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00:00Sometimes our new beginnings have been year and fall.
00:06We have chosen them.
00:09Others lie in wait and burst upon us like bad weather.
00:15All unwelcome beasts.
00:19Little wonder that we cling to what is certain.
00:24Home, the hearth, the family.
00:26Born or found places where no storms land.
00:32And we think no winds can blow.
00:38What's happening with the father in all this?
00:41Is there any prospect of marriage?
00:43I've asked her that and she wouldn't answer.
00:44How could you be so stupid, Belinda?
00:47You had the world at your feet.
00:51University.
00:52Once you gave up on the idea of nursing,
00:54you were gonna be a history teacher.
00:57I can still be a history teacher.
00:59Who's gonna give you a job?
01:01You'll be an unmarried mother.
01:02Rhoda, the world's changing.
01:04Not fast enough.
01:07People keep saying the world's changing for people like Susan
01:09and I don't see any evidence of it.
01:11This isn't about Susan.
01:13Mum.
01:17Lady Aylwood, would you consider entering into partnership with me?
01:23Partnership?
01:24I intend to semi-retire and I thought that 40% ownership of the Lady Emily might appeal,
01:32with the backing of the Aylwood estate, of course.
01:35I'm afraid I don't have access to the Aylwood estate capital, Mr. Scarrisbrick,
01:39and neither does my husband.
01:41Everything is under the control of my mother-in-law, Lavinia.
01:45Ah, of course, dear, difficult Lavinia.
01:48I remember her from our dancing days.
01:51Nevertheless, I would like you to at least consider the offer.
01:56Perhaps you could put your wiles to work.
02:01Hey!
02:02Look!
02:03You've got to calm down.
02:04Alright?
02:04And you've got to sit down.
02:06And then we can work things out.
02:08Look, if there is one thing that we're really good at as a family,
02:11it is working our problem.
02:12I didn't do this as part of the family, Dad.
02:14I did it on my own.
02:16And your family, darling?
02:17It was fantastic.
02:19While it lasted.
02:26Hey.
02:28This isn't awful.
02:31Hey.
02:33We're beautiful.
02:42Oh, peril!
02:44I thought we had mice,
02:45which aren't unheard of even in the best-managed mansion flats.
02:49I was feeling the heat.
02:50I think it's that continental quilt.
02:53I don't think they'll catch on over here.
02:55The winters aren't cold enough.
02:57I'll swap you with this candle wick.
02:59Tomorrow.
03:07Sister,
03:08if you don't want to take the diuretics anymore,
03:13I accept that.
03:15You're not going to dissuade me?
03:18No.
03:21I tried to.
03:23Out of love.
03:26As we discussed.
03:28And now I will stop.
03:31Out of respect.
03:40Good morning.
03:44Roslyn.
03:44I went on an early morning excursion to a number of news stations,
03:48and bought bridal magazines in all of them.
03:51I've no time to get anything made.
03:52There are superb ready-to-wear options these days,
03:55and every boutique worth knowing will be listed in the small ads.
03:58I've never even decided if I'm going to wear white.
04:01And the weather's going to be cold.
04:02It's a wedding dress.
04:03Why would you not want white?
04:05There are wonderful options in lace that would look divine with a long sleeve.
04:10Delicate, virginal, and no one will see your goosebumps.
04:14I've just had two very interesting phone calls.
04:17First St Cuspert's telling me that Mrs Rhoda Mollocks is pressing for an early discharge after a cholecystectomy.
04:24She's not going to be very well at all.
04:27Shall I add her to the district nursing list?
04:28Thank you, Nurse Clifford.
04:29But then I had Mrs Mollocks ring to say that their elder daughter is expecting and in need of our
04:35attention.
04:36I'll put Mrs Turner on to this.
04:38She knows the family well.
04:41Nurse Crane, I'm afraid I'd need to speak to you about Sister Monica Joan.
04:48There isn't a GP on this earth that would force a determined woman of 90-odd to take medication if
04:54she doesn't want to.
04:55All it will do is make her more unhappy.
04:57She's almost cheery this morning.
05:00If anything, you'd think she was on the mend.
05:03Well, don't bother her with any urine or blood tests for now.
05:06The symptoms will speak for themselves.
05:10Thank you, Doctor.
05:11I'll keep you informed as things unfold.
