CC17. Rag Nymph. (1997) Part 1 of 2.

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First broadcast 3rd/10th/17th October 1997.  In 1854 Newcastle, 10-year-old Millie's mother dies in a brothel, leaving her to be taken in by 'Raggie Aggie'.  Val McLane - Aggie Winkovski Dave Johns - Man Fleur Bennett - Laura Forester Perdita Weeks - Young Millie Christine Anderson - Mrs. Walton Alec Newman - Ben Tracey Wilkinson - Nellie Neil Daglish - Sergeant Fenwick Desmond Cullum-Jones - Magistrate Paul Brennen - Boswell Steve Ramsden - Schindler Lyndsey Rounsfell - Rosie (as Lyndsey Todd) Carmel Cryan - Mother Superior Valerie Lilley - Sister Mary Leonie Sooke - Annabel Julia Dearden - Sister Cecilia William Gaminara - Mr. Quinton Claudia McNulty - Mrs. Quinton Crispin Bonham-Carter - Bernard Thompson Patrick Ryecart - Mr. Crane-Bolder Honeysuckle Weeks - Millie Andrew Dickson - Patrick Quinton Julia Burton-Roberts - Mary Quinton Bernice Stegers - Berenice Crane-Bolder Robert Jones - Dave Crane-Boulder Tom Brodie - Randolph Crane-Boulder Claire Russell - Jane Fathers Bill Steel - Mr. Sponge Mary Pickin - Mrs. Roper Kevin Grahame - Mr. Carlin Justine McKenzie - Flo Farrow Ann Queensberry - Aunt Chrissie (as Anne Queensberry) Malcolm Freeman - Forester Susan Liddell - Lottie Jack McBride - Older Constable Guy Manning - Dr. Stevens Christine Anderson - Mrs. Walton

Transcript

00:00:00It's Mrs. Winkowski to you, son.

00:00:27Raggy-aggy, you mean.

00:00:30Hey, young, hey, hey, lassie, come back here.

00:00:40Hurry up.

00:00:42Come on.

00:00:44Come on, that's after us.

00:00:50Go home, go home.

00:00:52Tell them we're missing.

00:00:54Who did you?

00:00:55You are snots.

00:00:56Stop!

00:00:59Are you all right?

00:01:00No, no.

00:01:02Catch it!

00:01:03Get home.

00:01:04Come on.

00:01:06Ready!

00:01:08Right.

00:01:09Come with us.

00:01:10Come with me.

00:01:13Come on, then.

00:01:14Come on.

00:01:15Come on.

00:01:20Was that your mop?

00:01:22Yes.

00:01:23Do you know you're way home?

00:01:24Yes, but Mama has the key.

00:01:28Oh, Mama has.

00:01:29Who are you, then?

00:01:31I'm Millie.

00:01:32So what are you going to do, Millie?

00:01:35I don't know.

00:01:36Well, have you got any neighbours?

00:01:38I mean somebody who would take you in.

00:01:40No.

00:01:41Mama doesn't have any neighbours.

00:01:44Not there.

00:01:46My uncles used to visit.

00:01:47Oh, you've got an uncle.

00:01:49I have one or two uncles.

00:01:52At least I think they were uncles.

00:01:54Oh, God in heaven.

00:01:56Do you not have any other relatives?

00:01:58No.

00:02:00Please, may I come home with you?

00:02:02Oh, come on.

00:02:03My mother must be on the game.

00:02:17Got run in by the polis.

00:02:18My mother didn't use her and all, did she?

00:02:20No, no.

00:02:22She's not being touched, you can tell.

00:02:24Because there's old buggers as it's sell their souls

00:02:26for a bit of humanity such as that one.

00:02:28Aye, there is.

00:02:31She'll go the same way one day, poor little bitch.

00:02:33Right, ton of the lot.

00:02:37My God, Aggie, it's hardly worth collecting.

00:02:39Take it or leave it.

00:02:40I'm not in the mood.

00:02:41Here.

00:02:47Come on.

00:03:00What's this, then?

00:03:03What's this?

00:03:03Oh, you'll find out.

00:03:07Come on, Henny.

00:03:08Oh.

00:03:10Oh.

00:03:22Take your things off.

00:03:24Are you hungry?

00:03:25No, thank you, but I'd like a drink, please.

00:03:31Come on.

00:03:32I've got some water over here.

00:03:43Oh.

00:03:44Oh.

00:03:55That's better.

00:03:57One day I'll go out like this and scare the whole population.

00:04:00See you tomorrow, my dears.

00:04:06See you tomorrow, my dears.

00:04:06So what's your name?

00:04:30Millie, what's yours?

00:04:32Millie, what's yours?

00:04:34Ben Smith, Jones, or Robinson.

00:04:37Long time since I said that, eh?

00:04:40You should know.

00:04:41Well.

00:04:41I was eight years old, I'd heard that Billy Steele had died that morning, so there I was

00:04:52after his job.

00:04:54What's your name?

00:04:55Asked Mr. Winkowski.

00:04:56That was her dad, by the way.

00:04:59Ben?

00:05:00Ben what?

00:05:02Ben Smith, Jones, or Robinson.

00:05:04Take your pick.

00:05:06And then he gave me a clout round the air, and not gently at that.

00:05:09He took us on, though.

00:05:12Your hands are very dirty.

00:05:18Aye.

00:05:20And if you're going to stay here, you'll get your hands dirty and old before long.

00:05:24She'll be home tomorrow.

00:05:25Our mother will be out.

00:05:27So, what's your second name?

00:05:29Forrester.

00:05:30It's spelt F-O-R-E-S-T-E-R.

00:05:36My, my.

00:05:38We've got a learned one here.

00:05:47Can I have a fork, please?

00:05:50Get her a fork out the drawer.

00:05:53Have you got a dart, anyway?

00:05:55My pa is dead.

00:05:57Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.

00:06:00It was when we lived in London.

00:06:04There you are, madam.

00:06:06Is there anything else you desire?

00:06:09You're teasing me now, aren't you?

00:06:11But I always have a knife and fork.

00:06:14It's bad manners to eat with your fingers.

00:06:17At least it is for children, anyway.

00:06:22Mrs. Winkowski,

00:06:23there is what is called a diplomat in our midst.

00:06:27You know what you've done, don't you?

00:06:37No.

00:06:39I've not seen her laughing like that in years.

00:06:41Do you see any more?

00:06:43No.

00:06:43I'm not, I'm not.

00:06:44I'm not.

00:06:45I'm not.

00:06:46It's the first time you've been picked up.

00:07:13I'll rough you up.

00:07:16You don't want that.

00:07:19So who are you with?

00:07:22Big Joe?

00:07:23Big Joe?

00:07:26Yeah, well, you're not with Slim Boswell,

00:07:28because I'm with him and I'd know.

00:07:33Hey, listen, love.

00:07:36If you're not with anybody, you better get yourself fixed up.

00:07:40Girls on their own round here have a pretty poor record

00:07:42of survival-like.

