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I've not done vol -au -vent.

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I think they're too much for a funeral.

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It's the flaky capacity of them. Come
on, Malcolm.

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Can we get the cling film off these?

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Have you noticed something?

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Not putting the jaffa cakes out.

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I couldn't.

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Maybe your dad's favourite.

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Oh, just think, Malcolm. I'll never be
washing the chocolate off his pyjamas

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again. Come on, ma 'am. You've got to be
strong.

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Yes, you're right.

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Can't think of me now.

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Not when there's a buffet to be sorted.

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I'll get it.

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Mr Malick, ma 'am.

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Hello, Mr Malick.

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Hello, Mrs Martin. I'm so sorry.

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Thank you.

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It was such a shock.

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All those prescriptions you lovingly
prepared for him.

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Weren't they not in the end, were they?

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He was such a marvellous man.

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Yes.

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You never actually met him, did you?

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No, but I do feel I knew him through all
the prescriptions I dispensed for him.

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What a lovely thought.

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Come and sit down, Mr Malick.

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Malcolm's on sherry duty.

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Would you like a sherry, Mr Malick?
Sometimes I think that's the best

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of all.

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It was a lovely service.

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Yes, it was, wasn't it?

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Didn't you have big teeth that big, eh?

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Thank you.

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May I say, Malcolm, I thought your
recorder recital was very moving.

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Thank you, Mr Malick.

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What was that tune?

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Three Blind Mice.

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Ah.

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Do you know, I only promised to own the
ask in Office B last week.

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It's as if I knew I was sending him off
to meet his maker with baby soft feet.

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Would they be pumice stones from my
shop, Mrs Merton?

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Yes. Actually, I think they were on
special offer. Oh, it's lovely to spread

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little happiness.

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Malcolm, one morning.

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Thank you for being a pallbearer, Mr
Malick. Well, I could see Arthur and

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Malcolm were struggling.

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One point it was touch and go whether
Arthur would be joining him.

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Oh.

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Hello, Arthur.

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I'm so sorry.

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Oh, thank you, Arthur. Come and sit
down.

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Funeral? I don't know, eh?

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Malcolm's on sherry duty if anybody
wants.

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Well, a sherry. Sherry?

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I don't know, eh?

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How are you holding up, Dorothy?

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Well, to be honest, Arthur, I'm in a
state of complete shock.

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Get Arthur, Michelle and Malcolm.

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Oh, it was all so sudden.

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One minute, he was there, gasping for
breath.

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Next minute, popped downstairs, made
himself a sandwich and had a bit of a

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background. Popped back up, and there he
was, dead.

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His little frail hand reaching out for
the medicine bottle.

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Who, what?

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Mr Merton.

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Remember? We buried him earlier. Oh,
yes.

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Only brought him some nut brittle
Thursday.

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Oh, well, I've put that out there.

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It's a shame to let it go to waste.

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You'll eat dead man's nut brittle, won't
you, Mr Malick?

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Still, life must go on.

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Obviously, not my dear departed
husband's.

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Yeah, Mr Capstake, thank you. Ooh, now,
there's potted beef on finger rolls, and

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then there's ham and Branston for those
that like Branston, and for those that

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don't, there's ham and no Branston.

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No, thank you.

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I don't think I could eat a thing.

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Ooh, I know how you feel. I'm exactly
the same myself.

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I had such a big breakfast.

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Didn't the vicar have big teeth?

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Oh, yes, he had a look of Bugs Bunny
about him, I'll tell you that.

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He was a very nice man, though. Very
modern in his thinking.

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That was his idea, you know, that bouncy
castle at the side of the cemetery.

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Kids have got no time for funerals, you
see.

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Made you take your shoes off, though,
didn't you, Malcolm?

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Yeah, but I could still see if I bounced
high enough, ma 'am.

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Hula hoop, Arthur.

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Arthur, hula hoop.

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Don't hula hoop.

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Oh, don't just take one. They won't fill
you up. Take two.

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You're a fan of whole oats, Mr Malick.

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If absolutely pushed on savoury titbits,
I would go for sour cream and chive

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pringles.

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I've always thought you had exotic
taste, Mr Malick.

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Is Judith Butts holding down the fort
for you at the chemist? Yes, Mrs Malick

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helping her, so I can't stop long. The
place will be pandemonium. She gives out

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carrier bags like they were fresh air.

