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00:00:00Agnes!
00:00:08Agnes!
00:00:12I've been down in Colchester with Reg.
00:00:18Elaine saw it in the paper.
00:00:20I'm sorry.
00:00:22I'll come down.
00:00:24Look at you.
00:00:26You could have been killed and it's all my fault.
00:00:29Your fault? How?
00:00:31I told you how to help Jessie.
00:00:33Oh, nonsense.
00:00:35They would have done it somehow.
00:00:37It doesn't matter.
00:00:39It does matter?
00:00:41Agnes, you must know my true feelings.
00:00:43Oh, Mr Farrier, it's nice to see you again.
00:00:45Yes, Agnes, take Mr Farrier to the parlor.
00:00:47I'll make some tea.
00:00:49Thank you, Mrs Conway.
00:00:51I'm a working man now.
00:00:53I have a new contract for the magazine.
00:00:55I write regularly, I'm paid regularly.
00:00:57Now, we are not as different as you think.
00:01:01Really?
00:01:03Will you carry on working in the shops?
00:01:07I have to.
00:01:09My father left me everything.
00:01:11It's tied me here.
00:01:13This is my mother's home.
00:01:15I'm all she has.
00:01:17Oh!
00:01:19I'm sorry.
00:01:21Look at me.
00:01:25I like you.
00:01:27I like you very much.
00:01:31But that's your family.
00:01:33Can't you guess why I went to Colchester?
00:01:37To talk to Reg.
00:01:39I want to marry you.
00:01:41I want to marry you.
00:01:45What the Bern?
00:01:47Here's how you get first.
00:01:48I want to marry you, all right?
00:01:50Nice-北.
00:01:51I want to marry you, you win, come up la haze!
00:01:53Okay, thank you so much.
00:01:57Come up.
00:02:02Aggie?
00:02:03Look, him as soon as we heard.
00:02:05He nearly killed you.
00:02:06No, but he didn't.
00:02:08Jesse, this is Charles Farrier.
00:02:11I've heard a great deal about you, Jesse, and you must be Robbie. Pleased to meet you, sir.
00:02:31Agnes, I love you, and I promise we'll be together no matter what.
00:02:41No, you can't. What's going on? I was just asking if Robbie and I could stay in the guesthouse until he found a job.
00:03:00I've said no, and I mean no. Have you? And that on my doorstep, not like.
00:03:06Mother, that's enough. Don't waste your breath, Aggie. She's only behaving the way she always does. She's never been a mother to me.
00:03:14And you know why? Because you're not my daughter.
00:03:17Mother, shut up. You were adopted. He forced you on me.
00:03:20Stop it! Your mother was his whore. So when you behave like a whore, Jesse, we know where you get it from.
00:03:26Don't speak to her like that!
00:03:28Don't worry, Robbie. I've always known she's never loved me. I've never felt like a daughter. And now I know why.
00:03:37But we're still sisters, aren't we, Aggie? Or half-sisters?
00:03:41Who knows? That woman had plenty of others besides your father.
00:03:44Why can't you control yourself? Of course we are, Jesse. And of course you can stay in the guesthouse.
00:03:51We don't mean to sponge on you, miss. We'll pay rent like anyone else.
00:03:54You don't need to until you find a job. I'll go and get the linen.
00:03:59Well, obviously I haven't got a choice, as it's not my house anymore.
00:04:15So, there it is. I hope I shall have your blessing. But I will marry her anyway.
00:04:23If those are your true feelings, my boy, naturally, you must act on.
00:04:32Thank you, Father. I'm sure you'll like her. Thank you, Mother.
00:04:37A shop girl in the family. Oh, no, no, thank you. This must be stopped.
00:04:57Yes, of course, my dear.
00:05:07Hello? Reg!
00:05:10I caught the first train. Your note sounded urgent.
00:05:14Great.
00:05:16That will do, child. Tell Cook Mr. Reginald's here. We shall want tea.
00:05:20Yes, ma'am.
00:05:22What is it? What happened?
00:05:26It's Charles. Oh, he's behaving very foolishly.
00:05:30Some girl. Some shop girl. He says he wants to marry her.
00:05:35And she got me up here because of that.
00:05:37Well, you're the only one who's met this person.
00:05:40Elaine saw her. Talked to her.
00:05:43Oh, bug-bying sweets. You, apparently, took tea with her.
00:05:49I hope none of our friends saw you with some awful little shop assistant.
00:05:54She's not in the least bit awful.
00:05:56She's a highly intelligent young lady. Very presentable.
00:06:00Very presentable, indeed.
00:06:02You seem to have been impressed, too.
00:06:04Yes, because she didn't talk about horses, dresses, or about how boring it is to live in the North.
00:06:09You were impressed.
00:06:10I was.
00:06:12And I can understand how Charles feels.
00:06:15Would you like her as a sister-in-law?
00:06:19I haven't given it a thought.
00:06:21Really?
00:06:22I hope Charles wasn't serious, because I could see obstacles ahead.
00:06:28Obviously, I was right.
00:06:31You do know that young person was recently involved in some vulgar scandal.
00:06:41Yes. Her father objected to his other daughter lying beneath her.
00:06:46But the kind of action he took surely says something about the family.
00:06:51Says something about him?
00:06:55By the way,
00:06:57One result is that Agnes Conway has inherited the whole business.
00:07:03Far from being a shop girl, Mother, she's quite a rich woman.
00:07:08I'm not sure that owning a shop puts one much higher up the social scale.
00:07:15Reg, you're close to Charles.
00:07:18What shall we do?
00:07:20Don't alienate him, Father.
00:07:21If he marries her and you don't accept her, you've seen the last of him.
00:07:25And you don't want that, do you?
00:07:27I'd say go to see her or have her here.
00:07:32That's out of the question.
00:07:34Mother, she's a pretty strong-minded young lady.
00:07:37If she feels his family look down on her, she's quite proud enough to turn Charles down flat.
00:07:44Come in.
00:07:46Charlie, it's me.
00:07:47Any moment now, Mother will resort to reclining on the sofa.
00:07:56And be warned.
00:07:58She's won many battles from that sofa.
00:08:01It's high time our parents moved out of the last century.
00:08:05It would take an earthquake to do it.
00:08:07Mother especially.
