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"Bank manager Belinda Braithwaite (Hannah Gordon) wants to retire, but her house husband David (Peter Egan), likes things the way they are, and doesn't want to go back to work. " IMDB Also starring John Bird, Lill Roughley, Ruth Mitchell, Richard Aylen.
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00:19Yep.
00:44it's nine o'clock do you want to get the sack before you start
00:50I don't appear to have any socks here we are ah thank you
00:57what's this it's muesli what's the matter I made it the way you said what's the matter with it
01:05I haven't eaten muesli for a very long time Belle excuse me we've been eating muesli for about two
01:11years yes or is it just me that's been ruining my teeth on nuts and pumpkin seeds as soon as
01:18I'm
01:18out of the door it's bacon sandwiches and cocoa is it one of the nice things about not having to
01:22go to work Belle is that you can choose what you want to do with your day if that means
01:26eating
01:26bacon sandwiches and growing fat it's entirely up to you oh thank you very much sir very kind of you
01:31give me your permission well don't ever go at me it was you that handed your notice in I was
01:37constructively dismissed forced out by unwelcome sexual overtures so sue him oh what if I want to
01:43don't tell me what to do please oh I left work three days ago and already I'm a nagging housewife
01:50do you know you're always very quick at picking things up Belle tell you what you just go out to
01:55work every day and I will stay at home and be bored and frustrated and unfulfilled until either I get
02:01fed up with it or I decide to do something about it oh that's fine by me right uh what
02:07are you going
02:07to do today the washing ah yes now don't forget the tap at the back must be turned to the
02:11right
02:13go to work uh what are you going to do after the washing oh whatever needs to what did you
02:18do when
02:18you were at home well I wondered when you were going to ask now I think you might find this
02:22useful
02:24I have done a bar chart showing the uh progressive frequency of recurring household tasks now if you
02:31follow the chart flow and the critical path in relation to each item now take the ironing for
02:37instance um assemble sorry David go to work what should I do with this does it roll up
02:46well by the time you get home I'll have thought of somewhere
02:52hi oh look at you two David all dressed up you in a pinny it happens in households all over
02:59the
02:59country Lou the man goes out to work while the little lady stays at home and turns into a cabbage
03:03yes I know oh by the way one more thing David go to work yes I know goodbye darling goodbye
03:11mwah goodbye darling goodbye Louise
03:19coffee no time meals on wheels this morning
03:25hello hello hello do you remember me of course I it's you right you know that school then not
03:33really no I'm standing here talking to you aren't I have you got a baby yes I have there it
03:39is in the
03:40prayer how did that happen I came to see you I went to the CAB they said you didn't do
03:45that anymore
03:46uh no I um how's the baby it's fine you look lovely you're all dressed up oh thank you are
03:53you going
03:53to funeral any more advice like that I might be yours you're all taught you are you were too scared
03:59to
04:00smack my bottom at the CAB yes well I've got to go into work now what in there I've got
04:06an office at the
04:06back my card small business bureau what's that oh come in and see me sometime find out you sure it'll
04:15be safe you and me in an office all in our own bring the baby as a chaperone I just
04:23might good
04:27today somebody's going to see you doing that and they're just so attractive to women one of the major
04:32consolations of an otherwise undistinguished existence is that women can't stand the sight of
04:36me and why did Estelle marry you because she has a very peculiarly vicious sense of humor what were you
04:42peering at our new lodger what's been done about his secretarial requirements good morning Jessica
04:47good morning Mr. Brace I wonder can I have a word with you about my secretarial requirements yes I'm to
04:52do it apparently till head office can make separate arrangements who's going to do my letters I can
04:56manage I need the overtime I'm going to buy a bike you can't come to work on a bike you
05:01don't
05:01work at a chemist shop you know this is a bank certain amount of dignity to uphold quite right
05:06would you mind coming to my office in about half an hour then Jess with your book right where are
