All language subtitles for Upstairs Downstairs S05E16 Whither Shall I Wander WEB-DL DDP2 0 H 264-squalor (1)_track3_[eng]

(gentle orchestral music)

- Anything for me?

- No, no I'm sorry,
Miss Georgina.

- Ah, Miss Worsley.

- Good morning, Mr. Geoffrey.

- Well, at last, we've been
able to make some order

out of James' tangled
affairs, but I'm afraid

the report doesn't make
very pleasant reading.

You, Miss Worsley, as
the principal legatee

of Major Bellamy's estate are
the person most concerned.

But, to put it in lay terms,
I'm afraid there won't be

anything left to inherit.

- You mean there won't
be any, any...

-[Geoffrey] Assets?

- Yes.

- There indeed.

Unfortunately, James incurred
a good many debts during

the last few months of his life

and in addition, he was
very generous in loans

to his friends.

- Well, he thought he was rich.

He was rich.

How could he guess that
the crash was coming?

Nobody else did.

- I'm not trying to allocate
blame, my dear Lady Bellamy.

But as executor of your
stepson's estate,

it's my duty to point
out the facts.

- Sir Geoffrey, that
won't mean will it,

that I am liable for
any of his debts?

- Oh no, Miss Worsley, no no.

- Does...

You have taken into account
the sale of the remaining

lease of this house?

I mean, it will definitely
have to be sold.

We've been expecting
it of course.

- Yes, indeed, it will
have to be sold.

In fact, I've been making
some inquiries on that score.

Of course, the property
market is not exactly buoyant

at this moment but, happily,
there is some interest

in houses in Belgravia
such as this

for redevelopment.

- You mean, they'll
pull it down?

- Oh no, to convect into flats,

modernize generally.

I mean, in these days,
when nobody can afford

servants anymore.

- Thank you Hudson, just
leave it there, would you?

- My lady.

-[Lady Bellamy] Coffee,
Sir Geoffrey.

- There's a question on
fixing a date for the auction.

- Auction?

But I thought an agent--

- Of the contents.

- Oh yes.

- But won't Georgina
even get the furniture?

- I'm afraid not.

Everything will have to be
sold to help pay the debts.

By the way, I'd be glad if
you'd make a list of the

goods and chattels
you believe to be

your own personal possessions.

-[Hudson] Yes.

-[Geoffrey] Now,
a suitable date.

- Darling.

- Sir Geoffrey, is there
anything else you need

Georgina for, to sign or?

-[Geoffrey] No, no,
not at the present.

- Then may she be excused?

- Of course.

Now a suitable date
for the sale,

and of course, for
vacant possessions.

- Well, this has all come
at a rather difficult time

for all of us.

All depends if and when
Georgina gets married.

- Oh really?

- To Robert Stockbridge.

-[Geoffrey] I thought that
had all fallen through.

I haven't seen any
announcement in the newspapers.

- There hasn't been one yet.

The Buckminsters sent
Robert abroad

for a few months
to think it over.

He's due back any day now.

And then, they'll
have to decide.

- Well, if I know the Duchess,
it'll be she who'll decide.

- If we could just have
a little longer,

it would be so much more
convenient if Georgina

could be married from here.

- Very well, at your
earliest convenience.

- Well, don't come as
exactly as a surprise, do it?

- No, indeed, it'll
be a very sad day

when we we all have
to leave this house.

At least we can all
be prepared for it.

- That's alright for
you, Mr. Hudson,

but not all of us
have got sisters

who can leave us a
boarding house in Hastings.

- A guest house, Edward.

We aim to attract the
children of the better class

and of course, their
nannies and their governors.

- Are they all parents?

- Oh no, never 100 yards from
the Royal Sussex hotel rules.

- What's it called, Mr. Hudson?

-[Mr. Hudson] The Seaview.

- Oh, so you'll be able
to see all the ships then?

- Well, it doesn't
actually look over the sea.

- But Seaview?

- Well, from the top
bedroom window,

there's a lovely view
of the cliffs.

Over the other houses.

- It's considered better
not to be on the seafront

on account of the storms and
the noise of the traffic.

- But it's all ready to move
into, just whenever you like.

- More or less.

- Quite a lot needing
done to the kitchen.

- And I must admit,
some of the beds

are a trifle old-fashioned.

-[Ruby] Hey, there's
a picture here

of the Marquess of
Stockbridge dancing with

Lady Felicity Counts at a ball.

- That'll be the Earl
of Lebon's daughter.

- Oh she is pretty.

Looks ever so happy.

- That was taken at the
Vice Regal Lodge in Delhi.

Oh weeks and weeks ago.

- Nevertheless, last
year, Lady Felicity

was considered one
of the most popular

debutantes of the season.

- Hmm, and I wouldn't
wonder if that's not but

what the Duke and Duchess
was thinking.

- Poor Miss Georgina.

I don't reckon she's got a hope.

- Ruby, is the milk
on for the cocoa?

- I don't know, Mrs. Bridges.

- You'd better go and
see about it, hadn't you?

Instead of sitting there
talking about things

that is none of your concern.

