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35, 36, 38...

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40...42 is 2, carry 4...

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Oh, come in.

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MRS. TROTTER:
4. 4 is 7 is...

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Ahem.

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Choke up, chicken.
Look, now you've gone

7
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and made me lose
me place.

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I'm abject.

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Johnnie!

10
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Louisa.

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Well, I'm blowed.

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It's been a long time.

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How are you?

14
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Very well.
You are, if possible,

15
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more beautiful
than I remember.

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You did always have
the gift of the gab.

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I seen you've been
and got married.

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Yes, I did.

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Seems to suit you.

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Put on a bit of
weight, ain't you?

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That is between
me and my tailor.

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And I read
in the "Gazette"

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You gave up
the equerry lark.

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Couldn't stand
the pace, eh?

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Not that and marriage.

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Oh, no,
I should think not.

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How did himself
take it, though?

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Oh, predictably.

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Roared like a lion at first.
Sulked for days.

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Finally came
to the wedding

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and shed tears
of joy over all.

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Yeah, I expect by then
he'd made up his mind

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the whole thing
was his idea.

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I rather think he had.

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So now you're back
with the battalion, eh?

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Second in command.

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Well, I'm blowed.

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Here, sit down.

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Oh, thank you.

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So what brings
you here, then?

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Well, you know
it's Ascot week.

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Oh, I sure do.

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Been fairly run off
me feet, what with

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Ascot luncheons
and dinners to do

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here, there,
and everywhere.

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Thank God it's the
last day tomorrow.

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Oh, dear.

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Why?
What's it to you?

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Well, Phillida...
my wife...

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was fearfully keen
to do the thing properly.

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But for one reason
and another,

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she's never managed to
before and so...

53
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well, we couldn't
really afford it,

54
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but we took a house
down there.

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Oh, you're a bit
lovely, ain't you?

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Oh, just a small house party.
Should have been ideal.

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It's been
an utter disaster.

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What, the guests
not get on?

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Least of our problems,
although nothing's ever right

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for Phillida's godfather,
contentious old devil.

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His wife's pretty free
with unsolicited advice, too.

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But...well, Phillida
is inexperienced.

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And the staff
we've inherited...

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they simply defy
description.

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What with the rain,
I think yesterday was

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the worst day we've had
since we got married.

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Oh, dear.
I am sorry.

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Don't see what
I can do about it.

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I was rather hoping
you'd help me

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to take the curse
off that house.

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How?

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Well, if I could
organize

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a really good dinner
for the last day...

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Tomorrow? Forget it!

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I've had 7 dinners to do
already this week,

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never mind about
running the hotel.

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Oh, yes.
I do see.

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I wouldn't have asked
if Charlie Haslemere

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hadn't said you'd help
if you possibly could.

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Oh, he put you
up to it, did he?

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Might have known.

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No, no, no.
Actually, it all started

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because the palace
has offered me a sturgeon.

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I've been on the list
a long time,

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and it did seem
providential

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if we were going to give
a very special dinner.

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Oh, yeah, couldn't go
far wrong with that.

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Cook we've got
could go wrong

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with sardines
on toast, and has.

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Besides, as Charlie said,
it's the royal fish,

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and who else could I ask
to present it

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but the Queen of Cooks?

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You're a crafty
couple of devils,

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ain't you?

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If I were to go down
on my bended knee...

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What else would you
have besides?

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Oh, I'd leave it
to you.

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Bended knee, you said?

99
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Here, get up
off of there.

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Somebody will come in.

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Not until I have
your answer.

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Oh, all right.

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You're a real friend.

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I'm a snob

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on top of being
a sentimental fool.

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What's the address?

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And how many
will you be?

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I thought 10, all told.

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How's your cellars
down there?

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Deplorable.

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Sounds to me like
you've been robbed.

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So you'll want me
to do the wines

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as well, will you?

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Oh, everything.
I leave it all to you.

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You mean you want
to get off to the races.

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Well...
Oh, go on.

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Here. How big is
this sturgeon?

118
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Do I get it picked up,
or do they send it over?

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I've really no idea.

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Oh, get along with you.

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I'll telephone the
bloomin' palace meself.

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You're an angel.

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Yeah, I know all
about that.

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Have a nice day.

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We'll be along to
sort you out tomorrow.

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Oh, dear.

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Sturgeon, eh?

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Oh, well.

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Major?

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Coming.

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Good morning,
Mrs. Trotter.

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Morning, Major.

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Money no object,

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what wine
would you serve

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with a sturgeon?

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Sturgeon, eh?

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When is this for?

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Tomorrow.

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Dinner for the palace,
I take it.

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No. It's an Ascot party,
if you must know.

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Well, I think
with sturgeon,

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I'd serve a Rhône wine,
perhaps a Chante-Alouette.

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Of course, there's
the Puligny-Montrachet '02,

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if you really want
to spoil them.

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Perfect.

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Puligny-Montrachet, 1902.

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I thought you were having
the day off tomorrow.

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Not anymore.

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I see.

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A very special customer.

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Pal of Charlie's.

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Oh, that explains
everything.

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Well, got to help out
when you can,

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or else what's the use
of friends?

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Quite so.

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You don't happen to know
Desmond Elleston, do you?

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I believe he's a pal
of Charlie's. Why?

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He owns Vital Spark.

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Oh, bloomin' racehorse,
I suppose.

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And well-fancied for
the Alexandra Stakes tomorrow.

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I already got
one sure-fire tip...

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Bembo for the Hardwicke...
and I was thinking

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of making Vital Spark
the second leg of a double.

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I wondered whether Charlie
had any inside advice.

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I don't know, I'm sure.
Give you mine for nothing.

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I was rather afraid you would.

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Save your money.

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You don't understand.

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The beauty of a double is
that one gets multiplied odds.

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I'm thinking
of the horses.

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You back them, odds are
they drop down dead.

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I'm due for
a run of luck.

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You have been, Major,

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ever since
I've known you.

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You take my tip.

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Far as Ascot goes, you
drive the bus for me tomorrow.

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Oh, very well.

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I'd better go
and give her a rubdown.

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I've just checked those.

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Where's Old Major Whiskers?

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I'm sure I don't know
who you're talking about.

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You know perfectly well.

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What I do know, Mary, is
that I was brought up

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not to make fun
of my elders.

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There can't be many.

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Least of all when
they're not present.

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I already told you,
I've checked those!

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Well, then,
you can get on

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with something else,
can't you?

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And furthermore,

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I don't have to take
orders from you.

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Mrs. Trotter said I'm
to look after things.

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Oh, I'm not
to be trusted.

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Is that it?

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I'm only doing
as I'm told.

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Now, why don't you?

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Mrs. Cochrane, Mary.
Lovely day.

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Where's the bus?

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Outside.

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Well, it wasn't
a moment ago.

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True, but then, a moment ago,
I wasn't in here.

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The one constant in life,
Mary, is change.

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Did I ever tell you,
Mrs. Cochrane, that my time

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in India has made me
something of a philosopher?

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You did not.

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Given half a chance, he will.

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In my experience, Mary,

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bores are infinitely
preferable to bullies.

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Are you calling me a bully?

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Yes.

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Hear, hear.

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Equally, madam, I would ask you
not to provoke her.

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I have lived too long
to have the evening of my days

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made hideous
by quarrels belowstairs.

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What is more to the point,

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00:08:05,251 --> 00:08:06,918
if you two can't find
a way to rub along,

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Mrs. Trotter's going
to hear about it,

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and then there really
will be trouble.

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He's right.

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I'm sure I've gone out of
my way to get on with her.

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Oh, 6 of one and half
a dozen of the other.

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Well, all right.

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Let's get on
and bottle these sauces.

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That's something
we can do together.

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MAJOR: Good.

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MRS. COCHRANE:
Don't you think

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we should start loading
some of this, Major?

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Not until Mrs.
Trotter's checked it.

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I took particular note
of her instructions.

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It's nothing
personal. Honest.

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Mrs. Trotter does like to
check everything herself.

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Yes, I do,
and you know why?

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Because if anything's
wrong, you laugh,

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and it's my head that rolls.

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Right?

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Get your hat
and coat on, Mrs. C.

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Everything in that box
of mine, Mary?

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- Yeah.
- Good.

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- What's this?
- Asparagus.

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- Kept damp like I told you?
- Yep.

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00:09:01,474 --> 00:09:02,273
What are you up to?

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00:09:02,275 --> 00:09:05,678
3 of Madeira,
3 of Imperial Tokay, and...

243
00:09:05,678 --> 00:09:06,578
half a dozen each
of the others.

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00:09:06,580 --> 00:09:07,981
Looks to me like more.

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That's the wine.

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I've also put up 2 bottles of
port and 2 bottles of brandy.

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Which port?

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00:09:12,285 --> 00:09:14,655
Quinta do Noval '69.
I've decanted it already.

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Good brandy?

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A 15-year-old Exshaw.
That should do them all right.

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And did you remember to
cross it off the stock list?

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I have now.

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You're a bit of a
quick-change artist.

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I reckon the 3 of you
has done a good job.

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Better load up now.

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Are we going to need
all these utensils?

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I don't know,
but it's a rented house.

258
00:09:35,943 --> 00:09:38,109
There's no knowing what
they may have or not have,

259
00:09:38,111 --> 00:09:40,445
so my motto is,
"Get yourself covered, girl."

260
00:09:40,447 --> 00:09:42,148
And you'd better take
the big fish kettle.

261
00:09:42,148 --> 00:09:43,483
They're bound not
to have one of them.

262
00:09:44,451 --> 00:09:46,319
Are you going to be able
to hold the fort all right, Mary?

263
00:09:46,319 --> 00:09:47,341
Yep.

264
00:09:47,365 --> 00:09:48,453
Oh, did you have a word

265
00:09:48,455 --> 00:09:49,588
with the couple
in number 7?

266
00:09:49,590 --> 00:09:51,456
Oh, blimey. Nearly forgot.
You were quite right.

267
00:09:51,458 --> 00:09:53,024
Couldn't begin
to pay their bill.

268
00:09:53,026 --> 00:09:54,125
I knew it.

269
00:09:54,127 --> 00:09:55,794
Mind you,
it was astronomical.

270
00:09:55,796 --> 00:09:58,098
It wasn't when I
first spoke to you.

271
00:09:58,098 --> 00:10:01,299
Anyway, I put it
on Sir George's bill.

272
00:10:01,301 --> 00:10:02,467
Well!

273
00:10:02,469 --> 00:10:03,969
Suppose
he finds out?

274
00:10:03,971 --> 00:10:07,271
Sir George find out?
Don't believe he can read.

275
00:10:35,836 --> 00:10:38,502
Pity to go to Ascot
and miss the races.

276
00:10:38,504 --> 00:10:40,671
We got a job
of work to do.

277
00:10:40,673 --> 00:10:42,173
Oh, quite.

278
00:10:42,175 --> 00:10:43,674
MRS. TROTTER:
Besides,

279
00:10:43,676 --> 00:10:45,610
think of the money
you're saving.

280
00:10:45,612 --> 00:10:48,113
I arranged for
my modest investment

281
00:10:48,115 --> 00:10:50,248
to be handled by Starr.

282
00:10:50,250 --> 00:10:52,583
You'll never learn, will you?

283
00:10:52,585 --> 00:10:55,086
I did decide
against the double.

284
00:10:55,088 --> 00:10:57,288
Just plunged on Bembo.

285
00:10:57,290 --> 00:10:58,923
Well, it's
something for you

286
00:10:58,925 --> 00:11:00,691
to be halfway
sensible, I suppose.

287
00:11:00,693 --> 00:11:03,361
If he romps home
at 7-1,

288
00:11:03,363 --> 00:11:05,363
you will regret
those words.

289
00:11:05,365 --> 00:11:07,465
I might,
if he does.

290
00:11:14,975 --> 00:11:16,474
Mrs. C.
Is very quiet,

291
00:11:16,476 --> 00:11:18,042
ain't she?

292
00:11:18,044 --> 00:11:20,044
Yorkshire-bred.

293
00:11:20,046 --> 00:11:22,213
Notably dour lot.

294
00:11:22,215 --> 00:11:25,884
Long on stoicism,
short on words.

295
00:11:25,886 --> 00:11:27,854
But I ain't heard
a word out of her

296
00:11:27,854 --> 00:11:29,656
since we left
the hotel.

297
00:11:31,357 --> 00:11:33,391
Blimey, she don't
half look poorly.

298
00:11:33,393 --> 00:11:34,893
Hope she's not going
to be Uncle Dick

299
00:11:34,895 --> 00:11:36,494
over these goods.

300
00:11:38,198 --> 00:11:39,563
Fearful affliction.

301
00:11:39,565 --> 00:11:41,565
There's nothing
I can do.

