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-CLOCKS TICK AND CHIME	0:00:09	0:00:11
-Six of us -used to sit in this room...	0:00:26	0:00:29
-..at six o'clock, every night...	0:00:31	0:00:34
-..just after tea.	0:00:35	0:00:38
-Every member of the family.	0:00:40	0:00:42
-Everyone apart from Mabel.	0:00:44	0:00:46
-She was always in the back-kitchen, -washing the dishes.	0:00:47	0:00:51
-Six o'clock, every night, -on the dot.	0:00:53	0:00:57
-On the dot by my clock, anyway.	0:01:00	0:01:02
-That's my clock there, -above the sideboard.	0:01:03	0:01:06
-We all had different clocks.	0:01:07	0:01:11
-We all had our favourite -and they all showed different times.	0:01:11	0:01:15
-My clock -always showed the right time.	0:01:16	0:01:19
-Their clocks -were either fast or slow.	0:01:19	0:01:23
-Between you, me and the wall, -I used to play a trick on the rest.	0:01:28	0:01:33
-I changed the times on their clocks.	0:01:33	0:01:36
-They didn't have a clue -what the time was.	0:01:37	0:01:41
-There were mix-ups all the time.	0:01:41	0:01:44
-Oh!	0:01:48	0:01:49
-Oh, Mama always sat there. -Auntie Ag, Mama's sister, sat here.	0:01:52	0:01:58
-Glyn, my brother-in-law, there. -Richard, my brother, at the table.	0:01:59	0:02:04
-I've always sat here, -next to the fire.	0:02:05	0:02:09
-I had to sit next to the fire.	0:02:09	0:02:12
-When I was a little girl...	0:02:13	0:02:15
-..the doctor said -that I wasn't to catch a chill...	0:02:15	0:02:19
-..or I'd get ill again.	0:02:19	0:02:21
-I've always been ill.	0:02:22	0:02:24
-I was always too ill to go -to school when I was a little girl.	0:02:24	0:02:28
-The specialists at Llanelli hospital -said I had a weakness.	0:02:32	0:02:37
-They couldn't work out -what was causing it.	0:02:38	0:02:42
-I had all sorts of horrid tests, -but they couldn't find anything.	0:02:42	0:02:47
-I've got MUS.	0:02:48	0:02:51
-Medically Unexplained Symptoms.	0:02:53	0:02:56
-I was too weak to do anything.	0:03:03	0:03:05
-I was bedridden for years.	0:03:06	0:03:07
-I couldn't lift my head -off the pillow.	0:03:08	0:03:10
-My sister Mabel -had to do everything for me.	0:03:10	0:03:13
-My sister Mabel -had to do everything for everyone.	0:03:14	0:03:18
-Mama was old, -Auntie Ag was getting forgetful...	0:03:20	0:03:24
-..Richard and Glyn were men...	0:03:24	0:03:27
-..and I had this weakness.	0:03:28	0:03:30
-She looked after us all.	0:03:32	0:03:34
-She was up and down those stairs -like a yo-yo.	0:03:35	0:03:39
-Mabel slept with me for years...	0:03:40	0:03:42
-..because everyone worried -I'd stop breathing in my sleep.	0:03:42	0:03:46
-Stop breathing for no reason.	0:03:47	0:03:49
-It happened a few times, -apparently, when I was little.	0:03:49	0:03:53
-I almost died in my sleep -more than once.	0:03:53	0:03:56
-That scared everyone to death.	0:04:05	0:04:08
-After that, Mabel had to sleep -next to me every night...	0:04:09	0:04:13
-..even after she married.	0:04:14	0:04:17
-Oh!	0:04:23	0:04:24
-Oh!	0:04:26	0:04:27
-Well...	0:04:30	0:04:31
-..between you, me and the wall, -I'd play a trick on her sometimes.	0:04:32	0:04:36
-I'd deliberately stop breathing...	0:04:40	0:04:42
-..to scare her, make her jump -out of bed, screaming and crying...	0:04:43	0:04:47
-..and wake the entire family -in the small hours.	0:04:48	0:04:51
-They'd panic and think I was dying.	0:04:51	0:04:54
-They'd scream, cry, hold my hand, -stroke my forehead...	0:04:54	0:04:59
-..and kiss me over and over.	0:04:59	0:05:01
-They grabbed my head and shook me.	0:05:01	0:05:04
-Mama would go bonkers.	0:05:05	0:05:06
-Auntie Ag would go doolally.	0:05:07	0:05:09
-Mabel was so frantic...	0:05:10	0:05:12
-..she'd make an odd sound...	0:05:13	0:05:15
-..like a wolf howling in the forest.	0:05:15	0:05:19
-SHE HOWLS	0:05:19	0:05:22
-Glyn and Richard would get up...	0:05:25	0:05:27
-..get dressed, -and rush out into the night...	0:05:27	0:05:31
-..up the hill -to the doctor's house.	0:05:31	0:05:34
-We didn't have a phone.	0:05:34	0:05:36
