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Rev. Septimus Harding is much-loved in Barchester, perhaps the most beloved citizen in the county. In addition to the work at his church, which includes a superb choir, he is also Warden of a local hospital where a group of elderly gentlemen reside and receive a small stipend from the will of a benefactor who died some 400 years ago. Dr. John Bold has been tasked to look into this will to determine if its wishes are being correctly applied. He is particularly concerned the Rev. Harding is in receipt of an annual stipend of £800 per year - a considerable increase in the original amount owing to a vast increase in the value of the property - while its residents receive only 1s6d per day. The results of Bold's investigations figure prominently in a newspaper article denouncing the practices of the Church of England. Rev. Harding takes all of the criticism in his stride, even beginning to wonder if his remuneration might in fact be excessive. His daughter Eleanor however does not and any hope that John Bold may have had of marrying the girl have seemingly come to an end. Starring: Donald Pleasence, Nigel Hawthorne, David Gwillim, John Ringham, Joseph O'Conor, Alan Rickman, Clifford Parrish, Angela Pleasence, Geraldine McEwan, Janet Maw, Susan Hampshire, Barbara Flynn.
Rev. Septimus Harding is much-loved in Barchester, perhaps the most beloved citizen in the county. In addition to the work at his church, which includes a superb choir, he is also Warden of a local hospital where a group of elderly gentlemen reside and receive a small stipend from the will of a benefactor who died some 400 years ago. Dr. John Bold has been tasked to look into this will to determine if its wishes are being correctly applied. He is particularly concerned the Rev. Harding is in receipt of an annual stipend of £800 per year - a considerable increase in the original amount owing to a vast increase in the value of the property - while its residents receive only 1s6d per day. The results of Bold's investigations figure prominently in a newspaper article denouncing the practices of the Church of England. Rev. Harding takes all of the criticism in his stride, even beginning to wonder if his remuneration might in fact be excessive. His daughter Eleanor however does not and any hope that John Bold may have had of marrying the girl have seemingly come to an end. Starring: Donald Pleasence, Nigel Hawthorne, David Gwillim, John Ringham, Joseph O'Conor, Alan Rickman, Clifford Parrish, Angela Pleasence, Geraldine McEwan, Janet Maw, Susan Hampshire, Barbara Flynn.
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00:30CHOIR SINGS
01:00CHOIR SINGS
01:29I'm pretty sure Mr. Harding is a good man.
01:34A good man without guile.
01:37Believes in the religion he has striven to teach.
01:40And is guided by the precepts he has striven to learn.
01:45And yet...
01:48And yet what, Mr. Bold?
01:51I believe him to be corrupted.
01:58But you said he was a good man.
02:02Your own words.
02:04And good men can be corrupted by what lies around them.
02:08Especially in the Church of England.
02:11The sound apple is subject to decay by the rottenness of the other contents of the barrel.
02:15I realize there is a great deal of public criticism of the established church.
02:21It's a popular pastime at the moment.
02:24But Barchester would find it difficult to believe that...
02:27Mr. Harding is corrupt.
02:30Not morally corrupt.
02:34Oh.
02:35But legally.
02:37Which is why I came to you for guidance.
02:39Your reforming zeal taking the upper hand again, Mr. Bold.
02:43Is there something evil in wishing to right the wrongs in our society?
02:46Oh, professionally speaking, I'm all in favor.
02:51So, tell me more about this good man's corruption.
02:58Mr. Harding is like many other men within the established church.
03:03He receives material rewards
03:06out of all proportion to the contribution he makes to humanity.
03:13You mean he is overpaid?
03:17Yes.
03:20Mr. Harding is the warden of Hiram's hospital.
03:24I know that the hospital was founded in the 15th century
03:27by Mr. John Hiram
03:29as an almshouse for retired wool carders.
03:33That a considerable sum of money was set aside for the purpose
03:35under the direction of the Bishop of Barchester.
03:38Together with a considerable area of land and property.
03:43I believe
03:45that the total income
03:46is now absurdly in excess
03:49of Mr. Harding's
03:50earthly requirements.
03:55Mr. Harding was appointed by the Bishop?
03:59Yes.
03:59Corruption and nepotism.
