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Your flight would spread the whole truth far and wide
It will be impossible to save the family credit for a day
It is not to be thought of
Rosa, come here, child
Yes, m'lady?
What would you say if, after all,
I let Mr Rouncewell take you away and have you educated to be his son's wife?
I thought Your Ladyship wanted to keep me as long as possible But circumstances have changed
You do like Mr Rouncewell's son?
Yes, m'lady
I have been selfish wanting to keep you for myself
I shall be very sorry to lose you, Rosa
Dear Esther
Dearest Esther
My very dear girl
No
My very dear Esther
I hope what I write
will not come
as
too much of a surprise to you
I'm sorry, do I disturb you? No
No, not at all What is it, Esther?
Er
I should like your permission to make a short visit to London
You remember Caddy Jellyby, who married Mr Turveydrop from dancing school?
Well, she tells me she's going to have a baby Ah!
And Ada would like to come with me, of course She wants to see how Richard is getting on
So have we your permission?
Yes, yes !
I had hoped by now I
Well, never mind Esther, of course you have my permission
My very best wishes to young Mrs Turveydrop
Thank you
Damn!
Sorry, Mr Tulkinghorn's engaged
FRENCH ACCENT: I will see him Let me pass!
I'm very sorry, Mr Tulkinghorn
I have had a great deal of trouble to find you, sir Have you?
He's not at home, he's engaged, he's this and that, he's not for you
Well, you're here now What have you to say?
Zat you have not used me well
You have been mean and shabby
I 'elped you to trap my mistress the dress the boy recognised You owe me something
I owe you nothing You performed a service and you were paid for it
You promised to 'elp me You said you would find me a good position
I said I would consider it
Having considered it, I decided against it,
because I judge your temperament to be too fiery to be suitable for a lady's maid
With a lady who was kind to me, I could be as meek as a queen dove
Ha ! I think not!
Then you will do nothing for me?
Nothing at all Then you had better beware !
No, YOU had better beware
If you come here again, you may find yourself taken by the police,
strapped on a board and carried through the streets for all to see
What do you think of that? I dare you to do it!
Don't put me to the test, young woman
Rubbish
Good day, Mr Smallweed Rent! Er
In due course, Mr Smallweed, as promised Now, or you're out!
Now we'll have some fun, Judy
Rubbish Rubbish
Rubbish !
Mr Smallweed,
I cannot make my key turn in the door Oh, dear
And why is that, I wonder( ? )
Cos I had the lock changed, that's why!
Mr Smallweed, you cannot do this to me ! Done it, ain't I ? Done it!
But my things, my
My poor little birds !
What have you done with them ? In the alley You're lucky I didn't wring their necks
You're lucky I didn't bite their little heads off!
Well, go on then Hook sling it!
No come backy!
But, Mr Smallweed, I
Where am I to go?
What do I care about that?
Who do you think I am , the Christmas Spirit?
Hop it! Out! One two, one two ! Judy, take the broom Chase her out
Right you are, Grandad
There she goes
Ooh Oh, my bones
Shake me up, Judy
So, as you see, we're managing very well
We've got more pupils than ever before, and Prince has taken on three apprentices,
and I've learned myself to play the piano well enough to get by
But how will you manage when the baby comes? But we will manage, somehow
I'm sure you will, Caddy
It was you who got me started on trying to make something out of myself
I'm ashamed to think of what I was like when you first met me,
unpolite and inky and not a good word to say to anybody!
Maybe you don't see much of a difference now, but if there is it's thanks to you, Esther
No!
No, you've done it yourself, Caddy
I wish I could say I'd done as much with my life as you have with yours
Oh !
Oh, Lord ! Mrs Guppy? Is Mr Guppy at home?
Mrs Guppy, may I come in?
Miss Summerson !
This is indeed an honour SNIGGERING Mother!
I took the liberty of sending you a note, Mr Guppy You did
And I have it here
Mother, please
I do beg your pardon, Miss Summerson
Perhaps I could speak to you alone for a moment Mother?
I came here rather than to the office because I did not want to cause you any embarrassment,
remembering what you said to me on another occasion
Oh Yes
Er
Forgive me, was you referring to the occasion when I , erm
made a declaration
( Oh, Lord ) Erm , I feel a little giddy
It's very hot and close in here
Where was I ? You were saying that you made a declaration, Mr Guppy,
a declaration of love, and a proposal of marriage Which you turned down You did
You won't object to admit that I don't object You proposed and I turned you down
There's no doubt about that Thank you, miss I , er
regret that my arrangements in life combined with circumstances beyond my control
will make it impossible for me ever to renew that offer in any shape or form
That's quite all right, Mr Guppy
I'm very sorry, truly I am ,
but it couldn't be Now, could it?
