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JENNIFER: 'The world was shifting on its axis in 1961.

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'Strides were being made,

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'decisions taken, questions asked.

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'It was as true at Nonnatus House as it was anywhere.'

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'The world was turning faster, burning brighter.

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'It was all we could do to keep pace, keep time,

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'keep abreast of so much change.'

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Sister!

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-Whatever are you doing?

-I'm cleaning the portrait

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of Sister Hildegard with some bread.

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Her anniversary's coming up, and I once read in a magazine

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that this is the best way to freshen up an oil painting.

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She was the first of our Sisters to come to Poplar.

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It's so important that we remember her.

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I missed her commemoration service last year,

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so this is the first I've been to since I joined the Order.

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It feels very special.

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Bless you, Sister.

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-Nurse! Nurse!

-Good morning, Linda!

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-You haven't been to Sadie's yet, have you, Nurse?

-No.

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-She's next on my list.

-Would you take her these?

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It's just a few cough candy twists.

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-I was going to drop 'em in, but I'm running late!

-Of course.

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Oh, and tell her I'll pop in after my shift!

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Your lips are moving. They're always moving, on the quiet.

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Poetry, this time, or one of your plays?

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"O! for a Muse of fire,

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"that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention!"

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It's from Henry V.

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That the one with Sir Laurence Olivier?

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It's the one by William Shakespeare, Mum.

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I've fixed it, now don't keep taking it down to look at it all the time.

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Postman'll be here soon.

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He might walk past again, like he did yesterday and the day before.

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KNOCK ON DOOR

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Nurse calling!

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Come through, angel.

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Angel? I could get used to that.

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-Hello, Nurse.

-Hello!

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Still, I suppose there is something rather celestial

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about a person who comes bearing burns dressings

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-and a quarter of medicinal confectionery.

-From Linda?

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Yes. You picked a lovely girl there, Ian.

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He never picked her, he hasn't got the common sense!

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They picked each other, first day down the Mixed Infants.

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Didn't you, son?

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That's right.

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MRS BULMER COUGHS

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I really don't like the sound of that cough, Mrs Bulmer.

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You've had it for three weeks now.

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It's just dust off my Royal Collection.

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I see he's fixed that picture of yours.

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I should hope so, too. Her Majesty and me.

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Her Majesty and a bit of your head, you mean!

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She's a lovely lady. Her hat was exquisite.

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Petal-covered cloche in navy silk organza.

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It's a shame she wasn't standing by you when the hexane caught.

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Then I'd be dressing royal burns, and not just yours.

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Picture's my souvenir.

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27 years I've done at Hayward's so far.

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My husband did 30.

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He got his long-service watch before he died.

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Ian wears it now.

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I got in, Mum! I got a place at Durham!

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-At the University, to do English!

-Oh, Ian, congratulations!

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First in the street. Well done, son.

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CHATTER

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It's all right if I bring the boys in?

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Of course. As long as they steer clear of Wendy House Corner.

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We don't want another incident with the mangle.

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Right, go on. You heard.

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Take a seat, Mrs Cottingham.

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We're just talking through

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the differences between home and hospital delivery.

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We try to give you as much information as we can.

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I'm stopping at home.

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Turn my back on my lot for ten days, I'll have no house to come back to.

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My old man will have lost it in a card game,

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or the kids'll have burnt it down!

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Isn't there any visiting in the afternoons?

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My Kevin's on permanent nights.

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Rules are quite strict on maternity wards.

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It helps get babies into a routine.

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Many new mothers find this quite helpful,

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though Baby would see rather more of his or her father

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if you gave birth at home.

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I want the gas, though. Proper gas, off a machine.

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Someone told me if you have it at home,

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they give you gas through the cooker,

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and I think that's dangerous.

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That would be very dangerous indeed!

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Gas and air is completely different,

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and the midwives bring the apparatus to your home.

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What if something goes wrong? With the delivery?

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-Is it your first, love?

-Yeah.

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You'll be all right with the Nonnatans. Won't she?

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Dr Turner is never far away, and in an emergency,

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you can get to the hospital very quickly.

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-CHILDREN SHOUTING

-Terrence!

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You leave that little girl alone!

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I do not want any more fingers in mangles!

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Should've had them at the hospital and left 'em there!

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LAUGHTER

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Mr Hereward! Mr Hereward! I got into Durham!

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-Yes!

-Just like you - only English Lit, not Theology.

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-Which college?

-Castle.

-I know it well.

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Take a vest and a hot water bottle.

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Oi, young man!

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No leading my daughter astray now.

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It's all right, Maurice.

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I'll have her back in time to get you your dinner.

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Thanks, Mr Hereward.

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For the books, and for the train fare for the interview.

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For everything, really.

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Linda! Linda, guess what? I got in!

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SHE SQUEALS

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Good.

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Baby's head-down,

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so nicely poised to settle into your pelvis ready for delivery.

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You really are a model patient, Mrs Cottingham.

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Well, here's hoping I have a model baby.

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And preferably one I can dress in pink

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and don't have to yell at till I'm hoarse.

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-Would you like a little girl this time?

-Yeah.

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I know I'm meant to say "I don't mind as long as it's healthy",

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and I do love my boys.

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But lads, Sister - they egg each other on.

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Have you considered a hospital delivery,

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so that you could have some rest?

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Nah, I like my own bed and my own toilet.

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-WOMAN:

-Anthony! Put that iron down.

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It's for using on clothes, not other children!

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Help me down, Sister. Duty calls.

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I wish I knew where you buy lassos.

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Could keep one in me handbag.

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Wait till you see the library I'll be studying in.

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The cathedral, the river!

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I like THIS river.

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What was that poem you used to say to me?

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The one about the lady and the mirror?

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Willows whiten, aspens shiver

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The sunbeam showers break and quiver

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In the stream that runneth ever

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By the island in the river

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Flowing down to Camelot.

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That was my favourite.

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It isn't about the Thames, Linda.

