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(WAVES)

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LAWRENCE MACEWEN:
Oh, hello, are you here too?

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Oh yes, you don't
want to miss out.

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Do you, you lovely animal?

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Yes, yes...

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I like to think that when
I got them really friendly,

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they'll come up to me to
get their back scratched,

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rather than me
having to go to them.

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So obviously, I've
achieved that with this lady.

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Ooh, no, no...
We don't want to...

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You want a bit of
it, too, don't you?

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(LAWRENCE CHUCKLES)

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Film stars everywhere.

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(LAWRENCE CHUCKLES)

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I'm sure that's all the
footage you can possibly use.

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Oh, you're lovely, aren't youse?

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As you've probably
discovered, I like cows.

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(LAWRENCE CHUCKLES)

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Oh!

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I know! You're not
getting enough, are you?

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(WATER SPLASHES)

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(BATHTUB SQUEAKS)

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LAWRENCE: "Monday
24th of February, 2020.

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Wind easterly, force one, wet.

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Filming on the beach. Cloe
the cow very cooperative.

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Also a day of the
cold bath treatment.

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I was filmed
having a cold bath."

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(WAVES)

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When we were
children, Father used to

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take us swimming every morning.

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We used to all
have a dip in the sea.

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And this may be something
to do with the reason why

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all my life I've had a
cold bath in the morning.

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(WAVES CONTINUE)

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My father, William Ivan
Lawrence MacEwen,

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to give him his full name,

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came to Muck in 1922.

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He was trained for a
career in the Royal Navy,

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but after the First World War
they were cutting back on ships,

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and he was offered
a bounty to leave.

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At the same time he
inherited Muck from his uncle,

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who, in turn, had
bought it in 1896.

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Father had no
experience of farming,

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but he went to
Agricultural College

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and soon came to the island.

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It's good because it's calm.

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It's so much easier to see sea
birds on the water if it's calm.

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The biggest cave
on the island goes in,

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uh, not in this one, but
just around the corner.

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Maybe I'm shouting too loud.
I'll scare the puffins off.

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I better shut up.

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(LAWRENCE CHUCKLES)

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TOURIST ON BOAT: Do
you have children here?

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LAWRENCE: Six
grandchildren, on the island.

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I've got a daughter
that has the hotel,

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and a son who runs the farm.

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If Ronnie had slowed down more
I could have talked more but...

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(LAUGHTER)

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ISLANDER: Ah, we love Lawrence!

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LAWRENCE: No, but I have
a yearn to be a tourist guide.

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RONNIE: The people were latching
onto you. They certainly were.

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I hope so.

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RONNIE: They said:
"Who is this guy?"

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Yes, yes.

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LAWRENCE: "Monday
9th of March, 1964.

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Light airs and light to
moderate, north-easterly.

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Lawrence to Mallaig for 35,

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red three-cylinder
Ferguson tractor."

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(EXCITED SHOUTS)

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(BIRDS CHIRPING) (GENTLE WAVES)

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(TRACTOR ENGINE)

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"April 1967.

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The telephone reached
Gallanach by underground cable.

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It was the first
time a telephone

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had reached the farmhouse."

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(CHILD TALKS)

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(INDISTINCT)

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(SHEEP BLEATS AND BIRDS CHIRP)

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(BACKGROUND CHATTER)

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LAWRENCE: Diaries were
always part of the family,

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and in the early days, my
father was the one that kept it.

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In this first copy, in 1963,

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it was him that
recorded the events.

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On the 2nd of August,
1963, he has recorded:

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"Weather north,
light airs, later calm.

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All route for Ben Nevis.

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We decide to climb
Scotland's highest mountain."

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It is also recorded
that I climbed barefoot.

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When we were young,

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there was only three
children on the island,

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and we roamed everywhere,
including this point.

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We always did it
barefoot, in summer,

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so our feet got very hard,

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and we could stand the pain
of walking on sharp objects.

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My elder brother, Alastair,
was two years older than me.

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He was the one that made
sure we didn't get into trouble.

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But he didn't want
to stay on the island,

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so he was willing to
hand the island over to me.

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And...

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At first, I was very nervous

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about the responsibility
of running it.

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(COW LOWS)

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LAWRENCE: Go
round, round there, Hugh.

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(COW LOWS)

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RUTH: Papa, you go to the gate.

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- Papa, you go to the gate.
- LAWRENCE: Oh, right.

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LAWRENCE: Wait, Hugh. Wait.

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We'll get them back.

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LAWRENCE: Its Mummy's that way.

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RUTH: Stop it, Hugh! Stop it.

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Right, push up.

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LAWRENCE: Come on,
over there, you silly animal!

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- RUTH: All good.
- HUGH: Yes!

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- RUTH: All good.
- HUGH: Yes!

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- Yes!
- High five.

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Yes!

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High five.

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Yes!

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Finally!

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(LAWRENCE LAUGHS)

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Cattle want to be in a herd,

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and these two seem
to have decided that

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they want to be with the others,

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so I suspect they'll
just jump over the fence.

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- HUGH: Again?
- Again, yes.

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LAWRENCE: "Thursday
31st of July, 1980.

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Dry, wind southeast, moderate.

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On the farm silage is being cut.

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But Lawrence left for
Inverness first thing,

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where he arrived after
the birth of son, Colin.

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Colin weighed a healthy ten
and three-quarter pounds."

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(FAINT MOTOR)

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"18th July, 1986.

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West to northwest,
odd light shower.

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Colin, aged 5,

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dragged a gas cylinder most of
the way home from Camus Mor.

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We were all amazed."

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(BIRDS CHIRP)

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This is Gallanach farmhouse,
where we used to live.

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But eleven years ago, my son
and daughter-in-law came home

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to take over the farm, and we
moved to this house next-door.

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And this is where we stay
now, it's called Tailachlen.

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It's quite small.

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(BELL RINGS)

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TOM WEIR: Hello, Lawrence.

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LAWRENCE: Good
afternoon, Tom, nice to see you.

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- Great to be here
on a day like today.

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- It certainly is.

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- TOM WEIR: What a view!
- Well, even I never tire of it.

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Even when the weather's not
quite as good as it is today.

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TOM WEIR: Is that what
makes you stay here?

