0:00:02 > 0:00:04- A woman's place is in service. - Unless she has money, of course.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06I don't want to be a servant like you,
0:00:06 > 0:00:09I want to travel the world and I want to tell stories!
0:00:09 > 0:00:13When you leave here, there will be a place for you in my household.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16I want to see the world, but not as a soldier.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18My place is here, with you.
0:00:18 > 0:00:22I suddenly... I'm afraid I don't feel very hungry.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24You know, you're an absolute marvel.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40And so we came to a perilous land of swamps, crocodiles,
0:00:40 > 0:00:45and devilish creatures, lurking at every step to pounce and devour.
0:00:45 > 0:00:46Hetty, there's work to be done.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51And though we felt some heaviness of heart that we had lost our way,
0:00:51 > 0:00:54still we pressed on.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Right, left, right, left, right. Use your arms as well.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Use those arms. Knees up! Come along, boys.
0:01:05 > 0:01:11But I'm not a traveller. Except in these pages. And in my dreams.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13So, what am I? A writer?
0:01:14 > 0:01:20Or just a foundling girl who will never be what she wants to be?
0:02:10 > 0:02:13BIRD SQUAWKS
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Mathias, we are supposed to be gardening not admiring the view.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19You should be good that by now.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28BIRD SQUAWKS
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Missing something?
0:02:44 > 0:02:46How? How did you...
0:02:46 > 0:02:49You're not the only one around here who can't sleep.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52- Please...- Please what?
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Please give them back.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57It's nothing really.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00If it's nothing why do you want it so much?
0:03:00 > 0:03:04- Because, I just write stuff in them. - Do you write about me?
0:03:04 > 0:03:07- No, of course not. - Then what do you write about?
0:03:07 > 0:03:11- Dreams, things I make up. It doesn't matter.- I suppose not.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Because when you get out of this place the only writing you'll
0:03:16 > 0:03:18be doing is recipes or shopping lists.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Stuff like that gets us into trouble.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Your secret place. It's not so secret any more.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36- You should've been more careful. - We know how to find it.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39And when we do, we're making it ours. Empire!
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Empire!
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Yes, that's the spirit.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50You're lying! You don't know where it is. How could you?
0:03:50 > 0:03:54Boys, the wheelbarrow needs emptying. Any volunteers?
0:03:54 > 0:03:59- Sir, me and Judd.- Very well. Round to the waste heap. Straight back.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03How do they know?
0:04:03 > 0:04:05It doesn't matter, we have to stop them.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Sir!
0:04:13 > 0:04:15- Sir, can I get a new trowel? - Quickly.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Blanche found my journals. I'm afraid she'll tell Matron.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40I have to hide them in the tower before she finds them.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44- What, now? Too risky.- Please. - Water needs changing.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Nurse Macclesfield?
0:04:51 > 0:04:52Off you go.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19Vince, what's up there?
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Vince!
0:05:32 > 0:05:36- What?- Have you seen any...- What?
0:05:36 > 0:05:40- Spiders.- Come on.- I'm coming up.
0:05:55 > 0:06:01Are we nearly there, do you think? Oh! We should get back.
0:06:02 > 0:06:07Not until we get what we came for. We go back as conquerors.
0:06:07 > 0:06:08Nothing less.
0:06:13 > 0:06:14HE GROANS
0:06:31 > 0:06:34What are you doing here? This place ain't for girls.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Well is it isn't for idiots either, but here you are.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- What's this?- None of your business!
0:06:40 > 0:06:41Give it back! Now!
0:06:41 > 0:06:45Oi! Cranbourne's looking for you everywhere.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47He says you're in big trouble.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50- You'd better go.- What, and he's not looking for you?
0:06:50 > 0:06:54I've got friends. They're covering for me.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56I'll be back.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Blanche found out where I hide my journals and
0:07:05 > 0:07:08I thought they'd be safe here but what am I going to do now?
0:07:08 > 0:07:10They won't come back. We'll make sure of it.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16Could you take a message to Harriet?
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Yes, what do you want to say?
0:07:18 > 0:07:23No, I mean write something. Like a letter.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Things I wanted to tell her when I saw her, but couldn't.
0:07:26 > 0:07:27It won't take long.
0:07:43 > 0:07:44Well?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Dear Harriet?
0:07:49 > 0:07:54- No. Then I'd have to say...- Love Mathias!
0:07:54 > 0:07:55Well, we'll keep it mysterious,
0:07:55 > 0:07:58and then she'll have to guess who it's from.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00- What if she doesn't?- She will!
0:08:04 > 0:08:10- I don't know!- Like a hawk, I long to soar the open skies with you.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13You mean like seeing the world together?
