"(Man reads Revelation 21 aloud)" "(Birdsong)" "(Radio announcer) 'in the markets, yesterday, 'cattle in Great Britain averaged 98.6 pence a kilo, live weight." "'Just 0.3 better than last Monday." "'In England and Wales, the figure was..." "(indistinct)" "'Again... (indistinct)" "'In Scotland, the average of 99.3 was up almost a penny." "'The sheep price continues to improve." "'They averaged, yesterday, 205.9 pence a kilo." "'That's two-and-a-half pence better than last Monday."" "'(indistinct)...for England and Wales is 207.8, 'up 2.6 pence, and for Scotland, the average is 194.6." "'It's up two-and-a-half, roughly." "'Finally, pigs, and the average price, yesterday, at 73.2 pence a kilo, 'that's live weight, was more than a penny below last Monday's price." "'Now, commenting on the fruit-and-vegetable trade, this morning, here's Paul Harrison, at Covent Garden...'" "Helicoptering again, are they?" "Hang-gliding it is, Benjamin." "Hang-gliding." "He wouldn't forget, would he, Lewis?" "No." "No, he wouldn't forget." "I" Open now the crystal fountain" "J" Whence the healing stream doth flow" "I" Let the fire and cloudy pillar fiLead me all my journey through" "J" Strong deliverer" "J" Be Thou still my strength and shield" "J" Strength and shield" "I" Be thou still my strength and shield" "J" When I tread the verge of Jordan" "I" Bid my anxious fears subside" "J" Death of death and hell's destruction" "I Land me safe on Canaan's side" "I" Songs and praises" "J" I will ever give to Thee" "I Give to Thee" "J" I will ever give to Thee" "J" A-men J"" "(Man) "Though your sins be as scarlet," ""they shall be as white as snow." ""Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." ""If ye be willing...and obedient," ""ye shall eat the good of the land." ""But if ye refuse..." ""and rebel..." ""ye shall be devoured with the sword." ""For the mouth of the Lord has spoken it." ""How has the faithful city become an harlot?" "(Man, indistinct)" "(Man) 'Mary Latimer." "Mary..." "'Sardonyx, sardius, chrysolyte, chrysoprasus..." "'Amethyst..." "'And wherein now my hope?" "'As for my hope, who shall see it?" "'" "(Man) Amos!" "Vicar's dead." "Last Tuesday." "Face down in a pool, he was." "Slipped in a bog." "(Clicks tongue) Gee up!" "Oh...it's you." "Your father..." " I'm sorry, miss." " I know." "Do please come inside." " My boots..." " Mud can't dirty this house." "Besides, I have to leave it." "Professor Gethyn-Jones." "I don't even know your name." "Amos." "Amos Jones." "'Amos Jones' is a wonderful name." "Mr Jones has come to take me for a walk." "Please excuse us." "Do go on with your reading." "I'll just get my coat." "It's the pool at Bethesda." "We went there." "We went all over the Holy Land, on our way back from India." "We saw Nazareth and Bethlehem, the Sea of Galilee." "We saw Jerusalem." "It was my father's dream." "Professor Gethyn-Jones was a friend of Father's." "He wants me to give him the books." "For nothing." "Sell them." " (Amos) And what'll you do?" " What can I do'?" "My sister lives in Cheltenham, but... she's like Father." "We were happy, you know, in India, before Mother died." "The mission was lovely." "We used to stay with Father, all through the dry season, while the other families went to the hill stations." "We nearly died of the heat." "And I'd not a fire all winter." "Save the fire in the pub where they hired me." "Perhaps I should go back to India." "(Piercing birdsong)" "Look..." "Lark'll have a nest hereabout." "(Gasps)" "Look what I've done." "There'll be other nests." "I can show you them." "And I can show you badgers." "Do you know how to find whinberries in the heather?" "And mushrooms?" "I can show you mushrooms standing in rings." "And I can show you buzzards, in the rocks." "(Whispers) Don't...cry." "Don't...cry." "The books..." "Sell them." "(Man) Ma-ry!" "(Echoes) Ma-ry!" "Mary Latimer" "(Echoes)" "Ma-ry Jones!" "(Echoes)" "(Amos) Hurry now." "There's a farm for rent on the Black Hill." "(Horse snorts)" "There it be." "Go on!" "Watkins, Craig-y-Fedw." "Watkins the Coffin them do call him." "Could you live in this?" "I could." "There be 120 acre and half gone to fern." "(Amos) Them do call it "The Vision"." "Oh, "The Vision"..." "I can't say I've ever been to "The Vision"." "I can't even think where "The Vision" is." "Let's look it up on the map, shall we?" "Now... er..." "Ah..." "Ooh..." "Bit cold, up there on the mountains, eh." "Safer than on the plain." "There are other applications." "And it will take at least four months for Colonel Bickerton to decide." "Too late, I'm afraid." "China or Indian?" "Miss Latimer..." "Mary..." "India" "Are you sure it's the right thing?" "I'm sure." "I like the Welsh, but they do seem to get so angry later." "Must be to do with the climate." "No, I'm sure." "You could come here, you know." "The children need a governess." " Why don't you come here?" " No, Mrs Bickerton." "Thank you." "I'll talk to my husband." " You can count on the farm." " (Sighs)" "(Gasps)" "Look at my piano!" " Where do you want this?" " In the front kitchen." "Careful." "Mind the walls!" "Very tidy here." "Very tidy indeed." "Oh, Sam." "We must have a kitchen garden." "Then we can have fresh