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My life isn't going to be about clocking in at the paintworks

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day in, day out, like my mum and dad's.

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I'm going to get us both right out of here.

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When I get my degree, we can go where we like.

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I don't know...

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Well, if you don't know, Lin, I do.

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"I do."

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That's funny.

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Why?

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You said it accidentally.

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And quite soon, I think you're going to be saying it for real.

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This morning, I went to the doctors.

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I'm in the family way.

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Ian! Ian!

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Look, you can run all you like, but it won't go away!

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We love each other, don't we?

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You said you loved me, when we did it.

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And I meant it. I really did.

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No calls this afternoon, Sister. I could've come to clinic after all.

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I don't like to leave the telephone unmanned.

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This is usually such a busy time of year.

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PHONE RINGS

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Nonnatus House, midwife speaking.

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Yes, of course. She's here now.

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Sister, it's the Matron of St Cuthbert's Hospital.

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She asked to speak to you.

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I'm entirely happy to deputise with regard to administration, Sister.

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But, er, hospital routines are rather gruelling.

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Are you sure you don't want to send one of the youngsters?

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It's only for a week.

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But I'm sure St Cuthbert's will provide a bath chair,

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if I can't take the pace.

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I'll thank you for the beetroot, Sister Winifred.

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Sister Julienne, I really don't mind going.

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I've never been seconded to St Cuthbert's,

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and they've won prizes for their hygiene.

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I volunteered my services for several reasons.

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First, their need is great.

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Second, my load here is lightest in terms of clinical work.

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And third, I haven't worked in a hospital for almost ten years.

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More and more women are choosing hospital deliveries.

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I'm keen to see why.

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I think you'll find that whatever the fol-de-rols,

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babies come out in much the same way,

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and they have done since Adam and Eve were in their birthday suits.

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Sister Mary Cynthia, whilst I'm in the hospital,

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would you be kind enough to draw up a plan

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for Sister Hildegard's service?

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It would be an honour, Sister.

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But the child barely knows the woman's name.

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Let alone recount her virtues, or recall her toil.

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I thought this would be a chance for her to learn.

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It will. If Sister Monica Joan will help me.

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We shall toil together

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like Ruth and Naomi after the death of Elimelech.

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That'll be lovely.

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I can't believe La Dolce Vita's finally here.

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I've been reading about it in magazines for the past 12 months.

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And I've been promising to sit through it with you.

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You want to see Anita Ekberg in that fountain just as much as I do.

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I'm not on duty a week next Friday.

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And - as far as I can ascertain - you're not on call.

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Have you been looking at the advance roster?

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-Guilty as charged. But is it a date?

-What are you two up to?

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Trying to get our legs brown.

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I'm not doing too badly, but poor Patsy's struggling,

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what with being a redhead and everything.

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I had shins like milk bottles even when I was a blonde.

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Oh, just look at Anita Ekberg's bust in that black dress!

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She must be wearing the most stupendous brassiere,

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or how on earth could she manage to go strapless?

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Well, if you come to the flicks with us next Friday, you might find out.

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Oh, how perfectly marvellous.

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Shall we treat ourselves to the two and nines?

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I've just tried rubbing my legs with Trex to speed things up.

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There's a great big block of it in the fridge,

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because Nurse Crane won't eat anything fried in dripping.

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Do you fancy coming to the pictures next week, Barbara?

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We're going up West to see La Dolce Vita.

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If enough people join in, we could book a charabanc.

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-What day next week?

-Friday.

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I'd love to. If I'm not busy.

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Why would you be busy, Barbara?

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You normally have Friday evenings off.

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A relative from my mother's side is going to be in London

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and I promised her I'd show her the sights.

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How terribly public-spirited of you.

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No, not really. I'm just very fond of Cousin Mabel.

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Course you are.

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Trixie...?

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You'll have to excuse me,

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I'm going to make myself a face mask out of salad cream.

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I believe one can find

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the most amazing aids to beauty in the kitchen cupboards.

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Sister Knowles?

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I'm Sister Julienne.

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Ah, Sister. Glad to have you.

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The wards are chock-a-block.

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Handing over to another midwife now, dear.

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Notes are on the trolley.

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Why go? Why go?

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It's time for my break, Mrs Shahjee.

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I'll be able to look after you much better if I look after myself.

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Unless the head is crowning or beyond,

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we find it best to stick to our breaks as scheduled.

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This mother is only eight months,

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but Baby appears to be a satisfactory size.

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Mrs Shahjee...

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Jamila?

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Jamila.

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I don't know how you could be so stupid!

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You went to grammar school.

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Your mother would turn in her grave.

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Do you think I haven't thought that?

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Do you think that wasn't the first thing that came into my head?

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And the first thing that came into mine was, "When's the wedding?"

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-The tissue granulation's coming along wonderfully!

-Well?

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I'm supposed to be going to university!

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Men work, and they provide, and they stand by girls

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when they get them into trouble.

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Don't they, Nurse?

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In the absence of my tin helmet - which does rather interfere

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with my coiffure - I've been trying not to comment.

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But if there's one thing I've been taught over the years,

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it's that at first, feelings run very high

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in this sort of a situation.

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And sooner or later, everything calms down,

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and the way ahead becomes much clearer.

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The way ahead seems perfectly obvious to me.

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DOOR SLAMS

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DEEP BREATHING

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Tea?

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This is a labour room, not a teddy bears' picnic!

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It's well sugared. A long labour like this needs fuel.

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And Mother needs to be on the bed. Come on, dear, up we get.

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I don't see this lady delivering without forceps.

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And the trouble with these Indians

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is they panic when a male comes near them.

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Sylheti ladies are very modest.

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On the district, it took a while

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even for the midwives to gain their trust.

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Hello, Ian.

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Can I ask a favour, Mr Hereward?

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Of course. Is it about your grant forms?

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No.

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-JAMILA KEENS

-Jamila, good.

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You're doing very well indeed.

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Baby's almost here.

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One last push...

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SHE SCREAMS

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BABY CRIES

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Boy?

