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NARRATOR: She told me once:
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"When we read a story,
we inhabit it;
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the covers of the books
are like a roof and four walls:
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a house."
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She, more than anything else
in the world,
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loved the moment
when you've finished a book
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and the story keeps playing
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like the most vivid dream
in your head.
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[SEAGULLS CAWING]
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NARRATOR: And after that,
she loved taking long walks
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to clear her mind
of all the emotions and feelins
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the book had started within her.
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That very morning,
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after hazy years
of reading, walking
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and mourning
the death of her husband,
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Florence Green woke up,
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knowing exactly
what she wanted to do.
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She was going to open a bookshop
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in the little village
where she had ended up living.
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MR KEBLE: I am convinced
this new bookshop will be
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everything you say it is,
Mrs. Green.
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But, of course, for now
I can give you
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no definite commitment
on behalf of the bank.
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The decision
does not depend upon me.
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And I have your honest assurance
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that you've had ample experience
in the trade?
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I learned the trade
very thoroughly
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when I was a girl,
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and I don't believe it's changed
greatly since then.
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And more importantly, I know...
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I love reading.
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Well, it would do little harm
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to let you know
one or two things.
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Consider them words of advice,
if you prefer.
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This is the way I...
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NARRATOR: She had a great heart,
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and enormous patience.
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But not even these two virtues
were strong enough
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to bear the grandiloquent
and patronizing tones
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of Mr. Keble,
the Hardborough banker,
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whom everyone called
Mr. Potatohead behind his back.
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MR. KEBLE: I should tell you
that there are those who beliee
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there are other possible uses
for the Old House.
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Though of course there's always
the possibility of a resale...
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But I've no intention
of reselling, Mr. Keble.
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Not in the slightest.
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What else do people think
the Old House could be used for?
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Why have they
done nothing about it
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in the past seven years?
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There were birds nesting in it,
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half the tiles were off the roof
and it stank of rats.
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Wouldn't it be better
to fill the place with books
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for people to look at?
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I read before going to sleep,
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and usually drift off
to the Land of Nod
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by about the third page.
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So you see?
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Don't you realize
how useful books can be?
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♪ Feeling lonely ♪
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♪ On a Sunday afternoon ♪
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♪ Waving my old dreams ♪
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♪ Goodbye ♪
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NARRATOR: The weather in this part of
the world was totally unpredictable.
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Sometimes all four seasons
could be present
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in a single morning.
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♪ The sun is in the sky ♪
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That sunny day she left the bak
feeling angry, proud,
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impatient, and terribly alive.
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She was going
to pursue her dream
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and nobody,
not even Mr. Potatohead,
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was going to stop her.
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MR. RAVEN: Hello, Mrs. Green,
are you busy?
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FLORENCE: Hello, Mr. Raven.
Not at the moment, why?
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MR. RAVEN: Can I, uh,
throw the rope to you?
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Yes, of course!
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MR. RAVEN: Watch out!
It's very slippery,
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that's how Ethan broke his leg
yesterday but I'm well aware...
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that you are a woman
who don't frighten easily.
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FLORENCE: How do you know that?
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Rumor has it that you're about
to open a bookshop here.
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[CHUCKLES]
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Why do you feel
it's something daring?
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The only person here
who reads is Mr. Brundish.
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And I don't think he's gonna be
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leaving home
to be your customer.
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I think I saw him yesterday
on the hill.
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Well, caught a glimpse of him,
anyway.
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I imagine
you had a long conversation.
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Oh yes, never stopped talking!
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[CHUCKLES] Farewell.
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Good luck, Mrs. Green!
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Do you not read, Mr. Raven?
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I don't.
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Books leave me exhausted.
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[FLORENCE CHUCKLES]
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Real life is enough for me.
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NARRATOR:
Mister Brundish lived alone
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in the oldest house
in Hardborough.
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He didn't particularly like
his own company,
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but after long years of battle
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he had reached
a lasting truce with himself.
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He adored books
with the same passion
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with which he detested
his fellow men.
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He often cherished the fantasy
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that the volumes he devoured
from morning to night
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hadn't been written by
human beings,
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but had appeared
through spontaneous generation.
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There was nothing
that bothered him more
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than the portraits of writers
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often included
in certain editions.
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- [FIRE CRACKLING]
- [PAPER RUSTLING]
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[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
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It's not red.
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It's a... very deep maroon,
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or a... rust.
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Anyway, how is the Old House?
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Hmm? How are you coping?
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Well, Sam Wilkins was in, and fixed
the bath, and tiled the roof
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and repaired the cistern
as best as he could, anyway.
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That place is...
like an old fossil.
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Even the straw is 500 years old.
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- [FLORENCE CHUCKLES]
- All right. Arms up!
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There.
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You are still
gonna move in there, aren't you?
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I spent my first night there
last night.
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What? So soon?
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I told everyone to watch out.
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But nobody actually thought you
were gonna move into the Old House,
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- what with the damp and all.
- Oh, yes, I know they didn't,
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but it was fine.
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A bit creepy in the night,
but that's...
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because I'm not used to it yet,
I suppose.
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I should think the wood in an old
house like that creaks everywhere.
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I'm afraid red
isn't really for me.
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And it doesn't look very good
on me from behind, but...
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Perhaps
if I stand against the wall
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most of the time I'm there...
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- Too red, don't you think?
- It's not...
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[WHISPERING] It's not red.
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It's a very deep maroon.
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Yes.
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- [FLORENCE SIGHS]
- You'll get used to it, in time.
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Need a bit of jewelry.
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- Make it stand out.
- Yes. Yes.
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- Are you sure?
- Well, of course I'm sure.
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It's not every day that
the General and Mrs. Gamart
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- invite you to a party, is it?
- No.
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- [FLORENCE LAUGHS]
- Oh, stop agonizing!
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You look...
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lovely.
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Anyway, when you get there, you won't
have to worry about how you look.
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No one'll mind you.
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You'll probably know
all the guests, anyhow.
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[JAZZ PLAYING]
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- [BIRDS CHIRPING]
- [MUSIC CONTINUES]
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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
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[INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES]
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I... I'm Florence Green.
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I'm the one
opening the little bookshop.
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[LAUGHS HEARTILY]
That's it, of course!
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Got it right away! [CHUCKLES]
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Ah! Of course!
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Violet was very interested
in that matter. Mm...
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She wanted one of
those conversations of hers...
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[FLORENCE CHUCKLES]
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with you about the bookshop.
Hmm.
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She's rather caught up
right now,
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but I believe she wishes
to talk to you later.
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GENERAL: So, uh...
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What sort of stuff are you going
to have in your shop?
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Well, um... [CLEARS THROAT]
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- Basically books.
- Mmm.
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They don't publish many books
of poetry these days, do they?
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I... I don't see too many about.
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Well, I... I shall have
some poetry, of course,
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but it doesn't sell
quite so well as other things,
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like novels and essays.
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It... It'll take me some time
to find out
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what kind of stock
I'll be bringing in...
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GENERAL: Of course. Mmm.
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For the moment
I've mainly ordered classics,
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Thackeray, Dickens, Keats...
That sort of thing.
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"It is easy to be dead.
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Say only this...
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they are dead."
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Do you know who wrote that?
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No.
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I'm... I'm so sorry, I don't.
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I know who you are.
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You must be Mrs. Green.
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FLORENCE: Yes.
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And I know who you are,
of course, Mr. North.
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- Ah-ha!
- [BOTH LAUGH]
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Though I... I've never had an
invitation to The Stead before,
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- I expect you come here often.
- Oh, yes.
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I do get invited
[WHISPERS] frequently.
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Oh, thank you.
You're very kind.
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Ooh, Not very.
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Here you go.
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You live on your own, don't you?
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You've just moved
into the Old House.
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All by yourself?
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War widow.
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[MILO SIGHS]
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I know.
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Have you never thought of
marrying again?
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No.
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No.
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The problem is
I was very happily married.
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How odd.
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I was always
under the impression
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that it is precisely
when a woman is widowed
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that she starts to get happy.
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[BOTH CHUCKLE]
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Are you sure you've received the
proper advice to run a business?
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I've never met you
before now, Mr. North,
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but I assume,
because of your work,
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you would be someone
who would appreciate
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having a bookshop
in Hardborough.
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Uh...
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I am sure you know writers
at the BBC,
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and... and thinkers,
and so forth.
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And I trust they come down here
from time to time
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to... [CLEARS THROAT]
see you, and get some fresh air.
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[MILO SCOFFS] Ha!
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If they did come...
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I wouldn't quite know
what to do with them.
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I mean, writers will go anywhere
where there is free drink.
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- [FLORENCE LAUGHS]
- I'm not so sure about thinkers.
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Anyway, I think that Kattie,
my so-called girlfriend,
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would look after them.
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Well, at any rate,
you must both come to my shop.
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I shall rely on you.
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On no account.
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[FLORENCE LAUGHS WEAKLY]
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WAITRESS: Madam,
would you like some canapes?
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[WHISPERING]
Why are you wearing red?
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Red's a color that
only looks good on housemaids
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out on their day off.
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It's not red, it's a...
It's a deep maroon.
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My dear lady.
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Florence, isn't it?
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Yes.
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I have been wanting to speak
to you since you arrived,
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but my guests seem to have
nothing better to do
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than steer me away from
my priorities.
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Thank you so much for coming!
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- Thanks... for inviting me.
- It's such a pleasure!
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It's such a lovely party,
really.
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Everyone is talking
about your new venture.
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You have such a great nose
for business!
253
00:15:13,774 --> 00:15:15,510
- Well, yes, but it's...
- Bruno!
254
00:15:15,650 --> 00:15:18,015
Have you been introduced
to my husband?
255
00:15:19,962 --> 00:15:22,533
Come and tell Mrs. [STAMMERS]
256
00:15:22,743 --> 00:15:23,749
- Miss...
- Green.
257
00:15:24,167 --> 00:15:26,322
How delighted we are to see her.
258
00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:28,684
And to think
we've all been praying
259
00:15:28,823 --> 00:15:30,804
for a good bookshop
in our little town,
260
00:15:30,945 --> 00:15:32,335
haven't we, Bruno?
261
00:15:32,543 --> 00:15:34,490
Of course, my dear.
There's no harm in praying.
262
00:15:34,907 --> 00:15:37,270
Things would probably go
much better
263
00:15:37,408 --> 00:15:39,008
if we all prayed more.
264
00:15:40,745 --> 00:15:44,152
Just one thing, Mrs. Green,
and a very small one at that.
265
00:15:44,778 --> 00:15:48,322
You haven't actually moved
into the Old House, have you?
266
00:15:48,463 --> 00:15:50,616
Yes, I've been there
over a week.
267
00:15:54,370 --> 00:15:55,518
But there's no water.
268
00:15:55,971 --> 00:15:58,158
Sam Wilkins connected the pipes
for me.
269
00:15:58,716 --> 00:16:01,773
Don't forget, Violet, you've been
in London a good deal lately,
270
00:16:01,913 --> 00:16:04,658
and you haven't been able
to control everything.
271
00:16:05,458 --> 00:16:07,092
Why shouldn't I have moved in?
272
00:16:07,230 --> 00:16:09,697
I believe I can spare you
many disappointments,
273
00:16:09,837 --> 00:16:11,541
and maybe even a bit of money.
274
00:16:12,061 --> 00:16:14,460
I... In fact, I hope to help you.
275
00:16:16,057 --> 00:16:19,081
There are other much more
appropriate locations
276
00:16:19,397 --> 00:16:22,106
in Hardborough,
especially for a bookshop.
277
00:16:22,837 --> 00:16:26,451
I'm afraid we are all so used
to seeing the Old House empty
278
00:16:26,870 --> 00:16:30,760
that we've procrastinated
year after year...
279
00:16:31,005 --> 00:16:32,673
You have practically
showed us all up
280
00:16:32,813 --> 00:16:34,585
by being in such a hurry,
Mrs. Green.
281
00:16:34,898 --> 00:16:39,554
But the fact is that many of us
are not at all convinced
282
00:16:39,693 --> 00:16:44,143
by the sudden transformation
of the Old House into a shop.
283
00:16:44,732 --> 00:16:47,863
Many of us believe
it should be a kind of...
284
00:16:49,113 --> 00:16:50,884
local arts center.
285
00:16:51,338 --> 00:16:54,431
Fine, Violet,
you could pray for that also.
286
00:16:55,403 --> 00:16:58,706
Chamber music in summer,
lectures in winter...
287
00:16:58,950 --> 00:17:03,432
There is simply no other old
house that has the right...
288
00:17:07,117 --> 00:17:08,334
ambience.
289
00:17:08,855 --> 00:17:12,297
I've been negotiating this sale
for over six months, so...
290
00:17:12,887 --> 00:17:15,946
You see, it's hard for me
to believe
291
00:17:16,084 --> 00:17:18,691
there's anyone left in Hardborough
who doesn't know about it.
292
00:17:18,828 --> 00:17:21,507
In fact, I'm sure they all know.
293
00:17:21,749 --> 00:17:24,843
And we have one great advantage,
294
00:17:24,982 --> 00:17:27,034
it would be a shame to just...
295
00:17:27,692 --> 00:17:28,979
throw it away,
296
00:17:29,291 --> 00:17:32,801
which is that now we have
exactly the right person
297
00:17:32,941 --> 00:17:36,174
to take charge of the matter... I
mean to take charge of the Center.
298
00:17:36,521 --> 00:17:38,642
You do understand, don't you?
299
00:17:38,780 --> 00:17:41,563
Why don't you think it over
for a bit?
300
00:17:43,820 --> 00:17:46,426
- Ah! Sonia!
- Mrs. Gamart...
301
00:17:46,567 --> 00:17:48,130
How wonderful you look!
302
00:17:49,103 --> 00:17:51,327
NARRATOR: Her feet
and head ached
303
00:17:51,778 --> 00:17:55,046
and she regretted having taken
the seamstress's advice
304
00:17:55,184 --> 00:17:57,375
as to the color of her dress.
305
00:17:58,105 --> 00:17:59,288
That was all.
306
00:17:59,877 --> 00:18:02,414
Not for one moment did she thik
about the consequences
307
00:18:02,554 --> 00:18:06,065
that her modest act of inhabiting
Old House would bring upon her.
308
00:18:06,239 --> 00:18:08,951
- [OVERLAPPING CHATTER]
- [RAUCOUS LAUGHTER]
309
00:18:12,077 --> 00:18:14,232
You look radiant.
310
00:18:15,865 --> 00:18:17,395
Isn't that Lord Gosfield?
311
00:18:17,604 --> 00:18:21,289
My word! What a guest list
this evening, Violet.
312
00:18:21,914 --> 00:18:23,375
Thank you.
313
00:18:26,292 --> 00:18:27,926
- Lord Gosfield.
