in my home.
820
00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:13,760
There's no reason to suppose you can't.
821
00:50:13,760 --> 00:50:16,520
Let's see if we can get you onto the bed, sweetie.
822
00:50:21,720 --> 00:50:26,240
I'm tired of waiting and sick with bearing down.
823
00:50:26,240 --> 00:50:28,160
First, we'll take a look at you
824
00:50:28,160 --> 00:50:30,440
and then we'll get you a cup of sweet tea.
825
00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:42,280
And how often are the pains?
826
00:50:43,320 --> 00:50:46,560
Yesterday, four or five times an hour.
827
00:50:47,600 --> 00:50:49,920
And now, just two or three.
828
00:50:54,120 --> 00:50:56,920
You'll be able to have that cup of tea in a minute.
829
00:50:56,920 --> 00:51:00,440
I just want to give you an internal examination, Roza.
830
00:51:00,440 --> 00:51:02,120
I know you won't have had one before,
831
00:51:02,120 --> 00:51:04,240
but it shouldn't be too un-comfy.
832
00:51:04,240 --> 00:51:07,400
Heels up to your bottom and knees nice and wide apart.
833
00:51:09,160 --> 00:51:10,520
That's it.
834
00:51:23,440 --> 00:51:24,920
SHE GROANS
835
00:51:26,680 --> 00:51:28,080
Is that a pain?
836
00:51:31,640 --> 00:51:33,280
It's all right, sweetie.
837
00:51:37,960 --> 00:51:40,160
I'm just popping outside for a moment.
838
00:51:54,880 --> 00:51:55,960
Here.
839
00:52:00,960 --> 00:52:03,320
There's no heartbeat, is there?
840
00:52:03,320 --> 00:52:06,480
It's worse than that, Barbara.
841
00:52:06,480 --> 00:52:07,760
There's no baby.
842
00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:09,600
What?
843
00:52:10,840 --> 00:52:15,200
The cervix is hard, the uterus isn't palpable
844
00:52:15,200 --> 00:52:17,840
and, despite her waves of pain, she isn't even contracting.
845
00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:20,640
Do you think it's a phantom pregnancy?
846
00:52:22,320 --> 00:52:23,640
I know it is.
847
00:52:24,640 --> 00:52:29,120
I've only seen one once before, years ago, but you don't forget it.
848
00:52:29,120 --> 00:52:30,520
Trixie.
849
00:52:30,520 --> 00:52:32,600
Don't you see why this has happened?
850
00:52:33,720 --> 00:52:37,880
It's because she's been forced into a wretched, filthy, narrow life,
851
00:52:37,880 --> 00:52:41,840
where her only worth comes from what she can grow in her womb.
852
00:52:43,280 --> 00:52:46,960
She wanted that baby so badly that her body started lying to her
853
00:52:46,960 --> 00:52:48,960
and she believed it.
854
00:52:50,720 --> 00:52:53,680
The baby may be imaginary but her pains are real.
855
00:52:56,280 --> 00:52:58,800
And now she has to be told the truth.
856
00:52:58,800 --> 00:52:59,920
I know.
857
00:53:03,160 --> 00:53:04,240
I'll do it.
858
00:53:06,560 --> 00:53:07,920
ROZA SOBS
859
00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:11,520
I'm sorry, Roza. I'm so sorry.
860
00:53:11,520 --> 00:53:13,520
Words aren't enough,
861
00:53:13,520 --> 00:53:15,040
I know they aren't enough,
862
00:53:15,040 --> 00:53:18,800
but they're all I have, and I can't just sit here and offer you nothing.
863
00:53:22,840 --> 00:53:25,160
You speak of "nothing".
864
00:53:26,960 --> 00:53:29,240
- I
- am nothing.
865
00:53:30,720 --> 00:53:35,560
I am hollow because I am empty!
866
00:53:35,560 --> 00:53:40,280
You are not empty, Roza. You are full of love,
867
00:53:40,280 --> 00:53:44,080
for the man you never see, for the mother you try to please,
868
00:53:44,080 --> 00:53:48,600
for the child some idiot law of biology won't allow you to
869
00:53:48,600 --> 00:53:54,600
conceive, that your soul spilled over and your body told you lies.
870
00:53:57,000 --> 00:54:05,000
Biology might be the idiot, but I, I am the fool.
871
00:54:06,280 --> 00:54:08,800
No. No, Roza.
872
00:54:08,800 --> 00:54:11,640
It takes a lot of wisdom to love as much as you do...
873
00:54:12,800 --> 00:54:16,200
..and that's why I know you'll find a reason to go on.
874
00:54:18,200 --> 00:54:20,000
It just won't be today.
875
00:54:42,160 --> 00:54:45,400
Would anyone like to try some of this local sausage?
876
00:54:45,400 --> 00:54:49,000
It smells quite spicy, but the kitchen ladies were so kind
877
00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:50,840
and I don't want to hurt their feelings.
878
00:54:50,840 --> 00:54:52,760
Hand it over. It'll fill a hole.
879
00:54:52,760 --> 00:54:55,200
I might walk back up that lane, to that little shop we saw,
880
00:54:55,200 --> 00:54:57,040
see if I can buy us all an ice cream.
881
00:54:57,040 --> 00:54:58,720
Whoo!
882
00:54:58,720 --> 00:55:00,680
We are on holiday, after all.
883
00:55:00,680 --> 00:55:02,800
Well, we're on holiday for an hour or two.
