1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Advertise your product or brand here contact www.OpenSubtitles.org today 2 00:00:58,809 --> 00:01:00,978 England 3 00:02:19,598 --> 00:02:21,975 -I finished my play. -Well done. 4 00:02:22,059 --> 00:02:23,101 Have you seen Mummy? 5 00:02:23,185 --> 00:02:25,020 Well, she'll be in the drawing room, I expect. 6 00:02:25,103 --> 00:02:28,440 I hope you're not gonna be getting under our feet today, Miss Briony. 7 00:02:28,524 --> 00:02:31,026 We got a dinner for 10 to prepare. 8 00:02:42,955 --> 00:02:46,875 -Hello, pal, I hear you're putting on a play. -Who told you? 9 00:02:46,959 --> 00:02:48,377 Jungle drums. 10 00:02:49,711 --> 00:02:53,674 -Will you come and see it? -I'm not sure that would be quite... 11 00:02:53,757 --> 00:02:54,925 Why don't you let me read it? 12 00:02:55,008 --> 00:02:57,427 You used to make me those beautiful bound copies of all your stories. 13 00:02:57,511 --> 00:02:59,805 -I've kept them all. -I still want you to come. 14 00:02:59,888 --> 00:03:02,850 -Let's see. -I have to go now. 15 00:03:07,938 --> 00:03:09,606 Mummy, I need you! 16 00:03:13,610 --> 00:03:18,949 Stupendous. It's stupendous, darling. Your first play. 17 00:03:19,032 --> 00:03:20,701 Do you think so? Do you think Leon will like it? 18 00:03:20,784 --> 00:03:23,078 Well, of course he will. 19 00:03:23,161 --> 00:03:25,873 The Trials of Arabella, by Briony Tallis. 20 00:03:36,550 --> 00:03:38,260 Cee. -Yes? 21 00:03:39,928 --> 00:03:42,055 What do you think it would feel like to be someone else? 22 00:03:42,139 --> 00:03:44,308 Cooler, I should hope. 23 00:03:44,391 --> 00:03:47,060 -I'm worried about the play. -I'm sure it's a masterpiece. 24 00:03:47,144 --> 00:03:50,063 But we only have the afternoon to rehearse. What if the twins can't act? 25 00:03:50,147 --> 00:03:52,816 You have to be nice to them. I wonder how'd you feel if your mother 26 00:03:52,900 --> 00:03:56,820 had run off with Mr What's-his-name who reads the news on the wireless? 27 00:03:57,571 --> 00:04:00,324 Perhaps I should have written Leon a story. 28 00:04:00,407 --> 00:04:03,702 If you write a story, you only have to say the word "castle," and you could see 29 00:04:03,785 --> 00:04:06,622 the towers and the woods and the village below, but... 30 00:04:06,705 --> 00:04:09,625 In a play, it's... 31 00:04:09,708 --> 00:04:12,878 It all depends on other people. 32 00:04:13,462 --> 00:04:15,172 -Cee. -Yes? 33 00:04:16,673 --> 00:04:19,134 Why don't you talk to Robbie any more? 34 00:04:19,218 --> 00:04:22,513 I do. We just move in different circles, that's all. 35 00:04:35,526 --> 00:04:38,111 -Do we have to do a play? -Why do we have to? 36 00:04:38,195 --> 00:04:41,114 -It's to celebrate my brother Leon's visit. I hate plays. 37 00:04:41,198 --> 00:04:43,534 So do l. -How can you hate plays? 38 00:04:43,617 --> 00:04:46,787 -It's just showing off. -You'll be in this play or you'll get a clout. 39 00:04:46,870 --> 00:04:49,915 -And I'll tell the parents. You're not allowed to clout us. 40 00:04:49,998 --> 00:04:53,710 We're guests in this house. And what did the parents say we were to make ourselves? 41 00:04:53,794 --> 00:04:55,504 -Well, Pierrot? -Amenable. 42 00:04:55,587 --> 00:04:57,464 -Jackson? -Amenable. 43 00:04:57,548 --> 00:04:59,258 Amenable, that's right. 44 00:05:01,510 --> 00:05:03,720 Now, Briony, what's your play about? 45 00:05:04,429 --> 00:05:07,766 Well, it's about how 46 00:05:08,016 --> 00:05:11,103 love is all very well, but you have to be sensible. 47 00:05:11,228 --> 00:05:13,230 -I suppose you're going to be Arabella. -Well, not necessarily. 48 00:05:13,313 --> 00:05:15,816 -In that case, do you mind if I play her? Lola was in the school play. 49 00:05:15,899 --> 00:05:20,112 Do say yes. It'd be the first decent thing to happen to me in months. 50 00:05:21,029 --> 00:05:22,865 Well, yes, all right. 51 00:05:24,533 --> 00:05:26,159 I suppose we should start by reading it. 52 00:05:26,243 --> 00:05:29,329 If you're going to be Arabella, then I'll be the director, thank you very much. 53 00:05:29,413 --> 00:05:30,581 Sorry. 54 00:05:33,750 --> 00:05:35,669 I'm going to do the prologue. 55 00:05:38,088 --> 00:05:39,423 "Prologue. 56 00:05:40,591 --> 00:05:43,260 "This is the tale of spontaneous Arabella, 57 00:05:43,343 --> 00:05:46,096 "who ran away with an extrinsic fellow. 58 00:05:46,180 --> 00:05:48,765 "It grieved her parents to see their firstborn 59 00:05:48,849 --> 00:05:50,851 "evanesce from her home to go to Eastbourne." 60 00:05:52,060 --> 00:05:53,103 Yes? 61 00:05:55,856 --> 00:05:59,651 -Nothing. Just thought I'd watch. Rehearsals are private, I'm afraid. 62 00:05:59,735 --> 00:06:01,862 You can see the play this evening. 63 00:06:01,945 --> 00:06:05,199 -I'll have to work then. -Well, I'm sorry, Danny. 64 00:06:05,574 --> 00:06:08,160 Can we go for a swim now? Yes, yes, yes! 65 00:06:08,243 --> 00:06:12,414 -No, I don't really think there's time! Cecilia will let us. 66 00:06:12,539 --> 00:06:15,501 I'm sure a half-hour break would do us all good. 67 00:06:15,584 --> 00:06:17,794 Cecilia? Cecilia! 68 00:06:19,421 --> 00:06:20,672 Cecilia! 69 00:08:27,508 --> 00:08:32,221 Cecilia! Cecilia, Cecilia. Please, can we go for a swim, Cecilia? 70 00:08:32,304 --> 00:08:35,724 Yes, I don't see why not. Don't go out of your depth! 71 00:09:51,425 --> 00:09:54,386 Can you do me one of your Bolshevik roll-ups? 72 00:10:00,267 --> 00:10:03,645 Beautiful day. -I suppose so. Too hot for me. 73 00:10:05,814 --> 00:10:07,608 -Are you enjoying your book? -No, not really. 74 00:10:07,691 --> 00:10:08,775 It gets better. 75 00:10:09,276 --> 00:10:11,445 I prefer Fielding any day. 76 00:10:14,781 --> 00:10:16,950 Much more passionate. 77 00:10:30,464 --> 00:10:33,425 -Leon's coming down today, did you know? -I heard a rumour. 78 00:10:33,509 --> 00:10:36,470 He's bringing a friend with him. It's Paul Marshall, the chocolate millionaire. 79 00:10:36,553 --> 00:10:39,181 -Are the flowers for him? -Why shouldn't they be? 80 00:10:39,264 --> 00:10:41,475 Leon says he's very charming. 81 00:10:43,769 --> 00:10:46,480 The Old Man telephoned last night. He says you're planning on being a doctor. 82 00:10:46,563 --> 00:10:48,774 -I'm thinking about it, yes. -Another six years of student life. 83 00:10:48,857 --> 00:10:50,984 -How else do you become a doctor? -You could get a fellowship, now, 84 00:10:51,068 --> 00:10:52,653 -couldn't you? With your First? -I don't want to teach. 85 00:10:54,863 --> 00:10:57,241 I said I'd pay your father back. 86 00:11:00,869 --> 00:11:03,163 That's not what I meant at all. 87 00:11:11,630 --> 00:11:13,340 -Let me help with that. -No, I'm all right, thanks. 88 00:11:13,423 --> 00:11:15,676 -Take the flowers. Take the flowers. -I'm all right. I'm all right. 89 00:11:20,389 --> 00:11:22,558 Oh, you idiot. 90 00:11:24,434 --> 00:11:26,395 Do you realise that's probably the most valuable thing we own? 91 00:11:26,478 --> 00:11:28,438 Not any more, it isn't. 92 00:11:30,148 --> 00:11:31,483 Careful! 93 00:12:50,646 --> 00:12:51,730 I'm... 94 00:14:13,687 --> 00:14:15,189 Hello, Robbie! 95 00:14:20,569 --> 00:14:22,613 No need to encourage him. 96 00:14:33,957 --> 00:14:35,042 Cee? 97 00:14:38,962 --> 00:14:40,047 Mother? 98 00:14:42,549 --> 00:14:45,969 -Where is everyone, Danny? -I don't know, sir. 99 00:14:46,094 --> 00:14:48,472 Sir. Gasping for a drink. 100 00:14:51,475 --> 00:14:53,352 -Will you have one? Rather. 101 00:14:54,478 --> 00:14:55,979 -Whisky? -Please. 102 00:15:00,692 --> 00:15:02,319 -Leon! -Here she is. 103 00:15:02,402 --> 00:15:07,282 Oh, I've missed you. I've been going completely doolally up here. 104 00:15:07,366 --> 00:15:10,911 -This is my sister, Cecilia. Paul Marshall. -I've heard an awful lot about you. 105 00:15:10,994 --> 00:15:13,247 -Likewise. Where are we putting him? 106 00:15:13,330 --> 00:15:16,667 In the blue room. Mother's lying down, she's got one of her migraines. 