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Dean Spanley
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Morning. |
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It is a commonplace observation |
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that remarkable events |
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Never was this more true |
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which form the spine of our narrative. |
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- Morning. |
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Properly speaking, |
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the day on which I visit my father, |
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This habit - one might even say ritual - |
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commenced after the death of my younger |
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and the subsequent demise |
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occasioned by her grief |
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I'm coming, I'm coming. |
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Morning, Mrs Brimley. |
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- How are you today? |
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Could complain, |
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Yes, indeed. |
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And himself? |
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Oh, he's working himself up |
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You know how he gets. |
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Sent back the paper, he did, |
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I'm just finishing the obituaries, |
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I thought he didn't read the obituaries. |
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No more he does, but he wants them |
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Says he doesn't read them |
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because he's afraid he'll come across |
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Do you believe in the transmigration |
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I don't believe in letting foreigners in, |
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No, um... reincarnation, |
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Um, the belief that the immortal soul |
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Well, I haven't given it much thought, |
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After Albert died |
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but she couldn't get hold of him. |
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I wasn't surprised, mind you. |
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I couldn't imagine him piping up |
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Mind you don't crease that, now. |
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He won't know what day it is, |
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- Oh, young Fisk. It must be Thursday. |
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Very handy, a Thursday. Keeps |
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You're here, then. |
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You should have |
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- That was your mother's job. |
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Nevertheless. What does |
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Nevertheless. |
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Might as well be clearing your throat, |
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Well, it's a fine day, Father. |
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I can see how fine the day is. |
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As for particular in mind, everything |
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What I meant was, do you have any plans? |
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Are there any concerts or exhibitions, |
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There's nothing about the war. |
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We're not presently at war, |
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Diversions, you say. |
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That's all that's left, you know, |
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before stepping |
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There is a display of aboriginal weapons |
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Such was the common procedure |
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I, carrying out my filial duty, |
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He, indulging his practised |
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would play a strange game of control. |
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As Thursday upon Thursday arrived, |
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I'd become more and more determined |
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A collection of Georgian shoe buckles. |
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That was an era when a gentleman could |
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Did we win the Boer War? |
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I believe we lost more slowly |
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Garden never recovered from it. |
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You know, there is a lecture |
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on the transmigration of souls. |
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Poppycock! |
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Think if we had souls they wouldn't |
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Think your mother wouldn't be on to me |
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Still, it seems the most likely |
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It's being held at the home |
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- Isn't that the cricketing Indian chappie? |
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Oh, well. Let's take a look. |
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Heard tell he's turned the ballroom |
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Mad as badgers, these nawabs. |
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Oh, by the way, |
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Makes walking unnecessary. |
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Mrs Brimley! My chair! |
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- Watch your step, young Fisk. |
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- How is it going? |
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So it should. Latest model. |
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Guaranteed to last longer than the user. |
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- Not that that means very much. |
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Damned machines! |
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Be the death of all of us, they will. |
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Progress, Father, |
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- Galsworthy, old son. How are you? |
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Hey-ho! Well done, chair. |
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Give you a hand with the buggy? |
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- Grab hold. |
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- Buggy, indeed! |
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Clyde-built by the feel of it. |
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Always a pleasure. |
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Thank you. Thank you. |