00:07:45Thank you, I'll bear that in mind.

00:07:48Here.

00:07:52Aye, but she's bonny, that little.

00:07:55Must have been brought up smart.

00:07:57Aye, maybe.

00:07:59I cannot see her having a smart future.

00:08:02Her mother wasn't cut out for work by the sound of it.

00:08:08I tried the plates and everything with the cloth.

00:08:12There's a clever lass.

00:08:13Do you want a job?

00:08:14There's a in-between maid.

00:08:15One pound, one and one pence a week.

00:08:17That's what Mama was.

00:08:19She was a maid for a lady.

00:08:21She will come for me in the morning, won't she?

00:08:23She won't go away, will she?

00:08:26I want her.

00:08:27I want her.

00:08:29I want my Mama.

00:08:33I want her to put me to bed.

00:08:36I want her to put me to bed.

00:08:40I want her to put me to bed.

00:08:49Come on, I want her to put me to bed.

00:09:19Come on.

00:09:21Will you be sleeping with me?

00:09:23Well, if you don't mind, miss.

00:09:25Oh, no, I think I should like you to.

00:09:27That's very kind of you.

00:09:29Move.

00:09:33God bless Mama,

00:09:35and thank you for this day,

00:09:37and make me grateful for what I have.

00:09:39And God bless this big woman,

00:09:41lady,

00:09:43and please bring Mama back early in the morning.

00:09:45Amen.

00:09:49I'm right into bed with you.

00:09:53Do you have bed bugs?

00:09:55No, I do not have bed bugs.

00:09:57A flea now and then, but no bed bugs.

00:09:59Now get in!

00:10:05I'm sorry.

00:10:07I didn't mean to scare you.

00:10:09It's just that I'm very particular about my bed.

00:10:13Now come on, love.

00:10:19There you are now.

00:10:21That's cosy, isn't it?

00:10:23It's very nice, thank you.

00:10:25I can't sleep in the dark.

00:10:27You got her off, then?

00:10:29Ay, at last.

00:10:31By, she's got a tongue on her.

00:10:33Ah, but you should see the way she left them dishes.

00:10:35You could eat your dinner off of them.

00:10:37She's finicky, I would say.

00:10:39First thing in the morning,

00:10:41get yourself down to station and see what you can find out about her mother.

00:10:43I know, but if Sergeant Fenwick isn't there,

00:10:45you don't have to talk to anybody else.

00:10:47Blue bottles.

00:10:49I feel the same way.

00:10:50But where there's a decent one, you have to encourage them.

00:10:51Do you hear me?

00:10:52Aye, I hear you.

00:10:53Good.

00:10:54Bloody Paulus.

00:10:55You're very big.

00:10:56You're very big.

00:10:57I don't know.

00:10:58I don't know, but if Sergeant Fenwick isn't there,

00:11:01you don't have to talk to anybody else.

00:11:03Blue bottles.

00:11:04I feel the same way.

00:11:06But where there's a decent one, you have to encourage them.

00:11:09Do you hear me?

00:11:10Aye, I hear you.

00:11:11Good.

00:11:12Bloody Paulus.

00:11:14You're very big.

00:11:24Aye, I am very big.

00:11:27And you're very small.

00:11:29And you've got too much to say.

00:11:31So go to sleep.

00:11:44What's it like to be so big?

00:11:47Go to sleep.

00:11:59Hello, Smith Jones R. Robinson.

00:12:01What can we do for you?

00:12:02You know that woman that they picked up yesterday?

00:12:05The one down at the market?

00:12:06Aye, I know the one you mean.

00:12:08Aye, well, Aggie was just wondering, like,

00:12:10what's going to happen to her?

00:12:12She hardly seems to know what it's about.

00:12:13She's going to have to watch it, you know.

00:12:15Some of these lasses get in their way and you'll end up in a ditch.

00:12:18Anyway, what's Raggy Aggie's interest?

00:12:20I don't know.

00:12:21Oh, and she says to tell you she's missed you the last couple of weeks.

00:12:24And are you keeping out of her way?

00:12:26Don't be daft.

00:12:27I get some of my best tips from Aggie,

00:12:29so if she wants us to find out about this lass,

00:12:32I'll look into it for her.

00:12:33Of course I will.

00:12:34Aye.

00:12:35Right.

00:12:43Well?

00:12:44She'll be up before the justice in the morning.

00:12:49Aye.

00:12:50Right.

00:12:52What's going to happen to the young'un if her mother goes along the line?

00:12:58You don't mean to be rid of her, do you?

00:13:00Just the choice.

00:13:01Look around, you lad.

00:13:02She's been brought up with school and with refinement.

00:13:05Can you see her fitting into this?

00:13:07You're going soft in the head, you.

00:13:09It's all them books you're reading, I'll tell you this,

00:13:11you'll go blind reading them small pages.

00:13:13Shut up, Aggie.

00:13:14Don't be daft.

00:13:15Don't you tell me to shut up, you young prigger.

00:13:17She'll find the doors locked on you.

00:13:19Good morning.

00:13:22May I get washed?

00:13:24I should have washed before I put my dress on,

00:13:26but when I see Mama and tell her, she won't mind.

00:13:31Show her the pump.

00:13:40I slept very well.

00:13:41It's a nice bed.

00:13:45I do beg its pardon, madam.

00:13:58Come on.

00:14:08Hey, I tell you, that little'un...

00:14:12If her mother has to do the month, Aggie...

00:14:14What?

00:14:17You'll keep her here, won't you?

00:14:19Just until her ma comes out.

00:14:21Not on your life, lad.

00:14:22What have I told you?

00:14:23What am I going to do all day?

00:14:25Take her with us?

00:14:26Even I have to dress the part or else I'm not trusted.

00:14:29What do you think Shea would do for us looking like that?

00:14:32And this place looks like a hovel.

00:14:34Well, it didn't even look like a hovel if you'd get off your big fat arse...

00:14:37That's the last time you do that to me, Aggie.

00:14:46I'd die of shame if I hit you back, and I might.

00:14:49I've levelled fellas who think I might be easy game, and you know it!

00:14:52What?

00:14:53What?

00:14:54Is this milk for me?

00:15:00Aye, my dear.

00:15:02Add bread and driven.

00:15:04Would you like some of that?

00:15:05Yes, please.

00:15:06And there's some bacon there.

00:15:17It's a lovely morning, isn't it?

00:15:21Don't you eat some clothes and things in the yard?

00:15:25What's they for?

00:15:26Is it a kind of shop?

00:15:27Stop your jabbering and get on with your breakfast!

00:15:31And stay put until I come back!

00:15:36And not for you, Your Honor!

00:15:38Don't give me your hand!

00:15:39I don't want you!

00:15:40Don't give up!

00:15:41I keep going!

00:15:42I try!

00:15:44It's a good one!

00:15:45Love you!

00:15:46It's what you did!

00:15:47You and me are saying!

00:15:48I was saying!

00:15:49Let me help you.

00:15:50What?

00:15:51Did you do that?