00:08:09Poor dear Mother.
00:08:11A place for everyone and everyone very rigidly in their place.
00:08:14Well, I won't change.
00:08:18Until I met Agnes, I never felt at home with women.
00:08:23I know this will sound ridiculous to you, but...
00:08:28I want to be with her every minute.
00:08:31But are you prepared to be estranged from the family?
00:08:36I can't see that they'll ever accept her here.
00:08:38Would I be estranged from you?
00:08:41What do you think?
00:08:45Then would you do something for me?
00:08:49You're going back tomorrow?
00:08:51Yes.
00:08:53Would you call on Agnes?
00:08:55Let her know you're with us. I'm sure it will help.
00:08:57Oh no, laddie, no.
00:08:59I don't really know her.
00:09:01But you do.
00:09:03You met her and I felt you liked her.
00:09:06Reg, why not?
00:09:08She knows. She senses their feelings.
00:09:11And she's so strong and stubborn.
00:09:15I'm scared I'll lose her.
00:09:19Please.
00:09:28It's just the heavy work at first.
00:09:42But if you want to learn, Tommy's the one to teach you.
00:09:46Now, the money's not much.
00:09:48But it's something till there's a vacancy on the docks.
00:09:51It's up to you.
00:09:53Beggars can't be choosers.
00:09:55Pardon?
00:09:57I'll take it.
00:10:01When do I start?
00:10:02Whenever you want.
00:10:05Just a look here, sir.
00:10:08Hello.
00:10:09Captain Ferrier.
00:10:11I hope I'm not intruding.
00:10:12Oh, not at all.
00:10:14Are you looking for a job?
00:10:16Well, it all depends what you pay.
00:10:19Captain, this is Mr Tommy Grant, our sugar boiler.
00:10:23How do you do, Tommy?
00:10:24And this is Robbie Felton, my brother-in-law.
00:10:28Robbie.
00:10:30Glad to meet you, sir.
00:10:32If you'd like to come through.
00:10:36Quite a factory you've got here.
00:10:38Yes.
00:10:40And I'm glad you've seen who I am and what I do.
00:10:43It's quite evident why you're here, Captain.
00:10:45To plead for Charles.
00:10:46Absolutely not.
00:10:48My brother can plead for himself.
00:10:50And to put a word in for the family, warning me off.
00:10:57About the family, I must be honest.
00:11:00In any case, it'd be useless to be anything else with you.
00:11:04Is that a compliment?
00:11:06My parents live in a different age.
00:11:09They still believe in God-given privileges.
00:11:12You understand?
00:11:14Yes.
00:11:16And I understand that were to marry Charles, he'd be cut off from his family.
00:11:19From his parents, yes.
00:11:21Not from the rest of us.
00:11:23I don't think you should underestimate Charles, either.
00:11:29He didn't just refuse to go into the army.
00:11:32He turned down Oxford, too.
00:11:34Then he travelled alone around Europe, educating himself and the things he loves.
00:11:39An experience, by the way, that enabled him to meet and get on with all kinds of different people.
00:11:45I know that.
00:11:47I really only came to ask one thing.
00:11:53Do you love Charles?
00:11:56Deeply, I mean.
00:11:58The way he loves you.
00:12:01Yes, I do.
00:12:05Then you must simply ignore all the obstacles.
00:12:11I can find my own way out.
00:12:16Who was that? The brother.
00:12:32Came to put you off, did he?
00:12:34No.
00:12:36He was quite sympathetic.
00:12:40And I made up my mind.
00:12:42The Colonel and his wife can be as hostile as they please.
00:12:47I'm gonna marry their son.
00:12:50I was thinking of leaving home, Mother.
00:12:52You're going abroad again?
00:12:54That's a very good idea.
00:12:56No, Mother. I mean to take lodgings in town.
00:12:59But you have a perfectly good home here.
00:13:02I want to be independent.
00:13:04Oh, Charlie, how will you manage?
00:13:07No servants to cook for you, clean for you.
00:13:10Mother, I spent two years wandering around Europe on my own,
00:13:15staying in cheap hotels.
00:13:17I survived.
00:13:19I'm sure I'll survive here.
00:13:22Would you do me one favour?
00:13:24Would you meet Agnes, talk to her, if only for a few minutes?
00:13:28I'm sure then you'll understand.
00:13:30No, dear.
00:13:32Being the kind of person she is, she would take that as an acceptance.
00:13:48She's not that kind of person.
00:13:51She wouldn't.
00:13:52So, this is it.
00:14:13It's damp.
00:14:14It's fine.
00:14:16You've not been sleeping in these sheets.
00:14:17Yes, of course.
00:14:18Charles.
00:14:19I'll send Nan along with some clean, dry linen.
00:14:20You're not to spend another night in those sheets.
00:14:21They're perfectly adequate.
00:14:22So, why is he living in a place like that?
00:14:23He says it's to be neighbouring.
00:14:24You're not to spend another night in those sheets.
00:14:25They're perfectly adequate.
00:14:26So, why is he living in a place like that?
00:14:27He says it's to be near me.
00:14:28I think he takes pride in showing how simply he can live.
00:14:29It's fine.
00:14:30It's fine.
00:14:32It's fine.
00:14:33You've not been sleeping in these sheets.
00:14:34Yes, of course.
00:14:35Charles.
00:14:36I'll send Nan along with some clean, dry linen.
00:14:39You're not to spend another night in those sheets.
00:14:41They're perfectly adequate.
00:14:43So, why is he living in a place like that?
00:14:50He says it's to be near me.
00:14:52I think he takes pride in showing how simply he can live.
00:14:54You've got to get him out of there, Aggie.
00:14:57I know that, but he won't listen.
00:15:00That's stubborn.
00:15:01That's the trouble with men.
00:15:08Robbie.
00:15:09Robbie.
00:15:17Agnes!
00:15:19Agnes!
00:15:20He's in the right state.
00:15:21I held him up the stairs, but he just keeled over.
00:15:23Get him into bed.
00:15:24Get him into my room, Robbie.
00:15:25Come on!
00:15:26And then call Dr. Bailey.
00:15:27Come on!
00:15:28Come on!
00:15:29Come on!
00:15:30Come on!
00:15:31And then call Dr. Bailey!
00:15:32Come on!
