Testament of Youth

(GIGGLES) 423 00:38:04,991 --> 00:38:06,163 (DOOR CLOSES) 424 00:38:09,287 --> 00:38:11,460 No, I said no. 425 00:38:12,165 --> 00:38:14,384 All the papers are saying it'll be short and fast. 426 00:38:14,459 --> 00:38:16,757 Well, I know a little more of war than you do, young lady, 427 00:38:16,836 --> 00:38:20,010 and I can assure you, it's never short, and it's never fast. 428 00:38:20,089 --> 00:38:21,807 If we believe that from the outset, 429 00:38:21,883 --> 00:38:23,977 it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, doesn't it? 430 00:38:26,137 --> 00:38:28,356 He might not even see any fighting. 431 00:38:28,431 --> 00:38:29,933 (MR BRITTAIN SIGHS) 432 00:38:30,683 --> 00:38:32,230 He's only 18. 433 00:38:32,310 --> 00:38:35,985 What's he going to say when everyone around him is signing up and he isn't? 434 00:38:38,566 --> 00:38:40,113 Let him be a man. 435 00:38:40,985 --> 00:38:43,113 He won't forgive you if you don't. 436 00:38:47,909 --> 00:38:51,504 VERA: <i>"Dear Roland, now we're</i> a <i>nation at war,</i> 437 00:38:51,579 --> 00:38:55,004 <i>"is it terrible of me to be so excited about Oxford?"</i> 438 00:38:56,584 --> 00:39:00,430 <i>"I'll be catching the 2:20 train on Thursday and I'll be travelling alone."</i> 439 00:39:02,257 --> 00:39:04,430 <i>"Could you meet me at Leicester?"</i> 440 00:39:13,393 --> 00:39:15,737 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 441 00:39:33,705 --> 00:39:35,378 Where's your luggage? 442 00:39:40,628 --> 00:39:42,972 Sit down. I have something to tell you. 443 00:39:44,048 --> 00:39:45,391 What is it? 444 00:39:47,010 --> 00:39:48,683 I'm not coming to Oxford, Vera. 445 00:39:54,058 --> 00:39:55,184 You've signed up. 446 00:39:57,312 --> 00:40:00,486 A commission with the fourth Norfolks. I'm joining them tomorrow. 447 00:40:02,859 --> 00:40:04,202 Tomorrow? 448 00:40:05,904 --> 00:40:07,030 How? 449 00:40:14,329 --> 00:40:16,707 Edward's still waiting. Everybody is. 450 00:40:17,540 --> 00:40:19,918 My Uncle Theo's a military man. 451 00:40:20,627 --> 00:40:22,095 He pulled some strings. 452 00:40:22,170 --> 00:40:24,468 - Did he push you to it? - No. No, I asked him to. 453 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:29,848 Vera, I have to go. 454 00:40:29,928 --> 00:40:32,727 How many generations get the chance to be involved in something like this? 455 00:40:32,805 --> 00:40:34,899 I can't let others do my duty for me. 456 00:40:38,353 --> 00:40:42,699 I'll be in Norwich. It's not even active service. 457 00:40:44,525 --> 00:40:45,947 You wouldn't want me not to? 458 00:40:49,447 --> 00:40:51,245 There'll be months of training. 459 00:40:52,408 --> 00:40:54,957 At which point, it could all be over. 460 00:40:56,204 --> 00:40:59,083 Me and Ted will be coming to Oxford with you in the New Year. 461 00:41:27,485 --> 00:41:29,453 Isn't it strange... 462 00:41:30,530 --> 00:41:33,875 That I'm the one going to Oxford without Edward or you? 463 00:41:49,340 --> 00:41:52,685 Ah, Miss Brittain. Surprised to be here, no doubt. 464 00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:55,684 - Considering I had no tuition. - Yes, and how it showed. 465 00:41:55,763 --> 00:41:57,891 Luckily you also displayed an original mind. 466 00:41:59,017 --> 00:42:02,647 Though whether you can bring any discipline to bear on it is another matter. 467 00:42:09,027 --> 00:42:12,452 VERA: <i>"Oxford is everything we dreamed of and more.</i> 468 00:42:13,364 --> 00:42:16,117 <i>"If only you were here to share it with me, Roland."</i> 469 00:42:19,996 --> 00:42:22,419 <i>"I want to ask you to leave the army,"</i> 470 00:42:23,207 --> 00:42:26,552 <i>"but I can't do that. I won't."</i> 471 00:42:30,673 --> 00:42:33,517 <i>"Victor's been turned down because of his poor eyesight,"</i> 472 00:42:33,968 --> 00:42:36,812 <i>"but Edward's joining the Sherwood Foresters soon."</i> 473 00:42:37,472 --> 00:42:39,895 <i>"My heart lurched at the sight of him."</i> 474 00:42:40,475 --> 00:42:43,820 <i>"My little brother, suddenly so grown up."</i> 475 00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:50,944 - Look at you. Vera, the Oxford student. - How are you? 476 00:42:51,027 --> 00:42:52,074 I'm very well. 477 00:42:53,279 --> 00:42:57,329 VERA: <i>"At least I have the comfort of knowing you're all safe on English soil. "</i> 478 00:43:02,413 --> 00:43:05,007 MAN 1: The injured will be taken there this afternoon. 479 00:43:06,084 --> 00:43:08,257 All these beds can be sent to the dining hall. 480 00:43:08,336 --> 00:43:10,577 - MAN 2: All right. - Then you can tell Matron she can... 481 00:43:15,718 --> 00:43:17,095 (FAINT THUNDER RUMBLING) 482 00:43:42,537 --> 00:43:47,043 ROLAND: <i>"Leave for France Thursday. Charing Cross, half past one.</i> 483 00:43:47,125 --> 00:43:50,049 <i>"Please confirm can come. Roland."</i> 484 00:43:55,967 --> 00:43:59,062 MISS LORIMER: We can't have