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00:00Life seldom unfolds exactly as we wish it.
00:10There are shocks, disappointments, unwelcome revelations bring a light we can't deny.
00:18There are new things and we fear them.
00:22There are hard things and they must be done.
00:24Sometimes we have no choice and sometimes choice is imposed upon us and the questions pound like hammers.
00:38What lies beyond this? Where will we decide to go?
00:45Ah, nice to see you putting that fall behind you, Mr. Buckner.
00:49You're doing very well on those no crutches.
00:50I'm recovering at a rate of knots. Can I interest you in yoga lessons?
00:55Is that how you did it?
00:57My son's running, Joel. He's inside, putting up a poster, hot off the plane from a year in India.
01:03Oh, of course I remember him leaving.
01:06Joel, welcome home. I've been wondering where your wanderings took you.
01:09Well, I started out in Bombay and then I worked my way right up to Ladakh, near Tibet.
01:13And then I went to an ashram in Baranasi for a few months.
01:16Baranasi, on the banks of the Ganges?
01:18And now I'm back on the banks of the Thames. There's no place like I am.
01:22Take a leaflet. Yoga and meditation.
01:25I'm a very busy woman, but I shall.
01:28I haven't got a clue how this is supposed to work.
01:32The colours have all got to be mixed up for the Easter egg hunt, but they've got to be all separated out first.
01:38Can I hear one?
01:40Oh, go on. Better check to see that. They've gone stale.
01:43Rocha!
01:44I pressed gang Cyril into putting up the bunting.
01:52That isn't very public-spirited.
01:55Taking chocolate out of the mouths of children.
01:58It's outrageous.
02:00Fair days pay for a fair day's work.
02:03Hmm.
02:06Right now.
02:06Mrs. Estelle Glennon?
02:21Mrs. Hope Glennon?
02:23Must be rather fun being pregnant at the same time as your sister-in-law.
02:32Yes. Two more for the clan.
02:34Grandchild 10 and grandchild 11 for the Glennons.
02:37Family in Belfast are laying bets on which is born first and what the weights will be.
02:40Well, it may well be quite a close-run thing.
02:43Due dates eight days apart.
02:45Do you have family over here as well?
02:47Hope's husband's working as a welder at the Barbican site.
02:49Right. My Michael's doing the same but on an oil rig.
02:52So they took me in to live with them.
02:54It's just us in London, really.
02:58So.
02:59Four years since your first baby.
03:01And this one's going to be my last.
03:03Unless I get another boy and then I might try again for a wee girl.
03:06We've got a pill to help you choose how many.
03:09We've no control over anything else.
03:10You'd think science would have it all sorted, but now we'll have it soon.
03:15Do you think?
03:16The head's definitely engaged.
03:18With a second baby, that is usually the sign that things are about to get moving.
03:22I was thinking of taking castor oil.
03:24Or going all modern and having a curry.
03:26My advice, Mrs Glennon, is to leave well alone.
03:30Chances are all you'll do is upset your tummy.
03:32And if labour gets going anyway, you're in for a dismal combination of events.
03:37Good things come to those who wait, eh?
03:39Well, you come into the maternity home.
03:42As soon as things start moving, we'll look after you.
03:46The shoemaker and his wife never saw the little elves again.
03:51But from that time, good luck was always with them.
03:56They were rich and happy for the rest of their lives.
04:04That is the end of the story.
04:07I could listen to you read all day.
04:11You've got ever such a nice voice.
04:13I have to try to tell him the story through my tone of voice.
04:17But we're still not sure how much English he understands.
04:21Well, kiddies are kiddies, aren't they?
04:23All they really understand is how much they're loved.
04:27And in here, if someone's coming at him with a needle...
04:30I keep telling myself, cancer treatment would bewilder him if he spoke fluent English.
04:37But perhaps the more he could comprehend, the more frightening it would be.
04:40You have to hand it to the National Health, though.
04:43All the nurses keep saying there's a real chance he could be cured.
04:46Yes, they do.
04:48The new chemotherapy is such a huge advance on what went before.
04:51Fingers crossed, eh?
04:52I always loved a community event, even as a child.
05:08Every day was a community event when I was growing up.
05:10My parents were in a boarding school for boys.
05:12Rosalind!
05:13Your mother's on her telephone.
05:15Speak of the devil.
05:16You must take in as much fluid as you can, Harry.
05:21Once the head goes on, you won't be able to drink for hours.
05:25I won't be able to visit the bathroom, either.
05:27Oh, this is also true.
05:29Grandma, please explain to me again about the Easter Bunny.
05:32It's a mythical creature of pagan origin, which goes from house to house,
05:36delivering sweet treats to children.
05:38So it's not Christian, then?
05:42It's best we don't quiz the connection too closely.
05:44I think I prefer Christmas.
05:57Welcome, everyone, to the Easter Egg Hunt.
06:03The rules are very simple.
06:06Everyone taking part will be given a basket,
06:09and there are more than 200 chocolate eggs hidden nearby,
06:13each wrapped in different coloured foil.
06:16The aim is to find six eggs,
06:18one pink, one blue, one green,
06:21one yellow, one purple,
06:23and one orange.
06:25And the winners are the first child in each age group
06:28to find all six.
06:30Yeah!
06:31You can search anywhere within the boundaries
06:34marked by the carrot bunting.
06:35And if you're little and need a helper,
06:39then look out for the people wearing an Easter Egg batch.
06:43The bell, if you would please, Reggie.
06:45You may begin!
06:52Oh, and meanwhile,
06:53there is tea and signal cake for the grown-ups,
06:56and if you'd like a hot-crossed bun,
06:58just ask the Easter Bunny.
07:00I couldn't believe it when my mother said she and my father were coming to visit.
07:04I've lived here for two years,
07:05and they haven't been once.
07:06Better late than never, I suppose.
07:08We talk about being progressive
07:09and voting for the Liberal Party,
07:11but I always have to go to Leicestershire to visit them,
07:13or meet them in a smart tea room in London
07:15if they happen to be in town.
07:17So if they're now going to go to the trouble
07:18of trekking all the way to Poplar,
07:21all the more reason to make them welcome you.
07:23Oh, gosh.
07:24I'm not being very honored
07:25thy father and thy mother, am I?
07:28You should ask Violet if we can leave the bunting up.
07:33I'm going to welcome them with open arms.
07:36I've told them so much about you,
07:37and they do seem keen to meet.
07:39Have they never said anything about
07:40where I'm from?
07:43They've said you must be very enterprising
07:44to have come all the way from British Guyana.
07:56Seems like five minutes since you was in the cups.
08:00We're doing very well.
08:02We've got a pink one,
08:04a blue one,
08:05and a green one already.
08:07What other colors do we need, Donna?
08:08Yellow.
08:09That's right.
08:11And look,
08:12there's one over there,
08:13on top of the dustbin.
08:15What a funny place to put it.
08:24I'll lift you up,
08:25but you must try not to touch the bin lid.
08:26Harry!
