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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,960 MUSIC: Cissy Strut by The Meters 2 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:17,078 I think Linda's marriage was a failure almost from the beginning. 3 00:00:17,080 --> 00:00:20,318 She and Tony Kroesig were married in February, 4 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:22,198 had a hunting honeymoon 5 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:25,798 and were settled down for good in Bryanston Square by Easter. 6 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,038 Morning. 7 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:31,238 Tony started working in his father's old bank and prepared 8 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:33,798 to step into a Conservative seat in the House of Commons. 9 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:36,198 ..For extending to me its usual general indulgence... 10 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:38,640 An ambition which was very soon realised. 11 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,440 Hear, hear! 12 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:48,080 You were kind to give me such a wonderful present! 13 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:51,238 The Kroesigs thought Linda Radlett 14 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:53,360 affected, eccentric and extravagant. 15 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,718 The Radletts considered Tony Kroesig a pompous, money-grubbing ass. 16 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:03,440 ..Consider making some judicious investments in America. 17 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,158 You might be glad to go there yourself. 18 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:09,478 There's not a war. 19 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,638 I may be old, but I can still shoot, damn you! 20 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:14,958 I loathe abroad! 21 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:17,158 Nothing would induce me to live there! 22 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:20,358 And as for foreigners, they're all the same, they all make me sick! 23 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:25,638 And did the necklace cost all the thousand pounds I sent you? 24 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,598 Oh, well, I thought you'd want me to buy one thing with it 25 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:30,240 and always remember who gave it to me. 26 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,918 Er...no, dear. You should have asked Tony to invest it for you, 27 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,718 or spent it on entertaining important people 28 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,558 who might have been of use to him in his career. 29 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:42,918 There's no such thing as profiting! 30 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:46,758 Just people who are bad at their jobs and idle! 31 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:49,718 The only mental qualities necessary for survival 32 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:52,478 are those which produce money. 33 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:55,878 Why do you think people who already have plenty of it 34 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:59,358 want to lock themselves away from God's fresh air and blue skies 35 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:01,358 simply in order to make more? 36 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:03,920 Do try to behave like an adult. 37 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:09,838 But Linda, being what she was, kept up a perfect shop front 38 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:12,160 and I never really knew much about it. 39 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:16,318 Oh, no, I haven't seen Linda Radlett for ages! 40 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:18,558 In a way, it was wonderful to be away from her 41 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,758 and all the raging scenes in the hall at Alconleigh that Christmas. 42 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:23,998 Fantastic! You loved it? 43 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:25,918 Oh, I haven't read it. Oh! 44 00:02:25,920 --> 00:02:27,758 And to find my heart wasn't racing 45 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:29,880 and my stomach churning all the time. 46 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:33,520 Linda?! 47 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,320 Oh. 48 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,558 Oh, yes, W comes after V. 49 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:55,878 SHE TUTS 50 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:57,320 Famously. 51 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:00,798 You're the one who's not a bright young thing. 52 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:02,280 SHE CHUCKLES 53 00:03:03,640 --> 00:03:05,000 I suppose so. 54 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:10,238 Gosh! 55 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,038 Don't you love a book shop? 56 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:14,518 I do. BELLS PEAL 57 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:18,118 It was a happy time, and I got happily married to Alfred Wincham, 58 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:21,398 then a young don at St Peter's College, Oxford. 59 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:23,438 Oh, Alfred! Oh! 60 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:25,040 THEY GIGGLE AND SHRIEK 61 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:32,078 I have been with this kind, scholarly man ever since. 62 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,758 You've never been more...sexy! 63 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,118 Just pull it off that way! 64 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:39,718 Alfred! Oh, sorry, darling! 65 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:42,198 Finding in our home at Oxford that refuge from the storms 66 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:44,958 and puzzles of life, which I suppose I always wanted. 67 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:46,840 One...one moment! One moment! 68 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:54,160 I'll just get my trousers. 69 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:57,600 The creases! 70 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:01,158 Right. Oh! 71 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,398 THEY MOAN PASSIONATELY 72 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:06,878 MOANS: Mm, Fanny! Mm! 73 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,958 Not digestives, my favourite food! 74 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:11,918 LINDA GIGGLES 75 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:14,438 LINDA MOANS WITH DELIGHT 76 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:16,638 LINDA EXHALES 77 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:18,438 It's so nice here! 78 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:20,198 Oh, thank you! 79 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:22,998 The curtains! Where did you find them?! 80 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,118 Gosh, Fanny, you are lucky to be you! 81 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:28,718 Oh. Well, it's nothing like as grand as Bryanston Square. 82 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:31,158 Oh, no! It's huge and empty there! 83 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:32,398 LINDA SIGHS 84 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,518 I miss the hours of cheerful bustle 85 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:37,798 and pointless chatter at Alconleigh. 86 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:40,278 Yes, but when you were there, you always wanted to escape. 87 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:42,440 Oh, no, I know! Oh! 88 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:45,518 LINDA SQUEALS 89 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,558 I'm in pig. What do you think of that? 90 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:50,758 Fancy that! I am, too! 91 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:52,918 No! 92 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:55,958 Fanny! Oh, my...! Look, I'm so fat! 93 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:57,878 I'm so fat! 94 00:04:57,880 --> 00:04:59,158 THEY LAUGH 95 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:00,598 Oh! 96 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:02,318 Fanny! 97 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:06,358 Oh, it's so lonely without you! 98 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:10,198 Oh, Fanny, the horror of important people! 99 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:12,720 You are lucky not to know any. 100 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:18,480 Ladies. 101 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:22,040 THEY LAUGH 102 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,198 Oh, I do like that Alfred of yours! Yeah? 103 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:29,638 Mm. He has such a clever, serious look. 104 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:31,838 THEY LAUGH 105 00:05:31,840 --> 00:05:35,520 What pretty little darn babies you'll have! 106 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:39,358 Oh! Gosh, I do feel so ill! 107 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:40,960 SIGHS: Hm! 108 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:49,118 Linda's child, a girl, was born in October. 109 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:50,878 BABY WAILS 110 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:53,598 She was very ill indeed at her confinement. 111 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,918 LINDA GASPS 112 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:57,798 Oh, darling! 113 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:00,358 Oh-ho! 114 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:03,278 Oh, love, not to scare you, 115 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:06,160 but it was absolutely the worst thing that's ever happened to me. 116 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,318 How can Ma have done it six times? 117 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:14,598 I know. I'm absolutely terrified. 118 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:17,318 Davey keeps trying to tell me what a wonderful clear-out it'll be. 119 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:18,798 LINDA CHUCKLES 120 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,398 So, what are you going to call her? Where is she, anyway? 121 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:22,918 The sister's room. 122 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:24,558 It shrieks. Hm. 123 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:26,318 Moira, I believe. 124 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:27,478 FANNY SCOFFS 125 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:29,398 Not Moira. Darling, you can't! 126 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:33,318 Tony likes it. He had another sister called Moira who died. 127 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:36,518 Their old nanny told me it was all because his sister, Marjorie, 128 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,398 whacked her on the head with a hammer when she was four months old. 129 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:40,998 Can you believe it?! Oh, dear! 130 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,158 And they call us an uncontrolled family! 