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 Tonight at the Proms we travel back to Tudor England, to the mist that

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 settles on the Thames, to the Tower of London, for a plot of cunning

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 schemes and dastardly disguises of unrequited love and reluctant

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 engagements. London has been centre stage all summer and tonight is no

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 different, it's Gilbert and Sullivan's grand opera, the Yeoman

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 of the Guard. The BBC Concert Orchestra takes to the Royal Albert

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 Hall stage this evening, alongside the BBC Singers and we have a

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 fabulous line-up of celebrated British stars who'll all be making

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 final adjustments to their wigs and to their ruffs and tunics even as

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 we speak. Yeoman of the Guard was an immediate hit when it opened at

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 the Savoy Theatre in 1888. The first run carried on for 400 shows.

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 The plot centres around a rather convoluted plan to rescue the

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 dashing Colonel Fairfax, who is awaiting execution at the Tower on

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 a trumped up charge and who has also unwittingly stolen the heart

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 of young Phoebe, who is the daughter of one of the Yeomen of

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 the Guard. And here comes conductor, Jane Glover, to conduct BBC Concert

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 Orchestra and the BBC Singers in Gilbert and Sullivan's great Savoy

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 # When maiden loves # And to all questions she replies

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 # When maiden loves she mopes apart

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 # Yet all the sense of eloquence 

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 # Yet all the sense of eloquence 

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 # Lies hidden in a maid's "Ah, me!" 

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 # Yet all the sense of eloquence 

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APPLAUSE 

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 WEEPING 

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 WEEPING Mistress 

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 Mistress Meryll. 

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 Mistress Meryll. Eh? 

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 Mistress Meryll. Eh? Oh, 

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 Mistress Meryll. Eh? Oh, it's you, is it? You may go away, if you like.

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 Because I don't want you, you know. Haven't you anything to say to me?

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 Oh yes. Are the birds all caged? The wild beasts all littered down?

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 All the locks, chains, bars and bolts in good order? Is the Little

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 Ease sufficiently uncomfortable? The racks, pincers, and thumbscrews

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 all ready for work? Ugh, you brute! These allusions to my professional

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 duties are in doubtful taste. I didn't become a head-jailer because

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 because I like assistant-tormenting. We can't all be sorcerers, you know.

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 Ah! You brought that upon yourself. Colonel Fairfax is not a sorcerer.

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 He's a man of science and an alchemist. Well, whatever he is, he

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 won't be one for long, for he's to be beheaded today for dealings with

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 the devil. His master nearly had him last night, when the fire broke

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 out in the Beauchamp Tower. Oh, how I wish he had escaped in the

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 confusion. But take care, there's still time for a reply to his

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 petition for mercy. I'm content to chance that. This evening at 7.30pm.

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 You're a cruel monster to speak so unfeelingly of the death of a young

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 and handsome soldier. Young and handsome. How do you know he's

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 young and handsome? Because I've seen him every day for weeks past

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 taking his exercise on the Beauchamp Tower. Curse him. There,

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 I believe you're jealous of him, now. Jealous of a man I've never

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 spoken to. Jealous of a poor soul who's to die in an hour. I am. I'm

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 jealous of everybody and everything. I'm jealous of the very words I

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 speak to you because they reach your ears and I mustn't go near

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 them. How unjust you are. Jealous of the words you speak to me. Why,

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 you know as well as I do that I don't even like them. You used to

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 like them. I used to pretend I liked them. It was mere politeness

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 to comparative strangers. I don't believe you know what jealousy is.

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 disorders his digestion and turns his interior into boilng lead. Oh,

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 Carruthers. Busy today? Busy, aye. The fire in the Beauchamp last

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 night has given me work enough. A dozen poor prisoners, Richard

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 Colfax, Sir Martin Byfleet, Colonel Fairfax, Warren the preacher-poet,

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 and half-a-score others all packed into one small cell, not six feet

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 square. Poor Colonel Fairfax, who's to die today, is to be removed to

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 No. 14 in the Cold Harbour that he may have his last hour alone with

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 his confessor; and I've to see to that. Poor gentleman. He'll die

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 bravely. I fought under him two years since, and he valued his life

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 as it were a feather. He's the bravest, the handsomest, and the

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 best young gentleman in England. He twice saved my father's life and

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 it's a cruel thing, a wicked thing, and a barbarous thing that so

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 gallant a hero should lose his head - for it's the handsomest head in

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 who dealt with him, there'd be busy doings on Tower Green. You know

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 very well that Colonel Fairfax is a student of alchemy. Nothing more,

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 and nothing less but this wicked Tower, like a cruel giant in a

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 fairytale, must be fed with blood, and that blood must be the best and

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 bravest in England, or it's not good enough for the old Blunderbore.

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 Ugh! Silence, you silly girl, you know not what you say. I was born

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 in the old keep, and I've grown grey in it, and, please God, I

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 shall die and be buried in it and there's not a stone in its walls

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 # The screw may twist # O'er London town

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 Father, has no reprieve arrived for the poor gentleman? No, my lass but

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 there's one hope yet. Thy brother Leonard, who, as a reward for his

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 valour in saving his standard and cutting his way through 50 foes who

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 would have hanged him, has been appointed a Yeoman of the Guard,

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 will arrive this morning, and as he comes straight from Windsor, where

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 the Court is, it may be - it may be - that he will bring the expected

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 reprieve with him. Oh, that he may. Amen to that. For the Colonel twice

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 saved my life, and I'd give the rest of my life to save his. And

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 wilt thou not be glad to welcome thy brave brother, with the fame of

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 whose exploits all England is a- ringing? Aye, truly, if he brings

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 the reprieve. And not otherwise? Well, he's a brave man indeed, and

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 I love brave men. All brave men? Most of them, I verily believe. But

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 I hope Leonard will not be too strict with me. They say he is a

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 very dragon of virtue and circumspection. Now, my dear old

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 father is kindness itself, and leaves thee pretty well to thine

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 own ways, eh? Well, I've no fears for thee, thou hast a feather-brain,

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 but thou art a good lass. Yes, that's all very well, but if

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 Leonard is going to tell me that I may not do this and I may not do

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 that, and I must not talk to this one, or walk with that one, but go

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 through the world with my lips pursed up and my eyes cast down,

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 like a poor nun who has renounced mankind, why as I have not

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 renounced mankind, and don't mean to renounce mankind, I won't have

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 it, there! Nay, he'll not check thee more than is good for thee,

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 Phbe. He's a brave fellow, and bravest among brave fellows, and

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 yet it seems but yesterday that he robbed the Lieutenant's orchard.

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 Father. Leonard, my brave boy, I'm right glad to see thee, and so is

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 Phbe. Aye. Hast thou brought Colonel Fairfax's reprieve? Nay, I

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 have here a despatch for the Lieutenant, but no reprieve for the

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 Colonel. Poor gentleman. Poor gentleman. Aye, I would I had

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 brought better news. I'd give my right hand - nay, my body, my life,

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 to save his. Dost thou speak in earnest, my lad? Aye, father, I'm

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 no braggart. Did he not save thy life? And am I not his foster-

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 brother? Then hearken to me. Thou hast come to join the Yeomen of the

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 Guard. Well? None has seen thee but ourselves? And a sentry, who took

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 scant notice of me. Now to prove thy words. Give me the despatch and

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 get thee hence at once. Here is money, and I'll send thee more. Lie

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 hidden for a space, and let no one know. I'll convey a suit of

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 Yeoman's uniform to the Colonel's cell. He shall shave off his beard,

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 so that none shall know him, and I'll own him as my son, the brave

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 Leonard Meryll, who saved his flag and cut his way through 50 foes who

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 thirsted for his life. He will be welcomed without question by my

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 brother Yeomen, I'll warrant that. Now, how to get access to the

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 Colonel's cell? The key is with they sour-faced admirer, Wilfred

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 Wilfred. I think, mind I say, I think, you may leave that to me.

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 love is new-born. Wrap it up carefully, lest it take cold and

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 Nay, lass, be of good cheer, we may save him yet. Oh, see, father, they

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 bring the poor gentleman from the Beauchamp. Oh, father, his hour is

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 not yet come? No, no, they lead him to the Cold Harbour Tower to await

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 his end in solitude. But softly, the Lieutenant approaches. He

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 should not see thee weep. Halt! Colonel Fairfax, my old friend, we

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 meet but sadly. Sir, I greet you with all goodwill and I thank you

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 for the zealous care with which you have guarded me from the pestilent

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 dangers which threaten human life outside. In this happy little

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 community, death, when he comes, doth so in punctual and business-

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 advent, that one may not be taken unawares. Sir, you bear this

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 bravely, as a brave man should. sir, it is no light boon to die

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 swiftly and surely at a given hour and in a given fashion. Truth to

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 tell, I would gladly have my life but if that may not be, I have the

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 next best thing to it, which is death. Believe me, sir, my lot is

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 not so much amiss. Oh, father, father, I cannot bear it. My poor

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 lass. Nay, pretty one, why weepest thou? Come, be comforted. Such a

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 life as mine is not worth weeping for. Sergeant Meryll, is it not?

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 May I greet my old friend? Why, man, what's all this? Thou and I have

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 faced the grim old king a dozen times, and never has his majesty

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 is better to die than to live, for, # Who perish in July?

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 # I might have had to live And now, Sir Richard, I have a boon

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 to beg. I am in this strait for no better reason than because my

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 kinsman, Sir Clarence Poltwhistle, one of the Secretaries of State,

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 estate, which devolves to him provided I die unmarried. As thou

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 wilt most surely do. Nay, as I will most surely not do, by your

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 worship's grace. I have a mind to thwart this good cousin of mine.

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 wouldst thou marry? Nay, I am indifferent on that score. Coming

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 death hath made of me a true and chivalrous knight, who holds all

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 womankind in such esteem that the oldest, and the meanest, and the

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 least-favoured of them is good enough for him. So, my good

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 Lieutenant, if thou wouldst serve a poor soldier who has but an hour to

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 live, find me the first that comes, my confessor shall marry us, and

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 her dower shall be my dishonoured name and a hundred crowns to boot.

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 No such poor dower for an hour of matrimony. A strange request. I

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 doubt that I should be warranted in granting it. There never was a

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 marriage fraught with so little of evil to the contracting parties. In

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 an hour she'll be a widow, and I - a bachelor again for aught I know.

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 abhorrence for the scurvy trick he has played thee. A thousand thanks,

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 good sir; we meet again on this spot in an hour or so. I shall be a

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 bridegroom then, and your worship will wish me joy. Till then,

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 farewell. I am ready, good fellows. He is a brave fellow, and it is a

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 pity that he should die. Now, how to find him a bride at such short

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 you? We can rhyme you couplet, triolet, quatrain, sonnet, rondolet,

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 ballade, what you will. Or we can dance you, saraband, gondolet,

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 carole, Pimpernel, or Jumping Joan. Let us give them the singing farce

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 of the Merryman and his Maid, therein is song and dance too.

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 # Heighdy! Heighdy! 

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 # It is sung with the ring 

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 # Of the songs maids sing 

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 # Who love with a love lifelong, O!

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 # Heighdy! Heighdy! 

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 # Misery me, lack-a-day-dee! 

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 # Misery me, lack-a-day-dee! 

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 Well sung and well danced. A kiss for that pretty maid! Aye, a kiss

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 all round. Best beware, I am armed. Back sirs, back. This is going too

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 far. Thou dost not see the humour of it, eh? Yet there is humour in

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 all things, even in this. Help help! What is this pother? Sir, we

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 sang to these folk, and they would have repaid us with gross courtesy,

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 but for your honour's coming. with ye. Clear the rabble. Now, my

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 girl, who are you, and what do you here? May it please you, sir, we

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 are two strolling players, Jack Point and I, Elsie Maynard, at your

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 worship's service. We go from fair to fair, singing, and dancing, and

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 playing brief interludes, and so we make a poor living. You two, eh?

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 Are ye man and wife? No, sir; for though I'm a fool, there is a limit

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 to my folly. Her mother, old Bridget Maynard, travels with us,

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 for Elsie is a good girl. But the old woman is a-bed with fever, and

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 we have come here to pick up some silver to buy an electuary for her.

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 Hark ye, my girl. Your mother is ill? Sorely ill, sir. And needs

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 good food, and many things that thou canst not buy? Alas, sir, it

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 is too true. Wouldst thou earn an hundred crowns? An hundred crowns.

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 They might save her life! Then listen. A worthy but unhappy

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 gentleman is to be beheaded in an hour on this very spot. For

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 sufficient reasons, he desires to marry before he dies, and he hath

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 asked me to find him a wife. Wilt thou be that wife? The wife of a

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 man I have never seen. Why, sir, look you, I am concerned in this,

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 for though I am not yet wedded to Elsie Maynard, time works wonders,

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 and there's no knowing what may be in store for us. Have we your

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 worship's word for it that this gentleman will die today? Nothing

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 is more certain, I grieve to say. And that the maiden will be allowed

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 to depart the very instant the ceremony is at an end? The very

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 instant. I pledge my honour that it shall be so. An hundred crowns?

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 # Temptation! 