302
00:11:41,567 --> 00:11:43,567
Nor anyone.
It's incurable.

303
00:11:43,569 --> 00:11:45,069
Knew a fellow once
in the frontier force

304
00:11:45,071 --> 00:11:47,071
got it from mules.

305
00:11:47,073 --> 00:11:49,073
Great strapping fellow.

306
00:11:49,075 --> 00:11:53,077
Horses, camels, elephants,
even...no problem.

307
00:11:53,079 --> 00:11:56,080
But mules...the mere sight
of one would lay him low

308
00:11:56,082 --> 00:11:58,582
as effectively
as any wily Pathan...

309
00:11:58,584 --> 00:12:00,084
Blimey.

310
00:12:00,086 --> 00:12:02,020
And with less dignity.

311
00:12:02,022 --> 00:12:04,022
How much further?

312
00:12:04,024 --> 00:12:06,590
Oh, with any luck,
say half an hour.

313
00:12:06,592 --> 00:12:09,127
Oh, poor cow.

314
00:12:31,651 --> 00:12:34,285
Here, this is the front.
We go round the back.

315
00:12:34,287 --> 00:12:36,120
MAJOR: What?

316
00:12:36,122 --> 00:12:38,056
Oh. Yes.

317
00:12:38,058 --> 00:12:39,891
Sorry.

318
00:12:39,893 --> 00:12:41,559
One forgets.

319
00:13:21,734 --> 00:13:23,634
We're here.

320
00:13:25,705 --> 00:13:27,471
Here you are, then.

321
00:13:29,542 --> 00:13:31,042
You'll live.

322
00:13:31,044 --> 00:13:32,543
Yes, madam.

323
00:13:32,545 --> 00:13:34,545
Oh, I'm sorry,
madam.

324
00:13:34,547 --> 00:13:36,047
You'll be right
as rain

325
00:13:36,049 --> 00:13:37,548
when you've had
a cup of tea.

326
00:13:37,550 --> 00:13:40,218
Yes, madam.
Thank you.

327
00:13:42,555 --> 00:13:44,555
No wonder they wanted
a good meal.

328
00:13:44,557 --> 00:13:47,325
Yes. Not much to feast
the eye on, is there?

329
00:13:47,327 --> 00:13:49,394
And no welcome
on the mat.

330
00:13:49,396 --> 00:13:52,563
Oh, well. You can start
bringing the things in

331
00:13:52,565 --> 00:13:54,498
soon as she feels herself.

332
00:14:10,116 --> 00:14:13,084
You have all day.
I haven't.

333
00:14:28,034 --> 00:14:29,133
Hello.

334
00:14:30,536 --> 00:14:32,203
Who are you?

335
00:14:32,205 --> 00:14:33,537
Kath, ma'am.

336
00:14:33,539 --> 00:14:35,539
You aren't very old,
Kath, are you?

337
00:14:35,541 --> 00:14:36,874
What's your position?

338
00:14:36,876 --> 00:14:38,042
Tweeny, ma'am.

339
00:14:38,044 --> 00:14:40,044
A hard life
but a merry one, eh?

340
00:14:40,046 --> 00:14:41,446
No, not so merry.

341
00:14:42,482 --> 00:14:43,547
I'm Mrs. Trotter.

342
00:14:43,549 --> 00:14:46,217
That mean anything to you?

343
00:14:46,219 --> 00:14:48,386
I'm here to do
the dinner.

344
00:14:48,388 --> 00:14:51,022
I'll have to ask
Mr. Sterling.

345
00:14:51,024 --> 00:14:52,723
Yeah, you
do that, then.

346
00:14:52,725 --> 00:14:55,559
And tell him
to get his skates on!

347
00:14:57,998 --> 00:14:59,130
You feeling better?

348
00:14:59,132 --> 00:15:01,099
Quite myself again.

349
00:15:01,101 --> 00:15:02,433
You're sure, now?

350
00:15:02,435 --> 00:15:03,901
Yes, thank you,
Major.

351
00:15:03,903 --> 00:15:05,936
Then shall we...

352
00:15:05,938 --> 00:15:07,905
Right.

353
00:15:09,442 --> 00:15:10,510
Mrs. Trotter?

354
00:15:10,510 --> 00:15:11,778
Mr. Sterling.
Hello.

355
00:15:12,012 --> 00:15:13,079
How do you do?

356
00:15:13,079 --> 00:15:14,445
I'll be a lot better
when I can get in

357
00:15:14,447 --> 00:15:16,447
to start on the dinner,
if you've no objections.

358
00:15:16,449 --> 00:15:19,152
I haven't, but the kitchen
staff's in an uproar.

359
00:15:19,452 --> 00:15:20,286
You're the butler here.

360
00:15:20,286 --> 00:15:22,021
Don't want to be defeated
before we start.

361
00:15:22,021 --> 00:15:24,455
But you see, when the
master let this house

362
00:15:24,457 --> 00:15:26,457
for the races, he sent
all the staff on holiday

363
00:15:26,459 --> 00:15:28,459
excepting myself
and young Kath,

364
00:15:28,461 --> 00:15:31,295
who's hardly dry
behind the ears.

365
00:15:31,297 --> 00:15:32,963
This lot come
from an agency,

366
00:15:32,965 --> 00:15:34,465
and from start
to finish,

367
00:15:34,467 --> 00:15:35,835
they've been nothing
but trouble.

368
00:15:35,968 --> 00:15:37,770
Moaning's not going
to change them, is it, now?

369
00:15:38,304 --> 00:15:39,404
Come on.

370
00:15:49,982 --> 00:15:52,985
Well, you going to do
the honors, Mr. Sterling?

371
00:15:52,985 --> 00:15:55,453
Oh, yes, yes.
This is Mrs. Trotter.

372
00:15:55,455 --> 00:15:59,123
STERLING: Mrs. Bertram
and her staff.

373
00:15:59,125 --> 00:16:01,759
What's the matter?
Deaf and dumb, are you?

374
00:16:01,761 --> 00:16:03,761
We've been insulted,
haven't we?

375
00:16:03,763 --> 00:16:05,596
Not by me, you haven't.
Not yet.

376
00:16:05,598 --> 00:16:07,098
Bringing you down here

377
00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:08,433
without so much
as a by-your-leave?

378
00:16:08,435 --> 00:16:09,600
Whose leave? Yours?

379
00:16:09,602 --> 00:16:11,102
You got some
funny ideas, ain't you?

380
00:16:11,104 --> 00:16:12,370
This is my kitchen.

381
00:16:12,372 --> 00:16:14,605
And welcome, from what
I've seen of it.

382
00:16:14,607 --> 00:16:16,441
Look, I don't want
your job.

383
00:16:16,443 --> 00:16:17,942
I didn't particularly
want to come down here

384
00:16:17,944 --> 00:16:19,043
and do this dinner.

385
00:16:19,045 --> 00:16:20,545
You touch one thing in here,

386
00:16:20,547 --> 00:16:22,113
and we give in
our notice.

387
00:16:22,115 --> 00:16:23,281
MRS. TROTTER:
All of you?

388
00:16:23,283 --> 00:16:24,282
MRS. BERTRAM:
All of us.

389
00:16:24,284 --> 00:16:24,851
We talked it over.

390
00:16:24,851 --> 00:16:26,684
Yeah, bet I know who done
most of the talking.

391
00:16:26,686 --> 00:16:28,553
I'm not going
to stand here...

392
00:16:28,555 --> 00:16:29,720
you're telling me.

393
00:16:29,722 --> 00:16:32,223
Now, Sir John asked me down
to do him a dinner,

394
00:16:32,225 --> 00:16:34,225
and I can see why now.

395
00:16:34,227 --> 00:16:36,394
Never mind you're a bunch
of surly so-and-sos.

396
00:16:36,396 --> 00:16:37,895
The muck
this place is in,

397
00:16:37,897 --> 00:16:39,363
you're not fit
to serve swill.

398
00:16:39,365 --> 00:16:40,598
Don't you speak
to me...

399
00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:42,100
you ain't heard
nothing yet.

400
00:16:42,102 --> 00:16:43,601
Look at this place.
It's a disgrace.

401
00:16:43,603 --> 00:16:45,603
How long since this
been scrubbed?

402
00:16:45,605 --> 00:16:47,638
You call yourself
a cook?

403
00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:49,640
My God. All your airs
and graces,

404
00:16:49,642 --> 00:16:51,976
you're an insanitary slummock,
that's what you are.

405
00:16:51,978 --> 00:16:54,479
Give in your notice?
I can't wait that long.

406
00:16:54,481 --> 00:16:56,647
Don't want you in here
a moment longer.

407
00:16:56,649 --> 00:16:57,982
Touch one thing,
was it?

408
00:16:57,984 --> 00:16:59,317
Here you are, then.

409
00:16:59,319 --> 00:17:02,019
You better get off before
I'm tempted to use it on you!

410
00:17:02,021 --> 00:17:04,522
I'll get off,
all right.

411
00:17:04,524 --> 00:17:07,592
But I hope you make
a proper mess of things!

412
00:17:10,130 --> 00:17:11,762
MRS. TROTTER: And the rest
of you can suit yourselves.

413
00:17:11,764 --> 00:17:13,264
Stay, and you might
learn something...

414
00:17:13,266 --> 00:17:15,433
though from the look
of the place, I doubt it...

415
00:17:15,435 --> 00:17:16,202
or push off out of here.

416
00:17:16,202 --> 00:17:18,304
I don't want a bunch
of layabouts under me feet,

417
00:17:18,538 --> 00:17:20,871
so make up your minds.

418
00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:29,180
Oh, madam.

419
00:17:32,952 --> 00:17:34,952
Well,

420
00:17:34,954 --> 00:17:36,454
looks like we're going
to be short-handed.

421
00:17:36,456 --> 00:17:38,956
MAJOR: At least
we now know where we are.

422
00:17:38,958 --> 00:17:40,458
STERLING:
I'd be happier

423
00:17:40,460 --> 00:17:42,460
if her ladyship
had been consulted.

424
00:17:42,462 --> 00:17:43,961
Yeah, well, she's
at the races, ain't she?

425
00:17:43,963 --> 00:17:45,463
We'd stood here
arguing all day,

426
00:17:45,465 --> 00:17:47,031
we'd never
have got dinner.

427
00:17:47,033 --> 00:17:48,633
I get the feeling
she'll be consulted

428
00:17:48,635 --> 00:17:50,301
the moment she sets
her foot inside the door.

429
00:17:50,303 --> 00:17:52,203
We'll cope with that
when it happens.

430
00:17:52,205 --> 00:17:54,138
What other staff
have you got?

431
00:17:54,140 --> 00:17:55,473
STERLING:
Only outdoor.

432
00:17:55,475 --> 00:17:56,940
Valets?
Ladies' maids?

433
00:17:56,942 --> 00:17:58,643
There's Sir John's
soldier servant

434
00:17:58,645 --> 00:18:00,278
and Lady Farjeon's maid.

435
00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:01,212
Between us, we've
been looking after

436
00:18:01,214 --> 00:18:02,246
all the guests.

437
00:18:02,248 --> 00:18:03,581
You fetch them
in here.

438
00:18:03,583 --> 00:18:04,915
STERLING:
It's highly irregular.

439
00:18:04,917 --> 00:18:07,017
It's all hands
to a sinking ship.

440
00:18:07,019 --> 00:18:08,752
MAJOR: Rats apart.

441
00:18:08,754 --> 00:18:10,921
Yes,
I suppose so.

442
00:18:10,923 --> 00:18:12,923
Where do you want
the things from the bus?

443
00:18:12,925 --> 00:18:14,925
Put them over there
for the moment,

444
00:18:14,927 --> 00:18:16,427
out of the way.

445
00:18:16,429 --> 00:18:17,928
I've got
to sort out

446
00:18:17,930 --> 00:18:19,197
what needs
to be done.

447
00:18:19,199 --> 00:18:20,698
Here, uh...

448
00:18:20,700 --> 00:18:22,166
What's your name?
Kate, is it?

449
00:18:22,168 --> 00:18:23,434
Kath, ma'am.

450
00:18:23,436 --> 00:18:25,436
Kath, here you are.

451
00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:29,675
What if I'm worse than
her? I could be, you know.

452
00:18:29,709 --> 00:18:32,142
Are you going
to risk it?

453
00:18:32,144 --> 00:18:33,777
Good girl.

454
00:18:33,779 --> 00:18:35,446
Then you're
kitchen maid.

455
00:18:35,448 --> 00:18:37,147
There. There's
one problem solved.

456
00:18:50,463 --> 00:18:52,963
Guardsman Wilson,
Miss Jennett,

457
00:18:52,965 --> 00:18:54,298
Mrs. Trotter.

