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JENNIFER WORTH: 'For the women of Nonnatus House,

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'life was composed of countless tender disciplines.

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'For every word not spoken in the precious nightly silence,

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'prayers had to be offered, and rituals performed.

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'For every sweet hour stolen,

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'there was penance paid.

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'And even fleeting, golden moments

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'called for sacrifice and courage.

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'Nothing came entirely easily.

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'And, yet, all hardship was embraced,

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'because that was the way the wind blew.

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'That was the way that things were done.'

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Daisy!

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-For crying out loud, will you put a bit more into it?!

-All right.

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Lou! Lou!

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Your mother ain't well! Get up on that path and help her!

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I'm sure you deserved it.

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LAUGHTER

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And a round of applause for the Beverley Sisters!

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Better late than never.

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We're not late. It's eight on the dot.

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If you spent less time lathering on the eye-black, Nurse Franklin,

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you'd have been down here five minutes ago

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and ready to start work at eight on the dot, like Sister Mary Cynthia.

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I'd be careful, if I were you, Nurse Mount.

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It may be October,

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but there's plenty of flies still looking for a home.

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-Morning!

-Good morning, Master Turner.

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You're looking very spruce.

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New blazer?

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Yes, although it's still purple, unfortunately.

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So I see.

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Insulin?

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My mum asked me to drop it off. And she says can Sister Julienne

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call in at the practice after surgery hours?

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I'll tell her. She's already asked to see me in her office.

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Thank you.

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Sister. Your courage and your forbearance

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over the last few weeks has been admirable in every conceivable way.

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-You have my absolute respect.

-Thank you.

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But I haven't done anything out of the ordinary. I just carried on.

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And it is for that very reason that I have wanted to send you

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to the Mother House ever since you were attacked.

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You deserve to spend time in prayer and reflection,

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but I haven't been able to spare you.

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We have no idea when Sister Evangelina will re-join us.

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Or even if.

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But she said she was going to the silent order for six months.

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And the six months is over,

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and we've scarcely heard a word from her.

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But why would she choose an enclosed life?

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Why would she choose to give up midwifery?

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It may not be a choice.

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She may've found a different calling.

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A new superfluity of apples abandoned upon our step!

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I think these are russets and like to be as hard as swedes.

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I'm quite sure that Mrs B can find something wonderful to do with them.

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Again?

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Again. Personally, I'm glad to be spared another marrow.

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LIFT DINGS

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MUSIC PLAYS ON RADIO, WOMAN HUMS ALONG

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KNOCK ON DOOR

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Midwife calling!

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Mrs Matlin?

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Oh, get down!

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You could hurt yourself!

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I can't stop myself, nurse. Yesterday, it was cleaning.

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And when there was nothing left to clean, I started painting.

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Please let me finish - I've only got one more stroke with the brush.

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In which case, I shall do it.

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But it's not your job.

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My job is looking after you, and that involves

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stopping you falling, A, off this chair and, B, out of the window.

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Anyone falling would make a right mess, from eight floors up!

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It'd be like Tom and Jerry, where they fall off the roof

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and leave a cat-shaped hole in the pavement.

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-Or a mouse-shaped hole.

-Hello.

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Hello, love.

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What's happening?

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Your wife is in the grip of what's known as the nesting instinct,

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-Mr Matlin. She needed a bit of a hand.

-Thanks.

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I must say, this is one of the nicest flats I've been to.

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We had a wedding list. There was one in Woman's Own you could cut out.

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We got the lot except for the sherry glasses.

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Pretty much everything we wanted. Didn't we, Leslie?

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So...

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the contraceptive pill.

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Licensed for distribution within weeks.

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It's been talked about for so long, it's hardly a surprise.

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No. But it is a challenge.

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Well, of course it's a challenge, Sister.

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Antibiotics were a challenge once.

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Antibiotics were also a miracle.

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And you think the contraceptive pill isn't?

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It's a miracle with moral implications, Dr Turner.

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With other forms of contraception, you refer the patient

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to a family planning clinic, which you can't do unless they're married.

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Exactly. But with the pill,

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the Minister for Health has issued no such guidelines.

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-Yet.

-And that's the most exciting thing. If I can prescribe it,

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single women will benefit, too.

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Quite.

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You know the statistics as well as I do.

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10% of babies in Poplar are born illegitimate.

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With all the heartache and stigma that implies.

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I don't doubt that you've looked at this

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from every conceivable medical and social angle.

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However, whilst there is nothing in Anglican teaching to forbid

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birth control, the church does take a view on matters of morality.

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As Mrs Turner, at least, will be aware.

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Well, of course.

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Have a lemon puff.

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Is there anything plainer?

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I have some arrowroot biscuits. I'll pop and fetch them.

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KNOCK ON DOOR, IT OPENS

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Tea is on the table, Sister.

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I shan't join you today.

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I feel I need to spend some quiet time in chapel.

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-Perhaps you'd say grace instead?

-Of course.

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DOORBELL RINGS

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Everyone's out on their evening rounds.

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Apart from me, because I'm on call.

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Good.

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Ooh...

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Have you bought shares in Brylcreem?

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Funeral. People expect a certain level of grooming.

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Oh.

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So, that's Peggy May,

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Rose Willow, Golden Maid,

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Sweet Alice, and Dora Deane.

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Sounds like a line-up of chorus girls.

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It's all rather quaint, really.

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I don't know why Nurse Crane insisted we came down together.

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Oh, um, little girl?

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Do you know of a barge called the Molly Belle?

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Yes. It's where I live. It's up there.

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Is your mother's name Marguerite Blacker?

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Yeah, but they call her Daisy.

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You can always trust Trixie to have the latest records in.

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MUSIC STARTS

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# Hi, tiger

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# Teach me, tiger, how to kiss you

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# Wah wah wah wah wah

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# Show me, tiger, how to kiss you

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# Wah wah wah wah wah

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# Take my lips, they belong to you

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# But teach me first Teach me what to do

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# Touch me, tiger when I'm close to you

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# Wah wah wah wah wah

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# Tiger

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# Tiger

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# Tiger... #

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It is good of you to come. But I'm feeling much better now.

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-Not that much better.

