All language subtitles for The Flying Nun s01e17 With a Friend Like Him.eng

[barking]

[Jacqueline]
The library of our convent San Tanco

is noted for its many books,

most of them cast-offs
from generous friends.

Unfortunately,

we sisters have
neither the aptitude

nor the time
for library housekeeping.

Which accounts
for the condition it had fallen into.

The book has to be here,
Sister Jacqueline.

Well, I'm sure it is.

Oh, yes. I should have
paid more attention to what was happening in here.

Oh, here it is.

"Church encyclicals
for the past 100 years"

hidden behind
a copy of "great lovers of the silver screen."

Sister Sixto, uh,
did you find the book that you were looking for?

I look on the shelf
under "b" for black beauty.

But, there's only
one book there.

What is it?

Tom swift
and his flying machine.

[giggling]

Well, that's our library.

Sisters, I cannot permit
this situation to go on.

A person who is trained

and--and professional
must be brought in to put this library in order.

Of course,
Reverend Mother.

In fact, I think
that I'll call the bishop right away

and, uh, and then
I'll assign one of our sisters

to assist whomever
they may send.

Come along, sisters.

[both sighing]

Yes, your excellency,
I quite understand.

But are you certain
he is the only professional librarian available?

I see.

Uh, no, no.
We can delay no longer.

Very well, uh,

we will expect him
to report immediately.

Uh, thank you,
your excellency. Good day.

Well, the, uh, bishop
is sending someone to help us with our library.

Good.
Whom is he sending?

Brother Paul Bernardi.

Brother Paul Bernardi?

The bishop assures me
he is the only person available.

But Reverend Mother,
surely you know Brother Paul's reputation?

He's a one-man
disastrous area.

Disaster area, sister.

The day after he started
to work in the library

of the seminary
at San domingo, it burned down.

Because Brother Paul helped
with the outdoor barbecue, and he outdid the charcoal.

[Ana]
And remember what happened to the cathedral at San Pablo?

The one with the famous
stained glass window?

Brother Paul was asked
to cut down a large tree nearby--

and smash
went every stained glass in that window.

Oh, sisters, now I think
we're being unfair to Brother Paul

just because he's had
some hard luck.

Hard luck? Are you forgetting
the monastery at jalapa?

The one
with the collapsed chimney?

Brother Paul?

Brother Paul.

That chimney stood
for 100 years

until he decided
to fix the flue.

Whither he goest,
calamity follows.

Oh, I don't think he's as bad
as his reputation.

And as far as I'm concerned,

I say we all pitch in
and give him a helping hand, huh?

Not all, Sister Bertrille.

You.

I have decided

that you will be
Brother Paul's assistant.

Oh, Reverend Mother,
I don't know anything about fixing up libraries--

Brother Paul
will teach you. Oh?

All right, sisters.
You may go on about your duties.

That will be all,
Sister Bertrille.

[door closes]

Reverend Mother,
I have never questioned any of your decisions

in regard to this convent.

But, uh, a-a-are you aware
of what this could mean?

Having Sister Bertrille
and--and Brother Paul working together?

Yes, Sister Jacqueline,
I am.

It could mean

that for the first time
we might see 2 wrongs make a right.

[birds chirping]

[children exclaiming]

Hi.
Hi.

Uh, excuse me, uh.

Of course.
Hmm.

What are we, uh,
what are we looking at?

Oh, we're not looking
at anything. We're waiting for Brother Paul Bernardi.

Oh, is that
what we're doing?

Hmm.

I hope nothing's
happened to him.

We've heard he's prone
to accidents.

Yes, I suppose I am.

You're
Brother Paul Bernardi?

I thought you'd be
coming in a taxi.

Well, I started to,
but, uh... It broke down?

No. No. It's such a nice day,
I decided to walk.

Oh, well, I'm glad
everything's all right.

This is Sister Sixto
and I'm Sister Bertrille.

I've been assigned
to help you fix up the library.

Oh, how very nice.
I'm pleased to meet you both.

Same to you, brother.

