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00:00Satsang with Mooji
00:29Experience begins in ruins, flesh is torn, blood is spilt, everything hurts and nothing
00:39is as we planned it or we hoped for.
00:45And yet not everything is lost, the pleasure is only postponed, the joy will come, first
00:58we must mend, and then heal.
01:05Oh, welcome home Reggie, give us a kiss.
01:10Oh, your cheeks are cold.
01:12We were having a chat about the Jane situation on the way home.
01:17I'm sorry Jane's gone to live in Ireland Reggie, I know she was very special to you.
01:24Yes, very special.
01:26But how lovely is it that she's going to be with her parents?
01:29Next week I have her go to our wedding.
01:33You love Nancy and you love Roger and nothing is going to stop you from celebrating with them.
01:41When can I see that vase that you've been making for them in your art class?
01:46Oh, that's another tale.
01:48It wasn't back from the kiln this morning so it's going to have to be posted.
01:53Well, it will get here in plenty of time for the wedding.
01:56Oh, now, guess what I have made for your afters tonight.
02:03And that, my dear sister, is that.
02:14Now you are about to take your vase. Do you feel ready?
02:18Spiritually, I feel as ready as I can be, thanks to your guidance.
02:24Personally, the fact that my sister is coming feels just right.
02:28Otherwise, I just keep worrying about what I'm going to wear.
02:33Sister Hilda assures me that once we get to the mother house, there will be an extensive selection of bridal gowns for you and Sister Elizabeth to choose from.
02:43I'm glad Mother Mildred has revived that custom.
02:46It's certainly the only wedding dress I'll ever get to walk down an island.
02:52I'm only sad Mother Mildred won't be there to see it.
02:55Who knows what mysterious work is afoot in India.
02:58But if the Lord called her there, there must be a reason.
03:04I'm sorry I missed tea.
03:06All Mrs Shah tore so badly we had to get Dr Turner in.
03:09She ended up with more stitches than a Victorian sampler.
03:12We've left you a Wensleydale sandwich and a tea cake on the side.
03:15That is music to my ears.
03:17Stop. Back on the table.
03:21Sorry.
03:23Poor.
03:24And no comestibles in the clinical room.
03:26Uh huh.
03:29Does anyone know what time Nancy and Colette are arriving tomorrow?
03:32She's got everything very fine in terms of preparing for her wedding.
03:36I don't blame her if she has.
03:38She watched me preparing for mine and received a master class in the futility of forward planning.
03:43Your wedding was very enjoyable in the end.
03:45It's a shame you're missing Nancy's.
03:48She was your bridesmaid.
03:50I know but I'm a bridesmaid at Matthew's partner's wedding.
03:53There's 14 of us all in sugared almond chains with a pure lace trim.
03:57And it would cause such offence to decline the honour.
04:00It's what comes of living life on two sides of the ocean.
04:03You can't be everywhere at once.
04:05There has been a serious blaze at the council run mother and baby home in Essex.
04:11Fire engines were called to Arbery House.
04:14Patrick!
04:16Patrick!
04:18There's been a fire at Arbery House.
04:21With mothers to be there.
04:23And babies.
04:27Numbers are confirmed.
04:29There are four girls on their way to us.
04:31Two close to term.
04:32Two recently delivered.
04:34Thank goodness they all escaped.
04:35Are their babies still with them?
04:37One aged six days.
04:38One aged three weeks.
04:40Adoptions pending.
04:42They were all referred from our practice so it falls to us to take them in and sort them out.
04:47Come on.
04:48Keep babies wrapped up here.
04:49Yep.
04:50Come on.
04:51Hello again Paula.
04:52Come on honey.
04:53Let's get you inside.
04:55Huh?
04:56It hurts when I walk.
04:57My hamsters are still in the car.
04:58No.
04:59No.
05:00No.
05:01It hurts when I walk.
05:02No.
05:03It hurts when I walk.
05:04No.
05:05It hurts when I walk.
05:06No.
05:07It hurts when I walk.
05:08No.
05:09No.
05:10It hurts when I walk.
05:11No.
05:12It hurts when I walk.
05:13No.
05:14No.
05:15It hurts when I walk.
05:16No.
05:17It hurts when I walk.
05:18No.
05:19My hamsters are still in the car.
05:21No.
05:22No.
05:23No.
05:24No.
05:25No.
05:26No.
05:27No.
05:28No.
05:29No.
05:30No.
05:31No.
05:32No.
05:33No.
05:34No.
05:35No.
05:36No.
05:37No.
05:38No.
05:39No.
05:40I would have tried the other way but nobody else was doing it.
05:45Matron said it's best not to bother if you're gonna give him away.
05:50You cared for him beautifully, Janine.
05:52That's given him a really good start in life.
05:59When were you fourteen, Paula?
06:02In August.
06:05And have you been able to keep up with your school work while you've been at the home?
06:09I get booklets in the post and fill them in and send them off.
06:14Do you get good marks?
06:15I don't get marks.
06:17We just send more booklets.
06:19Paula, I think this low-down tummy ache
06:23is caused by an infection in your bladder.
