1 00:00:12,425 --> 00:00:14,925 (light music) 2 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:36,940 - I can't wait to see Aunt Abigail and Malcolm. 3 00:01:36,940 --> 00:01:41,030 Imagine, a honeymoon in Boston, isn't that so romantic? 4 00:01:41,030 --> 00:01:42,240 - Dreadful distance, if you ask me. 5 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:43,390 I don't see why they couldn't have 6 00:01:43,390 --> 00:01:44,940 stayed at the White Sands. 7 00:01:44,940 --> 00:01:48,020 - And none of it would've happened without us, Felicity. 8 00:01:48,020 --> 00:01:50,430 Malcolm MacEwan would still be in the Yukon. 9 00:01:50,430 --> 00:01:53,300 And Aunt Abigail would still be an old maid. 10 00:01:53,300 --> 00:01:55,040 There are worse things to be, Felicity King. 11 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:57,310 In any case, you children have no business 12 00:01:57,310 --> 00:02:00,437 poking your noses into adult affairs. 13 00:02:00,437 --> 00:02:03,740 - We were not poking our noses, Aunt Hetty. 14 00:02:03,740 --> 00:02:06,262 We were simply making sure that Cupid's arrow 15 00:02:06,262 --> 00:02:07,875 made its mark. 16 00:02:07,875 --> 00:02:10,708 - (playful music) 17 00:02:15,061 --> 00:02:16,644 - What a hat, hmph. 18 00:02:20,539 --> 00:02:22,353 Who does she think she is, Queen of England? 19 00:02:23,710 --> 00:02:24,640 - Aunt Hetty, I thought we were 20 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:26,840 going into the General Store. 21 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:28,890 - Well, Rachel Lynde's in there. 22 00:02:28,890 --> 00:02:31,310 I'll do my business in the Post Office first. 23 00:02:31,310 --> 00:02:34,003 I can't abide that woman, never could. 24 00:02:35,170 --> 00:02:38,410 Now, you two, don't outstay your welcome 25 00:02:38,410 --> 00:02:41,040 with Malcolm and Abigail. 26 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:43,240 Be back here in one hour, no longer. 27 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:45,790 I'll need you to help me carry these supplies. 28 00:02:45,790 --> 00:02:46,930 - We promise. 29 00:02:46,930 --> 00:02:47,763 - Mmhmm. 30 00:02:48,930 --> 00:02:50,700 - Two love birds wouldn't want to be disturbed 31 00:02:50,700 --> 00:02:51,723 for long anyhow. 32 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:53,842 - Race ya! 33 00:02:53,842 --> 00:02:56,509 (chipper music) 34 00:03:29,144 --> 00:03:29,977 - Malcolm. 35 00:03:35,061 --> 00:03:36,087 - Abby, where are you? 36 00:03:36,087 --> 00:03:38,473 - I'm in here, Mr. Malcolm MacEwan. 37 00:03:41,055 --> 00:03:44,000 - See something, I have something to show you. 38 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,010 - You have been to the Simpson Auction, haven't you? 39 00:03:47,010 --> 00:03:48,300 - Well, I did have a wee look. 40 00:03:48,300 --> 00:03:49,460 But it's a good thing I did. 41 00:03:49,460 --> 00:03:51,780 - Malcolm, how could you go to another auction? 42 00:03:51,780 --> 00:03:54,610 - You don't need another thing! 43 00:03:54,610 --> 00:03:55,990 You must have bought every knick-knack, 44 00:03:55,990 --> 00:03:58,040 bric-a-brac in the city of Boston! 45 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:01,658 There isn't a square inch of space left in my little house! 46 00:04:01,658 --> 00:04:03,537 - I beg your pardon, Mrs. MacEwan. 47 00:04:03,537 --> 00:04:04,703 Our little house! 48 00:04:07,913 --> 00:04:10,080 (sighing) 49 00:04:14,620 --> 00:04:16,063 - It's a beauty, isn't it, Abby? 50 00:04:21,188 --> 00:04:22,340 Don't you think? 51 00:04:22,340 --> 00:04:25,250 - We don't need a cradle, Malcolm. 52 00:04:25,250 --> 00:04:26,530 - Not just at this very moment, 53 00:04:26,530 --> 00:04:28,314 but you never know, do you? 54 00:04:28,314 --> 00:04:29,910 - Malcolm, we discussed this! 55 00:04:29,910 --> 00:04:31,673 I told you how I felt. 56 00:04:32,933 --> 00:04:35,433 (light music) 57 00:04:40,990 --> 00:04:42,912 - I don't want to hear any more of that nonsense 58 00:04:42,912 --> 00:04:44,160 about being too old to have a baby. 59 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,140 Look at yourself, too old indeed. 60 00:04:47,140 --> 00:04:49,628 You looked like a girl at 20 the day I married you. 61 00:04:49,628 --> 00:04:51,813 - And I've grown a few gray hairs learning to live 62 00:04:51,813 --> 00:04:53,150 with the likes of you, Malcolm MacEwan. 63 00:04:53,150 --> 00:04:56,430 And it is not nonsense, it is plain fact! 64 00:04:56,430 --> 00:04:59,740 Oh please, Malcolm, let's not discuss it anymore. 65 00:04:59,740 --> 00:05:03,090 I could never in all of my life see myself having a baby! 66 00:05:03,090 --> 00:05:05,270 I'm past that! 67 00:05:05,270 --> 00:05:07,840 Besides, I don't think I'm the mothering kind. 68 00:05:07,840 --> 00:05:10,020 - You didn't think you were the marrying kind either. 69 00:05:10,020 --> 00:05:10,960 - Well, maybe I'm not! 70 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,490 Maybe we shouldn't have gotten married in the first place! 71 00:05:13,490 --> 00:05:15,730 I don't seem to be making you very happy! 72 00:05:15,730 --> 00:05:17,140 - That's not true, I am happy! 73 00:05:17,140 --> 00:05:17,973 I love you! 74 00:05:17,973 --> 00:05:20,110 - You won't be happy until we have a child! 75 00:05:20,110 --> 00:05:21,800 Look at you going around the auction, 76 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:25,136 buying cradles, bringing the subject up every waking moment. 77 00:05:25,136 --> 00:05:27,493 Malcolm please, I can't! 78 00:05:29,070 --> 00:05:31,130 I don't wanna discuss it any more. 79 00:05:31,130 --> 00:05:32,130 - Alright, we won't. 80 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:37,136 - Take the cradle out and put it in the shed. 81 00:05:37,136 --> 00:05:38,663 - Alright, I'm sorry. 82 00:05:40,092 --> 00:05:42,675 (somber music) 83 00:05:44,293 --> 00:05:45,862 I don't mean to upset you. 84 00:05:45,862 --> 00:05:47,279 - It's all right. 85 00:05:48,496 --> 00:05:49,493 - It doesn't seem to take much these days. 86 00:05:50,533 --> 00:05:52,700 (screams) 87 00:05:57,674 --> 00:06:00,257 (somber music) 88 00:06:08,811 --> 00:06:09,644 (cash register ringing) 89 00:06:09,644 --> 00:06:11,740 - You don't mind me setting for a spell, I hope Elvira? 90 00:06:11,740 --> 00:06:13,400 It's dreadful quiet at home. 91 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:14,700 - Not at all, Rachel. 92 00:06:14,700 --> 00:06:17,390 I'm getting quite used to these little visits. 93 00:06:17,390 --> 00:06:19,300 - When's Marilla due back, Rachel? 94 00:06:19,300 --> 00:06:21,700 - Oh, Anne won't let her go for a few weeks yet, 95 00:06:21,700 --> 00:06:23,120 I dare say, Mrs. Potts. 96 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:25,100 The new baby's jaundiced. 97 00:06:25,100 --> 00:06:28,390 It was obvious from her letter that Marilla is exhausted. 98 00:06:28,390 --> 00:06:30,040 - She should know better than to look after 99 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:31,140 a baby at her age. 100 00:06:31,140 --> 00:06:33,570 I hope I can finish this sweater in time 101 00:06:33,570 --> 00:06:35,610 to send it with one of your letters, Rachel. 102 00:06:35,610 --> 00:06:36,920 - Well, there's no rush, Mrs. Potts. 103 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:39,000 I won't be sending one til next week. 104 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,090 Not enough news to fill many letters. 105 00:06:41,090 --> 00:06:44,380 - It says here that another octogenarian 106 00:06:44,380 --> 00:06:45,533 has just died. 107 00:06:47,076 --> 00:06:49,580 What is an octogenarian? 