884
00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:05,360
We're here to do mission work, Tom,
885
00:55:05,360 --> 00:55:09,120
and I'm not sure it's possible, or right, to take a holiday from that.
886
00:55:09,120 --> 00:55:12,480
Barbara, the work here is hard cos our patients' lives are hard.
887
00:55:12,480 --> 00:55:15,680
We'll all do it better if we can just put it out of our minds for a little while!
888
00:55:15,680 --> 00:55:19,440
We can put it out of our minds for good when we go home
889
00:55:19,440 --> 00:55:21,000
and we may well want to,
890
00:55:21,000 --> 00:55:24,720
because I'm not sure we'll leave anything worth remembering behind
891
00:55:24,720 --> 00:55:28,120
or take anything away beyond insect bites and a few photos.
892
00:55:28,120 --> 00:55:29,360
Listen, lass.
893
00:55:29,360 --> 00:55:30,920
If that clinic closes,
894
00:55:30,920 --> 00:55:33,640
it won't be for the want of us putting the effort in -
895
00:55:33,640 --> 00:55:35,880
it'll because there's no running water
896
00:55:35,880 --> 00:55:38,160
and no doctor left at the helm.
897
00:55:39,640 --> 00:55:44,200
I'm working on that, but it isn't looking hopeful.
898
00:55:44,200 --> 00:55:47,240
I want to believe that Doctor Myra's diagnosis is wrong.
899
00:55:52,280 --> 00:55:55,840
I've learned a great deal over the past couple of years, Tom,
900
00:55:55,840 --> 00:55:57,760
mostly by going to my AA meetings.
901
00:55:58,760 --> 00:56:01,640
One was never to judge a book by its cover.
902
00:56:03,320 --> 00:56:06,680
Barbara seemed so squeaky clean when she first arrived.
903
00:56:06,680 --> 00:56:10,080
She still does, if you just look at her on the surface.
904
00:56:10,080 --> 00:56:13,080
I don't just look at her on the surface.
905
00:56:13,080 --> 00:56:14,160
I know.
906
00:56:15,160 --> 00:56:18,080
Perhaps we should all be as wise as you or Barbara.
907
00:56:20,880 --> 00:56:22,920
She is wise, isn't she?
908
00:56:22,920 --> 00:56:26,120
She's angry and she's not afraid to say so.
909
00:56:27,560 --> 00:56:31,320
In fact, Barbara's afraid of much less than you'd think.
910
00:56:32,720 --> 00:56:35,760
But you don't expect it from her, so you just don't see it.
911
00:56:35,760 --> 00:56:37,520
I see it.
912
00:56:37,520 --> 00:56:40,240
And that's why Barbara's the person you should spend
913
00:56:40,240 --> 00:56:41,880
your whole life with.
914
00:56:41,880 --> 00:56:44,680
She's funny, she's strong and she's clever.
915
00:56:45,840 --> 00:56:49,480
We simply have to overlook her incompetence at racquet sports.
916
00:56:52,640 --> 00:56:54,320
"Whole life", Trixie?
917
00:56:54,320 --> 00:56:58,160
I've known it for a long time, possibly longer than you.
918
00:57:00,360 --> 00:57:02,800
But promise me one thing.
919
00:57:02,800 --> 00:57:06,200
If you propose to her, or even when,
920
00:57:06,200 --> 00:57:09,800
don't give her that ring that you once gave me.
921
00:57:09,800 --> 00:57:12,680
That ring was your granny's before it was mine
922
00:57:12,680 --> 00:57:16,160
and Barbara's had so many second-hand things over the years...
923
00:57:17,320 --> 00:57:21,040
..that atrocious swimsuit being merely the tip of a very dismal iceberg.
924
00:57:22,440 --> 00:57:25,360
I think she looks lovely in it.
925
00:57:25,360 --> 00:57:29,960
Be that as it may, no hand-me-down rings, Tom.
926
00:57:29,960 --> 00:57:33,520
Get her something brand-new - she deserves it.
927
00:57:44,440 --> 00:57:45,920
Hello, you.
928
00:57:45,920 --> 00:57:49,360
Hello, you. I'm sorry I lost my temper.
929
00:57:49,360 --> 00:57:52,440
I'm sorry you felt the only way to make your voice heard was to shout.
930
00:57:52,440 --> 00:57:54,120
Did I shout?
931
00:57:54,120 --> 00:57:56,120
- Not really.
- Oh.
932
00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:02,000
I was too easily defeated by the landowner,
933
00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:04,360
too dependent on him giving his permission.
934
00:58:04,360 --> 00:58:07,840
I'm going to strip out, repair, and move the whole pipeline,
935
00:58:07,840 --> 00:58:09,480
round Starke's land if I have to.
936
00:58:09,480 --> 00:58:13,280
In the meantime, we can fetch water from the new spring in barrels.
937
00:58:13,280 --> 00:58:16,240
If the old spring's drying up, we're going to have to do that anyway.
938
00:58:16,240 --> 00:58:18,960
We're going to have to see what faith can do.
939
00:58:22,880 --> 00:58:26,840
Sister Edith has gone down with vomiting and diarrhoea.
940
00:58:26,840 --> 00:58:27,880
Her, too?
941
00:58:28,880 --> 00:58:31,360
And I've quarantined Sister Gertrude,
942
00:58:31,360 --> 00:58:34,800
so that she's only working on the affected ward.
943
00:58:34,800 --> 00:58:38,000
I'd say it's going to be all hands to the pump,
944
00:58:38,000 --> 00:58:42,240
but under the circumstances that's just a really tactless pun.
