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-Land of Milk and Honey

-London, February 1921

-Push!

-I can't, I tell you!

-'Course you can, dearie.

-PIERCING SCREAM

-Good evening.

-"Suffer the little children

-to come unto me...

-"..for to such belongs

-the kingdom of heaven."

-You're nearly there.

-You're nearly there.

-

-Thank... God!

-No!

-"The Lord is my shepherd,

-I shall not want.

-"He makes me lie down

-in green pastures.

-"He leads me beside still waters;

-"He restores my soul.

-"He leads me in paths of

-righteousness, for his name's sake.

-"For 'though I walk through

-the valley of the shadow of death,

-"I fear no evil,

-for thou art with me;

-"Thy rod and thy staff,

-they comfort me.

-"Thou preparest a table before me

-in the presence of my enemies;

-"Thou anointest my head with oil;

-"My cup overflows.

-"Surely goodness and mercy shall

-follow me all the days of my life;

-"And I shall dwell

-in the house of the Lord for ever."

-HYMN SINGING

-Welcome to the world, baby Ifan.

-Right, let's get the fire going.

-Right, let's get the fire going.

-

-Good lad, John.

-Steady with that firewood.

-We need it to last the whole week.

-I'll chop more tomorrow morning.

-You'll be too busy tomorrow

-to chop firewood.

-Must I keep telling you?

-"Firewood doesn't grow on trees!"

-Dat, it's freezing in this house.

-We'll all catch our deaths...

-Yes, if we don't get

-better organised.

-There you go, again!

-Are you suggesting

-I'm not pulling my weight?

-I'm suggesting nothing.

-I'm suggesting nothing.

-

-I'd say you are.

-I'll say this, too.

-I've had enough.

-I try my best, and work myself

-to the bone in this place.

-And all you do

-is moan and criticise!

-BABY CRYING

-You, sir...

-Would you keep me company

-during a short literary interval?

-Allow me to introduce myself.

-The Reverend Luther Lewis, BA, BD.

-Thrice, thrice-chaired

-eisteddfodic bard.

-Philistine!

-Don't mention it, Mrs Jenkins.

-I had a high regard

-for your sister-in-law.

-We'll see you at Sunday morning's

-service. God bless you.

-Well?

-Oh, yes. You want money, again.

-Oh, yes. You want money, again.

-

-Just a loan.

-Loans are for repaying.

-It's time you learnt that.

-Spare the sermon.

-Let your Aunt Grace treat you.

-Let your Aunt Grace treat you.

-

-Thank you!

-Don't be late. There's work to do,

-with your father and Jane away.

-What will I do with him?

-I know I'm lucky to have a son.

-You spoil him rotten.

-I have no son of my own,

-so I spoil my sister's boy!

-Good night, Luther.

-Good night Mrs Jenkins,

-Miss Morgan...

-Dat, I'm sorry.

-I'm sorry for the things I said.

-What's wrong with you two?

-Must you argue all the time?

-And not tonight of all nights.

-Not with Aunty Katie's coffin

-coming here.

-Ifan dear, we've enough worries

-without your endless arguing.

-It's arrived safely.

-Come as soon as possible.

-A-B-E-R-A-Y-R-O-N.

-Cardiganshire, Wales.

-Oh... don't put my name to it.

-Ffynnon Oer, baby Ifan.

-Brynarfor, Cardiganshire...

-That's where your home will be.

-You'll be a Welsh boy.

-I'd better go to bed.

-Fine. See you in the morning.

-Good night.

-We can't. Not here.

-Nor in bed,

-because Gwen sleeps in with us.

-And there's your mother and father

-listening in the next room.

-Anyway, what's the point?

-You're always too tired.

-Lizzie...

-Lizzie...

-

-It's true. I've had enough!

-Don't shout.

-Don't shout.

-

-We can't even argue properly.

-Things will get better.

-Work, work and more work.