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LAWRENCE: Well,
just one of the reasons.

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TOM WEIR: Your family
have been very persistent,

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in that the island has

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been in the same
hands for over 80 years,

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namely, the MacEwen hands.

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And many, many
people have given up with

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less cause, you know, than you;

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you managed to carry on.

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Yes, but I think it's
a great challenge,

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and I have marvelous
people with me on the island,

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and I think that
working together

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has been a real privilege.

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LAWRENCE: I think
the important thing is,

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that if you have growth it
should be gradual and slow.

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You mustn't have sudden changes.

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There's been... Even
here there's been enough,

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plenty of changes in
the last ten, fifteen years.

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The change has been fast enough.

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We want evolution
not revolution.

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(METAL RATTLES)

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(CHATTER) (BIRDS CHIRP)

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BOLT OPENS

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Good morning, girls.
How are you today?

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This is what I call
heritage farming.

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It's a... Not many
people do it now.

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These cows are tied
up with chains, in a byre.

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This is how they all used
to be a hundred years ago.

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But not today. Nobody
is willing to do the work.

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To clean them out, every day.

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When I'm gone, I
don't think anybody will

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be willing to do this.

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LAWRENCE: Aye, of course,
I wanted my son to take over

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the farm.

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It was just obvious that
he would get the farm.

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It should be very satisfactory.

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In fact I just have my own
little niche, with my cows.

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He does everything else.

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He decides exactly
what the farm does.

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If he would be nicer to
me, it would be even better.

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(TRACTOR ENGINE)

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(STRONG WIND)

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(INAUDIBLE ARGUMENT)

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JENNY MACEWEN:
You see the hen-pens?

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I think they're all hiding.

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It's very blowy out there.

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You didn't come, we didn't see
the chooks this morning, did we?

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No, we didn't see the chookies.

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Are you hungry? Are we
going to get some lunch?

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(JENNY CONTINUES
TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

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LAWRENCE: "The
2nd of October, 1966.

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A fine but cold morning
when we set off for Arrasaig.

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Alastair broached the subject
of the future, as we drove back.

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Reckoned we should
either go to Australia,

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or make Muck summer-only.

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I felt rather sick."

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(GENTLE SYNTH MUSIC)

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When my brother wanted to leave,

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we considered
selling the island.

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But I said no, because
I couldn't bear to lose...

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everything of my first
quarter-century of life.

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We were so embedded
in the island, so to speak.

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I never envisioned living
anywhere but on the island.

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(GENTLE SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES)

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JENNY: You want pepper?
You might need pepper.

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- LAWRENCE: Peppa Pig.
- D'you want pepper, poppa?

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LAWRENCE: No, I don't
think so, I don't do pepper.

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JENNY: Well, I think
we are unique, that

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the two of you came back.

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And I think it's wonderful
because I think you help Colin,

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because you are
two young families.

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We're so fortunate that
he is such a clever chap,

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and can turn his hand to
anything, absolutely anything.

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I mean, he might decide that...

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JENNY: It's all too
much responsibility.

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Well, that's right, he has a
huge amount of responsibility.

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And if he decides that, we've
got to be there to support him.

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That's what families do.

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If you love each
other, you've got to be

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there to support
each other's decisions

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JENNY: Mhmm.

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LAWRENCE: What'd happen to the
island if there was no MacEwens?

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MARY: You can't
keep hold of something,

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just because it's been in
our family for generations.

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If it's not working, then
you've got to make changes.

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(TRACTOR ENGINE)

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COLIN: That's right, towards me.

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Straighten up!

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Straighten up, Dad. Straight.

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COLIN: It's a fuel problem,
is why you're not starting.

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LAWRENCE: Yes, the
battery isn't much charging.

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- Yeah.
- COLIN: The battery on this?

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LAWRENCE:
Yeah, well it did but...

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00:25:53,713 --> 00:25:55,793
Ruth tried to start it.

247
00:25:57,720 --> 00:25:58,886
COLIN: Well, I
can do that for you.

248
00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:00,760
Okay?

249
00:26:06,179 --> 00:26:08,339
Thank you very much anyway.

250
00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:12,200
(CHILDREN'S TV PROGRAMME)

251
00:26:23,428 --> 00:26:25,110
(LAWRENCE MUMBLES)

252
00:26:25,135 --> 00:26:26,135
COLIN: Dad?

253
00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,680
There's Rum from Eigg.

254
00:26:30,120 --> 00:26:32,948
COLIN: He seems
to be on Facebook.

255
00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,468
JENNY: All the time, I know.

256
00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:37,893
Hello?

257
00:26:38,360 --> 00:26:39,976
COLIN: Can you get
your cows in, please?

258
00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:41,994
We want to get some
sheep down the road.

259
00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:45,920
Come on, quick, quick. We
want to move sheep past them.

260
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,833
LAWRENCE: Yes,
I'm sure you can. I will!

261
00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:53,920
COLIN: Right, I'll just open
the byre doors! [SLAMS DOOR]

262
00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,553
LAWRENCE: No, you will
not open the byre doors!

263
00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:58,228
JENNY: Lawrence, come on!

264
00:26:58,252 --> 00:26:59,960
Why don't you just say
you could go and do it?

265
00:27:00,146 --> 00:27:02,706
LAWRENCE: Jenny,
I don't move that fast.

266
00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:04,286
JENNY: Right.

267
00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:06,707
(SLOW FOOTSTEPS DOWN STAIRS)

268
00:27:17,487 --> 00:27:18,527
(DOOR CLOSES)

269
00:28:05,380 --> 00:28:06,420
(DOOR CLOSES)

270
00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,906
JENNY: He feels that
you don't finish the job.

271
00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:15,100
If you'd only just get
on and finish the job,

272
00:28:15,125 --> 00:28:16,925
and then you can tick it off.

273
00:28:17,333 --> 00:28:20,093
But you do half the
job and then leave it.

274
00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:23,480
(SHE LAUGHS)

275
00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:26,506
Obviously, Lawrence, you're not
agreeing with what I'm saying,

276
00:28:26,531 --> 00:28:29,811
so it's pointless having
this conversation.

277
00:28:34,360 --> 00:28:36,320
I hate confrontation.