- How do you do?
314
00:18:28,275 --> 00:18:31,263
How difficult it has been to try
to reach you this evening!
315
00:18:31,402 --> 00:18:35,155
I hope Bruno has told you about
our new Hardborough Center...
316
00:18:35,296 --> 00:18:37,694
- LORD GOSFIELD: Oh, yes.
- For music and the arts?
317
00:18:37,971 --> 00:18:39,605
We were just talking about it.
318
00:18:40,056 --> 00:18:43,429
[CHILDREN PLAYING]
319
00:18:48,573 --> 00:18:49,963
Mrs. Green!
320
00:18:50,798 --> 00:18:52,258
- Hello.
- Mr. Deben.
321
00:18:52,395 --> 00:18:54,065
- Good morning.
- I'm glad I caught you.
322
00:18:54,203 --> 00:18:56,950
- How are you?
- Very well, thanks. Very well.
323
00:18:57,088 --> 00:19:00,182
Um, I wanted to ask you
about my shop.
324
00:19:00,319 --> 00:19:02,578
I want to speak to you
about my shop. Um...
325
00:19:03,067 --> 00:19:04,491
- It's up for auction.
- Yes.
326
00:19:04,631 --> 00:19:08,663
Not until April.
Could be later, still...
327
00:19:09,046 --> 00:19:12,034
Um... Well, the fact is, I...
328
00:19:12,728 --> 00:19:17,317
I'd much prefer to reach
a private agreement before that.
329
00:19:18,325 --> 00:19:21,140
As you've expressed a certain
interest in the property
330
00:19:21,660 --> 00:19:25,555
and since you are not going
to remain in the Old House...
331
00:19:26,770 --> 00:19:30,349
Well, I trust that you'll
appreciate that I'm too busy
332
00:19:30,490 --> 00:19:33,306
to pay attention
to any rumors I hear.
333
00:19:35,633 --> 00:19:39,979
Well, it stands to reason you'll be
making an offer on other premises.
334
00:19:42,445 --> 00:19:45,366
There's been a misunderstanding,
Mr. Deben, but...
335
00:19:45,677 --> 00:19:49,258
Yes, but it doesn't matter
in the slightest, and I, um...
336
00:19:49,572 --> 00:19:52,353
I... I should like to be able
to help you.
337
00:19:53,430 --> 00:19:55,690
Mrs. Gamart was, um...
[CLEARS THROAT]
338
00:19:55,896 --> 00:19:59,824
kind enough to tell me about
her idea for an arts center.
339
00:19:59,963 --> 00:20:02,569
From which, I am sure,
every one of us
340
00:20:02,708 --> 00:20:04,550
living here in Hardborough
would benefit.
341
00:20:04,690 --> 00:20:09,556
And I believe she is the one who
was searching about for premises,
342
00:20:10,042 --> 00:20:12,963
and what could be better than
your fish shop?
343
00:20:16,855 --> 00:20:19,046
Yeah... I see.
344
00:20:20,156 --> 00:20:22,242
Well...
You've been extremely kind.
345
00:20:22,868 --> 00:20:25,962
- Thank you for your help.
- You're welcome, Mr. Deben.
346
00:20:26,587 --> 00:20:28,951
- Well, good morning.
- Yeah. Thank you, Mrs. Green.
347
00:20:29,439 --> 00:20:32,808
NARRATOR: Florence had managed
to live life thus far
348
00:20:32,947 --> 00:20:36,457
by pretending that human beings
were not divided
349
00:20:36,597 --> 00:20:40,768
into exterminators
and exterminated,
350
00:20:41,220 --> 00:20:44,278
with the former at any moment
predominating.
351
00:20:56,652 --> 00:20:58,042
MILO: Ah-ha!
352
00:20:58,215 --> 00:21:00,476
I... I didn't know if you'd
be down in London or...
353
00:21:00,615 --> 00:21:04,195
London? No, I'm here.
Well, I think I am.
354
00:21:07,077 --> 00:21:08,401
- FLORENCE: May I?
- Yeah.
355
00:21:08,991 --> 00:21:11,249
Um... Nescafé?
356
00:21:11,493 --> 00:21:13,856
Oh, I... I've never tried it.
357
00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:16,221
I have heard of it, but I...
358
00:21:16,532 --> 00:21:19,069
I'm told it's not made
with boiling water.
359
00:21:19,347 --> 00:21:21,364
- Yeah.
- [POTS CLATTERING]
360
00:21:21,607 --> 00:21:25,848
- [MILO HUMMING]
- [WATER RUNNING]
361
00:21:30,471 --> 00:21:32,069
This is all
much too small for you.
362
00:21:32,208 --> 00:21:34,259
Oh, I know, I know.
363
00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:36,623
[CHUCKLES]
364
00:21:37,038 --> 00:21:40,445
You know? I'm glad
that you've, uh, dropped in.
365
00:21:41,801 --> 00:21:44,688
No one else compels me
to face the truth.
366
00:21:46,631 --> 00:21:49,759
Well, that's fortunate, because
I've come to ask you a question.
367
00:21:51,047 --> 00:21:53,028
When Mrs. Gamart was talking
at her party
368
00:21:53,167 --> 00:21:55,496
about the ideal person
to run an arts center,
369
00:21:55,634 --> 00:21:58,484
it was you, of course,
that she had in mind, wasn't it?
370
00:21:59,180 --> 00:22:00,465
It wasn't me.
371
00:22:00,986 --> 00:22:02,239
Sorry. Violet's party?
372
00:22:06,685 --> 00:22:08,738
Did she expect me just to move
out of my house
373
00:22:08,876 --> 00:22:12,144
and, probably, for that matter,
out of the town altogether
374
00:22:12,665 --> 00:22:16,349
assuming that you would come
to the Old House to...
375
00:22:17,321 --> 00:22:19,095
[SCOFFS] manage everything?
376
00:22:19,859 --> 00:22:21,424
If she'd been referring me,
377
00:22:21,597 --> 00:22:24,134
I doubt very much that she would
have used the word "manage".
378
00:22:24,378 --> 00:22:26,188
[MILO LAUGHS]
379
00:22:29,903 --> 00:22:30,981
Ah...
380
00:22:32,199 --> 00:22:34,284
Do you fancy Nescafé or...
381
00:22:36,788 --> 00:22:37,788
not?
382
00:22:37,932 --> 00:22:39,777
No. No, neither, thank you.
383
00:22:40,019 --> 00:22:41,583
- Are you sure?
- Yes.
384
00:22:42,141 --> 00:22:44,605
- Do you mind if I...?
- Oh, no, please.
385
00:22:45,372 --> 00:22:47,875
I should probably get going.
386
00:22:48,012 --> 00:22:49,576
Are you? Really?
387
00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:52,775
Yes. Thank you anyway.
388
00:22:53,575 --> 00:22:55,730
Well, it's, um...
It's lovely to see you.
389
00:23:02,124 --> 00:23:04,557
MR. THORNTON: Well,
from what I've heard,
390
00:23:04,696 --> 00:23:07,373
and practically by chance,
you were starting to think twie
391
00:23:07,548 --> 00:23:09,111
about the whole
bookshop operation.
392
00:23:09,423 --> 00:23:10,983
FLORENCE: Well,
then you've heard wrong,
393
00:23:11,022 --> 00:23:12,203
Mr. Thornton.
394
00:23:12,619 --> 00:23:14,776
I am here to demand
that all unresolved matters
395
00:23:14,915 --> 00:23:16,861
be resolved
as quickly as possible,
396
00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,501
so that I might set up the
bookshop without further delay.
397
00:23:20,058 --> 00:23:22,318
- But I... I was told that you...
- What?
398
00:23:22,805 --> 00:23:24,125
That I'd be leaving
the Old House,
399
00:23:24,195 --> 00:23:25,932
which is, by the way,
my only home?
400
00:23:26,453 --> 00:23:29,512
There are many other vacant
properties in Hardborough
401
00:23:29,653 --> 00:23:33,337
and, as it happens, I have a list of
some of the more out of the way ones.
402
00:23:33,474 --> 00:23:35,385
I expect no further delays,
Mr. Thornton.
403
00:23:35,526 --> 00:23:37,298
Please have all pending papers
sent to me.
404
00:23:37,438 --> 00:23:39,801
And once again, I am
ever so grateful for your help.
405
00:23:42,651 --> 00:23:46,300
♪ Go with the flow
of the river ♪
406
00:23:46,682 --> 00:23:48,906
♪ But if I shiver ♪
407
00:23:49,150 --> 00:23:53,842
♪ Just take me in your arms ♪
408
00:23:54,259 --> 00:23:57,979
♪ Show me the steps
of the mambo ♪
409
00:23:58,258 --> 00:24:00,518
♪ But if I stumble ♪
410
00:24:00,655 --> 00:24:05,383
♪ Just take me in your arms ♪
411
00:24:05,973 --> 00:24:10,109
♪ And if I get sentimental ♪
412
00:24:10,352 --> 00:24:12,507
♪ Darling, be gentle ♪
413
00:24:12,715 --> 00:24:17,130
♪ Just take me in your arms ♪
414
00:24:17,512 --> 00:24:20,848
♪ Don't want to hear
about marriage ♪
415
00:24:21,127 --> 00:24:24,221
♪ No horses and carriage ♪
416
00:24:24,951 --> 00:24:30,580
♪ Just turn off the light
and kiss me goodnight ♪
417
00:24:30,928 --> 00:24:35,098
♪ There's a whole world
to discover ♪
418
00:24:35,516 --> 00:24:37,776
♪ My precious lover ♪
419
00:24:38,019 --> 00:24:44,797
♪ Just take me in your arms ♪
420
00:24:45,317 --> 00:24:47,194
Is there something
I can help you with, boys?
421
00:24:47,369 --> 00:24:50,496
- We are Sea Scouts, ma'am.
- Yes, so I see.
422
00:24:50,775 --> 00:24:52,583
And just what is it
that you are doing here?
423
00:24:52,721 --> 00:24:54,667
Mr. Raven told us
to stop around.
424
00:24:54,843 --> 00:24:56,474
What would you like us to do?
425
00:24:59,185 --> 00:25:01,549
Well, I want all the bookshelves
put up in there.
426
00:25:01,690 --> 00:25:02,970
Do you think
you can manage that?
427
00:25:03,115 --> 00:25:05,304
How many hand drills can you get
us, ma'am?
428
00:25:06,832 --> 00:25:09,336
How long have you been waiting
here, in the pouring rain?
429
00:25:11,455 --> 00:25:12,950
If I can find the keys...
430
00:25:13,505 --> 00:25:15,315
- [KEYS JANGLING]
- Okay, hurry up!
431
00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:38,078
NARRATOR: When Mrs. Green opened the
first box of books she had ordered,
432
00:25:38,947 --> 00:25:43,048
all the problems and obstacles of
those past few days simply vanished.
433
00:25:44,125 --> 00:25:48,853
With each edition, the faces
and the words of Mrs. Gamart,
434
00:25:49,339 --> 00:25:50,382
the banker,
435
00:25:50,869 --> 00:25:52,085
her lawyer,
436
00:25:52,606 --> 00:25:54,031
and Milo North
437
00:25:54,519 --> 00:25:56,431
all faded away.
438
00:25:58,272 --> 00:25:59,627
And for a moment,
439
00:25:59,977 --> 00:26:04,182
she felt that her late husband,
whom she had loved so dearly,
440
00:26:04,597 --> 00:26:06,752
- [INHALES DEEPLY]
- was with her once again.
441
00:26:15,510 --> 00:26:19,126
And this was her happiest momet
in the bookshop.
442
00:26:19,267 --> 00:26:20,865
[LAUGHS]
443
00:26:31,467 --> 00:26:33,308
[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
444
00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:44,083
[BIRDS CAWING]
445
00:26:56,075 --> 00:26:59,968
MR. RAVEN:
Very, uh, lonely job, yours.
446
00:27:00,417 --> 00:27:03,580
Oh. Sorry about the waders.
447
00:27:04,693 --> 00:27:06,743
I don't feel
in the least bit lonely.
448
00:27:11,853 --> 00:27:14,634
That shelf in there is a fifth
of an inch crooked.
449
00:27:15,501 --> 00:27:18,317
And that plastering
looks hideous.
450
00:27:19,743 --> 00:27:21,968
You can let them know
the next time you see them.
451
00:27:22,558 --> 00:27:25,303
No. No, it all looks wonderful,
Mr. Raven.
452
00:27:25,443 --> 00:27:27,604
I couldn't be happier with
the work the boys have done,
453
00:27:27,702 --> 00:27:28,919
- honestly.
- [DOOR OPENS]
454
00:27:29,441 --> 00:27:32,046
Is that you, Wally?
Were your ears burning?
455
00:27:32,498 --> 00:27:34,063
MR. RAVEN:
What are you doing here, boy?
456
00:27:34,201 --> 00:27:35,557
I've a message for Mrs. Green.
457
00:27:35,697 --> 00:27:38,442
- From whom?
- From Mr. Brundish, Mr. Raven.
458
00:27:38,825 --> 00:27:39,903
What?
459
00:27:40,493 --> 00:27:43,030
He just came out of Holt House
and handed you a note?
460
00:27:43,170 --> 00:27:44,628
No, he leaned out of the window
461
00:27:44,768 --> 00:27:47,965
and told me to go and give this
to Mrs. Green.
462
00:27:49,148 --> 00:27:51,163
I don't see how
this can be for me.
463
00:27:51,684 --> 00:27:53,665
I've never spoken
to Mr. Brundish, ever.
464
00:27:53,805 --> 00:27:55,276
I can't believe
he even knows my name.
465
00:27:55,299 --> 00:27:57,143
And whenever I run into him
on the headland
466
00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:00,234
he always goes off like a shot,
as if he's just seen a ghost!
467
00:28:00,374 --> 00:28:02,042
I'm certain
he'll know who you are.
468
00:28:02,391 --> 00:28:04,382
He finds out about everything
that happens in town.
469
00:28:04,405 --> 00:28:05,621
I don't know how he does it.
470
00:28:06,038 --> 00:28:08,368
Don't you worry about
the envelope's black edges?
471
00:28:08,508 --> 00:28:10,246
He ordered those envelopes
back around 1919,
472
00:28:10,384 --> 00:28:13,130
when they were all returning
from the First War, and...
473
00:28:13,580 --> 00:28:15,771
Mrs. Brundish died...
474
00:28:16,465 --> 00:28:18,204
during their honeymoon.
475
00:28:18,377 --> 00:28:20,951
Oh, yes. How did she die?
476
00:28:21,887 --> 00:28:23,521
She was drowned...
477
00:28:24,669 --> 00:28:26,059
crossing the marshes.
478
00:28:27,068 --> 00:28:29,015
She had gone to pick
some blackberries
479
00:28:29,153 --> 00:28:31,169
to bake a pie for Mr. Brundish.