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Yes.

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Do you want to hold him?

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Just for a moment, please.

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Let's pop Baby on the scales, see what we're up against.

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4lbs 7oz.

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We've had smaller, and they've done very well, in the main.

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Of course. The care here is known to be exemplary.

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The baby is well, Jamila.

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Soon you can have your cup of tea.

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Hey! Evening, treacle!

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Thought I'd wait and walk back with you.

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Shall we take the detour? Come on, I'll buy you a 99.

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I don't want a 99.

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And I don't want you to go mad.

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But you will.

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You will do the right thing by my daughter!

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-Do you hear me?

-Dad! Stop it!

-That's enough, Mr Lanyard!

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We've enough on our plates without having to send for an ambulance.

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Thank you.

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Ian, come and sit down too.

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We can discuss the subject of marriage - together.

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We won't be doing anything together if he goes off to university.

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If I get a degree, I can be a teacher.

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Or write for the papers. I could work for the BBC,

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-making programmes about poetry.

-MAURICE SCOFFS

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I could put better food on the table than you've ever seen in your life.

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I could be proud of how I put it there.

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But it's going to take three years.

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You haven't got three years, Ian. You've got seven months.

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Delia?

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There's no-one here.

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There's nobody watching.

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Nobody but us.

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-You waited up?

-Yes.

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It's what we dreamed of, wasn't it?

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When we were planning the flat, before our future got interrupted.

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Do you know, Deels, in my whole life,

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I never once had anyone wait up for me.

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I bet you've never had anyone make you a cup of Bournvita

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with a tot of Johnny Walker in it, either.

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While you were out, I was thinking, "I'm going to unpin her hair,

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"let it fall down to her shoulders and run my hands through it."

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But you've gone so mad with the lacquer,

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I could pull out every kirby grip and the beehive wouldn't budge.

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Trixie knows about us, Tom.

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Has she said so?

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She doesn't have to.

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She's my friend. I eat my meals with her.

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We share a bathroom.

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I can tell when she's unhappy.

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Maybe she's unhappy about something else.

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Well, that would be convenient, wouldn't it?

0:19:220:19:24

That's not what I meant.

0:19:240:19:26

Tom, it's been a year since you broke off your engagement, and...

0:19:260:19:29

I agree. We should've both got over it.

0:19:290:19:32

And that wasn't what I meant.

0:19:340:19:36

I meant that I can see that she's still struggling,

0:19:360:19:39

but I didn't think that you'd say that you were struggling too.

0:19:390:19:42

Neither did I.

0:19:450:19:46

I see.

0:19:480:19:49

-I'm sorry.

-No...

0:19:510:19:52

No, Tom, I'm sorry that I made you tell the truth.

0:19:520:19:55

Because telling the truth is sometimes harder than telling lies.

0:19:560:19:59

Which is something I've had to do rather more than I would like.

0:20:010:20:05

And I would've had to do far more in the future, if we'd carried on.

0:20:050:20:09

Who's to say we're not going to carry on?

0:20:090:20:12

Barbara, I love and I value every single minute,

0:20:120:20:15

every hour I spend with you.

0:20:150:20:17

Afternoon, Tom. Afternoon, Barbara!

0:20:170:20:20

That's not enough, Tom.

0:20:230:20:25

Not when we're causing pain to someone else.

0:20:250:20:28

And certainly not when it's causing pain to us.

0:20:280:20:31

You really are the sweetest, loveliest girl I ever met.

0:20:440:20:48

I'm not.

0:20:480:20:49

I'm 23! I'm a nurse.

0:20:490:20:53

And what nurses do when they see pain is try to stop it.

0:20:530:20:56

Sorry to interrupt ministerial business, Mr Hereward.

0:20:560:20:59

Nurse Gilbert, Ruby Cottingham's in labour.

0:20:590:21:03

It sounds as though things are moving rapidly.

0:21:030:21:05

Will there be time for lunch?

0:21:070:21:09

I strongly suspect not.

0:21:090:21:10

I've packed us a hardboiled egg apiece and some coconut tart.

0:21:100:21:13

Hay fever?

0:21:140:21:16

Come on. Get in the car.

0:21:170:21:19

I think we need to refer you to the hospital for tests.

0:21:260:21:30

I've been coughing on and off for years.

0:21:300:21:33

Everybody does, round here.

0:21:330:21:35

They said we'd all be cured, after the Clean Air Act.

0:21:350:21:38

The Clean Air act won't have had much of an impact on conditions

0:21:380:21:41

inside Hayward's, Mrs Bulmer.

0:21:410:21:43

We need to rule out emphysema.

0:21:430:21:45

It was emphysema what did for my husband.

0:21:450:21:48

I'm a widow. I need to work.

0:21:480:21:51

You have a strapping grown-up son, Mrs Bulmer.

0:21:510:21:54

He could take care of you now.

0:21:540:21:56

I wish I had your confidence.

0:21:560:21:57

Good lass, good lass...

0:22:020:22:05

That's another one you can put behind you.

0:22:090:22:11

What do you reckon my chances of a girl are this time round?

0:22:120:22:15

I would say...50%. What do you think, Nurse Crane?

0:22:150:22:18

Mathematical probability was never my strong suit.

0:22:180:22:21

I think you'll find it isn't Mother Nature's, either.

0:22:210:22:24

I thought I'd be done by now.

0:22:240:22:26

These pains started 12 hours ago!

0:22:260:22:28

I wasn't even like this when I had my first.

0:22:280:22:31

If you'd let me examine you internally,

0:22:310:22:33

we can try to see what's going on.

0:22:330:22:34

Yeah, all right. I've had enough.

0:22:340:22:37

Come on. You take my hand, give it a good squeeze

0:22:370:22:39

if things aren't too comfortable.

0:22:390:22:41

SHE GROANS

0:22:500:22:53

-QUIETLY:

-Brow presentation.

-I'll telephone Doctor.

0:22:550:22:58

He'll be on his house calls.