278
00:28:36,360 --> 00:28:37,388
Ehm...

279
00:28:37,412 --> 00:28:40,388
and it's such a shame because

280
00:28:40,412 --> 00:28:41,920
we live in such a
wonderful place,

281
00:28:41,945 --> 00:28:46,026
and to have this constant
arguing doesn't, ehm...

282
00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:49,360
is really quite hard.

283
00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:53,828
LAWRENCE: I don't think
on the whole we are constantly

284
00:28:53,854 --> 00:28:55,415
arguing, because I...

285
00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:58,000
We don't talk to
each other very much.

286
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:09,120
(DOG WHINES)

287
00:29:15,620 --> 00:29:16,620
(DOG BARKS)

288
00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:05,640
(MELANCHOLIC SYNTH
AND VOCALIZATION)

289
00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:17,520
LAWRENCE: "30th January, 1967.

290
00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:19,366
Daddy died.

291
00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:22,826
The following day,

292
00:30:22,851 --> 00:30:24,948
Sergeant Banks,
Police Constable,

293
00:30:24,972 --> 00:30:26,731
arrived for a post-postmortem.

294
00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:33,320
Alastair and Lawrence to
Eigg, to collect the coffin.

295
00:30:35,506 --> 00:30:38,426
Digging a grave at Lamb Island."

296
00:30:47,900 --> 00:30:51,380
I always had the highest
admiration for my father.

297
00:30:51,899 --> 00:30:55,699
I was always interested
in what he was interested.

298
00:30:56,620 --> 00:31:00,500
And it was a great
shock to me when he died.

299
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,560
(MUSIC FADES OUT)

300
00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:32,280
Come on, chooks.

301
00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:35,440
Shall we give them
some? Come on, chooks.

302
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:38,920
That'll just have to put you on,
till you get your proper feed.

303
00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:41,199
Go on, good chooks.

304
00:31:42,553 --> 00:31:44,620
(SHE SNIFFLES) (CHICKENS SQUAWK)

305
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,880
Come on, chooks. Come on.

306
00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:54,800
Let's feed you.

307
00:31:57,420 --> 00:32:00,048
LAWRENCE: My father was

308
00:32:00,072 --> 00:32:05,160
always what you might call
aloof from the day-to-day grind.

309
00:32:06,386 --> 00:32:09,653
Mother was running
the farm in the war

310
00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:11,774
and father was
in the Royal Navy.

311
00:32:12,366 --> 00:32:15,246
The island would
operate without him.

312
00:32:17,719 --> 00:32:19,279
JENNY: Come on, chooks.

313
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:21,680
Come on, chooks. Good chooks.

314
00:32:22,846 --> 00:32:24,220
You call the chooks.

315
00:32:24,953 --> 00:32:28,273
Can you call the chooks?
You tell them to come.

316
00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:35,734
You tell them to come. Come on!

317
00:32:46,233 --> 00:32:50,593
LAWRENCE: They say that
farmers marry two people:

318
00:32:50,968 --> 00:32:53,759
they marry a farm
and they marry a wife.

319
00:32:54,032 --> 00:32:56,433
And I'm quite
sure that is correct.

320
00:32:59,773 --> 00:33:02,053
My older brother Alastair,

321
00:33:02,078 --> 00:33:06,358
he was worried that he wouldn't
find a wife if he stayed here.

322
00:33:08,613 --> 00:33:12,293
So I was lucky that Jenny
came to join me on the island.

323
00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:14,908
Life would have
been very difficult

324
00:33:14,932 --> 00:33:16,880
on the island without Jenny.

325
00:33:21,426 --> 00:33:23,906
LAWRENCE CALLS: Cows! Cows!

326
00:33:25,646 --> 00:33:30,806
It's very important that you
marry somebody who is accustomed

327
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:34,080
to the conditions which
you're going to live in.

328
00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:41,000
I already knew Jenny.

329
00:33:41,452 --> 00:33:45,092
I was attracted to her
from the day I first saw her.

330
00:33:46,246 --> 00:33:48,446
LAWRENCE CALLS: Cows! Cows!

331
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:53,268
But when I rowed Jenny
across the bay, I recited

332
00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:54,856
this epic poem:

333
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:57,040
"Lord Ullin's Daughter"

334
00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:07,560
"And who be ye
would cross Lochgyle,

335
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,000
This dark and stormy water?

336
00:34:10,433 --> 00:34:13,072
Oh, I'm chief of Ulva's Isle,

337
00:34:13,098 --> 00:34:15,818
And this, Lord Ullin's daughter.

338
00:34:16,393 --> 00:34:19,713
And fast before
his father's men,

339
00:34:19,737 --> 00:34:22,297
Three days we've fled together,

340
00:34:22,458 --> 00:34:25,379
And should they
find us in the glen,

341
00:34:25,404 --> 00:34:28,404
My blood would
stain the heather.

342
00:34:29,639 --> 00:34:32,639
Outspoke the hardy
Highland wight,

343
00:34:32,665 --> 00:34:35,016
I'll go, my chief, I'm ready.

344
00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:37,560
It is not for your
silver bright,

345
00:34:37,679 --> 00:34:40,280
But for your winsome lady.

346
00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:43,880
And by my word! The bonny bird,

347
00:34:44,259 --> 00:34:46,418
In danger shall not tarry,

348
00:34:46,444 --> 00:34:49,284
And though the
waves are raging white,

349
00:34:49,366 --> 00:34:51,806
I'll row thee o'er the ferry."

350
00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:00,360
Jenny was quite impressed.

351
00:35:03,720 --> 00:35:06,720
If you're ordering pig
food, I'm doing it, because...

352
00:35:06,745 --> 00:35:08,905
- LAWRENCE: Hello, Harbera?
- Oh!

353
00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:10,708
- LAWRENCE: Yes.
- You are the most

354
00:35:10,732 --> 00:35:12,000
exasperating man!

355
00:35:12,025 --> 00:35:13,985
- It's Lawrence here, from Muck.

356
00:35:14,413 --> 00:35:16,973
Not too bad, a bit chilly.

357
00:35:17,693 --> 00:35:20,613
Yes, well not as
bad as last week.