945
00:58:42,240 --> 00:58:45,920
We'll have to ration the amount of water that's used on laundry
946
00:58:45,920 --> 00:58:49,640
and, with enteric fever going round, that's going to be difficult.
947
00:58:49,640 --> 00:58:53,680
The best thing we could leave behind is something that goes on
948
00:58:53,680 --> 00:58:55,760
working after we're gone
949
00:58:55,760 --> 00:58:59,840
and that means Hope Clinic, which means Doctor Myra.
950
00:59:01,080 --> 00:59:03,480
I might have found a different diagnosis.
951
00:59:03,480 --> 00:59:06,400
If I'm right, she's in with a chance.
952
00:59:06,400 --> 00:59:07,520
A good chance?
953
00:59:07,520 --> 00:59:08,840
A slim one.
954
00:59:10,040 --> 00:59:13,720
But if she won't let me near her, it means no chance at all.
955
00:59:25,320 --> 00:59:28,280
Oh, I've witnessed several phantom pregnancies.
956
00:59:30,240 --> 00:59:34,360
The women become deranged by the simple yearning to conceive
957
00:59:34,360 --> 00:59:36,160
and bear a child.
958
00:59:36,160 --> 00:59:37,680
I knew that yearning once.
959
00:59:38,880 --> 00:59:42,400
I was lucky because it left me when we adopted our daughter.
960
00:59:42,400 --> 00:59:46,960
But more than once, I clung to the slightest signs and convinced
961
00:59:46,960 --> 00:59:48,880
myself I was carrying a child.
962
00:59:52,400 --> 00:59:55,080
Our bodies aren't very reliable witnesses,
963
00:59:55,080 --> 00:59:57,200
even when we're in the medical profession.
964
00:59:57,200 --> 00:59:59,920
I'm not imagining I have liver cancer.
965
00:59:59,920 --> 01:00:03,800
You're not imagining you have liver disease - that's different.
966
01:00:05,120 --> 01:00:06,560
Why?
967
01:00:06,560 --> 01:00:08,760
Because some liver diseases are curable -
968
01:00:08,760 --> 01:00:11,600
if you would just let Dr Turner examine you.
969
01:00:12,760 --> 01:00:15,040
You think I'm arrogant, don't you?
970
01:00:15,040 --> 01:00:18,160
No. But I think you're scared.
971
01:00:20,040 --> 01:00:25,240
And you've been so brave for so long, and so alone for so long,
972
01:00:25,240 --> 01:00:28,600
that it's going to take a lot of courage to admit that.
973
01:00:36,840 --> 01:00:40,280
Right, we'll be starting by dismantling the current water pipe
974
01:00:40,280 --> 01:00:43,160
and clearing the tubes of any clay residue,
975
01:00:43,160 --> 01:00:45,560
then we'll relay the pipes all the way from the new,
976
01:00:45,560 --> 01:00:48,120
clean spring to the Hope Clinic.
977
01:00:48,120 --> 01:00:50,880
Everyone working will be paid a daily wage.
978
01:00:50,880 --> 01:00:55,080
If you have any difficulties, you're to come to me, Mr Buckle,
979
01:00:55,080 --> 01:00:57,880
or Mr Muzungulu, who's been appointed foreman.
980
01:00:57,880 --> 01:00:59,600
Right!
981
01:01:01,560 --> 01:01:04,840
If you're feeling unwell, or if your cough plays up, you let me know.
982
01:01:04,840 --> 01:01:06,760
MUSIC: Pata Pata by Miriam Makeba
983
01:01:15,320 --> 01:01:16,760
And out.
984
01:01:17,880 --> 01:01:19,160
SHE GASPS
985
01:01:30,240 --> 01:01:32,680
I don't think it's a tumour.
986
01:01:32,680 --> 01:01:35,400
I think it's a hepatic abscess,
987
01:01:35,400 --> 01:01:37,160
but it's sizeable.
988
01:01:38,720 --> 01:01:41,800
We need to get you to the general hospital in Port Elizabeth.
989
01:01:41,800 --> 01:01:47,280
No. Not three hours in an un-sprung truck.
990
01:01:47,280 --> 01:01:49,760
If it bursts, I won't survive the journey.
991
01:01:49,760 --> 01:01:52,680
I may be stubborn, but I'm not a fool.
992
01:01:52,680 --> 01:01:54,720
And you're a doctor,
993
01:01:54,720 --> 01:01:57,840
which means I'm listening to what you have to say.
994
01:01:57,840 --> 01:01:59,440
Likewise.
995
01:02:01,120 --> 01:02:04,080
Medicine is never about doing what's easy -
996
01:02:04,080 --> 01:02:06,240
it's about doing what's essential.
997
01:02:07,640 --> 01:02:09,760
So what do we do next?
998
01:02:09,760 --> 01:02:14,480
With your permission, I'll drain the abscess and give you emetine
999
01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:16,000
to tackle the infection.
1000
01:02:17,360 --> 01:02:18,560
Very well.
1001
01:02:18,560 --> 01:02:21,560
A bit of local anaesthetic, it'll be drained before you know it.
1002
01:02:21,560 --> 01:02:24,280
No. No anaesthetic.
1003
01:02:24,280 --> 01:02:26,320
We've only got what you brought
1004
01:02:26,320 --> 01:02:29,400
and I'm saving that for my Caesarean ladies.
1005
01:02:29,400 --> 01:02:32,320
Those are my terms, Doctor.
