1 00:00:36,222 --> 00:00:39,419 Oh, Lord! Now I'm locked out! 2 00:00:39,462 --> 00:00:42,579 He's at the tavern and she can't come downstairs! 3 00:00:42,622 --> 00:00:45,659 Perhaps I can be of some assistance, madame. 4 00:00:45,702 --> 00:00:48,500 I see there is a little window up there. 5 00:00:55,502 --> 00:00:57,732 (HE WHISTLES) 6 00:00:57,782 --> 00:00:59,420 Are you a burglar, sir? 7 00:00:59,462 --> 00:01:03,250 No, madame! I am here on business with Mrs Clennam! 8 00:01:10,422 --> 00:01:12,378 Oh! 9 00:01:16,982 --> 00:01:18,574 Oh! 10 00:01:20,262 --> 00:01:22,093 Toujours gai! 11 00:01:22,142 --> 00:01:26,055 Oh, he'll murder her and then Jeremiah'll murder me! 12 00:01:32,982 --> 00:01:35,052 - Will you step in, madame? - Affery! 13 00:01:35,102 --> 00:01:37,411 - Oh, good Lord! - Who's this? 14 00:01:39,182 --> 00:01:41,059 (WHISPERING) Death of my soul! 15 00:01:41,102 --> 00:01:43,855 - How did you get here? - I could ask the same of you. 16 00:01:43,902 --> 00:01:45,494 Well, you see, I got locked out. 17 00:01:45,542 --> 00:01:47,737 He's here on business with the missus and he climbed... 18 00:01:47,782 --> 00:01:49,932 That's enough from you, old woman! 19 00:01:49,982 --> 00:01:52,337 You shall have such a dose for this. In you go! 20 00:02:08,102 --> 00:02:10,332 (HE GROWLS) 21 00:02:10,382 --> 00:02:12,259 This way, sir. 22 00:02:15,502 --> 00:02:16,696 Sir! 23 00:02:24,022 --> 00:02:26,934 You! Sit down, and don't stir till I say so! 24 00:02:28,462 --> 00:02:30,498 (HE GROWLS) 25 00:02:30,542 --> 00:02:33,818 MRS CLENNAM: Who's there? What's going on down there?! 26 00:02:36,582 --> 00:02:38,698 (BANGING) 27 00:02:38,742 --> 00:02:41,336 Perhaps you could take me to your mistress now, 28 00:02:41,382 --> 00:02:43,100 if you would be so kind, monsieur? 29 00:02:43,142 --> 00:02:45,053 Your name? 30 00:02:45,102 --> 00:02:46,501 Blandois. 31 00:02:46,542 --> 00:02:48,612 From Paris. 32 00:02:48,662 --> 00:02:51,415 And yours, sir? 33 00:02:51,462 --> 00:02:53,453 Jeremiah Flintwinch. 34 00:02:53,502 --> 00:02:58,212 Ah, of course! 35 00:02:58,262 --> 00:03:02,858 You know, you are so like a friend of mine. Well... 36 00:03:02,902 --> 00:03:04,779 shall we go up? 37 00:03:06,862 --> 00:03:08,978 (CREAKING) 38 00:03:09,022 --> 00:03:10,819 What the devil is that? 39 00:03:12,502 --> 00:03:15,574 This is an old house, Monsieur Blandois. 40 00:03:15,622 --> 00:03:18,375 (BANGING) MRS CLENNAM: Where's my tea?! It's late! 41 00:03:18,422 --> 00:03:20,413 Affery! Tea! 42 00:03:21,862 --> 00:03:22,851 Ow! 43 00:03:22,902 --> 00:03:24,893 FLINTWINCH: Monsieur Blandois. 44 00:03:24,942 --> 00:03:27,900 On business. 45 00:03:30,102 --> 00:03:31,660 Madame. 46 00:03:31,702 --> 00:03:33,658 You were expecting me, I think? 47 00:03:33,702 --> 00:03:35,772 - I was not, sir. - Ah. 48 00:03:35,822 --> 00:03:39,212 Here is my letter of introduction. 49 00:03:50,942 --> 00:03:52,933 The House of Arromanche. 50 00:03:52,982 --> 00:03:54,859 BLANDOIS: Just so, madame. 51 00:03:58,022 --> 00:03:59,978 And they speak well of you, sir. 52 00:04:00,022 --> 00:04:04,493 The House of Clennam, of course, carries great respect. 53 00:04:04,542 --> 00:04:09,093 That is why, when we thought of opening up a line of business here, 54 00:04:09,142 --> 00:04:11,895 naturellement, we came to you, madame. 55 00:04:11,942 --> 00:04:15,696 Have you been long with the House of Arromanche, monsieur? 56 00:04:15,742 --> 00:04:18,620 I was formerly in Marseilles, 57 00:04:18,662 --> 00:04:21,222 and before that...everywhere! 