-Don't contradict your mother, Lou.

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They were good to her at the hospital,

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but they said she was all right to leave.

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I'm sorry. We've interrupted you during your meal.

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If you telephone this number at any time of the day or night,

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you can speak to a midwife about any aspect of your pregnancy.

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There's no need to make an appointment.

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Might not be 'ere that long.

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We're in with a chance of a cargo going up to Manchester.

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But thank you.

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Lou, take that piece of paper off the lady.

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Come on down, have a look at her.

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No harm in putting minds at rest.

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Dunno know why I took on so funny this morning.

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I was only working the lock, and I do it all the time,

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like me ma and me grandma did before me.

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Locks are women's work. Always have been.

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Like this.

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If this is women's work, you're rather good at it.

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Baby's heartbeat's wonderfully strong.

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Felt like a failure, being taken to the hospital.

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Having them do blood tests.

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I should be able to get the results tomorrow.

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And I can bring them here for you, or you could come by our clinic?

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There are things we can give you for your other children -

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free orange juice, and so forth, or rosehip syrup if you prefer.

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Rosehip? You can do a lot with rosehips.

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I make tea with them sometimes.

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You've been awfully good to me, but I really shouldn't keep you.

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RECORD CRACKLES

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Tom.

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People will be home soon.

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True.

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Oh, no.

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-Oh, Tom!

-What?

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-The wall's covered in Brylcreem! From your head!

-No!

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Oh, it's not coming off.

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Oh, I'm just making it more shiny.

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Well, you'll have to say you tripped up with the butter dish.

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Oh, Mr Hereward. What a nice surprise,

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you must've come to join us for Compline.

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Yes. I have. Indeed.

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Poor Mrs Blacker. It was like trying to get a bird to eat out of my hand.

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One false move, and she'd fly away.

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I wish it wasn't so hard to give help to the people that need it.

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And, you know, none of those children go to school.

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I checked while you were in the cabin.

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The eldest, Lou, is already 11

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and I'm not sure she can even read or write.

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The whole family's completely itinerant.

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Never in the same place for more than a week or so,

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they travel huge distances.

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There must be ways around that.

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Well, Mrs Blacker was quite surprised

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when I told her all the things she was entitled to.

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Trouble is, I'm not sure whether she wants to accept them.

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Barge people are a law unto themselves, they always were.

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They don't call them water gypsies for no reason. I...

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Good grief! Where did that stain on the wallpaper come from?

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What stain?

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Oh, dear. I do hope it isn't another patch of damp.

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Sister Julienne's worried the building's getting wet rot.

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Ooh, perhaps it's just an optical illusion.

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This isn't moisture.

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It's grease!

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I surmise a manifestation from another realm.

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Spirits have been known to talk through

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the approbation of strange substances.

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Whatever it is, it's strange enough.

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It smells rather masculine to me.

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Masculine?

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Though what it's doing six feet up the wall is anybody's guess!

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-Good morning, ladies.

-ALL: Good morning, Sister.

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Nurse Crane will issue the morning's schedule after breakfast.

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But this evening, I would like you all to attend

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a special seminar here at Nonnatus House.

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I have an obligation this evening. I have it every week.

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Of course. I'm sorry.

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After a great deal of prayer and reflection, I have asked

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Dr Turner to come and talk to us about the new contraceptive pill,

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which will be available within the next few weeks.

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That's absolutely tremendous news!

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I've also invited Mr Hereward to join us,

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so he can give us a Christian perspective.

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It's a shame Sister Evangelina isn't here.

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She'd have had plenty to say about it all!

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Sister Evangelina has elected to be absent.

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We must proceed without her view.

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FRONT DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES

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There were Worcesters today, and there were crab apples.

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The latter still with the tang of Epping Forest upon them.

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I'm sure no-one will object to us sharing our good fortune.

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Before you apply the term "good fortune" to this glut,

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I suggest you hear the opinion of my bowels!

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I sense this is a personal letter,

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since you intend to dispatch it yourself?

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Yes. It is.

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It is to Sister Evangelina.

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I did not think we should ever have to plead with her.

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Nor did I.

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But time has passed. And who knows what has passed

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between our Sister and the Lord?

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And who knows what addlement her mind has suffered,

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closeted in ostentatious silence?

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Evangelina is a woman built for noise and motion,

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designed to hear His voice above the din of living.

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-Sister, please...

-You fear what will become of us if she does not return.

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I fear what will become of HER.

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As do I.

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And now, I am going to post my letter.

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Excellent!

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Oh! Very good.

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-There we are.

-Thank you.

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You haven't gained anything in a month, Gina.

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Top of the milk for you,

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and make sure you help yourself to an extra potato.

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That being said, I'm not sure how much longer you've got left.

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There's still nothing doing, Nurse.

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I thought, if I came down here, it might stop me painting the bathroom.

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Or me husband.

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-Ah, is he getting restless, too?

-Not so's you'd notice.

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It's like he don't even know there's a baby on the way.

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Thank you, Sister. I'm sorry to have kept you.

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Some blood results came back from the London.

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-One or two will need attention.

-Thank you.

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Could you pop over to the side room, Sister?

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This week's unmarried mothers are ready to catch the bus

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-to the station. You just need to sign those final forms.

-Of course.

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-Good afternoon. May I help you?

-I had another dizzy do.

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The red-headed nurse said I could come here,

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but I only want to talk to her.

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Of course. Take a seat. And I'll fetch Nurse Mount.

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It was my husband made me come.

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I had a hard time having Jonah, it took me ages to pick up afterwards.

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These things do all get rather harder with age.

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Where was Jonah born?

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In a barge, like the others.

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I always liked the quiet, the being on me own...

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On your own?

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But maybe not this time.

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Well, we can look after you when you deliver.

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And keep an eye on your blood pressure, which is rather low.

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The London blood tests showed that you're also anaemic,

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so our rather lovely doctor can prescribe you iron pills.

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Will they cost much?

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Just the prescription fee.

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Only my Joe had to turn down a Birmingham cargo today,

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cos of me coming here.

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Where's Lou?

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Doing crepe paper handicrafts with the other children.

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And being quite the bossy-boots, from the look of things.

