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Ripped By mstoll
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Spring is not the gentlest of seasons.
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It is as though too much
has been waiting to happen.
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Too much suppressed,
packed down beneath the earth
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or penned above the sky,
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green shoots grow sharp
and the clouds are unforgiving.
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Spring can be brutal,
breaking open secrets,
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dragging into light those things unseen
and giving voice to words unsaid.
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Stop the bus!
Don't let it drive away!
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- I have Terence's sandwiches.
- Mrs Bissette, you shouldn't be running.
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I always make the 12:18.
Terence is the driver.
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You think I wouldn't have waited?
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It's not your own private bus.
You can't make the people late.
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You go home, girl, and put your feet up.
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Tomorrow, I'll buy myself a pie.
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You can tell me, you know,
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what the hospital said
about your diagnosis?
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Of course, and tell the whole of
the number five bus while I'm about it.
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Little boy for Doreen Gibbs.
It was quite an afternoon.
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She refused to lie down
for the second stage
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and gave birth kneeling
on the bedside rug.
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Then there was no coal for the fire.
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I had to bring the placenta
back to put in our incinerator.
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Oh, dear. No gardeners in the family?
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Um...
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A Miss Beatrix Franklin
is wanted on the telephone.
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It's Claridge's calling about
your engagement party.
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I just want to get some ideas.
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Dettol please, Barbara.
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The Woman's Realm
might be a riveting read
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but it certainly isn't absorbent.
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Fibroids.
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Nothing more.
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Inconvenient, but not in any way
a threat to life or limb.
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They're of the opinion
that I need a hysterectomy.
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- That's a major operation.
- I've said no.
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But, Sister, you've been so unwell.
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Look, I'd be putting myself
out of action.
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A full fortnight as an inpatient
and then four to six weeks recovery?
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We will manage. I assure you.
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How?
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We've had word that the board
are sending a new midwife.
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- You never said.
- It's only just been confirmed.
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I've been asking for help
ever since Nurse Miller
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went to the motherhouse as a postulant
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and they finally obliged,
which is really very timely.
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Oh.
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In which case,
I will get myself seen to
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and arrange for it all to
be done down near Chichester.
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No need for any great fanfare.
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It's just an old pocket
and some apron that I'll never use.
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- Absolutely.
- Hmm.
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- Would you like some to take home?
- Thank you.
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Would you like some to take home?
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Let's have a look.
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So where did you get it from?
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It belonged
to Mr Hereward's grandmother.
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You mean it's second-hand?
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Where are we up to with the urine tests?
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All done, all clear, all logged.
Apart from Mrs Plizner's,
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which arrived in a condensed milk tin.
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I sent her off to try and squeeze out
another sample.
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I'm starting to think
people around here
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don't understand
about antique jewellery.
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We recommend you buy
two dozen nappies to begin with
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along with two lidded buckets
for soaking and a deep pan for boiling.
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Do they have to be boiled?
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I just bought a washing machine
and I'm worried it won't get hot enough.
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Washing machine? Get you!
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I put my government
maternity grant towards it.
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Well, we all get the same, don't we?
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Yes, and some of us get brand-new
council flats to boot, but not all.
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I think a washing machine is a
very wise purchase, Mrs Bissette.
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You cannot launder woollens
using electrical apparatus.
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The fibres will become disordered
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and the very essence
of the garment lost.
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I reckon knitted stuff's old-fashioned.
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I want my baby modern.
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I want my baby warm.
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I swear I haven't had warm feet
since I came to this country.
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But I reckon I could do with
a pair of those booties myself.
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I'll show you those china
catalogues later, Patsy.
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News certainly travels.
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I was given free bananas
when I cut through the market.
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Well, there'll be no free bananas
at the St Blaise Hotel,
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but there is a wonderful canapé menu
and only a guinea a head.
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A guinea a head?
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It was three guineas at Claridge's.
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It's going to be glorious.
I've got 63 people on the guest list.
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Do we know 63 people?
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I mean,
apart from parishioners and patients?
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It will be a sorry state of affairs
if we didn't.
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We're mature people, Tom.
Not teenage sweethearts.
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Well, I feel like a teenage sweetheart
when I look at you.
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Quiet! Quiet! Quiet!
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Lads! Now, this is Nurse Mount.
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Starting next week
she's going to be your new Akela.
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Do you want them in a horseshoe
or two straight lines?
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I'm afraid the protocol
isn't entirely clear.
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Horseshoe.
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If this is supposed to be a horseshoe
the poor horse has very strange feet.
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Well done, lads.
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Now, tonight we're gonna be
practising fire lighting technique
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for the display
at the district jamboree.
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- Now, Bruce, have you got flints?
- Yep.
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Larry, have you got the sticks
and the string?
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Yeah.
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Righty-ho, let's show Nurse Mount
how it's done!
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You're still here, then?
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I'm not even due for three weeks.
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And well you know it.
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No.
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When I can't get out
of a chair on my own,
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I will tell you.
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You are magnificent, woman.
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Come here. The baby wants to dance.
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You wouldn't be so keen
if she was dancing inside of you.
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See? Calypso baby.
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She knows where she come from.
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This baby is going to be a Londoner.
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I'm just going to make sure
she has warm feet.
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Remember, boys,
no getting your bandages wet.
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And tell your mothers
you're to come to Nonnatus tomorrow
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for me to reapply the burns cream.
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Night, lads.
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Really, Fred. Wasn't your finest hour.
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I hope this is a safe place to park.
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I don't want any footballs
through my windscreen.
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Phyllis Crane, SRN, SCM. I am expected.
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Oh, of course. Hello!
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Hmm.
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When I was in training,
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we were always taught
to say good morning,
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good afternoon, or good evening.
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"Hello" would not have been permitted.
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Unless you were talking
to Americans perhaps.
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Lancashire hotpot.
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Do you know
I could quite fancy a portion of this?
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Um, after you, of course.
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I shall content myself with bread
and butter and some greens.
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I'm vegetarian.
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To whom should I give
my petrol receipts for reimbursement?
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- I'll see to all of that.
- Hmm.
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And of course, I'll make sure
that you're supplied with a new uniform.
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Then everyone will know
you're one of us.
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I'm sure the gesture is kindly meant,
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but as this is a temporary appointment,
I prefer to remain in my own clothes.
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Is that cabbage in that tureen?