-They dragged him and his wife -out of bed.	0:05:36	0:05:39
-The doctor's wife -phoned the minister...	0:05:39	0:05:42
-..the minister's wife -woke the minister...	0:05:43	0:05:46
-..and everyone came to our house -in case I'd die...	0:05:46	0:05:49
-..and we'd need someone to pray, -to comfort the others and make tea.	0:05:50	0:05:55
-It was bedlam here every time -I decided to stop breathing.	0:05:55	0:06:00
-Oh.	0:06:04	0:06:05
-Fair play to Glyn, -Mabel's husband...	0:06:07	0:06:10
-..he never complained -that Mabel slept with me.	0:06:10	0:06:14
-Not a single complaint, -throughout the years.	0:06:15	0:06:19
-Not that I know of, anyway.	0:06:21	0:06:23
-He seemed happy enough...	0:06:23	0:06:25
-..sleeping with Richard, my brother, -in the bedroom next door.	0:06:25	0:06:30
-And I was happy -to have Mabel in the bed with me.	0:06:30	0:06:34
-Oh, it was lovely -to cwtch up to her...	0:06:35	0:06:39
-..when it was cold outside -or when the rain pelted the window.	0:06:40	0:06:45
-We rubbed our feet...	0:06:46	0:06:49
-..tickled and rubbed each other.	0:06:51	0:06:53
-I remember once...	0:06:56	0:06:58
-..we were all round the table, -eating Sunday lunch.	0:07:00	0:07:04
-Mabel cooking the food.	0:07:12	0:07:14
-Glyn peeling the veg.	0:07:19	0:07:21
-We didn't talk much at the table.	0:07:21	0:07:24
-That's how Dad taught us, years ago.	0:07:24	0:07:27
-Mam told us, -but I don't remember Dad at all.	0:07:27	0:07:31
-He was killed when I was a baby.	0:07:31	0:07:33
-It was a terrible accident -in the steelworks.	0:07:36	0:07:39
-He fell into a vat -and burned to a cinder.	0:07:39	0:07:43
-Every part of his body, -except his right hand, Mama said.	0:07:43	0:07:47
-According to Mama, -after saying grace...	0:07:47	0:07:50
-..Dad didn't like -empty talk at the table.	0:07:50	0:07:53
-So we ate quietly and gave thanks -to God for every mouthful.	0:07:54	0:07:58
-We're used to eating in silence.	0:07:59	0:08:02
-And then Glyn asked...	0:08:02	0:08:04
-And then Glyn asked... - -SHE GIGGLES	0:08:04	0:08:06
-Then Glyn asked, -"Can I have the gravy boat, please?"	0:08:12	0:08:16
-That was enough for me and Mabel -to have a fit of giggles...	0:08:17	0:08:21
-..hearing "gravy boat" -coming out of the silence.	0:08:21	0:08:26
-No-one understood why we laughed -so much over something so silly.	0:08:30	0:08:34
-But the bond -between me and Mabel was so strong.	0:08:35	0:08:39
-We knew -what the other one was thinking...	0:08:39	0:08:42
-..without having to say a word.	0:08:43	0:08:46
-Oh.	0:08:49	0:08:50
-Then Glyn started coming here -on Saturday mornings.	0:08:52	0:08:56
-That's how Mabel met him.	0:08:57	0:08:59
-I noticed her peeping out -of the window a couple of times.	0:09:02	0:09:06
-That's odd, I thought to myself.	0:09:08	0:09:10
-What's wrong with Mabel, -peeping out of the window?	0:09:11	0:09:15
-What has she seen in the garden?	0:09:15	0:09:18
-So I went to look.	0:09:19	0:09:23
-Yes.	0:09:35	0:09:37
-That's when I noticed Glyn -for the first time.	0:09:37	0:09:41
-This strange man...	0:09:43	0:09:45
-..who usually picked up Richard on -his scooter to go to the steelworks.	0:09:45	0:09:51
-Always in his shirtsleeves...	0:09:53	0:09:55
-..digging frantically in our garden.	0:09:56	0:09:59
-He peeped up at the window -every now and then...	0:10:01	0:10:04
-..as if he was trying -to catch a glimpse of Mabel.	0:10:05	0:10:09
-Oh, yuck, I thought.	0:10:11	0:10:14
-Who does he think he is, -coming here to sniff around?	0:10:15	0:10:19
-He clearly had his eye on my sister.	0:10:21	0:10:23
-He could go somewhere else -to find a woman.	0:10:24	0:10:27
-The next thing I knew, -Glyn could come into the house.	0:10:32	0:10:36
-Mabel gave him a cup of tea...	0:10:37	0:10:40
-..and a Marie biscuit.	0:10:43	0:10:46
-And then, -she'd put some lunch before him.	0:10:48	0:10:51
-Tongue and tomato sandwich.	0:10:53	0:10:55
-That's when we found out...	0:10:57	0:10:59
-..that he wanted to marry Mabel...	0:11:00	0:11:04
-..and that she'd agreed.	0:11:05	0:11:08
-SHE SOBS	0:11:10	0:11:12