1006
01:02:33,440 --> 01:02:35,000
Patients first
1007
01:02:35,000 --> 01:02:38,200
and, in this case, I mean mine, not yours.
1008
01:02:49,480 --> 01:02:51,480
May the Lord bless you and keep you.
1009
01:02:51,480 --> 01:02:54,640
I appreciate the sentiment.
1010
01:02:54,640 --> 01:02:57,800
Now, back to bed, all of you.
1011
01:02:59,120 --> 01:03:00,920
Can't keep my doctor waiting.
1012
01:03:24,400 --> 01:03:25,720
Aspirating.
1013
01:03:33,400 --> 01:03:34,440
Dish.
1014
01:04:15,800 --> 01:04:18,040
How much water do we have left?
1015
01:04:18,040 --> 01:04:20,200
If you really want to be a good patient,
1016
01:04:20,200 --> 01:04:21,920
you'll leave all of that to us.
1017
01:04:23,120 --> 01:04:26,920
Do you know why Mr Starke won't let the pipe pass over his land?
1018
01:04:26,920 --> 01:04:29,240
I assumed it was...because...
1019
01:04:30,240 --> 01:04:31,800
Because he hates blacks?
1020
01:04:31,800 --> 01:04:35,720
- Yes.
- No. It's because he loved his wife.
1021
01:04:37,520 --> 01:04:39,600
She was younger than him
1022
01:04:39,600 --> 01:04:43,480
and you never saw a girl look so pretty on her pedestal.
1023
01:04:44,600 --> 01:04:48,320
And when their first-born came along, she went into labour early
1024
01:04:48,320 --> 01:04:52,080
and they had no time for a transfer to a private nursing home,
1025
01:04:52,080 --> 01:04:53,480
so they sent for me.
1026
01:04:53,480 --> 01:04:59,200
I delivered her of a four-pound boy that lived for six days.
1027
01:05:00,760 --> 01:05:05,200
She was too ill to realise what she'd lost, but Mr Starke wasn't.
1028
01:05:06,480 --> 01:05:10,960
And she survived only 24 hours more - puerperal fever.
1029
01:05:10,960 --> 01:05:15,800
Has Mr Starke held a grudge against Hope Clinic all this time?
1030
01:05:15,800 --> 01:05:17,360
In his eyes, I...
1031
01:05:17,360 --> 01:05:22,560
I transmitted the disease from my patients to his wife.
1032
01:05:23,640 --> 01:05:27,200
When people have no love to live for,
1033
01:05:27,200 --> 01:05:32,920
it's so very easy to fill that void with hate.
1034
01:05:34,880 --> 01:05:36,240
Yes.
1035
01:05:44,720 --> 01:05:47,120
Water is now officially on the ration.
1036
01:05:48,200 --> 01:05:51,960
No more washing, it's for consumption and sterilisation only.
1037
01:05:51,960 --> 01:05:53,400
All right.
1038
01:05:53,400 --> 01:05:54,480
HE SIGHS
1039
01:05:55,920 --> 01:05:59,560
Is that the aspirate from Doctor Myra's abscess?
1040
01:05:59,560 --> 01:06:01,200
It's definitely amoebic
1041
01:06:01,200 --> 01:06:04,960
and that means the drugs we're using should be working,
1042
01:06:04,960 --> 01:06:06,640
but she's getting worse.
1043
01:06:06,640 --> 01:06:09,880
Could you be bold and try a different treatment?
1044
01:06:09,880 --> 01:06:13,640
I'm not sure there is one and I've been bold already.
1045
01:06:13,640 --> 01:06:17,880
I stuck my neck out draining the abscess and look where we ended up.
1046
01:06:17,880 --> 01:06:21,400
We haven't ended up anywhere yet, Patrick.
1047
01:06:21,400 --> 01:06:23,520
There's a time and a place for caution,
1048
01:06:23,520 --> 01:06:25,080
but not here and not now.
1049
01:06:26,160 --> 01:06:28,000
And I'm not going to say anything else,
1050
01:06:28,000 --> 01:06:30,360
because I'm afraid I might speak sharply
1051
01:06:30,360 --> 01:06:33,120
and, no matter how high the stakes, you don't deserve that.
1052
01:06:37,400 --> 01:06:38,720
Good morning, ladies.
1053
01:06:38,720 --> 01:06:40,120
Good morning!
1054
01:06:40,120 --> 01:06:43,400
And the Hotel Hope Clinic is once again open for business.
1055
01:06:45,920 --> 01:06:47,560
All right, Constance?
1056
01:06:49,680 --> 01:06:54,080
I think maybe yes...maybe no?
1057
01:06:54,080 --> 01:06:56,360
Today I think something might happen.
1058
01:06:57,520 --> 01:07:00,200
Well, if it does, you're in the right place.
1059
01:07:08,160 --> 01:07:10,440
Sustenance for the workers,
1060
01:07:10,440 --> 01:07:13,000
after which we're collecting water from the stream to take back
1061
01:07:13,000 --> 01:07:14,360
to the hospital.
1062
01:07:14,360 --> 01:07:16,120
Why didn't you bring the truck?
1063
01:07:16,120 --> 01:07:18,160
Nurse Crane said we shouldn't waste fuel.
1064
01:07:18,160 --> 01:07:19,520
We won't have to do it for long,
1065
01:07:19,520 --> 01:07:21,360
just until the new pipeline's connected.
1066
01:07:28,800 --> 01:07:31,560
That's it, Constance, that's it.
