0:00:12 > 0:00:15'She came from a world of sensible choices.
0:00:15 > 0:00:20'Nothing in her life had prepared her for the loud confusion of her unexpected present.'
0:00:36 > 0:00:38What is the name of the hotel, ma'am?
0:00:38 > 0:00:41The Claremont. Do you know it?
0:00:41 > 0:00:44There are lots of old hotels in Lancaster Gate.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47- Have you stayed there before? - Oh, no. No, I haven't.
0:00:47 > 0:00:53I saw it advertised in a magazine when I was visiting my daughter in Scotland.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55It sounded nice.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57It mentioned excellent cuisine.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Excellent cuisine?
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Here, in England?
0:01:02 > 0:01:04No good food in England.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30SPORTS COMMENTARY
0:01:30 > 0:01:32'..In off the foot of the left post!
0:01:32 > 0:01:37'Charlton are shattered but Yorke has scored for Manchester United.'
0:01:37 > 0:01:39- Thank you.- Could you help me...?
0:01:39 > 0:01:40Well, really.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52I had imagined something quite different.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Morning, ma'am.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Welcome to the Claremont.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Help you with the bags?
0:02:07 > 0:02:08Please. Thank you.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Follow me, ma'am.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Ah!
0:02:39 > 0:02:42- Good morning.- Good morning.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46I'm Mrs Arthur Palfrey. I have a reservation.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Oh, yes, Mrs Palfrey.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Welcome to the Claremont. We've been expecting you.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Single room by the month.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Now, dinner is served at 7pm promptly.
0:02:57 > 0:03:02Breakfast is from 7am until 9am and you will find the menus posted in the lift.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05- You're not a vegetarian, are you? - What?
0:03:05 > 0:03:07- You're not a vegetarian.- No.
0:03:07 > 0:03:12Oh, good, because we don't cater for them. Summers.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14- Is it a nice room?- Oh, yes.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16One of our very best.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21Thank you.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Right, this way, Miss.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35HE GRUNTS
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Could you hold that, Miss?
0:03:44 > 0:03:46That's it.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Oh, dear.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01All this...stuff...
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Oh, I tell you what...
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Oh, the bath is down the hall to your left.
0:04:24 > 0:04:30I suggest you let the water run for about five minutes if you want it hot.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Oh, oh, thank you, ma'am.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38If I was you, I'd get up nice and early...
0:04:41 > 0:04:43..to avoid the rush.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Thank you.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07CAR HORNS BLARE
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Oh, dear.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46First impressions, as Mama used to say.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49BUZZES
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Oh, Lord.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Oh, dear.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30- Good evening, ma'am.- Good evening.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Follow me.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40This will be your regular table.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43I'm Violet, your regular waitress, and if you'd like to
0:06:43 > 0:06:46keep your own things on the table, let me know.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Oh that's kind of you. I do have a special marmalade I prefer.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52And perhaps my own packet of crispbread.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56Leave them with me and I'll see that they're at your place each morning.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Thank you.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Are you going to the theatre?
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Perhaps.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20- There you go.- Thank you.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16HE MUTTERS
0:08:42 > 0:08:46Good evening. I'm Elvira Arbuthnot.
0:08:46 > 0:08:51I thought of introducing myself and coming to your rescue.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Oh, thank you. I'm Sarah Palfrey.
0:08:54 > 0:08:55I know.
0:08:55 > 0:09:00Rule number one, we underdress for dinner here.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02An attempt to blend in with the surroundings.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Oh, dear.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06I'm on my way to the television room.
0:09:06 > 0:09:11Takes me a long time to get there so I leave a bit before everyone else.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14We take our coffee there and watch the latest serial on the telly.
0:09:14 > 0:09:19I'd be glad if you joined me, if you're not faint of heart.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Well, what on earth do you watch?
0:09:23 > 0:09:26One of those gruesome American things?
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Yes, Sex And The City.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33I watch it in weekly doses, like a medicine.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37It makes me feel better knowing I'm not going to be around much longer.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Mrs Burton, Sex And The City.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Coming.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48I'm Shirley. Shirley Burton.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Welcome to the Claremont.
0:09:51 > 0:09:52Why, thank you.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54I'm Sarah Palfrey.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56So I've been told.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Will you be joining us tonight for our little escapade?
0:09:59 > 0:10:02No, not tonight.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05You don't know what you're missing, dear, it's a rerun of a rerun.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08I've seen it at least three times.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Ooh, spicy!
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Mrs Burton! >
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Something we desperately need round here.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Oh, Arthur...
0:10:44 > 0:10:47what have I got myself into?
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Violet!
0:10:59 > 0:11:01I don't want any strawberry jam.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04But you always have strawberry jam.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Precisely - I'm sick and tired of strawberry jam.
0:11:07 > 0:11:12I'm allowed to make some changes, aren't I? Remember, I'm a guest here, not an inmate.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21Would you like to try some of my marmalade?
0:11:21 > 0:11:25Oh, no thank you, Mrs Palfrey, I'm just exercising my rights.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Keeps my heart going.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Oh. Good for you.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32A little thing I learned from Mrs Thatcher.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Good morning. How do you do? I'm Vera Post.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Good morning. I'm Sarah Palfrey.
0:11:37 > 0:11:43Yes, I know. I hope we're going to have the pleasure of having you here for a long time.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45How long do you plan to stay?
0:11:45 > 0:11:48I'm not sure. I'm taking it month by month.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Good. Do you have relatives in London?
0:11:51 > 0:11:55Yes, I have a grandson, Desmond.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57He works at the British Archives.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01Marvellous. I suppose we'll be seeing a lot of him, then.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Well, he is a very busy young man.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05They all are.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09I have my whole family in Bournemouth but they come to visit me constantly.
0:12:09 > 0:12:14- How lovely for you.- I'm seriously considering moving there myself.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18That would be nice.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21The weather is certainly milder.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25Yes, and it's such a lively place. There's so much going on.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29I would have thought there was always something going on in London.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33It's true, but one just doesn't seem to go to it. Widow, are you?
0:12:33 > 0:12:38Mrs Post, isn't it a bit too early for interrogations?
0:12:38 > 0:12:42- I'm sorry, I didn't mean to... - No, no, no, it's quite all right.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Yes, I am a widow.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46So am I.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49- So is Mrs Arbuthnot.- Twice.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Orange marmalade.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55That all right, Your Highness?
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Temper, temper, my child.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Anything special for you ladies?
0:13:02 > 0:13:04No, thank you.
0:13:06 > 0:13:12I've been thinking of calling my grandson and inviting him here for lunch.
0:13:12 > 0:13:13- On a Sunday.- Sunday?
0:13:13 > 0:13:17Sundays, the roast beef is almost decent.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24PHONE RINGS
0:13:25 > 0:13:28- 'Hello.'- Hello, Desmond.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32- '..Leave a message.'- Oh, Lord. It's one of those things.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35BEEP
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Hello, Desmond.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39It's your grandmother.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42I'm sure your mother has told you that I'm here in London
0:13:42 > 0:13:48and I would like to invite you to lunch here on Sunday, if you're not busy.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51I would love to see you and show you off.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56So call me at the Claremont Hotel whenever you can.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58All right?
0:13:58 > 0:14:03Well, I'll say goodbye now then, dear.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06- BEEP - Oh, no! Hello, Desmond?!
0:14:06 > 0:14:07DIAL TONE
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Of course it's not working now.
0:14:15 > 0:14:16'As the weeks flew by,
0:14:16 > 0:14:21'she did her best to convince herself she was...all right.'
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Telephone.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Mr Osborne, telephone.
0:14:37 > 0:14:42'Her days started to meld into one, long waiting hour.'
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Mrs Burton, telephone.
0:14:49 > 0:14:54'She began to run out of excuses or explanations for why her grandson never called
0:14:54 > 0:14:58'when suddenly she realised that nobody ever called.'
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Mrs Palfrey!
0:15:05 > 0:15:07"Schook" is not a word.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14RADIO: So, it will be a rainy day...
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Did you hear that?
0:15:16 > 0:15:18- NORTHERN ACCENT: - "Rainy day."
0:15:18 > 0:15:22We are going to have a "rainy day".
0:15:22 > 0:15:28There was a time when our radio announcers could actually pronounce the phrase "rainy day".
0:15:28 > 0:15:32Good Lord - what is the BBC coming to?
0:15:32 > 0:15:34I don't know, sir.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37'..for the next few days is more rain...'
0:15:37 > 0:15:41- Excuse me, do you think it's going to rain?- Probably.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45Oh, dear. How far away is the Post Office?