358
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:26,160
I need eight bags of sow rolls.

359
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:30,000
But my wife wants to
order something I think, so...

360
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:33,800
She's always
feeding wild birds, so...

361
00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:38,080
So I'll pass you the phone.

362
00:35:40,993 --> 00:35:42,153
Hi.

363
00:35:42,486 --> 00:35:45,686
I'm fine, I'm fine. If
you make that ten,

364
00:35:45,711 --> 00:35:48,495
because we don't want to
start ordering over Christmas,

365
00:35:48,519 --> 00:35:49,671
for the sow...

366
00:35:49,966 --> 00:35:53,566
For the sow rolls.
And two of mixed grain.

367
00:35:54,979 --> 00:35:56,899
And two of mash.

368
00:35:58,013 --> 00:36:01,693
Poultry mash. And one, ehm...

369
00:36:02,813 --> 00:36:04,813
wild bird seed.

370
00:36:05,300 --> 00:36:06,740
One peanut.

371
00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:10,039
And one fat balls.

372
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:17,900
Okay, thanks very much.

373
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:20,240
Okay. Stay warm.

374
00:36:21,412 --> 00:36:23,612
Right. Bye, bye.

375
00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:26,548
- Lawrence, I do the ordering!

376
00:36:26,572 --> 00:36:28,333
- Why do you always
do the ordering?

377
00:36:28,358 --> 00:36:30,028
You've got plenty to order.

378
00:36:30,052 --> 00:36:32,146
You've got all the
Christmas presents.

379
00:36:32,247 --> 00:36:33,607
(LAWRENCE LAUGHS)

380
00:36:34,382 --> 00:36:36,415
TV PRESENTER: Aside
from wedding preparations,

381
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:38,720
Megan will be seeking
British citizenship,

382
00:36:38,820 --> 00:36:41,180
as she made clear in
yesterday's interview.

383
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:43,840
She wants to get to
know Britain better.

384
00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:46,153
Well, you have to
take the test, dearie.

385
00:36:46,535 --> 00:36:48,895
MEGHAN MARKLE: Now being...
boots on the ground in the UK

386
00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:50,536
I'm excited to get to know...

387
00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:52,800
- Yes, get to know the weather!

388
00:36:58,132 --> 00:37:01,372
Come on, girls, come
on. Come on, girls.

389
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:05,440
I don't want to be run down.

390
00:37:12,459 --> 00:37:14,059
Hello, Polly.

391
00:37:15,333 --> 00:37:17,133
(WIND HOWLS)

392
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:50,400
LAWRENCE: "11th
of January, 2005.

393
00:37:51,300 --> 00:37:54,688
Wind southerly 6,
becoming southwest,

394
00:37:54,712 --> 00:37:58,100
storm force 10 to
hurricane force 12.

395
00:37:59,646 --> 00:38:01,406
Big storm at night.

396
00:38:01,539 --> 00:38:04,739
Road eroded, pier-house flooded.

397
00:38:04,986 --> 00:38:07,346
New waiting room inundated.

398
00:38:08,126 --> 00:38:11,446
In Gallanach one ring
feeder has gone oval.

399
00:38:11,987 --> 00:38:16,827
Damage to the seawall. Cows in
the garden, all vegetables gone.

400
00:38:17,720 --> 00:38:21,400
Windows and doors damaged.
Huge boulders in the slipway.

401
00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:24,080
The school castle in pieces.

402
00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:27,120
Many trees down or dug up.

403
00:38:27,580 --> 00:38:30,340
Seas went over the
new waiting room.

404
00:38:30,773 --> 00:38:34,173
Half of slates from the
window inside of it, gone."

405
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:46,760
It's very difficult
when people arrive

406
00:38:46,785 --> 00:38:50,305
to know whether they are
going to make a success or not.

407
00:38:51,559 --> 00:38:56,079
Only time tells whether they're
suitable to become islanders.

408
00:38:58,160 --> 00:38:59,748
BRIAN: When you work on the sea

409
00:38:59,772 --> 00:39:01,833
you've got to have
a great respect for it.

410
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:02,840
You're never gonna beat it.

411
00:39:02,852 --> 00:39:05,520
It's a far stronger
element than you are.

412
00:39:05,720 --> 00:39:07,268
So if it's dangerous

413
00:39:07,292 --> 00:39:09,320
and you're not sure
you can haul the creels,

414
00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:10,720
well you don't do it.

415
00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:14,026
You can replace the creels,
but you can't replace yourself.

416
00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:17,360
And so far, touch
wood, I'm still here.

417
00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:21,800
(WIND HOWLS,
WAVES CRASH)

418
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:37,440
LAWRENCE: "Thursday
18th of September, 2003.

419
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:40,640
Wind was southwest 2 to 4.

420
00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:46,000
Brian back to meet the
steamer and then went fishing.

421
00:39:47,593 --> 00:39:51,473
At 8 PM Donny MacKinnon
found Clachan Boy

422
00:39:51,886 --> 00:39:56,966
attached to a fleet of creels,
going in circles and in gear.

423
00:39:58,526 --> 00:40:00,486
No sign of Brian.

424
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:04,360
All emergency
services were called.

425
00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:07,960
Everyone who was
there searched all night.

426
00:40:09,300 --> 00:40:10,673
Nothing was found."

427
00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:13,720
(OMINOUS SYNTH MUSIC)

428
00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:27,840
LAWRENCE: "The boat
has left a stormy land,

429
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:30,600
A stormy sea before her,

430
00:40:30,720 --> 00:40:34,600
When, Oh! Too
strong for human hand,

431
00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:37,640
The tempest gather'd o'er her.

432
00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:41,353
And on they row'd amid the roar,

433
00:40:41,378 --> 00:40:43,858
Of waters fast prevailing,

434
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:47,240
Lord Ullin reach'd
the fatal shore,

435
00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:50,720
His wrath was
changed to wailing.

436
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:55,400
Come back! Come
back! He cried in grief,

437
00:40:55,425 --> 00:40:57,465
Across the stormy water,

438
00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:00,960
And I'll forgive
your Highland chief,

439
00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:04,960
My daughter! Oh, my daughter!"

