1 00:00:09,380 --> 00:00:11,270 Get ready. 2 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:14,640 Shh. Shh! 3 00:00:20,922 --> 00:00:24,392 - Got them. - Jo, those are the kitchen scissors. 4 00:00:24,442 --> 00:00:27,101 - They're good and sharp. - Please don't make me be the first. 5 00:00:27,128 --> 00:00:30,890 No... Amy's first. 6 00:00:35,762 --> 00:00:39,392 If I must make this sacrament, I do it gladly. 7 00:00:40,187 --> 00:00:42,522 But don't you dare take more than a half inch. 8 00:00:54,202 --> 00:00:56,602 Do you have any letters for the post, Pastor March? 9 00:00:58,842 --> 00:01:01,640 - This will go on the mail train tonight? - Yes, sir. 10 00:01:01,869 --> 00:01:03,187 Bless you, son. 11 00:01:04,442 --> 00:01:05,962 Cold. 12 00:01:27,522 --> 00:01:34,242 Merry Christmas, Father. With our fondest love, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. 13 00:02:01,807 --> 00:02:04,900 CREDITS 14 00:02:18,362 --> 00:02:21,512 Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents. 15 00:02:21,562 --> 00:02:23,032 Jo, get up off the rug. 16 00:02:23,082 --> 00:02:26,112 That party dress is in a bad enough state as it is. 17 00:02:26,162 --> 00:02:29,672 We agreed not to have any presents this year. We said we didn't mind 18 00:02:29,722 --> 00:02:32,112 as long as we had Marmee and Father and each other. 19 00:02:32,162 --> 00:02:33,712 Beth, we haven't got Father 20 00:02:33,762 --> 00:02:36,232 and we shan't have him for ever such a long time. 21 00:02:36,282 --> 00:02:40,072 - Not until the war ends. - Meg! I found Jo's gloves. 22 00:02:40,122 --> 00:02:42,152 They're all creased and sticky. 23 00:02:42,202 --> 00:02:45,232 I used them to mop up some lemonade I spilled at Sally's birthday dance. 24 00:02:45,282 --> 00:02:46,992 Jo, why didn't you clean them? 25 00:02:47,042 --> 00:02:49,352 You can't go to a party without any gloves. 26 00:02:49,402 --> 00:02:52,352 I was hoping I wouldn't be invited to another one. 27 00:02:52,402 --> 00:02:55,192 I should have gone away with Father in disguise, 28 00:02:55,242 --> 00:02:59,672 signed up as a drummer boy and done my duty as he has. 29 00:02:59,722 --> 00:03:03,072 Jo, I don't think that's allowed or even possible. 30 00:03:03,122 --> 00:03:06,392 Besides, I can't think of anything more disagreeable. 31 00:03:06,442 --> 00:03:09,232 Why would you want to sleep in a tent 32 00:03:09,282 --> 00:03:13,032 and drink out of a tin mug and eat all sorts of... bad-tasting food? 33 00:03:13,082 --> 00:03:15,552 Because, Amy, she forgets that she's a young lady 34 00:03:15,602 --> 00:03:18,272 and that I am trying to mend her dress. 35 00:03:18,322 --> 00:03:21,272 I can't help that I like boy's clothes and work and manners. 36 00:03:21,322 --> 00:03:23,312 Being born a girl is the most disappointing thing 37 00:03:23,362 --> 00:03:25,322 that ever happened to me. 38 00:04:06,602 --> 00:04:09,512 I do believe that was busiest day the depot ever had. 39 00:04:09,562 --> 00:04:12,992 We had to get 200 boxes of soldiers' comforts onto the five o'clock train 40 00:04:13,042 --> 00:04:15,032 and we lacked mittens for some of them. 41 00:04:15,082 --> 00:04:17,672 We'll have to sit and knit more like pokey old women. 42 00:04:17,722 --> 00:04:20,192 Jo, be careful. 43 00:04:20,242 --> 00:04:23,952 - You look tired to death. - Aunt March kept me on my toes today. 44 00:04:24,002 --> 00:04:26,922 Most people mellow out at Christmas but not her. 45 00:04:28,322 --> 00:04:31,922 Do I get a kiss as well as warm slippers, Amy? 46 00:04:35,482 --> 00:04:38,672 You're all such a treat to come home to. 47 00:04:38,722 --> 00:04:41,392 And I have a treat for you, too. 48 00:04:41,442 --> 00:04:44,112 - A letter? - Is it from Father? 49 00:04:44,162 --> 00:04:45,602 Yes, it is. 50 00:04:53,002 --> 00:04:55,672 You're late, Theodore. 51 00:04:55,722 --> 00:04:57,242 I'm sorry, Grandfather. 52 00:05:01,802 --> 00:05:03,872 How was your voyage? 53 00:05:03,922 --> 00:05:08,712 Did you stay on deck and keep your eyes on the horizon as I advised? 54 00:05:08,762 --> 00:05:10,392 Mostly. 55 00:05:10,442 --> 00:05:12,232 Mostly worked. 56 00:05:12,282 --> 00:05:16,602 I presume you brought your principal's reports for me to read. 57 00:05:18,402 --> 00:05:22,912 "A year is a long time to wait before we meet again. 58 00:05:22,962 --> 00:05:27,922 "But these hard days will not be wasted if we all work hard. 59 00:05:30,042 --> 00:05:33,272 "Give them all my dear love and a kiss, 60 00:05:33,322 --> 00:05:38,752 "tell them I think of them by day and pray for them each evening. 61 00:05:38,802 --> 00:05:40,992 "Our country may be torn in two 62 00:05:41,042 --> 00:05:43,792 "because it can't agree on what is right, 63 00:05:43,842 --> 00:05:46,112 "but even in this time of darkness, 64 00:05:46,162 --> 00:05:49,552 "when armies clash and blood is shed, 65 00:05:49,602 --> 00:05:53,232 "we can shine a light through our kindness to each other. 66 00:05:53,282 --> 00:05:55,872 "And there are smaller battles we can win, 67 00:05:55,922 --> 00:05:59,432 "within our hearts and close to home. 68 00:05:59,482 --> 00:06:03,592 "I know my daughters will fight their bosom enemies bravely 69 00:06:03,642 --> 00:06:06,272 "and conquer themselves so beautifully 70 00:06:06,322 --> 00:06:11,272 "that when I come back to them, I may be fonder and prouder than ever 71 00:06:11,322 --> 00:06:13,602 "of my little women." 72 00:06:43,522 --> 00:06:45,682 Merry Christmas, Jo. 73 00:06:54,162 --> 00:06:56,632 Hannah, do you know where our mother is? She isn't in her room. 74 00:06:56,682 --> 00:07:00,672 She wouldn't be, because we had some shoeless little lad come 75 00:07:00,722 --> 00:07:03,872 wheeling and hammering on the door saying his mother was starving 76 00:07:03,922 --> 00:07:07,672 and sickly and like to die and all her children like to die with her. 77 00:07:07,722 --> 00:07:10,752 - Kindly get your fingers out the syrup. - Sorry. - Sorry. 78 00:07:10,802 --> 00:07:15,232 So, your mother went running off after him to see what she could do. 79 00:07:15,282 --> 00:07:17,792 And she took a great pile of firing from next to my stove. 