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Last turning on the right, second left.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Very well. I'll take my chances.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54Oh, Mrs Palfrey, I'm so glad I caught you. Would you do me the slightest favour?
0:15:54 > 0:15:57I'm just on my way to the Post Office.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01Perfect! Would you be kind enough to stop at the library and pick up a book for me?
0:16:01 > 0:16:07They have it waiting for me at the front desk. It's right on your way. Here is my library card. Thank you.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17Fourth turning on the right, second on the left. You can't miss it.
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Thank you.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30'It took her several drafts to write the perfect letter to her daughter,
0:16:30 > 0:16:35'expressing, with restraint, her concern for Desmond's silence.
0:16:35 > 0:16:41'As at many other times in her life, she questioned how the contents of her letter would be interpreted.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44'Would she appear needy, or lonely?
0:16:44 > 0:16:46'Or both?'
0:16:52 > 0:16:55THUNDER
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Oh, Lord.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Let me help you.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29I'm quite all right, thank you.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31No, you're not.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Why don't you come in, sit down for a minute.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Come on.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Take my hand.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Mind the step.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52I think I've cut my knee.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56There's a step just coming here.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00All right?
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Just give me one moment.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14At least we avoided the paparazzi.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Let me see this leg.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23It's not that deep and you'll probably live another day.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25I've got some disinfectant somewhere.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30You're very kind.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32My name is Ludovic Meyer. And I'm not joking.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39To add insult to injury, people call me Ludo.
0:18:39 > 0:18:45- I'm Sarah Palfrey.- You're pulling my leg.- Oh, no, I'm not.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Well then, we have something in common.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49We both have ridiculous names.
0:18:49 > 0:18:54I'm sorry I don't have any cotton wool for this but I can assure you this shirt is 100% cotton.
0:18:54 > 0:18:59- You mustn't do that. Ouch! - Does that sting?
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Just a little.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08- How does that feel?- That's better.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11- Are you sure?- Yes.
0:19:11 > 0:19:12Can you stand on it?
0:19:15 > 0:19:17I'll try.
0:19:24 > 0:19:25Yes.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Yes, that's...
0:19:28 > 0:19:32Yes. It was more shock than anything.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36Brilliant. Would you like a cup of tea?
0:19:36 > 0:19:40Oh, no, no thank you. I've been enough of a nuisance already.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Nonsense, I was just going to make one for myself.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Were you really?
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Scout's honour.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51In that case, yes, it would be very nice.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Excellent. Have a seat.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01Just got off work in time for your rescue.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Well, that was very lucky for me.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07Just trying to find another mug. Don't usually have guests.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Have you not lived here very long?
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Oh, it's not mine. I'm house-sitting.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14I get it rent-free.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17I do other jobs for money.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Are you a musician?
0:20:19 > 0:20:21- What makes you say that?- Well...
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Oh, no, no. I'm just a busker.
0:20:24 > 0:20:30- A busker?- One of those people who plays on the street for money.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36I...am a writer.
0:20:36 > 0:20:37Without a laptop.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42I sit in coffee shops and write until they ask me to leave.
0:20:42 > 0:20:47Then I come home to my old faithful Remington Quiet Model 1 and...
0:20:48 > 0:20:53Ding! Until the neighbours shout obscenities at me.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57KETTLE WHISTLES
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Have you had anything published?
0:21:07 > 0:21:09No, of course I haven't.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11But I'm still trying.
0:21:13 > 0:21:14Well, it takes time.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16You're very young.
0:21:16 > 0:21:21- I've been hearing that for the past 26 years.- 26?
0:21:21 > 0:21:24My grandson is 26.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33Oh, goodness me, look at the time! I'm going to be late for dinner.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35- Are you going far?- No, not far -
0:21:35 > 0:21:38the Claremont Hotel at Lancaster Gate.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Well, I'll whistle up a cab for you.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Thank you.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53WHISTLE Taxi!
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Your cab awaits, ma'am.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17I would be delighted if you would come and have dinner with me one evening.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21- At the Claremont?- I'd like to repay your kindness in some way.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25That would be...very grand.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Would Saturday suit you?
0:22:27 > 0:22:31Why not? Saturday would be lovely.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41There you are! I had begun to fear you'd been abducted.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Not quite. But I did have a little adventure.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48So did Lady Chatterley, from the looks of it.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52Oh, yes, I'm sorry. I dropped it, quite unintentionally of course.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Nevertheless, it was very kind of you.
0:22:55 > 0:23:00I'm having a guest for dinner on Saturday, a young gentleman.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Finally!
0:23:02 > 0:23:06We are finally going to get to meet this mythical grandson.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Oh, how lovely!
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Is he married? Does he have a girlfriend?
0:23:10 > 0:23:13No, I don't think so.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Oh! Splendid.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Oh, dear.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54Excuse me. I was wondering if you lived around here.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56I do - how can I help you?
0:23:56 > 0:23:58I'm looking for a young man,
0:23:58 > 0:24:01he lives in one of these basement flats.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03He's a writer.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05- His name is Ludovic Meyer. - Mrs Palfrey!
0:24:05 > 0:24:08Oh! There he is now. Sorry.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12- Hello!- Oh, Ludo. Thank goodness I found you.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14- How's your leg?- The leg's fine.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17I'm afraid I've gone and put my foot in it.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21I may steal that line, if you don't mind.
0:24:21 > 0:24:22What, sorry?
0:24:22 > 0:24:26Nothing. Would you like some tea?
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Oh, no, no thank you.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32I had to come and tell you because I have got myself into a bit of a mess.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34- Don't tell me, the police are after you.- Oh, no.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Please don't laugh, this is serious.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Sorry. Go on.
0:24:40 > 0:24:46Quite recklessly, I've announced that I have a young visitor for dinner on Saturday
0:24:46 > 0:24:50- and everybody assumed it was my grandson, Desmond.- So?
0:24:50 > 0:24:54Well, I didn't deny it.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57I just let it go, it was such a surprise.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59You see, he never came to visit.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01He didn't even call.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04So, they all refer to him as my "mythical" grandson.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08I don't see the problem. Why don't I be your grandson for the evening?
0:25:08 > 0:25:09Oh, would you?
0:25:09 > 0:25:13- Of course.- Would you really? - Of course.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Between you and me, I never really had a grandmother.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20- Everybody has a grandmother. - True, but I never met mine.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Oh. Oh, well thank you, thank you.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26- This is for you. - Oh, you shouldn't have.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29It's what grandmothers do.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Open it up.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36I hope it fits. It's 100% cotton, you know.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39It's lovely, thank you.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Now, what do I call you?
0:25:41 > 0:25:45Grandmother, Granny? If I call you Mrs Palfrey in front of everyone...
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Oh. Well, when he was a tiny tot,
0:25:48 > 0:25:52Desmond used to call me Sasa.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55- Who's Desmond?- My real...
0:25:56 > 0:25:59My other grandson!
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Right, and what does Desmond wear?
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Don't worry, I'll work something out.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Till Saturday, Sasa.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20I do hope he's got a decent pair of shoes.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Hello, Sasa.
0:26:32 > 0:26:33You look ravishing.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36Why, you look very nice too.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39- Are you ready for our entrance? - Absolutely.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41By the way, what's my name again?
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Oh, dear.
0:26:43 > 0:26:44Desmond.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47D-E-S-M-O-N-D, Desmond.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Who's Desmond?
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Relax.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54I'm a brilliant actor.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56When I have to be.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09- MUTTERING:- Oh, it's Mrs Palfrey.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Thank you.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Would you pour the wine, dear?
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Of course.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Oh, Mrs Post. Good evening.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57- Is this your grandson?- I'm Desmond.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01Of course, I can see, the resemblance is uncanny.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Oh but please, sit down.
0:28:04 > 0:28:09Yes, so nice finally to meet you, we've heard so much about you.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Are you enjoying your job in the archives?
0:28:11 > 0:28:15I can't imagine such an important thing.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17- Are you open on Sundays?- No.- Yes.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19Oh, sorry, did you say open?
0:28:19 > 0:28:21I thought you said, did I work on Sundays?
0:28:21 > 0:28:26We are open, 365 days a year, seven days a week, we're open.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29I hope we can see more of you in the future.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32I have a niece. She's quite lovely.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34She comes to visit me on Thursdays.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38You didn't tell me he was such a good-looking young man.
0:28:38 > 0:28:43- I, I, I suppose you have a girlfriend, do you?- Mrs Post!