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I don't know, eh?

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Mr Merton tetters a dodo?

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It doesn't seem two minutes ago since Mr
Merton and I were scrumping apples from

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Mr Yentob's garden.

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We were fourteen.

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Old man Yentob, he came out shouting. We
ran off like the wind.

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We had a big fence, and I gave Mr Merton
a leg up, and I was waiting for him to

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pull me up, but he runs off.

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Oh, I did get a good hiding from Mr
Yentob.

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It's a lovely memory.

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I remember the first time we went on a
date, me and Mr Merton.

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We went to the pictures and he was so
excited. He was already in there waiting

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for me.

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I remember the school nativity and Dad
so wanted me to do well that when I

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forgot my line, he smacked my legs all
the way home. Didn't he, Mum?

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Yes, he did.

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Oh, it's lovely.

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Nobody's got a bad word to say about
him.

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I remember the first prescription I
dispensed for him. Little did I know it

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would be the first of thousands.

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If only I had more customers like that.

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You'll be sadly missed.

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I'll get it, ma 'am.

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He's such a rock, Malcolm, in times of
stress.

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It's only me being alive that's keeping
him from being an orphan.

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Children are much stronger than we
think, Mrs. Martin.

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Remember when his hamster died?

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Shh! Oh, don't remind him of that.

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We don't want him upset today of all
days.

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Rebecca, ma 'am. Oh, hello, Vicar.

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Hello. Oh, do sit down.

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You know Mr. Malick and Arthur, don't
you?

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What do you like? For sharing, Vicar.

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Oh, no.

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Thank you for coming back. You've added
an ecclesiastical angle to my buffet.

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I can't stop long.

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I must say thank you for that lovely
service, Vicar.

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Certainly was.

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Yes, I must agree.

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Yes.

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I'm sorry I got the name wrong.

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Oh, it's an easy mistake to make. I've
done it myself numerous times.

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Anyway... Arthur didn't mind you using
his name, did you, Arthur?

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No.

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It's good practice for when I go.

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Well,

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it was a good turnout, wasn't it?

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Yes, it was very good. Yeah.

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How many people were there, do you
reckon?

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One, two, three, four, five.

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Five?

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Oh, and Dad and our six.

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Oh, yes, it mustn't forget you, Dad.

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Oh, and Titov, and how soon we forget.

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You have a lovely

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house, Mrs Merton.

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Oh, you've never been here before, have
you?

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The vicar before you, he was never out
of this house.

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Mind you, between me and you, it used to
get right on me nerves, but that's

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clergy for you.

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Anyway, how are you settling in?

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Well, it's a thriving community, Heaton
Norris. I'm very keen on expanding the

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youth element, getting the young people
back into the church.

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Yes, I think that's very important, get
the youth off the street and away from

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my shop windows.

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I bet my Malcolm's got loads of ideas on
that front.

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Have you, Malcolm?

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Er, no.

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We're actually thinking of having a
discotheque for the youth next Thursday

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between 5 .30 and 7 .30pm.

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I'm actually the DJ.

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Oh, what do you think? Should we go to
that, Malcolm?

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Yeah.

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What about you, Arthur?

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Discotheque? I don't know.

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Yes, I'll come.

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Mr Malick?

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I'm not sure I agree with discotheques,
but if it keeps my windows from being

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broken, then I'm all in favour, yes.

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I must stress it is for the youth.

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Yes. Well, your discotheque idea, it's
been a big hit.

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That other clown who had your job before
you, he didn't have a clue, if you

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don't mind me saying.

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Christmas wish drive and that was him
finished.

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Sherbert Lemons. They were his
favourite.

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Who?

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Mr Merton.

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He'll never suck another.

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One day we shall all suck our last
sherbet lemon.

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Shall we put the music on?

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Shall we put Dad's favourite tape on,
Mum?

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Yes, it'll be a lovely tribute.

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Pennsylvania, six, five, thousand.

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Pennsylvania,

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six, five.

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Pennsylvania 6500.

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We'll be playing any Glenn Miller down
at your discotheque, Vicar.

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Um, no.

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Oh, we used to love Glenn Miller.

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My late dead husband.

