" 'We meekly beseech thee, O Father, to raise us from the death of sin" " 'unto the life of righteousness ;" " 'that, when we shall depart this life, we may rest in him," " 'as our hope is this our brother doth;" " 'and that, at the general Resurrection in the last day," " 'we may be found acceptable in thy sight;" " 'and receive that blessing, which thy well-beloved Son" " 'shall then pronounce to all that love and fear thee, saying," " 'Come, ye blessed children of my Father, receive the kingdom prepared for you" " 'from the beginning of the world :" " 'Grant this, we beseech thee, O merciful Father, through Jesus Christ," " 'our Mediator and Redeemer." "Amen.'" " Let us remember Alex Sanderson in silence together." "[ Sound of birds singing ]" "Grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ, love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost be with us all evermore." "Amen." "[ Edward crying ]" "[ Sniff ]" "[ Doorbell ringing ]" "[ Doorbell rings again ]" "[ Closes door ]" "[ Opens front door ]" "Hello, old man." "[ Closes door ]" "I, uh, thought you might do us a good turn." "Give us a line on things." "Young Sanderson's death, I mean." "You know, strictly, strictly between our two selves in confidence and under the old pal's act." "It was an accident." "If you say so." "A bit tame, though." "It might just as well been and act of God." "You might even made a good reporter if only you'd cut out the idealism." "You've always been so idealistic." " If you say so." "[ Laughing ] Very good." "Now, come on, how did it happen?" " You know, stick..." " I don't want to talk about it." "That's the trouble." "Nobody does, not the Aspens, not the family, not the Holland's, not anybody, but you were there!" "You were by way of being his friend, weren't you?" "Why don't you owe it to him to describe how he died?" "That was a wonderful year for the Holland's with (plain rideout)." " Did you go in, too?" " I don't swim." "I'm too idealistic." "There's no need to (come the old mouth) in bitter." "Look, I don't know anything." "It'll all be in the record, everything you want to know..." "Yes, that's all right as far as it goes, but you know me," " I want to get the human side." " For God's sake, he was my best friend!" "Just..." "leave me alone." "[ Door creaks open and slams shut ]" "Clutterhead!" "[ Sound of struck piano key ]" "[ Sound of mournful music and birds singing ]" "[ Tom ] What do you think you're doing on this land?" "Where d'you think you're going?" "Tom." "Tom." "How are you?" "Well, how are you?" "Did you know it was me, or do you shout at everyone like that?" "I knew all the time." "I saw you the other day, but you were too far away to call to." "I'd know you by that walk of yours." "You're a long way from Bosque." "This is my farm." "Dad bought it for me, just enough for my own." "They tell me it's 60 acres, but it's got water in the house." " Do you live here?" " In the house." "Come on up and see." " (There you are." "Two bits down.)" " Well water." " Cold as ice." "Have some." "A few Hollyhocks, otherwise (Tenz) in the garden." "Where'd you (buy) them?" "(Five horses and six heifers.)" "I took over too late to plant crops." "But there's a field of barley there." "It's near enough ready, if you like." "Still..." "I'm free." "I'm my own man, and I couldn't ask for better neighbors." " Who are they?" " The McKechnie's." "Presbyterians." "(Old fool are as cool as grace on Sunday's.)" "The rest of the week I find them friendly." "And not just for the advice, though that's handy, with him knowing the land and what it bears best, I mean, but he's given the right to his 300 acres for rough shooting." "And she's forever sending over bits to eat (for fit on bailey)." "And the boys stayed up with me all of one night when the heifers had a batch of poisoning." "How do you manage about the place?" "Well, I cook for myself." "(Steal) eggs and bacon mostly." "But Mrs. McKechnie does a fine line in (girdled) scones." "And I'm up there for a meal once a week." "Then once a week..." "Nancy'll come over." "Tidy up a bit." "Do a roast or a pie or a cake." "(Cut up something.)" " How is she?" " Oh, about the same." "And where have you been?" "Nowhere." "What are you doing?" "Nothing." "Ever since..." " Why" " I gave up the job." "If you're not doing anything... why don't you come over and give me a hand?" "For a day or two a week." "If you like." " D'you mean it?" " I wouldn't say it if I didn't." " No." "There's