80 00:07:17,842 --> 00:07:21,232 As long as we've enough to cook the bacon. 81 00:07:21,282 --> 00:07:23,512 Merry Christmas, Hannah! 82 00:07:23,562 --> 00:07:25,872 If you don't unleash me, you young rapscallions, 83 00:07:25,922 --> 00:07:28,202 there will be no pancakes! 84 00:07:29,522 --> 00:07:31,002 Girls. 85 00:07:32,322 --> 00:07:36,112 I've just come from the most deprived and wretched home 86 00:07:36,162 --> 00:07:38,432 I have ever seen. 87 00:07:38,482 --> 00:07:41,512 There was a mother with a newborn 88 00:07:41,562 --> 00:07:46,472 and five other little ones huddled under rags for warmth. 89 00:07:46,522 --> 00:07:51,482 I took firewood but... it was not enough. 90 00:08:11,682 --> 00:08:13,792 Cream! We never have cream. 91 00:08:13,842 --> 00:08:15,592 I'm carrying the bacon. 92 00:08:15,642 --> 00:08:18,512 The smell torments me like the legions of the damned! 93 00:08:18,562 --> 00:08:21,712 Hurry, Beth, dear. Don't let those sugar rolls get cold! 94 00:08:21,762 --> 00:08:23,202 Come on, Jo! 95 00:08:31,642 --> 00:08:34,072 Oh, my stars! Miss, I'm so sorry. 96 00:08:34,122 --> 00:08:37,632 I could have... broken your... coffee service. 97 00:08:37,682 --> 00:08:40,592 I'm quite likely to break it myself before I'm through. 98 00:08:40,642 --> 00:08:43,952 Or lose my self-control and just drink all the coffee. 99 00:08:44,002 --> 00:08:46,152 We're giving our Christmas breakfast away 100 00:08:46,202 --> 00:08:48,472 to a poor German family we've never even met. 101 00:08:48,522 --> 00:08:51,112 - Was that your idea? - No. Our mother's. 102 00:08:51,162 --> 00:08:54,392 The soccer ball wasn't mine. It was my grandfather's. 103 00:08:54,442 --> 00:08:57,032 He thinks it's the kind of thing a boy my age might like. 104 00:08:57,082 --> 00:08:59,352 Mr Laurence is YOUR grandfather? 105 00:08:59,402 --> 00:09:02,472 Until last night I hadn't seen him for ten years. 106 00:09:02,522 --> 00:09:05,712 But I'll be living with him now at least until I go to college. 107 00:09:05,762 --> 00:09:08,672 - That's nice. - Hurry up! 108 00:09:08,722 --> 00:09:12,192 I should go back. Grandfather's watching through the window, 109 00:09:12,242 --> 00:09:14,752 so I have to make out like I'm having fun. 110 00:09:14,802 --> 00:09:18,042 - Happy Christmas present-giving! - Oh, yes. 111 00:10:16,442 --> 00:10:17,952 Jo, dear, there you are. 112 00:10:18,002 --> 00:10:21,472 Ah, a hot drink first for Mrs Hummel. 113 00:10:21,522 --> 00:10:22,962 Give the tray to Meg. 114 00:10:24,122 --> 00:10:25,632 Beth and Amy, 115 00:10:25,682 --> 00:10:29,392 could you start spooning out some oatmeal for the little ones? 116 00:10:29,442 --> 00:10:32,602 Jo, see if you can stop that broken window. 117 00:10:35,122 --> 00:10:36,912 What with? 118 00:10:36,962 --> 00:10:40,872 Ah... Hannah's hat will do. 119 00:10:40,922 --> 00:10:42,922 If you'd be so kind. 120 00:11:06,922 --> 00:11:10,072 I didn't even know that people lived like that. 121 00:11:10,122 --> 00:11:12,472 But they do. 122 00:11:12,522 --> 00:11:14,712 Come downstairs. 123 00:11:14,762 --> 00:11:16,882 There's something you'll enjoy. 124 00:11:31,482 --> 00:11:34,592 - Did you do this? - No. 125 00:11:34,642 --> 00:11:39,272 There's pink ice cream and white ice cream. And jelly! 126 00:11:39,322 --> 00:11:41,392 You never saw anything so elegant! 127 00:11:41,442 --> 00:11:43,832 Old Mr Laurence from next door sent it. 128 00:11:43,882 --> 00:11:46,912 It's a reward, because he heard about us giving our breakfast away. 129 00:11:46,962 --> 00:11:50,802 That boy just lost his mother. We must make him welcome. 130 00:12:29,002 --> 00:12:32,472 It's burning. It's burning, Jo! You're burning my hair! 131 00:12:32,522 --> 00:12:34,672 Are the tongs supposed to smoke like that? 132 00:12:34,722 --> 00:12:36,912 Of course they are! It's just the dampness drying. 133 00:12:36,962 --> 00:12:38,312 Something's scorching, Jo. 134 00:12:38,362 --> 00:12:40,712 Even I can smell it and I've got quite a flat nose. 135 00:12:40,762 --> 00:12:43,152 Nonsense! When I take these papers out, you're all going see 136 00:12:43,202 --> 00:12:44,642 a cloud of little ringlets! 137 00:12:57,042 --> 00:13:02,872 Oh, Meg... Oh, no. I'm so sorry! 138 00:13:02,922 --> 00:13:06,112 I'm so sorry! So... 139 00:13:06,162 --> 00:13:11,152 What have you done? Jo! What have you done?! 140 00:13:11,202 --> 00:13:14,082 I did what you asked me to do, I curled your hair! 141 00:13:16,242 --> 00:13:20,112 Why did you even ask me? You know I always ruin everything! 142 00:13:20,162 --> 00:13:23,032 - Oh, that's not true, Jo! - It's true tonight! 143 00:13:23,082 --> 00:13:28,072 How can I go to the party without any hair? 144 00:13:28,122 --> 00:13:31,072 You still have plenty at the back that's really smooth and pretty. 145 00:13:31,122 --> 00:13:34,522 And it's not as though you're Jo, whose hair is her one beauty. 146 00:14:06,882 --> 00:14:08,632 Not that piano. 147 00:14:08,682 --> 00:14:11,722 There was... I'm sorry, sir. I didn't know. 148 00:14:13,162 --> 00:14:17,512 Look, if you must play, there's a concert grand in the drawing room. 149 00:14:17,562 --> 00:14:19,042 Yes, sir. 150 00:14:21,842 --> 00:14:25,882 Nobody plays that piano any more. I don't permit it! 151 00:14:30,722 --> 00:14:32,802 Does it really look all right, Jo? 152 00:14:34,642 --> 00:14:37,922 It looks almost like you've invented a new fashion. 153 00:14:45,282 --> 00:14:47,472 Would you like to swap a glove with me? 154 00:14:47,522 --> 00:14:49,152 Mine are still all creased and sticky. 155 00:14:49,202 --> 00:14:52,032 - I could not get that lemonade out. - I meant swap just one, 156 00:14:52,082 --> 00:14:55,352 so we can each wear a smart glove and carry one that's spoiled. 157 00:14:55,402 --> 00:14:57,552 Will it make you happy? 158 00:14:57,602 --> 00:14:59,322 Yes, it will. 159 00:15:09,202 --> 00:15:13,992 Meg, if I do anything really wrong, will you wink at me? 160 00:15:14,042 --> 00:15:18,592 I will do no such thing! I shall raise my eyebrows. 161 00:15:18,642 --> 00:15:20,402 That's much more ladylike. 162 00:15:36,642 --> 00:15:39,722 - What? - Smile. 