440
00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:08,680
(OMINOUS MUSIC AND
HOWLING WIND CONTINUES)

441
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:24,748
Brian's death was

442
00:41:24,772 --> 00:41:28,040
in a number of tragedies
that occurred on the island,

443
00:41:28,065 --> 00:41:30,945
and they all were
associated with the sea.

444
00:41:31,966 --> 00:41:34,088
It had quite an effect on us,

445
00:41:34,112 --> 00:41:36,926
but we had to
overcome it and carry on.

446
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:43,600
He's being very cautious.

447
00:41:45,146 --> 00:41:47,906
We haven't had a
boat for a long time.

448
00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:51,020
And we're not gonna get
another one for a long time.

449
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:52,440
(HE CHUCKLES)

450
00:42:11,720 --> 00:42:16,400
LAWRENCE: I'm not useless,
even though my son thinks I am.

451
00:42:16,425 --> 00:42:17,745
(MINISTER STEWART LAUGHS)

452
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:30,480
It's far more sensible, we don't
need all that space for pigs.

453
00:42:30,520 --> 00:42:33,695
Just put the pigs in
half. Put the pigs...

454
00:42:33,720 --> 00:42:36,080
MARY: Let's not
talk about the pigs.

455
00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:39,960
COLIN: I mean, he can't even
bring the fucking trailer down.

456
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:50,120
LAWRENCE: Take this bag of...

457
00:43:05,453 --> 00:43:06,813
(WOOD CLATTERING)

458
00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:41,800
MINISTER STEWART: So number 153.

459
00:43:43,620 --> 00:43:45,580
"Go Tell It on the Mountain."

460
00:43:47,086 --> 00:43:48,748
And we do have a
mountain here on Muck,

461
00:43:48,772 --> 00:43:51,286
but only one, and
it's not very, very big.

462
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,880
(ELECTRIC PIANO)

463
00:43:59,840 --> 00:44:03,400
CONGREGATION SINGS:
♪ Go tell it on the mountain

464
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:07,240
♪ Over the hills and everywhere

465
00:44:07,720 --> 00:44:11,000
♪ Go tell it on the mountain

466
00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:14,920
♪ That Jesus is his name

467
00:44:15,720 --> 00:44:18,720
♪ He possessed no riches

468
00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:22,393
♪ No home to lay his head

469
00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:26,480
♪ He saw the needs of others

470
00:44:26,800 --> 00:44:30,080
♪ And cared for them instead

471
00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:34,520
♪ Go tell it on the mountain

472
00:44:35,240 --> 00:44:38,480
♪ Over the hills
and everywhere... ♪

473
00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:44,360
LAWRENCE: "7th June, 2015.

474
00:44:44,633 --> 00:44:49,873
Weather, wind westerly 4,
but it was dry with some cloud.

475
00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:53,920
A very beautiful
day. The Open Day.

476
00:44:53,993 --> 00:44:56,588
110 patrons

477
00:44:56,612 --> 00:44:59,553
came on the Shearwater
and 30 in other boats.

478
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:02,308
Several people were
seasick in the journey

479
00:45:02,332 --> 00:45:05,400
but everyone squashed
onto the trailer.

480
00:45:05,425 --> 00:45:07,625
Lawrence took
them round the farm.

481
00:45:08,080 --> 00:45:10,520
Sea eagles were
under discussion."

482
00:45:18,720 --> 00:45:21,146
The only point in
having Open Day

483
00:45:21,160 --> 00:45:25,495
is the benefit to the island.
I mean there was a time...

484
00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:27,560
- I don't know if it's
that much of a benefit,

485
00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:29,800
especially when people
bring their own sandwiches.

486
00:45:30,640 --> 00:45:33,920
They might have a cup of tea
or they might buy the odd thing,

487
00:45:33,945 --> 00:45:37,385
but not really, because...

488
00:45:39,180 --> 00:45:41,020
on a whole,

489
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:45,640
an average Shearwater day
brings in just as many people.

490
00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:48,040
If the weather's good.

491
00:45:48,079 --> 00:45:50,387
- Well, that's right, so why
should the...

492
00:45:50,412 --> 00:45:53,000
why should the Open
Day cause stress?

493
00:45:54,160 --> 00:45:57,160
That's what I'm saying,
because in July we get...

494
00:45:57,280 --> 00:45:59,480
- Well, because
Colin feels that...

495
00:45:59,560 --> 00:46:01,828
- I don't think Colin
needs to be...

496
00:46:01,852 --> 00:46:03,247
- Well it's his farm!

497
00:46:04,060 --> 00:46:08,620
Can't you see? You're showing
people round his farm now.

498
00:46:08,760 --> 00:46:14,360
And he's made the improvements.
It's not for you to say:

499
00:46:14,520 --> 00:46:18,360
well this tup or that tup, or
the next tup is good or bad,

500
00:46:18,385 --> 00:46:23,185
or these cows are going
to this different bull and...

501
00:46:23,760 --> 00:46:25,948
Because it's now up to Colin,

502
00:46:25,973 --> 00:46:30,055
and if Colin wants to
have the Open Day,

503
00:46:30,080 --> 00:46:32,766
he's the one that should
be doing the commentary.

504
00:46:32,791 --> 00:46:35,111
You should be the
elder statesman,

505
00:46:35,136 --> 00:46:38,406
sitting back and
meeting and greeting,

506
00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:41,240
and let Colin get
on with the chat.

507
00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:45,400
- Well, he obviously
doesn't want to do chat.

508
00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:48,120
- That's why and I think,
this is my argument,

509
00:46:48,145 --> 00:46:50,745
maybe we should
not have Open Day.

510
00:46:55,720 --> 00:46:57,160
LAWRENCE: Sweetie.

511
00:47:19,240 --> 00:47:21,680
We love it under our chins.

512
00:47:37,960 --> 00:47:40,880
No, haven't got it.

513
00:47:48,640 --> 00:47:50,988
JENNY: When you've lived with
someone as long as we've lived

514
00:47:51,012 --> 00:47:52,320
with each other,

515
00:47:52,345 --> 00:47:55,145
you have that affection
and love, ehm...

516
00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:59,560
but you do see the other
person's faults as well.

517
00:48:00,560 --> 00:48:04,080
He thinks he's always
right, but I suppose...

