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[Whimsical music]

What are you doing, uncle?

To have your name above a shop.

That's no small thing.

Have you only just noticed?

[Dudley] You've forgotten haven't you?

I have no idea what you're talking about.

Five years this week.

Five years since that sign went up,

this play stopping being Emerson's drapery

and became the paradise.

Flora?

Where are you, darling?

[Giggling]

Flora?

Flora!

Flora.

Flora.

[Knocking on door]

John.

[Laughs]

You caught me.

I'm sorry sweetheart, I couldn't resist.

I've always wondered what it would feel like to sit there.

Perhaps I would be careful

where I leave my trousers lying.

It's a game.

Whatever Katherine says, we don't speak of it.

Heavens, what a trick.

I might've been searching for you the whole day.

This quite jangled my nerves.

Tom, darling, did you hear me?

Flora, shall we go and play in the maze?

Yes, papa.

Tom.

Flora.

I'm talking to you.

Flora, sweetheart,

will you chase me or shall I chase you?

You chase after me, papa.

Do I not exist today?

I demand that you speak to me.

Tom, you have been like this for days.

Like a ghost staring at me, but saying nothing.

What is the matter?

[Tense music]

I feel like I'm wrapped in butter, it's heavenly.

Is it heavenly?

I mean, do I look foolish in it?

Should I buy it?

It's perfect, mum, I think.

Perhaps, what do you think, Clara?

Mom, I promise you it is the most tasteful

and fashionable choice.

When do I wear it?

I know some dresses are for evening.

Mom, this dress can be worn at anytime.

This is such fun and you're so kind to help me.

What shoes does a lass wear with this dress?

What kind of shoes would you prefer, madame?

I prefer you to choose.

Everything you've chosen so far is just, perfect.

What about the grey button boots?

Would you like to try a pair?

If you can have them wrapped up,

my husband will come in to pay.

Of course, mrs Ballantine.

Darling Ballantine,

he does love to spoil me.

It's not too much, is it?

It's not coarse and unladylike to buy so much.

Not at all, madame,

we will have it already for you.

I was a nurse, you know,

with hardly a pair of boots to my name.

Look at me now, who would have dreamed?

I never dreamed that have

such a fine uniform to wear everyday

and such fun friends to share a dorm with.

Who will deliver the parcels?

Oh, the delivery lads deliver mom,

on their delivery waggon.

Oh, I was rather hoping it would be you, susy.

Or you Clara.

Then I could try them all on and you could tell me,

and you can see our chandeliers

and feel how thick the carpets are.

If you would care for a morning fitting at home,

mrs Ballantine, I'm sure that could be arranged.

Yes.

I like the sound of a fitting.

We could have tea and scones,

or pop scones are only eaten in the afternoon.

Forgive me, ma'am.

What I meant to say was an afternoon fitting.

Oh.

[Laughing]

Yes.

Uncle Edmund, this is the third time

I've seen you at the inn this week.

Won't Audrey be missing you?

Oh, don't fret on it, Denise.

Hell's teeth, I've sent her a note

telling her I'm on my way back home.

Far be it from me to interfere in another man's marriage,

but why didn't you just take her the note yourself?

Yes, then you would have been there,

so you wouldn't have needed to send a note

to say why you're not there.

Have a sit down, susy, rest your mind a while.

You must admit, met mr lovett,

you don't have any cause to stay when.

Yes, I do.

Well I'm not one to meddle

in the affairs of a marital nature but,

what are your reasons, Edmund?

I can't sell the shop

because it looks so worn down and decrepit.

Now, if I've paint it up, you'll see,

it'll make it a more agreeable proposition for any buyer.

A few day, sweat and toil will make all the difference,

you'll see.

Oh, come on, Edmund.

I'll prove to the lot of ya.

I'm only here because I intend to leave.

- [Laughing] - Aw, Edmund.

[Dramatic music]

Tom.

Tom?

He's proposal to send Denise to Paris.

I have little doubt he did it antagonise me.

He took your father's watch from the store

without so much as a by on leave.

It was as if he knew what you and I had spoken about.

[Twigs cracking]

Your father's wishes for the watch

to be left to the man you mar...

What is it?

Will you come back tomorrow?

We can speak then.

Of course.

Please, tell me.

Oh, lord help me.

God, please help me.