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Damn foolish game, cricket, |
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- Howzat! |
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- Not exactly a full house, is it? |
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Want to be where we can see |
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I declare, that's Spanley, |
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Not that I ever go there, |
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- Father, keep your voice down. |
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Shh. |
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Dean Spanley, did you say? |
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Not me. Chap with the dog collar. |
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What's a dean doing |
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- Exactly my thought. |
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Impending apostasy, more like. |
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- The name's Wrather, with a W. |
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- What brings you here, Mr Fisk? |
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The lesser of several evils. |
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Well, there you are. |
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I thought I got a thin edge onto my pad, |
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but when the umpire raises his finger, |
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That's life... and cricket. |
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Well, then, |
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Of what he will tell you |
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but I've always held him in high regard |
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Bowled decent left-arm leg breaks |
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Haven't seen him play since, but I've no doubt |
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I confess, the appearance of Swami Prash |
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even a disappointment. |
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For although I had no clear expectation |
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I had imagined one with such a title |
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to have been dressed more... |
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The question of |
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perhaps more familiarly known to you |
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has been the structural underpinning |
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of Indian philosophical |
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Only recently... |
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What ensued proved to be |
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as I can remember spending outside |
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...esoteric wisdom |
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Indeed, the most significant fact |
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was that with my eyes closed, |
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A little, if only a little, closer. |
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I should be pleased now |
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- Where am I? |
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You are, my dear sir, |
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in the anteroom of eternity |
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- What? |
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I was, er... we were, that is, |
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- Did he say the anteroom of eternity? |
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- What? |
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- If they... |
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That is a most interesting question |
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It is generally supposed |
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must be of a different |
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inferior nature to the human soul. |
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The soul is that part of the Godhead, |
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What you said before, sir, |
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Would you be kind enough to allow |
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- Well, well. |
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- What? |
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However, although all animals have |
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the dog is, by virtue of his singular |
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What about cats? |
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The dog amplifies... |
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the cat diminishes... |
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man's estimation of himself. |
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Poppycock! |
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So I shall wish you gentlemen good day. |
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I can be found here most mornings |
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What exactly is a conveyancer? |
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Well, nothing, exactly. |
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Assisting a thing |
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So you're a middleman. |
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Well, sometimes in the middle |
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- Been a great pleasure, sir. |
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Mrs Travers, did I ever tell you that |
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What's that? |
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Only thing that made sense |
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was what the chap said about dogs |
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Canine flattery is a survival mechanism, |
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The chap never had a dog, |
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I thought he had a beagle. |
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I had a dog once. Wag. |
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At any one time, you know, |
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I can't say I did. |
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Neither did that swami. Made me think |
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Let's go to my club, have a stiff one. |
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I thought you didn't go there any more. |
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That was in the past. |
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There's no time like the present, |
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- What was it? The Eternal Now? |
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- How are you, Marriot? |
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Oh, one step nearer the grave. |
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How's that boy of yours? |
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Yes, sir. Tommy, sir. |
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He... he's dead, sir. |
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The war, sir. The Boer War. |
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Oh, the Boers. |
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Haven't seen you for a while, sir. |
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Hasn't changed much. |
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Clubs aren't supposed to change, surely. |