0:28:43 > 0:28:46Postpone interrogations for later.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Let them have dinner in peace!
0:28:50 > 0:28:52Sorry. I don't mean to...
0:28:54 > 0:28:56- Good evening.- Mrs Arbuthnot.
0:28:56 > 0:29:01- I'm...- I know. Welcome to the Claremont, young man.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04I hope you have a strong stomach.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13Good Lord, we're trapped in a Terence Rattigan play.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20Mrs Arbuthnot has been at the Claremont for years.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22Yes, I can see.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27It's entered her soul.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32People aren't always what they seem.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35She was very kind to me on my first night here.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38No, you're quite right.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41As the poet would say, we see into the life of things.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43That's Wordsworth.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Indeed. Do you enjoy him?
0:29:45 > 0:29:50Oh yes! He's my travelling companion, I take him everywhere. And you?
0:29:50 > 0:29:53I like him, but William Blake's my man.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57Oh! That was Arthur's favourite poet.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00- Who's Arthur? - (Your grandfather, dear!)
0:30:00 > 0:30:02Oh yes, of course.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06Well, there you are, it runs in the family.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14How do you do?
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Fine, thank you.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30Bye-bye.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39You know, I'm enjoying this too much.
0:30:39 > 0:30:40Do you think that's wicked?
0:30:40 > 0:30:43No, enjoy it as much as you can.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45I've never enjoyed myself more.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47With my clothes on.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07Thanks.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15May I be brutally frank?
0:31:15 > 0:31:18Oh dear. I don't know.
0:31:18 > 0:31:22What are you doing here?
0:31:22 > 0:31:26- You don't seem to belong. - Well, that's a long story.
0:31:26 > 0:31:30I must confess I feel quite comfortable here.
0:31:30 > 0:31:31And safe.
0:31:31 > 0:31:36According to Mrs Arbuthnot, you're not allowed to die here.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Well, that may be wishful thinking on her part.
0:31:41 > 0:31:46I don't know. I imagined you travelling the world, visiting exotic places.
0:31:46 > 0:31:47Oh, I did that,
0:31:47 > 0:31:49in the past, with Arthur.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52Grandpapa.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56He would have liked you very much.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58And vice versa.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01I'm so, so sorry to interrupt.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04Er, Mrs Burton.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08I'm just off to the theatre with some friends and I didn't want to
0:32:08 > 0:32:11miss the grand opportunity of meeting your grandson.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Hello, darling. Shirley.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16- Shirley Burton. - Desmond, how do you do?
0:32:16 > 0:32:21Oh, I see that good looks and charm runs in the family.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23That's very kind of you.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26You have good genes, Mrs Palfrey.
0:32:33 > 0:32:37Isn't it remarkable how people see what they want to see?
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Yes. Remarkable.
0:32:52 > 0:32:53You don't have to see me out.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56I don't have to, but I want to.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59I don't know how to thank you.
0:32:59 > 0:33:04You have no idea how much this has meant to me.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Well, it's reciprocal.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09- You've given me ideas, Mrs Palfrey. - Oh?
0:33:09 > 0:33:13A story is shaping up in my mind.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Something you could help me with.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18Oh, tell me.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Would you share with me
0:33:20 > 0:33:24some of the things that matter to you, from your life?
0:33:24 > 0:33:26And in return I can show you some from mine.
0:33:26 > 0:33:31Most of the things that mattered to me are not around any more.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33They live in here.
0:33:35 > 0:33:36And here.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40That's exactly what I mean.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Mrs Palfrey.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01He is divine.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04I can't wait for him to meet my niece.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08Something tells me, Mrs Palfrey, that we will end up being relatives.
0:34:08 > 0:34:12Mrs Post, please don't frighten the poor woman!
0:34:14 > 0:34:17Mrs Palfrey, hello.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21Although we haven't officially met, I am Lorna de Salis, and this is my son, Willie.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24- How do you do?- We are staying at the Claremont for a brief period
0:34:24 > 0:34:28until the renovations of our apartment are complete.
0:34:28 > 0:34:29We are theatre people.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33Oh, we have come from generations of theatre people.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37And although I have recently retired from the stage,
0:34:37 > 0:34:41Willie runs an amateur dramatic group for young actors
0:34:41 > 0:34:44whom he believes to hold great promise.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46And sometimes I help out.
0:34:46 > 0:34:52Do you think your grandson might be interested in joining our little group? I mean, Willie thinks he has
0:34:52 > 0:34:58- the makings of a splendid leading man, don't you, dear? - Oh, indeed I do, mother.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00Um, I don't know.
0:35:00 > 0:35:06I mean, he's a write... He's very busy at the archives.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Archives?!
0:35:08 > 0:35:10Yes, at the British Museum.
0:35:10 > 0:35:15But a face like that can't be locked away in the archives!
0:35:15 > 0:35:17It should be seen. On the stage.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19On the box. On the screen...
0:35:19 > 0:35:22Willie, dear.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26Now, calm yourself, remember your blood pressure.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28He can be rather exuberant at times.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31But what makes him such a brilliant actor.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35Now, do let us know what your grandson thinks.
0:35:35 > 0:35:36I shall.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38Good evening.
0:35:41 > 0:35:47To meet a young man in this day and age with such impeccable manners,
0:35:47 > 0:35:51tells me more about YOU, Mrs Palfrey, than about him.
0:35:51 > 0:35:56Well, thank you, Mr Osborne, but I think a little credit should go to my daughter.
0:35:56 > 0:36:01There's more to you than meets the eye,
0:36:01 > 0:36:03Mrs Palfrey.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39Mrs Palfrey.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42Telephone. Your grandson.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56- Desmond?- Good morning, Sasa, listen. I've been writing all night.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58Oh, it IS you.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01You've been a great success at the Claremont.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04You mean, WE have been a great success at the Claremont.
0:37:04 > 0:37:10Sasa, have you noticed what an unusually beautiful day it is?
0:37:10 > 0:37:18And Mrs Arbuthnot smiled like a dragonfly as she awaited the soup she knew would come.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21Now, what do you think?
0:37:21 > 0:37:24Do you recognise yourself? Am I getting it right?
0:37:24 > 0:37:28I don't think accuracy should interfere with a good story.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32But you didn't know me when I was happily married.
0:37:32 > 0:37:38- I was lucky enough to find the almost perfect man.- Almost?
0:37:38 > 0:37:39He left me too early.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41We were still in love.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45But what he did
0:37:45 > 0:37:47by dying before me,
0:37:47 > 0:37:52was to make me call on strengths I never knew I had,
0:37:52 > 0:37:55to appreciate independence,
0:37:55 > 0:38:01and not to fear the approach of my own last days on earth.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05But at your age, one is not equipped to think that way, thank God.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Ludo.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13Rosie.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15Hello.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17Erm...
0:38:17 > 0:38:20I don't think you've met my grandmother.
0:38:22 > 0:38:23Your grandmother?
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Sasa, this is Rosie.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28Remember, I told you about her.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30Oh, yes, forgive me, darling.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33You know I forget everything these days. How do you do?
0:38:33 > 0:38:38Er, Sasa, would you excuse us for just one moment?
0:38:43 > 0:38:45Rosie. Rosie!
0:38:48 > 0:38:49Rosie.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51What the hell happened to you?
0:38:51 > 0:38:54I woke up one morning and you were gone. Vanished.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57Just a pair of dirty socks to remember you by.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59Well, from our last time together, I thought I was doing you a favour.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02- Oh, you were. - You deserve better than me, anyway.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04I do.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06And now that we've cleared that up,
0:39:06 > 0:39:09- what's with the grandmother? - What do you mean?
0:39:09 > 0:39:12- Your grandmother's dead.- Yeah, most humans have TWO grandmothers, Rosie.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15So, she's the American one?
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Yeah. Can't you tell?
0:39:19 > 0:39:21What do I know?
0:39:23 > 0:39:27When I first saw the two of you from a distance, I thought,
0:39:27 > 0:39:30"Ludo's entering a new stage."
0:39:30 > 0:39:33Harold and Maude, if you know what I mean.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Yeah, well, you got it wrong, as usual.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38It's nice to see you, Rosie.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40Wish I could say the same.
0:39:46 > 0:39:50I was wondering why a young man with so many qualities didn't have a girlfriend.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Or a wife.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55My qualities are more honeymoon than mortgage.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Sorry?
0:39:58 > 0:40:02I just mean, I'm not very successful in the relationship department.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04- Oh.- For instance, I have a mother...
0:40:04 > 0:40:06I suspected as much.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10..who I haven't seen in months.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12Oh, why?
