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Jack is certain that Tom will invest in the Mermaid Boatyard. Tom meets with the bank to obtain the loan he needs to buy into a partnership with Jack. Ken tempts Jan with a full-time job offer.
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00:01Thank you for listening.
00:46Thank you for listening.
01:30Anyway, see you tomorrow.
01:33All being well.
01:34Okay.
02:14Oh, it's you, Dad.
02:15Who were you expecting then, little one?
02:17No one.
02:22I've just had a drink with Tom Howard.
02:27He came to see me in the office.
02:31I, um, thought you'd like to know.
02:41And?
02:43I outlined our proposition to him.
02:45Your proposition, Dad.
02:46Okay.
02:49Well, did he tell you what to do with it?
02:52No, he did not.
02:54He said he'd mull it over.
02:55He was being polite.
02:56He's hooked.
02:57I am certain of it.
03:00Dad, give me one good reason why a man like Tom Howard would sink his golden handshake into a yard
03:07that's about to go bankrupt.
03:16Where are you two off to?
03:18Southampton.
03:18Cinema.
03:19Is the fish ready?
03:21Uh-huh.
03:21Great.
03:22We can take her out tomorrow.
03:24Uh, don't count me in.
03:25I may be tied up.
03:26You haven't changed your mind about that design board job.
03:29No, I haven't.
03:31It's not what I'm looking for.
03:34Have fun.
03:39I wonder what he is looking for.
03:41Yes, well, look, I'll pop over towards the end of the week.
03:44Yes, they send theirs, too.
03:46Now.
03:48Who is that?
03:48Mother.
03:49How is she?
03:50Fine.
03:51I didn't tell her about the job.
03:52No point in worrying her as well, is there?
03:56Just liking boats isn't reason enough to buy into the yard.
04:00Well, it was reason enough for me.
04:02You didn't buy into it.
04:04You married into it.
04:05Ah, there you go again.
04:07Listen, Avril, he's out of work with a lump sum to play with.
04:12Not to play with, Dad.
04:13To invest.
04:14Exactly.
04:15You should have seen the look in his eyes when I made him the offer.
04:19You can hanker after something, sure.
04:21But it doesn't blind you to the realities, unless your name happens to be Jack Rolf.
04:27Avril, why are you so cynical?
04:30Cynical?
04:31I am not...
04:31I know why.
04:33It's that fella you were involved with in London.
04:35I didn't need him to get your number.
04:37Ah, ah.
04:38So it was a man.
04:42All right.
04:44Happy now?
04:46I'd be a downside, happier, if you came back home.
04:50No, Dad.
04:52You shouldn't be on your own.
04:54You see enough of each other every day.
04:56If the yard's forced to pack up, then I'm...
04:59Avril, Avril, the yard won't pack up.
05:02Tom Howard'll come up trumps.
05:05Like Laurie Meadows?
05:12So, can I, then, Ken?
05:13What's that?
05:14Come down to the chantry sometime and have a look round.
05:17There's nothing to see.
05:19Just a tick.
05:20I'm going to work with that bloke over there.
05:22Who?
05:22Who's he?
05:23Well, no-one special.
05:25But he might give me some information I'm after.
05:30It's Bill Sayers, isn't it?
05:32Oh, good evening, Mr. Masters.
05:34Bill's foreman at the Mermaid Boatyard.
05:36Really?
05:37One of the best craftsmen in the business.
05:40Lovely.
05:46How are things at the yard?
05:48So-so.
05:49The rumours aren't true, then?
05:51No rumours.
05:53Well, I heard things were a little bit dodgy.
05:56There's even talk of Jack Rolfe going bust.
05:58People talk too much.
06:00Yes.
06:01Yes, that's what I said.
06:04Yes, I'd hate to see the old mermaid going down the drain.
06:09Or of people like you being out of a job.
06:11Yeah.
06:13It's 30 years I've been at that yard.
06:15And for what?
06:32Oh, look.
06:33Well, we're going to remain in silence for the rest of the evening.
06:36What is there to say?
06:38You've said it all already.
06:40You're going to do what you want to do.
06:42When you decide what that is,
06:44then down me and the children.
06:46I didn't say that.
06:47In as many words.
06:49And you'd prefer that I sat on my backside
06:52in some bloody office
06:53designing airport lounges.
06:55You could at least have followed it up.
06:56I didn't need to.
06:57After all the trouble...
06:57I know exactly what it would be like
06:59even more soul-destroying than southern aviation.
07:02I never realised you felt so strongly.
07:05No.