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She's like a second mum to my three lads.

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I call her my right hand.

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-Knock, knock!

-Come in, Doctor.

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I was just telling Mrs Blacker what a sterling service we provide.

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No stone left unturned in pursuit of a happy outcome!

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Which means that we need to give you a bit of extra care, Mrs Blacker.

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-The nurse said about the iron pills.

-Yes.

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And I'd also like to book you into our maternity home for bed rest.

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I do appreciate that it will be a wrench for you to be away

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from your children, Mrs Blacker.

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But you need to put your new baby - and yourself - first for a while.

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We do everything together. All of us.

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We're never apart.

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Your husband and children can visit every evening,

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between five and seven, longer at weekends.

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That sounds all right.

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And they'll have so much to tell you every day.

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The school has room for all four of them - Jonah and Barney will be

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in the same class and Lou can meet up with them every day at playtime.

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Do you want to go to school, or do you want to stop with Dad?

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School.

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All right.

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Very wise. So, if I could just get you to confirm that I've entered

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your name, address and birthdate correctly on the booking form,

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we're all shipshape and Bristol fashion.

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I haven't brought me glasses.

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Not to worry. I'll fine-tune the paperwork.

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MUSIC: By The Light Of The Silvery Moon by The Black and White Minstrels

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Sister Monica Joan, I really don't think Dr Turner wants to be

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competing with the Black and White Minstrels.

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The room required cleansing with glad acts,

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for it had been unsettled by the advent of strange medicine.

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What's happened to trouble you, Sister?

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The mark of it remains quite plain...

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..upon the wall.

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Put these back in the kitchen. They're for after the talk.

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-# By the silvery moon

-The moon, the moon

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-# By the silvery moon

-The moon, the moon

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# By the silvery moon... #

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In the United States, the pill was initially only approved

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as a treatment for menstrual disorders.

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But hundreds of thousands of American women are now taking it

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as a contraceptive and it has been declared to be 100% effective

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in preventing pregnancy.

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One of the best things about this method of contraception

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is that it's completely within the control of the woman.

0:22:450:22:48

Some men aren't going to like that.

0:22:480:22:51

Listen, I've spent quite enough afternoons

0:22:510:22:53

in family planning clinics rolling sheaths onto a wooden...

0:22:530:22:58

Excuse me, Sister, may I say penis?

0:22:580:23:00

By all means.

0:23:000:23:02

..wooden penis, trying to convince mothers of five or six children

0:23:020:23:06

that barrier methods are the way ahead.

0:23:060:23:09

Time and again, you get the same response. "My Eddie won't."

0:23:090:23:13

"My Ted can't."

0:23:130:23:15

"My Billy says, it's like going for a paddle with your socks on."

0:23:150:23:19

SOME CHUCKLING, HE LAUGHS NERVOUSLY

0:23:190:23:22

There are so many things about sobriety that surprised me.

0:23:250:23:29

Everybody's journey here seems to begin with such a bang.

0:23:290:23:33

The torrents of tears, the phone calls in the dead of night.

0:23:330:23:38

The wanting to die.

0:23:380:23:40

My experience was no different.

0:23:410:23:45

But what nobody tells you - or at least what nobody told me

0:23:450:23:48

in almost a year of dragging myself here on the 49 bus -

0:23:480:23:53

is that life without a drink can be so appallingly boring.

0:23:530:23:58

The drag -

0:23:590:24:02

the utter drag -

0:24:020:24:04

of Horlicks every night.

0:24:040:24:07

The tedium of barley water with your Sunday lunch.

0:24:070:24:10

Oh, it used to be such fun to mix a drink, thinking,

0:24:100:24:13

"What can I put in this Campari to make it a brighter colour,

0:24:130:24:16

"give it more bite?"

0:24:160:24:18

Oh, and I so loved the smell of maraschino cherries.

0:24:180:24:21

I loved the lipstick red of them...

0:24:230:24:26

..and the way other people smiled as I speared the...

0:24:270:24:31

cherry on a cocktail stick.

0:24:310:24:34

It was such a wonderfully frivolous thing.

0:24:340:24:37

It meant that I was with friends. That I wasn't alone.

0:24:370:24:41

I don't bother much with maraschino cherries any more,

0:24:440:24:48

I don't even put them in my Horlicks, or my barley water -

0:24:480:24:52

they taste revolting.

0:24:520:24:54

THEY LAUGH

0:24:540:24:56

I don't need them.

0:24:560:24:59

I know that fun doesn't come in bottles now.

0:24:590:25:01

I know the value of sobriety...

0:25:020:25:05

..and I know what friendship really is, what it means.

0:25:070:25:10

I always did, I just couldn't see it.

0:25:120:25:15

I owe the 49 bus rather a lot, all things considered.

0:25:160:25:19

THEY LAUGH

0:25:190:25:21

And I owe you - all of you - even more.

0:25:250:25:30

Thank you.

0:25:310:25:32

Like any method of contraception,

0:25:350:25:37

you have to use it religiously, or it doesn't work.

0:25:370:25:40

And there are some groups of women

0:25:400:25:41

who'll find taking daily medication difficult.

0:25:410:25:44

Which could be a catastrophe, if they are single.

0:25:440:25:47

I'm extremely concerned that we do nothing to promote...

0:25:480:25:53

recreational intercourse and I'm sure Mr Hereward feels the same.

0:25:530:25:58

Well, what are the government guidelines?

0:26:000:26:03

Mr Hereward, shouldn't you be more concerned with church teachings

0:26:030:26:08

than government guidelines?

0:26:080:26:10

Well, I do think we have to be mindful of the Bible.

0:26:100:26:13

When Paul wrote to the Corinthians,

0:26:130:26:15

he said, "There is too much immorality among you.

0:26:150:26:17

"Let each man keep to his own wife and each woman to her own husband."

0:26:170:26:22

Well, how on earth can that be relevant?

0:26:220:26:24

Contraception wasn't invented then.

0:26:240:26:26

Times change, but the value of marriage remains constant.

0:26:260:26:29

So, say there's a young woman, she's 19 or 20

0:26:290:26:34

and she's in love with a boy - who's in love with her -

0:26:340:26:38

and she knows and he knows that they can't keep fighting this desire

0:26:380:26:44

that's drawing them together.