08:33Harry!
08:35Harry!
08:35What is the matter?
08:36Well, I think that there's a dog in its death throes.
08:42There's foam around his mouth.
08:43I've seen dogs like this in the street in Delhi.
08:46Stay there.
08:47I'm going for assistance.
08:48Police.
08:49I'm going for a while.
08:49I'm going for a while.
08:49I'm going for a while.
08:50I'm going for a while.
08:51Police, ambulance or fire?
08:53Police, urgently to St. Wilbur's School, Hendy Street.
08:57Everybody back!
09:05Everybody back!
09:11The Easter Egg Hunt is suspended.
09:14That means stopped, Mandy.
09:15Oh, I know.
09:17Come over with me.
09:23Nobody crosses this line.
09:25First of all, the civil defence.
09:27Establish and control the crisis area.
09:32Heavens to murder, Troy,
09:34with enough to contend with
09:35without children getting knocked down.
09:39Over this way.
09:40If we had to come away,
09:45how can it be safe for Daddy?
09:46Let's go inside, honey.
09:49That report's for a rabid dog, sir.
09:51It's a dead dog now.
09:54Dr. Turner.
09:55I'm on the police surgeon road to...
09:56Sir.
09:57It'll have to be taken for a post-mortem,
10:00and this whole area needs to be cleansed.
10:03It has to be dealt with
10:04according to the rabies protocol.
10:06Mandy Hussain!
10:07Kevin Rendergast.
10:12Teddy Turner.
10:19Everton Wheatley.
10:21Yes.
10:22John Muscatelli.
10:25As soon as the police give us permission,
10:27Ballou and I will walk with you
10:29to St Oswald's Hall
10:30where you can be collected by your parents.
10:33Should I be serving butterfly cakes
10:35or kennel meat?
10:37This feels awfully close to home, Dr. Turner.
10:47You read about rabies happening in places like Germany
10:50that the squirrels get it there.
10:51But it can spread
10:52from Germany to France to England.
10:56There was that case in Surrey last year.
10:58The rabid dog that ran amok
11:00days after it came out of quarantine.
11:02I'll never forget seeing the news,
11:03watching them rounding up people's pets.
11:06The results of the tests on the body
11:08won't be through for at least two days.
11:11We have to find a way of keeping people calm.
11:17Cushions all ready.
11:19If you turn around,
11:20you can reverse into the chair
11:21like the occupational therapist showed you.
11:23I do not need instructions
11:25and I do not need a cushion.
11:28The only good thing about your mother
11:29not being with us anymore
11:30is that I am able to jettison
11:32their excessive soft furnishings.
11:34She likes keeping things cosy, Dad.
11:38She likes a lot of things.
11:41She liked Easter, as it happened,
11:42and kiddies.
11:43It would have broken her heart
11:44seeing that party stopped.
11:46It needed to be stopped.
11:48Have you any idea
11:49how much damage a rabid dog can do?
11:51I've seen that man foaming at the mouth
11:52on the public information films.
11:55That upset your mother now.
11:56You're missing her, aren't you, Dad?
12:04What do you think?
12:14Shall I make a cup of tea?
12:15Hmm, Chaz.
12:24If you walk out with a man
12:26for nigh on five months
12:27without introducing him to your parents,
12:29you're going to get nervous
12:30when that day rolls wrong.
12:33I knew my relationship with Cyril
12:34was going to be serious
12:36right from the very start.
12:38Didn't we all?
12:39I've known all my life
12:40that there are people with opinions.
12:42I had opinions, too,
12:45to begin with.
12:47If that made you scared of theirs,
12:49then I'm sorry.
12:50Have you changed your mind, Joyce?
12:55I think the world at large
12:57is starting to change,
13:00if only a little bit.
13:02And you two are happy.
13:04I really, really want my parents
13:05to see that.
13:06I don't think anyone could miss it.
13:12Goodbye.
13:27I thought I'd come in early,
13:29but I had no idea
13:30how close to us
13:31that dog was until just now.
13:33Have there been any developments overnight?
13:34The Ministry of Agriculture
13:36seems to be in charge
13:37of the response.
13:38Agriculture.
13:38And I'm a health visitor,
13:40not a farmer.
13:41They say everyone
13:42has to sit tight
13:43until we know for certain
13:44that the animal was rabbit.
13:45But what do they mean
13:46by sit tight?
13:47Are we all supposed
13:48to stay indoors?
13:49The school's been closed.
13:50The children were meant
13:51to be going back today.
13:52Meanwhile,
13:53Mrs Buckle has called
13:54a public meeting
13:55in an attempt
13:56to quell panic.
13:57She won't be told
13:57it is likely
13:58to fan the flames
13:59of hysteria
14:00as it is to damp them down.
14:05Anastas Howe's
14:06midwife speaking.
14:07This is Estelle Glennon?
14:08Is that an Ursula word?
14:09It is.
14:11Are you in labour, Estelle?
14:12No.
14:12But I think it's Hope's turn.
14:20Why don't you go now?
14:24No, Mrs Kelly.
14:25We do not offer
14:26the rabies vaccine
14:26at this surgery.
14:29Yes, I can make a note
14:30of the fact
14:31that your children
14:31were at the Easter egg hunt.
14:32Thank you for calling.
14:35How may I help you, ladies?
14:36I think I'm in labour.
14:37The nurse said
14:38she'd meet us here.
14:39Don't come near her.
14:40Don't come near her.
14:41She's been scratched
14:42by a cat.
14:47I am beginning
14:48to resent the success
14:50of the government
14:50anti-rabies campaign.
14:52It's made everyone
14:53think they're going
14:54to die from
14:54infected animal saliva.
14:56If it carries on
14:57like this,
14:57you're going to have
14:58to appeal for calm
14:59through a megaphone.
15:00I'll take one
15:01to the public meeting.
15:02In the meantime,
15:03we've just
15:03ascended my 12 o'clock.
15:05You'll be pleased
15:07to hear it's
15:08a simple case
15:08of bunions.
15:18Dad,
15:18I can do that.
15:19You're interrupting
15:20my method.
15:21You've got
15:21collapsed vertebra.
15:22I haven't got
15:23collapsed dignity.
15:24I'm trying to help Dad.
15:26The best way
15:27you can help me
15:28is to get out
15:29of the house
15:29and find a way
15:30to make a living.
15:31Nobody wants yoga
15:32or meditation classes.
15:33I'm not that keen
15:34on them myself.
15:37Your mum would
15:38cry her eyes out
15:39as she saw
15:39the way you drifted.
15:41Good afternoon,
15:42district nurse.
15:44You come to give me
15:45my rabies, jab?
15:46Have you got any symptoms?
15:48Because if you have,
15:49it's too late
15:49for the vaccine.
15:50Things are starting
16:00to get going.
16:04Not very much
16:05in the way of dilation,
16:06but there is a little
16:07bit of water leaking,
16:08so I think we'll be
16:08keeping you in.
16:09I'll be back in
16:09two shakes of lamb's tail.