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There's that chap again. |
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Where are you going? |
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- Fisk. |
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Horatio Fisk. |
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This is young Fisk. Surprised |
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Oh, yes, yes. |
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So, what did you make |
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The beliefs of others |
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Really? Tell me this, then. |
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Souls, I mean. |
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You'd think one of them |
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Well, I imagine if the swami is correct |
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they're all too busy |
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And what about him pinching my line? |
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- What line was that? |
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Well, I'd rather thought that |
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Not at all. |
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Rather like having your pocket picked. |
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- What's that you're drinking? |
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Not an Imperial, I'm afraid, |
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A bit syrupy for my taste. |
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Well, we'll leave you to it. |
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You must excuse my father. |
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Not at all. |
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Pardon me, Dean, but... |
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am I to understand you give |
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- Only the closed mind is certain, sir. |
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I agree. |
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- Good day, sir. |
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Rum chap, Spanley. |
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Do you know him well enough |
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One can tell. Not quite sound. |
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Dabbling in Eastern religion. |
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Can I get you gentlemen a drink? |
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I'd like a brandy and soda, Marriot, |
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I'll have the Tokay. |
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Oh, I'm afraid that won't be possible, sir. |
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The dean keeps a bottle |
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Very hard to come by, I believe. |
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Damned unsociable of him. |
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In that case I'll have a brandy and soda |
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Yes, of course, sir. |
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If I... may say so, Mr Fisk, |
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I'm most sorry to hear of your loss. |
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- What? |
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Wasn't my loss. He's the one got killed. |
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Sir. |
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That was, even for you, Father, |
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Nothing of the sort. |
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Here we sit about to be served |
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What's our loss |
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Women with the vote is like a cow |
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Walking home, listening to my father |
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assert a variety of things |
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Dean Spanley's words returned to me |
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"Only the closed mind is certain. " |
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An excellent hotpot, Mrs Brimley. |
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Well, it ought to be, |
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seeing as how I've made it for you |
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Thank you. |
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"It may well be supposed |
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came as a most disagreeable surprise |
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accustomed as he was |
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I confess I had, until that moment, |
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always supposed certainty |
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Like money in the bank. |
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But something in the day's events |
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a sense that... |
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There may be more things |
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than are dreamt of in your philosophy. |
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I'll be off, Mrs Brimley. |
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He's dozing in the study. |
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Oh, I'll have to wake him up, |
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Does he ever mention my brother? |
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Your father doesn't hold with grieving, |
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No, that's right. |
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No, you're right. |
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Thank you, Mrs Brimley. |
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- And thank you for the hotpot. |
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Hotpot, that's all |
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Creature of habit, your father is. Knows |
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The certainty of a closed mind. |
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Well, I don't know about that. |
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Where you was before. Nowhere. |
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- Bye-bye. I'll see you next Thursday. |
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Creatures of habit. Oh! |
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I've heard it said |
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two a coincidence |
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Be that as it may, |
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that day I found myself, for the third |
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a man who, until that day, |
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Is it stuck up there? |
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It rather appears so. |
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which I consider a serious reflection |
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Probably chased by a dog. |
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Dean? Dean Spanley? |
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Hello. I met you earlier at your club. |
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I was introduced by my father. Mr Fisk. |
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Oh. |
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- And you were at the nawab's. |
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I am most eager to hear your further |
