1 00:00:51,130 --> 00:00:53,803 - Good morning, Miss Amy. - Good morning, John. 2 00:00:53,850 --> 00:00:55,886 - How are you today? - All...all... 3 00:00:55,930 --> 00:00:58,649 all the better for seeing you, Amy. 4 00:01:00,810 --> 00:01:02,721 Oh, oh, Miss? 5 00:01:02,770 --> 00:01:06,160 That gentleman who came to visit your pa, Mr Clennam. 6 00:01:06,210 --> 00:01:08,041 Yes? 7 00:01:08,090 --> 00:01:11,162 - He got locked in last night. - Oh! I did warn him. 8 00:01:11,210 --> 00:01:14,805 I...I was wondering, might you want to see him? 9 00:01:14,850 --> 00:01:17,523 He's in...he's in the snuggery. 10 00:01:17,570 --> 00:01:19,686 No thank you, John, I'd rather not. 11 00:01:19,730 --> 00:01:23,882 Very good, Miss Dorrit. In fact, excellent. First class. 12 00:01:23,930 --> 00:01:26,364 Great! 13 00:01:26,410 --> 00:01:28,207 Morning! 14 00:01:28,250 --> 00:01:30,241 Morning, sir. Sleep well? 15 00:01:30,290 --> 00:01:33,885 I've had worse nights. Um, has the gate been open long? 16 00:01:33,930 --> 00:01:35,727 About two minutes, sir. 17 00:01:35,770 --> 00:01:37,965 Might I ask, has Miss Dorrit gone out yet? 18 00:01:38,010 --> 00:01:41,161 Yes, sir, she has...just now. 19 00:01:41,210 --> 00:01:42,802 Thank you! Good morning! 20 00:01:47,450 --> 00:01:50,089 Oh, blow. 21 00:01:51,690 --> 00:01:53,999 - Oh, good morning, Miss Dorrit. - Oh, morning. 22 00:01:54,050 --> 00:01:55,768 Are you on your way to my mother's? 23 00:01:55,810 --> 00:01:58,244 I'm not wanted there today. I am going to meet a friend. 24 00:01:58,290 --> 00:02:00,724 - May I walk with you? - What is it you want from me, sir? 25 00:02:00,770 --> 00:02:03,967 It makes me uncomfortable that you followed me home last night, 26 00:02:04,010 --> 00:02:05,489 and I wish you had not done so. 27 00:02:05,530 --> 00:02:08,363 I apologise, my intentions were entirely honourable. 28 00:02:08,410 --> 00:02:11,561 I believe there is a connection between your family and mine. 29 00:02:11,610 --> 00:02:14,124 I even think it possible that the House of Clennam 30 00:02:14,170 --> 00:02:17,287 might be responsible for the misfortunes that have befallen 31 00:02:17,330 --> 00:02:20,527 your family, and I should like to do something to help, if I can. 32 00:02:20,570 --> 00:02:24,040 I am truly sorry if I've embarrassed you. 33 00:02:24,090 --> 00:02:25,648 Will you accept my apology? 34 00:02:35,290 --> 00:02:38,600 I was sorry to hear you were locked in last night, Mr Clennam. 35 00:02:38,650 --> 00:02:41,642 Ah, my own fault. You warned me often enough. 36 00:02:41,690 --> 00:02:43,760 I hope you weren't too uncomfortable. 37 00:02:43,810 --> 00:02:45,562 Not a bit of it. Slept like a top. 38 00:02:47,850 --> 00:02:50,523 I was rather short with you last night, 39 00:02:50,570 --> 00:02:52,128 and just now. 40 00:02:52,170 --> 00:02:56,129 You were so generous to Father yesterday, Mr Clennam. I hope... 41 00:02:56,170 --> 00:02:57,762 What? 42 00:02:57,810 --> 00:02:59,368 I hope you won't misunderstand my father. 43 00:02:59,410 --> 00:03:02,959 Don't judge him as you judge other people, people outside the gates. 44 00:03:03,010 --> 00:03:05,763 - He's been there so long! - Of course. 45 00:03:07,770 --> 00:03:10,000 - Oh, dear. - Let's take some shelter. 46 00:03:10,050 --> 00:03:11,768 Look, there's a coffee shop. 47 00:03:25,170 --> 00:03:26,649 Let's sit there. 48 00:03:31,610 --> 00:03:34,647 - Coffee for two, please. - Very good, sir. 49 00:03:36,970 --> 00:03:38,244 What is it? 50 00:03:39,650 --> 00:03:42,403 Only that I've never been in a place like this before. 51 00:03:42,450 --> 00:03:43,849 No? What d'you think of it? 52 00:03:45,410 --> 00:03:46,923 I think it is very grand. 53 00:03:52,570 --> 00:03:55,130 Would you tell me a little more about your father? 54 00:03:56,770 --> 00:03:58,761 He is really very much respected. 