0:26:440:26:47

Would you have them risk everything -

0:26:470:26:49

their reputation, their peace of mind -

0:26:490:26:51

because they simply can't help themselves?

0:26:510:26:54

I'd be obliged to counsel self-restraint.

0:26:540:26:57

And, with Mr Hereward's wise words, it's time we drew this to a close.

0:27:000:27:04

Nurse Gilbert, I believe you're first on call.

0:27:060:27:09

Tom, how could you sit there and lecture people on self-restraint

0:27:090:27:13

in a room where your Brylcreem has made a mark on the wall

0:27:130:27:16

as big as an elephant's face?

0:27:160:27:18

I wasn't lecturing.

0:27:180:27:20

Sister Julienne put me on the spot.

0:27:200:27:22

-Well, you hadn't said a word till then!

-Well, nobody asked me to.

0:27:220:27:25

And I could hardly chip in, you were talking about medicine and menstr...

0:27:250:27:30

Menstruation.

0:27:300:27:32

Both subjects about which I know nothing.

0:27:320:27:34

Well, maybe you should learn!

0:27:340:27:36

If you're going to go around family planning meetings like some sort of...moral advisor.

0:27:360:27:40

Barbara, are you saying you believe in sex before marriage?

0:27:420:27:44

No, I'm saying I believe it happens -

0:27:440:27:49

and I know how it happens.

0:27:490:27:52

I'm sorry, it's Gina Matlin's first and she's gone into labour.

0:27:520:27:56

She'll be fretting until someone arrives.

0:27:560:27:58

Can I have a kiss?

0:28:020:28:04

Just the one.

0:28:050:28:06

Tiger.

0:28:100:28:12

Oh, Gina...

0:28:240:28:27

you've had a long night, but this is normal -

0:28:270:28:30

especially with a first baby - and you are doing so well.

0:28:300:28:35

No, I'm not. It hurts. It hurts so much and that gas is useless!

0:28:350:28:40

Oh, it's not useless. It's run out.

0:28:400:28:44

SHE SOBS

0:28:440:28:45

Mr Matlin?

0:28:450:28:47

-Mr Matlin!

-I'm sorry, I fell asleep.

0:28:470:28:51

And I'm sorry I had to wake you,

0:28:510:28:53

but I need you to make a phone call for me.

0:28:530:28:57

You lot behave yourselves, now.

0:28:570:28:59

-And you.

-Nurse Mount'll keep me in order, I reckon.

0:29:010:29:04

I may not be on horseback, but consider me the cavalry.

0:29:150:29:18

Gina, this baby's well on its way

0:29:180:29:21

and we've brought more gas to get us through the home stretch.

0:29:210:29:24

Shall I take over, you look done in.

0:29:240:29:27

You yell your head off, if you fancy it, Gina.

0:29:320:29:34

That's the last you'll be having

0:29:340:29:36

-without some help.

-CRIES OF PAIN

0:29:360:29:39

-Am I the only one in here?

-Yes, you're lucky.

0:29:410:29:45

-We're unusually quiet at the moment.

-Ceiling's so high.

0:29:450:29:49

Makes me feel dizzy, even though I'm not.

0:29:490:29:52

Your blood pressure's rather good today.

0:29:530:29:56

Morning, Mrs Blacker.

0:29:560:29:58

A doctor will be here to check you over shortly

0:29:580:30:00

and I've come to ask if you want a soft or a hardboiled egg.

0:30:000:30:04

I have bread in the mornings, usually.

0:30:040:30:07

-Eggs are surprisingly rich in iron.

-What's this?

0:30:070:30:10

Nightdress, dressing gown and slippers.

0:30:100:30:13

-I told you everything would be provided.

-No. I mean - what's this?

0:30:130:30:17

It says "Property of Kenilworth Row Maternity Home."

0:30:170:30:20

We write that on everything.

0:30:200:30:22

Baby's with us as far as his shoulders, Gina.

0:30:250:30:28

If you can give me one more massive, brave push -

0:30:280:30:32

you'll have him in your arms.

0:30:320:30:35

SHE PANTS

0:30:350:30:37

SHE GROANS

0:30:380:30:40

BABY CRIES

0:30:470:30:49

Oh, lass, you put the graft in and here's your reward!

0:30:540:30:58

A little boy, Gina, and just wait till you see him.

0:30:580:31:03

BABY CRIES

0:31:050:31:07

You've got a little smasher there, you really have.

0:31:140:31:17

Your husband will be grinning from ear to ear.

0:31:170:31:20

I don't reckon Leslie wants any of this -

0:31:230:31:26

the baby, or a wife.

0:31:260:31:30

Gina, I'm sure that isn't true.

0:31:300:31:32

We'd only been courting three months and we had to get married.

0:31:320:31:37

It's not what either of us planned.

0:31:370:31:40

I came round to it - I couldn't help it, once I felt him kicking...

0:31:400:31:45

..but I don't think Leslie ever did.

0:31:460:31:49

He's so soft.

0:31:550:31:57

Leslie said we could call him Robert, if he was a boy, after his grandad.

0:31:590:32:05

But I just don't think he really wanted him...

0:32:070:32:11

or me.

0:32:110:32:13

Except for in the way he shouldn't have.

0:32:130:32:16

It's far too late to be crying about that now.

0:32:170:32:20

THEY SIGH

0:32:210:32:23

-Barley sugar?

-Oh, yes, please!

0:32:230:32:25

It's a rotten business, isn't it? Having to get married.

0:32:270:32:30

Well, there's plenty make a decent fist of it...and plenty don't.

0:32:300:32:35

Though, it's still better than what my mother went through

0:32:350:32:38

when she had me out of wedlock.

0:32:380:32:41

Oh, I don't mention it much.

0:32:410:32:43

Suffice to say, it made its mark.

0:32:440:32:47

During the war, all morals were tossed to the winds,

0:32:480:32:51

but even so, when the opportunity of a weekend in Cleveleys with

0:32:510:32:55

an Air Force sergeant presented itself, I nearly chickened out.

