1 00:00:04,203 --> 00:00:06,557 Jo! 2 00:00:06,563 --> 00:00:08,797 Jo! 3 00:00:08,803 --> 00:00:10,917 Jo, have you got the curling papers? 4 00:00:10,923 --> 00:00:12,717 Ugh! 5 00:00:12,723 --> 00:00:15,717 There was a whole box full in the dresser on the landing! 6 00:00:15,723 --> 00:00:18,077 Marmee left them and said we were to share them! 7 00:00:18,083 --> 00:00:21,477 Amy, what use do you suppose I have for curling papers? 8 00:00:21,483 --> 00:00:23,117 Sorry. 9 00:00:23,123 --> 00:00:24,483 I forgot. 10 00:00:29,203 --> 00:00:31,477 Beth! Beth! 11 00:00:31,483 --> 00:00:33,837 "Marmee, I wish you could see how well your troop of 12 00:00:33,843 --> 00:00:36,157 "little women have marshalled themselves. 13 00:00:36,163 --> 00:00:39,403 "It would do Father more good than all the medicine in Washington. 14 00:00:41,443 --> 00:00:44,677 "Mr Brooke was a hero to telegraph as soon as you arrived. 15 00:00:44,683 --> 00:00:48,117 "Just to know that the news was not the worst was enough to send us 16 00:00:48,123 --> 00:00:49,717 "wild with happiness, 17 00:00:49,723 --> 00:00:52,997 "and back to our posts in the house like soldiers." 18 00:00:53,003 --> 00:00:54,837 Beth! Beth! 19 00:00:54,843 --> 00:00:56,477 Have you seen the curling papers? 20 00:00:56,483 --> 00:00:58,517 Marmee said I was to start doing my own hair. 21 00:00:58,523 --> 00:01:01,837 No, and Marmee also said you shouldn't put papers in on weekdays. 22 00:01:01,843 --> 00:01:03,843 Marmee isn't here. 23 00:01:08,243 --> 00:01:12,523 "You wouldn't find a single fault in us, I promise." 24 00:01:40,257 --> 00:01:43,421 CREDITS 25 00:01:43,723 --> 00:01:45,157 The curling papers! 26 00:01:45,163 --> 00:01:47,957 I knew someone had taken them! 27 00:01:47,963 --> 00:01:49,557 Where are you going? 28 00:01:49,563 --> 00:01:52,517 On Thursday, I'm going to stay at Annie Moffat's. 29 00:01:52,523 --> 00:01:54,077 You didn't say! 30 00:01:54,083 --> 00:01:56,397 I only just got permission from Mr Laurence. 31 00:01:56,403 --> 00:01:58,637 Marmee entrusted him with all such matters. 32 00:01:58,643 --> 00:02:01,190 Marmee also told us to be indigent about our work. 33 00:02:01,214 --> 00:02:03,848 How can you be indigent when you abandon your poor pupils 34 00:02:03,854 --> 00:02:06,328 to go gallivanting off at somebody's mansion? 35 00:02:06,334 --> 00:02:08,168 The word is diligent. Not indigent! 36 00:02:08,174 --> 00:02:10,848 And my poor pupils are going to the ocean, with their parents, 37 00:02:10,854 --> 00:02:12,854 because there's scarlet fever in town. 38 00:02:15,934 --> 00:02:20,328 There's going to be a ball. Annie's sister Belle just got engaged! 39 00:02:20,334 --> 00:02:21,728 A ball at the Moffats'... 40 00:02:21,734 --> 00:02:23,688 It's all going to be so elegant! 41 00:02:23,694 --> 00:02:25,368 Would you like to be engaged? 42 00:02:25,374 --> 00:02:27,568 Oh, I'd like to be married, one day. 43 00:02:27,574 --> 00:02:31,968 Well, you won't catch many husbands in this shabby old tarlatan! 44 00:02:31,974 --> 00:02:33,528 Marmee always said the first one of us 45 00:02:33,534 --> 00:02:35,808 to get to go to a ball would wear that violet silk dress, 46 00:02:35,814 --> 00:02:37,848 the one she keeps wrapped up in the special paper. 47 00:02:37,854 --> 00:02:40,208 There isn't time to make it over. 48 00:02:40,214 --> 00:02:42,934 This shabby old tarlatan will have to do. 49 00:02:44,014 --> 00:02:47,208 Hm. Well, you might ruin it, anyway. 50 00:02:47,214 --> 00:02:49,568 Like when you turned the sleeves on my old dress 51 00:02:49,574 --> 00:02:51,608 and they came out bluer than the bodice. 52 00:02:51,614 --> 00:02:55,368 Oh, I was a figure of fun at school for days! 53 00:02:55,374 --> 00:02:58,248 And it's bad enough that I owe at least a dozen pickled limes! 54 00:02:58,254 --> 00:03:00,168 Are pickled limes still the fashion? 55 00:03:00,174 --> 00:03:03,128 Yes. Even though Mr Davis has forbidden them. 56 00:03:03,134 --> 00:03:06,134 And I am dreadfully in debt, because I can't return them. 57 00:03:07,654 --> 00:03:10,614 You know what it's like to be socially disadvantaged. 58 00:03:12,854 --> 00:03:16,294 Will 25 cents buy enough pickled limes to restore your dignity? 59 00:03:23,774 --> 00:03:24,814 Mrs March? 60 00:03:27,294 --> 00:03:31,328 I asked the landlady of the boarding house to make up a jug of beef tea. 61 00:03:31,334 --> 00:03:34,054 She packed it up with some toast, and a little fruit. 62 00:03:34,974 --> 00:03:37,648 Mr March isn't able to eat anything. 63 00:03:37,654 --> 00:03:39,608 But you are. 64 00:03:39,614 --> 00:03:41,374 And you must. 65 00:04:00,574 --> 00:04:02,168 Good morning, Mary. 66 00:04:02,174 --> 00:04:05,888 I came in early this morning for extra algebra. Oh, pickled limes! 67 00:04:05,894 --> 00:04:10,488 You're brave. Mr Davis took his coffee way too strong this morning. 68 00:04:10,494 --> 00:04:13,128 He's as nervous as a witch, and as cross as a bear! 69 00:04:13,134 --> 00:04:15,168 Amy March has pickled limes! 70 00:04:15,174 --> 00:04:17,888 I might have known you'd smell them from across the yard. 71 00:04:17,894 --> 00:04:21,574 - You could always smell mine. - Flat nose or no flat nose. 72 00:04:24,294 --> 00:04:26,008 I wanted to wear white tonight, 73 00:04:26,014 --> 00:04:29,288 but Mother said that was for debutantes and brides - I've been 74 00:04:29,294 --> 00:04:32,808 a debutante already, and we're already planning my wedding gown! 75 00:04:32,814 --> 00:04:35,368 Oh, these flowers you've brought from the Laurences' - 76 00:04:35,374 --> 00:04:36,928 they're delicious, Meg! 77 00:04:36,934 --> 00:04:40,048 The young man of the house is clearly out to spoil you! 78 00:04:40,054 --> 00:04:44,368 Sallie, I think you'll find it was the old man of the house. 79 00:04:44,374 --> 00:04:47,248 Mr Laurence knows I like to share. 80 00:04:47,254 --> 00:04:50,728 And that is just one of the many very delightful things about you. 81 00:04:50,734 --> 00:04:52,612 And although we all think that there couldn't 82 00:04:52,619 --> 00:04:54,408 really be a much prettier version of you... 83 00:04:54,414 --> 00:04:57,288 You have the loveliest arms of all of us, 84 00:04:57,294 --> 00:04:59,728 and almost the smallest waist. 85 00:04:59,734 --> 00:05:02,608 I only have that half-inch less because of my new corset! 86 00:05:02,614 --> 00:05:05,928 You would look so adorable in a brand-new gown, with French heels 87 00:05:05,934 --> 00:05:09,654 to match it, and maybe one of these flowers in a little silver holder. 88 00:05:10,974 --> 00:05:13,448 But I don't have any of those things. 