108 00:06:49,580 --> 00:06:51,810 - Whatever they are, they must be awfully sickly creatures, 109 00:06:51,810 --> 00:06:54,660 for you never hear tell of them but they're dead. 110 00:06:54,660 --> 00:06:56,560 - Good Lord, it's Hetty King! 111 00:06:58,045 --> 00:06:59,540 Don't let on that I'm here. 112 00:06:59,540 --> 00:07:01,480 - Afternoon, Hetty, what can I do for you? 113 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:04,380 - I have a list as long as my arm, Ed Lawson. 114 00:07:04,380 --> 00:07:06,760 Sara has suddenly developed an appetite. 115 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:09,183 She's eating me out of house and home of late. 116 00:07:10,066 --> 00:07:11,590 - Hetty King is so tight, the poor child 117 00:07:11,590 --> 00:07:14,660 probably doesn't get half of what she needs to grow on. 118 00:07:14,660 --> 00:07:16,200 - Oh, those are nice. 119 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:17,373 - Oh nice, very nice. 120 00:07:19,100 --> 00:07:20,370 - These today's? 121 00:07:20,370 --> 00:07:22,023 Fresh this morning. 122 00:07:22,023 --> 00:07:24,773 (horse trotting) 123 00:07:44,365 --> 00:07:45,230 - I'll be with you in a minute, Mr. uh... 124 00:07:45,230 --> 00:07:47,473 - Theodore Simpkin, Barrister and solicitor. 125 00:07:48,330 --> 00:07:51,460 Oh, what a pleasure to see you again, Miss King. 126 00:07:51,460 --> 00:07:53,990 - Sorry I can't say the same, Mr. Simpkin. 127 00:07:53,990 --> 00:07:54,853 Excuse me. 128 00:07:55,703 --> 00:07:57,190 - If you don't mind, I'll wait on Miss King here 129 00:07:57,190 --> 00:07:58,540 and I'll get back to you. 130 00:07:58,540 --> 00:08:01,130 - Mr. Lawson, I am here on important business. 131 00:08:01,130 --> 00:08:04,060 I represent the estate of the late Robert and Jane Morris. 132 00:08:04,060 --> 00:08:06,887 I believe the deceased had an outstanding account 133 00:08:06,887 --> 00:08:07,720 with your establishment. 134 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:09,000 - You don't mean Jane Morris, 135 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,640 the school teacher from Markdale's dead? 136 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:13,040 - Why, I can hardly believe it. 137 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:13,873 - But how? 138 00:08:15,043 --> 00:08:15,876 When did this happen? 139 00:08:15,876 --> 00:08:16,730 - Last week. 140 00:08:16,730 --> 00:08:19,210 They passed on within a day of each other. 141 00:08:19,210 --> 00:08:21,010 Scarlet fever, so I'm told. 142 00:08:21,010 --> 00:08:22,023 - Oh, how dreadful. 143 00:08:23,002 --> 00:08:25,080 Well, wasn't there a baby? 144 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:26,810 - Yes, yes, there was. 145 00:08:26,810 --> 00:08:29,303 Three months old, Robert Morris Junior. 146 00:08:29,303 --> 00:08:31,320 Now, according to my calculations, 147 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:34,820 they owed you $54.26, Mr Lawson. 148 00:08:34,820 --> 00:08:37,759 - $54.26?! 149 00:08:37,759 --> 00:08:39,270 - Really, Edward! 150 00:08:39,270 --> 00:08:41,170 - Well, I don't usually let it run that high, 151 00:08:41,170 --> 00:08:43,322 but they seemed such a nice young couple. 152 00:08:43,322 --> 00:08:46,730 - At great trouble to myself, I have a good portion 153 00:08:46,730 --> 00:08:49,390 of the contents of their house outside. 154 00:08:49,390 --> 00:08:51,280 Now, I'm sure that their collective value will be 155 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:52,830 more than enough to pay off their debt. 156 00:08:52,830 --> 00:08:55,450 - But, what is being done about the baby, Mr. Simpkin? 157 00:08:55,450 --> 00:08:56,830 - What baby? 158 00:08:56,830 --> 00:09:00,540 - The baby, well, it's in a neighbor's charge at present, 159 00:09:00,540 --> 00:09:02,760 but I am taking it to the orphanage on my return 160 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:04,190 to Charlottetown tomorrow. 161 00:09:04,190 --> 00:09:05,420 - Orphange? 162 00:09:05,420 --> 00:09:07,550 - Oh, the poor thing. 163 00:09:07,550 --> 00:09:09,439 - Let me tell you, Mr. Simpkin. 164 00:09:09,439 --> 00:09:12,700 Jane Morris was put under my supervision 165 00:09:12,700 --> 00:09:15,380 as a student teacher when she first arrived 166 00:09:15,380 --> 00:09:20,380 on this island four years ago, and we became very close. 167 00:09:20,380 --> 00:09:23,170 I know for a fact she would never want her baby 168 00:09:23,170 --> 00:09:26,660 put in the hands of the likes of you or any orphanage. 169 00:09:26,660 --> 00:09:29,890 - I will find someone to take care of that baby. 170 00:09:29,890 --> 00:09:32,107 - You will find someone to take care of it?! 171 00:09:34,130 --> 00:09:36,900 No relative of mine is going to be looked after by you, 172 00:09:36,900 --> 00:09:39,402 Hetty King, that child is my flesh and blood! 173 00:09:39,402 --> 00:09:40,235 - What?! 174 00:09:40,235 --> 00:09:43,183 - That certainly is news to me, Rachel. 175 00:09:43,183 --> 00:09:46,000 - Isn't it just like you, Rachel Lynde, skulking around 176 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,230 like a fox near a hen house. 177 00:09:48,230 --> 00:09:50,020 - Robert Morris was my late husband, 178 00:09:50,020 --> 00:09:51,370 Thomas', cousin's nephew. 179 00:09:51,370 --> 00:09:54,980 - Oh my, well, that certainly is a close family connection, 180 00:09:54,980 --> 00:09:55,813 I must say. 181 00:09:55,813 --> 00:09:57,450 - In that case, Mrs.-- 182 00:09:57,450 --> 00:09:59,500 - Lynde, Mrs. Rachel Lynde. 183 00:09:59,500 --> 00:10:00,950 - You had no interest in that baby 184 00:10:00,950 --> 00:10:02,830 when the Morrises were alive. 185 00:10:02,830 --> 00:10:05,740 So, why should you have any say what happens to it now? 186 00:10:05,740 --> 00:10:08,120 - Finding a home for that baby is my duty 187 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:09,900 and I will not shirk it. 188 00:10:09,900 --> 00:10:11,380 I wouldn't want poor Thomas to think 189 00:10:11,380 --> 00:10:12,927 I'd let down his relations. 190 00:10:12,927 --> 00:10:15,103 - And your poor Thomas is beyond caring now. 191 00:10:15,103 --> 00:10:17,680 That baby needs a home. 192 00:10:17,680 --> 00:10:18,700 Look no further. 193 00:10:18,700 --> 00:10:21,028 It's my duty; I shall take it. 194 00:10:21,028 --> 00:10:22,810 - I'm afraid in the eyes of the law, 195 00:10:22,810 --> 00:10:24,520 it's not that simple, ladies. 196 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:26,930 - Aunt Hetty, you can't mean that. 197 00:10:26,930 --> 00:10:29,360 - Don't interrupt in grown-up affairs. 198 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:30,540 Go on outside. 199 00:10:30,540 --> 00:10:33,310 - Over my dead body. 200 00:10:33,310 --> 00:10:36,180 I'll keep it myself before I let you have it, Hetty King. 201 00:10:36,180 --> 00:10:39,450 - Aha, you're just plain jealous, 202 00:10:39,450 --> 00:10:40,283 that's what you are, Rachel Lynde. 203 00:10:40,283 --> 00:10:41,507 - Jealous, of you? 204 00:10:41,507 --> 00:10:43,430 For what possible reason? 205 00:10:43,430 --> 00:10:45,466 - You've always had insatiable desire 206 00:10:45,466 --> 00:10:47,510 to have what is mine. 207 00:10:47,510 --> 00:10:49,010 - I don't know what you're talking about, Hetty. 208 00:10:49,010 --> 00:10:51,990 - Oh, yes you do, Rachel Lynde. 209 00:10:51,990 --> 00:10:54,400 You stole Romney Penhallow's heart away from me 210 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:56,540 in grade seven simply because 211 00:10:56,540 --> 00:10:58,730 you couldn't stand the idea that I had something 212 00:10:58,730 --> 00:11:00,548 that you couldn't have. 213 00:11:00,548 --> 00:11:01,490 - My goodness, ladies, let's not drag 214 00:11:01,490 --> 00:11:03,800 that old chestnut out again. 