458
00:18:54,300 --> 00:18:55,633
MRS. TROTTER:
Hello. Mrs. Cochrane.

459
00:18:55,635 --> 00:18:56,967
MRS. COCHRANE:
Good day.

460
00:18:56,969 --> 00:18:58,936
MRS. TROTTER:
And Major Smith-Barton.

461
00:18:58,938 --> 00:19:00,204
Sir.

462
00:19:00,206 --> 00:19:01,639
Thank you, Wilson,

463
00:19:01,641 --> 00:19:03,407
but I think,
in the circumstances,

464
00:19:03,409 --> 00:19:04,508
we can dispense
with the formalities.

465
00:19:04,510 --> 00:19:06,577
Sir.

466
00:19:06,579 --> 00:19:08,078
We're in a bit
of a pickle,

467
00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:09,413
as I expect
you've heard by now.

468
00:19:09,415 --> 00:19:10,914
Well, I had
rather gathered.

469
00:19:10,916 --> 00:19:12,250
Never listen
to gossip.

470
00:19:12,252 --> 00:19:13,152
Well, that must make life dull.

471
00:19:13,152 --> 00:19:14,120
Ma'am?

472
00:19:14,254 --> 00:19:15,321
Oh, never mind.

473
00:19:15,321 --> 00:19:17,289
The thing is, we can
sort it out ourselves.

474
00:19:17,457 --> 00:19:18,756
Just if you was willing
to lend a hand,

475
00:19:18,758 --> 00:19:20,090
we could sort it out
that much quicker.

476
00:19:20,092 --> 00:19:21,925
So what do you say?

477
00:19:21,927 --> 00:19:24,163
Well, if it means
Sir John and her ladyship

478
00:19:24,163 --> 00:19:25,398
having the dinner
they've been hoping for,

479
00:19:25,398 --> 00:19:27,366
- I volunteer.
- Oh, yes.

480
00:19:27,366 --> 00:19:28,601
They deserve
a nice evening

481
00:19:28,601 --> 00:19:29,902
after all that's
been going on.

482
00:19:29,902 --> 00:19:30,770
They really do.

483
00:19:30,770 --> 00:19:32,171
Slovenly lot,
that other lot was.

484
00:19:32,171 --> 00:19:33,504
Well, we're lucky
to have Mr. Sterling,

485
00:19:33,506 --> 00:19:34,639
him knowing the place so well.

486
00:19:34,641 --> 00:19:36,440
Can't let Kathy
be the only one

487
00:19:36,442 --> 00:19:37,944
to redeem the honor
of the household.

488
00:19:37,944 --> 00:19:40,646
That's the style.
So...what can you do?

489
00:19:40,646 --> 00:19:41,945
I started
in the still room

490
00:19:41,947 --> 00:19:43,082
at Dunster Castle.

491
00:19:43,082 --> 00:19:44,548
WILSON: I have,
in my time, waited table

492
00:19:44,550 --> 00:19:45,217
in the officers mess.

493
00:19:45,217 --> 00:19:47,653
JENNETT: Trouble is, we'll have to
go when they're dressing for dinner,

494
00:19:47,653 --> 00:19:49,219
just when you
need us most.

495
00:19:49,221 --> 00:19:50,421
WILSON: Can't be
in 2 places at once.

496
00:19:50,423 --> 00:19:51,324
You'll just have to
get back down here

497
00:19:51,324 --> 00:19:52,890
as quick as you can, won't you?

498
00:19:52,892 --> 00:19:55,393
We've got resident butler,
thank God. I'm Chef de Cuisine.

499
00:19:55,395 --> 00:19:57,395
Proper cook
in Mrs. Cochrane.

500
00:19:57,397 --> 00:19:59,963
And Kath reckons she can cope
as kitchen maid, and I agree.

501
00:19:59,965 --> 00:20:02,466
So I'm afraid it's
the scullery for you.

502
00:20:02,468 --> 00:20:04,468
Oh, that's a bit
of a comedown, isn't it?

503
00:20:04,470 --> 00:20:06,470
She does know her way around
the kitchen better than you.

504
00:20:06,472 --> 00:20:08,071
Oh, well, I suppose
I did volunteer.

505
00:20:08,073 --> 00:20:10,107
And you'll have to cope
as best you can as footman.

506
00:20:10,109 --> 00:20:11,108
Ma'am.

507
00:20:11,110 --> 00:20:12,976
It all seems to be
falling into place.

508
00:20:12,978 --> 00:20:14,478
MRS. TROTTER:
You, too, Major.

509
00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:15,979
You're acting
unpaid dogsbody.

510
00:20:15,981 --> 00:20:18,482
You can start by
dealing with the wines.

511
00:20:18,484 --> 00:20:19,983
The rest of you
can see what you can do

512
00:20:19,985 --> 00:20:21,485
to clean this place up.

513
00:20:21,487 --> 00:20:22,986
We'll have a look
at the dining room,

514
00:20:22,988 --> 00:20:24,988
Mr. Sterling, if that's
all right by you.

515
00:20:24,990 --> 00:20:27,425
STERLING: All right,
Mrs. Trotter.

516
00:20:44,911 --> 00:20:47,010
So, it's 10
for dinner, right?

517
00:20:47,012 --> 00:20:49,012
So I'm given
to understand.

518
00:20:49,014 --> 00:20:51,014
What's been done
about flowers?

519
00:20:51,016 --> 00:20:53,517
Her ladyship hasn't
ordered any that I know of.

520
00:20:53,519 --> 00:20:56,019
She'll hardly have time
to do them herself.

521
00:20:56,021 --> 00:20:58,021
I better see what
I can find in the garden

522
00:20:58,023 --> 00:20:59,523
when we're done here.

523
00:20:59,525 --> 00:21:01,459
Yes. Well,
here are the epergnes.

524
00:21:01,461 --> 00:21:03,461
How are you
for glasses?

525
00:21:03,463 --> 00:21:05,463
Oh, ample sufficiency
for that number.

526
00:21:05,465 --> 00:21:07,465
Cutlery? Linen?
Serviettes?

527
00:21:07,467 --> 00:21:09,400
What we've got
in here...

528
00:21:15,975 --> 00:21:19,477
Her ladyship did leave
a plan for the placement.

529
00:21:19,479 --> 00:21:20,978
Yeah, well,
that's something

530
00:21:20,980 --> 00:21:22,747
to be thankful for.

531
00:21:26,986 --> 00:21:28,986
Oh, Kath.

532
00:21:28,988 --> 00:21:30,421
Thank you.

533
00:21:32,492 --> 00:21:33,924
Whew!

534
00:21:49,776 --> 00:21:51,509
Quite like old times.

535
00:21:51,511 --> 00:21:52,676
Right?

536
00:21:52,678 --> 00:21:54,177
If it moves, salute it.

537
00:21:54,179 --> 00:21:56,013
If it doesn't move,
polish it.

538
00:21:56,015 --> 00:21:57,515
Right, off you go.

539
00:21:57,517 --> 00:21:59,016
Yes, sir.

540
00:22:00,386 --> 00:22:01,220
MAJOR: By jove!

541
00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:02,453
That's a handsome fish.

542
00:22:02,455 --> 00:22:03,954
Oh, yeah.

543
00:22:03,956 --> 00:22:05,456
You've done a lovely job
boning and stuffing it.

544
00:22:05,458 --> 00:22:06,891
Thank you, ma'am.

545
00:22:08,127 --> 00:22:10,127
Asparagus. Right.

546
00:22:10,129 --> 00:22:11,962
Strawberries.

547
00:22:11,964 --> 00:22:13,798
Soufflé dish.

548
00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:15,966
Got your eggs separated,
have you? Good.

549
00:22:15,968 --> 00:22:17,968
You keeping your head
above water, Miss Jennett?

550
00:22:17,970 --> 00:22:19,470
Oh, just about.

551
00:22:19,472 --> 00:22:21,472
It'll be worse
before it gets better.

552
00:22:21,474 --> 00:22:22,807
Oh! Thanks.

553
00:22:22,809 --> 00:22:24,975
I think we're winning.
Thank you, one and all.

554
00:22:24,977 --> 00:22:26,977
Time for
a nice glass of wine

555
00:22:26,979 --> 00:22:28,479
before they get back
from the races.

556
00:22:28,481 --> 00:22:29,914
Mr. Sterling?

557
00:22:31,050 --> 00:22:32,418
MRS. TROTTER: Oh!
How did you know?

558
00:22:32,418 --> 00:22:34,120
The major
gave me the hint.

559
00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:36,155
Oh, he's sound on anything
that hasn't got 4 legs.

560
00:22:36,789 --> 00:22:38,989
Right. Step up.
Take your glasses.

561
00:22:38,991 --> 00:22:40,157
Lovely.

562
00:22:40,159 --> 00:22:41,492
Here you are.

563
00:22:41,494 --> 00:22:42,660
Thank you.

564
00:22:42,662 --> 00:22:43,994
Thank you.

565
00:22:44,597 --> 00:22:45,496
Don't you want one?

566
00:22:45,498 --> 00:22:46,997
She's too young
for Champagne.

567
00:22:46,999 --> 00:22:48,499
If she's old enough to work,

568
00:22:48,501 --> 00:22:49,502
she's old enough
to drink like us.

569
00:22:49,502 --> 00:22:50,536
- Right?
- Right.

570
00:22:50,536 --> 00:22:51,637
There you are.

571
00:22:51,670 --> 00:22:54,004
Don't be
so mean.

572
00:22:55,074 --> 00:22:56,306
Here.
Cheerio.

573
00:22:56,308 --> 00:22:57,675
Cheers.
Cheers.

574
00:22:59,011 --> 00:23:00,010
Mmm!

575
00:23:00,012 --> 00:23:02,145
The bubbles gone
all up my nose!

576
00:23:02,147 --> 00:23:03,447
What did
I say?

577
00:23:03,449 --> 00:23:04,782
Waste of good Champagne.

578
00:23:04,784 --> 00:23:05,351
Oh, I don't know.

579
00:23:05,351 --> 00:23:06,452
The girl's got
to start sometime.

580
00:23:06,452 --> 00:23:08,053
MRS. TROTTER: If at
first you don't succeed...

581
00:23:11,290 --> 00:23:12,957
Oh, Kath.

582
00:23:12,959 --> 00:23:14,959
WOMAN: How do you think
Lady Rothschild

583
00:23:14,961 --> 00:23:16,460
managed that hat?

584
00:23:16,462 --> 00:23:18,462
And in this wind?
I quite thought

585
00:23:18,464 --> 00:23:19,964
I was going
to lose mine.

586
00:23:19,966 --> 00:23:21,465
I scarcely noticed
against hers.

587
00:23:21,467 --> 00:23:23,467
Personally, I found it
rather vulgar.

588
00:23:23,469 --> 00:23:24,969
Oh, did you?

589
00:23:24,971 --> 00:23:26,470
I thought those feathers
were tremendous fun.

590
00:23:26,472 --> 00:23:27,972
I must say
I did, too.

591
00:23:27,974 --> 00:23:29,473
But the colors!

592
00:23:29,475 --> 00:23:30,975
I wonder if I might
have a word

593
00:23:30,977 --> 00:23:32,476
with your ladyship
privately.

594
00:23:32,478 --> 00:23:33,978
Not another
disaster!

595
00:23:33,980 --> 00:23:35,980
It is a matter
of some urgency, I fear.

596
00:23:35,982 --> 00:23:37,481
Let's go upstairs

597
00:23:37,483 --> 00:23:38,983
and get out
of these things.

598
00:23:38,985 --> 00:23:40,985
I never believe
in being too accessible

599
00:23:40,987 --> 00:23:42,486
to one's staff.

600
00:23:42,488 --> 00:23:43,988
Give them distance.

601
00:23:43,990 --> 00:23:45,489
As soon as you've seen
the gentlemen in,

602
00:23:45,491 --> 00:23:46,991
I'll be in
the drawing room.

603
00:23:46,993 --> 00:23:48,926
My lady.

604
00:23:56,702 --> 00:23:58,201
A good day,
I trust, Sir John?

605
00:23:58,203 --> 00:23:59,703
Good enough,
thank you, Sterling.

606
00:23:59,705 --> 00:24:01,972
Somewhat lacking
in Vital Spark.

607
00:24:01,974 --> 00:24:03,306
For pity's sake, Ross.

608
00:24:03,308 --> 00:24:04,642
If you can't afford to lose
a few pounds on a horse

609
00:24:04,644 --> 00:24:05,976
without grumbling
about it all the time,

610
00:24:05,978 --> 00:24:07,310
don't go racing.

611
00:24:07,312 --> 00:24:08,646
Whether I can
afford it or not

612
00:24:08,648 --> 00:24:09,415
is neither here
nor there.

