1 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:52,113 WOMAN: Miss Dorrit, are you quite sure you wish your sister 2 00:00:52,160 --> 00:00:54,435 to know the nature of our relationship? 3 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:55,959 FANNY: Quite sure, ma'am. 4 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,070 WOMAN: Then I suppose I shall have to tell her. 5 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:00,031 Do sit down. 6 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:15,429 I have a son, Miss Dorrit, by my first husband. He is 22 years old. 7 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:17,198 I first married extremely young. 8 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:18,355 (SQUAWKING) 9 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:20,152 Be quiet, bird! 10 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:25,513 This son, his name is Edmund Sparkler, is very impressible, very easily led. 11 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:29,599 So when I heard that my son was fascinated by a dancer, 12 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:31,517 I was sure it must be a dancer from the Opera, 13 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:34,916 where young men moving in society are usually fascinated. 14 00:01:34,960 --> 00:01:37,918 I need hardly say that when I found out what the theatre was, 15 00:01:37,960 --> 00:01:40,997 and the kind of entertainment to be found there, I was much surprised. 16 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,157 And then, when I found that your sister, by rejecting my son's advances, 17 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,033 had brought him to the point of proposing marriage, 18 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:49,640 my feelings were of the profoundest anguish. 19 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:51,830 (SQUAWKING) Bird! Be quiet! 20 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:53,313 (SQUAWKS) 21 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:55,828 And I told her that I might be a dancer, 22 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:58,952 but I consider my family quite as good as her son's, 23 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,276 and I did not see any honour in being connected with them. 24 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:04,629 So you did. And so it may be. 25 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:09,151 Sadly, the fact is we are all creatures of society in one way or another, 26 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:10,713 and the society in which I move 27 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:14,196 will never recognise the society in which you and your sister move. 28 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,800 I am afraid we should find ourselves compelled 29 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:18,831 to look down upon you with contempt. 30 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:21,997 We should feel obliged to recoil from you with abhorrence. 31 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:24,713 Did I or did I not tell you I'd already refused him? 32 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:28,309 You say so, but Sparkler is a young man, and young men are apt to persevere. 33 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,591 And if he were to persevere, you might very well change your mind. 34 00:02:31,640 --> 00:02:33,551 And I tell you now, in the event of a marriage, 35 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:37,354 my son would have nothing whatsoever. He would be an absolute beggar. 36 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:40,995 Which makes no odds to me, cos I don't want him anyway! 37 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,152 (SQUAWKING) 38 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,919 I am a creature of impulse, Miss Dorrit. 39 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:56,431 And as such, I beg you to accept this small gift. 40 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:07,194 And just to seal our mutual understanding, perhaps you will be so good 41 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,755 as to accept a mark of my appreciation at the dressmaker's. 42 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:15,791 You are too kind. 43 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,308 I believe at last we understand each other. 44 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:23,792 And now, I think, it is time to part for ever, 45 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:25,592 and on the best of terms. 46 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:34,351 Goodbye, Miss Dorrit. 47 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,073 So pleased to have made your acquaintance. 48 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:46,475 (WHISTLING AND LAUGHING) 49 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:57,790 Rent man! Quick, Pancks, get inside, lock the door! Rent man! 50 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:01,750 - All well with the books, Mr Clennam? - Pretty well. 51 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:04,314 - All well with the works, Mr Doyce? - Pretty well, I'd say. 52 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:06,430 That Italian fellow's a good little workman. 53 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,359 I've told you, Auntie, Arthur's really, really... 54 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:12,231 Aah! Visitors! 55 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:14,794 - Come along, up you go now. - Get off me!. 56 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,593 - Slowly, easy does it. - Come, let me assist you. 57 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:22,508 Mrs Finching, welcome to Doyce and Clennam. Come through to the office. 58 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:25,393 Oh, good gracious, Arthur... 59 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:29,956 Mr Clennam, I should say, what a climb we have had to get up here. 60 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,310 Most unkind of you never to have come back to see us since that day, 61 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:35,954 but I suppose you were more pleasantly engaged. 62 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,151 And is she fair or dark? Blue eyes or black, I wonder? 63 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:42,272 And to think of Doyce and Clennam. 64 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:44,709 How did it all come about, I wonder? 65 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:48,036 I know I have no right to ask the question, not any more, 66 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:53,200 the golden chain between us that once was forged being snapped, and very proper. 