58 00:04:21,262 --> 00:04:24,732 You have no ties, I suppose. You are not married? 59 00:04:24,782 --> 00:04:28,661 I adore your sex, madame... 60 00:04:28,702 --> 00:04:30,932 (HE INHALES DEEPLY) 61 00:04:32,702 --> 00:04:35,296 (WHISPERING) ...but, madame, I am not married. 62 00:04:35,342 --> 00:04:37,253 (NORMAL VOICE) Never was. 63 00:04:37,302 --> 00:04:39,691 MRS CLENNAM: Affery! What is the matter with you? 64 00:04:39,742 --> 00:04:42,939 I don't know. It ain't me. It's him! 65 00:04:42,982 --> 00:04:45,257 Don't pay no heed to her, sir! 66 00:04:45,302 --> 00:04:48,533 She shall have a dose, she shall have such a dose! 67 00:04:48,582 --> 00:04:51,255 Get along with you, while you know you're Affery, 68 00:04:51,302 --> 00:04:54,339 and before you're shaken to yeast! 69 00:04:57,622 --> 00:04:59,533 Take sugar, sir? 70 00:04:59,582 --> 00:05:01,891 No, thank you. No tea for me. 71 00:05:07,222 --> 00:05:09,611 That is a remarkable watch. 72 00:05:18,062 --> 00:05:19,859 Very fine. 73 00:05:25,862 --> 00:05:27,420 What is this? 74 00:05:36,222 --> 00:05:38,656 "Do not forget". 75 00:05:41,102 --> 00:05:45,220 I wonder...what is it, 76 00:05:45,262 --> 00:05:47,218 dear madame, 77 00:05:47,262 --> 00:05:50,060 that you wish never to forget? 78 00:05:50,102 --> 00:05:53,492 Some...youthful indiscretion? 79 00:05:54,742 --> 00:05:56,175 A lost love? 80 00:05:57,222 --> 00:06:01,977 That is my concern, sir, not yours. 81 00:06:03,542 --> 00:06:07,171 The watch, please, Monsieur Blandois. 82 00:06:10,502 --> 00:06:14,495 There are secrets in all families, I suppose. 83 00:06:14,542 --> 00:06:16,373 Yes. 84 00:06:16,422 --> 00:06:18,811 Yes, there are. 85 00:06:20,782 --> 00:06:25,902 There are the devil's own secrets in some families. Huh? 86 00:06:29,142 --> 00:06:32,532 (WHISPERING) N'est-ce pas...ma cherie? 87 00:06:32,582 --> 00:06:37,212 Monsieur Blandois, have we business to do or have we not? 88 00:06:37,262 --> 00:06:43,178 Let us not be over-hasty. Be assured, Blandois will return. 89 00:06:43,222 --> 00:06:47,135 But for now, I must wish you good evening. 90 00:06:48,222 --> 00:06:49,621 Au revoir. 91 00:06:49,662 --> 00:06:52,051 Affery! 92 00:06:55,102 --> 00:06:57,536 MRS CLENNAM: Show Monsieur Blandois out. 93 00:06:57,582 --> 00:07:00,142 This way, please, sir. Don't follow too close. 94 00:07:06,382 --> 00:07:08,657 Well, Flintwinch? 95 00:07:08,702 --> 00:07:11,774 Didn't care for the smell of him. 96 00:07:32,182 --> 00:07:33,740 'Ere. 97 00:07:34,782 --> 00:07:36,659 Where's me brother? 98 00:07:36,702 --> 00:07:38,738 He's gone, Mr Flintwinch. 99 00:07:38,782 --> 00:07:43,060 - Did he leave anything behind? - No, Mr Flintwinch. 100 00:07:43,102 --> 00:07:47,812 Have you got a Frenchman, name of Blandois, staying here, by any chance? 101 00:07:47,862 --> 00:07:50,979 Did have, but he paid his bill and left this morning. 102 00:07:51,022 --> 00:07:52,296 Right. 103 00:08:01,382 --> 00:08:05,295 ARTHUR: Over and over and over before he died, he pressed it into my hand 104 00:08:05,342 --> 00:08:09,301 saying, "Your mother, Arthur, put it right. " 105 00:08:09,342 --> 00:08:12,175 What did he mean? What have we done? 106 00:08:15,342 --> 00:08:18,459 Mr Dorrit! Are you on your way to see your brother? 107 00:08:18,502 --> 00:08:21,221 - That's right, sir. - So am I. May I walk with you? 108 00:08:21,262 --> 00:08:23,617 An honour, sir. An honour. 109 00:08:24,942 --> 00:08:27,217 Were you always a musician, Mr Dorrit? 