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 And so, good fellow, you are a jester? Aye, sir, and like some of

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 my jests, out of place. I have a need of such an one. Tell me, what

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 are your qualifications for such a post? Marry, sir, I have a pretty

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 wit. I can riddle you from dawn of day to set of sun, and, if that

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 content you not, well on to midnight and the small hours. Oh,

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 sir, a pretty wit, I warrant you. A # At peer or prince

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 wise. My Lord was the Archbishop of Canterbury, and it was considered

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 that one of my jokes was unsuited to His Grace's family circle. In

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 truth, I ventured to ask a poor riddle, sir. Wherein lay the

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 difference between His Grace and poor Jack Point? His Grace was

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 pleased to give it up, sir. And thereupon I told him that whereas

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 His Grace was paid �10,000 a year for being good, poor Jack Point was

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 good for nothing. 'Twas but a harmless jest, but it offended His

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 Grace, who whipped me and set me in the stocks for a scurril rogue, and

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 so we parted. I had as lief not take post again with the dignified

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 clergy. But I trust you are very careful not to give offence. I have

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 daughters. Sir, my jests are most carefully selected, and anything

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 objectionable is expunged. If your honour pleases, I will try them

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 first on your honour's chaplain. Can you give me an example? Say

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 that I had sat me down hurriedly on something sharp? Sir, I should say

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 that you had sat down on the spur of the moment. Humph! I don't think

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 much of that. Is that the best you can do? It has always been much

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 admired, sir, but we will try again. Well, then, I am at dinner, and the

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 joint of meat is but half cooked. Why then, sir, I should say that

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 what is underdone cannot be helped. I see. I think that manner of thing

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 would be somewhat irritating. first, sir, perhaps, but use is

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 everything, and you would come in time to like it. We will suppose

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 that I caught you kissing the kitchen wench under my very nose.

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 Under her very nose, good sir, not under yours! That is where I would

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 kiss her. Do you take me? Oh, sir, a pretty wit, a pretty, pretty wit!

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 The maiden comes. Follow me, friend, and we will discuss this matter at

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 length in my library. I am your worship's servant. That is to say,

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 I trust I soon shall be. But, before proceeding to a more serious

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 topic, can you tell me, sir, why a cook's brain-pan is like an

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 overwound clock? A truce to this fooling, follow me. Just my luck;

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 # That bearest in thy circlet # That lovers hope for

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 # What bringest thou to me but gold and sadness? 

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 # A bridegroom all unknown save in this wise 

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 # Today he dies! 

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 # Today, alas, he dies! 

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 # Though tear and long-drawn sigh Ill fit a bride 

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 # No sadder wife than I The whole world wide! 

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 # Ah, me! Ah, me! 

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 # Yet maids there be 

474
00:53:43,424 --> 00:53:45,880
 # Who would consent to lose 

475
00:53:45,920 --> 00:53:50,848
 # The very rose of youth The flow'r of life 

476
00:53:50,888 --> 00:53:53,368
 # To be, in honest truth 

477
00:53:53,408 --> 00:53:55,664
 # A wedded wife 

478
00:53:55,704 --> 00:54:03,524
 # No matter whose! No matter whose! 

479
00:54:03,564 --> 00:54:07,520
 # Ah, me! What profit we 

480
00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:11,336
 # O, maids that sigh 

481
00:54:11,376 --> 00:54:16,680
 # Though gold Though gold should live 

482
00:54:16,720 --> 00:54:26,680
 # If wedded love must die? 

483
00:54:26,720 --> 00:54:26,760
 

484
00:54:26,760 --> 00:55:42,240
 Apology for the loss of subtitles for 365 seconds 

485
00:55:52,640 --> 00:56:00,840
 

486
00:56:00,880 --> 00:56:01,400
 # 

487
00:56:01,800 --> 00:56:01,244
 # Rejoice 

488
00:56:01,284 --> 00:56:02,240
 # Rejoice # 

489
00:56:02,640 --> 00:56:08,208
 # Rejoice 

490
00:56:08,248 --> 00:56:08,412
 # Rejoice that 

491
00:56:08,452 --> 00:56:18,412
 # Rejoice that yeah 

492
00:56:18,452 --> 00:56:34,276
 

493
00:56:34,316 --> 00:56:38,256
 # Rejoice that yeah have time to 'Tis an odd freak for a dying man

494
00:56:38,296 --> 00:56:42,228
 and his confessor to be closeted alone with a strange singing girl.

495
00:56:42,268 --> 00:56:49,824
 I would fain have espied them, but they stopped up the keyhole. My

496
00:56:49,864 --> 00:56:57,288
 keyhole. Wilfred, and alone! what could he have wanted with her?

497
00:56:57,328 --> 00:57:04,884
 That's what puzzles me. Now to get the keys from him. Wilfred, has no

498
00:57:04,924 --> 00:57:14,884
 reprieve arrived? None. Thine adored Fairfax is to die. Nay, thou

499
00:57:14,924 --> 00:57:15,276
 

500
00:57:15,316 --> 00:57:19,524
 knowest that I have naught but pity for the poor condemned gentleman.

501
00:57:19,564 --> 00:57:23,776
 know that he who is about to die is more to thee than I, who am alive

502
00:57:23,816 --> 00:57:29,464
 and well. Why, that were out of reason, dear Wilfred. Do they not

503
00:57:29,504 --> 00:57:33,480
 say that a live ass is better than a dead lion? No, I didn't mean that.

504
00:57:33,520 --> 00:57:36,976
 Oh, they say that, do they? It's unpardonably rude of them, but I

505
00:57:37,160 --> 00:57:46,976
 believe they put it in that way. Not that it applies to thee, who

506
00:57:47,160 --> 00:57:47,400
 

507
00:57:47,800 --> 00:57:50,288
 art clever beyond all telling. yes, as an assistant-tormentor.

508
00:57:50,328 --> 00:58:00,288
 as a wit, as a humorist, as a most philosophic commentator on the

509
00:58:00,328 --> 00:58:01,132
 

510
00:58:01,172 --> 00:58:05,448
 vanity of human resolution. Truly, I have seen great resolution give

511
00:58:05,488 --> 00:58:08,448
 way under my persuasive methods, working a small thumbscrew. In the

512
00:58:08,488 --> 00:58:10,948
 nice regulation of a thumbscrew, in the hundredth part of a single

513
00:58:10,988 --> 00:58:20,948
 revolution lieth all the difference between stony reticence and a

514
00:58:20,988 --> 00:58:25,240
 

515
00:58:25,640 --> 00:58:34,880
 torrent of impulsive unbosoming that the pen can scarcely follow.

516
00:58:34,128 --> 00:58:38,184
 Ha, ha, I am a mad wag. Thou art a most light-hearted and delightful

517
00:58:38,224 --> 00:58:47,620
 companion, Master Wilfred. Thine anecdotes of the torture-chamber

518
00:58:47,660 --> 00:58:53,120
 are the prettiest hearing. I'm a pleasant fellow an I choose. I

519
00:58:53,160 --> 00:59:02,480
 believe I am the very merriest dog that barks. Ah, we might be passing

520
00:59:02,520 --> 00:59:07,696
 happy together. Perhaps. I do not know. For thou wouldst make a most

521
00:59:07,736 --> 00:59:11,200
 tender and loving wife. Aye, to one whom I really loved. For there is a

522
00:59:11,240 --> 00:59:18,588
 wealth of love within this little heart - saving up for - I wonder

523
00:59:18,628 --> 00:59:26,260
 who? Now, by all the world of men, I wonder who? To think that he whom

524
00:59:26,300 --> 00:59:33,776
 I am to wed is alive and somewhere. Perhaps far away, perhaps close at

525
00:59:33,816 --> 00:59:42,136
 hand. And I know him not. It seemeth that I am wasting time in

526
00:59:42,176 --> 00:59:51,528
 not knowing him. Now say that it is I. Nay, suppose it for the nonce.

527
00:59:51,568 --> 00:59:54,264
 Say that we are wed. Suppose it only. Say that thou art my very

528
00:59:54,304 --> 00:59:57,280
 bride, and I thy cheery, joyous, bright and frolicsome husband, the

529
00:59:57,320 --> 01:00:07,280
 day's work being done, and the prisoners stored away for the night,

530
01:00:07,320 --> 01:00:07,652
 

531
01:00:07,692 --> 01:00:14,000
 thou and I are alone together, with a long, long evening before us.

532
01:00:14,400 --> 01:00:24,000
 is a pretty picture, but I scarcely know. It cometh so unexpectedly.

533
01:00:24,400 --> 01:00:24,668
 

534
01:00:24,708 --> 01:00:34,668
 And yet, and yet, were I thy bride Aye. Wert thou my bride? Oh, how I

535
01:00:34,708 --> 01:00:34,748
 

536
01:00:34,748 --> 01:01:17,776
 Apology for the loss of subtitles for 365 seconds 

537
01:01:17,816 --> 01:01:27,776
 # As on her nest # The silvery flute

538
01:01:27,816 --> 01:02:02,720
 

539
01:02:02,760 --> 01:02:12,720
 # To the soft thrill of wooing # Were leaden heaviness

540
01:02:12,760 --> 01:02:33,360
 

541
01:02:33,400 --> 01:02:37,124
 # But then, of course, you see No, thou'rt not, not yet. But, Lord,

542
01:02:37,164 --> 01:02:45,576
 how she woo'd; I should be no mean judge of wooing, seeing that I have

543
01:02:45,616 --> 01:02:49,136
 been more hotly woo'd than most men. I have been woo'd by maid, widow,

544
01:02:49,176 --> 01:02:51,640
 and wife. I have been woo'd boldly, timidly, tearfully, shyly, by

545
01:02:51,680 --> 01:03:01,640
 direct assault, by suggestion, by implication, by inference, and by

546
01:03:01,680 --> 01:03:05,516
 

547
01:03:05,556 --> 01:03:15,516
 innuendo. But this wooing is not of the common order. This is the

548
01:03:15,556 --> 01:03:22,136
 

549
01:03:22,176 --> 01:03:27,140
 wooing of one who must needs woo me, The deed is, so far, safely

550
01:03:27,180 --> 01:03:31,876
 accomplished. The slyboots, how she wheedled him. What a helpless ninny

551
01:03:31,916 --> 01:03:35,652
 is a love-sick man. He is but as a lute in a woman's hands, she plays

552
01:03:35,692 --> 01:03:38,904
 upon him whatever tune she will. But the Colonel comes. I' faith,

553
01:03:38,944 --> 01:03:48,904
 he's just in time, for the Yeomen parade here for his execution in

554
01:03:48,944 --> 01:03:50,404
 

555
01:03:50,444 --> 01:03:53,420
 two minutes. My good and kind friend, thou runnest a grave risk

556
01:03:53,460 --> 01:03:57,160
 for me. Tut, sir, no risk. I'll warrant none here will recognise

557
01:03:57,200 --> 01:04:00,420
 you. You make a brave Yeoman, sir. So, this ruff is too high, so and

558
01:04:00,460 --> 01:04:03,904
 the sword should hang thus. Here is your halbert, sir; carry it thus.

559
01:04:03,944 --> 01:04:07,936
 The Yeomen come. Now, remember, you are my brave son, Leonard. If I may

560
01:04:07,976 --> 01:04:17,936
 not bear mine own name, there is none other I would bear so readily.

561
01:04:17,976 --> 01:04:42,656
 

562
01:04:42,696 --> 01:04:48,968
 Now, sir, put a bold face on it, # The welcome news

563
01:04:49,080 --> 01:04:51,640
 # Are echoed all the country through 

564
01:04:51,104 --> 01:04:55,296
 # Has come to join the Tower Warders? 

565
01:04:55,336 --> 01:04:59,856
 # If so, we come to meet him that we may fitly greet him 

566
01:04:59,896 --> 01:05:02,328
 # And welcome his arrival here 

567
01:05:02,368 --> 01:05:04,360
 # With shout on shout and cheer on cheer 

568
01:05:04,400 --> 01:05:11,720
 # Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! 

569
01:05:11,760 --> 01:05:17,920
 # Ye Tower Warders nursed in war's alarms 

570
01:05:17,960 --> 01:05:24,500
 # Suckled on gunpowder and weaned on glory 

571
01:05:24,540 --> 01:05:30,936
 # Behold my son whose all-subduing arms 

572
01:05:30,976 --> 01:05:35,704
 # Have formed the theme of many a song and story! 

573
01:05:35,744 --> 01:05:39,392
 # Forgive his aged father's pride nor jeer 

574
01:05:39,432 --> 01:05:44,800
 # His aged father's sympathetic tear! 

575
01:05:44,120 --> 01:05:48,140
 # Leonard Meryll! Leonard Meryll!

576
01:05:48,180 --> 01:05:52,520
 # Dauntless he in time of peril! 

577
01:05:52,560 --> 01:05:56,880
 # Man of power Knighthood's flower 

578
01:05:56,920 --> 01:06:01,484
 # Welcome to the grim old Tower 

579
01:06:01,524 --> 01:06:11,484
 # To the Tower, welcome thou! 

580
01:06:11,524 --> 01:06:18,656
 

581
01:06:18,696 --> 01:06:24,160
 # Forbear, my friends and spare me this ovation 

582
01:06:24,200 --> 01:06:29,240
 # I have small claim to such consideration 

583
01:06:29,280 --> 01:06:34,204
 # The tales that of my prowess are narrated 

584
01:06:34,244 --> 01:06:40,844
 # Have been prodigiously exaggerated! 

585
01:06:40,884 --> 01:06:44,220
 # Have been prodigiously exaggerated! 

586
01:06:44,260 --> 01:06:48,640
 # Tis ever thus! 