107 00:15:16,750 --> 00:15:19,169 I'm not surprised, with this heat. 108 00:15:21,547 --> 00:15:24,174 It's the big room next to the nursery. 109 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:31,014 Is the Old Man staying in town? 110 00:15:31,098 --> 00:15:33,767 Looks like it. Some sort of rush on at the Ministry. 111 00:15:50,534 --> 00:15:53,787 So aren't we doing the play? No. 112 00:15:53,871 --> 00:15:56,790 Why not? -Don't ask me. 113 00:15:58,750 --> 00:16:00,544 I don't like it here. 114 00:16:02,129 --> 00:16:03,755 There's always a problem when a new brand comes about. 115 00:16:03,839 --> 00:16:05,757 The remarketing, the re-packaging, the re-shaping. 116 00:16:05,841 --> 00:16:08,969 Even the re-flavouring in some cases, or whole new technology. 117 00:16:09,469 --> 00:16:12,472 I think our main challenge is whether or not to launch the new Amo Bar. 118 00:16:12,764 --> 00:16:16,268 The Army Amo. Do you see? Pass the Amo? 119 00:16:17,769 --> 00:16:19,146 My source at the Ministry is very reliable, 120 00:16:19,229 --> 00:16:21,648 I used to clean his shoes at Harrow, informs me we have a good chance 121 00:16:21,732 --> 00:16:23,692 of including it in the standard issue ration pack. 122 00:16:24,109 --> 00:16:26,653 Which means that I'd have to open at least three more factories. 123 00:16:26,737 --> 00:16:29,031 More if they bring in conscription, which I say is bound to happen 124 00:16:29,114 --> 00:16:30,616 if Herr Hitler doesn't pipe down. 125 00:16:30,699 --> 00:16:32,868 He's about as likely to do that as buy shares 126 00:16:32,951 --> 00:16:35,287 in Marks and Spencer's, wouldn't you agree? 127 00:16:35,370 --> 00:16:38,373 -This isn't very good. -I make a cocktail with crushed ice, 128 00:16:38,457 --> 00:16:42,127 rum and melted dark chocolate. It's absolutely scrumptious. 129 00:16:48,967 --> 00:16:51,970 Guess who we met on the way in? -Robbie. 130 00:16:52,054 --> 00:16:55,140 -I told him to join us tonight. -Oh, Leon, you didn't. 131 00:16:55,807 --> 00:17:01,104 So, Robbie, the housekeeper's son, whose father did a bunk 20 years ago, 132 00:17:01,188 --> 00:17:04,900 gets a scholarship to the local grammar, the Old Man puts him through Cambridge, 133 00:17:04,983 --> 00:17:09,363 goes up at the same time as Cee, and for three years she hardly speaks to him. 134 00:17:09,446 --> 00:17:11,490 Wouldn't let him within a mile of her Roedean chums. 135 00:17:11,573 --> 00:17:13,450 Anyone got a cigarette? 136 00:17:13,534 --> 00:17:16,286 I don't know what the hell he's doing these days, messing about in flower beds. 137 00:17:16,370 --> 00:17:18,539 As a matter of fact, he's planning on doing a medical degree. 138 00:17:18,872 --> 00:17:21,291 And the Old Man said yes to that? 139 00:17:25,170 --> 00:17:28,006 Look, I really think you should go down to the lodge and ask him not to come. 140 00:17:28,090 --> 00:17:30,801 Why? Has something happened between you? 141 00:17:31,844 --> 00:17:33,387 For God's sake. 142 00:18:01,707 --> 00:18:04,751 -When can we go home? Soon. 143 00:18:04,835 --> 00:18:07,087 We can't go home. It's a divorce. 144 00:18:09,548 --> 00:18:12,718 -How dare you say that? -Well, it's true! 145 00:18:12,801 --> 00:18:16,305 You will never, ever use that word again! Do you understand? 146 00:18:17,181 --> 00:18:20,893 -Now what are we going to do? -I'm always asking myself that. 147 00:18:20,976 --> 00:18:24,938 My name is Paul Marshall. You must be the cousins from the north. 148 00:18:25,189 --> 00:18:27,191 -What are your names? -Pierrot. 149 00:18:27,274 --> 00:18:29,568 -Jackson. -What marvellous names. 150 00:18:30,527 --> 00:18:31,904 Do you know our parents? 151 00:18:31,987 --> 00:18:33,405 Well, I've read about them in the paper. 152 00:18:33,488 --> 00:18:38,035 -What exactly have you read about them? -Oh, you know. The usual sort of nonsense. 153 00:18:38,118 --> 00:18:41,997 I'll thank you not to talk about this in front of the children. 154 00:18:46,585 --> 00:18:48,545 Your parents are absolutely wonderful people, 155 00:18:48,629 --> 00:18:52,925 that's quite clear, and they love you and think about you all the time. 156 00:18:53,884 --> 00:18:55,552 Jolly nice slacks. 157 00:18:56,512 --> 00:18:58,263 We went to see a show and I got them at Liberty's. 158 00:18:58,347 --> 00:19:01,642 -What was the show? -Hamlet. 159 00:19:01,725 --> 00:19:05,187 Ah, yes. "To be or not to be." 160 00:19:10,442 --> 00:19:11,944 I like your shoes. 161 00:19:13,862 --> 00:19:19,576 Duckers in the Turl. They make a wooden thing, shaped like your foot. 162 00:19:20,077 --> 00:19:21,662 Keep it forever. 163 00:19:22,704 --> 00:19:24,790 I'm starving. When's dinner? 164 00:19:25,958 --> 00:19:28,877 Well, I might be able to help you there, if you can guess what I do for a living. 165 00:19:28,961 --> 00:19:31,547 -You've got a chocolate factory. -Everyone knows that. 166 00:19:31,630 --> 00:19:34,466 Then it wasn't a guess, was it? 167 00:19:34,550 --> 00:19:38,512 There'll be one of these in every kit bag of every soldier in the British Army. 168 00:19:38,595 --> 00:19:40,722 Sugar casing, so it won't melt. 169 00:19:40,806 --> 00:19:42,933 Why should they get free sweets? 170 00:19:43,016 --> 00:19:44,518 'Cause they'll be fighting for their country. 171 00:19:44,601 --> 00:19:46,937 Our daddy says there isn't going to be a war. 172 00:19:47,020 --> 00:19:49,189 Your daddy is wrong. 173 00:19:50,983 --> 00:19:54,778 -Calling it the Army Amo. -Amo, amas, amat. 174 00:19:54,862 --> 00:19:56,989 Top marks. 175 00:19:57,072 --> 00:20:01,618 It's boring how everything ends in "o." "Polo" and "Aero." 176 00:20:01,702 --> 00:20:04,329 -And "Oxo" and "Brillo". -Sounds as if you don't want it. 177 00:20:04,413 --> 00:20:07,541 Then I shall just have to give it to your sister. 178 00:20:18,051 --> 00:20:19,136 Bite it. 179 00:20:21,305 --> 00:20:23,056 You have to bite it. 180 00:20:31,732 --> 00:20:35,152 The Princess was well aware of his remorseless wickedness. 181 00:20:35,235 --> 00:20:38,864 But that made it no easier to overcome the voluminous love she felt 182 00:20:38,947 --> 00:20:42,117 in her heart for Sir Romulus. The Princess knew instinctively 183 00:20:42,201 --> 00:20:44,244 that the one with red hair was not to be trusted. 184 00:20:44,328 --> 00:20:47,748 As his young ward dived again and again to the depths of the lake, 185 00:20:47,831 --> 00:20:52,044 in search of the enchanted chalice, Sir Romulus twirled his luxuriant moustache. 186 00:20:52,127 --> 00:20:56,715 Sir Romulus rode with his two companions, northwards, drawing ever closer 187 00:20:56,798 --> 00:20:58,050 to an effulgent sea. 188 00:20:58,133 --> 00:21:01,345 So heroic in manner, he appeared so valiant in word 189 00:21:02,804 --> 00:21:04,848 no one could ever guess at the darkness 190 00:21:04,932 --> 00:21:07,518 lurking in the black heart of Sir Romulus Turnbull. 191 00:21:07,601 --> 00:21:10,521 He was the most dangerous man in the world. 192 00:21:18,820 --> 00:21:22,282 "Dear Cecilia, I thought I should write to apologise for my clumsy 193 00:21:22,366 --> 00:21:24,243 "and inconsiderate behaviour." 194 00:22:53,749 --> 00:22:56,001 "Forgive me if I seem strange but I'm..." 195 00:24:21,420 --> 00:24:25,591 Dear Cecilia, you'd be forgiven for thinking me mad, 196 00:24:25,674 --> 00:24:27,467 the way I acted this afternoon. 197 00:24:27,551 --> 00:24:31,597 The truth is I feel rather lightheaded and foolish in your presence, Cee, 198 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:34,016 and I don't think I can blame the heat. 199 00:24:35,767 --> 00:24:37,269 "Will you forgive me? 200 00:24:40,314 --> 00:24:41,607 "Robbie." 201 00:24:59,041 --> 00:25:00,626 Off out then? 202 00:25:00,709 --> 00:25:03,295 Yes, Leon's asked me to join them for dinner. 203 00:25:04,296 --> 00:25:07,841 So that's why I've been polishing silver all afternoon. 204 00:25:07,925 --> 00:25:11,136 I'll think of you when I see my face in the spoon. 