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Bonjour, Irene. Ca va?

Morning, Mam'zelle. Are you feeling prepared for today?

I think so. This must be my 100th hour of revision.

I've always known getting into the Conservatoire is tricky,

but this is so hard.

Try to enjoy it. This is your chance to show everyone what you can do.

I just wish I didn't have to take a theory test.

I'd stand a good chance if I only had to play the piano.

Cadences, chord progressions, counter melodies...

My brain's all muddled.

What if I fail?

Believe in yourself. Mm?

And Alicia will be joining you for her Oxford entrance papers.

You will be in it together.

What? No. Alicia is so confident.

She aces every exam, hardly revising at all,

and she'll be sitting next to me whizzing through all her answers.

Enough.

You are stuck in your head.

You must get some air.

Calm your nerves, hmm?

So, your exam is at three o'clock.

Mr Parker will be overseeing your exam in his classroom.

And after, we will have tea to celebrate. Mm?

So, at four.

Irene, are you listening?

Erm, Mr Parker's classroom. Got it.

Tres bien. But I mean it, huh? Take a break.

Allez, allez.

I will see you at four.

SHE SIGHS Four o'clock it is.

No, no, no, no, no...

Oh! It's you.

Hello, Gwen.

Are you a street performer now?

Uh, actually, I'm in a band.

We're performing down at the quay - today.

I'm the lead singer.

"Ron And The Fisherboys."

Well, I never!

Are you doing anything in particular this afternoon?

Erm....

You know, this and that.

Would you maybe want to come and...?

Ron, I didn't know you played guitar.

He's in a band. Didn't you know?

A band. How thrilling.

Actually, I was wondering,

do you think I could borrow a washboard from your matron?

Washing is a lady's responsibility.

Or a maid's, at the very least.

Not for laundry. It's Fred's instrument.

I can get you a washboard. I need a distraction.

Thanks, Irene.

You were saying?

Uh, right. Yeah. Erm...do you fancy coming to watch the concert?

Mm? It'd be good to get a friendly crowd along.

Irene could come, too. Darrell. Everyone's welcome.

I see. Erm...

Thank you, but I'm not sure

that a local fishing band is quite my thing.

Mother wrote back about the time capsule.

Gosh, that was fast.

Of course she won't tell me where it is. She sent us a riddle.

Oh. Once a Malory girl, always a Malory girl.

But why are we at Lady Jane's portraits?

Listen to this.

"I hide beneath a symbol of our Lady.

"She loves the sun, but my home is shady.

"If you want to find me, you must use your head.

"My treasure sleeps in the Lady Jane bed."

Hmm. Sounds simple enough.

The time capsule was in Lady Jane's bed.

Must be. Though I've never spotted

a centuries-old bed in a school before.

This seemed a pretty good place to start.

Uh, should we tell Alicia?

Oh, she'll be too busy with her big exam.

Besides, she'd only take over. We'll find it, then show her.

All right. The search can begin after morning lessons.

THEY LAUGH

on the deep blue sea

Don't stop on my account.

One washboard at your service.

Thanks, Irene.

Did you write that song? I like the sound of it.

It's not finished.

I wanted to play something original with the boys later,

but it needs jazzing up.

Maybe I could help.

It's not your kind of music.

I like all kinds of music.

And you'd be doing me a favour. I need my mind taking off theory.

All right.

The verse works, but I struggle getting into the chorus.

on the deep blue sea

See, it's no good. No, no, no. The melody's lovely.

I was just thinking, what if you used a dominant 7th?

The what?

I don't know the proper names.

I make it up as I go.

Oh, I've been studying chord progressions,

and a dominant 7th is just a flattened 7th,

but below the octave.

For example, uh, you'd go...

..before you go into the chorus.

HE REPEATS MELODY

Mm-hm. And then try leading in.

SHE HUMS MELODY

And then try all the notes together...

..and there's the chord.

on the deep blue sea

SHE CHUCKLES You're brilliant.

Could you help me make it all sound good?

Give me an hour. I do my best work at the piano.

I'll meet you back here.

HE HUMS MELODY

HE PLAYS MELODY

It took me ages to find my history notes.

Turns out they'd fallen down the side of my bed.

Only you could be this relaxed on the morning of a huge exam.

Bring it on. One little test and I'll be an Oxford girl.

What's this? Ron And The Fisherboys.

Darrell, don't snatch. Ron's in a band?

