Bleak House (2005) s01e11 Episode Script
Episode 11
And this for £20, Mr Jarndyce All signed "R Carstone" This for 30 And this, again, for 20 And this, again for 20 140 all told Exactly, Mr Jarndyce Ah, Miss Summerson Mr Vholes has brought an ugly report of poor Rick's situation, Esther I have staved off many little matters for Mr C, but there is a limit to staving off and we have reached it So what is to happen? I believe he intends to sell out of the army, Miss Summerson That will buy him a little time, but face him with new difficulties mundane, but real enough Food, lodgings and so on You see my difficulty, Esther I can go behind his back but I can't help him openly He would never accept it Let me go down to Deal and talk to him If he would only give up this wretched case, everything could be put right Even now You might think that, Miss Summerson, but it is my duty to point out that Mr Carstone has an interest in Jarndyce and Jarndyce, and a right to pursue that interest It is not for me to tell him to give up that interest All right, Mr Vholes Miss Summerson will communicate with Mr Carstone Will you allow me to give you some lunch before you leave? Thank you, no My digestion is much impaired I am a poor knife and fork at any time With your permission, I will take my leave, sir Why didn't our guardian send for me when Mr Vholes was here? I don't know, Ada After all, Richard's affairs are of more concern to me than to you or to him They're of concern to us all, Ada Perhaps he didn't want you upset He thinks of me as a child still I want to come down to Deal with you when you go I think that's a very good idea Perhaps between us we can make him see sense I don't like it, Esther When you speak of Richard as if you think he's taken leave of his senses I didn't mean it like that I've made up my mind Ada, are you sure it won't be throwing good money after bad? I don't care I love him and I want to help him , and that's all I know Rosa, come and sit down by me Rosa, remember I told you that I might have to send you away? Yes, m'lady I have written to Mr Rouncewell, and he will come for you tomorrow So soon? Yes, it must be soon Rosa, I did not want to part with you, but it is for the best I hope you will think kindly of me, Rosa, whatever you hear about me Ah ! Here we are, ladies As snug and cosy a room as any you'll find in Deal Is this your first visit here? Yes, it is Are you meeting someone from the Indiaman? She's due to drop anchor off the Downs, on the afternoon tide Lots of folks gone down to see her boats coming to shore No, we've come to see an officer who's billeted here I wonder, could you tell us how to get to the barracks? Surely, Miss Nothing easier KNOCK ON DOOR Yes? Esther Ada What are you doing here? Who would have thought of seeing you? I was just writing to you Come in, sit down I , er I've nothing to offer you but myself, I'm afraid That's all we wanted Well So what were you writing? May we read it? Oh, no need You can read it in the room It's all up with me here If you'd have come an hour or two later, I'd have been gone Yes, I'm selling out That's the end of another career Is it really as hopeless as that? It is I'm so near disgrace here, they'd rather be rid of me And it's not just the debts I've lost my appetite for soldiering I can't give my heart to it, or my mind or my soul or I can't attend to anything while those villains in court hold my fate The regiment's ordered abroad How could I leave things hanging? How could I trust even Vholes to see to my affairs unless I was at his back? Richard I came here to tell you I want you to have my inheritance That portion of it which is mine alone, and will come to me soon, so that you can set yourself right with the regiment and remain in the service You would do that for me? Of course I would I'd do more I'd do anything Ada ! I shall never forget this But you know, of course, I could never accept it Not to stay in this wretched life I was never meant to be a soldier, and I won't waste your inheritance Your little fortune will be devoted to what promises a better return Where you and I have a larger stake Our birthright Richard! I shall only have one thing on my mind now And Vholes and I will work at it, I swear it It's no use arguing My mind is made up Just give me an hour or two to wind things up here, and I'll meet you back at the inn and we'll all travel back to London tomorrow All right, ladies ! Let them through ! Where on earth did all these people come from ? Ah, it's the Indiaman, Miss Some of them are from it, and some to greet 'em The doctor himself is staying here What doctor? Why, surely you've heard of him , Miss? Woodcourt The hero of the wreck Why, here they are now, I believe Miss Summerson HE COUGHS AND RETCHES Mr Snagsby! No loitering here, son Move on And quick about it Go on, get out of it What's the matter, officer? Just riff raff, Mr Snagsby I sent him off KNOCK ON DOOR Is that you, Ada? No, Miss Summerson, it's Allan Woodcourt I heard of your illness I wished very much to have been nearer, but no doubt you were well looked after Oh, yes.