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Very well, ladies,
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I'm demob happy this afternoon
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so there's nothing
too arduous on your lists.
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Nurse Gilbert,
you're on the district roster with me.
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Hemorrhoids or insulin, take your pick?
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- May I do the insulin rounds?
- All yours.
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Excuse me, do you think that's wise?
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Insulin injections are routine.
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She should be spending her time
on midwifery, extending her experience.
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We don't mix our district
and midwifery rosters.
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We find it limits
the risk of cross infection.
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Proper hygiene limits
the risk of cross infection.
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I'd be interested to see
your sterilising protocols.
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And I'd be delighted
to take you through them.
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Thank you.
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I've worked in very varied
establishments over the past few years.
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I try to absorb the best aspects
of each practice
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- and take them forward with me.
- Mmm.
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For example, log books
are becoming increasingly outmoded.
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I'm of the opinion
you ought to get a Rolodex.
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A Rolodex?
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It's the thin end of the wedge.
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If Nurse Crane doesn't approve
of the way we run this ship
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we will end up sinking.
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Nurse Crane is highly experienced.
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She's used to taking on quite
senior positions, however temporary.
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Perhaps we can learn from her
in your absence.
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Learn what?
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How to cobble a rag bag
of ideas together
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to come in temporarily,
turn everything upside down forever?
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No. She'll be the one
with things to learn.
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No, I've seen her sort,
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they never display an ounce
of compassion or kindness or...
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Nonnatus House,
Sister Julienne speaking.
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Oh, Reverend Mother!
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It's Mother Jesu Emanuel
calling from the Motherhouse.
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Oh, very well.
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You remember what I've said.
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Oh! Hello.
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I refer you to our earlier conversation.
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Sorry, good evening.
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Oh, I asked that handyman
to demarcate the bedside
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and dressing tables to head off
any contention at the pass.
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A nice strip of insulating tape down
the middle of each of them,
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one side apiece.
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And then, I had to change
into my nightie in front of her.
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What did she do?
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Well, just carried on reading
her Journal of Nursing.
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There's a glass of water by the bed.
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I'm scared she's going
to put her teeth in it!
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Oh, well, Trixie does that every night,
and I survive.
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You can top up my Scotch
by way of an apology.
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Meanwhile, we bought some Tizer
especially for you.
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So, a mystery benefactor?
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There's no mystery involved.
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He approached Mother Jesu Emanuel
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and asked to meet with
some sisters from the order.
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Oh, that's nice!
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If the meeting goes well,
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he'll arrange a legacy which may,
in due course,
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help us continue our work
with the people that need us.
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I know...
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Good morning.
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The early bird catches the worm,
which means...
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Nurse Mount,
Mrs Tucker's husband called.
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She's of the view that things
are on the move
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and as it's her fourth,
we'd be foolish not to heed her.
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Nurse Gilbert,
you're back on midwifery,
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there are three delivery packs
to be dropped off
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and a home inspection.
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I beg your pardon.
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Sister Julienne led me to believe
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the morning list
would be my responsibility.
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And they will be, as and when
I commence my sick leave.
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Aren't you leaving
for the Motherhouse today?
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No, I'm not. My operation is postponed.
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I'm turning into quite the gadabout.
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Buses here, there, and everywhere.
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Yes.
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Although, you can't help but wonder
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why this benefactor wants to help
and give money to the East End,
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when he lives right on
the other side of London?
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When I first joined the order,
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the postulant mistress used to say,
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"When a prayer is answered,
don't send a question back."
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It's very smart.
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I think that's a Rolls-Royce,
or maybe a Bentley.
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I don't think they have a statue
on the bonnet, though.
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Hello. I'm Anthony.
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- You must be Sister Julienne.
- Hello.
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It's good of you to come
at such short notice.
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There's no reason to delay,
especially after such
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a kind approach from Mr Newgarden.
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You and Dad are old pals,
in a manner of speaking.
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Really?
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Our families were friendly
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when our fathers were posted
to Aden with the army.
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- We were very small.
- I see.
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00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:24,514
I shall take you through.
248
00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:26,431
You may find he tires very easily,
249
00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:28,397
although he does a bit better now
he has the oxygen.
250
00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:29,919
Is Mr Newgarden unwell?
251
00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:33,715
He's had heart trouble for a while,
and now it's failing.
252
00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:38,233
That's why he is making his will.
253
00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:43,593
Come on in.
254
00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:50,315
I'm longer in the tooth than I was
when I saw you last but I don't bite.
255
00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:53,999
How many years has it been?
256
00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,355
I think not quite 30.
257
00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:00,912
Oh, please.
258
00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:16,035
- We'll catch you!
- Stop him.
259
00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:22,878
Your blood pressure is
a tiny bit higher than I'd like.
260
00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,474
You aren't feeling dizzy,
or unusually tired?
261
00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:28,836
No. Just too heavy to move around much.
262
00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:32,473
But I reckon baby is starting
to feel the same way.
263
00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:33,834
What makes you say that?
264
00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:37,515
She's been a dancer since the first day
I felt her movin'.
265
00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:40,354
Feet tappin', knees jerkin'.
266
00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:44,471
You could almost feel her fingers
clicking time.
267
00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:50,957
But now she gone quiet,
like she danced herself to sleep.
268
00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:52,758
She's probably a bit too comfy.
269
00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:55,270
If you have a nice
big drink of cold water,
270
00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:57,316
you might find
she gets her tap shoes on again.
271
00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:03,230
You've a beautiful home
and a lovely garden too,
272
00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:05,320
what I can see of it out of the window.
273
00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,233
No, we lived rather
more modestly than this,
274
00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:12,798
until the National Health came along
and changed the world.
275
00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:17,914
You tell her.
276
00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:23,350
Mr Newgarden was an optician by training
who became a spectacle manufacturer.
277
00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:27,792
Once the government made glasses
freely available to all who needed them,
278
00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:29,472
business became very brisk.
279
00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:31,597
- Oh, I can imagine.
- Quite.
280
00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:35,229
And now it's time
for me to share my good fortune.
281
00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:41,951
- Biscuit?
- Lovely.
282
00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:44,989
There are none.
283
00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:47,674
Kitchen's at the bottom
of the long passage. Turn left.
284
00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:51,719
In fact, tell the housekeeper,
I'd rather fancy some cinnamon toast.
285
00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:55,197
Cinnamon toast it is.
