0:01:10 > 0:01:13# Hark! The herald angels sing
0:01:13 > 0:01:17# Glory to the newborn King
0:01:17 > 0:01:21# Peace on earth and mercy mild
0:01:21 > 0:01:25# God and sinners reconciled
0:01:25 > 0:01:29# Joyful, all ye nations rise
0:01:29 > 0:01:33# Join the triumph of the skies
0:01:33 > 0:01:37# With th'angelic host proclaim
0:01:37 > 0:01:41# Christ is born in Bethlehem
0:01:41 > 0:01:45# Hark! The herald angels sing
0:01:45 > 0:01:49# Glory to the newborn King
0:01:49 > 0:01:53# Hail the heav'n born Prince of Peace
0:01:53 > 0:01:57# Hail the Sun of Righteousness
0:01:57 > 0:02:01# Light and life to all He brings
0:02:01 > 0:02:05# Ris'n with healing in His wings... #
0:02:28 > 0:02:31- Oh. This is very kind of you. - It's a privilege.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- Which way are you going? - Over there. The Mutual Building.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51- My doctor is in there. I have hopes.- Fine.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53- I'm all right now. - Good luck to you.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57- Thank you. Merry Christmas to you. - Merry Christmas.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Mother, please lift me up! Please.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21All right then. Just for a minute.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Look at that doll. Look at the funny choo choo train.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Come on now, darling. We have to go.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Oh, my baby! Oh, my baby!
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Oh, my baby. Oh, you saved her.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Oh, thank God you saved my baby. How can I ever thank you?
0:03:44 > 0:03:48- Don't try. Just don't let it happen again.- I promise I won't.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50- Remember that. Now on your way. - Yes.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37< It closely resembles its noble cousin, the California red fir.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41It's botanically dissimilar. Pay me heed, Maggenti.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45This is a specimen of the white fir, the Abies concolor.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Surely you, a native Roman, know your Latin?
0:04:47 > 0:04:49You wanna buy or not?
0:04:51 > 0:04:55- Well, if it isn't my dear, beautiful Julia.- Hello, Professor.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59- What are you doing in this part of town?- Buying a Christmas tree.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01- Hello, Mr Maggenti.- Mrs Brougham.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04How much do you charge for this miserable weed?
0:05:04 > 0:05:08- 1.85. - 1.85! For this half hearted twig?
0:05:08 > 0:05:12I shall pay you ten cents a branch or take my trade elsewhere.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17- What can I do for you, Mrs Brougham? - You can save me that tree.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- The big one right by the door.- OK.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Every Christmas for the past 18 years,
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Maggenti and I have been re-enacting the same argument.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29I didn't know you celebrated Christmas. I thought you had no religion.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32That's true, my dear, but I like to have a Christmas tree
0:05:32 > 0:05:34because it reminds me of my childhood.
0:05:34 > 0:05:39I feel, for some reason, that this is a good time of year for looking backwards.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Can you imagine me ever having been a child?
0:05:42 > 0:05:46How's Henry? I haven't seen him for some time.
0:05:46 > 0:05:47Oh, he's well, thank you.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51He's terribly tired and worried.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Is he having difficulty raising money for the cathedral?
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Yes. It's slow work.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02- How's your book coming? - Oh, splendidly.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06Greatest history of Rome since Gibbon. But, of course, nobody will read it.
0:06:06 > 0:06:11Now, my good man, I do not choose to prolong this tawdry bickering any further.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14All right. Ten cents a branch.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20- It's 1.40. - Very well, my venal friend.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Here is your blood money.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Mr Maggenti, will you send the tree up on Christmas Eve?
0:06:25 > 0:06:28- But I don't want my daughter to see it.- Don't worry.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31I send it when the bambino goes to bed. Merry Christmas.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35- Merry Christmas! - Merry Christmas! Come on.
0:06:42 > 0:06:47There's something I'd like you to give Henry for his cathedral fund.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51That has been my lucky piece, not that it's brought me luck, except knowing you.
0:06:51 > 0:06:57It's an old Roman coin. I picked it up years ago in Brindisi. It has little value.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00- It's a wonderful contribution. - Nonsense.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05It might be called the "widow's mite" if it weren't for the fact that I'm not a widow.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10Why, Julia, this is no occasion for tears.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12It's stopped snowing.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16If only we could spend Christmas back here where we were so happy.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20- With you and all of our old friends.- Now, now, now.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Good night, Professor. I'll see you again very soon.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28It can't be soon enough. Good night, Julia.
0:07:36 > 0:07:41Why, Professor! How fine to see you again after all these years. How well you look.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44- How are you?- Never better. And you? - Quite well also, thank you.
0:07:47 > 0:07:52- I don't think you remember me. - Of course I do. Where did we meet?
0:07:52 > 0:07:56- Professor, after all these years... - Just a moment.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59- It wasn't Vienna, was it? - Beautiful old Vienna.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02The university. When I was lecturing there on Roman history.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06And what great lectures they were. And what a one you were with the ladies.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Fancy you remembering that.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11- I must confess, I had my moments. - And still have.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14- Where are you going?- That car.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18I couldn't help noticing your tender parting from Julia.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21- You know Julia? - In a way, yes.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23- Poor child. - She's unhappy?
0:08:24 > 0:08:28- When were you in Vienna? - Oh, I've been there many times.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32I'm interested in Julia and Henry. What seems to be their trouble?
0:08:32 > 0:08:36I never see Henry any more. He has no time for riffraff like me.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39He now consorts with the vulgar rich, like Mrs Hamilton.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43You know she had me fired from the university here? Said I was a radical.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48I, who have never taken any interest in politics since the death of Nero.
0:08:48 > 0:08:53Look at that. Henry's old church, perishing from neglect.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59- It's such a nice little church. - Too little, I'm afraid.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02It can't stand up against the march of progress.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Well, I must be pushing on.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06- Delighted to have seen you. - A pleasure.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09We must have a drink to those old days in Vienna.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11By all means!
0:09:12 > 0:09:15- Good evening, Professor. - Oh, Pat?
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Have you any idea who that man is?
0:09:17 > 0:09:20No. He's a stranger to me.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32- Good evening.- Good evening, Matilda. Hello, Queenie.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34- Is Debby in bed yet?- Yes, ma'am.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Mrs Hamilton and the committee are in there with the bishop.
0:09:37 > 0:09:42The dinner's been waiting a long time. We didn't know what to do about it.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46- We'll have dinner as soon as they leave.- But what about the chicken?
0:09:46 > 0:09:50Don't worry about it, Matilda, please. Thank you.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Oh, Matilda. My bag.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Thank you.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Oh, I'm terribly sorry I'm so late.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10Good evening, Mrs Hamilton. I was delayed Christmas shopping.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14Good evening, Mr Perry, Mrs Trumbull. Hello, Mrs Ward.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16I hope you've been having a good meeting.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20We have not. I've never in my life encountered such fuzzy thinking.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- Do you think we've made any progress? - No.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27- Mr Perry was about to tell us something.- Merely a suggestion.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29If Mrs Hamilton approves, we can place
0:10:29 > 0:10:33the George B Hamilton Memorial Chapel here on the north east.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36It will be out of sight there. I won't stand for it.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Mrs Hamilton, this cathedral cannot be designed for the glory of an individual.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44- It has to be created for all the people.- I'm very displeased at your attitude.
0:10:44 > 0:10:49I was instrumental in making you Bishop, although others thought you too young.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53- Is that an exaggeration? - Oh, yes, Mrs... I mean, no.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- You were the guiding spirit. - I distinctly remember...
0:10:56 > 0:11:00I had confidence in you when you were a poor little parson in the slums.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02I confess my confidence is weakened.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04I regret I've been a disappointment.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Regrets are no good whatsoever.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10You give me the impression of being confused, indecisive and ineffectual.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13That is not the kind of leadership we expect of our bishop.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15You'd better remember one thing.
0:11:15 > 0:11:20You will build that cathedral as I want it or you will not build it at all.
0:11:20 > 0:11:21That's all I have to say.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25- Someone get this dog out of the way.- Julia?
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Queenie.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32- Goodbye, Mrs Hamilton. - Good evening, Mrs Brougham.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35- Good evening, Mrs Brougham. - Good evening, Mrs Brougham.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49- Can we serve dinner now? - Yes, Matilda.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52- The chicken will be burned to a crisp.- We'll be right in.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00Julia, you knew Mrs Hamilton was expected this afternoon.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02I know, Henry. I'm sorry I was late.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05What a ghastly afternoon. What a ghastly woman.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08I have no intention of being strangled by her purse strings.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10I was proud of you.
0:12:10 > 0:12:15I had a most un-Christian impulse to give her a good whack over the... mink coat.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17I thought you stood up to her magnificently.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21I appreciate your appreciation, but what about my cathedral?
0:12:21 > 0:12:23May I make a suggestion, Henry?
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Why not postpone the cathedral till after Christmas?
0:12:26 > 0:12:31Impossible. The house of God can't be put off. This cathedral must rise.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Plenty of rich people in this town.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36I'll have to take advantage of their Yuletide spirit.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38I can see it all now.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42The McWhirters, the Hornes, the Van Deusens, the lunches, the meetings
0:12:42 > 0:12:44and you there flattering them.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- Kowtowing to them, begging. - It's got to be done.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Oh, Henry. If you could see your poor harassed face.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54- You haven't done very much to help it.- Miss Cassaway, what is it?
0:12:54 > 0:12:58- Mr Trevor on the phone, Bishop. - Tell him the bishop will call him back.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Yes, Mrs Brougham.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06Henry, what's happened to you? What's happened to our marriage?
0:13:06 > 0:13:09We used to have such fun, you and Debby and I.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12We used to be happy and make other people happy.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16Henry, that was your gift. You're no financier or promoter.
0:13:16 > 0:13:21Julia, I want this cathedral to stand like a great beacon. I want its light...
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Oh, never mind. Keep that for your next committee meeting.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34- Here's a contribution I collected. - What's that?
0:13:34 > 0:13:38It's an old Roman coin. Professor Wutheridge sent it. Wasn't that sweet?
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Old fool. What does he think I can do with that?
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Well, it's a beginning.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Now all you need is another four million.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Julia, don't be flippant about this!
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- Is dinner ready?- Yes.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Let's go in and get it over with. I have a lot of work to do.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10For what we are about to receive, may the Lord make us truly thankful. Amen.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39- Julia?- Yes?