89 00:05:13,454 --> 00:05:15,368 And I can't complain, or apologise, 90 00:05:15,374 --> 00:05:17,654 because that's just the way things are. 91 00:05:18,734 --> 00:05:21,854 Well. Not necessarily. 92 00:05:23,414 --> 00:05:26,734 Did you see Meg's face when we left her at the Moffats'? 93 00:05:30,054 --> 00:05:33,088 It's odd knowing your sister's at somebody else's house 94 00:05:33,094 --> 00:05:36,128 surrounded by things she'd love to have, but can't afford to buy. 95 00:05:36,134 --> 00:05:37,768 Can't afford to buy now. 96 00:05:37,774 --> 00:05:40,374 She may marry a man who will make her very happy. 97 00:05:41,374 --> 00:05:44,168 Ned Moffat and the Gardiner boys are going to that ball. 98 00:05:44,174 --> 00:05:45,688 That isn't funny, Teddy! 99 00:05:45,694 --> 00:05:47,968 I've felt so... rumpled in my mind ever since you told me 100 00:05:47,974 --> 00:05:49,728 that Brooke had taken Meg's glove 101 00:05:49,734 --> 00:05:51,528 and kept it in his pocket. 102 00:05:51,534 --> 00:05:54,248 Ned Moffat and the Gardiner boys aren't all bad. 103 00:05:54,254 --> 00:05:57,128 They just like a harmless lark now and then, 104 00:05:57,134 --> 00:05:59,088 and... so do I. 105 00:05:59,094 --> 00:06:00,778 Going to town and playing billiards 106 00:06:00,785 --> 00:06:03,088 and drinking whiskey aren't harmless. 107 00:06:03,094 --> 00:06:04,479 Because if you run wild, Marmee will 108 00:06:04,486 --> 00:06:06,288 put a stop to all of our good times. 109 00:06:06,294 --> 00:06:09,728 I see. In which case I'd better be a double-distilled saint. 110 00:06:09,734 --> 00:06:12,808 Why can't you just be grateful for all the chances that you have? 111 00:06:12,814 --> 00:06:15,128 The chance to study! The chance to go to college! 112 00:06:15,134 --> 00:06:18,848 The chance to spend years of your life with books, and ideas! 113 00:06:18,854 --> 00:06:21,048 You say it as though I might enjoy it. 114 00:06:21,054 --> 00:06:22,288 I'd enjoy it. 115 00:06:22,294 --> 00:06:25,448 Are you going to deliver lectures all the way home? 116 00:06:25,454 --> 00:06:28,848 Because if you are, I'm going to walk someplace where I can take a bus. 117 00:06:28,854 --> 00:06:30,208 I just worry about you, Laurie, 118 00:06:30,214 --> 00:06:32,168 because you've got such a strong will that 119 00:06:32,174 --> 00:06:34,768 if you ever go the wrong way it won't be possible to stop you! 120 00:06:34,774 --> 00:06:38,448 Whilst you, of course, are always entirely open to reason, 121 00:06:38,454 --> 00:06:40,774 and never afraid to admit you're in the wrong! 122 00:06:42,214 --> 00:06:44,608 I meant what I said! I'll take the bus. 123 00:06:44,614 --> 00:06:46,614 No. I'll take the bus. 124 00:07:37,574 --> 00:07:39,368 Young ladies, my eye is upon you. 125 00:07:39,374 --> 00:07:42,088 If you would be good enough to return your attention to the 126 00:07:42,094 --> 00:07:46,488 front of the class, I'd like you all to direct your attention to 127 00:07:46,494 --> 00:07:48,774 this map of the Dutch East Indies. 128 00:07:49,974 --> 00:07:53,408 Miss Kingsley, what is the object of your interest? 129 00:07:53,414 --> 00:07:55,774 The map of the Dutch East Indies, sir. 130 00:07:58,054 --> 00:08:02,654 I think the object of her interest is the parcel in Miss March's desk. 131 00:08:04,454 --> 00:08:07,248 And would Miss March like to enlighten us 132 00:08:07,254 --> 00:08:09,214 as to the contents of that parcel? 133 00:08:10,614 --> 00:08:12,814 No, sir, I would not. 134 00:08:21,374 --> 00:08:22,494 Pickled limes! 135 00:08:24,654 --> 00:08:26,048 Yes. 136 00:08:26,054 --> 00:08:27,694 Pick them up. 137 00:08:39,614 --> 00:08:41,134 Out the window. 138 00:08:43,294 --> 00:08:44,368 What? 139 00:08:44,374 --> 00:08:46,094 Out the window, now, two at a time! 140 00:09:26,974 --> 00:09:30,374 And you'll remain there until recess. 141 00:09:38,334 --> 00:09:40,368 I am never going back there. 142 00:09:40,374 --> 00:09:42,648 And I'm not going to make you! 143 00:09:42,654 --> 00:09:45,328 If I had my way, that vicious animal would be arrested! 144 00:09:45,334 --> 00:09:47,568 Jail would be too good for him. 145 00:09:47,574 --> 00:09:50,128 He made me throw two dozen perfectly good limes out the window! 146 00:09:50,134 --> 00:09:52,448 That's not why he should be punished, Amy. 147 00:09:52,454 --> 00:09:56,568 And if he had to punish you, he shouldn't have done it this way! 148 00:09:56,574 --> 00:09:59,614 All I could think about was Marmee's face! 149 00:10:00,934 --> 00:10:04,128 And how disappointed she would be when she finds out. 150 00:10:04,134 --> 00:10:07,688 Beth, would you please go and play some piano? 151 00:10:07,694 --> 00:10:09,934 Music might set us back to rights. 152 00:10:21,214 --> 00:10:22,920 Why in the name of Christopher Columbus 153 00:10:22,927 --> 00:10:24,888 are you playing Land Of The Leal, Beth? 154 00:10:24,894 --> 00:10:27,214 Because it's Father and Marmee's favourite! 155 00:10:44,494 --> 00:10:46,888 May I take you in to supper, Miss March? 156 00:10:46,894 --> 00:10:49,728 Oh, quelle dommage! 157 00:10:49,734 --> 00:10:52,768 I already have someone on my card for that! 158 00:10:52,774 --> 00:10:55,248 I thought so! Reuben Gardiner. 159 00:10:55,254 --> 00:10:59,568 I'm not so easily rebuffed, you bewitching little minx. Oh! 160 00:10:59,574 --> 00:11:02,248 May I put my name down for the Lancers? 161 00:11:02,254 --> 00:11:07,168 If you are very, very good, I might just accept you for the Quadrille. 162 00:11:07,174 --> 00:11:09,294 It really is the last one left! 163 00:11:14,894 --> 00:11:18,768 I-I am going to be very naughty and ask you to excuse me. 164 00:11:18,774 --> 00:11:22,088 A family friend has just arrived and will expect my company. 165 00:11:22,094 --> 00:11:23,894 I don't care to disappoint him! 166 00:11:25,854 --> 00:11:26,974 Oh. 167 00:11:28,374 --> 00:11:33,168 That family friend. So it's true, what everyone says, then? 168 00:11:33,174 --> 00:11:34,568 Everyone? 169 00:11:34,574 --> 00:11:36,368 Including my mother. 170 00:11:36,374 --> 00:11:40,054 "Mrs March has made her plans!" she said. 171 00:11:43,774 --> 00:11:45,334 Made what plans? 172 00:11:57,174 --> 00:12:00,768 Stop fanning yourself - it isn't even hot! 173 00:12:00,774 --> 00:12:03,608 I brought you a glass of Champagne, and an ice cream. 174 00:12:03,614 --> 00:12:06,288 I've had so much Champagne I've already started the headache 175 00:12:06,294 --> 00:12:07,934 I'll wake up with in the morning. 176 00:12:09,134 --> 00:12:13,768 How dare people even think that Marmee "has plans"? 177 00:12:13,774 --> 00:12:16,168 That she's plotting for us to make a match? 178 00:12:16,174 --> 00:12:17,688 She's not that sort of woman. 