0:00:37 > 0:00:39Newborns are always beautiful.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41They cannot fail to make the heart sing,
0:00:41 > 0:00:45for even the plainest faces are alive with promise.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54But I have always seen beauty in old age too.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Light shines through the bone,
0:00:57 > 0:01:00exquisite even as it flickers,
0:01:00 > 0:01:05even as it flutters and dims towards the end.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14PLAINSONG
0:01:14 > 0:01:16# The Lord himself is thy keeper... #
0:01:16 > 0:01:20Where is Sister Monica Joan?
0:01:20 > 0:01:23# ...The Lord is thy defence... #
0:01:23 > 0:01:24TELEPHONE RINGS
0:01:29 > 0:01:31No peace for the wicked.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Nonnatus House, midwife speaking.
0:01:35 > 0:01:36Which one?
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Well, it isn't your girlfriend!
0:01:38 > 0:01:42Have you been up all night tormented by visions of her loveliness?
0:01:43 > 0:01:49No, I was on the beat and I came across something...rather untoward.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Is Sister Julienne there?
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Sister Julienne's away on retreat.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Sister Bernadette's in charge until she returns.
0:01:58 > 0:01:59Sister.
0:02:01 > 0:02:02Sister!
0:02:24 > 0:02:25Where did you find her?
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Down on the pier.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29The wind was wicked and she had nothing on her feet.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33Oh, you poor thing. Run inside and make up a hot-water bottle.
0:02:33 > 0:02:34And some tea!
0:02:34 > 0:02:37I have had tea and it was most acceptable.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41This, conversely, fails to impress.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43It smells somewhat of perspiration
0:02:43 > 0:02:46and a great deal of regurgitated ale.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50She seems quite distracted.
0:02:50 > 0:02:51Thank you so much for finding her.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53It's fine. I'm just worried...
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Sister!
0:02:59 > 0:03:03Jesus...washed the feet of the disciples.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Yeah, I bet they weren't tramping all over Poplar,
0:03:08 > 0:03:11walking in dog muck and motor oil and worse.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15SHE SNORES LOUDLY
0:03:17 > 0:03:20I don't like the sound of that.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22I'll ring for Dr Turner.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26SHE COUGHS
0:03:26 > 0:03:29How did she get out dressed like that?
0:03:29 > 0:03:34We love Sister Monica Joan, Doctor, and do the best we can for her,
0:03:34 > 0:03:37but it wouldn't be right to lock her in her room.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Besides, the truth is, we don't know
0:03:42 > 0:03:46whether she has dementia or whether she's just wilfully eccentric.
0:03:46 > 0:03:51I understand. There are more medical treatises written about senile decay
0:03:51 > 0:03:53than you can shake a stick at.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56But I keep to one invariable diagnostic rule,
0:03:56 > 0:03:59if they're brought back by a policeman in their nightie
0:03:59 > 0:04:01then they've got it.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04For now, the pneumonia is the real concern.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05The old people's friend.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09If they are ready to go, it takes them gently.
0:04:09 > 0:04:10We could try penicillin,
0:04:10 > 0:04:13but if she has any family, I think they should be sent for.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17She's been estranged from her family since she took her vows.
0:04:17 > 0:04:22The head of our order, Mother Jesu Emmanuel, is really her next of kin.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24I will call her at once.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28GROANING
0:04:31 > 0:04:35I will not have rotting matter put into my veins.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39If you don't take this penicillin, you will be rotting matter!
0:04:39 > 0:04:43I note I am getting the silver tongue treatment.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Are you trying to summon up a fart?
0:04:48 > 0:04:53No, Sister, I am praying for strength.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55SHE COUGHS
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Everybody's asking how she is.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03And a lady called just now and left these roses.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07Mm, roses. There'll be roses on her coffin if she won't take the proper treatment.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11Mother Jesu, if she finds out, she'll be outraged.
0:05:11 > 0:05:16Mother Jesu is coming in love and very possibly to say goodbye.
0:05:16 > 0:05:21We are not going to lose Sister Monica Joan.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27She is going to take that penicillin even if it kills us.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40BELL RINGS
0:05:44 > 0:05:49I suppose you think I'm suffering a dark night of the soul, Mother Jesu?
0:05:49 > 0:05:52A spiritual crisis?
0:05:52 > 0:05:58No, my dear, I think you are ill and in need of powerful drugs.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Your spirit seems rather robust to me.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04I miss my mother.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08I never thought I would when old age came to claim me...
0:06:11 > 0:06:13..for she tried me very sorely in my youth.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18I think it's cruel that I should miss her now.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24All this can be remedied.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35You are in for a treat, Sister. Penicillin's a wonder drug.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40Penicillin won't change the world.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44Nostradamus says nothing about it.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48And Nostradamus was an apothecary.
0:06:48 > 0:06:49# ...Was just for you
0:06:51 > 0:06:54# My lover, I was wrong
0:06:56 > 0:07:01# To try to love you
0:07:03 > 0:07:07# Know well that my love
0:07:09 > 0:07:13# Was just for you
0:07:13 > 0:07:17# Only you... #
0:07:25 > 0:07:30Nurse Browne, there is a letter for you. And one for Nurse Lee.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39Sister Monica Joan, you're back with us.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44The quadrants are in alignment, the Moon is in Venus.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48We are all of us exactly where we should be.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50It's from my mother.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56She's on her way to London from Madeira.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Better not tell Sister Monica Joan.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03She might think there's cake involved.
0:08:03 > 0:08:04SHE CHUCKLES
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Mater comes over twice a year to get her dresses fitted.
0:08:07 > 0:08:12And she wants to come to see me - here at Nonnatus House.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14How nice. Ask her for tea.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17We'll roll out the red carpet for her.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Why doesn't your mother meet you in the West End?
0:08:23 > 0:08:26You could go to Fortnum's and have some of their blissful scones.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Sounds like she wants a tour of inspection.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34I think she may have caught wind of the big romance.
0:08:36 > 0:08:37Possibly.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Oh, all right. I added a PS to my last letter
0:08:47 > 0:08:52and put, "Walking out with a chap." Then, in brackets, "in uniform".
