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00:00:30I'm supposed to be a partner.
00:00:49There's still no agreement to prove it.
00:00:52I've got more when I was just working for Maxwell.
00:00:57No, where there's money when you want it.
00:01:00All you've got to do is ask.
00:01:02No, ask.
00:01:07It's about time we had a new arrangement.
00:01:11I've done more than anybody to build this business up.
00:01:14But I've given you everything you've asked for.
00:01:17You've given me what,ilda?
00:01:20Everything I've asked for.
00:01:24I'm not sitting there wasting my time talking to you.
00:01:27If you don't mind, I want to get changed now.
00:01:38Sometimes I wonder why we bothered to go on sharing our bed.
00:01:41Well, if that's all you can think about, you should have married somebody like our Flory.
00:01:51You're right there, Hilda.
00:01:54Except it should have been Flory herself.
00:01:56Are you the only one that does fire watching in this part of the town?
00:02:13This must be the third time this week.
00:02:21And tell me why you need to wear your good frock for a time.
00:02:25Who do you think you're taking in?
00:02:32You're going out with some man, aren't you?
00:02:39Where is it?
00:02:40Your little friend from next door.
00:02:43Shut up.
00:02:48What did you see?
00:02:52I told you to shut up.
00:02:54And not before time.
00:02:56I don't know how you dare.
00:02:58Because I've had enough.
00:03:01Do you hear?
00:03:01I've waited on you, hand and foot, for years.
00:03:06And now I'm going to have a life of me own.
00:03:10You even tried to stop me for a time work because you had to be looked after.
00:03:15What does the war effort mean besides your selfish wants?
00:03:18This is really outrageous.
00:03:22Go on.
00:03:23Have one of your dues.
00:03:24But let me tell you, I'm not stopping in to say it.
00:03:30And I'll tell you something else.
00:03:32There'll be no more jugs of water and bed washing.
00:03:35You wore me farther out and I'm drawing the line before you do the same to me.
00:03:39And don't dangle your money in front of me from now on.
00:03:42I don't need it.
00:03:43I know how to earn my own living.
00:03:49Are you here, are you?
00:03:51Is something wrong?
00:03:53What's usually...
00:03:54I've run in this house.
00:04:06Molly, I volunteered for the RAF.
00:04:09Oh, Dick.
00:04:12Can't you wait till I call you up?
00:04:14That'll come soon enough.
00:04:15But if I get in now, I could have a chance of flying.
00:04:20Well.
00:04:20I don't suppose anything I say will stop you.
00:04:25But I do care what you think, Molly.
00:04:27Don't see why you should.
00:04:29I'm quite a wicked person, really.
00:04:31What, you?
00:04:32Have you ever wished anyone dead?
00:04:39You mean...
00:04:40Yes.
00:04:41And I've prepared for it with sleepless nights.
00:04:43I don't expect you know what I mean.
00:04:45Oh, but I do.
00:04:47How can you?
00:04:48There was someone.
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00:04:53would...
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00:04:57Keep your secret till you're sure you want to tell me.
00:05:01We're keeping your Aunt Hilda wait.
00:05:03Will she be all right?
00:05:04She'll manage.
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00:08:56Dickie Mason. Surely you remember my mother and the boat on the river? I'm Daphne. Well, after all these years.
00:09:06Greer. Dick Greer.
00:09:08Hi. I'm Abel Greer.
00:09:11Well, I knew it was something my mother called old fashioned.
00:09:15How is she?
00:09:17Oh, she soon found a man. She went all moody over you. Cut the holiday short after you left.
00:09:24Do you live hereabouts now? Aye. This is my wife, Hilda.
00:09:30Oh. How do you do? This chap could have been my stepfather, you know. Fitty you weren't. No offence meant.
00:09:38Well, I may run into you again. I'm stationed just down the road. Small world, isn't it?
00:09:45I'll be seeing you.
00:09:50I'll get me things.
00:09:52Don't wait for a stop. We'll walk home.
00:09:58What was all that about?
00:10:02Just what you heard.
00:10:04From what I heard, you were having a carry-on with a woman on a boat.
00:10:08Oh, sorry.
00:10:10Oh, sorry.
00:10:11Good night, Mrs. Greer.
00:10:12I haven't had a chance to say how sorry I was to hear about your sister's husband.
00:10:16Oh, thank you.
00:10:20What do you mean? What's wrong with Flory's husband?
00:10:24Hilda!
00:10:25I asked you a question, Hilda. Has something happened to Alec Ford?
00:10:35I was lost at sea three weeks ago.
00:10:39And why didn't I tell you?
00:10:41Well, you got your answer why tonight when you said what you said about marrying Flory.
00:10:45And now with that woman on the boat.