05:17Dr Turner, I have just received the most infuriating communication from Central Supplies asking you for the return of every
05:24item of council-owned equipment in our possession.
05:27Now?
05:29Prior or immediately subsequent to the closure of your facility as appropriate.
05:34Well, the closure itself isn't appropriate.
05:37And every bed, kidney bowl and set of clamps is staying on these premises until the last mother and baby
05:44go out of those doors.
05:45You've included this entirely spurious list of items headed assumed inventory.
05:51It will be consigned to the incinerator and I shall prepare an audit of our own.
05:55The incubator never belonged to Central Supplies.
05:59It was paid for by the people of Poplar because the council wouldn't provide the funds.
06:05They are not having it.
06:07And I'm still a GP.
06:09Send in my next patient.
06:14I don't think your dates are quite right, Belinda. You feel close to turn to me.
06:20Does that mean I'm going to have it soon?
06:22Very possibly.
06:23She was here all through the summer holidays and as Rhoda keeps telling me there was nothing showing.
06:27Bernie, why don't you go to work until Rhoda arrives in the ambulance.
06:32Belinda and I can work through some tests and I'll make enquiries about a home health.
06:37Mum will tell you she doesn't need one.
06:39And I'll tell her that without one she'll end up back in hospital.
06:43Don't worry.
06:44We'll soon get things organised for both of you.
06:48You are more than welcome.
06:50Mr Franklin will see you at four o'clock.
06:54Viola player with a wry neck and begging to be squeezed in.
06:58I have to say, I could fill your brother's diary twice over and there'd still be people weeping at the
07:03gates.
07:04I was thinking you might like to have a weekly clinic at the Lady Emily when I start as matron
07:09there.
07:09Have you told anyone at Ninata's house yet?
07:12That I'm moving.
07:14I'll speak to Sister Julia when she's back from the mother house.
07:17Are you afraid how she might react?
07:19I'm terrified.
07:20Not because she'll be angry, but because she'll be quite calm.
07:24Not because she'll be disappointed, but that she'll be accepting.
07:29But worst of all, I'm terrified she'll smile and wrap her arms around me and tell me it's all God's
07:37plan.
07:39What if it is God's plan?
07:41Then I resent it.
07:42You've spent years and years and years trying to determine and do the best for the women of Poplar.
07:52But in the end it all counts for nothing.
07:55Because some great imaginary being decided otherwise.
08:00Well, just because God is invisible doesn't make him imaginary.
08:07Rhoda, I need to take your blood pressure and then I want you upstairs and resting in bed.
08:13Just let us hear from the Thalidomite Society in the campaign.
08:17They need dealing with.
08:18And I need to talk to Belinda.
08:21She's upstairs.
08:23I think she was feeling quite...
08:26anxious.
08:29Belinda!
08:33I need to say what all mums say, don't I?
08:38I need to say you're not the first.
08:42And you won't be the last.
08:47It'll be alright, love.
08:50We've got through worse than this.
08:53I never got through worse than this.
09:00I wish to sit in the chair.
09:03And I find myself desirous of a pomegranate.
09:08That would be most unwise.
09:11Pomegranates are extremely high in potassium.
09:14Can I fetch you some other nice fruit from the market?
09:17I would like you to summon someone from this establishment.
09:24Albion and Sons is an undertaker's.
09:27And I will have a pomegranate.
09:32I'll never finish with God.
09:34And I'll never question Him.
09:37It's only myself I'm confused about.
09:39And what I want.
09:41And whether it's right for me to want it.
09:44I know you want a child, Meryl.
09:47But is there more to it than that?
09:50I've wanted a child.
09:52So much.
09:54It filled my every aching moment.
09:58My every waking thought.
10:00But now...
10:04I've started my menopause.
10:08I've left it all too late.
10:17I loved Susan from the moment I saw her.
10:20So did I.
10:23But I was scared.
10:25About what you'd think.
10:28You and Perry.
10:30Because I knew your lives had changed.
10:33I knew.
10:34We were all headed somewhere.
10:38That wasn't normal.
10:39Susan was normal.
10:41To us.
10:42Sometimes I only remembered she was different when I saw other people's faces.
10:46She made us more of a gang, though, didn't she?
10:49Still does.
10:51Malick's is against the world.
10:54And you were never just Belinda after she came along.
10:58You were Susan's sister.
11:00I don't want you to think I'm not proud of that.
