Avonlea (1990) s01e06 Episode Script

The ham will do very nicely for tomorrow's supper and Sunday sandwiches.
Well, you children certainly won't be lacking the food while we are gone.
Felix King! You just wait till I get my hands on you! Felicity, let him be.
Mother! You're much too indulgent with that boy.
The 'Family Guide' says that bad behaviour must be nipped in the bud.
Nipped in the bud! Yeah well you seem as if you could handle it all, Felicity, but - can you manage Felix? - Mother as if I would let Felix or any of the children misbehave while I'm in charge! Besides, you'll only be gone two days.
Aunt Hetty says that I am more than capable of running a household.
Well, there's more to running a household than a well planned menu, dear.
Oh, perhaps it would all be better off if you went to stay with Aunt Hetty.
Mother, you don't want to go upsetting Aunt Hetty with the lot of us, now, do you? Dear, will you look at this dust! Where is the time gone?! I haven't had the time to get to around my spring cleaning at all this year.
Mother, spring cleaning is done in the spring, not the fall.
Just wait until it comes around next year.
Mother, you leave everything to me.
In the two days that you are gone, I'll clean this house from top to bottom.
And I'm confident that I can manage the children while I'm at it.
Oh, Felicity, you are a marvel.
Here's pa with the mail! Hail, from the great world beyond! Whoa! All the way from New York city.
It's finally come! I ordered this six months ago! 'A Tale of Two Cities' by Charles Dickens.
And I have letter from your mother's great aunt Eliza.
And a parcel for Sara from her father.
Can I hold it? Well Holding it is almost as good as getting it myself.
- Ha, ha.
All right.
- Thank you.
Janet, you ready to leave? - Give me that parcel.
- I want to hold it.
I'm gonna take it to Rose Cottage and give it to Sara.
- No, Felix! - Cecily, give it to me! What in Heaven's name is going on now? Now children, I'm sure that Sara will be along soon to fetch her parcel.
Felix, dear, give it back to Cecily.
If there's any more misbehaving mother will send us all packing to Aunt Hetty's.
There's a good boy, Felix.
Just a little misunderstanding, mother.
Oh, heavens, Felicity! Great-aunt Eliza Great-aunt Eliza writes that she's in Markdale and she wants to visit for a few days.
Great-aunt Eliza? She's your grandmother's sister and she comes from Halifax.
Oh, Alec, what am I to do? Well, we're not going to change our plans now, Janet.
A fifteenth wedding anniversary doesn't happen everyday.
Besides, your aunt Eliza is constantly saying that she's on the point of visiting and then never arrives.
- Well, that's true enough.
- Oh don't worry, mother.
I'll treat her with every courtesy.
I'll even polish the tea service, in case she comes.
Oh, well if she does, which is very much in doubt, you'll have to speak quite loudly because she's become rather deaf in recent years.
Whaaat?! Now, Felix, I know that sometimes Felicity can test your patience, but - Sometimes?! - Most of the times, but, uh overall, she does mean well, and she has been put in charge here.
Now, can I count on you being helpful and patient with her? Children, I expect you to behave while we are away.
Mmm? We've never left you without adult supervision before It's not gonna be easy, - but I'll try my best.
- Good.
I want you to do your chores, and obey your sister.
And don't forget that Aunt Hetty is right next door and she's promised to keep a very good eye on you.
Okay? Oh, Cecily! Smile for mommy, or or you'll have me in tears.
Felicity, here are my household keys.
I expect you to rise at the responsibility.
Andrew.
Keep an eye on them for me, will you? I know you can be relied on.
Goodbye, children.
Goodbye! And don't forget if you need anything, Aunt Hetty is right next door! Come on! Buh bye! Behave yourselves.
Don't worry about a thing, mother! Goodbye! - Bye! - Bye! Come on! Oh, Alec! This is such a wonderful idea.
I'm gonna go fishing, cook the fish and eat them! And I'm gonna read my book! - And I'm going fishing with Felix! - No you're not, Cecily! Children! Children! Now, I will allow you a few moments of playtime.