0:08:52 > 0:08:54- You tease!- One couldn't resist.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57It's the news she's wanted all her life.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Oh, I forgot, letter for you.
0:09:16 > 0:09:17"Dear Jenny...
0:09:19 > 0:09:22"Why did I choose to telephone that day?
0:09:24 > 0:09:27"That one day of all the days since we last met.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33"Why not telephone you, when we made each other happy?
0:09:34 > 0:09:37"We were nothing but careful, Jenny.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42"But we broke two hearts for the sake of saving one.
0:09:45 > 0:09:50"This has been such a long silence, don't let it last for ever.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54"I would so like to see you.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58"With love, Gerald."
0:10:06 > 0:10:08That's better.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Catherine Powell.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24My back's been killing me.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28I hate to say it,
0:10:28 > 0:10:31but I think flat shoes might be a little more comfortable.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33No, heels are my trademark.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37First thing my fella noticed about me when we first met was my pink stilettos.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Well, that and my legs, presumably.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42This is your first visit.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45And your doctor seems to be in...Hull.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Yeah, I only came to London yesterday.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50My fella, he's a bit of a dozy drawers when it comes to writing letters
0:10:50 > 0:10:54so I thought I'd just come here and give him a surprise.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56And did you? Well, he wasn't there.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Away at sea, I reckon.
0:11:02 > 0:11:03No.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07No wedding ring yet, but I'm sure that'll change when he comes home.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09And where are you staying now?
0:11:09 > 0:11:12At his place. I let myself in.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Is this going to take long? I don't want to be away if he comes home.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Not long.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23We do need to go through all your details and get you properly booked in.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27We like to do a home visit before the baby's due.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Check your living conditions.
0:11:29 > 0:11:30What for?
0:11:31 > 0:11:32Home delivery.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36I'd also like to examine you as well
0:11:36 > 0:11:38and I'd also make sure you've got your dates right.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41I'm seven months, two weeks on the dot.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46Looking at you, I think you may be a little further on.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49No, I met Billy on my birthday, my birthday was seven months,
0:11:49 > 0:11:53two weeks ago. I'm sorry but I don't really have much time. COMMOTION OUTSIDE CURTAIN
0:11:53 > 0:11:57- Stand back, get some air! - Jenny, can you spare a moment? We've got a fainter.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59I'll be back in one minute.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02That's good, just lie down.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10All right. Just keep breathing.
0:12:10 > 0:12:15In through your nose, out through your mouth.
0:12:15 > 0:12:16Childbearing,
0:12:16 > 0:12:19you have to have the stamina of an athlete.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Here, Nurse, can you make her better?
0:12:23 > 0:12:25I'll get some water.
0:12:42 > 0:12:43Sister...
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Oh, I heard you was poorly.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49Oh, I'm that glad to see you out and about again.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Can I tempt you to a bit of fruit today?
0:12:52 > 0:12:55On the house, you take your pick.
0:12:55 > 0:12:56How very kind.
0:12:57 > 0:12:58Oh...
0:12:59 > 0:13:04I will not suffer my pale forehead to be kissed by nightshade.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Or the ruby grape of Proserpine.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11I'll have a pound of those pears.
0:13:11 > 0:13:12My pleasure.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22All Saints' Crypt, May Blitz, 1941.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25A girl, born as they sounded the all-clear.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27You remember!
0:13:27 > 0:13:28Yes.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34If you could deliver those to Nonnatus House, I'd be much obliged.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Madam's usual. A quart of whelks.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Terrific. I can smell the vinegar from here.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46- Can't tempt you to a bit of jellied eel?- No, ta.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48It's far too much like salmon in aspic.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52I had quite enough of that in my debutante days.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03We'll have to bring your mum here.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Over my supine corpse!
0:14:06 > 0:14:10Tea in the best cups, with the nuns, and that's the lot.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12I'm looking forward to it.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14I'm not.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17You met my parents, we came through that.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Is the dog's paw better?
0:14:20 > 0:14:23He gets under people's feet. It wasn't your fault.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Mater's coming on Wednesday. You'll have to ask for time off,
0:14:28 > 0:14:31and you're working towards your promotion.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33I want to meet your mother, Camilla.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36I love you, and I want her to know it.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37You've never said that before.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40It doesn't mean I haven't been thinking it.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47We're in uniform.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Well, who's looking?
0:14:49 > 0:14:50The man on the whelk stall.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57# Oh, hot diggity, dog ziggity
0:14:57 > 0:14:59# Boom, what you do to me
0:14:59 > 0:15:01# It's so new to me
0:15:01 > 0:15:02# What you do to me
0:15:02 > 0:15:04# Hot diggity, dog ziggity
0:15:04 > 0:15:06# Boom, what you do to me
0:15:06 > 0:15:08# When you're holding me tight
0:15:08 > 0:15:12# Never dreamed anybody could kiss thattaway
0:15:12 > 0:15:14# Bring me bliss thattaway
0:15:14 > 0:15:16# What a kiss thattaway
0:15:16 > 0:15:19# What a wonderful feelin' to feel thattaway
0:15:19 > 0:15:22# Tell me where have you been all my life
0:15:22 > 0:15:24# Oh, hot diggity, dog ziggity
0:15:24 > 0:15:27# Boom, what you do to me
0:15:27 > 0:15:28# It's so new to me... #
0:15:28 > 0:15:32You want to put a glace cherry on those or they won't look finished off.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35No, no, glace cherries are vulgar. Fred, please.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37What on earth are you doing?
0:15:37 > 0:15:40You can't put cream in the meringues and leave them standing.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Mrs B left me the component parts.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46I offered to help with the assembly but I was spurned.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50I'll finish them. Take the sandwiches in and go and sit with Peter.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53- Is he here already? - Yes, I let him in. - How does he look?
