1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:07,352 (BABY CRYING) 2 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:13,236 MAN: Ah, well done, Mrs Dorrit! A very nice little...girl, indeed! 3 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:16,909 Yes! Ah, there's a pretty! 4 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:19,030 Now, would you care to hold her, Mr Dorrit? 5 00:00:19,080 --> 00:00:21,548 There, there... 6 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:25,316 There she is. 7 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:27,920 The first child of the Marshalsea, Mr Dorrit. 8 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,838 Now, ain't that a distinction? 9 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:37,079 A new little Dorrit! 10 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:41,035 MAN: Little Amy. 11 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:32,631 - Good morning, Miss Amy. - Good morning, John. 12 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:38,190 Morning, miss. 13 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:48,919 MAN: Mind out the way now! 14 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,076 WOMAN: Flintwinch! 15 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:31,395 Yeah, yeah... 16 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:33,112 I hear you. 17 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:35,958 You and your blasted stick. 18 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:41,431 (KNOCK AT DOOR) 19 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:45,791 The girl comes this morning? 20 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:47,398 She does. 21 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:50,750 Good. Tell her nothing! 22 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,591 (DOOR CLOSES) 23 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:16,230 WOMAN: Oh, Lord save us! 24 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:18,430 (BELL JANGLES) 25 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:20,232 Please, ma'am, don't be alarmed. 26 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:22,959 It's Amy Dorrit, come to call on Mrs Clennam. 27 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,752 Oh, dear me. 28 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:26,916 Just a moment. 29 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:30,270 - Jeremiah! - Now what, woman? 30 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:31,992 - What's the matter with you? Eh? 31 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:33,996 - Out of the way! - Ohh! 32 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:39,398 - Yes? What? - Amy Dorrit, sir, to see Mrs Clennam. 33 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:43,399 Ah. Yes. You'd better come in. 34 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:50,113 Thank you, sir. Would I be speaking to Mr Clennam? 35 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:51,752 No, you would not. 36 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:55,517 You're very small, ain't ya? 37 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,870 Yes, sir. I AM strong. 38 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:03,675 Are you, now? You look a shrimpy little thing to me. 39 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:05,995 Well, she's upstairs. This way. 40 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:09,793 - Grrrr! - Ah! 41 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:20,591 It's a bit dark, sir. 42 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,313 She likes it dark, and I'm used to it. 43 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:25,476 Not afraid of the dark, I hope? 44 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:27,431 - No, sir. - Good girl. 45 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:30,597 - Not afraid of me, either, I hope? - No, sir. 46 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:34,269 Well, you ought to be, cos I'm a terror when I'm roused. 47 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:51,076 Here we are. 48 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:52,917 (KNOCKS ON DOOR) 49 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:54,234 WOMAN: Come! 50 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:58,316 Here she is. 51 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:00,032 You won't want me. 52 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,150 No, you can go. 53 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:11,915 - Amy Dorrit? - Yes, ma'am. 54 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:13,188 Come closer. 55 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,879 Why, you're a child! 56 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,718 I'm 2 1, Mrs Clennam. 57 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:29,228 I know I am small, but I am quite grown up. 58 00:05:29,280 --> 00:05:31,510 Are you? 59 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:36,553 Mr Casby tells me you are looking for employment. 60 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:37,715 Yes, ma'am. 61 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:41,994 I've brought some samples of my work, ma'am. 62 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:49,069 Good. 63 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:52,790 This is good, neat work. 64 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:55,279 Well, Miss Dorrit... 65 00:05:56,320 --> 00:06:00,233 ...I'm prepared to take you on approval. General duties. 66 00:06:00,280 --> 00:06:03,716 Three days a week, from eight in the morning till six in the evening, 67 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:07,036 7s 6d a week. You may start this very day. Will that suit? 68 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:09,196 Yes, ma'am. Very well, ma'am... 69 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:10,878 You'll find it very quiet here. 70 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:14,674 There's only myself and Flintwinch and his wife. My husband and son... 71 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:20,598 My husband and son...are abroad. 72 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,911 Arthur... Put it right. 73 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:45,431 Put it right... Put it right... 74 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:51,231 Well, Mr Clennam! Not long left of our deuced confinement! 75 00:06:51,280 --> 00:06:52,872 What a fate! 76 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:56,879 To be quarantined in Marseilles, of all places! And for what? 77 00:06:56,920 --> 00:07:00,230 For no very good reason, except we've travelled from the East. 78 00:07:00,280 --> 00:07:02,919 The East is the country of the plague, so they think here. 79 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:06,077 The East? You call Venice the East? Do they? 80 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:10,750 Mr Clennam has been in China, Papa. He's been away for 1 5 years. 81 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:13,633 I'm sure he can put up with a few more hours' delay. 82 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:15,875 Besides, I've enjoying the company here. 83 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:17,478 Oh, the company! 84 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:20,751 Well, excellent company, to be sure! 85 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:22,836 Thank you, Mr Clennam. 86 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:26,589 We've enjoyed these days together, haven't we, Tattycoram? 87 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:28,358 Yes, miss. 88 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:31,434 It's getting so hot! 89 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:34,472 Tatty, would you carry my shawl for me? 90 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:41,840 (WHISPERING) I hate you. 91 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:44,997 All of you, hate you with your kindness and your charity 92 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:48,635 and your pretty faces and your baby names, like I was a toy or a doll... 93 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:58,313 Papa, shall we join Mama downstairs? 94 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,477 No, no, you go ahead, Pet, I'll follow on. 95 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:05,911 - A bientot, Mr Clennam! - A presto, Miss Meagles. 96 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:11,551 You have a very lovely daughter, Mr Meagles. 