Your wish is my command.
286
00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:01,955
What a relentlessly
good-natured young woman.
287
00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:04,111
There are times
when I'm very glad of it.
288
00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:06,078
Are you glad of it today?
289
00:18:07,360 --> 00:18:08,873
Yes and no.
290
00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:11,713
You haven't changed.
291
00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:14,313
You know, that's not true.
292
00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:18,311
You're still the pale, sweet girl
with the wave in her fringe,
293
00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:22,994
who stood me up outside
the Palace Cinema in 1932.
294
00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:26,313
I'm sorry.
295
00:18:27,120 --> 00:18:28,838
I'm sorry, too.
296
00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:31,870
I still haven't seen Charlie Chaplin
in City Lights
297
00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:34,076
and by all accounts
it's a bloody masterpiece.
298
00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:38,475
I should have done more than write.
299
00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:41,074
You deserved more than
a letter sent after the event.
300
00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:43,111
I treasured that letter.
301
00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:47,837
Did you keep a souvenir?
302
00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:51,997
It wouldn't have been encouraged
in the religious life.
303
00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:56,679
I saw the way it was going, you know.
304
00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:00,637
I saw faith growing in you like...
305
00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,435
Like some flower whose name
I'd never know.
306
00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:05,591
I didn't ask it too.
307
00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:08,035
There were times I didn't even want it.
308
00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:11,189
You came to a decision, Louise,
309
00:19:12,360 --> 00:19:13,759
and I respected that.
310
00:19:14,120 --> 00:19:15,633
It wasn't a decision,
311
00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:18,439
I was called to do something and I did.
312
00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:22,835
Please don't call me Louise.
313
00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:25,875
What a nice lady your housekeeper is.
314
00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:27,837
She says she hasn't any cinnamon toast
315
00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:31,071
but if you sit tight,
she'll rustle up some drop scones.
316
00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:33,159
Mr Newgarden is very tired.
317
00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:38,311
I think we should take our leave
and let him have his tea at leisure.
318
00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:41,870
The scones won't be long.
She's already mixing the batter.
319
00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,389
- Sorry.
- Don't be.
320
00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:52,038
Sister Julienne!
321
00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:57,360
My father says you haven't discussed
the matter of his legacy.
322
00:19:57,520 --> 00:19:58,748
No,
323
00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:02,196
but he is tired and very unwell
324
00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:04,714
and I cannot take anything from him,
325
00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:07,035
least of all what strength
and energy he has.
326
00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:09,829
- But, Sister...
- You must go inside and sit with him.
327
00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:13,629
You need each other,
not the company of strangers.
328
00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:22,913
How long has it been now?
329
00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:26,599
A little while.
330
00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:39,510
Every other time I see a midwife
her heart is beatin' like a drum.
331
00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,709
Every other day she is kickin' up
her heels like Fred Astaire.
332
00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:45,839
Please don't cry.
333
00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:49,833
Something is not right, Nurse.
I need to see a doctor.
334
00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:52,315
What you need is peace of mind.
335
00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:56,354
I'm going to telephone the Surgery.
336
00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:18,392
Fire, police and ambulance.
Which service do you require?
337
00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:21,950
I can't get through to the doctor.
I need an ambulance.
338
00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:26,668
Thank you.
339
00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:34,359
Is that your bike?
340
00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:35,793
Oh!
341
00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:41,071
I'm quite sure it will be fine
till we get back.
342
00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:46,318
It's a shame there's someone
in the front seat.
343
00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:48,709
You don't get so much of a view.
344
00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:56,875
Excuse me. I came in with Mrs Bissette,
the West Indian lady?
345
00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:58,354
Oh, yes.
346
00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:00,280
We had no trouble locating
the foetal heartbeat
347
00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:03,950
but her BP is still raised
so she's been admitted for bed rest.
348
00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:06,398
She's worried her husband
won't know where she is.
349
00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:09,360
- I'll tell him.
- You're quite the guardian angel.
350
00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:11,908
Haven't you got anything else to do?
351
00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:21,992
Oh!
352
00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:42,953
Your bicycle was brought back
by a black man
353
00:22:43,120 --> 00:22:45,918
and you're wanted in the dining room.
354
00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:51,353
We thought
he'd run you over with his bus.
355
00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:55,353
And what's more, you're not a member
of the public, dialing 999?
356
00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:57,278
Sister Evangelina is right.
357
00:22:57,360 --> 00:22:58,918
Unless a woman is in active labour,
358
00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,958
doctor is always consulted
before transfer to hospital.
359
00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:05,311
If I may interject,
that is not a universal rule.
360
00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:07,072
Pass the sausage rolls, please,
Nurse Graham.
361
00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:08,229
Mmm, gladly.
362
00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:10,038
And you needn't pass them back my way.
363
00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:13,158
The smell of minced pork
is almost overwhelming.
364
00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:18,111
I suspect a phrenologist would make
much of your physiognomy.
365
00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:22,832
Your organ of alimentiveness
is unusually pronounced
366
00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:27,472
which frequently results in
derangements of the appetites.
367
00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,000
Mmm.
368
00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:32,872
Your Pinard technique
was probably at fault.
369
00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,554
After tea, you have to come
to the clinical room with me
370
00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:37,756
and I shall remind you
of the proper method.
371
00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:41,196
After tea you're to go to
the clinical room with Nurse Franklin
372
00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:43,635
and she will remind you of the rules!
373
00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:53,872
- You smell different.
- They made me have a bath.
374
00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:58,192
I said I had one last night,
I got hot running water at home
375
00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:00,032
but there's no arguing in this place.
376
00:24:00,120 --> 00:24:03,430
There's no arguing at home either.
Now they locked you up in here.
377
00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,910
No jokes. I'm not in a joking mood.
378
00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:09,508
Keep smiling, girl.
It's good for the baby.
379
00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:15,188
Visiting time is over.
All visitors must now leave.
380
00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:24,197
I am relieved you've returned
from your excursion.
381
00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:27,154
I've just seen a rat in the bathroom.
382
00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,037
A whole one or just some droppings?
383
00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:32,755
There was a dropping, singular,
under the cork-topped stool.
384
00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:35,229
- The culprit was gnawing the soap.
- Your soap?
385
00:24:35,360 --> 00:24:38,830
No. It was Camay. I only use Palmolive.
386
00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:42,558
These premises are not fit for purpose.
