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00:03Sometimes, our new beginnings have been yearned for.
00:09We have chosen them.
00:12Others lie in wait and burst upon us like bad weather or unwelcome beasts.
00:21Little wonder that we cling to what is certain.
00:26Home, the hearth, the family, born or found.
00:32Places where no storms land and we think no winds can blow.
00:40What's happening with the father in all this?
00:43Is there any prospect of marriage?
00:45I've asked her that and she wouldn't answer.
00:47How could you be so stupid, Belinda?
00:50You wear the world at your feet.
00:54University.
00:55Once you gave up on the idea of nursing, you were gonna be a history teacher.
01:00I can still be a history teacher.
01:02Who's gonna give you a job?
01:03You'll be an unmarried mother.
01:05Rhoda, the world's changing.
01:07Not fast enough.
01:10People keep saying the world's changing for people like Susan
01:12and I don't see any evidence of it.
01:14This isn't about Susan.
01:15Mum.
01:20Lady Aylwood, would you consider entering into partnership with me?
01:26Partnership?
01:27I intend to semi-retire and I thought that 40% ownership of the Lady Emily might appeal.
01:35With the backing of the Aylwood estate, of course.
01:37I'm afraid I don't have access to the Aylwood estate capital, Mr. Scarrisbrick, and neither does my husband.
01:44Everything is under the control of my mother-in-law, Lavinia.
01:47Ah, of course, dear, difficult Lavinia. I remember her from our dancing days.
01:54Nevertheless, I would like you to at least consider the offer.
01:58Perhaps you could put your wiles to work.
02:04Hey, look, you've got to calm down, alright?
02:07And you've got to sit down, and then we can work things out.
02:11Look, if there is one thing that we're really good at as a family, it is working out a problem.
02:15I didn't do this as part of the family, Dad. I did it on my own.
02:18And you're funded?
02:19It was fantastic.
02:22While it lasted.
02:28Hey.
02:31This isn't your fault.
02:34Eh?
02:35How beautiful.
02:44Oh, Peril!
02:46I thought we had mice, which aren't unheard of even in the best managed mansion flats.
02:51I was feeling the heat.
02:53I think it's that continental quilt.
02:56I don't think they'll catch on over here.
02:58The winters aren't cold enough.
03:00I'll swap you with this candle wick.
03:02Tomorrow.
03:10Sister, if you don't want to take the diuretics anymore, I accept that.
03:17You're not going to dissuade me?
03:21No.
03:23I tried to.
03:26Out of love.
03:28As we discussed.
03:31And now I will stop.
03:34Out of respect.
03:43Good morning.
03:44Good morning.
03:46Roslyn.
03:47I went on an early morning excursion to a number of news stations and bought bridal magazines in all of
03:54them.
03:54I've no time to get anything made.
03:55There are superb ready-to-wear options these days, and every boutique worth knowing will be listed in the small
04:00ads.
04:01I've never even decided if I'm going to wear white.
04:03And the weather's going to be cold.
04:05It's a wedding dress.
04:06Why would you not want white?
04:08There are wonderful options in lace that would look divine with a long sleeve.
04:13Delicate, vaginal, and no one will see your goosebumps.
04:17I've just had two very interesting phone calls.
04:20First St Cuspert's telling me that Mrs Rhoda Mollocks is pressing for an early discharge after a cholecystectomy.
04:27She's not going to be very well at all.
04:29Should I add her to the district nursing list?
04:31Thank you, Nurse Clifford.
04:32But then I had Mrs Mollocks ring to say that their elder daughter is expecting and in need of our
04:38attention.
04:39I'll put Mrs Turner on to this.
04:41She knows the family well.
04:44Nurse Crane, I'm afraid I'd need to speak to you about Sister Monica Joan.
04:51There isn't a GP on this earth that would force a determined woman of 90-odd to take medication if
04:57she doesn't want to.
04:58All it will do is make her more unhappy.
05:00She's almost cheery this morning.
05:03If anything, you'd think she was on the mend.
05:05Well, don't bother her with any urine or blood tests for now.
05:09The symptoms will speak for themselves.
05:12Thank you, Doctor.
05:14I'll keep you informed as things unfold.
05:20Dr Turner, I have just received the most infuriating communication from Central Supplies asking you for the return of every
05:27item of council-owned equipment in our possession.
