[00:03.08] | Chapter 2 |
[00:06.27] | It was seven o'clock on Saturday evening.Jackie stood at the window. |
[00:12.19] | A car drove slowly up to the front door and stopped. |
[00:19.20] | A tall man with white hair got out. It was Albert, the husband of Molly's sister. |
[00:30.11] | 'Here's Uncle Albert,' Jackie said. 'Always late.' |
[00:36.67] | She went out of the room and opened the front door. |
[00:43.53] | Albert came in and went at once to Molly. |
[00:49.77] | 'Oh, dear. I'm very late. I am sorry,' Albert said. |
[00:57.55] | 'Fifty years old today! What a wonderful dress!' Molly did not smile. |
[01:07.86] | 'Thank you, Albert. We're all getting older.' |
[01:13.68] | Tonight she wore a long black dress, and the two black dogs sat at her feet. |
[01:23.27] | 'Everyone is here now. Let's go in to dinner,' she said. |
[01:30.92] | Everyone stood up and went to the table. 'The table looks nice, Jackie. |
[01:40.88] | What wonderful flowers!' Diane said. |
[01:45.83] | She was a beautiful girl, with long black hair and dark blue eyes. |
[01:53.52] | She wore a long red dress. Albert sat down next to Roger. |
[02:02.80] | Roger was Molly's son, her second child. |
[02:08.41] | He lived in Cambridge, in an expensive house. |
[02:13.67] | 'Someone called Peter stopped me down the road,' Albert said. |
[02:22.02] | 'Who is he? He's very angry with you, Molly.' |
[02:28.74] | 'That's Peter Hobbs, from the house across the road,' Jackie said quickly. |
[02:35.23] | She looked across the table at Molly. ' |
[02:40.22] | He lost his job last week and he's angry with everyone.' |
[02:45.29] | 'It's Molly he doesn't like,' Albert said. |
[02:51.26] | Molly said nothing. Everyone began to eat. 'How is Aunt Annie?' Jackie asked. |
[03:01.37] | 'She's much worse now,' Albert said. 'She stays in bed all the time. |
[03:09.70] | She needs a nurse twenty-four hours a day.' 'I am sorry.' Molly said. |
[03:20.20] | Albert stopped eating and looked at Molly. |
[03:25.61] | 'It's very difficult and very expensive, you know. |
[03:31.11] | Annie feels very unhappy because you don't visit her, Molly. |
[03:37.23] | She loves you very much. You are her little sister; you know.' |
[03:44.01] | Molly closed her eyes for a minute. 'I know that, Albert. |
[03:51.06] | I am fifty years old, but I am always her “little” sister. |
[03:58.38] | Well, we can talk about it later.' Albert laughed. 'Oh yes, we can talk later. |
[04:10.43] | It's always later with you, Molly. Always tomorrow. Never today.' |
[04:18.73] | Jackie watched her mother. Her mother was angry with Albert. |
[04:26.01] | Molly never liked talking about her sister Annie |
[04:31.50] | and she did not like visiting her because she was very ill. |
[04:35.87] | 'That's a beautiful dress, Diane. Is it new?' Jackie asked. |
[04:44.51] | 'Thank you, Jackie. Yes, it's new, and very expensive. I got it on Wednesday,' |
[04:52.81] | Diane said. She smiled at Jackie.'All your things are expensive,' Jackie said. |
[05:01.77] | She remembered the phone call on Thursday about the train ticket. |
[05:08.21] | 'I don't like cheap things,' Diane said. 'And I'm going to need more money soon. |
[05:18.21] | I want to go to America. Can you help me, Roger?' |
[05:23.93] | 'Oh no,' Roger said. 'Nobody wants to help you, Diane. |
[05:30.75] | You don't like working, we all know that, but we all want you to get a job.' |
[05:40.61] | Diane laughed. 'It doesn't matter, Roger. I don't need your help. |
[05:48.42] | Mother always helps me. Mother loves me best.' |
[05:54.25] | She suddenly smiled, a quick, beautiful smile. But her eyes were cold. |
[06:03.69] | Jackie looked at her mother. Molly's face was white. Jackie did not understand. |
[06:13.79] | Was her mother afraid of Diane? Jackie wanted her mother to be happy today. |
[06:22.66] | 'Would you like some more meat, Uncle Albert?' Jackie asked. |
[06:28.95] | 'Roger, can you give everyone some more to drink?' |
[06:34.43] | Roger got up and began to give more wine to everyone. |
[06:40.40] | 'This is good wine.' he said. Molly smiled for the first time. |
[06:48.35] | 'Yes, your father loved this wine. He often drank it.' |
[06:55.54] | 'Yes,' Albert said, and looked at Molly. 'Expensive, too.' |
[07:04.03] | 'Would you like to meet Mr Briggs this weekend, Roger? Jackie asked quickly. |
[07:11.62] | 'He's the new man at the farm. He wants to meet you.' |
[07:17.94] | 'Briggs? Briggs?' Molly said, suddenly angry. 'Don't talk to me about that man. |
[07:27.09] | I don't like him. He wants half my garden for his farm. |
[07:34.37] | He needs more land, he says. I don't want him in my house. |
