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To help out stressed cousin Emma, Dorcas agrees to look after her baby, Annie, at the post office. Thomas is horrified but proves to be far more expert at child-care than Dorcas and her female friends, who are all very broody at Annie's presence. Thomas shocks Margaret by saying that he does not want them to have children. Starring: Julia Sawalha, Olivia Hallinan, Claudie Blakley, Brendan Coyle.
To help out stressed cousin Emma, Dorcas agrees to look after her baby, Annie, at the post office. Thomas is horrified but proves to be far more expert at child-care than Dorcas and her female friends, who are all very broody at Annie's presence. Thomas shocks Margaret by saying that he does not want them to have children. Starring: Julia Sawalha, Olivia Hallinan, Claudie Blakley, Brendan Coyle.
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00:02You
00:30My mother was one of those women who, as the Hamlet saying went, never flinched.
00:38But the care of an infant can show the best of us our limitations.
00:43And teach us that life can't all be carefree summer days.
01:41We're waiting for Rose, are we?
01:43Twist out. There ain't no Rose.
01:47Ain't there?
01:48I ain't got no gal. We dreamed up Rose to make Laura jealous.
01:53Morning. Is this the road to Canalford?
01:57It was the last time I looked.
01:59Well, if you're tired of her, I woo her myself.
02:03I'm fond of Rose.
02:05Twister, how about we get you home and into bed?
02:09Do you expect Rose might go for a boy like me?
02:14We invented Rose to make another girl jealous.
02:18Laura.
02:19Well, now Rose has a hold of Twister's mind.
02:22Ah, well, girls can do that to you.
02:24Even make-believe ones.
02:26Fisher Bloom.
02:27Clockmaker.
02:28Journeyman.
02:29Wanderer.
02:29Alf Arliss.
02:31Alf Arliss.
02:31The pretty stonemason.
02:32Almost.
02:34Well, Alf Arliss.
02:35What do you say you show a stranger where a couple of young men might go and search a little
02:38bit of dalliance tonight?
02:40I'll have a shave.
02:52Very impressive.
02:55I am very impressed.
02:57Hardiman said you were the best.
02:59You don't approve of my work, sir.
03:01I suggest you don't pay.
03:02I have every confidence.
03:06Every confidence.
03:08There is a forge in the town.
03:11You can work there.
03:12I will make arrangements with the postmistress.
03:14You can lodge here in the staff quarters.
03:17This will be the making of the town.
03:30That's the old bell tower.
03:33I don't know.
03:36Wouldn't agree with what little town you have here.
03:40And it's all about the change.
03:43Why might that be?
03:48Because I'm here.
03:52And I'd say you were Laura.
03:55Am I right?
03:57I believe I met your ma today.
03:58And your baby sister.
04:02Miss Lane.
04:04Miss Lane.
04:06It was nothing more than a turn in the heat.
04:10Oh, I didn't know it again.
04:13I've never seen you like this before.
04:15Don't make such a fuss, girl.
04:17Frank.
04:18Ethel.
04:18Can you not play quietly for once?
04:21Yes.
04:23Mine.
04:25No, it's mine.
04:26Frank was using it first.
04:27Emma.
04:29I wish to make a proposal.
04:31A radical proposal.
04:34Hey, that's mine.
04:35Laura and I are going to take the baby back to the post office.
04:40Just for a few days.
04:42An infant is a constant demand.
04:44You need a break.
04:47What use is there in having a spinster cousin if I can't help you out in times of need?
04:52A baby.
04:54Here.
04:55A baby, ma'am.
04:57Stay in here.
04:57In the post office.
04:58Stay in here.
05:00Just what we need, Thomas.
05:01A pleasing diversion for us all.
05:03Will we have to feed it, Mum?
05:04Yes, Minnie.
05:07Perhaps I could make Annie some weak broth.
05:09I would rather enjoy that.
05:10Ma'am, if I may, I feel compelled to express my sincere, my deeply felt, my heartfelt, in all my
05:19years serving Her Majesty.
05:21Thomas, I think she's rather taken with you.
05:24The noise, the disturbance, the smell, the noise.
05:29Thomas, surely you're overreacting.