05:30Now?
05:31Prior or immediately subsequent to the closure of your facility as appropriate.
05:37Well, the closure itself isn't appropriate.
05:40And every bed, kidney bowl and set of clamps is staying on these premises until the last mother and baby
05:46go out of those doors.
05:48We've included this entirely spurious list of items headed assumed inventory.
05:54It will be consigned to the incinerator and I shall prepare an audit of our own.
05:58The incubator never belonged to Central Supplies.
06:01It was paid for by the people of Poplar because the council wouldn't provide the funds.
06:07They are not having it.
06:09And I'm still a GP.
06:11Send in my next patient.
06:17I don't think your dates are quite right, Belinda.
06:21You feel close to turn to me.
06:23Does that mean I'm going to have it soon?
06:24Very possibly.
06:25She was here all through the summer holidays and as Rhoda keeps telling me, there was nothing showing.
06:30Bernie, why don't you go to work until Rhoda arrives in the ambulance?
06:35Belinda and I can work through some tests and I'll make inquiries about her home health.
06:40Mum will tell you she doesn't need one.
06:42And I'll tell her that without one she'll end up back in hospital.
06:46Don't worry.
06:47We'll soon get things organised for both of you.
06:51You are more than welcome.
06:53Mr Franklin will see you at four o'clock.
06:57Viola player with a wry neck and begging to be squeezed in.
07:01I have to say, I could fill your brother's diary twice over and there'd still be people weeping at the
07:06gates.
07:07I was thinking you might like to have a weekly clinic at the Lady Emily when I start as matron
07:11there.
07:12Have you told anyone at Ninata's house yet?
07:14That I'm moving.
07:17I'll speak to Sister Julia when she's back from the mother house.
07:20Are you afraid how she might react?
07:22I'm terrified.
07:23Not because she'll be angry, but because she'll be quite calm.
07:27Not because she'll be disappointed, but that she'll be accepting.
07:32But worst of all, I'm terrified she'll smile and wrap her arms around me and tell me it's all God's
07:40plan.
07:41What if it is God's plan?
07:43And I resent it.
07:45We've spent years and years and years trying to determine and do the best for the women of Poplar.
07:55But in the end it all counts for nothing.
07:58Because some great imaginary being decided otherwise.
08:03Well, just because God is invisible doesn't make him imaginary.
08:06I'm sorry.
08:10Rhoda, I need to take your blood pressure and then I want you upstairs and resting in bed.
08:16Just let us hear from the Thalidomide Society in the campaign.
08:20They need dealing with.
08:21And I need to talk to Belinda.
08:24She's upstairs.
08:26I think she was feeling quite...
08:29anxious.
08:31Belinda!
08:35I need to say what all mums say, don't I?
08:41I need to say you're not the first and you won't be the last.
08:50It'll be all right, love.
08:53We've got through worse than this.
08:56I never got through worse than this.
09:02I wish to sit in the chair.
09:05And I find myself desirous of a pomegranate.
09:11That would be most unwise.
09:13Pomegranates are extremely high in potassium.
09:16Can I fetch you some other nice fruit from the market?
09:19I would like you to summon someone from this establishment.
09:27Albion and Sans is an undertaker's.
09:30And I will have a pomegranate.
09:34I'll never finish with God.
09:37And I'll never question Him.
09:39It's only myself I'm confused about.
09:42And what I want.
09:44And whether it's right for me to want it.
09:47I know you want a child, Meryl.
09:50But is there more to it than that?
09:53I've wanted a child.
09:55So much.
09:57It filled my every aching moment.
10:00My every waking thought.
10:03But now...
10:06I've started my menopause.
10:11I've left it all too late.
10:19I loved Susan from the moment I saw her.
10:23So did I.
10:26But I was scared.
10:28About what you think.
10:31You and Perry.
10:33Because I knew your lives had changed.
10:35I knew...
10:37We were all headed somewhere.
10:41That wasn't normal.
10:42Susan was normal.
10:43To us.
10:45Sometimes I only remembered she was different when I saw other people's faces.
10:49She made us more of a gang, though, didn't she?
10:51Still does.
10:54Malick's is against the world.
10:57And you were never just Belinda after she came along.
11:01You were Susan's sister.
11:03I don't want you to think I'm not proud of that.