518
00:48:06,840 --> 00:48:08,080
It's...

519
00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:12,920
Oh, I don't know, I don't
want to be disloyal because...

520
00:48:12,945 --> 00:48:16,145
You know, I don't
think he means to do it.

521
00:48:17,480 --> 00:48:20,920
It's difficult because Lawrence
wants to be the top one.

522
00:48:21,240 --> 00:48:25,360
And Colin's slightly like that,
too. They both want to be top.

523
00:48:25,960 --> 00:48:29,520
But one has to give in, and
Lawrence being the older one...

524
00:48:35,613 --> 00:48:38,733
We just all have to come
to terms with getting old.

525
00:48:39,353 --> 00:48:42,153
And some of us do
it better than others.

526
00:48:47,440 --> 00:48:50,640
But it's to find an
interest. I think the...

527
00:48:51,080 --> 00:48:54,280
The crux of the matter
is to find an interest that...

528
00:48:56,133 --> 00:49:01,253
you can cope with in your older
age, like gardening and things.

529
00:49:01,499 --> 00:49:04,379
Ehm... That you
get enjoyment out of.

530
00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:09,313
- Hello, Lawrence.
- LAWRENCE: Hello.

531
00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:11,080
We've got masses of pancakes.

532
00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:12,320
LAWRENCE: Have we?

533
00:49:12,345 --> 00:49:15,693
I noticed Ruth had made
pancakes for her children.

534
00:49:15,720 --> 00:49:19,080
I was going to tell you.
- No, Colin made the pancakes.

535
00:49:19,105 --> 00:49:20,908
I went in there
with the bread and

536
00:49:20,932 --> 00:49:23,225
Colin made
pancakes this morning.

537
00:49:38,040 --> 00:49:40,446
OSCAR: Oh, the other way, Papa.

538
00:49:40,480 --> 00:49:42,280
- LAWRENCE: Other way?
- Yeah.

539
00:49:42,305 --> 00:49:45,145
LAWRENCE LAUGHS: What?
This is the wrong way up...

540
00:49:45,240 --> 00:49:47,640
Oh, that's the way. Ah yes!

541
00:49:47,665 --> 00:49:50,505
You're quite right. What
a clever boy you are.

542
00:49:50,600 --> 00:49:52,335
OSCAR: Ehm, that man's going...

543
00:49:52,359 --> 00:49:54,800
- That's it, now that man fits.

544
00:49:56,200 --> 00:49:58,866
It's a cuckoo clock.
Is it a cuckoo clock?

545
00:49:59,173 --> 00:50:01,253
- I don't think it is.
- It isn't.

546
00:50:01,593 --> 00:50:05,313
Oops! I'm not sure
what it is, lovey.

547
00:50:09,080 --> 00:50:11,680
LAWRENCE: I was
thinking that actually

548
00:50:11,720 --> 00:50:15,040
I'd prefer to do more
things on the farm.

549
00:50:16,120 --> 00:50:18,280
JENNY: Well, I think you've
got to really be realistic.

550
00:50:19,200 --> 00:50:22,160
It's jolly difficult when
you're getting old, actually,

551
00:50:22,185 --> 00:50:25,745
coming to terms with the things
you can do and you can't do.

552
00:50:27,720 --> 00:50:31,308
LAWRENCE: It'd
be nice perhaps if

553
00:50:31,332 --> 00:50:33,640
I was able to give more advice.

554
00:50:33,940 --> 00:50:37,180
After all, older
people sometimes...

555
00:50:37,320 --> 00:50:40,120
Well, Lawrence,
the thing is that...

556
00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:44,960
That's going to be a problem,
because the advice you can give

557
00:50:44,985 --> 00:50:48,306
is the advice you knew
when you were farming,

558
00:50:48,560 --> 00:50:52,148
and farming has
moved on so much now

559
00:50:52,172 --> 00:50:54,400
that our advice
is old-fashioned,

560
00:50:54,425 --> 00:50:57,433
and this is something we've
just got to come to terms with.

561
00:50:59,626 --> 00:51:01,826
(SQUASHES A TIN)

562
00:51:36,040 --> 00:51:37,468
LAWRENCE: Getting
older is difficult.

563
00:51:37,492 --> 00:51:39,880
I'm sure it is for everyone.

564
00:51:41,286 --> 00:51:46,566
But I still think that I make
a contribution to the island.

565
00:51:49,346 --> 00:51:51,308
After all, when you've spent

566
00:51:51,332 --> 00:51:54,186
50 years in a place you
ought to know something.

567
00:52:24,320 --> 00:52:27,440
LAWRENCE: My father
was always called the Laird.

568
00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:31,760
In those days, there
was quite a separation

569
00:52:31,785 --> 00:52:35,865
between him and the
people who lived on the island.

570
00:52:36,326 --> 00:52:38,886
He's buried at Lamb Island,

571
00:52:40,440 --> 00:52:42,960
in a Viking burial circle.

572
00:52:43,280 --> 00:52:46,826
But I've always worked together
with the people on the island,

573
00:52:46,840 --> 00:52:50,640
and I would like to join
them here when I'm gone,

574
00:52:51,240 --> 00:52:53,020
in the same graveyard.

575
00:52:54,440 --> 00:52:58,920
And, as you'll notice,
this graveyard isn't fenced.

576
00:52:59,000 --> 00:53:01,160
So I'm very happy if...

577
00:53:02,280 --> 00:53:04,800
the cattle walk over my grave.

578
00:53:12,320 --> 00:53:13,800
(COW LOWS)

579
00:53:24,880 --> 00:53:27,560
LAWRENCE: "They walked
down the road together

580
00:53:27,585 --> 00:53:29,905
The night was covered in stars

581
00:53:30,840 --> 00:53:32,960
They reached the gate in silence

582
00:53:33,533 --> 00:53:35,973
He lifted for her the bars

583
00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:40,000
She neither smiled
nor kissed him

584
00:53:40,193 --> 00:53:42,473
Because she knew not how

585
00:53:42,740 --> 00:53:45,580
For he was only a farmer's lad

586
00:53:45,680 --> 00:53:48,600
And she was a fine Ling cow"

587
00:54:26,600 --> 00:54:30,160
When I was a little boy,
several things we did,

588
00:54:30,920 --> 00:54:33,120
was learning poetry.