05:31No, it's uncalled for, ma'am.
05:36How extraordinary.
05:39What does it mean, extra...
05:41Strange.
05:44More than strange.
05:48Extra...
05:50...dinner...
05:51...dinary.
06:05Why, Miss Lane, you are with child, with a child, with somebody's child.
06:10I have borrowed her for a day or two to give a little break to a relative of mine.
06:14Oh, she is so infant.
06:21Those eyes.
06:24She has teeth.
06:26Ah, how marvellous.
06:28Ruby, we have a client.
06:34Ruby?
06:35It's Mrs. Gladbourne.
06:46Miss Lane.
06:47I should advise you.
06:49I am to make a gift of a clock to the town, to be housed in the old bell tower.
06:55What a good idea, councillor.
06:56Now, I know that you will think me presumptuous, but I have obtained consent from the parish council.
07:02Every modern town needs a clock.
07:05I have secured the services of the finest craftsmen, the most august designs.
07:10I'm sure it will be splendid.
07:12The clockmaker, Bloom, will require a workplace.
07:16I would consider it a great favour to me if you would let me pay you a levy for the
07:20use of the forge.
07:22Of course.
07:24You seem rather cordial today, Miss Lane.
07:27Oh.
07:28I am taking care of my cousin's baby, and I find it rather suits me.
07:34I mean to be of assistance to Emma.
07:37It is a woman's nature to be useful.
07:40To friends and neighbours.
07:44Miss Lane.
07:46I assure you, the clock will be splendid.
07:54Various parcels in the coming weeks.
07:56Parts for the clock to arrive here, in my name.
07:59Fisher Bloom.
08:04You said that our town was going to change now that you're here.
08:08Why's that?
08:09A town wants a clock.
08:11I come along, give the town what it wants.
08:14Done.
08:14And then, something happens.
08:17Days that were free become trapped in minutes and hours.
08:22A clock can soon become your master.
08:24But if you make them, in the clock you're a master too.
08:29The very second that clock starts ticking in earnest, I'll be on my way.
08:32I stay ahead of it.
08:34I stay ahead of it.
08:36Laura, why is he called Fisher?
08:38Mini?
08:40Haven't you got upstairs chores to do?
08:42I am called Fisher, Mini, because I bring good luck.
08:46Truly, do you?
08:48Perhaps not so much luck as things happening.
08:51Like tonight, I am to go out into town with my new friend, Alf Arliss.
08:55Alfie?
08:55Your friend?
08:57You say that like we shouldn't be friends.
08:59I'm just surprised, that's all.
09:02He's a friend of yours, isn't he, Laura?
09:05Alfie.
09:06Yes.
09:07Alf is my friend.
09:09My dear friend.
09:25Twister?
09:26Twister?
09:30Twister?
09:32Twister?
09:33Twister?
09:35Twister!
09:35Where are you going?
09:37Where are you going?
09:38I'll just sit.
09:53We're all locked up.
09:56I think I'll have an early night.
09:58Yes, Mum.
10:07What's it to be, then, Al?
10:09There ain't much to do after dark round here.
10:12I know the barn where old farmer Jellop keeps his sire to hid from his wife.
10:19We can sup, smoke, talk all night.
10:23Twister, that was years ago.
10:25You told me how you used to do that.
10:27How about we borrow a horse and trot over to Ingolston to see Rose?
10:35Minnie, does Miss Lane know you're out here?
10:37She didn't object.
10:38Can I come, Alfie, please?
10:39You do sound like such fun.
10:41No, we'll look after Alfie.
10:42You're only young once.
10:44Ain't that right.
10:45So what'll it be, then?
10:47There's a folly at the manor.
10:49Some of the servants sneak in there at night.
10:51What are we waiting for?
10:52Come on.
10:55Extraordinary.
10:57Extraordinary.
11:06Minnie.
11:13I'm awake.
11:15Now you're awake.