I don't know that girl.

She wouldn't know Christmas
from Easter.

(knocking on door)

- Good morning, darling.

- Morning.

- I just wondered if you
would be into dinner tonight.

- Yes.

Yes please.

- Good.

Well I won't disturb you.

- You're not disturbing me.

I just can't think what
to write anymore.

I don't even know
where to send it.

- Surely if you just.

- Virginia, I haven't
had a letter from him

for 17 days now.

- Darling, if he's on
the ship, I don't expect

he can write.

- He calls at different
places all the time,

Aden, Port Sidewater.

Lord knows where else.

- Oh yes, but I don't
suppose the post

is very good from those
sort of places

If anything had happened,

I mean if he'd changed his mind,

I'm sure he'd let you know
by cable or something.

- Knowing Robert, I think he,

I think he'd want to
tell me to my face.

- I think he'll want to tell you

that he still loves
you to your face.

- Do you think I should
go on writing then?

- Oh, I'm sure you should.

Oh, where does the
ship arrive at?

- It's due to call at
Plymouth on Thursday

and then comes onto
London the next day.

- Oh, well then just send
it to the P and O office

at Plymouth and put
to await arrival.

- I see the P and O
steamer, Renshee,

called in at Plymouth yesterday

and it's due to dock in
London this afternoon.

The Marquess of Stockbridge
is one of distinguished

names on the passenger list.

- I know, and I haven't
heard a word.

- Yeah, rather like us.

- No luck with your
enquiries, Edward?

- Oh, not a thing Mr. Hudson.

Well, it's not surprising,
I mean,

you've only got to look
through your paper

and see columns of
situations wanted,

nothing in situations vacant.

- No wonder, with over
two million unemployed.

- Oh, Mrs Bridges had
a word with her friend,

Lady Everington and they're
cutting down, even them.

- What we want is a man
like this Mussolini.

Anyone out of work in Italy,

he puts out to making
roads and railway stations.

- I don't want to build
roads and railway stations.

What I don't understand
Mr. Hudson,

where the money's gone to?

One minute, everyone's
rich, they've got gold,

money in the bank,
shares and that,

and then the next minute,
they're skint.

I mean, if they haven't
got it, who has?

Gold doesn't disappear
into thin air.

- It's all the fault of this
socialist government, Edward.

They should never have
gotten rid of Mr. Baldwin.

Though, I see so myself,
Ramsay McDonald

is a disgrace to Scotland.

Still, I've heard tell,
the McDonald's weren't

too steady at Colloten either.

- Daisy, Miss Georgina's
breakfast tray is ready.

- Oh, thank you Mrs. Bridges.

- If you can call it breakfast.

Slice of toast, a pot of tea,

that girl's not eating
enough to keep a mouse alive.

She'll just fade away.

- Oh, Daisy, I really
don't want any breakfast.

- Now you must try to eat
a little, Miss Georgina.

- God, I look 100.

-[Daisy] I'm sure everything
will be alright Miss.

- I'm sure it won't,
Daisy, I'm sure it isn't.

(truck engine)

- What?

- Hello Hudson.

It's nice to see you again.

- Yes, yes, indeed my
Lord, and you too.

I trust you enjoyed.

- Darling, my darling Georgina.

It's alright.

-[Georgina] What?

- It's alright, I saw my
parents in Nice, yesterday

and they've given
us their blessing.

- Nice?

- Yes.

Well they were on the Riviera,

so I nipped off the
boat at Marseille

and came back by train.

It was terribly rough
in chunnel but,

oh darling, they really
were so very decent.

Father is pleased as punch

because he always
was on our side,

never doubted me before.

Mother, Mother was saying it was

never anything to do with you,

but it was me who was the
scatty and unreliable one.

- But that's silly.

- Yes it was, all very silly.

(door shuts)

Mother's deliberately throwing
every suitable girl in my way

from Gibraltar to San Francisco.

I didn't turn a hair.

I passed my test with
flying colors

and darling, darling,
I love you so much.

Are you listening to me?

- No, not really.

Oh, I've spent so long
telling myself

that this wouldn't happen
and now it has.

Oh, I hope I'm not
going to be sick,

I feel all giddy.

I'm sorry darling, I'm
afraid I'm not very well.

- Have you seen a doctor?

- No, it's not that,

it's just that everything
has been so awful.

- Yes, yes I know that.

I nearly came back when,
when it happened

but I thought it would
ruin everything

and Mother would only say
that we've been cheating.

You poor thing, you've
really had a ghastly time.

- I never realized how
much James mattered to me.

I thought I managed to
get him out of myself,

but I suppose our lives had
been mixed up for so long

that burning letters
and throwing things

away wasn't any good.

And then when,

when it actually happened,

I just knew how much
I loved him.

Darling, it's not
how I love you,

it's not a bit like that.

Can't quite explain it,

I feel like a whole part of
me was numb and not working.

Robert, I don't think
I ought to marry you.

- Darling, that's just silly.

- No, what I mean is, I don't
think you ought to marry me.