163 00:16:00,842 --> 00:16:04,472 You can't spend the whole evening in the retiring room, Jo. 164 00:16:04,522 --> 00:16:06,232 Don't you have any dances? 165 00:16:06,282 --> 00:16:08,602 No. Can't say I do. 166 00:16:13,042 --> 00:16:16,352 Ned Moffat has engaged me for supper! 167 00:16:16,402 --> 00:16:20,112 I can scarcely wait to sit down, my shoes are pinching so! 168 00:16:20,162 --> 00:16:23,152 Oh. Please come back to the party. 169 00:16:23,202 --> 00:16:25,682 People will think we're being impolite. 170 00:16:36,922 --> 00:16:40,272 Susie Perkins has three drawing lessons a week. 171 00:16:40,322 --> 00:16:44,472 She says there's no substitute whatever for drawing from life. 172 00:16:44,522 --> 00:16:46,122 Can we see it yet? 173 00:16:51,322 --> 00:16:52,472 You look as sooty and black 174 00:16:52,522 --> 00:16:54,672 as if you've just crawled out of a coal bin. 175 00:16:54,722 --> 00:16:57,282 No-one can say I don't have accomplished daughters! 176 00:16:58,402 --> 00:17:01,432 Did you know that Jo's writing a novel? 177 00:17:01,482 --> 00:17:04,832 I've seen the pages all piled up on her desk in the garret. 178 00:17:04,882 --> 00:17:07,002 Let Jo write in peace. 179 00:17:31,122 --> 00:17:33,952 Hello, again. Don't you care for the party either? 180 00:17:34,002 --> 00:17:38,592 Oh, um, it's lovely. It's just I don't know many people. 181 00:17:38,642 --> 00:17:40,872 Me neither. And I have a headache. 182 00:17:40,922 --> 00:17:44,632 - Me too. - I think I might have the grippe coming on. 183 00:17:44,682 --> 00:17:46,952 I just have 19 hairpins stuck in my head. 184 00:17:47,002 --> 00:17:49,592 I let my little sister loose on my coiffure. 185 00:17:49,642 --> 00:17:53,592 Is that the little dark one or the little fair one? 186 00:17:53,642 --> 00:17:57,392 The fair one. Do you know us all by sight? 187 00:17:57,442 --> 00:18:00,272 We're neighbours. We ought to know each other's names. 188 00:18:00,322 --> 00:18:02,752 And when you sent the thank you letter for the supper, 189 00:18:02,802 --> 00:18:06,512 it just said "Margaret, Josephine, Elizabeth and Amy March." 190 00:18:06,562 --> 00:18:09,072 So I still don't know which one of you is which! 191 00:18:09,122 --> 00:18:13,112 Well, I'm Josephine, but everybody calls me Jo, apart from one 192 00:18:13,162 --> 00:18:17,432 ancient aunt whom I have to wait on and who's usually vexed with me. 193 00:18:17,482 --> 00:18:20,672 I'm called Theodore, and I hate it. 194 00:18:20,722 --> 00:18:23,552 The boys at school in Switzerland used to call me Dora. 195 00:18:23,602 --> 00:18:26,432 They changed to Laurie in the end. I made them. 196 00:18:26,482 --> 00:18:29,552 Did you learn a lot of French out there? 197 00:18:29,602 --> 00:18:36,802 ~ 198 00:18:38,482 --> 00:18:40,552 Oh, ah. "I came here with my tutor. 199 00:18:40,602 --> 00:18:43,192 "But he is in the smoking room with all the other men, 200 00:18:43,242 --> 00:18:46,072 - "talking about the war." - You have a tutor? 201 00:18:46,122 --> 00:18:48,312 Grandfather insisted. 202 00:18:48,362 --> 00:18:51,552 He wants me to go to Harvard, but my grades aren't what they need to be. 203 00:18:51,602 --> 00:18:55,032 Jo? Jo...? I turned my ankle over in the gallop 204 00:18:55,082 --> 00:18:57,432 and I swear I heard a tearing sound! 205 00:18:57,482 --> 00:18:59,072 Oh. 206 00:18:59,122 --> 00:19:01,392 Should I fetch ice? 207 00:19:01,442 --> 00:19:04,402 You'll have to fetch a stretcher or we'll never get her home! 208 00:19:36,602 --> 00:19:39,472 I was about to send Hannah to collect you. 209 00:19:39,522 --> 00:19:42,512 And I warned you about those high-heeled shoes. 210 00:19:42,562 --> 00:19:45,632 It was a case of, "Let us be elegant or die!" 211 00:19:45,682 --> 00:19:48,512 She took them off in case she sprained the other ankle. 212 00:19:48,562 --> 00:19:50,392 I'm Theodore Laurence. 213 00:19:50,442 --> 00:19:53,672 I live next door and this is my tutor, Mr Brooke, ma'am. 214 00:19:53,722 --> 00:19:55,872 I helped Miss March into our carriage, 215 00:19:55,922 --> 00:19:57,912 so that she'd be spared the walk home. 216 00:19:57,962 --> 00:20:01,242 Well, I thank you both for your extremely kind attentions. 217 00:20:13,282 --> 00:20:15,152 Meg, have you been drinking wine? 218 00:20:15,202 --> 00:20:19,362 I had punch. Does that have wine in it? 219 00:20:28,282 --> 00:20:32,032 There are three dolls on my side of the bed, Beth. 220 00:20:32,082 --> 00:20:34,152 Wasn't this one mine once? 221 00:20:34,202 --> 00:20:37,162 You broke the top off her head and I found her in the ragbag. 222 00:20:42,842 --> 00:20:45,232 Jo, I see that Laurence boy standing at the window, 223 00:20:45,282 --> 00:20:47,952 looking down, sometimes. 224 00:20:48,002 --> 00:20:50,122 Do you suppose he's lonely? 225 00:20:51,682 --> 00:20:54,362 Yes. I do. 226 00:21:11,202 --> 00:21:15,552 Marmee! Marmee! Marmee! 227 00:21:15,602 --> 00:21:18,592 Have you seen my rubber overshoes? 228 00:21:18,642 --> 00:21:21,512 If you don't put 'em away, don't expect them to stay put! 229 00:21:21,562 --> 00:21:23,512 I can't find my slate either! 230 00:21:23,562 --> 00:21:25,312 Beth, have you seen my slate? 231 00:21:25,362 --> 00:21:27,672 It has a sum on it I need to take to school today. 232 00:21:27,722 --> 00:21:30,472 - I have a headache, Amy. - All girls get headaches, Beth. 233 00:21:30,522 --> 00:21:32,392 We just have to bear them as best we can. 234 00:21:32,442 --> 00:21:35,032 I have one too, Marmee, as well as my ankle smarting. 235 00:21:35,082 --> 00:21:36,392 Can I take some belladonna? 236 00:21:36,442 --> 00:21:40,112 No. Wrap a shawl around your head. The walk to work will cure it. 237 00:21:40,162 --> 00:21:42,912 Letter for the mistress. I don't know who it's from 238 00:21:42,962 --> 00:21:45,632 but it has Mr Laurence's cipher on the envelope. 239 00:21:45,682 --> 00:21:48,672 And are youse young ladies ever going to take these hot turnovers 240 00:21:48,722 --> 00:21:51,952 I've been fretting about since sunup, or are you not? 241 00:21:52,002 --> 00:21:55,352 They most certainly are, Hannah. And they are going to take them 242 00:21:55,402 --> 00:21:58,312 out of the house within the next five minutes! 