97 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:15,832 Yes, yes, I do. And Mrs Meagles and I are very glad you think so, Mr Clennam. 98 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:18,075 Very glad, indeed. 99 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:20,630 (SOBBING) 100 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:35,079 - There you are. - Why are you always following me? 101 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:37,236 Go away! You don't care for me! 102 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:40,397 Oh, but I do...Harriet. 103 00:08:42,560 --> 00:08:44,516 They're waiting for you. 104 00:08:45,560 --> 00:08:47,710 I won't come. 105 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:51,389 I'll run away. Or I'll curl up and die here. 106 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:52,793 No, you won't. 107 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:55,308 You'll be patient, and bear it all. 108 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:58,511 I thought they took me in to be part of their family, 109 00:08:58,560 --> 00:09:00,551 but they treat me like dirt. 110 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:04,271 Like I was nothing! 111 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:05,719 Well, of course they do. 112 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:12,072 I was like you once. 113 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:15,638 No... Go away. 114 00:09:15,680 --> 00:09:19,070 - I'm frightened of you. - And why is that? 115 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:23,838 You see right through me. 116 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:27,833 You see all my badness. 117 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:33,188 You make me worse. You make me say things I don't mean... 118 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,038 I...I don't hate them. 119 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:42,354 They're good and kind, and I'm a wicked, thankless creature. 120 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:45,437 Have it your own way. 121 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:51,072 Here is my address. If ever you want to come to me... 122 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,155 ...you may. 123 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:14,510 - Thank you, Mr Flintwinch. - Eight o'clock tomorrow, then. 124 00:10:14,560 --> 00:10:16,676 Hold on. 125 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:19,792 Where do we send to if we need to get word to you? 126 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:21,432 Oh... 127 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:25,678 Care of Mr Plornish, Bleeding Heart Yard, if you please, Mr Flintwinch. 128 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:27,199 Good day. 129 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:49,511 Didn't care to divulge her address. 130 00:10:49,560 --> 00:10:51,118 Nor would you, I daresay, 131 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,958 if you lived in a debtors' prison, Flintwinch. 132 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:55,991 Plenty of people in debtors' prisons. 133 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:59,350 Some of them even deserve to be there. 134 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:03,188 God has brought this child to my door. 135 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:05,356 I cannot avert my eyes. 136 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:18,634 Ah, our boat is here. We're free at last. 137 00:11:18,680 --> 00:11:20,989 And you're bound for London, Mr Clennam? 138 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,235 Yes. Some business to settle first. 139 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:24,349 And then? 140 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:27,278 And then I'm going to start my life all over again. 141 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:29,231 Well, now! 142 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:34,115 Oh, at last, Tatty! You can help me with these boxes. 143 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:38,119 Miss Wade, can I offer you any assistance in your arrangements? 144 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:43,280 I'm obliged to you, but I prefer to go my own way and in my own manner. 145 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:50,395 Well, goodbye, Miss Wade! I suppose we may never meet again. 146 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:51,998 In our course through life, 147 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:55,669 we will meet the people who are coming to meet us, Mr Meagles. 148 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:59,474 They may be coming thousands of miles over the sea, 149 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:03,195 they may be close at hand now, 150 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:05,515 they may be coming, for all you know, 151 00:12:05,560 --> 00:12:09,109 from the vilest sweepings of this very town. 152 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:11,992 Goodbye. 153 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:17,359 Sacrebleu! 154 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:26,915 What a hellhole this place is! 155 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:35,438 And I a gentleman, born to command. 156 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:39,393 - Senz'altro, signore. - Senz'altro, signore. 157 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:42,000 Imbecile. 158 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:43,598 What a fate! 159 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:48,236 To be locked up with a petty smuggler, and I... 160 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:52,919 ...a distinguished murderer. 161 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:54,188 Altro, signore. Altro. 162 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:57,357 Altro, signore! 163 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:02,749 I could murder YOU...here and now. 164 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:06,709 What do you say, hmm? 165 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:09,911 Two for the price of one, hmm? 166 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:11,518 Huh? 167 00:13:11,560 --> 00:13:12,913 Little Cavalletto. 168 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:17,757 You think I killed my wife for her money? 169 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:23,955 I would have killed her for nothing! 170 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:27,788 But can they prove it? I think not! 171 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:30,673 I have laid out a little money, here and there... 172 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:34,390 # Qu'est-qui passe ici si tard... 173 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:38,995 # Compagnons de la marjolaine... 174 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:44,192 #...Qu'est-ce qui passe... # 175 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,594 (HE TUTS) 176 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:54,952 #...Ici si tard, gai, gai, toujours gai! # 177 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,230 (DRUM ROLL) 178 00:13:57,280 --> 00:13:59,316 (BLADE FALLS) 179 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:00,509 (DULL THUD) 180 00:14:00,560 --> 00:14:01,709 (CHEERING) 181 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:26,840 (KNOCKS ON DOOR) 182 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:31,151 Thank you, Mr Chivery. 183 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:32,428 Miss Dorrit. 184 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:36,675 Ah, all well, Miss Amy? 185 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:38,199 Very well, thank you, John. 186 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:42,239 (WHISPERING) I got the job at that Mrs Clennam's. 187 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:43,952 But please, not to tell father. 188 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:45,638 Whatever you say, Amy. 189 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:47,398 (BOTH LAUGHING) 190 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:52,077 Well, I'll... 191 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:54,588 Ah! Ah... I looked in on your father, Amy. 192 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:57,359 He...he was fretting a bit, asking where you were. 193 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:02,030 I...I told him you'd be along very soon, and that calmed him. 194 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:04,230 Thank you, John. That's very kind of you. 195 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:05,759 I'd better go to him. 196 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:12,073 Oh, Pa! 197 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:16,791 I know, son. I know. 198 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:38,392 Father? 