1 00:00:35,124 --> 00:00:36,477 (COINS CLINKING) 2 00:00:36,524 --> 00:00:38,401 (CHATTERING) 3 00:00:38,444 --> 00:00:41,561 MAN: Rent day! Rent day! 4 00:00:41,604 --> 00:00:45,199 It's no use hiding, I'm going to get you! Rent day! 5 00:00:45,244 --> 00:00:47,314 It's no use hiding! Rent day! Rent day! 6 00:00:47,364 --> 00:00:49,275 Rent day! 7 00:00:50,324 --> 00:00:52,884 Rent! Rent! 8 00:00:52,924 --> 00:00:55,199 If you please, Mr Pancks. 9 00:00:56,244 --> 00:00:58,439 Yes, Mrs Plornish? 10 00:00:58,484 --> 00:01:02,113 - It's about Mr Cavalletto. - Italian chap, bad leg, your lodger? 11 00:01:02,164 --> 00:01:04,803 - Yes, sir. - (NEIGHING) Eccola! 12 00:01:04,844 --> 00:01:07,563 - Here he is, speak of the devil. - Buon giorno, signore! 13 00:01:07,604 --> 00:01:11,995 If you please, he'd like to take a room of his own now. He's earning good money 14 00:01:12,044 --> 00:01:13,841 - and he can pay for it. - Says who? 15 00:01:13,884 --> 00:01:16,273 Mr Plornish and me, sir, not to deceive you, sir. 16 00:01:16,324 --> 00:01:18,360 You'll stand surety for him, will you? 17 00:01:18,404 --> 00:01:19,598 Well... 18 00:01:19,644 --> 00:01:23,034 The thing about references is, it is usually one person who can't pay 19 00:01:23,084 --> 00:01:25,882 guaranteeing another person who can't pay can pay. 20 00:01:25,924 --> 00:01:27,676 Che? 21 00:01:27,724 --> 00:01:29,715 'E say 'e don't thinka you got no money. 22 00:01:29,764 --> 00:01:31,197 Money? Si, si, senz'altro! 23 00:01:31,244 --> 00:01:35,203 Yes! Yes! You got it NOW, but will you have it when rent day comes? 24 00:01:35,244 --> 00:01:38,202 Yes, he will, Mr Pancks. I'll stand surety for him. 25 00:01:38,244 --> 00:01:41,953 Mr Clennam, good morning. Well, that's good enough for me. 26 00:01:42,004 --> 00:01:44,154 You shake hands, old chap! 27 00:01:44,204 --> 00:01:47,355 - Altro, altro! - 'E say 'e very 'appy. 28 00:01:47,404 --> 00:01:50,680 - I mean, he says he's very happy. - Glad to hear it. Good day. 29 00:01:50,724 --> 00:01:52,237 (CAVALLETTO NEIGHS) 30 00:01:52,284 --> 00:01:55,515 - Any news, Mr Pancks? - Nothing definite, Mr Clennam, 31 00:01:55,564 --> 00:01:57,555 but I'm on the case. I'm on the scent. 32 00:01:57,604 --> 00:02:00,402 I'm going to get to the bottom of this Dorrit business 33 00:02:00,444 --> 00:02:02,799 or blow myself up in the attempt. 34 00:02:03,924 --> 00:02:05,152 Rent day. 35 00:02:05,204 --> 00:02:06,796 Rent day! 36 00:02:06,844 --> 00:02:08,880 I'll be back on Friday. 37 00:02:08,924 --> 00:02:10,642 (WHOOSHING) 38 00:02:10,684 --> 00:02:11,799 Dammit. Dammit. 39 00:02:11,844 --> 00:02:14,233 Dan, I won't be in this morning or this afternoon. 40 00:02:14,284 --> 00:02:16,115 I've got an appointment out of town. 41 00:02:16,164 --> 00:02:18,041 In Twickenham? 42 00:02:18,084 --> 00:02:20,917 Well, yes, since you ask. 43 00:02:20,964 --> 00:02:24,195 - She's a lovely girl, Pet. - Yes. 44 00:02:27,004 --> 00:02:28,437 Dammit! 45 00:02:28,484 --> 00:02:29,599 Damn! 46 00:02:29,644 --> 00:02:31,919 DAN: Good luck! 47 00:02:45,924 --> 00:02:49,041 I thought I might meet you... if I came this way. 48 00:02:49,084 --> 00:02:52,474 I'm glad you did. I'd hoped I'd get the chance to speak to you alone. 49 00:02:52,524 --> 00:02:56,836 I, too. There is something I particularly wanted to say to you, 50 00:02:56,884 --> 00:02:59,193 without anybody else being there. 51 00:02:59,244 --> 00:03:01,474 - Mr Clennam... - Please, let me speak first. 52 00:03:01,524 --> 00:03:05,915 I've been going over and over my speech on the way here. It's not a long one. 53 00:03:05,964 --> 00:03:08,478 Miss Meagles - Pet - 54 00:03:08,524 --> 00:03:12,517 you have brought a great deal of happiness and joy into my life. 55 00:03:12,564 --> 00:03:17,001 I was struck by your beauty when we first met in Marseilles. 56 00:03:17,044 --> 00:03:20,957 And now, of course, I'd like to think we've become good friends. 