1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org 2 00:00:24,316 --> 00:00:26,985 Hurry up. We're late. 3 00:01:51,945 --> 00:01:53,405 Mr. Gilbert? 4 00:01:53,447 --> 00:01:54,615 Yes. Good morning. 5 00:01:54,656 --> 00:01:56,742 We thought you might have caught the earlier train, sir. 6 00:01:56,783 --> 00:01:58,660 Yes, well, I did, but it was late, 7 00:01:58,702 --> 00:02:00,370 and getting a taxi wasn't easy. 8 00:02:00,412 --> 00:02:01,496 Allow me. 9 00:02:05,209 --> 00:02:07,294 The Historic Hall. 10 00:02:07,336 --> 00:02:10,005 Built, 1550. 11 00:02:10,047 --> 00:02:13,509 Destroyed by fire, rebuilt 1732. 12 00:02:13,550 --> 00:02:16,345 Restored, 1874. 13 00:02:16,386 --> 00:02:18,722 It's very beautiful. 14 00:02:25,395 --> 00:02:27,022 Great Chapel. 15 00:02:27,064 --> 00:02:28,106 Built in the year 13... 16 00:02:28,148 --> 00:02:29,358 Sorry. 17 00:02:31,568 --> 00:02:33,820 Wilson, you're late. 18 00:02:33,862 --> 00:02:35,364 Yeah, but I'm not really late. 19 00:02:35,405 --> 00:02:37,241 I don't care. Three minutes late, Wilson. 20 00:02:37,282 --> 00:02:38,367 Cromwell's. 21 00:02:38,408 --> 00:02:39,451 Write it down tomorrow? 22 00:02:39,493 --> 00:02:40,452 Today. 23 00:02:40,494 --> 00:02:42,621 Any boy late for the morning prayers 24 00:02:42,663 --> 00:02:43,789 is given Cromwell's, 25 00:02:43,830 --> 00:02:46,124 which is the word here for punishment. 26 00:02:46,166 --> 00:02:47,334 Why? 27 00:02:47,376 --> 00:02:49,545 If you ask me why it's called "Cromwell's," 28 00:02:49,586 --> 00:02:51,380 I'll say, "'Y' is a crooked letter 29 00:02:51,421 --> 00:02:52,631 and you can't make it straight." 30 00:02:52,673 --> 00:02:53,715 - Quite. - Don't worry, sir. 31 00:02:53,757 --> 00:02:54,883 You'll soon get the hang of it. 32 00:02:56,009 --> 00:02:58,637 Mr. Gilbert, new master for next term. 33 00:02:58,679 --> 00:03:00,180 Show him in, please. 34 00:03:05,978 --> 00:03:07,062 Mr. Foster. 35 00:03:07,104 --> 00:03:09,898 Trouble with the alarm clock again, sir? 36 00:03:14,695 --> 00:03:16,363 Morning, boys. 37 00:03:16,405 --> 00:03:18,699 Morning, sir. 38 00:03:18,740 --> 00:03:20,534 Announcements. 39 00:03:20,576 --> 00:03:24,329 The interhouse boat race was won by Ironsides. 40 00:03:26,290 --> 00:03:27,749 And we have to thank, 41 00:03:27,791 --> 00:03:30,252 for the excellent organization, Mr. Hunter. 42 00:03:30,294 --> 00:03:33,005 Tomorrow, 2:00 PM, cricket match. 43 00:03:33,046 --> 00:03:37,342 Scarffenel boys versus School First-11. 44 00:03:37,384 --> 00:03:39,303 And tomorrow evening at 8:30 PM, 45 00:03:39,344 --> 00:03:43,599 concert by Small Choir from the library steps. 46 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:45,601 Now, Prize Giving on Friday 47 00:03:45,642 --> 00:03:47,853 will be the earlier time of 9:00 AM. 48 00:03:47,895 --> 00:03:49,730 This is to enable Mr. Fletcher 49 00:03:49,771 --> 00:03:53,108 to reach London in order to join the NCC squad 50 00:03:53,150 --> 00:03:54,526 in preparation for their match 51 00:03:54,568 --> 00:03:56,069 against the Australians at Lords. 52 00:04:03,493 --> 00:04:04,494 Now, now, now, now, now. 53 00:04:04,536 --> 00:04:06,330 There's no need, no... to get overexcited. 54 00:04:06,371 --> 00:04:07,831 There'll be tears before bedtime. 55 00:04:08,031 --> 00:04:08,832 Right. 56 00:04:08,874 --> 00:04:09,833 Now, as you know, 57 00:04:09,875 --> 00:04:11,043 Mr. Fletcher is giving up teaching 58 00:04:11,084 --> 00:04:12,836 to become a professional cricketer. 59 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:14,671 Now, I'm sure you want to wish him well 60 00:04:14,713 --> 00:04:16,256 for the future at Prize Giving. 61 00:04:16,298 --> 00:04:20,761 Now, you'll also want to show your appreciation 62 00:04:20,802 --> 00:04:23,680 to Mr. Crocker-Harris on Friday. 63 00:04:23,722 --> 00:04:25,140 Mr. Crocker-Harris 64 00:04:25,182 --> 00:04:27,768 is resigning because of ill health. 65 00:04:27,809 --> 00:04:30,354 He's been with us for 18 years. 66 00:04:30,395 --> 00:04:34,441 He's taking up less arduous duties at another school, 67 00:04:34,483 --> 00:04:38,779 and I'm sure we're all very, very sorry to lose him. 68 00:04:40,364 --> 00:04:41,532 And of course, we'll be sorry 69 00:04:41,573 --> 00:04:43,242 to lose his wife, also. 70 00:04:43,283 --> 00:04:45,827 She's been with us for 15 of those 18 years, 71 00:04:45,869 --> 00:04:49,331 and, uh, she's endeared herself to us all so much. 72 00:04:49,373 --> 00:04:53,877 Now, hymn number 555, 73 00:04:53,919 --> 00:04:56,338 "Lead Us Heavenly Father, Lead Us." 74 00:05:06,557 --> 00:05:09,184 Who do you think's the best left-arm baller in the country? 75 00:05:09,226 --> 00:05:10,310 - You are! - You are! 76 00:05:10,352 --> 00:05:11,520 Oh, no, really, come on. 77 00:05:11,562 --> 00:05:12,938 Don't be ridiculous, come on. 78 00:05:12,980 --> 00:05:16,191 Move. Make way for Mr. Harris. 79 00:05:17,526 --> 00:05:18,485 I'll do it on the back. 80 00:05:18,527 --> 00:05:19,528 Where would you like it? 81 00:05:19,570 --> 00:05:20,737 Just over there? All right. 82 00:05:20,779 --> 00:05:22,573 Come on, sir, it's the end of term, sir. 83 00:05:22,614 --> 00:05:23,657 Oh, yes, sir. 84 00:05:23,699 --> 00:05:24,658 - Please, sir. - You promised. 85 00:05:24,700 --> 00:05:25,659 I never promised. 86 00:05:25,701 --> 00:05:27,578 I never make promises to juvenile delinquents. 87 00:05:27,619 --> 00:05:28,579 You did, sir. 88 00:05:28,620 --> 00:05:30,747 You just want to see me blow myself up, 89 00:05:30,789 --> 00:05:32,708 don't you, you little monsters? 90 00:05:34,293 --> 00:05:35,294 Frank. 91 00:05:35,335 --> 00:05:36,295 No. 92 00:05:36,336 --> 00:05:37,796 Excuse me, Frank. Good morning. 93 00:05:37,838 --> 00:05:40,549 I still need the details of your classes for next term. 94 00:05:40,591 --> 00:05:42,885 Oh, right, uh, sorry, Andrew. 95 00:05:42,968 --> 00:05:45,846 Um, could I get them to you today? 96 00:05:45,888 --> 00:05:47,472 I'd be obliged. 97 00:05:47,514 --> 00:05:49,892 Just the final piece of the jigsaw as it were. 98 00:05:49,933 --> 00:05:51,894 Would 12:00 at my house be convenient? 99 00:05:53,437 --> 00:05:54,980 All right, listen. 100 00:05:55,022 --> 00:05:58,066 One more experiment, but if you let anybody know, 101 00:05:58,108 --> 00:05:59,693 I'll have your heads, you understand? 102 00:05:59,735 --> 00:06:01,069 - Yeah! - All right. 103 00:06:01,111 --> 00:06:02,821 - You're like policemen. - Sorry? 104 00:06:02,863 --> 00:06:04,615 You get younger and younger. 105 00:06:04,656 --> 00:06:06,033 Laura Crocker-Harris. 106 00:06:06,074 --> 00:06:07,242 Tom Gilbert. 107 00:06:07,284 --> 00:06:08,619 I'm taking over from your husband. 108 00:06:08,660 --> 00:06:09,953 I know, you're going to be head 109 00:06:09,995 --> 00:06:11,330 of the new language department. 110 00:06:11,371 --> 00:06:15,167 Andrew, my husband, was only head of classical languages. 111 00:06:15,209 --> 00:06:16,251 Um, could you do me a favor? 112 00:06:16,293 --> 00:06:17,336 Of course. 113 00:06:17,377 --> 00:06:19,922 Could you point to me Mr. Frank Hunter? 114 00:06:19,963 --> 00:06:22,049 I'll do better than that. Follow me. 115 00:06:22,090 --> 00:06:23,050 Laura. 116 00:06:23,133 --> 00:06:24,635 Diana. 117 00:06:24,676 --> 00:06:26,220 Are we still going into town? 118 00:06:26,261 --> 00:06:28,680 Uh, darling, I'll be right back. 119 00:06:30,224 --> 00:06:31,058 Ah, Laura. 120 00:06:31,099 --> 00:06:32,809 I'm going to miss 121 00:06:32,851 --> 00:06:34,436 your regular attendance in morning prayers. 122 00:06:34,478 --> 00:06:35,521 Well, thank you, Headmaster. 123 00:06:35,562 --> 00:06:36,522 I shall miss it, too. 124 00:06:36,563 --> 00:06:37,814 It's a nice way to start the day. 125 00:06:37,856 --> 00:06:40,734 And the library won't be the same without you. 126 00:06:40,776 --> 00:06:41,735 Well, well, well. 127 00:06:41,777 --> 00:06:43,529 Tell me, how is Andrew taking all this? 128 00:06:43,570 --> 00:06:44,530 Well, I hope. 129 00:06:44,571 --> 00:06:46,281 Yes, thank you, Headmaster. 130 00:06:46,323 --> 00:06:47,699 He's, um, bearing up. 131 00:06:47,741 --> 00:06:48,534 That's sad. Very sad. 132 00:06:48,575 --> 00:06:49,743 Hey, Taplow, did you get 133 00:06:49,785 --> 00:06:50,869 your switch to science? 134 00:06:50,994 --> 00:06:52,538 I don't know. I'm just going to ask. 135 00:06:53,580 --> 00:06:54,873 You work in the library? 136 00:06:54,998 --> 00:06:56,166 Oh, just two days a week. 137 00:06:56,208 --> 00:06:57,376 Now, I have to seat parents. 138 00:06:57,417 --> 00:06:59,127 I'd like you supervise the sound system. 139 00:06:59,169 --> 00:07:01,255 - All right. - We need about 20 Tannoys and... 140 00:07:01,296 --> 00:07:02,673 Good morning, Laura. 141 00:07:04,007 --> 00:07:05,551 Hello, Laura. 142 00:07:05,592 --> 00:07:07,094 Excuse me for interrupting. 143 00:07:07,135 --> 00:07:09,429 This is, uh, Keith Rafferty, head of sciences... 144 00:07:09,471 --> 00:07:11,473 frightfully important... and Frank Hunter. 145 00:07:11,515 --> 00:07:14,351 Tom Gilbert. Andrew's successor. 146 00:07:14,393 --> 00:07:15,227 Hello. Hello. 147 00:07:15,269 --> 00:07:16,270 Hello, the headmaster 148 00:07:16,311 --> 00:07:17,813 asked me to show you to your room. 149 00:07:17,938 --> 00:07:19,147 If you don't mind. 150 00:07:19,189 --> 00:07:20,274 No, not at all. 151 00:07:20,315 --> 00:07:22,276 I hear you did a bit of rowing up at Oxford. 152 00:07:22,317 --> 00:07:24,111 Oh, God, another sportsman. 153 00:07:24,152 --> 00:07:25,696 The head loves them on the staff. 154 00:07:25,737 --> 00:07:27,573 I'm waiting to see who wins Wimbledon. 155 00:07:27,614 --> 00:07:29,658 We'll need somebody to take over from Frank in chemistry 156 00:07:29,700 --> 00:07:30,993 when he goes back to the colonies. 157 00:07:31,034 --> 00:07:34,454 Well, we must keep our bodies in shape, mustn't we? 158 00:07:35,622 --> 00:07:36,665 Sir. 159 00:07:37,416 --> 00:07:38,375 Um, I was wondering 160 00:07:38,417 --> 00:07:39,877 if I could have a word with you. 161 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:40,961 Certainly not. 162 00:07:41,003 --> 00:07:42,004 The bell's gone, it's too late. 163 00:07:42,045 --> 00:07:43,172 That's right. Cut along. 164 00:07:43,213 --> 00:07:44,631 Sir? 165 00:07:44,673 --> 00:07:45,966 Cut along. 166 00:07:47,676 --> 00:07:49,303 Frank, you don't say "cut along" anymore. 167 00:07:49,344 --> 00:07:51,221 Oh, we don't? What... What do we say? 168 00:07:51,263 --> 00:07:52,681 We say, "fuck off." 169 00:07:54,183 --> 00:07:55,684 And remember, don't bully the big boys. 170 00:07:55,726 --> 00:07:57,227 Pick on the little ones, it's safer. 171 00:07:57,427 --> 00:07:58,228 Good luck. 172 00:07:58,428 --> 00:07:59,229 Thank you. 173 00:08:00,230 --> 00:08:01,732 I should say hello to Mr. Crocker-Harris. 174 00:08:01,773 --> 00:08:04,151 Oh, um... 175 00:08:04,193 --> 00:08:05,903 Listen, you can talk to him later, I mean, 176 00:08:05,944 --> 00:08:07,070 we don't want to keep the headmaster waiting. 177 00:08:07,112 --> 00:08:08,071 - Okay. - Come on, I'll show you 178 00:08:08,113 --> 00:08:09,072 where you're sleeping. 179 00:08:09,114 --> 00:08:11,375 Sir. 180 00:08:11,575 --> 00:08:14,161 Do I disturb you, sir? 181 00:08:14,203 --> 00:08:16,663 Perhaps. 182 00:08:16,747 --> 00:08:18,957 I know the rules, sir, 183 00:08:18,999 --> 00:08:23,504 but it's very important to me. 184 00:08:23,545 --> 00:08:25,756 Have I...? 185 00:08:27,382 --> 00:08:29,801 Have I got my switch to upper fifth science, sir? 186 00:08:29,843 --> 00:08:33,013 You have obtained exactly what you deserve... 187 00:08:33,055 --> 00:08:34,806 no less, and certainly no more. 188 00:08:34,848 --> 00:08:37,184 And, Taplow, 189 00:08:37,226 --> 00:08:38,977 I shall expect you at the house 190 00:08:39,019 --> 00:08:42,773 for extra work at 12:15, precisely. 191 00:08:44,733 --> 00:08:46,235 What is it? 192 00:08:46,276 --> 00:08:48,695 I'd fixed to play golf, sir. 193 00:08:48,737 --> 00:08:50,614 Well, then you must unfix it, mustn't you. 194 00:08:50,656 --> 00:08:52,074 You missed an hour last week. 195 00:08:52,115 --> 00:08:54,076 You can't expect me to take money 196 00:08:54,117 --> 00:08:55,536 from your father under false pretenses. 