1 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:31,599 Sometimes our new beginnings 2 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:34,159 have been yearned for. 3 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:36,720 We have chosen them. 4 00:00:37,300 --> 00:00:40,939 Others lie in wait and burst upon us 5 00:00:40,940 --> 00:00:45,940 like bad weather or unwelcome beasts. 6 00:00:47,392 --> 00:00:51,592 Little wonder that we cling to what is certain - 7 00:00:51,660 --> 00:00:54,959 home, the hearth, the family, 8 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:56,960 born or found. 9 00:00:57,180 --> 00:01:03,160 Places where no storms land, and we think no winds can blow. 10 00:01:05,660 --> 00:01:08,679 What's happening with the father in all this? 11 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:10,619 Is there any prospect of marriage? 12 00:01:10,620 --> 00:01:12,398 I've asked her that, and she wouldn't answer. 13 00:01:12,423 --> 00:01:15,220 How could you be so stupid, Belinda?! 14 00:01:15,460 --> 00:01:18,400 You had the world at your feet. 15 00:01:18,460 --> 00:01:20,299 University. 16 00:01:20,300 --> 00:01:22,679 Once you gave up on the idea of nursing. 17 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,135 You were going to be a history teacher! 18 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:27,059 I can still be a history teacher. 19 00:01:27,060 --> 00:01:28,979 Who's going to give you a job? 20 00:01:28,980 --> 00:01:31,319 - You'll be an unmarried mother! - Rhoda! 21 00:01:31,320 --> 00:01:33,980 - The world's changing. - Not fast enough! 22 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:37,519 People keep saying the world's changing for people like Susan, 23 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:39,000 and I don't see any evidence of it. 24 00:01:39,025 --> 00:01:41,340 This isn't about Susan, Mum. 25 00:01:45,380 --> 00:01:46,940 Lady Aylward, 26 00:01:47,180 --> 00:01:50,619 would you consider entering into partnership with me? 27 00:01:50,620 --> 00:01:52,059 Partnership? 28 00:01:52,060 --> 00:01:53,859 I intend to semi-retire, 29 00:01:53,860 --> 00:01:57,019 and I thought that 40% ownership 30 00:01:57,020 --> 00:01:59,859 of the Lady Emily might appeal, 31 00:01:59,860 --> 00:02:02,420 with the backing of the Aylward estate, of course. 32 00:02:02,740 --> 00:02:04,559 I'm afraid I don't have access 33 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,439 to the Aylward Estate capital, Mr Scarisbrick, 34 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:09,259 and neither does my husband. 35 00:02:09,260 --> 00:02:12,719 Everything is under the control of my mother-in-law, Lavinia. 36 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:14,339 Ah, of course. 37 00:02:14,340 --> 00:02:15,959 Dear difficult Lavinia. 38 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:18,500 I remember her from our dancing days. 39 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:23,380 Nevertheless, I would like you to at least consider the offer. 40 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:26,180 Perhaps you could put your wiles to work. 41 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,539 Hey! Look, you got to calm down, all right? 42 00:02:32,540 --> 00:02:34,259 And you got to... you got to sit down, 43 00:02:34,260 --> 00:02:36,179 and then we can work things out. 44 00:02:36,180 --> 00:02:38,935 Look, if there is one thing that we're really good at as a family, 45 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:40,579 it's working out a problem. 46 00:02:40,580 --> 00:02:42,339 I didn't do this as part of the family, Dad. 47 00:02:42,340 --> 00:02:43,739 I did it on my own! 48 00:02:43,740 --> 00:02:45,339 And you had fun, did you? 49 00:02:45,340 --> 00:02:46,820 It was fantastic! 50 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:48,780 While it lasted. 51 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:55,260 Hey... 52 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:57,780 This isn't your fault. 53 00:02:59,420 --> 00:03:00,440 Eh? 54 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:02,280 My beautiful. 55 00:03:09,513 --> 00:03:11,220 Oh, Beryl! 56 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,699 Oh, I thought we had mice, which aren't unheard of 57 00:03:14,700 --> 00:03:16,619 even in the best-managed mansion flats. 58 00:03:16,620 --> 00:03:18,500 I was feeling the heat. 59 00:03:18,740 --> 00:03:21,118 I think it's that continental quilt. 60 00:03:21,143 --> 00:03:23,580 I don't think they'll catch on over here. 61 00:03:23,581 --> 00:03:25,259 The winters aren't cold enough. 62 00:03:25,260 --> 00:03:27,399 I'll swap you with this candlewick... 63 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:28,800 ..tomorrow. 64 00:03:35,206 --> 00:03:40,000 Sister, if you don't want to take the diuretics any more... 65 00:03:41,004 --> 00:03:42,400 ..I accept that. 66 00:03:43,220 --> 00:03:45,660 You're not going to dissuade me? 67 00:03:46,220 --> 00:03:47,540 No. 68 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:52,460 - Oh... - I tried to, out of love. 69 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:56,580 As we discussed. 70 00:03:57,079 --> 00:04:00,980 And now I will stop, out of respect. 71 00:04:08,100 --> 00:04:09,620 Good morning! 72 00:04:11,500 --> 00:04:16,323 Rosalind, I went on an early-morning excursion to a number of newsagents, 73 00:04:16,348 --> 00:04:19,059 and bought bridal magazines in all of them. 74 00:04:19,060 --> 00:04:20,439 I've no time to get anything made. 75 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:22,919 There are superb ready-to-wear options these days, 76 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:26,099 and every boutique worth knowing will be listed in the small ads. 77 00:04:26,100 --> 00:04:28,619 But I haven't even decided if I'm going to wear white. 78 00:04:28,620 --> 00:04:30,219 And the weather's going to be cold. 79 00:04:30,220 --> 00:04:32,780 It's a wedding dress! Why would you not want white? 80 00:04:33,100 --> 00:04:36,219 There are wonderful options in lace that would look divine 81 00:04:36,220 --> 00:04:37,639 with a long sleeve. 82 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:41,260 Delicate, virginal, and no-one will see your goose bumps. 83 00:04:42,180 --> 00:04:45,079 I've just had two very interesting phone calls. 84 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:48,439 First, St Cuthbert's, telling me that Mrs Rhoda Mullucks 85 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:52,579 is pressing for an early discharge after a cholecystectomy. 86 00:04:52,580 --> 00:04:54,453 She's not going to be very well at all. 87 00:04:54,478 --> 00:04:56,288 Should I add her to the district nursing list? 88 00:04:56,313 --> 00:04:57,479 Thank you, Nurse Clifford. 89 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,059 But then, I had Mrs Mullucks ring 90 00:05:00,060 --> 00:05:02,779 to say that their elder daughter is expecting 91 00:05:02,780 --> 00:05:04,379 and in need of our attention. 92 00:05:04,380 --> 00:05:06,619 I'll put Mrs Turner on to this. 93 00:05:06,620 --> 00:05:08,340 She knows the family well. 94 00:05:09,566 --> 00:05:12,739 Nurse Crane, I'm afraid I need to speak to you 95 00:05:12,740 --> 00:05:14,420 about Sister Monica Joan. 96 00:05:16,286 --> 00:05:20,200 There isn't a GP on this earth that would force a determined woman 97 00:05:20,201 --> 00:05:23,619 of 90-odd to take medication if she doesn't want to. 98 00:05:23,620 --> 00:05:25,539 All it will do is make her more unhappy. 99 00:05:25,540 --> 00:05:28,139 She's almost cheery this morning. 100 00:05:28,140 --> 00:05:30,659 If anything, you'd think she was on the mend. 101 00:05:30,660 --> 00:05:34,940 Well, don't bother her with any urine or blood tests for now. 102 00:05:35,420 --> 00:05:37,699 The symptoms will speak for themselves. 103 00:05:37,700 --> 00:05:39,100 Thank you, Doctor. 104 00:05:40,075 --> 00:05:42,955 I'll keep you informed as things unfold. 105 00:05:42,980 --> 00:05:45,179 Thank you. 106 00:05:45,180 --> 00:05:46,359 Dr Turner! 107 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:49,179 I have just received the most infuriating communication 108 00:05:49,180 --> 00:05:51,899 from Central Supplies, asking you for the return 109 00:05:51,900 --> 00:05:55,399 of every item of council-owned equipment in our possession. 