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There's something delicious about
writing the first words of a story.

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You can never quite tell
where they'll take you.

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Mine took me here.

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Looking back, the city and I
Never much liked each other.

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An unmarried woman, after all,
was expected to behave in

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very particular ways.

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Which did not include traipsing
from publisher to publisher

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with a gaggle of friends.

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Now, listen to me,
you must not be afraid.

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And don't talk too much.

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Friends who, sadly, others were
not so keen to meet.

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I've been selling my drawings
for greeting cards, place cards,

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etcetera for seven years.

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Bunnies in jackets
with brass buttons.

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However do you imagine
such things?

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I don't imagine them.

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They're quite real.
They're my friends.

18
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Are you based the animal
characters on your friends?

19
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No, the animals are my friends.

20
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Before Peter Rabbit there was
Benjamin Bunny,

21
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and then Sir Isaac the Newt.

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I have their drawings as well,
if you'd like to see them.

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That won't be necessary.
Unfortunately, Miss Potter.

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It is 'Miss' Potter, is it not?
Yes. Of course. Silly of me.

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Unfortunately, the market for
children's books...

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Yes, of course.
I completely understand.

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It was silly of me,
with no experience of these...

28
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F. Warne and Company would like to
publish your little book, Miss Potter.

29
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But best not to get overly hopeful.

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I know publishing your book will
not sell a great number of copies,

31
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but I think we can turn
a small profit.

32
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My dear Mr Warne, well,
I'm pleased. Very pleased indeed.

33
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I shall do everything possible to
ensure that you've not made a mistake.

34
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Miss Wiggin, I believe we can go.

35
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Thank you very much indeed.
Messrs Warne, for your time.

36
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Our pleasure. My brother always
knows what he's doing.

37
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Oh, I'm quite particular about
book size and price,

38
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and I'd like to avoid that
dreadful Gothic typeface

39
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your children's books usually have.

40
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I'm sure everything will be
to your satisfaction.

41
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Miss Potter.

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Your...

43
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Of course.

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My portfolio.

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Come along, Peter.

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- Sir Isaac, the newt!
- You can't be serious, Fruing.

47
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- That book won't sell ten copies.
- Of course not!

48
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- However, the thought did occur to me...
- Norman!

49
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We promised our little brother
a project.

50
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If he makes a muck of it,
what will it matter?

51
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I think Miss Potter may turn out
to be a Godsend.

52
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Home, Miss Potter?

53
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No, Saunders.
Drive me through the park.

54
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Through all the parks.

55
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- I beg your pardon, Miss Potter?
- Drive!

56
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Walk on.

57
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We did it!

58
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Did you hear my heart?
It was a kettle drum.

59
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You see? We cannot stay
home all our lives.

60
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We must present ourselves
to the world.

61
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And we must look upon it
as an adventure.

62
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Faster, Saunders!

63
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- Faster, Saunders, if you please!
- No, Miss Beatrix. No!

64
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- Fast as you can, old boy.
- Go on!

65
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Oh, I say!

66
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Saunders.

67
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Beatrix, where have you been?
It's after four o'clock.

68
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I'm not a child. I can do things
without my mother's permission.

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I was hoping to use the carriage
myself this afternoon.

70
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Where were you?

71
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I took a drive.
With my friends.

72
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You don't have any friends.

73
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Yes, I do, Mother.
Every time I draw.

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Some of your paintings are
quite pretty, Beatrix,

75
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but I'm not going to deceive you
as your father does

76
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and call them great art.

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Well, my friend,
when I am a published author

78
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then we shall see.

79
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Beatrix, Bertram,
time for good nights.

80
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- I haven't finished yet.
- Come on, hurry up.

81
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- Bertram.
- There! I got him.

82
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- Bertram, you're barbaric.
- Come on, you two.

83
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Hurry up. Down you go.

84
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Slowly!

85
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Hurry, Rupert! It won't do t
be late to the 'Hydes'.

86
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Doesn't Mama look beautiful,
Beatrix?

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Being in a temper puts such
a rose into her cheeks.

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When you grow up, Beatrix,
and have to run a household,

89
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plan parties, keep a social calendar
and put up with a man

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who's never been introduced to a clock,

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your cheeks will glow too.

92
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Look at this ribbon.

93
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That's unsightly.
Change her into something decent.

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And give this nightdress away.

95
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Oh, this will never do.
I'm just all fingers and thumbs!

96
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You're impossible, Rupert!
We are so late.

97
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What have you drawn today, Beatrix?

98
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Benjamin Bunny having a rest.

99
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His ears are getting
better and better.

100
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This shading here is very good,
Beatrix.

101
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Say your good nights now, children.

102
00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:19,039
- Good night, Mother.
- Good night, Beatrix.

103
00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:21,159
- Good night, Father.
- Good night, Beatrix.

104
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- Good night, Mother.
- Good night, Bertram.

105
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Good night, Father.

106
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Now, hurry upstairs.

107
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- Come on, mustn't make Mama and Papa.
- later than they are.

108
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- Oh, children.
- What now?

109
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On my way home, I happened to
walk down Piccadilly.

110
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And what do you think
jumped into my pockets?

111
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Something very special for
the young entomologist.

112
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And something very suitable for
the young lady

113
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who's very soon to grow up
to run a fine home,

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just like her mother.

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- We'll open them upstairs. Come on.
- Thank you, Father.

116
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- Thank you, Father.
- Come on.

117
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- Late, late late!
- We are not late.

118
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We will never be invited
to the Hydes' again.

119
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Heaven's sake, Helen,
it's polite to be a little late.

120
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Now get in the carriage.

121
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This isn't polite late,
this is late, late.

122
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Right, wee ones,
one story and then bed.

123
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I want Beatrix to tell a story.
Hers are funny.

124
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Indeed they are, and I know exactly
what it'll be about.

125
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Tom Thumb and Hunker Munker.

126
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Precisely. Tom, Hunker,
are you ready to play in a story?

127
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Oh, yes. We're excellent actors.

128
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Well, we shall see about that.
This will be your test.

129
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Over there.

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Once upon a time, those two excellent
housekeepers, Lucinda and Jane,

131
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bought some shiny new porcelain
food which they set out

132
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on their perfectly appointed
dining room table.

133
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Then, they decided to go for a walk.

134
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Suddenly, there came a scuffling
noise from the kitchen.

135
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Tom Thumb and Hunker Munker crept out.

136
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The two mice saw that
the dining table was set for dinner.

137
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Tom Thumb leapt up and
took a big bite

138
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from the first plate
and broke his tooth.

139
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Who we expecting someone?

140
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That's my publishers.

141
00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:16,439
It's not a social call.
In fact, I'm rather dreading it.

142
00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:19,119
I wish you wouldn't invite
trades people in to the house.

143
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They carry dust.

144
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Well, next time,
I shall go to their office.

145
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Mr Norman Warne.

146
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Miss Potter.

147
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I hope you will forgive my intrusion
into your daily routine.

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00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:36,279
I was expecting one of the...

149
00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:39,239
Ah, yes,
I am Harold and Fruing's brother.

150
00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:41,439
I've recently joined the firm
and they have done me

151
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the great honour of assigning
your book to me.

152
00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:48,839
Thank you. It was most gracious
of you to invite me to...

153
00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,479
- Tea.
- Yes, I would love some.

154
00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:52,679
Yes, thank you.
Lemon.

155
00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:54,519
Thank you.

156
00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:01,239
Extraordinary!

157
00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:03,639
Funny!

158
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Delightful and magical and
so beautifully drawn.

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I am utterly, utterly speechless.

160
00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:13,599
Perhaps we should discuss
our business, Mr Warne.

161
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I put your drawings aside with
the greatest reluctance.

162
00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:20,479
Your brother's letter makes
two proposals

163
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which I find quite unacceptable.

164
00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:26,839
First, they'd like the drawings
to be in colour.

165
00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:29,119
I'm adamant they be
in black and white.

166
00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:31,359
But Peter Rabbit's blue jacket
and the red radishes,

167
00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:34,399
Surely you would like your enchanting
drawings reproduced as they are?

168
00:13:34,560 --> 00:13:38,319
Well, of course I would prefer colour,
but colour will make the book cost

169
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far more than little rabbits
can afford. I'm adamant.

170
00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:44,479
Which brings us to
your brother's second point.

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They wish to reduce the number
of drawings by nearly a third.

172
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Totally unacceptable.

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Let me explain.
The idea of reducing the number

174
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of drawings was not my brother's
but my own.

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If we can reduce the number
to 31 precisely,

176
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then the illustrations for
the entire book could be printed

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on a single sheet of paper using
what we call the three-colour process,

178
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that you desire, and at a relatively
low level of cost. Yes?

179
00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:13,119
I've given your book a great deal
of attention, truly.

180
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I would like it to look
colourful on the shelf

181
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so that it stands out
from ordinary books.

182
00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:20,159
You have given it some thought.

183
00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:23,399
Which other books have you
supervised, Mr Warne?

184
00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:23,999
Personally?

185
00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,559
- Yes.
- This will be my first.

186
00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:32,359
Miss Potter, I have recently
informed my brothers and my mother

187
00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:35,599
that I am no longer content to
stay at home and play nursemaid

188
00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:36,959
solely because I am the youngest son.

189
00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:41,119
No. I would like a proper job,
working for my family's firm

190
00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:43,159
and they have assigned me you.

191
00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:45,919
Does that make things clearer?

192
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In other words,
you have no experience whatsoever,

193
00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:53,039
but because you've made
a nuisance of yourself,

194
00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:56,679
demanding a chance,
they've fobbed you off on me.

195
00:14:56,840 --> 00:15:00,239
Miss Potter, I know all too well
what my brothers intended,

196
00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:03,879
giving me your, your 'bunny book',
as they call it,

197
00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:07,639
but I find your book quite
enchanting, delightful,

198
00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:12,319
and if they intended to fob me off,
as you say, then we shall show them.

199
00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:14,999
We shall give them a bunny book
to conjure with,

200
00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:17,879
In colours, mixed to your
satisfaction in front of

201
00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,999
your very eyes at the printer.

202
00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:21,319
At the printer?

