1 00:02:30,740 --> 00:02:34,019 Sita, go and tell Sister Clodagh I wish to speak to her. 2 00:02:35,860 --> 00:02:40,659 Therefore, "X" is equal to 5... 3 00:02:43,620 --> 00:02:45,539 or minus - 4 00:02:45,620 --> 00:02:48,659 Reverend Mother wishes to speak to you, Sister Clodagh. 5 00:02:48,740 --> 00:02:50,579 Joya. 6 00:02:57,940 --> 00:02:59,859 Continue the lesson. 7 00:03:15,660 --> 00:03:17,819 Sister Clodagh... 8 00:03:17,900 --> 00:03:21,219 we may proceed with our plans at Mopu. 9 00:03:21,300 --> 00:03:23,139 It will be called Saint Faith. 10 00:03:23,220 --> 00:03:24,899 Saint Faith. 11 00:03:24,980 --> 00:03:28,219 And you have been appointed to take charge of Saint Faith. 12 00:03:28,300 --> 00:03:31,339 - I, Reverend Mother? - You. 13 00:03:31,420 --> 00:03:35,219 You will be the youngest sister superior in our order. 14 00:03:39,700 --> 00:03:41,779 Thank you, Reverend Mother. 15 00:03:43,860 --> 00:03:46,299 The agent at Mopu is an Englishman. 16 00:03:47,660 --> 00:03:49,619 He seems a difficult man. 17 00:03:49,700 --> 00:03:52,459 You won't get much help from him. 18 00:03:54,420 --> 00:03:57,339 Dear Madam. My name is Dean. 19 00:03:57,420 --> 00:03:59,859 I am the agent of General Toda Rai at Mopu... 20 00:03:59,940 --> 00:04:02,659 and I am writing to you in that capacity. 21 00:04:02,740 --> 00:04:05,219 I understand the general has offered you the old palace at Mopu... 22 00:04:05,300 --> 00:04:08,459 to make a school and a dispensary for the natives. 23 00:04:08,540 --> 00:04:11,459 It's not the first time he's had such ideas. 24 00:04:11,539 --> 00:04:14,019 He's asked me to tell you about the place and the people. 25 00:04:15,580 --> 00:04:18,899 It's not a comfortable spot, and it's at the back of beyond. 26 00:04:18,980 --> 00:04:21,059 First you have to get to Darjeeling... 27 00:04:21,139 --> 00:04:24,459 and then I have to find you ponies and porters to take you into the hills. 28 00:04:24,540 --> 00:04:26,899 Mopu is 8,000 feet up. 29 00:04:26,980 --> 00:04:30,099 The peaks on the range opposite are nearly as high as Everest. 30 00:04:30,180 --> 00:04:32,979 The people call the highest peak Nangu Delva. 31 00:04:33,060 --> 00:04:35,859 It means "the bare goddess." 32 00:04:37,260 --> 00:04:39,378 I live down in the valley, out of the wind. 33 00:04:39,460 --> 00:04:41,899 So does the general, and so do the people. 34 00:04:42,900 --> 00:04:45,539 Mopu Palace stands in the wind on a shelf on the mountain. 35 00:04:45,620 --> 00:04:49,059 It was built by the general's father to keep his women there. 36 00:04:49,140 --> 00:04:51,779 It's called a palace, but there may be a slight difference... 37 00:04:51,859 --> 00:04:54,699 between your idea of a palace and the general's. 38 00:04:54,780 --> 00:04:56,658 Anyhow, there it is. 39 00:04:57,619 --> 00:05:00,939 The people are like mountain peasants everywhere - simple, independent. 40 00:05:01,020 --> 00:05:04,219 They work because they must, they smile when they feel like it... 41 00:05:04,300 --> 00:05:06,739 and they're no respecters of persons. 42 00:05:06,820 --> 00:05:09,818 The men are men - no better, no worse than anywhere else. 43 00:05:09,900 --> 00:05:12,698 The women are women. The children, children. 44 00:05:12,780 --> 00:05:16,859 Up on the mountain above the palace, we have our holy man... 45 00:05:16,940 --> 00:05:19,499 who sits there day in and day out in all weathers. 46 00:05:20,500 --> 00:05:22,659 All the people around are very proud of him... 47 00:05:22,740 --> 00:05:24,979 and bring him food and little offerings. 48 00:05:25,059 --> 00:05:28,219 The wind up at the palace blows seven days a week... 49 00:05:28,300 --> 00:05:31,379 so if you must come, bring some warm things with you. 50 00:05:31,460 --> 00:05:34,579 Nobody has lived there for a long time, except Angu Ayah... 51 00:05:34,659 --> 00:05:37,379 who's always been there and stays on as caretaker. 52 00:05:37,460 --> 00:05:39,979 As a caretaker, she's a bit of a failure... 53 00:05:40,060 --> 00:05:43,698 but she's a faithful, dirty old bird and goes with the place. 54 00:05:44,659 --> 00:05:49,099 She lives there alone with the ghosts of bygone days. 55 00:05:53,260 --> 00:05:56,738 Ayah! Ayah! Ayah! Ayah! 56 00:05:56,820 --> 00:06:04,259 Ayah! Ayah! Ayah! Ayah! 57 00:06:39,220 --> 00:06:41,219 Ayah. 58 00:06:44,059 --> 00:06:46,619 Ayah. 59 00:07:02,740 --> 00:07:04,739 Ayah! Ayah! 60 00:07:04,820 --> 00:07:06,659 Ayah! 61 00:08:15,539 --> 00:08:17,978 Ayah! Ayah! 62 00:08:18,060 --> 00:08:21,779 - That's Mr. Dean. - Never mind Mr. Dean. He will find us. 63 00:08:22,740 --> 00:08:24,698 Now listen, Ayah. 64 00:08:24,780 --> 00:08:29,019 I have invited some ladies to stay here at the House of Women. 65 00:08:29,099 --> 00:08:33,819 Ladies! Oh, that will be like old times! 66 00:08:33,899 --> 00:08:36,059 It will not be in the least like old times. 67 00:08:36,140 --> 00:08:38,178 They are not that kind of lady at all. 68 00:08:38,260 --> 00:08:41,499 - Then they won't be any fun. - They are not coming for fun. 69 00:08:41,579 --> 00:08:43,619 These are nuns. 70 00:08:43,700 --> 00:08:45,659 Do you know what a nun is? 71 00:08:45,740 --> 00:08:48,539 They kneel and pray all day like the monks you invited last year. 72 00:08:48,620 --> 00:08:52,779 I am going to give them this house to make a school and a hospital for the people. 73 00:08:52,859 --> 00:08:55,619 You know nobody here wants a school... 74 00:08:55,699 --> 00:08:57,979 and I'm sure they don't want a hospital! 75 00:08:58,059 --> 00:09:01,259 How do they know what they want until they try? 76 00:09:01,339 --> 00:09:04,259 The people have all kind of diseases. 77 00:09:04,339 --> 00:09:07,139 - They have ringworm. - They don't mind having ringworm. 78 00:09:07,219 --> 00:09:09,858 Then they ought to mind. And it will all be free. 79 00:09:09,940 --> 00:09:11,898 It was free last time, and nobody came. 80 00:09:13,259 --> 00:09:15,659 They will this time. Mr. Dean! 81 00:09:15,739 --> 00:09:17,579 You will receive them for me... 82 00:09:17,659 --> 00:09:19,499 and you will do everything for them that they want doing. 83 00:09:21,619 --> 00:09:24,258 You too. You will engage servants for them... 84 00:09:24,340 --> 00:09:27,459 and you will both look after them until they care to look after themselves. 85 00:09:27,539 --> 00:09:30,619 What do they eat? How do I know what nuns eat? 86 00:09:30,699 --> 00:09:32,618 I have remembered that. 87 00:09:36,179 --> 00:09:38,259 Do you see that crate? 88 00:09:42,660 --> 00:09:46,419 Sausages. They will eat sausages. 89 00:09:46,500 --> 00:09:48,579 Europeans eat sausages wherever they go. 90 00:09:48,659 --> 00:09:50,499 They will eat them when they come... 91 00:09:50,579 --> 00:09:53,419 and until they can tell the cook what else they want to eat. 92 00:09:56,980 --> 00:09:58,619 Now remember, Ayah. 93 00:09:58,699 --> 00:10:01,459 If you give any trouble, you will be sorry. 94 00:10:01,539 --> 00:10:03,458 I'm sorry now! 95 00:10:25,939 --> 00:10:29,459 A convent in this house. What do you think of that? 96 00:10:30,739 --> 00:10:33,658 The brothers only stayed five months. 97 00:10:33,740 --> 00:10:36,498 Perhaps the sisters won't stay long, either. 98 00:10:41,019 --> 00:10:42,938 The house is 9,000 feet up - 99 00:10:43,020 --> 00:10:45,858 very cold, but good air. 100 00:10:45,940 --> 00:10:50,699 General Toda Rai, who has invited us to Mopu, has promised us every help. 101 00:10:50,779 --> 00:10:53,538 He was a little afraid when he learned... 102 00:10:53,620 --> 00:10:56,859 that we are bound to our order only by yearly vows. 103 00:10:56,939 --> 00:10:59,619 - I explained this rule to him. - Yes, Reverend Mother. 104 00:10:59,699 --> 00:11:01,539 For more than a century... 105 00:11:01,619 --> 00:11:05,379 to serve voluntarily has been one of the glories of our order. 106 00:11:05,459 --> 00:11:07,538 And our greatest strength. 107 00:11:07,620 --> 00:11:09,499 Exactly. 108 00:11:09,579 --> 00:11:11,419 He understands now. 109 00:11:11,499 --> 00:11:14,898 - Is there anything you would like to ask? - Who am I to take with me? 110 00:11:24,740 --> 00:11:28,098 Remember, a community is not a class of girls. 111 00:11:28,180 --> 00:11:31,979 The sisters won't be easy to manage or to impress. 112 00:11:33,900 --> 00:11:35,819 Now, let me see. 113 00:11:40,739 --> 00:11:44,739 I'll give you Sister Briony. You'll need her strength. 114 00:11:44,819 --> 00:11:46,898 Thank you, Reverend Mother. 115 00:11:50,100 --> 00:11:52,979 Sister Philippa for the garden. 116 00:11:55,259 --> 00:11:57,178 - Sister Blanche. - Sister Blanche? 117 00:11:57,260 --> 00:11:59,979 - You know what the others call her? - Sister Honey. 118 00:12:00,059 --> 00:12:02,818 Yes - Honey. I think you'll need Sister Honey. 119 00:12:02,899 --> 00:12:05,098 She's popular, and you'll need to be popular. 