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I assure you, sir, I have |
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Compared to my own, |
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I was wondering if I might invite you |
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I'm afraid that with my schedule |
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I would not presume |
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were it not that I've recently come |
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An Imperial Tokay. |
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- An Imperial Tokay? |
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One must be on one's guard against |
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- An '89, I believe. |
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Was... is that a good year? |
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Oh, yes. How do you come to be |
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You must be very well connected, Mr... |
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Fisk. Henslowe Fisk. |
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Well... Well... |
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Perhaps I might manage... Thursday, |
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Most convenient. |
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Shall we say seven o'clock? |
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- Very well. Until then. |
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'89. Goodness me. |
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I wouldn't call it a lie, puss. |
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More like a truth deferred. |
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It had not occurred to me |
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that procuring his favourite tipple |
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Oi! Come back here! |
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Very hard to find |
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Of course there are what you might call |
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But the real thing, |
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It's made solely |
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Takes a royal decree |
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You would need to know |
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I see. |
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Tell me this. If King Edward himself |
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"Find me one or two bottles of Tokay", |
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Well, I would suggest, |
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that he uses his family connections |
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So he'd have a lot more chance |
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Of course. |
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The point of the exercise, |
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Care for a small wager? |
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No, thank you. No, you seem more |
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So you'd like to acquire |
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An Imperial. |
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This an adventure of the romantic sort |
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Certainly not. |
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It is said that the fair sex |
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Loosens the morals |
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- How high are you willing to go? |
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Within reason. |
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Ah, yes. Well, you see, |
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- '89 Tokay not easy to come by. |
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So what's your line, then? |
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Oh, this and that. |
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Any money in it? |
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A modest remuneration. |
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Though I must admit there must be |
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It's not all mine. |
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How on earth |
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My Auntie Molly was a hoarder. |
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What do you do with it? |
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Oh, you never know when someone wants |
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Such as a bottle of Imperial Tokay. |
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Really? |
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Good grief. |
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It's not an '89, I'm afraid. |
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It'll have to. |
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I suppose I could say I was promised |
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What do you think? |
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- How much is this? |
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Five guineas? |
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These little things were sent to try us, |
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Thursday? |
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Are there not |
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each equipped with portions of time |
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Thursday is the only day |
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Poppycock. |
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He has prior engagements. |
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Is my Thursday not a prior engagement, |
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What is going on? |
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You're not getting married, I hope. |
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- No. |
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If I had it to do over again... |
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Am I to understand from that remark |
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Fine woman, Alice. |
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Very good in the garden. |
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No, it's the children. |
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Hostages to fortune is what they are. |
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But there is no point |
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that have gone to the trouble |
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And that is your reason |
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I warned your brother |
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but no, he knew better, the young fool. |
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Anyway, your mother mourned him |
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Perhaps if you'd shared |
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she might not have found her grief |
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I have nothing more to say |
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Please never mention it to me again. |
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Close the door on your way out. |
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- Do you miss your husband, Mrs Brimley? |
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Oh, well. He weren't hard to miss, |
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Kept himself to himself. |