1067
01:07:31,560 --> 01:07:34,200
How much longer? One hour?
1068
01:07:34,200 --> 01:07:35,440
Or two?
1069
01:07:35,440 --> 01:07:36,720
A few.
1070
01:07:36,720 --> 01:07:40,000
Come on. Think how long you've waited for this baby.
1071
01:07:44,160 --> 01:07:45,600
Oh, no.
1072
01:07:51,360 --> 01:07:52,560
Excuse me!
1073
01:07:55,000 --> 01:07:56,520
You were right, Shelagh.
1074
01:07:56,520 --> 01:07:58,800
If we act now, there's one last thing that we can try.
1075
01:07:58,800 --> 01:08:00,240
Oh, Patrick, I hope so.
1076
01:08:02,440 --> 01:08:03,880
She's coming round.
1077
01:08:05,080 --> 01:08:07,640
It's all right, Myra. We're going to help you.
1078
01:08:07,640 --> 01:08:09,000
I promise.
1079
01:08:09,000 --> 01:08:10,600
I came as quickly as I could.
1080
01:08:10,600 --> 01:08:13,600
We need to get her to a hospital, preferably in Port Elizabeth,
1081
01:08:13,600 --> 01:08:17,480
and persuade them to give her a drug called metronidazole.
1082
01:08:17,480 --> 01:08:19,640
It's new. It's still experimental,
1083
01:08:19,640 --> 01:08:22,720
but I've read reports on it and I'm prepared to beg.
1084
01:08:33,440 --> 01:08:35,240
She deserves better than this.
1085
01:08:35,240 --> 01:08:38,560
Don't worry. She'll get the very best that we can give her.
1086
01:09:09,320 --> 01:09:11,320
Not long now, Constance.
1087
01:09:16,800 --> 01:09:19,080
Mr Hereward?
1088
01:09:19,080 --> 01:09:22,000
The situation at the clinic is becoming desperate.
1089
01:09:22,000 --> 01:09:24,120
We're working as fast as we can, Sister.
1090
01:09:24,120 --> 01:09:27,320
When will the pipeline be connected to the tank?
1091
01:09:27,320 --> 01:09:29,120
It could take as long as two months.
1092
01:09:29,120 --> 01:09:33,720
Two months? We've barely enough water for two days.
1093
01:09:33,720 --> 01:09:37,320
Without Mr Starke's permission to put the pipe across his land,
1094
01:09:37,320 --> 01:09:41,040
we have to lay it around his boundary - which runs for miles.
1095
01:09:41,040 --> 01:09:43,360
And he won't give you that permission?
1096
01:09:43,360 --> 01:09:45,320
No. He just refuses.
1097
01:10:00,320 --> 01:10:02,040
Well done, Constance.
1098
01:10:02,040 --> 01:10:04,880
Now let's see if we can get you a bit more comfortable.
1099
01:10:04,880 --> 01:10:06,400
How are we getting on?
1100
01:10:06,400 --> 01:10:08,280
She's still not fully dilated.
1101
01:10:08,280 --> 01:10:10,800
The cervix is oedematous and the head's very high.
1102
01:10:10,800 --> 01:10:12,120
Narrow pelvis?
1103
01:10:12,120 --> 01:10:15,160
Very. And she's lost two babies before.
1104
01:10:15,160 --> 01:10:16,840
SHE MOANS
1105
01:10:19,720 --> 01:10:22,600
It's all right, sweetie. It's all right.
1106
01:10:27,120 --> 01:10:29,000
I will fetch Mr Starke.
1107
01:10:49,680 --> 01:10:50,800
Oh...
1108
01:10:52,320 --> 01:10:54,880
Thought you were Mother Felicity.
1109
01:10:54,880 --> 01:10:58,920
If you had been, would've thrown you straight out.
1110
01:10:58,920 --> 01:11:02,360
Mother Felicity has died, Mr Starke, of dysentery.
1111
01:11:02,360 --> 01:11:06,040
- She lived to a considerable age, but...
- Lucky her.
1112
01:11:09,360 --> 01:11:13,720
I have spoken with Dr Myra and I do understand why your feelings
1113
01:11:13,720 --> 01:11:17,640
towards Hope Clinic are...less than warm.
1114
01:11:17,640 --> 01:11:21,480
Good. Then leave my house and leave me alone.
1115
01:11:24,800 --> 01:11:27,800
I have generally been quite a fortunate woman, Mr Starke.
1116
01:11:27,800 --> 01:11:31,240
I've experienced little in the way of loss,
1117
01:11:31,240 --> 01:11:33,400
but I know what it is to have nothing but
1118
01:11:33,400 --> 01:11:36,200
a photograph or two to look at and to love.
1119
01:11:38,600 --> 01:11:40,000
They fade...
1120
01:11:41,240 --> 01:11:43,520
..people don't tell you that.
1121
01:11:43,520 --> 01:11:47,360
The photographs fade and the glue disintegrates.
1122
01:11:49,440 --> 01:11:54,880
Now, I never took any photographs of Celeste in her last days...
1123
01:11:56,160 --> 01:12:00,920
..because her face was so swollen and discoloured.
1124
01:12:00,920 --> 01:12:02,920
I can imagine.
1125
01:12:02,920 --> 01:12:07,520
And I never took any photographs of the child at all.
1126
01:12:10,440 --> 01:12:12,640
I can't answer for what happened then.
1127
01:12:14,040 --> 01:12:16,160
But will you let me say I am sorry?