587
01:06:48,104 --> 01:06:53,440
 # Wherever valour true is found 

588
01:06:53,480 --> 01:07:03,440
 # True modesty will there abound 

589
01:07:03,480 --> 01:07:11,800
 

590
01:07:11,120 --> 01:07:13,376
 # Didst thou not Oh, Leonard Meryll! 

591
01:07:13,416 --> 01:07:16,408
 # Standard lost in last campaign 

592
01:07:16,448 --> 01:07:21,936
 # Rescue it at deadly peril bear it safely back again? 

593
01:07:21,976 --> 01:07:27,268
 # Leonard Meryll, at his peril bore it safely back again! 

594
01:07:27,308 --> 01:07:30,144
 # Didst thou not when prisoner taken 

595
01:07:30,184 --> 01:07:32,520
 # And debarred from all escape 

596
01:07:32,560 --> 01:07:35,248
 # Face, with gallant heart unshaken

597
01:07:35,288 --> 01:07:38,160
 # Death in most appalling shape? 

598
01:07:38,200 --> 01:07:40,452
 # Leonard Meryll, faced his peril

599
01:07:40,492 --> 01:07:44,800
 # Death in most appalling shape! 

600
01:07:44,840 --> 01:07:47,204
 # Truly I was to be pitied 

601
01:07:47,244 --> 01:07:51,880
 # Having but an hour to live 

602
01:07:51,920 --> 01:07:59,360
 # I reluctantly submitted I had no alternative! 

603
01:07:59,760 --> 01:08:03,960
 # Oh! The tales that are narrated

604
01:08:03,136 --> 01:08:05,784
 # Of my deeds of derring-do 

605
01:08:05,824 --> 01:08:10,848
 # Have been much exaggerated Very much exaggerated 

606
01:08:10,888 --> 01:08:15,284
 # Scarce a word of them is true! 

607
01:08:15,324 --> 01:08:18,240
 # Scarce a word of them is true! 

608
01:08:18,280 --> 01:08:22,848
 # They are not exaggerated Not at all exaggerated 

609
01:08:22,888 --> 01:08:32,848
 # Could not be exaggerated Ev'ry word of them is true! 

610
01:08:32,888 --> 01:08:53,504
 

611
01:08:53,544 --> 01:08:54,988
 # Don't you know me? I'm little Phoebe! 

612
01:08:55,280 --> 01:08:57,348
 # Phoebe? Is this Phoebe? What! Little Phoebe? 

613
01:08:57,388 --> 01:09:02,456
 # Who the deuce may she be? It can't be Phoebe, surely? 

614
01:09:02,496 --> 01:09:04,880
 # Yes, tis Phoebe 

615
01:09:04,920 --> 01:09:10,208
 # Your sister Phoebe! Your own little sister! 

616
01:09:10,248 --> 01:09:12,580
 # Aye, he speaks the truth 

617
01:09:12,620 --> 01:09:15,644
 # Tis Phoebe! 

618
01:09:15,684 --> 01:09:19,396
 # Sister Phoebe! 

619
01:09:19,436 --> 01:09:22,960
 # Oh, my brother! 

620
01:09:23,000 --> 01:09:27,408
 # Why, how you've grown! I did not recognise you! 

621
01:09:27,448 --> 01:09:32,284
 # So many years! Oh, brother! 

622
01:09:32,324 --> 01:09:38,176
 # Oh, my sister! 

623
01:09:38,216 --> 01:09:47,640
 # Oh, my sister! 

624
01:09:47,104 --> 01:09:51,784
 # Aye, hug him, girl! There are three thou mayst hug 

625
01:09:51,824 --> 01:09:57,040
 # Thy father and thy brother and myself! 

626
01:09:57,440 --> 01:10:06,240
 # Thyself, forsooth? And who art thou thyself? 

627
01:10:06,280 --> 01:10:11,680
 # Good sir, we are betrothed 

628
01:10:11,720 --> 01:10:16,488
 # Or more or less but rather less than more! 

629
01:10:16,528 --> 01:10:26,488
 # To thy fond care I do commend thy sister 

630
01:10:26,528 --> 01:10:35,200
 

631
01:10:35,600 --> 01:10:37,988
 # Be to her an ever-watchful guardian, eagle-eyed! 

632
01:10:38,280 --> 01:10:40,240
 # And when she feels as sometimes she does feel 

633
01:10:40,280 --> 01:10:44,680
 # Disposed to indiscriminate caress

634
01:10:44,720 --> 01:10:50,480
 # Be thou at hand to take those favours from her! 

635
01:10:50,880 --> 01:10:56,660
 # Be thou at hand to take those favours from her! 

636
01:10:56,700 --> 01:10:58,504
 # Yes, yes 

637
01:10:58,544 --> 01:11:08,504
 # Be thou at hand to take those favours from me! 

638
01:11:08,544 --> 01:11:09,784
 

639
01:11:09,824 --> 01:11:15,988
 # To thy fraternal care Thy sister I commend 

640
01:11:16,280 --> 01:11:24,504
 # From every lurking snare Thy lovely charge defend 

641
01:11:24,544 --> 01:11:25,928
 # And to achieve this end 

642
01:11:25,968 --> 01:11:27,600
 # Oh! Grant, I pray, this boon 

643
01:11:27,640 --> 01:11:32,648
 # Oh, grant this boon! 

644
01:11:32,688 --> 01:11:35,584
 # She shall not quit my sight 

645
01:11:35,624 --> 01:11:39,660
 # From morn to afternoon From afternoon to night 

646
01:11:39,700 --> 01:11:43,880
 # From seven o'clock to two From two to eventide 

647
01:11:43,920 --> 01:11:46,364
 # From dim twilight to 'lev'n at night 

648
01:11:46,404 --> 01:11:48,400
 # From dim twilight to 'lev'n at night 

649
01:11:48,440 --> 01:11:52,896
 # She shall not quit thy side! 

650
01:11:52,936 --> 01:11:56,240
 # From morn to afternoon From afternoon to night 

651
01:11:56,280 --> 01:12:00,428
 # From seven o'clock to two From two to eventide 

652
01:12:00,468 --> 01:12:02,552
 # She shall not quit thy side! 

653
01:12:02,592 --> 01:12:06,584
 # So amiable I've grown So innocent as well 

654
01:12:06,624 --> 01:12:12,200
 # That if I'm left alone The consequences fell 

655
01:12:12,600 --> 01:12:15,708
 # No mortal can foretell 

656
01:12:15,748 --> 01:12:18,456
 # So grant, I pray, this boon 

657
01:12:18,496 --> 01:12:22,896
 # Oh, grant this boon! 

658
01:12:22,936 --> 01:12:26,836
 # I shall not quit thy sight 

659
01:12:26,876 --> 01:12:31,352
 # From morn to afternoon From afternoon to night 

660
01:12:31,392 --> 01:12:35,256
 # From seven o'clock to two From two to eventide 

661
01:12:35,296 --> 01:12:36,680
 # From dim twilight to 'lev'n at night 

662
01:12:36,720 --> 01:12:43,476
 # I shall not quit thy side! 

663
01:12:43,516 --> 01:12:49,100
 # From morn to afternoon From afternoon to night 

664
01:12:49,140 --> 01:12:52,520
 # She shall not quit thy side! 

665
01:12:52,920 --> 01:12:59,680
 # With brotherly readiness for my fair sister's sake 

666
01:12:59,720 --> 01:13:08,476
 # At once I answer "Yes" That task I undertake 

667
01:13:08,516 --> 01:13:13,692
 # My word I never break I freely grant that boon 

668
01:13:13,732 --> 01:13:16,080
 # And I'll repeat my plight 

669
01:13:16,480 --> 01:13:21,384
 # From morn to afternoon From afternoon to night 

670
01:13:21,424 --> 01:13:23,848
 # From morn to afternoon From afternoon to night 

671
01:13:23,888 --> 01:13:30,680
 # From seven o'clock to two From two to evening meal 

672
01:13:30,108 --> 01:13:33,240
 # From dim twilight to 'leven at night 

673
01:13:33,280 --> 01:13:34,520
 # From dim twilight to 'leven at night 

674
01:13:34,560 --> 01:13:37,196
 # That compact I will seal 

675
01:13:37,236 --> 01:13:47,196
 # From morn to afternoon From afternoon to night 

676
01:13:47,236 --> 01:13:47,276
 

677
01:13:47,276 --> 01:15:05,692
 Apology for the loss of subtitles for 365 seconds 

678
01:15:05,732 --> 01:15:13,600
 # The block, the headsman and the tomb 

679
01:15:13,640 --> 01:15:17,444
 # The funeral bell begins to toll

680
01:15:17,484 --> 01:15:21,848
 # May heaven 

681
01:15:21,888 --> 01:15:31,848
 # Have mercy on his soul! 

682
01:15:31,888 --> 01:15:41,880
 

683
01:15:41,128 --> 01:15:51,880
 # Have mercy on his soul! 

684
01:15:51,128 --> 01:15:52,696
 

685
01:15:52,736 --> 01:15:58,208
 # Oh, Mercy thou whose smile has shone 

686
01:15:58,248 --> 01:16:04,304
 # So many a captive heart upon 

687
01:16:04,344 --> 01:16:10,848
 # Of all immured within these walls

688
01:16:10,888 --> 01:16:17,412
 # Today the very worthiest falls!

689
01:16:17,452 --> 01:16:24,132
 # Oh, Mercy thou whose smile has shone 

690
01:16:24,172 --> 01:16:31,080
 # So many a captive heart upon 

691
01:16:31,480 --> 01:16:40,120
 # Of all immured within these walls

692
01:16:40,160 --> 01:16:50,120
 # Today the very worthiest falls 

693
01:16:50,160 --> 01:17:13,852
 

694
01:17:13,892 --> 01:17:19,560
 # My lord! I know not how to tell The news I bear! 

695
01:17:19,960 --> 01:17:24,664
 # I and my comrades sought the prisoner's cell 

696
01:17:24,704 --> 01:17:28,728
 # He is not there! 

697
01:17:28,768 --> 01:17:30,368
 # He is not there! 

698
01:17:30,408 --> 01:17:37,464
 # They sought the prisoner's cell He is not there! 

699
01:17:37,504 --> 01:17:39,212
 # As escort for the prisoner We sought his cell, in duty bound

700
01:17:39,252 --> 01:17:41,680
 # The double gratings open were No prisoner at all we found! 

701
01:17:41,720 --> 01:17:44,200
 # We hunted high, we hunted low We hunted here, we hunted there 

702
01:17:44,240 --> 01:17:45,480
 # The man we sought with anxious care 

703
01:17:45,520 --> 01:17:46,852
 # Had vanished into empty air! 

704
01:17:46,892 --> 01:17:54,200
# Now, by my troth, the news is fair The man has vanished into air! 

705
01:17:54,240 --> 01:17:56,572
# Now, by my troth, the news is fair The man has vanished into air! 

706
01:17:56,612 --> 01:17:58,432
 # As escort for the prisoner We sought his cell in duty bound 

707
01:17:58,472 --> 01:18:00,884
 # The double gratings open were No prisoner at all we found! 

708
01:18:00,924 --> 01:18:10,884
 # Astounding news! The pris'ner fled! 

709
01:18:10,924 --> 01:18:13,432
 

710
01:18:13,472 --> 01:18:18,544
 # Thy life shall forfeit be instead! 

711
01:18:18,584 --> 01:18:25,528
 # My lord, I did not set him free I hate the man, my rival he! 

712
01:18:25,568 --> 01:18:28,964
 # The prisoner gone, I'm all agape!

713
01:18:29,040 --> 01:18:36,184
 # Who could have helped him to escape? 

714
01:18:36,224 --> 01:18:38,760
 # Indeed I can't imagine who! I've no idea at all, have you? 

715
01:18:38,800 --> 01:18:41,976
 # Of his escape no traces lurk Enchantment must have been at work!

716
01:18:42,160 --> 01:18:44,200
 # What have I done? Oh, woe is me! 

717
01:18:44,240 --> 01:18:47,544
 # I am his wife, and he is free! 

718
01:18:47,584 --> 01:18:49,308
 # Oh, woe is you? Your anguish sink! 

719
01:18:49,348 --> 01:18:50,948
 # Oh, woe is me, I rather think! 

720
01:18:50,988 --> 01:18:52,104
 # Oh, woe is me, I rather think! 

721
01:18:52,144 --> 01:18:54,560
 # Yes, woe is me, I rather think!

722
01:18:54,960 --> 01:18:55,280
 # Whate'er betide You are his bride 

723
01:18:55,320 --> 01:18:56,840
 # And I am left alone - bereft! 

724
01:18:56,880 --> 01:18:57,932
 # Yes, woe is me, I rather think!

725
01:18:57,972 --> 01:19:00,136
 # Yes, woe is me, I rather think!

726
01:19:00,176 --> 01:19:02,604
 # Yes, woe is me, I rather think!

727
01:19:02,644 --> 01:19:05,760
 # All frenzied with despair I rave

728
01:19:05,116 --> 01:19:07,920
 # The grave is cheated of its due

729
01:19:07,960 --> 01:19:10,544
 # Who is Who is the misbegotten knave 

730
01:19:10,584 --> 01:19:15,104
 # Who hath contrived this deed to do? 