[07:40.93] | He's always dirty and he has bad teeth.'Jackie stood up and got her bag. |
[07:51.56] | 'Excuse me, I want a cigarette.' 'Cigarettes! Always a cigarette in your mouth,' |
[08:01.33] | Molly said. 'I don't like it. Cigarettes aren't good for you.' |
[08:09.51] | Jackie began to smoke. She felt angry but she said nothing. |
[08:18.06] | She wanted her mother to be happy this evening, but it was very difficult. |
[08:25.07] | Roger drank some more wine. 'Well, Mother, perhaps Mr Briggs is right. |
[08:35.07] | The garden is very big, you know,' he said. 'It's a lot of work for you . |
[08:44.47] | The house is big, too. You're fifty now. You need to be more careful.' |
[08:52.71] | 'Roger! I don't need a nurse, you know! |
[08:58.96] | I work in the garden every day; I feel happy there.' Molly stood up. |
[09:08.32] | 'I know you all want my money. You come here for a free dinner, |
[09:16.60] | you don't want to see me. You don't love me. |
[09:24.29] | You want my house, and my money. Well, you can all wait. |
[09:33.56] | Nobody is getting more money from me, not before I die!' |
[09:41.46] | 'Don't say that, Mother!' Jackie cried. Molly walked across the room to the door. |
[09:50.83] | 'I feel ill now. I'm going upstairs to bed.' Molly left the room. Nobody moved. |
[10:06.66] | 'One day I'm going to kill that woman,' Diane said quietly. |
[10:15.26] | Roger looked at Diane but said nothing. Albert moved his head slowly up and down. |
[10:24.70] | 'Ill! She's angry, that's all,' he said. 'Molly always gets angry about money. |
[10:34.99] | Why can't she be good to her sister? Annie's going to die soon. |
[10:43.67] | Molly knows that.' Jackie finished her cigarette and stood up. |
[10:52.54] | 'Would everyone like some coffee? Come into the kitchen and let's drink it there.' |
[00:03.08] | Chapter 2 |
[00:06.27] | It was seven o' clock on Saturday evening. Jackie stood at the window. |
[00:12.19] | A car drove slowly up to the front door and stopped. |
[00:19.20] | A tall man with white hair got out. It was Albert, the husband of Molly' s sister. |
[00:30.11] | ' Here' s Uncle Albert,' Jackie said. ' Always late.' |
[00:36.67] | She went out of the room and opened the front door. |
[00:43.53] | Albert came in and went at once to Molly. |
[00:49.77] | ' Oh, dear. I' m very late. I am sorry,' Albert said. |
[00:57.55] | ' Fifty years old today! What a wonderful dress!' Molly did not smile. |
[01:07.86] | ' Thank you, Albert. We' re all getting older.' |
[01:13.68] | Tonight she wore a long black dress, and the two black dogs sat at her feet. |
[01:23.27] | ' Everyone is here now. Let' s go in to dinner,' she said. |
[01:30.92] | Everyone stood up and went to the table. ' The table looks nice, Jackie. |
[01:40.88] | What wonderful flowers!' Diane said. |
[01:45.83] | She was a beautiful girl, with long black hair and dark blue eyes. |
[01:53.52] | She wore a long red dress. Albert sat down next to Roger. |
[02:02.80] | Roger was Molly' s son, her second child. |
[02:08.41] | He lived in Cambridge, in an expensive house. |
[02:13.67] | ' Someone called Peter stopped me down the road,' Albert said. |
[02:22.02] | ' Who is he? He' s very angry with you, Molly.' |
[02:28.74] | ' That' s Peter Hobbs, from the house across the road,' Jackie said quickly. |
[02:35.23] | She looked across the table at Molly. ' |
[02:40.22] | He lost his job last week and he' s angry with everyone.' |
[02:45.29] | ' It' s Molly he doesn' t like,' Albert said. |
[02:51.26] | Molly said nothing. Everyone began to eat. ' How is Aunt Annie?' Jackie asked. |
[03:01.37] | ' She' s much worse now,' Albert said. ' She stays in bed all the time. |
[03:09.70] | She needs a nurse twentyfour hours a day.' ' I am sorry.' Molly said. |
[03:20.20] | Albert stopped eating and looked at Molly. |
[03:25.61] | ' It' s very difficult and very expensive, you know. |
[03:31.11] | Annie feels very unhappy because you don' t visit her, Molly. |
[03:37.23] | She loves you very much. You are her little sister you know.' |
[03:44.01] | Molly closed her eyes for a minute. ' I know that, Albert. |
[03:51.06] | I am fifty years old, but I am always her " little" sister. |
[03:58.38] | Well, we can talk about it later.' Albert laughed. ' Oh yes, we can talk later. |
[04:10.43] | It' s always later with you, Molly. Always tomorrow. Never today.' |
[04:18.73] | Jackie watched her mother. Her mother was angry with Albert. |
[04:26.01] | Molly never liked talking about her sister Annie |
[04:31.50] | and she did not like visiting her because she was very ill. |