205 00:25:14,723 --> 00:25:19,394 You're not a bit like your father. Not in any way. 206 00:25:19,478 --> 00:25:22,314 That's because I'm all yours. I'll be late. 207 00:25:24,441 --> 00:25:26,860 Your shirts are hanging upstairs. 208 00:25:30,322 --> 00:25:32,449 -Son. -Yes? 209 00:25:33,116 --> 00:25:34,535 Nothing. 210 00:26:27,129 --> 00:26:29,131 Briony! Is that you? 211 00:26:52,154 --> 00:26:53,697 Are you all right? 212 00:26:57,409 --> 00:26:59,703 Do you think you could do me a favour? 213 00:27:00,370 --> 00:27:03,624 Could you run ahead and give this to Cee? I... 214 00:27:03,707 --> 00:27:08,420 -Feel a bit of a fool handing it over myself. -All right. 215 00:27:34,196 --> 00:27:35,405 Briony. 216 00:28:02,307 --> 00:28:04,184 Briony! 217 00:28:24,163 --> 00:28:26,915 -I suppose he's what you might call eligible. -Rather. 218 00:28:26,999 --> 00:28:29,168 He certainly seems to think he's the cat's pyjamas. 219 00:28:29,251 --> 00:28:32,588 Which is odd, considering he has pubic hair growing out of his ears. 220 00:28:32,671 --> 00:28:36,133 I should imagine he'd give you a lot of very noisy, boneheaded sons. 221 00:28:36,216 --> 00:28:38,594 -He's quite a good egg, actually. -You say that about everyone. 222 00:28:38,677 --> 00:28:42,472 -Leon! -Rummy, if it ain't my little sis! 223 00:28:42,556 --> 00:28:45,559 I wrote you a play, Leon. I wanted to do a play for you. 224 00:28:45,642 --> 00:28:47,436 -The Trials Of Arabella. -Well, there's still time. 225 00:28:47,519 --> 00:28:49,104 -Doesn't have to be this evening. -No, it's impossible. 226 00:28:49,188 --> 00:28:50,606 Briony. Tell you what. I'm good at voices, 227 00:28:50,689 --> 00:28:52,524 you're even better, so we'll read it out after dinner. 228 00:28:52,608 --> 00:28:55,527 -Briony, did you read this letter? -Yes, let's. That's a wonderful idea. 229 00:28:55,611 --> 00:29:00,032 -Briony! -Here we are. My choc-tail. 230 00:29:00,532 --> 00:29:02,409 I insist you try it. 231 00:29:03,327 --> 00:29:05,245 Wasn't there an envelope? 232 00:29:16,673 --> 00:29:18,383 Do you mind if I come in? 233 00:29:20,052 --> 00:29:22,429 I've had the most appalling evening. 234 00:29:23,972 --> 00:29:26,517 The twins have been torturing me. Look. 235 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:27,935 How awful. 236 00:29:31,063 --> 00:29:32,397 Chinese burns. 237 00:29:33,982 --> 00:29:35,943 That's right. 238 00:29:36,276 --> 00:29:41,114 They want to go home. They think it's me that's keeping them here. 239 00:29:46,954 --> 00:29:48,330 Lola. 240 00:29:49,039 --> 00:29:53,418 Can I tell you something? Something really terrible. 241 00:29:53,502 --> 00:29:54,795 Yes, please. 242 00:29:55,629 --> 00:29:58,757 What's the worst word you can possibly imagine? 243 00:30:09,351 --> 00:30:11,603 -He's a sex maniac! -That's right. 244 00:30:11,687 --> 00:30:13,188 -What's Cecilia going to do? -I don't know. 245 00:30:13,272 --> 00:30:15,858 -You ought to call the police. -Do you think so? 246 00:30:15,941 --> 00:30:18,652 He said he thought about it all day long. 247 00:30:18,735 --> 00:30:20,904 All you have to do is show them the letter. 248 00:30:20,988 --> 00:30:23,782 -You won't tell anyone, will you, promise? -I promise. 249 00:30:23,866 --> 00:30:27,077 Good. If he found out, there's no knowing what he might do. 250 00:30:27,161 --> 00:30:28,370 You're right. 251 00:30:30,622 --> 00:30:33,917 You better tidy your face. I've still got to change. 252 00:30:36,253 --> 00:30:38,839 Thanks, Briony. You're a real brick. 253 00:33:00,314 --> 00:33:01,440 Cecilia! 254 00:33:19,666 --> 00:33:22,127 -It was a mistake. -Briony read it. 255 00:33:22,419 --> 00:33:24,671 My God, I'm so sorry. It was the wrong version. 256 00:33:24,755 --> 00:33:26,048 Yes. 257 00:33:29,885 --> 00:33:31,970 -It was never meant to be read. -No. 258 00:34:07,256 --> 00:34:08,841 What was in the version I was meant to read? 259 00:34:08,924 --> 00:34:10,884 I don't know. It was more formal. Less... 260 00:34:10,968 --> 00:34:12,594 -Anatomical? -Yes. 261 00:34:19,226 --> 00:34:23,438 It's been there for weeks, and then this morning by the fountain... 262 00:34:32,739 --> 00:34:35,617 I've never done anything like that before. 263 00:34:35,951 --> 00:34:38,912 And I was so angry with you, and with myself. 264 00:34:41,748 --> 00:34:45,252 I thought if you went away to medical school, then I'd be happy, but... 265 00:34:45,335 --> 00:34:48,922 I don't know how I could have been so ignorant about myself, so... 266 00:34:52,843 --> 00:34:54,386 So stupid. 267 00:35:01,101 --> 00:35:03,937 You do know what I'm talking about, don't you? 268 00:35:06,607 --> 00:35:09,443 You knew before I did. 269 00:35:11,111 --> 00:35:12,946 Why are you crying? 270 00:35:14,490 --> 00:35:16,116 Don't you know? 271 00:35:16,617 --> 00:35:18,368 Yes, I know exactly. 272 00:37:02,681 --> 00:37:03,765 Robbie. 273 00:37:04,725 --> 00:37:05,809 Cecilia. 274 00:37:07,728 --> 00:37:08,854 I love you. 275 00:37:11,398 --> 00:37:12,774 I love you. 276 00:37:53,941 --> 00:37:55,609 Someone's come in. 277 00:37:57,277 --> 00:37:58,529 Cecilia! 278 00:38:42,573 --> 00:38:44,533 People were sitting out having dinner on the pavement. 279 00:38:44,616 --> 00:38:49,037 It was always the view of my parents that hot weather encouraged loose morals. 280 00:38:49,121 --> 00:38:51,498 In high summer, my sister and l were never allowed out of the house. 281 00:38:51,582 --> 00:38:55,294 They thought the villagers would be unnecessarily provoked. 282 00:38:57,212 --> 00:39:01,091 What do you say, Cee? Does the hot weather make you behave badly? 283 00:39:02,885 --> 00:39:05,846 -Good heavens, you're blushing. -It's just hot in here, that's all. 284 00:39:05,929 --> 00:39:08,515 Lola, wipe that lipstick off. You're far too young. 285 00:39:08,599 --> 00:39:12,311 What about you, Briony? What sins have you committed today? 286 00:39:13,187 --> 00:39:16,481 -I've done nothing wrong. Have you seen the twins recently? 287 00:39:16,607 --> 00:39:19,276 They didn't look very happy last time I saw them, poor little chaps. 288 00:39:19,359 --> 00:39:22,738 You know nothing about it. -Briony. I can't imagine what's got into you. 289 00:39:22,821 --> 00:39:25,365 -I've never known you to be so rude. Well, they're not poor little chaps. 290 00:39:25,449 --> 00:39:27,576 -Just look what they did to Lola. -What are you talking about? 291 00:39:27,659 --> 00:39:30,871 Jackson and Pierrot bruised her arm. Gave her Chinese burns. 292 00:39:30,954 --> 00:39:32,873 I'm afraid she's quite right. I had to pull them off her. 293 00:39:32,956 --> 00:39:35,292 How I got my war wound. 294 00:39:35,375 --> 00:39:36,793 The twins did that, Lola? 295 00:39:36,877 --> 00:39:38,754 Yes, it all turned into a bit of a wrestle, 296 00:39:38,837 --> 00:39:41,173 I'm afraid. Still, no harm done, eh, Lola? 297 00:39:41,256 --> 00:39:42,925 Would you go and find these boys, please, Briony? 298 00:39:43,008 --> 00:39:44,718 Tell them dinner's ready, and where are their manners? 299 00:39:44,801 --> 00:39:46,720 -Why do I have to go? -Briony, you'll do as you're told, 300 00:39:46,803 --> 00:39:49,306 or you'll go straight to your room. 301 00:40:18,418 --> 00:40:19,920 It's a letter! -Give it to me! 302 00:40:20,003 --> 00:40:21,588 They've run away. Who has? 303 00:40:21,672 --> 00:40:23,006 The twins. 304 00:40:23,924 --> 00:40:28,929 "We are going to run away because Lola is so horrid to us and we want to go home. 305 00:40:30,597 --> 00:40:32,140 -"Also, there wasn't a play." -Don't worry. 306 00:40:32,224 --> 00:40:34,476 We'll send out some search parties. They can't have gone far. 307 00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:36,603 Cee, you come with me. 308 00:40:42,401 --> 00:40:43,485 Pierrot! 309 00:40:44,319 --> 00:40:45,404 Jackson! 310 00:40:46,613 --> 00:40:47,739 Boys! 311 00:40:48,949 --> 00:40:50,033 Jackson! 312 00:40:52,244 --> 00:40:53,328 Pierrot! 313 00:42:33,387 --> 00:42:35,430 Lola? Are you all right? 314 00:42:36,014 --> 00:42:38,851 I'm sorry. I didn't... I'm sorry. 