-A whirlwind followed...	0:11:23	0:11:26
-..before she walked down the aisle -at Bethel chapel...	0:11:27	0:11:31
-..in a wedding dress that Mama -sewed for her in one weekend flat.	0:11:33	0:11:38
-I was her bridesmaid.	0:11:41	0:11:44
-That day almost killed me, -if I'm honest.	0:11:48	0:11:53
-And I told Mabel...	0:11:57	0:11:59
-..to make sure she felt guilty.	0:12:01	0:12:03
-Putting me through something -as traumatic as that.	0:12:04	0:12:09
-I forgave her after about a month.	0:12:18	0:12:23
-She begged and begged -for forgiveness.	0:12:25	0:12:28
-I said I would only forgive her...	0:12:33	0:12:36
-..if she never left my bed -in the night...	0:12:36	0:12:41
-..to go and sleep with Glyn...	0:12:43	0:12:46
-..to never do -anything nasty with Glyn...	0:12:46	0:12:50
-..and never, ever consider -having babies with him.	0:12:51	0:12:55
-Anyway, he was sitting in his seat.	0:13:01	0:13:04
-And I was sitting in my seat, here, -minding my own business.	0:13:05	0:13:10
-"I want you to smack me -on my bottom, Glyn," I said.	0:13:14	0:13:19
-I can't tell you -where the idea came from.	0:13:22	0:13:25
-Once I'd thought of it, -I couldn't get rid of it.	0:13:25	0:13:29
-I got up.	0:13:34	0:13:36
-I walked over.	0:13:38	0:13:40
-And I stood in front of him -for a while.	0:13:42	0:13:46
-He tried to ignore me.	0:13:51	0:13:54
-I snatched the paper away from him -and lay across his lap.	0:13:57	0:14:01
-"Smack me, Glyn," I said.	0:14:11	0:14:14
-"I want you to smack my bottom."	0:14:16	0:14:18
-He tapped me on my bottom.	0:14:20	0:14:23
-"Harder," I said.	0:14:25	0:14:28
-I liked it.	0:14:33	0:14:35
-I lifted my skirt...	0:14:36	0:14:39
-..pulled my knickers down...	0:14:40	0:14:43
-..and showed him my bare bottom.	0:14:46	0:14:49
-"Smack that, Glyn," I said.	0:14:52	0:14:55
-I laughed and laughed...	0:14:56	0:14:59
-..as he smacked -and smacked and smacked.	0:14:59	0:15:02
-Slap, slap, slap.	0:15:02	0:15:06
-It was nice.	0:15:10	0:15:12
-"Thanks."	0:15:13	0:15:14
-I got to my feet.	0:15:19	0:15:21
-Then I went back to my seat -by the fire.	0:15:27	0:15:31
-Oh!	0:15:35	0:15:36
-I knew then that he knew his place -in the family.	0:15:38	0:15:42
-We had a secret now.	0:15:45	0:15:47
-Something to hide -from everyone else.	0:15:47	0:15:50
-CLOCK CHIMES	0:15:51	0:15:53
-Six o'clock.	0:15:56	0:15:57
-You thought it was six -when the old clock chimed.	0:15:57	0:16:01
-No, the grandfather clock -is eleven minutes fast.	0:16:01	0:16:04
-It's six o'clock now, -according to my star clock.	0:16:05	0:16:10
-Richard got the old clock after Dad. -Mama's was the grandmother clock.	0:16:10	0:16:15
-That one was Auntie Ag's clock, -and Mabel's clock there.	0:16:16	0:16:21
-Glyn always checked his gold watch.	0:16:21	0:16:25
-I always wind Glyn's gold watch...	0:16:25	0:16:27
-..well, all the clocks, -to tell the truth.	0:16:29	0:16:31
-I don't know why. -Everyone else is dead.	0:16:32	0:16:35
-I'm the only one left.	0:16:35	0:16:37
-I don't know why Glyn -wasn't buried with this gold watch.	0:16:38	0:16:42
-Mabel insisted on keeping it.	0:16:43	0:16:46
-I wanted him to wear his gold watch.	0:16:47	0:16:49
-He wore his best suit...	0:16:51	0:16:53
-..to lie in the coffin in the -front room, surrounded by flowers.	0:16:53	0:16:58
-It didn't make sense...	0:17:00	0:17:01
-..that he wasn't wearing -his gold watch.	0:17:02	0:17:04
-It would be different if he -was wearing pyjamas in the coffin.	0:17:07	0:17:11
-But he was in his best suit.	0:17:11	0:17:13
-And I said that to Mabel.	0:17:16	0:17:19
-"Mabel," I said.	0:17:19	0:17:22
-"He should wear his gold watch.	0:17:23	0:17:26
-"Mabel. He should -wear his gold watch."	0:17:26	0:17:29
-"Shut up -and mind your own business!"...	0:17:30	0:17:33
-..she said, spitting everywhere.	0:17:33	0:17:35
-"It's none of your business what -my husband wears in his coffin!"	0:17:36	0:17:41
-I had such a shock that I almost -passed out there and then.	0:17:41	0:17:46
-I started to tremble and feel faint.	0:17:48	0:17:51