613
00:24:09,415 --> 00:24:10,216
Let's have a drink.

614
00:24:10,216 --> 00:24:12,151
Thanks, but I want my bath!

615
00:24:12,919 --> 00:24:15,054
And preferably
in boiling oil.

616
00:24:15,054 --> 00:24:15,485
Steady on.

617
00:24:15,487 --> 00:24:16,987
It's all very well,
Johnnie,

618
00:24:16,989 --> 00:24:18,488
but Phillida's
godfather or not,

619
00:24:18,490 --> 00:24:20,490
if he makes one more insinuation
about Desmond's horse,

620
00:24:20,492 --> 00:24:22,492
I'm warning you,
there'll be trouble.

621
00:24:22,494 --> 00:24:23,395
Don't worry.

622
00:24:23,395 --> 00:24:24,897
I'll keep him
off the subject.

623
00:24:25,097 --> 00:24:26,997
Did Mrs. Trotter
arrive all right?

624
00:24:26,999 --> 00:24:27,766
Yes, Sir John.

625
00:24:27,766 --> 00:24:28,701
Oh, where is she?

626
00:24:28,701 --> 00:24:30,970
At the present time, she's
in the dining room, my lord.

627
00:24:30,970 --> 00:24:31,971
Come on.

628
00:24:35,708 --> 00:24:36,974
Louisa!

629
00:24:36,976 --> 00:24:38,308
Charlie!

630
00:24:38,310 --> 00:24:39,476
Johnnie.

631
00:24:39,478 --> 00:24:41,478
Well, you've worked
the oracle again.

632
00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:42,980
It looks
truly wonderful.

633
00:24:42,982 --> 00:24:44,281
Oh, well.

634
00:24:44,283 --> 00:24:45,315
Pleased
you're pleased.

635
00:24:45,317 --> 00:24:47,317
Wilson, what the devil
are you doing here?

636
00:24:47,319 --> 00:24:48,819
I asked him to
give me a hand.

637
00:24:48,821 --> 00:24:50,320
I've laid out
your clothes, sir,

638
00:24:50,322 --> 00:24:51,822
and the other
gentlemen's as well.

639
00:24:51,824 --> 00:24:53,323
Well, that's all
very well.

640
00:24:53,325 --> 00:24:54,727
You can manage
without him for a bit,

641
00:24:54,727 --> 00:24:56,061
and I can't, see? That's all...

642
00:24:56,295 --> 00:24:56,929
Oh.

643
00:24:56,929 --> 00:24:58,829
Sir. Permission
to carry on, sir.

644
00:24:58,831 --> 00:25:00,330
Well, yes,
I suppose so,

645
00:25:00,332 --> 00:25:01,567
though why
it's necessary

646
00:25:01,567 --> 00:25:02,835
when we have a perfectly
good footman...

647
00:25:02,835 --> 00:25:03,969
that's all
you know.

648
00:25:03,969 --> 00:25:06,303
Louisa has her own way
of doing things.

649
00:25:06,305 --> 00:25:07,304
Evidently.

650
00:25:07,306 --> 00:25:08,472
Learned
in the school

651
00:25:08,474 --> 00:25:09,640
of hard knocks.

652
00:25:09,642 --> 00:25:10,975
Oh, Louisa!

653
00:25:10,977 --> 00:25:12,476
Keep your hands
off the grapes,

654
00:25:12,478 --> 00:25:13,811
Charlie Haslemere.

655
00:25:13,813 --> 00:25:15,881
You know I can't abide to
have me fruit picked over.

656
00:25:15,881 --> 00:25:17,681
The port seems to have stood
the journey rather well.

657
00:25:17,683 --> 00:25:18,849
Hello, Charlie.

658
00:25:18,851 --> 00:25:19,718
Good lord, Major.

659
00:25:19,718 --> 00:25:21,020
Don't tell me she
roped you in, as well.

660
00:25:21,020 --> 00:25:22,686
Always like to lend
a hand, you know.

661
00:25:22,688 --> 00:25:24,187
Oh, do you know
Johnnie Farjeon?

662
00:25:24,189 --> 00:25:25,689
Major Smith-Barton.

663
00:25:25,691 --> 00:25:27,691
I don't believe
I've had the pleasure.

664
00:25:27,693 --> 00:25:29,192
How do you do, sir?

665
00:25:29,194 --> 00:25:30,360
Oh, pretty well,
pretty well.

666
00:25:30,362 --> 00:25:31,528
Will you have
a drink?

667
00:25:31,530 --> 00:25:34,031
Oh...not while
I'm working, thank you.

668
00:25:34,033 --> 00:25:35,532
Then perhaps you will
join us in a glass

669
00:25:35,534 --> 00:25:36,867
after dinner.

670
00:25:36,869 --> 00:25:37,968
After dinner,
he'll be helping me

671
00:25:37,970 --> 00:25:39,572
to pack up and get
back to the hotel.

672
00:25:39,572 --> 00:25:41,173
Louisa, you're
a slave driver!

673
00:25:41,173 --> 00:25:42,307
PHILLIDA:
Johnnie! Johnnie!

674
00:25:42,374 --> 00:25:44,141
Excuse me.
Coming.

675
00:25:44,143 --> 00:25:45,475
Oh, there you are.

676
00:25:45,477 --> 00:25:47,477
I want you to meet
Mrs. Trotter.

677
00:25:47,479 --> 00:25:49,479
Yes, I think
it's high time I did,

678
00:25:49,481 --> 00:25:51,448
judging by what
Sterling's just told me!

679
00:25:51,450 --> 00:25:53,984
CHARLIE: You'd better have
that drink after all, Major.

680
00:25:53,986 --> 00:25:55,318
Perhaps I will.

681
00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:57,320
JOHNNIE: Jolly good.
Come along, then.

682
00:25:57,322 --> 00:25:59,322
And you can
fall out, as well.

683
00:25:59,324 --> 00:26:00,423
Ma'am.

684
00:26:05,364 --> 00:26:06,465
Mrs. Trotter,

685
00:26:06,465 --> 00:26:08,431
have you quite taken leave
of your senses?

686
00:26:08,433 --> 00:26:09,967
Oh, I hope not.

687
00:26:09,969 --> 00:26:11,969
I understood that you
were to come down here

688
00:26:11,971 --> 00:26:12,938
to provide dinner tonight.

689
00:26:12,938 --> 00:26:13,739
That's right.

690
00:26:13,739 --> 00:26:16,175
According to my husband,
it was a special favor.

691
00:26:16,175 --> 00:26:17,109
Right again.

692
00:26:17,109 --> 00:26:19,211
Well, no doubt
you mean well.

693
00:26:20,146 --> 00:26:22,514
If you knew how I was
looking forward to it!

694
00:26:22,881 --> 00:26:23,847
But I come back here and find

695
00:26:23,849 --> 00:26:25,849
you haven't been
in the house 5 minutes

696
00:26:25,851 --> 00:26:27,851
before half the staff
have simply walked out.

697
00:26:27,853 --> 00:26:29,953
You were better off
without them.

698
00:26:29,955 --> 00:26:31,955
Well, I suppose we're
better off with my maid

699
00:26:31,957 --> 00:26:33,957
and my husband's
soldier servant working for you

700
00:26:33,959 --> 00:26:36,193
instead of doing the jobs
they're supposed to do.

701
00:26:36,195 --> 00:26:38,162
As a matter of fact,
you are just now.

702
00:26:38,164 --> 00:26:39,663
I know just how
you feel,

703
00:26:39,665 --> 00:26:41,165
but if I'd had that
bunch of weary willies

704
00:26:41,167 --> 00:26:42,399
under me feet, we'd
never have got dinner.

705
00:26:42,401 --> 00:26:43,901
Weren't worth
the time of day.

706
00:26:43,903 --> 00:26:45,402
Robbing you blind,
I shouldn't wonder.

707
00:26:45,404 --> 00:26:48,739
You don't seem to realize,
we have a houseful of guests.

708
00:26:48,741 --> 00:26:49,973
Well, you finish
tomorrow, don't you?

709
00:26:49,975 --> 00:26:52,209
Somebody has to
give them breakfast.

710
00:26:52,211 --> 00:26:53,711
Oh, if that's all
you're worried about,

711
00:26:53,713 --> 00:26:55,212
I'll see to that.

712
00:26:55,214 --> 00:26:56,714
I'll leave it all
so Kath and Sterling

713
00:26:56,716 --> 00:26:58,515
have only to warm it up
and serve it.

714
00:26:58,517 --> 00:26:59,717
Can you really?

715
00:26:59,719 --> 00:27:01,151
Of course I can.
Won't take me 2 ticks.

716
00:27:01,153 --> 00:27:02,652
Now, in fact,
I'll have it all done

717
00:27:02,654 --> 00:27:04,154
by the time dinner's
washed up.

718
00:27:04,156 --> 00:27:06,389
Well, in that case...

719
00:27:10,462 --> 00:27:12,963
How do you like
me flowers?

720
00:27:12,965 --> 00:27:14,464
They're lovely!

721
00:27:14,466 --> 00:27:15,966
Yeah, well,

722
00:27:15,968 --> 00:27:18,468
I like to do
me own flowers.

723
00:27:18,470 --> 00:27:20,971
You've seen
a menu, have you?

724
00:27:20,973 --> 00:27:21,972
No.

725
00:27:21,974 --> 00:27:23,140
Here you are, then.

726
00:27:23,142 --> 00:27:24,808
It's a bit late
to change it,

727
00:27:24,810 --> 00:27:26,309
but we'll try if
you fancy anything

728
00:27:26,311 --> 00:27:27,577
in particular.

729
00:27:27,579 --> 00:27:29,079
Oh.

730
00:27:29,081 --> 00:27:31,414
I don't see how
it could be bettered.

731
00:27:31,416 --> 00:27:33,416
Oh. Well,
that is nice.

732
00:27:33,418 --> 00:27:35,418
Well, we knew you'd
had a spot of bother

733
00:27:35,420 --> 00:27:37,420
one way and another,
so we wanted

734
00:27:37,422 --> 00:27:39,422
to do you
something special.

735
00:27:39,424 --> 00:27:40,924
Ain't been married
long, have you?

736
00:27:40,926 --> 00:27:42,059
No.

737
00:27:42,061 --> 00:27:44,061
He's a lovely fellow
you got there.

738
00:27:44,063 --> 00:27:45,028
I think so.

739
00:27:45,030 --> 00:27:46,997
And he ain't done
so badly himself,

740
00:27:46,999 --> 00:27:48,498
as long as he don't get

741
00:27:48,500 --> 00:27:50,000
the sharp edge of
your tongue too often.

742
00:27:50,002 --> 00:27:51,168
Oh!

743
00:27:51,170 --> 00:27:53,570
You really are an amazing
woman, Mrs. Trotter.

744
00:27:53,572 --> 00:27:55,072
Just so's you have
an amazing evening,

745
00:27:55,074 --> 00:27:56,240
Lady Farjeon.

746
00:27:56,242 --> 00:27:57,741
I think we shall.

747
00:27:57,743 --> 00:27:59,743
I really think
we shall.

748
00:27:59,745 --> 00:28:02,112
Well, that's
all right, then.

749
00:28:05,551 --> 00:28:06,997
Peace reigns in the dining room,

750
00:28:06,997 --> 00:28:07,920
you'll be pleased to hear.

751
00:28:07,953 --> 00:28:09,853
I'd better get back
and decant the claret.

752
00:28:09,855 --> 00:28:10,956
Oh, there's bags of time.

753
00:28:10,956 --> 00:28:12,391
The second gong
hasn't even gone yet.

754
00:28:12,391 --> 00:28:13,225
Have another drink.

755
00:28:13,592 --> 00:28:14,560
Oh, thank you.

756
00:28:15,227 --> 00:28:16,393
The major was asking
who won the Hardwicke.

757
00:28:16,395 --> 00:28:17,560
I couldn't remember.

758
00:28:17,562 --> 00:28:18,728
Oh, Bembo.

759
00:28:18,730 --> 00:28:19,398
MAJOR: Oh, good!

760
00:28:19,464 --> 00:28:20,800
Waltzed it, 7-1.

761
00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:21,767
Very good.

762
00:28:21,767 --> 00:28:22,601
Did you back him?

763
00:28:22,601 --> 00:28:23,802
In a modest way.

764
00:28:24,236 --> 00:28:25,637
Either of you two
do any good?

765
00:28:25,637 --> 00:28:26,705
Oh, so-so.

766
00:28:26,705 --> 00:28:27,806
I broke even,
I suppose.

767
00:28:27,806 --> 00:28:28,686
I'd have done a lot better

768
00:28:28,686 --> 00:28:30,976
if there hadn't been such an
upset in the Alexandra Plate.