0:22:580:23:00

It's like being crushed by an elephant.

0:23:050:23:07

-I bet you've heard that one before.

-Elephants. Rhinos. Hippopotami.

0:23:070:23:11

And to extend the comparison, this baby's being a monkey.

0:23:110:23:15

Not quite tucking its chin down as it should, I suspect.

0:23:150:23:19

You might both do better if we send you off to hospital.

0:23:190:23:22

Hospital?

0:23:220:23:23

Nurse Gilbert, can you nip down the street to the telephone?

0:23:230:23:26

Flying squad or ordinary ambulance, whichever's quicker.

0:23:260:23:30

Ruby's already had a very long day.

0:23:300:23:32

She has. I'll be back in two ticks.

0:23:320:23:35

There's no need for you to worry.

0:23:350:23:37

Many, many congratulations, Ian. And Linda.

0:23:390:23:42

And now...I suppose I ought to ask to see the ring.

0:23:420:23:45

It's lovely.

0:23:480:23:49

He sold his dad's long-service watch to pay for it.

0:23:490:23:53

Didn't you, Ian?

0:23:530:23:54

Nurse Franklin!

0:23:550:23:57

Nurse!

0:23:570:23:59

Look! We're engaged!

0:24:000:24:01

How perfectly lovely! Let's see!

0:24:010:24:04

You're a lucky girl, Linda.

0:24:060:24:08

This is more than just a piece of jewellery.

0:24:080:24:11

It's proof that you've found a man that will put you first, always.

0:24:110:24:16

And that really is a very rare and precious thing.

0:24:160:24:19

What happens now? What are you going to do?

0:24:280:24:31

Doctor's going to help your baby to be born, dear.

0:24:310:24:33

Sister Julienne!

0:24:370:24:38

-Mrs Cottingham!

-It's all gone wrong, Sister!

0:24:400:24:43

Cervix not fully dilated.

0:24:460:24:48

I can't get my fingers between the cervix and the head.

0:24:480:24:53

It's so swollen.

0:24:530:24:55

It's all right, Ruby...

0:24:560:24:58

I'd be screaming my head off if you weren't here.

0:24:580:25:00

No, you wouldn't. You've been a warrior.

0:25:000:25:02

It's your own courage that's got you this far.

0:25:020:25:05

Definitely a brow presentation.

0:25:050:25:07

SHE CRIES OUT

0:25:070:25:10

Check foetal heart rate, please, Sister.

0:25:100:25:13

I need more gas.

0:25:150:25:16

80.

0:25:160:25:18

I can't keep on any more...

0:25:180:25:20

70...

0:25:200:25:21

-60...

-Right. Emergency Caesarean section.

0:25:220:25:25

Anaesthetist and paediatrician, please.

0:25:250:25:27

-As quickly as we can, please.

-Look after her.

0:25:270:25:30

Who?

0:25:300:25:31

My little girl.

0:25:310:25:34

I'll be asleep when she's born. You look after her.

0:25:340:25:37

I will. I promise you.

0:25:370:25:40

HUBBUB

0:25:420:25:44

Thanks very much.

0:25:440:25:45

-Evening, Reverend.

-Mr Lanyard.

0:25:500:25:52

I thought I'd offer the happy couple my congratulations.

0:25:520:25:55

Grab yourself a paper plate and something to eat.

0:25:550:25:57

Two types of pork pie, and a trifle as big as your head. Oh!

0:25:570:26:00

And have an orange juice, seeing as you're a man of the cloth.

0:26:000:26:04

Joycey!

0:26:040:26:05

# There was I waitin' at the church

0:26:120:26:16

# Waitin' at the church Waitin' at the church... #

0:26:160:26:20

Hello, Trixie.

0:26:200:26:21

Hello, Tom.

0:26:220:26:23

Linda's father saw me passing and hauled me in off the street.

0:26:260:26:29

I didn't like to refuse.

0:26:290:26:31

And they poured me a glass of Babycham,

0:26:310:26:34

even though I'm in my uniform.

0:26:340:26:36

Well, that's...easily dealt with.

0:26:370:26:40

Cheers!

0:26:420:26:44

Cheers.

0:26:440:26:45

# ..my wife won't let me! #

0:26:450:26:50

Blood pressure 80 over 40.

0:27:060:27:08

Low. I'm not wasting any time.

0:27:080:27:11

Uterus exposed. Suction and oxygen all ready?

0:27:130:27:16

In the anteroom, Sir. Paediatrician's on his way.

0:27:160:27:19

Hmmm.

0:27:190:27:20

Proceeding.

0:27:220:27:23

Oh, God.

0:27:360:27:38

Another one. It's alive.

0:27:380:27:41

Somebody take it!

0:27:500:27:51

Can we all turn our attention back to the mother, please?

0:28:050:28:08

All right, all right, quiet down, folks, I've got a few words to say!

0:28:120:28:16

I ain't one of the world's talkers...

0:28:160:28:19

LAUGHTER

0:28:190:28:20

..so I'll keep me words to a minimum.

0:28:200:28:23

That was for my son-in-law to be. He likes long words.

0:28:230:28:26

HE LAUGHS

0:28:260:28:28

But let's just say the happy news has meant a change of plan.

0:28:280:28:32

And as most of us are proper Hayward's Paints families,

0:28:320:28:35

I've managed to pull a few strings.

0:28:350:28:38

Open it, son.

0:28:400:28:41

Welcome to the factory! You start work tomorrow, eight sharp.

0:28:500:28:53

CHEERING

0:28:530:28:56

-ALL:

-# There was I Waitin' at the church

0:28:580:29:02

# Waitin' at the church Waitin' at the church

0:29:020:29:06

# When I'd found you'd left me in the lurch

0:29:060:29:11

# Lord, how it did upset me! #

0:29:110:29:16

BABY CRIES

0:29:160:29:18

I've come to enquire about Baby Cottingham.

0:29:250:29:27

Baby Cottingham?