You know?
But the memory of it will stay with me
Mr Guppy, please stop I want to tell you why I came to see you
I beg your pardon Please do
When you asked me to marry you Which proposal has been repudiated
you also said that you might be able to help me by making enquiries into my birth and my ancestry Yes
Yes, and I have already made some discoveries I want you to stop,
Mr Guppy
I have been told all the circumstances of my birth,
so I would be very grateful if you would make no further enquiries
Is that all? Yes, Mr Guppy, that's all
Then, Miss Summerson,
upon my soul, you may rely upon me
in every respect
Esther! Ada ! What's the matter? I thought you were with Richard
I went to his lodgings at the time we arranged, but they said he'd gone out and they didn't know where
Where else but the court?
Another adjournment? Again, nothing done ! Nothing !
Nothing done ! No, no, sir
Don't say, "Nothing done, " sir That is scarcely fair
We have our shoulders to the wheel, and the wheel is going round
The wheel goes round, but it does need oiling from time to time
Yes, indeed Which reminds me, there are some bills for you to sign, Mr Carstone
Let's go this way It's just a short step to my chambers
Ada ! Esther!
Whatever are you doing here?
Oh, Lord, it was today, wasn't it?
Ada, I'm so sorry
It doesn't matter I've found you now Am I forgiven?
Excellent! Now, I know a very good place to eat The devils on horseback are the best in London
Do you know, I heard the most extraordinary thing from Tulkinghorn
What was that? Our neighbour Boythorn
has been entertaining Mr John Jarndyce and the wards in Jarndyce
And what should that be to us?
Well, Mr Jarndyce is an old friend of yours, I understand
They should have been entertained here, not at that fellow Boythorn's place
I'm sure that Mr Jarndyce wouldn't have felt slighted in the least by not being invited here
Well, I disagree
I have written to Mr Jarndyce to invite them all
Welcome back, welcome back! It's been a Bleak House indeed without you to brighten it!
I think the wind has been in the east since you went away
We weren't away for long I know, but you were very much missed, both of you
Now, when you're both ready, supper is on the table
We have received an invitation from a very august personage
Sir Leicester Dedlock has invited all three of us to stay at Chesney Wold What do you think of that?
Why should he invite us?
He knows we are friendly with Mr Boythorn, and he hates Mr Boythorn
I know I was astonished myself But, do you know,
there's a degree of acquaintance from the past Didn't you meet Lady Dedlock,
when you went to look at the ghost walk? You must have made a great impression on her
and that the invitation comes from her rather than Sir Leicester I'm sure it does not
You are not intending to accept, are you?
Why not?
I couldn't possibly go
Why not? If Sir Leicester thinks you're good enough for Chesney Wold, who are you to disagree? I can't go
Esther!
KNOCK AT DOOR
Esther
I've come to tell you why we
why I at any rate cannot go to Chesney Wold
It is a secret, but I think I must tell you
Go on
I am Lady Dedlock's daughter
She told me so herself, and she also told me that we must never meet again
So, you see,
the invitation
It couldn't possibly have come from her
Esther, Esther! Poor, dear girl!
You must not tell anyone else ! Of course I shan't tell anyone else
What a burden it must have been to keep that secret
Worse for her Yes
Perhaps
Esther
there is a secret I have kept from you all these years, but now I think you should know
The lady who brought you up,
who entrusted you to my care
was Lady Dedlock's sister
Her sister?
But didn't you ever suspect?
Not for a moment I did think you might have been HER child, the sister's
That would have explained why she broke off with Boythorn so suddenly
So she sacrificed her life for me
I wish she had not
She never loved me
She was right it would have been better if I had never been born
But then, I would never have known you
would I ?
You have filled my life with joy
But you have changed my life, too Esther, let me go on now, or I shall never manage it
Our lives are changing
Rick has already left Bleak House, and Ada will not be with us much longer
But I hope
that you will want to stay here
with me
Yes, of course, if you wish it
Will you stay here
as the mistress of Bleak House?
As my wife?
I know the world will say I am far too old to offer myself as a husband for a young girl,
but I can't help what I feel, and I care for your feelings much more than the world's
There I've said it
I love you, Esther
Will you be my wife?
May I think about it for a little while?
Of course ! Of course
As long as you like
Thank you
You tell your policemen to seize me on the street and bring me here when I have done no crime
What justice is this?
You've been annoying respectable citizens, mademoiselle
It seems a friendly warning might be in order Who gives you your orders?
Is it my lady? Or is it that devil Tulkinghorn?
They are both as bad as each other
This is a free country! Where is liberate, egalite, fraternite?