203
00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:22,759
Oh, I could never.

204
00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:24,959
I will escort you there myself.

205
00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:27,759
If you will allow me the the honour.

206
00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:29,399
Why would I never?

207
00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:31,519
Of course I'll go.
I'm a grown woman.

208
00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:33,039
Miss Wiggin will be there.

209
00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:36,959
I see absolutely no reason why
an artist shouldn't visit her printer.

210
00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:38,719
Excellent, Miss Potter.

211
00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:41,679
Jolly good. Thank you.

212
00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:44,719
I shall make all the arrangements,
and I am, in every way,

213
00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:47,119
my dear lady, at your service.

214
00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:52,199
You and rabbits, extraordinary.
Excuse me.

215
00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,559
Johnson, come and get
the charms, would you?

216
00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:01,639
- Slowly, slowly. Put it there.
- I will be careful, ma'am.

217
00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:06,599
One, two, three... ten.

218
00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,839
When I was ten, my mother badgered
my father into sending the summer

219
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in the Lake District,
as did other fashionable families.

220
00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:19,039
Like an animal released from its cage,
I fell under its spell.

221
00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:24,439
Mind your frocks now.
Come here!

222
00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:28,159
The woods are full of fairies
and little folk that look for

223
00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:30,199
children that get their
clothes dirty.

224
00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:34,319
And when they find them,
they send the fairy beasts at night,

225
00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:37,319
with sharp teeth and a ready
appetite for young flesh.

226
00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:39,679
- I'm coming to get you, Bea!
- No

227
00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:57,519
Yes!

228
00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:05,079
Bertram. Bertram!

229
00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:09,079
Don't! They're farmers' children.
Their hands. Germs. Come on.

230
00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:10,679
Bertram! Bertram!

231
00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:30,719
Catch him, Bea!

232
00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:35,319
There he is!

233
00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:36,559
Oh, yes!

234
00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:42,519
Out of the way!

235
00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:48,079
There!

236
00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:55,719
There he is.

237
00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,319
I don't think a thrashing
will be necessary.

238
00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:19,239
I'll just leave the window
in the nursery unlatched tonight.

239
00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:21,159
The fairy beasts will
take care of the rest.

240
00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:22,999
No! I'll stay clean!

241
00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:24,199
Bertram.

242
00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:28,319
Really, Beatrix, What young man
is ever going to marry a girl

243
00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:29,679
with a faceful of mud?

244
00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:31,319
Well, I shan't marry,
so it doesn't matter.

245
00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:32,839
Of course you shall marry.

246
00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,399
All girls marry. I did.
Your grandmother did.

247
00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:38,999
Even Fiona will one day.

248
00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:42,919
- Well, I shan't. I shall draw.
- Oh, those silly drawings.

249
00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:44,279
Then who will love you?

250
00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:47,919
My art and my animals.
I won't need more love than that.

251
00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:51,959
Perhaps not at 11 , but let's see
if you still feel the same way at 1 8.

252
00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:55,519
I drew Mama when we first met
and she married me.

253
00:18:55,599 --> 00:18:57,759
And, Fiona, doesn't mud wash off?

254
00:18:57,920 --> 00:18:59,319
Bertram, come along.

255
00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:05,598
Die, you little devil!

256
00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:08,719
Right. Prince Charming himself
couldn't resist

257
00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:10,079
such a bonny, wee girl.

258
00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:13,239
Not when he meets my brother,
Vlad the Impaler.

259
00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:16,479
- Got you!
- Bedtime my young reprobates.

260
00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:20,319
Now, shall I leave a window
open, or?

261
00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:22,719
No! I don't like fairy beasts.

262
00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:25,598
Well, it is a well-known fact that
fairy beasts never eat a child

263
00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:27,679
when he's tucked up in his own bed.

264
00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:31,319
The fairies have been
in the north country

265
00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:34,399
for hundreds of years,
and have had many adventures.

266
00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:37,199
I told you about you
a changingly child?

267
00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:37,959
No.

268
00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:39,839
Yes, several times.

269
00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:42,079
I want to hear it.

270
00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:45,279
Oh, go ahead, Fiona.
I'll tell myself a story.

271
00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:46,519
Right.

272
00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,319
Once upon a time,
there was a king and a queen.

273
00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:54,679
Once upon a time,
there were four little rabbits.

274
00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:58,519
Their names were...
Flopsy, Mopsy...

275
00:19:58,599 --> 00:20:00,999
Cotton-tail and Peter.

276
00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:04,319
'Now, my dears,
said old Mrs Rabbit one morning,

277
00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,079
'you may go into the fields
or down the lane,

278
00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:10,479
'but don't go into
Mr McGregor’s garden.'

279
00:20:10,599 --> 00:20:11,839
'Why not, Mother?'

280
00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:15,679
'Because your father had
an accident there.

281
00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:19,519
He was put in a pie
by Mrs McGregor.'

282
00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:24,799
Peter, who was very naughty,
ran straightaway to

283
00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:26,039
Mr McGregor’s garden,

284
00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:28,719
and squeezed under the gate.

285
00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:31,039
I like it.

286
00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:45,839
But round the end of
the cucumber frame,

287
00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,519
whom should he meet,
but Mr McGregor!

288
00:20:49,599 --> 00:20:51,919
Peter was out of breath and
trembling with fright,

289
00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:54,039
and he had not the least idea
which way to go.

290
00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:56,519
- It's muddy, actually.
- One more, Mr Mortimer.

291
00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:57,479
Lighten it up.

292
00:20:57,599 --> 00:20:59,679
Mr McGregor caught sight of him
at the corner,

293
00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:01,319
but Peter did not care.

294
00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:04,759
He slipped underneath the gate
and was safe at last

295
00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:06,479
in the wood outside.

296
00:21:06,599 --> 00:21:11,759
Not quite. See here?
It's still a bit...

297
00:21:18,599 --> 00:21:21,079
When Peter came home
his mother put him to bed

298
00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,839
with a tablespoonful of camomile tea.

299
00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:28,959
But Floрsу, Мoрsу and Cotton-tail
had bread and milk

300
00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:31,159
and blackberries for supper.

301
00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:39,759
This book, it's changed things
for me, Mr Warne.

302
00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:40,999
How so?

303
00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:47,039
For one thing, it's given me
the chance to prove to my mother

304
00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:52,439
that an unmarried woman of 32 can
do more than attend tea parties

305
00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:55,879
- and smile at dull conversations.
- Yes, indeed.

306
00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:59,039
You know, my family never wanted me
to get into publishing either.

307
00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:01,358
We do make rather a good team,
don't you think?

308
00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:07,039
Provided, of course,
we prove them wrong.

309
00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:20,439
Mother, this is Miss Potter.

310
00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:25,879
At last, we poor forgotten folk
in Bedford Square get to share

311
00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:27,639
some of Norman's excitement.

312
00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:30,319
Mrs Warne, it's so kind of you
to invite me.

313
00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:33,879
Nonsense. It was the desperate
act of a woman who was beginning

314
00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:35,199
to forget what her son looked like.

315
00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:37,519
Mother!
And this is my sister, Amelia.

316
00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:38,598
Hello.

317
00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:40,639
Norman allowed us a peek at
Peter Rabbit, Miss Potter.

318
00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,239
We found it utterly charming.
So we wheedled, cajoled,

319
00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,319
and absolutely insisted that
Norman bring you round for tea.

320
00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:49,399
I have decided that you and I
are going to be friends.

321
00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:51,199
Have you?

322
00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:55,639
Well, Norman tells me that
you're unmarried, as am I,

323
00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:57,079
and that you're not
unhappy about it.

324
00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:58,999
And I can't tell you how much
that pleases me.

325
00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:01,598
Why can't you talk about
the weather like other girls?

326
00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:04,279
Well, all the other unmarried
daughters in our circle,

327
00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:05,919
and, believe me, there are many
they sit around all day,

328
00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:08,799
gossiping and unaccountably
bursting into tears.

329
00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:12,399
But you have done something.
You've written a book.

330
00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:16,159
I warn you, I am prepared to
like you very much.

331
00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:18,719
Well, in that case, I shall have
to like you too, Miss Warne.

332
00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,039
Call me Millie, and that's to be
the last of Miss Potter too,

333
00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:21,519
I'm afraid.

334
00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:23,919
Absolutely. Beatrix, by all means.

335
00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:26,598
Thank goodness, the tea!
I'm beginning to feel quite ill

336
00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:27,959
with all this bonhomie.

337
00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:29,399
Oh, do let's have tea
in the garden, Mother.

338
00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:31,519
It's too beautiful a day
in every way not to share it

339
00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:32,959
with the flowers.

340
00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:37,759
Well, I love to garden.
Mother disapproves,

341
00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:40,159
but I can't help myself.
I love flowers shockingly.

342
00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:42,239
That's why you have
the hands of a greengrocer.

343
00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:43,399
I do not!

344
00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:46,839
Thank heavens Norman sometimes
deigns to read to me.

345
00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:48,639
If I had to rely on you
for companionship,

346
00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:50,479
I should expire of loneliness.

347
00:23:50,599 --> 00:23:52,679
My mother's taste in books,
Miss Potter, and, I'm afraid,

348
00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:55,279
in life, runs to the er...
melodramatic.

349
00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:56,999
Oh, nonsense.

350
00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:00,358
I like good English biographies
and you know it.

351
00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:03,639
I loathe silly romances, such as
the ones your brothers publish.

352
00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:05,279
My brothers and I, Mother.

353
00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:07,279
I am part of the firm now too,
you know.

354
00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:10,639
A sweet-natured boy like you
does not need to work.

355
00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:12,759
Your brothers provide quite well
for all of us,

356
00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,159
and I need your smile here.

357
00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:17,999
But then, no-one listens to
a crotchety old lady

358
00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:18,759
in a wheelchair.

359
00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:20,399
Indeed they don't, Mother.

360
00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:21,959
My mother may be crotchety,
Miss Potter,

361
00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:23,959
but she does have an eye
for beautiful things.

362
00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:26,159
She was fascinated by your drawings.

363
00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:29,519
Utterly unique.