120 00:12:12,979 --> 00:12:14,618 And Sister Ruth. 121 00:12:14,699 --> 00:12:17,738 - But Sister Ruth is ill. - That is why I want her to go. 122 00:12:21,059 --> 00:12:23,299 Forgive me for saying so, Reverend Mother... 123 00:12:23,379 --> 00:12:27,058 but do you think our vocation is her vocation? 124 00:12:28,739 --> 00:12:31,418 Yes, she's a problem. 125 00:12:31,500 --> 00:12:34,419 I'm afraid she'll be a problem for you too. 126 00:12:35,859 --> 00:12:37,938 With a smaller community, she may be better. 127 00:12:38,019 --> 00:12:42,659 Give her responsibility, Sister. She badly wants importance. 128 00:12:42,739 --> 00:12:45,578 Do you think it's a good thing to let her feel important? 129 00:12:46,740 --> 00:12:50,818 Spare her some of your own importance... if you can. 130 00:12:50,899 --> 00:12:54,859 Mother, are you sorry that I have been appointed to take charge of Saint Faith? 131 00:12:54,939 --> 00:12:56,658 Yes. 132 00:12:56,740 --> 00:13:00,818 I don't think you're ready for it, and I think you'll be lonely. 133 00:13:04,659 --> 00:13:07,258 Never forget we are an order of workers. 134 00:13:07,340 --> 00:13:09,978 Work them hard. 135 00:13:10,060 --> 00:13:14,339 And remember - the superior of all is a servant of all. 136 00:13:14,419 --> 00:13:16,298 I understand. 137 00:13:49,899 --> 00:13:52,818 It was a good, good idea. 138 00:13:55,180 --> 00:13:57,978 One thing about them, they keep good time. 139 00:14:00,019 --> 00:14:02,859 Go! 140 00:15:01,659 --> 00:15:03,098 Dear! 141 00:15:03,179 --> 00:15:05,939 The whole garden's so terribly overgrown, I don't know where to begin. 142 00:15:08,819 --> 00:15:11,778 Please come and help the fat lady who asks questions. 143 00:15:11,860 --> 00:15:14,778 Sister Briony? Ayah, you must learn our proper names. 144 00:15:14,859 --> 00:15:16,858 Anyway, there aren't any patients yet. 145 00:15:16,940 --> 00:15:19,139 Oh, aren't there? There are dozens waiting. 146 00:15:19,219 --> 00:15:21,059 And more coming every minute. 147 00:15:37,299 --> 00:15:40,259 Now tell them to go away and come and help me with the ones that are left. 148 00:15:40,339 --> 00:15:43,298 Sister Blanche, these girls are to work in your lay school. 149 00:15:43,379 --> 00:15:45,218 They were sent by the general. 150 00:15:45,299 --> 00:15:47,218 Oh, don't they look nice. 151 00:15:47,299 --> 00:15:49,299 But, Sister, you ought to see the children. 152 00:15:49,379 --> 00:15:51,298 The schoolroom's full of them already. 153 00:15:51,379 --> 00:15:53,218 The little ones are so sweet. 154 00:15:53,299 --> 00:15:55,218 Some of them can scarcely do more than toddle. 155 00:15:55,299 --> 00:15:57,379 Joseph Anthony has come. 156 00:15:57,459 --> 00:15:59,778 Ayah, you must knock before you come in. 157 00:15:59,860 --> 00:16:02,339 - Who is Joseph Anthony? - Who is Joseph Anthony? 158 00:16:02,419 --> 00:16:05,298 He's the son of the general's cook. He's going to interpret for you. 159 00:16:05,379 --> 00:16:07,218 He speaks English. 160 00:16:07,299 --> 00:16:09,138 Come in. 161 00:16:14,739 --> 00:16:17,139 - Has the general sent you? - Yes, lady. 162 00:16:17,219 --> 00:16:19,378 She isn't a lady. She's a sister. 163 00:16:19,459 --> 00:16:21,298 Say, "Yes, Lemini." 164 00:16:21,379 --> 00:16:24,578 Yes, Lemini. I have my books and my bedding outside... 165 00:16:24,659 --> 00:16:26,218 because I shall live here with you. 166 00:16:26,299 --> 00:16:27,738 Oh. 167 00:16:27,819 --> 00:16:30,338 Would you like to see my books and my bedding, lady? 168 00:16:30,419 --> 00:16:32,298 Sister? Lemini? 169 00:16:32,379 --> 00:16:34,218 Would you, Auntie? They are new. 170 00:16:34,299 --> 00:16:37,178 - How old are you? - Six to eleven. 171 00:16:37,259 --> 00:16:39,219 What did you say? 172 00:16:39,299 --> 00:16:41,258 I can remember that I'm six... 173 00:16:41,339 --> 00:16:44,378 but my father married my mother 11 years ago... 174 00:16:44,459 --> 00:16:46,899 so that I may probably be about 10. 175 00:16:48,459 --> 00:16:51,299 Sister, the schoolroom is overflowing with children. 176 00:16:51,379 --> 00:16:53,219 We've nothing unpacked yet. 177 00:16:53,299 --> 00:16:56,138 No one understands the language. There are too many of them, and they smell. 178 00:16:56,219 --> 00:16:59,618 - I don't know what to do with them. - Why don't you tell them to come back later? 179 00:16:59,699 --> 00:17:02,898 - Start with some of the older ones. - They won't go away, Lemini. 180 00:17:02,979 --> 00:17:06,538 - Oh, why not? - They were paid to come, and so they can't go away. 181 00:17:06,619 --> 00:17:07,898 Paid? 182 00:17:07,979 --> 00:17:12,618 Sister, the general's clerk has orders to pay everybody who comes to my dispensary. 183 00:17:12,699 --> 00:17:14,618 So of course, they all want to come. 184 00:17:14,699 --> 00:17:16,939 - Excuse me, Sister, may I suggest? - Yes, Sister. 185 00:17:17,019 --> 00:17:19,498 Wouldn't it be a pity to send the children away now they've come? 186 00:17:19,579 --> 00:17:23,018 - They were paid to come. - Yes, but if they like it this time, they may come again. 187 00:17:23,099 --> 00:17:25,938 What can you do with them? They look very stupid to me. 188 00:17:26,019 --> 00:17:28,459 Remember, they can't speak a word of Hindustani or English. 189 00:17:28,539 --> 00:17:30,258 Joseph can. 190 00:17:32,379 --> 00:17:34,298 You'll help us, won't you, Joseph? 191 00:17:34,379 --> 00:17:36,938 The brothers left a blackboard in the school. 192 00:17:37,019 --> 00:17:38,938 I'll draw things on it in colored chalk. 193 00:17:39,020 --> 00:17:42,658 And they can tell me their name for it, and I'll tell them the English. 194 00:17:42,739 --> 00:17:45,498 I can take their names and ages and make a register. 195 00:17:45,579 --> 00:17:47,218 You can hardly call that a lesson. 196 00:17:47,299 --> 00:17:50,578 You can call it a very sensible idea. Thank you, Sister Blanche. 197 00:18:18,459 --> 00:18:20,138 I suppose you know who I am. 198 00:18:21,419 --> 00:18:23,258 You must be Mr. Dean. 199 00:18:26,579 --> 00:18:28,018 I must. 200 00:18:29,099 --> 00:18:32,658 And you must be the sister superior. 201 00:18:37,859 --> 00:18:40,978 What curious feathers. Are they all from the birds that you've shot? 202 00:18:41,059 --> 00:18:43,538 I don't shoot birds. 203 00:18:44,859 --> 00:18:47,058 When you've shot everything, it palls, doesn't it? 204 00:18:50,219 --> 00:18:52,578 I'm the general's agent. He welcomes you to Mopu. 205 00:18:52,659 --> 00:18:54,498 Understood you wanted to see me. 206 00:18:54,579 --> 00:18:56,618 We want to talk to you on business. 207 00:18:56,699 --> 00:18:59,418 I didn't suppose you wanted to talk to me on anything else. 208 00:19:03,299 --> 00:19:05,138 Sorry. Perhaps that wasn't fair. 209 00:19:06,179 --> 00:19:09,618 Mr. Dean, you know that General Toda Rai... 210 00:19:09,699 --> 00:19:12,858 has given us this house for a new foundation of our order. 211 00:19:12,939 --> 00:19:14,778 We very much appreciate it. 212 00:19:14,859 --> 00:19:16,778 It's very generous of him. 213 00:19:18,299 --> 00:19:21,258 Yes. You'd like the general, Sister. 214 00:19:21,339 --> 00:19:24,778 - He also is a superior being. - Really! 215 00:19:26,419 --> 00:19:29,058 I don't know why you are being so rude to me, Mr. Dean. 216 00:19:29,139 --> 00:19:31,778 I have to talk business with you whether I like it or not. 217 00:19:31,859 --> 00:19:33,778 Well, talk it then, and don't teach at me. 218 00:19:37,299 --> 00:19:39,778 It's no place to put a nunnery, I can tell you that. 219 00:19:39,859 --> 00:19:42,898 Difficult, but not impossible. Nothing is impossible - 220 00:19:42,979 --> 00:19:45,138 Is yours a contemplative order? 221 00:19:45,219 --> 00:19:48,938 I mean, do you live in meditation - whatever you call it? Do you keep solitude? 222 00:19:50,419 --> 00:19:53,818 Our order isn't in the least like that. We're very busy people. 223 00:19:53,899 --> 00:19:57,818 We're going to open a dispensary, a school for children and a class for girls. 224 00:19:57,899 --> 00:20:02,538 Good. You'll be doing me a great favor when you begin to educate the local girls, Sister. 225 00:20:06,299 --> 00:20:10,218 I have already been told, Mr. Dean, that you do not believe in solitude. 226 00:20:13,139 --> 00:20:15,898 Do you know what the people call this place? 227 00:20:15,979 --> 00:20:17,858 The House of Women. 228 00:20:17,939 --> 00:20:20,658 The general's father used to keep his ladies here. 229 00:20:20,739 --> 00:20:23,738 From now on, it will be known as the House of Saint Faith. 230 00:20:23,819 --> 00:20:26,818 Sister, will you have that picture taken down? 231 00:20:32,979 --> 00:20:34,978 I give you till the rains break. 232 00:21:10,139 --> 00:21:12,058 Oh, dear. Oh, dear. 233 00:21:16,019 --> 00:21:18,178 Who is it? 234 00:21:18,259 --> 00:21:20,298 Sister Briony. 235 00:21:30,819 --> 00:21:32,738 I can't sleep. 236 00:21:38,379 --> 00:21:41,058 Anything wrong, Sister? 