plenty of work." "I'd be glad of the company." "Can I think about it?" "You do that." "You take your time." "You can't go on like this, now can you?" "Nancy thinks I killed Alex." "I thought she had more sense." " Perhaps I did." " Don't, son." "If you ask me, Lydia's got a lot to answer for." "Her leading you all on." "Or his mother, poor woman." "Goodness knows, someone should have taken him to task over his drinking." "Strictly speaking, I..." "I don't think any one of us... any one thing was to blame." "Of course that means we all are." "Grief and pain, you know, and feeling guilty come to a point where they get pretty close to just being sorry for yourself." "I met Tom today." " Tom Holland?" " Uhh." "He's, uh...he's got his own farm now." "Well, it's...not very much." "It's quite run down." "He's, uh...he's asking if I'd like to go and help him with it for a bit." "What?" "Live there do you mean?" "Yes." "Well." "Do you want to?" "Well, it's like you said, uh..." "I got a bit out of my depth with Lydia." "Which was all right, but... well...somehow...here, no offense,...it's just that..." "Well, with Tom, I think I could get back to being ordinary again." " So, if you don't mind." "It might be just what you need." " You do understand?" " Yes." "Thanks." "You ain't never grow barley down there." "That's a mistake." "I'll never do that again." "Bring your barley up yon hill." "That's your barley land, son, there." "Eh, grow your wheat down there." "Terrible strong land." "Catch it right and you're made." "Catch it wrong, I doubt if praying' will ever put it right from now til doomsday." "I'll remember." "Well, I'll say goodnight." "Goodnight, and thanks for the supper." "Ah, one more mouth doesn't matter." "Come when you like." "When you can." "Thanks again." "So." "You made up your mind?" "Yes." "Aw, that's wonderful!" "Nancy will be thrilled to bits." "I can't wait to tell her." " Well, let me settle it first." " All right." "I won't anything." "Did Lydia maybe will come?" "No." "Well I haven't seen her, not since..." "All that's behind me." "I'm glad you've come." "I'm glad to be here." "Have you eaten?" " Yes, thanks." " Well, let's find you a bed." "We're to be up at times." "[ Sigh ]" "Who's the friend?" " Edward Richardson, Pheley McKechnie." "How do you do?" "You'll have to learn to make the sheaves half-size, won't you?" " Give the man a chance." "That'll give you some idea." "Thank you mother for the scones." "You can thank her yourself when you come up to see us." " Something tells me she doesn't like me." "She doesn't know you." "Well, if you ask me, she's got designs on you." "Never in a million years." "They're just friendly, I told you." "The whole family." " Neighborly." " Huh-hu." " Hello, there!" " Hello." "Here's a something for your teeth." "Well, thank you." "I'm only here to bring the teacap back." "Oh, you shouldn't have bothered to wash it out." " Aye, she's right there." " Oh, it's no bother." "Ahh, it's still woman's work." "(Go on." "You been house.)" " Eh, you got a few minutes to spare?" " Surely." "This way, then." "Thanks again." "Not at all." "It'd do the other heifers no harm to eat whatever for a change." "It's just another way of feed and water." "Just come up and help yourself anytime you want to." "The gate at the end is unlocked." "You're too good to me." "Oh, we're..." "we're neighbors, aren't we?" "No rivals." "Pow!" "[ Click] Pow!" " Guess what I just seen?" " Guess what I've got." "Damn good pie." "Still warm from Mrs. McKechnie's (larder)." "Make a change from bread and jam for supper." "There's a fox about, Tom." "I know." "I've seen it." "Yep, we're gonna get the Old Roger somehow." "He's all (foxy's in marn)." "You should have seen the way he just stopped and looked at me." " He's been here since the Middle Ages." "(He got in the barley one day washing himself like a garney.)" "Bet if you'd call him "Sir Roger" he'd answer." "Sir Roger!" "Sir Roger?" "Must be getting hard of hearing." "[ Laughing and cutting up ]" " What is it?" "I thought it was that damned old Sir Roger." "I could have sworn I saw a flash of red." "Huh, probably a McKechnie." "[ Laughing ]" "[ Indistinct talking ]" "[ Door slams ]" "(It's old silly old roofman.)" "Always turning up like a bad penny." "Take the load off your foot." "(Be polite and .....)