55 00:03:58,810 --> 00:04:01,563 Everyone who comes in to the Marshalsea is glad to know him. 56 00:04:01,610 --> 00:04:03,999 And he is not to blame for being in need. 57 00:04:04,050 --> 00:04:06,439 Of course not. 58 00:04:11,610 --> 00:04:15,762 Do you know, does your father have a great many creditors? 59 00:04:15,810 --> 00:04:17,402 A great many. 60 00:04:17,450 --> 00:04:20,169 Why? Do you think your family might be one of them? 61 00:04:20,210 --> 00:04:24,442 If so, I should certainly like to release him from that obligation. 62 00:04:24,490 --> 00:04:27,209 - Who might I talk to about his case? - I don't know, sir. 63 00:04:27,250 --> 00:04:29,969 It was before I was born. I don't know anything about 64 00:04:30,010 --> 00:04:33,241 the debts that brought him here. I think he scarcely knows himself. 65 00:04:33,290 --> 00:04:35,884 It is monstrous that a man should be in prison simply 66 00:04:35,930 --> 00:04:39,127 because he owes money. How can he find the means to repay his debt? 67 00:04:39,170 --> 00:04:42,526 I am sorry, sir, but I think it suits him very well to be where he is. 68 00:04:42,570 --> 00:04:46,358 You see, even if he were released, he might not be so gently dealt with 69 00:04:46,410 --> 00:04:50,528 outside as he is there. People might not think so well of him. 70 00:04:51,650 --> 00:04:53,959 And your brother? Is he to languish there too? 71 00:04:54,010 --> 00:04:57,400 I hope not, sir. He's in debt to a horse dealer in Bleeding Heart Yard 72 00:04:57,450 --> 00:05:00,010 but I'll pay him out, by and by. 73 00:05:00,050 --> 00:05:02,848 MAGGY: Little mother! 74 00:05:10,130 --> 00:05:12,439 Oh, Maggy! 75 00:05:12,490 --> 00:05:15,846 That's it! That's it! That's got 'em! 76 00:05:19,330 --> 00:05:20,809 Ahhh, he's a good boy! 77 00:05:20,850 --> 00:05:23,683 This is Mr Clennam, Maggy. Maggy is the granddaughter 78 00:05:23,730 --> 00:05:26,847 of my old nurse, who's been dead a long time. Maggy, how old are you? 79 00:05:26,890 --> 00:05:29,688 - Ten. - Ten! 80 00:05:29,730 --> 00:05:31,846 When Maggy was ten, she had a bad fever, didn't you? 81 00:05:31,890 --> 00:05:33,289 She's never grown any older ever since. 82 00:05:33,330 --> 00:05:36,481 - It was ever so nice in the hospital. - Was it? 83 00:05:36,530 --> 00:05:39,363 Such beds there is there! Lemonade and chicken...! 84 00:05:39,410 --> 00:05:41,002 It does sound very tempting. 85 00:05:41,050 --> 00:05:42,927 I would have liked to have stayed there, but I couldn't. 86 00:05:42,970 --> 00:05:45,040 AMY: She can read, and does her own errands. 87 00:05:45,090 --> 00:05:45,920 She supports herself entirely, don't you, Maggy? 88 00:05:45,970 --> 00:05:50,441 Yes, I do. Who are you again? 89 00:05:50,490 --> 00:05:52,924 Mr Clennam, Maggy. 90 00:05:52,970 --> 00:05:55,325 And he's a friend of yours, is he, mother? 91 00:05:55,370 --> 00:05:57,440 Yes, he is. 92 00:06:01,210 --> 00:06:03,963 FLINTWINCH: What is it that you intend to do about Arthur? 93 00:06:04,010 --> 00:06:05,728 MRS CLENNAM: Why? What have I done? 94 00:06:05,770 --> 00:06:07,567 What have you not done, rather? 95 00:06:07,610 --> 00:06:11,159 You never gave Arthur's father a chance to redeem himself, 96 00:06:11,210 --> 00:06:13,440 and you never gave Arthur a chance either! 97 00:06:13,490 --> 00:06:15,526 There! How do you justify that? 98 00:06:15,570 --> 00:06:18,801 I don't have to justify it to you, Flintwinch. 99 00:06:18,850 --> 00:06:21,603 I justify it to myself, and there's an end of it. 100 00:06:21,650 --> 00:06:25,928 I justify it by the authority of these books. 101 00:06:27,330 --> 00:06:29,969 Never mind that. 102 00:06:30,010 --> 00:06:32,365 I've been faithful to you, 103 00:06:32,410 --> 00:06:36,688 and I'm attached to you, but I won't be swallowed up by you! 104 00:06:36,730 --> 00:06:38,368 I won't take it! 105 00:06:38,410 --> 00:06:41,766 So you say. But you have taken it long enough, 106 00:06:41,810 --> 00:06:45,041 and if you stay here you will continue to take it. 107 00:06:45,090 --> 00:06:49,561 What I have done and not done is between me and my maker 108 00:06:49,610 --> 00:06:51,123 and there's an end on it. 109 00:07:02,850 --> 00:07:04,442 I'm very sorry, Mr Pancks. 