05:10you
05:10going um it's going through to my office well can't you use your own door well it's quicker this
05:15way oh and a cup of coffee white no sugar white no sugar you can't go why not because I'm
05:23going to
05:23want to dictate a letter in about half an hour what about I'll think of something head office said we
05:28were to give a small business bureau every cooperation possible and so we shall every
05:33possible cooperation short of actual help that is no you can't have a bank then what do you want a
05:40bank loan for because I work in a bank not in a chemist shop and my beloved boss does not
05:44want me
05:44coming to work on a bike is very reasonable otherwise no I'm not now don't start that it's going to
05:51be
05:51different now they put a man in charge I thought you were taking over for the time being you've got
05:57a hole in your tights go and sit down in case somebody important comes into the bank
06:06uh mid-county's bank mr. race the manager speaking
06:10what happened to that nice woman who used to be the manager isn't she there anymore no she isn't as
06:16a
06:17matter of fact you don't fool me I know who this is yes I do and if you don't want
06:28to go on keeping
06:28your account here I'll take great pleasure in cancelling it I'm sure my husband for now we'd
06:35have something to say about that your husband's not the mayor your husband's up in our back room right
06:41now plaguing the life out of me what's the matter with you look as if your indigestion tablets have
06:47worked for once she didn't fool me who didn't the ex-manager of this branch is on the phone just
06:54now
06:54pretending to be mrs. Laycock the mayor's wife I told her where to get off are you sure of course
06:59I'm sure I've had that voice ringing in my ears ever since I joined this bank only I think Melinda's
07:04in
07:04the back room with David and the phone hasn't been connected yet I think you better just check
07:13or you could cancel the next 10 years of your life
07:25oh
07:44Mid-Counties Bank, Mr...
07:46Mr Hawkins, assistant to Esther Rice, the manager at your service.
07:51Ned, listen, relax, it's me.
07:52And it was me before as well.
07:54Nearly gave me a heart attack.
07:55It was bad enough when you worked here.
07:56Do me a favour, will you, Ned?
07:58Ask David where the magnifying glass is.
08:01I'm doing the washing, as a matter of fact.
08:05Well, ask him to call me back as soon as possible.
08:08Mad.
08:09All women are stark, raving mad, you know that?
08:11I came to the conclusion years ago that women are from a different species.
08:14Would you please ring your wife, Mrs Braithwaite?
08:17Oh, uh, well, can I use her phone?
08:19Did she say what she wanted?
08:21She wants to know where you put the magnifying glass.
08:25Mr Rex, have you got a moment?
08:26What?
08:27We've got a problem.
08:28This gentleman was granted an overdraft facility on the telephone and we've returned one of
08:31his checks.
08:32I thought I told you never to ring me at work.
08:35I'm a highly paid executive now, you know.
08:36I can't be rushing to the phone every five minutes just because the little woman can't
08:39work out how to work the kitchen.
08:42I beg your pardon?
08:43And the horse you rode in on.
08:45Look, where's the magnifying glass?
08:49I am doing the washing and I need the magnifying glass.
08:52This is all you need to know and then you can go back and practice being high-powered again.
08:58Oh, don't mention it.
09:00Don't put the phone down.
09:01Don't put the phone down.
09:01Damn.
09:02Sorry.
09:03Sorry, that just slipped out.
09:04I don't normally swear in the back.
09:05Damn.
09:07I put him in the small interview room.
09:08Why?
09:08What did you put him in the interview room for?
09:10Because he's about to start throwing things, I think.
09:12Am I to assume there's a problem here?
09:14Well, of course there's a problem.
09:15Your benighted wife gave this clown an overdraft facility without telling anybody.
09:18Now we've bounced one of his checks.
09:20Well, apologize handsomely to him and then to tell the payee to represent the check where
09:24it will be met with all promptitude and dispatch.
09:27Why didn't you think of that?
09:30Because he's an officer in the army and there are checks to pay his mess bill.
09:33What difference does that make?
09:34Will you tell him or shall I?
09:36Well, if you pay your mess bill with a bouncing check, you're likely to bounce just as far.
09:40What do you mean?
09:41Well, get a cashier kicked out in your ear.
09:43Oh, I don't know why people joined the army in the first place.