731
01:19:15,144 --> 01:19:17,200
 # Let search be made throughout the land 

732
01:19:17,240 --> 01:19:20,080
 # Or his vindictive anger dread 

733
01:19:20,480 --> 01:19:22,964
 # A thousand marks I'll hand 

734
01:19:23,040 --> 01:19:26,648
 # Who brings him here alive or dead 

735
01:19:26,688 --> 01:19:31,528
 # Who brings him here alive or dead 

736
01:19:31,568 --> 01:19:40,384
 # Alive or dead! 

737
01:19:40,424 --> 01:19:41,480
 # Alive or dead! 

738
01:19:41,520 --> 01:19:51,480
 # Alive or dead! 

739
01:19:51,520 --> 01:19:51,560
 

740
01:19:51,560 --> 01:20:47,840
 Apology for the loss of subtitles for 365 seconds 

741
01:20:47,880 --> 01:20:53,872
 # Who brings him here And so with Elsie in a dead faint

742
01:20:53,912 --> 01:20:58,416
 and an eggs Cousiner with no-one to execute, that is the end of Act 1

743
01:20:58,456 --> 01:21:02,368
 of Gilbert and Sullivan's Yeoman of the Guard. -- executioner.

744
01:21:02,408 --> 01:21:06,824
 The BBC's Concert Orchestra and the BBC Singers on fine form.

745
01:21:06,864 --> 01:21:11,308
 Well confusion reigns at the end of Act 1. But it does seem that so far,

746
01:21:11,348 --> 01:21:15,292
 at least, the plot is working. The cast only came together a few days

747
01:21:15,332 --> 01:21:22,640
 ago to work under the expert guidance of director Martin Duncan

748
01:21:22,680 --> 01:21:26,360
 and conductor Jane Glover. We went to visit them in rehearsal at the

749
01:21:26,400 --> 01:21:31,544
 Watford cap Coliseum Gilbert and Sullivan is our musical heritage.

750
01:21:31,584 --> 01:21:35,324
 It is part of the landscape of the country. A celebration of all

751
01:21:35,364 --> 01:21:39,200
 things British. It takes all performances, everybody feels

752
01:21:39,240 --> 01:21:44,932
 identified with it. A lot of people will be brought up possibly hearing

753
01:21:44,972 --> 01:21:49,000
 it in their gieldhood or being part of -- in their childhood or being

754
01:21:49,400 --> 01:21:54,608
 part of Gilbert and Sullivan Societies.

755
01:21:54,648 --> 01:21:57,824
 I grew up with these people. I used to play my grandfather's LPs. I

756
01:21:57,864 --> 01:22:02,932
 still have these LPs in my collection now. They are sacred

757
01:22:02,972 --> 01:22:12,932
 things. I was hooked in. I think that's probably what got me into

758
01:22:12,972 --> 01:22:14,984
 

759
01:22:15,240 --> 01:22:20,200
 theatre in the first place. WS's Gilbert's libretti, the use of

760
01:22:20,240 --> 01:22:25,328
 language is marvellous, clever and genuinely funny.

761
01:22:25,368 --> 01:22:31,420
 # You make me aware of his anger provoking...

762
01:22:31,460 --> 01:22:34,516
 # Practical joking. Whips and quidities and conundrums. And words

763
01:22:34,556 --> 01:22:38,796
 that we have to dive into a dictionary to find out what they

764
01:22:38,836 --> 01:22:43,560
 mean, but once you get them flowing on the tongue, they are marvellous

765
01:22:43,600 --> 01:22:49,796
 to keep. I should call it crawling. He was

766
01:22:49,836 --> 01:22:53,292
 creeping. He was creeping, creep. Crawling. He was creeping, creeping,

767
01:22:53,332 --> 01:22:58,468
 crawling. Where Sullivan is brilliant is allowing Gilbert's

768
01:22:58,508 --> 01:23:08,468
 words to come through. He was a great craftsman, Sullivan. I love

769
01:23:08,508 --> 01:23:10,280
 

770
01:23:10,320 --> 01:23:17,828
 his orchestration. It is so clever. For all, he is parodying this, or

771
01:23:17,868 --> 01:23:26,120
 parodying Madrigal or a Donizetti aria, what yefrbgs even a wag

772
01:23:26,520 --> 01:23:30,800
 nearian march or a bit of Parsifal, it has its own footprint on it.

773
01:23:30,120 --> 01:23:34,952
 This piece, especially, is the nearest they got to Grand opera.

774
01:23:34,992 --> 01:23:44,952
 For the character I sing, Elsie Maynard, it is incredibly lyrical

775
01:23:44,992 --> 01:23:53,468
 

776
01:23:53,508 --> 01:23:58,800
 and operatic. In some places, Act 2 of the Yeoman of the Guard

777
01:23:58,120 --> 01:24:03,640
 probably brings more surprises than Act 1. We get more confusion of who

778
01:24:03,680 --> 01:24:08,484
 knows what and who is married to who, and who thinks what. You need

779
01:24:08,524 --> 01:24:16,448
 to watch out for Jack Point and possibly an unexpected ending.

780
01:24:16,488 --> 01:24:21,640
 is a poignant moment. It is a great part of the opera for me to perform.

781
01:24:21,104 --> 01:24:25,732
 The Yeoman of the Guard is, for many people, their favourite

782
01:24:25,772 --> 01:24:35,732
 Gilbert and Sullivan, because it's got so many dimensions, that there

783
01:24:35,772 --> 01:24:38,856
 

784
01:24:38,896 --> 01:24:44,248
 is this darkness to it, which So, expect a few more twists and

785
01:24:44,288 --> 01:24:49,344
 turns in Act 2. It's true, Yeoman of the Guard is not your usual

786
01:24:49,384 --> 01:24:55,516
 frothy and farcical Gilbert and Sullivan, so be prepared for a

787
01:24:55,556 --> 01:25:05,516
 bitter-sweet ending. The BBC Concert Orchestra and the BBC

788
01:25:05,556 --> 01:25:05,596
 

789
01:25:05,596 --> 01:27:52,676
 Apology for the loss of subtitles for 365 seconds 

790
01:27:52,716 --> 01:28:02,676
 Singers are poised for the second # He is free

791
01:28:02,716 --> 01:28:32,112
 

792
01:28:32,152 --> 01:28:41,328
 # He is free # But all in vain

793
01:28:41,368 --> 01:28:51,328
 # Every house, every chink # Every chamber, every outlet

794
01:28:51,368 --> 01:28:51,408
 

795
01:28:51,408 --> 01:29:58,480
 Apology for the loss of subtitles for 365 seconds 

796
01:29:58,880 --> 01:30:08,480
 # Spite of us all he is free The MerrieJestes of Hugh Ambrose,

797
01:30:08,880 --> 01:30:12,192
 

798
01:30:12,232 --> 01:30:21,396
 No 7863.The Poor Wit and the Rich Councillor. A certayne poor wit,

799
01:30:21,436 --> 01:30:28,128
 being an-hungered, did meet a well- fed councillor. "Marry, fool",

800
01:30:28,168 --> 01:30:31,644
 quothe the councillor, "whither away?" "In truth," said the poor

801
01:30:31,684 --> 01:30:35,532
 wag, "in that I have eaten naught these two days, I do wither away,

802
01:30:35,572 --> 01:30:45,532
 and that right rapidly." The Councillor laughed hugely, and gave

803
01:30:45,572 --> 01:30:46,880
 

804
01:30:46,920 --> 01:30:53,040
 him a sausage. The councillor was easier to please than my new master

805
01:30:53,440 --> 01:30:55,252
 the Lieutenant. I should like to take post under that councillor.

806
01:30:55,292 --> 01:31:05,252
 'tis but melancholy mumming when poor heart-broken, jilted Jack

807
01:31:05,292 --> 01:31:06,176
 

808
01:31:06,216 --> 01:31:11,892
 Point must needs turn to Hugh Ambrose for original light humour!

809
01:31:11,932 --> 01:31:15,116
 Master Point! Friend jailer that wast. Jailer that never shalt be

810
01:31:15,156 --> 01:31:17,612
 more. Come, take heart, smile, laugh, wink, twinkle, thou

811
01:31:17,652 --> 01:31:27,612
 tormentor that tormentest none, thou racker that rackest not, thou

812
01:31:27,652 --> 01:31:30,208
 

813
01:31:30,248 --> 01:31:37,240
 pincher out of place, come, take heart, and be merry, as I am. As I

814
01:31:37,280 --> 01:31:43,440
 am! Aye, it's well for thee to laugh. Thou hast a good post, and

815
01:31:43,480 --> 01:31:49,692
 hast cause to be merry. Cause? Have we not all cause? Is not the world

816
01:31:49,732 --> 01:31:52,692
 a big butt of humour, into with all who will may drive a gimlet? See, I

817
01:31:52,732 --> 01:31:56,196
 am a salaried wit, and is there aught in nature more ridiculous

818
01:31:56,236 --> 01:31:59,444
 than a poor, dull, heart-broken man, who must needs be merry, or he will

819
01:31:59,484 --> 01:32:02,944
 be whipped, who must rejoice, lest he starve, who must jest you, jibe

820
01:32:02,984 --> 01:32:06,196
 you, quip you, crank you, wrack you, riddle you, from hour to hour, from

821
01:32:06,236 --> 01:32:16,196
 day to day, from year to year, lest he dwindle, perish, starve, pine,

822
01:32:16,236 --> 01:32:24,600
 

823
01:32:24,640 --> 01:32:34,600
 and die! Why, when there's naught else to laugh at, I laugh at myself

824
01:32:34,640 --> 01:32:34,648
 

825
01:32:34,688 --> 01:32:41,520
 till I ache for it.! Yet I have often thought that a jester's

826
01:32:41,560 --> 01:32:46,536
 calling would suit me to a hair. Thee? Ha ha ha. Would suit thee,

827
01:32:46,576 --> 01:32:49,304
 thou death's head and cross-bones? Aye, I have a pretty wit, a light,

828
01:32:49,344 --> 01:32:58,288
 airy, joysome wit, spiced with anecdotes of prison cells and the

829
01:32:58,328 --> 01:33:04,536
 torture chamber. Oh, a very delicate wit! I have tried it on

830
01:33:04,576 --> 01:33:11,632
 many a prisoner, and there have been some who smiled. It is not

831
01:33:11,672 --> 01:33:16,100
 easy to make a prisoner smile. And it should not be difficult to be a

832
01:33:16,140 --> 01:33:26,100
 good jester, seeing that thou are one. Difficult? Nothing easier.

833
01:33:26,140 --> 01:33:29,400
 

834
01:33:29,800 --> 01:33:33,100
 Nothing easier. Attend, and I will # Oh! A private buffoon

835
01:33:33,140 --> 01:33:38,712
 # From the morn' to the night # And he bubbles with wit

836
01:33:38,752 --> 01:33:48,712
 # Yet though people forgive # There are one or two rules

837
01:33:48,752 --> 01:33:49,240
 

838
01:33:49,640 --> 01:33:55,616
 # That all family fools # Must observe if they love

839
01:33:55,656 --> 01:33:57,488
# If you wish to succeed as a jester you'll need 

840
01:33:57,528 --> 01:33:59,632
 # To consider each person's auricular 

841
01:33:59,672 --> 01:34:01,848
 # What is all right for B would quite scandalise C 

842
01:34:01,888 --> 01:34:03,992
 # For C is so very particular 

843
01:34:04,320 --> 01:34:06,080
 # And D may be dull And E's very thick skull 

844
01:34:06,480 --> 01:34:08,320
 # Is as empty of brains as a ladle

845
01:34:08,360 --> 01:34:11,928
 # While F is F-sharp and will cry with a carp 

846
01:34:11,968 --> 01:34:14,368
 # That he's known your best joke from his cradle! 

847
01:34:14,408 --> 01:34:15,480
 # When your humour they flout 

848
01:34:15,520 --> 01:34:16,568
 # You can't let yourself go 

849
01:34:16,608 --> 01:34:17,772
 # And it does put you out 

850
01:34:17,812 --> 01:34:19,128
 # When a person says 

851
01:34:19,168 --> 01:34:25,176
 # "Oh! I have known that old joke from my cradle!" 

852
01:34:25,216 --> 01:34:27,320
 # If your master is surly from getting up early 

853
01:34:27,360 --> 01:34:29,568
 # And tempers are short in the morning 

854
01:34:29,608 --> 01:34:31,600
 # An inopportune joke is enough to provoke 

855
01:34:31,640 --> 01:34:33,788
 # Him to give you at once a month's warning 

856
01:34:33,828 --> 01:34:36,992
 # Then if you refrain he is at you again 

857
01:34:37,320 --> 01:34:38,568
 # For he likes to get value for money 

858
01:34:38,608 --> 01:34:41,916
 # He'll ask then and there with an insolent stare 

859
01:34:41,956 --> 01:34:44,400
 # If you know that you're paid to be funny 

860
01:34:44,800 --> 01:34:45,840
 # It adds to the tasks 

861
01:34:45,124 --> 01:34:46,288
 # Of a merryman's place 

862
01:34:46,328 --> 01:34:47,384
 # When your principal asks 

863
01:34:47,424 --> 01:34:49,568
 # With a scowl on his face 

864
01:34:49,608 --> 01:34:54,772
 # If you know that you're paid to be funny 

865
01:34:54,812 --> 01:34:56,820
 # Comes a bishop, maybe or a solemn D-D 

866
01:34:56,860 --> 01:34:59,460
# Oh, beware of his anger provoking! 