110 00:07:04,490 --> 00:07:06,321 Very sorry won't do it, Mr Plornish! 111 00:07:06,370 --> 00:07:09,123 Very sorry won't do it! I'll tell you what will do it... 112 00:07:09,170 --> 00:07:12,242 - half a crown and not a penny less! - I haven't got it, Mr Pancks. 113 00:07:12,290 --> 00:07:15,441 What do you mean you haven't got it? What have you done with it? 114 00:07:15,490 --> 00:07:17,560 You want the premises, but you don't want to pay the rent! 115 00:07:17,610 --> 00:07:20,682 He does want to, Mr Pancks. It's just that work's been very slack 116 00:07:20,730 --> 00:07:22,527 just lately, not to deceive you... 117 00:07:22,570 --> 00:07:26,609 I've heard it all before, Mrs Plornish, I've heard it all before. 118 00:07:26,650 --> 00:07:29,323 How much have you got? 119 00:07:29,370 --> 00:07:33,204 - I've got a shilling, Mr Pancks. - Give it here. 120 00:07:35,610 --> 00:07:39,398 Plornish, one shilling. 121 00:07:39,450 --> 00:07:41,645 I'll be back on Friday for the rest. 122 00:07:43,770 --> 00:07:46,648 Don't suppose you want any plastering done, Mr Pancks? 123 00:07:46,690 --> 00:07:50,126 If I do, Mr Plornish, you'll be the first to know about it! 124 00:07:54,130 --> 00:07:56,963 Rent day, rent day! 125 00:07:58,010 --> 00:08:00,808 Pardon me. I'm looking for a horse dealer. 126 00:08:00,850 --> 00:08:03,569 Captain Slingo? He's just across the yard. 127 00:08:03,610 --> 00:08:05,885 Mind you, I wouldn't buy no horse off him, sir. 128 00:08:05,930 --> 00:08:06,999 Oh, I don't intend to. 129 00:08:07,050 --> 00:08:10,122 - I'm here to settle a debt. - Oh, are you? Word of advice, sir, 130 00:08:10,170 --> 00:08:12,684 no need to pay more than ten shilling in the pound. 131 00:08:12,730 --> 00:08:15,449 - He'll be glad to get it. - Thank you, Mr...? 132 00:08:15,490 --> 00:08:17,321 Plornish, sir. 133 00:08:19,810 --> 00:08:21,801 Ah, he's a lovely landlord, is our Mr Casby. 134 00:08:21,850 --> 00:08:24,318 I'll introduce you to him if you like? 135 00:08:24,370 --> 00:08:27,442 Oh, no need. Mr Casby and I are old acquaintances. 136 00:08:27,490 --> 00:08:29,048 Such a kindly landlord. 137 00:08:29,090 --> 00:08:31,524 If only his rent collector was more like him. 138 00:08:37,850 --> 00:08:40,489 PANCKS: Rent day, rent day! 139 00:08:42,250 --> 00:08:43,478 Are you Mr Slingo? 140 00:08:43,530 --> 00:08:46,442 - Yes? - My name is Clennam. 141 00:08:46,490 --> 00:08:48,208 I am a friend of Edward Dorrit's. 142 00:08:48,250 --> 00:08:52,004 I understand he's in debt to you, I should like to settle that debt. 143 00:08:52,050 --> 00:08:55,326 £40, Mr Clennam, not a penny less. 144 00:08:55,370 --> 00:08:56,439 Well, there's 20. 145 00:08:58,530 --> 00:09:01,602 It's yours when you sign a full release. 146 00:09:02,650 --> 00:09:06,848 I'll take that, and give you a month to make up the other £20. How's that? 147 00:09:06,890 --> 00:09:10,041 That doesn't suit. The offer's £20. Take it or leave it. 148 00:09:10,890 --> 00:09:12,801 Well, I'll tell you what I'll do. 149 00:09:12,850 --> 00:09:16,684 Give me another ten down and I'll run my pen clean through it. 150 00:09:16,730 --> 00:09:19,290 That won't suit either. Good day to you, sir. 151 00:09:19,330 --> 00:09:21,127 Hold on, hold on! 152 00:09:21,170 --> 00:09:24,526 That, that young scamp has used me bad, 153 00:09:24,570 --> 00:09:28,609 but if you give me another £5 and a bottle of wine, 154 00:09:28,650 --> 00:09:31,608 and if you mean done, say done, and if you don't like it, 155 00:09:31,650 --> 00:09:34,483 Ieave it. How's that? 156 00:09:34,530 --> 00:09:37,840 Twenty pounds, in full and final settlement. 