199 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:41,591 - It's Amy. - Amy... 200 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:44,552 Where have you been? You know I don't like to be left. 201 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:47,637 But you've been well looked after, Father. 202 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:49,557 Mr Chivery and John look after you. 203 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:51,830 Yes, I suppose. But it isn't satisfactory. 204 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:54,030 They have others to look after besides me. 205 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:56,719 What if I were to choke or have a fit, 206 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:59,593 sink down in a swoon with no-one by? 207 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:01,119 And, you know... 208 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:05,278 I don't always feel they afford me the respect that is due to me. 209 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:07,151 I am sure they do, Father. 210 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:09,555 I am the Father of the Marshalsea, you know? 211 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:11,113 An honorary title, to be sure, 212 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:15,153 but I fancy it carries a certain weight, a certain gravitas. 213 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:17,395 And only this morning, while you were out, 214 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:21,115 a very well-connected gentleman who was visiting the establishment 215 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:24,835 asked to be introduced to the Father of the Marshalsea. 216 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:27,155 I thought that was very considerate of him. 217 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:30,112 Very considerate, very civil. 218 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:31,388 Where did you go? 219 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:36,594 I went to call upon a lady, Father. 220 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:38,358 Just a social call? 221 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:40,118 Yes, Father, just a social call. 222 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:41,991 You weren't able to leave a card. 223 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:45,715 She didn't ask for one, Father. It didn't arise, it wasn't necessary. 224 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:47,830 She understood you were a lady? 225 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:52,715 She understood that my daughter is a lady, the daughter of a gentleman, 226 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:54,478 as good a lady as any other lady? 227 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:56,192 Yes, Father, I'm sure she did. 228 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:00,953 Father, I am to go to her three days a week. 229 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,594 - But not to work! - No. 230 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:05,949 I think she needs companionship, Father. 231 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:07,991 I NEED COMPANIONSHIP! 232 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:09,837 Of course you do, Father, 233 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:14,237 but Mr Chivery is here, and John, and you have so many visitors. 234 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:16,236 I never see Fanny, I never see Edward, 235 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:17,679 and now I am never to see you! 236 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:19,597 It is only three days a week, Father. 237 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:22,639 It is necessary. 238 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:29,959 Yes... 239 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:32,673 Yes. 240 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:35,109 I understand. 241 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:39,394 Now, what shall I get you for your supper? 242 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:44,354 Oh, Amy. 243 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:46,994 I have brought disgrace upon us all. 244 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:48,359 No, you haven't, Father. 245 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:52,552 We all love you and we are all very proud of you, 246 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:54,318 and everyone here looks up to you. 247 00:17:54,360 --> 00:17:58,433 But it is not as it was meant to be. You have known nothing else, 248 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:02,393 but if you had known me as I was before I came here, 249 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:06,718 as I was before you were born... 250 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:08,751 I love you as you are. 251 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:19,352 (CLOCK CHIMES) 252 00:18:23,120 --> 00:18:24,792 MAN: Arthur... 253 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:29,555 Your mother, Arthur. 254 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:34,918 Put it right... Your mother, Arthur... 255 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,190 Your mother... 256 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:41,152 - Chops all to your satisfaction, sir? - Yes, thank you. 257 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:43,191 Plum pudding, glass of port, claret? 258 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:45,310 - Nothing else. - Clear the table, sir? 259 00:18:45,360 --> 00:18:47,635 - Am I incommoding you? - Not at all, sir. 260 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:49,875 Stay as long as you like, sir. 261 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:54,072 I've been putting off going somewhere I don't particularly want to go, you see. 262 00:18:54,120 --> 00:18:58,557 And, er, where might that be, sir, if you don't mind me asking, sir? 263 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:00,830 - Home. - Right you are, sir. 264 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:04,077 Leave you till tomorrow, sir? Care to inspect a bedroom, sir? 265 00:19:04,120 --> 00:19:05,439 No. 266 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:06,549 Yes. 267 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:10,673 Chaymaid! Gen'leman table number seven wish to see a room! 268 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:12,472 Stay! 269 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:14,431 I've changed my mind, I'll go home. 270 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:17,075 Chaymaid! 271 00:19:17,120 --> 00:19:21,238 Gen'leman at table number seven not going to sleep here. Going 'ome! 272 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:46,754 (KNOCKING) 273 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,553 Oh! Oh, Lord, save us! 274 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:54,397 (WATER SLOSHES) 275 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:09,592 Flintwinch. You haven't changed. 276 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:12,234 (WHISPERING) Arthur? 277 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:14,714 Mr Arthur. 278 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:18,355 Well, I suppose you'd better come in. 279 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:33,230 You'd better let me go first. 280 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:36,352 Shock of seeing you after all these years could kill her. 281 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:46,951 Arthur? 282 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:50,832 Well, come here. 283 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:08,752 This is unexpected. 284 00:21:11,360 --> 00:21:13,112 Mother, what's happened to you? 285 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:16,755 As you see, I have lost the use of my limbs. 