243 00:21:58,362 --> 00:22:00,642 Get to school and get to work! 244 00:22:07,162 --> 00:22:09,272 Bonjour, Mademoiselle Josephine. 245 00:22:09,322 --> 00:22:13,202 Your boots, upon the matting, s'il vous plait. 246 00:22:19,682 --> 00:22:22,552 I dare say you had a fine Christmas with your family, 247 00:22:22,602 --> 00:22:26,912 replete with homespun pleasures and the comforts of the hearth? 248 00:22:26,962 --> 00:22:29,712 Yes, we did. New Year next! 249 00:22:29,762 --> 00:22:33,952 Let us hope it brings the world less anguish than the last one. 250 00:22:34,002 --> 00:22:38,272 Polly was grieved by your absence, it would seem. 251 00:22:38,322 --> 00:22:39,872 Likewise. 252 00:22:39,922 --> 00:22:43,352 He doesn't care for that maid of mine, or her ministrations. 253 00:22:43,402 --> 00:22:47,882 He's like me. He can smell a papist from ten yards. 254 00:22:52,602 --> 00:22:55,882 Do you want to talk about your invitation from Mr Laurence? 255 00:22:57,882 --> 00:23:01,632 Oh, Beth. It's a simple invitation to go to his house, 256 00:23:01,682 --> 00:23:05,362 to play on a beautiful concert grand piano. 257 00:23:07,082 --> 00:23:08,632 Beth, dear, 258 00:23:08,682 --> 00:23:11,792 we agreed you need not go to school because it troubled your spirits, 259 00:23:11,842 --> 00:23:14,712 and we agreed that you could help to run the house, 260 00:23:14,762 --> 00:23:18,392 rather than waste your days. But if you don't engage with the world, 261 00:23:18,442 --> 00:23:20,762 all you'll be running is your own prison. 262 00:23:23,122 --> 00:23:25,722 I'm not doing what Father asked, am I? 263 00:23:27,042 --> 00:23:29,922 I'm not fighting my bosom enemies bravely. 264 00:23:31,682 --> 00:23:32,882 No. 265 00:23:34,882 --> 00:23:36,722 And you have to try. 266 00:23:38,722 --> 00:23:42,592 "In such times of dangerous trial, many would be deterred from 267 00:23:42,642 --> 00:23:48,032 "inquiring into and embracing the truth, and others tempted 268 00:23:48,082 --> 00:23:52,482 "and drawn aside from their steadfastness and integrity..." 269 00:23:56,722 --> 00:24:00,552 Why don't you just open a little wider and swallow the whole book? 270 00:24:00,602 --> 00:24:04,072 - Sorry, Aunt March. - When I engaged you as my companion, Josephine, 271 00:24:04,122 --> 00:24:06,392 it was my hope that you would come to find 272 00:24:06,442 --> 00:24:11,552 Mr Belsham's Sermons as transporting and restorative as I. 273 00:24:11,602 --> 00:24:14,872 I should have taken Margaret on not you. 274 00:24:14,922 --> 00:24:19,272 She has dainty manners, a soft voice and a sweeter nature. 275 00:24:19,322 --> 00:24:22,232 She also had another job already, taking care of four small children. 276 00:24:22,282 --> 00:24:26,032 Four small children is a recipe for heartache, headache, 277 00:24:26,082 --> 00:24:28,392 and indigestion... and it always was. 278 00:24:28,442 --> 00:24:30,992 No-one can help how big their family gets. 279 00:24:31,042 --> 00:24:33,512 Well, they can help who they fall in love with. 280 00:24:33,562 --> 00:24:37,272 The most foolish thing your mother ever did was to marry my nephew! 281 00:24:37,322 --> 00:24:40,792 He had filled his skull with theologising and philosophising 282 00:24:40,842 --> 00:24:44,992 and didn't leave space for a grain of business acumen! 283 00:24:45,042 --> 00:24:49,312 I can only hope that you and your sisters learn from her error 284 00:24:49,362 --> 00:24:51,562 and do not do likewise. 285 00:24:52,562 --> 00:24:54,912 Go and put clean sand under Polly's perch. 286 00:24:54,962 --> 00:24:58,632 After which... we may resume the sermon. 287 00:24:58,682 --> 00:25:03,002 Meaning Mr Belsham's... and not mine. 288 00:25:30,762 --> 00:25:33,592 - You savage, Laurie Laurence! A real savage! - Amy! 289 00:25:33,642 --> 00:25:38,672 Amy! Stop screaming like that! 290 00:25:38,722 --> 00:25:41,362 That's right! Do as your sister says! 291 00:25:45,442 --> 00:25:47,122 Not so fast! 292 00:25:48,842 --> 00:25:50,522 Leave this to me, Amy! 293 00:25:52,482 --> 00:25:56,882 - I'll beat you, Laurie Laurence! - I don't think so, Jo March! 294 00:26:27,402 --> 00:26:30,192 Do you want to go the theatre, Jo? 295 00:26:30,242 --> 00:26:32,232 I'm writing. 296 00:26:32,282 --> 00:26:35,802 - Well, I didn't mean today. I just meant... - Shh! 297 00:26:38,842 --> 00:26:41,472 It's a regular castle in the air up here. 298 00:26:41,522 --> 00:26:45,032 A castle in the air is a place you go to dream, Laurie Laurence. 299 00:26:45,082 --> 00:26:48,082 This garret is a chamber of industry. 300 00:26:50,122 --> 00:26:53,402 Page 156. 301 00:26:54,802 --> 00:26:57,472 I don't know how you peg away the way you do. 302 00:26:57,522 --> 00:27:00,872 Never wasting an hour, never letting one moment go cold. 303 00:27:00,922 --> 00:27:05,672 Brooke called me a lazy dog yesterday and I'm afraid I am. 304 00:27:05,722 --> 00:27:07,952 Marmee says it's all about finding a motive. 305 00:27:08,002 --> 00:27:10,032 A reason to get up and apply yourself. 306 00:27:10,082 --> 00:27:14,992 She's possibly... probably absolutely right. 307 00:27:15,042 --> 00:27:19,072 I just don't know what that motive is, or ever will be. 308 00:27:19,122 --> 00:27:21,792 Grandfather wants me to be an India merchant after college, 309 00:27:21,842 --> 00:27:24,592 just like he was. And I'd rather be shot. 310 00:27:24,642 --> 00:27:28,952 If I were a boy and if I were you, I would get on one of those old 311 00:27:29,002 --> 00:27:32,802 ships and sail away and never come back until I'd tried my own way. 312 00:27:35,842 --> 00:27:37,482 We should go together. 313 00:27:39,402 --> 00:27:40,792 All right. 314 00:27:40,842 --> 00:27:44,042 As long as you show me London and Paris and Italy along the way. 315 00:27:45,562 --> 00:27:49,112 Shake on it. And go pack your trunk. 316 00:27:49,162 --> 00:27:51,752 After I've finished this chapter. 317 00:27:51,802 --> 00:27:54,312 Castles in the air need keys. 318 00:27:54,362 --> 00:27:57,082 And sometimes I dare to think that this is mine. 319 00:28:02,882 --> 00:28:05,312 Oh, thank goodness it will be dark in the theatre! 