0:15:53 > 0:15:54Calmer than you.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56- PANICKY:- I'm completely calm.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58BELL RINGS
0:16:24 > 0:16:25Hello, Mater.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Camilla, dear.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42I believe you've recently retired to Madeira,
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Lady Fortescue-Cholmondely-Browne.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47No need to stand on ceremony, Sister.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Lady Browne will do.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56You must enjoy the sunshine, after living in India.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58I give the weather six out of ten.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Of course, the administration is Portuguese
0:17:01 > 0:17:05which Sir Rex and I find rather trying.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Sandwich, Mother? They're salmon.
0:17:09 > 0:17:10Smoked?
0:17:10 > 0:17:13- Tinned.- No.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19I was under the impression that you were in the forces.
0:17:19 > 0:17:24Camilla now tells me that you are, in fact, a police constable.
0:17:25 > 0:17:26Yes.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29He's sitting his sergeant exams next year.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Constable Noakes was recently telling me
0:17:37 > 0:17:41that he has to study every single aspect of the law,
0:17:41 > 0:17:45from traffic offences to crimes against the person.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48I've been studying the Betting and Gambling Act,
0:17:48 > 0:17:50the Licensing Act,
0:17:50 > 0:17:52and the Prostitution Act.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57One hopes the theory is more savoury than the practice.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Whatever is this made of?
0:18:03 > 0:18:04It's Crimplene.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08This isn't good enough.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10I only wear it for church.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13I don't mean the skirt suit, and you know it.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17What pleasure does this give you?
0:18:19 > 0:18:21You sent me to Roedean.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Our motto was "Honour the Worthy".
0:18:23 > 0:18:26When I deliver babies, that's what I do.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30Whom exactly do you define as worthy, Camilla?
0:18:30 > 0:18:31Those people out there?
0:18:31 > 0:18:34That policeman downstairs?
0:18:34 > 0:18:39There's an entire dismantled empire needing its worthy honoured.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Africa, Malaya,
0:18:41 > 0:18:42India's a nightmare.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45I'd sooner you were a missionary than lived like this
0:18:45 > 0:18:49and walked out with a man like that.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53Because at least our friends would comprehend it when we told them.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55You'd be a spinster but...
0:18:56 > 0:18:58..you'd be doing good works.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04And wouldn't be wearing Crimplene.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10- I've been talking to my mother. - It wasn't all bad.
0:19:10 > 0:19:11Peter, it was diabolical.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15I was courting a girl once, Enid, fancied her chances as a mannequin.
0:19:15 > 0:19:16One day, when we were on the bus,
0:19:16 > 0:19:20she said to me, "Do you like what I've done with my eyebrows?"
0:19:20 > 0:19:22- Peter... - That was it.
0:19:22 > 0:19:23I packed her in.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27The day I fell for you, I saw you cycling up Leyland Street
0:19:27 > 0:19:29at six o'clock in the morning.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32You looked all in, dead beat.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33Don't tease.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37I'm not teasing. You don't half make it hard for a chap
0:19:37 > 0:19:39- to show his feelings. - Maybe I don't want you to.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42I've been turning it over and over in my mind for weeks.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Should I say, should I ask, should I go down on my knees and beg you?
0:19:45 > 0:19:48What do you mean, on your knees?
0:19:49 > 0:19:50On one knee.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52I don't want you to say it at all.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Why?
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Because you're making me feel uncomfortable.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00- Why?- Because I've hardly ever felt comfortable anywhere.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03And when I have, it's been with you.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05SNIFFS
0:20:05 > 0:20:07It has been the most extraordinary thing.
0:20:09 > 0:20:10I felt small.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16And in my proper place and not at risk of breaking anything precious.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24But now, all of a sudden, I don't feel that any more.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32I think it's best for both of us if we put a stop to this.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36Goodbye, Peter.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42It was all rather splendid.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54She's packed him in. I knew something was up.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58But why? It's her wretched mother's influence.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01That tea party was a horrible thing to witness.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Chummy just crumbled in front of her.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07You know, Cynthia, some people do care what their parents think.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Darling, she's a grown woman, not a schoolgirl.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13I don't mind her caring. I mind her being cowed
0:21:13 > 0:21:15and running away from a thing that makes her happy.
0:22:01 > 0:22:02TELEPHONE RINGS
0:22:02 > 0:22:04WOMAN: Hello. Silsden 359...
0:22:06 > 0:22:07Hello?
0:22:07 > 0:22:10I'm sorry, I have the wrong number.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Oi! You in the penguin dress!
0:22:31 > 0:22:35A simple "excuse me" would suffice.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39And you can give me back that spoon you've got stashed inside your pinafore.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Pinafore? I am clad in no such garment.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46Must be the first time you've been down here without half-inching something.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49You really are extremely boorish individuals.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52And you are a thieving old God-botherer!
0:22:55 > 0:22:57SHOCKED GASPS
0:22:57 > 0:23:01What remarkable sleight of hand.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03LAUGHS
0:23:05 > 0:23:06Thank you.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11I've had enough of this.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17This wasn't an isolated incident. The costermonger, Mr Sidney Crumb,
0:23:17 > 0:23:20known as Cakey to his intimates,
0:23:20 > 0:23:23joined forces with several other tradesmen with the same complaint.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27They came to my desk in the form of a deputation.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30They all believe that Sister Monica Rose is...
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Joan, sir.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Sister Monica Joan.
0:23:37 > 0:23:42...is known to them as, and I quote, "light-fingered",
0:23:42 > 0:23:46and has a habit of stealing small items from their stalls.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51That is a serious accusation, Sergeant.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55It will have to be proved or disproved.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58I will escort you upstairs.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Nurse Lee, will you remain here with Sister Monica Joan?
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Of course.
0:24:05 > 0:24:10You may search her room for stolen goods.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13That is, of course, if Sister Monica Joan is agreeable.
0:24:13 > 0:24:18Have you anything to say to the sergeant, Sister?
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Yes.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Pooh to you.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31Five pairs of fully fashioned nylon stockings,
0:24:31 > 0:24:35three egg cups, one corkscrew, a whistle, 11 teaspoons,
0:24:35 > 0:24:40a hairpiece - which was blonde - a china robin, a box of gents' handkerchiefs,
0:24:40 > 0:24:43several coloured ribbons,
0:24:43 > 0:24:46an eau-de-nil suspender belt,
0:24:46 > 0:24:51a pipe rack and a box of Steradent tablets...