00:15:34Come on!
00:15:35Come on!
00:15:36Come on!
00:15:37Come on!
00:15:38Come on!
00:15:39Come on!
00:15:40Come on!
00:15:41Come on!
00:15:42Come on!
00:15:47I'm afraid this young man has pneumonia.
00:15:54Robbie, will you get a cup so we can send it to his parents?
00:15:58Oh, well.
00:16:07Grace, if it's pneumonia, we have to go.
00:16:11Oh!
00:16:12People of her class always exaggerate.
00:16:14No control.
00:16:16I'm sure he can't be that bad.
00:16:18We won't know unless we see him.
00:16:20Well, if you feel concerned, Hugh, go.
00:16:23I shan't.
00:16:36Nan says his father's here.
00:16:37Colonel Farrier.
00:16:38Right.
00:16:39But she says he's not in uniform.
00:16:52Good afternoon, Mr. Farrier.
00:16:58I'm Agnes Conway.
00:17:00How do you?
00:17:01I expect you've been wondering why your son is in my house.
00:17:05Yes, I have.
00:17:07Well, he was visiting when he collapsed.
00:17:11You do know we have an understanding.
00:17:14Oh?
00:17:15What kind of understanding?
00:17:18Charles has asked me to marry him.
00:17:21And have you accepted?
00:17:23Yes.
00:17:25I knew there'd be objections,
00:17:27and the fact that your wife isn't here suggests I was right.
00:17:31My wife is not at all well herself.
00:17:36Would you like to come this way?
00:17:39Mr. Farrier, this is my mother.
00:17:49How do you two?
00:17:57Charles?
00:18:00Charles?
00:18:02Can you hear me?
00:18:05It's your father.
00:18:06My father.
00:18:09My father.
00:18:13Rachel.
00:18:16I want Rachel.
00:18:17I want Rachel.
00:18:18I'll get a message to him, I promise.
00:18:19I think he should be in his own home, where he can get proper nursing.
00:18:35Your son has a temperature of 104.
00:18:38Take him on by all means if you want a funeral on your hands.
00:18:42Mother.
00:18:44He can be taken by ambulance.
00:18:45I thought he would be yours.
00:18:47What is the name of the doctor who attended him?
00:18:49Dr. Bailey. He's only three streets away.
00:18:51We can give you the address.
00:18:55I will take his opinion.
00:18:57You do that.
00:18:58Dr. Bailey.
00:18:59That young creature dared to say such things to you.
00:19:13She spoke intelligently, like an educated and sensible woman.
00:19:17And she gave me no quarter.
00:19:19Grace, I think I must telegraph Reg and Elaine.
00:19:21Now, Hugh, he can't be as bad as that in such a short time.
00:19:26Pneumonia can develop very rapidly.
00:19:28He was quite delirious.
00:19:30I think, my dear, you must see him.
00:19:33You can't ask such a thing.
00:19:35You have got to bring him home.
00:19:37That's impossible.
00:19:38The doctor was most emphatic.
00:19:40Charles must not be moved.
00:19:42Oh.
00:19:44Perhaps you should telegraph Reginald.
00:19:46Ask him what he thinks.
00:19:48For God's sake, woman, why can't you take my word for it?
00:19:51Charles is seriously ill.
00:19:53Can't you get that through your head?
00:19:55Hugh, Hugh!
00:19:57You see what this girl has done?
00:19:59I've never heard you use that tone, even to the servants.
00:20:02How dreadful, dreadful that you should speak to me this way.
00:20:06Can't you forget yourself for once?
00:20:10Our son may be dying.
00:20:35Jesse!
00:20:39Someone come in?
00:20:43Jesse, who's the most?
00:20:46Yes, Jesse.
00:20:47Someone come in.
00:20:49They're so different.
00:20:51He's here.
00:20:53They're so different.
00:20:55He's got a lot of respect on the thought.
00:20:57Here's what he does.
00:20:58Let's go.
00:21:28For a moment. Please, sit down.
00:21:38Mr and Mrs Farrier are here.
00:21:42She's looking down her nose at everything.
00:21:44Is she?
00:21:46Good afternoon.
00:21:48Good afternoon.
00:21:49Miss Conway, this is my wife.
00:21:52Good afternoon, Mrs Farrier.
00:21:55I'm glad you were well enough to come.
00:21:58How is he?
00:21:59It's quieter now, but the doctor expects the worst after midnight.
00:22:03Probably in the early hours of the morning.
00:22:06We own a guesthouse nearby. You're very welcome to stay the night.
00:22:10I hope that will not be necessary.
00:22:12But I shall decide what is to be done after I have seen my son.
00:22:16Mrs Farrier, Charles is very ill.
00:22:19I don't want him upset.
00:22:20If you'd like to follow me.
00:22:35Charles?
00:22:36Charles, it's Mama.
00:22:37Charles, it's Mother's Day.
00:22:50Charles, it's Mother's Day.
00:22:50Oh, Jessie's seeing you very good.
00:23:19I think my son should have a nurse.
00:23:22A trained nurse.
00:23:23Well, the doctor did assure us we can manage.
00:23:26And when we need more help, my daughter here and my son-in-law will take the turn.
00:23:31Yes, Mother.
00:23:32We'll be glad to.
00:23:34You know, there's no real nursing to be done.
00:23:36He just needs keeping cool and comfortable.
00:23:38Oh, that woman.
00:23:52Mother.
00:23:53Oh, come on, Agnes.
00:23:55You must be strong for his sake.
00:23:58If anything happens to him, Mother, we'll never marry anyone else.
00:24:12Oh, we'll never is a long time, lass.
00:24:15A long, long time.
00:24:16A long, long time.
00:24:47A long, long time.
00:24:48A long, long time.
00:24:49Amen.
00:25:21Agnes.
00:25:26Reg, I'm so glad you're here.
00:25:28How is he?
00:25:29We think he's over the worst.
00:25:31Oh, thank God. I came as quickly as I could.
00:25:35Are my mother and father still here?
00:25:37They're in the guest house. They're still asleep.
00:25:40You look as though you could do with some sleep yourself.
00:25:43Thanks to Aggie.
00:25:45She did everything for me.
00:25:47She's a great girl. You're very lucky.
00:25:52I know.