867
01:34:59,500 --> 01:35:00,568
 # Better not pull his hair 

868
01:35:00,608 --> 01:35:01,960
 # Don't stick pins in his chair 

869
01:35:02,000 --> 01:35:03,508
 # He don't understand practical joking 

870
01:35:03,548 --> 01:35:05,556
 # If the jests that you crack have an orthodox smack 

871
01:35:05,596 --> 01:35:07,788
 # You may get a bland smile from these sages 

872
01:35:07,828 --> 01:35:11,480
 # But should they, by chance be imported from France 

873
01:35:11,520 --> 01:35:13,760
 # Half-a-crown is stopped out of your wages! 

874
01:35:13,800 --> 01:35:14,788
 # It's a general rule 

875
01:35:14,828 --> 01:35:16,180
 # Though your zeal it may quench 

876
01:35:16,220 --> 01:35:17,412
 # If the Family Fool 

877
01:35:17,452 --> 01:35:19,868
 # Tells a joke that's too French 

878
01:35:19,908 --> 01:35:24,728
 # Half-a-crown is stopped out of his wages! 

879
01:35:24,768 --> 01:35:26,648
 # Though your head it may rack with a bilious attack 

880
01:35:26,688 --> 01:35:28,944
 # And your senses with toothache you're losing 

881
01:35:28,984 --> 01:35:30,928
 # Don't be mopy and flat They don't fine you for that 

882
01:35:30,968 --> 01:35:33,120
 # If you're properly quaint and amusing! 

883
01:35:33,160 --> 01:35:35,820
 # Though your wife ran away with a soldier that day 

884
01:35:35,860 --> 01:35:37,412
 # And took with her your trifle of money 

885
01:35:37,452 --> 01:35:39,488
 # Bless your heart, they don't mind

886
01:35:39,528 --> 01:35:41,524
 # They're exceedingly kind 

887
01:35:41,564 --> 01:35:43,680
 # They don't blame you as long as you're funny! 

888
01:35:43,720 --> 01:35:45,080
 # It's a comfort to feel 

889
01:35:45,480 --> 01:35:46,320
 # If your partner should flit 

890
01:35:46,360 --> 01:35:47,636
 # Though you suffer a deal 

891
01:35:47,676 --> 01:35:49,820
 # They don't mind it a bit 

892
01:35:49,860 --> 01:35:59,820
 # They don't blame you so long as you're funny! # 

893
01:35:59,860 --> 01:36:00,368
 

894
01:36:00,408 --> 01:36:10,368
APPLAUSE 

895
01:36:10,408 --> 01:36:15,080
 

896
01:36:15,480 --> 01:36:15,256
 And 

897
01:36:15,296 --> 01:36:15,508
 And so 

898
01:36:15,548 --> 01:36:22,120
 And so thou 

899
01:36:22,160 --> 01:36:24,616
 And so thou wouldst be a jester eh? Aye! $$WHTIE Now, listen, my

900
01:36:24,656 --> 01:36:33,568
 sweetheart, Elsie Maynard, was secretly wed to this Fairfax half

901
01:36:33,608 --> 01:36:38,648
 an hour ere he escaped. She did well. She did nothing of the kind,

902
01:36:38,688 --> 01:36:42,148
 so hold thy peace and perpend. Now, while he liveth she is dead to me

903
01:36:42,188 --> 01:36:47,228
 and I to her, and so, my jibes and jokes notwithstanding, I am the

904
01:36:47,268 --> 01:36:56,208
 saddest and the sorriest dog in England! Thou art a very dull dog

905
01:36:56,248 --> 01:36:59,464
 indeed. Now, if thou wilt swear that thou didst shoot this Fairfax

906
01:36:59,504 --> 01:37:02,976
 while he was trying to swim across the river, it needs but the

907
01:37:03,160 --> 01:37:05,960
 discharge of an arquebus on a dark night, and that he sank and was

908
01:37:06,000 --> 01:37:15,960
 seen no more, I'll make thee the very Archbishop of Jesters, and

909
01:37:16,000 --> 01:37:23,240
 

910
01:37:23,640 --> 01:37:26,256
 that in two days' time. Now, what sayest thou? I am to lie?! Heartily.

911
01:37:26,296 --> 01:37:30,884
 But thy lie must be a lie of circumstance, which I will support

912
01:37:30,924 --> 01:37:38,900
 with the testimony of eyes, ears, and tongue. And thou wilt qualify

913
01:37:38,940 --> 01:37:45,400
 me as a jester? As a jester among jesters. I will teach thee all my

914
01:37:45,800 --> 01:37:51,228
 original songs, my self-constructed riddles, my own ingenious paradoxes.

915
01:37:51,268 --> 01:37:56,744
 Nay, more, I will reveal to thee the source whence I get them. Now,

916
01:37:56,784 --> 01:38:06,744
 what sayest thou? Why, if it be but a lie thou wantest of me, I hold it

917
01:38:06,784 --> 01:38:24,604
 

918
01:38:24,644 --> 01:38:27,776
 cheap enough, and I say yes, it is # How this Fairfax died

919
01:38:27,816 --> 01:38:37,776
 # I to swear to! # I to swear to!

920
01:38:37,816 --> 01:38:59,920
 

921
01:38:59,960 --> 01:39:09,920
 # In return for my own part # Wag-a-wagging

922
01:39:09,960 --> 01:39:25,356
 

923
01:39:25,396 --> 01:39:35,356
 # What a tale of cock # What a tale of cock

924
01:39:35,396 --> 01:40:04,248
 

925
01:40:04,288 --> 01:40:09,232
 # What a tale of cock Two days gone, and no news of poor

926
01:40:09,272 --> 01:40:17,668
 Fairfax. The dolts. They seek him everywhere save within a dozen

927
01:40:17,708 --> 01:40:20,668
 yards of his dungeon. So, I am free. Free! The Tower bonds were but a

928
01:40:20,708 --> 01:40:28,796
 thread of silk compared with these conjugal fetters which I, fool that

929
01:40:28,836 --> 01:40:38,796
 I was, placed upon mine own hands. From the one I broke readily enough.

930
01:40:38,836 --> 01:41:08,080
 

931
01:41:08,480 --> 01:41:18,080
 # A pris'ner still? # Ah, is not one so tied

932
01:41:18,480 --> 01:41:18,880
 

933
01:41:18,880 --> 01:42:53,328
 Apology for the loss of subtitles for 365 seconds 

934
01:42:53,368 --> 01:43:00,216
 Well, Sergeant Meryll, and how fares thy pretty charge, Elsie

935
01:43:00,256 --> 01:43:04,292
 Maynard? Well enough, sir. She is quite strong again, and leaves us

936
01:43:04,332 --> 01:43:08,420
 tonight. Thanks to Dame Carruthers' kind nursing, eh? Aye, deuce take

937
01:43:08,460 --> 01:43:11,920
 the old witch. Ah, 'twas but a sorry trick you played me, sir, to

938
01:43:11,960 --> 01:43:15,420
 bring the fainting girl to me. It gave the old lady an excuse for

939
01:43:15,460 --> 01:43:18,420
 taking up her quarters in my house, and for the last two years I've

940
01:43:18,460 --> 01:43:22,904
 shunned her like the plague. Another day of it and she would

941
01:43:22,944 --> 01:43:26,824
 have married me! Good Lord, here she is again! I'll e'en go. Nay,

942
01:43:26,864 --> 01:43:31,984
 Sergeant Meryll, don't go. I have something of grave import to say to

943
01:43:32,240 --> 01:43:36,440
 thee. It's coming. I'faith, I think I'm, not wanted here. Nay, Master

944
01:43:36,840 --> 01:43:40,904
 Leonard, I've naught to say to thy father that his son may not hear.

945
01:43:40,944 --> 01:43:46,840
 True. I'm one of the family, I had forgotten. 'Tis about this Elsie

946
01:43:46,880 --> 01:43:52,136
 Maynard. A pretty girl, Master. fair as a peach blossom, what then?

947
01:43:52,176 --> 01:43:55,372
 She hath a liking for thee, or I mistake not. With all my heart.

948
01:43:55,412 --> 01:44:00,600
 She's as dainty a little maid as you'll find in a midsummer day's

949
01:44:00,100 --> 01:44:08,544
 march. Then be warned in time, and give not thy heart to her. Oh, I

950
01:44:08,584 --> 01:44:15,420
 know what it is to give my heart to one who will have none of it!

951
01:44:15,460 --> 01:44:19,920
 she knows all about that. And why is my boy to take heed of her?

952
01:44:19,960 --> 01:44:24,876
 She's a good girl, Dame Carruthers. Good enough, for aught I know. But

953
01:44:24,916 --> 01:44:28,800
 she's no girl. She's a married woman. A married woman. Tush, old

954
01:44:28,840 --> 01:44:33,200
 lady. She's promised to Jack Point, the Lieutenant's new jester. Tush

955
01:44:33,240 --> 01:44:36,448
 in thy teeth, old man. As my niece Kate sat by her bedside today, this

956
01:44:36,488 --> 01:44:41,688
 Elsie slept, and as she slept she moaned and groaned, and turned this

957
01:44:41,728 --> 01:44:46,748
 way and that way and, 'How shall I marry one I have never seen?' quoth

958
01:44:46,788 --> 01:44:52,484
 she. Then, 'An hundred crowns!' quoth she. Then, 'Is it certain he

959
01:44:52,524 --> 01:45:00,160
 will die in an hour?' quoth she. Then, 'I love him not, and yet I am

960
01:45:00,200 --> 01:45:05,120
 his wife,' quoth she. Is it not so, Kate? Aye, aunt, 'tis even so.

961
01:45:05,520 --> 01:45:10,408
 thou sure of all this? Aye, sir, for I wrote it all down on my

962
01:45:10,448 --> 01:45:17,956
 tablets. Now, mark my words, it was of this Fairfax she spake, and he

963
01:45:17,996 --> 01:45:22,452
 is her husband, or I'll swallow my kirtle. Is it true, sir? True? Why,

964
01:45:22,492 --> 01:45:26,984
 the girl was raving. Why should she marry a man who had but an hour to

965
01:45:27,240 --> 01:45:36,984
 live? Marry? There be those who would marry but for a minute,

966
01:45:37,240 --> 01:45:41,328
 

967
01:45:41,368 --> 01:45:51,328
 rather than die old maids. Aye, I # Strange adventure!

968
01:45:51,368 --> 01:45:51,408
 

969
01:45:51,408 --> 01:48:08,736
 Apology for the loss of subtitles for 365 seconds 

970
01:48:08,776 --> 01:48:14,160
 # Strange adventure So my mysterious bride is no other

971
01:48:14,200 --> 01:48:18,360
 than this winsome Elsie! By my hand, 'tis no such ill plunge in

972
01:48:18,400 --> 01:48:22,752
 Fortune's lucky bag. I might have fared worse with my eyes open. But

973
01:48:22,792 --> 01:48:29,344
 she comes. Now to test her principles. 'Tis not every husband

974
01:48:29,384 --> 01:48:35,564
 who has a chance of wooing his own wife! Mistress Elsie. Master

975
01:48:35,604 --> 01:48:39,248
 Leonard. So thou leavest us tonight? Yes, Master Leonard. I

976
01:48:39,288 --> 01:48:45,640
 have been kindly tended, and I almost fear I am loth to go.

977
01:48:45,104 --> 01:48:48,296
 this Fairfax, wast thou glad when he escaped? Why, truly, Master

978
01:48:48,336 --> 01:48:52,924
 Leonard, it is a sad thing that a young and gallant gentleman should

979
01:48:52,964 --> 01:48:59,160
 die in the very fullness of his life. Then when thou didst faint in

980
01:48:59,560 --> 01:49:02,504
 my arms, it was for joy at his safety? It may be so. I was highly

981
01:49:02,544 --> 01:49:10,268
 wrought, Master Leonard, and I am but a girl, and so, when I am

982
01:49:10,308 --> 01:49:15,960
 highly wrought, I faint. Now, dost thou know, I am consumed with a

983
01:49:16,000 --> 01:49:21,040
 parlous jealousy? Thou? And of whom? Why, of this Fairfax, surely.

984
01:49:21,440 --> 01:49:26,640
 Of Colonel Fairfax? Aye. Shall I be frank with thee? Elsie, I love thee,

985
01:49:26,104 --> 01:49:33,376
 ardently, passionately. Elsie, I have loved thee these two days,

986
01:49:33,416 --> 01:49:38,328
 which is a long time, and I would fain join my life to thine. Master

987
01:49:38,368 --> 01:49:43,892
 Leonard. Thou art jesting. Jesting? May I shrivel into raisins if I

988
01:49:43,932 --> 01:49:48,816
 jest. I love thee with a love that is a fever, with a love that is a

989
01:49:48,856 --> 01:49:54,756
 frenzy, with a love that eateth up my heart! What sayest thou? Thou

990
01:49:54,796 --> 01:49:58,756
 wilt not let my heart be eaten up? Oh, mercy! What am I to say? Dost

991
01:49:58,796 --> 01:50:03,612
 thou love me, or hast thou been insensible these two days? I love

992
01:50:03,652 --> 01:50:07,116
 all brave men. Nay, there is love in excess. I thank heaven there are

993
01:50:07,156 --> 01:50:12,880
 many brave men in England, but if thou lovest them all, I withdraw my

994
01:50:12,920 --> 01:50:22,880
 thanks. I love the bravest best. But, sir, I may not listen, I am

995
01:50:22,920 --> 01:50:23,832
 

996
01:50:23,872 --> 01:50:29,268
 not free, I am a wife. Thou a wife? Whose? His name? His days are

997
01:50:29,308 --> 01:50:33,396
 numbered. Nay, his grave is dug and his epitaph set up. Come, his name?