vegetables." "Maybe even asparagus!" "Asparagus?" "Who do you think you are, then?" "Married into the gentry, is it?" "Come on, Father." "The beasts must be foddered." "Asparagus..." "Very tidy." ""Sardius." "Sardonyx." "Chyrsolyte." "Chalcedony." ""Thy navel is like a round goblet." ""Thy belly..." ""Emerald..." ""amethyst..." ""ch rysolyte." ""Honey and milk are under thy tongue."" "(I HUBERT PARRY:" ""I Was Glad")" "J" I was glad" "I" Glad, when they said unto me" "I" We will go into the House of the Lord" "J" Our feet shall stand in thy gates" "I" O, Jerusalem... ♪" "(Man) Afternoon." "Mr Davies." " Hello." " He's happy." "He looks well, don't he?" "Bitter cold it be." "Cold as charity." "Do help yourselves." "Ooh...very posh..." " Where's this, then, Mary?" " Oh, that's Benares." "With all this cold weather we've been having, I suppose, sometimes, you wish you was back in India." "And look at that elephant!" "No, I'm pleased to be here." "How big are these elephants, then?" "About three times the size of a carthorse." "'Tis cold, though, Ruth." "With so little hay, I don't know how we're going to last the winter." "She hath trodden in the steps of the Lord, mind." "She hath seen the Rose of Sharon." "Yes, I've been to the Holy Land, as well as to India." "I've been to Carmel, and Hebron, and Galilee..." "And Babylon, by any chance?" "No, Mother." "Babylon isn't in the Holy Land." "No." "It be not in the Holy Land." "Well, Your Ladyship knows best, I'm sure." "You'll have us the laughing stock." "I want none of your filthy Indian food!" "(Mary shrieks)" "(Screams) Don't hit me!" "I won't hit you!" "(Door is slammed shut)" "(Wind howls)" "(Howling wind dies down)" "(I Band plays in the distance)" "Be the winter as makes me mad." "Some winters seem as they'll never end." "Well, next winter, we shall have someone else to think about." "(I A Chopin waltz is played on the piano)" "Stop that!" "Will you hurt the baby?" "(Thunderclap)" "(Mary moans in the distance)" " Courage, man." " (Mary continues to moan)" " Is she all right?" " Don't be so silly!" "Please, God, it be a boy, I'll never touch her again." "(Doctor) Anymore newspaper?" "An oilskin?" "Anything will do." " (Amos) Be it a boy?" " (Doctor) Two of them!" "(Woman) So, which one's Lewis and which one's Benjamin?" "This is Lewis." "This is Benjamin." "Ho-ho." "So." "Who is who?" " What's your name?" " Benjamin." " What about you?" " Lewis." "(Chuckles) Like as two peas in a pod." " How do you tell them apart, eh?" " (Mary) Oh, I know..." "Well, let's see, then." "Benjamin is in the brown, and Lewis in the grey." "No, well, that is what they said, but, actually, it's the other way round." "Little monkeys." "They depend on each other for so much, sometimes I wonder whether they really understand the difference between yours and mine." "But they're soon going to have a little brother or sister to play with." "Congratulations, Mary." "Oh, dear, now where have they got to?" "Benjamin." "Lewis." "Benjamin!" "Lewis!" "(Mary) "'She took a wand and touched the stones." ""'And immediately, his brother and the animals came to life again." ""'And with them, many others - merchants, artisans, shepherds " ""'all rose up, thanked the huntsman for having released them," ""'and returned home.'" ""The twin brothers, however, when they saw each other again," ""kissed one another and rejoiced greatly together." ""But they seized the old witch and burnt her to death."" "(Door opens)" ""And as soon as she was dead, the forest opened up itself..."" "There's no need to mollycoddle them." ""And you could see the royal palace, three hours' walk away."" "You very tired, boys?" "Don't worry." "Not far to go now." "Over there we go." "(D09 barks)" "(Dogs yelp)" " Oh, it's you, Sam." " Aggie." " You'll stay and have a cup 0' tea?" " Yes, please." "Come on, you two." "(Cow lows)" "Ay, it's a pity your missed Old Tom." "He's gone with the coffin for poor Mrs Williams Cringoed." " Died of her lungs." " Ah..." "And the twins, church folk, same as Amos and Mary?" "Church." "Lord have mercy on them." "(Speaks Welsh)" "(Chickens cluck)" "(Chuckles) Don't take any notice." "Oh, he don't mean no harm, that Jim." "Take that." "For your mam." "Right, then, boys." "Let's have a bit of a rest, shall we?" "Grandpa's out of puff, see." "(Takes a deep breath)" "Now then..." "Can you remember the names of them hills?" "(Lewis) The Whimble, the Bach, and the Black Mixen." " And the Smatcher." " Ay, the Smatcher." "Nearby where I was born." "It was thereabouts that Prince Llewellyn of Wales fought the English." "Oh, aye." "Up out of England, they came and stole the good land of the valleys." "But the Welshman kept the hills and stopped them coming any further." " (Speaks Welsh)" " What's that, Grandpa?" "It's Welsh for "dirty Saxons"." "There you are, boys." "Come up now and see your mother." "She's waiting for you." "Let's give her a little present, is it?" "Come on, then." "Up you go." "Go on, then, boys." "Come and see your little sister." "(Baby gurgles)" "(Twins in unison) Send her away!" "Send her away!" "Send her away!" ""The aviator, Captain Diabolo, harangued the police to clear the course" ""and took off a second time." ""Again the