215 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:06,210 - Jane Morris is certainly more my friend 216 00:11:06,210 --> 00:11:08,310 than your relative, that's for sure, 217 00:11:08,310 --> 00:11:10,700 and I won't have you stealing her baby away from me. 218 00:11:10,700 --> 00:11:15,270 No, this time, you can't have what is rightfully mine. 219 00:11:15,270 --> 00:11:16,980 - Rightfully yours? 220 00:11:16,980 --> 00:11:19,066 - Rachel, Hetty, let's all just sit down 221 00:11:19,066 --> 00:11:20,860 and have a nice cup of tea. 222 00:11:20,860 --> 00:11:22,664 - You just stay out of this, Elvira. 223 00:11:22,664 --> 00:11:23,497 - [Mrs. Lawson] Oh! 224 00:11:23,497 --> 00:11:24,770 - Ladies, please! 225 00:11:24,770 --> 00:11:26,280 - If you think you can get away with this, Rachel Lynde, 226 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,500 you are mighty mistaken. 227 00:11:28,500 --> 00:11:31,170 Felicity, Sara, outside, wait! 228 00:11:31,170 --> 00:11:34,164 - I'd like to see you stop me, Hetty King! 229 00:11:34,164 --> 00:11:37,680 - Sara, Aunt Hetty will see you! 230 00:11:37,680 --> 00:11:40,020 - There is no dispute to settle, Mr. Simpkin. 231 00:11:40,020 --> 00:11:42,890 This woman is far too old to even consider raising a child. 232 00:11:42,890 --> 00:11:44,070 - Too old?! 233 00:11:44,070 --> 00:11:45,919 How dare you! 234 00:11:45,919 --> 00:11:49,130 Hetty King, you don't know two pins about raising children. 235 00:11:49,130 --> 00:11:50,467 - I am a teacher, Rachel. 236 00:11:50,467 --> 00:11:54,060 - "Them that can, have, and them that can't, teach." 237 00:11:54,060 --> 00:11:56,184 - I'd be a better mother to that child 238 00:11:56,184 --> 00:11:57,480 than you would, Rachel Lynde. 239 00:11:57,480 --> 00:11:58,900 - [Mr. Simpkin] If I may just interject here. 240 00:11:58,900 --> 00:12:01,302 - Oh, be quiet, you young windbag. 241 00:12:01,302 --> 00:12:02,635 - What was that? 242 00:12:03,990 --> 00:12:06,570 - Aunt Hetty calling the lawyer a windbag. 243 00:12:06,570 --> 00:12:07,963 - No. 244 00:12:07,963 --> 00:12:08,858 (baby crying) 245 00:12:08,858 --> 00:12:09,691 That. 246 00:12:11,319 --> 00:12:12,680 (baby crying) Listen, do you hear it? 247 00:12:12,680 --> 00:12:14,973 - Yes, it, it sounds like-- 248 00:12:17,181 --> 00:12:18,393 It came from inside here. 249 00:12:21,645 --> 00:12:22,812 - It's a baby! 250 00:12:23,680 --> 00:12:25,690 It's a real baby! 251 00:12:25,690 --> 00:12:27,421 - Of course it's a baby. 252 00:12:27,421 --> 00:12:29,590 - No, Felicity, don't you see? 253 00:12:29,590 --> 00:12:34,067 It's the baby, the one that they've all been fighting about. 254 00:12:34,067 --> 00:12:35,700 It has to be. 255 00:12:35,700 --> 00:12:37,310 - Poor thing. 256 00:12:37,310 --> 00:12:39,890 Imagine what its future holds living with Rachel Lynde. 257 00:12:39,890 --> 00:12:41,583 - Or an orphanage. 258 00:12:42,418 --> 00:12:43,420 We've got to take it. 259 00:12:43,420 --> 00:12:44,978 - Take it?! 260 00:12:44,978 --> 00:12:46,402 - Shh! 261 00:12:46,402 --> 00:12:47,858 - What are you talking about? 262 00:12:47,858 --> 00:12:49,853 - They're not fit to look after a baby. 263 00:12:49,853 --> 00:12:51,420 Come on, take a handle. 264 00:12:51,420 --> 00:12:52,510 - Sara. 265 00:12:52,510 --> 00:12:53,727 - Come on, hurry! 266 00:12:54,898 --> 00:12:58,120 (light music) 267 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:01,103 - Ladies. 268 00:13:07,230 --> 00:13:08,490 - As I live and breathe, 269 00:13:08,490 --> 00:13:11,500 you have the nerve of a canal horse. 270 00:13:11,500 --> 00:13:13,250 - At least I don't have its figure. 271 00:13:15,690 --> 00:13:18,078 - Ladies, what in Heaven's name is going on?! 272 00:13:18,078 --> 00:13:20,745 (playful music) 273 00:13:28,627 --> 00:13:30,620 - Are you sure, Sara? 274 00:13:30,620 --> 00:13:32,420 You heard Aunt Abigail. 275 00:13:32,420 --> 00:13:35,023 - She only said she didn't want to have a baby. 276 00:13:36,135 --> 00:13:37,520 This one's already here. 277 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:39,460 He's so beautiful. 278 00:13:39,460 --> 00:13:40,920 How could she say no? 279 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:42,195 - Maybe you're right. 280 00:13:42,195 --> 00:13:44,570 Besides, Mother's always said that Abigail 281 00:13:44,570 --> 00:13:46,590 never knows what she wants until it's staring her 282 00:13:46,590 --> 00:13:47,840 right in the face. 283 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:50,220 - How could anyone not love him? 284 00:13:50,220 --> 00:13:51,443 He's so beautiful. 285 00:13:53,033 --> 00:13:56,300 You know, I've never actually held a baby before. 286 00:13:56,300 --> 00:14:00,590 - Little hands, tiny fingernails. 287 00:14:00,590 --> 00:14:02,100 Everything's so perfect. 288 00:14:03,657 --> 00:14:06,490 (baby whimpering) 289 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:10,263 - Except he's starving, poor thing. 290 00:14:11,534 --> 00:14:13,096 We're got to get him some milk. 291 00:14:13,096 --> 00:14:15,063 - We need some supplies. 292 00:14:16,210 --> 00:14:18,600 Some blankets, some nappies. 293 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:19,450 - I can get them. 294 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:22,297 - How? 295 00:14:22,297 --> 00:14:23,130 - I'll sneak them. 296 00:14:23,130 --> 00:14:24,370 Mother will never notice that they're gone. 297 00:14:24,370 --> 00:14:26,320 They've been up in the attic for years. 298 00:14:27,712 --> 00:14:31,177 - Felicity, you amaze me. (baby crying) 299 00:14:31,177 --> 00:14:32,960 I never thought you had it in you. 300 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:35,430 - Mrs. Lynde, I shall look into your claim 301 00:14:35,430 --> 00:14:37,010 on the Morris baby. 302 00:14:37,010 --> 00:14:38,857 If all is well, I can draw up the appropriate papers 303 00:14:38,857 --> 00:14:41,823 and deliver the child to you tomorrow. 304 00:14:41,823 --> 00:14:43,197 - That soon?! 305 00:14:44,515 --> 00:14:47,348 (horses trotting) 306 00:14:52,857 --> 00:14:56,634 - You're gonna have a baby to take care of. 307 00:14:56,634 --> 00:14:58,294 - Mr. Simpkin? 308 00:14:58,294 --> 00:14:59,758 - Yes, Miss Purdy? 309 00:14:59,758 --> 00:15:01,110 - Mom wants to know if you already took 310 00:15:01,110 --> 00:15:03,020 the Morris baby to the orphanage. 311 00:15:03,020 --> 00:15:04,836 - Of course not. 312 00:15:04,836 --> 00:15:05,918 I left her in charge. 313 00:15:05,918 --> 00:15:07,390 I certainly did not take the blasted baby anywhere. 314 00:15:07,390 --> 00:15:10,353 - Well, somebody did, 'cause the basket's gone all right. 315 00:15:10,353 --> 00:15:13,770 (light mysterious music) 316 00:15:19,620 --> 00:15:22,276 - Now, there was a basket of blankets here, I saw it. 317 00:15:22,276 --> 00:15:24,015 - Weren't just blankets. 318 00:15:24,015 --> 00:15:24,950 The baby was in there, too. 319 00:15:24,950 --> 00:15:26,756 - Mr. Simpkins, if any harm has come to that baby, 320 00:15:26,756 --> 00:15:30,760 I will personally see that you never practice law 321 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:32,955 on this island again. 322 00:15:32,955 --> 00:15:35,538 (somber music) 323 00:15:38,057 --> 00:15:38,890 - It's only me. 324 00:15:47,793 --> 00:15:49,093 - I almost had him asleep. 325 00:15:50,697 --> 00:15:52,820 Isn't he beautiful? 326 00:15:52,820 --> 00:15:54,650 - I brought some nappies and some blankets, 327 00:15:54,650 --> 00:15:56,133 and I got the milk. 328 00:15:57,690 --> 00:15:58,740 Here, give him to me. 329 00:16:00,995 --> 00:16:03,518 (baby grunting) 330 00:16:03,518 --> 00:16:04,351 - Shh. 331 00:16:11,706 --> 00:16:13,610 Are you sure we did the right thing, Sara? 332 00:16:13,610 --> 00:16:15,520 Maybe we should take him back to that lawyer. 