769
00:28:31,143 --> 00:28:32,578
- Oh?
- Vital Spark.

770
00:28:32,578 --> 00:28:34,111
Desmond Elleston's horse?

771
00:28:34,113 --> 00:28:35,279
Joint favorite.
Well-fancied.

772
00:28:35,281 --> 00:28:37,583
I nearly made him the
second leg of a double.

773
00:28:37,583 --> 00:28:38,550
Well, count
your blessings.

774
00:28:39,018 --> 00:28:39,851
What happened?

775
00:28:39,851 --> 00:28:41,553
Simply faded
in the last furlong.

776
00:28:41,553 --> 00:28:43,520
That's surprising.
Oh, thank you.

777
00:28:43,522 --> 00:28:45,689
On form, he should have
stayed the distance easy.

778
00:28:45,691 --> 00:28:47,024
I don't understand it.

779
00:28:47,026 --> 00:28:48,525
Nor did Phillida's
godfather.

780
00:28:48,527 --> 00:28:50,027
He keeps hinting

781
00:28:50,029 --> 00:28:51,195
there was something
funny about it.

782
00:28:51,197 --> 00:28:52,362
Mind you,
he lost a packet.

783
00:28:52,364 --> 00:28:53,530
Well, he's rich
as Croesus.

784
00:28:53,532 --> 00:28:55,532
Doesn't mean to say
he likes to lose it.

785
00:28:55,534 --> 00:28:56,435
That's how
he stays rich.

786
00:28:56,435 --> 00:28:58,604
True. Ha ha! Very.

787
00:28:58,838 --> 00:29:01,338
You better keep him
off it because...

788
00:29:01,340 --> 00:29:02,472
You've made
your point.

789
00:29:15,988 --> 00:29:17,487
Oh, ma'am!

790
00:29:17,489 --> 00:29:18,989
Yeah?
What's your problem?

791
00:29:18,991 --> 00:29:20,490
It's Mrs. Cochrane!

792
00:29:20,492 --> 00:29:21,992
What's wrong
with her?

793
00:29:21,994 --> 00:29:24,427
She says come quick.
Please, ma'am.

794
00:29:33,739 --> 00:29:34,738
What's wrong?

795
00:29:34,740 --> 00:29:36,240
The gelatine
won't set, ma'am.

796
00:29:36,242 --> 00:29:37,741
It's too warm.
Of course it is.

797
00:29:37,743 --> 00:29:38,909
Flaming June,
isn't it?

798
00:29:38,911 --> 00:29:39,910
Where's your ice?

799
00:29:39,912 --> 00:29:40,911
There's no ice.

800
00:29:40,913 --> 00:29:41,912
What do you mean,
there's no ice?

801
00:29:41,914 --> 00:29:42,913
Regrettably,
the iceman failed

802
00:29:42,915 --> 00:29:43,914
to deliver
this afternoon.

803
00:29:43,916 --> 00:29:45,082
Ain't you got
a refrigerator?

804
00:29:45,084 --> 00:29:46,250
Not as such.

805
00:29:46,252 --> 00:29:47,484
Oh, God,
what a dump!

806
00:29:47,486 --> 00:29:48,618
What am I to do?

807
00:29:48,620 --> 00:29:50,520
I'm bound to say
it's the first time

808
00:29:50,522 --> 00:29:52,022
I've ever known him
let us down.

809
00:29:52,024 --> 00:29:54,024
Do you mean he came
yesterday?

810
00:29:54,026 --> 00:29:55,025
Oh, yes, indeed.

811
00:29:55,027 --> 00:29:56,493
Then where's
your icebox?

812
00:29:56,495 --> 00:29:57,660
Through here.

813
00:29:57,662 --> 00:29:58,929
God's truth!

814
00:30:03,035 --> 00:30:05,035
How much ice
do you want?

815
00:30:05,037 --> 00:30:07,037
It's pretty near
full the lining.

816
00:30:07,039 --> 00:30:09,039
I never thought
of that.

817
00:30:09,041 --> 00:30:11,041
God give me strength.

818
00:30:11,043 --> 00:30:12,976
Here, give me
your cloth.

819
00:30:14,546 --> 00:30:16,479
Yeah.

820
00:30:18,050 --> 00:30:20,317
Here you go.

821
00:30:21,887 --> 00:30:24,054
Where's your rolling pin?

822
00:30:24,056 --> 00:30:25,155
All right.

823
00:30:27,059 --> 00:30:29,059
There you are.

824
00:30:29,061 --> 00:30:32,562
Now you stir
your gelatine over that,

825
00:30:32,564 --> 00:30:35,565
and you don't let it get
too solid.

826
00:30:35,567 --> 00:30:37,334
No, Mrs. Trotter,
I won't.

827
00:31:16,041 --> 00:31:18,475
Put that somewhere safe,
will you?

828
00:31:30,555 --> 00:31:32,555
Oh, yeah. There's
something, like.

829
00:31:32,557 --> 00:31:34,557
It's a proper
picture, isn't it?

830
00:31:34,559 --> 00:31:36,559
Yeah. In fact, that's
what it's all about.

831
00:31:36,561 --> 00:31:38,228
First job I ever had,

832
00:31:38,230 --> 00:31:40,563
know what the chef
there said to me?

833
00:31:40,565 --> 00:31:42,065
He said...

834
00:31:42,067 --> 00:31:43,566
"After the smell,

835
00:31:43,568 --> 00:31:46,403
the taste, the tongue,
and then the eyes."

836
00:31:46,405 --> 00:31:47,904
I never forgot that.

837
00:31:47,906 --> 00:31:49,873
You want to be
a cook, do you?

838
00:31:49,875 --> 00:31:52,075
You have to really
want to, you know.

839
00:31:52,077 --> 00:31:53,576
I do. I want it more
than anything else

840
00:31:53,578 --> 00:31:54,878
in the whole world.

841
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:57,114
Do you want to be
the best cook in England?

842
00:31:57,116 --> 00:31:59,116
Yeah, well,
wanting's half of it,

843
00:31:59,118 --> 00:32:01,018
and working at it's
the other.

844
00:32:01,020 --> 00:32:03,420
Eyes on the stars,
feet on the ground.

845
00:32:03,422 --> 00:32:05,522
Get back
to work, then.

846
00:32:05,524 --> 00:32:07,457
Yes, ma'am.
Thank you, ma'am.

847
00:32:10,029 --> 00:32:12,029
God! Fair took me
breath away.

848
00:32:12,031 --> 00:32:14,031
It was like talking
to meself

849
00:32:14,033 --> 00:32:15,532
for a minute back there.

850
00:32:17,036 --> 00:32:19,536
That will be the first
of the dinner guests.

851
00:32:19,538 --> 00:32:21,471
Yeah, well,
we're ready when you are.

852
00:32:23,075 --> 00:32:24,574
If I don't get
an apology...

853
00:32:24,576 --> 00:32:25,575
you won't!

854
00:32:25,577 --> 00:32:26,743
You haven't
a shred of evidence

855
00:32:26,745 --> 00:32:27,744
for what you're
saying!

856
00:32:27,746 --> 00:32:28,778
I have it
on the best authority!

857
00:32:28,780 --> 00:32:30,547
Make some excuse,
that's all.

858
00:32:30,549 --> 00:32:31,881
How long
will you be?

859
00:32:31,883 --> 00:32:33,050
God knows.

860
00:32:33,052 --> 00:32:34,217
But, Johnnie,
if you aren't there

861
00:32:34,219 --> 00:32:35,385
to greet
the other guests,

862
00:32:35,387 --> 00:32:36,553
they'll think it
extremely odd.

863
00:32:36,555 --> 00:32:37,720
It's nothing to what
they'll think

864
00:32:37,722 --> 00:32:39,556
if I can't calm
these two down.

865
00:32:39,558 --> 00:32:41,058
Please keep
your voices down!

866
00:32:41,060 --> 00:32:42,559
Show in
the other guests.

867
00:32:42,561 --> 00:32:44,061
Then ask Mrs. Trotter
to put back dinner

868
00:32:44,063 --> 00:32:45,062
by half an hour.

869
00:32:45,064 --> 00:32:46,563
Very good, my lady.

870
00:32:50,069 --> 00:32:51,568
MAN: Ah, there you are!

871
00:32:51,570 --> 00:32:53,070
We were beginning
to get worried

872
00:32:53,072 --> 00:32:54,571
we'd come on
the wrong night.

873
00:32:54,573 --> 00:32:56,073
STERLING:
Not at all, sir.

874
00:32:56,075 --> 00:32:58,075
Well, that's
a relief, what?

875
00:33:00,079 --> 00:33:01,511
Warm tonight.

876
00:33:01,513 --> 00:33:03,012
A trifle, sir.

877
00:33:03,014 --> 00:33:04,681
Thunder
in the air.

878
00:33:04,683 --> 00:33:07,250
Rain later,
I shouldn't wonder.

879
00:33:10,522 --> 00:33:12,689
You can get the water on
for the asparagus.

880
00:33:12,691 --> 00:33:13,957
Yes, ma'am.

881
00:33:20,532 --> 00:33:22,466
There we are.

882
00:33:26,538 --> 00:33:28,037
All right.

883
00:33:28,039 --> 00:33:30,039
Soufflé into the oven,
Mrs. C.

884
00:33:30,041 --> 00:33:31,040
Right.

885
00:33:31,042 --> 00:33:33,477
Open that door
for me, will you?

886
00:33:37,048 --> 00:33:38,915
Thank you.

887
00:33:38,917 --> 00:33:40,550
Let's have a look
at you, Wilson.

888
00:33:40,552 --> 00:33:42,051
Yeah, you'll do.

889
00:33:42,053 --> 00:33:43,052
Get your gloves on.

890
00:33:43,054 --> 00:33:44,053
Get along to
the dining room.

891
00:33:44,055 --> 00:33:46,055
I'll get the consommé
into the tureen

892
00:33:46,057 --> 00:33:47,557
soon as they
announce dinner.

893
00:33:47,559 --> 00:33:48,858
I'll bring it along
to you.

894
00:33:48,860 --> 00:33:49,892
Sir.

895
00:33:49,894 --> 00:33:52,562
Her ladyship's compliments,
Mrs. Trotter,

896
00:33:52,564 --> 00:33:56,499
and will you put dinner
back half an hour?

897
00:33:56,501 --> 00:33:58,067
Oh, my God.
The soufflé.

898
00:33:58,069 --> 00:33:59,436
I'll get it out.

899
00:33:59,438 --> 00:34:00,470
Don't you dare!

900
00:34:00,472 --> 00:34:02,171
You touch that oven door,
you'll ruin it!

901
00:34:02,173 --> 00:34:03,506
Can't be done.

902
00:34:03,508 --> 00:34:05,174
STERLING: I'm only
passing on orders.

903
00:34:05,176 --> 00:34:06,375
But why?

904
00:34:06,377 --> 00:34:08,511
Mr. Ross and his lordship
are having an argument.

905
00:34:08,513 --> 00:34:09,512
What about?

906
00:34:09,514 --> 00:34:11,714
All I can say is
that it's heated

907
00:34:11,716 --> 00:34:13,483
and serious enough
to stop Sir John

908
00:34:13,485 --> 00:34:15,685
from greeting
his other guests.

909
00:34:15,687 --> 00:34:17,019
Where are they?

910
00:34:17,021 --> 00:34:18,521
In the smoking room.

911
00:34:18,523 --> 00:34:20,523
Right. Don't you touch
that soufflé.

912
00:34:20,525 --> 00:34:22,024
And you separate
some more eggs

913
00:34:22,026 --> 00:34:23,526
in case we need
to make another.

914
00:34:23,528 --> 00:34:24,527
Check the dining room.

915
00:34:24,529 --> 00:34:27,029
I'll be back before
you know I've gone.

916
00:34:27,031 --> 00:34:29,899
What can she do?

917
00:34:29,901 --> 00:34:33,703
Murder, if her
dinner's spoiled.

918
00:34:33,705 --> 00:34:35,204
You repeat that to
another living soul,

919
00:34:35,206 --> 00:34:37,039
and I'll take you
through the courts!

920
00:34:37,041 --> 00:34:38,541
Can you afford to?

921
00:34:38,543 --> 00:34:40,042
Not only that,
but if it's published,

922
00:34:40,044 --> 00:34:41,544
I'll take your rotten
scandal sheet

923
00:34:41,546 --> 00:34:43,045
and shove it
down your throat!

924
00:34:43,047 --> 00:34:44,046
What?
No horsewhips?

925
00:34:44,048 --> 00:34:45,715
Damn you!
For God's sake.

926
00:34:45,717 --> 00:34:46,716
ROSS: Thank you,
but I'm perfectly capable

927
00:34:46,718 --> 00:34:47,717
of taking care
of myself.