480
00:28:33,393 --> 00:28:34,750
[FLORENCE SIGHS]
481
00:28:42,394 --> 00:28:43,472
"Dear Madam..."
482
00:28:43,681 --> 00:28:45,419
I would like to wish you well.
483
00:28:46,531 --> 00:28:48,338
Back in
my great grandfather's day,
484
00:28:48,477 --> 00:28:50,214
there was a bookseller
in the High Street,
485
00:28:50,355 --> 00:28:53,101
who, if my memory
serves me correctly,
486
00:28:53,307 --> 00:28:56,159
knocked out one of his customers
with a desk pad
487
00:28:56,298 --> 00:28:58,244
when he became annoying.
488
00:28:59,322 --> 00:29:01,127
There'd been some delay
in the arrival
489
00:29:01,267 --> 00:29:04,883
of the latest instalment
of a new novel, I believe...
490
00:29:06,028 --> 00:29:08,220
I believe it was Dombey and Son.
491
00:29:09,503 --> 00:29:10,999
As of that day,
492
00:29:11,140 --> 00:29:13,026
no one has plucked up
courage enough to sell books
493
00:29:13,049 --> 00:29:15,587
in this forsaken coin
of the world.
494
00:29:16,839 --> 00:29:18,334
This is a great honor you do us.
495
00:29:19,375 --> 00:29:24,067
I should undoubtedly visit your
shop one day if I ever went out,
496
00:29:24,834 --> 00:29:28,656
but nowadays I rather make
a point of never doing that.
497
00:29:29,525 --> 00:29:31,576
In spite of everything,
498
00:29:31,785 --> 00:29:34,497
should you deem
some literary novelty worthy,
499
00:29:34,634 --> 00:29:37,205
please, don't hesitate
to send it to me.
500
00:29:38,214 --> 00:29:42,317
In the case of biographies,
it's better, I find,
501
00:29:42,454 --> 00:29:44,853
if they are about good people,
502
00:29:44,992 --> 00:29:48,329
whereas novels are much more interesting
if they are about nasty people.
503
00:29:49,023 --> 00:29:52,500
Please have the same boy who delivered
this letter bring them to me
504
00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:56,010
with a note, obviously,
indicating their price.
505
00:29:56,531 --> 00:29:57,680
Yours...
506
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:00,354
respectfully..."
507
00:30:00,944 --> 00:30:02,300
"Edmund Brundish".
508
00:30:04,211 --> 00:30:05,707
My first customer.
509
00:30:09,982 --> 00:30:11,720
- [CHICKEN CLUCKS]
- [FLORENCE GIGGLES]
510
00:30:11,962 --> 00:30:14,338
Come round later and I'll give
you a package for Mr. Brundish.
511
00:30:14,363 --> 00:30:15,752
Thank you, Mrs. Green.
512
00:30:23,086 --> 00:30:24,626
You'll probably need
a bright young helper
513
00:30:24,651 --> 00:30:27,117
in the afternoons,
in case it gets busy.
514
00:30:28,855 --> 00:30:31,046
I was thinking of
one of the Gipping girls.
515
00:30:31,183 --> 00:30:33,407
Mrs. Gipping is more or less
up to date on the matter,
516
00:30:33,547 --> 00:30:36,883
and I thought about asking her which of
her daughters might suit you the best.
517
00:30:37,614 --> 00:30:41,576
I think her youngest, Christine,
is the cleverest,
518
00:30:41,717 --> 00:30:44,114
but she probably wouldn't
give her up to you
519
00:30:44,252 --> 00:30:45,713
for that precise reason.
520
00:31:14,039 --> 00:31:15,640
Good afternoon, Mr. Thornton.
Welcome.
521
00:31:15,778 --> 00:31:16,994
Thank you.
522
00:31:56,548 --> 00:31:58,669
Fahrenheit 451.
523
00:31:59,849 --> 00:32:02,039
What kind of book is this?
524
00:32:13,093 --> 00:32:15,280
You're Christine Gipping,
aren't you?
525
00:32:16,289 --> 00:32:18,964
I would have thought
your older sister would...
526
00:32:19,104 --> 00:32:20,807
My elder sister
spends all her time
527
00:32:20,946 --> 00:32:21,989
with Charlie Cutts.
528
00:32:22,127 --> 00:32:24,282
In fact, on my way over here,
529
00:32:24,422 --> 00:32:27,411
I saw their bikes hidden under fallen
leaves, over by the crossroads.
530
00:32:27,932 --> 00:32:30,227
You won't have any trouble
like that with me, though.
531
00:32:30,749 --> 00:32:32,590
Those things aren't happening
to me yet.
532
00:32:32,903 --> 00:32:34,642
And I find boys to be repulsive.
533
00:32:37,525 --> 00:32:38,525
FLORENCE: Um...
534
00:32:38,846 --> 00:32:40,722
And what about
your other sister?
535
00:32:41,036 --> 00:32:43,608
She spends all her time at home,
minding Margaret and Peter.
536
00:32:43,922 --> 00:32:45,207
They're the little ones.
537
00:32:46,701 --> 00:32:50,106
You mustn't think I don't want
to consider you for the job.
538
00:32:50,246 --> 00:32:52,992
It's just that you don't really
look old enough...
539
00:32:53,859 --> 00:32:54,903
or strong enough.
540
00:32:55,702 --> 00:32:57,442
That's hard to say
after first glance.
541
00:32:57,857 --> 00:33:00,395
You look old,
but you don't look strong.
542
00:33:00,604 --> 00:33:03,420
It's all the same anyway.
We're all available.
543
00:33:04,148 --> 00:33:07,313
But my elder sister will be
absent from work half the time
544
00:33:07,451 --> 00:33:09,571
and the middle one
won't show up.
545
00:33:09,710 --> 00:33:11,204
Just a warning.
546
00:33:11,377 --> 00:33:13,603
And I should also let you know
I don't like reading.
547
00:33:13,741 --> 00:33:15,550
I like Geography and Maths.
548
00:33:16,593 --> 00:33:17,983
[CHUCKLES]
549
00:33:22,188 --> 00:33:25,384
I'll come round this afternoon and
discuss things with your mother.
550
00:33:25,978 --> 00:33:28,859
And don't worry,
I won't force you to read.
551
00:33:28,863 --> 00:33:30,077
As you wish.
552
00:33:30,807 --> 00:33:33,768
All she'll is that I can work every day
after school, and all day Saturday.
553
00:33:33,866 --> 00:33:37,169
And you can't pay me less than twelve
shillings and six pence a week.
554
00:33:38,384 --> 00:33:40,885
Oh, and to tell me to shut up if
I speak too much.
555
00:33:41,026 --> 00:33:42,346
What about your homework?
556
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:44,744
Oh,
I can do that when I get home,
557
00:33:44,990 --> 00:33:46,102
after tea.
558
00:33:49,507 --> 00:33:50,969
FLORENCE: I like your cardigan.
559
00:33:52,530 --> 00:33:53,885
Did you knit that yourself?
560
00:33:54,026 --> 00:33:55,601
It looks like it would've been
very difficult.
561
00:33:55,625 --> 00:33:57,119
It was in the magazine
Women's Issue,
562
00:33:57,327 --> 00:33:59,656
but the instructions were
for short sleeves.
563
00:34:00,733 --> 00:34:03,165
You have no children,
Mrs. Green?
564
00:34:03,167 --> 00:34:04,167
No.
565
00:34:06,365 --> 00:34:08,380
- Should I have?
- I don't know.
566
00:34:08,900 --> 00:34:12,168
People always say life's passed
by women who have no children.
567
00:34:14,324 --> 00:34:15,992
There aren't enough cards
on display.
568
00:34:16,340 --> 00:34:17,903
Shall I put some more out?
569
00:34:18,355 --> 00:34:19,606
FLORENCE: Hm.
570
00:34:22,943 --> 00:34:28,505
They really should be ordered into
romance and nature, or something.
571
00:34:32,675 --> 00:34:34,621
Um, is this what
you call romance?
572
00:34:34,864 --> 00:34:36,637
- [CHRISTINE GIGGLES]
- FLORENCE: Oh, my God.
573
00:34:36,775 --> 00:34:37,889
What are these?
574
00:34:38,653 --> 00:34:40,322
I haven't even see them before.
575
00:34:40,460 --> 00:34:43,449
Those sales reps really don't
know what they're sending you!
576
00:34:43,590 --> 00:34:44,945
We've got to throw them away.
577
00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:47,065
I'm sure there's a few people
in this village
578
00:34:47,202 --> 00:34:49,648
who wouldn't mind getting these
posted through their letterbox!
579
00:34:49,672 --> 00:34:51,722
[CHUCKLES] You're right.
580
00:34:52,070 --> 00:34:54,398
- What...?
- Stop looking at them!
581
00:34:54,539 --> 00:34:55,753
You'll be corrupted!
582
00:34:56,344 --> 00:34:59,056
- Where's the bin?
- Don't throw them in the bin!
583
00:34:59,193 --> 00:35:00,445
[BOTH GIGGLING]
584
00:35:01,349 --> 00:35:03,367
FLORENCE: Come on,
have a cup of tea.
585
00:35:03,887 --> 00:35:06,007
[SEAGULLS CAWING]
586
00:35:08,717 --> 00:35:10,907
PETER: Why's Christine so late?
587
00:35:11,358 --> 00:35:13,864
Because she's been working
for this lady.
588
00:35:14,141 --> 00:35:15,141
Why?
589
00:35:15,878 --> 00:35:17,476
Because she has a shop
full of books
590
00:35:17,617 --> 00:35:18,867
for people to read.
591
00:35:19,007 --> 00:35:20,224
Why?
592
00:35:21,648 --> 00:35:23,143
I don't know.
593
00:35:30,929 --> 00:35:32,701
FLORENCE:
Good afternoon, Mrs. Gipping.
594
00:35:33,257 --> 00:35:34,577
Come in, Mrs. Green.
595
00:35:34,717 --> 00:35:36,358
- [CHILDREN LAUGHING]
- Let's have a talk.
596
00:35:36,871 --> 00:35:39,965
I'm not sure if Christine has already
spoken to you about the 12 shillings.
597
00:35:40,173 --> 00:35:42,431
FLORENCE:
Yes. Yes, yes, she did.
598
00:35:43,126 --> 00:35:46,360
[FIRE CRACKLING]
599
00:35:54,076 --> 00:35:55,257
"Dear Madam,
600
00:35:55,780 --> 00:35:57,945
Spare yourself the trouble
of sending more books of poetry
601
00:35:57,969 --> 00:36:00,054
or spuriously
complicated novels.
602
00:36:00,264 --> 00:36:02,731
Please,
at your earliest convenience,
603
00:36:02,869 --> 00:36:04,851
send more books by Ray Bradbury.
604
00:36:05,510 --> 00:36:08,360
Yours respectfully,
Edmund Brundish."
605
00:36:08,987 --> 00:36:11,525
[♪♪♪♪♪]
606
00:36:17,190 --> 00:36:18,893
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
607
00:36:22,195 --> 00:36:25,635
NARRATOR: Very soon, Mrs. Green's
business began to thrive.
608
00:36:26,088 --> 00:36:29,458
Her days were fully occupied
from morning to night.
609
00:36:29,909 --> 00:36:33,802
And for a short time she forgot about
everything concerning Mrs. Gamart
610
00:36:33,942 --> 00:36:38,289
and her plans to turn Old House
into an arts center.
611
00:36:56,014 --> 00:36:57,693
- Good morning, Mrs. Green.
- Hello, Wally.
612
00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:00,150
Thank you for doing me
this favor.
613
00:37:00,809 --> 00:37:01,809
Here you are.
614
00:37:02,998 --> 00:37:05,398
Would you like to come on
an outing, Christine?
615
00:37:06,266 --> 00:37:08,873
I can't, we've got a new stock
arriving tomorrow.
616
00:37:09,601 --> 00:37:10,715
Okay, then.
617
00:37:10,925 --> 00:37:11,925
Goodbye.
618
00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:22,289
Wouldn't you like
to go on an outing?
619
00:37:24,097 --> 00:37:26,702
No. I like Wally, but...
620
00:37:27,641 --> 00:37:30,353
Yes, I know. You did tell me
you find boys repulsive.
621
00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:32,958
But, believe me...
622
00:37:34,835 --> 00:37:36,471
you'll get over it.
623
00:37:37,478 --> 00:37:38,972
Yeah, I suppose.
624
00:37:39,286 --> 00:37:41,927
It's just that I prefer
to be here,
625
00:37:42,588 --> 00:37:44,083
in the bookshop, with you.
626
00:37:44,603 --> 00:37:46,027
It's fun working here.
627
00:37:46,967 --> 00:37:48,740
Even if I don't like reading.
628
00:37:51,449 --> 00:37:53,952
[♪♪♪♪♪]
629
00:38:08,690 --> 00:38:10,498
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
630
00:38:24,748 --> 00:38:27,146
Mrs. Green,
they're dirtying the cards.
631
00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:30,360
[WHISPERING]
We must let them browse.
632
00:38:30,413 --> 00:38:32,463
It's part of the tradition
of a bookshop.
633
00:38:32,603 --> 00:38:35,592
Yes, but they leave everything in
such a mess, and don't buy anything!
634
00:38:36,182 --> 00:38:37,434
MAN: Miss?
635
00:38:42,161 --> 00:38:45,047
[MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
636
00:38:47,896 --> 00:38:49,043
Florence.
637
00:38:49,739 --> 00:38:52,275
Mr. North. What a surprise.
638
00:38:53,561 --> 00:38:55,820
MILO: Hmm...
639
00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:58,844
It seems Violet isn't going
to get her own way.
640
00:38:59,713 --> 00:39:02,494
- Has she stopped by here yet?
- We haven't been open very long.
641
00:39:02,632 --> 00:39:05,342
She will.
She'll appear, eventually.
642
00:39:05,552 --> 00:39:07,498
She's far too much self-respect
not to.
643
00:39:07,949 --> 00:39:13,476
Ah! I'm sure she is simply dying
of curiosity.
644
00:39:13,929 --> 00:39:16,605
- She'll be quite welcome.
- Are you making any money, yet?
645
00:39:16,744 --> 00:39:17,994
Not yet.
646
00:39:18,132 --> 00:39:19,733
You really need something
like this.
647
00:39:21,438 --> 00:39:22,438
This is volume one.
648
00:39:23,034 --> 00:39:25,052
Is there a volume two?
649
00:39:26,197 --> 00:39:29,014
Yes, but I've, um,
lent it to someone,
650
00:39:29,152 --> 00:39:30,230
or left it somewhere.
651
00:39:30,612 --> 00:39:33,568
You should keep them together,
as a set.