333 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:18,180 - Are you dreaming, Felicity King? 334 00:16:18,180 --> 00:16:21,113 He'd probably just give him right back to Rachel Lynde. 335 00:16:22,130 --> 00:16:24,453 Can you imagine the poor little thing? 336 00:16:25,316 --> 00:16:27,330 It would be a fate worse than death. 337 00:16:27,330 --> 00:16:28,700 - Well, I hope you have a plan. 338 00:16:28,700 --> 00:16:30,437 We can't just go up to the door and say, 339 00:16:30,437 --> 00:16:33,396 "Hi Malcolm, here's a baby for you." 340 00:16:33,396 --> 00:16:35,160 - Well, maybe if you brought Abigail and Malcolm 341 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:38,334 down to the pond and I waited there, 342 00:16:38,334 --> 00:16:40,713 and I put him in his basket 343 00:16:40,713 --> 00:16:43,294 and I floated him over to you, 344 00:16:43,294 --> 00:16:46,330 it would be just like Moses and the Bulrushes. 345 00:16:46,330 --> 00:16:47,490 - Don't be ridiculous, Sara. 346 00:16:47,490 --> 00:16:48,920 He might drown! 347 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:50,210 We have to do something tonight 348 00:16:50,210 --> 00:16:51,370 and we have to do it soon. 349 00:16:51,370 --> 00:16:52,970 It's too cold to leave him here. 350 00:16:55,450 --> 00:16:57,850 - Why don't we just leave him on their doorstep? 351 00:17:00,937 --> 00:17:02,890 - Under the cover of darkness. 352 00:17:02,890 --> 00:17:03,883 - With a note. 353 00:17:11,337 --> 00:17:12,970 - I think I'll take a little air. 354 00:17:12,970 --> 00:17:14,633 Care to come for a stroll? 355 00:17:14,633 --> 00:17:15,583 - Uh, on thank you. 356 00:17:16,933 --> 00:17:19,516 (somber music) 357 00:17:40,494 --> 00:17:41,327 - Malcolm? 358 00:17:48,654 --> 00:17:49,487 Maybe I will come with you. 359 00:17:49,487 --> 00:17:51,015 - Good, don't forget your wrap. 360 00:17:51,015 --> 00:17:53,833 There's a chill in the air tonight. 361 00:17:53,833 --> 00:17:55,666 - It's in the kitchen. 362 00:17:56,996 --> 00:17:59,913 (mysterious music) 363 00:18:11,454 --> 00:18:13,954 (baby crying) 364 00:18:14,996 --> 00:18:16,329 - What was that? 365 00:18:17,833 --> 00:18:22,833 (baby crying) (somber music) 366 00:18:26,420 --> 00:18:29,753 Hey now, anyone out there, come forward. 367 00:18:38,676 --> 00:18:41,093 - Malcolm, what, it's a baby! 368 00:18:42,633 --> 00:18:44,216 - Yes, it's a baby. 369 00:18:51,575 --> 00:18:52,825 - How did it--? 370 00:18:55,500 --> 00:18:57,580 Malcolm, Malcolm? 371 00:18:57,580 --> 00:19:00,271 Did you have anything to do with this? 372 00:19:00,271 --> 00:19:03,494 - Abby, I swear, I have no idea where it came from! 373 00:19:03,494 --> 00:19:06,094 - Well, what are we going to do? 374 00:19:06,094 --> 00:19:08,996 (baby crying loudly) 375 00:19:08,996 --> 00:19:10,788 - Well, we better take it out of the basket for a start. 376 00:19:10,788 --> 00:19:12,113 Doesn't seem to be very happy in there. 377 00:19:15,172 --> 00:19:18,290 (baby crying) 378 00:19:18,290 --> 00:19:19,897 What was that? 379 00:19:19,897 --> 00:19:20,730 Here. 380 00:19:22,217 --> 00:19:23,367 Hold the baby, Abigail! 381 00:19:23,367 --> 00:19:25,220 - No, Malcolm, babies don't like me! 382 00:19:27,657 --> 00:19:30,324 (babies crying) 383 00:19:34,414 --> 00:19:36,027 - "I'm an orphaned baby boy. 384 00:19:36,027 --> 00:19:39,487 "I'm bound for a fate worse than death in an orphanage, 385 00:19:39,487 --> 00:19:42,217 "or even worse, a home without love. 386 00:19:42,217 --> 00:19:43,997 "I know you can take good care of me. 387 00:19:43,997 --> 00:19:44,997 "Please keep me." 388 00:19:46,696 --> 00:19:47,529 What do you make of that? 389 00:19:47,529 --> 00:19:50,810 - Malcolm, don't get all sentimental about this. 390 00:19:50,810 --> 00:19:52,930 This baby has to belong to someone. 391 00:19:52,930 --> 00:19:55,480 He did not drop out of the night sky. 392 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:57,220 We have to report it! 393 00:19:57,220 --> 00:19:59,887 - Well, it's too late to do anything about it tonight. 394 00:19:59,887 --> 00:20:00,720 (baby crying) 395 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:02,391 - Would you please hold the baby? 396 00:20:02,391 --> 00:20:04,626 I'm afraid I'm gonna drop it! 397 00:20:04,626 --> 00:20:05,459 - Give the wee thing to me. 398 00:20:07,170 --> 00:20:08,003 There. 399 00:20:08,871 --> 00:20:12,060 (baby crying loudly) 400 00:20:12,060 --> 00:20:13,230 Oh, he's a handsome fellow. 401 00:20:13,230 --> 00:20:14,623 You can't deny that, Abby. 402 00:20:19,290 --> 00:20:20,670 - Sara, I'm scared. 403 00:20:20,670 --> 00:20:22,160 - About what? 404 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,760 - Well, what if we get arrested for taking the baby? 405 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:26,330 - We won't. 406 00:20:26,330 --> 00:20:29,110 Once they find out that the baby is perfectly happy 407 00:20:29,110 --> 00:20:31,810 with Malcolm and Abigail, everything will be forgiven. 408 00:20:32,908 --> 00:20:34,380 - I hope so. 409 00:20:34,380 --> 00:20:35,283 - Don't worry. 410 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:38,230 They're probably happier tonight than they have been 411 00:20:38,230 --> 00:20:39,763 in their entire lives. 412 00:20:41,228 --> 00:20:42,873 - Good night. 413 00:20:46,151 --> 00:20:48,651 (baby crying) 414 00:21:17,927 --> 00:21:18,760 - Malcolm, where are you? 415 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:19,900 You promised to help me. 416 00:21:22,311 --> 00:21:23,894 - Abby, what is it? 417 00:21:24,810 --> 00:21:27,003 Fate must have led me to that auction, don't you think? 418 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,850 - Malcolm MacEwan, you would try the patience of a saint. 419 00:21:33,350 --> 00:21:35,930 If I didn't know you to be an honest man, 420 00:21:35,930 --> 00:21:38,280 I would still think you have a hand in this. 421 00:21:39,388 --> 00:21:42,721 (baby continues crying) 422 00:21:45,127 --> 00:21:46,044 There. Ohh! 423 00:21:48,710 --> 00:21:51,063 I've never felt so helpless in all my life. 424 00:21:54,830 --> 00:21:58,760 Do you think that maybe he's hungry? 425 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:00,290 - No, he can't be. 426 00:22:00,290 --> 00:22:01,287 He won't eat. 427 00:22:01,287 --> 00:22:02,120 I tried him on the porridge. 428 00:22:02,120 --> 00:22:02,953 - Porridge?! 429 00:22:02,953 --> 00:22:05,310 Well no wonder the little thing is crying. 430 00:22:05,310 --> 00:22:06,748 - Here, give him to me. 431 00:22:06,748 --> 00:22:07,980 You're probably holding him too tight. 432 00:22:07,980 --> 00:22:09,370 - I am not hold him too tight. 433 00:22:09,370 --> 00:22:10,373 He's just fine. 434 00:22:12,610 --> 00:22:15,110 (baby crying) 435 00:22:18,630 --> 00:22:20,083 Do you think that he's sick? 436 00:22:22,340 --> 00:22:24,653 See how hot his little hands and feet are? 437 00:22:25,527 --> 00:22:26,360 - Well, of course he's hot. 438 00:22:26,360 --> 00:22:27,580 He's been lying by the fire. 439 00:22:27,580 --> 00:22:29,890 - No, no, Malcolm, look, he's flushed. 440 00:22:29,890 --> 00:22:31,330 - Don't fuss so, Abby. 441 00:22:31,330 --> 00:22:33,707 He's flushed because he's been crying. 442 00:22:33,707 --> 00:22:37,173 And he's crying because he's soaking wet. 443 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:40,030 Bring one of those nappies. 