11:30did we all sleep well
11:34the rule is mini
11:35we keep the back door open always
11:37why shut the summer out when we can let it in
11:46I don't think I've ever felt so nourished by a disturbed night
11:51as I walk through the meadow to breathe the fresh air
11:55the flowers are blooming and gay
12:03he's in one of his peculiar tempers
12:08his mind's in a different world to his body
12:11can't you bring him back with a bit of explanation
12:14oh no reason only makes things worse
12:17you put a bit of sense in front of him when he's like this
12:21it creates such confusion in him
12:24he gets overtook with a terrible sadness
12:30the answer is to let him be
12:33will pass
12:35it always does
12:42he only ever sings that song when he thinks he's 18
12:48and I placed a kiss on her rosy sweet looks
12:52while the small bird they sang us around
12:57Littlin's off to school
12:59no babe to cart around
13:01you'll have all your chores done by baby time Emma
13:04I thought I'd take the opportunity to give the whole cottage a town out and a scrub
13:15what is it Emma?
13:17surely it was only a few days ago
13:19I was 18 and gathering about
13:23look at me
13:25why did no one tell me it all goes by so fast
13:28why weren't you listening when they did tell you
13:35I shan't be turning out the cottage
13:38I want to do something
13:40do what?
13:41I don't know
13:43something
13:45something
13:45I want to
13:48lose myself
14:02minnie
14:03you went out last night didn't you
14:05out with
14:07if a girl goes out at night like that
14:09with boys and such
14:11not even boys
14:12men
14:14you'll have a reputation
14:15and worse
14:16worse?
14:17yes
14:18we all know what happens to girls with no morals
14:23they might get reported to Miss Lane
14:38you said that because you were here things would change
14:42well I'd like to tell you Mr Fisher Bloom
14:45that your antics are most unwelcome
14:47taking minnie and elf out
14:49who knows what you were up to
14:51at night
14:52out
14:53you wish you were out there with us don't you?
14:55if you think that I'm jealous
14:56I'm not
14:58I have better things to do than go escapading about at night
15:01and what better things can there be than escapading?
15:06how old are you Laura?
15:07I'm 17 and it's none of your business
15:09for a girl so young
15:11for a girl so young
15:11you're very buttoned up
15:12and what gives you the right to tell a girl she's buttoned up?
15:17because it's true
15:19do yourself a favour Laura
15:22unbuttoned
15:27minnie?
15:29you look like I fail
15:31come on boys
15:33shirkers to the front
15:37twister has more youth than a pair of us
15:39oh Alfie
15:40I have such a burden on my mind
15:43and if I don't tell someone I shall fall down under it
15:45were you in trouble with Miss Lane?
15:48worse
15:49I have feelings
15:51girls feelings
15:53I'm ruined
15:55I'm going to have a babe
15:57no
15:57yes
15:59when did you find out?
16:01this morning
16:03well I mean
16:03how did it
16:05happen?
16:06I was a girl without morals
16:08weren't I?
16:10whose is it?
16:12mine
16:12no
16:13I mean
16:14who is the power of it?
16:16I don't know
16:18promise me you won't tell a soul
16:20I'm pregnant Alfie
16:21people will find out
16:22because
16:24things
16:24will happen
16:26there is a little hope
16:28Miss Lane do seem fond of babies
16:30surely if I place the pin here
16:32that will hold it
16:33it does seem to be deeply uncomfortable
16:36Annie is usually quite pacified
16:38when Emma changes her napkin
16:40thank you Miss Margaret
16:41perhaps if we try to amuse her
16:43oh dear
16:51the child needs firmness
16:53all children respond to a commanding presence
16:56child
16:56we are tending your needs
16:58be appreciative
16:59no tenderness
17:00a comforting stroke
17:02or
17:02ladies
17:03ladies
17:20mam's pen
17:32Thomas Brown
17:33you have hidden talents
17:35Thomas
17:37ladies
18:01what is it?
18:05what on earth has taken hold of you?
18:09we're closed
18:10stop taking
18:11you have to come back tomorrow
18:13great
18:14thank you
18:15thank you so much
18:21we are not going to dwell on this
18:24you're a little tired
18:25and overworked
18:27warm milk
18:28and early to bed tonight
18:30a cure for every ill
18:34stop taking
18:38I don't know who he thinks he is
18:40he comes here
18:42he has opinions about everyone
18:43and everything
18:44I find him most objectionable
18:46oh I rather like Mr Bloom
18:48a refreshing voice of frankness I find
18:50but then I do have a weakness for journeyman
18:53in fact I must invite him to tea
18:56ma'am
18:58would you say I was buttoned up?