00:15:52I don't know you are my husband!

00:15:53I don't know you are the chief and he is the chief of the king.

00:15:55I know you are the chief of the king.

00:15:58I am.

00:15:59I have the chief of the king!

00:16:01Now, I like to make it with you!

00:16:02I want you to make it, I don't know you are the chief of the king!

00:16:03I am!

00:16:04And there is a film!

00:16:05Next, Laura Forrester.

00:16:26You have been charged with the offence of soliciting for the purpose of prostitution.

00:16:36Do you understand the charge?

00:16:38Yes.

00:16:39Do you deny it?

00:16:40No.

00:16:41A pound or a month?

00:16:43Next.

00:16:44Mama!

00:16:45Shut up!

00:16:47That's Mama.

00:16:49What are they doing to her?

00:16:51Shut up!

00:16:53You have been charged with the offence of soliciting for the purpose of prostitution.

00:17:05Nellie, who's that?

00:17:07Don't know. She wouldn't tell us her name.

00:17:09She's very nice.

00:17:10She's well-spoken.

00:17:11I like that.

00:17:13I like that very much.

00:17:15Mama!

00:17:16Millie?

00:17:17Oh, Millie!

00:17:19Millie!

00:17:23No!

00:17:30Come on.

00:17:40Here, love, now don't cry.

00:17:42What's happened?

00:17:43Is Mama wicked?

00:17:44No, of course she isn't.

00:17:46Why has she gone away?

00:17:47What's she done?

00:17:48She shouldn't have gone.

00:17:49She loves me.

00:17:50She said she did.

00:17:51All right, all right.

00:17:52She can't help you, you know.

00:17:53There's things in life you can't help.

00:17:54Don't cry.

00:17:55Where am I going to go now?

00:17:56I'm going to stay with you.

00:17:57Here.

00:17:58Hello, Aggie.

00:17:59She got a month.

00:18:00They know what to expect if they go into that business.

00:18:01I'll walk with you.

00:18:02Aye.

00:18:03So, what are you going to do with that?

00:18:04Hang on to her for the month, I suppose.

00:18:05That's good of you.

00:18:06God knows what would happen to her if she was let loose.

00:18:07Boswell would soon do a bit of trade there.

00:18:08Aye, would.

00:18:09That swine was there just now, swaggering about as if he owned the place.

00:18:10If you know about him, why don't you?

00:18:11Why don't you?

00:18:12We do, Aggie.

00:18:13We do.

00:18:14But you know how it is.

00:18:15He's supplying something that enough gentlemen want to make the job.

00:18:17They know what to expect if they go into that business.

00:18:18I'll walk with you.

00:18:19Aye.

00:18:20So, what are you going to do with that?

00:18:22Hang on to her for the month, I suppose.

00:18:24That's good of you.

00:18:25God knows what would happen to her if she was let loose.

00:18:27Boswell would soon do a bit of trade there.

00:18:29Aye, he would.

00:18:30That swine was there just now, swaggering about as if he owned the place.

00:18:34If you know about him, why don't you arrest him?

00:18:37We do, Aggie, we do.

00:18:38But you know how it is.

00:18:39He's supplying something that enough gentlemen want to make the charges fail.

00:18:43That's not much that makes me sick, but...

00:18:45Aye, I know, and me.

00:18:46Anyway, little piggies have big ears.

00:18:50And this little piggy, you're going to be all right.

00:18:53Aggie's going to look after you.

00:18:55I tell you what.

00:18:56If you want to come to church with me next Sunday...

00:18:58Oh, no.

00:18:59She'll go to no Catholic mass while she's under Mike, eh?

00:19:02Come on, Aggie, what have you got against us poor Catholics?

00:19:04Enough!

00:19:05You're a good woman, Aggie, in spite of the muck.

00:19:08Come on, girls.

00:19:09Did you see that youngster?

00:19:10Aye.

00:19:11I've not seen such a valuable little items in a long time.

00:19:13I know the perfect client for that one.

00:19:15He'd pay.

00:19:16By God he'd pay.

00:19:17You run along and get yourself some water, then go on.

00:19:18I knew you would keep her.

00:19:19Well, you knew more than me.

00:19:20It was the last intention in me life to saddle mesel with her.

00:19:21Hey!

00:19:22You're going to have your wife.

00:19:23You're going to have your work cut out.

00:19:24Why?

00:19:25Because it'll be up to you to look after her.

00:19:26Most of the time.

00:19:27See how he's done.

00:19:28See how you like having her work cut out.

00:19:29Why?

00:19:30See how you like having her round your feet all day.

00:19:31A month is a long time.

00:19:32I'll see to her.

00:19:33Ha!

00:19:34I'll see to her.

00:19:35Ha ha!

00:19:36You're going to have your work cut out.

00:19:37Why?

00:19:38Because it'll be up to you to look after her most of the time.

00:19:43See how you like having her round your feet all day.

00:19:46A month is a long time.

00:19:48I'll see to her.

00:19:49Ha ha!

00:19:50Hey, you're going to have your work cut out.

00:19:53Why?

00:19:54Because it'll be up to you to look after her most of the time.

00:19:57See how you like having her round your feet all day.

00:20:00A month is a long time.

00:20:01I'll see to her.

00:20:04Socks.

00:20:06Shoes.

00:20:08Hats.

00:20:10Skats.

00:20:11Oh, loads of hats.

00:20:13Hats.

00:20:14Pair of clothes.

00:20:15Dresses.

00:20:20What is it, child?

00:20:33What is it, child?

00:20:35What?

00:20:35You runny tune.

00:20:37Hey, let's see if anyone can hear you.

00:20:40Get out of it.

00:20:41Get out of it and don't come back.

00:20:46Can you hear me, please, love?

00:20:50How much do you want for this?

00:20:54Mrs. Aggie?

00:20:55Tuppence.

00:20:57Tuppence.

00:20:58But I wouldn't take it because it really is quite smelly.

00:21:03Where do you find this one, Aggie?

00:21:07Is she vexed?

00:21:10We'll have it here, eh?

00:21:11I can't stand it no more.

00:21:31There.

00:21:32Pair mother's fine, for God's sake.

00:21:34I don't know what got in me head.

00:21:35I never thought of it sooner.

00:21:36I'll tell you what got in your head.

00:21:38It's that bairn out there.

00:21:39Just go and pay it.

00:21:50The gentleman who paid your fine would like to make your acquaintance, madam.

00:21:53Good morning, Mrs. Forrester.

00:22:04Thank you for paying my fine.

00:22:07Please.

00:22:17You really do need help, you know.

00:22:20Could have made all this so much easier for you.

00:22:22And your daughter.

00:22:24If only you'd join my little circus.

00:22:26But you would strike out on your own, unadvised.

00:22:31The name's Boswell, by the way.

00:22:34Boswell?

00:22:36Oh, yes.

00:22:36You see, there's your daughter to think of.

00:22:41Let me tell you, I've only just found you in time.

00:22:44If any of the girls had caught you on their patch,

00:22:46you'd have had a broken bottle in your face.