He's capable of such cruelty.

I never imagined.

We married in such haste, I hardly knew him.

I live in terror of upsetting him.

I dare not speak for fear of how he will react.

There are times I think he hates me.

He wishes only to punish me.

I can't help it one more day.

Oh,

oh thank you.

Thank you.

You cannot live like this Katherine.

What else can I do?

Promise me, you will come to me when you need someone.

[Dramatic music]

It's her, it's mrs Ballantine.

She's here with her husband and he's,

he's not, wanting, he's not.

Here they are, my darling.

My new friends.

They've been looking after me, so sweetly.

Thank you girls for making my wife

the happiest woman in the whole city.

Well show them, Ballantine.

Show them how obliged we are.

[Laughing]

Oh yes.

Perhaps you might come with me to the cashier desk,

mr Ballantine, to settle your account.

I'll wager it's down all those stairs

and I've just climbed up then.

Thank you, dear.

This way.

I need you to show me how to walk in my new dresses.

I know what you're thinking.

You're thinking here's a man

who is so in love with his wife

that he would indulge her every whim.

Oh, how the sails will soar.

[Laughing]

Mr moray, sir,

might I introduce you to mr Ballantine.

Campbell Ballantine.

We met once before sir,

I believe it was at the, the race course.

Oh yes, of course.

I lost the fortune that day.

[Laughing]

Well I'm pleased see you in my,

in the paradise.

If you'll excuse me, sir.

This way.

Mr Ballantine's account, please.

What a splendid enterprise.

We've recently opened a food hall.

And we have an oriental room, which has proved very popular.

We try to stock items at a range of prices

to attract all manner of customers.

Those who can't afford the finer goods

can still come into gaze at them.

We have children's wear department,

bedding, men's wear and furniture.

We're always looking to expand.

I have a brewery.

I started out with one ale and now I supply

more than half the inns and hostelries of the city.

And beyond.

I may get short of breath, but I still go to work every day,

and I still know each employee by their first name.

I know what you're thinking.

We ought to supply those ales of yours in our food hall.

[Laughing]

The idea is to walk as all though you feet were on wheels.

Oh.

Like this?

Not up and down.

No hands.

Eh, tribbin, we call it, Suzy.

Wonderful.

Place your hands in front, like this.

And, Suzy.

Long strides are not feminine.

Short strides.

Short, strides.

Every step is meant to draw attention

for its grace and poise.

I'm not sure I can do grace and poise.

Well, perhaps try poise and worry about grace later.

[Laughing]

We must all go out together.

Be my treat.

Where should we go?

What's the most lavish night out we could possibly have?

Mrs Ballantine.

Please, call me Lucille.

Lucille,

there's no need for extravagance.

Ballantine's so handsome, isn't he?

Your husband clearly adores you, madame.

It can be so funny sometimes.

I've never known a kinder man.

I'm going to invite you all out to the house

and it will be the jolliest party of the year.

Please say you'll come.

Oh we'd love to come.

We want to look at your chandeliers.

Don't be Clara?

Or, sometimes we have a picnic on sundays.

I'm so glad I found you.

The only women I've met so far

have been those well-to-do society-wise

who look down their noses at me.

I love picnics.

Come sit in my garden,

we'll have champagne and roasted meats and oranges.

We would all love to come, Lucille.

[Giggling]

Can I offer you a glass of Brandy, sir?

I must be rid of him.

Perhaps we should speak inside, sir.

Yes,

yes of course.

I can't bear to watch him

lauded about this place for one more day.

Haste will not serve you well, mr Weston.

If you were determined to dispose of mr moray,

don't do so on his terms.

If you dismiss him now, you will play into his hands.

He would come out on top.

What do you mean?

There are thing's I've heard, sir.

Will you trust that I know best in this?

Let me make some arrangements

and the proposal would be laid before you

that will finish moray.

[Dramatic music]

I am concerned for Katherine.

Her husband's jealousy is telling on her.

I fear she might fall ill.

Well, that is all to the good.

Your courting of her has worked to our favour.

What I'm trying to make clear to you

is that I cannot continue with this deception.

Tom Weston is a dangerously volatile man.

The pressure is telling on him.

I have seen it.

All to the good.

Mr moray sir, if I may.

You have played your part.

And played it handsomely.