110 00:08:27,262 --> 00:08:29,537 No, I was a gentleman of leisure, sir. 111 00:08:29,582 --> 00:08:35,100 Owned a boarding house for young ladies of the theatrical profession, 112 00:08:35,142 --> 00:08:37,815 but that had to be sold, sir... 113 00:08:39,062 --> 00:08:41,496 ...many years ago. Everything was lost. 114 00:08:41,542 --> 00:08:45,581 Except my old clarinet, fortunately, so I had the means of making a living. 115 00:08:45,622 --> 00:08:47,977 Might I ask how it was lost? 116 00:08:48,022 --> 00:08:50,980 They showed me something I had signed - 117 00:08:51,022 --> 00:08:53,297 a surety for William, I think it was called. 118 00:08:53,342 --> 00:08:56,732 They spoke of something called "unlimited liability". 119 00:08:56,782 --> 00:08:59,819 I think unlimited liability must be a terrible thing. 120 00:08:59,862 --> 00:09:02,581 - It is. - But here we all are! 121 00:09:02,622 --> 00:09:04,374 Life's not so bad. 122 00:09:04,422 --> 00:09:06,572 We jog along, Mr Clennam. 123 00:09:06,622 --> 00:09:08,101 We jog along. 124 00:09:10,742 --> 00:09:13,973 I used to know your father very well, you know. 125 00:09:17,622 --> 00:09:19,613 You knew my father? 126 00:09:19,662 --> 00:09:23,416 Long ago. Before you were born. He used to visit, 127 00:09:23,462 --> 00:09:27,614 at the boarding house, now and then. 128 00:09:27,662 --> 00:09:31,621 A very pleasant and quiet-spoken gentleman. 129 00:09:31,662 --> 00:09:34,256 Why didn't you say anything before? 130 00:09:35,942 --> 00:09:39,855 Long-gone days, sir. Long-gone days. 131 00:09:41,662 --> 00:09:43,459 Best not talked about. 132 00:09:43,502 --> 00:09:45,015 Well, here we are. 133 00:09:46,102 --> 00:09:48,536 I believe Tip is here today, as well. 134 00:09:48,582 --> 00:09:50,300 (KNOCKS ON DOOR) 135 00:09:54,062 --> 00:09:56,018 (DOOR OPENS) 136 00:09:56,062 --> 00:09:57,495 William. 137 00:09:57,542 --> 00:10:02,662 Mr Clennam! You are very welcome, sir. 138 00:10:02,702 --> 00:10:05,580 Edward, give Mr Clennam your chair. 139 00:10:05,622 --> 00:10:08,375 No. I don't see why I should. 140 00:10:08,422 --> 00:10:10,174 - Tip! - Mr Clennam, 141 00:10:10,222 --> 00:10:12,736 I must apologise for the inexcusable... 142 00:10:12,782 --> 00:10:15,296 Perhaps I should leave. I feel like I'm intruding. 143 00:10:15,342 --> 00:10:18,493 It is for him to leave! How dare you treat my guest in such a manner, sir! 144 00:10:18,542 --> 00:10:20,339 It's got nothing to do with you, Pa. 145 00:10:20,382 --> 00:10:24,534 It has everything to do with me! Your behaviour is unfilial! Unchristian! 146 00:10:24,582 --> 00:10:27,415 You're no son of mine! Mr Clennam, please, 147 00:10:27,462 --> 00:10:29,692 - please forgive us. - Nothing to forgive. 148 00:10:29,742 --> 00:10:32,575 - But I will be on my way. - Do you see what you've done?! 149 00:10:32,622 --> 00:10:37,013 Never speak to one of my guests in that manner again! Do you understand?! 150 00:10:38,022 --> 00:10:39,501 Mr Clennam! 151 00:10:43,062 --> 00:10:45,622 Please don't be offended by Tip. 152 00:10:45,662 --> 00:10:49,894 He behaved very badly, but don't judge him too harshly. 153 00:10:49,942 --> 00:10:52,058 He feels that no-one respects him... 154 00:10:52,102 --> 00:10:54,741 so he demands respect, but in all the wrong ways. 155 00:10:54,782 --> 00:10:57,979 I know why he's angry. I didn't give him the money he asked for. 156 00:10:59,062 --> 00:11:02,372 - It's all right, I'm not offended. - Thank you. 157 00:11:02,422 --> 00:11:04,572 I should go back. 158 00:11:04,622 --> 00:11:07,853 No, don't go. It's really you I came to see. 159 00:11:19,582 --> 00:11:21,413 I was worried about you 160 00:11:21,462 --> 00:11:24,613 when Maggy had said you'd been unwell the other day. 161 00:11:25,822 --> 00:11:27,574 Are you feeling better now? 162 00:11:29,422 --> 00:11:31,174 What? What is it? 163 00:11:31,222 --> 00:11:33,213 Nothing! 