0:29:270:29:29

The very...poorly baby that was born this evening.

0:29:290:29:34

We've had two admissions today, but none since noon.

0:29:340:29:37

Thank you.

0:29:420:29:44

BABY WHIMPERING

0:30:080:30:09

No, no, no, no...

0:30:090:30:13

Can you hear me, little one?

0:30:180:30:20

And the Lord who created you

0:30:240:30:26

said "Don't be afraid, for I have redeemed you.

0:30:260:30:30

"I have called you by your name. You are mine."

0:30:300:30:33

"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you."

0:30:350:30:38

"When you pass through the flames, you will not burn."

0:30:390:30:43

"You are precious in my eyes".

0:30:450:30:47

This baby is still breathing!

0:30:500:30:53

We couldn't have saved it.

0:30:550:30:57

But to leave it alone?

0:30:570:30:59

Cold, and trembling, and possibly in pain?

0:30:590:31:03

The anaesthetic from the mother should still be in its system.

0:31:030:31:06

It shouldn't suffer.

0:31:060:31:07

And it cannot live.

0:31:090:31:11

But it's living now.

0:31:110:31:13

And it has been for an hour or more.

0:31:130:31:16

Sister, this was the kinder way.

0:31:160:31:19

We couldn't even tell whether it was male or female.

0:31:210:31:24

May the Lord bless you and keep you.

0:31:260:31:29

May he make his face shine upon you, and be gracious unto you,

0:31:310:31:36

and grant you peace.

0:31:360:31:38

I think it's gone.

0:31:420:31:44

It hasn't been baptised.

0:31:510:31:53

I should've baptised it myself.

0:31:550:31:57

You don't have to be a priest to christen a baby, did you know that?

0:32:000:32:03

No. I didn't.

0:32:030:32:05

The burial will be a decent one, we can arrange for that.

0:32:050:32:09

But there will have to be a postmortem.

0:32:100:32:13

It's the third baby we've delivered

0:32:130:32:15

with these sorts of malformations in the last 12 months.

0:32:150:32:18

May I tell Mrs Cottingham, when she wakes from her operation?

0:32:200:32:24

The rules state that we don't go into the postnatal ward.

0:32:240:32:28

Yes.

0:32:280:32:29

And sometimes rules are best broken.

0:32:320:32:34

But leave it till tomorrow.

0:32:370:32:39

I'm not drunk, Mr Hereward.

0:32:470:32:49

Giving up something you really want is hard. I know that.

0:32:560:33:01

You do?

0:33:010:33:02

I once had a job in a record shop that I really, really loved.

0:33:040:33:08

And I had to pack it in to do my national service.

0:33:080:33:11

I spent two years in Kinloss with a Dansette with a broken needle

0:33:110:33:15

and a pile of jazz LPs I couldn't play.

0:33:150:33:18

And then God came calling,

0:33:200:33:22

and he was a bit of a taskmaster.

0:33:220:33:24

And don't get me started on girls.

0:33:250:33:27

Nor me.

0:33:270:33:28

Ian, do you love Linda?

0:33:300:33:32

I don't love her more than anything else in the world, Mr Hereward.

0:33:340:33:39

You love her enough to do what's right.

0:33:390:33:41

And sometimes...enough love IS enough.

0:33:420:33:47

It has to be.

0:33:470:33:49

We sang Psalm 40 at Compline tonight,

0:33:580:34:02

which brought to mind

0:34:020:34:04

our forthcoming homage to Sister Hildegard.

0:34:040:34:07

I am attempting to give advice to Sister Mary Cynthia.

0:34:070:34:12

And it's very useful advice.

0:34:120:34:14

But I did tell Sister Monica Joan

0:34:140:34:16

we could talk about it in the morning,

0:34:160:34:18

after the Great Silence...

0:34:180:34:19

Our Sister greatly seeks replenishment in prayer.

0:34:190:34:25

There's supper for you in the kitchen.

0:34:270:34:29

I'll warm it up. But first things first...

0:34:290:34:33

I saw a baby lost today.

0:34:360:34:39

It was brutal.

0:34:390:34:40

And unbearable.

0:34:410:34:43

I'm not sure if I did enough.

0:34:450:34:47

Sister Monica Joan,

0:35:010:35:03

do you suppose that it's ever acceptable to tell a lie?

0:35:030:35:09

I think the question is

0:35:110:35:13

not if it's acceptable,

0:35:130:35:16

but if it is kind.

0:35:160:35:18

I don't know.

0:35:190:35:21

But I do know that telling the truth would be cruel.

0:35:210:35:24

So cruel.

0:35:240:35:25

Then there can be no virtue in it.

0:35:250:35:27

No.

0:35:270:35:29

Corned beef, and a bit of Pan Yan pickle.

0:35:450:35:48

Linda'll have more modern ideas.

0:35:480:35:49

You'll be getting miniature sausage rolls off her,

0:35:490:35:52

like you see in the magazines.

0:35:520:35:54

Thanks.

0:35:540:35:55

You look just like your dad.

0:35:570:35:59

I've delivered babies with pathologies before.

0:36:020:36:05

But this...

0:36:050:36:06

It was completely limbless.

0:36:060:36:08

Like little Susan Mullucks?

0:36:080:36:10

Without even an indication of gender.

0:36:100:36:12

What did Mr Kenley say?

0:36:120:36:14

He said, "Oh, God. Another one."

0:36:140:36:18

"Another one"? He's had nothing to do with Susan.

0:36:180:36:22

She was born here, in the maternity home.

0:36:220:36:25

That's why I thought I ought to come to you.

0:36:250:36:27

Did it live?

0:36:270:36:29

Mrs Cottingham doesn't know yet.

0:36:310:36:33

I undertook to tell her.

0:36:330:36:34

What became of the other children? Did they die too?

0:36:340:36:38

I'm not sure.

0:36:380:36:39

Sister Knowles said that one of them has been transferred

0:36:390:36:41

to, um...a residential hospital.