00:22:49That wouldn't have improved your looks, would it?

00:22:54Indeed, your looks hardly need improving.

00:22:55That's her fine.

00:23:07Complete.

00:23:09Mrs. Laura Forrester.

00:23:11No, you're too late.

00:23:14See?

00:23:15Her fine was paid this morning.

00:23:17She's gone.

00:23:19Hello, lad.

00:23:20I've got something for Mrs. Winkowski, as a matter of fact.

00:23:29Key to her lodgings.

00:23:30She begged us to get this to Aggie

00:23:32so she could pick up our belongings, like.

00:23:34Aye, but Aggie wants to be rid of the bane.

00:23:36She won't, though, will she?

00:23:37I don't think so.

00:23:40I don't know.

00:23:43It's all right, Nellie.

00:23:44Slim paid the fine and took her on.

00:23:51Well, I doubt you'll keep her on.

00:23:53You'll get fed up.

00:23:55You need to be tough as boots and she's a satin shoes job.

00:23:59She'll not last.

00:24:01Anyway, I've got to go.

00:24:03So she's joined Boswell.

00:24:06God help her.

00:24:09Aye.

00:24:10I didn't know you knew Nellie.

00:24:12She's my cousin.

00:24:14I can't reach the rest.

00:24:33It must be a long time since they were cleaned.

00:24:36They're very dirty.

00:24:37Aye, it is.

00:24:38They are.

00:24:40And who taught you to do housework?

00:24:42Why, Mama, of course.

00:24:43When we lived in London.

00:24:45Have you ever been to London?

00:24:47No, I've never been to London.

00:24:49Oh, it's the biggest city in the whole world.

00:24:51It goes on and on and on and on.

00:24:55You've been lucky?

00:24:56Yes, I've been lucky.

00:24:58And you might still be lucky.

00:25:00You could be seeing your ma later today.

00:25:03Oh, Mrs Aggie?

00:25:05Oh, will I?

00:25:06Oh, thank you.

00:25:07You're like my ma.

00:25:08She's very pretty, you know.

00:25:10Well, you saw her, didn't you?

00:25:13I'll tell you, ma, what a good girl you've been.

00:25:15Cleaning the place for me.

00:25:17What's happened?

00:25:25Where is she?

00:25:27Slim Boswell paid her fine.

00:25:30She's out already.

00:25:32And Nellie reckons he's not so much interested in her.

00:25:35He's interested in the bairn.

00:25:37Oh, my God.

00:25:38What are we going to do?

00:25:40All this because the polis haven't got the nerve to close the swine down.

00:25:44Well, that's his mother sent you this.

00:25:47To get her clothes.

00:25:49I shouldn't be landed with this.

00:25:52I shouldn't.

00:26:14Fennec said that the authorities will probably be round after the little and then you'll be able to be rid of her.

00:26:42Aye, there's always them.

00:26:46Aye.

00:26:47She's just a plain nuisance after all, isn't she?

00:26:51We'd hardly notice her gone.

00:27:00Sir!

00:27:01What's going on here this morning?

00:27:02Anything that matters, sir?

00:27:03No, nothing.

00:27:04What's happening?

00:27:08She's not performing.

00:27:10Right.

00:27:11Leave it to me.

00:27:12You all right?

00:27:32You're not used to this, are you?

00:27:34Well, you're no use to me, then.

00:27:38You can make friends with some sailors.

00:27:48You're for the boat.

00:27:49Nobody would steal a hand cart.

00:28:01It's up in Bivou.

00:28:04You get the bags.

00:28:08Right.

00:28:09This is it.

00:28:32this is my last room

00:28:45this is where she came with my uncles

00:28:49it isn't a very nice place but as my wife said

00:28:55as long as we kept it clean

00:28:58and it was only for a short time

00:29:01the house we had in London was so nice

00:29:17come on come on there's no time for crying

00:29:22let's get on

00:29:23oh now stop that stop it

00:29:31sort these clothes out fold them on the bed and then we'll put them in the bags

00:29:35why?

00:29:36Mama won't be coming back

00:29:38do as you're told

00:29:40yeah Mama sent word for me to do this

00:29:42I told you

00:29:43you've got to stay with me

00:29:45where is she really?

00:29:47I told you

00:29:48she's sorry but grown-ups can't always do what they want

00:29:52she had to go to London

00:29:54I don't believe you Mrs. Aggie

00:29:57you don't?

00:30:00you don't believe me?

00:30:02right then miss you can stay here and say to yourself then

00:30:06I can't

00:30:07I'm afraid

00:30:09aye you are so let's hear no more of it

00:30:12I've arranged a shipment

00:30:29we'll give her something to keep her quiet

00:30:32then you take her down to the boat in time for the tide

00:30:35Captain Larson the Trinitus

00:30:37aye

00:30:37he'll be away on the last hour of the flood

00:30:40he's already come up with the money

00:31:07what the hell are you playing at you stupid bitch

00:31:19she's hanged herself

00:31:33there you go

00:31:34she hanged herself

00:31:35she's hanged in there

00:31:36she's dead

00:31:37what's going on?

00:31:39out of me way

00:31:39hey

00:31:49look after life

00:31:54Hey, look after a laddie and don't talk to anybody, right?

00:32:11Yes, Mrs. Lightley.

00:32:24Hey, you're a bonnie lass, aren't you?

00:32:34You're very nice, very nice indeed.

00:32:41We're going to the fair, aren't we?

00:32:43Aye.

00:32:44Do you want to come, my little rag nymph?

00:32:47Aye, it'll be fun.

00:32:49I think you'd be fun and all.

00:32:51Thank you, but I can't. I have to look after a laddie.

00:32:54Oh, you don't need it. He's tied up.

00:32:57Aye, come along, love.

00:32:58Aye, you'll enjoy it, eh?

00:33:00Eh?

00:33:01Come on. Come on, eh?

00:33:04Come on, eh?

00:33:05Don't! Miss Slaggy! Miss Slaggy!

00:33:19What is it?

00:33:20That man, Mrs. Slaggy, that man, he tried to take me away with him!

00:33:23What man? Where?

00:33:24The man who was at the court place that day, when I left someone up. You remember?

00:33:30Aye, I remember.

00:33:31He asked me if I wanted to go to the fair with him. He called me his little rag nymph.

00:33:36Let's go.

00:33:37Look, all I'm saying is, it would be best made official. You don't want him pouncing on

00:33:50you later, accusing you of hiding, alas.

00:33:52Aye, maybe. But Aggie hates the authorities. And their bits of paper.

00:33:57Whoa, whoa, whoa.

00:33:59Good, lad.

00:34:00Come here.

00:34:01You go and get those things off. And don't argue. Do as you're told.

00:34:07We need to talk.

00:34:10She ran up to as white as a sheet. She senses what he's after. She just can't explain it.

00:34:16She knows Boswell's an evil sod. She knows it. I cannae keep a tighter tag on her than I do now.