11:06But I had to look at everything that way.
11:10And everybody looked at me that way.
11:11When I went to university, I wasn't Susan's sister.
11:17And when I thought I was wanted.
11:20That I was special.
11:22I was just so thrilled.
11:25I did stupid, stupid things.
11:28If that's because of anything that I did.
11:32Then I was stupid too.
11:38Dr. Turner.
11:39Philip Harry.
11:41That son of yours is shaping up quite nicely.
11:44We'll make an obstetrician of him yet.
11:46I'm still hoping to make him a GP.
11:48Later this month.
11:49We're trying out some new diagnostic technology.
11:51I thought you might send some patients my way.
11:53Of course.
11:54In return for a preview.
11:57Were you taken by surprise when I requested your attendance?
12:00We generally look after the deceased, Sister Monica Joan.
12:05But it seems to me that caring for the dying matters just as much.
12:10I do not fear death.
12:13I am however beset by all manner of opinions.
12:17About your funeral.
12:18There are rites and rituals that are prescribed.
12:22And I embrace them.
12:24But I find I cannot rest.
12:27Lest my farewell is not managed in the way it ought to be.
12:31If you explain to me.
12:33Why you think that is.
12:34I can help.
12:36By working out what you should do.
12:44Brad!
12:46Brad!
12:48What's the matter sister?
12:50Sister Monica Joan has asked for the wheelchair.
12:53I'm planning.
12:54Is it still in the shed?
12:59I've been using it to transport compost.
13:02Well I thought she'd approve of that.
13:10Nanata's house, midwife speaking.
13:12Sis, it's me.
13:14Matthew's been trying to get hold of you.
13:15I'm on a house call, Geoffrey. What's the matter?
13:17It's your ma-in-law, the other Lady Aylward.
13:20Sis, she's had a massive heart attack.
13:22Matthew's already left for the airport.
13:24They quarreled too badly when she took over the company.
13:27He'll be desperate to see her.
13:28I'm afraid it's too late.
13:32Sometimes I think it's a market that has changed at least.
13:35The produce always marked the changing of the seasons, even during times of war.
13:42I remember some winters, there was nothing on these vegetables except turnips and dried peas.
13:49All right, sister. Fancy a few bananas on the house.
13:55My eyes are dimmer than once they were.
13:59It is Mr Morris, is it not?
14:03Who wants to know? The old Bill?
14:07The sisters brought all of our kids into the world, but you delivered the first one and the last.
14:16Which was a faultling breach. I recall that now.
14:21Well, Mildred said afterwards, don't you ever charge her for bananas again.
14:26How about a few crisamps, sister?
14:31I don't deserve such generosity.
14:34I'd let them be the judge of that.
14:44The flags beneath these wheels are worn quite smooth.
14:52One thinks about the feet that made them, sir.
14:56The brides.
14:59The mothers of a thousand infants brought to be baptized.
15:07The mourners.
15:12I see a few churches in my line of work.
15:15I always reckon this one is the best.
15:21Do you ever pray, Mr Mullocks?
15:26I have felt the inclination once or twice.
15:34I will be buried at the mother house.
15:39But I want my requiem to take place here.
15:45I am not only leaving this earth, Mr Mullocks.
15:48I am leaving Poplar.
15:51And it is my home.
15:57Has there ever been a greater indicator of a shotgun wedding status than a hastily buttercreamed vanilla sponge?
16:06Pick your nozzle.
16:08I'll do the small rosettes, you can do the large ones.
16:11I do so wish you were able to come.
16:14I always loved to party.
16:16Almost more than anything.
16:17When I was a nun, I was always sat on the sidelines.
16:21Now not a nun.
16:23However temporarily.
16:25And banished.
16:27I could give a good account of myself in the Foxtrot once upon a time.
16:31Oh, I adore a Foxtrot.
16:34I also know of a lovely lounge bar where they play all the right tunes and serve resplendent cocktails.
16:42I'll take you there if you like.
16:43I'd like to be anywhere where I'm not on the fringes.
16:49This campaign is making you ill. You've got to give it to Westbro.
16:52Where's that going to get anyone?
16:54Susan is never, ever going to be independent.
16:57I think about that every day.
16:58What are you going to be if you rip your stitches out?
17:00Do you want me to carry you up?
17:02Yes, so I can't hear them.
