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Part 5 of 9 of the period drama. As Quilp sets off in hot pursuit of Nell and her grandfather, Mr Trent gambles away more of their money in a card game with two men. Nell secretly watches him and later discovers her own money has gone. Dick Swiveller befriends a young girl known only as the Small Servant, who reveals that she is badly treated by their employers Solomon and Sally Brass and tells of Quilp's visits to them and what they talk about. And the mysterious gentleman seeks out Kit Nubbles at his new lodgings with the Garlands hoping to find out where Nell and her grandfather may be, leaving Kit to wonder why he is so keen to find them.
Starring Natalie Ogle, Sebastian Shaw, Trevor Peacock, Chrsitopher Fairbank, Granville Saxton, Annabelle Lanyon, Colin Jeavons, Freda Dowie, Margaret Courtenay, James Marcus, Wensley Pithey, Laurence Hardy, Keith Hazemore, Peter Bland, John Kearney, Hal Jeayes, Freda Jackson and Sandra Payne.
Starring Natalie Ogle, Sebastian Shaw, Trevor Peacock, Chrsitopher Fairbank, Granville Saxton, Annabelle Lanyon, Colin Jeavons, Freda Dowie, Margaret Courtenay, James Marcus, Wensley Pithey, Laurence Hardy, Keith Hazemore, Peter Bland, John Kearney, Hal Jeayes, Freda Jackson and Sandra Payne.
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00:09Piano music
00:38Yes, tis yours, tis yours.
01:23You have no more friend?
01:26Oh, yes.
01:27The gentleman has more.
01:31Nothing venture, nothing had.
01:35The gentleman is finished.
01:37Sadness for the gentleman, but there it is.
01:40To be deprived of the pleasures of winning, the delight of picking up the money and sweeping
01:45them into one's pocket, the deliciousness of having a triumph at last and thinking that
01:50one didn't stop short and turn back but went half way to meet it.
01:55Still, gentleman knows best.
01:57No, stay.
02:00I'll do it.
02:02I'll have it all back and more.
02:04I'll have every penny.
02:05Why, that's brave, old gentleman.
02:08But pennies won mean pennies wager, eh?
02:10Wait.
02:11Wait.
02:11Wait.
02:12Wait.
02:12Wait.
02:13Hold on.
02:15What's wrong?
02:30What's wrong?
02:31What's wrong?
04:31You're comfortable on that stool, Mr. Richard.
04:34Everything to your liking.
04:35Oh, capital, Mr. Brass.
04:37Miss Sally found you that stool, sir, yesterday evening in Whitechapel.
04:42Oh, she's a rare fellow at a bargain, Mr. Richard.
04:44I can tell you.
04:45You'll find that a first-rate stool.
04:47You'll take my word for it.
04:48Indeed, indeed, Mr. Brass.
04:51It was bought in the open market, sir, just opposite the hospital.
04:55You know the place, sir?
04:56That's why it's a little faded, sir, from standing in the sun.
05:01Miss Brass has an eye for a bargain like nobody else in London.
05:04I'd wager on that, sir.
05:06Not that I'm given to wagering.
05:07Will you get on?
05:08How can I get ready if you keep chattering?
05:12What an uncertain chap you are.
05:14Sometimes you're all for a chat, and other times you're all for work.
05:18Still, it makes for excitement, I dare say, Mr. Richard, eh?
05:22Oh, indeed it does.
05:24Yes.
05:24Ah, ah.
05:45Whatever is he doing?
05:47Mr. Brass?
05:48Of course it's not Mr. Brass.
05:50How could it be Mr. Brass?
05:52I only thought that maybe...
05:53Take care of the sinking.
05:55Take care of the injury.
06:01Whatever is he doing?
06:04Oh, whatever he's doing.
06:05There's two of them doing it.
06:07One comes into the room and throws down some heavy weight.
06:10Sack of coals, maybe, or a load of bricks.
06:12And then the two of them walk up and down.
06:15Up and down.
06:18Engaged, I'd say in conversation.
06:20It's the lodger's room.
06:22Ah, lodger.
06:24Hmm.
06:25Won't do, you know, disturbances like that.
06:27Oh, aren't you ready, old chap?
06:29Of course I'm not ready.
06:30How can I be ready with a house falling down?
06:39Gentleman has a visitor.
06:40Of course a gentleman has a visitor.
06:45Visitor departing.
06:50Organ grinder.
06:51Monkey.
06:52Monkey!
06:57Monkeys.
07:01Not a sack of coals, now, come to think of it.
07:03More like an organ.
07:04Carry it on the back.
07:05Best for transport if you haven't got a car.
07:07That's what I'd say, anyway.
07:07I will not have monkeys in the house.
07:11That's the fourth visitor he's had.
