1 00:00:24,290 --> 00:00:26,620 Good evening, fellow fans. 2 00:00:26,650 --> 00:00:31,030 I suspect this is a side of me you never expected to see, 3 00:00:31,060 --> 00:00:33,900 but I feel there is nothing undignified 4 00:00:33,930 --> 00:00:37,870 about following a sport and rooting for one’s side. 5 00:00:37,900 --> 00:00:42,740 Excuse me, my team is now entering the arena. 6 00:00:42,770 --> 00:00:45,470 [lion growling] 7 00:00:48,310 --> 00:00:51,050 By the way, for the information of those of you 8 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:53,180 who are unfamiliar with sports 9 00:00:53,210 --> 00:00:55,850 that was not the mascot you heard. 10 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:58,590 He is one of the participants. 11 00:00:59,790 --> 00:01:02,320 Now, I see they’re about to throw-- 12 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:04,330 Uh, correction. 13 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:08,300 The other team is about to come onto the field. 14 00:01:08,330 --> 00:01:10,830 I also see by your chalky faces 15 00:01:10,870 --> 00:01:14,900 that some of you prefer more intellectual entertainment. 16 00:01:14,940 --> 00:01:17,240 That is why we offer the following. 17 00:01:17,270 --> 00:01:19,740 And now, if you will excuse me, 18 00:01:19,770 --> 00:01:22,410 I must cheer my team on. 19 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:24,680 [roaring] 20 00:02:10,830 --> 00:02:12,360 This will be fine, Julia. 21 00:02:12,390 --> 00:02:14,160 Now, if we just don’t have any late enrollments-- 22 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,400 -[phone buzzes] -Oh, excuse me. 23 00:02:17,830 --> 00:02:19,500 Yes? 24 00:02:19,530 --> 00:02:21,970 Oh, ask her to come in, please. 25 00:02:22,070 --> 00:02:24,070 Laura Siddons is here. 26 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:30,980 Oh, good morning, Laura. 27 00:02:32,350 --> 00:02:35,420 Well, I hope you feel a little more rested today. 28 00:02:35,450 --> 00:02:39,190 This is Miss Conrad, our vice principal. 29 00:02:39,220 --> 00:02:40,660 We are so pleased you are going to be 30 00:02:40,690 --> 00:02:42,320 with us at Briarstone, Miss Siddons. 31 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:44,330 I was just telling Miss Conrad 32 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:48,560 that yesterday was the first time we’ve met in 25 years. 33 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:50,230 A quarter of a century. 34 00:02:50,270 --> 00:02:52,230 [principal] It sounds far more dreadful 35 00:02:52,270 --> 00:02:54,140 you’re saying it like that! 36 00:02:54,170 --> 00:02:56,200 You know, Laura, your letter arrived 37 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:58,240 at the most opportune moment. 38 00:02:58,270 --> 00:03:00,780 Yes, we’ve been looking everywhere for a replacement 39 00:03:00,810 --> 00:03:03,210 in European literature. 40 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:06,250 And we were beginning to think that we’d have to start the term without anyone. 41 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:08,180 I’m glad I wrote. 42 00:03:08,220 --> 00:03:10,150 Oh, you’ll get on famously. 43 00:03:10,190 --> 00:03:13,050 And if there are any questions or problems, 44 00:03:13,090 --> 00:03:15,060 well, that’s why Miss Conrad and I are here. 45 00:03:15,060 --> 00:03:16,790 Thank you. 46 00:03:16,830 --> 00:03:19,230 When one has been out of this country for so long, 47 00:03:19,260 --> 00:03:23,370 things seem very different from the way one remembered them. 48 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:25,470 [stammers] Even a little strange. 49 00:03:25,500 --> 00:03:30,810 Well, it’s nearly time for my first class. 