444 00:22:42,682 --> 00:22:45,800 - Malcolm, I've never changed a baby in my life. 445 00:22:47,127 --> 00:22:50,460 (baby continues crying) 446 00:22:51,527 --> 00:22:56,527 (somber music) (baby continues crying) 447 00:23:10,428 --> 00:23:12,678 - I just got to sleep, ohh. 448 00:23:13,810 --> 00:23:16,977 (baby whimpering) Shh. 449 00:23:24,937 --> 00:23:26,270 Were you lonely? 450 00:23:28,849 --> 00:23:31,349 (light music) 451 00:23:51,233 --> 00:23:55,816 (baby crying) (sighs) 452 00:24:08,113 --> 00:24:10,929 - Here, let me take him. 453 00:24:10,929 --> 00:24:11,983 - What am I supposed to do? 454 00:24:14,126 --> 00:24:15,131 I haven't had a wink of sleep. 455 00:24:15,131 --> 00:24:16,331 I don't know what to do. 456 00:24:17,890 --> 00:24:19,460 He was fine a minute ago. 457 00:24:19,460 --> 00:24:22,290 How does he know the minute that I leave him? 458 00:24:22,290 --> 00:24:24,913 - Well, it's just like a puppy I had up north. 459 00:24:24,913 --> 00:24:26,209 Took it away from his mother too soon. 460 00:24:26,209 --> 00:24:27,553 He cried all night for the first three weeks. 461 00:24:29,006 --> 00:24:29,839 All right, you go back to bed. 462 00:24:29,839 --> 00:24:30,672 I'll hold him. 463 00:24:34,226 --> 00:24:39,226 (baby whimpering) (light music) 464 00:24:48,410 --> 00:24:50,460 - What are you doing, Malcolm MacEwan? 465 00:24:50,460 --> 00:24:52,460 - Panning for gold, he seems to like it. 466 00:25:03,946 --> 00:25:04,779 - Malcolm? 467 00:25:07,937 --> 00:25:08,770 Malcolm? 468 00:25:17,094 --> 00:25:19,927 (baby whimpering) 469 00:25:25,217 --> 00:25:27,550 - Isn't that a lovely sound? 470 00:25:30,694 --> 00:25:32,944 (knocking) 471 00:25:36,214 --> 00:25:37,047 - Hello, Felicity. 472 00:25:37,047 --> 00:25:38,410 Hello, Sara. 473 00:25:38,410 --> 00:25:39,878 Come in. 474 00:25:39,878 --> 00:25:41,711 - Hello, Aunt Abigail. 475 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:44,810 We just couldn't wait to visit you 476 00:25:44,810 --> 00:25:46,480 and find out how your trip was. 477 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:50,170 - My trip, uh, it was fine. 478 00:25:50,170 --> 00:25:52,603 Yes, the trip was fine, thank you. 479 00:25:56,934 --> 00:25:57,958 (baby whimpering) 480 00:25:57,958 --> 00:25:59,174 - What was that? 481 00:25:59,174 --> 00:26:00,963 (baby crying) - A baby, Sara. 482 00:26:02,678 --> 00:26:03,693 - A baby? 483 00:26:07,610 --> 00:26:11,000 - All I know is that we have to find out who left him here. 484 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,140 It's dreadful not knowing. 485 00:26:13,140 --> 00:26:15,660 I don't think I'm able to provide the proper care for him. 486 00:26:15,660 --> 00:26:17,910 Someone like your mother, Felicity, might be able to. 487 00:26:17,910 --> 00:26:19,860 - Oh now, Abby, you're doing just fine. 488 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:23,158 - Well, they always say that the first night with 489 00:26:23,158 --> 00:26:24,460 any new baby is always the worst. 490 00:26:24,460 --> 00:26:26,060 - It's horrible! 491 00:26:26,060 --> 00:26:29,020 There wasn't a moment I wasn't in fear for his life! 492 00:26:29,020 --> 00:26:31,140 I keep telling you, Malcolm, we have to report this 493 00:26:31,140 --> 00:26:32,050 to Abner Jeffries. 494 00:26:32,050 --> 00:26:34,330 He might know something we don't. 495 00:26:34,330 --> 00:26:35,870 - It'll be a cold day on the equator when 496 00:26:35,870 --> 00:26:37,500 Abner Jeffries knows something that I don't. 497 00:26:37,500 --> 00:26:40,450 - Maybe if you just gave it one more night. 498 00:26:40,450 --> 00:26:42,790 - Malcolm, please. 499 00:26:42,790 --> 00:26:45,067 - I suppose we have to try and find out where he came from. 500 00:26:45,067 --> 00:26:48,143 Girls, I'll drop you off on the way. 501 00:26:50,010 --> 00:26:50,960 Here you go, Lucky. 502 00:26:54,300 --> 00:26:55,840 - What did you call him? 503 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:57,450 - Oh, Lucky. 504 00:26:57,450 --> 00:26:58,960 You remember that pup I told you about 505 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:00,130 at the mining camp? 506 00:27:00,130 --> 00:27:01,840 We called it Lucky. 507 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:05,323 - Don't you dare call this baby by a dog's name. 508 00:27:06,315 --> 00:27:08,815 (light music) 509 00:27:13,755 --> 00:27:16,755 (crickets chirping) 510 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:20,520 - Hetty, you didn't touch your food at dinner. 511 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:23,220 Now, come and have a cup of tea and a biscuit with me. 512 00:27:24,950 --> 00:27:26,590 - I have no appetite, Olivia. 513 00:27:26,590 --> 00:27:29,560 - You're not still fretting about Rachel Lynde, are you? 514 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:32,290 - I'm more concerned about Jane Morris' baby than I am 515 00:27:32,290 --> 00:27:34,270 about Rachel Lynde. 516 00:27:34,270 --> 00:27:35,103 - Sorry. 517 00:27:36,054 --> 00:27:37,903 - [Hetty] They haven't found it yet, you know? 518 00:27:37,903 --> 00:27:39,669 - [Olivia] You don't support someone could have just 519 00:27:39,669 --> 00:27:40,502 taken him, do you? 520 00:27:40,502 --> 00:27:41,770 - [Hetty] Heaven knows what kind of a person would 521 00:27:41,770 --> 00:27:43,823 take a baby and not tell anyone about it. 522 00:27:44,792 --> 00:27:48,010 If that is the case, the scoundrel ought to be 523 00:27:48,010 --> 00:27:51,380 thrown into jail for the rest of his natural born days. 524 00:27:51,380 --> 00:27:52,525 - [Olivia] You're right. 525 00:27:52,525 --> 00:27:54,110 It must be some mistake. 526 00:27:54,110 --> 00:27:56,993 No one could be that thoughtless and cruel. 527 00:28:05,170 --> 00:28:06,003 - Aunt Hetty? 528 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,583 - Oh, good Heavens, child, you startled me. 529 00:28:10,712 --> 00:28:11,800 What are you doing wandering around 530 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:13,030 in the middle of the night? 531 00:28:13,030 --> 00:28:14,673 - Sara, you'll catch your death. 532 00:28:16,269 --> 00:28:17,460 - I couldn't sleep. 533 00:28:17,460 --> 00:28:19,610 I was thinking about that poor little baby. 534 00:28:20,552 --> 00:28:22,783 - So were we. 535 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:25,393 - Aunt Hetty? 536 00:28:26,780 --> 00:28:28,510 What if someone took the baby 537 00:28:29,650 --> 00:28:32,207 because they knew of someone that 538 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:36,240 didn't really know it themselves, 539 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:38,233 but they would make wonderful parents? 540 00:28:40,230 --> 00:28:42,550 Would that be a good reason to do something 541 00:28:42,550 --> 00:28:44,803 that seems so wrong to everyone else? 542 00:28:46,030 --> 00:28:48,230 - What are you trying to say, child? 543 00:28:49,750 --> 00:28:52,940 - Well, if the person who took the baby 544 00:28:54,530 --> 00:28:58,253 gave it to these people who really, really loved it, 545 00:28:58,253 --> 00:29:01,070 and everything was fine in the end, 546 00:29:02,669 --> 00:29:05,353 would this person still be in real trouble? 547 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,203 - Do I happen to know this person, Sara? 548 00:29:14,333 --> 00:29:15,433 Sara Stanley, tell me, 549 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:20,263 you don't know anything about this, do you? 550 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:25,680 - We thought the baby should have a mother and father 551 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:29,493 who really wanted it, really loved it. 552 00:29:30,470 --> 00:29:33,120 We didn't want Rachel Lynde to have the baby. 553 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:35,990 - Oh, Sara, what have you done? 554 00:29:35,990 --> 00:29:37,073 - Who is we? 555 00:29:38,330 --> 00:29:39,363 - Felicity and I. 556 00:29:41,290 --> 00:29:42,677 - Oh, my good Lord. 557 00:29:44,228 --> 00:29:47,200 I should have known. 