[boy]
Root for me, sister.

Uh, excuse me.

[children exclaiming]

Well, uh, welcome
to the convent San Tanco, Brother Paul.

I'll show you
to your room.

Oh, thank you. I'll, uh,
just drop my suitcase off,

and then pay my respects
to Reverend Mother Placido.

After that, if you'd take me
to the library,

I'm anxious to get to work,
you know?

Right.
All right.

Sister Bertrille,
will you give it a shoe?

She means give it a boot.
Oh, well, let me.

Oh, that's Ok.
I think I'd better do it.

Oh, sister,
if you don't mind.

Shall we go, sister?

Gladly.

Well, this is it.

Ah, this is a challenge.

To put it mildly.

Now, um, first thing
to do is, uh,

we'll dismantle these shelves
and take them out to air,

and then we'll remove
these cartons so the floor can be scrubbed.

Uh, paint the walls...

You are planning
to catalogue the books, aren't you?

Oh, well,
that is the last step.

As my professor
of library science used to say,

"a clean library
is a happy library."

I'll buy that.

Well, shall we get started?

[sighing]

You can't realize
how much I'm gonna enjoy this, sister.

Most places I go
are so, um, neat.

But your library is so...

So magnificently disorganized.

[clattering]

You know, Sister Bertrille,

I have a feeling

this is gonna be
a very fruitful experience to me.

And learning how to take care
of a library won't hurt you either.

Are you sure
about that, Brother Paul?

Now the first thing
we learned in library one was the care of shelves.

All through college
our slogan was, "fight mildew."

I never cared much
for mildew myself.

[gasping]
All right.

I'm glad that's
the last of the shelves. Phew!

[panting]
I'm getting tired.

Yeah.

[panting]
I never dreamed librarians had to work so hard.

I thought all they ever did
was check out books and hush people.

No, there's more to it
than that.

You know,

these shelves
are really beautiful.

Well, if you're
a shelf lover, I suppose you have something there.

No, no, no,
I'm serious, sister.

This--this is, uh,
very fine old wood.

Yeah?

Now, if you want to see
something really lovely,

just, uh, just take a look
at the grain here.

That's grain? I always thought
that was dust.

No, no, no, no. See the, uh,
see the markings follow a definite pattern,

it's, uh, almost like rhythm.
Yeah.

You can't buy shelves
like that these days.

Well, Brother Paul,
things seem to be progressing nicely.

Oh, I, uh, would hope so,
Reverend Mother.

As you know, this conference
of mother superiors lasts only 2 days,

but I'm expecting big changes
in the library by the time I get back.

The library will be
in tip-top shape.

I think I can
guarantee that.

Good.

Oh, uh, h-here, let me
help you, Reverend Mother.

Thank you, Brother Paul.

Well, I must be going.

The sun seems
very bright today.

Are you sure it's all right
to leave those shelves out?

It's the only way
to fight mildew, huh?

If you say so,
Sister Bertrille.

And don't worry about a thing,
Reverend Mother.

Everything will be a-Ok.

Thank you.

Bye.
Bye-bye.

[Jacqueline]
Brother Paul, you need any help?

Whoo!
Yes, you do.

No, I...

I think you do.
Here, let me take these.

Well, those go there.

Ow!

Oh, I'm sorry.

Oh, is this in our library?

Along with a lot of
other choice items.

Now, let's see, uh...
Mmm?

Those are the ones,
uh, we're gonna dispose of.

All right.
And these are the ones worth cataloguing.

Oh, very good. Mmm-hmm.

[Bertrille]
Hi. Oh, hi.

Kind of psychedelic, huh?

Well, I hate to be
critical, sister,

but aesthetically,
you're a nightmare.

I can't wait to see
what it's gonna look like on the walls.

That's the color I mixed.
Book worm blue. It's my own formula.

Well, I think
that's just the color these walls call for.

Now here's a volume
I'll bet you didn't know you had.

"Illuminated manuscripts
of the 13th century."

What's a book like that
doing in our library?

Yeah, I know what you mean.