157 00:09:41,250 --> 00:09:42,399 Hand over, then. 158 00:09:46,770 --> 00:09:50,479 Does Mr Casby still live in the old house at Grays Inn Road? 159 00:09:50,530 --> 00:09:52,407 He does. 160 00:09:58,970 --> 00:10:01,165 PANCKS: Slingo... 161 00:10:03,090 --> 00:10:04,239 Slingo! 162 00:10:10,850 --> 00:10:14,638 So your respected father is no more. 163 00:10:14,690 --> 00:10:19,559 I was grieved to hear it, Mr Clennam. I was grieved. 164 00:10:23,370 --> 00:10:25,281 My father... 165 00:10:25,330 --> 00:10:28,128 died with something troubling his mind. 166 00:10:29,370 --> 00:10:31,361 Dear, dear. 167 00:10:31,410 --> 00:10:33,128 I am sorry to hear that. 168 00:10:33,170 --> 00:10:35,843 I would like to put it right if I can, 169 00:10:35,890 --> 00:10:39,678 but my mother cannot or will not tell me what it was. 170 00:10:39,730 --> 00:10:41,607 Something troubling his mind. 171 00:10:41,650 --> 00:10:44,039 You and he were close in the past, Mr Casby 172 00:10:44,090 --> 00:10:46,558 and I wondered if you might know what it was. 173 00:10:46,610 --> 00:10:48,487 I? 174 00:10:48,530 --> 00:10:54,799 Oh, dear me, no. No idea. No idea at all, I'm sorry to say. 175 00:10:54,850 --> 00:11:00,482 If your mother cannot tell you, you could hardly expect me to know. 176 00:11:01,530 --> 00:11:05,523 Mr Casby, I understand it was you who brought the young seamstress, 177 00:11:05,570 --> 00:11:08,243 Amy Dorrit, to the attention of my mother? 178 00:11:08,290 --> 00:11:10,679 Indeed, indeed. 179 00:11:10,730 --> 00:11:14,518 One of my tenants told me the young girl was looking for work. 180 00:11:14,570 --> 00:11:16,367 A Mr Plornish. 181 00:11:16,410 --> 00:11:21,359 One tries to do what one can for them...what one can. 182 00:11:21,410 --> 00:11:24,766 She seems a kind, gentle girl and I should like to do what I can 183 00:11:24,810 --> 00:11:25,959 for her and her family. 184 00:11:26,010 --> 00:11:29,559 Do you know where I might seek information about her father's case? 185 00:11:30,610 --> 00:11:35,047 Well, you could do worse than try the Circumlocution Office. 186 00:11:35,090 --> 00:11:39,527 Most public matters are referred to the Circumlocution Office. 187 00:11:39,570 --> 00:11:41,765 Thank you. 188 00:11:41,810 --> 00:11:46,600 - Thank you, Mr Casby. - If you'll join us for dinner tonight, 189 00:11:46,650 --> 00:11:49,323 my daughter Flora would be glad to see you. 190 00:11:49,370 --> 00:11:53,079 You were childhood sweethearts, were you not? 191 00:11:53,130 --> 00:11:58,124 And rather cruelly driven apart, Mr Casby, if you remember. 192 00:11:58,170 --> 00:12:00,684 For a reason I never understood. 193 00:12:00,730 --> 00:12:04,006 Ah, well, you know, there were considerations, 194 00:12:04,050 --> 00:12:08,487 you know, but let's not let them spoil her joy, Mr Clennam. 195 00:12:16,530 --> 00:12:19,761 - Mr Clennam? - Yes, sir. 196 00:12:21,810 --> 00:12:23,562 This is most irregular. 197 00:12:23,610 --> 00:12:25,919 Forgive me if I am ignorant of the proper forms. 198 00:12:25,970 --> 00:12:28,006 I've been working abroad for some years. 199 00:12:28,050 --> 00:12:30,928 I am making enquiries into the case of a Mr Dorrit, 200 00:12:30,970 --> 00:12:34,326 who has been a debtor in the Marshalsea prison for many years. 201 00:12:34,370 --> 00:12:36,645 Would you be able to tell me who's handling his case? 202 00:12:36,690 --> 00:12:38,487 Ah. 203 00:12:39,850 --> 00:12:40,919 Would it be you, sir? 204 00:12:42,530 --> 00:12:44,009 Possibly. 205 00:12:44,850 --> 00:12:46,044 On behalf of the Crown, 206 00:12:46,090 --> 00:12:48,650 or in relation to claims made by other creditors? 207 00:12:48,690 --> 00:12:53,206 The Circumlocution Office may have made a recommendation 208 00:12:53,250 --> 00:12:58,005 that some public claim against this person should be enforced. 209 00:12:58,050 --> 00:12:59,961 Then I assume that to be the case. 210 00:13:00,010 --> 00:13:02,729 The Circumlocution Office is not responsible 211 00:13:02,770 --> 00:13:06,160 for any gentleman's assumptions, sir. 212 00:13:06,210 --> 00:13:08,041 Then how can I find out the true facts? 