1 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:30,390 Good evening, fellow students. 2 00:00:30,430 --> 00:00:33,060 I’m glad to see everyone here. 3 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:39,770 Our dear professor is very strict about attendance. 4 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:42,340 Anyone who is absent must bring a note 5 00:00:42,370 --> 00:00:45,140 signed by their television repair man. 6 00:00:46,210 --> 00:00:48,610 And anyone who is tardy 7 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:51,450 and misses the first part of the program, 8 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:56,180 must stay after school and watch the late, late show. 9 00:00:56,220 --> 00:01:00,190 Perhaps you are wondering why I have this apple. 10 00:01:00,220 --> 00:01:03,060 It is for the teacher, naturally. 11 00:01:04,130 --> 00:01:06,090 [explosion] 12 00:01:06,130 --> 00:01:10,470 And now we are about to take up one of his favorite subjects. 13 00:01:10,500 --> 00:01:12,600 Watch closely. 14 00:01:12,630 --> 00:01:15,370 He may ask questions later. 15 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:44,370 [horse neighing] 16 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:46,300 [station master] Little Tipton! Little Tipton, please! 17 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:49,300 -[man] Giddyup! -[whiplash] 18 00:01:49,340 --> 00:01:51,110 -Giddyup! -[whiplash] 19 00:01:51,110 --> 00:01:52,670 Come on, Nobby. 20 00:01:52,710 --> 00:01:55,110 -Giddyup! Giddyup! -[whiplash] 21 00:01:55,110 --> 00:01:56,510 -Giddyup! -Hey! You, there. 22 00:01:56,540 --> 00:01:59,880 Git! Giddyup, Nobby! Giddyup! 23 00:01:59,910 --> 00:02:01,620 -My man, stop! -Giddyup! 24 00:02:01,650 --> 00:02:02,950 -Giddyup! -Stop! 25 00:02:03,050 --> 00:02:04,090 -[whiplash] -Giddyup, Nobby! 26 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,620 Did you hear what I said, my man? 27 00:02:06,650 --> 00:02:08,190 -If you don’t stop-- -Giddyup! 28 00:02:08,220 --> 00:02:10,160 Stop! Stop! 29 00:02:10,190 --> 00:02:12,090 Stop abusing that animal! 30 00:02:12,130 --> 00:02:14,430 He can’t possibly pull such a load up that hill. 31 00:02:14,460 --> 00:02:16,530 He’s goin’ to, ma’am, and he’s got to. 32 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:18,070 Nonsense. 33 00:02:18,070 --> 00:02:19,570 Here, gimme me whip. 34 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:20,670 Nonsense! 35 00:02:20,700 --> 00:02:22,070 Leave half the load here 36 00:02:22,100 --> 00:02:24,070 by the side of the road and come back for it. 37 00:02:24,070 --> 00:02:26,140 Come on now, unload it at once. 38 00:02:28,140 --> 00:02:30,550 This ain’t your affair and it ain’t your horse. 39 00:02:30,580 --> 00:02:33,110 Hmm. We’ll see about that. 40 00:02:33,150 --> 00:02:35,250 How much will you sell him for? 41 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:37,550 Him? Sell him? 42 00:02:37,590 --> 00:02:39,220 Well, he’s a valuable horse, a good horse, 43 00:02:39,250 --> 00:02:41,090 I don’t know as I could sell him. 44 00:02:41,090 --> 00:02:42,990 -How much? -Well, a horse like that, 45 00:02:43,090 --> 00:02:45,660 I couldn’t let go for less than... 46 00:02:45,690 --> 00:02:47,260 10 pounds, ma’am. 47 00:02:47,300 --> 00:02:49,260 -10 pounds? -Yes, ma’am. 48 00:02:49,300 --> 00:02:52,670 10 pounds for an over-worked, decrepit, beast like that? 49 00:02:52,700 --> 00:02:54,100 Oh, very well. 50 00:02:55,170 --> 00:02:56,170 What’s your name? 51 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:58,210 Huggins, ma’am. Ben Huggins. 52 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:01,340 Here. Here, now. You... 53 00:03:02,410 --> 00:03:03,480 you sign it. 54 00:03:05,550 --> 00:03:09,080 You don’t get your 10 pounds unless you sign it! 55 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:11,050 Yes, but, uh, what does it say? 56 00:03:11,050 --> 00:03:13,620 It says that you have sold me your horse for 10 pounds 57 00:03:13,660 --> 00:03:16,090 and that you are to keep him for me. 58 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,390 You mean I get him? Got to keep him? 59 00:03:18,430 --> 00:03:20,700 You are to keep him and use him in your work. 60 00:03:20,730 --> 00:03:24,070 He’s to be well fed and not overloaded. 61 00:03:24,070 --> 00:03:26,070 I shall keep an eye on my horse, 62 00:03:26,070 --> 00:03:27,340 and if he isn’t fat, 63 00:03:27,370 --> 00:03:30,070 if he isn’t happy the next time I see him, 64 00:03:30,110 --> 00:03:31,740 I shall take back my 10 pounds. 65 00:03:31,770 --> 00:03:33,070 Do you understand? 66 00:03:33,110 --> 00:03:34,610 [laughs] You mean, 67 00:03:34,640 --> 00:03:37,450 all I got to do for me 10 pounds, is be matey with me horse? 68 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:39,080 You’ve got to treat him like a brother. 