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00:01:30No, Mr. Penfric's not in.
00:01:42No, I'm afraid I don't know.
00:01:45Hello.
00:01:45No, Mr. Penfric's not here.
00:01:48No, he's not casting yet.
00:01:52No, I don't know.
00:01:53Hello.
00:01:54Mr. Penfric's away.
00:01:55No, he left no messages.
00:01:57I'm sorry.
00:01:58I have no idea at all.
00:02:02Hello.
00:02:04No, Mr. Penfric's not here.
00:02:06Bessie, where's the Governor?
00:02:06No, no, no.
00:02:07Oh, go away.
00:02:09Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Richard.
00:02:11I'm going crazy here.
00:02:13Your father's not in and the telephone...
00:02:15Where did he go?
00:02:15I've got something very important to tell him.
00:02:17He's 90 miles away from the office and the show opens in a few weeks.
00:02:21He's gone to Little Taunton.
00:02:22Little Taunton.
00:02:23Oh, that'll be Bruce's place.
00:02:25Oh, damn it, the phone's out of order.
00:02:27Never mind, I'll drive up there tomorrow.
00:02:29Oh, Bessie, did he go alone?
00:02:33No, he took Bobby Bentley with him.
00:02:35Said he wanted a little peace and quiet.
00:02:36Thanks, Bessie.
00:02:41No!
00:02:57Anybody home?
00:03:02Well, that's a dark question to start with.
00:03:04Why?
00:03:05The wireless sets don't usually turn themselves on.
00:03:06All right, Sherlock, turn that off.
00:03:08Off I said!
00:03:12You're lucky.
00:03:14I've been listening to you talk ever since we left London.
00:03:17Nothing like having a nice, sympathetic friend to tell your troubles to.
00:03:21I'm sympathetic enough, old man, as I've told you a dozen times in the last five hours.
00:03:25Love's a luxury which men of your age can't afford.
00:03:28Especially when they have a young and attractive creature for a second wife.
00:03:30If it hadn't been for that damned incident,
00:03:33Margaret and I would be nestling in each other's arms like two turtledoves.
00:03:38Turtledoves don't nestle in each other's arms.
00:03:40They...
00:03:41I don't care what they do.
00:03:42Whatever it is, we'd be doing it.
00:03:45Hello?
00:03:47Anybody at home?
00:03:50What a place.
00:03:52Oh, well, we might as well have a drink.
00:03:55Oh, I do wish Margaret hadn't...
00:03:56What are you worrying about? She'll come back.
00:03:58You don't know Margaret. She'll never come back.
00:04:01The day we were married, she said,
00:04:02Charles, if you're ever unfaithful, it'll be the end.
00:04:06And she meant it.
00:04:07You haven't been unfaithful.
00:04:08She'll find out the truth sooner or later.
00:04:10I told her, but she wouldn't believe me.
00:04:12I can't say I blame her.
00:04:14If my best friend told me he saw a man coming out of her flat at five in the morning,
00:04:20what would I think?
00:04:22Yes, but look at the kind of mind you've got.
00:04:24Are you suggesting...
00:04:25Now, now, look here, Bentley.
00:04:27I love my wife.
00:04:28She's the best, truest, most loyal and most beautiful woman in the world.
00:04:33And I go on loving her till I die.
00:04:37Probably hanging from one of those beams.
00:04:41Do you hear what I said, man? Hanging.
00:04:42I'm being driven to suicide and you just don't care.
00:04:45But I do.
00:04:47Seriously, Charles, why don't you get Pritzker to call on Margaret and explain the whole thing?
00:04:50Oh, that wouldn't be any use.
00:04:51Besides, I don't know where either of them are.
00:04:54Not even Fritzie?
00:04:56The last I saw of Fritzie was her going into the bedroom and locking the door.
00:05:01I slept on the couch in the drawing room.
00:05:03When I woke up in the morning, she'd already gone.
00:05:05I haven't heard a word from her since.
00:05:06So she doesn't know anything about the trouble she's caused?
00:05:08She can't do, otherwise I should have heard from her.
00:05:11She'd be as upset as anyone.
00:05:13Hello! Isn't anybody at home?
00:05:16Confound that housekeeper.
00:05:18Where the devil is she?
00:05:19Mrs. Harris?
00:05:20Mrs. Harris!
00:05:22Mrs. Harris!
00:05:23Mrs. Harris!
00:05:25Over to your McGuinness, please.
00:05:27Can't you ever forget the theatre?
00:05:29Let's ring the bell.
00:05:30Which bell?
00:05:31The doorbell.
00:05:32Oh, this is going to be grand.
00:05:34Every time we need anything, we have to go outside and ring the bell.
00:05:46Oh, blast! The place is falling to pieces.
00:05:49The housekeeper's either deaf or dead.
00:05:52Oh, I shan't stick this place a day.
00:05:54Then why did you take it?
00:05:56Well, Bruce said it was miles from anywhere, and that's just what I wanted.
00:06:00Sounded most attractive at the time.
00:06:02Damned if I can see anything attractive about it.
00:06:05Now!
00:06:06You're not standing where I am.
00:06:10What the blazes are you talking about?
00:06:14Oh.
00:06:15Mr. Pantry?
00:06:17No, I'm... I'm...
00:06:19Oh, are you Mr. Pantry?
00:06:21Yes, yes, I'm Pantry. Are you...
00:06:24Are you Mrs. Harris?
00:06:25Oh, no, that's my mother. I'm Molly.
00:06:27My name's Bentley.
00:06:28Oh, I'm so sorry. This is Robert Bentley.
00:06:30Not... not THE Robert Bentley.
00:06:32Not the one that was in The Girl from Cordova.
00:06:35Yes. Did you see it?
00:06:36Yes, I did. Mr. Bentley, you were superb.
00:06:40Oh, I...
00:06:41I wouldn't say that.
00:06:42Oh, yes, you were. Indeed you were.
00:06:45Is your mother about, Molly? I should like to see her.
00:06:47Well, I'm afraid you can't.
00:06:49Can't?
00:06:49No, she... she isn't here.
00:06:51Isn't here?
00:06:54But I distinctly understood Major Bruce to say
00:06:57that he was leaving his housekeeper, Mrs. Harris, to look after us.
00:07:00She's in the agreement.
00:07:02I must repeat, Molly, your mother's in the agreement.
00:07:04Oh, sir, I'm awfully sorry, sir, but...
00:07:07you won't tell Major Bruce or Mrs. Bruce, will you?
00:07:10You see, mother hasn't had a holiday for over two years and...
00:07:14well, she was pining to see London again, so...
00:07:17when they went, she took the chance and went off.
00:07:20Just for the weekend?
00:07:21Oh, no, sir. For four weeks.
00:07:24Four weeks? But what are we supposed to do?
00:07:26As far as I'm concerned, I'm delighted.
00:07:28Delighted that your mother's away.
00:07:31I mean, able to take a little holiday.
00:07:32That's all very well.
00:07:34But who's going to look after us?
00:07:36Well, I will, sir, if you don't mind.
00:07:40Mind?
00:07:42Rather not.
00:07:43Can you cook and all that?
00:07:44Oh, yes, sir.
00:07:45I bet you can cook and all that.
00:07:47All right, you can stay.
00:07:48Oh, thank you, sir.
00:07:50And you won't tell Major Bruce, will you?
00:07:52No, I won't tell.
00:07:53Oh, that's wonderful.
00:07:56I'll work so hard for you. I'll do anything for you, sir.
00:07:59Will you do anything for me, too?
00:08:00Well, I'd better get a woman up from the village...
00:08:03to do the rough work.
00:08:04I don't know if you'll be able to, sir.
00:08:06They won't leave their husbands.
00:08:08Sir, whatever is the matter?
00:08:11Have I said anything wrong?
00:08:12No, no, no.
00:08:13Quite all right, Molly.
00:08:15Would you like me to get you something to eat?
00:08:17No, I don't think I could touch a thing...
00:08:18and I don't think Mr. Bentley wants anything either.
00:08:20Very well, sir, but there's plenty in.
00:08:22There's all that food you asked Mother to get in your telegram.
00:08:25Oh, that's fine.
00:08:25All right, Molly.
00:08:28Well, I think we'd better be getting off to bed.
00:08:31Eh, Bentley?
00:08:33Well, I don't think I'll come up just yet.
00:08:35I'll just stay here and look at this.
00:08:43Shall I show you to your room, sir?
00:08:46And here's your bag.
00:08:47You can show me to my room, but I'll carry the bags.
00:08:57I think perhaps I'd better come up after all.
00:09:01I think perhaps I'd better come up after all.
00:09:11Come on.
00:09:12Eh?
00:09:13No!
00:09:14You clumsy idiot.
00:09:16Sorry, old man.
00:09:17After you.
00:09:30Come on.
00:09:56Hi, Bentley.
00:09:57I thought Bruce said we had no neighbours.
00:09:59Infernal camp not far from the back door.
00:10:01Well, what of it?
00:10:02What of it?
00:10:03I come here for peace and quiet, and what do I get?
00:10:05Bugles for breakfast.
00:10:07Have some hot coffee and cool down, old chap.
00:10:09Ah, good morning, Molly.
00:10:10Good morning, sir.
00:10:11What are all those tents outside?
00:10:13Oh, that's Mr. Mole's camp, sir.
00:10:15And who's Mr. Mole?
00:10:16Well, sir, he's a sort of an ex-scoutmaster.
00:10:18He comes here every year with some of his boys.
00:10:20Does he call here?
00:10:21Oh, yes, sir, quite often.
00:10:23Oh, Lord.
00:10:24Calming girl Molly is.
00:10:26Seems confident.
00:10:27Must have been having a little chat with her.
00:10:28She used to be on the stage, you know.
00:10:30So what?
00:10:31Well, I thought that...
00:10:32You thought you'd like to star her in the new show?
00:10:34I think it'll be a good idea.
00:10:35Well, I don't.
00:10:36Forget it.
00:10:37The trouble with you is you never recognise real talent when you see it.
00:10:40Well, what does that make you?
00:10:41I found you, remember?
00:10:42You found me.
00:10:43I'd always been hailed as the world's leading comedian.
00:10:45Who on earth called you that?
00:10:48My publicity agent.
00:10:49And who told him?
00:10:50I did.
00:10:51Well, I'm in no mood for show talk or any other kind, for that matter.