67 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:57,199 But I thought that I would call with Mr F's aunt and congratulate you 68 00:04:57,240 --> 00:04:59,310 and offer best wishes. 69 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,670 I am very happy to see you, Flora. Thank you for your good wishes. 70 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,678 There's milestones on the Dover road! 71 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:07,358 She's in fine spirits today! 72 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:09,675 Let him meet it if he can! 73 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:13,429 Oh, dear, very lively. You seem to stimulate her, Arthur. 74 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:15,789 Doyce and Clennam, I should say! 75 00:05:15,840 --> 00:05:19,435 One last remark. Knowing you were interested in "her", it came to me, 76 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:21,550 "Good gracious, why not have her here?" 77 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:22,749 Um, whom do you mean? 78 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:25,553 Why, your little friend, of course! The seamstress! 79 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:26,999 Little Dorrit? 80 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:30,749 Yes! I recall you saying you have a very fond and tender feeling for her. 81 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:32,153 I do, Flora. 82 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:34,270 As once you had for me in dear, dead days gone by. 83 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:38,317 Oh, no, no, no, Flora! It's nothing like that. I... 84 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,670 I am simply interested in Miss Dorrit's welfare, and her family's welfare. 85 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:45,076 Oh. But does she know that? 86 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,076 I'm sure she does. 87 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:50,556 Oh, well, in that case, it can do no harm either way! 88 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,717 She can come and do some needlework at our house if she cares to. 89 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:56,672 I'm sure she'd be glad to, Flora. Thank you for thinking of her. 90 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:01,714 You can't make a head and brains out of a brass knob if there's nothing in it. 91 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:04,911 You couldn't do it with your Uncle George while he was living, 92 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:06,632 much less now he's dead! 93 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:08,318 Oh, dear, livelier than ever. 94 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:09,952 Perhaps we'd better go. 95 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:13,317 Oh! 96 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:22,153 - (WAILS) - Oh, er... 97 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:27,149 - Come along, Auntie. Time for your rest. - Let him chuck me out the window! 98 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:28,997 Come on, Auntie! 99 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:35,557 Mr Casby! Mr Casby! Mr Casby! Mr Casby! 100 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:39,189 Pa's visiting his tenants. They love him, you know. 101 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:40,798 They think he's a saint, I don't know why. 102 00:06:40,840 --> 00:06:42,796 They think it's Pancks grinding their faces in the dust, 103 00:06:42,840 --> 00:06:44,068 but it's Pa all the time. 104 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:47,999 You know, he loves money so very much, it's quite a scandal, really. 105 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,679 Ah, ain't he a lovely man, Mr Clennam? 106 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:01,915 Come on, Auntie. 107 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:08,870 - Where are you taking me now? - Careful, be careful! That's it. 108 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:15,349 (DOOR OPENS) 109 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:21,590 Chivery old and Chivery new. Just the men I wanted to see. 110 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:23,915 Mr Pancks. 111 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:25,951 And what can I do for you? 112 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,230 Bit of private business for a client. 113 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:30,840 And what has your business to do with me? 114 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:35,351 I want to see your books, Mr Chivery. 1 805. Who came in and who left. 115 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:37,709 Confidential, that is, Mr Pancks. 116 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:39,876 No, it ain't. 117 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:45,668 (SNORTING) 118 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:51,192 Oh, dear, oh, dear. All right, then, there's half a crown to oil your joints. 119 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:52,878 Much obliged, Mr Pancks. 120 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:02,914 Edwards, Mathews, Bishop, Kitchner, Elliot, Dickens... 121 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,315 William Dorrit. £1 20. 122 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:10,388 Address - 4 Gower Street North. Date of birth - 24th October 1 775. 123 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:12,158 County of birth - Dorset. 124 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:22,431 I'm much obliged to you, Mr Chivery. 125 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:28,914 Oh, Amy! 126 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:35,478 (SQUAWKING) 127 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:43,909 Hello, Mater. Pa home? 128 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,110 Your stepfather is returned from the City, yes. 129 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:47,639 - Good-oh. - By the way, Edmund, 130 00:08:47,680 --> 00:08:49,636 I had a visitor today. 131 00:08:49,680 --> 00:08:51,796 Miss Dorrit called, with her sister. 132 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:53,159 Did she, biggod? 133 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:54,428 And I missed her! 134 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:57,836 What a shame. She's a deuced fine girl. 135 00:08:57,880 --> 00:08:59,552 You will not be seeing her again, Edmund. 136 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:02,558 Now, look here! I say! You can't do that. 137 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:04,397 She's a deuced fine girl. 138 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:07,352 I have done it, Edmund. And with Miss Dorrit's full assent. 