69 00:03:39,110 --> 00:03:40,620 Make him like you. 70 00:03:40,650 --> 00:03:43,220 He probably loathes you, you know. 71 00:03:43,250 --> 00:03:46,320 Do he? Oh, I hadn’t thought of that. 72 00:03:48,790 --> 00:03:50,430 Oh, come on, professor. 73 00:03:52,190 --> 00:03:54,500 Come on, lad. Come on, now. 74 00:03:56,460 --> 00:03:58,700 You take a drink of water 75 00:03:58,730 --> 00:04:02,040 while I nip into the pub to get a little, uh, 76 00:04:02,070 --> 00:04:03,470 refreshment myself. 77 00:04:08,380 --> 00:04:12,410 [train whistles] 78 00:04:12,450 --> 00:04:15,580 Dear me, that’s the first sign of impatience 79 00:04:15,620 --> 00:04:17,350 that train has shown all day. 80 00:04:17,390 --> 00:04:19,050 [automobile horn] 81 00:04:23,530 --> 00:04:25,060 How do you do? 82 00:04:25,090 --> 00:04:27,060 You must be our new governess, Miss Hope. 83 00:04:27,060 --> 00:04:28,930 I’m Mrs. Wellington. 84 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:30,430 Where’s your luggage? 85 00:04:30,470 --> 00:04:32,600 Well I’m afraid it didn’t get off the train. 86 00:04:32,630 --> 00:04:34,100 Oh, how provoking. 87 00:04:34,140 --> 00:04:36,600 Really these railway companies are so careless. 88 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:38,140 But never mind. 89 00:04:38,170 --> 00:04:40,610 My maid can lend you some things for the night. 90 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,080 The children are so looking forward to meeting you. 91 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:46,210 Our last governess was not at all satisfactory. 92 00:04:46,250 --> 00:04:47,950 Quite a strict disciplinarian. 93 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:51,690 We’re looking for somebody more up to date. 94 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:54,260 Come along, get in. 95 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:01,460 [Mrs. Wellington] Home please, Simpson. 96 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:10,670 Now, I must tell you something about the children. 97 00:05:10,710 --> 00:05:12,940 Claude and Wilfred are very delicate. 98 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:14,940 They must never be spoken to in a harsh tone. 99 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:16,580 It wounds them deeply. 100 00:05:16,610 --> 00:05:18,250 Then, Irenee. 101 00:05:18,280 --> 00:05:21,050 She has the artistic temperament very highly developed. 102 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,350 You must allow for that if she becomes a little over emotional. 103 00:05:24,390 --> 00:05:27,260 I have the artistic temperament myself. 104 00:05:27,290 --> 00:05:30,060 I’m sure you can control yours, Miss Hope. 105 00:05:30,060 --> 00:05:32,390 And if Viola plays you a joke once in a while, 106 00:05:32,430 --> 00:05:34,160 you must take it in good part. 107 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:35,960 It’s only youthful high spirits. 108 00:05:36,060 --> 00:05:37,230 I see. 109 00:05:37,270 --> 00:05:39,130 And I want them not only to be taught 110 00:05:39,170 --> 00:05:41,200 but interested in what they learn. 111 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:42,540 And French, of course. 112 00:05:42,570 --> 00:05:44,410 I shall expect you to speak it at meal times, 113 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:46,070 several days during the week. 114 00:05:46,070 --> 00:05:49,240 I shall speak French for four days of the week, 115 00:05:49,280 --> 00:05:51,510 and Russian the remaining three. 116 00:05:51,550 --> 00:05:53,080 Russian? 117 00:05:53,110 --> 00:05:54,620 My dear Miss Hope, 118 00:05:54,650 --> 00:05:57,690 nobody in the house understands or speaks Russian. 119 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:00,420 That will not embarrass me in the least. 120 00:06:10,670 --> 00:06:13,600 I like the children to be out of doors a good part of the day. 121 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:16,270 -So healthy for them. -Yes. 122 00:06:16,300 --> 00:06:18,910 Yes, I should think they would be glad to get out. 123 00:06:20,310 --> 00:06:22,240 [Mrs. Wellington] We’re so proud of our house. 124 00:06:25,650 --> 00:06:28,520 It was designed by Sir Cecil Pack in 1783. 125 00:06:30,050 --> 00:06:32,420 His mother must have been frightened by a cathedral. 126 00:06:32,450 --> 00:06:33,520 [Mrs. Wellington] I beg your pardon? 127 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,290 Oh, pray don’t apologize. 128 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:38,060 It’s just that I never cared much for neo-gothic. 129 00:06:38,060 --> 00:06:40,200 No doubt you’ve been used to rather cramped quarters. 130 00:06:40,230 --> 00:06:42,730 But you’ll get used to spaciousness in time. 131 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:44,530 I’ll try, Mrs. Wellington. 132 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:55,510 [Mrs. Wellington] Here we are. 133 00:06:55,540 --> 00:06:57,510 Perhaps you’d like to see your room first. 134 00:06:57,550 --> 00:06:59,080 Oh, thank you, Mrs. Wellington. 