The Children's Hour

451 00:35:07,481 --> 00:35:12,361 But Mrs Mortar said that it was unnatural for a woman to feel that way. 452 00:35:13,570 --> 00:35:16,448 Well, I'm just telling you what she said. 453 00:35:16,573 --> 00:35:19,034 Mrs Mortar said that Miss Dobie was like that 454 00:35:19,159 --> 00:35:21,954 even when she was a little girl and that it was unnatural. 455 00:35:22,079 --> 00:35:24,748 Stop using that silly word, Mary. 456 00:35:24,873 --> 00:35:26,667 That's the word she used. 457 00:35:26,792 --> 00:35:28,293 Then they got mad at each other, 458 00:35:28,418 --> 00:35:31,171 and Miss Dobie told Mrs Mortar she'd have to get out of the house. 459 00:35:31,296 --> 00:35:33,423 That probably wasn't the reason at all. 460 00:35:33,549 --> 00:35:36,009 I bet it was, because, honestly, 461 00:35:36,135 --> 00:35:39,179 Miss Dobie does get mean and cranky every time cousin Joe comes 462 00:35:39,304 --> 00:35:42,057 and yesterday I heard her say to him, "Damn you." 463 00:35:42,182 --> 00:35:44,601 You've picked up some very fine words, haven't you, Mary? 464 00:35:44,726 --> 00:35:47,563 But that's just the word she used. 465 00:35:47,688 --> 00:35:52,484 And one time, Miss Dobie was in her room late, it's right near ours, 466 00:35:52,609 --> 00:35:56,989 and Miss Wright goes in there almost every night and stays late. 467 00:35:57,114 --> 00:36:01,493 That's why they want to get rid of us. Of me, I mean. Because we hear things. 468 00:36:01,618 --> 00:36:04,705 That's why they're making us move our rooms. 469 00:36:08,750 --> 00:36:11,253 I've heard other things, too. 470 00:36:11,378 --> 00:36:15,340 Plenty of other things. Strange, funny noises. 471 00:36:16,508 --> 00:36:18,427 And we've seen things, too. 472 00:36:18,552 --> 00:36:21,680 - What things? - Bad things. I can't tell you. 473 00:36:21,805 --> 00:36:25,100 Mary, you're annoying me very much. If you have anything to say, say it. 474 00:36:25,225 --> 00:36:27,853 I mean, I can't say it out loud. I've got to whisper it. 475 00:36:27,978 --> 00:36:31,899 - Why must you whisper it? - I don't know. I've just got to. 476 00:36:37,988 --> 00:36:40,741 Mary, do you know what you're saying? 477 00:36:44,494 --> 00:36:47,956 Stop the car, John. Stop the car, John! 478 00:37:05,057 --> 00:37:07,142 Just a moment. 479 00:37:15,108 --> 00:37:17,152 It's true. 480 00:37:27,162 --> 00:37:28,205 You wait right here. 481 00:38:00,028 --> 00:38:01,947 Oh! 482 00:38:02,072 --> 00:38:04,992 Oh! Oh, my goodness! 483 00:38:05,909 --> 00:38:07,202 Oh! 484 00:38:10,914 --> 00:38:13,542 Oh. Good morning, Mrs Tilford. 485 00:38:13,667 --> 00:38:15,961 I've come here to see Miss Wright or Miss Dobie. 486 00:38:16,086 --> 00:38:18,088 They're in class. 487 00:38:18,213 --> 00:38:21,633 I never carried a suitcase before in my life. 488 00:38:21,758 --> 00:38:23,677 Oh. Oh, dear. 489 00:38:23,802 --> 00:38:25,429 Oh. 490 00:38:25,554 --> 00:38:27,639 I'll wait. 491 00:38:27,764 --> 00:38:31,727 I guess I'd better cram these things into this bag. 492 00:38:31,852 --> 00:38:35,188 My theatre maid usually does the packing for me. 493 00:38:35,314 --> 00:38:37,983 Oh, what must I look like? 494 00:38:38,108 --> 00:38:41,778 I gave up a very important role in "Morning Sunshine" just to teach here, 495 00:38:41,903 --> 00:38:44,031 and now my niece has dismissed me. 496 00:38:44,156 --> 00:38:48,702 Dismissed, after a year of backbreaking work. 497 00:38:50,162 --> 00:38:53,915 Oh, well, I sacrificed my youth for her. 498 00:38:54,041 --> 00:38:56,918 But I'm sure you know all about that, 499 00:38:57,044 --> 00:38:59,629 and ingratitude, 500 00:38:59,755 --> 00:39:01,923 and the sting of the wasp. 501 00:39:04,259 --> 00:39:07,804 Do you suppose I could get one of those coats in that other bag? 502 00:39:07,929 --> 00:39:09,806 Mrs Mortar. 503 00:39:09,931 --> 00:39:14,728 I've been told you used a strange word in connection with your niece. 504 00:39:14,853 --> 00:39:17,522 I've heard that you feel there's something unnatural... 505 00:39:17,647 --> 00:39:20,067 Something unnatural? Why, the whole thing's unnatural. 506 00:39:20,192 --> 00:39:23,737 You would think that a healthy woman her age would have a husband, 507 00:39:23,862 --> 00:39:26,782 or at least an admirer, but she hasn't and she never has had. 508 00:39:27,532 --> 00:39:30,035 Young men who liked her, yes, but not for long, 509 00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:32,204 because she has no interest in them, 510 00:39:32,329 --> 00:39:34,247 only the school 511 00:39:34,373 --> 00:39:36,124 and Karen Wright. 512 00:39:40,003 --> 00:39:43,799 Mrs Tilford, at 28, do you spend your life with other people's children, 513 00:39:43,924 --> 00:39:45,967 no new clothes, working every night, 514 00:39:46,093 --> 00:39:49,304 nothing to look forward to but a summer vacation with Karen Wright? 515 00:39:49,429 --> 00:39:52,891 And now that Karen's getting married, Martha's in a frenzy of bad temper 516 00:39