50 00:03:36,540 --> 00:03:39,780 Thank you for giving me this opportunity. 51 00:03:47,590 --> 00:03:50,390 Is she going to be any good? 52 00:03:50,430 --> 00:03:53,090 Well, there’s no doubt about her intellectual capabilities 53 00:03:53,130 --> 00:03:55,630 or her knowledge of European literature. 54 00:03:55,660 --> 00:04:00,040 Yes, but what about her knowledge of the American college girl? 55 00:04:00,070 --> 00:04:02,940 Oh, I am sorry, Dorothy, I know she was your classmate, 56 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,610 but she seems so terribly foreign. 57 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:07,510 Well, what else could I do? 58 00:04:07,540 --> 00:04:09,340 With Miss Martin leaving so suddenly, 59 00:04:09,380 --> 00:04:11,250 we had to find a replacement. 60 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:13,450 And you saw Miss Siddons’ letter to me. 61 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:15,620 Yes, it was rather desperate. 62 00:04:17,090 --> 00:04:20,420 We’d be just as desperate if we’d led her life. 63 00:04:20,460 --> 00:04:23,060 Lost her father when she was young. 64 00:04:23,090 --> 00:04:26,430 Her mother, just before we graduated. 65 00:04:26,460 --> 00:04:29,260 Right after, she went off to Germany, 66 00:04:29,300 --> 00:04:33,100 to visit an only living relative, her uncle. 67 00:04:33,130 --> 00:04:34,640 Then the war. 68 00:04:34,670 --> 00:04:36,840 She was there all through it, Julia. 69 00:04:36,870 --> 00:04:39,370 The bombings, the internment. 70 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:42,080 Then the years right after, 71 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:44,210 teaching English where and when she could. 72 00:04:44,250 --> 00:04:46,680 Staying on with her uncle until he passed on 73 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:48,780 and she came back to the States. 74 00:04:48,820 --> 00:04:50,750 You can imagine what these past few months 75 00:04:50,790 --> 00:04:52,250 have been like for her. 76 00:04:52,290 --> 00:04:55,120 No money, no family, no friends. 77 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,090 Looking for work, 78 00:04:57,090 --> 00:05:00,030 until she remembered me and wrote that letter. 79 00:05:01,300 --> 00:05:03,400 I’ll tell you something else, Julia, 80 00:05:03,430 --> 00:05:05,600 if I had turned her down, 81 00:05:05,630 --> 00:05:07,570 I don’t know what would have happened to her. 82 00:05:13,270 --> 00:05:15,340 [chattering] 83 00:05:19,510 --> 00:05:22,120 -Good morning, young ladies. -[students] Good morning. 84 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:31,290 I am your new homeroom counselor, 85 00:05:31,330 --> 00:05:32,730 Miss Siddons. 86 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:34,960 S-I-D-D-O-N-S. 87 00:05:35,060 --> 00:05:38,270 I shall also teach you European Literature. 88 00:05:38,300 --> 00:05:42,600 You will find that I insist on punctuality and on attention. 89 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:45,210 You will also find, at the end of the semester, 90 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:48,080 you will have learned European literature. 91 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:54,380 Now... 92 00:05:54,420 --> 00:05:56,120 Gloria Barnes? 93 00:05:56,150 --> 00:05:58,090 Present. 94 00:05:58,090 --> 00:05:59,720 Vera Carson? 95 00:05:59,750 --> 00:06:01,190 Present. 96 00:06:02,820 --> 00:06:04,530 Constance Cowell? 97 00:06:12,230 --> 00:06:14,140 Hi. 98 00:06:14,170 --> 00:06:15,640 Would you care for a lift? 99 00:06:15,670 --> 00:06:18,040 Oh, yes. Thank you. 100 00:06:26,820 --> 00:06:28,420 I was under the impression 101 00:06:28,450 --> 00:06:31,650 that you girls were not allowed to drive your cars to school. 