-And then Mabel burst into tears...	0:17:53	0:17:57
-..and collapsed on the floor -under the coffin.	0:17:57	0:18:00
-Then she got up and ripped off -her blouse and brassiere.	0:18:01	0:18:06
-Then she got on a chair...	0:18:06	0:18:10
-..and went into the coffin...	0:18:13	0:18:15
-..and lay lengthwise -on top of Glyn inside the box.	0:18:16	0:18:20
-I didn't know what to do.	0:18:21	0:18:23
-No-one was here to help me. -They were all dead by then.	0:18:24	0:18:27
-Mama, Auntie Ag and Richard.	0:18:27	0:18:30
-Richard went two days later.	0:18:30	0:18:32
-Exactly two days after Glyn died, -on the dot.	0:18:33	0:18:36
-Mabel found him hanging -in the shed with the onions.	0:18:38	0:18:42
-He'd scribbled a note -on a scrap of paper.	0:18:43	0:18:46
-He couldn't live without Glyn. -Mabel showed me the scrap of paper.	0:18:46	0:18:51
-"Richard has hanged himself in the -shed with the onions," said Mabel.	0:18:51	0:18:56
-"He couldn't live without Glyn.	0:18:56	0:18:59
-"The coward, -taking the easy way out."	0:19:00	0:19:04
-Mabel refused -to let Richard's body rest...	0:19:05	0:19:09
-..in the front room next to Glyn.	0:19:09	0:19:11
-She was so angry with him -for what he did.	0:19:11	0:19:14
-And there was Mabel, -lying half-naked...	0:19:15	0:19:19
-..in the coffin, on top of Glyn.	0:19:20	0:19:23
-"Mabel!" I snapped. "Get out -of the coffin, for God's sake.	0:19:25	0:19:30
-"Mabel!" I said again, but louder.	0:19:30	0:19:34
-She wouldn't listen to me.	0:19:35	0:19:37
-"Glyn! Glyn!	0:19:39	0:19:42
-"Glyn, my husband! My husband!"	0:19:43	0:19:47
-That's what she said, over and over.	0:19:47	0:19:50
-She moved up and down, up and down, -like a wild snake.	0:19:50	0:19:56
-I had to leave the room.	0:20:00	0:20:02
-I came to sit here -in front of the fire.	0:20:04	0:20:08
-In a while, -Mabel came to join me.	0:20:10	0:20:13
-She put Glyn's gold watch -in the sideboard...	0:20:16	0:20:20
-..then went to the back-kitchen -to peel kidney beans for supper.	0:20:20	0:20:25
-That was an odd performance, -I thought to myself.	0:20:30	0:20:34
-Good heavens.	0:20:36	0:20:38
-We didn't talk for three weeks.	0:20:39	0:20:41
-Three weeks after Glyn's funeral...	0:20:43	0:20:45
-..he was buried in a fresh grave -in Bethel cemetery...	0:20:46	0:20:50
-..Mabel happened to bend in front -of me to put coal on the fire.	0:20:50	0:20:54
-I pinched her bottom.	0:20:55	0:20:57
-"Oh," she said, -and straightened herself up.	0:20:57	0:21:00
-She looked at me...	0:21:01	0:21:03
-..then the pair of us -had a fit of giggles.	0:21:04	0:21:09
-We giggled and giggled, -tickled and pinched each other...	0:21:12	0:21:16
-..off and on all night, -until the next morning.	0:21:16	0:21:20
-That was the best night of my life.	0:21:23	0:21:26
-Just me and Mabel in this house.	0:21:27	0:21:29
-Just as it was meant to be.	0:21:32	0:21:34
-Oh!	0:21:36	0:21:37
-The pressure -had been too much for Mabel.	0:21:38	0:21:41
-That's why I decided, a while -before Glyn's first stroke...	0:21:43	0:21:47
-..that the kindest thing to do...	0:21:47	0:21:50
-..for Mabel's sake...	0:21:51	0:21:53
-..was to let Mama -fall down the stairs...	0:21:53	0:21:57
-..the next time -Glyn carried her to bed.	0:21:57	0:22:00
-Mama had nothing to live for, -anyway.	0:22:01	0:22:04
-She was more like a cabbage, -to tell you the truth.	0:22:04	0:22:08
-The next time Glyn -smacked my bottom, I said to him...	0:22:08	0:22:12
-.."Next time you carry Mama -upstairs to bed...	0:22:12	0:22:16
-"..let her slip out of your hands...	0:22:16	0:22:19
-"..so she falls downstairs -and bangs her head and dies.	0:22:19	0:22:23
-"It can look like an accident." -He stopped smacking for a minute.	0:22:23	0:22:28
-"Don't stop," I said. -"Smack me harder."	0:22:28	0:22:31
-That night, -Glyn, Richard and Mabel...	0:22:33	0:22:36
-..went through -the nightly routine...	0:22:36	0:22:39
-..of bathing -and brushing Mama's hair.	0:22:39	0:22:42
-It took ages by then because Mama -was so floppy in the chair.	0:22:42	0:22:47
-Glyn carried her upstairs...	0:22:47	0:22:49