558 00:29:48,850 --> 00:29:51,610 - We didn't really think that you should have 559 00:29:51,610 --> 00:29:53,300 the baby either, Aunt Hetty. 560 00:29:53,300 --> 00:29:54,423 - I beg your pardon? 561 00:29:55,548 --> 00:29:57,948 - Aunt Hetty, I'm sorry if you're angry with me. 562 00:29:59,149 --> 00:30:01,380 But you just wanted the baby because you didn't want 563 00:30:01,380 --> 00:30:02,863 Rachel Lynde to have it. 564 00:30:04,970 --> 00:30:07,570 Now, Malcolm and Abigail, they really needed a baby. 565 00:30:08,700 --> 00:30:10,200 That's why we gave it to them. 566 00:30:11,060 --> 00:30:14,873 - You gave the Morris baby to Malcolm and Abigail? 567 00:30:15,740 --> 00:30:19,160 - Well, they don't exactly know who gave it to them. 568 00:30:20,810 --> 00:30:24,290 - But Sara, someone has to be told! 569 00:30:24,290 --> 00:30:26,130 - Malcolm already did. 570 00:30:26,130 --> 00:30:28,550 He told Abner Jeffries this afternoon. 571 00:30:28,550 --> 00:30:30,730 So everything is spoiled. 572 00:30:30,730 --> 00:30:32,830 - You'll be the death of me, Sara Stanley. 573 00:30:34,370 --> 00:30:37,550 In the morning, I want the whole story from the beginning. 574 00:30:37,550 --> 00:30:39,433 Now, go to bed this instant. 575 00:30:40,710 --> 00:30:42,010 - Good night, Aunt Olivia. 576 00:30:43,210 --> 00:30:44,360 Good night, Aunt Hetty. 577 00:30:46,606 --> 00:30:48,833 I think I can sleep now that I've bared my soul. 578 00:30:52,829 --> 00:30:54,079 - Hmm, sleep of the just. 579 00:30:54,930 --> 00:30:57,789 - Well, at least the baby's safe, Hetty. 580 00:30:57,789 --> 00:31:00,333 - Well, not if Rachel Lynde gets him. 581 00:31:00,333 --> 00:31:02,916 (somber music) 582 00:31:10,411 --> 00:31:14,712 - Look, Malcolm, he's nearly finished his milk. 583 00:31:14,712 --> 00:31:17,212 (light music) 584 00:31:20,989 --> 00:31:23,710 He had a much better night last night. 585 00:31:23,710 --> 00:31:24,543 Didn't you? 586 00:31:25,469 --> 00:31:26,302 Yes, you did. 587 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:34,240 Oh look, he smiled at me. 588 00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:35,183 He really did! 589 00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:38,920 (knocking) 590 00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:41,420 (light music) 591 00:31:54,140 --> 00:31:58,777 You're such a big boy to drink all that milk. 592 00:31:58,777 --> 00:32:01,444 Yes, you are. - Morning, Malcolm. 593 00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:07,940 - Rachel Lynde is, in fact, the infant's next of kin. 594 00:32:07,940 --> 00:32:09,810 And she has led me to believe that she will 595 00:32:09,810 --> 00:32:11,788 provide a home for him. 596 00:32:11,788 --> 00:32:12,983 - Rachel Lynde? 597 00:32:13,820 --> 00:32:16,020 - Now, Abigail, I know how you must feel, 598 00:32:16,020 --> 00:32:19,270 but by law, the wee thing is rightfully hers. 599 00:32:24,111 --> 00:32:26,694 (somber music) 600 00:32:37,910 --> 00:32:40,743 (baby whimpering) 601 00:32:42,532 --> 00:32:44,115 - Hello, youngster. 602 00:32:45,792 --> 00:32:47,442 Oh yes, you're a noisy wee thing. 603 00:32:52,613 --> 00:32:54,693 - Here's his basket. 604 00:32:54,693 --> 00:32:57,193 (baby crying) 605 00:33:03,370 --> 00:33:04,660 - Good day. 606 00:33:04,660 --> 00:33:06,523 I am sorry for the inconvenience. 607 00:33:08,070 --> 00:33:10,033 - Thanks very much for alerting us. 608 00:33:12,610 --> 00:33:16,143 It took Simpkin a while to sort out the question of custody. 609 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:31,140 - Tell Rachel Lynde that the baby likes his milk lukewarm, 610 00:33:31,140 --> 00:33:32,840 not hot and not cold. 611 00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:34,610 - And tell her the best way to get him to go to sleep 612 00:33:34,610 --> 00:33:37,320 is to hold him as if you were panning for gold. 613 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:39,460 - I have never panned for gold, Mr. MacEwan, 614 00:33:39,460 --> 00:33:42,730 so I have no idea what you're talking about. 615 00:33:44,453 --> 00:33:46,036 - OK then, come on. 616 00:34:11,352 --> 00:34:13,470 - Well, if it weren't so terrible, it would be funny. 617 00:34:13,470 --> 00:34:15,500 Theodore Simpkin moving the Morris baby 618 00:34:15,500 --> 00:34:18,030 along with the furniture by mistake? 619 00:34:18,030 --> 00:34:19,960 - Doesn't surprise me. 620 00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:23,514 Theodore Simpkin wouldn't know a baby from a washboard. 621 00:34:23,514 --> 00:34:26,740 - I hear Abner was out at the Sloane Farm 622 00:34:26,740 --> 00:34:27,810 looking down the well. 623 00:34:27,810 --> 00:34:29,060 - Oh, dear Lord. 624 00:34:29,060 --> 00:34:30,670 He didn't find anything, did he? 625 00:34:30,670 --> 00:34:33,420 - Only old man Sloane's empty whiskey bottles (laughs). 626 00:34:38,590 --> 00:34:39,430 Rachel. 627 00:34:39,430 --> 00:34:40,263 - Edward. 628 00:34:45,750 --> 00:34:47,410 I'm not one that can't apologize 629 00:34:47,410 --> 00:34:49,730 when I know a wrong has been committed. 630 00:34:49,730 --> 00:34:51,650 Even though I was not the instigator, 631 00:34:51,650 --> 00:34:54,140 I would like to apologize for my behavior the other day. 632 00:34:54,140 --> 00:34:55,751 - There's no need for that, Rachel. 633 00:34:55,751 --> 00:34:57,130 - No, I insist. 634 00:34:57,130 --> 00:35:00,029 I did not behave like a lady, and I'm sorry. 635 00:35:00,029 --> 00:35:03,160 That woman, Hetty King, gets under my skin 636 00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:05,700 more than any creature on this good earth. 637 00:35:05,700 --> 00:35:07,860 Before I know it, she makes me say things 638 00:35:07,860 --> 00:35:09,233 I always come to regret. 639 00:35:10,150 --> 00:35:13,930 Anyway, I've said my piece and now I hope we can 640 00:35:13,930 --> 00:35:15,967 forget about the whole thing. 641 00:35:15,967 --> 00:35:17,389 - Of course, Rachel. 642 00:35:17,389 --> 00:35:19,972 (cheery music) 643 00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:28,160 - Well, uh, any word about the baby yet, Rachel? 644 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:29,260 - Not a word. 645 00:35:29,260 --> 00:35:31,130 It's in God's hands, that's what. 646 00:35:31,130 --> 00:35:33,580 - In many ways, it must be a relief to you. 647 00:35:33,580 --> 00:35:35,140 - Well, hardly. 648 00:35:35,140 --> 00:35:36,850 But providence knows, 649 00:35:36,850 --> 00:35:37,683 if I was meant to look after that baby, 650 00:35:37,683 --> 00:35:39,460 it wouldn't have disappeared as it did. 651 00:35:41,717 --> 00:35:43,996 What in Heaven's name? 652 00:35:43,996 --> 00:35:44,829 (gasping) 653 00:35:44,829 --> 00:35:46,660 - We found your baby for you, Mrs. Lynde. 654 00:35:46,660 --> 00:35:48,880 As you can see, he's safe and sound. 655 00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:50,570 - Now, just a minute, Abner. 656 00:35:50,570 --> 00:35:53,743 - Providence moves in mysterious ways, doesn't it, Rachel? 657 00:35:55,178 --> 00:35:57,345 (panting) 658 00:36:07,601 --> 00:36:11,273 - So Rachel Lynde, you've got what you wanted. 659 00:36:16,364 --> 00:36:21,364 (baby crying) (somber music) 660 00:36:25,452 --> 00:36:29,780 - He was a very handsome baby, wasn't he, Abigail? 661 00:36:29,780 --> 00:36:30,613 - Yes, he was. 662 00:36:31,950 --> 00:36:33,800 Please don't talk about him, Malcolm. 