." " Did you have any dinner?" "Might be well enough." " You never do." " (Richard put stuff at Leesford.)" " I've just washed that floor." "You know..." "You could have dinner with us." "I don't know about the friend." "But you come anyway." "[ Sigh ]" "[ Chickens cackling and squawking ]" "Damn saucy bastard, I'll get you!" "[ Gunshot ]" "[ Chickens cackling and squawking ]" " Good Lord, you could of killed somebody." "What d'you think you're doing sliding about the place like some drunken skater?" "I'd just taken my boots off." "[ Both laughing ]" "You're daft the pair of you." "[ Both still laughing ]" " Is that you, Tom?" "Where did you come from?" "I live here." "Well, I think Tom might just tell me." "Well, if it comes to that, what are you doing here?" "I..." "I'm delivering Tom's new car." "He didn't tell me he was getting a new car." " There you are, then." "Secretive old devil." "[ Clears throat ]" "Um." "I'll go and put this on." " How'd you like your tea?" "Hot and strong." "Hotter than ever today don't you think?" " Could be." "Perhaps." "I'll cook a few things soon as this house has gone down a bit." "Cooked hot?" "Or wait until I come to you." "I've got better things to do than make milk turn sour." " Well someone curdle it for you..." " I have to bake bread." "Think yourself lucky I've got time for that." "And where do all these pie dishes and roasting pans come from?" " Well, someone ought to take them back." "I will as soon as we finish here." "See that you do." "I got all the barley in today." " Oh, yes?" " Um." "It's wonderful what a difference this bloke makes, you know?" "We're gonna paint the outside wall on Sunday." "Well, I think a wash would do you good." "The pair of you." "We bathe every night, don't we." "Every night." " I'll believe when I see it." " Well, you can." "Well have the bath in here on the floor." "Penny a look. [ Laugh ]" "I don't think that's very funny." "[ Tom and Edward laugh ]" "[ Birds chirping; chickens clucking;" "Nancy humming ]" "Well, you look halfway human, I will say." "Ah, you decided to give us curd tart after all, then." "What'cha going to do with it?" "What?" "The garden." "Uh...vegetables, Tom said." "And what do you say?" "Flowers." " You haven't changed." " Ah-haa, I have." "Come on, I'll show you my sheaves." "[ Scoff ]" "[ Clatter of pans on the floor ]" "[ Door opens and closes ]" "Hello." "What have you brought for us this time?" "[ Pan clatters ]" "Do you notice anything different about me?" "I don't think so." "Nothing?" "You mean you don't see anything changed at all?" "[ Sigh ] No." "You look just the same as ever as far as I can see." "Take a look at me, Tom." "Will you take a good look at me." "Good God." "Now you see." "Well it's done now." "Whether anybody likes it or not, it's done now." "That's true." "Grief there's been hell to pay." "He whipped me." "Who whipped you?" "Himself." "Your father?" "He came upstairs with a..." "whipped me." "[ Chair scraping;" "sobbing ]" "[ Pheley cries loudly ] Don't cry." "You mustn't cry." "Come on, I'll make you a cup of tea." "[ Continues sobbing ]" "[ Chicken clucking ]" " [ Nancy ] Whoo!" " [ Edward ] We made it." " We dropped a pane." "It didn't hurt anybody." " Someone made a ....." " No, certainly not." "[ Big sigh ]" "[ Sigh ]" "How's the writing?" " Oh, I've given it up." " Or it's given up me." "Why's that?" " Nothing to say." "Or was it too painful?" "Now, who's being clever?" "(At first.)" "Well, funny thing is, these last few days neither me nor Tom haven't really cared." "I've been happy here." "What did you think of Tom's new car?" "It looked new." "But you know, I don't know much about cars and things." " Or care." " Not much, no." " Who's gonna have the old one, you?" " Mm." " She made him buy a new one." "Who did?" " Lydia." " I bet he didn't tell you that either." "But she did." "She twisted round until he bought the car from Blackie." "She almost got old Miss Aspen to buy one." "And so she got business for Blackie." "Tom saw a lot of her when he was buying the car." "(It's in a fifth of a bottle going now don't you know?" ")" "No." "(Couple there?" ")" "At the Aspens." "Old Miss Bertie isn't capable anymore." "She's gone to pieces since her sister died." "She never gets up." "So Rollo is trying to (pitch) Lydia out." "Lydia trying to (pitch) Rollo out." "He's drinking (to hour) one hundred, heaven knows what's happening to (it) on the other." "She's probably drinking it away, too." " Going to rack and ruin." " We've been (trading hands)." "They're awful [ indistinct ] when Miss Juliana was alive,..." "Who said she's been drinking?" "I