197 00:08:55,577 --> 00:08:57,079 He won't mind, sir. 198 00:08:58,539 --> 00:09:01,124 I'm not sure I should take your word for that, Taplow. 199 00:09:01,166 --> 00:09:04,169 No, sir. 200 00:09:04,211 --> 00:09:06,630 The point is that we mind, don't we? 201 00:09:06,672 --> 00:09:08,590 Yes, sir. 202 00:09:08,632 --> 00:09:10,425 We mind. 203 00:09:10,467 --> 00:09:13,637 12:15, extra work. 204 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:15,222 And you're an exchange, I take it? 205 00:09:15,264 --> 00:09:16,306 Yup. 206 00:09:16,348 --> 00:09:18,433 Just finished my first year. I'm here for three. 207 00:09:18,475 --> 00:09:19,434 Do you like it? 208 00:09:19,476 --> 00:09:22,062 Yeah, it's a great place to teach. 209 00:09:22,104 --> 00:09:25,274 You just feel the history, the tradition. 210 00:09:25,315 --> 00:09:26,275 They put me up here 211 00:09:26,316 --> 00:09:27,818 when I first came for my interview. 212 00:09:27,943 --> 00:09:29,027 I didn't sleep a wink. 213 00:09:29,069 --> 00:09:32,739 The beds also date back to 1667, I think. 214 00:09:32,781 --> 00:09:34,199 I'll be fine. 215 00:09:34,241 --> 00:09:36,243 It's only for two nights. 216 00:09:38,912 --> 00:09:40,205 Are you married? 217 00:09:40,247 --> 00:09:41,540 Yes. 218 00:09:41,582 --> 00:09:42,833 Kids? 219 00:09:42,916 --> 00:09:44,918 Yes, two. We'll all be here next term. 220 00:09:46,503 --> 00:09:48,338 Have you found a place to stay? 221 00:09:48,380 --> 00:09:51,049 Yes, we're taking the Crocker-Harris house. 222 00:09:51,091 --> 00:09:52,968 Oh. 223 00:09:53,010 --> 00:09:56,054 Yes, most of our classrooms are in this building. 224 00:09:56,096 --> 00:09:57,306 Go on, there, there. 225 00:09:57,347 --> 00:09:59,600 Up here, up here is the upper fifth science, 226 00:09:59,641 --> 00:10:02,519 where Mr. Hunter manufactures foul-smelling concoctions 227 00:10:02,561 --> 00:10:04,730 for his own perverted branch of learning. 228 00:10:04,771 --> 00:10:06,607 Well, not as perverted as the classics. 229 00:10:06,648 --> 00:10:08,692 Won't, uh, Mr. Gilbert be teaching the boys 230 00:10:08,734 --> 00:10:10,986 about rape and murder, incest? 231 00:10:11,028 --> 00:10:12,321 Unworthy, Mr. Hunter. 232 00:10:12,362 --> 00:10:14,823 If you knew more about the classics, you scientists, 233 00:10:14,865 --> 00:10:16,074 you might be less keen 234 00:10:16,116 --> 00:10:17,784 to destroy this little planet of ours. 235 00:10:17,826 --> 00:10:19,328 Wasn't it Einstein who said, 236 00:10:19,369 --> 00:10:21,663 "We don't understand science properly"? 237 00:10:21,705 --> 00:10:24,791 No, I believe he said, "We don't know how to use it sensibly." 238 00:10:24,833 --> 00:10:26,210 Have a nice day, Mr. Gilbert. 239 00:10:30,297 --> 00:10:32,090 If only he had a little more discipline. 240 00:10:32,132 --> 00:10:35,260 Of course, he's an American, you know. 241 00:10:35,302 --> 00:10:36,386 Shit, he's coming. 242 00:10:36,428 --> 00:10:39,306 Now, boys, Mr. Crocker-Harris is not here yet? 243 00:10:39,348 --> 00:10:40,557 No, sir. 244 00:10:40,599 --> 00:10:42,559 Six minutes to go, yet, sir. 245 00:10:42,759 --> 00:10:43,852 Ah, six minutes. 246 00:10:43,894 --> 00:10:45,521 Hello, Watson. How's your father? 247 00:10:45,562 --> 00:10:47,689 Um, he's quite well, thank you, sir. 248 00:10:47,731 --> 00:10:49,233 But my name's Wilson, sir. 249 00:10:50,275 --> 00:10:52,194 Wilson, is it really? 250 00:10:52,236 --> 00:10:54,071 But your father's all right just the same, is he? 251 00:10:54,112 --> 00:10:55,197 Yes, thank you, sir. 252 00:10:55,239 --> 00:10:56,615 He's quite dried out now. 253 00:10:57,699 --> 00:10:58,742 Well, well. 254 00:10:58,784 --> 00:11:01,036 Now, boys, this is Mr. Gilbert. 255 00:11:01,078 --> 00:11:03,330 He's going to be the head of our new languages department. 256 00:11:03,372 --> 00:11:06,250 I trust those of you who will remain in this class next term 257 00:11:06,450 --> 00:11:08,502 will be as well behaved with Mr. Gilbert 258 00:11:08,544 --> 00:11:10,420 as I'm sure you were with Mr. Crocker-Harris. 259 00:11:10,462 --> 00:11:12,222 Good morning, boys. 260 00:11:12,422 --> 00:11:14,883 It might interest you to sit in on this period, Mister... 261 00:11:14,967 --> 00:11:16,718 Mister... 262 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:18,262 Gilbert. 263 00:11:18,303 --> 00:11:20,556 ...Gilbert, yes... Mr. Gilbert, 264 00:11:20,597 --> 00:11:22,850 and observe your future pupils in action. 265 00:11:22,891 --> 00:11:24,726 Yes, if I see him, I'll warn him. 266 00:11:24,768 --> 00:11:25,894 Thank you, sir. 267 00:11:25,978 --> 00:11:27,521 Pay attention to Mr. Gilbert, boys. 268 00:11:27,563 --> 00:11:30,315 He doesn't take over his official duties until next term, 269 00:11:30,357 --> 00:11:34,278 but he can still report your misdoings to me today. 270 00:11:40,868 --> 00:11:43,912 I put 150 milliliters 271 00:11:43,996 --> 00:11:46,456 of hydrogen peroxide solution in this water bottle. 272 00:11:46,656 --> 00:11:48,083 Biggles, had a nosebleed this morning 273 00:11:48,125 --> 00:11:49,751 and was kind enough to donate this blood. 274 00:11:49,793 --> 00:11:54,298 So we'll just mix this with the hydrogen peroxide solution. 275 00:11:54,339 --> 00:11:56,717 Biggles, what do we got in this jar here? 276 00:11:56,758 --> 00:11:58,260 Iron sulfate. 277 00:11:58,302 --> 00:11:59,303 That's right. 278 00:11:59,344 --> 00:12:00,304 Nick, could you tell me 279 00:12:00,345 --> 00:12:01,972 the chemical formula for iron sulfate? 280 00:12:02,014 --> 00:12:03,015 FeSO4, sir. 281 00:12:03,056 --> 00:12:04,016 That's very good. 282 00:12:04,057 --> 00:12:05,684 Now, hang on. 283 00:12:05,726 --> 00:12:09,146 Well... now this has never happened before. 284 00:12:09,188 --> 00:12:12,149 Um, boys, I think you ought to just back off now. 285 00:12:20,449 --> 00:12:22,743 What do you got in your blood, Biggs? 286 00:12:22,784 --> 00:12:27,289 Okay, boys, what do you want to do next? 287 00:12:27,331 --> 00:12:30,000 You there. What do you want? 288 00:12:30,042 --> 00:12:31,376 Piss off, Taplow. 289 00:12:31,418 --> 00:12:32,669 All right, knock it off. 290 00:12:32,711 --> 00:12:34,838 You tried to see me this morning. 291 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:35,881 Yes, sir. 292 00:12:35,923 --> 00:12:39,468 Well, why are you following me around? 293 00:12:39,510 --> 00:12:40,636 You with the CIA? 294 00:12:40,677 --> 00:12:41,970 KGB? MI-5? 295 00:12:42,012 --> 00:12:43,305 No, sir, the lower fifth, sir. 296 00:12:43,347 --> 00:12:44,389 Same thing. 297 00:12:45,891 --> 00:12:46,975 What's your name, boy? 298 00:12:47,017 --> 00:12:48,560 Taplow, sir. 299 00:12:48,602 --> 00:12:50,604 I'll be in your class next term if I get my switch. 300 00:12:50,646 --> 00:12:53,482 This isn't next term. This is this term. 301 00:12:53,524 --> 00:12:54,691 Vamoose. 302 00:12:54,733 --> 00:12:56,318 Get out of here. 303 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:57,903 Taplow. 304 00:12:57,945 --> 00:13:00,572 What's the, uh, the chemical formula for ethanol? 305 00:13:00,614 --> 00:13:02,199 C2H50H, sir. 306 00:13:03,700 --> 00:13:05,911 Rouse! Get out of here! 307 00:13:08,497 --> 00:13:09,790 Oy, Taplow. 308 00:13:09,832 --> 00:13:10,791 You'll know. 309 00:13:10,874 --> 00:13:12,459 What's up with the Crock? 310 00:13:12,501 --> 00:13:13,961 Why's he being forced to retire? 311 00:13:14,002 --> 00:13:15,295 There's nothing wrong with him. 312 00:13:15,337 --> 00:13:16,296 The head just wanted 313 00:13:16,338 --> 00:13:17,756 to give him the chop, that's all. 314 00:13:17,798 --> 00:13:19,842 I know exactly what it is. 315 00:13:19,925 --> 00:13:21,552 One night... first time for about ten years... 316 00:13:21,593 --> 00:13:23,971 he had it away with his wife, and it gave him a heart attack. 317 00:13:24,012 --> 00:13:26,223 That's you, I should think. 318 00:13:26,265 --> 00:13:27,558 No, it's not his heart. 319 00:13:27,599 --> 00:13:29,059 If there's anything wrong with him, it's probably piles. 320 00:13:29,101 --> 00:13:30,227 Of course, it's piles. 321 00:13:30,269 --> 00:13:31,854 It always gets 'em in the end. 322 00:13:31,895 --> 00:13:33,814 Grow up, Buller. It's not piles. It's his heart. 323 00:13:33,856 --> 00:13:35,691 It can't be his heart. 324 00:13:35,732 --> 00:13:36,441 He hasn't got one. 325 00:13:36,483 --> 00:13:39,111 Right. Hitler's a sadist. 326 00:13:39,152 --> 00:13:41,196 Cut it out, boys. I'm not really interested. 327 00:13:41,238 --> 00:13:43,824 It is his heart, sir. 328 00:13:43,866 --> 00:13:46,034 I have extra lessons with him. 329 00:13:46,076 --> 00:13:47,035 Thank you. 330 00:13:48,453 --> 00:13:50,581 Sadists don't have hearts anyway. 331 00:13:50,622 --> 00:13:52,875 Are you going to be running special projects? 332 00:13:52,916 --> 00:13:54,042 Yes, I believe so. 333 00:13:54,084 --> 00:13:55,878 Well, the fact is, we both want to start a magazine, 334 00:13:55,919 --> 00:13:57,337 and you allocate the funds, sir. 335 00:13:57,379 --> 00:13:59,715 Mr. Crocker-Harris is still in charge, isn't he? 336 00:13:59,756 --> 00:14:01,008 So he should settle this. 337 00:14:01,049 --> 00:14:02,426 Well, sir, you see, 338 00:14:02,467 --> 00:14:06,180 Mr. Crocker-Harris always says no to anything new. 339 00:14:06,221 --> 00:14:07,764 I don't think he does hate people. 340 00:14:07,806 --> 00:14:09,808 I don't think he likes people, either. 341 00:14:09,850 --> 00:14:12,836 And he doesn't care whether people like him. 342 00:14:13,036 --> 00:14:16,023 Then I'd say he hasn't a care in the world. 343 00:14:16,064 --> 00:14:18,734 "You've obtained exactly what you deserve... 344 00:14:18,775 --> 00:14:21,445 no less, and certainly no more." 345 00:14:21,486 --> 00:14:24,323 I think... if he gave us a chance... 346 00:14:24,364 --> 00:14:26,074 "...no less, and certainly..." 347 00:14:26,116 --> 00:14:27,951 I think we'd quite like him. 348 00:14:27,993 --> 00:14:28,952 And now, I won't tell you again. 349 00:14:28,994 --> 00:14:30,245 The fact is... 350 00:14:30,287 --> 00:14:32,623 I feel sorry for him. 351 00:14:32,664 --> 00:14:34,374 Sorry for old Hitler? 352 00:14:34,416 --> 00:14:35,584 You little ass crawler, Taplow! 353 00:14:38,462 --> 00:14:39,713 Stop... Stop it now! 354 00:14:40,964 --> 00:14:42,007 That's enough! 355 00:14:52,976 --> 00:14:55,187 Good morning, sir. 356 00:14:55,229 --> 00:14:56,776 I'm Gilbert. 357 00:14:56,976 --> 00:14:58,524 Good morning. 358 00:15:28,011 --> 00:15:29,346 Wilson. 359 00:15:30,347 --> 00:15:31,807 Sir? 360 00:15:33,183 --> 00:15:35,185 Apparently you were late for chapel. 361 00:15:35,227 --> 00:15:36,728 Just a few seconds. 362 00:15:36,770 --> 00:15:38,605 I-I was in the library, 363 00:15:38,647 --> 00:15:40,107 and you can't hear the bell. 364 00:15:40,190 --> 00:15:42,317 No doubt you will recount those excuses 365 00:15:42,359 --> 00:15:43,485 to your housemaster. 366 00:15:43,527 --> 00:15:45,362 I fear I'm not interested in them. 367 00:15:45,404 --> 00:15:48,198 Sir. 368 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:51,118 These are your Latin verses. 369 00:15:51,159 --> 00:15:54,663 Only one boy's efforts, Bullers', had any merit 370 00:15:54,705 --> 00:15:56,623 and that somewhat doubtful. 371 00:15:56,665 --> 00:16:00,252 The rest were mainly abominable. 372 00:16:04,256 --> 00:16:06,300 It seems to me that the best way 373 00:16:06,341 --> 00:16:09,011 of employing the first part of this period 374 00:16:09,052 --> 00:16:12,306 would be for all of you to attempt the verse again. 375 00:16:17,519 --> 00:16:19,771 And if you should find the disturbance 376 00:16:19,813 --> 00:16:21,773 from the upper fifth science too distracting, 377 00:16:21,815 --> 00:16:26,528 you may console yourselves, as good classicists, 378 00:16:26,570 --> 00:16:31,366 with the thought that, to amend an aphorism... 379 00:16:41,835 --> 00:16:43,837 Taplow? 380 00:16:49,426 --> 00:16:50,511 Yes, sir. 381 00:16:50,552 --> 00:16:52,638 You laughed at my little epigram. 