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[theme music playing]

[theme music fades]

[soft music playing]

[James] Hamish?

[Helen] Give over.

Dougal Murdoch Herriot.

Even if we have a lass?

Morag lelspeith Irlerriot ii’ we have a lass, oloviously.

Pfft. Over my dead body.

Morag [Elspeth was my grandmother's nanie.

You're kidding.

You are kidding?

-[chuckles] I'm kidding. -[Helen laughs]

You Gain Gnoose, and it coesn't PAVCMOWOCESCOLtISII

[inhales deeply]

Five more minutes.

No chance, me and wee Morag need to get on.

Weill have to start telling asople soon.

[music fades]

Soon.

Not yet.

| like things as they are.

Ooh, except the queasy part.

Sheep dipping this morning won't be fun.

You know, you mely want to slow clowm 2 litte.

Put your feet up now and then?

-[chuckles] -That wasn't a joke.

ranmmers con't stop tor loaloles, you aoetn.

[pensive music playing]

[music fades]

[jazz music playing over radio]

Are you partial to a pickled egg, Mr Carmody?

-Pickled eggs? -Eggs. Only pickled.

I'm down half a jar since supper.

Can't stomach them I'm afraid, Mrs Hall.

[Mrs Hall] Oh, I'm just dishing up.

I'm all right with a cuppa, thanks.

-Morning. -Indigestion again?

I'm a martyr to it.

[Carmody] Interesting fact,

the average egg has over 17,000 pores.

Boiled or scrambled?

It makes no difference, they're in the shell.

For your breakfast.

Mirs Miexletinwaitte already fied me at my lodgings,

but thank you.

Well... if nobody's got an appetite,

who's been at me eggs?

[Siegfried] Eggs! Music to my ears!

Pile them high, Mrs Hall. | could eat a horse.

Morning, Carmody. Something | said?

Oh, good morning, Mr Farnon. Not at all.

I'm reviewing feline digestion before surgery.

Splendid. Carry on.

[door creaks]

In a world of his own that one.

Yes, the Carmody conundrum.

-[chuckles] -Marvellous chap.

-Knowledgeable... -Mm-hmm.

...keen as mustard.

But surgically attached to his book.

Carmody!

Slight change of plan.

All right, Ml see you shortly, try NOt to WONTy.

Goodbye, Mr Crabtree.

Carmody needs more experience in the field.

Agreed.

ries ratiner retreated! IMtOMMSHOOOKSESINCEMIease |

The dispensary's never been so clean,

but we need to buck him up.

[James] | haven't noticed much difference.

Still full of opinions.

So | want him to assist you today.

Don't tell me you're tired of him?

Nothing of the sort. Why, are you?

No. But he is verging slightly into know-it-all territory.

Which is why he'll beneittt irom seeing more how you clo It.

Is that a compliment or an insult?

[chuckles]

Where are we off to, Mr Herriot?

To visit new tenants at Low Beck Farm.

Problem with a premature calf.

Right-oh.

You just need to get used to each other.

You'll rulo along nicely emer that, I'm sure of it.

[serene music playing]

[music fades]

Taking into account the prematurity,

together with the symptoms we're allready aware of,

| suspect we're looking AlANCAS CLOMONUCEOSISS

Pernnaps we sould examine WheKeneatwhe

before we sentence it to death?

Ah. Good point, well made.

Why have we stopped, Mr Herriot?

BECaAuse | Cant MOve tne gate, with may inline).

Oh.

[whimsical music playing]

Didn't you bring any protective clothing?

[Carmody] Oh, I'm sure I'll be all right.

Doubt we'll be here long.

[cows mooing]

Elsie has a right soft spot.

She sat with him morning, noon and night.

riasnt cone much Good. he's wasting away.

[Marie] He's lost his sparkle.

Is that your official diagnosis?

nie's tirst one here. We need him to thrive.

[James] Where did you move from?

Bradford.

We're beginners.

Mill work did my chest in.

Can't join up, but | can do my bit here.

And keep this lot safe into the bargain,

with any luck.

Well, you've chosen an excellent place

to hunker down.

[Elsie] If you say so.

We haven't had tine warmest Of the neighbours.

Ah. Being new here can be something of a trial by fire.