What?! Commencing now.
- Hi, Sara! - Hello, Cecily! I've come for the mail.
Have your parents left yet? Here's the parcel from your father, Sara.
I've been expecting something from him.
Open the present first, please.
Is something wrong, Sara? Has your father gone to jail yet? No.
Aww, they're beautiful! Oh, those are shoes fit for a princess.
Oh, yes! A princess who peels apples and cleans out horse stalls.
What was your father thinking, Sara, to send you such a silly impractical gift? You're father doesn't have a practical bone in his body.
I happen to think that they're very practical.
Think of how impressed the cows will be when you milk them! They'll be so impressed they'll give me nothing but cream.
Fancy words to go with those fancy shoes.
Look at your own feet, Felicity.
Everyone knows they're the size of snowshoes.
Snowshoes? Your father would've been better off providing you with a decent home than sending you such ridiculous gifts.
Or is he just feeling guilty because he's going to jail? My father is never, ever going to jail! He's the victim of people who have betrayed his trust.
Criminals always blame someone else, - and that's why they're criminals! - It was a mistake! He was fooled into believing that his employee was honest.
Oh, I wouldn't be fooled and I wouldn't make mistakes! Oh, it's a wasp! Get it off! It's going to sting me! Oh, it's on you! Move! Felicity King! That's the meanest, lowest, most despicable thing you have ever done! I'll never forgive you, not as long as I breathe! You did that on purpose, Felicity.
Yeah! I'd like to see you face down in the mud, Felicity.
It would probably be a big improvement.
Felix King! Your playtime is up, and it is the rest of you! Now get back to your chores! There he is.
He's the one who told us our sheep would have to find another watering place.
Well, calm yourself, Peter.
The man is quite obviously mistaken.
You, there! I'd thank you to stop telling tales to my hired hand, here! This is Rushton property.
Now, be off with you.
I'm well aware that this is Rushton property, ma'am, as I'm negotiating its sale.
And your hired hand heard me correctly.
After the sale is finalized in two days, your sheep will no longer have use of the pond.
- I beg your pardon.
- Aunt Hetty! - Aunt Hetty.
- Yes, Sara.
The King family have watered their sheep in this pond since 1837.
We had an understanding with old Josiah Rushton, which has allowed us water rights in perpetuity.
An understanding won't hold up in a court of law.
As a lawyer, I can assure you of that Mrs King.
Miss King, my good man.
Hmph! Lawyer indeed.
A twister of words and confounder of honest people is more like it.
Why, the sheep will die if they can't water in the pond.
Then I suggest you get a lawyer, Miss King.
Well, we'll see about that.
Go on, Peter, water the sheep.
They can drink that pond dry.
Go on.
What could Alec and Janet be thinking of to leave in a time like this? And Olivia, traipsing off all the way to to Summerside.
I'll just have to go to Charlottetown myself.
Yes! And dare Agnes Rushton to say to my face those water rights are valid.
Sara, go pack your bags, you're going to Felicity's.
Sara Stanley! What in Heaven's name are those shoes? Father sent them to me.
- They're evening slippers.
- Evening slippers? Does he think we hold ballet dances in the barn? Oh, and you're just as foolish as your father.
As if I'd leave you alone in this house with Peter.
Oh, Aunt Hetty, please don't make me stay with Felicity.
Go on upstairs and pack your bags.
You're going to stay with Felicity.
And I don't want to hear another word about it.
Felix! It's tea time.
Children! Now then, as I am to be in authority in the next 2 days, I wanted to tell you, that I'll be making a few small changes in your usual schedule.
And I hope that I will have your cooperation.
Don't count your chickens before they're hatched! Give her a chance, Felix.
I have prepared a schedule for the next two days.
I've decided that we will be doing a thorough cleaning of the house, from top to bottom, as an anniversary gift to mother and father.
What about my fishing plans? Peter's coming to pick me up in fifteen minutes.
Well, I will allow you fifteen minutes of playtime before supper.