Now we will approach Tom Weston with our proposal.

What proposal?

[Knocking on door]

[Denise] John?

John?

You are to have sneaken through this way,

I didn't want her to find you here.

[Denise] Are you in there?

[Knocking on door]

John are you in there?

Who were you talking to?

It's funny,

I must been talking to myself.

[Moray] Ballantine?

He's spending all of his money on a wife

who's young enough to be his daughter.

The man's mind is addled with love.

And what's wrong with that?

Nothing, nothing's wrong with that.

When it comes to business matters

his mind is as sharp as the best of us.

I believe if we came to him with a proposal.

He has a pretty bride

who's taken a fancy to the store, darling.

There's not grounds for us to believe

the man is a suitable investor.

You had oppose to the idea because I suggested it to you.

I'm sorry.

I'm not at my best.

Why are you so irritable?

Distracted?

Is it Katherine?

What do you mean?

I saw how she was when we went to dinner.

She hardly said a word.

She was festering with rage.

I think she's unhappy in her marriage.

She almost said as much.

You went to see her.

Yes, yes.

To plead her to reign in her husband.

His dabbling in the business of the store

is making life here quite impossible.

You did not tell me you were going to see Katherine.

Well, they are our masters, we must deal with them,

as best we can be.

Be careful, John.

Katherine has not forgotten.

She will never forget.

You do not wish to sell, I accept that.

We shall both of us proceed on that understanding,

but it would be duplicitous off me

were I not to advise you of my intentions.

My brother and I have a store in Manchester

and one in liverpool.

We wish to expand south and indeed north.

Our intention is to be the first answer,

the only national formation of emporiums.

You propose to build here?

We have a site.

Plans are being drawn.

Up until now, mr Weston,

the battle has been between

the small stores and the paradise.

That war was easily won.

If I build, there will be an almighty clash

on an altogether different scale.

A price war.

Some of your best staff,

might well be tempted by better offers.

Customers will be at the very least divided.

Why would you wish to forewarn me?

It means that I might arm myself against your intentions.

It is a battle I will win,

but it will be a costly affair.

I would prefer you to accept defeat now,

in the comfort of my own home.

Of defeat, no.

Perhaps some more personal triumph.

You will appreciate that a businessman must be,

shall we say, single minded?

If I build, I intend to employ moray as my store manager

and I will provide him

with whatever funds are needed to succeed.

If you sell the paradise to me,

I will cast moray into the wilderness.

Never to return.

Once you take the name down

that really is the end, isn't it?

It is.

We have to take it down, go and put Edmund lovett

back up there again in bright new colours,

'cause well, what's that gonna look like?

Yeah but if my name's not above the shop,

what is it i'm supposed to be selling?

Anyone interested is gonna want to know

they're buying a going concern.

You could just write up their drapers shop.

There, you see.

Straight for them off of babes.

Yeah, well.

For you to have opinions, for me to decide.

[Lucille] Oh a little more, thank you.

[Susy] You have such a lovely garden, Lucille.

Eat up girls.

You're not allowed to leave

until you are properly indulged.

Four shop girls on a blanket and not a man in sight.

No, one's going to be indulged today.

[Laughing]

Have some meat, this peasant.

I mean pheasant.

Where I come from peasant is a delicacy,

you have it with an egg on top.

[Laughing]

I'm a peasant.

As good as.

I know you all know it.

I don't know how to dress, how to walk, how to talk.

You must be wondering how

I got myself a husband like Ballantine.

Well that's none of our business, Lucille.

I was wondering.

He was sick.

I was nursing him and

men always fall for the nurses.

There, now we know.

He's a lucky man to have you.

Any fried mongrel to go with that peasant?

[Laughing]

Did he court you whilst he was sick in hospital?

I let him woo me.

Why should I not?

I've had my heart broke plenty of times.

Men get well and they move away

and they forget they were in love.

I thought my time had past, but Ballantine didn't forget.

He wanted to marry me and,

I know what all the wives round here think of me.

You must be thinking the same.

I'm no more than a pretty face.

The only difference between you and us Lucille

is it you chased after a good man.

Isn't that right girls?

You found a husband who's only desire is to make you happy.

You think we're here to judge you for that,

then you're wrong.

Thank you.

Thank you, Clara.

It truly is a comfort to me to have you to turn to, moray.