04:11They're all good and decent people, Mr. Finney.
04:13Oh, honourable men.
04:15Yes.
04:15Well, how does Mr. Harding dispose of his surplus wealth?
04:29Harding's church music?
04:31Should we regard the collection of church music as being willful extravagance and self-indulgence?
04:44People come into my surgery complaining of illness
04:46when their only ailment is lack of food.
04:48And this would feed them for a year.
04:51I understand.
04:54So,
04:55what are your legal requirements?
05:00I would like to know the precise terms of Mr. Harding's will.
05:03So that we might check whether it is being properly administered.
05:07Whether there might be case for changing its terms.
05:10I would also like to see the accounts for the hospital.
05:13Let us say the last 25 years.
05:15I would like to know Mr. Harding and his daughters since I was a child.
05:30A friend of the family?
05:32A good friend of the family.
05:33Yes.
05:36I will take the necessary legal action.
05:39Meanwhile,
05:41why don't you ask Mr. Harding directly?
05:43as a good friend of the family
05:45about the corruption
05:47and nepotism.
06:13A good friend of the family.
06:23Yes.
06:25That was beautiful, Mr. Arden.
06:49Beautiful.
06:55If you like music.
07:07Thank you Bunce.
07:10Have you come to see Elinor?
07:12No.
07:13I've come to see you if you can spare the time.
07:16Of course.
07:18One evening call is worth 10 in the morning.
07:21I love social talk after dinner.
07:24That's why I dine early.
07:26So as to get as much of it as I can.
07:29I fear this is business talk Mr. Arden.
07:32Business?
07:34I wish to speak to you about the hospital.
07:41Very well.
07:43You shall speak to me about the hospital.
07:51Come sit down.
07:57Now.
07:59What can I tell you about the hospital?
08:02Apart from the fact that it's the most perfect place I know.
08:07It's about the accounts.
08:10Oh.
08:12Then my dear fellow I'm afraid I can tell you nothing.
08:16I am as ignorant as a child.
08:18You must know how much you receive.
08:20They pay me 800 pounds a year.
08:23Which is probably far too much but isn't my decision.
08:28And how much do the old men receive?
08:30One shilling and sixpence a day.
08:33It was one and fourpence.
08:37But I increased it when I became warden.
08:43I have the greatest regard for you Mr. Harding.
08:46The truest respect.
08:48The fondest love.
08:51Thank you very much Mr. Bold.
08:53But never mind that.
08:54I am as capable of being in the wrong as any other man.
08:58But I must express what I feel.
09:00Lest you should think there is any personal enmity in what I'm going to do.
09:04Personal enmity?
09:09Going to do?
09:10What are you going to do? Cut my throat.
09:12I fear there is reason to think that John Hiram's will is not being carried out to the letter.
09:17I've been asked to see into it.
09:19Very well.
09:20I have no objection.
09:24No.
09:25Objection.
09:27To lawyers inquiring into the financial circumstances of the hospital.
09:31Why should I object?
09:35I may appear to be interfering in your affairs.
09:38If you act justly.
09:41Say nothing in this matter but the truth and use no unfair weapons in carrying out your purpose.
09:47I have nothing to forgive.
09:50I presume you and your fellow reformers feel that I'm not entitled to the money I receive from the hospital.
10:03Very well.
10:05You must do what you consider to be your duty.
10:10And I shall do mine.
10:12Father!
10:14John!
10:15Excellent timing.
10:16We shall have some tea.
10:17I think not. I have a long day tomorrow.
10:18In the circumstances.
10:19But thank you.
10:20Good evening Miss Harding.
10:21Mr. Harding.
10:22Why should he call me Miss Harding?
10:26He is John and I am Eleanor.
10:27And what circumstances?
10:28We shall have some tea.
10:30We shall have some tea.