11:04But I had to look at everything.
11:06That way.
11:07And everybody looked at me that way.
11:09When I went to university,
11:11I wasn't Susan's sister.
11:14And when I thought...
11:16I was wanted.
11:18That I was special.
11:20I was just so...
11:21thrilled.
11:22I did stupid, stupid things.
11:25But that's because of anything that I did.
11:29Then I was stupid, too.
11:35Dr Turner.
11:36Philip Harry.
11:38That son of yours is shaping up quite nicely.
11:41We'll make an obstetrician of him yet.
11:43I'm still hoping to make him a GP.
11:45Later this month.
11:46We're trying out some new diagnostic technology.
11:49I thought you might send some patients my way.
11:51Of course.
11:51In return for a preview.
11:54Were you taken by surprise when I requested your attendance?
11:58We genuinely look after the deceased, Sister Monica Jones.
12:02But it seems to me that caring for the dying matters just as much.
12:07I do not fear death.
12:10I am, however, beset by all manner of opinions.
12:14About your funeral.
12:15There are rights and rituals that are prescribed.
12:19And I embrace them.
12:21But I find I cannot rest.
12:24Lest my farewell is not managed in the way it ought to be.
12:28If you explain to me...
12:30...why you think that is...
12:32...I can help.
12:33By working out what you should do.
12:41Brad!
12:44Brad!
12:45What's the matter, Sister?
12:47Sister Monica Jones has asked for the wheelchair.
12:50Oh, blimey.
12:51Is it still in the shed?
12:56I've been using it to transport compost.
12:59I thought she'd approve of that.
13:07No, not his house. Midwife speaking.
13:09Sis, it's me.
13:11Matthew's been trying to get hold of you.
13:12I'm on a house call, Geoffrey. What's the matter?
13:15It's your ma-in-law, the other Lady Aylward.
13:17Sis, she's had a massive heart attack.
13:20Matthew's already left for the airport.
13:22They quarreled so badly when she took over the company.
13:24He'll be desperate to see her.
13:25I'm afraid it's too late.
13:29Sometimes I think it was a market that has changed at least.
13:33The produce always marked the changing of the seasons,
13:36even during times of war.
13:39I remember some winters there was nothing on these vegetables
13:43except turnips and dried peas.
13:46All right, sister.
13:48Fancy a few bananas on the house.
13:52My eyes are dimmer than once they were.
13:57It is Mr. Morris, is it not?
14:01Who wants to know? The old Bill?
14:05The sisters brought all of our kids into the world,
14:07but you delivered the first one and the last.
14:13Which was a faultling breach.
14:16I recall that now.
14:18Well, Mildred said afterwards,
14:19don't you ever charge her for bananas again?
14:23How about a few chrysamps, sister?
14:25Oh, thank you.
14:28I don't deserve such generosity.
14:32I'd let them be the judge of that.
14:41The flags beneath these wheels are worn quite smooth.
14:49One thinks about the feet that made them, sir.
14:53The brides.
14:57The mothers.
14:59The thousand infants brought to be baptized.
15:04The mourners.
15:09I see a few churches in my line of work.
15:13I always reckon this one is the best.
15:18Do you ever pray, Mr. Molox?
15:23I have felt the inclination once or twice.
15:31I will be buried at the mother house.
15:36But I want my requiem to take place here.
15:42I am not only leaving this earth, Mr. Molox.
15:46I am leaving Poplar.
15:48And it is my home.
15:54Has there ever been a greater indicator of a shotgun wedding status than a hastily buttercreamed vanilla sponge?
16:03Pick your nozzle.
16:05I'll do the small rosettes.
16:07You can do the large ones.
16:08I do so wish you were able to come.
16:11I always loved to party.
16:13Almost more than anything.
16:15When I was a nun, I was always sat on the sidelines.
16:18I'm now not a nun, however temporarily.
16:22I'm banished.
16:25I could give a good account of myself in the Foxtrot once upon a time.
16:29Oh, I adore a Foxtrot.
16:31I also know of a lovely lounge bar where they play all the right tunes and serve resplendent cocktails.
16:38I'll take you there if you like.
16:41I'd like to be anywhere where I'm not on the fringes.
16:46This campaign is making you ill.
16:48You've got to give it to Westbro.
16:49Where's that going to get anyone?
16:51Susan is never, ever going to be independent.
16:54I think about that every day.