00:25:54And I'm going to marry her as soon as possible.
00:25:57Charlie, you're in no state getting married.
00:26:00You've just had pneumonia.
00:26:02It'll be weeks, maybe months.
00:26:04Can't wait that long.
00:26:05Have you got a good doctor?
00:26:11Very good.
00:26:12Then I'm sure he'll advise you to wait.
00:26:15There's more to marriage than the ceremony.
00:26:18You're going to need all your strength.
00:26:20Voice of experience, huh?
00:26:23So when are you going back?
00:26:25This afternoon.
00:26:27It's looking very serious.
00:26:30Rumours.
00:26:31More than rumours.
00:26:32Trouble's unavoidable now.
00:26:41Take care of yourself, Charlie.
00:26:44There's nobody in all this world I like more than you.
00:26:47You know that.
00:26:49Get your strength back and then...
00:26:52Then I'll be your best man.
00:26:54Doctor, I couldn't talk in front of Charles.
00:27:08But what's going on?
00:27:10His parents are making arrangements and telling me nothing.
00:27:13They've booked him into the sanatorium in Woolley.
00:27:16He'll be there some weeks, if not months.
00:27:19He will recover, though.
00:27:20It's too early to say.
00:27:22He's young.
00:27:23With tuberculosis, it depends on your constitution.
00:27:27We hope him to get married.
00:27:29Well, that could still happen.
00:27:31Given time.
00:27:33Kiss me.
00:27:40I think you should stay with me tonight.
00:27:48Charlie.
00:27:49Good afternoon, Colonel.
00:28:09Oh, so it's Colonel now.
00:28:11Eh, thanks.
00:28:13Charles said you'd been called back to your regiment.
00:28:16Yes, it's only a desk job, I'm afraid.
00:28:18It'll all called up.
00:28:20Even the horses.
00:28:21That's why you've got this.
00:28:22It's very impressive.
00:28:24My wife thinks it'll take some getting used to her.
00:28:27She'd have been here today for Charles' sake, but she's not at all well.
00:28:31Steady now.
00:28:33Easy does it, Mr. Charlie.
00:28:34Well, uh, mum thinks you're at visiting time someday, and thank you for all you've done.
00:28:49See you soon.
00:28:50Don't worry, Agnes.
00:29:02He'll get well again.
00:29:02I'll be right back.
00:29:32Miss Agnes, can you come?
00:29:39There's the doctor.
00:29:53Robbie?
00:29:55It's a girl.
00:29:57Are they all right?
00:29:57They're beautiful.
00:30:02Well, the politicians have got the war they wanted.
00:30:06Mm-hmm.
00:30:07Men like Reg will go and fight it for them.
00:30:10If I was fit, I'd have been a conscientious objector.
00:30:13You would have supported me, wouldn't you, Aggie?
00:30:16Of course I would.
00:30:18It takes courage to stand up for what you believe in.
00:30:22Don't get yourself upset.
00:30:27Gotta go.
00:30:28Oh, but you've only been here a minute.
00:30:30I've been here an hour.
00:30:31I don't want to bump into your mother.
00:31:01Oh, I didn't tell you your nan's given in a notice.
00:31:19She says she can get more money working in a munitions factory.
00:31:22Oh, no, and we're so busy downstairs.
00:31:25Eh, the war.
00:31:28Almost every family around here has lost somebody.
00:31:31But they're ruling in money.
00:31:37Charlie.
00:31:40What was that for?
00:31:41I've just seen the doctor.
00:31:42All the tests show an improvement,
00:31:44so within six weeks you can come home,
00:31:46and then whenever we want to we can get married.
00:31:48Oh, Aggie.
00:31:49Hello, Agnes.
00:32:03Reg?
00:32:13Oh, I'm sorry.
00:32:15Would you rather sleep?
00:32:21It's very comfortable here.
00:32:26I can see what Charles means about this room.
00:32:30I don't know how you have your tea.
00:32:32Oh, just as it comes, thank you.
00:32:34This time tomorrow, you'll be one of the family.
00:32:41Are you afraid?
00:32:42Should I be?
00:32:50You do know our parents won't be there, don't you?
00:32:52Yes, I do know.
00:32:54Father's got leave, and mother feels they need a holiday, so...
00:32:58Reg, I'm worried about you.
00:33:09You're wondering about what's happened to me, aren't you?
00:33:14The war.
00:33:16That's what's happened.
00:33:19Bloody...
00:33:20Bloody war.
00:33:22Would you prefer a whiskey?
00:33:30Mmm.
00:33:31Please.
00:33:38For complacency in England about what's going on over there.
00:33:47I shouldn't do this to you, but...
00:33:50I can't talk to the family.
00:33:55Charlie's been ill, and...
00:33:57I just hold it all inside until...
00:34:01Tell me.
00:34:04You can say anything you want.
00:34:07Don't misunderstand me.
00:34:09We...
00:34:09We put up with the rats in the trenches.
00:34:15The corpses surfacing out of the mud under your feet.
00:34:18We know it's not a picnic, it's a war.
00:34:26I come from a long line of fighters.
00:34:29Six generations of them.
00:34:33All army men.
00:34:36Of course, shooting to kill is part of the training for every man that wears a uniform.
00:34:40But what's going on over there isn't ordinary killing.
00:34:48It's slaughterhouse killing.
00:34:53It's a massacre.
00:34:56It's a pointless, bloody massacre.
00:34:59I'm so sorry, Agnes.
00:35:01No.
00:35:03I'm glad you said it and I heard it.
00:35:08Do you know the psalms?
00:35:11Do you by any chance know the 32nd psalm?
00:35:14No, I only know the Lord is my shepherd.
00:35:16The chap in our unit seems to know them all.
00:35:23Recites them at the oddest moments.
00:35:28There are some lines in the 32nd psalm.
00:35:34I never realised the beauty of them.
00:35:38Thou art my hiding place.
00:35:40Thou shalt preserve me from trouble.
00:35:47Thou shalt encompass me about with songs of deliverance.
00:36:00That's what you've been to me tonight, Agnes.
00:36:08My hiding place.
00:36:10I'll see you in the morning.
00:36:19I'll see you in the morning.
00:36:19Bye.
00:36:39Bye.
00:36:40Bye.