0:32:550:32:59

NEARLY chickened out?

0:32:590:33:01

I did the appropriate research

0:33:010:33:04

and purchased a hygienic douche through the small advertisements.

0:33:040:33:09

It was called the Omega Spray.

0:33:090:33:11

It involved a certain amount of fiddle-faddle,

0:33:130:33:15

but we managed well enough.

0:33:150:33:18

I shall always have very fond memories of Cleveleys.

0:33:180:33:22

Phyllis, what happened to him? The Air Force sergeant?

0:33:220:33:27

-Killed, over Germany, in 1941.

-Oh.

0:33:270:33:31

It made me very glad we'd seized the moment.

0:33:310:33:35

It's almost a full moon.

0:33:390:33:41

Sister Monica Joan is convinced full moons are our busiest nights.

0:33:420:33:46

I did a stint on psychiatric once - used to say the same thing there.

0:33:460:33:50

I wish the Blacker children had got on better at school.

0:33:550:33:58

When they visited Daisy, I heard them telling her the other children had been horrible.

0:33:580:34:03

Lou doesn't want to go again.

0:34:030:34:05

-Do they smell?

-Lots of children smell.

0:34:050:34:09

In any given vaccination queue, you can tell who's been rehoused

0:34:090:34:12

somewhere with a bathroom and who hasn't.

0:34:120:34:15

The Blacker children are never going to have a bathroom

0:34:150:34:19

and their clothes are a problem, too.

0:34:190:34:21

Pats, next time we both have the same night off...

0:34:210:34:25

..I want to go to Gateways Club.

0:34:260:34:29

Why?

0:34:290:34:31

Because there are women like us there!

0:34:310:34:33

We've discussed this!

0:34:330:34:36

I don't want to be with "women like us", I just want to be with you.

0:34:360:34:39

We can hold hands there. Dance there.

0:34:390:34:44

Be in a crowd and be invisible.

0:34:440:34:46

I'm sorry.

0:34:470:34:49

-There you go, pass that down. Well done.

-Ta.

0:34:500:34:54

We'll rinse the lotion off your hair and just trim the ends

0:34:560:34:58

before you change into some nice smart clothes.

0:34:580:35:00

I don't want us to be late, they'll pick on us if we are.

0:35:000:35:03

Miss Dawkins said you could come in at ten and go straight

0:35:030:35:05

to Music and Movement. And no-one will pick on you,

0:35:050:35:08

wearing those lovely fresh knickers and vests.

0:35:080:35:11

Here we are!

0:35:110:35:13

There's something for everyone, including ribbons for Lou's plaits.

0:35:130:35:17

Perfect! The rest is clearly doing everything we hoped.

0:35:230:35:27

I feel like it might happen today.

0:35:270:35:29

According to your dates, you're not quite due.

0:35:290:35:31

Let's see what Mother Nature has in store.

0:35:310:35:34

-Mummy!

-Look who I found coming up the stairs!

-Come here!

0:35:340:35:37

SHE LAUGHS

0:35:370:35:38

What's this, then?

0:35:380:35:40

What's happened?

0:35:400:35:42

Well, nurse got them spruced up a bit.

0:35:420:35:45

We thought you'd be pleased.

0:35:450:35:47

Pleased that they look nothing like 'emselves?

0:35:470:35:50

SHE SNIFFS

0:35:500:35:51

Pleased that they smell of disinfectant?

0:35:510:35:54

It's just delousing lotion. Rather a lovely fresh smell, I always think.

0:35:540:35:58

My kids don't have lice!

0:35:580:36:00

You get lice in schools and they never went there till yesterday!

0:36:000:36:03

Sister Winifred insisted on it. She always says,

0:36:030:36:06

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

0:36:060:36:10

And you dressed Lou up like a little girl. Ribbons and ankle socks?

0:36:100:36:13

They're not going to last five minutes on the barge!

0:36:130:36:15

Daisy, Lou just wanted to fit in, to be like everybody else.

0:36:150:36:19

She's not like everybody else.

0:36:190:36:21

She's a bargee, whether you like it or not.

0:36:210:36:24

-We do things our way!

-Well, Nurse just wanted what was best for 'em,

0:36:240:36:27

just like I wanted what was best for you.

0:36:270:36:28

I'll tell you what's best for me -

0:36:280:36:30

my own bunk, my own food and not to have

0:36:300:36:33

Property of Somebody Else written all over me in black bloody pen.

0:36:330:36:36

Mrs Blacker, you said yourself you didn't want to have another baby without help.

0:36:360:36:40

Yeah, there's help - and there's interference.

0:36:400:36:44

-Fetch me my clothes, please.

-Daisy...

0:36:440:36:47

By which I mean my own clothes. The ones I came in wearing

0:36:470:36:50

and which are good enough for me. I'm going home.

0:36:500:36:53

-Mrs Blacker...

-Fetch 'em!

0:36:530:36:55

WIND HOWLS

0:36:570:36:59

ON TV: 'It's better when you've got a gun in your hand.

0:37:150:37:17

'What are you like without it?' GUNSHOT

0:37:170:37:19

Autumn high tide, I reckon, straight out of Whitaker's Almanack.

0:37:190:37:24

You ought to batten down the hatches.

0:37:240:37:26

I'm sure there's no need for us to be alarmed.

0:37:260:37:28

-PROGRAMME STOPS

-Oh!

0:37:280:37:30

TV CRACKLES

0:37:300:37:32

It's blowing up a right storm out there, Sister.

0:37:330:37:35

Oh!

0:37:390:37:40

PHONE RINGS

0:37:420:37:44

Nonnatus House, midwife speaking?

0:37:440:37:45

Hello, can you send a midwife over to the maternity home?

0:37:450:37:49

Mrs Mansoor's just arrived and we already have a lady who's had

0:37:490:37:53

to go straight through to the delivery room.

0:37:530:37:55

On my way, sweetie.

0:37:550:37:57

There's just been a weather warning on the wireless -

0:38:000:38:02

gale-force nine across London.

0:38:020:38:04

That settles it. I'm not going anywhere

0:38:040:38:06

until I've put on at least three layers of hair lacquer.