I hope that you appreciate how grateful I am.

Katherine,

Tom is punishing you because I'm here to remind him

of how things were between us.

It is a provocation to him.

If we see one another,

I can't help thinking it would make this worse.

Be honest with me, be honest with yourself.

Do you suppose it'll make things better

if we continue like this?

I brought you back here to punish you.

It wasn't enough to ruin you.

That could never match the hurt

I felt when you abandoned me.

I put you back in that place

so that I could watch you with Denise and,

I didn't care how long it might take.

I wanted her to feel as I felt.

To be terrified of losing you and then to lose you.

But now,

a few moments alone with you to feel your tenderness,

your protection, I don't want to hurt anyone now.

I only want to know that sometimes we can be like this.

Don't take that away from me.

Tom will destroy you.

Denise will destroy you.

Have you thought of that?

Tom told me what he sees in the store.

Denise has such ambition.

I saw her face when he suggested that she might go to Paris.

He says she will out to run you.

You asked me to be honest with you, moray,

I implore you to meet truth with truth.

What I describe, is that what you see?

You have comforted me.

Can't I comfort you?

You have such a splendid home.

A good life, a lovely wife.

Why do I not retire?

Why should I?

Oh, I've had several opportunities to sell my brewery,

but I've never been tempted.

It's what keeps me going, work.

Keeps me sharp.

Every new challenge takes 10 years off my age.

Well, maybe five.

I make beer, and I feel I've done all I can

selling ales to the nation.

I want one more business conquest to make me all again.

Now I hear that moray is trying to raise funds

to buy back his store, without much success.

How did he come to lose it?

He fell in love.

He gave up all he had to be true to his girl.

Aye, I've heard the stories.

It rather endears him to me.

But then,

I have become something of a romantic in my old age.

As you can see, Denise.

Mr Ballantine, might you meet with mr moray

so that he might put before your a proposal

to invest in the paradise?

It is a sound enterprise

with potential for extensive expansion.

We are not vulnerable to the whims of fashion.

In fact, we are always ahead of our customers.

As modern manufacturing creates new goods,

we are the first to offer them.

More and more people are coming to the city.

As I did, as your wife did.

And what they want is the new, the glamorous foreign goods.

People want betterment and the paradise

is a haven for all that they wish for.

Why would I want moray to present to me,

when you do it so admirably?

Oh, I'm sorry I got carried away.

Nay, don't apologise for what you're good at.

I wanted a son.

Someone who would take on my business

and make it flourish for his own generation.

If I'd had the son I wish for,

he'd have been just like you, Denise.

Now, you put together a formal proposition

and I'll consider it.

It's a fine job you're doing Edmund, it has to be said.

Yeah, so fine you know what's coming, don't you myrtle?

I do.

When it's finished, the outside,

it'll cross his mind to do the inside.

Just so they're all the same, like.

And when he's done the inside.

He'll step back and admire his handiwork and say,

seems a shame to leave the place

when I got there looking so splendid.

[Laughing]

Come on, Edmond, eat your cake.

- Edmond. - Aye.

Edmund.

Moray, Denise may well have found

exactly what you were looking for.

Mr Ballantine as good as said he's willing to invest.

He'd like you to meet with him.

Katherine and Tom are not minded to sell.

Would antagonise them if they thought

we were manoeuvring against them.

But surely there's no harm in having the funding in place.

We must find investment that is from the best source

that comes at the most favourable time.

Mr moray, sir, your messages.

I know, sir.

Mr. Dudley will deal with them.

I long to get back to that time of innocence between us.

The two of us just talking in the dark.

Sweetheart, it was never innocent.

You were engaged to be married.

And I was a shop girl working for you.

Things have always been difficult,

but we persevered because we love one another.

It's the same now.

Sometimes I wish you just didn't work here.

I wish we'd met in the street.

I just want us to be able to love one another.

For it all to be simple.

What is wrong with that?

There's nothing wrong with that.

I think they call it romance.

You think we should defy moray?

Let's not call it that.

Let's call it helping.

Without his knowledge or consent, but helping nonetheless.

If we can secure workable funds,

the westons are crushing John, Dudley.

We have to do something.

Even if it only amounts to giving him

a little bit of hope to carry on.

I'm not sure that acting secretly is the best way, Denise.