179 00:12:17,694 --> 00:12:19,888 And I'll make my own match, thank you very much. 180 00:12:19,894 --> 00:12:22,374 I dare say I will, one day. 181 00:12:23,494 --> 00:12:26,688 But I'm certainly not going to plan, and scheme, 182 00:12:26,694 --> 00:12:29,248 and have Marmee's integrity called into question! 183 00:12:29,254 --> 00:12:31,688 Meg, why don't you just eat your ice cream? 184 00:12:31,694 --> 00:12:35,528 Because my feet burn so in these borrowed shoes 185 00:12:35,534 --> 00:12:38,134 that I'd rather just stick them right in it! 186 00:12:39,894 --> 00:12:44,494 Oh! Don't tell Jo I let them dress me up. 187 00:12:46,094 --> 00:12:50,534 She doesn't like anything to do with romance, or flirting. 188 00:12:51,934 --> 00:12:53,334 I know. 189 00:12:54,734 --> 00:12:56,528 She might change her mind. 190 00:12:56,534 --> 00:12:57,734 Mm. 191 00:13:02,014 --> 00:13:03,894 Mm! 192 00:13:14,134 --> 00:13:15,534 Are you coming in with me? 193 00:13:22,014 --> 00:13:23,054 Oh! 194 00:13:30,414 --> 00:13:33,528 I hereby serve notice of the withdrawal of my sister 195 00:13:33,534 --> 00:13:34,774 from your school. 196 00:13:37,534 --> 00:13:40,694 Fees until the end of this week are enclosed. Hm. 197 00:13:41,934 --> 00:13:45,048 Miss March was rather a favourite of mine. 198 00:13:45,054 --> 00:13:48,128 Had she once apologised, or beseeched, or begged me, 199 00:13:48,134 --> 00:13:49,808 I would have desisted. 200 00:13:49,814 --> 00:13:52,048 She should have apologised. 201 00:13:52,054 --> 00:13:55,654 But if she was too proud to beseech, or beg, I commend her. 202 00:14:12,574 --> 00:14:15,368 It says here that the Union Army lost heavily at Ball's Bluff. 203 00:14:15,374 --> 00:14:17,768 They advanced into four Confederate regiments, 204 00:14:17,774 --> 00:14:20,608 and in the confusion many men tried to swim the river and drowned. 205 00:14:20,614 --> 00:14:22,448 It's definitely setting. 206 00:14:22,454 --> 00:14:25,328 I'm glad I put less water in than the instructions said. 207 00:14:25,334 --> 00:14:28,408 Oh, I hope they don't introduce conscription. 208 00:14:28,414 --> 00:14:30,608 Marmee needs Mr Brooke to stay in Washington, 209 00:14:30,614 --> 00:14:32,128 and I wouldn't want him called away. 210 00:14:32,134 --> 00:14:34,168 I can send them an artistic model of my foot 211 00:14:34,174 --> 00:14:35,888 when I've completed this casting. 212 00:14:35,894 --> 00:14:38,894 They can put it where Father can see it from his bed. Hm. 213 00:14:40,654 --> 00:14:42,648 Hannah, may I take this loaf to the Hummels? 214 00:14:42,654 --> 00:14:45,648 You can take it if you've a wish to and no desire for any bread yourself. 215 00:14:45,654 --> 00:14:49,008 It's the last morsel we have, and seeing as it's a wash day 216 00:14:49,014 --> 00:14:52,008 there'll be no more until one of your sisters rolls up her sleeves 217 00:14:52,014 --> 00:14:54,688 and sets to it with the yeast and the proving pans! 218 00:14:54,694 --> 00:14:57,248 I've enough to do with that cat having kittens again, 219 00:14:57,254 --> 00:14:59,014 in the necessary house. 220 00:15:05,534 --> 00:15:06,894 It won't come out! 221 00:15:08,374 --> 00:15:10,168 It won't come out! 222 00:15:10,174 --> 00:15:11,568 It won't come out! 223 00:15:11,574 --> 00:15:13,488 Shouldn't you have greased your foot first? 224 00:15:13,494 --> 00:15:16,454 I don't know! We need a mallet. 225 00:15:25,454 --> 00:15:27,808 Will one of you come with me to the Hummels'? 226 00:15:27,814 --> 00:15:31,368 Oh, I have letters to write, including one to Marmee. 227 00:15:31,374 --> 00:15:34,494 And can't you see I am being incommoded by my art? 228 00:15:37,574 --> 00:15:39,808 You've been to the Hummels' every day this week, Beth! 229 00:15:39,814 --> 00:15:41,448 Mrs Hummel has some scrubbing work, 230 00:15:41,454 --> 00:15:43,888 but she's leaving Lottchen in charge of all the little ones. 231 00:15:43,894 --> 00:15:45,648 I have a cold, Beth. 232 00:15:45,654 --> 00:15:48,088 I'd be at Aunt March's, but she can't stand to hear me read 233 00:15:48,094 --> 00:15:49,574 when my nose is blocked. 234 00:16:12,694 --> 00:16:14,094 Lottchen? 235 00:16:15,974 --> 00:16:17,688 Where's the baby? 236 00:16:17,694 --> 00:16:19,448 Lottchen? 237 00:16:24,414 --> 00:16:25,974 Lottchen, where's the baby? 238 00:16:28,334 --> 00:16:30,334 Oh, please wake up, baby! 239 00:16:33,934 --> 00:16:35,934 I brought bread with me, and milk. 240 00:16:38,254 --> 00:16:40,968 I'm going to make you all sorts of good things to eat! 241 00:16:40,974 --> 00:16:44,648 Please wake up, baby. Please wake up. 242 00:16:44,654 --> 00:16:46,134 Please wake up! 243 00:16:48,414 --> 00:16:50,254 Please wake up! 244 00:17:09,374 --> 00:17:10,774 I need to see Dr Bangs! 245 00:17:12,254 --> 00:17:14,968 How long have the family been ill? 246 00:17:14,974 --> 00:17:17,688 A little bit sick for a week or so. 247 00:17:17,694 --> 00:17:19,934 But I only saw the rash on him today. 248 00:17:21,254 --> 00:17:24,174 His mother has gone out scrubbing so she can pay you. 249 00:17:29,734 --> 00:17:31,814 There will be no bill. 250 00:17:33,934 --> 00:17:36,214 And now I need to examine you. 251 00:17:45,774 --> 00:17:47,214 Beth! 252 00:17:53,014 --> 00:17:55,848 Is the doctor absolutely sure it's scarlet fever? 253 00:17:55,854 --> 00:17:58,328 He's seen a dozen children die in the past two weeks! 254 00:17:58,334 --> 00:17:59,991 I would have noticed if I hadn't been so 255 00:17:59,998 --> 00:18:01,728 obsessed with scribbling all that rubbish! 256 00:18:01,734 --> 00:18:03,728 I knew there was an epidemic in the town. 257 00:18:03,734 --> 00:18:05,814 I should have made her stay at home! 258 00:18:07,014 --> 00:18:08,928 Dried lavender. 259 00:18:08,934 --> 00:18:11,248 Marmee must have put it there. 260 00:18:11,254 --> 00:18:16,614 You have to telegraph her. She has to come home from Washington. 261 00:18:18,254 --> 00:18:20,568 You can't manage this alone! 262 00:18:20,574 --> 00:18:24,774 Father might be dying, Laurie! Marmee can't leave him! 263 00:18:28,334 --> 00:18:30,654 We have to spare her what anxiety we can. 264 00:18:34,374 --> 00:18:37,048 I'm not going! I tell you, I'm not going! 265 00:18:37,054 --> 00:18:39,214 I already told Meg and I told Jo! 266 00:18:40,214 --> 00:18:43,128 They still think the change of air will stop you getting scarlet fever. 267 00:18:43,134 --> 00:18:47,048 I'd rather get scarlet fever than go to stay at Aunt March's house! 268 00:18:47,054 --> 00:18:49,408 Scarlet fever isn't a joke, Amy. 269 00:18:49,414 --> 00:18:51,168 Neither is spending weeks on end 270 00:18:51,174 --> 00:18:55,894 in a dull house with a cross old woman, a poodle and a parrot! 