06:26And you may have what we call anemia,
06:29which means very low iron in your blood.
06:32I think we need to take you to the maternity home for a few days.
06:36Is that a hospital?
06:37Well, if it's a hospital, we won't be able to take the hamsters.
06:41Sister Monica Joan will mind them.
06:43She has a soft spot for rodents.
06:45As long as it isn't for long.
06:49St. Blaise's home is full as well.
06:51Mr. Robinson is also trying to help.
06:53The best I've been able to find is two beds only at Temple Bank.
06:58And that's never been an establishment that's impressed me.
07:01The mother and baby home seem busier than ever.
07:04There are more unmarried mothers willing to go it alone these days.
07:08But I think it's the rise in the so-called gym slip, Mums.
07:12And the younger the girl,
07:13the more she's at the mercy of her family's views.
07:17Love seldom proves more powerful than shame.
07:20I've so often wished it could be otherwise.
07:25I can't eat this marmalade.
07:27I'm sorry.
07:28Do you have any golden syrup?
07:32Right, ladies.
07:33We have a plan.
07:35Paula is going straight to the maternity home
07:37so that her urine infection and anemia can be dealt with
07:40until we work out who's going to Temple Bank.
07:43Maggie will have the guest room
07:45and I'm taking Nurse Crane's spare bed
07:47so that Sandra and Janine
07:49can have the bedsitter with their babies.
07:51Well, what about Nancy and Colette?
07:52They're meant to be in the bedsitter from today until the wedding.
07:55How about a tent on their lock-night?
07:57They're going to stay with Miss Higgins.
07:58Mrs. Cunningham,
08:02I need to talk to you about Paula.
08:06I'm on my way to the latest prayer circle at the chapel.
08:09Mrs. Cunningham, there's been a fire
08:10at the place where your daughter was accommodated.
08:13It's no longer possible for her to stay there.
08:16Has she had the child yet?
08:18No.
08:19But she is unwell
08:20and has had to be moved to the maternity home.
08:22If you're looking for us to take her in, the answer's no.
08:25We signed Paula over to council care
08:27until nature has taken its course.
08:30After that, our door is open
08:31and she can start again.
08:34I'm sure that as a woman of God
08:36you understand our position.
08:38Mr. Robinson, Paula's social worker and I
08:40were hoping you might reconsider.
08:43My husband and I are completely in agreement.
08:52Come in, come in.
08:55Master suite for the bride-to-be.
08:58Box room for the maid of honour
08:59and the studio couch for your street.
09:02And I'm going to be on a lay-low
09:04at my best man's house.
09:05No change of plan there at all.
09:07Thank you, Miss Higgins.
09:09I've warned you before
09:11about the excessive use of formalities.
09:14Thank you, Millicent.
09:17May we come in?
09:18And the countdown begins.
09:28Are you all ready to go shopping for bridesmaid's shoes?
09:32Yeah!
09:32I think she is.
09:44Since I've seen her baby in a drawer.
09:46He had a cot in the mother and baby place.
09:48I bet they didn't paint it all fresh and new
09:51for every new occupant like we did with ours.
09:55Go on then.
09:57Let's see his face.
10:02Interesting.
10:03Bring him home and we'll make the best of it.
10:13I'm meant to be having him adopted.
10:18Where's he going to fit in?
10:20With an ooter like that.
10:22He's got the hicks nose.
10:24He can live in the hicks house.
10:25And we'll get the cot out of the cubby
10:26and tighten it up a bit.
10:28It was rose pink last time I looked.
10:30You're not the first.
10:34And you won't be the last.
10:40These would be nice for the wedding.
10:42I don't think so, Reggie.
10:45Nancy will want lovely shop-bought flowers
10:48that know how to stand up straight and behave themselves.
10:51These have gone all spindly and are full of earwigs.
10:56They'd look nice in a vase.
10:58What kind of vase?
10:59The sort of vase that I made for Nancy.
11:04That's a red impression.
11:07It will come soon.
11:09You've got to be patient.
11:16We wish you luck, girls.
11:17Can't be any worse than last place.
11:20Can you?
11:21We'll manage.
11:23We have to.
11:24No-one's going to come and say we can go home.
11:29Not a thief.
11:38You are brave.
11:39I keep telling Mrs. Turner we ought to invest in some up-to-date modes in brushed nylon.
11:47She is a firm believer in the healing powers of a winciette.
11:50The arms are a bit long.
11:52I suppose I'll keep my hands warm.
11:54I'll get you a couple of safety pins.
11:57We can't have you trailing your sleeves in your crumbling custard.
12:00I'm getting quite giddy with excitement.
12:04The last time I saw this dress, it was a snippet of glorious fabric and a paper pattern.
12:09Just slip into that robe for me, Nancy dear.
12:13You can leave your slip and your girdle on.
12:16I take it you will be wearing a girdle on the day.
12:20Never go anywhere without one.
12:23I'm going to start by checking your measurements again.
12:28You don't have to go to all this trouble, Violet.
12:30Nancy, most brides lose weight.