928
00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:49,218
Doesn't sound to me
as if either of you

929
00:34:49,220 --> 00:34:50,720
is capable of anything,

930
00:34:50,722 --> 00:34:52,154
least of all
a bit of common sense.

931
00:34:52,156 --> 00:34:53,322
Louisa,
just keep out of this.

932
00:34:53,324 --> 00:34:54,323
It's none
of your business.

933
00:34:54,325 --> 00:34:55,324
Stupid slanging match.

934
00:34:55,326 --> 00:34:56,325
Can't you hear
yourselves?

935
00:34:56,327 --> 00:34:58,060
May I ask
who you are, madam?!

936
00:34:58,062 --> 00:35:01,297
This is Mrs. Trotter
of the Bentinck Hotel.

937
00:35:01,299 --> 00:35:04,000
Considerable personality
and a distinctive hostelry,

938
00:35:04,002 --> 00:35:05,502
or so I'm told.

939
00:35:05,504 --> 00:35:08,270
In other circumstances,
I'd be pleased to meet you,

940
00:35:08,272 --> 00:35:10,507
but I fail to understand
how our differences

941
00:35:10,509 --> 00:35:12,509
could possibly concern you
or your hotel.

942
00:35:12,511 --> 00:35:14,410
I'm here to do
the dinner.

943
00:35:14,412 --> 00:35:15,912
I promise
not to interfere.

944
00:35:15,914 --> 00:35:17,413
You have. Any minute now
it's going to spoil,

945
00:35:17,415 --> 00:35:19,916
and having put
meself out,

946
00:35:19,918 --> 00:35:21,083
I don't intend that that
should happen...

947
00:35:21,085 --> 00:35:22,251
not on account
of a couple of men

948
00:35:22,253 --> 00:35:23,319
shouting the odds!

949
00:35:23,321 --> 00:35:26,756
I really must go and greet
our other guests.

950
00:35:26,758 --> 00:35:27,924
Now, come on.
You're grown up.

951
00:35:27,926 --> 00:35:29,926
Behave like it.

952
00:35:29,928 --> 00:35:31,427
What's it all
about, anyway?

953
00:35:31,429 --> 00:35:33,930
Mr. Ross has accused
a friend of mine,

954
00:35:33,932 --> 00:35:35,431
Desmond Elleston,
of cheating, Louisa.

955
00:35:35,433 --> 00:35:36,933
He says he had it

956
00:35:36,935 --> 00:35:38,334
from a racing journalist
who knows.

957
00:35:38,336 --> 00:35:39,569
Oh, crikey.
Newspapers again.

958
00:35:39,571 --> 00:35:42,038
I happen to have one
among my interests...

959
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:44,007
not that it's
any business of yours.

960
00:35:44,009 --> 00:35:45,508
Don't talk to me
about newspapers.

961
00:35:45,510 --> 00:35:47,010
If they can't find
muck to print,

962
00:35:47,012 --> 00:35:48,011
they have to invent it.

963
00:35:48,013 --> 00:35:49,979
We print what people
ought to know.

964
00:35:49,981 --> 00:35:51,915
Ought? You're
not God, are you?

965
00:35:51,917 --> 00:35:53,115
Is this really helpful?

966
00:35:53,117 --> 00:35:54,283
What did this
scribbler friend

967
00:35:54,285 --> 00:35:55,618
of yours say, anyway?

968
00:35:55,620 --> 00:35:57,620
That Desmond Elleston
gave orders that his horse

969
00:35:57,622 --> 00:35:59,622
shouldn't win the Alexandra
Plate this afternoon.

970
00:35:59,624 --> 00:36:00,723
MRS. TROTTER:
Wasn't that the big race?

971
00:36:00,725 --> 00:36:01,891
Worth
1,500 pounds.

972
00:36:01,893 --> 00:36:03,159
Why would he want
to throw that away?

973
00:36:03,161 --> 00:36:05,161
To lengthen the odds
on the next race

974
00:36:05,163 --> 00:36:07,931
he has Vital Spark
entered for at Goodwood.

975
00:36:07,933 --> 00:36:09,933
It simply isn't
true, Louisa.

976
00:36:09,935 --> 00:36:11,434
How can you be so sure?

977
00:36:11,436 --> 00:36:13,436
- It's unthinkable.
- Why?

978
00:36:13,438 --> 00:36:14,938
Well,
it's unthinkable!

979
00:36:14,940 --> 00:36:16,639
I mean, I've known
him all my life!

980
00:36:16,641 --> 00:36:17,674
Really.

981
00:36:17,676 --> 00:36:20,009
Isn't this damn
thing settled yet?

982
00:36:20,011 --> 00:36:21,510
No, it's not.

983
00:36:27,185 --> 00:36:29,518
Well, it's all
going on up there.

984
00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:30,687
What is?

985
00:36:30,689 --> 00:36:33,355
A racing row, as far
as I can make out, sir.

986
00:36:33,357 --> 00:36:34,857
For someone
that doesn't hold

987
00:36:34,859 --> 00:36:36,358
with gossip,
you spend a lot

988
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:38,196
of time with your
ear at keyholes.

989
00:36:38,697 --> 00:36:40,198
I thought you'd
like to know.

990
00:36:40,299 --> 00:36:42,865
Fruitful source
of contention, racing.

991
00:36:42,867 --> 00:36:44,366
All I know is,

992
00:36:44,368 --> 00:36:45,534
if that soufflé's
overcooked,

993
00:36:45,536 --> 00:36:46,903
it'll be
like leather.

994
00:36:48,707 --> 00:36:49,772
Hmm.

995
00:36:49,774 --> 00:36:51,474
Just because
you lost a bet...

996
00:36:51,476 --> 00:36:53,209
No, Charlie.
You malign me!

997
00:36:53,211 --> 00:36:55,211
We're not talking
about someone

998
00:36:55,213 --> 00:36:57,046
who diddled one of
his rich friends at cards.

999
00:36:57,048 --> 00:36:58,547
If I'm right,

1000
00:36:58,549 --> 00:37:00,216
Elleston's cheated
a lot of hopefuls today

1001
00:37:00,218 --> 00:37:02,819
in order that he can cheat
a lot more at Goodwood.

1002
00:37:02,821 --> 00:37:05,023
I think that's the sort
of fraud that ought...

1003
00:37:05,023 --> 00:37:07,323
yes, ought, Mrs.
Trotter...be exposed.

1004
00:37:07,325 --> 00:37:08,825
I didn't mean
to upset your evening,

1005
00:37:08,827 --> 00:37:10,326
and I didn't realize

1006
00:37:10,328 --> 00:37:11,196
that Elleston was
a friend of yours.

1007
00:37:11,196 --> 00:37:12,664
If he's done
what I say he's done,

1008
00:37:12,664 --> 00:37:14,432
he doesn't
deserve to be.

1009
00:37:15,500 --> 00:37:16,766
Charles.

1010
00:37:26,344 --> 00:37:28,513
You're not just out to
cause trouble, are you?

1011
00:37:29,314 --> 00:37:30,780
No.

1012
00:37:30,782 --> 00:37:33,482
Charlie, if the king
gets to hear about this,

1013
00:37:33,484 --> 00:37:35,484
there will be
the very devil to pay.

1014
00:37:35,486 --> 00:37:37,486
Don't tell me.
Tell your wife's godfather.

1015
00:37:37,488 --> 00:37:38,988
We've simply
got to sort it out

1016
00:37:38,990 --> 00:37:39,989
among ourselves.

1017
00:37:39,991 --> 00:37:41,993
Please, Johnnie,
I'm at my wits' end.

1018
00:37:41,993 --> 00:37:44,129
We must announce dinner.

1019
00:37:44,497 --> 00:37:45,995
Oh, all right.

1020
00:37:45,997 --> 00:37:48,430
Just one more
moment, my dear.

1021
00:37:52,004 --> 00:37:53,836
Look here.
If there's any way

1022
00:37:53,838 --> 00:37:56,238
we can settle
this privately...

1023
00:37:56,240 --> 00:37:58,074
All roads lead to rome.

1024
00:37:58,076 --> 00:38:00,509
You're neither of you
going to give in

1025
00:38:00,511 --> 00:38:02,278
till you know
who's right. Right?

1026
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:03,412
No.

1027
00:38:03,414 --> 00:38:04,547
No.

1028
00:38:04,549 --> 00:38:05,948
Then find out.

1029
00:38:05,950 --> 00:38:07,616
An unofficial
inquiry?

1030
00:38:07,618 --> 00:38:09,118
Desmond would
never agree.

1031
00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:10,619
Rather than have
his name in the papers,

1032
00:38:10,621 --> 00:38:12,789
he'd be glad to.
I know I would.

1033
00:38:12,791 --> 00:38:13,625
Is he down here?

1034
00:38:13,625 --> 00:38:15,059
He's staying
with the Westmacotts.

1035
00:38:15,059 --> 00:38:16,461
I'll telephone.

1036
00:38:17,461 --> 00:38:20,064
We'll need
an independent arbiter.

1037
00:38:20,666 --> 00:38:21,864
MRS. TROTTER:
What about the major?

1038
00:38:21,866 --> 00:38:23,568
- Yes, of course.
- <i>The Major?</i>

1039
00:38:23,735 --> 00:38:24,801
He's a pal of mine.

1040
00:38:24,803 --> 00:38:27,203
He's one-time steward
of Calcutta races.

1041
00:38:27,205 --> 00:38:29,271
MRS. TROTTER:
So what do you say?

1042
00:38:32,977 --> 00:38:35,377
Rotten end
to a bad week.

1043
00:38:35,379 --> 00:38:36,879
What about
that soufflé?

1044
00:38:36,881 --> 00:38:38,380
Much longer,

1045
00:38:38,382 --> 00:38:40,983
and the sturgeon's
going to spoil, too.

1046
00:38:40,985 --> 00:38:42,484
Oh, dear!

1047
00:38:42,486 --> 00:38:44,286
STERLING:
Never say die.

1048
00:38:44,288 --> 00:38:46,488
An admirable
sentiment, Sterling,

1049
00:38:46,490 --> 00:38:49,058
but hardly helpful
in the circumstances.

1050
00:38:50,995 --> 00:38:52,161
We're off!

1051
00:38:52,163 --> 00:38:53,896
Consommé, Mrs. C.

1052
00:38:53,898 --> 00:38:55,567
Right. Wilson, Sterling,
get down to the dining room,

1053
00:38:55,567 --> 00:38:56,668
ready to serve.

1054
00:38:57,401 --> 00:38:58,901
You can take along
the consommé, Major,

1055
00:38:58,903 --> 00:38:59,771
soon as it's ready.

1056
00:39:03,241 --> 00:39:04,273
What was it
all about?

1057
00:39:04,275 --> 00:39:05,608
Racing row.

1058
00:39:05,610 --> 00:39:06,943
Which you solved?

1059
00:39:06,945 --> 00:39:08,746
No. I dropped you in it.

1060
00:39:08,780 --> 00:39:10,780
You're going to conduct
an unofficial inquiry

1061
00:39:10,782 --> 00:39:12,150
soon as the owner
gets over here.

1062
00:39:12,684 --> 00:39:14,185
In that case,
I'd better eat now.

1063
00:39:14,185 --> 00:39:16,588
Uh-uh! You cut along
with that consommé.

1064
00:39:16,655 --> 00:39:17,889
There you are.

1065
00:39:18,957 --> 00:39:20,123
Which horse?

1066
00:39:20,125 --> 00:39:22,458
Vital Spark in the
Alexandra Plate.

1067
00:39:22,460 --> 00:39:24,460
MAJOR: I rather
saw it coming.

1068
00:39:24,462 --> 00:39:25,962
Kath! Look what
you're doing!

1069
00:39:25,964 --> 00:39:26,963
I'm sorry.

1070
00:39:26,965 --> 00:39:28,166
No time for daydreaming

1071
00:39:28,166 --> 00:39:29,534
if you want to be
best cook in England.

1072
00:39:29,534 --> 00:39:30,702
No, ma'am.
Sorry, ma'am.

1073
00:39:30,702 --> 00:39:32,504
Mrs. Cochrane,
let's get that sturgeon out.

1074
00:39:32,504 --> 00:39:33,304
Right.

1075
00:39:46,418 --> 00:39:47,984
Oh!

1076
00:39:47,986 --> 00:39:49,585
Phillida,
how very original

1077
00:39:49,587 --> 00:39:51,320
to serve
unhulled strawberries.

1078
00:39:51,322 --> 00:39:52,922
Myself,
I find it

1079
00:39:52,924 --> 00:39:53,990
a shade
perverse.

1080
00:39:53,992 --> 00:39:55,825
Oh, but it's
all the rage.

1081
00:39:55,827 --> 00:39:57,160
A l'anglaise?

