1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,520 - My name is Hetty Feather. - Call me Matron, Matron Bottomly. 2 00:00:04,520 --> 00:00:07,160 Nowhere is ever as good as home. We used to be so happy, Gideon. 3 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:09,600 Running through the fields and Jem chasing after us. 4 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:12,920 If you can't keep this hospital on an even keel, 5 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:15,280 I will have to find someone else to take command. 6 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:16,960 She's using us as slaves. 7 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:18,360 I told you we wouldn't sit round! 8 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:20,320 And I told you to leave me out of it! 9 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:22,160 Don't you trust us any more? 10 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:25,560 So long as we had each other, our plans and the tower, 11 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:28,800 there was no game Matron could play that we couldn't win. 12 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:41,480 When I was a little girl, I was free. 13 00:00:41,480 --> 00:00:45,000 Every day I remember my happy life with my borrowed family, 14 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,760 running through the fields with Gideon and Jem. 15 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:53,760 But then I remember the horrible day when I had to leave them forever. 16 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:58,120 Remember, when you grow up, I'll be waiting for you. 17 00:00:58,120 --> 00:00:59,360 You promise? 18 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:00,760 On my word. 19 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:02,360 You are my borrowed sister. 20 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:05,600 I'll never forget you. 21 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,000 Jem always kept his word. 22 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,360 I knew that one day he would come back to save me, 23 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:12,800 but when would that be? 24 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:47,240 There was no freedom at the Foundling Hospital. 25 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:49,680 We had to obey their rules and do as we were told. 26 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:52,040 Left. Left, right, left... 27 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:54,440 We were supposed to forget our borrowed families. 28 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:57,400 But they couldn't control our memories. 29 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:01,160 Picture us a story, Hetty! 30 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:02,840 Tell us about the squirrel house. 31 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:04,520 - Again? - I like that one. 32 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:05,920 All right. 33 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:08,120 THEY MIMIC YAWNING 34 00:02:10,640 --> 00:02:12,640 It was a hollow tree in the woods. 35 00:02:12,640 --> 00:02:15,120 But for me and Jem, it was our own enchanted kingdom. 36 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,200 'A place where we could be free. 37 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:19,880 'I felt safe there, 38 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,920 'even when I learned I had to go back to the Foundling Hospital.' 39 00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:24,800 I wish we were really squirrels. 40 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:27,360 Then we could run away and live here together. 41 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:29,680 Then that's what we'll do! As soon as I'm old enough, 42 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,360 I'll come to the Foundling Hospital and bring you back home. 43 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,480 - And we'll live here? In the squirrel house? - Yes! 44 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:39,120 You won't tell anyone about this place, will you? Promise? 45 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,360 Promise. 46 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:44,120 'I promise.' 47 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:46,440 As if he'd remember that silly game. 48 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:47,480 Wait and see. 49 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:49,480 On the day I get out of here, he'll be there. 50 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:50,880 On the day you get out of here, 51 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:52,800 you'll be a servant like the rest of us. 52 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:54,520 No, I won't. Jem promised... 53 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:56,040 Really? 54 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:59,840 BELL RINGS 55 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:02,920 All older girls proceed to the dormitory immediately. 56 00:03:02,920 --> 00:03:05,360 We need your help with the new admissions. 57 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:08,920 Off you go, girls. Be kind to the new little ones. 58 00:03:08,920 --> 00:03:12,240 'New foundlings arrived all the time and always kicked up a stink.' 59 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,320 Let's just hope they don't cry so much this time. 60 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:15,400 I hope they do. 61 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:18,280 We should be on our recreation, not looking after these brats. 62 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:19,840 Get off me! Get off me! 63 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:21,520 Be quiet, you little spitfire! 64 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:23,640 That horrible matron cut my hair off! 65 00:03:23,640 --> 00:03:25,600 Yeah, they do that. Here, put that on. 66 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:26,840 I'm not wearing that! 67 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,080 I'm sorry, but this is how it is. Now, be a good girl... 68 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:30,560 No! I won't be a good girl! 69 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:32,280 I want to go home to Mother and Jem. 70 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:34,440 This one's trouble. I'll fetch Matron... 