Er, my maid, Charley, was an excellent nurse And you are quite recovered now? I feel as well as I ever did And I am as you see me Yes You needn't pity me, Mr Woodcourt I was never vain about my looks, so there's no harm done The marks will fade, you know, until no one will be able to tell I've told you, I don't want pity If they fade, they fade If they don't, I shall still think myself very lucky to be alive I never quite thought of that before, you know? No, nor did I Of course, your shipwreck I heard you were very brave How much good will it do me? I left England as a penniless surgeon, and I'm coming back as one Can't even afford a decent suit of clothes I ran into Richard Carstone downstairs He said he envied me I don't think many men would Oh, please How do you think he looked? Very much as before Eager, cheerful But I do see a change in him Before I'd have described him as animated Now, perhaps, "agitated" would be the better word Is there something that worries him ? Only this dreadful Chancery case Mr Woodcourt, would you do something for me? Anything, if I can Would you look out for Richard in London? He needs a good friend more than anything Gladly I could do with a good friend myself Now, what do you say? Shall we all dine together here at the inn? A free man A free man You don't know how happy I am , Woodcourt, to be out of that confounded barracks I feel like I'm starting life all over again Here, among my friends To friendship! To friendship Ah ! Well, mother Come in, sit down You have time? Aye Let 'em wait awhile I remember you sitting there when you were five years old, with your brother beside you Fighting and quarrelling, no doubt Oh, no That came later He was a very sweet natured boy And later on he was never really bad, just wild If you say so, mother I do say so He was a dear boy I suppose he's buried in some foreign field now Come now, mother You've still got me And little enough I see you ! Well, never mind that I know you're a busy man How's my grandson? Oh, sends his love He's all right Still pining for that Rosa of yours I offered to educate the girl out of my own pocket, and they sent me away with a flea in my ear And now they want to cast her off It's not what I wanted for him A girl from the village Well, weren't you a boy from the village? I was, but I'm not any more, mother I'm as well set up as them upstairs now Might buy them out one day when I've had enough of hard work God knows I'd like to, if it were only to see the look on his face I am afraid you will have a rather chill, damp journey, sir We're used to that Come here, child You must do as he says, Rosa Mr Rouncewell will take good care of you Come, Rosa You do care for my lad, don't you? Yes, sir Well, then She seems reluctant to go, sir Well, she's not well bred, you see, Sir Leicester If she had remained here, she would have improved, no doubt Good day, Sir Leicester Good day, Lady Dedlock Come along, Rosa Insolent blackguard ! Jo? Woodcourt At Deal? Yes We all had supper together at the inn He was very attentive to Esther Ada, he was not He was polite and kind, like a gentleman But he got on very well with Richard, and he has promised to be a friend to him in London A friend to Rick in London? So Rick is selling out after all? It was all done before we got there Nothing we could say would make him change his mind Where is he to live? I think near Mr Vholes's office Very convenient for Mr Vholes He will have Rick safely in his sticky web, all the better to consume him entirely at his leisure Stop! I can't bear to hear Richard spoken about like that He has made his decision and I think we should allow him to know what's best for him Ada, Ada, I I don't think we should discuss it any more Is anything the matter? Let me look at you, boy I'm a doctor, I'm not gonna hurt you Wait a minute Don't I know you? Didn't they call you to the Coroner's Court? I never done nothing, sir It's true, sir St Albans? Yes, sir And a young lady took pity on him and took him home and nursed him Only he ran away in the night, and left her with the fever, and she nearly died of it, sir Poor little thing Isn't there anything you can do for him ? My guess is he has pneumonia, in both