1082
00:39:57,162 --> 00:39:58,360
I daresay.

1083
00:39:58,362 --> 00:40:00,362
With individual bowls

1084
00:40:00,364 --> 00:40:01,864
of cream
and sugar,

1085
00:40:01,866 --> 00:40:03,666
- isn't that so?
- Yes.

1086
00:40:03,668 --> 00:40:05,634
MAN: Invented
by Samuel Smiles...

1087
00:40:05,636 --> 00:40:08,004
self-help,
don't you know?

1088
00:40:08,006 --> 00:40:10,506
Why, Aubrey,
what a wag you are!

1089
00:40:10,508 --> 00:40:12,041
Very droll.

1090
00:40:12,043 --> 00:40:13,943
AUBREY: One tries.

1091
00:40:20,518 --> 00:40:22,518
How's it going
in there?

1092
00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:25,521
Reasonably jolly,
I gather...for a morgue.

1093
00:40:25,523 --> 00:40:27,690
For a dinner party,
less so.

1094
00:40:27,692 --> 00:40:30,026
Should I go
and sort them out?

1095
00:40:30,028 --> 00:40:32,428
For once,
I think perhaps not.

1096
00:40:33,698 --> 00:40:35,631
Well, perhaps you're right.

1097
00:40:37,535 --> 00:40:39,035
You see now

1098
00:40:39,037 --> 00:40:41,037
how the hulls come in
handy, Mrs. Ross.

1099
00:40:41,039 --> 00:40:42,205
Yes, thank you.

1100
00:40:42,207 --> 00:40:43,706
I do grasp
the idea.

1101
00:40:43,708 --> 00:40:45,374
Don't grasp
the idea.

1102
00:40:45,376 --> 00:40:47,043
Grasp the hulls,
what?

1103
00:40:47,045 --> 00:40:48,211
What?

1104
00:40:48,213 --> 00:40:49,545
Joke.

1105
00:40:49,547 --> 00:40:50,713
Oh.

1106
00:40:50,715 --> 00:40:52,081
Oh!

1107
00:40:52,083 --> 00:40:53,549
Ha ha ha!

1108
00:40:53,551 --> 00:40:55,551
AUBREY: Well, it
wasn't that funny.

1109
00:40:55,553 --> 00:40:56,719
No.

1110
00:40:56,721 --> 00:40:57,820
No.

1111
00:40:57,822 --> 00:41:00,056
AUBREY: How was
the racing?

1112
00:41:00,058 --> 00:41:01,490
Oh, I'm sorry?

1113
00:41:01,492 --> 00:41:02,992
Aubrey was
asking

1114
00:41:02,994 --> 00:41:04,493
about
today's racing.

1115
00:41:04,495 --> 00:41:05,862
How was it?

1116
00:41:05,864 --> 00:41:07,029
It was interesting.

1117
00:41:07,031 --> 00:41:08,164
Yes.

1118
00:41:08,166 --> 00:41:10,166
Mrs. Ross: I'd say
interesting was the word.

1119
00:41:10,168 --> 00:41:11,300
AUBREY: Good.

1120
00:41:12,904 --> 00:41:14,904
WOMAN: At least
the weather was lovely,

1121
00:41:14,906 --> 00:41:16,005
apart from the wind.

1122
00:41:16,007 --> 00:41:17,240
AUBREY: That's good.

1123
00:41:17,242 --> 00:41:19,308
And there were
some amazing hats.

1124
00:41:19,310 --> 00:41:20,843
MRS. ROSS:
Truly amazing.

1125
00:41:20,845 --> 00:41:22,711
Jolly good!

1126
00:41:22,713 --> 00:41:23,880
Excuse me,

1127
00:41:23,882 --> 00:41:25,181
but Charlie
and Sidney Ross

1128
00:41:25,183 --> 00:41:27,016
are wanted on
urgent business.

1129
00:41:27,018 --> 00:41:28,184
Extraordinary!

1130
00:41:28,186 --> 00:41:29,952
I'm sure
we'll excuse them.

1131
00:41:29,954 --> 00:41:31,187
MRS. ROSS:
Why, yes.

1132
00:41:31,189 --> 00:41:32,121
Of course.

1133
00:41:34,525 --> 00:41:37,193
JOHNNIE: Have you been
following the Lemoine case?

1134
00:41:37,195 --> 00:41:38,527
PHILLIDA: In Paris?

1135
00:41:38,529 --> 00:41:40,029
AUBREY: Can't say I have.

1136
00:41:40,031 --> 00:41:41,230
WOMAN: Do tell.

1137
00:41:41,232 --> 00:41:42,231
Well, apparently

1138
00:41:42,233 --> 00:41:43,399
this fellow took
60,000 pounds

1139
00:41:43,401 --> 00:41:44,566
off some South African
businessman

1140
00:41:44,568 --> 00:41:45,734
for a process
for making diamonds

1141
00:41:45,736 --> 00:41:47,236
out of chemicals...

1142
00:41:47,238 --> 00:41:49,405
a feat which
he performed naked.

1143
00:41:49,407 --> 00:41:50,706
PHILLIDA:
On 2 occasions.

1144
00:41:50,708 --> 00:41:51,874
What a perfect scream!

1145
00:41:51,876 --> 00:41:53,042
Needless to say,

1146
00:41:53,044 --> 00:41:54,210
the formula
didn't work

1147
00:41:54,212 --> 00:41:55,878
for anyone else,
but by the time

1148
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:56,381
that was
discovered,

1149
00:41:56,381 --> 00:41:57,315
he had fled
the country.

1150
00:41:57,315 --> 00:42:00,116
AUBREY: I say!

1151
00:42:01,620 --> 00:42:03,620
There were perfectly good
stewards at the meeting.

1152
00:42:03,622 --> 00:42:05,121
They didn't have
the information

1153
00:42:05,123 --> 00:42:06,623
I have since acquired.

1154
00:42:06,625 --> 00:42:08,124
You must have had
a very big bet

1155
00:42:08,126 --> 00:42:09,492
to be so diligent.

1156
00:42:09,494 --> 00:42:10,994
Let's not impugn
anyone's motives,

1157
00:42:10,996 --> 00:42:12,194
Mr. Elleston.

1158
00:42:12,196 --> 00:42:14,497
I have been accused
of the basest possible conduct.

1159
00:42:14,499 --> 00:42:15,999
CHARLIE: But you
welcome the chance

1160
00:42:16,001 --> 00:42:17,500
to come here
and refute it.

1161
00:42:17,502 --> 00:42:18,668
Given the alternative.

1162
00:42:18,670 --> 00:42:20,169
Yes. Well, let's
get on and do

1163
00:42:20,171 --> 00:42:21,105
as was agreed,
gentlemen.

1164
00:42:21,172 --> 00:42:23,172
Thank you.

1165
00:42:23,174 --> 00:42:24,507
Do you
yourself think

1166
00:42:24,509 --> 00:42:26,175
that Vital Spark's
performance

1167
00:42:26,177 --> 00:42:27,610
came up
to expectations?

1168
00:42:27,612 --> 00:42:29,078
No.

1169
00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:30,579
As a result of which,

1170
00:42:30,581 --> 00:42:32,448
his odds for Goodwood
have lengthened.

1171
00:42:32,450 --> 00:42:33,449
Possibly.

1172
00:42:33,451 --> 00:42:34,450
It's an established fact.

1173
00:42:34,452 --> 00:42:35,618
The bookies are
offering 12-1.

1174
00:42:35,620 --> 00:42:37,020
CHARLIE: But you deny
any connection

1175
00:42:37,022 --> 00:42:38,021
between the 2 things.

1176
00:42:38,023 --> 00:42:39,055
Absolutely.

1177
00:42:39,057 --> 00:42:41,192
How do you account for the
horse's poor showing today?

1178
00:42:42,193 --> 00:42:44,527
Racehorses are not machines,
you know, Major.

1179
00:42:44,529 --> 00:42:45,695
Mr. Elleston,

1180
00:42:45,697 --> 00:42:46,863
that is
a distinction

1181
00:42:46,865 --> 00:42:48,031
I made before
you were born

1182
00:42:48,033 --> 00:42:49,365
or thought of.

1183
00:42:49,367 --> 00:42:50,700
Yes. I'm sorry, Major.

1184
00:42:50,702 --> 00:42:52,035
To answer
the question...

1185
00:42:52,037 --> 00:42:54,537
I think Brenton called
on him too soon.

1186
00:42:54,539 --> 00:42:56,039
You blame the jockey?

1187
00:42:56,041 --> 00:42:57,439
Perhaps we should
have him here.

1188
00:42:57,441 --> 00:42:59,441
Uh, no. No.
He rode to orders.

1189
00:42:59,443 --> 00:43:01,878
We were worried
about Torpoint all along,

1190
00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:03,880
and Brenton's orders were
to get ahead of him

1191
00:43:03,882 --> 00:43:04,981
the moment he could.

1192
00:43:04,983 --> 00:43:05,350
Which he did,

1193
00:43:05,350 --> 00:43:06,884
and then led the race
for the first 6 furlongs.

1194
00:43:06,884 --> 00:43:08,586
Which I hadn't
allowed for.

1195
00:43:08,820 --> 00:43:11,622
Vital Spark is a horse
that loves to race.

1196
00:43:11,690 --> 00:43:13,189
Only he had no one
to race against

1197
00:43:13,191 --> 00:43:14,557
once he took the lead.

1198
00:43:14,559 --> 00:43:16,559
MAJOR: Is that
what you're saying?

1199
00:43:16,561 --> 00:43:18,061
Well, he certainly seemed
to have lost interest

1200
00:43:18,063 --> 00:43:20,063
by the time
he was challenged.

1201
00:43:20,065 --> 00:43:21,998
Brenton simply couldn't
pull him together.

1202
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:23,733
It was bad judgment,
if you like.

1203
00:43:23,735 --> 00:43:24,934
That's hindsight.

1204
00:43:24,936 --> 00:43:26,435
But to say I deliberately
tried to influence

1205
00:43:26,437 --> 00:43:27,937
the course of a race!

1206
00:43:27,939 --> 00:43:31,174
If you only knew how much
I needed that prize money.

1207
00:43:31,176 --> 00:43:32,474
I do.

1208
00:43:32,476 --> 00:43:33,642
Don't make
too much of it.

1209
00:43:33,644 --> 00:43:36,012
No. I mean,
I've been living

1210
00:43:36,014 --> 00:43:37,914
from hand to mouth
for years, you know.

1211
00:43:37,916 --> 00:43:39,415
Mr. Ross' point is

1212
00:43:39,417 --> 00:43:40,917
that you now stand
to win a fortune

1213
00:43:40,919 --> 00:43:43,086
if Vital Spark wins
at Goodwood.

1214
00:43:43,088 --> 00:43:46,089
Major, I might just be
that farsighted.

1215
00:43:46,091 --> 00:43:49,625
Unfortunately,
my creditors aren't.

1216
00:43:49,627 --> 00:43:52,095
Ha ha ha!

1217
00:43:52,097 --> 00:43:53,262
The kidneys
and the kedgeree

1218
00:43:53,264 --> 00:43:54,430
only need to be
warmed through

1219
00:43:54,432 --> 00:43:55,598
and put in
the chafing dish

1220
00:43:55,600 --> 00:43:56,766
along the sideboard.

1221
00:43:57,402 --> 00:43:59,570
There's eggs and bacon,
toast, tea, and coffee.

1222
00:43:59,637 --> 00:44:00,269
You can manage that,
can't you?

1223
00:44:00,271 --> 00:44:01,370
I reckon so.

1224
00:44:01,372 --> 00:44:02,872
Then Bob's
your uncle.

1225
00:44:02,874 --> 00:44:05,307
STERLING:
Here, leave a few!

1226
00:44:05,309 --> 00:44:06,475
How's the party?

1227
00:44:06,477 --> 00:44:08,477
Well, there's 2 parties,
isn't there?

1228
00:44:08,479 --> 00:44:09,478
What, still?

1229
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:10,980
MRS. COCHRANE:
How much longer?

1230
00:44:10,982 --> 00:44:12,481
Mum.

1231
00:44:12,483 --> 00:44:13,983
What is it?

1232
00:44:13,985 --> 00:44:17,319
This isn't going to mean
trouble for Fred, is it?

1233
00:44:17,321 --> 00:44:18,487
Fred?

1234
00:44:18,489 --> 00:44:19,655
My brother.

1235
00:44:19,657 --> 00:44:20,990
Well,
why should it?

1236
00:44:20,992 --> 00:44:22,458
I don't know.

1237
00:44:22,460 --> 00:44:23,993
He's a lad, see,

1238
00:44:23,995 --> 00:44:27,296
at the racing stables
where Vital Spark's trained.