-..while Richard wound the clocks -and Mabel made sandwiches for us.	0:22:50	0:22:55
-Auntie Ag was asleep there.	0:22:55	0:22:57
-Then we heard -bumpety-bumpety-bump...	0:22:57	0:23:00
-..a bang and a loud crack -on the bottom of the stairs.	0:23:00	0:23:04
-Richard got up, -Mabel ran in with a bread knife...	0:23:04	0:23:08
-..I jumped up and Auntie Ag woke.	0:23:08	0:23:11
-We all went through to the hall.	0:23:11	0:23:14
-We found Mama -in a heap on the floor...	0:23:19	0:23:23
-..next to the hatstand.	0:23:25	0:23:27
-She was staring straight ahead, -and blood was coming from her mouth.	0:23:27	0:23:32
-She was dead, no doubt about that.	0:23:35	0:23:37
-Glyn stood on the top of the stairs, -dumbstruck, flushed and sweating.	0:23:38	0:23:43
-No-one said anything -for a long time.	0:23:48	0:23:51
-Richard went to pick Mam up.	0:23:52	0:23:54
-He said to Mabel, "Get the doctor.	0:23:55	0:23:57
-"Tell him Mama has fallen, -she's banged her head and died."	0:23:58	0:24:02
-Mabel went to the doctor's house.	0:24:02	0:24:04
-He signed the death certificate -without asking questions.	0:24:04	0:24:08
-"Pneumonia with complications."	0:24:09	0:24:11
-Mam looked like a porcelain dolly -in the coffin.	0:24:11	0:24:14
-We buried Mam alongside Dad -in Bethel cemetery.	0:24:15	0:24:18
-It was the first corpse I'd seen.	0:24:18	0:24:21
-I was too young -to remember Dad dying.	0:24:21	0:24:24
-There wasn't a body -after Dad fell in the vat.	0:24:25	0:24:29
-Oh, we were so happy after that...	0:24:33	0:24:36
-..until Auntie Ag -started on her antics.	0:24:37	0:24:41
-"I want to go home," -she said one night, out of the blue.	0:24:41	0:24:45
-That's how it started.	0:24:46	0:24:48
-She'd been alright up until then.	0:24:48	0:24:51
-She was obviously losing it.	0:24:51	0:24:54
-She did lots of comical things, -like boiling the kettle...	0:24:54	0:24:58
-..and pouring the water -into the sink instead of the teapot.	0:24:59	0:25:03
-We were sitting -in front of the fire...	0:25:03	0:25:07
-..waiting for Mabel to bring us -bowls of chips and Branston pickle.	0:25:07	0:25:13
-It must have been a Friday night.	0:25:13	0:25:15
-On Friday, we had chips in a bowl...	0:25:16	0:25:19
-..with Branston pickle -and bread and butter.	0:25:19	0:25:23
-Auntie Ag was acting -more oddly than usual.	0:25:23	0:25:27
-"I want to go home now," she said.	0:25:27	0:25:31
-We looked at each other -and didn't take any notice of her.	0:25:31	0:25:35
-"I want to go home," she said again.	0:25:35	0:25:38
-"Eat your chips now, Auntie Ag," -said Mabel.	0:25:39	0:25:43
-"Take me home to Cilymaenllwyd," -said Auntie Ag again.	0:25:43	0:25:47
-That's where she lived -when she was a maid...	0:25:47	0:25:50
-..in the Cilymaenllwyd -servants quarters.	0:25:51	0:25:54
-She was there -when the two little girls drowned.	0:25:54	0:25:57
-Cilymaenllwyd became a convalescent -hospital for sick people.	0:25:59	0:26:03
-That's where Glyn went -after his first stroke.	0:26:04	0:26:08
-He had his first stroke -after one of our smacking sessions.	0:26:09	0:26:14
-Everybody was out for the day...	0:26:15	0:26:17
-..selling Richard's vegetables -at Llanelli market.	0:26:17	0:26:21
-I forced Glyn to smack me for longer -and harder than usual with a ruler.	0:26:21	0:26:27
-He wasn't hitting me hard enough -with his hand any more.	0:26:28	0:26:32
-His arms had weakened since he'd -finished working in the steelworks.	0:26:32	0:26:37
-The ruler did the job much better.	0:26:37	0:26:41
-After being at it for half an hour, -Glyn slumped in the seat.	0:26:42	0:26:48
-"Don't stop," I said.	0:26:48	0:26:50
-"What's wrong with you?"	0:26:51	0:26:53
-Glyn wasn't moving.	0:26:53	0:26:56
-I looked at him.	0:26:57	0:26:59
-His mouth was crooked and there -was saliva coming down his chin.	0:27:00	0:27:04
-I knew something was wrong.	0:27:04	0:27:07
-At that moment, luckily, -Richard came back in...	0:27:07	0:27:11
-..to get more potatoes -from the shed.	0:27:12	0:27:15
-They'd sold out of potatoes -in the market and wanted more.	0:27:15	0:27:21