57 00:03:22,084 --> 00:03:25,838 I want to ask you if we could be more than friends. 58 00:03:25,884 --> 00:03:27,715 I want to ask you if... 59 00:03:27,764 --> 00:03:29,641 you could love me. 60 00:03:29,684 --> 00:03:32,562 If you would consent to be my wife. 61 00:03:35,684 --> 00:03:37,083 Oh, dear. 62 00:03:37,124 --> 00:03:39,843 We haven't known each other long, and I don't press you for an answer, 63 00:03:39,884 --> 00:03:43,035 - only to consider it. - Mr Clennam...Arthur... 64 00:03:43,084 --> 00:03:47,839 I thank you for your proposal, but I can't consider it. 65 00:03:49,204 --> 00:03:52,799 I gave my consent to marry Mr Gowan this morning. 66 00:03:56,004 --> 00:03:57,278 Ah! 67 00:04:04,764 --> 00:04:06,243 I am so sorry. 68 00:04:07,804 --> 00:04:10,921 No, no! You...you mustn't say that. 69 00:04:12,004 --> 00:04:14,040 God bless you both! 70 00:04:14,084 --> 00:04:16,644 I was so frightened to tell you. 71 00:04:16,684 --> 00:04:21,280 - Tell me you don't blame me. - Blame you? Why should I blame you? 72 00:04:21,324 --> 00:04:24,157 I know nobody likes him but me, 73 00:04:24,204 --> 00:04:26,195 but I do love him! 74 00:04:26,244 --> 00:04:28,712 I can't help it. 75 00:04:28,764 --> 00:04:31,483 I'm sure you'll both be very, very happy. 76 00:04:31,524 --> 00:04:35,483 You are so good! Could I ask you something more? 77 00:04:35,524 --> 00:04:36,718 Anything. 78 00:04:38,124 --> 00:04:43,278 Papa will miss me so much, I know. Will you keep him company? 79 00:04:43,324 --> 00:04:46,953 Only when you can spare the time. And Mama, too. 80 00:04:47,004 --> 00:04:51,794 There is no-one they like so much, or trust so much. 81 00:04:51,844 --> 00:04:53,596 Of course I will. 82 00:04:54,724 --> 00:04:56,123 And... 83 00:04:58,164 --> 00:05:01,395 ...and will you try to use your influence with Papa? 84 00:05:01,444 --> 00:05:06,564 If Papa thought YOU liked Henry, he might think a little better of him. 85 00:05:07,604 --> 00:05:08,878 I'll do my best. 86 00:05:08,924 --> 00:05:10,118 Thank you. 87 00:05:10,164 --> 00:05:11,836 Ah! 88 00:05:13,364 --> 00:05:14,717 Thank you. 89 00:05:14,764 --> 00:05:16,755 (DOOR OPENS) 90 00:05:16,804 --> 00:05:19,602 Oh, Tatty, would you put these in water for me, 91 00:05:19,644 --> 00:05:23,432 and fetch me my shawl from upstairs? I feel quite chilly all of a sudden. 92 00:05:23,484 --> 00:05:25,475 Which do you want me to do first? 93 00:05:25,524 --> 00:05:27,958 Oh, whichever. The shawl. 94 00:05:29,284 --> 00:05:31,275 Well, don't be cross, Tatty! 95 00:05:31,324 --> 00:05:34,839 Anybody would think you're not happy for me. 96 00:05:34,884 --> 00:05:40,197 You can have my shawl and all my other things when I am Mrs Gowan. 97 00:05:40,244 --> 00:05:41,802 (GOWAN LAUGHS) 98 00:05:41,844 --> 00:05:45,393 Gowan. Congratulations. I've heard the happy news. Let me shake your hand. 99 00:05:45,444 --> 00:05:46,718 Thanks, Clennam. 100 00:05:46,764 --> 00:05:48,880 - You're a lucky man. - My dear man, 101 00:05:48,924 --> 00:05:50,915 Lord knows what the dear girl sees in me. 102 00:05:50,964 --> 00:05:53,478 But that's the way the world goes, I suppose. 103 00:05:56,164 --> 00:05:58,075 (PIANO PLAYS) 104 00:06:08,444 --> 00:06:10,833 (SNORING) 105 00:06:10,884 --> 00:06:12,954 Hmm... Hmm? 106 00:06:23,924 --> 00:06:26,154 (MUFFLED VOICES) 107 00:06:26,204 --> 00:06:28,672 (MUSIC BECOMES DISTORTED) 108 00:06:37,404 --> 00:06:39,201 (FLOOR CREAKS) 109 00:06:39,244 --> 00:06:42,281 Mr Clennam? Please forgive this intrusion. 110 00:06:42,324 --> 00:06:45,680 I was in town, and my son, Mr Henry Gowan, 111 00:06:45,724 --> 00:06:48,113 was kind enough to give me the direction. 112 00:06:48,164 --> 00:06:51,759 - Is Mr Gowan with you? - I asked him not to accompany me. 113 00:06:51,804 --> 00:06:55,160 I wish to speak to you alone, and in confidence. 