0:40:12 > 0:40:15I don't know. We live on different planets.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19I sometimes visit hers, but she never visits mine.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22I always leave feeling like a stranger.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27I am afraid I know exactly what you mean.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32And your father?
0:40:32 > 0:40:34My father never made it.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39He got tired, and died.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Oh.
0:40:43 > 0:40:47It's very important to praise people a lot, early on.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51Otherwise they might die of disappointment.
0:40:53 > 0:40:57My mother's disappointed in me.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59Well, she shouldn't be.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04I'd very much like to meet her.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Well, what's the matter?
0:41:10 > 0:41:14Sorry! It's just the thought of you two together.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18It's nothing, really.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20Just the thought.
0:41:20 > 0:41:21Quite bizarre.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45Now, I think I'd like something quite different this morning.
0:41:45 > 0:41:49Fresh orange juice. Not the stuff out of a bottle.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51And scrambled eggs.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Whatever you say, ma'am.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55SHE SIGHS
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Ah, there you are.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12Desmond! Oh, what on earth are you doing here?
0:42:12 > 0:42:14You called me.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17But that was weeks ago!
0:42:17 > 0:42:20We can't talk here. We must go somewhere more private.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29Don't say a word, just follow me.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34What the hell is going on, Grandmother?
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Ssh! Lower your voice.
0:42:37 > 0:42:42- They don't encourage visitors here, especially relatives.- That's absurd.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46Yes, I agree it is absurd but those are the rules.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49Now, if you want to have lunch or dinner with me, I'd be delighted,
0:42:49 > 0:42:54but we can't do it here, and you must give me a little more notice.
0:42:54 > 0:42:55So you choose a day.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58Well, I'm rather busy these days.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00- I'm writing a book.- What?
0:43:00 > 0:43:02On Cycladic art.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05Well, that should be interesting.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Well, shall I report back to Mother?
0:43:07 > 0:43:09After all, that's why I am here.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11Well, don't worry about that.
0:43:11 > 0:43:16I'll tell her. Now, you really must go, Desmond, off you go.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18I'd like to get back to my breakfast.
0:43:32 > 0:43:35Who was that, Mrs Palfrey?
0:43:35 > 0:43:37My accountant.
0:43:37 > 0:43:39Oh, accountants!
0:43:39 > 0:43:42Why is it they all look the same?
0:43:42 > 0:43:44I do love him, you know, and he's very capable.
0:43:44 > 0:43:47But he does have the most dreadful sense of timing.
0:43:47 > 0:43:51One must never love one's accountant, Mrs Palfrey.
0:43:51 > 0:43:53True.
0:43:59 > 0:44:03- What is this?- Scrambled egg.
0:44:03 > 0:44:06- Just like you ordered.- Did I?
0:44:08 > 0:44:10I must be losing my mind.
0:44:10 > 0:44:12Whatever you say, ma'am.
0:44:16 > 0:44:18HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:44:18 > 0:44:21Mrs Palfrey, may I approach?
0:44:22 > 0:44:24What is it, Major?
0:44:24 > 0:44:27Major? Do I look like a major?
0:44:27 > 0:44:29It will be news to my sister.
0:44:29 > 0:44:31I'm sorry, Mr Osborne.
0:44:31 > 0:44:34My mind is completely elsewhere.
0:44:34 > 0:44:38I have had an unusually agitated morning.
0:44:38 > 0:44:40Please, sit down.
0:44:49 > 0:44:53I completely forgot what I was going to say.
0:44:56 > 0:44:58Well, it happens.
0:44:58 > 0:45:01We all of us forget things from time to time.
0:45:01 > 0:45:03No matter how old we are.
0:45:06 > 0:45:08I've remembered
0:45:08 > 0:45:10why I came over here. I...
0:45:10 > 0:45:14I wanted to extend an invitation.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16Oh?
0:45:16 > 0:45:21Would you do me the honour to be my guest at a masonic do?
0:45:21 > 0:45:26What does one do at a masonic do, Mr Osborne?
0:45:26 > 0:45:28No chanting, I hope.
0:45:28 > 0:45:31Or human sacrifices.
0:45:31 > 0:45:36Oh. No, no, no, no. No, no. Ha-ha.
0:45:36 > 0:45:38No. Nothing like that.
0:45:38 > 0:45:40It's, it's a ladies' night.
0:45:40 > 0:45:43They'd be delighted if you were to come.
0:45:43 > 0:45:47And I'd be delighted if you were to be my guest.
0:45:50 > 0:45:52I would love to come, Mr Osborne.
0:45:54 > 0:45:57HE LAUGHS
0:46:00 > 0:46:02It's a conspiracy.
0:46:02 > 0:46:06You should have seen me pushing my grandson out of the hotel.
0:46:06 > 0:46:10- I am going to be ostracised when they find out.- By whom?
0:46:10 > 0:46:12I'm surprised at you, Mrs P.
0:46:12 > 0:46:13Where's your backbone?
0:46:13 > 0:46:15Calm down, it's only my mother.
0:46:15 > 0:46:17Only!
0:46:22 > 0:46:24Hello, Mum.
0:46:34 > 0:46:38So, what ARE you doing?
0:46:38 > 0:46:40I'm writing.
0:46:40 > 0:46:42I mean, for a living.
0:46:42 > 0:46:44You're beginning to sound like an American.
0:46:44 > 0:46:46Flattery will get you nowhere.
0:46:51 > 0:46:54You have to admit I'm a broad-minded person.
0:46:54 > 0:46:58I don't see my son for months, and then he comes and visits me with YOU,
0:46:58 > 0:47:01and I haven't asked for a single explanation.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04Mrs Meyer, there is nothing to explain.
0:47:04 > 0:47:07I am a sort of honorary grandmother.
0:47:09 > 0:47:12Cover your ears, I'm going to embarrass you.
0:47:12 > 0:47:14I think I'll get some more tea.
0:47:17 > 0:47:19You know,
0:47:19 > 0:47:22your son is a man of many talents.
0:47:22 > 0:47:27And he showed me great kindness when I was in distress.
0:47:27 > 0:47:33I think you should be proud that you have brought him up to be the man he is today.
0:47:33 > 0:47:37And, in case you were not aware of it,
0:47:37 > 0:47:39you have been often on his mind.
0:47:41 > 0:47:43And that is why
0:47:43 > 0:47:45I was curious,
0:47:45 > 0:47:47and wanted to meet you.
0:47:49 > 0:47:51But please forgive me if I seem intrusive.
0:47:55 > 0:48:00It may not seem like it, but I fought to give him the best.
0:48:00 > 0:48:04I never had the luxury of having a husband to fall back on.
0:48:04 > 0:48:09I raised him all by myself, and I'm damn proud of it, too.
0:48:09 > 0:48:11I don't regret it for a single second.
0:48:11 > 0:48:14I'd do it all over again if I had to.
0:48:14 > 0:48:19But, sometimes, things just don't work out how you hope.
0:48:30 > 0:48:31What do YOU want?
0:48:54 > 0:48:56Ravishing.
0:48:56 > 0:49:00Positively ravishing.
0:49:00 > 0:49:05Mr Osborne, I suspect you have some Italian blood in you.
0:49:05 > 0:49:07Irish.
0:49:07 > 0:49:11Ah. That explains it.
0:49:11 > 0:49:13Shall we go?
0:49:21 > 0:49:24"HERE COMES THE BRIDE" IS PLAYED ON PIANO
0:49:24 > 0:49:27I sense a bad situation developing here.
0:49:28 > 0:49:31No!
0:49:31 > 0:49:35# It's never too late to have a fling
0:49:35 > 0:49:38# Autumn is just as nice as spring
0:49:38 > 0:49:43# Cos it's never too late to fall in love
0:49:43 > 0:49:46# Boop be doop, boop be doop, boop be doop
0:49:46 > 0:49:49# It's never too late to wink an eye
0:49:49 > 0:49:52# I'll do it until the day I die
0:49:52 > 0:49:57# And it's never too late to fall in love
0:49:57 > 0:49:59# Boop be doop, boop be doop, boop be doop
0:49:59 > 0:50:03# If I say I'm too old for you... #
0:50:03 > 0:50:06THEY MUMBLE WORDS OF SONG
0:50:09 > 0:50:11# ..The old one tastes much nicer
0:50:11 > 0:50:15# It's never too late to... #
0:50:15 > 0:50:18THEY MUMBLE WORDS OF SONG
0:50:18 > 0:50:22# ..And it's never too late to fall in love. #
0:50:22 > 0:50:25Two, three, four, five, six, yah!