998
01:50:33,436 --> 01:50:40,456
 Oh, sir, keep my secret. It is the only barrier that Fate could set up

999
01:50:40,496 --> 01:50:43,568
 between us. My husband is none other than Colonel Fairfax.

1000
01:50:43,608 --> 01:50:51,688
 greatest villain unhung! The most ill-favoured, ill-mannered, ill-

1001
01:50:51,728 --> 01:50:56,272
 natured, ill-omened, ill-tempered dog in Christendom. It is very like.

1002
01:50:56,312 --> 01:51:00,284
 He is naught to me, for I never saw him. I was blindfolded, and he was

1003
01:51:00,324 --> 01:51:05,320
 to have died within the hour; and he did not die and I am wedded to

1004
01:51:05,360 --> 01:51:09,288
 him, and my heart is broken. He was to have died, and he did not die?

1005
01:51:09,328 --> 01:51:14,160
 The scoundrel! The perjured, traitorous villain. Thou shouldst

1006
01:51:14,200 --> 01:51:20,536
 have insisted on his dying first, to make sure. 'Tis the only way

1007
01:51:20,576 --> 01:51:24,400
 with these Fairfaxes. I now wish I had. Bloodthirsty little maiden! Be

1008
01:51:24,800 --> 01:51:28,424
 mine, he will never know, he dares not show himself and if he dare,

1009
01:51:28,464 --> 01:51:35,272
 what art thou to him? Fly with me, Elsie, we will be married tomorrow,

1010
01:51:35,312 --> 01:51:40,488
 and thou shalt be the happiest wife in England. Master Leonard, I am

1011
01:51:40,528 --> 01:51:45,288
 amazed. Is it thus that brave soldiers speak to poor girls? Oh,

1012
01:51:45,328 --> 01:51:51,960
 for shame, for shame. I am wed, not the less because I love not my

1013
01:51:52,000 --> 01:51:57,960
 husband. I am a wife, sir. I have a duty. And, oh, sir, thy words

1014
01:51:58,000 --> 01:52:04,332
 terrify me. They are not honest. They are wicked words, and unworthy

1015
01:52:04,372 --> 01:52:14,332
 thy great and brave heart. Oh, shame upon thee. Shame upon thee.

1016
01:52:14,372 --> 01:52:15,632
 

1017
01:52:15,672 --> 01:52:19,692
 Nay, Elsie, I did but jest. I spake # Hark!

1018
01:52:19,732 --> 01:52:29,692
 # Fired from the wharf # Strange, and at such an hour!

1019
01:52:29,732 --> 01:52:31,840
 

1020
01:52:31,124 --> 01:52:34,972
 # Now what can that have been A shot so late at night 

1021
01:52:35,120 --> 01:52:40,196
 # Enough to cause a fright! What can the portent mean? 

1022
01:52:40,236 --> 01:52:42,444
 # Are foeman in the land? Is London to be wrecked? 

1023
01:52:42,484 --> 01:52:45,896
 # What are we to expect? What danger is at hand? 

1024
01:52:45,936 --> 01:52:49,648
 # Let us understand what danger is at hand! 

1025
01:52:49,688 --> 01:52:51,680
 # Let us understand what danger is at hand! 

1026
01:52:51,720 --> 01:52:54,912
 # Who fired that shot? At once the truth declare? 

1027
01:52:54,952 --> 01:52:59,960
 # My lord, twas I to rashly judge forebear! 

1028
01:53:00,000 --> 01:53:09,664
 # My lord, twas he to rashly judge forebear! 

1029
01:53:09,704 --> 01:53:11,200
 # Like a ghost his vigil keeping 

1030
01:53:11,600 --> 01:53:12,400
 # Or a spectre all-appalling 

1031
01:53:12,440 --> 01:53:13,600
 # I beheld a figure creeping 

1032
01:53:13,640 --> 01:53:14,912
 # I should rather call it crawling

1033
01:53:14,952 --> 01:53:15,692
 # He was creeping 

1034
01:53:15,732 --> 01:53:16,456
 # He was crawling 

1035
01:53:16,496 --> 01:53:17,400
 # He was creeping, creeping 

1036
01:53:17,440 --> 01:53:18,224
 # Crawling! 

1037
01:53:18,264 --> 01:53:19,148
 # He was creeping 

1038
01:53:19,188 --> 01:53:19,928
 # He was crawling 

1039
01:53:19,968 --> 01:53:22,520
 # He was creeping, creeping 

1040
01:53:22,920 --> 01:53:23,912
 # Not a moment's hesitation I myself upon him flung 

1041
01:53:23,952 --> 01:53:25,804
 # With a hurried exclamation to his draperies I hung 

1042
01:53:25,844 --> 01:53:28,100
 # Then we closed with one another in a rough-and-tumble smother 

1043
01:53:28,140 --> 01:53:30,944
 # Colonel Fairfax and no other was the man to whom I clung! 

1044
01:53:30,984 --> 01:53:36,944
 # Colonel Fairfax and no other was the man to whom he clung! 

1045
01:53:36,984 --> 01:53:38,160
 # After mighty tug and tussle 

1046
01:53:38,200 --> 01:53:39,488
 # It resembled more a struggle 

1047
01:53:39,528 --> 01:53:40,788
 # He, by dint of stronger muscle 

1048
01:53:40,828 --> 01:53:42,224
 # Or by some infernal juggle 

1049
01:53:42,264 --> 01:53:43,428
 # From my clutches quickly sliding

1050
01:53:43,468 --> 01:53:44,740
 # I should rather call it slipping

1051
01:53:44,780 --> 01:53:46,120
 # With a view, no doubt, of hiding

1052
01:53:46,160 --> 01:53:47,444
 # Or escaping to the shipping 

1053
01:53:47,484 --> 01:53:48,708
 # With a gasp and with a quiver 

1054
01:53:48,748 --> 01:53:50,080
 # I'd describe it as a shiver 

1055
01:53:50,480 --> 01:53:53,400
 # Down he dived into the river and, alas, I cannot swim 

1056
01:53:53,800 --> 01:53:55,680
 # It's enough to make one shiver With a gasp, and with a quiver 

1057
01:53:55,108 --> 01:53:59,240
 # Down he dived into the river It was very brave of him! 

1058
01:53:59,280 --> 01:54:00,944
 # Ingenuity is catching 

1059
01:54:00,984 --> 01:54:02,272
 # With the view my King of pleasing

1060
01:54:02,312 --> 01:54:03,488
 # Arquebus from sentry snatching 

1061
01:54:03,528 --> 01:54:04,740
 # I should rather call it seizing

1062
01:54:04,780 --> 01:54:05,928
 # With an ounce or two of lead 

1063
01:54:05,968 --> 01:54:07,272
 # I dispatched him through the head! 

1064
01:54:07,312 --> 01:54:08,460
 # With an ounce or two of lead 

1065
01:54:08,500 --> 01:54:09,848
 # He dispatched him through the head! 

1066
01:54:09,888 --> 01:54:10,992
 # I discharged it without winking

1067
01:54:11,320 --> 01:54:12,224
 # Little time I lost in thinking 

1068
01:54:12,264 --> 01:54:13,476
 # Like a stone I saw him sinking 

1069
01:54:13,516 --> 01:54:15,240
 # I should say a lump of lead 

1070
01:54:15,640 --> 01:54:16,488
 # He discharged it without winking

1071
01:54:16,528 --> 01:54:17,664
 # Little time he lost in thinking

1072
01:54:17,704 --> 01:54:18,848
 # Like a stone I saw him sinking 

1073
01:54:18,888 --> 01:54:20,444
 # I should say a lump of lead 

1074
01:54:20,484 --> 01:54:21,556
 # Like a stone, my boy, I said 

1075
01:54:21,596 --> 01:54:23,788
 # Like a heavy lump of lead 

1076
01:54:23,828 --> 01:54:25,240
 # Like a heavy lump of lead 

1077
01:54:25,640 --> 01:54:26,600
 # Anyhow, the man is dead 

1078
01:54:26,640 --> 01:54:28,304
 # Whether stone or lump of lead! 

1079
01:54:28,344 --> 01:54:29,240
 # Anyhow, the man is dead 

1080
01:54:29,280 --> 01:54:30,664
 # Whether stone or lump of lead! 

1081
01:54:30,704 --> 01:54:31,836
 # Arquebus from sentry seizing 

1082
01:54:31,876 --> 01:54:33,840
# With the view his King of pleasing 

1083
01:54:33,124 --> 01:54:37,256
 # Wilfred shot him through the head

1084
01:54:37,296 --> 01:54:39,680
 # And he's very, very dead! 

1085
01:54:39,108 --> 01:54:40,928
 # And it matters very little whether stone or lump of lead 

1086
01:54:40,968 --> 01:54:48,720
 # It is very, very certain that he's very, very dead! 

1087
01:54:48,112 --> 01:54:51,412
 # The river must be dragged No time be lost 

1088
01:54:51,452 --> 01:54:55,584
 # The body must be found at any cost 

1089
01:54:55,624 --> 01:55:00,276
 # To this attend without undue delay 

1090
01:55:00,316 --> 01:55:03,412
 # So set to work with what dispatch ye may! 

1091
01:55:03,452 --> 01:55:04,648
 # Yes, yes 

1092
01:55:04,688 --> 01:55:13,240
 # We'll set to work with what dispatch we may! 

1093
01:55:13,280 --> 01:55:20,412
 # Hail the valiant fellow who did this deed of derring-do! 

1094
01:55:20,452 --> 01:55:30,412
 # Honours wait on such an one by my head, twas bravely done 

1095
01:55:30,452 --> 01:55:35,320
 

1096
01:55:35,360 --> 01:55:45,320
 # Now, by my head twas bravely done! # 

1097
01:55:45,360 --> 01:55:45,432
 

1098
01:55:45,472 --> 01:55:55,432
APPLAUSE 

1099
01:55:55,472 --> 01:55:55,820
 

1100
01:55:55,860 --> 01:55:56,720
 Nay, 

1101
01:55:56,112 --> 01:55:56,320
 Nay, sweetheart, 

1102
01:55:56,360 --> 01:55:59,584
 Nay, sweetheart, be 

1103
01:55:59,624 --> 01:56:06,788
 Nay, sweetheart, be comforted. This Fairfax was but a pestilent fellow,

1104
01:56:06,828 --> 01:56:11,240
 and, as he had to die, he might as well die thus as any other way.

1105
01:56:11,640 --> 01:56:14,524
 'Twas a good death. Still, he was my husband, and had he not been, he

1106
01:56:14,564 --> 01:56:24,524
 was nevertheless a living man, and now he is dead; and so, by your

1107
01:56:24,564 --> 01:56:25,584
 

1108
01:56:25,624 --> 01:56:32,916
 leave, my tears may flow unchidden, Master Point. And thou didst see

1109
01:56:32,956 --> 01:56:40,400
 all this? Aye, with both eyes at once, this and that. The testimony

1110
01:56:40,800 --> 01:56:45,636
 of one eye is naught. He may lie. But when it is corroborated by the

1111
01:56:45,676 --> 01:56:51,848
 other, it is good evidence that none may gainsay. Here are both

1112
01:56:51,888 --> 01:56:56,524
 present in court, ready to swear to him! But art thou sure it was

1113
01:56:56,564 --> 01:57:03,960
 Colonel Fairfax? Saw you his face? Aye, and a plaguey ill-favoured

1114
01:57:04,000 --> 01:57:09,744
 face too. A very hang-dog face. A felon face. A face to fright the

1115
01:57:09,784 --> 01:57:19,744
 headsman himself, and make him strike awry. Oh, a plaguey, bad

1116
01:57:19,784 --> 01:57:26,164
 

1117
01:57:26,204 --> 01:57:30,080
 face, take my word for it. How they laugh! 'Tis ever thus with simple

1118
01:57:30,480 --> 01:57:33,772
 folk. An accepted wit has but to say 'Pass the mustard,' and they

1119
01:57:33,812 --> 01:57:39,480
 roar their ribs out. If ever I come to life again, thou shalt pay for

1120
01:57:39,520 --> 01:57:42,996
 this, Master Point! Now, Elsie, thou art free to choose again, so

1121
01:57:43,360 --> 01:57:47,976
 behold me. I am young and well- favoured. I have a pretty wit. I

1122
01:57:48,160 --> 01:57:51,480
 can jest you, jibe you, quip you, crank you, wrack you, riddle you.

1123
01:57:51,520 --> 01:57:53,480
 Tush, man, thou knowest not how to woo.'Tis not to be done with time-

1124
01:57:53,520 --> 01:58:02,104
 worn jests and thread-bare sophistries, with quips, conundrums,

1125
01:58:02,144 --> 01:58:12,104
 rhymes, and paradoxes. 'Tis an art in itself, and must be studied

1126
01:58:12,144 --> 01:58:15,616
 

1127
01:58:15,656 --> 01:58:17,772
 # Should 'prentice himself # And study all day

1128
01:58:17,812 --> 01:58:20,416
 # How to flatter, cajole and persuade 

1129
01:58:20,456 --> 01:58:23,276
 # He should 'prentice himself at fourteen 

1130
01:58:23,316 --> 01:58:26,744
 # And practise from morning to e'en 

1131
01:58:26,784 --> 01:58:28,212
 # And when he's of age 

1132
01:58:28,252 --> 01:58:29,868
 # If he will, I'll engage 

1133
01:58:29,908 --> 01:58:32,120
 # He may capture the heart of a queen! 