07:14I think they come and tell him some tale and he pays them money.
07:19Lies, they tell him, no doubt.
07:21Lies, I'd say.
07:22You'll, uh, you'll make a note of it, Mr. Richard.
07:24You'll, you'll bear it in mind in case you're ever called upon to give evidence.
07:27Evidence?
07:28Hmm.
07:29We can't be too cautious, Mr. Richard.
07:31There's a deal of wickedness going about the world.
07:35Deal of wickedness.
07:36Samson.
07:38We are going out.
07:41Very good, ma'am.
07:50You've managed to get run over, ma'am, so much the better.
08:07So, I'm brass as Clark, am I?
08:13Clark to Brass's sister.
08:21What shall it be next?
08:26Convict?
08:32Richard Swiveller.
08:34In the prime of his downfall.
09:07What is this, then?
09:09Only me, sir.
09:10What's only been up to at the keyhole, eh?
09:12I don't mean no harm, sir.
09:16You're so lonely downstairs.
09:18Please don't tell on me.
09:19Please don't.
09:21You mean to say you were looking through the keyhole for company?
09:27Yes, sir.
09:29Well, well, well.
09:32How long have you been cooning your eye there?
09:35Well, ever since you first begun to plough em' cards.
09:39And a bit before.
09:42Hello, sir.
09:44Hello, yourself.
09:46Well, now you're in, you'd better stay.
09:48You're the clerk that's come.
09:49Richard Swiveller, yours to command.
09:54I'm the servant.
09:55Are you, indeed?
09:57You're a very small servant.
09:59Well, not too small to do the cooking.
10:02I'm the housemaid, too.
10:04Not too small for that, neither.
10:07She locks up the meat, you know.
10:10The devil she does.
10:11Keep away from that leg of mottler, you'll be picking it, is what she says.
10:15Do you see this, she says, holding out a scrunch of beef on the end of a fork?
10:19Would I never go and say that you mustn't have meat here?
10:21And then she says, do I want more?
10:23And of course, I says no, being terrified out of me skin.
10:26Very well, she says.
10:28You've been helped once to meat.
10:29You've had as much as you can eat.
10:30You've been asked if you want more and your answer's no.
10:32So don't ever go and say that you was a lard, dear.
10:34Mind that.
10:38She a dragon, is she?
10:39She is a dragon.
10:40Just what she is, a dragon, sir.
10:43Or something in the mermaid line, do you think?
10:45She's certainly scaly.
10:48Dragon, sir.
10:50Oh.
10:57Wouldn't have a quencher out there, see?
10:59Quencher, sir?
10:59What have you heard? Glass of wine.
11:03There's wine in the larder, sir.
11:04No place for it.
11:06Two glasses and a bottle, and I'll teach you cards.
11:09Oh, sir.
11:12I'd never.
11:12Of course you would if you put your mind to it.
11:14I'd never.
11:25This is a most remarkable and supernatural sort of house.
11:29She-dragons in business.
11:31Conducting themselves like professional gentlemen.
11:34Plane cooks three feet high.
11:35The lodgers, mysterious, in upstairs rooms.
11:40Huh.
11:51Ah!
11:52Miss Sally will kill me.
11:54Definitely.
11:55Do you ever taste wine?
11:56Well, I had to sit once, sir.
11:59How old are you?
12:00Dunno, sir.
12:02What's your name?
12:03Dunno that neither.
12:04Don't they call you anything barren brass on the dragon, eh?
12:07Well, they calls me a little devil.
12:13I shall call you the Marchioness.
12:16Oh!
12:17Well, drink your health, Marchioness.
12:19To you.
12:20Oh, thank you, sir.
12:23Ah.
12:24Yeah.
12:25Ah.
12:38You'll excuse me wearing my hat, Marchioness, but the palace is damp.
12:41Ha-ha-ha!
12:42Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
12:46May you never find a chilly keyhole.
12:47But I was only...
12:48Oh, I know you was only Marchioness.
12:50For need of company,
12:51by way of business,
12:52through devotion to duty.
12:54The barren Samsono Brasso and his fair sister
12:57are not what you might call companionable, are they?
12:59They're not, sir.
13:00Hmm.
13:01Often leave you here alone, do they?
13:02Oh, yeah.
13:03Believe you me, they do.
13:05Miss Sally,
13:05she's such a wanner for that she is.
13:08Who's what?
13:09Such a wanner.
13:10He sometimes goes to see Mr Quill. He goes to many places, bless you.
13:16Is Mr Browse a wanna?
13:18Not half what Miss Sally is, he isn't. Bless you.
13:21He wouldn't do anything without her. He wouldn't, wouldn't he?
13:25Miss Sally, she keeps him in good order.