110 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:56,415 Now?! 111 00:05:56,440 --> 00:06:00,339 Erm... "Prior or immediately subsequent to the closure 112 00:06:00,340 --> 00:06:02,839 "of your facility, as appropriate." 113 00:06:02,840 --> 00:06:05,599 Well, the closure itself isn't appropriate. 114 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:09,419 And every bed, kidney bowl and set of clamps is staying on these 115 00:06:09,420 --> 00:06:13,119 premises until the last mother and baby go out of those doors. 116 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:15,479 They've included this entirely spurious list of items, 117 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,440 headed "assumed inventory". 118 00:06:19,100 --> 00:06:21,419 It will be consigned to the incinerator, 119 00:06:21,420 --> 00:06:23,359 and I shall prepare an audit of our own. 120 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,899 The incubator never belonged to Central Supplies! 121 00:06:26,900 --> 00:06:29,419 It was paid for by the people of Poplar 122 00:06:29,420 --> 00:06:31,920 because the council wouldn't provide the funds. 123 00:06:32,780 --> 00:06:34,700 They are not having it. 124 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:36,619 And I'm still a GP. 125 00:06:36,620 --> 00:06:38,620 Send in my next patient. 126 00:06:42,740 --> 00:06:45,899 I don't think your dates are quite right, Belinda. 127 00:06:45,900 --> 00:06:48,076 You feel close to term to me. 128 00:06:48,101 --> 00:06:49,799 Does that mean I'm going to have it soon? 129 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:50,819 Very possibly. 130 00:06:50,820 --> 00:06:53,839 She was here all through the summer holidays and, as Rhoda 131 00:06:53,840 --> 00:06:55,819 keeps telling me, there was nothing showing. 132 00:06:55,820 --> 00:06:58,299 Bernie, why don't you go to work until Rhoda arrives 133 00:06:58,300 --> 00:06:59,919 in the ambulance? 134 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:02,899 Belinda and I can work through some tests, 135 00:07:02,900 --> 00:07:05,199 and I'll make enquiries about a home help. 136 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:06,959 Mum will tell you she doesn't need one. 137 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:10,580 And I'll tell her that, without one, she'll end up back in hospital. 138 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:12,419 Don't worry. 139 00:07:12,420 --> 00:07:15,820 We'll soon get things organised, for both of you. 140 00:07:16,060 --> 00:07:18,359 You are more than welcome. 141 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:20,980 Mr Franklin will see you at 4:00. 142 00:07:22,220 --> 00:07:26,379 Viola player with a wryneck begging to be squeezed in. 143 00:07:26,380 --> 00:07:29,859 Have to say, I could fill your brother's diary twice over, 144 00:07:29,860 --> 00:07:32,480 and there'd still be people weeping at the gates. 145 00:07:32,620 --> 00:07:34,779 I was thinking you might like to have a weekly clinic 146 00:07:34,780 --> 00:07:37,279 at the Lady Emily, when I start as matron there. 147 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:39,579 Have you told anyone at Nonnatus House yet? 148 00:07:39,580 --> 00:07:41,139 That I'm moving? 149 00:07:42,590 --> 00:07:45,275 I'll speak to Sister Julienne when she's back from the Mother House. 150 00:07:45,300 --> 00:07:46,919 Are you afraid how she might react? 151 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:48,519 I'm terrified. 152 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:52,211 Not because she'll be angry, but because she'll be quite calm. 153 00:07:52,378 --> 00:07:54,880 Not because she'll be disappointed, 154 00:07:55,100 --> 00:07:57,100 but that she'll be accepting. 155 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:58,860 But worst of all, 156 00:07:59,100 --> 00:08:03,619 I'm terrified she'll smile and wrap her arms around me 157 00:08:03,620 --> 00:08:06,379 and tell me it's all God's plan. 158 00:08:06,380 --> 00:08:08,799 What if it IS God's plan? 159 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:10,520 Then I resent it. 160 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:15,099 We've spent years and years and years 161 00:08:15,100 --> 00:08:18,555 trying to determine and do the best 162 00:08:18,580 --> 00:08:20,239 for the women of Poplar. 163 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:22,440 But in the end, it all counts for nothing... 164 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:27,940 ..because some great imaginary being decided otherwise? 165 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:32,260 Well, just because God is invisible doesn't make Him imaginary. 166 00:08:35,380 --> 00:08:37,979 Rhoda, I need to take your blood pressure. 167 00:08:37,980 --> 00:08:40,999 And then I want you upstairs and resting in bed. 168 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,639 There's letters here from the Thalidomide Society 169 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:46,320 and the campaign - they need dealing with. 170 00:08:46,660 --> 00:08:49,260 And I need to talk to Belinda. 171 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:51,479 She's upstairs. 172 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:53,500 I think she was feeling quite... 173 00:08:54,043 --> 00:08:55,776 ...anxious. 174 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:58,340 Belinda! 175 00:09:00,746 --> 00:09:02,620 I need to say... 176 00:09:02,977 --> 00:09:05,660 - ...what all mums say, don't I? - Mm-hm. 177 00:09:06,740 --> 00:09:09,660 I need to say, "You're not the first 178 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:12,340 "and you won't be the last." 179 00:09:15,700 --> 00:09:17,460 It'll be all right, love. 180 00:09:18,466 --> 00:09:20,940 We've got through worse than this. 181 00:09:21,660 --> 00:09:24,300 I never got through worse than this. 182 00:09:28,060 --> 00:09:30,400 I wish to sit in the chair. 183 00:09:31,020 --> 00:09:36,259 And I... I find myself desirous of a pomegranate. 184 00:09:36,260 --> 00:09:38,619 That would be most unwise. 185 00:09:38,620 --> 00:09:41,819 Pomegranates are extremely high in potassium. 186 00:09:41,820 --> 00:09:44,779 Can I fetch you some other nice fruit from the market? 187 00:09:44,780 --> 00:09:48,420 I would like you to summon someone from this establishment. 188 00:09:52,487 --> 00:09:55,500 Albion and Sons is an undertaker's. 189 00:09:55,740 --> 00:09:58,100 And I WILL have a pomegranate. 190 00:09:59,900 --> 00:10:04,120 I'll never finish with God, and I'll never question Him. 191 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:07,120 It's only myself I'm confused about, 192 00:10:07,580 --> 00:10:09,120 and what I want 193 00:10:09,380 --> 00:10:11,880 and whether it's right for me to want it. 194 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:15,100 I know you want a child, Beryl, 195 00:10:15,300 --> 00:10:17,580 but is there more to it than that? 196 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:21,780 I've wanted a child so much. 197 00:10:22,740 --> 00:10:28,160 It filled my every aching moment, my every waking thought. 198 00:10:28,500 --> 00:10:29,940 But now... 199 00:10:32,140 --> 00:10:34,240 ..I've started my menopause. 200 00:10:36,740 --> 00:10:38,740 I've left it all too late. 201 00:10:44,913 --> 00:10:48,033 I loved Susan from the moment I saw her. 202 00:10:48,260 --> 00:10:49,700 So did I. 203 00:10:51,660 --> 00:10:55,740 But I was scared about what you'd think, 204 00:10:55,940 --> 00:10:57,520 you and Perry. 205 00:10:58,623 --> 00:11:01,199 Because I knew your lives had changed. 206 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:04,860 I knew we were all headed somewhere... 207 00:11:06,115 --> 00:11:07,519 ..that wasn't normal. 208 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:09,860 Susan was normal - to us. 209 00:11:10,060 --> 00:11:12,259 Sometimes I only remembered she was different 210 00:11:12,260 --> 00:11:14,179 when I saw other people's faces. 211 00:11:14,180 --> 00:11:16,779 She made us more of a gang, though, didn't she? 212 00:11:16,780 --> 00:11:18,100 Still does. 213 00:11:18,700 --> 00:11:20,940 Mulluckses against the world. 