237 00:21:41,139 --> 00:21:43,578 It's Sister Ruth. I've just seen her. 238 00:21:43,659 --> 00:21:46,218 - How is she? - She's sick. 239 00:21:46,298 --> 00:21:49,538 She has violent pains in her joints, a boil on her finger... 240 00:21:49,619 --> 00:21:51,738 and headaches. 241 00:21:51,819 --> 00:21:53,778 It's this wind. 242 00:21:53,858 --> 00:21:55,978 And we all seem so tired. 243 00:21:56,059 --> 00:21:57,738 It's the altitude. 244 00:22:00,139 --> 00:22:02,098 Our dispensary is more crowded than ever. 245 00:22:03,139 --> 00:22:07,378 This big house to look after and all the unpacking still to be done. 246 00:22:07,459 --> 00:22:09,378 And the plumbing's broken down again. 247 00:22:10,419 --> 00:22:12,658 What do you think, Sister? Perhaps Mr. Dean could - 248 00:22:12,739 --> 00:22:15,458 Certainly not. We can manage without Mr. Dean. 249 00:22:15,539 --> 00:22:17,458 Yes, of course. 250 00:22:22,899 --> 00:22:25,778 - Are you all right, Sister? - Of course I'm all right. 251 00:22:25,859 --> 00:22:28,258 - Show me your arm. - I'm perfectly all right. 252 00:22:32,779 --> 00:22:34,538 - So you've got them too. - What have I got? 253 00:22:34,619 --> 00:22:38,658 Spots. I've got them. Every one of us has got them. 254 00:22:38,739 --> 00:22:40,978 There must be something in the water here that's very unhealthy. 255 00:22:41,059 --> 00:22:43,618 - The natives drink it. - They get sick themselves. 256 00:22:44,939 --> 00:22:48,498 Ayah says the general's heir - the young general - is very ill. 257 00:22:52,619 --> 00:22:54,538 Those drums are beating for him. 258 00:22:56,499 --> 00:22:58,338 They beat all night while he's ill. 259 00:23:01,299 --> 00:23:03,778 If you hear them stop, he's dead. 260 00:23:51,938 --> 00:23:53,818 You! 261 00:23:53,899 --> 00:23:55,777 How do you do? 262 00:23:55,859 --> 00:23:58,338 What are you doing here? 263 00:23:58,419 --> 00:24:01,218 Excuse old Feltie. I haven't a hand to take him off. 264 00:24:01,299 --> 00:24:03,938 I've come to mend a loose joint in your pipe. 265 00:24:04,018 --> 00:24:06,818 - You must send a plumber. - The nearest one's Darjeeling. 266 00:24:06,898 --> 00:24:09,217 - I count plumbing among my other gifts. - That's not the point - 267 00:24:09,299 --> 00:24:12,978 I swear to you, Sister, it's only the pipe I'm interested in. 268 00:24:13,058 --> 00:24:15,858 - I must see Sister Clodagh about this. - All right. 269 00:24:15,938 --> 00:24:18,817 I forbid you to stay in there. 270 00:24:18,899 --> 00:24:20,578 All right. 271 00:24:28,579 --> 00:24:32,418 We have to build a workroom and a school and, later on, a chapel. 272 00:24:32,499 --> 00:24:35,697 Somebody's got to put locks on my cupboards. I daren't unpack a thing. 273 00:24:35,779 --> 00:24:39,778 And the windows don't open and the doors don't shut and the - the plumbing won't work. 274 00:24:43,218 --> 00:24:44,898 Come in, Mr. Dean. 275 00:24:44,979 --> 00:24:46,498 May I go now, Sister? 276 00:24:49,979 --> 00:24:51,898 Please sit down, Mr. Dean. 277 00:24:56,258 --> 00:24:59,098 - Would you like some coffee, Mr. Dean? - Can you make it decently? 278 00:24:59,179 --> 00:25:02,818 - Can I make coffee! - Can she? 279 00:25:03,818 --> 00:25:05,658 Full of grit. 280 00:25:07,378 --> 00:25:11,538 Mr. Dean, Joseph tells us the people are still being paid to come to us. 281 00:25:11,618 --> 00:25:16,058 Ah, the general's a wise man. It's only till it becomes a habit. 282 00:25:16,138 --> 00:25:18,018 Let it become a habit for them to come... 283 00:25:18,099 --> 00:25:20,377 and they won't remember the time when they didn't. 284 00:25:20,459 --> 00:25:22,978 Then gradually he'll leave off paying them. 285 00:25:23,059 --> 00:25:25,538 And gradually it'll become a habit with them not to be paid. 286 00:25:25,618 --> 00:25:27,298 They're like children. 287 00:25:27,378 --> 00:25:30,298 He told me he was going to order them to come. 288 00:25:30,379 --> 00:25:32,258 They don't know what an order is. 289 00:25:32,338 --> 00:25:35,538 - They should learn. - Why? 290 00:25:35,618 --> 00:25:38,338 We all need discipline. You said yourself they're like children. 291 00:25:38,419 --> 00:25:40,537 Without discipline, we should all behave like children. 292 00:25:40,619 --> 00:25:44,298 Don't you like children? 293 00:25:48,538 --> 00:25:50,417 Thank you, Sister Briony. 294 00:26:07,259 --> 00:26:10,978 Talking of medicine, Sister Briony, if you get a bad case - 295 00:26:11,059 --> 00:26:15,537 one that seems to you as though it might be dangerous or even serious - don't take it. 296 00:26:15,619 --> 00:26:17,778 - But that would be - - It would be wise. 297 00:26:17,858 --> 00:26:21,938 If you got a bad case and some of your people died, you'd have all the people up against you. 298 00:26:22,019 --> 00:26:23,458 Why? 299 00:26:23,539 --> 00:26:28,017 Well, you must remember, they're primitive people and like - like children. 300 00:26:28,099 --> 00:26:30,578 Unreasonable children. 301 00:26:30,659 --> 00:26:33,858 They've never seen medicine before. They'd think it was magic, a new kind of magic. 302 00:26:33,938 --> 00:26:37,258 So remember, I've warned you. 303 00:26:37,338 --> 00:26:39,697 By the way, how are you feeling, all of you? 304 00:26:39,779 --> 00:26:42,378 Not very well. Sister Ruth is the worst. 305 00:26:42,459 --> 00:26:44,897 I think the water must be bad. Ayah says it's the water. 306 00:26:44,979 --> 00:26:49,338 On the contrary. The water's too good. It's Darjeeling tummy. 307 00:26:49,418 --> 00:26:51,258 I'd better get that plumbing fixed. 308 00:26:51,338 --> 00:26:52,977 Sister Clodagh! 309 00:26:54,659 --> 00:26:57,018 What has happened, Sister? 310 00:26:57,098 --> 00:26:59,017 Oh, Sister. Sister, they brought in a woman. 311 00:26:59,099 --> 00:27:01,658 Our first bad case. She was covered in blood. 312 00:27:01,738 --> 00:27:04,497 I've never seen such a sight. She must've cut a vein or an artery. 313 00:27:04,579 --> 00:27:07,777 I had such a time stopping the bleeding. I've never seen bleeding like that before. 314 00:27:07,859 --> 00:27:11,057 I didn't know what to do at first, but at last I managed to stop it. 315 00:27:11,139 --> 00:27:14,097 A minute would've fetched Sister Briony who would've stopped it at once. 316 00:27:14,179 --> 00:27:16,258 What were you doing there? I told you to stay in bed. 317 00:27:16,339 --> 00:27:18,337 I was only trying to consider you, Sister Briony. 318 00:27:18,419 --> 00:27:20,697 It might have been better to have considered the woman... 319 00:27:20,779 --> 00:27:22,617 who by your accounts was bleeding to death. 320 00:27:27,059 --> 00:27:30,257 - Shall I wait? - We are coming in a moment. 321 00:27:30,339 --> 00:27:32,258 I think you'd better go back to your room. 322 00:27:40,499 --> 00:27:43,457 Good-bye, Sister. I hope your patient does well. 323 00:27:43,539 --> 00:27:45,097 Who is she? 324 00:27:45,179 --> 00:27:48,418 It sounded like "Samuel," but it couldn't be, could it? 325 00:27:48,498 --> 00:27:50,258 Oh, Samell. She's a good old soul. 326 00:27:50,338 --> 00:27:53,337 One of my best workers. I'm very much obliged to you. 327 00:27:54,659 --> 00:27:56,097 Thank you. 328 00:28:18,899 --> 00:28:21,737 Now the old place is a pukka convent. 329 00:28:49,298 --> 00:28:51,457 Hello, Sister Ruth. Going for a walk? 330 00:28:51,539 --> 00:28:53,097 It's time to ring the bell. 331 00:28:53,179 --> 00:28:55,098 You're slipping. 332 00:28:56,818 --> 00:28:59,457 Quarter of an hour early. 333 00:29:05,058 --> 00:29:06,977 Thank you. 334 00:29:13,738 --> 00:29:15,777 I came to ask Mr. Dean to wait in the blue room. 335 00:29:15,858 --> 00:29:19,138 - How did you know he was here? - I saw him from the schoolroom. 336 00:29:22,338 --> 00:29:24,777 I've brought something for you. 337 00:29:37,779 --> 00:29:40,898 Her name is Hasanphul, but we call her Kanchi. 338 00:29:42,019 --> 00:29:45,418 She's 17, she's an orphan... 339 00:29:45,498 --> 00:29:48,137 and it's high time she was married. 340 00:29:48,218 --> 00:29:51,458 Every evening when I come home, I find her sitting on my veranda. 341 00:29:51,538 --> 00:29:54,137 She dresses herself up and puts flowers in her hair. 342 00:29:54,219 --> 00:29:56,057 It's becoming an absolute nuisance. 343 00:29:57,539 --> 00:30:00,617 If she's cloistered for a few months, her uncle will marry her off. 344 00:30:00,698 --> 00:30:02,657 But she's been behaving so badly that no one wants her. 345 00:30:02,739 --> 00:30:05,137 I don't think we want her, either. 346 00:30:06,498 --> 00:30:08,977 Why did you bring her to us? 347 00:30:09,059 --> 00:30:11,938 Isn't it your business to save souls? 348 00:30:12,018 --> 00:30:13,897 You are not to speak to me like that, Mr. Dean. 349 00:30:13,979 --> 00:30:15,657 Sorry. 350 00:30:16,618 --> 00:30:18,537 Can't she go into some sort of service? 