16:12I can't see any gas.
16:15They said there'd be gas.
16:16I'll be in the delivery room,
16:17won't I?
16:18I only needed
16:19one whiff of it
16:20last time,
16:20and they say
16:21the second one's easier.
16:26Which isn't to say
16:26the first is terrible.
16:28If it was,
16:29I wouldn't be doing it again,
16:30would I?
16:32And was a nasty
16:33old precious
16:34saw you had there.
16:35Quite deep.
16:36They said I was
16:37way too long
16:38laying on my back
16:39in hospital.
16:40I think this new
16:41soreness is because
16:42the belt on your trousers
16:43is pressing down on it.
16:44I caught him rubbing it
16:45with disinfectant,
16:46saying that it stings.
16:46Ouch!
16:48He will not
16:51stop fussing
16:52over me.
16:55Yeah,
16:56Rich.
16:57Well,
16:58I feel sorry
16:58for the dog too,
17:00but the police
17:00didn't kill him.
17:02He was poorly,
17:03and they passed away.
17:05But it's sad
17:05to die
17:06by the bends.
17:09Fred,
17:10have you got
17:11any disinfectant?
17:12I saw a nasty
17:14little mongrel
17:15sniffing around
17:16my laundry at steps.
17:17All the front
17:18of that shelf there
17:18and ten pence
17:21off if you buy
17:21the bleach as well.
17:23It's going to get
17:29worse than this
17:30if they build
17:31that channel tunnel.
17:40Oh,
17:41Mrs. Turner,
17:42you do look tired.
17:45How's the little man doing?
17:47Our cycle of treatment
17:48is now underway.
17:50No vomiting
17:51or diarrhea so far,
17:53but
17:53it's not quite himself.
17:55I have permission
18:01from Sister Julianne
18:02to come in the evenings,
18:03if that would help you
18:04to get back
18:05to your own children.
18:06Oh,
18:06it would.
18:08He needs so much love,
18:10and there are so few people
18:12that he trusts.
18:16I don't want any more gas.
18:17It's made me sick twice now.
18:22I can see what's happening.
18:24This cheeky monkey
18:27has decided to lie
18:27on its back,
18:28so its spine's
18:29pressing against yours.
18:30Is that bad?
18:31Well,
18:32it's a little easier
18:32when they're lying
18:33face down
18:34with their head
18:34correctly tucked in,
18:36but you've got a bit
18:36of a non-conformist here.
18:38I'm telling you,
18:38nurse,
18:39the one thing
18:39this baby isn't
18:40is a Protestant.
18:52Thank you,
18:53Sister Veronica.
18:54That concludes
18:55the first part
18:56of our presentation.
18:57Thank you for the slideshow.
19:01Why didn't it mention
19:02the improperly regulated
19:04pet shops?
19:05You can't buy monkeys
19:07on the commercial road.
19:10Because we are here tonight
19:12to try to allay your fears.
19:16I used to be a steeplejack.
19:18I was always running
19:19into bats.
19:20Can you get it
19:21from bats?
19:22Bats can carry
19:23various diseases,
19:25including rabies,
19:26even in this country.
19:28You must always
19:29seek medical help
19:31if you've been
19:31bitten by a bat.
19:32The body is ready to push now,
19:40but we need you to slow
19:42everything down.
19:43Slow it down.
19:45Down.
19:46Down.
19:46Hope, hope, hope, hope all is well.
19:50We're going to use this pain now
19:52and we're going to make it work for us.
19:54Allow me to remind you all
20:08of the facts.
20:09We currently do not have
20:11any confirmed cases
20:12of rabies in Poplar,
20:14nor do we have anyone
20:15presenting with symptoms of rabies.
20:18The slides didn't make it clear
20:20what the symptoms are.
20:21Yeah, he's right.
20:21He's right.
20:24They're not his house.
20:32Sister Julianne speaking.
20:33Hello, sister.
20:34Could you possibly send
20:35reinforcements over
20:36to the maternity home?
20:37Early symptoms can look
20:39a bit like ordinary flu,
20:41with fever, nausea,
20:43aches and pains,
20:45all very easy to dismiss.
20:47But once the virus starts
20:49affecting the nervous system,
20:51things become more distinct.
20:53Muscle spasms,
20:55anxiety,
20:56confusion,
20:58paralysis,
21:00seizures
21:00and thirst,
21:03coupled with a violent fear
21:05of drinking fluids,
21:07even water.
21:11It's horrible.
21:13I know.
21:13Well, that's why
21:15we have to take such care.
21:23Ah!
21:23Ah!
21:24Ah!
21:24Ah!
21:25Ah!
21:25Ah!
21:27Ah!
21:29No!
21:30Ah!
21:31Help me!
21:32Ah!
21:33No!
21:34I can't!
21:36No!
21:37No!
21:37No!
21:38No!
21:38No!
21:38No!
21:39No!
21:40Ah!
21:40Hope,
21:42with the next contraction,
21:43we need one long,
21:44strong,
21:45brave push
21:45that could well give us
21:46baby's head
21:47and the worst will be over.
21:49Ah!
21:53Ah!
21:55Success.
21:57We have the top of baby's head,
21:59yes.
22:00And I can see
22:00the most
22:01perfect
22:02little
22:03hair of eyebrows.
22:04Ah!
22:05Well done,
22:07Hope.
22:07See how strong you are.
22:09When I finally get out,
22:12I will know whether
22:12to kiss it
22:13or give it a piece
22:14of my mind.
22:15Ah!
22:16Bear down,
22:17Hope.
22:18Bear down.
22:19Down.
22:20Come on,
22:20Hope.
22:21You can do it.
22:21Ah!
22:22Ah!
22:22Ah!
22:22Ah!
22:27That was the most
22:28bad living push,
22:30Hope.
22:31But
22:31baby doesn't seem
22:33to have read the rule book.
22:34What's wrong?
22:36All will be well.
22:38But we need to work
22:39on getting
22:39baby's shoulder out.
22:42Dr. Tanner
22:43is only around the corner.
22:45We will work
22:46on
22:46the next
22:47massive push
22:48while nurse
22:49Aylward
22:50nips to the telephone.
23:00What's happened?
23:02There's nothing
23:02to be alarmed about.
23:04We can only
23:11remind you
23:12that analysis
23:14of the dog's
23:15remains
23:15is still ongoing.
23:17We simply
23:18have to be vigilant
23:19until the results
23:20come in.
23:23Don't wait for the pain
23:29this time, Hope.
23:30Just keep pushing.
23:31Please push.
23:37Sister Julianne
23:38is going to work
23:39internally
23:39to dislodge
23:40your baby's shoulder.
23:41We're going to get
23:42baby out.
23:43Just breathe deeply.
23:45Push
23:45whenever we ask.
23:48Now.
23:49Get out.
23:56Baby's arm
23:58is lateral
23:58to its body.
23:59push now.
24:14Push.
24:15Help.
24:18Keep pushing.
24:20Push as hard as you can.