663 00:36:35,210 --> 00:36:36,700 - I wondered, well that is, 664 00:36:38,892 --> 00:36:39,940 what if I talk to Rachel Lynde 665 00:36:39,940 --> 00:36:41,350 and kind of made her see that-- 666 00:36:41,350 --> 00:36:42,623 - Malcolm, please. 667 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:47,890 I just can't bear thinking we could have him back 668 00:36:49,310 --> 00:36:53,053 if it isn't meant to be. (somber music) 669 00:36:57,489 --> 00:36:59,156 - Oh, Abby, darling. 670 00:37:01,031 --> 00:37:04,070 There now, there's an awful lot of sadness 671 00:37:05,473 --> 00:37:07,307 for someone who isn't the mothering kind. 672 00:37:10,033 --> 00:37:11,200 - Oh, Malcolm. 673 00:37:12,871 --> 00:37:16,038 You know me better than I know myself. 674 00:37:17,249 --> 00:37:22,249 What would I do without you? 675 00:37:22,769 --> 00:37:26,186 (baby crying) - Shh, shh. 676 00:37:32,405 --> 00:37:33,960 (knocking) 677 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:35,960 - Oh, all right. 678 00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:37,699 I'm just gonna put you down. 679 00:37:37,699 --> 00:37:40,690 Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ohh, hoo, hoo, hoo. 680 00:37:40,690 --> 00:37:41,523 Just stay. 681 00:37:43,470 --> 00:37:45,970 (baby crying) 682 00:37:48,792 --> 00:37:51,520 All right, all right, don't cry. 683 00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:53,846 OK, all right, sweetheart. 684 00:37:53,846 --> 00:37:56,293 Yes, yes, yes, we will just get something 685 00:37:57,163 --> 00:37:57,996 for you to drink. 686 00:37:57,996 --> 00:37:59,459 All right, OK. 687 00:37:59,459 --> 00:38:02,792 (baby continues crying) 688 00:38:15,950 --> 00:38:18,420 What can I do for you, Mrs. Potts? 689 00:38:18,420 --> 00:38:21,180 - Rachel, I hardly recognized you. 690 00:38:21,180 --> 00:38:22,660 I just thought I'd drop by 691 00:38:22,660 --> 00:38:25,940 with this sweater for Marilla to give to Anne. 692 00:38:25,940 --> 00:38:28,310 Is there anything I can do? 693 00:38:28,310 --> 00:38:29,810 - No, not a thing. 694 00:38:29,810 --> 00:38:31,630 I have everything under control. 695 00:38:31,630 --> 00:38:32,463 Good bye! 696 00:38:34,163 --> 00:38:37,523 (upbeat music) 697 00:38:37,523 --> 00:38:41,943 - Shhh, shhhh, ohh. (baby crying) 698 00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:47,980 - I am telling you the absolute truth. 699 00:38:47,980 --> 00:38:50,541 Rachel Lynde is breaking under the strain. 700 00:38:50,541 --> 00:38:52,920 Her hair was in papers. 701 00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:55,980 - Oh my, Rachel would rather die than have anyone 702 00:38:55,980 --> 00:38:58,000 see her with her hair in papers. 703 00:38:58,000 --> 00:38:59,860 - If you ask me, that poor baby is better off 704 00:38:59,860 --> 00:39:01,810 in an orphanage than with Rachel Lynde. 705 00:39:01,810 --> 00:39:04,270 - I'm surprised at you, Hetty King. 706 00:39:04,270 --> 00:39:06,360 I thought you would have more gumption. 707 00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:08,480 How can you stand there? 708 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:11,880 If I was you, I'd be on Rachel's doorstep. 709 00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:14,630 It's plain she can't keep up with that child. 710 00:39:14,630 --> 00:39:17,100 - I wouldn't step foot in Green Gables 711 00:39:17,100 --> 00:39:19,393 if it was the last shelter on Earth. 712 00:39:20,963 --> 00:39:23,880 (mysterious music) 713 00:39:39,299 --> 00:39:41,320 - How dare you come poking your nose around here, 714 00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:42,260 Hetty King! 715 00:39:42,260 --> 00:39:45,780 You haven't come calling on me in forty-odd years. 716 00:39:45,780 --> 00:39:46,613 Why bother now? 717 00:39:46,613 --> 00:39:49,139 - Because I have a bone to pick with you, Rachel Lynde. 718 00:39:49,139 --> 00:39:51,510 Oh, I've heard all the stores in town. 719 00:39:51,510 --> 00:39:53,070 But then you never fooled me. 720 00:39:53,070 --> 00:39:55,210 You didn't really want this baby at all, did ya? 721 00:39:55,210 --> 00:39:57,410 And now that you've got it, you can't take care of it. 722 00:39:57,410 --> 00:39:58,883 - Don't raise your voice so. 723 00:40:00,990 --> 00:40:02,600 I just got that baby to sleep! 724 00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:04,810 Now, please, mind your own business and leave. 725 00:40:04,810 --> 00:40:08,040 - I will not leave until I see with my own eyes 726 00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:09,560 that that baby is safe and sound. 727 00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:12,570 - That baby is perfectly fine in every respect. 728 00:40:12,570 --> 00:40:14,477 - And I won't leave till I see it. 729 00:40:14,477 --> 00:40:16,143 - Oh, for Heaven's sake! 730 00:40:19,102 --> 00:40:20,800 Look what you've done. 731 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:23,210 - What I've done, huh, you're the one who was foolish 732 00:40:23,210 --> 00:40:25,723 enough to lock yourself out. 733 00:40:26,836 --> 00:40:29,630 And now, Jane's baby is all alone in there. 734 00:40:29,630 --> 00:40:31,513 - One of these windows must be open. 735 00:40:33,763 --> 00:40:36,013 (grunting) 736 00:40:37,022 --> 00:40:38,960 Now I'll have to go in through the bedroom. 737 00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:41,220 Gracious providence, Hetty King, you are nothing 738 00:40:41,220 --> 00:40:42,660 but trouble, that's what. 739 00:40:44,962 --> 00:40:46,420 - Well, I suppose you'll be needing some help, 740 00:40:46,420 --> 00:40:47,480 will you, Rachel? 741 00:40:47,480 --> 00:40:49,010 - Not from you, Hetty King. 742 00:40:49,010 --> 00:40:51,043 I'd never take anything from you. 743 00:40:55,950 --> 00:40:59,200 - You took Romney Penhallow's heart away from me, 744 00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:00,764 Rachel Lynde. 745 00:41:00,764 --> 00:41:02,616 - Oh, don't harp on him again, Hetty. 746 00:41:02,616 --> 00:41:05,900 You've been sadly mistaken all these years 747 00:41:05,900 --> 00:41:08,840 if you think I willfully stole him away from you. 748 00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:09,950 - Where, up there? 749 00:41:09,950 --> 00:41:10,984 - Yeah. 750 00:41:10,984 --> 00:41:11,970 - You'll never get in that window. 751 00:41:11,970 --> 00:41:13,843 Here, let me get the blasted thing. 752 00:41:15,374 --> 00:41:17,220 - Oh, careful. 753 00:41:17,220 --> 00:41:18,563 - [Hetty] Just hang on down there. 754 00:41:19,690 --> 00:41:21,830 - I never even wanted to go out with him. 755 00:41:21,830 --> 00:41:24,110 I only did it because I was jealous. 756 00:41:24,110 --> 00:41:25,160 - Jealous? 757 00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:26,540 Jealous of what? 758 00:41:26,540 --> 00:41:29,336 - You had that new Ermine Muff. 759 00:41:29,336 --> 00:41:31,980 - What? What Ermine Muff? 760 00:41:31,980 --> 00:41:33,854 - The one with the bells that hung down. 761 00:41:33,854 --> 00:41:38,854 You got it for Christmas and I wanted one just like it. 762 00:41:38,855 --> 00:41:42,275 My mother said it was too ostentatious. 763 00:41:42,275 --> 00:41:44,310 - Heh, Ermine Muff? 764 00:41:44,310 --> 00:41:46,280 - The one that Romney stepped on 765 00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:48,734 when we were at the Sloane skating party. 766 00:41:48,734 --> 00:41:49,567 - That wasn't Ermine. 767 00:41:49,567 --> 00:41:50,423 That was Beaver. 