0:50:27 > 0:50:31HUM OF CONVERSATION
0:50:46 > 0:50:51No, I haven't been to France for over five years.
0:50:51 > 0:50:53But Paris is my favourite city.
0:51:16 > 0:51:21Well, that was an improvement on dinner at the Claremont.
0:51:21 > 0:51:24A very pleasant evening, thank you.
0:51:24 > 0:51:27Shall we walk for a bit?
0:51:27 > 0:51:31And then, when we're tired, we could take a taxi.
0:51:31 > 0:51:34If you think you're up to it.
0:51:34 > 0:51:37Mrs Palfrey, I could fly!
0:51:39 > 0:51:41- Oh.- Oh, dear.
0:51:44 > 0:51:48I haven't been this comfortable with a woman since...
0:51:48 > 0:51:52since the last time that I was comfortable with a woman.
0:51:52 > 0:51:54May I call you Sarah?
0:51:54 > 0:51:56It IS my name.
0:51:56 > 0:52:01It gets a bit lonely at the Claremont sometimes, don't you think?
0:52:01 > 0:52:04Sometimes.
0:52:04 > 0:52:06I'm not cut out to be a widower, you know.
0:52:06 > 0:52:10And it occurred to me that if we joined forces,
0:52:10 > 0:52:15- we could have a better job of it altogether.- Joined forces?
0:52:15 > 0:52:18We'd have a lovely little cottage down in Tunbridge Wells.
0:52:18 > 0:52:20I've a couple of chums down there.
0:52:20 > 0:52:24I'm not sure I quite understand!
0:52:24 > 0:52:26We'd have someone to keep house for us.
0:52:26 > 0:52:29We could go out on a spree sometimes.
0:52:29 > 0:52:31We could do some entertaining.
0:52:31 > 0:52:34We could give cheese-and-wine parties.
0:52:34 > 0:52:38Cheese and wine parties? Oh!
0:52:38 > 0:52:41Mr Osborne, please don't go on.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44I think it's time we went to look for a taxi.
0:52:44 > 0:52:45Not just any old cheese.
0:52:45 > 0:52:52Not that mousetrap stuff that they serve up at the Claremont, no, no, no, no. No.
0:52:52 > 0:52:55Um, something with a real bit of bite in it.
0:52:55 > 0:52:59Black Diamond. Or a good wedge of Brie...
0:53:00 > 0:53:02I'm not a wealthy man.
0:53:02 > 0:53:07But I'm wealthy enough to give a woman the life she deserves.
0:53:07 > 0:53:09Mr Osborne,
0:53:09 > 0:53:11I came as your guest this evening,
0:53:11 > 0:53:14thinking it was simply a friendly invitation.
0:53:14 > 0:53:17Are you now suggesting that we live in sin?
0:53:17 > 0:53:20Worse.
0:53:20 > 0:53:21Much worse.
0:53:22 > 0:53:24I'm asking you to marry me.
0:53:24 > 0:53:26Oh, ho...
0:53:26 > 0:53:28SHE LAUGHS
0:53:28 > 0:53:31Oh, please forgive me.
0:53:31 > 0:53:33That's very kind of you.
0:53:33 > 0:53:38But I hope it is the whisky talking, and not you.
0:53:38 > 0:53:41I was never more sober in my life.
0:53:41 > 0:53:43Look at me!
0:53:58 > 0:54:02Now, no more, no more, Mr Osborne.
0:54:03 > 0:54:05Please come and sit down.
0:54:09 > 0:54:11Mrs Palfrey...
0:54:11 > 0:54:13Sarah...
0:54:13 > 0:54:16will you make me the happiest man in the world?
0:54:16 > 0:54:19Mr Osborne, please don't.
0:54:19 > 0:54:22Now, let me help you, come, sit down.
0:54:22 > 0:54:24I want you to listen to me.
0:54:27 > 0:54:29I'm all ears.
0:54:29 > 0:54:31Now, most of my life
0:54:31 > 0:54:37I've been somebody's daughter, somebody's wife, and somebody's mother.
0:54:37 > 0:54:43I would like to spend the rest of my time here, being simply myself.
0:54:43 > 0:54:47I do not intend ever to marry again.
0:54:47 > 0:54:49But I have lots of room for friends.
0:54:51 > 0:54:53Will you be my friend?
0:54:57 > 0:55:01- I am greedy.- Well, perhaps you should work on that.
0:55:04 > 0:55:08And now, shall we find that taxi?
0:55:19 > 0:55:21HARMONICA PLAYS
0:55:44 > 0:55:47# There's a lovely lady that you really should see
0:55:47 > 0:55:49# To you she may be Sarah but to me she's Mrs P
0:55:49 > 0:55:51# She's got a hat on her head
0:55:51 > 0:55:54# And a stocking on her wounded knee... #
0:55:54 > 0:55:56That was very nice but quite uncalled for.
0:55:56 > 0:55:58You get embarrassed so easily.
0:55:58 > 0:56:00I was not embarrassed.
0:56:00 > 0:56:03You were, too. I saw you blushing.
0:56:03 > 0:56:05I thought I was too early.
0:56:05 > 0:56:07I didn't want to distract you from your work.
0:56:07 > 0:56:10I clocked off an hour ago, I was just waiting for you.
0:56:10 > 0:56:13We're having dinner in my flat. I've got everything prepared.
0:56:13 > 0:56:14Are you a chef as well?
0:56:14 > 0:56:16Well, you be the judge of that.
0:56:28 > 0:56:29Now...
0:56:36 > 0:56:39Mmm.
0:56:39 > 0:56:41- How delicious.- Really?
0:56:41 > 0:56:43Really.
0:56:46 > 0:56:50- What do you call this dish? - Tagliatelle a la Zucchini a la Ludwig.
0:56:50 > 0:56:52Golly Moses.
0:56:56 > 0:56:58'Maybe it was the wine.
0:56:58 > 0:57:01'Or a friendship that was growing out of a kind of need.'
0:57:03 > 0:57:06Sometimes I feel I was born in the wrong time.
0:57:06 > 0:57:08Why do you say that?
0:57:09 > 0:57:12I don't know.
0:57:12 > 0:57:16I suppose I miss the simplicity of the olden days.
0:57:16 > 0:57:18How do you now they were simpler?
0:57:18 > 0:57:23I'm afraid that's rather a romantic view of a past you never knew.
0:57:23 > 0:57:30And if you'll forgive my saying so, it seems like an excuse not to deal with your present.
0:57:30 > 0:57:32It's funny. That's what Rosie kept telling me.
0:57:32 > 0:57:36- Oh, dear, sorry.- No, it's fine.
0:57:36 > 0:57:38It's fine.
0:57:38 > 0:57:41I always consider the source when I'm being analysed
0:57:41 > 0:57:44and she had an agenda. You do not.
0:57:44 > 0:57:48I wasn't analysing. I was...
0:57:48 > 0:57:51simply making an observation as your friend.
0:57:53 > 0:57:56And a very astute observation it was.
0:58:00 > 0:58:03I was reading this paper the other day and...
0:58:03 > 0:58:05there's this quiz.
0:58:05 > 0:58:09A personality quiz designed to measure your capacity for friendship.
0:58:09 > 0:58:11What?
0:58:11 > 0:58:16- You mean a quiz can determine all that?- Well, I don't know. Shall we find out?- Well, why not.
0:58:16 > 0:58:18Good. Let's start with a toughy.
0:58:18 > 0:58:20Do you prefer to be a guest or a host?
0:58:20 > 0:58:25Well, I enjoyed our evening together at the hotel,
0:58:25 > 0:58:28but I must confess I prefer being here.
0:58:31 > 0:58:36If you were kept waiting by a friend you had arranged to meet,
0:58:36 > 0:58:40would you, A, wait patiently and be forgiving when he or she arrived,
0:58:40 > 0:58:43B, go on waiting but have a row when whoever it was turned up,
0:58:43 > 0:58:47or, C, give up and go home angry?
0:58:47 > 0:58:53Well, I know you wouldn't keep me waiting, unless there was a very good reason.
0:58:53 > 0:58:58So, I would wait patiently for you to come and then enjoy our time together.
0:58:58 > 0:59:01Not just me.
0:59:01 > 0:59:03Anyone.
0:59:03 > 0:59:07Well, there isn't anyone else at the moment.
0:59:07 > 0:59:09You're the only one I can think of.
0:59:12 > 0:59:16I, eh, I haven't many friends myself.
0:59:18 > 0:59:21One needs money to have friends.