They'll get used to you in time.

How much time?

Give it a century or so?

May | begin, Mr Herriot?

Go on then.

[pensive music playing]

[cheerful music playing over radio]

Mm. [exhales]

-Mm! -My egg thief.

Well, fill your boots.

And if there's anything else you fancy, just say.

No, it's not, um...

| mean, well, |... | wasn't--

Well, you're green around the gills every morning,

and the pantry thinks Tristan's back.

When are you due?

December time.

-[both chuckle] -[gentle music playing]

[cows mooing]

[girls giggling]

Weakness, fever, premature.

An open and shut case.

| was right, brucellosis.

-Look, you were right. -[music fades]

Winien means tiney could lose every unborn call? in the herd.

No calves, no milk production, no income.

This isn't aloourt boeing too of the class.

There's a family's future at stake.

[sombre music playing]

[cow mooing]

[James] I'm afraid you've got brucellosis in the herd.

Brucella is a genus of gram-negative bacteria,

named after David Bruce.

Theyre smell, nonencapsulated, nonmotile,

facultative intrace IMA weoccoloaellif

Can we have that in normal soeak?

It's unlikely the calf will live.

Aine! yout'lll proloaloly lose many WESIGESS

[GSMO ESCHIOUS AEM E WACOUACLOUSS

I'm sorry.

[music fades]

Jenny must be thrilled.

And your dad.

They will be when they know.

I'd rather wait a bit.

They'll want to make allowances

and the farm's too busy for that.

it James lis Wwely, ned wrap me iin wool.

[chuckles]

| suppose Ine more Off tine ins anc outs than most.

I'm not some prize sow.

You might feel like one come December.

what things 'll be like boy then.

Well, you'll be dog tired,

but your heart'll be fit to burst.

James could get his papers any day.

We've no iiclea what's round the next comer.

Are we mad?

[Mrs Hall] Course not.

Life carries on,

just as it should.

And it's a tonic to have something wonderful

to look forward to.

-[soft music playing] -[birds chirping]

Keep mother and calf quarantined.

Disinfect regularly, top to bottom.

Your loest Gnance is to stop the spread.

Well, how did it start in the first place?

Was the new calf a recent addition?

No, we bought her in calf, few weeks back.

She was probably already infected.

And she hasn't grazed with the others?

Aye, course.

Schoolboy error.

-Eh... -| beg your pardon?

Any farmer worth his salt knows to keep

“6 east separate. Excuse me?

I'm sorry. Mr Carmody's rather new to this.

-He doesn't mean to be rude. -[Carmody grunts]

[whimsical music playing]

He's, um, still learning.

Well, meiyos thatll lean him to keep his gob shut.

Right. [clears throat]

[mud squelching]

[exhales]

| thought that went rather well.

[gear squeaks]

[music fades]

-[indistinct chatter] -[pensive music playing]

| won't Sait aloourt tine lousia, Cannnodly,

your scholarship is exemplary,

-but your manner is diabolical. -[music fades]

Perhaps | might be permitted to redeem myself?

I've taken tine lliloerty of genning up on brucellosis.

There's some very diverting new research.

It's one thing to be well informed.

Quite another to bamboozle and belittle.

-Right-oh. -[telephone ringing]

Our role is to support, not scold.

And also refrain from throwing oneself

into manure if at all possible.

Understood.

Darrowby 2297.

ries conning, Mr Crelotree, won't oe a minute.

[James] Hello, Mr Crabtree.

Should | consider my placement terminated?

Oh, good God, no.

UA, we just need you to gen up on people for a change.

[whimsical music playing]

-[phone receiver thuds] -[music fades]

The Crabtrees lost their calf in the night.

Oh, rotten luck.

This could ruin them. If brucellosis takes hold--

There's no hope.

They cane here thinking its the option.

Two little lasses.

I'll get me overalls on.

| really should take Carmody.

You should really take a farmer.

They need help.

Practicalkacvice HhOMMSONNEODEMVNONMOWS

what they're talking about.

[soft music playing]

[cows mooing]

[riclen] James salle you hae a loit of a bunnipy start.

[Elsie sighs] Yep.

Now lout folk telling us where we're going wrong

-since we got here. -[music fades]

Like who?