lungs, and more besides Come on, then Let's find you a place where you can be comfortable Oh, be careful with him , Mr Squod Are you sure you can manage it? Don't you worry, Miss Flite, he's no weight at all to carry, poor wee scrap What's this? General George, my dear physician, Mr Woodcourt, sought my assistance in finding a place for this poor young patient, and I immediately thought of you "General George will help us out, " I said Bring him over here, Phil Lay him down The thing is, I don't want to take him to a hospital or a workhouse He is terrified that he will be found by a man who has been harrying him A man called Bucket An inspector of police I know him , sir And I've seen this boy before Not lately, though He looks very bad, sir I fear he is Well, he's welcome to stay here for as long as it takes one way or t'other That's very good of you, Sergeant George He seems agitated, like Jo? Anything that we can do for you, to set your mind at rest? Is there a friend that we could call? Mr Snagsby And the lady Could you tell her I never meant her no harm ? I shall, Jo I shall Thought you'd wish to know, sir Sir Leicester and his lady came to town today Did they now? She sent the maid away The pretty girl, the one you mentioned Gone Thought you'd wish to know, Mr Tulkinghorn Thank you, Clamb And how do you find yourself? My poor lad I'm in luck here, Mr Snagsby I'm very cosy here I never meant to do it, sir Do what, Jo? Make the make the lady ill Near to die She is coming here herself, Jo You can tell her yourself Pray God he lives that long There's very little I can do for him Poor lad (Hold up, my boy Hold up We'll beat this, so we will ) Don't let the other one come Inspector Bucket, Jo? No, he won't come here No, the other one You know him , Mr Snagsby Where I was took Behind the big desk It was him set the Inspector on to me That's when all my troubles started No, no, Jo He wouldn't harm you Who? Who do you speak of? Why, Mr Tulkinghorn Tulkinghorn Well? I thought we had an agreement, Lady Dedlock What agreement? That you would take no action without reference to me You have violated that agreement by sending that girl away What possible harm can it do to spare an innocent girl from the taint of scandal? If I wish to protect my secret It is not your secret any longer It is my secret, in trust for Sir Leicester and the family I consider our agreement to be broken, Lady Dedlock, and I reserve the right to take what action I see fit You must do as you wish Then that is all I have to trouble you with this evening Wait Do you mean to tell Sir Leicester tonight? No Not tonight Tomorrow, then? It may be tomorrow Good evening, Lady Dedlock What's the matter, Jo? I thought I was Tom All Alone's again It was just a dream , Jo You're safe now You're with friends Not for very long, though I'm going, ain't I ? Moving on Like the copper said, right? You don't have to go anywhere, Jo Where did you think of going? Burying ground That's where By and by, Jo Not yet It's getting very dark I thought there'd be a light coming Jo? Did you ever know a prayer? No, Miss Jo, can you say what I say? Our Father Our Father which art in heaven art in heaven Heaven hallowed Dead Dead Dead, Your Majesty Dead, my Lords and gentlemen Dead, Your Worships Dead, Right Reverends of every order and degree Dead and dying thus around us Every day Beg pardon, my lady I thought you'd retired for the night Sir Leicester has retired for the night I am going out Call for the carriage, my lady? Not necessary, Mercury I simply want a breath of fresh air So will you be so good as to unbolt the door? Very good, my lady At least the poor lad'll have a proper burial Mr Jarndyce, he'll see to that Clergyman Brass handled coffin All proper and shipshape He's a good man, that Mr Jarndyce That man bears a heavy weight of blame, Phil Mr Jarndyce? What's he done? Not Jarndyce Tulkinghorn It all comes back to Tulkinghorn He's like the old enemy himself I'm going out, Phil Where are you going at this time of night? Never you mind I'll be going home, then, Mr Tulkinghorn All right, Clamb Goodnight then, sir Goodnight Oh Beg pardon, sir No harm done Goodnight Who's there? Who's there, I say? ! You ! GUN FIRES