351 00:30:19,698 --> 00:30:21,658 She'd set any house by the ears. 352 00:30:22,899 --> 00:30:25,778 I thought no one would have patience with her except you. 353 00:30:30,579 --> 00:30:33,417 Would you ask Sister Briony to come here, please? 354 00:30:36,339 --> 00:30:37,978 Kanchi. 355 00:30:52,578 --> 00:30:55,497 Kanchi. 356 00:31:30,338 --> 00:31:33,017 You're sure there's no question you're dying to ask me? 357 00:31:36,018 --> 00:31:37,937 None. 358 00:31:42,258 --> 00:31:44,098 You wanted me, Sister? 359 00:31:44,178 --> 00:31:46,337 Sister, I have agreed to have this girl with us for a while. 360 00:31:46,419 --> 00:31:48,777 Can you find somewhere for her to sleep? 361 00:31:49,859 --> 00:31:53,337 - What is she to do? - Sister Honey can take her into the lay school. 362 00:31:53,419 --> 00:31:55,377 Yes. 363 00:31:55,459 --> 00:31:57,777 Tell Ayah to give her some housework, keep her busy. 364 00:32:02,339 --> 00:32:04,177 Come along. 365 00:32:22,778 --> 00:32:25,898 - Well, thanks. - I've heard about the young general's death. 366 00:32:25,978 --> 00:32:28,378 - Is the general grieving? - Never tell with these people. 367 00:32:28,458 --> 00:32:31,857 - What's the new young general's name? - Dilip. Dilip Rai. 368 00:32:31,939 --> 00:32:35,457 He was going to Cambridge, but now he'll be a warrior and marry young. 369 00:32:35,538 --> 00:32:38,297 It'll suit him all right. These Rajputs are a fighting race. 370 00:32:39,178 --> 00:32:40,578 Can-non. 371 00:32:40,658 --> 00:32:43,177 Can-non. 372 00:32:43,258 --> 00:32:47,697 War-ship. 373 00:32:47,778 --> 00:32:50,897 - Bay-o-net. - Bay-o-net. 374 00:32:50,978 --> 00:32:54,897 Dag-ger. 375 00:33:06,978 --> 00:33:09,217 - Gun. - Gun. 376 00:33:12,978 --> 00:33:16,977 You know, Nima, we may have to mix something with it. 377 00:33:17,058 --> 00:33:18,617 Here, let me have a look. 378 00:33:53,218 --> 00:33:55,697 Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed is the fruit of - 379 00:34:19,138 --> 00:34:21,377 Sister. 380 00:34:21,458 --> 00:34:23,377 Did you hear the bell? 381 00:34:28,978 --> 00:34:32,577 This morning in chapel, I suddenly had the feeling you were not with us. 382 00:34:33,778 --> 00:34:35,897 - I try hard enough. - Try what? 383 00:34:36,858 --> 00:34:39,017 I used to forget everything in chapel. 384 00:34:39,098 --> 00:34:42,337 I used to feel light and happy and near God. 385 00:34:42,418 --> 00:34:46,498 Let me help you. What is worrying you? 386 00:34:46,578 --> 00:34:49,897 I remember things before I joined our order... 387 00:34:49,978 --> 00:34:51,897 things I wanted to forget. 388 00:34:51,978 --> 00:34:55,577 I never thought of them until now. 389 00:34:55,658 --> 00:34:59,977 I've been 21 years in the order, and now they come back to me. 390 00:35:02,378 --> 00:35:04,937 I think you can see too far. 391 00:35:05,018 --> 00:35:07,577 I look out there, and... 392 00:35:07,658 --> 00:35:09,977 then I can't see the potato I'm planting. 393 00:35:10,058 --> 00:35:14,697 And after a bit, it doesn't seem to matter whether I plant it or not. 394 00:35:16,138 --> 00:35:20,537 It's this place with its strange atmosphere and new people. 395 00:35:22,258 --> 00:35:25,537 Stay with me tonight after chapel, and we will pray together. 396 00:35:25,618 --> 00:35:27,297 And work, Sister. Work hard. 397 00:35:27,378 --> 00:35:30,017 Work until you're too tired to think of anything else. 398 00:35:57,818 --> 00:36:00,857 Oh, isn't it a grand day, Con? 399 00:36:14,538 --> 00:36:17,337 Con. Isn't it a grand day? 400 00:36:17,418 --> 00:36:19,057 Mmm. 401 00:36:26,538 --> 00:36:27,937 What's wrong? 402 00:36:28,018 --> 00:36:30,177 - Everything. - What especially? 403 00:36:30,258 --> 00:36:33,417 Oh, nothing. You wouldn't understand. 404 00:36:34,938 --> 00:36:36,617 Is it money, Con? 405 00:36:37,618 --> 00:36:39,777 Whatever else is it? 406 00:36:39,858 --> 00:36:42,177 Desmond's well out of it in Michigan. 407 00:36:42,258 --> 00:36:44,377 I heard from him last week. 408 00:36:45,618 --> 00:36:47,417 He's been made a partner. 409 00:36:47,498 --> 00:36:50,177 And just because I'm the eldest son, I have to stay here in Ireland all my life... 410 00:36:50,258 --> 00:36:53,097 and hang around waiting for... this. 411 00:36:56,898 --> 00:37:01,737 I'll have a little money, Con, when I marry. 412 00:37:01,818 --> 00:37:03,777 It isn't a little money it wants. It's a fortune. 413 00:37:03,858 --> 00:37:05,737 Then it would be a waste. 414 00:37:07,498 --> 00:37:10,737 Clo, don't you sometimes itch to get away? 415 00:37:12,098 --> 00:37:14,377 No, I don't want to go away. 416 00:37:14,458 --> 00:37:17,417 I want to stay here like this for the rest of my life. 417 00:38:25,578 --> 00:38:27,497 Ayah! Angu Ayah! 418 00:38:58,778 --> 00:39:00,697 Ayah! Angu Ayah! 419 00:39:05,458 --> 00:39:08,257 Salaam, My Little General. 420 00:39:08,338 --> 00:39:10,257 I want to see the reverend sisters. 421 00:39:17,258 --> 00:39:19,457 Why are they called The Servants of Mary? 422 00:39:19,538 --> 00:39:21,697 Is the superior sister called Mary? 423 00:39:22,698 --> 00:39:25,017 Ask her. Here she comes. 424 00:39:25,098 --> 00:39:27,096 Go now. I will speak to her alone. 425 00:39:36,297 --> 00:39:38,977 - Good morning. - Good morning. 426 00:39:39,058 --> 00:39:42,817 - I want to see the superior sister. - I am the sister superior. 427 00:39:42,898 --> 00:39:46,417 Oh. I want to be a student here with you. 428 00:39:46,498 --> 00:39:48,417 I want to study a lot of learning. 429 00:39:48,497 --> 00:39:51,697 I want to study mathematics, history, poetry and languages. 430 00:39:51,778 --> 00:39:55,096 I have a note from my uncle to ask you to encourage me. 431 00:39:55,178 --> 00:39:58,177 I'm very sorry. We only teach children and young girls. 432 00:39:58,257 --> 00:40:01,497 - Why? - Convents don't teach men pupils. 433 00:40:01,578 --> 00:40:03,456 That's not very polite to men. 434 00:40:03,538 --> 00:40:05,376 We don't mean it that way. It's the custom. 435 00:40:05,458 --> 00:40:08,777 Convents are for girls. The brotherhoods are for men. 436 00:40:12,138 --> 00:40:14,057 Jesus Christ was a man. 437 00:40:15,537 --> 00:40:18,536 He took the shape of a man. 438 00:40:19,538 --> 00:40:21,457 But you don't need to count me as a man. 439 00:40:21,538 --> 00:40:24,057 I'm only interested in studious things. 440 00:40:24,138 --> 00:40:27,657 Please, Sister. I've written out my timetable. May I read it to you? 441 00:40:27,737 --> 00:40:30,977 "5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. - algebra with the mathematical sister. 442 00:40:31,058 --> 00:40:34,697 "8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. - religion, especially Christianity, with the scriptural sister. 443 00:40:34,778 --> 00:40:36,057 "10:00 a.m. - art. 444 00:40:36,138 --> 00:40:40,737 "1 :00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. - French and Russian with the French and Russian sisters, if any. 445 00:40:40,818 --> 00:40:44,137 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. - physics with the physical sister." 446 00:41:46,857 --> 00:41:48,776 Please wait in here, General. 447 00:42:32,977 --> 00:42:35,937 Aren't you afraid, with the young general, that you've let a cuckoo into your nest? 448 00:42:36,018 --> 00:42:38,856 We didn't want to offend the general. He might turn us out. 449 00:42:38,938 --> 00:42:40,857 Oh, he wouldn't do that. 450 00:42:42,178 --> 00:42:44,377 You may have trouble with Kanchi. 451 00:42:44,457 --> 00:42:48,016 Kanchi? She'd never dare. 452 00:42:49,137 --> 00:42:53,177 After all, he is a prince, and she is what she is. 453 00:42:53,257 --> 00:42:56,536 Still, I expect she knows the story of the prince and the beggar maid. 454 00:42:56,618 --> 00:42:58,856 440 - 41, 42... 455 00:42:58,938 --> 00:43:03,017 43, 44, 45, 46... 456 00:43:03,097 --> 00:43:06,337 47, 48, 49 - 457 00:43:06,417 --> 00:43:08,537 When the general gave us the deeds... 458 00:43:08,617 --> 00:43:11,096 our boundary line was to be 500 yards around the building. 459 00:43:11,178 --> 00:43:12,576 That's right. 460 00:43:12,658 --> 00:43:16,377 - So the holy man is living on our ground. - He was here first. 461 00:43:16,457 --> 00:43:20,057 Yes, but, Mr. Dean, I find all these things very distracting. 462 00:43:20,137 --> 00:43:23,256 - Distracting? - Yes, disturbing. 463 00:43:23,338 --> 00:43:26,657 This clear air and the wind always blowing. 464 00:43:26,737 --> 00:43:30,457 And the mountain, and the holy man sitting there day in, day out. 465 00:43:30,537 --> 00:43:32,537 And the people coming to see him. 466 00:43:32,617 --> 00:43:37,016 They climb the path by the house, and they stop and sit and stare at us. 467 00:43:37,098 --> 00:43:38,737 What do you want to do about it? 468 00:43:38,818 --> 00:43:40,457 I want you to ask the general to ask the holy man to move. 469 00:43:40,537 --> 00:43:44,217 - Couldn't do that. It wouldn't be polite. - I don't suppose the general even knows he's there. 