214 00:11:22,220 --> 00:11:26,060 And you were never just Belinda after she came along. 215 00:11:26,340 --> 00:11:28,259 You were Susan's sister. 216 00:11:28,260 --> 00:11:30,860 I don't want you to think I'm not proud of that. 217 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,939 But I had to look at everything... that way. 218 00:11:34,940 --> 00:11:37,039 And everybody looked at me that way. 219 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:39,019 When I went to university, 220 00:11:39,020 --> 00:11:41,220 I wasn't Susan's sister. 221 00:11:42,340 --> 00:11:45,579 And when I thought I was wanted, 222 00:11:45,580 --> 00:11:47,840 that I was special, 223 00:11:48,220 --> 00:11:50,319 I was just so... thrilled 224 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:52,916 that I did stupid, stupid things. 225 00:11:52,941 --> 00:11:55,580 Well, if that's because of anything that I did... 226 00:11:57,740 --> 00:11:59,860 ..then I was stupid too. 227 00:12:03,323 --> 00:12:04,640 Dr Turner. 228 00:12:04,665 --> 00:12:05,845 Philip Parry. 229 00:12:05,870 --> 00:12:09,379 That, uh, that son of yours is shaping up quite nicely. 230 00:12:09,380 --> 00:12:11,259 We'll make an obstetrician of him yet. 231 00:12:11,260 --> 00:12:13,339 I'm still hoping to make him a GP. 232 00:12:13,340 --> 00:12:14,459 Um, later this month, 233 00:12:14,460 --> 00:12:16,599 we're trying out some new diagnostic technology. 234 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:18,783 I thought you might send some patients my way. 235 00:12:18,808 --> 00:12:19,859 Of course! 236 00:12:19,860 --> 00:12:21,460 In return for a preview. 237 00:12:22,340 --> 00:12:26,299 Were you taken by surprise when I requested your attendance? 238 00:12:26,300 --> 00:12:29,699 We generally look after the deceased, Sister Monica Joan. 239 00:12:29,700 --> 00:12:34,780 But it seems to me that caring for the dying matters just as much. 240 00:12:35,300 --> 00:12:37,200 I do not fear death. 241 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:42,419 I am, however, beset by all manner of opinions. 242 00:12:42,420 --> 00:12:43,879 About your funeral? 243 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:47,080 There are rites and ritual that are prescribed, 244 00:12:47,220 --> 00:12:49,120 and I embrace them. 245 00:12:49,580 --> 00:12:52,179 But I find I cannot rest 246 00:12:52,180 --> 00:12:56,040 lest my farewell is not managed in the way it ought to be. 247 00:12:56,100 --> 00:12:57,580 If you explain to me... 248 00:12:58,205 --> 00:12:59,821 why you think that is, 249 00:12:59,846 --> 00:13:01,080 I can help... 250 00:13:01,481 --> 00:13:03,460 by working out what YOU should do. 251 00:13:09,300 --> 00:13:10,660 Fred? 252 00:13:11,680 --> 00:13:12,980 Fred! 253 00:13:13,340 --> 00:13:14,999 What's the matter, Sister? 254 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,640 Sister Monica Joan has asked for the wheelchair. 255 00:13:17,776 --> 00:13:19,099 Oh, blimey. 256 00:13:19,100 --> 00:13:20,940 Is it still in the shed? 257 00:13:23,700 --> 00:13:27,160 I've been, uh, using it to transport compost. 258 00:13:27,340 --> 00:13:29,140 I thought she'd approve of that. 259 00:13:35,340 --> 00:13:37,499 Nonnatus House, midwife speaking. 260 00:13:37,500 --> 00:13:40,566 Sis, it's me. Erm, Matthew's been trying to get hold of you. 261 00:13:40,591 --> 00:13:42,659 I'm on a house call, Geoffrey. What's the matter? 262 00:13:42,660 --> 00:13:44,979 It's your ma-in-law, the other Lady Aylward. 263 00:13:44,980 --> 00:13:47,499 Sis, she's had a massive heart attack. 264 00:13:47,500 --> 00:13:49,419 Matthew's already left for the airport. 265 00:13:49,420 --> 00:13:52,044 They quarrelled so badly when she took over the company. 266 00:13:52,069 --> 00:13:53,619 He'll be desperate to see her. 267 00:13:53,620 --> 00:13:55,200 I'm afraid it's too late. 268 00:13:57,140 --> 00:14:00,659 Sometimes I think it is the market that has changed the least. 269 00:14:00,660 --> 00:14:04,499 The produce always marked the changing of the seasons, 270 00:14:04,500 --> 00:14:06,720 even during times of war. 271 00:14:07,390 --> 00:14:11,580 I remember, some winters, there was nothing on these veg stalls 272 00:14:11,605 --> 00:14:14,459 except turnips and dried peas. 273 00:14:14,460 --> 00:14:16,319 All right, Sister? 274 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:18,560 Fancy a few bananas on the house? 275 00:14:20,140 --> 00:14:23,700 My eyes are dimmer than once they were. 276 00:14:24,820 --> 00:14:28,639 It is Mr Morris, is it not? 277 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:30,639 Who wants to know, the Old Bill? 278 00:14:33,099 --> 00:14:35,660 The sisters brought all of our kids into the world, 279 00:14:35,661 --> 00:14:39,400 but YOU delivered the first one and the last. 280 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:43,900 Which was a footling breech. 281 00:14:44,180 --> 00:14:46,039 I recall that now. 282 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:47,579 My Mildred said afterwards, 283 00:14:47,580 --> 00:14:50,420 "Don't you ever charge her for bananas again." 284 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:53,700 How about a few chrysanths, Sister? 285 00:14:53,873 --> 00:14:55,540 Oh, thank you. 286 00:14:56,660 --> 00:14:59,380 I don't deserve such generosity. 287 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:01,820 I'd let THEM be the judge of that. 288 00:15:09,940 --> 00:15:14,440 The flags beneath these wheels are worn quite smooth. 289 00:15:17,580 --> 00:15:20,900 One thinks about the feet that made them so. 290 00:15:21,807 --> 00:15:23,367 The brides. 291 00:15:25,113 --> 00:15:26,533 The mothers... 292 00:15:27,143 --> 00:15:30,340 ...of a thousand infants brought to be baptised. 293 00:15:32,900 --> 00:15:34,500 The mourners. 294 00:15:37,580 --> 00:15:40,360 I see a few churches in my line of work. 295 00:15:41,292 --> 00:15:44,012 I always reckon this one is the best. 296 00:15:46,812 --> 00:15:49,840 Do you ever pray, Mr Mullucks? 297 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:54,760 I have felt the inclination once or twice. 298 00:15:59,620 --> 00:16:02,420 I will be buried at the Mother House. 299 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:07,320 But I want my Requiem to take place here. 300 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:13,860 I am not only leaving this earth, Mr Mullucks. 301 00:16:14,180 --> 00:16:18,340 I am leaving Poplar, and it is my home. 302 00:16:22,877 --> 00:16:25,499 Has there ever been a greater indicator 303 00:16:25,500 --> 00:16:27,055 of a shotgun wedding status 304 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:29,760 than a hastily butter-creamed vanilla sponge? 305 00:16:31,540 --> 00:16:33,000 Pick your nozzle. 306 00:16:33,140 --> 00:16:34,899 I'll do the small rosettes, 307 00:16:34,900 --> 00:16:36,679 you can do the large ones. 308 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:39,059 I do so wish you were able to come. 309 00:16:39,060 --> 00:16:42,739 I always loved a party, almost more than anything. 310 00:16:42,740 --> 00:16:46,419 When I was a nun, I was always sat on the sidelines. 311 00:16:46,420 --> 00:16:47,979 Now I'm not a nun, 312 00:16:47,980 --> 00:16:51,240 however temporarily, I'm banished. 313 00:16:52,940 --> 00:16:56,259 I could give a good account of myself in the foxtrot, 314 00:16:56,260 --> 00:16:58,856 - once upon a time. - Oh, I adore a foxtrot. 315 00:16:59,260 --> 00:17:02,105 I also know of a lovely lounge bar 316 00:17:02,130 --> 00:17:03,696 where they play all the right tunes 317 00:17:03,721 --> 00:17:06,600 and serve resplendent cocktails. 318 00:17:06,660 --> 00:17:08,563 I'll take you there if you like. 319 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:12,000 I'd like to be anywhere where I'm not on the fringes. 320 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:15,819 This campaign is making you ill. 321 00:17:15,820 --> 00:17:17,279 You've got to give it a rest, Rho. 322 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:19,039 Where's that going to get anyone? 323 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:22,379 Susan is never, ever going to be independent. 