0:14:40 > 0:14:44I was just thinking...tomorrow maybe we could go out together.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49- Where?- Well, just walk around the way we used to.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53We could go and call on the professor,
0:14:53 > 0:14:58go to the park and watch the skaters, that sort of thing.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Maybe we could have lunch together. At Michel's. Do you remember that?
0:15:02 > 0:15:07Michel's. Oh, it's been years since we've been there.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Forgive me. I've been trying to explain to Mr Trevor,
0:15:12 > 0:15:14but he insists upon speaking to you personally, Bishop.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Excuse me, darling.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25Matilda, keep the soup warm. The bishop's been called to the phone.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28- And we'll be out for lunch tomorrow.- Yes, ma'am.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Of course, Mr Trevor. Yes, but...
0:15:34 > 0:15:39I appreciate your difficulties, but... Very well. I'll be there.
0:15:39 > 0:15:4210.30 tomorrow morning, then on to the board meeting.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45All right. Yes. Goodbye.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50Mr Trevor's office, 10.30, then the board meeting in the Banker's Club at 11.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54- Yes, sir. Tomorrow. Thursday. - You might as well go home.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57- But there's a great deal to do. - You must be tired.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01Thank you. Don't forget tomorrow you speak at the Junior Assembly.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03- What time is that?- One o'clock.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07You made the appointment over a month ago.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10- Good night, Bishop.- Good night.
0:16:20 > 0:16:21Oh, God, what am I to do?
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Can't you help me? Can't you tell me?
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Oh, God, please help me.
0:16:43 > 0:16:44DOOR CLOSES
0:16:47 > 0:16:48Yes?
0:17:07 > 0:17:09- Good evening.- Good eve...
0:17:10 > 0:17:14- What can I do for you? - That isn't the question.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Well, what is the...?
0:17:16 > 0:17:18What can I do for you?
0:17:19 > 0:17:23I must ask you to telephone my secretary. I'm in the middle of dinner.
0:17:23 > 0:17:29I know, Henry. Your soup will keep warm. You asked for help.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33I? I... Who told you I asked for help?
0:17:33 > 0:17:38Well, you were known to be a good man, Henry, and you were heard.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41I was instructed to come here in answer to your prayer.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44- Who are you?- I'm an angel.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48- I beg your pardon?- I'm an angel.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52- No wings at the moment, but... - You're an angel.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55I knew it. I've been working too hard.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02I understand, Henry. It's hard to believe, even for you.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06I'm not one of the more important angels.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10I just happen to be assigned to this district temporarily.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13You see, we're everywhere, helping people who deserve to be...
0:18:15 > 0:18:17..to be helped.
0:18:17 > 0:18:22As you're walking through the city, you may look into a strange face.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25It may be the face of a murderer or it may be the face of an angel.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31You have some problems with the building of this cathedral?
0:18:31 > 0:18:34- Yes.- It's a fine cathedral.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Ought to look magnificent up there on top of Sanctuary Hill.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46Well, Henry. Do you believe I am what I say I am?
0:18:46 > 0:18:49How can I? I've only got your word for it.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52But you're a bishop. You can trust the word of an angel.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54I'd like to.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57What do you propose to do?
0:18:57 > 0:18:59- Perform a miracle? - If necessary.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03Why don't you? Create the cathedral with one wave of your hand.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07- How would you explain it? - Well, I...
0:19:07 > 0:19:11Tell the world you're being visited by an angel? You can't do that.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17Henry, is anything wrong? I...
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- Oh. I'm sorry. I didn't know you had...- Julia. If you don't mind...
0:19:20 > 0:19:24How do you do, Julia? I'm Dudley.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Henry is engaging me to help him with his work.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30- You're going to be his assistant? - That's it.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33I'm going to help Henry to rest and get some relaxation.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36- That's what I've been praying for. - You too?
0:19:36 > 0:19:40Henry, I'm so relieved. Isn't it wonderful you've found someone to help?
0:19:40 > 0:19:42- Yes, but... - Where do you come from?
0:19:42 > 0:19:44- All around. - Yes. But where?
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Julia, to tell you the truth, he says that he's an a...
0:19:47 > 0:19:51I've been doing some social service work down town.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Now you'll be with Henry permanently?
0:19:53 > 0:19:55For as long as may be necessary.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58Julia, if you don't mind, I must talk to this gentleman alone.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00I'll see you in a moment.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03We were just having dinner. Won't you join us?
0:20:03 > 0:20:07That's very kind of you, but I have a number of things to do.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10You can understand, Henry. So many people making mistakes.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13- Yes. I see. - Then we'll see you tomorrow?
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- Oh, yes. Bright and early.- Good.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20Whenever you're ready, Henry. Good night, Dudley.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Good night, Julia.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Are you sure you're an angel?
0:20:30 > 0:20:33I know it isn't easy, but you've got to take me on faith.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- Yes, but for how long? - For just long enough.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40Until you can utter another prayer and say that you have no further need of me.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Then I'll be gone and forgotten.
0:20:42 > 0:20:47But now Julia's waiting for you at the dining table. You must go to her.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Yes.
0:20:53 > 0:20:54But I don't...
0:21:35 > 0:21:38- Henry?- Yes? - What's the rest of Dudley's name?
0:21:40 > 0:21:42- I don't know.- Oh.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Are you nervous, dear?
0:21:53 > 0:21:54No.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14- The bishop didn't eat his breakfast. - No. He took only his prune juice.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Prune juice? Is he sick?
0:22:16 > 0:22:19He looked perfectly awful. He said he had a very bad sleepless night.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25Passing up a breakfast like that. It just ain't normal.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Nobody expects him to be normal. He's a bishop.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44- Could I get you something, sir? - No, thank you, Matilda.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48- Maybe just a cup of tea? - Nothing, thank you.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52- Good morning, Miss Cassaway. - Good morning, Bishop.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Did anything come in for the Cathedral Fund?
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Mr and Mrs J Thurston Ward. No contribution.
0:22:58 > 0:23:03- Mrs Gerald Wilmarth. 15. - 15? We had her down for 10,000.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06There's a letter explaining that this year...
0:23:06 > 0:23:09I know. The same letter they all write.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12I've put your personal mail on the desk. The rest I'm taking to the office.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14I'll be there after the meetings.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41Oh. Matilda, I think there's someone at the door.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Yes, sir.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Good morning, Matilda. I'm Dudley, the bishop's new assistant.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Good morning, Henry. I'm afraid I'm a little late,
0:23:51 > 0:23:56but I stopped to chat to a traffic policeman who was worried about his wife.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00Thank you, dear. So I directed the traffic while he telephoned the hospital.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04- I see. - She's doing fine. So's the baby.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08Why, you must be Mildred Cassaway. How do you do?
0:24:08 > 0:24:11- How do you do? - We're going to be working together.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14That's very nice. Oh, thank you.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19- Thank you very much. - See you later, Mildred.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23Well. Ready for duty. Completely at your service.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33- No, no. I feel that...- No.
0:24:37 > 0:24:42- Good morning, Julia.- Good morning, Dudley. It's a lovely day.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45- Lovely. - Henry and I are going out.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49- I'm sorry, but I have some appointments.- You what?
0:24:49 > 0:24:53There's Mr Trevor, then the board meeting and the Junior Assembly.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55- But, Henry, you promised. - I know I did.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59Well, Dudley could represent you at those meetings, couldn't he?
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Could I?
0:25:01 > 0:25:06No. They expect me. It would never do if I sent an an...assistant.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Excuse me.
0:25:12 > 0:25:13Now...
0:25:16 > 0:25:17Oh.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23- The trouble is I can't explain. - You needn't try to explain.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26This is the way it is and the way it will always be.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28We've just got to get used to it, that's all.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32I'll tell Matilda she can have the day off and I'll take care of Debby.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48I see that Mrs George B Hamilton has pledged 1 million,
0:25:48 > 0:25:51- but has not yet sent her cheque. - Never mind.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54That's work for a book keeper, not an ange... Work for a book keeper.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58Aha. So you're beginning to believe in me?
0:25:58 > 0:26:01I don't know who you are, where you came from or who sent you.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03I just wish you'd make haste.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Because the cathedral must be built?
0:26:05 > 0:26:08That's the most important thing.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Or because Julia must be happy?
0:26:10 > 0:26:14It's going to be difficult to help you until I'm sure what you want.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18Well, I've got the... Then there's... Oh.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36Would you mind telling me what you intend to do now?
0:26:36 > 0:26:40This card index file is in an awful mess. I'll reorganise it.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42You're wasting time on unimportant details.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46Nothing's unimportant. We are interested even in the lowliest sparrow.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38- Hello, Debby.- Are you Dudley?
0:27:38 > 0:27:42- Yes. How did you know? - Mummy told me.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44She said you came to help Daddy.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48- That's right. - Mummy said you were very nice.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51Well, that's extremely kind of Mummy.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55Mummy said that maybe with you here we will get to see Daddy sometimes.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59- Maybe we will.- That'll be enough out of you, Debby.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01I asked Matilda to put your lunch on a tray.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05- Thank you, Julia. I'll get along very well.- I'm sure you will. Come on.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09- Goodbye, Dudley. - Bye-bye, Debby.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11- Goodbye.- Bye.
0:28:17 > 0:28:18Oh.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58- Oh. Thank you, Matilda. - Aren't you going to wear a hat?
0:28:58 > 0:29:01- I never use one. - It's very cold out.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05- Oh, the cold never affects me. - I think you should wear this.
0:29:05 > 0:29:10I bought it for the bishop last Christmas, but he's never worn it.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14It's a lovely scarf. I'm sure the bishop will appreciate it when he sees it on me.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17- Thank you. Goodbye.- Bye.
0:29:23 > 0:29:24Goodbye.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40- What's the matter, honey? - They don't want me.
0:29:40 > 0:29:44- Why not?- I guess I'm too little or something.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47Oh. Now, now.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50Why, that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53Why, Dudley.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55Come on, Debby. We'll show them how wrong they are.
0:30:03 > 0:30:08Hey, fellas. Hey, fellas! Who's the head man around here?
0:30:08 > 0:30:10- I am.- I am.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15- What's the idea of this game?- This isn't a game. This is a battle.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18We attack the fort and they try to defend it. See?
0:30:18 > 0:30:21I see. Well, this young lady would like to get into it.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24Who, her? She can't fight. Her father's a bishop.
0:30:24 > 0:30:29What difference does it make? Are you high hat? You like her on your team?
0:30:29 > 0:30:33She couldn't throw a snowball as far as I could spit.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39Oh, couldn't she? Come on, Debby. You show them what you can do.