09:46He hasn't got a gun, has he?
09:48No, I think it's in the signals.
09:49What does that matter?
09:50They can get guns?
09:51They get taught how to use guns?
09:53Oh, my God, my God.
09:54I'll tell you what.
09:55You and Belinda, she'll tell you what to do.
09:56I can't do that.
09:57He'd be like admitting I can't handle the situation.
09:59You can't.
10:00Well, I know I can't.
10:01I'll admit it, can I?
10:03You just wanted to speak to Belinda.
10:04You told me not to put the phone down.
10:05Yes, that was different.
10:06I was just going to walk casually past and say,
10:08oh, is that your wife on the phone?
10:09Could I have a quick word, please?
10:10Just casually, for this is entirely different.
10:12I'll tell you what.
10:13Look, why don't you just drift casually past
10:15and I'll be speaking to Belinda.
10:17You can do the business.
10:2114.
10:22Count.
10:28What?
10:29Ned Race would like a word with you.
10:33You know that army officer,
10:35the one with the dubious mother in law,
10:36the one with the hat?
10:38What about him?
10:39Well, you should have marked his account
10:40with a new overdraft limit.
10:42He bounced one of his cheques, that's why.
10:44Good.
10:45I told him he couldn't have an extension to his limit.
10:48He's trying it on Ned
10:50because he's found out that I'm no longer there
10:52and he thinks he can bluff you into a further extension.
10:54Pull yourself together.
10:59I wish you'd pull yourself together.
11:02What have I done now?
11:03Well, I should have thought it was fairly obvious
11:05that he was trying to take advantage
11:06of a change in management to pull a fast one.
11:09Nobody ever granted him an overdraft extension.
11:11Go and tell him.
11:12What if he has got a car?
11:14What if he hasn't?
11:15Did you want to see me?
11:17Not particularly, but needs must when the devil drives.
11:20I was told to ask you if I needed any help.
11:22By whom?
11:23By whom?
11:23I never agreed to anything like that.
11:25Well, in the early days of your appointment
11:26you are encouraged to seek advice and assistance
11:28from the manager of the local branch.
11:29Well, that's you, isn't it?
11:31Um, oh, yes.
11:33Yes, yes, I suppose it is, yes.
11:35Well, um, what did you want to know exactly?
11:37I don't want to know anything.
11:38I wanted to give me a hand shifting my desk.
11:43Colour fast cotton 50.
11:46No, no, that's the 50.
11:48Oh, gross.
11:50Come in, Louise.
11:52What did you say?
11:53Oh, hello, Charles.
11:55Come in.
11:56Yes, sit down.
11:58What can I get you?
12:00Oh, G&T, please.
12:03Ice.
12:03No lemon.
12:05Large.
12:06In a large glass.
12:08Uh, Charles, it is half past ten in the morning.
12:11Oh, is it?
12:12Yes, it is.
12:12Oh, I see what you mean.
12:13It's too early for a gin and tonic.
12:15Oh, well, I would have thought so, yes.
12:16Yes, well, you're absolutely right.
12:18I'll have a whiskey and water, then.
12:20No ice.
12:21I say it's a jolly good thing you've noticed the time, Lucinda.
12:25It's a good thing I'm not driving, too.
12:28Have you been burgled?
12:30I'm doing the washing, Charles.
12:32Oh, is that how you do it?
12:33I'm always wondering.
12:35I am sorting it out into piles ready to put it in the washing machine.
12:38Oh, my good lady does all that.
12:40Always has.
12:41Except, of course, when we had the Dobie Wallaheen when we lived in Simla.
12:45Well, she does it all herself now, does she?
12:47Well, she brings it downstairs.
12:49That much I do know.
12:50You're an old dinosaur, really, aren't you, Charles?
12:54Yes, yes, I suppose I am.
12:56Body grey and scaly, huge feet, and a brain like a pea.
13:02There you are.
13:03Bottoms up.
13:05God save the Queen.
13:09You're not having one yourself.
13:12Oh, it'll be that, or suicide later on, I should think.
13:15What did you want, Charles?