652
00:39:40,483 --> 00:39:41,838
Lolita.
653
00:39:42,708 --> 00:39:44,027
Have you read it?
Is it any good?
654
00:39:44,166 --> 00:39:45,940
It'll make you rich, Florence.
655
00:39:46,425 --> 00:39:49,217
Yes but, is it any good? I only stock good
novels. They don't move fast, you know?
656
00:39:49,242 --> 00:39:51,222
According to Graham Greene,
it is a master piece.
657
00:39:51,882 --> 00:39:54,282
Although there are those
who think otherwise.
658
00:39:55,916 --> 00:39:58,208
FLORENCE: Thank you
for suggesting it, I...
659
00:39:58,731 --> 00:40:01,858
sometimes feel the need of
good advice. You're very kind.
660
00:40:03,699 --> 00:40:05,717
You're always
making that mistake.
661
00:40:09,644 --> 00:40:11,068
Until next time.
662
00:40:25,284 --> 00:40:28,483
We have the blue one at home.
It has Westminster Abbey on it.
663
00:40:29,074 --> 00:40:31,090
But it goes all the way
round the tin.
664
00:40:33,487 --> 00:40:34,913
I'll put the heater on.
665
00:40:36,338 --> 00:40:38,735
Mum says those paraffin heaters
aren't very safe.
666
00:40:39,744 --> 00:40:44,088
They're not dangerous, as long as you
remember to clean them out properly
667
00:40:45,166 --> 00:40:48,329
and don't pour the liquid
in from both sides at once.
668
00:40:48,918 --> 00:40:52,222
You must never do that, ever,
do you hear me?
669
00:40:54,619 --> 00:40:57,643
I like this old tray. You could
leave it to me in your will.
670
00:40:57,818 --> 00:40:59,208
What?
671
00:40:59,869 --> 00:41:02,588
I don't think I really want to start
thinking about my will just yet.
672
00:41:04,385 --> 00:41:06,297
But when I do
I'll try to remember that.
673
00:41:06,505 --> 00:41:08,661
You will? Are you sure?
674
00:41:10,398 --> 00:41:11,753
Is the tray from Japan?
675
00:41:12,170 --> 00:41:13,527
No, it's...
676
00:41:14,014 --> 00:41:15,681
Chinese lacquer.
677
00:41:16,934 --> 00:41:19,367
My grandfather brought it back
from Nanking.
678
00:41:20,478 --> 00:41:22,355
- He was a great traveler.
- [TEA POURING]
679
00:41:22,981 --> 00:41:26,630
I don't think they even make lacquer
like this in China anymore.
680
00:41:28,610 --> 00:41:29,759
Thank you.
681
00:41:43,072 --> 00:41:46,755
I was wondering if you'd like me to help
you with your school work or something?
682
00:41:47,936 --> 00:41:50,958
- We could read things together, maybe, or...
- There's nothing to read.
683
00:41:51,099 --> 00:41:54,052
They give you some pictures and say:
"Which one is the odd one out?"
684
00:41:54,193 --> 00:41:56,869
Or they give some numbers
like, um...
685
00:41:57,217 --> 00:42:02,708
eight, five, eleven,
nine, twenty-two and sixteen,
686
00:42:02,916 --> 00:42:04,967
and you have to say
which one comes next.
687
00:42:08,340 --> 00:42:10,876
Can't begin to know
which one came next.
688
00:42:13,588 --> 00:42:16,228
- You're not cold, are you?
- CHRISTINE: No.
689
00:42:17,898 --> 00:42:19,358
That Milo is a ferret.
690
00:42:19,704 --> 00:42:22,380
He smiles just like a ferret.
I wish he'd just go to hell.
691
00:42:22,521 --> 00:42:24,257
[GIGGLING] Stop it, Christine!
692
00:42:24,952 --> 00:42:28,047
You're too nice.
He's a nasty piece of work.
693
00:42:28,184 --> 00:42:30,443
When I'm older I'm gonna try
and be like him.
694
00:42:30,583 --> 00:42:32,045
It's much more practical.
695
00:42:38,126 --> 00:42:40,282
I know you don't like reading,
696
00:42:40,420 --> 00:42:44,451
but there's a book I'm afraid
you must read.
697
00:42:45,146 --> 00:42:46,432
CHRISTINE: What's it about?
698
00:42:46,780 --> 00:42:47,998
It is about...
699
00:42:49,456 --> 00:42:52,168
good pirates and evil children.
700
00:42:52,653 --> 00:42:54,460
Promise me you'll just
at least just...
701
00:42:54,670 --> 00:42:56,199
open it one day.
702
00:42:56,443 --> 00:42:59,501
Well, if you let me have the
Chinese tray in your will,
703
00:42:59,639 --> 00:43:00,927
I can try.
704
00:43:02,628 --> 00:43:03,628
FLORENCE: Deal!
705
00:43:04,090 --> 00:43:07,010
[♪♪♪♪♪]
706
00:43:08,190 --> 00:43:10,588
[SEAGULLS CAWING]
707
00:43:57,094 --> 00:44:00,222
[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
708
00:44:04,079 --> 00:44:05,715
"Dear Mr. Brundish.
709
00:44:06,338 --> 00:44:09,849
Enclosed you will find a copy of a
novel that has just been published:
710
00:44:10,128 --> 00:44:11,128
Lolita.
711
00:44:11,414 --> 00:44:13,706
I must confess
my bewilderment with it.
712
00:44:14,472 --> 00:44:18,885
I would like to know your sincere opinion
of it and ask for a bit of advice:
713
00:44:20,068 --> 00:44:23,371
do you think it is a suitable
book to be sold in my bookshop?
714
00:44:24,273 --> 00:44:26,880
Yours sincerely, Florence Green.
715
00:44:27,472 --> 00:44:29,487
P.S.
If you do not like the book,
716
00:44:29,625 --> 00:44:31,192
there's no need to pay for it."
717
00:44:40,853 --> 00:44:42,139
[FLORENCE GIGGLING]
718
00:44:42,833 --> 00:44:44,432
[♪♪♪♪♪]
719
00:44:44,605 --> 00:44:46,483
[BOTH LAUGHING]
720
00:44:48,811 --> 00:44:49,994
Stop it!
721
00:44:51,697 --> 00:44:53,748
Stop it! I surrender!
722
00:44:55,380 --> 00:44:57,293
[SEAGULLS CAWING]
723
00:45:02,748 --> 00:45:04,869
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
724
00:45:09,110 --> 00:45:11,300
[LEAVES RUSTLING]
725
00:45:33,371 --> 00:45:35,525
Hello, Mrs. Gipping.
Is everything alright?
726
00:45:40,739 --> 00:45:42,858
I thought you should know
as soon as possible.
727
00:45:43,797 --> 00:45:47,307
Mr. Brundish has asked me to deliver
him a fruit cake on Sunday.
728
00:45:48,628 --> 00:45:50,505
And he has also asked me
to ask you
729
00:45:50,818 --> 00:45:54,016
if you would like to stop by Holt
House for tea that same afternoon.
730
00:45:56,797 --> 00:45:57,943
This Sunday?
731
00:45:58,081 --> 00:45:59,298
Why, yes.
732
00:46:00,724 --> 00:46:01,724
Yes.
733
00:46:02,219 --> 00:46:03,922
Yes, all right, I...
734
00:46:04,269 --> 00:46:06,818
Yes, I'll send him a note. Thank
you for the message, Mrs. Gipping.
735
00:46:06,842 --> 00:46:09,135
I've never delivered a cake
to Mr. Brundish before.
736
00:46:11,568 --> 00:46:13,237
I hope this doesn't become
a habit.
737
00:46:17,721 --> 00:46:18,867
[DOOR CLOSES]
738
00:46:19,978 --> 00:46:21,614
MRS. KEBLE:
Mrs. Green! Is it true?
739
00:46:21,751 --> 00:46:24,010
Are you having tea at Holt House
this Sunday?
740
00:46:24,150 --> 00:46:26,304
- Yes, Mrs. Keble, it is true.
- Oh!
741
00:46:26,514 --> 00:46:28,947
Is there something I should know
before I go there?
742
00:46:29,083 --> 00:46:32,074
- Mrs. Green.
- Mrs. Deben, how's Mr. Deben?
743
00:46:32,387 --> 00:46:34,547
Still having trouble finding
a buyer for the fish shop,
744
00:46:34,681 --> 00:46:36,106
- I gather?
- Poor thing.
745
00:46:36,697 --> 00:46:40,000
I bet the General and Mrs. Gamart
are seething about the matter.
746
00:46:40,451 --> 00:46:42,710
They've never been invited to
Holt House, you know.
747
00:46:42,918 --> 00:46:44,760
Oh, no, yes, I've heard.
748
00:46:45,143 --> 00:46:47,438
So, Holt House for tea, eh?
[GIGGLES]
749
00:46:47,679 --> 00:46:49,661
He so jealously
guards his privacy
750
00:46:50,079 --> 00:46:52,581
after the tragic death of
his beloved wife.
751
00:46:53,277 --> 00:46:54,945
[CHURCH BELL RINGS]
752
00:46:57,378 --> 00:47:01,827
[CLEARS THROAT] Well, I sell him
some books, and, um...
753
00:47:02,277 --> 00:47:04,467
ask for advice
about the bookshop.
754
00:47:04,884 --> 00:47:06,554
- Did you, now?
- Oh, right.
755
00:47:08,048 --> 00:47:09,405
- Well...
- [LAUGHS AWKWARDLY]
756
00:47:09,543 --> 00:47:12,115
Well, I should get back there,
I suppose.
757
00:47:12,322 --> 00:47:15,972
- Well, it's tipping down, innit?
- Cats and dogs!
758
00:47:16,286 --> 00:47:18,442
- Good afternoon.
- [SIGHS] Good afternoon.
759
00:47:18,579 --> 00:47:20,139
MRS. DEBEN:
"Advice about the bookshop"?
760
00:47:20,317 --> 00:47:22,159
MRS. KEBLE:
What does she need advice for?
761
00:47:31,509 --> 00:47:34,117
[SIGHS]
762
00:48:21,559 --> 00:48:23,576
- [DOOR CREAKS]
- FLORENCE: Hello?
763
00:48:24,793 --> 00:48:26,288
Mr. Brundish?
764
00:48:52,701 --> 00:48:54,681
Come into the dining room.
765
00:50:03,362 --> 00:50:05,378
You asked me a question.
766
00:50:06,349 --> 00:50:07,742
Yes, I did.
767
00:50:08,471 --> 00:50:09,931
About a new novel.
768
00:50:10,974 --> 00:50:14,762
You were thoughtful enough
to ask me a serious question,
769
00:50:15,005 --> 00:50:17,543
thinking I would be impartial.
770
00:50:18,411 --> 00:50:22,478
You undoubtedly thought I was
quite alone in the world.
771
00:50:23,105 --> 00:50:25,641
Never! I did not
for one second...
772
00:50:25,780 --> 00:50:29,257
I imagine you've been told all
kinds of things about me.
773
00:50:29,394 --> 00:50:31,516
- All bad.
- No.
774
00:50:32,280 --> 00:50:33,356
Really!
775
00:50:33,775 --> 00:50:36,034
I am a widower, I'm sure
you've been told.
776
00:50:36,172 --> 00:50:38,641
I imagine you've also been told
that my wife died
777
00:50:38,778 --> 00:50:41,351
whilst gathering blackberries
to make me a pie,
778
00:50:41,490 --> 00:50:45,871
which is the latest version
going around town.
779
00:50:46,007 --> 00:50:47,365
Well, uh,
780
00:50:47,503 --> 00:50:50,735
none that have been
circulating are true.
781
00:50:53,170 --> 00:50:54,802
- She didn't drown?
- No.
782
00:50:56,436 --> 00:50:57,793
Um...
783
00:50:58,277 --> 00:51:00,989
In the sixth month
of our marriage,
784
00:51:01,128 --> 00:51:04,152
we both, having been
best of friends,
785
00:51:04,880 --> 00:51:06,409
decided that
786
00:51:06,550 --> 00:51:09,818
a friendly separation
would be for the best.
787
00:51:10,617 --> 00:51:11,728
She lives in London.
788
00:51:12,389 --> 00:51:14,545
I haven't seen her for 45 years,
789
00:51:14,684 --> 00:51:18,126
but according to my information,
she's still in very good health.
790
00:51:19,548 --> 00:51:21,356
Although apparently...
791
00:51:21,739 --> 00:51:25,110
she's put on quite
a lot of weight.
792
00:51:26,710 --> 00:51:28,655
She always loved sweets,
793
00:51:28,969 --> 00:51:34,494
although I can ever remember her
baking a cake in her life.
794
00:51:36,824 --> 00:51:39,639
I suppose for the people of
Hardborough it is more picturesque
795
00:51:39,777 --> 00:51:44,574
to imagine Holt House inhabited
by a mourning widower.
796
00:51:44,887 --> 00:51:49,161
As you already know, literature
has done a lot of damage.
797
00:51:50,204 --> 00:51:53,123
Those damned Bronte sisters,
for example,
798
00:51:53,438 --> 00:51:56,356
by whom you have not included
a single copy
799
00:51:56,494 --> 00:52:00,005
in those packages to me,
for which I am ever so grateful.
800
00:52:00,632 --> 00:52:03,204
I imagined you would have read
them already.
801
00:52:05,253 --> 00:52:09,425
One of the Gipping girls,
the third one,
802
00:52:09,947 --> 00:52:12,067
lends you a hand in your shop,
I believe.
803
00:52:12,206 --> 00:52:14,847
And that is all the assistance
you have at your disposal.
804
00:52:15,300 --> 00:52:18,532
I have a bookkeeper who comes in
from time to time, and...
805
00:52:18,742 --> 00:52:20,130
then there's my solicitor.
806
00:52:20,340 --> 00:52:23,224
Tom Thornton. You won't get
very far with that one.
807
00:52:24,579 --> 00:52:27,327
I can't say I'm very fond of
Mr. Thornton.
808
00:52:31,148 --> 00:52:32,539
You know, Mr. Brundish,
809
00:52:33,510 --> 00:52:39,213
there is a certain responsibility
about trying to run a bookshop.
810
00:52:41,438 --> 00:52:42,688
I imagine there is.
811
00:52:43,278 --> 00:52:46,059
Especially if not everyone
approves of it.
812
00:52:46,721 --> 00:52:49,431
There are certain people,
813
00:52:49,570 --> 00:52:52,838
who are rather put out
by your bookshop.
814
00:52:53,358 --> 00:52:57,320
Mrs. Green,
I refer to Violet Gamart,
815
00:52:57,947 --> 00:53:00,068
who had other plans
for the Old House,
816
00:53:00,206 --> 00:53:04,481
and who now, it seems, has taken
further offence to something.
