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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,528 --> 00:00:04,282 NARRATOR: From the ra w Australia of the 1900s... 2 00:00:04,488 --> 00:00:07,481 comes a turbulent saga that spans the deca des... 3 00:00:07,688 --> 00:00:08,724 [Gunshot fires] 4 00:00:08,808 --> 00:00:10,845 ...in Colleen McCullough's best-selling novel: 5 00:00:10,928 --> 00:00:12,282 The Thorn Birds. 6 00:00:13,448 --> 00:00:15,246 I'll never have what I want. 7 00:00:15,328 --> 00:00:17,763 NARRATOR: The story of a priest driven by ambition. 8 00:00:17,888 --> 00:00:19,242 Never be what I want! 9 00:00:19,328 --> 00:00:21,047 NARRATOR: Tormented by desire. 10 00:00:21,288 --> 00:00:23,200 And I don't know how to stop... 11 00:00:24,088 --> 00:00:25,204 wanting. 12 00:00:25,408 --> 00:00:29,288 And a beautiful young girl obsessed with a man she could never ha ve. 13 00:00:29,488 --> 00:00:31,923 You can marry me. You love me. 14 00:00:32,808 --> 00:00:34,640 But I love God more. 15 00:00:35,008 --> 00:00:37,807 MRS. SMITH: It's Mrs. Carson, Father. She's dead. 16 00:00:37,928 --> 00:00:39,521 MAID: Probably did herself in. 17 00:00:39,608 --> 00:00:41,645 JUDY: Unless it was the devil doing us all a favor. 18 00:00:41,728 --> 00:00:43,720 "...Father Ralph de Bricassart... 19 00:00:43,808 --> 00:00:48,325 "serve as the chief authority in charge of my estate." 20 00:00:48,888 --> 00:00:50,481 �13 million of it. 21 00:00:51,928 --> 00:00:53,920 MEGGIE: Go on to that God of yours. 22 00:00:54,208 --> 00:00:57,440 You'll come back to me because I'm the one who loves you. 23 00:00:57,688 --> 00:01:00,362 And tonight, the story continues. 24 00:01:05,688 --> 00:01:08,044 Fire. Fire on Drogheda. 25 00:01:11,528 --> 00:01:13,087 You've come back. 26 00:01:20,608 --> 00:01:22,327 What have you done to me? 27 00:01:24,368 --> 00:01:25,802 PETE: All right, lads! 28 00:01:31,208 --> 00:01:32,801 LUKE: God, you are beautiful. 29 00:01:33,928 --> 00:01:35,885 Help me get free of this. 30 00:01:36,088 --> 00:01:41,004 Starring Richard Kiley, Jean Simmons, Ken Howard, Mare Winningham... 31 00:01:41,528 --> 00:01:44,726 Philip Anglim, Christopher Plummer, Bryan Brown... 32 00:01:44,888 --> 00:01:47,244 Rachel Ward, and Richard Chamberlain. 33 00:01:47,888 --> 00:01:49,925 A love unattainable... 34 00:01:51,048 --> 00:01:54,758 forbidden forever: The Thorn Birds. 35 00:01:57,568 --> 00:01:59,799 [Sweeping instrumental music] 36 00:02:17,048 --> 00:02:20,007 [Organ music playing] 37 00:02:51,168 --> 00:02:53,808 [Choir singing] 38 00:04:16,328 --> 00:04:18,763 [Choir continues singing] 39 00:04:47,688 --> 00:04:49,407 [Priests laughing] 40 00:05:20,408 --> 00:05:23,003 RALPH: Vittorio Scarbanza di Contini-Verchese. 41 00:05:23,728 --> 00:05:26,163 VITTORIO: Excellent. I'm very happy. 42 00:05:27,368 --> 00:05:30,406 VITTORIO: So few outside the Vatican can pronounce my name. 43 00:05:30,688 --> 00:05:32,645 VITTORIO: Will you take tea, Father? 44 00:05:33,008 --> 00:05:35,443 I confess I have adopted the custom. 45 00:05:36,288 --> 00:05:39,087 RALPH: I believe you've been in Sydney for some time, Archbishop? 46 00:05:39,168 --> 00:05:41,967 Yes, as a papal legate... 47 00:05:42,048 --> 00:05:44,324 it is my task to provide a link... 48 00:05:44,408 --> 00:05:47,799 between the Australian church hierarchy and the Vatican. 49 00:05:48,288 --> 00:05:50,200 A rich country, Australia. 50 00:05:50,808 --> 00:05:54,119 She supports the Church well despite the Depression. 51 00:05:54,608 --> 00:05:56,008 One day... 52 00:05:57,008 --> 00:05:59,682 the Holy Father will have to reward her... 53 00:05:59,768 --> 00:06:03,159 by selecting an Australian cardinal. 54 00:06:05,248 --> 00:06:07,763 No doubt that will be many years away. 55 00:06:08,408 --> 00:06:09,728 [Cat meowing] 56 00:06:10,568 --> 00:06:14,881 Still, it is a very important part of my job to study likely men... 57 00:06:15,848 --> 00:06:17,999 of your age. 58 00:06:19,488 --> 00:06:20,524 [Cat meowing] 59 00:06:20,608 --> 00:06:24,158 Oh, Sheba, must you be so selfish. You make my legs numb. 60 00:06:28,288 --> 00:06:29,688 De Bricassart.... 61 00:06:30,288 --> 00:06:32,166 I'm descended from Ranulf de Bricassart... 62 00:06:32,248 --> 00:06:34,365 who came to England with William the Conqueror. 63 00:06:34,448 --> 00:06:37,520 Since Henry VIII's time, the family has fallen into obscurity. 64 00:06:37,608 --> 00:06:39,918 In fact, I'm the last of the de Bricassarts. 65 00:06:40,008 --> 00:06:42,807 But you yourself appear to have found ways... 66 00:06:43,168 --> 00:06:44,966 of dealing with obscurity. 67 00:06:46,128 --> 00:06:49,599 - Your Grace? - I refer to your penchant... 68 00:06:50,248 --> 00:06:52,808 for attracting the notice of the Holy Father. 69 00:06:55,088 --> 00:06:58,001 VITTORIO: The Carson bequest. 70 00:06:58,848 --> 00:07:00,487 Rather an achievement. 71 00:07:01,968 --> 00:07:05,484 Mrs. Carson was also faithful to the Church. 72 00:07:06,408 --> 00:07:07,524 Quite. 73 00:07:07,968 --> 00:07:11,279 Sheba, must you always dig in your claws when you're happy? 74 00:07:11,928 --> 00:07:12,918 Sheba. 75 00:07:16,488 --> 00:07:17,717 [Cat meowing] 76 00:07:20,168 --> 00:07:21,807 How do you do that? 77 00:07:22,208 --> 00:07:24,723 A cat will never go to anyone, especially Sheba. 78 00:07:24,808 --> 00:07:27,687 Yet she goes to you as if you gave her caviar! 79 00:07:30,688 --> 00:07:34,728 So, you will administer the Carson estate. 80 00:07:35,408 --> 00:07:37,604 VITTORIO: Given the current economic conditions... 81 00:07:37,688 --> 00:07:39,884 I suppose we must expect some losses. 82 00:07:39,968 --> 00:07:42,802 No. I've just been over everything with the auditors... 83 00:07:42,888 --> 00:07:45,483 and I think the investments will hold firm. 84 00:07:45,568 --> 00:07:48,083 I'm sure the Clearys will continue to manage Drogheda... 85 00:07:48,168 --> 00:07:49,761 as if it were their own. 86 00:07:51,728 --> 00:07:54,402 VITTORIO: You're fond of these Clearys. RALPH: Yes, very. 87 00:07:57,008 --> 00:07:59,284 Do you love them all equally... 88 00:08:01,968 --> 00:08:05,006 or do you love some more than others? 89 00:08:11,368 --> 00:08:14,042 I feel closest to the girl, Meggie. 90 00:08:14,848 --> 00:08:15,918 I've watched her grow up... 91 00:08:16,008 --> 00:08:19,558 and I've always felt that she was my special responsibility. 92 00:08:20,648 --> 00:08:25,086 She's the only daughter and the parents sometimes tend to forget she exists. 93 00:08:27,128 --> 00:08:28,244 I see. 94 00:08:29,728 --> 00:08:31,685 [Lilting instrumental music] 95 00:08:33,968 --> 00:08:35,118 PADDY: Meggie! 96 00:08:43,448 --> 00:08:47,044 - What on earth are you doing? - Managing the stock horses. 97 00:08:47,168 --> 00:08:49,922 Are you now? And who decided that, may I ask? 98 00:08:50,088 --> 00:08:53,764 I did, since nobody else seemed to have plans for me. 99 00:08:54,088 --> 00:08:55,204 I see. 100 00:08:56,488 --> 00:08:59,557 I don't know if I can think of anything wrong with that. 101 00:08:59,808 --> 00:09:01,800 If you're going to manage stock horses... 102 00:09:01,888 --> 00:09:04,039 I don't believe I'd use a thoroughbred to do it. 103 00:09:04,128 --> 00:09:07,041 He needs the exercise, Daddy. You wouldn't want Father Ralph... 104 00:09:07,128 --> 00:09:09,597 to come back and find his horse fat and out of shape. 105 00:09:09,688 --> 00:09:11,088 Father Ralph? 106 00:09:11,608 --> 00:09:14,282 I don't think you'll be seeing him again. 107 00:09:14,368 --> 00:09:16,803 No, Drogheda's part of his past now. 108 00:09:20,168 --> 00:09:22,524 [Sentimental instrumental music] 109 00:09:25,808 --> 00:09:28,801 STUIE: Meggie, you've kept your secret pretty well. 110 00:09:30,848 --> 00:09:34,603 I doubt if anyone else knows how you feel about Father Ralph. 111 00:09:35,408 --> 00:09:38,560 But it's no good for you to keep dreaming about him. 112 00:09:38,688 --> 00:09:40,566 You know he's a priest. 