0:59:22 > 0:59:24They've all got cars and jobs.
0:59:25 > 0:59:29One shouldn't let one's friends slip away.
0:59:30 > 0:59:32Well there's very little I can do about it.
0:59:34 > 0:59:37Well, look, you know, we can do better than this.
0:59:37 > 0:59:38Let's make our own quiz.
0:59:38 > 0:59:42- All right.- OK, your favourite film?
0:59:42 > 0:59:45Well, that would have to be Brief Encounter.
0:59:45 > 0:59:47- Brief Encounter? - Have you never seen it?
0:59:47 > 0:59:49I may have, I can't remember.
0:59:49 > 0:59:52If you had, you'd remember.
0:59:53 > 0:59:55I was 18 when I first saw it.
0:59:55 > 0:59:58It was my first date with Arthur.
0:59:58 > 1:00:00And by the end,
1:00:00 > 1:00:03we were both weeping so shamelessly
1:00:03 > 1:00:07that there was nothing else for us to do
1:00:07 > 1:00:09but fall in love.
1:00:12 > 1:00:15Er... your favourite place?
1:00:16 > 1:00:19On Saturdays,
1:00:19 > 1:00:21before our daughter, Elizabeth, was born,
1:00:21 > 1:00:27we used to slip away to the Castle Inn, which is next door to the abbey at Beaulieu.
1:00:27 > 1:00:29And we'd have a sumptuous dinner
1:00:29 > 1:00:35and then spend the rest of the evening...together.
1:00:40 > 1:00:45And on Sundays, we'd lie in bed until noon, have a late lunch
1:00:45 > 1:00:50and then sit on a bench by the river and watch the sun go down.
1:00:50 > 1:00:53Oh, it was perfect.
1:01:09 > 1:01:11Your favourite song?
1:01:13 > 1:01:15For All We Know.
1:01:15 > 1:01:17For all we know what?
1:01:17 > 1:01:19No, that's the name of the song!
1:01:19 > 1:01:22Though you're probably too young to know it.
1:01:23 > 1:01:25Yeah, probably.
1:01:29 > 1:01:35# For all we know
1:01:41 > 1:01:47# We may never meet again
1:01:49 > 1:01:54# Before you go
1:01:57 > 1:02:03# Make this moment sweet again
1:02:06 > 1:02:12# We won't say good night
1:02:12 > 1:02:17# Until the last minute
1:02:19 > 1:02:25# I'll hold out my hand
1:02:27 > 1:02:33# And my heart will be in it
1:02:35 > 1:02:41# For all we know
1:02:43 > 1:02:46# This may only be a dream
1:02:50 > 1:02:56# But we come and we go
1:02:59 > 1:03:04# Like the ripples of a stream
1:03:08 > 1:03:15# For all... we know. #
1:03:38 > 1:03:42Well, that was a wonderful night, Desmond, thank you, my dear.
1:03:42 > 1:03:45The pleasure is all mine.
1:03:47 > 1:03:49Goodnight, Grandmama.
1:03:51 > 1:03:54# Tomorrow was made for some
1:03:54 > 1:03:57# Tomorrow may never come
1:03:57 > 1:04:00# For all we know. #
1:04:02 > 1:04:06Your grandson is most lyrical, Mrs Palfrey.
1:04:06 > 1:04:09Yes, I'm afraid he gets it from me.
1:04:11 > 1:04:12Divine.
1:04:34 > 1:04:37Sorry.
1:04:37 > 1:04:39It's Brief Encounter.
1:04:41 > 1:04:42One of my favourites.
1:04:44 > 1:04:46- Your's too?- Maybe. Probably.
1:04:46 > 1:04:50- I haven't seen it. - Oh, that's serious.
1:04:53 > 1:04:58You know what? I've seen it hundreds of times. I can wait a day or so.
1:04:58 > 1:05:00Make sure you bring it back tomorrow.
1:05:02 > 1:05:04I haven't got a player.
1:05:06 > 1:05:08How do you intend to see it?
1:05:08 > 1:05:11I was going to cross that bridge when I came to it.
1:05:12 > 1:05:15I'd say you're on that bridge right now.
1:05:15 > 1:05:20Do you...think I should jump?
1:05:20 > 1:05:22Not with Celia Johnson.
1:05:24 > 1:05:27I don't believe she can swim.
1:05:34 > 1:05:35Hi. Thanks.
1:05:40 > 1:05:42- Excuse me, miss.- Yes.
1:05:42 > 1:05:45I don't suppose...
1:05:47 > 1:05:49Sorry.
1:05:49 > 1:05:51I suppose...
1:05:51 > 1:05:53I could invite you to watch it with me.
1:05:55 > 1:05:57If I knew you a little better.
1:05:58 > 1:06:01My name is Gwendolyn Gooth.
1:06:01 > 1:06:03Honestly?
1:06:03 > 1:06:05My name is Ludovic Meyer.
1:06:07 > 1:06:12Honestly? Well, that's reassuring.
1:06:12 > 1:06:14We both have ridiculous names.
1:06:18 > 1:06:21Bye-bye!
1:06:25 > 1:06:28Oh, she waved!
1:06:28 > 1:06:29Bye-bye!
1:06:34 > 1:06:36Come back soon.
1:06:56 > 1:06:58Can I help you?!
1:06:58 > 1:07:01Do you allow relatives to visit?
1:07:01 > 1:07:03This is a hotel, madam.
1:07:03 > 1:07:04I know that.
1:07:04 > 1:07:07But my son has told me that relatives are not permitted.
1:07:07 > 1:07:11Then you were misinformed, madam, or your son was.
1:07:11 > 1:07:16The Claremont is open to anyone... or almost anyone. How can I help you?
1:07:16 > 1:07:18My a mother is one of your guests here.
1:07:18 > 1:07:21Her name is Mrs Arthur Palfrey.
1:07:21 > 1:07:25Mrs Palfrey?! Well, yes of course, why didn't you say so?
1:07:25 > 1:07:29- You must be Elizabeth. - Yes, indeed. And you are?
1:07:29 > 1:07:34- The manager. Summers!- Yes?
1:07:39 > 1:07:42Mrs Palfrey, your daughter.
1:07:44 > 1:07:47- Mother!- Elizabeth! What are you...?
1:07:47 > 1:07:49Don't get up!
1:07:49 > 1:07:52Well! This is a surprise.
1:07:52 > 1:07:57If I'd known you were coming, I'd have arranged something more festive.
1:07:57 > 1:07:59Please, Mother, I didn't come here for fun.
1:07:59 > 1:08:00Is there something wrong?
1:08:00 > 1:08:02As a matter of fact, there is.
1:08:02 > 1:08:05Desmond called me. He's quite beside himself.
1:08:05 > 1:08:10He said you got rid of him very quickly with some strange excuse.
1:08:10 > 1:08:14- Did I?- You told him that visits from relatives weren't allowed.
1:08:14 > 1:08:17But according to the manager, that's not true.
1:08:17 > 1:08:23Well the truth is, I called him several times and he never even bothered to reply.
1:08:23 > 1:08:29And then he turned up here totally unannounced at a most inopportune moment.
1:08:29 > 1:08:32- What do you mean?! - I had other plans.
1:08:32 > 1:08:33If you remember, Elizabeth,
1:08:33 > 1:08:37I came to live in London in order not to be your responsibility.
1:08:37 > 1:08:42And to accustom myself to a little practical independence.
1:08:42 > 1:08:46So, am I right in thinking that you don't want us to come and visit you?
1:08:46 > 1:08:49No, dear, no, no, no, not at all.
1:08:49 > 1:08:54It's just, please understand, I'm making a life of my own here.
1:08:54 > 1:08:57And quite enjoying it.
1:08:57 > 1:09:00I thought you'd be glad for me.
1:09:00 > 1:09:01Well, I am.
1:09:01 > 1:09:06But it's my duty to see that you're safe and properly looked after.
1:09:10 > 1:09:16Do you see that distinguished looking gentleman with the moustache sitting over there.
1:09:16 > 1:09:18What about him?
1:09:19 > 1:09:23- He's asked me to marry him.- What?!
1:09:23 > 1:09:26Don't look so astonished!
1:09:28 > 1:09:33Naturally, I've turned him down, but a romantic friendship at my time of life,
1:09:33 > 1:09:37well, it's quite invigorating.
1:09:37 > 1:09:42Really, Mother! Don't you think it's a bit late in life for you to...
1:09:42 > 1:09:46I just can't believe you're serious.