286 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:19,837 I have not been outside these doors for... 287 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:21,313 Tell him for how long. 288 00:21:22,360 --> 00:21:24,590 A dozen year next Christmas. 289 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:31,517 Mother, I'm afraid I have come back in unhappy circumstances. 290 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:33,755 - Is the business in trouble? - No. 291 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:36,075 No. May we speak in private? 292 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,515 Mother, I must ask you to prepare yourself. 293 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:53,438 Father passed away some three months ago. An apoplexy. 294 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:55,277 He didn't suffer long. 295 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:59,279 You need not have come halfway round the world to tell me that. 296 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:00,548 You could have written. 297 00:22:03,120 --> 00:22:04,758 I needed to see you. 298 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:09,191 I wanted to give you this. 299 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:20,832 Father was most insistent that I put it in your hand myself. 300 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,353 - Mother, what does it mean? - Nothing. 301 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:30,152 It means nothing. 302 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:31,349 (BANGS CANE) 303 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:36,076 Affery?! Mr Arthur is retiring. Affery will show you to your room. 304 00:22:36,120 --> 00:22:39,271 Mother, you can't dismiss me. There are things I need to know. 305 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:40,435 Not this evening. 306 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:42,038 Come to me tomorrow at ten. 307 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:50,797 Don't kiss me. Only touch my hand. 308 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:02,399 Good night. 309 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:55,998 MR MEAGLES: And here we are! Home sweet home! 310 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:58,190 And not a finer place to be found 311 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:00,913 in the whole country than dear old Twickenham! 312 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:04,509 Eh, Tattycoram? So, come on, down we get! 313 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:07,918 And down we get, Mrs Meagles! 314 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:09,871 Oh, dear Tatty, look at you! 315 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:10,989 Down we get, Pet! 316 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,474 - Ah, and here's Poyner. - Welcome home, sir! 317 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:19,354 - And how do we look to you, Poyner? - Oh, very well, sir! 318 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:21,391 And very welcome, too! 319 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:23,476 PET: Be careful up there! 320 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:26,193 If you please, sir, Mr Gowan called, 321 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:29,391 not half an hour ago, asking after Miss Pet, sir. 322 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:32,989 Mr Gowan. I see, yes. Did he leave any message? 323 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:35,713 Only that he'd call again tomorrow morning, sir. 324 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:39,355 Very well, then. Let's go in. Mrs Meagles. 325 00:24:41,120 --> 00:24:42,678 Poyner, what did Mr Gowan say? 326 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:45,359 MRS MEAGLES: What did you expect, Meagles? 327 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,675 Three months abroad would cure her passion for him? 328 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:48,994 Not hers, but his. 329 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:52,032 I thought a scoundrel like that would have less patience. 330 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:56,278 Meagles! Mr Gowan isn't a scoundrel - he's a gentleman! 331 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,709 Same thing, often enough. 332 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:02,033 Come along. 333 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,673 She was never strong. 334 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:11,678 I should never have... 335 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:13,517 Too late now. 336 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:16,028 Father? 337 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:18,196 I wasn't asleep, you know. 338 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:21,232 Just musing upon happier times. 339 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:22,759 Happier times. 340 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:24,199 Hmm. 341 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:30,591 - Hello, Pa! Hello, Amy. - Tip! 342 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:32,437 Call him Edward, Amy. 343 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:35,597 That's his proper name. How are you, my boy? 344 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,996 Oh, not so bad, Pa, not so bad. Thought I'd look in on you. 345 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:41,952 Very good of you, Edward, to think of your old father. 346 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,195 Amy's always coming and going these days. 347 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:46,595 Matter of fact, I'm thinking of staying a while. 348 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:48,870 Glad to hear it, my boy. 349 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:54,758 What's the matter, Tip? 350 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:56,631 Nothing's the matter. 351 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:58,193 (WHISPERING) Not exactly. 352 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:00,310 Have you lost that job at the law stationer's? 353 00:26:00,360 --> 00:26:02,715 That one? I didn't like it there, Amy. 354 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:06,719 I got tired of it, so I cut it. Got another place in the fruit trade. 355 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:12,153 Cut that. Then I got another job in the horse-dealing line. 356 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:13,519 I did like that, 357 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:16,996 but it didn't like me. So here I am again, like the bad penny. 358 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:19,793 Oh, Tip, don't say that you're a prisoner. 359 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:23,116 Well, I don't want to say it, but what am I supposed to do? 360 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:24,752 I'm in for £40-odd. 361 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:26,791 £40?! 362 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:29,593 Looking on the bright side, at least I know the ropes. 363 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:32,279 Don't worry about me, Amy. 364 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:34,117 A lickle rest'll do me good! 365 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:35,639 I shall do very well 'ere. 366 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:39,552 - Tip! - What? 367 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:42,433 (WHISPERING) Whatever you do, don't let father know. 368 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:16,551 (WIND HOWLS) 369 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:34,233 Eyes down! Eat the food the good Lord provided and be thankful. 370 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:37,556 And remember, he is here in this very room 371 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:42,355 and knows every wicked thought you think you keep hidden in your heart. 372 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,391 Do you hear me, Arthur? 373 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:46,908 - Yes, Mother. - "Yes, Mother". 374 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:50,589 Do you know, I believe you are no better than your father. 375 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:52,756 Look me in the eyes, Arthur! 