1128
01:12:16,160 --> 01:12:19,160
Why? Why should you feel guilt? Hmm?
1129
01:12:20,320 --> 01:12:24,320
I don't, but I feel so much sorrow.
1130
01:12:25,520 --> 01:12:29,320
I feel it every time a child is lost, every time a mother is lost.
1131
01:12:29,320 --> 01:12:32,120
I feel it every time I see somebody weeping,
1132
01:12:32,120 --> 01:12:34,520
even if they don't allow the tears to fall.
1133
01:12:41,160 --> 01:12:46,960
# Each night before you go to bed, my baby
1134
01:12:46,960 --> 01:12:49,720
# Spare a little...
1135
01:12:49,720 --> 01:12:52,760
ROZA JOINS IN: # ..prayer for me, my baby...
1136
01:12:52,760 --> 01:12:57,840
# And tell all the stars above
1137
01:12:59,560 --> 01:13:03,440
# This is dedicated to the one I love... #
1138
01:13:05,760 --> 01:13:08,320
I think now we should send for a doctor.
1139
01:13:08,320 --> 01:13:11,720
She doesn't need a doctor, does she, Nurse Franklin?
1140
01:13:11,720 --> 01:13:13,320
Of course not. She's got us.
1141
01:13:13,320 --> 01:13:14,680
ROZA GROANS
1142
01:13:15,720 --> 01:13:16,840
That's it.
1143
01:13:17,920 --> 01:13:19,400
Mr Starke,
1144
01:13:19,400 --> 01:13:22,240
if your wife did die because of bacterial infection,
1145
01:13:22,240 --> 01:13:24,720
you could help prevent that happening to any other mother.
1146
01:13:24,720 --> 01:13:28,400
All you have to do is to stop blaming Doctor Myra
1147
01:13:28,400 --> 01:13:32,240
and her black patients for the death of your wife and baby.
1148
01:13:32,240 --> 01:13:36,080
You ask a great deal of a man who has nothing.
1149
01:13:36,080 --> 01:13:39,360
You have land, Mr Starke, land that could be traversed with
1150
01:13:39,360 --> 01:13:42,840
a water pipeline in a matter of just a few days.
1151
01:13:42,840 --> 01:13:46,440
Believe me, a clean water supply to the hospital would be
1152
01:13:46,440 --> 01:13:50,400
a better memorial to your wife than any photograph,
1153
01:13:50,400 --> 01:13:53,000
even if the smiling faces are not her face
1154
01:13:53,000 --> 01:13:56,320
and the children saved are not your child.
1155
01:14:06,800 --> 01:14:09,480
I have asked a great deal, Mr Starke, I know.
1156
01:14:09,480 --> 01:14:12,160
But I will not ask your permission to pray for you,
1157
01:14:12,160 --> 01:14:13,840
I will do that anyway,
1158
01:14:13,840 --> 01:14:18,560
because I cannot bear the thought of leaving you alone in such pain.
1159
01:14:29,000 --> 01:14:30,680
SHE GROANS
1160
01:14:33,080 --> 01:14:34,400
GROANS CONTINUE
1161
01:14:38,120 --> 01:14:40,040
She's making no progress.
1162
01:14:40,040 --> 01:14:41,200
She can't pass urine
1163
01:14:41,200 --> 01:14:44,120
and there's a ridge in the muscle in the lower part of the uterus.
1164
01:14:45,240 --> 01:14:47,040
Would you examine her, Sister?
1165
01:14:50,480 --> 01:14:51,600
This?
1166
01:15:00,480 --> 01:15:01,760
You're right, Nurse Franklin.
1167
01:15:01,760 --> 01:15:04,520
If we don't intervene, the uterus will rupture.
1168
01:15:06,360 --> 01:15:08,160
The heartbeat's still slow.
1169
01:15:21,000 --> 01:15:22,040
Sister?
1170
01:15:23,360 --> 01:15:25,440
Constance needs a Caesarean section -
1171
01:15:25,440 --> 01:15:28,240
without one, neither she nor the child can survive -
1172
01:15:28,240 --> 01:15:31,280
and there's no-one here that can do that for her.
1173
01:15:31,280 --> 01:15:34,800
Then we have no choice - we have to operate ourselves.
1174
01:15:34,800 --> 01:15:38,360
We're midwives, Nurse Franklin.
1175
01:15:38,360 --> 01:15:42,680
I don't normally wish we were doctors, too, but I do today.
1176
01:15:44,360 --> 01:15:49,080
Sister, I've seen so many Caesareans at close quarters,
1177
01:15:49,080 --> 01:15:51,240
I've even assisted in stitching.
1178
01:15:51,240 --> 01:15:53,320
We have the instruments we need,
1179
01:15:53,320 --> 01:15:56,200
we're skilled enough and desperate enough.
1180
01:15:57,520 --> 01:15:59,680
Please don't plead with me.
1181
01:15:59,680 --> 01:16:03,920
I'm not pleading. I'm saying again that we have no choice
1182
01:16:03,920 --> 01:16:06,560
and I want that to be a powerful thing,
1183
01:16:06,560 --> 01:16:09,200
a thing that makes survival possible.
1184
01:16:09,200 --> 01:16:12,360
Not a miserable, grinding version of "no choice",
1185
01:16:12,360 --> 01:16:15,560
which means we'll have two bodies to bury in one coffin in the morning!
1186
01:16:15,560 --> 01:16:18,560
That may be the situation anyway, Nurse Franklin,
1187
01:16:18,560 --> 01:16:21,240
even if we do as you suggest.