0:30:39 > 0:30:44- But it's true. I can't throw. - Nonsense. Of course you can.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48Pack it tight, put it in that hand, throw the arm back, aim it and let it go.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54- Hey!- Beautiful! A bull's-eye.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57She pitched a curve. Did you see that?
0:30:58 > 0:31:02Come on, kid. You're in our army. We've broken their morale.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Charge!
0:31:09 > 0:31:12- Will she get hurt? - Probably, but she'll love it.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14- May I?- Surely.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19Dudley, what are you doing out here?
0:31:19 > 0:31:22I'm just admiring the scenery.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24But aren't you supposed to be working?
0:31:24 > 0:31:28I always take a walk before lunch. A good idea relaxing.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32- Oh. I wish you could persuade Henry to do that.- I'll try.
0:31:33 > 0:31:38By the way, I told Miss Cassaway to go home and Delia not to bring me a tray.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40What will you do about lunch?
0:31:41 > 0:31:44I thought I'd go to Michel's. Ever heard of it?
0:31:44 > 0:31:46Michel's. That's a lovely place.
0:31:46 > 0:31:50We used to go there. That was years ago.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52Well, how about you and I going there today?
0:31:52 > 0:31:56You and...? To Mich...? Oh, no, I couldn't.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59Why not? Surely you don't think Henry would mind?
0:31:59 > 0:32:03- I'd explain to him that we just... - No, it isn't that, but...
0:32:03 > 0:32:05Matilda's off Christmas shopping so I have to look after Debby.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10Well, here's Matilda now.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17- Hello. If you wish... Oh, hello. - Hello.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20- If you wish, I'll take Debby home. - But, Matilda, your shopping...
0:32:20 > 0:32:24I finished it. I finished it so quick, it was just like a miracle.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27Mummy! We won!
0:32:27 > 0:32:31Oh, Debby, that's wonderful! Congratulations.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35- Come on! We're giving out the medals.- Put up your hood, dear.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50- Madam, welcome.- Oh, Michel.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53- It's been a long time. - Much too long.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55- But you know my husband's work.- Yes.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58He doesn't come to see us any more, but we understand.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00We understand. This way, please.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09- Is this satisfactory, monsieur? - Fine, thank you.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14- Friends of yours?- Yes.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16They're members of the Cathedral Committee.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19- Madam. Monsieur. - No, thank you, Michel.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21Julia, don't bother to look through that.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24Michel, just bring us the best lunch you can think of.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26I see monsieur is a gourmet.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29Perhaps you would be interested in a guinea hen a-la-Michel?
0:33:29 > 0:33:33- J'ai les truffles Francaises. Exquise!- Je prefere les Italiennes.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36Prefere les Italiennes? Quel sacrilege!
0:33:36 > 0:33:39Please, Michel, let's leave heaven out of this.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43Je prefere les Italiennes surtout pas de cayenne, du paprika.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45Du paprika? Du paprika.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47You speak French beautifully.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50I've had quite a bit of work to do in Paris.
0:33:52 > 0:33:57- Dudley, I've been wondering about you.- Wondering about me? Why?
0:33:57 > 0:34:00You know so much. Makes me feel uncomfortable.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Well, in that case, I'm sorry I learned anything.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05But I'm glad you knew about Michel.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10Oh, it's so nice to be back here again. So nice.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14You have memories of this place, Julia?
0:34:14 > 0:34:18- Did you and Henry come here often? - Yes.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21This is where we became engaged to be married.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25Ah. Then I can understand why you love it.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29- Oh, hello.- Pardon me.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32Thank you. What about that?
0:34:33 > 0:34:36My. Would you care to have your palm read?
0:34:36 > 0:34:39Oh, no, thank you. Would you?
0:34:39 > 0:34:41No, thanks. I know too much about myself as it is.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44You are different. I know so little about myself.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Really? May I look at your hand?
0:34:46 > 0:34:50- Can you do that too? - It's not too difficult.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52- You can read the future? - Within limits.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55He's holding her hand.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59Well, what do you see?
0:34:59 > 0:35:03Well, I never noticed. Your eyes are green.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09I see a great deal of happiness. I see a woman who's adored.
0:35:10 > 0:35:11I see a rich, full life.
0:35:13 > 0:35:18- Do you see Henry's new cathedral? - No. There's a fuzziness about that.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20- Oh. And Debby? - No need to worry about her.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25Just thinking. The world changes but two things remain constant.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29- What?- Youth and beauty.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32They're really one and the same thing.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36- Yes. The trouble is people grow old.- Not everybody.
0:35:36 > 0:35:40The only people who grow old were born old to begin with.
0:35:40 > 0:35:44You were born young. You'll remain that way.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47- Oh, I wish I could believe you. - You may.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52You haven't looked at my hand once.
0:35:52 > 0:35:56I never know what to make of you. I never know whether you're joking or serious.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59I'm at my most serious when I'm joking.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07Excuse me, Julia. Gotta do something about that.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12Do forgive me coming to your table. My name is Dudley.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15I believe you're all friends of Julia's. Would you care to join us?
0:36:15 > 0:36:19- Oh, no, thank you. - Well, join us for some coffee?
0:36:19 > 0:36:22How about that? Do come over. Julia would be delighted.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24- All right. - Well, that'd be lovely.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27- That's very nice. - Just over here.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33Hello, Mrs Caster. How are you? Nice to see you.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36Hello. How are you?
0:36:36 > 0:36:39Michel, bring us three Benedictines.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43- No, no. Make it three Stingers. - Oui, monsieur.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Julia?
0:36:52 > 0:36:54Julia!
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Julia!
0:36:57 > 0:37:00- Matilda, is lunch ready? - We thought you were out for lunch.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03I cancelled my appointment. Is Mrs Brougham home?
0:37:03 > 0:37:06- Debby's here, sir. - And Mrs Brougham?
0:37:06 > 0:37:09Why, sir, she went out to lunch with Mr Dudley.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13- With Dudley?- Why, yes, sir.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16I thought you knew, sir.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18Yes, of course.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23DOOR SLAMS
0:37:34 > 0:37:37That's awful. Merry Christmas.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41Santa Claus doesn't really look like that.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44- You know Santa Claus? - Certainly. Nice chap.
0:37:44 > 0:37:50You must tell Debby about him. She's just beginning to be a little bit doubtful.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58- You like that hat? - Yes, I'm crazy about it.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02- Well, let's go in and buy it. - Oh, no, I couldn't.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05- Why, it's much too... - Too what? Too attractive?
0:38:05 > 0:38:08- My old friend, the professor. - Hello, Professor.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12- Julia! Are you with this man? - Yes, of course. It's Dudley.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15The professor knows me well. University of Vienna.
0:38:15 > 0:38:19I've been thinking about that. I don't believe you've ever been to Vienna.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21He always pretends he's never seen me before.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24I don't know who he is, but I don't trust him.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27- Professor, he's Henry's new assistant.- Oh.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30- You know this fellow? - Of course I do.
0:38:30 > 0:38:35Well, in that case, how about dropping in for a bit of Yuletide cheer?
0:38:35 > 0:38:40No, no. I have to go home. I... Well, perhaps just for a few minutes.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Good. Come along.
0:38:47 > 0:38:52There's a little sherry left. It's rather inferior grade, but potable.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Professor, I see you're a religious man.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58- What makes you think that? - You have an angel on your tree.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00Julia gave me that years ago.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03- Your tree is beautiful. - It's disgraceful.
0:39:03 > 0:39:07However, it gives me the illusion of peace on Earth, goodwill toward men.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10- To a charming lady.- Lovely.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12- You've noticed? - Isn't it remarkable that you have?
0:39:12 > 0:39:16Remarkable? When you want to know about a woman, ask the old men.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18They know.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23Why don't you show us the manuscript of your book?
0:39:23 > 0:39:25- My book?- Yes.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29- Oh, no, no.- You're writing one?- Yes.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36- You didn't know? - You didn't tell me.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38I described that book in detail
0:39:38 > 0:39:41at the lectures I gave at the University of Vienna.
0:39:41 > 0:39:46All my pupils heard me. Now I'm certain this fellow's an impostor.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49That book? I thought you'd finished that years ago.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53I'll tell you... I'll tell you about my book.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55For 20 years, I've been talking about it
0:39:55 > 0:39:58and promising the publishers it'll be delivered next spring.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02The funny part is that I haven't written one word.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04- Not one word.- Why not?
0:40:04 > 0:40:07I couldn't think of anything original to say.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11Just the same old monotonous history. Dry as dust.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16That's the whole story of my life. Frustration.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20It's a chronic disease and it's incurable.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Once I was madly...
0:40:31 > 0:40:34Once I was madly in love with a girl.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39My friends, she was a vision of delight. A pure enchantress.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42- You never told me about it. - That's the trouble.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46I never told her about it either. I couldn't find the words.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49So she married an athlete.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53A great hulking oaf who never even reached the eighth grade.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57But he knew how to say, "I love you."
0:41:00 > 0:41:04Same trouble with my book. Can't find the words.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08Even when you had this coin to inspire you?
0:41:10 > 0:41:13Why, that's the one that you gave to Henry.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15Yes. I stole it off the table.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18You wasted your time. It's worthless.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21On the contrary, this is one of the rarest of all antiquities.
0:41:21 > 0:41:26Only 100 of these coins were minted by Julius Caesar 2,000 years ago.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28That was when Cleopatra visited Rome.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31Presumably, these were used to pay her hotel bill.
0:41:31 > 0:41:36- I never knew that. - Nobody knew except Caesar's wife.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38- She was suspicious?- Definitely.
0:41:38 > 0:41:42She did not share her husband's admiration for Cleopatra.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46So she had these coins destroyed, melted into ornaments.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48This is the one she missed.
0:41:48 > 0:41:52It's an unwritten chapter in history and you, Professor, will write it.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57- Do you know any more stories like that?- Any number of them.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01- You're a curious fellow, Dudley. - Have you just begun to notice?
0:42:01 > 0:42:05- What's your background? - My background?
0:42:05 > 0:42:08- Where do you come from?- Well...
0:42:08 > 0:42:12And don't tell me more about Vienna because I won't believe it.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16All right. If I told you I came from another planet, would you believe me?
0:42:16 > 0:42:20- I don't know. - I'd believe you, Dudley.
0:42:20 > 0:42:24And you'd be right, Julia, as always. We all come from our own little planets.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28That's why we're all different. That's what makes life interesting.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46We don't seem to be making any headway.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49First star I see tonight.