131 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,358 Why, even Father never tried to murder anybody. 132 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:47,598 Well, all the same, I don't see how you can saddle 133 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:51,358 the poor little thing with a name like Moira. It's too unkind. 134 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:54,438 It'll have to grow up a Moira if the Kroesigs are going to like it. 135 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:58,678 And they may as well like it because frankly...I don't. 136 00:06:58,680 --> 00:06:59,958 Linda, how can you say that? 137 00:06:59,960 --> 00:07:02,478 You can't possibly tell whether you like her or not yet. 138 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:04,038 KNOCK AT DOOR 139 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:05,638 Wait till you see her. 140 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:08,478 You must be the cousin I've heard so much about. 141 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:10,598 Do you want to see the baby? Yes. 142 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:12,798 Poor thing, it's really kinder not to look. 143 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:14,318 Pay no attention to her. 144 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:17,678 She pretends to be a wicked woman, but it's all a put-on. 145 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:22,078 Poor soul! She must've caught sight of herself in a glass somewhere. 146 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:23,920 BABY WAILS 147 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:27,800 Ah! 148 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:33,838 But Linda's so young! You both are, Fanny. 149 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:37,918 I don't believe very young mothers ever get wrapped up in their babies. 150 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:39,558 Just like The Bolter. 151 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:41,598 She was too young to be adoring. 152 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:43,678 I'm perfectly adoring. 153 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:46,798 And Linda really seems to loathe Moira. 154 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:50,998 So like Linda. She has to do things by extremes. Huh! 155 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,798 Oh, no tea for me, please, Fanny. 156 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:55,798 I'm on a new diet. Ooh! 157 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:58,278 One meal white, one meal red. 158 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:01,038 It's doing me so much good. 159 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:03,118 So, you won't be wanting any chocolate cake, then? 160 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:05,478 Er...no, chocolate counts as red. 161 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:07,598 Surely that's obvious? 162 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,678 Well, OK. Thank you. 163 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:13,758 She's been terribly ill. Sadie was in despair. 164 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:15,638 Twice, they thought she would die. 165 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:17,878 The doctor said to never have another child. 166 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:19,998 It would almost certainly kill her. 167 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:21,718 Don't talk of it. 168 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:24,398 I can't imagine the world without Linda. 169 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:28,278 He was right, it was an impossible concept. 170 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:30,478 "Sh! Sh-sh-sh!" 171 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:31,678 BABY WAILS 172 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:33,400 "Whispered Freckles, on the alert." 173 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:38,598 Somebody else was in the bath beside them. 174 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:41,040 Should we take her to see the park? 175 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:43,518 Sorry? 176 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:46,798 Moira. Should we take Moira to see the park? 177 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:48,598 No, thank you. 178 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:50,158 I've already seen it. 179 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:51,840 APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS 180 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:57,318 What do you think you're doing? 181 00:08:57,320 --> 00:08:59,038 I'm reading to my babies. 182 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:00,880 Oh, don't talk nonsense! 183 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:03,638 Get up! 184 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:06,520 God's sake! I'm taking you out! 185 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:16,920 MUSIC: The In Crowd by Bryan Ferry 186 00:09:24,680 --> 00:09:27,598 Linda then proceeded to fritter away years of her youth 187 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:29,720 with nothing whatever to show for them. 188 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:43,398 She became what's known as a society beauty. 189 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:46,598 RAUCOUS LAUGHTER AND ANIMATED CHATTER 190 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:48,920 # I am in with the in crowd 191 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:53,198 # I go where the in crowd goes 192 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:55,438 # I'm in with the in crowd... # 193 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:58,678 Fashionable young men cluster around her like bees around honey. 194 00:09:58,680 --> 00:10:01,038 Buzz, buzz, buzz! Chat, chat, chat! 195 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:02,398 RAUCOUS LAUGHTER 196 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:05,918 # Any time of the year don't you hear? 197 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:08,478 # They make way day or night 198 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:12,678 # They know the in crowd is out of sight... # 199 00:10:12,680 --> 00:10:15,318 At the cinema, theatre, opera, ballet, 200 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:17,358 dinner, supper, nightclubs, 201 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:21,800 parties, dances, all day, all night, endless, endless chat. 202 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:26,880 # I'm in with the in crowd 203 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,798 # I know every latest dance 204 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,280 # When you're in with the in crowd 205 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:39,120 # It's easy to find romance. # 206 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:48,680 Thank you very much. Thank you. 207 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:56,518 Hello, Fanny, darling! What are you doing here? 208 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:58,238 Well, you invited me. 209 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:00,958 Yes, I did, of course I did, but... 210 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,998 Thank you so much. Thank you. ..that was, that was for lunch at noon. 211 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,438 It's...11:50 now. 212 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:08,478 Oh! 213 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:11,078 Well, I did get scared once I heard the birds tweeting! 214 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:13,478 Oh, dear, I've been up all night chatting! 215 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:17,360 Oh, come on, darling Fanny, let's have lunch in bed! 216 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:22,878 My feeling is, is that Linda is in real pain 217 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:25,518 and she's only disguising it with a lot of chatter. 218 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:27,358 If she had had an intellectual background, 219 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:29,078 the place of all this pointless chatter 220 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:31,918 might have been taken by a serious interest in the arts, or by reading. 221 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:34,198 Hey, give my doggy back! David! It's mine! 222 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:37,358 It's mine now! Give him the doggy back! David! 223 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:41,038 Yes, I suppose she should have become a terrible bore by now, 224 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:42,838 but she isn't quite one yet. 225 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:46,198 Of course she isn't. Linda's extraordinary! 226 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:48,718 It's your best friend you're talking about here, Fanny. 227 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:50,158 Don't hate me, Davey. 228 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:53,038 But how she treats that poor child is appalling, darling. 229 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:56,118 She's completely abandoned her to Surrey to be brought up by the Kroesigs. 230 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:59,158 She doesn't even have affairs! I don't see what she gets out of her life! 231 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:00,918 It must be dreadfully empty! 232 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:02,878 It's all frittery and silliness with Linda. 233 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:04,638 Linda believes in love! 234 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:07,480 She...she's passionately romantic! 235 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:11,918 Casual affairs would be of absolutely no interest to her. 236 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:14,718 One only hopes that when the next irresistible temptation comes, 237 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:16,878 it will not prove to be another bottom. 238 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:19,878 I suppose she really is just like your mother, Fanny. 239 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:21,958 And all of hers have been bottoms. 240 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:23,398 Poor Bolter! 241 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:27,358 She's happy, though, now, isn't she, with her Italian count? 242 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:29,920 MUSIC: Guaglione by Marino Marini 243 00:12:37,680 --> 00:12:39,038 Linda's not like my mother. 244 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:41,078 Tony is a frightful counter-Hon, 245 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:43,960 and the people who love her should really be more sympathetic. 246 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:49,798 I called Linda, who asked me to go with her to visit Moira, 247 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,158 now seven years old and living permanently 248 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:54,198 with her grandparents in Surrey. 249 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:55,798 Here you are! 250 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:57,558 Hello. 251 00:12:57,560 --> 00:12:59,918 Tony and Moira have gone riding. 252 00:12:59,920 --> 00:13:02,478 I thought you might have passed them. 253 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:03,878 Oh. 254 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:05,798 Now, I must warn you, 255 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:09,478 we have something of a rough diamond coming for lunch. 