24:21Don't stop.
24:22Well done.
24:34It's out.
24:35It's out.
24:35large baby.
25:04shoulder dystocia.
25:12Well done.
25:22I may have broken
25:23his collarbone.
25:24You've saved his life.
25:26I may have broken
25:28his collarbone.
25:28You've saved his life.
25:52Good morning,
26:05Nanata's house.
26:06My sister's been
26:07regaling me with
26:07tales of slavering
26:09hounds.
26:10Are you still alive?
26:11When I last looked,
26:11yes.
26:12I haven't forgotten
26:13our conversation
26:14in the park.
26:17Nor have I.
26:19I just want you to know
26:20that the offer of
26:21a listening ear
26:22still stands.
26:23The offer of my
26:23friendship still stands.
26:25You sound like
26:25Humphrey Bogart.
26:26All you have to do
26:27is whistle.
26:31It was actually
26:31Lauren Bacall
26:32who said that
26:33to Humphrey Bogart,
26:33but I shall take it
26:34as a compliment.
26:36I do appreciate
26:38the things you said.
26:39You're really
26:40very kind.
26:41Will his arm be
26:48hurting him?
26:49I broke my toe
26:50once and it was
26:50agony.
26:51His bones are
26:52very soft
26:53and Doctor
26:54will be keeping
26:54an eye on him
26:55in case he's
26:56restless and needs
26:57something for the
26:57pain.
27:00Wait till I tell
27:01him what he put
27:01us all through.
27:03It'll make a good
27:04tale once he's
27:06old enough to
27:06listen.
27:07Now, I need to
27:08take a look at
27:09your stitches,
27:10but if they're
27:10playing the game,
27:11we'll treat you
27:12to a little session
27:12with the heat lamp.
27:14What happened
27:14to Estelle?
27:16Your sister-in-law,
27:17I believe she
27:18popped off home
27:18once she heard
27:19the good news
27:20to give you
27:22a time to rest.
27:22No, that's not
27:24what we agreed.
27:25She was going
27:26to be the first
27:26to hold him.
27:27Something's wrong
27:28if she didn't do
27:28that.
27:33It's rather
27:33delightful that
27:34your journey
27:35to matrimony
27:35started here.
27:38I hope to put
27:38up a plaque.
27:40There was a lot
27:40of sadness
27:41at the beginning,
27:42Mr. Scarishbrick,
27:43even though there
27:44was happiness
27:44in the end.
27:45Yes, of course.
27:47Now, Lady Elwood,
27:48to what do I owe
27:48the pleasure
27:49of your visit?
27:50You are looking
27:51really remarkably
27:52well.
27:52I'm not expecting
27:53a baby as it
27:54happens.
27:55I'm hoping for
27:56professional insight
27:57into maternity care
27:58in Britain in 1971.
27:59Oh, are you tired
28:00of the medical
28:00landscape in Poplar?
28:02I'm as impressed
28:03as ever by what's
28:05accomplished at
28:06Nunata's house,
28:06house, but my
28:08eyes have been
28:08opened by living
28:09in New York.
28:10Yeah, well, I've
28:11made more than
28:11one study over there
28:12myself.
28:12It's like a different
28:13world.
28:14Suddenly a different
28:14country.
28:15I learned a great
28:16deal by simply
28:16visiting American
28:17hospitals.
28:18And now I want
28:19to see if I might
28:20apply that knowledge
28:21within a British
28:22context.
28:23Well, you are,
28:24of course, most
28:24welcome to spend
28:25some time here
28:26observing.
28:28A little bird
28:29tells me you're
28:30planning on retiring
28:31very soon.
28:32Ah, yes.
28:33the golf club
28:34beckons.
28:36And selling
28:37the clinic.
29:03It's nice to see
29:06the balloons up.
29:07One down and
29:08one to go.
29:10They're for
29:10Anthony, really.
29:12Are you sure Hope's
29:13going to be all
29:14right?
29:15She's doing very
29:15nicely.
29:17And the
29:17pediatrician from
29:18St. Cuffman's is
29:19going to call in and
29:19check on baby's
29:20collarbone.
29:22Did you know
29:23they had chosen
29:23the name Niall?
29:26But Hope's all
29:26right.
29:28Her main concern
29:29at the moment is
29:30you.
29:30And I think I
29:33share it.
29:38It would be a
29:38relief to be out
29:39of the surgery for
29:40an hour, even if
29:41we barely have time
29:41for a sandwich.
29:42The public meeting
29:43did no good
29:44whatsoever.
29:45The phone is still
29:46ringing continually.
29:51What was that?
29:53Stay back, stay back.
29:54Come on.
29:56You need dog
29:57biscuits, not
29:58custard creams.
29:59They're getting her
30:00in the shed, aren't
30:01they?
30:01That's what matters.
30:02Be careful, Fred.
30:03Fred, have you
30:04sent for the police?
30:05They're supposed to
30:05be on their way.
30:06Should I go and
30:07ring them again?
30:07I've seen the shed, sergeant.
30:26Tartering on its pins a bit
30:28and drooling.
30:29Well, take a look.
30:30But toxicology came back
30:31on the one that died
30:32on Easter Monday.
30:33Well, may I ask,
30:34what was the conclusion?
30:34It was negative for rabies.
30:37Looks like it ate rat poison.
30:38So the crisis is over?
30:40Indeed it is, madam.
30:41Must have been drooling
30:42over the custard creams.
30:45Well, all's well
30:46that ends, well.
30:47And there you have it.
30:49An object lesson
30:50in anticlimax
30:51and a British
30:52understatement.
30:53It would have been
30:54different in India.
30:56At home,
30:56the fear is always real.
30:58Yes.
31:07Me and Hope,
31:08we were terrified
31:10that somehow our men
31:11would get mixed up
31:12with the Republican army.
31:13That we wouldn't know
31:14if they'd be in danger
31:15or causing danger.
31:18They wanted to get out
31:19from early on.
31:20Is that why you all
31:21left Belfast?
31:23They lost their jobs
31:24in the shipyard anyway.
31:26Catholics did.
31:26And men need to work.
31:29But women need family.
31:30So we stuck together.
31:31And it's a wonderful thing
31:32to see, Estelle.
31:33A bond like yours
31:34is something to be envied.
31:37I thought at first
31:37that it wouldn't touch us.
31:39There was so much talk
31:40for so long.
31:42There were demonstrations
31:43and they turned into riots.
31:45But you can keep away
31:46from them.
31:49You can't keep away
31:50from bombs.
31:51They hide them.
31:53And then you set them off
31:54in places where
31:55they'll do most damage.
31:56pieces like banks.
31:59Estelle.
32:01Were you caught up
32:01in a bomb blast?
32:03In a bank.
32:03In a bank.
32:06Estelle.
32:07Estelle.
32:08Try to stay calm.
32:10You're safe here.
32:12You're safe now.
32:15This will stop you
32:16taking in too much oxygen.
32:18There was the screaming.
