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The Children's Hour
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- 1961
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You girls take the
napkins and the plates.
Out of there. Come on,
go find your mom.
Aunt Lily!
Aunt Lily!
- Would you help me here, please?
- It's not exactly my line, Martha.
- Thank you.
- But all right.
There we are.
Grandma!
Grandma!
Darling!
Grandma, I'm so glad you came.
I could hardly sleep last night,
waiting to see you today.
- Mrs. Tilford, will you excuse me, please?
- Yes, surely.
My!
Your new dress looks
lovely on you, Mary.
- And I must say, you look nice and healthy.
- Healthy?
The way they make you slave around here, I'm
lucky I don't have gray hair and rickets!
- It's all for your own good.
- Everything I hate always is.
Anyway, I'm glad you're here.
- How do you do, Miss Dobie?
- Fine, Miss Wright.
- What do you think of our school?
- I rather like it. And you?
I may be hasty, but I
think it's here to stay.
I think we'll have two or
three new pupils next term.
Martha, it's almost
too good to believe.
Let's not stand here and gloat.
You should have a kitchen helper.
It's just too much to teach all
day, then cook, wash the dishes.
Aunt Lily, 10 minutes is a
long time for one glass.
I do not aim for speed, Martha.
I aim for perfection in life.
Will you try to perfect a few more?
If you'll excuse me, I have
one of my headaches.
I think I'd better go to my room and
prepare for tomorrow's classes.
- Good night.
- Good night.
Sleep well, Aunt Lily, and knit
up the raveled sleeve of care.
Karen...
You know that if I could support her in
any other way, I wouldn't have her here.
She worries you too much. One day,
Money! I forgot to tell you.
I did the bills, and we're
$90 ahead this month!
- Ahead? I can't believe it!
- It's not much, but it's the first time.
Out of the red, into the black.
- Finally!
- What'll we do with it?
- Save it.
- You need clothes.
- What about you?
- I'm a skirt-and-blouse character.
We're always in style.
But you're not.
You're Fifth Avenue.
Rue de la Paix.
- You need to be kept up.
- Yes, like an old battle monument.
I'm serious.
I remember how you used
to dress in college.
The first time I ever saw you,
running across the quadrangle,
your hair flying.
At the time, I was running
from a chemistry professor.
I remember thinking,
"What a pretty girl."
Time for lights out.
Your turn to crack the whip.
I'll finish up here.
- Hurry back, and we'll take a walk.
- All right, I'd like that.
- All right, girls.
- Already?
Miss Wright, my new ring, it's gone.
I can't find it anywhere.
We'll look for it tomorrow.
All right, bedtime.
Lights out, everyone.
Go ahead and sing.
works is a happy woman.
Who said that?
Joseph Cardin, M.D.
You ever hear of him?
No. Ethical doctors
don't advertise.
Ethical doctors starve.
I thought you were at the
hospital Sunday nights.
I was. I traded with Dr. Mallory.
Sunday for Wednesday?
It's an even swap. They
both have 24 hours.
Why don't you just crawl
in and browse around?
- You know what I did this morning?
- What?
I delivered my 100th baby.
Congratulations.
- How many children do you want, Martha?
- I already have 20.
Upstairs.
- Where's Karen?
- Putting them to bed.
That's good practice.
Why don't you pay tuition? Then you
could eat three meals a day here.
Martha, you've been a little
sharp with me lately.
Have I?
Maybe it's me.
Maybe it is.
Wait.
- Where did you get this book, Mary?
- Hurry up. I've read this page twice!
Okay, turn it.
Wow!
Double wow!
She's headed this way.
How peaceful.
Everybody's studying.
Where's Catherine?
That'll be all for
today, Catherine.
That's last year's
history book, Mary.
I feel funny inside.
I don't know what I'm doing.
- I've got pains.
- Pains?
- I've had them all day.
- Where?
Around.
- Anything I can get you for pains "around"?
- I think I'd better call my grandmother.
Perhaps sleep is the best
thing tonight, Mary.
Tomorrow I'll call Dr. Cardin
and ask him about your pains.
All right?
Catherine, your harness.
Off to sleep, everybody.
Good night.
- Good night, Miss Wright.
- Good night.
"Dr. Cardin" this,
"Dr. Cardin" that.
into the conversation.
After all, she's in love with him.
Then why doesn't she marry him?
I heard him ask her that same
thing once. Downstairs.
I brought your coat. Are you ready?
Look who's here.
- Look who's here!
- Who's here?
You! It's Sunday. What happened?
emptied the joint just for kicks.
Come on.
- But...
- Come on, Martha.
- I'm too tired for two girls.
- Martha and I were going for a walk.
Then go.
You go, Karen. I'm tired.
I have papers to correct.
See you later, Martha.
- Want to go to a movie?
- Nope.
- Walk by the lake?
- Nope.
Have a beer?
Hate beer.
What do you want to do?
Let's try something we've
never done before,
like getting married.
Even after we're married we'll be
saying the same things every night.
- Movies, a walk by the lake...
- I wouldn't like to think that.
No, I wouldn't.
It'd be nice to sit by ourselves
in our own room and...
Read a book.
Read a book?
"Miss Wright, is that what you'll
be doing after you're married?
"Reading books?"
What's the matter with you, Joe?
Same thing that was the matter with
me last week, last month, last year.
You know why we had to wait.
I couldn't leave Martha until...
"...until the school was
on its feet." Yes, I know.
talk this way before.
Why are you angry tonight?
I don't know.
Why don't you know?
Why don't you know?
People feel the way
they feel, that's all.
I feel lonely, and I feel tired
and I'm sick of plans
for the future.
- Do you feel in love?
- Other people's children.
- I asked you, do you feel in love?
- Don't be cute.
What I'm trying to ask you,
only you talk so much, is...
Can we have a baby
12 months from now?
All right, kid. You got a date.
How I love you.
Love you. Love you. Love you.
Martha,
Joe and I decided tonight.
So soon!
It doesn't seem so soon to Joe.
No, I suppose it doesn't.
Congratulations.
Wouldn't it be nice to have the
wedding right here at the school?
The garden will be in full
bloom and the roses out.
We could put up a
candstriped awning.
And then good-bye,
Wright-Dobie school.
My marriage isn't going to make
any difference to the school.
It will, Karen. You know
it will. It can't help it.
You keep saying things like that.
We've talked about all this before.
You know Joe isn't asking me to give
it up, and I'm not going to leave.
No, of course not. I don't know
I don't understand you!
It's been so hard
building this place up.
Just when we're getting on our feet you're
ready to let it all go right to hell!
Martha, for God's sake, do you
expect me to give up my marriage?
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