320 00:28:05,362 --> 00:28:07,352 This brushing braid is hanging off the hem. 321 00:28:07,402 --> 00:28:09,162 I must have put my foot through it. 322 00:28:10,282 --> 00:28:11,712 You're going out! 323 00:28:11,762 --> 00:28:14,112 I can smell eau de cologne right along the landing 324 00:28:14,162 --> 00:28:17,432 - and Hannah's been polishing the opera glasses. - Yes, she has. 325 00:28:17,482 --> 00:28:19,632 Because we're going to the theatre. 326 00:28:19,682 --> 00:28:23,752 - To see The Seven Princesses Of The Diamond Lake? - Yes. 327 00:28:23,802 --> 00:28:26,792 Laurie invited the two of us to go with him and Mr Brooke. 328 00:28:26,842 --> 00:28:28,792 Then I'm coming, too! 329 00:28:28,842 --> 00:28:31,472 No, you aren't, because you haven't been asked. 330 00:28:31,522 --> 00:28:34,352 Oh, couldn't we buy her a ticket? It was my turn to have the rag money 331 00:28:34,402 --> 00:28:37,392 - this month and I haven't spent it yet. - Thank you, thank you! - No, Meg! 332 00:28:37,442 --> 00:28:39,832 Even if we can get her a ticket, she can't sit alone! 333 00:28:39,882 --> 00:28:41,432 And neither you nor I can sit alone, 334 00:28:41,482 --> 00:28:44,192 so that means Laurie or Mr Brooke would have to. 335 00:28:44,242 --> 00:28:47,162 You're supposed to be the one with the ladylike manners, Meg. 336 00:28:50,042 --> 00:28:52,122 I hate you, Josephine March! 337 00:28:54,482 --> 00:28:57,282 You'll pay for this. Just you wait. 338 00:29:01,002 --> 00:29:02,042 Hurry! 339 00:29:04,482 --> 00:29:05,722 Come on! 340 00:29:07,322 --> 00:29:09,512 I'm sorry! Meg was fussing with her hair. 341 00:29:09,562 --> 00:29:12,082 She won't let me near with the tongs any more! 342 00:30:15,282 --> 00:30:18,352 My feet just chattered on the ground. 343 00:30:18,402 --> 00:30:20,322 I couldn't even ring the bell. 344 00:30:22,042 --> 00:30:24,642 Keep your cloak and bonnet on. 345 00:30:26,322 --> 00:30:30,552 You can come with me to the Hummels. Amy, would you like to come, too? 346 00:30:30,602 --> 00:30:34,602 No, thank you, Marmee. I'll stay home and tidy my art box. 347 00:30:44,682 --> 00:30:48,832 We're promised a Chorus of Comical Crimson Imps, among other delights. 348 00:30:48,882 --> 00:30:52,512 Jo, why not change places with Meg? 349 00:30:52,562 --> 00:30:55,202 The man in front of her is really tall. 350 00:32:08,682 --> 00:32:12,232 - Girls! Did you enjoy the play? - If you're lucky, after dinner, Meg 351 00:32:12,282 --> 00:32:15,032 and I will reprise the entire Ballet Of The Swans! 352 00:32:15,082 --> 00:32:19,192 Jo bought these for you in the foyer. Chocolate-coated caramels. 353 00:32:19,242 --> 00:32:20,552 Why? 354 00:32:20,602 --> 00:32:23,752 Because I was a crosspatch, and I'm sorry. 355 00:32:23,802 --> 00:32:25,152 Thank you. 356 00:32:25,202 --> 00:32:26,912 Why not unwrap them, Amy? 357 00:32:26,962 --> 00:32:29,792 It's the kind of treat that tastes much better when it's shared. 358 00:32:29,842 --> 00:32:32,552 I imagine all treats taste better when shared. 359 00:32:32,602 --> 00:32:34,712 I'll take you to the play next week, Amy. 360 00:32:34,762 --> 00:32:37,072 There are tickets, I asked at the office. 361 00:32:37,122 --> 00:32:40,792 So which one of youse young ladies has been meddling 362 00:32:40,842 --> 00:32:42,512 with my cooking range?! 363 00:32:42,562 --> 00:32:46,032 I leave the house for one hour in pursuit of additional onions 364 00:32:46,082 --> 00:32:50,192 and I come back to my kitchen to find the stove cold, smoking 365 00:32:50,242 --> 00:32:53,362 and choked with a load of scrawny papers! 366 00:33:01,679 --> 00:33:04,989 This is mine. This is my writing! 367 00:33:05,039 --> 00:33:06,589 What's happened to the rest of it? 368 00:33:06,639 --> 00:33:09,279 In a nutshell, it's all turned to soot and black ash. 369 00:33:13,759 --> 00:33:15,679 Amy, did you burn my book? 370 00:33:16,879 --> 00:33:19,549 I said I'd make you pay for being so hateful. 371 00:33:19,599 --> 00:33:20,879 And I have. 372 00:33:25,119 --> 00:33:26,389 Girls! Jo! 373 00:33:26,439 --> 00:33:30,189 You wicked, wicked girl! I will never write again! 374 00:33:30,239 --> 00:33:32,709 And I will never forgive you as long as I live! 375 00:33:32,759 --> 00:33:36,159 - Jo! Stop! Stop! - Why should I? It's too late to stop her! 376 00:33:42,559 --> 00:33:44,639 Amy, how could you? 377 00:33:46,439 --> 00:33:48,079 Did you see what she did?! 378 00:33:49,119 --> 00:33:52,439 - Did you see what she did?! - Yes. 379 00:33:53,959 --> 00:33:58,029 And don't look to me for comfort, because I don't blame her! 380 00:34:07,759 --> 00:34:10,429 If it was in your head once, some of it must still be in there. 381 00:34:10,479 --> 00:34:13,189 Writing isn't like that. You can't keep it anywhere. 382 00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:16,829 It passes through you and you have to catch it and get it on the page. 383 00:34:16,879 --> 00:34:20,549 And do you know the worst thing? I don't even know if it was any good. 384 00:34:20,599 --> 00:34:23,829 All I ever wanted was to take it somewhere to show it to someone 385 00:34:23,879 --> 00:34:27,029 to see if it might be fit to publish. 386 00:34:27,079 --> 00:34:28,509 I don't mind if you cry, Jo. 387 00:34:28,559 --> 00:34:31,799 - Tears are an unmanly weakness. - You're not a man! 388 00:34:39,639 --> 00:34:41,079 Go on. Apologise. 389 00:34:52,999 --> 00:34:54,919 I'm truly, truly sorry, Jo. 390 00:34:58,399 --> 00:35:01,789 - Please forgive me. - I can't. 391 00:35:01,839 --> 00:35:05,759 Did you hear that? I apologised and she won't accept it! 392 00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:19,949 Jo... don't let the sun go down on your anger. You're sisters. 393 00:35:19,999 --> 00:35:21,879 Forgive each other. 394 00:35:23,479 --> 00:35:27,349 - You can start again in the morning. - Start what again? My book? 395 00:35:27,399 --> 00:35:31,999 Amy did an abominable thing and she doesn't deserve to be forgiven! 396 00:35:43,839 --> 00:35:45,909 I can't imagine any of you quarrelling. 