00:36:42Congratulations.
00:36:42Congratulations!
00:36:53How far is it to this magical place?
00:36:55As far away in the wild as I forget.
00:36:58You are a very special woman.
00:37:01How do you feel?
00:37:03Full of love.
00:37:05Didn't mean that.
00:37:07Never better.
00:37:09Honestly, never better.
00:37:12Nothing.
00:37:42Yes, who is it?
00:37:50Yes, McCann.
00:37:51There are two policemen to see you, sir.
00:37:53They say it's quite urgent.
00:37:56Right.
00:38:04Look at us just having breakfast and it's almost time for lunch.
00:38:08That must be why I'm so hungry.
00:38:12Oh!
00:38:33The car just left the road.
00:38:38Went down a steep bank.
00:38:40Oh, no.
00:38:42All three of them.
00:38:45No, it's my fault.
00:38:47It's my fault.
00:38:48Don't be silly.
00:38:49How could it be?
00:38:50He wouldn't have gone on this bloody holiday if I hadn't got married.
00:38:53Hey, that woman.
00:39:00God forgive me for saying it, but you'd think she'd done it on purpose to spite you.
00:39:07Well, she's gone now.
00:39:08Agnes.
00:39:11I beg your pardon.
00:39:13Mrs. Conway, will you go down and take a turn in the shop?
00:39:18Jessie could do with a bit of a break.
00:39:20She's a bit upset.
00:39:21I'll be down in a moment.
00:39:24Mother's serving in the shop.
00:39:25Well, somebody has to, haven't they?
00:39:27What's Jessie upset about?
00:39:29He wants to join up.
00:39:30Do his bit.
00:39:31I just think it's right for me to, you know.
00:39:34Anyway, conscription's coming in.
00:39:36And I'd rather choose to go than be made to go.
00:39:38You never live that down.
00:39:40We'll miss you, Robbie.
00:39:41Mrs. Mitchum, can you show Mrs. Farrier to her room, please?
00:40:02Yes, ma'am.
00:40:03I'll come up, too.
00:40:04I need a rest.
00:40:05Annie?
00:40:06Rose?
00:40:08I'm so pleased to see you, Elaine.
00:40:09I thought you'd be too near your time.
00:40:12Had to be there for the morning, Papa.
00:40:15So glad Aunt Nessie got over.
00:40:17Reg says she's doing amazing work in France.
00:40:20She's an extraordinary woman.
00:40:23I've never thanked you, Elaine,
00:40:25for coming to the shop that night
00:40:26and bringing Charles to me.
00:40:28That's another reason why I came today.
00:40:30To welcome you.
00:40:32And I'm sure everyone else will, too.
00:40:35You're not to take any nonsense from anyone.
00:40:38Let me manage it in me, aren't we?
00:40:40If you're sure, Reg,
00:40:42do you want us to run the place for the time being?
00:40:44Absolutely sure.
00:40:46You know, Elaine is quite incredible.
00:40:50So near her time.
00:40:52Yes, the irony.
00:40:54Mother and father dying,
00:40:55and any day now, a new life.
00:40:58More fodder for the next war.
00:41:00For God's sake,
00:41:01keep your conscientious objections to yourself,
00:41:03would you, Charles?
00:41:04Some of us are actually fighting in this war.
00:41:06Reggie, there's no cause for you to speak to your brother like this.
00:41:09You're just as bad,
00:41:10rushing around the field hospitals,
00:41:11playing the Angel of Mercy.
00:41:13I do my damnedest to help these poor fellows
00:41:16in the few days or hours they have left.
00:41:19If it gives them a little comfort,
00:41:21I shall play the Angel of Mercy to the hilt.
00:41:26I'm sorry.
00:41:29I'm sorry, Aunt Mercy.
00:41:31Ooh.
00:41:35Shall we all have a drink?
00:41:37Good idea.
00:41:39Don't ring.
00:41:40I'll...
00:41:40I'll go.
00:41:48That was thoughtless of me.
00:41:51He's in a bad way.
00:41:54Yes, he is.
00:41:56I just wish he could be wounded and soon,
00:41:59just enough to get him out of it.
00:42:01Before he cracks.
00:42:02Yes.
00:42:02Yes.
00:42:10Come on!
00:42:26He killed me!
00:42:27Come on!
00:42:27Come on!
00:42:40I don't understand the order.
00:43:10You've had the briefing for tomorrow.
00:43:16Why are you shaving in the middle of the afternoon?
00:43:19If we're going off at dawn, I'd never get it done in time.
00:43:22Peculiar logic. You'll have to shave again by then.
00:43:25A British officer going into action unshaven.
00:43:29Oh, Polly, pretty Polly, you're a disgrace.
00:43:36What was the order?
00:43:38Lieutenant Pollitt Smythe, come here.
00:43:40I'm shaving.
00:43:41Come in here!
00:43:45Right, stand in the corner.
00:43:48Now, advance on me and don't get shot.
00:43:52Reg, I don't understand.
00:43:53No!
00:43:58Stop.
00:44:03I'm sorry.
00:44:06Oh, God, I'm sorry.
00:44:12Get the cigarette.
00:44:14Thanks.
00:44:23Here.
00:44:25I must write some letters.
00:44:44So must you, Polly.
00:44:46I ran out of things to say.
00:44:49Yes, but you must.
00:44:51They may be your last.
00:44:59Dreaming again?
00:45:03Is she very beautiful?
00:45:04The first time I saw her, she was near a cathedral.
00:45:19The sun shining on her face.
00:45:22She chipped me about my bright, shining buttons.
00:45:30And from that moment I was gone.
00:45:35And never mentioned it.
00:45:39Are you engaged on the quiet?
00:45:41No.
00:45:43She married someone else.
00:45:45Oh, sorry.
00:45:49What was all that about with the gun?
00:45:52The order to be passed on to all officers and men.
00:45:56Odd phrase that.
00:45:59Officers and men.
00:46:01Like two separate species.
00:46:04Aren't officers men?
00:46:06Certainly not.
00:46:08We are young gods come down from Olympus.
00:46:13We are indestructible warriors, infallible.
00:46:18And when we go into action, we wipe the floor with the enemy,
00:46:21as the generals always say we will.
00:46:22Except that we don't, not always.