213 00:13:08,090 --> 00:13:09,887 Have you an interest in this case? 214 00:13:09,930 --> 00:13:11,682 I think my family may have, sir. 215 00:13:11,730 --> 00:13:17,043 Then you should make enquiries at the appropriate branch of the Department. 216 00:13:17,090 --> 00:13:20,526 The Department is accessible to the... 217 00:13:20,570 --> 00:13:23,368 public. 218 00:13:23,410 --> 00:13:27,801 If the public does not approach it according to the official forms, 219 00:13:27,850 --> 00:13:30,523 the public has itself to blame. 220 00:13:31,570 --> 00:13:33,879 I thought this was the appropriate branch of the department. 221 00:13:33,930 --> 00:13:38,128 Oh, dear. Jenkins, take this gentleman down 222 00:13:38,170 --> 00:13:43,881 to Mr Tite Barnacle Junior in the Applications Department. 223 00:13:44,930 --> 00:13:47,922 Good day to you, Mr Clennam. 224 00:13:51,850 --> 00:13:54,080 (CHEERING) 225 00:14:03,170 --> 00:14:04,649 Ahem! 226 00:14:12,970 --> 00:14:14,562 Excuse me, gentlemen, 227 00:14:14,610 --> 00:14:18,728 but this is Mr Dorrit's bench, the Father of the Marshalsea. 228 00:14:23,570 --> 00:14:28,280 At other times, you're welcome to it, of course. Sure that's understood. 229 00:14:28,330 --> 00:14:29,968 Thank you, Chivery. 230 00:14:30,010 --> 00:14:33,719 Some of these fellows take a little time to learn the ropes. 231 00:14:36,690 --> 00:14:38,601 Join you, if I may, Mr Dorrit. 232 00:14:44,730 --> 00:14:47,039 Just seen your daughter going out. 233 00:14:47,090 --> 00:14:48,921 Quite the little woman now. 234 00:14:48,970 --> 00:14:53,441 Chivery, I wish time would stand still and keep her as she is today! 235 00:14:53,490 --> 00:14:58,518 But I fear it won't be long before both of our children fly the coop. 236 00:14:58,570 --> 00:15:01,801 My John will never fly the coop, Mr Dorrit. 237 00:15:01,850 --> 00:15:04,489 He'll take over from me at the gatehouse, one of these days 238 00:15:04,530 --> 00:15:06,043 and be very proud to do so. 239 00:15:06,090 --> 00:15:08,763 And look after his old father, eh? 240 00:15:08,810 --> 00:15:10,641 Exactly so, sir. 241 00:15:10,690 --> 00:15:12,726 - (GATE OPENS) - This way sir. 242 00:15:14,290 --> 00:15:18,886 He's very loving, sir... and very loyal. 243 00:15:18,930 --> 00:15:21,364 I've managed to find you a room to yourself, sir. 244 00:15:22,570 --> 00:15:25,130 Your son's a fine young man, Chivery. 245 00:15:26,770 --> 00:15:28,362 A fine young man. 246 00:15:30,930 --> 00:15:34,240 What are the claims this department makes on Mr William Dorrit? 247 00:15:34,290 --> 00:15:36,599 Oh, no. 248 00:15:36,650 --> 00:15:39,687 Oh, no. That's...that's not the way to do it. Upon my soul, 249 00:15:39,730 --> 00:15:42,927 you mustn't just barge in here saying you want to know, you know. 250 00:15:42,970 --> 00:15:45,962 But I do want to know, and I shall persevere until I do know. 251 00:15:46,010 --> 00:15:48,604 Upon my soul, you stick to it in a devil of a manner! 252 00:15:48,650 --> 00:15:51,164 I can give you some forms to fill in if you like. 253 00:15:51,210 --> 00:15:54,202 They'll go round various departments, 254 00:15:54,250 --> 00:15:56,764 probably come back here from time to time, 255 00:15:56,810 --> 00:16:00,166 to be countersigned. Nothing will come of it in the end, I promise you that. 256 00:16:00,210 --> 00:16:03,680 You had much better just give it up. That's what most men do. 257 00:16:03,730 --> 00:16:06,369 Surely this is not the way to get things done! 258 00:16:06,410 --> 00:16:09,208 Yes, but that is how we do things at the Circumlocution Office. 259 00:16:12,050 --> 00:16:14,723 MR MEAGLES: What a bunch of unmitigated rascals! 260 00:16:14,770 --> 00:16:16,601 I shall never come here again! 261 00:16:16,650 --> 00:16:19,801 How is a man to get anything done in this benighted country! 