07:05I didn't myself at the time.
07:08It's when you look back at all the wasted years.
07:12Yes.
07:13Jan, I'm not wasting any more.
07:15I can't afford to.
07:16Next thing I know, I'll be 50.
07:19I must have something to show for it.
07:32I do understand how you feel.
07:37But you mustn't overreact.
07:39Overreact?
07:40Well, all this talk about going it on your own.
07:43I'm not spending another 20 years
07:44being messed about by other people.
07:46You've got something in mind, haven't you?
07:49It's only a possibility.
07:52And I'll be the last to know as usual.
07:54You'll be the first.
07:56When I'm ready.
07:58Oh, how long will that be?
07:59A month, like the last time?
08:01No, of course not.
08:01It'll need to be a quick decision.
08:03Now, our referee John...
08:04Hello, Si.
08:05Kenny Masters here.
08:07I'm not taking you away from anything, am I?
08:12Well, and some, yeah.
08:14Listen.
08:16I wonder if you could do me a bit of a favour.
08:18It's about the mermaid boatyard.
08:22Talent, yeah.
08:23I've got an idea.
08:24It's about to go bankrupt.
08:26Well, in the event,
08:27I'd like to be the first one in there with a bid.
08:31That's right, yeah.
08:33Well, it could be a useful addition
08:35to my Riverside holdings.
08:36Here is on his fifth.
08:37Yeah.
08:39Okay, then, Si.
08:41Leave it with you.
08:41Bye now.
08:48Steve Davis, one.
09:31Morning, Bill.
09:32Yeah.
09:33Jim.
09:33Morning.
09:34Morning.
09:45Good Lord, you're only ten minutes late.
09:47Oh, let's have no sarcasm.
09:48Must be a record.
09:49Well, Tom, I'd said it'd be down first thing.
09:52In that case,
09:53I'd better get the accounts ready, hadn't I?
09:56Accounts?
09:56Don't suppose you showed him them last night?
09:59Well, of course I didn't.
10:00Just gave him your eulogy
10:01on wooden boats and craftsmanship.
10:03Well, and what's wrong with that, then?
10:06Nothing.
10:06It's only half the story, isn't it?
10:08These are the other half.
10:10Hey, now, listen, Avril.
10:11Well, I'm not having you sticking an oar in.
10:13And I'm not conning anyone, Dad.
10:15If he comes in,
10:16he comes in with his eyes wide open.
10:18Well, we don't have to show him
10:19every bloody bill, do we?
10:20Oh, yes, we do.
10:31Train spotting.
10:34Hello, Polly.
10:36Or are you going up to town?
10:37No.
10:38Pity we could have shared a carriage.
10:39I owe you an apology.
10:41Oh, that job.
10:43We went to a lot of trouble.
10:45I'm only sorry it didn't suit.
10:46What was it, the thought of commuting?
10:48Among other things.
10:50There's also a flat in Chelsea.
10:52You'd be welcome to use that for the odd night.
10:55I sometimes stay there myself
10:56when I'm on a shopping spree.
10:58Really?
11:00Oh, Tom, you're so English.
11:02Did you think I was propositioning you again?
11:04It did cross my mind.
11:06There's a step in the right direction.
11:09So if you change your mind...
11:10No thanks, Polly.
11:11Oh, well, you can't win them all.
11:16Are you going on a shopping spree now?
11:18No, I'm meeting the author Terrible.
11:20She gets back from Lausanne today.
11:22Oh, I'm sure she's not that bad.
11:24Of course you didn't meet her,
11:25only Lynn and Leo.
11:26We'd scarcely moved here
11:27when she was off to Switzerland.
11:29Maybe finishing school would have done the trick.
11:31Did better at that price.
11:34You'll miss your train.
11:36You're trying to get rid of me.
11:38It's due any minute.
11:42I do wish you'd change your mind about that job.
11:44It would be such a weight off Jan's mind.
11:47She does so love her little luxuries.
11:50Bye for now.
12:07Good morning, Jan.
12:09Ken, you are naughty.
12:10Thank you so much.
12:12For what?
12:12These gorgeous flowers.
12:14Ah, them.
12:15Ah, them, he says.
12:16Well, I thought you needed a pick-me-up.
12:18I've never seen such a bouquet.
12:21Tom, not the flower sending tight?
12:23Oh, yes.
12:24You know, anniversaries and such.
12:26But not the entire florists.
12:27Well, I don't believe in doing things by heart.
12:29So, I noticed.
12:31Good.
12:32Let's go and see what's in the post.