0:24:52 > 0:24:56As you are probably aware, Sister Monica Jones doesn't wear dentures.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00I am afraid that she has been stealing for quite some time.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03It's her age, she doesn't know what she's doing.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06She's wily as a fox and always has been.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09It's the police that's deluded if they think she's done it deliberate.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11She's away with the fairies half the time.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14And half the time she is as sane as you or I.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18Dr Turner will vouch for her mental health -
0:25:18 > 0:25:23or lack of it - when she appears in court. If he can't win them over,
0:25:23 > 0:25:26the law must take its course.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38'The case was referred to the London Quarter Sessions.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42'We hoped against hope that the thefts were so small
0:25:42 > 0:25:44'the case would be thrown out of court.'
0:25:48 > 0:25:51'The suspect wandered at will.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55'The focus of her mind seemed to ripple and shift -
0:25:55 > 0:25:59'to change as unpredictably as weather.'
0:25:59 > 0:26:04# Glory be to the Father and to the Son... #
0:26:04 > 0:26:08'But we were all at odds - out of sorts and suffering.
0:26:08 > 0:26:13'And nothing was as it ought to be at Nonnatus House.'
0:26:13 > 0:26:16SINGING CONTINUES
0:26:16 > 0:26:18BABY CRIES
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Ooh! Oh!
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Uhh!
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Take your clogs off, you little hooligan.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Thank you.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Much more of that and I'll be telling you to wait
0:26:34 > 0:26:36till your father gets home!
0:26:38 > 0:26:39SHE SIGHS
0:26:43 > 0:26:46TELEPHONE RINGS
0:26:50 > 0:26:52Nonnatus House, Nurse Lee speaking.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55MAN: Jenny?
0:26:56 > 0:26:57Jenny?
0:26:57 > 0:26:59This is Nurse Lee, yes.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02You telephoned me.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08My darling, darling girl.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12I shouldn't have.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17You're still married.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19I'm always going to be still married.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25I know.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30If you want to see me, will you write?
0:27:33 > 0:27:34Yes.
0:27:38 > 0:27:39Nurse Lee.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44All right?
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Will you join us for handicrafts?
0:27:54 > 0:27:56KNOCKING
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Enter and state your purpose.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Sister Julienne asked you to recreation.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09She thought you might like to bring down your gollies.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12I have suspended all involvement with my gollies.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15I have esoteric matters to investigate.
0:28:15 > 0:28:20These bands are the parallels wherein men and angels...
0:28:24 > 0:28:26..and beasts,
0:28:26 > 0:28:29and others...
0:28:31 > 0:28:33You do well not to mock me,
0:28:33 > 0:28:36for I know it makes no sense.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Sister.
0:28:38 > 0:28:39SHE SOBS
0:28:39 > 0:28:44I'm going to get you a handkerchief and you're going to dry your eyes.
0:28:44 > 0:28:48My handkerchiefs were all given to the police!
0:28:48 > 0:28:55Sister Julienne took them away. She took everything!
0:28:55 > 0:28:58Including my ribbons.
0:29:00 > 0:29:01SHE WAILS
0:29:01 > 0:29:03And my china robin!
0:29:03 > 0:29:06And I needed...all of them!
0:29:06 > 0:29:08SHE SOBS
0:29:08 > 0:29:11Sister Monica Joan...
0:29:11 > 0:29:16Close that drawer! You have no business clawing through my things!
0:29:16 > 0:29:18These are not your things.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21Have you no secrets?
0:29:21 > 0:29:24Have you nothing precious you might like to conceal?
0:29:24 > 0:29:28I'm not under investigation by the police.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30You could end up in prison.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33These are valuable jewels,
0:29:33 > 0:29:36and Sister Julienne was pinning all hope
0:29:36 > 0:29:39on the fact that the things you stole were just cheap rubbish.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42Why do I do it?
0:29:45 > 0:29:47Is the devil tempting me?
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Or am I ill?
0:29:51 > 0:29:53SHE SIGHS
0:29:53 > 0:29:55I don't know.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59I used to know so much, and now I don't even know myself.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05Or what I will do next.
0:30:50 > 0:30:56- NURSE LEE:- She must be moving things about, secreting them in different places.
0:30:56 > 0:31:03I just thought if I could take the necklace and the ring and the bangle,
0:31:03 > 0:31:08I could hide them from somebody so nobody would ever find them.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11I still would, if I knew where they were.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13You'd be making yourself into an accessory!
0:31:14 > 0:31:17Why on earth does this sherry taste of toothpaste?
0:31:17 > 0:31:19We're drinking out of tooth mugs.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Close your eyes, pretend it's creme de menthe.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Oh, look! I'm in jail.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28Hello, Sister Monica Joan.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30It's not funny, Trixie!
0:31:30 > 0:31:33These weren't just knick-knacks from the market.
0:31:33 > 0:31:37There was a pearl necklace, a ring, an exquisite bracelet.
0:31:37 > 0:31:42Sly old vixen! She must've been plying her trade in Hatton Gardens.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46She has come home in a taxi at least once.
0:31:46 > 0:31:51I saw Sister Bernadette pay out of the petty cash.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54Cynthia, you're sloshed.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Have some bread pudding.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58I just care for her, that's all.
0:32:00 > 0:32:04Do you know something, Jenny? We all care about Sister Monica Joan,
0:32:04 > 0:32:06and she's up to her armpits in bother.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08She doesn't need you making things any worse
0:32:08 > 0:32:11by saying that you might have seen some loot in her room
0:32:11 > 0:32:14or that she might have hidden it,
0:32:14 > 0:32:17or that you might just have been seeing things all along.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21Are you saying I should lie?
0:32:21 > 0:32:25I'm saying you should keep your mouth shut.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30SHE LAUGHS
0:32:34 > 0:32:38I saw Constable Noakes when I was cycling past the banana sheds.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41Do you know, his face was as long as a fiddle.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44All bobbies are romantics at heart.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46It's what lures them into the force in the first place.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50Can we please not embark on another discussion of Nurse Browne's private life?