135 00:07:00,150 --> 00:07:01,320 Ah, children. 136 00:07:01,350 --> 00:07:03,050 This is your new governess, Miss Hope. 137 00:07:09,620 --> 00:07:12,030 Now, children you must do all that you can 138 00:07:12,030 --> 00:07:13,330 to make Miss Hope feel at home. 139 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:15,430 [Miss Hope] Wilfred? 140 00:07:15,460 --> 00:07:17,400 -No, Claude. -Oh, Claude. 141 00:07:17,430 --> 00:07:19,030 Wilfred. 142 00:07:19,030 --> 00:07:20,440 Irenee. 143 00:07:20,470 --> 00:07:21,500 Viola. 144 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:26,040 Gertrude, Nellie, Robert, go home at once. 145 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:28,110 I’m sure your mother’s looking for you. 146 00:07:28,140 --> 00:07:30,050 The Simpson children, the chauffeur, you know. 147 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:34,050 Mrs. Simpson is our laundress and she allows her children to run wild. 148 00:07:34,050 --> 00:07:36,180 I don’t like those children coming into the house. 149 00:07:36,220 --> 00:07:39,120 Now where’s Nannie? Nannie? Oh, there you are. 150 00:07:39,150 --> 00:07:40,960 Nannie, those Simpson children were in again, 151 00:07:41,060 --> 00:07:43,960 I do think you might manage to keep them out of the house. 152 00:07:44,060 --> 00:07:45,960 Miss Hope? This is Nannie. 153 00:07:46,060 --> 00:07:48,060 -Nannie, this is Miss Hope, our new governess. -How do you do? 154 00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:50,570 Now come along, Miss Hope, I’ll show you to your room. 155 00:07:52,130 --> 00:07:55,300 No, children, you stay down there with Nannie. 156 00:07:55,340 --> 00:07:57,740 You see what I mean about Claude and Wilfred? 157 00:07:57,770 --> 00:07:59,570 Such shy little boys. 158 00:07:59,610 --> 00:08:01,310 Oh dear, it’s getting very dark. 159 00:08:01,340 --> 00:08:03,450 There’s no gas in this hall. 160 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:06,010 There is, however, a light in your room. 161 00:08:10,090 --> 00:08:12,190 Ah yes, Rose has it all ready for you. 162 00:08:12,220 --> 00:08:14,320 I think you’ll be very comfortable here. 163 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:15,920 Not with those pictures. 164 00:08:16,020 --> 00:08:18,030 I shouldn’t sleep a wink. 165 00:08:18,060 --> 00:08:19,660 They must be taken down at once. 166 00:08:19,690 --> 00:08:21,460 [Mrs. Wellington] My dear Miss Hope. 167 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:24,070 Most governesses would be very happy to have a room like this. 168 00:08:24,100 --> 00:08:26,170 You are quite mistaken, Mrs. Wellington. 169 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,070 After the governess’ revolt. 170 00:08:28,100 --> 00:08:30,040 -The what? -The governess’ revolt. 171 00:08:30,070 --> 00:08:33,040 Which is due to take place two weeks from tomorrow. 172 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:37,050 You will discover what a volcano you’ve been sitting on all these years. 173 00:08:37,050 --> 00:08:39,180 -Volcano? -I shouldn’t have mentioned it. 174 00:08:39,210 --> 00:08:41,320 Now, about these pictures. 175 00:08:41,350 --> 00:08:44,050 We can discuss them another time, Miss Hope. 176 00:08:44,050 --> 00:08:45,250 I shall leave you now. 177 00:08:45,290 --> 00:08:48,060 You may inspect the school room, if you wish. 178 00:08:48,060 --> 00:08:49,460 Mr. Wellington and I are alone tonight 179 00:08:49,490 --> 00:08:51,360 so perhaps you’d care to dine with us. 180 00:08:51,390 --> 00:08:53,630 We shall expect you in the drawing room at 8 o’clock. 181 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:15,320 Fill it up, please. 182 00:09:19,220 --> 00:09:22,220 I want more than just a splash at the bottom of the glass. 183 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,030 1901. Not a very good year for claret. 184 00:09:31,570 --> 00:09:33,940 Are you an authority on wines, Miss Hope? 185 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:37,410 Oh, I should scarcely care to call myself an authority. 186 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:39,270 But when one doesn’t know anything about wine, 187 00:09:39,310 --> 00:09:42,180 I do think it wiser to consult someone who does. 188 00:09:44,150 --> 00:09:47,050 I should recommend Shelton Brothers in London. 189 00:09:47,050 --> 00:09:49,120 Just put yourself in their hands 190 00:09:49,150 --> 00:09:51,390 and you cannot go far wrong. 191 00:09:51,420 --> 00:09:53,660 I hardly think that buying the wine for the household 192 00:09:53,690 --> 00:09:56,730 comes in your province, Miss Hope. 193 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:59,490 Uh, we have very satisfactory references 194 00:09:59,530 --> 00:10:02,030 about you, Miss Hope, from Canon Teep. 195 00:10:02,060 --> 00:10:03,530 A most estimable man. 196 00:10:03,570 --> 00:10:05,570 Drinks like a fish and beats his wife, 197 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:08,000 but otherwise quite a lovable character. 