11:01good heavens the effrontery of the man he has the right to ask the question he has no right to
11:12imply that you are stealing money which question has he the right to ask are the terms of John
11:21Hiram's will being properly carried out and what is the answer to the question yes they are in the
11:29letter and the spirit have you read the will no have I've read the will once upon a time recently
11:39about 35 years ago when I first became bishop oh there were a lot of papers and documents for me
11:46to read I don't remember what it said do you know what the will says I know that John Hiram died in
11:551434 and left sufficient money and property to maintain the hospital according to the standards
12:00of 1434 I also know that the value of the property has increased several fold since then enabling me
12:09to enjoy a handsome income why not perhaps John Bowles legal advisors will tell us why not the man is an
12:18upstart a reformer he might even be a radical for all I know he's quite clearly a scoundrel I like John
12:26Bowles very much like him yes I am aware of that but then you like everybody now I have personally no
12:37direct evidence to form a judgment on mr. Bowles character no evidence oh forgive me father but you're
12:43talking nonsense of course we have evidence he accuses you of corruption I think he accuses me um all of
12:49us I think he accuses us of nepotism but you like him yes if you look at it from his point of view why
12:56should I look at it from his point of view he has no point of view let the Wharton pursue his argument
13:02archdeacon forgive me consider the idea of nepotism from John Bowles point of view he sees my old friend
13:18the bishop he sees my old friend the bishop's son as archdeacon he sees the archdeacon's father-in-law
13:26as warden of the hospital the father the son the father-in-law all holding high office within the
13:37church on merit of course that there can be no question particularly in the case of the father
13:45and the son well thank you for explaining mr. Bowles case about nepotism and naturally I cannot agree
13:56with it but um certain logic seen from his prejudice point of view I try to see this question through
14:05John Bowles eyes I think it's sensible particularly because it is just possible that he may become
14:14my second son-in-law Mr. Bowles and Eleanor there has been no engagement if there had Eleanor would
14:24have told me but I see they're fond of each other and I see no reason to object oh no I suppose I could
14:33teach myself to welcome him into the floor I see reason to object if he were to marry Eleanor he would be
14:40my brother-in-law good heavens this man who probably wants to close all the cathedrals and the parish
14:49churches and distribute the proceeds among the Methodists and Baptists and heathens I think he
14:54only wants to clarify the terms of John Hiram's will shall I tell you what I think well your views are
15:01always welcome archdeacon tell us what you think I think the church with its allegedly ill-gotten gains can
15:11afford better legal advice than that available to mr. Bowl I think that we should consult sir Abraham
15:21good heavens but mr. Harding what about mr. Harding he is one of the most loved and respected men in
15:35Barchester I love and respect mr. Harding my complaint is not against him but against the institution that
15:42sustains him people go hungry well the church grows fatter day by day I agree with you about the wealth and
15:50corruption within the church I support the campaign that seeks to remedy the situation but why pick a
15:56sweet and gentle man like mr. Harding why not run your campaign against somebody like dr. Vesey Stanup
16:02Stanup I don't think I know him tell me about him you spent all your time buried in your letters and
16:10campaigns in the Jupiter and you don't hear the common gossip of Barchester dr. Stanup is the rector of
16:18crabtree theoretically has a handsome living and spends all his time on the banks of Lake Como in Italy collecting
16:25butterflies I must investigate dr. Stanup I wish you would do so and forget about poor mr. Harding I've been
16:35asked to inquire into the running of Hiram's Hospital there is no turning back who asked you
16:42Tom towers I thought so many people have reason to be grateful for Tom's work he sits in his cozy
16:53little room in London looking for campaigns that caused the maximum of trouble to the people concerned
16:58and none at all to him nonsense I do not like Tom towers you haven't met I don't care well he's coming
17:07to stay with us well as soon as my inquiries have reached a suitable stage and you didn't see fit to
17:15consult your sister first about the convenience of such a visit no I didn't and for that I apologize
17:27does Tom towers know that mr. Harding is the most loved and respected man in Barchester we are concerned
17:36with principles not individuals Eleanor is an individual if you push a stone down a hill once it is achieved a
17:47certain momentum will continue to the bottom of the hill and if anybody is in the way alas they are in the way
17:59a petition yes blesser sir I never signed a petition before it's very simple I never signed anything very much