164 00:11:33,262 --> 00:11:35,332 Nothing...it's nothing. 165 00:11:36,422 --> 00:11:38,936 It's just all that in there. It's painful to me. 166 00:11:43,702 --> 00:11:46,296 But you are sad. What is it? 167 00:11:47,942 --> 00:11:51,491 I, um...I fancied I was in love with someone. 168 00:11:51,542 --> 00:11:53,658 The girl I spoke to you about. 169 00:11:53,702 --> 00:11:56,500 And now I know that she's in love with someone else, 170 00:11:56,542 --> 00:12:00,012 and is to be married to him, someone much nearer her own age. 171 00:12:02,142 --> 00:12:04,781 Well, I've learnt my lesson. 172 00:12:08,742 --> 00:12:11,336 I don't know why I'm telling you all this, Amy. 173 00:12:17,822 --> 00:12:19,460 PANCKS: Pancks, the gypsy! 174 00:12:19,502 --> 00:12:21,970 Excuse me. I should go back. 175 00:12:22,022 --> 00:12:24,456 Pancks, the gypsy! Fortune-telling! 176 00:12:24,502 --> 00:12:26,811 And what a fortune, eh? 177 00:12:26,862 --> 00:12:30,650 What are you doing here, Pancks? You're not drunk, by any chance, are you? 178 00:12:30,702 --> 00:12:34,092 Possibly I am. But it makes no odds. 179 00:12:34,142 --> 00:12:36,656 I've been treating 'em all round, haven't I, Mr Rugg? 180 00:12:36,702 --> 00:12:40,820 Mr Rugg, Mr Clennam. Mr Clennam, Mr Rugg. 181 00:12:40,862 --> 00:12:44,059 He has, sir. Been treating 'em all round. We're all drunk! 182 00:12:44,102 --> 00:12:48,095 I...I am coming into my property, Mr Clennam, 183 00:12:48,142 --> 00:12:50,610 and I can afford to be liberal. 184 00:12:50,662 --> 00:12:54,052 Roast beef and plum pudding for everybody! 185 00:12:54,102 --> 00:12:57,731 A quart of double stout a head! A pint of wine, if you like it! 186 00:12:59,822 --> 00:13:01,414 And to think of him, up there, 187 00:13:01,462 --> 00:13:05,216 old Dorrit, making his speeches, and her up there in that little dress, 188 00:13:05,262 --> 00:13:08,095 and neither of 'em knowing what's coming to 'em, upon my soul, 189 00:13:08,142 --> 00:13:09,973 it's enough to make me want to... 190 00:13:10,022 --> 00:13:14,777 Make a back, Mr Rugg! Go on, bend over! A little higher. That'll do! 191 00:13:16,102 --> 00:13:18,218 (CHEERING) 192 00:13:18,262 --> 00:13:20,412 Look here, Mr Clennam... 193 00:13:20,462 --> 00:13:22,418 Iook here. 194 00:13:22,462 --> 00:13:25,101 Have you made a discovery? 195 00:13:26,062 --> 00:13:27,859 We rather think so. 196 00:13:27,902 --> 00:13:30,496 - Does it...implicate anyone? - How, implicate? 197 00:13:30,542 --> 00:13:34,376 - In any wrong-doing of any kind? - Can't say for sure yet. (SPITS) 198 00:13:34,422 --> 00:13:38,574 We shall be all set soon. You shall tell her, and then she shall break it to him. 199 00:13:38,622 --> 00:13:40,419 But what, for God's sake, what?! 200 00:13:40,462 --> 00:13:43,499 Just you wait and see, Mr Clennam. 201 00:13:43,542 --> 00:13:45,453 Just you wait and see. 202 00:13:50,982 --> 00:13:53,291 (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) 203 00:14:16,342 --> 00:14:18,060 MAN: Mrs Gowan, ma'am. 204 00:14:19,142 --> 00:14:22,054 - My dear soul, pity me. - Henry? 205 00:14:22,102 --> 00:14:23,740 Henry. 206 00:14:23,782 --> 00:14:26,171 - The thing is settled? - It is. 207 00:14:26,222 --> 00:14:28,417 He is to marry the Miggles girl. 208 00:14:28,462 --> 00:14:30,020 My poor dear. I feel for you. 209 00:14:30,062 --> 00:14:33,452 I, too, have a son. How they make us suffer! 