Er, my maid, Charley, was an excellent nurse And you are quite recovered now? I feel as well as I ever did And I am as you see me Yes You needn't pity me, Mr Woodcourt I was never vain about my looks, so there's no harm done The marks will fade, you know, until no one will be able to tell I've told you, I don't want pity If they fade, they fade If they don't, I shall still think myself very lucky to be alive I never quite thought of that before, you know? No, nor did I Of course, your shipwreck I heard you were very brave How much good will it do me? I left England as a penniless surgeon, and I'm coming back as one Can't even afford a decent suit of clothes I ran into Richard Carstone downstairs He said he envied me I don't think many men would Oh, please How do you think he looked? Very much as before Eager, cheerful But I do see a change in him Before I'd have described him as animated Now, perhaps, "agitated" would be the better word Is there something that worries him ? Only this dreadful Chancery case Mr Woodcourt, would you do something for me? Anything, if I can Would you look out for Richard in London? He needs a good friend more than anything Gladly I could do with a good friend myself Now, what do you say? Shall we all dine together here at the inn? A free man A free man You don't know how happy I am , Woodcourt, to be out of that confounded barracks I feel like I'm starting life all over again Here, among my friends To friendship! To friendship Ah ! Well, mother Come in, sit down You have time? Aye Let 'em wait awhile I remember you sitting there when you were five years old, with your brother beside you Fighting and quarrelling, no doubt Oh, no That came later He was a very sweet natured boy And later on he was never really bad, just wild If you say so, mother I do say so He was a dear boy I suppose he's buried in some foreign field now Come now, mother You've still got me And little enough I see you ! Well, never mind that I know you're a busy man How's my grandson? Oh, sends his love He's all right Still pining for that Rosa of yours I offered to educate the girl out of my own pocket, and they sent me away with a flea in my ear And now they want to cast her off It's not what I wanted for him A girl from the village Well, weren't you a boy from the village? I was, but I'm not any more, mother I'm as well set up as them upstairs now Might buy them out one day when I've had enough of hard work God knows I'd like to, if it were only to see the look on his face I am afraid you will have a rather chill, damp journey, sir We're used to that Come here, child You must do as he says, Rosa Mr Rouncewell will take good care of you Come, Rosa You do care for my lad, don't you? Yes, sir Well, then She seems reluctant to go, sir Well, she's not well bred, you see, Sir Leicester If she had remained here, she would have improved, no doubt Good day, Sir Leicester Good day, Lady Dedlock Come along, Rosa Insolent blackguard ! Jo? Woodcourt At Deal? Yes We all had supper together at the inn He was very attentive to Esther Ada, he was not He was polite and kind, like a gentleman But he got on very well with Richard, and he has promised to be a friend to him in London A friend to Rick in London? So Rick is selling out after all? It was all done before we got there Nothing we could say would make him change his mind Where is he to live? I think near Mr Vholes's office Very convenient for Mr Vholes He will have Rick safely in his sticky web, all the better to consume him entirely at his leisure Stop! I can't bear to hear Richard spoken about like that He has made his decision and I think we should allow him to know what's best for him Ada, Ada, I I don't think we should discuss it any more Is anything the matter? Let me look at you, boy I'm a doctor, I'm not gonna hurt you Wait a minute Don't I know you? Didn't they call you to the Coroner's Court? I never done nothing, sir It's true, sir St Albans? Yes, sir And a young lady took pity on him and took him home and nursed him Only he ran away in the night, and left her with the fever, and she nearly died of it, sir Poor little thing Isn't there anything you can do for him ? My guess is he has pneumonia, in both