71 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,280 No, don't bother Matron. I can look after her. 72 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:45,160 Eliza? 73 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:48,200 How do you know my name? 74 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:51,680 Cos I think we're sisters. 75 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:54,320 I'm Hetty Feather. 76 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:56,680 Hetty?! 77 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:00,480 Oh, please, not another one! 78 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:06,920 So, you two are foundling sisters? 79 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:09,680 Yeah. Oh, it's so good to see you, Eliza. 80 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:11,520 You were just a little baby when I left. 81 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:13,880 I know. Mother told me all about you. 82 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:15,280 I'm sure Jem did, too. 83 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:19,000 No, I don't think so. 84 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:20,960 So Jem never spoke about Hetty? 85 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:24,920 He's a lot older than you. You probably never saw much of him. 86 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:26,000 Yes, I did! 87 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,080 We played together all the time in our squirrel house. 88 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:30,920 Your squirrel house? 89 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:32,440 Yes. 90 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:35,800 Eliza, tell me about the squirrel house. 91 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:37,400 Please. It's important. 92 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:39,640 All right, seeing as you're my sister. 93 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:42,400 Jem said it was magical and nobody could ever find us 94 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:43,480 or hurt us. 95 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:45,760 It was our special place. 96 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:47,240 Your special place? 97 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:51,160 Yes. And one day, he'll save me. And we'll live together forever. 98 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:52,320 Just me and Jem. 99 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:57,880 Don't be sad, Hetty. You can come too if you like. 100 00:04:57,880 --> 00:04:59,400 I'm sure Jem won't mind. 101 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:02,360 Hetty, what's wrong? 102 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,400 'I was wrong. I was wrong about everything.' 103 00:05:10,840 --> 00:05:11,880 Hetty? 104 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:13,000 Are you all right? 105 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:16,240 Oh, Hetty... 106 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:20,280 Look lively, girls! 107 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,640 You'll never make decent servants if you stand around dawdling. 108 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:26,280 - BOTH: - Yes, Matron. 109 00:05:31,280 --> 00:05:35,440 'In that moment, my whole life changed. 110 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:37,720 'Jem wasn't coming to save me. 111 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:40,040 'Nobody was. 112 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,280 'I was just like every other foundling. 113 00:05:42,280 --> 00:05:45,680 'When I grew up, I'd become a servant. 114 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:49,840 'I would be a drudge for the rest of my days.' 115 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:57,760 I've never seen her like this. It's like she's given up hope. 116 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:00,120 He's forgotten her, why can't she just forget him? 117 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:01,480 Jem would never forget Hetty. 118 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:02,840 Well, she thinks he has. 119 00:06:02,840 --> 00:06:04,880 Well, maybe if you talk to her... 120 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,400 - Me? - You're her brother. She'll listen to you. 121 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,280 - But how am I going to get over...? - Leave it to me. 122 00:06:10,280 --> 00:06:11,720 'We'll do it tomorrow.' 123 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:17,480 Left, left, left, right, left... Company, halt! 124 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:20,280 By the right. 125 00:06:20,280 --> 00:06:21,920 Right turn. 126 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:29,640 Eyes front. 127 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:34,560 Eyes front! 128 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:39,760 Afternoon. I'm looking for Gertie. 129 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:41,920 Gertie? 130 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:44,360 - Gertie Bottomly. - CHILDREN GIGGLE 131 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,440 I hear she's the guv'nor of this joint. 132 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:50,480 Matron Bottomly is the senior staff member, yes. 133 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:52,840 I see. Well, where is she? 134 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:55,960 What's the matter? Cat got your tongue? 135 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:59,480 CHILDREN GIGGLE I really think you should... 136 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:01,560 - This is hardly appropriate. - The girls' wing. 137 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:03,160 Over there, miss. 138 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:06,200 Much obliged, young sir. 139 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:07,480 Excuse me. 140 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,840 'All the new girls were expected to send a letter 141 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:15,880 'to their foster parents. 