13:29He always asks her advice, he does, and sometimes he catches it.
13:33Bless you. You wouldn't believe how much he catches it.
13:37I suppose they consult together a good deal.
13:38Talk about a great many people.
13:41Me, for instance.
13:44Sometimes. Eh, Martianess?
13:49Complimentary.
13:52Would it be any breach of confidence, Martianess, to relate what they say of the humble individual...
13:57Miss Sally says that you're a funny chap.
14:03Really, Martianess?
14:05Well, that's not uncomplimentary.
14:07Merriment is not a bad or degrading quality.
14:09Old King Cole himself was a merry old soul.
14:12If we may put any faith in the pages of history...
14:15I say, go careful with the things there.
14:17I'm only practicing.
14:23You're a one, Martianess.
14:29She says that you ain't to be trusted.
14:33Well, really, Martian.
14:36Several ladies and gentlemen, not exactly professional people...
14:40Trent's people, ma'am, Trent's people, have made exactly the same remark.
14:44The obscure citizen who keeps the hotel across the way was strongly inclined to that opinion last night...
14:48when I ordered him to prepare a banquet.
14:51It's a popular prejudice, Martianess.
14:53And I'm sure I don't know why, for in my time I've been trusted to a considerable amount.
14:57And I can safely say I never forsook my trust until it deserted me.
15:02Never.
15:05Mr Brass is of the same opinion, I suppose.
15:08Yeah, but don't ever go and tell on me, for I shall be beat to death.
15:15Martianess.
15:21The word of a gentleman is as good as his bond.
15:26Sometimes better.
15:27As in the present case where the bond might prove a doubtful sort of security.
15:31I'm your friend, Martianess.
15:33Your secrets are safe with me.
15:36Though it does occur to me you must be in a considerable habit of adding your eye at key...
15:39No, no!
15:40So what about the lodger?
15:42The lodger, sir?
15:45Gentleman upstairs.
15:46Present absent.
15:49Visitors are coming and are going.
15:51Private conversations with all and sundry.
15:56Interesting gentleman, I'd have said.
15:58Agreeable personage, is he?
16:01Very agreeable, sir.
16:03Booked him over, have you in the way of business?
16:07Well...
16:08Of course you have.
16:09Quite correct.
16:10Quite right and proper, too.
16:14What's he up to?
16:16Looking for a boy, sir.
16:18Boy?
16:19What boy?
16:20You don't know what boy, sir.
16:21The words abroad is looking for a boy.
16:24And then people come saying they has a boy or knows of a boy or can acquire a boy, sir?
16:31Not a girl.
16:32Not looking for a girl, eh, Martianess?
16:33Boy, sir!
16:37Interesting.
16:40Very interesting.
16:42I'll teach you privilege.
16:44Leave up your artistry, Martianess.
16:45We'll play a game.
16:47Here are the stakes.
16:48If you win, you get it.
16:50If I win, I get it.
16:54Oh, definitely a boy, sir.
16:58Ah, this is the boy, I believe, sir.
17:01Yes.
17:02Christopher Nubbles.
17:03He fell in with my client, Mr Garland, at this very door.
17:06I have reason to believe that he's a good lad.
17:09Let me introduce Mr Abel Garland, his young master,
17:14my articled pupil, and my most particular friend.
17:18Yourself, sir.
17:19Your, sir, I'm sure.
17:21You are wishing to speak to Christopher, sir?
17:23Yes, I am.
17:23Have I permission?
17:24Oh, by all means, sir.
17:25Sit down, boy.
17:30We met but briefly, you may recall.
17:34I have searched the neighbourhood for you.
17:36I have inquired of shop people and street people.
17:39I would have inquired of our mutual acquaintance, Mr Quilp,
17:42but he, it seems, is on his travels.
17:45Well, still no matter.
17:46Mr Witherden has found you for me.
17:48But I must explain myself.
17:50My business is no secret.
17:52I have been a stranger to this country for many years.
17:55I have returned unto this city with one object,
17:58namely, to find the old dealer in curiosities
18:01who was once your master.
18:03I expect you to find no difficulty or obstacle in doing so,
18:07yet I have been stopped at every turn.
18:11You understand me, Christopher?
18:13Oh, yes, sir.
18:14I was informed, you may recall, by Mr Coop,
18:17that the old man was not far off that he would return.
18:21For that I waited.
18:23And then I waited again.
18:26And the gentleman...
18:27The gentleman did not return.
18:30And I, in the meantime, and in my great foolishness,
18:33had lost sight of our young friend here.
18:35So not only was I inquiring as to the whereabouts
18:37of a dealer in curiosities,
18:40but also as to the whereabouts
18:41of a much younger personage.
18:44For the boy, I was certain,
18:47would lead me to the man.