470 00:43:44,297 --> 00:43:47,296 Oh, yes he does. That old man worries him quite a bit... 471 00:43:47,378 --> 00:43:49,216 particularly when he's in the middle of his dinner... 472 00:43:49,298 --> 00:43:51,577 or when he's trying on a new frock coat from London. 473 00:43:51,657 --> 00:43:53,777 Why? 474 00:43:53,857 --> 00:43:56,336 Well, I suppose he feels he ought to go and do likewise. 475 00:43:56,418 --> 00:43:58,337 Then he wouldn't turn him out? 476 00:43:58,417 --> 00:44:01,136 It'd be a bit awkward for the general to turn out his own uncle. 477 00:44:02,097 --> 00:44:03,377 His uncle? 478 00:44:03,457 --> 00:44:07,856 General Sir Krishna Rai, K.C.V.O., K.C.S.I., C.M.G. 479 00:44:07,938 --> 00:44:10,336 He has several foreign decorations too. 480 00:44:10,418 --> 00:44:12,776 He lent our general the money to buy this place. 481 00:44:14,098 --> 00:44:17,417 I've never heard him talk. They say he speaks perfect English. 482 00:44:17,498 --> 00:44:19,216 Several other European languages too. 483 00:44:23,497 --> 00:44:26,977 - Does he never speak at all? - I've never heard him. 484 00:44:27,057 --> 00:44:30,056 - When does he eat or sleep? - No one knows. 485 00:44:30,138 --> 00:44:33,697 He's always in his place under the tree. People come miles to see him. 486 00:44:49,857 --> 00:44:52,497 Well, I really don't know what to do. 487 00:44:53,858 --> 00:44:55,296 What would Christ have done? 488 00:45:20,738 --> 00:45:23,136 - Morning, General. - Good morning, Sister Honey. 489 00:45:25,538 --> 00:45:27,457 Good morning, Sister Ruth. 490 00:46:13,617 --> 00:46:17,496 Do you like it, Sister Ruth? It's called Black Narcissus. 491 00:46:17,577 --> 00:46:19,936 Comes from the Army-Navy Stores in London. 492 00:46:21,617 --> 00:46:25,296 Black Narcissus. I don't like scent at all. 493 00:46:25,378 --> 00:46:29,696 Oh, Sister, don't you think it's rather common to smell of ourselves? 494 00:46:36,618 --> 00:46:39,337 - Have you seen the young general today? - What's the latest? 495 00:46:39,417 --> 00:46:41,257 Emeralds. Beautiful emeralds. 496 00:46:41,337 --> 00:46:43,857 The deepest, most beautiful green I've ever seen. 497 00:46:43,937 --> 00:46:45,856 At that hour in the morning, they make me bilious. 498 00:46:45,938 --> 00:46:49,217 Have you seen his coats? He must have a different one for every day in the year. 499 00:46:49,297 --> 00:46:51,096 Lucky he doesn't have to do his own laundry. 500 00:46:51,177 --> 00:46:55,056 Yesterday he had a coat the color of ripe corn, patterned with flowers, in damask. 501 00:46:55,138 --> 00:46:58,817 His earrings were amethysts three inches long, and his rings were turquoise. 502 00:46:58,897 --> 00:47:00,737 Today he's all jade and emeralds... 503 00:47:00,817 --> 00:47:03,856 and his coat is the most wonderful pattern of pale violet stripes... 504 00:47:03,937 --> 00:47:07,536 worked entirely in petit point just like my grandmother's footstool. 505 00:47:18,777 --> 00:47:20,656 Oh, Granny! 506 00:47:21,617 --> 00:47:23,456 Turn 'round. 507 00:47:25,138 --> 00:47:28,656 These emeralds are for you, my darling, when you marry. 508 00:47:30,498 --> 00:47:32,336 There. 509 00:47:45,257 --> 00:47:48,177 - There's Con. - Good night, everybody. 510 00:47:54,737 --> 00:47:55,936 Not too late, darling. 511 00:47:56,018 --> 00:47:59,457 Oh, dear, I hope they get something settled by the winter. 512 00:48:07,818 --> 00:48:09,656 Where are you, Con? 513 00:48:10,617 --> 00:48:12,457 He said it was called Black Narcissus... 514 00:48:12,537 --> 00:48:15,217 and he got it at the Army & Navy Stores. 515 00:48:16,298 --> 00:48:17,937 Black Narcissus. 516 00:48:19,977 --> 00:48:23,056 That's what I'm going to call him. It's a wonderful name for him. 517 00:48:24,017 --> 00:48:27,697 He's so vain, like a peacock. A fine black peacock. 518 00:48:27,777 --> 00:48:31,016 - He's not black. - They all look alike to me. 519 00:48:34,897 --> 00:48:37,616 General, please conjugate s'asseoir. 520 00:48:42,897 --> 00:48:44,336 Je m'assieds. 521 00:48:45,297 --> 00:48:46,736 Tu t'assieds. 522 00:48:47,578 --> 00:48:49,016 Il s'assied? 523 00:48:50,577 --> 00:48:52,016 Um - 524 00:48:54,257 --> 00:48:55,937 Nous - 525 00:48:57,858 --> 00:49:00,617 Nous nous asseyons. 526 00:49:04,817 --> 00:49:07,576 Vous vous asseyez. 527 00:49:10,537 --> 00:49:12,616 Ils s'asseyent? 528 00:49:13,617 --> 00:49:15,536 Future tense. 529 00:49:39,698 --> 00:49:47,296 ♪ Noel, Noel ♪ 530 00:49:47,378 --> 00:49:49,977 ♪ Born is the king ♪ 531 00:49:50,057 --> 00:49:53,697 ♪ Of Israel ♪ 532 00:49:53,777 --> 00:49:57,296 ♪ The first Noel ♪ 533 00:49:57,377 --> 00:50:00,817 ♪ The angels did say ♪ 534 00:50:00,897 --> 00:50:04,056 ♪ Was to certain poor shepherds ♪ 535 00:50:04,137 --> 00:50:07,936 ♪ In fields as they lay ♪ 536 00:50:08,017 --> 00:50:11,136 ♪ In fields as they ♪ 537 00:50:11,217 --> 00:50:14,776 ♪ Lay keeping their sheep ♪ 538 00:50:14,857 --> 00:50:18,176 ♪ On a cold winter's night ♪ 539 00:50:18,257 --> 00:50:22,176 ♪ That was so deep ♪ 540 00:50:22,257 --> 00:50:29,536 ♪ Noel, Noel ♪ 541 00:50:29,618 --> 00:50:32,536 ♪ Born is the king ♪ 542 00:50:32,617 --> 00:50:37,297 ♪ Of Israel ♪ ♪ 543 00:50:43,017 --> 00:50:45,696 ♪ Lullay my liking ♪ 544 00:50:45,777 --> 00:50:49,976 ♪ My dear son My sweeting ♪ 545 00:50:50,058 --> 00:50:53,136 ♪ Lullay my dear heart ♪ 546 00:50:53,218 --> 00:50:57,057 ♪ Mine own dear darling ♪ 547 00:50:57,137 --> 00:51:00,096 ♪ Lullay my liking ♪ 548 00:51:00,177 --> 00:51:03,777 ♪ My dear son My sweeting ♪ 549 00:51:03,857 --> 00:51:06,216 ♪ Lullay my dear heart ♪ 550 00:51:06,297 --> 00:51:08,896 - Something for you. - For me? 551 00:51:08,977 --> 00:51:11,336 Christmas present. Go on, take it. 552 00:51:11,417 --> 00:51:15,896 ♪ There was mickle melody at that child's birth ♪ 553 00:51:15,977 --> 00:51:17,416 Oh, Con! 554 00:51:17,497 --> 00:51:20,416 ♪ All that were in heavenly bliss ♪ 555 00:51:20,497 --> 00:51:24,096 ♪ They made a mickle mirth ♪ 556 00:51:24,177 --> 00:51:26,696 ♪ Lullay my liking ♪ 557 00:51:26,777 --> 00:51:30,616 ♪ My dear son My sweeting ♪ 558 00:51:30,697 --> 00:51:33,656 ♪ Lullay my dear heart ♪ 559 00:51:33,737 --> 00:51:38,416 ♪ Mine own dear darling ♪ ♪ 560 00:52:16,457 --> 00:52:19,216 Sister Clodagh. 561 00:52:20,977 --> 00:52:24,696 Sister, may I congratulate you on the birth of Christ? 562 00:52:26,457 --> 00:52:28,096 Thank you, General. 563 00:52:28,177 --> 00:52:30,096 I hope you don't mind my coming tonight. 564 00:52:31,057 --> 00:52:33,416 I am very much interested in Jesus Christ. 565 00:52:36,417 --> 00:52:38,456 Have I said anything wrong? 566 00:52:39,497 --> 00:52:44,456 No, but we don't usually speak of Him so casually. 567 00:52:44,537 --> 00:52:46,616 And you should. 568 00:52:46,697 --> 00:52:50,376 He should be casual and as much a part of life as your daily bread. 569 00:52:59,257 --> 00:53:01,376 How dare you come here like this! 570 00:53:01,457 --> 00:53:04,896 How dare you come to our service tonight! 571 00:53:04,977 --> 00:53:07,296 You're - You're unforgivable! 572 00:53:07,377 --> 00:53:10,216 You're objectionable when you're sober and abominable when you're drunk! 573 00:53:16,897 --> 00:53:18,336 I quite agree. 574 00:53:19,457 --> 00:53:24,016 If you have a spark of decency left in you, you won't come near us again! 575 00:53:28,417 --> 00:53:33,456 ♪ No, I won't be a nun ♪ 576 00:53:33,537 --> 00:53:38,616 ♪ No, I cannot be a nun ♪ 577 00:53:38,697 --> 00:53:44,656 ♪ For I am so fond of pleasure ♪ 578 00:53:44,737 --> 00:53:47,456 ♪ I cannot be a nun ♪ ♪ 579 00:53:50,617 --> 00:53:52,256 Happy Christmas! 580 00:53:52,337 --> 00:53:54,576 I do like his voice. 581 00:53:54,657 --> 00:53:57,216 It's so nice and loud. 582 00:53:57,297 --> 00:54:00,136 I think it's lovely, don't you? 583 00:54:01,417 --> 00:54:03,696 - Good night, General. - Good night, Sister Clodagh. 584 00:54:27,017 --> 00:54:29,616 Come in. 585 00:54:36,617 --> 00:54:39,496 I want to talk to you. Come and sit down. 586 00:54:43,537 --> 00:54:46,336 I've been worried about you for some time. 587 00:54:46,417 --> 00:54:49,016 I feel that things are not right with you. 588 00:54:49,097 --> 00:54:50,936 In what way? 589 00:54:51,017 --> 00:54:54,216 You look so ill, and you've got so terribly thin. 590 00:54:54,297 --> 00:54:56,576 I know that you're trying to keep up for all our sakes... 591 00:54:56,656 --> 00:54:59,856 but I feel that you really must go in with Sister Briony and see the doctor. 592 00:54:59,937 --> 00:55:02,216 I shan't see the doctor! I'm perfectly well. You know it. 593 00:55:02,297 --> 00:55:04,616 You're just trying to make out that - 594 00:55:09,816 --> 00:55:12,336 I didn't mean to be rude. 595 00:55:14,417 --> 00:55:16,296 I haven't been sleeping. That's all. 596 00:55:18,736 --> 00:55:22,216 If you haven't been sleeping, there must be some reason for it. 597 00:55:22,296 --> 00:55:24,775 Can't you tell me? 598 00:55:24,857 --> 00:55:27,136 Is something worrying you? 599 00:55:27,217 --> 00:55:30,096 Yes. Yes, that's it. 600 00:55:31,257 --> 00:55:32,936 I'm worried. 