-And nothing to show for it.

-It's high time things changed,

-do you understand?

-You do remember what you promised,

-don't you?

-Yes. I'll ask Uncle Isaac...

-And Uncle Robert.

-And Uncle Robert.

-

-Uncle Robert is a Harley Street

-doctor! He has no work for me.

-Our heritage is here!

-Our heritage is here!

-

-John!

-I'm going to London.

-You'll be disappointed.

-Life in London is no bed of roses.

-Life in London is no bed of roses.

-

-At least we'd have fun!

-It's high time we had

-some of that, isn't it?

-Thank you, Vera. Great night.

-Nice to see you, Fred.

-See you next week.

-Keep an eye on things up here.

-I'm going to check the other end.

-Having a good time, sir?

-Alright, Daniel.

-It's time you were going home.

-Your mother must be worried.

-'Mam' I call her, Vera.

-'Mam' I call her, Vera.

-

-And Miss Thornton they call me.

-Isn't that right, Jimmy?

-Sorry... Miss Thornton.

-I'll forgive you this time.

-Now go home like a good little boy.

-I'm on my way. And I'm a good boy,

-aren't I, Lily?

-I am such a good boy...

-..I am escorting Lily of the Valley

-home safe and sound.

-Right, off you go then.

-Now then, Blossom.

-Your turn.

-Good morning, Mrs Jenkins.

-'Morning, Isaac.

-Why are you on your own?

-Is Daniel ill?

-He hasn't come home, yet.

-He hasn't come home, yet.

-

-He's a funny one, your Daniel.

-You think so?

-And how am I going to get

-this milk cart out without him?

-With my help, Mrs Jenkins.

-Thanks, Isaac.

-Yes, he's a funny one

-right enough, Daniel.

-I'll pay you next time, Lily.

-Don't make me laugh!

-There won't be a next time, toerag!

-And the same to you too, you whore.

-Up yours, Lily.

-Same to the lot of you.

-Cabby! Cabby!

-'Bye!

-Dan! Dan, mate!

-Where have you been?

-I was...

-I was...

-

-Doesn't matter. Deliver this milk.

-I'll change first.

-I'll change first.

-

-There's no time. Go as you are.

-What am I going to do with him,

-Isaac?

-Let the little man grow up,

-Mrs Jenkins. Let him grow up.

-My Isaac and I work so hard,

-but Dan...

-Thanks for your help this morning.

-Thanks for your help this morning.

-

-We are neighbours, Mrs Jenkins.

-Good neighbours help each other.

-May heaven's grace ease the longing

-and mourning of the family...

-..of our departed sister,

-Mrs Katie Roberts.

-Her husband, Dr Robert Roberts...

-..Mr Isaac Jenkins, London...

-..Mr Ifan Jenkins, Ffynnon Oer -

-her brothers.

-Mrs Esther Jenkins,

-and the whole family.

-We ask this in the name of the

-Father, the Son and Holy Spirit.

-Amen.

-They've arrived home, then.

-Poor old Katie.

-We have the deepest sympathy

-for you and the family.

-Thank you, Bet.

-I have a telegram for you

-from London.

-Thank you, Bet.

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-HYMN SINGING

-"The grace of our Lord

-Jesus Christ...

-"..and the love of God, and

-the fellowship of the Holy Spirit...

-"..be with us all ever more. Amen."

-Caught you!

-You scoundrels!

-I'll get the police on you!

-I'll get you one of these days!

-I'll wring your dirty little necks!

-You have to watch them all the time

-or they steal everything.

-I was out the yard. I thought Dan...

-Wake up, lazybones!

-You're bone idle! A layabout!

-You're bone idle! A layabout!

-

-Alright, alright!

-Just wait until I tell your father!

-Just wait until I tell your father!

-

-Alright!

-Have you two finished arguing?

-He's bone idle, Grace.

-You look tired, too.

-Are you surprised?

-I've been up since five.