1:09:46 > 1:09:48Oh, and what can't you believe that I...
1:09:52 > 1:09:55- Oh!- Summers!
1:10:00 > 1:10:05Get an ambulance! Now!
1:10:06 > 1:10:09It's all right, Mrs Arbuthnot.
1:10:09 > 1:10:11Help is on its way.
1:10:11 > 1:10:14Thank you, Mrs Palfrey.
1:10:14 > 1:10:20Don't worry, we aren't allowed to die here.
1:10:20 > 1:10:23- However...- Don't try to speak.
1:10:23 > 1:10:26Tell them not to hurry on my account.
1:10:26 > 1:10:30I'm ready, you know, my dear.
1:10:31 > 1:10:35I've been ready for a long time.
1:11:03 > 1:11:07'I'm ready now, my dear.
1:11:11 > 1:11:14'I've been ready for a long time.'
1:11:42 > 1:11:48Our appointment, Mrs P, was on that corner over there.
1:11:50 > 1:11:54I stood there like an idiot for about 20 minutes.
1:11:54 > 1:11:57I was propositioned by three women, one man and a dog.
1:12:00 > 1:12:02What is it, Mrs P?
1:12:02 > 1:12:08I...I think I may...be coming down with something.
1:12:08 > 1:12:10I don't feel at all well.
1:12:10 > 1:12:17Perhaps...we must postpone... our visit to Bewley Castle.
1:12:18 > 1:12:19Oh.
1:12:19 > 1:12:22Oh, I'm sorry.
1:12:22 > 1:12:26Gwendolyn was so looking forward to meeting you.
1:12:26 > 1:12:30Oh, and I'm most anxious to meet her too.
1:12:30 > 1:12:34But when I'm a bit more up to it.
1:12:34 > 1:12:35Don't worry.
1:12:35 > 1:12:37We can do it another day.
1:12:39 > 1:12:42- Let me walk you back. - Would you, please?
1:12:42 > 1:12:44That would be very kind.
1:12:49 > 1:12:52Thank you, my friend...
1:12:54 > 1:12:56..in charge of cheerfulness.
1:12:56 > 1:13:01Is that attached to some other sentence, or is it supposed to hang there in mid air?
1:13:01 > 1:13:04Ludovic Meyer...
1:13:04 > 1:13:08in charge of cheerfulness.
1:13:10 > 1:13:12That should complete the thought.
1:13:18 > 1:13:20Lucky me,
1:13:20 > 1:13:22to have tripped into your life.
1:13:22 > 1:13:24And vice versa.
1:13:32 > 1:13:33Mrs P?
1:13:35 > 1:13:40What shall I do not to make Gwendolyn jealous of you?
1:13:40 > 1:13:44I should give you my birth certificate.
1:13:51 > 1:13:53I've always wanted to visit Bewley.
1:13:53 > 1:13:55My parents tell me it's quite unique.
1:13:55 > 1:14:00Yes, it is rather special. Like you.
1:14:00 > 1:14:05Has he instructed you to say that to all his girlfriends?
1:14:05 > 1:14:07No, dear, only you.
1:14:09 > 1:14:11No, I didn't mean that!
1:14:48 > 1:14:53'She danced around her memories with the agile step of a young girl.
1:14:53 > 1:14:57'Her stories became vivid to the young couple's eyes.
1:14:57 > 1:15:01'And all of a sudden, the past became the present, for a little while'.
1:15:19 > 1:15:21Bravo!
1:15:35 > 1:15:40I've looked out of that window with Arthur on many a Sunday...
1:15:42 > 1:15:48..and known that the memory of such happiness would never leave me.
1:15:50 > 1:15:54And in time, if you're lucky...
1:15:59 > 1:16:02Do you believe in destiny, Mrs Palfrey?
1:16:02 > 1:16:05Yes, I think I do.
1:16:05 > 1:16:08Why do you ask?
1:16:08 > 1:16:13I was just thinking about you, and Brief Encounter.
1:16:13 > 1:16:16If it hadn't been for that, I wouldn't have met Ludo.
1:16:16 > 1:16:20I'm flattered to think that I might have played some small part in it,
1:16:20 > 1:16:24but, you know, if things are meant to happen...
1:16:24 > 1:16:27destiny might lead us to the path,
1:16:27 > 1:16:30but the rest of it is up to us.
1:16:32 > 1:16:37Always remember to make the most of every moment.
1:16:37 > 1:16:40That's the single most important lesson of my life.
1:16:49 > 1:16:52Will you two stop talking about me? It's getting a bit embarrassing.
1:16:54 > 1:16:57Excuse me, who are you?
1:16:57 > 1:16:59We can exist without you, you know?
1:16:59 > 1:17:02And in case you hadn't heard, we are the stronger sex.
1:17:02 > 1:17:04Yes, well, I'm finding that out the hard way.
1:17:08 > 1:17:10Why don't you two go off for a while?
1:17:11 > 1:17:14I'd like to just sit here and think.
1:17:14 > 1:17:17We'll join up again for tea.
1:17:17 > 1:17:20- Sure.- Yes.
1:17:36 > 1:17:39You'd be very proud of our adopted grandson.
1:17:47 > 1:17:52'Even the most romantic aspects of her life were framed in a square of realistic practicality.
1:17:54 > 1:17:56'She knew there were signs to move on.
1:17:56 > 1:18:00'However, the question this time was, where to,
1:18:00 > 1:18:03'and what for?'
1:20:58 > 1:20:59Arthur?
1:21:18 > 1:21:21"My dear Ludo, I've been meaning to write
1:21:21 > 1:21:25"and say how much I enjoyed the day we spent together at Bewley Castle.
1:21:25 > 1:21:30"If you can find the time, I would very much like to take you both to dinner.
1:21:30 > 1:21:34"I promise not to subject you to the Claremont cuisine again.
1:21:34 > 1:21:36"Call me whenever you can.
1:21:36 > 1:21:38"Love, Sasa."
1:21:38 > 1:21:40Writing to Desmond?
1:21:42 > 1:21:43Yes, indeed.
1:21:43 > 1:21:46We've been wondering why we haven't seen him here for a while.
1:21:46 > 1:21:48He's a young man.
1:21:48 > 1:21:51He has a life of his own.
1:21:51 > 1:21:54I've encouraged him to stay away from the Claremont,
1:21:54 > 1:21:59not to waste his precious time with me and the other corpses.
1:21:59 > 1:22:01Oh, come on, Mrs Palfrey, what's going on?
1:22:01 > 1:22:03We've been observing you.
1:22:03 > 1:22:06We couldn't help but notice that you haven't been yourself recently.
1:22:06 > 1:22:09Oh, really, Mr Osborne?
1:22:09 > 1:22:13And who am I being? I think it might be better if you
1:22:13 > 1:22:18were all to spend your time observing each other, and leave me in peace.
1:22:18 > 1:22:21Mrs Palfrey!
1:22:21 > 1:22:23Sarah! What have I said?
1:22:25 > 1:22:30Mr Osborne, I came here for a little privacy, not to be observed.
1:22:30 > 1:22:36And not to be the subject of a lot of idle gossip.
1:22:36 > 1:22:38I don't wish to be rude or unkind,
1:22:38 > 1:22:43but I would be enormously grateful if you would all stop observing me.
1:22:43 > 1:22:45I'm sorry, Mr Osborne.
1:22:45 > 1:22:48I know that you meant well.
1:22:48 > 1:22:52But I would like to be invisible for a little while.
1:22:52 > 1:22:55If that isn't too much to ask!
1:23:00 > 1:23:02SARAH SCREAMS
1:23:11 > 1:23:12Call an ambulance!
1:23:23 > 1:23:27Sarah? Sarah?
1:23:27 > 1:23:29Sarah.
1:23:39 > 1:23:41- Any news?- Her hip.
1:23:41 > 1:23:44She's broke her hip.
1:23:44 > 1:23:49Oh, no! Oh, poor Mrs Palfrey. Once the hip goes...
1:23:49 > 1:23:52- Always looking on the bright side, Vera(!)- I'm just being realistic.
1:23:52 > 1:23:55No, dear, just being yourself.
1:23:57 > 1:24:01Well, I've just delivered Mrs Palfrey's letter
1:24:01 > 1:24:04to a basement flat in Westbourne Grove.
1:24:04 > 1:24:08- Who could she possibly know there? - I'm looking for Mrs Palfrey?
1:24:11 > 1:24:14- Sir...- Mr Meyer? Mr Ludovic Meyer?
1:24:14 > 1:24:18- Excuse me?- I've just delivered a letter to you from Mrs Palfrey!