This happens to be
one of my old school textbooks.

You know, I've always
been interested in the study of old parchments.

Hmm, sounds like
an absorbing study.

You have no idea.

You know, when I finished
my studies, I hoped...

[sighs]

Oh, it was
more of a dream, really,

I'd spend the rest of my life
in the Vatican library

in research
of old manuscripts.

Hmm.

But things haven't worked out
that way somehow.

Yeah, but I bet
a lot of interesting things have happened to you.

Oh, yes. I--I get to travel
a great deal.

You have no idea
how many times I've been transferred.

I can imagine, Brother Paul.

Hey, here's something.

"Ecclesiastical encyclopedia,
20 volumes, 1897."

Oh, something else
we can keep, huh?

On the contrary, sister,
a set as old as that is a menace to education.

No, out it goes.
All right.

[sighs]

Brother Paul,
would you hand me a hammer?

I've got to get
this thing out of the wall.

Here you are.
Thanks.

Oh, sister, let me.
Oh, I can do it.

No, no. That's too big
for you to handle.

Oh, don't, bother--
no, no, Sister Bertrille, I must insist.

Ok.

See, it's really
not too difficult once you know how.

[clearing throat]

Now, I've done it.

You certainly have.

And just when I thought
things were going so well.

It's quite a large hole,
isn't it?

I think
it's the largest hole that wall ever had.

Looks like there's something
inside the wall.

Oh, yeah, stucco
and rocks and boards.

No, no,
I don't mean that. What?

It's an old parchment
like we've been talking about. And there's more.

Hey, how did these
get in here?

I haven't the vaguest idea.

Oh, my gosh.

I'll admit I'm not much
of an authority on old parchments,

but I do know something
about them. Yeah?

These could be priceless.
Well, how do we find out?

I don't know. Let me
take a look at them a little closer.

Ok.

My magnifying glass.
What--what did I do with my magnifying glass?

I don't know.
I put it in my pocket.

Maybe I didn't.
Now, what could I have--

Sister Bertrille,
Sister Bertrille, Brother Paul, come quickly.

What's happened?
Something's happened to the bookshelves.

The bookshelves?
Oh, no. Well, tell us what happened?

Come, you'll see.

[sighing]

I found it.

Marvelous. And you've got
a nice hot sun to fight mildew.

How could such a thing happen?

[sighing]

As if I didn't know.

Brother Paul? Brother Paul,
please come out.

[Paul]
Go away, Sister Bertrille.

I won't go away.
I want to talk to you,

and I will if I have to
stand here and pound on your door all day.

What do you want, sister?

Look, Brother Paul,
there's no reason to act like this

just because
your magnifying glass burned up the bookshelves.

Look, let's face facts.
I'm a walking catastrophe.

That's no reason
to act like this.

After all,
we can buy new bookshelves.

With what?

Has the convent
got any money?

Not at the moment.

As a matter of fact,
not at any moment.

See? Why don't you
please go away

and let me brood over
the utter hopelessness of my situation?

You know something?
I studied about you in psychology 2.

Uh, not you in particular,
but people like you.

My professor told me

that people like you
expect terrible things to happen to them,

so naturally,
they do happen. But you see,

you have to know--

Brother Paul blames himself
for everything.

In fact, in the mood he's in,
he'd blame himself for starting world war ii.

You say he's locked himself
in his room?

Yeah, for practically
the whole day.

I tell you,
I feel so sorry for him.

So do I.

There must be some way
for us to get new bookshelves.

I know.

Why don't we call
the traitor?

What do we need
with a spy...

Oh!

You mean a trader.

That's it.

Swapping Salvador,
the traitor.

Say, maybe she's got
something there.

Well, you know
swapping Salvador

trades anything
for anything to anybody,

anytime and no cash involved.

Well, that's
a good thought, sister.

But what have
we got to trade?

Hmm? Don't worry.
We can dig up something.

Have you got
any bright ideas?

No.

Neither have I.

But I'll come up
with something.

I wonder what she's going to
come up with.