114 00:06:55,204 --> 00:06:57,274 - Oh! Er, what about? - Well... 115 00:06:57,324 --> 00:06:58,837 Forgive me, I... 116 00:06:58,884 --> 00:07:02,797 I'm hardly in a state to receive visitors. I, um... 117 00:07:02,844 --> 00:07:07,281 - Could I offer you any refreshment? - Nothing, thank you. 118 00:07:07,324 --> 00:07:09,792 Mr Clennam, is she really pretty? 119 00:07:09,844 --> 00:07:13,234 - Er, who? - Oh, you know. This flame of Henry's. 120 00:07:13,284 --> 00:07:15,002 This unfortunate fancy. 121 00:07:15,044 --> 00:07:17,478 Miss...Mickles or Miggles... 122 00:07:17,524 --> 00:07:20,960 Miss Meagles...is very beautiful. 123 00:07:22,524 --> 00:07:25,596 Men are so often mistaken in these points. 124 00:07:25,644 --> 00:07:27,839 He picked the people up in Rome, I think? 125 00:07:27,884 --> 00:07:30,478 - Picked them up? - Came upon them. Found them out. 126 00:07:30,524 --> 00:07:34,312 Stumbled against them. I am pretty sure it was at Rome. No matter. 127 00:07:34,364 --> 00:07:36,116 Is she very plebeian? 128 00:07:36,164 --> 00:07:40,043 Really, ma'am, I am so plebeian myself, I don't feel qualified to judge. 129 00:07:40,084 --> 00:07:42,723 Very neat, very happy. 130 00:07:42,764 --> 00:07:45,722 From which I infer you find her manner equal to her looks? 131 00:07:45,764 --> 00:07:48,722 - I do. - I hope it may be so. 132 00:07:48,764 --> 00:07:52,723 It is quite a blessing to be able to speak to someone so well informed. 133 00:07:52,764 --> 00:07:55,801 Henry, you know, is very contrary, 134 00:07:55,844 --> 00:07:59,723 and as these Miggles people naturally strained every nerve to catch him, 135 00:07:59,764 --> 00:08:02,232 I have very little hope of it being broken off. 136 00:08:02,284 --> 00:08:04,673 You have understood the situation quite wrongly. 137 00:08:04,724 --> 00:08:06,715 You think they have strained every nerve. 138 00:08:06,764 --> 00:08:08,516 Strained every nerve, yes. 139 00:08:08,564 --> 00:08:10,759 Mr Meagles is very unhappy in this matter, 140 00:08:10,804 --> 00:08:14,513 and has done all he can to put obstacles in between his daughter and your son. 141 00:08:14,564 --> 00:08:16,520 That's exactly the way to catch him. 142 00:08:16,564 --> 00:08:19,715 Mr Miggles is very clever. This is very well done, indeed! 143 00:08:19,764 --> 00:08:23,200 - Believe me, ma'am, this is unjust. - Can you really be so credulous? 144 00:08:23,244 --> 00:08:25,360 It's a perfectly groundless suspicion! 145 00:08:25,404 --> 00:08:30,478 Not so. Although it seems to have taken you in completely. 146 00:08:32,244 --> 00:08:34,804 Thank you, Mr Clennam. 147 00:08:34,844 --> 00:08:37,836 I am so obliged to you. 148 00:08:37,884 --> 00:08:40,079 Good day. 149 00:08:45,444 --> 00:08:49,722 - Miss Amy. Are you all right? - Yes, thank you, John. 150 00:08:49,764 --> 00:08:52,597 - Are you all right? - Not so bad, thank you, miss. 151 00:08:52,644 --> 00:08:54,919 I've hardly seen you since... 152 00:08:54,964 --> 00:08:57,524 I hope you're not cross with me, John. 153 00:08:59,284 --> 00:09:01,559 I could never be cross with YOU, Amy. 154 00:09:01,604 --> 00:09:05,597 Then we can still be friends, and talk as we used to? 155 00:09:05,644 --> 00:09:09,398 Of course we can. If that's what you want. 156 00:09:09,444 --> 00:09:12,117 Thank you, John. 157 00:09:20,804 --> 00:09:22,601 Young Chivery! 158 00:09:22,644 --> 00:09:26,523 - Chivery, John? Assistant turnkey? - Yes, Mr Pancks. 159 00:09:27,564 --> 00:09:31,079 Now, don't take this wrong, John, but mooning's no good. 160 00:09:31,124 --> 00:09:33,763 How would you like to do Miss Dorrit a good turn? 161 00:09:33,804 --> 00:09:35,840 Name it, Mr Pancks. Anything for her. 162 00:09:35,884 --> 00:09:39,399 She may never be mine, but I am always hers. 163 00:09:39,444 --> 00:09:44,723 Very nice. Very poetic. Seven o'clock this evening suit you? 164 00:09:44,764 --> 00:09:46,675 - Yes, Mr Pancks. - I'll pick you up, 165 00:09:46,724 --> 00:09:49,192 we'll have a bit of supper, then I'll tell you more. 166 00:09:49,244 --> 00:09:51,155 But till then, 167 00:09:51,204 --> 00:09:52,637 not a word to anybody. 