1134
01:58:32,160 --> 01:58:35,080
 # It is purely a matter of skill 

1135
01:58:35,480 --> 01:58:39,432
 # He may capture the heart of a queen! 

1136
01:58:39,472 --> 01:58:42,280
 # It is purely a matter of skill 

1137
01:58:42,320 --> 01:58:46,080
 # Which all may attain if they will

1138
01:58:46,480 --> 01:58:48,648
 # But every Jack He must study the knack 

1139
01:58:48,688 --> 01:58:53,540
 # If he wants to make sure of his Jill! 

1140
01:58:53,580 --> 01:59:03,540
 # If he wants to make sure of his Jill! 

1141
01:59:03,580 --> 01:59:05,680
 

1142
01:59:05,720 --> 01:59:08,884
 # If he's made the best use of his time 

1143
01:59:08,924 --> 01:59:12,480
 # His twig he'll so carefully lime

1144
01:59:12,520 --> 01:59:15,792
 # That every bird will come down at his word 

1145
01:59:15,832 --> 01:59:19,228
 # Whatever its plumage and clime 

1146
01:59:19,268 --> 01:59:22,308
 # He must learn that the thrill of a touch 

1147
01:59:22,348 --> 01:59:25,572
 # May mean little or nothing or much 

1148
01:59:25,612 --> 01:59:27,324
 # It's an instrument rare 

1149
01:59:27,364 --> 01:59:28,976
 # To be handled with care 

1150
01:59:29,160 --> 01:59:35,840
 # And ought to be treated as such

1151
01:59:35,880 --> 01:59:39,400
 # And ought to be treated as such

1152
01:59:39,440 --> 01:59:41,840
 # It is purely a matter of skill 

1153
01:59:41,880 --> 01:59:45,152
 # Which all may attain if they will

1154
01:59:45,192 --> 01:59:48,760
 # But every Jack He must study the knack 

1155
01:59:48,116 --> 01:59:52,904
 # If he wants to make sure of his Jill! 

1156
01:59:52,944 --> 02:00:02,904
 # If he wants to make sure of his Jill! 

1157
02:00:02,944 --> 02:00:06,248
 

1158
02:00:06,288 --> 02:00:09,120
 # Then a glance may be timid or free 

1159
02:00:09,160 --> 02:00:12,356
 # It will vary in mighty degree 

1160
02:00:12,396 --> 02:00:16,152
 # From an impudent stare to a look of despair 

1161
02:00:16,192 --> 02:00:19,324
 # That no maid without pity can see! 

1162
02:00:19,364 --> 02:00:22,648
 # And a glance of despair is no guide 

1163
02:00:22,688 --> 02:00:25,888
 # It may have its ridiculous side

1164
02:00:25,928 --> 02:00:28,620
 # It may draw you a tear 

1165
02:00:28,660 --> 02:00:30,340
 # Or a box on the ear 

1166
02:00:30,380 --> 02:00:34,184
 # You can never be sure till you've tried! 

1167
02:00:34,224 --> 02:00:41,920
 # Never be sure till you've tried!

1168
02:00:41,960 --> 02:00:44,932
 # It is purely a matter of skill 

1169
02:00:44,972 --> 02:00:48,668
 # Which all may attain if they will

1170
02:00:48,708 --> 02:00:52,512
 # But every Jack He must study the knack 

1171
02:00:52,552 --> 02:00:56,292
 # If he wants to make sure of his Jill! 

1172
02:00:56,332 --> 02:01:04,932
 If he wants to make sure of his Jill! # 

1173
02:01:04,972 --> 02:01:08,496
 # But every Jack He must study the knack 

1174
02:01:08,536 --> 02:01:13,324
 If he wants to make sure of his Jill! # 

1175
02:01:13,364 --> 02:01:16,496
 # But every Jack He must study the knack 

1176
02:01:16,536 --> 02:01:26,496
 If he wants to make sure of his Jill! # 

1177
02:01:26,536 --> 02:01:35,964
 

1178
02:01:36,040 --> 02:01:45,964
APPLAUSE 

1179
02:01:46,040 --> 02:01:54,464
 

1180
02:01:54,504 --> 02:01:54,720
 Now, 

1181
02:01:54,760 --> 02:01:54,968
 Now, listen 

1182
02:01:55,080 --> 02:02:00,528
 Now, listen to 

1183
02:02:00,568 --> 02:02:04,440
 Now, listen to me, 'tis done thus. Mistress Elsie, there is one here

1184
02:02:04,840 --> 02:02:14,440
 who, as thou knowest, loves thee right well. That he does, right

1185
02:02:14,840 --> 02:02:15,108
 

1186
02:02:15,148 --> 02:02:18,872
 well! He is but a man of poor estate, but he hath a loving,

1187
02:02:18,912 --> 02:02:22,360
 honest heart. He will be a true and trusty husband to thee, and if thou

1188
02:02:22,400 --> 02:02:26,856
 wilt be his wife, thou shalt lie curled up in his heart, like a

1189
02:02:26,896 --> 02:02:30,464
 little squirrel in its nest! 'Tis a pretty figure. A maggot in a nut

1190
02:02:30,504 --> 02:02:33,720
 lies closer, but a squirrel will do. He knoweth that thou wast a wife,

1191
02:02:33,760 --> 02:02:36,968
 an unloved and unloving wife, and his poor heart was near to breaking.

1192
02:02:37,080 --> 02:02:40,216
 But now that thine unloving husband is dead, and thou art free, he

1193
02:02:40,256 --> 02:02:50,216
 would fain pray that thou wouldst hearken unto him, and give him hope

1194
02:02:50,256 --> 02:02:56,880
 

1195
02:02:56,128 --> 02:02:59,560
 that thou wouldst one day be his! He presses her hands, and whispers

1196
02:02:59,600 --> 02:03:09,360
 in her ear. Odsbodikins, what does it mean? Now, sweetheart, tell me,

1197
02:03:09,400 --> 02:03:14,328
 wilt thou be this poor good fellow's wife? If the good, brave

1198
02:03:14,368 --> 02:03:17,312
 man, is he a brave man? So men say. That's not true, but let it pass.

1199
02:03:17,352 --> 02:03:23,120
 If the brave man will be content with a poor, penniless, untaught

1200
02:03:23,520 --> 02:03:32,236
 maid. Widow, but let that pass. will be his true and loving wife,

1201
02:03:32,276 --> 02:03:40,748
 and that with my heart of hearts. My own dear love. Why, what's all

1202
02:03:40,788 --> 02:03:44,320
 this? Brother, brother, it is not seemly. Oh, I can't let that pass.

1203
02:03:44,720 --> 02:03:50,236
 Hold, enough, Master Leonard. An advocate should have his fee, but

1204
02:03:50,276 --> 02:03:53,720
 methinks thou art over-paying thyself. Nay, that is for Elsie to

1205
02:03:53,760 --> 02:03:56,968
 say. I promised thee I would show thee how to woo, and herein lies

1206
02:03:57,080 --> 02:04:06,968
 the proof of the virtue of my teaching. Go thou, and apply it

1207
02:04:07,080 --> 02:04:07,480
 

1208
02:04:07,480 --> 02:06:36,732
 Apology for the loss of subtitles for 365 seconds 

1209
02:06:36,772 --> 02:06:39,484
 And I helped that man to escape, and I've kept his secret, and

1210
02:06:39,524 --> 02:06:42,752
 pretended that I was his dearly loving sister, and done everything

1211
02:06:42,792 --> 02:06:49,172
 I could think of to make folk believe I was his loving sister,

1212
02:06:49,212 --> 02:06:52,424
 and this is his gratitude. Before I pretend to be sister to anybody

1213
02:06:52,464 --> 02:07:02,424
 again, I'll turn nun, and be sister to everybody, one as much as

1214
02:07:02,464 --> 02:07:05,408
 

1215
02:07:05,448 --> 02:07:10,248
 another. In tears, eh? What a plague art thou grizzling for now?

1216
02:07:10,288 --> 02:07:16,000
 Why am I grizzling? Thou hast often wept for jealousy. Well, 'tis for

1217
02:07:16,400 --> 02:07:21,520
 jealousy I weep now. Aye, yellow, bilious, jaundiced jealousy. Make

1218
02:07:21,560 --> 02:07:24,984
 the most of that, Master Wilfred. But I have never given thee cause

1219
02:07:25,240 --> 02:07:31,520
 for jealousy. The Lieutenant's cook-maid and I are but the merest

1220
02:07:31,560 --> 02:07:37,720
 gossips. Jealous of thee. Bah. I'm jealous of no craven cock-on-a-hill,

1221
02:07:37,760 --> 02:07:42,908
 who crows about what he'd do an he dared! I am jealous of another and

1222
02:07:42,948 --> 02:07:47,800
 a better man than thou. Set that down, Master Wilfred. And he is to

1223
02:07:47,120 --> 02:07:53,504
 marry Elsie Maynard, the pale little fool. Set that down Master

1224
02:07:53,544 --> 02:08:03,504
 Wilfred, and my heart is wellnigh broken! There, thou hast it all!

1225
02:08:03,544 --> 02:08:03,968
 

1226
02:08:04,080 --> 02:08:09,920
 Make the most of it. The man thou lovest is to marry Elsie Maynard?

1227
02:08:09,132 --> 02:08:12,800
 Why, that is no other than thy brother, Leonard Meryll. Oh, mercy!

1228
02:08:12,840 --> 02:08:19,440
 What have I said? Why, what manner of brother is this, thou lying

1229
02:08:19,480 --> 02:08:25,784
 little jade? Speak. Who is this man whom thou hast called brother, and

1230
02:08:25,824 --> 02:08:31,768
 fondled, and coddled, and kissed, with my connivance. Oh Lord, with

1231
02:08:31,808 --> 02:08:41,768
 my connivance. Should it be this Fairfax? It is. It's the cursed

1232
02:08:41,808 --> 02:08:53,360
 

1233
02:08:53,400 --> 02:08:57,960
 Fairfax! It's Fairfax! Fairfax. Whom thou hast just shot through

1234
02:08:57,136 --> 02:09:05,548
 the head, and who lies at the bottom of the river. Ah! I, I may

1235
02:09:05,588 --> 02:09:12,548
 have been mistaken. We are but fallible mortals, the best of us.

1236
02:09:12,588 --> 02:09:16,456
 But I'll make sure, I'll make sure. Stay. One word. I think it cannot

1237
02:09:16,496 --> 02:09:21,040
 be Fairfax. Mind, I say I think, because thou hast just slain

1238
02:09:21,440 --> 02:09:24,504
 Fairfax. But whether he be Fairfax or no Fairfax, he is to marry Elsie

1239
02:09:24,544 --> 02:09:34,504
 and, and as thou hast shot him through the head, and he is dead,

1240
02:09:34,544 --> 02:09:41,720
 

1241
02:09:41,760 --> 02:09:47,040
 be content with that, and I will be thy wife. Is that sure? Aye, for

1242
02:09:47,440 --> 02:09:57,040
 sure enough, for there's no help for it. Thou art a very brute but

1243
02:09:57,440 --> 02:10:05,424
 

1244
02:10:05,464 --> 02:10:08,172
 even brutes must marry, I suppose. My beloved. Ugh! Phoebe, rejoice,

1245
02:10:08,212 --> 02:10:11,160
 for I bring glad tidings. Colonel Fairfax's reprieve was signed two

1246
02:10:11,200 --> 02:10:13,676
 days since, but it was foully and maliciously kept back by Secretary

1247
02:10:13,716 --> 02:10:17,172
 Poltwhistle, who designed that it should arrive after the Colonel's

1248
02:10:17,212 --> 02:10:20,424
 death. It hath just come to hand, and it is now in the Lieutenant's

1249
02:10:20,464 --> 02:10:23,660
 possession. Then the Colonel is free? Oh, kiss me, kiss me, my dear.