142 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:18,720 'But they could only write what they were told to... 143 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:20,920 'and Matron always checked.' 144 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:25,280 INDIGNANTLY: What? 145 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:27,520 Is something wrong, Matron? 146 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:28,640 Yes. This. 147 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:32,720 You come with me. 148 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,040 - SCREAMS: - Ow! 149 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:36,560 Where are we going? 150 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:38,480 To my office. Where I keep my cane. 151 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:39,640 Your cane? 152 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:42,360 You're going to hit me? 153 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:44,680 Surely not, Matron. She's just a baby. 154 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:47,560 She's old enough to learn to respect her betters. 155 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:48,960 Please, Matron. 156 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:52,240 What are you doing here? 157 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:53,360 Gertie. 158 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:58,280 I see you're as sweet and kindly as ever. 159 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:00,000 We'll speak in my office. 160 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:06,280 Let's hope she forgets about you. 161 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:08,640 What on earth did you say, Eliza? 162 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:11,480 I said that she's hateful and cruel. 163 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:14,400 She cut my hair and she took my clothes. 164 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:17,280 And she definitely looks like a pig. 165 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:23,120 I told you never to come here. 166 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:24,600 I know... 167 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:26,480 But I've got something to tell you, Gertie. 168 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:27,800 It's about Mother. 169 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:31,600 I wrote to you. About the consumption. 170 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:32,840 You never replied. 171 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:34,320 I had nothing to say. 172 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:38,680 She's dying, Gertie. 173 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:42,360 And that concerns me how? 174 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:43,760 She wants to see you. 175 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:47,280 To say goodbye. 176 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:48,920 We said goodbye a long time ago. 177 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:51,200 If that is all you have to say, you can leave now. 178 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:53,720 Oh, no. No, I've got a lot more to say, Gertie. 179 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,400 And I'm not leaving this place without you. 180 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:58,320 Then you'll have a very long wait. 181 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:05,880 Right, I got it. 182 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:10,720 Used up half my sweet stash in bribes. 183 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:15,880 You are going to go through with this, aren't you? 184 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,160 I will. I will. Hetty needs me. 185 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:22,920 'The hospital servants worked in the kitchen and laundry 186 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:25,080 'from dawn until late at night. 187 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:27,480 'They always looked tired and miserable. 188 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,560 'And now I knew I was destined to be just like them.' 189 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,840 Put them over there, I'll get to them in a minute. 190 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:37,920 All right, Hetty? 191 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:42,240 Gid! Get out of here. It's far too dangerous. 192 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:44,880 Why didn't you come to the tower last night? 193 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:46,760 I just don't feel like fighting any more. 194 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:48,560 We're never going to change anything. 195 00:09:48,560 --> 00:09:51,120 - You told us we could win! - I was deluded. 196 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:55,600 No, you weren't. We need you, Hetty. 197 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:57,480 You can't give up now - just because of Jem. 198 00:09:57,480 --> 00:09:58,840 It's not about Jem! 199 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:04,880 It's not just like losing a brother. 200 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:08,960 It's like losing part of me... 201 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:13,520 Hetty, have you seen your sister Eliza? 202 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:14,560 No. 203 00:10:14,560 --> 00:10:17,360 She's supposed to be in my sewing class. 204 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:20,600 I'll find her. Please, just don't say anything to Matron. 205 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:23,680 What do you take me for? Thank you. 206 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:26,480 - And Gideon... - Yes? 207 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:28,600 That's a very fetching bonnet. 208 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:30,360 You'd better get back to the boys' class 209 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:31,600 before they miss you. 210 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:52,840 Looking for Eliza? 211 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:54,440 You won't find her out here. 212 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:58,320 What have you done to my sister? 