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Miss Potter (2006) - Full Movie HD
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00:02:42There's something delicious about writing the first words of a story.
00:02:50You can never quite tell where they'll take you.
00:02:55Mine took me here.
00:03:04Looking back, the city and I never much liked each other.
00:03:08An unmarried woman, after all, was expected to behave in very particular ways,
00:03:13which did not include traipsing from publisher to publisher with a gaggle of friends.
00:03:22Now, listen to me. You must not be afraid.
00:03:27And don't talk too much.
00:03:33Friends who, sadly, others were not so keen to meet.
00:03:38I've been selling my drawings for greeting cards, place cards, etc., for seven years.
00:03:50Hmm.
00:03:51Hmm.
00:03:52Hmm.
00:03:53Hmm.
00:03:54Hmm.
00:03:55Hmm.
00:03:56Hmm.
00:03:57Hmm.
00:03:58Hmm.
00:04:05Hmm...
00:04:15Bunnies in jackets with brass buttons.
00:04:19However, do you imagine such things?
00:04:21I don't imagine them. They're quite real.
00:04:23They're my friends.
00:04:25You base the animal characters on your friends?
00:04:27No. The animals are my friends.
00:04:30Before Peter Rabbit, there was Benjamin Bunny,
00:04:33and then Sir Isaac the Newt.
00:04:35I have their drawings as well, if you'd like to see them.
00:04:37That won't be necessary. Unfortunately, Miss Potter...
00:04:39It is Miss Potter, is it not?
00:04:41Yes, of course. Silly of me.
00:04:43Unfortunately, the market for children's books...
00:04:45Yes, of course. I completely understand.
00:04:47It was silly of me. No experience.
00:04:49F. Warne and Company would like to publish your little book, Miss Potter.
00:04:53But best not to get overly hopeful.
00:04:55I know publishing your book will not sell a great number of copies,
00:04:59but I think we can turn a small profit.
00:05:03My dear Mr. Warne,
00:05:05well, I'm pleased.
00:05:07Very pleased indeed.
00:05:09I should do everything possible to ensure that you've not made a mistake.
00:05:12Miss Wigan, I believe we can go.
00:05:16Thank you very much indeed, Mrs. Warne, for your time.
00:05:18Our pleasure.
00:05:20My brother always knows what he's doing.
00:05:24Oh, I'm quite particular about book size and price.
00:05:32And I'd like to avoid that dreadful Gothic typeface your children's books usually have.
00:05:38I'm sure everything will be to your satisfaction.
00:05:40Miss Potter...
00:05:42Miss Potter...
00:05:44Your...
00:05:46Of course.
00:05:48My portfolio.
00:05:50Come along, Peter.
00:05:54Sir Isaac, the new...
00:06:06You can't be serious, Frank.
00:06:08That book won't sell ten copies.
00:06:10Of course not.
00:06:11However, the thought did occur to me.
00:06:14Norman, we promised our little brother a project.
00:06:17If he makes a muck of it, what will it matter?
00:06:19I think Miss Potter may turn out to be a godsend.
00:06:23Home, Miss Potter?
00:06:25No, Saunders.
00:06:27Drive me through the park.
00:06:29Through all the parks.
00:06:31I beg your pardon, Miss Potter.
00:06:32Drive!
00:06:33Walk on.
00:06:34We did it.
00:06:35Did you hear my heart?
00:06:36It was a kettle drum.
00:06:37You see, we cannot stay home all our lives.
00:06:38We must present ourselves to the world.
00:06:39And we must look upon it as an adventure.
00:06:40Faster, Saunders!
00:07:07Faster, Saunders!
00:07:08Faster, Saunders, if you please.
00:07:12No, Miss Behrs.
00:07:13No!
00:07:14Faster, Saunders, old boy.
00:07:15Right!
00:07:17I swear.
00:07:21Whoa!
00:07:34It's Holmy divine.
00:07:37Theolos not eleven.
00:07:43Soeders?
00:07:46Theatrix, where have you been?
00:07:47It's after 4 o'clock.
00:07:48I'm not a child.
00:07:49Beatrix, where have you been? It's after four o'clock.
00:07:54I'm not a child. I can do things without my mother's permission.
00:07:57I was hoping to use the carriage myself this afternoon. Where were you?
00:08:00I took a drive. With my friends.
00:08:19You don't have any friends. Yes, I do, Mother. Every time I draw.
00:08:37Some of your paintings are quite pretty, Beatrix, but I'm not going to deceive you as your father does and call them great art.
00:08:49Well, my friend, when I'm a published author, then we shall see.
00:09:15Beatrix, Bertram, play the good nights.
00:09:18I haven't finished yet.
00:09:20Come on, hurry up.
00:09:21Bertram.
00:09:22There, I got him.
00:09:24Bert, shall we all borrow Baric?
00:09:26Come on, you two. Hurry up. Down you go.
00:09:30Slowly.
00:09:35Harry, Rupert, it won't do to be late to the Hydes.
00:09:38Doesn't the mild and beautiful Beatrix, being in a temper put such a rose into her cheeks?
00:09:42When you grow up Beatrix and have to run a household, plan parties, keep a social calendar and put up with a man who's never been introduced to a clock, your cheeks will glow too.
00:09:52Look at this ribbon. It's unsightly. Change her into something decent.
00:09:56Give this night dress away.
00:09:58Oh, this will never do. Just all fingers and thumbs.
00:10:00You're impossible, Rupert. We are so late.
00:10:03What have you drawn today, Beatrix?
00:10:05Benjamin Bunny having a rest.
00:10:07Oh, his ears are getting better and better. And this is the shading here. It's very good, Beatrix.
00:10:13Rupert.
00:10:14Rupert.
00:10:15Say your good nights now, children.
00:10:16Good night, Mother.
00:10:17Good night, Beatrix.
00:10:18Good night, Father.
00:10:19Good night, Beatrix.
00:10:20Good night, Mother.
00:10:21Good night, Bertram.
00:10:22Good night, Father.
00:10:23Good night, Bertram.
00:10:24Good night, Father.
00:10:25Now, hurry upstairs.
00:10:26Come on. Mustn't make Mama and Papa.
00:10:27Later than they are.
00:10:28Oh, children.
00:10:29What now?
00:10:30On my way home, I happened to walk down Piccadilly and what do you think jumped into my pockets?
00:10:35Something very special for the young entomologist.
00:10:39Oh!
00:10:40And something very suitable for the young lady who is very soon to grow up to run a fine
00:10:45home just like her mother.
00:10:46We'll open them upstairs.
00:10:47Come on.
00:10:48Thank you, Father.
00:10:49Thank you, Father.
00:10:51Come on.
00:10:59Late, late, late.
00:11:00We are not late.
00:11:01We'll never be invited to the Heights again.
00:11:03For heaven's sake, Helen, it's polite to be a little late.
00:11:06Now get in the carriage.
00:11:07This isn't polite, late.
00:11:09This is late, late.
00:11:12Right, wee ones.
00:11:14One story and then Bert.
00:11:15I want Beatrice to tell a story.
00:11:18Hers are funny.
00:11:19Indeed they are.
00:11:20And I know exactly what it'll be about.
00:11:22Tom Thumb and Hunker Hunker!
00:11:24Precisely.
00:11:25Tom, Hunker, are you ready to plan a story?
00:11:28Oh, yes, for eggs and cactus.
00:11:30Well, we shall see about that.
00:11:31This will be your test.
00:11:33Over there.
00:11:37Once upon a time, those two excellent housekeepers,
00:11:40Lucinda and Jane, bought some shiny new porcelain food,
00:11:44which they set out on their perfectly appointed dining room table.
00:11:47Then they decide to go for a walk.
00:11:49Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da.
00:11:51Suddenly, there came a scuffling noise from the kitchen.
00:11:54Tom Thumb and Hunker Monker crept out.
00:11:58The two mice saw that the dining table was set for dinner.
00:12:01Tom Thumb leapt up and took a big bite from the first plate
00:12:05and broke his tooth.
00:12:07Ow!
00:12:08Are we expecting someone?
00:12:10It's my publishers.
00:12:11Oh.
00:12:12It's not a social call.
00:12:14In fact, I'm rather dreading it.
00:12:16I wish you wouldn't invite tradespeople into the house.
00:12:19They carry dust.
00:12:20Well, next time, I shall go to their office.
00:12:28Mr Norman Warren.
00:12:30Miss Potter.
00:12:31Oh.
00:12:32I hope you will forgive my intrusion into your daily routine.
00:12:35I was expecting one of the...
00:12:37Ah, yes.
00:12:38I am Harold and Frewing's brother.
00:12:39I have recently joined the firm
00:12:41and they have done me the great honour of assigning your book to me.
00:12:46It was most gracious of you to invite me to...
00:12:49Tea?