139 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:12,629 She...she's chucked me? 140 00:09:12,680 --> 00:09:16,116 Yes. I'm afraid she has, Edmund. 141 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:19,709 Now, go and get dressed for dinner. 142 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:21,193 (CHUCKLES) 143 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:27,278 - This is so unfair! - Go and get dressed. 144 00:09:30,680 --> 00:09:32,511 (SQUAWKING) 145 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:39,359 AUDIENCE: Encore! Encore! 146 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:47,590 I don't know why you're looking so disapproving. 147 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:49,073 I don't know what to say. 148 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:50,553 You don't like Mr Sparkler? 149 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:52,079 Like him? No. He's an idiot. 150 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:54,156 So you'll be quite happy not to see him any more? 151 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:56,714 - I'll be delighted, Amy. - I wish you hadn't... 152 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:01,756 ...taken jewellery and things from Mrs Merdle, Fanny. 153 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:03,313 You little fool! 154 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:04,998 Have you no spirit at all? 155 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:07,793 Would you let a woman like that put her foot upon your family, and thank her? 156 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:10,274 - No, but... - Then you make her pay for it, you mouse! 157 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:13,869 What else could you do? You make her pay for it, and do your family some credit! 158 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:16,275 (PIANO PLAYS) If you despise me because I'm a dancer, 159 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:18,515 why did you put me in the way of being one? 160 00:10:18,560 --> 00:10:19,913 It was your doing. 161 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:21,791 You're the one who chivvied me into taking lessons. 162 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:24,354 Now you'd have me stoop as low as the ground before this Mrs Merdle. 163 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:27,597 I wouldn't, Fanny. It was only taking jewellery from her seemed... 164 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:29,631 Oh, I suppose you'd have us starve! 165 00:10:29,680 --> 00:10:32,592 You drag us down, Amy. Sometimes I think you want to see us in the gutter! 166 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:33,959 Fanny! 167 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,871 Forgive me, Amy! You didn't deserve that. 168 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:42,512 But I do have my pride. 169 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:44,357 So do I, Fanny. 170 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:47,198 It just comes out in different ways, I suppose. 171 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:01,758 (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) 172 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:12,077 (KNOCK ON DOOR) 173 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:18,390 Mr Clennam, sir. To see Mr Dorrit? 174 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:20,670 Actually, I just wanted to leave this note for Amy, 175 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:22,517 if you wouldn't mind passing it on. 176 00:11:22,560 --> 00:11:24,596 Of course. 177 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:26,517 Before you go, sir, 178 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:29,028 perhaps I might ask a favour. 179 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:32,510 He'll sit there hours, Mr Clennam. 180 00:11:32,560 --> 00:11:33,549 Hours, he will. 181 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:35,749 May I ask... 182 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:37,313 It's Miss Dorrit, sir. 183 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:38,998 He's breaking his heart for her. 184 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:41,315 Ever since he asked her and she refused him. 185 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:45,478 I had no idea. But of course, he must have known her a long time. 186 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:47,875 Brought up together, sir. Played together. 187 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:49,956 Always dreamed that one day... 188 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:53,872 But her brother and sister are very high in their views 189 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:55,114 and look down on John, 190 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:58,789 and her father's all for himself and against sharing her with anyone. 191 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:02,958 So she's made a sacrifice of herself and turned him down. 192 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,992 And you believe...she loves your son? 193 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:07,792 Never had eyes for no-one else. 194 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:12,558 Mr Clennam, if you felt able to have a word with her, 195 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:15,910 make her see there's a young man there who loves her very dearly. 196 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:22,832 I'm not sure I'm the right person for the job, Mr Chivery. 197 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:25,792 I don't think my interference would be appreciated. 198 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:27,353 She looks up to you, sir. 199 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:29,470 You look out for her and her family. 200 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:32,717 She knows that you have her best interests at heart. 201 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:37,588 I wouldn't ask, but it breaks a father's heart, as well. 202 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:46,719 (STRING QUARTET PLAYS) 203 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:00,719 Ah-hem! 204 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:06,993 Ah... 205 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:11,756 Your guests are here, sir. 206 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:13,028 Yes. 207 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:15,679 I suppose they are. 208 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,519 Do you intend to go down and greet them, sir? 209 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:25,638 Yes, yes. I... 210 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:29,238 I suppose I should. 