601 00:55:34,537 --> 00:55:36,456 Don't you think you could tell me about it? 602 00:55:42,177 --> 00:55:44,256 I'd like you to tell me, if you can. 603 00:55:45,977 --> 00:55:49,455 I can't speak of it... to anyone. 604 00:55:50,416 --> 00:55:53,136 Won't you try? You know you can trust me. 605 00:55:53,217 --> 00:55:56,855 You didn't want me to come here. None of you have ever wanted me here. 606 00:55:59,056 --> 00:56:01,496 Don't you think you're letting things run away with you? 607 00:56:06,257 --> 00:56:10,175 I think you have let yourself fall... 608 00:56:10,257 --> 00:56:13,136 into thinking too much of Mr. Dean. 609 00:56:16,777 --> 00:56:20,576 Sister, don't you realize what you're doing... 610 00:56:20,657 --> 00:56:23,216 what you're running the risk of losing in yourself? 611 00:56:23,297 --> 00:56:27,736 Sister, you must - I must make you see before it is too late. 612 00:56:27,817 --> 00:56:30,976 All the same, I've noticed you're very pleased to see him yourself! 613 00:56:35,017 --> 00:56:37,896 If that was in your mind, it's better said I think you're out of your senses! 614 00:56:39,497 --> 00:56:42,496 Listen to me. I don't know - I can't decide now what to make of you. 615 00:56:42,577 --> 00:56:46,616 I shall have to think, and I want you to think too. 616 00:56:47,657 --> 00:56:49,496 As for Mr. Dean - 617 00:56:51,056 --> 00:56:54,536 In spite of his charm and kindliness, he is not a good man. 618 00:56:54,616 --> 00:56:58,336 You must take him for what he is and not try to glorify him into something he is not. 619 00:56:59,617 --> 00:57:02,096 When he came to chapel on Christmas night, he was drunk. 620 00:57:03,697 --> 00:57:04,976 Can I go? 621 00:57:07,857 --> 00:57:09,936 I want you to write to Reverend Mother. 622 00:57:11,977 --> 00:57:14,976 I shan't look at the letter, and her reply will be your own business. 623 00:57:15,056 --> 00:57:16,736 Am I to write two or three pages? 624 00:57:16,816 --> 00:57:19,496 Would you rather I did it now, or shall I finish my class work first? 625 00:57:23,536 --> 00:57:25,376 You may go. 626 00:58:34,736 --> 00:58:36,655 That parcel is mine. Give it to me. 627 00:58:36,737 --> 00:58:40,095 I can't, Lemini. I must give all the mail to Sister Clodagh. 628 00:58:40,177 --> 00:58:43,935 It's mine. Give it to me, you little fool. Can't you see it's addressed to me? 629 00:58:44,017 --> 00:58:46,616 Look, I ordered it myself from Calcutta. 630 00:58:46,697 --> 00:58:49,056 It's nothing to do with anyone else. 631 00:58:55,217 --> 00:58:58,696 Sister Briony, do you know what's happened to the other gold chain off this censer? 632 00:58:58,777 --> 00:59:01,055 No. It was there when we had it out at Christmas. 633 00:59:01,137 --> 00:59:03,696 - Well, it isn't here now. - Ask Kanchi if she's seen it. 634 00:59:05,617 --> 00:59:08,576 And that for stealing in my house! 635 00:59:08,657 --> 00:59:12,575 That for stealing a brass chain which is only worth two annas! 636 00:59:12,657 --> 00:59:16,216 That for stealing it in such a silly way! 637 00:59:16,296 --> 00:59:20,856 And that... is for getting found out! 638 00:59:38,376 --> 00:59:41,815 - What has the girl done? - She's a thief! 639 00:59:41,897 --> 00:59:46,656 She stole a brass chain from the church room to put around her dirty neck! 640 00:59:46,736 --> 00:59:51,255 Finish the beating, My Little General Bahadur. 641 00:59:51,337 --> 00:59:53,175 You're going to be a great man. 642 00:59:53,257 --> 00:59:56,055 Not like your uncle. Oh, dear, no. 643 00:59:56,137 --> 00:59:59,136 Like your grandfather! Ha, ha! 644 00:59:59,216 --> 01:00:00,855 He was a man! 645 01:00:00,937 --> 01:00:04,376 Finish the beating and begin to be a man! 646 01:00:14,377 --> 01:00:17,175 Get up. 647 01:01:11,857 --> 01:01:15,735 - Forget-me-not. - Forget-me-not. 648 01:01:15,817 --> 01:01:19,575 - Sweet pea. - Sweet pea. 649 01:01:21,697 --> 01:01:25,256 - Daff-odil. - Daff-odil. 650 01:01:27,136 --> 01:01:30,336 Jap-anese pe-ony. 651 01:01:30,416 --> 01:01:34,456 Jap-anese pe-ony. 652 01:01:34,536 --> 01:01:39,775 Chi-nese li-ly. 653 01:01:39,856 --> 01:01:44,096 Tu-lip. 654 01:01:44,177 --> 01:01:48,016 - Honey-suckle. - Honey-suckle. 655 01:01:48,096 --> 01:01:49,696 Honey-suckle. 656 01:01:51,536 --> 01:01:54,255 Del-phin-i-um. 657 01:01:54,337 --> 01:01:57,695 - Del-phin-i-um. - Sister Honey. 658 01:01:57,777 --> 01:02:00,575 Will you find Sister Philippa for me, please? 659 01:02:01,856 --> 01:02:04,376 - And the cabbage patch? - Foxglove. 660 01:02:04,456 --> 01:02:07,415 - And the runner beans? - Honeysuckle. 661 01:02:07,497 --> 01:02:11,056 - And the onions? - Tulips. 662 01:02:11,136 --> 01:02:13,775 And the potatoes? All flowers? 663 01:02:16,737 --> 01:02:18,376 No, not the little round bed. 664 01:02:18,456 --> 01:02:22,775 And there are some more vegetables down by the stables where they won't show. 665 01:02:22,857 --> 01:02:24,975 But what on earth came over you, Sis - 666 01:02:28,777 --> 01:02:30,615 Would you like to sit down? 667 01:02:32,617 --> 01:02:35,496 Sister, I want to be transferred. 668 01:02:37,297 --> 01:02:38,735 Transferred? 669 01:02:38,817 --> 01:02:42,096 Yes, I want you, if you will, to write and ask for my transfer at once. 670 01:02:43,816 --> 01:02:46,496 If you will, at once. 671 01:02:47,577 --> 01:02:49,415 But why? 672 01:02:49,497 --> 01:02:51,375 I was becoming too fond of the place. 673 01:02:53,136 --> 01:02:56,255 I was too wrapped up in my work. I - 674 01:02:56,337 --> 01:02:59,135 I thought too much about it. 675 01:02:59,217 --> 01:03:02,256 - I'd forgotten - - Forgotten what? 676 01:03:04,177 --> 01:03:06,135 What I am. 677 01:03:06,217 --> 01:03:09,496 I was losing the spirit of our order. 678 01:03:09,576 --> 01:03:12,656 I've been thinking it over, you see, and... 679 01:03:12,736 --> 01:03:14,415 I must go at once. 680 01:03:17,737 --> 01:03:20,175 I don't see that at all. 681 01:03:21,297 --> 01:03:24,775 Now that you know and you realize the danger, you needn't go. 682 01:03:25,736 --> 01:03:27,456 Surely now is the time to stay. 683 01:03:27,536 --> 01:03:29,455 I daren't stay. 684 01:03:30,576 --> 01:03:34,375 I think there are only two ways of living in this place. 685 01:03:34,457 --> 01:03:37,815 Either you must live like Mr. Dean, or - 686 01:03:37,897 --> 01:03:39,816 or like the holy man. 687 01:03:40,816 --> 01:03:43,695 Either ignore it or give yourself up to it. 688 01:03:46,257 --> 01:03:48,736 Neither would do for us. 689 01:03:48,816 --> 01:03:50,695 No. 690 01:03:51,656 --> 01:03:55,695 Well, we are here, and I don't think it will help matters if we run away. 691 01:04:02,776 --> 01:04:05,975 You know, if I ask for you to be transferred, it'll be a bad mark against you? 692 01:04:06,056 --> 01:04:08,655 That's all the better. 693 01:04:08,736 --> 01:04:10,696 That's what I need. 694 01:04:12,936 --> 01:04:15,855 Ayah! Ayah! 695 01:04:31,657 --> 01:04:33,856 What did she say, Ayah? 696 01:04:33,936 --> 01:04:35,815 "Lemini, give him something." 697 01:04:36,776 --> 01:04:38,615 It's Om's little brother. 698 01:04:40,016 --> 01:04:42,135 Shall we give him magnesia? 699 01:04:42,217 --> 01:04:44,816 Or some of the paraffin emulsion. 700 01:04:52,657 --> 01:04:55,695 Hundred and three! 701 01:04:55,776 --> 01:04:59,575 That's not much in a baby, is it? They go up and down easily, don't they? 702 01:05:02,856 --> 01:05:04,736 He's been like that three days, Lemini. 703 01:05:04,816 --> 01:05:06,535 This morning he wouldn't wake, so she brought him. 704 01:05:07,976 --> 01:05:11,815 Let him sleep. Take him home and put him on your bed and let him sleep. 705 01:05:17,617 --> 01:05:19,415 Aren't you going to give him anything? 706 01:05:19,496 --> 01:05:22,215 There's nothing I can do. 707 01:05:22,296 --> 01:05:25,815 But there must be something we can do. 708 01:05:25,896 --> 01:05:29,816 At least bathe his eyes or relieve his tummy with a little oil. 709 01:05:29,896 --> 01:05:33,376 I daren't touch him, Sister. I don't think he feels any pain. 710 01:05:33,456 --> 01:05:36,095 You've only got to look at him to see how it must hurt him! 711 01:05:36,176 --> 01:05:37,815 You're afraid! You're thinking of what Mr. Dean said! 712 01:05:37,896 --> 01:05:40,455 - You'd give up his little life - - That's enough, Sister! 713 01:05:41,656 --> 01:05:44,135 I won't have any hysteria from you. I know what I'm doing. 714 01:05:45,976 --> 01:05:47,815 The best and kindest thing you can do is to make her go home... 715 01:05:47,896 --> 01:05:49,775 where she'll be amongst her own people. 716 01:05:53,456 --> 01:05:55,495 Lemini. Lemini. 