00:12:50Yes, I would love some tea.
00:12:51Yes.
00:12:53Lemon.
00:13:00Extraordinary.
00:13:02Oh, and funny.
00:13:05Delightful and magical and so beautifully drawn.
00:13:08I am utterly, utterly speechless.
00:13:11Perhaps we should discuss our business, Mr Warren.
00:13:14I put your drawings aside with the greatest reluctance.
00:13:19Your brother's letter makes two proposals
00:13:21which I find quite unacceptable.
00:13:24First, they'd like the drawings to be in colour.
00:13:27I'm adamant they'd be in black and white.
00:13:29But Peter Rabbit's blue jacket and the red radishes
00:13:32surely would like your enchanting drawings reproduced as they are.
00:13:35Well, of course I would prefer colour,
00:13:36but colour will make the book cost far more than little rabbits can afford.
00:13:40I'm adamant.
00:13:42Which brings us to your brother's second point.
00:13:44They wish to reduce the number of drawings by nearly a third.
00:13:48Totally unacceptable.
00:13:50Let me explain.
00:13:51The idea of reducing the number of drawings was not my brother's but my own.
00:13:54If we can reduce the number to 31 precisely,
00:13:57then the illustrations from the entire book can be printed on a single sheet of paper
00:14:01using what we call the three colour process that you desire
00:14:04and at a relatively low level of cost, yes?
00:14:08Oh.
00:14:10I've given your book a great deal of attention.
00:14:12Truly, I would like it to look colourful on the shelf
00:14:15so that it stands out from ordinary books.
00:14:18You have given it some thought.
00:14:20Which other books have you supervised, Mr. Warne?
00:14:23Personally?
00:14:24Yes.
00:14:25This will be my first.
00:14:27Ah.
00:14:29Miss Potter, I have recently informed my brothers and my mother
00:14:32that I am no longer content to stay at home and play nursemaid
00:14:35solely because I am the youngest son.
00:14:37No.
00:14:38I would like a proper job working for my family's firm.
00:14:41And they have assigned me you.
00:14:44Does that make things clearer?
00:14:46In other words, you have no experience whatsoever
00:14:50but because you've made a nuisance of yourself demanding a chance,
00:14:54they've fobbed you off on me.
00:14:57Miss Potter, I know all too well what my brothers intended
00:15:00giving me your...
00:15:02your bunny book, as they call it
00:15:04but I find your book quite enchanting, delightful
00:15:07and if they intended to fob me off, as you say,
00:15:10then we shall show them.
00:15:12We shall give them a bunny book to conjure with
00:15:15in colours mixed to your satisfaction
00:15:17in front of your very eyes at the printer.
00:15:20At the printer?
00:15:21Oh, I could never.
00:15:23I will escort you there myself.
00:15:25If you will allow me the... the honour.
00:15:28Why would I never?
00:15:30Of course I'll go.
00:15:31I'm a grown woman, Miss Wigan will be there.
00:15:33I see absolutely no reason
00:15:35why an artist shouldn't visit her printer.
00:15:37Excellent, Miss Potter.
00:15:39Jolly good.
00:15:42I shall make all the arrangements
00:15:44and I am in every way, my dear lady, at your service.
00:15:47Oh!
00:15:49You and rabbits. Extraordinary.
00:15:51Excuse me.
00:15:52Doctor, come and get the trunks.
00:15:56Yes, my mother.
00:15:58Yes, ma'am.
00:15:59So do, so do, so put it there.
00:16:01I will be killed.
00:16:02Yes, ma'am.
00:16:06When I was ten, my mother badgered my father into spending the summer in the Lake District, as did other fashionable families.
00:16:14Like an animal released from its cage, I fell under its spell.
00:16:19Mind your frocks now.
00:16:23Come here.
00:16:25The woods are full of fairies and little folk that look for children that get their clothes dirty.
00:16:30And when they find them, they send the fairy beasts at night, with sharp teeth and a ready appetite for young flesh.
00:16:38I'm glad I can let you be!
00:16:40No!
00:17:00Hello.
00:17:04Blatter!
00:17:05Blatter!
00:17:06Don't!
00:17:07Farmers tutel their hands and jows.
00:17:09Come here.
00:17:10Blatter!
00:17:11Blatter!
00:17:13Blatter!
00:17:14Blatter!
00:17:15Blatter!
00:17:16Blatter!
00:17:17Blatter!
00:17:18Blatter!
00:17:19Blatter!
00:17:20Blatter!
00:17:21Blatter!
00:17:22Blatter!
00:17:23Blatter!
00:17:24Blatter!
00:17:25Blatter!
00:17:26Blatter!
00:17:27Blatter!
00:17:28Blatter!
00:17:29Blatter!
00:17:30Blatter!
00:17:31Blatter!
00:17:32Blatter!
00:17:33Blatter!
00:17:34Blatter!
00:17:35Blatter!
00:17:36Blatter!
00:17:37Blatter!
00:17:38Blatter!
00:17:39Blatter!
00:17:40Blatter!
00:17:41Blatter!
00:17:42Blatter!
00:17:43Oh, my God.
00:18:13I don't think a thrashing will be necessary.
00:18:17I'll just leave the window in the nursery unlatched tonight.
00:18:19The fairy beasts will take care of the rest.
00:18:21No! I'll stay clean!
00:18:23Bertram.
00:18:26Really, Beatrix, what young man is ever going to marry a girl with a face full of mud?
00:18:30Well, I shan't marry, so it doesn't matter.
00:18:32Of course you shall marry. All girls marry.
00:18:34I did. Your grandmother did.
00:18:36Even Fiona will one day.
00:18:39Well, I shan't. I shall draw.
00:18:41Oh, those silly drawings.
00:18:43Then who will love you?
00:18:44My art and my animals.
00:18:46I won't need more love than that.
00:18:48Perhaps not at 11, but let's see if you still feel the same way at 18.
00:18:52I drew Mama when we first met, and she married me.
00:18:56And Fiona doesn't mud wash off.
00:18:58Bertram, come with me.
00:19:04Die, you little devil!
00:19:05Right.
00:19:07Prince Charming himself couldn't resist such a bonny wee girl.
00:19:10Not when he meets my brother, Vlad the Impaler.
00:19:13Got you.
00:19:14Bedtime, my young reprobates!
00:19:17Now, shall I leave a window open, or...?
00:19:20No! I don't like fairy beasts!
00:19:23Well, it is a well-known fact that fairy beasts never eat a child when he's tucked up in his own bed.
00:19:29Fairies have been in the North Country for hundreds of years and have had many adventures.
00:19:35Have I told you about the changeling child?
00:19:37No!
00:19:38Yes, several times.
00:19:40I want to hear a bit.
00:19:42I'll go ahead, Fiona. I'll tell myself a story.
00:19:45Right.
00:19:48Once upon a time, there was a king and a queen.
00:19:51Once upon a time, there were four little rabbits.
00:19:55Their names were...
00:19:57Flopsy Mopsy.
00:19:59Cottontail and Peter.
00:20:01Now, my dears, said old Mrs. Rabbit one morning,
00:20:04you may go into the fields or down the lane,
00:20:07but don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden.
00:20:10Why not, Mother?
00:20:12Because your father had an accident there.
00:20:16He was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.
00:20:20Yes, my child.
00:20:21Peter, who was very naughty,
00:20:24ran straight away to Mr. McGregor's garden
00:20:26and squeezed under the gate.
00:20:30I like it.
00:20:32Go ahead!
00:20:33Go ahead!
00:20:34I'm going to Mr. McGregor's garden!
00:20:37It's round the end of the cucumber frame.
00:20:46Whom should he meet but Mr. McGregor?
00:20:50Peter was out of breath and trembling with fright,
00:20:52and he had not the least idea which way to go.
00:20:54It's muddy, actually.
00:20:56One more, Mr. Mortimer. Lighten it up, hmm?
00:20:58Mr. McGregor caught sight of him at the corner,
00:21:00but Peter did not care.
00:21:01He slipped underneath the gate
00:21:03and was safe at last in the wood outside.
00:21:07Not quite.
00:21:09See here.
00:21:10It's stupid.
00:21:18When Peter came home,
00:21:20his mother put him to bed
00:21:21with a tablespoonful of chamomile tea.
00:21:23But Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail
00:21:26had bread and milk
00:21:29and blackberries for supper.
00:21:30This book,
00:21:37it's changed things for me, Mr. Warren.
00:21:40How so?
00:21:42Well,
00:21:44for one thing,
00:21:45it's given me the chance
00:21:46to prove to my mother
00:21:47that an unmarried woman of 32
00:21:50can do more than attend tea parties
00:21:52and smile at dull conversations.
00:21:55Yes, indeed.
00:21:56You know, my family never wanted me
00:21:57to get into publishing either.
