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Fate brings Ella Marchmill to rent the rooms of a poet she has always admired. Her admiration gradually turns into obsession.
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00:00Thank you for listening.
01:30I'll find nothing better.
01:32Sophie?
01:33Sophie?
01:34Sophie?
01:35Sophie?
01:36Sophie?
01:37Sophie?
01:38Sophie?
01:39now this is the sitting room
02:09and that room there and the bedroom upstairs beside the bathroom they belong to my lodger
02:16lodger?
02:17oh he'll move away
02:19move away? but good heavens we couldn't dream of inconveniencing a man in that way
02:25oh it wouldn't inconvenience him I do assure you sir he's always most anxious to move away when the summer trippers arrive
02:32oh I do beg your pardon sir
02:36it's quite all right Mrs Hooper summer trippers are what we are sir
02:40I didn't mean that at all it's just that he's a gentleman who likes it better when there's nobody about the place
02:47when the gales are up and the sea washes over the parade
02:51most awfully kind of your lodger Mrs Hooper and it is true we do need the extra rooms but as my husband said we couldn't possibly
02:58well please let me ask him he is out at the moment but he'll be back in half an hour
03:04if you could call again I'm sure I could accommodate you
03:10there's nothing half as good ale
03:12I've trapped all over
03:14yes
03:16well then you need half an hour then
03:18oh yes
03:20very well sir
03:22it does seem an extraordinary thing the poor man is willing to move away with
03:29hmm
03:30look why should any man move away from his home just like that
03:33well perhaps he won't perhaps he's wrong
03:36I'd say he has a little arrangement with the lady
03:39he's here all the year round you see he doesn't pay season prices
03:43I like the summer trippers she talks about
03:47so he goes when she wants him to go
03:51now why concern yourself about him
03:53it must be nice
03:55when the gales are beating against the door
03:58the sea washes over the parade
04:00oh it's quite all right he'll be gone directly an hour or two at the very most
04:12capital mrs hooper
04:14are you sure
04:15just time for tea hmm
04:17you sure that it's
04:18he prefers it really mrs marchmill being on his own
04:22and he has a place to go to
04:24on the island
04:27yes yes of course
04:28thank you
04:29yes
04:30come on now
04:40you're not come sailing al
04:43sure you'll not give it a try this year
04:46well
04:47I'll be off then
04:49good
04:53mind the children don't go getting themselves drowned
04:55the children will be better tough to see you
04:57why my dear
04:58good
05:08Have a nice nice day
05:09OK
05:11and behave yourselves
05:17goodbye
05:18Bye.
05:48Bye.
06:18Bye.
06:26Mrs. Hooper.
06:27Yes ma'am.
06:29I shall make this my room because most of the books are here.
06:31Your lodger wouldn't mind my reading them I hope.
06:33Oh no ma'am.
06:35He's in the literary line himself.
06:37In fact he's a poet.
06:39Writes poetry?
06:41Yes ma'am.
06:48Oh true.
06:54Mrs. Hooper.
06:56Yes ma'am.
06:58Your lodger Mrs. Hooper your lodger's Robert True.
07:03Yes.
07:05Mr. True.
07:07It's his rooms we've taken and him we've turned out of his home.
07:11You knew Mr. True ma'am.
07:13No I don't know him.
07:15Oh perhaps I should.
07:16I mean I didn't need to poke him out.
07:18Oh.
07:19Yes ma'am.
07:20Mr. True wouldn't mind.
07:22Take anything you feel like Mrs. Hooper.
07:24He says to me books aren't ornaments.
07:28Do you know ma'am.
07:30Apart from his clothes.
07:33He never buys anything except books.
07:36And the furniture.
07:38Oh my late husband's most of this.
07:40The rest inherited on my side.
07:43Oh.
07:49Isn't that an interesting.
07:50Oh yes.
07:51Little piece.
07:52Of that solid ivory.
07:54My great aunt left me that.
07:56Aunt Grace we used to call her.
07:58Isn't that a pretty piece.
08:00Oh yes yes.
08:01It is.
08:02It is charm.
08:08Has he lived here long Mr. True?
08:11Ah.
08:12Two years.
08:13Well.
08:14Oh nearly.
08:15Sea air suits him so he says.
08:19Oh but I think myself it's the loneliness.
08:23He's a solitary young man.
08:26He's merely pulling sometimes.
08:28There's a churchyard up on the cliffs.
08:31The most beautiful place in the world.
08:33He said once to me.
08:34He gives me the shivers myself to tell you the truth.
08:38But.
08:39That's just like a poet I dare say.
08:41Yes.
08:42Oh yes it is.
08:43Is that with inflation.
08:44Just joking.
08:45Yes it is.
08:59.
09:00This only thing is what it is.
09:02.
09:07Yes, you see, he wakes up in the middle of the night with a rhyme in his head.