12:35Final demand from Marshalls.
12:40£469.17p.
12:44And have you seen the account from Hesketh Cordage?
12:48You're not even listening, Dad.
12:50He won't come.
12:52He'll ring with an excuse.
12:54That's why you're wrong, isn't it?
13:18Morning, Tom.
13:20Lovely job, that one.
13:21Hello, Jack.
13:21One of my best boats.
13:24Is that right?
13:25Oh, yes.
13:26Oh, yes.
13:26In her time, she was a cracker.
13:28But unfortunately, she got into trouble off the Cornish coast and smashed her hull and keel.
13:34Still, it's like getting paid for the same job twice.
13:40Have you had any more thoughts, then?
13:43Yes, Jack, I have.
13:45Interested?
13:46Let's say I wouldn't mind investigating further.
13:49Ah, well, that's good enough for starters.
13:51When can I see your books?
13:53Right away, if you like.
13:55Hello, Avril.
13:55Hello.
13:56Why did you come along to the office now?
13:58What a good idea.
14:01We'll have some coffee and we'll...
14:03It's all right, Dad.
14:03You've worked to do.
14:05Nothing that won't wait.
14:06I'm sure I can answer any queries Mr. Howard may have.
14:09Oh, really?
14:10On boats.
14:11Mr. Howard wants to see the books.
14:13And after all, I am in charge of the office, aren't I, Dad?
14:17She's right, Jack.
14:18There's no point in my taking up your valuable time as well.
14:30I think it'll blow over.
14:32Force 4 Southwesterly?
14:33Couldn't be more perfect.
14:35I meant Mum and Dad.
14:36Oh.
14:37Hmm, she's a bit grim.
14:39That awful politeness.
14:40I thought crisis was supposed to bring people closer together.
14:44Depends on how close they are to start with.
14:47I've never really thought about it.
14:50You take them for granted, don't you, parents?
14:52Yeah.
14:53They seem to cruise along all right.
14:55On different tacks.
14:57Of course it'll blow over.
15:00We'd better get a move on.
15:02I said we'd meet Chris and Julia at ten.
15:1087293.
15:11Speaking.
15:13Yes, yes I am.
15:15When?
15:17Right away.
15:19OK.
15:20Bye.
15:22Sorry, you'll have to make do without me.
15:24Going after a job.
15:26Doing what?
15:27Something dead dynamic.
15:28I'll tell you when I've got it.
15:29Don't do a dat.
15:31What is it?
15:40Jack?
15:41Jack?
15:41Yeah?
15:42There's rumours going round.
15:43The men have been asking questions.
15:45Men have asked.
15:46They're worried about their jobs.
15:48What is the situation?
15:50I don't know yet.
15:52You seemed more cheerful earlier.
15:54Earlier I was.
16:00I must tell them something.
16:02Now listen, Bill.
16:03When there's something to know, they'll know.
16:06Now will you just get off my back?
16:14I'll tell you when I was.
16:25I'll tell you when I was.
16:36I'll tell you when I was.
16:47What's the current situation with the bank?
16:50The original loan was for $165,000 with a yard of security.
16:55With the interest that's accrued, it's now over $187,000.
17:00We've already had one extension.
17:02They won't play ball anymore.
17:04That bad?
17:05It's hardly a going concern.
17:11Why are you trying to put me off?
17:13I'm not.
17:14You're not doing a very good sales job.
17:15I doubt you can afford to buy a dead duck.
17:18Is that what you think it is?
17:20The way it is now.
17:22And if someone came in and reorganised it,
17:24introduced new methods, new ideas?
17:27We'd have a fighting chance.
17:31It'd certainly be a challenge.
17:34You are interested, then?
17:36All I know is,
17:38the biggest high I've had in years was designing the flying fish.
17:43I'd have a lot to learn.
17:46But I think I've got something to offer.
17:49Besides the money,
17:51I could use my design skills.
17:53And then I've got all the contacts and the latest plastics.
17:56Light engineering.
17:57Too many.
17:58It'd be a far cry from southern aviation.
17:59But that's what I'm after, don't you see?
18:01Something I can put my mark on.
18:03You'd have an uphill job here.
18:05I've been trying to get Dad to make changes ever since I left business school.
18:08If it's see, sense or lose the yard.
18:10Oh, he'll agree in theory.
18:11He'll agree to anything right now.
18:15Well, he's not the only one with a stake in the yard.
18:20I see you have a quarter share.
18:23Yes.
18:24If I came in, it'd be three.
18:27Where would you stand?