324 00:17:22,380 --> 00:17:23,759 I think about that every day. 325 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:25,956 What good are you going to be if you rip your stitches out? 326 00:17:25,980 --> 00:17:27,835 Do you want me to carry you up? 327 00:17:27,860 --> 00:17:30,400 Yes, so I can't hear them. 328 00:17:52,973 --> 00:17:54,840 For a moment... 329 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:58,000 I thought you were Sister Maud. 330 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,240 I think I've heard of Sister Maud. 331 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:04,760 But she passed away long before my time. 332 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:07,640 She was the infirmarian. 333 00:18:09,020 --> 00:18:14,640 And she loved a deathbed more than any birthing chamber. 334 00:18:15,140 --> 00:18:16,743 The end of life 335 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:22,600 was always more compelling to her than its commencement. 336 00:18:23,700 --> 00:18:27,820 Sometimes, I saw her weep. 337 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:31,540 She wept when she died. 338 00:18:32,340 --> 00:18:36,528 But religious are supposed to welcome the end 339 00:18:36,553 --> 00:18:38,660 when it is offered to us. 340 00:18:40,940 --> 00:18:42,380 I think... 341 00:18:45,120 --> 00:18:47,495 ..it is offered to me now. 342 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:48,940 No, Sister... 343 00:18:49,860 --> 00:18:52,660 You were the one who foretold it. 344 00:18:53,300 --> 00:18:56,019 - What do you mean? - At Christmas. 345 00:18:56,020 --> 00:18:59,203 When we saw another pass through the veil 346 00:18:59,380 --> 00:19:01,680 from this world to the next. 347 00:19:04,780 --> 00:19:07,780 I can't recall his name, 348 00:19:07,805 --> 00:19:10,880 but his eyes were bright, 349 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:13,640 like a robin's. 350 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:15,700 Mr Fischer? 351 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:22,300 He was met by all who loved him. 352 00:19:24,100 --> 00:19:27,920 And you said the Sisters would come for me. 353 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:31,020 When you die. 354 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:34,420 I saw Sister Maud 355 00:19:35,046 --> 00:19:38,580 as clearly as I see you now. 356 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:43,560 And I know it has begun. 357 00:19:50,235 --> 00:19:52,590 I'm not convinced it's imminent, 358 00:19:52,656 --> 00:19:54,715 but she's asked to see the priest. 359 00:19:54,740 --> 00:19:56,977 I will come back tomorrow. 360 00:19:57,100 --> 00:19:59,220 I was already preparing to leave, 361 00:20:00,033 --> 00:20:02,553 as there have been discussions and a vote. 362 00:20:02,780 --> 00:20:05,275 And I have news to impart. 363 00:20:05,300 --> 00:20:07,395 Will you impart it when you get home? 364 00:20:07,420 --> 00:20:10,015 Yes. Please... 365 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:11,915 just stay with our sister now. 366 00:20:11,940 --> 00:20:13,700 I won't leave her for a moment. 367 00:20:15,913 --> 00:20:17,740 Oh, come on, lass. 368 00:20:18,740 --> 00:20:20,700 We're in this together. 369 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:23,480 There's going to be a wedding. 370 00:20:24,620 --> 00:20:26,680 That's life, though, isn't it? 371 00:20:27,120 --> 00:20:29,379 And I didn't dare tell Sister Julienne 372 00:20:29,380 --> 00:20:31,299 the other thing she asked for. 373 00:20:33,820 --> 00:20:37,400 So a little bird told us you fancied a gin and tonic. 374 00:20:37,773 --> 00:20:39,159 You'd better drink it, 375 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:41,740 because we had to go to the off-licence specially. 376 00:20:42,300 --> 00:20:45,779 I have heard the beverage mentioned so often 377 00:20:45,780 --> 00:20:47,579 in my lifetime, 378 00:20:47,580 --> 00:20:51,000 and always in such approving terms. 379 00:20:52,500 --> 00:20:56,075 I thought it a shame I was so ignorant. 380 00:20:56,100 --> 00:20:59,220 Well, we're all for you keeping your liquids up. 381 00:20:59,433 --> 00:21:00,873 Go on. 382 00:21:08,260 --> 00:21:09,540 Ah... 383 00:21:10,766 --> 00:21:12,806 I declare myself... 384 00:21:13,820 --> 00:21:15,420 enamoured. 385 00:21:20,940 --> 00:21:22,260 Oh... 386 00:21:23,493 --> 00:21:27,379 I think the choice of soft drinks is very sensible 387 00:21:27,380 --> 00:21:29,419 the night before a wedding! 388 00:21:29,420 --> 00:21:32,739 I'm looking forward to the trifle. I love trifle. 389 00:21:32,740 --> 00:21:34,539 Phyllis had to put it back in the fridge. 390 00:21:34,540 --> 00:21:36,199 The custard hadn't set yet. 391 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:38,719 Mm. Are you serving the bride breakfast in bed 392 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:41,680 - in the morning, Millicent? - I most certainly am. 393 00:21:42,820 --> 00:21:46,060 I've also thought of an additional embellishment. 394 00:21:49,660 --> 00:21:52,060 Welcome back, Sister! 395 00:22:02,660 --> 00:22:04,940 Oh! 396 00:22:08,940 --> 00:22:11,099 I couldn't get to sleep last night. 397 00:22:11,100 --> 00:22:13,099 All I wanted was for it to be the morning. 398 00:22:13,100 --> 00:22:15,859 Honey, you forgot your shoes and your hairdryer. 399 00:22:15,860 --> 00:22:17,380 I brought both. 400 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:23,280 We put some peppermints on the tray. 401 00:22:33,230 --> 00:22:37,140 Saltfish, ackee and fried dumpling. 402 00:22:37,295 --> 00:22:41,355 You need a proper breakfast inside you, today of all days. 403 00:22:41,380 --> 00:22:44,099 Thank you for being my witness, Mrs Wallace. 404 00:22:44,100 --> 00:22:45,420 I am not your witness. 405 00:22:45,580 --> 00:22:47,975 God is your witness. 406 00:22:48,653 --> 00:22:52,040 Even if the wedding is in a registry office. 407 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:55,080 Is that shirt ready, Mrs Buckle? 408 00:22:55,300 --> 00:22:57,979 Well, I'm not satisfied with the right-hand cuff. 409 00:22:57,980 --> 00:22:59,999 - Oh, by the way, Cyril... - Mm? 410 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,090 Fred wondered which firm you'd booked 411 00:23:02,115 --> 00:23:04,035 - your taxis with. - Mozzy's Motors. 412 00:23:04,140 --> 00:23:07,860 Mm. You know, just in case there's any problems. 413 00:23:10,323 --> 00:23:12,519 Thank you for your patience, ladies. 414 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:15,060 May I present the bride? 415 00:23:19,973 --> 00:23:21,840 Pinards at the ready! 416 00:23:46,153 --> 00:23:48,880 Father Hilary is hearing her confession. 417 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:58,620 Will you please repeat after me? 418 00:23:58,860 --> 00:24:02,239 I do solemnly declare that I know not 419 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:04,216 of any lawful impediment 420 00:24:04,380 --> 00:24:07,460 why, I, Rosalind Anne Clifford... 421 00:24:08,060 --> 00:24:10,160 I do solemnly declare 422 00:24:10,360 --> 00:24:15,860 that I know not of any lawful impediment why I... 423 00:24:17,876 --> 00:24:19,699 Rosalind Anne Clifford. 424 00:24:22,006 --> 00:24:24,160 ..Rosalind Anne Clifford... 425 00:24:24,700 --> 00:24:27,655 May not be joined in matrimony to thee, 426 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:29,896 Cyril Alphonse Robinson. 427 00:24:30,060 --> 00:24:33,295 May not be joined in matrimony to thee, 428 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:35,740 Cyril Alphonse Robinson. 429 00:24:40,900 --> 00:24:42,900 Through this holy anointing, 430 00:24:43,020 --> 00:24:45,099 may the Lord and his love and mercy 431 00:24:45,100 --> 00:24:47,340 help you with the grace of the Holy Spirit. 432 00:24:47,900 --> 00:24:52,420 May the Lord who frees you from sin save you... 433 00:24:54,993 --> 00:24:57,393 - ..and raise you up. - Amen. 434 00:25:01,399 --> 00:25:03,860 I marry you with this ring 435 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:06,880 because you are more precious to me 436 00:25:07,360 --> 00:25:10,580 than all the gold the world contains. 437 00:25:12,100 --> 00:25:14,740 And I marry you with this ring 438 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:17,460 because a circle is eternal, 439 00:25:17,700 --> 00:25:20,520 and our love will never end. 440 00:25:25,180 --> 00:25:28,500 Receive, Sister, this food for thy journey. 