1239
00:44:27,298 --> 00:44:29,498
Not that I've gambled,
so to speak of,

1240
00:44:29,500 --> 00:44:31,500
but he gives me a tip
now and then

1241
00:44:31,502 --> 00:44:33,335
when he's onto
something good.

1242
00:44:33,337 --> 00:44:35,738
Well, last week
he wrote me a letter.

1243
00:44:35,740 --> 00:44:37,140
What letter?

1244
00:44:37,142 --> 00:44:39,508
To say to save my money
on Vital Spark today

1245
00:44:39,510 --> 00:44:42,011
and have a real good go
on him at Goodwood

1246
00:44:42,013 --> 00:44:44,480
and to keep it to myself
so it don't spoil the odds.

1247
00:44:44,482 --> 00:44:46,282
Where is it,
this letter?

1248
00:44:46,284 --> 00:44:48,684
I don't want to get him
into trouble.

1249
00:44:48,686 --> 00:44:50,686
Nor me, and I don't want
a pal of mine

1250
00:44:50,688 --> 00:44:52,023
to get into trouble,
neither.

1251
00:44:52,023 --> 00:44:54,791
Now, you go and get it.
There's a good girl.

1252
00:45:01,465 --> 00:45:04,466
Not my favorite dish,
humble pie,

1253
00:45:04,468 --> 00:45:07,636
but I owe you
an unqualified apology.

1254
00:45:07,638 --> 00:45:09,471
Think no more of it.

1255
00:45:09,473 --> 00:45:11,473
It's jolly decent
of you, Desmond,

1256
00:45:11,475 --> 00:45:12,975
to take it like this.

1257
00:45:12,977 --> 00:45:15,012
I'm glad that we could
settle it among ourselves.

1258
00:45:15,079 --> 00:45:16,581
I'd say this calls
for a drink.

1259
00:45:16,581 --> 00:45:18,115
I really think we ought
to get back to the others.

1260
00:45:18,482 --> 00:45:19,982
I'll just have a quick
drink with Desmond

1261
00:45:19,984 --> 00:45:21,483
and the major
and then join you.

1262
00:45:21,485 --> 00:45:23,152
Very well.
Elleston.

1263
00:45:23,154 --> 00:45:24,153
Ross.

1264
00:45:24,155 --> 00:45:25,154
Major.

1265
00:45:25,156 --> 00:45:27,156
I ought to be
getting back, too.

1266
00:45:27,158 --> 00:45:28,657
I'll shield you
from Louisa's wrath.

1267
00:45:28,659 --> 00:45:30,259
Never fear.

1268
00:45:32,831 --> 00:45:34,330
Mrs. Trotter.

1269
00:45:36,334 --> 00:45:37,900
Over, is it?

1270
00:45:37,902 --> 00:45:40,402
Yes, and you
saved me

1271
00:45:40,404 --> 00:45:42,004
from making
a fool of myself.

1272
00:45:42,006 --> 00:45:44,006
I'm very grateful.

1273
00:45:44,008 --> 00:45:46,008
Oh. That's
handsome of you.

1274
00:45:46,010 --> 00:45:47,509
And I'm sure
Mr. Elleston

1275
00:45:47,511 --> 00:45:49,178
will want
to thank you, too.

1276
00:45:49,180 --> 00:45:50,179
Good night.

1277
00:45:56,187 --> 00:45:58,687
CHARLIE: Louisa,
can I introduce you

1278
00:45:58,689 --> 00:46:00,189
to Mr. Desmond Elleston?

1279
00:46:00,191 --> 00:46:01,657
Mrs. Trotter.

1280
00:46:01,659 --> 00:46:02,859
Delighted.

1281
00:46:02,861 --> 00:46:05,361
CHARLIE: Well, you not
only redeemed our stay,

1282
00:46:05,363 --> 00:46:07,363
you saved us from
a thumping scandal.

1283
00:46:07,365 --> 00:46:08,865
I did, didn't I?

1284
00:46:08,867 --> 00:46:10,867
Major, perhaps
you'd load the bus,

1285
00:46:10,869 --> 00:46:12,969
if you wouldn't mind.

1286
00:46:12,971 --> 00:46:14,971
Uh...
Right away.

1287
00:46:14,973 --> 00:46:16,973
Charlie.
Elleston.

1288
00:46:16,975 --> 00:46:18,474
ELLESTON: Major.

1289
00:46:18,476 --> 00:46:21,043
CHARLIE: Night, old boy.

1290
00:46:21,045 --> 00:46:22,544
Charming fellow.
Yes.

1291
00:46:22,546 --> 00:46:24,480
Shame you had to
pack him off like that.

1292
00:46:24,482 --> 00:46:26,482
Well, I'll get him back,
shall I?

1293
00:46:26,484 --> 00:46:28,150
Him and anyone else
you want to know

1294
00:46:28,152 --> 00:46:29,986
about your pal here
being a crook.

1295
00:46:29,988 --> 00:46:31,420
My dear Mrs. Tro...

1296
00:46:31,422 --> 00:46:33,155
Now, don't you try
and soft-talk me!

1297
00:46:33,157 --> 00:46:35,824
I've got a letter proves exactly
what you planned to do

1298
00:46:35,826 --> 00:46:37,493
and that
the whole stables knew.

1299
00:46:37,495 --> 00:46:38,861
I don't believe it.

1300
00:46:38,863 --> 00:46:41,297
You will if I give it
to Mr. Ross to print.

1301
00:46:41,299 --> 00:46:43,366
What have I ever
done to you?

1302
00:46:43,368 --> 00:46:46,369
Nothing, but you took
a lot of little people

1303
00:46:46,371 --> 00:46:49,505
this afternoon, and I don't
hold with that.

1304
00:46:49,507 --> 00:46:51,507
Can't make you
pay them back,

1305
00:46:51,509 --> 00:46:54,877
but I can see you don't
profit by it no more.

1306
00:46:54,879 --> 00:46:57,380
If it wasn't that it'd make
Lord Haslemere here look a fool

1307
00:46:57,382 --> 00:46:59,882
and upset the Farjeons, I'd give
Mr. Ross that letter now.

1308
00:46:59,884 --> 00:47:02,318
As it is, you run
Vital Spark at Goodwood,

1309
00:47:02,320 --> 00:47:04,120
and I swear I will.

1310
00:47:04,122 --> 00:47:05,221
You're bluffing.

1311
00:47:05,223 --> 00:47:06,622
Call it.

1312
00:47:06,624 --> 00:47:08,891
You realize
I shall go bankrupt.

1313
00:47:08,893 --> 00:47:11,060
That could be the least
of your worries.

1314
00:47:11,062 --> 00:47:12,962
Be drummed out society
the other way.

1315
00:47:12,964 --> 00:47:14,630
You'll never get
back, neither.

1316
00:47:14,632 --> 00:47:16,465
Louisa, what on earth
is this all about?

1317
00:47:16,467 --> 00:47:17,633
It isn't true, Desmond?

1318
00:47:17,635 --> 00:47:19,135
Oh, Charlie!

1319
00:47:19,137 --> 00:47:21,637
If you hadn't made
such a song and dance

1320
00:47:21,639 --> 00:47:24,140
about the whole thing,
it would have blown over.

1321
00:47:24,142 --> 00:47:25,707
Of course it's true,

1322
00:47:25,709 --> 00:47:28,710
and I'm finished,
thanks to you...

1323
00:47:28,712 --> 00:47:31,647
And Medusa here.

1324
00:47:39,757 --> 00:47:43,159
I'd have gone on oath
that that man...

1325
00:47:43,161 --> 00:47:44,593
Yeah. Well...

1326
00:47:46,164 --> 00:47:48,664
That's what keeps us
together, isn't it...

1327
00:47:48,666 --> 00:47:50,666
both of us being
such rotten judges

1328
00:47:50,668 --> 00:47:52,501
of character?

1329
00:47:52,503 --> 00:47:54,503
I don't know.

1330
00:47:54,505 --> 00:47:56,505
I just don't know.

1331
00:47:57,876 --> 00:47:58,997
Bear up.

1332
00:47:59,277 --> 00:48:01,946
Someday one of our geese is
going to turn out to be a swan.

1333
00:48:01,946 --> 00:48:04,048
It's bound to...
law of averages.

1334
00:48:12,823 --> 00:48:14,290
I was just coming
to say good-bye

1335
00:48:14,292 --> 00:48:15,960
and thank you.

1336
00:48:16,594 --> 00:48:17,126
That's all right.

1337
00:48:17,128 --> 00:48:18,627
I won't say
the evening didn't have

1338
00:48:18,629 --> 00:48:20,129
its sticky moments,

1339
00:48:20,131 --> 00:48:21,630
but the meal
was delicious,

1340
00:48:21,632 --> 00:48:23,966
and Ross tells me
you averted a scandal.

1341
00:48:23,968 --> 00:48:25,468
Yeah.
I did, didn't I?

1342
00:48:25,470 --> 00:48:26,702
I'm very grateful.

1343
00:48:26,704 --> 00:48:28,704
My wife would be here,
too, but we have been

1344
00:48:28,706 --> 00:48:30,706
playing truant rather
a lot this evening.

1345
00:48:30,708 --> 00:48:31,375
Yeah. I know.

1346
00:48:31,375 --> 00:48:32,910
In fact, I must go
and rout out Charlie.

1347
00:48:32,910 --> 00:48:35,980
Yeah, well, I'd give him
a minute if I was you.

1348
00:48:36,747 --> 00:48:39,250
The fact is,
he got it all wrong.

1349
00:48:39,984 --> 00:48:41,484
Oh, my God.

1350
00:48:41,486 --> 00:48:43,986
I'm only telling you
'cause he's going to feel it.

1351
00:48:43,988 --> 00:48:46,489
But don't worry.
It's all sorted out now.

1352
00:48:46,491 --> 00:48:49,492
No need for anyone but you
and me and him to know.

1353
00:48:49,494 --> 00:48:51,994
Thank you again.

1354
00:48:51,996 --> 00:48:54,930
Give me regards
to Lady Farjeon.

1355
00:49:07,978 --> 00:49:10,446
MAJOR: Yes. Well,
I think that's all.

1356
00:49:10,448 --> 00:49:12,048
Thank you
for your help.

1357
00:49:12,050 --> 00:49:14,116
Let's get out
of here, my lot.

1358
00:49:14,118 --> 00:49:16,118
JENNETT:
Good-bye, Mrs. Cochrane.

1359
00:49:16,120 --> 00:49:17,453
Thanks ever so much.

1360
00:49:17,455 --> 00:49:18,787
Good-bye, Major.

1361
00:49:18,789 --> 00:49:20,789
Well, I won't say
it's been fun,

1362
00:49:20,791 --> 00:49:22,624
but we've had
our moments.

1363
00:49:22,626 --> 00:49:24,626
Hope you ain't
ruined your hands,

1364
00:49:24,628 --> 00:49:25,627
Miss Jennett.

1365
00:49:25,629 --> 00:49:26,962
Oh, they'll
recover.

1366
00:49:26,964 --> 00:49:27,963
Ta-ta, Wilson.

1367
00:49:27,965 --> 00:49:29,965
You'd make
a first-rate footman

1368
00:49:29,967 --> 00:49:31,967
if you didn't
stamp about so.

1369
00:49:31,969 --> 00:49:33,635
Best regards,
Mr. Sterling.

1370
00:49:33,637 --> 00:49:34,970
Mutual, Mrs. Trotter.

1371
00:49:34,972 --> 00:49:37,306
Well, we'd better
get on upstairs.

1372
00:49:37,308 --> 00:49:38,407
Good-bye.

1373
00:49:38,409 --> 00:49:39,741
Ta-ta.

1374
00:49:44,982 --> 00:49:46,982
Here, Kath.

1375
00:49:46,984 --> 00:49:48,484
I don't poach,

1376
00:49:48,486 --> 00:49:50,486
but you should
ever fancy chancing

1377
00:49:50,488 --> 00:49:52,754
your arm in London,
you look me up, eh?

1378
00:49:52,756 --> 00:49:54,256
Bentinck Hotel,

1379
00:49:54,258 --> 00:49:55,757
Duke Street,
St. James'.

1380
00:49:55,759 --> 00:49:57,759
Thank you, mum.
Thanks ever so much.

1381
00:49:57,761 --> 00:49:59,261
Don't let it go
to your head

1382
00:49:59,263 --> 00:50:00,963
and spoil breakfast,
will you?

1383
00:50:00,965 --> 00:50:02,465
No, ma'am.

1384
00:50:02,467 --> 00:50:04,467
And, uh,
I'd burn that

1385
00:50:04,469 --> 00:50:06,469
if I was you.

1386
00:50:06,471 --> 00:50:09,472
Mind how you go!