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Oh, I bet he won't be up there five
minutes before his mothering, glad to

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him something on his angel's trumpet.

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What sort of instruments have he allowed
these days in heaven?

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I think it's still harps, mainly.

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And recorders? No.

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When he's, you know, up there...

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Will you be fully mobile again?

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Yes, yes.

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Oh, oh, it'll be a whole new lease of
life for him, so to speak.

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Well, in the midst of life we are in
death, so it follows.

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In the midst of death we are in life.

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The moving finger writes and having writ
moves on.

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Red sky at night, shepherd's delight.

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Would you like some trifle, Arthur?

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Mr Malick?

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No, thank you.

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Trifle, Vicar?

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Mark, Mark, are we all right?

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I'm just thinking about my dad.

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What's brought that answer?

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I don't know.

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You're probably feeling all sorts of
emotions.

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It's only natural when the death of a
loved one occurs.

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Don't worry, we'll still come to your
disco, Vicar.

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It's what Arthur would have wanted.

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No, he's Arthur.

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You've got the name wrong again. No, no,
I'm Arthur.

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No, that's what I'm saying. He's saying
you're Mr Martin.

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No, he's dead.

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We buried him this morning, you know.

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I carried the coffin.

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Me too. It was the least we could do.

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I'm so sorry. That is unforgivable. I'm
usually so good with names.

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Well, I must press on. I've got another
two funerals to get through today, so...

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Oh, my husband's started a craze.

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Three funerals in one day.

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That's the cross I have to bear.

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Right, well, hope to get to see you
before you're burying me.

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Well, at least you'll have the name
right.

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Can I apologise once again for getting
Mr Merton's name wrong?

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Oh, we've forgotten all about that.

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Life's too short.

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We'll see you at your disco, Vicar. Bye.

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Cheers.

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Thanks ever so much for coming back.

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I thought he'd never go.

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He hasn't got a clue in, has he?

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I'm sorry I got the name wrong.

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Who does he remind me of?

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He's doing the vicar, Arthur.

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Oh, this room needs a damn good airing.

250
00:16:29,310 --> 00:16:31,690
It's funny how you can still smell him,
isn't it?

251
00:16:32,690 --> 00:16:35,130
Now, what sounds best to you, Mr Malick?

252
00:16:35,430 --> 00:16:38,270
I don't know. I'd have to inquire from
Mrs Malick.

253
00:16:38,530 --> 00:16:40,510
Then I'm thinking this won't fit you.

254
00:16:41,110 --> 00:16:42,510
I'll give it you, Arthur.

255
00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:45,600
Oh, and there's some pyjamas here you
can have and all.

256
00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:49,540
Now, the ones he died in aren't in that
pile.

257
00:16:49,740 --> 00:16:51,100
I couldn't give you those.

258
00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:52,700
Not without a quick rinse.

259
00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:57,440
Oh, Arthur, you'll be pleased to know I
didn't bury him in his bath, though.

260
00:16:58,160 --> 00:16:59,620
Seemed to wake him out.

261
00:16:59,900 --> 00:17:01,440
I kept it back for you.

262
00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:03,040
That's very kind of you.

263
00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:08,240
Now... Oh, Mr Mallet, you've not got
anything yet.

264
00:17:08,579 --> 00:17:11,000
What size shoes are you? That I do know.

265
00:17:11,380 --> 00:17:12,380
Seven.

266
00:17:13,579 --> 00:17:16,339
Evans. Could you see yourself squeezing
into fives?

267
00:17:16,780 --> 00:17:18,160
These have got leather uppers.

268
00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:22,240
I'll give it a go. In memory of Mr.
Merton.

269
00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:27,060
What can I have, ma 'am?

270
00:17:27,380 --> 00:17:30,300
Oh, Malcolm, you're like a vulture
picking at a corpse.

271
00:17:30,620 --> 00:17:31,620
Have you no respect?

272
00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:34,360
Oh, where's some slidin' tassel?

273
00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:37,520
Slidin'? I don't know, eh?

274
00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:39,480
I'm sure I'll find some use for him.

275
00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:41,180
I left his ring on him.

276
00:17:41,420 --> 00:17:45,310
Oh, do you know... I was two hours
trying to bribe this off him. Then I

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blow it, if he wants it that bad.