387
00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,156
I have a petrol receipt
388
00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:47,549
with a record of mileage
I undertook today.
389
00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:50,230
Back into bed please, Mrs Bissette.
390
00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:51,719
I was going to the bathroom.
391
00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:54,110
You're a lady of leisure
while you're here.
392
00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,111
Bed rest equals bed pans.
393
00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:57,474
Bed pans?
394
00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:00,199
I'll fetch you one in a few minutes.
395
00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:13,633
Excuse me!
396
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:15,313
Do you have permission to be here?
397
00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:17,834
Yes, I do.
Patient attempted a termination
398
00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:19,000
and needs to be questioned.
399
00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:22,789
The police said it might still be alive.
How the hell can it still be alive?
400
00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:25,519
This patient should not be here.
This is the Antenatal Ward.
401
00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:29,275
I'm not answering no questions, I'm not.
I've not done nothing wrong.
402
00:26:29,360 --> 00:26:31,078
Wheel her in here
while I fetch Sister.
403
00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:34,630
You can wait out here.
And you! Go back to bed.
404
00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:53,795
What's happened? What's happened?
What's happened?
405
00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:55,029
Abigail.
406
00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:06,788
Mmm.
407
00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,314
Your blood pressure
is still slightly raised.
408
00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:11,118
I don't want to go back to the hospital.
409
00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:13,794
And I don't want her running through
the street in her night dress again.
410
00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:15,632
No, neither do I.
411
00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:18,716
You were booked in
for a hospital delivery.
412
00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,990
- What happened?
- It was clean, it was efficient.
413
00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,835
It was everything I wanted it to be,
apart from safe.
414
00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:28,912
The London is excellent.
415
00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,276
I can promise you neither you
nor your baby were in any danger.
416
00:27:32,360 --> 00:27:35,830
It didn't feel like that.
I didn't feel safe.
417
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:37,319
Where do you feel safe?
418
00:27:40,360 --> 00:27:43,830
Here. In my home.
419
00:27:45,360 --> 00:27:47,476
I offered her a bed
in the maternity home,
420
00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:48,680
but she wouldn't hear of it.
421
00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,394
She's saying that she wants to
give birth at home.
422
00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:53,830
If that's where she feels comfortable,
that's what she must do.
423
00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,150
Home delivery for Mrs Bissette?
424
00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:57,992
I'll put it straight in the Rolodex.
425
00:27:58,080 --> 00:27:59,672
No need. I'll adjust the log book.
426
00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:01,557
You can put her on this morning's list.
427
00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:04,108
It really does look
wonderfully efficient.
428
00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,156
Meanwhile, what about
the patient's hypertension?
429
00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:08,277
I'm hopeful it might resolve.
430
00:28:08,360 --> 00:28:11,193
It could just be the stress
of an unsettling situation.
431
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:14,556
I hope you're taking note of this,
Nurse Gilbert.
432
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:20,869
Come along, old thing.
433
00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:22,791
Whistle a happy tune.
434
00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,394
I make too many mistakes, Patsy.
435
00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:28,471
Every day, I feel as though I'm failing.
436
00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:30,516
Barbara, that's balderdash!
437
00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:32,238
Nursing isn't easy.
438
00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:36,438
That's why there are rules and systems.
Things we can hide in and behind.
439
00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:40,155
Sometimes one simply has to dust off
one's brave face and crack on.
440
00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:41,719
Do you ever do that?
441
00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:42,915
Has been known.
442
00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:45,715
I saw some shocking things
while I was on male surgical.
443
00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:48,430
Quite frankly,
they're best not dwelt on.
444
00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:58,158
Enter.
445
00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:03,515
Nest of brown rats
underneath the bath, Sister.
446
00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:06,000
Couple of dead ones,
they had foam in their whiskers.
447
00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:08,480
I thought they were rabid
until Nurse Crane filled me in.
448
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,318
Well, they're evidently hungry.
449
00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:12,914
Perhaps you should put some poison down,
mixed with food.
450
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,120
Arsenic on a bit of cheddar.
No sooner said than done.
451
00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,558
- Well, that's that then?
- I only wish it was.
452
00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:21,517
I went up in a loft to check for nests,
453
00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:23,875
and I could see daylight
through the roof tiles.
454
00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:25,757
All the lead's been robbed off the roof.
455
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:27,991
Which presumably explains
the leak on the landing.
456
00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:29,639
Not half.
457
00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:31,995
One more storm
and we'll be washed away like Jonah.
458
00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:00,033
Excellent.
459
00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:07,557
Arcadia. Anthony Newgarden speaking.
460
00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:10,837
This is Sister Julienne.
461
00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:21,788
Pack, pack, pack!
462
00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:27,559
Thank you, Pack.
That was very efficiently done.
463
00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:29,878
Now, tonight we're very lucky
to have with us
464
00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:31,996
a lady who's going to help us
with our display
465
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:33,274
for the district jamboree.
466
00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:36,832
Can any of you tell me which uniform
Nurse Busby is wearing?
467
00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:39,238
- Dog Warden.
- No.
468
00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:42,155
Nurse Busby works
at the London Hospital during the day
469
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:43,878
and in the evenings she's a volunteer
470
00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:45,757
with the St John Ambulance Brigade.
471
00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:47,637
So that means I know all about first aid
472
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,234
and what to do
in the event of accidents, and tonight,
473
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:51,833
I'm going to teach you about burns.
474
00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:53,713
We're meant to be doing lighting fires.
475
00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:56,712
Both things are connected
as you will see.
476
00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:00,270
The name of our new display is
"When lighting fires goes wrong."
477
00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:06,279
Look, another fond relation asking me
if we've chosen a china pattern.
478
00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:10,429
I really don't think it is too soon
to go to Selfridges to pick one.
479
00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:13,351
Do have a look at Melrose.
480
00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:15,158
It's got the prettiest gilded trim.
481
00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:17,196
Well, is it terribly expensive?
482
00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:19,077
I just think we should think
about other people.
483
00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:21,879
Tom, I spend every waking hour
484
00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:23,600
thinking about other people
and so do you.
485
00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:26,033
In fact, I strongly suspect
486
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:28,270
we both think about
other people in our sleep.
487
00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:30,590
No one's going to begrudge us
a few plates.
488
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:33,077
Are you sure it will be all right?