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Sat in that chair night after night, |
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Just nodded, sociable-like, |
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That were Albert's one bad habit. |
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I talk to the chair sometimes |
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Except the chair don't spit. |
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Thinking about your brother |
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I just wish Father would... |
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Well, Mr Fisk was never one |
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Why, I remember that night |
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when you and young Harry went out |
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Yes. Wasn't one of his finest moments. |
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I'll let you get on, Mrs Brimley. |
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- Good night. |
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I'll feed him his hotpot |
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You just enjoy yourself |
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But as Thursday evening arrived, I found |
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For in truth the whim that prompted me |
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had lost its piquancy |
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and the sobering cost of Wrather's Tokay |
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played its part in making the whole |
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I'm afraid I was mistaken about the vintage. |
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This is... this is a '91. |
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Not at all. |
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One would have to have |
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if the prospect |
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were a disappointment. |
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Properly decanted. |
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No sign of sediment. |
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Well done. |
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Thank you. |
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To think that such wine was once |
| 00:36:26 |
and now, |
| 00:36:29 |
we lesser beings |
| 00:36:36 |
Your very good health. |
| 00:36:45 |
I must confess my first taste of Tokay |
| 00:36:51 |
Rather, my father's dismissal of it |
| 00:36:54 |
seemed remarkably close to the mark. |
| 00:36:57 |
However, in the dean... |
| 00:37:11 |
Oh... |
| 00:37:23 |
Tokay, of course, is unique among wines |
| 00:37:26 |
in that the aroma |
| 00:37:30 |
For us humans, alas, that is the pursuit |
| 00:37:38 |
At such moments, one could wish |
| 00:37:41 |
to possess the olfactory powers |
| 00:37:50 |
It's often occurred to me |
| 00:37:54 |
is akin to seizing a scholar in the |
| 00:37:59 |
and dragging him away from his studies. |
| 00:38:04 |
Yes. |
| 00:38:18 |
What are you doing? |
| 00:38:22 |
One of those damned motor machines. |
| 00:38:25 |
Dreadful things, don't you think? |
| 00:38:29 |
It must be clear to anyone of perception |
| 00:38:33 |
one might even say infernal - |
| 00:38:36 |
will prove to be a complete... |
| 00:38:41 |
Quite so. |
| 00:38:43 |
And have you noticed |
| 00:38:45 |
that motor cars are exactly the right |
| 00:38:51 |
Cats. The way they get under motor cars |
| 00:38:58 |
Unless, of course, |
| 00:39:02 |
I see what you mean. |
| 00:39:04 |
The trouble with cats is |
| 00:39:08 |
One chases them, |
| 00:39:12 |
Or perform that preposterous inflation |
| 00:39:16 |
raising their hair on end. |
| 00:39:19 |
Well, I was never fooled by that ruse. |
| 00:39:23 |
No? |
| 00:39:25 |
Well, perhaps once or twice |
| 00:39:27 |
but once I discovered what devious |
| 00:39:32 |
So you are inclined to agree |
| 00:39:35 |
About cats and how they diminish |
| 00:39:40 |
Oh, indeed. |
| 00:39:43 |
- They have no awe of the masters. |
| 00:39:47 |
Yes. How one loved |
| 00:39:52 |
How one wanted to please them, |
| 00:39:59 |
Let me give you a piece of advice. |
| 00:40:01 |
When a door is opened, always |
| 00:40:04 |
There is nothing more annoying |
| 00:40:07 |
than a dog whining and scratching |
| 00:40:20 |
- Tokay? |
| 00:40:26 |
Two glasses are my limit. |
| 00:40:31 |
Otherwise there's no knowing |
| 00:40:38 |
I had no idea of the true nature |
| 00:40:42 |
It may have been madness. |
| 00:40:46 |
So intriguing |
| 00:40:51 |
"... pulling a scholar out of the British |
| 00:40:58 |
It was as if his mind had slipped a cog. |
| 00:41:00 |
- Went barking mad, you mean? |
| 00:41:07 |
If you can call |
| 00:41:12 |
- How much of the Tokay had he had? |
| 00:41:17 |
Sure it wasn't you that was snockered? |
| 00:41:20 |
So what do you think? |
| 00:41:24 |
That getting deans tiddly so they can |
| 00:41:28 |
is as harmless a way |
| 00:41:31 |
He was not tiddly, as you put it. |
| 00:41:34 |
He was... well, it was more like |
| 00:41:37 |
Being tiddly |
| 00:41:39 |
No, it was the Tokay. |
| 00:41:42 |
Even when he inhaled it |
| 00:41:45 |
he was transported to this other place. |
| 00:41:53 |
And you'd like to get him back |
| 00:41:57 |
Can you get me another bottle? |
| 00:42:02 |
Can you? |
| 00:42:04 |
I don't doubt that for a price |
| 00:42:08 |
Can you get one for next Thursday? |
| 00:42:11 |
Have another shot. |
| 00:42:28 |
Your Tokay, Dean. |
| 00:42:30 |
Ah. What lambency of hue, what colour. |
| 00:42:36 |
It reminds me of the light |
| 00:42:42 |
- Never to the brim. |
| 00:42:44 |
- One must leave room for the aroma. |
| 00:42:51 |
Now, you were saying about the master. |
| 00:42:54 |
Oh, yes. The master. |
| 00:42:57 |
He would go away for very long times. |
| 00:42:59 |
Other people were kind, |
| 00:43:03 |
And what did you do? |
| 00:43:04 |
Why, I'd wait for him |
| 00:43:07 |
- You knew when he was returning? |
| 00:43:09 |
How, might I ask? |
| 00:43:12 |
Well, before he was not coming back |
| 00:43:16 |
That was the difference, |
| 00:43:18 |
- I see. |
| 00:43:21 |
The proximity of the master |
| 00:43:24 |
The light grows brighter? |
| 00:43:26 |
- No, not brighter. Louder. |
| 00:43:30 |
Well, certainly there was more of it. |
| 00:43:33 |
I remember waiting one day |
| 00:43:37 |
And the light that day got brighter |
| 00:43:41 |
I only know |
| 00:43:43 |
I was so excited |
| 00:43:51 |
Dean, dogs do not drink brandy. |
| 00:43:57 |
No more they do. |
| 00:43:59 |
I would achieve the same effect |
| 00:44:03 |
Drives the blood to the head |
| 00:44:15 |
And then I'd sit down, |
| 00:44:21 |
Were you much bothered by fleas? |
| 00:44:23 |
When I say bothered, I don't mean... |
| 00:44:25 |
There's nothing wrong with a few fleas. |
| 00:44:30 |
Ah, yes. |
| 00:44:35 |
Indeed, I doubt if one can be a dog |
| 00:44:46 |
So these evenings have become |
| 00:44:50 |
Yes. The dean has a wealth of knowledge |
| 00:44:54 |
Oh. |
| 00:44:56 |
- Lawrence! Come here! |
| 00:44:58 |
Lawrence Swan, come back here! |
| 00:45:00 |
- But only on a Thursday. |
| 00:45:04 |
- That man tripped me up! |
| 00:45:07 |
- He's given to imaginings. |
| 00:45:11 |
Pick yourself up. I told you before |
| 00:45:15 |
If I call to you, you come back... |
| 00:45:17 |
What on earth possessed you |
| 00:45:19 |
No business running off like that |
| 00:45:24 |
You talk as if |
| 00:45:26 |
Indeed I was, |
| 00:45:29 |
Too much is made of childhood, |
| 00:45:32 |
Golden days of fun and innocence? |
| 00:45:35 |
The most miserable I've been |
| 00:45:38 |
Is that why you tripped up him up? |
| 00:45:45 |
Do not presume to judge me, young Fisk. |
| 00:45:48 |
I should first have to understand you, |
| 00:45:52 |
Perhaps you would have to become |
| 00:45:56 |
Your example disinclines me to that |
| 00:46:04 |
Push on! |
| 00:46:07 |
Push on! |
| 00:46:22 |
You don't think |
| 00:46:25 |
What do you mean, having me on? |