00:10:47How do I know how many women you've been involved with?
00:10:51Was there somebody while your wife was alive?
00:10:53Look, there was nothing between me and the woman on the boat.
00:10:57It wasn't for the lack of her trying.
00:10:59As for Flory, I haven't seen her for 18 months since I ran into her and she told me she was getting married.
00:11:04And I can't remember the time before that.
00:11:26You go on in.
00:11:28Where are you going?
00:11:29I'm on duty.
00:11:30Oh, God.
00:11:31I know where you're going.
00:11:33And at this time of night.
00:11:35Yeah, well, if you told me when you should have told me, I'll have gone in daylight.
00:11:37As it is, I'm going now.
00:11:39There you see, I need to go.
00:11:41I'm not in my bag, I'm not.
00:11:45Right, now walk.
00:11:47Well, go to her then.
00:11:48You're two of a kind.
00:11:50You keep on saying it, Hilda.
00:11:52And I'll wind up believing you.
00:12:03I feel so awful, Abel.
00:12:20You're bound to.
00:12:21You do.
00:12:22It'll take time.
00:12:23No, you don't understand.
00:12:24I feel so petty and mean.
00:12:27You?
00:12:28Never.
00:12:31It's true.
00:12:32You give your best to the rotters and you sure change a decent once.
00:12:36He was such a good man, Alec.
00:12:42And he really loved me.
00:12:46But I didn't love him back.
00:12:48And he knew.
00:12:50Why couldn't I have said those words that he was waiting to hear?
00:12:53I love you, Alec.
00:12:55I love you, Alec.
00:12:57Don't go on punishing yourself.
00:12:59You mustn't.
00:13:04Have you been to work?
00:13:07Yes.
00:13:09I can't stop in.
00:13:11Even though I can't get hold of any clothes that are worth selling.
00:13:14You've not got any, have you?
00:13:22I'll have to go.
00:13:23I'm on duty.
00:13:25Do you want me to call again?
00:13:26I'm working part time at the Ordnance Factory, but I can come anytime after six.
00:13:33Well, I'm here most nights.
00:13:39Don't get up.
00:13:41I'll see myself out.
00:13:43That's all right.
00:13:44There's the curtains to see to.
00:13:56Goodnight, Abel.
00:13:58Has helped.
00:13:59Seeing you.
00:14:02Goodnight, Chloe.
00:14:03There.
00:14:24That should ease it.
00:14:26It feels better already.
00:14:28Will you go all night down for a while?
00:14:31I think I will.
00:14:32Molly's not expecting me till three.
00:14:33No worries.
00:14:45What are you going to do about that boy?
00:14:50In what way?
00:14:52Well, he ought to see a doctor.
00:14:53A specialist.
00:14:57He's a jangle of nerves and that stammer's a real fixture now.
00:15:01He's just wound up about as medical next week.
00:15:04Aye.
00:15:06Well, I'll never take him as state easing.
00:15:10He'll be fine.
00:15:11Fine.
00:15:15Where are you off to?
00:15:17It's my day off.
00:15:18I can go where I like, can't I?
00:15:20You're a disgrace.
00:15:22You and her.
00:15:24You're shameless.
00:15:26Look, put your hat and coat on and come with me.
00:15:29Come on, she's your sister.
00:15:31She's lonely.
00:15:33Lonely?
00:15:34Her who's had half the men in the town and her husband not been dead five minutes.
00:15:39Hilda, her husband has been dead for six months.
00:15:44And if it wasn't for me and your father, she'd have nobody.
00:15:47Aye.
00:15:48Let her play on your sympathy.
00:15:50I've told you before what kind of a woman she is.
00:15:53Oh, but you'll know that for yourself by now.
00:15:55You don't mind how many others there's been as though she gives you what you want.
00:15:59If she was giving me what I want, Hilda, it would be because I don't get it from you.
00:16:06Now, I'm warning you.
00:16:09I'm not putting up with this much longer.
00:16:12You'll either put a stop to it or else...
00:16:15Just as you decide, Hilda.
00:16:19Just as you decide.
00:16:29Hilda.
00:16:55Oh, what brought that on?
00:17:00I'm sorry. I've no right.
00:17:03Well, you can answer the question.
00:17:07Have you any idea how much I think about you?
00:17:14Well, I've wondered.
00:17:17Have you, Flory?
00:17:19You know, from the very first time we met,
00:17:22I've always thought that...
00:17:25you were an extraordinary woman.
00:17:29Really?
00:17:33But you'd soon got plans for Hilda.
00:17:35No, Hilda had plans for me.
00:17:38That's not the same thing.
00:17:42Oh.
00:17:48Well, who knows what would have happened if you'd taken up with me.