00:10:54What kind of mood are you in?
00:10:55Oh, throwing myself in the river, if there is one.
00:10:57I expect there is.
00:10:59Well, don't even be so damn pleased about it.
00:11:01Sit down and have some food.
00:11:02Then you'll feel better.
00:11:03I shall never feel better again.
00:11:05No electricity, candles, oil, lamps.
00:11:08But it's so beautiful.
00:11:09So peaceful.
00:11:10So romantic.
00:11:11Romantic my foot.
00:11:12I should never have come here.
00:11:14Everywhere you look, you expect to see horrible faces peering at you from doorways.
00:11:21Is it still there?
00:11:22Good morning, sir.
00:11:23May I come in?
00:11:24Yes, sure.
00:11:25Yes, do.
00:11:27Oh.
00:11:28My name is Clarence Augustus Moe.
00:11:30I'm a friend of Major Bruce.
00:11:32You can see my little camp from your upper window.
00:11:34Oh, to be sure.
00:11:35I was just remarking how charming it looked.
00:11:37Oh, good.
00:11:38I am glad.
00:11:39You know, there are many who object to camps.
00:11:41Oh, it seems hardly credible.
00:11:43Well, there are a great many disgruntled people in the world.
00:11:46That's half the trouble, Mr...
00:11:48Pentwick.
00:11:49Charles Pentwick's the name.
00:11:51This gentleman is Mr. Robert Bentley, the celebrated actor.
00:11:54Oh, no.
00:11:55Pray be seated.
00:11:56And continue with your repast.
00:11:58I didn't notice you'd actually written.
00:12:00Well, now, I expect you're both most anxious to learn the reason for my visit.
00:12:04So I shall come to the point at once.
00:12:05Oh, yes.
00:12:06Do, Mr. Moe.
00:12:07I find myself in a most distressing position.
00:12:10You shock me, Mr. Moe.
00:12:11After returning from shopping in the village yesterday,
00:12:14imagine my consternation when I realized that I had omitted to purchase an egg for my breakfast.
00:12:20Oh, you want an egg?
00:12:21Certainly.
00:12:22As many as you like.
00:12:23Molly!
00:12:24Oh, thank you.
00:12:25Well, now, that really is most kind.
00:12:27I shall make a point of bringing it up tomorrow evening.
00:12:29Eh?
00:12:30Well, that is, I shall bring up one exactly like it.
00:12:33Oh.
00:12:35Oh, you're a bit of a wag, Mr. Moe.
00:12:37Oh, I don't know.
00:12:38I suppose I do say things sometimes.
00:12:41I bet you know a few risky stories on the side, too.
00:12:44Well, as a matter of fact, I did hear one the other day.
00:12:47It was about a commercial traveler.
00:12:49And the point of the thing was...
00:12:50Quite.
00:12:51Quite, quite.
00:12:52Oh, did you call, Mr. Pentwick?
00:12:54Yes, Molly.
00:12:55Will you get some eggs for Mr. Moe?
00:12:57Yes.
00:12:58Oh, one will be ample.
00:12:59More than sufficient, I assure you.
00:13:01You know the color I like.
00:13:03Oh, yes, sir.
00:13:04Brown.
00:13:05Well, this is most generous of you, Mr. Pentwick.
00:13:07Oh, not at all.
00:13:08Delighted.
00:13:09Only too happy any time.
00:13:10I hope we shall see a great deal of each other during your stay.
00:13:12I'm afraid...
00:13:13I feel sure we shall.
00:13:15I must introduce you and Mr. Bentley to the Reverend Nicholas Povey, the vicar.
00:13:19And by Jove!
00:13:21I say, I must arrange a challenge match at Croakey one afternoon.
00:13:25Croakey.
00:13:26I say, are you an actor too, Mr. Pentwick?
00:13:29No, Mr. Moe.
00:13:30I like to eat all the year round.
00:13:32I'm an impresario.
00:13:34Oh, I say, that's very impressive.
00:13:36Well, I must come along and see one of your shows sometime.
00:13:39Well, you mustn't sue us that evening for returning the egg, Mr. Moe.
00:13:42Oh, no, I shall do that tomorrow.
00:13:44Oh, I see what...
00:13:45Oh, now you're joking.
00:13:48I suppose you must be a stage comedian, Mr. Bentley.
00:13:52Here you are, Mr. Moe.
00:13:54Oh, thank you, Molly.
00:13:55I say, that's a lovely brown one.
00:13:57Well, I must away to the river.
00:13:59I always have a dip before breakfast.
00:14:01Jolly appetizing.
00:14:02There you are, Charles.
00:14:03There is a river.
00:14:04Oh, indeed, there is.
00:14:05Lovely little spot.
00:14:06Only about a quarter of a mile away.
00:14:08I say, we must have a swimming party.
00:14:12That'd be the thing.
00:14:13Oh, terrific.
00:14:14I must tell the vicar about it.
00:14:16The great fun if he came.
00:14:17He's an absolute terror.
00:14:18Splashes everybody.
00:14:20We'll see you in the morning.
00:14:21Fine.
00:14:22We must go bird's nesting together.
00:14:23Oh, good egg.
00:14:26Oh, Zat!
00:14:27Oh, now, I've dropped me glasses.
00:14:29Where?
00:14:30Spectacles.
00:14:31Mine.
00:14:32Oh, there they are.
00:14:33Jolly good.
00:14:34Oh, fine.
00:14:35Thank you so much.
00:14:36I've got them again now.
00:14:37Right.
00:14:38Well, now I really must be going.
00:14:39Oh, dear.
00:14:43Nats are about again.
00:14:46Well, if we've got to put up with that for a month, I'm leaving tomorrow.
00:14:50Oh, well, he's all right.
00:14:51Means well, anyway.
00:15:17Good morning.
00:15:18This is where Mr. Pentwick is staying, isn't it?
00:15:22Yes, miss.
00:15:23Ah, thank goodness.
00:15:24Tell him I'm here, will you?
00:15:27My name is Fritzi Villier.
00:15:29He does not expect me, but I must see him at once.
00:15:35Yes, miss.
00:15:37Do you know of a nice hotel anywhere about here?
00:15:38Well, I'm afraid not, miss.
00:15:39The only one is 22 miles away, and that's not what you'd call a nice hotel.
00:15:40Oh, dear.
00:15:41Well, I'll just have to sleep under a hedge.
00:15:42Unless Mr. Pentwick can put me up.
00:15:43Break it to him gently that I'm here, won't you?
00:15:44Yes, miss.
00:15:45Did you see that?
00:15:46Yes, I did.
00:15:47I'm so sorry.
00:15:48Oh, dear.
00:15:49Oh, dear.
00:15:50Oh, dear.
00:15:51Oh, dear.
00:15:52Oh, dear.
00:15:53Oh, dear.
00:15:54Oh, dear.
00:15:55Oh, dear.
00:15:56Oh, dear.
00:15:57Oh, dear.
00:15:58Oh, dear.
00:15:59Oh, dear.
00:16:00Oh, dear.
00:16:01Oh, dear.
00:16:02Oh, dear.
00:16:03Oh, dear.
00:16:05Did you have a nasty journey in that horrible train?
00:16:09And that smelly, welly car?
00:16:11Did I?
00:16:12Never mind.
00:16:13We'll have a nice drinky and a nice one in the garden.
00:16:16Huh?
00:16:17Mr. Pentwick will be down in a minute.
00:16:18What did he do when you told him I was here?
00:16:20He... he cut his throat.
00:16:22Oh, no.
00:16:23Oh, it was just a nick.
00:16:24He was shaving.
00:16:25Oh, poor darling.
00:16:26Be an angel and take all in the garden and give him a drink.
00:16:29Certainly, miss.
00:16:30Can I let him off the lead?
00:16:32Oh, yes.
00:16:33He's quite safe.
00:16:34He's very sedate.
00:16:44Fritzie!
00:16:45Darling!
00:16:47What on earth are you doing here?
00:16:49Oh, I heard all about it.
00:16:50I just had to come.
00:16:52It's too awful.
00:16:53Oh, my poor darling, what can I do to help?
00:16:56Oh, it's very sweet of you to come, but there's nothing you can do.
00:16:58My wife will never believe I haven't been unfaithful to her.
00:17:01How about if I go to her and explain?
00:17:03Well, she'll only think I've sent you to repeat the story I've already told her.
00:17:08If only she knew me.
00:17:10All this would never have happened.
00:17:12She'll still want to know why you came to my flat when you missed your last train
00:17:15instead of going home to one of the girls' places.
00:17:17But it's so obvious.
00:17:19Your flat is five minutes away from Victoria and the girls live miles away.
00:17:23Surely you must have told her that when you saw her.
00:17:25That's the trouble.
00:17:26I haven't seen her.
00:17:27She rang me up at six in the morning and said Mrs. Lawton phoned her.
00:17:30That's the woman that lives dead opposite.
00:17:32Saying a girl has spent the night in my flat and she never wanted to see me again.
00:17:37Well, we'll have to do something.
00:17:40Have you seen Dick?
00:17:42Yes, I saw him in town yesterday.
00:17:43He's going to see Margaret as soon as he can find out where she is and try and smooth things over.
00:17:47But he's as much hope of success as I have.
00:17:50I wonder how many lives have been messed up by these nasty-minded people like Mrs. Lawton
00:17:55putting two and two together and making seven.
00:17:58Oh, thousands, my dear.
00:17:59But you'd better stay here for a few days and help me to work out some solution to the problem.
00:18:04You'll certainly brighten the place up.
00:18:06Oh, but you are a darling.
00:18:08Yes, well, I'd better go and arrange with Bentley about your room.
00:18:12Bobby Bentley? Here?
00:18:14Yes, he came down with me to discuss the new production.
00:18:17Oh, good.
00:18:18What is it like here?
00:18:19Oh, not bad.
00:18:20There are some walks and some bathing.
00:18:22It won't be too dull for you.
00:18:24Oh, but I forgot my costume.
00:18:27Would it be all right if I...
00:18:29It certainly wouldn't.
00:18:31Molly will be able to fix you up with one.
00:18:33Oh, and by the way, if anyone outside talks to you, wants to know who you are, be discreet.
00:18:40I'll remember.
00:18:41Don't worry.
00:18:57I say, I do beg your pardon.
00:18:59I had no idea.