102 00:06:31,690 --> 00:06:32,750 We’re not. 103 00:06:32,790 --> 00:06:34,660 Gloria’s a PC. 104 00:06:34,690 --> 00:06:37,060 Vera, you want Miss Siddons to get the wrong impression? 105 00:06:37,060 --> 00:06:39,490 -A PC? -Privileged character. 106 00:06:39,530 --> 00:06:41,060 But she’s not. Lollypop’s family-- 107 00:06:41,100 --> 00:06:42,500 Lollypop? 108 00:06:42,530 --> 00:06:45,300 Gloria. Her family are still at her summer place. 109 00:06:45,330 --> 00:06:47,300 She has to commute for a few days, so... 110 00:06:47,340 --> 00:06:48,440 Train takes forever. 111 00:06:48,470 --> 00:06:51,470 So I get to use my own car. 112 00:06:51,510 --> 00:06:54,880 -Where are you staying? -The Clifton Arms Apartments. 113 00:06:54,910 --> 00:06:56,640 -But there’s no need for you-- -We go right past it. 114 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:58,710 It’s just a block from our soda saloon. 115 00:06:58,750 --> 00:07:00,450 Maybe you’d like to split a calorie with us. 116 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:01,620 Would you, Miss Siddons? 117 00:07:01,650 --> 00:07:03,320 Their choc’ shake’s the living end. 118 00:07:03,350 --> 00:07:06,020 Thank you, not today. Perhaps some other time. 119 00:07:17,700 --> 00:07:21,070 Well, so you’re the little lady just moved into apartment six. 120 00:07:21,100 --> 00:07:23,140 I am number five. Makes us neighbors. 121 00:07:23,170 --> 00:07:25,240 Proudy’s my name, Ben Proudy. 122 00:07:25,270 --> 00:07:27,840 You know, in a big city nobody ever gets to know his neighbors. 123 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:29,710 People go for years never so much as saying good morning 124 00:07:29,740 --> 00:07:30,910 to somebody who lives across the hall 125 00:07:30,950 --> 00:07:32,410 or on the other side of the wall. 126 00:07:32,450 --> 00:07:34,050 Oh, you can hear them talking but all the same 127 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:35,650 you’re not supposed to talk to them. 128 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:39,550 Well, Ben Proudy doesn’t hold with that. No, sir. 129 00:07:39,590 --> 00:07:43,160 Tear the walls down, that’s what I say, Miss, uh... 130 00:07:43,190 --> 00:07:44,790 Siddons. 131 00:07:44,830 --> 00:07:46,390 [Mr. Proudy] Why should a little plaster come between people? 132 00:07:46,430 --> 00:07:49,130 Tell me that, Miss Siddons. Hmm? 133 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:52,070 I really haven’t thought, Mr. Proudy. 134 00:07:52,070 --> 00:07:54,200 Well, we’ll have to change all that. 135 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:56,140 There’s a fine little bar down the street, 136 00:07:56,170 --> 00:07:58,670 just neighborhood people, real neighborly folks. 137 00:07:58,710 --> 00:08:01,480 -Some time, when you’re-- -I don’t drink. 138 00:08:01,510 --> 00:08:02,710 Oh. 139 00:08:02,740 --> 00:08:06,550 Well, maybe a movie some night? Hmm? 140 00:08:06,580 --> 00:08:10,390 Thank you for the invitation. I expect to be very busy for some weeks to come. 141 00:08:10,420 --> 00:08:12,290 Good day, Mr. Proudy. 142 00:08:18,230 --> 00:08:19,930 It is now generally known that 143 00:08:20,030 --> 00:08:22,500 the author of the classic European horror story, 144 00:08:22,530 --> 00:08:24,600 Frankenstein, 145 00:08:24,630 --> 00:08:28,040 was the wife of the English poet, Shelley. 146 00:08:28,070 --> 00:08:32,840 To be precise, the full title of Mrs. Shelley’s famous novel is... 147 00:08:32,870 --> 00:08:37,650 Frankensteinor The Modern Prometheus. 148 00:08:39,310 --> 00:08:42,480 Now, do you all know who Prometheus wa-- 149 00:08:49,790 --> 00:08:51,190 -Vera. -[Vera] Yes, ma’am? 150 00:08:51,230 --> 00:08:53,130 Put your shoes back on. 151 00:09:06,680 --> 00:09:10,310 This is the third time this month that you have been late. 152 00:09:10,350 --> 00:09:12,010 I’m sorry, Miss Siddons. 