382 00:16:52,679 --> 00:16:55,390 Yes, sir. 383 00:16:55,432 --> 00:16:57,267 I'm flattered at the obvious advance 384 00:16:57,309 --> 00:16:58,310 your Latin has made 385 00:16:58,352 --> 00:17:00,671 that you should so readily understand 386 00:17:00,871 --> 00:17:03,190 what the rest of the class did not. 387 00:17:17,871 --> 00:17:21,291 Perhaps you would be good enough to explain it to them 388 00:17:21,333 --> 00:17:23,752 so that they can share your pleasure. 389 00:17:27,339 --> 00:17:28,715 Come along, Taplow. 390 00:17:28,757 --> 00:17:31,635 Don't be so selfish 391 00:17:31,677 --> 00:17:33,470 as to keep a good joke to yourself. 392 00:17:33,512 --> 00:17:34,596 Tell the others. 393 00:17:35,722 --> 00:17:37,349 I didn't hear it properly, sir. 394 00:17:37,391 --> 00:17:38,725 You didn't hear it? 395 00:17:38,767 --> 00:17:41,728 Indeed. Then why, may I ask, did you laugh? 396 00:17:41,812 --> 00:17:44,439 Why did you laugh at what you did not hear? 397 00:17:48,819 --> 00:17:50,988 Politeness, sir. 398 00:17:51,029 --> 00:17:53,615 I beg your pardon. 399 00:17:53,657 --> 00:17:54,741 Politeness, sir. 400 00:17:54,783 --> 00:17:58,120 Toujours la politesse. 401 00:17:58,162 --> 00:18:00,455 I'm touched, Taplow. 402 00:18:00,497 --> 00:18:02,791 But if you really wish to show me politeness, 403 00:18:02,916 --> 00:18:03,834 you will do so now 404 00:18:03,917 --> 00:18:06,587 by translating verses less appalling 405 00:18:06,628 --> 00:18:09,506 than the ones I corrected this morning. 406 00:18:09,548 --> 00:18:11,091 Sit. 407 00:18:11,133 --> 00:18:12,968 Sir. 408 00:18:36,366 --> 00:18:38,827 Still feel sorry for him? 409 00:18:50,839 --> 00:18:53,008 Finish now. 410 00:18:59,181 --> 00:19:02,434 As this is the, uh... last time 411 00:19:02,476 --> 00:19:06,772 we shall meet as a class, 412 00:19:06,813 --> 00:19:09,441 it may not be amiss for me to say good-bye 413 00:19:09,483 --> 00:19:12,694 and wish you all the best of good fortune. 414 00:19:12,736 --> 00:19:16,615 And now the end of term treat. 415 00:19:16,657 --> 00:19:20,828 We will read a scene from the Agamemnon by Aeschylus. 416 00:19:20,911 --> 00:19:26,542 Agamemnon is perhaps the greatest play ever written. 417 00:19:26,583 --> 00:19:31,046 The scene I have selected starts with Clytaemnestra 418 00:19:31,088 --> 00:19:35,926 standing over the bodies of Agamemnon her husband 419 00:19:35,968 --> 00:19:38,720 and the prophetess Cassandra, 420 00:19:38,762 --> 00:19:41,807 both of whom she's just murdered. 421 00:19:41,849 --> 00:19:45,102 Very well, Laughton, begin. 422 00:20:16,633 --> 00:20:19,970 Uh, forgive me for interrupting, but I have the impression 423 00:20:20,012 --> 00:20:21,889 you understand nothing of what you're reading. 424 00:20:21,930 --> 00:20:23,765 No, sir. I... 425 00:20:23,807 --> 00:20:27,060 Clytaemnestra has just committed murder. 426 00:20:27,102 --> 00:20:29,563 She is describing her foul deed. 427 00:20:29,605 --> 00:20:30,981 She's unrepentant. 428 00:20:31,023 --> 00:20:32,024 Hmm? 429 00:20:32,065 --> 00:20:34,067 Do you not think she would show some emotion? 430 00:20:34,109 --> 00:20:36,737 Well, of course, sir. I was just... 431 00:20:36,778 --> 00:20:39,031 I realize, Laughton, that you may not have met a wife 432 00:20:39,072 --> 00:20:40,908 who has destroyed her husband. 433 00:20:40,991 --> 00:20:42,701 Nor perhaps had Aeschylus. 434 00:20:42,743 --> 00:20:47,498 Nevertheless, he knew, alas, that such wives do exist. 435 00:20:48,624 --> 00:20:52,294 He used his imagination, Laughton. 436 00:20:52,336 --> 00:20:57,257 Imagination... a word I think not in your vocabulary. 437 00:20:57,299 --> 00:20:58,634 For example... 438 00:21:03,847 --> 00:21:06,934 "I stand upon mine act. 439 00:21:07,017 --> 00:21:11,855 Yea, where I struck." 440 00:21:11,980 --> 00:21:15,359 Do you not think, uh, in saying those words 441 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:20,113 she might reveal a flash of, uh, cruelty 442 00:21:20,155 --> 00:21:22,157 and of pride? 443 00:21:22,199 --> 00:21:24,993 Hmm? 444 00:21:25,035 --> 00:21:26,370 Defiant creature. 445 00:21:26,411 --> 00:21:28,038 And then here... 446 00:21:39,383 --> 00:21:40,801 "And I confess it, 447 00:21:40,843 --> 00:21:43,554 "I did use such craft he could not fly 448 00:21:43,595 --> 00:21:44,972 nor fend him against death." 449 00:21:52,479 --> 00:21:57,484 "I caught him in a net as men catch fish. 450 00:22:00,153 --> 00:22:05,284 "No room, no rathole in his loopless robe. 451 00:22:09,454 --> 00:22:12,791 "I struck him twice. 452 00:22:16,211 --> 00:22:21,800 "And once and twice he groaned, he doubled up his limb. 453 00:22:32,477 --> 00:22:33,979 "And with that stroke, 454 00:22:34,021 --> 00:22:38,108 committed him to Zeus that keeps the dead." 455 00:23:15,896 --> 00:23:17,564 Very well, you may leave. 456 00:23:21,610 --> 00:23:22,611 Good-bye, sir. 457 00:23:22,653 --> 00:23:24,054 Cheerio, sir. 458 00:23:24,254 --> 00:23:25,456 Good-bye, sir. 459 00:23:25,656 --> 00:23:28,075 Good-bye, Mr. Crocker-Harris. 460 00:23:28,116 --> 00:23:30,285 Thank you very much, sir. 461 00:23:32,204 --> 00:23:33,288 Good-bye, sir. Good luck. 462 00:23:35,415 --> 00:23:40,295 Fa-la-la-la-la-la 463 00:23:40,337 --> 00:23:43,340 In the winsome month of May... 464 00:23:45,884 --> 00:23:47,427 Oy! Walk! 465 00:23:52,516 --> 00:23:54,226 We've got to get him. 466 00:23:54,268 --> 00:23:56,061 I don't know. We'll get in trouble. 467 00:23:56,103 --> 00:23:58,605 Come on, Taplow. Trubshaw's always picking on you. 468 00:23:58,689 --> 00:23:59,898 We could do it tomorrow. 469 00:23:59,940 --> 00:24:01,233 Come on. It'll be a laugh. 470 00:24:01,275 --> 00:24:02,609 It's the last day of term. 471 00:24:02,651 --> 00:24:03,652 What can they do? 472 00:24:12,369 --> 00:24:14,037 Thank you, sir. 473 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:18,750 I realize, of course, 474 00:24:18,792 --> 00:24:21,837 you will not be putting so much emphasis 475 00:24:21,879 --> 00:24:24,339 on the study of Greek and Latin. 476 00:24:24,381 --> 00:24:25,382 Perhaps they may be even dropped 477 00:24:25,424 --> 00:24:26,800 from the curriculum, 478 00:24:26,842 --> 00:24:29,136 or made optional extras. 479 00:24:29,178 --> 00:24:32,514 My remit from the headmaster is to organize 480 00:24:32,556 --> 00:24:35,017 a new language department, sir. 481 00:24:35,058 --> 00:24:37,519 That really means modern languages. 482 00:24:37,561 --> 00:24:40,439 I believe we need a greater concentration 483 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,441 on German, French, Spanish. 484 00:24:42,482 --> 00:24:45,819 It is, after all, a multicultural society. 485 00:24:45,861 --> 00:24:49,823 Ah, yes, yes... the modern approach. 486 00:24:49,865 --> 00:24:50,866 Not so many years ago, 487 00:24:50,991 --> 00:24:55,037 the great passion was to learn Russian. 488 00:24:55,078 --> 00:24:56,997 Then came perestroika. 489 00:24:57,039 --> 00:24:58,874 Russian wasn't trendy anymore. 490 00:24:58,999 --> 00:25:02,711 Yes, well, thank you for allowing me to observe. 491 00:25:02,753 --> 00:25:04,046 Not at all. 492 00:25:04,087 --> 00:25:05,923 Perhaps we shall see each other later. 493 00:26:02,187 --> 00:26:03,814 Hello. Anybody home? 494 00:26:03,856 --> 00:26:05,315 Just me, sir. 495 00:26:05,357 --> 00:26:06,817 Taplow. 496 00:26:06,859 --> 00:26:08,485 You are following me around. 497 00:26:08,527 --> 00:26:10,821 No. Sir. I've got extra work with Mr. Crocker-Harris. 498 00:26:10,863 --> 00:26:11,822 Uh-huh. 499 00:26:11,864 --> 00:26:13,323 But he's not here yet. 500 00:26:13,365 --> 00:26:14,825 And Mrs. Crocker-Harris? 501 00:26:14,867 --> 00:26:17,828 Uh... no, she's not here either. 502 00:26:17,870 --> 00:26:19,329 What are you studying? 503 00:26:19,371 --> 00:26:21,832 Aeschylus, sir. The Agamemnon. 504 00:26:21,874 --> 00:26:23,292 Have you ever read it? 505 00:26:23,333 --> 00:26:25,836 Well, no. I can't say that I have. Is it any good? 506 00:26:25,878 --> 00:26:29,798 Oh, um... well, as a matter of fact, it is, really. 507 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:31,508 Yeah, well, what's it about? 508 00:26:31,550 --> 00:26:36,013 Lt... it's about a wife who's unfaithful, and murders 509 00:26:36,054 --> 00:26:37,306 her husband. 510 00:26:37,347 --> 00:26:39,057 I get it. A comedy. 511 00:26:40,309 --> 00:26:41,977 Say... say, listen, did you get a chance 512 00:26:42,019 --> 00:26:44,104 to talk to Mr. Crocker-Harris about your transfer 513 00:26:44,146 --> 00:26:45,856 to my science class? 514 00:26:45,898 --> 00:26:46,857 Yes. 515 00:26:46,899 --> 00:26:48,025 And? 516 00:26:48,066 --> 00:26:49,234 What did he say? 517 00:26:49,276 --> 00:26:51,862 What he always says for everything. 518 00:26:51,987 --> 00:26:53,655 Now, come on. What is it? 519 00:26:59,745 --> 00:27:03,499 You have obtained exactly what you deserve... 520 00:27:03,540 --> 00:27:06,376 no less, and certainly no more. 521 00:27:06,418 --> 00:27:07,920 Andrew? Andrew, 522 00:27:07,961 --> 00:27:08,670 is that you? 523 00:27:08,712 --> 00:27:11,465 Oh. What a pleasant surprise. 524 00:27:11,507 --> 00:27:13,217 Hi ya, Laura. 525 00:27:13,258 --> 00:27:14,718 Didn't expect to see you here. 526 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:15,719 Hello, Taplow. 527 00:27:15,761 --> 00:27:17,804 Oh, Andrew asked me to come by. 528 00:27:17,930 --> 00:27:19,806 It's about my timetable for next term. 529 00:27:19,848 --> 00:27:21,266 Oh, and he's not here. 530 00:27:21,308 --> 00:27:23,810 Well, it's not like Andrew to be late, now, is it, Taplow? 531 00:27:23,936 --> 00:27:25,854 No, Mrs. Crocker-Harris. 532 00:27:27,064 --> 00:27:28,657 Well, excuse me, gentlemen. 533 00:27:28,857 --> 00:27:31,985 I think I'll just go put these things upstairs. 534 00:27:32,027 --> 00:27:33,487 Do you think she heard? 535 00:27:33,529 --> 00:27:34,696 Heard what? 536 00:27:34,738 --> 00:27:36,156 Me impersonating... 537 00:27:36,198 --> 00:27:38,116 Frank. 538 00:27:38,158 --> 00:27:41,703 Oh, I, uh... I've got your timetable here, Andrew. 539 00:27:41,745 --> 00:27:42,704 Oh, excellent. 540 00:27:42,746 --> 00:27:43,705 Just what I wanted. 541 00:27:43,747 --> 00:27:44,706 Sorry I'm late, Taplow. 542 00:27:44,748 --> 00:27:45,833 I'll just put these down. 543 00:27:45,916 --> 00:27:47,292 Frank, we see you too rarely. 544 00:27:47,334 --> 00:27:48,293 Hello, Laura. 545 00:27:48,335 --> 00:27:50,045 Andrew, you were late for Taplow. 546 00:27:50,087 --> 00:27:51,046 I have apologized. 547 00:27:51,088 --> 00:27:52,381 I do hope you're going 548 00:27:52,422 --> 00:27:54,716 to be joining us at the concert tomorrow evening. 549 00:27:54,758 --> 00:27:57,219 Oh, yes. I'm looking forward to it. 550 00:27:57,261 --> 00:28:00,180 Taplow, why don't you go and get the lemonade? 551 00:28:00,222 --> 00:28:01,932 You know where everything is. 552 00:28:01,974 --> 00:28:03,976 Thank you, Mrs. Crocker-Harris. 553 00:28:08,856 --> 00:28:10,858 How have you been? 554 00:28:13,527 --> 00:28:14,987 Frank, would you like 555 00:28:15,028 --> 00:28:17,698 to see the timetable for next term? 556 00:28:17,739 --> 00:28:21,034 Yes, I'd like that very much, Andrew. 557 00:28:21,076 --> 00:28:23,203 Take that outside, Taplow. 558 00:28:23,245 --> 00:28:26,123 We'll have our glass in the garden 559 00:28:26,165 --> 00:28:27,666 today. 560 00:28:28,876 --> 00:28:30,419 Let's see. There you are. 561 00:28:30,460 --> 00:28:32,546 You've really done a beautiful job, Andrew. 562 00:28:32,629 --> 00:28:34,298 Well, thank you. It has the merit 563 00:28:34,339 --> 00:28:35,799 of clarity, I think. 564 00:28:35,841 --> 00:28:37,551 I don't know what we're going to do without you. 565 00:28:37,593 --> 00:28:38,844 You'll find somebody else, I expect. 566 00:28:38,886 --> 00:28:42,347 Or, uh... perhaps they'll buy a computer. 567 00:28:42,389 --> 00:28:44,850 Say, what exactly is this new job 568 00:28:44,892 --> 00:28:46,351 of yours, Andrew? 569 00:28:46,393 --> 00:28:47,853 Teaching English to foreigners. 