09:34He jots it down there, lest he forget it by the morning.
09:38Oh, now that's new.
09:41Now I haven't seen that one before.
09:44That must have been done only a few days ago.
09:48I, um, I write a little as well.
09:52Poetry, too.
09:53Oh, now that is nice.
09:57I write under the name of John Ivy.
10:00It's easier to have poems placed if you're taken to be a man.
10:02Um, or once.
10:05Oh, it's so silly.
10:07I'm sure it's not silly at all, whatever it may be.
10:11Once John Ivy had a poem published in the same journal as Robert True.
10:18Well, mine was nothing at all, but our poems were on the same subject.
10:23Oh, it's so silly.
10:24Oh, it's so silly.
10:25Oh, it's so silly.
10:26Oh, it's so silly.
10:27Oh, it's so silly.
10:28Oh, it's so silly.
10:29Oh, it's so silly.
10:30Oh, it's so silly.
10:31Oh, it's so silly.
10:32Oh, it's so silly.
10:33Oh, it's so silly.
10:34Oh, it's so silly.
10:35Oh, it's so silly.
10:36Oh, it's so silly.
10:37Oh, it's so silly.
10:38Oh, it's so silly.
10:39Oh, it's so silly.
10:40Oh, it's so silly.
10:41Oh, it's so silly.
10:42Oh, it's so silly.
10:43Oh, it's so silly.
10:44Oh, it's so silly.
10:45Oh, it's so silly.
10:46Oh, it's so silly.
10:47Oh, Mommy!
11:17ORCHESTRA PLAYS
11:47I think myself, it's the loneliness.
11:55Now, he's a sultry young man, melancholy at times.
12:00There's a church up on the cliff.
12:03The most beautiful place in the world, he once said to me.
12:07ORCHESTRA PLAYS
12:09ORCHESTRA PLAYS
12:26ORCHESTRA PLAYS
12:37I don't know.
13:07THE END
13:37Oh, oh, oh, oh, look what's coming here.
13:44Here come the big fish.
13:46Why not go ahead?
13:47Right, Nellie, come along.
13:48Come away.
13:49Where was Nellie?
13:55Will?
13:57Do you know whose rooms these are?
13:58Hmm?
14:00These rooms, Will?
14:02Oh, yes, they're Mrs. Hubert.
14:03No, no, Mrs. Hubert, don't you remember?
14:05Only this room is hers.
14:06Yes, that room across the hall and our bedroom.
14:09Oh, yes, yes, they've unlocked it.
14:12Yes.
14:17They're Robert True's.
14:19True?
14:21True, I don't think I recall Mr. True.
14:24Did we meet him last summer?
14:26Robert True.
14:28I read you his poetry.
14:29Well, don't you remember?
14:30When they published that piece of mine, there was a poem by Robert True as well.
14:34Ah, yes.
14:36Poet chap.
14:38Well, what sort of a day we had, Elm?
14:40God, we had a good strike.
14:43I went out with those two blokes I paled up with last year.
14:46Big chap.
14:47Maxwell.
14:48Clean shaven.
14:49And his friend.
14:52Yes, we might try the other side tomorrow.
14:54Hmm.
14:55Hmm.
15:22Hmm.
15:22Hmm.
15:23Hmm.
15:23Hmm.
17:23The mantle of Elijah, what it might inspire me to rival him, glorious genius that he is.
20:15I don't know if you're busy, but...
20:17No, no, no. It's quite all right, Mrs. Hooper.
20:18I just thought maybe... I mean, it's not my business in any way at all.
20:23What is it, Mrs. Hooper?
20:24My lodger is coming over today, madam.
20:29Mr. True?
20:31Yes, though, Mr. True.
20:35Are you sure?
20:37Oh, yes, he sent a letter.
20:38He needs some of his books.
20:41Oh, that is, if you don't mind him coming in for a minute.
20:43It'll just take a minute or two, the letter said.
20:46I imagine you'd like to know, madam.
20:48Oh, yes, yes, I shall try to be here.
20:53If you think Mr. True wouldn't object to meeting for a moment, far less a poet than himself.
20:59Do you think he'd object, Mrs. Hooper?
21:02I'm sure he wouldn't object in any way at all, madam.
21:05I'm sure you wouldn't object in any way at all, madam.
21:07Let's go.
21:37Let's go.
22:07Let's go.
22:37Let's go.
23:07Let's go.
23:37Let's go.
24:07Let's go.
24:38Oh, no, that was a gentleman.
24:40He's looking for lodgings and he came to the wrong house.
24:43No, I just forgot to tell you.
24:46I got a message from Mr. Drew saying that he didn't require the books after all so he wouldn't be coming to select them.
24:51There's no consequence.
24:53Oh, no, no, no, but it's very disappointing.
24:58Where exactly does he live on the island, Mr. Drew?