16:55What good are you going to be if you rip your stitches out?
16:57Do you want me to carry you up?
17:00Yes, so I can't hear them.
17:02I think they're doing quite well, don't you?
17:25For a moment, I thought she was Sister Maud.
17:30I think I've heard of Sister Maud.
17:33But she passed away long before my time.
17:36She was the infomerian.
17:41And she loved her deathbed more than any birthing chamber.
17:47The end of life was always more compelling to her than its commencement.
17:56Sometimes I saw her weep.
18:00She wept when she died.
18:04But religious are supposed to welcome the end when it is offered to us.
18:13I think it is offered to me now.
18:19No, Sister.
18:22You were the one who foretold it.
18:25What do you mean?
18:26At Christmas, when we saw another pass through the veil from this world to the next.
18:36I can't recall his name, but his eyes were bright like Robin's.
18:46Mr. Fisher.
18:50He was met by all who loved him.
18:56And you said the sisters would come for me.
19:01When you die.
19:04I saw Sister Maud as clearly as I see you now.
19:13And I know it has begun.
19:22I'm not convinced it's imminent, but she's asked to see the priest.
19:27I will come back tomorrow.
19:29I was already preparing to leave.
19:32As there have been discussions and a vote.
19:35And I have news to impart.
19:37Will you impart it when you get home?
19:39Yes.
19:41Please.
19:42Just stay with our sister now.
19:44I won't leave her for a moment.
19:48Oh, come on, lass.
19:50We're in this together.
19:53There's going to be a wedding.
19:56That's life though, isn't it?
19:59And I didn't dare tell Sister Julianne the other thing she asked for.
20:06So, a little word told us you fancy the gin and tonic.
20:10You'd better drink it because we had to go to the off-license specially.
20:14I have heard the beverage mentioned so often in my lifetime.
20:19And always in such a proving terms.
20:24I thought it a shame.
20:26I was so ignorant.
20:28Well, we all feel you're keeping your liquids up.
20:31Go on.
20:33Go on.
20:35Go on.
20:37Go on.
20:42Go on.
20:43Go on.
20:43I declare myself enamored.
20:55I think the choice of soft drinks is very sensible the night before a wedding.
21:01I'm looking forward to the trifle.
21:04I love trifle.
21:05Phyllis had to put it back in the fridge because it hadn't set yet.
21:09Are you serving the bride breakfast in bed in the morning, Millicent?
21:12I most certainly am.
21:14I've also thought of an additional embellishment.
21:21Welcome back, sister!
21:41I couldn't get to sleep last night. All I wanted was for it to be the morning.
21:45Honey, honey.
21:46You forgot your shoes and your hair dryer.
21:48Hi, Brad Paul.
21:53We put some peppermints on the tray.
22:05Saltfish, ackee, and fried dumpling.
22:09You need a proper breakfast inside you today of all days.
22:13Thank you for being my witness, Mrs. Wallace.
22:16I am not your witness.
22:18God is your witness.
22:20Even if the wedding is in a registry office.
22:24Is that shirt ready, Mrs. Buckle?
22:27Well, I'm not satisfied with the right handcuff.
22:30Oh, by the way, Cyril,
22:32Fred wondered which firm you booked your taxes with.
22:35Muzzy's Mortars.
22:37Just in case there's any problems.
22:42Thank you for your patience, ladies.
22:44May I present the bride.
22:52Hey, now I'll have to be ready.
23:12See you again.
23:18Father Hilary is hearing her confession.
23:28Will you please repeat after me?
23:31I do solemnly declare
23:33that I know not
23:34of any lawful impediment
23:36why I, Rosalind Anne Clifford.
23:40I do solemnly declare
23:42that I know not
23:44of any lawful impediment
23:45why I, Rosalind Anne Clifford.
23:54Rosalind Anne Clifford.
23:57May not be joined in matrimony
23:58to thee, Cyril Alphonse Robinson.
24:02May not be joined in matrimony
24:04to thee, Cyril Alphonse Robinson.
24:13Through this holy anointing,
24:15may the Lord in his love and mercy
24:17help you with the grace of the Holy Spirit.
24:20May the Lord,
24:21who frees you from sin,
24:23save you
24:27and raise you up.
24:28Amen.
24:30Amen.
24:33I marry you with this ring
24:36because you are more precious to me
24:38than all the gold the world contains.