1250
02:10:23,700 --> 02:10:32,848
 Kiss me, again, and again. bobs! Death o' my life! Art thou

1251
02:10:32,888 --> 02:10:36,800
 mad? Am I mad? Are we all mad? my dear, my dear, I'm wellnigh

1252
02:10:36,120 --> 02:10:44,144
 crazed with joy. Come away from him, thou hussy, thou jade, thou kissing,

1253
02:10:44,184 --> 02:10:50,612
 clinging cockatrice. And as for thee, sir, devil take thee. I'll

1254
02:10:50,652 --> 02:10:59,960
 rip thee like a herring for this. I'll skin thee for it. I'll cleave

1255
02:11:00,000 --> 02:11:04,504
 thee to the chine. Oh, Phoebe. Phoebe, who is this man? Peace,

1256
02:11:04,544 --> 02:11:10,848
 fool. He is my brother. Another brother. Are there any more of

1257
02:11:10,888 --> 02:11:13,600
 them? Produce them all at once, and let me know the worst. This is the

1258
02:11:13,640 --> 02:11:17,800
 real Leonard, dolt. The other was but his substitute. The real

1259
02:11:17,120 --> 02:11:20,348
 Leonard, I say, my father's own son. How do I know this? Has he

1260
02:11:20,388 --> 02:11:28,456
 "brother" writ large on his brow? I mistrust thy brothers. Thou art but

1261
02:11:28,496 --> 02:11:32,456
 a false jade. Now, Wilfred, be just. Truly I did deceive thee before but

1262
02:11:32,496 --> 02:11:37,552
 it was to save a precious life and to save it, not for me, but for

1263
02:11:37,592 --> 02:11:46,848
 another. They are to be wed this very day. Is not this enough for

1264
02:11:46,888 --> 02:11:56,848
 thee? Come, I am thy Phoebe, thy very own. And we will be wed in a

1265
02:11:56,888 --> 02:11:58,552
 

1266
02:11:58,592 --> 02:12:08,552
 year, or two, or three, at the most. Is not that enough for thee? Phoebe,

1267
02:12:08,592 --> 02:12:11,348
 

1268
02:12:11,388 --> 02:12:19,960
 hast thou heard the brave news? father. I'm nigh mad with joy. Why,

1269
02:12:19,136 --> 02:12:27,240
 what's all this? Oh, father, he discovered our secret thorough my

1270
02:12:27,280 --> 02:12:31,480
 folly, and the price of his silence is Phbe's heart. Oh, dear, no,

1271
02:12:31,880 --> 02:12:34,800
 Phoebe's hand. It's the same thing. Is it? 'Tis a pity, but the Colonel

1272
02:12:34,840 --> 02:12:40,320
 had to be saved at any cost, and as thy folly revealed our secret, thy

1273
02:12:40,360 --> 02:12:44,288
 folly must e'en suffer for it. Dame Carruthers! So this is a plot to

1274
02:12:44,328 --> 02:12:48,116
 shield this arch-fiend, and I have detected it. A word from me and

1275
02:12:48,156 --> 02:12:53,864
 three heads besides his would roll from their shoulders. Nay, Colonel

1276
02:12:53,904 --> 02:13:00,476
 Fairfax is reprieved. Yet, if my complicity in his escape were known.

1277
02:13:00,516 --> 02:13:10,476
 Plague on the old meddler. There's nothing for it. Hush, pretty one,

1278
02:13:10,516 --> 02:13:27,944
 

1279
02:13:27,984 --> 02:13:30,692
 Such bloodthirsty words ill become those cherry lips. Why, look ye,

1280
02:13:30,732 --> 02:13:34,196
 chuck, for many a month I've thought to myself, there's snug

1281
02:13:34,236 --> 02:13:38,208
 love saving up in that middle-aged bosom for some one, and why not for

1282
02:13:38,248 --> 02:13:42,196
 thee - that's me - so take heart and tell her - that's thee - that

1283
02:13:42,236 --> 02:13:45,692
 thou - that's me - lovest her - thee - and - and -well, I'm a

1284
02:13:45,732 --> 02:13:55,692
 miserable old man, and I've done it- and that's me. But not a word

1285
02:13:55,732 --> 02:14:04,120
 

1286
02:14:04,160 --> 02:14:14,120
 about Fairfax. The price of thy silence is - Meryll's heart?

1287
02:14:14,160 --> 02:14:24,928
 

1288
02:14:24,968 --> 02:14:34,928
 Meryll's hand. It's the same thing. # When love's votary

1289
02:14:34,968 --> 02:14:44,428
 

1290
02:14:44,468 --> 02:14:54,428
 # When humanity # Fate all flowery

1291
02:14:54,468 --> 02:14:56,880
 

1292
02:14:56,920 --> 02:15:06,880
 # Fate all flowery # After tarrying

1293
02:15:06,920 --> 02:15:06,960
 

1294
02:15:06,960 --> 02:16:08,636
 Apology for the loss of subtitles for 365 seconds 

1295
02:16:08,676 --> 02:16:18,636
 # Comes the pretty young bride # Set all thy fears aside

1296
02:16:18,676 --> 02:16:32,568
 

1297
02:16:32,608 --> 02:16:42,568
 # To whom thy lot # Flower of valour is he

1298
02:16:42,608 --> 02:16:42,648
 

1299
02:16:42,648 --> 02:17:31,180
 Apology for the loss of subtitles for 365 seconds 

1300
02:17:31,220 --> 02:17:41,180
 # Tis said that joy # That, other times

1301
02:17:41,220 --> 02:17:41,260
 

1302
02:17:41,260 --> 02:18:37,588
 Apology for the loss of subtitles for 365 seconds 

1303
02:18:37,628 --> 02:18:47,588
 # If this be so # Yes, yes, with happiness

1304
02:18:47,628 --> 02:19:00,868
 

1305
02:19:00,908 --> 02:19:10,868
 # Hold, pretty one! # News, good or ill

1306
02:19:10,908 --> 02:19:29,168
 

1307
02:19:29,208 --> 02:19:34,776
 # And comes to claim his bride # No! No!

1308
02:19:34,816 --> 02:19:38,280
 # Oh, day of terror! Day of tears! 

1309
02:19:38,320 --> 02:19:48,280
 # Oh, day of terror! Day of tears! 

1310
02:19:48,320 --> 02:19:49,996
 

1311
02:19:50,360 --> 02:19:52,400
 # Claims thee as his bride? 

1312
02:19:52,440 --> 02:19:53,728
 # Appears to claim thee as his bride 

1313
02:19:53,768 --> 02:19:57,136
 # Day of terror! Day of tears! 

1314
02:19:57,176 --> 02:20:07,136
 # Day of terror! Day of tears! 

1315
02:20:07,176 --> 02:20:16,808
 

1316
02:20:16,848 --> 02:20:22,232
 # All thought of Leonard Meryll set aside 

1317
02:20:22,272 --> 02:20:28,104
 # Thou art mine own! I claim thee as my bride 

1318
02:20:28,144 --> 02:20:37,120
 # Thou art his own! Alas! He claims thee as his bride

1319
02:20:37,160 --> 02:20:43,544
 # A suppliant at thy feet I fall 

1320
02:20:43,584 --> 02:20:51,560
 # Thine heart will yield to pity's call! 

1321
02:20:51,600 --> 02:21:01,560
 # Mine is a heart of massive rock unmoved by sentimental shock! 

1322
02:21:01,600 --> 02:21:02,152
 

1323
02:21:02,192 --> 02:21:07,980
 # Thy husband he! 

1324
02:21:08,200 --> 02:21:17,980
 # Leonard, my loved one, come to me They bear me hence away! 

1325
02:21:18,200 --> 02:21:19,904
 

1326
02:21:19,944 --> 02:21:26,980
 # But though they take me far from thee 

1327
02:21:27,200 --> 02:21:33,728
 # My heart is thine for thee! 

1328
02:21:33,768 --> 02:21:40,840
 # My bruised heart My broken heart 

1329
02:21:40,880 --> 02:21:48,480
 # Is thine, my own, for thee! 

1330
02:21:48,520 --> 02:21:54,760
 # Is thine, my own, for thee! 

1331
02:21:54,116 --> 02:22:04,760
 # Is thine, my own, for thee! 

1332
02:22:04,116 --> 02:22:36,840
 

1333
02:22:36,880 --> 02:22:46,840
 # But ere the fatal hour # That placed me in thy pow'r

1334
02:22:46,880 --> 02:23:18,984
 

1335
02:23:19,240 --> 02:23:28,808
 # With happiness our soul is cloyed # With happiness

1336
02:23:28,848 --> 02:23:38,808
 # With happiness # With happiness

1337
02:23:38,848 --> 02:24:13,796
 

1338
02:24:13,836 --> 02:24:19,732
 # Attend to me # It is sung to the moon

1339
02:24:19,772 --> 02:24:22,704
 # It's a song of a merryman moping mum 

1340
02:24:22,744 --> 02:24:26,880
 # Whose soul was sad and whose glance was glum 

1341
02:24:26,128 --> 02:24:29,560
 # Who sipped no sup and who craved no crumb 

1342
02:24:29,600 --> 02:24:34,600
 # As he sighed for the love... 

1343
02:24:34,100 --> 02:24:39,216
 # Heighdy! Heighdy! Misery me, lack-a-day-dee! 

1344
02:24:39,256 --> 02:24:42,320
 # He sipped no sup and he craved no crumb 

1345
02:24:42,720 --> 02:24:45,496
 # As he sighed for the love of a lady! 

1346
02:24:45,536 --> 02:24:49,732
 # I have a song to sing, O! 

1347
02:24:49,772 --> 02:24:57,576
 # What is your song, O? 

1348
02:24:57,616 --> 02:25:00,608
 # It is sung with the ring of the song maids sing 

1349
02:25:00,648 --> 02:25:04,216
# Who love with a love life-long, O! 

1350
02:25:04,256 --> 02:25:06,800
 # It's the song of a merrymaid nestling near 

1351
02:25:06,840 --> 02:25:09,856
 # Who loved her lord but dropped a tear 

1352
02:25:09,896 --> 02:25:13,168
 # At the moan of the merryman moping mum 

1353
02:25:13,208 --> 02:25:15,968
 # Whose soul was sad and whose glance was glum 

1354
02:25:16,080 --> 02:25:19,160
 # Who sipped no sup and who craved no crumb 

1355
02:25:19,200 --> 02:25:22,448
 # As he sighed for the love of a lady! 

1356
02:25:22,488 --> 02:25:28,372
 # Heighdy! Heighdy! Misery me, lack-a-day-dee! 

1357
02:25:28,412 --> 02:25:30,688
 # He sipped no sup and he craved no crumb 

1358
02:25:30,728 --> 02:25:33,280
 # As he sighed for the love of a lady! 

1359
02:25:33,320 --> 02:25:36,844
 # Heighdy! Heighdy! 

1360
02:25:36,884 --> 02:25:38,440
 # Heighdy! Heighdy! Misery me, lack-a-day-dee! 

1361
02:25:38,480 --> 02:25:40,468
 # He sipped no sup and he craved no crumb 

1362
02:25:40,508 --> 02:25:44,808
 # As he sighed for the love of a lady! 

1363
02:25:44,848 --> 02:25:47,452
 # Heighdy! Heighdy! 

1364
02:25:47,492 --> 02:25:51,752
 Heighdy! # 

1365
02:25:51,792 --> 02:25:59,280
 # Heighdy! Heighdy! 

1366
02:25:59,320 --> 02:26:02,548
 # Heighdy! Heighdy! 

1367
02:26:02,588 --> 02:26:12,548
 Heighdy! # 

1368
02:26:12,588 --> 02:26:17,168
 

1369
02:26:17,208 --> 02:26:27,168
APPLAUSE 

1370
02:26:27,208 --> 02:26:27,548
 

1371
02:26:27,588 --> 02:26:27,800
 Is it? Not 

1372
02:26:27,840 --> 02:26:28,640
 Is it? Not quite 

1373
02:26:28,104 --> 02:26:30,640
 Is it? Not quite such 

1374
02:26:30,104 --> 02:26:38,280
 Is it? Not quite such a happy ending for poor love-lorn Jack

1375
02:26:38,320 --> 02:26:41,160
 Point at the end there, of Gilbert and Sullivan's Yeoman of the Guard.

1376
02:26:41,560 --> 02:26:47,484
 But a wonderful performance by this starry cast, conducted by Jane

1377
02:26:47,524 --> 02:26:50,480
 Glover. Steven Whithman and Wayne Fitzerman, playing the first and

1378
02:26:50,880 --> 02:26:57,204
 second citizens, Mary Bevan singing Kate. Jonathan McGovern and Marcus

1379
02:26:57,244 --> 02:26:59,828
 Farnsworth the First and Second Yeomen. That's Tom Randle who sang

1380
02:26:59,868 --> 02:27:04,000
 Leonard Meryll. Leigh Melrose singing Lieutenant Richard

1381
02:27:04,400 --> 02:27:11,596
 Choldmondeley. Toby Staffrod-Allen - Wilfred Shadbolt That's Heather

1382
02:27:11,636 --> 02:27:15,376
 Shipp, playing Phoebe Meryll. Mark Richardson playing her father. Dame

1383
02:27:15,416 --> 02:27:21,656
 Felicity Palmer playing Dame Carruthers. Andrew Kennedy, Colonel

1384
02:27:21,696 --> 02:27:31,656
 Fairfax. Lisa Milne, who was playing Elsie Maynard. And Mark

1385
02:27:31,696 --> 02:27:39,160
 

1386
02:27:39,560 --> 02:27:49,160
 Ably supported, of course, by the BBC Concert Orchestra and the BBC

1387
02:27:49,560 --> 02:27:49,812
 

1388
02:27:49,852 --> 02:27:55,956
 Singers. And that is Matthew Hamilton the chorus-master of the

1389
02:27:55,996 --> 02:27:59,472
 BBC Singers, being acknowledged by Jane Glover. She's no stranger to

1390
02:27:59,512 --> 02:28:09,472
 appearing in Gilbert and Sullivan. She appeared at university, in a

1391
02:28:09,512 --> 02:28:12,220
 

1392
02:28:12,260 --> 02:28:20,296
 production directed by Mel Smith, won't you know. That's the director,

1393
02:28:20,336 --> 02:28:30,296
 Martin Duncan, and his assistant- director there. All of them

1394
02:28:30,336 --> 02:28:35,248
 

1395
02:28:35,288 --> 02:28:38,752
 enjoying this movement. -- this moment. We will be back as usual on

1396
02:28:38,792 --> 02:28:42,248
 Thursday and Friday with more from the Proms on BBC Four and do join

1397
02:28:42,288 --> 02:28:44,736
 us again on BBC Two next Saturday night for a real Proms treat. The