256 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,518 He's by way of being rather a Communist. 257 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:13,000 Clever chap gone wrong. 258 00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:17,078 Son of a dear old professor who lives in the village. 259 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:19,758 I always think it's as well to see something 260 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:21,278 of these left-wing fellows. 261 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:25,320 If people like us are nice to them, they can be tamed wonderfully. 262 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:33,798 Hello. 263 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:36,000 Welcome! Splendid you could come! 264 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:39,120 BIRDSONG 265 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:42,798 No, Moira, no cake before fruit. 266 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:44,758 Oh, Tony, let her have a piece of cake. 267 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:46,878 Not until she's eaten her fruit! 268 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:49,318 It's all right, you can have a piece of cake. No, she can't! 269 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:50,760 Have some cake, Moira. 270 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:53,838 What does your father write about? 271 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:55,598 The plight of the working man. 272 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:58,238 Well, I hate the lower classes! 273 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:00,798 Ravening beasts trying to get my money! 274 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:02,718 Well, let them try, that's all. 275 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:04,198 Oh, shut up, Tony! You wouldn't 276 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:06,958 say that if you'd grown up in the country. 277 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:09,038 Maybe you ought to be in Parliament. Who hasn't? 278 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:10,598 We've all lived in the country. 279 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:12,438 Do put that dormouse away, Linda. 280 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:14,398 Surrey is not the countryside! 281 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:16,038 Hm! LINDA CHUCKLES 282 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:18,398 Your pa's not exactly a man of the people, Linda. 283 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:21,358 I mean, for God's sake, he's against women being let into the Lords 284 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:23,318 in case they use the peers' lavatory! 285 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,518 It's the kind of thing that gives the man on the street 286 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:27,718 the impression we're governed by a lot of lunatics! 287 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:29,360 We are governed by a lot of lunatics. 288 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:34,558 The USSR, Norway and Mexico 289 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:37,478 are the only places worth living in. 290 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:39,160 Everywhere else is horror. 291 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:44,158 Fascism in Italy, Nazism in Germany, civil war in Spain, 292 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:47,038 inadequate socialism in France, tyranny in Africa, 293 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,958 starvation in Asia, reaction in America 294 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:54,278 and right-wing blight here in England. 295 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:56,518 Yes. Tony's frightfully right-wing. 296 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:58,318 He really rather loves Hitler. 297 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:00,918 We have financial interests and many relations in Germany. 298 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:03,878 Really? Charming chap, Mr Hitler. 299 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:06,918 I went to see him in Berlin, 300 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:11,720 and got taken for a drive in a Mercedes-Benz by Heinrich Himmler. 301 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:15,358 The only medicine 302 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:16,560 is communism. 303 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:19,760 TONY COUGHS AND MUTTERS 304 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:26,518 Come back to mine for tea, will you? 305 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:28,360 And meet my father? 306 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:31,280 You'd like him. 307 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:34,320 SHE GIGGLES 308 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:37,800 And Linda did just that. 309 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:41,918 Leaving the Kroesigs to behave for the rest of the afternoon 310 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:44,038 like a lot of hens who have seen a fox. 311 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:46,000 That really is rather too bad of Linda. 312 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:49,838 Moira was looking forward to showing her the ponies. 313 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:51,160 Cuckoo! 314 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:54,080 Oh, who's that? 315 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:57,560 Who? That? 316 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:01,278 MUSIC: Not Fade Away by The Rolling Stones 317 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:02,920 Oh! 318 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:11,040 # I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be 319 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:15,200 # You're gonna give your love to me 320 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:18,638 # I'm gonna love you... # 321 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:22,198 Linda returned just in time for dinner, looking very beautiful. 322 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:24,238 She had a father and a mother, 323 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:26,960 and they all lived together in a house... 324 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:30,920 Christian's father is an absolute darling! 325 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:34,638 He lives in the smallest house imaginable, 326 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:36,878 but it's packed with books! 327 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:39,718 Oh, God, he's perfect heaven! 328 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:42,158 I can see you mean Christian is perfect heaven. 329 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:43,958 No, it was... LINDA SIGHS 330 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:48,678 It was just so nice to talk about the...the betterment of the world. 331 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:50,158 Instead of the way Tony talks, 332 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:52,398 which is all about what jobs his friends get, 333 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:54,078 and I just want to fall asleep! 334 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:56,118 LINDA SIGHS 335 00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:59,238 Fanny, oh, don't look so worried. 336 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:02,238 It's not sexual, it's a meeting of minds. 337 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:04,080 BANGING ON WINDOW Argh! 338 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:11,238 Just o-open the window, will you?! Of course I won't! 339 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:13,238 You must, or he'll fall off and die! 340 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:16,598 Linda, if I let him in, it will mean great heartache and danger. 341 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:18,918 You never think, Linda! Well, you think too much! 342 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:21,318 BANGING CONTINUES Oh, God! 343 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:24,118 Let him in, or I shall stand up out of the bath and let him in myself! 344 00:17:24,120 --> 00:17:25,798 You wouldn't dare! You know I would. 345 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:28,518 If you don't draw the line somewhere, nothing will ever be enough! 346 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:29,798 But I don't want just enough! 347 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:32,238 You've got to start believing in something other than love! 348 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:33,720 What else is there? 349 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:37,320 LINDA SIGHS 350 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:50,680 Come and fight the fascists with me, Linda. 351 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:56,440 SHE MOUTHS 352 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:05,080 Well... Oh! Hm-hm! I'd better get dressed first. 353 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,400 Linda was a plum ripe for the plucking. 354 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:12,240 The tree had been shaken. 355 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:16,278 The comrades were sent large quantities of tinned milk! 356 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:19,238 She threw discretion and what little worldly wisdom she may have 357 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:20,358 picked up to the winds. 358 00:18:20,360 --> 00:18:22,798 ..The workers of Soviet Russia. Please donate generously! 359 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:24,878 She became an out-and-out Communist, 360 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:27,038 and bored everyone to death at the dinner table. 361 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:30,758 Finally, to the infinite relief of the Kroesigs, 362 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:33,078 she went off to live with Christian 363 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:35,438 and Tony started proceedings for divorce. 364 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:36,838 Divorce?! 365 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:39,080 This was a great blow to my aunt and uncle. 366 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:49,640 You'll be banned from the house. 367 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:53,198 Your sisters will be banned from seeing you! 368 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:55,318 No decent man will marry any of them now! 369 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:59,040 An adulterous woman is the single most disgusting thing there is! 370 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:06,158 I don't like the light-hearted way you abandoned little Moira, Linda. 371 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:07,800 Well, bolting's in the blood! 372 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:14,638 Meanwhile, our littlest had started kindergarten 373 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:17,880 and I give Alfred breakfast in the garden to celebrate. 374 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:23,038 SHE SIGHS No-one but us until four. 375 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:25,198 Mm! Peace! 