0:08:15 > 0:08:17I am sure you will find the books in good order.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21- Well, they usually are. - Good morning, Colonel. Matron.
0:08:21 > 0:08:22Oh, good morning, Nurse.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25You can leave those outside my office, Nurse.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30It is the age of the book-keeper now. Ledgers, inventories, audits.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Oh, if you can't count it means nothing.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35They say the Empire wasn't built on arms alone, but on rules,
0:08:35 > 0:08:38procedures and administration. Well let me tell you,
0:08:38 > 0:08:42the occasional round of cannon fire never went amiss.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Shall we?
0:08:47 > 0:08:52...Therefore, wear this upon your person as a sign that you have
0:08:52 > 0:08:56heard, that you understand, and that your sentiments are not dissimilar.
0:08:56 > 0:09:01- Meaning?- If she wears this, she likes you too.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14Now, let's go.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Hetty! You're late for class.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Well, if I stand here talking, I'll be even later, won't I?
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- Where've you been?- Privy!
0:09:40 > 0:09:43BELL RINGS
0:09:45 > 0:09:49Nice and quiet please, girls.
0:09:49 > 0:09:50Come along.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56- Harriet!- I had to tell nurse Macclesfield you'd
0:09:56 > 0:09:57spilled the bucket over your dress.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59- What did she say?- Typical!
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- It's not funny.- I've got a letter for you, from Matthias.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04I helped him write it.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Oh, no. I must have dropped it.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10Leave it, you can tell me what it said.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12- No, if Matron finds it... - She won't know it was from you.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14She will, you know what she's like!
0:10:14 > 0:10:17- Come on girls! - The privy? Again?
0:10:26 > 0:10:30Of course, Colonel Brigwell. If I can be of any assistance?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33No thank you, I've yet to be defeated by the slings
0:10:33 > 0:10:36and arrows of the annual Treasury review.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39But thanks all the same. Thank you.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Of course, it does mean that I'm going to be camped in here
0:10:46 > 0:10:48quite a lot over the next few days.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51I hope that won't be entirely disagreeable.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Oh, no, no, no. Your expertise is much appreciated, Colonel.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57If not my charms. Oh, Mr Cranbourne.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Yes, yes. Put them there, please. How are you at book-keeping?
0:11:00 > 0:11:04- Only the classics I'm afraid. - Ha-ha! An educated man.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08You see, I'm just an old soldier. But I can count if needs be.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12Now, I'm not sure we've got enough terrain to deploy that lot.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Perhaps you would be more comfortable in the Governor's room.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Excellent strategy. Audit HQ!
0:11:17 > 0:11:20I shall regroup there immediately.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22No, no, no, I will have those sent through.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25You are too kind. Come on, Nurse. Chop Chop!
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Bye, Matron. Mr Cranbourne.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42- Much to do?- Indeed.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Of course, I would be more than happy to help if you...
0:11:46 > 0:11:49I think the Colonel is more than able to conduct the annual review.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Yes, yes.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Just the fellow.
0:11:57 > 0:12:02Matron, I was wondering, you see, well, I rather miss our suppers.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05They were most agreeable.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09As you say Mr Cranbourne, much to do.
0:12:09 > 0:12:10Indeed.
0:12:12 > 0:12:13As you wish.
0:12:45 > 0:12:46Hey, look!
0:12:50 > 0:12:52The feather! Is she wearing it?
0:12:52 > 0:12:54- She must be.- I can't see.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Gideon! Mathias! Come along!
0:13:11 > 0:13:16You could at least make an effort.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18That's not clever.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Clever enough to know which side to stand on.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26Matron won't stop until she finds out who it was,
0:13:26 > 0:13:30and when she does, she'll take everything.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34- Still, I wish I'd seen the letter. What was it?- Like a hawk.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36What was like a hawk?
0:13:36 > 0:13:40- You. You're always hovering about. - That's funny.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Because if I was, I wouldn't hover round here.
0:13:45 > 0:13:51- Colonel Brigwell.- Ah, I thought I'd stretch my legs a little.- Ah.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54Good to see them so busy.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Hetty, the feather!
0:13:56 > 0:13:59BRIGWELL: Reminds me of my desert days...dust everywhere.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01I say, that's very decorative.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Oh, what? This? Well...
0:14:04 > 0:14:06- It's a feather of the Harris hawk if I'm not mistaken.- Ah!
0:14:06 > 0:14:10...Renowned for its grace as well as its tenacity.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14It's a hunter, you know. Therefore beautiful and dangerous.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Rather suits you.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21Oh, oh thank you Colonel. Tea?