210 00:14:33,502 --> 00:14:37,256 I should dearly like to know what you think of it. 211 00:14:37,302 --> 00:14:39,099 What society will think of it. 212 00:14:39,142 --> 00:14:43,021 It sounds mercenary to ask what the gentleman will get with his marriage, 213 00:14:43,062 --> 00:14:47,260 but then... society is a little mercenary. 214 00:14:47,302 --> 00:14:50,612 From what I can make out, Henry will be relieved from his debts 215 00:14:50,662 --> 00:14:53,938 and the father will give them an allowance, which, in Italy... 216 00:14:53,982 --> 00:14:56,291 - Oh! Going to Italy? - Yes. 217 00:14:56,342 --> 00:14:58,981 Henry's to study...that dreadful art. 218 00:14:59,022 --> 00:15:02,332 - An amateur he may be, but... - I see. 219 00:15:06,742 --> 00:15:11,418 Of course, the girl's family have made strenuous efforts to capture Henry. 220 00:15:11,462 --> 00:15:14,772 - Of course they have. - And I have persisted in every objection. 221 00:15:14,822 --> 00:15:17,017 Of course you have, my love. 222 00:15:17,062 --> 00:15:19,656 But all of no use. 223 00:15:19,702 --> 00:15:22,500 Now, tell me, my dear, am I justified 224 00:15:22,542 --> 00:15:26,820 in at last yielding my most reluctant consent to Henry's marrying 225 00:15:26,862 --> 00:15:30,616 among people not in society? 226 00:15:30,662 --> 00:15:34,575 Or have I acted with most inexcusable weakness? 227 00:15:45,782 --> 00:15:50,173 My dear Mrs Gowan, society... 228 00:15:50,222 --> 00:15:53,532 will understand, society will absolve you. 229 00:15:53,582 --> 00:15:55,573 All will be well. 230 00:15:55,622 --> 00:15:58,090 Thank you. 231 00:15:58,142 --> 00:16:00,258 Thank you, my dear. 232 00:16:01,742 --> 00:16:03,812 Thank you. 233 00:16:08,382 --> 00:16:09,610 Good day, Clennam. 234 00:16:09,662 --> 00:16:13,860 I was in the neighbourhood, thought I'd pay a visit. 235 00:16:13,902 --> 00:16:16,621 I'm sorry about my mother, by the way. 236 00:16:16,662 --> 00:16:20,780 She did seem to have got hold of the wrong end of the stick about the Meagleses. 237 00:16:20,822 --> 00:16:24,576 She knows very well I shall be dependent on Mr Meagles' wealth and generosity 238 00:16:24,622 --> 00:16:28,137 when I marry Pet, but she needs to make out she's doing the world a favour 239 00:16:28,182 --> 00:16:30,138 by condescending to have anything to do with it. 240 00:16:30,182 --> 00:16:31,854 It is a bore and it is a sham. 241 00:16:31,902 --> 00:16:34,735 But then isn't everything in this jolly old world a bit of a sham? 242 00:16:34,782 --> 00:16:37,501 Including love? Marriage? 243 00:16:37,542 --> 00:16:42,093 I hope you're not intending to treat your marriage to Pet as a sham. 244 00:16:42,142 --> 00:16:44,940 (LAUGHING) What a capital world it is, eh? 245 00:16:44,982 --> 00:16:47,655 What a jolly, excellent, lovable old world! 246 00:16:47,702 --> 00:16:51,581 (SIGHING) I quite envy you as a bachelor, you know, 247 00:16:51,622 --> 00:16:53,658 being about to put my head in the noose. 248 00:16:53,702 --> 00:16:56,057 - In the noose?! - I know. 249 00:16:56,102 --> 00:16:59,697 She's a beautiful and charming girl, and I love her with all my heart. 250 00:16:59,742 --> 00:17:02,973 Still, at one time, I had other prospects... 251 00:17:03,022 --> 00:17:06,298 and here I am without them. 252 00:17:06,342 --> 00:17:08,412 And here you are... 253 00:17:08,462 --> 00:17:10,134 what a comfortable life. 254 00:17:10,182 --> 00:17:13,811 - And you deserve it. - Gowan, would it be very rude of me 255 00:17:13,862 --> 00:17:15,693 to ask you the purpose of this visit? 