machine rose, higher this time." ""Then it veered to the right, then crash- landed, not far from the Flower Tent." ""The propeller, capable of 2,700 revolutions per minute," ""dealt blows to the right and left." ""Several of the spectators were wounded," ""and Mrs Pitt of Hindlip died of her injuries in Worcester Infirmary." ""Remarkable to state that, about three quarters of an hour after the disaster," ""a swan flew low across the showground." ""His graceful flight seemed to reduce the aviator's unfortunate attempts to mockery."" "(Sheep bleat)" "Hey!" "(indistinct)" "Come 'ere, Jim." "(Amos) Come back, you..." "Now, then..." "These are your father's." "You drive them back up to the rock and you tell him to keep his beasts in!" "(Hens cluck)" "It be a lot of deaths." "(Snoring)" " Someone's after the poultry!" " Mm?" "I think it's young Jim." "Be careful." "(Amos screams)" "(Jim yelpS)" "I hope you didn't hurt him too much." "Dirty thieves." "(Mary) It's from Uncle Eddie, in Canada." "Mr Watkins' sheep have broken through again." "Up at the top!" "So...he have cut his way through." "That settles it." "Get away from there, Amos Jones." "This land belong to we." "No, indeed." "It do belong to the estate." "You get away from by there." "(Amos) I have a map of the estate as can prove it." "Get away from there!" "Good God." "Surely we can settle this as neighbours." "The land belong to we!" "If the land belong to you, you'd not fear putting it to judgment." " I'd not fear." " Then we must meet in Rhulen, this market day coming, and settle it." "No need for that." "Come away, boys." " The land belong to we, mind." " I'll kill him." "Then meet me for a drink." "Well, I might..." "Twelve noon?" "The Red Dragon?" "Twelve noon, then." "(Door opens)" " What's yours?" " Nothing." "Right you are, then." "Let's get on with it." "(Amos) You can see the boundary fence, down by there." "Eh, you can see it plain enough." "It's all in the estate." "(Amos) Stop him!" "Say goodbye to Aggie, from me." "She's a good old girl." "As nice and tidy a person as never meant no harm." "Say goodbye to her, from me." "(Coughing)" " (Benjamin) He should be in bed." " (Lewis) Shh..." " He's wearing his wedding clothes." " He's gotta go back to bed." "Quiet!" "(Coughs)" "(Buzzing)" "Watkins." " Hello, Rosie." " Lewis Jones." " What're you doing?" " Found some glow-worms." "(Benjamin) Come on, Lewis." "We'll be late." "(Rosie giggles)" "You go on." "I'll catch you up in a minute, all right?" "(Benjamin) Lewis, come on..." " (Girls titter)" " Lewis Jones, get away." "Get away!" " All right." "I'll see you Sunday, then." " Maybe." "(Giggling)" " (Benjamin) What is it?" " Quick!" "You are the one as loves me, Rebecca." "(Lewis) Dad!" "Fire!" "There's a fire!" "It's the ricks!" "Get more water!" "Get some more buckets, Rebecca." "(Amos) Come on!" "(Benjamin) Keep away from it, Mam." "Go get the buckets." "(Mary) Amos, don't go so close." "(Mary) Oh, no." "We seen the blaze from down the hill." "What in God's name have happened?" " Amos?" " Get out of my sight!" "No need to be like that." "(Shouts) Get out of my sight!" "You must sleep now." "There's nothing you can do." "I'll kill him." "Watkins." "I'll kill him!" "(Sheep bleats)" "Easter's so early this year, I was worrying we wouldn't find many primroses." "The dingle is full of them." "All the way down the brook, there's so many." "(Roars)" ""I saw no temple therein," ""For the Lord God Almighty and the lamb are the temple of it."" "Church no more!" "Chapel we shall be!" "I see your sins as cat's eyes in the night." ""Harken unto the voice of the Lord thy God," ""to observe to do all his commandments." ""Else the Lord shall smite thee with madness and blindness" ""and astonishments of heart." ""And thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed away," ""so that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes," ""which thou shalt see." ""And thou shalt grope at noonday" ""as the blind gropeth in darkness." ""And thou shalt not prosper in thy ways..."" ""And...thine eyes shall not pity," ""but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth..."" " (Vicar) "...thou shalt be only oppressed..." - (Amos) "Cursed be he that smiteth..."" "(Dog yelpS)" "He have killed the dog!" "You stupid fool!" "(Amos sobs deeply)" "That is your enemy..." "Kaiser Wilhelm ll of Germany." "(Booing and jeering)" "(Man) To hell with the Kaiser!" "This is the peril to our beloved Empire." "There can be no rest until this cancer is ripped out of European society." "There must be no compromise." "It's useless to moralise with an alligator." "Kill it!" "(Cheering)" "When this war is over, there will be two classes of person in this country." "There will be those who are qualified to join the armed forces and refrain from doing so, and there will be those who are so qualified who came forward to do their duty to their king, their country, and their womenfolk!" "(Cheering)" "I'll be number one!" "It's Jim the Rock!" "These last will have the consolation of knowing that they have done what England expects of every man!" " (Cheering)" " What about Wales?" "(Audience sings) J" For they are jolly good fellows" "I" For they are jolly good