168 00:09:59,364 --> 00:10:01,434 - Oh... - Good man. 169 00:10:09,844 --> 00:10:11,960 A fine day, Chivery. 170 00:10:12,004 --> 00:10:14,279 Very fine, as you say, sir. 171 00:10:14,324 --> 00:10:18,397 I hope there's nothing amiss between us, Mr Chivery. 172 00:10:18,444 --> 00:10:19,957 Nothing as I knows of, sir. 173 00:10:20,004 --> 00:10:23,997 You know I have the highest regard for you and for your son, John. 174 00:10:24,044 --> 00:10:27,673 I should have been very happy if, er... 175 00:10:27,724 --> 00:10:31,797 and I should be very sorry to have you think otherwise. 176 00:10:31,844 --> 00:10:33,277 Is that a fact, sir? 177 00:10:33,324 --> 00:10:37,078 It is. But in matters of the heart, what can we fathers do? 178 00:10:37,124 --> 00:10:39,592 We're powerless, Mr Chivery. 179 00:10:39,644 --> 00:10:41,521 Powerless. 180 00:10:41,564 --> 00:10:43,759 I believe you're right, sir. 181 00:10:43,804 --> 00:10:47,114 And there's no hard feelings from the Chivery end of things. 182 00:10:47,164 --> 00:10:49,359 Right... 183 00:10:52,004 --> 00:10:55,792 If you was inclined, sir, to step out into the forecourt just this once, 184 00:10:55,844 --> 00:10:59,917 and take a look at the street, I'd be very happy to accommodate you, Mr Dorrit. 185 00:10:59,964 --> 00:11:00,999 Really? 186 00:11:10,044 --> 00:11:12,433 (CLOPPING OF HORSES) 187 00:11:16,804 --> 00:11:18,795 (SHOUTING) 188 00:11:18,844 --> 00:11:20,960 (HORSES NEIGH) 189 00:11:21,004 --> 00:11:26,362 No, no. No, I thank you, Mr Chivery, you're very kind. 190 00:11:28,644 --> 00:11:30,919 Thank you, Mr Chivery. 191 00:11:45,964 --> 00:11:49,240 - Oi, mister! - Maggy! 192 00:11:49,284 --> 00:11:51,639 I'm going to see Little Mother. You wanna come? 193 00:11:51,684 --> 00:11:54,642 - I'm on my way home, Maggy. - You don't wanna see her? 194 00:11:54,684 --> 00:11:56,356 Well... 195 00:11:56,924 --> 00:11:59,757 - Yes, of course I do. - Well, come on, then! 196 00:12:03,404 --> 00:12:05,076 (DOOR CLOSES) 197 00:12:05,124 --> 00:12:06,159 Little Mother! 198 00:12:06,204 --> 00:12:08,593 (SHE LAUGHS) 199 00:12:10,324 --> 00:12:12,633 Please, Little Mother, 200 00:12:12,684 --> 00:12:15,881 guess who I've got, and he's waiting downstairs. 201 00:12:15,924 --> 00:12:17,596 - Who, Maggy? - Him. 202 00:12:17,644 --> 00:12:19,919 With the cake! You know! 203 00:12:19,964 --> 00:12:22,000 - Mr Clennam? - Yeah, that's him! 204 00:12:22,044 --> 00:12:23,762 I brought him to see ya. 205 00:12:27,644 --> 00:12:30,204 - I can't see Mr Clennam today, Maggy. - What? 206 00:12:30,244 --> 00:12:33,839 - Go and tell him I have a headache. - That's not very polite. 207 00:12:33,884 --> 00:12:36,034 He will understand. 208 00:12:38,964 --> 00:12:40,875 I will if you tell me a story first. 209 00:12:44,084 --> 00:12:46,359 Shall it be about a princess? 210 00:12:46,404 --> 00:12:48,122 If you like. 211 00:12:48,164 --> 00:12:51,520 Once upon a time, there was a princess, 212 00:12:51,564 --> 00:12:55,193 and she had everything she could wish for, and a great deal more. 213 00:12:55,244 --> 00:12:58,759 Yeah, everything like lemonade and chicken and baked potato! 214 00:12:58,804 --> 00:13:01,318 Shush. Listen... 215 00:13:02,364 --> 00:13:05,879 Now, near the palace was a cottage 216 00:13:05,924 --> 00:13:09,917 in which lived a poor, little, tiny woman, all alone. 217 00:13:09,964 --> 00:13:13,639 She was an old woman, I expect. 218 00:13:13,684 --> 00:13:15,754 - No, Maggy. - No? 219 00:13:15,804 --> 00:13:18,523 Quite a young one. 220 00:13:18,564 --> 00:13:23,001 And one day, the princess stopped at the cottage 221 00:13:23,044 --> 00:13:27,515 and said to the tiny woman, "Let me see what you keep there." 222 00:13:27,564 --> 00:13:32,274 And the tiny woman opened a very secret place, 223 00:13:32,324 --> 00:13:35,794 and showed the princess a shadow. 224 00:13:35,844 --> 00:13:37,357 MAGGY: A shadow! 