-Right, come for a walk.

-How can I?

-No arguing.

-A break will do you good.

-Fetch your coat,

-and I'll settle that lad. Go on!

-Esther, how long have you to go?

-Just a couple more weeks.

-I'd stay at home if I were you.

-You need to be so careful

-at your age.

-It's strange how funerals

-always bring families together.

-Ifan and Isaac haven't met since

-their father's funeral a year ago.

-That was the last time

-I saw poor Katie.

-Dr Roberts, may I have a word?

-How are things in London, Isaac?

-I hear you're making your fortune.

-Yes, indeed.

-I was just saying, families

-only meet at funerals these days.

-It's such a pity Annie and Dan

-couldn't be here. And Jane.

-Are they working in the Dairy?

-Yes, we're very busy these days.

-Thanks very much.

-That one would be perfect for you.

-Look at the price!

-No, Grace!

-Stop a moment, Ifan.

-I fancy stretching my legs.

-I'll walk back across the fields.

-Go along with him.

-Yes, why not? Isaac, wait!

-Will you join us, Robert?

-No, I'll go straight back

-to the house.

-This is where Katie

-fell and cut her head, remember?

-It certainly scared us -

-all the blood and her screaming.

-And the hiding Dat gave us.

-And the hiding Dat gave us.

-

-We deserved it.

-We could have killed her.

-Poor Katie.

-We never thought the youngest

-would die first.

-You don't realise how lucky

-you are, living here.

-I'd exchange places

-with you tomorrow.

-Give this up for London?

-No, no, thank you.

-Keep that realm of gold

-all to yourself, Isaac.

-Realm of gold!

-There's more gold in that sunset.

-Enough to pay off all our debts!

-Better days will come, Robert.

-It will be difficult at first,

-facing life without her.

-But remember one thing.

-Katie wouldn't want you to grieve.

-She'd want you to carry on living,

-wouldn't she?

-Yes, I suppose so.

-I enjoy telling people

-my brother's a millionaire.

-Get away!

-What do you tell your swank

-London friends about me?

-My brother's a rich landowner,

-dear friends.

-So you don't tell them Ffynnon Oer

-is just a tiny farm?

-Cold Well, Ifan. Cold Well.

-Just sixty acres of good land

-to support us.

-Difficult times, are they?

-Certainly not easy.

-Don't complain.

-You had the house and land.

-Reopening that old wound, again.

-Reopening that old wound, again.

-

-Not at all.

-Just as we said when Dat died -

-Ffynnon Oer was for you and Esther.

-You chose London, I chose to stay.

-Katie and I had no farming interest.

-Katie and I had no farming interest.

-

-Your only interest is making money.

-Ever since you were a boy.

-Now you own a thriving

-dairy business. You're rich.

-I'll say this.

-Don't think you had a poor lot.

-At least our Daniel

-had his grandfather's gold watch.

-Thank you very much.

-SHOP BELL

-SHOP BELL

-

-Oh, you're back.

-Yes, much the poorer,

-thanks to my dear sister!

-But much happier, Annie.

-Show him your new hat.

-Do you like it?

-Very nice.

-Very nice.

-

-Put it on.

-As I said, very nice.

-More tea?

-Pity Annie and Dan

-couldn't come along.

-No hope of that.

-You're fortunate to have Dan

-help with the business.

-Yes.

-Daniel Jenkins will make

-his fortune one day.

-Just like his father.

-Do you have any workers

-in the Dairy apart from Dan?

-Only Billy, but he's a lazy soul.

-We'll all be glad to see Jane back.

-How is Jane?

-She's had the baby.

-A telegram came this morning.

-Is she and the baby well?

-Is she and the baby well?

-

-We believe so.

-Good.

-We don't know whether

-it's a boy or girl.

-She just said, 'It's arrived'.

-Martha, go and check the cow.

-Marged Ann,

-help me clear the dishes.