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Oh, yes, why not?
0:14:27 > 0:14:31All right, I know about your books and I've said nothing.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34I'm not saying I want us to be friends.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36I just want to know what's going on.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40You are so lucky,
0:14:40 > 0:14:42I can't believe you got away with it.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46It wasn't just lucky. It was brilliant.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50So, maybe Matron thinks he's hanging around because he likes her?
0:14:53 > 0:14:57"Why, thank you Colonel. Such a gentleman."
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Your writing isn't nothing. And I'm sorry if I ever said it was.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06You made Matron wear a feather. You can make her do anything.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08But you won't, will you, Hetty?
0:15:22 > 0:15:24- My dear...- Gertrude.
0:15:28 > 0:15:33As I entreated, you wore the feather of the most beautiful bird.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40Now, do something for me.
0:15:40 > 0:15:45- Wear something...- bright.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49For, you are a spring flower.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58"A spring flower in the quiet of a woodland glade.
0:16:00 > 0:16:05"A touch of joy for this ancient heart that has spent too many
0:16:05 > 0:16:06"days and nights alone."
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Hurry up, girls!
0:16:16 > 0:16:19We haven't got all day! Come on!
0:16:25 > 0:16:27What are you girls gawping at?
0:16:27 > 0:16:28Move along!
0:16:28 > 0:16:32You heard what matron said, now move!
0:16:36 > 0:16:3814, 15, 16, 17...
0:16:38 > 0:16:40KNOCK AT DOOR
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Yes, come!
0:16:42 > 0:16:46- Oh, what a welcome sight, please do come in.- Shall I pour?
0:16:46 > 0:16:50No, it is all right, thank you very much.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Perhaps, Matron, you'd care to join me.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55- Will the Colonel be staying for lunch?- As my guest?
0:16:55 > 0:16:57That would be my great pleasure.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Aida, perhaps you can arrange for some of the girls to help.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08You are if I may say so, looking especially...
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Resplendent this morning, Matron.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14You are too kind.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21Colonel, I thought as we seem to be getting to know each other
0:17:21 > 0:17:25a little better lately, you may wish to call me Gertrude.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34Yes. Yes, of course. Gertrude.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38And you, you... You may call me Rupert.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52- Listen to this. Like a hawk you have seized my heart.- What are you doing?
0:17:52 > 0:17:57- I'm writing to Matron.- We've had our fun. That's enough.- No, just listen.
0:17:57 > 0:18:02No, YOU listen. Harriet's right. It was a laugh but, that's it.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05If Matron finds out, we're in big trouble.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09It's all right, because she'll think it's from the Colonel.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13- See for yourself.- What does it say?
0:18:15 > 0:18:20- Just stupid things.- Stupid things? What sort of stupid things?
0:18:20 > 0:18:22All of it! The whole thing's stupid.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29- Oh, you can't read can you? - Of course I can!
0:18:29 > 0:18:30Go on, then, read it!
0:18:30 > 0:18:34You think you're so clever! Send it then!
0:18:34 > 0:18:39- See what happens.- If you want to write something, write to Mathias.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Tell him I didn't get the letter, tell him I'll meet him somewhere...
0:18:42 > 0:18:45- Harriet!- If I can... Will you?
0:18:45 > 0:18:49- And forget about that.- Harriet!
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Like a flower you have delighted me.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08And now, as I have declared my affections,
0:19:08 > 0:19:11I ask you to take my hand and make a
0:19:11 > 0:19:14lonely man happy by declaring yours.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Oh, Gideon. In the pantry!
0:19:27 > 0:19:29What are we lugging here?
0:19:29 > 0:19:32For tomorrow night, Matron's exhibition. Over there.
0:19:42 > 0:19:43Is Matthias here?
0:19:43 > 0:19:47No. I don't think he wants to see you. He feels a fool.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52- The feather? - Harriet didn't get the letter.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55- Matron did.- What? - But Harriet still wants to see him,
0:19:55 > 0:19:57so, could you tell him.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01- Here?- After lunch if he can. - I'll tell him.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Mathias wants to see you. He'll try to get to the kitchen after lunch.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17- Do you miss the regiment? - Oh, the people, certainly.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Good sorts, by and large.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22But actually, what I miss most is the travelling.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26I didn't think I'd be so restless.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29I have ventured so very little.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Oh, you should try it. There are great wonders out there,
0:20:32 > 0:20:36- let me tell you.- A lady cannot travel with ease alone.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40Well, even as a gentleman travelling alone can be,
0:20:40 > 0:20:41well, it can be very lonely.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47Then let me be your companion. And we will travel together wherever the
0:20:47 > 0:20:52journey takes us. You and I, oh Rupert. I was... It was unexpected,
0:20:52 > 0:20:57- I have to say. But you have touched my heart.- Your...What?