18:49We'll be hearing from you later, then.
18:51Just as soon as I've seen my bank manager.
18:54Dad!
18:55Hello there.
18:57My daughter, don't say anything.
18:59My family doesn't know yet.
19:02What are you doing here?
19:04Just settling for the fish.
19:05Oh, I've just come to pick her up.
19:07You remember, Lynn?
19:08Yes, of course.
19:09Hello.
19:10You were just off to university the last time I saw you.
19:13And now I'm catching up on some sailing.
19:15I must dash.
19:16I'm late already.
19:17Bye.
19:18Bye.
19:20Thanks.
19:22Doesn't seem any point in telling them.
19:23Until there is something to tell.
19:34Can I help you?
19:35The job centre said there was a vacancy.
19:38Oh, you're the lad.
19:41Is it just the pumps?
19:43Yeah.
19:44Repairs done at the other garage.
19:45Oh, it's all right.
19:47I'll tell you about the wages.
19:48Yes.
19:49Until four, including Saturdays, half-day Wednesday, no skiving, right?
19:53Right.
19:54Got any cards?
19:56What sort of cards?
19:58I think I've got to check with the bus.
20:04What's your name?
20:05Leo Howard.
20:08Leo?
20:17Yeah, naturally, I will.
20:19Yeah.
20:19Yeah, as soon as he's signed.
20:21Yeah.
20:22No problems, Laurie.
20:24No problems.
20:26Yes, yes, indeed.
20:27Yeah.
20:28Yeah.
20:29Cheers.
20:30I think you might be interested.
20:32Good girl.
20:33I knew you wouldn't let me down.
20:34Did you not?
20:35I just rang the bank.
20:37Told Laurie Meadows he can expect the cash by the end of the week.
20:41Aren't you jumping the gun a bit?
20:45Yeah.
20:46Yeah, that's fine, yeah.
20:48Okay, bye now.
20:51Ah, that's another member of your family, gainfully employed.
20:56Sorry?
20:57That's called Leo Howard.
20:59Just got himself a job in the pumps at one of my filling stations.
21:01Oh, my God, no.
21:03What, frighten your posh friends or see him there?
21:05Well, not exactly what I would have chosen for him.
21:08Well, I won't hurt him to soil his hands a little.
21:10It's not exactly that.
21:12Might get him a darn sight further than poncing around at university, too.
21:16I started on the pumps.
21:17Didn't do me any harm.
21:18Five years later, I bought the garage.
21:20Yes, well, Leo's not exactly a Ken Masters.
21:22Oh, you never know.
21:24No, Lynn's a single-minded one in our family.
21:27She'll go far.
21:29Even if it's only around the world in that bloody boat.
21:32So can her mum.
21:34What?
21:35Go far, if she wanted to.
21:37Which brings me to what I was about to discuss.
21:40My plan for our future.
21:42Our future?
21:44Perhaps, sir.
22:09Nothing's going to do that.
22:11Money, what?
22:13Well, Dad won't be able to fork out so much.
22:16But I've got some savings.
22:17And I can always look for part-time work.
22:20Ready about?
22:23Leo!
22:33Perhaps Leo can fix me up with a job in the pond.
22:36What about that?
22:38Oh, no.
22:39My needs are very simple.
22:41Unlike mum's.
23:00Southern aviation hasn't been over-generous, have they?
23:04Still could be worse.
23:07How much would you need to buy into the yard?
23:10Just over 100,000.
23:12So I'd need another 50.
23:18Shh.
23:19Now, the house is yours, I think.
23:21Oh, yes.
23:23What can you live on?
23:24100?
23:25200 a week?
23:27I'm prepared to economise.
23:28Is your wife.
23:30Is your wife.
23:30Not if she's anything like mine.
23:35So if I need more than I've got, would you consider a loan?
23:40House is collateral?
23:41No.
23:43No, it's jointly owned.
23:45I don't want to put any more strain on Jan.
23:48An unsecured loan.
23:50An unsecured loan.
23:51Now, that's a different matter.
23:53If it was a different project, less risk-attached, if perhaps it were...
23:58Mr. Askew, you once told me, the bank lends more on the man than the project.
24:04I shall move all this stock across the way and transform this area into something like
24:08that.
24:09A natty little marine shop.
24:10What a good idea.
24:11Oh, not just an idea.
24:12I've been talking to the builders.
24:13You don't waste much time, do you?
24:15Well, I didn't buy this business just to run a garage for boats.
24:18And this is only the start.
24:19How do you mean?