817
00:53:05,628 --> 00:53:07,155
I'm sure that she...
818
00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:10,318
- means well.
- [EDMUND SCOFFS]
819
00:53:10,668 --> 00:53:14,039
Means well? Violet Gamart?
820
00:53:15,532 --> 00:53:16,679
That harpy?
821
00:53:18,315 --> 00:53:20,121
What she wants is an...
822
00:53:20,400 --> 00:53:22,242
arts center.
823
00:53:23,213 --> 00:53:27,594
Now I ask you, what the hell does this
damned village need with an arts center?
824
00:53:27,733 --> 00:53:30,027
And how could art have a center?
825
00:53:30,166 --> 00:53:32,320
But she's got it into her head
that it does,
826
00:53:32,460 --> 00:53:36,039
and that's the reason she wants to get
rid of you, and she won't stop...
827
00:53:36,527 --> 00:53:37,847
until she does.
828
00:53:40,661 --> 00:53:42,018
She can't do that.
829
00:53:43,061 --> 00:53:45,460
It's my bookshop. It's my home.
830
00:53:47,509 --> 00:53:50,672
People like Violet Gamart...
831
00:53:51,472 --> 00:53:54,045
have made me
what I am, Mrs. Green.
832
00:53:54,807 --> 00:53:57,693
Thanks to her connections
and acquaintances,
833
00:53:57,902 --> 00:54:02,420
Mrs. Gamart is a very powerful
woman, does that not concern you?
834
00:54:09,094 --> 00:54:10,344
No.
835
00:54:15,001 --> 00:54:17,782
May I get back to the reason
for my visit?
836
00:54:20,423 --> 00:54:24,838
I am thinking of making
a first order of Lolita...
837
00:54:25,534 --> 00:54:29,182
of 250 copies, which would be
a considerable risk.
838
00:54:30,297 --> 00:54:34,360
Of course I'm not consulting you in a
business sense, that would quite wrong.
839
00:54:34,534 --> 00:54:36,864
All I want to know
before I put in the order
840
00:54:37,003 --> 00:54:39,887
is whether you think
it is a good book,
841
00:54:40,757 --> 00:54:46,041
and whether you think it is right
that I should sell it in Hardborough.
842
00:54:48,266 --> 00:54:52,436
I do not attach as much
importance as you do, I dare say,
843
00:54:52,956 --> 00:54:55,355
to the notions of
right and wrong.
844
00:54:56,293 --> 00:54:59,420
I have read Lolita,
as you asked me to.
845
00:55:00,012 --> 00:55:01,610
It is a good book,
846
00:55:02,097 --> 00:55:04,820
and therefore I think you should try and
sell it to the people of Hardborough.
847
00:55:04,844 --> 00:55:07,485
They won't understand it,
but that's all for the best.
848
00:55:07,972 --> 00:55:10,094
Understanding
makes the mind lazy.
849
00:55:36,438 --> 00:55:37,438
Thank you.
850
00:55:47,838 --> 00:55:49,784
Thank you, Mr. Brundish.
851
00:55:53,190 --> 00:55:55,101
Well, I've given you my opinion.
852
00:55:56,771 --> 00:55:59,864
Let me tell you what it is
I admire
853
00:56:00,420 --> 00:56:01,983
about human beings.
854
00:56:02,889 --> 00:56:04,938
What I value most
855
00:56:05,737 --> 00:56:09,143
is the one virtue they share
with gods and animals,
856
00:56:09,527 --> 00:56:14,880
and which I will therefore no
longer refer to as a virtue.
857
00:56:15,018 --> 00:56:16,018
I mean...
858
00:56:17,972 --> 00:56:18,972
courage.
859
00:56:20,856 --> 00:56:22,701
And you, Mrs. Green...
860
00:56:24,333 --> 00:56:28,365
possess that quality
in abundance.
861
00:56:32,952 --> 00:56:34,239
I would like...
862
00:56:36,219 --> 00:56:37,784
I would like to help.
863
00:56:42,719 --> 00:56:44,215
You make me believe...
864
00:56:45,813 --> 00:56:48,003
once more, in things...
865
00:56:51,166 --> 00:56:54,432
things I thought forgotten.
866
00:57:19,005 --> 00:57:22,204
Thank you for the tea, Mr. Brundish.
Everything was delicious.
867
00:57:23,001 --> 00:57:24,601
Well, please...
868
00:57:25,400 --> 00:57:27,764
come again when you wish.
869
00:57:28,217 --> 00:57:29,851
And good luck with, um...
870
00:57:30,927 --> 00:57:31,934
Lolita.
871
00:57:33,429 --> 00:57:34,820
Yes, thank you.
872
00:57:35,342 --> 00:57:38,088
I mustn't let myself worry. "Where
there's life, there's hope."
873
00:57:38,226 --> 00:57:41,632
[SCOFFS]
God! What a horrifying thought.
874
00:57:42,224 --> 00:57:46,014
[FLORENCE LAUGHS]
875
00:57:47,750 --> 00:57:49,246
Yes.
876
00:57:52,579 --> 00:57:53,867
Thank you...
877
00:57:54,909 --> 00:57:56,925
for your advice, Mr. Brundish.
878
00:57:57,271 --> 00:57:58,525
My pleasure.
879
00:58:01,166 --> 00:58:04,710
Do you think Dandelion Wine
will be coming soon?
880
00:58:05,579 --> 00:58:09,612
I must say I can't thank you enough
for introducing me to Ray Bradbury.
881
00:58:10,516 --> 00:58:12,601
I'll have Wally bring it round.
882
00:58:15,798 --> 00:58:18,858
Or maybe I will bring it...
883
00:58:20,873 --> 00:58:21,873
to you.
884
00:58:25,565 --> 00:58:26,713
Well...
885
00:58:27,719 --> 00:58:29,250
I would like that very much.
886
00:58:42,144 --> 00:58:44,681
[♪♪♪♪♪]
887
00:59:12,663 --> 00:59:15,130
CHRISTINE: We've never had
so many of the same one before.
888
00:59:17,456 --> 00:59:19,023
Such a long one!
889
00:59:20,168 --> 00:59:22,079
This book is already famous,
Christine.
890
00:59:22,219 --> 00:59:24,025
Everybody has heard of it.
891
00:59:24,476 --> 00:59:28,822
Though I don't suppose they ever expected
to be able to buy it here in Hardborough.
892
00:59:30,074 --> 00:59:33,550
What they won't expect is to find
two hundred and fifty copies.
893
00:59:39,076 --> 00:59:41,197
You've really lost your head
over this one.
894
00:59:43,143 --> 00:59:46,027
MR. THORNTON:
"4th of September, 1959:
895
00:59:46,271 --> 00:59:48,114
Dear Mrs. Green,
896
00:59:49,434 --> 00:59:53,744
I have in my possession a letter
from John Drury and Co..."
897
00:59:53,882 --> 00:59:55,134
[TYPING]
898
00:59:55,655 --> 00:59:59,271
"legal representatives of Mrs.
Violet Gamart of The Stead,
899
01:00:00,347 --> 01:00:04,867
to the effect that the current
state of your window display
900
01:00:05,005 --> 01:00:08,273
is attracting rather
undesirable attention
901
01:00:08,445 --> 01:00:12,059
from both potential
and actual customers.
902
01:00:13,032 --> 01:00:15,327
Their client likewise assures
903
01:00:15,467 --> 01:00:18,318
that she feels
personally affronted
904
01:00:18,454 --> 01:00:22,800
by the fact that she, in her
position as Justice of the Peace
905
01:00:22,940 --> 01:00:26,137
and Chairman of numerous committees,
list enclosed herewith,
906
01:00:26,311 --> 01:00:30,447
must carry out her shopping
expeditiously."
907
01:00:32,253 --> 01:00:33,644
FLORENCE: "Dear Mr. Thornton,
908
01:00:34,235 --> 01:00:36,425
You have been my solicitor now
for several years,
909
01:00:36,563 --> 01:00:38,893
which allows me to infer that
'acting for me'
910
01:00:39,101 --> 01:00:42,541
means 'acting energetically
on my behalf.'
911
01:00:42,925 --> 01:00:45,601
Have you even seen the window
display for yourself?"
912
01:00:47,130 --> 01:00:48,869
MR. THORNTON:
"Dear Mrs. Green,
913
01:00:49,007 --> 01:00:51,509
in response to your missive of
the 5th of September,
914
01:00:52,239 --> 01:00:54,672
I have attempted
on two occasions
915
01:00:54,811 --> 01:00:56,480
to approach your shop window,
916
01:00:57,347 --> 01:01:00,094
but found it impossible.
People from all around..."
917
01:01:00,233 --> 01:01:02,108
- Understood?
- WALLY: Yes, Mrs. Green.
918
01:01:02,492 --> 01:01:03,989
FLORENCE: "Dear Mr. Thornton,
919
01:01:04,786 --> 01:01:06,835
What exactly
is your advice, then?
920
01:01:07,567 --> 01:01:10,034
Yours truly, Florence Green."
921
01:01:11,251 --> 01:01:13,963
MR. THORNTON: "I think we should
eliminate the agglomeration.
922
01:01:14,103 --> 01:01:17,266
Stop your customers
from assembling
923
01:01:17,403 --> 01:01:19,835
in the narrowest part
of the High Street
924
01:01:19,976 --> 01:01:22,096
before any formal complaint
is made.
925
01:01:22,478 --> 01:01:25,083
And I also think
we should put an end
926
01:01:25,224 --> 01:01:30,576
to the sale of this banal and
sensationalistic novel by V. Nabokov
927
01:01:30,715 --> 01:01:33,947
that has given rise
to so many complaints."
928
01:01:34,818 --> 01:01:36,452
WALLY: Yes, Mrs. Green.
929
01:01:39,822 --> 01:01:41,559
FLORENCE: "Dear Mr. Thornton,
930
01:01:41,942 --> 01:01:44,382
a good book is the precious
distillation of a master's spirit,
931
01:01:44,409 --> 01:01:48,268
embalmed and preserved for the purpose
of achieving a life beyond life,
932
01:01:48,405 --> 01:01:52,579
which is why it is undoubtedly
a necessary commodity.
933
01:01:52,717 --> 01:01:55,427
Yours sincerely,
Florence Green."
934
01:01:56,713 --> 01:01:58,172
MR. THORNTON: "Dear Madam.
935
01:01:58,554 --> 01:02:01,753
With regard to your request
for an express prohibition
936
01:02:01,893 --> 01:02:04,117
concerning
Mrs. Florence Green..."
937
01:02:04,255 --> 01:02:08,496
[VIOLET MUTTERS] "Dear Madam,
with regard to your request..."
938
01:02:09,088 --> 01:02:14,545
"we regret to inform you that,
after having been duly advised...
939
01:02:14,717 --> 01:02:17,079
It would be best
to drop this matter,
940
01:02:17,983 --> 01:02:22,780
as the reported crowds seem to have
been curbed by the local police."
941
01:02:23,858 --> 01:02:25,076
[SIGHS]
942
01:02:25,666 --> 01:02:28,065
MR. THORNTON: "My deepest,
deepest apologies, Mrs. Gamart".
943
01:02:30,811 --> 01:02:32,409
[SMASH]
944
01:02:50,170 --> 01:02:51,976
KATTIE: Why won't you
come to London?
945
01:02:52,429 --> 01:02:53,969
[MILO GROANS] I can't think of
anything worse than living in London!
946
01:02:53,994 --> 01:02:55,766
You know how I feel
about people.
947
01:02:55,905 --> 01:02:57,469
I mean, look at this,
look at this!
948
01:02:57,608 --> 01:02:59,972
- It's absolutely stunning!
- Well, I'm not staying here.
949
01:03:00,318 --> 01:03:01,929
MILO: What do you mean
you're not staying...
950
01:03:01,952 --> 01:03:02,952
Where are you going?
951
01:03:03,065 --> 01:03:04,523
Oh, for goodness sake!
952
01:03:04,664 --> 01:03:08,034
Do you have to just
keep storming off like a...?
953
01:03:08,172 --> 01:03:10,400
[SEAGULLS CAWING]
954
01:03:20,025 --> 01:03:22,215
KATTIE: I'm just sick
of people like Violet!
955
01:03:22,356 --> 01:03:24,476
- MILO: What?
- KATTIE: I can't take it anymore, Milo!
956
01:03:24,509 --> 01:03:27,603
MILO: Wait. Just be careful,
otherwise you're gonna slip!
957
01:03:27,882 --> 01:03:28,994
Hold on. Wait!
958
01:03:29,201 --> 01:03:30,487
Oh! [LAUGHS]
959
01:03:30,905 --> 01:03:33,268
What on earth are you doing
sitting there, Florence?
960
01:03:34,137 --> 01:03:36,849
I... I don't know why
I go out for walks.
961
01:03:36,987 --> 01:03:39,385
Walks are for pensioners,
and I should get to work.
962
01:03:39,525 --> 01:03:40,846
Is there room on that step
for me?
963
01:03:40,985 --> 01:03:43,315
- Oh, yes, of course.
- I'm Kattie, Mrs. Green.
964
01:03:43,485 --> 01:03:45,677
- Florence.
- Milo's told me so much about you.
965
01:03:45,817 --> 01:03:49,534
Kattie wouldn't believe that there
were any nice spots in Hardborough,
966
01:03:49,673 --> 01:03:53,045
so I brought her out here
to see for herself.
967
01:03:53,530 --> 01:03:56,416
And what is it that you do
at the BBC, Kattie?
968
01:03:56,556 --> 01:03:58,501
- I work for the RPD...
- Oh.
969
01:03:58,641 --> 01:04:00,552
Recorded Programs Department.
970
01:04:00,762 --> 01:04:03,367
Monitoring expenses...
Not exactly exciting.
971
01:04:03,505 --> 01:04:04,932
[FLORENCE CHUCKLES] Well...
972
01:04:05,070 --> 01:04:07,469
We've just been for lunch
with Violet Gamart.
973
01:04:08,096 --> 01:04:10,771
We gave her a chance to not
disapprove of us.
974
01:04:11,257 --> 01:04:13,552
Mrs. Gamart was very kind.
975
01:04:14,628 --> 01:04:15,880
Well, not really.
976
01:04:16,195 --> 01:04:18,766
- [FLORENCE LAUGHS]
- I don't like kind people.
977
01:04:19,356 --> 01:04:21,304
Yeah, except for Florence.
978
01:04:22,623 --> 01:04:24,050
Don't flatter me.
979
01:04:31,172 --> 01:04:34,579
I get the feeling that you work
less and less every day.
980
01:04:35,242 --> 01:04:36,722
Don't forget the BBC
is a Corporation,
981
01:04:36,840 --> 01:04:39,481
and that your salary is paid for
with public funding.
982
01:04:39,621 --> 01:04:40,871
Kattie deals with that.