0:38:060:38:10

PHONE RINGS

0:38:100:38:12

Nonnatus House, midwife speaking?

0:38:120:38:13

Dad!

0:38:200:38:21

Stay down below, Lou, till this blows over.

0:38:210:38:26

It's Mum, she isn't well.

0:38:260:38:28

-Nurse! Nurse...

-Oh, my goodness! Are you in labour?

0:38:280:38:33

Either that or I've weed on my bleeding slippers.

0:38:330:38:35

It's swaying. The whole block of flats is actually swaying.

0:38:400:38:44

Is it?

0:38:440:38:45

-You all right?

-I dunno.

0:38:470:38:50

I've got an headache and a pain here -

0:38:500:38:53

under my ribs.

0:38:530:38:55

Shall I clear off out? Get the kids from under your feet?

0:39:040:39:07

You can't go walking up and down the towpath in this wind!

0:39:070:39:10

I should be taking you back to that little hospital -

0:39:100:39:12

-or even just fetch that nurse.

-No!

0:39:120:39:14

We had words, that nurse and me - bad words - and I meant 'em.

0:39:140:39:17

-Daisy, tell me what to do!

-You'll have to go and get a sheet

0:39:170:39:22

and Lou can help me.

0:39:220:39:24

Oh, hello, Mrs Mansoor!

0:39:270:39:29

This is Mrs Wheatley!

0:39:290:39:32

Nurse Franklin, Dr Turner's in the delivery room,

0:39:320:39:34

we have a deep transverse arrest.

0:39:340:39:37

Or maybe we should go straight to Della and Nahima.

0:39:370:39:40

One way or another, I think you two will end up on first name terms!

0:39:400:39:44

NAHIMA GROANS

0:39:440:39:45

Oh, Nahima!

0:39:450:39:48

-I can see flashing lights.

-It's just the electrics.

0:39:580:40:01

It keeps flickering with the storm.

0:40:010:40:03

It's like spots or sparkles.

0:40:030:40:07

I can see 'em even when I close me eyes.

0:40:070:40:10

DAISY SCREAMS

0:40:190:40:21

Let's see how things are lining up.

0:40:250:40:28

With a bit of luck, you'll be able to start pushing soon.

0:40:280:40:31

NAHIMA SCREAMS

0:40:310:40:33

Hang on, Nahima! I'll be across in two ticks, I promise!

0:40:330:40:36

Oh.

0:40:390:40:41

SHE WHIMPERS

0:40:430:40:45

It's just the lights in the flat.

0:40:450:40:47

No.

0:40:490:40:50

I can't see properly.

0:40:530:40:55

I'm going to get help.

0:40:570:40:59

BABY CRIES

0:40:590:41:01

I need you to come and see my mum.

0:41:150:41:18

Come in!

0:41:180:41:20

I've got one cable running into the delivery room -

0:41:230:41:25

there's a mother who still needs stitches -

0:41:250:41:28

and we need a working light in the ward!

0:41:280:41:31

Doctor, Mrs Mansoor's baby's crowning!

0:41:310:41:34

Some people have parents who do ordinary jobs.

0:41:340:41:37

Get cranking the handle.

0:41:370:41:38

Sooner them than me!

0:41:450:41:47

Midwife calling!

0:41:570:41:59

This way, Nurse, and mind your head! We've got the water on already.

0:42:020:42:06

Thank you.

0:42:100:42:13

We heard her kicking off yelling and...well, we all know what that sort of racket means, don't we?

0:42:130:42:18

She's calmed down a bit since she's had some company.

0:42:180:42:21

-Hello, nurse.

-Any objection to me popping by?

0:42:230:42:26

-I can just leave you with your friends.

-Bless you.

0:42:260:42:29

And bless them, never met any of them before!

0:42:290:42:33

Don't mean to say we ain't friends, though.

0:42:330:42:35

We know the life - that means we know each other.

0:42:350:42:38

Yes.

0:42:380:42:39

Come on, then, let's clear out and make some room.

0:42:410:42:44

We'll take the kids down the Golden Maid with their father.

0:42:440:42:47

And what about this one? She looks old enough to come in handy.

0:42:470:42:51

Take her with the other kids. Me and Nurse Mount can manage, can't we?

0:42:510:42:56

Absolutely. And I'll take my lead from you.

0:42:560:43:00

Calm down, take a deep breath and tell me what you mean.

0:43:000:43:04

She, she says she can see flashing lights!

0:43:050:43:08

Go back to Gina and wait with her.

0:43:080:43:11

I'm telephoning for an ambulance and then I'll come straight to you.

0:43:110:43:15

-I require an ambulance, please. Nelson Tower...

-'Yes.'

0:43:160:43:20

Anchorage Estate...

0:43:200:43:23

Flat number... LINE CRACKLES THEN CUTS OFF

0:43:230:43:26

Oh. Hello?

0:43:260:43:29

Hell's teeth!

0:43:300:43:32

Good grief!

0:43:360:43:37

Come on!

0:43:440:43:46

SHE SIGHS

0:43:470:43:49

And that's me excused physical jerks for the rest of the week.

0:43:570:44:00

It's a good job you live on the 8th floor, young lady, not the 18th.

0:44:000:44:03

Let's have a look at you, love.

0:44:060:44:08

Leslie tells me you've had a headache

0:44:150:44:17

and some visual disturbance.

0:44:170:44:20

-Any nausea or vomiting?

-I feel a bit sick.

0:44:200:44:23

Right.

0:44:280:44:30

I called an ambulance before I left

0:44:300:44:32

and I'm of the view we should make use of it.

0:44:320:44:36

All things considered,

0:44:360:44:37

-I think you'll be better off in the hospital.

-What about Robert?

0:44:370:44:40

Robert can come, too.

0:44:400:44:43

Leslie, while you've been with Gina, has she suffered from any twitching

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or shaking - anything that you might describe as a fit?

0:44:500:44:53

No...I don't know.

0:44:530:44:55

How ill is she, Nurse?

0:44:570:44:59

There's a condition called pre-eclampsia,

0:44:590:45:01

which can affect pregnant women.

0:45:010:45:02

Once in a blue moon, it kicks in after Baby's been born.