0:36:410:36:43

There's been no clear directive,

0:36:430:36:46

no official notification of any sort of cluster.

0:36:460:36:50

Timothy! You're going to be late for school.

0:36:500:36:53

Mrs Gillespie asked me to climb on her toilet roof to get her cat down.

0:36:530:36:56

When you have a paper round, helping old ladies

0:36:560:36:59

becomes an occupational hazard.

0:36:590:37:00

Go home and comb your hair.

0:37:000:37:02

Your tie and biscuit money are on the sideboard.

0:37:020:37:05

I brought Dad's Lancet.

0:37:050:37:07

Unless you're too busy to read it today -

0:37:070:37:08

I could take it and read it on the bus.

0:37:080:37:10

No, leave it here.

0:37:100:37:12

I shall expect a tip at Christmas!

0:37:120:37:14

There's nothing in the list of contents.

0:37:190:37:22

Well, why would there be?

0:37:220:37:24

Until somebody, somewhere, tells us otherwise,

0:37:240:37:26

we have to look at this as a local phenomenon.

0:37:260:37:29

A local problem.

0:37:290:37:31

Which means it's our problem.

0:37:310:37:33

Quite.

0:37:330:37:34

TIME CLOCK CLANKS

0:37:510:37:54

FACTORY HORN BLOWS

0:37:570:37:58

There's no need to keep hiding your hand.

0:38:000:38:02

You got a ring on your finger.

0:38:020:38:04

-It's not a wedding ring, though.

-Yet.

0:38:040:38:06

I'm actually rubbing my back.

0:38:060:38:08

I'm all achy at the bottom of it.

0:38:080:38:10

They won't want to see you for a month once you're all booked in.

0:38:100:38:13

You'll have your band of gold by then.

0:38:130:38:14

It only takes three weeks to call the banns.

0:38:140:38:16

I know. Mr Hereward said.

0:38:160:38:18

Linda Lanyard?

0:38:180:38:20

May I take this one, Nurse Gilbert?

0:38:230:38:26

Of course.

0:38:260:38:27

I haven't boiled any urine today,

0:38:270:38:29

it will be quite nice to get a change of pace.

0:38:290:38:31

Hello, Linda, how are you?

0:38:320:38:33

On the bed, heels to bottom and knees nice and wide apart.

0:38:330:38:36

Sadie warned me about this.

0:38:360:38:37

You'll get used to it.

0:38:370:38:39

Some of the old hands come with their knickers in their pockets,

0:38:390:38:42

and don't put them on until we've finished!

0:38:420:38:44

Linda, have you been having any spotting?

0:38:500:38:53

What's spotting?

0:38:530:38:55

Losing little amounts of blood,

0:38:550:38:57

as you would at the beginning of a monthly?

0:38:570:38:59

Only early on.

0:38:590:39:02

I kept thinking that I was about to start, but I didn't.

0:39:020:39:04

Linda.

0:39:080:39:10

I'm afraid you're bleeding now

0:39:100:39:12

and it looks like a little more than spotting.

0:39:120:39:15

Try to stay still.

0:39:400:39:41

When can I see my baby?

0:39:410:39:44

Ruby...

0:39:470:39:48

..I'm so very, very sorry.

0:39:500:39:52

But your poor little baby was born...so desperately unwell.

0:39:520:39:59

And it wasn't possible for us to save it.

0:39:590:40:02

Did it die?

0:40:050:40:06

Yes, Ruby. In my arms.

0:40:070:40:09

Sister.

0:40:200:40:22

Was it a girl?

0:40:230:40:24

Yes.

0:40:340:40:35

I knew.

0:40:380:40:40

Always knew.

0:40:410:40:43

Yes. Yes, you did.

0:40:430:40:47

Did she cry?

0:40:500:40:51

A little.

0:40:530:40:54

But when she took her last breath,

0:40:570:40:59

she was warm and safe...

0:40:590:41:02

..and I believe she was aware she was loved.

0:41:040:41:08

I wished so hard for her.

0:41:180:41:21

Maybe I shouldn't have.

0:41:210:41:24

Maybe I'm being punished.

0:41:240:41:27

-But God knows I love my boys...

-He does.

0:41:270:41:30

You did nothing wrong.

0:41:320:41:34

Then why?

0:41:340:41:36

I wish I could answer that.

0:41:460:41:47

And I wish...I could bring your baby back.

0:41:490:41:53

But I can't.

0:41:530:41:55

Listen to us, eh?

0:41:580:42:00

Wishing this and wishing that.

0:42:010:42:03

We haven't got a fairy godmother between us.

0:42:050:42:07

QUIET SOBBING

0:42:140:42:15

Linda...

0:42:150:42:17

Linda, I know this is a perfectly ghastly business.

0:42:170:42:21

But you're not alone.

0:42:210:42:22

There's more blood!

0:42:240:42:26

Don't cry. It's a natural process.

0:42:260:42:29

It will be over soon.

0:42:290:42:31

Something's come away, Nurse!

0:42:330:42:36

It's all right, Linda. It's all right.

0:42:360:42:39

When you're ready, open the door.

0:42:390:42:42

But I don't want you to flush, all right?

0:42:420:42:44

Afternoon, Mr Lanyard.

0:42:480:42:49

How's the young bridegroom shaping up?

0:42:490:42:51

Don't ask me. Little toerag never even clocked on.

0:42:510:42:54

Spontaneous miscarriage.

0:43:000:43:02

Foetus looked to be about eight weeks.

0:43:020:43:04

Oh, no. Poor wee girl.

0:43:040:43:06

We'll take her back to Sadie's and get her tucked up in bed.

0:43:070:43:11

Call Doctor, if you've any concerns.

0:43:110:43:13

What the poor pet really needs is a good cry, a couple of aspirin,

0:43:130:43:17

and a hug, in no particular order,

0:43:170:43:19

but the hug is of prime importance.

0:43:190:43:21

Ian?

0:43:270:43:28

Ian!

0:43:320:43:33

HE SNIFFS

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What the hell are you doing?