00:19:01Do you want to see Mr. Pentwick?
00:19:03Well, there's no need to disturb him.
00:19:06You see, I laid an egg in here this morning.
00:19:09Laid an egg?
00:19:10You are very clever.
00:19:12Oh, it must have been the excitement.
00:19:14Undoubtedly.
00:19:15You see, I bumped into Mr. Pentwick and I knocked my glasses off,
00:19:19and while I was on the floor scrambling about looking for them, I laid the egg.
00:19:23There it is.
00:19:24Thank you so much.
00:19:26You will tell Mr. Pentwick I called, won't you?
00:19:28Certainly.
00:19:29What name shall I say?
00:19:32So sorry, I never introduced myself.
00:19:34Clarence Augustus Mole.
00:19:36Gusty for short.
00:19:38Dusty?
00:19:39Oh, Gusty.
00:19:40And to whom have I the pleasure of speaking?
00:19:43I...
00:19:44Mrs. Pentwick.
00:19:46Mrs. Pentwick?
00:19:47Really?
00:19:48I had no idea.
00:19:50Mrs. Pentwick?
00:19:51Really?
00:19:52I had no idea.
00:19:53Jolly good.
00:19:54Well done.
00:19:55Well, now, you must forgive me.
00:19:57Thank you so much.
00:19:58Don't mention it.
00:20:03Nats are about again.
00:20:15Oh, it's all right.
00:20:16Betsy's moving in to share my room and you can have his.
00:20:19Oh, how sweet of you both.
00:20:21Oh, a gentleman who left an egg here has been to fetch it.
00:20:25Oh, that's Mole.
00:20:26I hope you remember to be discreet.
00:20:28Oh, discretion itself.
00:20:29Good.
00:20:30I told him I was your wife.
00:20:32My wife?
00:20:34Oh, what have you done, Betsy?
00:20:36He'll spread it all over the village.
00:20:38We'll have...
00:20:39Roly, he's gone.
00:20:40Gone?
00:20:41Where?
00:20:42Into the wood, miss.
00:20:43He saw a rabbit and...
00:20:45Oh, my poor Roly.
00:20:46Betsy.
00:20:47He'll get lost.
00:20:48Which way did he go?
00:20:49Straight into the wood across the lawn.
00:20:51Aye, Betsy, wait for heaven's sake.
00:20:57Which way?
00:20:58That way.
00:20:59Roly.
00:21:00Aye.
00:21:01Betsy, wait a minute.
00:21:08Hello, Dad.
00:21:09What on earth are you doing here?
00:21:11Great news.
00:21:12Margaret's on her way here.
00:21:13Full of sweet forgiveness and contrition.
00:21:15Margaret coming here?
00:21:16Oh, this is awful.
00:21:17Awful?
00:21:18You should be down on your knees thanking heaven.
00:21:20I know I should, but...
00:21:21Fritch is here.
00:21:22Oh, well, of all the...
00:21:24When did she arrive?
00:21:25This morning.
00:21:26But don't get the wrong idea, Dick.
00:21:27I didn't invite her.
00:21:28She arrived unexpectedly a little while ago
00:21:30to see if there was anything she could do to put things right.
00:21:33She even offered to go and see Margaret and explain.
00:21:35I've already explained to Margaret.
00:21:37And she believed you?
00:21:38Every word.
00:21:39Well, why the devil didn't she believe me?
00:21:40Because you told her the truth.
00:21:41I decorated it a little.
00:21:43I told her that the girl who spent the night in your flat
00:21:45was my future wife.
00:21:46Your future wife?
00:21:48But that's not true.
00:21:49Of course it's not.
00:21:50I've only seen Fritzy once in my life,
00:21:51and that was across the footlights.
00:21:53Is Margaret thoroughly ashamed of herself?
00:21:56She's ready to fall at your feet and clasp your knees.
00:21:58Wait till she sees Fritzy here and finds that story is all poppycock.
00:22:01She's not going to find Fritzy here.
00:22:02I'm going to get her away.
00:22:03Where's her luggage?
00:22:04Inside.
00:22:08Just a minute, Dick.
00:22:09We've got to find Fritzy first.
00:22:10You said she was here.
00:22:11Well, so she was,
00:22:12but she's somewhere down in the wood at the moment
00:22:13looking for her confounded dog.
00:22:15They may both be down a rabbit hole by now.
00:22:17Well, I'll put the stuff in the car and drive it up a by-lane.
00:22:20Scout around for her, pick her up and get away.
00:22:22We'll only come back if the coast is absolutely clear.
00:22:24I know.
00:22:27I'll put these roses in the window.
00:22:31If, when I've found Fritzy, they're still there,
00:22:33I'll know that Margaret's arrived and we won't come back.
00:22:35But if they've gone, I'll know everything's all right
00:22:37and we'll just pop back for a couple of seconds to say goodbye, right?
00:22:40OK, but get busy.
00:22:41Oh, there's just one more thing.
00:22:42Margaret expects to find you a lonely and broken man.
00:22:45Well, she won't.
00:22:46Bentley's here.
00:22:47Oh, I'd forgotten.
00:22:48Well, he's got to go, too.
00:22:49Who's got to?
00:22:50Oh, hello, Bob, you have.
00:22:51Why, we'd better just arrive.
00:22:52Bentley, Margaret's coming here, arriving any minute.
00:22:55So what?
00:22:56Well, she expects to find me alone, a broken man,
00:22:59with only an elderly housekeeper.
00:23:01Elderly housekeeper?
00:23:02Oh, that's rich.
00:23:03Oh, my lord, of course.
00:23:04Molly.
00:23:05Who is Molly?
00:23:07Well, Mrs. Harris isn't here.
00:23:09Molly's her daughter.
00:23:10What's she like?
00:23:11Oh, she's a smasher.
00:23:12Uh-huh.
00:23:13Here we go again.
00:23:14She's about the last person in the world, Margaret,
00:23:16who'd want to look after me.
00:23:18Those eyes.
00:23:19Those lips.
00:23:20Those...
00:23:21Oh, don't be a fool, Bentley.
00:23:22This is serious.
00:23:23We've got to round up somebody to be Molly's mother.
00:23:26Sir, Miss Villiers, I've lost her in the wood.
00:23:28I can't find her anywhere.
00:23:29What?
00:23:30Whatever, my Miss Villiers.
00:23:31You've got to find a mother, Molly.
00:23:33A mother, sir?
00:23:34Yes, any sort of mother.
00:23:35A foster mother, a stepmother, a grandmother, anything.
00:23:38But she must be elderly and respectable.
00:23:40I don't understand.
00:23:41Molly, we're in a mess.
00:23:42My wife's coming here.
00:23:44And she expects me to have an elderly housekeeper, not a...
00:23:47Oh, I see, sir.
00:23:49But, well, surely with the young gentleman and Mr. Bentley here...
00:23:53We're going.
00:23:54Mr. Bentley's going?
00:23:55Not for long.
00:23:56My wife must find me here alone, Molly, a broken man.
00:23:59Where will I find you, Dick?
00:24:00Oh, in the lane by the wood.
00:24:01I'm going to put the car there.
00:24:02Right, I'll get my stuff.
00:24:03Look, you and Molly will have to fix this mother business.
00:24:04Cheerio, in case I don't see you again.
00:24:06And please have a brainwave, Molly.
00:24:07I'll take care of Fritzie.
00:24:09Goodbye, Dick.
00:24:10Bye-bye.
00:24:12What sort of a person is Mrs. Pentwick, sir?
00:24:14Oh, charming, absolutely charming.
00:24:16But not easily deceived.
00:24:17I've never tried to deceive her.
00:24:19Suspicious?
00:24:20Of me, yes, but of other people, no.
00:24:22But what are you driving at, Molly?
00:24:23It's nothing to do with getting you a mother, is it?
00:24:25Yes, it is.
00:24:26I think I know where I can produce an elderly, respectable Mrs. Harris.
00:24:31Yes, but...
00:24:32I see.
00:24:33Where from?
00:24:34You'll see.
00:24:39Oh, God.
00:25:09Oh, God.
00:25:39Cut.
00:26:10Shh.
00:26:28Charles.
00:26:30Margaret.
00:26:31Dick's told me everything.
00:26:32Oh, Charles, will you ever forgive me?
00:26:34Forgive you?
00:26:35Oh, my dear.
00:26:37Oh, to think I ever doubted you.
00:26:39Oh, don't let's speak of it, darling.
00:26:41We're together again.
00:26:42Isn't that enough?
00:26:43Oh, did you miss me so terribly, Charles?
00:26:45Miss you?
00:26:46It seemed like a thousand years since you went away.
00:26:49It was only four days.
00:26:50You look so tired and ill.
00:26:53Yes, I have suffered, Margaret.
00:26:57I watched you coming down the stairs.
00:26:59Your faltering steps, your...
00:27:01You saw me?
00:27:02You were here, in this room?
00:27:04All the time.
00:27:05Oh, if I had only known.
00:27:07Are you angry with me, Charles?
00:27:09Angry?
00:27:10How could I ever be angry with you?
00:27:12Haven't you come back to me?
00:27:14Oh, let me look at you, my sweet.
00:27:18Just look at me, Margaret.
00:27:19I'm in no fit state to be greeting you.
00:27:22Oh, yes, my dear.
00:27:24I must go and tidy up.
00:27:26I won't be a minute.
00:27:35I beg your pardon.
00:27:57Do you want to see anyone?
00:27:59Well, yes, Mr. Pentwick, if he's disengaged.
00:28:02Oh, he'll be down in a moment.
00:28:03Won't you come in?
00:28:04Thank you so much.
00:28:06As a matter of fact, I've had a most unfortunate accident.
00:28:09Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:28:10Can I be of any help?
00:28:12No, I don't think you can.
00:28:13You see, Mr. Pentwick was kind enough to lend me an egg.
00:28:16And I've had the misfortune to go and sit on it.
00:28:19How very uncomfortable.
00:28:21Yes, it was, very.
00:28:22And now I've come to ask him if he'd be generous enough to...
00:28:26Let you have another one, is that it?
00:28:28Yes.
00:28:29Oh, I'm sure it'll be perfectly all right.
00:28:31Charles!
00:28:32Yes, my dear?
00:28:33There's a gentleman down here who's just sat on the egg you lent him.
00:28:36He wants to know if he can have another one.