570 00:28:47,936 --> 00:28:50,022 Andrew's doctor believes 571 00:28:50,063 --> 00:28:52,941 it will be less of a strain than the lower fifth. 572 00:28:54,818 --> 00:28:56,987 Well, I-I'm really sorry, Andrew. 573 00:28:57,029 --> 00:28:58,780 There's nothing to be sorry about. 574 00:28:58,822 --> 00:29:01,200 I'm looking forward to the change. 575 00:29:05,579 --> 00:29:06,538 See you later. 576 00:29:06,580 --> 00:29:08,040 So long, Andrew. 577 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:14,463 Begin, Taplow. 578 00:29:14,505 --> 00:29:16,298 "Oh, Clytemnestra, 579 00:29:16,340 --> 00:29:18,592 we are surprised that..." 580 00:29:18,634 --> 00:29:21,303 "We marvel at." 581 00:29:21,345 --> 00:29:24,097 "We marvel at thy tongue... 582 00:29:24,139 --> 00:29:26,099 Mm. 583 00:29:26,141 --> 00:29:28,185 "...how bold thou art, that thou can... 584 00:29:28,227 --> 00:29:29,978 "Canst" is more poetic. 585 00:29:30,020 --> 00:29:31,104 Canst. 586 00:29:31,146 --> 00:29:36,985 "...canst utter such a boastful speech..." 587 00:29:37,027 --> 00:29:38,487 Mm. 588 00:29:38,529 --> 00:29:43,742 "...over the, the bloody corpse of the husband, 589 00:29:43,784 --> 00:29:45,661 you've just so foully murdered." 590 00:29:51,542 --> 00:29:55,170 Taplow, I presume you're using a different text 591 00:29:55,370 --> 00:29:56,171 to mine. 592 00:29:56,371 --> 00:29:56,972 No, sir. 593 00:29:57,172 --> 00:29:58,632 That's strange, I see no 594 00:29:58,674 --> 00:30:01,134 "foully murdered," no "bloody corpse." 595 00:30:01,176 --> 00:30:04,346 Simply..."husband." 596 00:30:05,889 --> 00:30:07,349 Yes, sir. 597 00:30:07,391 --> 00:30:11,228 Why do you insist on inventing words that are simply not there? 598 00:30:16,066 --> 00:30:19,528 Go on, Taplow. 599 00:30:19,570 --> 00:30:21,155 Go on, I wish to understand. 600 00:30:21,196 --> 00:30:23,157 I was thinking a bit like this, sir. 601 00:30:23,198 --> 00:30:26,326 There she is, Clytemnestra, 602 00:30:26,410 --> 00:30:28,996 she really hates her husband Agamemnon. 603 00:30:29,037 --> 00:30:30,998 He returns from winning the war, 604 00:30:31,039 --> 00:30:32,374 and what does she do? 605 00:30:32,416 --> 00:30:34,585 She welcomes him back 606 00:30:34,626 --> 00:30:35,878 and then murders him. 607 00:30:35,919 --> 00:30:37,880 She stabs him over and over and then makes a speech... 608 00:30:37,921 --> 00:30:39,882 I'm, I'm delighted in your interest 609 00:30:39,923 --> 00:30:41,884 in the more lurid aspects 610 00:30:41,925 --> 00:30:43,177 of dramaturgy, Taplow. 611 00:30:43,218 --> 00:30:44,261 But I still fail to understand 612 00:30:44,303 --> 00:30:46,889 why you should wish to improve Aeschylus. 613 00:30:46,972 --> 00:30:50,017 Today in class, sir... 614 00:30:50,058 --> 00:30:53,061 for the first time I got a sense of the horror. 615 00:30:53,103 --> 00:30:55,063 L-It was so vivid. 616 00:30:55,105 --> 00:30:58,483 I mean, why can't we put more life into the translation, sir, 617 00:30:58,525 --> 00:30:59,610 like you did? 618 00:30:59,651 --> 00:31:01,403 Why can't we use words like, 619 00:31:01,445 --> 00:31:03,071 like, "bloody" and "corpse" 620 00:31:03,113 --> 00:31:05,324 and "murder?" 621 00:31:05,365 --> 00:31:07,367 Hmm. 622 00:31:14,833 --> 00:31:17,336 When I was a very young man, 623 00:31:17,377 --> 00:31:18,879 not much older than you are now, 624 00:31:18,962 --> 00:31:22,341 I wrote for my own pleasure 625 00:31:22,382 --> 00:31:24,593 a translation of the Agamemnon, 626 00:31:24,635 --> 00:31:28,680 a very free translation, I remember, in rhyming couplets. 627 00:31:28,722 --> 00:31:29,806 That must have been hard work. 628 00:31:29,848 --> 00:31:30,849 Yes, it was, it was. 629 00:31:30,891 --> 00:31:32,267 Very hard work. 630 00:31:32,309 --> 00:31:33,769 But I derived great pleasure from it, 631 00:31:33,810 --> 00:31:36,772 because the play had excited and moved me as it did you, 632 00:31:36,813 --> 00:31:39,441 and I wanted to communicate, 633 00:31:39,483 --> 00:31:42,444 however imperfectly, 634 00:31:42,486 --> 00:31:45,656 some of that emotion. 635 00:31:45,697 --> 00:31:48,617 A little like what happened in class today. 636 00:31:48,659 --> 00:31:51,078 My translation, I remember thinking 637 00:31:51,119 --> 00:31:55,874 was very beautiful... 638 00:31:55,916 --> 00:32:00,295 almost more beautiful than the original. 639 00:32:00,337 --> 00:32:01,588 Was it ever published? 640 00:32:01,630 --> 00:32:02,589 I'm sorry? 641 00:32:02,631 --> 00:32:04,299 Was it ever published? 642 00:32:04,499 --> 00:32:06,134 Oh, no, no. 643 00:32:06,176 --> 00:32:10,138 No, it was never published. 644 00:32:21,066 --> 00:32:22,150 Shall I go on, sir? 645 00:32:24,862 --> 00:32:28,782 Uh, no, I fear we've run out of time. 646 00:32:28,824 --> 00:32:30,784 Um... 647 00:32:30,868 --> 00:32:32,161 may I go now, sir? 648 00:32:32,361 --> 00:32:33,829 Yes. 649 00:32:38,083 --> 00:32:39,668 And, Taplow... 650 00:32:43,881 --> 00:32:45,424 "The art of learning 651 00:32:45,465 --> 00:32:46,633 is to conceal learning." 652 00:32:46,675 --> 00:32:47,676 And I wouldn't try it 653 00:32:47,718 --> 00:32:48,886 on any of your friends. 654 00:32:49,011 --> 00:32:50,512 It isn't particularly funny. 655 00:32:50,554 --> 00:32:52,556 I wouldn't know, sir. 656 00:33:24,379 --> 00:33:25,464 Turn that, turn that 657 00:33:25,506 --> 00:33:27,716 ghastly noise down! 658 00:33:27,758 --> 00:33:28,759 Off! 659 00:33:30,010 --> 00:33:31,386 Now, Buller... 660 00:33:32,679 --> 00:33:34,973 Where's Buller? 661 00:33:38,393 --> 00:33:40,604 Your mother's just telephoned. 662 00:33:40,646 --> 00:33:43,065 She's awfully sorry, but neither she nor your father 663 00:33:43,106 --> 00:33:45,400 are going to be able to get down here today. 664 00:33:45,442 --> 00:33:47,528 She wants you to take the train tomorrow. 665 00:33:47,569 --> 00:33:49,029 Shrewsbury. 666 00:33:49,071 --> 00:33:51,240 Then the chauffeur will meet you at the station. 667 00:33:53,116 --> 00:33:54,076 You all right, Buller? 668 00:33:54,117 --> 00:33:55,869 Sir. 669 00:33:55,911 --> 00:33:57,871 Good. 670 00:34:01,333 --> 00:34:03,043 Keep the noise down. 671 00:34:04,294 --> 00:34:05,796 I know it's hard, Buller. 672 00:34:05,838 --> 00:34:08,257 But you'll get used to it, believe me. 673 00:34:08,457 --> 00:34:10,217 Fuck off. 674 00:34:11,844 --> 00:34:13,262 Good morning. 675 00:34:14,763 --> 00:34:15,722 Morning. 676 00:34:17,724 --> 00:34:19,101 Sleep well? 677 00:34:19,142 --> 00:34:20,853 Yes, fine, thanks. 678 00:34:20,978 --> 00:34:22,104 And you? 679 00:34:22,145 --> 00:34:23,772 Yes, fine, thank you. 680 00:34:30,821 --> 00:34:32,614 There you are. 681 00:34:32,656 --> 00:34:34,116 Oh, there's a... 682 00:34:34,158 --> 00:34:35,701 a letter for you. 683 00:34:53,468 --> 00:34:54,595 Is everything all right? 684 00:34:54,636 --> 00:34:55,762 Your mother all right? 685 00:34:55,804 --> 00:34:57,931 Yes. Fine, fine. 686 00:34:59,933 --> 00:35:02,311 Um... I forgot to cancel the papers. 687 00:35:02,352 --> 00:35:04,813 Do you need anything from the village? 688 00:35:04,897 --> 00:35:06,815 No, no, thank you. 689 00:36:01,578 --> 00:36:03,831 Laura. 690 00:36:03,872 --> 00:36:05,833 Were you expecting someone else? 691 00:36:08,043 --> 00:36:09,753 I thought we agreed that we wouldn't meet here. 692 00:36:09,795 --> 00:36:11,755 Who were you expecting? 693 00:36:11,797 --> 00:36:14,842 Gilbert, the new guy. 694 00:36:15,884 --> 00:36:17,094 Laura... 695 00:36:17,135 --> 00:36:18,679 come away from the window please. 696 00:36:22,975 --> 00:36:25,394 Would you please come away from the window? 697 00:36:32,276 --> 00:36:34,695 Aren't you going to say hello? 698 00:36:49,251 --> 00:36:53,005 I love you guilty. 699 00:36:53,046 --> 00:36:56,550 It's the Puritan in you. 700 00:36:59,595 --> 00:37:02,055 I love fucking you. 701 00:37:05,642 --> 00:37:07,769 You talk when you make love. 702 00:37:16,153 --> 00:37:19,406 Kettle, it's, it's just boiling. 703 00:37:19,448 --> 00:37:23,160 Which is more, apparently, than we can say for you. 704 00:37:25,496 --> 00:37:28,165 Laura, I haven't got much time. 705 00:37:28,207 --> 00:37:29,708 No, I don't think I have either. 706 00:37:32,961 --> 00:37:34,087 Tea? 707 00:37:35,297 --> 00:37:37,674 Frank, you're more English than the English. 708 00:37:41,637 --> 00:37:44,515 Listen, if Gilbert does come, let's just say you're here 709 00:37:44,556 --> 00:37:45,724 delivering a message from Andrew. 710 00:37:47,392 --> 00:37:48,769 To hell with Gilbert. 711 00:37:51,146 --> 00:37:52,648 I've got good news. 712 00:37:52,689 --> 00:37:55,150 Oh? 713 00:37:55,192 --> 00:37:56,485 What? 714 00:37:56,527 --> 00:38:01,073 Don't worry, I'm not pregnant. 715 00:38:01,114 --> 00:38:03,200 I've had a letter from my mother. 716 00:38:03,242 --> 00:38:05,744 She's decided to visit my sister in Canada. 717 00:38:05,786 --> 00:38:10,082 So, I can have her cottage in Dorset for the whole summer. 718 00:38:10,123 --> 00:38:11,834 That's great. 719 00:38:11,875 --> 00:38:13,710 Andrew starts his new job in September, 720 00:38:13,752 --> 00:38:15,796 but I don't have to go there immediately. 721 00:38:15,838 --> 00:38:19,550 That means you and I can be alone together. 722 00:38:19,591 --> 00:38:22,219 If you like. 723 00:38:22,261 --> 00:38:24,137 Just think, darling... 724 00:38:24,179 --> 00:38:26,056 whole months. 725 00:38:28,100 --> 00:38:30,310 You will come, won't you? 726 00:38:30,352 --> 00:38:32,396 Frank? 727 00:38:32,437 --> 00:38:35,858 Frank... I need you. 728 00:38:35,941 --> 00:38:38,485 I need to be with you. 729 00:38:46,743 --> 00:38:50,747 You know my, my father's not well. 730 00:38:50,789 --> 00:38:54,209 I may have to go back to the States. 731 00:39:01,967 --> 00:39:05,971 God, you remind me of him. 732 00:39:06,013 --> 00:39:07,097 Of who? 733 00:39:07,139 --> 00:39:09,099 Of whom. 734 00:39:09,141 --> 00:39:13,353 Of whom, of Andrew, of course. 735 00:39:13,395 --> 00:39:16,732 He didn't always used to be the old Croc, you know. 736 00:39:16,773 --> 00:39:21,987 He wasn't much older than you are now when I first met him. 737 00:39:22,029 --> 00:39:27,534 He was so pure, so... 738 00:39:27,618 --> 00:39:31,580 so idealistic. 739 00:39:31,622 --> 00:39:33,457 But just as ungiving. 740 00:39:33,499 --> 00:39:35,417 What happened to him? 741 00:39:35,459 --> 00:39:37,878 I did. 742 00:39:39,421 --> 00:39:40,756 Weren't you two ever 743 00:39:40,797 --> 00:39:42,049 happy together? 744 00:39:42,090 --> 00:39:43,425 I can't remember. 745 00:39:46,178 --> 00:39:47,763 Can't remember. 746 00:39:58,106 --> 00:39:59,441 Laura, I... 747 00:40:02,903 --> 00:40:04,404 I feel sorry for him. 748 00:40:04,488 --> 00:40:05,739 No you don't. 749 00:40:05,781 --> 00:40:08,242 You feel guilty because you're screwing his wife. 750 00:40:08,283 --> 00:40:10,619 Or to be more accurate, because his wife 751 00:40:10,661 --> 00:40:11,912 is screwing you. 752 00:40:14,623 --> 00:40:16,959 I think we should tell him. 753 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:18,710 Tell him what? 754 00:40:18,752 --> 00:40:21,755 About us. 755 00:40:21,839 --> 00:40:24,424 What, are you insane? 756 00:40:24,466 --> 00:40:26,301 That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. 757 00:40:26,343 --> 00:40:27,845 And what the hell would you want 758 00:40:27,886 --> 00:40:30,097 to tell him for, Laura? 759 00:40:30,138 --> 00:40:32,224 What are we talking about now... Marriage? Divorce? 760 00:40:32,266 --> 00:40:33,600 I'm talking about us. 761 00:40:33,642 --> 00:40:36,436 I don't want us to become just good friends. 762 00:40:36,478 --> 00:40:38,897 Listen, Laura... 763 00:40:39,022 --> 00:40:41,775 Don't. 764 00:40:41,817 --> 00:40:43,652 Deja vu. 765 00:40:43,694 --> 00:40:44,903 I know exactly 766 00:40:44,945 --> 00:40:46,238 what you're going to say now. 767 00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:47,239 You're going to say 768 00:40:47,281 --> 00:40:48,782 you're not ready to settle down. 769 00:40:52,327 --> 00:40:54,163 Isn't that what you were going to say? 770 00:41:42,586 --> 00:41:43,545 Anyone home? 771 00:41:43,587 --> 00:41:44,671 Oh, yes, come in, 772 00:41:44,755 --> 00:41:45,714 Headmaster. 