I'm the scatty, unreliable one,

that's what your mother
thinks and she's right.

I'll be a terrible fluff
as a Marchioness.

- You certainly won't.
- I will.

I don't want to see anyone,
I don't want to do anything.

- Well let's leave
it a day or two.

- It's no good leaving it, we've
been leaving it for months.

Anyway, I can't marry
anyone, I haven't any money.

I can't even pay for
my own wedding dress.

- Now that's absurd.

We'll get married in
the registry office.

- No.

- I don't care to figs
about what people think.

- I do, it matters
terribly to me.

- I could lend you.
- No.

That would be like some sort,

I don't know.

- Well I'm sure the Bellamy's
would insist anyway.

After all, you're Lord
Bellamy's ward

- Yes, I'm sure they will
and I absolutely refuse

to allow them to spend
a penny on me,

I've decided on that.

I'm not going to be
a burden to them.

They've got the children
to look after.

They're pretty broke themselves,

and poor things, they've been
chucked out of this house.

I am not going to be
another burden to them.

- Well, we'll find a way.

The only thing that matters
to me, is that I love you,

I adore you and I want
you to be my wife.

- You see, James was going
to give me my wedding.

Best wedding that's
ever been, he said.

And the awful thing is, he
left me everything in his will,

I mean everything single
thing he had in the world.

What's even more awful, is
that there isn't anything left.

- Darling.

- Nothing, not a thing.

Oh, I can't bare it.

(footsteps)

(door shuts)

- My darling Georgina,
it's alright.

- Those were his Lordship's
very words.

- Oh, they must've
sounded sweet,

in that poor girl's ears.

After all this time waiting.

Oh Mr. Hudson, I suppose
that means the Abbey.

He's a Duke's son.

- Oh, I hardly think
so Mrs. Bridges,

but certainly St. Margaret's,
Westminster,

they're royalty present
and from, shh.

- Oh dear, what have
you got there, Ruby?

- The parsnips, Mrs. Bridges.

- Parsnips, you asked
for parsnips?

- You did, Mrs. Bridges.

- Parsnips with fish?

Parsley, you silly girl.

Parsley for my sole duglere.

Oh, I really think
she's going deaf,

as well as everything else.

- Rose, have you heard
the good news?

- The only news I've heard is

Miss Georgina rushing
past me in tears

and locking herself in her room.

I don't call that good news.

- She's been in a sort
of state, a turmoil,

oh I don't know what
you'd call it, really.

Ever since James killed himself,

but just this last week,

it's become much worse.

I suppose because of
you coming back.

- Yes, obviously.

I see now, that I should
have sent a cable

or something from France,

but I wanted it to
be a surprise.

- Oh poor Robert, I'm sorry
you've come back to all this.

- Well, I'm not going
to give up now.

Not after waiting so long.

Has Georgina seen a doctor?

- She absolutely refuses.

No, it's this thing about
money and James' will,

I'm sure of it, she
goes on and on about it.

- Perhaps she needs a holiday?

- Oh, the Dugdale's asked
her to go to Paris with them.

She wouldn't go, she won't
even go out to the cinema.

- Seems to have an
absolute obsession about

not being able to pay
for the wedding herself.

I mean, as if it really matters.

I know when I suggested
that you and Lord Bellamy

may wish to help, she
jumped down my throat

as if I suggest we'd rob you.

- I'm sure it's all
part of the same thing.

Oh Robert, you look tired.

- Yes, I am.

- Go home and try not to worry.

We're all on your side.

- Will Lord Stockbridge

be stopping for luncheon,
Mr. Hudson?

- No, Mrs. Bridges, he is not.

In fact, I'm sorry to
report that there is to be

no dining room lunch today.

- But my sole.

- Miss Georgina will have
some cold consomme in her room

and her Ladyship, something
on a tray,

in the morning room.

- My sole duglere on a
tray in the morning room,

there's been some tantrums
in this house before now,

but this one takes the cake.

I really think, Mr.
Hudson, it's high time,

we did all pack up.

- Well, I'm absolutely
bamboozled by the whole thing.

-[Lady Bellamy] How was she?

- Absolutely calm.

Said she's sorry she
causes so much trouble,

she wasn't sure if she ever
wanted to marry anyone.

Didn't want to talk about it.

Says she's written
to the Dugdale's,

saying she might go and
stay with them in Paris,

if we were to go ahead with
our plans on leaving the house,

as if she didn't exist.

I mean, it's quite illogical,
it's stupid.

I really believe there's
something in the old wives tale,

that there's a streak of
madness in the Worsley family

and it's coming out
now in Georgina.

- I understand exactly
how she feels.

- You understand?

- Yes.

- Well explain to me,
please explain.

- I can't explain.

Darling, I want you to
look at these estimates

I've been making about
the cost of the wedding,

see if you agree.

- Yes, but if she's not going.

- Ah but we must be prepared
like the boy scouts,

if she does get married,

we must pay for it.

- Well of course,
I'm her guardian.

Somehow or other, I
have to pay for it.

But if she absolutely refuses,

- I want to pay half.

- What?