00:34:22Boswell or one of his lot will pick her up sooner or later.

00:34:24Oh, don't.

00:34:26Not necessarily. You could send her away to a school.

00:34:29Aye, but Boswell could get her out of a school and all.

00:34:31Now, listen, Mrs Winkowski, don't let your hair rise, but I'm going to make the suggestion.

00:34:35Oh, aye.

00:34:36You want to get her away from here, unless you want her to end up like her mother did.

00:34:41You want a closed school.

00:34:43Nuns! You bloody meanest muck Catholics, you mean.

00:34:46I'd sooner get manure from her rockin' horses, get help from them.

00:34:50You're letting your hair rise, Mrs W?

00:34:52Not with them!

00:34:53With them!

00:34:54Where else?

00:34:55There's a trade in youngsters, Aggie, and you know it.

00:34:58Young boys have gone too. Boswell's one of the worst.

00:35:01And he's got his sights on her.

00:35:03Oh, Mrs Aggie, I don't want to leave.

00:35:06I love it here. And I keep the place clean, don't I?

00:35:10Aye. Got it looking like a little palace.

00:35:12Well, then.

00:35:13We'll miss you, Marie. Of course we will.

00:35:17But you get to come home for your holidays.

00:35:19Listen carefully, child.

00:35:23That man is bent on taking you away from us.

00:35:27He's an evil man. Bad. Very bad.

00:35:31Now, neither of us can keep an eye on you every minute of the day.

00:35:36And Ben and me, both, well, we care what happens to you.

00:35:42Cos in a way, you belong to us now.

00:35:46So it is for the best.

00:35:48Do you understand?

00:35:50Good lass.

00:36:00Good.

00:36:02Good boy.

00:36:04I'm gonna go.

00:36:06Good boy.

00:36:08Good boy.

00:36:10Good boy.

00:36:12Good boy.

00:36:14Good boy.

00:36:15Come on, laddie.

00:36:33I'll try not to get the place too muggy, eh?

00:36:36Well, Mrs. Wynkowski, you may leave your ward with me.

00:36:43And no, she will not come into contact with anyone other than prescribed visitors to our community.

00:36:49Aye, good.

00:36:51It seems to me, under the circumstances, that it would be better for all concerned if holidays were curtailed.

00:36:59Oh, she has to come on holidays.

00:37:01Wherever holidays the other bains have, she's got to have the same.

00:37:05Is that understood? Or it's no go?

00:37:07Very well. If that is how you wish it, Mrs. Wynkowski.

00:37:11That is the way I wish it. Because it's me that's going to be paying the ten and six a week.

00:37:16Real education never came cheaply, I fear.

00:37:24Now you're going to be all right. Come on.

00:37:28It'll be all right.

00:37:29Don't worry, my dear. You're very fond of her, I can see.

00:37:44Fond? I love her.

00:37:47Come on, let's get a move on.

00:37:48A come.

00:38:05a convent that's rich serve the brat right can you see it locked up with a bunch of nuns dear

00:38:29night a convent eh no I can't see that one working not a hose Brett we'll catch up with her

00:38:59up up up up up up up get up

00:39:12that's better

00:39:21you must use your change investment why please you'll get us all into trouble what's it for

00:39:33you mustn't see your own body or anyone's whilst you're changing why not it's my body I've seen it

00:39:39lots of times you mustn't the body is the source of temptation of polluting thoughts what hurry up

00:39:46you'll be late for washing when you put on your underclothes don't put on your dress put on your

00:39:50dormitory click

00:39:56what's your name Annabel Quinton what's yours Melissa Forrester watch out for Mabel Noster that's her in the

00:40:15end she sucks up stick with me you'll be right stop that whispering good morning

00:40:22morning

00:40:28morning

00:40:35daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.

00:41:05Thank you, sister.

00:41:26Don't do that. I've done nothing wrong. My sums are all correct. All of them.

00:41:31Don't we understand each other yet? Eh, miss? Now, I didn't say your son was wrong, but your writing instead of printing, I want your work printed. Do you understand me?

00:41:40Plenty of time to show off your handwriting when you've doubled your age. Understand?

00:41:50Our house in London was very nice.

00:41:52When was it you lived there?

00:41:54Until my father died. My mamma died of the fever last year. That's why I live in Mrs. Aggie.

00:41:59I'm an orphan, too. I live with my cousins.

00:42:04Sister?

00:42:05There goes another bloody criminal.

00:42:08Millie?

00:42:08Well, she is. She teased me about the way I spoke in class.

00:42:12Going around with that smile on her face all the time. She looks facked to me.

00:42:16Millie, you mustn't, Millie.

00:42:18I like sister Cecilia.

00:42:20Sister Mary thinks it's a punishment sending me off to the kitchen, but she's the only one who's teaching me anything.

00:42:26Has sister Mary sent you to me again?

00:42:31Yes, sister Cecilia.

00:42:33Were you disobedient?

00:42:34I suppose I was sister Cecilia.

00:42:39Much as I enjoy your company, Millicent, I'm hoping you're not deliberately disobedient, so as to be sent to help me.

00:42:46I hope I'm not, too.

00:42:49Anyway, I'm pleased to have you here.

00:42:56Who are you talking about?

00:42:59There she is. That's her.

00:43:05My God, the old cow. You don't have to stay, you know. Not if you're being hammered.

00:43:11I want to say, though, I've made a good friend, and I'm learning to cook.

00:43:17And I must stay to kick the old cow's shins one day, you know.

00:43:20So she means to get her own back before she leaves.

00:43:25Aye.

00:43:25She's becoming a right little monkey.

00:43:27She's learning and all, she reckons.

00:43:29You know, I can't believe she's the same girl that was so polite.

00:43:33She used to get on your nerves, didn't she?

00:43:36And that voice of hers.

00:43:38Aye.

00:43:39Well, I reckon politeness is slipping a bit.

00:43:42She's made a polite young friend, mind.

00:43:44Has she?

00:43:45Been invited there and all.

00:43:47I'll have to go knocking in some of me smarter streets.

00:43:50See if I can find something she can hold her own in.

00:44:01So what does Annabelle Zumball do?

00:44:03She's the manager of the Crane Boulder factory.

00:44:07She's a real friend.

00:44:08I've never had a friend before.

00:44:10Oh, you've got me, he cried.

00:44:12Cut to the very quick.

00:44:14Don't be dark.

00:44:16Of course I have you, but you're, well, family sort of, aren't you?

00:44:21Aye.

00:44:22Smith, Jones and family.

00:44:24Sort of.

00:44:25It is nice to be with you, darling.

00:44:28Aye.

00:44:30You and all.

00:44:32I've started another book, by the way.

00:44:34Want me to tell you the story?

00:44:36Yes, please.

00:44:36Well, there was this lad, poor as half a church mouse, and he summoned up town to play with the daughter of a rich woman.

00:44:43Now, the rich woman's a mite derelict in the thinking department.

00:44:45Well, there's a cart stopping outside the house.

00:44:53Look at the thing.