I don't know what myrtle puts in her pastry.

She said she has a secret ingredient.

Provided it's not her toenails,

I don't need to know as long as it tastes good.

Hey Denise, what is eatin' up your uncle?

I couldn't even get him to eat my cake today.

I must go across and see him.

I've been so busy.

Perhaps he's wise to what you put in your recipe, myrtle.

I see people looking at me when I'm with Ballantine.

I saw it on your face when I brought him into the store.

What does it matter what others think of you?

Because it's true.

It must be true.

The more kindness he shows to me the more guilty I feel.

I made a mistake, I have to admit it, I have to.

I will leave him.

Isn't that a cruel thing to do to a man who loves you?

It's more cruel if I stay.

[Dramatic music]

[Footsteps approaching]

[Door knob jiggling]

[Tom] Katherine.

- [Knocking on door] - [Door knob jiggling]

Katherine.

Don't pretend to know or understand anything you don't.

He's a business man of many years experience, he will know.

Keep the figures simple.

Don't inflate or exaggerate.

If he catches you out then you've lost him.

Wouldn't it be better if you came with me?

No it wouldn't.

But why wouldn't it?

Because you found Ballantine, he's your conquest.

[Floor creaking]

There's no one here.

What you just told me, mr Dudley,

that's not the true reason is it?

I would present mr Ballantine with figures

and he would see in me a man

who could be trusted with his investment.

You, you would light up the room, Denise.

I'm good at what I do, the best of my own job.

But something like this takes an entrepreneur.

I just want to see the look on John's face

when I tell him we have a way out.

You will, Denise, you will.

Go on, go.

Go to bed, and good luck.

[Whimsical music]

Denise.

The projected income for the next year.

Yes sir.

I imagined it might be more.

Is there a problem?

I have aired on the side of caution.

False expectations create disappointment

and a sense of failure.

What I have predicted and what we've reached for

are not the same thing.

And do you have figures

for what you might reach for, Denise?

Why didn't moray not make this presentation himself?

Please don't hold this one small omission

against him, sir.

Moray's built the paradise from nothing.

He knows better than anyone how to make the store a success.

Your proposal meets with my satisfaction, Denise.

But I have other considerations to take into account.

I will not keep you waiting too long for an answer.

Thank you, sir.

He's a very fortunate fellow.

I hope he knows it.

I found her sitting in my chair.

As though she were trying out the throne.

Do you suppose I haven't done the same?

And some.

I once found Arthur sitting there.

We're all allowed to daydream, moray.

There's no harm in it.

Sorry, I seem to be jumping at shadows, don't I?

You know why.

You're consumed with such underhand business

with Jonas and fenton that you refuse to notice

the Ballantine's the perfect financier for you.

Why is that?

Because Denise found him.

She wooed him.

She brought you a gift.

She did it for you because she loves you.

You've lost sight of what really matters.

Instead you prefer to dally with cuff and Weston

and the hope that you can, who knows what.

I've been in a mighty fall, Dudley.

You have.

And what do you propose to do about it?

[Gunshot firing]

I did not come to your room to frighten you, Katherine.

I came to look at you.

I've received an offer to sell the paradise.

Why would you want to do such a thing?

I've decided it is for the best.

No, you can't.

I can.

I'm your husband.

What I decide will prevail.

But it makes no sense.

Last night, Katherine, I came to your room to tell you,

I don't want to lose you.

What if we were to stop?

Stop punishing one another.

What if we were to say, we are married now?

We can make a life.

Flora adores you.

We have a child to care for.

I promise you, I will always be here.

I will not break my word.

[Dramatic music]

[Katherine voiceover] My dear moray,

I must put upon your good nature

and your kindness towards me once more,

and ask that you come to meet with me urgently.

Please forgive my haste.

I will explain when I see you, Katherine.

John, are you going out?

Darling, I have an appointment to see Campbell Ballantine.

I took your advice and approached him.

That's wonderful.

I'm so pleased.

[Dramatic music]

It's Clara, isn't it.

It is, sir.

If you'll excuse me.

I'd like a word with you, Clara.

Did you tell him?

I wouldn't do such a thing.

You did, I saw you.

I saw you speaking with my husband.

He was inviting me, inviting all of the girls

to his birthday party to please you.

There, do you see now?