225 00:13:37,404 --> 00:13:42,159 It was the shadow of someone who had gone by many years before. 226 00:13:42,204 --> 00:13:45,799 "And you keep watch over this every day?" said the princess. 227 00:13:46,884 --> 00:13:49,523 "Yes," said the tiny woman... 228 00:13:50,804 --> 00:13:52,601 Hmm? 229 00:13:54,004 --> 00:13:56,234 "...because no-one so good 230 00:13:56,284 --> 00:13:58,036 "or kind 231 00:13:58,084 --> 00:14:00,882 "had ever passed that way ever since." 232 00:14:07,964 --> 00:14:10,398 Then what did the princess say? 233 00:14:10,444 --> 00:14:14,517 She realised that, for all of her gold and silver 234 00:14:14,564 --> 00:14:17,124 and diamonds and rubies... 235 00:14:18,724 --> 00:14:21,477 ...she had nothing so precious to her 236 00:14:21,524 --> 00:14:24,641 as that shadow was to that tiny woman. 237 00:14:29,524 --> 00:14:32,277 That's the end of the story, Maggy. 238 00:14:32,324 --> 00:14:36,158 Well, that's not much of a story, is it? 239 00:14:36,204 --> 00:14:39,833 Sorry, Maggy. It's the best I can do today. 240 00:14:53,364 --> 00:14:55,275 Here we are, Mr Chivery. 241 00:14:55,324 --> 00:14:58,202 My landlord and occasional partner, Mr Rugg, 242 00:14:58,244 --> 00:15:01,042 and his daughter, Miss Anastasia Rugg. 243 00:15:01,084 --> 00:15:04,360 Now, they have heard of your misfortunes. 244 00:15:04,404 --> 00:15:09,114 Your feelings do you credit, Mr Chivery. May you never outlive them! 245 00:15:09,164 --> 00:15:11,439 I doubt I shall, Mr Rugg. 246 00:15:11,484 --> 00:15:15,875 My daughter is no stranger to trials of the heart. 247 00:15:15,924 --> 00:15:19,758 She was cruelly jilted by a fiend in human form. 248 00:15:19,804 --> 00:15:21,237 Was you, miss? 249 00:15:22,244 --> 00:15:25,077 A fiend in human form. 250 00:15:25,124 --> 00:15:29,356 - A baker, weren't he? - A baker...and a fiend. 251 00:15:29,404 --> 00:15:31,793 Eat up, Mr Chivery. 252 00:15:31,844 --> 00:15:34,756 I'm afraid I don't eat much at present, Mr Rugg. 253 00:15:34,804 --> 00:15:37,193 My daughter there, 254 00:15:37,244 --> 00:15:40,919 when she was the plaintiff in Rugg and Bawkins, 255 00:15:40,964 --> 00:15:45,435 she wasn't taking more than ten ounces of food a week! 256 00:15:45,484 --> 00:15:47,634 I think I go a little beyond that, Mr Rugg. 257 00:15:47,684 --> 00:15:50,323 Well, in your case, there's no fiend in human form. 258 00:15:50,364 --> 00:15:52,355 No, sir. Far from it. 259 00:15:52,404 --> 00:15:53,917 An angel, rather. 260 00:15:57,724 --> 00:16:00,397 Come, come, John. Brace up! 261 00:16:00,444 --> 00:16:04,198 She wouldn't want to think you were blubbing. Now, 262 00:16:04,244 --> 00:16:06,235 to details. Let's see. 263 00:16:06,284 --> 00:16:09,879 I've got a churchyard in Bedfordshire. Who takes it? 264 00:16:09,924 --> 00:16:12,882 - I'll take it, Mr Pancks, if no-one bids. - That's one to you. 265 00:16:12,924 --> 00:16:15,358 - An enquiry in York. - I'm not good for York. 266 00:16:16,044 --> 00:16:18,638 Then perhaps you would be so obliging? 267 00:16:19,724 --> 00:16:20,998 For Miss Dorrit's sake? 268 00:16:21,044 --> 00:16:23,842 For her sake, Mr Pancks, I'd go anywhere. 269 00:16:23,884 --> 00:16:27,718 Then you should take this one, too. A clerk of works in Durham. 270 00:16:27,764 --> 00:16:30,324 A church in London, that'll do me. 271 00:16:30,364 --> 00:16:33,481 - A retired seafaring man in Dunstable? - Done. 272 00:16:33,524 --> 00:16:34,513 And dusted! 273 00:16:34,564 --> 00:16:37,124 Now, let's see... 274 00:16:38,404 --> 00:16:40,713 (JAUNTY TUNE ON CLARINET) 275 00:16:54,644 --> 00:16:57,283 Enough! No more, Frederick. 276 00:16:57,324 --> 00:17:00,794 'Tis not so sweet now as it was before. 277 00:17:00,844 --> 00:17:06,874 I cannot help but be reminded of a world that is lost to me for ever. 278 00:17:06,924 --> 00:17:10,360 You're not so badly off here, William, when you think about it. 279 00:17:10,404 --> 00:17:13,316 You've got Amy to look after you. 280 00:17:13,364 --> 00:17:17,198 Frederick, how can you be so insensitive? 