1188
01:16:22,600 --> 01:16:24,560
But at least we will have tried.
1189
01:16:31,240 --> 01:16:33,160
Trixie's already scrubbing up.
1190
01:16:33,160 --> 01:16:35,800
Nurse Crane sent me to collect the instruments and the drugs.
1191
01:16:35,800 --> 01:16:39,280
It's all in hand, including a strong sedative and plenty of lignocaine.
1192
01:16:39,280 --> 01:16:42,400
Sister Gertrude says Nurse Franklin will need to inject it into
1193
01:16:42,400 --> 01:16:44,280
each layer of muscle as she proceeds.
1194
01:16:44,280 --> 01:16:45,880
Are the instruments ready?
1195
01:16:47,240 --> 01:16:50,360
Erm, they need another 50 seconds.
1196
01:17:04,240 --> 01:17:05,720
ROZA'S GROANS CONTINUE
1197
01:17:12,160 --> 01:17:13,920
Extra Tilley lamp.
1198
01:17:13,920 --> 01:17:15,720
Thank you, Fred.
1199
01:17:15,720 --> 01:17:17,360
Can I do anything else?
1200
01:17:17,360 --> 01:17:18,680
Not this time.
1201
01:17:38,720 --> 01:17:40,320
Has the anaesthesia taken?
1202
01:17:43,720 --> 01:17:45,000
Scalpel.
1203
01:17:54,480 --> 01:17:56,360
That's it, Constance, that's it.
1204
01:18:13,400 --> 01:18:14,800
She needs more gas.
1205
01:18:20,680 --> 01:18:22,360
Uterus exposed.
1206
01:18:44,120 --> 01:18:46,040
I'm going to pull the baby out now.
1207
01:18:46,040 --> 01:18:47,840
Ready to receive.
1208
01:18:53,880 --> 01:18:55,640
It's stuck, I can't move it.
1209
01:18:57,840 --> 01:19:01,480
I need...I need someone to put their hand into the birth canal
1210
01:19:01,480 --> 01:19:03,480
and push the baby back upwards.
1211
01:19:05,120 --> 01:19:07,040
Barbara, will you do it?
1212
01:19:08,640 --> 01:19:10,000
Yes.
1213
01:19:18,360 --> 01:19:19,800
Applying pressure.
1214
01:19:26,720 --> 01:19:27,800
Barbara!
1215
01:19:30,920 --> 01:19:32,400
Again, Barbara!
1216
01:19:44,800 --> 01:19:47,120
BABY CRIES
1217
01:19:47,120 --> 01:19:50,120
Come on, come on, open your eyes, Mummy!
1218
01:20:21,480 --> 01:20:26,600
Well done, Trixie. I couldn't be more proud of you.
1219
01:20:27,880 --> 01:20:29,600
Well done.
1220
01:20:29,600 --> 01:20:31,360
Well done.
1221
01:20:34,120 --> 01:20:37,200
I can't really think of anything else to say,
1222
01:20:37,200 --> 01:20:39,520
except I'm so glad you taught me to smoke
1223
01:20:39,520 --> 01:20:42,920
because right now there's nothing I want more than a cigarette.
1224
01:20:42,920 --> 01:20:44,160
THEY BOTH CHUCKLE
1225
01:21:14,480 --> 01:21:17,200
I've come to speak to you, Sister.
1226
01:21:17,200 --> 01:21:19,960
I'm afraid I can't oblige you now, Mr Starke.
1227
01:21:19,960 --> 01:21:24,080
This baby's mother required surgery and I need to get back to her.
1228
01:21:25,080 --> 01:21:28,160
Don't you bath a baby when it's just been born?
1229
01:21:28,160 --> 01:21:32,240
Mother Felicity bathed my little girl when she was born,
1230
01:21:32,240 --> 01:21:33,920
I remember it clearly.
1231
01:21:35,040 --> 01:21:37,920
We don't have sufficient water, Mr Starke
1232
01:21:37,920 --> 01:21:42,320
and, as I said, I can't oblige you now.
1233
01:21:47,280 --> 01:21:48,480
I'm sorry.
1234
01:21:49,600 --> 01:21:50,880
Truly sorry.
1235
01:21:57,320 --> 01:21:58,920
And I want to make amends.
1236
01:22:27,720 --> 01:22:29,120
CHATTER AND LAUGHTER
1237
01:22:44,560 --> 01:22:45,880
They're back.
1238
01:22:47,400 --> 01:22:49,360
What news of Dr Myra?
1239
01:22:49,360 --> 01:22:52,080
She's been admitted to hospital in Port Elizabeth.
1240
01:22:52,080 --> 01:22:54,640
Dr Turner persuaded them to try metronidazole.
1241
01:22:54,640 --> 01:22:57,040
It remains to be seen if it will work.
1242
01:22:57,040 --> 01:23:00,280
Meanwhile, we stopped off at the airport and collected this,
1243
01:23:00,280 --> 01:23:02,640
fresh from Nonnatus House.
1244
01:23:02,640 --> 01:23:03,800
Oh!
1245
01:23:03,800 --> 01:23:08,560
Then...we stopped off in a certain village and picked up these.
1246
01:23:13,000 --> 01:23:14,040
Molo.
1247
01:23:17,400 --> 01:23:19,680
Come on, lads. We've got work to do.
1248
01:23:23,040 --> 01:23:24,240
What is this cake?
1249
01:23:24,240 --> 01:23:25,840
It's Christmas cake.