18:15let me explain this will go to the bishop asking him to see that justice is done to the legal recipients of
18:26the charity and what does that mean sir it means money but only if all 12 of you sign the petition
18:39there's a problem a problem two problems tell me about the problems I don't see that mr. Bunce will sign
18:53this mr. Bunce very loyal to mr. Harding's mr. Bunce well so we all are but of course him mr. Bunce especially
19:05eleven signatures will be quite acceptable that's the other problem mr. Bunce is the only one who can write
19:15if all of you make your mark that will be quite acceptable in the eyes of the law
19:20well I don't know what to say with a lot of respect for mr. Harding
19:28well I have a lot of respect for mr. Harding you do
19:32indeed yes this is not an attack on mr. Harding
19:37this is simply an attempt to see that justice is done justice yes meaning money
19:44yes how much could be as much as a hundred pounds a year
19:54pounds a year is that each each of you is entitled to 100 pounds a year by common law as I understand it
20:06if eleven of us make our mark that is an essential first step you shall have eleven marks supposing I have to write them myself
20:36now that be the lot
20:52except for mr. Bunce
20:53Bunce
20:54Bunce
20:54Bunce
20:55the lawyer said pay no heat to Bunce he said eleven marks would serve
21:01now we've got eleven eleven we've got
21:04Bunce can jump in the river
21:06that's right
21:07that's what Bunce can do
21:09what can Bunce do
21:10Abel Andy
21:11well
21:14nothing
21:15well that's to say
21:18I have the advantage over all of you I can read and I can write my name
21:23I tell you this is doing no good Abel Andy
21:25not that you have did much good I'm thinking
21:27my mind's my own business master Bunce and you do the same and your spying and poking
21:32ear won't make no difference
21:37and you stuck your name on that petition have you
21:41yes I have
21:42what is it to you what he signs
21:44he can sign what he likes in his own room he doesn't have to axe your permission
21:48did you axe permission to come into this room sneaking in here without permission and
21:53he's busy and you're not wanted I've known Job sculpit 60 years
22:00I know the mother that bore him when she and I were little wee things picking daisies together
22:05in the close yonder and I've spent 10 years under the same roof with him and after that I may
22:12come into his room without axing leave and yet no sneaking neither so you can Mr Bunce so you can
22:17I'm also free to tell him my mind I tell him he's done a foolish and a wrong thing
22:24he's playing the game of others who care nothing for him poor or rich sickness or health alive or dead
22:34are the lot of you soft enough to think that if a hundred a year be given it's the likes of us
22:40I'll get it did any of us ever do anything worth half the money was it to make gentlemen of us we
22:47were brought here when all the world turned against us and we couldn't longer earn our daily bread
22:54aren't you all as rich in your ways as is Mr Ardine is
22:57aren't you getting all you woke for hmm iron maul you woke for wouldn't each of you have given the
23:08dearest limb of his body to secure that which now makes you so ungrateful we want what John Hiram left
23:15us we want what's ours by law no matter what we expected what's ours by law should be ours and by
23:25godless we mean to have it law you know a poor man yet was better for law or a lawyer but Mr Bunce
23:33will Mr Finney be as good to you as the warden has been will he sit you when you sit comfort you when
23:39you're Richard wait till you're all on your deathbeds then cry out for lawyers see what good it'll do you
23:48what I can't understand is why you let them do this in the first place I show no reason to stop
23:56or why you let them do anything I don't understand allowing that fellow bold on the premises and that
24:01other low petty fogger Finney and this why didn't you tell Bunce to destroy it that would hardly have
24:07been wise well it's a short answer they'll get I can tell you why shouldn't they petition if if they
24:12if they want why shouldn't they want to why shouldn't they I'll tell them why they shouldn't
24:27will they have heard that oh yes I think they will have heard it all right good good
24:33where are you going to my study you're staying here with me
24:36now for heaven's sake don't let's have a division in the camp unless you wish to be ruined quietly if
24:42I'm to be ruined I would much rather be ruined quiet let us have a long pool and a strong pool but above
24:48all a pool all together now come warden come don't be afraid of your duty
24:56good day good day to you gentlemen I hope you're well warden and miss eleanor oh yes thank you
25:08Bunce very well likewise my lord and your good lady and the children of plumstead yes thank you
25:17Bunce we are all in excellent health but not in excellent spirits
25:29do sit down all of you
25:34let us approach this matter in a friendly and informal manner
25:43now my man I would like to say a few words to you
25:47your good friend the warden here and myself and my lord the bishop on whose behalf I wish to speak