315 00:42:38,934 --> 00:42:41,019 Who was it? 316 00:42:43,272 --> 00:42:44,606 I saw him. 317 00:42:45,649 --> 00:42:46,733 I saw him. 318 00:42:47,776 --> 00:42:50,028 -It was him, wasn't it? -Yes, it was him. 319 00:42:50,112 --> 00:42:51,697 Lola, who was it? 320 00:42:53,824 --> 00:42:57,286 It was Robbie, wasn't it? Robbie? 321 00:42:59,079 --> 00:43:01,748 -You saw him? -Like you said, he's a sex maniac. 322 00:43:01,832 --> 00:43:04,585 And you don't even know what happened before dinner. 323 00:43:04,668 --> 00:43:06,253 I caught him attacking my sister in the library. 324 00:43:06,336 --> 00:43:08,547 I don't know what he'd have done if I hadn't come in. 325 00:43:08,630 --> 00:43:12,092 -You actually saw him? -Of course I did. Plain as day. 326 00:43:13,927 --> 00:43:18,223 He pushed me to the ground. And then he put his hands over my eyes. 327 00:43:19,391 --> 00:43:24,479 -I couldn't actually... I never actually... -Listen. I've known him 328 00:43:24,563 --> 00:43:26,773 my whole life, and I saw him. 329 00:43:27,566 --> 00:43:29,943 Because I couldn't say for sure. 330 00:43:30,777 --> 00:43:33,489 Well, I can. And I will. 331 00:43:38,285 --> 00:43:41,872 Call the police. And she'll be needing a doctor, as well. 332 00:43:52,799 --> 00:43:57,095 -It's all right, dear. It's all right now. Is Robbie back yet? 333 00:43:57,179 --> 00:43:59,389 I haven't seen him. 334 00:43:59,806 --> 00:44:01,642 I know who it was. 335 00:44:04,102 --> 00:44:07,564 -You saw him, then? -Yes, I saw him. 336 00:44:07,648 --> 00:44:10,692 -Just as you see me? -I know it was him. 337 00:44:10,776 --> 00:44:14,154 You know it was him? Or you saw him? 338 00:44:15,489 --> 00:44:18,992 -Yes, I did, I saw him. -With your own eyes? 339 00:44:19,993 --> 00:44:23,789 Yes. I saw him, I saw him with my own eyes. 340 00:44:27,751 --> 00:44:29,336 Well done, darling. 341 00:45:20,929 --> 00:45:24,433 My brother and I found the two of them down by the lake. 342 00:45:24,516 --> 00:45:26,643 You didn't see anyone else? 343 00:45:28,854 --> 00:45:33,567 I wouldn't necessarily believe everything Briony tells you. She's rather fanciful. 344 00:45:41,783 --> 00:45:44,912 When they went looking, I went up to my dad's. 345 00:45:44,995 --> 00:45:47,623 -I did, honest. Why was that? 346 00:45:48,916 --> 00:45:50,667 To tell him all about it. 347 00:45:52,711 --> 00:45:56,256 -I know I shouldn't have opened it. No, you should not. 348 00:45:57,758 --> 00:46:00,719 But at least you've done the right thing now. 349 00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:42,010 Sir, there is someone coming. 350 00:47:11,248 --> 00:47:13,083 -Time you went to bed. -But... 351 00:47:13,167 --> 00:47:14,293 Now. 352 00:48:27,282 --> 00:48:28,367 Cecilia! 353 00:48:51,640 --> 00:48:56,270 You liars! You liars! Liars! Liars! 354 00:49:36,185 --> 00:49:38,353 Northern France Four years later 355 00:49:43,859 --> 00:49:47,362 I says to him, I says, "You can sit down there, twiddling your thumbs, 356 00:49:47,446 --> 00:49:49,531 "waiting to get your head blown off, if you want to. 357 00:49:49,615 --> 00:49:50,782 "I'm off out of it." 358 00:50:00,459 --> 00:50:04,421 Bonsoir monsieur. Bonsoir? Let me do this. 359 00:50:19,645 --> 00:50:21,063 What's his game? 360 00:50:21,146 --> 00:50:23,440 -He says he's got something for us. -Fucking hell! 361 00:50:24,775 --> 00:50:26,985 Wait! We have food for you 362 00:50:27,110 --> 00:50:28,237 Bread, sugar 363 00:50:28,320 --> 00:50:29,404 And wine! 364 00:50:39,790 --> 00:50:41,458 What are you doing here? 365 00:50:47,714 --> 00:50:51,260 When the retreat started, Panzers attacked, 366 00:50:52,261 --> 00:50:54,429 and I was separated from my unit 367 00:50:54,596 --> 00:50:57,099 So it's true, the English are retreating 368 00:50:59,935 --> 00:51:02,604 We'll be gone at first light 369 00:51:04,148 --> 00:51:07,025 We fought all those years, lost all those dead, 370 00:51:07,484 --> 00:51:09,987 now the Germans are in France again 371 00:51:13,532 --> 00:51:14,950 We will come back 372 00:51:17,119 --> 00:51:18,787 we will throw them out 373 00:51:20,622 --> 00:51:23,417 I promise you 374 00:51:24,793 --> 00:51:26,461 Good luck 375 00:51:31,466 --> 00:51:32,843 Come on, then. 376 00:51:32,926 --> 00:51:36,930 How come a toff like you, talks French and everything, ends up a private? 377 00:51:37,014 --> 00:51:40,642 Not eligible for officers' training if you join direct from prison. 378 00:51:40,809 --> 00:51:44,062 -You're pulling my tit. -No, I'm not. 379 00:51:45,647 --> 00:51:49,109 They gave me a choice. Stay in prison or join the Army. 380 00:51:50,152 --> 00:51:53,322 And for the record, the last thing I am is a toff. 381 00:52:12,299 --> 00:52:14,343 Six months earlier 382 00:52:41,537 --> 00:52:43,038 I'm sorry I'm late, I got lost. 383 00:52:43,163 --> 00:52:44,915 -Hello. -Hello. 384 00:52:54,675 --> 00:52:57,219 -Should we sit down? -Yes, of course. 385 00:53:12,317 --> 00:53:15,487 -I'm sorry, I can't remember, l... -Two. Thank you. 386 00:53:50,063 --> 00:53:51,940 Where are you living? 387 00:53:53,609 --> 00:53:55,944 Tiny flat in Balham. It's ghastly. 388 00:53:56,028 --> 00:53:59,323 -The landlady's rude and horribly nosy. -You look the same. 389 00:53:59,406 --> 00:54:01,909 -Apart from the uniform, of course. -Yes, I'm sorry. I've got to go back 390 00:54:01,992 --> 00:54:05,120 -to the hospital in half an hour. -Oh, God, that... 391 00:54:26,475 --> 00:54:27,893 -Sorry. -No. 392 00:54:32,022 --> 00:54:34,608 Have you been in touch with your family? 393 00:54:34,691 --> 00:54:36,735 No, I told you I wouldn't. 394 00:54:38,237 --> 00:54:40,614 Leon waited outside the hospital last week, I just pushed past him. 395 00:54:40,697 --> 00:54:43,450 Cee, you don't owe me anything. 396 00:54:45,577 --> 00:54:48,205 Robbie, didn't you read my letters? 397 00:54:48,622 --> 00:54:50,833 Had I been allowed to visit you, had they let me every day, 398 00:54:50,916 --> 00:54:53,418 -I would have been there every day. -Yes, but... 399 00:54:53,502 --> 00:54:57,089 If all we have rests on a few moments 400 00:54:57,172 --> 00:54:59,758 in a library three and a half years ago, then I'm not sure, 401 00:54:59,842 --> 00:55:02,970 -I don't know if... -Robbie, look at me. 402 00:55:06,139 --> 00:55:08,767 Look at me. 403 00:55:09,852 --> 00:55:11,228 Come back. 404 00:55:14,439 --> 00:55:16,150 Come back to me. 405 00:55:30,414 --> 00:55:32,166 Dearest Cecilia. 406 00:55:33,876 --> 00:55:36,003 Dearest Cecilia. 407 00:55:43,260 --> 00:55:44,386 Cecilia. 408 00:55:59,902 --> 00:56:01,987 A friend of mine has a cottage by the coast. 409 00:56:02,070 --> 00:56:04,406 Said we can borrow it when you're next on leave. 410 00:56:04,490 --> 00:56:07,618 White clapboard with blue-painted window frames. 411 00:56:09,411 --> 00:56:12,789 -I hope this bus never comes. -Here. 412 00:56:14,958 --> 00:56:17,794 Something to think of while you're away. 413 00:56:40,234 --> 00:56:41,360 I love you. 414 00:58:12,117 --> 00:58:14,286 Some poor sod's gonna catch a packet. 415 00:58:22,836 --> 00:58:27,090 My darling. Briony found my address somehow, and sent a letter. 416 00:58:28,300 --> 00:58:31,053 The first surprise was she didn't go up to Cambridge. 417 00:58:31,136 --> 00:58:33,931 She's doing nurse's training at my old hospital. 418 00:58:35,140 --> 00:58:37,935 I think she may be doing this as some kind of penance. 419 00:58:38,018 --> 00:58:42,731 She says she's beginning to get the full grasp of what she did, and what it meant. 420 00:58:42,856 --> 00:58:45,359 She wants to come and talk to me. 421 00:58:46,693 --> 00:58:51,448 I love you. I'll wait for you. Come back. 422 00:58:52,866 --> 00:58:53,951 Come back to me. 423 00:58:55,285 --> 00:58:57,704 Come back. Come back to me. 424 00:58:58,747 --> 00:59:01,917 Come back. Come back to me. 425 00:59:05,337 --> 00:59:07,339 So where we going, guv? 426 00:59:22,062 --> 00:59:24,314 Fucking hate those boots! 427 00:59:24,398 --> 00:59:27,192 I hate them worse than all the fucking Germans put together! 