fellows" "J" And so say all of us" "I" And so say all of us... ♪" "Ah, good morning, Mr Jones." "A serious matter, I'm afraid." "I'm here as a representative of the Military Service Tribunal." "Why in the name of God haven't Lewis and Benjamin registered for their National Identity Cards?" "Do you or do you not realise that they have broken the law?" " Exemption..." " Exemption?" "Exemption!" "The Vision is far too small to warrant the exemption of both of them." "None of us likes taking lads off the land, food shortages and all that, but the law's the law." " Them be twins." " I know they're twins." "My dear good man, you can't start making exceptions." "Them'll die apart." "(Man) If you please." "Healthy boys like them." "I've never heard such nonsense!" "Tinpot tyrant!" "(Baaing)" " Are you looking for men, Mr Griffiths?" " We might." "Half the men gone to France." "With the ploughing, we'll need extra hands." "My boy Lewis, here, can't stay at home." "The farm's too small, you see." "Looks a likely lad." "Any good with the plough?" "The best." "He have ploughed since he were so big." "Wages, five shillings a week, all found." "Start next Monday." "(Amos) You'll speak for him when he comes up before the tribunal?" "If he's any good." " Thank you very much." " See you Monday." " Goodbye, Mother." " Be good now." "Bye, Becky." "So you'll miss me then?" "(Amos) Coming or not?" "Coming." "Walk on." "Don't worry." "He'll be back when the war's over." "It's only ten miles away." "He's bound to come back on Sundays." "You don't understand." "(Speech obscured by whirring)" "Put your book down, Lewis." "I've got to get on." "They've captured Passchendaele, Liz." "Listen." ""The Canadian advance, on Tuesday, was over a front of 2,000 yards..."" "(Benjamin) Sam, come on." "(r HANDEL:" ""Dead March")" "(Brass band plays)" "(Man) What takes your fancy, then, my boy'?" "Er..." "I was looking at the cap." "What size?" "Average." "Try that one." "(Draper) Suits you very well." "That'll be five shillings and sixpence." "I'll, er...knock off the sixpence." " I'll have two." "One for my brother." " Oh." "Good for you." "What about this one?" "No." "They must be two the same." "Er...this one, then." "It's practically identical." "No." "It must be the same." "Lewis Jones." "My brother's freezing." "Lewis!" "Benjamin's lost!" " I know." " They've gone out looking for him." "I know where he is." "How do you feel?" "You left me." "Them's not two persons, see." "Them's one." "If Lewis be away, then Benjamin do pine." "He's not easy in himself, if Lewis be gone." "And when we had the big snowstorm, Lewis was over to Rhydspence." "And him did know his brother was lost on the hill." "And he did find him." "I could not." "But he knew where to look." "Benjamin would be dead now, otherwise." "And they will not have Lewis back at Rhydspence, for he was gone a week." "No fault of his, mind." "He would not leave his brother, see." "Quite so." "They're one." "It would kill Benjamin, if Lewis be taken for the army." "(Sniffs)" "Don't give it another thought." "Simple matter." "I'll arrange it with my colleagues." "We're not ogres, you know." "This tribunal must be fair." "The agricultural needs of the community must be taken into account, but... there is a great and barbarous enemy that must be destroyed." "And to destroy it, the army needs men." " I'd second that." " Name and address?" "Thomas Phillips." "Talwrn Uchaf." "Reason for exemption?" "I'm a socialist, sir." "And a Quaker." "Nothing could force me to reconcile military discipline with my conscience." "In which case, I strongly advise you to go to bed early, and to get up early, and then your conscience will soon cease to trouble you." " Case dismissed." " (Tribunal members snigger)" "Report to Hereford Barracks within five days." "Next..." "One at a time, gentleman." "One at a time." "You on the left, kindly step forward, please." "The other gentleman should retire." " Name and address?" " Lewis Jones." "The Vision." " What?" " (indistinct)" "Ah." " Exemption granted." " Thank you very much." "Next, please." " Name?" " Benjamin Jones." "The Vision, sir." "We need this man." "Have you anything to say, Jones?" "Sir, I'm not to go, sir." "I'm with my brother." "(Colonel) Stuff and nonsense, man!" "Do you not believe in the sanctity of the allied cause?" "Do you believe in God?" "Gross impertinence!" "Well, do you believe in the Sixth Commandment?" " The Sixth Commandment?" " "Thou shalt not kill."" " Damned cheek, what!" " Damnable cheek." "This tribunal, having carefully considered your case, finds itself unable to grant exemption from service in His Majesty's Armed Forces." "Report to Hereford Barracks within five days." "I shall go, Mam." "War's as good as over now." "I don't believe it." "He promised me." "That Arkwright, he promised the two of them would be exempt." " What could I do?" " Don't lie to me!" "You brute!" "You knew!" "Don't be too hard on Dad." "It wasn't his fault." "You know nothing about it." "Look, I'll go instead." " They won't know the difference." " No." "I'll go." "But they're gonna have to come for me." "(Shouting in background, men marching)" "(Cheering)" "(P "God Save The King" segues into "Land