I expect that cancels any fishing plans.
Somebody's coming.
Whoa there, Blackie! Children! Children, come here.
Now, listen to me.
We Kings, are in danger of losing the rights to the Rushton pond and although I promised your parents I'd watch over you, I have to go to Charlottetown and that's that.
I'm reassured to know you'll be in Felicity's expert care.
Especially you, Sara Stanley, who are daily in need of a good dose of common sense.
Now, I hope some of Felicity's qualities rub off on you, while I'm gone.
Good Heavens! There's the morning frittered away, I must be off.
Now, be good, all of you.
And, mind Felicity.
Come on, Blackie! No grownups for miles! Yahoo! For two whole days! Attention all of you! I'm the grownup around here know and you will be getting your orders from me.
Sara Stanley I expect you to follow the rules of my house, while you're under my care.
Cecily, tell your sister I'm not speaking to her, nor do I intend to follow any of her rules.
Cecily, I'm going to my room.
Cecily, please tell Sara that she is to sleep in my bedroom.
Cecily, tell your sister I rather sleep in the pigpen.
That's a good one, Sara.
You tell her.
Felix, you are to wash the windows, all of them.
And before lunch.
I suggest you get started.
You better catch me first! Cecily, could you please tell Sara, that I will not allow her to take mother's room.
I am in charge, so I get the big bedroom.
Don't be cross you two.
And she had better get to work just like the rest of us.
I'll be much too busy, Cecily, cleaning my satin shoes.
I don't know how we're ever going to get through the next two days.
We are all going to end up fighting like cats and dogs if we are not careful.
Especially you and Felicity, Felix.
Uh-huh! She expects you to put up a fight for everything.
So maybe it's time we started acting reasonably.
You mean if I did exactly as she asked, she wouldn't know what to think? That's it! She'd be madder than a cow with a knot in it's tail.
She wouldn't have anyone to boss around.
Felix King! Your chores! Thank you, Andrew.
Thank you.
Coming, Felicity.
What are you doing? Washing the windows, just as you asked.
Well then make sure you do a proper job of it.
Yes, Felicity.
Now, hold your breathe, Cecily, so you don't choke on the dust.
I think I'll soak these in a special solution.
I know everything there is to know about fine fabrics.
For instance, one does not clean mud off satin shoes by wetting them.
You see, Cecily, buy the time I was your age, I knew the seven household rules for removing even the most persisting stains.
Cecily, by the time I was your age, I'd sail down the Nile, and seen the Seven Wonders of the world.
When I had a stain on something I simply threw it away.
Cecily, finish the dusting.
You've missed a spot.
Yes, Felicity.
Well make sure you wash the glass thoroughly.
Yes, Felicity.
And you're much too slow.
I expect that comes from eating too many shortbread cookies.
Thank you.
Oh! What of that shepherd's pie all slathered in cheese and a pie for dessert.
Oh! Thank you, Felicity! I'm known throughout Avonlea for the excessive amount of cherries in my pies.
- What's this?! - You are overweight and a glutton.
The Canadian Homemakers Companion advises a strict diet in such cases as yours.
But I'm hungry! I've been working hard all day! Haven't I?! It's true.
I am not easily fooled by your work, Felix King.
You are up to no good, and I know it.
Here.
I couldn't stomach a mouthful of this pig slop.
Sara Stanley, you've no business commenting on my food unless you've tasted it.
Besides, you are much too thin.
You're not to leave the table until you've cleaned your plate.
Aunt Hetty asked me to rub some sense into you And I intend to rub hard.
Cecily, please tell your sister, that no amount of rubbing will make obey a tyrant, who's only interest in life is the number of cherries in her pies.
I'd rather not say that, Sara, if you don't mind.
Oh, that's alright.
But some of us do put on airs, don't we, Cecily? Though, I wouldn't act so grand if my father were an embezzler.
Uh-ohh! If you think that your pies are so tasty, why don't you have a mouthful? You're ruining my pie! You are right, Felicity.