0:42:51 > 0:42:52You must make a wish, Julia.
0:42:54 > 0:42:59Oh, it's getting dark. Must be late. Henry will be worried. We must be leaving.
0:42:59 > 0:43:03- Oh, no. Yes.- I'm sorry, Professor, but we must.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07- Dudley?- Yes, my friend.
0:43:07 > 0:43:11- There's one thing that troubles me. - What's that?
0:43:11 > 0:43:14I'm an old man. That history is a tremendous task.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17I wonder...will I have time to finish it?
0:43:17 > 0:43:21You'll finish your history, Professor. You'll have time.
0:43:23 > 0:43:25I believe you, Dudley.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30For quite a while now, every time I passed a cemetery,
0:43:30 > 0:43:32I've felt as if I were apartment hunting.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37Goodbye, Professor.
0:43:37 > 0:43:41You've given an old man a very happy afternoon.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43- God bless you both. - Thank you.
0:43:43 > 0:43:45I'll pass that recommendation along.
0:44:12 > 0:44:13CLOCK CHIMES
0:44:36 > 0:44:38My, that's pretty.
0:44:38 > 0:44:42Why don't you take some of that pink stuff and make little curlicues?
0:44:44 > 0:44:46I hope the dinner won't be spoilt.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48No, sir. I had a feeling they might be late.
0:44:48 > 0:44:53Yes... Very considerate of you. What's that cake for?
0:44:53 > 0:44:56- What cake?- That cake behind you.
0:44:56 > 0:44:59That cake. Oh, for anybody who might like cakes, sir.
0:44:59 > 0:45:03But neither Mrs Brougham nor myself like elaborate desserts.
0:45:03 > 0:45:05But we've baked you an egg custard, sir.
0:45:07 > 0:45:08DOOR OPENS, VOICES CHATTING
0:45:14 > 0:45:17Hello, dear. I'm sorry we were late for dinner.
0:45:17 > 0:45:20- Good evening. - We've had a marvellous time.
0:45:20 > 0:45:23- I wish you'd been with us. - Debby told me about the snow fight.
0:45:23 > 0:45:28Did she? We went to see Professor Wutheridge and we had lunch at Michel's.
0:45:28 > 0:45:30- Is Debby in bed? - No. She's waiting to see you.
0:45:30 > 0:45:33Good. I'll just go up and say good night.
0:45:33 > 0:45:36I won't be a minute. I just want to see if she's all right.
0:45:39 > 0:45:43- I trust you spent a profitable afternoon?- Oh, yes.
0:45:43 > 0:45:45Did you have a profitable afternoon?
0:45:48 > 0:45:54- Not very. I'd like to see you...for a moment.- Certainly.
0:45:57 > 0:45:59Excuse me.
0:46:10 > 0:46:12Can you prove to me that you are an angel?
0:46:12 > 0:46:14Proof? You mean a document?
0:46:14 > 0:46:18Surely you of all people should know that an angel needs no passport.
0:46:18 > 0:46:20I want to see you perform a miracle.
0:46:20 > 0:46:22What kind? Well...
0:46:22 > 0:46:24Make this desk fly around the room.
0:46:24 > 0:46:28Please. I didn't come down here to do silly tricks. I'm surprised at you.
0:46:28 > 0:46:31I don't believe you're an angel.
0:46:31 > 0:46:36- I think you're a demon right out of...- Oh, Henry. Don't say that.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41- Well, anyway, you know how I feel. - Yes.
0:46:42 > 0:46:45Wait a minute. There's another thing.
0:47:25 > 0:47:27Oh. Dinner is served, Bishop.
0:47:47 > 0:47:49Thank you, Dudley.
0:47:52 > 0:47:57- For what we are about to receive, may the Lord make us truly thankful. - Amen.
0:48:09 > 0:48:12Pass the celery, Henry, please.
0:48:12 > 0:48:14- Hm?- The celery.
0:48:21 > 0:48:23Thank you.
0:48:24 > 0:48:26Thank you.
0:48:40 > 0:48:41SHE HUMS QUIETLY
0:48:50 > 0:48:53What's that you're humming?
0:48:53 > 0:48:55I don't know, dear. Is it anything?
0:48:55 > 0:48:58- It's rather gay. - Well, I feel gay.
0:49:04 > 0:49:08I like to watch you brushing your hair.
0:49:08 > 0:49:10Thank you, dear. Is that a compliment?
0:49:10 > 0:49:13Yes. You do it so...so capably.
0:49:14 > 0:49:16Thank you.
0:49:20 > 0:49:24In fact, now I come to think of it, everything you do is capable.
0:49:26 > 0:49:31I pride myself on the fact that we lead a well ordered life. The family, I mean.
0:49:31 > 0:49:34Of course, the credit for that is due to you much more than to me.
0:49:36 > 0:49:40- I think you're an excellent wife. - Thank you.
0:49:40 > 0:49:43- Do you think I'm an excellent husband?- Of course.
0:49:43 > 0:49:46We're having an early supper so we can get to St Timothy's on time.
0:49:46 > 0:49:49- St Timothy's? - The rehearsal for the benefit.
0:49:49 > 0:49:53- Oh, yes.- You've been looking awfully tired lately.
0:49:53 > 0:49:56I hope you're going to take it easier now that Dudley's here.
0:49:56 > 0:49:59- I think that he's very able.- You do?
0:49:59 > 0:50:05- Yes. He knows so many things. - What, for instance?
0:50:05 > 0:50:08You should have seen him with Professor Wutheridge.
0:50:08 > 0:50:10He knows more about history than the professor.
0:50:10 > 0:50:12He's been at it longer.
0:50:25 > 0:50:28- Let's do that again. - No. Tell me a story.
0:50:28 > 0:50:31- What, now? - Don't you know any stories?
0:50:31 > 0:50:34- I know hundreds of stories. - Tell me one. Please.
0:50:34 > 0:50:38All right. Let me think. This happened many, many years ago.
0:50:38 > 0:50:42That's not the way to begin. Stories start once upon a time.
0:50:42 > 0:50:44Yes, that's true.
0:50:44 > 0:50:48Once upon a time, there was a little boy and he lived in a little town.
0:50:48 > 0:50:51- What was his name?- His name was David. He was a shepherd.
0:50:51 > 0:50:54The town was called Bethlehem.
0:50:54 > 0:50:57I know Bethlehem. That's where the star was.
0:50:57 > 0:51:00That's right. Only David lived long before the star.
0:51:00 > 0:51:03One night, David was out in the hills tending his sheep.
0:51:03 > 0:51:07- He was playing the harp and singing. - Was he singing Jingle Bells?
0:51:07 > 0:51:10No, no. Jingle Bells hadn't been written then.
0:51:10 > 0:51:13David was singing songs that he wrote himself.
0:51:13 > 0:51:16Suddenly, an angel came down and spoke to David.
0:51:16 > 0:51:19- How did David know it was an angel? - He didn't know.
0:51:19 > 0:51:21And that's the way it always is.
0:51:21 > 0:51:24Angels come and put ideas into people's heads
0:51:24 > 0:51:29and people feel very proud of themselves because they think it was their own idea.
0:51:29 > 0:51:32This angel said to David, "One of your lambs has strayed."
0:51:32 > 0:51:36So David put aside his harp and went into the darkness to find the lamb.
0:51:36 > 0:51:38The angel guided him.
0:51:38 > 0:51:44And when David found the lamb, he saw a great big ferocious lion.
0:51:44 > 0:51:45Oh!
0:51:45 > 0:51:48So David said to the lion, "You get away from that lamb."
0:51:48 > 0:51:52And the lion said, "You get away from me or I'll eat you too."
0:51:52 > 0:51:54- Did David run away?- No.
0:51:54 > 0:51:58You know why? Because the angel put another idea into his head.
0:51:58 > 0:52:01So David took out his sling and he hurled a stone
0:52:01 > 0:52:03and hit the lion right between the eyes.
0:52:03 > 0:52:06I bet that lion was surprised!
0:52:06 > 0:52:10Yes. And so was David because he didn't know an angel had helped him.
0:52:10 > 0:52:13Well, he picked up the lamb and took it back to the fold.
0:52:13 > 0:52:18Then he felt so happy that he made up another song. It started out...
0:52:18 > 0:52:21The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want.
0:52:21 > 0:52:25He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
0:52:25 > 0:52:28He leadeth me besides the still waters.
0:52:28 > 0:52:30He restoreth my soul...
0:52:32 > 0:52:35You can tell the rest of this, Henry.
0:52:35 > 0:52:38- Some other time.- Hello, Daddy.
0:52:39 > 0:52:42Miss Cassaway, will you get Mrs Hamilton on the telephone?
0:52:44 > 0:52:48- Miss Cassaway? Mrs Hamilton. - Yes, Bishop.
0:52:49 > 0:52:51- Good morning, Julia.- Dudley.
0:52:51 > 0:52:54I'll see you in a few minutes. I have to see Matilda.
0:52:54 > 0:52:57- Bye, Debby.- Goodbye, Dudley.
0:53:05 > 0:53:07- Thank you.- Oh. Pretty.
0:53:09 > 0:53:11Are you expecting a letter?
0:53:11 > 0:53:15One never knows. If I should get one, the stamp will be worth saving.
0:53:15 > 0:53:17I'll have Mrs Hamilton in a moment.
0:53:17 > 0:53:20- Are you seeing Mrs Hamilton? - I hope to.
0:53:20 > 0:53:24- May I come along? I'd like to meet her.- Mrs Hamilton? Bishop Brougham.
0:53:27 > 0:53:31Hello, Mrs Hamilton. How are you? I'm glad to hear it.
0:53:31 > 0:53:36Mrs Hamilton, I'd like to see you today. This afternoon, if possible.
0:53:36 > 0:53:38Yes, it is. It's very urgent.
0:53:40 > 0:53:43- Oh, that's too bad.- Terrible.
0:53:44 > 0:53:48You can? Oh, that's splendid. Thank you so much.
0:53:48 > 0:53:53I'll be there. Five o'clock this evening. Thank you, Mrs Hamilton.
0:53:53 > 0:53:56Henry, you didn't make an appointment for this afternoon?
0:53:56 > 0:53:58Yes. It was the only time.
0:53:58 > 0:54:02You can't do this to Reverend Miller. That rehearsal's just for you.
0:54:02 > 0:54:05They'll get along without me. There are other things more important.
0:54:05 > 0:54:09- Mr Miller will be delighted to see you.- But it's not the same.
0:54:09 > 0:54:12You're his bishop. I don't like going alone.