364
00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,719
Well, when I see something unusual,
I'm not content just to look at it.

365
00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:36,799
I must capture it.

366
00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:40,079
Last summer, in the farmyard,
I was drawing something

367
00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,598
that was quite lovely in the sun,

368
00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:46,719
and suddenly, I realised I was
drawing the pigs' swill bucket.

369
00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:48,959
I had to laugh at myself.

370
00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:53,119
I feel a bit of a chill, Norman.
Can you take me inside?

371
00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:54,639
- Of course.
- Please excuse me.

372
00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:57,039
It was delightful meeting you,
Miss Potter.

373
00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:57,919
And you.

374
00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:02,399
Do stay longer, and teach
Millie how to behave.

375
00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:05,599
I think that means she likes you.

376
00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,919
Did she say she likes to
draw swill buckets?

377
00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:13,559
Indeed she did, Mother.
Indeed she did.

378
00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:17,479
I think by Wednesday, you could
hang the lace curtains upstairs.

379
00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:21,599
- Then at least it will look like summer,
even if it doesn't feel like it. -Yes, Madam

380
00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:24,639
Oh, Beatrix. What is this stain
on your blouse?

381
00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:26,759
Jane says it won't wash out,
and she's tried everything.

382
00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:28,879
- Oh, it's ink.
- Ink?

383
00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,679
I must have brushed against
something at the printers'.

384
00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,439
Jane, I'm very sorry for causing
you extra work.

385
00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:37,439
Jane, take the blouse away.
Give it to the poor.

386
00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:40,399
This behaviour shows scant
regard for your father's money.

387
00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:44,439
Well, one day, I shall make enough
money to buy my own clothes.

388
00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:47,319
I'm far too old to be living off
the generosity of my father.

389
00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:48,839
You're too old to be
spending so much time

390
00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,319
in the company of a man
who takes you to printers!

391
00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,559
Your father does not approve,
and neither do I.

392
00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:56,879
Mr Warne is publishing my book.

393
00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:01,479
Oh, that book! I can hardly wait
till it's finished and forgotten.

394
00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:03,319
I don't understand you, Beatrix.

395
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:06,279
Your father and I have introduced
you to so many suitable young men

396
00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:09,919
of your class, young men of fortune,
and impeccably good family.

397
00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:14,239
Oh, certainly, like that charming
fellow, Lionel Stokely.

398
00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:17,999
Lionel is a particular favourite
of his uncle, the earl,

399
00:26:18,120 --> 00:26:20,679
whom we visit every summer
at Stokely Court.

400
00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:24,399
Oh, and I do regret terribly that
I didn't accept Harry Haddon-Bell.

401
00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:26,519
Harry's great-grandfather
went to Sandhurst.

402
00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:28,319
Harry's grandfather
went to Sandhurst.

403
00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:30,359
Harry's father
went to Sandhurst.

404
00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:33,239
And so I went to Sandhurst.

405
00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:37,559
Father and I and the gamekeeper often
go out riding in the morning...

406
00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:39,759
Ashton's a crack shot.

407
00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,039
But no, you're just
a pig-headed girl.

408
00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:45,519
Mr Warne is asking for you
at the door, Miss.

409
00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:48,799
Mr Warne? He's not expected.

410
00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:51,279
Unannounced. Perfection!

411
00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:11,519
Come on, here.

412
00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:18,599
Two sold while we were
at the booksellers.

413
00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:20,919
That amounts to 40 in a week.

414
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:22,919
- Which is 160 in a month.
- Good gracious!

415
00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:25,719
I'm trying to remember
my twelve-times table.

416
00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:29,519
1 ,920 in a year.

417
00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:32,399
- I can't breathe.
- That's just in one shop.

418
00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,199
My dear Miss Potter,
you are an author.

419
00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:37,119
We have achieved
what we set out to do.

420
00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:39,199
We have created a book.

421
00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:41,439
Yes.

422
00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:43,519
What's the matter?

423
00:27:44,360 --> 00:27:46,399
A cloud just passed across your face.

424
00:27:48,360 --> 00:27:51,519
You've been very generous
with your time, Mr Warne,

425
00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:55,159
Shown me things that
I never would have seen.

426
00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:56,799
Printing houses!

427
00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:01,639
- I shall miss your company.
- Are you losing my company?

428
00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,399
It just occurred to me
that the book is out

429
00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:08,759
and our association is
coming to an end.

430
00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:09,999
Miss Potter.

431
00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:15,559
I had hoped that you might
have other stories.

432
00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:18,839
Really?

433
00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:24,399
Do you know, I recently remembered
one I thought I had forgotten it.

434
00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:25,639
About a duck...

435
00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:29,119
a very stupid duck.

436
00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:30,839
Based on one of your friends?

437
00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:33,879
It's based on myself, I think

438
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,279
It's a story I told a friend once.

439
00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:41,159
My family summers in the Lake District,
and there was someone there,

440
00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:44,999
the grounds man's son, who was
always interested in my stories.

441
00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,879
Miss Beatrix. Are you skulking?

442
00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:57,479
No such thing, Willie Heelis. No.
I was drying off my sketch book.

443
00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:04,279
Not bad, Miss Beatrix.

444
00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:07,439
Do you have any animal
stories for me today?

445
00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:10,119
I don't. Sorry. Nothing new.

446
00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:15,239
That's Jemima.
She doesn't have a story yet.

447
00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:16,759
Not a proper one.

448
00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:19,919
- Jemima Duck?
- Jemima Puddle-Duck.

449
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:22,919
And a stupider duck
the world has never seen.

450
00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:26,559
She goes looking for a safe
place to lay her eggs

451
00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:29,119
and meets a charming gentleman
with a long bushy tail

452
00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:31,439
and very sharp teeth.

453
00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:34,879
Precisely.

454
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:38,599
The gentlemen offers her his shed
and Jemima is surprised to find

455
00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:40,439
that there are so many feathers in it.

456
00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:43,999
But then, as I told you,
she is a very stupid duck.

457
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:45,599
I like it.

458
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:50,599
I'd love to paint every view
in this valley,

459
00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:52,919
but I'm not very good at landscapes.

460
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:55,679
Wait too long and it won't be
here to paint, Miss Beatrix.

461
00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:58,959
- Really, that's ridiculous.
- No, I'm serious.

462
00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:02,399
The large farms are being broken up
into small plots and sold off.

463
00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:05,679
Well, you can't stand
in the way of progress.

464
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:07,039
So they say.

465
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:11,399
But I say beauty's
worth preserving.

466
00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:12,839
I know you do, Willie.

467
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:15,639
But nobody could disagree
with you about that.

468
00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:19,199
Well, I'll see you soon, then.

469
00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:22,839
Perhaps not, Miss Beatrix.
I'm leaving for Manchester next week.

470
00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:24,959
To study the law?

471
00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:27,999
Yes, indeed. I have to better
myself somehow.

472
00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:31,199
- Good luck.
- Send me some drawings.

473
00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:32,439
I will.

474
00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:38,079
He encouraged me to take
my writing seriously.

475
00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:40,359
We must get started on
the new story straight away.

476
00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:42,959
Jemima Puddle-Duck.
I think the public should like that,

477
00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:45,479
and Tom Thumb and Hunker Munker.
What do you think?

478
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:46,879
Well, if you, if you think.

479
00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:48,999
Your book has been very
important in my life.

480
00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:51,319
You have been very
important in my life.

481
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:52,759
And you in mine, Mr Warne.

482
00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:55,839
- And we must do it again and again.
- And again!

483
00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:58,399
I promise you,
I intend to be a nuisance.

484
00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:22,759
When did you decide
you wouldn't marry?

485
00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:25,359
Just before my 20th birthday.

486
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:28,919
Mother came to my room and
announced that Lionel Stokely

487
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:32,079
was to marry Gwendolyn Alcott and
they were to live at Stokely Court,

488
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:34,879
which Lionel had just
inherited from the earl.

489
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:39,199
And I knew right then that
she would bring me no more suitors

490
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:41,119
and that I would never marry.

491
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:43,559
And that shocked me.

492
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:46,839
But I felt relieved.

493
00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:49,319
And that shocked me.

494
00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:54,239
So I went into the garden and filled
an entire notebook with sketches.

495
00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:55,839
Men are bores.

496
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,759
They're useful for only
two things in life

497
00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,359
financial support and procreation.

498
00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:04,199
Millie!
You say outrageous things!

499
00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:09,479
- Ah, but the price.
- What price?

500
00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:14,079
Domestic enslavement.
Childbirth. Terrifying.

501
00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:16,079
No, unmarried women have
a better life.

502
00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:17,919
I swear it's true.

503
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:22,399
No houses, no babies, no husbands
demanding things all the time.

504
00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:24,999
As long as one's lucky enough
in life to have a good friend.

505
00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:27,799
I'm so glad Norman found you, Beatrix.

506
00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:30,279
I was missing something
I didn't even know.

507
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,839
Dеаr Miss Pоttеr,
I enclose with great pleasure

508
00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:48,879
the latest in what I hope
will be a long line of tales.

509
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:50,999
Yours affably, Norman Warne.

510
00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:52,439
Mr Warne.

511
00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:55,479
Would you and Millie like to
come to a Christmas party?

512
00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:57,119
My parents hold one every year,

513
00:32:57,280 --> 00:33:00,399
and I think it's high time
that I invited someone.

514
00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:04,439
Yes, we'd be delighted to attend.
Thrilled, in fact.

515
00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:20,439
Be still, little imps!

516
00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:22,559
Peter, you naughty boy!

517
00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:24,759
Look what an example you're setting.

518
00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:31,479
That's better. Any more of that
and I'll paint you out.

519
00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:35,199
Your father is home.

520
00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:42,719
How was your day at the club, Father?

521
00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:45,199
Interesting, as always.

522
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:48,079
Rupert, we seem to have a situation.
We need your resolution.

523
00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:51,119
I want to invite Norman Warne and
his sister to our Christmas party.

524
00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:53,719
With Lady Armitage?
With Sir Nigel and Sybil?

525
00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:56,759
A tradesman, Rupert!
How will anyone have fun?