12:42What on earth has happened?
12:55Harry, sir, can we help you?
12:57I'd like to see Paula Cunningham.
12:59I'm a father.
13:01Follow me.
13:04Sorry.
13:06It's got mascara on it now.
13:07Oh, it's no matter.
13:09But how many months pregnant are you?
13:13Seven.
13:14Seven?
13:16And a bit.
13:19Like I said, I didn't suspect it.
13:22I've never been that regular.
13:25Or that thin.
13:26By the time I realised what was going on, I was far too embarrassed to go to the doctor.
13:37Nancy, you have consulted a doctor.
13:40Last month.
13:42Laughed his head off.
13:44I'm a district nurse.
13:46He said I'm fit as a flippin' flea, so.
13:51Oh, lass.
13:53Come here.
13:54What are you crying for?
13:56This is wonderful mules.
14:00Dad, does Mum know you're here?
14:02She doesn't need to know.
14:04Sammy's didn't know I came to see you in the home.
14:06I liked it when you did that.
14:07You'll have your home soon.
14:12Back in time for Christmas, eh?
14:17I know it sounds daft.
14:19Wanting to keep it a secret till after the event.
14:22But I had my first baby when I was 16.
14:25I just wanted things to be different this time.
14:27I knew I could never hope to have a white wedding.
14:32But I did want to have a respectable one.
14:36I could have got away with it.
14:38Except tape measures don't lie.
14:41No, they don't.
14:42But a well-made dress can keep a lot of secrets.
14:48As can good friends.
14:50I, too, will remain entirely silent on the matter.
14:53Oh, do you know what I've dreaded most of all?
14:57The sisters finding out and being disappointed.
15:02And being like a rerunner last time, except these aren't Catholics.
15:05Don't want Nancy Corrigan, crusher of nuns' hopes, written on my gravestone.
15:10Provided you promise to report any untoward niggles or other developments directly to me,
15:17the news of your condition will travel no further than ourselves or this room.
15:23I must say, Colette's been marvellous.
15:27All these bridesmaids fittings and she hasn't said a peep.
15:31It's probably because she doesn't know.
15:35Mavis!
15:37Mavis!
15:38Mavis!
15:41Very soon you're going to feel the need to push.
15:44Then we can start making these pains work for you.
15:47I'll be dead by then.
15:49No, no you won't.
15:50Do you want to have another try with the gas?
15:58Paula?
16:00Paula?
16:02Please don't be upset.
16:05Some ladies make more noise than others when their babies are being born.
16:09There was another one in the night.
16:11That was the same.
16:12I think it's too much for her, Doctor.
16:17I asked if she'd like to come into the nursery and see a baby being bathed, but she refused.
16:22The best place I can think of for her right now is the mother house.
16:26The mother house?
16:27It's a registered orphanage.
16:29Well, they have taken in one or two unmarried mothers in the past, but mostly they take in children.
16:35Does anyone know what's become of the father of Paula's baby?
16:40His parents left the area and took him with them.
16:44By all accounts, he was scarcely out of puberty himself.
16:47At that age, they're at the mercy of biology.
16:51They don't understand what it is that is happening or the harm that can be done.
16:56Too much gets learned the hard way.
16:58Plus, the trouble with adolescent pregnancy is that every cell in the body is squabbling over nutrients.
17:04The child wants to grow, but so does the baby.
17:08The risk of anemia is higher.
17:10The risk of preeclampsia is higher.
17:13And in the meantime, what's it doing to her mind?
17:16Sister Hilda has extended the warmest invitation for you to attend Sister Catherine's vows.
17:31It's too long since you have visited the mother house.
17:34There are those who would detain me there for nursing purposes, regardless of my will.
17:41I will feel your presence with me, I am sure.
17:44I have said it oft.
17:45I am like Ariel.
17:48I divide and burn in many places.
17:54I feel like I should be escorting Paula down as her social worker, but I have to attend juvenile court today.
18:02I can't come in. I've got the hamsters.
18:06We'll see you in a day or two when Paula settles in.
18:09You look after her and look after yourself.
18:15Thank you for the notes, Mr. Robinson.
18:18So, what I've got written down so far, in no particular order, is flowers, getting ready, including some sort of hairdo.
18:37Something like shoes to tie on the back of the going away car, discotheque, buffet, balloons.
18:44I love a few balloons.
18:45I love a few balloons.
18:46Excuse me?
18:47In no particular order, this is a wedding, child.
18:50Do you want a daughter to go to hell in a handcart?
18:53Oh, I forgot.
18:54Fireworks.
18:55Who said anything about fireworks?
18:57Me?
18:58I want sort of an autumn theme, and you get fireworks in autumn.
19:02We just need a few rockets and some sparklers.
19:04We may discuss rockets and sparklers when we have established the parameters of the buffet.
19:09Now, the caterers are in need of information.
19:12Stuffed eggs or chicken legs, beetroot or coleslaw, lemon meringue or sherry trifle.
19:20I was thinking crab sticks.
19:24And then that new thing, cheesecake.
19:27Not on the list.