113 00:09:41,088 --> 00:09:43,159 He can stop being a priest, Stuie. 114 00:09:43,648 --> 00:09:45,765 And he will someday, Stuie. 115 00:09:48,168 --> 00:09:49,648 I just know he will. 116 00:09:50,808 --> 00:09:54,688 He can never stop being a priest. Why can't you understand that? 117 00:09:55,928 --> 00:10:00,286 The vows he took are sacred. They can't be broken, ever. 118 00:10:04,088 --> 00:10:07,718 And he never will break them, Meggie. Not even for you. 119 00:10:08,848 --> 00:10:11,408 [Sentimental instrumental music continues] 120 00:10:13,448 --> 00:10:14,802 STUIE: Meggie! 121 00:10:29,408 --> 00:10:31,445 You have been disobedient. 122 00:10:32,248 --> 00:10:35,241 Your promise of celibacy was neither made, nor broken lightly... 123 00:10:35,328 --> 00:10:37,047 but it was broken. 124 00:10:38,288 --> 00:10:41,918 And, most unfortunately, that fact has now become public knowledge. 125 00:10:42,008 --> 00:10:44,125 We ha ve no choice but to act. 126 00:10:45,088 --> 00:10:48,365 The Archbishop has left instructions for you to be sent to Darwin... 127 00:10:48,448 --> 00:10:50,405 in the Northern Territory. 128 00:10:51,128 --> 00:10:53,359 There's a small frontier parish there. 129 00:10:54,488 --> 00:10:56,639 You'll be lea ving immediately. 130 00:10:56,768 --> 00:11:00,318 Father John is waiting now to accompany you on your journey. 131 00:11:02,328 --> 00:11:04,399 And, of course, the young woman... 132 00:11:05,128 --> 00:11:07,484 must never know where you've gone. 133 00:11:10,608 --> 00:11:11,962 Yes, Father. 134 00:11:14,648 --> 00:11:15,798 Goodbye. 135 00:11:23,128 --> 00:11:24,244 RALPH: Father... 136 00:11:26,568 --> 00:11:29,640 I think I know something of the pain you're feeling. 137 00:11:31,528 --> 00:11:35,647 You know, many in your situation might have given up the Church. 138 00:11:37,048 --> 00:11:40,928 But you have chosen to remain. That takes a great deal of courage. 139 00:11:43,088 --> 00:11:44,761 May God bless you for it. 140 00:12:25,448 --> 00:12:29,567 VITTORIO: Such incidents are regrettable, my dear Ralph... 141 00:12:31,048 --> 00:12:33,358 but I'm afraid even we priests... 142 00:12:33,888 --> 00:12:36,847 are weak, and all too human. 143 00:12:38,048 --> 00:12:40,040 Still, one has to pity him. 144 00:12:41,888 --> 00:12:46,121 And Gillanbone is a paradise in comparison to the place he's being sent. 145 00:12:47,808 --> 00:12:51,085 But the best of us find strength... 146 00:12:52,368 --> 00:12:53,961 in such adversity... 147 00:12:57,728 --> 00:12:59,367 as you know. 148 00:13:02,288 --> 00:13:03,847 Yes, Your Grace. 149 00:13:05,328 --> 00:13:06,808 [Light instrumental music] 150 00:13:07,048 --> 00:13:09,040 [People cheering and clapping] 151 00:13:09,528 --> 00:13:11,724 Now, what on earth can this be? 152 00:13:22,928 --> 00:13:24,806 Oh, Paddy! 153 00:13:25,288 --> 00:13:26,722 Happy Christmas, Fee. 154 00:13:26,808 --> 00:13:29,642 They're beautiful, simply beautiful. 155 00:13:29,728 --> 00:13:32,880 They may not be "the" finest in all of Australia... 156 00:13:33,248 --> 00:13:36,366 but they're the real thing, all right. There we go. 157 00:13:36,808 --> 00:13:39,482 [Light instrumental music continues] 158 00:13:42,448 --> 00:13:44,007 They are lovely. 159 00:13:46,568 --> 00:13:50,528 I must say, it's a nice surprise to find you all so brave and cheerful... 160 00:13:50,608 --> 00:13:52,565 in spite of everything. 161 00:13:53,888 --> 00:13:56,448 SARAH: Isn't it, Angus? ANGUS: Indeed, it is. 162 00:13:59,168 --> 00:14:02,445 Paddy, I want you to know I look on you as friends. 163 00:14:03,288 --> 00:14:05,598 And if there's ever anything I can do for you... 164 00:14:05,688 --> 00:14:08,328 ANGUS: I hope you'll let me. FIONA: Thank you, Angus. 165 00:14:09,048 --> 00:14:11,688 We're just pleased that you could be with us today. 166 00:14:11,768 --> 00:14:14,283 We should've got around to pay some calls before this... 167 00:14:14,368 --> 00:14:16,405 but it's been a busy time, as you can imagine. 168 00:14:16,488 --> 00:14:19,367 I suppose it's as dry out your way as it is here, Mr. MacQueen. 169 00:14:19,448 --> 00:14:20,882 ANGUS: Terrible. 170 00:14:21,128 --> 00:14:23,563 I've never seen such mobs of kangas in so close. 171 00:14:23,648 --> 00:14:26,641 They were practically at the house, trying to get at the water. 172 00:14:26,728 --> 00:14:30,278 And you said you saw several grassfires on the way up from Melbourne... 173 00:14:30,368 --> 00:14:32,928 - didn't you, Aunt Sarah? - Yes. 174 00:14:35,128 --> 00:14:36,847 PADDY: I hate to start in slaughtering... 175 00:14:36,928 --> 00:14:39,397 but the sheep are starving so bad already... 176 00:14:39,488 --> 00:14:42,686 I'm afraid the wool will be too weak to bring any kind of price. 177 00:14:42,768 --> 00:14:44,600 Pete tells a good one on Aunty Mary. 178 00:14:44,688 --> 00:14:47,522 She was in Sydney once in a drought, and Pete sends a wire: 179 00:14:47,608 --> 00:14:50,203 "Half the sheep are starved. Please advise." 180 00:14:50,288 --> 00:14:52,439 And Aunty Mary sends a wire right back: 181 00:14:52,528 --> 00:14:54,087 "Shoot the rest." 182 00:14:54,168 --> 00:14:56,763 SARAH: That's all you care about, isn't it, the profit? 183 00:14:56,848 --> 00:14:58,441 The price of the wool. 184 00:14:58,528 --> 00:15:01,680 Never mind that the poor sheep are suffering unspeakably. 185 00:15:04,168 --> 00:15:05,602 Well, ma'am... 186 00:15:06,088 --> 00:15:09,604 out here, it's got to be the wool a man cares about, isn't it? 187 00:15:09,688 --> 00:15:12,044 It's not as if the sheep were people, you know. 188 00:15:12,128 --> 00:15:13,403 FIONA: Quite right. 189 00:15:13,728 --> 00:15:15,879 I've seen city people dote on animals... 190 00:15:15,968 --> 00:15:19,040 and yet, completely ignore a cry of help from a human being. 191 00:15:19,128 --> 00:15:22,405 Perhaps it's natural to have contempt for whatever there's too many of. 192 00:15:22,488 --> 00:15:23,922 How dare you? 193 00:15:24,768 --> 00:15:27,522 How dare you, when we come here in friendship? 194 00:15:27,608 --> 00:15:28,928 - Sarah! - No! 195 00:15:30,008 --> 00:15:32,807 You lecture me on the value of human life... 196 00:15:33,128 --> 00:15:36,963 when your own son sits in the Melbourne prison for murder? 197 00:15:38,448 --> 00:15:39,768 ANGUS: Damn, Sarah! 198 00:15:44,088 --> 00:15:45,761 Paddy, I'm so sorry. 199 00:15:46,768 --> 00:15:48,168 I thought you knew. 200 00:15:49,048 --> 00:15:50,528 It was months ago. 201 00:15:51,448 --> 00:15:52,598 My son? 202 00:15:53,328 --> 00:15:54,398 Frank? 203 00:15:55,368 --> 00:15:57,087 He was in a fight... 204 00:15:57,728 --> 00:15:59,799 in a pub there, in Melbourne. 205 00:16:00,048 --> 00:16:01,926 The other fellow died later. 206 00:16:02,568 --> 00:16:05,879 They called it murder because Frank is a professional boxer. 207 00:16:08,408 --> 00:16:11,401 ANGUS: They gave him a life sentence. PADDY: Oh, my God. 208 00:16:12,568 --> 00:16:13,763 Oh, God. 209 00:16:14,528 --> 00:16:17,407 [Melancholic instrumental music] 210 00:16:19,128 --> 00:16:21,563 - Fee. - My Frank.... 211 00:16:30,648 --> 00:16:32,844 Fee, dear, pack your things, we'll go to him. 212 00:16:32,928 --> 00:16:34,647 No. I can't. 213 00:16:35,528 --> 00:16:37,679 It would kill him to see me. 214 00:17:06,088 --> 00:17:07,761 I'm going to Frank. 215 00:17:08,248 --> 00:17:09,477 Stuie is taking me. 216 00:17:09,568 --> 00:17:12,561 But you mustn't. Your mom doesn't want you to. 217 00:17:17,248 --> 00:17:18,648 Oh, Meggie. 218 00:17:22,328 --> 00:17:25,480 If we could only take back the things we say and do. 219 00:17:26,968 --> 00:17:29,927 Daddy, I know about Frank. 220 00:17:31,728 --> 00:17:34,243 I came to understand it a long time ago. 221 00:17:34,488 --> 00:17:37,003 And you're not to blame for anything. 