-He came in to use the toilet.	0:27:22	0:27:24
-He saw the state on Glyn -and went all grey.	0:27:25	0:27:31
-"Glyn! Glyn!" he shouted.	0:27:32	0:27:34
-He ran out to get the doctor.	0:27:35	0:27:37
-Glyn had suffered a massive stroke.	0:27:39	0:27:41
-He was in Llanelli hospital -for weeks...	0:27:42	0:27:45
-..before they moved him -to Cilymaenllwyd to convalesce.	0:27:46	0:27:50
-I remember going to see him.	0:27:50	0:27:52
-Oh!	0:27:54	0:27:55
-I remember seeing Glyn in bed.	0:27:57	0:28:00
-His legs were under this big frame.	0:28:00	0:28:05
-The doctor at the hospital -told us...	0:28:07	0:28:10
-..that Glyn -had been rambling in his sleep.	0:28:11	0:28:16
-Something about smacking -and Mama falling downstairs.	0:28:17	0:28:22
-The doctor looked at me -and whispered in my ear.	0:28:24	0:28:28
-"Secrets put too much strain -on a man of conscience, like Glyn.	0:28:29	0:28:35
-"It was these secrets -that probably caused the stroke.	0:28:36	0:28:41
-"It could have killed him.	0:28:42	0:28:44
-"Glyn will never speak, -write or walk again.	0:28:44	0:28:48
-"Glyn needs rest...	0:28:49	0:28:51
-"..to recover from whatever -was weighing on his mind."	0:28:52	0:28:56
-We brought Glyn home -soon after that...	0:28:57	0:29:01
-..back to his seat over there.	0:29:02	0:29:04
-He never got over that first stroke.	0:29:05	0:29:07
-He couldn't do much, -except utter the odd sound.	0:29:08	0:29:12
-Richard loved having Glyn home.	0:29:15	0:29:17
-He wasn't happy without him.	0:29:17	0:29:20
-To help Mabel, Richard insisted -on looking after Glyn himself.	0:29:20	0:29:24
-He did everything for him, -despite Mabel's protests.	0:29:24	0:29:29
-Richard made such a fuss over Glyn.	0:29:29	0:29:32
-He was like a woman around him, -serving on him hand and foot.	0:29:32	0:29:37
-Poor dab, Glyn. -He'd been such a strong man.	0:29:40	0:29:44
-He had terrible nightmares -in the night.	0:29:58	0:30:02
-I could hear him shouting...	0:30:02	0:30:04
-..as if he was seeing -terrible things in his sleep.	0:30:04	0:30:08
-He often kept me and Mabel awake...	0:30:08	0:30:10
-..until Richard sang hymns -to soothe him.	0:30:11	0:30:16
-Richard had a beautiful tenor voice.	0:30:18	0:30:21
-# On a hill far away	0:30:23	0:30:27
-# Stood an old rugged cross	0:30:28	0:30:31
-# The emblem of suff'ring	0:30:32	0:30:35
-# And shame	0:30:36	0:30:38
-# And I love that old cross #	0:30:39	0:30:42
-CLOCK CHIMES	0:30:54	0:30:56
-Anyway, back to Auntie Ag.	0:31:21	0:31:24
-"I want to go home," -she said that Friday night.	0:31:25	0:31:29
-"I want to go home now," -she said again.	0:31:31	0:31:35
-"Now!"	0:31:36	0:31:37
-And with that, she tipped her chips -all over the mat...	0:31:38	0:31:42
-..and got out of her seat, -like a madwoman.	0:31:43	0:31:46
-Mabel and Richard struggled...	0:31:46	0:31:48
-..to stop her going -for the front door.	0:31:48	0:31:51
-"You are home! This is home!" -we said to her.	0:31:51	0:31:55
-"Shut up, Ag! Shut up, woman!"	0:31:55	0:31:59
-I was getting nastier all the time.	0:32:00	0:32:03
-"Shut up, woman!"	0:32:04	0:32:06
-We were scared -that people would hear her scream.	0:32:08	0:32:12
-It wasn't anyone's business -what went on here...	0:32:13	0:32:17
-..especially Dorothy Hunt next door.	0:32:20	0:32:24
-SHE FARTS	0:32:26	0:32:27
-She was an old snob, peeping over -the fence every chance she had.	0:32:27	0:32:32
-She looked -through holes in the wall...	0:32:36	0:32:39
-..to see -what was going on in our house.	0:32:40	0:32:43
-She even cut down the trees -on our side of the fence...	0:32:43	0:32:47
-..so she could have a better look.	0:32:49	0:32:51
-Richard was livid.	0:32:52	0:32:54
-"Don't touch the leaves -on our side again," he said.	0:32:54	0:32:58
-"Or I'll kill you with my sickle."	0:32:58	0:33:00
-He waved the sickle like a lunatic.	0:33:00	0:33:03
-I decided I'd kill her one day -with Richard's sickle.	0:33:03	0:33:07
-I slipped out to the shed -and tried to lift the sickle...	0:33:08	0:33:13