589
00:54:33,520 --> 00:54:36,960
Watching the tide was
another occupation.

590
00:54:47,120 --> 00:54:50,026
There was many places on
the island we used to camp,

591
00:54:50,051 --> 00:54:54,331
but this rock was
one of our favorites.

592
00:54:54,680 --> 00:54:58,720
We used to crawl in
under this dark boulder,

593
00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:03,680
and lay out our
bedding in this cave.

594
00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:07,348
And once we spent
four nights here,

595
00:55:07,372 --> 00:55:09,480
though usually it
was only for one.

596
00:55:10,480 --> 00:55:14,520
We'd light a fire outside
and cook for ourselves.

597
00:55:15,160 --> 00:55:19,560
But, ehm, we were certainly
very keen on camping.

598
00:55:19,585 --> 00:55:21,200
Wide to me, wide to me!

599
00:55:22,320 --> 00:55:24,680
Sit down. Sit down, Shona.

600
00:55:25,120 --> 00:55:27,200
Sit down, sit down.

601
00:55:28,320 --> 00:55:29,560
Sit down.

602
00:55:40,053 --> 00:55:42,293
We were very isolated.

603
00:55:45,440 --> 00:55:49,680
Alastair and I, we didn't have
other children to play with.

604
00:55:51,040 --> 00:55:54,160
But we had a wonderful
time, we loved the life.

605
00:55:54,826 --> 00:55:57,308
It was only that
the time came at 12,

606
00:55:57,332 --> 00:55:59,386
we had to join another life.

607
00:56:01,433 --> 00:56:03,193
That was the hard part.

608
00:56:14,520 --> 00:56:16,360
(COW LOWS)

609
00:56:16,800 --> 00:56:19,320
No lass, stop it.

610
00:56:20,440 --> 00:56:24,068
When I went to boarding
school it was such a complete

611
00:56:24,092 --> 00:56:26,280
contrast to my life here.

612
00:56:30,000 --> 00:56:33,800
I didn't fit in, the way
the other boys did.

613
00:56:34,793 --> 00:56:37,393
(MILK SPLASHES)

614
00:56:58,587 --> 00:57:00,267
(CHILDREN CHATTERING)

615
00:57:15,040 --> 00:57:18,760
Alastair was highly
knowledgeable about history.

616
00:57:18,920 --> 00:57:21,880
So I learned a lot
about Napoleon,

617
00:57:21,905 --> 00:57:25,425
and all these historical
characters from Alastair.

618
00:57:26,346 --> 00:57:29,506
He used to tell
me stories in bed,

619
00:57:29,531 --> 00:57:33,491
because we used to sleep beside
each other, in opposite beds.

620
00:57:37,993 --> 00:57:40,713
Alastair was a
steadying influence,

621
00:57:40,738 --> 00:57:43,388
and being the oldest,
he'd a lot of power over

622
00:57:43,412 --> 00:57:45,458
us three younger children.

623
00:57:53,920 --> 00:57:56,920
I was much more liable
to do foolish things.

624
00:57:59,320 --> 00:58:03,480
He was always very
adult in his early life.

625
00:58:18,560 --> 00:58:20,380
He was always gloomy.

626
00:58:20,405 --> 00:58:22,735
He was always very gloomy about

627
00:58:22,759 --> 00:58:24,885
what was going to
happen in the future.

628
00:58:33,880 --> 00:58:36,760
(MELANCHOLIC SYNTH MUSIC)

629
00:59:00,440 --> 00:59:04,640
"Sunday 6th of May, 1990.

630
00:59:05,200 --> 00:59:10,120
Wind westerly force
4, showers, cold.

631
00:59:13,040 --> 00:59:16,000
Alastair decided
to leave this world.

632
00:59:16,480 --> 00:59:19,600
His problems must have
become too much for him.

633
00:59:22,080 --> 00:59:25,240
A terrible blow, it
is hard to believe.

634
00:59:44,713 --> 00:59:47,233
Lawrence continued
cleaning the byre,

635
00:59:47,593 --> 00:59:51,668
and in the afternoon went to
East Hill, to throw sheep out

636
00:59:51,692 --> 00:59:53,273
and mend the fence."

637
00:59:55,580 --> 00:59:56,860
(BIRDS CHIRP)

638
00:59:57,480 --> 00:59:58,480
(FOOTSTEPS)

639
01:00:10,680 --> 01:00:11,800
(BAG CLATTERS)

640
01:00:40,600 --> 01:00:46,400
Why he took his own life, it's a
total mystery, always has been.

641
01:00:52,160 --> 01:00:57,280
He had three children, lovely
children, and yet he did that.

642
01:01:09,720 --> 01:01:11,813
If Alastair had
stayed on the farm,

643
01:01:11,840 --> 01:01:15,080
he would certainly have
had much more of a chance.

644
01:01:56,040 --> 01:02:00,000
(MELANCHOLIC CELLO MUSIC)

645
01:02:37,640 --> 01:02:39,680
(CHILDREN SHOUT GOODBYE)

646
01:03:36,640 --> 01:03:39,120
(MUSIC FADES OUT)

647
01:03:55,840 --> 01:03:58,330
(CHILD WHIMPERS AND CRIES)

648
01:04:13,367 --> 01:04:14,647
(TRACTOR CREAKS)

649
01:04:16,333 --> 01:04:17,773
(METAL CLATTERS)

650
01:04:36,560 --> 01:04:40,600
"Friday 5th of April, 2019.

651
01:04:40,933 --> 01:04:45,493
Wind easterly, force 2,
bright sunny day and warmer.

652
01:04:46,247 --> 01:04:49,647
Morning, a beach
clean at Fang Mor.

653
01:04:50,960 --> 01:04:53,653
Colin painting the
boat's floorboards.

654
01:04:55,440 --> 01:04:57,680
What a difference it's made."

655
01:05:18,000 --> 01:05:19,362
(BIRDS CHIRP)

656
01:05:21,600 --> 01:05:23,600
(SHEEP BLEATING IN BACKGROUND)

657
01:05:36,267 --> 01:05:37,867
Monday's today,

658
01:05:38,893 --> 01:05:41,613
and it's a lot calmer
but it's wet on the whole.