1:24:18 > 1:24:21I'm not Mr Meyer, I'm Mrs Palfrey's grandson, Desmond.
1:24:21 > 1:24:24Ooh!
1:24:24 > 1:24:28Excuse me, young man, whoever you are, Mrs Palfrey has only one grandson.
1:24:28 > 1:24:30Yes, that is correct, me.
1:24:30 > 1:24:32You don't look anything like her.
1:24:32 > 1:24:34Perhaps you'd care to describe her.
1:24:34 > 1:24:36No, I don't think I would.
1:24:36 > 1:24:38- Call the police.- Hold on a moment.
1:24:38 > 1:24:42So, it is true you don't allow relatives to visit here, yes?
1:24:42 > 1:24:46True. Particularly fake relatives.
1:24:46 > 1:24:50This IS an insane asylum!
1:24:52 > 1:24:53I beg your pardon?
1:24:53 > 1:24:55Don't let him get away!
1:24:55 > 1:24:58- Stop the faker!- Let him go! Desmond!
1:24:58 > 1:25:01Desmond, he was trying to pretend to be you.
1:25:01 > 1:25:03- Who was?- He was.
1:25:03 > 1:25:07Why have you got Mr Meyer's letter in your hand, Desmond?
1:25:09 > 1:25:13Er...well, um...
1:25:13 > 1:25:17it seems the cat's out of the bag.
1:25:17 > 1:25:20I'm Ludovic Meyer.
1:25:20 > 1:25:22Explain yourself, young fellow.
1:25:22 > 1:25:25Well, I do a bit of writing on the side.
1:25:25 > 1:25:27Ah, nom de plume.
1:25:27 > 1:25:31..Under the name Ludovic Meyer.
1:25:31 > 1:25:34Well, why didn't you tell us in the first place?
1:25:34 > 1:25:37We can keep a secret, you know?
1:25:37 > 1:25:42I should change it to an English name, one that sticks in the memory and is easy to pronounce.
1:25:42 > 1:25:45Yes, I'll consider that.
1:25:45 > 1:25:46Where's my grandmother?
1:26:33 > 1:26:34Hello, my Sasa.
1:26:36 > 1:26:40I...I've been...very silly.
1:26:42 > 1:26:44Had another fall.
1:26:46 > 1:26:49Well, you don't need to worry about anything now. I'm here.
1:26:52 > 1:27:00I don't want to die surrounded by so many strangers.
1:27:00 > 1:27:03I need some privacy.
1:27:06 > 1:27:09You're not going to die.
1:27:14 > 1:27:17When Elizabeth comes,
1:27:17 > 1:27:22she'll...she'll see to it that I have my own room.
1:27:22 > 1:27:25I'll see to it.
1:27:25 > 1:27:31Oh, dear Ludo, I...I would love it if you could.
1:27:35 > 1:27:42I...I would like my own nightgowns too.
1:27:46 > 1:27:50And...my book of poetry.
1:27:50 > 1:27:55I lie here...trying to remember.
1:27:57 > 1:28:01But I... they seem to have...
1:28:01 > 1:28:06they all seem to have gone away.
1:28:12 > 1:28:15I wandered lonely as a cloud
1:28:15 > 1:28:19That floats on high o'er vales and hills...
1:28:19 > 1:28:21Why, Wordsworth?
1:28:21 > 1:28:25Indeed, Mrs P.
1:28:25 > 1:28:29All at once, I saw a crowd
1:28:29 > 1:28:32A host of golden daffodils
1:28:32 > 1:28:38Something...something...
1:28:42 > 1:28:43Continuous...
1:28:43 > 1:28:49..as the stars that shine Twinkling in the Milky Way
1:28:51 > 1:28:55I've lost and lost and lost a line It's gone and run away!
1:29:07 > 1:29:10And oft, when on my couch I lie
1:29:10 > 1:29:16In vacant or in pensive mood
1:29:16 > 1:29:22They flash upon the inner eye
1:29:22 > 1:29:27Which is the bliss of solitude
1:29:27 > 1:29:34And then my heart with pleasure fills
1:29:35 > 1:29:38- And... - SHE SPLUTTERS
1:29:44 > 1:29:47Excuse me, sir, you'll have to leave now.
1:29:58 > 1:29:59Desmond!
1:29:59 > 1:30:01Is it true?
1:30:01 > 1:30:04What do you mean?
1:30:04 > 1:30:08- They said...there might be complications.- Pneumonia.
1:30:08 > 1:30:09Isn't it?
1:30:09 > 1:30:13I don't know. You'll have to ask the doctor.
1:30:13 > 1:30:16They won't let us in to see her, even for a little while.
1:30:16 > 1:30:19It's only immediate family.
1:30:20 > 1:30:23But we're her family, too, Desmond.
1:30:27 > 1:30:29Of course you are.
1:30:31 > 1:30:34You all are. It's only for a little while,
1:30:34 > 1:30:36just until she gets better, which won't be long.
1:30:36 > 1:30:38I think we should all go home.
1:30:38 > 1:30:41I promise to call you the moment I hear anything.
1:30:57 > 1:30:59Ah, there you are.
1:30:59 > 1:31:02I was wondering where you were.
1:31:02 > 1:31:05I'm right here.
1:31:05 > 1:31:10I've missed you so much.
1:31:12 > 1:31:16I had a beautiful dream last night.
1:31:19 > 1:31:21I saw you and me,
1:31:21 > 1:31:25standing together
1:31:25 > 1:31:29on the day we got married.
1:31:31 > 1:31:33Do you remember, Arthur?
1:31:38 > 1:31:40Oh, yes.
1:31:40 > 1:31:42Oh, yes, I do.
1:31:42 > 1:31:48I thought you were the handsomest man in the whole world.
1:31:48 > 1:31:51And I knew you were the loveliest girl.
1:31:53 > 1:31:58I would like to do it all over again.
1:31:58 > 1:32:01We will.
1:32:26 > 1:32:28Good night, my Sasa.
1:33:22 > 1:33:24Mrs P, I have a surprise for you.
1:34:44 > 1:34:47You could have at least told me that she'd died.
1:34:47 > 1:34:49Well, we did leave several messages.
1:34:49 > 1:34:53Yes, but I got back only in time to hear the message and catch the train.
1:34:53 > 1:34:55Poor Mother, all alone.
1:34:55 > 1:34:59She wasn't alone. Her grandson was here with her all the time.
1:34:59 > 1:35:01He would read poetry to her.
1:35:01 > 1:35:03Desmond? That's impossible.
1:35:03 > 1:35:06I've only just spoken to him on the phone. He couldn't be here by now.
1:35:06 > 1:35:09Well, perhaps it was her other grandson.
1:35:09 > 1:35:14My dear lady, she only has one grandson, Desmond!
1:35:14 > 1:35:18Well, madam, there has been a gentleman coming in here every day,
1:35:18 > 1:35:19reading poetry to your mother.
1:35:19 > 1:35:25'There are people that cross our lives in tiny fractions of time,
1:35:25 > 1:35:27'in the briefest of encounters,
1:35:27 > 1:35:30'and yet they leave an indelible mark in our hearts.
1:35:30 > 1:35:32'In our minds.
1:35:32 > 1:35:36'Thank you and goodbye, Sasa.
1:35:36 > 1:35:40'Forever yours, Ludo'.
1:35:40 > 1:35:42Good morning.
1:35:45 > 1:35:47Hello, dear.
1:35:47 > 1:35:53# We won't say goodbye
1:35:53 > 1:35:58# Until the last minute
1:35:58 > 1:36:03# I'll hold out my hand
1:36:03 > 1:36:08# And my heart will be in it
1:36:11 > 1:36:14# For all we know
1:36:14 > 1:36:18# This may only be a dream
1:36:20 > 1:36:24# We come and go
1:36:24 > 1:36:28# Like a ripple on a stream
1:36:29 > 1:36:31# So love me tonight
1:36:31 > 1:36:39# Tomorrow was made for some
1:36:39 > 1:36:45# Tomorrow may never come
1:36:45 > 1:36:52# For all we know
1:37:53 > 1:37:56# For all we know
1:37:58 > 1:38:02# This may only be a dream
1:38:05 > 1:38:10# We come and go
1:38:12 > 1:38:17# Like a ripple on a stream
1:38:20 > 1:38:26# So love me tonight
1:38:26 > 1:38:33# Tomorrow was made for some
1:38:36 > 1:38:40# Tomorrow may never come
1:38:40 > 1:38:47# For all we...know. #
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