773 00:41:45,756 --> 00:41:47,216 Ah, Andrew, Andrew, can't stay long. 774 00:41:47,257 --> 00:41:48,342 Lovely day. 775 00:41:48,383 --> 00:41:50,719 Beautiful, yes. Uh, would you like to sit down? 776 00:41:50,761 --> 00:41:52,346 Two things I wanted to discuss with you. 777 00:41:52,387 --> 00:41:53,639 Can I offer you tea or anything? 778 00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:54,890 Oh, no, don't bother about tea. 779 00:41:54,932 --> 00:41:56,099 You have enough to do. 780 00:41:56,141 --> 00:41:58,602 Two most stressful things in life... moving and divorce. 781 00:42:03,607 --> 00:42:04,691 You know, 782 00:42:04,775 --> 00:42:05,943 it's extremely unlucky... 783 00:42:05,984 --> 00:42:08,529 ill health should have forced your retirement. 784 00:42:08,570 --> 00:42:10,948 Well, I felt that I could have continued, Headmaster. 785 00:42:10,989 --> 00:42:12,407 If you remember, it was yourself 786 00:42:12,449 --> 00:42:14,785 and the governors who thought that my health... 787 00:42:14,827 --> 00:42:16,119 Well, quite so, quite so. 788 00:42:16,161 --> 00:42:18,372 I was going on to say that it's unlucky 789 00:42:18,413 --> 00:42:19,665 about your having to retire 790 00:42:19,706 --> 00:42:21,458 before becoming entitled to a pension. 791 00:42:21,500 --> 00:42:25,796 You have decided not to award me a pension. 792 00:42:25,838 --> 00:42:27,005 Not I. Not I. 793 00:42:27,047 --> 00:42:29,550 Lord Baxter and the governors 794 00:42:29,591 --> 00:42:31,718 thought long and hard about it. 795 00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:32,719 They were felt 796 00:42:32,761 --> 00:42:34,888 unable to, um... make an exception. 797 00:42:34,930 --> 00:42:36,098 But, uh... 798 00:42:36,139 --> 00:42:38,725 exceptions have been made in the past, have they not? 799 00:42:38,809 --> 00:42:41,270 Ah. Richardson, you mean. 800 00:42:41,470 --> 00:42:42,071 Well, those were 801 00:42:42,271 --> 00:42:43,355 exceptional circumstances. 802 00:42:43,397 --> 00:42:45,524 After all, it was in playing football, 803 00:42:45,566 --> 00:42:48,152 staff against school, he received his injury. 804 00:42:48,193 --> 00:42:51,613 I understand. 805 00:42:51,655 --> 00:42:53,323 The second thing I wanted... 806 00:42:55,617 --> 00:42:56,660 Oh, Headmaster. 807 00:42:57,870 --> 00:42:58,912 I was just leaving. 808 00:42:58,954 --> 00:43:01,081 Oh, uh... well, can I offer you a coffee 809 00:43:01,123 --> 00:43:03,375 or... it's too early for sherry, isn't it? 810 00:43:03,417 --> 00:43:04,626 Oh, it's far too early. 811 00:43:04,668 --> 00:43:06,461 No, I'll leave you to it. You're very busy. 812 00:43:06,503 --> 00:43:07,462 Oh, Headmaster, 813 00:43:07,504 --> 00:43:08,463 I've completed 814 00:43:08,505 --> 00:43:09,506 the timetable. 815 00:43:09,548 --> 00:43:10,507 It's hot. 816 00:43:10,549 --> 00:43:11,508 Would you like to take 817 00:43:11,550 --> 00:43:12,718 it with you? 818 00:43:12,759 --> 00:43:14,803 Oh, thank you very much. 819 00:43:14,845 --> 00:43:17,347 Thank you very much, Andrew. 820 00:43:17,389 --> 00:43:19,975 Oh, what do you make of your successor, young Tom Gilbert? 821 00:43:20,017 --> 00:43:21,602 He seems very agreeable. 822 00:43:21,643 --> 00:43:22,603 Very agreeable. 823 00:43:22,644 --> 00:43:24,605 High academic honors at Oxford. 824 00:43:24,646 --> 00:43:26,815 Chancellor's Prize for Latin verse. 825 00:43:27,015 --> 00:43:28,150 Oh, Andrew got that, too. 826 00:43:28,817 --> 00:43:30,819 And a double First. 827 00:43:30,861 --> 00:43:31,862 Of course you did. 828 00:43:31,945 --> 00:43:34,323 Sometimes it's hard to remember, you know, 829 00:43:34,364 --> 00:43:35,824 but you must be one of the most brilliant scholars 830 00:43:35,866 --> 00:43:37,117 ever to come to this school. 831 00:43:37,159 --> 00:43:38,202 You're very kind. 832 00:43:38,243 --> 00:43:39,328 Oh, when I say 833 00:43:39,369 --> 00:43:40,537 it's hard to remember, 834 00:43:40,579 --> 00:43:43,123 it's because you've done so many other good things. 835 00:43:43,207 --> 00:43:45,709 You know, timetable, your heroic battle 836 00:43:45,751 --> 00:43:48,045 for so long with the soul- destroying lower fifth. 837 00:43:48,086 --> 00:43:50,088 Well, I haven't found that my soul 838 00:43:50,130 --> 00:43:53,133 has been destroyed by the lower fifth, Headmaster. 839 00:43:53,217 --> 00:43:54,343 Oh. Uh... 840 00:43:54,384 --> 00:43:56,136 No, I was only joking. 841 00:43:58,597 --> 00:43:59,556 I see, well... 842 00:43:59,598 --> 00:44:01,099 Uh, what was the, uh, other matter 843 00:44:01,141 --> 00:44:02,142 you wished to discuss? 844 00:44:02,226 --> 00:44:03,523 Oh, nothing, nothing at all, Andrew. 845 00:44:03,723 --> 00:44:05,020 And, uh, I was just saying, Laura, 846 00:44:05,062 --> 00:44:06,855 the two most stressing things in life... 847 00:44:07,055 --> 00:44:09,191 moving house and divorce. 848 00:44:10,526 --> 00:44:12,027 Well, bad luck, Andrew 849 00:44:12,069 --> 00:44:13,862 and, um, I'll see you later. 850 00:44:14,062 --> 00:44:15,030 Bye-bye. 851 00:44:15,072 --> 00:44:16,281 Good-bye, sir. 852 00:44:28,293 --> 00:44:30,879 Well, do we get it? 853 00:44:32,631 --> 00:44:33,882 Do we get what? 854 00:44:33,966 --> 00:44:34,967 The pension. 855 00:44:35,008 --> 00:44:36,885 Do we get the pension? 856 00:44:36,969 --> 00:44:38,971 No. 857 00:44:40,264 --> 00:44:41,765 What? 858 00:44:41,807 --> 00:44:43,559 No. 859 00:44:44,601 --> 00:44:46,019 Why not? 860 00:44:46,061 --> 00:44:48,397 It's against the rules. 861 00:44:48,438 --> 00:44:49,606 Well, Richardson got one. 862 00:44:49,648 --> 00:44:51,275 Why couldn't they give one to you? 863 00:44:53,110 --> 00:44:55,529 It was special circumstances. 864 00:44:55,571 --> 00:44:59,741 He received his injuries playing soccer 865 00:44:59,941 --> 00:45:02,411 for the staff against the school. 866 00:45:04,746 --> 00:45:06,456 And what did you say? 867 00:45:09,084 --> 00:45:10,210 Just stood there 868 00:45:10,294 --> 00:45:12,421 and made some joke in Latin, I suppose. 869 00:45:14,089 --> 00:45:16,842 There was very little I could say 870 00:45:16,925 --> 00:45:19,636 in Latin or any other language. 871 00:45:19,678 --> 00:45:21,054 Oh, I would have said something. 872 00:45:21,096 --> 00:45:22,514 Don't you worry, I would have... 873 00:45:22,556 --> 00:45:24,099 I'm sure you would. 874 00:45:24,141 --> 00:45:25,767 I jolly well would. 875 00:45:33,901 --> 00:45:35,861 Do you know what you are, Andrew? 876 00:45:35,903 --> 00:45:37,112 You're a wimp. 877 00:45:37,154 --> 00:45:39,239 You always were 878 00:45:39,323 --> 00:45:40,407 and you always will be... 879 00:45:40,449 --> 00:45:41,658 a double first-class wimp. 880 00:45:41,700 --> 00:45:44,411 You know, I think 881 00:45:44,453 --> 00:45:46,246 I could have forgiven you anything 882 00:45:46,288 --> 00:45:48,624 if you'd have just once said, "No. Enough," 883 00:45:48,665 --> 00:45:50,792 not just to me 884 00:45:50,834 --> 00:45:52,628 but to every setback 885 00:45:52,669 --> 00:45:55,756 you've ever had. 886 00:45:59,134 --> 00:46:03,805 There was an old lady of 82... Parlez-vous? Oh! 887 00:46:03,847 --> 00:46:06,016 Out. 888 00:46:06,058 --> 00:46:07,351 Go on, out. 889 00:46:07,392 --> 00:46:08,810 Out! Out! 890 00:46:08,852 --> 00:46:10,103 - Out! - Out! 891 00:46:10,145 --> 00:46:11,522 Not you, Taplow. 892 00:46:11,563 --> 00:46:13,357 Stay there. 893 00:46:13,398 --> 00:46:15,234 Out! Move it! 894 00:46:15,275 --> 00:46:16,485 Come on. 895 00:46:20,739 --> 00:46:23,283 You go to the Crock's house for extra work, don't you? 896 00:46:23,367 --> 00:46:26,453 Yeah. 897 00:46:26,495 --> 00:46:27,788 Yes, Trubshaw. 898 00:46:27,830 --> 00:46:30,332 Yes... Trubshaw. 899 00:46:30,374 --> 00:46:31,834 Very good. 900 00:46:31,875 --> 00:46:33,502 So what's the gossip, then? 901 00:46:33,544 --> 00:46:35,671 I don't know, Trubshaw. 902 00:46:35,712 --> 00:46:37,510 Well, word is, Mrs. Crocker-Harris 903 00:46:37,710 --> 00:46:39,508 is having it off with somebody. 904 00:46:39,550 --> 00:46:40,759 Is that right? 905 00:46:40,801 --> 00:46:42,803 I, I really don't know, Trubshaw. 906 00:46:42,845 --> 00:46:44,313 Oh, come on, Taplow... I've seen you. 907 00:46:44,513 --> 00:46:47,140 Nothing happens around here without you knowing about it. 908 00:46:47,182 --> 00:46:48,183 Who's she shagging? 909 00:46:50,102 --> 00:46:51,712 Who is it? 910 00:46:51,912 --> 00:46:53,322 Dr. Rafferty. 911 00:46:53,522 --> 00:46:56,358 I've no idea, honestly. 912 00:46:56,400 --> 00:47:00,279 Would you like to give her one? 913 00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:03,490 Have you ever seen her tits? 914 00:47:03,532 --> 00:47:04,700 I have. 915 00:47:04,741 --> 00:47:06,285 She was in the library once. 916 00:47:06,326 --> 00:47:07,494 She bent over. 917 00:47:07,536 --> 00:47:08,495 No bra, nothing. 918 00:47:08,537 --> 00:47:09,496 Gorgeous. 919 00:47:09,538 --> 00:47:11,206 I bet you'd like to put your face 920 00:47:11,248 --> 00:47:14,209 between them, wouldn't you, Taplow, you little wanker? 921 00:47:17,546 --> 00:47:18,630 Your parents coming 922 00:47:18,672 --> 00:47:19,673 down today? 923 00:47:19,715 --> 00:47:20,674 No. 924 00:47:20,716 --> 00:47:22,009 No? 925 00:47:22,050 --> 00:47:24,511 Oh. Why not? 926 00:47:24,553 --> 00:47:26,805 Oh. Your mother's having it off 927 00:47:26,847 --> 00:47:28,515 with somebody as well. 928 00:47:28,557 --> 00:47:33,979 Word is, she's a good fuck, your mother. 929 00:47:34,021 --> 00:47:35,189 Is that right? 930 00:47:35,230 --> 00:47:36,398 Huh? 931 00:47:59,087 --> 00:48:00,631 Ah, Missus... Missus, uh... 932 00:48:00,672 --> 00:48:01,632 - Missus... - Wilson. 933 00:48:01,673 --> 00:48:02,716 Wilson. How are you? 934 00:48:02,758 --> 00:48:04,092 - I have a complaint. - Oh, dear. 935 00:48:04,134 --> 00:48:06,428 Ten spaghetti and one lettuce leaf is not enough 936 00:48:06,470 --> 00:48:07,429 for a growing boy. 937 00:48:07,471 --> 00:48:09,264 Ludwig tells me that's all he's had 938 00:48:09,464 --> 00:48:10,807 for dinner for the past week. 939 00:48:10,849 --> 00:48:12,476 - Ah, well... - We pay enough in fees. 940 00:48:12,518 --> 00:48:14,186 Please ensure that he's properly fed. 941 00:48:14,228 --> 00:48:15,812 I'll speak to the kitchens about it. 942 00:48:15,896 --> 00:48:17,022 Do excuse me, won't you? 943 00:48:17,064 --> 00:48:19,233 I don't believe in stuffing the boys, you know, dear. 944 00:48:19,274 --> 00:48:20,234 Ah, King Abakendi. 945 00:48:20,275 --> 00:48:21,735 Do you know he owns most of Nigeria? 946 00:48:21,777 --> 00:48:22,945 Really? 947 00:48:22,986 --> 00:48:25,781 Oh, Your Majesty, how lovely to see you. 948 00:48:25,981 --> 00:48:26,907 Dr. Frobisher. 949 00:48:26,949 --> 00:48:28,116 Ah. You know my wife Jane. 950 00:48:28,158 --> 00:48:29,117 Madam. Of course. 951 00:48:29,159 --> 00:48:31,203 And Lord Baxter, head of Eurospace Industries, 952 00:48:31,245 --> 00:48:32,371 chairman of our governors. 953 00:48:32,412 --> 00:48:33,372 Yes, and, uh, Lady Baxter. 954 00:48:33,413 --> 00:48:34,748 Delighted, delighted. 955 00:48:35,749 --> 00:48:37,376 A chap from Nigeria working for me... 956 00:48:37,417 --> 00:48:38,836 head of the design department. 957 00:48:38,919 --> 00:48:39,837 I'm sure you know him. 958 00:48:39,920 --> 00:48:41,421 Oh. What is his name? 959 00:48:41,505 --> 00:48:43,841 We are very fortunate once again... 960 00:48:43,966 --> 00:48:45,008 Oh, he's doing very well. 961 00:48:45,050 --> 00:48:46,635 You know, he's doing very well, this boy. 962 00:48:46,677 --> 00:48:47,845 Marvelous job he's doing, yes. 963 00:48:47,970 --> 00:48:50,389 Now, Your Majesty, you know, Lord Baxter and I would like 964 00:48:50,430 --> 00:48:52,391 to discuss our proposed center for Islamic... 965 00:48:55,644 --> 00:48:56,854 What a lovely hat. 966 00:48:56,979 --> 00:48:58,605 Thank you. 967 00:48:58,647 --> 00:48:59,815 Lovely. 968 00:49:15,122 --> 00:49:18,625 Opening the batting... 969 00:49:18,667 --> 00:49:22,588 is their captain, David Fletcher. 