25:01Oh, the old farm?
25:02Oh, the old farm.
25:03Oh, you can see it.
25:08Oh, there, the black barns.
25:10I've never been there myself, but yes, that's where he goes to.
25:15There's a photograph in your bedroom.
25:20Oh, of Mr. Drew?
25:24Yes.
25:24Oh, surely not.
25:26The only photograph is of the Royal Duke and Duchess.
25:28Yes, but he's behind them.
25:30Oh, but he's behind them.
25:32All right.
26:02Hast thou forgot me in thy far-off dwelling?
26:08Hast thou forgot those thrilling days of yore,
26:11when before thee this heart with anguished swelling
26:14bowed wildly down, all trembling to adore?
26:20Tis sad to love thee with such fearful power.
26:24Such creature worship is but cause for woe.
26:28I felt my doom rush on me in that hour.
26:32The hand I loved must deal the heaviest flower.
26:37I knew even then, when thy strong spirit,
26:42shaken by passion's voice,
26:44had caught the answering down,
27:00once alas neglected and forsaken.
27:03This weary heart should meet its fate alone.
27:13All right, beg your pardon, Neil.
27:14I...
27:15I'm not disturbing you.
27:17No.
27:20No, not at all.
27:21No, not at all.
27:22No, not at all.
27:23No, not at all.
27:24No, not at all.
27:25No, not at all.
27:26No, not at all.
27:27No, not at all.
27:28No, not at all.
27:29No, not at all.
27:30No, not at all.
27:31No, not at all.
27:32No, not at all.
27:33No, not at all.
27:34No, not at all.
27:35No, not at all.
27:36No, not at all.
27:37No, not at all.
27:38No, not at all.
27:39No, not at all.
27:40No, not at all.
27:41No, not at all.
27:42I'm tired as a dog
27:54You haven't got a headache
27:58I mean you're not ill
28:01No
28:03Only wicked
28:06Never mind that
28:12I don't know
28:42I'm damned
28:43What is it?
28:47Some bloke's photograph
28:52A friend of Mrs. Hooper's I suppose
28:56Ever did it come to get there I wonder
28:59It's Robert True
29:02I was looking at it yesterday
29:06Must have dropped it
29:06A pie chap
29:08Well bless his picturesque heart
29:14And I'll see you next time
29:25I'm going to sit down
29:27And I'll see you next time
29:27When I saw a bear
29:30And he saw those
29:31And he saw those
29:32And he saw those
29:33And he saw those
29:35There you go.
30:05I don't know.
30:35I don't know.
31:06Hmm?
31:07I was wondering, would you mind if the children and I stayed on for a few days?
31:14Stayed on?
31:16But I thought you were bored here.
31:18I like it.
31:19Well, I don't.
31:24I'm just getting rather slow.
31:26The sea air is so good for the children.
31:27You are a funny girl, Elle.
31:34I shall miss you.
31:37You could spare us for a few days.
31:40I'm sure you could, not even.
31:43Well, if it makes you happy.
31:45I suppose so.
31:47I wish I could play.
31:49I love you.
31:51Oh, my God.
31:52I love you.
31:53Oh, my God.
31:54Oh, my God.
31:55Oh, my God.
31:56Oh, my God.
31:58Oh, my God.
31:59I don't know.
32:29I don't know.
32:59I don't know.
33:30I hope you don't mind.
33:32I've always admired your poems, Mr. True, and then my chance to occupy your rooms.
33:37It seemed unkind.
33:38It seemed ungracious.
33:39Not Mr. True.
33:40I hope Mr. True.
33:42It's Mr. True.
33:43It's Mr. True.
33:43It's Mr. True.
33:43It's Mr. True.
33:44No!
33:45It's Mr. True.
33:47Sure.
33:56I don't know.
33:57Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
34:27Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
34:57Frank, Nellie, wait for me.
35:00Hello.
35:27What about you?
35:41Are you pleased to be back?
35:43Yes, of course, Will.
35:50Dear Mr. Ivy, I've read the verses you've sent me with some pleasure.
35:55I shall certainly look upon your future work with interest.
35:58You'll speak.
36:00True.
36:15ORGAN PLAYS
36:45Yes, I paled up with these two chaps.
36:53Spent all day in the boat fishing,
36:56then have a jolly good feed,
36:59end up on the pier with the trippets,
37:01glancing, I'm like,
37:03oh, yes.
37:07Ah, yes.
37:08Life in the old dog yet, I used to say.
37:13And how did you enjoy the sailing, Mrs Marshmills?
37:15Oh, I stayed at home.
37:17I'm a very bad sailor, I'm afraid, Mr Copeland.
37:22We had particularly pleasant lodging.
37:25Oh, yes.
37:27Yes, one of some of the rooms we had
37:30had been occupied by Robert True, the poet.