00:17:50With me?
00:17:53We're talking as if it's all too late.
00:17:57Isn't it?
00:18:02There's something I have to say, dear.
00:18:04Can we sit down?
00:18:05Can we sit down?
00:18:15I'm not legally married to Hilda.
00:18:19I already had a wife.
00:18:21And as far as I know, she's alive at the minute.
00:18:25When Hilda asked me to marry her, I had to make a choice.
00:18:30But I couldn't bear the thought of taking Dick away from the little home that we'd made for ourselves,
00:18:36and going back on the road again.
00:18:38So I agreed.
00:18:40You could go to prison.
00:18:43Aye, I know.
00:18:45Sometimes I think it would be preferable to the life I'm leading now.
00:18:51I'd be rid of the burden.
00:18:53So would Dick.
00:18:54You know, everything that I've done, I've done for him.
00:18:59And I see him looking at me now, trying to make out what kind of man I am.
00:19:07At times I wanted to shout, you're old enough to look after yourself.
00:19:12Only...
00:19:14Only what?
00:19:15Only if I were to leave, I wouldn't be close to you.
00:19:29We've all missed out.
00:19:32Only one of us.
00:19:36But if ever you want me, I shall be here.
00:19:46I've never stopped wanting you, Florrie.
00:19:51That's why I stayed away all those years.
00:19:55Because I always wanted you.
00:20:01I love you, Florrie.
00:20:07Well, April Gray, a confession like that deserves a reward.
00:20:12What can I get for you?
00:20:13Nice cup of tea?
00:20:16Whiskey and soda?
00:20:22You know what I want.
00:20:40How are you then?
00:20:42Oh, Fred.
00:20:44She in?
00:20:46Aye. She is.
00:20:48It's as good as a back door, that window.
00:20:52Aye.
00:20:54Let's not surprise her, though.
00:20:59Watch you don't lose that cufflink.
00:21:05Sarah.
00:21:06If I've got to be honest, Dick, I'm selfish enough to be glad you've escaped the danger.
00:21:15If everybody thought that, Aunt Hilda, Hitler could just walk in.
00:21:18I don't.
00:21:20And there are other ways of doing your bit.
00:21:22I just feel such a washout, that's all.
00:21:25Well, try not to let it bother you, eh?
00:21:28You've been worrying too much lately.
00:21:31Have you told your father yet?
00:21:33No. I haven't seen him. Where is he? Do you know?
00:21:35No.
00:21:40Don't be sad, Aunt Hilda.
00:21:42It's nothing.
00:21:44Hey, why don't you go and bring Molly round for half an hour?
00:21:47I don't know what she's going to think of me.
00:21:48Go on.
00:21:49Go on.
00:22:15What's he doing here?
00:22:16You've been never out of my house.
00:22:19I only wanted a help.
00:22:21I don't need your help.
00:22:23Oh, I'm sorry about that.
00:22:24She's Malice all through that one, isn't she?
00:22:25I'd better go see if my dad's got it back.
00:22:26Will you come back?
00:22:27No.
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00:23:14hadn't told you, you'd never know, would you? I might already have guessed. I'm trying to tell
00:23:20you that I love you, Molly. I've loved you for a long time. Yes, dear. And I know you think of me
00:23:26as just a close pal, but I wanted you to know how I feel. I mean, we don't know what's going to
00:23:30happen now, do we? Have you finished yet, or will you go babbling on all night? No, I've finished.
00:23:36Now, you know, and you don't have to say anything. Dick Gray, you are a fool. Why do you think she
00:23:44can't stand the sight of you? Because she's known for years how I feel about you.
00:23:51Molly? Molly, what are you doing? Come back, Dick. Come back as soon as you can.
00:24:14Oh, I thought, where's your father? I thought he'd be here. He was only on till nine.
00:24:32Well, he's likely had to stay over. Aren't you coming down to the cellar?
00:24:36I can't stand being cooped off down there. It's safer.
00:24:38Do you really think it would make the difference if a bomb did drop on us?
00:24:42Yes.
00:24:48They told Mrs. Burroughs that even a good solid table could make the difference.
00:24:52How is Mrs. Burroughs?
00:24:54As obnoxious as she always is.
00:24:57You're looking pretty pleased about something all the same.
00:25:00Am I?
00:25:01Lost a sixpence and found a shilling, have you?
00:25:03Well, it's Molly and me. We've confessed our feelings for each other.
00:25:11I thought you'd have done that a long time ago.
00:25:14You knew?
00:25:15Well, it couldn't have been plainer if you'd worn a sandwich board.
00:25:18It's too close for my lightning.
00:25:28Give me a hand.
00:25:41Dick, can you come?
00:25:43What's the matter?