983
01:04:41,182 --> 01:04:43,373
She is in charge of
my expenses sheet.
984
01:04:46,467 --> 01:04:48,378
[MILO SIGHS] Well...
985
01:04:49,179 --> 01:04:50,847
Are you not cold, my darling?
986
01:04:51,125 --> 01:04:54,322
Perhaps it's time we ought to
tootle off back to our humble abode
987
01:04:54,844 --> 01:04:57,764
and leave Florence alone,
lost in her thoughts.
988
01:04:59,501 --> 01:05:01,552
I think I'll stay here
a little longer.
989
01:05:01,969 --> 01:05:03,393
As long as
I'm not bothering you.
990
01:05:03,532 --> 01:05:05,480
No, not at all.
991
01:05:24,282 --> 01:05:26,159
Milo told me you're a widow.
992
01:05:26,438 --> 01:05:28,349
Yes. Yes, I am.
993
01:05:28,974 --> 01:05:30,295
"A Widow".
994
01:05:31,373 --> 01:05:35,788
Such a strange, dark word,
don't you think?
995
01:05:37,490 --> 01:05:39,539
My husband died, um...
996
01:05:39,748 --> 01:05:41,175
sixteen years ago.
997
01:05:43,989 --> 01:05:45,414
How did you meet?
998
01:05:46,110 --> 01:05:49,552
We met at a bookshop, actually.
In London.
999
01:05:53,478 --> 01:05:55,842
We were in love
from the first moment,
1000
01:05:56,329 --> 01:05:58,101
We had to organize the, um...
1001
01:05:58,344 --> 01:06:02,724
Organize and classify the poetry
section together at Muller's.
1002
01:06:02,864 --> 01:06:03,976
[CHUCKLES]
1003
01:06:09,083 --> 01:06:11,065
He used to read aloud to me
every night.
1004
01:06:12,177 --> 01:06:15,514
Pepys and George Eliot,
and Thackeray...
1005
01:06:16,626 --> 01:06:19,753
"Never give a lady
a restive horse".
1006
01:06:20,275 --> 01:06:21,840
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
1007
01:06:22,952 --> 01:06:24,655
We loved that one.
1008
01:06:27,644 --> 01:06:29,313
We were very happy...
1009
01:06:30,146 --> 01:06:33,309
Busy doing a million things
and... Nothing.
1010
01:06:34,492 --> 01:06:35,880
And then the war came.
1011
01:06:36,402 --> 01:06:39,775
But I still have his letters,
all his letters, and I...
1012
01:06:40,226 --> 01:06:42,206
I can still...
1013
01:06:43,389 --> 01:06:46,934
hear his voice in my head
when I read them.
1014
01:06:50,860 --> 01:06:53,539
Milo didn't do you justice when
he described you to me.
1015
01:06:53,780 --> 01:06:56,873
[LAUGHS] Oh, dear.
Spare me from Milo's appraisal,
1016
01:06:57,014 --> 01:06:59,168
I don't think I want to know
what he thinks of me.
1017
01:06:59,342 --> 01:07:01,844
I still don't know
what he thinks of me.
1018
01:07:04,000 --> 01:07:06,155
Or if he feels something for me.
1019
01:07:07,682 --> 01:07:10,255
Or, for that matter, if he feels
anything at all.
1020
01:07:13,246 --> 01:07:15,054
I guess that's part of
his thing.
1021
01:07:16,686 --> 01:07:18,702
Keeping you guessing
all the time.
1022
01:07:21,239 --> 01:07:22,280
You know what they say:
1023
01:07:23,115 --> 01:07:24,969
with that kind of man,
you'll never know whether
1024
01:07:24,992 --> 01:07:27,217
he's hiding
a rich inner world, or...
1025
01:07:28,956 --> 01:07:30,416
absolutely nothing.
1026
01:07:31,074 --> 01:07:33,440
[SEAGULLS CAWING]
1027
01:07:36,322 --> 01:07:38,130
He will never read aloud to me.
1028
01:07:39,139 --> 01:07:41,817
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [TRAFFIC RUMBLING]
1029
01:07:50,677 --> 01:07:52,034
LIONEL: Aunt Vi!
1030
01:08:00,028 --> 01:08:04,164
So your bill is already having
its third reading. Excellent!
1031
01:08:04,302 --> 01:08:07,918
And I have you to thank for
all your inspiration, Aunt Vi.
1032
01:08:08,230 --> 01:08:09,655
Whatever do you mean?
1033
01:08:09,865 --> 01:08:12,090
The idea came to me
during your party last spring.
1034
01:08:12,331 --> 01:08:15,007
Your wonderful campaign in
favor of an arts center
1035
01:08:15,148 --> 01:08:17,336
could become a reality
with a bill like this.
1036
01:08:17,579 --> 01:08:20,326
And other communities could
benefit as well from...
1037
01:08:20,672 --> 01:08:22,967
philanthropists
such as yourself.
1038
01:08:23,627 --> 01:08:26,618
Well, I've only done
what I felt was right.
1039
01:08:29,083 --> 01:08:31,448
The Access to Places
of Public Value Bill
1040
01:08:31,586 --> 01:08:35,582
will make sure that town councils can
acquire their historic properties
1041
01:08:35,722 --> 01:08:37,807
by compulsory purchase
for public use.
1042
01:08:38,157 --> 01:08:40,069
- Isn't it wonderful?
- Oh,
1043
01:08:40,345 --> 01:08:42,570
I'm sure your father is smiling
down on us from heaven
1044
01:08:42,710 --> 01:08:44,587
with great pride at this very
moment.
1045
01:08:44,725 --> 01:08:47,574
I'm so glad we arranged
to meet today, of all days.
1046
01:08:47,716 --> 01:08:50,217
Precisely when the bill
has been approved.
1047
01:08:51,605 --> 01:08:53,448
Do you fancy fish for lunch?
1048
01:08:53,623 --> 01:08:55,395
I know a wonderful place
around the corner.
1049
01:08:55,603 --> 01:08:58,453
I'm afraid living in Hardborough puts
you off eating fish anywhere else.
1050
01:08:58,594 --> 01:09:00,226
It's so fresh down there!
1051
01:09:00,365 --> 01:09:01,688
It's so true.
1052
01:09:01,965 --> 01:09:03,320
A spot of tea, then?
1053
01:09:03,876 --> 01:09:05,094
Perfect.
1054
01:09:05,405 --> 01:09:07,560
Then I shall continue
with what I was doing.
1055
01:09:07,838 --> 01:09:10,654
I have a sick friend
who needs my attention.
1056
01:09:10,931 --> 01:09:13,818
You're such a wonderful
and generous woman, Aunt Vi.
1057
01:09:20,698 --> 01:09:23,376
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER] -MRS.
TRAILL: Carry on with your work.
1058
01:09:23,515 --> 01:09:24,904
Heads down.
1059
01:09:26,295 --> 01:09:29,631
[SHUSHING] Eyes down.
Keep... On with your work.
1060
01:09:29,876 --> 01:09:31,197
[DOOR OPENING]
1061
01:09:34,323 --> 01:09:36,202
No need to get up, children.
1062
01:09:37,104 --> 01:09:38,320
I'm the Inspector.
1063
01:09:38,460 --> 01:09:40,060
- No, you're not.
- [MRS. TRAILL SHUSHES]
1064
01:09:40,997 --> 01:09:44,126
I'm sorry, I...
I don't believe I know you.
1065
01:09:44,439 --> 01:09:45,439
Mrs. Traill.
1066
01:09:45,724 --> 01:09:47,010
The name is Sheppard.
1067
01:09:47,600 --> 01:09:49,930
If you would be so kind,
you may examine my certificate
1068
01:09:50,069 --> 01:09:52,048
from the Ministry
of Education Authority,
1069
01:09:52,292 --> 01:09:55,177
which authorizes me,
under the Shops Act of 1950,
1070
01:09:55,628 --> 01:09:59,034
to visit any school where
I have cause to believe
1071
01:09:59,175 --> 01:10:00,565
that there are children studying
1072
01:10:00,703 --> 01:10:03,032
who also engage in
some sort of work.
1073
01:10:03,171 --> 01:10:04,423
MRS. TRAILL: Work?
1074
01:10:04,667 --> 01:10:06,648
I can assure you
they'd all love to have a job,
1075
01:10:07,307 --> 01:10:10,087
but outside of family businesses
and newspaper deliveries,
1076
01:10:10,226 --> 01:10:12,417
you tell me what else
awaits them out there.
1077
01:10:12,800 --> 01:10:14,016
And by the way,
1078
01:10:14,398 --> 01:10:17,318
I don't remember you ever
visiting here before.
1079
01:10:17,630 --> 01:10:20,759
Well, due to staff shortages, our
visits are not quite as frequent
1080
01:10:20,896 --> 01:10:22,394
as we would like them to be.
1081
01:10:23,088 --> 01:10:25,140
So who suggested
you come this time?
1082
01:10:33,235 --> 01:10:37,894
There is only one who
has a steady job after school.
1083
01:10:39,319 --> 01:10:41,997
Christine Gipping,
who works regularly.
1084
01:10:42,760 --> 01:10:43,760
Where?
1085
01:10:44,255 --> 01:10:45,471
[MRS. TRAILL SIGHS]
1086
01:10:46,201 --> 01:10:48,113
At the Old House bookshop.
1087
01:10:49,921 --> 01:10:51,484
Stand up, Christine.
1088
01:10:54,890 --> 01:10:56,907
- [DOOR OPENS]
- WOMAN: If you'll excuse me.
1089
01:10:57,636 --> 01:10:58,819
This is the girl.
1090
01:10:58,957 --> 01:11:00,800
Miss, would you mind
coming with me?
1091
01:11:07,890 --> 01:11:10,323
[CLASS MURMURING]
1092
01:11:11,886 --> 01:11:13,172
Good day.
1093
01:11:13,625 --> 01:11:14,632
Good day.
1094
01:11:18,072 --> 01:11:20,854
[SCRAPING ON WALL]
1095
01:11:32,845 --> 01:11:35,521
I don't want you to think
I hold anything against you.
1096
01:11:36,077 --> 01:11:37,257
The law is the law.
1097
01:11:37,398 --> 01:11:39,136
That's the main thing
I came to say.
1098
01:11:44,420 --> 01:11:46,087
Experience is important.
1099
01:11:46,712 --> 01:11:50,033
The dropouts all say they won't hire us
without experience, but where can we get it?
1100
01:11:50,083 --> 01:11:52,831
But we always tell Christine
that if she needs references
1101
01:11:52,970 --> 01:11:54,533
she only has to come to you.
1102
01:11:55,297 --> 01:11:58,426
Yes, of course.
All she has to do is ask.
1103
01:11:59,399 --> 01:12:02,527
Christine's a wonderful girl,
Mrs. Gipping, and I'm...
1104
01:12:03,569 --> 01:12:06,317
very, very, very fond of her.
1105
01:12:08,297 --> 01:12:12,641
But now she'll have an opportunity
to concentrate on her studies.
1106
01:12:13,720 --> 01:12:15,666
She doesn't want to give up
earning money.
1107
01:12:15,944 --> 01:12:17,716
No, of course not, but...
1108
01:12:18,480 --> 01:12:20,774
I suppose after what happened
at the school, it's...
1109
01:12:20,914 --> 01:12:22,826
Well, we've been
looking round a bit.
1110
01:12:23,104 --> 01:12:26,064
And we hope they'll be hiring her to
work on Saturdays at the new bookshop.
1111
01:12:31,583 --> 01:12:32,940
New bookshop?
1112
01:12:33,252 --> 01:12:36,139
Yes, they will open very soon,
you know, in Deben's.
1113
01:12:37,423 --> 01:12:38,779
The fish shop.
1114
01:12:46,458 --> 01:12:47,572
[CHUCKLES]
1115
01:12:49,970 --> 01:12:52,055
- I had no idea.
- [SIGHS]
1116
01:12:52,194 --> 01:12:54,907
You really must keep an eye on
the competition, Mrs. Green.
1117
01:12:56,886 --> 01:12:59,006
You'll give Christine those
references, won't you?
1118
01:13:01,335 --> 01:13:03,734
NARRATOR: She had no way
of knowing this,
1119
01:13:04,359 --> 01:13:08,600
but the new bookshop was not
an enterprise like her own,
1120
01:13:09,190 --> 01:13:10,859
but an investment,
1121
01:13:11,104 --> 01:13:13,676
by the simple-minded
Lord Gosfield,
1122
01:13:13,814 --> 01:13:18,262
on the advice of the General
and Mrs. Gamart.
1123
01:13:30,358 --> 01:13:33,974
- Thank you for coming, Mrs. Green.
- No need to thank me, Mr. Keble.
1124
01:13:35,779 --> 01:13:38,353
Do you realize how
very little working capital
1125
01:13:38,527 --> 01:13:39,952
- you have at present?
- Yes.
1126
01:13:40,091 --> 01:13:41,550
It's rather difficult
not to notice.
1127
01:13:41,689 --> 01:13:43,565
I'd dare say things have taken
quite a dip
1128
01:13:43,703 --> 01:13:45,511
in your business of late,
haven't they?
1129
01:13:46,555 --> 01:13:48,570
But I thought
you might like to know
1130
01:13:48,708 --> 01:13:51,144
there's a possible buyer
for your shop.
1131
01:13:53,957 --> 01:13:55,314
Thank you very much.
1132
01:14:01,917 --> 01:14:02,917
Mr. Keble...
1133
01:14:03,551 --> 01:14:06,332
The shop is not for sale.
1134
01:14:07,201 --> 01:14:08,626
Message received.
1135
01:14:09,284 --> 01:14:10,431
Thank you for coming.
1136
01:14:10,711 --> 01:14:13,563
It has been
an incalculable help.
1137
01:14:30,002 --> 01:14:31,002
Well...
1138
01:14:34,206 --> 01:14:35,805
I really shall miss you.
1139
01:14:37,648 --> 01:14:39,350
I don't want to go, you know?
1140
01:14:40,010 --> 01:14:42,096
I don't want to work
in that other bookshop.
1141
01:14:43,033 --> 01:14:45,121
My mother, she simply doesn't
understand...
1142
01:14:45,259 --> 01:14:48,525
No, please.
You mustn't worry about that.
1143
01:14:49,082 --> 01:14:50,229
How can I not worry?
1144
01:14:50,472 --> 01:14:52,869
You can't run this place
by yourself.
1145
01:14:53,393 --> 01:14:55,444
And no one in this village
will help you.
1146
01:14:57,735 --> 01:14:58,779
No, I...
1147
01:14:59,127 --> 01:15:02,466
I shall manage, absolutely.
I... I shall manage.
1148
01:15:05,836 --> 01:15:07,573
I do hope you'll come by
1149
01:15:08,060 --> 01:15:10,493
from time to time,
in the evenings, and...