18:51Now, sir,
18:53I want you to tell me all you know
18:54about the life of this old man
18:56and the child who lived with him.
18:58There is a reason for their going
18:59and it must be found,
19:01as they themselves must be.
19:03Now, sir.
19:05Everything.
19:07Please.
19:16I don't know, sir.
19:21I don't know.
19:24I don't know where they've gone, sir.
19:27I wish I did, sir.
19:30I wish.
19:34I wish I did.
19:37Oh.
19:50Yes, yes, yes I wish I could.
19:56You lift yourself, sir!
19:59You look back on this moment with regret
20:00all the days of your life.
20:02All the days of your life, sir, as I do assure you
20:04every second of every minute!
20:06Every minute or every hour.
20:09Grandfather, we must go on. We cannot stay here.
20:12But we're earning money, Nell.
20:14And you said we have far enough away by now.
20:16No, Grandfather, no. We're not far enough yet.
20:19Please come quickly.
20:20But why? With food and lodging, she pays you well.
20:24Money, Nell. Money is what we need.
20:28Mine was taken from my purse last night.
20:31Oh, Grandfather, do you think it has been taken in jest? Not stolen, but...
20:35People who take money take it to keep.
20:39I know nothing about such things.
20:41Oh, Grandfather, please say it was taken in jest.
20:44Or borrowed to be returned. Oh, Grandfather.
20:47I tell you, I know nothing about such things.
20:51I've just seen Quilp.
20:54Quilp.
20:56Oh, my God.
20:58Come, Grandfather.
21:03This way.
21:11Oh, dear.
21:12Oh, dear.
21:12My dear lady.
21:13You are not leaving already.
21:15I fear so, Mr. Slum. I fear so.
21:18But I...
21:21I have a question to ask you.
21:23Mr. Slum.
21:25You're too kind.
21:26Too kind, but alas...
21:33George.
21:36Yes, Mrs.
21:38George.
21:49Yes, Mrs.
21:52What?
21:53Where are who, sir?
21:55The old man and the girl.
21:57Yes, don't tell me you've never heard of them.
22:00Well, where are they?
22:02Where are they?
22:04The hall is closed, sir.
22:07Look, you better tell me where they are, because they're criminals.
22:10Criminals?
22:11Yes.
22:11And the old man is mad.
22:17Skulking among dummies, are they?
22:19They've gone, Mum.
22:20Now, look, you.
22:22They've taken all their belongings and they've gone.
22:26Gone.
22:28Well, I'll find them.
22:30If I go to the end of the earth, I'll find them.
22:34And when I do, they'll be sorry.
22:37Oh, they'll be sorry!
22:41And so, it's possible I may be onto something.
22:45I'm glad to hear it, sir.
22:47Yes.
22:48I learned this morning that a couple answering their descriptions
22:51had been seen recently in the provinces with a travelling punch and judy show.
22:55Punch and judy show?
22:56Yes.
22:57I must confess, it isn't like him as I remember him
22:59to associate with an entertainment of that guy.
23:03How do you intend to follow up this information?
23:06Well, all I can hope for is to keep my eye open for punch and judy men who come to
23:11London.
23:12I suppose they all come here eventually.
23:14Yes.
23:15Well, I hope you may find them, sir.
23:17I hope I find them quickly.
23:20Something tells me they're in danger.
23:23I'm sure of it.
23:26I'm sure of it.
23:38I'm sure of it.
23:38I'm sure of it.
23:55I'm sure of it.
23:56I think it's nice.
23:56I'm sure of it.
23:56What's wrong with you?
24:04I'm sure of it.
24:05I'm sure of it.
24:26I may never see him again.
24:29Well, you may not.
24:30Oh, has he left me?
24:32Is he dead?
24:34Well, a thorough search of all low taverns must be put in hand.
24:37Yes, all dog kennels, all cellars, all sewers, all rattles,
24:42all places of ill repute, all evil smelling abodes.
24:47Oh, Mama, please. Oh, poor Quill.
24:50Poor Fiddlesticks.
24:51He left you without a word, didn't he? Without so much as a by your leave.
24:55He didn't even give you a simple embrace.
24:59Oh. I'll tell you, if he'll as befallen him,
25:01there'll be dancing and singing all over the city.
25:05Yes, there'll be ribbons tied to the trees,
25:07there'll be flags flying, there'll be coloured lights,
25:09there'll be bands playing.
25:10Business, he said. A day or two's business.
25:13He said back Tuesday, and Tuesday's now a week gone.
25:29Well, well.
25:32Little Nellie's handkerchief.
25:36If you're not, my dear,
25:38I'll bring it back to you.
25:42And that before long.
26:13I'll bring it back to you.
26:14Yeah.
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