659
01:05:41,720 --> 01:05:45,160
TARA: And today me
and Hugh cycled to school.

660
01:05:46,440 --> 01:05:48,800
HUGH: It's cold, very cold.

661
01:05:49,240 --> 01:05:54,600
TARA: Then Mum and Dad were
doing the sheep and the cattle.

662
01:05:55,273 --> 01:05:58,393
And then the hens.

663
01:05:59,307 --> 01:06:00,747
And...

664
01:06:01,680 --> 01:06:04,360
- TARA: Then...
- HUGH: We were really bored.

665
01:06:04,680 --> 01:06:06,400
I remember that.

666
01:06:07,280 --> 01:06:11,160
LAWRENCE: "Westerly force
4, increasing gale force 8."

667
01:06:11,333 --> 01:06:13,453
That's 8. That's
meant to be an 8.

668
01:06:13,600 --> 01:06:16,600
And there's westerly
force 4. That's the...

669
01:06:16,760 --> 01:06:19,480
It gives an idea how
strong the winds are.

670
01:06:23,800 --> 01:06:26,400
"Hugh and Tara..."
This is Saturday.

671
01:06:26,425 --> 01:06:30,385
"Hugh and Tara fed the hens and
were blown over in the storm.

672
01:06:30,606 --> 01:06:34,286
Pancakes at Granny's
and routine feeding."

673
01:06:54,680 --> 01:06:58,280
The diary now, because
I don't run the island,

674
01:06:58,305 --> 01:07:00,025
it's much shorter.

675
01:07:01,640 --> 01:07:04,360
I tend not to have
the knowledge.

676
01:07:05,560 --> 01:07:08,960
I used to have half
a page for every day.

677
01:07:09,766 --> 01:07:12,086
Now, just pretty empty.

678
01:07:15,760 --> 01:07:18,400
I can still record the
weather every day.

679
01:07:28,080 --> 01:07:30,880
(MOTOR APPROACHES)

680
01:07:48,533 --> 01:07:50,267
(DOOR CLOSING IN DISTANCE)

681
01:07:53,711 --> 01:07:54,831
(COWS RUN)

682
01:07:59,840 --> 01:08:00,840
(COW LOWS)

683
01:08:09,760 --> 01:08:12,280
I can lead an independent life.

684
01:08:13,520 --> 01:08:17,559
As long as I have my cows, I
can lead an independent life.

685
01:08:25,279 --> 01:08:26,519
Come on.

686
01:08:36,633 --> 01:08:39,667
Look, she wants to lick her
calf.

687
01:08:39,692 --> 01:08:40,993
She wants to wash it.

688
01:08:42,380 --> 01:08:44,948
These calves will
leave the island

689
01:08:44,971 --> 01:08:46,700
and then they'll
go to other farms.

690
01:08:48,366 --> 01:08:51,085
Later on they'll be
slaughtered for beef.

691
01:08:53,993 --> 01:08:56,712
Come on, baby, you
might as well go to bed.

692
01:08:56,719 --> 01:08:58,440
Go back to bed.

693
01:08:58,719 --> 01:09:00,160
(LAWRENCE SHOOING)

694
01:09:05,600 --> 01:09:08,719
I find it very difficult
to send them away.

695
01:09:10,653 --> 01:09:12,292
But we all must die.

696
01:09:12,318 --> 01:09:15,518
We mustn't get too
sentimental about animals.

697
01:09:15,542 --> 01:09:18,103
We all die, animals all die.

698
01:09:28,559 --> 01:09:30,948
Many feel a good
life and a quick death

699
01:09:30,971 --> 01:09:33,280
is what we would aspire to.

700
01:09:34,327 --> 01:09:35,327
(COW LOWS)

701
01:09:37,559 --> 01:09:40,639
That is what most
farmers give their animals.

702
01:09:42,680 --> 01:09:44,960
A good life and a quick death.

703
01:09:49,327 --> 01:09:50,607
(MATCH STRIKING)

704
01:09:50,712 --> 01:09:52,393
Gosh, that's lucky.

705
01:10:19,513 --> 01:10:21,513
(FIRE CRACKLES IN BACKGROUND)

706
01:10:47,400 --> 01:10:48,440
(FAINT MUSIC)

707
01:10:52,800 --> 01:10:54,160
(WATER SPLASHES)

708
01:11:14,480 --> 01:11:16,566
(RELAXING ACOUSTIC GUITAR)

709
01:11:55,719 --> 01:11:57,160
(GUITAR CONTINUES)

710
01:11:57,559 --> 01:11:58,680
(SHEEP BLEATS)

711
01:12:06,800 --> 01:12:09,546
- HUGH: Mummy, look!
- That's nearly ready isn't it.

712
01:12:11,000 --> 01:12:12,360
RUTH: Tomorrow?

713
01:12:12,760 --> 01:12:14,759
(HUGH CHATTERS)

714
01:12:17,840 --> 01:12:19,306
RUTH: Tomorrow?

715
01:12:19,320 --> 01:12:23,760
HUGH: Tomorrow that
strawberry is bound to be ripe.

716
01:12:25,280 --> 01:12:26,320
(BIRDS CHIRP)

717
01:12:46,440 --> 01:12:49,080
LAWRENCE: "November 1st, 2018.

718
01:12:49,105 --> 01:12:53,825
Wind south-westerly 2,
some showers, a pleasant day.

719
01:12:54,226 --> 01:12:58,946
Ruth just made it to St
John's Hospital in Livingston,

720
01:12:59,240 --> 01:13:02,520
and at 1 PM with a
weight of 10 pounds,

721
01:13:02,986 --> 01:13:07,946
Magnus Alastair MacEwen
arrived in this world."

722
01:13:08,160 --> 01:13:09,600
(SOFT CELLO MUSIC)

723
01:13:11,080 --> 01:13:12,120
(BABY SNEEZES)

724
01:13:31,920 --> 01:13:34,680
LAWRENCE: Hello, hello, hello.

725
01:13:37,160 --> 01:13:39,600
(CALM CELLO CONTINUES)