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Ian's in the house and the gas is on.

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Stay outside!

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THEY COUGH

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He's still breathing!

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Ian. Ian.

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Take deep breaths. Try to take deep breaths.

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I'm sorry.

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It's all right. You've done nothing wrong.

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HE VOMITS

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He even missed my shoes.

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He got mine, though.

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Head up, sweetie. We'll get you through this.

0:44:350:44:39

There's no obvious similarity

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between Rhoda Mullucks and Ruby Cottingham,

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other than them both being multiparous mothers

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and on the older side.

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Don't think they'd thank you for that, Patrick.

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They're both younger than me.

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Meanwhile, Keith Cottingham is in the navy. Mmm.

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It says here that he had his appendix out, on land,

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in New Zealand in 1957.

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So he could've been involved in the H Bomb tests.

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We'd have to check.

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The H Bomb?

0:45:100:45:12

Hello!

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Hello, dear.

0:45:130:45:15

Deformed babies have been born in the South Seas.

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There's one school of thought that blames nuclear testing.

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It happened after Hiroshima and Nagasaki too.

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We did it in History.

0:45:230:45:24

So World War II is history now, is it?

0:45:250:45:28

We do exams in it and everything.

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Can I wash some equipment?

0:45:300:45:32

-How much are you charging?

-The usual.

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-Bike fund?

-Yes.

0:45:340:45:37

Go through to the sluice. I'll catch you up.

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But going back to the mothers,

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neither Rhoda nor Ruby

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has anything out of the ordinary on their records.

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Only the usual juvenile illnesses,

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plus occasional antibiotics

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and other routine drugs in adulthood.

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CHILD CRIES

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Oh, come here. There we go.

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I'm sorry. We'll be taking work home with us tonight.

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No university place, now no baby, and engaged for no good reason.

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If he tries to walk away, he could be sued for breach of promise.

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A broken engagement is a serious thing.

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Isn't it?

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Trixie, that is not what I meant.

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How long since we ended everything?

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A year.

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To be more precise, a year and ten days.

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Once upon a time, one of us

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would have leaned forward to kiss the other one just then.

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I know.

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But neither of us did.

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No.

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When you look at Barbara,

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do you want to lean forward and kiss her?

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Sometimes.

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I have done, once or twice.

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-Oh.

-But don't worry. It won't happen again.

0:47:030:47:06

If we were ever going out at all, Barbara ended it.

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Because of you.

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Or more precisely, because of you and me.

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Do you think it's time to let each other go, Trixie?

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I thought we did that last year.

0:47:180:47:20

Because hanging on,

0:47:200:47:21

not letting each other grow...

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..is a recipe for misery.

0:47:240:47:26

Yes.

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And vomit on one's shoes,

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as we found out earlier this evening.

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So if you'll excuse me, I'll go and get changed.

0:47:320:47:36

I don't feel at all comfortable.

0:47:360:47:38

This seems to be our only clue that these anomalies

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are part of something more widespread -

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this residential hospital

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that specialises in children with malformed limbs.

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It's not a new hospital. But it is a new specialisation.

0:47:550:47:58

It may mean nothing at all.

0:47:580:48:01

Patrick, we have to go to bed.

0:48:020:48:04

We have patients to care for in the morning

0:48:050:48:08

and they don't need us crawling in half-dead through lack of sleep.

0:48:080:48:11

I never know when I love you the most,

0:48:160:48:19

but I sometimes think that these are the times that I love you best.

0:48:190:48:23

When the whole world's sleeping,

0:48:230:48:25

and you're sitting up with dark rings beneath your eyes,

0:48:250:48:29

just trying to make it better.

0:48:290:48:31

Oh, Shelagh.

0:48:310:48:33

We had a wonderful old professor when I was at medical school.

0:48:380:48:43

Macketon Phipps.

0:48:430:48:45

He was a real physician, cared about patients inside and out.

0:48:450:48:51

And he used to say,

0:48:510:48:53

"Never be afraid to say when you don't know the answer."

0:48:530:48:56

But these babies...

0:48:590:49:01

Shelagh, I don't know.

0:49:020:49:04

And...I don't know if there's anything TO know.

0:49:040:49:08

And I'm scared.

0:49:100:49:12

She had a reasonable night. I tucked her up in bed next to me.

0:49:150:49:21

You're as good as a mum to Linda, Sadie. I know that.

0:49:210:49:24

Which is just what most girls need, after an experience like yours.

0:49:240:49:28

Will you look in on Ian, Nurse, before you go? Only...

0:49:280:49:32

Only we heard him crying in the night.

0:49:340:49:36

There's no harm in me popping my head round the door, but...

0:49:360:49:40

There's no need, Nurse. I'm all right.

0:49:400:49:43

And I'm going to work.

0:49:430:49:45

No, son. No, you're not.

0:49:450:49:46

Here.

0:49:510:49:53

I rather think I ought to take my leave...

0:49:530:49:55

No, Nurse. This isn't some big drama.

0:49:550:49:58

I'm just doing the right thing.

0:50:000:50:02

Like you did the right thing.

0:50:040:50:05

I didn't say I wanted to marry you

0:50:050:50:07

because it was the right thing, Linda.

0:50:070:50:10

It was because I loved you.

0:50:100:50:13

And I love you now.

0:50:130:50:15

Take it. Sell it.

0:50:150:50:19

Spend it on the books you'll read at university.

0:50:190:50:22

I'm not standing in your way,

0:50:220:50:25

and there's no baby going to now either.

0:50:250:50:28

I've still got responsibilities. I've got Mum.

0:50:300:50:33

Don't you worry about me, son.

0:50:330:50:35

You can come home and listen to me coughing in the holidays,

0:50:350:50:38

but you don't have to do it all year round.

0:50:380:50:40

Take the ring, Ian.

0:50:430:50:44

Right.

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There. There it is and there it's staying.

0:50:560:50:59

Till you've got letters after your name,

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and more ahead of you than me and your dad ever had.