37:34Did you know Robert True's work?
37:36I never read poetry.
37:38I'd never liked it, to tell the truth.
37:40But I know him.
37:42Oh, yes, he happens to be a very good friend of my younger brother.
37:46They go walking together for weeks,
37:48hiking all over the place.
37:49Wales, Scotland.
37:50My brother's a landscape painter, you know.
37:54He's rather good, actually.
37:56How very interesting.
37:59Painters and poets, they seem to go together, don't they?
38:02I mean, those sort of chaps.
38:04Solitary individuals.
38:06Wouldn't you agree, Mrs Marshmills?
38:08Yes.
38:09Yes, of course.
38:10If your brother, and perhaps Mr True,
38:14if they should be passing this way...
38:17Oh, they will, because they're on their way back here now.
38:20Do you mean they...
38:20They'll be staying with us Saturday night.
38:28I should like to meet your brother.
38:30And Mr True, of course, very much.
38:33I've always admired his poetry,
38:35and landscape painting has always interested me.
38:40If... if they could come on Saturday,
38:43it would be an honour
38:43if you and your wife brought both of them to tea.
39:07Don't you like my drinks, Will?
39:08Don't you think it's beautiful?
39:10Well, it's a little bit, uh...
39:12It's a strange coincidence, don't you think?
39:15Mr Coburn should know how we're true.
39:17After a holiday in his rooms,
39:19and corresponded with him,
39:21must even have remembered this address.
39:23Shall I say, Will?
39:25Can I say that John Ivy's been staying here for a month or so?
39:28John Ivy is a talented young cousin of yours.
39:30I wish you hadn't invited these people here, Elle.
39:33I really do.
39:34We don't even know Coburn's brother.
39:36God knows what sort of a bloke he is.
39:38As for this chap, true.
39:40I haven't said you like my dress.
39:41We need it. It's very nice.
39:42Or I could say that you were John Ivy, couldn't I, Will?
39:44My husband's away on business, I might say.
39:46This is my dear friend Ivy.
39:48Oh, well, well, well, I don't understand you at all.
39:59There's nothing to understand.
40:16Ah, March Mill.
40:20Mrs March Mill.
40:21Good afternoon.
40:24I'm on my own, I'm afraid.
40:28Haven't they come, Mr Coburn?
40:32Your wife and the others?
40:34I'm afraid not.
40:39Well, they've been delayed someplace.
40:43They'll turn up before the weekend's over.
40:46Sit down, Coburn.
40:48Sit down, my dear child.
40:49Oh, thank you.
40:50Oh, we'll just have to have tea without them.
40:54I must explain.
40:57My wife was not at all well,
40:59and so my younger brother decided to stay with her and keep her company.
41:03And as for young true, it's a wretched business.
41:08Apparently some of his recent poetry had been savagely attacked in some poetry journal.
41:12Attacked as he came across this journal on a railway station.
41:17It was vindictive and spiteful.
41:21He became so depressed that he went off home.
41:26He's gone.
41:27I'm afraid so.
41:32He went back to the rooms where you recently stayed and, well,
41:37the fact is,
41:39he shot himself.
41:41He was not at all.
41:56He was the mum.
41:57Me.
42:00He was the mum.
42:02Kippen.
42:03His name is great.
42:04I did it.
42:04I did it.
42:06I had everything.
42:07I had to be lost.
42:08I had never had anything.
42:09he talked about a woman
42:14often
42:17an unattainable creature he called her
42:21those last poems
42:26the book that that man attacked
42:29they were addressed to her
42:31he told me that himself
42:34he loved someone
42:36oh no no
42:38poems to an unknown woman he called the book
42:43he was an imaginary creature
42:47it is a pity that you did not ever know him
42:56what good would I have been to him
43:00a married woman with three children
43:04and another to come
43:05I cut you a lock of his hair
43:15first
43:22yes
43:24yes
43:25yes
43:26I shan't get over it this time
43:56now what childish nonsense is that why should it not be as well now as ever
44:03if you're almost sure I'm going to die I should be glad
44:08if it weren't for the children
44:11and me
44:12you'll find someone to take my place
44:17well you have a perfect right to assure you of that
44:21L L you're not still thinking about that
44:27poetical friend of yours
44:28I'm going to be over there
44:35oh
44:39I'm going to be over there
44:46I'm going to be over there
44:50so I'm going to be over there
44:55I'm going to be over there
45:14You must get well now.
45:35No.
45:37I shan't get well.
45:39I've caught some illness Will.
45:45Some melancholy thing.
46:09census.
46:13Now, I'm gonna have to use a model.
46:17This is the format of the set.
46:21You can't even see a label.
46:24That's what I'm doing.
46:27I don't know.
46:30All right.
47:00All right.
47:30All right.
48:00All right.
48:30All right.
49:00All right.
49:30All right.
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