24:44And I marry you with this ring
24:47because a circle is eternal
24:49and our love will never end.
24:57Receive, sister,
24:59this food for thy journey,
25:00the body of our Lord Jesus Christ.
25:04May he preserve thee
25:05from the malicious enemy
25:06and bring thee to everlasting life.
25:10Amen.
25:11Amen.
25:13Amen.
25:14Amen.
25:20Amen.
25:21Amen.
25:25Amen.
25:30Amen.
25:35Amen.
25:37Amen.
25:37Amen.
25:38Amen.
25:39Amen.
25:39Amen.
25:40Amen.
25:40Amen.
25:41Amen.
25:41Amen.
25:41Amen.
25:42Amen.
25:43Amen.
25:51It is quite wonderfully made
25:54When I made my vows to Christ
25:58We were told
26:00A single lily must suffice
26:03I should have liked that better
26:08You are radiant
26:10Even among brides
26:15It is the child within you, I think
26:18A pearl
26:21Like the pearl you wear on your finger
26:25Who told you about the child?
26:27It is supposed to be a secret
26:30Perhaps as the body fades
26:33The senses grow sharper
26:38I have a gift for your infant
26:40You must not leave without it
26:43The teddy bear?
26:53Oh
26:56Sister Monica Joan
26:57Your child is a child of this century
27:02It has both your features in its face
27:07And I delighted it
27:13I'm waiting for the shoes to tie to the taxi
27:16The trouble is there is no taxi
27:18I booked it in advance and there's no sign of it
27:37What's this Fred?
27:39We thought you should have something special
28:02Hello love
28:04This is Mrs Mullux
28:05Could you get your mum
28:06And tell her it's about Belinda?
28:14Her hands started to go cold
28:22I'll call Dr Turner
28:24He has to be kept informed
28:32Dad
28:34I keep thinking about Susan
28:38And her legs and her arms
28:41I mean the artificial ones
28:44They just don't work
28:46She has to be pushed
28:48And parked
28:50Like luggage or something
28:52There's no alternative Barry
28:53We had a talk in college today
28:55About electric wheelchairs
28:58Electric like you plug it in
29:00No
29:01They have a built in
29:02A hundred watt motor
29:04And rear wheel drive
29:06Why don't you tell the society
29:08Maybe they can fix it
29:10For Susan to try one
29:11Do you reckon she could
29:13Steer an electric one herself?
29:15We'd have to give it a go
29:17Dad
29:18She needs us to chase everything that's new
29:23Good girl Belinda
29:25Good girl
29:26This one will soon be over
29:29They just keep coming though
29:31That's the nature of childbirth love
29:35Shall I pop and get you some more painkillers?
29:38In a minute maybe
29:40It feels so strange with all those empty beds
29:44You're our only patient Belinda
29:47And the delivery room's all set up
29:49For when you're ready to move through
29:50Mrs Turner was saying
29:52This might be the last baby ever born here
29:55You're lucky to get in before it closes down
30:14Don't I get a beer?
30:15You've got crisps
30:16We need you to listen to our presentation
30:19About why we should get a colour television
30:22One, wildlife programmes are very educational
30:24And much more educational in colour
30:26Two, if Christopher comes back from Hong Kong
30:29He'll be able to watch Trump turn in colour
30:31Three, Timothy will come home
30:34And watch things like the old grey whistle test
30:36Which surprisingly enough
30:37Is in colour
30:38Hang on
30:39Hang on
30:40Why are you doing this when your mother's out
30:43It's because she always says you're the soft touch
30:45And she isn't
31:14Hehehe
31:17You look simply ravishing, and rather appropriately.
31:23This cocktail comprising gin, lemon juice, and creme de peche is known as Perfect Lady.
31:34I might yet find out what a hangover is like.
31:41Philip?
31:46How lovely to see you, Geoffrey.
31:48Is Alistair with you?
31:50Oh, propping up the bar as usual.
31:52Flatly refuses to join me on the dance floor.
31:54I do so envy you, your delightful partner.
31:58Oh, this is my darling friend, Beryl.
32:01Beryl, may I present Philip Parry.
32:04How lovely to meet you.
32:05Enchante.
32:20Fresh hot water bottle?
32:22I think I saw her shiver.
32:25You're done in, lass.
32:27I'll fetch you if things change.
32:30You go to bed.
32:31Leave the night shift to me.