281 00:17:19,604 --> 00:17:21,083 We'll say no more. 282 00:17:23,244 --> 00:17:27,760 Amy, Mr Clennam was very disappointed 283 00:17:27,804 --> 00:17:30,955 that you didn't come down to see him this morning. 284 00:17:31,004 --> 00:17:33,837 I am not sure that you appreciate, my dear, 285 00:17:33,884 --> 00:17:38,400 that Mr Clennam is a very highly valued... 286 00:17:38,444 --> 00:17:41,163 is a very generous benefactor. 287 00:17:41,204 --> 00:17:45,595 It would be little short of calamitous 288 00:17:45,644 --> 00:17:49,353 were he to take offence and discontinue his visits here. 289 00:17:51,204 --> 00:17:56,153 - I'm sorry, Father, I was not well. - Then you could have made an effort! 290 00:17:57,364 --> 00:18:01,403 Has Mr Clennam behaved improperly towards you? 291 00:18:01,444 --> 00:18:03,514 No, Father, not at all. 292 00:18:04,764 --> 00:18:10,202 Then, in future, I shall expect you to show him every courtesy. 293 00:18:10,244 --> 00:18:14,203 You may not care for Mr Clennam's company, 294 00:18:14,244 --> 00:18:18,920 but you must learn to consult the wishes of others, not merely your own. 295 00:18:49,924 --> 00:18:52,802 (WOMAN SHOUTING) 296 00:18:52,844 --> 00:18:55,483 (CLATTERING) 297 00:18:55,524 --> 00:18:59,483 Papa, Mama, it's Tattycoram - she's like a wild thing! 298 00:18:59,524 --> 00:19:01,003 I'm frightened of her! 299 00:19:01,044 --> 00:19:03,797 What are you all looking at? 300 00:19:03,844 --> 00:19:05,835 I hate you, all three! 301 00:19:05,884 --> 00:19:08,114 I am bursting with hate of the whole house! 302 00:19:08,164 --> 00:19:11,315 - Count to five and twenty, Tattycoram! - I shan't! I can't! 303 00:19:11,364 --> 00:19:12,717 Five and twenty! 304 00:19:12,764 --> 00:19:14,994 ALL: One, two... 305 00:19:15,044 --> 00:19:19,003 (ALONE)...three, four, five, six, 306 00:19:19,044 --> 00:19:21,114 seven, eight... 307 00:19:21,164 --> 00:19:23,837 Oh, no, I can't do it any more! 308 00:19:23,884 --> 00:19:26,079 I'm so boiling up with anger! 309 00:19:26,124 --> 00:19:28,319 I can't bear to spend another hour in this house! 310 00:19:28,364 --> 00:19:29,843 Tatty! Tattycoram! 311 00:19:29,884 --> 00:19:31,875 I hate that name! 312 00:19:31,924 --> 00:19:34,119 I fling it back at you! 313 00:19:34,164 --> 00:19:36,883 Who are you to name me, like a cat or a dog? 314 00:19:36,924 --> 00:19:38,403 That's all I am to you! 315 00:19:38,444 --> 00:19:41,595 I'd rather be dead than spend another minute here! 316 00:19:41,644 --> 00:19:43,600 I'm going away for ever! 317 00:19:43,644 --> 00:19:47,239 - But where would you go? - Little you care! 318 00:19:47,284 --> 00:19:51,800 All you need know is, none of you will never see me again! Goodbye! 319 00:19:51,844 --> 00:19:53,880 MR MEAGLES: But Tattycoram... 320 00:19:54,884 --> 00:19:59,594 - Ah! Damn, damn, damn... - (SIGHS) Everything all right, old chap? 321 00:20:01,164 --> 00:20:04,042 Pet is to marry Gowan. 322 00:20:04,084 --> 00:20:07,201 I know her father would have preferred it to have been you. 323 00:20:07,244 --> 00:20:10,554 Well, it's done now and there's an end of it. 324 00:20:10,604 --> 00:20:12,913 Come and have a look at this, would you? 325 00:20:17,684 --> 00:20:21,074 I've always found work to be the best cure for sorrow. 326 00:20:22,244 --> 00:20:25,395 - Are you there, Mr Clennam? Mr Doyce? - Meagles! Whatever's the matter? 327 00:20:25,444 --> 00:20:27,639 It's Tattycoram! She's left us! 328 00:20:27,684 --> 00:20:29,322 Wouldn't count to five and twenty. 329 00:20:29,364 --> 00:20:32,162 Got to eight, then took herself off! I believe she's gone to that woman. 330 00:20:32,204 --> 00:20:33,842 - Miss Wade? - I searched Tatty's room, 331 00:20:33,884 --> 00:20:35,556 and I found this letter from her. 332 00:20:35,604 --> 00:20:37,834 It gives her address. Will you come with me? 333 00:20:46,444 --> 00:20:49,356 (MUSIC ON SOUNDTRACK DROWNS SPEECH) 334 00:21:10,444 --> 00:21:11,957 Mr Clennam. 