- I've got some war loan,
that should just about do it.

- I won't let you do it.

- Darling, don't have
to talk about that now,

do look at the estimates.

- Very well.

750 guests at St. Margaret's,
Westminster.

(inaudible) Surely,
everyone would understand,

it's a quiet wedding, a
little church in Southwold?

- Oh no, if it's going
to be done at all,

it's going to be done properly.

- Well, as the whole
thing is pure speculation.

Choir and organist,
seven pounds.

That's a bit steep, isn't it?

- Mm, I checked with a Nun.

- Tip to the Jeff Lowson
Church, ten pounds.

Hired cars, reception,

30 shillings a head?

- That's for the good champagne.

- Oh, quite right.

Bad champagne at a reception,

is the worst start a
marriage can have.

Trousseau and dress, 300 pounds?

What does it all add up to?

- About 1750 pounds.

- I'm beginning to be quite
glad that it may never happen.

- I wouldn't be too
sure about that.

-[Lord Bellamy] But.

- Just leave it me, darling.

- Sir Geoffrey Dillon, my Lady.

- Good morning, Sir Geoffrey.

- Good morning, Lady Bellamy.

- Do please, sit down.

Thanks you, Hudson.

- My Lady.

-[Lady Bellamy] A
glass of sherry?

- No, no, thank you.

My doctor's quite forbidden
any sort of fortified wine.

If I might have some gin and
bitters with a little water?

- Yes, of course.

-[Sir Geoffrey] I have the
lists of goods and chattels,

from your husband, Lady Bellamy.

Rather more comprehensive
than I expected,

but I have no doubt
I should be able to

get them past the creditors.

- Good.

- Now, a suitable
date for the sale.

I presume that's what you
wish to discuss with me?

- No, at least, at
least not entirely.

Sir Geoffrey, you have been
a tireless strength to this

family over the years and I
wanted to ask for your advice

and indeed, your help.

It's about Georgina
and her marriage.

- Oh, I read in the
Time's newspaper last week

that Lord Stockbridge
was back in London,

but not having heard
anything further,

I assumed, to put it frankly,

that the Duchess had won.

- No, I need your
help in a delicate

and very confidential matter.

I want you to write a
letter to Georgina,

officially saying that
you have discovered,

when all was paid off,

that there was still
2000 pounds left,

from James' estate.

- But that's not true.

- No.

Here is a cheque, for 2000
pounds made up to your firm.

- Are you asking me to enter
into a conspiracy with you?

- (laughs) Well that's
one way of putting it,

a completely innocent one.

- You're asking me to
utter a lie, in writing.

- Oh, but a lie isn't
a crime, is it?

Especially if it's only
a little white lie.

- This is most unprofessional.

If the Law Society would
to hear of it.

- They won't, only you
and I and Richard,

will ever know of it.

- But if the creditors
heard about it,

they'd very rightly
want to know.

- They won't, I will
see to that.

- Can you tell me

the reason for this escapade?

- I'm sorry, I can't.

But I can assure you
that we should always be

very grateful to you
for your courage.

I know that Georgina will
always remain your client

and of course one day,
with your help,

she will be a Duchess.

- Morning, Daisy.

How did you get on yesterday?

- We went to two more agencies

and they wouldn't even
put us on their books,

when they heard we was married.

It was like having leprosy
or something,

they just said they was full up.

Then we went to the town hall

and they said Edward would
get 17 bob a week on the door,

another nine bob for me.

So, we just had a cup
of tea and a bun,

come home and then he
talked about emigrating.

- I think I'll have to join you.

Oh, Daisy!

- Yes, Miss?

- Dressing gown please,
dressing gown, thank you.

Oh, I'm sorry, Hudson.

Oh, something quite fabulously
extraordinary has happened.

- 2000 pounds?

Apparently Georgina's
inherited 2000 pounds,

left after James' estate
has wound up.

- Darling, how wonderful.

- Do you think it would be
terribly, wickedly, selfishly

extravagant, to spend
it on getting married?

- Oh no, of course not.

- It's just want James would
want you to spend it on.

- Oh, that's exactly
what I'd hope you'd say.

Oh, Uncle Richard.

- St Margaret's, as I thought,

and then the reception at
Seaford House, very nice.

- The Bellamy's was
always personal friends

of Lord and Lady Attenborough.

- Mrs. Bridges, her Ladyship
would like to

see you in the morning room.

- Whatever for?

We've done the ordering
of the meals hours ago.

- Oh, I don't know, I'm sure.

- Oh dear.

- Oh, Viscount and Viscountess
Bellamy of Haversham,

request the pleasure
of your company

at the marriage of Miss
Georgina Worsley,

well that's a wrong
way of putting it.

- What's so wrong
about it, Rose?

- Well now come, Viscount
and Viscountess Bellamy

request the pleasure.

- That is a great
form of address.

- We all know Miss
Georgina's paying for it.

- Really, Rose, I would
have thought by now,

you would understand
that in society,

while certain things are
steadied in black and white,

certain other things are not.

- Ah, Mrs. Bridges.