lungs, and more besides Come on, then Let's find you a place where you can be comfortable Oh, be careful with him , Mr Squod Are you sure you can manage it? Don't you worry, Miss Flite, he's no weight at all to carry, poor wee scrap What's this? General George, my dear physician, Mr Woodcourt, sought my assistance in finding a place for this poor young patient, and I immediately thought of you "General George will help us out, " I said Bring him over here, Phil Lay him down The thing is, I don't want to take him to a hospital or a workhouse He is terrified that he will be found by a man who has been harrying him A man called Bucket An inspector of police I know him , sir And I've seen this boy before Not lately, though He looks very bad, sir I fear he is Well, he's welcome to stay here for as long as it takes one way or t'other That's very good of you, Sergeant George He seems agitated, like Jo? Anything that we can do for you, to set your mind at rest? Is there a friend that we could call? Mr Snagsby And the lady Could you tell her I never meant her no harm ? I shall, Jo I shall Thought you'd wish to know, sir Sir Leicester and his lady came to town today Did they now? She sent the maid away The pretty girl, the one you mentioned Gone Thought you'd wish to know, Mr Tulkinghorn Thank you, Clamb And how do you find yourself? My poor lad I'm in luck here, Mr Snagsby I'm very cosy here I never meant to do it, sir Do what, Jo? Make the make the lady ill Near to die She is coming here herself, Jo You can tell her yourself Pray God he lives that long There's very little I can do for him Poor lad (Hold up, my boy Hold up We'll beat this, so we will ) Don't let the other one come Inspector Bucket, Jo? No, he won't come here No, the other one You know him , Mr Snagsby Where I was took Behind the big desk It was him set the Inspector on to me That's when all my troubles started No, no, Jo He wouldn't harm you Who? Who do you speak of? Why, Mr Tulkinghorn Tulkinghorn Well? I thought we had an agreement, Lady Dedlock What agreement? That you would take no action without reference to me You have violated that agreement by sending that girl away What possible harm can it do to spare an innocent girl from the taint of scandal? If I wish to protect my secret It is not your secret any longer It is my secret, in trust for Sir Leicester and the family I consider our agreement to be broken, Lady Dedlock, and I reserve the right to take what action I see fit You must do as you wish Then that is all I have to trouble you with this evening Wait Do you mean to tell Sir Leicester tonight? No Not tonight Tomorrow, then? It may be tomorrow Good evening, Lady Dedlock What's the matter, Jo? I thought I was Tom All Alone's again It was just a dream , Jo You're safe now You're with friends Not for very long, though I'm going, ain't I ? Moving on Like the copper said, right? You don't have to go anywhere, Jo Where did you think of going? Burying ground That's where By and by, Jo Not yet It's getting very dark I thought there'd be a light coming Jo? Did you ever know a prayer? No, Miss Jo, can you say what I say? Our Father Our Father which art in heaven art in heaven Heaven hallowed Dead Dead Dead, Your Majesty Dead, my Lords and gentlemen Dead, Your Worships Dead, Right Reverends of every order and degree Dead and dying thus around us Every day Beg pardon, my lady I thought you'd retired for the night Sir Leicester has retired for the night I am going out Call for the carriage, my lady? Not necessary, Mercury I simply want a breath of fresh air So will you be so good as to unbolt the door? Very good, my lady At least the poor lad'll have a proper burial Mr Jarndyce, he'll see to that Clergyman Brass handled coffin All proper and shipshape He's a good man, that Mr Jarndyce That man bears a heavy weight of blame, Phil Mr Jarndyce? What's he done? Not Jarndyce Tulkinghorn It all comes back to Tulkinghorn He's like the old enemy himself I'm going out, Phil Where are you going at this time of night? Never you mind I'll be going home, then, Mr Tulkinghorn All right, Clamb Goodnight then, sir Goodnight Oh Beg pardon, sir No harm done Goodnight Who's there? Who's there, I say? ! You ! GUN FIRES