00:25:43It's me, Mother.
00:25:44That first bomb.
00:25:46I think she's dead.
00:25:48Dick.
00:26:07I'm sorry, Molly.
00:26:09But it looks as if she...
00:26:10I knew she was dead.
00:26:12I just knew.
00:26:13Go and see if you can find your father, Dick.
00:26:15Now, come with me.
00:26:16It's all right.
00:26:16We're going for the doctor, okay?
00:26:18It's all right.
00:26:18It's all right.
00:26:18Oh, excuse me.
00:26:38Aren't you able to graze, lad?
00:26:39Aye.
00:26:40He's needed at home.
00:26:41Do you know where he is?
00:26:42He'll have stopped up somewhere for a pint.
00:26:43When you find him, tell him to stand by.
00:26:46We shall need him again if this lot gets any worse.
00:27:05Good night.
00:27:06What are you doing here?
00:27:26I was looking for you.
00:27:29Did your aunt Hilda send you?
00:27:31I doubt we'll see the dear when she sends me to spy on you.
00:27:34What do you mean?
00:27:34You know very well what I mean.
00:27:36Do you think we're all blamed?
00:27:38Look, Dick, can you try to understand?
00:27:41Oh, I understand.
00:27:42You're a man with two wives who wants a fancy piece on the side as well.
00:27:44I love your aunt Flory, Dick.
00:27:46And Aunt Hilda loves you.
00:27:47So where does that leave her after all she's given you?
00:27:51How do you know what she's given me?
00:27:53At least she's kept it for one man and not spread it about for a dozen.
00:27:55I'm sorry, son.
00:27:58You'd better not do that again, ever.
00:27:59I'm sorry, Dick, but when people talk about your aunt Flory like that, I see red.
00:28:03I don't want to know, and I'm not the one you should be explaining to, anyway.
00:28:08Where did you come, anyway?
00:28:09If you really want to know, Mrs. Burrows died of shock during the raid.
00:28:13One of the bombs dropped quite close.
00:28:15It could have hit us.
00:28:16That would have solved all your problems, wouldn't it?
00:28:25Look at me.
00:28:25Look where you're going.
00:28:28What's you, is it?
00:28:29Anything wrong.
00:28:31Wrong.
00:28:32I've lost me house.
00:28:33That's what's wrong.
00:28:35Half the bloody street's gone.
00:28:36That's what's wrong.
00:28:38I'd have copped it as well if I'd been there.
00:28:40Our Flory will lend me a sofa for one night, anyway.
00:28:44I will come round and see us, Fred, if you get stuck.
00:28:47Aye.
00:28:48Well, thanks.
00:28:50Best get the night over first.
00:28:51I'm a bit shook up.
00:28:55Come on.
00:28:58Let's get back.
00:29:05You can take them in off the road.
00:29:07Give shelter to any old scum, but when it comes to your own...
00:29:09Shut your phone up.
00:29:10Don't you tell me to shut up, girl.
00:29:13I'm bummed out of me own home.
00:29:14I come here to ask for shelter, and what does the bitch offer me?
00:29:18You come in here, reeking of drink, with one idea in mind, to upset everybody.
00:29:23Well, you can go to your cronies at the other end of town, or get our Flory to put you up.
00:29:29Our Flory put me up last night, dogs and all.
00:29:33And she's only got one bedroom, and you've got four.
00:29:36It was your own man who offered me a bed.
00:29:38Come to us if you need help, Freddy said.
00:29:42Standing on a Flory's drive last night, it was.
00:29:44You were there.
00:29:45You heard him.
00:29:46Is that where you found him?
00:29:51At Flory's?
00:29:53He just called round to see she was all right, that's all.
00:29:57Aye, and a bit more.
00:30:02Now you get out.
00:30:05Do you hear me?
00:30:06Get out of my house.
00:30:09God, I don't know how I ever came to be connected with you.
00:30:11Don't you just.
00:30:15Well, I'm going to tell you something, girl.
00:30:19You may be connected, as you call it,
00:30:22but you no more belong to me than them two there.
00:30:27You're a bastard, girl.
00:30:29You were born a little bastard, and you're born into a big one.
00:30:33What are you talking about?
00:30:35I'm telling you that I'm not your father, and God only knows who is.
00:30:38But I took you in when your mother died,
00:30:43and I gave you a number one place.
00:30:47More fool me.
00:30:49I neglected Flory, who's worth ten of you any day.
00:30:54And what did I get in return?
00:30:56Nothing!
00:30:57Because from the moment that you could toddle your first step
00:31:01and speak your first word,
00:31:03you never returned one ounce of affection!
00:31:05I grew up as a poet, girl.
00:31:14Now, I'll tell you something, Mr. Fred Donnelly.