0:51:010:51:04

Best not argue with your mum, Ian.

0:51:060:51:08

You won't win.

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And we can wait.

0:51:120:51:13

You can't stand in the way of what life wants, can you, Nurse?

0:51:190:51:22

Or what love wants.

0:51:240:51:26

One way or another, things end up how they should.

0:51:260:51:29

You need to have the big light on

0:51:520:51:54

if you're going to do handicrafts at this hour.

0:51:540:51:56

It's all right. It's only a few figures

0:51:560:51:58

for the Bible Study Fuzzy Felt at Sunday School.

0:51:580:52:01

Judas and Simon Peter have gone missing,

0:52:010:52:03

and Mary Magdalene's got no head.

0:52:030:52:05

I hope Mr Hereward appreciates your dedication.

0:52:060:52:09

I don't care if he doesn't.

0:52:110:52:12

-KNOCK AT DOOR

-Enter.

0:52:140:52:16

Barbara, may I speak to you for a moment?

0:52:180:52:22

I expect it's time I did my vanishing act.

0:52:220:52:25

Or as we say in Spanish class,

0:52:250:52:28

"Le dejo a usted conversar, senoritas."

0:52:280:52:31

I think we need to "conversar" about Cousin Mabel.

0:52:380:52:41

There's no such person, Trixie.

0:52:430:52:45

I made her up so that I didn't have to tell you the truth.

0:52:460:52:49

But there's really no truth to tell now,

0:52:490:52:52

so it doesn't matter.

0:52:520:52:54

Yes, it does.

0:53:010:53:03

I'm so sorry, Trixie.

0:53:050:53:07

I knew you knew,

0:53:070:53:09

and I knew you were unhappy.

0:53:090:53:10

And I should have ended it sooner, but I didn't have the courage,

0:53:100:53:15

and I had...too much hope.

0:53:150:53:17

Probably.

0:53:170:53:18

Tom's special, isn't he?

0:53:190:53:21

Yes.

0:53:220:53:23

But not so special that it's worth all three of us being miserable.

0:53:250:53:28

And now, if you don't mind,

0:53:280:53:30

I really need to get on with these Fuzzy Felt apostles.

0:53:300:53:33

Oh, Barbara.

0:53:330:53:34

Only a girl as nice as you would say a thing like that.

0:53:360:53:39

What if I'm not nice, Trixie?

0:53:400:53:43

What if I'm thinking all sorts of mean and terrible thoughts inside?

0:53:430:53:47

I wouldn't blame you.

0:53:470:53:49

And I'm not going to stand in your way, or Tom's.

0:53:510:53:54

People want what they want.

0:53:560:53:58

And one way or another - at least, if love comes into it -

0:53:580:54:04

things will end up as they should.

0:54:040:54:05

# As it was in the beginning

0:54:110:54:15

# Is now, and ever shall be

0:54:150:54:19

# World without end, Amen. #

0:54:190:54:24

It was Sister Hildegard who began our work here in Poplar.

0:54:370:54:41

And I and my Sisters carry on that work as best we can,

0:54:410:54:46

day by day, night by night,

0:54:460:54:49

woman by woman, child by child.

0:54:490:54:53

Her faith was never shaken,

0:54:550:54:57

and faith remains the foundation of our life.

0:54:570:55:01

But there are times when we are challenged -

0:55:010:55:04

not in the vowed life, but as midwives and nurses.

0:55:040:55:08

There are babies born broken.

0:55:100:55:12

There are lives we cannot heal.

0:55:130:55:16

And it is then that we should turn to the woman

0:55:170:55:19

that so inspired our Sister that she took her name -

0:55:190:55:23

Saint Hildegard of Bingen.

0:55:230:55:25

For Saint Hildegard once said,

0:55:270:55:30

God hugs you.

0:55:300:55:33

God hugs you.

0:55:350:55:37

You are encircled by the arms of the mystery of God.

0:55:370:55:43

You shine so finely, it surpasses understanding.

0:55:430:55:48

MUSIC: You Don't Know by Helen Shapiro

0:55:540:55:58

JENNIFER: 'We knew so little then.

0:56:000:56:03

'In a world that seemed so full of opening doors and bright horizons,

0:56:030:56:08

'we thought only of what was new, and better.

0:56:080:56:10

'Because it WAS new and better,

0:56:100:56:13

'and it would take us to places we had never been before.'

0:56:130:56:16

# ..I'm so, I'm so afraid

0:56:160:56:20

# You might not care

0:56:200:56:23

# Every time you pass me by

0:56:230:56:26

# Oh, you don't know

0:56:260:56:29

# You don't know what I go through

0:56:290:56:33

# Seeing someone else with you

0:56:330:56:37

# Oh, I wish the one with you

0:56:370:56:42

# Were me... #

0:56:420:56:44

'We couldn't see what was coming,

0:56:440:56:46

'or understand yet what had already come to pass.

0:56:460:56:51

'We had so much still to learn.'

0:56:510:56:53

# ..but until then

0:56:550:56:58

# I'll never give this away... #

0:56:580:57:02

Who else would tell me stories?

0:57:040:57:05

Tell me where frankincense came from?

0:57:050:57:07

We have an emergency.

0:57:070:57:09

I shall go at once.

0:57:090:57:10

That's it, ladies.

0:57:110:57:13

If we want to reduce, we must keep moving.

0:57:130:57:16

Tar and tumours,

0:57:160:57:20

from those bloody cigarettes.

0:57:200:57:21

She used to call me her movie star.

0:57:210:57:24

I can feel the pounds falling off!

0:57:240:57:26

Hello? Anyone at home?

0:57:260:57:28

# ..I would tell you

0:57:280:57:31

# If I believed that you might care some day

0:57:310:57:37

# But until then

0:57:370:57:40

# I'll never give this away

0:57:400:57:44

# When you don't know

0:57:440:57:50

# Oh, yeah

0:57:500:57:55

# Whoa-oh-oh... #

0:57:550:57:56

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