32:35Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.
32:45What's in that memory?
32:48The cherry blue.
32:51Oh, please.
32:53What?
32:53Please, can't you just pull it out?
32:55It's just she seems to go limp every time she has a pain.
32:58You've got to push, love.
33:01Push.
33:02I'm going to set the doctor.
33:03Oh.
33:23That's it, Belinda.
33:25Push into your bottom again like you did last time.
33:28I think I'm getting her on the bed's out.
33:29Good girl, Belinda.
33:31Oh.
33:32Oh.
33:34Oh.
33:36Oh.
33:42Have things changed?
33:43They're starting to.
33:45You get dressed and I'll tell Sister Julianne.
33:55I might have known you'd put in an appearance this truth, Angelina.
34:00Some of us know when a job needs finishing.
34:04You, meanwhile, have shilly-shallied long enough.
34:08Even the Almighty's patience has worn thin.
34:12What's it like?
34:16Where I will go?
34:19It's everything we were promised.
34:23And all that you have worked for.
34:31Come on, you.
34:32Come on, you.
35:00And you have a daughter.
35:03Bang on, twenty past three.
35:06And you've put me out of a job, Belinda.
35:08Well done.
35:10Oh, look at her.
35:14Look at her little hands.
35:17Look at her little toes.
35:23Would you like to do something very special, Rhoda?
35:27And cut the cord?
35:37Oh, no.
35:46Oh, no.
35:52Oh, no.
35:56Oh, no.
36:17There is no pulse.
36:21Oh, lass.
36:33I want to say, how can a heart like her stop beating?
36:40How can a life like hers come to an end?
36:47She'd be up in the window to let her soul out.
36:52When Sister Julian gets here, there's no hurry.
36:59Would you like me to pray with you until she comes?
37:13Rest eternal crown unto her, O Lord.
37:16May her soul and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest at peace.
37:24Amen.
37:26Amen.
37:29Amen.
37:32Amen.
37:35She really has laid down everything she wanted.
37:39And in considerable detail.
37:41Even that she wants to be wheeled to the church on a costermonger's cart.
37:46A proper poplar funeral.
37:49We will do everything she asks.
37:52Meanwhile, Mr. Mollocks, I believe you became a grandfather last night.
37:57I did.
37:58I did.
38:00I did.
38:01There we go.
38:07I'll have to sign the certificate, but you can do the checks.
38:13Torch and stethoscope.
38:16That's all you need.
38:21Heartbeat first?
38:23Just as if she was still with us.
38:36I feel as though I should be talking to her.
38:40I always think that.
38:45It's okay, sister.
38:49You're in good hands.
39:02Geoff.
39:04It's time for me to go.
39:07Where?
39:08Back to the order.
39:10I was always going to have to choose.
39:12And you don't want to choose this?
39:15I left because I wanted a child.
39:20This isn't a life that could give me that.
39:23I could find you someone who can.
39:25There are hordes of suitable men out there.
39:27They come charging down the thoroughfares of London like the Hun.
39:30And I'm a dab hand with a shark net.
39:33And with a poison dart and a blowpipe.
39:36Geoffrey, this isn't to do with you.
39:39You know, I've been beaten by my own biology.
39:44And I belong in the order.
39:47I earn that life.
39:50If I go back, I can hold babies every day.
39:57I love them every day.
40:00And that won't hurt you?
40:04Not now.
40:06Because I know the things I dreamed of weren't meant for me.
40:22What does a poor bear do?
40:25Well, he's one of the people who helped to carry the coffin into the church.
40:32It's considered to be an honour.
40:35Especially if the person that died asked for you.
40:37Who else did she ask?
40:40Fred, of course.
40:42And Dr. Turner and Timothy.
40:44And Cyril.
40:46And Geoffrey.
40:47And she put Miss Higgins' Harry down as a reserve.
40:51All the proper men.
40:54Yes.
40:55Because you're a proper man, too.
40:58I will do it.
41:00And I will be proud.
41:04Beryl, you know, I'll walk you all the way to the front door if you want me to.
41:09No.
41:10You'd best not.
41:12I need to say goodbye to Beryl, too.
41:16Maybe it's best if I leave her here.
41:19With me.
41:21She'll always be with you.
41:23And whenever there's chutney to be made.
41:28Costumes cobbled together.
41:31Or...