00:31:21You've just given me the best piece of news I've heard in years.
00:31:24You've cleaned the slate.
00:31:30I can throw you out now, because you're nothing to me.
00:31:34Just another foul, old man.
00:31:39So clear out of my house,
00:31:41and never come back.
00:31:43I never want to set eyes on you again.
00:31:45Do you hear me?
00:31:46Never.
00:31:46Never.
00:31:54Are you all right, Papa Hilda?
00:32:15Would you like to go and lay down for a while?
00:32:17Go fetch your father, Dick.
00:32:20Tell him dinner's nearly ready.
00:32:34Old Donnelly seemed in quite a state.
00:32:38Was he drunk?
00:32:39No, but there's been a real set, too.
00:32:43Well, between him and your Aunt Hilda,
00:32:46he's told her she doesn't belong to him.
00:32:51What?
00:32:52He's not her father at all.
00:32:54He took her in after her mother died.
00:32:55He doesn't even know who her real father was.
00:33:00My God.
00:33:03How's she taking it?
00:33:03She threw Donnelly out.
00:33:06Now she's trying to carry on as usual.
00:33:12Hey, Dick.
00:33:18You and I know something else.
00:33:21Something she must never learn.
00:33:25You understand, don't you?
00:33:28Yes, I understand.
00:33:33Oh, my God.
00:33:39I don't know.
00:34:09I'm sorry, love. I'll have to go.
00:34:24How quick the time goes.
00:34:27Abel, I'm pregnant.
00:34:37Are you sure?
00:34:39Sure as I can be.
00:34:46So what have you got to say about it?
00:34:49I'm in a bit of a panic, Flory.
00:34:55I'm suddenly scared to death.
00:34:57Well, I'm not.
00:35:01So why should you be?
00:35:06See what a brazen Hussie I am after all.
00:35:09It changes things.
00:35:15You'll need me here most of the time.
00:35:21Whose name will it take?
00:35:24There's lots of things to think about.
00:35:26We'll work something out.
00:35:29There are ways.
00:35:33Now tell me that you're pleased.
00:35:39Flory, love.
00:35:40I'm delighted.
00:35:41I'm delighted.
00:35:53I'm delighted.
00:35:57I'm delighted.
00:36:00Coming out!
00:36:23That should be one for the nationals.
00:36:30That should be one for the nationals.
00:36:38It's cold.
00:37:00Very good, Lena.
00:37:02I do believe you're improving with age.
00:37:06Well, just look what I found.
00:37:18What's that?
00:37:19Me husband, that's what.
00:37:21I always knew when me bones he hadn't skipped the country.
00:37:24You sure it's him?
00:37:26Oh, I'd never forget his face.
00:37:28Nine years of bloody maintenance he holds me.
00:37:36Says here he's called Grey.
00:37:38So he's changed his name.
00:37:40I wonder what he's got to hide.
00:37:43I think I know who's about to find out.
00:37:47You bet your bloody life you do.
00:37:56I'm going to need some train fare.
00:38:17No.
00:38:29He's dead.
00:38:32He's dead.
00:38:36He's dead.
00:38:37He's dead.
00:38:38you see you're on duty tonight
00:38:53well no more heroics remember
00:38:58you do your job and you let other people do theirs
00:39:08right
00:39:38there's someone to see you
00:39:49hello Abel do you know this woman?
00:40:06aye I know her
00:40:08she won't believe me Abel
00:40:12she's like somebody struck dumb
00:40:14can't you say nothing neither
00:40:18aye I can say something
00:40:19I can tell you to clear off and do your worst
00:40:22I walked out on you nine years ago because I couldn't stand the sight of you
00:40:26and I haven't changed my mind since
00:40:28you've got a bloody nerve
00:40:31you're going to do time for this Abel Mason
00:40:34and I'll do a jig the day they send you down
00:40:37leaving me without a penny to my name
00:40:39depriving me of me own child
00:40:42committing bigamy
00:40:44oh it'll sound fine when I cough it all up in court
00:40:49get out
00:40:51before I throw you out
00:40:53that door's for respectable visitors
00:41:08don't try to run away again I'll warn you
00:41:14the police will be on your trail this time
00:41:21hello
00:41:36I know what I've done is terribly wrong but I haven't had a moments real peace for years
00:41:43believe me I would never have wanted to hurt you like this for all the world
00:41:51well now you know why I offered to live with you when we first spoke about marriage
00:41:58I could have walked away I know but I knew you didn't want that so I started to live with you
00:42:07when we first spoke about marriage I could have walked away I know but I knew you didn't want that so I stayed
00:42:22I thought it was for the best best for all of us
00:42:29I knew what I thought for now
00:42:31I was just a few years old
00:42:33so suddenly let me take care of this
00:42:35but I thought it was a while
00:42:36because I'm not sharing what I wanted to tell her
00:42:37I knew how he was lacking
00:42:39I knew how he was lacking
00:42:40he doesn't change
00:42:42I knew how he explained that he was lacking
00:42:43and when he studied
00:42:45I knew how he was lacking
00:42:46I knew how he was lacking
00:42:47but he was lacking
00:42:48I knew how he is
00:42:49but he could have gone
00:42:51to get in my place
00:42:52and how he was lacking
00:42:53so we're lacking
00:42:54all Him
00:42:56and I knew how he was lacking
00:42:57Let's go.