428 00:59:27,276 --> 00:59:30,445 You'll have a job getting back to England in your socks. 429 01:01:08,210 --> 01:01:10,963 Come on, pal, you should be getting dressed. 430 01:01:11,046 --> 01:01:14,216 -If I fell in, would you save me? -Of course. 431 01:01:26,895 --> 01:01:27,938 Briony! 432 01:01:53,213 --> 01:01:54,381 Thank you. 433 01:02:02,681 --> 01:02:04,141 Thank you! Thank you, thank you! 434 01:02:04,224 --> 01:02:06,977 That's an incredibly bloody stupid thing to do. 435 01:02:07,102 --> 01:02:08,479 I wanted you to save me. -Don't you know 436 01:02:08,562 --> 01:02:10,230 how easily you could have drowned? 437 01:02:10,564 --> 01:02:13,400 -You saved me. -Stupid child! 438 01:02:13,484 --> 01:02:17,321 You could have killed us both. Is that your idea of a joke? 439 01:02:19,072 --> 01:02:21,783 I want to thank you for saving my life. 440 01:02:22,951 --> 01:02:25,579 I will be eternally grateful to you. 441 01:02:38,091 --> 01:02:39,968 The story can resume. 442 01:02:40,761 --> 01:02:44,806 Our story can resume. I will simply resume. 443 01:02:45,432 --> 01:02:47,893 Jerry, come and have a go at us in fucking South End. 444 01:02:47,976 --> 01:02:52,981 Or better still, Trafalgar Square. No one speaks the fucking lingo out here. 445 01:02:53,065 --> 01:02:55,984 You can't say, "Pass the biscuit," or "Where's me hand grenade?" 446 01:02:56,068 --> 01:02:59,613 They just shrug. Because they hate us, too. I mean, that's the point. 447 01:02:59,696 --> 01:03:03,116 We fight in France and the French fucking hate us. 448 01:03:03,200 --> 01:03:06,370 Make me Home Secretary, I'll sort this out in a fucking minute. 449 01:03:06,453 --> 01:03:08,956 We got India and Africa, right? 450 01:03:09,039 --> 01:03:12,417 Jerry can have France and Belgium and wherever else they want. 451 01:03:12,501 --> 01:03:16,380 Who's fucking ever been to Poland? It's all about room, empire. 452 01:03:16,463 --> 01:03:19,550 They want more empire, give 'em this shithole, we keep ours, 453 01:03:19,633 --> 01:03:22,761 and it's "Bob's your uncle" and "Fanny's your fucking aunt"! 454 01:03:22,845 --> 01:03:24,429 Think about it. 455 01:03:34,314 --> 01:03:37,651 Dearest Cecilia. The story can resume. 456 01:03:39,987 --> 01:03:43,240 The one I had been planning on that evening walk. 457 01:03:44,658 --> 01:03:47,536 I can become again the man who once crossed the Surrey park 458 01:03:47,619 --> 01:03:52,166 at dusk in my best suit, swaggering on the promise of life. 459 01:03:52,249 --> 01:03:56,879 The man who, with the clarity of passion, made love to you in the library. 460 01:04:01,466 --> 01:04:03,343 The story can resume. 461 01:04:07,431 --> 01:04:10,100 I will return, 462 01:04:10,309 --> 01:04:13,020 find you, love you, 463 01:04:13,103 --> 01:04:16,607 marry you. And live without shame. 464 01:04:34,249 --> 01:04:35,918 You can smell the sea. 465 01:05:08,242 --> 01:05:09,284 Fuck me. 466 01:05:10,619 --> 01:05:15,499 -It's like something out of the Bible. Jesus Christ. 467 01:05:17,668 --> 01:05:19,878 Come on, get everybody to clean this mess up now. 468 01:05:20,254 --> 01:05:22,881 We've just arrived, sir. Can you tell us what we're supposed to be doing? 469 01:05:22,965 --> 01:05:25,259 Nothing. Just wait. Where are the ships? 470 01:05:25,342 --> 01:05:28,011 A few made it in yesterday, Luftwaffe blew them to buggery. 471 01:05:28,095 --> 01:05:30,889 Lost 3,000 men when they sank the Lancastria. 472 01:05:30,973 --> 01:05:34,434 High command, in its infinite wisdom, is denying us air cover. 473 01:05:34,518 --> 01:05:36,395 A disgrace, a fucking disaster. 474 01:05:36,478 --> 01:05:39,148 No, look, the thing is, you see, I'm expected back, you see. 475 01:05:39,231 --> 01:05:42,985 There's over 300,000 men on this beach, Private. You'll have to wait your turn. 476 01:05:43,068 --> 01:05:47,447 Just be grateful you're not wounded. I've orders to leave the wounded behind. 477 01:05:47,990 --> 01:05:52,911 No, no, no, leave it, guv! Never trust a sailor on dry land. You're best off out of it. 478 01:06:07,384 --> 01:06:08,719 That's not right. 479 01:06:33,410 --> 01:06:34,495 Christ. 480 01:06:41,877 --> 01:06:43,754 Can you hear me, laddies? 481 01:06:43,837 --> 01:06:46,173 I'm coming home! 482 01:07:44,857 --> 01:07:49,444 Take from our souls the strain and stress 483 01:07:49,528 --> 01:07:53,866 And let our ordered lives confess 484 01:07:53,949 --> 01:07:58,120 The beauty of Thy peace 485 01:07:58,203 --> 01:08:03,125 The beauty of Thy peace 486 01:08:03,584 --> 01:08:08,213 Breathe through the heats of our desire 487 01:08:08,297 --> 01:08:12,593 Thy coolness and Thy balm 488 01:08:12,759 --> 01:08:17,097 Let sense be numb, let flesh retire 489 01:08:17,181 --> 01:08:21,518 Speak through the earthquake, wind and fire 490 01:08:21,602 --> 01:08:25,856 O still, small voice of calm 491 01:08:56,512 --> 01:08:57,596 Guv'nor. 492 01:09:01,433 --> 01:09:03,852 I have to get something to drink. 493 01:09:03,936 --> 01:09:06,480 You need one. You're grey. 494 01:09:06,563 --> 01:09:09,399 He's gone all grey, can you see? 495 01:09:25,415 --> 01:09:27,167 There. Come on. 496 01:09:29,378 --> 01:09:31,046 All I want's a cup of tea now. 497 01:09:48,355 --> 01:09:50,816 What the fuck you doing? 498 01:10:15,591 --> 01:10:21,472 I'm coming home! Laddie, I'm coming home! 499 01:10:24,391 --> 01:10:30,814 Fuck 'em all! Fuck 'em all! The long and the short and the tall 500 01:10:30,898 --> 01:10:35,736 Fuck all the Sergeants and WO1s Fuck all the corporals 501 01:10:35,819 --> 01:10:37,362 and their bastard sons 502 01:10:37,446 --> 01:10:43,744 'Cause we're saying goodbye to them all As back to their billets they crawl 503 01:10:43,869 --> 01:10:47,247 You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean 504 01:10:47,331 --> 01:10:51,084 So cheer up, my lads Fuck 'em all! 505 01:12:01,196 --> 01:12:02,698 Mike! 506 01:12:09,454 --> 01:12:10,914 Mike! 507 01:12:13,375 --> 01:12:14,626 Hold up, guv. 508 01:12:23,218 --> 01:12:24,344 Wait here. 509 01:13:04,760 --> 01:13:06,386 Why don't you sit down? 510 01:13:15,103 --> 01:13:17,022 It's so hot in here. 511 01:13:17,606 --> 01:13:19,483 Take off your boots. 512 01:13:38,794 --> 01:13:42,506 I have to get back. I promised her. 513 01:13:42,589 --> 01:13:44,800 To put things right. 514 01:13:44,883 --> 01:13:49,138 And she loves me. She's waiting for me. 515 01:13:53,350 --> 01:13:54,393 Oi! 516 01:13:57,729 --> 01:13:58,897 Wait, wait, wait. 517 01:14:00,065 --> 01:14:03,152 Hey, what have you done with your boots? 518 01:14:05,779 --> 01:14:08,407 -Look, you're sure you're feeling all right? -Never better. 519 01:14:08,490 --> 01:14:12,536 Now I'm wondering whether the beach really is the best place for dinner. 520 01:14:14,204 --> 01:14:19,251 -I'm not sure, I don't recognise it. -Dunno. 521 01:14:19,334 --> 01:14:21,545 -This'll do, down here. -No. 522 01:14:22,671 --> 01:14:25,257 -No, no, it's further on. -What is? 523 01:14:25,340 --> 01:14:27,551 This place I know, an old cottage with white clapboards 524 01:14:27,634 --> 01:14:30,220 and blue-painted window frames. 525 01:14:32,097 --> 01:14:36,143 Aw, yes. That's right, that's where we're going. 526 01:14:36,226 --> 01:14:40,397 -It's close to here. -We're there. This is it. 527 01:15:03,045 --> 01:15:05,631 Here we are, guv. Down here. 528 01:15:42,376 --> 01:15:45,087 That's all right, guv. That's right. 529 01:15:47,130 --> 01:15:51,677 Get your head down. Get your head down. There you go. 530 01:16:07,151 --> 01:16:10,112 Tuck yourself in. Keep yourself warm. 531 01:16:17,244 --> 01:16:21,999 Chew on a bit of this. But quiet like, or they'll all be wanting some. 532 01:16:25,627 --> 01:16:27,713 Try and get some sleep. 533 01:17:59,680 --> 01:18:00,806 Find you. 534 01:18:02,141 --> 01:18:03,392 Love you. 535 01:18:04,184 --> 01:18:05,686 Marry you. 536 01:18:06,520 --> 01:18:08,397 And live without shame. 