441 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:31,540 The body of our Lord Jesus Christ. 442 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:34,779 May he preserve thee from the malicious enemy 443 00:25:34,780 --> 00:25:37,660 and bring thee to everlasting life. 444 00:25:38,096 --> 00:25:39,300 Amen. 445 00:25:39,606 --> 00:25:40,960 Amen. 446 00:26:19,966 --> 00:26:22,500 It is quite wonderfully made. 447 00:26:23,620 --> 00:26:26,480 When I made my vows to Christ, 448 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:31,880 we were told a single lily must suffice. 449 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:34,900 I should have liked that better. 450 00:26:36,380 --> 00:26:37,940 You are radiant... 451 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:40,940 ..even among brides. 452 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,800 It is the child within you, I think. 453 00:26:46,500 --> 00:26:48,080 A pearl. 454 00:26:49,620 --> 00:26:52,040 Like the pearl you wear on your finger. 455 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:55,499 Who told you about the child? 456 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:58,179 It is supposed to be a secret! 457 00:26:58,180 --> 00:27:01,500 Perhaps as the body fades, 458 00:27:01,660 --> 00:27:04,020 the senses grow sharper. 459 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,940 I have a gift for your infant. 460 00:27:09,357 --> 00:27:11,420 You must not leave without it. 461 00:27:11,540 --> 00:27:13,260 The teddy bear? 462 00:27:21,580 --> 00:27:23,060 Aww! 463 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:25,789 Sister Monica Joan! 464 00:27:25,917 --> 00:27:29,005 Your child is a child of this century. 465 00:27:30,300 --> 00:27:33,660 It has both your features in its face... 466 00:27:35,020 --> 00:27:37,180 ..and I delight in it. 467 00:27:41,660 --> 00:27:44,299 Gangway! I've got the shoes to tie to the taxi. 468 00:27:44,300 --> 00:27:46,099 The trouble is, there is no taxi. 469 00:27:46,100 --> 00:27:48,599 I booked it in advance, and there's no sign of it. 470 00:27:54,580 --> 00:27:56,060 Oh! 471 00:27:59,620 --> 00:28:01,020 Fred! 472 00:28:05,660 --> 00:28:07,039 What's this, Fred? 473 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:09,340 We thought you should have something special. 474 00:28:31,020 --> 00:28:33,619 Hello, love. This is Mrs Mullucks. 475 00:28:33,620 --> 00:28:37,060 Could you get your mum and tell her it's about Belinda? 476 00:28:40,100 --> 00:28:41,360 Oh... 477 00:28:42,780 --> 00:28:45,200 Her hand's starting to go cold. 478 00:28:50,780 --> 00:28:52,480 I'll call Dr Turner. 479 00:28:52,780 --> 00:28:55,260 He asked to be kept informed. 480 00:29:00,660 --> 00:29:01,940 Dad? 481 00:29:03,259 --> 00:29:05,860 I keep thinking about Susan... 482 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:09,539 ..and her legs and her arms. 483 00:29:09,540 --> 00:29:11,560 I mean, the artificial ones. 484 00:29:12,580 --> 00:29:14,859 They just don't work. 485 00:29:14,860 --> 00:29:16,899 She has to be pushed, 486 00:29:16,900 --> 00:29:19,819 and parked like luggage or something. 487 00:29:19,820 --> 00:29:21,239 There's no alternative, Perry. 488 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:25,959 We had a talk in college today about... electric wheelchairs. 489 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:27,620 Electric, like you plug it in? 490 00:29:27,860 --> 00:29:29,020 No! 491 00:29:29,300 --> 00:29:33,240 They have a built-in 100-watt motor and rear-wheel drive. 492 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:36,420 Why don't you tell the society? 493 00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:39,740 Maybe they can fix it for Susan to try one. 494 00:29:39,860 --> 00:29:42,899 Do you reckon she could steer an electric one herself? 495 00:29:42,900 --> 00:29:44,660 We'd have to give it a go. 496 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:49,260 Dad, she needs us to chase everything that's new. 497 00:29:50,420 --> 00:29:53,379 - Oh... - Good girl, Belinda. 498 00:29:53,380 --> 00:29:56,380 Good girl! This one will soon be over. 499 00:29:56,660 --> 00:29:59,260 Oh, they just keep coming, though. 500 00:29:59,340 --> 00:30:01,619 That's the nature of childbirth, love. 501 00:30:01,620 --> 00:30:03,120 Oh... 502 00:30:03,643 --> 00:30:05,898 Shall I pop and get you some more painkillers? 503 00:30:05,923 --> 00:30:08,539 Um, in a minute, maybe. 504 00:30:08,540 --> 00:30:11,060 It feels so strange with all those empty beds. 505 00:30:11,260 --> 00:30:14,500 Oh... You're our only patient, Belinda. 506 00:30:14,940 --> 00:30:16,795 And the delivery room is all set up 507 00:30:16,820 --> 00:30:18,579 for when you're ready to move through. 508 00:30:18,580 --> 00:30:20,179 Mrs Turner was saying 509 00:30:20,180 --> 00:30:23,240 this might be the last baby ever born here. 510 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,420 You're lucky to get in before it closes down. 511 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:28,680 Oh... 512 00:30:34,503 --> 00:30:37,175 It's absolutely crucial that he wins this final frame 513 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:39,459 before the mid-session interval. 514 00:30:39,460 --> 00:30:41,640 And here he is with a break. 515 00:30:42,413 --> 00:30:44,841 - Don't I get a beer? - You've got crisps. 516 00:30:44,940 --> 00:30:47,099 We need you to listen to our presentation 517 00:30:47,100 --> 00:30:49,600 about why we should get a colour television. 518 00:30:49,847 --> 00:30:52,799 One. Wildlife programmes are very educational, 519 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:54,712 and much more educational in colour. 520 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:57,539 Two. If Christopher comes back from Hong Kong, 521 00:30:57,540 --> 00:30:59,999 he'll be able to watch Trumpton in colour. 522 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,539 Three. Timothy will come home and watch things 523 00:31:02,540 --> 00:31:04,139 like The Old Grey Whistle Test, 524 00:31:04,140 --> 00:31:06,859 which, surprisingly enough, is in colour. 525 00:31:06,860 --> 00:31:08,559 Hang on, hang on. 526 00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:10,759 Why are you doing this when your mother's out? 527 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:12,759 It's cos she always says you're the soft touch 528 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:14,260 and she isn't! 529 00:31:45,585 --> 00:31:48,140 You look simply ravishing. 530 00:31:49,180 --> 00:31:51,180 And, rather appropriately, 531 00:31:51,260 --> 00:31:54,219 this cocktail comprising gin, lemon juice 532 00:31:54,220 --> 00:31:57,539 and creme de peche, is known as Perfect Lady. 533 00:31:57,540 --> 00:31:58,660 Oh! 534 00:32:01,580 --> 00:32:02,719 Oh! 535 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:06,060 I might yet find out what a hangover is like! 536 00:32:08,900 --> 00:32:10,180 Philip! 537 00:32:14,229 --> 00:32:16,260 How lovely to see you, Geoffrey. 538 00:32:16,376 --> 00:32:17,819 Is Alistair with you? 539 00:32:17,820 --> 00:32:19,939 Oh, propping up the bar, as usual. 540 00:32:19,940 --> 00:32:22,859 Flatly refuses to join me on the dance floor. 541 00:32:22,860 --> 00:32:25,943 I do so envy you your delightful partner. 542 00:32:25,968 --> 00:32:28,556 Oh, this is my darling friend, Beryl. 543 00:32:28,581 --> 00:32:31,536 Beryl, may I present Philip Parry? 544 00:32:31,700 --> 00:32:33,459 How lovely to meet you. 545 00:32:33,460 --> 00:32:35,060 Enchante. 546 00:32:48,353 --> 00:32:50,193 Fresh hot-water bottle? 547 00:32:50,246 --> 00:32:52,566 I think I saw her shiver. 548 00:32:52,620 --> 00:32:54,979 You're done in, lass. 549 00:32:54,980 --> 00:32:57,500 I'll fetch you if things change. 550 00:32:57,880 --> 00:32:59,579 You go to bed. 551 00:32:59,580 --> 00:33:01,460 Leave the night shift to me. 552 00:33:19,740 --> 00:33:23,259 Oh, please! Please, can't you just pull it out? 553 00:33:23,260 --> 00:33:27,059 It's just, she seems to go limp every time she has a pain. 554 00:33:27,060 --> 00:33:29,819 You've got to push, love. Push! 555 00:33:29,820 --> 00:33:32,259 I'm going to send for Doctor. 556 00:33:51,131 --> 00:33:52,940 That's it, Belinda! 