00:28:38Certainly.
00:28:39Does he know where they're kept?
00:28:41Do you?
00:28:42Oh, yes, rather.
00:28:43Yes.
00:28:44Well, ask him to take one, dear.
00:28:47Mr. Pentwick's changing.
00:28:48I wonder if you'd mind finding one yourself.
00:28:51Oh, certainly.
00:28:53Well...
00:28:58Oh!
00:29:04Thank you so much.
00:29:05And you will thank Mr. Pentwick, too, won't you?
00:29:07A charming man.
00:29:08I hope to see a great deal of him during his stay here.
00:29:11Well, I'm sure he does, too.
00:29:12Mr...?
00:29:13Moe.
00:29:14And to whom have I the pleasure of speaking?
00:29:16Mrs. Pentwick.
00:29:18Mrs. Pentwick?
00:29:19Oh, I see.
00:29:20Yes, of course.
00:29:21You must be Mr. Pentwick's brother's wife.
00:29:23My husband has no brother.
00:29:25What?
00:29:26Oh, come, are you sure?
00:29:27Well, really, that's most singular,
00:29:29because there was a young lady standing over there
00:29:31when I entered this house a few moments ago,
00:29:33and she quite distinctly said that she was Mrs. Pentwick.
00:29:36A young lady?
00:29:37Yes.
00:29:38A dark young lady.
00:29:39Very pretty.
00:29:40Most attractive.
00:29:41Lovely blue eyes.
00:29:42I say, I do hope I haven't said anything...
00:29:43I'm afraid there's been a mistake, that's all.
00:29:45Yes, obviously.
00:29:46No, I don't think so.
00:29:47She quite distinctly said that her name was Pentwick.
00:29:49There is only one Mrs. Pentwick in this house.
00:29:52That's me.
00:29:53Oh.
00:29:54Oh, I see.
00:29:55Yes, well, then, of course, in that case,
00:29:56obviously I must have made a mistake.
00:29:58Well, never mind.
00:29:59Thank you so much.
00:30:00Good day, Mrs. Pentwick.
00:30:02Good day.
00:30:03Good day.
00:30:04Yes.
00:30:05Oh!
00:30:06Oh.
00:30:09Oh, well, never mind.
00:30:10I'll scramble it.
00:30:20Ah.
00:30:21Well.
00:30:22Here I am, my dear.
00:30:23All respectable.
00:30:24Are you, Charles?
00:30:25What do you mean, am I?
00:30:26Who is the dark young lady who was here a few moments ago,
00:30:27describing herself as Mrs. Pentwick?
00:30:28Oh, did Merle tell you that?
00:30:29If you call Mr. Merle a liar, I shan't believe you.
00:30:30No, my dear.
00:30:31He spoke the truth.
00:30:32Then there is a woman in this house calling herself Mrs. Pentwick.
00:30:33Yes.
00:30:34Yes.
00:30:35Yes.
00:30:36Yes.
00:30:37Yes.
00:30:38Yes.
00:30:39Yes.
00:30:40Yes.
00:30:41Yes.
00:30:42Yes.
00:30:43Yes.
00:30:44Yes.
00:30:45Yes.
00:30:46Yes.
00:30:47Yes.
00:30:48Then there is a woman in this house calling herself Mrs. Pentwick.
00:30:49Yes.
00:30:50She is, um...
00:30:51Well?
00:30:52Dick's wife.
00:30:53Dick married?
00:30:54I know I ought to have told you before, but you see...
00:30:55I found him down a rabbit hole.
00:30:56The secret's out, Pritzy.
00:30:57I've had to tell Margaret about you and Dick being married.
00:30:58Being married?
00:30:59Oh, you needn't look so scared, my dear.
00:31:00I won't eat you.
00:31:01Where's Dick?
00:31:02Dick is outside.
00:31:03I'll go and see him.
00:31:04Oh, dear.
00:31:05Oh, dear.
00:31:06Oh, dear.
00:31:07Oh, dear.
00:31:08Oh, dear.
00:31:09Oh, dear.
00:31:10Oh, dear.
00:31:11Oh, dear.
00:31:12Oh, dear.
00:31:13Oh, dear.
00:31:14Oh, dear.
00:31:15Oh, dear.
00:31:16Oh, dear.
00:31:18Oh, dear.
00:31:19Tell him...
00:31:20No, don't tell him anything.
00:31:21Just let him come and find me in here.
00:31:22Oh, no, no, no, Mrs. Pentwick.
00:31:23I think you ought to know I am his wife.
00:31:26Oh, I mean, let you know I am his wife.
00:31:28Oh, would that rather spoil the fun?
00:31:31Well, he may not have your sense of humor, my dear.
00:31:33Yes, I think this calls for a little drink.
00:31:36Who put that back on the table?
00:31:40I did, Charles.
00:31:41It looks so much better there.
00:31:43Too late.
00:31:44Yes, it all happened so suddenly, didn't it?
00:31:47Oh, yes, it was jolly sudden, wasn't it?
00:31:50I rushed here expecting to find your poor father with only an elderly housekeeper to look after him.
00:31:55Oh, that reminds me, where is Mrs. Harris?
00:31:59Oh, I think she... I'd rather...
00:32:03Where is Mrs. Harris?
00:32:05I said, where is Mrs. Harris?
00:32:08I said, where is Mrs. Harris?
00:32:11Where is Mrs. Harris?
00:32:14I said, where is Mrs. Harris?
00:32:16Where is Mrs. Harris?
00:32:18Mrs. Harris?
00:32:20Here I am, madam.
00:32:23I'm so sorry to keep you waiting, Mrs. Fenton.
00:32:26Blast, those stairs will be the death of me.
00:32:29I was changing when you arrived, and what with one thing and another, I don't know whether I'm on my head or my heels.
00:32:34Oh, that's quite all right. I said my sudden arrival rather flurried you.
00:32:37Oh, the least thing flies me these days. The doctor says it's my nerves.
00:32:40Oh, I do hope Charles hasn't been a lot of trouble for you.
00:32:43Trouble? Been a joy having him here.
00:32:46He reminds me so much of my poor late husband.
00:32:49Oh, really?
00:32:50Same little ways, you know.
00:32:52Sometimes I find myself looking at him, and I say, is he really Mr. Pentwick, or is he my Arnold?
00:32:59Oh, fancy.
00:33:01And he's devoted to you, my dear, just the same way as my husband used to worship the ground that I walked on.
00:33:07I shall never forget the night Molly was born.
00:33:10Up and down, up and down, up and down.
00:33:13The doctor said he must have walked miles.
00:33:16I expect my husband will be just the same if I had a baby.
00:33:19You haven't seen the house yet, dear. You...
00:33:21Oh, plenty of time, Charles.
00:33:23You don't like it when me women get together, do they?
00:33:25Oh, I don't know.
00:33:27You must be awfully proud of your daughter.
00:33:29By the way, where is she?
00:33:31Well, she's been helping me change.
00:33:33A girl in a million.
00:33:35And a beautiful baby.
00:33:37Even though I say it myself.
00:33:39Ah, here she is.
00:33:41Yes, she was a beautiful baby.
00:33:44Nine and a half pounds.
00:33:46I can believe it.
00:33:47Nine and a half pounds, and never on the bottle.
00:33:50Oh, how wise.
00:33:51Oh, I was most determined about that.
00:33:53Mother dear, I think perhaps Mrs. Pentwick might like to go to her room and have a wash.
00:33:56After all, she's had a long journey.
00:33:58Oh, to be sure.
00:33:59What a chatterbox I am.
00:34:01As my late husband used to say,
00:34:03you never know when to shut up.
00:34:06Well, I'm sure our conversation's been most interesting.
00:34:08And now, Molly, show Mrs. Pentwick up to her room like a good girl.
00:34:11Thank you, Molly.
00:34:12Oh, how many rooms are there?
00:34:15Well, there's a bathroom and...
00:34:16There are three rooms, madam.
00:34:18Yours is the blue one.
00:34:19Blue, my favorite color.
00:34:20Shall I show you up?
00:34:21Thank you, Molly.
00:34:22Thank you, Molly.
00:34:24And, of course, there's Pritzy and Dick in the second room,
00:34:28and you naturally will sleep with your mother in the third.
00:34:31See, that's perfect.
00:34:34Perfect.
00:34:38Well, look here, Dad, what are we going to do?
00:34:39Heaven knows, my son.
00:34:40Well, hang it all.
00:34:41You've got us into this mess.
00:34:42You jolly well get us out of it.
00:34:43Well, I did the only thing possible.
00:34:44Was it my fault that Pritzy found the dog and came back?
00:34:47That the roses were moved out of the window?
00:34:49That mole came out of his hole?
00:34:50Coming, darling.
00:34:51I'll explain later.
00:34:54What's all this about you and Pritzy?
00:34:55He's told Margaret that we're married.
00:34:57And why are you supposed to be Molly's mother?
00:34:59Well, if it comes to that, why are you supposed to be Dick's wife?
00:35:01Pritzy!
00:35:03I will tell you later.
00:35:05Do you know why you're her husband?
00:35:06All I know is I came in, Pritzy flung her arms around my neck,
00:35:09called me darling, and said that we were married.
00:35:12The point is, where are we all going to sleep tonight?
00:35:14Oh, Lord, yes.
00:35:15That's a problem.
00:35:20Darling, Margaret wants you.
00:35:22She has a wonderful idea.
00:35:25She suggests that we should move the bed to the window,
00:35:28so that when we wake up in the morning,
00:35:30we can watch the sun rise across the valley.
00:35:33There you are, old boy, you're fixed up.
00:35:35You're going to sleep by the window.
00:35:36Oh, this is awful.
00:35:39Don't you like to sleep by the window, darling?
00:35:44Oh, good precious me, what are we going to do?
00:35:47She'll explain.
00:35:48Explain?
00:35:49Later.
00:35:51You shut up, old boy.
00:36:19Hmm.
00:36:44I, uh, trust I don't intrude.
00:36:47Ah, the very men I wanted to see.
00:36:49Come along in.
00:36:50Oh.
00:36:52Whiskey and soda?
00:36:53Whiskey and soda.
00:36:54Oh, no, thank you.
00:36:55No, no, no.
00:36:56No, I was once tempted to take a little stimulant
00:36:58in a glass of egg and milk.