271 00:19:00,374 --> 00:19:04,568 How about I come and visit you at Aunt March's every day, 272 00:19:04,574 --> 00:19:06,334 and take you out for a drive? 273 00:19:12,534 --> 00:19:14,168 In the carriage or the phaeton? 274 00:19:14,174 --> 00:19:17,208 The carriage and the phaeton on alternate afternoons, 275 00:19:17,214 --> 00:19:20,174 if you'll only go tell Meg and Jo you've changed your mind. 276 00:19:29,454 --> 00:19:31,014 Very well. 277 00:19:32,174 --> 00:19:34,974 As long as everyone remembers I'm making a great sacrifice. 278 00:19:41,694 --> 00:19:43,534 I brought the hot water bottle. 279 00:19:45,974 --> 00:19:48,174 Oh, I thought I'd be warmer by now. 280 00:19:49,334 --> 00:19:52,174 It's a long time since I came in out of the rain. 281 00:20:02,054 --> 00:20:03,328 Scarlet fever? 282 00:20:03,334 --> 00:20:05,088 Huh, it's inevitable, 283 00:20:05,094 --> 00:20:09,048 if you're all encouraged to go poking about among poor folks. 284 00:20:09,054 --> 00:20:11,488 Are you expected to succumb? 285 00:20:11,494 --> 00:20:13,688 They sent me here in the hope that I wouldn't. 286 00:20:14,974 --> 00:20:17,814 Don't sniff. I can't abide it when people sniff. 287 00:20:19,054 --> 00:20:22,128 Do they pet you at home, and make much of you? 288 00:20:22,134 --> 00:20:25,208 Are you lavished with affection and kind words? 289 00:20:25,214 --> 00:20:27,088 Yes. 290 00:20:27,094 --> 00:20:31,608 The female animal should not be indulged, for hers is a thorny path. 291 00:20:31,614 --> 00:20:35,368 She must learn to tread it in a spirit of self-governance. 292 00:20:35,374 --> 00:20:36,894 Yes, Aunt March. 293 00:20:38,534 --> 00:20:42,488 Your countenance is not unpleasant, and I dare to hope you may 294 00:20:42,494 --> 00:20:46,774 prove less intractable and more rewarding than your sister. 295 00:20:49,334 --> 00:20:51,528 May I put the parrot down now, Aunt March? 296 00:20:51,534 --> 00:20:53,328 Well, if you so desire, 297 00:20:53,334 --> 00:20:56,008 but if he suspects that you not admire him, 298 00:20:56,014 --> 00:20:58,768 he will devise a method of revenge. 299 00:21:06,934 --> 00:21:08,488 Can I see her? 300 00:21:08,494 --> 00:21:09,888 She wouldn't know you, sir. 301 00:21:09,894 --> 00:21:12,048 And the doctor bade us keep her quiet, 302 00:21:12,054 --> 00:21:15,248 with the curtains drawn, lest the fever settle on her eyes. 303 00:21:15,254 --> 00:21:16,654 And blind her? 304 00:21:19,214 --> 00:21:23,928 Mr March has suffered a relapse of his encephalitis. 305 00:21:23,934 --> 00:21:25,928 So it's not pneumonia, then? 306 00:21:25,934 --> 00:21:31,654 No. It never was. He has a fever of the brain. 307 00:21:34,214 --> 00:21:37,968 I'm not partial to falsehoods, but I dare say there are times 308 00:21:37,974 --> 00:21:40,814 when they're more honourable than the truth. 309 00:21:42,774 --> 00:21:44,528 Green birds. 310 00:21:44,534 --> 00:21:47,054 No. There are no green birds. 311 00:21:48,334 --> 00:21:50,894 It's just the pattern of the ivy on the wallpaper. 312 00:21:51,894 --> 00:21:53,728 You're safe here in bed. 313 00:21:53,734 --> 00:21:55,408 They're moving! 314 00:21:55,414 --> 00:21:58,534 They're not moving. I promise you. 315 00:22:00,174 --> 00:22:02,134 You have to come back, Beth. 316 00:22:03,534 --> 00:22:05,414 Too many people miss you. 317 00:22:10,014 --> 00:22:11,574 I miss you. 318 00:22:57,094 --> 00:23:00,294 Estelle lets me come in here when Aunt March is napping. 319 00:23:04,374 --> 00:23:07,208 Here's the string of pearls Aunt March's father gave her 320 00:23:07,214 --> 00:23:08,694 when she turned 18. 321 00:23:10,214 --> 00:23:13,054 Estelle says the first one of us to be engaged will get it. 322 00:23:14,494 --> 00:23:19,808 And look, it's the silver bracelet the only baby she ever had wore. 323 00:23:19,814 --> 00:23:21,134 Until it died. 324 00:23:22,614 --> 00:23:23,814 Look! 325 00:23:25,334 --> 00:23:27,448 Her wedding ring. 326 00:23:27,454 --> 00:23:29,968 Hm. She's too fat to wear it now. 327 00:23:29,974 --> 00:23:31,808 Oh! 328 00:23:31,814 --> 00:23:34,174 I am a venerable butterfingers! 329 00:23:40,174 --> 00:23:42,408 Thank you. 330 00:23:42,414 --> 00:23:46,014 Laurie, I want you to witness my will. 331 00:23:50,614 --> 00:23:55,608 "I, Amy Curtis March, do give and bequeath all my earthly things viz 332 00:23:55,614 --> 00:23:58,126 "and to wit. Namely... to Jo, my most 333 00:23:58,133 --> 00:24:01,248 precious plaster rabbit, because I'm 334 00:24:01,254 --> 00:24:03,248 "sorry I burnt her book. 335 00:24:03,254 --> 00:24:05,728 "To Theodore Laurence, who has been my friend 336 00:24:05,734 --> 00:24:11,328 "in my hour of darkest affliction, my papier mache model of a horse 337 00:24:11,334 --> 00:24:14,848 "with apologies for shouting at him when he said it hadn't any neck..." 338 00:24:14,854 --> 00:24:17,768 It hadn't any neck. You were right. 339 00:24:17,774 --> 00:24:21,174 "And to Beth, if she was after me..." 340 00:24:22,654 --> 00:24:24,568 I'm not reading any more of this. 341 00:24:24,574 --> 00:24:27,768 It's one apology after another, and you aren't even sick, Amy. 342 00:24:27,774 --> 00:24:29,048 You are not going to die! 343 00:24:29,054 --> 00:24:31,248 I will some day! 344 00:24:31,254 --> 00:24:33,688 Everybody does! 345 00:24:33,694 --> 00:24:36,974 And I don't want to depart this Earth ashamed of myself! 346 00:24:39,894 --> 00:24:42,294 I could be a better person, Laurie. 347 00:24:43,454 --> 00:24:45,374 I've known that for a while now. 348 00:24:46,574 --> 00:24:48,014 I think that, too. 349 00:24:49,734 --> 00:24:51,334 About me? 350 00:24:52,494 --> 00:24:54,534 About myself. 351 00:25:01,134 --> 00:25:03,568 Wait. 352 00:25:03,574 --> 00:25:06,488 Laurie, can you add that I want all my curls cut off 353 00:25:06,494 --> 00:25:09,008 and given away to the people who have loved me? 354 00:25:09,014 --> 00:25:12,368 If you want to look revolting in your coffin, 355 00:25:12,374 --> 00:25:15,014 that is entirely up to you. 356 00:25:39,454 --> 00:25:43,128 If I didn't see the sweetness and the beauty of your nature before, 357 00:25:43,134 --> 00:25:44,768 I see it now. 358 00:25:44,774 --> 00:25:46,768 If I didn't know what a deep 359 00:25:46,774 --> 00:25:51,128 and tender place you held in my heart, I know it now. 360 00:25:51,134 --> 00:25:53,888 And I know that living for others has worth, 361 00:25:53,894 --> 00:25:56,248 because it's what you were doing all along. 362 00:25:56,254 --> 00:25:58,968 And I want to say thank you. 363 00:25:58,974 --> 00:26:01,334 Do you hear me? 364 00:26:03,614 --> 00:26:05,134 Do you hear me? 365 00:26:40,574 --> 00:26:44,654 If you can send for your mother, then you should. 