Of My Fathers")" ""Make us glad, according to the days wherein Thou has afflicted us," ""and the years wherein we have seen evil." ""Remember the sorrows of Moses" ""who saw a whole generation die in the wilderness," ""and was himself denied admission to the Promised Land..."" "(Choir's singing drowns priest's words)" "(Priest) "...for he lived amidst 4O years..."" "(Choir drowns out priest once more)" "(Priest) "...who has filled one scale with grief," ""will surely fill the other with gladness..."" "Ah, Benjamin." "I'd like a word with you." "Benjamin." "From what they tell me, you're a very brave young man." "An example to us all." "But you have to forgive them now." "They'd no idea what they were doing." "Benjamin..." "Tell me." "Tell me what's the matter." "You can tell your mother everything." "It's nothing." "Nothing?" "(Brass band plays in the distance)" "You don't have to come." "I'm coming." "Well..." "Fancy you showing up." " I've...a little present for you, Lewis." " Thank you very much." " Shirkers..." " Had it easy in Hereford, didn't you, mate?" "I'm sorry, Lewis." "But we will be together." "Always." "(Amos) Mary!" "Mary!" " (Amos) Are you sure?" " (Rebecca) Yes!" "You...harlot!" "You...hussy!" " What's this, then?" " Shouting won't help!" "Shout'?" "Oh, I'll shout, all right." "My own daughter with a baby!" " (Crockery smashes) - (Amos) Who is he?" "I'll kill him!" " (Amos shouts) Who is he?" " (Mary) He's a railwayman!" " John Moynihan." " Moynihan?" "(Shouts) Moynihan'?" "Irish is he?" "A bloody Irishman!" "I suppose he's a Catholic, is he?" "So what if he is?" "Don't you hit her!" " (Amos hits Rebecca)" " Amos!" "Get out!" "Get away from here, you Jezebel!" "Out!" "Out!" "Out!" "Did you hear, Amos?" "The estate be selling off their farms to pay death duties." "I thought as much." "Been six months since the old colonel died, isn't it?" "Arkwright was saying all the tenants would be offered the farms, at a fair valuation." "No, indeed." "It is a public auction." "Right." "If anyone bids against a tenant," "I shall kick him from this room, with my own boot." "By order of the trustees of Lurkenhope Estates, the sale of 15 farms, five parcels of accommodation land, and 200 acres of mature forest." "Shall I not die on the farm I were born in'?" "(Men murmur assent)" "Of course you shall." "By making the appropriate bid." "(Guffawing)" " I do assure you, sir, the reserves are low." " (Groans)" "Are we ready to begin, then?" "No, sir." "We are not ready to begin!" "We are ready to put an end to this nonsense." "Is it right that property of this kind should be put up, without giving the tenants a chance to buy'?" " (Men murmur assent)" " Gentlemen, it's a little late in the day." "But I will say the following:" "as farmers, you advocate an open market for the sale of your stock, and yet you've come here expecting a closed market against your landlord?" "(Groaning) ls their government control of the price of land?" "There is government control of the price of stock." "(Men murmur assent)" "Sir, this is a sale by public auction, it is..." " (Shouts) ...not a political meeting!" " It'll turn political, soon enough!" "You Englishmen..." "You think you have troubles enough in Ireland." "Well, I can tell you... there's a room full of Welshmen ready to make trouble right here!" "(Men roar assent)" "Right!" "Sir, this is not the time or place to discuss imperial questions." "There is only one question before us, gentlemen." "Do we or do we not wish the sale to proceed?" "(AH) No!" " Chuck the bugger out!" " (All) Aye!" "(Men sing "Land Of My Fathers" in Welsh)" "(Auctioneer bangs gavel)" "(Men cheer)" "I shall say one thing more." "If this disturbance continues, the lots will be withdrawn and offered for sale by private treaty, in a single block." "It's best to leave him go on now, or we'll lose the chance." "It's our only chance, man." "All right, all right!" "But if I catch any man, woman or dog bidding against a tenant, I'll boot him!" "(AN) Hear!" "Hear!" "Very well, then." "The gentleman has given his permission to proceed." "Lot One, then." "Red Darren." "Farm and barns and 95 acres." "One thousand pounds am I bid?" " One thousand pounds." " One thousand, one hundred." "Eleven hundred pounds." "One thousand, two hundred pounds." "(1st bidder) One thousand, three hundred." "One thousand, three hundred." "One thousand, four hundred." "Two thousand, six hundred." "Two thousand, seven hundred." "Two thousand, eight hundred, and that's as far as I'll go." "Two thousand, eight hundred pounds." "The property's for sale at two thousand, eight hundred pounds." "Very well, then." "Sold to the tenant for £2,800." "(Cheering)" "Drinks on me, after, boys!" "Lot Two!" "(Whispers) This is it." "Vision Farm." "House and outbuildings, with 120 acres and grazing rights on the Black Hill." "What am I bid?" "One thousand pounds?" "One thousand pounds, is it?" " Your bid, sir, at one thousand pounds." " One thousand, one hundred." "One thousand, one hundred." "One thousand, two hundred." "One thousand, three hundred pounds." "One thousand, four hundred pounds." "One thousand, five hundred pounds." "One thousand, six hundred pounds." "One thousand, seven