19:36Oh, my dear sister, greetings in our Lord Jesus Christ's name.
19:41I greet you likewise, Sister Hilda.
19:44And you must be Paula, dear.
19:47Don't look so shy.
19:49We'll look after you.
19:50Oh.
19:51This is a first, I must say.
19:54Do they eat a lot of cheese?
19:57No?
20:00And here she is, the bride-to-be.
20:03Oh, good to see you, Mr Buckle.
20:06Are you getting excited?
20:08Because we are.
20:09I am.
20:10And I'm looking forward to seeing Sister Elizabeth.
20:12Yes.
20:13I have news of Sister Elizabeth.
20:16So she just left?
20:19Well, postulants can.
20:22They have signed nothing and they have promised nothing.
20:26Just as they are free to hear God's call,
20:29they are free to decide that they must have been mistaken.
20:33I imagine that means Sister Catherine will make her profession to first vows alone.
20:37Yes, it does.
20:38Which has never happened in the history of the order, as far as I'm aware.
20:44Though, it does mean you get the first pick of the wedding dresses.
20:49We've had some lovely donations recently, including the offer of a mink-trimmed mini.
20:54I declined that, with thanks, on the grounds that we need frocks for Brides of Christ, not Lulu.
21:07Mrs.
21:08Ossieee! Ossieee! Ossieee!
21:21Children? What do we say?
21:24Thank you, Uncle Ray!
21:32When will you stay?
21:34I'll stay until the wind changes, like Mary Poppins.
21:38Or at least until we sort out which hospital you're going to.
21:42Lucky me on the camp bed.
21:53You were the one who said, let's leave it till after the wedding,
21:56give her a lovely surprise.
21:58And I was the one who went along with it, so we're equally to blame.
22:02Colette isn't going to be a little girl much longer, Roger.
22:05She isn't going to be an only child much longer.
22:08Her world is going to change in so many ways.
22:11You could argue it already, Hans.
22:12And she's been fine with all of it.
22:14I think we should tell her now.
22:16Give her the respect of helping us to keep the secret for a little while.
22:20Give her the respect.
22:22You see, that's why I fell in love with you, Roger Noble.
22:27You're an original thinker.
22:29Where I grew up, I never gave children any respect at all.
22:33Same.
22:35Pretty much.
22:36We can do better, Nance.
22:38Shall I tell you my idea?
22:40Oh, Lord, my Heavenly Father, almighty and everlasting God,
22:59who safely brought us to the beginning of this day.
23:04Defend us.
23:06That all our doings may be ordered by thy governance to do all ways that is righteous in thy sight.
23:22Through the Lord Jesus Christ.
23:24Amen.
23:28It's a funny time of year for ice lollies, mommy.
23:30Nobody ever said they were just for hot weather.
23:32Come on, let's go eat them on the allotment.
23:35The postman didn't come.
23:44Miss Maxted promised me she posted your vase.
23:48I'll ring the post office.
23:50See if it's ended up there.
23:57Phase one of the operation is complete.
24:00Mother and daughter are turning into the allotment gate
24:04and heading for the bench.
24:11I think it's time I had these curtains laundered.
24:14Does Nancy still have the hat on?
24:16I'm not to go out and join them until she's taken it off.
24:18That's the sign that she's told her about the baby.
24:21The hat remains in evidence.
24:23And they are assuming a seated position.
24:27Sometimes I hardly notice nature where we live now.
24:30There's always such a lot of it.
24:32Flowers always seem more important in poplar.
24:35We've seen a few seasons change on this bench, haven't we?
24:38Mummy, are you sure about that hat?
24:41I don't think it matches your coat.
24:43Is this when were you a fashion designer?
24:45Our needlework teacher says I have an eye for colour and texture.
24:48Does she now?
24:54I can remember when you were born.
24:56Wondering what you were going to want to be when you grew up.
25:01And whether or not it was just going to be you and me on our own.
25:04Forever.
25:05Well we've got Uncle Roger now, haven't we?
25:07Did you know he doesn't like you wearing hats?
25:09Uncle Roger isn't a fashion designer either.
25:11Oh!
25:14Bless you.
25:17The hat has been removed.
25:20So we have lift off?
25:23Wish me luck.
25:25It's got ice study all over it now, Kelowse.
25:28There's a label in it saying dry clean only.
25:30You have to take it to Mrs. Wallace.
25:32Hello, girls.
25:34What do you think of the news then?
25:36What news?
25:39Sometimes after people get married,
25:43they decide that they're happier than they've ever been before.
25:47And sometimes they are happier than ever before,
25:51before they get married.
25:53And so it seems that the sensible thing to do
25:55is to seal that happiness by having a child.
25:59You don't need to do that though, because you've got me.
26:03Yeah.
26:04Yes.
26:05We do have you.
26:07And you've got us.
26:09You've got us forever.
26:11Yes, you do.
26:13But, do you want to know something lovely, Colette?
26:17Something lovelier than this?
26:19Yeah.
26:22Oh my goodness, Bobby!
26:32Any time you get married,
26:34we're going to have you.