17:05I think you're doing quite well, don't you?
17:27For a moment, I thought she was Sister Maud.
17:33I think I've heard of Sister Maud.
17:36But she passed away long before my time.
17:40She was the infirmarian.
17:43And she loved her deathbed more than any birthing chamber.
17:50The end of life was always more compelling to her than its commencement.
18:00Sometimes I saw her weep.
18:03She wept when she died.
18:07But religious are supposed to welcome the end when it is offered to us.
18:16I think it is offered to me now.
18:22No, Sister.
18:25You were the one who foretold it.
18:28What do you mean?
18:29At Christmas.
18:31When we saw another pass through the veil from this world to the next.
18:39I can't recall his name, but his eyes were bright.
18:46Like Robins.
18:49Mr. Fisher.
18:53He was met by all who loved him.
18:58And you said the sisters would come for me.
19:04When you die?
19:06I saw Sister Maud as clearly as I see you now.
19:16And I know it has begun.
19:25I'm not convinced it's imminent, but she's asked to see the priest.
19:29I will come back tomorrow.
19:32I was already preparing to leave as there have been discussions and a vote.
19:37And I have news to impart.
19:40Will you impart it when you get home?
19:42Yes.
19:44Please.
19:45Just stay with our sister now.
19:47I won't leave her for a moment.
19:51Oh, for marvelous.
19:53We're in this together.
19:56There's going to be a wedding.
19:59That's life though, isn't it?
20:02And I didn't dare tell Sister Julianne the other thing she asked for.
20:09So, a little word told us you fancy the gin and tonic.
20:12You better drink it because we had to go to the off license specially.
20:17I have heard the beverage mentioned so often in my lifetime.
20:22And always in such approving terms.
20:27I thought it a shame.
20:29I was so ignorant.
20:31Well, we all feel like keeping illiquids off.
20:34Go on.
20:46I declare myself...
20:49...an hammered.
20:58I think the choice of soft drinks is very sensible the night before a wedding.
21:04I'm looking forward to the trifle.
21:06I love trifle.
21:07Phyllis had to put it back in the fridge because it hadn't set yet.
21:11Are you serving a bride breakfast in bed in the morning, Millicent?
21:14I most certainly am.
21:17I've also thought of an additional embellishment.
21:24Welcome back, Sister!
21:44I couldn't get to sleep last night.
21:46All I wanted was for it to be the morning.
21:48Honey, you forgot your shoes and your hair dryer.
21:51Hi, Brad Bull.
21:55Let me put some peppermints on the tray.
22:08Saltfish, ackee, and fried dumpling.
22:12You need a proper breakfast inside you today of all days.
22:16Thank you for being my witness, Mrs. Wallace.
22:18I am not your witness.
22:21God is your witness.
22:23Even if the wedding is in our registry office.
22:27Is that shirt ready, Mrs. Buckle?
22:30Well, I'm not satisfied with the right handcuff.
22:33Oh, by the way, Cyril, Fred wondered which firm you booked your taxes with.
22:37Muzzy's Mortars.
22:39Hmm.
22:40Just in case there's any problems.
22:45Thank you for your patience, ladies.
22:47May I present the bride.
22:49Yes, all right.
22:51Oh, my God.
22:53Oh, my God.
22:54Peanuts, at the ready!
22:58Oh, my God.
23:00Woo!
23:01Woo!
23:03Woo!
23:07No, no, no.
23:15No!
23:20Father Hilary is hearing her confession.
23:31Will you please repeat after me?
23:33I do solemnly declare that I know not of any lawful impediment
23:39why I, Rosalind Anne Clifford.
23:42I do solemnly declare that I know not of any lawful impediment
23:48why I, Rosalind Anne Clifford,
23:59may not be joined in matrimony to thee, Cyril Alphonse Robinson.
24:04May not be joined in matrimony to thee, Cyril Alphonse Robinson.
24:15Through this holy anointing,
24:17may the Lord in his love and mercy help you with the grace of the Holy Spirit.
24:22May the Lord, who frees you from sin,
24:26save you
24:29and raise you up.
24:31Amen.
24:36I marry you with this ring
24:39because you are more precious to me
24:41than all the gold the world contains.
24:47And I marry you with this ring
24:50because a circle is eternal
24:52and our love will never end.