- You wished to speak
to me, my Lady?

- Yes, Mrs. Bridges,

it's about the wedding.

- Oh.

- It's sad we can't
have the reception here,

but there simply
wouldn't be room.

- Oh, of course not my Lady.

Disappointing but
understandable.

- Of course, we shall
have to have caterists

to do the reception.

- Oh yes, yes.

- But, what I was wondering,

I know Miss Georgina
would like it so much,

if you could undertake
to make the cake.

- The cake, my Lady?

The wedding cake?

Oh my Lord.

Forgive me, my Lady,

well of course, I
should be honored

and delighted to do it, my Lady.

But, it would have to
be a pretty big size.

- Oh, I think the bigger
the better, Mrs. Bridges.

- Well, I've never done more
than a two tier before now.

Of course, I have
seen a four tier.

Princess Mary had a four tier

when she married Viscount
Lascelles.

I remember seeing an
illustration of it in the news.

- Do you think you could manage
a four tier, Mrs. Bridges?

- Well, I'll try m'Lady.

Mind you, it will be pretty
costly, all that marzipan.

- Don't worry about that.

- And we'll have to
hire a super stand

and a turn table.

- A turntable?

- Yes, for the decorating.

- Oh, I see.

- Oh, I know, I can borrow one
from my friend, the Gunter's.

- Good, well, there we are
then, good luck Mrs. Bridges.

- Oh, well, thank you m'Lady.

I haven't opened this
book for donkey's years.

Not since Miss Elizabeth
got married.

Yes, that's the one.

That's the one I'll
try, the imperial.

- We'll never manage
that, Mrs. Bridges.

- Won't we, I will.

Just look at that list
of ingredients.

Four pounds, lemon
and orange peel,

eight pounds, citron,

16 pounds, currants.

Just fancy that, 16
pounds, currants.

Alright, Ruby, now you
get out every baking tin

we've got in this house
and start cleaning them.

- Yes, Mrs. Bridges.

-[Hudson] Oh, thank you Rose.

- Rose, Mr. Hudson, we're
going to work for them.

They've asked us
to work for them.

- Who's them, then?

- Miss Georgina.

- Yeah, they've just hired us in

and they're going to me
into a house on the estate

and they said there's
a small cottage,

if we didn't mind living
in the country.

- Mind, we wouldn't mind
living in an old tin shack.

- He said he didn't
require a chauffer anymore

because he likes
to drive himself,

but they were sort of looking
for a general man servant.

- I presume he meant butler.

-[Edward] Well, he didn't
exactly say that Mr. Hudson.

- I think you should
make that very clear.

- I don't know, beggars
can't be choosers.

- There is such a thing as
dignity and respect, Edward.

- Miss Georgina said
she wants me to be her

head house-parlourmaid,

but if we were start
a baby or anything,

it would be quite alright,

they'd always look after us.

- Oh, that's good news,
very good news.

- Daisy, what you crying for?

- Oh, you don't understand.

- Well then, Ruby,

what are you going to be
doing with yourself, eh?

- I haven't really thought,
Mrs. Bridges.

- Well, it's high time you
started to think, isn't it?

- Well, I thought I might
be an usherette at cinema.

See all films free,
12 times a week.

- Still got Rudolph
Valentino on the brain, eh?

- Rudolph Valentino,
oh he's gone west.

Oh no, it's talkies
now, Mrs. Bridges,

it's Raymond Umbara and
Douglas Fairbanks.

Who's lovely as Douglas
Fairbanks?

- And Clara Bow and
Janet Gaynor, eh?

- And they want girls
to sell ice cream.

- Ice cream?

- (laughs) Stop Ruby and
buy one Mrs. Bridges.

- Oh now don't you encourage
her, Edward.

Now come on Ruby.

You pick over all these
currents and then clean them.

I don't know, I'm sure.

- May I suggest this
tie, my Lord?

- Yes, I like that.

Something somber.

Quite an important day
for me today, Hudson.

Making my last speech
on the front bench

in the House of Lords,
this afternoon.

- So I read, my Lord.

It's a sad day for the
conservative party

and for the nation,
if I may say so.

- Oh, nonsense, high time I
made way for someone younger.

Anyways, I quite look forward

to my quiet life in the country.

So much writing to do,

all my memoirs.

- Yes, indeed, my Lord.

We have been privileged to live
through some stirring times.

- Yes, we've seen quite a
lot of history together,

haven't we Hudson?

I shall very much
miss you, Hudson,

you and Mrs. Bridges.

No one's been luckier with
our sums than we have.

I only wish there was
some more material way,

in which we could show
our appreciation.

- Oh, that's quite
alright, my Lord.

Mrs. Bridges and I are very
well placed, in that respect.

- Just look at all those suits,

you've never let me get rid
of a suit, have you Hudson?

Like an old magpie.

Well, we must sort
them out sometime.

I only need a quarter of them.

If there's any one or two that
might be of any use to you,

well you just have
to say something.

- That is exceedingly
kind of you, my Lord.

- I've sifted the icing
sugar, Mrs. Bridges.