366 00:26:51,694 --> 00:26:54,288 Wh-Where are you going, Jo? 367 00:26:54,294 --> 00:26:56,808 To send for Marmee. 368 00:26:56,814 --> 00:26:58,208 We held out and held out 369 00:26:58,214 --> 00:27:00,928 and now Beth might be dead before she can get here! 370 00:27:00,934 --> 00:27:04,214 Jo, I-I telegraphed her yesterday. 371 00:27:06,014 --> 00:27:08,528 But she can't leave Father! I told you that! 372 00:27:08,534 --> 00:27:10,808 Why do you never listen to anything I say, Laurie? 373 00:27:10,814 --> 00:27:12,454 Because I want what's best for you! 374 00:27:15,454 --> 00:27:17,654 She's already on the train. 375 00:27:24,214 --> 00:27:26,368 I keep looking at the clock. 376 00:27:26,374 --> 00:27:29,368 I don't know how the hands can move so slowly. 377 00:27:29,374 --> 00:27:31,048 The minute it chimes midnight, 378 00:27:31,054 --> 00:27:33,488 I'm leaving to fetch your mother from the station. 379 00:27:33,494 --> 00:27:35,648 I have to go back up. 380 00:27:35,654 --> 00:27:37,528 It's Meg's turn to have a rest. 381 00:27:37,534 --> 00:27:39,888 Will you take some of the claret up for Beth? 382 00:27:39,894 --> 00:27:43,688 Grandfather sent it for her. He thought it would be fortifying. 383 00:27:43,694 --> 00:27:47,288 Beth can't swallow anything, Laurie! 384 00:27:47,294 --> 00:27:49,448 Does nobody understand that? 385 00:27:49,454 --> 00:27:52,248 She doesn't even look like my Beth any more! 386 00:27:52,254 --> 00:27:55,368 It's like she's already gone, and she's taken half my soul with her, 387 00:27:55,374 --> 00:27:59,094 and I can't find God in any of this. 388 00:28:00,694 --> 00:28:05,208 We have no mother and no father to help us to endure it. 389 00:28:05,214 --> 00:28:06,568 Can you imagine how that feels? 390 00:28:06,574 --> 00:28:08,408 Yes. 391 00:28:08,414 --> 00:28:10,374 I can. 392 00:28:12,174 --> 00:28:14,254 Forgive me, Teddy. 393 00:28:29,334 --> 00:28:31,694 I'll help you to endure it. 394 00:28:33,254 --> 00:28:35,854 Marmee used to do that. 395 00:28:37,734 --> 00:28:39,848 She'll be doing it again by daybreak. 396 00:28:39,854 --> 00:28:41,568 Thanks to you. 397 00:28:41,574 --> 00:28:43,648 I was afraid you might let fly at me. 398 00:28:43,654 --> 00:28:45,174 Not this time. 399 00:28:46,094 --> 00:28:48,174 I quite like it when you let fly. 400 00:28:49,094 --> 00:28:52,168 And you're always sorry afterwards. 401 00:28:52,174 --> 00:28:54,288 Did I say sorry for letting fly that day 402 00:28:54,294 --> 00:28:56,128 we drove Meg to the Moffats'? 403 00:28:56,134 --> 00:28:59,088 No. 404 00:28:59,094 --> 00:29:02,768 Well, I was. And I am. 405 00:29:02,774 --> 00:29:04,808 I just get mad, 406 00:29:04,814 --> 00:29:08,294 and wild, at the thought of somebody coming to carry my sister off. 407 00:29:10,334 --> 00:29:12,688 Somebody will come and carry you off, one day. 408 00:29:12,694 --> 00:29:15,014 I don't want them to. 409 00:29:29,334 --> 00:29:30,814 Teddy? 410 00:29:31,894 --> 00:29:33,414 Please. 411 00:29:35,974 --> 00:29:38,934 Please just be my comfortable friend. 412 00:29:43,454 --> 00:29:45,694 That's better. 413 00:30:27,294 --> 00:30:30,254 This won't survive another night in that cold wind. 414 00:30:33,694 --> 00:30:36,328 I thought that if I put it here, 415 00:30:36,334 --> 00:30:40,328 it will be the first thing she sees when she opens her eyes. 416 00:30:40,334 --> 00:30:44,014 And the second thing she'll see will be our mother's face. 417 00:30:46,374 --> 00:30:49,608 If God spares her, I will never complain again. 418 00:30:49,614 --> 00:30:53,568 If God spares her, I will love Him all my days. 419 00:30:53,574 --> 00:30:58,248 But if this is what life is - if it's going to be as hard as this - 420 00:30:58,254 --> 00:31:00,934 I don't know how we'll ever get through it. 421 00:31:02,414 --> 00:31:04,134 Beth? 422 00:31:06,174 --> 00:31:08,214 Oh, her hands are colder. 423 00:31:19,574 --> 00:31:22,094 It's Marmee. She's home! 424 00:31:33,894 --> 00:31:36,528 Marmee! Marmee! 425 00:31:36,534 --> 00:31:39,848 The fever's turned - she's breathing natural! 426 00:31:39,854 --> 00:31:41,374 Praise be given! 427 00:31:46,974 --> 00:31:50,334 Beth. Oh, Beth, my darling girl! 428 00:31:56,134 --> 00:31:58,048 Did Father come with you? 429 00:31:58,054 --> 00:32:01,974 No. But he's getting better. So much better. 430 00:32:05,454 --> 00:32:07,654 I need to sleep now, Marmee. 431 00:32:18,454 --> 00:32:19,974 Thank you. 432 00:32:43,974 --> 00:32:47,128 ? May God bless you 433 00:32:47,134 --> 00:32:48,688 ? Good Queen Bess 434 00:32:48,694 --> 00:32:50,808 ? May no woes you betide 435 00:32:50,814 --> 00:32:53,648 ? But love and peace and happiness 436 00:32:53,654 --> 00:32:55,568 ? Be yours this Christmas tide! 437 00:32:55,574 --> 00:32:57,888 ? Our dearest love these makers laid 438 00:32:57,894 --> 00:32:59,728 ? Within this maid of snow! 439 00:32:59,734 --> 00:33:02,408 ? Accept it, and this glad grenade 440 00:33:02,414 --> 00:33:07,894 ? From Meg, Laurie, Amy and Jo... ? 441 00:33:13,854 --> 00:33:16,208 We really can't leave these kittens outside any longer. 442 00:33:16,214 --> 00:33:18,768 I thought I'd smuggle them in while Hannah's out at church. 443 00:33:18,774 --> 00:33:21,568 I shall deny all knowledge of them being brought indoors. 444 00:33:21,574 --> 00:33:24,888 Besides, I'm in Hannah's good books for sitting in 445 00:33:24,894 --> 00:33:27,534 and watching the pudding while it steams. 446 00:33:31,374 --> 00:33:33,568 Do you want to tell me anything? 447 00:33:33,574 --> 00:33:34,888 Yes. 448 00:33:34,894 --> 00:33:36,888 But it's about Meg, not me. 449 00:33:36,894 --> 00:33:39,888 She told me all about her visit to the Moffats. 450 00:33:39,894 --> 00:33:42,734 She came to me a day or so ago. 451 00:33:43,974 --> 00:33:47,414 I had hoped you would come to me, in your own chosen time. 452 00:33:48,574 --> 00:33:50,254 Marmee... 453 00:33:53,254 --> 00:33:58,374 In the summer, Mr Brooke stole Meg's glove... 454 00:33:59,614 --> 00:34:03,294 ..and he keeps it in his pocket! 455 00:34:04,414 --> 00:34:05,614 Laurie saw. 456 00:34:07,974 --> 00:34:12,094 In his pocket, Marmee! Isn't that a dreadful state of things? 457 00:34:15,974 --> 00:34:20,408 Do you think Meg cares for John? 458 00:34:20,414 --> 00:34:21,608 John?! 459 00:34:21,614 --> 00:34:23,728 While we were in Washington, your father 460 00:34:23,734 --> 00:34:27,328 and I started to call Mr Brooke by his Christian name. 461 00:34:27,334 --> 00:34:30,174 As he has no family, I think he likes it. 462 00:34:31,334 --> 00:34:33,214 And we like him. 463 00:34:34,294 --> 00:34:38,648 He spoke to us very sincerely about Meg. 464 00:34:38,654 --> 00:34:41,528 But he stole her glove! 