526
00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,759
He's the gentleman
who publishes my books, Father.

527
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:04,959
- Rupert.
- I have something here, Beatrix.

528
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:10,599
I went into Hatchards bookshop and
I purchased this with good money.

529
00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:13,879
Hugh Whitteford bearded me in
the club and rattled on for hours.

530
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:15,959
You know old Hugh, jowls all aflutter.

531
00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:17,439
Wife's bought three of
your girls' books

532
00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:18,718
for her granddaughter's nursery.

533
00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:20,879
Sending more by ship
to chums in Bombay.

534
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:23,519
Very soon, the whole club was
telling me of some purchase

535
00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:26,519
that they had made of
our daughter's creation.

536
00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:28,319
So I thought it was time
that I bought one.

537
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:31,679
So I went straight into Hatchards,
put my shilling onto the counter.

538
00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:32,718
I would have given you one.

539
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:36,319
But I wanted to buy one
like everyone else.

540
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:39,399
Now, I owe you an apology, Beatrix.

541
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:43,119
When you showed me your books,
all I saw was my little girl

542
00:34:43,199 --> 00:34:46,279
bringing me clever drawings
for me to comment on.

543
00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:50,879
You're not a little girl anymore.
You're an artist.

544
00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:52,639
The genuine article.

545
00:34:53,199 --> 00:34:56,679
I would have been proud to use
that word about myself,

546
00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:59,319
and now, I'm proud of you, Beatrix.

547
00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:00,718
Thank you, Father.

548
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:04,799
So I don't see any reason why
we cannot make a little social effort

549
00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:09,279
to welcome the gentleman responsible
for this blessing into our home.

550
00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:10,839
Thank you, Father.

551
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:13,919
Thank you.

552
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:17,559
I think it will be good
for all of us.

553
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:23,799
Merry Christmas, Rupert.

554
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:33,159
Glenys, don't serve Sir Nigel
the punch with brandy

555
00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:34,799
- unless he demands it.
- Yes, madam.

556
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:37,119
And after dinner, he'll take port.

557
00:35:37,199 --> 00:35:40,479
Come and give me a little signal
after he's had four glasses.

558
00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:45,079
The house shimmers, my darling.
You've done it again.

559
00:35:47,199 --> 00:35:48,919
- Good evening, sir.
- Good evening.

560
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:52,919
- Mr Warne, Millie,
- how wonderful!

561
00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:54,159
Thank you, Jane.

562
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:56,479
Thank you. Thank you.

563
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,879
Mother, Father,
I would like you to meet

564
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:07,399
Miss Amelia and Mr Norman Warne.

565
00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:10,559
How charming of you
to be so punctual!

566
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:31,959
Go on, one wouldn't hurt.

567
00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:36,959
I think Wiggin is under strict
orders never to leave our side.

568
00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:38,559
How festive!

569
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:08,319
Such scintillating conversation.

570
00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:11,959
Oh, mine as well! The weather
in Amsterdam in July.

571
00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:14,999
Could I interest you ladies
in an after dinner coffee?

572
00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:17,599
Some of the gentlemen would like
to play a few hands of cards,

573
00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:19,159
but they're short of a fourth.

574
00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:20,959
I don't suppose you play whist,
Mr Warne?

575
00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:23,159
I'm afraid I've never had
much aptitude for cards.

576
00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:25,879
- Oh, that is a pity.
- I play.

577
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:27,799
This is to play with Sir Nigel,
Miss Warne.

578
00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:29,799
Sir Nigel takes his whist
very seriously.

579
00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:31,839
I play rather well, actually.

580
00:37:32,199 --> 00:37:33,439
Do you, Millie?

581
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:37,718
Well, I'm sure you two have
plenty to talk about without me,

582
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:39,839
and if they can't play
without a fourth...

583
00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:42,559
Come along, Miss Warne.

584
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,159
Carols in the music room, my dears.

585
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:52,198
Perhaps I could show you
your Christmas present.

586
00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:53,319
Yes.

587
00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:55,039
It's upstairs.

588
00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:56,559
I will bring the coffee.

589
00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:15,359
- Mrs Wiggin.
- Miss.

590
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:17,439
Miss Wiggin. I have taken
the liberty of adding

591
00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:19,718
a splash of brandy to our coffees.

592
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:21,399
Well, it is Christmas.

593
00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:25,198
ls this where you paint, Miss Potter?

594
00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:29,359
Yes, and it's where we shall
find your Christmas present.

595
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:34,439
Oh, my!

596
00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:37,319
I think, other than Bertram and Father,
you are the first man ever

597
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:38,279
to set foot in this room.

598
00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:40,959
- Would you like me to leave?
- No, no, no. Wiggin is here.

599
00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:43,919
And if this is the best I can do
for scandal at my age,

600
00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:46,999
I'm hardly worthy of my reputation
for creativity.

601
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:49,119
Here.

602
00:38:51,199 --> 00:38:52,959
My, but it's beautiful!

603
00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:55,198
ls it the new story?

604
00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:57,919
Miss Potter, is it the new story?

605
00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:00,159
- ls it?
- I'm not going to tell you.

606
00:39:01,199 --> 00:39:02,359
Come over here.

607
00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:05,119
That's Jemima Puddle-Duck.

608
00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:09,639
It's the first drawing I ever did
of Jemima. I was eight, I think.

609
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:11,359
Jemima, stop that!

610
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:13,919
Stop what?

611
00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:15,479
Just some silliness.

612
00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:21,599
- And what's this?
- Oh, it's a music box.

613
00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:24,119
My father gave it to me
for my sixth birthday.

614
00:39:24,199 --> 00:39:25,559
He did the painting himself.

615
00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:27,279
So your father is an artist too?

616
00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:30,159
No. He always wanted to be an artist,
but the family disapproved.

617
00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:31,879
So, he took up law.

618
00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:35,679
The joke is I've never once
heard him discuss a case.

619
00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:39,279
He goes to his club every day,
and never his office.

620
00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:41,119
So, I don't really know
what he does.

621
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:45,679
- Oh, dear.
- Wiggin is fallible.

622
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:49,519
I'm afraid, Miss Potter, your
reputation is now officially dented.

623
00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:53,559
'Let me teach you how to dance'.
Do you dance, Miss Potter?

624
00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:55,839
No. Well, not well.

625
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:57,479
I make a terrible hash of it too
when I try,

626
00:39:57,640 --> 00:39:59,039
but the words are very sweet.

627
00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:01,999
You know the words?
Will you sing the words?

628
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:05,639
Well, er...

629
00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:09,679
# Let me teach you how to dance

630
00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:14,519
# Let me lead you to the floor

631
00:40:15,360 --> 00:40:19,039
# Simply place your hand in mine

632
00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:23,959
# And then think of nothing more.

633
00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:28,439
# Let the music cast its spell

634
00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:33,279
# Give the atmosphere a chance.

635
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:37,879
# Simply follow where I lead

636
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:43,039
# Let me teach you how to dance.

637
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:48,799
Miss Potter.

638
00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:52,519
I know you have decided not to marry.

639
00:40:53,199 --> 00:40:55,039
All my life, I thought that
I would not marry either

640
00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:57,679
but something has happened that
has caused me to change my mind.

641
00:40:57,840 --> 00:40:59,639
No, please, let me go on,
for if I do not say

642
00:40:59,719 --> 00:41:01,839
what I have to say it now,
I fear I never will.

643
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:07,119
Miss Potter,
I would like you to consider...

644
00:41:07,199 --> 00:41:08,079
Mr Warne.

645
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:11,639
doing me the honour, and I do not
expect an immediate answer.

646
00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:12,879
Beatrix?

647
00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:17,279
I was just showing Mr Warne
his Christmas present.

648
00:41:19,199 --> 00:41:21,599
I'm an impeccably genteel,
unmarried lady, Mother.

649
00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:23,879
I haven't begun to invite
men to my room.

650
00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:25,119
Mr Warne?

651
00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:37,679
Wiggin!

652
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:51,399
What is the picture, Beatrix?

653
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:58,399
I've written and drawn
little children's books,

654
00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:00,319
which have been published.

655
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:05,039
The man who published them is here.
Mr Norman Warne.

656
00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:09,159
To thank him for his assistance
and generosity...

657
00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:11,839
Well... I'm...

658
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:14,159
I'm writing him a Christmas story.

659
00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:18,159
- Can we hear it?
- It isn't finished, so...

660
00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:19,639
Oh, go on.

661
00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:24,399
I suppose, before we part
for the evening,

662
00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:31,039
I could share a glimpse of
the unfinished tale of

663
00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:33,319
'The Rabbits' Christmas Party'.

664
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:42,439
One particularly snowy Christmas Eve,
a young rabbit and

665
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:47,639
his fearsome older brothers
and fiercely brave sister

666
00:42:47,719 --> 00:42:51,159
set out on a journey they make
every year to celebrate

667
00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:52,919
with their friends.

668
00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:56,039
Now, rabbits are highly sociable
creatures, and legend has it that

669
00:42:56,160 --> 00:42:58,639
wherever they find themselves
on Christmas Eve,

670
00:42:58,719 --> 00:43:02,479
they get together and
throw a jolly party!

671
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:07,079
Now, I know such a legend exists
because I made it up.

672
00:43:09,199 --> 00:43:12,479
The rabbits travel through
the woods to the well-appointed

673
00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:17,919
burrow of their cousins where
a warm fire is waiting for them.

674
00:43:18,080 --> 00:43:23,599
They take off their frosty coats
and the party begins!

675
00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:26,559
Now, I know on this night
that they will eat and talk

676
00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:31,439
and dance and laugh and
roast apples on the fire!

677
00:43:31,560 --> 00:43:35,718
But I'm not certain
how the story ends,

678
00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:39,679
because I haven't made
that part up yet.

679
00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:44,799
But, in any case, Mr Warne will
have to read it first,

680
00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:47,679
as he is my strict censor,

681
00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:50,238
and, well, it is his present.

682
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:52,079
Merry Christmas, Mr Warne.

683
00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:55,039
Thank you, Miss Potter.
It's so beautiful.