537 01:18:38,969 --> 01:18:44,850 I love you. Come back. Come back to me. 538 01:18:51,023 --> 01:18:53,192 Bit too much noise, guv'nor. -What? 539 01:18:55,360 --> 01:18:57,821 -What noise? -You keep shouting. 540 01:18:57,905 --> 01:19:00,824 -Some of the lads are getting a bit peeved. -What? 541 01:19:12,961 --> 01:19:17,633 -Christ. You look a bit rough. -Thing is, I've decided to stay on for a bit. 542 01:19:18,759 --> 01:19:22,054 I'm meeting someone, and I'm always keeping her waiting. 543 01:19:22,137 --> 01:19:25,724 Now, listen. Listen to me, guv'nor. 544 01:19:26,350 --> 01:19:30,604 I went out for a Jimmy Riddle just now. Guess what I saw! 545 01:19:31,188 --> 01:19:34,399 They're getting themselves sorted out down on the beach. 546 01:19:34,691 --> 01:19:39,488 The boats are back, and a geezer from the Buffs is marching us down at 7:00. 547 01:19:40,447 --> 01:19:43,784 We're away. We're off home, mate. 548 01:19:46,286 --> 01:19:50,082 So get some more sleep, and no more of your bleeding shouting. 549 01:19:50,165 --> 01:19:54,378 -All right? -I won't say a word. 550 01:19:57,214 --> 01:20:00,050 Wake me before 7:00, would you? Thanks so much. 551 01:20:02,427 --> 01:20:07,432 You won't hear another word from me. Promise. 552 01:20:12,146 --> 01:20:15,774 London Three weeks earlier 553 01:20:57,274 --> 01:20:59,902 Bed castors should be lined up and pointing inwards. 554 01:20:59,985 --> 01:21:03,197 I found three yesterday that weren't. You know who you are. 555 01:21:03,280 --> 01:21:05,616 Which of you were responsible for putting away the blankets today? 556 01:21:05,699 --> 01:21:07,743 I was, Sister. -I don't suppose you can tell us 557 01:21:07,826 --> 01:21:09,286 -what you did wrong? -No, Sister. 558 01:21:09,369 --> 01:21:11,163 Labels are folded to the inside, are they not? 559 01:21:11,246 --> 01:21:12,664 -Yes, Sister. -Do them again. 560 01:21:12,748 --> 01:21:17,085 Nurse Tallis, I'll see you in my office. The rest of you are excused. 561 01:21:30,015 --> 01:21:33,185 -ls this job at all important to you, Tallis? -Very important, Sister. 562 01:21:33,268 --> 01:21:35,479 Yesterday, you were seconded to men's surgical. 563 01:21:35,562 --> 01:21:38,565 When your patient came round from his anaesthetic, it seems the first thing he did 564 01:21:38,649 --> 01:21:41,109 was to ask for Briony. Who might Briony be? 565 01:21:41,193 --> 01:21:44,363 -Well, me, Sister. -There is no Briony. 566 01:21:44,446 --> 01:21:47,908 You are Tallis. Nurse Tallis. Is that understood? 567 01:21:47,991 --> 01:21:49,159 Yes, Sister. 568 01:21:59,294 --> 01:22:00,796 There is no Briony. 569 01:22:05,008 --> 01:22:08,595 This is the BBC Home Service. Here is the news. 570 01:22:08,679 --> 01:22:12,141 The BEF, with their French allies, are fighting a desperate battle 571 01:22:12,224 --> 01:22:14,560 in the northern zone of the Western Front. 572 01:22:14,643 --> 01:22:19,064 The Allied Forces have not lost cohesion, and their morale is high. 573 01:22:19,148 --> 01:22:22,025 The RAF continues to give all the support in its power 574 01:22:22,109 --> 01:22:25,362 to the Allied armies in northeastern France and Belgium. Railways, roads, 575 01:22:25,445 --> 01:22:29,283 bridges and enemy troops have been continuously attacked, yesterday... 576 01:22:46,592 --> 01:22:49,887 Thanks. I never could make the scissors work with my left hand. 577 01:22:49,970 --> 01:22:52,097 Mummy always did it for me. 578 01:22:53,474 --> 01:22:55,267 There, you're done. 579 01:22:59,771 --> 01:23:00,856 Bother! 580 01:23:07,321 --> 01:23:08,363 Night-night, Ponty. 581 01:23:09,781 --> 01:23:11,575 Good night, Tallis. 582 01:23:26,882 --> 01:23:29,218 Don't panic! It's only me. 583 01:23:29,301 --> 01:23:33,013 Fiona, I almost jumped out of my skin. 584 01:23:33,806 --> 01:23:36,809 So this is where you duck to after lights out. 585 01:23:36,892 --> 01:23:41,104 I thought you might be in the middle of some tempestuous romance. 586 01:23:41,480 --> 01:23:44,191 Don't you freeze to death up here? 587 01:23:46,610 --> 01:23:48,237 I love London. 588 01:23:49,947 --> 01:23:52,324 Do you think all of this will be bombed and just disappear? 589 01:23:52,407 --> 01:23:53,492 No. 590 01:23:55,118 --> 01:23:56,703 I don't know. 591 01:23:57,621 --> 01:23:59,915 Do you write about Sister Drummond? 592 01:24:00,791 --> 01:24:03,126 -Do you write about me? -Sometimes. 593 01:24:04,336 --> 01:24:07,840 -Can I look? -I'd rather you didn't. It's private. 594 01:24:08,674 --> 01:24:12,302 I don't see any point in writing a story if you're not going to let anyone read it. 595 01:24:12,386 --> 01:24:14,847 -It's not ready yet. It's unfinished. -What's it about? 596 01:24:21,478 --> 01:24:24,481 -It's complicated. -Yes? 597 01:24:24,565 --> 01:24:25,774 It's just... 598 01:24:28,235 --> 01:24:33,198 It's about a young girl, a young and foolish girl, who sees something from 599 01:24:33,282 --> 01:24:37,828 her bedroom window which she doesn't understand, but she thinks she does. 600 01:24:41,456 --> 01:24:43,625 I probably won't ever finish it. 601 01:24:44,251 --> 01:24:47,421 I look at you, Tallis, and you're so mysterious. 602 01:24:48,088 --> 01:24:50,507 I've never been mysterious. 603 01:24:52,217 --> 01:24:55,012 -Do you know what I decided tonight? -What? 604 01:24:57,473 --> 01:25:01,059 I could never marry a man who wasn't in the Royal Navy. 605 01:25:10,736 --> 01:25:13,530 Here we are. Cecilia Tallis. 606 01:25:14,031 --> 01:25:16,200 I think this is her address. 607 01:25:18,243 --> 01:25:19,411 Thank you. 608 01:25:28,420 --> 01:25:32,174 Dear Cecilia. Please don't throw this away without reading it. 609 01:25:33,300 --> 01:25:35,803 As you'll have seen from the notepaper, I'm here at St Thomas' 610 01:25:35,886 --> 01:25:38,138 doing my nurses' training. 611 01:25:38,222 --> 01:25:40,724 I decided not to take up my place at Cambridge. 612 01:25:40,808 --> 01:25:42,184 Oh, God. 613 01:25:43,852 --> 01:25:47,648 I decided I wanted to make myself useful. Do something practical. 614 01:25:50,400 --> 01:25:53,445 It says in the newspaper the Army are making strategic withdrawals. 615 01:25:53,529 --> 01:25:54,613 Yes, I saw that. 616 01:25:54,696 --> 01:25:56,740 It's a euphemism for retreat. 617 01:25:58,075 --> 01:26:01,787 No matter how hard I work, no matter how long the hours, 618 01:26:02,704 --> 01:26:05,165 I can't escape from what I did 619 01:26:05,249 --> 01:26:08,293 and what it meant, 620 01:26:08,377 --> 01:26:12,089 the full extent of which I am only now beginning to grasp. 621 01:26:19,054 --> 01:26:22,015 Cee, please write and tell me we can meet. 622 01:26:23,767 --> 01:26:25,602 Your sister, Briony. 623 01:26:27,938 --> 01:26:30,816 So do you? -Do I what? 624 01:26:31,233 --> 01:26:35,529 Have a secret fiancé in France. That's what everyone thinks. 625 01:26:35,612 --> 01:26:36,655 No, of course not. 626 01:26:36,738 --> 01:26:39,324 Imagine not knowing if he'd ever come back. 627 01:26:39,408 --> 01:26:41,577 I've never been in love. 628 01:26:42,327 --> 01:26:45,038 What, never? Not even a crush? 629 01:26:45,706 --> 01:26:49,168 Oh, I had a crush once, when I was 10 or 11. 630 01:26:51,378 --> 01:26:54,715 I jumped into a river to see if he'd save me from drowning. 631 01:26:54,798 --> 01:26:58,302 -Now you're teasing me. -Oh, no. And he did save me. 632 01:27:01,305 --> 01:27:04,975 But as soon as I told him I loved him, the feeling sort of disappeared. 633 01:27:05,058 --> 01:27:06,643 Something's happened. 634 01:27:11,106 --> 01:27:12,608 Outside, quickly. 635 01:27:56,777 --> 01:27:58,028 Robbie. 636 01:28:02,074 --> 01:28:03,158 Excuse me. 637 01:28:52,833 --> 01:28:56,295 Nurse Tallis, you speak a little French, if I remember rightly. 638 01:28:56,378 --> 01:28:57,629 Only school French, Sister. 