You forget, mademoiselle, we haven't had no revolution here
I must ask you to write down your present address on this paper
so we can keep an eye on you
Unless you prefer to be clapped in irons tout de suite
All the same to me You're as bad as the worst of them Give me the pen
There
Much obliged, mademoiselle And that is all? I can go now?
Yes
Yes, I will
Aren't we all quiet this morning?
This is delicious, Esther No one makes blackberry jelly like yours Oh, indeed
Is something the matter? No, nothing's the matter
That is
Esther, could you come and see me in the growlery in a little while? Yes, of course
What is it? What's she done? Has she got the accounts all wrong?
No ! Nothing like that, Ada
I hate secrets
So do I
Why didn't you tell her?
Tell her what, exactly?
That we are engaged to be married
I wasn't sure I Esther, I have had an anxious night of it
Are you sure this is what you really want?
Yes !
Or I would not have said so
You wouldn't have rather carried on as we were?
I WAS surprised when you asked me to marry you
You thought of me as a father
rather than as a lover Yes
But now I think I could learn to think about you in that other way
Truly? Yes
Truly
I don't know what marriage is like
I think perhaps no one does until they try it
And I think that you and I may do as well as others at it
Dear Esther!
But all the same,
I think you need time to accustom yourself to the idea,
and so for now I think it's best if we continue as we were
At least, that is, as far as others are concerned
And not tell Ada Not for the present If you should change your mind I shan't go back on my word!
Humour me in this, Esther
Very well
And now I have my work to do
What an inspiring sight!
Captain Carstone ! And where is it to be now, hmm ?
China? The West Indies?
The Hindu Kush? We shall be quartered at Deal for the time being
Oh Not TOO dangerous, then !
Not dangerous at all
Except to the pocket
I've been wondering whether it might be best to sell out,
after all
Dear me I am sorry to hear that, Mr Carstone
Well, there are so many expenses Mess bills, stabling
one or two debts of honour
Ah, yes Regarding which, if you would be so good as to
Thank you If I could only have some assurance of a speedy settlement
Ah, Mr Carstone
you know me, I think
I am not the man to give assurances when the facts are not certain
Ah, what a man, eh?
What a fellow What integrity!
Yes
Yes, you're a good man, Mr Vholes, a true friend
SHOULD I sell out, do you think?
You might think that the best course
You might very well think that
But I would not wish to influence you one way or the other
I am afraid that he has no present means at all
Even if he sells out, that money will be eaten up in debts he has incurred in the service
Meanwhile, I have three daughters to support
and an aged father in the Vale of Taunton
How are they to be fed?
Now you mention it,
I've always found an application to Mr John Jarndyce rarely goes amiss
But Mr Carstone has broken with him , has he not?
Perhaps he has
But I fancy my friend Jarndyce has not broken with HIM
# Oh, what care I for house and land?
# What care I for treasure oh?
# What care I for my newly wedded lord?
# I'm away with the raggle taggle Gypsies oh #
Very pretty
Sir!
You startled me
You like your work here, Rosa? Yes, sir
My lady is kind to you?
Very kind, sir
She is fond of you, I think Rosa?
My lady!
Rosa, will you fetch my book?
I think it is in the little sitting room Yes, m'lady
What were you saying to her?
Nothing
Merely passing the time of day
I don't like your speaking to her
She is a very agreeable young woman,
and I believe she loves you dearly
I wonder what she would think of you if she heard of your disgrace
You will have to forgo that pleasure, Mr Tulkinghorn, as I have decided to send her away
No, you will not do that
Do you presume to tell me how to run my household?
We have an agreement, you and I
You will not draw attention to yourself by doing anything out of the ordinary
I understand that you wish to protect your little favourite from the taint of association with you,
but it will not do, Lady Dedlock
If any action is to be taken, I will decide what and when
Not you
Oh, my bones !
Go steady, there, you brimstone beasts ! Let me out, you Ooh
Judy, shake me up
Afternoon, Mr Smallweed
What brings you here? Just a friendly call, George
How's business? Quiet
That's a pity I've come to call in your debt, George
What are you talking about? That debt was settled, and you know it
Oh, no, George, I don't think it was
Settled? No, no, no, no Look here £2 43 7 s 2d and 3 farthings still owing
Your memory must be playing tricks on you, my old friend You promised me if I supplied a letter
with the Captain's writing on it it would put me straight and clear, and I did it Against my conscience
And now you tell me I'm not straight and clear after all? That's about the size of it
Cruel world, innit?
You little bloodsucker, I'll give you "cruel world"
I'll snap your neck for you ! That debt was settled, and you know it
No, George, it's not me, it's him ! I'm just the messenger! He sent me to tell you
Who sent ya? Oh, my bones!
For pity's sake, George !
Mr Tulkinghorn
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