0:54:28 > 0:54:31It's the big house at the end of this street, driver.
0:54:31 > 0:54:37Dudley, I take it that...that you have the money for the taxi.
0:54:37 > 0:54:41No. What makes you think I have money?
0:54:41 > 0:54:43Oh, I just thought that you being an a...
0:54:44 > 0:54:46Oh, goodness!
0:54:47 > 0:54:50- I'm sorry.- I'm sorry. - That's all right.
0:54:59 > 0:55:01Thank you.
0:55:07 > 0:55:11- I won't be late. I may even join you.- Please try.
0:55:11 > 0:55:13I'll see you in front of St Timothy's in one hour.
0:55:13 > 0:55:16- Try.- I will be there.
0:55:16 > 0:55:18- Good.- This is it, driver.
0:55:39 > 0:55:42- Good evening, Bishop. - How are you, Stevens?
0:55:42 > 0:55:47- Mrs Hamilton's in the drawing room, sir.- Thank you.
0:55:54 > 0:55:56Well, Bishop Brougham.
0:55:57 > 0:56:00My dear Mrs Hamilton, I've come to tell you...
0:56:00 > 0:56:03- You've come to apologise, I trust. - Exactly.
0:56:03 > 0:56:05Upon consideration, my objections seem petty
0:56:05 > 0:56:08compared with the generosity of your gesture.
0:56:08 > 0:56:11I'm very much relieved. Sit down, Mr Brougham.
0:56:11 > 0:56:14What hurt most was to think that my instinct had betrayed me
0:56:14 > 0:56:16in recommending you for your position.
0:56:16 > 0:56:18I'm unceasingly grateful.
0:56:18 > 0:56:21Now, I'm taking it for granted
0:56:21 > 0:56:24that the George B Hamilton Memorial Chapel shall be located...
0:56:24 > 0:56:26Just where you specified.
0:56:26 > 0:56:31You no longer feel the effect will be that it was built in my husband's honour?
0:56:31 > 0:56:34That was said in dispute. What matters is the cathedral be built.
0:56:34 > 0:56:39Good. I will not have his name on some horrid little brass plaque.
0:56:39 > 0:56:43No. It'll be incised in marble. Large letters. Gilded.
0:56:43 > 0:56:46That large window depicting St George and the dragon.
0:56:46 > 0:56:51I should like that the countenance of St George suggests my late husband.
0:56:51 > 0:56:54Yes. Who do you see as the dragon?
0:56:54 > 0:57:00- Oh. Any dragon. Let's get the blueprints.- Oh, Mrs Hamilton.
0:57:00 > 0:57:04As we're in agreement, would you mind if we postpone discussing the details?
0:57:04 > 0:57:06Julia's waiting at St Timothy's.
0:57:06 > 0:57:09Very well. We can go over the plans when we transfer the funds.
0:57:09 > 0:57:13Thank you. And I'm so glad we've settled our differences.
0:57:17 > 0:57:22- Is anything the matter?- Well... It doesn't seem quite right.
0:57:22 > 0:57:28Oh. Stevens. There's something wrong about the bishop's chair.
0:57:29 > 0:57:32Madam, it must be the new varnish.
0:57:32 > 0:57:34The finisher should have warned us.
0:57:36 > 0:57:39- I do hope I'm not harming the chair.- No, no, not at all.
0:57:39 > 0:57:43Send to a furniture shop or a plumbers or... Turpentine. Do something.
0:57:43 > 0:57:46Yes, madam. Oh, dear.
0:57:47 > 0:57:50- I wonder...- Would you give it a pull at the back?- Yes.
0:58:02 > 0:58:03Thank you.
0:58:05 > 0:58:10It's been a long time since Henry's been down here. I wish he had come.
0:58:10 > 0:58:15You know, when he was here, he was so close to people, so loved by everybody.
0:58:15 > 0:58:18Uh-huh. And how does it seem to you now?
0:58:18 > 0:58:21That he's moved away from the people he loved?
0:58:21 > 0:58:26Yes. It's going to be a disappointment for Reverend Miller not to see him.
0:58:26 > 0:58:29Well, he doesn't have to be disappointed.
0:58:32 > 0:58:34- Hello, Mr Miller.- Mrs Brougham, so good of you to come.
0:58:34 > 0:58:38I'm delighted to be here. This is Mr Dudley, the bishop's assistant.
0:58:38 > 0:58:41- Mr Dudley, a pleasure. - Thank you, Mr Miller.
0:58:41 > 0:58:44The bishop will try to get here later.
0:58:44 > 0:58:48- Oh. Of course. He's a busy man now. - Yes.
0:58:48 > 0:58:51- This is Mrs Duffy. - I know Mrs Duffy. How are you?
0:58:51 > 0:58:56- It's always an honour to have you here.- Thank you. This is Mr Dudley.
0:58:56 > 0:59:00- Mrs Duffy is the organist. - I'm sure she plays enchantingly.
0:59:00 > 0:59:05- Hello, Mrs Duffy.- I'm afraid some of our boys are late.
0:59:05 > 0:59:10We really should begin, but I don't see how we can. It's quite embarrassing.
0:59:10 > 0:59:15But it is a little difficult to compete with basketball and Christmas.
0:59:15 > 0:59:19- They're all good boys at heart. - I know they are. They'll show up.
0:59:19 > 0:59:22- I hope so.- Hello, Bobby.
0:59:22 > 0:59:24Hello.
0:59:24 > 0:59:26- What do you sing?- First soprano.
0:59:26 > 0:59:29- Are you good?- I don't know.
0:59:29 > 0:59:31- How about giving out?- Me alone?
0:59:31 > 0:59:35- You've got George. Hello, George. - Hello.
0:59:35 > 0:59:37- What do you say?- OK.
0:59:38 > 0:59:41- Are you ready, Mrs Duffy?- Yes. - Hit it.
0:59:44 > 0:59:50# O, sing to God your hymns of gladness
0:59:50 > 0:59:54# Ye loving hearts your tribute pay
0:59:54 > 1:00:00# Your Lord is born this happy day
1:00:00 > 1:00:05# Then pierce the sky with songs of gladness
1:00:05 > 1:00:09# Disperse the shades of gloom and sadness
1:00:09 > 1:00:14# Your Lord is born this happy day
1:00:14 > 1:00:19# O, sing to God your hymns of gladness
1:00:19 > 1:00:25# O, sing to God your hymns of gladness
1:00:25 > 1:00:29# Ye loving hearts your tribute pay
1:00:29 > 1:00:35# Your Lord is born this happy day
1:00:35 > 1:00:40# Then pierce the sky with songs of gladness
1:00:40 > 1:00:44# Disperse the shades of gloom and sadness
1:00:44 > 1:00:49# Your Lord is born this happy day
1:00:49 > 1:00:55# O, sing to God your hymns of gladness
1:00:55 > 1:01:00# O, word of God for us incarnate
1:01:00 > 1:01:06# O, word of God for us incarnate
1:01:06 > 1:01:10# By faith we hear thine angels sing
1:01:10 > 1:01:15# By faith we hear thine angels sing
1:01:15 > 1:01:19# O, God, we hear thine angels sing their
1:01:19 > 1:01:22# Hymns of praise to thee, their King
1:01:22 > 1:01:27# We join with them in adoration
1:01:27 > 1:01:32# We join with them in adoration
1:01:32 > 1:01:37# We pour, we pour to thee
1:01:37 > 1:01:40# Our supplication
1:01:40 > 1:01:43# That thou wouldst
1:01:43 > 1:01:46# Grant us, Lord,
1:01:46 > 1:01:53# Sa-alvation. #
1:02:00 > 1:02:03Boys, that was beautiful.
1:02:03 > 1:02:05Really beautiful.
1:02:05 > 1:02:08You've all grown up so since the bishop and I lived in this parish
1:02:08 > 1:02:11that I hardly recognised any of you.
1:02:11 > 1:02:16But I'm so proud of you and I know he's going to be too.
1:02:16 > 1:02:20Oh, thank you. Mr Miller, that was wonderful.
1:02:20 > 1:02:25I can't thank you enough, Mrs Brougham. And you, Mr Dudley.
1:02:25 > 1:02:27Oh, I'm so sorry the bishop couldn't have been here.
1:02:31 > 1:02:34- Are you all right? - Yes, thank you.
1:02:34 > 1:02:38Whatever is keeping Stevens? Oh, Stevens. There you are.
1:02:38 > 1:02:42I'm sorry, madam, but the furniture shop is closed until after New Year,
1:02:42 > 1:02:45I can't find a plumber and we're out of turpentine.
1:02:45 > 1:02:47This is preposterous!
1:02:47 > 1:02:50Would some witch hazel be of any use?
1:02:50 > 1:02:54- Might I use your telephone? - Of course. It's over there.
1:03:07 > 1:03:11Matilda, this is Bishop Brougham. I'm at Mrs Hamilton's.
1:03:11 > 1:03:13Will you bring me another pair of trousers?
1:03:15 > 1:03:19What difference does it make? Just bring me another pair of trousers.
1:03:21 > 1:03:24I'm so very sorry this has happened.
1:03:24 > 1:03:27If only I could get in touch with Julia or Dudley.
1:03:27 > 1:03:30Now don't be nervous, Bishop.
1:03:30 > 1:03:34- Have a chair. - Thank you. I have one.
1:03:42 > 1:03:43He isn't here.
1:03:43 > 1:03:46Perhaps the meeting was more important than he thought.
1:03:46 > 1:03:50I suppose. We'd better go on home.
1:03:54 > 1:03:58- You know, Dudley, it's a strange thing.- What's strange?
1:03:58 > 1:04:02You're able to make me feel as if everything's going to be all right.
1:04:02 > 1:04:05- Well, it could be if...- If what?
1:04:05 > 1:04:08If people could only learn to behave like human beings.
1:04:11 > 1:04:13Hey, taxi.
1:04:20 > 1:04:21Here's a cab, Julia.
1:04:23 > 1:04:28- Will you please wait, Sylvester? - OK. Sure. I'll wait. Sylvester?!
1:04:35 > 1:04:38Good evening. I'll be right with you.
1:04:38 > 1:04:42Now, this is one of our most exclusive models.
1:04:42 > 1:04:44Oh, it's lovely, just simply ravishing.
1:04:44 > 1:04:47- So chic. So young. - It is sweet, isn't it?
1:04:47 > 1:04:49Stunning.
1:04:49 > 1:04:53Not everyone could wear such a daring hat, but it was made for madame.