153 00:09:12,010 --> 00:09:14,020 Being sorry doesn’t help, Vera, 154 00:09:14,020 --> 00:09:16,920 unless you also do something about it. 155 00:09:17,020 --> 00:09:19,120 Perhaps you will tell me what Prometheus means to you. 156 00:09:21,260 --> 00:09:24,160 Isn’t that one of those funny little things we studied in zoology? 157 00:09:26,030 --> 00:09:28,330 I presume you mean a paramecium? 158 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:31,800 -Yes, that’s it! -Vera. 159 00:09:31,830 --> 00:09:34,070 The Ancient Greeks regarded Prometheus as 160 00:09:34,100 --> 00:09:36,810 the creator of the human race and-- 161 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:38,740 I don’t see why we have to waste our time 162 00:09:38,770 --> 00:09:43,180 on a lot of people who’ve been dead for hundreds and hundreds of years. 163 00:09:43,210 --> 00:09:45,380 Your presence in this class indicates your need 164 00:09:45,410 --> 00:09:47,480 for an education, does it not? 165 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,950 Yes, but isn’t education to make one think? 166 00:09:51,050 --> 00:09:52,850 I mean, the brain isn’t just a place to dump 167 00:09:52,890 --> 00:09:55,760 a lot of unimportant facts and figures. 168 00:09:55,790 --> 00:09:58,090 The brain requires discipline. 169 00:09:58,130 --> 00:10:00,400 Discipline and diligence. 170 00:10:00,430 --> 00:10:02,300 And as long as I am your teacher, 171 00:10:02,330 --> 00:10:04,600 I shall make sure that you do not forget that. 172 00:10:10,340 --> 00:10:12,370 Miss Siddons. 173 00:10:13,710 --> 00:10:15,480 It’s about Mary Shelley. 174 00:10:15,510 --> 00:10:17,050 You mentioned her novel, The Last Man, 175 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:19,410 about the destruction of the human race. 176 00:10:19,450 --> 00:10:23,620 It sounded so timely, even though you said she wrote it in 1826. 177 00:10:23,650 --> 00:10:25,990 That was the year it was published. 178 00:10:26,020 --> 00:10:27,490 I’d love to read it, but I’ve called 179 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:29,690 the public library and they just don’t have a copy. 180 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:32,130 Perhaps I could find it for you. 181 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:34,860 Would you, Miss Siddons? Thank you. 182 00:10:34,900 --> 00:10:39,300 Gloria, I should like to say something. 183 00:10:39,330 --> 00:10:43,670 I’ve been so pleased with your work in class. 184 00:10:43,710 --> 00:10:48,240 If only the other girls had the same interest. 185 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:50,950 Well, I’ll see what I can do about the book. 186 00:10:50,980 --> 00:10:53,210 -Goodbye, Gloria. -Goodbye, Miss Siddons. 187 00:10:54,750 --> 00:10:56,150 Miss Siddons. 188 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:01,590 Would you care to come home with me and have tea? 189 00:11:01,620 --> 00:11:03,390 We can talk about Mary Shelley 190 00:11:03,430 --> 00:11:06,060 and, anyway, I’d like you to meet my mother. 191 00:11:06,060 --> 00:11:08,860 I should like that very much, Gloria. 192 00:11:14,970 --> 00:11:18,110 I wouldn’t want your problems, Miss Siddons. 193 00:11:18,140 --> 00:11:20,080 It’s time for your pill, Mother. 194 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:21,210 The child’s relentless. 195 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:23,080 Or Mother simply has to stop charging around 196 00:11:23,110 --> 00:11:24,380 like she used to. 197 00:11:24,410 --> 00:11:26,380 She should settle down to a good book. 198 00:11:26,410 --> 00:11:29,520 Much rather play cribbage with your father when he comes home. 199 00:11:29,550 --> 00:11:31,690 Such an un-chic game. 200 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:33,220 But he loves it. 201 00:11:33,250 --> 00:11:34,520 He daren’t admit it, though. 