25:00Receive, sister,
25:02this food for thy journey,
25:03the body of our Lord Jesus Christ.
25:06May he preserve thee from the malicious enemy
25:09and bring thee to everlasting life.
25:12Amen.
25:14Amen.
25:15Amen.
25:54It is quite wonderfully made.
25:58When I made my vows to Christ, we were told, a single lily must suffice.
26:07I should have liked that better.
26:10You are radiant.
26:13Even among brides, it is the child within you, I think.
26:21A pearl.
26:24Like the pearl you wear on your finger.
26:28Who told you about the child?
26:30It is supposed to be a secret.
26:32Perhaps, as the body fades, the senses grow sharper.
26:40I have a gift for your infant.
26:44You must not leave without it.
26:46The teddy bear?
26:56Oh.
26:58Sister Monica Joan.
27:00Your child is a child of this century.
27:04It has both your features in its face.
27:10And I delight in it.
27:16Gangway.
27:17What are the shoes to tie to the taxi?
27:19The trouble is, there is no taxi.
27:21I booked it in advance and there's no sign of it.
27:40What's this, Fred?
27:42We thought you should have something special.
28:05Hello, love.
28:07This is Mrs Mullocks.
28:08Could you get your mum and tell her it's about Belinda?
28:17Her hands started to go cold.
28:25I'll call Dr Turner.
28:27He has to be kept informed.
28:35Dad.
28:37I keep thinking about Susan.
28:41And her legs and her arms.
28:44I mean, the artificial ones.
28:47They just don't work.
28:49She has to be pushed and parked like luggage or something.
28:55There's no alternative, Barry.
28:56We had a talk in college today about electric wheelchairs.
29:01Electric? Like you plug it in?
29:02No.
29:04They have a built-in 100-watt motor and rear-wheel drive.
29:09Why don't you tell the society?
29:11Maybe they can fix it for Susan to try one.
29:15Do you reckon she could steer an electric one herself?
29:18We'd have to give it a go.
29:20Oh, Dad.
29:21She needs us to chase everything that's new.
29:25Oh, good girl, Belinda.
29:28Good girl.
29:29This one will soon be over.
29:32Oh, they just keep coming, though.
29:34That's the nature of childbirth, love.
29:38Shall I pop and get you some more painkillers?
29:41In a minute, maybe.
29:43It feels so strange with all those empty beds.
29:47You're our only patient, Belinda.
29:50And the delivery room's all set up for when you're ready to move through.
29:53Mrs Turner was saying this might be the last baby ever born here.
29:58You're lucky to get in before it closes down.
30:17Don't I get a beer?
30:18You've got crisps.
30:20We need you to listen to our presentation about why we should get a colour television.
30:25One, wildlife programmes are very educational and much more educational in colour.
30:29Two, if Christopher comes back from Hong Kong, he'll be able to watch Trumpton in colour.
30:35Three, Timothy will come home and watch things like the old Grey Whistle Test,
30:39which, surprisingly enough, is in colour.
30:42Hang on.
30:43Hang on.
30:43Why are you doing this when your mother's out here?
30:46It's because she always says you're the soft touch and she isn't.
30:51Fly me to the moon
30:53Let me play among the stars
30:58Let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars
31:06In other words
31:08Hold my hand
31:14In other words
31:16Baby, kiss me
31:20You look simply ravishing
31:23And rather appropriately
31:25This cocktail comprising gin, lemon juice and creme de peche
31:30Is known as perfect lady
31:36I might yet find out what a hangover is like
31:44Philip?
31:49How lovely to see you, Geoffrey
31:51Is Alistair with you?
31:53Oh, propping up the bar as usual
31:54Flatner refuses to join me on the dance floor
31:57I do so envy you, your delightful partner
32:00Oh, this is my darling friend, Beryl
32:03Beryl, may I present Philip Parry
32:06How lovely to meet you
32:08Enchanté
32:23Fresh hot water bottle
32:24I think I saw her shiver
32:28You're done in, lass
32:29I'll fetch you if things change
32:32You go to bed
32:34Leave the night shift to me
32:38Something old
32:39Something new
32:41Something horrible
32:43Something blue
32:48What's in that memory
32:51To cherish
32:54Oh, please
32:55What?
32:56Please, can't you just pull it out?