376 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,398 Mm! Look at those roses! Oh! 377 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:30,758 Isn't it heaven, our little life? 378 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:32,000 Yes. 379 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:35,998 Or not. 380 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,678 Yes, but that's the marmalade spoon. 381 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:40,280 Don't put it in the jam. 382 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:44,998 Fanny, darling? 383 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:48,000 I know you're still cross with me, but please, can you not be? 384 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:52,760 I've come here because I desperately need a drink! 385 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:58,840 Oh, dear. 386 00:20:00,120 --> 00:20:02,158 It was all so pointless in that big, huge house, 387 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,678 and it does seem unfair to have to go on feeling 388 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:07,398 so dreadfully unhappy for the rest of one's life. 389 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:10,000 Of course you shouldn't be unhappy for the rest of your life. 390 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:13,878 So, what is your life? 391 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:16,998 I'm a Communist, you know. We both are. 392 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,318 And I'm living with Christian in his flat. 393 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:23,000 Very small, which is just as well, because I'm doing all the housework! 394 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:27,600 Hm. And I don't seem to be very good at it. 395 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:30,438 I mean, the oven! 396 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:32,598 I don't wonder some people put their heads in them 397 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:34,800 and leave them there out of sheer misery! 398 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:37,998 Darling, might I get another drink? 399 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:39,758 So, how has Tony taken it? 400 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:41,678 LINDA EXHALES 401 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:43,718 He's awfully pleased, actually. 402 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:45,998 OK. Yes. Because now he can marry his mistress 403 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:50,158 without having a scandal upsetting the Conservative Association. 404 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:53,118 Who is she?! She's called Pixie Townsend. 405 00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:57,758 You know the sort - young face, white hair, dyed blue! 406 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:01,318 She's a terrific counter-Hon, but she lives near Plains 407 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:04,598 and adores Moira and is good at everything I wasn't, 408 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:07,278 like Conservatism and golf! 409 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:09,400 Yes, I think I saw her there. Hm! 410 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:13,798 Yes. 411 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:15,200 Oh! 412 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:19,958 Well, I'm only too thankful I found out she exists. 413 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:22,720 Because now I needn't feel in the least bit guilty. 414 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:29,318 I do think it's unfair that when I'm unfaithful, it's disgusting, 415 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:32,360 but when Tony is, no-one bans him from anything! 416 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:37,080 Please say something. 417 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:43,240 No-one will be happy if you're not happy, and especially not Moira. 418 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,678 And after all, our children's wellbeing is all that really matters 419 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:48,840 in the end. 420 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:52,918 And now you can settle down with Christian 421 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,558 and you can have a wonderfully fulfilling married life, 422 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:57,478 like you never could have with Tony. Yes. 423 00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:00,600 Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, he's heaven! 424 00:22:02,360 --> 00:22:03,878 So, what's he like? 425 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:07,798 Oh! You just can't think what an extraordinary man he is! 426 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:12,038 Oh, he's so...detached from other human beings. 427 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:15,078 He's just... He only really cares for ideas. 428 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:16,478 FANNY SCOFFS 429 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:19,040 Oh, Fanny, it's so nice to chat! 430 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:24,158 I really... I miss it! With the comrades, they never chat, 431 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:26,800 they just... they make speeches all the time. 432 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:30,798 LINDA SOBS QUIETLY 433 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:32,838 It only ever took half an hour in her company 434 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:36,040 before I had forgiven her all over again. 435 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:40,798 Whatever happens, I shall always be on your side. 436 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:42,600 Oh, that's all that really matters! 437 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:48,720 Oh, thank God you didn't ban me! 438 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:53,880 I'm lost without you! 439 00:22:56,120 --> 00:22:57,880 LINDA SOBS QUIETLY 440 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:05,718 Hm! 441 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:07,800 LINDA CHUCKLES SOFTLY 442 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:11,198 Darling, I must go. 443 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:13,280 But it has... 444 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:16,358 LINDA EXHALES 445 00:23:16,360 --> 00:23:18,440 ..so cheered me up, seeing you. 446 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:24,440 Hm! 447 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:45,238 APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS 448 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,120 BANGING ON DOOR 449 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:50,118 Hello. 450 00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:52,078 Linda and Christian Talbot?! 451 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:54,558 I can't leave England without her getting herself mixed up 452 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:56,638 with some thoroughly undesirable character! 453 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:59,440 I desperately need a drink! And so do my dogs! 454 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:10,478 I think her...her...her marriage to Tony has been rather unhappy. 455 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,198 Naturally, nobody expected her to stay with Tony, but the point is, 456 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:15,398 she jumped out of the frying pan into the empty grate! 457 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:16,918 No! No! No! 458 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:19,680 Not water, Fanny, no. Whisky! 459 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:22,360 Oh! 460 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:26,838 I think it is partly the communism that attracted her cos she felt the need of a cause. 461 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,238 Christian is an attractive fellow, I do see he provides 462 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:31,478 a perfect reaction from Tony, but it's a disaster! 463 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:34,238 If she's in love with him, he's going to make her miserable! 464 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:35,600 Is she in love with him? 465 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:44,000 Well, if she's not, she's embarking on a career like your mother's. 466 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:48,038 Which, for Linda, would be very bad indeed. 467 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:50,078 Linda's not like my mother. 468 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:52,720 She just needs to spend five minutes on her own! 469 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:06,278 I know Christian from a child. 470 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:09,800 He's a man who moves through the world, attached to nobody! 471 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:14,198 I expect he's hardly aware Linda's even moved in on him! 472 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:16,198 That's rather what Linda has just been saying. 473 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:19,038 Oh, so she's noticed it already, has she? Well, she's not stupid. 474 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:20,440 DOG SNORTS 475 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:23,318 What are they living on? 476 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,718 Very little, and in Christian's tiny flat. 477 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:28,318 Matthew's cut her off completely. 478 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:31,158 I heard the Kroesigs go about saying that there's one good thing, 479 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:33,600 she's sure to starve. Oh, they do, do they? 480 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,240 Write Linda's address down, please. 481 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:54,278 You don't happen to know what the daily consumption of milk is in Vatican City, do you? 482 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:55,918 No. 483 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:57,880 No, I don't. I'm sorry. 484 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,640 Bye, Fanny. I shall have to see what I can do. 485 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,880 Come on! Come on! DOG BARKS 486 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:09,440 DOOR CLOSES 487 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,358 What he did was to present Linda with the freehold 488 00:26:17,360 --> 00:26:19,080 of the prettiest little doll's house... 489 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:22,078 ..far down Cheyne Walk, 490 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,400 on that great bend of the river where Whistler had lived. 491 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:29,118 The Bryanston Square house had been dark, cold and pompous. 492 00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:31,278 The only thing of beauty in it was a painting 493 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:33,398 of a fat, tomato-coloured bathing woman 494 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,840 which Lord Merlin had given Linda to annoy the Kroesigs. 495 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:40,118 The picture was wonderful in Cheyne Walk. 496 00:26:40,120 --> 00:26:42,918 You could hardly tell where the real water reflections ended 497 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:44,680 and the Renoir ones began. 498 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:48,038 So, will Christian be moving in? 499 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:49,960 Oh, yes, of course! 