262 00:16:19,850 --> 00:16:21,568 Mr Meagles! 263 00:16:21,610 --> 00:16:24,807 Good Lord! Clennam! How d'you do? 264 00:16:25,850 --> 00:16:29,604 You wouldn't suppose this man here to be a notorious rascal, would you? 265 00:16:29,650 --> 00:16:31,242 - Certainly not. - And you would be right! 266 00:16:31,290 --> 00:16:34,248 All he's done to offend these scoundrels in there 267 00:16:34,290 --> 00:16:37,009 is to try to do something to help his country! 268 00:16:37,050 --> 00:16:41,407 Oh, Clennam, allow me to introduce my good friend, Daniel Doyce. 269 00:16:41,450 --> 00:16:43,645 You're not making yourself clear, Mr Meagles. 270 00:16:43,690 --> 00:16:45,885 I'm an engineer and an inventor, Mr Clennam. 271 00:16:45,930 --> 00:16:49,718 And a thorn in the side of those idiots in the Circumlocution Office! 272 00:16:49,770 --> 00:16:52,000 My invention has languished in there 273 00:16:52,050 --> 00:16:54,405 for 1 2 years waiting for them to make their minds up. 274 00:16:54,450 --> 00:16:57,362 - You have my sympathies, sir. - Look at him, cool as a cucumber. 275 00:16:58,730 --> 00:17:01,483 Surely you must feel terribly disappointed. 276 00:17:01,530 --> 00:17:07,127 Disappointed? Ah yes, I am disappointed but this is the way of things. 277 00:17:07,170 --> 00:17:08,569 - In England! - Yes. 278 00:17:08,610 --> 00:17:12,319 If I were to take it abroad, I no doubt would be taken up soon enough. 279 00:17:12,370 --> 00:17:15,521 And gain some recognition into the bargain. 280 00:17:17,090 --> 00:17:21,083 Clennam, why haven't you been to see us at Twickenham? Come back with me. 281 00:17:21,130 --> 00:17:24,805 Unfortunately I have just accepted another invitation. 282 00:17:24,850 --> 00:17:27,284 - Well, another time. You promise? - I do. 283 00:17:27,330 --> 00:17:29,969 Trouble with abroad is, as Clennam will bear me out, 284 00:17:30,010 --> 00:17:32,649 is there are just as many villains as there are here. 285 00:17:32,690 --> 00:17:35,363 (RAIN FALLS, THUNDER CLAPS) 286 00:17:46,170 --> 00:17:48,889 Messieurs, madame. Bon soir. 287 00:17:53,210 --> 00:17:54,962 A curse on this filthy weather! 288 00:17:55,010 --> 00:17:57,319 Monsieur has travelled far? 289 00:17:57,370 --> 00:18:00,680 Far enough. Do you have a bed for me tonight, madame? 290 00:18:00,730 --> 00:18:04,166 And some food, as quickly as you can and some wine immediately! 291 00:18:05,730 --> 00:18:07,402 D'accord, monsieur. 292 00:18:07,450 --> 00:18:10,601 So they let him go? 293 00:18:10,650 --> 00:18:12,368 That murdering devil. 294 00:18:12,410 --> 00:18:14,401 Where is he now, huh? 295 00:18:14,450 --> 00:18:16,247 Nobody knows. 296 00:18:16,290 --> 00:18:19,009 Ah, they should have let the mob get at him. 297 00:18:19,050 --> 00:18:21,518 They would have made short work of him. 298 00:18:21,570 --> 00:18:24,482 To whom do you refer, madame? 299 00:18:24,530 --> 00:18:28,569 That murderer, Rigaud, of course. 300 00:18:28,610 --> 00:18:30,487 You haven't heard of him? 301 00:18:31,530 --> 00:18:33,964 I arrived in the country only yesterday. 302 00:18:35,010 --> 00:18:37,843 So, if this man was guilty, 303 00:18:37,890 --> 00:18:40,484 why did they let him go? 304 00:18:40,530 --> 00:18:43,124 Not enough evidence. 305 00:18:43,170 --> 00:18:46,128 He must have bribed the witnesses, or threatened them. 306 00:18:46,170 --> 00:18:49,879 Or perhaps he was innocent. 307 00:18:49,930 --> 00:18:51,682 (SHE LAUGHS) 308 00:18:51,730 --> 00:18:53,766 That monster? 309 00:18:54,810 --> 00:18:56,129 Never! 310 00:18:57,490 --> 00:19:00,846 Might one know your name, monsieur? 311 00:19:06,250 --> 00:19:10,687 My name, monsieur, is, er... 312 00:19:11,730 --> 00:19:12,765 ...Lagnier. 313 00:19:16,170 --> 00:19:19,048 Lagnier! 314 00:19:28,410 --> 00:19:31,607 Goodness, where can she have got to? 315 00:19:31,650 --> 00:19:34,483 I'll...I'll just go. Excuse me. 316 00:19:46,410 --> 00:19:49,163 (CLOCK STRIKES) 317 00:20:04,450 --> 00:20:05,439 Arthur! 