26:36In a hurry.
26:38I'm going to have you.
26:39What are you going to have?
26:40Thank you so much for having us.
26:42I'm going to have to take a break.
26:44I'm going to have to go here.
26:46You know what I want to do?
26:48This is where we are.
26:50Are you going to have me to go here?
26:52You've got us.
26:55I'm trying to get myself out of my belly.
26:57I'm going to be really slow.
26:58What do you think you're playing at?
27:14I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
27:17Oh, you've done nothing wrong, old chap.
27:20Hey.
27:22Jeffrey?
27:23I've been pressed into service to help cater for a certain hem night.
27:28Oven gloves, always at the ready. There you go.
27:34Lord, but there are some nasty people out there.
27:37You want to stay inside with us?
27:39Helping us with the flowers and decorations for the wedding?
27:42I can't think of a nicer way to spend an evening, personally.
27:46What's the colour palette?
27:48Autumnal tones with touches of carmine and burgundy.
27:52Delicious.
27:53Have you ever tried buying burgundy balloons?
27:54And we need balloons because flowers are so expensive.
27:58You are taking entirely the wrong approach.
28:01The Japanese, and I cannot tell you how much I've come to appreciate Japanese art recently,
28:07have a form of floristry called ichabonar.
28:11A single, perfect flower placed in a single, otherwise empty vessel,
28:16and often positioned against a blank wall.
28:21That sounds awful.
28:23I can't even put one single flower in my vase.
28:30Yes, Rose.
28:45Do you like chairs?
28:47Yes, I do.
28:49Do you like it?
28:50Not as much as my mum and dad, but even when you don't want to hear things,
28:55if you're in the room when they're being said, you remember it.
28:59And ever since I got here, I've been praying.
29:00And what have you been praying for?
29:04That they'll put me to sleep when the baby's born.
29:07Like when I have my tontils out.
29:13Stand in profile for me, darling.
29:15And chin up a little.
29:17Well, you have a very nice neck.
29:21I'm leaning towards the dupion silk.
29:24Or the organdy.
29:27Not the chiffon.
29:28I don't think a sheer sleeve will ever be appropriate in November.
29:33What size do you take?
29:35Five and a half.
29:36I have a five and a half here.
29:39But there's a sort of sandal effect.
29:42Oh, do let's try these.
29:44I've never been able to resist a peep toe.
29:46What a difference a year makes.
29:52Twelve months ago, I was a spinster who wouldn't touch curry with a barge pole.
29:56And now I'm having a curry-themed head night.
29:58Uncle Roger's having curry as well, with the whole of his rugby team.
30:02Colette, dear, put the lids on your felt tips.
30:04It's time to go.
30:06I've made a chart of our favourite names.
30:08Antoinette, Natalie, Melinda, Melissa, Tanya, Toby, Alexander and Adam.
30:16No, no, no, in your pocket.
30:18What if it fell out?
30:21Oh, promise me you can't tell, Millicent.
30:23The pattern on the coloured hose distract the eye remarkably.
30:28That said, I would advise avoidance of the hula hoop contest.
30:31Nobody tell me anything about a hula hoop contest.
30:34It was Auntie Sheila's idea.
30:36She said all the hula hoops sprayed gold to look like wedding rings.
30:39It always felt like a turning point in a year when we'd eat the last fresh pears from the orchard
30:50and open the first tins.
30:53I'm afraid we must savour these while we may.
30:57There will be more tins in the future and not just in the winter months.
31:02There's always change a foot at the Nata's house.
31:05But we always weather it, mainly by virtue of resisting it with all our might.
31:11Well, this is bigger than anyone's might.
31:16Even Mother Mildred's.
31:18In short, the Order is contemplating its future.
31:23Vacations are dwindling, aren't they?
31:26Yes.
31:27And so is money.
31:29We used to have branch houses dotted all over Great Britain.
31:32And since 1947, the sisters have worked hand in glove with the National Health.
31:36At every turn, councils are withdrawing from those contracts.
31:43It's not just Poplar, then?
31:44No.
31:47Mother Mildred has sold the orchard and the kitchen garden
31:53to property developers to cover our shortfall.
31:57And she is looking for opportunities abroad.
32:01So we'll be missionary, sisters.
32:04At least the sun will warm our ageing bones.
32:08But what will become of Sister Catherine's bones as she ages?
32:14Will the Order even live as long as she?
32:19Nobody knows.
32:23They've tasted so sweet, this autumn.
32:46Thank goodness for Mr. Franklin.
32:49He's becoming the galloping gourmet of Poplar.
32:55I made fall of arms in case nobody fancied his biryani.
32:58But they've not been talking to.
32:59Are you not going to venture a wee bit of twirlet?
33:25I've had too many chapatties.
33:28I shall fetch you a glass of Lieb Fremlisch.
33:31Such a wonderful digestive...
33:32Oh!
33:36Oh!
33:36Oh!
33:38Oh!
33:39Oh!
33:39Oh!
33:40Oh!
33:40Oh!
33:40Oh!
33:40Oh!