222 00:17:40,968 --> 00:17:44,086 I tried so hard to treat him like one of my own. 223 00:17:47,408 --> 00:17:50,207 But he was a thorn in my side from the first. 224 00:17:52,648 --> 00:17:55,641 He always stood between us. Always. 225 00:17:59,088 --> 00:18:01,523 And he will now until the day I die. 226 00:18:06,368 --> 00:18:09,247 I know she can't help the way she loves him... 227 00:18:11,408 --> 00:18:14,003 no more than I can help my love for her. 228 00:18:16,728 --> 00:18:18,447 But we are to blame. 229 00:18:20,528 --> 00:18:23,919 We've let it take our hearts away from our own children. 230 00:18:25,448 --> 00:18:27,121 Meggie, I think.... 231 00:18:28,048 --> 00:18:31,246 I think of how much we've both held back from you. 232 00:18:32,048 --> 00:18:33,926 From you, most of all. 233 00:18:35,648 --> 00:18:37,401 It's all right, Daddy. 234 00:18:37,488 --> 00:18:38,478 It's all right. 235 00:18:38,568 --> 00:18:40,958 - Meggie.... - No, don't. 236 00:19:01,768 --> 00:19:03,760 [Cell door closing and locking] 237 00:19:28,608 --> 00:19:29,962 MEGGIE: Hello, Frank. 238 00:19:35,008 --> 00:19:36,522 You've grown up. 239 00:19:38,088 --> 00:19:39,647 FRANK: You're beautiful. 240 00:19:50,288 --> 00:19:52,280 What have they done to you? 241 00:19:54,968 --> 00:19:56,960 It's all been my own doing. 242 00:19:57,688 --> 00:19:59,839 All of it. From the first. 243 00:20:00,848 --> 00:20:02,282 MEGGIE: Listen, Frank... 244 00:20:03,248 --> 00:20:05,240 I want to try and help you. 245 00:20:05,528 --> 00:20:07,281 I've talked to Harry Gough. 246 00:20:07,368 --> 00:20:09,724 He knows how to get an appeal started for you. 247 00:20:09,808 --> 00:20:10,844 FRANK: No. 248 00:20:15,928 --> 00:20:17,328 Listen to me. 249 00:20:18,488 --> 00:20:20,719 I want to get you out of here. 250 00:20:21,208 --> 00:20:23,086 I want you to come home. 251 00:20:24,008 --> 00:20:26,648 Frank, darling, if there's any way.... 252 00:20:28,608 --> 00:20:29,644 No. 253 00:20:37,088 --> 00:20:38,966 When I was growing up... 254 00:20:39,928 --> 00:20:43,842 there was only one thing that I really wanted in the whole world: 255 00:20:46,288 --> 00:20:47,722 To see Mom happy. 256 00:20:52,128 --> 00:20:53,801 Then I realized... 257 00:20:54,928 --> 00:20:57,602 that no matter how hard I tried... 258 00:20:58,328 --> 00:21:00,797 that I couldn't make her happy. 259 00:21:07,968 --> 00:21:09,687 And that it was me... 260 00:21:10,488 --> 00:21:13,242 all along. I ruined her life... 261 00:21:16,408 --> 00:21:18,047 just by being born. 262 00:21:19,648 --> 00:21:22,288 FRANK: I've never found a way to pay for that. 263 00:21:22,368 --> 00:21:23,438 No, Frank. 264 00:21:25,448 --> 00:21:29,647 If Mom's life is ruined, it's because she let it. 265 00:21:30,688 --> 00:21:32,680 Meggie, listen to me. 266 00:21:35,648 --> 00:21:37,401 You want to help me? 267 00:21:39,048 --> 00:21:41,324 Then you must forget about me. 268 00:21:43,248 --> 00:21:46,207 Promise me that you'll never come here again. 269 00:21:46,528 --> 00:21:49,805 Promise me that you'll never let her come either. 270 00:21:51,048 --> 00:21:52,402 Don't worry. 271 00:21:53,448 --> 00:21:55,441 She wouldn't come, Frank. 272 00:22:03,608 --> 00:22:05,520 I don't understand you... 273 00:22:07,528 --> 00:22:09,008 either of you. 274 00:22:09,088 --> 00:22:10,807 [Melancholic instrumental music] 275 00:22:10,888 --> 00:22:13,483 I don't understand that kind of love. 276 00:22:15,248 --> 00:22:16,921 FRANK: Poor little Meggie. 277 00:22:20,288 --> 00:22:22,598 You still think love can save us? 278 00:22:25,048 --> 00:22:27,199 It's more killing than hate. 279 00:22:33,408 --> 00:22:36,401 Hate is so clean, so simple. 280 00:22:39,088 --> 00:22:41,000 Like being in the ring. 281 00:22:43,728 --> 00:22:46,004 With hate, you just keep hitting. 282 00:22:46,288 --> 00:22:48,803 You hit until they stop hitting back. 283 00:22:52,648 --> 00:22:53,968 With love... 284 00:22:56,008 --> 00:22:57,522 they never stop. 285 00:23:02,488 --> 00:23:05,526 [Melancholic instrumental music continues] 286 00:23:28,768 --> 00:23:31,158 VITTORIO: And you planned all this? 287 00:23:32,408 --> 00:23:35,287 VITTORIO: Excellent. RALPH: Thank you, Your Grace. 288 00:23:36,048 --> 00:23:38,643 RALPH: We can now feed almost 300 people a day. 289 00:23:38,968 --> 00:23:41,358 RALPH: But it seems little enough, given the times. 290 00:23:41,448 --> 00:23:44,566 Every day, more and more people thrown out of work. 291 00:23:44,648 --> 00:23:48,722 Still, you have done very well in bringing this about. 292 00:23:50,408 --> 00:23:51,728 In fact... 293 00:23:52,328 --> 00:23:54,843 I have been very pleased with you... 294 00:23:55,208 --> 00:23:57,882 in the year you have been here, Ralph. 295 00:23:59,328 --> 00:24:02,366 And I gather the Vatican shares my assessment. 296 00:24:02,448 --> 00:24:05,327 They have appointed you to be my secretary. 297 00:24:05,728 --> 00:24:08,846 Which means they are considering you very seriously... 298 00:24:08,928 --> 00:24:11,124 for further advancement... 299 00:24:11,768 --> 00:24:15,000 in time, if you do well. 300 00:24:16,968 --> 00:24:18,687 And, I think you will. 301 00:24:21,808 --> 00:24:24,084 I'm very grateful, Your Grace. 302 00:24:25,008 --> 00:24:27,603 It's an honor I never thought to attain. 303 00:24:29,328 --> 00:24:33,038 You are too humble, Father de Bricassart. 304 00:24:34,688 --> 00:24:38,398 But humility can be most useful to you, because as you a dvance... 305 00:24:38,488 --> 00:24:41,765 you will increasingly find yourself in the position... 306 00:24:42,128 --> 00:24:46,486 of having to use the enormous power of the Church. 307 00:24:47,768 --> 00:24:50,237 And while you will be tested in many ways... 308 00:24:50,328 --> 00:24:52,888 the greatest test will be... 309 00:24:53,288 --> 00:24:56,167 in how you use that power. 310 00:24:57,848 --> 00:24:59,805 No, it is humility... 311 00:25:00,648 --> 00:25:02,844 that will help you to use it... 312 00:25:04,088 --> 00:25:05,158 well. 313 00:25:44,408 --> 00:25:47,287 Fire, Stuie! Look, Stuie, fire! 314 00:25:47,568 --> 00:25:49,480 Quick, let's get back to the house! 315 00:25:49,568 --> 00:25:50,718 Oh, God. 316 00:26:07,688 --> 00:26:10,362 PADDY: All right, you silly animal, I'll get you out. 317 00:26:10,448 --> 00:26:12,326 PADDY: There you go. Come on. 318 00:26:22,008 --> 00:26:24,523 PADDY: Whoa, boy. Come on. 319 00:26:40,448 --> 00:26:42,804 Fire. Fire on Drogheda. 320 00:26:44,288 --> 00:26:47,122 Yes. What? All you can spare. 321 00:26:49,568 --> 00:26:50,843 MRS. SMITH: Don't stand there. 322 00:26:50,928 --> 00:26:53,159 Get to the cookhouse to get some stew going, can't you? 323 00:26:53,248 --> 00:26:55,046 Make it enough for 100. 324 00:26:55,128 --> 00:26:57,962 MRS. SMITH: They're coming from all the stations, Gilly as well. 325 00:26:58,048 --> 00:26:59,482 MRS. SMITH: I'll fetch the women. 326 00:26:59,568 --> 00:27:01,878 MEGGIE: Mom? FIONA: Meggie, go get changed. 327 00:27:01,968 --> 00:27:04,688 Help with the horses. Stuie, come with me. 328 00:27:25,088 --> 00:27:26,841 PADDY: There you go. Come on! 329 00:27:41,408 --> 00:27:44,242 WOMAN 1: Keep them together. Watch! Hurry. 330 00:27:46,288 --> 00:27:48,325 MAN 1: Come on, get up. 331 00:27:48,848 --> 00:27:51,920 WOMAN 2: It's terrible. MEGGIE: Here you go. Yeah, go on! 332 00:27:52,608 --> 00:27:54,998 [Tense instrumental music] 333 00:28:03,928 --> 00:28:05,442 WOMAN 3: Come on, get in. 334 00:28:16,528 --> 00:28:18,918 MEGGIE: God, Mom, it's getting away from us. 335 00:28:19,728 --> 00:28:21,685 [Tense instrumental music continues] 336 00:28:22,768 --> 00:28:24,885 MEGGIE: Mom? FIONA: Keep working, Meggie. 337 00:28:45,928 --> 00:28:47,726 MAN 2: Will you look at that? 338 00:29:00,168 --> 00:29:03,445 Charlie, loose those dogs! Get the hose and bring it down here! 339 00:29:03,528 --> 00:29:05,326 And you, you come with me! 340 00:29:05,408 --> 00:29:06,888 - Meggie, you all right? - I'm okay. 341 00:29:06,968 --> 00:29:09,802 FIONA: Did Paddy come in with you? MAN 3: No, I haven't seen him. 342 00:29:09,888 --> 00:29:13,245 MEGGIE: Daddy? Where's Daddy? FIONA: He's out on the range, Meggie. 