1150
01:15:10,770 --> 01:15:12,231
I won't have the time.
1151
01:15:14,975 --> 01:15:16,367
Yes. No.
1152
01:15:17,618 --> 01:15:19,913
No, of course you'll be...
You'll be busy.
1153
01:15:23,318 --> 01:15:26,099
I... I've got something for you.
1154
01:15:31,625 --> 01:15:33,989
Now you won't have to wait
until my funeral.
1155
01:15:37,984 --> 01:15:39,551
You're so kind, Mrs. Green.
1156
01:15:43,617 --> 01:15:45,077
You're so bloody kind!
1157
01:15:45,389 --> 01:15:48,551
[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]
1158
01:16:14,759 --> 01:16:17,992
Good afternoon, Florence...
Mrs. Green.
1159
01:16:18,340 --> 01:16:19,729
Mr. Brundish.
1160
01:16:21,327 --> 01:16:24,003
How are things coming along,
down there?
1161
01:16:25,603 --> 01:16:27,097
Um...
1162
01:16:30,538 --> 01:16:33,284
I... I think you know
as well as I do, don't you?
1163
01:16:34,569 --> 01:16:37,106
Indeed, I do know. Some of it.
1164
01:16:39,193 --> 01:16:40,895
What do you intend to do?
1165
01:16:41,452 --> 01:16:42,600
Do?
1166
01:16:46,177 --> 01:16:48,298
Is there anything I can do?
[SCOFFS]
1167
01:16:49,515 --> 01:16:50,628
Yes.
1168
01:16:59,003 --> 01:17:00,003
No.
1169
01:17:02,202 --> 01:17:03,202
EDMUND: Carry on.
1170
01:17:04,809 --> 01:17:06,720
That's what I was going to do.
1171
01:17:09,814 --> 01:17:11,516
- [SNIFFS]
- Florence...
1172
01:17:12,663 --> 01:17:16,278
I would very much like to have met
you at another time in my life.
1173
01:17:17,180 --> 01:17:19,372
In another life, altogether.
1174
01:17:23,264 --> 01:17:25,140
But I'm going to do what...
1175
01:17:25,836 --> 01:17:28,895
small thing is in my power
to help you.
1176
01:17:34,144 --> 01:17:38,384
[SNIFFS] Mr. Brundish, it's...
1177
01:17:40,190 --> 01:17:42,797
It's very warming to hear
and I...
1178
01:17:43,979 --> 01:17:46,761
so appreciate. I, um...
1179
01:17:48,323 --> 01:17:49,435
You mustn't...
1180
01:17:49,887 --> 01:17:51,695
- There's nothing you...
- I...
1181
01:17:51,974 --> 01:17:55,726
I will have a word with her.
I will talk to that woman.
1182
01:17:56,076 --> 01:17:58,161
She might just listen.
She might...
1183
01:18:00,072 --> 01:18:02,854
put an end to this loathsome
harassment.
1184
01:18:06,189 --> 01:18:07,753
You'd really do that?
1185
01:18:09,109 --> 01:18:10,430
Really?
1186
01:18:11,228 --> 01:18:13,627
Come out of your seclusion
for me?
1187
01:18:14,462 --> 01:18:16,166
Indeed I will.
1188
01:18:18,319 --> 01:18:22,420
I don't know that it shall be
of much use, but I'm willing.
1189
01:18:23,637 --> 01:18:26,140
I could just put a bullet
through her, but...
1190
01:18:26,488 --> 01:18:29,650
[LAUGHS]
1191
01:18:33,265 --> 01:18:35,801
I'm not sure that would be
to your liking.
1192
01:18:40,842 --> 01:18:43,100
I don't know how to ever
thank you. That's...
1193
01:18:44,421 --> 01:18:46,229
That's the most, um...
1194
01:18:49,774 --> 01:18:51,895
noble gesture...
1195
01:18:52,971 --> 01:18:55,127
anyone has ever made for me.
1196
01:20:12,668 --> 01:20:15,033
You work too hard, Florence.
1197
01:20:15,658 --> 01:20:18,230
I try to concentrate.
Please, put these down.
1198
01:20:18,369 --> 01:20:20,907
They've only just come in
and I haven't checked them yet.
1199
01:20:23,550 --> 01:20:26,503
Surely you have to succeed
if you give everything you have.
1200
01:20:27,405 --> 01:20:28,552
I can't see why.
1201
01:20:29,145 --> 01:20:31,716
Everyone gives everything
they have, eventually.
1202
01:20:32,481 --> 01:20:35,399
We all die.
Dying is hardly success.
1203
01:20:35,539 --> 01:20:37,868
You're too young
to bother about dying.
1204
01:20:39,710 --> 01:20:42,039
I believe Kattie might snuff it.
1205
01:20:42,631 --> 01:20:45,168
She...
She wastes so much energy.
1206
01:20:45,376 --> 01:20:46,801
How is Kattie?
1207
01:20:48,747 --> 01:20:49,963
No idea.
1208
01:20:51,841 --> 01:20:54,448
As a matter of fact,
she's left me.
1209
01:20:55,801 --> 01:20:58,408
She's, uh... She's gone to live
with someone else.
1210
01:20:58,689 --> 01:20:59,730
In Wantage.
1211
01:21:00,980 --> 01:21:02,198
She's...
1212
01:21:03,137 --> 01:21:04,805
He works in the World Service.
1213
01:21:09,671 --> 01:21:12,695
[SIGHS]
I'm opening my heart to you.
1214
01:21:16,518 --> 01:21:18,326
We are having a special moment,
aren't we?
1215
01:21:22,913 --> 01:21:25,868
I expect you've told everyone else
in Hardborough who'd listen to you.
1216
01:21:26,006 --> 01:21:28,509
But it affects you particularly,
1217
01:21:28,649 --> 01:21:31,500
because I'll have so much more
free time as of now.
1218
01:21:31,813 --> 01:21:35,878
I'll be able to work here,
part time, as your assistant.
1219
01:21:37,059 --> 01:21:39,284
I guess you must miss
that little girl.
1220
01:21:41,613 --> 01:21:43,108
[SCOFFS]
1221
01:21:45,470 --> 01:21:47,452
Christine learned a great deal
while she was here,
1222
01:21:47,591 --> 01:21:49,988
and she was extremely nice
with the customers.
1223
01:21:50,128 --> 01:21:51,728
Not as nice as I can be.
1224
01:21:54,403 --> 01:21:55,585
So, um...
1225
01:21:56,488 --> 01:21:59,025
How much can you pay me?
1226
01:22:06,117 --> 01:22:08,277
I gave Christine twelve
shillings and six pence a week,
1227
01:22:08,305 --> 01:22:11,331
and I don't feel able to offer any
more than that at the moment.
1228
01:22:11,643 --> 01:22:13,554
If you're interested in the job,
you may come by
1229
01:22:13,693 --> 01:22:16,021
in the afternoons
for a few weeks and try it out.
1230
01:22:16,162 --> 01:22:17,413
Trial period.
1231
01:22:17,829 --> 01:22:19,881
But please only remember
I didn't offer you the job.
1232
01:22:20,019 --> 01:22:22,485
- You asked yourself.
- Has anyone ever told you
1233
01:22:22,626 --> 01:22:24,850
you have
a marvelous pair of ankles?
1234
01:22:25,372 --> 01:22:26,831
FLORENCE: Oh, do shut up.
1235
01:22:27,805 --> 01:22:29,159
Go home!
1236
01:22:51,404 --> 01:22:55,471
"Shower down thy love,
O burning bright!
1237
01:22:56,479 --> 01:23:01,206
For one night or the other night
Will come the Gardener in white,
1238
01:23:02,595 --> 01:23:06,037
and Gathered flowers are dead."
1239
01:23:06,557 --> 01:23:08,122
Christine!
1240
01:23:08,505 --> 01:23:10,069
You'd better watch out,
Mr. North.
1241
01:23:14,622 --> 01:23:18,967
What unpleasant expressions
they teach you in that school!
1242
01:23:19,314 --> 01:23:21,261
I didn't come here
to see people of...
1243
01:23:21,643 --> 01:23:22,965
your sort.
1244
01:23:27,135 --> 01:23:28,387
Why, um...?
1245
01:23:29,984 --> 01:23:32,453
Why are you not helping
Mrs. Green anymore?
1246
01:23:33,287 --> 01:23:34,573
She misses you.
1247
01:23:35,962 --> 01:23:38,849
She's got you, hasn't she?
You're always in and out.
1248
01:23:43,644 --> 01:23:45,694
They say they won't let her keep
the bookshop.
1249
01:23:46,006 --> 01:23:48,301
"They say"? Who say? You say?
1250
01:23:48,442 --> 01:23:49,902
You know very well who.
1251
01:23:50,595 --> 01:23:52,297
They have other plans
for the Old House.
1252
01:23:52,472 --> 01:23:55,358
Why do you even care,
you little shrimp?
1253
01:23:56,296 --> 01:23:57,895
They say she can't keep it,
1254
01:23:59,180 --> 01:24:00,360
they'll go after her.
1255
01:24:00,605 --> 01:24:01,926
They'll take her to court.
1256
01:24:02,274 --> 01:24:04,150
She'll have to swear
to tell truth,
1257
01:24:04,359 --> 01:24:07,002
the whole truth
and nothing but the truth.
1258
01:24:07,243 --> 01:24:11,137
Hm. Well, we must hope that
it doesn't come to that.
1259
01:24:12,596 --> 01:24:15,516
I never had time to sit around
when I was her assistant.
1260
01:24:16,106 --> 01:24:19,270
No wonder. You're a child.
1261
01:24:20,207 --> 01:24:21,252
MILO: Or a woman.
1262
01:24:22,259 --> 01:24:25,144
Neither of them have any idea
how to relax.
1263
01:24:25,908 --> 01:24:27,298
You'd just better watch out.
1264
01:24:27,439 --> 01:24:30,184
I've come to get this.
It belongs to my mum.
1265
01:24:43,114 --> 01:24:44,329
[CHUCKLES]
1266
01:25:24,856 --> 01:25:26,213
Thank you.
1267
01:25:34,135 --> 01:25:35,597
Give me a moment.
1268
01:26:01,872 --> 01:26:05,002
What a pleasant surprise,
Mr. Brundish.
1269
01:26:05,697 --> 01:26:07,921
Um, please, have a seat.
1270
01:26:10,979 --> 01:26:12,092
Thank you.
1271
01:26:16,680 --> 01:26:18,314
I have come to ask you
something.
1272
01:26:18,452 --> 01:26:20,572
I don't know if this is
the proper way to do so,
1273
01:26:20,711 --> 01:26:22,242
but I can't think of
a better one.
1274
01:26:22,484 --> 01:26:24,673
If you're not in the mood
for questions,
1275
01:26:24,813 --> 01:26:26,481
you should say so now.
1276
01:26:27,801 --> 01:26:29,715
Would you like some tea?
1277
01:26:30,965 --> 01:26:33,918
I... I don't want your tea.
1278
01:26:34,613 --> 01:26:37,569
I want you to leave
Florence Green alone.
1279
01:26:38,819 --> 01:26:41,844
- Did she ask you to come see me?
- Certainly not.
1280
01:26:42,990 --> 01:26:46,847
She's simply a woman who wants
to keep a bookshop.
1281
01:26:47,961 --> 01:26:49,872
If Mrs. Green has reason
to complain,
1282
01:26:50,010 --> 01:26:52,167
I suppose she should
turn to a solicitor.
1283
01:26:52,515 --> 01:26:55,641
Though I believe she's rather given
to changing her legal advisors.
1284
01:26:55,779 --> 01:26:58,908
The bookshop is draughty, impossible
to mortgage a second time,
1285
01:26:59,047 --> 01:27:00,542
and, from what I've heard, damp.
1286
01:27:00,680 --> 01:27:02,680
Leave her alone. The woman has
done nothing to you.
1287
01:27:03,913 --> 01:27:05,304
Has it not occurred to you,
1288
01:27:05,617 --> 01:27:08,257
as someone who must be
extremely concerned
1289
01:27:08,572 --> 01:27:10,865
about the welfare
and the future of this place,
1290
01:27:11,176 --> 01:27:14,724
that a building of such historical
interest could be put to a better use?
1291
01:27:15,105 --> 01:27:18,163
Old age is not the same thing
as historical interest.
1292
01:27:18,301 --> 01:27:21,189
Otherwise you and I would be far
more interesting than we are.
1293
01:27:21,396 --> 01:27:24,908
I repeat, I want you to leave my
friend Florence Green alone.
1294
01:27:25,046 --> 01:27:26,542
Alone!
1295
01:27:32,518 --> 01:27:38,288
Well it appears your friend has failed
to take the law into consideration,
1296
01:27:38,948 --> 01:27:42,077
something which I have observed
on several occasions.
1297
01:27:42,250 --> 01:27:44,997
If that is the case, I can have
nothing to say in the matter.
1298
01:27:45,275 --> 01:27:47,012
The law will have to take
its course.
1299
01:27:47,152 --> 01:27:49,585
Are you referring to a law that
didn't exist a year ago,
1300
01:27:49,724 --> 01:27:52,538
and that Parliament approved
behind our backs?
1301
01:27:52,954 --> 01:27:55,457
I'm talking about an order for
compulsory purchase.
1302
01:27:55,597 --> 01:27:57,648
Or an eviction,
which is the proper term.
1303
01:27:57,787 --> 01:28:00,601
Did you put your precious nephew
up to drafting that bill?
1304
01:28:00,846 --> 01:28:04,529
I won't deny my nephew's bill
may affect the bookshop,
1305
01:28:04,670 --> 01:28:08,528
as it is essential the premises must
have remained empty for five years.
1306
01:28:08,666 --> 01:28:11,621
That would undoubtedly apply
to the Old House.
1307
01:28:11,898 --> 01:28:17,076
But there are so many regulations
to be considered, Mr. Brundish.
1308
01:28:17,876 --> 01:28:21,283
Ordinary mortals like myself,
and of course like you,
1309
01:28:21,769 --> 01:28:23,645
would hardly know
where to begin.
1310
01:28:23,925 --> 01:28:26,426
I am in politics,
and subsequently,
1311
01:28:26,567 --> 01:28:28,755
am fairly familiar with
bureaucracy,
1312
01:28:28,894 --> 01:28:30,631
but this goes way beyond me.
1313
01:28:30,979 --> 01:28:35,359
We wouldn't even know how to find
the right person to write to.
1314
01:28:35,568 --> 01:28:38,591
Madam, I know perfectly well
who to write to.
1315
01:28:38,939 --> 01:28:41,685
Over the past years, if I hadn't
made it my business to know,
1316
01:28:41,824 --> 01:28:44,257
I would have lost several
hundred acres of marshes,
1317
01:28:44,396 --> 01:28:46,551
some farming land and two
pumping mills.