32:19And when I heard hope
32:21when I heard hope
32:22it was the same.
32:23Screamy.
32:24Screamy.
32:25You're safe now.
32:27When this is over
32:28I'm going to walk you
32:30to the surgery
32:31to see the doctor.
32:32after the noon.
32:40What's all this about
32:41a whiffing sink?
32:44Can't have that
32:44with the in-laws
32:45coming round.
32:45Thanks Fred.
32:46I was up till midnight
32:47repainting all the
32:48skirting boards.
32:49I don't know
32:50what's got into me.
32:51Love,
32:51grant you.
32:54I brought you
32:55some pot plants.
32:56And I brought
32:57my plunger.
32:58I heard my mother
33:00giving birth
33:01more than once.
33:02But it was the last one
33:03where she screamed
33:04and screamed.
33:08There were no more
33:09babies after that
33:09because
33:10it killed her.
33:16Nobody ever told me
33:17why she died.
33:19I just
33:19remember the mattress
33:21being burned
33:21because it was
33:22covered in blood.
33:24Even 20 years ago
33:26death and childbirth
33:27death was very
33:28very rare.
33:30Now it's rarer still.
33:32One thing I can
33:33promise you
33:34is that your mother
33:35didn't die of pain.
33:37And we
33:38are going to make sure
33:39that you feel
33:40as little pain
33:41as possible.
33:42I can't do it.
33:44Yes,
33:44you can.
33:46And we will help you.
33:49Sister Julianne
33:50is one of the most
33:51soothing and
33:52resourceful midwives
33:53I know.
33:54But in New York
33:55Estelle would have been
33:56simply booked in
33:57for an epidural
33:57and a calm,
33:59controlled and
34:00completely painless
34:01birth would follow.
34:02I've read about
34:03epidural anaesthesia.
34:05I've been to lectures.
34:07I've never seen one
34:07performed because
34:08they don't offer it
34:09at St Cuthbert.
34:10Which is extremely
34:11backward in my view.
34:13At the Lady Emily
34:13you can have one
34:14for 20 pounds.
34:1520 pounds?
34:17If you saw the difference
34:18it makes
34:19you'd think it was
34:20cheap at the price.
34:21Have you been to
34:22the Lady Emily
34:23recently?
34:25Yes.
34:27I can connect you
34:28to Mr. Scarrisbrick
34:29if you'd like.
34:31Not such a good
34:32day to day.
34:34He's needed
34:34some antiemetics.
34:35A parcel with a
34:43wee hat arrived
34:44from his mother
34:44in Hong Kong
34:45this morning.
34:47But you wouldn't
34:47even let me try it on him.
34:49He'll settle down.
34:50He's a lucky little
34:51fellow in some ways.
34:54So many mothers
34:55looking after him.
34:57You go Mrs. Turner.
35:01Back to your other
35:01children.
35:03I'll hold the fort.
35:11I'm heading down
35:11the black sail.
35:13Do you want to come?
35:15No thanks.
35:16I'm not feeling great.
35:18And I'm writing letters
35:19for a couple of
35:19factory jobs.
35:21Factory jobs?
35:23And I'm also
35:24planning a haircut.
35:27I've had enough
35:28adventures to last
35:29me a lifetime, Dad.
35:31Just let me come home.
35:34Children are having
35:35a picnic tea upstairs.
35:37Sausage rolls
35:38and crisps.
35:39I'm assuming that's
35:40because the grown-ups
35:41are discussing
35:43policy.
35:45Yes.
35:47Sister,
35:48I am trying to
35:49move things on
35:50with regard to
35:51epidural provision
35:52at St. Cuthbert's.
35:53Do you think that's wise?
35:54We'd never be able
35:55to offer it for
35:56home births
35:56and even
35:57at the maternity
35:58home.
35:59It requires
36:00an anaesthetist.
36:01It does.
36:02But we can refer
36:03patients to deliver
36:05in hospital
36:06in the GP unit.
36:08Some mothers
36:08like Estelle Glennon
36:10would really benefit.
36:12So I have arranged
36:14to see an epidural
36:15block being performed
36:16tomorrow
36:16at the Lady Emily
36:19clinic.
36:20We do know
36:21the order's
36:22dealings with them
36:23to an abrupt end.
36:24They were
36:25performing abortions
36:26there when such
36:27a thing was still
36:28illegal.
36:29But I have
36:31something I need
36:32to tell you
36:33to.
36:34Also about policy.
36:37For the animal
36:37you love
36:38and couldn't leave
36:38behind.
36:39And for you
36:40or someone like you,
36:42death in a manner
36:42that is beyond
36:43description.
36:45Whichever way
36:45you look at it,
36:46rabies means death.
36:47Sister Julianne,
37:00this is terrible.
37:02Why didn't you
37:03tell us sooner?
37:04I needed time
37:05to consider
37:06the order's position.
37:09And I still do.
37:10Does it make it
37:11easier or harder
37:12that the National
37:13Health have made
37:14their intentions
37:14so clear?
37:15There must be
37:16a chance
37:16that they'll
37:17keep funding
37:18the Nata's house
37:18when they take
37:19control from the
37:20council.
37:20Not if we insist
37:21on retaining
37:21our religious
37:22clothing.
37:24Sister,
37:25if you close
37:26down in Potlars
37:27so must we.
37:29Our practice
37:30is enmeshed
37:31with yours.
37:33I know.
37:35And there's
37:36so much work
37:37to do.
37:37if we don't
37:41agree to the
37:42new terms
37:43we will receive
37:45no more funds
37:46from the end
37:46of this year.
37:48I've told them
37:48I will give
37:49my decision
37:49at the end
37:50of August.
37:51On the feast
37:51of St.
37:52Raymond
37:52Linnatus?
37:53Yes.
37:55And in the
37:56meantime
37:56we go on.
37:58How are we
38:19feeling
38:19Mrs.
38:20Duchenne?
38:21Fine.
38:22Yes?
38:22Where's Joel
38:28today?
38:28Is he out
38:29looking for
38:29work?
38:29No,
38:30he's not.
38:31He's off
38:32colour and
38:32lying down.
38:34It's like he's
38:34lost all his
38:35sparks since
38:35he's come
38:36home.
38:36I don't know
38:36why he doesn't
38:37want to keep
38:37on adventuring.
38:38Do you think
38:39maybe he's
38:39just a homebody?
38:40He doesn't
38:41have to be.
38:41Not in the
38:42modern world.
38:43I had to be
38:44a steeplejet
38:44because my
38:45uncle was.
38:46Spent my
38:46life mending
38:47chimneys.
38:48Once.
38:49Just once.
38:50I was at
38:51the top of
38:51this church
38:52spire
38:52pulling up
38:53the weather
38:53rain.
38:55You could
38:55see for
38:56miles.
38:57And all I
38:58saw was all
38:58the places
38:59I would
38:59never go.
39:01Joel
39:01certainly
39:02grabbed the
39:02opportunities
39:02he had
39:03with both
39:03hands.