Oh, like him up there,

her over there,

them who border east field.

He walked miles he did,

Just to tell Sid ine steering Wrong).

That's good.

Means you've been accepted.

You what?

Framers won't iinteriere iif they cant stick you.

Judging's their version of a welcome mat.

[sighs]

Ane! || trougint it Cows that we nad! to learn.

[Helen chuckles] Your cows are in saife hands now.

James'll do all he can.

[cow grunting]

Has she been doing that long? The grunting sound?

Since last night.

Sign she's calving. We need to take a look now.

Well, she can't be. It's too soon.

-[dramatic music playing] -[cow grunting]

Good afternoon.

[Mrs Hall] How do?

-Winalt seems to trouble? whimsical music playing]

Me dog's hurt its paw.

-[dog pants] -I'm going to stop you there.

Uh, aktinougl it's tempting to want to hurry things along,

unis Is tine point where we begin to build a rapport.

One might offer a few words of comttort, tor instance,

or ask how the injury may have happened.

It's important to look

to the owner as well as the animal.

They can often harbour all manner of clues.

Okay.

I'm extremely sorry to hear that.

[Siegfried] Mm-hmm.

Whatever happened?

I'm paying you to tell me, aren't |?

[Siegfried chuckles] Very droll.

We've got ourselves ARC WACUSIOMETS

Kt helos to think aloud. Silence can be disconcerting.

No sign of bleeding or bruising.

Might not be the paw at all.

Good.

[Carmody] No broken bones.

Some kind of sprain, I'd wager.

Put that down.

I'd like to double check which ligament--

Is doulole enecxing allowed in the examination school?

-Well, Slegiiried]] until

further notice. Mrs Hall,

please remove all reference materials

from the room.

-Am | myself again? -Yes.

[telephone ringing]

-Down you go, Jess. -One moment.

-Trust yourself. -But | rather rely on it.

It's all up there. Trust yourself.

-{Siegtiried] Well, well, well,

we have a real patient. Meet...

Oh! Ned Clough.

Oh, sorry, Bernard.

Carmody, my challenge to you.

No books, no checking,

just Bernard.

[music fades]

[Helen] Easy.

Gentle tension, like this.

That's it.

Sorry, girl, not long now.

-Easy, easy. -[cow groans]

-[James] Come on, girl. -It's coming.

-[James] That's it. -[cow moos]

[James] That's it.

-Come on. -Come on. [pants]

Big breath for us.

Come on, girl.

-Come on, girl! -[dramatic music playing]

[cow mooing]

[both pant]

[music fades]

[Ned] His get up and go got up and went.

-Speedly tallow, Ine? -Oli, alye, right wick he were.

Now he... he just sits there.

Awfully sorry about that.

[Ned] Nae, it's not your fault, lad.

He's been chovelling him sen, you know.

Chovelling him sen?

Aye, reet going at it.

He's... itching?

That an’ all, aye.

[Carmody] How old is he?

[Ned] As Methuselah.

Could you be more specific?

Well, put it this way.

He were me father's best pal.

So, he must be pushing 70 odd at least.

Oh, goodness. [chuckles] INio wonder he's lethargic.

Has he had his chips?

Is it life threatening?

Oh, gosh, no.

Just shedding his skin, | suspect.

Perfectly normal.

However, his lack of oomph could be dietary.

Oh. [grunts]

Scrape him wi’ it, do |?

Feed him it.

Cuttlefish are chock full of calcium.

Should give him a boost.

He'll soon be his sprightly self again.

[chuckles] Thanks, Veterinary.

Come on, Bernard.

Come on, love. [grunts]

How did you find our new recruit, Mr Clough?

He's a broom up his backside, but, uh...

he knows his stuff.

[whimsical music playing]

Baloy steps, Carmody, baloy steos.

[Carmody] Hmm.

[music fades]

You know, my heart breaks for 'em.

| dread to think how much

they're gonna lose on them calves.

Not to mention the needless suffering.

[Helen] I'll nip up tomorrow,

see if | can give Sid some pointers.

As long as you take it steady.

| will.

Was actually aloout WORSUCGISSIESONE) rest,

only you've scuppered that now.

-Mm. -Hello!

Oh, Carmody.