24:20Well, if this takes off, I should do the same at other river stations.
24:24What kind of shop do you envisage?
24:26Well, call it a yachtsman supermarket.
24:28With an emphasis on the word super.
24:30Best in equipment, gear, the lot.
24:31And that's where you come in.
24:33I need someone to take over the project.
24:35Suss things out, select the right stock.
24:37Someone with taste and initiative.
24:39Well, it's a very flattering offer, Campbell.
24:40I don't go in for flattery.
24:42Not much.
24:44Well, not when it comes to business.
24:47Well, what about it?
24:51Drop it down.
24:53Fine.
25:01I hear you're doing holidays off.
25:03Your mother was on to mine.
25:05She's the only one who seems to care.
25:07We can't go away while Dad's job hunting.
25:10Oh, I saw him the other night.
25:11Dad?
25:12Yes.
25:13He was walking along the top road.
25:15Didn't notice me, though.
25:17Yes, he goes in for these lone walks at present.
25:19Oh, he wasn't alone.
25:21He was with Avril Rolf.
25:22You know, from the mermaid yard.
25:24Yes, I know her.
25:28Oh, my God.
25:32Oh, my God.
25:52Yes, I know her.
25:53Where would I find Mr. Masters, please?
26:00I don't have the experience, Ken.
26:02It's not experience you need.
26:03It's flair.
26:04Well, what makes you think I've got that?
26:05I've only got to look at you.
26:07Oh, I don't know.
26:09But when would you want whoever it is to start?
26:11Oh, as soon as pass.
26:13Have a scout round, see what's going, place orders.
26:15Can you give me a couple of days?
26:17Hmm.
26:18Sure enough.
26:21Of course, a lot will depend on what happens to Tom.
26:24Something in the air, then?
26:25Yes, I think so.
26:27But I'm the last to know anything these days.
26:30Things aren't going so well between you.
26:32Well, it's been a bit of a shake-up, this whole thing.
26:34Everything seems to have changed.
26:36Was life so exciting before?
26:38Well, at least I knew where I was.
26:40Try living dangerously.
26:42It's easier said than done, Ken.
26:44OK.
26:46I'll let you know by Friday.
26:47Well, I'll make sure the answer's yes.
26:49I think we're on to a pretty good thing here.
26:51Well, if this time I'm very interested, Ken, I must...
26:53What the hell are you doing here?
26:55Hi, Ken.
26:56Didn't I tell you I was coming to see you?
27:00Um, I, um...
27:02I don't think you two have met.
27:03Um, this is Dawn, my, um...
27:05His live-in girlfriend.
27:07Hello.
27:08And this is Jan Howard, who works for me.
27:10Oh.
27:11Yes, pleased to meet you.
27:14Well, I'll leave you to it.
27:15I've got work to do in the office.
27:18See you again.
27:19Yes.
27:19Bye for now.
27:22Didn't tell me she looked like that.
27:24Like what?
27:26Not bad-looking, is she?
27:28For her age.
27:30Oh, can you get me some crisps as well?
27:32Salt and vinegar.
27:33All right.
27:33Don't be too long, Chris.
27:34We've got to start back early.
27:36Why do we choose tonight to have our party?
27:39There's always tomorrow.
27:49Do you know the Urquhart's?
27:51Yes.
27:51Mum's quite thick with Polly.
27:53Their daughter's supposed to be coming tonight.
27:55She just came back from finishing school.
27:58She didn't need finishing.
28:00She's already the F.
28:01You've met her, then?
28:03Once.
28:04We took her out sailing.
28:05She was useless.
28:06Well, it's not the only criterion, you know?
28:09We only took her for something to do with her.
28:11She was really hard-going.
28:13Oh, Lord.
28:16Let's hope Switzerland's done the trick.
28:22Oh, it takes more than good luck to run me in my truck.
28:27And some do, I'm not my cup of tea.
28:32I don't want to wake up next to no one prettier than me.
28:37Now, you didn't get the message, though it couldn't have been here.
28:50Rather fetching.
28:51I wonder if they have it in another cup.
28:54Abby.
28:55What?
28:56You're not even looking.
28:59Sorry.
29:00What do you think of that?
29:03All right.
29:04A teeny spark of enthusiasm wouldn't come amiss.
29:08I don't need any clothes.
29:09I've got heaps at home.
29:09Not anymore.
29:10I've thrown most of them out.
29:12Oh, darling, Jumbo was all they were fit for.
29:15Now you've left school, I'm going to treat you to a whole new wardrobe.