1250
01:23:25,840 --> 01:23:27,040
It's a bit late.
1251
01:23:27,040 --> 01:23:28,600
No. It's a bit early.
1252
01:23:34,280 --> 01:23:35,680
Ah. Ooh.
1253
01:23:45,400 --> 01:23:47,960
Phyllis seems to have got her camera working.
1254
01:23:47,960 --> 01:23:51,320
I thought that, when the water comes through, we could get a picture.
1255
01:23:51,320 --> 01:23:54,280
That way we'll have proof we left something behind.
1256
01:23:54,280 --> 01:23:57,400
We don't need proof. We'll always know it's here.
1257
01:23:57,400 --> 01:24:00,320
In the meantime, tuck into this.
1258
01:24:00,320 --> 01:24:02,720
I don't fancy looking at it in the Bay of Biscay.
1259
01:24:08,840 --> 01:24:10,400
Barbara.
1260
01:24:12,200 --> 01:24:14,120
I want you to have this.
1261
01:24:14,120 --> 01:24:16,880
No-one's hand ever touched it but mine
1262
01:24:16,880 --> 01:24:19,880
and it's as though it was just growing here,
1263
01:24:19,880 --> 01:24:21,680
waiting for this moment.
1264
01:24:21,680 --> 01:24:23,320
Oh, Tom.
1265
01:24:23,320 --> 01:24:26,800
There'll be a gold ring, there'll be a diamond if you want one,
1266
01:24:26,800 --> 01:24:30,240
but...for now - you beautiful girl -
1267
01:24:30,240 --> 01:24:33,040
will you just let me love you
1268
01:24:33,040 --> 01:24:35,040
and accept this blade of grass?
1269
01:24:36,400 --> 01:24:37,760
Yes, I will.
1270
01:24:37,760 --> 01:24:41,160
Barbara Gilbert, will you marry me?
1271
01:24:50,880 --> 01:24:52,640
Doesn't your boy need these anymore?
1272
01:24:52,640 --> 01:24:53,960
No.
1273
01:24:55,240 --> 01:24:57,800
Our boy - Timothy - got stronger.
1274
01:24:57,800 --> 01:24:59,440
These are yours now.
1275
01:24:59,440 --> 01:25:00,960
Yeah.
1276
01:25:02,920 --> 01:25:04,360
HUM OF CHATTER
1277
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Thank you all for coming.
1278
01:25:10,560 --> 01:25:11,600
CHATTER SUBSIDES
1279
01:25:13,000 --> 01:25:15,720
Now it's time to see if the new spring works.
1280
01:25:20,560 --> 01:25:21,960
There you go, chap.
1281
01:25:25,200 --> 01:25:26,720
Oh, bless him.
1282
01:25:31,440 --> 01:25:32,920
Three, two, one...
1283
01:25:40,880 --> 01:25:43,960
JENNIFER: 'Not all gifts come tied in ribbons
1284
01:25:43,960 --> 01:25:45,840
'or at a special time of year.
1285
01:25:45,840 --> 01:25:49,560
'Some blessings surprise us, arriving unlabelled,
1286
01:25:49,560 --> 01:25:52,760
'and we embrace them in a blaze of joy.'
1287
01:25:55,760 --> 01:25:59,480
Good afternoon, Nurse Gilbert. Mrs Turner.
1288
01:25:59,480 --> 01:26:00,880
Roza. You look so smart.
1289
01:26:01,960 --> 01:26:05,120
Once a secretary, always a secretary.
1290
01:26:05,120 --> 01:26:10,000
'Roza Mphaphane was appointed clinic administrator, which gave her
1291
01:26:10,000 --> 01:26:14,400
'dignity and purpose, and the hospital the chance to thrive.
1292
01:26:14,400 --> 01:26:17,720
'Clean water and renewed and increased funding from
1293
01:26:17,720 --> 01:26:21,160
'the mission made Hope Clinic viable again.
1294
01:26:21,160 --> 01:26:25,440
'It could at last look to the future with the woman who served it
1295
01:26:25,440 --> 01:26:30,800
'for so many years restored to her place as its beating heart.'
1296
01:26:30,800 --> 01:26:33,120
I hope you're going to behave yourself
1297
01:26:33,120 --> 01:26:37,200
because, until you're fully recovered, Dr Myra, I'm in charge.
1298
01:26:37,200 --> 01:26:38,440
Ooh.
1299
01:26:44,560 --> 01:26:46,560
Go on, off you go, go on...
1300
01:26:47,800 --> 01:26:49,040
Right.
1301
01:26:50,520 --> 01:26:53,000
Oh, that's nice. Now just get a bit closer.
1302
01:26:53,000 --> 01:26:54,280
Smile!
1303
01:27:01,960 --> 01:27:07,160
'The once frail hospital flourished long after the visitors from
1304
01:27:07,160 --> 01:27:10,040
'Nonnatus said goodbye.
1305
01:27:10,040 --> 01:27:13,360
'But though they had given their labour and their love,
1306
01:27:13,360 --> 01:27:16,440
'they also took and they learned...
1307
01:27:16,440 --> 01:27:20,360
'and they went home wiser, enriched,
1308
01:27:20,360 --> 01:27:22,840
'in ways that they could not count.'
1309
01:27:22,840 --> 01:27:24,240
Ready!
1310
01:27:26,160 --> 01:27:27,320
CAMERA WHIRS
1311
01:27:31,720 --> 01:27:33,120
Cheese!
1312
01:27:34,305 --> 01:27:40,377
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