465 00:34:41,534 --> 00:34:44,368 And never said a word about it to her face! 466 00:34:44,374 --> 00:34:46,088 Why are you so angry, Jo? 467 00:34:46,094 --> 00:34:49,768 Because they'll go lovering all over the house, 468 00:34:49,774 --> 00:34:51,448 and we'll have to dodge them! 469 00:34:51,454 --> 00:34:54,128 Because he'll scratch up some sort of fortune, and drag her away, 470 00:34:54,134 --> 00:34:55,728 and tear a great hole in the family, 471 00:34:55,734 --> 00:34:57,568 and it will be the end of the way things are! 472 00:34:57,574 --> 00:34:58,928 But why do you object so much? 473 00:34:58,934 --> 00:35:00,728 It's natural, and right, 474 00:35:00,734 --> 00:35:03,688 that you should all go to homes of your own, in time. 475 00:35:03,694 --> 00:35:06,448 - I'd marry Meg myself, if I could. - Oh! 476 00:35:06,454 --> 00:35:08,808 If it would keep her safe and close. 477 00:35:08,814 --> 00:35:12,328 I think that would be a very odd arrangement. 478 00:35:12,334 --> 00:35:16,968 Your father and I have told Meg all about John's interest, 479 00:35:16,974 --> 00:35:20,648 and that we insist on a three-year courtship before marriage. 480 00:35:20,654 --> 00:35:24,768 Three years, Marmee? That's no time at all! 481 00:35:24,774 --> 00:35:27,808 Well, I would like to keep all of my girls for as long as I can, 482 00:35:27,814 --> 00:35:33,408 but I also want real love, for all of you, from good men! 483 00:35:33,414 --> 00:35:37,048 The former takes time to flourish, 484 00:35:37,054 --> 00:35:41,328 and the latter are not lightly found. 485 00:35:41,334 --> 00:35:45,048 Meg doesn't love John yet. But she will. 486 00:35:45,054 --> 00:35:48,134 And everyone will have to bear it. 487 00:36:56,734 --> 00:36:59,048 ? Tis the season to be jolly 488 00:36:59,054 --> 00:37:00,208 ? Fa la la la la 489 00:37:00,214 --> 00:37:01,368 ? La la la la 490 00:37:01,374 --> 00:37:03,688 ? Don we now our gay apparel 491 00:37:03,694 --> 00:37:06,054 ? Fa la la la la la la la la... ? 492 00:37:08,494 --> 00:37:10,808 Jo? 493 00:37:10,814 --> 00:37:11,894 Jo? 494 00:37:22,334 --> 00:37:24,168 Why are you bringing me downstairs? 495 00:37:24,174 --> 00:37:26,688 I don't come downstairs until much later usually! 496 00:37:26,694 --> 00:37:30,054 Today isn't a usual sort of day, Beth! 497 00:37:42,734 --> 00:37:44,608 I bought you a bag of oranges. 498 00:37:44,614 --> 00:37:46,328 Is that the wrong thing? 499 00:37:46,334 --> 00:37:49,208 I thought it would be better than nuts, in the circumstances. 500 00:37:49,214 --> 00:37:51,008 What circumstances? 501 00:37:51,014 --> 00:37:53,208 Weren't you at the dentist? 502 00:37:53,214 --> 00:37:54,814 No. 503 00:37:56,934 --> 00:38:00,328 I just had a story accepted by a publisher. 504 00:38:00,334 --> 00:38:01,888 The Ashes Of The Peacock! 505 00:38:01,894 --> 00:38:03,848 Is that the one where the Duke goes mad after 506 00:38:03,854 --> 00:38:05,528 he wins a haunted mirror in a card game? 507 00:38:05,534 --> 00:38:07,728 No, it's the one with the chase in the catacombs of Paris. 508 00:38:07,734 --> 00:38:09,928 There's a duel, two people drink hemlock. 509 00:38:09,934 --> 00:38:11,128 Oh, Jo...! 510 00:38:11,134 --> 00:38:13,808 Oh, no, Laurie! Don't you dare try any of that kissing lark again! 511 00:38:13,814 --> 00:38:16,848 We haven't been drinking any claret, so there's really no excuse. 512 00:38:16,854 --> 00:38:20,968 I shall content myself with a cry of, "All hail Josephine March, 513 00:38:20,974 --> 00:38:24,094 "a celebrated American authoress!" Sh! 514 00:38:25,374 --> 00:38:26,848 Oh! 515 00:38:26,854 --> 00:38:29,728 This time last year, I was a bad-tempered girl 516 00:38:29,734 --> 00:38:32,088 complaining that she wasn't getting any Christmas presents! 517 00:38:32,094 --> 00:38:34,174 I was the loneliest boy on Earth. 518 00:38:35,214 --> 00:38:38,048 I don't know who that girl is any more! 519 00:38:38,054 --> 00:38:41,928 I want to be her again, because she didn't know anything. 520 00:38:41,934 --> 00:38:45,488 She didn't know what would be savaged, and almost lost. 521 00:38:45,494 --> 00:38:50,568 And yet I don't want to be her, because of all that I've gained. 522 00:38:50,574 --> 00:38:53,368 It's a happy Christmas, this year, isn't it? 523 00:38:53,374 --> 00:38:55,128 Happier. 524 00:38:55,134 --> 00:38:58,408 Jo, I came to find you for a reason. 525 00:38:58,414 --> 00:39:01,774 You didn't tell anyone where you were going. You're needed at home. 526 00:39:17,974 --> 00:39:20,374 Mr Laurence, your piano! 527 00:39:26,054 --> 00:39:27,414 Jo! 528 00:39:30,694 --> 00:39:32,214 You're home? 529 00:39:36,094 --> 00:39:39,888 You're home, and you're truly well again? 530 00:39:39,894 --> 00:39:43,454 I am as whole as ever I shall be. 531 00:39:59,574 --> 00:40:01,488 Hm! 532 00:40:01,494 --> 00:40:05,014 Hm-mm-mm-mm. 533 00:40:13,614 --> 00:40:15,168 Yes? 534 00:40:15,174 --> 00:40:17,448 Dearest. There's someone here to see you. 535 00:40:17,454 --> 00:40:18,854 Ah. 536 00:40:24,254 --> 00:40:28,368 I thank you, John, for the loyalty you've shown us, 537 00:40:28,374 --> 00:40:32,448 and the service you are about to give to our country. 538 00:40:32,454 --> 00:40:35,008 It is my honour and my privilege, sir. 539 00:40:35,014 --> 00:40:36,328 Sit? 540 00:40:36,334 --> 00:40:39,174 Dearest, he's here to see Meg. 541 00:40:41,974 --> 00:40:43,414 Ah! 542 00:40:49,614 --> 00:40:52,728 I polished your silver toilette set, and put it back in your bedroom. 543 00:40:52,734 --> 00:40:54,488 Hm. Then get your tippet. 544 00:40:54,494 --> 00:40:57,208 I wish to address your parents about your future, 545 00:40:57,214 --> 00:40:59,168 and that of your sister Josephine. 546 00:40:59,174 --> 00:41:01,728 Great, ungainly windmill of a girl. 547 00:41:01,734 --> 00:41:06,608 I need a poised and punctilious companion, and a refined one. 548 00:41:06,614 --> 00:41:11,054 I am resolved that you shall replace her. 549 00:41:16,654 --> 00:41:17,928 You enlisted? 550 00:41:17,934 --> 00:41:21,374 I said I would. And I'm a man of my word. 551 00:41:22,494 --> 00:41:24,888 Jo, would you grant me a private interview with Meg? 552 00:41:24,894 --> 00:41:27,168 I'll tell him to go away if you don't care to talk to him. 553 00:41:27,174 --> 00:41:28,374 Don't. 554 00:41:29,494 --> 00:41:31,814 Because I do. 555 00:41:53,294 --> 00:41:55,574 Your hands are trembling. 556 00:41:57,174 --> 00:42:00,208 Please don't tell me you're afraid of me. 557 00:42:00,214 --> 00:42:03,848 How could I be afraid of you, when you've been so kind to my father? 