-..to work out how to kill her.	0:33:13	0:33:16
-It was too heavy to carry. -I was too weak.	0:33:16	0:33:19
-I decided to drink Complan -to build up my strength...	0:33:20	0:33:24
-..so I could kill -the old bitch one day.	0:33:24	0:33:27
-I asked Mabel -to buy Complan in the Co-op...	0:33:27	0:33:30
-..the next time she went shopping.	0:33:31	0:33:33
-Until then...	0:33:34	0:33:35
-..I'd have to make do with -imagining chopping Dorothy up...	0:33:35	0:33:40
-..and burying pieces of her body -in Richard's garden.	0:33:40	0:33:43
-I'll get my chance.	0:33:44	0:33:46
-CLOCKS TICK	0:33:48	0:33:51
-By now, Auntie Ag's performances -got the better of us all.	0:33:59	0:34:03
-She was upsetting everyone, -especially Glyn.	0:34:03	0:34:07
-After his first stroke, -Glyn couldn't cope with any upset.	0:34:07	0:34:11
-When Auntie Ag started her antics, -Glyn rocked back and forth...	0:34:11	0:34:16
-..and dribbled.	0:34:17	0:34:18
-Richard snapped, having clearly -reached breaking point.	0:34:18	0:34:22
-The next thing I saw...	0:34:22	0:34:23
-..was Richard putting a cushion -over Auntie Ag's mouth.	0:34:25	0:34:29
-Here, next to me on the sofa.	0:34:31	0:34:34
-SCREAMS	0:34:35	0:34:36
-And then he sat on top of her.	0:34:44	0:34:46
-She kicked her legs wildly.	0:34:51	0:34:53
-Then she stopped moving.	0:34:53	0:34:56
-When Richard took the cushion -from Auntie Ag's face...	0:35:13	0:35:17
-..she was black and blue.	0:35:18	0:35:20
-Her eyes and mouth were open.	0:35:21	0:35:23
-No-one said anything -for a long time.	0:35:29	0:35:32
-Mabel went to the back-kitchen -to make us all a cup of tea.	0:35:33	0:35:37
-The doctor -signed the death certificate.	0:35:39	0:35:42
-"Died peacefully of natural causes."	0:35:42	0:35:45
-Auntie Ag lay in the coffin -in the front room...	0:35:50	0:35:53
-..until we buried her in the -family grave, next to Mam and Dad.	0:35:53	0:35:58
-Oh, we were so happy after that.	0:35:59	0:36:02
-I remember one day, -we had a picnic in the garden.	0:36:04	0:36:08
-Oh, ginger beer, -dandelion and burdock...	0:36:09	0:36:13
-..and Victoria sponge.	0:36:14	0:36:17
-"Yoo-hoo, Ceinwen!	0:36:18	0:36:21
-"It's Dorothy Hunt from next door.	0:36:24	0:36:26
-"Are you alright?	0:36:27	0:36:29
-"Hello?"	0:36:29	0:36:31
-SHE LAUGHS	0:36:46	0:36:48
-Did you hear her laughing out there? -That's what she does.	0:36:48	0:36:52
-She comes to our garden, -without permission, to laugh at me.	0:36:52	0:36:57
-That's what she did, -to come between me and Mabel.	0:36:57	0:37:01
-Mabel tried her best -to keep the garden tidy.	0:37:01	0:37:05
-It was a lot of work for one. -I was too weak to help.	0:37:05	0:37:09
-That's how it was...	0:37:09	0:37:11
-..until Dorothy Hunt next door -spoiled everything.	0:37:11	0:37:14
-Dorothy tried to talk to Mabel -over the fence.	0:37:15	0:37:19
-Mabel paid no attention at first.	0:37:19	0:37:22
-But Dorothy carried on talking, -non-stop...	0:37:22	0:37:25
-..until Mabel -started to answer her back.	0:37:26	0:37:29
-A few words to start, -then sentences...	0:37:29	0:37:32
-..then in the end...	0:37:32	0:37:34
-..I'd see them chatting -and laughing out there for ages.	0:37:34	0:37:38
-That was bad enough.	0:37:39	0:37:41
-But one day, Mabel said she was -going to town with Dorothy to shop.	0:37:41	0:37:47
-I sulked with her.	0:37:49	0:37:52
-The terrible day dawned...	0:38:07	0:38:09
-..on which Mabel and Dorothy Hunt -had arranged to go shopping.	0:38:09	0:38:13
-Mabel came downstairs...	0:38:14	0:38:16
-..dressed in a colourful dress...	0:38:16	0:38:20
-..all flowery.	0:38:22	0:38:23
-I looked at her.	0:38:25	0:38:28
-"You're being disrespectful, Mabel," -I said. "Dressed like that.	0:38:28	0:38:33
-"We've suffered so much grief -in this house.	0:38:34	0:38:37
-"You should be in grey, -in semi-mourning.	0:38:38	0:38:42
-"What will people say?"	0:38:43	0:38:45
-"I don't care," she said.	0:38:47	0:38:49
-She put on a pretty bonnet, -and looked at herself in the mirror.	0:38:50	0:38:56
-She put pink lipstick on her lips.	0:38:56	0:38:59