00:21:58We do make rather a good team,
00:22:00don't you think?
00:22:04Provided, of course,
00:22:05we prove them wrong.
00:22:18Mother,
00:22:19this is Miss Potter.
00:22:21Ah, at last.
00:22:23We poor forgotten folk
00:22:25in Bedford Square
00:22:25get to share some of Norman's excitement.
00:22:27Mrs. Warren,
00:22:29it's so kind of you to invite Rick.
00:22:31Nonsense.
00:22:32It was the desperate act
00:22:33of a woman who was beginning
00:22:34to forget what her son looked like.
00:22:35Mother.
00:22:36And this is my sister, Amelia.
00:22:38Hello.
00:22:39Norman allowed us a peek
00:22:40at Peter Rabbit, Miss Potter.
00:22:41We found it utterly charming,
00:22:42so we weedled, cajoled,
00:22:43and absolutely insisted
00:22:44that Norman bring you round for tea.
00:22:46I have decided
00:22:47that you and I
00:22:48are going to be friends.
00:22:50Have you?
00:22:52Well,
00:22:53Norman tells me
00:22:54that you're unmarried,
00:22:55as am I,
00:22:56and that you're not unhappy about it,
00:22:57and I can't tell you
00:22:58how much that pleases me.
00:22:59Why can't you talk about the weather
00:23:00like other girls?
00:23:02Well,
00:23:02all the other unmarried daughters
00:23:04in our circle,
00:23:04and believe me,
00:23:05there are many,
00:23:05they sit around all day
00:23:06gossiping and unaccountably
00:23:07bursting into tears.
00:23:09But you
00:23:09have done something.
00:23:11You've written a book.
00:23:13I warn you,
00:23:14I am prepared to like you
00:23:15very much.
00:23:16Well,
00:23:16in that case,
00:23:17I shall have to like you too,
00:23:18Miss Warren.
00:23:19Call me Millie,
00:23:20and that's to be the last
00:23:20of Miss Potter too,
00:23:21I'm afraid.
00:23:22Absolutely.
00:23:23Beatrix,
00:23:23by all means.
00:23:24Thank goodness,
00:23:25the tea.
00:23:26I'm beginning to feel
00:23:26quite ill with all this bonhomie.
00:23:28Oh,
00:23:28do let's have tea
00:23:29in the garden,
00:23:29Mother.
00:23:30It's too beautiful a day
00:23:31in every way
00:23:31not to share it
00:23:32with the flowers.
00:23:36Well,
00:23:36I love to garden.
00:23:37Mother disapproves,
00:23:38but I can't help myself.
00:23:39I love flowers,
00:23:40shockingly.
00:23:40That's why you have
00:23:41the hands of a green group.
00:23:42I do not.
00:23:43Thank heavens,
00:23:45Norman sometimes
00:23:46deigns to read to me.
00:23:47If I had to rely
00:23:48on you for companionship,
00:23:49I should expire
00:23:50of loneliness.
00:23:51My mother's taste
00:23:51in books,
00:23:52Miss Potter,
00:23:52and I'm afraid in life,
00:23:53runs to the,
00:23:54um,
00:23:55melodramatic.
00:23:55Oh,
00:23:56nonsense.
00:23:57I like good
00:23:58English biographies,
00:24:00and you know it.
00:24:00I loathe silly romances,
00:24:02such as the ones
00:24:03your brothers publish.
00:24:04My brothers and I,
00:24:05mother,
00:24:05I am part of the firm
00:24:06now too,
00:24:07you know.
00:24:07Oh,
00:24:08a sweet-natured boy
00:24:09like you
00:24:10does not need to work.
00:24:11Your brothers provide
00:24:12quite well for all of us,
00:24:13and I need your smile
00:24:14here,
00:24:16that then no one listens
00:24:17to a crotchety old lady
00:24:18in a wheelchair.
00:24:19Indeed they don't,
00:24:20mother.
00:24:20My mother may be crotchety,
00:24:22Miss Potter,
00:24:22but she does have an eye
00:24:23for beautiful things.
00:24:24She was fascinated
00:24:25by your drawings.
00:24:25Oh,
00:24:27utterly unique.
00:24:29Oh,
00:24:30yes,
00:24:30well,
00:24:31when I see something unusual,
00:24:32I'm not content
00:24:34just to look at it,
00:24:35I must capture it.
00:24:37Last summer,
00:24:38in the farmyard,
00:24:39I was drawing something
00:24:40that was quite lovely
00:24:41in the sun,
00:24:43and suddenly I realised
00:24:44I was drawing
00:24:45the pig's swill bucket.
00:24:47Had to laugh at myself.
00:24:48I feel a bit of a chill,
00:24:52Norman.
00:24:52Can you take me inside?
00:24:53Of course.
00:24:54Please excuse me.
00:24:55It was delightful meeting
00:24:56you,
00:24:56Miss Potter.
00:24:57And you.
00:24:58Do stay longer,
00:25:00and teach Millie
00:25:01how to behave.
00:25:02Funny.
00:25:02I think that means
00:25:04she likes you.
00:25:06Did she say
00:25:07she likes to draw
00:25:08swill buckets?
00:25:10Indeed she did,
00:25:11Mother.
00:25:12Indeed she did.
00:25:14I think by Wednesday
00:25:15you could hang
00:25:16the lace curtains upstairs,
00:25:18then at least
00:25:18it'll look like summer,
00:25:20even if it doesn't
00:25:20feel like it.
00:25:21Yes,
00:25:21madam.
00:25:22Oh,
00:25:22Beatrix,
00:25:22what is this stain
00:25:24on your blouse?
00:25:25Jane says it won't
00:25:25wash out,
00:25:26and she's tried everything.
00:25:27Oh,
00:25:27it's ink.
00:25:28Ink.
00:25:29I must have brushed
00:25:30against something
00:25:30at the printer's.
00:25:32Jane,
00:25:32I'm very sorry
00:25:33for causing you
00:25:34extra work.
00:25:35Jane,
00:25:35take the blouse away,
00:25:36give it to the poor.
00:25:38This behaviour
00:25:38shows scant regard
00:25:39for your father's money.
00:25:40Well,
00:25:41one day I shall
00:25:42make enough money
00:25:43to buy my own clothes.
00:25:44I'm far too old
00:25:45to be living off
00:25:46the generosity
00:25:47of my father.
00:25:47You're too old
00:25:48to be spending
00:25:48so much time
00:25:49in the company
00:25:49of a man
00:25:50who takes you
00:25:51to printers.
00:25:51Your father
00:25:52does not approve,
00:25:53and neither do I.
00:25:55Mr. Warne
00:25:55is publishing my book.
00:25:57Look at that book.
00:25:58I can hardly wait
00:25:59till it's finished
00:26:00and forgotten.
00:26:01I don't understand
00:26:02you, Beatrix.
00:26:03Your father and I
00:26:04have introduced you
00:26:05to so many suitable
00:26:06young men of your class,
00:26:07young men of fortune
00:26:08and impeccably
00:26:09good family.
00:26:10Oh, certainly.
00:26:11Like that charming fellow,
00:26:13Lionel Stokely.
00:26:15Lionel is a particular
00:26:16favourite of his uncle,
00:26:17the Earl,
00:26:18whom we visit
00:26:19every summer
00:26:19at Stokely Court.
00:26:21Oh, and I do regret
00:26:22terribly that I didn't
00:26:23accept Harry Haddon Bell.
00:26:25Harry's great-grandfather
00:26:26went to Sandhurst,
00:26:27Harry's grandfather
00:26:28went to Sandhurst,
00:26:28Harry's father
00:26:29went to Sandhurst.
00:26:31And so I
00:26:31went to Sandhurst.
00:26:33If I'd been dying
00:26:34to the gamekeeper
00:26:35often go out
00:26:35right into the morning
00:26:36and shoot breakfast.
00:26:38Ashland's a crack shot.
00:26:40But no,
00:26:41you're just a pig-headed girl.
00:26:43Mr. Warne is asking
00:26:44for you at the door, miss.
00:26:46Mr. Warne?
00:26:47He's not expected.
00:26:49Unannounced perfection.
00:26:50Two sold while we were
00:27:18at the booksellers.
00:27:19That amounts to 40 in a week.
00:27:2140?
00:27:21Which is 160 in a month.
00:27:23I'm trying to remember
00:27:24my 12 times table.
00:27:271920 in a year.
00:27:30I can't read.
00:27:31That's just in one shop.
00:27:33My dear Miss Potter,
00:27:34you are an author.
00:27:35We have achieved
00:27:36what we set out to do.
00:27:37We have created a book.
00:27:40Yes.
00:27:42What's the matter?
00:27:44A cloud just passed
00:27:45across your face.
00:27:46You've been very generous
00:27:50with your time, Mr. Warne.