19:01not in the least
19:02not at all
19:05perhaps sometimes a tad serious
19:07if I were to be exacting
19:09oh
19:10so you think I should unbutton
19:13rather unfortunate phrase
19:14but
19:15we can all benefit from a touch of joie de vie
19:20was that Annie?
19:21no ma'am
19:22that was not Annie
19:23an invitation for me ma'am
19:25from Mr Dowell
19:25ma'am he passed it to me ma'am
19:26Minnie please try to slow down
19:28you talk faster than you think
19:29try to say one word at a time
19:32yes
19:33ma'am
19:36lunch at the golden lion
19:39oh and he's invited Annie too
19:41how endearing
19:42oh why has he invited a baby?
19:45he's only showing courtesy Laura
19:46why is everyone so possessed of my baby sister?
19:49what is so special about a baby?
19:51she can't talk
19:52she can't converse
19:53she makes noises
19:54and she makes demands
20:00extra
20:03what is so special about a baby sister?
20:04what is so special about a baby sister?
20:07what is so special about a baby sister?
20:07what is so special about a baby sister?
20:08what is so special about a baby sister?
20:09what is so special about a baby sister?
20:11what is so special about a baby sister?
20:11what is so special about a baby sister?
20:12what is so special about a baby sister?
20:16what is so special about a baby sister?
20:18what is so special about a baby sister?
20:22what is so special about a baby sister?
20:23what is so special about a baby sister?
20:25what is so special about a baby sister?
20:26what is so special about a baby sister?
20:28what is so special about a baby sister?
20:38Miss Pratt, you are with us again.
20:41I happen to notice the prettiest bonnet.
20:43I always feel a comely bonnet makes an infant so much the cheerier.
20:46Yes.
20:47If she does not notice herself.
20:50Perhaps I could try his honour.
20:53Oh, what have we here?
20:57It's a present for Auntie Ruby.
21:00Oh, shall we try it on, shall we?
21:04Shall we try it on?
21:05Ooh.
21:07Shall we try it on?
21:09Shall we try it on?
21:12Aren't we fortunate to have so many visits from Auntie Ruby?
21:20How on earth do you manage your post office duties with the babe to look after, Miss Lane?
21:24I have my staff to help keep things ticking along.
21:32If you were to require someone to take Annie for a stroll.
21:43Laura, Thomas!
21:54Oh!
21:56Oh!
21:57What I'm doing there.
22:03Is that right?
22:06Oh!
22:06That's good!
22:07Come on.
22:15How did you learn to make clocks?
22:19I was looking at a clock one day and I decided that was for me.
22:24To make something out of nothing,
22:26take a few pieces of metal and bend them,
22:28file them and fit them together so that they tick away and make time.
22:34I enjoy the wonder of things.
22:37So I found the best old clockmaker in London and I asked them to teach me.
22:43But tomorrow, of course, I may have no more fascination with clocks
22:46and I shall have to leave them behind.
22:50You must have spent so much time learning.
22:52Why does that matter?
22:53You are strange.
22:57And you were different.
22:59Did you do that for me?
23:01No, I did not.
23:02I haven't dressed this way.
23:04Yeah.
23:09I was thinking I might go out tonight.
23:12Just for the fun of going out.
23:18Joie de vie.
23:21If you were asking me if I would like to join you,
23:27then I shall have to decline your offer.
23:30I suspect you think you're something of a catch, Laura.
23:34But you aren't.
23:36Not to a man like me.
23:38You see, it's not your dress that I find buttoned up.
23:42Or your hair.
23:43It's you.
23:45You seem to me to have an opinion of yourself.
23:47Some people who get on in life do well.
23:51It's not always the best thing for the soul.
23:54If we were to talk about opinion,
23:56then you have more than your fair share of Fisher Bloom.
23:59I've never met anyone quite so offensive,
24:01so insulting,
24:03so judgmental,
24:05so without kindness,
24:08without grace,
24:09without...