29:19Handsome do, ain't all they said to me.
29:24I don't want to wake up next to no one.
29:34Sorry about that.
29:36Sorry about what?
29:38Dawn.
29:39I've sent her off to paint her nails and look at the view till lunchtime.
29:44So, you've discovered my guilty secret.
29:46You stop playing the field, then?
29:48Oh, she's not a permanent fixture, if that's what you mean.
29:51No, no, no.
29:51The arrangement suits me for the moment.
29:53And what about her?
29:54She does all right.
29:55Oh, God, I wouldn't be one of your girlfriends.
29:58If you were, it'd be a whole new ballgame.
30:03Have you never thought about getting married?
30:04Oh, once bitten.
30:07I didn't know.
30:08There's a lot we don't know about each other.
30:11You can live with someone for 20 years and still not know them.
30:15You know, whatever Tom decides to do, you want to take this job.
30:20You're wasting yourself.
30:28Ah, lovely.
30:34Ooh.
30:38The bank won't cough up?
30:40No, they think I'd be buying trouble.
30:44Well, I'm not surprised if these figures are anything to go by.
30:47I'm sorry, our son.
30:49You're my accountant.
30:50I ask your advice.
30:51Well, look at it very simply.
30:52The yard's guaranteed income doesn't even cover the overheads.
30:56At present, yes.
30:58Your cash inject wouldn't possibly take care of both the bank loan and the current account overdraft.
31:04There'd still be a deficit of around 60,000.
31:07Accruing interest all the time.
31:09Well, that German repair contract.
31:10Now, that could bring in a fair whack.
31:12Admittedly, it is only verbal as yet.
31:14Tom, no.
31:16My advice, steer clear.
31:20All right.
31:21But supposing I did decide to go ahead, could I raise enough?
31:26Well, 110,000, you said?
31:28How much would my shares realize?
31:30Oh, 18,500, 19,000 on a good day.
31:33That's nearly 80,000 with my golden handshake.
31:36I'd still be 30,000 short.
31:39Now, come on, Baz.
31:41What else is there?
31:43Now, listen, Tom.
31:44If you put everything you've got into it, and you can, you leave yourself and your family totally exposed.
31:51And I mean starkers, Tom.
31:54Is there a risk you want to take?
31:56Those days when I was young enough to know that might be just the thing for tonight.
32:04I forgot to tell you you've been invited to a party.
32:07Oh, no.
32:08Well, it'll be fun.
32:10I'm tired.
32:11I've been traveling for hours.
32:12You could have a snooze on the train.
32:14It's such a good opportunity to meet some young people.
32:18You must make an effort, darling, if you want to get in with the Tarrant set.
32:23But I don't.
32:25Oh, God.
32:26We're not going to have all that again, are we?
32:30We're not going to have all that again.
32:33Please.
32:35For my sake.
32:39Whose party is it?
32:40Julia Venning.
32:40I play bridge with her mother.
32:42And now she's had me foisted on her.
32:43Don't be so touchy.
32:45She's looking forward to meeting you.
32:46And you didn't worry about going on your own.
32:48When we get back, I ring the Howards.
32:50You remember Lynn and Leo.
32:52You went sailing with them that time.
32:53Yes.
32:57Nothing I ever do or say is right, is it?
33:00And nothing I do or say.
33:02I hope this past year would have changed that.
33:05So did I.
33:21You've offered her a full-time job.
33:23I just said so.
33:25What for?
33:26Because her old man's out of a job and I need someone for my expansion plans.
33:30That's not all.
33:32How nasty mind you've got.
33:34Well, why did she tell me she was a frump of a housewife then?
33:37I never said she was a frump.
33:38It's good as.
33:39Now, would I employ a frump?
33:42You fancy her, don't you?
33:44Look, I know you're a masochist, love, but save it for the right place.
33:47Promise you don't.
33:50Even if I did, you know my rules.
33:52Never makes business with pleasure.
33:54I've known you bend the rules before now.
33:57Not this one.
33:58And I don't want you coming down here again unless you're invited.
34:01I wonder why.
34:04I mean it, Dawn.
34:06Otherwise, we might have to rethink our little arrangement.
34:08I mean it, Dawn.
35:02So, that's it.
35:03In theory, I'm interested, but I can't raise the money.
35:06How far short are you?
35:0730,000.
35:09I could manage another 10 with savings and so on, but no more.
35:16What about the flying fish?
35:19That's it, Tom. That's the answer.
35:22Now, Bert's worth a few, Bob.
35:25Well?
35:27I had hoped to avoid sending her.