00:46:26And if we do as this order says...
00:46:29Well, for God's sake, tell me what the order is.
00:46:37Polly.
00:46:39When I said advance and don't get killed.
00:46:44If you'd had the space, you'd have run.
00:46:49You'd have dodged and weaved.
00:46:53We all do it.
00:46:55Because a moving target gives us a better chance.
00:46:59But the order for tomorrow is walk.
00:47:04We must all walk slowly towards the enemy lines.
00:47:14I asked why.
00:47:18New strategy.
00:47:19New strategy.
00:47:25Sometimes I think they're as mad as we are.
00:47:27As mad as we are.
00:47:48Ah!
00:47:49There's noSun thinking.
00:47:51This woman is nearly innocent.
00:47:59I end with a train.
00:48:01Good God!
00:48:07Good God!
00:48:10New strategy.
00:48:11New strategy.
00:48:13New strategy.
00:48:15New strategy.
00:48:16Oh, Miss Agnes, thanks for coming.
00:48:33Jessie, what is it? What's happened?
00:48:37It's Robbie. He's been posted missing.
00:48:40We lost our Jimmy and now this.
00:48:42What happened?
00:48:43Robbie's ship went down somewhere off the coast of Scotland.
00:48:48There's not a trace.
00:48:49Oh, Jess.
00:48:51I'm sorry.
00:48:53I'm sorry.
00:48:57Hear you and I think how I used to feel about Robbie.
00:49:02But since we've heard, I've cried as much as Jessie has.
00:49:07He was a good lad, Robbie.
00:49:11A good lad.
00:49:13That's the first time I've heard you say his name.
00:49:20Oh, well.
00:49:23Are you staying for dinner?
00:49:25No, I told Charles I'd get back.
00:49:28How is Charles?
00:49:30He seems fine.
00:49:31It's funny, now he's in charge.
00:49:33He loves it there.
00:49:35The way he talks about the future, it's as though we're there for good.
00:49:40Am I not?
00:49:42Reggie's sure to come back.
00:49:43I wish I could say the same about Robbie.
00:49:49For Jessie's sake.
00:49:50Madam, thank goodness you're home.
00:50:10What brought it on?
00:50:12The telegram, ma'am.
00:50:13About Mr. Reggie's.
00:50:15What did it say?
00:50:16Autism theatre, ma'am.
00:50:17He's being wounded.
00:50:18Oh, Charlie.
00:50:24I must see him.
00:50:27Don't worry, calm.
00:50:28I must rest.
00:50:30Rest?
00:50:30He's wounded.
00:50:31There's nothing you can do.
00:50:33I knew Charles would be very upset.
00:50:39He and Reggie are so close.
00:50:43Unfortunately, he hasn't heard the whole of it yet.
00:50:47In my opinion, it's a very good thing that that nice young husband of yours is not in the best of health.
00:50:54You mean at least he can't go rushing down to Dover?
00:50:58Reggie's mentally so unhinged.
00:51:01He'd hardly know Charles, anyway.
00:51:04Is it so bad?
00:51:07I want to tell you about Reggie, but I'm so worried about Charles.
00:51:12In any case, it would be better if he heard it from a doctor.
00:51:18Aunt Nessie, please come and talk to me.
00:51:20He won't listen to me.
00:51:21Yes, of course, dear.
00:51:24On the very first day of that offensive,
00:51:29Reginald was caught in a terrible explosion.
00:51:35He has lost his right arm.
00:51:37Oh, God.
00:51:39That's not all, I'm afraid.
00:51:42He also has very serious burns to his face.
00:51:46Oh, no, not his face.
00:51:49I'm going to see him.
00:51:50He doesn't want to see you.
00:51:51Of course he does.
00:51:52I'm his brother.
00:51:53He has had a complete mental and physical collapse.
00:51:58Now, in a few weeks, they will transfer him to a hospital nearer here.
00:52:03And you can visit him then, not before.
00:52:05And only, Charles, only, if he wants to see you.
00:52:27We shouldn't be doing this.
00:52:28Haggy, he's my brother.
00:52:58Reggie, it's Charles.
00:53:21Reggie, it's Charles.
00:53:23Agnes sends her love.
00:53:35Agnes.
00:53:37Agnes.
00:53:40Agnes.
00:53:42She'll be in to see you.
00:53:44No.
00:53:45No.
00:53:46No!
00:53:47No!
00:53:48No!
00:53:48No!
00:53:50No!
00:53:50No!
00:53:50No!
00:53:50No!
00:53:52No!
00:53:53What is it?
00:53:58Don't ask me.
00:53:59Let's just go.
00:54:07Charlie, Robbie's been found.
00:54:09He made it to the Isle of Skye all these weeks and he's still alive.
00:54:14That's good news.
00:54:18I wish I could say the same about Reg.
00:54:20Reg.
00:54:20It's over!
00:54:26The war's over!
00:54:28It's over!
00:54:28Yeah, it's over!
00:54:30Oh!
00:54:30Oh!
00:54:31Oh!
00:54:31Oh!
00:54:32You can't do this!
00:54:33You can't do it!
00:54:34Oh, thank you, sir!
00:54:35I've come to see Captain Farrier.
00:54:44I understand he's in room 102.
00:54:47Just down the corridor, sir.
00:54:51I'll wait here.
00:54:52I know he wants to see you.
00:54:54He just doesn't want you to see him the way he is.
00:54:58I know.
00:54:58Come in.
00:55:04Come in.
00:55:17This looks like an office.
00:55:25Charlie.
00:55:27It is an office.
00:55:29For the last few months, I've been able to help some of the other patients with their various
00:55:32legal and personal problems.
00:55:34Well, that's good.
00:55:35Yes.
00:55:37The hospital board have asked me to make it a full-time job.
00:55:42Of course, I'll have to live here.
00:55:46Which is perfect.
00:55:49Fine.
00:55:51For how long?
00:55:52Charlie, I...
00:55:57I see no need to leave.
00:56:03What's this?
00:56:21No.
00:56:22Absolutely not.
00:56:23Brook Hall is yours.
00:56:24You can't just hand it over to me.
00:56:26I don't want it.
00:56:27I have grandfather's money and my army pension.
00:56:30I want to be here.
00:56:31You and Agnes are happy on the estate, aren't you?