278
00:17:50,110 --> 00:17:55,270
Oh, now we're in here with the stale,
musty smell of him. Oh, it's hit me very

279
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hard. Come on.

280
00:17:57,830 --> 00:18:00,410
Come on, Mum. We'll get through this
together.

281
00:18:01,430 --> 00:18:02,430
Come on, Malcolm.

282
00:18:03,350 --> 00:18:04,350
You're crying.

283
00:18:05,030 --> 00:18:06,030
I don't know.

284
00:18:06,490 --> 00:18:09,210
Now, come on. You're only upsetting
yourselves.

285
00:18:10,370 --> 00:18:12,350
Yes. Yes, you're right.

286
00:18:12,650 --> 00:18:14,650
Yeah. Yeah, most certainly.

287
00:18:15,410 --> 00:18:18,590
I think it'll be easy when we get rid of
the smell.

288
00:18:18,950 --> 00:18:23,210
I've got some lovely air freshener on
special offer. That'll be just the job.

289
00:18:23,350 --> 00:18:25,290
Oh, Mr Mallet, you're a godsend.

290
00:18:26,450 --> 00:18:31,050
Now, thinking on, I've got some mess
they never quite got through.

291
00:18:31,290 --> 00:18:33,170
You may as well have these back.

292
00:18:33,630 --> 00:18:36,130
You might have better luck with someone
else.

293
00:18:36,670 --> 00:18:39,210
That's me, you see. Always thinking
about it.

294
00:18:39,740 --> 00:18:41,500
You're truly a saint, Mrs. Martin.

295
00:18:41,780 --> 00:18:42,780
Yes.

296
00:18:43,540 --> 00:18:48,260
Now, seeing as we don't need this
medicine trolley, we can move my bed up

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where I've always wanted.

298
00:18:49,820 --> 00:18:51,240
Come on, jump up.

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00:18:51,620 --> 00:18:55,420
I'll set those, Mr. Mallet, and you go
down there. All right, come on, Arthur.

300
00:18:55,460 --> 00:18:56,620
Come on, Malcolm, calmly.

301
00:18:57,500 --> 00:19:00,600
It'll be easy to lift now he's not in
it. Right.

302
00:19:01,300 --> 00:19:02,300
After three.

303
00:19:02,380 --> 00:19:03,380
Three.

304
00:19:23,950 --> 00:19:25,690
I think Malcolm's taking it very well.

305
00:19:26,270 --> 00:19:27,570
Yes, he is.

306
00:19:28,530 --> 00:19:31,790
Oh, do you remember what he was like
when Hammy died?

307
00:19:32,650 --> 00:19:33,690
Was that his hamster?

308
00:19:34,070 --> 00:19:38,010
Yes. I've never seen anybody cry so much
over one rodent.

309
00:19:40,650 --> 00:19:42,630
A cut of cream, Mr Capstick.

310
00:19:47,110 --> 00:19:48,810
They're all the same, aren't they?

311
00:19:49,150 --> 00:19:50,150
Yes.

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00:19:58,190 --> 00:20:00,630
Three carrier bags full of stuff he took
with him.

313
00:20:01,130 --> 00:20:04,370
You wouldn't have thought he'd have
wanted someone else's toothbrush,

314
00:20:04,450 --> 00:20:05,450
would you?

315
00:20:08,710 --> 00:20:14,030
Dorothy, will it still be all right if I
pop round as usual?

316
00:20:14,490 --> 00:20:19,170
What with Mr Merton being, shall we
say... Dead, Arthur.

317
00:20:19,550 --> 00:20:21,630
Yes. Yes, of course.

318
00:20:22,270 --> 00:20:26,050
Well, thinking about it would be a
relief for you not to have to go

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00:20:26,050 --> 00:20:27,190
and down all them stairs.

320
00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,480
Oh, it swings and roundabouts this death
lock, doesn't it?

321
00:20:31,820 --> 00:20:35,560
It's only two minutes ago I was bumping
up that life insurance policy.

322
00:20:36,100 --> 00:20:40,240
You're still getting fitter wardrobes
with the money, ma 'am. Yes, I think you

323
00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:41,240
would have liked that.

324
00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:43,400
Can I still have that Scarlett's trick?

325
00:20:43,820 --> 00:20:44,820
Yes.