684
00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:59,999
There'll be no problem with presents
for the grandchildren next year,

685
00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:03,198
- I dare say.
- You must be very proud, Helen.

686
00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:05,759
It's just a children's story.

687
00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:08,359
Outstanding!

688
00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:10,959
- Can I talk to you?
- Of course.

689
00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:17,879
What is it?
ls there something wrong?

690
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:20,439
No. As my confidante.

691
00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:24,119
You have something to confide?
How delicious!

692
00:44:25,199 --> 00:44:28,519
Your brother has asked me
to marry him,

693
00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:33,399
and I feel, quite irrationally,
that I may say, 'yes'.

694
00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:36,959
I'd like your approval.

695
00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:40,679
My approval?

696
00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:45,559
Beatrix, don't be a fool.

697
00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:47,879
Marry him.

698
00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:52,599
Tomorrow. Don't waste a moment.
How could you hesitate?

699
00:44:52,719 --> 00:44:54,039
You're not upset?

700
00:44:54,760 --> 00:44:55,759
Well, why would I be upset?

701
00:44:55,880 --> 00:45:00,359
Well, both Norman and I.
You'll be alone.

702
00:45:00,520 --> 00:45:03,799
You have a chance for happiness,
and you're worrying about me?

703
00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:06,479
I wouldn't worry about you if,
if someone came along

704
00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:09,759
who loved me and whom I loved,
I would trample my mother.

705
00:45:10,920 --> 00:45:12,839
- Do you love Norman?
- Yes.

706
00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:17,319
Then marry him. Don't you dare
think about anyone else.

707
00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:19,639
But what about all
the blessings of being alone?

708
00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:20,679
Hogwash.

709
00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:23,079
What else is a woman on her own
supposed to say?

710
00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:28,159
You have a chance to be loved.
Take it.

711
00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:29,999
And leave me happy,

712
00:45:30,120 --> 00:45:33,159
knowing that the two people
that I love are happy.

713
00:45:33,320 --> 00:45:36,479
That is the most thought
you should ever have for me.

714
00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:39,759
There you are, Beatrix!
The guests.

715
00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:41,119
Yes, Mother.

716
00:45:42,280 --> 00:45:43,399
Millie...

717
00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:48,879
Go.

718
00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:53,399
What is going on tonight?

719
00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:57,599
Why do I feel like a stranger
in my own home?

720
00:45:57,760 --> 00:46:00,399
You have a clever daughter, Rupert.
You must be very proud.

721
00:46:00,520 --> 00:46:03,479
- Of Beatrix? Yes, we are.
- To write and draw like that!

722
00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:07,198
Beatrix should meet my niece, Anne.
She makes pots.

723
00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:10,639
- Ceramics, Nigel.
- Look like pots to me.

724
00:46:12,320 --> 00:46:16,959
As for you, madam,
I suggest you take up knitting.

725
00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:18,319
Merry Christmas.

726
00:46:23,840 --> 00:46:25,119
What was all that about?

727
00:46:25,280 --> 00:46:27,039
Sir Nigel disapproves of the way
I play whist.

728
00:46:27,199 --> 00:46:29,559
I'm afraid I won two guineas from him.

729
00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:30,799
Mr Warne!

730
00:46:32,199 --> 00:46:35,319
- Your painting.
- Oh, yes. My Christmas present.

731
00:46:40,199 --> 00:46:41,319
Yes.

732
00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:51,198
- Goodbye, Mr Warne.
- Goodbye, Mr Warne.

733
00:47:50,719 --> 00:47:51,359
Sir?

734
00:47:51,480 --> 00:47:54,238
I have an appointment to see
Mr Rupert Potter in the Eagleton Room.

735
00:47:54,360 --> 00:47:56,519
- He's expecting you, sir.
- Thank you.

736
00:48:09,160 --> 00:48:11,399
Come along, Norman,
it's only her father.

737
00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:15,519
Come in.

738
00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:25,799
Thank you very much, Mr Potter,
for taking the time

739
00:48:25,920 --> 00:48:27,399
out of your very busy day.

740
00:48:27,560 --> 00:48:28,959
Goodbye, Mr Warne.

741
00:48:33,680 --> 00:48:35,079
If you will not accept our advice
in this decision,

742
00:48:35,239 --> 00:48:36,799
then we will have to impose
that advice.

743
00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:40,079
Respect our knowledge and
the worth of our opinions, Beatrix.

744
00:48:45,120 --> 00:48:47,359
Oi! Get over there!

745
00:48:49,480 --> 00:48:51,759
I said that I'll do it and I will.

746
00:48:51,880 --> 00:48:54,359
Norman Warne is a tradesman, Beatrix.
No Potter can marry into trade,

747
00:48:54,480 --> 00:48:56,279
- and that's final.
- And what are we?

748
00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:58,759
Father's money comes from
Grandfather's printing works

749
00:48:58,920 --> 00:49:01,759
in Lancashire.
A trade, Mother.

750
00:49:01,880 --> 00:49:03,759
And if Grandfather hadn't
run for parliament,

751
00:49:03,880 --> 00:49:06,718
we'd still be living
in the shadow of his factories.

752
00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:10,759
Your legacy came from Grandfather
Leech's cotton trade.

753
00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:13,079
When did we become
so high and mighty?

754
00:49:13,199 --> 00:49:16,599
We're parvenus, Mother.
Social climbers.

755
00:49:16,760 --> 00:49:19,839
Your father and I We will not
allow this marriage for your own good,

756
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:21,399
and there is no reason to
become insulting!

757
00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:23,959
It's not an insult!
It's the truth!

758
00:49:24,120 --> 00:49:27,238
Our lives are pretension and
social aspiration.

759
00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:29,279
Sir this and Lady that!

760
00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:32,439
Norman Warne is a gentleman
of comfortable means,

761
00:49:32,560 --> 00:49:37,599
and not one bit beneath us,
and I intend to marry him.

762
00:49:37,760 --> 00:49:40,799
Not if you expect to take
one penny of your inheritance!

763
00:49:40,920 --> 00:49:42,879
You haven't disinherited Bertram
for running off

764
00:49:43,040 --> 00:49:45,199
with a wine merchant's daughter.

765
00:49:45,320 --> 00:49:48,359
Happily, I am a published author.
I have means of my own.

766
00:49:48,520 --> 00:49:50,239
This discussion is over.

767
00:50:02,960 --> 00:50:04,279
Come in, Father.

768
00:50:06,240 --> 00:50:10,039
Why is it that after any difficult
situation, she always sends you?

769
00:50:10,160 --> 00:50:11,759
Mama didn't send me.

770
00:50:13,320 --> 00:50:17,799
I don't like tension in my home.
I want to resolve this matter.

771
00:50:17,960 --> 00:50:20,319
Well, you can't.
I've made my decision.

772
00:50:20,440 --> 00:50:23,719
Your mother wants what is
best for you, as do I, Beatrix.

773
00:50:23,880 --> 00:50:25,919
An impulsive and inappropriate
marriage is something that

774
00:50:26,080 --> 00:50:27,759
you would ultimately regret.

775
00:50:27,880 --> 00:50:30,079
You can't allow me to
marry and leave.

776
00:50:30,200 --> 00:50:32,159
With Bertram moved away,
who would take care of you?

777
00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:34,279
You surely do not think
we would deny you happiness

778
00:50:34,440 --> 00:50:36,679
just simply because we needed
a nursemaid?

779
00:50:36,840 --> 00:50:37,639
That is a knife in my heart.

780
00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:39,759
Well, then, what is it, Father,
because I cannot understand.

781
00:50:39,880 --> 00:50:41,759
You cannot make us the villains,
Beatrix.

782
00:50:41,920 --> 00:50:45,519
Your mother trotted out countless
suitors all of them acceptable.

783
00:50:45,640 --> 00:50:48,199
- You rejected every one of them.
- I know that, Father.

784
00:50:48,360 --> 00:50:51,199
I didn't want to be a silly woman
marrying a man simply

785
00:50:51,320 --> 00:50:55,279
because he was acceptable,
or rich enough to take care of me.

786
00:50:55,400 --> 00:50:58,719
But does that mean that
I'm never to be loved?

787
00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:01,519
Father?

788
00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:08,319
Wiggin, wait here, please.

789
00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:17,079
I'd like to enquire about my
royalty earnings, Mr Copperthwaite.

790
00:51:17,200 --> 00:51:24,159
And whether I might, at some stage,
afford a house of my own

791
00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:25,759
in the country.

792
00:51:25,920 --> 00:51:30,199
You have enough to buy an estate.
Several estates, and a house in town.

793
00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:32,879
You're quite a wealthy woman,
Miss Potter.

794
00:51:34,280 --> 00:51:35,759
Am I truly?

795
00:51:35,880 --> 00:51:40,359
Yes, the income has become
quite regular.

796
00:51:40,520 --> 00:51:43,999
If your fortune continues to grow,
you should have no financial worries

797
00:51:44,160 --> 00:51:46,039
for the rest of your life.

798
00:51:49,520 --> 00:51:50,919
Extraordinary.

799
00:52:05,800 --> 00:52:06,919
Beatrix.

800
00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:09,599
Beatrix, come and sit with us,
please.

801
00:52:09,760 --> 00:52:13,279
- I'd rather not, Father.
- We have something to discuss.

802
00:52:13,400 --> 00:52:14,039
A proposition.

803
00:52:14,160 --> 00:52:17,559
And, for heaven's sake, Beatrix.
Let the servants carry your dishes.

804
00:52:22,120 --> 00:52:24,039
- Tea?
- No, thank you.

805
00:52:24,160 --> 00:52:26,599
Nonsense. You always take tea.

806
00:52:26,720 --> 00:52:29,679
Contrary to what you think and
what you have so vehemently

807
00:52:29,800 --> 00:52:33,679
expressed, your mama and I
want you to be happy.

808
00:52:33,800 --> 00:52:37,039
We simply doubt that
this marriage will do the trick.

809
00:52:37,160 --> 00:52:39,999
Helen, please.
Sit down, Beatrix.

810
00:52:42,160 --> 00:52:44,519
What we don't want is for you
to rush into something

811
00:52:44,680 --> 00:52:46,919
which you may later wish
to reconsider.