25:54to you would all be very sorry very sorry indeed that you had any just ground for complaint
26:03any just ground for complaint on your part would be dealt with at once by the warden
26:09or by his lordship or by me on his behalf without the necessity for any petition
26:17yes we have a petition in which you express an opinion that you do not receive from Hiram's estate
26:32all that is due to you that's right sir that'll be the case oh I don't know what is it you ask for what is it you want that you have not got here
26:41not got here a hundred a year that's right a hundred a year are you mad but john harem built a hospital for worn out old men worn out old working men
26:53worn out old working men infernal men past their work cripples blind bedridden and such like do you think
26:59you think he meant to make gentlemen out of them oh my men I will tell you what john harem meant he meant
27:05that 12 poor worn out old working men who could no longer support themselves who had no friends to support them
27:13who must starve and perish miserably if not protected by the hand of friendship he meant
27:19that 12 such men should come here in their poverty and wretchedness and find within these walls shelter
27:30and food before their death and a little leisure
27:37to make their peace with god that is what john harem meant
27:40you have not read john harem's will and I doubt whether the wicked men who are advising you have done so
27:50I have I know what his will was
27:58that is to say I understand fully the spirit behind it I tell you that was his will and his will shall be done
28:10have you not shelter and measure and food have you not every indulgence that you are capable of enjoying
28:19have you not twice better food twice better bed ten times more money than you are ever capable of enjoying
28:28and yet you petition for a hundred pounds a year I tell you what my friends you are deluded
28:33you are made fools of by wicked men acting for their own ends I tell you you will not get a hundred
28:41pence a year more than you get now in fact it is very possible you might even get less yes it is
28:47very possible that my lord the bishop and the one here may make changes no no no no no
28:58I am I want no changes at least no changes which will make you worse off than you are already not so
29:13long as you and I all live together god bless you mr. Arding god bless you sir we knew you was always our
29:22friend precisely we are your friends
29:31so let there be an end to this nonsense
29:41well I think I spoke to them plainly oh yes you were plain enough
29:45yeah so that's everything you know that's everything
29:47with these sort of people one must speak plainly or one will not be understood I think they did
29:51understand me oh yes they understood you all right now they know what to expect from us they know
29:55that we're not afraid we shall triumph mr. harding we shall triumph
30:01we shall have them john we shall have them i'm sure we must start now
30:31so this is where you tend the sick and needy it is and expose the corruption of the established
30:46church i understand the bishop is taking counsel's opinion really well they've consulted sir abraham
30:52haphazard the attorney general you were pleased by that john i'm delighted taking counsel's opinion is the
31:00last refuge of the guilty and the desperate we have them on the run
31:06john i forgive me i thought you were alone mary i would like you to meet tom towers tom this is my
31:12sister mary good afternoon miss pole good afternoon mr towers a great joy and pleasure to meet the
31:18sister of such a dedicated campaigner for social justice john is an excellent doctor too
31:22will we be reading about the campaign in the pages of the jupiter the press has a clear responsibility in
31:29these matters corruption must be exposed to the clean air of public scrutiny perhaps you would like
31:37some tea we'd love some tea mr towers must be tired from his journey on the contrary the trains from
31:42london to barchester extremely fast comfortable and clean i understand the trains from barchester to
31:48london are equally efficient mr towers your sister not a campaigner then john oh yes she's a campaigner
31:57different campaign there's only one campaign nay a crusade
32:02we make no apology for launching another thunderbolt in the familiar direction of the church of england
32:18we are informed that the warden of an old arms house attached to barchester cathedral
32:23is in receipt of 25 times the annual income appointed for him by the will of the founder
32:29while the sum yearly expended on the absolute purposes of the charity has always remained fixed
32:37in other words the legatees under the founders will being the aged and the infirm have received
32:44no advantage from the increase in the value of the property during the last four centuries such
32:50increase having been absorbed by the so-called warden
32:58it is impossible to conceive of a case of greater injustice it is no answer to say that some 12 old
33:06men receive as much of the goods of this world as such old men require on what foundation moral or
33:13divine traditional or legal is grounded the warden's claim to the large income he receives for doing