326
00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:46,660
It's funny, isn't it, Arthur?

327
00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:50,240
Even in the depths of despair, you can
feel a little joy.

328
00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:55,780
Well, I'll be making my way back after
this tea.

329
00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:00,540
I'm defrosting myself a nice bit of
finny haddock just to cheer myself up.

330
00:21:01,020 --> 00:21:02,220
Life has to go on.

331
00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:04,280
We're having told in the old.

332
00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:06,480
Tremendous!

333
00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:09,000
What a day it's been today.

334
00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:12,440
I don't think I could go burying my
husband every day.

335
00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:15,580
Do you think he'll be up by the pearly
gates yet?

336
00:21:16,460 --> 00:21:18,640
I expect he'll just be feeling his feet
a bit.

337
00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:21,220
He's well bummed his feet, thanks to me.

338
00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:23,080
What are they doing, Evan, ma 'am?

339
00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:25,700
Well, they're sitting round a fountain.

340
00:21:26,430 --> 00:21:30,450
dressed in white sheets, and they tell
each other anecdotes.

341
00:21:30,690 --> 00:21:34,290
And every now and again, they have a
little look down at us.

342
00:21:35,410 --> 00:21:39,410
A lot might be to Finny Haddock if he
cares to take a look. Oh, yes, he will.

343
00:21:40,070 --> 00:21:43,990
Oh, Arthur, I hope he's not up there
showing off his operations card.

344
00:21:49,630 --> 00:21:50,630
Who?

345
00:21:51,370 --> 00:21:52,370
Right.

346
00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:09,700
my trusted friend we've known each other
since we were nine

347
00:22:09,700 --> 00:22:16,060
or ten together we've climbed hills and
trees learned of love and

348
00:22:16,060 --> 00:22:22,940
ABC's skimmed our hearts and skinned our
knees goodbye to you

349
00:22:22,940 --> 00:22:29,500
it's hard to die when all the birds are
singing in the

350
00:22:29,500 --> 00:22:30,500
sky

351
00:22:31,260 --> 00:22:36,120
Now that the spring is in the air,
pretty flowers everywhere,

352
00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:40,480
think of me and I'll be there.

353
00:22:44,220 --> 00:22:46,460
Oh, that's your dad as a baby.

354
00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:48,900
Why's he wearing girls' clothes?

355
00:22:49,780 --> 00:22:52,100
Oh, it didn't seem to matter in those
days.

356
00:22:53,020 --> 00:22:54,440
That's your Nana Merton.

357
00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:56,220
Is that a beard?

358
00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:57,600
Yeah.

359
00:22:59,370 --> 00:23:01,010
Is that you and Nana again there?

360
00:23:01,650 --> 00:23:02,650
No.

361
00:23:03,030 --> 00:23:05,250
That's me with a gorilla at Chester Zoo.

362
00:23:06,890 --> 00:23:09,670
That's me and your dad at the altar
getting married.

363
00:23:10,210 --> 00:23:11,210
What's that?

364
00:23:11,330 --> 00:23:12,330
It's Arthur's bag.

365
00:23:12,790 --> 00:23:16,170
He didn't like to leave it outside. He
padlocked it to the pulpit.

366
00:23:18,670 --> 00:23:19,670
Oh, look.

367
00:23:26,230 --> 00:23:28,570
That's me and your father on our
honeymoon.

368
00:23:29,310 --> 00:23:30,650
Who's that in between you?

369
00:23:31,070 --> 00:23:32,070
That's Arthur.

370
00:23:32,490 --> 00:23:34,250
Didn't he have a lot of hair then?

371
00:23:34,790 --> 00:23:37,150
People used to mistake him for Jimi
Hendrix.

372
00:23:38,170 --> 00:23:40,230
Now they're all arriving on our
honeymoon.

373
00:23:40,970 --> 00:23:42,270
What's that in the background?

374
00:23:43,030 --> 00:23:44,030
Jodrell Bank.

375
00:23:44,930 --> 00:23:46,650
What is Jodrell Bank, Mum?

376
00:23:46,950 --> 00:23:49,670
I don't know. We were so in love we
didn't care.

377
00:23:49,970 --> 00:23:52,230
Your father was fascinated with it.