397 00:35:45,959 --> 00:35:49,109 You don't have to imagine it. We've been at odds for days now. 398 00:35:49,159 --> 00:35:52,469 Even Beth acts grieved and wistful all the time. 399 00:35:52,519 --> 00:35:54,269 But it always looks so idyllic, 400 00:35:54,319 --> 00:35:57,429 when I look down and see you through the parlour window in the evenings. 401 00:35:57,479 --> 00:35:59,149 It's like the window is a frame 402 00:35:59,199 --> 00:36:01,589 and you're all part of a perfect picture. 403 00:36:01,639 --> 00:36:04,989 You must cherish your illusions if they make you happy. 404 00:36:05,039 --> 00:36:07,159 What would make YOU happy, Jo? 405 00:36:08,959 --> 00:36:11,549 Skating. With you. 406 00:36:11,599 --> 00:36:14,069 You said we should, if the lake froze properly 407 00:36:14,119 --> 00:36:16,269 and this is probably the last ice we shall have. 408 00:36:16,319 --> 00:36:19,109 - I also said we'd take Amy. - What? - I'm sorry. 409 00:36:19,159 --> 00:36:20,959 It was before she burnt your book. 410 00:36:40,199 --> 00:36:42,789 Now, stay away from the middle 411 00:36:42,839 --> 00:36:46,949 and if you hear a cracking sound, it means the ice is about to give. 412 00:36:46,999 --> 00:36:49,359 If you don't hear a crack... 413 00:36:50,879 --> 00:36:52,639 it's time for hockey! 414 00:36:55,079 --> 00:36:56,639 Not so fast! 415 00:37:43,279 --> 00:37:45,999 Jo! Jo! 416 00:37:48,279 --> 00:37:50,959 Jo, will you help me put my skates on? 417 00:37:52,919 --> 00:37:54,509 Laurie invited me last week, 418 00:37:54,559 --> 00:37:59,629 I don't need you to talk to me, I just need you to do the straps. 419 00:37:59,679 --> 00:38:02,509 If you're old enough to force your way in when you're not wanted, 420 00:38:02,559 --> 00:38:04,919 you're old enough to fasten them yourself! 421 00:38:06,519 --> 00:38:09,399 You won't shut me out like this! 422 00:38:10,679 --> 00:38:13,269 We're supposed to be trying to be good people! 423 00:38:13,319 --> 00:38:16,109 And you, Jo March, aren't going to get anywhere 424 00:38:16,159 --> 00:38:18,959 when you ignore someone who's trying to set a virtuous... 425 00:38:23,879 --> 00:38:27,349 - Amy! - Jo! 426 00:38:27,399 --> 00:38:29,989 Amy! Jo, stop! 427 00:38:30,039 --> 00:38:32,319 You can't walk on it, it's too thin. 428 00:38:34,479 --> 00:38:37,829 She didn't know! You told me, and I didn't tell her. She didn't know. 429 00:38:37,879 --> 00:38:39,749 Jo! Jo! 430 00:38:39,799 --> 00:38:42,269 Amy. Don't move. I'm coming to get you. 431 00:38:42,319 --> 00:38:44,749 You have to stay absolutely still, Amy, 432 00:38:44,799 --> 00:38:47,389 and when I get to you, trust me absolutely. 433 00:38:47,439 --> 00:38:49,279 Don't grab me, do you understand? 434 00:38:52,679 --> 00:38:57,479 Jo... This won't do, Jo. Go find a branch! 435 00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:31,149 Take it! Take it, Amy. Take it. 436 00:39:31,199 --> 00:39:32,869 Don't let go, Jo. 437 00:39:32,919 --> 00:39:36,639 Never. I swear to you. Never. 438 00:39:44,359 --> 00:39:48,189 Jo, Amy won't even catch cold, you wrapped her up so well 439 00:39:48,239 --> 00:39:50,109 and brought her home so quickly. 440 00:39:50,159 --> 00:39:51,909 Laurie did everything. 441 00:39:51,959 --> 00:39:54,229 All I did was let her go skating off alone 442 00:39:54,279 --> 00:39:57,279 because I can't conquer my horrible temper. 443 00:39:58,599 --> 00:40:02,109 It's been your burden since you were a little girl. 444 00:40:02,159 --> 00:40:03,829 You will learn to master it. 445 00:40:03,879 --> 00:40:05,549 I won't! 446 00:40:05,599 --> 00:40:09,229 I try and I think I've won, and then it breaks out worse than ever. 447 00:40:09,279 --> 00:40:11,469 I'll never learn to govern myself. 448 00:40:11,519 --> 00:40:13,999 - You don't know what it's like, Marmee! - I do! 449 00:40:15,359 --> 00:40:16,909 But you're never angry. 450 00:40:16,959 --> 00:40:18,959 No. I never SEEM angry. 451 00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:23,949 But I am angry, almost every day of my life. 452 00:40:23,999 --> 00:40:27,279 I've been trying to cure my rage for 40 years... 453 00:40:28,399 --> 00:40:31,389 and have only succeeded in controlling it. 454 00:40:31,439 --> 00:40:33,469 Are you angry when you press your lips together 455 00:40:33,519 --> 00:40:34,719 and go out of the room? 456 00:40:36,519 --> 00:40:37,719 Yes. 457 00:40:39,039 --> 00:40:41,959 Father doesn't have a temper, does he? 458 00:40:43,479 --> 00:40:45,839 He's always so wise and so patient. 459 00:40:47,159 --> 00:40:49,239 No-one is without their trials. 460 00:40:51,759 --> 00:40:55,399 But his strengths speak to my weaknesses and help to bear me up. 461 00:40:56,679 --> 00:40:58,159 Don't cry, Marmee. 462 00:40:59,999 --> 00:41:03,399 You didn't even cry when Father left for Washington in his uniform. 463 00:41:04,679 --> 00:41:07,429 I gave my best to the country I love 464 00:41:07,479 --> 00:41:09,279 and saved my tears till he was gone. 465 00:41:11,319 --> 00:41:15,159 Sometimes, we simply have to do the bravest thing. 466 00:41:40,999 --> 00:41:42,239 I'm sorry. 467 00:41:44,799 --> 00:41:46,159 So am I. 468 00:42:16,519 --> 00:42:18,989 When Laurie said his visitors were English, I thought it would 469 00:42:19,039 --> 00:42:20,789 all be very smart and formal. 470 00:42:20,839 --> 00:42:22,029 I even bought new gloves. 471 00:42:22,079 --> 00:42:25,309 Give them to me. I'm going back to sit by the hampers. 472 00:42:25,359 --> 00:42:27,789 And which ensign do you sail under, Miss Margaret? 473 00:42:27,839 --> 00:42:29,469 The Union Jack or the Union Flag? 474 00:42:29,519 --> 00:42:32,509 Oh, I dare say I ought to make our guests feel welcome. 475 00:42:32,559 --> 00:42:35,359 A delightful gesture and a very good choice. 476 00:42:47,599 --> 00:42:51,359 There they are! We're coming for you! 477 00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:55,959 Amy! Don't you dare! 478 00:42:59,319 --> 00:43:00,799 Jo! 479 00:43:19,799 --> 00:43:23,469 Have they sent you up here to talk to me? 480 00:43:23,519 --> 00:43:24,749 No. 481 00:43:24,799 --> 00:43:26,119 I just came. 482 00:43:27,639 --> 00:43:29,669 I'm scared to talk to them. 483 00:43:29,719 --> 00:43:30,879 Are you shy? 484 00:43:33,879 --> 00:43:35,199 I'm not. 485 00:43:36,639 --> 00:43:39,559 Although I can't claim to be particularly interesting. 