41:32Happy family times to be had again in the convent parlour.
41:36Sister Veronica will always be so pleased to see you.
41:41And there will be happy family times, won't there?
41:44Yes.
41:48Don't disappear.
42:04I'm not scared of new beginnings, sister.
42:07I've seen too many babies being born.
42:10And you will wait until we know exactly where we're going?
42:14We had a long conversation about waiting once.
42:17In the wreckage of a train.
42:21Waiting is what we do.
42:23Yes.
42:25We'll do this together.
42:30And with that, I suppose I ought to pray.
42:34I have always left that to the experts.
42:41Do you have a moment, Nurse Green?
42:43I'm having to start the paperwork to transfer all of our expectant mother's notes.
42:50It's a pleasure to postpone it.
42:53I applied for an acting sisters job at St Cuthberts.
42:56And they've asked me to go for an interview.
42:58Oh, lass.
42:59Well done.
43:02But...
43:02It's on the day of the funeral.
43:05Oh.
43:12If you do the interview at the appointed time,
43:15you should get to the church before the end.
43:18But...
43:19You don't think that would be disrespectful?
43:24The reverse.
43:26We are burying a woman whose whole life was defined by her profession.
43:32She's probably up there now putting a word in for you.
43:41We are all facing loss.
43:43And we are facing change.
43:46The death of our sister and the alteration of our practice are not linked.
43:51But the sadness feels the same because it is time itself that has brought both these things about.
43:57I notice you say alteration, Sister Julianne, and not closure.
44:05Sister Veronica, Sister Catherine and I have decided that Nunata's house will become a house of prayer and of charity,
44:14whilst we discern our next steps.
44:16Can you say what sort of steps you might be considering?
44:20As we've already discussed with Dr. Turner, there are three potential new medical missions,
44:27all of which would involve at least a year abroad.
44:31One of them would be in the Gilbert and Ellis Islands, one of them would be in British Columbia, and
44:37one would be in a remote part of Australia.
44:40We ask for your prayers and your patience, and that as many of you as are able stay with us
44:50on this journey.
44:53All will be well.
44:56I promise you.
44:59Before the cortege moves on to the church, Sister Julianne will read a short verse at the request of the
45:08lady we are honouring today.
45:13The poem is called The Old Astronomer Talks to His Pupil.
45:20Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light.
45:29I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
45:46I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
45:48Thank you, gentlemen.
46:03Nurse Highland, Sister Marcus has provided glowing references for your recent spell on our wards,
46:10but you also have excellent testimonials from your district work.
46:16Why do you want to return to a hospital environment?
46:20That's not an easy question to answer, Matron, because it presupposes that my own enjoyment is the thing that matters.
46:28What matters most is the patient, the person who needs my care.
46:32Indeed.
46:33And I feel that going forward, I can give the best of myself to them in a place that is
46:38controlled and orderly and concerned with delivering excellence.
46:42And you don't feel that you can do that on the district?
46:45Things will improve, I'm sure.
46:47But not at the present time.
46:52Step.
46:55Step.
46:57Step.
46:59Step.
47:01Step.
47:03Thank you, gentlemen.
47:05Do you see the body of our sister Monica Joan with confidence in God who raised the Lord Jesus from
47:10the dead?
47:12Amen.
47:31The Lord Jesus from the dead
48:10CHOIR SINGS
48:11Having brought so many new lives into the world,
48:16Sister Monica Joan has gone on to a new, eternal existence of her own.
48:24Words about her time on earth seem so redundant and so small.
48:32Will we ever see her like again?
48:36I cannot say.
48:38But I can say this.
48:41She was unique.
48:44And yet, what we feel as we let her go is universal.
48:53Because we have lost her.
48:57We have lost her.
49:01And today, as we gather round the emptiness that she has left behind,
49:07that space becomes not a void, but a vessel filled with love for her and from her, from ourselves and
49:23for each other.
49:26We may not know what the future holds, but we can all say our lives contained her.
49:35And that binds us for eternity.
50:07CHOIR SINGS
50:19ORCHESTRA PLAYS
50:43ORCHESTRA PLAYS
51:10Rob, epitome of authority and poise.
51:13Do turn around so I can see the back.
51:16You don't need to see the back, Mr. Scarisbrick,
51:19because the back has nothing at all to do with what I'm about to tell you.
51:22Well, I'm not expecting any discussion of my offer,
51:25given your unfortunate family situation.