376 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:57,796 Yes. You are a vessel ofsin, I believe, 377 00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:00,638 just like your father was and still is. 378 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:04,559 And you will bring me nothing but shame and disappointment, 379 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:06,397 just as he has. 380 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:16,556 (KNOCKING) 381 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,071 There we are, Arthur. 382 00:28:24,120 --> 00:28:26,714 I brought you a nice cup of tea. 383 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:28,478 Oh, thank you, Affery. 384 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:32,116 He's down there with her. 385 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:35,994 Them two clever ones, putting their heads together. 386 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:39,589 She wants you to go down to her at ten, not before. 387 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:46,715 I can't tell you how glad I am to see you back in your own bed, Arthur. 388 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:51,675 I wish I could say the same, Affery, but it is very good to see you again. 389 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:54,439 So you...you are Mrs Flintwinch now? 390 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:56,391 - I am. - How did that come about? 391 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:00,520 Well, I hardly know myself, Arthur. 392 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:04,519 Them two clever ones arranged it all between them, I believe. 393 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:08,156 He never courted me, you know. 394 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:11,397 "Affery," he said, "What do you think of the name Flintwinch?" 395 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:13,749 "What do I think?" I said. "Yes," he said, 396 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,917 "Because you're gonna take it. You and me must be married, 397 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:21,078 "so if you put your bonnet on tomorrow morning at eight, we'll get it over." 398 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:23,680 He'd had the banns read, and everything. 399 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:27,156 And she was all for it, Lord knows why. 400 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:30,351 So what could I say when it had got to that? 401 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:31,549 If it had been... 402 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:34,433 if it had been a smothering instead of a wedding, 403 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:37,074 I don't think I could have said anything against it, 404 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:38,917 not against them two clever ones. 405 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:42,396 - And are you happy, Affery? - Happy? 406 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:44,192 What's happy got to do with it? 407 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:49,553 - Affery! - Oh! There's Jeremiah on the stairs! 408 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:51,477 - Where are you hiding? - I'm here! 409 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:54,034 - I'm here, Jeremiah. - I shan't ask you again! 410 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:56,196 Oh, Lord... 411 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:18,631 (KNOCK AT DOOR) 412 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,030 Ah, there you are, Amy. 413 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:24,798 Punctual as usual! 414 00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:26,353 And how are you today? 415 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,073 Very well, thank you, Mrs Clennam. And yourself? 416 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:31,031 I endure what I must, Amy. 417 00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:32,433 I don't complain. 418 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:35,711 Come here and sit by me. 419 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:48,272 Arthur's waiting. 420 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:52,677 Let him wait. He may come up at ten o'clock, as arranged. 421 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:55,439 I hope your father is well, my dear. 422 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:57,630 He's quite well, thank you, Mrs Clennam. 423 00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:16,235 Arthur... 424 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:23,315 Your mother, Arthur. Put it right. 425 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:27,875 (TICKING) 426 00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:36,512 She'll see you now. 427 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:48,912 Here he is. 428 00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:51,432 All right, Jeremiah. 429 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:52,959 I shan't need you. 430 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:03,709 Well? 431 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:07,150 I've made up my mind to leave the business, Mother. 432 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:10,636 I've given almost half my life to it so far. 433 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:13,148 I felt that I owed you and my father that much. 434 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,555 And now... 435 00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:21,232 I consider that I have discharged my debt. 436 00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:22,793 I felt like a prisoner. 437 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:26,112 Now I claim my freedom. 438 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:32,870 Have you finished, Arthur, or have you anything further to say? 439 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:38,678 Er...there is something else. 440 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:42,678 What I have said concerned myself. 441 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:44,472 This concerns us all. 442 00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:47,273 "Us all"? Who are "us all"? 443 00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:48,992 Yourself, 444 00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:52,476 - myself, my dead father. - Well? 445 00:33:55,200 --> 00:34:01,639 The watch...it meant something but I don't know what. 446 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:06,117 Father died without telling me what it meant, 447 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:10,756 but over and over and over before he died, he pressed it into my hand saying, 448 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:15,555 "Your mother. Your mother, Arthur. 449 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:17,113 "Put it right." 450 00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:21,956 You oversaw all his dealings. What did he mean, Mother? 451 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,116 - What have we done? - How dare you! 452 00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:26,435 Did it ever occur to you 453 00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:30,359 that he might have had any secret remembrance that caused him remorse? 454 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:34,109 Our family business was always driving hard bargains, and grasping at money. 455 00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:36,196 Might it be possible that he... he wronged someone 456 00:34:36,240 --> 00:34:37,798 and made no reparation for it? 457 00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:40,991 Flintwinch! Flintwinch! Come here immediately! 458 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:43,600 If we have wronged someone and reparation can be made, 459 00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:45,835 Iet us know it and make it. Let me make it. 460 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:48,838 What? You're hammer and tongs already, are you? 461 00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:50,950 I thought as much. What's the matter? 462 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:52,718 My son, Flintwinch, 463 00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:57,675 has seen fit to lay aspersions and accusations upon his own father. 464 00:34:57,720 --> 00:35:00,917 Oh, dear. That's not dutiful, Mr Arthur. 465 00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:03,235 This is none of your business, Flintwinch. 