318 00:20:12,970 --> 00:20:15,086 Oh, Arthur! 319 00:20:20,570 --> 00:20:22,526 Mr Clennam, I should say! 320 00:20:22,570 --> 00:20:24,765 Oh, dear, I am so ashamed, 321 00:20:24,810 --> 00:20:28,166 I'm a mere fright, I'm sure you find me fearfully changed. 322 00:20:28,210 --> 00:20:29,563 I'm just an old widow now. 323 00:20:29,610 --> 00:20:32,443 It's shocking to be so found out, it's really shocking! 324 00:20:35,890 --> 00:20:38,609 No, indeed. 325 00:20:38,650 --> 00:20:41,403 Time hasn't exactly stood still with me either. 326 00:20:41,450 --> 00:20:47,446 Oh! Then you do find me changed and I am. It's so dreadful. 327 00:20:47,490 --> 00:20:51,802 People who don't know us might suppose I'm Papa's Mama! 328 00:20:51,850 --> 00:20:55,445 - No, that must be a long time hence. - Oh, Mr Clennam! 329 00:20:55,490 --> 00:20:58,800 Insincerest of creatures! 330 00:20:58,850 --> 00:21:00,920 - Excuse me. - Oh! Papa! 331 00:21:00,970 --> 00:21:03,245 Don't go yet! Oh, he's gone. 332 00:21:03,290 --> 00:21:05,520 But you'll stay, Arthur. 333 00:21:05,570 --> 00:21:09,199 I promise not to say a word about the dear old days gone for ever because 334 00:21:09,250 --> 00:21:12,640 of course by now you must be married to some Chinese lady, I expect. 335 00:21:12,690 --> 00:21:15,284 No, I'm not married to anyone, Flora. 336 00:21:15,330 --> 00:21:19,608 Oh! I hope you haven't kept yourself a bachelor so long on my account! 337 00:21:22,250 --> 00:21:24,639 But tell me about the Chinese ladies. 338 00:21:24,690 --> 00:21:26,681 My late husband, Mr Finching, 339 00:21:26,730 --> 00:21:29,688 had a fancy they were made different down there you know. 340 00:21:29,730 --> 00:21:33,200 But how would you know about that, being a bachelor still?! 341 00:21:33,250 --> 00:21:35,127 Imagine that! A bachelor! 342 00:21:40,850 --> 00:21:45,685 I know I am not what you expected. I know that very well. 343 00:21:45,730 --> 00:21:47,482 Don't say that, Flora. 344 00:21:49,290 --> 00:21:53,203 And I'm sorry I let them bully me into giving you up, 345 00:21:53,250 --> 00:21:54,729 but what was I to do, 346 00:21:54,770 --> 00:21:57,523 with Papa and your mama in the little breakfast room 347 00:21:57,570 --> 00:22:00,084 glaring at each other like a pair of mad bulls? 348 00:22:00,130 --> 00:22:01,529 Dear Flora, 349 00:22:01,570 --> 00:22:04,403 you weren't to blame and I never blamed you. 350 00:22:06,530 --> 00:22:09,727 But...but I... 351 00:22:09,770 --> 00:22:12,967 - (DOOR OPENS) - Oh, and here's Papa, 352 00:22:13,010 --> 00:22:17,083 who is always tiresome and putting his nose in where it's not wanted! 353 00:22:17,130 --> 00:22:19,405 Mr Pancks will be joining us for dinner. 354 00:22:19,450 --> 00:22:21,361 And Mr F's aunt! 355 00:22:21,410 --> 00:22:24,402 Mr F left her to me, you know. 356 00:22:24,450 --> 00:22:26,361 As a legacy! 357 00:22:30,570 --> 00:22:32,925 (SLURPING) 358 00:22:39,610 --> 00:22:43,046 Bleeding Heart Yard's a troublesome property, ain't it, Mr Casby? 359 00:22:43,090 --> 00:22:44,443 Rents are very hard to get. 360 00:22:44,490 --> 00:22:47,721 We have more trouble there than with all the other places put together. 361 00:22:47,770 --> 00:22:50,728 - People are very poor... - They say they are. 362 00:22:50,770 --> 00:22:52,886 Mr Casby would be poor himself, if I didn't get his rents for him. 363 00:22:52,930 --> 00:22:55,524 - True enough, I suppose. - We can't keep an open house 364 00:22:55,570 --> 00:22:58,721 for all the poor of London. If a man takes a room at half a crown a week, 365 00:22:58,770 --> 00:23:02,046 and hasn't got the half a crown, I say why have you got the room, then? 366 00:23:02,090 --> 00:23:05,082 If you haven't got the one thing, then why've you got the other? 