32:58It's just she seems to go limp
33:00Every time she has a pain
33:01You've got to push, love
33:03Push
33:04I'm going to sit
33:26That's it, Belinda
33:27Push into your bottom again
33:29Like you did last time
33:31I think they're on the bed's out
33:32Good girl, Belinda
33:44Have things changed?
33:46They're starting to
33:47You get dressed
33:48And I'll tell Sister Julianne
33:58I might have known you'd put in an appearance
34:01Sister with Angelina
34:03Some of us know when a job needs finishing
34:07You, meanwhile, have shilly-shallied long enough
34:11Even the Almighty's patience has worn thin
34:15What's it like
34:19Where I will go
34:22It's everything we were promised
34:26And all that you have worked for
34:33Come on, you
34:35And all that you are
35:03And you have a daughter.
35:06Bang on twenty past three.
35:09And you've put me out of a job, Belinda.
35:11Well done.
35:13Oh, look at her.
35:17Look at her little hands.
35:20Look at her little toes.
35:26Would you like to do something very special, Rhoda?
35:29And cut the cord?
35:40Oh, God.
35:44Oh, God.
35:47Oh, God.
35:51Oh, God.
35:55Oh, God.
35:59Oh, God.
36:02Oh, God.
36:14Oh, God.
36:20There is no pulse.
36:24Oh, lass
36:33I want to say
36:38how can a heart like her stop beating?
36:43How can a life like hers come to an end?
36:50She'd be up in the window
36:51to let her soul out
36:55When Sister Julian gets here
36:58there's no worry
37:02Would you like me to pray with you
37:04until she comes?
37:16Rest eternal grant unto her, O Lord
37:18May her soul and the souls of all the departed
37:22through the mercy of God
37:24rest at peace
37:27Amen
37:29Amen
37:38She really has laid down everything she wanted
37:42and in considerable detail
37:44Even that she wants to be wheeled to the church
37:47on a costermonger's cart
37:49A proper poplar funeral
37:52We will do everything she asks
37:55Meanwhile, Mr. Malek
37:56I believe you became a grandfather last night
37:59I did
38:01I did
38:03Don't go
38:09I'll have to sign the certificate
38:11that you can do the checks
38:16Torch and stethoscope
38:19That's all you need
38:24Heartbeat first
38:26Just
38:27Just as if she was still with us
38:38I feel as though I should be talking to her
38:43I always think that
38:48It's okay, Sister
38:52You're in good hands
39:05Geoffrey
39:07It's time for me to go
39:10Where?
39:11Back to the order
39:13I was always going to have to choose
39:15And you don't want to
39:17choose this?
39:18I left because
39:19I wanted a child
39:21This
39:24Isn't a life
39:24that could give me that
39:25I could find you someone who can
39:27There are hordes of suitable men out there
39:30They come charging down the thoroughfares of London
39:31like the Hun
39:32And I'm a dab hand
39:34With a
39:34With a shark net
39:35And with a
39:36A poison dart
39:37And a blowpipe
39:38Geoffrey
39:40This isn't to do with you
39:43I've been beaten
39:44By my own biology
39:47And I belong in the order
39:49I earn that life
39:53If I go back
39:56I can hold babies every day
39:58I love them
40:01Every day
40:03And that won't hurt you
40:06Not now
40:09Because I know
40:10The things I dreamed of
40:13Weren't meant for me
40:25What does a poor bear do?
40:27Well
40:28He's one of the people
40:31Who helped to carry the coffin
40:33Into the church
40:34It's considered to be an honour
40:37Especially if the person that died
40:39Asked for you
40:40Who else did she ask?
40:43Fred of course
40:44And Dr Turner
40:46And Timothy
40:47And Cyril
40:48And Geoffrey
40:50And she put Miss Higgins' Harry down
40:53As a reserve
40:54All the proper men
40:56Yes
40:58Because you're a proper man too
41:01I will do it
41:03And I will be proud
41:07Beryl, you know
41:08I'll walk you all the way to the front door
41:10If you want me to
41:12No
41:13You'd best not
41:15I need to say goodbye to Beryl too
41:19Maybe it's best if I leave her here
41:22With me
41:24She'll always be with you
41:26And whenever there's
41:28Chotney to be made
41:31Costumes cobbled together
41:33Or
41:35Happy family times to be had again in the convent parlour
41:39Sister Veronica
41:40Will always be so pleased to see you
41:44And there will be happy family times, won't there?