466 00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:05,794 Oh, ain't it? But I say it is. 467 00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:09,879 Has young Arthur told you what he means to do about the business? 468 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,195 He has relinquished it! 469 00:35:12,240 --> 00:35:16,279 Thereby giving me the pleasure of advancing 470 00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:18,197 an old and faithful servant. 471 00:35:19,240 --> 00:35:23,153 Jeremiah, the captain has deserted the ship. 472 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:26,875 You and I will sink or float with it. 473 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:29,388 Excellent, ma'am. 474 00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:31,112 I thank you with all my heart. 475 00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:33,958 Right, time for your oysters! 476 00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:39,111 You may leave us. 477 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:40,912 You have no further business here. 478 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:47,479 - Goodbye, Mother. - Only touch my hand. 479 00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:52,838 Now go. 480 00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:03,513 Ah, Amy. Good girl. 481 00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:06,313 Don't be shy, come closer. 482 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:17,998 Thank you, Amy. 483 00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:24,636 What do you still do here? You are not wanted! 484 00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:36,753 (SINGS TO HERSELF) 485 00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:40,954 Oh, Arthur! You gave me a start! 486 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:44,231 Tell me, Affery, who is that young girl that I saw upstairs? 487 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:46,396 Little Dorrit? Oh, she's nothing. 488 00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:50,069 She's a whim of hers, just an object of her charity, that's all. 489 00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:52,429 My mother was never given to charity before. 490 00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:55,074 Is she a connection of ours? Do we know her family? 491 00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:58,954 Have you taken a fancy to her? 492 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:03,073 You must have had your pick of girls out there, across the China Sea. 493 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:04,951 There were one or two, Affery. 494 00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:08,437 Oh, here you are, Amy. 495 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:14,193 Sit down and eat it. Keep your strength up. 496 00:37:14,240 --> 00:37:17,232 Do you remember your old sweetheart, Arthur? 497 00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:20,511 Yes, I do, very well. And I remember how we were separated from each other. 498 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:23,074 Well, she's a widow now, and well to do, 499 00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:25,111 and if you'd like to have her, you can, so there! 500 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:27,230 You're a man of the world now, 501 00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:30,192 Arthur, you could have your pick of any girl you wanted. 502 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:44,676 Ah! Home, sweet home! Nothing to beat it! 503 00:37:44,720 --> 00:37:46,631 What do you say, Tattycoram? 504 00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:48,671 Nothing at all, Mr Meagles. 505 00:37:48,720 --> 00:37:52,030 Nothing at all! But you feel as I do. I know you do, I know it! 506 00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:54,833 You think you do, but in truth, you know nothing at all. 507 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:56,598 Oh! 508 00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:58,949 Fiddlesticks! Bother! 509 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:00,956 Oh, what's the matter, my dear? 510 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:03,389 Only that I've left my umbrella upstairs. 511 00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:06,512 Oh, well, never mind, dear. Tattycoram will fetch it for you 512 00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:09,438 and happy to do so, aren't you, Tattycoram? 513 00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:14,234 I'll fetch it if you wish, but I don't know what makes you think 514 00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:16,589 I'm happy to fetch and carry and look after you all 515 00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:18,870 when no-one will fetch and carry and look after me! 516 00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:22,708 Oh, oh, oh! Temper, temper! Count to five-and-twenty, Tattycoram! 517 00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:25,149 I can't! It's too late! 518 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:27,509 - I'm beyond myself! - Tattycoram! 519 00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:31,997 Best let her go, Meagles. She'll come to herself by and by. 520 00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:34,395 Yes, mustn't worry. 521 00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:36,829 Oh, well played, Pet! 522 00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:41,872 I can't bear it, I can't, I can't! 523 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:45,117 Oh, Lord what's the matter with me, why am I such a wicked girl? 524 00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:50,960 - Good afternoon, Harriet. - What... 525 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:52,672 What are you doing here? 526 00:38:52,720 --> 00:38:55,518 I was on my way to see you. You didn't write. 527 00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:58,279 I was worried about you. 528 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:04,717 No. 529 00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:06,910 No, I won't talk to you. 530 00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:08,598 I mustn't! 531 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:10,870 Oh, but I think you will, Harriet. 532 00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:12,592 I think you must. 533 00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:20,748 RIGAUD: And so the day of reckoning! 534 00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:25,590 Rigaud is to face the full majesty of the court. 535 00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:29,110 And I shall triumph, I believe. 536 00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:33,790 Their witnesses will melt away, their evidence will crumble into dust. 537 00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:36,308 Senz'altro, signore, senz'altro. 538 00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:38,555 - Monsieur Rigaud. - Ah, Monsieur Jailer. 539 00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:42,036 The President of the Court has decided there is not enough evidence 540 00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:45,789 to convict you and you are free to go, but there is a crowd out there, 541 00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:47,353 and they don't love you. 542 00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:49,709 Rabble! I despise them. 543 00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:52,718 I suggest you get as far away from here as you can. 544 00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:55,593 - Monsieur Rigaud, time to go! - Cavalletto... 545 00:39:57,720 --> 00:40:04,239 You and I will meet again one day, I believe. 546 00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:07,397 And what will I do with you then, huh? 547 00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:09,078 Eat you, perhaps. 548 00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:12,749 (SNORTS) 549 00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:14,950 - Altro, altro. - Altro. 550 00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:17,635 Altro. 551 00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:19,398 Lead on, Monsieur Jailer! 552 00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:23,236 # Qu'est-ce qui passe ici si tard 553 00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:25,350 # Compagnons de la marjolaine 554 00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:27,994 # Qu'est-ce qui passe ici si tard? 555 00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:29,632 # Gai, gai, gai... # 556 00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:36,112 # Qu'est-ce qui passe ici si tard... # 557 00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:38,196 Curse on this poxy weather! 