| 00:46:27 |
That he's spotted you |
| 00:46:30 |
and a good source |
| 00:46:33 |
Why would he assume |
| 00:46:36 |
would not attract disbelief and ridicule |
| 00:46:40 |
He saw you at the nawab's |
| 00:46:42 |
about reincarnation and dogs |
| 00:46:45 |
and he decided that you believed |
| 00:46:50 |
I can't accept that. |
| 00:46:53 |
It would be |
| 00:46:55 |
Gravitas? |
| 00:46:57 |
Telling you about running round |
| 00:47:00 |
Brandy, actually. |
| 00:47:02 |
And fleas are a good source of grooming? |
| 00:47:05 |
He doesn't know when he's saying |
| 00:47:08 |
I'd have to be there |
| 00:47:11 |
- Your Moroccan is here. |
| 00:47:16 |
- Go easy on him, my darling. |
| 00:47:23 |
Abdul, how are you? |
| 00:47:26 |
- You owe him nothing. |
| 00:47:29 |
- With pleasure, Mr Wrather. |
| 00:47:34 |
Very nice article, this. |
| 00:47:36 |
Fell off the back of an elephant. |
| 00:47:39 |
- Don't have an elephant. |
| 00:47:45 |
- Look, about this Tokay... |
| 00:47:52 |
How about if I do round one up, |
| 00:47:57 |
It's not a séance. |
| 00:48:00 |
It's more like the parting of the veil |
| 00:48:04 |
All right. The parting of the veil. |
| 00:48:10 |
All right. |
| 00:48:13 |
But you must promise, |
| 00:48:16 |
that you will let me |
| 00:48:18 |
- Cross my heart and hope to die. |
| 00:48:21 |
- 50 guineas. |
| 00:48:23 |
I give you 50 guineas to hold and if I don't |
| 00:48:27 |
Am I to understand |
| 00:48:30 |
I feel quite religious about 50 guineas, |
| 00:48:37 |
I can only imagine |
| 00:48:39 |
to have spoken to you in such a fashion |
| 00:48:41 |
and it grieves me to think that I may have |
| 00:48:46 |
I am stricken to think I have given you cause |
| 00:48:51 |
Don't grovel, laddie. You remind me |
| 00:48:56 |
What a whining and squirming |
| 00:49:00 |
Yes. Wag, eh? |
| 00:49:03 |
One of the seven great dogs. |
| 00:49:06 |
At any one time, you know, |
| 00:49:12 |
- What kind of dog was he? |
| 00:49:20 |
What happened to him? |
| 00:49:22 |
He went away one day |
| 00:49:29 |
- Had he ever done that before? |
| 00:49:31 |
I blame the bad company he fell in with. |
| 00:49:33 |
This dog that used to come around. |
| 00:49:36 |
Ugly brute, a mongrel. |
| 00:49:40 |
Wag chased him off at first |
| 00:49:43 |
and Wag took off with him |
| 00:49:47 |
I wanted to stay at home till Wag came back, |
| 00:49:51 |
I told them if I wasn't there, |
| 00:49:58 |
Must have been very difficult for you. |
| 00:50:02 |
It wasn't difficult. |
| 00:50:05 |
It was unbearable. |
| 00:50:10 |
I had heard this story before. |
| 00:50:12 |
But now it was as if |
| 00:50:16 |
As dubious as any connection |
| 00:50:19 |
my father's revelation |
| 00:50:23 |
to my next encounter with the dean. |
| 00:50:32 |
Who's this likely-looking lad? |
| 00:50:34 |
That's my brother Harrington. |
| 00:50:40 |
Broke my mother's heart. |
| 00:50:42 |
And your father, how did he take it? |
| 00:50:46 |
"If something goes to the trouble |
| 00:50:49 |
it may be considered inevitable" |
| 00:50:51 |
was his comment, I believe. |
| 00:50:53 |
That's your stiff upper English for you. |
| 00:50:55 |
There's a few shillings left in this. |
| 00:50:59 |
No, please. Not the last inch. |
| 00:51:02 |
The dean is most particular about that. |
| 00:51:04 |
Fussy old hound. |
| 00:51:07 |
He didn't. I must insist |
| 00:51:11 |
I'd have thought |
| 00:51:14 |
Please just give me your word. |
| 00:51:15 |
As you like, but there's no doubt I'll know |
| 00:51:22 |
Henslowe. |
| 00:51:24 |
- Good evening, Dean. How are you? |
| 00:51:26 |
I fancy I would have been |
| 00:51:30 |
- This is my friend Mr Wrather. |
| 00:51:35 |
Mr Wrather is the agent |
| 00:51:39 |
- Mm. |
| 00:51:43 |
Yes. |
| 00:51:50 |
Tonight's vintage is... a special one. |
| 00:51:54 |
Kleinfeld-Hasslerbeck '82. |
| 00:52:00 |
Indeed, I've not had the good fortune |
| 00:52:05 |
Well, every dog has his day, |
| 00:52:14 |
Well, what a privilege. |
| 00:52:16 |
Dean. |
| 00:52:18 |
Of course |
| 00:52:20 |
but history shows us only too clearly |
| 00:52:26 |
I myself considered the Indian Mutiny, |
| 00:52:31 |
a warning that perhaps |
| 00:52:35 |
was not the universal benevolence |
| 00:52:44 |
- A glass of Tokay, Dean? |
| 00:52:51 |
So, Dean, do you think it's true that |
| 00:52:56 |
- What Mr Wrather means is... |
| 00:53:00 |
Not in my lifetime, I would venture. |
| 00:53:04 |
And I don't just mean economically, |
| 00:53:06 |
although we derive inordinate treasure |
| 00:53:10 |
No, we have become habituated |
| 00:53:15 |
and dog... |
| 00:53:19 |
servant. |
| 00:53:25 |
How elegant. |
| 00:53:28 |
- My, my, my, my, my, my. |
| 00:53:39 |
Oh. |
| 00:53:42 |
Beyond hope, beyond imagining. |
| 00:53:46 |
The actuality exceeds anticipation. |
| 00:53:50 |
I am in your debt, sir. |
| 00:53:54 |
And yours, Mr Wrather. |
| 00:53:59 |
You were saying about... |
| 00:54:02 |
between the master and the servant? |
| 00:54:06 |
Not just servant, but loving servant. |
| 00:54:10 |
It's most important to the English race |
| 00:54:15 |
With a dog-like devotion, would you say? |
| 00:54:19 |
What is it that's so important |
| 00:54:26 |
Yes, the Master. |
| 00:54:29 |
The thing is, whenever he returned |
| 00:54:34 |
no matter how long I'd been waiting, |
| 00:54:37 |
the actuality |
| 00:54:41 |
Causing you to run about in circles. |
| 00:54:47 |
But, you know, for all his great wisdom, |
| 00:54:49 |
there were certain things |
| 00:54:52 |
- Such as? |
| 00:54:56 |
The Master always wanted to remove mine, |
| 00:55:00 |
but my own motto was: Live and let live. |
| 00:55:02 |
I hate ticks. |
| 00:55:07 |
And the moon? |
| 00:55:11 |
Yes, the moon. |
| 00:55:13 |
The Master wasn't nearly |
| 00:55:21 |
I never trusted it. |
| 00:55:26 |
Couldn't hear it. Couldn't smell it. |
| 00:55:30 |
Well, you can take your own line |
| 00:55:34 |
I had a friend who never worried |
| 00:55:36 |
he didn't have a house to guard. |
| 00:55:39 |
The moon had a way of looking at a house |
| 00:55:44 |
Well, my house was guarded properly, |
| 00:55:48 |
every time it came around, |
| 00:56:00 |
- Were you very big? |
| 00:56:04 |
How big? |
| 00:56:06 |
When I barked... I was enormous. |
| 00:56:13 |
So... why do you think |
| 00:56:18 |
Well, frightened things |
| 00:56:22 |
I've smelled many frightened things. |
| 00:56:25 |
Cats, elderly ladies, children, rabbits. |
| 00:56:28 |
They all smell of being frightened. |
| 00:56:32 |
You mean... old ladies smell the same |
| 00:56:38 |
No, their fear smells the same. |
| 00:56:45 |
Yes, this, erm... this business of smell |
| 00:56:50 |
Interesting. |
| 00:56:53 |
If there's one thing |
| 00:56:56 |
it would be on that issue. |
| 00:56:58 |
I have known occasions when I was studying |
| 00:57:03 |
and he would drag me away by the collar |
| 00:57:07 |
Rather like dragging a scholar |
| 00:57:10 |
That is a rather untoward analogy. |
| 00:57:13 |
No, most apposite. |
| 00:57:16 |
I believe I have thought |
| 00:57:23 |
What sort of a dog were you, anyway? |
| 00:57:27 |
I beg your pardon? |
| 00:57:29 |
I mean in your day. |
| 00:57:31 |
You know, before you took... |
| 00:57:34 |
holy orders. |
| 00:57:36 |
I recall no such activity, sir. |
| 00:57:58 |
Quite a session. Damn good value. |
| 00:58:01 |
Listen, I've been thinking. |
| 00:58:05 |
The man is clearly |
| 00:58:07 |
And as for the Tokay... |
| 00:58:10 |
I sincerely hope |
| 00:58:12 |
It's hard to find |
| 00:58:15 |
Ten guineas to hear a dean say |
| 00:58:19 |
I must be mad. |
| 00:58:21 |
- Good as gold. |
| 00:58:23 |
I don't want your money. |
| 00:58:27 |
- But you can't stop now, young Fisk. |
| 00:58:32 |
The man believes what he believes. |
| 00:58:43 |
You're not one of these blokes |
| 00:58:47 |
Are you? |
| 00:58:54 |
What if I was to procure |
| 00:58:58 |
For free? |
| 00:59:08 |
This bloke owes me. He owes me more |
| 00:59:12 |
And if anyone's got a bottle or two, |
| 00:59:21 |
Tokay, you say? An Imperial? |
| 00:59:24 |
- We're finding it hard to come by. |
| 00:59:27 |
Rather extravagant |
| 00:59:31 |
- You must be quite the connoisseur. |
| 00:59:33 |
It's for Dean Spanley. |
| 00:59:35 |
For Spanley? |
| 00:59:39 |
Very partial to a drop, |