198 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:10,110 My dear Miss Hope! 199 00:10:10,140 --> 00:10:12,040 I trust you’re exaggerating. 200 00:10:12,070 --> 00:10:15,580 Oh, one must, in justice, admit there is some provocation. 201 00:10:15,610 --> 00:10:19,250 Mrs. Teep is quite the most irritating bridge player. 202 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:21,980 I wasn’t surprised when her leads and declarations 203 00:10:22,020 --> 00:10:25,320 aroused a certain amount of brutality in the Canon. 204 00:10:25,350 --> 00:10:27,390 Miss Hope, I hardly think that-- 205 00:10:27,420 --> 00:10:29,560 But sousing her with the entire contents 206 00:10:29,590 --> 00:10:33,030 of the soda-water siphon, that was going a little far. 207 00:10:33,060 --> 00:10:35,700 You may think me hasty in my judgments, 208 00:10:35,730 --> 00:10:38,500 but it was practically on account of the siphon incident 209 00:10:38,530 --> 00:10:40,000 that I left. 210 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:41,570 I don’t wish to hear any more. 211 00:10:43,100 --> 00:10:45,140 I shall never allude to it again. 212 00:10:45,170 --> 00:10:47,010 Miss Hope, with what studies 213 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:49,710 do you intend to begin the children’s education? 214 00:10:49,740 --> 00:10:51,110 Biology. 215 00:10:51,150 --> 00:10:53,420 Biology to begin with and, uh, 216 00:10:53,450 --> 00:10:55,020 well, then possibly history. 217 00:10:55,050 --> 00:10:57,720 Oh, history, yes, by all means, yes, history. 218 00:10:57,750 --> 00:11:00,160 Now, when you’re teaching them history, 219 00:11:00,190 --> 00:11:01,660 you must take care 220 00:11:01,690 --> 00:11:04,360 that they have interest in what they learn. 221 00:11:04,390 --> 00:11:07,260 You must make them feel that they are being introduced 222 00:11:07,300 --> 00:11:10,130 to the lives of men and women who really lived. 223 00:11:10,170 --> 00:11:11,670 I’ve told her that. 224 00:11:13,470 --> 00:11:17,070 I teach history on the Schartz-Metterklume Method. 225 00:11:17,070 --> 00:11:18,470 The, err... 226 00:11:18,510 --> 00:11:22,140 Er... Oh, I see. 227 00:11:22,180 --> 00:11:25,080 Er, Schartz-Metterklume. 228 00:11:25,110 --> 00:11:26,480 German, I suppose. 229 00:11:26,510 --> 00:11:29,120 [laughs] Oh, Mr. Wellington! 230 00:11:29,150 --> 00:11:31,220 What a sense of humor you have! 231 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:36,260 John, we’ll leave you to your port. 232 00:11:36,290 --> 00:11:38,660 That is unless you require more wine, Miss Hope? 233 00:11:38,690 --> 00:11:40,460 Oh, no. Oh, no. 234 00:11:40,500 --> 00:11:42,500 What I had was quite enough. 235 00:11:42,530 --> 00:11:44,330 I shall go to my room now. 236 00:11:44,370 --> 00:11:47,000 You might send me up a bottle of brandy, please. 237 00:11:47,100 --> 00:11:49,440 And a decent glass to drink it from. 238 00:11:49,470 --> 00:11:51,470 The only one I observed in my room 239 00:11:51,510 --> 00:11:53,110 was a tooth mug. 240 00:11:53,140 --> 00:11:55,140 Goodnight, Mr. Wellington. 241 00:11:55,180 --> 00:11:56,110 Goodnight. 242 00:11:58,110 --> 00:12:00,050 [sighs] 243 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,250 Will-Will someone give me a light? 244 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:07,060 Or am I supposed to feel my way up to this black hole? 245 00:12:07,060 --> 00:12:09,660 I’m sorry, Miss. I didn’t expect you up so soon. 246 00:12:09,690 --> 00:12:11,360 I was going to leave a candle on the landing 247 00:12:11,390 --> 00:12:12,960 but Nannie said it might be dangerous 248 00:12:13,060 --> 00:12:14,060 and the house might catch on fire. 249 00:12:14,060 --> 00:12:16,060 That might be a good thing. 250 00:12:16,060 --> 00:12:18,530 Here we are. I’ll just turn the gas on, shall I? 251 00:12:18,570 --> 00:12:19,570 Thank you, Rose. 252 00:12:22,140 --> 00:12:24,570 That’s hardly an improvement, is it? 253 00:12:24,610 --> 00:12:26,240 I brought you some night clothes, Miss. 254 00:12:26,270 --> 00:12:28,240 Till your baggage arrives. I do hope they fit all right. 255 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:30,080 Well, if they belong to Mrs. Wellington 256 00:12:30,110 --> 00:12:31,450 that is scarcely likely. 257 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:34,080 However, it is of no importance. 258 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:36,320 I always make the best of things. 259 00:12:36,350 --> 00:12:37,920 I’ll just turn the bed down, shall I? 260 00:12:37,950 --> 00:12:39,090 Yes. 261 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:43,090 The bathroom’s just down the passage, Miss. 262 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:44,460 Thank you. 263 00:12:44,490 --> 00:12:45,990 Will there be anything else? 264 00:12:46,090 --> 00:12:48,130 No. Oh, yes. 265 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:51,730 You might find out what became of the brandy I ordered. 