558 00:42:03,854 --> 00:42:07,094 I still don't like to make you tremble. 559 00:42:08,494 --> 00:42:10,934 I won't take your hand again if you don't wish it. 560 00:42:12,174 --> 00:42:15,168 I shall only ask you this - 561 00:42:15,174 --> 00:42:19,248 do you, or could you, care for me, even a little? 562 00:42:19,254 --> 00:42:21,694 I... 563 00:42:22,974 --> 00:42:24,734 ..don't know. 564 00:42:27,774 --> 00:42:30,728 I shall wait, and I shall fight, 565 00:42:30,734 --> 00:42:35,528 and if I am spared, I shall come home and work. 566 00:42:35,534 --> 00:42:37,208 And even if you can't promise me 567 00:42:37,214 --> 00:42:39,608 your love as a reward at the end of my endeavours, 568 00:42:39,614 --> 00:42:45,568 I shall not falter, but only pray that my efforts are not in vain, 569 00:42:45,574 --> 00:42:51,094 and that you'll choose to love me as much as I love you. 570 00:42:53,294 --> 00:42:55,374 And what if I don't choose? 571 00:42:57,134 --> 00:43:00,048 I will have to try to bear it. 572 00:43:00,054 --> 00:43:03,048 Ah! I've come to see my nephew. 573 00:43:03,054 --> 00:43:06,648 As the door to the street was ajar, and neither hide nor hair 574 00:43:06,654 --> 00:43:12,128 of a maid in evidence, I thought I would show myself into the parlour. 575 00:43:12,134 --> 00:43:16,374 Would you remove this fancywork? Thank you. 576 00:43:19,254 --> 00:43:22,928 Then explain the presence of this military gentleman, 577 00:43:22,934 --> 00:43:25,848 and the reason why your cheeks are peony pink. 578 00:43:25,854 --> 00:43:28,768 I dare say the two circumstances are connected. 579 00:43:28,774 --> 00:43:32,328 This is Mr Brooke, Aunt March, my father's friend. 580 00:43:32,334 --> 00:43:34,368 Rook? Hm. 581 00:43:34,374 --> 00:43:36,968 Not a name I've ever heard in connection with the better 582 00:43:36,974 --> 00:43:39,088 families of Massachusetts. 583 00:43:39,094 --> 00:43:41,488 His name is Brooke, Aunt March. 584 00:43:41,494 --> 00:43:45,368 And until he enlisted, he was tutor to Mr Laurence's grandson. 585 00:43:45,374 --> 00:43:47,888 Oh! Of course. The tutor. 586 00:43:47,894 --> 00:43:51,768 A head full of notions, and coffers full of air. 587 00:43:51,774 --> 00:43:54,928 If you harbour thoughts of mischief towards my great-niece, 588 00:43:54,934 --> 00:43:56,568 I insist that you divulge them. 589 00:43:56,574 --> 00:43:58,888 There is no mischief in me, ma'am. 590 00:43:58,894 --> 00:44:02,528 But I have just made a proposal of marriage. 591 00:44:02,534 --> 00:44:05,248 And did you accept him, Margaret? 592 00:44:05,254 --> 00:44:07,688 No. She did not. 593 00:44:07,694 --> 00:44:08,888 Good. 594 00:44:08,894 --> 00:44:13,048 Because if you do, you will never see one penny of my money! 595 00:44:13,054 --> 00:44:15,088 I will marry whom I please, Aunt March! 596 00:44:15,094 --> 00:44:17,248 And you can leave your money to anyone you like! 597 00:44:17,254 --> 00:44:18,288 Hm. 598 00:44:18,294 --> 00:44:21,288 There is a defect of character one encounters in the young, 599 00:44:21,294 --> 00:44:25,408 when they are engulfed by intimations of romance. 600 00:44:25,414 --> 00:44:29,848 I call it the spice of perversity, and it leads to hot heads 601 00:44:29,854 --> 00:44:32,048 and bitter reflection! 602 00:44:32,054 --> 00:44:35,328 And if you don't believe me, pray consult your parents! 603 00:44:35,334 --> 00:44:39,208 They had no more worldly wisdom than a pair of babies, either. 604 00:44:39,214 --> 00:44:40,568 And I am very glad of it! 605 00:44:40,574 --> 00:44:44,048 For they made as beautiful a match as I have ever seen, 606 00:44:44,054 --> 00:44:46,248 and they care for nothing but my happiness! 607 00:44:46,254 --> 00:44:48,688 I wish they cared to teach you your duty! 608 00:44:48,694 --> 00:44:52,208 Which is to respect your elders, marry well, 609 00:44:52,214 --> 00:44:54,048 and provide for your family! 610 00:44:54,054 --> 00:44:57,294 I will marry well, because John loves me. 611 00:44:59,014 --> 00:45:01,414 And I love him. 612 00:45:03,414 --> 00:45:05,568 Well, if that is your conviction, 613 00:45:05,574 --> 00:45:08,654 I wash my hands of the entire affair. 614 00:45:10,934 --> 00:45:15,488 Expect nothing from me when you marry, or when I am laid in Earth, 615 00:45:15,494 --> 00:45:19,294 for I say this, and say it plainly - I am done with you. 616 00:45:25,574 --> 00:45:27,048 You just told her you love me! 617 00:45:27,054 --> 00:45:30,408 I... I didn't know I did, until she abused you, 618 00:45:30,414 --> 00:45:32,534 but I know it now. 619 00:45:40,814 --> 00:45:46,008 ? I'm wearing away, John 620 00:45:46,014 --> 00:45:50,688 ? Like snow-wreaths in thaw, John 621 00:45:50,694 --> 00:45:59,528 ? I'm wearing away To the land of the Leal 622 00:45:59,534 --> 00:46:04,608 ? There's no sorrow there, John 623 00:46:04,614 --> 00:46:09,208 ? There's neither cold nor care, John 624 00:46:09,214 --> 00:46:18,808 ? The day is aye fair In the land of the Leal 625 00:46:18,814 --> 00:46:26,288 ? Now fare ye well, my own John 626 00:46:26,294 --> 00:46:31,808 ? This world's cares are vain, John. ? 627 00:46:31,814 --> 00:46:34,488 Study hard. 628 00:47:52,014 --> 00:47:54,934 Wounded man! 629 00:48:40,254 --> 00:48:41,574 Father. 630 00:48:43,774 --> 00:48:45,568 May I speak with you? 631 00:48:45,574 --> 00:48:47,608 Is it about Meg's wedding? 632 00:48:47,614 --> 00:48:49,968 No, Father, it is not. 633 00:48:49,974 --> 00:48:53,408 In which case you may speak with me to your heart's content. 634 00:48:53,414 --> 00:48:57,968 I have spent the last several weeks stretched 635 00:48:57,974 --> 00:49:02,208 to my utmost on topics as far-reaching and as strange to me 636 00:49:02,214 --> 00:49:07,568 as veils versus bonnets, cake versus pie, and the minimum 637 00:49:07,574 --> 00:49:12,048 number of scuttles and dusters required when setting up home. 638 00:49:12,054 --> 00:49:17,134 To converse on any other subject can only be a joy to me. 639 00:49:19,094 --> 00:49:22,888 Well... An offer in writing 640 00:49:22,894 --> 00:49:27,008 to publish your novel is not an inconsiderable thing, Jo. 641 00:49:27,014 --> 00:49:28,568 That's why I'm showing it to you. 642 00:49:28,574 --> 00:49:31,728 And I have to say, 300 is not an inconsiderable thing, either. 643 00:49:31,734 --> 00:49:36,848 You must not let the size of the sum they offer sway you. 644 00:49:36,854 --> 00:49:42,214 They say here they want "significant amendments". 645 00:49:43,334 --> 00:49:45,088 Money isn't everything. 646 00:49:45,094 --> 00:49:47,768 No, but we need more of it in this house! 647 00:49:47,774 --> 00:49:51,608 I'm blessed to have found a position as minister. 