256 00:17:15,742 --> 00:17:17,892 As a matter of fact, um, 257 00:17:17,942 --> 00:17:21,457 I wanted to ask you if you'd stand up with me. 258 00:17:21,502 --> 00:17:23,538 Stand up with you? In what sense? 259 00:17:25,102 --> 00:17:27,138 As my best man, of course. 260 00:17:36,862 --> 00:17:38,773 Never you mind, old fellow. 261 00:17:38,822 --> 00:17:41,097 (SQUAWKING) 262 00:17:41,142 --> 00:17:44,100 I know. It's excruciating. 263 00:17:44,142 --> 00:17:48,852 Just the same at the office - a lot of pompous fools. 264 00:17:48,902 --> 00:17:51,655 It makes a fellow...itchy. 265 00:17:51,702 --> 00:17:54,899 Hmm? Eh? 266 00:17:54,942 --> 00:17:57,092 Yes, it does. 267 00:17:58,622 --> 00:18:02,535 Should we attend Henry Gowan's wedding or not? 268 00:18:02,582 --> 00:18:04,857 Hmm? (CLICKS HIS TONGUE) 269 00:18:04,902 --> 00:18:06,130 Hmm? 270 00:18:06,182 --> 00:18:10,300 Mr Merdle, do you listen to a single word I say, I wonder. 271 00:18:10,342 --> 00:18:11,741 Mr Merdle! 272 00:18:11,782 --> 00:18:13,374 Yes? 273 00:18:13,422 --> 00:18:16,858 I might be better off talking to the bird. He would at least have screamed. 274 00:18:16,902 --> 00:18:19,462 Would you like me to scream, Mrs Merdle? 275 00:18:20,542 --> 00:18:24,057 I would like you to behave like a proper member of society, Mr Merdle. 276 00:18:24,102 --> 00:18:27,538 I mean, really, you ought not to go into society 277 00:18:27,582 --> 00:18:30,540 unless you can accommodate yourself to society. 278 00:18:30,582 --> 00:18:33,654 - What? - Who does more for society than I do? 279 00:18:33,702 --> 00:18:36,170 Do you see this furniture? Hmm? 280 00:18:36,222 --> 00:18:38,531 Do you look in the glass and see yourself? 281 00:18:38,582 --> 00:18:40,413 Do you know the cost of all this? 282 00:18:40,462 --> 00:18:43,056 And you tell me I oughtn't to go into society? 283 00:18:43,102 --> 00:18:44,933 Pray don't be violent, Mr Merdle. 284 00:18:44,982 --> 00:18:47,576 Violent?! You are enough to make me desperate! 285 00:18:49,182 --> 00:18:52,492 You carry your business cares about wherever you go 286 00:18:52,542 --> 00:18:56,217 instead of leaving them in the City, and there is a positive vulgarity about that. 287 00:18:56,262 --> 00:18:58,298 - You think that, do you? - If you doubt my judgment, 288 00:18:58,342 --> 00:19:01,175 ask Edmund Sparkler....Edmund! 289 00:19:01,222 --> 00:19:02,860 We want you here. 290 00:19:04,142 --> 00:19:06,895 What is it, Mater? Evening, Guv'nor. 291 00:19:06,942 --> 00:19:09,581 What do people say about your father? 292 00:19:09,622 --> 00:19:13,501 I...I don't know. Nothing at all, I should think. 293 00:19:13,542 --> 00:19:15,100 Think, Edmund! 294 00:19:15,142 --> 00:19:18,134 Er...well, um... 295 00:19:18,182 --> 00:19:22,698 I have heard fellows saying the guv'nor's tremendously rich and knowing, 296 00:19:22,742 --> 00:19:25,893 perfect phenomenon in the banking line, and all that, 297 00:19:25,942 --> 00:19:31,574 but that the shop sits a bit heavy on him. 298 00:19:32,662 --> 00:19:35,893 Which is exactly my complaint. 299 00:19:35,942 --> 00:19:37,170 Edmund. 300 00:19:50,262 --> 00:19:52,617 (CHURCH BELLS PEAL) 301 00:19:59,102 --> 00:20:03,141 Oh, Gowan, take care of her! Take care of her! 302 00:20:03,182 --> 00:20:06,219 Don't be so broken-hearted, sir. 303 00:20:06,262 --> 00:20:07,695 By heaven, I will! 304 00:20:07,742 --> 00:20:11,530 Pet! Pet! Did you remember your warm shawl? 305 00:20:11,582 --> 00:20:13,300 PET: It's in the trunk. 