768 00:41:51,274 --> 00:41:54,430 He absolutely ruined it, didn't he? 769 00:41:54,430 --> 00:41:56,770 - He was a clumsy fool of a boy. 770 00:41:56,770 --> 00:41:59,060 I never understood why you liked him. 771 00:41:59,060 --> 00:42:02,750 He had such dreadful teeth and no chin. 772 00:42:02,750 --> 00:42:04,603 - He really didn't have a chin, did he? 773 00:42:05,555 --> 00:42:10,388 (laughing) (cheery music) 774 00:42:23,390 --> 00:42:24,273 Romney Penhallow. 775 00:42:26,860 --> 00:42:30,357 Do you remember how the other boys called him owl eyes? 776 00:42:30,357 --> 00:42:34,113 - (laughs) It was because of those glasses he wore. 777 00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:38,240 He was balding at 11 (laughing). 778 00:42:39,617 --> 00:42:42,950 (laughing hysterically) 779 00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:47,320 - I have to admit, Rachel, 780 00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:50,820 we've both been somewhat foolish all these years. 781 00:42:50,820 --> 00:42:53,480 - Well, I was always one to let bygones be bygones, Hetty. 782 00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:56,259 It was you who insisted on quarreling. 783 00:42:56,259 --> 00:42:57,715 - Me?! (baby crying) 784 00:42:57,715 --> 00:42:59,219 - There! You see what you've done. 785 00:42:59,219 --> 00:43:00,052 You've woken him up. 786 00:43:00,052 --> 00:43:02,177 Now I won't have any peace for the rest of this day! 787 00:43:07,430 --> 00:43:09,123 - Hush, hush, young man. 788 00:43:11,338 --> 00:43:13,773 Be quiet now, now be quiet. 789 00:43:13,773 --> 00:43:16,640 No, no, no, no, don't wriggle now. 790 00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:17,670 - Give him to me, Hetty. 791 00:43:17,670 --> 00:43:18,800 I'll settle him. 792 00:43:21,036 --> 00:43:25,694 All right. (baby continues crying) 793 00:43:25,694 --> 00:43:27,380 - Oh yes, you've settled him, all right. 794 00:43:27,380 --> 00:43:30,540 - This is the way it's been for the last 48 hours, Hetty. 795 00:43:30,540 --> 00:43:33,170 I've been at my wit's end, I don't mind saying. 796 00:43:33,170 --> 00:43:34,330 If Marilla comes home to this, 797 00:43:34,330 --> 00:43:35,890 I won't have a home to call my own. 798 00:43:35,890 --> 00:43:37,860 - Now, calm down, Rachel. 799 00:43:37,860 --> 00:43:39,830 The baby's all frazzled because the two of us are in 800 00:43:39,830 --> 00:43:41,010 such a tizzy. 801 00:43:41,010 --> 00:43:42,810 I know from my teaching experience, 802 00:43:42,810 --> 00:43:45,967 never let a child know what you're really feeling. 803 00:43:45,967 --> 00:43:47,660 (knocking) 804 00:43:47,660 --> 00:43:49,260 - Why is it when ya don't want company, 805 00:43:49,260 --> 00:43:52,110 there's a neverending stream coming to your door? 806 00:43:52,110 --> 00:43:54,753 Here! (baby crying) 807 00:44:00,793 --> 00:44:03,033 ♪ Ring around the rosy ♪ 808 00:44:03,033 --> 00:44:06,200 ♪ Pocketful of posies ♪ 809 00:44:07,737 --> 00:44:09,690 - Pardon me for intruding on your quiet, Mrs. Lynde, 810 00:44:09,690 --> 00:44:10,690 but I couldn't resist dropping by. 811 00:44:10,690 --> 00:44:13,040 Abby and I became quite fond of the wee fellow. 812 00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:14,377 May I come in? 813 00:44:14,377 --> 00:44:15,590 I brought a few things for him. 814 00:44:15,590 --> 00:44:18,217 I can hear him all right, good pair of lungs. 815 00:44:18,217 --> 00:44:19,580 (somber music) 816 00:44:19,580 --> 00:44:21,337 - Is there any point in asking you to sit down? 817 00:44:21,337 --> 00:44:25,590 (humming) (baby crying) 818 00:44:25,590 --> 00:44:27,476 - Hello there, Lucky. 819 00:44:27,476 --> 00:44:30,800 - And what, may I ask, do you know about babies, 820 00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:32,196 Malcolm MacEwan? 821 00:44:32,196 --> 00:44:33,715 - Oh nothing, nothing at all. 822 00:44:33,715 --> 00:44:34,798 That's a boy. 823 00:44:38,870 --> 00:44:40,030 That's all right now. 824 00:44:40,030 --> 00:44:41,130 You're safe and sound. 825 00:44:42,533 --> 00:44:46,470 - You have a real knack with babies, Malcolm MacEwan. 826 00:44:46,470 --> 00:44:47,390 No denying that. 827 00:44:47,390 --> 00:44:50,230 - Why, you're more of a mother than the two of us 828 00:44:50,230 --> 00:44:52,077 put together, that's what. 829 00:44:53,069 --> 00:44:55,569 (light music) 830 00:45:08,110 --> 00:45:09,280 - Perhaps your mother will have use for these 831 00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:10,933 again sometime, Felicity. 832 00:45:12,330 --> 00:45:14,283 - Hello, how is everybody? 833 00:45:15,340 --> 00:45:17,140 - Goodness, where have you been? 834 00:45:17,140 --> 00:45:19,580 - I paid a little visit to Rachel Lynde to see the baby. 835 00:45:19,580 --> 00:45:22,130 - Oh, and how is he? 836 00:45:22,130 --> 00:45:24,043 - Fine, he looked very healthy. 837 00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:27,320 - And how is Rachel? 838 00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:30,000 - Fine, Hetty was there helping her. 839 00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:32,377 - Aunt Hetty helping Rachel Lynde?! 840 00:45:33,711 --> 00:45:36,063 - Well, as I live and breathe. 841 00:45:37,160 --> 00:45:40,240 Everything seems to be working out fine, I guess. 842 00:45:40,240 --> 00:45:41,847 - As fine as fine can be. 843 00:45:47,434 --> 00:45:50,390 - You needn't be in such a good humor about it, Malcolm. 844 00:45:50,390 --> 00:45:52,666 - Oh, it's not that bad, Abby. 845 00:45:52,666 --> 00:45:55,249 The baby is well taken care of. 846 00:45:56,090 --> 00:45:57,671 Come and give me a hug. 847 00:45:57,671 --> 00:45:59,226 - I'm not in the hugging mood. 848 00:45:59,226 --> 00:46:01,114 - Oh, it's come to this, has it? 849 00:46:01,114 --> 00:46:02,040 I can't even get a hug from my wife 850 00:46:02,040 --> 00:46:03,490 on our one month anniversary. 851 00:46:04,394 --> 00:46:05,344 - (gasps) So it is. 852 00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:10,533 Yes, you can have a hug, Mr. MacEwan. 853 00:46:14,314 --> 00:46:15,568 - Not too hard, Abby. 854 00:46:15,568 --> 00:46:17,120 You'll wake the wee fellow. 855 00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:19,410 And Lord knows, he hasn't had much sleep 856 00:46:19,410 --> 00:46:20,823 in the last two days or so. 857 00:46:21,834 --> 00:46:24,334 (light music) 858 00:46:26,106 --> 00:46:28,101 - It's the baby! 859 00:46:28,101 --> 00:46:29,530 - He's home! 860 00:46:29,530 --> 00:46:30,713 - Are you going to keep him? 861 00:46:30,713 --> 00:46:32,394 - What about Rachel? 862 00:46:32,394 --> 00:46:33,227 What about Hetty? 863 00:46:34,191 --> 00:46:35,360 - They both agreed that they'd make much better 864 00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:37,040 Godmothers than they would parents, 865 00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:38,770 on condition, however, 866 00:46:38,770 --> 00:46:41,260 they get to help out on a regular basis. 867 00:46:41,260 --> 00:46:42,200 - Oh, and what about the lawyer? 868 00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:43,540 It has to be legal. 869 00:46:43,540 --> 00:46:45,130 - Rachel's prepared to legalize it. 870 00:46:45,130 --> 00:46:48,030 And Simpkin is probably half-way back from Carmody by now. 871 00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:52,970 - See, I told you it would work out. 872 00:46:52,970 --> 00:46:54,970 (mysterious music) 873 00:46:54,970 --> 00:46:56,173 Well, I did. 874 00:46:57,180 --> 00:46:59,790 I mean, we did, not I. 875 00:47:00,980 --> 00:47:03,330 - I think there's more here than meets the eye. 876 00:47:04,260 --> 00:47:05,810 But as every good gold miner knows, 877 00:47:05,810 --> 00:47:08,335 you take your luck where ya find it 878 00:47:08,335 --> 00:47:09,737 and don't ask any questions. 879 00:47:10,773 --> 00:47:13,273 (light music)