24:12politeness.
24:25Ruby.
24:27Ruby, what are you doing?
24:30I thought little Annie might appreciate some air.
24:33You might have asked me.
24:35I thought I did.
24:38Shall we go back inside?
24:39Just take her for a stroll.
24:43Just at the edge of town.
24:48Please.
24:53Perhaps we might go together.
25:07Ah, Thomas.
25:09I'm so glad I found you.
25:12Yes, Margaret.
25:13You have been in my thoughts all day.
25:15I did not want to put my head on my pillow
25:17without complimenting you on your success with the napkin.
25:22Yes, thank you.
25:24A lady can't help but be impressed
25:26when a man shows himself so adept with children.
25:31Yes, thank you.
25:33Since tending children is the greatest duty that God gives us,
25:39especially one's own children.
25:45Well, I consider myself fortunate indeed.
25:48Miss Margaret,
25:49I have a confession to make.
25:52I am not the kind of man
25:55I cannot contemplate.
25:58But I do not want children of my own.
26:08But you are so natural.
26:10I have always known this.
26:11There the matter begins and ends.
26:13I would be grateful if we were to discuss this no more.
26:15Oh, yes.
26:31I can't seem to get enough of boiled eggs.
26:38Thomas, may I walk with you?
26:42You so wish, Miss Margaret.
26:43May I discuss with you the matter we earlier discussed?
26:47We agreed, did we not, that it was beyond discussion.
26:50Yes, please.
26:51Please, I only wanted to say
26:53after some prayer and reflection overnight,
26:57I would...
26:59Thomas, so long as we could be together,
27:02I...
27:04I have my work as a governess,
27:06which gives...
27:07the care of...
27:10many couples live happily,
27:15fulfilled without...
27:18Home.
27:20So, we can lay the issue to rest.
27:26Yes.
27:38How pleasing to be invited to lunch.
27:40And it is most considerate of you to include Annie.
27:44She may develop a taste for your fine hospitality, James.
27:48And then you will never be rid of us.
27:53Miss Lane, I wanted to take this opportunity
27:56to gauge your liking
27:59for the designs of the clock.
28:01What is your gift to the town, Mr Dowland?
28:04Why would you want to know my feelings?
28:07Well, since the bell tower is so prominently visible
28:10from the post office,
28:12as counsellor,
28:13I simply wanted to take into consideration
28:17perhaps if you would cast your eyes over the plans.
28:20It's the clock. It's fine.
28:28She's such a well-behaved girl.
28:32Do you know, I believe she enjoys nothing better
28:35than the company of men.
28:38Perhaps if it were more commanding.
28:42Or less commanding.
28:45Either.
28:48Do you know the oddest thing?
28:51The times when Annie wakes me in the night
28:53only means that
28:54the sleep I do have
28:55is deeply resting.
28:57It's a mystery to me.
29:00It's possibly exhaustion.
29:03Possibly.
29:06I have told Thomas
29:07that I only wish to be with him.
29:10But that is not all you wish.
29:13No.
29:16There will be a reason
29:17why a man acts in such a way.
29:19There has to be.
29:21There is always a reason.
29:24We must find the reason.
29:26And we must hope and believe
29:28that it can be overcome.
29:30Will you speak with him, Miss Lane?
29:32You seem to be able to
29:34reach him.
29:37Of course.
29:39Extra...
29:41Extra...
29:42Extra...
29:45And is she sleeping better?
29:47Miss Lane seems to enjoy
29:48the fact that Annie
29:49is not sleeping any better.
29:51And how is that
29:53handsome young Fisher Bloom?
29:55He's such a charming young man.
29:58He all but carried me
30:00back to the Hamlet.
30:01And the baby.
30:02I don't know how he managed it.
30:05He's one of those
30:07heavenly souls.
30:09You can see it in his face.
30:11Not everyone seems to think so.
30:13Oh, but they do.
30:14In luck, Bryce.
30:16Anyway.
30:17Twister, Queenie, Alf,
30:18we've all taken to Fisher.
30:22Mara.
30:24Would you say that
30:25I had a high opinion of myself?
30:27Why?
30:28What a question.