500 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:54,398 But just for the moment, 501 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:57,520 I am free as a bird! 502 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:02,520 LINDA EXHALES At last! 503 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:12,518 "On way Hollywood. Don't worry. Jassy." 504 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:14,798 Aunt Sadie and Uncle Matthew were now presented with 505 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:18,400 crises in the lives of two more of their children. What?! Hollywood?! 506 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:21,878 What?! Well, that's most peculiar! 507 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:24,198 She's never shown the slightest interest in the cinema! 508 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:28,038 Oh, yes, Jassy's in love with a film star, 509 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:30,398 called, er...Larry Boon, 510 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:32,598 or...or Barry Loon, I can't remember which. 511 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:34,440 He's in that pirate flick, you know? 512 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:38,918 She wrote to Hollywood to ask him if he were married. 513 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:41,158 She said if he wasn't, she was going straight out there 514 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:43,318 to marry him herself. 515 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:47,800 So I suppose she got a letter saying he's not married and just went off. 516 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,400 It's lucky she had her running-away money. 517 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:55,360 Are there any more sausages, Mum? 518 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:02,438 It turned out Larry Boon was not even a hero, 519 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:04,120 he was just an ordinary pirate. 520 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,638 So far, he doesn't have much to recommend him! 521 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:10,478 He's terribly good at shinning up and down ropes. 522 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,838 Look, Matthew, he's got an entrenching tool just like yours! 523 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:17,798 Maybe that's what awakened some hereditary emotion in Jassy's bosom. 524 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,078 What does a fellow want to do that for?! Bloody fool! 525 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:22,718 He should've known there'd be an ambush there! 526 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:24,078 I don't think much of the cove. 527 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:26,078 Oh, I think he's divine! 528 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:28,958 No discipline, needs a haircut! 529 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:31,600 I wouldn't wonder if he drinks! BOTH: Sh! 530 00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:35,718 Uncle Matthew seemed to be mellowing with age and misfortune, 531 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:39,958 and was warming to Lord Merlin, who he no longer called depraved, 532 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:43,520 and whose very comfortable house he was no longer adverse to visiting. 533 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:47,598 Oh, God! What the...? 534 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:49,598 Don't be scared, Matthew, darling. 535 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:52,638 Moti is almost completely domesticated. 536 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:54,318 Much like you! 537 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:57,438 How do we get her back? We can't send Linda after her. 538 00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:00,040 It's no good sending one bolter after another! Hm. 539 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:08,080 DRAMATIC FILM MUSIC 540 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:30,680 CORK POPS 541 00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:38,238 Jassy, you can't possibly marry a man you've only just met! 542 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:40,038 But I'm madly in love with him. 543 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:43,398 Yes, but you can't start a life with someone based only on romance and excitement, 544 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:45,798 or you'll run off with the next person who turns your head 545 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:47,718 and cause chaos and confusion for everyone! 546 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:51,960 Marriage is wholemeal bread, it's not ambrosia and honey dew. 547 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:58,318 That's the most depressing thing I've ever heard. 548 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:00,478 God, Fanny, I hope you haven't become a bore! 549 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:03,318 I only came because you said there'd be roast potatoes. 550 00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:06,318 Are there any? Oh! Oh, they look divine! 551 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:08,118 Oh, goody! Thank you! 552 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:10,078 I thought this was your red meal, Davey? 553 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:12,958 Well, clearly, potatoes are red. Thank you. Anyone can see that. 554 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:14,920 Those crispy ones, please. Thank you. 555 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:18,998 Your ostrich feather is fantastic! 556 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:20,518 LAUGHTER 557 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:22,358 How sweet! I really love that! 558 00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:25,280 Oh, it really suits you! I know, I know! 559 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:30,840 Two days after we got there, Jassy became Mrs Larry Boon. 560 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:36,038 Larry is actually a terrific Hon. 561 00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:38,758 He's a dear little peach of a man. 562 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:41,320 And we're sure Jassy will be wildly happy with him. 563 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:45,878 It does seem hard luck to have reared a pretty love of a daughter 564 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:49,398 in order for her to go off with some little man like a peach 565 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:51,440 and live with him thousands of miles away. 566 00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:55,078 The letter was from Matt, 567 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:58,638 announcing he had run away from Eton to fight in the Spanish war. 568 00:30:58,640 --> 00:30:59,918 Oh! 569 00:30:59,920 --> 00:31:01,880 SHE SOBS 570 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,358 Aunt Sadie minded this very much. 571 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:08,038 I think Uncle Matthew minded, too. 572 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:10,678 The desire to fight is entirely natural. 573 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:12,478 Though he pretended not to. 574 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:15,118 But I do think it's a pity to fight in a second-class war 575 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:18,480 when there'll so soon be a first-class one available! 576 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:22,558 You see, I always understood that... 577 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:25,318 Christmas that year was a sad one at Alconleigh. 578 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:29,438 Did you know that a harbour master is entitled to fly an ensign? 579 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:33,158 And I wonder if you've ever thought about... 580 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:36,600 What are you hoping for - present-wise? 581 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:40,838 I was thinking of a little fur, 582 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,558 one of those tiny little ostrich hats. 583 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:45,998 You needn't worry about new clothes, my darling. 584 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:47,638 You're like the Royal family - 585 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:51,198 whatever you wear, you look exactly the same. 586 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:53,238 SHE CHUCKLES 587 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:55,000 Oh! 588 00:31:57,320 --> 00:31:59,400 Because you have to register the tonnage... 589 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:03,560 SHE SIGHS 590 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:17,998 Why have all the best ones bolted? 591 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,118 Inevitable outcome. 592 00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:23,198 Terrifying father who told them all foreigners were dangerous 593 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,320 and refused to educate them. 594 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:28,440 The adventurous ones got curious. 595 00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:33,080 Why did I stay behind with the unadventurous ones? 596 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:36,560 Is it because of The Bolter? 597 00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:40,000 Certainly. 598 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:50,638 Oh, Fred, am I a bit of a prig? 599 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:52,800 HE SNORES SOFTLY 600 00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:58,360 Oh. What did you say? 601 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:01,400 You a bolter? 602 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:04,078 No! 603 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:05,600 A sticker. 604 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:08,680 SHE SIGHS 605 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,560 I'm a tremendous sticker. 606 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:16,160 How marvellous. 607 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:20,518 Linda married Christian 608 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:23,918 and asked us to a New Year's Eve party at Cheyne Walk to celebrate. 609 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:25,558 MUSIC BLARES 610 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:27,240 RAUCOUS CHATTER 611 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:29,600 Yes! 612 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:32,918 Oh! Hello! 613 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,800 I'm so sorry it's not nearly tidy enough! 614 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:41,078 I wanted to get a nice piece of fish, but we're utterly broke! 615 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:45,998 So there's beer and, um... Hm! Oh! ..delicious biscuits. 616 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,398 I tried calling to ask what... Thank you for the champagne! 617 00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:50,358 Oh, no, the phone's been cut off, thank God! 618 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:53,318 Christian's favourite amusement is to ring up the Nazi leaders 619 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:55,398 in Berlin and have teasing talks with them. 620 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:57,638 Let me find you a glass. ..A million pounds a minute. 