00:43:27It was only the once, was it?
00:43:47Why?
00:43:48Now, where was your legitimate wife living, do you know?
00:43:55She's still in Hastings, for all I know.
00:43:57You've no idea how she was supporting herself either, then?
00:44:01No idea.
00:44:07Where are you living now?
00:44:09With my present wife's...
00:44:15My second wife's sister.
00:44:22She's having my child.
00:44:25A lot will depend on the judge's assessment of your character.
00:44:39You've been living bigamously with a woman whose sister you've taken as a mistress, and who's carrying your child.
00:44:48Having nine years ago deserted your legal wife, taking her son with you, after the husband of your then-mistress shot her to death, before killing himself.
00:45:03How long does it sound?
00:45:12Terrible.
00:45:14Quite.
00:45:15What do you think I'll give me?
00:45:21Well, you could get seven years.
00:46:11There you are. I thought you'd perhaps have to work over.
00:46:24I've seen Dad.
00:46:28They've set a date for the truffle.
00:46:31That's good.
00:46:36Aunt Hilda, I think there's something else you should know.
00:46:41I'm sorry.
00:46:43Flory's going to have Dad's baby.
00:46:49I'm sorry.
00:46:56Don't be sorry, Dick.
00:46:57Don't be sorry.
00:47:19Mrs. Mason you have made it plain to the
00:47:49court what you feel about your husband's relationship with Hilda Maxwell. Now
00:47:53can we tell the court about your own domestic arrangements since your
00:47:57husband left you? Since he deserted me, you mean? You no longer occupy the cottage
00:48:01you shared with your husband. You left it some time ago. Where did you go? I went to
00:48:05live with my second cousin, Harry Turnbull. To live with him? To live in his house. I look
00:48:10after things for him. Would you describe yourself as his housekeeper? If you like.
00:48:15Is it a paid position? Do you receive wages? I'll get my keep and pocket money.
00:48:20What am I supposed to do while my husband's off committing bigamy staff? It is a
00:48:25similar arrangement though to that in many marriages, isn't it? Except I ain't
00:48:30married to Harry. I'm married to him. What kind of house does Mr. Turnbull occupy?
00:48:37How many rooms has it? Two up, two down. Has it been your experience that it's
00:48:43hard to live with another person in such confined conditions without a distinct
00:48:48degree of intimacy? Ew, what you making out? I'm his housekeeper. I object to this line
00:48:54of questioning, my lord. Yes, yes. Perhaps we've had as much as we need.
00:48:59My lord, in her letter to the court, Mrs. Maxwell states quite clearly that the
00:49:07accused had offered her a relationship which stopped short of illegal marriage,
00:49:12but that it was she who insisted on a formal ceremony. She also wishes it to be
00:49:18known that he became a good husband and continued to be a loving father. We also
00:49:23have her testimony that at no time did he try to take control of her business
00:49:27affairs, which a more unscrupulous man might have done. Indeed, he loyally
00:49:33assisted Mrs. Maxwell in keeping the business afloat after the death of her
00:49:38late husband. Prisoner at the bar, you have pleaded guilty to a very serious charge, and
00:49:46the maximum sentence the law allows is imprisonment for a term of seven years.
00:49:51However, it is to your credit that you did not profit from your bigamist association with
00:49:58Hilda Maxwell other than to find a home for yourself and your son. In the meantime, you
00:50:05seem to have repaid her for affection and kindness, so much so that she has seen fit to offer evidence in your defense.
00:50:14Taking all this into account, and in the knowledge that you will be better employed in society and behind birth, I shall send you to prison for one year.
00:50:29One year? One year? One year? It's a bleeding outrage.
00:50:41One year? Two year? It's a
00:50:53reg remark. One this is a
00:50:57a girl
00:51:04that's wonderful
00:51:09and your aunt Flory, she's all right, is she?
00:51:15no, they're both fine
00:51:16she'll be almost six months before I see her
00:51:21still, it's better than some of the chaps in the war, eh?