00:36:59And, oh, dear me, I was rendered quite unconscious.
00:37:02You don't say.
00:37:03I do, indeed.
00:37:04Well, now, I understand that you wish to see me.
00:37:06That is, of course, most gratifying.
00:37:08As a matter of fact, I was coming over to your camp after dark.
00:37:11After dark?
00:37:12Yes, you see, I'm the most awful fix.
00:37:14Fentwick's wife turned up quite unexpectedly,
00:37:16and, oh, there'd be an awful row if she found out
00:37:18that he'd got me staying with him.
00:37:19Yes.
00:37:20Oh, yes, yes, of course, I see that.
00:37:21Fentwick's a man who simply cannot live without love.
00:37:24He worships his wife,
00:37:26and when he found out he'd lost her affection,
00:37:28well, naturally, he clutched at the next best thing,
00:37:30a friend who understands him.
00:37:31Yes.
00:37:32Tell me, did you, uh, did you know Mr. Fentwick well in the past?
00:37:37No.
00:37:38I was on the road when I first met him.
00:37:40On the road?
00:37:41He'd probably still be there now
00:37:42if he hadn't spotted me at Leamington
00:37:44and recognized me as the goods.
00:37:46The goods?
00:37:48Too nice a lady, he took me back to London with him.
00:37:50Oh, dear.
00:37:52But you, you can't honestly say that you like the life.
00:37:55Like it?
00:37:57I wouldn't do anything else.
00:37:59Of course, there are temptations.
00:38:00Oh, of course.
00:38:01And now, Mr. Mole, I have a proposal to make to you.
00:38:05A proposal to me?
00:38:08Oh, no.
00:38:09I wouldn't suggest it if I didn't like you.
00:38:11I want to spend the night in your tent.
00:38:13A whole night?
00:38:15Of course.
00:38:16I must sleep somewhere now that Charles's wife is here.
00:38:18Oh, but this is impossible.
00:38:19I've never heard of anything so brazen.
00:38:21Brazen?
00:38:22Why?
00:38:23If you were in my shoes and asked me to help you out,
00:38:25I'd say, come along in and welcome.
00:38:26Yes, I'm quite sure you would.
00:38:28It's beyond your comprehension
00:38:29that any man should possess the, the, the,
00:38:31the moral courage to resist your wiles.
00:38:34But I warn you, in me you are far more match.
00:38:36I am strong in the shining armor of virtue.
00:38:39And I say to you, away.
00:38:41Oh.
00:38:42You are, yes, I will say it, even though you smite me.
00:38:46You are an abandoned woman.
00:38:48Woman?
00:38:49Hi.
00:38:50Mole's been mistaken.
00:38:51Look, I'm not a woman.
00:38:52I'm a man.
00:38:53I'm Vincent.
00:38:54Mole.
00:38:55Hi.
00:38:57Sure.
00:38:58Morning, Molly.
00:38:59Morning, sir.
00:39:00Anybody down yet?
00:39:01Mr. Bentley's helping me in the kitchen.
00:39:02Breakfast is nearly ready.
00:39:03Oh, thank heaven for that.
00:39:04Hey.
00:39:05Oh, lordy.
00:39:06Hello, Dick, my boy.
00:39:07Had a good night?
00:39:08Perfect.
00:39:09Just perfect.
00:39:10Well, you'd better pull yourself together before Margaret sees you,
00:39:13otherwise heaven knows what she'll do to you.
00:39:16Where did Bentley sleep?
00:39:17I don't know.
00:39:18Last time I saw him, he was going off somewhere with a couple of rugs.
00:39:20Good morning, Molly.
00:39:21Good morning, sir.
00:39:22What I want to know is how we're going to get out of this mess.
00:39:24Oh, let's have some breakfast first.
00:39:25We can't think on an empty stomach.
00:39:27You know, if Fritzie went up...
00:39:29Shh.
00:39:30Why, hello, Dick.
00:39:31I didn't hear you come down.
00:39:32Oh, no, no, no.
00:39:33Oh, no, no, no.
00:39:34Oh, no, no, no.
00:39:35Oh, no, no, no.
00:39:36Oh, no, no, no.
00:39:37Oh, no, no, no.
00:39:38Oh, no, no, no.
00:39:39Oh, no, no, no.
00:39:40Oh, no, no, no.
00:39:41Oh, I was up with the lark.
00:39:42Why, you had a row with Fritzie?
00:39:43A row?
00:39:44No, I don't think so.
00:39:45But your father didn't get up with the lark.
00:39:46Well, things have changed since those days, darling.
00:39:47Oh, it's not as long ago as all that.
00:39:48Where is Fritzie?
00:39:49Run along and tell her breakfast is ready.
00:39:50Oh, well, I don't really like to.
00:39:51She may be...
00:39:52Well, if she is, you're her husband.
00:39:53Her husband?
00:39:54Oh, yes, of course.
00:39:55Oh, yes, of course.
00:39:56Oh, yes, of course.
00:39:57Oh, yes, of course.
00:39:58Oh, yes, of course.
00:40:02Oh, yes, of course.
00:40:03Oh, yes, of course.
00:40:05Yes, of course.
00:40:20And how is my darling little husband this morning?
00:40:23As stiff as a board. I slept in the car last night.
00:40:25But why?
00:40:26Because I was born with the instincts of a gentleman.
00:40:29You could have slept in my room on the sofa.
00:40:31Would have been perfectly safe, I can assure you.
00:40:35Come along, you two, and get your breakfast.
00:40:37Come along. And smile.
00:40:39We're supposed to be terribly, terribly happy.
00:40:47Good morning.
00:40:48Hello, Pizzi.
00:40:49Hello. Did you sleep well?
00:40:51Very well, thank you.
00:41:04That's it.
00:41:07I'm so sorry, darling.
00:41:08Do you mind if I get a handkerchief?
00:41:10I left one in the kitchen.
00:41:11I won't be a minute.
00:41:12Of course not, darling.
00:41:14Marmalade.
00:41:15What's the matter? Anything wrong?
00:41:17Not if you're an actor as well as an impresario.
00:41:19I want the...
00:41:20What do you mean?
00:41:22Now, Molly, you better go and see that everything's all right while I tell Charles.
00:41:25All right.
00:41:29Now, listen, Charles.
00:41:30I've had to tell Noel that we're detectives.
00:41:32But why? Why?
00:41:33Well, I slept in his tent last night.
00:41:34In that dress?
00:41:35Yes. And that gave me the idea to say that I was Detective Inspector Bentley,
00:41:38disguised as a woman, on the track of a dangerous criminal.
00:41:41Oh, Lord. What have you done?
00:41:44Now he'll go spreading it all over the country.
00:41:47Well, not so long as he believes that we're both Scotland Yard men.
00:41:49Scotland Yard men?
00:41:50Yes. Now, you're Superintendent Pentwick, the brains of the organization.
00:41:54I know that's laying it on a bit thick, but...
00:41:57And what are you, did you say?
00:41:59I'm your right-hand man.
00:42:00Now, all you have to do is to impress Mo with your authority
00:42:04and bind him to secrecy on the pain of death or imprisonment for life or both.
00:42:08Both.
00:42:12Excuse me, sir, but the handkerchief excuse is wearing awfully thin.
00:42:15Mrs. Pentwick's getting very suspicious.
00:42:17Oh, thank you, Molly.
00:42:18Look here, you stay here and help Molly, will you?
00:42:20And I'll see you out to breakfast.
00:42:22Right.
00:42:24Mr. Bentley, the most awful thing has happened.
00:42:27Nothing else ever happens around here. What now?
00:42:29Mrs. Pentwick wants to know if you're a good needlewoman.
00:42:32Oh, don't be silly.
00:42:34I wouldn't even recognize the sharp end from the blunt unless I sat on it.
00:42:38Yes, I know, but you're supposed to have been Mrs. Bruce's dresser,
00:42:41so Mrs. Pentwick wants you to alter a dress for her.
00:42:44Oh, that's simple enough.
00:42:45I'll find out what there is to be done and you can do it.
00:42:47But she's going to be wearing the dress that she wants you to alter.
00:42:50You mean to say this is a running repair? I've got to do it on her?
00:42:53Yes.
00:42:54Then I quit. Give notice.
00:42:55Oh, but you can't do that. You're supposed to be my mother.
00:42:58And if you give in your notice, Mother will be out of a job.
00:43:01Think of her future.
00:43:02Well, think of my present and my past.
00:43:06I've got an idea.
00:43:07I'm wearing one of your ideas now. Look where it's got me.
00:43:10Never mind.
00:43:11Look, you'll have to receive a telegram.
00:43:14It'll say that your sister Emily is ill.
00:43:17Wait a minute.
00:43:19No, that wouldn't work.
00:43:20By the time you got down to the village to send the telegram,
00:43:22I'd be thoroughly exposed.
00:43:23But I needn't send it.
00:43:24We've got the telegram that Mr. Pentwick sent to Mother.
00:43:27Just wave it around and, well, if Mrs. Pentwick wants to see it,
00:43:30tear it up in your distress.
00:43:32Oh, Molly, you're marvellous.
00:43:34Do you really think so, Mr. Bentley?
00:43:36Don't call me Mr. Bentley.
00:43:37Well, what shall I call you?
00:43:39Call me Bobby.
00:43:40Oh, I couldn't, Bobby.
00:43:45I'd better go and get on and look for the telegram.
00:43:49Well, I'd better disappear.
00:43:50Where?
00:43:51Oh, anywhere. In the tent, in the wood, in the coal house.
00:43:53The coal house.
00:43:54Right. Where is it?
00:43:55Over here.
00:44:15What rank has Bentley given you, did you say?
00:44:32Superintendent.
00:44:33Oh, that should be all right.
00:44:34What are you supposed to be doing?
00:44:36Chasing an international criminal.
00:44:38But I don't even know what his name is or what he's supposed to have done.
00:44:41Invent a name, like the Scarlet Spider or...
00:44:44Yes, that's it. The Scarlet Spider.
00:44:47That'll make Merle's first hand on end.
00:44:49Make him a homicidal maniac.
00:44:52And one false move would mean instantaneous death.
00:44:59Death?
00:45:00By Jove, I believe you've got it.
00:45:02I'll go and see him at once.
00:45:03No, no, no, no, no.
00:45:04Have him here. Do the thing properly.