41:46Yes
41:50Don't disappear
42:07I'm not scared of new beginnings, sister
42:10I've seen too many babies being born
42:13And you will wait
42:14Until we know exactly where we're going
42:16We had a long conversation about waiting once
42:19In the wreckage of a train
42:24Waiting is what we do
42:26Yes
42:28We'll do this together
42:33And with that, I suppose I ought to pray
42:36I have always left that to the experts
42:44Do you have a moment, Nurse Green?
42:46I'm having to start the paperwork to transfer all of our expectant mother's notes
42:53It's a pleasure to postpone it
42:55I applied for an acting sister's job at St. Cuthbert's
42:58And they've asked me to go for an interview
43:01Oh, lass
43:02Well done
43:04But
43:05It's on the day of the funeral
43:08Oh
43:15If you do the interview at the appointed time
43:18You should get to the church before the end
43:21But
43:21You don't think that would be disrespectful?
43:26The reverse
43:29We are burying a woman whose whole life was defined by her profession
43:35She's probably up there now putting a word in for you
43:44We are all facing loss
43:45And we are facing change
43:48The death of our sister and the alteration of our practice are not linked
43:53But the sadness feels the same because it is time itself that has
43:58Brought both these things about
44:00I notice you say alteration, Sister Julianne
44:04And not closure
44:07Sister Veronica, Sister Catherine and I have decided that Nanata's house will become a house
44:13Of prayer
44:15And of charity
44:17Whilst we discern our next steps
44:19Can you say what sort of steps you might be considering?
44:23As we've already discussed with Dr. Turner
44:25There are three potential new medical missions
44:30All of which would involve at least a year abroad
44:33One of them would be in the Gilbert and Ellis Islands
44:37One of them would be in British Columbia
44:39And one would be in a remote part of Australia
44:44We ask for your prayers
44:45And your patience
44:49And that as many of you as are able
44:52Stay with us on this journey
44:56All will be well
44:58I promise you
45:02Before the cortege
45:03Moves on to the church
45:05Sister Julianne will read a short verse
45:09At the request of the lady
45:12We are honouring today
45:16The poem is called
45:17The Old Astronomer Talks to His Pupil
45:23Though my soul
45:24May set in darkness
45:26It will rise in perfect light
45:31I have loved the stars too fondly
45:36To be fearful of the night
45:49Thank you gentlemen
46:05Nurse Highland
46:07Sister Marcus has provided glowing references
46:11For your recent spell on our wards
46:13But you also have excellent testimonials
46:17From your district work
46:19Why do you want to return to a hospital environment?
46:22That's not an easy question to answer, Matron
46:25Because it presupposes that my own enjoyment
46:28Is the thing that matters
46:30What matters most is the patient
46:33The person who needs my care
46:34Indeed
46:35And I feel that going forward
46:38I can give the best of myself to them
46:39In a place that is controlled
46:42And orderly
46:43And concerned with delivering excellence
46:45And you don't feel that you can do that on the district?
46:48Things will improve, I'm sure
46:50But not at the present time
46:55Step
46:57Step
47:00Step
47:02Step
47:04Step
47:05Step
47:05Thank you gentlemen
47:07You see the body
47:08Of our sister Monica
47:10Joanne with confidence in God
47:11Who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead
47:24Abide with me
47:27And for our brother Jesus from the dead
47:29Thus was even time
47:35The darkness deepens
47:40Lord with me abide
47:45The darkness deepens
47:49When our love held
47:51husband and uncle's queen
48:00Thou mother helpless over my queen
48:14Having brought so many new lives into the world,
48:19Sister Monica Joan has gone on to a new eternal existence of her own.
48:27Words about her time on earth seem so redundant and so small.
48:35Will we ever see her like again? I cannot say.
48:41But I can say this, she was unique
48:46and yet what we feel as we let her go is universal.
48:56Because we have lost her. We have lost her.
49:04And today as we gather round the emptiness that she has left behind, that space becomes not a void, but
49:15a vessel filled with love for her.
49:21And from her. From ourselves. And for each other.
49:28We may not know what the future holds. But we can all say our lives contained her.
49:37And that binds us for eternity.
49:42We may not know what the future holds.
50:01We may not know what the future holds.