-"They can say whatever they want."	0:39:00	0:39:02
-And with that, -Dorothy Hunt knocked on the door.	0:39:03	0:39:07
-"Mabel, it's Dorothy from next door. -Are you ready?"	0:39:08	0:39:12
-I froze in my seat, -then I stared at Mabel.	0:39:16	0:39:20
-She avoided my gaze, -took her bag, and walked out.	0:39:24	0:39:28
-CLOCK CHIMES	0:39:28	0:39:31
-Many hours passed.	0:39:33	0:39:35
-SHE CRIES	0:39:39	0:39:41
-I was starving to death.	0:39:47	0:39:50
-I couldn't go to the toilet -on my own.	0:39:54	0:39:57
-I had to wet myself in the seat.	0:40:01	0:40:05
-I stopped breathing.	0:40:14	0:40:16
-I could feel myself passing out.	0:40:19	0:40:24
-Mabel walked in, -as if nothing was wrong.	0:40:26	0:40:30
-She looked happy.	0:40:33	0:40:35
-SHE CAN'T SPEAK	0:40:37	0:40:39
-"What the hell -is wrong with you, Ceinwen?	0:40:47	0:40:51
-"What the hell is the mess -you've made on the sofa?	0:40:51	0:40:55
-"What's the matter with you?"	0:40:56	0:40:58
-"What's wrong with me?	0:41:01	0:41:03
-"You know I shouldn't be -left on my own.	0:41:03	0:41:06
-"You know -I can stop breathing and die...	0:41:07	0:41:11
-"..if there isn't someone -looking after me.	0:41:11	0:41:14
-"You know I can't go -to the toilet on my own."	0:41:15	0:41:19
-"Stop, stop, stop.	0:41:24	0:41:27
-"You can go to the toilet -on your own.	0:41:28	0:41:31
-"You can look after yourself -when you want to.	0:41:31	0:41:34
-"You just don't want to.	0:41:35	0:41:37
-"You just want -to keep me prisoner in the house.	0:41:37	0:41:41
-"I've had enough of it. -Do you understand?"	0:41:41	0:41:45
-SHE CAN'T SPEAK	0:41:50	0:41:52
-"Stop breathing, -if that's what you want to do."	0:42:04	0:42:08
-She was going to let me die.	0:42:16	0:42:18
-I found strength from somewhere.	0:42:23	0:42:26
-I pushed her...	0:42:29	0:42:31
-..so that she slipped -on the fender...	0:42:33	0:42:36
-..banged her head -on the mantelpiece...	0:42:36	0:42:39
-..and fell in the fire.	0:42:40	0:42:43
-Her hair caught fire...	0:42:54	0:42:56
-..burning her head and face -beyond all recognition.	0:42:56	0:43:01
-I was too weak -to do anything about it.	0:43:05	0:43:08
-I just watched her head -burning in the grate...	0:43:10	0:43:14
-..until she stopped breathing.	0:43:14	0:43:17
-Oh.	0:43:18	0:43:19
-SHE WHISTLES -"THE OLD RUGGED CROSS"	0:43:22	0:43:26
-I sat here on the sofa -for a very long time.	0:43:48	0:43:52
-I had to call Dorothy Hunt -next door to help.	0:43:52	0:43:55
-I had no choice.	0:43:56	0:43:57
-I thought -it would teach her a lesson...	0:43:58	0:44:01
-..to see what happened to Mabel -because of her.	0:44:01	0:44:04
-It was all her fault.	0:44:04	0:44:06
-None of this would have happened -if she hadn't come into our lives...	0:44:07	0:44:11
-..disrupting everything -and causing such misery.	0:44:11	0:44:15
-The doctor put "coronary thrombosis" -on the death certificate.	0:44:19	0:44:24
-We buried Mabel in the same grave -as Glyn in Bethel cemetery.	0:44:25	0:44:30
-I was the chief mourner.	0:44:30	0:44:32
-I banned Dorothy Hunt -from the funeral.	0:44:33	0:44:37
-She had to watch the burial -from the road, beyond the railings.	0:44:37	0:44:41
-"Ceinwen!	0:44:42	0:44:43
-"It's Dorothy here."	0:44:44	0:44:47
-CLOCKS TICK	0:44:48	0:44:49
-CLOCK CHIMES	0:44:56	0:44:59
-"Go away from here, Dorothy, -or I'll kill you!"	0:45:14	0:45:18
-SCREAMS	0:45:20	0:45:23
-CLOCKS FALL SILENT	0:45:23	0:45:25
-COUGHS	0:45:31	0:45:32
-CLOCKS TICK	0:45:33	0:45:36
-CLOCK CHIMES	0:45:45	0:45:47
-Oh, six of us -used to sit in this room...	0:45:52	0:45:56
-..at six o'clock, -every night on the dot.	0:45:57	0:46:01
-On the dot by my clock, anyway.	0:46:02	0:46:04
-# On a hill far away	0:46:08	0:46:11
-# Stood an old rugged cross	0:46:12	0:46:15
-# The emblem of suff'ring	0:46:16	0:46:19
-# And shame	0:46:20	0:46:23
-# And I love that old cross	0:46:23	0:46:28
-# Where the dearest and best	0:46:28	0:46:32
-# For a world of lost sinners	0:46:33	0:46:37
-# Was slain #	0:46:37	0:46:41
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