202 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:36,220 Daddy’s in the State Department. 203 00:11:36,260 --> 00:11:39,190 Most of his colleagues prefer bridge to cribbage. 204 00:11:39,230 --> 00:11:40,530 And where is he now? 205 00:11:40,560 --> 00:11:42,530 In Iraq. 206 00:11:42,560 --> 00:11:44,700 Thank goodness he’ll be coming back soon. 207 00:11:44,730 --> 00:11:47,200 -[coughs] -Oh, Mother. 208 00:11:51,340 --> 00:11:53,480 Perhaps I-I should go. 209 00:11:53,510 --> 00:11:54,610 No. 210 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:56,140 No, no, stay and have your tea. 211 00:11:56,180 --> 00:11:58,150 I’m quite all right, really. 212 00:11:58,180 --> 00:11:59,450 It’s been so pleasant to meet you. 213 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:01,580 I hope you’ll be up and about very soon. 214 00:12:01,620 --> 00:12:04,390 -I could drop you home. -No, dear, stay with your mother. 215 00:12:04,420 --> 00:12:06,290 I’m getting so handy with the buses. 216 00:12:07,660 --> 00:12:09,060 Mother. 217 00:12:24,070 --> 00:12:27,610 -Well, evening, Miss Siddons. -Good evening, Mr. Proudy. 218 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:30,450 Well, school must be going great guns, huh? 219 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:32,150 You’re all smiles this evening. 220 00:12:32,180 --> 00:12:34,280 I had a lovely afternoon. 221 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:36,550 Well, then let’s not break the spell. 222 00:12:36,580 --> 00:12:38,220 There’s a nice little place down the street. 223 00:12:38,250 --> 00:12:40,090 Nothing fancy, but the food’s good. 224 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:42,520 Why not come and have a bite? Hmm? 225 00:12:42,560 --> 00:12:45,160 Thank you, I’ve already had my supper. 226 00:12:45,190 --> 00:12:48,800 But, another night if you still feel like asking me. 227 00:12:48,830 --> 00:12:51,300 Oh, you sure don’t know old Ben Proudy. 228 00:12:51,330 --> 00:12:53,270 You bet I’ll ask. 229 00:12:54,540 --> 00:12:57,670 -Well, uh, goodnight. -Goodnight. 230 00:13:04,580 --> 00:13:06,250 Good evening, may I help you? 231 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:08,250 Good evening, I was looking for an edition 232 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:10,620 of Mary Shelley’s The Last Man. 233 00:13:10,650 --> 00:13:13,620 Or a collection of her works that might contain it. 234 00:13:13,660 --> 00:13:16,520 I’m not quite sure. Let me go see. 235 00:13:30,110 --> 00:13:31,510 [Miss Siddons] Gloria? 236 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:44,950 How about that? I do have one. 237 00:13:44,990 --> 00:13:47,090 It’s a rare one, though. $10. 238 00:13:49,190 --> 00:13:51,960 Well, uh, do you want it? 239 00:13:51,990 --> 00:13:53,360 Oh. 240 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,330 -$10? -Yes. 241 00:14:01,370 --> 00:14:02,800 -Thank you. -OK. 242 00:14:06,780 --> 00:14:10,380 Sorry, no ladies allowed without escorts. 243 00:14:10,410 --> 00:14:13,210 You wouldn’t want the club to get a bad name, now, would you, lady? 244 00:14:30,070 --> 00:14:33,900 who would care to describe what we mean when we say 245 00:14:33,940 --> 00:14:36,640 the Gothic novel? 246 00:14:38,370 --> 00:14:39,610 [bell ringing] 247 00:14:40,810 --> 00:14:42,080 Class dismissed. 248 00:14:45,610 --> 00:14:48,380 Gloria, may I speak to you a minute, please? 249 00:14:48,420 --> 00:14:50,720 Be out in the hall, Lollypops! 250 00:15:00,130 --> 00:15:02,760 Where did you find it so fast? 251 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:05,600 In the second-hand bookshop, last night. 