00:51:25that's right
00:51:26and, er, your aunt Hilda
00:51:32get in, bye
00:51:34this is the BBC Home and Forces programme
00:51:40here is the news and this is Frederick Allen reading it
00:51:43Blenheims blew up an escort vessel and set a supply ship on fire
00:51:48off the Dutch coast in daylight today
00:51:50and
00:51:51the
00:51:52it's true
00:51:54dang
00:51:55come on
00:51:57I
00:51:58like
00:51:59and
00:52:00how
00:52:02is that the
00:52:02north
00:52:03off
00:52:03you
00:52:04I haven't been up here for ages.
00:52:24You used to come every Sunday.
00:52:26At one time.
00:52:29Can I tell you something, Dick?
00:52:30My marriage to Peter Maxwell, well, it wasn't really a marriage at all in one sense.
00:52:39But I was young and innocent.
00:52:45And I didn't really know, well, the facts of life.
00:52:52What it did, though, was warp some feeling in me.
00:52:56So that when a man came along who wanted more, I didn't know how to give it.
00:53:05Now when I do know, when I could, it's all too late.
00:53:13He'll be out in a fortnight.
00:53:15No, he won't be coming out to me, will he?
00:53:17What I'm trying to say is, I want to give you some advice.
00:53:23You and Molly.
00:53:25And that is, when you get married, don't hold anything back.
00:53:33It's the only way to be truly happy.
00:53:34I want to give you some advice.
00:53:43I got married.
00:53:51Oh, my God.
00:54:21They're never starting to come in daylight, are they?
00:54:35I reckon it's another false alarm like last week.
00:54:51Dad. Dick.
00:54:54You're on your own. Where's Flory?
00:54:57Oh, Donnelly's had a stroke, Dad. Flory couldn't leave him.
00:55:00What, is he in a bad way?
00:55:01He'll be fine. Come on, let's get going.
00:55:04Flory's all right, though.
00:55:06Well, she's coping.
00:55:07How's Lucy?
00:55:08She's running.
00:55:09I can't wait to see you.
00:55:11I'll bet.
00:55:18You're looking walking quicker.
00:55:21What time is it?
00:55:30Up by six.
00:55:32I'll make you some tea in a minute.
00:55:36I thought that fellow of yours was coming out today.
00:55:40He is?
00:55:43Isn't he?
00:55:45Take me his time getting here.
00:55:51I'll keep up.
00:56:51I thought we had the last of all that.
00:56:59So did we all.
00:57:02We haven't had a raid since spring.
00:57:21So did we all.
00:57:23So did we all.
00:57:25So did we all.
00:57:27I was going to leave you.
00:57:29I was going to leave you.
00:57:31Oh, my God.
00:58:01Oh, my God.
00:58:31Oh, my God.
00:58:33Oh, my God.
00:58:35Oh, my God.
00:58:37Oh, my God.
00:58:39Oh, my God.
00:58:41Oh, my God.
00:58:43Have you got everybody out?
00:58:45Oh, my God.
00:58:47Oh, my God.
00:58:49Oh, my God.
00:58:51Oh, my God.
00:58:53Oh, my God.
00:58:58Oh, my God.
00:58:59Oh, my God.
00:59:06Listen
00:59:36I
00:59:54Sorry
01:00:02Can you hear me?
01:00:04It's Abel
01:00:06It's Abel Florrie
01:00:10Florrie
01:00:16Oh my god
01:00:34It's Abel Florrie
01:00:36It's Abel Florrie
01:00:38It's Abel Florrie
01:00:40It's Abel Florrie
01:00:42It's Abel Florrie
01:00:44It's Abel Florrie
01:00:46It's Abel Florrie
01:00:48It's Abel Florrie
01:00:50It's Abel Florrie
01:00:52It's Abel Florrie
01:00:54It's Abel Florrie
01:01:04Did you see her?
01:01:06Yes
01:01:08She can have visitors now
01:01:10How is she?
01:01:12I don't know
01:01:14I can't honestly tell
01:01:16She wants to see you
01:01:20I don't think I could face her
01:01:22After what I've wished
01:01:24Yes you can
01:01:26I don't think I could face her
01:01:28After what I've wished
01:01:30Yes you can
01:01:32But what?
01:01:34That baby
01:01:36I can find you
01:01:38Mais
01:01:50It's Abel Florrie
01:01:52Food
01:01:54The first happy
01:01:55Why?
01:01:56I don't want to upset you.
01:02:12Sit down.
01:02:16God, but this is the right mess, isn't it?
01:02:19Oh, it's only for a while. Only for a while.
01:02:22How is she, Hilda? How's little Lucy?
01:02:26Oh, she's wonderful. She's grand.
01:02:31It's very good of you to have her.