489
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:35,991
Waltzing into a convent after dark
490
00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:39,231
with two haddock, chips
and marrowfat peas.
491
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:40,799
Well, we can't possibly
eat in the street.
492
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:42,108
We're wearing our uniforms.
493
00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:46,158
I just think that if we don't arrange
494
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,674
for a professional photographer,
we will regret it.
495
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:52,436
This is a whole new chapter in our lives
and it's a very important one.
496
00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:54,795
Trixie, when you said yes to me
497
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:56,871
you made me the happiest man alive.
498
00:31:57,320 --> 00:31:59,390
But I asked you to be my wife,
499
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:01,630
not some sort of professional fiancée.
500
00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:03,279
I want to be married to you,
501
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,476
I'm just not that interested
in being engaged.
502
00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:06,993
Well, I find that rather unfortunate
503
00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:08,832
given we've certain formalities
to observe.
504
00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:11,150
Trixie, please don't bring up the party.
505
00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:13,117
If you move on from the dinner service
506
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:15,760
and the announcement
and the photographer to the party,
507
00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:16,920
I'm going to have to leave.
508
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:18,558
Well, we need to talk
about the canapés, Tom,
509
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:20,392
and whether we're going to have
sherry or champagne.
510
00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:21,549
And if we want sherry,
511
00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:23,280
whether we're going to order
sweet or dry?
512
00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:24,395
Ugh! Enough!
513
00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:32,397
Oh, dear!
Do I hear someone stomping off?
514
00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:34,072
It doesn't bode well, does it?
515
00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:36,279
Do you suppose we'll go to hell,
516
00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:39,111
sitting eating our supper
in the house of God?
517
00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:42,070
Well, it's less of a crime
than eating in the street.
518
00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:57,711
Why have you put Nurse Gilbert up first?
519
00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:00,872
Nurse Franklin delivered a baby
at 2:00 this morning.
520
00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:02,678
Meanwhile Nurse Gilbert
521
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:05,274
has had her full eight hours,
and I should know.
522
00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:08,632
I had to nudge her out of bed
with my slipper this morning.
523
00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:10,199
Is that true?
524
00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:12,750
Mark my words.
The next time that phone goes,
525
00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:15,957
it's going to be young Myra Wiggins
at Quebec Street.
526
00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:19,510
I was out to her at midnight.
Enema, shave and chloral hydrate.
527
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:22,912
She's only 16 and she will need
528
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:24,840
an experienced hand.
529
00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:27,031
If you are anticipating problems,
530
00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:30,556
she should be booked in at the hospital
or the maternity home.
531
00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:31,914
First summons of the day.
532
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:33,194
And is it Myra Wiggins?
533
00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:34,349
No. It's Abigail Bissette.
534
00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:47,950
Go on. You go with her.
535
00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:52,557
Couldn't have been easier to find.
536
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:57,236
Can I stay here?
You won't make me go to the hospital?
537
00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:59,914
I won't, and nor will Nurse Gilbert.
538
00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:03,432
Doctor might breeze by
just to check you over, but,
539
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:06,876
look, I'm unpacking all our kit
so he'll know we've made our minds up.
540
00:34:12,240 --> 00:34:14,754
Come on children,
treasure hunt in the garden.
541
00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:18,996
I wouldn't have come if I'd realised
it was someone's birthday.
542
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:22,072
I have two daughters, a son,
and eight grandchildren.
543
00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:23,718
It's always someone's birthday.
544
00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:26,432
I still feel as though I'm intruding.
545
00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:28,435
It's a family affair.
546
00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:30,238
And you're a family friend.
547
00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:32,876
We exchanged a Christmas card each year.
548
00:34:33,240 --> 00:34:34,514
Through Muriel.
549
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:36,553
You must miss her very much.
550
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:41,077
There are times when it seems
she hasn't really gone.
551
00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:43,913
You know, I see her
in my daughters' faces.
552
00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:46,317
Anthony's too, sometimes.
553
00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:50,438
It was yours I couldn't picture
554
00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:52,112
until you came last week.
555
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:54,512
I shouldn't have left in such haste.
556
00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:57,558
It was impolite,
after such a generous invitation.
557
00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:00,438
It wasn't a generous invitation.
558
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:03,512
It was a selfish one.
559
00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:07,510
I could have just written out a cheque,
560
00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:10,914
like I wrote out a cheque
for the Masonic Orphanage
561
00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:13,678
and the Village Hall Fund.
562
00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:19,519
But I wanted to see you.
563
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:22,833
I wanted to see you.
564
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:32,914
That's it, Abigail. That's it!
565
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,917
Is the head born yet?
566
00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:38,155
Almost.
567
00:35:38,240 --> 00:35:40,515
You've been an absolute trouper.
You really have.
568
00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:51,313
Head's coming, head's coming,
569
00:35:52,240 --> 00:35:53,389
head's born!
570
00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:55,273
Just take a breather, Abigail.
571
00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:06,394
Well done!
572
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:08,753
Congratulations!
573
00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:10,353
Come along, birthday girl.
574
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:14,510
It's a girl? Oh, it's a girl?
575
00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:17,560
Patsy.
576
00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:23,880
Get the clamps, Nurse.
577
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:25,160
- But I...
- Cut the cord.
578
00:36:25,240 --> 00:36:26,639
Why isn't she crying?
579
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:32,959
The baby...
580
00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:36,238
The baby must have been
very poorly in the womb, Abigail.
581
00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:39,312
She hasn't been able to breathe for us.
582
00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:42,961
'Cause I think her heart stopped
beating several days ago.
583
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:44,553
But we heard it today.
584
00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:47,751
Nurse Gilbert heard it today.
585
00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:57,478
Barbara, look after Abigail.
586
00:36:57,560 --> 00:36:59,118
My baby!
587
00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:11,633
My baby!
588
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:23,798
Is that my little dancer?
589
00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:26,030
Boy or girl? Don't tease me now.
590
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:34,679
It was a little girl.
591
00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:53,074
I'm so sorry.
592
00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:58,196
I need you to telephone Nonnatus House,
593
00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:01,037
tell them we've had a child that...
594
00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:03,268
Wasn't born living.
595
00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:07,391
I need a more senior midwife to attend
and the doctor, too.
596
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:30,356
I have mislaid the rhythms of Morpheus.
597
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:35,198
I am sentenced to pace the passages.
598
00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:39,068
My nights are punctuated by a bell
that does not call me.