252 00:15:05,630 --> 00:15:07,800 You must let me pay you for it! 253 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:09,500 It is a gift. 254 00:15:12,910 --> 00:15:16,640 Miss Siddons, I’m sorry about just now in class. 255 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,480 I guess I dozed off, didn’t I? 256 00:15:19,510 --> 00:15:22,080 -Were you up late? -All night. 257 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:23,750 You see, Mother wasn’t feeling well 258 00:15:23,790 --> 00:15:25,720 and I didn’t want to leave her alone. 259 00:15:25,750 --> 00:15:28,490 I don’t know what’s been wrong with me lately. 260 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:32,760 It must be the strain of Mother’s illness and Daddy’s being away. 261 00:15:32,790 --> 00:15:34,730 I know you’re disappointed in me, Miss Siddons, 262 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:36,830 but I’m really cracking my books tonight. 263 00:15:36,870 --> 00:15:39,070 When finals come, you’ll see. 264 00:15:39,100 --> 00:15:40,840 That’s all I wanted to hear. 265 00:15:40,870 --> 00:15:43,300 Forgive me for being so rude as to fall asleep. 266 00:15:43,340 --> 00:15:45,170 It won’t happen again. 267 00:15:45,210 --> 00:15:47,280 And thanks so much for the book. 268 00:15:57,390 --> 00:16:02,520 Thank you, Ben. I enjoyed both the pictures. 269 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:06,030 They do help you to escape a little, don’t they? 270 00:16:06,030 --> 00:16:08,100 There’s nothing wrong with that, Laura. 271 00:16:08,130 --> 00:16:10,070 No, I suppose not. 272 00:16:11,330 --> 00:16:13,340 You’ve been very kind. 273 00:16:13,370 --> 00:16:15,540 No, no, no, Laura, it’s my pleasure. 274 00:16:15,570 --> 00:16:20,210 I mean, most men would have stopped inviting me after so many excuses. 275 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:21,480 What are neighbors for? 276 00:16:21,510 --> 00:16:22,840 To be neighborly, of course! 277 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:25,910 All the same, I do appreciate it. 278 00:16:25,950 --> 00:16:28,350 I’m afraid I haven’t been very good company, 279 00:16:28,380 --> 00:16:31,190 but I’ve, I’ve had so much on my mind lately. 280 00:16:31,220 --> 00:16:32,650 Nonsense, Laura. 281 00:16:36,890 --> 00:16:38,630 Say, how about having a... 282 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:52,710 You look as if you’d seen a ghost. 283 00:16:53,780 --> 00:16:55,140 Something wrong? 284 00:16:55,180 --> 00:16:57,380 Ben, it’s that girl. 285 00:16:57,410 --> 00:16:59,410 She’s one of my pupils. 286 00:16:59,450 --> 00:17:01,050 She oughtn’t to be in a place like that. 287 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:03,390 I’m sure her parents wouldn’t approve. 288 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:24,370 Please, please get me a taxi. 289 00:17:24,410 --> 00:17:25,870 I must find out where she’s going. 290 00:17:25,910 --> 00:17:27,610 Well, the car’s right here. I’ll drive you. 291 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:29,740 Oh, thank you. Thank you. 292 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:45,560 The name on the mailbox is Paul Dunlap. Apartment 2-K. 293 00:17:45,590 --> 00:17:47,530 How long have they been up there now? 294 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:49,800 Oh, now, look, Laura, there’s nothing you can do about it. 295 00:17:49,830 --> 00:17:51,100 How long? 296 00:18:01,180 --> 00:18:04,450 -Let me take you home. -No. 297 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:08,780 Laura, young people have different ideas about things today. 