Well, I don't know,
but, uh, what comes up has to come down

and with Sister Bertrille,
it usually comes down with a thud.

Sure.

I've got plenty. About, uh,
10 of my bookcases should do it.

Oh, Señor Salvador,
that's wonderful. I knew we could count on you.

We'll add
an extra prayer. Hold it.

You know my motto.

No cash, no credit,
no prayers. I swap.

Yes, of course.

You've got something?

Sure have.
Right over here.

Books?

What's wrong with books?

Old books at that.

Yes, but don't you see?
That-that's what makes them so valuable.

They contain
the wisdom of the ages. Is that so?

The immortal words
of the world's greatest thinkers

down through history.
Is that so?

The priceless heritage
of those who have lived and died before us.

Is that so?

It's a deal?

I don't want them.

Is that so?

Señor swapping Salvador,
we don't have anything else to swap.

I'm sorry you had to come
all the way out here.

I should've known
you wouldn't want these old books.

Well, now, uh,
wait a minute.

Uh, maybe I was too hasty.

After all, we've been
doing business for years.

Do you remember
when you swapped me that old cement bird bath

for a 2nd hand
refrigerator? Yeah.

Well, I lost money
on that deal, too.

But I don't mind.
I like you.

I like this convent,
I like the sisters,

I like the mother superior
and I even like the kids.

So, I'll swap.

The bookshelves
for these?

That's the deal.

I'll get my helper
to give me a hand with these.

He's in the truck outside.

Right.

Oh, wait till I tell
Brother Paul the good news.

It'll give him
a new lease on life.

Hello, sister.

Hello, Salvador.
How nice to see you.

I understand, uh,
Sister Bertrille made you a deal.

Yes. And I am gypped again.

But you know,
from her, I don't mind.

Well, I--I just wanted
to make sure you got the right books.

Oh, I have
the right books, all right.

The wisdom of the ages.

I see.

And are you going to imbibe
the wisdom of the ages?

I would not know
what to do with it.

But I will get
a few dollars for the books.

Selling them?

Oh, no, sister,
grinding them into pulp.

Oh.

If you will excuse me,

I--I must get these books
on the truck, huh? Oh, yes. Of course.

Thank you.

[Bertrille]
Brother Paul,

when I didn't find you
in your room,

I suspected you were doing
something like this.

Sister Bertrille,

locked in my room
I had time to think.

And I've decided that I liked
your convent too much

to let me happen to it
any longer. So I'm going away.

Oh, boy, are you playing
the martyr bit?

That's not true.
Oh, yes, it is.

So you quit. You're gonna
walk out on us.

You're gonna
throw in the sponge with our library.

Well, what do you
expect me to do when I cindered the shelves?

I expect you to stay
and help us build the new shelves.

New shelves?

Yes. Swapping Salvador
is sending them over

as soon as he gets
back to his store.

Swapping Salvador?

What's that?

It's a he.
And he's a very wonderful human being

who we do business with
whenever we're broke, which is all the time.

Sister Bertrille,
I'm delighted.

Oh, but, uh, what about
the big hole I put in the wall?

We can cover it up.

Speaking about
that large hole,

what about those parchments
you found?

Gee, in my grief,
I forgot about them.

But you're right, sister.
I was a fool to have given up so easily.

Why, if those parchments
are worth what I think they are,

I'll be able
to make up for everything I've done to this convent.

And you were just about
to find out if they were worth anything, remember?

The library.
Let's get back to the library. Yes. Right.

[whistles]

What?
Aren't you forgetting something?

Now, when Sister Ana
ran in to tell us about the, um,

the accident,

I became rather upset.
That's natural.

So I quickly placed
the parchments

in a volume
of an old encyclopedia for safekeeping.

That's logical.

Then I put
the encyclopedia down...

That's smart.

...on this pile of books.

That's terrible.

There--there're
no books.

Of course there're no books,
because that's the pile of discard books

we were gonna
throw away. Well, I realize that now.

I must have been
a bit, uh, confused. Yeah.

Anyway, all is not lost.
Where are the discard books?