0:32:50 > 0:32:53Would you rather we talked about something else?
0:32:55 > 0:32:58I'd rather everyone concentrated on their handicrafts.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00It seems we're all on edge.
0:33:00 > 0:33:05And the reason for that, of course, is entirely obvious.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14Saturn is in retrograde again.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16SHE SIGHS
0:33:19 > 0:33:22Oh, this one's gone through at the crotch.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29I need some red wool to mend it.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35Sister Monica Joan?
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Would you be so kind as to pass me your knitting bag?
0:33:40 > 0:33:42I'm sorry.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44I'm casting on.
0:33:47 > 0:33:48Oof!
0:33:57 > 0:34:01I haven't the faintest notion where those came from.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27BELL RINGS
0:34:32 > 0:34:34BELL RINGS AGAIN
0:34:42 > 0:34:44Can we move on now, please, Constable?
0:34:44 > 0:34:47Yes, sir.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53Those jewels are worth thousands of pounds.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55She cannot vouch for where they came from,
0:34:55 > 0:34:58and the police are checking thefts all over London.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02I was afraid they would. That's why I didn't tell you.
0:35:02 > 0:35:03How long have you known?
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Three days.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10You could've faced charges!
0:35:10 > 0:35:13You could've faced the end of your nursing career.
0:35:13 > 0:35:14I know. I did it because...
0:35:14 > 0:35:16Don't you dare say you love her.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21Deceit compounds deceit, Nurse Lee.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25You have just made matters considerably worse
0:35:25 > 0:35:27and love is no excuse.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Dragged over coals?
0:35:48 > 0:35:50Completely.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58You really do have a soft spot for the old bat, don't you?
0:35:58 > 0:36:01Sister Monica Joan...
0:36:01 > 0:36:03I admire her...
0:36:03 > 0:36:06and she's lonely.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08It's a lonely life.
0:36:08 > 0:36:12Or at least, a peaceful one. Rules and all that.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16So many roads one doesn't have to go down.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21Chummy, you aren't thinking of taking holy orders?
0:36:21 > 0:36:23It has presented itself as a solution.
0:36:26 > 0:36:30It wouldn't be a solution, it would be a hiding place.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37I came here to hide from a love affair...
0:36:39 > 0:36:42..from my feelings for a man I couldn't have...
0:36:44 > 0:36:48..and I haven't escaped anything at all.
0:36:48 > 0:36:49Here.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51Magic hanky.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53May not work.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55Didn't work on me.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03You can have Peter, Chummy.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09There's nothing and nobody standing in your way.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13Yes, there is.
0:37:21 > 0:37:26The defendant, Miss Antonia Cavill, known as Sister Monica Joan
0:37:26 > 0:37:30of the order of St Raymond Nonnatus, has been accused of theft.
0:37:30 > 0:37:35This bench is unanimously agreed that, given the witness statements,
0:37:35 > 0:37:40there is a prima facie case for the accused to answer.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42You may proceed.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46Dr Turner, as the defendant's general practitioner,
0:37:46 > 0:37:49what is your opinion of her state of health?
0:37:51 > 0:37:53Well, she is certainly not as robust as she was.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57Fiddlesticks! I saw pneumonia off flat in five days!
0:37:57 > 0:37:59He's not talking to you.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01Is this true, Doctor?
0:38:01 > 0:38:03She did respond extremely well to penicillin.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07But, mentally, she has been frail for many months.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Balderdash!
0:38:09 > 0:38:14What this court needs to ascertain, sir, is would the doctor
0:38:14 > 0:38:20have prescribed penicillin if I, the patient, were mentally infirm?
0:38:20 > 0:38:24Indeed, would he have prescribed penicillin
0:38:24 > 0:38:28had he thought recovery would enable me to go out thieving?
0:38:28 > 0:38:33With respect, madam, Dr Turner is not charged with curing you of pneumonia.
0:38:33 > 0:38:37You are charged with larceny, specifically a sapphire ring,
0:38:37 > 0:38:40a pearl necklace and a diamond bracelet.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42You said prima facie before.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46You must be precise, my man, and not confuse your terms.
0:38:46 > 0:38:47If I may interject, Sister.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49Who is this person?
0:38:50 > 0:38:53He is your barrister, Mr Briggs.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55He's not very good.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01Doctor, in your opinion,
0:39:01 > 0:39:05does the defendant understand the charges brought against her?
0:39:05 > 0:39:07No.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10I don't believe she does.
0:39:10 > 0:39:14I wish to make a statement.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16Sit down and wait your turn!
0:39:16 > 0:39:18- Order in court.- We're waiting our turn, and we're the aggrieved!
0:39:18 > 0:39:21Sister...
0:39:21 > 0:39:24let Mr Briggs speak for you.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27None should presume to speak for another.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31All judgement comes from God.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33MUTTERING
0:39:33 > 0:39:36And we will all stand naked and alone before his throne.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38Sister Monica Joan,
0:39:38 > 0:39:42do you understand the nature of the charges brought against you?
0:39:44 > 0:39:46I thank you for your enquiry, sir.
0:39:46 > 0:39:50Yes, I do.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53The court will adjourn until the morning.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59These are fresh from the laundry, Sister.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03Good. Can't have her in court with custard on her scapular.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07The curse of a mind like mine is that, sometimes,
0:40:07 > 0:40:09the fragments recompose themselves,
0:40:09 > 0:40:12rather like a shattered looking glass
0:40:12 > 0:40:14that has been made whole.
0:40:14 > 0:40:15Horlicks and bed.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19I am fed up with all this "round and round the gasworks".
0:40:19 > 0:40:22I know now from whence the jewels came.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25It had nothing to do with the gasworks.
0:40:25 > 0:40:30You must speak to Mother Jesu and you must do so soon.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32TELEPHONE RINGS
0:40:32 > 0:40:34I'll get it. I'm on first call.
0:40:34 > 0:40:35Do be quick!