335 00:21:12,004 --> 00:21:14,279 Mr Meagles. 336 00:21:14,324 --> 00:21:18,112 May I know the cause of your favouring me with this visit? 337 00:21:18,164 --> 00:21:21,679 The cause, as I believe you well know, is Tattycoram. 338 00:21:21,724 --> 00:21:23,919 Harriet, do you mean? 339 00:21:23,964 --> 00:21:26,398 Is she here? 340 00:21:26,444 --> 00:21:29,675 - She is. - She left our house in a fit of temper. 341 00:21:29,724 --> 00:21:31,635 I am sure that she regrets that now. 342 00:21:31,684 --> 00:21:35,359 If you would be so good as to tell her that we forgive her 343 00:21:35,404 --> 00:21:38,123 and that we will be happy to have her back. 344 00:21:38,164 --> 00:21:41,600 You may tell her so yourself, if you will. 345 00:21:41,644 --> 00:21:43,441 Harriet! 346 00:21:43,484 --> 00:21:46,157 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACH) 347 00:21:51,524 --> 00:21:53,799 Here is your master, Harriet. 348 00:21:53,844 --> 00:21:56,199 He says he's willing to take you back 349 00:21:56,244 --> 00:21:58,553 to be a slave to his pretty daughter. 350 00:21:58,604 --> 00:22:02,517 You may have your droll name again, setting you apart. 351 00:22:02,564 --> 00:22:05,556 All you have to do is beg to be forgiven. 352 00:22:05,604 --> 00:22:10,553 - I say I'd die sooner! - There is your answer, gentlemen. 353 00:22:12,164 --> 00:22:15,918 Tattycoram, for I shall call you that name still. 354 00:22:15,964 --> 00:22:18,524 You know I meant nothing but kindness when I gave... 355 00:22:18,564 --> 00:22:19,917 I don't! 356 00:22:19,964 --> 00:22:24,799 Perhaps not at the moment, but you will, when you reflect upon how this lady 357 00:22:24,844 --> 00:22:28,678 has poisoned your mind against those who love you and care for you. 358 00:22:28,724 --> 00:22:31,397 Now, we're not asking you to be penitent... 359 00:22:31,444 --> 00:22:33,400 - I shan't. - I only ask you 360 00:22:33,444 --> 00:22:35,275 to count to five and twenty. 361 00:22:35,324 --> 00:22:39,636 I won't! I'd be torn to pieces first. I'd tear myself to pieces first! 362 00:22:39,684 --> 00:22:42,881 I don't know what you are. You were always a mystery to all of us, 363 00:22:42,924 --> 00:22:46,758 but I believe that you take a perverted delight 364 00:22:46,804 --> 00:22:48,999 in making this poor girl as wretched as you are! 365 00:22:49,044 --> 00:22:52,480 You may insult me at your pleasure. 366 00:22:52,524 --> 00:22:55,163 I am alone here. 367 00:22:55,204 --> 00:23:00,232 Mr Clennam, have you any indignities to add to your friend's? 368 00:23:00,284 --> 00:23:02,434 I think we should leave now. 369 00:23:02,484 --> 00:23:04,475 But...Tattycoram... 370 00:23:04,524 --> 00:23:07,038 Harriet, if you ever change your mind, 371 00:23:07,084 --> 00:23:09,359 you have a home to go to. 372 00:23:09,404 --> 00:23:11,042 I never shall. 373 00:23:11,084 --> 00:23:12,995 You are a wicked woman, and if I... 374 00:23:13,044 --> 00:23:17,401 Come along, Meagles! We can do no good by staying longer. 375 00:23:18,724 --> 00:23:20,680 Good day, Miss Wade. 376 00:23:22,004 --> 00:23:25,838 Five and twenty, Tattycoram, five and twenty! 377 00:23:29,804 --> 00:23:33,592 I've never struck a woman in my life, but I nearly struck that woman just now! 378 00:23:33,644 --> 00:23:36,112 - She enjoyed her triumph. - Yes, by God, she did! 379 00:23:36,164 --> 00:23:38,519 And there's something unnatural about her. 380 00:23:38,564 --> 00:23:41,158 I only pray that Tattycoram comes to her senses 381 00:23:41,204 --> 00:23:43,081 and sees her for what she really is! 382 00:23:43,124 --> 00:23:45,479 (THUNDER RUMBLES) 383 00:23:46,564 --> 00:23:48,395 (HORSE NEIGHS) 384 00:23:48,444 --> 00:23:50,162 (BANGS ON DOOR) 385 00:24:01,204 --> 00:24:03,115 The light is going. 386 00:24:03,164 --> 00:24:05,598 You shouldn't strain your eyes, Amy. 387 00:24:05,644 --> 00:24:10,399 - I can see very well, Mrs Clennam. - You have done enough for today. 