1 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:58,599 I shall enjoy forgetting all about Barchester for a week or so. 2 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:00,875 Oh, no, father. 3 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:03,030 What? I shall not enjoy it? 4 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:07,398 We shall all enjoy Plumstead in the company of the Grantlys 5 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:10,438 but you will not be allowed to forget Barchester. 6 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:14,589 No, I suppose not. 7 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:45,873 Bravo. 8 00:01:45,960 --> 00:01:48,474 Thank you very much, Grandpapa, that was lovely. 9 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:52,348 Thank you all for being such a well-mannered audience. 10 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:55,591 It's very easy when the music is made in heaven. 11 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:18,759 - Father was right. - In what respect? 12 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,479 It is possible to forget Barchester. 13 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:26,509 Of course it is. I never even think of Barchester when I am here. 14 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:32,910 It must be a great relief 15 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,560 not to have Mr Slope pursuing you. 16 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:37,631 Mr Slope? 17 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:48,880 Guess what I found on the doorstep? 18 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:50,871 - A baby in a laundry basket? - No. 19 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:52,871 - Good. - But very close. 20 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:56,794 - A bishop in a laundry basket? - A genuine 19th century... 21 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:58,836 Obadiah Slope. 22 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:02,078 Good afternoon. 23 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,118 What a pity, no laundry basket. 24 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:07,077 Miss Stanhope. 25 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:09,469 - Good afternoon, Mr Slope. - Signora... 26 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,592 You must come and sit here and help me win the game. 27 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,752 - Are you white? - Certainly not, I'm vilest black. 28 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:21,037 - But I was helping you. - Non preoccuparti. 29 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:23,953 Your mind is far away with your lady love. 30 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:26,110 Really? 31 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:30,555 Mrs Bold has fled to the Grantlys' at Plumstead. 32 00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:33,712 - Poor Bertie is quite distraught. - Totally. 33 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:37,918 What is your mind preoccupied with, Mr Slope? 34 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:39,956 Problems of the diocese, as ever. 35 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:42,873 Oh, how tiresome. I was right not to go into the Church. 36 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:44,791 But Mr Slope, 37 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,713 would you look at the board and tell me... 38 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,109 which is my true enemy, 39 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:52,589 the bishop or the queen? 40 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,470 Without question... 41 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:58,596 the queen. 42 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:00,830 That is generally the case. 43 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:05,038 - Did you know I have a new ally? - No. Who's that? 44 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:06,872 Francis Arabin. 45 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:08,712 Arabin? 46 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:12,190 He's recently taken over at Ullathorne, St Ewold. 47 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:14,999 - Is he a good man? - A fellow at Lazarus. 48 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:18,117 Late professor of poetry at Oxford. 49 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:20,760 The Oxford connection, my friend, 50 00:04:20,840 --> 00:04:24,196 means additional reinforcements when we need them. 51 00:04:24,280 --> 00:04:26,350 You speak of, er... 52 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:28,670 a new ally, 53 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:30,751 reinforcements. 54 00:04:30,840 --> 00:04:33,479 The enemy I assume in this case is, er... 55 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:35,312 The bishop. 56 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:37,994 The bishop's wife, the bishop's chaplain. 57 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:42,198 - Who else? - I suppose nobody else. 58 00:04:42,280 --> 00:04:44,032 Slope. 59 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:49,913 I've invited him for dinner this evening. 60 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:52,758 Slope? 61 00:04:52,840 --> 00:04:54,319 Arabin. 62 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:21,476 May I ask you a question, my lord? 63 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:23,755 That is what I am here for, Mr Slope. 64 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:26,877 - To answer questions. - It concerns the hospital. 65 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:30,191 I had hoped for a spiritual question. 66 00:05:30,280 --> 00:05:33,272 I prefer spiritual questions to the secular. 67 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:35,555 I think at heart it is a spiritual question. 68 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:37,312 Go on. 69 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:42,948 The hospital was offered to Mr Harding, 70 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:46,794 who declined, as I believe, because of a misunderstanding. 71 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:48,871 As you believe? 72 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,713 Whereupon it was offered to Mr Quiverful. 73 00:05:52,840 --> 00:05:54,671 Who accepted. 74 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:58,150 What is the question, Mr Slope? I see no question so far. 75 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:02,518 If Mr Quiverful, for whatever reason, 76 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:05,558 were to decide that he did not want the hospital, 77 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:07,551 that would, I take it, 78 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:09,551 leave the field open again. 79 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:14,113 Naturally. 80 00:06:16,280 --> 00:06:18,794 Is that the question? 81 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:20,836 Yes. 82 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,520 I cannot see it as a spiritual question. 83 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:28,354 And I think it most unlikely that Mr Quiverful will change his mind. 84 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:30,874 Save only that our experience in Barchester 85 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:34,873 is that the unlikely event is very often the most likely event to take place. 86 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:42,755 And you are pleased with the parsonage, Mr Arabin? 87 00:06:42,840 --> 00:06:45,354 Extremely happy, but I shall be more so 88 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:48,000 when the builders have finished their work. 89 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:50,833 You ought to do something about the dining room. 90 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:54,151 The dining room? It's many years since I visited there 91 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:56,364 but I recall rather a pleasant dining room. 92 00:06:56,365 --> 00:06:57,073 Good heavens, 93 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:00,789 - Do you remember when your mother... - Its dimensions are 16 feet by 15. 94 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:02,472 I paced it out so that is resolved. 95 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:05,711 Who ever heard of a gentleman's dining room of such proportions? 96 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,598 It would do very well for a round table. 97 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:10,079 Yes. 98 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:11,718 Like King Arthur. 99 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,712 A round table? The most abominable piece of furniture ever invented. 100 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:17,109 Fit only for dissenters and um... 101 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:19,031 calico-printers 102 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:20,872 and literary lions. 103 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:22,791 And King Arthur. 104 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:24,791 But to make such an alteration, 105 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:28,589 I fear you would need to demolish practically the whole side of the house. 106 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,274 - Really? - It seems rather a drastic way 107 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:33,590 of achieving gentlemanly proportions. 108 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:36,752 It seemed to suit the knights. 109 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:42,437 I think that is enough about Mr Arabin's dining room, Papa. 110 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:47,669 The house certainly has a wonderful view of the country. 111 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:51,309 Indeed, yes. I can see the cathedral and the palace, 112 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:55,188 and on a clear day, I can glimpse the hospital I've heard so much about. 113 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:59,034 Oh. Oh, you have heard about the hospital, have you? 114 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:01,031 Very much so. 115 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:04,908 I shall sit at my window and fire away at our adversaries. 116 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,753 I shall just be able to lodge a shot in the hospital, 117 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:10,559 should the enemy gain possession of it. 118 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:13,950 And as for the palace, it is well within my range. 119 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:18,079 Mr Arabin, you are just like all the other clergymen I know, 120 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:21,277 you're always thinking of fighting one another. 121 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:24,636 Nonsense. I am a peaceful man. My dear, am I not a peaceful man? 122 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:27,280 You are not a peaceful man, Archdeacon. 123 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:30,830 Peaceful man! 124 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:33,798 We support each other as often as we fight each other. 125 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:35,711 If I fight with the bishop, 126 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:38,189 I am supporting your father and Dr Grantly. 127 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:41,556 - Must the...
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