0:40:38 > 0:40:40Nonnatus House, midwife speaking.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43- WOMAN:- Hello? Er, I think it's my time. I don't know what to do.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45What's the name, please?
0:40:45 > 0:40:46Cathy, Cathy Powell.
0:40:46 > 0:40:47SHE MOANS IN PAIN
0:40:47 > 0:40:52Mrs Powell? Cathy? Is there anyone with you?
0:40:52 > 0:40:53Oh, ohhh!
0:40:54 > 0:40:58I have a Catherine Powell here but no home address and the GP's in Hull.
0:40:58 > 0:40:59Ohhh!
0:41:01 > 0:41:05Yes, that's me. Batten Buildings, it's, er, second landing.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09There's a number five painted on the door.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13Cathy, listen to me. Go back home and I'll be with you in...
0:41:13 > 0:41:14less than 15 minutes.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17Please, can you hurry up?
0:41:17 > 0:41:19Oh!
0:41:19 > 0:41:22- Better grab a delivery pack. All yours.- Thanks.
0:41:34 > 0:41:35Ah! Ah!
0:41:35 > 0:41:37Oh! Oh!
0:41:40 > 0:41:41SHE SOBS
0:41:41 > 0:41:43Oh, no!
0:41:43 > 0:41:45SHE WAILS AND GROANS
0:41:48 > 0:41:50There's no answer.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53I feared there wouldn't be, now the silence has begun.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56So we will have to go to Chichester and be there by dawn
0:41:56 > 0:41:59- to speak to Mother Jesu. - She is our final hope.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02I'm about to start praying for a car.
0:42:03 > 0:42:04I can get us a car.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09SIRENS WAIL IN DISTANCE
0:42:12 > 0:42:15Whoa! Oi!
0:42:19 > 0:42:23Oh, no! The delivery pack! Bally bugger it!
0:42:25 > 0:42:26MOANS
0:42:26 > 0:42:29Ohh! Ahhh!
0:42:31 > 0:42:32Cathy?
0:42:36 > 0:42:38I always keep my promises.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49It's got the name of a lewd book written on its bonnet.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52Mother Jesu won't notice once we're inside.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55I've got three-quarters of a tank of petrol,
0:42:55 > 0:42:58so that should get us all the way.
0:42:58 > 0:42:59Jimmy, we are in your debt.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02I'd do anything for Jenny, Sister.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05Do you need a chaperone?
0:43:05 > 0:43:07We'll be quite safe, won't we, Jimmy?
0:43:10 > 0:43:13Waste no time. The court sits at nine in the morning.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22- CATHY:- Ah, help!
0:43:24 > 0:43:26WATER SPLASHES
0:43:26 > 0:43:27Oh, I think I've wet myself!
0:43:27 > 0:43:30- Don't fret, that's just your waters breaking.- Oh!
0:43:33 > 0:43:35LIGHT SWITCH CLICKS REPEATEDLY
0:43:35 > 0:43:39Oh... Having no luck with the light switch.
0:43:39 > 0:43:44The leccy's off. I think it's off in the whole block.
0:43:44 > 0:43:48There's some candles on the chest of drawers.
0:43:48 > 0:43:49Excellent.
0:43:51 > 0:43:54Now, slip yourself out of those wet drawers,
0:43:54 > 0:43:57lie down on your back, legs apart,
0:43:57 > 0:44:00knees propping upwards and outwards.
0:44:04 > 0:44:08Looks like you've been caught slightly on the hop.
0:44:08 > 0:44:10Not quite ready for baby, perhaps.
0:44:13 > 0:44:16Sorry, it must feel rather strange.
0:44:17 > 0:44:19Not that strange.
0:44:19 > 0:44:21How'd you think I ended up like this?
0:44:21 > 0:44:24THEY BOTH LAUGH
0:44:24 > 0:44:29Now, I'm going to examine you and then pop down the road
0:44:29 > 0:44:32to use the telephone. I think we might treat you to an ambulance.
0:44:32 > 0:44:33SHE GROANS AND SCREAMS
0:44:33 > 0:44:35I've got to get it out!
0:44:35 > 0:44:37Oh!
0:44:39 > 0:44:43I've changed my mind. We're staying right here.
0:44:43 > 0:44:47- Do you have a cot or any blankets for the baby?- No!
0:44:47 > 0:44:50- Have you any hot water?- No!
0:44:50 > 0:44:52- Any cold?- No! No!
0:44:52 > 0:44:53SHE SOBS
0:44:53 > 0:44:54Not to worry.
0:44:54 > 0:44:57SHE MOANS
0:44:57 > 0:44:59Now, pant for the head.
0:44:59 > 0:45:02Pant, pant, pant.
0:45:02 > 0:45:03PANTS
0:45:03 > 0:45:06- Ooh!- Top notch.
0:45:08 > 0:45:09The head's out.
0:45:09 > 0:45:12After your next contraction, the baby will be born.
0:45:12 > 0:45:15I'll put ten bob on it being a whopper.
0:45:15 > 0:45:17All right.
0:45:19 > 0:45:20That's it.
0:45:22 > 0:45:24That's it!
0:45:29 > 0:45:31BABY GURGLES
0:45:35 > 0:45:36SHE LAUGHS
0:45:39 > 0:45:40Oh!
0:45:40 > 0:45:42BABY CRIES
0:45:43 > 0:45:46Good job I'm not a betting woman.
0:45:46 > 0:45:48He's a dainty little thing.
0:45:51 > 0:45:53CRYING CONTINUES
0:45:55 > 0:45:57His dad, Billy, he was...
0:45:57 > 0:46:00He had shoulders on him like I've never seen.
0:46:00 > 0:46:02Docker?
0:46:02 > 0:46:04Sailor.
0:46:05 > 0:46:11He made me feel small in his arms, like I was always meant to be there.
0:46:13 > 0:46:16He had lips like these.
0:46:18 > 0:46:20Oh!
0:46:20 > 0:46:22What are you doing?
0:46:22 > 0:46:24Just waiting for the afterbirth.
0:46:24 > 0:46:26It's a grisly business, leave it to me.