0:45:020:45:06

Will she die?

0:45:070:45:09

There's plenty we can do to help her.

0:45:090:45:12

But the ambulance won't have the complete address,

0:45:120:45:14

I need you to go downstairs, wait outside and flag it down.

0:45:140:45:17

No! I'm not going to leave her!

0:45:170:45:19

-Leslie, we can't waste any time.

-I'm not going to leave my wife.

0:45:190:45:22

I don't want him to go! I don't want him to go.

0:45:220:45:26

Don't leave me, Leslie.

0:45:260:45:27

Right, Gina, you need a warm coat and something on your feet.

0:45:320:45:35

That's the ticket, kids. One foot in front of the other.

0:45:430:45:46

There you go.

0:45:480:45:50

Almost there, sweetheart.

0:45:510:45:53

GLASS SMASHES

0:45:580:46:00

Still in one piece, kids?

0:46:000:46:02

SHE RETCHES

0:46:020:46:04

She's being sick!

0:46:050:46:07

That's it. That's wonderful, Daisy.

0:46:090:46:13

SHE RETCHES

0:46:180:46:20

Come on, you lovebirds.

0:46:230:46:25

Save your courting...

0:46:320:46:35

Till we've got you safely in that ambulance.

0:46:350:46:38

Baby's turning, Daisy, it knows just what to do.

0:46:450:46:48

Like you do.

0:46:480:46:50

SHE EXHALES SHARPLY

0:46:510:46:53

That's perfect!

0:46:550:46:57

SHE LAUGHS

0:46:570:47:00

Can I hold it? Can I?

0:47:000:47:03

Just hold on one moment.

0:47:030:47:05

Sorry, little one. There we go.

0:47:050:47:08

-BABY CRIES

-Go on. You can pick her up now.

0:47:080:47:11

-Her?

-It's a little girl.

0:47:110:47:13

BABY GURGLES

0:47:150:47:17

Oh, don't cut it yet!

0:47:280:47:30

In a minute, then.

0:47:310:47:32

There's worse things than being completely part of someone,

0:47:370:47:41

being part of something bigger.

0:47:410:47:44

Even just for a little while.

0:47:450:47:48

But we know where we belong, don't we?

0:47:560:47:58

-Are you coming with us?

-Yes. I shall be following behind,

0:48:120:48:14

just to be on the safe side.

0:48:140:48:16

But you don't need me - you've got him.

0:48:160:48:19

You really have - and he knows how to take care of his family.

0:48:190:48:23

Yes, I do.

0:48:230:48:25

And I'm not going to leave her side.

0:48:250:48:27

That's what we like to hear, isn't it? Good lad.

0:48:270:48:30

Have you seen the state of the street outside?

0:48:370:48:40

Is it still impassable?

0:48:400:48:41

Suffice to say, if it hadn't have been

0:48:410:48:43

for two extremely helpful firemen, I wouldn't be here at all.

0:48:430:48:47

What's the situation with the maternity home?

0:48:470:48:49

No telephone and no electricity.

0:48:490:48:53

Of the three mothers who delivered overnight, Mrs Jones had forceps

0:48:530:48:56

and was transferred to St Cuthbert's this morning.

0:48:560:48:59

Mrs Wheatley and Mrs Mansoor and their babies were discharged,

0:48:590:49:02

because their homes still have power.

0:49:020:49:04

We'll add them to the morning's list.

0:49:040:49:06

Meanwhile, we must visit all our due and overdue mothers -

0:49:060:49:09

if there are any left - and make them aware that we're deprived

0:49:090:49:12

of telephony until further notice.

0:49:120:49:15

I saw your note about Gina Matlin.

0:49:150:49:17

Post-natal pre-eclampsia is so very rare.

0:49:170:49:20

When I left for London, she was poorly but stable

0:49:200:49:24

and her husband was camped outside her room.

0:49:240:49:27

So, all in all, there's every reason for optimism.

0:49:270:49:30

-Mind your noggin on that!

-Thank you, officer.

0:49:300:49:33

What's happened, Fred?

0:49:380:49:40

The railway signal blew down and took half the old wall with it.

0:49:400:49:43

-It's come down like a stack of dominoes.

-Was anyone hurt?

0:49:430:49:46

We don't think there's anyone underneath it.

0:49:460:49:49

Er, look, let's see if we can get you past and to your patients.

0:49:490:49:51

-Bob...

-WOMAN: All right, all right!

0:49:510:49:53

It's a pile of rubble, not the pyramids of Egypt.

0:49:530:49:57

Get a shovel and start clearing it.

0:49:570:49:59

-Anyone would think there'd never been a war.

-Sister!

0:49:590:50:03

Morning, Sister Julienne. Sister Mary Cynthia.

0:50:050:50:08

Meanwhile, I see Fred's been pillaging the dressing up box.

0:50:080:50:12

Where's a real ARP warden, when you need one?

0:50:120:50:15

Now, mind your step there!

0:50:150:50:17

No, thank you, I can see where I'm going.

0:50:170:50:19

Sister Evangelina, this really is a most extraordinary surprise.

0:50:190:50:24

Well, it wouldn't have been, if anyone had answered the telephone this morning!

0:50:240:50:28

The line was blown down in the gale.

0:50:280:50:31

And what are you doing about it?

0:50:310:50:33

I was just on my way to call in at the Post Office.

0:50:330:50:36

What ever happened to "Never Surrender?"

0:50:360:50:40

Excuse me! Excuse me!

0:50:400:50:42

Do you suppose she's back for good, or just for a visit?

0:50:420:50:46

We can only hope she intends to enlighten us.

0:50:460:50:49

Thank you.

0:50:550:50:56

That's that little problem ironed out.

0:50:560:50:58

Their line is still up and running -

0:50:580:51:01

the connection was protected by the railway bridge.

0:51:010:51:04

So, I've requisitioned their phone for the duration.

0:51:040:51:07

Fred, when you've finished saving the world,

0:51:080:51:12

-I shall be requiring my bicycle.

-Yes, Sister!

0:51:120:51:16

I shall be easing myself back in. No midwifery duties for a while.

0:51:170:51:21

I'll warm myself up on district work

0:51:220:51:25

before you let me loose on precious cargo.