00:44:54I'm not sure this was a good idea of Annabelle's.

00:44:57Oh, dear.

00:44:58Oh, dear.

00:44:58There's a cart stopping outside the house.

00:44:59Look at the thing.

00:45:00I'm not sure this was a good idea of Annabelle's.

00:45:01Oh, dear.

00:45:02Oh, dear.

00:45:03Oh, dear.

00:45:04Oh, dear.

00:45:05There's a cart stopping outside the house.

00:45:06Look at the thing.

00:45:08Oh, dear.

00:45:09I'm not sure this was a good idea of Annabelle's.

00:45:11Oh, dear.

00:45:12This is my friend Millie, my guardian with my uncle and my aunt.

00:45:28It is very good to meet you, Mr. Quinton, and very kind of you to invite me to your house.

00:45:33Mrs. Quinton, how do you do?

00:45:35How do you do?

00:45:36Yes.

00:45:37Well, erm, how do you do, Millie?

00:45:39Good.

00:45:40Come in.

00:45:41Come in.

00:45:42I'll be buckling her on for her.

00:45:53Geography, dear children.

00:45:55Geography is about the countries of the world.

00:45:57But the holiest and loveliest country in the world is Ireland.

00:46:02So it's Ireland we'll be after looking at today.

00:46:05And last week, and the week before.

00:46:08Sister?

00:46:09Yes, my child?

00:46:10What's about next week, sister?

00:46:12Ah, well, next week we'll be looking at the holiest and loveliest country in the world, Ireland.

00:46:27TheGUES

00:46:29What's about next week?

00:46:31What's that?

00:46:32What's the two parts of the world?

00:46:34I don't know.

00:46:35I don't know.

00:46:36It'll be great time.

00:46:37I don't know.

00:46:38Oh, no.

00:46:39Stupid...

00:46:40He's stu...

00:46:41Come out here, you.

00:46:46Come out here, you.

00:47:00What do you mean by this?

00:47:02Nothing, sister.

00:47:04Well, it means nothing, that's for sure.

00:47:06I told you to write about Jesus in the temple.

00:47:09I did. I just pretended it was happening now.

00:47:12What you have written here is blasphemous nonsense.

00:47:14That's what tried to be glabablasmous. Rubbish, rubbish.

00:47:18And this hair.

00:47:21I told you, one plait.

00:47:23At the back and tight.

00:47:25What's this?

00:47:27This is defiance.

00:47:29Defiance.

00:47:30Vanity.

00:47:32Pride made of pride.

00:47:33You are stuffed with pride.

00:47:35What will soon sort that out?

00:47:38How dare you?

00:47:40Ow!

00:47:41Weak! Weak!

00:47:42You need driving!

00:47:43Oh!

00:47:47You blasphemous, weakling girl.

00:47:50You're not escaping me, girl.

00:47:52The works of Satan shall not prevail.

00:47:54What's better for you?

00:47:56You've never been born, child of evil.

00:47:58I kill her.

00:47:59I will.

00:47:59She shall be dead.

00:48:00She's from the dregs.

00:48:01Her mother was on the street.

00:48:03She took her own life.

00:48:05Take her to her cell.

00:48:07And you do not move.

00:48:10Wait right there.

00:48:15Go down to the door.

00:48:16You are a person.

00:48:23Come, child.

00:48:24Come, child.

00:48:24Some people cannot stand the sight of beauty.

00:48:33It's a joy they're missing.

00:48:35Poor dear sister Mary has never known joy.

00:48:38You must forgive her.

00:48:41I think you're old enough to understand what I'm about to say to you now.

00:48:46Resist evil, my dear.

00:48:48The evil that men do.

00:48:49Resist evil, my dear.

00:49:03The evil that men do.

00:49:05Come on, eh?

00:49:08Come on.

00:49:09Don't.

00:49:10Miss Maggie!

00:49:11Billy!

00:49:12Billy!

00:49:19The evil that men do.

00:49:40Hello, Emily!

00:49:41Billy!

00:49:49Did you check the oven?

00:49:52No.

00:49:53No?

00:49:57Oh, well, they're all right.

00:50:04You make the best currant buns I've ever tasted.

00:50:12Mm-hmm.

00:50:12You don't have to watch her all the time, you know.

00:50:39I was watching her for my own pleasure, Mrs. Winkowski.

00:50:43She's a beautiful young woman.

00:50:45Ah, she's an unhappy young woman.

00:50:47She works too hard.

00:50:50Aye.

00:50:51Maybe.

00:50:52But look around you.

00:50:54Keeps this place like a little palace.

00:50:56She takes satisfaction from that.

00:50:59She's told us.

00:51:01She would say that.

00:51:03She wouldn't want us to worry.

00:51:05And her cooking.

00:51:07Those nuns taught her something useful there.

00:51:08She takes pride in it.

00:51:11She takes pride in all she does.

00:51:13But she's still like a bird in a cage.

00:51:25Horse.

00:51:27Hello.

00:51:28A representative of the Royal Mail.

00:51:31Welcome, old royal one.

00:51:33Yeah, man.

00:51:34It would be wonderful to see you and talk of our times together.

00:51:49I'm no longer at the convent now, but attended school in Yorkshire.

00:51:52Well, there's so much to tell you, I do hope you'll come.

00:51:56Also, my guardian, Mrs. Quentin, would like to speak to your guardian about something that

00:52:00may be of benefit to you.

00:52:02Your friend, Annabelle Quentin.

00:52:04Something that may be of benefit to you.

00:52:06What does that mean?

00:52:07Perhaps they're going to adopt you.

00:52:09I don't want to be adopted.

00:52:10I've been adopted.

00:52:12They still live up at Crane Baldur's Park, do they?

00:52:13They still live up at Crane Baldur's Park, do they?

00:52:43I don't want to be alone, Millie.

00:52:45Lovely to see you.

00:52:46And this must be Mrs. Winkowski.

00:52:48Pleased to meet you, Mum.

00:52:49Why don't you come inside?

00:52:51It's really so lovely.

00:52:52Come on.

00:53:06Thank you, Miss.

00:53:10Well, isn't this pleasant?

00:53:12It's so nice to see Millicent again.

00:53:15We both, Mr. Quentin and I, thought her very charming and amusing when we met her.

00:53:21She's turned out very well, I must say.

00:53:23Something of benefit to her.

00:53:24That's what Annabelle put in the letter.

00:53:26What did you have in mind?

00:53:28Yes.

00:53:29Yes.

00:53:29I'm glad you...

00:53:31It's a domestic post.

00:53:33I'm looking for a nursemaid.

00:53:35A nursemaid?

00:53:36Somebody to look after the Baines.

00:53:38Millie?

00:53:39And I thought there's plenty of lasses ready to jump into such jobs, ma'am.

00:53:43Yes, yes, there are plenty, Mrs. Winkowski.

00:53:45But they're not the type we appreciate.

00:53:48The majority of girls we see can neither read nor write.

00:53:51None of them seems able to exercise the least control over the children.