0:46:28 > 0:46:32Ow... Ow! Is it supposed to hurt?!
0:46:32 > 0:46:33Not this much.
0:46:33 > 0:46:35Ah! Oh!
0:46:35 > 0:46:36It's another baby.
0:46:36 > 0:46:38SHE SOBS
0:46:40 > 0:46:45Every window and door is closed. Drawbridge completely pulled up.
0:46:48 > 0:46:50Bit like us, really.
0:46:53 > 0:46:56Well, at least, like you.
0:46:56 > 0:46:58Jimmy...
0:46:59 > 0:47:01..you've driven all this way!
0:47:03 > 0:47:05You've been so kind.
0:47:05 > 0:47:07I'd never be unkind.
0:47:09 > 0:47:11What would be the point in that?
0:47:22 > 0:47:24- SHE PANTS AND MOANS - That's it!
0:47:24 > 0:47:27Well done! Well done!
0:47:27 > 0:47:31Congratulations, it's another little boy, just like the first.
0:47:31 > 0:47:33- Twins.- Not unheard of.
0:47:33 > 0:47:36BABIES CRY
0:47:36 > 0:47:39Shh.
0:47:43 > 0:47:45Shh.
0:47:48 > 0:47:50- (WHISPERS)- There you go.
0:47:50 > 0:47:53- (WHISPERS)- Congratulations. - Hello.
0:47:58 > 0:48:00Is that the last candle?
0:48:00 > 0:48:03No need to fret. It'll be all right.
0:48:08 > 0:48:11Blasted, beastly thing!
0:48:14 > 0:48:16CATHY MOANS AND SCREAMS
0:48:16 > 0:48:19I'm on my way!
0:48:19 > 0:48:22SHE MOANS AND SOBS
0:48:31 > 0:48:35Oh, it hurts, it really... It hurts!
0:48:35 > 0:48:38It's just the afterbirth giving itself its marching orders.
0:48:38 > 0:48:41Now, there may be one or two, according to
0:48:41 > 0:48:43whether or not the babies are identical.
0:48:43 > 0:48:45SHE GROANS
0:48:54 > 0:48:55Triplets.
0:48:55 > 0:48:58Ohhh!
0:48:58 > 0:49:00SHE PANTS
0:49:00 > 0:49:03Now, gentle pushes,
0:49:03 > 0:49:06Just breathe, just breathe...
0:49:06 > 0:49:07I'm dying, I can't do it!
0:49:07 > 0:49:09No, we're not. We can do this.
0:49:09 > 0:49:12- I can't do it! - Are you ready?
0:49:12 > 0:49:14DISTANT MOANS
0:49:14 > 0:49:15CATHY SCREAMS
0:49:15 > 0:49:19Keep it coming! One more push! One more push!
0:49:19 > 0:49:20That's it! That's it!
0:49:20 > 0:49:22GROANS
0:49:22 > 0:49:23All done!
0:49:23 > 0:49:25BABY CRIES
0:49:27 > 0:49:29Well done! Well done!
0:49:35 > 0:49:37It's another boy!
0:49:37 > 0:49:41I've got nothing to wrap him in.
0:49:42 > 0:49:44We'll just have to make do and mend.
0:49:45 > 0:49:47BABIES GURGLE
0:49:52 > 0:49:55I had the happiest night of my life with Billy.
0:49:57 > 0:50:00I never had enough of anything when I was growing up, but...
0:50:00 > 0:50:05with him, it was as if my life was spilling out of the cup.
0:50:05 > 0:50:07I grabbed love with both hands.
0:50:10 > 0:50:13I had a chance. I took it.
0:50:13 > 0:50:16It was the best and bravest thing I ever did.
0:50:18 > 0:50:20He gave me these.
0:50:21 > 0:50:23I'm never letting them go.
0:50:25 > 0:50:28BABIES GURGLE AND CRY
0:50:45 > 0:50:48I'm sorry I hurt you, Jimmy.
0:50:50 > 0:50:53You can survive hurt.
0:50:54 > 0:50:55I hope so.
0:51:07 > 0:51:10- Well done.- Thank you. - You deserve a good rest.
0:51:27 > 0:51:29I'm turning myself in.
0:51:29 > 0:51:32I'm guilty of criminal cowardice
0:51:32 > 0:51:34and robbing two people of something
0:51:34 > 0:51:36that would make them both very happy.
0:51:36 > 0:51:39I've decided it's time to be brave.
0:51:42 > 0:51:45- I see.- I hope so.
0:51:49 > 0:51:54Because underneath this raincoat, I am practically naked.
0:52:05 > 0:52:07I love you.
0:52:10 > 0:52:13BELL TOLLS
0:52:16 > 0:52:19The court will now rise.
0:52:23 > 0:52:25Sister, stand up.
0:52:26 > 0:52:30Father Joseph, hurry! It's ten past nine already.
0:52:33 > 0:52:36When a sister takes her final vows,
0:52:36 > 0:52:38all her property is given to the Order.
0:52:38 > 0:52:42In some Orders, this is irrevocable, but not in ours.
0:52:42 > 0:52:46We merely hold the property in trust throughout a sister's lifetime,
0:52:46 > 0:52:48or for as long as she remains with us.
0:52:48 > 0:52:52Sister Monica Joan took her final vows in 1904.
0:52:52 > 0:52:54There was something...
0:52:54 > 0:52:58unusual about the property of the accused, was there not?
0:52:58 > 0:53:00Sister Monica Joan arrived penniless.
0:53:00 > 0:53:04She had apparently defied her family's wishes
0:53:04 > 0:53:06and was estranged from them, but her mother,
0:53:06 > 0:53:11who had been mentally unstable, left Sister Monica Joan a legacy
0:53:11 > 0:53:14and it passed into the Order's hands in 1927.
0:53:14 > 0:53:19And would you like to tell the court what that legacy was?
0:53:19 > 0:53:23One sapphire ring, one necklace of pearls,
0:53:23 > 0:53:26one diamond bracelet.
0:53:26 > 0:53:30They were all put in our bank and forgotten about -
0:53:30 > 0:53:33even, I believe, by Sister Monica Joan.