0:20:57 > 0:21:04- What have I done? - Oh, the letters!- Letters?
0:21:04 > 0:21:09Well...the open skies, the spring flower?
0:21:09 > 0:21:14No, I'm sorry, I really...I really don't know what your talking about.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Except that it sounds more than a little bit presumptuous.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18I think perhaps I should take my leave
0:21:18 > 0:21:20as you've clearly taken leave of your senses.
0:21:20 > 0:21:21But, Rupert, the feather!
0:21:21 > 0:21:24No, I shall put it down to fatigue brought on by the administrative
0:21:24 > 0:21:26burdens of the annual review.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Good day to you, Gertrude. Matron.
0:21:40 > 0:21:41Oh, no.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Nurse Macclesfield!
0:22:00 > 0:22:03- What's wrong? - I've done something awful.
0:22:03 > 0:22:08Girls. Stay exactly where you are. Sheila.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12Come here, turn out your pockets. We're searching all the children.
0:22:12 > 0:22:17- All the dormitories. Every hiding place.- What for?- Writing materials.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Pens, inks, paper.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24Somebody has written vile and malicious letters to Matron
0:22:24 > 0:22:29and we will find the culprit. Stand there. Hands.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Your journals are safe aren't they?
0:22:31 > 0:22:33- Not if they look in the tower. - Harriet! Here!
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Quickly! Hurry up girl!
0:22:36 > 0:22:41Pockets. Hands, show me your hands. Hetty, over here.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43I said, "over here!"
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Stand there. Pockets.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Stand over there.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Move!
0:22:55 > 0:22:59I want every inch searched. Behind cabinets, under mattresses!
0:23:00 > 0:23:03What are you doing? Look properly! Lift it!
0:23:03 > 0:23:05I know these girls!
0:23:05 > 0:23:07THEY THINK THEY ARE CLEVER, THEY ARE NOT!
0:23:10 > 0:23:12I will find whoever did this.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14And they will pay.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32- Come on. - They'll be looking everywhere.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34- But they don't know about the tower.- Not yet.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38If they finished searching in the dorms I'll hide my journals there.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40- I can't cover for you.- I know.
0:23:44 > 0:23:51Pockets. Pockets. Pockets. Pockets...
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Sir, what are you looking for?
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Well, considering the items suggest an ability to read and write,
0:23:57 > 0:23:59I'm probably looking in the wrong place.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Pockets...
0:24:01 > 0:24:05I won't ask. Pockets!
0:24:07 > 0:24:11- I was hungry.- Pockets, pockets. Pockets...
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Harriet'll be waiting for me. I can't just not turn up.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Mathias, I don't think this is the time.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Pockets, pockets...
0:24:34 > 0:24:37- I know who you're looking for. - Tell me.- I'm certain.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Feather?
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Harriet too, but mostly Feather.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51Get in line. Where's Feather?
0:24:51 > 0:24:55- She was just there.- Find her.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02- You. You're coming with me. - I haven't done anything!
0:25:02 > 0:25:04That's not what I've heard.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07It's no more than she deserves.
0:25:07 > 0:25:08Get me Feather!
0:25:08 > 0:25:09Yes, Matron.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24Get that boy to the dormitory. Oh, you dry your eyes girl.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26You'll find no pity here.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Mathias, move along! This way.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35There's no sign of her.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Somebody knows where she is.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Where is Feather?
0:25:50 > 0:25:51I'm here.
0:26:06 > 0:26:07Get in!
0:26:09 > 0:26:12Oh, and you won't see Harriet again.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15After tomorrow, she'll be gone.
0:26:36 > 0:26:41'I know now that writing is a gift. Words are powerful.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43'We can get lost in words.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45'We can bring joy, we can bring pain,
0:26:45 > 0:26:47'we can hurt people when we don't mean to.
0:26:47 > 0:26:54'Writing IS a gift, my gift. I know who I am, I am Hetty Feather.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56'And I write.'
0:27:00 > 0:27:02I declare this art fair open for business.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06- Harriet will never know what I wanted to tell her.- Sneak out.
0:27:06 > 0:27:07- Escape.- Anyone who gets Feather
0:27:07 > 0:27:10put in the 'tench has to be on our side.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14Just think, I can get through this. I am Hetty Feather.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17It won't always be like this.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19You snitched! Again.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22You need to know that I'm not your friend.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26I'm not anyone's friend.