didn't say that,..." "not in so many words." "Whenever women dislike other women, they make them drink, or give them babies." "It's the men who give them babies." "If that isn't too biological for you." "I'd just about got that far in school." "Why?" "Are you saying she's having a baby, now?" "Not that I know of." "But would it surprise you?" "Not since she's a woman, no." "Why... (Why aren't you forgetting that it should surprise you)?" "When you consider who her mother was." "Oh, yes...and who was her mother?" "Well..." "I mean...everybody knows." "She's dead now, I think, but everybody knows..." "Did you ever meet her?" "[ Indistinct ]...if that mattered." "All right, I never met her." "But that's where she gets it from." "Lydia, I mean." "You've got to get it from somewhere, haven't you?" "Of course you don't see it." "You won't see it." "You mark my word." "She'll go the same way as her mother, one day." "She'll go that way, too." "And which was is that." "Wrong way." "That's the way she'll go." "You'll see." "The wrong way." "You must put something on that." "Some ointment." "Halston, or something." "You don't quite grasp it yet do you?" "You don't get it." "If I'm beaten, I must bear it." "I mustn't heal it." "It must heal itself." "If you deserve the affliction..." "you mustn't anoint the affliction." "D'you get what I mean?" " [ Pheley cries ]" " Well, that I've never heard." "I'll get some ointment." "[ Chair legs scraping floor ]" "Here." "Hold still." "Better?" "You're very kind." "Keep the tin." "Put some on tonight, and than again tomorrow morning." "[ Whispering ] Thank you." "I'd better be going now, otherwise they'll start looking for me, and they'll find the two of us together, and think is something to do with you." "Thank you." " Good heavens, I..." " For everything, I..." "Goodbye." "I'll see you tomorrow." "[ Opens front door ]" "[ Drops food in Edward's lap ]" "Thank you!" "Thank you very much!" "There's nothing like having food thrown at you." "Good God." "I'm sorry I was thinking of Pheley." "Ah-haa, what?" "Oh, it's nothing like that." " Oh, of course, Oh, of course." " Well, what then?" "She's cut off her hair." "Ahh, so that's it." "I thought she looked" " more than ever like a victim." " If you've nothing sensible to say, be silent, can't you?" "Well?" "The old man whipped her for it." "What?" "I mean really whipped her." "Her back." "I've never seen anything like it." " She showed me." "[ Whispering ] Oh, Tom." " And I think she told me." "D'you know they're not allowed to cook on Sunday, or make jokes or play music, nor even talk much, nor read except religious things?" "And they have prayers before breakfast every morning." "Prayer meetings during the week, two or three times a week, often." "D'you know Pheley is twenty eight, and she's never been to a dance, a cinema, theatre, a pub, even a public place where music's played, like a bandstand." "What's worse is she's been brought up to believe they're wrong." "It's monstrous." "A sign of the dark ages." "And it's fatuous." " So fatuous as to be obscene." " That's right." "Well, what shall we do?" "Take her horse whipping and..." "That's just it." "While she was tell me about it I hated him." "But the man's my friend." "[ Edward laughs ] Oh, come on." "All right he is your friend." "He's still my neighbor." "Well, what's that got to do with anything?" "Well I can't afford to quarrel with him." "Anyway, it's none of my business." "The way a man chooses to bring up his own family." "Well, it's a good job everyone doesn't take that attitude." "(Tom job has he one.)" "Well, he started it...." "Oh, God, I don't even like the woman." "You don't like any women." "Lydia is a woman." " You don't like her." " That'll do now, you two." " I'm not proud of myself." " Enough said." "(It's that he'll learn, Tom.)" "[ Sigh ] All, right." "Never mind, I'm up to bed." "I'll take you another streak." "Let's go and have a go at Sir Roger." "(Why don't you go to bed, while the rest of us goes fox hunting.)" "(What's he have want to do.)" "Well, the lights on your car aren't to good tonight." "It's time you were going home." "Well, what's about the washing up?" "We'll do that." "He wants to get back at me." "Please, don't start that all over again." " Amen." "How about if I was to come over next Saturday and cook supper for you?" " Well..." "I'm all for it." " Glad." "And what would you gentleman like to eat?" "Uh...what about a bit of (brasolan) again?" " Yorkshire