Goodbye, Mr. Chips Page #3

Goodbye, Katie. Marvelous seeing you.

Goodbye.

Goodbye, Miss Bridges.

Goodbye, Mr. Chips.

What an idiotic bore.

Bill, you were asking me

something important.

You were asking me

whether I seriously believed something.

They tell me they make

a delicious oyster stew here.

By the way.

how do you know she's not here?

She?

The gill tonight's evening news

said you're going to many.

Oh, yes, I saw that.

Me and Penelope Fitzdouglas.

Huh. Wasn't it ridiculous?

Sidesplitting.

I'll have the same as last Tuesday.

Yeah, so will I.

The same wine?

The same wine.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey, mister.

Hey, mister, please.

Please.

Ill...

I'll be your guide to Pompeii, okay?

Okay, on your right, is the Greek forum...

...which was partially destroyed

in the earthquake of AD 61.

Behind you is the statue of Clio.

one of the Muses.

- She had...

- No.

That is Terpsichore...

...the Muse of choral dance and song.

and the earthquake was in AD 62.

Okay, mister, you know best.

Actually, dear fellow, I think I do.

Hello, can you hear me up there?

Yes, of course I can.

The acoustics here are famous.

Can you hear me?

Yes, but you're shouting.

I'm not shouting.

Sound travels upwards

better than downwards.

Could you hear that?

Yes.

What are you eating?

An egg sandwich.

When was the earthquake

that destroyed all this?

It wasn't an earthquake.

It was an eruption of Vesuvius...

...behind me.

and it happened in the year 79 AD...

...toward the end of the ides of June.

Ha. I thought only March had ides.

All Roman months had ides.

Calends too.

Ale you a guide?

Do I look like a guide?

I don't know.

I haven't got my field glasses with me.

What are you?

A schoolmaster.

Ah, that's cheating.

- What are you?

- A tourist.

An ignorant one, as you implied,

who doesn't know her ide from her calend.

There is no singular to either word.

Oh, you can't win, can you?

You eating another sandwich?

Yes.

You wouldn't have anything left,

would you?

One egg sandwich and some cheese.

I'm coming up. I'm starving.

How do you do?

My name is Chipping.

Mine is Bridges.

Golly. Well, one thing's fairly certain.

We'd never be cast opposite each other.

Forgive me, I didn't quite follow that.

It doesn't matter.

Oh, thank you, you're an angel of mercy.

Haven't we met before?

I don't think so. Some of this?

Thank you.

Of course, you're Mr. Chips.

I beg your pardon?

Oh, we met at the Savoy one night,

with Johnnie Longbridge, remember?

I was with somebody called Bill Calbury.

and you said all the wrong things.

Good gracious,

you're not the girl in that awfully...

...jolly musical comedy?

Oh, thank you for making me laugh. It's

the first time I have for over a month.

Cheers.

Cheers. I didn't mean it as funny.

Well, no, if you had,

I wouldn't have laughed.

This is nice.

I ought to tell you, it's lather strong.

Good.

But of course.

You were the gal who turned out

to be the real Lady Lettie all along.

No.

- You've done it again.

- Oh, dear. I'm so sorry.

You are William C. Belfrage's ward.

Miss Katherine Bridges.

Ah, that's wrong too.

My real name is not Bridges.

My real name is...

Now you won't laugh, will you?

It's Brisket.

Charmingly Anglo-Saxon.

What are you doing in Pompeii?

I wasn't feeling very well

and they gave me a month off...

...so I booked myself

on this Mediterranean cruise.

My boat stopped at Naples and, uh...

Well, they organized a tour of this place.

Only I hate being conducted.

When I heard there was a theatre,

I slipped off. I'm glad I did.

- It's beautiful.

- The other is even better.

Greek theatre.

You mean they did plays here

like the one that's on at the Old Vic now?

The Medea? Yes, they did.

I'd like to see that.

I hear it's marvellous.

I do too.

So we'll do it together sometime, huh?

Yes.

Is there lots more to see at Pompeii?

Oh, there's a full 10 days

of exhaustive sightseeing...

...and many, many more,

if you include the Herculaneum and...

Well, I've got the lest of the day.

Would you be my guide, Mr. Chips?

Look, doesn't this bore you terribly?

Please, please say if it does,

because".

...I know there's nothing more awful

than being bothered by somebody...

...when you really want

is to be on your own.

Nobody knows that better than me.

Sorry. Than I?

It doesn't bore me at all.

In fact, very much the reverse.

Truth to say, I was feeling

a little lonely myself this afternoon.

This is the temple of Jupiter.

Ale you quite alone on the ship?

I mean, you're not

with any particular friend?

No, no particular friend.

At the moment,

I'm rather between particular friends.

Of course,

you met him that night, didn't you?

Mr. Calbury. Yes, I did.

I'm sorry.

That's all light.

No doubt the sea ail...

Yes. The sea ail has done marvels.

Sorry, am I going too fast for you?

My dear young lady,

I could go as fast as you...

...if I cared to risk a broken ankle

and be carried on a stretcher.

It's extremely foolish to leap around

in a ruined circus like a mountain goat.

Especially in those shoes.

These stones are treacherous.

I'm sure you're very active for your age.

Since you cannot know what my age is...

...your flattering conviction, Miss Bridges,

must be based on a conjectural premise.

You've done it again.

Now that's three times

you've made me laugh.

And only this morning.

I really did think I'd never laugh again.

I suppose it's your being a schoolmaster.

I tail to see

what's so laughable about that.

Well, no, it's not laughable.

One doesn't laugh at people

only because they're funny.

Not some people, anyway.

Come on. There's so much left to see

before the sun goes down on us.

A million planets

Were swimming in the sky

I only saw the sun

A million faces drifted by

Suddenly, there was one

Filling my mind

Like the day was filled with sun

Telling my heart

My life had just begun

Although it is so many years away

I remember that moment

As though it were yesterday

He smiled

I smiled

We smiled

And the sky

Smiled too

We walked, he talked

I talked

And the sky was blue

And before the walk was over

I just knew

He smiled

I smiled

We smiled

And the sky

Smiled too

It was love

What does that mean?

"Know yourself."

The watchword of Apollo.

The god of prophecy.

Amongst other things.

Oh, I'm so sorry. Have I tired you out?

No, you have not tiled me out.

I have a large piece of ancient Greece

in my shoe, that's all.

Well, it's been really thrilling

to be shown around Paestum...

...by the world's greatest authority

on ancient Greece.

I am not the world's greatest authority

on ancient Greece, just one of them.

I'm going to ask Apollo a question.

You mustn't ask a personal question.

Well, not a specific one, like...

Like, "Will Bill Calbury come back to me?"

No, I wouldn't bore Apollo with that,

I promise you.

No, just something general, like,

"What's going to happen to my life?"

Ah. Even that is too specific.

Besides, I could answer that.

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