39:05No one
39:05else around
39:05here had
39:05a kid
39:06who went
39:06to an
39:06ashram.
39:07It's the
39:07kind of
39:07thing the
39:08Beatles
39:08did.
39:10I was
39:11proud of
39:11him.
39:12Did you
39:12tell him
39:13that?
39:14What?
39:14Did you
39:15tell him
39:15you were
39:15proud?
39:16Oh,
39:16no.
39:18We're
39:18not soft
39:18like that.
39:19it's one
39:22thing to
39:22read about
39:23it.
39:23It's
39:24quite
39:24another
39:25to
39:25say it
39:25in
39:25action.
39:27It
39:28shouldn't
39:28just be
39:29for people
39:29who can
39:30afford to
39:30pay,
39:31should it?
39:31No.
39:33I'm
39:33going to
39:34talk to
39:34St.
39:34Cuthbert's.
39:39When you
39:39go,
39:39you'll be
39:40a king.
39:42Never
39:43do a
39:43thing.
39:45Four
39:45and twenty
39:46blackbirds
39:46sing-along.
39:48Royal
39:48gifts
39:49they all
39:49will
39:50bring.
39:51When
39:52you
39:52are
39:53a
39:53king,
39:53everywhere
39:54you
39:54go.
39:56People
39:57bowing
39:57low.
39:59Carriages
40:00to take
40:00you
40:01anywhere.
40:02People
40:02have a
40:03touch
40:03a
40:04thing
40:04when
40:06you
40:06are
40:07a
40:07king.
40:14Shoot
40:14black
40:15on
40:15your
40:15face,
40:16you're
40:17really
40:17a
40:18disgrace.
40:19Mommy
40:19smiles
40:20all the
40:20while
40:21because
40:21she
40:21loves
40:22you
40:22she
40:22will
40:22worry
40:23so.
40:24And
40:25if
40:25you're
40:25good
40:25you
40:26know
40:26that
40:26when
40:26you
40:27grow
40:27you'll
40:27be
40:27a
40:28king.
40:28Never
40:30do
40:31a
40:31thing
40:31for
40:33a
40:33twenty
40:33black
40:34birds
40:34sing-along
40:35royal
40:36gifts
40:36they
40:37all
40:37will
40:37bring.
40:39When
40:39you
40:40are
40:40a
40:40king
40:41everywhere
40:41you
40:42go.
40:43People
40:44bowing
40:45low.
40:46Carriages
40:47to take
40:48you
40:48anywhere.
40:50People
40:50never
40:50touch
40:51a
40:51thing
40:52when
40:54you
40:54are
40:54a
40:54king.
40:58When
40:58you
40:59are
40:59a
40:59king
41:00never
41:02do
41:02a
41:02thing
41:03four
41:04and
41:04twenty
41:05back
41:05to
41:05sing-along
41:06royal
41:07gifts
41:08they
41:08all
41:08will
41:09bring.
41:10When
41:11you
41:11are
41:11a
41:12king
41:12everywhere
41:13you
41:13go
41:14people
41:16bowing
41:16low
41:17when
41:18you
41:19are
41:19a
41:20king.
41:22I
41:23appreciate
41:23Mrs.
41:24Glennon
41:24is a
41:24special
41:24case.
41:25You
41:25could
41:26always
41:26persuade
41:26us
41:27to
41:27switch
41:27entirely
41:28into
41:28our
41:28care.
41:29I
41:29am
41:30not
41:30convinced
41:30that
41:30that
41:31would
41:31do
41:31her
41:31any
41:31good
41:32at
41:32all.
41:33She
41:33needs
41:33a
41:33lot
41:34of
41:34care
41:34and
41:35a
41:35lot
41:35of
41:35attention.
41:36Epidural
41:36anesthesia
41:36requires
41:37the same
41:37which
41:38is
41:38why
41:38we've
41:39yet
41:39to
41:39introduce
41:39the
41:39fact.
41:40Philip
41:40St.
41:42Cuthbert's
41:42is
41:42a good
41:43hospital.
41:44It's
41:44even
41:44an
41:44innovative
41:45hospital.
41:47I
41:52find us
41:52the most
41:52respectful
41:53way
41:53possible
41:53Patrick.
41:54But
41:55you're
41:56a dying
41:57breed.
41:58I
41:58know
41:58I
41:58am.
42:00And
42:00I
42:00don't
42:01know
42:01if
42:01my
42:01way
42:02of
42:02delivering
42:02babies
42:03has
42:04much
42:04time
42:04left
42:05at
42:05all.
42:05Do
42:05you
42:05think
42:05the
42:05national
42:06health
42:06is
42:06going
42:06to
42:06close
42:06you
42:07down?
42:07There's
42:07a
42:07big
42:07shake
42:08up
42:08coming.
42:09And
42:09when
42:09it
42:09does
42:10I
42:10want
42:10to
42:11know
42:11that
42:11the
42:11women
42:12who
42:12would
42:12otherwise
42:12have
42:13been
42:13in
42:13my
42:13care
42:13are
42:14going
42:14to
42:22better.
42:22And
42:22that
42:22starts
42:23with
42:23us
42:23doesn't
42:23it?
42:24It
42:24will
42:24end
42:24with
42:24you
42:25too.
42:26Joel!
42:27I
42:28thought
42:28you
42:28said
42:28you
42:28come
42:28down
42:29for
42:29something
42:29to
42:29eat.
42:31Have
42:32that
42:32with a
42:32tin of
42:32hearts
42:32tail?
42:44Greetings
42:44Mr.
42:44Bagnall.
42:45I
42:45have
42:45come
42:45from
42:45the
42:45surgery
42:46with
42:46a
42:46new
42:46prescription
42:46for
42:47your
42:47ointment.
42:47Dad!
42:49I
42:49can't
42:49move
42:50my
42:50legs!
42:52He's
42:52at
42:52a
42:52temperature.
42:53Joel!
42:54I
42:54don't
42:54know
42:54what's
42:55wrong.
43:01It's
43:02all
43:02right
43:02my
43:02friend.
43:03I
43:03will
43:03fetch
43:03help
43:03for
43:03you.
43:04First
43:04let
43:04me
43:05get
43:05you
43:05some
43:05water.
43:13Then
43:13Mr.
43:14Parry
43:14called
43:14this
43:14morning
43:15and
43:15it
43:15said
43:15yes.
43:16He
43:17had
43:17two
43:17anaesthetists
43:18already
43:18raring
43:19to
43:19go
43:20and
43:20applying
43:20pressure
43:20from
43:21their
43:21end.
43:21And
43:22he's
43:22content
43:22to
43:23have
43:23Estelle
43:23Lennon
43:24have
43:24epidural
43:25pain
43:25relief
43:26in
43:26the
43:26GP
43:26supervised
43:27unit.
43:28Yes.
43:29Mr.
43:29Parry
43:29will
43:30be
43:30there
43:30too.
43:31In
43:31fact,
43:31it's
43:31going
43:31to
43:32be
43:32a
43:32fairly
43:32crowded
43:32room.