648 00:49:51,614 --> 00:49:55,328 If my parish is a small one, and the living lean, I'm no less grateful. 649 00:49:55,334 --> 00:49:58,608 Father, I only earn five or six dollars apiece 650 00:49:58,614 --> 00:50:00,848 for my Spread Eagle stories, but it paid for the rug 651 00:50:00,854 --> 00:50:04,008 to be mended, and for you to have new galoshes last winter! 652 00:50:04,014 --> 00:50:07,568 It pays for beef, so that Beth can have broth to try to build her up. 653 00:50:07,574 --> 00:50:10,848 She has never been well since she had the scarlet fever. 654 00:50:10,854 --> 00:50:14,208 And the care you take of her does you every credit, 655 00:50:14,214 --> 00:50:16,648 but you must also nurture yourself, 656 00:50:16,654 --> 00:50:19,048 and that means to nurture your writing. 657 00:50:19,054 --> 00:50:22,008 It's more sacred than you allow yourself to think. 658 00:50:22,014 --> 00:50:26,008 It isn't sacred! It's essential to me, but it isn't sacred. 659 00:50:26,014 --> 00:50:29,008 There are too many things I have to achieve by it, Father! 660 00:50:29,014 --> 00:50:32,808 Don't spoil your book for the sake of 300, Jo! 661 00:50:32,814 --> 00:50:37,648 You have more talent than you know, and you should let your work ripen. 662 00:50:37,654 --> 00:50:39,328 Like you do? 663 00:50:39,334 --> 00:50:42,448 I've been working on my book for 20 years, 664 00:50:42,454 --> 00:50:47,488 and, yes, it's starting to bear fruit. 665 00:50:47,494 --> 00:50:50,808 That is a wonderful accomplishment, Father! 666 00:50:50,814 --> 00:50:53,934 And a luxury I am not convinced I have! 667 00:50:58,054 --> 00:51:01,008 She won't wait! I'm telling you now, she won't wait. 668 00:51:01,014 --> 00:51:04,448 And she will profit more from the trial than by feeling 669 00:51:04,454 --> 00:51:06,448 she's been thwarted. 670 00:51:06,454 --> 00:51:08,448 Do you think it will be a trial? 671 00:51:08,454 --> 00:51:12,288 Well, we can't save Jo from criticism, if it comes her way! 672 00:51:12,294 --> 00:51:16,768 She has to send her book into the world, just as we have 673 00:51:16,774 --> 00:51:18,734 to send our children. 674 00:51:20,574 --> 00:51:22,368 Well, Meg isn't going far. 675 00:51:22,374 --> 00:51:25,648 That little house isn't ten minutes' walk away. 676 00:51:25,654 --> 00:51:28,928 Even if they don't have a cellar for the coal, 677 00:51:28,934 --> 00:51:31,374 or room for a dining table. 678 00:51:32,894 --> 00:51:35,174 I'm not sure about this bonnet now. 679 00:51:36,174 --> 00:51:41,288 And I can't rest for thinking that the cats will get the ham. 680 00:51:41,294 --> 00:51:46,014 Are all the weddings going to be as bad as this? 681 00:51:50,734 --> 00:51:53,534 Sh. Come on. Come on. 682 00:52:20,934 --> 00:52:22,968 I found more hairpins! 683 00:52:22,974 --> 00:52:25,448 I want to be sure the veil's fixed on! 684 00:52:25,454 --> 00:52:26,774 Just a minute! 685 00:52:56,054 --> 00:52:58,848 I want to kiss you all so much. 686 00:52:58,854 --> 00:53:01,568 But I'm afraid that kisses would turn into me 687 00:53:01,574 --> 00:53:03,328 throwing my arms around you, 688 00:53:03,334 --> 00:53:08,134 and all this perfection will be utterly undone! 689 00:53:09,854 --> 00:53:13,168 Here are the hairpins, in case you need them. 690 00:53:13,174 --> 00:53:16,014 See you all downstairs. 691 00:53:34,454 --> 00:53:36,648 Get off there! Get off now. 692 00:53:36,654 --> 00:53:37,974 Get off, you! 693 00:53:41,374 --> 00:53:44,008 May the Lord look with favour upon you 694 00:53:44,014 --> 00:53:49,528 and so fill you with grace that you may live together in this life 695 00:53:49,534 --> 00:53:53,454 and in the world to come have life everlasting. 696 00:53:54,814 --> 00:53:56,208 Amen. 697 00:53:56,214 --> 00:53:57,974 Amen. 698 00:54:01,414 --> 00:54:03,968 You may kiss the bride. 699 00:54:03,974 --> 00:54:08,214 Oh, I'm sorry, John! The first kiss is for Marmee! 700 00:54:19,934 --> 00:54:23,848 I always said that my pearls would go to the 701 00:54:23,854 --> 00:54:27,374 first of my great-nieces to become engaged. 702 00:54:32,054 --> 00:54:36,368 And if I must present them to a bride, and not to a fiancee 703 00:54:36,374 --> 00:54:40,968 with a new ring sparkling on her hand, that is no-one's doing 704 00:54:40,974 --> 00:54:47,008 but my own, and though I do not care to, I entreat your pardon. 705 00:54:47,014 --> 00:54:48,934 Thank you, Aunt March. 706 00:54:53,414 --> 00:54:55,134 Thank you. 707 00:55:19,774 --> 00:55:21,374 Here. Sit. 708 00:55:24,134 --> 00:55:26,488 I thought you'd be treading on my feet more. 709 00:55:26,494 --> 00:55:30,494 I'm counting like crazy. You just can't see my lips move. 710 00:55:36,814 --> 00:55:38,054 Beth's fading, Laurie. 711 00:55:39,174 --> 00:55:41,488 She'll be all right. 712 00:55:41,494 --> 00:55:43,808 Everything will be all right. 713 00:55:43,814 --> 00:55:45,688 Beth will dance at your wedding, too. 714 00:55:45,694 --> 00:55:48,128 My wedding? Oh, no, Laurie! 715 00:55:48,134 --> 00:55:50,328 There should always be at least one old maid in a family 716 00:55:50,334 --> 00:55:52,728 and I've made up my mind that it's going to be me! 717 00:55:52,734 --> 00:55:57,488 Jo! I miss you all the time when I'm away at college. 718 00:55:57,494 --> 00:55:59,248 No, you don't! 719 00:55:59,254 --> 00:56:02,054 You fall in love with a different girl every fortnight! 720 00:56:03,134 --> 00:56:04,928 Can we change the subject, please? 721 00:56:04,934 --> 00:56:07,208 We can, but it won't go away! 722 00:56:07,214 --> 00:56:09,414 Time won't stand still, Jo. 723 00:56:10,654 --> 00:56:12,134 I wish it would. 724 00:56:14,894 --> 00:56:18,254 And I don't want any more talk of love. 725 00:56:41,774 --> 00:56:43,728 I need to not live out my entire life 726 00:56:43,734 --> 00:56:45,368 in the tiny town where I was born. 727 00:56:45,374 --> 00:56:48,968 You never let people see your soft side, but everyone who cares 728 00:56:48,974 --> 00:56:50,168 knows it's there. 729 00:56:50,174 --> 00:56:51,968 You know so much more than I do. 730 00:56:51,974 --> 00:56:55,968 That only makes me learned. It does not make me wise. 731 00:56:55,974 --> 00:56:57,888 Can we go back to being happy, 732 00:56:57,894 --> 00:56:59,168 like we were before? 733 00:56:59,174 --> 00:57:00,448 Not quite. 734 00:57:00,454 --> 00:57:02,894 We were children before and we aren't any longer. 735 00:57:03,934 --> 00:57:06,368 You're going to have to go on a journey. 736 00:57:06,374 --> 00:57:08,768 And you mustn't be afraid. 737 00:57:08,774 --> 00:57:11,934 You were always braver than you knew. 738 00:57:12,525 --> 00:57:17,078 Corrected & Synced by Bakugan