486 00:43:41,279 --> 00:43:45,749 I used to be able to talk about two things... hunting and cricket. 487 00:43:45,799 --> 00:43:47,469 But I broke my legs hunting, 488 00:43:47,519 --> 00:43:50,799 and I can't think you and I would get very far with cricket. 489 00:43:57,879 --> 00:44:00,429 I have a pack of cards with me. 490 00:44:00,479 --> 00:44:04,319 Oh! No, I'm worse at cards than I am at conversation. 491 00:44:08,639 --> 00:44:11,799 If you'd like to try cricket, I will listen very hard. 492 00:44:22,319 --> 00:44:25,109 Did you enjoy the translation of the German poem? 493 00:44:25,159 --> 00:44:26,989 I left it in your mailbox on Sunday. 494 00:44:27,039 --> 00:44:29,229 - Oh, that was you. - Yes. 495 00:44:29,279 --> 00:44:31,149 We all thought it was Laurie. 496 00:44:31,199 --> 00:44:33,069 Do you read German, Miss March? 497 00:44:33,119 --> 00:44:34,549 My father was teaching me, 498 00:44:34,599 --> 00:44:38,109 but I've fallen behind since he went to Washington with the Army. 499 00:44:38,159 --> 00:44:41,259 Perhaps the deficiency might be remedied by your governess. 500 00:44:42,679 --> 00:44:43,999 I am a governess. 501 00:44:44,999 --> 00:44:46,319 A paid governess? 502 00:44:47,319 --> 00:44:49,469 I work for a family called the Kings. 503 00:44:49,519 --> 00:44:51,269 They have four little children. 504 00:44:51,319 --> 00:44:53,229 I see. 505 00:44:53,279 --> 00:44:56,029 Laurie didn't make your position entirely plain. 506 00:44:56,079 --> 00:44:57,719 You must excuse me. 507 00:45:04,919 --> 00:45:07,479 I had hoped that Miss Vaughn and I might be friends. 508 00:45:08,799 --> 00:45:11,629 I think perhaps ours is the country to belong to, 509 00:45:11,679 --> 00:45:13,189 if you have to be a worker. 510 00:45:13,239 --> 00:45:15,599 I get great satisfaction from earning a wage. 511 00:45:17,799 --> 00:45:20,269 I only wish I enjoyed teaching as much as you do. 512 00:45:20,319 --> 00:45:22,709 You would, if you had Laurie as a pupil. 513 00:45:22,759 --> 00:45:25,189 And I shall miss him, when he goes to college next year. 514 00:45:25,239 --> 00:45:28,389 Next year? That's not so very far away. 515 00:45:28,439 --> 00:45:31,349 I shall wave him off and turn soldier. 516 00:45:31,399 --> 00:45:34,549 And I have no family to miss me, or even care, should I not be spared. 517 00:45:34,599 --> 00:45:36,959 Laurie and Mr Laurence would care a great deal. 518 00:45:38,119 --> 00:45:41,519 And we would all be heartbroken if you came to any harm. 519 00:45:43,799 --> 00:45:44,959 Thank you. 520 00:45:46,639 --> 00:45:49,679 Now, Miss Meg, let's race back to those hampers. 521 00:46:06,279 --> 00:46:09,909 This rat's getting particular as well as tame, Jo. 522 00:46:09,959 --> 00:46:11,989 He likes the cheese. 523 00:46:12,039 --> 00:46:13,669 He wouldn't touch the ham. 524 00:46:13,719 --> 00:46:16,469 I said you mustn't talk until I've finished this chapter. 525 00:46:16,519 --> 00:46:17,599 Jo? 526 00:46:18,999 --> 00:46:21,389 Jo! Have you seen my cream glove? 527 00:46:21,439 --> 00:46:24,199 - It's half of the kid pair I had new at Laurie's picnic. - No. 528 00:46:26,439 --> 00:46:27,719 Oh. 529 00:46:28,919 --> 00:46:32,399 - I bet you used it to mop up lemonade. - Shh! 530 00:47:46,319 --> 00:47:48,349 Nobody is supposed to play that piano! 531 00:47:48,399 --> 00:47:50,309 I'm sorry, Mr Laurence! 532 00:47:50,359 --> 00:47:53,309 I'm sorry. I know I was supposed to play the concert grand, but... 533 00:47:53,359 --> 00:47:55,789 No, no, no... 534 00:47:55,839 --> 00:47:57,199 Oh, my word. 535 00:47:59,399 --> 00:48:01,509 I'm sorry. 536 00:48:01,559 --> 00:48:03,909 I didn't mean to startle you. 537 00:48:03,959 --> 00:48:06,549 But I once had a daughter 538 00:48:06,599 --> 00:48:09,559 who loved this piano as much as I loved her. 539 00:48:12,159 --> 00:48:15,989 I thought silence was her best memorial, 540 00:48:16,039 --> 00:48:18,399 but now I suspect I may be mistaken. 541 00:48:20,399 --> 00:48:21,789 Don't stop. 542 00:48:21,839 --> 00:48:23,079 Here we are. 543 00:48:25,559 --> 00:48:26,799 Please. 544 00:48:55,639 --> 00:48:57,549 You've travelled all over Italy. 545 00:48:57,599 --> 00:48:59,789 What do they do with the sunflowers over there? 546 00:48:59,839 --> 00:49:02,029 I don't want to poison Aunt Cockle-top and the chicks! 547 00:49:02,079 --> 00:49:04,589 Aunt Cockle-top and the chicks are eating every little seed 548 00:49:04,639 --> 00:49:05,949 that falls to earth. 549 00:49:05,999 --> 00:49:08,559 They don't look like they're being poisoned to me. 550 00:49:11,039 --> 00:49:14,429 Meg's been in our hothouse with Brooke for a long time. 551 00:49:14,479 --> 00:49:15,709 What do you mean? 552 00:49:15,759 --> 00:49:18,549 She only went to fetch the orange tree he's been raising from a pip 553 00:49:18,599 --> 00:49:22,429 and all I have to say is, how much fetching does an orange tree take? 554 00:49:22,479 --> 00:49:25,509 You're insinuating things and I don't care for it. 555 00:49:25,559 --> 00:49:27,149 You're better than that and so is Meg. 556 00:49:27,199 --> 00:49:30,309 It might be insinuating if I didn't know where her cream glove was. 557 00:49:30,359 --> 00:49:32,559 Or who had it and still does. 558 00:49:33,719 --> 00:49:35,709 Brooke has Meg's glove? 559 00:49:35,759 --> 00:49:37,589 - How do you know? - Saw it. 560 00:49:37,639 --> 00:49:40,029 He's had it in his pocket all this time. 561 00:49:40,079 --> 00:49:42,399 - Isn't that romantic? - No. 562 00:49:43,679 --> 00:49:44,879 It's horrid. 563 00:49:47,079 --> 00:49:48,239 Bad boy. 564 00:49:49,639 --> 00:49:50,789 Brooke? 565 00:49:50,839 --> 00:49:51,989 No. 566 00:49:52,039 --> 00:49:53,639 You, for telling me. 567 00:49:58,119 --> 00:50:02,069 Marmee, can I have some pickled limes to take to school on Monday? 568 00:50:02,119 --> 00:50:04,239 - Pickled limes? - It's the fashion. 569 00:50:05,919 --> 00:50:10,029 It used to be pricking bits of India rubber to make balls. 570 00:50:10,079 --> 00:50:12,949 Mr Davies said they were a distraction and forbade them, 571 00:50:12,999 --> 00:50:15,189 so now it's pickled limes. 