1:05:09 > 1:05:13Say, how did you know my name was Sylvester?
1:05:13 > 1:05:16- It's up there on your card.- Oh.
1:05:19 > 1:05:21Sylvester, could you drive through the park?
1:05:21 > 1:05:25- That's way out of your way. - Are you getting bored with us?
1:05:25 > 1:05:29Oh, no. I'll drive you by way of Mexico City if you want.
1:05:29 > 1:05:31Thank you.
1:05:32 > 1:05:34Dudley, I'm having so much fun.
1:05:35 > 1:05:38- Are you, Julia?- Yes.
1:05:38 > 1:05:40I feel as if I were doing something wicked.
1:05:40 > 1:05:43- Why?- I don't know.
1:05:43 > 1:05:46Somehow it seems wrong to have so much fun, but...
1:05:46 > 1:05:48I can't figure out what's wrong about it.
1:05:48 > 1:05:52You folks know what the main trouble with this country is?
1:05:52 > 1:05:54Oh, I've heard several versions of that.
1:05:54 > 1:05:57- Do you know, Sylvester? - I think I do.
1:05:57 > 1:06:01There are too many people who don't know where they're going
1:06:01 > 1:06:03and they wanna get there too fast.
1:06:03 > 1:06:07Take you two. I'd call you unusual.
1:06:07 > 1:06:09Thank you. You're very perceptive.
1:06:09 > 1:06:13First, you know your destination, but you're in no hurry to get there.
1:06:13 > 1:06:17You wanna enjoy some scenery en route and you're not reluctant
1:06:17 > 1:06:21to spend an extra four bits for a detour with Mother Nature.
1:06:21 > 1:06:24Hey, look where you're goin'!
1:06:26 > 1:06:31Well... Well, my goodness. Did you see the way I missed that truck?
1:06:31 > 1:06:35- It was just like a miracle. - Yes, but don't overplay your hand.
1:06:40 > 1:06:41Oh.
1:06:47 > 1:06:50Sylvester, pull up here. Come on. We're going skating.
1:06:50 > 1:06:53No, we mustn't, it's late. We couldn't. Do you think we could?
1:06:53 > 1:06:58Henry's waited this long. He can wait a little longer. Stop the car.
1:07:04 > 1:07:07- I am wicked.- If you are, so am I, and that's impossible.
1:07:07 > 1:07:11- Can you skate, Sylvester? - I used to, but I'm too old now.
1:07:11 > 1:07:14Come on. You'll find out how young you are.
1:07:14 > 1:07:16BAND PLAYS DANCE MUSIC
1:07:33 > 1:07:36Ooh! I'm not quite so sure of myself.
1:07:54 > 1:07:57Now relax. That's right.
1:07:57 > 1:07:59- Oh!- That's right.
1:08:03 > 1:08:04Oh.
1:08:08 > 1:08:10Pretty hat.
1:08:41 > 1:08:44- Why, Dudley!- Now you.
1:08:44 > 1:08:46- Oh, no.- Come on.
1:08:54 > 1:08:57- Dudley, this is heavenly. - You found the perfect word.
1:09:20 > 1:09:22Look! Look what I'm doing.
1:09:23 > 1:09:27You're a beautiful skater, Julia. In fact, you're beautiful.
1:09:34 > 1:09:37Oh, look! Look at Sylvester.
1:09:41 > 1:09:43Go on, Sylvester!
1:10:01 > 1:10:03Oh, my God!
1:10:06 > 1:10:08- Excuse me.- Surely.
1:10:08 > 1:10:10Keep cool, Sylvester. Keep cool.
1:10:12 > 1:10:13Relax.
1:10:16 > 1:10:20That's right. Come on. Give me the other one. That's it.
1:10:20 > 1:10:24All right. Now relax. Don't collapse. Just relax.
1:10:26 > 1:10:28Hang on to me now.
1:10:35 > 1:10:37Oh! Don't leave me!
1:10:37 > 1:10:39Don't! Ooh!
1:10:52 > 1:10:54How am I doing, Dudley?
1:11:06 > 1:11:08Wait for me, Dudley!
1:11:55 > 1:11:57Thank you.
1:11:57 > 1:12:00- How much do I owe you, Sylvester? - Not a cent, my friend.
1:12:00 > 1:12:04My pockets are just bulging with the coins of self-satisfaction.
1:12:04 > 1:12:06- You wanna know why? - I'd love to know.
1:12:06 > 1:12:10Because you and the little lady have restored my faith in human nature.
1:12:10 > 1:12:12Good night, Dudley. Good night, Julia.
1:12:12 > 1:12:15- Good night, Sylvester. - Good night, Sylvester.
1:12:20 > 1:12:22Sylvester is a noble soul.
1:12:22 > 1:12:27His children and his children's children will rise up and call him Blessed.
1:12:27 > 1:12:30Dudley, this has been the most wonderful evening I've had in years.
1:12:30 > 1:12:35This has been the most wonderful evening I've had in centuries.
1:12:35 > 1:12:39- I hope I haven't left the key home. - It's open.
1:12:39 > 1:12:42Thank you, Dudley. Hello, Queenie.
1:12:42 > 1:12:46- Hello, Queenie. May I help you? - Yes, please.
1:12:46 > 1:12:49- Oh! You took off my shoe. - Hello, Henry.
1:12:49 > 1:12:53Henry, what happened? I thought you were going to meet us at St Timothy's.
1:12:53 > 1:12:57- What happened to you? It's very late.- Thank you. You'll never guess.
1:12:57 > 1:13:00We went skating. There you are.
1:13:01 > 1:13:03See you in a minute, Henry.
1:13:04 > 1:13:08- Skating? - Yes. Dudley's a marvellous skater.
1:13:08 > 1:13:10He even made me imagine that I was good.
1:13:10 > 1:13:14You should have heard those boys sing at St Timothy's. It was heavenly.
1:13:14 > 1:13:17- I'm sure. - Did you have a successful meeting?
1:13:17 > 1:13:19- Did you?- Satisfactory.
1:13:19 > 1:13:23Good. I want to see Debby before she goes to sleep.
1:13:23 > 1:13:25Oh! You haven't said a word about it.
1:13:25 > 1:13:28- About what?- My hat. My new hat.
1:13:32 > 1:13:36- What do you think?- Charming. - Thank you. I'll be right down.
1:13:39 > 1:13:42One thing I know, Julia is absolutely blameless.
1:13:42 > 1:13:45- Of course she is. - You stopped me from joining you.
1:13:45 > 1:13:47Julia had a very good time.
1:13:47 > 1:13:48- Well, I didn't.- Hm.
1:13:50 > 1:13:54If you'd sent me to Mrs Hamilton, I would have gone.
1:13:54 > 1:13:56You didn't. So I represented you with your wife.
1:13:56 > 1:13:59Is that part of the normal duties of an...?
1:14:03 > 1:14:05..of an angel?
1:14:05 > 1:14:09Sometimes, Henry, angels must rush in where fools fear to tread.
1:14:09 > 1:14:12I haven't the faintest idea what that means and I don't want it explained.
1:14:15 > 1:14:19- You can go now. I've solved my problem.- Have you?
1:14:19 > 1:14:22Mrs Hamilton is giving the money for the cathedral.
1:14:22 > 1:14:24That was a foregone conclusion
1:14:24 > 1:14:27if you were willing to sacrifice your principles.
1:14:29 > 1:14:34Don't you think it's worth it for this glorious edifice?
1:14:34 > 1:14:37I'm not so sure of its glory at a time like this.
1:14:37 > 1:14:41- Oh, you're not? - No, Henry, I'm not.
1:14:41 > 1:14:43These are lean years for the world.
1:14:43 > 1:14:47So many people need food. So many people need shelter.
1:14:47 > 1:14:49That big roof could make so many little roofs.
1:14:49 > 1:14:53We're dealing with a materialistic, selfish woman.
1:14:53 > 1:14:55- She wouldn't listen to that. - Did you try?
1:14:57 > 1:14:59It's all arranged. It's finished.
1:14:59 > 1:15:03You came so I could have a cathedral and now I want you to go.
1:15:03 > 1:15:06I want you to get out of my life and away from Julia.
1:15:06 > 1:15:10Suppose you pray for that? It was your prayer that brought me here.
1:15:30 > 1:15:33Mm-mm. Henry, that was no prayer.
1:15:33 > 1:15:37It was right from my heart. I want you to go.
1:15:37 > 1:15:38- Julia doesn't.- Julia.
1:15:39 > 1:15:42Get out! Get out!
1:15:43 > 1:15:46Julia's ready to come down the stairs.
1:15:46 > 1:15:49Don't let her see you like that. Try to calm yourself, Henry.
1:16:01 > 1:16:05Dudley? Debby wants Dudley to come up and say good night to her.
1:16:05 > 1:16:07- Where is he?- He's gone.- Where?
1:16:07 > 1:16:10- How should I know? - Why did he leave so suddenly?
1:16:10 > 1:16:14- I told him to go away. I fired him. - Why?- He's incompetent,
1:16:14 > 1:16:18he's no good at his job and I cannot stand the sight of him!
1:16:21 > 1:16:22DOOR SLAMS
1:16:46 > 1:16:49Mummy, I'm sure that Dudley's never coming back.
1:16:51 > 1:16:54- Darling, you must never say never. - But where is he?
1:16:55 > 1:16:57Come here, dear.
1:17:00 > 1:17:05Now listen to me. Dudley wouldn't leave us without saying a word.
1:17:05 > 1:17:08Besides, he was going to tell you about Santa Claus.
1:17:08 > 1:17:10He knows Santa Claus very well.
1:17:12 > 1:17:14But it's almost Christmas Eve.
1:17:14 > 1:17:16Soon I'll have to go to bed.
1:17:16 > 1:17:20He wouldn't leave us without saying a word. Would he, Matilda?
1:17:20 > 1:17:24Oh, no, no. That wouldn't be like him. Not like Mr Dudley.
1:17:24 > 1:17:27Come along, Debby. I'll get you ready for dinner.
1:17:27 > 1:17:30Will you come see me when you get back, Mummy?
1:17:30 > 1:17:32Of course, dear.
1:17:53 > 1:17:57- Here is a list of your calls. Ending at Mrs Hamilton's.- Thank you.
1:17:57 > 1:18:01Miss Cassaway, here is the manuscript of my Christmas sermon.
1:18:01 > 1:18:04I shall want the original and five carbons for issuing to the press.
1:18:04 > 1:18:08If you get the typing done before I come back, leave it on my desk.