343 00:29:13,328 --> 00:29:15,843 We should telephone around, see if he came in anywhere. 344 00:29:15,928 --> 00:29:17,726 FIONA: No, the lines are down. 345 00:29:20,168 --> 00:29:22,399 MEGGIE: Maybe the boys know where he is. 346 00:29:23,928 --> 00:29:25,282 WOMAN 4: Over here! 347 00:29:51,848 --> 00:29:53,168 No, God, please! 348 00:29:53,488 --> 00:29:55,047 [Paddy screams] 349 00:29:57,288 --> 00:30:00,877 [Tense instrumental music continues] 350 00:30:16,048 --> 00:30:18,199 MAN 4: The east water tower's run dry. 351 00:30:31,368 --> 00:30:33,758 Mrs. Cleary, take some rest. 352 00:30:37,728 --> 00:30:40,687 MAN 5: We're losing it! Judas Priest, we're losing it! 353 00:30:42,048 --> 00:30:43,528 PETE: Off you go, lad. 354 00:30:43,888 --> 00:30:45,208 PETE: How is it out there? 355 00:30:45,288 --> 00:30:46,483 Nothing will stop it. 356 00:30:46,568 --> 00:30:48,878 MAN 4: Watch out! 357 00:30:49,168 --> 00:30:50,522 It's going to go! 358 00:30:50,608 --> 00:30:52,679 MAN 4: Watch out! 359 00:30:55,088 --> 00:30:57,364 [Women screaming] 360 00:31:22,128 --> 00:31:24,518 BOB: Oh, Meggie, our old place. 361 00:31:42,768 --> 00:31:44,327 Mom, look. 362 00:31:45,568 --> 00:31:47,685 - It's up to the house! - Oh, Meggie. 363 00:32:14,368 --> 00:32:18,203 PETE: Boys, wet down the veranda! MAN 5: There's no water! 364 00:33:04,768 --> 00:33:06,168 Rain. Stuie! 365 00:33:07,848 --> 00:33:09,248 It's raining! 366 00:33:15,408 --> 00:33:16,888 We're saved! 367 00:33:28,288 --> 00:33:31,520 [Soft instrumental music] 368 00:33:54,768 --> 00:33:57,328 Let him sleep. Poor old dear. 369 00:33:58,168 --> 00:34:01,206 I know he'd want to help you look for Mr. Cleary. 370 00:34:06,408 --> 00:34:07,683 Good luck. 371 00:34:08,288 --> 00:34:11,087 [Intense instrumental music] 372 00:34:40,048 --> 00:34:41,368 JACK: Here's where we fan out. 373 00:34:41,448 --> 00:34:44,646 JACK: Remember, whoever finds Daddy, fire three shots. 374 00:34:49,528 --> 00:34:52,248 [Intense instrumental music continues] 375 00:35:05,808 --> 00:35:06,924 Daddy! 376 00:35:21,768 --> 00:35:24,283 BOB: Daddy! 377 00:35:28,088 --> 00:35:30,478 I had no idea the fire was out this far. 378 00:35:51,448 --> 00:35:54,168 [Tense instrumental music] 379 00:35:57,048 --> 00:35:58,448 [Crack] 380 00:35:59,488 --> 00:36:00,604 Daddy? 381 00:36:04,168 --> 00:36:07,127 [Suspenseful instrumental music] 382 00:36:36,408 --> 00:36:38,081 [Tense instrumental music] 383 00:37:07,488 --> 00:37:09,320 [Snorting] 384 00:37:15,048 --> 00:37:16,960 [Gunshot fires] 385 00:37:24,088 --> 00:37:26,364 BOB: Stu, where are you? 386 00:37:31,808 --> 00:37:35,484 Must have been Stuie that signaled. He rode in this direction. 387 00:38:11,008 --> 00:38:12,727 BOB: Don't go in, Mom. 388 00:38:15,448 --> 00:38:16,564 Paddy? 389 00:38:21,048 --> 00:38:22,243 And Stu. 390 00:38:23,408 --> 00:38:25,968 MEGGIE: Stu? What do you mean? 391 00:38:27,648 --> 00:38:31,164 MEGGIE: No, not both of them! JACK: You don't want to see it. 392 00:38:31,808 --> 00:38:33,003 MEGGIE: Not Stu! 393 00:38:34,328 --> 00:38:36,081 [Meggie sobbing] 394 00:38:47,608 --> 00:38:50,840 [Melancholic instrumental music] 395 00:39:01,608 --> 00:39:03,406 [Soft instrumental music] 396 00:39:05,288 --> 00:39:07,280 [Footsteps approaching] 397 00:39:13,168 --> 00:39:14,887 Meggie. 398 00:39:20,928 --> 00:39:22,521 You've come back. 399 00:39:26,088 --> 00:39:28,045 Darling Meggie, don't cry. 400 00:39:29,248 --> 00:39:31,604 The world hasn't come to an end because of a fire... 401 00:39:31,688 --> 00:39:33,805 no matter how terrible it was. 402 00:39:34,128 --> 00:39:37,200 You're safe. That's all that matters. 403 00:39:37,688 --> 00:39:39,247 I was so worried. 404 00:39:39,768 --> 00:39:43,079 Harry Gough called me and I flew right out. Imagine.... 405 00:39:44,808 --> 00:39:46,242 Then you don't know. 406 00:39:47,648 --> 00:39:49,685 MEGGIE: Father, Daddy and Stuie... 407 00:39:50,248 --> 00:39:51,648 they're dead. 408 00:39:54,128 --> 00:39:55,198 No. 409 00:39:59,928 --> 00:40:03,319 Daddy died in the fire, and Stuie found him. 410 00:40:05,408 --> 00:40:07,843 And then, there was a wild boar... 411 00:40:08,688 --> 00:40:10,600 and it killed my Stuie. 412 00:40:39,128 --> 00:40:41,006 [Groans in pain] 413 00:40:42,048 --> 00:40:43,118 What is it? 414 00:40:43,408 --> 00:40:47,561 The plane bogged in the mud when we landed. I must have bruised my side. 415 00:40:48,728 --> 00:40:50,162 Let me see it. 416 00:40:56,648 --> 00:40:58,162 [Meggie exclaims] 417 00:41:01,008 --> 00:41:04,843 - You rode all the way from Gilly like this? - I hardly noticed it. 418 00:41:05,928 --> 00:41:08,841 I was worried about the horse making it through all that mud. 419 00:41:08,928 --> 00:41:11,443 I borrowed him in Gilly. 420 00:41:12,808 --> 00:41:13,958 RALPH: Oh, God. 421 00:41:14,648 --> 00:41:15,764 RALPH: Don't. 422 00:41:16,128 --> 00:41:18,279 [Soft instrumental music] 423 00:41:18,488 --> 00:41:19,922 RALPH: [Whispers] Meggie, don't. 424 00:41:32,128 --> 00:41:33,118 RALPH: No! 425 00:41:39,928 --> 00:41:41,840 What have you done to me? 426 00:41:42,928 --> 00:41:45,397 What might you do to me if I let you? 427 00:42:09,848 --> 00:42:12,283 [Mournful instrumental music] 428 00:43:34,888 --> 00:43:36,880 [Fiona playing piano] 429 00:44:30,688 --> 00:44:33,203 It was good of you to be here, Father. 430 00:44:34,368 --> 00:44:37,042 It would have meant the world to Paddy... 431 00:44:37,568 --> 00:44:38,968 and to Stuie. 432 00:44:48,048 --> 00:44:49,801 FIONA: It's curious, you know. 433 00:44:51,088 --> 00:44:54,559 When it looked as though the fire might take everything... 434 00:44:54,928 --> 00:44:57,727 I kept thinking of the most peculiar things. 435 00:44:58,408 --> 00:45:01,128 I didn't think of dying or the children... 436 00:45:02,368 --> 00:45:05,645 or this beautiful house in ruins. 437 00:45:09,768 --> 00:45:12,920 All I could think about were my accounts... 438 00:45:18,248 --> 00:45:20,717 the socks I was knitting for Paddy... 439 00:45:23,128 --> 00:45:25,848 the heart-shaped cake tins... 440 00:45:27,848 --> 00:45:31,125 Frank made me years ago. 441 00:45:35,248 --> 00:45:37,524 How could I survive without them? 442 00:45:39,368 --> 00:45:41,121 All the little things. 443 00:45:45,088 --> 00:45:47,523 Things which can't be replaced. 444 00:45:51,168 --> 00:45:53,205 [Fiona screams and cries] 445 00:46:01,808 --> 00:46:04,403 It's too late, like all my life. 446 00:46:05,848 --> 00:46:09,159 Too late for him, too late for me. 447 00:46:12,168 --> 00:46:15,957 I can never take my Paddy in my arms now. 448 00:46:17,488 --> 00:46:19,400 I can never say to him... 449 00:46:19,568 --> 00:46:22,843 the only thing he ever wanted me to say, that I loved him. 450 00:46:24,048 --> 00:46:26,961 I do love him, Father. 451 00:46:52,528 --> 00:46:54,679 You'll never see me weep again. 452 00:46:57,488 --> 00:46:59,719 I'm finished with tears forever. 453 00:47:02,808 --> 00:47:05,198 RALPH: You do have two sons left you, Fee... 454 00:47:07,048 --> 00:47:08,721 and you have Meggie. 455 00:47:09,688 --> 00:47:11,884 RALPH: It's not too late for Meggie. 456 00:47:13,448 --> 00:47:16,600 FIONA: Meggie? RALPH: Will you promise me something? 457 00:47:20,088 --> 00:47:21,408 If you like. 458 00:47:23,888 --> 00:47:26,483 Look after Meggie. Don't forget her. 459 00:47:27,648 --> 00:47:30,800 Make her go to the local dances, meet the young men. 460 00:47:31,168 --> 00:47:35,321 Help her look around her world and find some good, kind man to marry... 461 00:47:35,888 --> 00:47:39,598 who'll give her children and a home of her own. It's time. 462 00:47:41,288 --> 00:47:43,757 [Soft instrumental music] 463 00:47:44,128 --> 00:47:47,804 - Whatever you say, Father. - Fee, she's your daughter. 