There are a lot of cherries in your pie.
Sara! That's all right, Cecily, because, she's jealous.
She sees that underneath all of those fancy dresses of her's, she's unbearably unattractive.
You see, Cecily, no amount of money can buy natural beauty.
Sara Stanley! Cat's eyeball! Well done, Sara.
You were right, Andrew.
It pays to hold your temper, just let others lose it for you.
Ow! I'll scalp you with my bear hands! Sara, stop! No! Stop it! Stop it, you two! Felicity! Felicity! Stop it! Oh no! - Felicity, stop! - Get off me! I guess Mr and Mrs King are still in Charlottetown.
You're going to destroy the whole house! Then we'll really be in trouble! Stop! Felix King! You get out of the kitchen, right now! Felix King! Don't you dare! - You can't starve me! - Oh, yes I can.
And don't think you're going back into the cupboard, because mother gave me the keys.
And I'm going to lock it so you can not eat another morsel.
Now, move! - I'll find something to eat! - You can come back here! Ohh! You can't tell me what to do! I'm gonna to have my lunch, even if I have to go to the woods and find it! And you can't stop me! So, Madam Governor, all you have to do is sign here, here and here.
And the sale will be completed.
Uh, yes, but I think I'd better read the contract first, don't you think, Mr Simpkin? It's pretty standard agreement really, but I'm sure you'll see I've done an exemplary job at safeguarding your interests.
I've assigned the water rights, wholly and exclusively, to the new owners.
You've what? Shared water rights never work out in the long run… especially when you have neighbours like the Kings.
I met one of them today and I must say I'veI've never had to cross words with country people before, but a more rude and argumentative individual I've never met.
- That Miss King could - Mr Simpkin, under who's authority were you acting when you decided this? You see the Kings are amongst my oldest and dearest friends.
There is absolutely no way I will sign a contract that removes their water rights.
Well, I could change a few No, we'll straighten this out right away, before they suffer further alarm.
- Felix! - Felix, where are you? Is that a snake? It's a stick, Sara.
Felix! - Sara, Andrew.
- Felix! - Hi, Sara.
- Hi, Clemmie.
My ma's wanting me to buy some eggs.
May I get some from Rose Cottage? I wouldn't go by the house just now, Clemmie.
Felix! What are you doing? Felix! Felix! Felix King! Felix King, you come home instantly! Not 'til you promise to feed me.
- Argh! Felix! - I'll do no such thing And you're expected to do exactly what I tell you to do.
Felix! - Drop those berries.
They're poison.
- How do you know they're poison? I can tell just by just looking at them, now drop them, you fool! Felix! Spit them out, now! Spit them out, Felix! - Felix, what are you doing?! - Spit it out! Felix! - He's going to die! - I'm not going to die.
My uncle Theodore ate something poisonous once, he felt fine, then all of sudden, he went all pale.
He died a horrible death.
They're pigeonberries, I'm telling you.
They were poison.
We have to get them out! Exactly! They're not pigeonberries! And what do you mean "come out"? Come on, Felix, we'd better get you home.
He could become comatose in a matter of minutes.
Whatcha doing? - Leave me alone, I'm not sick! - But you will be.
Peter, he swallowed some pigeonberries.
He's poisoned.
Peter, run for the doctor quickly, please.
- I'm all right.
- I know just the remedy Come on.
Get off! Put him in that chair.
We'll give him some of this.
That's right, Felicity.
A little food should do the trick.
It won't be long now.
My uncle Theodore went just like that.
So my mom says.
Will you shush up Clemmie, I'm perfectly well.
Here, drink this.
Ugh! I'm not drinking it, it smells terrible.
Mustard and water is mother's mixture for an upset stomach.
It's an excellent expectorant.
Drink it, Felix.
- He has to have more.
- Felix, drink it.
He has to have more! Felix, it's for your own good.
Felix! Felix! Stop wriggling! Oh! Well, mustard and water just doesn't work, does it? No.
Hold your tongue, Clemmie.