621 00:33:57,640 --> 00:33:59,598 Er... 622 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,198 MAN VOMITS 623 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:03,918 LINDA AND FANNY LAUGH 624 00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:06,758 Oh, my God! Being a Conservative was so much more restful! 625 00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:09,238 Communists aren't at all thoughtful when it comes 626 00:34:09,240 --> 00:34:10,518 to keeping things clean. 627 00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:11,918 THEY LAUGH 628 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:13,720 But I did miss you at Christmas! 629 00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:17,398 Darling! Me, too! 630 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:18,998 LINDA SIGHS 631 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:20,400 I'm lost without you. 632 00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:23,518 And I do feel like a terrible old black sheep. 633 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:25,238 Oh! 634 00:34:25,240 --> 00:34:27,160 Baa! THEY LAUGH 635 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:30,318 QUIETLY: Baa. 636 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:31,680 Oh! Did I tell you? 637 00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:35,598 I've got a job. What kind of job?! 638 00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:37,998 In a book shop. 639 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,958 What?! LINDA LAUGHS 640 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:42,078 I know I've hardly read any books, 641 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:45,760 but the ones I have read, I love, and so does everyone else seem to. 642 00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:50,118 Oh, but Fanny, darling, it should be you in the book shop, not me. 643 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:54,598 You're the educated, intellectual one. 644 00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:57,758 But of course, you've got much too many important things going on. 645 00:34:57,760 --> 00:34:59,560 Oh, darling! 646 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:02,640 It's really exciting. 647 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,598 I can't stand it! It will be a disaster! 648 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:09,078 Someone with a worse head for business, I've never met. 649 00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:13,078 I know it's chaotic, but you can't say that her life isn't exciting! 650 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:16,598 At least they're on the front line of what's happening in the world! 651 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:18,518 You know, famine and things, 652 00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:21,598 and...the battle against fascism! 653 00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:25,198 People like Tony and Leicester Kroesig hear Linda speechifying 654 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:27,758 and see all these Spaniards and Communists in Cheyne Walk, 655 00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:29,598 I expect they're more convinced than ever 656 00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:31,038 that fascism is the only answer. 657 00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:33,360 I know, but it is galling about the book shop! 658 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:37,758 It turned out Alfred was quite wrong 659 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:40,078 about Linda's lack of business sense. 660 00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:42,598 She worked at the book shop every Friday and Saturday, 661 00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:45,558 during which time, an extraordinary transformation would occur. 662 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:48,360 MUSIC: Fooba Wooba John by Burl Ives 663 00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:58,318 Soon enough, the chatters, headed by Lord Merlin, 664 00:35:58,320 --> 00:35:59,638 came back in full force. 665 00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:03,278 You caught me in the act! Oh, I do that. The old switcheroo. 666 00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:04,800 ANIMATED CHATTER 667 00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:09,240 I thought this one was absolutely spot-on for you over there. 668 00:36:11,240 --> 00:36:12,480 BELL RINGS 669 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,400 MAN CLEARS THROAT Ooh! 670 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,198 Linda's the only person who has ever succeeded in finding me 671 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:27,558 Froggie's Little Brother. 672 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:30,118 What is Froggie's Little Brother? 673 00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:33,518 Oh. Well, it's the heart-warming tale of a seven-year-old Froggie, 674 00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:36,558 who strives to take care of his younger brother, Benny, 675 00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:38,560 after the early death of their parents. 676 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:49,438 Well, do you know, it's all about brotherhood and comradeship. 677 00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:50,840 You'd actually love it! 678 00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:54,158 I was an avid reader as a child. 679 00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:55,840 LINDA CHUCKLES 680 00:36:59,960 --> 00:37:02,758 Linda's presence resulted in it becoming the only Red book shop 681 00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:05,718 in England to make a profit, and being awarded with a medal. 682 00:37:05,720 --> 00:37:07,918 APPLAUSE Congratulations, Comrade Linda! 683 00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:09,680 CHEERING Whoo! 684 00:37:17,720 --> 00:37:21,798 Between the dog's abscess, the laundry ruining my sheets 685 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:26,558 and Cathy stealing from the store cupboard, it's been a ghastly week! 686 00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:29,078 Do you ever feel like half of who you are has been stuffed 687 00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:31,440 into a suitcase and is slowly suffocating? 688 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:35,040 BELL RINGS Sorry? 689 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:43,240 Gentlemen. Enjoy your port. 690 00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:47,520 ANIMATED CHATTER 691 00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:57,438 RAUCOUS LAUGHTER 692 00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:00,158 ..Paint the cross and shields and of course, they won the battle. 693 00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:01,600 LAUGHTER 694 00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:05,318 Oh, God, it's your mother! Hello, darling! 695 00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:07,640 I'm here because I took the wrong train to a party! 696 00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:12,878 Oh, dear! Are you terribly poor? 697 00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:14,560 HUSHED CHATTER How very odd! 698 00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:19,520 I hope you didn't marry for love, darling. 699 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,320 Whoever invented love ought to be shot. 700 00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:28,360 Look where it landed me. 701 00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:33,638 A dead white hunter, an Italian count, 702 00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:38,038 two viscounts, a Greek poet and still counting. 703 00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:42,358 Dons aren't quite the same as white hunters or Italian counts. 704 00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:44,518 My advice is a good fur coat. 705 00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:47,840 Don't bother about much else, you need hardly take the coat off. 706 00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:51,598 And don't waste money on underwear. 707 00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:53,400 Nothing stupider. 708 00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:57,118 Do you have any nice friends, darling, 709 00:38:57,120 --> 00:38:59,198 to make up for your tiny house? 710 00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:00,878 Not really. No? 711 00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:03,878 Oxford seems designed exclusively for celibate men. 712 00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:07,080 Wives are superfluous, it turns out. 713 00:39:08,240 --> 00:39:10,718 What's the point of being the educated and intellectual one 714 00:39:10,720 --> 00:39:13,398 if you still have to leave your own dinner parties so the men can do 715 00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:15,638 all the good chatting and drink all the good port? 716 00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:17,998 What about Linda Radlett? Where's she? 717 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:20,198 She ran off with Christian Talbot. 718 00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:22,158 She's working in a Communist book shop. 719 00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:24,798 Well, I hope he's better than Tony Kroesig, 720 00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:26,600 though they rarely are. 721 00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:32,760 Isn't a book shop more your style? 722 00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:36,320 Yes, it is. 723 00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:40,718 If I didn't have all these children to bring up, suddenly. 724 00:39:40,720 --> 00:39:43,158 Well, can't you leave them with Emily? 725 00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:45,518 I know you think all the babies in the world should be left 726 00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:46,678 with Aunt Emily! 727 00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:50,278 Don't let your children get in the way of your life, darling. 728 00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:53,838 Do you mean me? No! No, I... 729 00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:56,800 You mean me? No, you didn't get in the way! 730 00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:01,320 Course you didn't! I've had a wonderful life! 731 00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:07,760 PHONE RINGS 732 00:40:14,240 --> 00:40:16,438 Hello? Hello, Fanny, darling! 733 00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:19,358 I'm talking quickly because the phone's going to get cut off any second, 734 00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:21,878 but will you come and see me off at Victoria Station tomorrow? 735 00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:25,278 Franco's brutal fascist forces has chased half-a-million people out of Catalonia 736 00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:27,678 and I'm joining Christian on the French border with Spain! 737 00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:28,998 LINE DISCONNECTS 738 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,638 TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS 739 00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:33,960 Oh, well, I'm terrified! 740 00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:36,998 Never been abroad in my life before! 741 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:40,038 I hope you sent your jewels to the bank. Darling, don't tease. 742 00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:41,920 You know how I haven't got any now. 743 00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:45,238 Think of me sleeping on the train, all alone! 