812
00:52:47,080 --> 00:52:48,279
I won't want to reconsider.

813
00:52:48,400 --> 00:52:51,039
- We are not convinced.
- Helen, please.

814
00:52:51,880 --> 00:52:56,799
We are not convinced.
Yet, neither have we hearts of stone.

815
00:52:57,520 --> 00:53:00,279
Therefore, this is what we propose.

816
00:53:01,560 --> 00:53:03,879
You may accept Mr. Warne,

817
00:53:04,040 --> 00:53:08,199
but it must remain a complete
secret even from his own family.

818
00:53:08,360 --> 00:53:10,799
Now, this summer, yourself,
Mama and I will go,

819
00:53:10,920 --> 00:53:12,919
as always, to the Lake District.

820
00:53:13,040 --> 00:53:17,879
If, at the end of the summer,
you still wish to proceed,

821
00:53:18,040 --> 00:53:21,079
then we will announce
your engagement

822
00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:24,919
and you can marry with
our blessing and our love.

823
00:53:27,160 --> 00:53:28,759
Why must no one know?

824
00:53:28,880 --> 00:53:30,839
So there'll be no public
embarrassment when you change.

825
00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:34,679
- If, If you change your mind.
- If.

826
00:53:35,680 --> 00:53:38,519
Now, Beatrix, if you care for
this man as much as you say you do,

827
00:53:38,640 --> 00:53:42,239
then in a few months the ardour
will still be there.

828
00:53:42,400 --> 00:53:48,119
If your mother, and I, are correct,
and this emotion cools with time,

829
00:53:48,240 --> 00:53:53,079
then we will have protected you
against humiliation and unhappiness.

830
00:53:53,240 --> 00:53:56,279
- It will not cool.
- Beatrix, listen to me.

831
00:53:56,400 --> 00:53:58,279
A woman at your age must
consider very carefully...

832
00:53:58,440 --> 00:54:02,679
Mother, the only thing true
at my age is that at my age,

833
00:54:02,840 --> 00:54:04,919
every day matters.

834
00:54:09,920 --> 00:54:14,559
Very well, Mother, Father,
I accept your terms.

835
00:54:14,720 --> 00:54:17,759
Norman and I may decide to
wait in any case.

836
00:54:20,360 --> 00:54:21,759
But make plans.

837
00:54:21,920 --> 00:54:24,759
There will be a wedding
in this house by October.

838
00:55:24,160 --> 00:55:25,279
They're beautiful.

839
00:56:02,440 --> 00:56:03,999
Which carriage, Rupert?

840
00:56:04,800 --> 00:56:05,919
Saunders?

841
00:56:08,280 --> 00:56:11,399
Four carriages down.
This way.

842
00:56:21,800 --> 00:56:22,879
Well...

843
00:56:24,480 --> 00:56:27,319
- This is the Potters' for Windermere.
- Right you are, sir.

844
00:56:29,080 --> 00:56:30,959
Here and those two.

845
00:56:34,920 --> 00:56:36,159
Beatrix!

846
00:56:44,360 --> 00:56:45,599
Mr. Warne!

847
00:56:48,040 --> 00:56:49,559
Oh, I do apologise.

848
00:57:02,760 --> 00:57:04,999
- Miss Potter!
- Mr. Warne!

849
00:57:05,120 --> 00:57:07,399
I was beginning to fear
you wouldn't come.

850
00:57:07,560 --> 00:57:08,159
You're soaked.

851
00:57:08,320 --> 00:57:09,519
It wasn't raining
when I left the office.

852
00:57:09,640 --> 00:57:11,639
I brought you the proof of
the new book for your trip.

853
00:57:11,760 --> 00:57:15,479
- Oh, you'll catch cold.
- I couldn't miss seeing you off.

854
00:57:15,600 --> 00:57:17,399
You know nothing would stop me.

855
00:57:17,480 --> 00:57:19,479
This is going to be the longest
summer I've ever spent.

856
00:57:19,600 --> 00:57:21,959
- It's only the summer. That's all.
- Yes.

857
00:57:22,120 --> 00:57:24,479
And this time is not for us.
It's for your parents.

858
00:57:24,600 --> 00:57:27,159
How can they know what we're feeling?
They've never felt it.

859
00:57:27,280 --> 00:57:29,359
We can afford them
this three months.

860
00:57:29,880 --> 00:57:31,279
I suppose.

861
00:57:32,360 --> 00:57:34,719
This is not how I wish
to say goodbye to you.

862
00:57:51,920 --> 00:57:55,799
Goodbye, Miss Potter.
I look forward to your speedy return.

863
00:57:55,960 --> 00:57:58,239
As do I, Mr. Warne.

864
00:57:58,360 --> 00:58:00,159
Quickly. Here.

865
00:58:07,280 --> 00:58:08,679
Goodbye, Miss Potter.

866
00:58:09,760 --> 00:58:11,479
Goodbye, Mr. Warne.

867
00:58:13,520 --> 00:58:15,799
Goodbye, Norman.

868
00:58:44,320 --> 00:58:46,559
My dear, dear Norman,

869
00:58:46,720 --> 00:58:50,119
this absurd forced separation
is surely a kind of madness,

870
00:58:50,280 --> 00:58:55,559
most notably, that of my mother,
but you are here, my dear, for me.

871
00:58:55,680 --> 00:58:58,079
The beauty of this place seems
magnified somehow,

872
00:58:58,200 --> 00:58:59,999
with you in my mind.

873
00:59:00,120 --> 00:59:04,119
In my occasional lonely moments,
I imagine conversations between us,

874
00:59:04,240 --> 00:59:08,519
and yesterday startled a duck with
my declaration of love for you.

875
00:59:08,960 --> 00:59:11,399
All of my thoughts are with you,
my darling.

876
00:59:11,560 --> 00:59:14,679
I know that you find Harold
and Fruing terribly boring,

877
00:59:14,800 --> 00:59:16,679
but, in fact, I'm having
what I could almost describe

878
00:59:16,800 --> 00:59:18,879
as wild enjoyment working
with them.

879
00:59:19,040 --> 00:59:20,919
You may wake up, one day,
to find yourself married

880
00:59:21,040 --> 00:59:22,439
to a businessman.

881
00:59:22,960 --> 00:59:26,359
Praise the day when I can wake up
to find you beside me.

882
00:59:28,480 --> 00:59:30,959
I took one of the boats out
onto the lake at sunset

883
00:59:31,080 --> 00:59:33,559
to watch the water hens feeding.

884
00:59:33,680 --> 00:59:36,039
They made noises like kissing.

885
00:59:36,160 --> 00:59:38,559
I closed my eyes and pictured you.

886
00:59:38,680 --> 00:59:40,959
I find I love my heart more now,

887
00:59:41,080 --> 00:59:43,639
because that is where I know
I can find you.

888
00:59:43,760 --> 00:59:46,199
Amelia sends her fond love and
wishes for us all

889
00:59:46,360 --> 00:59:47,559
to be together again,

890
00:59:47,680 --> 00:59:50,559
as do I, multiplied a hundredfold.

891
00:59:57,120 --> 00:59:59,839
Sir... Hill Top Farm.

892
00:59:59,960 --> 01:00:02,319
May I ask,
is it a working farm?

893
01:00:02,440 --> 01:00:08,159
Aye. Another great one falls,
but this one breaks your heart.

894
01:00:08,320 --> 01:00:09,999
Really? Why?

895
01:00:11,480 --> 01:00:12,599
Now, miss, a body would have to

896
01:00:12,720 --> 01:00:15,639
be a poet, which I certainly am not.

897
01:00:17,520 --> 01:00:19,959
Excuse me, but I'd swear you
were someone I once knew.

898
01:00:20,120 --> 01:00:21,919
Good heavens, Willie Heelis!

899
01:00:22,040 --> 01:00:23,039
Miss Beatrix! Miss Potter!

900
01:00:23,200 --> 01:00:25,279
- ls that you?
- How good to see you!

901
01:00:25,400 --> 01:00:26,999
Well, hello!

902
01:00:27,400 --> 01:00:29,759
I see you've given up on the law.

903
01:00:29,880 --> 01:00:31,839
Have you decided to make
an honest living?

904
01:00:32,000 --> 01:00:35,039
Ah, yes, the law.
Well, not exactly. No, no.

905
01:00:35,160 --> 01:00:39,639
A country solicitor needs to
be proficient in many skills.

906
01:00:39,760 --> 01:00:42,599
And it suits me to be out of
the office now and again.

907
01:00:43,800 --> 01:00:46,919
Now, I could show you Hill Top,
if you have the time.

908
01:00:48,680 --> 01:00:51,919
Yes. Yes.
Time is exactly what I have.

909
01:00:52,040 --> 01:00:53,159
Good.

910
01:01:02,680 --> 01:01:06,479
- Not a bad outlook, Miss Potter.
- It's sublime.

911
01:01:08,160 --> 01:01:10,119
By chance, I met an old friend
today who showed me

912
01:01:10,240 --> 01:01:12,519
a beautiful farm that's for sale.

913
01:01:12,680 --> 01:01:15,679
It would be a perfect country home,
and though I know we'll live

914
01:01:15,840 --> 01:01:17,119
mainly in the city

915
01:01:17,280 --> 01:01:20,319
I'm very keen to share
my favourite places with you.

916
01:01:34,120 --> 01:01:38,879
The post has arrived and, once again,
no letter from your Mr. Warne.

917
01:01:39,040 --> 01:01:41,959
ls it time for me to start getting
just a little hopeful?

918
01:01:42,080 --> 01:01:45,119
He did mention he might take
a few days' holiday.

919
01:01:45,280 --> 01:01:47,439
The post is no doubt slow
from wherever he's gone.

920
01:01:47,560 --> 01:01:48,679
Indeed.

921
01:01:48,800 --> 01:01:52,039
But there is something that
appears to be from

922
01:01:52,160 --> 01:01:53,959
that interesting sister of his.

923
01:01:54,080 --> 01:01:56,839
Millie? How delightful!

924
01:01:59,480 --> 01:02:00,679
Excuse me.