33:41Oh!
33:41Oh!
33:42Oh!
33:42Oh!
33:43Oh!
33:43Oh!
33:44Oh!
33:44Oh!
33:45Oh!
33:45Oh!
33:46Oh!
33:46Oh!
33:47Oh!
33:47Oh!
33:48Oh!
33:48Oh!
33:49Oh!
33:50Oh!
33:51Oh!
33:52Oh!
33:53Oh!
33:54Oh!
33:55Oh my dear.
33:56I've had an upset stomach all night and couldn't get comfy.
34:00It must have been the curry.
34:02I knew I shouldn't have let my guard down.
34:03I'm summoning Nurse Crane.
34:12Sandra!
34:13Sandra!
34:14Helen!
34:15It was such a long journey on the train I decided to come early.
34:20I decided to come early.
34:22I thought the more miles, the more changes, the more it could go wrong.
34:25But nothing did go wrong.
34:27I got here with a whole day's despair.
34:33Is this allowed?
34:35Like, I keep thinking of all these things that mustn't be allowed.
34:37You're my sister.
34:38If anyone forbids this, I will fight them.
34:45Nancy, are you absolutely sure you're just seven months?
34:49I finally met the man last Christmas.
34:51Well, be that as it may, this baby's got its head well down.
34:56It's just wind.
34:58It just kind of twinges and fizzles out.
35:01I have oil of peppermint in the bathroom cabinet.
35:04We'll sort you out a dose of that, and I shall come back later.
35:09I never knew a family that laughed like ours.
35:13It took me years to realise that the reason we did everything Dad wanted
35:16was because he was unhappy.
35:19Because he was scared of things he couldn't control.
35:22Yeah.
35:24Like his wife and kids.
35:30His laughter was so fragile.
35:34Do you mind that he never let us go to church?
35:38Maybe I didn't want to then.
35:39And by the time it mattered, I was training as a nurse and I was free to choose.
35:46He didn't like it, but I didn't have to care.
35:51He doesn't have to like the way that I live my life.
35:54I wish he did.
35:59I wish all kinds of things.
36:01Doesn't being a nun stop all of that?
36:04No.
36:05I wish he hadn't suffered so much as a child.
36:10I wish he hadn't grown up in his bare feet.
36:14I wish he hadn't been starved and beaten.
36:17By Roman Catholic nuns.
36:19I wish him the best.
36:23He gave me the train fare.
36:28Really?
36:30He said he wanted someone to be with you.
36:33Even if it wasn't him.
36:34I've come to see my daughter, Paula Cunningham.
36:47I'm afraid Miss Cunningham is no longer with us.
36:54Do you want to come up to the house, Helen?
36:56Everyone would make you so welcome.
36:59I know, but no.
37:01I'll come tomorrow.
37:02It will be wonderful.
37:07Wonderful.
37:09And not like this.
37:15Helen, listen.
37:19It's a twist.
37:27I'm back in the bedroom now.
37:28I haven't even left home yet.
37:30I haven't even left school.
37:33I don't even know why I like Cliff Richard.
37:36I still dream about being married to Cliff Richard.
37:37I still dream about being married to Cliff Richard.
37:39I love you.
37:40I love you.
37:41I love you.
37:42I love you.
37:43I love you.
37:44I love you.
37:45I love you.
37:46I love you.
37:47I love you.
37:48I love you.
37:49I love you.
37:50I love you.
37:59I love you.
38:00I love you.
38:02She's my daughter.
38:03She's 14 years old.
38:04You can't just cart her off without telling me.
38:06But you and your wife agreed that Paula should come into council care for the duration of her pregnancy.
38:11We made the decision deemed best for her welfare.
38:14What I can never work out is whether you're Beatrix Aylward, working nurse and wife to a businessman,
38:41or Princess Margaret going on a tour of grateful Commonwealth territories.
38:45Princess Margaret doesn't have to have anything like the range of accessories I need.
38:48She does everything in the same old pair of cream sling bags.
38:53Go, go, and enjoy the other wedding.
38:56I've always loved you in sugar almond shades.
39:11Right, lass.
39:18I think we both know what we're dealing with.
39:20And it's going to involve an ambulance.
39:27Hello, old chap.
39:29Are you all on your lonesome?
39:31Fridge joined him in the vase.
39:33He said two threads.
39:34It's a miracle it's only two.
39:36It's like it's just turned into shrapnel.
39:39Would you like me to take it off your hands?
39:42If you could unstick it from my fingers, then you can just chuck it in the bin somewhere.
39:48It's a wedding present.
39:49You can help us with the decorations for the hall.
39:52That will be present enough.
39:53And Nancy will be grateful.
39:55It's Susan, Roger.
39:57He'll be grand, Darren.
39:58He'll be grand.
39:59No harm's going to come.
40:00I'm going to be driving right behind you.
40:01Moved.
40:02If this were a cab, the meter would be running.
40:03I'm not discussing this.
40:04We agreed not to discuss this.
40:05We didn't agree on anything at all.
40:07I know I'm an unworthy mother.
40:10I've failed our child.