557 00:33:52,965 --> 00:33:56,000 Push into your bottom again, like you did last time. 558 00:33:56,025 --> 00:33:57,840 I think getting her on the bed's helped. 559 00:33:57,900 --> 00:33:59,940 Good girl, Belinda. 560 00:34:10,139 --> 00:34:11,640 Have things changed? 561 00:34:11,641 --> 00:34:13,859 They're starting to. You get dressed, 562 00:34:13,860 --> 00:34:15,840 and I'll tell Sister Julienne. 563 00:34:23,700 --> 00:34:28,579 I might have known you'd put in an appearance, Sister Evangelina. 564 00:34:28,580 --> 00:34:31,760 Some of us know when a job needs finishing. 565 00:34:31,940 --> 00:34:36,220 You, meanwhile, have shillyshallied long enough! 566 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:39,960 Even the Almighty's patience has worn thin. 567 00:34:40,533 --> 00:34:42,293 What's it like... 568 00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:46,760 ..where I will go? 569 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:50,840 It's... everything we were promised... 570 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:54,720 ..and all that you have worked for. 571 00:34:58,926 --> 00:35:00,446 Come on, you. 572 00:35:29,135 --> 00:35:31,655 - And you have a daughter! - Oh! 573 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:33,580 Bang-on 20 past 3. 574 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:37,760 And you've put me out of a job, Belinda. Well done. 575 00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:40,415 Oh, look at her! 576 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:41,800 Ohhh! 577 00:35:42,500 --> 00:35:44,620 Look at her little hands! 578 00:35:45,015 --> 00:35:46,895 Look at her little toes. 579 00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:48,220 Oh! 580 00:35:51,820 --> 00:35:54,759 Would you like to do something very special, Rhoda, 581 00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:56,540 and cut the cord? 582 00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:47,080 There is no pulse. 583 00:36:49,240 --> 00:36:50,960 Oh, lass. 584 00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:58,200 Oh... 585 00:37:01,373 --> 00:37:06,080 I want to say, how can a heart like hers stop beating? 586 00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:10,780 How can a life like hers come to an end? 587 00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:19,100 Should we open the window to let her soul out? 588 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,200 When Sister Julienne gets here. 589 00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:25,220 There's no hurry. 590 00:37:27,780 --> 00:37:31,440 Would you like me to pray with you until she comes? 591 00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:34,680 Yes. 592 00:37:40,980 --> 00:37:44,295 Rest eternal grant unto her, O Lord. 593 00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:47,660 May her soul and the souls of all the departed, 594 00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:51,040 through the mercy of God, rest in peace. 595 00:37:52,152 --> 00:37:53,392 Amen. 596 00:37:54,322 --> 00:37:55,559 Amen. 597 00:38:03,449 --> 00:38:06,480 She really has laid down everything that she wanted. 598 00:38:07,540 --> 00:38:09,400 And in considerable detail. 599 00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:11,959 Even that she wants to be wheeled to the church 600 00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:13,980 on a costermonger's cart! 601 00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:16,220 A proper Poplar funeral. 602 00:38:17,426 --> 00:38:19,400 We will do everything she asks. 603 00:38:19,740 --> 00:38:21,800 Meanwhile, Mr Mullucks, 604 00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:24,635 I believe you became a grandfather last night. 605 00:38:24,845 --> 00:38:27,500 I did, I did. 606 00:38:28,260 --> 00:38:29,760 Little girl. 607 00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:36,975 I'll have to sign the certificate. 608 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,400 But you can do the checks. 609 00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:45,360 Torch and stethoscope. That's all you need. 610 00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:50,980 Heartbeat first? 611 00:38:51,380 --> 00:38:53,480 Just as if she was still with us. 612 00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:06,600 I feel as though I should be talking to her. 613 00:39:08,266 --> 00:39:10,066 I always think that. 614 00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:14,600 It's OK, Sister. 615 00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:19,320 You're in good hands. 616 00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:30,640 Geoffrey... 617 00:39:32,513 --> 00:39:34,160 ..it's time for me to go. 618 00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:37,480 - Where? - Back to the Order. 619 00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:40,495 I was always going to have to choose. 620 00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:43,535 And you don't want to... choose this? 621 00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:46,176 I left because I wanted a child. 622 00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:47,860 This... 623 00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:50,955 ..isn't a life that could give me that. 624 00:39:50,980 --> 00:39:52,716 I could find you someone who can. 625 00:39:52,900 --> 00:39:54,915 There are hordes of suitable men out there. 626 00:39:54,940 --> 00:39:57,639 They charge down the thoroughfares of London like the Hun. 627 00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:00,615 And I'm a dab hand with a shark net 628 00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:03,675 and with a poison dart and a blowpipe. 629 00:40:03,700 --> 00:40:05,060 Geoffrey... 630 00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:07,680 ..this isn't to do with you. 631 00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:11,660 I've been beaten by my own biology, 632 00:40:12,940 --> 00:40:15,140 and I belong in the Order. 633 00:40:15,620 --> 00:40:17,320 I earned that life. 634 00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:19,980 If I go back... 635 00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:24,100 ..I can hold babies every day... 636 00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:28,120 ..love them every day. 637 00:40:28,660 --> 00:40:30,380 And that won't hurt you? 638 00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:32,980 Not now. 639 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:37,140 Because I know the things I dreamed of 640 00:40:37,860 --> 00:40:39,820 weren't meant for me. 641 00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:52,160 What does a pallbearer do? 642 00:40:52,840 --> 00:40:56,000 Well, he's one of the people 643 00:40:56,300 --> 00:41:00,040 who help to carry the coffin into the church. 644 00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:02,260 It's considered to be an honour, 645 00:41:02,820 --> 00:41:05,600 especially if the person that died asked for you. 646 00:41:05,720 --> 00:41:07,680 Who else did she ask? 647 00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:09,799 Fred, of course. 648 00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:12,480 And Dr Turner and Timothy 649 00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:15,359 and Cyril and Geoffrey. 650 00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:19,439 And she put Miss Higgins' Harry down as a reserve. 651 00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:21,280 All the proper men? 652 00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:25,420 Yes, because you're a proper man, too. 653 00:41:26,422 --> 00:41:27,840 I will do it. 654 00:41:28,100 --> 00:41:30,260 And I will be proud. 