pudding, this time." " And yellow plum pie. [ Nancy laughs ]" "There's nothing like easier than how to give a girl orders." "As it happens, it's my birthday." "So it is, by Jove." "Why don't we have a party?" " Oh, lets." "We could have the place painted inside out, by then." " I'll invest my life's savings for a bottle of wine. - [ Nancy laughs ]" "Who shall we ask?" " Not all the family." " Oh, no, no, I can't have them coming by then." "Uh..." "Oh, what about Nora?" "Nora Jepson?" "She'd only come if there was dancing." "Perhaps, Mrs. Sanderson?" " Oh, no, I don't think so under the circumstances." " How about Lydia?" "What do you say?" "Why not?" "Well!" "That's settled then!" "[ Chair scraping noise;" "Nancy happily singing ]" "[ Closes door; starts engine ]" "[ Car departs ]" "[ Nancy prepares birthday meal ]" "[ Edward closes door and sings ] " A wandering minstrel, I, a thing of..."" "[ Edward hums ]" "You're far too bright tonight." "There's a storm coming." "Can't you feel it?" "The air is full of electricity." "Look." "Put that down." "Now listen to me." "I want to ask you something." "I've already kissed you once." "I've already blessed your declining years." "I'm not asking for favors." "And I'm not asking people to bless themselves with wit, either." "Just simmer down and listen." "[ Breathes in and out ] I'm unsimmered." "All I want you to do is to promise to behave yourself." "Well if you suppose I'm going to behave myself in anything other than a perfectly natural way..." "I don't know what I mean." "Now, well I'm not quite sure what I said." " I just want you to behave." " Yes?" "Well...with some sort of balance." "Otherwise, about you will get lopsided and somewhat start feeling out in the cold and you know how it is." "No, how anyone could feel out in the cold in a storm temperature of 80 degrees..." "I've arranged it so that Tom is partnering Lydia." "That's what I want you to bear in mind." "Well, why didn't you say so." "Well?" "[ Cork pops out ]" "[ Edward sings ] " A wandering minstrel, I, a thing of..."" " ...." "I'm going to dash." " I'm quite happy, really." " It's your Saturday." "(Not for me.)" "Where's (Roger)?" "Hello." "How are you?" "I'm very well, thank you." "You look very well." "[ Door opens; closes ]" " Bless you all." " You, too." " Yes." "It's wonderful to see everybody again." "And that goes especially for you, Nancy." " Nancy, watch it." " Oh, thank you." "Cheers, cheers all." "[ The girls laugh;" "Tom bangs on table ]" " Nancy." " Yes, Nancy." "Thank you." "Here's to us all!" " And the farm." " Yes, I'll drink to that." "And you two did it." "Well, I call that wonderful." "Just you two." "Men are sometimes capable of flashes of achievement." "That has been known, every now and again." " Yes, and there." "Oh, Tom, I want to see it all." "You must take me all over." "I shall after supper." "[ Thunder is heard ]" "[ Nancy sings ]" "[ Opens door ]" "Coffee." "Coffee's ready, you two." "They'll be down in good time." "Evidently." " Wipe here." " OK." " Sugar?" " No, thank you." "[ Thunder again ]" "Just remember (what I said)." " Come on down." "It's certainly well." " [ Nancy ] Look at you!" "(She said) she'd look at every inch of the house, every brick's (in 'em bore)." "Oh, I think it's a sweet place." "You really think you could live here." "Some of us do." "You feel it when you come inside." " [ Tom ] I think you're..." " (Our house) you know how" "I like it less and less." "You should have seen the place before we set to work." "Where did we put the snapshots?" "Oh." "Before." " [ Tom ] And after." " [ Lydia ] It's extraordinary." "You painted all that wood (for nothing)?" " [ Indistinct ]" " It's marvelous." " You've pulled some of that down?" " [ Lydia laughs ]" "[ Sudden heavy rain and crashing thunder ]" "It's a cloudburst." "That's what they call a cloudburst." "Well you'll never get home in this." "Oh, that's all right." "Come on, Tom, we'll make my bed up (so we can stay here)." "Like the old (nursery)." "That bed's not very comfortable for two, Is it?" "No, perhaps not, but you can light all candles, haven't you?" "Lord knows where." "If you're gonna stay, I'd better ring up the Aspens and tell 'em." " But where are you gonna do that at this time of night?" " (Dickson's.)" "Oh, really." " (You know who's that cab early, right?" ")" " (Not if you call the Aspens.)" "I'll go and get some more coffee." " One minute." "Where's Tom?" "Oh, he's gone over