1:18:11 > 1:18:14I'm sorry to keep you so long on Christmas Eve.
1:18:14 > 1:18:17Of course, sir. I understand. It must be done.
1:18:19 > 1:18:21Henry, I'm ready to start out now.
1:18:21 > 1:18:25We go first to the Trubshawes, then the...
1:18:26 > 1:18:30- ..then we go to the Vandovers. - Goodbye, Miss Cassaway.
1:18:41 > 1:18:43Sylvester!
1:18:43 > 1:18:45- Hello, Julia. - Hello. What are you doing here?
1:18:45 > 1:18:49I've been waiting around hoping there'd be another skating party
1:18:49 > 1:18:54and I didn't want to miss it. Where's Dudley? Oh, you got a preacher with you.
1:18:54 > 1:18:56- This is my...- Oh, I know!
1:18:56 > 1:18:59There's gonna be a wedding ceremony. You and Dudley.
1:18:59 > 1:19:03Sylvester, this is my husband, Bishop Brougham.
1:19:03 > 1:19:04- How do you do?- Oh.
1:19:06 > 1:19:08- Oh.- 247 North Maple.
1:19:14 > 1:19:16247 North Maple.
1:19:31 > 1:19:33- Mildred?- Oh!
1:19:34 > 1:19:38Oh, why, Dudley, it's you. I didn't see you...
1:19:38 > 1:19:41Where have you been? We've been worrying about you.
1:19:41 > 1:19:44- And poor Mrs Brougham... - What about Mrs Brougham?
1:19:44 > 1:19:49She's been popping in and out of here all day asking, "Have you seen Dudley?"
1:19:49 > 1:19:52- Where is she? - She and the bishop had some calls.
1:19:52 > 1:19:54Finishing at Mrs Hamilton's.
1:19:58 > 1:20:00- Let me type that sermon for you.- No.
1:20:00 > 1:20:04You go on. It's almost Christmas Eve. You must have shopping to do.
1:20:04 > 1:20:07- Oh, well...- Go on, Mildred.
1:20:07 > 1:20:09Thank you, Dudley.
1:20:11 > 1:20:14- Merry Christmas, Mildred. - Merry Christmas, Dudley.
1:20:14 > 1:20:16Merry... Oh.
1:20:45 > 1:20:47Take a sermon.
1:20:47 > 1:20:48TYPEWRITER CLICKS
1:20:48 > 1:20:52Tonight, I want to tell you the story of an empty stocking.
1:20:53 > 1:20:57Once upon a midnight clear, there was a child's cry.
1:20:57 > 1:21:02A blazing star hung over a stable and wise men came with birthday gifts.
1:21:02 > 1:21:07Have you got that? Good. We haven't forgotten that night down the centuries.
1:21:07 > 1:21:11We celebrate it with stars hung on the Christmas tree, bells and gifts,
1:21:11 > 1:21:13especially with gifts.
1:21:13 > 1:21:17We buy them and wrap them and put them under the tree.
1:21:17 > 1:21:21You give me a tie. I give you a book.
1:21:21 > 1:21:24Aunt Martha always wanted an orange squeezer.
1:21:24 > 1:21:27Uncle Harry can use a new pipe.
1:21:30 > 1:21:33Oh, we forget nobody, adult or child.
1:21:33 > 1:21:36All the stockings are filled. All, that is, except one.
1:21:58 > 1:22:00Oh! Oh...
1:22:01 > 1:22:06- I'm sorry, Matilda.- Oh, Mr Dudley. I knew you'd come back.
1:22:06 > 1:22:09- I knew you hadn't walked out on us. - Of course not.
1:22:09 > 1:22:12Debby's been so worried and as for Mrs Brougham...
1:22:12 > 1:22:15Well, run upstairs. Tell Debby I'll see her later.
1:22:15 > 1:22:19- First I have some work to do. - I'll tell her.
1:23:02 > 1:23:06One moment, please. Mrs Hamilton is expecting you?
1:23:06 > 1:23:09No, but she'll wish to see me. I'm the bishop's assistant.
1:23:09 > 1:23:12The bishop is expected, but not the assistant.
1:23:12 > 1:23:14I told you, Stevens, she'll wish to see me.
1:23:17 > 1:23:18Yes.
1:23:20 > 1:23:21Yes.
1:23:47 > 1:23:48MUSICAL NOTES >
1:24:03 > 1:24:05MUSICAL NOTES
1:24:15 > 1:24:18HE SINGS A FEW NOTES
1:24:40 > 1:24:45"This was composed for you, my darling, and you only. Allan."
1:24:45 > 1:24:47Her husband's name was George.
1:24:47 > 1:24:50HE HUMS QUIETLY
1:24:55 > 1:24:57BOX LOCKS ITSELF
1:25:04 > 1:25:06HE BEGINS TO PLAY
1:26:46 > 1:26:48Good evening.
1:26:50 > 1:26:52That music you were playing.
1:26:52 > 1:26:54No-one living but me knows that composition.
1:26:54 > 1:27:00It's a shame that only you and I appreciate the lost genius of Allan Cartwright.
1:27:00 > 1:27:02- You know about Allan Cartwright? - Oh, yes.
1:27:02 > 1:27:07The world lost a brilliant young composer when he was...when he died.
1:27:07 > 1:27:11That was nearly 40 years ago. You couldn't have known him.
1:27:12 > 1:27:16I'm much older than you think. Come, let's sit down.
1:27:22 > 1:27:25- What is your name? - My name is Dudley.
1:27:27 > 1:27:29But tell me about Allan and you.
1:27:36 > 1:27:38Tell me.
1:27:41 > 1:27:45Allan Cartwright was the only man I ever loved.
1:27:46 > 1:27:50We were engaged to be married and I got frightened.
1:27:52 > 1:27:54He had nothing and I was afraid of poverty.
1:27:55 > 1:27:56He went away.
1:27:58 > 1:28:00I never saw him again.
1:28:02 > 1:28:03I never loved George Hamilton.
1:28:03 > 1:28:08He was very much in love with me and he was wealthy.
1:28:10 > 1:28:14I've spent a fortune honouring his memory in empty monuments.
1:28:24 > 1:28:27The Hamilton mansion. Never took a call here.
1:28:27 > 1:28:30- What do I owe you?- No charge. I got nothing better to do.
1:28:30 > 1:28:34- Thank you, Sylvester. - I'll be seeing you, Julia.
1:28:41 > 1:28:44There's someone at the door. It's Henry and Julia.
1:28:44 > 1:28:47Oh. The bishop. No, I won't. I can't see him now.
1:28:47 > 1:28:50- Oh, yes, you will.- No... Yes.
1:28:53 > 1:28:57That's right, Agnes. Just go out and greet them in your usual warm-hearted manner.
1:29:01 > 1:29:03The bishop and Mrs Brougham, madam.
1:29:03 > 1:29:05Yes.
1:29:09 > 1:29:11Oh. You'll stay for dinner, Dudley?
1:29:11 > 1:29:16I'm afraid I can't, Agnes. I have a great deal of work to do.
1:29:16 > 1:29:17But don't keep Henry and Julia waiting.
1:29:29 > 1:29:31- Julia.- How do you do, Mrs Hamilton?
1:29:33 > 1:29:35How nice of you to come and see me.
1:29:35 > 1:29:38And Henry. A merry Christmas.
1:29:38 > 1:29:42A merry Christmas. Come, let's go into the drawing room.
1:29:47 > 1:29:50- Henry? - Yes, Mrs Hamilton. Merry Christmas.
1:29:50 > 1:29:55Come, Henry, we're very old friends. You must call me Agnes.
1:29:55 > 1:29:59- And you too, Julia dear. - Yes. Yes, of course.
1:30:00 > 1:30:02Oh.
1:30:03 > 1:30:07- But he's gone already.- Who?
1:30:07 > 1:30:09Dudley.
1:30:09 > 1:30:11- He was here? - I should have known it.
1:30:11 > 1:30:15- Where did he go? - He said he had so much work to do.
1:30:15 > 1:30:19- You must make him take some rest. - I've been trying to.
1:30:19 > 1:30:23I can't thank you enough for sending him to me. Do sit down.
1:30:23 > 1:30:28My dear, meeting Dudley has been the greatest spiritual experience of my life.
1:30:28 > 1:30:32- I'm so glad. - How did you ever find him, Henry?
1:30:32 > 1:30:34- It was an accident. - It was a miracle.
1:30:34 > 1:30:40Indeed it was. Talking with this wonderful, understanding man has...
1:30:40 > 1:30:43Henry, I've changed my mind about the cathedral.
1:30:43 > 1:30:45I'm going to give my money to those who need it.
1:30:45 > 1:30:49To the poor and the homeless and the unappreciated people in the city
1:30:49 > 1:30:51and all over the world.
1:30:51 > 1:30:54And I want you to direct the spending of the money.
1:30:54 > 1:30:57- You see what Dudley has done? - Yes, I see.
1:30:57 > 1:30:59- Now you understand... - Thank you, Mrs Hamilton.
1:31:01 > 1:31:06I'll be home later for dinner or something. I don't know what time...
1:31:06 > 1:31:08Goodbye.
1:31:53 > 1:31:55- Hello, Professor.- Henry.
1:31:55 > 1:31:57Come in, my dear fellow, come in.
1:31:57 > 1:32:01- Sit down. Let me take your coat. - No, thanks.
1:32:01 > 1:32:05Not there. Here. This is the only reliable chair.
1:32:05 > 1:32:07Well, this is a surprise.
1:32:07 > 1:32:11And an honour. We must have a glass of sherry.
1:32:11 > 1:32:14- No, thanks.- I insist. I want to show you something.
1:32:16 > 1:32:20You see this bottle? You note that it is full? Now watch.
1:32:21 > 1:32:24It's something that even you can't explain
1:32:24 > 1:32:26with all your vast ecclesiastical knowledge.
1:32:29 > 1:32:33You will observe that it is still full. How do you account for that?
1:32:33 > 1:32:38And the sherry itself, it stimulates, it warms, it inspires,
1:32:38 > 1:32:41but no matter how much you drink, it never inebriates.
1:32:41 > 1:32:44I think I can account for it. Dudley's been here.
1:32:44 > 1:32:47Yes. And that bottle isn't all.
1:32:47 > 1:32:49He told me things about history that opened my eyes.
1:32:49 > 1:32:52Today I went up to the university library
1:32:52 > 1:32:54and looked into some ancient texts
1:32:54 > 1:32:57which no scholar has been able to decipher.