00:45:06Summon him to the presence.
00:45:09Remember, you're Superintendent Charles Pentwick of Scotland Yard.
00:45:17Pentwick of the Yard.
00:45:20Sounds quite impressive, doesn't it?
00:45:25By gad, I feel like hanging the man already.
00:45:38Come in.
00:45:58Tell Inspector Bentley to see that the revolvers are fully loaded.
00:46:01Yes, sir.
00:46:02And have the man Carfax watched.
00:46:04And if he tries to make a break, get him!
00:46:07Very good, sir.
00:46:17Bring your chair a little nearer, Mr. Merle.
00:46:21So that I can see you better.
00:46:24Yes, sir. Certainly.
00:46:28XX347H.
00:46:34QRT.
00:46:39X two away.
00:46:41Pip.
00:46:44Emma.
00:46:47Nice girl, Emma.
00:46:50Two pints.
00:46:53Equals one quart.
00:46:58T-H-E.
00:47:04Q.
00:47:07Z.
00:47:10Q.
00:47:14Sergeant!
00:47:16Sir.
00:47:17Tell Inspector Bentley to transmit this to the Yard immediately.
00:47:21Very good, sir.
00:47:22Excuse me, sir.
00:47:25Yes. Yes, of course.
00:47:30Forgive me, Mr. Merle, but I had to concentrate on that code message.
00:47:34The slightest error and the wrong man might be hanged.
00:47:37Oh, quite, of course.
00:47:39What?
00:47:40Well, naturally, we try to avoid that sort of thing as much as possible.
00:47:44Oh, good.
00:47:45Oh, that's very comforting, I'm sure.
00:47:47But, of course, there are occasions…
00:47:50The message has gone off, sir.
00:47:52Good.
00:47:55How is the interrogation of the man Carthax proceeding?
00:47:58No!
00:48:01Quite satisfactorily, it seems.
00:48:03Yes, sir.
00:48:06It's a lovely morning again, Mr. Merle.
00:48:09Yes. Yes, isn't it, sir?
00:48:12On such a morning, it's hard to believe…
00:48:15…that a dangerous murderer is hiding in the vicinity.
00:48:18It is, indeed.
00:48:20I beg your pardon!
00:48:23Surely Inspector Bentley has acquainted you with the reason for your presence here?
00:48:29Well, he…
00:48:30…he said there was some criminal person…
00:48:33…believed to be in the vicinity, but he…
00:48:35…he didn't go into any actual details.
00:48:37And you still have no idea of the seriousness of your position?
00:48:42No!
00:48:44My position?
00:48:45Your position!
00:48:47You have not, I trust, breathed a word about the Inspector…
00:48:50…spending the night in your tent, disguised as a woman?
00:48:53Indeed, I have not!
00:48:55Oh, thank heaven for that!
00:48:59One word from your lips might have meant instant death for all of us!
00:49:03Oh, but this is terrible!
00:49:05Bentley should have warned you!
00:49:07It was folly on his part not to have done so!
00:49:10I can only put it down to his desire not to frighten you!
00:49:13All was tender-hearted, Bentley!
00:49:16Almost too tender-hearted to be a police officer!
00:49:19Oh, yes!
00:49:21Oh, charming!
00:49:22Delightful chap!
00:49:24And now, Mr. Mole,…
00:49:26…I must make things quite clear to you!
00:49:29You are the one person in the whole neighborhood who knows of our identity!
00:49:33And it is your solemn duty to maintain absolute secrecy!
00:49:38Moreover, you may hear and see strange happenings around this house…
00:49:42…during our period of investigation!
00:49:45– But whatever you see… – Oh!
00:49:47– What's that? – Oh!
00:49:50I thought I saw a face!
00:49:57Investigate! Very good, sir!
00:50:01There's nothing there, sir! I've searched the entire ground!
00:50:04You've been very slow, but still, one can't be too careful!
00:50:09Oh!
00:50:14Where's his head in the house?
00:50:20You can come out now, Mr. Mole! The danger's passed!
00:50:27I said, come out!
00:50:34Well, as I was saying, Mr. Mole,…
00:50:36…whatever you hear or see…
00:50:38…must never be divulged, even to your closest friends!
00:50:41Scout's honor!
00:50:43Thank you very much, Mr. Mole!
00:50:45Now, you may regard yourself as one of us, sharing our danger,…
00:50:48…and I trust our triumph!
00:50:50Thank you, sir! That's frightfully nice of you!
00:50:52One last word of warning, Mole!
00:50:55Our enemy is known as the Scarlet Spider!
00:50:58We are his natural enemies!
00:51:01But if he discovers that you are in league with us,…
00:51:04…then I'm afraid that you would be his first victim!
00:51:09It wasn't you!
00:51:10Quickly!
00:51:12Don't let me go first, sir!
00:51:18Achoo!
00:51:20Ah!
00:51:22There you are, Mr. Mole!
00:51:24You can come out now! The danger is over!
00:51:29Please do not imagine, for one moment,…
00:51:31…that I have the slightest desire to cause you uneasiness!
00:51:35No! No, no, quite!
00:51:36You, as a British citizen, have the right to protection!
00:51:39And if you place yourself entirely in our hands,…
00:51:41…and do exactly as you are instructed,…
00:51:43…then we, on our part, can promise that no harm shall befall you!
00:51:47Well, that's most kind!
00:51:48Oh, not at all!
00:51:50It's merely our duty!
00:51:52Carfax, sir!
00:51:53He tried to make a break!
00:51:55It was very foolish of him!
00:52:06Pity that sort of thing has to happen!
00:52:09Drastic, I admit, but…
00:52:11…there you are!
00:52:13Well, I think that's all for the moment, Mr. Mole!
00:52:16You can go on your quest!
00:52:18Well, I think that's all for the moment, Mr. Mole!
00:52:21You can go on your way, rejoicing with a light heart! But remember,…
00:52:25…a silent tongue!
00:52:26Oh, I shall be as silent as the grave!
00:52:30Good!
00:52:32If you possess a Scout's penknife,…
00:52:36…sleep with it under your pillow!
00:52:38Detective Inspector Bentley will be sharing your tent again tonight,…
00:52:41…so you'll be in very good hands!
00:52:43And, oh, yes!
00:52:44If you should go down the village,…
00:52:46…be particularly careful what you say to the vicar!
00:52:50Need I say more?
00:52:52The vicar?
00:52:54But you've told me to tell me that the Reverend Nicholas Povey is the Scarlet Fever!
00:52:58Oh, no, no!
00:53:00I'm saying no more!
00:53:02But this is terrible!
00:53:04I've bitten bones with him, and…
00:53:07…I owe him four and a penny from the last croaky game!
00:53:11Oh, where will all this end?
00:53:17Oh!
00:53:35Mr. Pentwick!
00:53:37– Well done, Mr. Pentwick! – It worked!
00:53:39Like a charm! I reduced him to a jelly!
00:53:42I flatter myself, I put up a pretty good performance!
00:53:44You were terrific!
00:53:45Oh, I say, that pistol shot was a masterpiece!
00:53:47Hello!
00:53:51How do I look, boys?
00:53:59I am going to the river!
00:54:01And what is my darling husband going to do?
00:54:12Hmm!
00:54:13It is rather warm, isn't it?
00:54:15Oh, he's hooked!
00:54:16Done for! Finished!
00:54:18It's that darn bathing costume!
00:54:20I'm going to be landed with a daughter-in-law, who'll spend every penny my son makes, and…
00:54:25…and then come to me for more!
00:54:26Oh, that reminds me!
00:54:27I want my salary doubled!
00:54:29Doubled? Why?
00:54:30My contract with you is for six nights a week in the theatre!
00:54:32Here I am, acting my head off, 24 hours a day, in a cottage,…
00:54:35…and living in a coal hole, into the bargain! That's why!
00:54:38– Well, it's not my fault, old boy! – Well, whose fault is it, then?
00:54:40Oh, Molly's, I suppose! She made you her mother, didn't she?
00:54:42That's right! Turn on the girl whose genius saved your skin!
00:54:45Whose one thought has been to preserve the domestic bliss of the Pentrics!
00:54:49– Whose only… – Oh, all right, all right! Your salary's doubled,…
00:54:52…and Molly shall be your leading lady in the next show!
00:54:55Oh, I don't know what I've done to deserve this!
00:54:57Thank you, Charles!
00:54:58Molly!
00:55:00– Hey, Molly! – Yes?
00:55:02It's all fixed! You're going to be leading lady in my new show!
00:55:04Bobby!
00:55:05Now, let's go in there, and I'll tell you all about it!
00:55:11Oh, darling, Miss Darling!
00:55:14Oh, darling lady!
00:55:17You're the loveliest girl in the world!
00:55:19And I love you!
00:55:21I love you!
00:55:22I love you!
00:55:24How could I have ever lived a single day without you?
00:55:27Oh, how sweet, how sweet!
00:55:29Darling, I never want to be without you!
00:55:32I love you!
00:55:34I love you!
00:55:36I love you!
00:55:38Darling, I never want to leave you!
00:55:41Never, never, never!
00:55:43Oh, sweet Molly!
00:55:45I love you, too!
00:55:47Mother!
00:55:48Mother?
00:55:50Oh, Mrs. Pentwick!
00:55:53Please forgive this little display of emotion, but…
00:55:57…today is the anniversary of my poor dear husband's death!
00:56:00Oh, I understand and feel for you!
00:56:03It's a good thing you have Molly!
00:56:05It is indeed!
00:56:07She means everything to me now!
00:56:09I couldn't live without her!
00:56:11Ha, ha, ha!
00:56:13Still, I must stay here, Mopey!
00:56:15Let's get on with my jobs around the house!
00:56:17Oh, well, I have a very job for you, Mrs. Harris!
00:56:19Job?
00:56:20I want you to make a new dress for me! Oh, didn't Molly tell you?
00:56:23Oh, I thought it was just an alteration!
00:56:25Oh, well, I've… changed my mind!
00:56:27I… I want a new one!
00:56:29Um,… something like this, one only…
00:56:32…a different color and material!
00:56:34I hope you're very fond of dressmaking, Mrs. Harris!
00:56:37Give me a needle and thread, and I'm the happiest woman alive!
00:56:40Oh, good! Well, I'll fetch the tape measure, then!
00:56:43For Pete's sake, get me out of this! Find the telegram!