hundred pounds." "One thousand, eight hundred pounds." "One thousand, nine hundred pounds." " Two thousand." " Two thousand, two hundred." "Two thousand, two hundred pounds." "Two thousand, four hundred pounds." "Two thousand, six hundred pounds." "And seven." "And 50." "The property's for sale at £2,750." "For the first time of asking, at 2,750." "Asking for the second time, at 2,750." "For the third and last time, at 2,750." "Very well, then." "Sold to the tenant for £2,750... (Man) Three thousand pound." "(Auctioneer) At 3,000." "The bid is at the back of the room for 3,000." "Three thousand, one hundred." "Auctioneer} Near me at 3,1 QB." "Three thousand, five hundred." "(Auctioneer) Three thousand, five hundred, at the back." " And six." " (Auctioneer) And six, at the front." "Four thousand pound." "(Auctioneer) Four thousand pounds, a bidder at the back." " Four thousand, one hundred." " Four thousand, one hundred." "(Bidder at the back) Four thousand, five hundred." "(Auctioneer) Four thousand, five hundred pounds." "At the back." "(Amos) Four thousand, six hundred." "(Auctioneer) Four thousand, six hundred pounds, near me." "Five thousand pound." "Five thousand pounds, the bidder at the back." "Five thousand, one hundred." "(Auctioneer) Five thousand, one hundred, near me, again." "Five thousand, two hundred." "At 5,200." "Five thousand, two hundred." "Are you all done?" "Against you, sir." "Sold to the bidder at the back, for 5,200." " Five thousand, three hundred." " Oh, stop it." "It's mad." "You've got to stop!" "Near me, again, at 5,300." "Five thousand, four hundred." "Thank you, sir, 5,400..." "And 500." "(Auctioneer) Near me, again." "At £5,500." "Very well, then." "Sold to the tenant, for £5,500." "(Bell tolls)" "Unfair, madam?" "In what way "unfair"?" "Mm'?" "It was a public auction." "It was a private vendetta." "Mr Watkins has made our lives a misery." "Since that business over the boundary, he's done everything he could to upset us." "After he left his wife, we thought we might get some peace." "Yes, Mrs Jones, I am listening." "Is there anything more you wish to say?" "I was hoping that..." "I was wondering if the trustees would agree to reduce the price." "Reduce the price?" "What a suggestion!" " Well, is there no way?" " None." " Is there no hope?" " Hope?" "I call it sheer effrontery." "You won't get that price from anyone else, you know." "I beg your pardon, Mrs Jones." "On the contrary." "Mr Watkins walked in here, this very morning, only too willing to place his deposit, should the purchaser default." "I don't believe you." "Don't." "You'll have 28 days in which to decide." "How's Father?" "Acting strange." "(Amos) "Vanity." "All is vanity." ""Strike me, God, for my pride." ""Cast my sin into the sea." "Punish my flesh for my transgression." ""Strike me!" "God, cleave me..."" " What can I tell him now?" " "...would spare my little flock." ""Spare not this sinner." "Spare not e'en..." ""But spare my humble dwelling." "(Sighs deeply)" ""Dear Mrs Bickerton..." ""You will have heard that Mr Watkins, Craig-y-fedw," ""and my husband Amos" ""have not always seen eye to eye..."" "Thanks." ""Poor you." "What an ordeal." "Thank heavens I still have some clout with the trustees." ""Whatever the reserve was, you can certainly have it for that."" "(Benjamin sighs)" "Big 0' them!" "Very big 0' them." "Bloody English." "Who do they think they are?" "Bloody Bickertons!" "It's me as farms the land, not them!" "Of course...we'd never have got into this, if it hadn't been for you." "They only gave us the lease because you went down on your knees to them." "It's all your money and your furniture, isn't it'?" "And I'm the one as does the work!" "You couldn't even look after your own daughter." "If you'd been more of a mother to her, she'd have never have gone off like that!" "And for them two idiots..." "And now everything's gone to whinders, and all you have to do is write some clever-clever letter." "But I'm the one as scraped and saved and ruined his health." "Not the bloody English!" "Me!" "A Welshman!" "And you know what?" "They can keep it." "I do...not...want it!" "Not at that price." "Not at any price!" "Do you know what I want?" "I know what I want." "My daughter." "Rebecca." "That's what I want." "Back." "Back home." "And her husband." "Bloody Irishman!" "Couldn't be worse than them two halfwits!" "And I'll find her, and bring her back!" "Bring them both back!" "Back!" "(Sobs) Back!" "(Continues to sob)" "(Mary) I know..." "Somehow we'll find her." "Somehow we'll get her back." "(Howls) Why did I put her out?" "You've the strength of an ox, Mr Jones." "We'll have you on your feet in no time." "I'm afraid you'll have to expect another attack, you know." "Haines, take over, will you?" " He was a fine man." " God have mercy on his soul." "(Third woman) He was a good man." "Yes, he was a good man." "Ben, look!" "Hello." " Dennis." " All right." "(indistinct)" "No." "Ah, now, Mr Jones." "I need your advice." "Which one would you choose?" "Oh..." "Thank you very much!" "No!" "Which one do you like the best?" " Er...that one, Mrs Lambert." " Mm." "Quite right." "The other's awful." "Look, we have to go." "Mam will have tea