599
00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:42,789
Well, it's called me,
and I wish to high heaven it hadn't.
600
00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:45,279
You are perturbed.
601
00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:49,913
You strive to hide it,
but you do not succeed.
602
00:38:56,680 --> 00:39:00,150
This pain won't last, Abigail.
It won't last, I promise you.
603
00:39:00,240 --> 00:39:03,357
It won't stop? I thought it would stop.
604
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:06,272
- May I come in?
- Yes.
605
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:08,753
She is in acute pain, doctor.
606
00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:11,520
I'm concerned the placenta
may be trapped in the cervix.
607
00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:19,268
I need to examine her.
608
00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:25,355
Oh!
609
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:29,358
What are you doing downstairs?
It's nearly midnight.
610
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:31,636
I am invoking our patron,
611
00:39:32,240 --> 00:39:34,993
desirous of his aid and consolation.
612
00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:40,078
Nurse Crane has
the practicalities in hand.
613
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:43,152
What practicalities? What's happened?
614
00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:48,552
Undiagnosed twins!
615
00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:52,913
You hear that Abigail?
You have another baby.
616
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:54,040
What?
617
00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:57,000
The reason you felt
a change of movement in the womb
618
00:39:57,080 --> 00:39:59,514
was because your first little one
passed away
619
00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:02,751
but the second was still alive,
and genuinely kicking.
620
00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:05,359
How long before it comes?
621
00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:06,555
Already on its way.
622
00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:08,672
Get out a fresh set of kit,
623
00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:09,760
use the ones in my bag.
624
00:40:10,720 --> 00:40:12,120
And then we'll need some hot water.
625
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:14,678
I can't do it again!
626
00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:15,988
Oh, yes, you can,
627
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:18,396
because we're going to do this together.
628
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:21,797
Hear that? Nobody argues
with Nurse Mount.
629
00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:23,753
This woman can do anything, Doctor.
630
00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:28,035
She's the strongest, bravest mother
I've ever seen.
631
00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:50,988
Is the doctor through there?
632
00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:56,112
You poor kid!
633
00:40:58,000 --> 00:40:59,319
First things first.
634
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:04,470
Ah! Don't hurt the baby!
635
00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:07,070
You can hurt me,
but don't hurt the baby!
636
00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:09,310
Abigail, I'm not going to do
anything at all
637
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:11,550
unless you're too tired
to keep on pushing.
638
00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:13,631
We here to help, that's all.
639
00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:16,156
You can trust us, you're safe.
640
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:21,317
Has another midwife just arrived?
641
00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:23,118
She said her name was Nurse Crane.
642
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:24,633
Oh! That's all you need.
643
00:41:24,720 --> 00:41:27,029
Her gallumping around
in her great size nines.
644
00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:29,159
I'll send you out a cup of tea.
645
00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:32,195
This is for you.
646
00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:35,909
It's been well sugared
and I want you to drink it all.
647
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:39,349
There's been some developments.
648
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:45,070
That's the ticket! That's it!
649
00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:48,311
That's it! See? You don't need my help!
650
00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:04,438
Hear that? Do you hear that?
651
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:22,232
Isn't that a beautiful sound?
652
00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:26,554
A little boy!
653
00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:27,640
Is he all right?
654
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:29,319
Very much so.
655
00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:31,680
Please.
656
00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:47,956
I expected one child
and I have one child in my arms
657
00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:50,319
and another over there.
658
00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:55,718
I want to be glad but,
I don't know how.
659
00:42:57,960 --> 00:42:59,632
Let him hold your finger.
660
00:43:04,720 --> 00:43:06,233
Let him know you're here.
661
00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:17,434
Come along, Nurse Gilbert,
662
00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:19,990
you've got a new mother to take care of
663
00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:22,992
and a baby, when these men let it go.
664
00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:28,472
I'll go through and assist Nurse Mount,
if you're agreeable.
665
00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:31,239
It's never easy, is it?
666
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:33,040
No.
667
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:35,797
But we can show them how it's done.
668
00:43:51,640 --> 00:43:54,837
Hello, Sister.
Shall I make a cup of tea?
669
00:43:57,880 --> 00:43:59,154
I saw the notes.
670
00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:02,274
Get the directory and find out
671
00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:04,999
which undertaker
is on call for stillborns.
672
00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:08,116
This poor little thing
needs a resting place.
673
00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:39,079
Delia.
674
00:44:51,240 --> 00:44:52,468
Delia.
675
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:55,000
Pats?
676
00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:57,718
I've only ever seen it once.
677
00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:00,040
In training,
678
00:45:00,720 --> 00:45:02,199
I had to take charge.
679
00:45:04,600 --> 00:45:06,192
I had to pretend.
680
00:45:06,720 --> 00:45:07,720
Pretend what, Pats?
681
00:45:08,720 --> 00:45:10,392
That I was in control.
682
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:13,998
I couldn't let them see.
683
00:45:14,080 --> 00:45:16,640
Oh! Tell me, sweetheart.
684
00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:19,513
Tell me what happened.
685
00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:24,238
♪ Show the children thy glory
686
00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:29,198
♪ And the glorious Majesty of thy Lord
687
00:45:29,280 --> 00:45:32,317
♪ Our God be upon us
688
00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:39,029
♪ Prosper thou the work of our hands
upon us
689
00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:43,918
♪ O prosper thou our handiwork ♪
690
00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:50,474
What time is it?
691
00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:52,519
Early enough.
692
00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:54,712
No one will see me leave.
693
00:45:55,840 --> 00:45:57,592
No one will see anything at all.
694
00:46:05,600 --> 00:46:09,434
You seek to depart
for your surgery unnoticed.
695
00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:13,350
But you cannot outwit me.
696
00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:17,197
I might have known
that was too much to hope for.
697
00:46:24,720 --> 00:46:26,358
Godspeed, Sister.
698
00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:29,037
There and back again.
699
00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:50,195
Nonnatus House,
Sister Julienne speaking.
700
00:46:50,280 --> 00:46:52,032
My father wants
to take you to the pictures.
701
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:54,915
- The pictures?
- The cinema. The flicks.
702
00:46:55,880 --> 00:46:58,394
On the strict understanding
that you don't stand him up again.
703
00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:02,600
We could make it a matinee
if that would be persuasive?
704
00:47:10,120 --> 00:47:11,120
Morning, Abigail.