639 01:28:57,713 --> 01:29:02,050 There's a soldier in Bed 13. Go and sit with him for a minute. Hold his hand. 640 01:29:02,134 --> 01:29:03,260 Off you go. 641 01:29:57,231 --> 01:29:58,732 Here you are at last 642 01:29:59,608 --> 01:30:01,235 Sister sent me 643 01:30:01,318 --> 01:30:03,570 for a little chat 644 01:30:06,406 --> 01:30:08,659 I remember your sister 645 01:30:09,159 --> 01:30:11,703 she was always so nice 646 01:30:13,413 --> 01:30:14,998 what's she doing now? 647 01:30:16,875 --> 01:30:20,212 She is a nurse as well 648 01:30:21,255 --> 01:30:24,383 Did she finally marry that man she was so in love with? 649 01:30:25,050 --> 01:30:26,468 I've forgotten his name 650 01:30:26,552 --> 01:30:27,636 Robbie? 651 01:30:29,388 --> 01:30:30,889 She will soon I hope 652 01:30:31,849 --> 01:30:32,933 Robbie 653 01:30:33,559 --> 01:30:35,394 yes that's right 654 01:30:37,688 --> 01:30:38,772 And you? 655 01:30:39,106 --> 01:30:40,649 What is your name? 656 01:30:42,860 --> 01:30:43,902 Luc. 657 01:30:45,404 --> 01:30:46,822 Luc Cornet. 658 01:30:49,032 --> 01:30:50,284 And you? 659 01:30:50,367 --> 01:30:51,451 Tallis. 660 01:30:52,870 --> 01:30:53,912 Tallis. 661 01:30:55,747 --> 01:30:57,666 That's pretty 662 01:31:02,588 --> 01:31:05,215 I remember you now 663 01:31:07,176 --> 01:31:09,303 the English girl 664 01:31:10,512 --> 01:31:13,307 You remember your first visit to Millau? 665 01:31:14,641 --> 01:31:17,186 I was working by the ovens with my father. 666 01:31:18,187 --> 01:31:20,355 I heard your accent 667 01:31:24,485 --> 01:31:27,237 Can you do me a little favour Tallis? 668 01:31:29,156 --> 01:31:31,825 These bandages are so tight, 669 01:31:32,159 --> 01:31:35,287 can you loosen them a bit, please? 670 01:31:36,413 --> 01:31:37,831 Of course 671 01:31:45,714 --> 01:31:48,050 You remember my younger sister, Anne? 672 01:31:50,469 --> 01:31:53,514 She still plays that little Debussy piece 673 01:31:55,265 --> 01:31:56,683 do you remember? 674 01:31:59,061 --> 01:32:02,147 She looks so serious when she plays 675 01:32:03,273 --> 01:32:05,150 And our croissants, 676 01:32:05,776 --> 01:32:07,611 what did you think of them? 677 01:32:15,244 --> 01:32:17,412 The most delicious in Millau 678 01:32:17,830 --> 01:32:18,872 Yes. 679 01:32:19,081 --> 01:32:21,208 it's the quality of the butter 680 01:32:22,918 --> 01:32:23,961 Yes 681 01:32:27,464 --> 01:32:29,925 Is that why you came every day? 682 01:32:31,385 --> 01:32:32,970 Because you know, 683 01:32:34,930 --> 01:32:38,392 my mother is very fond of you 684 01:32:39,101 --> 01:32:40,811 in her opinion, 685 01:32:41,311 --> 01:32:44,064 we should get married in the summer 686 01:32:44,439 --> 01:32:45,899 Oh yes? 687 01:32:46,150 --> 01:32:47,651 Yes 688 01:32:55,617 --> 01:32:57,995 I hope that's more comfortable 689 01:33:02,916 --> 01:33:03,959 Do you love me? 690 01:33:04,042 --> 01:33:06,044 Yes 691 01:33:14,428 --> 01:33:16,889 Can you stay a while? 692 01:33:18,390 --> 01:33:21,435 I'm frightened 693 01:33:30,777 --> 01:33:32,404 -Tallis. -Briony. 694 01:33:34,156 --> 01:33:35,949 Je m'appelle Briony. 695 01:33:47,795 --> 01:33:49,880 Stand up, Nurse Tallis. 696 01:33:54,843 --> 01:33:57,596 Now go and wash the blood off your face. 697 01:34:59,449 --> 01:35:04,413 The Navy has earned our undying gratitude. The Army is undefeated. 698 01:35:04,496 --> 01:35:08,250 Courage has brought them through unconquered, their spirit unbowed. 699 01:35:08,333 --> 01:35:10,419 This is the epic of Dunkirk. 700 01:35:10,502 --> 01:35:14,756 A name that will live forever in the annals of warfare. 701 01:35:18,510 --> 01:35:20,721 In the course of a comprehensive tour, 702 01:35:20,804 --> 01:35:24,558 Queen Elizabeth is seen here visiting a chocolate factory in the north of England. 703 01:35:24,641 --> 01:35:26,977 The confectionary magnate and friend of the British Army, 704 01:35:27,060 --> 01:35:31,315 Mr Paul Marshall, gave the Queen a tour of the Army Amo factory 705 01:35:31,398 --> 01:35:35,777 with his lovely, soon-to-be-wed fiancée, Miss Lola Quincey. 706 01:35:35,861 --> 01:35:38,614 What a mouthwatering couple they are. 707 01:35:38,739 --> 01:35:42,284 Keep the Amo coming. Our boys have a sweet tooth. 708 01:36:09,895 --> 01:36:15,859 Secondly, for a remedy against sin, and to avoid fornication, 709 01:36:15,943 --> 01:36:19,822 that such persons as have not the gift of continence, 710 01:36:19,905 --> 01:36:25,494 might marry and keep themselves undefiled members of Christ's body. 711 01:36:26,328 --> 01:36:31,542 Thirdly, it was ordained, for the mutual society, help and comfort, 712 01:36:31,625 --> 01:36:35,170 that the one ought to have the other. 713 01:36:35,254 --> 01:36:36,380 I saw him. 714 01:36:36,463 --> 01:36:40,384 Therefore, if any man can show any just cause 715 01:36:40,467 --> 01:36:43,428 why they may not be lawfully joined together... 716 01:36:43,595 --> 01:36:44,638 I know it was him. 717 01:36:44,888 --> 01:36:50,352 ...Iet him now speak or forever hold his peace. 718 01:36:56,942 --> 01:36:59,653 I saw him. I saw him with my own eyes. 719 01:37:42,070 --> 01:37:43,780 Let the nursey through. 720 01:37:43,864 --> 01:37:46,366 They're going down to the country today. Never been out of London before. 721 01:37:46,450 --> 01:37:47,659 I hope they get a nice family. 722 01:37:47,743 --> 01:37:49,995 They don't know what they're in for with this lot. 723 01:37:50,078 --> 01:37:51,163 Come on. 724 01:38:09,264 --> 01:38:12,351 I'm looking for Miss Tallis. Cecilia Tallis. 725 01:38:13,769 --> 01:38:14,853 Is she in? 726 01:38:20,984 --> 01:38:23,487 Tallis! Door! 727 01:38:31,286 --> 01:38:33,539 I tried writing. You wouldn't answer. 728 01:38:38,544 --> 01:38:40,420 I have to talk to you. 729 01:39:05,070 --> 01:39:07,447 -So you're a ward sister now? -Yes. 730 01:39:20,836 --> 01:39:21,920 Thanks. 731 01:39:31,305 --> 01:39:33,348 I want to go in front of a judge and change my evidence, Cee. 732 01:39:33,432 --> 01:39:35,142 Don't call me that. 733 01:39:40,772 --> 01:39:42,774 Please don't call me that. 734 01:39:45,736 --> 01:39:48,113 I know what I did was terrible. I don't expect you to forgive me. 735 01:39:48,197 --> 01:39:50,240 Oh, don't worry, I won't. 736 01:39:52,367 --> 01:39:54,912 You're an unreliable witness. They'll never reopen the case. 737 01:39:54,995 --> 01:39:56,747 Well, at least I could tell everyone else what I did. 738 01:39:56,830 --> 01:39:59,249 I can go home and explain to Mummy and Daddy and Leon... 739 01:39:59,333 --> 01:40:01,585 -So what's stopping you? -Well, I wanted to see you first. 740 01:40:01,668 --> 01:40:03,879 They don't want to hear any more about it. 741 01:40:03,962 --> 01:40:07,174 That unpleasantness is all tidied away in the past, thank you very much. 742 01:40:07,257 --> 01:40:08,383 But... 743 01:40:16,391 --> 01:40:18,644 I'll be late. Better get moving. 744 01:40:22,189 --> 01:40:23,524 Excuse me. 745 01:40:29,905 --> 01:40:31,782 He sleeps so deeply. 746 01:41:32,050 --> 01:41:35,387 -What is she doing here? -She wanted to speak to me. 747 01:41:35,471 --> 01:41:37,347 Oh, yes, what about? 748 01:41:37,431 --> 01:41:38,807 The terrible thing I did. 749 01:41:38,891 --> 01:41:40,392 Robbie. Darling. 750 01:41:44,396 --> 01:41:46,398 I'll be quite honest with you. 751 01:41:46,482 --> 01:41:47,941 I'm torn between breaking your neck here 752 01:41:48,025 --> 01:41:51,028 and taking you and throwing you down the stairs. 753 01:41:51,111 --> 01:41:52,237 Oh, God. 754 01:41:52,321 --> 01:41:56,408 Do you have any idea what it's like in jail? Of course, you don't. 755 01:41:56,783 --> 01:41:59,369 Tell me, did it give you pleasure to think of me inside? 756 01:41:59,453 --> 01:42:01,288 -No. -But you did nothing about it. 757 01:42:01,371 --> 01:42:03,081 -No. -Do you think I assaulted your cousin? 758 01:42:03,165 --> 01:42:04,249 -No. -Did you think it then? 759 01:42:04,333 --> 01:42:05,417 Yes. But yes and no. 760 01:42:05,501 --> 01:42:07,419 -And what's made you so certain now? -Growing up. 761 01:42:07,503 --> 01:42:09,046 -Growing up? -I was 13. 762 01:42:09,129 --> 01:42:12,299 How old do you have to be to know the difference between right and wrong? 763 01:42:12,382 --> 01:42:13,801 What are you, 18? 