ready." "Well, afternoon." "Oh, Mr Jones." "Are you all right for this Wednesday?" "The riding?" " Oh, yes." "I'm fine." " The usual time, then." " All right?" " Yeah." "(Clop of hooves)" "Here comes the old lecher." "Now, then." "It's 25 shillings, this year." "That's one woman in London, five in Abergavenny." "Morning, Mrs Jones." "Life's all moil and toil, Lewis." "Do you fancy a cup of tea, then?" "Maybe when you've finished... you could fix the yard gate." "Haines said he'd do it." "Well, that was last month, and..." "I'm alone in the house." "They say Rosie Bevan's a good pastry cook." "Needs a few jobs doing about the place now that Evan's gone off, like." "(Sighs deeply)" "(Faint moaning)" "Get yer dirty, interfering nose away from here!" "(Clop of hooves)" "Late!" "I'm very sorry, ma'am." "Had a bit of trouble with me brother." "He was none too keen on it." "Says we might get lost in the fog, like." " Oh, well." "You're not afraid of getting lost..." " No, ma'am." "Besides, it'll be sunny on the tops." "Just you wait." "(She gees horse)" "(Woman) Look!" "What did I tell you?" "The sun!" "Oh, I love Scots pines." "Ah... and when I'm very, very old," "I'd like to look like one!" "Do you know what I mean?" "Well...n0." "What's that you got on your cheek?" "Nothing." "Get off." "Benjamin!" "What's that?" ""If thy right hand offend thee..."" "Thank heaven for that." "I want to come home, Mother." "No, you can't." "Not yet." "It's terrible to see your brother in such a state." "(Radio announcer) '...when Parliament is meeting today." "'Hostilities have been going on since early this morning, 'along the frontiers between Germany and Poland." "'There is no news about the progress of either side." "'What news there is comes, chiefly, from the official broadcasting stations 'in Warsaw and Berlin." "'The German Supreme Command announced at half past eleven this morning, 'that German troops had passed all the frontiers, 'that the German Air Force had gone into action...'" "Mam... (Gasps)" "Mam?" "Oh, my God!" "Oh, Mam, no... (Mary) Lewis..." "Lewis..." "(Groans feebly)" "(Distant engine approaching)" "He's come." "(Moans feebly)" "(Footsteps approach)" "(Door opens)" "(Lewis) Must be Coventry again." "Mm..." "And a good job it isn't we." " (Lewis) Goodnight now." " Aye, goodnight." "(Rumbling)" "(m Man sings "Lili Marleen")" "(Woman speaks German)" "(Man replies in German)" "So...twins?" "You know, in Vienna, before the war, we had the most wonderful pastries." "But I would like it very much if you would give me the recipe for these." "(Couple speak in German)" "And this is the, er...bedroom, like." "So... you loved your mother very much." "(Viennese woman) 'You know, before the war, I was making a study of twins." "'Twins who had never been separated." "'Just like you two." "'I should like to continue that." "'It's so fascinating." "'You know that some twins are inseparable.'" "Even in death." "There we are." "That's as I always felt." "Oh!" "But what do you think will happen to you in the life to come?" "How do you imagine Heaven?" "And how do you imagine hellfire?" " Something like London, I expect." " (She chuckles)" "But will your souls be together?" "Well, how can we have two souls, like?" "I look at Lewis and I see me." "Once, I looked in the mirror and I thought it was him." "And once, I thought I heard my own echo." "If one of us dies before the other..." "I don't suppose there is much beyond the grave, but..." "We shall have to go together, somehow." "(Woman) So... there is a very interesting monument here." "Dame Blanche Parry." "She was a maid... to Queen Elizabeth's bedchamber." "Are you coming, Ben?" "No, no." "I'll sit by here for a bit." "You two go on." "Sometimes..." "I think I'd be better off on me own." "I've always loved Benjamin, mind." "Loved him more than anything, and no one can deny that." "I've always felt left out." "Pushed out, you might say." "(Hesitates)" "I was always the strong one and... and he was a poor mimicking thing." "But I loved him for it, though." "(Whispers) Go on..." "Aye... well, that's the worry." "Sometimes..." "I lie awake and wonder what it would be like if he weren't there." "If...if he'd gone off." "Was dead, even." "Then I'd have had a life of me own." "Had kids..." "I know." "But our lives are not so simple." "No..." "No, it would not be correct." "I'm sorry." "(Benjamin) Them two fields either side of the brook are on the market." "Lewis..." "Down by the Pant." "(Benjamin mutters to himself)" "I wonder if Uncle Eddie in Canada ever had any grandchildren." "(Chickens cluck)" "Mr Lewis and Mr Benjamin Jones, is it?" "My name is Mrs Redpath." "Pleased to meet you." "I have something very important I'd like to discuss." "No bread and butler, thank you." "All those curios." "Take a bit of dusting, I shouldn't wonder." "Thank you very much." "I expect you're wondering why I've come." "You see, my mother died, last June." "It's a bit difficult to explain, but... before she went, she told me that..." "Well, when she was younger, she used to take in lodgers, to make ends meet." "And I was left to board with her." "1924 it was." "So, you see..." "I wasn't her daughter at all." "She said my real mother was a