572 00:50:15,239 --> 00:50:16,629 Marmee! 573 00:50:16,679 --> 00:50:18,949 Look what Mr Brooke gave me for my piece of the garden. 574 00:50:18,999 --> 00:50:21,829 And I have pansies. Mr Laurence calls them heartsease... 575 00:50:21,879 --> 00:50:23,779 he says they're his favourite flower. 576 00:50:29,119 --> 00:50:30,479 It's a telegram. 577 00:51:21,759 --> 00:51:23,709 Your father is very ill 578 00:51:23,759 --> 00:51:25,999 and I have been asked to go to him at once. 579 00:51:28,359 --> 00:51:31,669 Laurie, if you would go to Plumfield 580 00:51:31,719 --> 00:51:36,479 and ask for this note to be given to Aunt March, I would be grateful. 581 00:51:37,759 --> 00:51:39,669 Is there nothing else I can do? 582 00:51:39,719 --> 00:51:40,799 I... 583 00:51:42,199 --> 00:51:43,639 I don't know. 584 00:51:46,879 --> 00:51:48,959 Hannah, the brown trunk from the garret. 585 00:51:58,759 --> 00:52:01,919 We have sufficient sal volatile and nux vomica, but... 586 00:52:04,039 --> 00:52:06,439 Jo, you'll have to get me some more... 587 00:52:08,159 --> 00:52:11,309 belladonna and some Holloway's pills. 588 00:52:11,359 --> 00:52:14,159 - Where from? - From the pharmacy on Main Street! 589 00:52:15,879 --> 00:52:16,999 What can I do? 590 00:52:18,759 --> 00:52:23,269 You must help Hannah prepare some linen for your father. 591 00:52:23,319 --> 00:52:25,909 And while I'm away, you must help her with the laundry. 592 00:52:25,959 --> 00:52:27,719 What can we do? 593 00:52:29,039 --> 00:52:30,199 Pray. 594 00:52:32,279 --> 00:52:36,069 Pray that I may be able to afford the train to Washington. 595 00:52:36,119 --> 00:52:37,709 Soon. 596 00:52:37,759 --> 00:52:39,309 Pray that I am not too late. 597 00:52:39,359 --> 00:52:43,359 Oh, children, help me. Help me to bear it. 598 00:53:13,879 --> 00:53:16,389 - Bonjour, Mademoiselle. - Do you only speak French? 599 00:53:16,439 --> 00:53:19,479 Because I have to be elsewhere and I need to do this quickly. 600 00:53:29,519 --> 00:53:32,469 When you send me a written appeal for aid, the least you can do 601 00:53:32,519 --> 00:53:36,269 is to await me in the parlour and without an apron on. 602 00:53:36,319 --> 00:53:39,829 I didn't think you'd come in person. 603 00:53:39,879 --> 00:53:42,639 - May I offer you a chair? - I think not. 604 00:53:45,319 --> 00:53:49,229 I'm sorry, Mademoiselle, but we never pay lavishly. 605 00:53:49,279 --> 00:53:52,549 It's the work that renders a wig so costly. 606 00:53:52,599 --> 00:53:57,639 And yours would have to be dyed... it is a sadly unfashionable colour. 607 00:54:01,799 --> 00:54:04,119 I need 25. 608 00:54:08,799 --> 00:54:11,469 My father is a Union Army Chaplain. 609 00:54:11,519 --> 00:54:14,069 He is mortally sick in a hospital in Washington 610 00:54:14,119 --> 00:54:17,199 and my mother can't even raise the money for her train ticket. 611 00:54:19,079 --> 00:54:21,319 Don't you have anyone fighting in the War? 612 00:54:22,959 --> 00:54:24,199 A son. 613 00:54:26,199 --> 00:54:28,119 25. 614 00:54:31,999 --> 00:54:33,679 I hate to beg. I hate it. 615 00:54:35,119 --> 00:54:36,429 But you did. 616 00:54:36,479 --> 00:54:37,749 Yes. 617 00:54:37,799 --> 00:54:40,029 And my husband may still die. 618 00:54:40,079 --> 00:54:44,549 But at least, if I go to him, he may not die alone. 619 00:54:44,599 --> 00:54:47,989 Well, what ails the fool? Dysentery? 620 00:54:48,039 --> 00:54:49,999 Typhus? Apoplexy? 621 00:54:51,559 --> 00:54:53,069 The telegram didn't say. 622 00:54:53,119 --> 00:54:56,429 In which case it was indubitably written by a man. 623 00:54:56,479 --> 00:54:59,749 I venture to suggest that we had best send a woman there, 624 00:54:59,799 --> 00:55:02,679 so that we might, ah, ascertain the facts. 625 00:55:05,759 --> 00:55:06,999 Thank you. 626 00:55:23,159 --> 00:55:25,029 I was able to get you everything you wanted. 627 00:55:25,079 --> 00:55:26,399 Oh, you splendid girl. 628 00:55:28,119 --> 00:55:30,989 Mr Laurence is sending Mr Brooke to Washington on business 629 00:55:31,039 --> 00:55:34,229 and he can escort me on my journey and is to make sure that Father 630 00:55:34,279 --> 00:55:36,669 and I have everything that we might need. 631 00:55:36,719 --> 00:55:40,199 Meanwhile, Aunt March is lending me the money for my fare. 632 00:55:42,239 --> 00:55:43,359 Oh. 633 00:55:45,479 --> 00:55:47,239 Because I got you this. 634 00:55:48,959 --> 00:55:50,279 What is this? 635 00:55:58,559 --> 00:55:59,959 Oh. 636 00:56:11,999 --> 00:56:13,469 Your one beauty. 637 00:56:13,519 --> 00:56:14,799 Oh, Jo. 638 00:56:21,239 --> 00:56:22,959 I leave you to Hannah's care... 639 00:56:24,039 --> 00:56:27,109 and Mr Laurence's protection. 640 00:56:32,439 --> 00:56:33,639 The carriage is ready. 641 00:56:37,279 --> 00:56:39,599 And I want you all to remember this one thing. 642 00:56:41,079 --> 00:56:43,519 Whatever may come to pass in Washington... 643 00:56:46,719 --> 00:56:50,589 you can never be fatherless under heaven. 644 00:56:50,639 --> 00:56:52,559 Take care of each other. 645 00:57:11,999 --> 00:57:13,789 I want to run after her. 646 00:57:13,839 --> 00:57:15,549 I want her to see us waving. 647 00:57:15,599 --> 00:57:18,109 No. Then she would know that we aren't being brave 648 00:57:18,159 --> 00:57:20,029 and that would distress her. 649 00:57:20,079 --> 00:57:23,559 If we were boys, we wouldn't be quaking and quivering like this. 650 00:57:41,799 --> 00:57:44,189 The female animal should not be indulged, 651 00:57:44,239 --> 00:57:45,949 for hers is a thorny path. 652 00:57:45,999 --> 00:57:50,429 I could be a better person, Laurie. I've known that for a while now. 653 00:57:50,479 --> 00:57:51,829 I think that too. 654 00:57:51,879 --> 00:57:53,629 Oh, please wake up. 655 00:57:53,679 --> 00:57:55,110 Please wake up. 656 00:57:55,137 --> 00:57:56,943 Why do you never listen to anything I say, Laurie? 657 00:57:56,970 --> 00:57:58,909 Because I want what's best for you. 658 00:57:58,959 --> 00:58:02,269 I would like to keep all of my girls for as long as I can, 659 00:58:02,319 --> 00:58:05,479 but I also want real love for all of you. 660 00:58:11,012 --> 00:58:15,660 CREDITS