00:56:46It's gone! I've looked everywhere!
00:56:47Well, look again! Look in the kitchen!
00:56:49Look in the flour bin, in the teapot, anywhere! We've got to find it!
00:56:52If we don't, the game's up, and the whole thing will fall through!
00:56:56– Here's the tape measure! – Thank you!
00:56:59It's no use using this dress as a pattern, because I've lost a little weight recently!
00:57:03I hope the husband doesn't come in. He's sure to tell me to go to Hartford!
00:57:06– Don't tell me to go! – Mother!
00:57:08I've been thinking about the material!
00:57:10I was going to suggest…
00:57:12…pink plush, with a motif, as we say in Mayfair,…
00:57:16…of true lovers' knots, in pure white curtain tape!
00:57:19Oh, isn't that a bit Victorian?
00:57:21I was thinking of something shimmering!
00:57:24In that case, I suggest, um,…
00:57:26– …Cenophane! – Mother dear, I think you should get on with the measurements!
00:57:29– And I'll sit here and write them down! – Right! Now, where do we start?
00:57:31– We start with the bust! – Bust!
00:57:33Yes, I probably shall!
00:57:35Mrs. Benwick, do you mind holding that in position, and I'll walk round?
00:57:38The exercise will do me good!
00:57:40Oh!
00:57:4462!
00:57:45Come now, Mrs. Harris, here's the right reading!
00:57:47Well, you'll have to look a bit closer than that! The figure's a little indistinct!
00:57:51– Mother! – Oh!
00:57:53I've lost my place!
00:57:54Ah, here it is!
00:57:55– 36! – Ah, that's better!
00:57:57– Now my hips! – I have to do that from the rear!
00:58:02Backless dresses aren't so popular as they used to be, are they?
00:58:05No, I never wear them these days!
00:58:07I prefer plain tops myself!
00:58:09Of course, it's amazing how other parts vary!
00:58:1137!
00:58:12I rather like scallops!
00:58:14I prefer winkles!
00:58:15Oh, Mother, don't be so silly!
00:58:17Mrs. Benwick means the scallops round the bottom of the skirt!
00:58:20Oh, to be sure! I am a silly Billy!
00:58:22Curly!
00:58:23Of course, one sees them so rarely these days!
00:58:25You can get on with whatever you were doing, Molly!
00:58:27Telegram!
00:58:28I can manage now!
00:58:30– Now my waist! – Oh, yes!
00:58:31I've lost a lot of weight there, I hope!
00:58:33Massage is wonderful, isn't it?
00:58:35Yes! I used to massage Mrs. Bruce!
00:58:37Oh, really? How splendidly you can massage!
00:58:40Yes!
00:58:41Oh!
00:58:4219!
00:58:43What's going on here?
00:58:44Oh, Charles, you would come in when you're not wanted!
00:58:46But why am I not wanted?
00:58:48Mrs. Harris is going to make me a dress, if you must know!
00:58:50She'll do nothing of the sort!
00:58:52If I choose to ask Mrs. Harris to make me a dress, or anyone else for that matter,…
00:58:55…I have a perfect right to do so!
00:58:57I'm sick of being told what to do, and what not to do, where to go, and where not to go!
00:59:00Hartle isn't the only dressmaker in the world! I'm sick of it!
00:59:03Yes, but, Margaret, you don't understand!
00:59:05I understand perfectly!
00:59:07I'm not allowed to think for myself! I'm not allowed to have a mind of my own!
00:59:10– Oh, I don't know why I ever married you! – Yes, but, Margaret!
00:59:13Oh, Mrs. Harris, would you come up to my room in about…
00:59:16…10 minutes' time, to give me my foam bath and massage?
00:59:19Oh, with pleasure!
00:59:25Massage!
00:59:26Look, I couldn't help it!
00:59:27I was measuring her waist,…
00:59:29…and she happened to talk about massage!
00:59:31Well, just to make conversation, I told her I used to massage Mrs. Bruce!
00:59:35That gave her the idea that I could massage her!
00:59:37– Well, you know darn well I couldn't! – I know darn well they're not going to!
00:59:40– There must be some way out! – There's got to be! Now, let's see!
00:59:46Now, if something went wrong with your arms,…
00:59:49– …that's it! All we have to do… – …is to break them!
00:59:52– Exactly! – Oh, no!
00:59:53– Exactly! – Oh, no!
00:59:54– Now, listen, Fendrick, if you say… – You leave this to me, Bentley!
00:59:56I've hit on a perfect way out!
00:59:58You won't have to be a dressmaker, or a masseur!
01:00:01You ought to be grateful and happy!
01:00:03– Happy! – With two broken arms!
01:00:05Oh, well, one might be enough!
01:00:08Oh, come on, Bentley, let's have a little of the team spirit!
01:00:11Team spirit?
01:00:13We've had quite enough of that up to now, and where's it got us?
01:00:16Molly's got a male mother!
01:00:18Pritzy is illegally married to a bogus detective!
01:00:21The picker has turned into a homicidal maniac,…
01:00:23…and a perfectly harmless little scoutmaster is being hounded around by a phony Scotland Yard man!
01:00:28And now, to cap everything, you want me to become a hospital case!
01:00:31No, thank you!
01:00:32Why does Bobby have to break his arm?
01:00:35All we want is a splint and a few bandages!
01:00:37And I can fix those!
01:00:38That is the only sensible suggestion that has been made up to now!
01:00:41All we need is for him to pretend to fall down the stairs!
01:00:44Scream out that he sprained his wrist!
01:00:47That's all there is to it!
01:00:48Oh, Margaret would never swallow that!
01:00:50Sprained wrists swell up, don't they?
01:00:52No, not at once!
01:00:53And I can get the bandages on in a jiffy!
01:00:55I still favor a broken arm!
01:00:56Well, I'll break the blasted neck, then you'll be thoroughly satisfied!
01:00:59That's not a good idea! We want you in the new show!
01:01:01Thank you!
01:01:02Mrs. Harris!
01:01:03Hurry up, I'm getting cold!
01:01:07Come on, we haven't got much time!
01:01:09Just a moment after me!
01:01:16What are you doing, Molly?
01:01:17Take this old chair up to the top of the stairs and then bump it down!
01:01:21Oh, that's a good idea! Come on, Bentley!
01:01:23Give me a hand!
01:01:28Right!
01:01:42What on earth happened?
01:01:43Mother's fallen down the stairs!
01:01:45Oh, my wrist!
01:01:47We must get a doctor at once!
01:01:48Oh, no, I don't think it's as serious as all that!
01:01:50It's only a sprain, luckily!
01:01:52A cold compress and a tight bandage and she'll be right as rain in a few days!
01:01:56Are you sure, Molly?
01:01:57Oh, yes, madam, I did first aid in the A.T.S.
01:01:59Come along, mother, now let's put it under the cold tap!
01:02:02But what about your massage, Mrs. Dentry?
01:02:03Oh, you mustn't worry your head about that until you're better!
01:02:05Or the dress!
01:02:06Come along, mother!
01:02:09Oh!
01:02:12I wish I could remember who that remarkable woman reminds me of!
01:02:16Who can it be?
01:02:20But if she does remember, we are sunk!
01:02:25Oh, if this nightmare doesn't end soon, I shall go raving mad!
01:02:34Hey!
01:02:36Where are you going?
01:02:37To see how deep the river is!
01:02:38And if I'm not home for lunch, have it dragged!
01:02:55Hi, Dad!
01:03:05Great news, Dad!
01:03:06Fritzie and I...
01:03:07Save your breath, Dick, I know!
01:03:08But you can't know, we've only just decided!
01:03:10That's what you think!
01:03:11But the moment I saw Fritzie come into the library in that bathing costume, I knew she'd made up her mind to hook you!
01:03:17How can you say such a thing?
01:03:19Well, it just shows what a low mind you've got!
01:03:21Fritzie and I are getting married because we love each other!
01:03:24And if you won't give us your blessing, we'll jolly well go to Margaret and ask her for hers!
01:03:27Oh, good Lord, no, not that!
01:03:28Yes, I thought that would bring you to your senses!
01:03:30You should be glad that we are getting married!
01:03:32A fine hole you'd be in if we didn't!
01:03:33After all, you brought us together!
01:03:35Oh, well, you have my blessing, and I hope you'll be very happy, and may Heaven help you!
01:03:39Oh, you are an angel!
01:03:41Christ, Eddie!
01:03:42I never felt less like one in my life!
01:03:44And you're going to give us a handsome check for a wedding present for all we've done for you!
01:03:48This is sheer blackmail, but all right!
01:03:50I'll see you get a fat check!
01:03:57Pardon me, sir, are you Mr. Bantwick?
01:03:59Yes!
01:04:00There's a message from Mr. Cole!
01:04:01Oh, thank you, my boy!
01:04:06Hello!
01:04:11Hello!
01:04:13I want to remember you like this, with the sun on your hair, a smile on your lips.
01:04:18I want to remember this moment forever and ever and ever!
01:04:23I think you moved!
01:04:35Mr. Bantwick!
01:04:46Mr. Moe?
01:04:49Oh, Mr. Bantwick, thank Heaven you are here!
01:04:55Now, Mr. Moe, what's all the trouble about?
01:04:57Oh, a terrible thing has happened!
01:04:59Superintendent Bantwick's scandal is abroad!
01:05:02Scandal? But what about?
01:05:03Me, Mr. Bantwick, me!
01:05:05You, Mr. Moe? What have you been up to?
01:05:07Nothing, absolutely nothing! That's the horribly unjust part about it!
01:05:11I am utterly blameless and innocent!
01:05:13Oh, but there must be some cause!
01:05:16Your Inspector Bentley is the cause!
01:05:18Don't be absurd! Bentley wouldn't say anything to harm anybody!
01:05:21Oh, it's not what he said, it's what he...
01:05:23Oh, what shall I do?
01:05:26Now, pull yourself together, Moe, and tell me exactly what's the matter!
01:05:29Well, in the early hours of this morning, Inspector Bentley left my tent dressed in that female attire,
01:05:34and the vicar's gardener, who's a gossiping, garrulous sort of fellow at the best of times,
01:05:39chanced to be passing on his way to work, and he thinks...
01:05:42Oh, I blush to think of it!
01:05:45He thinks?