00:27:52Showing me things
00:27:52that I never would have seen.
00:27:55Printing houses.
00:27:57I shall miss your company.
00:28:00Are you losing my company?
00:28:02Well, it just occurred to me
00:28:04that the book is out
00:28:05and our association
00:28:07is coming to an end.
00:28:09Miss Potter,
00:28:09I had hoped that
00:28:13you might have
00:28:14other stories.
00:28:16Really?
00:28:18Really?
00:28:20Do you know,
00:28:21I recently remembered one.
00:28:23I thought I'd forgotten it.
00:28:24About a duck.
00:28:27A very stupid duck.
00:28:29Based on one of your friends?
00:28:31Based on myself, I think.
00:28:34It's a story I told
00:28:35a friend once.
00:28:36Yes?
00:28:38My family's son
00:28:39was in the Lake District
00:28:40and there was someone there,
00:28:41the groundsman's son,
00:28:43who was always interested
00:28:44in my stories.
00:28:49Oh!
00:28:50Miss Beatrix!
00:28:52Are you skulking?
00:28:53No such thing,
00:28:54really, Healers.
00:28:55No,
00:28:55I was drying off
00:28:56my sketchbook.
00:28:57Not bad,
00:29:03Miss Beatrix.
00:29:05Do you have any
00:29:06animal stories
00:29:06for me today?
00:29:08I don't.
00:29:08Sorry,
00:29:09nothing new.
00:29:12Oh,
00:29:12that's Jemima.
00:29:14She doesn't have
00:29:15a story yet,
00:29:15not a proper one.
00:29:17Jemima a duck?
00:29:18Jemima a puddle duck.
00:29:20And a stupider duck
00:29:21Walter's never seen.
00:29:24She goes looking
00:29:25for a safe place
00:29:26to lay her eggs.
00:29:26Then meets a charming
00:29:28gentleman with a long
00:29:29bushy tail
00:29:29and very sharp teeth.
00:29:31Uh-huh.
00:29:33Urgh.
00:29:34Precisely.
00:29:35The gentleman
00:29:36offers her his shirt
00:29:37and Jemima is surprised
00:29:38to find that there
00:29:39are so many feathers
00:29:40in it.
00:29:41But then,
00:29:41as I told you,
00:29:42she's a very stupid duck.
00:29:44I like it.
00:29:48I'd love to paint
00:29:49every view in this valley
00:29:50but I'm not very good
00:29:52at landscapes.
00:29:53Way too long
00:29:54and it won't be here
00:29:54to paint,
00:29:55Miss Beatrix.
00:29:56Really?
00:29:56That's ridiculous.
00:29:58No, I'm serious.
00:29:59The large farms
00:30:00have been broken up
00:30:01into small plots
00:30:01and sold off.
00:30:02Well,
00:30:03you can't stand
00:30:04in the way of progress.
00:30:06So they say.
00:30:08But I say
00:30:09beauty's worth
00:30:10preserving.
00:30:11I know you do,
00:30:12but nobody could
00:30:14disagree with you
00:30:15about that.
00:30:17Well,
00:30:18I'll see you soon then.
00:30:19Perhaps not,
00:30:20Miss Beatrix.
00:30:21I'm leaving for
00:30:21Manchester next week.
00:30:23To study the law?
00:30:25Yes,
00:30:25indeed.
00:30:26I have to better
00:30:27myself somehow.
00:30:28Good luck.
00:30:30Send me some drawings.
00:30:31I will.
00:30:32He encouraged me
00:30:36to take my writing
00:30:37seriously.
00:30:38We must get started
00:30:39on the news story
00:30:40straight away.
00:30:40Jemima Puddleduck.
00:30:41I think the public
00:30:42should like that.
00:30:43And Tom Thammon,
00:30:44Hunkamunker.
00:30:44What do you think?
00:30:46If you think...
00:30:47Your book has been
00:30:48very important in my life.
00:30:49You have been
00:30:50very important in my life.
00:30:51And you and mine,
00:30:52Mr. Warren.
00:30:53We must do it again
00:30:54and again.
00:30:55And again?
00:30:55I promise you
00:30:57I intend to be a nuisance.
00:31:20When did you decide
00:31:21you wouldn't marry?
00:31:23Just before my
00:31:2420th birthday.
00:31:25Mother came to my room
00:31:27and announced
00:31:28that Lionel Stokely
00:31:29was to marry
00:31:29Gwendolyn Olcott
00:31:30and they would live
00:31:31at Stokely Court
00:31:32which Lionel
00:31:33had just inherited
00:31:34from the Earl.
00:31:35And I knew right then
00:31:37that she would bring me
00:31:37no more suitors
00:31:38and that I would
00:31:40never marry.
00:31:42And that shocked me.
00:31:45But I felt relieved.
00:31:47And that shocked me.
00:31:50So I went into the garden
00:31:51and filled an entire
00:31:52notebook with sketches.
00:31:53Men are bores.
00:31:56They're useful
00:31:57for only two things
00:31:58in life.
00:31:58Financial support
00:31:59and procreation.
00:32:01Really?
00:32:02You say outrageous things.
00:32:04Ah, but the price.
00:32:08What price?
00:32:10Domestic enslavement?
00:32:12Childbirth?
00:32:13Terrifying.
00:32:14No unmarried women
00:32:15have a better life.
00:32:16I swear it's true.
00:32:17No houses,
00:32:19no babies,
00:32:20no husbands
00:32:20demanding things
00:32:21all the time.
00:32:22As long as one's
00:32:23lucky enough in life
00:32:24to have a good friend.
00:32:25I'm so glad
00:32:26Norman found you, Beatrix.
00:32:28I was missing
00:32:28something I didn't
00:32:29even know.
00:32:43Dear Miss Potter,
00:32:44I enclose with
00:32:45great pleasure
00:32:46the latest in what
00:32:47I hope will be
00:32:47a long line of tales.
00:32:49Yours affably,
00:32:50Norman Warne.
00:32:51Mr. Warne,
00:32:52would you and Millie
00:32:53like to come
00:32:54to a Christmas party?
00:32:56My parents hold
00:32:56one every year
00:32:57and I think it's
00:32:58high time that
00:32:59I invited someone.
00:33:00Yes, we'd be
00:33:01delighted to attend.
00:33:03Thrilled, in fact.
00:33:18Be still, little imps.
00:33:20Peter, you naughty boy.
00:33:23Look what an example
00:33:24you're setting.
00:33:28That's better.
00:33:29Any more of that
00:33:30and I'll paint you out.
00:33:33Your father is home.
00:33:41How's your day
00:33:41at the club, Father?
00:33:44Interesting, as always.
00:33:45Rupert, we seem
00:33:46to have a situation.
00:33:47We need your resolution.
00:33:48I want to invite
00:33:49Norman Warne
00:33:50and his sister
00:33:50to our Christmas party.
00:33:51With Lady Armitage,
00:33:52with Sir Nigel
00:33:53and Sybil,
00:33:54a tradesman, Rupert.
00:33:56How will anyone
00:33:56have fun?
00:33:57He's a gentleman
00:33:58who publishes
00:33:58my books, Father.
00:34:02Rupert.
00:34:03I have something
00:34:04here, Beatrix.
00:34:04I went into Hatchard's bookshop,
00:34:08and I purchased this
00:34:09with good money.
00:34:11Now, Hugh Whittiford
00:34:12bearded me in the club
00:34:13and rattled on for hours.
00:34:14You know, old Hugh,
00:34:15jowls all aflutter.
00:34:16White bought three
00:34:17of your girls' books
00:34:18for our granddaughter's nursery,
00:34:19sending more by ship
00:34:20to Chums and Bombay.
00:34:21Very soon,
00:34:22the whole club
00:34:22was telling me
00:34:23of some purchase
00:34:24that they had made
00:34:24of our daughter's creations.
00:34:27So I thought it was time
00:34:28that I bought one.
00:34:29So I went straight
00:34:29into Hatchard's,
00:34:30put my shilling
00:34:30onto the counter.
00:34:32I would have given you one.
00:34:33But I wanted to buy one,
00:34:35like everyone else.
00:34:37Now, I owe you
00:34:38an apology, Beatrix.
00:34:40When you showed me
00:34:41your books,
00:34:41all I saw was
00:34:42my little girl
00:34:43bringing me
00:34:44clever drawings
00:34:45for me to comment on.
00:34:47You're not a little girl
00:34:48anymore.
00:34:49You're an artist.
00:34:51A genuine article.
00:34:53I would have been proud
00:34:54to use that word
00:34:55about myself.
00:34:57And I'm proud
00:34:58of you, Beatrix.
00:34:59Thank you, Father.
00:35:00So I don't see
00:35:02any reason
00:35:02why we cannot
00:35:03make a little social effort
00:35:05to welcome
00:35:05the gentleman
00:35:06responsible for this
00:35:07blessing into our home.