-Martha and I are going to see them

-tomorrow.

-Why not come with Robert and I

-tonight?

-No. I prefer to travel in daylight.

-But we'll stay with you

-tomorrow night.

-I have an empty room now, too.

-You're all very kind.

-Jane should be back in the Dairy

-in a couple of days' time.

-If all is well, Isaac.

-How many times

-have I got to tell you?

-I don't want to hold him!

-I won't feed him!

-So take him away

-and leave me alone!

-So, are you still doing well

-at school, Morgan?

-Yes...

-..quite well.

-Do you still want to be a doctor?

-Do you still want to be a doctor?

-

-Yes.

-But he realises

-how difficult things are.

-We can't afford college fees.

-There are scholarships

-for clever boys like Morgan.

-I've said before,

-I'll help best I can...

-..put a word in for him.

-..put a word in for him.

-

-We can't. So let's leave it.

-Robert, you and Isaac

-have helped us so much already.

-Paying off our debts,

-Jane's nursing home fees...

-We agreed not to mention that.

-We wanted the best for Jane.

-What about you, John?

-And you, Lizzie...

-Things can't be easy for you here.

-Dat and Mam are doing their best.

-But Lizzie and I want our own home,

-to be independent.

-We want to go to London.

-That's what you're trying to say,

-isn't it, John?

-To look for the gold

-on the streets of London.

-I haven't seen any gold,

-and I've lived in London for years.

-There's plenty, if you look for it.

-Will you help us, Uncle Robert?

-Uncle Isaac?

-What's all this fuss, Seren?

-You're not the first cow

-ever to calve.

-Ah, Dr Morgan Jenkins is here.

-You're in safe hands, Seren.

-Don't make fun of me.

-Only pulling your leg. You talk

-so much about becoming a doctor.

-There's no chance of that.

-Dat just made that quite clear.

-Here's something

-towards the train fare.

-And give this to Jane.

-Robert, how can we ever repay you?

-I've told you time and again.

-You and Ifan, Isaac and Annie

-and your children...

-..you're the only family I have -

-what else is my money good for?

-There's work for you at the Dairy

-if you want it.

-Yes, please!

-I could even find you a house.

-But there's one thing I cannot do -

-persuade your parents.

-So, they're going to London.

-It's what they want.

-It's what they want.

-

-They have no other choice.

-Listen, Esther. Isaac and I plan

-to extend our business in London.

-We have our eyes on a place

-near Covent Garden.

-Another dairy?

-Another dairy?

-

-No, a cafe catering

-for market workers.

-We'll need staff. Dan's interested,

-but we'll need one or two others.

-And I'll need a housekeeper.

-Work for Martha or Marged Ann,

-maybe.

-We'll see.

-As I said, they'll probably have

-no other choice.

-As

-I

-said, we'll see.

-What's wrong?

-They're sending me to London.

-Don't be silly.

-Don't be silly.

-

-I heard them discussing it.

-How are you getting on?

-What is it?

-They're sending us to London -

-you and me.

-They're only talking about it.

-You knew?

-Yes.

-And you don't mind?

-It's just temporary.

-It's not the end of the world.

-Martha could be right.

-Martha could be right.

-

-But you want to go to London,

-to become a doctor!

-But I can't believe...

-But I can't believe...

-

-It would only be temporary.

-No. Once people go to London,

-they're there to stay.

-Terrible things happen there.

-Look at Jane!

-I can't live there.

-I'd rather die.

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-Someone's got out of bed

-the wrong side!

-That's just it -

-I've been up all night.

-Where's Dat?

-Where's Dat?

-

-In the cowshed.

-So this is where you're hiding.

-Aren't you coming to see us off?

-No. I'm tired of saying goodbye.

-Isaac and Robert last night.

-Today, you and your mother.

-Who'll be next?

-John, Lizzie and Gwen?

-How are you today, Seren?

-We had a difficult night,

-didn't we?