35:29Well, you'll have Bert's enough if you come in here.
35:31It wasn't myself I was thinking of.
35:33Anyway, I'd never find a buyer in time.
35:37Are you right?
35:38Yes.
35:40Especially now she's in the news.
35:42Front page in the local reg today.
35:47I suppose it's possible.
35:50Nothing ventured, my old friend.
35:52Would you like me to put out feelers for you?
35:54I mean, it wouldn't commit you to anything, but at least you'd know where you stood.
36:00All right.
36:02All right.
36:53Bill, I'm sorry I was a bit short with you early on.
36:56That's all right.
36:57I should be used to your moves for now.
36:58Listen, I can't say anything yet, but for God willing, we could be out of the woods.
37:03Yes, I know it's short notice.
37:06I just wondered if you knew of anyone.
37:08Oh, well.
37:09Thanks anyway.
37:11Bye.
37:39Hello.
37:39Can I speak to James Deverall, please?
37:42Avril Rolfe.
37:46Hello, James.
37:47How are you?
37:49Good.
37:50Oh, yes, I know.
37:51I'm sorry.
37:51I've been meaning to get in touch ever since I got back.
37:55Well, things didn't quite work out as I'd hoped.
38:00Listen, James, I want to ask a favour of you.
38:04I need someone I can trust.
38:10Hi.
38:11No prizes for guessing what you've been doing.
38:14The question is, who have you been doing it with?
38:17Chris and Julia Bennie.
38:19Isn't it their party tonight?
38:21Mm-hmm.
38:23That's why we're back early.
38:27Who's going to be there?
38:29No-one special.
38:32What ever happened to Adam Foster?
38:35You don't seem to see him recently.
38:38I had to cool it.
38:40James, he seemed a nice boy.
38:43He was.
38:44And a good navigator.
38:46Well, what happened?
38:49He wanted me to move in with him.
38:53Oh.
38:55Why can't relationships stay as they are?
38:58Well, you're all right not to rush into anything.
39:02It's not as if I'm like you.
39:03The domestic bit's not my scene.
39:06It isn't mine either.
39:08I was going to be the top PA when I went to Southern Aviation, you know.
39:11I could have been too.
39:13If you hadn't met Dad that first lunch hour.
39:17He must have been something then.
39:19A young, up-and-coming designer.
39:24Poor old Dad.
39:26Little did he know.
39:28Little did I know.
39:30Bang went all my ambitions.
39:35Although...
39:37Well, none of that for me.
39:39I'm going to do my own thing.
39:42Like Apple Wolf.
39:44She's managed to stay single.
39:49She's very attractive, isn't she?
39:53Mum?
39:56Sorry, darling.
39:56What were you saying?
39:58It wasn't important.
40:01Lynn.
40:02Ken Masters has offered me a full-time job.
40:04Working on a new project.
40:06Mum, that's terrific.
40:08You think I should do it then?
40:10Well, if you're earning, Dad will be able to pick and choose.
40:23Lynn, is that you?
40:25Oh, Dad.
40:26Been out?
40:27No, just looking her over.
40:29Best boat on the handle.
40:30There'll be another one like her.
40:32It was great, wasn't it?
40:33Watching her being built from scratch.
40:34Yes.
40:36Even if it did drive Mum Potty at the time.
40:40What have you been up to?
40:41Got myself a job.
40:43Petrol pump attendant.
40:44Start tomorrow.
40:46I assume it's a stopgap, not a career.
40:50Don't worry.
40:55Any idea what you do want to do?
40:57Not really.
40:58I'm a fatalist.
41:00Something will turn up, and when it does, I'll know.
41:02You get a kind of instinct, don't you?
41:04Yeah, you do.
41:06And what about you?
41:07I think something might have turned up for me already.
41:10I don't want to say anything yet.
41:12Might not be on.
41:43Thank you so much.
41:44It's a pleasure.
41:47Here we are, home.
41:50You might at least pretend to be pleased.
41:53Oh, for the days when there were portals around.
42:05We'd better play the helpless females.
42:07For heaven's sake, Mother.
42:11Strong man.
42:13Hello, Polly.
42:14Jeff, be an angel and help us with these.
42:20It's all right.
42:21I can manage.
42:22She enjoys being a martyr.
42:23I didn't realise you commuted, Jeff.
42:25Yes, a home and a bit of a bind, but there we are.
42:29We have a flat in Chelsea, if you ever needed a bed for the night.
42:32I sometimes stay there myself if I'm shopping.