43:33Estelle
43:33is
43:33one
43:34of
43:34the
43:34most
43:34anxious
43:35and
43:35distressed
43:36women
43:36I've
43:36ever
43:36seen.
43:38And
43:38if
43:38it
43:38helps
43:39her,
43:39I
43:41have
43:41no
43:41reservations.
43:42But
43:42what
43:42are
43:43the
43:43implications
43:43for
43:44you
43:44and
43:45for
43:45our
43:45practice?
43:46It
43:46might
43:47put
43:47me
43:47out
43:47of
43:47business.
43:49But
43:49it
43:49might
43:50give
43:50this
43:50place
43:50a
43:50fighting
43:51chance
43:51of
43:52working
43:52in
43:52tandem
43:52with
43:53the
43:53national
43:53health.
43:53By
43:54delivering
43:54more
43:54babies
43:54in
43:55hospital,
43:55regardless
43:55of what
43:56they
43:56ask.
43:56It
43:56might
43:57be
43:57the
43:57way
43:57ahead,
43:58for
43:58all
43:59sorts
43:59of
43:59reasons.
44:01Dr.
44:01Turner,
44:02I'm
44:02afraid a
44:02very
44:03urgent
44:03call
44:03has
44:04just
44:04come
44:04in.
44:08Hello,
44:08darling.
44:09Lovely
44:09to see you.
44:11Mummy!
44:11How do you
44:12do?
44:12Lovely to
44:13meet you.
44:13Hello,
44:14darling.
44:15Terribly
44:16good if
44:16you'd
44:16come
44:16and
44:16meet
44:17us.
44:18Josephine
44:18has
44:18far
44:19more
44:19faith
44:19in
44:20this
44:20A-Z
44:20book
44:21than
44:21I
44:21do.
44:22Well,
44:22the
44:22underground
44:23was
44:23quite
44:23challenging
44:24enough.
44:24Three
44:25tube
44:25lines.
44:26We're
44:27staying
44:27with
44:27friends
44:27in
44:28Hampstead.
44:28Hampstead
44:29is a
44:29tricky
44:29journey
44:30from
44:30Pottler.
44:31So
44:31comes
44:32to
44:32pick
44:32me
44:32up
44:32from
44:32Women's
44:33Liberation
44:33Meetings
44:33if
44:34they
44:34finish
44:34late.
44:34Very
44:35gallant
44:35on it.
44:36Although
44:36I
44:36expect
44:36you
44:37to
44:37intervene
44:37if
44:37she
44:37starts
44:38wearing
44:38dungareed.
44:49And
44:49you've
44:49no
44:50memory
44:50of
44:50being
44:51bitten
44:51or
44:51scratched
44:52by
44:52anything
44:52while
44:53you
44:53were
44:53an
44:53idiot.
44:53Bitten
44:54and
44:54scratched
44:54by
44:56a
44:56cat
44:57and
44:57a
44:57shrimp.
44:59But
44:59I've
44:59been
45:00fine.
45:00How
45:00long
45:00ago
45:01did
45:01this
45:01happen
45:01John?
45:02Weeks.
45:04Well,
45:05must
45:05be
45:05something
45:05else
45:05then.
45:07It
45:10can
45:10take
45:10up
45:11to
45:11three
45:11months
45:11for
45:12rabies
45:12symptoms
45:12to
45:13appear,
45:13Joe.
45:14Have
45:15you
45:15been
45:15worrying
45:16about
45:16this?
45:18We
45:19are
45:19going
45:19to
45:19call
45:19an
45:20ambulance
45:20to
45:21take
45:21you
45:21directly
45:22to
45:22the
45:22London
45:22Hospital
45:23of
45:23Tropical
45:23Medicine.
45:25They'll
45:25know
45:25what
45:25to
45:26do.
45:31Tell
45:31me,
45:32in
45:33this
45:33social
45:34work
45:34line,
45:36do you
45:36any
45:36work
45:36with
45:36maladjusted
45:37boys?
45:38It's
45:38increasing
45:39all the
45:39time.
45:40The
45:40council
45:40have
45:40just
45:41opened
45:41a
45:41special
45:42educational
45:42unit
45:42for
45:43them,
45:43which
45:43we're
45:43really
45:44hoping
45:44would
45:44pave
45:44the
45:44way
45:44for
45:45change.
45:46We've
45:46taken
45:46a few
45:46of
45:47the
45:47odder
45:47types
45:47into
45:47our
45:48end
45:48school,
45:48but we
45:49seem
45:49to have
45:50sorted
45:50them
45:50all
45:50out
45:50with
45:51plenty
45:52of fresh
45:52air
45:52and a
45:52bit
45:53of
45:53discipline.
45:54Well,
45:58this is
45:59a
45:59first
45:59class
46:00material.
46:01Cyril
46:02made it.
46:03Oh,
46:04full marks,
46:05dear.
46:06And now,
46:07Rosalind tells
46:08us that she's
46:09getting confirmed.
46:10Did you have
46:11a hand in that?
46:12We're
46:13different
46:13denominations,
46:14but it gives
46:14us a common
46:15interest.
46:16I'll show you
46:17the chaplain
46:18in the
46:18Nata's house
46:18when I take
46:19you over
46:19to meet
46:19my
46:19colleagues.
46:21It was
46:21joining them
46:21for prayers
46:22that got
46:22me thinking.
46:23Well,
46:24we always
46:24said that
46:25Rosalind
46:25could make
46:25up her
46:26own
46:26mind
46:26about
46:26being
46:27confirmed.
46:28Some of
46:28our
46:28friends
46:28were
46:29quite
46:29shocked.
46:30We have
46:31always
46:31been
46:31progressive
46:32thinkers.
46:39More tea,
46:40Mrs. Clifford?
46:41Yes,
46:41please.
46:43And expect
46:43I'll
46:44grow.
46:47As soon
46:48as you
46:48feel your
46:48first contraction,
46:50you must
46:50contact
46:50Nata's
46:51house,
46:52and you
46:52and I
46:52will
46:52travel
46:53together
46:53by
46:53ambulance.
46:54Dr.
46:54Turner
46:55will
46:55meet
46:55us
46:55at
46:55the
46:55hospital.
46:57This
46:57epidural,
46:59you say
47:00it's
47:00brand new?
47:01Newish.
47:02It's
47:02catching on
47:02all over
47:03the country.
47:03And I
47:03won't feel
47:04anything.
47:05You'll be
47:05in.
47:06None.
47:06Nothing at
47:07all.
47:07Between
47:07your tummy
47:08and your
47:08toes.
47:10Everything
47:10is going
47:11to be
47:11as calm
47:12and controlled
47:13and as
47:14comfortable
47:14as we
47:15can make
47:15it for
47:15you.
47:18Oh,
47:18darling,
47:19I'm so
47:20proud of
47:21you.