717 01:06:10,736 --> 01:06:12,655 Sister Ruth. 718 01:06:14,257 --> 01:06:16,415 Everyone's very late this morning. 719 01:06:16,496 --> 01:06:18,415 I do hope nothing's happened. 720 01:06:21,736 --> 01:06:24,975 Joseph, go down the path and hurry them up. 721 01:06:27,056 --> 01:06:29,855 - Well, go on. - I don't want to. 722 01:06:29,936 --> 01:06:33,215 - You don't want to? - Why don't you want to? 723 01:06:33,296 --> 01:06:35,936 How dare you answer me like that! Go at once! 724 01:06:36,016 --> 01:06:38,695 - No, I won't go. - Joseph! 725 01:06:38,776 --> 01:06:40,415 Now stand still. 726 01:06:40,496 --> 01:06:42,495 - Tell me what's the matter. Do you hear? - Don't frighten him. 727 01:06:42,576 --> 01:06:45,215 He knows something, the little idiot. Joseph, why haven't the children come? 728 01:06:45,296 --> 01:06:48,935 - The girls, Joseph - where are they? - He knows why. Tell us. 729 01:06:49,016 --> 01:06:51,935 I don't want to. Lemini; don't make me tell! 730 01:06:52,016 --> 01:06:54,576 Joseph, you must tell us. Please, Joseph, dear. 731 01:06:54,656 --> 01:06:57,335 - Tell us. - The little baby is dead! 732 01:06:57,416 --> 01:07:00,336 - Oh, no! - Our little brother is dead! 733 01:07:00,416 --> 01:07:03,216 And they said that this man and Lemini killed him. 734 01:07:03,296 --> 01:07:04,895 Sister Clodagh! 735 01:07:04,976 --> 01:07:07,056 - There's nobody in the dispensary. - None of the children have come. 736 01:07:07,136 --> 01:07:09,055 - There are no gardeners. - Kanchi has gone. 737 01:07:09,136 --> 01:07:11,335 - So has the young general. - There isn't a servant in the place. 738 01:07:11,416 --> 01:07:13,655 We're all alone. There's no one in the house. 739 01:07:14,736 --> 01:07:16,455 It was my fault. 740 01:07:16,536 --> 01:07:19,375 Because I loved him, because I couldn't bare to see him die. 741 01:07:19,456 --> 01:07:20,975 I did it! I killed him! 742 01:07:22,736 --> 01:07:26,175 I gave her a bottle to take away and some of our cotton wool and one of our spoons. 743 01:07:26,256 --> 01:07:28,335 I killed him! I killed him! 744 01:07:28,416 --> 01:07:32,535 Ayah. Ayah, how much of this is true? 745 01:07:32,616 --> 01:07:34,615 All true, Lemini. The people are very angry. 746 01:07:34,696 --> 01:07:37,135 We must explain. Somebody must tell them. We must find the young general. 747 01:07:37,216 --> 01:07:40,375 - Surely he hasn't run away from us. - No. He's run away with Kanchi. 748 01:07:40,456 --> 01:07:42,415 Ayah, will you take a message to the village? 749 01:07:42,496 --> 01:07:45,895 - Me? Oh, no. - Well, can Joseph? 750 01:07:45,976 --> 01:07:48,495 - He can go, but they won't let him come back. - I'll go. 751 01:07:48,576 --> 01:07:50,615 It's not safe for any of you to go outside the garden. 752 01:07:52,216 --> 01:07:54,895 - You can't go, Sister. It's far too dangerous. - It's all right. I'm not going down. 753 01:08:24,096 --> 01:08:26,015 Tova! 754 01:08:28,056 --> 01:08:29,735 Tova, my pony, quickly. 755 01:08:34,096 --> 01:08:37,135 Well, who was it? 756 01:08:37,216 --> 01:08:39,215 Oh, you. 757 01:08:42,456 --> 01:08:45,335 Mr. Dean, do you think it's serious? Don't you think they'll come back? 758 01:08:46,416 --> 01:08:51,335 Sister Clodagh, the agent before my time was riding down to the factory one day on his pony. 759 01:08:51,416 --> 01:08:55,015 He let it kick an umbrella that was lying open in the path. 760 01:08:55,096 --> 01:08:58,095 There was a child asleep under it, and it was killed. 761 01:08:58,176 --> 01:09:01,375 It was just an accident, but they murdered him that night. 762 01:09:03,856 --> 01:09:07,175 I'm not trying to frighten you, but I want you to see that it may be serious. 763 01:09:07,256 --> 01:09:09,495 I've been down to the village. Everything seems quiet enough. 764 01:09:09,576 --> 01:09:12,375 - Did they say anything? - Nothing. 765 01:09:12,456 --> 01:09:15,215 They listened to me and said nothing. 766 01:09:15,296 --> 01:09:18,975 I saw the woman. I drank the stuff that Sister Honey was foolish enough to give her. 767 01:09:19,056 --> 01:09:20,335 You drank it? 768 01:09:20,416 --> 01:09:23,175 I wanted to prove to them that I wouldn't drop down dead. 769 01:09:23,256 --> 01:09:25,615 It was only castor oil. 770 01:09:25,696 --> 01:09:27,935 None of you must go out of the garden. 771 01:09:28,016 --> 01:09:29,855 Try to behave as though nothing had happened. 772 01:09:29,936 --> 01:09:31,895 I'll go down now and come back this evening. 773 01:10:01,176 --> 01:10:19,735 Lemini? 774 01:10:20,696 --> 01:10:23,455 - What's that for? - For you, Lemini. 775 01:10:23,536 --> 01:10:25,815 Who sent it - Sister Clodagh? 776 01:12:04,535 --> 01:12:07,095 Do you notice a change in us since we came here? 777 01:12:08,296 --> 01:12:10,695 I notice a change in you. 778 01:12:10,776 --> 01:12:12,695 Am I very different? 779 01:12:13,656 --> 01:12:15,535 Yes. 780 01:12:16,816 --> 01:12:19,575 - You're much nicer. - Nicer? 781 01:12:19,656 --> 01:12:22,015 Mmm. You're human. 782 01:12:22,095 --> 01:12:23,975 Human. 783 01:12:24,975 --> 01:12:27,655 Yes, we're all human, aren't we? 784 01:12:31,415 --> 01:12:34,535 When I was a girl, I loved a man. 785 01:12:34,616 --> 01:12:37,375 We were children together in Ireland, where I come from. 786 01:12:37,455 --> 01:12:39,654 A little place called Liniskelly. 787 01:12:41,056 --> 01:12:44,895 I thought - everyone thought - we should marry. 788 01:12:46,016 --> 01:12:48,095 But he was ambitious... 789 01:12:48,176 --> 01:12:52,295 and I found out he was going to America to his uncle... 790 01:12:52,376 --> 01:12:54,454 and he didn't intend to take me. 791 01:12:56,976 --> 01:12:59,335 He didn't think he was doing anything wrong. 792 01:12:59,415 --> 01:13:01,454 I don't think he ever thought of us marrying. 793 01:13:02,856 --> 01:13:05,615 But in a little place like that - 794 01:13:05,696 --> 01:13:08,775 And I had shown I loved him. 795 01:13:08,855 --> 01:13:10,774 I had to get away first. 796 01:13:13,135 --> 01:13:15,454 And that's why you entered the order? 797 01:13:16,975 --> 01:13:19,855 And being you, you wouldn't go back. 798 01:13:20,815 --> 01:13:25,935 It was a strange way of bringing me in, but God works in strange ways. 799 01:13:27,216 --> 01:13:30,335 I had work to do, and I had the life. 800 01:13:30,415 --> 01:13:33,134 No one outside can possibly know what that means. 801 01:13:33,216 --> 01:13:35,054 It came to be my life. 802 01:13:35,136 --> 01:13:38,415 I had forgotten everything until I came here. 803 01:13:42,615 --> 01:13:46,375 The first day I came, I thought of him for the first time for years. 804 01:13:48,095 --> 01:13:51,815 I seem to go back to the first time I loved him, when we were children. 805 01:13:53,656 --> 01:13:56,135 The young general reminds me of him too. 806 01:13:57,776 --> 01:14:00,694 The world comes thrusting in behind him. 807 01:14:02,016 --> 01:14:04,095 I've been drifting and dreaming... 808 01:14:04,176 --> 01:14:09,055 and now I seem to be living through the struggle and the bitterness again. 809 01:14:15,016 --> 01:14:18,495 Here. It's quite clean. I washed my hair this morning. 810 01:14:22,095 --> 01:14:25,335 Don't take on so. There's a good girl. 811 01:14:25,415 --> 01:14:27,775 It'll all blow over. There's nothing really wrong. 812 01:14:29,296 --> 01:14:31,135 Sister Philippa is leaving... 813 01:14:31,216 --> 01:14:34,454 and this morning I had a letter from Reverend Mother. 814 01:14:34,536 --> 01:14:36,735 Sister Ruth is giving up the order. 815 01:14:36,816 --> 01:14:39,175 She has not renewed her vows. 816 01:14:39,255 --> 01:14:40,535 I'm sorry. 817 01:14:40,615 --> 01:14:45,055 And you - Ever since we came here... 818 01:14:45,135 --> 01:14:47,135 over all our troubles, it's been... 819 01:14:47,215 --> 01:14:50,295 "Ask Mr. Dean. Ask Mr. Dean." 820 01:14:50,375 --> 01:14:52,935 There was just no one else you could ask. 821 01:14:54,976 --> 01:14:57,375 But I had to take the young general. 822 01:14:57,456 --> 01:15:00,094 I couldn't turn out the holy man. 823 01:15:00,176 --> 01:15:04,455 I couldn't stop the wind from blowing and the air from being as clear as crystal... 824 01:15:04,536 --> 01:15:06,414 and I couldn't hide the mountain. 825 01:15:08,136 --> 01:15:10,735 Look, you must get away from here, all of you, at once. 826 01:15:12,496 --> 01:15:15,775 - Run away? - Yes, if you've got any sense. 827 01:15:15,855 --> 01:15:17,855 What, leave all this work, like the brothers? 828 01:15:17,935 --> 01:15:19,535 Yes. 829 01:15:21,095 --> 01:15:24,135 I told you it was no place to put a nunnery. 830 01:15:24,215 --> 01:15:27,534 There's something in the atmosphere that makes everything seem exaggerated. 831 01:15:28,856 --> 01:15:31,975 Don't you understand? You must all get away before something happens! 832 01:16:31,055 --> 01:16:34,655 And drive from us all the snares of the enemy. 833 01:16:34,735 --> 01:16:38,655 May thy holy angels dwell here and keep us in peace. 