970 00:49:22,629 --> 00:49:24,798 This will probably be the last time 971 00:49:24,840 --> 00:49:27,926 that we'll ever see David playing amateur cricket, 972 00:49:27,968 --> 00:49:32,264 as he goes to London tomorrow to join the NCC. 973 00:49:41,023 --> 00:49:42,566 I'm... 974 00:49:42,608 --> 00:49:43,650 sorry, sir. 975 00:49:43,692 --> 00:49:45,152 Oh. No, no. 976 00:49:45,194 --> 00:49:46,487 It is I who should apologize. 977 00:49:46,528 --> 00:49:48,864 After all, this is your room now, not mine. 978 00:49:49,064 --> 00:49:50,115 If you'll allow me 979 00:49:50,157 --> 00:49:52,659 to continue with the chore of packing. 980 00:49:54,203 --> 00:49:55,170 I only came in here 981 00:49:55,370 --> 00:49:57,498 because this room is to become the center 982 00:49:57,539 --> 00:49:58,874 of the new language block, 983 00:49:58,916 --> 00:50:01,251 and, well, I didn't expect anyone to be here. 984 00:50:01,293 --> 00:50:03,545 I shan't be very long, I promise you. 985 00:50:03,587 --> 00:50:05,130 Please don't hurry, sir. 986 00:50:05,172 --> 00:50:08,425 The fact is, this afternoon, uh, I was feeling rather nervous. 987 00:50:08,467 --> 00:50:10,761 You know, attack of the jitters, and, uh, 988 00:50:10,802 --> 00:50:12,804 I thought that if I came in here 989 00:50:12,846 --> 00:50:16,058 and rehearsed taking a class or something, 990 00:50:16,258 --> 00:50:18,310 it... it might calm me. 991 00:50:18,352 --> 00:50:21,021 Um, I expect you'd laugh at me 992 00:50:21,063 --> 00:50:22,523 for that. 993 00:50:22,564 --> 00:50:25,734 Why would you expect that? 994 00:50:25,776 --> 00:50:26,869 You keep such order. 995 00:50:27,069 --> 00:50:29,196 I saw that yesterday morning, and, 996 00:50:29,238 --> 00:50:31,573 well, after all, they call you the "Hitler of the Lower Fifth." 997 00:50:36,578 --> 00:50:38,080 That was clumsy of me, sir. 998 00:50:45,045 --> 00:50:46,839 I'm sure nothing's meant by it. 999 00:50:46,880 --> 00:50:49,299 It-it's just that you... you keep such wonderful 1000 00:50:49,341 --> 00:50:51,343 discipline, that's all. 1001 00:50:53,929 --> 00:50:56,056 The Hitler of the Lower Fifth. 1002 00:50:59,142 --> 00:51:01,353 They're, uh, not bad boys. 1003 00:51:01,395 --> 00:51:04,523 Sometimes a little wild and unfeeling, perhaps, 1004 00:51:04,565 --> 00:51:08,077 but not bad. 1005 00:51:08,277 --> 00:51:10,070 In the beginning, I tried very hard 1006 00:51:10,112 --> 00:51:12,347 to communicate some of my own joy 1007 00:51:12,547 --> 00:51:14,783 in the great literature of the past. 1008 00:51:14,825 --> 00:51:17,202 I failed... 1009 00:51:17,244 --> 00:51:19,454 as, of course, you will fail 999 1010 00:51:19,496 --> 00:51:21,582 times out of a thousand. 1011 00:51:22,833 --> 00:51:24,585 But a single success can atone 1012 00:51:24,626 --> 00:51:26,587 for all the failures in the world 1013 00:51:26,628 --> 00:51:28,755 and sometimes... very rarely, it's true... 1014 00:51:28,797 --> 00:51:30,924 sometimes, I had that success. 1015 00:51:35,262 --> 00:51:37,472 The Hitler of the Lower Fifth. 1016 00:51:38,557 --> 00:51:40,642 I'm desperately sorry. 1017 00:51:40,684 --> 00:51:42,436 Don't apologize. 1018 00:51:42,477 --> 00:51:46,356 I, uh, should have known for myself 1019 00:51:46,398 --> 00:51:51,195 that I'm not only not liked, but positively disliked. 1020 00:51:53,739 --> 00:51:56,658 I realized many long years ago that the... 1021 00:51:56,700 --> 00:52:00,746 the boys no longer laughed at me, but I... 1022 00:52:00,787 --> 00:52:03,540 I don't know why they no longer found me funny. 1023 00:52:03,582 --> 00:52:06,001 Perhaps when you became ill. 1024 00:52:06,201 --> 00:52:07,169 No. 1025 00:52:07,211 --> 00:52:08,904 No, I don't think so. 1026 00:52:09,104 --> 00:52:10,797 I really don't know. 1027 00:52:10,839 --> 00:52:13,800 In the earlier years, they used to laugh at me. 1028 00:52:13,842 --> 00:52:15,802 At me, not with me. 1029 00:52:15,844 --> 00:52:18,847 At my... uh... 1030 00:52:18,931 --> 00:52:20,849 funny mannerisms and tricks of speech, 1031 00:52:20,933 --> 00:52:22,559 which we all develop. 1032 00:52:24,019 --> 00:52:28,023 The Hitler of the Lower Fifth. 1033 00:52:28,065 --> 00:52:29,858 I would have thought that by now 1034 00:52:29,942 --> 00:52:32,653 that epithet would have lost its significance. 1035 00:52:32,694 --> 00:52:34,822 Apparently not. 1036 00:52:38,909 --> 00:52:43,705 Undoubtedly... it will become my epitaph. 1037 00:52:43,747 --> 00:52:45,123 I'm sure they'll come up 1038 00:52:45,165 --> 00:52:47,125 with something much worse for me. 1039 00:52:48,460 --> 00:52:50,754 Well... 1040 00:52:50,796 --> 00:52:53,131 I bequeath you this room. 1041 00:52:53,173 --> 00:52:55,467 I wish you a great success in it. 1042 00:52:55,509 --> 00:52:57,928 I'll do my best, sir. 1043 00:53:00,180 --> 00:53:02,099 And good luck to you 1044 00:53:02,140 --> 00:53:04,142 in your future career. 1045 00:53:05,644 --> 00:53:07,604 My future career? 1046 00:53:07,646 --> 00:53:10,065 Yes. Thank you. 1047 00:53:12,234 --> 00:53:14,486 The, uh... 1048 00:53:14,528 --> 00:53:18,157 The boys do still call me "The Crock," though, don't they? 1049 00:53:49,104 --> 00:53:51,940 And there's another four runs to Fletcher. 1050 00:53:52,483 --> 00:53:55,235 Ah, Laura, Andrew. 1051 00:53:55,277 --> 00:53:57,196 Headmaster, Lord Baxter. 1052 00:53:57,237 --> 00:53:58,447 Good afternoon. 1053 00:53:58,489 --> 00:54:00,866 Uh, Lord Baxter and I would like to ask you, uh... 1054 00:54:00,908 --> 00:54:02,618 have a little chat with you, Andrew. 1055 00:54:02,659 --> 00:54:03,827 Uh, good time for a word? 1056 00:54:03,952 --> 00:54:05,537 Well, the great thing about cricket is 1057 00:54:05,579 --> 00:54:07,289 you can talk and watch at the same time. 1058 00:54:07,331 --> 00:54:08,624 Precisely well put, Laura. 1059 00:54:08,665 --> 00:54:10,834 A little favor I have to ask you, Andrew. 1060 00:54:10,876 --> 00:54:12,628 And what favor would that be, Headmaster? 1061 00:54:12,669 --> 00:54:14,129 It concerns tomorrow's Prize Giving. 1062 00:54:14,171 --> 00:54:16,131 I take it you're prepared to say a few words? 1063 00:54:16,173 --> 00:54:18,342 Yeah. Well, I have, uh, I have made a few notes. 1064 00:54:19,384 --> 00:54:20,427 Oh, well hit. 1065 00:54:20,469 --> 00:54:22,387 Well hit, Fletcher. 1066 00:54:25,766 --> 00:54:26,850 Good, good, good. 1067 00:54:26,934 --> 00:54:28,393 I know I can trust your discretion, 1068 00:54:28,435 --> 00:54:29,436 not to mention your wit. 1069 00:54:29,478 --> 00:54:30,854 And I'm sure you'll agree with me 1070 00:54:30,938 --> 00:54:32,231 that we don't want these things 1071 00:54:32,272 --> 00:54:33,774 to become too long and distressing. 1072 00:54:33,816 --> 00:54:36,527 Well, I have included a few, uh, puns and jokes in my speech. 1073 00:54:36,568 --> 00:54:40,197 That would be extremely acceptable. 1074 00:54:41,323 --> 00:54:42,658 Oh. Fine stroke, Fletcher. 1075 00:54:42,699 --> 00:54:43,867 Oh, yes. 1076 00:54:43,909 --> 00:54:45,911 Yes, that's good, just the thing. 1077 00:54:49,581 --> 00:54:52,835 I-I also want to touch on a matter of some gravity. 1078 00:54:52,876 --> 00:54:53,877 No doubt, no doubt. 1079 00:54:53,919 --> 00:54:56,088 Now, the favor I want to ask you is this. 1080 00:54:56,129 --> 00:54:57,139 You see, Fletcher... 1081 00:54:57,339 --> 00:55:00,259 Fletcher is much, much junior to you, of course, 1082 00:55:00,300 --> 00:55:03,053 and, uh, as such, his speech would come first, 1083 00:55:03,095 --> 00:55:04,221 and yours last. 1084 00:55:04,263 --> 00:55:05,722 Absolutely. 1085 00:55:05,764 --> 00:55:08,183 But, uh, you know how the boys feel about David. 1086 00:55:08,383 --> 00:55:08,984 They adore him. 1087 00:55:09,184 --> 00:55:10,227 They simply adore him. 1088 00:55:10,269 --> 00:55:12,229 Now, there could well be a terrific display 1089 00:55:12,271 --> 00:55:13,188 of emotion tomorrow, 1090 00:55:13,230 --> 00:55:15,315 which would be difficult for me to cut short. 1091 00:55:15,357 --> 00:55:17,359 Fletcher's simply racing 1092 00:55:17,559 --> 00:55:18,527 to his talent. 1093 00:55:20,612 --> 00:55:23,866 So, uh, do you wish me to speak first? 1094 00:55:23,949 --> 00:55:26,451 Well, I feel wretched about asking you this, Andrew. 1095 00:55:26,493 --> 00:55:27,619 I really do. 1096 00:55:27,661 --> 00:55:28,662 But, you know, a thing 1097 00:55:28,704 --> 00:55:30,330 that must come to a proper climax. 1098 00:55:30,372 --> 00:55:32,499 You know, I'm sure you'd agree with me there. 1099 00:55:32,541 --> 00:55:33,834 You understand, don't you, Laura? 1100 00:55:33,876 --> 00:55:34,960 Well, naturally, Headmaster, 1101 00:55:35,002 --> 00:55:36,879 I would not wish to provide an anticlimax. 1102 00:55:37,079 --> 00:55:38,046 I'll speak first. 1103 00:55:38,088 --> 00:55:39,181 Don't take it amiss, Andrew. 1104 00:55:39,381 --> 00:55:41,508 Nothing personal. Boys will be boys. 1105 00:55:41,550 --> 00:55:42,968 I mean, they'd much rather applaud 1106 00:55:43,010 --> 00:55:44,469 the-the sportsman than the scholar. 1107 00:55:44,511 --> 00:55:45,554 It's only natural. 1108 00:55:45,596 --> 00:55:47,097 But it's quite impersonal, I promise you. 1109 00:55:47,139 --> 00:55:49,683 Well played, Tom! Well played! 1110 00:55:49,725 --> 00:55:52,853 The possibility of a century here for David Fletcher. 1111 00:55:52,895 --> 00:55:54,563 Laura? Ah. 1112 00:55:54,605 --> 00:55:55,647 Yes, Diana. 1113 00:55:55,689 --> 00:55:57,024 Isn't Fletcher batting superbly? 1114 00:55:57,065 --> 00:55:59,026 Oh, uh, just fantastic, but I got to tell you, 1115 00:55:59,067 --> 00:56:00,194 every time he hits the ball, 1116 00:56:00,235 --> 00:56:01,612 I think he's going to drop the bat 1117 00:56:01,653 --> 00:56:02,696 and run to first base. 1118 00:56:02,738 --> 00:56:04,239 - Oh, really. - Good heavens. He's 95. 1119 00:56:04,281 --> 00:56:05,449 This could be his 100th. 1120 00:56:10,704 --> 00:56:11,830 Oh. 1121 00:56:11,872 --> 00:56:14,166 Yes, that's 100 on Fletcher. 1122 00:56:19,630 --> 00:56:21,840 Tea, I think, everybody. Before the rush. 1123 00:56:21,924 --> 00:56:23,217 Terrifically good idea. 1124 00:56:23,258 --> 00:56:24,468 I'd love some lemon. 1125 00:56:24,510 --> 00:56:26,762 Mmm. Tea and cakes? 1126 00:56:26,803 --> 00:56:28,847 You coming to tea? 1127 00:56:28,889 --> 00:56:31,308 I'd rather watch a little more cricket if you don't mind. 1128 00:56:31,350 --> 00:56:32,518 Uh, Frank? 1129 00:56:32,559 --> 00:56:35,103 Could you escort Laura to tea, please? 1130 00:56:36,438 --> 00:56:37,648 Sure. 1131 00:56:37,689 --> 00:56:40,567 Thank you. 1132 00:56:40,609 --> 00:56:43,445 Ladies and gentlemen, as you know, 1133 00:56:43,487 --> 00:56:45,697 the school supports many charities, 1134 00:56:45,739 --> 00:56:48,158 and some of the charities that we do support 1135 00:56:48,200 --> 00:56:52,788 will have stands in and around the chapel today 1136 00:56:52,830 --> 00:56:55,090 so that you can see the sort of work 1137 00:56:55,290 --> 00:56:57,626 that the school is doing with the money... 1138 00:57:26,280 --> 00:57:27,406 Sir? 1139 00:57:29,032 --> 00:57:30,826 Sir? 1140 00:57:30,909 --> 00:57:32,327 Uh, I'm sorry to disturb you, sir, 1141 00:57:32,369 --> 00:57:33,495 but-but I did want to see. 1142 00:57:33,537 --> 00:57:35,831 Disturb me, indeed. 1143 00:57:35,873 --> 00:57:37,040 Well? 1144 00:57:37,082 --> 00:57:39,793 Um... 1145 00:57:39,835 --> 00:57:41,837 Well, Taplow? 1146 00:57:41,920 --> 00:57:43,839 I... 1147 00:57:43,964 --> 00:57:46,258 I thought this might interest you, sir. 1148 00:57:47,593 --> 00:57:49,636 First translation 1149 00:57:49,678 --> 00:57:50,846 of the Agamemnon, sir. 1150 00:57:50,971 --> 00:57:52,723 Good heavens. 1151 00:57:52,764 --> 00:57:55,184 The Browning version. 1152 00:58:00,272 --> 00:58:01,231 I've glanced at it. 1153 00:58:01,273 --> 00:58:02,441 I don't think it's much good, 1154 00:58:02,483 --> 00:58:04,026 but... 1155 00:58:04,067 --> 00:58:06,820 I agree, the translation has its faults, 1156 00:58:06,862 --> 00:58:08,822 but I think you'll enjoy it more 1157 00:58:08,864 --> 00:58:12,451 when you become more familiar with the meter 1158 00:58:12,493 --> 00:58:14,161 that Robert Browning 1159 00:58:14,203 --> 00:58:16,079 employs. 