211 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:40,751 (MUSIC DROWNS SPEECH) 212 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:44,998 So that's Merdle, is it? 213 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:47,315 He don't look like anybody very much to me. 214 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:48,588 You might think that. 215 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:51,393 He's a quiet bird. 216 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:53,715 But he's got the City in the palm of his hand. 217 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:54,909 And Parliament. 218 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:57,315 And the Circumlocution Office. 219 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:01,638 Well, look, look, there's Tite Barnacle himself, dancing attendance. 220 00:14:01,680 --> 00:14:04,672 - Mrs Merdle's a fine-looking woman. - Yes, indeed. 221 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:06,995 Magnificent pair of lungs. 222 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:09,952 I speak as a medical man, of course. 223 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:11,752 And very well decorated. 224 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:13,358 Well, he can afford it. 225 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:16,836 They say he made another £1 00,000 just last week. 226 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:20,509 Two, I heard, and Bellows at the Treasury said four! 227 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:22,869 Well, good luck to him. 228 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:28,155 My lords, ladies and gentlemen, my friends and colleagues. 229 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:31,272 Before we dine, I cannot allow the moment to pass 230 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:34,073 without a word of gratitude to our host. 231 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:35,155 Hear, hear. 232 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:37,953 Mr Merdle, one can say without any exaggeration, 233 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:39,718 is the wonder of the age. 234 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:43,594 Everything he touches, it would seem, turns to gold. 235 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:45,278 (APPLAUSE) 236 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:51,957 Money, we have heard it said, is the root of all evil. 237 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:53,513 Oh, no, no, no, no. 238 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:55,278 But look around you! 239 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:59,233 What do you see here but an abundance of goodness? 240 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:01,111 Goodness, my friends! 241 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:06,188 All the riches of nature. And what has made this possible but money? 242 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:11,792 Money is the fuel that feeds the engine of our great and glorious Empire, 243 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:16,231 and our host is the Great Engineer! 244 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:20,193 My lords, ladies and gentlemen, I give you our host, Mr Merdle! 245 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:22,754 ALL: Mr Merdle! 246 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:38,832 I thought he didn't look too chipper. 247 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:42,395 Man like that must be under a good deal of mental strain, I suppose. 248 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:43,475 No doubt, no doubt. 249 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:47,274 But as a matter of fact, I've found nothing at all the matter with him. 250 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:50,118 He may have some deep-seated, recondite complaint, I suppose. 251 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:52,037 But I'm damned if I could identify it. 252 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:56,676 - They say that gold's a poison. - Nonsense. Mercury, now, or lead. 253 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:59,029 Well, he doesn't look a happy man. 254 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:02,675 I wouldn't change places with him, for all his millions. 255 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:05,075 Nor I. Nor I. 256 00:16:57,040 --> 00:17:00,794 (BELL TOLLS) 257 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:07,598 CABBY: Where to, sir? 258 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:10,677 - MAN: Take me to the City. - CABBY: Very good, sir. Gee up! 259 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:22,435 Yes, I have to say, a very bad day's work, Pancks, a very bad day's work. 260 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:27,474 It seems to me, and I must insist on making the observation forcefully, 261 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:28,919 you should have collected much more money. 262 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:31,349 - I can't... - Much... Ssh!...more money! 263 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:35,360 I can't collect what they haven't got, Mr Casby. 264 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:38,710 The fact is, the rent you charge is more than they can pay, most of 'em. 265 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:41,354 My dear man, that's nothing to do with me. 266 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,472 My mind is on higher things. 267 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:49,275 Your job is to collect the rent, and I expect you to do it. 268 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:51,276 (CLOCK CHIMES) Well, well! 269 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:54,517 I think it must be teatime. 270 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:19,311 Well, well. 271 00:18:19,360 --> 00:18:21,078 Miss Dorrit, is it? 272 00:18:21,120 --> 00:18:22,109 Yes, sir. 273 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:26,316 Very good. 274 00:18:27,360 --> 00:18:29,351 Very good. 275 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:36,639 You make yourself comfortable, Miss Dorrit... 276 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:40,072 ...while you wait. 277 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:45,351 (SNORTING) 278 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:52,393 There you are, my dear, so sorry to have kept you waiting, 279 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:54,078 have you been sitting there in your bonnet all this time? 280 00:18:54,120 --> 00:18:57,317 Pray, for goodness' sake, let me take it off for you... There! 