girl from on a farm, on the Black Hill, who ran off overseas, with an Irishman." "Rebecca's baby." "Aye." "My mother was Rebecca Jones." "I checked my birth certificate and the register." "Just you wait till you see my little Kevin." "He's the spitting image of you both." " I'll bring him up tomorrow." " No." "No, we'll come down and see him sometime." "I keep telling you, what's the use in owning more and more land, and buying more and more tractors, if the one thing we lack is an heir?" "Aye, and that's what she's after, isn't it?" "Mm'?" " The money!" " Oh..." "Now, you mind what I say, now." "No good will come of it." "He's a gift from providence... that's what he is." "There you are." "I've been looking all over." "Kevin's in the nativity play at Llanfechan and I wondered if you cared to come." "I could drive you over and back." "He's Father Joseph." "Father Joseph." "Aye, aye!" "Tonight's the last night, like." "Aye, well..." "I'll come with you." "(Mrs Redpath) ...he's playing Joseph." "I told you he's playing Father Joseph, didn't I'?" "Yes, yes." "He's been doing his lines every night." "He's very good." "(Applause)" "(Children mimic sheep)" "That's my Kevin!" "Can't you find us a room, sir?" "My wife's going to have a baby at any minute." "I ain't got room in the place." "The whole town's chock-a-block with folkses... to come...has come to pay their taxes." "I got this stable, though." "You can sleep in there if you want to." "I thank you very much, sir." "I think it'll do very nicely for humble folks like us." "Joseph, I think he's going to be the loveliest baby in the world." "(I Chopin waltz is played on the piano)" "(I Piano obscures speech)" "instead of leaving Vision Farms to young Kevin, when you die, there's a considerable advantage in giving them to him in your lifetime." "Far be it from me to influence you in any way, but... providing you live another five years, the estate will escape paying death duties." " Nothing to pay?" " Nothing but the stamp duty." "Naturally, he would be legally bound to provide for you, in your old age, and of course, it would be held in trust until he's 21." " Lewis?" " Aye." "Oh, well." "There you are, then." "We'll give him the farm now, and he can come into it, like, when he's 21." "Aye." "By then, we two should be 80." "Eighty." "(Benjamin) Helicoptering again, are they?" "Hang-gliding it is, Benjamin." "Hang-gliding." "He wouldn't forget, would he, Lewis?" "No." "No, he wouldn't forget." "Oh, there they are." " Happy birthday." " Happy birthday." " Kevin." " Hello, Kevin." " How are you, Eileen." " Nice to see you, Eileen." " Well, how's the baby coming along?" " Fine, thank you." "Your present hasn't arrived yet." "It'll be ready at ten o'clock." "And it's an hour's drive away, so we should get a move on." "Well, er...where would that be, then?" "Ah, it's a surprise." "It's a mystery tour." "Oh, aye?" "Oh, dear." "It's an aerodrome." "Kevin..." "Kevin, no." "I'd not go in an aeroplane." "But Uncle, it's safer than driving a car!" "Yes, with your driving, maybe." "No, no, no, no, no." "I'd never go in an aeroplane." " Hi, Kev." " Hiya." " I'm your pilot." " Thank you very much." " Happy birthday." " Thank you." "Happy birthday." " Never too late to take up flying, eh." " Mm..." "It's all right." "Have a look, come on." "Ben!" "Look!" "The Vision!" "It's your turn." "My turn?" "To fly." "Oh, my God." "Try a figure of eight." "Down on the left." "'That's enough." "No, straighten out.'" "Now, down on the right." "Easy does it." "Good." "Now, another big loop... and we'll call it a day." "(I Congregation sings "We Plough the Fields and Scatter")" "I But what Thou most desirest" "I" Our humble, thankful hearts" "J" All good gifts around us are sent from Heaven above" "I Then thank the Lord" "J" Oh, thank the Lord" "J" For all His love ♪" "The reading comes from the Book of Revelations." ""And I, John, saw the Holy City." ""New Jerusalem." ""Coming down from God, out of Heaven," ""prepared as a bride, adorned for her husband." ""And the foundations of the wall of the city" ""were garnished with all manner of precious stones." ""The first foundation was jasper;" ""the second, sapphire;" ""the third, a chalcedony;" ""the fourth, an emerald;" ""the fifth, sardonyx;" ""the sixth, sardius;" ""the seventh, chrysolyte;" ""the eighth, beryl;" ""the ninth, the topaz;" ""the tenth, a chrysoprasus;" ""the eleventh, a jacinth;" ""the twelfth, an amethyst." ""And I saw no temple therein," ""for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it." ""And the city have no need of the sun." ""Neither of the moon, to shine it." ""For the glory of God did lighten it," ""and the Lamb is the light thereof."" " Right." "There you are, then." " Right." " Shall I dry?" " All right, then." "It's the christening on Sunday." "Don't forget that." "He'll have a bit of a job, though, with all those names, when he grows up." ""Lewis Benjamin Amos Jones"." "Bit of a mouthful." "(Jet engine roars)" " Go for Lewis." " Wait there." "(Jet engine roars)" "You shouldn't see him." "(r Choir sings) I The Lord is my shepherd" "J" I shall not want" "I" He is my shepherd" "J" I shall not want J"" "(I A Chopin waltz is played on a piano)"