1160 00:58:16,121 --> 00:58:17,372 Very interesting, 1161 00:58:17,572 --> 00:58:18,874 Taplow. 1162 00:58:22,044 --> 00:58:24,713 It... it's for you, sir. 1163 00:58:26,173 --> 00:58:28,008 For me? 1164 00:58:30,636 --> 00:58:32,429 Yes, sir. I-I've written in it. 1165 00:58:52,407 --> 00:58:54,993 Did you... buy this? 1166 00:58:55,035 --> 00:58:57,412 Yes, sir. It's only secondhand. 1167 00:58:59,248 --> 00:59:03,335 You shouldn't spend your pocket money in that way. 1168 00:59:03,377 --> 00:59:04,878 That's all right. 1169 00:59:04,920 --> 00:59:06,672 It wasn't very much. 1170 00:59:09,424 --> 00:59:11,426 The price isn't still inside, is it? 1171 00:59:11,468 --> 00:59:13,971 No. 1172 00:59:14,012 --> 00:59:15,639 Only what you wrote. 1173 00:59:15,681 --> 00:59:18,433 Nothing else. 1174 00:59:26,650 --> 00:59:27,818 What's the matter, sir? 1175 00:59:27,943 --> 00:59:31,113 Have I put the accents wrong? 1176 00:59:31,313 --> 00:59:32,748 No. 1177 00:59:32,948 --> 00:59:37,619 The perispwmenon is perfectly correct. 1178 00:59:47,921 --> 00:59:50,591 Oh... 1179 01:00:05,772 --> 01:00:07,445 Forgive me... 1180 01:00:07,645 --> 01:00:09,318 Taplow, I've... 1181 01:00:09,359 --> 01:00:13,780 I've been under rather a strain. 1182 01:00:17,159 --> 01:00:19,703 Yes, sir. 1183 01:00:19,745 --> 01:00:22,289 I understand. 1184 01:00:26,793 --> 01:00:28,629 Well... 1185 01:00:28,670 --> 01:00:30,422 ...good-bye, sir. 1186 01:00:30,464 --> 01:00:32,841 And the best of luck. 1187 01:01:03,080 --> 01:01:04,706 That's tea! 1188 01:01:10,546 --> 01:01:11,964 Ladies and gentleman, 1189 01:01:12,005 --> 01:01:13,173 the umpire has called tea, 1190 01:01:13,215 --> 01:01:16,802 which will be taken in the large dining marquee 1191 01:01:16,844 --> 01:01:19,346 near the entrance to the chapel. 1192 01:01:19,388 --> 01:01:21,014 Mr. Crocker-Harris. 1193 01:01:21,056 --> 01:01:22,891 Uh, excuse me, sir. 1194 01:01:22,933 --> 01:01:25,394 Do you remember us, sir? 1195 01:01:25,435 --> 01:01:27,020 Now, don't tell me, don't tell me. 1196 01:01:27,062 --> 01:01:28,814 Wait a moment. 1197 01:01:28,856 --> 01:01:30,190 Trimmer, and you're Newton. 1198 01:01:30,232 --> 01:01:31,567 Yes, sir. 1199 01:01:31,608 --> 01:01:33,239 We just saw you there, sir, 1200 01:01:33,439 --> 01:01:35,070 thought we'd say hello, sir. 1201 01:01:35,112 --> 01:01:36,822 And what have you two been up to? 1202 01:01:36,864 --> 01:01:37,823 I'm in 1203 01:01:37,865 --> 01:01:39,041 banking, sir. 1204 01:01:39,241 --> 01:01:41,869 Actually, I'm the managing director of National Western. 1205 01:01:41,910 --> 01:01:42,870 Are you, indeed? 1206 01:01:42,911 --> 01:01:43,787 And I'm in the Army, sir. 1207 01:01:43,829 --> 01:01:45,581 Communications. 1208 01:01:45,622 --> 01:01:46,707 Communications, eh? 1209 01:01:46,748 --> 01:01:48,834 But not in classical Greek, I fancy. 1210 01:01:50,169 --> 01:01:51,712 Well, actually, sir, Newton's the youngest 1211 01:01:51,753 --> 01:01:52,880 brigadier in the British Army. 1212 01:01:52,921 --> 01:01:54,298 Indeed? Congratulations. 1213 01:01:54,339 --> 01:01:56,049 Stand easy, Brigadier. 1214 01:01:56,091 --> 01:01:57,551 Oh. 1215 01:01:57,593 --> 01:01:59,094 Well, it's very nice to see you both. 1216 01:01:59,136 --> 01:02:00,304 Yes, sir. 1217 01:02:00,345 --> 01:02:02,848 I see Fletcher got his hundred, sir. 1218 01:02:02,890 --> 01:02:04,266 Oh, well, it's only to be expected. 1219 01:02:04,308 --> 01:02:05,267 He's a superb player. 1220 01:02:05,309 --> 01:02:06,435 And-And quite, uh, 1221 01:02:06,477 --> 01:02:08,687 quite beautiful to watch, isn't he? 1222 01:02:08,729 --> 01:02:09,938 Yes. 1223 01:02:09,980 --> 01:02:11,732 Well, continued success to you. 1224 01:02:11,773 --> 01:02:13,609 - And to you, sir. - Good luck, sir. 1225 01:02:13,809 --> 01:02:14,902 Sorry you're leaving. 1226 01:02:15,986 --> 01:02:19,531 God help me, I'm still terrified of the old bugger. 1227 01:02:19,573 --> 01:02:21,158 Me, too. 1228 01:02:41,136 --> 01:02:44,389 Wonderful inning. Special, Dave. 1229 01:02:44,431 --> 01:02:45,390 - Thank you, sir. - Splendid. 1230 01:02:45,432 --> 01:02:46,600 Excuse me. 1231 01:02:55,984 --> 01:02:58,362 So, there I was in my hotel corridor, 1232 01:02:58,403 --> 01:03:00,280 absolutely naked, and no key. 1233 01:03:00,322 --> 01:03:02,032 I wish I'd been there. 1234 01:03:02,074 --> 01:03:03,659 Andrew, have a seat. 1235 01:03:03,700 --> 01:03:04,660 Oh, thank you. 1236 01:03:04,701 --> 01:03:06,370 - Thank you. - Hello, Andrew. 1237 01:03:07,746 --> 01:03:10,666 You're looking pleased with yourself. 1238 01:03:10,707 --> 01:03:12,334 What have you been up to? 1239 01:03:12,376 --> 01:03:13,636 That's a lot to ask, Laura. 1240 01:03:13,836 --> 01:03:15,838 Well, I'm looking pleased with reason. 1241 01:03:15,879 --> 01:03:17,506 I think I've just been given a present. 1242 01:03:17,548 --> 01:03:18,841 Oh, by whom? 1243 01:03:18,882 --> 01:03:20,634 - Taplow. - Taplow? 1244 01:03:20,676 --> 01:03:22,219 That's fantastic. Hey. 1245 01:03:22,261 --> 01:03:23,846 So, what was the present? 1246 01:03:23,887 --> 01:03:26,431 Well, it's, uh, a translation of The Agamemnon, 1247 01:03:26,473 --> 01:03:27,850 by, uh, by Robert Browning. 1248 01:03:27,975 --> 01:03:29,059 - Great. - Let me see. 1249 01:03:31,353 --> 01:03:33,313 Oh, he's inscribed it. 1250 01:03:33,355 --> 01:03:35,149 What does it mean? 1251 01:03:35,190 --> 01:03:37,526 Darling... 1252 01:03:37,568 --> 01:03:38,360 what does it say? 1253 01:03:39,736 --> 01:03:42,156 Uh, it's, uh, it's all Greek to me. 1254 01:03:43,365 --> 01:03:44,283 Mr. Gilbert, 1255 01:03:44,324 --> 01:03:46,285 can you enlighten us, please? 1256 01:03:46,326 --> 01:03:47,786 Uh, how marvelous. 1257 01:03:47,828 --> 01:03:49,913 It's a hexameter. 1258 01:03:52,249 --> 01:03:54,418 Yes, but what does it mean? 1259 01:03:54,459 --> 01:03:55,502 Well, I'm not familiar 1260 01:03:55,544 --> 01:03:56,879 with th-the Browning version, 1261 01:03:57,004 --> 01:03:59,715 but, uh, roughly, uh, it translates as: 1262 01:03:59,915 --> 01:04:02,634 "God from afar looks graciously 1263 01:04:02,676 --> 01:04:05,637 upon a gentle master." 1264 01:04:05,679 --> 01:04:07,097 Oh, how sweet! 1265 01:04:07,139 --> 01:04:09,141 And very apt. 1266 01:04:09,183 --> 01:04:11,643 Can't imagine a boy giving me a present. 1267 01:04:11,685 --> 01:04:12,853 Nor me. 1268 01:04:12,895 --> 01:04:14,855 A very wonderful thing to do, don't you think? 1269 01:04:14,897 --> 01:04:16,732 - Yes. - Yes, very much, so, yeah. 1270 01:04:16,773 --> 01:04:20,486 And he, he bought it with his own pocket money. 1271 01:04:20,527 --> 01:04:21,987 What was the inscription again? 1272 01:04:22,029 --> 01:04:23,530 "God from afar looks graciously 1273 01:04:23,572 --> 01:04:24,615 upon a kind master." 1274 01:04:24,656 --> 01:04:26,200 Well, perhaps not "kind master," 1275 01:04:26,241 --> 01:04:27,159 but... 1276 01:04:27,201 --> 01:04:28,660 "gentle master." 1277 01:04:28,702 --> 01:04:29,786 Yes, I agree, uh, with Mr. Gilbert. 1278 01:04:29,828 --> 01:04:30,787 I think "gentle" 1279 01:04:30,829 --> 01:04:32,456 is a better translation. 1280 01:04:32,498 --> 01:04:35,000 Uh, all right. 1281 01:04:35,042 --> 01:04:36,668 Uh, it's a lovely gift. 1282 01:04:36,710 --> 01:04:38,879 I would rather have this present 1283 01:04:38,921 --> 01:04:40,881 than anything else I could think of. 1284 01:04:40,923 --> 01:04:42,674 Cunning little brat. 1285 01:04:44,134 --> 01:04:45,802 Why cunning, Laura? 1286 01:04:45,844 --> 01:04:47,642 Andrew, you don't have any wine. 1287 01:04:47,842 --> 01:04:49,640 Can I give you some champagne? 1288 01:04:53,477 --> 01:04:55,020 Why cunning, Laura? 1289 01:04:55,062 --> 01:04:56,772 Because... 1290 01:04:58,315 --> 01:05:02,277 ...yesterday, I saw Taplow doing an impersonation of you 1291 01:05:02,477 --> 01:05:04,413 for Frank. 1292 01:05:04,613 --> 01:05:06,782 Well, obviously he was afraid that I would tell you, 1293 01:05:06,824 --> 01:05:08,784 and that you would put him on Cromwell's, 1294 01:05:08,826 --> 01:05:09,952 or stop his switch 1295 01:05:09,993 --> 01:05:14,498 to Frank's form, or some other Hitlerian torture. 1296 01:05:16,250 --> 01:05:20,337 The book is clearly an insurance policy... 1297 01:05:20,379 --> 01:05:22,548 a sweetener. 1298 01:05:22,589 --> 01:05:24,049 A bribe. 1299 01:05:27,344 --> 01:05:30,639 I see. 1300 01:06:00,335 --> 01:06:02,337 Laura, go and tell him it was a lie. 1301 01:06:02,379 --> 01:06:03,422 Certainly not. 1302 01:06:03,463 --> 01:06:04,965 It wasn't a lie. 1303 01:06:07,467 --> 01:06:08,427 Then I'll tell him. 1304 01:06:08,468 --> 01:06:11,013 I wouldn't do that if I were you. 1305 01:06:15,684 --> 01:06:19,313 He'll only hate you for your sympathy. 1306 01:06:21,982 --> 01:06:24,860 Andrew doesn't need sympathy. 1307 01:06:24,902 --> 01:06:27,279 That's his strength. 1308 01:06:45,047 --> 01:06:47,674 Andrew? 1309 01:06:59,228 --> 01:07:02,815 I want to make something clear about Taplow. 1310 01:07:02,898 --> 01:07:05,192 He has a genuine affection 1311 01:07:05,234 --> 01:07:06,235 for you. 1312 01:07:06,276 --> 01:07:08,237 Andrew, please believe me. 1313 01:07:12,574 --> 01:07:15,160 Well, I think you should treasure that book. 1314 01:07:15,202 --> 01:07:19,206 I'd rather like to be left alone at the moment, thank you. 1315 01:07:19,248 --> 01:07:20,541 You may find 1316 01:07:20,582 --> 01:07:24,545 that it'll... have a special meaning to you. 1317 01:07:24,586 --> 01:07:26,713 Oh, yes, it will mean something. 1318 01:07:26,755 --> 01:07:28,048 It will remind me 1319 01:07:28,090 --> 01:07:29,341 of my own foolishness. 1320 01:07:33,720 --> 01:07:36,223 You don't deserve this. 1321 01:07:36,265 --> 01:07:37,599 I mean... 1322 01:07:39,518 --> 01:07:43,063 You've been treated badly, sir. 1323 01:07:46,275 --> 01:07:48,235 By the school, you mean? 1324 01:07:50,612 --> 01:07:54,700 Not just by the school. 1325 01:07:54,741 --> 01:07:58,871 Never, never presume to know the secrets of a marriage. 1326 01:08:03,792 --> 01:08:07,588 Take my advice... sir. 1327 01:08:07,629 --> 01:08:11,592 Make a new start for yourself. 1328 01:08:11,633 --> 01:08:14,803 You could still find someone 1329 01:08:14,845 --> 01:08:18,557 who will care for you, who'll... 1330 01:08:18,599 --> 01:08:24,646 who'll be loyal, and who won't... 1331 01:08:27,649 --> 01:08:30,736 who'll... be faithful. 1332 01:08:35,991 --> 01:08:37,618 Ah. 1333 01:08:47,753 --> 01:08:49,588 Hmm. 1334 01:09:05,020 --> 01:09:07,689 We... 1335 01:09:08,941 --> 01:09:13,162 We were incompatible from the moment we met. 1336 01:09:13,362 --> 01:09:19,034 Although... neither of us realized that at the time. 1337 01:09:21,203 --> 01:09:24,335 Of course, Laura was, uh... 1338 01:09:24,535 --> 01:09:27,668 was only 22 years of age. 1339 01:09:30,921 --> 01:09:35,050 We both required love, but of different kinds. 1340 01:09:39,054 --> 01:09:41,181 Worlds apart. 1341 01:09:43,725 --> 01:09:45,727 Worlds apart. 1342 01:09:47,396 --> 01:09:52,151 So, it's not really very tragic... 1343 01:09:52,192 --> 01:09:54,194 or abnormal. 1344 01:09:54,236 --> 01:09:59,241 Just the problem of a dissatisfied wife 1345 01:09:59,283 --> 01:10:01,743 and an inadequate husband. 1346 01:10:01,785 --> 01:10:05,372 Often, I believe, a subject for Faust. 1347 01:10:12,462 --> 01:10:15,757 Is there anything I can do to help you? 1348 01:10:15,957 --> 01:10:19,011 I'd like to help... you. 1349 01:10:20,429 --> 01:10:22,389 Yes. Don't take sides. 1350 01:10:22,431 --> 01:10:24,725 It's so very unbecoming. 1351 01:10:51,043 --> 01:10:53,045 Hey! 1352 01:11:05,516 --> 01:11:06,975 Did you see that, Andrew? 1353 01:11:07,017 --> 01:11:08,477 112 nut out, Fletcher, 1354 01:11:08,677 --> 01:11:09,853 and seven for 23. 1355 01:11:09,937 --> 01:11:10,979 Send out the schools. 1356 01:11:11,021 --> 01:11:12,898 Skittle them out. 1357 01:12:29,892 --> 01:12:31,351 Let me do that. 1358 01:12:45,866 --> 01:12:47,618 You left Taplow's present behind. 