SFlOW (Kt att Cralotrees”?) (clog barking)

[James] As we feared. [sighs]

‘Tine lorucallosis has in. OS IRIWONCAINESESOMAIA

-Dreadful shame. -[James] Hmm.

[Carmody] You know, Mr Farnon says it's alll aloout

looking to the owner,

but I've been reading up on brucellosis research.

| find it's more useful

to immerse myself in the problem.

Well, you'd be wise to listen to Mr Farnon.

Pernaps you'd join me all DOV ETS LOMEISCUSSY,

It's been rather a long day.

Of course, of course.

We cain get to grips witin zoonosis another time.

What's zoonosis?

ZOonosis is wien @ clisease jumps species to another.

[Carmody] Brucellosis causes unclulant fever iin people.

Tine symptoms rise ancl tall, like an undulating waive.

Is it catching?

Hmm. Vets can get it, but it's rare.

[Carmody] What | find truly fascinating

is the apparent similarity of human symptoms.

One recent sttucly iin particular to suggest...

Sorry, sorry, I'm... [chuckles]

...chewing your ear off, aren't |?

[James] Which similarity?

Fever? Wouldn't call that fascinating.

[Carmody] No, no.

The loss of the unborn foetus.

[sombre music playing]

(Carnocly| researcn reallly is quite eye opening.

Would you like to read it?

[music fades]

[Mrs Hall breathes deeply]

Where is everyone?

Most of the women in this study didn't carry to term.

-[Carmody] Indeed, 75%. -That's high.

[Carmody] Correlation isn't causation,

and the link's never been proven before.

But it's a rather convincing theory, isn't it?

Makes one woncer Winel of infection was,

consuming milk or close contact witin the anlimell.

-It does, yes. -[pensive music playing]

Do you think lt migint melke a decent dissertation topic?

Been desperate to find something unusual.

Unusual?

Tinatt's alll you have to saly albout such a tithing?

Well, it isnt common knowledge, MOVE TOV AY OUR

[James] A tamillys livelihood IS¥alestalken

| don't have time to indulge myself reading studies!

| con't loelieve | saiel you should have.

If only you'd acted properly in the first place,

not made a hash ot it, insulted Crabtree.

I'm sorry James, you've lost me.

You should've been today

-Why is James shouting? -| wanted to,

our how Gould! || attienel when | wasnt asked?

-| wasnt given tine opportunity. [Janes] Exactly

Because | couldn't risk making things worse!

[Siegfried] What the devil's going on?

-Contraband? -James wanted to read it.

Seems to have angered him for some reason.

What's so incendiary about it?

-Nothing. -Didn't sound like nothing.

Why blow your top?

Me.

| invited myself to help James today,

only it turns out | shouldn't have.

Why not?

Brucellosis.

This study, it seems to suggest

a link between Exposure to lorucelllosis iin cattle...

and the loss of unborn children in women.

| wasn't aware of it, but Carmody was.

And that's significant...

‘Cause I'm expecting.

[sombre music playing]

[music fades]

[telephone ringing]

Darrowby 2297.

Oh, dear.

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that, Mr Clough.

Will you be wanting someone to have another look at hin?

[pensive music playing]

Yes, yes, I'm here.

Oh, I'm sure that'll suit.

I'll let them know.

Right. See you then.

Goodbye.

[son music playing over raciio] {footsteps approaching]

Ned Clough were just on.

He's bringing Bernard back in this afternoon.

Still not too clever he says.

How's Helen today?

Determined to be fine.

And how are you?

I'd like to apologise again if | may,

and if there's anything | can do--

-Come up with a cure? -James.

There really in't anything?

Not a thing you can do for her if she's caught it?

No test, no cure, no nothing. [inhales deeply]

niowever, tinere is sonietning we can do at the Cralotrees’.

So | suggest we get a move on.

[pensive music playing]

[door opening]

[birds chirping]

-[Sid] It's not been as easy-- -Sid.

[indistinct chatter]

[Sid] Mr Herriot?

Did we book another check-up?

You didn't, and this isn't a check-up.

Siegfried Farnon, how do you do?

Come along, haven't got all day.

But | thought there were nowt that could be done?

True, but we can help you disinfect the farm.