51:27My unfortunate family situation actually has had unexpected repercussions.
51:32My husband now controls Aylward Estates,
51:34and I've been given a seat on the board.
51:37So you're interested in buying a share of the clinic?
51:41I'm not interested in 40%.
51:4355% would be better.
51:45That way there's no confusion.
51:47We all know who's in charge.
52:02Is that Nurse Rosalyn Robinson?
52:04Because she is looking at Sister Joyce Highland.
52:07You've got the chance!
52:08Yes!
52:15Ah, there she is.
52:17You all ready for the big event?
52:18I have an uncomfortably full bladder.
52:22But I believe you're all going to see something quite amazing.
52:25It is quite space-age.
52:34I'm sorry they won't let you in.
52:39Now, what you are about to witness
52:41is a live examination of the gravid uterus
52:44using a method known as B-mode ultrasonography.
52:48The transducer emits pulses of sound into the maternal abdomen,
52:53and the returning echoes
52:55are converted into an image in real time.
53:00No radiation, no needles, and no discomfort.
53:04Are you ready, Mother?
53:06Yes, Mr. Parry.
53:30I think an exhibition of photographs and a tea party
53:33is a delightful way to conclude the old era.
53:36I think an exhibition of photographs and a tea party
53:39I think an exhibition of photographs and a tea party
53:39Dr. Turner is greatly relieved
53:41that you're staying on as his district nurse.
53:44I think he was afraid that you might retire.
53:47Well, I'm already eligible for my pension, so I could.
53:51But why would I want to?
53:52I love my work.
53:54To give it up would be like resigning from myself.
53:57Likewise.
53:59Look, I suppose
54:02one day even dear Dr. Turner won't need us anymore.
54:06But when that comes to pass
54:09I'm inclined to think you and I
54:10might have some new adventures.
54:13Dare I ask what you have in mind?
54:17I thought
54:19we could set up a detective agency.
54:22I could investigate people
54:25via public records
54:27and you could use
54:28your advanced motorists' credentials
54:33to trail them
54:34or even give chase.
54:41You're wrong.
54:43What are we going to call ourselves?
54:45I think we should play on our
54:47spinsterly status, perhaps.
54:49Um, the Miss Adventures Agency?
54:54Miss Alliance?
54:55Yeah.
54:56Misdemeanors?
54:59I've seen cards in phone boxes
55:02from someone called Misdemeanors.
55:04Oh, my God.
55:07That's the Worcester sauce.
55:10Well, I think how soon we run
55:13out of time
55:17Looking back
55:18at what I've done
55:20in my time
55:23My accomplishments are few
55:29But for my days
55:31of loving you
55:36If I've never gone
55:38too far
55:40in this world
55:43When I might have made
55:45my mark
55:46in this world
55:48If I had better things
55:52to do
55:55I had my days
55:58of loving you
56:03Let the others
56:05go their way
56:09seeking
56:10seeking
56:11more
56:11and more
56:15Give me
56:17just
56:18one
56:19yesterday
56:22Filled
56:23with love
56:24like you
56:28I have
56:30nothing
56:30to regret
56:31in this life
56:35I've had all
56:37worries
56:37to get
56:38in this life
56:42Once I lived
56:43a dream
56:44come true
56:48I've had my days
56:50of loving you
56:59There have always been
57:01goodbyes
57:02at Nonada's house
57:04And there have always
57:06been endings
57:07Year after year
57:09There have always been
57:11some drawing down
57:13of blinds
57:14Some closing of doors
57:16Some waving away
57:18of voyages
57:20and exiles
57:21We have grieved
57:24because there was
57:25no love
57:26without pain
57:27And we
57:28survived
57:29because the love
57:31was always
57:32greater
57:36There will always be
57:38another chapter
57:39and more change
57:41The world is forever
57:44evolving
57:45And the winds
57:46are sometimes
57:47cold
57:48But it is
57:50what we
57:51carry
57:52safe
57:52within us
57:54that will
57:54stay the same
57:57Hope
57:58is the pearl
57:59inside the oyster
58:00The seed
58:02in its sacred
58:03husk
58:04Hidden
58:04in the sweet
58:05dark earth
58:07Until the spring
58:08comes
58:26and the
58:26for this
58:26and the蛋
58:27will stay
58:27the same and
58:27the the
58:27of
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