01:05:46Exactly! It's all too painful and humiliating,
01:05:49and now my name's being bandied about the village!
01:05:52They're talking of me as a libertine and a violator of English womanhood!
01:05:56Me, Moe, an ex-scoutmaster!
01:05:59It's all very unfortunate, Mr. Moe, I agree,
01:06:02but I fail to see that there's anything I can do about it!
01:06:04Well, you've got to do something about it!
01:06:06I refuse to have my hitherto spotless reputation besmirched
01:06:10when a perfectly simple, straightforward explanation from Inspector Bentley can clear up the whole thing!
01:06:15Explanation? But that's the one thing we must avoid at all costs!
01:06:18We cannot reveal our identity now, and remember, Moe,
01:06:21I have your word of honour to keep our secret!
01:06:24If you refuse to allow Inspector Bentley to go to the village and clear up this matter,
01:06:28then I demand to be released from my pledge!
01:06:31Oh, but that's impossible! The laws of England...
01:06:33The laws of England, as I understand them, are made to protect her citizens, not persecute them!
01:06:37It is the duty of every citizen to assist in the cause of justice,
01:06:40and remember, Moe, I have your word of honour as an ex-scoutmaster!
01:06:45I am determined to protect my good name!
01:06:48At the expense of justice? At the expense of your life?
01:06:51What do you mean?
01:06:52Well, on the one hand, Mr. Bole, we have justice.
01:06:55On the other hand, we have the Scarlet Spider.
01:06:58Oh, twiddle twaddle! I don't give that! That!
01:07:02That, for any of them where my reputation is concerned!
01:07:05I simply cannot believe it, Mr. Bole!
01:07:07And moreover, were I properly dressed at this moment,
01:07:10had I not washed my shirt one second before this terrible news descended upon me,
01:07:14I would be in the village, clearing my name from this outrageous charge!
01:07:17Do you really mean that, Mr. Bole?
01:07:19The moment that shirt is dry, I shall go to the village and tell them the whole story!
01:07:23You'll do nothing of the sort!
01:07:24Oh? And may I ask how you think you're going to prevent me?
01:07:28You claim to be a high officer from Scotland Yard.
01:07:31If you think you can prevent me by force,
01:07:33then you show a lamentable lack of knowledge of the laws which you claim to represent!
01:07:37But you doubt my identity!
01:07:39I'm beginning to!
01:07:40Oh, this is monstrous!
01:07:41Then show me your credentials!
01:07:43I'm leaving you,
01:07:45Moe,
01:07:48and you'll get what's coming to you!
01:07:50You are no longer under my protection!
01:07:52Well, I can jolly well do without it for all the good it's done me!
01:07:55And let me tell you, that the moment this shirt is dry,
01:07:58events will move fast, I can tell you!
01:08:01So there!
01:08:11What's the matter with you, Charles?
01:08:13We are rumbled!
01:08:14Rumbled?
01:08:15He thinks we are frauds, and he's going to spill the beans in the village!
01:08:18But why?
01:08:19Oh, just to defend his miserable, spotless little reputation!
01:08:22The vicar's gardener saw you leave Moe's tent this morning as Mrs. Harris!
01:08:26Oh, Lord!
01:08:27And now the whole village is seething with the story!
01:08:29That's awful! They'll all think it was Mother!
01:08:32She'll never be able to show her face in the village again!
01:08:34I must go down and explain!
01:08:36Oh, no, no, Molly, not you too!
01:08:37Moe's going down there as soon as his blessed shirt's dry!
01:08:40And we've got to stop him going!
01:08:42We'll clear your mother later on, somehow!
01:08:44What was that you said about Moe's shirt?
01:08:46Well, he's just washed it, and he can't go down the village till it's dry!
01:08:50Then it mustn't get dry!
01:08:51Well, how are we going to prevent that? Turn off the sun?
01:08:53No, turn on the rain, with a stirrup pump or something!
01:08:56But the shirt's hanging right outside Mr. Moe's tent!
01:08:59How are we going to get him out of the way?
01:09:09Pritzy!
01:09:11Pritzy!
01:09:12Pritzy!
01:09:14Come here!
01:09:16We want to talk to you!
01:09:20Pritzy!
01:09:21We want you to lure Moe out of his camp!
01:09:24What?
01:09:25Well, we have to prevent him going to the village!
01:09:27The only way we can do that is to keep his shirt wet!
01:09:31Well, I'll do my best, but he's rather a difficult subject!
01:09:37I'll have to think of something very special!
01:09:41By the time you finish with him, he'll have forgotten he ever had a shirt!
01:09:44Oh, just a moment, darling! I know this isn't a jolly good cause,…
01:09:47…and the Father will reward you handsomely for what you're going to do, but not too advanced with the luring, eh?
01:09:52Darling, you're not jealous of Mr. Moe!
01:09:56No, of course I'm not, darling!
01:09:59Ah!
01:10:10Mr. Moe!
01:10:12It's after… morning!
01:10:14Can you help me, please?
01:10:18Ah!
01:10:19Oh, you are so strong!
01:10:21Oh, I don't know!
01:10:24Can you undo something for me, Mr. Moe?
01:10:28Oh!
01:10:30Oh, you're so clever!
01:10:33All those badges!
01:10:35What is that one for?
01:10:37Knots!
01:10:38And that one?
01:10:39Oh, no more, no more!
01:10:41Lame finder, first class!
01:10:43What does it mean?
01:10:45Well, if anyone was hiding, I could find them!
01:10:49If I hide myself, could you find me?
01:10:53In three shakes of a gnat's whisker!
01:10:56Oh, Gusty, you're so exciting!
01:11:03Oh!
01:11:18Ted, you're first, Ed!
01:11:20I haven't been so excited since the First World War!
01:11:23Come on, Bentley! I need your moral support!
01:11:25I'll be at the kitchen window, and I'll tip you the wink when Moe gets out of the way!
01:11:29Right! We'll be in the greenhouse!
01:11:30Can you whistle?
01:11:31Yeah!
01:11:32Good! Whistle like this!
01:11:33Then we'll know!
01:11:34Right! Now, come on!
01:11:35Yes!
01:11:43Oh, I'm so glad you're alone, Dick!
01:11:45I'm worried about your father!
01:11:47Oh, why? What's wrong with him?
01:11:48The more I think of him, the more he puzzles me!
01:11:51Oh, I don't think it's anything to worry about, really!
01:11:53I can't make Charles out. He seems to have changed!
01:11:56I've noticed him behaving in a most extraordinary manner!
01:11:59Where was that?
01:12:01Oh, I didn't hear anything!
01:12:03Where are you going, Charles?
01:12:04To water the flowers, darling!
01:12:07See what I mean, Dick!
01:12:08Oh, it's nothing, really!
01:12:09The country air's got into his blood. This place has really got a hold on him!
01:12:12Something's got a hold on him, and I'm going to find out what it is!
01:12:18What?
01:12:19Are you watering the flowers, too, Mrs. Harris?
01:12:21Yes, we're always watering in the West Country!
01:12:24The flowers have such a thirst, you know!
01:12:26Yes!
01:12:27All night long, watering, watering, all the time!
01:12:30Excuse me, such busy little bees!
01:12:33Every time I see Mrs. Harris, I find her more surprising!
01:12:36What energy!
01:12:37She must be 60 if she's a day quite abnormal for a woman!
01:12:40She certainly is!
01:12:41I wish I could think who she reminds me of!
01:12:43Oh, Margaret, I wouldn't worry about that!
01:12:44Oh, I'll get it in a minute! It's on the tip of my tongue!
01:12:47Yes, it's a name!
01:12:49I'm sure it's a name beginning with B!
01:12:51With B?
01:12:52Yes!
01:13:05You've got to beat it!
01:13:06Margaret's on the verge of remembering who you remind her of!
01:13:08You've got to get out! She's sure it's a name beginning with B!
01:13:11Well, I can't beat it until Molly finds that telegram!
01:13:13Well, I'll carry on with the watering!
01:13:14Ransack the library! We've got to find that telegram!
01:13:16We've already ransacked the library, the bathroom, the bedroom, everywhere!
01:13:19Well, do it again! This is really serious, Miss!
01:13:21Everything! If I hadn't got a mother, she probably wouldn't stay with him!
01:13:25Now, Mother, please go! Please, before anyone sees you!
01:13:28Mr. Pentwick is nearly demented as it is!
01:13:31And if he saw you, he'd go completely crackers!
01:13:33Has the place been turned into a mental home since I left?
01:13:36No, but it will be if you don't go!
01:13:38I believe it has!
01:13:40I hadn't been here two minutes, when a man rushed in and told me to turn the place upside down,
01:13:44and if I didn't, I'd be out on my ear!
01:13:46Then another inmate rushed in and told me to keep it damp, whatever that meant!
01:13:49Oh, that was Mr. Mole's shirt!
01:13:51Mole?
01:13:52He rushed in and told me that I wasn't going to sleep in his tent tonight, the little worm,
01:13:56just because I gave him a couple of eggs for Ivy!
01:13:58Well, I expect he thought you were Bobby!
01:13:59Who's Bobby?
01:14:00He's my other mother!
01:14:01He's your…
01:14:02Oh, Mother, he's only in skirts because he loves me!
01:14:05What sort of a man is this?
01:14:07Oh, Mother, he's the dearest thing!
01:14:08Darling!
01:14:09Bye, bye, darling!
01:14:10Goodbye, Mrs. Pentrick!
01:14:11Goodbye!
01:14:12Goodbye, Mr. Pentrick!
01:14:13Goodbye!
01:14:14Oh!
01:14:15Goodbye!
01:14:16Bye!
01:14:19Charles!
01:14:20You were very rude to Mrs. Harris!
01:14:22I'm sorry, darling, but this place gets on my nerves!
01:14:25It doesn't suit me!
01:14:26I can't think why you stayed here, then!
01:14:28I thought you liked it!
01:14:29I do! I think it's charming!
01:14:31But if you're going to become mental and behave like a barbarian,
01:14:33the sooner we get out of this place, the better!
01:14:35Well, as far as I'm concerned, I should be thankful to get out this very moment!
01:14:38All right, then! We'll leave here today!
01:14:40I'm sure Fritz and Dick will be very happy to have the place to themselves!
01:14:43Ha! They're going to Scotland!
01:14:45Scotland? Why?
01:14:46Well, they're going to get…