00:53:56Would you be willing to mention it to me?

00:53:59I'd be willing.

00:54:00It'd be her choice, mind.

00:54:02Yes.

00:54:03Yes, of course.

00:54:10There is another reason that I propose this post for Millie.

00:54:14Annabelle tells me that Millie was sent to that school because you entertained certain fears regarding a man who seemed bent on...

00:54:21Well, how can one put this?

00:54:25Abducting her.

00:54:26It would clearly be of benefit for Millie for her to be here.

00:54:30Aye, it might.

00:54:31But I've not seen hiding a hair of that man for over a year.

00:54:35He could be out of town by now.

00:54:38I'm sure you're the best judge of that.

00:54:39I only put it to you.

00:54:41Do you know anything of her mother?

00:54:43Only that she died before her time and had been a lady's maid.

00:54:46Oh, indeed.

00:54:48A lady's maid.

00:54:51Perhaps it's from her mother that she inherited that air that she possesses.

00:54:55And she's a credit to you, Mrs. Winkowski.

00:55:16Betty, what?

00:55:20Is your dad still in there?

00:55:22Yes, he is.

00:55:33Do you want to try it?

00:55:36I don't know.

00:55:40I don't know.

00:55:41I think there's something you're forgetting.

00:55:43Oh, aye.

00:55:43Well, just because we've seen nothing of Boswell lately, it doesn't mean he's disappeared.

00:55:49I think, for your own good, at least for the next year or so,

00:55:53I think you'd be best out of the way.

00:55:58And you know something?

00:55:59She thinks the same.

00:56:01Do her?

00:56:02You know, do you?

00:56:03Well, let me tell you, without her, this place would look like a hovel.

00:56:07And you won't be getting those fancy meals she spoils you with.

00:56:10Oh, Mrs. Aggie, I won't go.

00:56:11Who is it?

00:56:15She thinks maybe it's best for you to go.

00:56:19But she doesn't want you to.

00:56:23And neither do I.

00:56:36Millie.

00:56:36What's the matter?

00:56:47Have you seen our Betty?

00:56:49What's happened?

00:56:52Where can she be?

00:56:54Nobody seems to have seen her.

00:56:56We saw her.

00:56:57Last night outside the pub.

00:56:59Well, she wasn't there when himself come out.

00:57:01She was there when we were driving home.

00:57:04But by the time he came out, she wasn't there.

00:57:09He always goes in on his way from the pit.

00:57:12If she's there, it brings him home.

00:57:14We've knocked on every door we know.

00:57:19Every last one.

00:57:22Jack's gone mad.

00:57:27Don't tell me she's been picked up.

00:57:29Please, God.

00:57:31It's been the fear of me life.

00:57:33Look, she may be all right.

00:57:40Have you been to the polis?

00:57:42Aye, I went.

00:57:44And what'll they do?

00:57:47Jack's right.

00:57:48Half of them must be in somebody's pocket.

00:57:52I mean, you ever heard of them finding a missing youngster?

00:57:55And the dirty boogers don't go for the rag or slot that swarm in the place, no.

00:58:04They take that pick.

00:58:09My God, it's a wonder that one's escaped.

00:58:11Be prepared to bend your knee and keep your mouth shut.

00:58:27I just might have to, mightn't I?

00:58:30You wouldn't, would you?

00:58:31Of course not.

00:58:33Free soil, that's me.

00:58:34Except for Mrs. Aggie in the yard.

00:58:38War, laddie.

00:58:41You must never forget, if it hadn't been for Mrs. Aggie in her yard,

00:58:46God knows where we'd have been at this minute.

00:58:49She could easily have given me the push after her dad died

00:58:52and taken on somebody...

00:58:56well...

00:58:58more presentable-like.

00:59:02Oh.

00:59:03I'm going to miss you all over again, Ben.

00:59:06Aye.

00:59:07And you're not the only one.

00:59:08I'll tell you, that yard's like a dead place when you're out of it.

00:59:15But you understand why you have to go away again, don't you?

00:59:19Yes, Ben, I understand.

00:59:24It's just sometimes I ask myself why...

00:59:25Look, you know as well as I do.

00:59:28There's no need to go into it.

00:59:30There is, Ben.

00:59:31There is.

00:59:38You shouldn't look as you do.

00:59:39You attract the wrong kind.

00:59:40Now, that's the answer.

00:59:44And I'm saying no more.

00:59:45Well, aren't we to look after, you're going to have a lot of time on your hands, Ben.

01:00:02Why don't you go to school?

01:00:04What?

01:00:04What are you saying?

01:00:05At my age?

01:00:07Lots of people who are completely grown up go to school.

01:00:10At night, some of them have to work.

01:00:12You know they do.

01:00:13But those places are all run by holy joes, man.

01:00:16Bible in one hand, collecting plate in the other.

01:00:19They can't all be.

01:00:20You should, Ben.

01:00:23Hello, Millie.

01:00:23How are you?

01:00:24Hello, Millie.

01:00:24Nice to meet you.

01:00:25What a funny old cart.

01:00:30What a sad little horse.

01:00:33Has he been here before?

01:00:34Is her brother stupid?

01:00:36He's got a funny back.

01:00:38Aye.

01:00:41And I'm an ogre and all.

01:00:44Go on, get.

01:00:45Patrick.

01:00:46Mary.

01:00:50Oh, Millicent, you are here.

01:00:52Good morning.

01:00:54Well, you better come in.

01:00:55Thank you, Mrs. Quinton.

01:00:57Ma'am.

01:00:58It's nice to see you again.

01:01:06Give her the bloody way.

01:01:19Be quiet.

01:01:22Mama.

01:01:41My handsome boys.

01:01:43Good journey.

01:01:44Good journey.

01:02:14You wouldn't dare.

01:02:18I shall tell my mom.

01:02:20Don't. Papa's in.

01:02:21Come on. Let's clean up.

01:02:23Don't worry, Mary. You'll get your room back.

01:02:26I just had a thought.

01:02:28Did you know we could have something that only Dukes and Roman Emperors and such people enjoyed?

01:02:32They said it aided digestion.

01:02:34What's that?

01:02:35Music while we eat.

01:02:36How can we have that?

01:02:38Well, you can play your penny whistle to us like you were in the garden.

01:02:42Patrick isn't allowed to play in the house. He'd get into trouble.

01:02:45Well, let's see what happens this time, shall we?

01:02:48I'll take the blame, I promise.

01:02:53You know, when I first left Millie in charge by herself, I was quite nervous, as you might imagine.

01:02:59But when I returned home, there was, well, there was something about the house.

01:03:06In fact, ever since she's been here, it's as if the house has been blessed.

01:03:12Well, she certainly seems to be settling in well.

01:03:21Damn the boy!

01:03:22Please, dear. Let's not blunder in. Come with me.

01:03:27Oh no.

01:03:29All right.

01:03:30Mm-hmm.

01:03:32All righty.

01:03:33всё, y'all.

01:03:34Nothing ..

01:03:35All righty.