00:56:33That's not the point.
00:56:34We're merely looking after it until you're ready to come home.
00:56:37Charlie, I'm here for life.
00:56:39Don't be absurd.
00:56:41Anyway, I'll go long before you.
00:56:43You haven't had an attack in ages.
00:56:45No, but if I do...
00:56:47I've already discussed it with Elaine.
00:56:50The house and estate go to Agnes.
00:56:52Can't sign his life away without discussing it.
00:57:04Agnes.
00:57:06Agnes.
00:57:07Agnes.
00:57:07Why did you bring her here?
00:57:24Reg, she has always come with me.
00:57:26Come in.
00:57:38Satisfied?
00:57:38It was unfair of you to keep me away.
00:57:42Now you know why.
00:57:43No.
00:57:44Whatever's happened to you is still the same person.
00:57:46I'm not.
00:57:48I'm bloody well not.
00:57:50Very well you've changed.
00:57:53Anyone would.
00:57:55But we haven't.
00:57:57And we want you back at the hall.
00:57:59Charlie.
00:58:00Charlie.
00:58:03Agnes.
00:58:06Please.
00:58:07Understand.
00:58:13Here I'm of some use to people, which I can never be out there.
00:58:19Besides, you see.
00:58:20They gave me the mirror.
00:58:27And you know that.
00:58:31Hair on the back of your neck moment.
00:58:33And then this huge disfigurement.
00:58:47And I said...
00:58:49This is not as bad as I thought.
00:58:53But you know it.
00:59:04Not true.
00:59:11Please.
00:59:12For my sake.
00:59:16Accept this gracefully.
00:59:23I'd just like to say...
00:59:44How delighted I am.
00:59:46We've all had such a wonderful day today.
00:59:49Any ghosts from an earlier time who happened to be present...
00:59:52may be a little disconcerted by all the noise.
00:59:58When we were young, we weren't allowed to make any noise at table.
01:00:01But my wife and I...
01:00:03Well, we like it.
01:00:05Oh, lovely.
01:00:10Shetty Alice is going to help me blow out all the candles.
01:00:14Oh, what a clever.
01:00:16Oh, and a big blow now.
01:00:17That's it.
01:00:19And...
01:00:19And again.
01:00:22Nicky is going.
01:00:24Oh!
01:00:24Oh!
01:00:25Oh!
01:00:25Good girl.
01:00:26Now, come along.
01:00:31Choose which motor car you want to go home in.
01:00:33Oh, I think I'll go home in the one.
01:00:35Should I come that way?
01:00:36Yeah.
01:00:36Bye.
01:00:37Bye.
01:00:37Bye.
01:00:38Bye.
01:00:38Bye.
01:00:39Bye.
01:00:39Bye.
01:00:39Bye.
01:00:40Well, Betty, did you enjoy yourself?
01:00:42Eh, Agnes, I did.
01:00:44I lost two of my lads in the war.
01:00:46But I've still got my Robbie.
01:00:48And to see him here, to see him living decent and doing well, eh, I'm that proud.
01:00:54Well, I'll give you some more good news about your Robbie.
01:00:57We're going to make him a partner in the business.
01:00:59Well, he runs it all himself anyway.
01:01:01It's time he had his reward.
01:01:03Thanks.
01:01:04I'll get your medicine.
01:01:05You go on in.
01:01:06I'll get your medicine.
01:01:07You go on in.
01:01:09McCann!
01:01:10McCann!
01:01:11McCann!
01:01:12She's very ill.
01:01:16The doctor's been.
01:01:20But he was here yesterday.
01:01:21He was fine.
01:01:22No.
01:01:23He's not been fine for months.
01:01:27Please come.
01:01:28No, Aggie, I'm sorry.
01:01:30He's asking for you.
01:01:33Are you there?
01:01:34Of course I'm here.
01:01:35Please?
01:01:36Look.
01:01:37Aggie, I've never left this place.
01:01:38Reg is dying.
01:01:42No.
01:01:43No.
01:01:44He's not been fine for months.
01:01:45Please come.
01:01:46No.
01:01:47Aggie, I'm sorry.
01:01:48He's asking for you.
01:01:49Are you there?
01:01:50Of course I'm here.
01:01:52Please?
01:01:53Look.
01:01:54Aggie, I've never left this place.
01:01:58Reg is dying.
01:02:01Reg is here.
01:02:29Reg is here.
01:02:30Reg.
01:02:31Reg.
01:02:32Reg.
01:02:33Reg.
01:02:34You're home.
01:02:35Don't talk, old fellow.
01:02:36Don't talk.
01:02:37It's the only chance I've got.
01:02:38Lie quietly.
01:02:39No.
01:02:40No.
01:02:41No.
01:02:42No.
01:02:43No.
01:02:44No.
01:02:45No.
01:02:46No.
01:02:47No.
01:02:48No.
01:02:49No.
01:02:50No.
01:02:51No.
01:02:52No.
01:02:53No.
01:02:54No.
01:02:55No.
01:02:56No.
01:02:57No.
01:02:58No.
01:02:59No.
01:03:00No.
01:03:01No.
01:03:02No.
01:03:03No.
01:03:04No.
01:03:05No.
01:03:06No.
01:03:07No.
01:03:08No.
01:03:09No.
01:03:10No.
01:03:11No.
01:03:12No.
01:03:13No.
01:03:14No.
01:03:15No.
01:03:16No.
01:03:17No.
01:03:18No.
01:03:19No.
01:03:20No.
01:03:21No.
01:03:22No.
01:03:23No.
01:03:24I love you both.
01:03:33I've been so lucky.
01:03:54You can't go on like this.
01:04:00You're skin and bone.
01:04:03Sell that place and come back here.
01:04:05We'll be all together again like old times.
01:04:09Though, as Robbie says, you'll not get what it's worth.
01:04:12Money's so tight since the war.
01:04:16Eh, nothing's right.
01:04:18Strong men, ex-soldiers coming here looking for work in a sweet shop.
01:04:21I'd better go back to that big, empty house.
01:04:27How were you about you last there on your own at night's?
01:04:31Well, I'm hardly on me own.
01:04:33They had indoor staff and six outside.
01:04:36Feeding all that lot.
01:04:37Just to look after one person.