Cecily, go see if the doctor is coming.
Dear God! If Felix does die I'll be completely responsible.
We have to do something.
I know of another cure.
My ma says in case of poisoning, you should rub the person with whiskey.
Whiskey?! Clemmie Ray, this is a temperance household! Someone do something before I croak! If I do… Peter and Andrew can have my fishing rods.
I got the doctor.
What in Heaven's name are you children up to? Felicity, clear the room.
All of you.
Don't cry, Sabrina.
Felix will be fine.
What can that doctor be doing? Cecily, please fetch me an empty tin.
Mother asked me to stitch her a new pincushion.
I hope I can do something good this weekend.
This sawdust is nearly sixty years old.
Felix is asleep now.
I've given him some medicine to settle his stomach.
And the nausea has seemed to have passed.
Felicity, I'd advice you to keep that boy from experimenting with strange fruit again.
And, uh don't try any home remedies without consulting an adult.
Oh, yes, Dr Blair.
I've already warned him to keep away from the poison berries.
But, he is such a stubborn boy.
Can I get you a cup of tea? Oh, no thank you, Felicity.
If I'm lucky, I'll get one at home for a change.
Mother has given me one of her best cornmeal recipes.
It's a plain, old-fashioned cornmeal pudding, and you simply drown it in maple sugar sauce.
That sounds good.
- Felix is awake.
- Tell him I'll be right up.
Good morning, Felicity.
Aren't you a welcome sight! Felix, how sweet of you to say that.
Dry toast and tea! The 'Family Guide' says that one must eat lightly after a stomach upset.
My stomach wasn't upset until you forced me to drink that skunky mixture.
Felix, dear, I didn't force you to eat those poisoned berries, now, did I? - They weren't poisonous.
- Of course they were.
They weren't.
Felix! Eat your breakfast! And, Cecily, get back to work with Sara and Andrew! - You're not to get out of bed! - That does it! A carriage is coming.
- Whoever could that be? - Oh, dear! It's great-aunt Eliza.
Why it hasn't changed.
Mother told me she wrote to say that she'd be visiting in the next day or so.
And the old thing is stone-deaf, so you'll have to speak up so she can hear you.
Felix, get back in bed, you're sick.
Am not! Oh, I do long for the days when I was plain Agnes Rushton.
I'm sure I can understand why, Mrs Lesley.
Oh, bless you, Henry.
You know what I go through.
A governor's wife is sentenced to a life of curtsies and complements.
If I hear one more rehearsed speech filled with insincere flattering to me, sometimes I think I should scream out loud.
Oh, look.
There's the old hammock still there.
- Hello! Welcome! - Welcome! - Welcome! - Hello! Good morning, children.
Are your parents at home? - Noooo! - No! They went to Charlottetown! Charlottetown! They will return tomorrow! Tomorrow! Oh, I see.
Then perhaps I shall return another day! - No! - No! - No! - Stay! - Stay! - Stay! - Stay! Please stay and visit with us! - Yes, visit! Mother told us you'd be visiting! - Stay to tea! - Tea?! - I will make tea! - Tea! Tea! Tea! - Tea! - Tea! Tea! Tea! Tea! Can they all be deaf, poor things? Tea! Welcome! Welcome! I think I shall stay, children! But, just for a short time though! - Is that great-aunt Eliza? - Of course.
The long pointy nose comes straight from mother's side of the family.
Felicity! Don't worry, she can't hear us.
The old thing's deaf, so you can speak in your normal voice and she won't hear a thing you're saying.
Come back for me later, Henry.
I think I may have too much fun to leave here now.
- Welcome! - Come in! - You'll have come inside! - We will have tea! Please excuse the mess! I'll show you my books! Can you see my dolls! Can I take your purse?! Come in to the kitchen! We will have tea! - Tea! - Tea! Please sit down, great aunt! And you can see these old photos! Cecily, she just won't want to look at an old photo album.
Why not? Old people like to see old photos.
- This is cousin, Eb! - Ebenezer! Ebenezer!, and he lives in - Carmody! - Carmody! Yes.