464 00:47:48,608 --> 00:47:50,998 It's as if you never remember that. 465 00:47:52,928 --> 00:47:54,408 Does any woman? 466 00:47:56,408 --> 00:47:58,001 What's a daughter? 467 00:47:59,248 --> 00:48:01,365 Just a reminder of the pain... 468 00:48:01,848 --> 00:48:04,044 a younger version of oneself... 469 00:48:04,368 --> 00:48:07,839 who will do all the same things, cry the same tears. 470 00:48:09,648 --> 00:48:10,968 No, Father. 471 00:48:12,408 --> 00:48:14,718 I try to forget I have a daughter. 472 00:48:24,408 --> 00:48:27,560 [Emotional instrumental music] 473 00:48:56,848 --> 00:48:58,202 It survived. 474 00:49:05,408 --> 00:49:09,243 Meggie, I need no reminder of you. Not now, not ever. 475 00:49:10,848 --> 00:49:13,841 I carry you within me. You know that. 476 00:49:17,528 --> 00:49:18,803 I must go. 477 00:49:21,328 --> 00:49:22,364 Yes. 478 00:49:24,368 --> 00:49:26,405 Everything's all right now. 479 00:49:27,008 --> 00:49:28,408 All in order. 480 00:49:29,848 --> 00:49:32,158 The dead are buried and blessed... 481 00:49:32,328 --> 00:49:34,365 and you and Mom have my life planned out. 482 00:49:34,448 --> 00:49:36,599 RALPH: Meggie, we must make an end to this. 483 00:49:37,808 --> 00:49:41,518 My life belongs to God. You've always known that. 484 00:49:42,528 --> 00:49:44,520 That dear and gentle God... 485 00:49:46,048 --> 00:49:49,883 who has taken from me everyone that I've loved most in the world. 486 00:49:50,528 --> 00:49:51,848 One by one. 487 00:49:52,728 --> 00:49:54,640 Frank, and Hal... 488 00:49:55,608 --> 00:49:56,883 and Stuie... 489 00:49:58,008 --> 00:49:59,442 and my father. 490 00:50:00,968 --> 00:50:03,961 And you, of course. Always you. 491 00:50:09,808 --> 00:50:11,322 God is merciful. 492 00:50:12,728 --> 00:50:14,959 There'll be no one else to grieve. 493 00:50:15,608 --> 00:50:17,088 RALPH: He is merciful. 494 00:50:18,288 --> 00:50:21,087 I know you can't see that now, but he is. 495 00:50:22,888 --> 00:50:24,527 He spared the rose. 496 00:50:26,408 --> 00:50:27,967 He sent the rain. 497 00:50:30,248 --> 00:50:31,238 Oh, Ralph. 498 00:50:32,648 --> 00:50:34,241 Who sent the fire? 499 00:50:47,368 --> 00:50:50,679 [Emotional instrumental music continues] 500 00:51:21,368 --> 00:51:24,884 [Man singing Australian folk song] 501 00:52:21,568 --> 00:52:24,640 [Man continues singing Australian folk song] 502 00:53:09,168 --> 00:53:10,807 Good, they've come. 503 00:53:11,528 --> 00:53:15,761 Nice to see them after two years of not even enough sheep to need them. 504 00:53:16,048 --> 00:53:17,960 All new lads, I think. 505 00:53:18,728 --> 00:53:21,562 Not a bad-looking lot, for shearing men. 506 00:53:24,288 --> 00:53:26,644 MRS. SMITH: That one's quite a dandy. JUDY: Which? 507 00:53:27,608 --> 00:53:30,407 The one in the white, you mean. I suppose he's all right. 508 00:53:30,488 --> 00:53:34,687 Bet he spends all his time washing and ironing, just to keep up appearances. 509 00:53:34,768 --> 00:53:38,603 I'll bet a man with his looks doesn't have to do his own washing. 510 00:53:39,968 --> 00:53:41,322 Mrs. Smith. 511 00:54:07,248 --> 00:54:09,843 [Upbeat instrumental music] 512 00:54:17,768 --> 00:54:19,487 MAN 1: Get this wool! 513 00:54:54,928 --> 00:54:58,080 All right, lads! There's your day! 514 00:55:01,408 --> 00:55:03,320 MAN 2: You know, you owe me one. 515 00:55:14,808 --> 00:55:17,482 You're a regular dreadnought, aren't you? 516 00:55:17,688 --> 00:55:19,168 What about you? 517 00:55:19,248 --> 00:55:21,399 Never saw a boss cocky who could shear like that. 518 00:55:21,488 --> 00:55:25,368 I like to keep a hand in. You're O'Neill, aren't you? 519 00:55:25,568 --> 00:55:27,719 Yes, sir, Luke O'Neill. 520 00:55:30,288 --> 00:55:31,808 PETE: Look at this, Bob. 521 00:55:31,888 --> 00:55:34,767 O'Neill shore 200. Just a couple ahea d of you. 522 00:55:36,448 --> 00:55:39,805 The lads have been talking about getting up a contest between you two. 523 00:55:39,888 --> 00:55:42,278 BOB: Are they, now? PETE: Well, you know... 524 00:55:42,368 --> 00:55:45,884 they always are eager to win a few quid wagering. 525 00:55:47,128 --> 00:55:49,518 Why not? What do you think, O'Neill? 526 00:55:52,968 --> 00:55:55,358 The fact is, I'm not much on contests... 527 00:55:55,448 --> 00:55:58,043 but thank you all the same, Mr. Cleary. 528 00:56:45,768 --> 00:56:47,725 LUKE: Good day, miss. JUDY: Good day. 529 00:56:48,488 --> 00:56:50,366 Fresh as a daisy, are we? 530 00:56:50,448 --> 00:56:54,044 Nothing like shearing a ton or two of sheep to set a man up. 531 00:56:54,488 --> 00:56:56,047 I'm Luke O'Neill. 532 00:56:56,288 --> 00:56:59,440 - I take it you're the famous Meggie Cleary. - Do you? 533 00:56:59,528 --> 00:57:01,963 How did you come by that information? 534 00:57:02,048 --> 00:57:05,280 I saw you cooling yourself on your nice, big veranda. 535 00:57:05,528 --> 00:57:08,202 - And they said you were a beauty. - Really? 536 00:57:08,608 --> 00:57:10,406 What else did they tell you? 537 00:57:10,488 --> 00:57:13,447 You'd be surprised what a bloke can learn if he's interested. 538 00:57:13,528 --> 00:57:14,644 JACK: Judy... 539 00:57:16,248 --> 00:57:19,207 Mrs. Smith was looking for you. Something about the washing up. 540 00:57:19,288 --> 00:57:20,847 Yes, Mr. Cleary. 541 00:57:21,448 --> 00:57:22,484 Judy? 542 00:57:27,648 --> 00:57:29,287 That wasn't nice. 543 00:57:32,408 --> 00:57:33,967 Still interested? 544 00:57:51,248 --> 00:57:54,480 Listen, man, you ought to give that contest a bit more thought. 545 00:57:54,568 --> 00:57:56,560 You're a good match for Bob. 546 00:57:56,648 --> 00:57:58,367 I could out-shear Bob Cleary any day... 547 00:57:58,448 --> 00:58:01,247 if I was cruel enough to show him up in front of these men. 548 00:58:01,328 --> 00:58:04,560 Bob's not like that. And what do you care, anyway? 549 00:58:04,648 --> 00:58:07,322 You'll be going down the track in a couple of weeks. 550 00:58:07,408 --> 00:58:09,206 Pete, who's that girl? 551 00:58:09,768 --> 00:58:11,646 PETE: That's just Meggie. Now, listen... 552 00:58:11,728 --> 00:58:14,721 there's good money in this contest, I'm telling you. 553 00:58:49,128 --> 00:58:51,324 LUKE: Shouldn't swim alone, you know. 554 00:58:51,968 --> 00:58:53,368 Too dangerous. 555 00:58:54,328 --> 00:58:56,160 And what are you doing here? 556 00:58:56,808 --> 00:58:59,039 [Soft instrumental music] 557 00:58:59,208 --> 00:59:01,006 Seeing you don't drown. 558 00:59:03,848 --> 00:59:07,967 I don't know why you'd swim in that thing, anyway. It smells like hell. 559 00:59:08,048 --> 00:59:09,562 It's the sulfur. 560 00:59:17,288 --> 00:59:18,881 I'm Luke O'Neill. 561 00:59:21,248 --> 00:59:22,682 Meggie Cleary. 562 00:59:27,648 --> 00:59:28,798 Meggie? 563 00:59:29,688 --> 00:59:31,725 That doesn't suit you a bit. 564 00:59:32,128 --> 00:59:35,246 Not enough dignity. I'm going to call you Meghann. 565 00:59:35,408 --> 00:59:37,365 I detest the name Meghann. 566 00:59:47,488 --> 00:59:49,161 Good night, Meghann. 567 01:00:36,808 --> 01:00:39,926 I often wonder what can account for such sadness... 568 01:00:40,528 --> 01:00:43,248 in a face with so much spiritual beauty. 569 01:00:45,968 --> 01:00:49,405 I should be sorry to think that I look sad when I pray, Your Grace. 570 01:00:49,488 --> 01:00:51,081 No, but it's true. 571 01:00:52,608 --> 01:00:54,327 And at other times... 572 01:00:55,008 --> 01:00:57,477 when you think no one is watching. 573 01:00:58,848 --> 01:01:02,478 And the passage of time seems only to deepen it, my Ralph. 574 01:01:03,728 --> 01:01:07,438 Perhaps it's the Irish strain in me. We're a tragic lot, you know. 575 01:01:07,528 --> 01:01:09,724 RALPH: You received a wire from the Vatican. 576 01:01:09,808 --> 01:01:11,686 RALPH: The Athens Conference is all arranged. 577 01:01:11,768 --> 01:01:13,646 RALPH: I'll soon have our travel plans in order. 