1:32:57 > 1:33:00Suddenly, I found that I could understand them.
1:33:00 > 1:33:04And look. This is what I've done thanks to Dudley.
1:33:04 > 1:33:07My history. I'm actually writing it.
1:33:07 > 1:33:12Let's face it, Henry. This Dudley is no mortal man like the rest of us.
1:33:12 > 1:33:15- Is he?- How did you know?
1:33:15 > 1:33:18Well, I can't tell. Who is he? What is he?
1:33:18 > 1:33:21- He says he's an angel.- An angel?
1:33:21 > 1:33:23Nothing stopped me from saying it.
1:33:23 > 1:33:26- From heaven?- That I'm not sure about. - An angel.
1:33:28 > 1:33:30Too bad. He's such a nice fellow.
1:33:31 > 1:33:36I should have known it. Nothing less than an angel could have put me to work.
1:33:36 > 1:33:39I'm glad he's done some good. He's brought nothing but disaster for me.
1:33:39 > 1:33:43That's absurd. He and Julia were in here the other day
1:33:43 > 1:33:45and she seemed happier than she's been in years.
1:33:45 > 1:33:47Quite like her old delightful self.
1:33:47 > 1:33:49She's a different person when she's with him.
1:33:50 > 1:33:52He's made her despise me.
1:33:52 > 1:33:55Are you sure HE has done that?
1:33:56 > 1:33:59- You think it's my own fault? - I didn't say that.
1:33:59 > 1:34:02This is a mystery beyond my powers of comprehension.
1:34:02 > 1:34:06I suppose I am to blame for everything. I asked for this in more ways than one.
1:34:08 > 1:34:10I suppose that Dudley came to me to confirm
1:34:10 > 1:34:13that I'd already lost the love of Julia and Debby.
1:34:15 > 1:34:18I've got a confession to make, old friend.
1:34:18 > 1:34:20You sent me a coin, that was generous of you,
1:34:20 > 1:34:23and I was mean enough only to see its commercial value.
1:34:23 > 1:34:27- Now I don't know what's happened to it.- Well, I do. Here it is.
1:34:27 > 1:34:30Now where...? Here it is.
1:34:30 > 1:34:32- Where did you find it? - Oh, don't tell me.
1:34:32 > 1:34:37Yes. And he told me what it is a museum piece, worth a fortune.
1:34:37 > 1:34:41No. I insist you keep it. Give it to Julia as my Christmas present.
1:34:41 > 1:34:43It might bring luck to you both.
1:34:43 > 1:34:48It seems strange, you being a bishop and I a broken-down old scholar,
1:34:48 > 1:34:50but I feel terribly sorry for you.
1:34:50 > 1:34:53I wish there was something I could do to help.
1:34:53 > 1:34:55- Thank you, but there's nothing. - There must be.
1:34:55 > 1:34:58You and Julia love each other. You always have.
1:34:58 > 1:35:01That's only partially true. I love Julia.
1:35:01 > 1:35:04- Then fight for her. - How can I fight against...?
1:35:04 > 1:35:08- But you have a tremendous advantage. - Advantage? Over an angel?
1:35:08 > 1:35:11That's precisely it. He's an angel.
1:35:11 > 1:35:15Julia is a creature of Earth. She's a woman, Henry, and you are a man.
1:35:27 > 1:35:32Isn't it beautiful? And he did every bit of it himself and so quick too.
1:35:32 > 1:35:37When I saw it, I couldn't believe my eyes. What a blessing he's been to us.
1:35:37 > 1:35:39The tree's lovely, Matilda. Lovely.
1:35:39 > 1:35:44I'm glad you like it. It's been years since I've worked on a Christmas tree.
1:35:44 > 1:35:47I usually get the more disagreeable jobs.
1:35:50 > 1:35:52Good night, Matilda. Sweet dreams.
1:35:52 > 1:35:54Thank you, Mr Dudley.
1:36:02 > 1:36:05- Julia?- Yes?
1:36:05 > 1:36:10I think my work here is almost finished. I'll have to be moving along.
1:36:10 > 1:36:12Oh.
1:36:12 > 1:36:15Well... Where will you be going, Dudley?
1:36:15 > 1:36:18- Wherever they send me. - Who are "they"?
1:36:20 > 1:36:22My superior officers.
1:36:23 > 1:36:25Will we ever see you again?
1:36:27 > 1:36:31They seldom send us to the same place twice.
1:36:31 > 1:36:32We might form attachments.
1:36:33 > 1:36:38- I don't know what you're talking about.- Of course not.
1:36:38 > 1:36:40- Julia?- Yes?
1:36:42 > 1:36:44- I don't want to leave.- Why?
1:36:45 > 1:36:49Few people know the secret of making a heaven here on Earth.
1:36:49 > 1:36:50You are one of those rare people.
1:36:54 > 1:36:59- I think you ought to go.- No. Please, Julia. Don't send me away.
1:37:01 > 1:37:05- What are you saying, Dudley? - I'm tired of being a wanderer.
1:37:05 > 1:37:07I'm tired of an existence
1:37:07 > 1:37:10where one is neither hot nor cold, hungry nor full.
1:37:13 > 1:37:15No.
1:37:15 > 1:37:17No. No, you must go away.
1:37:17 > 1:37:19And never come back.
1:37:28 > 1:37:29Julia?
1:37:31 > 1:37:32Julia!
1:37:40 > 1:37:42I've never before had to fight an angel,
1:37:42 > 1:37:45but take off your coat and put up your dukes.
1:37:45 > 1:37:46Why do you want to fight me, Henry?
1:37:49 > 1:37:50Because you're a thief.
1:37:50 > 1:37:53Trying to steal my wife, my child, the love that belongs to me.
1:37:53 > 1:37:55Don't you realise that as an angel,
1:37:55 > 1:37:58- I could destroy you with a bolt of lightning?- I don't care.
1:37:58 > 1:38:01Julia means more to me than my life. I'm not going to lose her.
1:38:04 > 1:38:08Ah. Then I have news for you. I'm going.
1:38:11 > 1:38:14I'll accept that as a fact when I see it happen.
1:38:14 > 1:38:20You won't. When I'm gone, you will never know that an angel visited your house.
1:38:20 > 1:38:24- And Julia, what about her?- There will be no memory with her either.
1:38:24 > 1:38:28Or with Debby or the professor or anyone else.
1:38:29 > 1:38:32- I don't trust you, Dudley. - You may, Henry.
1:38:32 > 1:38:35Because your prayer has been answered.
1:38:35 > 1:38:38That's not true. I was praying for a cathedral.
1:38:38 > 1:38:44No, Henry. You were praying for guidance. That has been given to you.
1:38:50 > 1:38:52Just a minute, please.
1:38:53 > 1:38:55Goodbye, Henry.
1:39:00 > 1:39:04Dudley, if we should need you again, will you come back?
1:39:04 > 1:39:09Not I. I should ask to be assigned to the other end of the universe.
1:39:09 > 1:39:11Is that because I was so difficult?
1:39:11 > 1:39:14Oh, no. This difficulty was in me.
1:39:14 > 1:39:18When an immortal envies the mortal entrusted to his care,
1:39:18 > 1:39:19it's a danger signal.
1:39:19 > 1:39:22Take her in your arms and hold her tight.
1:39:22 > 1:39:23Coming.
1:39:26 > 1:39:29Kiss her for me, you lucky Henry.
1:40:07 > 1:40:09Julia!
1:40:14 > 1:40:16Julia.
1:40:16 > 1:40:19Shh! She's asleep.
1:40:22 > 1:40:26- Are you all right? - Why, yes, of course I am.
1:40:28 > 1:40:30Henry, did you get that for Debby?
1:40:33 > 1:40:35No.
1:40:35 > 1:40:37I can't imagine where it came from.
1:40:49 > 1:40:51Why, Henry, what is it?
1:40:53 > 1:40:57I don't know. I just had the most inexplicable feeling of happiness.
1:40:57 > 1:41:01- Oh.- You know something?
1:41:01 > 1:41:04- Downstairs there's a big bowl of cider.- For tomorrow afternoon.
1:41:04 > 1:41:09Let's drink it now. Let's drink to us. To our happiness and what lies ahead.
1:41:09 > 1:41:12Then let's smash the glasses in the fireplace.
1:41:12 > 1:41:13CHURCH BELL RINGS
1:41:13 > 1:41:14Listen.
1:41:16 > 1:41:18That's coming from St Timothy's.
1:41:20 > 1:41:24That cider will have to wait if you're going to give your sermon.
1:41:24 > 1:41:26- My sermon.- Yes.
1:41:26 > 1:41:28But that's better still.
1:41:29 > 1:41:34# We join with them in adoration
1:41:34 > 1:41:39# We join with them in adoration
1:41:39 > 1:41:46# We pour to thee our supplication
1:41:46 > 1:41:48# That thou wouldst
1:41:48 > 1:41:52# Grant us, Lord,
1:41:52 > 1:41:56# Salvation... #
1:42:10 > 1:42:15Tonight, I want to tell you the story of an empty stocking.
1:42:17 > 1:42:22Once upon a midnight clear, there was a child's cry.
1:42:24 > 1:42:29A blazing star hung over a stable and wise men came with birthday gifts.
1:42:31 > 1:42:35We haven't forgotten that night down the centuries.
1:42:35 > 1:42:38We celebrate it with stars on Christmas trees,
1:42:38 > 1:42:40with the sound of bells and with gifts,
1:42:40 > 1:42:42but especially with gifts.
1:42:44 > 1:42:48You give me a book. I give you a tie.
1:42:48 > 1:42:51Aunt Martha has always wanted an orange squeezer
1:42:51 > 1:42:55and Uncle Henry could do with a new pipe.
1:42:55 > 1:42:59Oh, we forget nobody adult or child.
1:42:59 > 1:43:01All the stockings are filled.
1:43:01 > 1:43:04All, that is, except one.
1:43:06 > 1:43:09And we have even forgotten to hang it up.
1:43:10 > 1:43:13The stocking for the child born in the manger.
1:43:13 > 1:43:15It's his birthday we're celebrating.
1:43:16 > 1:43:19Don't let us ever forget that.
1:43:19 > 1:43:24Let us ask ourselves what he would wish for most
1:43:24 > 1:43:27and then let each put in his share.
1:43:29 > 1:43:32Loving kindness, warm hearts...
1:43:34 > 1:43:36..and a stretched out hand of tolerance.
1:43:36 > 1:43:40All the shining gifts that make peace on Earth.