And once he took sick, the doctor gave him brandy, and Cousin Ebenezer said "Give it to me more often and more at a time".
- Felix, mind your manners.
- She can't hear me.
If more adults were deaf there'd be more honesty in children.
This is father when he was a child! Oh, Cecily, turn the page.
And that's Agnes Rushton.
What, dear? That is Agnes Rushton, from next door! She used to mind father! Aunt Hetty said that Agnes Rushton was thought to be a great beauty! - I want some.
- Not 'til - your stomach settled.
- It's settled now.
I hope Aunt Hetty is successful in settling the water rights.
What's that, dear? I hope Aunt Hetty is successful in settling the water rights, with Agnes Rushton in Charlottetown! There's a picture of Mr Lesley, the Governor! He married Agnes Rushton many years ago! But, so unattractive poor man! With a bald-head.
And so reddish looking.
This pudding tastes kind of funny.
But I followed the recipe to the teaspoon.
Tastes fine to me.
Tastes like sawdust.
What'd you do with the tin that was on the counter? - The tin of cornmeal? - The tin was full of sawdust.
Felicity King is known throughout Avonlea for her cherry pies - and her sawdust puddings.
- You shush up! Why should I?! I'm sick of you always acting so superior! - You think you'd never make mistakes! - None as stupid as yours! They were pigeonberries you ate yesterday! They're poisonous.
If it hadn't been for me, you would've died last night! It was because of you I almost died last night! Making me drink that horrible medicine.
It was your fault! Just like the pudding! Oh! Don't worry about the children, Great Aunt! The Family Guide says that they're very excitable around guests.
I don't know how, but someone must've ruined the pudding! I will bring you some delightful biscuits, instead! The Governor is expecting you at six, Madam.
Oh, dear! - Felix! Don't eat any more of those! - I must be leave or I shall be late.
Oh, I would love to stay and say goodbye to Cecily and Felix, though.
Wait! wait! come see! He's trying to kill himself! Felix! Have you gone mad?! Cecily!, please go and get me some mustard and water.
I'm going to show that doctor who's right! I'm not taking any more mustard and water! The doctor said not to take any more family remedies! And besides, I don't need the doctor.
And if I hear one more thing against me to father and mother, I'll tell on you too, Felicity! Nice way for you to speak to your sister when you could be - dead in an hour.
- I'm not going to die! Nincompoop! Felix, don't! - Felix! - Felix! We've got to get him into the house.
Help me get him into the house! Andrew! Leave me alone! They're not pigeonberries! They're not poison! - Felix is right.
- What do you mean? Those berries aren't poison.
Now I can't remember what they're called.
But, I used to eat them all the time when I was a girl.
Mrs Lesley, we'd best be going.
Or you're going to miss that reception in Markdale.
Would you please tell your father, that his old neighbour, Agnes Rushton Lesley, stopped by to talk to him about water rights.
I'll try to return soon.
And thank you very much for the tea.
Mrs Lesley? Agnes Rushton Lesley! The Mrs Lesley, married to the Governor! She could hear us all along.
There go the water rights! And you were the one that started it all, Felicity King.
You said she had a long pointy nose.
And her husband was bald and reddish.
I didn't realize! You are so smart.
You said no one could be fooled the way my father was.
That's right, Felicity.
The shoe's on the other foot for once.
The satin shoe! And the sawdust pudding! What does the Family Guide suggest for a ruined event like this, Felicity? Let me know if you want me to get doctor or the constable.
Something's wrong.
Felicity didn't even bother to lock up the cupboard.
She's been crying her eyes out in mother's room.
Mmmm.
These tarts need a little something extra.
How about some poison berries? Maybe a pinch of sawdust.
I've done everything wrong.
Failed miserably.
How am I ever going to explain to father how I treated the Governor's wife? Sara I'm sorry about all the mean things I said about your father.
People do make mistakes and I'm sorry.
Oh, Felicity.
I'm sorry about cutting your hair.