00:35:09Thank you, Father.
00:35:15I think it will be
00:35:16good for all of us.
00:35:22Merry Christmas, Rupert.
00:35:23Glynis, don't serve
00:35:32Sir Nigel
00:35:32the punch with brandy
00:35:33unless he demands it.
00:35:35Yes, sir.
00:35:35And after dinner,
00:35:36he'll take port.
00:35:37Come and give me
00:35:38a little signal
00:35:38after he's had
00:35:39four glasses.
00:35:40Yes, ma'am.
00:35:41How shimmers,
00:35:43my darling.
00:35:44You've done it again.
00:35:45Oh.
00:35:47Good evening, sir.
00:35:48Good evening.
00:35:49Mr. Warne.
00:35:50Millie.
00:35:51How wonderful.
00:35:53Thank you, Jane.
00:36:01Mother, father,
00:36:02I would like you to meet
00:36:04Miss Amelia
00:36:05and Mr. Norman Warne.
00:36:07How charming of you
00:36:08to be so punctual.
00:36:10I think Wigan is
00:36:35under strict orders
00:36:36never to leave our side.
00:36:37How festive.
00:36:40Such scintillating conversation.
00:37:09Oh, mine is well.
00:37:10The weather in Amsterdam
00:37:11in July.
00:37:12Could I entrust you ladies
00:37:13in an after-dinner coffee?
00:37:15Some of the gentlemen
00:37:16would like to play
00:37:17a few hands of cards
00:37:18but we're short of a fourth.
00:37:19I don't suppose you play
00:37:20whist, Mr. Warne?
00:37:21I'm afraid I've never had
00:37:22much aptitude for cards.
00:37:23Oh, that is a pity.
00:37:25I play.
00:37:26Oh, this is to play
00:37:27with Sir Nigel, Miss Warne.
00:37:28Sir Nigel takes his whist
00:37:29very seriously.
00:37:30I play rather well, actually.
00:37:32Do you, Millie?
00:37:33Well, I'm sure you two
00:37:36have plenty to talk about
00:37:37without me
00:37:37and if they can't play
00:37:39without a fourth.
00:37:41Come along, Miss Warne.
00:37:45Carol's in the music room,
00:37:46my dears.
00:37:49Perhaps I could show you
00:37:50your Christmas present.
00:37:52Yes.
00:37:53It's upstairs.
00:37:54I will bring the coffee.
00:38:13Mrs. Wigan?
00:38:15Miss?
00:38:15Miss Wigan.
00:38:16I have taken the liberty
00:38:17of adding a splash of brandy
00:38:18to our coffees.
00:38:19Oh?
00:38:20Well, it is Christmas.
00:38:21Is this where you paint,
00:38:25Miss Potter?
00:38:25Yes.
00:38:26And it's where we shall
00:38:27find your Christmas present.
00:38:33Oh, my.
00:38:35I think, other than Bertram and Father,
00:38:36you are the first man
00:38:37ever to set foot in this room.
00:38:39Oh, would you like me to leave?
00:38:39No, no, no.
00:38:40Wigan is here.
00:38:41And if this is the best
00:38:43I can do for scandal at my age,
00:38:44I'm hardly worthy
00:38:45of my reputation for creativity.
00:38:48Here.
00:38:51My, but it's beautiful.
00:38:54Is it the new story?
00:38:56Miss Potter,
00:38:56is it the new story?
00:38:58Is it...
00:38:58Oh, I'm not going to tell you.
00:39:01Come over here.
00:39:04Ah, it's Jemima Puddledacker.
00:39:05Mm, it's the first drawing
00:39:06I ever did of Jemima.
00:39:07I was, uh, eight, I think.
00:39:10Jemima, stop that.
00:39:13Stop what?
00:39:14Just some silliness.
00:39:15And what's this?
00:39:20Oh, it's, uh, music box.
00:39:22My father gave it to me
00:39:23for my sixth birthday.
00:39:24He did the painting himself.
00:39:26Oh, so your father
00:39:26is an artist, too?
00:39:27No, he always wanted
00:39:28to be an artist,
00:39:29but the family disapproved,
00:39:30so he took up law.
00:39:32Hmm.
00:39:32Yes, the joke is
00:39:33I've never once heard him
00:39:34discuss a case.
00:39:36He goes to his club every day
00:39:37and never his office,
00:39:38so I don't really know
00:39:40what he does.
00:39:41Oh, dear.
00:39:43Oh, wickedness fallible.
00:39:46I'm afraid, Miss Potter,
00:39:47your reputation
00:39:48is now officially dented.
00:39:51Ah, let me teach you
00:39:52how to dance.
00:39:52Do you dance, Miss Potter?
00:39:54No, well, not well.
00:39:56Now I make a terrible
00:39:57hash of a two when I try,
00:39:58but the words are very sweet.
00:39:59Oh, no, the words.
00:40:00Will you sing the words?
00:40:05Well, let me teach you
00:40:08how to dance.
00:40:09Let me lead you
00:40:12to the floor.
00:40:15Simply place your hand
00:40:18in mine
00:40:19and then think
00:40:21of nothing more.
00:40:24Let the music
00:40:26cast its spell.
00:40:29Give the atmosphere
00:40:31a chance.
00:40:33Simply follow
00:40:35where I lead.
00:40:37Let me teach you
00:40:40how to dance.
00:40:48Miss Potter,
00:40:49I know you have decided
00:40:51not to marry.
00:40:53All my life,
00:40:54I thought that I would
00:40:54not marry either,
00:40:55but something has happened
00:40:56that has caused me
00:40:57to change my mind.
00:40:57Mr. Paul.
00:40:58No, please,
00:40:58let me go on,
00:40:59for if I do not say
00:41:00what I have to say now,
00:41:01I fear I never will.
00:41:01Miss Potter,
00:41:04I would like you
00:41:06to consider
00:41:07doing me the honour
00:41:09and I do not expect
00:41:11an immediate answer.
00:41:12Beatrix?
00:41:14I was just showing
00:41:15Mr. Warren
00:41:16his Christmas present.
00:41:19I'm an impeccably
00:41:20genteel,
00:41:21unmarried lady,
00:41:22mother.
00:41:22I haven't begun
00:41:22to invite men
00:41:23to my room.
00:41:23Mr. Warren?
00:41:44What is the picture,
00:41:50Beatrix?
00:41:51Oh, I've written
00:41:56and drawn
00:41:57little children's books
00:41:59which have been published.
00:42:01The man who published
00:42:02them is here,
00:42:03Mr. Norman Warren,
00:42:04to thank him
00:42:06for his assistance
00:42:07and generosity.
00:42:10Well, I'm writing him
00:42:13a Christmas story.
00:42:15Can we hear it?
00:42:16Oh, it isn't finished,
00:42:18so...
00:42:18Oh, go on.
00:42:20Oh, well,
00:42:21I suppose
00:42:23before we part
00:42:24for the evening
00:42:24I could share
00:42:26a glimpse
00:42:27of the unfinished
00:42:28tale
00:42:29of
00:42:30the rabbit's
00:42:32Christmas party.
00:42:33Oh, my God.
00:42:34Sure, I'll take it.
00:42:37One particularly
00:42:39snowy
00:42:40Christmas Eve,
00:42:41a young rabbit
00:42:42rabbit and his fearsome
00:42:44older brothers
00:42:45and fiercely brave
00:42:47sister set out
00:42:48on a journey
00:42:49they make every year
00:42:50to celebrate
00:42:51with their friends.
00:42:53Now, rabbits
00:42:54are highly sociable
00:42:55creatures,
00:42:55and legend has it
00:42:56that wherever they find
00:42:57themselves on Christmas Eve,
00:42:59they get together
00:43:00and throw a jolly party.
00:43:03Now, I know
00:43:03such a legend exists
00:43:04because I made it up.
00:43:07Ah!
00:43:09The rabbits
00:43:10travel through the woods
00:43:11to the well-appointed
00:43:12burrow of their cousins
00:43:14where a warm fire
00:43:16is waiting for them.
00:43:17They take off
00:43:19their frosty coats
00:43:20and the party
00:43:22begins.
00:43:24Now, I know
00:43:24on this night
00:43:25that they will eat
00:43:26and talk
00:43:27and dance
00:43:28and laugh
00:43:28and roast apples
00:43:30on the fire,
00:43:31but I'm not certain
00:43:33how the story ends
00:43:35because I haven't
00:43:38made that pot up yet.
00:43:40But in any case,
00:43:42Mr. Warne
00:43:43will have to read it first
00:43:45as he is my strict censor
00:43:47and, well,
00:43:49it is his present.
00:43:50Merry Christmas,
00:43:51Mr. Warne.
00:43:53Thank you, Miss Potter.