13:16Charles, why have you come to see this poor, downtrodden housewife?
13:19Not that I'm not grateful, you understand?
13:21No, I just wondered when you'd be able to start, that's all.
13:24When I'd be able to start?
13:27What, Charles?
13:28Oh, of course, we haven't asked you yet, have we?
13:30You know perfectly well you haven't asked me anything,
13:33except for a large whiskey which disappeared faster than snow and a heatwave.
13:37No, I have to drink them quickly, Lucinda.
13:39I had my elbow jogged once in the officer's club on the hoe.
13:44No, I spilt a treble.
13:48Don't want that to happen again.
13:51C.A.B.
13:53You want me to be a C.A.B. advisor after you sat my husband for unspecified villainy?
13:59We need someone with a bit of steel.
14:01Now, look, if you're interested, I can introduce you to the right people.
14:05I mean, well, look at yourself.
14:08What am I supposed to be seeing?
14:10Somebody who's going to be bald rigid in the next day and a half, and if I'm mistaken.
14:15What, you don't think I'm cut out for a housewife then?
14:17No, I don't.
14:18No offence, of course.
14:19Charles, that is the nicest thing I have heard all day.
14:22Are you sure you won't have another one?
14:24Yeah, well, I shouldn't really, but, oh, well, why not?
14:29One's only old once.
14:31I hope.
14:34I'm not sure I'd be any good at the C.A.B., Charles.
14:36But of course you would.
14:38Women are absolutely superb at telling people what to do.
14:42Take my own good lady.
14:44Oh, good God.
14:45What's the matter?
14:45Here, here, here.
14:46A packet of chamomile tea and a sliced loaf.
14:48Well, what about them?
14:51When did the shop shut?
14:54What have you done to the acting manager?
14:56I've done anything.
14:57We were shifting a bit of furniture and he seemed to sort of deflate.
15:00Yes, I've seen him do that.
15:02Not a pretty sight.
15:04Can I get you anything?
15:06Yes.
15:07What?
15:07An industrial accident report form.
15:10When I die, I don't want Estelle saying I didn't leave a well provided for.
15:14You must be joking.
15:15She's got you better insured than the Derby favourites.
15:18How did you know that?
15:19Oh, aerobics.
15:22Aerobics?
15:22Aerobics around here seem to be the equivalent of the whispering gallery.
15:25Oh, I wish they would whisper once in a while.
15:27It's not very pleasant walking past the village hall
15:30and hearing intimate details of your domestic life
15:33retailed at full blast to a horde of flabby women.
15:36Do you like discussing a bit of business?
15:38Business?
15:39I'm sitting here with a double hernia and you want to talk business.
15:41Well, I thought it might cheer you up.
15:43Why?
15:43Well, now, supposing a small businessman defaults on his financial commitment to the bank,
15:48what would the bank's response be?
15:50Oh, well, there are several options over the bank in that situation.
15:55See?
15:56Better than a blood transfusion.
16:00Hi.
16:00Hello, Louise.
16:03I, um...
16:04I just wondered if it was still all right for me to pop in like this from time to time.
16:09Or should I wait for an invitation?
16:11Or what?
16:12I don't want to upset you or anything.
16:14Well, why should you come into the kitchen and upset me?
16:16Well, some women are funny about their kitchens.
16:19Well, this woman certainly is.
16:20The thought of spending the rest of my life in here is very depressing.
16:24I could always go in the other room, of course.
16:26What do you think that stain is?
16:29Blood.
16:31Hey, that's very impressive.
16:32How did you do that?
16:33Oh, it was nothing.
16:34I was here when David cut his finger and he wiped it on that shirt.
16:41You're bored, aren't you?
16:43Yes, I am.
16:44Fancy going to the pictures?
16:46To the pictures?
16:47In broad daylight.
16:48How debauch can you get?
16:50Sometimes we used to have a chalk ice as well.
16:52I'm still not going.
16:54I am going to stay here and finish the washing...
16:56Just a minute.
16:58Who is this wee that used to go to the pictures and eat ice cream?