744 00:40:45,240 --> 00:40:46,598 I'm sure you won't be alone. 745 00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:48,838 Foreigners are greatly given, I believe, to casual sex 746 00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:49,998 with strangers. 747 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,158 LINDA GIGGLES Yes, that would be nice! 748 00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:56,040 Oh, God! Oh, I just do wish you were coming with me! 749 00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:01,278 It might be easy for you to drop everything 750 00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:03,518 and leave your life and be free... Tickets, please! 751 00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:04,998 ..and never face any consequences, 752 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:08,518 but some of us have to stay behind to support our husbands and look after the children. 753 00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:10,520 Thank you, miss. I'm staying. 754 00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:13,798 Why are you so cross with me? 755 00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:15,958 Did you even say goodbye to Moira?! 756 00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:17,400 Yes! 757 00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:20,358 I did, actually. 758 00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:24,718 She...she only wants Pixie Townsend. She doesn't really like me! 759 00:41:24,720 --> 00:41:27,678 Well, do you like me? Don't Moira and I have an awful lot in common? 760 00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:29,838 TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS Of course not. 761 00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:32,358 Right away! Fanny! 762 00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:35,278 Darling, you're interesting and clever, and... Fanny! 763 00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:38,518 I suppose everybody has a right to not like their children! 764 00:41:38,520 --> 00:41:41,998 Oh, please, stop it about Moira! You're scaring me! 765 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,238 I'm always telling everyone you're not like my mother, 766 00:41:44,240 --> 00:41:46,358 but you're just exactly like her! 767 00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:48,798 Fanny, stop it! TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS 768 00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:50,598 Please, I'm going to be useful! 769 00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:53,518 I'm going off on a noble journey, like Odysseus. 770 00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:55,078 You're not Odysseus, Linda! 771 00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:58,598 Fanny, please! Please, don't give up on me! 772 00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:00,598 I'm lost without you! 773 00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:02,760 You always say that, but you always leave me! 774 00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:22,280 I didn't see Linda for another year. 775 00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:27,640 SHE SIGHS 776 00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:33,478 She told me afterwards I'd so upset her that she slept 777 00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:35,040 all the way across Europe. 778 00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:10,278 HUBBUB 779 00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:11,838 BARKING 780 00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:13,198 Hi. Oh, hello! 781 00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:14,960 ANIMATED CHATTER 782 00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:21,838 A ship has been chartered to take 6,000 Catalonians, 783 00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:24,478 who the French government have shut up behind barbed wire 784 00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:28,358 like beasts and forgotten about, out of the camps, to Mexico. 785 00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:31,238 Families will have to be reunited from male and female camps 786 00:43:31,240 --> 00:43:33,558 to get on the boat. It's a mammoth task. 787 00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:36,198 WOMEN SING 788 00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:37,918 PHONE RINGS 789 00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:39,320 FAINT CHATTER 790 00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:44,318 Linda? Linda! This is Lavender. 791 00:43:44,320 --> 00:43:48,398 Lavender's an incredible worker. Muchas gracias, senora. 792 00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:50,638 Linda! Lavender! 793 00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:53,918 What a turn-up! Oh, I'm so happy you're here! 794 00:43:53,920 --> 00:43:56,438 Oh! Lavender! 795 00:43:56,440 --> 00:43:59,998 Linda, meet Randolph Pine, who helps us so marvellously in the office. 796 00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:01,718 Hello. Hello. Oh! 797 00:44:01,720 --> 00:44:05,838 Didn't...didn't you sit on my bed a million years ago 798 00:44:05,840 --> 00:44:07,878 with a million other young men, chatting? 799 00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:10,238 Yes, that was me. Welcome, comrade. 800 00:44:10,240 --> 00:44:12,118 Oh! Goodness! 801 00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:14,598 Everyone's got so serious all of a sudden. 802 00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:17,158 Well, the world's gotten rather serious all of a sudden. 803 00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:20,278 Hm. Yes. What can I do to help, Christian? I long to be useful! 804 00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:23,598 Never fear, there's masses of work! Can you speak Spanish? 805 00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:26,358 No. Oh! Well, you'll soon pick it up. 806 00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:28,878 Huh! Hm! I'm quite sure I shan't. 807 00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:31,038 Maybe...maybe you could help with the babies? 808 00:44:31,040 --> 00:44:33,638 Un momento, por favor. What do you know about welfare work? 809 00:44:33,640 --> 00:44:35,158 Oh, dear. Nothing, I'm afraid. 810 00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:36,878 Lavender? Sorry. 811 00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:39,118 I was hopeless with my own baby. 812 00:44:39,120 --> 00:44:41,558 I know, she can help arrange accommodation on the ship! 813 00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:44,398 Yes, I can do that. I can do that. 814 00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:45,638 Here are the maps. 815 00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:48,118 Deck one, deck two, deck three, and first class is... 816 00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:50,638 So, how do I decide who gets which cabin? 817 00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:53,718 It's a strictly democratic ship run on republican principles, 818 00:44:53,720 --> 00:44:55,318 so I'd give decent cabins to families, 819 00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:57,438 where there are small children and babies. Yes. 820 00:44:57,440 --> 00:44:59,358 Lavender? Phone call. Sorry. 821 00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:01,440 Apart from that, do it any way you like. 822 00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:05,440 Hola. Si. Si. 823 00:45:07,200 --> 00:45:08,440 Um... 824 00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:11,200 Ahem! 825 00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:23,958 SHE EXHALES 826 00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:25,518 WOMEN SING 827 00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:29,520 MUSIC: A La Vida by Maria Arnal and Marcel Bages 828 00:45:32,480 --> 00:45:35,518 For the next few weeks, Linda drove in a little Ford van 829 00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:38,918 between the men and women's camps as they waited for the ship to come 830 00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:42,198 and take them to a more certain future. 831 00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:45,638 And she grew to love the wild, rugged countryside of Europe. 832 00:45:45,640 --> 00:45:48,038 A place which had been so maligned by Uncle Matthew 833 00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:49,280 through her childhood. 834 00:46:05,600 --> 00:46:07,438 Not knowing much Spanish, 835 00:46:07,440 --> 00:46:10,598 or anything about calories or babies, like her friend Lavender, 836 00:46:10,600 --> 00:46:13,040 she sometimes found herself waiting to be useful. 837 00:46:22,120 --> 00:46:23,718 FAINT CHATTER 838 00:46:23,720 --> 00:46:25,438 APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS 839 00:46:25,440 --> 00:46:26,878 DOG BARKS 840 00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:28,160 Hello, lady. 841 00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:31,840 Hello. What are you waiting for? 842 00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:35,560 Oh! Er... Hm! 843 00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:38,640 I'm...I'm waiting to be useful, I think. 844 00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:43,640 Are you lonely? 845 00:46:46,440 --> 00:46:47,960 Huh! 846 00:46:51,080 --> 00:46:52,598 Maybe. 847 00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:54,398 Did you leave your boyfriend behind? 848 00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:55,800 WOMAN LAUGHS 849 00:46:58,160 --> 00:47:01,518 I leave behind many boyfriends. 850 00:47:01,520 --> 00:47:03,278 THEY LAUGH 851 00:47:03,280 --> 00:47:07,240 But most, I...I miss my...my friend. 852 00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:10,680 My best friend. Yeah. 853 00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:14,640 She is trapped in Barcelona still. 854 00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:18,840 Look at you, with your guns! 855 00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:24,438 Yeah. Together, we were very brave. 856 00:47:24,440 --> 00:47:25,560 Ah. 857 00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:32,278 Don't waste all your time being useful. 858 00:47:32,280 --> 00:47:34,358 Time is precious. 859 00:47:34,360 --> 00:47:36,840 And we may not have much of it left. 860 00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:40,040 You know? 861 00:47:41,920 --> 00:47:44,040 The end is beginning now. 862 00:47:56,600 --> 00:47:58,198 This is my best friend. 863 00:47:58,200 --> 00:48:00,000 WOMAN CHUCKLES 864 00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:02,718 That's a good face. 865 00:48:02,720 --> 00:48:04,920 THEY LAUGH It is. Yes. 866 00:48:07,520 --> 00:48:09,880 Friends. Friends. 867 00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:14,560 The name "Vatican" is derived from an Etruscan... 868 00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:18,440 ..Vatica, or Vaticum, meaning... 869 00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:23,238 Don't put your cup down there, darling, it'll make rings. 870 00:48:23,240 --> 00:48:24,560 Oh. 871 00:48:29,800 --> 00:48:32,318 Vatico, or Vatican, meaning garden. Rather lovely. 872 00:48:32,320 --> 00:48:34,120 Hm. Before 1929... 873 00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:39,358 SHE SIGHS 874 00:48:39,360 --> 00:48:42,798 The great day finally came for the families to be reunited 875 00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:45,280 from the camps and put on the ship to Mexico. 876 00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:48,600 ANIMATED CHATTER 877 00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:53,838 The women and children were on the quayside when the men arrived. 878 00:48:53,840 --> 00:48:56,318 They hadn't seen each other since the retreat from Spain 879 00:48:56,320 --> 00:48:58,520 and had doubted they ever would again. 