to the McKechnie's to phone Mother and Lydia's people to tell them we're staying." "Slosh all that way but just easy he could have taken you home." " Really, men are dense sometimes." " [ Pheley ] I don't like to put you to all this trouble." " [ Tom ] Not fair's fair." " If you can work and see, though." " Well, perhaps this transformer's been struck by the storm." " [ Flora McKechnie ] I can see there's a light on in your house, Tom...upstairs." "That'll be Nancy making up the beds." "She and Miss Aspen are going to stay the night." "If you show me where the fuse box is" "I can find out what's wrong before I go back." "(Never) be the transformer there's always the chance it's the fuse." "Over here." "[ Snap ]" "How's Miss Bertie?" "Oh, she's...she seems to have taken on Julia's death rather badly." "She doesn't even know who I am some of the time." "I'm sorry." "You were fond of each other, weren't you?" "You two with your flowers." "And Rollo?" "Oh, as big a bastard as ever." "Nothing changes." "[ Kiss ]" "When will you see me again?" "Please." "No more." "But just because you kiss people that doesn't mean that you love them." "That isn't love." "It's not so long since you did love me." "Isn't it?" "[ Kiss ]" "Now you know how i feel about you." " No, that it, you see, I don't." "Well what was it you don't know?" "Tell me!" "I know." "I just don't, that's all." "[ Thunder ]" " It isn't why, or how, or anything of that." "It's something you feel without thinking that you can't explain." "People do all sorts of odd things and they never know why." "Perhaps you found out why with someone else." "Blackie." "I felt terribly sorry for that." "I know you don't see it like I do." "Probably you never will, but then you're not me and I'm not you." "So, how could you?" "Don't ask me to explain." " It was something I felt." " But I can't tell you why." "[ Sound of steady rain/thunder;" "indistinct speech ]" "Oh, goodness I'm not the first girl to think she loved people, and make a fool of herself a few times before she found the right one." "There's nothing so very odd in that, is there?" "No...nothing odd." "Well." " There's something...damnably, miserably and painfully rotten for those who don't happen to be the right one." "[ Rain continues ]" "Who have ye got spending the night with you?" "It's my sister and her friend." " Just the three of you?" "And Richardson." "Is that the Richardson that used to work on the county paper?" " That's the one." "Ahhh, I can..." "I used to see his light in there on a Sunday." " Aye, burning away when I come back from the Kirk." "[ Snap ]" "Oh, Tom, you're awful quick." "It would have taken me and Jamie a half an hour or more." " Go to bed." " You too, Flora." " Well, goodnight." " Goodnight." "What do I owe you for the telephone?" "You owe me nothing." "[ Nancy noisily coming downstairs; closes door ]" "Well." "[ Front door opens and closes ]" " Bit of a job to get through." "Well, I think it's well we stayed." "It's mostly late tomorrow, and be closed (with big faces) when horse radishes bolt." "It's like you to shut the stable door when the horse radishes bolt in. [ Laughter ]" "I say, (witty Tommie)." "That's because he's very happy." " [ Lydia ] Well." "I'll see you upstairs." "Goodnight everybody." " [ Edward ] Goodnight." "[ Opens door ]" "[ Closes door ]" "[ Stair steps creak ]" "I put her in the room next to you after all." " My bed's too small for two." " Well, there're times when small beds..." "[ Whispering ]" " Shut up!" "Don't forget we've got Presbyterian neighbors." "They're probably spying on us now." " It was one of my little jokes." " Well, we didn't hear many of those tonight, did we?" "No..." "Did I behave myself, though?" "How should I know." "The important part of the time I wasn't here." "[ Clock chimes ]" " [ Tom ] Awake?" "Yes." " That damn coffee." " You had a nice evening?" "Yes..." "Very nice." " (Nice working nice.)" " It's wonderful." " Lydia like the house, didn't she?" "She loved it." " It's not raining so fast now." "No..." "Not so fast." " Sky's clearing." " I think it's stopped." " Yes, there's a star." " I'm going downstairs for a glass of milk." " Perhaps it'll (sink) the coffee." " D'you want some?" "No, thanks." "No." "[ Long sigh ]" "[ Opens window ]" "See, it's drying already." "Just runs through the cracks, like a drain." "Careful there." "I donno if we'll be ploughing tomorrow or not." "[ Dripping sound ]" " No stars around." "Not a single star."