33:20nothing does he ever ask himself when he stretches wide his clerical palm to receive the pay of some
33:28dozen of the working clergy for what service he is so remunerated does his conscience ever entertain the
33:35question of his right to such subsidies or is it possible that the subject never so much as presents itself to his mind
33:44good heavens
33:54we must express our opinion that nowhere but in the church of england and only there among its priests
34:09could such a state of moral indifference be found i'm sorry it was such a brief visit john not without
34:16impact i suspect indeed drive on come along
34:30it is all in the jupiter so it must be true see here it says mr harding's no better than a robber
34:39where does it say that oh dear you see robber oh i see it robber and does it say we shall all have
34:47a hundred a year of course you do does it say all our names well no no it doesn't say our names well
34:55that wouldn't be legal but it says the money which is a hundred a year so i was right to sign the
35:01petition of course you was right didn't we tell you so and you old billy you was right
35:08you still don't know i'll take that what right of you to take it just given to me by my legal attorney
35:17mr finney i have the right because i can read it there's only kindling to the rest of you
35:38you
35:51are you proud of yourself pride doesn't come into it oh I think it is mostly
36:10pride nonsense and the monstrous conceit of your friend Tom Towers Tom is a
36:15courageous man oh so courageous that he runs off to London and leaves you to
36:19cope with the consequences of his arrogance consequences
36:25nowhere but in the Church of England could such a state of moral indifference be found
36:51I assume we do not agree with that assertion a gross exaggeration well well
37:01ought we not to do something to correct this assertion may I make a tentative
37:06suggestion excellent one of us could write a letter to the Jupiter clarifying gently and politely but
37:15but firmly that there is no state of moral indifference in the Church of England a sound suggestion
37:25were such a letter to be published it would be smothered in ridicule really well I hadn't
37:35realized that you leave out some word or letter make some tiny error of grammar or syntax and the
37:43ignorance of the clergy will be harped upon well I must confess I always have trouble with the
37:48subjunctive the smallest mistake will be interpreted as self-condemnation whatever you say they will alter to
37:57prove that you are vulgar ill-tempered irreverent and illiterate but we are none of those things are we
38:04no we are none of these things I freely confess to other frailties but they will take those
38:21frailties and transform them instantly into total and comprehensive guilt of every crime in the statute book
38:27including blasphemy oh dear me well I wasn't aware that newspapers behave like this though I rarely read
38:36them as you know the Jupiter is omnipotent a man may have the best causes the best of talents and the
38:41best of tempers but if the Jupiter decides he is no better than a criminal he has no chance of defending
38:46himself what the Tsar is in Russia or the mob in America so is the Jupiter in England goodness me that
38:56being said we shall have no truck with the Jupiter well if that is your considered opinion oh it is
39:04ought we to do something hmm oh yes yes there is something ah something
39:14we have to study the word officer Abraham haphazard there has been a reply
39:26oh thank you oh thank you thank you thank you oh verily the word of sir Abraham has many syllables
39:44there are copies of the will copies of letters copies of accounts copies of wardens journals copies of
39:48leases in fact there are copies of everything that can be copied including some that cannot
39:53uh well uh ought we to read any of this I fear it is inevitable oh dear but I mean
40:06could we not just write a letter to the Jupiter no
40:23I hope you don't mind talking in here. I'm working.
40:43it makes not the slightest difference where we talk. are you angry?
40:53you've read this? yes. it is part of your campaign against my father. no not
41:01against your father against the institution of the church. what I read
41:05here is a personal attack against my father. miss Harding.
41:12your father is everything that is kind and generous. he always was so. mr. bold you
41:21may be sure of one thing. I shall always judge my father to be right. those who
41:26oppose him I shall judge to be wrong. I don't oppose him. those who do not know
41:30him oppose him. I shall have charity enough to believe that they are wrong
41:32through an error of judgment. yes yes that I understand. but when I see him
41:36attacked by those who know him and who ought to love him and revere him those
41:40people I cannot forgive. those people I do not wish to see again.
41:45but Eleanor. miss Harding.
41:49you'll reach out. does that indicate that you have found it? this appears to be the gist of the matter. you mean to say amongst all these documents there is a gist?
42:14a memorandum from Sir Abraham. hmm? well must I read this or could you explain it to me?