306 00:20:13,342 --> 00:20:15,219 - Bye. - Goodbye, Mama. 307 00:20:15,262 --> 00:20:17,298 Well, it's done, 308 00:20:17,342 --> 00:20:20,140 and we must bear it bravely as best we can. 309 00:20:20,182 --> 00:20:22,013 St Aldegonde, so it's said, 310 00:20:22,062 --> 00:20:25,657 had a taste for marriages and public executions. 311 00:20:25,702 --> 00:20:28,057 Very similar events on occasion. 312 00:20:28,102 --> 00:20:30,093 Oh, my poor boy! 313 00:20:42,262 --> 00:20:43,615 PANCKS: Mr Clennam! 314 00:20:45,262 --> 00:20:47,651 Mr Clennam! 315 00:20:47,702 --> 00:20:50,057 Mr Clennam. 316 00:20:50,102 --> 00:20:52,252 It is all done, Mr Clennam! 317 00:20:52,302 --> 00:20:55,658 It is all signed, sealed and copper-bottom guaranteed! 318 00:20:55,702 --> 00:20:59,297 And you may tell her now, sir, as soon as you like, 319 00:20:59,342 --> 00:21:02,379 and she may tell him! And won't they be amazed, eh? 320 00:21:02,422 --> 00:21:05,539 - Won't they be flabbergasted? - What do I have to tell her? 321 00:21:05,582 --> 00:21:09,052 Remember I asked you if you were one of the Clennams of Cornwall? 322 00:21:09,102 --> 00:21:10,660 I said I wasn't. What of it? 323 00:21:10,702 --> 00:21:13,774 Nothing. But I never then imagined who would turn out to be 324 00:21:13,822 --> 00:21:15,301 one of the Dorrits of Dorsetshire! 325 00:21:15,342 --> 00:21:19,096 In fact, you could say THE Dorrit of Dorsetshire, or his direct descendant! 326 00:21:19,142 --> 00:21:20,939 - You mean...? - Yes! 327 00:21:20,982 --> 00:21:23,291 The Father of the Marshalsea! Little Dorrit's pa! 328 00:21:23,342 --> 00:21:27,335 He is heir to a great estate that is long untouched, unclaimed and accumulating! 329 00:21:27,382 --> 00:21:29,896 No more Marshalsea for him! He is a very rich man! 330 00:21:29,942 --> 00:21:33,014 - He's a very rich man, indeed! - How did you find all this out? 331 00:21:33,062 --> 00:21:37,897 Ah, I moled it out, sir, grain by grain. I tracked down every Dorrit in the land, 332 00:21:37,942 --> 00:21:40,661 and I kept on until I'd ruled out every last one of them 333 00:21:40,702 --> 00:21:42,533 except for our friend in the Marshalsea. 334 00:21:42,582 --> 00:21:45,654 I spent all I had, and I borrowed, too, from my old proprietor. 335 00:21:45,702 --> 00:21:47,852 You know what he charged me? 20%! 336 00:21:47,902 --> 00:21:51,690 You shall be recompensed fully by me, Mr Pancks. And rewarded too, I imagine! 337 00:21:51,742 --> 00:21:55,530 £1,000 would see me right, Mr Clennam, and that's nothing to Mr Dorrit now. 338 00:21:55,582 --> 00:21:58,813 But I leave that to you, sir, and also to break it to the family. 339 00:21:58,862 --> 00:22:01,695 Yeah, can't be done too soon, in my opinion, sir. 340 00:22:01,742 --> 00:22:03,892 (SNORING) 341 00:22:03,942 --> 00:22:06,058 (DOOR OPENS) 342 00:22:06,102 --> 00:22:10,061 - Mr Clennam, ma'am. - Oh! Um...Arthur... 343 00:22:10,102 --> 00:22:15,938 Doyce and Clennam. Ooh! What a sight you must think me. 344 00:22:15,982 --> 00:22:21,500 Pray excuse the wrapper, and a faded check too, which is worse... 345 00:22:21,542 --> 00:22:25,854 (LAUGHING)...but our little friend is making me a skirt 346 00:22:25,902 --> 00:22:28,211 and there was to be a trying-on after breakfast. 347 00:22:28,262 --> 00:22:29,980 I apologise for calling so early. 348 00:22:30,022 --> 00:22:34,652 Oh, Arthur, Doyce and Clennam, Papa need never know you are here 349 00:22:34,702 --> 00:22:36,932 and, as you are well aware, 350 00:22:36,982 --> 00:22:39,701 our little friend can be fully trusted 351 00:22:39,742 --> 00:22:42,779 - to be discreet. - Um, Flora... 