17:02Nothing happened.
17:03We never sat in the back row.
17:04Oh, you mean all the time that he was at home here,
17:07pretending to be washing his fingers to the bone,
17:09he was at the Odeon with you?
17:12No.
17:13Not all the time.
17:15That's unfair, Belinda.
17:17Sometimes we went to the multiplex just outside the motorway.
17:21We always went to Sainsbury's on the way home.
17:24Right.
17:24That is it.
17:25Not only am I going to do all the washing and the cleaning,
17:28I am going to dig the garden and wallpaper the cat and everything.
17:32By the time he comes home, I will be prostrate with weariness.
17:36That will make him feel guilty for a month.
17:38Guilt is a feeling invented by women to give men another emotion to worry about.
17:42Like having sand in your underpants.
17:45That's a feeling I'm not familiar with, Ned.
17:48No, well, your wife probably doesn't make you go to nudist beaches on your holidays, does she?
17:52Well, so far, yes.
17:54It still takes every possible opportunity to make me feel inadequate.
17:59Still.
18:02Well, it didn't work out quite the way she planned it.
18:05How was that?
18:07I got arrested taking my underpants off.
18:11She failed to account for the fact that I don't speak Portuguese.
18:14Well, that taught her a lesson.
18:15Seven days on her own, trying to find her way around Peninha.
18:18Why was she on her own?
18:19Well, I was in jail.
18:21Wasn't too bad, actually.
18:23Plenty of books, the warder sent out for food.
18:25It was a bit like being at school, except there were less beatings.
18:29What can I help you with?
18:30Small businesses.
18:31That's my responsibility.
18:32Mine.
18:33Which is why I've come straight to the horse's mouth.
18:35Oh.
18:36Now, say a putative small businessman came into the bank and said,
18:40What, oh, my little old banker?
18:43I would like to become a small businessman.
18:45Are you with me so far?
18:45Yes, yes, yes.
18:46Now, what would the bank's response be in such a circumstance?
18:51Miss Farmer?
18:52Just a minute, Ned.
18:53You see?
18:54Let them call you by your first name.
18:55They end up treating you with contempt.
18:57You're not doing it properly.
18:58Just, um, say, Jessica.
19:00Say it's important.
19:01No, it wouldn't work.
19:02I'll try it, just to please me.
19:05Jessica?
19:05Yes, Mr. Rice?
19:07Would you come over here for a moment, please?
19:09Yes, dear.
19:10You don't need to be sarcastic.
19:11Just be sarcastic.
19:14Oh, I see.
19:15Not in front of the customers, eh?
19:18What can I get you, Mr. Rice?
19:20Some new business starter packs, please.
19:22OK.
19:23Um, is it all right if I touch a knee in front of a customer?
19:25What?
19:25Well, it is an emergency after all.
19:28Ah! What are you doing?
19:31Will there be anything else, Mr. Rice?
19:33Not if I can help it. Clear off.
19:36Um, so, what would you say to a small businessman?
19:40I'd give you one of these.
19:41Well, is that it?
19:42Well, of course that's it.
19:43Do you know how much these things cost?
19:45I mean, wouldn't you give him any advice?
19:46Any help?
19:47Look, those things are written in especially simple language,
19:50so the oics who read them can lose all their money without them bothering me.
19:55See if I can make some amendments to this bank proposal form.
19:58I was afraid of that.
19:59Hi.
20:00Hello.
20:01Hello.
20:02Uh, no, no, um...
20:05Why, do you fancy a smack on the behind?
20:08How can I refuse when you ask so nicely?
20:10Uh, can I have a word?
20:12Um, yes, sure.
20:13Uh, look, come round this way, because it's a...
20:15Where's he going with that young woman?
20:17Louise, you're a housewife.
20:19Is there some mysterious reason why all my washing looks like Chinese wall posters?
20:25Let's have a look.
20:28Someone left a biro in a shirt pocket.
20:31I'll kill him.
20:32You're not a housewife yet.
20:33Well, housewives don't kill people, is that what you're telling me?