Not a proper band.

Fred plays the washboard. What sort of instrument is that?

We have to go. The perks of being a sixth-former at last.

Sorry to miss it, but there's plenty of bands playing at Oxford.

It looks like you'll be going on your own, then.

You're not coming?

Absolutely not. It's bound to be a complete embarrassment.

Alicia, I wanted to check you're all set.

The Oxford General Paper can play havoc

on the student's nervous system.

Don't worry, Mr Parker. I like exams and exams like me.

This isn't your average exam.

The selection process is extremely strict.

It's a privilege to even be in with a shot.

I know. We're heading to the library now.

And then the cadence takes us from the bridge into the chorus

with a countermelody in the 3rd above.

I don't get any of what you just said.

Sorry. This isn't going to work, is it?

I've got classical theory going round and round in my head.

Wait. It sounded amazing.

But what is a cadence?

Oh, it's the chords at the end of a phrase.

There are four kinds -

plagal, perfect, imperfect and interrupted.

I see. Which one are we doing?

Imperfect. It's just like telling people the song isn't over yet.

Being a professional musician - it's got to be the dream.

It is.

It really is. But I miss playing for fun, though.

Here's the piano part.

Oh. Erm...

Erm, that's amazing, but George can't read music either.

We all learned to play by ear.

You could teach him before the gig, though.

I don't know.

You've got to come, Irene.

They've got some great performers lined up.

You'd enjoy it.

I would love to see a live band.

Old school documents. There might be a floor plan -

so we can work out where her bedroom was.

JUNE COUGHS

Does she look familiar to you?

Don't think so. She looks young, whoever she is. About our age.

Oh, my gosh.

The initials on the back - JM.

Jane Malory.

Let's see.

Lady Jane.

The reflection. June, look, I think it's her bedroom.

The mirror behind her. I think that's her bed.

You're right. Now we know what it looks like.

Let's try the attic.

Alicia will be so impressed.

The train blasts steam

Where Lady Jane dreams

Can you please stop singing and banging around?

I have an examine in two hours and I can't focus.

Sorry. You didn't seem worried about revising yesterday

when you were playing tennis.

I'm serious, June. Gwen!

These two have been making a racket and there's exams taking place.

They need to be supervised.

What? Come on, Alicia.

I have somewhere to be.

What? Where?

I knew you wanted to go see Ron's band.

I do not. Gwen, please, I'm begging you. This is my future.

What's got into you? Don't listen to her, Gwen.

This is your free afternoon. You should go and see Ron's band.

Right, if someone mentions Ron's band one more time,

it's going to be an order mark.

Perfect! Then you have to chaperone them.

And keep them quiet.

To the dorm, now. I am not running around after you two.

Gwen, please, you don't understand. We're getting so close to...

Felicity Rivers, just because your sister is head girl

does not mean that you get special treatment.

I am deputy head girl. Do as I say.

Oh! Sorry we're late!

Is it too late for me to teach George?

It doesn't matter now.

George can't make it. We can't play.

Oh.

Well, maybe I could play the song with you?

Really? You'd do that?

I've never played modern music in front of an audience before,

but I'll give it a go.

What about your exam? Plenty of time.

And it takes just as long to play your song as it does to watch.

OUR song, you mean.

Well, then it's settled. Irene, welcome to the band.

OK. Let's go.

We could have found it by now.

We need to find a way out of here somehow,

and search the attic while we can.

How could someone hide a time capsule in a bed?

Depends how big it is, I suppose. And what's in it.

Perhaps they stuffed it under the mattress.

If they did that, the mouse would have eaten it.

Aw, j'aime beaucoup les souris!

SNAP!

I said SILENT recreation.

Gwen, have you seen Irene?

I thought we could test each other.

She's trotted off to the concert with Darrell.

To the quay? But our exam's in less than an hour.

That's not true. She said it starts at four.

She's wrong. It finishes at four.

This is a nightmare. Gwen, you have to go get her.

Alicia, I'm getting rather bored of you bossing me around.

This is urgent. I can't go get her. I'll miss MY exam.

And you can't tell the teachers. She'll be in so much trouble.

And only the sixth can go to the quay alone.

Sh! How am I meant to get her back here in time?

You could borrow Darrell's bicycle.

Well, it doesn't seem I have very much choice.

You have to go outside before my exams are finished.

You too, Felicity. Outside? There can't be any noise.

But we... No buts.