352 00:22:42,822 --> 00:22:45,780 it is our little friend that I came to see. 353 00:22:48,862 --> 00:22:50,534 Oh. 354 00:22:50,582 --> 00:22:51,731 Yes, of course. 355 00:22:51,782 --> 00:22:53,693 (SHE CLEARS HER THROAT) Amy! 356 00:22:53,742 --> 00:22:58,372 Flora, would you mind leaving us alone for just a moment? 357 00:23:10,062 --> 00:23:14,658 Amy, I have some very important news about your father. 358 00:23:24,982 --> 00:23:28,338 There's something up, John, I feel it in my bones. 359 00:23:30,102 --> 00:23:32,297 I feel it in my bones, too, Pa. 360 00:23:41,022 --> 00:23:43,092 (DOOR OPENS) 361 00:24:04,302 --> 00:24:06,213 Amy, my dear. 362 00:24:06,262 --> 00:24:11,734 Father...I have been made so happy this morning. 363 00:24:11,782 --> 00:24:16,139 Mr Clennam brought some wonderful news about you! 364 00:24:16,182 --> 00:24:21,097 If he had not prepared me for it, I do not think I could have borne it. 365 00:24:21,142 --> 00:24:23,531 What is it? 366 00:24:23,582 --> 00:24:26,779 - What is it? - ARTHUR: Sir, compose yourself... 367 00:24:26,822 --> 00:24:34,012 and think of the best surprise that could possibly happen to you. 368 00:24:34,062 --> 00:24:36,974 The very best. Do not be afraid to imagine it. 369 00:24:38,502 --> 00:24:42,495 The very best...that could happen to me? 370 00:24:42,542 --> 00:24:45,136 Yes. What would it be? 371 00:24:51,342 --> 00:24:52,457 To... 372 00:24:53,702 --> 00:24:55,852 ...to be free. 373 00:24:55,902 --> 00:24:59,099 ARTHUR: You shall be. And very soon. 374 00:25:01,822 --> 00:25:03,778 And there is more. 375 00:25:03,822 --> 00:25:05,892 You shall be prosperous. 376 00:25:05,942 --> 00:25:09,139 You are heir to a great fortune. 377 00:25:09,182 --> 00:25:11,980 Pancks was the one that found it out. 378 00:25:13,102 --> 00:25:15,297 I shall be free? 379 00:25:15,342 --> 00:25:17,060 You shall be free, Father. 380 00:25:20,422 --> 00:25:21,616 And rich? 381 00:25:21,662 --> 00:25:27,214 And you can be as you were again. Oh, Father...Father. 382 00:25:27,262 --> 00:25:29,253 Thank God, thank God! 383 00:25:29,302 --> 00:25:34,695 And, er... I-I-I can leave the Marshalsea? 384 00:25:34,742 --> 00:25:37,575 As soon as you're ready to. 385 00:25:37,622 --> 00:25:39,817 And rich? I shall be rich? 386 00:25:39,862 --> 00:25:41,853 No doubt of it. 387 00:25:41,902 --> 00:25:43,733 I shall be rich. 388 00:25:45,302 --> 00:25:49,090 Mr Clennam, am I to understand 389 00:25:49,142 --> 00:25:53,658 that I could pass through the gate at this very moment? 390 00:25:53,702 --> 00:25:56,091 I think not quite yet. 391 00:25:56,142 --> 00:25:59,737 - So I am still confined? - It is but a few hours, sir. 392 00:25:59,782 --> 00:26:01,101 A few hours. 393 00:26:02,822 --> 00:26:05,973 You talk easily of hours, sir. 394 00:26:06,022 --> 00:26:09,537 How long do you think an hour is 395 00:26:09,582 --> 00:26:15,134 to a man who is choking for want of air? 396 00:26:19,062 --> 00:26:21,815 But perhaps it's... 397 00:26:23,382 --> 00:26:27,660 ...perhaps it's, um...for the best. Yes, for the best. 398 00:26:27,702 --> 00:26:31,331 Yes, perhaps it is as well. 399 00:26:31,382 --> 00:26:36,934 - Father, I think you should rest now. - Yes, yes, I'm, er... 400 00:26:36,982 --> 00:26:43,933 It's all been, um... Yes...very tired. 401 00:26:46,262 --> 00:26:48,378 Oh. 402 00:26:49,462 --> 00:26:50,656 Oh... 403 00:26:56,542 --> 00:26:58,612 I shall be rich. 404 00:26:58,662 --> 00:27:00,812 I shall be free.