298 00:18:08,820 --> 00:18:10,290 What was wrong when we were young-- 299 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:12,020 Is still wrong! 300 00:18:12,020 --> 00:18:13,320 Laura? 301 00:18:13,360 --> 00:18:15,760 Don’t worry. I am not going to disturb them. 302 00:18:15,790 --> 00:18:18,560 I’m just going to leave a note under the door. 303 00:18:23,900 --> 00:18:25,630 [doorbell ringing] 304 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:35,740 -Who is it? -Gloria! 305 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:47,820 Excuse my appearance but Saturday morning is-- 306 00:18:47,860 --> 00:18:50,060 How dare you trail me? 307 00:18:51,130 --> 00:18:53,060 -I had to. -Had to? 308 00:18:53,090 --> 00:18:54,930 Had to pry into my life? 309 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:56,900 What business is it of yours? 310 00:18:58,300 --> 00:19:00,600 Gloria... 311 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:03,440 to someone your age, 312 00:19:03,470 --> 00:19:06,570 teaching, for that matter, 313 00:19:06,610 --> 00:19:11,150 teachers must appear terribly dull. 314 00:19:11,180 --> 00:19:13,250 And, for the most part, you’re quite right. 315 00:19:14,750 --> 00:19:16,890 Year after year the same facts, 316 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:20,690 the same words, the same unimportant dates are repeated. 317 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:25,330 Year after year, to hundreds and hundreds of girl’s faces. 318 00:19:25,360 --> 00:19:27,330 Just faces. 319 00:19:27,360 --> 00:19:30,870 Rows and rows of smiling, scowling faces. 320 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:37,140 And then one day, if you’re lucky, 321 00:19:37,170 --> 00:19:40,680 you may discover a rare and wonderful thing sitting there before you. 322 00:19:40,710 --> 00:19:44,350 One child who was born understanding. 323 00:19:44,380 --> 00:19:48,580 One child who seeks more, who demands more from education. 324 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:53,790 And in that instant, it all becomes worthwhile. 325 00:19:53,820 --> 00:19:58,390 And you find justification for all the years of... nothing. 326 00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:04,470 And that’s why I couldn’t let you be harmed. 327 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:15,080 It’s not what you thought, Miss Siddons, I’m not harmed. 328 00:20:15,110 --> 00:20:16,880 I’m just married. 329 00:20:16,910 --> 00:20:19,810 Wonderfully, blissfully, married. 330 00:20:19,850 --> 00:20:22,980 You see, I don’t dare tell Mother while she’s so sick. 331 00:20:23,020 --> 00:20:26,520 So I’m waiting for Daddy to come home so I can tell him. 332 00:20:26,550 --> 00:20:30,790 She’s so excitable and she’d be convinced I wouldn’t finish school. 333 00:20:30,830 --> 00:20:34,060 Paul is such a wonderful person, Miss Siddons. 334 00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:37,400 I’m so much in love with him. 335 00:20:37,430 --> 00:20:40,070 Connie knows about us, but she’s the only one. 336 00:20:40,100 --> 00:20:41,600 And now you. 337 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:43,870 And all the time I... 338 00:20:43,910 --> 00:20:48,110 I thought he was some terrible gangster, 339 00:20:48,140 --> 00:20:50,480 taking you to that dreadful night club. 340 00:20:50,510 --> 00:20:51,880 Seventh Heaven? 341 00:20:51,910 --> 00:20:53,450 His father owns it, Miss Siddons, 342 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:55,250 and several other clubs. 343 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:57,450 Paul’s learning the business. 344 00:20:59,890 --> 00:21:02,460 I’ll keep your secret, Gloria. 345 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:08,100 Thank you, Miss Siddons. 346 00:21:18,810 --> 00:21:21,080 Good morning. 