0:51:250:51:29

It's so very, very good to have you back with us, Sister.

0:51:290:51:32

Well, what with one thing and another, it was about time.

0:51:320:51:36

There's only so much peace and quiet a soul can take.

0:51:360:51:40

In the end, it's like giving a plant too much water.

0:51:400:51:42

SHE SIGHS

0:51:420:51:44

An autoclave can only sterilise things

0:51:440:51:46

if they're properly cleaned beforehand.

0:51:460:51:48

It is a machine, not a magician.

0:51:480:51:51

Nevertheless, we still have power,

0:51:530:51:56

which is a blessing from above, if there ever was one!

0:51:560:51:59

"And, behold, I am with thee

0:52:020:52:06

"and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest

0:52:060:52:10

"and will bring thee again into this land..."

0:52:100:52:14

"..for I will not leave."

0:52:140:52:18

SHE LAUGHS

0:52:180:52:20

The Book of Genesis instead of Keats, indeed.

0:52:200:52:23

That gale must have blown some sense into you.

0:52:230:52:27

(Go and see if there's any cake in the tin.)

0:52:270:52:29

SHE LAUGHS

0:52:290:52:32

JENNIFER WORTH: 'For some, the high winds altered very little.

0:52:320:52:35

'The Blackers, with their healthy newborn,

0:52:350:52:38

'left London and headed North along straight waterways

0:52:380:52:42

'that hadn't changed in decades.'

0:52:420:52:44

-Bye.

-Aw, bye! Have a safe trip.

-'Sister Winifred arranged

0:52:440:52:48

'for the children's lessons to be sent to them and marked by post.

0:52:480:52:52

'It was something.

0:52:520:52:53

'Meanwhile, Leslie Matlin grew in strength,

0:52:550:52:59

'courage and love for his wife and child.

0:52:590:53:02

'For not every happiness is chosen. Some, like the harvest,

0:53:020:53:06

'simply have to be accepted.'

0:53:060:53:08

Sister, I was looking for you.

0:53:080:53:11

Another donation - five pounds of wormy apples -

0:53:110:53:13

and I am sorry to say - a marrow.

0:53:130:53:16

-I was hoping to ask you something.

-Mm-hm.

0:53:170:53:20

If it's about this contraceptive pill, all I've got to say is,

0:53:200:53:23

it's typical of Dr Turner. One sniff of a novelty medication,

0:53:230:53:27

he's off like a moggy with catmint.

0:53:270:53:29

I spent a great deal of time in prayer about it.

0:53:290:53:32

But, just now, the thing that worries me is you.

0:53:330:53:36

Why? I've never felt better!

0:53:380:53:41

I wish I could believe that. But it's not true, is it?

0:53:410:53:44

-I take it you mean this?

-Yes.

0:53:450:53:48

I had a stroke.

0:53:570:53:59

Two months after I left for the retreat.

0:54:010:54:04

Why didn't you let us know?

0:54:050:54:07

-We could've prayed for you, at the very least.

-I know.

0:54:070:54:10

But at the time, this was between me and Him.

0:54:100:54:13

I was much worse than this, I couldn't move my arm at all.

0:54:140:54:18

And you wouldn't have wanted to see me slurping my tea.

0:54:180:54:21

-Was your mouth affected, too?

-Yeah, mouth, speech - the full works.

0:54:210:54:25

I got all that back within six weeks,

0:54:250:54:29

even though, most of the time, I had nobody to practise with.

0:54:290:54:33

But I knew what He meant by it.

0:54:330:54:35

I'd gone to the silent order to learn to keep my peace

0:54:350:54:39

and He showed me.

0:54:390:54:42

Prayers aren't always answered the way one would hope, but...

0:54:420:54:47

They are generally answered.

0:54:470:54:50

And the answer He gave me was this -

0:54:510:54:56

when things change, we have to find a different way.

0:54:560:55:00

Now, whenever I do up a button, or a shoelace,

0:55:010:55:06

I'm reminded of the need to keep learning.

0:55:060:55:09

A reminder we all need, from time to time.

0:55:100:55:14

Nothing stays the same.

0:55:140:55:16

WE don't stay the same, ourselves.

0:55:160:55:20

And all the time, the world keeps on spinning faster.

0:55:200:55:24

# I love how your eyes close

0:55:370:55:41

-# Whenever you kiss me

-Ooh-ooh

0:55:410:55:46

# And when I'm away from you

0:55:460:55:50

# I love how you miss me

0:55:500:55:54

-# I love the way you always treat me tenderly...

-#

0:55:540:56:02

JENNIFER WORTH: 'Sometimes, there's a brightness

0:56:020:56:05

'and a richness in the moment.

0:56:050:56:07

'A ripeness that simply says, "Taste this"

0:56:080:56:12

'and calls us to partake without fear or any thought of punishment.

0:56:120:56:18

'It is the fruit of our experience

0:56:180:56:21

'and, in its heart, it bares the seed of all our hopes.'

0:56:210:56:26

# ..without being told to

0:56:260:56:30

# I love the way your touch is always heavenly

0:56:300:56:39

-# But, darling, most of all I love how you love me...

-#

0:56:390:56:43

'Take the joy, take all it gives.

0:56:430:56:48

'Life is sweet...

0:56:480:56:50

'..and it is ours.

0:56:510:56:54

'As is our right to love and relish every moment.'

0:56:540:57:00

# ..and when I'm away from you... #

0:57:000:57:03

They let her off the boat first because she's in the family way.

0:57:030:57:06

-We want to organise a wedding.

-I'd never had any dreams

0:57:060:57:09

-of a wedding day.

-I had - once upon a time.

0:57:090:57:13

There must've been more than just one or two cases!

0:57:130:57:16

I don't know how to put it right!

0:57:160:57:18

I just think she's lonely...

0:57:180:57:20

or heartbroken.

0:57:200:57:21

When I see Tom and Barbara together now,

0:57:210:57:23

I don't see what I might've had, I see what they have.

0:57:230:57:26

Babies are a two-handed job. I do not handle newborns any more.

0:57:260:57:31

# I love how you love me... #

0:57:310:57:34

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