30:29Would you?
30:31Truthfully?
30:31No.
30:33No.
30:33Not at all.
30:35You were doing well for yourself,
30:37that's all.
30:39Getting on,
30:41that's all.
30:43Perhaps you do have a little pride about you.
30:47But that's only youthfulness.
30:50You will grow out of it.
30:52I expect.
30:57Mara, are you laughing at me?
30:58No.
31:00It's just that I have such an itch.
31:04An itch.
31:14My cousin will be along shortly
31:16to collect Annie.
31:19All right,
31:20but I could sit with you
31:20while you wait.
31:33Mindy, how can you possibly
31:35eat another boiled egg?
31:36I have a terrible craving
31:38for a mum.
31:39Well, I wish you had
31:39as much craving for your work.
31:42Have you changed all the bedsheets?
31:44I surely will, mum.
31:50It's strange to think
31:51that you, Miss Lane,
31:53were the last baby in your family
31:55to be born in this post office.
31:59Heaven knows when this place
32:00will see the next.
32:04Miss Lane,
32:05I wanted to apologise.
32:06There is no need.
32:07No, I need...
32:11There were such thoughts in my mind
32:13when I took Annie outside.
32:14I know.
32:16And you are not alone.
32:19I saw in your face
32:21what I felt in my own heart
32:22secretly.
32:27Miss Lane,
32:28may I ask a personal question of you?
32:30Do you ever hope?
32:35I believed I was past such things.
32:40I have chosen this life
32:41and it has been
32:43immeasurably kind to me.
32:45But these past few days
32:48it has quite taken me by surprise.
32:51I keep asking myself
32:54have these emotions been
32:56stirred up
32:57because I offered
32:57to take in Annie
32:59or did I
33:00offer to take in Annie
33:01because I wanted to
33:03stir up these thoughts
33:04some questions.
33:09They are only feelings,
33:10I suppose.
33:11No, Miss Lane,
33:12no.
33:13Julie,
33:14feelings are the stuff of life.
33:17Well, to be honest with you,
33:18these
33:20feelings have made me feel
33:21that I'm ready
33:22for Annie to go now.
33:23No.
33:26It pains me to admit it,
33:27but her presence here
33:31disturbs me so much.
33:34I don't know what another night
33:35would do to me.
33:38What I'm left with
33:42constantly,
33:43what keeps me awake at night,
33:44is
33:45what is one to do
33:47when there is nothing to be done?
33:51Miss Lane,
33:53Miss Pratt,
33:55my marriage asked
33:56if you could keep Annie
33:56for one more night
33:57and since you had said
33:58how much you enjoyed
33:59having our little guest
34:00and wouldn't mind
34:01having a month of her,
34:02I took the liberty
34:03of saying that would be possible.
34:06Yes, of course, Laura.
34:07That would be just fine.
34:42I was just, um...
34:45So I see.
34:51Your baby's doing fine
34:53in the post office,
34:54being looked after.
34:57I was feeling tired
34:59and overburdened.
35:02So I see.
35:15Laura,
35:18I feel I've been rather selfish
35:19keeping Annie to myself
35:20all this time.
35:22Of course you would prefer
35:23to have her sleeping
35:24in your room with you.
35:26It's not selfish, ma'am.
35:28I know how much
35:29you've been enjoying
35:30our company.
35:31I wouldn't want to spoil
35:32that for you.
35:38But since this is
35:40her last night with us,
35:42I'm sure you would enjoy it.
35:43So please don't let me stop you.
35:44Ma'am, truly.
35:46I'd rather she stayed with you.
36:04You just don't get it, do you, Laura?
36:06Miss Lane needs you to help her.
36:10How would you know that?
36:11If you stopped thinking of yourself,
36:13you might notice
36:14she needs you to take
36:15the baby from her.
36:16She's struggling.
36:18She copes fine.
36:20Annie's so quiet
36:20most of the time.
36:21Laura,
36:22all I ask
36:23is that you knock
36:24on Miss Lane's door tonight
36:25and ask her.
36:26Look in her eyes
36:27and see if the answer's there.
36:28Will you do that?
36:29Miss Lane's door.
36:30I'm sorry.