Come on.

SNAP!

Sh!

APPLAUSE

Come on, boys.

All right, you'll be fine. Don't worry.

Just as we rehearsed.

Good luck, everyone.

You'll be great, Irene. Enjoy it.

Ladies and gents, we are Ron And The...

Sorry. HE CHUCKLES

For one time only, anyway,

we are Irene And The Fisherboys.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

This is our new song, Deep Blue Sea.

Two, three, four...

My heart is swimming

HE PLAYS WRONG CHORD

BAND FALTERS

HE TRIES DIFFERENT CHORDS

Don't worry. Stick with it, Ron.

Erm... Here.

BAND STARTS UP AGAIN

on the deep

SHE HARMONISES

casting my net wide

MUFFLED BAND ECHOS

on the deep blue sea

on the deep

on the deep blue sea

Ha-ha!

on the deep blue sea

day on the deep

on the deep

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Alicia may have sent us outside,

but what were you thinking?

That Lady Jane slept in a barn?

It seemed worth a try.

There's so much old junk in here.

I've got a better idea.

How about we call off the search today and go for a swim?

What's this?

These ones are leaning on something.

Help me.

I don't believe it.

Do you think it's hers?

It has to be.

Something's engraved on the headboard.

"LJM." Lady Jane Malory.

This was her bed.

So where's the time capsule?

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Encore! Encore!

Encore! Encore! CHEERING

Once more from the bridge?

Mm-hm.

Gwen, you came after all! Where's Irene?

What is she doing up there?

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Go, Irene And The Fisherboys!

Irene, Alicia asked me to come and fetch you.

Your exam is starting in half an hour.

What? Oh, no. I must have got the times mixed up.

I'll never make it back in time. You will if you take the bicycle.

Hurry!

Just the one song, then? Should we head back to school?

Erm...

No.

No. I'm too tired to go back just yet.

Fetch me a lemonade, will you?

Well done, boys. Well done.

It's not here. We should head back.

Wait.

Something moved.

It's a hidden compartment.

There's a note inside.

Irene. It is past three!

I'm so sorry, I got the time wrong. I thought I'd make it back in time.

Back from where?

DOOR OPENS

You're late, Irene. Alicia's already started.

So sorry, Mr Parker.

In you come. Quickly. But be very quiet so you don't disturb Alicia.

Yeah.

LAUGHTER AND CHATTER

Hello, Ron.

Thanks for coming, Gwen.

I thought this wasn't your thing.

I came to save Irene.

I'll see you around.

Ron. Wait...

I only meant to say, erm...

..you were jolly good.

The music is rather unusual, but...

..I'm glad I came.

You're really rather a star.

Thanks, Gwen.

Irene, have you finished?

Yes. And Alicia, too.

How can you be this disorganised?

Why were you late?

I went to the quay to watch Ron And The Fisherboys.

The quay, on this important day?

I helped write their song and they needed me to perform it with them.

Have you lost all of your marbles? What would your father think?

No, please don't tell him.

I got carried away, but I was just trying to

take my mind off things, like you said.

No, those were not my instructions.

It was a good thing, really.

There was a question on cadences.

I might not have got that right otherwise.

Irene, this is your final year.

You must think before you risk your future for...Fisherboys.

I will.

So, how was the exam?

It was good, I think.

There were a few tricky questions, but I managed.

THEY CHUCKLE SOFTLY

It was hidden in the headboard.

"To my friend from the future."

A four-leaf clover!

"Dear future slumberer in this bed.

"Once I too dreamed where you now rest your head.

"Will you tonight dream upon past me?

"Your dear friend from long ago, Jane Malory.

"Aged 14 years."

She was our age when she wrote this letter.

A letter from Lady Jane. Can I see?

Who is this lady?

Only the very first Malory girl.

But this was centuries before your mother's time.

Yes, it's a real find, but a dead end.

We should tell Alicia about the letter and the time capsule.

I wonder - who will sleep in our beds in the future?

Cheers to Irene and Alicia for surviving today's exams!

Thanks, Gwen, for coming to get me. I owe you.

It really wasn't much of a hardship.

You were a real natural up there today.

It's funny. I've spent my whole life

living and breathing classical music,

and in a single day, I've discovered a whole new world.

Go on, then - play the song, so I know what all the fuss is about.

OK.

SHE PLAYS PIANO

on the deep blue sea

on the deep

CHEERING Well done.