266 00:12:51,770 --> 00:12:53,570 Oh, well, never mind. 267 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:55,570 -Goodnight, Rose. -Goodnight, Miss. 268 00:13:10,050 --> 00:13:12,650 Miss Hope hasn’t brought the children back yet, ma’am. 269 00:13:12,690 --> 00:13:15,090 And it’s time they were washing their hands before lunch. 270 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:16,490 Back? Well, where have they gone? 271 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:18,430 They went off right after breakfast. 272 00:13:18,460 --> 00:13:20,500 Haven’t been seen since. 273 00:13:20,530 --> 00:13:23,100 They missed their elevenses entirely. 274 00:13:23,130 --> 00:13:25,200 Now they’ll be late for lunch, and the Vicar coming. 275 00:13:25,230 --> 00:13:27,200 Really, this is most irritating. 276 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:28,840 Mrs. Wellington, 277 00:13:28,870 --> 00:13:32,070 are you sure that Miss Hope is going to do? 278 00:13:32,070 --> 00:13:33,510 Never mind that now, Nannie. 279 00:13:33,540 --> 00:13:35,080 Let me know the moment they come back. 280 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:38,450 I must finish this letter before the Vicar arrives. 281 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:42,650 She told cook she wanted chocolate pudding for breakfast. 282 00:13:44,090 --> 00:13:45,450 So I thought it would be a good idea 283 00:13:45,490 --> 00:13:47,360 if we could prevail upon Lady Cecily 284 00:13:47,390 --> 00:13:48,790 to allow us to use her garden 285 00:13:48,820 --> 00:13:50,860 for the bazaar if the weather was fine. 286 00:13:50,890 --> 00:13:53,090 Don’t you think that a good idea, Mrs. Wellington? 287 00:13:53,090 --> 00:13:55,260 What? Oh, yes. 288 00:13:56,330 --> 00:13:57,670 I’m so sorry, Vicar, 289 00:13:57,700 --> 00:13:59,470 but I am a bit worried about the children. 290 00:13:59,500 --> 00:14:02,040 I’m sure nothing’s happened to them, Mrs. Wellington. 291 00:14:02,070 --> 00:14:05,440 Unless, of course, they went picking flowers in the field with Mr. Hankins’ bull. 292 00:14:05,470 --> 00:14:07,040 [Miss Hope] Come along, children. 293 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:11,050 -[children laughing] -[chattering] 294 00:14:11,050 --> 00:14:13,080 I see you didn’t delay lunch for me. 295 00:14:13,110 --> 00:14:15,050 Quite right, of course. 296 00:14:17,450 --> 00:14:19,050 Good afternoon, Vicar. 297 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:22,390 My shooting coat. 298 00:14:22,420 --> 00:14:25,060 [Irenee] Mommy, I got 64 tadpoles. 299 00:14:25,060 --> 00:14:26,590 We caught them ourselves, see? 300 00:14:26,630 --> 00:14:28,100 -See? -[Mrs. Wellington] Ugh! 301 00:14:28,130 --> 00:14:30,100 He’s the harmless kind, isn’t he sweet? 302 00:14:30,130 --> 00:14:31,730 Look, Mommy, specimens. 303 00:14:31,770 --> 00:14:33,500 Oh! Take them away. 304 00:14:33,540 --> 00:14:35,400 Throw those dirty things away! 305 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:37,510 Oh, John, how can you sit there? 306 00:14:37,540 --> 00:14:39,140 Go to Nannie instantly. 307 00:14:39,170 --> 00:14:40,510 No, no, no, don’t come near me. 308 00:14:40,540 --> 00:14:41,640 Oh, Rose. 309 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:43,650 Rose? Call Nannie at once. 310 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:46,410 The fresh air makes one feel quite hungry. 311 00:14:46,450 --> 00:14:47,980 Doesn’t it, Vicar? 312 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:49,520 Y-Yes. 313 00:14:49,550 --> 00:14:51,450 Do you find this system of education 314 00:14:51,490 --> 00:14:54,120 -quite satisfactory, Miss...? -Oh, yes. 315 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:55,990 Miss Hope. Quite satisfactory. 316 00:14:56,090 --> 00:14:58,330 I believe Mrs. Wellington forgot to introduce us. 317 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:00,030 Yes, the children will learn 318 00:15:00,030 --> 00:15:02,730 all about the reproductive system of the frog 319 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:04,330 which will lead on, 320 00:15:04,370 --> 00:15:05,470 quite naturally, 321 00:15:05,500 --> 00:15:06,940 to the higher forms of life. 322 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:08,700 Don’t you think they’re a little young? 323 00:15:08,740 --> 00:15:10,040 Dear me, no. 324 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:12,210 I shall teach them everything. 325 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:14,180 Good afternoon, Vicar. 326 00:15:14,210 --> 00:15:15,940 Go to the nursery at once, children. 327 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:18,580 No, no. The back stairs. Go up the back stairs. 328 00:15:18,610 --> 00:15:21,120 Just send my lunch on a tray to my room. 329 00:15:21,150 --> 00:15:23,280 I shall take a nap, till tea time. 330 00:15:24,350 --> 00:15:26,390 [heavy sigh] 331 00:15:26,420 --> 00:15:27,720 I like biology. 