01:02:33Oh, no, I enjoy having her.
01:02:36Well, who else should have her?
01:02:40Hilda, we've got to talk about Abel.
01:02:45Yes, if you like.
01:02:47Oh, Hilda, you and I.
01:02:53We've hardly been the best of pals, have we?
01:02:57I've tried to put all that behind you now, Flory.
01:03:02I'm so sorry for the way I've judged you.
01:03:04What I'm trying to say is...
01:03:08I didn't mean to take Abel away from you, not altogether.
01:03:13I've come to the conclusion that I didn't deserve to keep him.
01:03:19I reckon it was your letter to the court that saved him.
01:03:23There was the child to consider.
01:03:25I'm that awful woman.
01:03:40They say I'll get better, but I don't believe them.
01:03:45I can't move me legs.
01:03:47I've had this sort of...
01:03:51this...
01:03:54odd feeling of it.
01:03:56You'll pull through, Flory.
01:03:59You will.
01:04:01Well, what sort of a life would it be if I did?
01:04:05I don't know.
01:04:08But I do know he'll never let you down.
01:04:12He'll never leave you because it's been you from the beginning.
01:04:18Hilda, listen.
01:04:21This is important.
01:04:24If the worst did happen...
01:04:29would you take him back?
01:04:38Oh, Flory.
01:04:47Oh.
01:05:05Don't let her grow not knowing you, Abel.
01:05:08Of course I won't.
01:05:11There'll soon be I'll...
01:05:12I'll be out.
01:05:13We'll be together.
01:05:20Could take a long time, sweetheart.
01:05:24I've got all the time in the world.
01:05:27I was thinking when I was in prison...
01:05:31now that the state's wiped clean...
01:05:34there's just you...
01:05:36and me...
01:05:38and Lucy.
01:05:41Oh, Abel.
01:05:44I love you so much.
01:05:46You'd better go now.
01:05:52We mustn't hire her out.
01:05:54Just one more minute.
01:05:56Please.
01:05:57I love you.
01:06:07I love you.
01:06:08I'll see you tomorrow.
01:06:16I'll see you tomorrow.
01:06:17I'll see you tomorrow.
01:06:43Doctor?
01:06:44I'll see you tomorrow.
01:06:45I'll see you tomorrow.
01:06:46I'll see you tomorrow.
01:06:47I'll see you tomorrow.
01:06:48I'll see you tomorrow.
01:06:54Flory.
01:07:08You can't come in here now.
01:07:14I'll see you tomorrow.
01:07:15I'll see you tomorrow.
01:07:16I'll see you tomorrow.
01:07:18Bye.
01:07:44Bye.
01:07:45Bye.
01:07:47Bye.
01:07:51Bye.
01:07:56So, how is he?
01:07:59Not good.
01:08:01How do you mean?
01:08:03He just looks so lost.
01:08:05He can't go on like this.
01:08:06He can't go on like this.
01:08:09Is he drinking?
01:08:10Oh, no.
01:08:11And he's not eating much, either.
01:08:14I think he's saving all his money to find another place.
01:08:17Where he can take Lucy?
01:08:19Yes.
01:08:20I imagine that's the idea.
01:08:22Oh, Dick.
01:08:24I'd die if he takes that child from me.
01:08:36May I come in?
01:08:44Hi.
01:09:00So, how are you?
01:09:03Oh, I'm all right.
01:09:07I can see that.
01:09:11I won't be here much longer.
01:09:13I've got somewhere else in mind.
01:09:16Well, by the look of you, I don't think you'll survive long enough to enjoy it.
01:09:21Sit down, Abel.
01:09:32Now, listen to me.
01:09:34You can't go on living in this mucky den any longer.
01:09:38I've come to take you back home.
01:09:42Don't.
01:09:42Don't say anything.
01:09:44I don't want anything from you.
01:09:46Because I know you've got nothing to give me.
01:09:48But I want to keep Lucy.
01:09:55And what's more, I need a man about the place.
01:09:59You'll be doing me a favor.
01:10:00I'm still a married man, Hilda.
01:10:06I don't care.
01:10:10There's been too much wasted time already.
01:10:13Dick, will you get your father's things together?
01:10:21He's coming home with us.
01:10:23I'm so ashamed.
01:10:36I know.
01:10:37I know.
01:10:39I know.
01:10:48I know.
01:10:50I know.
01:11:20Good girl, Lucy.
01:11:25Good girl.
01:11:34Set yourself down.
01:11:38Tea's nearly ready.
01:11:50Good girl.
01:12:20Good girl.
01:12:50Good girl.
01:13:06Oh, my God.
01:13:36Oh, my God.
01:14:06Oh, my God.
01:14:36Oh, my God.
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