578 01:01:13,728 --> 01:01:16,721 Splendid. The Church is long overdue for some discussions... 579 01:01:16,808 --> 01:01:19,084 with our Greek Orthodox brethren. 580 01:01:21,088 --> 01:01:23,478 I'm delighted you want me to accompany you. 581 01:01:23,568 --> 01:01:26,128 It will be excellent training for you. 582 01:01:26,888 --> 01:01:30,928 A good opportunity to nourish your career as a church diplomat. 583 01:01:32,328 --> 01:01:34,843 And besides, you know very well... 584 01:01:34,928 --> 01:01:38,319 that you have become indispensable to me, my dear Ralph. 585 01:01:38,768 --> 01:01:41,681 If you're not with me, how could I possibly continue... 586 01:01:41,768 --> 01:01:44,158 my interesting little game of working out... 587 01:01:44,248 --> 01:01:48,959 precisely what makes you tick? 588 01:01:56,968 --> 01:02:00,757 JACK: It's early to tell, but we could have one of the biggest clips ever. 589 01:02:00,848 --> 01:02:04,046 It's nice to see the place get back on something like a paying basis. 590 01:02:04,128 --> 01:02:08,486 I don't believe it was only two years ago, Christmas, that we were almost burnt out. 591 01:02:08,568 --> 01:02:10,958 Couldn't have done it without Father Ralph... 592 01:02:11,048 --> 01:02:13,517 advancing us the money for new stock. 593 01:02:18,488 --> 01:02:20,081 Good day, Meghann. 594 01:02:20,888 --> 01:02:22,038 Missus. 595 01:02:22,888 --> 01:02:25,562 Good day, O'Neill. What can we do for you? 596 01:02:25,728 --> 01:02:30,007 - I've come about the shearing contest. - I thought you weren't interested. 597 01:02:30,248 --> 01:02:34,481 The lads have been on at me about it, so I thought I might give it a go. 598 01:02:35,168 --> 01:02:37,205 Fine, just name your terms. 599 01:02:37,568 --> 01:02:40,367 If I was to win, what would you say to hire me as a stockman? 600 01:02:40,448 --> 01:02:43,566 - A stockman? - Just for a month, say, to try me out. 601 01:02:44,048 --> 01:02:46,768 I know my way around livestock, all right. 602 01:02:48,208 --> 01:02:51,087 I thought we weren't hiring any new stockmen this year. 603 01:02:51,168 --> 01:02:54,400 BOB: If Luke here is as good in the saddle as he is at the board.... 604 01:02:54,488 --> 01:02:58,038 Stone the crows, you'd think I'd already lost this contest. 605 01:02:58,568 --> 01:03:00,525 What if you lost, O'Neill? 606 01:03:01,008 --> 01:03:04,126 Same terms, except I work the month for free. 607 01:03:04,208 --> 01:03:07,042 You'll actually work for no wages just to be a stockman? 608 01:03:07,128 --> 01:03:10,007 But that's daft. You could make more at shearing, anyway. 609 01:03:10,088 --> 01:03:12,284 Yeah, but a shearer's a rover. 610 01:03:12,568 --> 01:03:15,242 I don't intend to be a rover all my life. 611 01:03:15,768 --> 01:03:18,124 And I do like it here on Drogheda. 612 01:03:21,688 --> 01:03:25,318 All right, lads, this is the last call. Gentlemen, let's hear them. 613 01:03:25,448 --> 01:03:27,087 MAN 1: This �5 on Cleary. 614 01:03:27,168 --> 01:03:29,000 MAN 2: I'll match any of that. 615 01:03:31,768 --> 01:03:33,760 Now, we all know the rules. 616 01:03:34,968 --> 01:03:37,437 The men will shear for two hours only... 617 01:03:37,808 --> 01:03:40,721 and since my own brother's in there, I'm stepping out. 618 01:03:40,808 --> 01:03:43,721 So I want one of you shearing men to keep score... 619 01:03:43,808 --> 01:03:46,801 and you, Drogheda la ds, choose a man to watch the time. 620 01:03:46,888 --> 01:03:49,164 JACK: Are we ready, men? ALL: Yeah! 621 01:03:56,088 --> 01:03:57,841 [Lively instrumental music] 622 01:04:01,328 --> 01:04:03,638 MAN 3: Mr. Cleary, show him what a boss cocky can do. 623 01:04:03,728 --> 01:04:05,208 MAN 4: We'll show him! 624 01:04:07,888 --> 01:04:09,766 MAN 5: Hold him steady, O'Neill. 625 01:04:11,528 --> 01:04:13,121 Come on! 626 01:04:13,928 --> 01:04:17,160 [Crowd shouting and cheering] 627 01:04:41,488 --> 01:04:42,842 MAN 4: Here we go. 628 01:04:52,968 --> 01:04:54,163 Come on. 629 01:05:02,808 --> 01:05:06,688 MAN 3: All right, Mr. Cleary, come clear. Just squeeze him through the breezer. 630 01:05:07,328 --> 01:05:09,843 MAN 5: Hurry up! Down the chute! 631 01:05:10,168 --> 01:05:11,921 MAN 6: Good show, O'Neill! 632 01:05:30,448 --> 01:05:32,724 PETE: You're making twice the number of blows... 633 01:05:32,808 --> 01:05:35,004 because you're not filling your shears. 634 01:05:35,728 --> 01:05:37,526 Fill your shears, boy! 635 01:05:37,728 --> 01:05:40,038 [Lively instrumental music continues] 636 01:05:40,128 --> 01:05:41,721 MAN 4: Don't let us down. 637 01:05:42,928 --> 01:05:44,487 MAN 6: Come on, O'Neill. 638 01:05:45,888 --> 01:05:48,198 MAN 6: That's it, O'Neill, you've got him on the run now! 639 01:05:50,248 --> 01:05:52,558 MAN 4: Come on! MEGGIE: Jack, who's winning? 640 01:05:53,008 --> 01:05:56,968 It's only half-over, still an hour to go. But looks like old Bob's losing so far. 641 01:05:57,048 --> 01:05:58,960 Losing? Come on, Meggie. 642 01:05:59,168 --> 01:06:01,319 Judy, you go back to the house. 643 01:06:01,408 --> 01:06:03,923 MAN 3: You can do it. Long blows, Mr. Cleary. 644 01:06:06,168 --> 01:06:07,966 Fill your shears, boy! 645 01:06:08,608 --> 01:06:10,327 MAN 5: Luke, pay attention! 646 01:06:14,488 --> 01:06:17,799 Come on, Bob, let's show them what Drogheda men are made of! 647 01:06:18,848 --> 01:06:20,919 I could out-shear that learner. 648 01:06:21,008 --> 01:06:22,237 PETE: That's his job, missus. 649 01:06:22,688 --> 01:06:25,078 Stay in there, Bob! You can do it! 650 01:06:29,048 --> 01:06:31,165 [People cheering] 651 01:06:44,848 --> 01:06:46,646 MAN 4: Don't stop! Keep going! 652 01:06:54,328 --> 01:06:56,843 [People continue cheering] 653 01:07:12,728 --> 01:07:14,162 Come on, Bob! 654 01:07:21,888 --> 01:07:25,040 PETE: Two minutes to go! 655 01:07:26,888 --> 01:07:28,038 ALL: Go! Go! 656 01:07:39,008 --> 01:07:42,240 [Lively instrumental music continues] 657 01:08:12,088 --> 01:08:15,047 What did I tell you? I taught him myself! 658 01:08:22,688 --> 01:08:25,601 What about a cheer for a bonzer opponent? Luke O'Neill! 659 01:08:25,688 --> 01:08:27,600 ALL: Hip, hip, hooray! 660 01:08:31,168 --> 01:08:35,242 There's not a pub around for 40 miles, but if a barrel of rum and another of ale... 661 01:08:35,328 --> 01:08:37,843 will take away the sting, they're outside! 662 01:08:39,928 --> 01:08:42,727 MEGGIE: Well done, Bob. 663 01:08:43,728 --> 01:08:44,878 That's my Bob. 664 01:08:49,768 --> 01:08:52,283 MEGGIE: Feel like a champion, then, Bob? 665 01:09:01,408 --> 01:09:03,968 - Congratulations, Mr. Cleary. - Bob. 666 01:09:04,368 --> 01:09:07,884 It was only by half a sheep. Could have gone the other way. 667 01:09:08,248 --> 01:09:12,208 You've got yourself a stockman, free of charge for the next month. 668 01:09:12,728 --> 01:09:15,004 Then if you like what you see.... 669 01:09:16,208 --> 01:09:19,246 [Tense instrumental music] 670 01:09:21,928 --> 01:09:24,807 [Cheerful instrumental music] 671 01:09:29,808 --> 01:09:32,243 [Man singing Australian folk song] 672 01:10:12,368 --> 01:10:15,600 [Man continues singing Australian folk song] 673 01:11:05,888 --> 01:11:09,359 [Soft instrumental music] 674 01:11:50,288 --> 01:11:53,804 There's not much to see here now we got the wool away. 675 01:11:54,648 --> 01:11:56,605 I wonder you didn't go with it. 676 01:11:56,688 --> 01:11:59,567 You don't appear to have made much of a bargain here. 677 01:11:59,648 --> 01:12:01,241 I'm happy with it. 678 01:12:04,688 --> 01:12:07,442 There's a dance next Saturday night. 679 01:12:07,608 --> 01:12:09,440 Will you come with me? 680 01:12:10,528 --> 01:12:13,362 Thank you, but I can't dance so there wouldn't be much point. 681 01:12:13,448 --> 01:12:15,360 LUKE: There's nothing to dancing. 682 01:12:16,448 --> 01:12:19,486 I could teach you in two flicks of a lamb's tail. 683 01:12:21,368 --> 01:12:24,042 Wonder if your brother would lend us the car. 684 01:12:24,128 --> 01:12:26,848 We ought to go in style, don't you think? 