558 00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:43,038 Rigaud is down for now. Never mind. 559 00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:46,550 Rigaud will rise again. 560 00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:50,112 Monsieur! Monsieur, arret! 561 00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:54,631 Pour le nom de dieu! Salaud! Cochon! 562 00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:58,389 May your nethers rot off in strips! 563 00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:00,715 Attend! J'arrive! 564 00:41:00,760 --> 00:41:03,672 J'arrive, Monsieur! Merci! 565 00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:06,429 Allez! 566 00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:12,150 (WHISTLES) 567 00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:57,157 - Hello, John. - Miss Amy... 568 00:41:57,200 --> 00:41:58,838 Oh, I've just been to the grocer. 569 00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:02,873 - I picked up a little something. - Thank you, John. I should go up now. 570 00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:06,633 JOHN: Oh... 571 00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:12,550 - Good evening. - Oh, good evening. 572 00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:18,112 Um, I wonder, could you... could you tell me, what place is this? 573 00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:21,311 This place? Well, it's the Marshalsea. 574 00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:23,237 - The debtors' prison? - That's it, sir, yes. 575 00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:24,872 Yes, the debtors' prison. 576 00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:27,275 I...I beg your pardon. Can anyone go in there? 577 00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:30,198 Oh, yes, yes. Anyone may go in, sir. 578 00:42:30,240 --> 00:42:31,912 It's not everyone who may go out. 579 00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:33,598 (KNOCKS ON DOOR) 580 00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:35,312 May I walk in with you? 581 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:39,275 I should count it an honour, sir. 582 00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:42,788 Thank you, Mr Chivery. 583 00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:45,593 Frederick. 584 00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:50,839 Er, does... Do you know of anyone who lives here by the name of Dorrit? 585 00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:54,873 - My name is Dorrit. Frederick Dorrit. - Do you live here? 586 00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:58,674 Not as an inmate, never as an... er...as an inmate. 587 00:42:58,720 --> 00:43:02,235 My brother, William Dorrit, is in residence here. 588 00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:05,192 Ah, I beg your pardon, I had no idea. Let me explain. 589 00:43:05,240 --> 00:43:08,152 I have recently come back from a long absence overseas. 590 00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:11,033 I have seen a young woman who works at my mother's house, 591 00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:14,629 Mrs Clennam in the city. This young woman I know only as Little Dorrit. 592 00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:16,989 I saw her come in at these gates not five minutes ago. 593 00:43:17,040 --> 00:43:19,554 The young woman whom you saw is my brother's child. 594 00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:22,558 Ah. I should like to know more about her, and to help her, if I can. 595 00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:24,955 Help her, sir? 596 00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:26,718 Does not your mother help her? 597 00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:31,594 Oh, I assure you, sir, I have no ignoble designs upon her. 598 00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:37,197 Well, if you wish, you may come with me. 599 00:43:37,240 --> 00:43:38,355 Thank you. 600 00:43:43,720 --> 00:43:45,472 Very kind of young John. 601 00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:49,718 A very handsome consideration, delicately expressed. 602 00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:52,638 I hope you showed him proper thanks, Amy. 603 00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:53,908 (KNOCK ON DOOR) 604 00:43:53,960 --> 00:44:00,229 William, this gentleman is Mr Clennam, son of Mrs Clennam, 605 00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:01,838 Amy's...friend. 606 00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:03,950 He wishes to pay his respects. 607 00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:06,514 WILLIAM: Mr Clennam, you do me honour, sir. 608 00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:10,394 Frederick, my chair. Pray, pray sit down, Mr Clennam. 609 00:44:12,040 --> 00:44:15,430 You are welcome to the Marshalsea. 610 00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:19,519 Yes, I've welcomed many fine gentlemen here. 611 00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:22,518 Perhaps you're aware - my daughter may have mentioned it - 612 00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:26,348 that I am known as the Father of the Marshalsea. 613 00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:29,073 An honorary title, to be sure, 614 00:44:29,120 --> 00:44:31,429 but one that gives me much gratification. 615 00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:33,311 - Father! - You know, I dare say, 616 00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:37,069 - that my daughter Amy was born here? - No. No, I did not, sir. 617 00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:39,634 - Some might think that a disgrace. - No, indeed. 618 00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:43,229 She's a good girl, sir, a dear girl. Amy, put the dish down. 619 00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:47,159 Would you do me the honour, sir, of sharing my humble repast? 620 00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:49,760 No...not a morsel. I have dined. 621 00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:54,999 My elder daughter Fanny, does not live with me, but with my bro... 622 00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:57,873 What have you done with Fanny, Frederick? 623 00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:01,670 Erm...believe she's out walking with Tip. 624 00:45:01,720 --> 00:45:07,989 Edward! Edward! Have the goodness to use the correct nomenclature. 625 00:45:08,040 --> 00:45:10,838 My son Edward, Mr Clennam, 626 00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:13,599 he's a little wild, but he's a good lad at heart. 627 00:45:13,640 --> 00:45:16,234 Your first visit here, sir? 628 00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:18,077 Yes, my very first, Mr Dorrit. 629 00:45:18,120 --> 00:45:21,430 I wonder, could I ask you, before your arrival here, 630 00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:23,516 did you have any business with the House of Clennam? 631 00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:26,029 Clennam? 632 00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:35,677 No, you, sir, are the first Clennam it's been my pleasure to meet. 633 00:45:35,720 --> 00:45:38,029 Though I've welcomed many fine gentlemen here. 634 00:45:38,080 --> 00:45:41,197 Amy, what was the name of the gentleman from Camberwell 635 00:45:41,240 --> 00:45:42,514 who was here last Sunday? 636 00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:44,869 - I can't recall, Father. - Oh, of course you can, 637 00:45:44,920 --> 00:45:45,909 of course you can. 638 00:45:45,960 --> 00:45:49,669 The one who performed that handsome action with so much delicacy. 639 00:45:49,720 --> 00:45:52,757 Oh, tush! His name has quite escaped me. 640 00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:54,438 But as I was saying Mr Clennam, 641 00:45:54,480 --> 00:46:00,077 a handsome and delicate action, you might like to know what it was. 642 00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:02,475 Yes. Yes, indeed. 643 00:46:02,520 --> 00:46:07,992 You must know, Mr Clennam, that it does sometimes occur to gentlemen, 644 00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:12,079 er...who come here, to offer some small...testimonial 645 00:46:12,120 --> 00:46:14,634 to the Father of the Marshalsea. 646 00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:16,193 Sometimes it takes one shape, 647 00:46:16,240 --> 00:46:19,755 and sometimes another, but it is generally... 