00:43:54It's so beautiful.
00:43:55Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:43:56Good show.
00:43:57There'll be no problem
00:43:58with presents
00:43:59for the grandchildren
00:43:59next year, I dare say.
00:44:01Oh, you must be
00:44:02very proud, Helen.
00:44:03It's just a children's story.
00:44:08Outstanding.
00:44:09Can I talk to you?
00:44:10Of course.
00:44:10What is it?
00:44:17Is there something wrong?
00:44:18No.
00:44:19That's my confidante.
00:44:20Oh, you have something
00:44:22to confide.
00:44:23How delicious.
00:44:25Your brother
00:44:26has asked me to marry him
00:44:28and I feel
00:44:29quite irrationally
00:44:31that I may say yes.
00:44:35I'd like your approval.
00:44:36My approval.
00:44:42Beatrix,
00:44:43don't be a fool.
00:44:47Marry him.
00:44:49Tomorrow.
00:44:50Don't waste a moment.
00:44:51How could you hesitate?
00:44:53You're not upset.
00:44:54Well,
00:44:54why would I be upset?
00:44:56Well,
00:44:57both Norman and I,
00:44:59you'll be alone.
00:45:00You have a chance for happiness
00:45:02and you're worrying about me.
00:45:04I wouldn't worry about you.
00:45:05If someone came along
00:45:07who loved me
00:45:07and whom I loved,
00:45:08I would trample my mother.
00:45:11Do you love Norman?
00:45:12Hey,
00:45:13then marry him.
00:45:15Don't you dare
00:45:16think about anyone else.
00:45:17But what about
00:45:18all the blessings
00:45:19of being alone?
00:45:20Hogwash.
00:45:21What else is a woman
00:45:21on her own supposed to say?
00:45:24You have a chance
00:45:25to be loved.
00:45:27Take it.
00:45:29And leave me happy
00:45:30knowing that the two people
00:45:31that I love are happy.
00:45:33that is the most thought
00:45:35you should ever have for me.
00:45:36There you are, Beatrix.
00:45:38The guests.
00:45:40Yes, Mother.
00:45:42Oh, Millie.
00:45:48Here.
00:45:51What is going on tonight?
00:45:54Why do I feel like
00:45:55a stranger in my own home?
00:45:58You have a clever daughter, Rupert.
00:45:59You must be very proud.
00:46:01Beatrix?
00:46:01Yes, we are.
00:46:02To write and draw like that.
00:46:04Beatrix should meet my niece,
00:46:05Anne.
00:46:06She makes pots.
00:46:08Ceramics, Nigel.
00:46:09They look like pots to me.
00:46:13As for you, madam,
00:46:14I suggest you take up knitting.
00:46:17Merry Christmas.
00:46:18Merry Christmas, Sir Nigel.
00:46:19Thank you very much.
00:46:20Thank you very much.
00:46:22What was all that about?
00:46:25Sir Nigel disapproves of the way I play whist.
00:46:27I'm afraid I won two guineas from him.
00:46:30Mr. Warren!
00:46:32Your painting.
00:46:34Oh, yes.
00:46:34My Christmas present.
00:46:40Yes.
00:46:41Goodbye, Mr. Warren.
00:46:49Goodbye, Mr. Warren.
00:46:51Goodbye, Mr. Warren.
00:46:51Goodbye, Mr. Warren.
00:46:51I don't know.
00:47:21I don't know.
00:47:51I have an appointment to see Mr. Rupert Potter in the Eagleton room.
00:47:54He's expecting you, sir.
00:47:56Come along, Norman.
00:48:10It's only her father.
00:48:11Come in.
00:48:24Thank you very much, Mr. Potter, for taking the time out of your very busy day.
00:48:27Goodbye, Mr. Warren.
00:48:33If you will not accept her advice in a decision, then we will have to report a second advice.
00:48:37But respect our knowledge of the world and our opinions, Beatrix.
00:48:39You have to understand your experience as a consequence.
00:48:42But it's not matter.
00:48:43I said that I'll do it, and I will.
00:48:52Norman Warren is a tradesman, Beatrix.
00:48:53No Potter could marry into trade, and that's final.
00:48:55And what are we?
00:48:56Father's money comes from Grandfather's printing works in Lancashire.
00:49:00A trade, Mother.
00:49:01And if Grandfather hadn't run for Parliament, we'd still be living in the shadow of his factories.
00:49:07Your legacy came from Grandfather Leach's cotton trade.
00:49:11When did we become so high and mighty?
00:49:13We're parvenues, Mother.
00:49:15Social climbers.
00:49:17Your father and I will not allow this marriage for your own good, and there's no reason to become insulted.
00:49:22It's not an insult.
00:49:23It's the truth.
00:49:24Our lives are pretension and social aspiration.
00:49:27Sir this and lady that.
00:49:29Norman Warren is a gentleman of comfortable means, and not one bitch beneath us.
00:49:34And I intend to marry him.
00:49:38Not if you expect to take one penny of your inheritance.
00:49:41You haven't disinherited Bertram for running off with a wine merchant's daughter.
00:49:45Happily, I'm a published author.
00:49:47I have means of my own.
00:49:49This discussion is over.
00:49:50Come in, Father.
00:50:06Why is it that after any difficult situation, she always sends you?
00:50:10Mamaya didn't send me.
00:50:13I don't like tension in my home.
00:50:15I want to resolve this matter.
00:50:18Well, you can't.
00:50:19I've made my decision.
00:50:20Your mother wants what is best for you, as do I, Beatrix.
00:50:24An impulsive and inappropriate marriage is something that you would ultimately regret.
00:50:28You can't allow me to marry and leave.
00:50:30With Bertram moved away, who would take care of you?
00:50:32You surely do not think that we would deny you happiness just simply because we needed a nursemaid.
00:50:37And that is a knife in my heart.
00:50:38Well, then what is it, Father?
00:50:39Because I can't understand.
00:50:40You cannot make us the villains, Beatrix.
00:50:42Your mother trotted out countless suitors, all of them acceptable.
00:50:45You rejected every one of them.
00:50:47I know that, Father.
00:50:48I didn't want to be a silly woman marrying a man simply because he was acceptable or rich enough to take care of me.
00:50:55But does that mean that I'm never to be loved?
00:51:00Father!
00:51:06Wiggin, wait here, please.
00:51:08I'd like to inquire about my royalty earnings, Mr. Copperthwaite, and whether I might, at some stage, afford a house of my own in the country.
00:51:26You have enough to buy an estate, several estates, and a house in town.
00:51:30You're quite a wealthy woman, Miss Potter.
00:51:34Am I truly?
00:51:35Yes, the income has become quite regular.
00:51:40If your fortune continues to grow, you should have no financial worries for the rest of your life.
00:51:50Extraordinary!
00:51:50Beatrix?
00:52:08Beatrix?
00:52:08Come and sit with us, please.
00:52:10I'd rather not, Father.
00:52:11We have something to discuss.
00:52:13A proposition.
00:52:14And for heaven's sake, Beatrix, let the servants carry your dishes.
00:52:17Beatrix?
00:52:22Tea?
00:52:23No, thank you.
00:52:24Nonsense.
00:52:25You always take tea.
00:52:27Contrary to what you think and what you have so vehemently expressed, your mama and I want you to be happy.
00:52:34We simply doubt that this marriage will do the trick.
00:52:37Helen, please, sit down, Beatrix.
00:52:42What we don't want is for you to rush into something which you may later wish to reconsider.
00:52:47I won't want to reconsider.
00:52:48We are not convinced.
00:52:50Helen, please.
00:52:52We are not convinced.
00:52:54Yet neither have we hearts of stone.
00:52:56Therefore, this is what we propose.
00:53:01You may accept Mr. Warne, but it must remain a complete secret, even from his own family.
00:53:08Now, this summer, yourself, Mama and I will go, as always, to the Lake District.
00:53:13If, at the end of the summer, you still wish to proceed, then we will announce your engagement,
00:53:21and you can marry with our blessing and our love.
00:53:24Why must no one know?
00:53:29So there will be no public embarrassment when you change your mind.
00:53:32If you change your mind.
00:53:34If.
00:53:36Now, Beatrix, if you care for this man as much as you say you do,
00:53:39then in a few months the ardour will still be there.
00:53:42If your mother and Anne and I are correct, and this emotion cools with time,
00:53:48then we will have protected you against humiliation and unhappiness.
00:53:53It will not cool.
00:53:55Beatrix, listen to me.
00:53:56A woman at your age must consider better.
00:53:59The only thing true at my age is that at my age, every day matters.
00:54:10Very well, Mother, Father.
00:54:13I accept your terms.
00:54:15Norman and I may decide to wait in any case.
00:54:17But make plans.
00:54:22There will be a wedding in this house by October.
00:54:25I know you.