213 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:00,640 - Nothing. - We helped her. 214 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:02,040 What did you do? 215 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:04,760 She wanted to know where Matron's private room is. 216 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:06,040 So we told her. 217 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:19,760 I'm not going away, Gertie. 218 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:23,200 All right. 219 00:11:24,680 --> 00:11:26,520 How much do you want? 220 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:27,880 Five pounds? Ten? 221 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:30,560 You know what I want. 222 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:34,760 And you know my answer. 223 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:43,200 How long do you intend to keep up this ridiculous performance? 224 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,960 I assure you I have no intention of seeing that woman. 225 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:48,440 KNOCK ON DOOR Yes? 226 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:50,120 Matron, I... 227 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:52,840 Yes? 228 00:11:54,560 --> 00:11:58,920 Matron, do you have some sort of connection with this...person? 229 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:02,120 - SHE LAUGHS - I should think so, dearie. 230 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:03,360 She's my sister. 231 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:07,360 Your...your sister? 232 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:10,320 None of us can help our relations. 233 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:11,360 Too true. 234 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:13,720 However, at least we can choose to avoid them. 235 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:15,640 No, you don't, Gertie. 236 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:17,440 You don't get away that easily! 237 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:27,360 Eliza! What are you doing? 238 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:29,800 She cut my hair and she took my clothes, 239 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:31,360 so I am cutting hers. 240 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:35,520 Right. You were in sewing class all afternoon, you understand? 241 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:36,560 Now we need to go. 242 00:12:36,560 --> 00:12:39,240 No. I want Matron to know I did it. 243 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:42,560 If you tell Matron you did this, she'll put you in the Tench. 244 00:12:42,560 --> 00:12:45,560 You'll be by yourself, in the dark, day after day. 245 00:12:45,560 --> 00:12:48,040 Do you want that? Do you? 246 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:50,000 - SOFTLY: - No... 247 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:51,440 Come on, then. 248 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:53,080 'Will you stop following me?! 249 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:55,200 'Not until you agree to see her! 250 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:57,120 'You won't even have to go to the workhouse. 251 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:59,640 - 'I got Mother out of there. - Do not mention that place to me!' 252 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:20,840 Come out. 253 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:29,680 Hetty Feather! 254 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:32,920 Matron. 255 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:34,280 Did you do this? 256 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:42,320 Yes. 257 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:44,520 I knew you were a sly one, but... 258 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,480 ..I never imagined any girl would do something so wantonly destructive. 259 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:52,520 Why? Why would you do such a sinful thing? 260 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:00,880 I see. Come with me. 261 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:13,520 SOBBING AND SNIFFLING 262 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:23,680 Come on. Come on, don't be scared, I won't bite. 263 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:31,200 Did you do that? 264 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:36,680 Was that big girl covering for you? 265 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:38,280 She's a brave one, isn't she? 266 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:40,720 Standing up to Gertie, I'll give her that. 267 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:43,760 She's my sister. Please help her. 268 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,560 She's going to put her in the Tench. 269 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:47,600 The what? 270 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:51,640 This place used to be an ice-house. 271 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:54,520 So it should cool your temper nicely. 272 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:57,240 The rats don't bite if you keep moving around. 273 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:00,000 Matron, please, you can't! I'll do anything... Please! 274 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:05,720 The only thing you can do is pray to God to make you a better girl. 275 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:07,240 - DESPERATELY: - Matron, please! 276 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:15,800 MICE SQUEAK 277 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:32,320 Guess what! Hetty Feather's in the Tench! 278 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:34,800 - Thank you! At last! - Yes! 279 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:37,760 Emergency signal. 280 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:49,040 Are you still here? 281 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:55,000 Is this what you've come to? Torturing innocent children! 282 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:56,640 These children aren't innocent. 