367 00:23:05,130 --> 00:23:09,169 It's very sad, but there we are. There we are, you know. 368 00:23:09,210 --> 00:23:11,724 And then they end up in the debtors' prison, like young Amy Dorrit, 369 00:23:11,770 --> 00:23:15,445 with no chance whatsoever of paying their way. It's utterly senseless. 370 00:23:18,010 --> 00:23:19,045 Well... 371 00:23:19,090 --> 00:23:23,561 she's lucky enough to have her seamstress work at Mrs Clennam's 372 00:23:23,610 --> 00:23:27,319 and to have a good friend in you, Mr Clennam, a good friend in you. 373 00:23:31,050 --> 00:23:36,078 When we lived at Henley, Barnes's gander was stolen by tinkers. 374 00:23:36,130 --> 00:23:37,165 All right, ma'am. 375 00:23:37,210 --> 00:23:38,848 - I hate a fool! - Come on, Auntie. 376 00:23:38,890 --> 00:23:40,926 Time for your rest. 377 00:23:42,690 --> 00:23:44,282 Good night, Arthur. 378 00:23:44,330 --> 00:23:46,969 Mr Clennam, I should say. 379 00:23:47,010 --> 00:23:48,159 Come again. 380 00:23:48,210 --> 00:23:50,849 AUNTIE: Well, what'd he come here for, anyway? 381 00:23:51,970 --> 00:23:53,289 Get off me, let go. 382 00:23:58,770 --> 00:24:00,283 (HE SLURPS) 383 00:24:04,410 --> 00:24:05,729 (LAUGHTER) 384 00:24:05,770 --> 00:24:07,965 Here's your room, Monsieur Lagnier. 385 00:24:17,450 --> 00:24:18,599 (SNORING) 386 00:24:18,650 --> 00:24:23,678 He won't bother you, sir. Good as gold he is, little Italian gentleman. 387 00:24:23,730 --> 00:24:25,209 Ca va bien? 388 00:24:43,490 --> 00:24:45,481 Mamma. 389 00:24:51,290 --> 00:24:52,928 Porca madonna! 390 00:24:52,970 --> 00:24:55,438 Monsieur Rigaud! 391 00:24:55,490 --> 00:24:58,243 My name is Lagnier now. 392 00:24:59,290 --> 00:25:01,520 Lagnier! 393 00:25:01,570 --> 00:25:05,165 Where are you travelling to now, huh, my little imbecile? 394 00:25:05,210 --> 00:25:07,565 - Dove vai? - To England, sir. 395 00:25:07,610 --> 00:25:09,089 To England. 396 00:25:10,770 --> 00:25:15,924 I too! We can travel there together, little Cavalletto! 397 00:25:15,970 --> 00:25:18,848 Altro, altro! 398 00:25:18,890 --> 00:25:22,644 Altro, altro, very good. 399 00:25:22,690 --> 00:25:24,487 Go to sleep now. 400 00:25:26,090 --> 00:25:28,445 I have to...get my rest. 401 00:25:31,450 --> 00:25:33,486 Did he say Rigaud? 402 00:25:33,530 --> 00:25:37,648 Non, non, madame, Lagnier. 403 00:25:37,690 --> 00:25:41,842 - (KISSING) - Lagnier. 404 00:25:46,690 --> 00:25:49,329 - Good night, Mr Clennam. - Good night, Mr Pancks. 405 00:25:57,570 --> 00:25:59,128 Mr Clennam, 406 00:25:59,170 --> 00:26:00,762 just a thought, sir. 407 00:26:00,810 --> 00:26:04,439 You're not one of the Clennams of Cornwall by any chance, sir? 408 00:26:04,490 --> 00:26:06,401 Not that I know of. 409 00:26:06,450 --> 00:26:09,806 Pity. There's a Cornish property going begging, 410 00:26:09,850 --> 00:26:12,444 and not a Cornish Clennam to have it for the asking. 411 00:26:12,490 --> 00:26:15,926 I take an interest in such things, Mr Clennam, between you and me. 412 00:26:15,970 --> 00:26:17,881 I keep an eye out for them. 413 00:26:20,610 --> 00:26:23,488 I'm a bit of a detective on the quiet, sir. 414 00:26:23,530 --> 00:26:27,284 Well, never mind, wish you good night, sir. 415 00:26:28,450 --> 00:26:29,439 Mr Pancks? 416 00:26:34,170 --> 00:26:37,446 Might you be interested in doing a little detecting work for me? 417 00:26:37,490 --> 00:26:40,687 - I might. - I need to find out as much as possible 418 00:26:40,730 --> 00:26:43,005 about a man held in the Marshalsea for debt. 419 00:26:43,050 --> 00:26:45,518 - Name of party? - William Dorrit. 420 00:26:45,570 --> 00:26:48,004 You think he might have been wronged in some way? 421 00:26:48,050 --> 00:26:49,961 I've made enquiries, but to little avail. 422 00:26:50,010 --> 00:26:52,478 Not surprised. Not your line. You leave it to me. 423 00:26:52,530 --> 00:26:54,839 If there's a trail worth following, I'll follow it. 424 00:26:54,890 --> 00:26:58,007 - And you'll keep me informed. - And keep you informed, sir. 425 00:26:58,050 --> 00:26:59,483 Thank you, Mr Pancks.