705
00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:13,556
We've just come to do
your routine checks.
706
00:47:13,640 --> 00:47:16,837
You'll have twice daily visits from us
for the rest of this week.
707
00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:20,070
Do you have a name
for baby yet, Abigail?
708
00:47:22,360 --> 00:47:23,759
Terence Junior.
709
00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:26,309
He hasn't slept, we haven't slept.
710
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:28,313
It's like he's crying for two.
711
00:47:29,760 --> 00:47:31,478
And Abigail crying for us all.
712
00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:39,435
Father!
713
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:41,000
Come in.
714
00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:46,998
You mustn't tire yourself.
715
00:47:47,920 --> 00:47:49,478
It's a relief to be standing up
716
00:47:50,200 --> 00:47:51,758
as opposed to being stood up.
717
00:47:53,040 --> 00:47:54,189
Now,
718
00:47:54,280 --> 00:47:57,033
Anthony put a cushion on it, because...
719
00:47:57,920 --> 00:47:58,955
Thank you.
720
00:48:00,560 --> 00:48:02,073
Last time,
721
00:48:02,160 --> 00:48:05,038
I was intending to take you
to the best seats in the house.
722
00:48:06,120 --> 00:48:08,793
There are also choc ices
in the refrigerator
723
00:48:09,600 --> 00:48:12,273
because I was intending
724
00:48:12,360 --> 00:48:14,476
to purchase your favourite refreshments.
725
00:48:17,360 --> 00:48:19,669
I was intending all sorts of things.
726
00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:22,560
I'm sorry.
727
00:48:23,120 --> 00:48:24,348
Don't be.
728
00:48:26,200 --> 00:48:29,988
You found a different happiness,
you know, and so did I.
729
00:48:30,960 --> 00:48:32,188
Yes.
730
00:48:35,120 --> 00:48:36,314
Louise,
731
00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:38,633
it hasn't hurt you,
732
00:48:39,240 --> 00:48:40,832
to see the road not travelled?
733
00:48:42,040 --> 00:48:44,031
No. It hasn't.
734
00:48:45,600 --> 00:48:49,798
Who's to say that we would have found
so much together as we did apart?
735
00:48:50,200 --> 00:48:51,394
Who indeed.
736
00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:02,398
When I go,
737
00:49:03,600 --> 00:49:05,113
how do you want to hear the news?
738
00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:07,911
I'm not sure
I want to hear the news at all.
739
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:09,353
I could send Anthony.
740
00:49:09,440 --> 00:49:10,509
No.
741
00:49:11,320 --> 00:49:13,914
The old-fashioned way will suffice.
742
00:49:14,760 --> 00:49:15,954
Just a letter.
743
00:50:11,400 --> 00:50:13,789
I feel afraid to love the baby I have
744
00:50:14,960 --> 00:50:17,713
and guilty I didn't know
the other was in trouble.
745
00:50:19,720 --> 00:50:21,278
How can I be a mother
746
00:50:21,880 --> 00:50:24,599
and not know how many babies
I was carrying?
747
00:50:24,680 --> 00:50:26,352
Abigail, I can't answer that.
748
00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:28,228
But neither can I sit here
749
00:50:28,320 --> 00:50:30,993
and not say the thing
that I believe most deeply,
750
00:50:33,160 --> 00:50:34,388
which is that God knew.
751
00:50:34,960 --> 00:50:37,838
Does God know how I will tell this one
about his sister?
752
00:50:38,920 --> 00:50:40,876
How I will say what she looked like?
753
00:50:42,240 --> 00:50:43,639
Who she might have been?
754
00:50:44,880 --> 00:50:46,438
I didn't even see her.
755
00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:49,309
Did you see her, Terence?
756
00:50:50,200 --> 00:50:51,599
I saw her foot.
757
00:50:52,320 --> 00:50:53,833
It looked so cold.
758
00:51:05,360 --> 00:51:07,794
The church doesn't have
a single ritual for this.
759
00:51:08,360 --> 00:51:10,430
A stillborn baby
can't have a religious funeral,
760
00:51:10,520 --> 00:51:12,829
can't have a grave of its own,
there's just nothing.
761
00:51:13,600 --> 00:51:16,558
- There is prayer.
- Private prayer!
762
00:51:16,640 --> 00:51:18,119
These parents need more than that.
763
00:51:19,480 --> 00:51:21,038
More than their baby being buried
764
00:51:21,120 --> 00:51:24,112
in a public plot
tucked in a stranger's coffin.
765
00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:26,796
Sorry, Sister,
there's a letter for you here.
766
00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:30,831
They need something to call their own.
767
00:51:30,920 --> 00:51:33,434
Something to make a memory
that they can file away.
768
00:51:36,520 --> 00:51:37,794
I agree.
769
00:51:41,520 --> 00:51:42,520
After all,
770
00:51:42,960 --> 00:51:46,111
what is love
if it cannot be acknowledged?
771
00:51:51,320 --> 00:51:54,073
Who could I turn to if not to you?
772
00:51:54,760 --> 00:51:56,955
Who would console me if not you?
773
00:51:58,080 --> 00:52:00,150
You don't need me to console you.
774
00:52:01,280 --> 00:52:02,838
The words are in here
775
00:52:03,440 --> 00:52:05,556
and you know them in your heart as I do.
776
00:52:06,040 --> 00:52:07,075
The money he left us
777
00:52:07,160 --> 00:52:09,390
will restore the building
to such good order,
778
00:52:10,080 --> 00:52:13,117
our clinical certificate
will be renewed without question.
779
00:52:14,640 --> 00:52:17,313
We can carry on
serving the people who need us.
780
00:52:18,440 --> 00:52:20,510
Do you not believe that it was meant?
781
00:52:21,200 --> 00:52:23,031
That the chance you didn't take
782
00:52:23,120 --> 00:52:24,678
was intended all along?
783
00:52:25,120 --> 00:52:26,553
I don't know.
784
00:52:28,560 --> 00:52:29,834
And I don't know
785
00:52:29,920 --> 00:52:31,558
how to not know, any more.
786
00:52:32,520 --> 00:52:33,839
I have so often
787
00:52:34,640 --> 00:52:36,073
had to be the wise one.
788
00:52:37,560 --> 00:52:39,152
It's in here, Sister,
789
00:52:40,960 --> 00:52:43,030
just as much for me as it is for you.