| 00:59:42 |
Excuse me. Did you just |
| 00:59:47 |
Walter Arthur Graham. Wag Spanley. |
| 00:59:50 |
Before my time, |
| 00:59:53 |
But tell me, why are you so intent |
| 00:59:58 |
Well, it has to do with... |
| 01:00:04 |
Bat and pad together |
| 01:00:07 |
- Reincarnation, actually. |
| 01:00:11 |
I mean, I'm not going to do |
| 01:00:15 |
This innings will do me nicely. |
| 01:00:17 |
Reincarnation is all right for the masses. |
| 01:00:20 |
About the Tokay, look in the cellar. |
| 01:00:23 |
There's all sorts down there. |
| 01:00:25 |
Wouldn't be surprised |
| 01:00:28 |
Don't like it myself. |
| 01:00:30 |
Last time I drank it, |
| 01:00:36 |
Thought the funny bugger might have |
| 01:00:39 |
Should be more than enough there to get |
| 01:00:42 |
My father used to have a dog |
| 01:00:47 |
You know, I've been thinking. |
| 01:00:49 |
Lady I know, in the thespian way, |
| 01:00:52 |
thought we might give her |
| 01:00:55 |
Lovely girl. |
| 01:01:02 |
I think for that to be significant, |
| 01:01:05 |
neither of which are improbable. |
| 01:01:07 |
One, that the dean's mum and dad knew that |
| 01:01:12 |
and two, to commemorate the event, |
| 01:01:15 |
decided to incorporate his doggy name |
| 01:01:19 |
It may look like a boat but it doesn't float, |
| 01:01:22 |
And why would I want |
| 01:01:26 |
let alone one |
| 01:01:29 |
Because you're always complaining that |
| 01:01:32 |
I thought you'd like to come with us. |
| 01:01:36 |
Wrather will be there. You remember him. |
| 01:01:40 |
The conveyancer... from the lecture. |
| 01:01:45 |
Can't say as I do. |
| 01:01:48 |
It must be here, this gathering. |
| 01:01:53 |
- Can Mrs Brimley cook for four? |
| 01:01:57 |
Father, we are having |
| 01:02:01 |
And I do not think the hotpot, |
| 01:02:04 |
is quite the precursor for a '79 Tokay. |
| 01:02:06 |
Damn fuss over fermented grapes. |
| 01:02:11 |
What is this all to do with? |
| 01:02:13 |
The dean, the Tokay, this dinner? |
| 01:02:16 |
If I were to tell you, Father, |
| 01:02:19 |
In that case, don't tell me. |
| 01:02:24 |
Well, it won't be the hotpot, |
| 01:02:28 |
I'm not serving hotpot to a dean. |
| 01:02:31 |
I could do the navarin. |
| 01:02:33 |
With the sorrel and cucumber soup |
| 01:02:36 |
Or maybe leek and potato. What your |
| 01:02:41 |
Either would be most welcome. |
| 01:02:46 |
Mrs Brimley, do you remember |
| 01:02:50 |
And for dessert... profiteroles. |
| 01:02:54 |
I think it was a spaniel. |
| 01:02:55 |
My choux pastry is too good to be eaten, |
| 01:03:01 |
Wag? No, not really. |
| 01:03:07 |
What a to-do that was. |
| 01:03:10 |
Upset him ever so. |
| 01:03:13 |
Why didn't he get another, |
| 01:03:16 |
That Wag was one of |
| 01:03:20 |
- Oh. I see he talked to you about it. |
| 01:03:25 |
Maybe profiteroles would be too heavy |
| 01:03:33 |
Raspberry and gooseberry fool. |
| 01:03:37 |
Whatever you decide, Mrs Brimley, |
| 01:03:45 |
- A '79? |
| 01:03:47 |
Really, my dear Henslowe, |
| 01:03:51 |
Oh, it's not I |
| 01:03:54 |
My father, whom I believe |
| 01:03:57 |
Yes, I believe I do recall. |
| 01:03:59 |
I was rather hoping that he might join us |
| 01:04:03 |
I see. |
| 01:04:07 |
- And your friend. |
| 01:04:10 |
Wrather, yes. |
| 01:04:12 |
I have the strangest feeling, you know, |
| 01:04:16 |
that I know Mr Wrather. |
| 01:04:18 |
Perhaps from a previous life. |
| 01:04:21 |
- I was not always a dean, you know. |
| 01:04:25 |
No. I was in accountancy at one time. |
| 01:04:29 |
A dismal business, |
| 01:04:34 |
And you feel like |
| 01:04:37 |
Yes, it's possible. |
| 01:04:42 |
One often feels one has met them before. |
| 01:04:49 |
So... can I hope for your company |
| 01:04:53 |
I do feel only your palate |
| 01:04:59 |
A '79. What splendours. |
| 01:05:04 |
A bottle of the '79. |
| 01:05:06 |
Three bottles. |
| 01:05:13 |
Best to let sleeping dogs lie, |
| 01:05:15 |
- if you know what I mean. |
| 01:05:17 |
What if he recognises your father, |
| 01:05:20 |
That could be damned embarrassing. |
| 01:05:25 |
Pygmy judge, old man. Pygmy judge. |
| 01:05:31 |
So there we were, on our holidays |
| 01:05:36 |
Wonderful spot to get some reading done |
| 01:05:40 |
and I was availing myself |
| 01:05:44 |
This fellow here, young Fisk, |
| 01:05:47 |
were out on the lake in a rowboat. |
| 01:05:49 |
Storm came up. |
| 01:05:52 |
One minute it's all |
| 01:05:55 |
the next it's blowing hell's bells |
| 01:06:00 |
Mrs Fisk, she comes in, |
| 01:06:04 |
"Our boys," she cries at me, |
| 01:06:12 |
You have no idea how taxing it is |
| 01:06:15 |
to be dragged out of a book |
| 01:06:18 |
"You must do something, Horatio," |
| 01:06:23 |
"Our boys are in great danger. |
| 01:06:29 |
So I got up, laying aside Balzac |
| 01:06:36 |
and went to the window, |
| 01:06:40 |
Whitecaps as far as the eye could see. |
| 01:06:44 |
I stared out into the maelstrom |
| 01:06:46 |
and I raised my hands and called out |
| 01:06:55 |
"Give up your dead!" |
| 01:06:57 |
Which was a great comfort, |
| 01:07:01 |
When one is helpless, |
| 01:07:05 |
How terrible that must have been |
| 01:07:10 |
When something has gone |
| 01:07:13 |
it is best to consider it inevitable, |
| 01:07:16 |
Learned that lesson the hard way, I did. |
| 01:07:19 |
Well, let us, erm... |
| 01:07:23 |
Let us drink to the inevitable... |
| 01:07:34 |
Not a bad drop. |
| 01:07:39 |
Too much like toilet water for my taste. |
| 01:07:42 |
Clear away the rest, Mrs Brimley. |
| 01:07:44 |
She makes a very good hotpot, |
| 01:07:49 |
Well, let's take this |
| 01:07:51 |
If you wouldn't mind, sir, I should prefer |
| 01:07:57 |
Oh? And why is that? |
| 01:08:00 |
I cannot really say. I... |
| 01:08:03 |
Sometimes you get comfortable where |
| 01:08:09 |
Poppycock. Port should be taken |
| 01:08:12 |
Let the ladies get on |
| 01:08:15 |
I'm no lady. |
| 01:08:17 |
It's rather like being bathed when one has just |
| 01:08:22 |
- What is the fellow on about? |
| 01:08:25 |
There was a patch of ground behind |
| 01:08:30 |
and I loved to roll there |
| 01:08:36 |
It brought out the natural secretions |
| 01:08:39 |
so one could feel there was a glow |
| 01:08:46 |
And it was then, when one felt so complete, |
| 01:08:54 |
Who, in God's name, called you what? |
| 01:08:59 |
The Master. He called me Wag. |
| 01:09:04 |
For reasons I never understood. Wag. |
| 01:09:09 |
But that was |
| 01:09:11 |
that he could make that one sound |
| 01:09:15 |
There was a "Wag" which meant a walk. |
| 01:09:18 |
There was a "Wag" which meant |
| 01:09:22 |
and there was a "Wag" which meant |
| 01:09:27 |
And of all the "Wags" |
| 01:09:31 |
Why was that? |
| 01:09:33 |
Because, for all his great wisdom, |
| 01:09:35 |
he never understood how embarrassing |
| 01:09:39 |
when one isn't wearing one's own smell. |
| 01:09:42 |
But more importantly, |
| 01:09:45 |
so you had to go through all that business |
| 01:09:51 |
I was always being embarrassed in that way |
| 01:09:54 |
So what did you do? |
| 01:09:57 |
Oh, we fought a few times, |
| 01:10:02 |
My favourite grip was the ear. |
| 01:10:04 |
You always hear how going for the throat |
| 01:10:09 |
but in my experience it's almost impossible |
| 01:10:12 |
so I would always go for the ear. |
| 01:10:16 |
But it does give the opportunity |
| 01:10:20 |
My friend had a very good complaint, |
| 01:10:23 |
which I memorised and I would use |
| 01:10:27 |
- He beat you? |
| 01:10:29 |
On certain occasions it was called for, |
| 01:10:32 |
Then I would use this splendid complaint |
| 01:10:36 |
So what was his name, |
| 01:10:39 |
His name? I don't think I knew |
| 01:10:44 |
Indeed, I'm not entirely sure |
| 01:10:48 |
but his complaint was most satisfying. |
| 01:10:53 |
"Oh, rescue me. I'm a poor, unfortunate |
| 01:11:00 |
"Help me, help me. " |
| 01:11:02 |
"I have fallen into terrible straits |
| 01:11:05 |
Which, of course, was not the case. |
| 01:11:08 |
This dog, the one without a master, |
| 01:11:13 |
Oh, the best of fellows. Adventurous |
| 01:11:20 |
But you said he was whining |
| 01:11:25 |
Oh, that was just his complaint. |
| 01:11:27 |
How did you meet him, |
| 01:11:31 |
He would leave messages |
| 01:11:59 |
And I would reply. |
| 01:12:02 |