283 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:59,360 They are born of sin, destined to shame and squalor. 284 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:03,320 You know, you sound just like the old Matron from the workhouse. 285 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:07,440 - I told you... - I KNOW what you went through. We all did. 286 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:09,160 But you can't blame Mother. 287 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:11,160 That woman is no mother to me. 288 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:14,120 She's dying, Gertie. Can you not try to forgive her? 289 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:20,600 We're your only family. 290 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:25,080 You are not welcome here. 291 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:26,120 Please leave. 292 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:30,280 Then you'd better take this now then. 293 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:35,240 It's a lock of her hair. 294 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:02,600 Lads. Look! 295 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:13,360 Message received. 296 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:25,400 What was she thinking? Getting herself thrown in Tench? 297 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:27,160 She was standing up for Eliza. 298 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:29,080 How long do you think they'll keep her there? 299 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:32,120 After what she did? She'd be lucky to see the light of day again. 300 00:17:32,120 --> 00:17:35,720 - What? - Hetty will be all right. She'll soon be out soon. 301 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:39,040 No. Hetty's never getting out of there. 302 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:42,480 Talk sense, girl! Even Matron can't keep her there forever. 303 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:46,120 Someone will come back. But not Hetty. 304 00:17:46,120 --> 00:17:47,480 Laugh a minute, you are. 305 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:48,520 She's right. 306 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:51,560 - Don't you start! - The Tench changes people. 307 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:53,880 How can it? It's just a stinking outhouse! 308 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:55,400 It's more than that... 309 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:00,480 When it's just you...in the dark... 310 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,480 you don't know what's real any more. 311 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:04,840 You don't know how long you've been in there. 312 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:06,640 You don't remember who you are. 313 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:08,760 You don't know if you're even real... 314 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:17,240 Hetty? 315 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:23,320 Hetty Feather? 316 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:24,400 Who are you? 317 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:27,320 My name's Annie. 318 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:30,560 You must be frozen half to death! 319 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:31,640 All right, come on. 320 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:36,240 Let's get this round you. Golly! 321 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:40,880 I've got you this for you as well. 322 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:46,000 Bet you don't get many meat pies down here. 323 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,480 Annie, I've got to ask. 324 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:50,960 Why are you doing this? 325 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:53,920 I suppose it's my way of making amends for my sister. 326 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:56,520 Your sister? 327 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:58,400 The way I see it, this whole thing 328 00:18:58,400 --> 00:18:59,640 is all about family. 329 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:01,960 That's what Hetty cares about more than anything. 330 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:03,840 All right. I know what we need to do. 331 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:05,360 We need a kitchen raiding party. 332 00:19:05,360 --> 00:19:06,520 Walter and Ned. 333 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:08,240 We need lemons. Baking soda. 334 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:10,240 Sugar. Onions at a pinch... 335 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:13,920 - What? - Trust me. And I'll pilfer some writing paper. 336 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:17,320 Gideon, look for birds' feathers. Big ones. 337 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:19,480 And you two, get Eliza to help us. 338 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:22,360 - Eliza? - We can't do this without her. 339 00:19:22,360 --> 00:19:25,720 I can't believe Matron was brought up in the workhouse! 340 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:28,680 Oh, kept quiet about that, did she? 341 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:30,080 Well, I'm not surprised. 342 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:32,160 Gertie always was a proud one. 343 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:35,200 But you're not ashamed. 344 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:36,560 Why should I be? 345 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:38,960 Hey... You can't help where you've come from, 346 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:40,480 only where you go. 347 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:42,320 But Matron says we was born in sin and shame, 348 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:44,280 and that's why we're only fit to be servants. 349 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:48,280 Yeah, well, Gertie always did talk a lot of...horse manure. 