01:03:36Let's wait, no one.

01:03:37There.

01:03:38特況 schism

01:03:41And I'm 보�us into my kitchen.

01:03:45Thank you too.

01:03:47What can I take?

01:03:49That's for ever.

01:03:51Mm-hmm.

01:03:52This girl's a good intelligent girl, she'd likely be able to teach you as much as you'll

01:04:21be able to learn at school because she's been to school. I don't want to know who locked her in.

01:04:27I'm just telling you that if Millie has to go because of you, Patrick, or you, Mary,

01:04:32then that's the end of it. No more school. You start work. And that means the stable's up at

01:04:40the Grange for you, Patrick. Do you want to be mucking out and oiling leather all day long?

01:04:44No, sir.

01:04:45No, sir. Well, that's the last warning I'm going to give you.

01:04:51Go on, then. Off with you.

01:05:13Who's the girl?

01:05:14Who cares? She's just a damned Quentin's servant.

01:05:18That's it. Come on. And one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and one...

01:05:28Are you enjoying yourself at the Quentin's?

01:05:38Yes, I am. Very much.

01:05:39Listen, could you put my mind at rest about something?

01:05:52Mm-hmm.

01:05:58Yes, you can't.

01:06:04Minister of Masters

01:06:13Where were you, Brodo Blass?

01:06:31A raggin' bone, you hod?

01:06:33Your knuckle's too dainty to knock.

01:06:35I'm sorry.

01:06:36I'm not.

01:06:40This is me.

01:06:41You've seen it now.

01:06:45However smart I make myself,

01:06:48I'll always know you've seen me in me full glory.

01:06:52Don't, Ben.

01:06:53I don't mind.

01:06:55No?

01:06:56Well, it's not for you to mind, is it?

01:07:00Now, what do you want?

01:07:01It's not me, it's Mrs. Aggie.

01:07:03She's worried about you.

01:07:05She's no reason to be.

01:07:08Why didn't you tell her what's going on?

01:07:10There's nothing going on.

01:07:11Ben.

01:07:13She's told me that twice a week you get into your smart suit and go out for the whole evening.

01:07:17You don't tell her where you're going.

01:07:19She thinks you've taken up with some woman.

01:07:24Well, have you?

01:07:25She can't be that daft.

01:07:28You've seen me.

01:07:29What do you think?

01:07:30They're queuing up for me favours.

01:07:32Ben, stop it.

01:07:33I can't bear it when you're like this.

01:07:39Going.

01:07:44Aye.

01:07:45Well, there's many things we all have to bear.

01:07:55You see, me mind's working all the time, but it's going round in circles, and the circles are not getting any wider.

01:08:03So, I thought, well, there's many a better man than me started to learn when he was well on in age.

01:08:14So that's what all this is about.

01:08:16I've joined the night class.

01:08:21Oh, Ben, I am glad.

01:08:23Well, why didn't you tell Mrs. Aggie?

01:08:25She'll just think I'm learning to better myself so as I can get away from her.

01:08:29But you're not.

01:08:30I know I'm not.

01:08:31Well, then I think you should tell her.

01:08:36All right.

01:08:38I'll tell her.

01:08:40She's wiser than you give her credit for.

01:08:43Almost as wise as you come to think of it.

01:08:45Me?

01:08:47Wise?

01:08:48Yes.

01:08:50The things you say sometimes.

01:08:53You're summing up of things.

01:08:55Well, she'll have to remember that.

01:08:56Yes, please do.

01:08:58Then perhaps you won't be so silly about...

01:09:00About me crooked body.

01:09:03Yes.

01:09:05I'm silly about it, am I?

01:09:08Yes, you are.

01:09:10It doesn't matter to Mrs. Aggie and me, so why should it matter to anybody else who loves you?

01:09:16Come on.

01:09:17Come on.

01:09:30Master, mistress, we were playing.

01:09:41I should have said you would be on the playing stage, child.

01:09:44And who is this?

01:09:45I'm nursemaid to the children and helper to Mrs. Quentin, ma'am.

01:09:48Speak when you're spoken to.

01:09:51Boy, get the stables.

01:09:53Tell the men the carriage needs attention.

01:09:55Away with you, run!

01:10:03So you like to dance, do you?

01:10:06Yes, sir.

01:10:09Well, I must tell you that your dancing has dislodged your cap.

01:10:12Lovely hell.

01:10:31Come along, children.

01:10:32Any questions?

01:10:43This Public Health Act came in in 48, you say?

01:10:47That's right, Ben.

01:10:48Well, it's had a while, then.

01:10:50What's gone wrong?

01:10:51Well, if the rats have got more living space than most people...

01:10:54Just because something has passed by Parliament,

01:10:57it doesn't mean it'll happen.

01:10:59There's decent, brick-built houses,

01:11:01not half a mile from here.

01:11:03Half of them are empty.

01:11:05Why do you think that is?

01:11:06People preferring what they know.

01:11:09Good.

01:11:09Yes.

01:11:10It's not just the ruling classes who want things to stay as they are.

01:11:14You'd be amazed where some of the opposition to the Child Labour Act came from.

01:11:22See you on Friday, Ben.

01:11:23Aye, you will.

01:11:25And thank you, sir.

01:11:26It's a pleasure teaching you, Ben.

01:11:35Hey!

01:11:37Don't talk to us, then, Mr. Smith, Jones or Robinson.

01:11:40That's you, Nellie.

01:11:41I was away in the clouds.

01:11:43Just been listening to a fella tell us about the new act.

01:11:46Child labour, you know.

01:11:49Interesting, I can tell you.

01:11:50This is me cousin, Ben.

01:11:52This is Beatrice.

01:11:53Hello.

01:11:54Well, you'd think, wouldn't you, that it would go by on the nod,

01:11:57but what a stink.

01:11:59All this new law was saying was that

01:12:01Bairns shouldn't be put to work until they were ten-year-old.

01:12:04Oh, well, me and Bea are all right, then.

01:12:05We didn't start whoring until we were eleven.

01:12:08Is that true?

01:12:11Nell.

01:12:12Would I lie to me on flesh and blood?

01:12:14I'm serious, Nell.

01:12:16Aye.

01:12:16You did?

01:12:18I did.

01:12:19I did.

01:12:20Bea must have been there or thereabouts, wouldn't you?

01:12:21Yeah.

01:12:23Beatrice!

01:12:24Come here!

01:12:26Come here, lass!

01:12:27I didn't know.

01:12:29Come here.

01:12:30It was either that or the workhouse.

01:12:32That or starved.

01:12:34Got to play the cards you're getting.

01:12:36Aye.

01:12:38True enough.

01:12:40Anyway.

01:12:41Nellie!

01:12:41See you.

01:12:43Come on, Nellie!

01:12:43Have you heard anything about young Betty Walton, by the way?

01:12:46Listen.

01:12:48There's no point in asking.

01:12:50She'll be well along the line by now.

01:12:52And don't you start asking either.

01:12:54Not unless you want your other legs shortened for you.

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