655 00:41:31,915 --> 00:41:33,300 Beryl, you know... 656 00:41:33,488 --> 00:41:36,560 I'll walk you all the way to the front door if you want me to. 657 00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:39,840 No, you'd best not. 658 00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:43,060 I need to say goodbye to Beryl too. 659 00:41:44,240 --> 00:41:46,280 Maybe it's best if I leave her here. 660 00:41:46,820 --> 00:41:48,180 With me. 661 00:41:49,100 --> 00:41:51,160 She'll always be with you. 662 00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:55,529 And whenever there's... chutney to be made, 663 00:41:56,100 --> 00:41:59,020 or costumes cobbled together, or... 664 00:42:00,015 --> 00:42:04,060 ..happy family times to be had again in the convent parlour, 665 00:42:04,540 --> 00:42:08,935 Sister Veronica will always be so pleased to see you. 666 00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:11,563 And there will be happy family times, won't there? 667 00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:12,940 Yes. 668 00:42:15,720 --> 00:42:17,460 Don't disappear. 669 00:42:32,053 --> 00:42:34,900 I'm not scared of new beginnings, Sister. 670 00:42:35,500 --> 00:42:38,075 I've seen too many babies being born. 671 00:42:38,100 --> 00:42:41,599 And you will wait until we know exactly where we're going? 672 00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:44,940 We had a long conversation about waiting, once. 673 00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:47,040 In the wreckage of a train. 674 00:42:48,720 --> 00:42:51,760 - Waiting is what we do. - Yes. 675 00:42:53,220 --> 00:42:55,260 We'll do this together. 676 00:42:58,720 --> 00:43:01,616 And with that, I suppose I ought to pray. 677 00:43:01,792 --> 00:43:04,700 I have always left that to the experts. 678 00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:11,799 Do you have a moment, Nurse Crane? 679 00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:14,399 I'm having to start the paperwork 680 00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:17,760 to transfer all of our expectant mothers' notes. 681 00:43:18,413 --> 00:43:20,508 It's a pleasure to postpone it! 682 00:43:20,540 --> 00:43:23,839 I applied for an acting sister's job at St Cuthbert's, 683 00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:26,079 and they've asked me to go for an interview. 684 00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:29,000 Oh, lass! Well done! 685 00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:32,780 But... it's on the day of the funeral. 686 00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:34,780 Oh. 687 00:43:40,386 --> 00:43:43,266 If you do the interview at the appointed time, 688 00:43:43,723 --> 00:43:46,560 you should get to the church before the end. 689 00:43:46,561 --> 00:43:49,600 But you don't think that would be disrespectful? 690 00:43:51,660 --> 00:43:53,120 The reverse. 691 00:43:54,136 --> 00:43:55,999 We are burying a woman 692 00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:59,723 whose whole life was defined by her profession. 693 00:44:00,340 --> 00:44:04,160 She's probably up there now putting a word in for you. 694 00:44:09,103 --> 00:44:13,520 We are all facing loss, and we are facing change. 695 00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:15,239 The death of our sister 696 00:44:15,240 --> 00:44:17,880 and the alteration of our practice are not linked. 697 00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:22,876 But the sadness feels the same because it is time itself that has... 698 00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:26,103 brought both these things about. 699 00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:29,920 I notice you say "alteration", Sister Julienne, 700 00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:31,700 and not "closure". 701 00:44:32,720 --> 00:44:36,279 Sister Veronica, Sister Catherine and I have decided 702 00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:40,600 that Nonnatus House will become a house of prayer 703 00:44:41,100 --> 00:44:44,819 and of charity, whilst we discern our next steps. 704 00:44:44,820 --> 00:44:48,349 Can you say what sort of steps you might be considering? 705 00:44:48,540 --> 00:44:50,825 As we've already discussed with Dr Turner, 706 00:44:50,850 --> 00:44:54,820 there are three potential new medical missions, 707 00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:58,896 all of which would involve at least a year abroad. 708 00:44:59,075 --> 00:45:02,079 One of them would be in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, 709 00:45:02,080 --> 00:45:04,640 one of them would be in British Columbia, 710 00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:08,540 and one would be in... in a remote part of Australia. 711 00:45:09,140 --> 00:45:13,820 We ask for your prayers and... and your patience. 712 00:45:14,460 --> 00:45:17,319 And that as many of you as are able 713 00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:19,740 stay with us on this journey. 714 00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:22,680 All will be well. 715 00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:25,360 I promise you. 716 00:45:27,197 --> 00:45:30,500 Before the cortege moves on to the church, 717 00:45:30,980 --> 00:45:33,920 Sister Julienne will read a short verse 718 00:45:34,700 --> 00:45:36,820 at the request of the lady 719 00:45:38,060 --> 00:45:39,720 we are honouring today. 720 00:45:41,340 --> 00:45:42,859 The poem is called 721 00:45:42,860 --> 00:45:45,820 The Old Astronomer Talks To His Pupil. 722 00:45:48,420 --> 00:45:52,300 "Though my soul may set in darkness 723 00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:55,580 "It will rise in perfect light 724 00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:59,580 "I have loved the stars too fondly 725 00:46:01,260 --> 00:46:03,300 "To be fearful of the night." 726 00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:16,960 Thank you, gentlemen. 727 00:46:31,300 --> 00:46:36,319 Nurse Highland, Sister Marcus has provided glowing references 728 00:46:36,320 --> 00:46:38,599 for your recent spell on our wards. 729 00:46:38,600 --> 00:46:41,839 But you also have excellent testimonials 730 00:46:41,840 --> 00:46:43,780 from your district work. 731 00:46:44,040 --> 00:46:47,120 Why do you want to return to a hospital environment? 732 00:46:47,560 --> 00:46:50,643 That's not an easy question to answer, Matron, 733 00:46:50,840 --> 00:46:52,395 because it presupposes 734 00:46:52,420 --> 00:46:55,320 that my own enjoyment is the thing that matters. 735 00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:59,892 What matters most is the patient, the person who needs my care. 736 00:46:59,917 --> 00:47:00,919 Indeed! 737 00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:02,799 And I feel that, going forward, 738 00:47:02,800 --> 00:47:04,979 I can give the best of myself to them 739 00:47:04,980 --> 00:47:07,979 in a place that is controlled and orderly 740 00:47:07,980 --> 00:47:10,539 and concerned with delivering excellence. 741 00:47:10,540 --> 00:47:13,199 And you don't feel that you can do that on the district? 742 00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:17,580 Things will improve, I'm sure, but... not at the present time. 743 00:47:19,240 --> 00:47:21,120 Step. 744 00:47:23,080 --> 00:47:26,000 Step. Step. 745 00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:30,440 Step. Step. 746 00:47:30,860 --> 00:47:32,280 Thank you, gentlemen. 747 00:47:32,790 --> 00:47:34,147 We receive the body 748 00:47:34,172 --> 00:47:36,567 of our sister, Monica Joan, with confidence in God, 749 00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:38,840 who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead. 750 00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:52,680 ♪ Abide with me 751 00:47:53,090 --> 00:47:59,936 ♪ Fast falls the eventide 752 00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:05,799 ♪ The darkness deepens 753 00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:11,200 ♪ Lord, with me abide 754 00:48:12,640 --> 00:48:18,956 ♪ When other helpers fail 755 00:48:19,112 --> 00:48:23,120 ♪ And comforts flee 756 00:48:24,923 --> 00:48:29,215 ♪ Help of the helpless 757 00:48:29,660 --> 00:48:38,400 ♪ O, abide with me. ♪ 758 00:48:39,820 --> 00:48:43,660 Having brought so many new lives into the world, 759 00:48:44,540 --> 00:48:46,960 Sister Monica Joan has gone on 760 00:48:46,985 --> 00:48:50,640 to a new eternal existence of her own. 761 00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:58,840 Words about her time on Earth seem so redundant and so small. 762 00:49:00,720 --> 00:49:03,020 Will we ever see her like again? 