332 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:30,730 I’m going to be a biologist when I grow up 333 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:32,630 and have tanks and tanks of specimens. 334 00:15:32,660 --> 00:15:35,060 Indeed you’re not. 335 00:15:35,060 --> 00:15:37,100 Probably all caught your death of cold. 336 00:15:37,130 --> 00:15:38,470 Ah, Miss Hope. 337 00:15:38,500 --> 00:15:40,100 I trust you slept well? 338 00:15:40,140 --> 00:15:41,300 Very well, thank you. 339 00:15:41,340 --> 00:15:44,610 The fresh air always makes me feel drowsy. 340 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:47,240 Do you always allow your children to have tea with you? 341 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:50,480 I don’t leave the care of the children entirely to the servants. 342 00:15:50,510 --> 00:15:52,980 They have tea with us whenever we have no guests. 343 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:54,680 Very commendable. 344 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:58,350 However, I should think it would inhibit adult conversation. 345 00:15:58,390 --> 00:16:01,160 A careless word, and one finds oneself quoted 346 00:16:01,190 --> 00:16:04,090 in the most embarrassing circumstances. 347 00:16:04,130 --> 00:16:07,300 We are not in custom to embarrassing topics of conversation, Miss Hope. 348 00:16:07,330 --> 00:16:08,930 Miss Hope? 349 00:16:09,030 --> 00:16:11,170 If the mother frog just lays her eggs and goes away, 350 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:13,030 how does she know which are her babies? 351 00:16:13,030 --> 00:16:16,040 Frogs are notoriously indifferent to their offspring. 352 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:18,110 She doesn’t care which are her babies. 353 00:16:18,140 --> 00:16:20,040 Doesn’t the father frog care? 354 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:22,040 He’s even more indifferent than the mother. 355 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:23,080 If possible. 356 00:16:23,110 --> 00:16:24,580 Well why does she lay the eggs 357 00:16:24,610 --> 00:16:26,210 if she isn’t fond of children? 358 00:16:26,250 --> 00:16:27,680 Well, it’s a biological necessity, 359 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:29,420 what else would she do with them? 360 00:16:29,450 --> 00:16:32,550 Err, perhaps we should change the subject. 361 00:16:34,090 --> 00:16:36,160 But cats like their kittens. 362 00:16:36,190 --> 00:16:38,090 And dogs like their puppies. 363 00:16:38,130 --> 00:16:39,590 And cows like their calves. 364 00:16:39,630 --> 00:16:43,060 Do cats lay eggs? Do dogs? Do cows? 365 00:16:43,060 --> 00:16:45,400 Oh, Wilfred, you’re so silly. 366 00:16:45,430 --> 00:16:47,700 Did you ever see a cow egg? 367 00:16:47,740 --> 00:16:50,240 Well you see, Wilfred, the truth of the matter is-- 368 00:16:50,270 --> 00:16:53,070 -Miss Hope. -Very well. 369 00:16:53,110 --> 00:16:56,280 You will confine your remarks to frogs, please, children. 370 00:16:56,310 --> 00:16:57,650 The Schartz-Metterklume Method 371 00:16:57,680 --> 00:16:59,450 covers one thing at a time. 372 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:02,380 It will be some weeks before we get to cows. 373 00:17:02,420 --> 00:17:05,020 You are not going to get to cows, Miss Hope. 374 00:17:05,020 --> 00:17:06,520 Not for some time, at any rate, 375 00:17:06,550 --> 00:17:10,090 since we have biology only on Thursdays. 376 00:17:10,130 --> 00:17:12,030 What shall we study tomorrow, Miss Hope? 377 00:17:12,030 --> 00:17:13,030 Tomorrow? 378 00:17:14,060 --> 00:17:15,500 Tomorrow I shall teach you... 379 00:17:24,110 --> 00:17:26,680 John, have you spoken to Miss Hope? 380 00:17:26,710 --> 00:17:30,380 Yes, err... That is, no. I tried to, but... 381 00:17:30,410 --> 00:17:32,710 But what? All you have to tell her is 382 00:17:32,750 --> 00:17:35,050 that we don’t think she is suitable for this post. 383 00:17:35,050 --> 00:17:37,820 I did, but she didn’t seem to hear me. 384 00:17:37,850 --> 00:17:40,190 She said that she had no time for conversation, 385 00:17:40,220 --> 00:17:42,720 they’re having a history lesson this morning 386 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:45,160 and she didn’t want to be distracted until after lunch. 387 00:17:45,190 --> 00:17:47,300 [sighs] Well, where are they now? 388 00:17:47,330 --> 00:17:48,300 I don’t know. 389 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:52,070 Rose, where are the children? 390 00:17:52,100 --> 00:17:53,400 Well, I’m not sure, ma’am. 391 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:54,740 I think they’re in the garden. 392 00:17:54,770 --> 00:17:55,700 [sigh] 393 00:17:58,770 --> 00:18:00,780 [children laughing] 394 00:18:06,410 --> 00:18:08,650 My stole. My best fur. 395 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:11,290 What are you doing, dragging it about here in the dirt? 396 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:13,050 Go and put something on, instantly. 