880 00:49:00,280 --> 00:49:02,120 Do you ever feel lonely, Christian? 881 00:49:03,560 --> 00:49:05,080 Loneliness is a luxury. 882 00:49:07,360 --> 00:49:10,078 If you've three square meals a day and a roof over you, 883 00:49:10,080 --> 00:49:12,280 there's nothing on Earth to complain about. 884 00:49:16,280 --> 00:49:18,000 ANIMATED CHATTER 885 00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:20,760 CHEERING Matt? 886 00:49:23,080 --> 00:49:24,800 Matt! 887 00:49:26,240 --> 00:49:28,238 I'm so sorry! Excuse me! 888 00:49:28,240 --> 00:49:30,280 Sorry! Matt! I'm so sorry. 889 00:49:31,480 --> 00:49:33,358 Matt! 890 00:49:33,360 --> 00:49:35,398 Matt! 891 00:49:35,400 --> 00:49:39,080 Hello, Linda! Oh-oh-oh! What...? Are you mad?! 892 00:49:40,760 --> 00:49:43,438 SHE SPEAKS FRENCH He was fighting in Spain! 893 00:49:43,440 --> 00:49:45,918 Gosh, you look ten years older! 894 00:49:45,920 --> 00:49:48,238 You do! You're grown-up! 895 00:49:48,240 --> 00:49:50,438 I had no idea that you were here! 896 00:49:50,440 --> 00:49:51,838 I've seen you several times, 897 00:49:51,840 --> 00:49:54,798 but I thought you might fetch me home, so I made off. 898 00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:57,438 You are terribly thin! Do you need anything? 899 00:49:57,440 --> 00:50:00,278 Yes, please! Some cigarettes and a couple of thrillers. 900 00:50:00,280 --> 00:50:02,878 You will have to go home when the real war starts. 901 00:50:02,880 --> 00:50:05,678 You know that, don't you, Matt? 902 00:50:05,680 --> 00:50:08,238 I don't see why. I've never been happier in my life. 903 00:50:08,240 --> 00:50:11,158 Fighting fascism is all there is to do that makes any sense. 904 00:50:11,160 --> 00:50:12,958 SHRILL WHISTLE 905 00:50:12,960 --> 00:50:15,438 And abroad is the only place on Earth worth being. 906 00:50:15,440 --> 00:50:17,840 ANIMATED CHATTER 907 00:50:27,960 --> 00:50:29,960 ANIMATED CHATTER 908 00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:33,718 Viva Espana! 909 00:50:33,720 --> 00:50:35,198 Espana! 910 00:50:35,200 --> 00:50:37,680 They'll never see Spain again. 911 00:50:40,560 --> 00:50:43,080 SHIP'S HORN BLASTS 912 00:50:47,840 --> 00:50:49,240 Goodbye! 913 00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:00,880 SHE SOBS QUIETLY 914 00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:05,358 Did you work on any special plan 915 00:51:05,360 --> 00:51:07,678 when you were arranging the cabins, or how did you do it? 916 00:51:07,680 --> 00:51:11,278 Well, I simply gave all the best cabins to the people that had "Labrador" on their cards, 917 00:51:11,280 --> 00:51:13,358 because I used to have one when I was little 918 00:51:13,360 --> 00:51:16,598 and it was such a terrific Hon! 919 00:51:16,600 --> 00:51:18,198 So sweet, you know. 920 00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:20,198 Aw! LAVENDER LAUGHS 921 00:51:20,200 --> 00:51:22,358 That explains it. 922 00:51:22,360 --> 00:51:26,598 "Labrador" in Spanish happens to mean labourer, 923 00:51:26,600 --> 00:51:29,678 so under your scheme, all the farm hands found themselves in luxury, 924 00:51:29,680 --> 00:51:31,718 while all the intellectuals were battened. 925 00:51:31,720 --> 00:51:33,118 THEY LAUGH 926 00:51:33,120 --> 00:51:35,838 Bravo, Linda! That'll teach them not to be so clever. 927 00:51:35,840 --> 00:51:37,680 There's Christian, I'll go fetch him in. 928 00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:40,718 SHE SIGHS 929 00:51:40,720 --> 00:51:44,238 He was such a sweet Labrador, wasn't he, Matt? 930 00:51:44,240 --> 00:51:49,598 Yes. But if you want a pet, why don't you make an offer for a leech? 931 00:51:49,600 --> 00:51:51,518 LAUGHTER 932 00:51:51,520 --> 00:51:55,438 Hm. I can't somehow imagine the leech ever getting very fond of one. 933 00:51:55,440 --> 00:51:57,638 Too busy fussing about the weather all day. 934 00:51:57,640 --> 00:51:59,798 No time for human relationships. 935 00:51:59,800 --> 00:52:01,520 LAVENDER GIGGLES 936 00:52:03,880 --> 00:52:05,878 Linda could never remember afterwards how much 937 00:52:05,880 --> 00:52:07,038 she really minded 938 00:52:07,040 --> 00:52:09,638 when she discovered Christian was in love with Lavender Davis. 939 00:52:09,640 --> 00:52:11,518 I do love your scent, Linda. 940 00:52:11,520 --> 00:52:13,200 Apres Londres? 941 00:52:14,560 --> 00:52:17,440 Yes. Certainly, her pride was wounded. 942 00:52:20,440 --> 00:52:22,678 Christian, I am leaving you for good and going home 943 00:52:22,680 --> 00:52:24,678 because I realise our marriage has been a fake. 944 00:52:24,680 --> 00:52:26,240 Please look after Matt. 945 00:52:28,280 --> 00:52:33,720 PS, I know you prefer serious... 946 00:52:35,640 --> 00:52:37,240 ..educated women. 947 00:52:38,760 --> 00:52:41,360 Especially...Lavender! 948 00:52:51,080 --> 00:52:52,600 PHONE RINGS 949 00:52:56,920 --> 00:52:59,078 Hello? Hello? Hello, Fanny? Are you there?! 950 00:52:59,080 --> 00:53:01,238 Hello? Hello, Linda? 951 00:53:01,240 --> 00:53:04,118 Oh! Fanny! 952 00:53:04,120 --> 00:53:05,640 LINDA SOBS 953 00:53:07,040 --> 00:53:09,638 My life so far has not been at all of a success. 954 00:53:09,640 --> 00:53:13,760 I know you can't be useful all the time, but I'm useless at everything! 955 00:53:15,440 --> 00:53:18,718 Why did I ever leave Tony in the first place? And Moira? 956 00:53:18,720 --> 00:53:21,198 That was where my duty lay. 957 00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:24,158 Why can't I be dependable, like Lavender 958 00:53:24,160 --> 00:53:27,358 and Pixie Townsend and you? 959 00:53:27,360 --> 00:53:29,000 SHE SOBS 960 00:53:31,800 --> 00:53:35,160 I keep thinking about your mother. Am I a bolter? 961 00:53:37,880 --> 00:53:39,798 Oh, I want to die! 962 00:53:39,800 --> 00:53:41,278 Linda, where are you? 963 00:53:41,280 --> 00:53:43,838 No, see, I'm just... I'm renouncing men. 964 00:53:43,840 --> 00:53:47,118 They are not the answer and they do not fill the hole! 965 00:53:47,120 --> 00:53:49,078 TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS 966 00:53:49,080 --> 00:53:51,438 Oh, no, no! That's my connection for Paris! 967 00:53:51,440 --> 00:53:53,958 My money's running out! I love you! I love you! 968 00:53:53,960 --> 00:53:56,118 And I don't... I'm lost without you, Fanny, 969 00:53:56,120 --> 00:53:58,638 and you're the only thing I ever got right. 970 00:53:58,640 --> 00:54:01,918 Two more trains and I'm home! I've missed you so much! 971 00:54:01,920 --> 00:54:03,680 WHISPERS: So much. 972 00:54:12,080 --> 00:54:14,918 Mwah! Mwah-mwah-mwah! 973 00:54:14,920 --> 00:54:16,998 Oh! Heh! 974 00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:18,358 Oh! 975 00:54:18,360 --> 00:54:20,680 You're in a good mood. Linda's coming back! 976 00:54:21,960 --> 00:54:24,038 Mm! Mwah-mwah-mwah-mwah-mwah! 977 00:54:24,040 --> 00:54:26,240 Oh, Alfred! Wonderful! 978 00:54:27,920 --> 00:54:29,598 Bonjour! Bonjour! My ticket! Oui. 979 00:54:29,600 --> 00:54:31,160 Pardon. Here! 980 00:54:33,160 --> 00:54:35,278 Votre billet pour Londres est expire, madame. 981 00:54:35,280 --> 00:54:37,198 Um... It has expired. 982 00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:40,358 It is, er...er...it is for yesterday, not for today. 983 00:54:40,360 --> 00:54:42,118 Ah! Ah! No, but I'm sorry, 984 00:54:42,120 --> 00:54:44,038 I don't have enough money for another ticket! 985 00:54:44,040 --> 00:54:46,078 Please, will you make an exception? Please?! 986 00:54:46,080 --> 00:54:48,798 Excusez-moi, sir, please! I just... I really need to get home! 987 00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:50,038 My friend is going to be 988 00:54:50,040 --> 00:54:52,598 awfully worried about me! Rien a faire, madame. 989 00:54:52,600 --> 00:54:55,760 LOW CHATTER 990 00:55:06,280 --> 00:55:07,718 TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS 991 00:55:07,720 --> 00:55:09,080 LINDA SOBS 992 00:55:10,320 --> 00:55:12,998 LOW CHATTER 993 00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:14,800 LINDA WAILS 994 00:55:19,440 --> 00:55:21,078 Ow! Ooh! 995 00:55:21,080 --> 00:55:23,080 LINDA SOBS 996 00:55:25,480 --> 00:55:28,440 Why didn't I listen to my father?! 997 00:55:31,920 --> 00:55:34,878 Why did I ever come to this 998 00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:37,558 bloody abroad?! 999 00:55:37,560 --> 00:55:40,798 MAN LAUGHS CONTINUOUSLY 1000 00:55:40,800 --> 00:55:44,840 SHE WAILS CONTINUOUSLY 1001 00:55:59,080 --> 00:56:01,718 I would like to point out that I am the daughter of a very 1002 00:56:01,720 --> 00:56:03,238 important British nobleman, 1003 00:56:03,240 --> 00:56:06,638 so if you are planning to give me an injection 1004 00:56:06,640 --> 00:56:09,318 and put me on a ship to Buenos Aires, then think again! 1005 00:56:09,320 --> 00:56:10,918 MAN LAUGHS 1006 00:56:10,920 --> 00:56:13,478 One does not have to be Sherlock Holmes to guess 1007 00:56:13,480 --> 00:56:15,718 that you're an Englishwoman. 1008 00:56:15,720 --> 00:56:17,078 SHE SOBS 1009 00:56:17,080 --> 00:56:20,278 French ladies never sit crying on their suitcases 1010 00:56:20,280 --> 00:56:22,680 at the Gare du Nord in the very early morning. 1011 00:56:23,960 --> 00:56:26,438 I invite you to luncheon with me. 1012 00:56:26,440 --> 00:56:28,358 But first, you must have a bath and rest 1013 00:56:28,360 --> 00:56:30,200 and put a cold compress on your face. 1014 00:56:33,040 --> 00:56:34,120 Hubert? 1015 00:56:35,480 --> 00:56:36,760 Merci. 1016 00:56:39,920 --> 00:56:41,480 Get in, please. 1017 00:56:49,880 --> 00:56:52,798 I apologise, madame, for not taking you to the Ritz, 1018 00:56:52,800 --> 00:56:55,078 but I have a feeling for the Hotel Montalembert just now 1019 00:56:55,080 --> 00:56:57,118 that it will suit your mood this morning. 1020 00:56:57,120 --> 00:56:58,440 HE LAUGHS 1021 00:57:00,240 --> 00:57:02,000 HE WHISTLES A TUNE 1022 00:57:03,800 --> 00:57:05,560 FABRICE SPEAKS FRENCH 1023 00:57:07,840 --> 00:57:09,280 LINDA YAWNS 1024 00:57:12,480 --> 00:57:14,598 I will fetch you a little before 1:00 1025 00:57:14,600 --> 00:57:17,558 and we will go out to luncheon. Merci. 1026 00:57:17,560 --> 00:57:19,598 Goodbye for the present. 1027 00:57:19,600 --> 00:57:21,840 HE WHISTLES A TUNE 1028 00:57:26,080 --> 00:57:27,520 Mademoiselle? 1029 00:57:30,040 --> 00:57:31,560 PHONE RINGS 1030 00:57:35,080 --> 00:57:36,638 PHONE RINGS 1031 00:57:36,640 --> 00:57:38,080 LINDA GASPS 1032 00:57:45,040 --> 00:57:46,600 SHE SIGHS 1033 00:57:48,560 --> 00:57:50,278 FABRICE: Allo, allo? 1034 00:57:50,280 --> 00:57:52,838 Hello? Ah, you keep me waiting. 1035 00:57:52,840 --> 00:57:55,358 That is a very good sign. 1036 00:57:55,360 --> 00:57:57,158 A sign of what? 1037 00:57:57,160 --> 00:57:59,958 Hm? A good augury for our affair, 1038 00:57:59,960 --> 00:58:02,038 that it will be happy and long lasting. 1039 00:58:02,040 --> 00:58:03,958 Huh! 1040 00:58:03,960 --> 00:58:05,760 We are not going to have an affair. 1041 00:58:07,800 --> 00:58:10,240 And if that's what you were thinking, I don't want lunch! 1042 00:58:11,480 --> 00:58:14,558 I shall leave this hotel room and go straight to the train station! 1043 00:58:14,560 --> 00:58:15,958 HE CHUCKLES 1044 00:58:15,960 --> 00:58:18,478 Mademoiselle, don't be so English. 1045 00:58:18,480 --> 00:58:20,320 May I ask, what is your name? 1046 00:58:22,800 --> 00:58:24,318 Linda. 1047 00:58:24,320 --> 00:58:26,880 Linda? That's a pretty name. 1048 00:58:28,120 --> 00:58:29,798 I'm waiting for you downstairs, Linda. 1049 00:58:29,800 --> 00:58:31,200 LINE DISCONNECTS 1050 00:58:32,480 --> 00:58:34,760 SHE SIGHS 1051 00:58:37,640 --> 00:58:40,440 MUSIC: Paris 1919 by John Cale 1052 00:58:45,680 --> 00:58:47,440 SHE EXHALES 1053 00:58:52,360 --> 00:58:54,520 SHE EXHALES 1054 00:58:57,560 --> 00:59:00,400 # She makes me so unsure of myself 1055 00:59:01,720 --> 00:59:05,958 # Standing there but never ever talking sense 1056 00:59:05,960 --> 00:59:10,758 # Just a visitor, you see So much wanting to be seen 1057 00:59:10,760 --> 00:59:14,598 # She'd open up the doors and vaguely carry us away 1058 00:59:14,600 --> 00:59:19,158 # You're a ghost la la la la la la la la la 1059 00:59:19,160 --> 00:59:21,558 # I'm the church and I've come 1060 00:59:21,560 --> 00:59:24,080 # To claim you with my iron drum... # 128039

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