-But it was well worth it.

-Have a good journey.

-And take this shawl.

-Jane's baby should have it, now.

-Thank you, Lizzie.

-Oh, so you've come to say goodbye.

-This trap comes and goes

-like the New Quay bus.

-Morgan, look after the calf.

-Right. He's a strong calf.

-Yes, it should fetch a good price.

-Yes, it should fetch a good price.

-

-It's too young to leave its mother.

-Ffynnon Oer girls

-are too soft-hearted to be farmers.

-Then I have a problem.

-My sons don't want to farm.

-Give them my regards.

-And come back safely.

-Yes, Mrs Bowles. Mr Roberts

-will definitely be back tomorrow.

-He specifically asked me to tell

-you he'll be seeing you as agreed.

-Yes, he's getting over

-the bereavement very well.

-Yes, a terrible tragedy.

-Yes, I'll tell him. Goodbye.

-Are you quite sure

-about starting work tomorrow?

-Can you cope with Mrs Bowles?

-Yes, of course. Life must go on.

-Right, I'll be on my way.

-See you in the morning.

-Indeed, Robert will

-find it difficult at first.

-I know that from my own painful

-experience of losing my wife.

-Welcome back from the country.

-I hear everything went well.

-I'm sure it was good to see the

-family, despite the sad occasion.

-I was just telling Mrs Jenkins,

-I intend calling on Robert.

-I hope to offer him

-some comfort.

-Welcome home, Doctor.

-Mrs Jenkins!

-Hello, how are you?

-I'm very well.

-I'm very well.

-

-I didn't know you were expecting.

-When is the big day?

-When is the big day?

-

-In a week or two.

-I'll see you again.

-I'll see you again.

-

-Right. Goodbye.

-I hope everything goes well for you.

-We'll see you the day after

-tomorrow, John.

-'Bye, John.

-Goodbye.

-Why don't you make yourself

-at home, Doctor?

-You must be tired

-after your long journey.

-I think you need

-some very special treatment, Doctor.

-Have a good journey.

-Oh, Bobby!

-This is more comfortable

-than the Lampeter Express!

-What is it?

-What is it?

-

-Be quiet! It's Mrs Hughes, again.

-I'll see you.

-When?

-When?

-

-As soon as possible.

-Tomorrow?

-Maybe not.

-I need to catch up on my work.

-We have to be careful,

-you know, Vera.

-I'm newly bereaved.

-I have to act the part.

-I'll contact you in a day or two.

-You do that, Doctor.

-I'll be waiting.

-Jane, how are you?

-Fine.

-How are you, Martha?

-I'm fine, thank you.

-You have a pretty baby.

-Mam, I want to talk.

-Fine.

-Jane?

-What's his name?

-Ifan.

-After his grandfather.

-So, you are young Ifan?

-How are you, Ifan?

-How many times must I tell you?

-I can't say who he is!

-But he's the baby's father.

-He has a responsibility to his son!

-Why are you harping on about it?

-I told you right from the start -

-the man means nothing to me.

-He has no claim to the baby.

-You've changed your mind,

-haven't you?

-I thought we'd agreed what to do

-months ago.

-I only want what's best

-for the boy, and yourself.

-Oh, Mam!

-There we are, then.

-I have no choice.

-I'll have to go back to work,

-to avoid those wagging tongues.

-But young Ifan must have fair play.

-Fair play?

-Fair play?

-

-Food, clothing...

-Love!

-He'll have plenty of that, Jane.

-As much as I and everyone else

-at Ffynnon Oer can give him.

-Martha and I will fetch him

-tomorrow morning...

-..and take him home safely with us.

-Back to Ffynnon Oer.

-Maybe one day, Ifan,

-you'll understand.

-Maybe you'll forgive me.

-Perhaps we can be together

-some day.

-Because I'm your mother.

-No-one else.

-You're mine.

-You remember that.

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