And then one day, he came to our door. |
| 01:12:06 |
Well, I told him to go away |
| 01:12:08 |
and I barked my most enormous bark |
| 01:12:13 |
But he wasn't afraid and said so. |
| 01:12:16 |
You weren't... how will I put it... |
| 01:12:22 |
- Of course he wasn't. |
| 01:12:24 |
We were just good friends. |
| 01:12:29 |
He'd led a very interesting life |
| 01:12:33 |
which he told me about |
| 01:12:36 |
- How did he tell you? |
| 01:12:40 |
And I would leave word of my doings, |
| 01:12:43 |
which, I confess, were not comparable to his, |
| 01:12:45 |
because all I'd ever done was |
| 01:12:48 |
And while they were enjoyable outings, |
| 01:12:52 |
they were but moon-cast shadows |
| 01:12:56 |
Did you ever go |
| 01:12:59 |
Indeed. |
| 01:13:04 |
I remember the Master had to go away |
| 01:13:07 |
And I was going to follow him, |
| 01:13:09 |
but then my friend came |
| 01:13:21 |
Since the Master was leaving, |
| 01:13:24 |
And off we went. |
| 01:13:36 |
What a day that was to be a dog and |
| 01:13:41 |
For I confess, happy though I was |
| 01:13:45 |
until that day I had barely glimpsed |
| 01:13:54 |
He introduced me |
| 01:13:57 |
A matter in which |
| 01:14:01 |
having previously only had the opportunity |
| 01:14:05 |
Cats are of no use for chasing |
| 01:14:07 |
for, not knowing the rules, |
| 01:14:10 |
a habit I find contemptible. |
| 01:14:13 |
Horses, on the other hand, |
| 01:14:17 |
and enter the business in good spirit. |
| 01:14:36 |
But of all the creatures |
| 01:14:39 |
none exceed sheep for sheer pleasure. |
| 01:14:50 |
Their fear drifts in clouds behind them |
| 01:14:55 |
so you become quite intoxicated by it. |
| 01:14:59 |
It's as if one is not so much running |
| 01:15:04 |
Or perhaps swimming |
| 01:15:10 |
Were it not for their master appearing, |
| 01:15:17 |
Be gone! |
| 01:15:19 |
My friend didn't care, |
| 01:15:21 |
but I thought we might be seized |
| 01:15:24 |
so I persuaded him to leave. |
| 01:15:27 |
So we went into the woods. |
| 01:15:30 |
And there we had the good fortune |
| 01:15:39 |
It's not commonly known |
| 01:15:43 |
particularly when it's frightened - |
| 01:15:46 |
does not lie along the ground, |
| 01:15:49 |
but rises in heaps |
| 01:15:55 |
When we'd had our fill of its fear, |
| 01:16:00 |
and in this endeavour my friend showed |
| 01:16:04 |
for he drove |
| 01:16:07 |
paying no heed |
| 01:16:10 |
and sent the rabbit scuttling |
| 01:16:40 |
...how much more satisfying |
| 01:16:45 |
I'm afraid the masters fail |
| 01:16:51 |
for the delicacies that they are. |
| 01:16:56 |
Then it was time to quench our thirst. |
| 01:17:05 |
And then, as in all things |
| 01:17:10 |
we came across some water |
| 01:17:17 |
Then, after we drank our fill, |
| 01:17:19 |
we rolled in it |
| 01:17:23 |
and then we went into the woods |
| 01:17:31 |
- Perhaps we should take our... |
| 01:17:33 |
Be quiet and sit down, please. |
| 01:17:42 |
You went into the woods and... |
| 01:17:47 |
And we slept. |
| 01:17:49 |
That most sublime of states, |
| 01:17:53 |
when a dream dreams you |
| 01:18:17 |
And when we awoke, the moon was rising. |
| 01:18:21 |
It was just on the other side of the woods, |
| 01:18:36 |
And we came very close to catching it, |
| 01:18:41 |
But just when we were almost on it, |
| 01:18:43 |
my friend couldn't control himself |
| 01:18:54 |
And had we been there |
| 01:18:56 |
we surely would have seized it |
| 01:18:59 |
How it would have tasted, I cannot tell. |
| 01:19:04 |
So we told it what a great |
| 01:19:09 |
and if we ever caught up with it, |
| 01:19:19 |
Then we turned around and went home. |
| 01:19:24 |
So you knew the way home? |
| 01:19:26 |
Oh, yes. Turn towards home and go there. |
| 01:19:32 |
But you had been out all day, running free. |
| 01:19:37 |
Yes, we'd gone many overs, that is true. |
| 01:19:42 |
Overs? |
| 01:19:44 |
Overs. Many overs. Over woods and |
| 01:19:52 |
And you just... turned towards home? |
| 01:19:58 |
- How else would one do it? |
| 01:20:01 |
And I knew that I should be beaten |
| 01:20:05 |
and I remembered my friend's complaint |
| 01:20:09 |
and how delicious it would feel |
| 01:20:12 |
when the beating had stopped |
| 01:20:19 |
Yes, the glow of having paid the price |
| 01:20:25 |
And were you punished? |
| 01:20:29 |
No, not on that occasion. |
| 01:20:32 |
Why was that? Do you know? |
| 01:20:38 |
Because a very remarkable thing |
| 01:20:54 |
which I cannot fully explain. |
| 01:20:57 |
One moment we were running along |
| 01:21:26 |
we were not. |
| 01:21:35 |
I cannot say what happened. |
| 01:21:38 |
Perhaps it was a dream |
| 01:22:07 |
Was there any pain? |
| 01:22:11 |
Pain? No, I cannot say there was. |
| 01:22:22 |
All I can remember |
| 01:22:25 |
with the moon-cast shadows |
| 01:22:28 |
and the earth rising underneath me, |
| 01:22:32 |
and home in my heart |
| 01:22:37 |
But no, no pain. |
| 01:23:14 |
I am most glad to hear it. |
| 01:23:24 |
If you will excuse me. |
| 01:23:29 |
Did I say something to upset you, sir? |
| 01:23:32 |
No, no, no, not at all. |
| 01:23:38 |
I am put in memory of my son Harrington. |
| 01:23:43 |
That is all. |
| 01:23:58 |
Erm... |
| 01:24:03 |
Harrington was, erm... |
| 01:24:08 |
returning from a patrol. |
| 01:24:11 |
That's all we know. |
| 01:24:15 |
The, erm... body was never recovered. |
| 01:24:50 |
Are you all right, Mr Fisk? |
| 01:24:58 |
He was shot. |
| 01:25:03 |
Yes. |
| 01:25:11 |
Oh. There, there. |
| 01:25:21 |
Better late than never, Mr Fisk. |
| 01:25:27 |
Come with me. |
| 01:25:33 |
In you go, Mr Fisk. |
| 01:25:40 |
Sit yourself down. |
| 01:25:49 |
He does mither on, that dean of yours. |
| 01:26:10 |
I do hope whatever I said |
| 01:26:13 |
Excuse me. I was talking |
| 01:26:18 |
Thank you, Dean, for coming. |
| 01:26:21 |
No, thank you, sir. |
| 01:26:23 |
I fear the Tokay |
| 01:26:27 |
It has a tendency |
| 01:26:30 |
Not at all. You were all |
| 01:26:35 |
You know your way home from here? |
| 01:26:37 |
Just turn towards it |
| 01:26:42 |
I'm going in the dean's direction. |
| 01:26:46 |
- Good of you to come, Mr Wrather. |
| 01:26:49 |
- Good night, sir. |
| 01:27:04 |
You know, Mr Wrather, |
| 01:27:06 |
I have the most persistent notion |
| 01:27:13 |
One often feels that about colonials, |
| 01:27:16 |
Yes, I have heard that said. |
| 01:27:20 |
You're not in the market for a new rug, |
| 01:27:25 |
Marrakesh? |
| 01:27:27 |
Colourful, exciting place, |
| 01:27:30 |
- I know the right people. |
| 01:27:40 |
He can put away the Tokay, |
| 01:27:44 |
I thought for a moment |
| 01:27:47 |
Oh, two was ample, I think. |
| 01:27:49 |
He goes on a bit |
| 01:27:54 |
Thank you, Father. |
| 01:28:01 |
One moment you are running along, |
| 01:28:08 |
Well... |
| 01:28:30 |
- I will see you next Thursday. |
| 01:28:34 |
Mustn't get too set in our ways. |
| 01:28:39 |
Good night, Henslowe. |
| 01:28:43 |
Good night, Father. |
| 01:28:56 |
God knows |
| 01:28:58 |
Something about rabbits tasting better |
| 01:29:02 |
You won't catch me cooking them, |
| 01:29:10 |
Then, he comes in here. |
| 01:29:15 |
First time in God knows how long. |
| 01:29:19 |
And he stands... |
| 01:29:24 |
sobbing his heart out. |
| 01:29:44 |
Morning, Mrs Brimley. |
| 01:29:46 |
- It's not Thursday, you know. |
| 01:29:51 |
- How's Father? |
| 01:29:56 |
Here, boy! |
| 01:29:58 |
Wasn't my idea, you know. |
| 01:30:00 |
The day after that dinner, |
| 01:30:03 |
he sent me round to see |
| 01:30:07 |
- Mr Wrather? |
| 01:30:10 |
Next day he shows up with a dog. |
| 01:30:16 |
- What kind of dog? |
| 01:30:20 |
- Oh, like before. |
| 01:30:22 |
Must be one of the seven. |
| 01:30:24 |
Clever boy! |
| 01:30:26 |
One's quite enough |
| 01:30:29 |
It's already chewed a cushion. |
| 01:30:32 |
He's in the garden. |
| 01:30:35 |
Imagine, Mr Fisk in the garden. |
| 01:30:49 |
Twist! |
| 01:31:13 |
That was the end of my talks |
| 01:31:17 |
although my father |
| 01:31:21 |
Don't know what they talked about, |
| 01:31:26 |
As for the question of reincarnation, |
| 01:31:31 |
albeit with more anticipation |
| 01:31:36 |
And should I find myself |
| 01:31:39 |
I trust I will be so fortunate |
| 01:31:41 |
as to belong to a master |