Well, they're not here
because we gave them to swapping Salvador

for the new bookshelves.

Sister Jacqueline,
oh.

Were you there
when swapping Salvador

picked up those books?
Mmm-hmm.

Did he tell you
where he was taking them? Yes.

He said he was going to
take them back to his place and grind them into pulp.

What?

I think I'm going to faint.

Well, find yourself
someplace comfortable and lie down and faint.

I've got work to do.

[whirring]

Not that one,
Señor Salvador.

Sister Bertrille,
where did you come from?

Oh, I just dropped in
for that book.

You see, it has
something in it

that we wouldn't want
ground up into pulp.

Oh, sure, sister, sure.

But, is there anything
else you would like? No.

[truck engine starts]

Where's that truck going?

To your convent,
with your library shelves.

Oh, could I hitch a ride?

Sister, do you think
it is proper for a nun

of the convent San Tanco
to ride in a truck?

Señor Salvador,
have you ever seen the nuns of the convent of San Tanco

ride in the station wagon
they ride in?

[birds chirping]

A few days away
and just look at this desk.

Oh, will you
file this away for me, please, Sister Ana?

By the way,
how's our new library coming along?

I don't like to be
the purveyor of bad news, Reverend Mother.

I see.

Brother Paul?

I'm sure Sister Bertrille
tried her very best.

Yes, I'm sure she did.

Come along, sister.
Come with me.

Reverend Mother, I don't think
I'd go in there if I were you.

Sister Ana,

since the first days
of my being assigned to this convent,

I have experienced
hurricanes, tidal waves, and other major disasters

and I think that
I can stand up to

whatever Brother Paul
or Sister Bertrille have done to our library.

Well, I--I just
wanted to spare you.

Thank you, sister.

Hi. Well,
what do you think?

It's absolutely beautiful.

We're rather proud of it.

A place for every book
and every book in its place.

I think these two deserve
a whopping 3 cheers.

I heartily agree.

Brother Paul,
Sister Bertrille,

you've done
a magnificent job.

Haven't they, Sister Ana?

Yes, they have.

Uh, of course. We're not
c-completely through yet.

No, there are
a few more details left.

Oh.

Yes. Uh, such as, uh,
new blinds for the windows.

Yes. These up here
are too worn now.

Oh, here. Let--let me do--
oh, I can do it.

No, no, no, no.
I know how to do it.

No, no, there's
a slight trick to it.

You see, uh, it's very simple.
You just give it a quick tug, like this.

I can't get over it,
a request for me to work in the Vatican library.

Well, what other reward
do you expect

for the discovery
of the famous San Tanco scrolls?

But this was
my life-long ambition.

I--I never thought
I'd realize it.

It's a miracle.

It just goes to show you,

if you're in San Juan,
everything can't be so rotten in Denmark.

What I still can't
figure out is

why those parchments
were placed in the walls.

Well, uh, Brother Paul,
legend has it

that when the pirate lafitte
looted this part of the new world,

many valuables
were placed in the walls of the old buildings.

Many valuables?

Oh, Reverend Mother,
do you think that-- Sister Bertrille.

What?
We are not going to demolish the walls

of this convent
because of a legend.

Uh, Brother Paul,
you will be interested to know

that the San Juan
historical society is going to exhibit

the parchments that you found
to the public

before they're sent on
to the Vatican.

And give the convent
a very nice donation for the privilege.

Thanks to you, Brother Paul.

Oh, it--it was nothing.

I mean,

anybody could have
accidentally broken into the wall like that.

Not anybody,
Brother Paul, not anybody.

Well, I suppose
you're right, sister.

But finding those manuscripts
has given me new courage.

I have a feeling

that there won't be
any more catastrophes in my life.

Well, goodbye to you all

and thanks for everything.

God be with you,
Brother Paul. Thank you.

You know, I'm almost convinced
things will be different with him from now on.

Yes, I think that he probably
has gotten over being accident prone.

Well, I hope--

[screams]

[exclaims]

I wonder if it's catching.

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