685 01:12:27,128 --> 01:12:30,838 - I said I wouldn't go. - No. You said you couldn't dance... 686 01:12:31,608 --> 01:12:35,158 and I said I'd teach you. Not scared, are you? 687 01:12:35,488 --> 01:12:37,559 No. Not here. 688 01:12:38,368 --> 01:12:42,885 It's only a wool shed, you know. And it's a wool-shed ball we're going to. 689 01:12:43,488 --> 01:12:44,604 Now.... 690 01:12:45,768 --> 01:12:47,521 One, two, three.... 691 01:12:57,848 --> 01:12:59,999 [Upbeat instrumental music] 692 01:13:00,088 --> 01:13:01,522 One, two, three.... 693 01:13:06,008 --> 01:13:08,728 - Having fun? - Don't let go of me. 694 01:13:09,528 --> 01:13:11,121 I don't intend to. 695 01:13:14,568 --> 01:13:17,561 You're the most beautiful girl I've ever seen in that dress. 696 01:13:17,648 --> 01:13:21,528 Thank you. I don't really like it, but it's the only party dress I have. 697 01:13:21,608 --> 01:13:24,248 Go on, a posh girl like you? 698 01:13:24,328 --> 01:13:26,763 You could've bought as many dresses as you liked. 699 01:13:26,848 --> 01:13:28,282 Is that what you think? 700 01:13:28,368 --> 01:13:31,167 That I'm some snobby squatter's daughter? Because I'm not. 701 01:13:31,248 --> 01:13:33,968 The Clearys don't even own Drogheda, and we never will. 702 01:13:34,048 --> 01:13:37,325 Touched a nerve, didn't I? I'm sorry, Meghann. 703 01:13:37,808 --> 01:13:40,482 I know the blessed papists did you out of your place. 704 01:13:40,568 --> 01:13:43,322 - What do you mean? - My, but we're sensitive. 705 01:13:44,008 --> 01:13:47,001 I suppose now you'll never have me because I'm Protestant. 706 01:13:47,088 --> 01:13:49,728 - You are? - Orange through and through. 707 01:13:50,168 --> 01:13:53,081 LUKE: I think the Catholic Church is run by a bunch of poofters... 708 01:13:53,168 --> 01:13:55,080 in black nightgowns. 709 01:14:07,648 --> 01:14:10,482 You do waltz divinely, Mr. O'Neill. 710 01:14:10,688 --> 01:14:13,362 I do hope Meggie is not intending to be selfish. 711 01:14:14,288 --> 01:14:16,928 It would be an honor to dance with you, Miss Carmichael... 712 01:14:17,008 --> 01:14:20,524 but, you see, Miss Cleary here has hired me for the whole night. 713 01:14:21,128 --> 01:14:24,121 [Slow instrumental music] 714 01:15:04,408 --> 01:15:06,639 - This isn't so bad, is it? - What? 715 01:15:06,888 --> 01:15:09,926 - Dancing. - I think I'm learning to like it. 716 01:15:10,528 --> 01:15:13,487 Good, 'cause there's another dance next week... 717 01:15:13,848 --> 01:15:16,920 and the week after that, and the week after that. 718 01:15:31,888 --> 01:15:35,120 LUKE: So I went to the wool shed when I was 12, as a tar-boy. 719 01:15:35,448 --> 01:15:37,599 LUKE: Me and my mate, Arne Swenson. 720 01:15:38,808 --> 01:15:41,846 LUKE: He's the best, Arne is. Always looked out for me. 721 01:15:42,368 --> 01:15:45,281 MEGGIE: Is he still shearing? LUKE: No, not Arne. 722 01:15:46,848 --> 01:15:50,285 He runs a gang of cane-cutters up in northern Queensland. 723 01:15:50,368 --> 01:15:54,487 You reckon shearing's hard, but I tell you there's not too many blokes... 724 01:15:54,568 --> 01:15:57,606 big enough or strong enough to cut the sugarcane. 725 01:15:58,208 --> 01:16:01,007 You make it sound like your life's ambition. 726 01:16:03,248 --> 01:16:06,559 I wouldn't mind trying it for the money it can make. 727 01:16:07,728 --> 01:16:10,721 My life's ambition is to have my own place... 728 01:16:11,408 --> 01:16:15,288 my own sheep station, up in western Queensland, where I come from. 729 01:16:16,528 --> 01:16:19,327 And I will someday, too, have my own place. 730 01:16:22,248 --> 01:16:24,365 And someone to share it with. 731 01:16:25,248 --> 01:16:28,047 LUKE: Someone who'll love me and work alongside me. 732 01:16:42,528 --> 01:16:46,044 [Slow instrumental music] 733 01:17:28,248 --> 01:17:30,080 God, you are beautiful. 734 01:17:35,008 --> 01:17:37,523 How many times have you been in love? 735 01:17:43,208 --> 01:17:44,528 Only once. 736 01:17:45,768 --> 01:17:48,567 Whoever he was, he was a fool to let you go. 737 01:18:09,488 --> 01:18:12,208 [Slow instrumental music continues] 738 01:18:19,408 --> 01:18:21,081 Good night, Meghann. 739 01:18:23,208 --> 01:18:26,121 [Soft instrumental music] 740 01:19:12,848 --> 01:19:16,125 [Intense instrumental music] 741 01:19:22,648 --> 01:19:25,117 [Actress speaking Greek] 742 01:19:59,408 --> 01:20:01,604 [Upbeat instrumental music] 743 01:20:01,688 --> 01:20:04,203 You did not understand this play, Phaedra? 744 01:20:04,288 --> 01:20:07,759 You've noticed how quiet I've been through the conference here in Athens. 745 01:20:07,848 --> 01:20:11,159 My Greek isn't up to yours, I'm afraid, Your Grace. 746 01:20:11,248 --> 01:20:15,037 You must study your languages if you're to be a church diplomat. 747 01:20:15,608 --> 01:20:18,919 The dying youth in the play is Hippolytus. 748 01:20:20,248 --> 01:20:24,481 He is cold to Aphrodite, the goddess of love. 749 01:20:25,168 --> 01:20:27,239 To punish him for his neglect... 750 01:20:27,328 --> 01:20:31,368 she causes his mother to fall hopelessly in love with him. 751 01:20:31,968 --> 01:20:35,200 But, Hippolytus spurns her. 752 01:20:35,888 --> 01:20:38,039 And that's why she kills herself? 753 01:20:38,128 --> 01:20:42,008 Hippolytus' father blames him and has him killed... 754 01:20:42,168 --> 01:20:43,966 by the god of the sea. 755 01:20:44,368 --> 01:20:46,678 A cruel story, and so unjust. 756 01:20:46,968 --> 01:20:50,564 Hippolytus dies even though he's innocent. In fact, he behaves laudably. 757 01:20:50,648 --> 01:20:53,402 A good Catholic interpretation, yes, perhaps. 758 01:20:53,488 --> 01:20:55,559 But to the ancient Greeks... 759 01:20:56,088 --> 01:21:00,082 he is quite guilty of the sin of pride. 760 01:21:02,168 --> 01:21:05,127 You see, it is that Hippolytus holds himself... 761 01:21:05,208 --> 01:21:07,404 above human love. 762 01:21:09,248 --> 01:21:10,523 He's cold. 763 01:21:12,088 --> 01:21:15,240 He will not even admit that human passion exists. 764 01:21:17,128 --> 01:21:20,599 And what if he would admit it? Would he then escape his fate? 765 01:21:21,928 --> 01:21:23,760 That is the cruelty... 766 01:21:24,088 --> 01:21:26,159 because this is his fate. 767 01:21:27,008 --> 01:21:29,807 He cannot choose to love... 768 01:21:31,248 --> 01:21:34,127 anymore than his poor mother can choose to be cold. 769 01:21:34,208 --> 01:21:37,007 VITTORIO: The gods have willed it for their sport. 770 01:21:38,768 --> 01:21:43,206 Cruel, but rather an appealing system, is it not? 771 01:21:44,248 --> 01:21:48,447 No decisions to make, no conscience, no agony of free will... 772 01:21:48,728 --> 01:21:51,800 nothing. All fated from the first. 773 01:21:52,728 --> 01:21:56,722 Rather shockingly at odds with the teachings of the Church of Rome. 774 01:21:57,408 --> 01:22:00,685 My dear Ralph, do you not find it humbling to realize... 775 01:22:00,768 --> 01:22:03,522 that when this play was first performed... 776 01:22:03,768 --> 01:22:08,126 Rome was still infested with fur-clad barbarians? 777 01:22:09,688 --> 01:22:11,441 [Woman speaking Greek] 778 01:22:21,288 --> 01:22:23,484 They simply find you beautiful. 779 01:22:23,768 --> 01:22:25,919 Blessed by the gods, perhaps? 780 01:22:58,048 --> 01:23:00,040 FIONA: They've been out together again. 781 01:23:00,128 --> 01:23:03,007 I don't see the harm. He never lets it get in the way of work. 782 01:23:03,088 --> 01:23:05,603 But I'm beginning to see why he likes it so much here. 783 01:23:05,688 --> 01:23:07,008 I'm just as glad. 784 01:23:07,088 --> 01:23:10,445 He's the only man Meggie's ever shown the least bit of interest in. 785 01:23:10,528 --> 01:23:13,088 And somebody's got to keep the Cleary line going. 786 01:23:13,168 --> 01:23:15,603 I hope that Meggie is all he wants. 