281 00:18:57,360 --> 00:19:00,591 Oh, what a good little thing you are, my dear! 282 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:03,108 Though anyone that interested Arthur Clennam so much must interest me. 283 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:04,991 - Have you known him long? - Not very long. 284 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:06,598 I met him when I was working at Mrs Clennam's house. 285 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:10,269 Oh, Mrs Clennam! Aren't you terribly frightened of her? 286 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:12,880 I know I was when Arthur and I were childhood sweethearts 287 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:16,799 in the dear, dead days gone by without recall, though the spark still remains, 288 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:20,276 and something rather more than a spark, I like to fancy! 289 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:22,390 Ah! 290 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:23,953 (CLOCKS CHIME) 291 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,036 Should I start my work now, ma'am? 292 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:30,995 Oh, you industrious little fairy, there's not the slightest hurry for that, 293 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:32,553 and it's better that we begin 294 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:35,717 by being confidential about our mutual friend, is it not? 295 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:38,797 But I can work and listen at the same time. 296 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:41,115 I would feel more comfortable. Truly, ma'am. 297 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:46,559 Oh, very well, whatever you like best! Here! 298 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:49,637 Hem away! Hem away! 299 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:52,319 Now, where was I? Yes. 300 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,195 You must know, and I am sure you do know, 301 00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:59,754 that before I was introduced to the late Mr F, 302 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:02,268 I was engaged to dear Arthur Clennam. 303 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:05,551 We were all in all to one another, it was the morning of life, 304 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:09,479 it was bliss, it was frenzy, till we were rent asunder by the Fates 305 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:13,911 and Arthur went to China and I became the statue bride of Mr F. 306 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:15,678 But that was quite a long time ago, wasn't it? 307 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:19,235 Not to me, you adorable little elf, not to me! 308 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:22,113 To me, it is as if it was only yesterday! 309 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:30,828 Ask me not if I love him still, or if he still loves me, or what the end will be, 310 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:33,792 and wonder not if I should seem comparatively cold to Arthur 311 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:35,831 or he should seem comparatively cold to me, 312 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:37,871 surrounded as we are by watchful eyes. Ssh! 313 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:42,593 Now I have told you all, 314 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,552 and for Arthur's sake I will always be a friend to you, my dear girl, 315 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:49,673 and in Arthur's name you may always rely upon me! 316 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:22,351 - I hope I didn't startle you. - No. 317 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:24,436 I was just thinking about you. 318 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:27,040 I have been at Mrs Finching's this afternoon, 319 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:28,957 and she talked a good deal about you. 320 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:30,956 She cares about you very much, I think. 321 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,479 Mmm. 322 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:38,116 I sometimes come here to think. 323 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:42,400 It seems unfeeling, somehow, 324 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:44,510 to be seeing the river and the sky, 325 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:48,109 and so much change and motion... 326 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:51,869 and then to go back, and find Father in that same cramped place. 327 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:55,269 Well, you bring back the freshness of the world with you. 328 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:57,276 That cheers him, I'm sure. 329 00:21:57,320 --> 00:21:58,673 Do you think so? 330 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:00,392 Yes. 331 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:01,793 Yes, I do, Little Dorrit. 332 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:07,352 Er...I... 333 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:11,075 I had a talk with Mr Chivery today. 334 00:22:11,120 --> 00:22:12,599 Er... 335 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:16,269 - He wanted to speak to me about his son. - Oh. I wish he had not! 336 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:18,834 He made me promise I would say something to you. 337 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:25,472 I know what these affairs of the heart are like. How we... 338 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:26,999 how we hesitate. 339 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:30,111 There's someone I care about very much, 340 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:32,196 but I have held back from declaring my love. 341 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:33,468 Not Mrs Finching? 342 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:37,872 No, no, no. Not Flora! 343 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:40,878 No, someone much younger than Flora. 344 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:44,717 You don't know her. 345 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:47,912 But this is not about me. 346 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:51,509 All I really wanted to say was that if you love John Chivery... 347 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:55,439 if you truly do love him, then... seize your chance of happiness. 