0:53:35 > 0:53:39And can you describe how they came to be in her possession?
0:53:39 > 0:53:41I gave them to her,
0:53:41 > 0:53:45not as objects of monetary value
0:53:45 > 0:53:49but as balm for an old wound.
0:53:49 > 0:53:52Sometimes, in extremis, our past trials rise
0:53:52 > 0:53:55and cause us pain.
0:53:55 > 0:54:00I am a nurse and a midwife, I will always seek to ease distress.
0:54:00 > 0:54:01Hear, hear.
0:54:01 > 0:54:04Why don't you just shut up and keep knitting?
0:54:04 > 0:54:06Order in court.
0:54:06 > 0:54:08I thought she would recall my visit
0:54:08 > 0:54:12and that the jewels would be meaningful to her.
0:54:12 > 0:54:14I am sad that they came too late to be of solace.
0:54:14 > 0:54:18It seems that her fragility was such that she did not recognise them,
0:54:18 > 0:54:21just as she did not recognise her petty thefts.
0:54:23 > 0:54:25Thank you.
0:54:25 > 0:54:28Your Honour, I rest my case.
0:54:40 > 0:54:44Oh! Come on, come on! No dawdling!
0:54:46 > 0:54:49- MATURE JENNY: - 'All charges had been dropped,
0:54:49 > 0:54:55'all shadows lifted from the mind of Sister Monica Joan.'
0:54:55 > 0:54:59All right there, Sister Monica Joan. In the middle. That's it.
0:55:00 > 0:55:03Oh, look, there's a little one here.
0:55:05 > 0:55:07Thank you.
0:55:12 > 0:55:16'I could never forget the man I loved.
0:55:16 > 0:55:20'But I could erase him from my conscience.
0:55:20 > 0:55:23'However much it hurt, I could say no.
0:55:23 > 0:55:29'I could refuse to see him. Keep the very knowledge secret.
0:55:29 > 0:55:32'What I felt was not a crime, but I had to be honest
0:55:32 > 0:55:34'and so I wrote to him,
0:55:34 > 0:55:40'and each word drew another line between me and the past.'
0:55:40 > 0:55:42TELEPHONE RINGS
0:55:42 > 0:55:45Nonnatus House, mid...
0:55:45 > 0:55:47Hello, Lady Browne.
0:55:47 > 0:55:49Chummy...
0:55:57 > 0:55:58What-ho, Mater!
0:55:58 > 0:56:00I've spoken to the Bishop.
0:56:00 > 0:56:03And St Margaret's, Westminster is still a possibility.
0:56:03 > 0:56:06No, it isn't. I booked All Saints' Church up the road.
0:56:06 > 0:56:07But you can't.
0:56:07 > 0:56:11It's nowhere near a suitable reception venue.
0:56:11 > 0:56:14Mother, it's right next door to the parish hall.
0:56:14 > 0:56:16We're going to have the party there.
0:56:16 > 0:56:18Camilla...
0:56:18 > 0:56:20And you needn't advise me about the catering.
0:56:20 > 0:56:24I've asked the nuns to organise the buffet. Sandwiches and trifle.
0:56:24 > 0:56:25In which case,
0:56:25 > 0:56:28will you at least let me take you to Norman Hartnell
0:56:28 > 0:56:30and buy you a wedding gown?
0:56:30 > 0:56:33You can take me to Norman Hartnell,
0:56:33 > 0:56:37and buy me a skirt suit. Preferably Crimplene.
0:56:37 > 0:56:40As you wish. As long as it's white.
0:56:42 > 0:56:43Sorry...
0:56:43 > 0:56:46No longer entitled.
0:56:46 > 0:56:50(# FRANKIE LYMON AND THE TEENAGERS: Why Do Fools Fall In Love?)
0:56:50 > 0:56:54# Ooh wah, ooh wah Ooh wah, ooh wah
0:56:54 > 0:56:56# Ooh wah, ooh wah... #
0:56:56 > 0:56:57Come on, Billy, hurry up.
0:56:57 > 0:56:59# Why do fools fall in love?
0:56:59 > 0:57:03# Why do birds sing so gay?
0:57:03 > 0:57:06# And lovers await the break of day?
0:57:06 > 0:57:11# Why do they fall in love?
0:57:11 > 0:57:15# Why does the rain fall from up above?
0:57:15 > 0:57:18# Why do fools fall in love?
0:57:18 > 0:57:21# Why do they fall in love? #
0:57:21 > 0:57:24CHEERING
0:57:24 > 0:57:28# ...Love is a losing game Love can be ashamed
0:57:28 > 0:57:33# I know of a fool, you see For that fool is me... #
0:57:33 > 0:57:36Hooray...
0:57:36 > 0:57:39- MATURE JENNY: - 'Newlyweds are always beautiful.
0:57:39 > 0:57:43'They cannot fail to make the heart sing,
0:57:43 > 0:57:47'for even the plainest faces are alive with promise.'
0:57:47 > 0:57:49Bye, Chummy!
0:57:56 > 0:58:00'In the East End, I found grace and faith
0:58:00 > 0:58:06'and hope, hidden in the darkest corners.
0:58:06 > 0:58:09'I found tenderness and squalor
0:58:09 > 0:58:12'and laughter amid filth.
0:58:12 > 0:58:14'I found a purpose and a path
0:58:14 > 0:58:19'and I worked with a passion for the best reason of all.
0:58:20 > 0:58:23'I did it for love.'
0:58:23 > 0:58:25# ...Ooh wah, ooh wah
0:58:25 > 0:58:28# Ooh wah, ooh wah
0:58:28 > 0:58:31# Why do fools fall in love?
0:58:31 > 0:58:35# Why do birds sing so gay?
0:58:35 > 0:58:38# And lovers await the break of day?
0:58:38 > 0:58:42# Why do they fall in love?
0:58:42 > 0:58:46# Why does the rain fall from up above?
0:58:46 > 0:58:49# Why do fools fall in love?
0:58:49 > 0:58:51# Why do they fall in love...? #
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