20:36Housewives look for biros in shirt pockets.
20:40I resign!
20:43I'm glad you've got a job, finally.
20:45It'll do you a lot of good working.
20:47You sound just like my mother.
20:48How old are you?
20:49Old enough to know that people are better off working than they are lounging around.
20:53Oh.
20:54That sounds a bit bitter.
20:55Yeah, well, it's hardly surprising, isn't it?
20:57I mean, the way things are round here.
20:59Well, how are things around here?
21:00Well, they're all right if you've got a job.
21:02Have you got a job?
21:03I'm not in any position to get a job now, am I?
21:06Oh, no, I mean, of course, not because of the baby, yeah.
21:08The baby?
21:09Oh, no, it's not my baby.
21:12No, I can't get a job because I'm still at school.
21:16You didn't think I was that sort of girl, surely?
21:19No, of course not.
21:20But you still invited me into your office.
21:22Naughty.
21:23Let me stop that.
21:24I will smack your bottom.
21:26Promises, promises.
21:28Whose baby is it?
21:29Oh, it's my sister's.
21:31Oh.
21:32Um, what are you doing with her?
21:34I borrowed it especially to give you a fright.
21:36Yes, of course you did.
21:37No, it just gives her the chance to get out of the house, as a matter of fact.
21:49I don't believe it.
21:51God has answered my prayer.
21:53What?
21:54What?
21:55Somebody I have never seen before in my entire life is walking up the garden path.
21:59Who is it?
22:00Listen, I don't care if it's a Jehovah's Witness.
22:02It's not the postman, it is not the milkman, and it's not you.
22:05No offence.
22:06Something is going to happen.
22:09Do you want a cup of coffee?
22:10No, no thanks.
22:11Oh, why aren't you at school?
22:12Because I'd sooner be here with you.
22:14No, I'm just looking after the baby while my sister goes for a job interview.
22:18Well, who'll look after the baby if your sister gets the job?
22:20Well, she'll be able to give someone half her wages to look after him if she's that lucky.
22:25What about her husband?
22:27Somebody else's husband now.
22:29Isn't there a creche?
22:31Mm-hmm.
22:32It's called Jean, and it goes back to school tomorrow.
22:35Look, I've got to go.
22:36Eating time.
22:37Right.
22:38Well, it's been very nice seeing you, Jean.
22:39Yeah, and you.
22:40Yeah.
22:40Let me help you, though.
22:41Oh, sorry.
22:43Yeah.
22:47This is Mr. Race, the new manager.
22:49It's just time my shoelace.
22:51Come in, Ned.
22:52Take the weight off your feet.
22:53Bye, Jean.
22:54Bye.
22:55Well, there you go.
22:56Ned, I've had a brilliant idea.
22:58There's no lifting of desks involved, is there?
23:01Why are you so suspicious, Ned?
23:03Intuition, mainly.
23:04I see.
23:04Intuition is a woman's disease.
23:06Men proceed much better with pure logic, Ned.
23:09I'm here to talk to you about your resignation from the bank, Mrs. Braithwaite.
23:13Ah.
23:15Oh, um, I see.
23:16Um.
23:17I'm sorry, Louise.
23:18Will you excuse us?
23:19Oh, yes, of course.
23:21Of course.
23:23What?
23:25You want me to go, don't you?
23:27Excuse me.
23:29If you try to bully her, you will soon discover that she has a lot of friends.
23:34And I'm one of them.
23:40Um, do sit down.
23:42I'll get you a cup of coffee.
23:45I would offer you a cup of coffee, Ned, but the new manager here is very particular about
23:48what his staff can and cannot do.
23:50And quite right, too.
23:51Why does everybody in the whole wide world always take the mickey out of me?
23:54It's a form of flattery, really, Ned.
23:56Is it?
23:57Yes.
23:57I mean, if someone comes up to you and pats you on the back and says, hello, you old
24:01poof-dai, it means they're comfortable.
24:02They're comfortable.
24:03I mean, it's the same with sarcasm and irony.
24:05Oh.