378
00:23:53,990 --> 00:23:55,870
Oh, why's Dad crying there?

379
00:23:56,270 --> 00:23:57,850
Well, you've just been born.

380
00:23:58,620 --> 00:24:00,520
Very emotional time it was.

381
00:24:02,060 --> 00:24:03,740
That's you with Father Christmas.

382
00:24:04,300 --> 00:24:05,300
Is it?

383
00:24:06,260 --> 00:24:09,320
Oh, no, it's your nana again in her red
dress.

384
00:24:10,580 --> 00:24:11,940
Come on, sweaty Betty.

385
00:24:13,420 --> 00:24:17,720
And that's you in your first school
play. You're absolutely brilliant.

386
00:24:18,340 --> 00:24:20,000
Who played the front half?

387
00:24:20,380 --> 00:24:21,560
I can't remember, Mum.

388
00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:25,920
That's one of your dad in his uniform.

389
00:24:26,460 --> 00:24:28,730
Oh. Oh, doesn't he look handsome?

390
00:24:29,330 --> 00:24:30,890
He married me wearing that.

391
00:24:31,750 --> 00:24:34,250
There he is again, innit? Emptying the
postbox.

392
00:24:35,610 --> 00:24:38,370
What did Dad do after he left the post
office, Mum?

393
00:24:39,210 --> 00:24:42,390
Well, your Dad and Arthur, they were
going to set up their own business,

394
00:24:42,490 --> 00:24:43,490
neutering cats.

395
00:24:43,670 --> 00:24:45,690
But then they found out that you needed
qualifications.

396
00:24:47,950 --> 00:24:49,930
Oh, actually, Dad's party is birthday.

397
00:24:51,030 --> 00:24:53,390
Look at all the nurses trying to prop
him up.

398
00:24:54,630 --> 00:24:55,850
That's your father's bottom.

399
00:24:56,350 --> 00:24:57,350
The Lake District.

400
00:25:00,050 --> 00:25:01,050
What's that, Mum?

401
00:25:01,830 --> 00:25:02,830
Oh.

402
00:25:03,830 --> 00:25:07,050
That was the first love poem your father
wrote for me.

403
00:25:07,450 --> 00:25:08,450
Can I read it?

404
00:25:08,670 --> 00:25:10,490
Yes, you're old enough now.

405
00:25:11,330 --> 00:25:14,070
Thank you, Mrs Merton, for being so
kind.

406
00:25:14,350 --> 00:25:16,710
I often think of you in my mind.

407
00:25:17,010 --> 00:25:19,210
You're always so kind and loving.

408
00:25:19,410 --> 00:25:21,410
I never think of you as nothing.

409
00:25:23,410 --> 00:25:24,910
He made that up himself.

410
00:25:27,310 --> 00:25:29,010
Those tear stains, ma 'am.

411
00:25:29,550 --> 00:25:32,610
No, that was the start of its
incontinence.

412
00:25:39,310 --> 00:25:44,250
None of us can live forever, but it's a
comfort to know he's up there in heaven.

413
00:25:44,930 --> 00:25:46,730
Can't stop worrying, though, ma 'am.

414
00:25:47,030 --> 00:25:48,510
Do you think he'll be all right?

415
00:25:48,910 --> 00:25:50,630
Of course he'll be all right.

416
00:25:51,430 --> 00:25:55,650
Your dad's with him now, and he's got
his little wheel to run around.

417
00:25:58,090 --> 00:25:59,270
You all right now, son?

418
00:25:59,630 --> 00:26:00,630
Yeah.

419
00:26:00,970 --> 00:26:02,350
Are you all right, Mum?

420
00:26:02,590 --> 00:26:03,650
Now Dad's not here.

421
00:26:04,590 --> 00:26:05,590
Yeah.

422
00:26:06,210 --> 00:26:07,470
Yeah, I'm fine.

423
00:26:09,030 --> 00:26:10,130
Night. Night.

424
00:26:11,270 --> 00:26:12,270
Mum?

425
00:26:12,490 --> 00:26:14,890
Yes? I'll look after you now.

426
00:26:15,650 --> 00:26:17,110
I know you will, son.

427
00:26:17,930 --> 00:26:19,110
I know you will.

428
00:27:19,950 --> 00:27:22,150
Oh, I knew it was better this side.