648 00:46:21,160 --> 00:46:24,436 -...money. - I see. 649 00:46:24,480 --> 00:46:28,519 Now, the gentleman from Camberwell, made a gesture of peculiar delicacy... 650 00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:31,870 He brought a bunch of geraniums - 651 00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:36,232 gardens not being accessible to me - a bunch of geraniums, 652 00:46:36,280 --> 00:46:42,469 which, upon closer inspection, was found to contain a twist of paper, 653 00:46:42,520 --> 00:46:45,990 with two guineas inside! 654 00:46:46,040 --> 00:46:48,395 A handsome and delicate action... 655 00:46:48,440 --> 00:46:50,476 - Father. - I was never more pleased... 656 00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:54,069 Father, please stop. Mr Clennam doesn't want to hear all this. 657 00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:57,157 Oh, nonsense, Amy. Mr Clennam and I understand one other perfectly, 658 00:46:57,200 --> 00:46:58,997 - I believe. - I should say so. 659 00:47:07,120 --> 00:47:08,519 (DOOR CLOSES) 660 00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:29,715 What does she want now? 661 00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:33,149 Her and her blasted stick.. 662 00:47:34,720 --> 00:47:36,711 Downstairs there is a wooden box 663 00:47:36,760 --> 00:47:41,072 containing legal documents and other papers. You know the one I mean. 664 00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:42,792 - I do. - Bring them to me. 665 00:47:42,840 --> 00:47:45,718 I want to see them destroyed, Flintwinch. 666 00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:48,876 Destroyed, not hidden. 667 00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:50,512 Understood. 668 00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:54,758 It is imperative that my son should never see them. 669 00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:56,392 Understood. 670 00:47:56,440 --> 00:47:58,829 Understood and all in hand. 671 00:47:58,880 --> 00:48:00,359 Good. 672 00:48:56,040 --> 00:48:58,634 (WILLIAM SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY) 673 00:48:58,680 --> 00:49:01,911 Yes, and then there was the visitor who came not two months ago. 674 00:49:01,960 --> 00:49:04,599 And he was a very distinguished gentleman, 675 00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:07,598 and was kind enough to leave a little testimonial, 676 00:49:07,640 --> 00:49:10,359 which he managed with great delicacy. 677 00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:13,995 I'm sure he did. Er...do you happen to know where Miss Dorrit has gone? 678 00:49:14,040 --> 00:49:16,156 I'd like a word with her before I leave. 679 00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:18,668 She should be here. She's away far too much. 680 00:49:18,720 --> 00:49:20,312 And as for my other children... 681 00:49:20,360 --> 00:49:21,349 (LAUGHTER) 682 00:49:21,400 --> 00:49:24,312 Ah, my dears! I was just speaking of you. 683 00:49:24,360 --> 00:49:28,239 Mr Clennam, may I present my elder daughter Fanny, and my son Edward. 684 00:49:28,280 --> 00:49:29,508 (BELL RINGS) 685 00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:34,350 The bell, ah yes, that's a signal for visitors to, er...retire. 686 00:49:34,400 --> 00:49:36,356 Fanny's come to say goodbye. 687 00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:38,550 Don't be alarmed, there's plenty of time, 688 00:49:38,600 --> 00:49:40,955 plenty of time before the gate is locked. 689 00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:43,070 How do you do, Miss Dorrit, Mr Dorrit? 690 00:49:43,120 --> 00:49:45,588 Charmed, I'm sure. I only came to get my clean dress from Amy, Father. 691 00:49:45,640 --> 00:49:47,631 Where is she gone? 692 00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:49,477 Here I am. Here's your dress, Fanny. 693 00:49:49,520 --> 00:49:51,556 - It's mended and made up? - Yes. 694 00:49:51,600 --> 00:49:53,670 How about my waistcoat? Good girl. 695 00:49:53,720 --> 00:49:56,359 FREDERICK: Come, Fanny, come now. It's nearly time for the lock. 696 00:49:56,400 --> 00:49:58,311 All right, Uncle... Bye, Pa! 697 00:49:58,360 --> 00:50:01,716 Make haste, Mr Clennam. Unless you want to spend the night here. 698 00:50:01,760 --> 00:50:06,038 I'll be with you directly. Mr Dorrit, would you allow me... 699 00:50:07,600 --> 00:50:10,956 Mr Clennam, I'm... I'm deeply, deeply moved. 700 00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:12,911 Please, Mr Dorrit, say no more. 701 00:50:12,960 --> 00:50:14,712 You must come and visit us again. 702 00:50:14,760 --> 00:50:17,877 Amy, show our friend the way. 703 00:50:21,040 --> 00:50:27,195 JOHN: All visitors, time to leave. All out, please. All out. 704 00:50:33,720 --> 00:50:35,756 There's the gate. Good evening, sir. 705 00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:37,358 Forgive me... May we have a few words? 706 00:50:39,200 --> 00:50:40,519 Why did you follow me, sir? 707 00:50:40,560 --> 00:50:42,949 I could not speak to you in private at my mother's house. 708 00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:45,230 You've seen how it is between her and me. 709 00:50:45,280 --> 00:50:48,955 But I should like to ask you about my mother's reasons for employing you. 710 00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:52,151 I believe your mother employed me on merit. The bell will stop 711 00:50:52,200 --> 00:50:53,918 and you'll be locked in. You must go. 712 00:50:53,960 --> 00:50:56,758 - May I speak with you again, Amy? - Yes, I suppose so - how can I stop you? 713 00:50:56,800 --> 00:51:00,395 I'm sorry, I don't mean to be rude. Good evening. 714 00:51:10,880 --> 00:51:13,633 Oh, I say? Could you open the gate? I was delayed. 715 00:51:13,680 --> 00:51:17,275 Can't be done, sir. More than me life's worth. 716 00:51:17,320 --> 00:51:18,878 You're here for the night now. 717 00:51:22,280 --> 00:51:24,714 Good God. 718 00:51:24,760 --> 00:51:26,796 (DOOR SLAMS) 719 00:51:26,840 --> 00:51:29,513 Caught you, have they, Mr Clennam? 720 00:51:29,560 --> 00:51:33,109 You'll have to be sharper than that next time. 721 00:51:33,160 --> 00:51:35,594 Er...surely you're locked in too. 722 00:51:35,640 --> 00:51:38,791 Why, so I am! 723 00:51:38,840 --> 00:51:40,353 But not in your way. 724 00:51:40,400 --> 00:51:42,675 I belong to the shop, 725 00:51:42,720 --> 00:51:44,870 only, er...the guvnor's not supposed to know about it. 726 00:51:44,920 --> 00:51:46,672 Ah! 727 00:51:46,720 --> 00:51:48,551 Can I get any shelter here? 728 00:51:48,600 --> 00:51:52,832 Well. If you don't mind paying, they'll make you up a bed in the snuggery. 729 00:51:52,880 --> 00:51:57,431 It ain't as snug as it sounds, mind. Not like home. 730 00:51:57,480 --> 00:51:58,959 I'm sure it'll serve well enough for one night. 731 00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:00,797 Oh, come along, then, Mr Clennam. 732 00:52:00,840 --> 00:52:03,354 - I'll see you all right. - Thank you. 733 00:52:03,400 --> 00:52:06,915 This way, Mr Clennam. This way. 734 00:52:30,520 --> 00:52:33,034 All gone. 735 00:52:34,320 --> 00:52:36,356 Thank you, Flintwinch. 736 00:52:56,960 --> 00:52:59,030 (MUTTERING) I'm sorry... 737 00:53:07,720 --> 00:53:08,709 (BELL RINGS) 738 00:53:08,760 --> 00:53:10,193 Jeremiah? 739 00:53:10,240 --> 00:53:11,468 Oh! 740 00:53:17,320 --> 00:53:18,799 (JEREMIAH) All clear. 741 00:53:20,960 --> 00:53:22,439 Jeremiah? 742 00:53:29,680 --> 00:53:30,749 Sit down. 743 00:53:32,080 --> 00:53:34,594 MAN: What about that glass you said I could have? 744 00:53:36,560 --> 00:53:39,028 Here. 745 00:53:39,080 --> 00:53:44,154 - Drink it, choke yourself. - Mrs Clennam's port wine. 746 00:53:45,520 --> 00:53:48,080 Very nice, her health. 747 00:53:51,800 --> 00:53:56,635 Your health, his health and all friends round St Paul's. 748 00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:03,630 - Where's the box? - All here, Jeremiah. 749 00:54:10,320 --> 00:54:14,074 - Heavy enough. - Take care. Guard it with your life. 750 00:54:20,240 --> 00:54:22,708 Oh! Oh! 751 00:54:22,760 --> 00:54:25,957 Affery! What are you about, you silly old woman? 752 00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:30,710 You've been getting out of bed in your sleep! Dreaming! 753 00:54:30,760 --> 00:54:32,990 You get back up to bed. 754 00:54:33,040 --> 00:54:35,076 And if you ever have such a dream again, 755 00:54:35,120 --> 00:54:37,680 it's a sign you're in want of physic! 756 00:54:37,720 --> 00:54:40,951 And I'll give you such a dose, old woman, such a dose! 757 00:54:41,000 --> 00:54:42,194 Now, off with you! 758 00:54:51,000 --> 00:54:51,989 All clear. 759 00:55:02,160 --> 00:55:04,833 You guard it with your life, Ephraim. 760 00:55:04,880 --> 00:55:08,270 Yes, Jeremiah, safe with me.