388 00:24:10,444 --> 00:24:14,278 - You may tidy up and go. - Thank you, Mrs Clennam. 389 00:24:15,324 --> 00:24:17,554 Yes, Flintwinch? 390 00:24:17,604 --> 00:24:18,957 Mr Pancks. 391 00:24:19,964 --> 00:24:22,000 - Pancks? - You know him. 392 00:24:22,044 --> 00:24:26,117 - Mr Casby's man. - What does Mr Casby's man want here? 393 00:24:26,164 --> 00:24:29,281 I suppose he'll tell you, if you'll see him. 394 00:24:29,324 --> 00:24:31,076 Let him come in, then. 395 00:24:35,844 --> 00:24:37,994 Very nice of you to see me, ma'am. 396 00:24:38,044 --> 00:24:40,353 Happening as I was to be in the area, 397 00:24:40,404 --> 00:24:44,955 I thought I'd enquire as to your health, on behalf of my proprietor, of course. 398 00:24:45,004 --> 00:24:48,519 Mr Casby knows very well that I am not subject to changes in my health. 399 00:24:48,564 --> 00:24:52,113 The only change I await here is the great change. 400 00:24:52,164 --> 00:24:53,836 Oh... 401 00:24:53,884 --> 00:24:55,681 Very well put, ma'am. 402 00:24:55,724 --> 00:24:58,875 But you are looking uncommonly nicely, I would say. 403 00:24:58,924 --> 00:25:01,313 I bear what I have to bear, Mr Pancks, 404 00:25:01,364 --> 00:25:05,118 as you do what you have to do, no doubt. 405 00:25:05,164 --> 00:25:10,477 Thank you, ma'am. Yes, such is my endeavour. 406 00:25:10,524 --> 00:25:11,923 Miss Dorrit! 407 00:25:12,964 --> 00:25:15,524 You are busy at your sewing, I see. 408 00:25:16,844 --> 00:25:20,075 - Tell me, does it run in the family? - I don't believe so, sir. 409 00:25:21,124 --> 00:25:26,437 Now, your Great-Uncle Ned, he was a sailor, I believe. 410 00:25:27,604 --> 00:25:29,481 Is he still with us? 411 00:25:29,524 --> 00:25:31,674 He died, sir. 412 00:25:33,244 --> 00:25:34,723 He died? 413 00:25:37,644 --> 00:25:39,794 Well, well... 414 00:25:42,204 --> 00:25:44,160 Uncle Ned... 415 00:25:44,204 --> 00:25:46,320 is dead. 416 00:25:48,684 --> 00:25:51,403 Mr Pancks, was that all you wanted? 417 00:25:51,444 --> 00:25:55,073 Yes, ma'am. Happening as I was to be in the area, I... 418 00:25:55,124 --> 00:25:57,479 You need not have troubled yourself. 419 00:25:57,524 --> 00:26:01,802 Tell Mr Casby and his daughter not to trouble themselves by deputy. 420 00:26:01,844 --> 00:26:03,960 When they wish to see me, they know where I am. 421 00:26:04,004 --> 00:26:05,642 No trouble, ma'am. 422 00:26:05,684 --> 00:26:10,155 - Oh, but you are looking... - Thank you, Mr Pancks. Good evening. 423 00:26:10,204 --> 00:26:12,479 Good evening. 424 00:26:12,524 --> 00:26:15,163 No need to come down, Miss Dorrit, 425 00:26:15,204 --> 00:26:17,559 cos I know the road to the door. 426 00:26:25,404 --> 00:26:29,238 Little Dorrit, what do you know of that man? 427 00:26:29,284 --> 00:26:31,275 Nothing, ma'am, 428 00:26:31,324 --> 00:26:35,078 except I have seen him about, and he has spoken to me. 429 00:26:35,124 --> 00:26:36,603 Come here, child. 430 00:26:42,564 --> 00:26:46,318 I think you have had a very hard life. 431 00:26:46,364 --> 00:26:50,277 Sometimes it has been hard to live... 432 00:26:50,324 --> 00:26:54,875 but I think...not as hard as many people find it. 433 00:26:56,564 --> 00:26:59,476 That is well said. 434 00:26:59,524 --> 00:27:02,322 You are a good girl, 435 00:27:02,364 --> 00:27:04,559 and a grateful girl, too. 436 00:27:09,044 --> 00:27:11,717 Now go, Little Dorrit, 437 00:27:11,764 --> 00:27:14,073 or you will be late. 438 00:27:24,644 --> 00:27:27,681 (THUNDER RUMBLES) 439 00:27:32,084 --> 00:27:36,077 You hurry up home now, Miss Amy. It's a horrid, windy evening. 440 00:27:36,124 --> 00:27:38,274 Goodbye, Affery. 441 00:27:43,164 --> 00:27:47,362 - Good evening, madame. - Oh, my saints, who's this? 442 00:27:47,404 --> 00:27:51,113 My name is Blandois. At your service! 443 00:27:51,164 --> 00:27:52,563 Oh... 444 00:27:54,244 --> 00:27:55,916 (SHE SHRIEKS) 445 00:27:55,964 --> 00:27:57,522 Oh...