- Oh, get out of
my kitchen Ruby.

I can't have anybody
while I'm doing this.

You can separate the
whites of four eggs,

but don't do it in here!

- Yes, no, Mrs. Bridges.

- Oh, Rose, I'm afraid
I won't have time to

go through all those
drawers with you today,

after all I'm completely
snowed under

with these wedding invitations.

- (laughs) I can see
that, my Lady.

- Rose?

We deal with all this
huffle and kerfuffle,

I haven't really had the chance

to talk to you about the future,

I mean you future.

I'm afraid his Lordship and I,

had rather taken it for
granted, that you'd be

coming down Dorset with us.

- Oh.

- The trouble is Rose,

that we should be living
a much more quiet, modest,

sort of life from now on.

-[Rose] Yes, of course, my Lady.

- We shall have to manage
with far fewer servants,

just a cook, a girl
from the village.

It's just your own position,

you'll have your own
room, of course,

but I want you to feel
completely free to go elsewhere.

- Oh, don't you worry
about that, my Lady,

I can turn my hand to
most things in the house,

barring cooking, that is.

I don't even think I
could cook a boiled egg.

But I used to be quite a
dove hand in the garden.

Do you know when I was at the
village school in Southwold,

each of us had a little
garden in the playground

and one year, I won the prize,

near six pence it was.

I think I still got it
with my things upstairs.

So, I'm quite looking
forward to it all,

taking care of Miss
Alice and Master William.

- You're one of the
family anyway, Rose.

- Oh, so sorry I'm
late Virginia,

only Monsieur Patou is making
my wedding dress himself

and he's such a fusspot.

- Beg pardon, my Lady.

- Thank you, Hudson, come
on Virginia, I'll help you.

- Well so far, we've
372 acceptances

and 31 refusals.

- Oh Lord, they'll never
all fit in the church.

Do you know the Duchess told me,

that the tiara is so valuable,

it will have to be brought
from the bank

by a special man on the day.

(whispering)

- Oh, m'Lord, m'Lady.

- Mrs. Bridges, come
to see the great cake.

- It's truly wonderful,
Mrs. Bridges.

-[Lord Bellamy] I really
think you ought to ask

Miss Georgina to come down.

- Oh no, m'Lord, that
would never do.

A bride must never see her
cake before the wedding day.

- I really think it's your
masterpiece, Mrs. Bridges.

- That's what we've all
been saying, my Lady.

(laughing)

- I don't know, I'm sure.

(laughing)

(people chatting)

- Oh, it's the sweeper.

(laughing)

Ah, very good, thank you sir.

(inaudible)

(car doors shutting)

(people chatting)

- It's so over sumptuous,

but ain't nothing like it.

-[Ruby] Have I got too
much lipstick on, Rose?

- It's in 22, eh?

(people chatting)

Lilies.

You can take just one.

(people chatting)

- Ruby.

(everyone complimenting at once)

- On behalf of all the
staff 165 Eaton Place,

I would your Lordship
and your Ladyship,

health, wealth, and long
lasting happiness

throughout your lives.
- Yes, indeed.

- I can assure you that I
will look after my wife,

the best I can.

But I would like
to say thank you

for looking after her so
very well, up til now.

I hope we see a lot
of you in the future

and perhaps one day,

our children will
be lucky enough to

enjoy Mrs. Bridges
wonderful cooking.

- Oh, thank you.

- When they go down to
Seaview for their holidays.

(laughing)

Well darling, I should we
should fetch the photographer.

- Thank you all, for
your good wishes.

-[All] My Lady, my Lord.

- Ah, the cake.

Mmm, delicious Mrs. Bridges.

- Oh, thank you, Mr.
Hudson (laughs).

(people chatting)

- He's so like his mother,
isn't he, the Duchess.

-[Rose] Oh, I reckon that'll
turn out really nice.

- Ruby.

- It's to put in me pinner,
Mrs. Bridges.

- Shh.

- Simply everybody who
is everybody, is here.

If you dropped a bomb
on that church,

there wouldn't be anyone
left in society.

- Best as well they didn't,

I'd be deprived of
90% of my clients.

- Did you see Laura
Collins' hat?

All that fruit, she looked
like Jackson's window (laughs).

- Nancy Attenborough,
all in white, at her age.

A verger for a moment,
thought she was the bride.

- Shh.

(camera shutter)

-[Lord Bellamy] I've
rung for them.

I really can't believe it.

- It's true darling,
Rose told me

and she was there.

That's the best one,

doesn't make me look
quite so grim.

I think I shall order that one.

- I can't think why
nobody told us.

- I suppose they didn't want
to make us feel in any way.

- Hudson, come in.

Congratulations, marvelous news.

- Thank you, my Lord.

- Where's the bride?

- Mrs. Hudson is
outside, my Lord.

- Our very best wishes
to you both.

- Thank you, m'Lady.
- Thank you.

It's taken a wee while to get
her to the alter, my Lady,

but I managed it at last.

All official (laughs),
she can't get away now.

- It didn't take more
than a few minutes, m'Lady

and it was no worse than
going to the dentist.