24:06I mean, well, you wouldn't go up to a policeman and be sarcastic, for instance, would you?
24:09It was my first choice of profession, policeman.
24:12I just didn't grow.
24:13No.
24:14Banking was your second choice, was it?
24:17Banking was my eighth choice.
24:20Well, what do you want?
24:22Even as we speak, Jessica is probably organising a coup d'etat.
24:25Well, as I'm sure you can imagine, Ned, this new business scheme is going to take a few
24:29weeks for me to get it up and running, and I thought that perhaps you might give me a
24:32hand until then.
24:33A hand?
24:34Well, I'm supposed to be the manager.
24:37Two men came this morning and took my car away.
24:40Yes.
24:41Yes, I know.
24:41As soon as you resign, of course, you're no longer covered by the company insurance.
24:46Well, so that had nothing to do with the matter in hand here?
24:48Absolutely nothing at all.
24:50You must understand that what you've just told me has come as a considerable shock.
24:54Mrs Braithwaite, when a reputable institution such as the Midcounties Bank is made aware
25:00of very serious allegations against one of its most senior men, a man, moreover, of hitherto...
25:07Hitherto?
25:08I didn't realise people still use words like hitherto.
25:11Hitherto impeccable reputation, you can hardly expect it not to respond.
25:16I am a little taken aback by the vigour with which you've responded.
25:19You started proceedings, Mrs Braithwaite.
25:21We have to finish them, and as quickly as possible.
25:24The bank cannot afford to have its reputation besmirched.
25:28I just didn't think it would come to this.
25:30I need your answer.
25:32And I need it quickly.
25:51Daddy's home.
25:54How was your day?
25:55What?
25:56Oh, fine, fine.
25:57How about you?
26:00You can have one of your own, if you like.
26:02You want to know how my day was?
26:04If you'd like to tell me, yes.
26:05I have had a lollapalooza of a day.
26:08I have created for myself a niche.
26:10Or should that be niche?
26:11I am doing what I always should have done.
26:13Grab your coat and get your hat.
26:14Leave my worries on the doorstep.
26:16I'm just...
26:16I'm taking you out.
26:17No, in the spirit of equality, we are taking each other out.
26:21I'll drink to that.
26:22No, no, don't have any more to drink.
26:24I have plans for you later.
26:30The best thing about today is...
26:33Have us quick.
26:34I had an incentive.
26:36Where's your book?
26:36I don't think I'm going to need one.
26:39Now, stop me if this is boring.
26:42Okay.
26:43Now, the best thing about today...
26:46Do you want to know what the best thing about today is?
26:47What?
26:47No, it's all right.
26:48I'm not bored.
26:49Yet.
26:51Right.
26:52Well, the best thing about today is that I am making a job that hardly exists work.
26:56Now, take your Mr. Neddy, for instance.
26:58I've persuaded him to use his bank's resources to do some good for a change.
27:02His bank?
27:03Yes.
27:03Now, you remember that kid who came to see me at the CAB?
27:05Not really.
27:07Well, it doesn't matter.
27:09Well, now, her sister can't get a job because she's got no one to look after the baby, you see.
27:12So I got Ned...
27:16I got Ned to look out all the details of the creche your bank runs in Oxford.
27:21I'm going to pop forward a detailed proposal to the committee.
27:23I'm surprised Neddy went along with that.
27:25Oh, he's a pushover, little Neddy.
27:27Just flatter him a little and frighten him a little.
27:29He's going to be so useful to me, it's almost worthwhile you losing your job.
27:33I resigned.
27:34Yes, I know, I know.
27:36Do you know, I'd never have got away with the strokes I got away with today if you'd still
27:39been the bank manager.
27:40No, you wouldn't.
27:42You know, I have no fears now, Belle.
27:44I'm going to make a success of this job, I know I am.
27:47What you're saying is that life holds no terrors for you, is that right?
28:19I can face anything.
28:20Wonderful.
28:22What do you mean in the manner of speaking?
28:24Um, well, they asked me to withdraw my resignation, and I start back again at the bank on Monday.
28:53I'm going to make a mistake.
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