790
00:52:46,440 --> 00:52:47,440
What?
791
00:52:48,880 --> 00:52:51,792
Do you wish to know
your Lord's meaning in this thing?
792
00:52:53,560 --> 00:52:54,560
Know it well.
793
00:52:56,280 --> 00:52:57,998
Love was his meaning.
794
00:53:02,520 --> 00:53:04,200
Now, Sister Monica Joan's
going to help you
795
00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:05,998
by finishing this booty,
796
00:53:07,000 --> 00:53:08,991
and you and I are going to unpick
797
00:53:09,080 --> 00:53:10,479
where this one's gone wrong
798
00:53:10,560 --> 00:53:12,551
and you can knit
the last few rows again.
799
00:53:13,800 --> 00:53:16,951
I was a different woman
when I started making these.
800
00:53:17,520 --> 00:53:20,990
I seem to recall
it was Mr Coleridge who opined,
801
00:53:21,080 --> 00:53:23,594
"A mother is a mother still
802
00:53:23,680 --> 00:53:25,591
"the holiest thing alive."
803
00:53:27,240 --> 00:53:29,356
Well, he hit the nail on the head there,
didn't he?
804
00:53:31,320 --> 00:53:34,073
Then, I'm going to help you concentrate
on casting off.
805
00:53:37,800 --> 00:53:40,234
The church doesn't have
a baptismal right
806
00:53:40,320 --> 00:53:42,356
for babies who die
without drawing breath,
807
00:53:43,360 --> 00:53:45,669
but in my view, we don't need one.
808
00:53:47,080 --> 00:53:48,195
In the Book of Isaiah
809
00:53:48,280 --> 00:53:50,589
there is a beautiful verse
in which God says,
810
00:53:51,560 --> 00:53:53,312
"I've called you by your name.
811
00:53:54,080 --> 00:53:55,115
"You are mine."
812
00:53:56,880 --> 00:54:00,350
But Terence and Abigail
will think of their little girl often
813
00:54:01,520 --> 00:54:04,080
and if they are as wise and as loving
814
00:54:04,160 --> 00:54:05,559
as I believe them to be,
815
00:54:07,080 --> 00:54:08,638
they will speak of her, too.
816
00:54:10,440 --> 00:54:12,317
And for that reason
she will need a name.
817
00:54:13,960 --> 00:54:16,030
And the name they have chosen is April,
818
00:54:16,920 --> 00:54:20,151
after the month in which
she came to us and left.
819
00:54:25,360 --> 00:54:28,477
Her parents have brought something
very special with them today.
820
00:54:33,960 --> 00:54:35,359
Thank you.
821
00:54:44,280 --> 00:54:46,271
One of these shoes
will be taken to the undertaker
822
00:54:46,360 --> 00:54:47,998
who is looking after April.
823
00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:50,279
It will be placed on her foot
824
00:54:51,800 --> 00:54:54,030
as an emblem of the love
that goes with her.
825
00:54:55,480 --> 00:54:56,708
The other
826
00:54:58,840 --> 00:55:01,149
will remain with Terence Jr
827
00:55:03,360 --> 00:55:05,271
as a reminder of the twin he lost.
828
00:55:08,720 --> 00:55:10,039
When you're ready, Abigail.
829
00:55:18,800 --> 00:55:20,392
And may the Lord bless you both,
830
00:55:22,280 --> 00:55:23,474
and keep you both
831
00:55:25,880 --> 00:55:28,110
and may the Lord make his face
to shine upon you.
832
00:55:41,520 --> 00:55:43,238
I'm happy to take it.
833
00:55:43,320 --> 00:55:45,117
I've already spoken to the undertaker.
834
00:55:45,680 --> 00:55:46,908
Let me go.
835
00:55:50,680 --> 00:55:53,911
I've spent too much time
looking at you and seeing my fiancé.
836
00:55:54,720 --> 00:55:56,836
Today I looked at you
and saw the man I love.
837
00:55:58,080 --> 00:56:00,116
And I don't need a party
in a grand hotel
838
00:56:00,200 --> 00:56:02,236
to tell the world how wonderful you are.
839
00:56:03,680 --> 00:56:06,148
I've a funny feeling
that the world already knows.
840
00:57:23,800 --> 00:57:25,756
Tea's ready!
841
00:57:26,000 --> 00:57:27,399
It's true, then?
842
00:57:27,480 --> 00:57:29,232
You are staying on permanently?
843
00:57:31,400 --> 00:57:33,197
I will see how you all do.
844
00:57:43,600 --> 00:57:46,478
Not every love is given voice.
845
00:57:46,560 --> 00:57:48,869
Not every flower comes to bloom
846
00:57:49,640 --> 00:57:51,949
and their folded petals
847
00:57:52,040 --> 00:57:54,600
must be frozen in the green.
848
00:57:55,280 --> 00:57:57,475
Others unfurl and flourish
849
00:57:58,680 --> 00:58:01,990
turning their faces to a light
they do not doubt.
850
00:58:03,400 --> 00:58:06,233
Questions are best asked silently
851
00:58:06,320 --> 00:58:08,788
and sometimes not at all.
852
00:58:12,520 --> 00:58:14,033
How do you stay so clean in here?
853
00:58:14,120 --> 00:58:15,519
He don't do nothing, that's how.
854
00:58:15,600 --> 00:58:16,874
Organising the Rose Queen,
855
00:58:16,960 --> 00:58:18,996
it's been part of Poplar
for generations.
856
00:58:19,240 --> 00:58:20,468
You'll do all right, you know?
857
00:58:20,560 --> 00:58:22,790
Keep it simple, son.
Life don't get any better.
858
00:58:22,880 --> 00:58:24,029
Hi lads!
859
00:58:24,280 --> 00:58:26,396
You treat us like animals
and I'm starting to believe
860
00:58:26,480 --> 00:58:27,515
I'm no better than one.
861
00:58:27,600 --> 00:58:29,511
I don't want him near my garage.
862
00:58:30,160 --> 00:58:33,550
I'm starting to wonder
if I imagined Dolores MacAvoy.
863
00:58:33,640 --> 00:58:34,680
I can't find her anywhere.
864
00:58:35,080 --> 00:58:37,674
Fogged or not,
this place is not suitable
865
00:58:37,760 --> 00:58:38,909
for a new mother and baby.
866
00:58:42,760 --> 00:58:50,760
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