(laughing)

The man was ever so nice.

He said in the eyes of the Lord,

better late than never.

-[Lord Bellamy] Well,
come in sit down,

we'll have some sherry.

- Thank you, m'Lord,
thank you, m'Lady.

- Oh, we wish to apologize,
my Lord,

for not informing you
or her Ladyship

of our intended marriage.

-[Lord Bellamy] Oh,
nonsense Hudson.

Anyway, since last Monday,

you aren't officially
my employee anymore.

- Thank you, my Lord.

- To Mr. and Mrs. Hudson.

-[Both] Thank you.

- We thought it best, my Lord,

seeing that we were about to
enter a new social circle,

in which being strangers,

our relationship might
be misinterpreted.

- They have such evil
minds, some of these people,

with nothing better to do in
these small places by the sea.

I'd remember once,
during the war,

I went down to visit my
sister and my brother-in-law,

at Yarmouth, it was after
one of them big air raids

and a woman in the next
street had been killed

and she was found stone
dead in bed with.

- Well, that's a
long story, Kate,

perhaps for another
time (laughs).

It's nearly half past 12
and luncheon is at one.

- Oh my Lord and I've
bet Ruby's, oh.

I do beg your pardon, m'Lady.

- Of course, we must
think of something

as a wedding present,

but if they are any
pots and pans

and kitchen things you would
like to stock your guest house,

please do help yourselves.

- Oh, thank you, m'Lady.
- Thank you, my Lady.

My, Lord.

- Well Hudson, have
a proper celebration

in the servants hall
tonight, won't you.

- Thank you, my Lord, my Lady.

- He made an honest
woman of her,

after all these years.

And only because of
what people might think.

What funny people we are.

Goodness, it would have made.

- You were going to say it
would have made Marjorie laugh.

- Yes, I was.

- I don't mind, I've
never minded.

If they're as happy as
you and I have been,

they'll be very lucky.

* For they are jolly
good fellows

* And so say all of us

- Thank you, thank you.
(laughing)

- Thank you, thank you.

- Well, now what about
one more wee drink?

- Oh yes, more beer
please, Edward.

- You've had enough.

- Well, I think I could
do with a drop more gin.

They say it's good for
the indigestion.

(laughing)

-[Daisy] Mr. Hudson, Eddie's
got something you show you,

have you Ed?

- Oh, not now Daisy,
it's too late.

-[Daisy] No, it's not, go on.

- What is it?

- You'll see, you'll
all see in a moment.

- Well, of all the
celebrations we've ever had,

in this here room,

I think this is the nicest.

- Oh, thank you Rose.

-[Daisy] And so do I.

- I like the one we
had when the war ended.

- Oh, Ruby.

Do you remember when Sarah
and Thomas got married

and come back here,
Mrs. B, Mrs. H.

(laughing)

- Oh, I'll never forget it,

in all me born days.

And the master walked
down the stairs,

with Lady Marjorie,

and they were singing
that rude song

and how did it go now?

* What are we going to
do with Uncle something

- Arthur.

-[All] Arthur!

* What are we going
to with Uncle Arthur

* La da da da da da

- Edward.

- My new coat, Mr. Hudson.

- Fits like a glove,
it's tailored made.

- I told Lord Stockbridge
what you said

and he said, if that's
Hudson's advice, we'll take it.

- Ah, it suits you well
enough, I'll say that.

But always wear a winged
collar with a tail coat,

remember that Edward.

None of your mop and
slipshot flap things.

- Yes, Mr. Hudson.

- I must be honest,

when you first came here Edward,

I'd never though you'd
make a butler.

- I'm not a butler
yet, Mr. Hudson.

- Oh, yes you are.

If wear that coat, that
is your badge of office,

so to speak, you are
a butler, the butler.

You're the one in charge,
in the house.

A great responsibility will
rest on your shoulders,

a great deal of worry.

If anything goes wrong, if
you're fault, no one else's
mind.

If standard falls,
it's your fault.

You inherit a great
tradition, many centuries old

and I hope the training I've
done my best to give you,

will always stand you
in good standard.

When you're in trouble
and doubt,

try to think of what my actions

would have been in
the circumstances.

And happily, there are
not so many households

that can still afford
proper servants.

The whole world we have known

seems to be falling
about arrear.

You're one of the lucky
ones, Edward.

One day, you may be butler
in a Duke household,

it's a great honor, great
responsibility.

Make sure you are always
worthy of it.

- Yes, Mr. Hudson.

- I've got a wee gift for you.

A legacy, you might
almost call it.

- But that's your pantry
book, Mr. Hudson.

-[Daisy] Edward.

- Oh no, Mr. Hudson,
I really couldn't.

- Go on.

Go on my boy, take
it, my blessing.

There's a few wee
wrinkles in there,

the modern generation
don't know much about.

- Thanks ever so
much, Mr. Hudson.

- Well, if you'll excuse us,

I think we must be going over.

We've got to be off first thing.

- That's right, yes.

- Well, come on Eddie,
let's clear the table.

- No, no, you don't,
not on your last night.