350 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:49,640 If you know what I mean. 351 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:51,120 - HETTY GIGGLES - I do. 352 00:19:51,120 --> 00:19:54,400 Always full of judgment that one, never any pity. 353 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:57,640 Was she always like that? Even when she was a little girl? 354 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,920 No. 355 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:02,600 Not always. 356 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:06,040 But she changed when we went to that workhouse. 357 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:08,240 It were a terrible, cruel place, Hetty. 358 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:10,640 But you were there too. And you're not like her. 359 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,880 I knew that we was in there because we were down on our luck. 360 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:16,480 But our Gertie, she never thought like that. 361 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:19,920 See, in her mind, someone had sinned, 362 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:21,560 and someone had to pay. 363 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:24,400 And that's what she's been like, all her life. 364 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:26,200 Anyway, why are we talking about her? 365 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:28,200 - Let's get you out of here. - I can't go. 366 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,080 If Matron finds out you've helped me, 367 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:32,640 she'll just throw me back in here. 368 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:35,000 But I can't leave you, not in here. 369 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:38,120 You can. I'll be all right, I promise. 370 00:20:38,120 --> 00:20:39,640 I promised your little sister 371 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:40,680 I'd help you. 372 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:43,160 You have. More than you know. 373 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:52,000 'Thanks to Annie, I realised Matron had a secret. 374 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:55,000 'There was something she was afraid of. 375 00:20:56,120 --> 00:20:58,240 'She wasn't invincible after all. 376 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:18,040 Here it is. 377 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:21,680 It must have fallen from the hook. 378 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:31,880 'I don't know how long they left me there. Hours? Days? Weeks? 379 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:34,280 'Time works differently in the Tench. 380 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:36,960 'But I did have plenty of time to think, and plan 381 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,240 'for the next stage in my war with Matron.' 382 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:46,040 Hetty Feather! 383 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:47,600 Yes, Matron? 384 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:50,240 She looks suitably chastened... 385 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:52,000 Indeed I am. 386 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:53,920 Please forgive my wicked deeds. 387 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:56,280 I'm just a poor, ignorant foundling. 388 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:57,720 You are forgiven. 389 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:00,680 Thank you. Oh, thank you, Matron. 390 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:02,760 I don't deserve such benevolence. 391 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:04,880 I deserve to be in the workhouse. 392 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:08,400 If only I hadn't been born 393 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:10,960 with such a low, sinful birth. 394 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,000 Or if I'd had a mother's love, I wouldn't be such a bad girl. 395 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:15,200 Enough. 396 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:20,320 Take her to the infirmary and give her a thorough cleansing. 397 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:24,080 Check for fleas and lice. And rat bites! 398 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:26,400 Yes, Matron. But aren't...? 399 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:34,280 'The Tench was the most terrible place I'd ever been. 400 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:36,840 'But I'd learned a lot about myself in there. 401 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:40,400 'And even more about Matron.' 402 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:45,160 KNOCK ON DOOR Yes? 403 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:48,840 Matron. 404 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:51,520 - CLEARING HIS THROAT: - Would you... 405 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:54,320 Would you care to join me for a spot of light supper? 406 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:58,000 A brace of partridge perhaps or a kidney pudding? 407 00:22:58,000 --> 00:22:59,560 No. 408 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:03,920 A chop, a cutlet perhaps? 409 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:05,600 I'm going out. 410 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,200 This is quite unnecessary. 411 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:38,080 It's too late. 412 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:42,600 I'm sorry. 413 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:49,520 Thank you for letting me know. 414 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:20,320 'Even after several days had passed, I still wasn't my normal self. 415 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:23,520 'I couldn't help mourning for what I'd lost - 416 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:26,160 'my dreams of a life with Jem.' 417 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:27,320 Hello, Hetty. 418 00:24:29,120 --> 00:24:30,280 - STUNNED: - Jem? 419 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:39,320 How...? 420 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,000 - Why are you here? - Gideon said you needed me. 421 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:44,120 Gideon? 