42:21you are safe. how am I safe?
42:27mr. John Bold and his associates have made a technical error.
42:33they have started proceedings against mr. Harding naming him as warden of the hospital.
42:38but I am warden of the hospital. but if you look at the original wording of the will it says my lord the bishop
42:46being graciously pleased to see that due justice be done and so forth.
42:50you see the point? no.
42:55for them to bring a successful action they should have named the people actually responsible for
42:59the carrying out of the terms of the will. now in legal terms mr. Harding is merely a paid servant.
43:04the defendants in Sir Abraham's view should have been either the corporation or possibly the chapter
43:09or more likely my father not you. and you are the one named in their case?
43:15it seems to me to be a very fine legal quibble.
43:19well sir Abraham specializes in fine legal quibbles.
43:22is he quite short about this fine legal quibble?
43:24well let me tell you what he says uh he says uh yes by the time such a point is resolved
43:32in the courts the other side will have been forced into at least
43:36fifteen thousand pounds worth of legal costs.
43:41now where can they find that amount of money?
43:45the hospital is safe.
43:46i am safe.
43:48splendid.
43:49because the church has more money than the reformers.
43:54and because of a fine legal quibble.
43:57i'm safe.
43:58yes.
44:01does sir Abraham say anything about the morality of the situation?
44:06certainly not.
44:08the legal profession does not concern itself with morality.
44:11ah department is it not?
44:15forgive me.
44:18forgive me.
44:19bishop, archdeacon.
44:23if the world considers me to be a thief it
44:27it is of small comfort to know that a fine legal quibble says that i am not.
44:40excuse me.
44:49my father-in-law can be a very difficult person.
45:02he has persistent bouts of
45:05christianity.
45:06he has persistent bouts of
45:26who is that what you see.
45:28Did you want me?
45:50I was only come to axe after your reverence.
45:54I'm well enough. Thank you.
45:56Mr. Finney was here this afternoon.
46:01There was some talk. There'd been news from London about the hospital.
46:08Mr. Finney was looking very unhappy.
46:11There was news from London. That much is true.
46:15Is it good news?
46:17I suppose it's bad news for Mr. Finney
46:20and for those of your fellows who expected £100 a year.
46:25So it must be good news for you, sir.
46:28The archdeacon seems to think so.
46:32Perhaps the bishop thinks so.
46:35I do not consider it good news.
46:39Then nor do I, Mr. Arding.
46:43Gods will be done.
46:47Gods will be done, Mr. Arding.
46:48It's too late to be working.
47:05There is work to be done.
47:06You cannot hope to reform the whole universe all on your own.
47:18I have to try.
47:31Well you could leave some of it to other people.
47:35Especially Barchester.
47:37Why Barchester?
47:37I have spoken to Eleanor.
47:46In the future you'll have to speak to Eleanor for both of us.
47:54John.
47:55Yes?
47:55Is it so important?
48:00The campaign, do you mean?
48:01Yes, of course it is.
48:02A man must have the courage of his convictions.
48:07Carry them through to their proper conclusions.
48:13Whatever the personal cost.
48:17And you are totally convinced of the justice of your campaign?
48:22Have you truly considered its impact from every point of view,
48:24including that of Mr. Arding?
48:26That is precisely what I'm doing at this moment.
48:29But John, you...
48:30I need silence.
48:37I need silence.
49:00Eleanor.
49:09Father?
49:12Do you ever read the Jupiter?
49:17No, never.
49:20Tell me the truth.
49:25Perhaps sometimes.
49:26the devil sometimes has some very good tunes I don't understand nor do I my
49:38dear but I am trying very hard I know but ultimately we are not supposed to
49:50understand but I also know that we must try
50:08father
50:13hush my dear
50:16hush my dear
50:20just for a moment
50:37I cannot
50:38I will not give up my work
50:44I understand that
50:49but I fear on this occasion
50:54the hospital mr. Harding
50:56I think I am wrong
51:04what man can find salvation in legal quibble
51:28your friend Dr. Bold
51:45he is no longer my friend
51:46whether or not he is your friend I think
51:55I think what he says
51:59about the hospital
52:02and about its warden
52:03I think
52:11he is right
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