1359 01:12:47,659 --> 01:12:48,744 I put it 1360 01:12:48,785 --> 01:12:50,787 in your study. 1361 01:12:50,829 --> 01:12:52,831 Thank you. 1362 01:12:58,337 --> 01:13:00,380 It wasn't a very good impersonation. 1363 01:13:05,469 --> 01:13:07,429 I'm... 1364 01:13:07,471 --> 01:13:08,555 I'm sorry. 1365 01:13:08,597 --> 01:13:09,932 Laura. 1366 01:13:13,936 --> 01:13:15,479 We, uh... 1367 01:13:19,149 --> 01:13:22,778 we inhabit different worlds, you and I. 1368 01:13:22,820 --> 01:13:25,405 We always have. 1369 01:13:25,447 --> 01:13:27,407 We always will. 1370 01:13:27,449 --> 01:13:28,617 What are you saying? 1371 01:13:33,413 --> 01:13:37,501 I'm saying "No." 1372 01:13:37,543 --> 01:13:39,086 I'm saying, "Enough." 1373 01:13:50,472 --> 01:13:53,892 Better not keep the headmaster waiting. 1374 01:14:29,970 --> 01:14:33,849 Do you still expect me to come to your Prize Giving? 1375 01:14:34,049 --> 01:14:36,852 I, uh... 1376 01:14:36,894 --> 01:14:38,979 I don't think either of us 1377 01:14:39,021 --> 01:14:43,192 has the right any longer 1378 01:14:43,233 --> 01:14:45,611 to expect anything of the other. 1379 01:14:49,990 --> 01:14:51,667 Right. 1380 01:14:51,867 --> 01:14:53,452 Well, I'll leave 1381 01:14:53,494 --> 01:14:57,456 first thing tomorrow morning then. 1382 01:14:57,498 --> 01:14:59,917 As you wish. 1383 01:15:25,484 --> 01:15:26,860 And does your new school 1384 01:15:26,902 --> 01:15:29,200 provide spending accommodation for staff? 1385 01:15:29,400 --> 01:15:31,698 We haven't found anything that we like yet. 1386 01:15:32,908 --> 01:15:34,493 I've read somewhere 1387 01:15:34,535 --> 01:15:37,412 the two worst things in life are moving house and divorce. 1388 01:15:37,454 --> 01:15:40,457 So, Laura, if I were you, I... 1389 01:15:40,499 --> 01:15:42,459 Oh, hello, darling. 1390 01:15:42,501 --> 01:15:43,961 Well, I finished my rounds. 1391 01:15:44,002 --> 01:15:45,963 Do you know, I often think being a headmaster's 1392 01:15:46,004 --> 01:15:47,881 like being a head waiter, except head waiters 1393 01:15:47,923 --> 01:15:51,301 have to learn how to speak at least five languages. 1394 01:15:51,343 --> 01:15:53,887 This isn't the best moment, sir, 1395 01:15:53,971 --> 01:15:55,973 but we're not staying the night, so, um... 1396 01:15:56,014 --> 01:15:59,893 if ever you need any financial advice, 1397 01:15:59,977 --> 01:16:01,687 uh, assistance in deed... 1398 01:16:01,728 --> 01:16:04,106 anything of that sort, please telephone. 1399 01:16:04,306 --> 01:16:05,732 I'd like to help. 1400 01:16:05,774 --> 01:16:07,196 Think of it as, um... 1401 01:16:07,396 --> 01:16:08,819 well, as repayment. 1402 01:16:08,902 --> 01:16:10,112 Well, thank you very much. 1403 01:16:10,154 --> 01:16:13,532 This is extremely civil of you. 1404 01:17:08,837 --> 01:17:11,465 Whoa. 1405 01:17:11,507 --> 01:17:12,808 - See you. - Okay. 1406 01:17:13,008 --> 01:17:15,010 - I'll see you. - Good night. 1407 01:17:36,323 --> 01:17:38,367 Shut it. You'll get me in trouble. 1408 01:17:55,008 --> 01:17:56,552 What's going on? 1409 01:17:56,593 --> 01:17:58,470 It's all right. 1410 01:17:58,512 --> 01:17:59,888 - You all right, man? - Yeah, yeah. 1411 01:18:12,401 --> 01:18:15,404 You little fucking bastards. 1412 01:18:18,699 --> 01:18:20,159 Yes! 1413 01:19:41,281 --> 01:19:43,200 Hello? 1414 01:19:43,242 --> 01:19:44,409 Anybody there? 1415 01:19:44,451 --> 01:19:46,119 Oh, Foster. 1416 01:19:46,161 --> 01:19:47,371 Sorry to disturb you, sir. 1417 01:19:47,412 --> 01:19:49,414 I've come to pick up Mrs. Crocker-Harris. 1418 01:19:49,456 --> 01:19:51,416 Oh, yes, yes. She's upstairs. 1419 01:19:51,458 --> 01:19:52,459 Laura, 1420 01:19:52,501 --> 01:19:54,837 Mr. Foster's here. 1421 01:19:54,878 --> 01:19:57,256 I'm coming! 1422 01:20:00,759 --> 01:20:01,844 Glorious day. 1423 01:20:01,885 --> 01:20:04,096 Indeed, sir. Glorious. 1424 01:20:09,476 --> 01:20:11,019 Sorry to hear about your... 1425 01:20:11,061 --> 01:20:13,063 mother-in-law, sir. 1426 01:20:14,356 --> 01:20:16,358 Ah, yes, yes. 1427 01:20:17,609 --> 01:20:19,319 Must be a disappointment, sir. 1428 01:20:21,196 --> 01:20:24,950 Your wife... not being there for your farewell speech. 1429 01:20:26,869 --> 01:20:28,162 And... 1430 01:20:28,203 --> 01:20:30,956 if I may be so bold, sir... 1431 01:20:31,999 --> 01:20:34,005 Well, what is it, Foster? 1432 01:20:34,205 --> 01:20:36,211 Well, I'd just like to say 1433 01:20:36,253 --> 01:20:39,214 the old place won't be the same without you, sir. 1434 01:20:40,257 --> 01:20:41,842 Well, thank you, Foster. 1435 01:20:41,884 --> 01:20:43,594 That's very kind of you. 1436 01:20:45,846 --> 01:20:47,181 Ah, hello, Foster. 1437 01:20:47,222 --> 01:20:48,348 Would you mind, uh... 1438 01:20:48,390 --> 01:20:50,058 there's a couple of suitcases upstairs. 1439 01:21:08,327 --> 01:21:09,369 Thank you. 1440 01:21:09,411 --> 01:21:10,996 I think there's, uh, just two more. 1441 01:21:24,426 --> 01:21:26,678 Well, I mustn't, uh, be late 1442 01:21:26,720 --> 01:21:28,222 for the Prize Giving. 1443 01:21:28,263 --> 01:21:31,066 No, eh... 1444 01:21:31,266 --> 01:21:34,228 You look very impressive. 1445 01:21:34,269 --> 01:21:36,230 Yes? 1446 01:22:00,963 --> 01:22:06,468 Good-bye. 1447 01:22:19,773 --> 01:22:20,858 Ah, Andrew, 1448 01:22:20,941 --> 01:22:22,693 there you are. 1449 01:22:22,734 --> 01:22:24,236 Right, follow me, everyone. 1450 01:22:24,278 --> 01:22:26,321 Headmaster, I must tell you I've changed my mind. 1451 01:22:26,363 --> 01:22:28,824 I, uh, wish to speak second, as is my right. 1452 01:22:28,866 --> 01:22:29,867 What about Mr. Fletcher? 1453 01:22:29,992 --> 01:22:31,618 Mr. Fletcher will have to speak first. 1454 01:22:31,660 --> 01:22:32,828 But you promised yesterday. 1455 01:22:32,870 --> 01:22:34,121 Yes, but I now see the matter 1456 01:22:34,163 --> 01:22:35,414 in an entirely different light, 1457 01:22:35,455 --> 01:22:36,790 and, uh, today's today. 1458 01:22:36,832 --> 01:22:38,125 Uh, we're ready for you now... 1459 01:22:38,167 --> 01:22:40,002 Just a second, please, Trubshaw. 1460 01:22:40,202 --> 01:22:42,004 Look, if you speak second... 1461 01:22:42,045 --> 01:22:44,673 It'll be the most dreadful anticlimax. 1462 01:22:44,715 --> 01:22:46,216 Be that as it may, 1463 01:22:46,258 --> 01:22:48,677 as senior master it is my privilege to so do. 1464 01:22:48,719 --> 01:22:50,387 We agreed yesterday. 1465 01:22:50,429 --> 01:22:53,724 All right, follow me, everyone. 1466 01:23:01,273 --> 01:23:03,734 The DeMill Prize for French studies: 1467 01:23:03,775 --> 01:23:05,995 S.R. Ryan. 1468 01:23:06,195 --> 01:23:09,531 The Torkson Prize for Excellence: 1469 01:23:09,731 --> 01:23:11,033 S. Trubshaw. 1470 01:23:11,074 --> 01:23:12,835 The Hanson Cup 1471 01:23:13,035 --> 01:23:15,037 for Biology: E.R. Morris. 1472 01:23:36,266 --> 01:23:38,852 Ladies and gentlemen, 1473 01:23:38,977 --> 01:23:41,522 it is my painful duty to listen with you 1474 01:23:41,563 --> 01:23:44,316 to a few sad words from two masters 1475 01:23:44,358 --> 01:23:46,527 who are leaving us. 1476 01:23:46,568 --> 01:23:49,780 First, I shall call upon... 1477 01:23:53,992 --> 01:23:56,119 First, let us call upon 1478 01:23:56,161 --> 01:23:58,872 Mr. David Fletcher. 1479 01:24:05,462 --> 01:24:08,590 I thought you were going to speak first. 1480 01:24:20,853 --> 01:24:21,937 Well, chaps... 1481 01:24:24,356 --> 01:24:27,609 I'm not much good, you know... 1482 01:24:27,809 --> 01:24:28,911 you know, on my feet, 1483 01:24:29,111 --> 01:24:32,364 except when I'm running between the wickets. 1484 01:24:32,406 --> 01:24:33,991 So I'll just say 1485 01:24:34,032 --> 01:24:37,286 I'm really... 1486 01:24:37,486 --> 01:24:38,620 sad, 1487 01:24:38,662 --> 01:24:42,124 you know, to be leaving this wonderful old place. 1488 01:24:43,167 --> 01:24:46,170 I've loved it here. 1489 01:24:46,211 --> 01:24:49,548 So, you know... 1490 01:24:49,590 --> 01:24:51,884 good luck and... 1491 01:24:51,925 --> 01:24:53,260 good-bye. 1492 01:25:04,062 --> 01:25:06,690 Now, three cheers for David Fletcher! 1493 01:25:06,732 --> 01:25:08,066 Hip, hip... 1494 01:25:08,108 --> 01:25:09,234 Hooray! 1495 01:25:09,276 --> 01:25:10,110 Hip, hip... 1496 01:25:10,152 --> 01:25:10,986 Hooray! 1497 01:25:11,028 --> 01:25:12,112 Hip, hip... 1498 01:25:12,154 --> 01:25:14,448 Hooray! 1499 01:25:20,412 --> 01:25:22,414 And now... 1500 01:25:25,876 --> 01:25:30,214 Mr. Andrew Crocker-Harris. 1501 01:25:52,611 --> 01:25:56,156 Study of the classics, in my view, 1502 01:25:56,198 --> 01:25:58,617 is a foundation 1503 01:25:58,659 --> 01:26:01,495 of our culture. 1504 01:26:01,537 --> 01:26:03,455 And culture is simply an expression 1505 01:26:03,497 --> 01:26:05,833 of what is best in society. 1506 01:26:05,874 --> 01:26:09,837 Philosophy, decent government, justice, 1507 01:26:09,920 --> 01:26:12,589 art, language. 1508 01:26:12,631 --> 01:26:16,760 Our classical heritage is no longer valued. 1509 01:26:19,888 --> 01:26:24,685 And how can we help meld civilized human beings... 1510 01:26:27,688 --> 01:26:29,731 if we no... 1511 01:26:43,287 --> 01:26:46,415 if we no longer believe 1512 01:26:46,456 --> 01:26:48,917 in civilization? 1513 01:27:24,661 --> 01:27:27,831 I am sorry. 1514 01:27:30,667 --> 01:27:32,628 I'm sorry because 1515 01:27:32,669 --> 01:27:35,468 I have deserved the epithet 1516 01:27:35,668 --> 01:27:38,467 "Hitler of the Lower Fifth." 1517 01:27:41,220 --> 01:27:43,555 I am sorry because I have failed to give you 1518 01:27:43,597 --> 01:27:48,519 what it is your right to demand of me as your teacher. 1519 01:27:50,813 --> 01:27:52,523 Sympathy, 1520 01:27:52,564 --> 01:27:54,817 encouragement, 1521 01:27:55,017 --> 01:27:56,902 humanity. 1522 01:27:59,822 --> 01:28:04,201 I have degraded the noblest calling a man can follow... 1523 01:28:04,243 --> 01:28:07,955 the care and molding of the young. 1524 01:28:09,581 --> 01:28:14,294 When I came to this school... 1525 01:28:14,336 --> 01:28:17,589 I still b-believed tha-that... 1526 01:28:17,631 --> 01:28:19,808 uh, that I... 1527 01:28:20,008 --> 01:28:23,011 I had a-a vocation for teaching. 1528 01:28:24,805 --> 01:28:28,809 I knew what I wanted to do, 1529 01:28:28,851 --> 01:28:31,520 and yet, I... I did not do it. 1530 01:28:33,522 --> 01:28:35,524 I can offer no excuses. 1531 01:28:35,724 --> 01:28:37,326 I have failed, 1532 01:28:37,526 --> 01:28:40,408 and miserably failed. 1533 01:28:40,608 --> 01:28:43,490 And I can only hope 1534 01:28:43,532 --> 01:28:45,159 that you can find it in your hearts... 1535 01:28:45,200 --> 01:28:47,369 you and the countless others 1536 01:28:47,411 --> 01:28:50,706 who've gone before you... 1537 01:28:50,906 --> 01:28:52,708 to... 1538 01:28:52,749 --> 01:28:57,045 forgive me for having let you down. 1539 01:29:05,012 --> 01:29:07,055 I shan't find it... 1540 01:29:07,097 --> 01:29:09,391 easy to forgive myself. 1541 01:29:12,561 --> 01:29:14,605 That is all. 1542 01:30:34,935 --> 01:30:37,146 Go on. 1543 01:30:37,187 --> 01:30:39,273 Sir? 1544 01:30:39,314 --> 01:30:41,758 Taplow, boys. 1545 01:30:41,958 --> 01:30:44,403 Good-bye, sir. 1546 01:30:46,405 --> 01:30:48,907 Good-bye, Taplow. 1547 01:30:48,949 --> 01:30:50,450 Gentlemen. 1548 01:30:50,492 --> 01:30:52,870 Bye, sir. 1549 01:30:54,705 --> 01:30:56,707 Taplow? 1550 01:31:04,339 --> 01:31:05,382 Mm. 1551 01:31:05,424 --> 01:31:06,467 Well, it means 1552 01:31:06,508 --> 01:31:08,469 if you have any regard for me, 1553 01:31:08,510 --> 01:31:11,138 next term you will kindly refrain 1554 01:31:11,180 --> 01:31:14,516 from blowing yourself up when you switch to science. 1555 01:31:15,517 --> 01:31:17,519 Thank you, sir. 1556 01:31:19,229 --> 01:31:22,232 Yes! Well done, Taplow. 1557 01:31:22,274 --> 01:31:24,693 Thanks a lot. 1558 01:32:04,274 --> 01:32:07,110 Well done. 1559 01:32:12,157 --> 01:32:14,284 Well... 1560 01:32:26,463 --> 01:32:28,507 You'll miss your train. 1561 01:32:35,347 --> 01:32:37,516 I'll... 1562 01:32:38,767 --> 01:32:41,103 I'll write. 1563 01:32:42,305 --> 01:33:42,905 Please rate this subtitle at www.osdb.link/389zs Help other users to choose the best subtitles