397 00:18:13,090 --> 00:18:15,320 Are you out of your mind, coming out here with no clothes on? 398 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:18,160 Miss Hope says wolves don’t wear anything under their skins. 399 00:18:18,190 --> 00:18:19,790 Miss Hope. 400 00:18:19,830 --> 00:18:21,300 Well, what’s the meaning of this? 401 00:18:21,330 --> 00:18:22,730 Answer me. 402 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:25,030 Well, we’re having a history lesson. 403 00:18:25,030 --> 00:18:27,740 Viola’s supposed to be Rome and I’m the she-wolf. 404 00:18:27,770 --> 00:18:31,810 You know, the one that adopted Romulus and Remus. 405 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:34,810 Claude and Wilfred have gone to fetch the shabby women. 406 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:36,780 -The shabby women? -Yes. 407 00:18:36,810 --> 00:18:38,250 They’ve got to carry them off. 408 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:39,780 They didn’t want to. 409 00:18:39,810 --> 00:18:41,950 But Miss Hope got one of father’s rackets 410 00:18:42,050 --> 00:18:44,950 and said she would give them a spanking if they didn’t. 411 00:18:45,050 --> 00:18:46,720 So they’ve gone to do it. 412 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,290 [children screaming] 413 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:52,430 Wilfred, Claude, let those children go at once. 414 00:18:52,460 --> 00:18:54,130 What do you think you’re doing? 415 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,330 What’s happening? What is going on? 416 00:18:56,360 --> 00:18:57,670 That’s what I should like to know. 417 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:03,000 John, talk to Mrs. Simpson. 418 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:04,740 Raise her salary. 419 00:19:04,770 --> 00:19:06,680 -Explain to her. -But, what shall I...? 420 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:09,640 Miss Hope. What is the meaning 421 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:12,350 of this disgraceful, inexcusable... 422 00:19:12,380 --> 00:19:13,750 Well, answer me, Miss Hope. 423 00:19:13,780 --> 00:19:15,780 What were you doing with my children? 424 00:19:15,820 --> 00:19:18,390 Well, I was teaching them early Roman history. 425 00:19:18,420 --> 00:19:20,820 The Rape of the Sabine Women, you know. 426 00:19:20,860 --> 00:19:23,020 It’s the Schartz-Metterklume Method. 427 00:19:23,020 --> 00:19:26,730 To make children understand history by acting it themselves. 428 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:28,760 It fixes it in their memories. 429 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:31,030 Of course, if, thanks to your interference, 430 00:19:31,030 --> 00:19:33,230 your boys go through life thinking 431 00:19:33,270 --> 00:19:36,040 the Sabine Women ultimately escaped, 432 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:37,810 I cannot be held responsible. 433 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:39,770 I consider the Schartz-Metterklume Method 434 00:19:39,810 --> 00:19:41,710 as irresponsible as you, Miss Hope. 435 00:19:41,740 --> 00:19:43,780 You’ll kindly leave here by the next train. 436 00:19:43,810 --> 00:19:45,750 Your luggage will be sent after you when it arrives. 437 00:19:45,780 --> 00:19:48,080 As you will. At least I shall have started 438 00:19:48,120 --> 00:19:50,050 the children in the right direction. 439 00:19:50,050 --> 00:19:53,690 You might keep my luggage until I wire my address. 440 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:55,090 There are only a couple of trunks, 441 00:19:55,120 --> 00:19:57,760 some golf clubs and a cheetah cub. 442 00:19:57,790 --> 00:19:59,160 A cheetah cub? 443 00:19:59,190 --> 00:20:00,800 Well he’s rather left off being a cub. 444 00:20:00,830 --> 00:20:02,830 He’s more than half-grown. 445 00:20:02,860 --> 00:20:04,900 A fowl every day and a rabbit on Sunday, 446 00:20:04,930 --> 00:20:06,330 is what he usually gets. 447 00:20:06,370 --> 00:20:08,140 Raw beef makes him excitable. 448 00:20:08,170 --> 00:20:10,840 Oh, please don’t bother to order the car for me. 449 00:20:10,870 --> 00:20:12,340 I feel like a walk. 450 00:20:20,780 --> 00:20:22,820 Oh, good day, ma’am. 451 00:20:22,850 --> 00:20:24,690 Oh, good day, Huggins. 452 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:26,220 How’s my horse? 453 00:20:26,250 --> 00:20:28,220 Is he beginning to like you any better? 454 00:20:28,260 --> 00:20:30,030 Like me? 455 00:20:30,060 --> 00:20:31,830 Why, he loves me, ma’am. 456 00:20:32,890 --> 00:20:34,860 I’m delighted to hear it. 457 00:20:34,900 --> 00:20:36,230 I treats him fair. 458 00:20:36,260 --> 00:20:38,300 When I takes a drink, 459 00:20:38,330 --> 00:20:39,800 he takes a drink. 460 00:20:39,830 --> 00:20:41,700 -Good. -[whistle blows] 461 00:20:41,740 --> 00:20:43,240 Oh, there’s my train. 