40:23I've failed to pass on Christian teaching.
40:28I've failed to teach her right from wrong.
40:32I've failed to save her from the world.
40:33It hasn't done our family much good, is it?
40:38All the praying and the church going.
40:42All the putting our faith in God.
40:45I have more faith in him now than I've ever had.
40:48The elders at the chapel haven't shamed us.
40:51And Paula can come home when she's a child again.
40:57She's a child now.
41:00What's more, she's our child now.
41:02And if God sees it any differently, there's no need for his name to pass my lips again.
41:07There's no need to take things to extremes, Philip.
41:14I keep forgetting it's my second.
41:16That was 11 years ago.
41:18The only thing I really remember is how long it took to get her out.
41:22Plus, the only thing you need to remember is your body knows the way.
41:27I've heard you saying that to other mothers.
41:29Usually the flipping clueless ones.
41:34This is a model of a pelvis, Paula.
41:37It's a sort of cradle of bones that rests at the top of your legs.
41:41And it's where your baby's been developing for the past nine months.
41:44This is going to be like church.
41:46You're not going to like what you're hearing, but somehow it's still going in.
41:50And you will remember it.
41:53Pull over.
41:54Nancy, lass.
41:55No pushing you.
41:56Do you hear me?
41:57No pushing.
41:58Until I've examined you and told you it's safe.
42:01Blow.
42:02Blow.
42:03Blow.
42:04Blow.
42:05How can it be safe?
42:06I'm only seven months and maybe eight.
42:07I've still got my knickers on.
42:08Heels to bottom.
42:09Knees nice and wide about.
42:11That's the ticket.
42:12Do you want the news in the old fashioned way or centimetres?
42:13I don't care.
42:14How can it be safe?
42:15How can it be safe?
42:16How can it be safe?
42:17I'm only seven months and maybe eight.
42:18I've still got my knickers on.
42:19Heels to bottom.
42:22Knees nice and wide about.
42:25That's the ticket.
42:27Do you want the news in the old fashioned way or centimetres?
42:41I don't care.
42:42Well, you're fully dilated and baby's head's in a beautiful position.
42:48Oh, God.
42:49There's no stopping it now, is there?
42:50No.
43:00Is she all right?
43:01If you're safely parked, get in.
43:07Move.
43:11Move.
43:12Move.
43:13Your baby is in your womb, which is a bag of muscle that nestles in here.
43:19The womb is full of a kind of water, which we call amniotic fluid.
43:24This cushions the baby, but often the first sign that a baby is on its way out is that some of that water starts to leak out.
43:33Does it hurt?
43:34No.
43:36And sometimes it's even quite slow.
43:40Just a little bit of wet in your knickers.
43:47Should the sirens be on or something?
43:49Don't we need to be driving faster?
43:51No.
43:52There's nothing to be gained by histrionics or panicking by anyone.
43:57No.
43:58Push if you want to, but not too hard or too fast.
44:01Steady, steady, steady.
44:10Champion.
44:11Is that it?
44:12Is it right?
44:13No.
44:14There's an art to this.
44:17Because baby might be small, he could come all in one go.
44:20But I've got the towel ready, and I'm going to put him onto your chest before I clamp the cord.
44:26Your job then is to hold him close and keep him warm.
44:31No, I'm scared.
44:33No.
44:34You breathe.
44:35Breathe, breathe, breathe.
44:36Come on.
44:37You've been a little girl.
44:49You've been a little girl.
45:07She's crying.
45:12She's crying, Roger.
45:14She's not the only one.
45:18She had a baby girl.
45:22I don't believe it.
45:24Where was she hiding the little thing?
45:26I've known many an eight-month-old child be remarkably inconspicuous.
45:31She was on the dot of five pounds, apparently.
45:34She's certainly a rather more respectable weight than I was expecting.
45:37Wait a minute.
45:38You knew?
45:39I worked it out last week.
45:41I wasn't going to say anything.
45:46She's no more than a few weeks early by the look of her.
45:49They're tube feeding her some milk to give her a bit of a boost.
45:53She's going to be all right, isn't she?
45:55She is, lass.
45:57But you said you wanted the birth to be different this time, and you certainly got your wish.
46:02I did.
46:03And not just because I delivered in the ambulance.
46:06This time, I was with people I love.
46:13I can't wait till she's out of the incubator.
46:16What does her hair feel like when you touch it?
46:18Like fur on a kitten, or maybe feathers on a little bird.
46:22She's going to call you daddy, isn't she?
46:25Someday.
46:27When she's old enough.
46:29I'm going to call you daddy now.
46:31Is that all right?
46:32Perfect.
46:33And Monique is aware.
46:46And Monique is aware.
47:03Thank you. Goodbye.
47:05Her cervix is effaced if only just dilated.
47:08But her waters are leaking.
47:09And both Sister Julianne and Nurse Clifford think that labour has begun.
47:13Oh, that poor child.
47:14Will her body be able to bear it?
47:17Will she be able to bear admission to a massive general hospital where she knows no one?
47:22I'm going down there.