01:04:40All right, all right, I know.
01:04:42It's your own money.
01:04:43I suppose you can do what you like with it.
01:04:46When's the other one due back?
01:04:48Soon.
01:04:49He's having more surgery.
01:04:50I don't know why he bothers.
01:04:53What life's he got?
01:04:54All he ever does is visit you.
01:04:56Though, as Robbie says, maybe he keeps coming back
01:04:59because he's sorry he gave you the house in the first place.
01:05:02Robbie seems to say quite a lot.
01:05:04Well, there's no need to snap at me, lass.
01:05:09Sorry.
01:05:09Sorry.
01:05:09I envied you so much.
01:05:18You envied me?
01:05:19Yes.
01:05:20You were so strong and independent.
01:05:22I'm quaking in my shoes in case I was doing everything wrong.
01:05:25I was going to ask Elaine if he felt like staying for a few days.
01:05:31I can't.
01:05:32I'm going away for a while.
01:05:35Agnes, I'm sorry.
01:05:38Have you seen Reg?
01:05:40He rings to say hello, but never mentions how he really is.
01:05:43I never visit when he's having surgery.
01:05:47He'll come and see me when he feels ready.
01:05:49What do you intend to do with that spoon?
01:06:02Oh, I was just finishing dinner.
01:06:08Shall I call McCann?
01:06:09It's all right.
01:06:10He'll bring me something.
01:06:13Well, what do you think?
01:06:15Be honest now.
01:06:16Well, stupid thing to say.
01:06:18You always are.
01:06:19Excellent.
01:06:21You're looking very good.
01:06:23Good Lord, you're out of mourning.
01:06:25I know.
01:06:26I think Mrs. Mitchum and Mr. McCann were shocked.
01:06:29It's supposed to be a year.
01:06:31I'm glad.
01:06:32May I?
01:06:37Agnes, I wanted to ask.
01:06:41My remedial work is only three days a week on a regular basis now.
01:06:47And the question is,
01:06:48what do I do with the rest of my time?
01:06:49What do I do with the rest of my time?
01:06:51Well, the last couple of visits on the estate,
01:06:57I noticed things need a bit of attention.
01:06:59And I could help, if you agree.
01:07:02If I could stay a few days a week.
01:07:08There, I've asked you.
01:07:10But don't answer yet.
01:07:12The doctors you see think I'm ready, almost ready, to face the world at last.
01:07:17And where better to begin, then?
01:07:21Oh, God, I'm sorry.
01:07:23How stupid of me.
01:07:23You might have other plans.
01:07:25Your mother said you might go back.
01:07:27No.
01:07:28I'll never go back to the shop.
01:07:30Then, is it possible?
01:07:38Ah, McCann.
01:07:41Good man.
01:07:42Thank you, sir.
01:07:43Thank you, sir.
01:08:05McCann usually does this.
01:08:07You've thrown him all out.
01:08:08Look at the moon.
01:08:13Isn't it beautiful?
01:08:14Leave the moon alone.
01:08:16It's not hurting you.
01:08:17I haven't heard that expression in years.
01:08:20That's the first time I've heard you laugh since Charlie died.
01:08:30Ah, this is nice.
01:08:33Like our old days here.
01:08:36Before my time.
01:08:37Yes, before your time.
01:08:40Days long ago.
01:08:42Different world.
01:08:45Since the war, everything's got to be, I don't know, this minute, now.
01:08:52I suppose that's good, really.
01:08:55The past only lives in our memories.
01:08:57But I wouldn't want to forget it all entirely, either.
01:09:04And yet we do live from minute to minute, second to...
01:09:07Agnes, what am I trying to say?
01:09:11That what's real is only what's happening in this moment.
01:09:16Everything else, even a second ago, is the past.
01:09:18Agnes, do you think we could be friends?
01:09:31Friends?
01:09:31Friends?
01:09:31I thought we were.
01:09:33Never mentioned, never acknowledged.
01:09:43I want us to be friends.
01:09:45That's all I ask, nothing more.
01:09:47Do you know the words of Byron?
01:09:51Friendship is love without his wings.
01:09:55And that's fine for us if I do stay here.
01:10:00No one will think there's anything wrong in it.
01:10:03And one look at me...
01:10:04Don't say that.
01:10:05I'm sorry.
01:10:08Let's just drink, then, to the wingless bird.
01:10:15I'm sorry.
01:10:19I've been so lonely, and now you're here and saying you'll come back.
01:10:28Agi, won't you drink with me?
01:10:31No, I can't drink to that.
01:10:36The bird has grown wings.
01:10:40I thought I'd imagined it.
01:10:42But it's true.
01:10:46Oh, but...
01:10:48Can you bear it, me, the way I am now?
01:10:52Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds.
01:11:01Oh, my God.
01:11:08What do we do about the law?
01:11:10What law?
01:11:11Don't you know?
01:11:14A man can't marry his brother's widow.
01:11:18No, I didn't know.
01:11:21We'll just have to wait until they change it, won't we?
01:11:23I can't.
01:11:28I've waited too long already.
01:11:36Reg.
01:11:37Reg, here it is.
01:11:38On July the 1st, 1949, the marriage took place between Mr. Reginald Farrier and Mrs. Agnes Farrier, widow of Mr. Charles Farrier.
01:11:49The best man was Mr. Robert Felton.
01:11:52The maitre of honour was Mrs. Felton.
01:11:55The wedding was attended by the couple's two sons, their daughters-in-law...
01:11:59...and three grandchildren.
01:12:01And three grandchildren.
01:12:01And three grandchildren.
01:12:07Beyond my window in the night
01:12:13Is but a trap in glorious street
01:12:19Yet there were frost and clean sunlight
01:12:25As over Durham woods
01:12:30As sweet
01:12:32And when the tram way down the hill
01:12:42Across the cobbles lays and lays
01:12:48There is about my window sill
01:12:55And you are out of a thousand wings
01:13:03Harrington
01:13:04And they can see on the fire
01:13:10... they choose to reach
01:13:12People will be at400
01:13:14In a while
01:13:16everyone heads
01:13:18And of course
01:13:19And of course
01:13:20They don't bring
01:13:22food
01:13:23Kids
01:13:24They know
01:13:26They know
01:13:29People have
01:13:30People have
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