763 00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:05,200 I cannot say. 764 00:49:06,640 --> 00:49:08,660 But I can say this. 765 00:49:09,460 --> 00:49:11,120 She was unique. 766 00:49:12,320 --> 00:49:17,980 And yet what we feel as we let her go is universal. 767 00:49:21,860 --> 00:49:23,820 Because we have lost her. 768 00:49:25,360 --> 00:49:27,400 We have lost her. 769 00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:32,599 And today, as we gather round 770 00:49:32,600 --> 00:49:35,880 the emptiness that she has left behind, 771 00:49:36,540 --> 00:49:39,689 that space becomes not a void, 772 00:49:40,140 --> 00:49:44,640 but a vessel filled with love 773 00:49:45,640 --> 00:49:48,760 for her and from her, 774 00:49:49,240 --> 00:49:52,540 from ourselves and for each other. 775 00:49:54,020 --> 00:49:56,540 We may not know what the future holds, 776 00:49:57,340 --> 00:50:01,620 but we can all say our lives contained her. 777 00:50:03,680 --> 00:50:07,420 And that binds us for eternity. 778 00:51:15,240 --> 00:51:16,480 Oh! 779 00:51:17,137 --> 00:51:21,055 I've been trying Victoria out, since this morning. 780 00:51:21,080 --> 00:51:22,359 Oh, I like it. 781 00:51:22,360 --> 00:51:23,920 Yeah! 782 00:51:31,800 --> 00:51:33,260 Perfect. 783 00:51:37,420 --> 00:51:40,799 Brava. Epitome of authority and poise. 784 00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:42,980 Do turn round so I can see the back. 785 00:51:43,820 --> 00:51:46,520 You don't need to see the back, Mr Scarisbrick, 786 00:51:46,788 --> 00:51:48,959 because the back has nothing at all to do 787 00:51:48,960 --> 00:51:50,319 with what I'm about to tell you. 788 00:51:50,320 --> 00:51:53,115 Well, I'm not expecting any discussion of my offer, 789 00:51:53,140 --> 00:51:55,019 given your unfortunate family situation. 790 00:51:55,020 --> 00:51:57,759 My unfortunate family situation actually has had 791 00:51:57,760 --> 00:51:59,880 unexpected repercussions. 792 00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:02,815 My husband now controls Aylward Estates, 793 00:52:02,840 --> 00:52:04,755 and I've been given a seat on the board. 794 00:52:04,780 --> 00:52:08,000 So you're interested in buying a share of the clinic? 795 00:52:08,880 --> 00:52:11,160 I'm not interested in 40%. 796 00:52:11,480 --> 00:52:13,199 55 would be better. 797 00:52:13,200 --> 00:52:15,200 That way, there's no confusion. 798 00:52:15,520 --> 00:52:17,420 We all know who's in charge. 799 00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:31,959 Is that Nurse Rosalind Robinson? 800 00:52:31,960 --> 00:52:35,075 Because she is looking at Sister Joyce Hyland! 801 00:52:35,100 --> 00:52:36,900 - You got the job! - Yes! 802 00:52:39,120 --> 00:52:40,640 Aww! 803 00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:44,799 Ah, there she is! 804 00:52:44,800 --> 00:52:46,640 You all ready for the big event? 805 00:52:46,665 --> 00:52:48,960 I have an uncomfortably full bladder. 806 00:52:49,760 --> 00:52:53,119 But I believe you're all going to see something quite amazing. 807 00:52:53,120 --> 00:52:54,779 It is quite space-age. 808 00:53:02,580 --> 00:53:04,360 I'm sorry they won't let you in. 809 00:53:07,055 --> 00:53:11,175 Now, what you're about to witness is a live examination 810 00:53:11,200 --> 00:53:13,639 of the gravid uterus using a method 811 00:53:13,640 --> 00:53:16,000 known as B-mode ultrasonography. 812 00:53:16,460 --> 00:53:19,559 The transducer emits pulses of sound 813 00:53:19,560 --> 00:53:21,439 into the maternal abdomen, 814 00:53:21,440 --> 00:53:24,479 and the returning echoes are converted 815 00:53:24,480 --> 00:53:26,980 into an image in real time. 816 00:53:27,640 --> 00:53:32,040 No radiation, no needles, and no discomfort. 817 00:53:32,240 --> 00:53:35,700 - Are you ready, Mother? - Yes, Mr Perry. 818 00:53:58,160 --> 00:54:01,359 I think an exhibition of photographs and a tea party 819 00:54:01,360 --> 00:54:04,300 is a delightful way to conclude the old era. 820 00:54:07,040 --> 00:54:09,539 Dr Turner is greatly relieved 821 00:54:09,540 --> 00:54:11,980 that you're staying on as his district nurse. 822 00:54:12,220 --> 00:54:15,320 I think he was afraid that you might retire. 823 00:54:15,400 --> 00:54:18,319 Well, I'm already eligible for my pension, so I could. 824 00:54:18,320 --> 00:54:20,439 - Mm. - But why would I want to? 825 00:54:20,440 --> 00:54:22,040 I love my work. 826 00:54:22,320 --> 00:54:25,199 To give it up would be like resigning from myself. 827 00:54:25,200 --> 00:54:26,800 Likewise. 828 00:54:27,120 --> 00:54:29,820 Yeah. But I suppose... 829 00:54:30,600 --> 00:54:34,279 one day, even dear Dr Turner I won't need us any more. 830 00:54:34,280 --> 00:54:37,999 But when that comes to pass, I'm inclined to think 831 00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:40,783 you and I might have some new adventures. 832 00:54:41,040 --> 00:54:43,800 Dare I ask what you have in mind? 833 00:54:45,419 --> 00:54:47,040 I thought... 834 00:54:47,480 --> 00:54:50,240 we could set up a detective agency. 835 00:54:50,720 --> 00:54:55,415 I could investigate people via public records 836 00:54:55,440 --> 00:55:00,180 and you could use your Advanced Motorists credentials 837 00:55:00,980 --> 00:55:02,515 to trail them. 838 00:55:02,540 --> 00:55:05,200 Or... or... or even give chase! 839 00:55:09,480 --> 00:55:10,960 You're on! 840 00:55:11,240 --> 00:55:13,099 What are we going to call ourselves? 841 00:55:13,100 --> 00:55:17,540 I think we should play on our spinsterly status, perhaps. 842 00:55:17,565 --> 00:55:18,740 Um... 843 00:55:19,055 --> 00:55:21,943 The Miss Adventures Agency? 844 00:55:21,980 --> 00:55:23,839 - Miss Alliance! - Oh, yes! 845 00:55:23,840 --> 00:55:25,540 Miss Demeanours! 846 00:55:27,540 --> 00:55:30,035 I've seen cards in phone boxes 847 00:55:30,060 --> 00:55:32,440 from someone called Miss Demeanours! 848 00:55:35,880 --> 00:55:37,760 Pass the Worcester sauce! 849 00:55:37,960 --> 00:55:44,200 ♪ When I think how soon we run out of time 850 00:55:45,520 --> 00:55:50,620 ♪ Looking back at what I've done in my time 851 00:55:51,940 --> 00:55:55,840 ♪ My accomplishments are few 852 00:55:58,000 --> 00:56:02,480 ♪ But for my days of loving you 853 00:56:04,320 --> 00:56:10,440 ♪ If I've never gone too far in this world 854 00:56:12,040 --> 00:56:16,960 ♪ When I might have made my mark in this world 855 00:56:18,699 --> 00:56:22,020 ♪ I had better things to do 856 00:56:23,920 --> 00:56:28,140 ♪ I had my days of loving you 857 00:56:31,573 --> 00:56:36,333 ♪ Let the others go their way 858 00:56:38,300 --> 00:56:42,800 ♪ Seeking more and more 859 00:56:44,420 --> 00:56:49,160 ♪ Give me just one yesterday 860 00:56:50,900 --> 00:56:55,400 ♪ Filled with love like yours 861 00:56:57,200 --> 00:57:03,120 ♪ I have nothing to regret in this life 862 00:57:04,000 --> 00:57:08,960 ♪ I've had all there is to get in this life 863 00:57:10,400 --> 00:57:14,120 ♪ Once I lived a dream come true 864 00:57:17,200 --> 00:57:20,480 ♪ I had my days of loving you... ♪ 865 00:57:27,360 --> 00:57:30,687 There have always been goodbyes 866 00:57:30,712 --> 00:57:32,839 at Nonnatus House, 867 00:57:32,840 --> 00:57:35,759 and there have always been endings. 868 00:57:35,760 --> 00:57:37,699 Year after year, 869 00:57:37,700 --> 00:57:42,455 there have always been some drawing down of blinds, 870 00:57:42,480 --> 00:57:44,656 some closing of doors, 871 00:57:44,793 --> 00:57:49,840 some waving away of voyagers and exiles. 872 00:57:50,400 --> 00:57:55,239 We have grieved because there was no love without pain, 873 00:57:55,240 --> 00:58:01,240 and we survived because the love was always greater. 874 00:58:04,977 --> 00:58:09,960 There will always be another chapter and more change. 875 00:58:10,340 --> 00:58:13,279 The world is forever evolving 876 00:58:13,280 --> 00:58:16,900 and the winds are sometimes cold. 877 00:58:17,200 --> 00:58:21,779 But it is what we carry safe within us 878 00:58:21,780 --> 00:58:24,020 that will stay the same. 879 00:58:25,192 --> 00:58:28,719 Hope is the pearl inside the oyster, 880 00:58:28,720 --> 00:58:31,880 the seed in its sacred husk, 881 00:58:31,960 --> 00:58:35,039 hidden in the sweet dark earth 882 00:58:35,040 --> 00:58:38,280 until the spring comes. 883 00:58:42,997 --> 00:58:46,123 Sub extracted from file and improved by Se7enOfNin9 for addic7ed.com