47:24It's all right, Paula.
47:26This is the squeezing of the muscles I told you about.
47:29It's just the first really big one you've had.
47:35It's going to happen again, isn't it?
47:37You said it would.
47:39I had intended her making my way to the service by public transport.
47:43But really, I'd have barely arrived at the mother house on time.
47:48Oh, it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
47:53Isn't that right, Sister Monica Joan?
48:00I can't help thinking it ought to be Sister Julianne helping you with all of this.
48:04She's the one who got you as far as the altar.
48:06She's delivering a baby.
48:08In its way, it seems entirely appropriate.
48:14Sister Monica Joan, you haven't been here for years.
48:18I see no sharp net or manacles to keep me on the premises.
48:29Only a sister on the brink of a life that I chose so long ago
48:35that its inception seems to date from the dawn of time.
48:40I wish you the peace
48:51that I have known
48:53and more.
48:56All is well, Paula.
49:04All is well.
49:07She's nine centimetres.
49:08I'll give her another half a dose of petidine
49:11to get her through this final stretch.
49:13And we'll keep up the gas.
49:14I'll give her another half a dose of petidine.
49:44It's almost over, Paula.
49:47It's almost over.
49:51Can you push down into your bottom for me, Paula?
49:55Dr. Turner's going to help you.
50:02Contraction.
50:03Oh, my gosh.
50:19Oh, my gosh.
50:22Oh, my gosh.
50:24Oh, my gosh.
50:28I can hear a baby crying.
50:37That's what it's wrong.
50:43Soul of Christ, sanctify me.
50:46Body of Christ, save me.
50:49Blood of Christ, inebriate me.
50:52Passion of Christ, strengthen me.
50:55At the hour of my death, call me and bid me come to you,
51:00that with your saints I may praise you forever and ever.
51:06Amen.
51:08Mr. Cunningham, it's Dr. Turner.
51:12Paula has just given birth to a little boy.
51:16Can I talk to her?
51:18She's here.
51:21Are you all right, love?
51:35If that is the slouch you hear, how would you choose silence?
51:45Blimey.
51:46Is that Richard's farce?
51:48The very same.
51:49What?
51:50Well, it's novel.
51:51I'll give you that.
51:53I wish I could claim it as my handiwork,
51:55but my only genius is to know somebody who could help.
51:59This is an ancient Japanese technique called kintsugi.
52:02The damaged pottery is fused back together
52:05using molten metal, silver, or sometimes platinum.
52:09This has been done with gold.
52:12It's more beautiful than it was before.
52:14Well, that's what happens when things are broken and then made whole again.
52:30I've just seen Paula's father arriving in a taxi.
52:33Sister Julian is going to bring him in to discuss the adoption papers.
52:36I can remember crying on your shoulder about this case.
52:40I can remember crying on your shoulder about this case.
52:41So much time has passed for us.
52:43So much has happened.
52:44Our work is not a people's lives and sometimes the only way to survive the pain is to remember
52:53the lives that we call our own.
52:54The joy of them, the hope of them, the simple possession of hours, days, and years that are nobody else's.
53:06Soon one day, that is not today, we will laugh.
53:10On a day that is not today, we will dance together.
53:16And in a moment that is not this moment, I will kiss you.
53:20Oh, I will kiss you.
53:26Hello, Mr. Cunningham and Mrs. Cunningham.
53:38Is he going to go to good people?
53:40A very nice family.
53:40There will be a blessing to them.
53:48He's beautiful.
54:05Over the course of a day or two, with this, and with the Epsom salt,
54:10the milk will dry up.
54:15Mummy!
54:20Can I come home now?
54:23That's a question no one should ever have to ask.
54:26If I behaved in a way that forced you to ask it, I'm sorry.
54:38I loved the other one with the baby.
54:44One day you might want this.
54:45It doesn't matter if it doesn't matter if you don't want it now.
54:48It doesn't matter if you don't want it now.
54:48Love me with all of your heart.
54:49Love me with all of your heart.
55:00That's all I want, love.
55:05Love me with all of your heart.
55:12Well, what's next?
55:12Without everything.
55:13To be in peace.
55:21Just promise me this
55:23That you give me
55:26All your kisses, every winter, every summer, every fall, when we are far apart, oh, when
55:46you're near me, love me with all of your heart as I love you, don't give me your love for
56:08a moment or an hour, love me always as you've loved me from the start, with every beat of
56:25your heart, oh, when we are far apart, oh, when we are far apart, oh, when we are far apart,
56:47just ask me the days that you give me, all your kisses, every winter, every summer, every fall,
57:05sometimes we are made whole simply because another heart has started beating, our blood
57:16runs richer and our soul sings, suddenly perfect and complete, and sometimes we heal because
57:27we realize we did not break alone, the darkness was never absolute, the rain was never all
57:36there was, the tears like mother's milk were only temporary, where we were torn, we are
57:45mended, and if there are scars, they will be beautiful, we are each other's light, each
57:55other's gold, each other's hope, forever fragile, and forever valiant, bound by love, we will
58:06outlive the stars.
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