00:54:25I hope for you.
00:54:27I'll be right back.
00:54:27I'll be right back.
00:54:29Let's go.
00:54:30Let's go.
00:54:32Let's go.
00:56:35Mr. Warren!
00:56:45Oh, I do apologize.
00:56:49Miss Potter!
00:57:04Mr. Warren!
00:57:05I was beginning to fear you wouldn't come.
00:57:08You're soaked!
00:57:08It wasn't raining when I left the office.
00:57:10I brought you the proof of the new book for your trip.
00:57:12Oh, you'll catch cold.
00:57:13I couldn't miss seeing you off.
00:57:16You know nothing would stop me.
00:57:17This is going to be the longest summer I've ever spent.
00:57:20Only the summer, that's all.
00:57:22Yes.
00:57:22And this time is not for us, it's for your parents.
00:57:25How can they know what we're feeling?
00:57:26They've never felt it.
00:57:27No.
00:57:27We can afford them this three months.
00:57:30I suppose.
00:57:32Oh.
00:57:32This is not how I wish to say goodbye to you.
00:57:52Goodbye, Miss Potter.
00:57:53I look forward to your speed of return.
00:57:56As you are, Mr. Warren.
00:57:58Quickly.
00:57:59Yes.
00:57:59Here.
00:58:07Goodbye, Miss Potter.
00:58:10Goodbye, Mr. Warren.
00:58:14Goodbye, Norman.
00:58:15Goodbye, Mr. Warren.
00:58:45Dear Norman.
00:58:47This absurd false separation is surely a kind of madness.
00:58:50Most notably that of my mother.
00:58:53But you are here, my dear, for me.
00:58:56The beauty of this place seems magnified somehow with you in my mind.
00:59:00In my occasional lonely moments, I imagine conversations between us.
00:59:04And yesterday, startled a duck with my declaration of love for you.
00:59:09All of my thoughts are with you, my darling.
00:59:11I know that you find Harold and Fruing terribly boring,
00:59:14but in fact I am having what I could almost describe as wild enjoyment working with them.
00:59:19You may wake up one day to find yourself married to a businessman.
00:59:23Praise the day when I can wake up to find you beside me.
00:59:26I took one of the boats out onto the lake at sunset to watch the waterhens feeding.
00:59:34They made noises like kissing.
00:59:36I closed my eyes and pictured you.
00:59:39I find I love my heart more now,
00:59:41because that is where I know I can find you.
00:59:44Amelia sends her fond love
00:59:45and wishes for us all to be together again,
00:59:48as do I, multiplied a hundredfold.
00:59:57Sir?
00:59:58Hilltop Farm.
01:00:00May I ask, is it a working farm?
01:00:03Aye.
01:00:04Another great one falls.
01:00:06But this one breaks your heart.
01:00:08Really?
01:00:09Why?
01:00:11Ah, Miss, a body'd have to be a poet,
01:00:14which I certainly am not.
01:00:17Excuse me, but I'd swear you were someone I once knew.
01:00:20Oh, heavens, Willie Helis.
01:00:22Miss Beatrix, Miss Potter.
01:00:23Is that you?
01:00:24How good to see you.
01:00:25Well, hello.
01:00:27I see you've given up on the law.
01:00:30Have you decided to make an honest living?
01:00:32Ah, yes, the law.
01:00:33Well, not exactly.
01:00:35No, no.
01:00:35A country solicitor needs to be proficient in many skills.
01:00:39Of course.
01:00:40Well, it suits me to be out of the office now and again.
01:00:44Now, I could show you Hilltop, if you have the time.
01:00:47Ah, yes.
01:00:50Yes, time is exactly what I have.
01:00:52Good.
01:01:03Not a bad outlook, Miss Potter.
01:01:05It's sublime.
01:01:08By chance, I met an old friend today
01:01:10who showed me a beautiful farm that's for sale.
01:01:12It would be a perfect country home,
01:01:15and though I know we'll live mainly in the city,
01:01:17I'm very keen to share my favorite places with you.
01:01:20The post has arrived.
01:01:36And once again,
01:01:37no letter from your Mr. Warren.
01:01:39Is it time for me to start getting just a little hopeful?
01:01:42He did mention he might take a few days' holiday.
01:01:44The post is no doubt slow from wherever he's gone.
01:01:48Yes, indeed.
01:01:49But there is something
01:01:50that appears to be from that interesting sister of his.
01:01:54Millie?
01:01:55Hmm?
01:01:55How delightful.
01:01:56Excuse me?
01:02:00Excuse me?
01:02:00Norman is ill.
01:02:27I'm Beatrix Potter.
01:02:55Please come in, Miss.
01:03:01Ah, Miss Potter.
01:03:02Hello.
01:03:04Please come.
01:03:07I came as soon as I heard.
01:03:09Yes, it's very kind of you.
01:03:10Very, very kind indeed.
01:03:13How is he?
01:03:16Beatrix?
01:03:20Millie?
01:03:20Oh, we need to do it.
01:03:23Millie?
01:03:24I'm too late.
01:03:31I'm too late.
01:03:42He was so happy.
01:03:46He sang songs.
01:03:47He made me dance with him in the parlour.
01:03:50Yeah.
01:03:51He laughed all the time.
01:03:53Everyone noticed the change.
01:03:54Only I knew the reason.
01:03:58But all summer, he had a cough.
01:04:00Yeah.
01:04:01And then the cough got worse.
01:04:03And in one night, he was gone.
01:04:06It was so sudden.
01:04:08And I keep thinking that it hasn't happened.
01:04:11I keep expecting to see him in the garden.
01:04:15When's the funeral?
01:04:17It was yesterday.
01:04:21It was only the immediate family and I...
01:04:22Well, I couldn't think of a reason to ask them to delay it for you.
01:04:25It was considerate of you to come and pay your respects, Miss Potter.
01:04:35Our mother is particularly moved and is sorry she isn't well enough to come down to greet you.
01:04:40I'll be taking over our late brother's business affairs, Miss Potter.
01:04:43I'll be taking over our late brother's business affairs, Miss Potter.
01:05:13Miss Beatrix, what are you doing in London?
01:05:38Is something wrong?
01:05:39A friend died.
01:05:40I'm sorry, Miss.
01:05:41Was she a close friend?
01:05:43I'm sorry, Miss.
01:05:46Miss Charlotte.
01:05:47Oh, my God.
01:06:17Miss Beatrix? Miss Beatrix? I'll leave your dinner outside the door then, Miss.
01:06:47Saunders is here, Miss Potter, to take you to the station.
01:06:54I shan't be going back to the lake.
01:06:57Can I get you anything then?
01:07:00Nothing, Hilda.
01:07:03Very well, Miss Potter.
01:07:04I don't know.
01:07:34I don't know.
01:08:04I don't know.
01:08:34Beatrix, it's Millie.
01:08:50Look, I know I'm unannounced, but they sent back all my messages.
01:08:55Please, please, please let me in.
01:09:04We've got to get you out of here.
01:09:22Come on, come on.
01:09:24Let's get you washed and dressed and out of this room.
01:09:26Go and find something to wear.
01:09:30I can't.
01:09:34Millie, I can't.
01:09:53I've been torturing myself.
01:09:57I should never have encouraged you with no mind.
01:09:59I have saved you all this terrible grief.
01:10:02I loved him.
01:10:04I loved him, too.
01:10:09But he's gone.
01:10:17I must leave this house.
01:10:23I will leave this house.
01:10:25Congratulations, Miss Potter.
01:10:46You are now the proud owner of Hilltop Farm.
01:10:49Thank you, George.
01:10:52Well, I'm sure you'll be very happy at Hilltop.
01:10:54I spent some time there as a child.
01:10:56Is that so?
01:10:58I did have other plans for it, but...
01:11:01I'm sure that I will love it in any case.
01:11:04Yes.
01:11:05If you need any other assistance or help...
01:11:07Thank you very much, Mr. Healess.
01:11:09Good day.
01:11:11Good day, Miss Potter.
01:11:11You all right?
01:11:26What I don't understand, Beatrix...
01:11:28...is how you're going to pay for this farm.
01:11:30I'm a writer, Mother.
01:11:32People buy my work.
01:11:33Our daughter is famous, Helen.
01:11:35You're the only person who doesn't know it.
01:11:37What I don't understand is why you find it necessary to leave your home.
01:11:48It is not a choice, Father.
01:11:50Beatrix, if I could undo anything...
01:11:53There's nothing to undo.
01:11:55This has nothing to do with you or Mother.
01:11:59I must make my own way.
01:12:04So you must.
01:12:04You must.
01:12:07So you must.
01:12:34Everybody out.
01:12:37You see?
01:12:39I told you we could not know where our journey would lead.
01:12:42It has led us here.
01:12:45This is your new home.
01:12:46No tears.