764 01:42:13,884 --> 01:42:16,762 Do you have to be 18 before you can bring yourself to own up to a lie? 765 01:42:16,845 --> 01:42:20,933 There are soldiers of 18, old enough to be left to die by the side of the road, 766 01:42:21,016 --> 01:42:22,434 -did you know that? -Yes. 767 01:42:22,518 --> 01:42:24,812 Five years ago, you didn't care about telling the truth. 768 01:42:24,895 --> 01:42:28,232 You, all your family, you just assumed that for all my education, 769 01:42:28,315 --> 01:42:31,443 I was still little better than a servant. Still not to be trusted! 770 01:42:31,527 --> 01:42:34,571 Thanks to you, they were able to close ranks and throw me to the fucking wolves! 771 01:42:34,655 --> 01:42:37,658 -Robbie! Look at me, look at me. -Don't! 772 01:42:37,741 --> 01:42:41,370 Come back. Come back. 773 01:42:43,914 --> 01:42:46,166 Come back to me. 774 01:43:10,190 --> 01:43:11,275 Briony. 775 01:43:13,152 --> 01:43:14,862 There isn't much time. 776 01:43:16,113 --> 01:43:19,867 Robbie has to report for duty at 6:00, and he's got a train to catch. 777 01:43:21,535 --> 01:43:22,870 So sit down. 778 01:43:28,792 --> 01:43:31,545 There are some things you're going to do for us. 779 01:43:48,353 --> 01:43:50,105 You'll go to your parents as soon as you can, 780 01:43:50,189 --> 01:43:51,565 and you'll tell them everything they need to know 781 01:43:51,648 --> 01:43:54,693 to be convinced that the evidence you gave was false. 782 01:43:54,776 --> 01:43:56,445 You'll meet with a solicitor, make a statement, 783 01:43:56,528 --> 01:43:58,697 have it signed, witnessed, send copies to us. Is that clear? 784 01:43:58,780 --> 01:43:59,907 Yes. 785 01:43:59,990 --> 01:44:02,826 You'll write a detailed letter to me explaining everything that happened 786 01:44:02,910 --> 01:44:04,912 leading up to you saying you saw me by the lake. 787 01:44:04,995 --> 01:44:06,246 Try to include whatever you can remember 788 01:44:06,330 --> 01:44:08,123 of what Danny Hardman was doing that night. 789 01:44:08,207 --> 01:44:09,458 -Hardman? -Yes. 790 01:44:12,669 --> 01:44:14,338 It wasn't Danny Hardman. 791 01:44:15,214 --> 01:44:17,216 It was Leon's friend, Marshall. 792 01:44:18,050 --> 01:44:19,134 I don't believe you. 793 01:44:19,218 --> 01:44:22,471 He's married Lola. I've just come from their wedding. 794 01:44:28,477 --> 01:44:31,146 Lola won't be able to testify against him now. 795 01:44:33,565 --> 01:44:34,983 He's immune. 796 01:44:50,749 --> 01:44:55,504 I'm very, very sorry for the terrible distress that I have caused. 797 01:44:57,506 --> 01:44:59,758 I am very, very sorry. 798 01:45:00,300 --> 01:45:02,302 Just do as we've asked of you. 799 01:45:02,678 --> 01:45:07,141 Write it all down, just the truth, no rhymes. No embellishments, no adjectives. 800 01:45:08,892 --> 01:45:10,644 And then leave us be. 801 01:45:12,563 --> 01:45:13,981 I will, I promise. 802 01:46:16,794 --> 01:46:19,004 I'm sorry. Could we stop for a moment? 803 01:46:20,380 --> 01:46:22,007 Of course. Is something the matter? 804 01:46:22,090 --> 01:46:25,344 I just need a couple of minutes by myself. 805 01:46:27,721 --> 01:46:29,556 ...minutes by myself. 806 01:46:30,974 --> 01:46:36,355 Briony Tallis, your new novel, your twenty-first, is called Atonement. It's... 807 01:46:38,232 --> 01:46:39,316 Briony? 808 01:46:44,530 --> 01:46:46,740 I'm sorry. Could we stop for a moment? 809 01:47:21,984 --> 01:47:26,155 Briony Tallis, I'd like to talk now about your new novel, Atonement, 810 01:47:26,238 --> 01:47:29,825 which comes out in a few days to coincide with your birthday. 811 01:47:30,409 --> 01:47:34,830 -It's your twenty-first novel... -It's my last novel. 812 01:47:36,373 --> 01:47:38,959 Oh, really? Are you retiring? 813 01:47:40,169 --> 01:47:41,503 I'm dying. 814 01:47:43,714 --> 01:47:47,926 My doctor tells me I have something called vascular dementia, 815 01:47:49,553 --> 01:47:52,639 which is essentially a continuous series of tiny strokes. 816 01:47:52,723 --> 01:47:58,353 Your brain closes down, gradually you lose words, you lose your memory, 817 01:47:58,437 --> 01:48:01,482 which for a writer is pretty much the point. 818 01:48:04,318 --> 01:48:08,947 So that's why I could finally write the book, I think. I had to. 819 01:48:09,781 --> 01:48:12,117 And why, of course, it's my last novel. 820 01:48:15,329 --> 01:48:16,872 Strangely enough, 821 01:48:21,752 --> 01:48:26,089 it would be just as accurate to call it my first novel. 822 01:48:27,257 --> 01:48:32,471 I wrote several drafts as far back as my time at St Thomas' Hospital during the War. 823 01:48:33,263 --> 01:48:35,766 I just couldn't ever find the way to do it. 824 01:48:36,558 --> 01:48:39,019 Because the novel is autobiographical, is that right? 825 01:48:39,102 --> 01:48:42,606 Yes, entirely. I haven't changed any names, including my own. 826 01:48:42,689 --> 01:48:44,525 And was that the problem? 827 01:48:45,859 --> 01:48:46,985 No. 828 01:48:47,861 --> 01:48:52,616 I had, for a very long time, decided to tell the absolute truth. 829 01:48:54,117 --> 01:48:56,286 No rhymes, no embellishments. 830 01:49:05,295 --> 01:49:06,630 And I think... 831 01:49:09,675 --> 01:49:12,302 You've read the book, you'll understand why. 832 01:49:14,304 --> 01:49:18,559 I got first-hand accounts of all the events I didn't personally witness, 833 01:49:19,184 --> 01:49:24,148 the conditions in prison, the evacuation to Dunkirk, everything. 834 01:49:25,649 --> 01:49:28,861 But the effect of all this honesty was rather pitiless. 835 01:49:28,944 --> 01:49:35,033 You see, I couldn't any longer imagine what purpose would be served by it. 836 01:49:36,535 --> 01:49:39,121 By what? Sorry. Served by honesty? 837 01:49:39,204 --> 01:49:40,330 By honesty. 838 01:49:41,707 --> 01:49:43,041 Or reality. 839 01:49:48,505 --> 01:49:50,382 Because, in fact, 840 01:49:51,717 --> 01:49:56,430 I was too much of a coward to go and see my sister in June, 1940. 841 01:49:58,223 --> 01:50:00,017 I never made that journey to Balham. 842 01:50:00,100 --> 01:50:01,768 Do you have any idea what it's like in jail? 843 01:50:01,852 --> 01:50:03,896 So the scene in which I confess to them is imagined. 844 01:50:03,979 --> 01:50:05,105 He sleeps so deeply. 845 01:50:05,189 --> 01:50:06,231 Invented. 846 01:50:06,315 --> 01:50:09,234 How old do you have to be to know the difference between right and wrong? 847 01:50:09,318 --> 01:50:11,778 And, in fact, could never have happened. 848 01:50:11,862 --> 01:50:12,946 Because 849 01:50:15,365 --> 01:50:20,287 Robbie Turner died of septicaemia at Bray-Dunes 850 01:50:21,413 --> 01:50:23,749 on June the first, 1940, 851 01:50:24,792 --> 01:50:26,877 the last day of the evacuation. 852 01:50:31,757 --> 01:50:32,966 Cheerio, pal. 853 01:51:06,792 --> 01:51:10,838 And I was never able to put things right with my sister, Cecilia, 854 01:51:12,589 --> 01:51:17,177 because she was killed on the 15th of October, 1940, 855 01:51:17,511 --> 01:51:21,849 by the bomb that destroyed the gas and water mains above Balham tube station. 856 01:51:58,594 --> 01:51:59,678 So... 857 01:52:02,222 --> 01:52:05,934 My sister and Robbie were never able to have the time together 858 01:52:07,519 --> 01:52:11,648 they both so longed for, and deserved. 859 01:52:13,442 --> 01:52:16,320 And which, ever since, I've... 860 01:52:21,408 --> 01:52:25,662 Ever since I've always felt I prevented. 861 01:52:32,252 --> 01:52:35,380 But what sense of hope, 862 01:52:36,965 --> 01:52:41,428 or satisfaction, could a reader derive from an ending like that? 863 01:52:42,262 --> 01:52:48,811 So, in the book, I wanted to give Robbie and Cecilia what they lost out on in life. 864 01:52:50,187 --> 01:52:55,442 I'd like to think this isn't weakness or evasion, 865 01:52:58,070 --> 01:53:00,197 but a final act of kindness. 866 01:53:01,990 --> 01:53:08,747 I gave them their happiness. 867 01:59:59,316 --> 02:00:00,359 Subtitles extracted by LeapinLar 868 02:00:01,305 --> 02:01:01,676 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from OpenSubtitles.org