925
01:02:25,760 --> 01:02:27,159
Norman is ill.

926
01:02:54,600 --> 01:02:57,839
- I'm Beatrix Potter.
- Please come in, miss.

927
01:03:01,040 --> 01:03:02,919
- Ah, Miss Potter.
- Hello.

928
01:03:04,320 --> 01:03:06,279
- Please, come in.
- Thank you.

929
01:03:07,080 --> 01:03:10,559
- I came as soon as I heard.
- Yes. It's very kind of you.

930
01:03:10,720 --> 01:03:12,399
Very, very kind indeed.

931
01:03:13,200 --> 01:03:14,319
How is he?

932
01:03:15,680 --> 01:03:16,799
Beatrix.

933
01:03:19,920 --> 01:03:24,399
Millie?

934
01:03:31,520 --> 01:03:32,759
I'm too late.

935
01:03:42,720 --> 01:03:44,239
He was so happy.

936
01:03:46,000 --> 01:03:47,879
He sang songs.

937
01:03:48,000 --> 01:03:50,399
He made me dance with him
in the parlour.

938
01:03:51,560 --> 01:03:54,519
He laughed all the time,
everyone noticed the change in him.

939
01:03:54,640 --> 01:03:56,239
Only I knew the reason.

940
01:03:58,000 --> 01:04:03,519
But all summer, he had a cough,
and then the cough got worse,

941
01:04:03,680 --> 01:04:07,199
and in one night, he was gone.

942
01:04:07,320 --> 01:04:11,319
It was so sudden. I keep thinking
that it hasn't happened.

943
01:04:11,440 --> 01:04:13,399
I keep expecting to see him
in the garden.

944
01:04:14,760 --> 01:04:16,079
When's the funeral?

945
01:04:17,080 --> 01:04:18,279
It was yesterday.

946
01:04:20,720 --> 01:04:22,399
It was only the immediate family,
and I...

947
01:04:22,560 --> 01:04:25,199
Well, I couldn't think of a reason
to ask them to delay it for you.

948
01:04:31,200 --> 01:04:34,719
It was considerate of you to come
and pay your respects, Miss Potter.

949
01:04:34,840 --> 01:04:38,079
Our mother is particularly moved,
and is sorry she isn't well enough

950
01:04:38,200 --> 01:04:40,479
to come down to greet you.

951
01:04:40,600 --> 01:04:43,919
I'll be taking over our late brother's
business affairs, Miss Potter.

952
01:04:45,560 --> 01:04:46,679
Fine.

953
01:04:46,800 --> 01:04:49,559
I want to assure you that F Warne
and company will do everything

954
01:04:49,680 --> 01:04:53,559
in its power to ensure that
our tragic loss causes you

955
01:04:53,720 --> 01:04:55,679
the least possible inconvenience.

956
01:04:56,320 --> 01:05:00,319
Please accept the gratitude
of the entire family.

957
01:05:10,240 --> 01:05:13,439
- They want me to go.
- I'm sorry.

958
01:05:35,440 --> 01:05:37,799
Miss Beatrix!
What are you doing in London?

959
01:05:37,920 --> 01:05:40,199
- ls something wrong?
- A friend died.

960
01:05:40,320 --> 01:05:41,639
I'm sorry, miss.

961
01:05:42,360 --> 01:05:44,039
Was she a close friend?

962
01:06:19,080 --> 01:06:23,999
Miss Beatrix?

963
01:06:27,040 --> 01:06:30,159
I'll leave your dinner outside
the door, then, miss.

964
01:06:50,720 --> 01:06:54,039
Saunders is here, Miss Potter,
to take you to the station.

965
01:06:54,840 --> 01:06:57,199
I shan't be going back to the Lakes.

966
01:06:57,320 --> 01:06:59,039
Can I get you anything, then?

967
01:07:00,600 --> 01:07:02,199
Nothing, Hilda.

968
01:07:03,360 --> 01:07:04,959
Very well, Miss Potter.

969
01:08:45,520 --> 01:08:47,199
Beatrix, it's Millie.

970
01:08:49,880 --> 01:08:53,239
Look, I know I'm unannounced,
but they sent back all my messages.

971
01:08:54,840 --> 01:08:56,879
Please, please, please, let me in.

972
01:09:19,560 --> 01:09:23,559
We've got to get you out of here.
Come on. Come on.

973
01:09:23,680 --> 01:09:26,159
Let's get you washed and dressed
and out of this room.

974
01:09:26,280 --> 01:09:27,839
Go and find something to wear.

975
01:09:30,720 --> 01:09:31,799
I can't.

976
01:09:35,920 --> 01:09:37,079
Millie!

977
01:09:38,080 --> 01:09:39,279
I can't!

978
01:09:53,600 --> 01:09:55,679
I've been torturing myself.

979
01:09:57,080 --> 01:09:58,559
I should never have encouraged
you with Norman.

980
01:09:58,720 --> 01:10:01,159
I'd have saved you all
this terrible grief.

981
01:10:02,560 --> 01:10:03,759
I loved him.

982
01:10:05,840 --> 01:10:07,279
I loved him too.

983
01:10:09,040 --> 01:10:10,239
But he's gone.

984
01:10:16,880 --> 01:10:18,599
I must leave this house.

985
01:10:23,360 --> 01:10:25,039
I will leave this house.

986
01:10:45,280 --> 01:10:46,519
Congratulations, Miss Potter.

987
01:10:46,640 --> 01:10:49,319
You are now the proud owner
of Hill Top Farm.

988
01:10:49,520 --> 01:10:50,719
Thank you, George.

989
01:10:51,840 --> 01:10:54,478
Well, I'm sure you'll be
very happy at Hill Top.

990
01:10:54,600 --> 01:10:56,199
I spent some time there
as a child.

991
01:10:56,320 --> 01:11:00,799
ls that so? I did have other
plans for it, but...

992
01:11:00,920 --> 01:11:03,599
I'm sure that I will love it
in any case.

993
01:11:04,399 --> 01:11:07,159
Yes. If you need any other
assistance or help...

994
01:11:07,280 --> 01:11:09,239
Thank you very much, Mr Heelis.

995
01:11:09,360 --> 01:11:10,679
Good day.

996
01:11:10,800 --> 01:11:11,959
Good day, Miss Potter.

997
01:11:25,920 --> 01:11:29,119
What I don't understand, Beatrix,
is how you're going to pay

998
01:11:29,240 --> 01:11:30,159
for this farm.

999
01:11:30,280 --> 01:11:32,839
I'm a writer, Mother.
People buy my work.

1000
01:11:32,920 --> 01:11:34,759
Our daughter is famous, Helen.

1001
01:11:34,840 --> 01:11:37,079
You are the only person
who doesn't know it.

1002
01:11:43,040 --> 01:11:45,679
What I don't understand is
why you find it necessary

1003
01:11:45,800 --> 01:11:47,319
to leave your home.

1004
01:11:47,439 --> 01:11:49,519
It is not a choice, Father.

1005
01:11:50,320 --> 01:11:52,919
Beatrix, if I could undo anything...

1006
01:11:53,120 --> 01:11:54,719
There's nothing to undo.

1007
01:11:54,840 --> 01:11:57,599
This has nothing to do
with you or Mother.

1008
01:11:58,920 --> 01:12:00,879
I must make my own way.

1009
01:12:03,840 --> 01:12:08,119
So you must.

1010
01:12:34,439 --> 01:12:35,679
Everybody out.

1011
01:12:37,720 --> 01:12:38,879
You see?

1012
01:12:39,040 --> 01:12:42,279
I told you we could not know
where our journey would lead.

1013
01:12:42,399 --> 01:12:43,879
It has led us here.

1014
01:12:44,840 --> 01:12:46,679
This is your new home.

1015
01:12:57,080 --> 01:12:58,478
No tears!

1016
01:14:46,720 --> 01:14:47,639
Miss.

1017
01:14:49,840 --> 01:14:50,959
Millie!

1018
01:14:54,160 --> 01:14:56,319
It's wonderful to see you!

1019
01:14:56,479 --> 01:14:58,639
Oh, this place is perfect.

1020
01:14:58,760 --> 01:14:59,839
Millie!

1021
01:15:01,439 --> 01:15:03,438
What have you brought?

1022
01:15:05,120 --> 01:15:07,919
I thought it best not to
bring this, but then...

1023
01:15:08,080 --> 01:15:10,438
it jumped into my hand
as I walked out the door.

1024
01:15:21,439 --> 01:15:22,519
I'm sorry.

1025
01:15:28,800 --> 01:15:29,839
Thank you.

1026
01:15:35,120 --> 01:15:36,599
It's getting easier.

1027
01:15:37,800 --> 01:15:39,519
- It's getting easier for me too.
- Good

1028
01:15:41,760 --> 01:15:43,359
I'm painting again.

1029
01:15:43,840 --> 01:15:48,879
My mind's going mad with the story.
I've got pigs running amuck up there.

1030
01:15:51,439 --> 01:15:53,319
Well, it's this place, isn't it?

1031
01:15:54,040 --> 01:15:56,559
Who'd want to be cooped up in London
when they could be up here?

1032
01:15:56,680 --> 01:15:59,438
- I'm so glad you came.
- Me too.

1033
01:16:00,720 --> 01:16:04,119
I've been so lucky with visitors.
First, my brother Bertram,

1034
01:16:04,280 --> 01:16:05,599
then my mother.

1035
01:16:05,720 --> 01:16:08,478
You think that's lucky?
Your mother is a monster!

1036
01:16:08,840 --> 01:16:12,679
No, its fine. My mother and I have
come to an understanding.

1037
01:16:12,800 --> 01:16:16,119
We've agreed to not
understand each other.

1038
01:16:39,360 --> 01:16:42,799
Look, if some city slicker wants to
offer me a half-decent price

1039
01:16:42,880 --> 01:16:47,599
for a derelict property and then
pay me and my lads good money

1040
01:16:47,720 --> 01:16:49,719
to knock the damn place down.

1041
01:16:50,600 --> 01:16:52,398
Let him build what he likes.