01:12:58us.
01:13:08Let's go.
01:13:08Go.
01:13:08Please.
01:13:09Please.
01:13:10Please.
01:13:11Oh, my God.
01:13:41Oh, my God.
01:14:11Oh, my God.
01:14:41Oh, my God.
01:14:46Miss?
01:14:50Millie.
01:14:54It's wonderful to see you.
01:14:56Oh, this place is perfect.
01:14:59Millie.
01:14:59But what have you brought?
01:15:03Oh, ma'am.
01:15:05Well, I thought it best not to bring this, but then it jumped into my hand as I walked out the door.
01:15:10Oh, I'm sorry.
01:15:22I'm sorry.
01:15:29It's getting easier.
01:15:38It's getting easier for me, too.
01:15:39Good.
01:15:42I'm painting again.
01:15:44My mind's going mad with the story.
01:15:47I've got pigs running amok up there.
01:15:48Well, it's this place, isn't it?
01:15:54Who'd want to be cooped up in London when they could be up here?
01:15:57I'm so glad you came.
01:15:59Me too.
01:15:59I've been so lucky with visitors.
01:16:03First, my brother Bertram, then my mother.
01:16:06You think that's lucky?
01:16:07Your mother is a monster.
01:16:09No, it's fine.
01:16:10My mother and I have come to an understanding.
01:16:13We've agreed to not understand each other.
01:16:16Oh, it's all you think you've got to offer me a half-decent price for a derelict property,
01:16:44and then pay me and my lads good money to knock the damn face out.
01:16:50Let him build what he likes.
01:16:53If we allow these city developers to buy up our land, there'll be no more farming,
01:16:57and all you're left with is a ruined landscape and no community.
01:17:06Miss Potter.
01:17:09Ah, Mr. Healers.
01:17:11I see you found me.
01:17:14I've played here so often as a child.
01:17:18I know your farm very well.
01:17:20Oh.
01:17:21Swam in the stream, played hide-and-seek in the woods with Cousin Charles.
01:17:26I brought you the executed deed for the farm.
01:17:28At last.
01:17:29Thank you very much, Mr. Healers.
01:17:32Busy?
01:17:33Yes.
01:17:33Yes, I've asked Mr. Cannon to stay on and run Hilltop as a working farm.
01:17:38I'm learning a great deal.
01:17:40I wish everyone who bought land up here could be so enlightened.
01:17:45You've bought a farm, you've kept the workers on, you're working the land and you're preserving this place.
01:17:50Yes.
01:17:52Makes me happy.
01:17:55Mr. Cannon says the two farms adjoining mine are for sale.
01:17:59I'd hate to see the developers get hold of them.
01:18:01Do you know anything about them?
01:18:02Good morning, Mr. Cannon.
01:18:07Miss Potter.
01:18:11Why, they've grown.
01:18:13Handsome lot, wouldn't you say?
01:18:15Yes.
01:18:16Have you named them?
01:18:18We don't often give them names, Miss Potter.
01:18:20Makes it a bit hard come slaughtering time.
01:18:23Hello, Miss Potter.
01:18:24Hello yourself, Mr. Healers.
01:18:28To what do I owe this pleasure?
01:18:31I've come with a message.
01:18:32Mr. Hubbard is ill and will be unable to show you the neighbouring farms today.
01:18:36Oh, dear.
01:18:36It's not serious, I hope.
01:18:38Chronic illness, I'm afraid.
01:18:40Recurs several times a month.
01:18:41Usually after a night at the Rose and Crown.
01:18:45I see.
01:18:46Mr. Hubbard wondered if I might show you the properties instead.
01:18:50I'd be pleased to have so knowledgeable a guide.
01:18:53I'll just get my shore.
01:18:56Well, it's prime land.
01:18:58There's a lot of profit in building houses on it.
01:19:00Ah, but more value as a working farm, surely.
01:19:03Spoken like a true lakeswoman, Miss Potter.
01:19:05Indeed, Mr. Healers.
01:19:06You do realise I've never been to an auction?
01:19:09Well, it's simple enough.
01:19:10Don't bid too early and stick to your limit.
01:19:13I know my limit, Mr. Healers.
01:19:16Cravens Mill Farm.
01:19:1840 acres of splendour.
01:19:20£1,100 anywhere?
01:19:22£1,100 I'm bid.
01:19:24£1,150.
01:19:26Come along, gentlemen.
01:19:27Splendid little farm, this.
01:19:29Lots of development potential.
01:19:30£1,150.
01:19:32£1,200 anywhere?
01:19:34£1,200.
01:19:35£1,300 anywhere?
01:19:37Bidding, madam?
01:19:37£1,300.
01:19:39Seated at £1,300.
01:19:42£1,400.
01:19:44£1,500.
01:19:46£1,600.
01:19:47£700.
01:19:48£800.
01:19:49£1,900.
01:19:52At £1,000, £2,000.
01:19:54At the back, £2,000.
01:19:56Any more?
01:19:57At £2,000.
01:19:59£2,300.
01:20:01Rich bastard.
01:20:02Thank you, sir.
01:20:03£2,300.
01:20:05At £2,300.
01:20:08Any more, then?
01:20:09At £2,300.
01:20:12£2,500.
01:20:13The lady at £2,500.
01:20:16Against you, sir.
01:20:17At £2,500.
01:20:18£2,800.
01:20:19Spotted, you bid more than that farm is worth.
01:20:21£2,800.
01:20:22£3,000.
01:20:24At £3,000.
01:20:26Seated with the lady.
01:20:27Against you, sir.
01:20:28Are we all done?
01:20:29At £3,000.
01:20:31Going once.
01:20:33Going twice.
01:20:35Sold to the lady.
01:20:36£3,000.
01:20:37Sir, you should control your client.
01:20:43She has allowed her emotions to get the better of her.
01:20:46Really?
01:20:46She has squandered any possibility of profit from that farm.
01:20:49It was prime development land.
01:20:51This place, this community, is an inspiration.
01:20:54It should be conserved for future generations and not destroyed.
01:20:57It deserves protection.
01:20:59Madam, your observations are woefully inadequate.
01:21:01I am no longer in the habit of being lectured to.
01:21:04And, thankfully, I do not require your approval.
01:21:08Or anyone else's.
01:21:09So, if you'll excuse us, Mr. Helis.
01:21:20I hope you're not going to make a habit of this, Miss Potter.
01:21:23Do you know, Mr. Helis, I think I might.
01:21:27Now, will you have time tomorrow to show me those other farms?
01:21:30I certainly will.
01:21:32Excellent.
01:21:34Come in.
01:21:49Oh, my.
01:21:52Goodness me.
01:21:53I'll be just a moment.
01:22:04Well, then, young man, how are you taking to your new home?
01:22:24I know it's not London, but a hilltop might suit a young rabbit better.
01:22:28He seems to be taken to the place.
01:22:33As am I, Mr. Helis.
01:22:36Now, the road.
01:22:38Oh, yes.
01:22:38Yes, of course.
01:22:39We'll pass it.
01:22:41Yo.
01:22:44How would you feel about calling me William instead of this infernal Mr. Helis?
01:22:48Sound like an undertaker.
01:22:50Of course, William.
01:22:51And I believe Beatrix might be perfectly appropriate as well.
01:23:14There's something delicious about writing those first few words of the story.
01:23:18You can never quite tell where they'll take you.
01:23:24Mine took me here.
01:23:27Where I belong.
01:23:28Hause.
01:23:29Bowl.
01:23:29Bye.
01:23:34Bye.
01:23:38Bye.
01:23:41Bye.
01:23:45Bye.
01:23:52Bye.
01:25:26Every move a sweet surprise
01:25:32Someone must have taught you well
01:25:39To beguile and to entrance
01:25:44For that night you cast your spell
01:25:50And you taught me how to dance
01:25:57Like reflections in a lake
01:26:03I recall what went before
01:26:08As I give I'll learn to take
01:26:15And we'll be alone no more
01:26:20Other lights may light my way
01:26:26I may even find romance
01:26:32But I won't forget that night
01:26:38When you taught me how to dance
01:26:44Cold winds blow
01:26:49But upon those hills
01:26:52You find me
01:26:56And I know you're walking right
01:27:04Behind me
01:27:08When you taught me how to dance
01:27:13Years ago with misty eyes
01:27:19Every step and silent glance
01:27:25Every move a sweet surprise
01:27:31Someone must have taught you well
01:27:37To beguile and to beguile and to entrance
01:27:43For that night you cast your spell
01:27:49And you taught me how to dance
01:27:55And you taught me how to dance
01:27:59And you taught me how to dance
01:28:03And you taught me how to dance
01:28:33Looks like what by mental arts
01:28:34And you taught me how to dance
01:28:36And you taught me how to dance
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01:28:55And you taught me how to dance
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