347 00:21:21,110 --> 00:21:23,850 Well, what’d she have to say for herself? 348 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:26,550 -It’s a secret. -You never know about a woman. 349 00:21:26,580 --> 00:21:29,550 Last night, you were really steamed up and this morning... 350 00:21:29,580 --> 00:21:31,350 Well, what’d you decide to do about it? 351 00:21:31,390 --> 00:21:33,090 -Nothing. -Huh? 352 00:21:33,090 --> 00:21:34,990 Her father will be home next week. 353 00:21:35,090 --> 00:21:36,860 He’ll know what to do and her mother isn’t up to 354 00:21:36,890 --> 00:21:38,530 any kind of crisis just now. 355 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:40,600 Like I told you last night, Laura, 356 00:21:40,630 --> 00:21:43,100 there’s nothing you can do about a thing like that. It’s up to the parents. 357 00:21:43,100 --> 00:21:47,100 Sometimes, the children seem to manage very well for themselves, Ben. 358 00:21:47,140 --> 00:21:48,940 [laughing] 359 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:03,520 Good morning, girls. 360 00:22:20,140 --> 00:22:22,100 It’s from Gloria. 361 00:22:31,950 --> 00:22:33,720 [Gloria] Miss Siddons. 362 00:22:33,750 --> 00:22:37,620 This is really an open letter because my friend Connie... 363 00:22:38,990 --> 00:22:41,660 read it to the class before you came in. 364 00:22:44,360 --> 00:22:46,390 I honestly liked you. 365 00:22:46,430 --> 00:22:48,800 I thought it was lucky it was you who found out 366 00:22:48,830 --> 00:22:51,570 about Paul rather than somebody else. 367 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:53,200 Now I know better. 368 00:22:55,370 --> 00:22:57,740 I know the reason you spied on us. 369 00:22:57,770 --> 00:23:01,180 You and your loathsome friend, Ben Proudy. 370 00:23:01,210 --> 00:23:03,680 You were in partnership, weren’t you? 371 00:23:03,710 --> 00:23:08,050 He did the dirty work you were too ladylike to do it yourself. 372 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:09,920 Well, he did it all right. 373 00:23:09,950 --> 00:23:12,150 He tried to blackmail Mother. 374 00:23:12,190 --> 00:23:14,820 He demanded $20,000. 375 00:23:14,860 --> 00:23:17,290 Otherwise, he was going to the principal 376 00:23:17,330 --> 00:23:20,660 and tell her about what he called "my affair." 377 00:23:20,700 --> 00:23:23,630 The police have him now and he’s confessed. 378 00:23:23,670 --> 00:23:26,500 He says you planned the whole thing. 379 00:23:26,530 --> 00:23:28,200 Mother is in a coma 380 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:31,710 and perhaps won’t even regain consciousness. 381 00:23:31,740 --> 00:23:35,180 If she dies, it will be more than blackmail. 382 00:23:35,210 --> 00:23:37,510 The police are coming for you. 383 00:23:37,550 --> 00:23:40,920 They know what to do with people like you. 384 00:24:15,450 --> 00:24:17,650 Our first defeat. 385 00:24:17,690 --> 00:24:19,490 We shall protest, of course. 386 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:23,690 I think the policy of allowing the other team to carry weapons 387 00:24:23,730 --> 00:24:27,630 is definitely unsportsmanlike. 388 00:24:27,660 --> 00:24:30,130 I have already reported the matter 389 00:24:30,170 --> 00:24:33,970 to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 390 00:24:34,070 --> 00:24:35,540 We seem to be late this evening, 391 00:24:35,570 --> 00:24:38,940 so I must rush through the remainder of our show. 392 00:24:38,970 --> 00:24:40,280 [clears throat, audio speeds up] 393 00:24:40,310 --> 00:24:42,210 That concludes our entertainment for this evening. 394 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:43,650 Next time, we shall be back with another story. 395 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:44,910 Until then, goodnight.