42:34Yeah, perhaps I'll take you up on that.
42:42Come along, darling.
42:46What are you doing?
43:00Hey, Dad, hear a moment.
43:02I think I've had a buyer for the flying fish.
43:05Avril, you certainly don't hang about.
43:07Who is it?
43:08No one we know.
43:09Someone who sails on the East Coast.
43:11Have you phoned Tom Horde?
43:12Not yet.
43:13What are we waiting for, girl, eh?
43:15Way-hey-hey!
43:17That's very good, Fox.
43:19Let me have it back with you.
43:20I'll get it.
43:20Evening, Mum.
43:23Is that you, Leo?
43:2587293.
43:26Tom?
43:26Avril Rolf here.
43:28Oh, hello.
43:29I think I've sold the fish for you.
43:32That was quick.
43:33What was the offer?
43:35£20,000.
43:37Not bad.
43:38I might have bumped it up a bit.
43:40Since it was a matter of time.
43:41Hmm.
43:42Yes, well, thanks for letting me know.
43:45I, er, thought it might affect your decision.
43:48Yes, I'll...
43:50I'll talk it over with Jan later tonight.
43:53Right.
43:54Bye for now.
43:55Bye.
44:00He's going to talk it over with his wife.
44:03It's in the bag, then.
44:04She may not be so keen.
44:06He's not a man to take no for an answer?
44:09No.
44:10Well, I hope you realise that, Dad.
44:12If he does come in with us, he's not going to sit quietly and do as he's told.
44:18He'll involve himself all the way.
44:21No, no, no.
44:22Nine days, one day.
44:23I wouldn't count on it.
44:24Well, we've had partners before.
44:26Sleeping partners.
44:27No, we'll find something for him to do.
44:28He can work on the promotion, son.
44:32And what if he has his own ideas?
44:33Well, great.
44:34So long as I agree with him.
44:35And if not.
44:36Now, listen, Avril.
44:37Once Tom has paid his entrance fee, I've got him by the short and curlies.
44:42He can't outvote the two of us, can he?
44:51Well?
44:52I've decided what I want to do.
44:56Go on.
44:58Remember I had a drink with Jack Rolfe last night?
45:00Yes.
45:01He offered me a partnership in the mermaid yard.
45:05God, that man's got a cheek.
45:08Yes, he has.
45:11All the same.
45:17I'd like to go in with him.
45:21Tom, you're not seeing...
45:22Now, please hear me out.
45:24I won't be going into this with my eyes closed.
45:27I know exactly what I'm letting myself in for.
45:31It'll mean selling everything I've got, including the fish and all my shares.
45:37I shall work in the yard and take a percentage.
45:40We'll have to economise, but I think that it'll pay off in the end.
45:46That's it.
45:48What am I meant to say?
45:51Well, I hope you say you'll back me.
45:54That we'll muck in as a family.
45:57And if I don't, it really doesn't matter what I say, does it?
46:03Yeah, and of course it does.
46:04But not enough to make you change your mind.
46:07I hope you won't ask me to.
46:09I believe I can make a go of this.
46:12But it'll be ten times easier with your support.
46:15And if we do this together, then maybe we can make a go of our marriage, too.
46:21Get back to how we were at the beginning.
46:23Well, scrimping and saving and doing things on the cheap.
46:26No, thank you, Tom.
46:27I'm past all that.
46:28You talk about the years you've wasted.
46:30Well, what about me?
46:32I've spent my whole life building all this for the family.
46:35What right have you got to throw it away on some pathetic ego trip?
46:41And that's how you feel about it.
46:42Well, what else is it?
46:45And it's not all your money, you know.
46:47Technically, you may have earned it.
46:48But it belongs to us, to the whole family.
46:51It's not just there to be thrown away on some hair-brained scheme.
46:53It won't be thrown away.
46:54Well, of course it will.
46:55Yards at that are closing down every day.
46:57Now, Tom, think, why does Jack Rolfe want you?
47:00Because he's desperate.
47:01That's why he wants you.
47:04Thanks for the vote of confidence.
47:08All right.
47:09Go ahead, if that's what you want.
47:13But don't be surprised if I go my own way, too.
47:21Jack?
47:28Avro!
47:31Good.
47:32You're still here.
47:36I've made my decision.
47:37You can go ahead and sell the fish.
47:40Can you draw up an agreement now?
47:42I'd like to sign it right away.
47:44Before you change your mind.
47:46I shan't change my mind.
47:47I don't know.
47:50I Sutton.
47:59I don't know.
48:01I'm out.
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