More chance of stamping it out

if the whole place is done at once.

Well, how much is that gonna cost?

Nothing. Look, these are your neighbours.

nielen soread tine worel, andl they alll wanted to pitch in.

Noooely round here wants to you ffaiil, Mir Gralotree.

But may | make a suggestion?

-All right, go on. -Talk to them.

You might learn something.

[chuckles softly]

[music fades]

[dog barks]

Where did you vanish off to?

Oh, | Know, boy,

it's a poor do,

not been fed a day in your life.

-[dog pants] -[chuckles]

[dog barks]

-[soft music playing] -[dog barks]

What's wi' you?

[dog barks]

[Mrs Hall] Dash!

You can't just barge in uninvited!

| don't mind, come in.

[Mrs Hall] Sorry, Helen.

Honestly, think he were dragged up.

Not being a nuisance, is he?

[Helen] He's all right.

I'm not exactly up to much.

Me and Dash think you need a distraction.

You're not wrong.

[Mrs Hall] Now come on,

you can make yourself useful baking with me.

I'm not sure that'll cut it, to be honest.

Well, Dash says you con't get to oe Gnoosy.

Hrielen chuckles sorfilly]

Will there be swede involved again?

Oh, well, you'll have to find out, won't you?

-Come on! -[dog barks]

All will be well, you'll see.

You can't know that.

[music fades]

| woulleln't have stopped Inher either, iif t's any consolation.

| groused about Carmody being a know-it-all.

And then | let my own wife down with my ignorance.

You haven't let anybody down.

| Mean, WES Ihe Point in knowing wiheatt | know

if | can't help the one person...

[pensive music playing]

How do | tell her that she'll be all right...

that our baby will be all right...

when I've no idea if it will be?

[breathes deeply]

[soft music playing over radio]

-| always tend to just wing ft +(Mrrs [iaill laughs)

Well, tollow Step, youl can't GO wrong.

[dog whines]

if youl cain it ror Echwardl's mucky paws of course. [chuckles]

[barks, pants]

I con't know winy Inn tlavour of tine month alll of a sudden,

-[chuckles] -They can hear it.

The heartbeat.

They're protecting you.

-[whines] -[Helen] Oh, you soft thing.

Why don't we invite your Jenny?

| will. [sniffles]

When I've got good news.

[door opening]

They're not the only ones, you know.

We're all here.

Don't always have to be the tough one.

Ooh, scones.

Tortoise first, Mr Clough's waiting.

Thanks, Audrey.

[pensive music playing]

rie wolred that, ulA, isi clown like nobodly's business.

He's still scratting though.

[whimsical music playing]

[Carmody] Skin does look rather irritated.

[Ned groans]

He's definitely not shedding.

[Ned] What is he doing then?

| should like to witness the behaviour for myself.

Would you mind if | kept him in for observation?

No.

| suppose he could use a holiday.

Right, I'll, uh, be on me way then.

-[door opening, closing] -[music fades]

[indistinct chatter]

The truth is we can never tell what lies ahead.

Even Wien We GONnVINGS Ourselves we know,

the slings ancl arrows Nave a way of proving us wrong.

Sonyounell| you love winatt they to hear.

Hope it gives them comfort.

At least, that's what | did.

[sombre music playing]

I'm so sorry, | didn't think.

You don't often speak of her.

Evelyn.

There aren't the words.

It was a mercifully short illness.

But Only because loy tne thne we knew it was Cancer...

Well, it was too late.

Not being able to do anything,

that made every moment...

Unbearable.

-[music fades] -[men laughing]

Can't blame him, can you?

Stepping into the unknown,

risking everything to keep his family safe.

Perhaps we should be more like Crabtree?

Unaware tine ocles are stacked against us?

No. Hopeful.

Come on.

[jazz music playing over radio]

[Mrs Hall sighs]

[whimsical music playing]

[Siegfried] Mrs Hall! Carmody!

Mrs Hall! Carmody!

Whatever's happened now?

Fetch the confiscated books.

Now Carmocly, l'na going to ach something very unusual.

| was wrong.

Knowledge is power, andl you can't have enough of fit.

rrance mely have surrendered, out we shall not ackmit cefisert

-Whet exactly are you proposing?