Do you see now why I must leave him?

What is there to say?

I don't deserve a man like him.

The more devoted he is to me,

the more I wait for the day when he sees me as I truly am.

I tricked him.

I bewitched him.

What do you mean?

When I was nursing him?

There was one night,

he looked so handsome when he was sleeping

and I couldn't seem to stop myself.

I kissed him.

I feel like I've stolen his soul when he sleep

and that's why he loves me.

Why would you torment yourself for such superstition?

Do you really think he's so easily fooled?

You did not steal his love.

You did not trick him.

Look, listen to me.

Do you love him?

Of course.

Then love him.

That's all he wants from you.

Love him and you'll be rid of your torments.

If you leave him, you will curse yourself

for the rest of your days.

To hell with what other people think of ya.

Your husband adores you.

You've been lucky in finding such a man.

Why not just accept your luck?

All in a row.

Yes, thank you.

Don't look so startled Denise.

I thought you'd be pleased to see me.

I am, mr Ballantine, it's just,

I am glad to see you.

I had hoped that moray would have had the good grace

to send me a note at least.

He's made no contact with you?

Perhaps that is just as well.

I am tempted by this place Denise.

I want to invest.

Well that is wonderful news.

Thank you.

But one of the things I've had to consider is this,

I could just as well buy the store, put in the manager,

someone I could trust, someone I have faith in.

Someone with vision, ambition.

Please sir, before any such considerations,

I implore you to meet with moray.

Hear him talk about this place.

I am certain you'll want to do business with him.

Very well.

I will trust your judgement in this, Denise.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you.

You could take on a new calling, Edmund.

My house needs painting.

And what cost are you?

I know I'm a married man.

I have a new life, I know it.

Feel like my whole life's been taken away from me.

I've been robbed of it.

I can't let it go.

Not yet.

Not like this.

[Grunting]

Edmund.

Edmund, what's wrong?

Easy easy, Edmund.

Are you all right?

Edmund.

Uncle!

Edmund.

Uncle!

Get help!

Uncle Edmund, it's Denise.

[Dramatic music]

He will recover from this.

He'll need rest.

A lifetime of rest.

He's been like a father to me.

I was so caught up in my own concerns I had no time for him.

The last time I spoke to him, I was chiding him.

The next time you speak to him, be sure to make him laugh.

Where's John?

If he knew what had happened,

I am certain he would want to be with you here.

You haven't answered my question, Dudley.

Where is he?

Thank you for coming.

Katherine.

Will you allow me to speak while it is all clear to me

and I have the resolve?

I'm a mother now.

I have the responsibility of a child.

I can't bear to think that my actions

might cause fear for that dear girl.

Do you see?

I must forbid myself from seeing you alone.

Yes.

Yes, I see.

This must be the last time.

Then I would not want to burden you

with any more anxiety, Katherine.

- I'll go. - Perhaps,

a few moments more.

[Dramatic music]

When I am alone my thoughts are governed by reason.

But when I am with you it is different.

I'm overcome with a wish just to look at you.

To touch your hand.

I said I wanted you to come to me in your distress.

My concern for you, Katherine has been entirely genuine.

I want you to know that.

But I came here today...

No.

[Dramatic music]

I love Denise.

I cannot in anyway.

You were always true to her.

With all my heart, yes.

I will stand on my own.

Denise.

I'm sorry I wasn't here with you.

You were with Katherine, weren't you?

Look at me and tell me where you've been.

I've, I've been with Katherine.

I've not betrayed you.

I wish to be alone with my uncle.

Please let me sit in peace with my uncle.

[Crying]

- [Cheering] - [Laughing]

Five years, that's wonderful.

All is well?

All is well.

[Pleasant music]

[Dramatic music]

Think it's about time I retired, isn't it?

I am not going to chide you, if that's what you want.

What I want is a cup of tea.

You always said I make the worst cup of tea in the world.

Then I want a cup of the worst tea in the world.

Why is it that pain has to teach us

what is right under our noses?

23 years I've loved Audrey, never believing it would be.

Now she's wishing for me and I fight it

to hold onto a bit of pride.

Well, I'm done fighting now, Denise.

[Dramatic music]

Denise, I don't want you to,

I know this must be,

you must not think of leaving.

I'm not going to leave.

I belong here.

[Whimsical music]