422 00:24:44,120 --> 00:24:46,520 He wrote on Eliza's letter with invisible ink. 423 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:47,680 'Invisible ink?' 424 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:48,720 Perfect! 425 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,040 'Yes. Made from lemon juice, with a feather quill. 426 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:52,520 'And all your friends helped him. 427 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:55,000 'Then Eliza copied the usual letter over the top, 428 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,440 'but added one extra line.' 429 00:24:56,440 --> 00:25:00,240 'I hope you are reading this by your lovely warm fire.' 430 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:02,840 I realised something was up, so I held the letter to the fire, 431 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:04,480 got the real message. 432 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:06,080 From Gideon? 433 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,920 He told me that you needed me. And how to get in. 434 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:10,600 I got over the wall about midnight. 435 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:12,960 Gid and his friends were waiting for me. 436 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:14,920 - LAUGHS: - And the clothes? 437 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:17,240 I borrowed them from one of the servants. 438 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:21,080 You all took such a risk, for me? 439 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:23,800 Of course. Remember our promise? 440 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:25,880 But I thought you forgot about me. 441 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:26,920 Never! 442 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:30,680 But you never told Eliza about me. 443 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:33,400 No. 444 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:34,440 Why? 445 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:39,080 It just hurt too much. 446 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:43,720 When I thought about you - in this place - I got so angry. 447 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:45,880 I didn't want Eliza to know how I felt. 448 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:50,040 I just wanted her to enjoy being a child. 449 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:52,120 - Like we did. - Yeah. 450 00:25:57,320 --> 00:25:58,520 What's this? 451 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:01,000 All the letters we wrote to you. 452 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:02,880 We're not allowed to receive letters. 453 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:05,280 I realised that soon enough. They all got sent back. 454 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:08,360 But I kept on writing. All these years. 455 00:26:08,360 --> 00:26:11,320 Until I thought you might have forgotten about me. 456 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:13,160 Never! 457 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:16,800 And I'll keep writing. Even if you never get the letters. 458 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,080 I will get them. 459 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:20,880 There must be a way. 460 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:22,920 Write them to Nurse Winterson. 461 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,200 - I'm sure she'll pass them on. - I will. 462 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:27,480 Hetty. 463 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:30,880 You know... 464 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:34,520 I think about you every day... 465 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:37,720 Me too. 466 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:49,120 'And so, life at the Foundling Hospital continued 467 00:26:49,120 --> 00:26:50,480 'as it always had...' 468 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:56,640 Left, left, left, right, left. 469 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:59,920 Left, left, left, right, left. 470 00:26:59,920 --> 00:27:01,600 'Nothing had changed...' 471 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:04,600 Left, left, left, right, left. 472 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:06,400 Left... 473 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:10,800 '..except me. 474 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,440 'Something had changed for me. 475 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:17,080 'I was still a foundling girl and I still had to obey their rules. 476 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:20,320 'But now I had something more than my memories. 477 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:23,000 'I had my letters and I had Jem. 478 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:31,920 'Because of my wonderful friends, I could write to Jem 479 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:33,320 'whenever I wanted. 480 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:37,960 'And I knew that one day, somehow, we would be together again. 481 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:41,760 'I had the next best thing to freedom - I had hope.' 482 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:49,720 I think the first verse would work better as a solo. 483 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:50,760 Don't you agree? 484 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:52,280 Are you going to audition? 485 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:53,360 Obviously! 486 00:27:53,360 --> 00:27:56,640 CHILDREN SING MERRILY 487 00:28:00,120 --> 00:28:02,360 You are relieved of your duties. 488 00:28:02,360 --> 00:28:03,400 What? 489 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:05,600 No, this is a strike. 490 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:10,240 Break up their riot, and we break Feather! 491 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:11,920 This isn't about you, all right? 492 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:14,160 - This is about getting Winterson back. - No! 493 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:15,920 This is completely about you! 494 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:18,680 Those who do not surrender will be punished.