- No, don't worry
Daisy, I'll do it.

- No, you won't either, Rose.

- But.

- You've got all that packing
to do for her Ladyship.

(laughing)

- Goodnight Mrs. Bridges.

- Goodnight Edward.

- Goodnight Mr. Hudson,
Mrs. Hudson.

- Goodnight Daisy.

- Goodnight Mr. Hudson.

- Goodnight Rose.

- Goodnight Mrs. B.

- What are we going
to do about her?

- I'm sure I don't know Kate.

- We can't leave her
running about the streets

like a stray dog.

She'd no more be able to fend
for herself in this town,

than an ostrich would.

We'll have to take her with us.

- Well, why not?

She can always do some of the
washing and the heavy work,

same as she does here.

- Oh, I didn't mean it
like that, Mr. Hudson,

not like that at all.

I meant, Christian charity.

- Yes, yes of course.

- Well, we better get on
with clearing some of this.

- (laughs) Well, that's
the first time I've ever

seen you clearing
this table, Kate.

- Well, it won't
be the last time.

I'm a housewife now, you know.

- Ah, I'll get a tray,
my dear, give you a hand.

- What's up?

- We're doing your
work for you, Ruby.

That's what's up.

- My Lady, everything is ready.

- Yes, thank you Hudson.

Goodbye Hudson.

-[Mr. Hudson] Goodbye, my Lord.

Goodbye, my Lady.

- Goodbye Hudson.

(footsteps)

-[Rose] What you doing?

- I taking this with me.

- I thought they said
kitchen things?

- This is a kitchen thing.

Anyway, I couldn't possibly
tell the time

without that clock.

After all these year, I'm
not gonna let them take it.

- Ruby!

Mr. Hudson says they'll
leave without you,

if you don't hurry.

- I can't shut this, Rose.

- Well of course you can't,
look at all the jumble.

You're a lucky girl,
Ruby, going with them.

- Oh well, they said
they wanted me,

so I thought I'd better go.

I mean, they're both
old, aren't they,

as if they didn't
have long to go

and then when they've gone,

I'll have the guest house
all to me self.

- Come on!

(door shuts)

(crying)

(car engine)

(footsteps)

-[Rose Voiceover] I shall
be brushing and dusting,

in the drawing room and
the morning room, oh go on.

-[Sarah Voiceover]
Uh, then, upstairs

and clean out the grates and
relay and light the fires.

-[Rose Voiceover] You've
got to promise me one thing.

-[Sarah Voiceover] Got to
behave myself, don't I?

-[Rose Voiceover] You
really have got to

this time, Sarah, it's serious.

-[Sarah Voiceover] I
will, Rose, I promise.

(door shuts)

-[Rose Voiceover]
Who is it, Lily?

Who ya seeing on your
afternoons off?

I won't tell, but I know
there's somebody.

-[Lily Voiceover] I'd
rather not say, Rose.

-[Rose Voiceover] It's
Mr. Hudson, innit?

Is it, it's best to be truthful.

(footsteps)

- [Mr. Hudson Voiceover]
If her Ladyship had lived,

that young woman,
respectable as she may be,

would never have sat at
the head of the table

of this house, you mark my
words, Rose, not Miss Forest.

-[Rose Voiceover] There you
go again with her Ladyship,

what would her Ladyship
have done,

what would her Ladyship
have said?

Her Ladyship's dead and
gone, Mr. Hudson,

and Mrs. Bellamy is the
mistress of this house now

and as such, should back
her up and over,

not going saying wicked
things about her,

behind her back!

- [Mr. Hudson Voiceover]
Stop yelling at the

top of your voice, Rose!

Unless you want everyone
in the house to hear.

(footsteps)

- [Lady Bellamy Voiceover]
Rose, how do you

find the new girl?

-[Rose Voiceover] Quite
satisfactory, my Lady.

- [Lady Bellamy Voiceover] I
hope you're looking after her.

-[Rose Voiceover] Of
course, my Lady.

(footsteps)

What I can't understand is,

how a great big ship
like that, could go down?

Not just hitting
a little iceberg.

(blinds closing)

(footsteps)

(window shutting)

Just think, in a few
hours from now,

the King of England's,

posterior shall occupy
this very chair.

- [Mr. Hudson Voiceover]
This is hardly the moment

for such reflection, Rose,

you've still got the flowers
to do in the drawing room,

the coffee, all the
polishing in the front hall

and the landing, and
the drawing room.

(door shuts)

(footsteps)

-[Ruby Voiceover] Mrs. Bridges,

the tartlet should be ready now.

- [Mrs. Bridges Voiceover]
Ruby, don't interfere.

(multiple flashback voiceovers)

- [Mr. Hudson Voiceover] You
too, have made your sacrifice.

You have given the
man you loved,

the safe and future for others.

You musn't forget that.

It puts you in a very
special position.

(whispering voiceover)

Among the gallant women
who have given and lost

their nearest and dearest.

You should feel very
proud, Rose, very proud.

(footsteps)

(door slams shut)

(car engine)

(gentle orchestra music)