834 01:17:09,336 --> 01:17:11,455 Sister, are you there? 835 01:17:23,815 --> 01:17:26,734 Sister, do you want me to wake the others? 836 01:17:33,295 --> 01:17:37,055 You can't order me about. You have nothing to do with me anymore. 837 01:17:37,135 --> 01:17:40,014 I know what you've done. I know that you've left the order. 838 01:17:40,096 --> 01:17:42,815 I only want to stop you from doing something you'll be sorry for. 839 01:17:42,895 --> 01:17:46,535 Sister Philippa is going back in a few days' time. I want to send you with her. 840 01:17:46,615 --> 01:17:50,615 That's what you would like to do - send me back and shut me up. 841 01:17:50,695 --> 01:17:52,654 That's what you would all like to do! 842 01:18:15,375 --> 01:18:18,134 You know that isn't true. 843 01:18:18,216 --> 01:18:20,255 Why should we want to keep you here against your will? 844 01:18:20,335 --> 01:18:23,734 Because you're all jealous of me, especially you! 845 01:18:27,936 --> 01:18:30,175 At least wait till the morning. 846 01:18:32,216 --> 01:18:34,614 Wait till the morning, and I'll wait with you. 847 01:20:35,575 --> 01:20:37,015 Sister! 848 01:20:44,055 --> 01:20:46,335 - Ayah, wake up! - Oh, what is it? What is it? 849 01:20:46,415 --> 01:20:47,654 What's happened? 850 01:20:47,735 --> 01:20:49,895 It's Sister Ruth! Stop her! She's gone mad! 851 01:20:49,975 --> 01:20:52,255 - Oh, it's my fault! - Nonsense! It's nothing to do with you. 852 01:20:52,335 --> 01:20:53,455 Shh! 853 01:20:55,775 --> 01:20:57,654 You can't stop mad people. You should leave them alone. 854 01:20:57,736 --> 01:21:00,294 - She may kill herself. - If she is really mad, that won't matter. 855 01:21:00,375 --> 01:21:03,615 Quick, all of you, search the house! We must stop her! Sister Ruth. 856 01:21:03,695 --> 01:21:06,174 Sister Ruth! Sister Ruth! 857 01:21:06,255 --> 01:21:08,135 We must get lanterns. 858 01:21:09,215 --> 01:21:10,654 Sister Ruth! 859 01:21:12,975 --> 01:21:15,295 Sister Ruth! Sister Ruth! 860 01:21:15,375 --> 01:21:19,454 - Sister Ruth! - Sister Ruth! 861 01:21:19,536 --> 01:21:21,575 Sister Ruth! 862 01:21:31,056 --> 01:21:33,535 Joseph, ask him if he's seen her! 863 01:21:33,615 --> 01:21:36,135 Oh, no, Lemini; we couldn't do that. 864 01:21:36,215 --> 01:21:39,574 But, Joseph, anything may have happened to the Lemini. She may be hurt. 865 01:21:39,655 --> 01:21:43,174 That would be a very little thing to him, Lemini. 866 01:21:43,256 --> 01:21:45,094 He wouldn't notice it. 867 01:23:15,615 --> 01:23:17,534 Good evening. 868 01:23:22,575 --> 01:23:24,454 Sister Ruth? 869 01:23:25,775 --> 01:23:28,534 I can't stand it any longer. I left the order. 870 01:23:28,615 --> 01:23:31,335 I gave up my vows. I've finished with them up there. 871 01:23:32,335 --> 01:23:34,014 I see. 872 01:23:35,215 --> 01:23:37,534 Well, I can arrange for you to stay at the rest house. 873 01:23:37,615 --> 01:23:39,454 I'll send my boy over now. 874 01:23:39,535 --> 01:23:41,934 In the morning, I'll get ponies and porters to take you to Darjeeling. 875 01:23:45,456 --> 01:23:47,334 - I love you. - You - 876 01:23:49,055 --> 01:23:50,935 Well, if you do, you can forget about it. 877 01:23:55,775 --> 01:23:58,215 I'm sorry, Sister Ruth. Very sorry, but - 878 01:23:58,295 --> 01:24:00,774 Look, let me take you back to the palace. 879 01:24:00,855 --> 01:24:02,774 It isn't too late. Sister Clodagh is your friend. 880 01:24:02,855 --> 01:24:04,734 She spoke to me about you last night. She wants to help you. 881 01:24:04,815 --> 01:24:07,294 She hates me. They all hate me. 882 01:24:07,375 --> 01:24:09,134 You're the only one that's ever been kind to me. 883 01:24:09,215 --> 01:24:11,294 - I? I've hardly spoken a word to you. - Yes, you have. 884 01:24:11,375 --> 01:24:13,654 The first time is when I stopped the old native woman from bleeding to death. 885 01:24:13,735 --> 01:24:15,614 - You said you were grateful. - Did I? 886 01:24:15,695 --> 01:24:18,934 And then when you stopped me that day in the hall, you said - 887 01:24:19,015 --> 01:24:20,575 Well, whatever I said, it didn't mean a thing! 888 01:24:20,655 --> 01:24:22,134 Ever since you came here, you've all gone crazy. 889 01:24:22,216 --> 01:24:24,614 Well, drive one another crazy, but leave me out of it! 890 01:24:26,895 --> 01:24:29,215 - Are you going to Darjeeling or not? - No! 891 01:24:29,295 --> 01:24:31,135 - Then you must go back to the palace. - No. 892 01:24:31,215 --> 01:24:33,534 You'll go back if I have to carry you back. 893 01:24:34,735 --> 01:24:38,014 Go and talk to Sister Clodagh. She brought you here. She can get you back again. 894 01:24:38,095 --> 01:24:40,214 Sister Clodagh! Sister Clodagh! 895 01:24:40,295 --> 01:24:42,574 - Do you know what she says about you? - Whatever she said, it was true! 896 01:24:42,656 --> 01:24:46,014 - You say that because you love her! - I don't love anyone! 897 01:24:46,095 --> 01:24:50,814 Clodagh! Clodagh! 898 01:24:50,895 --> 01:24:53,454 Clodagh! Clodagh! 899 01:25:09,135 --> 01:25:11,054 Feel better now? 900 01:25:19,415 --> 01:25:23,214 All right, I'll go. 901 01:25:23,295 --> 01:25:26,614 That's a good girl. Try and get some sleep. 902 01:25:27,575 --> 01:25:30,374 In the morning you'll wake up and be sorry you made such a fool of yourself. 903 01:25:31,695 --> 01:25:34,334 - Come on. I'll come with you. - I'll go alone. 904 01:25:35,495 --> 01:25:39,214 - You'll do nothing of the sort. - I'll go alone or not at all. 905 01:25:41,895 --> 01:25:43,334 Suit yourself. 906 01:26:17,855 --> 01:26:20,854 It's morning, Lemini. 907 01:26:22,095 --> 01:26:25,734 Oh, yes, Joseph, it's morning. What time is it? 908 01:26:25,815 --> 01:26:28,534 5:45 by Auntie's watch. 909 01:26:32,375 --> 01:26:34,414 Fine day, Lemini. 910 01:26:34,495 --> 01:26:38,494 The people call it the - the flowering of the snows. 911 01:26:40,054 --> 01:26:43,534 Joseph, if Sister Briony asks for me, I'll be in the chapel. 912 01:30:13,734 --> 01:30:15,933 Hail Mary, full of grace... 913 01:30:16,015 --> 01:30:18,214 blessed is the fruit of thy womb. 914 01:31:58,295 --> 01:32:00,534 What do you want, General? 915 01:32:09,295 --> 01:32:13,213 Sister, you know I have not been here lately... 916 01:32:13,295 --> 01:32:15,454 and I'm deeply sorry about Sister Ruth. 917 01:32:15,534 --> 01:32:19,454 Thank you. Is there anything else? 918 01:32:19,535 --> 01:32:24,013 You're cross with me. Please do not be cross with me. 919 01:32:24,095 --> 01:32:26,773 I've done a very wrong thing, but I didn't mean to do it. 920 01:32:26,855 --> 01:32:29,773 Isn't it rather late to tell me about that? 921 01:32:29,855 --> 01:32:33,613 Yes. Yes, it is, rather. 922 01:32:33,695 --> 01:32:36,334 I don't mean to do anything wrong again. 923 01:32:36,415 --> 01:32:39,454 I'm going to give up being clever and famous. 924 01:32:39,534 --> 01:32:41,894 I'm going to be exactly like my ancestors. 925 01:32:41,974 --> 01:32:44,134 They were warriors and princes. 926 01:32:44,214 --> 01:32:46,373 They were modest and brave and polite... 927 01:32:46,455 --> 01:32:48,334 and they never did anything cheating. 928 01:32:49,495 --> 01:32:52,614 That is why I came to you as soon as I thought of it... 929 01:32:52,694 --> 01:32:54,654 to tell you what I have done. 930 01:32:56,455 --> 01:32:57,893 Must you tell me now? 931 01:32:57,975 --> 01:33:00,694 - Please, Sister. - Well, what have you done? 932 01:33:05,375 --> 01:33:10,414 Sister Clodagh, I didn't know how to tell you, so I asked Mr. Dean. 933 01:33:10,495 --> 01:33:13,494 And he said to tell it was the story of the prince... 934 01:33:15,535 --> 01:33:17,373 and the beggar maid. 935 01:34:11,615 --> 01:34:14,173 You said you'd give us till the rains break. 936 01:34:14,255 --> 01:34:16,893 They haven't broken yet. 937 01:34:16,975 --> 01:34:19,294 What will they do with you down there? 938 01:34:19,374 --> 01:34:22,933 I shall be sent to another convent with less responsibility. 939 01:34:23,015 --> 01:34:26,454 I shall be superseded as sister in charge. 940 01:34:26,534 --> 01:34:30,093 Will you be able to stomach that - stiff-necked, obstinate creature like you? 941 01:34:31,974 --> 01:34:34,213 It's what I need. 942 01:34:34,294 --> 01:34:37,893 I expect I shall have to remind myself of it a hundred times a day. 943 01:34:37,975 --> 01:34:40,814 I can't change in a minute like the young general. 944 01:34:42,574 --> 01:34:45,374 But I shall have my ghosts to remind me. 945 01:34:45,454 --> 01:34:48,013 You're leaving me with more than one. 946 01:34:50,894 --> 01:34:52,973 Will you do one last thing for me? 947 01:34:54,054 --> 01:34:56,214 I know you'd rather not do it. 948 01:34:56,294 --> 01:34:58,134 Of course I'll do it. 949 01:34:58,214 --> 01:35:01,053 Will you look after the grave? 950 01:35:01,135 --> 01:35:02,814 All right. 951 01:35:06,655 --> 01:35:17,653 Good-bye.