1042
01:16:52,520 --> 01:16:55,559
If we allow these city developers
to buy up our land,

1043
01:16:55,680 --> 01:16:57,398
there'll be no more farming.

1044
01:16:57,520 --> 01:17:02,239
and all you're left with is
a ruined landscape and no community.

1045
01:17:06,600 --> 01:17:07,719
Miss Potter!

1046
01:17:09,120 --> 01:17:10,799
Ah, Mr Heelis.

1047
01:17:11,600 --> 01:17:13,478
I see you've found me.

1048
01:17:15,439 --> 01:17:20,119
I played here so often as a child.
I know your farm very well.

1049
01:17:21,200 --> 01:17:23,478
I swam in the stream,
played hide and seek in the woods

1050
01:17:23,600 --> 01:17:25,199
with Cousin Charles.

1051
01:17:26,200 --> 01:17:27,839
I brought you the executed deed
for the farm.

1052
01:17:27,960 --> 01:17:30,839
At last.
Thank you very much, Mr Heelis.

1053
01:17:31,680 --> 01:17:33,239
- Busy.
- Yes.

1054
01:17:33,360 --> 01:17:38,199
Yes, I've asked Mr Canon to stay on
and run Hill Top as a working farm.

1055
01:17:38,360 --> 01:17:40,159
I'm learning a great deal.

1056
01:17:40,280 --> 01:17:42,879
I wish everyone who bought
land up here could be so...

1057
01:17:43,439 --> 01:17:44,759
enlightened.

1058
01:17:45,439 --> 01:17:47,239
You've bought a farm,
you've kept the workers on,

1059
01:17:47,360 --> 01:17:50,119
you're working the land and
you're preserving this place.

1060
01:17:50,840 --> 01:17:53,279
Yes. It makes me happy.

1061
01:17:55,040 --> 01:17:58,359
Mr Cannon says the two farms
adjoining mine are for sale.

1062
01:17:58,520 --> 01:18:00,839
I'd hate to see the developers
get hold of them.

1063
01:18:00,960 --> 01:18:02,839
Do you know anything about them?

1064
01:18:05,280 --> 01:18:07,759
- Morning, Mr Canon.
- Miss Potter.

1065
01:18:10,840 --> 01:18:12,279
My, they've grown!

1066
01:18:13,560 --> 01:18:15,519
- Handsome lot, wouldn't you say?
- Yes.

1067
01:18:16,439 --> 01:18:17,879
Have you named them?

1068
01:18:18,080 --> 01:18:19,919
We don't often give them names,
Miss Potter.

1069
01:18:20,080 --> 01:18:22,519
Makes it a bit hard,
come slaughtering time.

1070
01:18:23,240 --> 01:18:24,559
Hello, Miss Potter!

1071
01:18:25,560 --> 01:18:30,398
Hello yourself, Mr Heelis.
To what do I owe this pleasure?

1072
01:18:30,720 --> 01:18:32,799
I've come with a message.
Mr Hubbard is ill

1073
01:18:32,920 --> 01:18:35,319
and will be unable to show you
the neighbouring farms today.

1074
01:18:35,439 --> 01:18:39,199
- Oh, dear. It's not serious, I hope?
- Chronic illness, I'm afraid.

1075
01:18:39,360 --> 01:18:41,039
Recurs several times a month.

1076
01:18:41,160 --> 01:18:43,879
Usually after a night
at the Rose And Crown.

1077
01:18:44,720 --> 01:18:45,839
I see.

1078
01:18:46,080 --> 01:18:48,959
Mr Hubbard wondered if I might
show you the properties instead.

1079
01:18:50,080 --> 01:18:53,239
I'd be pleased to have
so knowledgeable a guide.

1080
01:18:53,840 --> 01:18:55,719
I'll just get my shawl.

1081
01:18:56,439 --> 01:18:57,639
Well, it's prime land.

1082
01:18:57,760 --> 01:18:59,759
There's a lot of profit
in building houses on it.

1083
01:18:59,840 --> 01:19:02,359
But more value as
a working farm, surely?

1084
01:19:02,479 --> 01:19:04,639
Spoken like a true
Lakes woman, Miss Potter.

1085
01:19:04,800 --> 01:19:06,559
Indeed, Mr Heelis.

1086
01:19:06,720 --> 01:19:08,759
You do realise I've never
been to an auction.

1087
01:19:08,840 --> 01:19:09,959
It's simple enough.

1088
01:19:10,120 --> 01:19:12,919
Don't bid too early and
stick to your limit.

1089
01:19:13,120 --> 01:19:15,359
I know my limit, Mr Heelis.

1090
01:19:16,080 --> 01:19:18,159
Craven's Mill Farm,

1091
01:19:18,280 --> 01:19:21,799
40 acres of splendour.
£1,100 anywhere?

1092
01:19:21,880 --> 01:19:23,719
£1,100 I'm bid.

1093
01:19:23,840 --> 01:19:27,159
£1,150?
Come along, gentlemen.

1094
01:19:27,320 --> 01:19:29,839
Splendid little farm, this.
Lots of development potential.

1095
01:19:29,960 --> 01:19:33,599
£1,150.
£1,200 anywhere?

1096
01:19:33,760 --> 01:19:36,679
£1,200.
£1,300 anywhere?

1097
01:19:36,800 --> 01:19:39,279
Bidding, madam?
£1,300.

1098
01:19:39,399 --> 01:19:41,639
Seated at £1,300.

1099
01:19:41,760 --> 01:19:43,759
£1,400.

1100
01:19:43,840 --> 01:19:45,279
£1,500.

1101
01:19:45,439 --> 01:19:47,119
£1,600.

1102
01:19:47,240 --> 01:19:49,438
Seven hundred.
Eight hundred.

1103
01:19:49,560 --> 01:19:51,359
£1,900.

1104
01:19:51,479 --> 01:19:56,039
At £1,900.
£2,000 at the back. £2,000

1105
01:19:56,160 --> 01:19:59,599
Any more at £2,000.

1106
01:19:59,720 --> 01:20:01,438
£2,300.

1107
01:20:01,560 --> 01:20:05,279
- Rich Bastard!
- Thank you, sir. £2,300.

1108
01:20:05,399 --> 01:20:07,679
At £2,300.

1109
01:20:07,800 --> 01:20:11,599
Any more, then, at £2,300?

1110
01:20:11,720 --> 01:20:13,839
£2,500.

1111
01:20:13,960 --> 01:20:15,599
The lady at £2,500.

1112
01:20:15,720 --> 01:20:18,839
Against you, sir,
at £2,500. £2,800.

1113
01:20:18,960 --> 01:20:21,639
Miss Potter, you've bid more
than that farm is worth.

1114
01:20:22,240 --> 01:20:27,919
£3,000, at £3,000 seated,
with the lady. Against you, sir.

1115
01:20:28,120 --> 01:20:31,438
Are we all done at £3,000?

1116
01:20:31,560 --> 01:20:32,679
Going once,

1117
01:20:32,800 --> 01:20:34,839
Going twice,

1118
01:20:35,040 --> 01:20:37,079
Sold to the lady, £3,000.

1119
01:20:39,840 --> 01:20:42,759
Sir, you should control your client.

1120
01:20:42,840 --> 01:20:45,519
She has allowed her emotions
to get the better of her.

1121
01:20:45,640 --> 01:20:45,959
Really?

1122
01:20:46,120 --> 01:20:49,279
She has squandered any possibility
of profit from that farm.

1123
01:20:49,399 --> 01:20:50,839
It was prime development land.

1124
01:20:51,040 --> 01:20:53,559
This place, this community
is an inspiration.

1125
01:20:53,720 --> 01:20:56,159
It should be conserved for
future generations,

1126
01:20:56,320 --> 01:20:58,359
and not destroyed.
It deserves protection.

1127
01:20:58,520 --> 01:21:00,199
Madam, your observations are
woefully inadequate...

1128
01:21:00,320 --> 01:21:04,039
Please, sir. I am no longer
in the habit of being lectured to,

1129
01:21:04,160 --> 01:21:08,559
and, thankfully, I do not require
your approval or anyone else's.

1130
01:21:08,680 --> 01:21:12,319
So, if you'll excuse us?
Mr Heelis?

1131
01:21:20,479 --> 01:21:23,398
I hope you're not going to make
a habit of this, Miss Potter.

1132
01:21:23,520 --> 01:21:26,759
Do you know, Mr Heelis,
I think I might.

1133
01:21:26,840 --> 01:21:30,199
Now, will you have time tomorrow
to show me those other farms?

1134
01:21:30,360 --> 01:21:32,879
- I certainly will.
- Excellent!

1135
01:21:44,360 --> 01:21:45,398
Come in.

1136
01:21:49,439 --> 01:21:50,519
Oh, my!

1137
01:21:51,840 --> 01:21:53,239
Goodness me!

1138
01:21:53,360 --> 01:21:54,759
I'll be just a moment.

1139
01:22:18,720 --> 01:22:23,039
Now then young man, how are you
taking to your new home?

1140
01:22:24,439 --> 01:22:26,119
I know it's not London,

1141
01:22:26,240 --> 01:22:28,639
but Hill Top might suit
a young rabbit better.

1142
01:22:30,920 --> 01:22:32,639
He seems to be taking
to the place.

1143
01:22:32,800 --> 01:22:35,159
As am I, Mr Heelis.

1144
01:22:35,680 --> 01:22:37,839
- Now, the road.
- Oh, yes.

1145
01:22:37,920 --> 01:22:39,559
Yes, of course, Miss Potter.

1146
01:22:44,600 --> 01:22:45,959
How would you feel about
calling me William

1147
01:22:46,120 --> 01:22:49,879
instead of this infernal Mr Heelis?
I sound like an undertaker.

1148
01:22:50,080 --> 01:22:52,119
Of course, William.

1149
01:22:52,240 --> 01:22:56,319
And I believe Beatrix might be
perfectly appropriate as well.

1150
01:23:14,040 --> 01:23:18,519
There's something delicious about
writing the first few words of a story.

1151
01:23:19,120 --> 01:23:21,559
You can never quite tell
where they’re take you.

1152
01:23:24,160 --> 01:23:28,079
Mine took me here.
Where I belong.