348 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:58,631 You shouldn't sacrifice yourself for your father's sake. 349 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:00,716 He'll be well looked after whether you marry or not. 350 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:02,591 Please! Please, stop. 351 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:04,358 I don't love John. 352 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:10,038 Oh, I wish I could. It distresses me to see him unhappy, 353 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:12,514 but I can't love him, 354 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:14,516 not in that way, not to be his wife. 355 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:20,590 And now everyone is unhappy, or angry with me. 356 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:24,675 I wish you hadn't spoken to Mr Chivery. 357 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:28,276 I wish you hadn't spoken to me. 358 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:38,270 You will never hear another word from me upon the subject, I promise you. 359 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:39,799 Thank you. 360 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:46,713 Are we still friends? 361 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:48,193 Yes. 362 00:23:50,360 --> 00:23:52,476 Still friends. 363 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:53,919 Oi! Little Mother! 364 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,713 Maggy! You promised to stay near Father. 365 00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:58,352 So I did, but he wouldn't let me. 366 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:01,472 - If he sends me out, I have to go. - What did he send you out for? 367 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:06,036 It's a secret, you're not to know. I'm to take two letters to so-and-so. That's you. 368 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:08,594 Come over here, where she can't see. 369 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:21,077 I see. All right, Maggy. I'll take care of them. 370 00:24:21,120 --> 00:24:22,599 Come, Maggy. 371 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:24,153 I had better go home. Goodbye. 372 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:26,799 Don't be distressed. 373 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,308 - I know what those letters were. - They were nothing. 374 00:24:29,360 --> 00:24:34,593 How can you and I be friends when my family sponge upon you? Come, Maggy! 375 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:48,231 I thought I might look in on Fanny later - 376 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:50,555 get a pass for the show, see what's what. 377 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:53,637 Might even take her out for supper if I get what I'm expecting. 378 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:55,079 (KNOCK ON DOOR) 379 00:24:56,120 --> 00:24:59,317 - A letter for you, Mr Dorrit. - Oh, yes! 380 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:02,916 Very good of you to bring it up, Chivery. 381 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:04,712 Yes, it was, wasn't it? 382 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:09,590 Oh, yes. 383 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:11,710 Oh, very handsome, very gratifying. 384 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,758 Well, I'm blowed! 385 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:21,510 "Mr Clennam begs to be excused from complying with your request." 386 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:24,358 How about that? And he calls himself a gentleman! 387 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:29,560 He is nothing but a mean, low-spirited sort of a fellow 388 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:31,079 and tight as an oyster! 389 00:25:31,120 --> 00:25:33,998 Well, that's my evening spoilt. 390 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:37,919 Perhaps you phrased your request in a less than appropriate manner, Edward. 391 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:41,955 Are you not ashamed of yourself, Tip? 392 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,629 Begging from a man you hardly know when you are perfectly able to earn your bread? 393 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:49,308 No need to take that line with me, Amy. 394 00:25:49,360 --> 00:25:52,670 As a matter of fact, it's you who's letting us down, 395 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:56,474 going about like a little timid mouse, and dressing like a skivvy. 396 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:58,954 You could at least put on a bit of a show like the rest of us. 397 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:01,275 But I suppose you ain't got no pride. 398 00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:03,555 How dare you speak like that to me?! 399 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,990 And how dare you insult a man who is worth ten of you?! 400 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:10,993 Have you any idea who got your debts paid? 401 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,832 I love you, Tip, 402 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,553 but sometimes I am ashamed to have you as my brother! 403 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:22,638 Excuse me, Father. 404 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:34,159 Don't let 'em see you crying, Miss Dorrit. Dry your eyes. 405 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:39,637 Give me your hand. 406 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,717 It's all right, I'm a fortune teller. 407 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:46,391 I'm studying to be your good fairy, I am. 408 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,472 A life of toil. 409 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:01,715 What else are we made for? 410 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:03,955 But what's this? 411 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:08,835 Prison bars and a family fallen on hard times. 412 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:12,316 But who is this trying to look after them all? 413 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:15,197 It's you! 414 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,549 But the deuce of it is, 415 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:21,388 if this isn't Pancks the gypsy in the corner here, seeing it all. 416 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:24,949 Now, what am I doing there, eh? 417 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:26,911 What is all that about? 418 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,670 Well, you shall live to see, Miss Dorrit. 419 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,276 You shall live to see.