What?! What do I have to be sorry about? Ow! All right! All right! And I'm sorry I made you worry about me eating poison berries.
They weren't poison, but anyway I'm sorry.
I'm sorry too.
For whatever I might've done.
- Did I do anything wrong, Sara? - No.
Well, the house is still standing.
Looks just like it did when I first brought you home fifteen years ago.
Where did the time go, Janet? Where? Ah! Went into fifteen harvests, three children and a wife who loves you.
Alec, would you rather have ventured out into the world, away from Avonlea? Not on your life, Janet.
Well, I'll see if there's anyone still left alive inside.
Mother! Father! Welcome back! Children! Did you miss us? Did you? - Yes.
- Did you? Well? Well? I never thought I'd hear myself saying this, mother, but, I couldn't wait for you and father to get home! Oh, Felicity! It's been at least three years since I've seen you in braids! Oh, well I didn't want you to think I'd grownup too quickly being in charge and all.
Felix, help your father with the luggage.
Andrew, you help too.
Oh, Felicity! Everything is so clean and spotless! We did it together, mother.
All of us.
Oh! This is the best anniversary gift ever! I can see you really enjoyed being mother for the last few days.
Yes.
Only I think I'll stop reading those homemaker's journals from now on and just observe you.
You are the best homemaker and mother there is.
Oh! Mother Father I have something I'd like to say.
Oh, dear! All right then.
What did Felix do? Oh! Felix didn't do anything, mother.
- It was me.
- You, Felicity? It wasn't just Felicity, mother.
It was all of us.
You see, Aunt Hetty told us that our water rights to the pond had been threatened.
So, she went off to Charlottetown to speak to Mrs Lesley.
Hetty left? Yes.
And then Agnes Rushton, the Governor's wife, came to tea.
But, the Governor's wife was here? There we are.
Agnes, how delightful to see you.
Or should I say Mrs Lesley? I'm honoured.
Now, don't you go starting at me, Alec King.
I remember when you were in knee pants.
This is my wife, Janet.
Our children.
My niece and my nephew.
Oh! I've already met this delightful children.
- So pleased to meet you, Mrs King.
- It's my pleasure, Mrs Lesley.
Enough with the niceties.
Our water rights have been restored, thanks to Agnes's intervention.
Oh! You're a godsend, Mrs Lesley.
It was all a misunderstanding, Alec.
You see, we're selling that piece of property next to you, and a ridiculously overzealous lawyer took it upon himself to cut you off the water rights.
But they have now been ensured and in writing.
Oh, that fool lawyer had me chasing Agnes up and down the highway, to and from Charlottetown like a mad thing.
Oh, but, at least it's settled now.
Well, thank heaven's the children are still in one piece! Oh, Hetty, they behaved admirably! Come, Hetty.
Come and see the clean up job they've done.
Have they, now? Well, Felicity.
I hope your influences have done our Sara some good, hmm? Well, actually, Aunt Hetty, it was just the opposite.
It's Sara who's done me some good.
For heavens! Next you'll be telling me pigs can fly! You will stay and visit with us, Agnes? Yes, of course, Alec.
I'll be in, in just a moment.
Fine.
Children! I wanted to apologize to you for pretending to be deaf.
Oh, Madam Mrs Governor It's us who should be apologizing.
Oh, now don't start "Mrs Governor"ing me.
You see, it's such a rare thing for me to be treated well just like myself.
Just as I am.
See, I couldn't resist pretending, if only for a short time that I was the aunt to a brood of such wholesome and utterly normal children.
Now, I will forgive you, if you promise to forgive me.
Felicity! How did you ever get them so clean?! Well, I do know the seven household rules for removing even the most persisting stains.
You certainly do.
Will you ever forgive me? You must believe me my father is an honest man.
You can tease me all you want, but please don't make fun of my father.
Sara.
Look, if you believe that your father is innocent then I believe it too.
Felicity.
I'm sure all this fighting has really been worth it.
Now we truly are cousins.
You mean friends.