36:43Wait.
36:46I'm sorry.
36:56That's good.
36:57Harriet's door.
36:57Geeze.
36:58Hear, hear now.
37:23Thomas?
37:24Ma'am.
37:26I spoke with Miss Ellison yesterday.
37:30Ah.
37:33I know a little about your family background. Not much.
37:37And I can't help thinking.
37:39I'm not sure this is something I wish to discuss with my employer, Miss Lane.
37:43Oh, but Thomas, we all saw how wonderfully you handled Annie in her time of distress.
37:48That means something. I know it does.
37:55Unless you can give up your secrets, Thomas, you will always be at the mercy of them.
38:00I know. I promise you.
38:06Four brothers and sisters.
38:09It's me the oldest.
38:12That teaches you to tend to their needs. To feed and clothe them from this high.
38:20I never begrudged it. I loved every minute of it because the Lord gave me the strength to see it
38:26through.
38:28But that can also teach you that parents can let you down.
38:35It is only fear. And fear can be conquered. I've seen you do it before.
38:44Perhaps now this might be your greatest challenge.
38:49Thomas, you can do it. I believe you can.
38:53I'm grateful for your faith in me, Miss Lane.
38:56But I'm afraid it's not your faith that I need. It is my own.
39:02I have spent many a year searching for God-given courage to bring my own child into his world.
39:09And it can be found.
39:29You have my spot.
39:31I'll have you know that I've been coming to this spot for many years. My whole life.
39:36And I've drawn this view a hundred times and more.
39:51Can I see?
40:01It's beautiful.
40:03I can never get the sky how I want it.
40:07These guys have a habit of not doing what you want them to.
40:13Why here? Why this spot?
40:18There are pathways that I've trodden daily.
40:23Bushes and wild flowers I know better than my own hands.
40:28The pond where the yellow brandy-bulb water lilies grow.
40:33Little birch thickets where the long-tailed tits congregate.
40:40I've seen these fields in the blackest thunderstorms.
40:44In a more sunshine than we have a right to deserve.
40:59Why do they call you Fisher?
41:03Because me ma said I was like a King Fisher.
41:06A large head, long sharp pointed bill, short legs, steppy tail.
41:12I can see why she chose that now.
41:15I think she was more mean in how it's a brave bird.
41:17The first creature to leave Noah's Ark.
41:20And they can nest anywhere, even on the sea.
41:28Laura!
41:29Laura!
41:31Ethel!
41:33Edmund!
41:34Come on Frank.
41:35You little wanderers.
41:37What are you doing?
41:39We're going on our way to Candleford.
41:41No.
41:41Meet my family.
41:46Twister!
41:49What are you doing out here today?
41:51Why am I wearing an old man's clothes?
41:59Come on.
42:00The children have potatoes and water.
42:02We'll have ourselves a picnic and then we'll get Twister back to Queenie, eh?
42:26Thomas, I must put upon your good nature and leave the baby with you.
42:30Mr. Dowland is pacing up and down outside of the post office and I must see what is amiss.
42:34No.
42:34Miss Lane, you cannot...
42:36I will not!
42:38Miss Lane!
42:53She likes you.
42:54That ain't my fault, is it?
42:56Thomas.
42:57Thomas.
42:57She just said Thomas.
42:59She just said your name.
43:00No, no, she didn't.
43:01It's no more than just a sound.
43:02Thomas.
43:11Science, wonders...
43:15Who's my mower and pa?
43:17Push, don't shout out!
43:18Don't interrupt.
43:20Is mower and pa?
43:21Leave them be!
43:22Come here.
43:24What are they doing?
43:26Why am I on fire in the long grass?
43:28They're playing, hiding in the grass, no?
43:31Let's go round the other way. Come on.
43:32Come on.
43:38There was a time in our lives when every day was like this.
43:42But we could have kept that if we wanted it.
43:45We wanted something else, something more.
43:47I know it.
43:50And I'm glad of it.
43:56But we do have today, though, don't we?
43:59We do.
44:01To the meadows we wandered away
44:04I placed my love on a primrose bank
44:08Oh, no.
44:09While I picked her a handful of days
44:11Not twist her.