1318
01:28:46,931 --> 01:28:50,514
This is why I am certain that,
if nothing has been done so far,
1319
01:28:50,652 --> 01:28:53,710
we can still form a common front
against them.
1320
01:28:55,101 --> 01:28:58,542
We can certainly think of ways
of making the move easier,
1321
01:28:58,681 --> 01:29:00,037
if it is actually made.
1322
01:29:00,556 --> 01:29:03,338
There are still plenty of other
places to let
1323
01:29:03,478 --> 01:29:06,256
in larger towns than
Hardborough.
1324
01:29:06,398 --> 01:29:07,926
That's not what I'm talking...
1325
01:29:08,065 --> 01:29:10,846
You should be talking about
what I am talking about!
1326
01:29:11,890 --> 01:29:13,037
[SIGHS]
1327
01:29:24,957 --> 01:29:26,904
I wish I could do
something more.
1328
01:29:30,588 --> 01:29:33,127
I assume, then,
that you intend to do nothing.
1329
01:29:41,779 --> 01:29:44,838
But you mustn't speak to me
that way, Mr. Brundish.
1330
01:29:48,453 --> 01:29:50,850
You don't realize
what you are saying.
1331
01:29:51,756 --> 01:29:54,328
You seem to think
I'm an outrageous person.
1332
01:29:54,952 --> 01:29:56,100
Is that it?
1333
01:29:59,435 --> 01:30:01,661
I can't answer that question
"yes" or "no."
1334
01:30:02,461 --> 01:30:06,006
I suspect that by "outrageous" you
mean "unexpectedly offensive."
1335
01:30:06,145 --> 01:30:09,307
And the truth is that you have
been fairly offensive, but also...
1336
01:30:11,740 --> 01:30:14,278
repulsive, Mrs. Gamart.
1337
01:30:15,286 --> 01:30:18,552
That is, you have behaved
exactly as I expected.
1338
01:30:30,335 --> 01:30:32,003
[MRS. GAMART SIGHS]
1339
01:30:32,804 --> 01:30:35,376
[♪♪♪♪♪]
1340
01:32:11,304 --> 01:32:13,110
[♪♪♪♪♪]
1341
01:34:02,492 --> 01:34:04,333
Good afternoon, General.
1342
01:34:05,515 --> 01:34:07,568
You wouldn't like a book,
would you?
1343
01:34:10,172 --> 01:34:12,016
Not exactly. Um...
1344
01:34:13,439 --> 01:34:15,108
I just came to say...
1345
01:34:17,577 --> 01:34:19,315
A good man has left us.
1346
01:34:20,912 --> 01:34:22,198
[GENERAL GAMART CLEARS THROAT]
1347
01:34:25,048 --> 01:34:26,578
[CLEARS THROAT] I believe...
1348
01:34:26,891 --> 01:34:29,881
you knew Edmund Brundish
quite well, did you not?
1349
01:34:31,409 --> 01:34:32,695
I feel as though I did, but...
1350
01:34:32,833 --> 01:34:35,823
Well I never crossed words
with him at all.
1351
01:34:36,867 --> 01:34:39,023
He was in the first mess,
of course.
1352
01:34:40,447 --> 01:34:42,011
But not in the Suffolks.
1353
01:34:45,000 --> 01:34:47,676
He signed up for the Air Force,
I believe.
1354
01:34:50,073 --> 01:34:51,569
He wanted to fly.
1355
01:34:52,751 --> 01:34:53,896
How odd.
1356
01:34:57,824 --> 01:35:01,578
It was also odd that he came
to see us that very morning.
1357
01:35:02,307 --> 01:35:06,131
He wanted to speak to your wife,
I imagine.
1358
01:35:06,930 --> 01:35:08,148
Yes, you're quite right.
1359
01:35:08,284 --> 01:35:10,442
Violet told me all about it.
1360
01:35:13,708 --> 01:35:17,706
He made a great effort
to go see her...
1361
01:35:19,131 --> 01:35:21,806
to congratulate her on her idea.
1362
01:35:25,177 --> 01:35:29,036
I'm referring to
the arts center.
1363
01:35:34,145 --> 01:35:35,850
Hm. I'm sorry I...
1364
01:35:36,195 --> 01:35:38,456
didn't get a chance to
speak to him.
1365
01:35:41,444 --> 01:35:45,059
I must say, I would never
have imagined him
1366
01:35:45,337 --> 01:35:48,015
being interested in art.
1367
01:35:50,341 --> 01:35:51,734
But, well...
1368
01:35:54,721 --> 01:35:57,016
A good man has left us. Hm.
1369
01:36:01,985 --> 01:36:05,393
Anyone could suffer an attack
like that, if you, uh...
1370
01:36:06,122 --> 01:36:08,695
If you think about it. Hm.
1371
01:36:14,081 --> 01:36:17,001
You mustn't be late
for your lunch party, General.
1372
01:36:20,269 --> 01:36:22,458
Leave my house
and don't ever come back.
1373
01:36:25,168 --> 01:36:26,557
And please...
1374
01:36:27,394 --> 01:36:30,729
don't you or your wife
ever again malign
1375
01:36:31,148 --> 01:36:33,338
a man who had more dignity...
1376
01:36:34,658 --> 01:36:36,501
sensitivity...
1377
01:36:38,064 --> 01:36:39,176
and compassion,
1378
01:36:39,420 --> 01:36:42,131
than either of you will have
in your entire...
1379
01:36:47,831 --> 01:36:49,673
Don't ever say his name again.
1380
01:36:54,328 --> 01:36:55,789
And forget mine.
1381
01:37:02,117 --> 01:37:03,229
But she...
1382
01:37:04,860 --> 01:37:06,913
- Violet...
- Leave!
1383
01:37:07,814 --> 01:37:10,527
[FLORENCE BREATHING SHAKILY]
1384
01:37:17,688 --> 01:37:20,328
So it seems that
I have been evicted
1385
01:37:20,605 --> 01:37:22,622
by the city of Flintmarket.
1386
01:37:22,831 --> 01:37:25,716
As we mentioned during
our last phone conversation,
1387
01:37:25,993 --> 01:37:27,975
it seems there is
a new Parliament bill
1388
01:37:28,113 --> 01:37:29,886
l which allows
Flintmarket Council
1389
01:37:30,024 --> 01:37:32,944
to take over ownership
of the Old House.
1390
01:37:33,224 --> 01:37:34,224
Yes.
1391
01:37:34,543 --> 01:37:37,046
And I should like to know,
if I may,
1392
01:37:37,358 --> 01:37:40,729
where the Council obtained
the funds necessary
1393
01:37:40,869 --> 01:37:42,190
to throw me out.
1394
01:37:42,953 --> 01:37:45,770
SOLICITOR 1: They apparently
found a benefactor.
1395
01:37:45,908 --> 01:37:48,969
SOLICITOR 2: What concerns me
is if the Old House is
1396
01:37:49,105 --> 01:37:50,913
considered to be
habitable or not.
1397
01:37:51,332 --> 01:37:54,564
If it turns out that it is unfit
for human habitation,
1398
01:37:54,738 --> 01:37:56,962
or indeed subsidence
is threatened...
1399
01:37:57,345 --> 01:38:00,126
Well, then it will be impossible
to demand compensation.
1400
01:38:00,646 --> 01:38:01,722
You won't see a penny.
1401
01:38:02,349 --> 01:38:06,243
I'm inhabiting it,
and I'm still human.
1402
01:38:08,744 --> 01:38:10,342
It's not even as damp
as all that.
1403
01:38:10,481 --> 01:38:13,783
In the summer it's really quite
dry, and in midwinter it's...
1404
01:38:13,923 --> 01:38:16,252
Here is an inspection
of the cellars,
1405
01:38:16,530 --> 01:38:17,989
according to which,
1406
01:38:18,579 --> 01:38:21,256
the property is standing
in half an inch of water.
1407
01:38:23,899 --> 01:38:26,576
Sorry, wh...
What inspection? I...
1408
01:38:28,800 --> 01:38:31,546
I wasn't informed of any
inspection, I don't think.
1409
01:38:31,682 --> 01:38:33,840
Apparently on several occasions
1410
01:38:33,979 --> 01:38:35,784
when you were absent
from the property,
1411
01:38:35,925 --> 01:38:37,975
an expert in masonry
and plastering,
1412
01:38:38,114 --> 01:38:40,131
a Mr. John Gipping,
1413
01:38:40,617 --> 01:38:45,135
was sent by the council to inspect the
condition of the walls and the cellars.
1414
01:38:46,005 --> 01:38:49,028
John Gipping?
Christine's father?
1415
01:38:49,792 --> 01:38:52,432
We assume he entered peaceably.
1416
01:38:52,573 --> 01:38:54,938
I don't remember
letting him in myself.
1417
01:38:55,319 --> 01:38:58,899
SOLICITOR 2: Oh, your assistant,
Mr. Milo North.
1418
01:38:59,698 --> 01:39:01,854
Everyone will assume
he acted as your servant,
1419
01:39:01,993 --> 01:39:04,043
and was following
your instructions.
1420
01:39:05,815 --> 01:39:07,103
Have you any...
1421
01:39:08,179 --> 01:39:09,256
comments?
1422
01:39:23,229 --> 01:39:25,430
- No.
- SOLICITOR 1: What leaves us in a difficult position
1423
01:39:25,453 --> 01:39:29,277
is the fact that Mr. North has
also signed a statement,
1424
01:39:29,449 --> 01:39:30,770
according to which,
1425
01:39:31,015 --> 01:39:32,822
the level of dampness
in the property
1426
01:39:32,960 --> 01:39:34,525
has affected his health,
1427
01:39:35,185 --> 01:39:40,295
making him unable to accept
any type of ordinary employment.
1428
01:39:55,378 --> 01:39:57,778
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
1429
01:40:16,998 --> 01:40:18,076
Why?
1430
01:40:20,854 --> 01:40:22,280
There is no why.
1431
01:40:23,881 --> 01:40:27,703
They asked me persistently,
so, you know... [CHUCKLES]
1432
01:40:27,947 --> 01:40:30,762
I just simply thought...
I'd best do it.
1433
01:40:32,949 --> 01:40:34,932
Oh, if you're looking for
a new assistant,
1434
01:40:35,488 --> 01:40:37,051
I understand
Christine is available.
1435
01:40:37,192 --> 01:40:40,146
She, uh... She's no longer
working at the new bookshop.
1436
01:40:40,667 --> 01:40:42,162
[CHUCKLES] She...
1437
01:40:43,030 --> 01:40:45,846
She tried to sell Lolita
to... to the vicar!
1438
01:40:48,488 --> 01:40:49,530
Florence!
1439
01:40:56,167 --> 01:40:57,420
[MILO CHUCKLES]
1440
01:41:05,380 --> 01:41:08,855
[♪♪♪♪♪]
1441
01:42:10,548 --> 01:42:12,981
[♪♪♪♪♪]
1442
01:43:45,193 --> 01:43:47,904
[♪♪♪♪♪]
1443
01:44:03,404 --> 01:44:05,490
CHRISTINE: Mrs. Green!
Mrs. Green!
1444
01:44:05,733 --> 01:44:07,645
- Christine.
- Mrs. Green.
1445
01:44:09,661 --> 01:44:11,016
Mrs. Green.
1446
01:44:11,154 --> 01:44:12,337
Bye.
1447
01:44:16,055 --> 01:44:17,099
Mrs. Green...
1448
01:44:17,238 --> 01:44:18,358
NARRATOR: For years to come,
1449
01:44:18,801 --> 01:44:20,887
I will remember
how she tried to smile
1450
01:44:21,027 --> 01:44:23,148
looking at the book
I had in my hands.
1451
01:44:28,881 --> 01:44:30,828
Then, she realized
1452
01:44:31,036 --> 01:44:32,704
what I had done.
1453
01:44:57,033 --> 01:44:59,572
She had fulfilled the dream
1454
01:45:00,163 --> 01:45:02,422
and they'd snatched it
away from her.
1455
01:45:03,671 --> 01:45:06,070
But what she possessed deep down
1456
01:45:06,210 --> 01:45:09,618
was something no one
could ever take away from her:
1457
01:45:10,658 --> 01:45:11,947
her courage.
1458
01:45:18,479 --> 01:45:22,720
And it was that courage
and her passion for books
1459
01:45:23,103 --> 01:45:24,979
that she bequeathed to me,
1460
01:45:25,778 --> 01:45:28,734
along with the Chinese lacquerd
tray.
1461
01:45:43,260 --> 01:45:48,371
How right she was when she said
that no one ever feels alone
1462
01:45:49,136 --> 01:45:50,595
in a bookshop.
1463
01:46:23,404 --> 01:46:30,149
♪ Feeling lonely ♪
1464
01:46:31,783 --> 01:46:38,525
♪ On a Sunday afternoon ♪
1465
01:46:41,444 --> 01:46:47,734
♪ Waving my old dreams ♪
1466
01:46:49,368 --> 01:46:54,234
♪ Goodbye ♪
1467
01:46:58,057 --> 01:47:04,768
♪ Weeping softly ♪
1468
01:47:05,530 --> 01:47:12,239
♪ While the meadows
are in bloom ♪
1469
01:47:14,395 --> 01:47:17,452
♪ And the sun ♪
1470
01:47:17,835 --> 01:47:24,717
♪ Is in the sky ♪
1471
01:47:29,618 --> 01:47:33,475
♪ Never mind the breeze ♪
1472
01:47:33,753 --> 01:47:37,646
♪ On the lemon trees ♪
1473
01:47:38,203 --> 01:47:44,077
♪ Never mind
the yellow daffodils ♪
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01:47:46,752 --> 01:47:50,055
♪ People stroll along ♪
1475
01:47:50,993 --> 01:47:54,154
♪ Humming simple songs ♪
1476
01:47:54,295 --> 01:47:57,527
♪ I wonder why ♪
1477
01:47:57,770 --> 01:48:03,226
♪ I'm still here, oh ♪
1478
01:48:03,435 --> 01:48:10,457
♪ Feeling lonely ♪
1479
01:48:11,221 --> 01:48:17,859
♪ On a Sunday afternoon ♪
1480
01:48:20,363 --> 01:48:27,418
♪ Craving for a lonely guy ♪
1481
01:48:28,114 --> 01:48:31,381
♪ Oh, Jesus ♪
1482
01:48:31,623 --> 01:48:36,524
♪ What a fool am I ♪
1483
01:48:37,150 --> 01:48:41,458
♪ For feeling lonely ♪
1484
01:48:42,189 --> 01:48:47,543
♪ Every Sunday ♪
1485
01:48:48,899 --> 01:48:55,051
♪ Afternoon ♪