47:22We
47:22never
47:22entirely
47:23thought
47:23you'd
47:23be
47:23able
47:23to
47:23knuckle
47:24down
47:24to
47:24nursing,
47:25but
47:25you've
47:26proved us
47:26all wrong.
47:27Ignore
47:27your mother,
47:28she's such
47:29a wet blanket.
47:30I never
47:30had any
47:31doubts
47:31at all.
47:33Sister
47:34Julianne
47:34really was
47:36absolutely
47:37delightful.
47:37wonderful.
47:38You see
47:39why I
47:39love
47:39Ninata's
47:40house?
47:40Oh,
47:40yes,
47:40it's
47:41very
47:41quaint.
47:43And
47:43what about
47:44Cyril?
47:46Charming.
47:49Yes,
47:49he's
47:49charming.
47:51Impressive,
47:52even.
47:54But really,
47:55he's not
47:55the chap
47:56for you,
47:56is he?
47:56he is
48:01the chap
48:01for me,
48:02actually.
48:03That's why
48:03we're going
48:04out together.
48:05He is
48:06in the middle
48:07of a divorce.
48:08This is the
48:08modern world.
48:11He is also
48:12black,
48:13and you're
48:13going to have
48:13to look
48:14beyond that.
48:15We haven't
48:15said one
48:15word about
48:16him being
48:17black,
48:17and I
48:17think that
48:17is to
48:18our
48:18credit.
48:18frankly.
48:21You don't
48:21have to say
48:22anything.
48:23I saw it
48:24the moment
48:24you met.
48:25He is a
48:25perfectly
48:26decent,
48:27respectable
48:27man.
48:29We just
48:29don't want
48:31you to have
48:31any regrets,
48:32that is all.
48:34Now,
48:35can we have
48:35a kiss
48:36before we
48:37part?
48:38Or don't
48:39send us
48:39back to
48:39Hampstead
48:40in the
48:40doldrums?
48:48Yes?
49:14It's only
49:14for coffee,
49:15isn't it?
49:16Nurse Ayrwood
49:16telephoned to
49:17say Estelle
49:17Glennon is
49:18en route to
49:18St. Cuthbert's
49:19by ambulance
49:20with labour
49:20pains.
49:21Can you
49:22tell Mr.
49:22Parry I
49:23am on my
49:23way?
49:24Of course.
49:25Doctor,
49:25I also
49:26received a
49:26call from
49:27the London
49:27Hospital of
49:28Tropical
49:28Medicine.
49:29About
49:30Joel
49:30Bagnall?
49:30Lissovirus
49:31rabies
49:31has been
49:32confirmed,
49:33and the
49:33paralysis
49:34is spreading
49:34very rapidly.
49:42I keep
49:43thinking of
49:43all the
49:43times I've
49:44looked at
49:44him through
49:44windows.
49:46I looked
49:47at him
49:47through a
49:47window on
49:48the day
49:48that he
49:48was
49:48born
49:49at the
49:49hospital.
49:53And I
49:53used to
49:54wave at
49:54him
49:54through
49:54the
49:54front
49:54room
49:55window
49:55when I
49:56was coming
49:56home from
49:56work,
49:57when he
49:58was just a
49:58little
49:58nipper.
50:01The consultant
50:02said you can
50:02go inside and
50:03sit with him.
50:05And his
50:05mum and me,
50:06we washed him
50:07through the glass
50:08at the airport
50:08when he flew
50:09off on his
50:10big adventure.
50:10Go to him,
50:11Mr.
50:11Bagnall.
50:13The food I
50:13have brought
50:14you will
50:14keep.
50:14I will
50:15leave it
50:15here.
50:15Thanks.
50:18There's
50:18things I
50:19need to
50:19tell him.
50:21What is
50:21still alive
50:22to hear.
50:22Well done,
50:39Estelle.
50:40Well done.
50:41Any moment
50:42now you should
50:43feel the pain
50:44relief starting
50:44to take effect
50:45that's already
50:46passing through
50:47that tiny tube.
50:49Blood pressure
50:50stable.
50:51The fun
50:52starts now,
50:52Estelle.
50:53I can feel
50:54the pain
50:54stopping.
50:56It's like
50:56everything
50:57inside my
50:57body is
50:57going quiet.
50:58That's
50:59what we
50:59want.
51:06Rosalind,
51:07I know
51:08their reaction
51:08wasn't what
51:09you wanted
51:09and I hoped
51:10it would be
51:11better to me.
51:12But you
51:12didn't expect
51:13it to be,
51:14did you?
51:16No.
51:17I did not.
51:19To them,
51:20I was always
51:21going to be
51:22too different.
51:26Well,
51:27I'm different
51:27too now.
51:29If they
51:29can't accept
51:30that,
51:31if they
51:32can't accept
51:33you,
51:34they're going
51:35to have to
51:35accept that
51:36their place
51:36in my life
51:37has now
51:37become much
51:38smaller.
51:39Please don't
51:39cut them off.
51:41Nobody
51:41should ever
51:42cut their
51:42parents off.
51:44However much
51:45hurt they have
51:45caused,
51:46however ignorant
51:46they have
51:47been.
51:48It's hard,
51:50but Cyril,
51:51you've had
51:52it harder.
51:54You've had
51:55to put up
51:55with prejudice
51:56ever since
51:56you've been
51:57here.
52:00Hold my hand.
52:02I want
52:12everyone to
52:13see.
52:17This is a
52:18really strong
52:19contraction.
52:20Push now,
52:20push as hard
52:21as you can.
52:22That's beautiful,
52:24Estelle.
52:24Keep going.
52:25Keep going.
52:26How are you
52:26feeling,
52:26Estelle?
52:27I think
52:28I'm excited
52:30but peaceful.
52:36Contraction?
52:37Right,
52:38Estelle.
52:38We're doing
52:39this together
52:39now.
52:40I'm pulling,
52:41you're pushing.
52:42Come on.
52:44Come on.
52:44Are we doing
52:45it?
52:46Are we doing
52:46it?
52:49Yes.
52:50Yes,
52:51you are.
52:57It's a girl.
53:24It's quite
53:25something,
53:26isn't it,
53:26sister?
53:27It is the
53:28future.
53:29And the
53:29future's going
53:30to hold so
53:31many things.
53:32You're
53:32beautiful.
53:40Choice is
53:42too often
53:43a privilege
53:44not granted.
53:46You must
53:46take what is
53:47given and
53:48surrender
53:48what God
53:49takes.
53:51But pain
53:52is never
53:53all there is.
53:54There is
53:55endurance
53:55and resilience.
53:56there is
53:57tenderness
53:58and strength.
54:00All these
54:02gifts
54:02force through
54:04like sunlight
54:05often at a
54:07cost
54:07but then
54:09welcomed all
54:09the more.
54:13We cannot
54:14dictate the
54:15weather,
54:15only our
54:16response to it
54:17and we must
54:18turn to face
54:20the elements,
54:21embracing
54:22all that
54:23comes.
54:23All that
54:24comes.
54:25It's
54:25all that
54:26comes.
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