44:16Playing in the grass, don't we?
44:20Shh!
44:29Edmund, Ethel!
44:37Lauren.
44:43There's something you want to know
44:46concerning the maid at the post office.
44:54Alf.
44:56That's good to see you, Fisher.
44:58Maybe not when you hear what I have to say.
45:05Alf.
45:07I like Lara.
45:09Of course you do.
45:10Everyone likes Lara.
45:15Oh.
45:18You mean you like her?
45:20I owe you nothing more than the courtesy of telling you.
45:23That's why I'm here.
45:26Well, that's considerate of you.
45:28I suppose.
45:32Does Lara like you?
45:36I think she does.
45:40I mean to find out.
45:44You have, Lara.
45:45Lara.
45:48I have Rose.
45:58Miss Lane.
46:01Miss Lane.
46:03Craving boiled eggs.
46:04Of course.
46:06I blame myself.
46:09I've been such a fool.
46:12Distracted by my own concerns.
46:17Here she comes.
46:21You wanted to speak with me, Mum?
46:24Sit down, Minnie.
46:31How are you feeling?
46:32My stomach couldn't feel him too good.
46:37Have you spent time with a boy?
46:40I'm so sorry, Mum.
46:42I'm a disgrace.
46:44I'm a ruin.
46:45I bring only shame and scandal on you.
46:48So you were intimate with this boy?
46:51Three of them, Mum.
46:52One of them was old.
46:54Oh, dear me.
46:55My ma craved bald eggs when she was carrying me,
46:58and now I'm craving them.
46:59Only I don't like the taste of them.
47:01But if you crave them, Minnie, I...
47:03Minnie.
47:06These three boys.
47:08When did you go out with them?
47:10Three nights ago.
47:17Minnie, what does intimate mean?
47:20Saying things and sneaking out at night.
47:26And can I ask you...
47:30How does a girl get pregnant?
47:33Morals, Mum.
47:41Girl.
47:43You can stop eating me out of eggs.
47:46You are no more pregnant than Thomas's.
47:53Extraordinary.
47:56Progress, indeed.
48:17Walk on.
48:39You're back, then.
48:43I have a question for you.
48:46Go on.
48:47I'm fond of a puzzle.
48:51How did we get so old?
48:53Hm?
48:56Twister, your trouble is you fight against it.
49:00It don't work that way.
49:03We ain't the masters of this of us.
49:07We're its servants.
49:10We're put here.
49:11We...
49:13Live our time.
49:15And be grateful.
49:18Look at us now.
49:20Sitting here under this old hedge.
49:24Who cares how many years are behind us,
49:28or how many days in front.
49:30We're here, aren't we?
49:33Yeah.
49:34Can't you just accept that?
49:41I will.
49:46I...
49:47I...
49:47I'll try anyway.
50:04Margaret.
50:05Margaret.
50:07Thomas.
50:10On the matter we were discussing...
50:21It is only fear.
50:23And surely God gave us fear that we might overcome it.
50:41Thank you, Douglas.
50:43Yes, yes, yes.
50:44It hasn't been too much of a disturbance to you.
50:46Not at all.
50:47We got along just fine.
50:48We have, yes.
50:50But you make so much noise.
50:53You missed your path.
50:54The care of an infant can show the best of us our limitations.
50:59And our own small greatness.
51:03My father once said that when a man tells a woman how he feels about her,
51:08that is only the start of it.
51:16Miss Lane.
51:20Dorcas.
51:23Another invitation.
51:25You really must be having doubts about your clock, Mr Dowland.
51:32But, as everyone knows, I cannot say no to a fine meal.
51:41Go on, then.
51:43Tell me about your plans.
51:45My plans?
51:52My plans.
51:55Shall we not talk about waiting matters?
51:59Shall we just pass the time of day on inconsequential nothings?
52:12I would like that very much.
52:37Though, that…
52:40No it's evident…
52:42Maybe not every day could stop…
52:42Do no books or 컬�qü prix or Betty Mid Axe…
52:42That one's for men for years,
52:43And if we were, if my friends or do more,
52:43And the people who wish to be with the channel will,
52:43And I'll see your fans.
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