Winen lorucellosis first discovered?

ARight aier the Crimean Warr. -[Siegiiriec|| Precisely.

Just 80 short years, or thereabouts, to catch up on.

If we put our heads together,

read everything we have on the subject,

we might just find something useful for Helen.

And there she is, hooray.

You can muck in too, starting with

A History of Bovine Morbidity.

[soft music playing]

[music fades]

[fire crackling]

[yawns]

Perhaps we should turn in.

[Siegfried] Yep. Press on tomorrow.

Any luck?

Just a dry chapter on testing cows.

We rarely test these days.

The symptoms are so conclusive.

[yawns]

Mrs Hall.

-You're a genius. -Oh, | am. What did | say?

The agglutination test.

Used! tor clagnosing typhus in humans, lout...

in... in 1897,

it USeckiondiScoven orucellosis in animals.

-Wihat cloes tihat mean? =Ihe is compatible?

The test is compatible.

So, we can find out if I've got it?

We can. Ihe question Is, how clo we go aloout ft?

| Innagine woullel simply take a blood test,

label it as a cow's,

and the lab would be none the wiser.

Just a thought.

[soft music playing]

[James] All right?

-Didn't feel a thing. -[music fades]

No jokes about me having cow hide.

I'm sorry | haven't-- or if | haven't

-said the right things. -No need now.

To say anything?

Well, we'll know either way after this.

You! cain that bridge wien Wwe Gorne tto ft, wont we?

[pensive music playing]

I'll take it to the lab first thing.

And then we wait.

And then we wait.

[music fades]

[cows mooing]

Very promising.

| think you'll have yourselves some calves after all.

They must have natural immunity.

We're about due some beginner's luck.

Him and Helen saved our bacon, more like.

Three calves ale) than none, lout

Not enough to live off, we know.

[Sic] Took a farmland jos at Grace Chapman's.

She's going to show us the ropes.

Keep tine wolf trom the coor till we bounce lback.

[Elsie] We shouldn't nave judged so quick.

Folk have been kind.

Once we got to know 'em.

Will you stay, for a bite to eat?

It's the least we could do.

Unfortunately, I've got to dash.

More poorly cows to rescue?

Lab results to collect.

It's not very exciting, but it's very important.

-Good luck. -[chuckles softly]

Thank you.

Malke Sure to look einer those mummy for nine,

won't you?

[soft music playing]

On day one, Bernard didn't move.

On day two, Bernard cid rove tempted by lettuces.

On day three, Bernard didn't move.

On day four, Bernard used his left leg

-to itch his right leg... -[grunts]

And?

| haven't been able to get to the bottom of the irritation.

Usuallly, we'd consider mittes or fleas to eUllonita

but as Bernard is cold blooded,

the little blighters aren't interested.

You're a medical mystery, Bernard.

[whimsical music playing]

Although...

What?

There might be one last thing we can try.

[dramatic music playing]

Helen?

Upstairs.

[music fades]

TOROlSss Need! 2 Gooc! soak now ancl tinen.

Fights dehydration.

[Ned] Oh.

Now | could be wrong,

but if my theory is correct,

we shnoule! start to something any minute now.

Ah-ha!

=\WWinatt are those? whimsical music playing)

Siphonaptera.

Fleas.

But | thought you said he couldn't catch 'em?

It's rare, but if they come close

to an infestation, it's not unheard of.

One or two determined individuals

might try their luck lurking under the shell.

Infestation? Where?

Judging by your persistent itch,

I'd say it's highly possible you're the cause.

You have fleas, Mr Clough,

and you've given them to poor Bernard.

Well, I'll be damned.

| thought | were allergic to summat.

I've tried everything.

| can find a treatment.

-For the both of you. -[Ned inhales]

Thank you, Veterinary.

[music fades]

Three still in calf? That's a minor miracle.

Well, thanks to you.

No, | didn't do much.

Would you sit down a minute?

I'd rather keep busy, if it's all the same.

It's just I--

Thinking of giving this place a lick of paint an’ all.

It wouldn't take much eiirort and ite pass the time.

-| just-- -[Helen] James, if you ask me

to rest one more time, I'll go spare.

-What's that? -[James] | went to the lab,

just in case, and...