787 01:23:15,848 --> 01:23:18,647 I saw Angus MacQueen in Gilly the other day. 788 01:23:18,768 --> 01:23:22,045 He seemed to think that Luke might be something of a fortune hunter. 789 01:23:22,128 --> 01:23:23,960 A fortune hunter, Luke? 790 01:23:24,408 --> 01:23:27,719 Of course, Meggie does have the money Father Ralph sets by for her... 791 01:23:27,808 --> 01:23:29,481 but it's not what I'd call a fortune. 792 01:23:29,568 --> 01:23:32,959 Some might, though. But I think he's just what he appears to be. 793 01:23:33,048 --> 01:23:35,404 A hardworking bloke with plenty of ambition. 794 01:23:35,488 --> 01:23:37,320 I suppose you're right. 795 01:23:37,928 --> 01:23:40,079 Anyway, Meggie's a grown woman. 796 01:23:40,168 --> 01:23:44,401 How she chooses to spend her life or her money is her own affair, isn't it? 797 01:23:59,408 --> 01:24:00,808 VITTORIO: You know... 798 01:24:01,288 --> 01:24:02,961 I was just thinking... 799 01:24:03,968 --> 01:24:06,358 of that old woman in the market. 800 01:24:07,248 --> 01:24:10,286 She reminded me of how very certain I once was... 801 01:24:10,368 --> 01:24:13,520 that I had found your Achilles' heel. 802 01:24:15,048 --> 01:24:17,005 VITTORIO: Those looks of yours.... 803 01:24:19,728 --> 01:24:23,768 They had to have made you the target, or perhaps even the victim... 804 01:24:24,328 --> 01:24:26,684 of so many desires. 805 01:24:27,168 --> 01:24:28,522 [Man singing slow song] 806 01:24:28,608 --> 01:24:31,999 But, I have tested you... 807 01:24:32,728 --> 01:24:34,367 had you watched... 808 01:24:35,248 --> 01:24:38,605 thrown you together with beautiful women, and with men. 809 01:24:39,848 --> 01:24:42,602 No result. Not a flicker. 810 01:24:43,968 --> 01:24:46,927 No. Whatever you burn for, Ralph... 811 01:24:47,168 --> 01:24:48,887 is not for the flesh. 812 01:24:50,088 --> 01:24:51,238 RALPH: I am... 813 01:24:52,768 --> 01:24:54,566 surprised, Your Grace. 814 01:24:55,048 --> 01:24:57,517 Shocked, you mean, by my methods. 815 01:24:58,208 --> 01:24:59,961 But you shouldn't be. 816 01:25:00,408 --> 01:25:04,118 They are simply tactics of which you must be aware... 817 01:25:04,768 --> 01:25:08,125 if your weakness lies where I think it does: 818 01:25:09,728 --> 01:25:11,128 in ambition. 819 01:25:12,208 --> 01:25:15,167 RALPH: If that is a flaw, I shall try to mend it... 820 01:25:15,528 --> 01:25:16,882 Archbishop. 821 01:25:18,008 --> 01:25:22,127 VITTORIO: I might find that rather tedious as it is a weakness which I share. 822 01:25:23,968 --> 01:25:27,006 VITTORIO: And like all self-perpetuating institutions... 823 01:25:27,568 --> 01:25:31,528 the Church has always a place for ambitious men. 824 01:25:31,968 --> 01:25:33,243 VITTORIO: In fact... 825 01:25:33,368 --> 01:25:37,078 you are everything the Church admires... 826 01:25:38,208 --> 01:25:39,688 in her high officials. 827 01:25:39,768 --> 01:25:42,806 You are conservative, quick, subtle. 828 01:25:44,368 --> 01:25:46,963 You know enough never to give away... 829 01:25:47,048 --> 01:25:50,166 what is going on behind those eyes. 830 01:25:50,808 --> 01:25:54,085 And you have the most exquisite gift... 831 01:25:54,288 --> 01:25:56,519 of knowing how to please. 832 01:25:57,368 --> 01:26:00,088 VITTORIO: Even when it comes to pleasing those you loathe. 833 01:26:00,208 --> 01:26:04,566 You make me out to be a Machiavelli, except that he was an Italian. 834 01:26:08,288 --> 01:26:11,042 My dear Ralph, you are a delight. 835 01:26:12,368 --> 01:26:16,681 I can scarcely wait to see your effect on our short, fat prelates in Rome. 836 01:26:16,768 --> 01:26:17,838 RALPH: Rome? 837 01:26:17,928 --> 01:26:22,525 The beautiful, sleek cat among the plump, startled pigeons. 838 01:26:23,328 --> 01:26:26,162 VITTORIO: In time, my ambitious friend. In time. 839 01:26:26,728 --> 01:26:29,288 VITTORIO: These conferences will soon be over... 840 01:26:29,528 --> 01:26:32,441 and then we shall see... 841 01:26:32,888 --> 01:26:35,448 what fate has in store at the Vatican... 842 01:26:36,648 --> 01:26:38,207 for both of us. 843 01:26:42,288 --> 01:26:44,245 [Sentimental instrumental music] 844 01:26:44,328 --> 01:26:45,762 MEGGIE: This is great. 845 01:26:46,408 --> 01:26:48,764 We do have better in Queensland, of course. 846 01:26:48,848 --> 01:26:52,558 MEGGIE: You can't think how absurd you were that night, claiming I might drown. 847 01:26:52,648 --> 01:26:54,480 LUKE: You could've pretended to drown. 848 01:26:54,568 --> 01:26:58,482 MEGGIE: And be as ridiculous as you? LUKE: Then I could've swooped you up... 849 01:26:58,688 --> 01:27:00,042 Put me down. 850 01:27:01,128 --> 01:27:04,804 ...and do what I've been wanting to ever since that moment. 851 01:27:09,168 --> 01:27:11,728 [Sentimental instrumental music continues] 852 01:27:29,008 --> 01:27:31,364 No. That's enough. 853 01:27:32,688 --> 01:27:36,841 - I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you. - You didn't offend me. Really. 854 01:27:37,088 --> 01:27:38,920 [Soft instrumental music] 855 01:27:40,688 --> 01:27:42,088 I suppose... 856 01:27:42,688 --> 01:27:45,408 I'm just not very used to it, that's all. 857 01:27:46,088 --> 01:27:47,681 That's all right. 858 01:27:48,568 --> 01:27:51,925 You said you'd been in love once, so I thought he must've.... 859 01:27:52,048 --> 01:27:55,280 LUKE: But I guess it wasn't like that. MEGGIE: No, it wasn't. 860 01:27:59,968 --> 01:28:01,288 He wasn't. 861 01:28:02,728 --> 01:28:04,287 We'd best go in. 862 01:28:07,568 --> 01:28:08,558 Luke? 863 01:28:14,808 --> 01:28:16,765 [Soft instrumental music continues] 864 01:28:40,688 --> 01:28:42,281 Marry me, Meghann. 865 01:28:50,888 --> 01:28:54,120 [Lofty instrumental music] 866 01:30:07,128 --> 01:30:10,280 [Lofty instrumental music continues] 867 01:30:59,128 --> 01:31:00,642 Up so late, Mom? 868 01:31:00,848 --> 01:31:04,524 FIONA: I wanted to get this summary report in order for Father Ralph. 869 01:31:04,688 --> 01:31:07,567 FIONA: We've really come back very strongly since the fire. 870 01:31:07,768 --> 01:31:09,919 FIONA: Maybe even stronger than ever. 871 01:31:10,328 --> 01:31:12,843 FIONA: I think Ralph will be quite surprised. 872 01:31:14,808 --> 01:31:16,879 MEGGIE: Is he back from Greece? FIONA: No. 873 01:31:17,488 --> 01:31:21,118 FIONA: In fact, I had a letter just today. Quite an announcement. 874 01:31:21,888 --> 01:31:26,121 FIONA: He's off to the Vatican with that.... The one with the name a yard long. 875 01:31:27,128 --> 01:31:29,199 Ralph's to be made a bishop. 876 01:31:30,088 --> 01:31:33,240 So who knows if he'll ever be back to Australia. 877 01:31:34,608 --> 01:31:36,088 The Vatican. 878 01:31:38,488 --> 01:31:40,764 - That's nice. - Nice? 879 01:31:41,448 --> 01:31:45,237 - I thought you'd be pleased for him. - Of course, I'm pleased. 880 01:31:46,088 --> 01:31:48,648 It's what he always wanted, isn't it? 881 01:31:49,928 --> 01:31:53,080 It's just that I've got my own announcement to make. 882 01:31:53,408 --> 01:31:55,684 I'm going to marry Luke O'Neill. 883 01:31:57,648 --> 01:32:00,800 [Tense instrumental music] 884 01:32:15,928 --> 01:32:18,397 [Soft instrumental music] 885 01:32:20,208 --> 01:32:23,201 What I wouldn't give if she were yours instead of Luke's. 886 01:32:23,288 --> 01:32:26,281 God knows how much I've hurt you. But I do love you. 887 01:32:26,368 --> 01:32:30,044 - Meghann's my wife, not yours! - Then be a husband to her, man! 888 01:32:30,888 --> 01:32:33,164 I tried to forget you with someone else! 889 01:32:33,248 --> 01:32:35,683 NARRATOR: Two lives on a collision course with destiny. 890 01:32:35,768 --> 01:32:39,125 I've tried so hard to get her out of my heart. 891 01:32:39,688 --> 01:32:41,680 NARRATOR: The Thorn Birds continues. 892 01:33:20,328 --> 01:33:21,762 SDH subtitles conformed by SOFTITLER 893 01:33:21,848 --> 01:33:22,884 English -SDH 68818

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