462 00:20:43,270 --> 00:20:45,210 I mustn’t let it get away from me. 463 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:47,980 -Goodbye, Huggins. -Goodbye, ma’am. 464 00:20:48,010 --> 00:20:50,080 I shall expect Ferdinand to have gained 465 00:20:50,110 --> 00:20:52,850 at least a stone by the time I see him again. 466 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:54,480 Who? 467 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:56,720 Ferdinand. My horse. 468 00:20:56,750 --> 00:20:57,720 Ferdinand? 469 00:20:58,950 --> 00:21:00,790 Oh. 470 00:21:00,820 --> 00:21:02,890 I don’t know how he’ll take to that. 471 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:04,290 Ferdinand. 472 00:21:04,330 --> 00:21:06,430 You’ve always been known as Nobby, haven’t you? 473 00:21:10,100 --> 00:21:11,770 I beg your pardon. 474 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:12,830 Are you Mrs. Wellington? 475 00:21:12,870 --> 00:21:14,770 No. Decidedly not. 476 00:21:17,870 --> 00:21:19,870 You must be Miss Hope. 477 00:21:19,910 --> 00:21:22,910 I don’t think she’s expecting you today, Miss Hope. 478 00:21:22,940 --> 00:21:26,080 I should advise you to hire a conveyance of some sort 479 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:27,820 and drive out to the house. 480 00:21:27,850 --> 00:21:29,150 -[whistle blows] -Goodbye. 481 00:21:36,190 --> 00:21:38,290 [woman] Charlotte my dear, 482 00:21:38,330 --> 00:21:40,100 we’d quite given you up. 483 00:21:40,130 --> 00:21:43,100 You know, we went to the station yesterday and the day before. 484 00:21:43,100 --> 00:21:46,000 Well, where have you been, Lady Charlotte? 485 00:21:46,100 --> 00:21:48,140 We were beginning to worry about you. 486 00:21:48,170 --> 00:21:51,740 Your luggage is far more prompt than you are, Charlotte. 487 00:21:51,770 --> 00:21:54,240 The train went off without me at Little Tipton. 488 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:57,380 So I had to stay with a family of complete strangers. 489 00:21:57,410 --> 00:21:59,480 It was a very interesting experience. 490 00:21:59,510 --> 00:22:00,780 Really? 491 00:22:00,820 --> 00:22:03,320 Oh, I hope Rover hasn’t been a nuisance. 492 00:22:03,350 --> 00:22:06,790 Oh, he’s been living in the stables with Perkins. 493 00:22:06,820 --> 00:22:08,890 We’ve become quite attached to him. 494 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:12,090 In that case, I shall make you a present of him, Jenny, dear. 495 00:22:12,130 --> 00:22:13,360 Oh. 496 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:14,700 Thank you, Charlotte. 497 00:22:14,730 --> 00:22:16,260 That’s very kind of you, dear. 498 00:22:16,300 --> 00:22:19,770 But, don’t you think he’d be far happier in the zoo, 499 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:21,740 with all the other animals and things? 500 00:22:22,970 --> 00:22:24,970 -Perhaps. -[Jenny] Oh. 501 00:22:25,070 --> 00:22:27,640 Now do sit down and let me pour you some tea. 502 00:22:29,810 --> 00:22:31,680 How very tiresome for you, Charlotte dear, 503 00:22:31,710 --> 00:22:33,380 losing your train and then having to stay 504 00:22:33,420 --> 00:22:34,920 with those strange people. 505 00:22:34,950 --> 00:22:36,380 Oh dear, no. 506 00:22:36,420 --> 00:22:39,090 Not at all tiresome... for me. 507 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:59,640 And now I have a list to write on the board. 508 00:22:59,670 --> 00:23:01,510 The rest of you are to be part 509 00:23:01,540 --> 00:23:04,480 of an experiment in sleep teaching. 510 00:23:04,510 --> 00:23:06,510 This is a theory, 511 00:23:06,550 --> 00:23:09,550 that if a message is repeated during one’s sleep, 512 00:23:09,580 --> 00:23:13,250 it becomes a part of one’s subconscious. 513 00:23:13,290 --> 00:23:15,090 This particular lesson 514 00:23:15,120 --> 00:23:18,260 is unusually well fitted for this experiment, 515 00:23:18,290 --> 00:23:21,100 for it not only repeats its message, 516 00:23:21,130 --> 00:23:24,100 but, if you aren’t already asleep, 517 00:23:24,130 --> 00:23:26,070 it takes care of that too. 518 00:23:39,980 --> 00:23:44,120 Our beloved professor took umbrage at my remarks 519 00:23:44,150 --> 00:23:47,860 concerning his audio visual aids. 520 00:23:47,890 --> 00:23:50,760 But I don’t believe I need to finish this. 521 00:23:50,790 --> 00:23:53,260 You see, our professor was teaching us 522 00:23:53,290 --> 00:23:56,130 by the Schartz-Metterklume Method. 523 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,900 He was playing the part of Louis XVI 524 00:23:58,930 --> 00:24:01,600 on his way to the guillotine. 525 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:05,370 And he failed to realize that the class was filled 526 00:24:05,410 --> 00:24:10,680 with very dedicated Schartz-Metterklume Method actors. 527 00:24:10,710 --> 00:24:14,280 Our professor will not be back next week. 528 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:17,520 But I shall. Until then, goodnight.