Young Winston Page #2

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So...

And then you can purchase

anything you like from the school shop.

Up to the limit of your credit,

of course.

I'm afraid Winston doesn't quite

understand about money yet.

We shall teach him.

This young man will be very happy

here, Lady Randolph, I assure you.

I am certain he will.

Would you take tea, Lady Randolph?

I'm afraid I can't.

I shall miss my train.

Another time perhaps,

when I come again.

You will be good, darling.

And you will write, won't you?

Yes, Mama.

And so, young Churchill,

here we are.

Come along.

Yes, sir.

I am going to tell you something...

...I shall want you

to remember always.

Your school days are the most

important days of your life.

How you get on here

will determine precisely...

...how you get on in the world.

Succeed here,

and you will succeed as a man.

Fail here...

...and you will be a failure

to the end of your days.

- Do you understand?

- Yes, sir.

Good.

Your father is a great man.

Be like him in all things.

Now, you wait here

while I see about getting you settled in.

Have you had any Latin?

Latin? No, sir.

While I am gone, learn this.

This, on the right-hand page.

When I return...

...we shall see

how well you have done.

They are ready for you.

Come along.

Now, then, have you learnt it?

- I think I can say it, sir.

- Then please do so.

Mensa:
a table.

Mensa:
O table.

Mensam:
a table.

Mensae:
of table.

Mensae:
to or for a table.

Mensa:
by, with or from a table.

Very good. Come along.

Excuse me, sir,

but what does it mean?

It means what it says.

Mensa:
a table.

Mensa is a noun

of the first declension.

There are five declensions.

You have learnt the singular

of the first declension.

Yes, sir. But what does it mean?

I have told you.

Mensa in Latin means " a table. "

But it means " O table" too, sir.

And what does " O table" mean?

"Mensa:
O table"

is the vocative case.

O table.

You would use that in addressing

a table, in invoking a table.

You would use it

in speaking to a table.

But I never do, sir.

Churchill...

...in this school, if you are impertinent,

you will be punished...

...and punished, let me tell you,

very severely.

Come along.

McSweeney, P J M W.

" He exhibits rather

too relaxed an attitude...

...towards the disciplines

of academic life.

Gamma. "

Stand forward, McSweeney.

Mr. McSweeney, I shall be obliged if,

after this assembly...

...you will take your customary step

through my study door.

"Sear Mama, I hope you are well.

I'm very happy at school.

I do wish you could come

and visit me one day soon. "

" He gabbles his translations

and is dirty with his written work. "

Step forward, Stuart MacKenzie.

May, A C W.

Stand forward, Mr. May.

Mr. Belcher tells me in this report...

...that you suppose noise to be

an effective camouflage for inattention.

You will give me

your attention in the study...

...where we will explore

your capacity for making noise.

Mr. May, you're first.

- which is, in my view, essential.

Oh, come, come, it really is time

the Honourable Member...

...stopped trying

to introduce bogus bills...

...in order to prevent action

on bona fide ones.

Mr. Speaker! Mr. Speaker, I protest!

Those words should be taken down.

Mr. Speaker, I agree.

I wholeheartedly agree.

Those words should be taken down.

Will the gentlemen of the press

please take these words down?

It really is...

...time the Honourable Member...

...stopped trying

to introduce bogus bills!

"Sear Papa, how are you? I am well.

- Mr. Churchill!

- I am very happy at school.

I had a nice birthday. Thank you

ever so much for the present.

I know you're ever so busy...

...but it would be ever so nice

if you could come one Sunday. "

And when the next election came...

...my mother married an American

flav our to the proceedings.

Mind your skirts, dearie.

Good morning! Good morning.

Good morning.

Are we new in the neighbourhood?

I must say, I don't recall the pleasure.

Well, you've come to the right place

to save a bit of money.

It never hurts to do a little

shopping yourself, I say.

And learn your way about, in effect,

ma'am. What can I do for you, ma'am?

I want to talk to you

about the election.

My husband, Lord Randolph Churchill,

is standing for this constituency.

And I'm helping him to get elected.

Ma'am, in this constituency...

...in effect, we vote as we please.

And we don't like people

coming round asking us for our votes.

Furthermore, I never discuss

politics with women.

Even ladies, ma'am,

begging your pardon.

In- In- In- In effect.

But I want your vote.

How am I to get it if I don't ask for it?

Indeed. Well, that's a point.

Quite so. You-

You have a point there, ma'am.

It is a point, but it's no use.

I'm a life-long liberal.

Besides, I don't hold with lordships

lolling about the House of Commons.

No. Horses for courses, I say.

Lords for lords, commons in

the Commons, in effect, ma'am.

But my husband doesn't loll.

He never lolls. He works very hard.

That's why he isn't here

and I am, in his place.

In effect.

Oh, and what time, may I ask, does

His Lordship arise in the morning?

Most days, about 11.

You see, the House sits at night.

- Sometimes very late.

- He st- He stays in bed till 11?

Well, I'm sorry, ma'am...

...I could never vote for a man

who lies abed until 11:00.

That is the end of it, ma'am.

Good day.

Good day.

Just a moment.

Doesn't get out of bed till 11,

does he?

Well, ma'am, looking at you now...

...it's a wonder to me

he bothers to get out at all.

Good day to you, ma'am.

- Good evening.

- Welcome home, milady.

Thank you, Evans. Betty, Marlene.

Is Lord Randolph in?

- No, milady.

- Where's Everest?

I'm here, Lady Randolph.

If I might speak to you?

Now, please.

When did this happen?

Have you called the doctor?

We shall be taking him

out of that place.

Won't we, milady?

Ladies and gentlemen,

Lord Randolph Churchill...

...Secretary of State for India.

Lord Randolph. Many people

give you the major credit...

...for the return of

the Conservative Party to power.

Yet there is a rumour that

you tendered your resignation...

...to the prime minister,

Lord Salisbury.

I trust I am not here to exchange

gossip or to encourage a rumour.

But you will not deny there is friction

between yourself and Lord Salisbury.

I refuse to discuss that any further.

To put an end to it, let me say...

...that I have never run away from

a fight when I believed it necessary.

But I am and always will be

loyal to the Tory Party.

Mind you...

...some of my friends in my own party

have a great lesson to learn.

The Tory Party

will never remain in power...

...until it gains the confidence of the

minorities and the working classes.

Because the working classes are

quite determined to govern themselves.

Yes. Your theory of Tory democracy.

It is said that there are

few who take it seriously.

Really?

Yes. After all, as an aristocrat...

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