[pensive music playing]

Well?

| don't know.

| thought we should open it together.

Do you want to?

No, you.

No, wait!

| think I've changed me mind.

You'd rather not know?

Not if it's bad.

There's no guarantee it'll be bad,

you said so yourself.

-Whait clo | know aloout anything? -[Jannes] Lots.

You're braver than me, you're cleverer than me--

[Helen] No, I'm not.

I've tried to be brave.

| have, but | can't.

Not about this.

Not about our baby.

Well, that makes two of us,

because I'm terrified.

-You are? -[James] Yes.

God, yes. I'm an absolute wreck.

Me too.

| just want us to have this baby so much.

So do l.

BUI Whatever happens, we'll be together, won't we?

We can be wrecks together.

[music fades]

News?

Only that Carmody cracked the tortoise.

Literally or figuratively?

[Mrs Hall] He'll be wanting his book back.

Well, he hasn't been using his reference materials

for your Bernard challenge.

Well, | told him | was wrong about that, didn't I?

Knowledge is power and such?

Prooaloly sinoulle!'ve loeen| @ lit more specitiic.

[James] We could put it in the fire?

Forget we even did the test.

Ignorance is bliss.

Unless...

Unless?

| think maybe I'm feeling a bit braver

since admitting | was a coward.

You're not a coward.

And the wait's killing me.

Bernard's treatment regimen is here,

what to ask for at the chemist on the back.

You're a godsend, lad.

Much appreciated.

-Fleas, believe it or not. -Oh.

| followed your advice.

Looked to the owner.

The answer was staring me im face alll along.

[Siegfried] Very well done.

We may make a vet of you yet.

What did | tell you?

To be used in moderation.

Thank you, Mr Farnon.

[pensive music playing]

Dare we ask?

I'm all right,

-like | said | would be. -[chuckles]

The test was negative. [chuckles]

[exhales]

[James] | still can't quite believe it.

[[rielen]] Thank gooehness we were brave after alll.

James] Thank goodness you only went

to the Crabtrees' once. Less chance of infection.

Thinking there might be something in it.

Putting me feet up occasionally.

Are you sure?

Only occasionally, mind.

I'll still be doing me bit for me dad.

tne sick animals a wide berth,

for Morag's sake.

What do you reckon?

| reckon that's up to you.

Whatever you choose, is right.

But keep using that name, it'll stick.

[Helen] Don't care.

All | care is tinat our loaloy Gersanene) and] sound.

[gentle music playing]

| think it's just hit me.

This is actually really happening, in't it?

-Aye. [chuckles] -[chuckles]

Are you ready?

No. Not remotely.

[both laugh]

But | can't wait.

[both laugh]

Here.

[music fades]

Feel as though | can breathe again.

Has been a bit fraught, hasn't it?

Wiatever willl becone of us baloy arrives?

[both chuckle]

[Carmody] Interesting fact,

the collective noun for the tortoise is a "creep."

[whimsical music playing]

Canmoclye imattior with Bemared again?

Fleas, Mr Farnon.

What's a group of them called?

| don't believe | know.

Interesting fact,

fleas can jump many times their own body length,

which enables them to spread really rather rapidly.

Fascinating.

Um...

Yes, yes...

[all chuckle]

Well, you've earned your stripes.

Fleas tend to come with our occupation.

Also lice and worms.

And falling headlong in the muck.

[all chuckle]

I eo for unfortunate incident, Janes.

And for all the upset | caused.

Rubbish.

I'd planned on visiting Sid and Elsie,

getting stuck in to help 'em.

If you hadn't warned us, well--

Things could be very different.

[soft music playing]

[James] | owe you the apology.

Ane! perinaps you'd let me borrow sone of your research papers.

Discuss them over a pint if the invitation still stands?

I'd be delighted.

Very good.

-l think this calls for= =| wonder we should begin?

Clostridial diseases in sheep?

Avian pox?

Infectious stomatitis in reptiles?

Yes, thank you, Carinochy. Nobody likes a know-it-all,

and we're about to eat.

You were saying?

This calls for a toast.

To knowledge, fleas...

and our growing family.

fall] Knowledge, fleas, and family.

[indistinct chatter]

[theme music playing]

[music fades]