50:14We may not know what the future holds.
50:20We may not know what the future holds.
50:52I've been trying Victoria out since this morning.
50:56Oh, I like it.
50:58Yay.
51:07Perfect.
51:13Rob, epitome of authority and poise.
51:15Do turn around so I can see the back.
51:19You don't need to see the back, Mr. Scarisbrick,
51:22because the back has nothing at all to do with what I'm about to tell you.
51:25Well, I'm not expecting any discussion of my offer,
51:28given your unfortunate family situation.
51:30My unfortunate family situation actually has had unexpected repercussions.
51:35My husband now controls Airewood Estates,
51:37and I've been given a seat on the board.
51:39So you're interested in buying a share of the clinic?
51:43I'm not interested in 40%.
51:4655 would be better.
51:48That way there's no confusion.
51:50We all know who's in charge.
52:04Is that Nurse Rosalyn Robinson?
52:07Because she is looking at Sister Joyce Highland.
52:10You've got the juice!
52:17Ah, there she is.
52:20You all ready for the big event?
52:21I have an uncomfortably full bladder.
52:24But I believe you're all going to see something quite amazing.
52:28It is quite space age.
52:37I'm sorry they won't let you in.
52:42Now, what you are about to witness is a live examination of the gravid uterus
52:47using a method known as B-mode ultrasonography.
52:50The transducer emits pulses of sound into the maternal abdomen,
52:56and the returning echoes are converted into an image in real time.
53:02No radiation, no needles, and no discomfort.
53:07Are you ready, Mother?
53:09Yes, Mr. Parry.
53:32I think an exhibition of photographs and a tea party
53:36is a delightful way to conclude the old era.
53:42Dr. Turner is greatly relieved that you're staying on as his district nurse.
53:47I think he was afraid that you might retire.
53:50Well, I'm already eligible for my pension, so I could.
53:53But why would I want to?
53:55I love my work.
53:57To give it up would be like resigning from myself.
54:00Likewise.
54:02Look, I suppose...
54:05One day, even dear Dr. Turner won't need us anymore.
54:09But when that comes to pass,
54:12I'm inclined to think you and I might have some new adventures.
54:16Dare I ask what you have in mind?
54:19I thought we could set up a detective agency.
54:25I could investigate people via public records,
54:30and you could use your advanced motorists' credentials
54:34to trail them, or even give chase.
54:40LAUGHTER
54:44What are we going to call ourselves?
54:48I think we should play on our spinsterly status, perhaps.
54:53Erm...
54:54The Miss Adventures Agency?
54:56Miss Alliance?
54:58Yeah.
54:59Misdemeanours!
55:00LAUGHTER
55:01I've seen cards in phone boxes
55:05from someone called Mr. Venus.
55:07Oh, sorry, here we go.
55:10LAUGHTER
55:10That's the Worcester sauce.
55:12Well, I think how soon we run out of time
55:20Looking back at what I've done in my time
55:27My accomplishments are few
55:32But for my days of loving you
55:39If I've never gone too far in this way
55:46When I might have made my mark in this way
55:53I had better things to do
55:58I had my days of loving you
56:05Let the others go their way
56:12Seeking more and more
56:18Give me just one yesterday
56:25Filled with love like yours
56:31I have nothing to regret in this life
56:38I've had all worries to get in this life
56:44Once I lived a dream come true
56:51I have my days of loving you
57:01There have always been goodbyes
57:05At Nonada's house
57:07And there have always been endings
57:09Year after year
57:12There have always been some drawing down
57:15Of blinds
57:17Some closing of doors
57:19Some waving away
57:21Of voyages
57:22And exiles
57:24We have grieved
57:27Because there was no love without pain
57:29And we survived
57:32Because the love
57:33Was always greater
57:39There will always be another chapter
57:42And more change
57:44The world is forever evolving
57:48And the winds are sometimes cold
57:51But it is what we carry
57:54Safe within us
57:56That will stay the same
57:59Hope is the pearl inside the oyster
58:03The seed in its sacred husk
58:06Hidden in the sweet dark earth
58:10Until the spring comes
58:12I have aけど
58:12That was always
58:12Back in the sweet dark earth
58:13TheAPP
58:13The eighth
58:14The higher
58:14And hơn
58:14The higher
58:15The higher
58:15The power
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