[04:35.87] | ' That' s a beautiful dress, Diane. Is it new?' Jackie asked. |
[04:44.51] | ' Thank you, Jackie. Yes, it' s new, and very expensive. I got it on Wednesday,' |
[04:52.81] | Diane said. She smiled at Jackie.' All your things are expensive,' Jackie said. |
[05:01.77] | She remembered the phone call on Thursday about the train ticket. |
[05:08.21] | ' I don' t like cheap things,' Diane said. ' And I' m going to need more money soon. |
[05:18.21] | I want to go to America. Can you help me, Roger?' |
[05:23.93] | ' Oh no,' Roger said. ' Nobody wants to help you, Diane. |
[05:30.75] | You don' t like working, we all know that, but we all want you to get a job.' |
[05:40.61] | Diane laughed. ' It doesn' t matter, Roger. I don' t need your help. |
[05:48.42] | Mother always helps me. Mother loves me best.' |
[05:54.25] | She suddenly smiled, a quick, beautiful smile. But her eyes were cold. |
[06:03.69] | Jackie looked at her mother. Molly' s face was white. Jackie did not understand. |
[06:13.79] | Was her mother afraid of Diane? Jackie wanted her mother to be happy today. |
[06:22.66] | ' Would you like some more meat, Uncle Albert?' Jackie asked. |
[06:28.95] | ' Roger, can you give everyone some more to drink?' |
[06:34.43] | Roger got up and began to give more wine to everyone. |
[06:40.40] | ' This is good wine.' he said. Molly smiled for the first time. |
[06:48.35] | ' Yes, your father loved this wine. He often drank it.' |
[06:55.54] | ' Yes,' Albert said, and looked at Molly. ' Expensive, too.' |
[07:04.03] | ' Would you like to meet Mr Briggs this weekend, Roger? Jackie asked quickly. |
[07:11.62] | ' He' s the new man at the farm. He wants to meet you.' |
[07:17.94] | ' Briggs? Briggs?' Molly said, suddenly angry. ' Don' t talk to me about that man. |
[07:27.09] | I don' t like him. He wants half my garden for his farm. |
[07:34.37] | He needs more land, he says. I don' t want him in my house. |
[07:40.93] | He' s always dirty and he has bad teeth.' Jackie stood up and got her bag. |
[07:51.56] | ' Excuse me, I want a cigarette.' ' Cigarettes! Always a cigarette in your mouth,' |
[08:01.33] | Molly said. ' I don' t like it. Cigarettes aren' t good for you.' |
[08:09.51] | Jackie began to smoke. She felt angry but she said nothing. |
[08:18.06] | She wanted her mother to be happy this evening, but it was very difficult. |
[08:25.07] | Roger drank some more wine. ' Well, Mother, perhaps Mr Briggs is right. |
[08:35.07] | The garden is very big, you know,' he said. ' It' s a lot of work for you . |
[08:44.47] | The house is big, too. You' re fifty now. You need to be more careful.' |
[08:52.71] | ' Roger! I don' t need a nurse, you know! |
[08:58.96] | I work in the garden every day I feel happy there.' Molly stood up. |
[09:08.32] | ' I know you all want my money. You come here for a free dinner, |
[09:16.60] | you don' t want to see me. You don' t love me. |
[09:24.29] | You want my house, and my money. Well, you can all wait. |
[09:33.56] | Nobody is getting more money from me, not before I die!' |
[09:41.46] | ' Don' t say that, Mother!' Jackie cried. Molly walked across the room to the door. |
[09:50.83] | ' I feel ill now. I' m going upstairs to bed.' Molly left the room. Nobody moved. |
[10:06.66] | ' One day I' m going to kill that woman,' Diane said quietly. |
[10:15.26] | Roger looked at Diane but said nothing. Albert moved his head slowly up and down. |
[10:24.70] | ' Ill! She' s angry, that' s all,' he said. ' Molly always gets angry about money. |
[10:34.99] | Why can' t she be good to her sister? Annie' s going to die soon. |
[10:43.67] | Molly knows that.' Jackie finished her cigarette and stood up. |
[10:52.54] | ' Would everyone like some coffee? Come into the kitchen and let' s drink it there.' |
[00:03.08] | Chapter 2 |
[00:06.27] | It was seven o' clock on Saturday evening. Jackie stood at the window. |
[00:12.19] | A car drove slowly up to the front door and stopped. |
[00:19.20] | A tall man with white hair got out. It was Albert, the husband of Molly' s sister. |
[00:30.11] | ' Here' s Uncle Albert,' Jackie said. ' Always late.' |
[00:36.67] | She went out of the room and opened the front door. |
[00:43.53] | Albert came in and went at once to Molly. |
[00:49.77] | ' Oh, dear. I' m very late. I am sorry,' Albert said. |
[00:57.55] | ' Fifty years old today! What a wonderful dress!' Molly did not smile. |
[01:07.86] | ' Thank you, Albert. We' re all getting older.' |
[01:13.68] | Tonight she wore a long black dress, and the two black dogs sat at her feet. |
[01:23.27] | ' Everyone is here now. Let' s go in to dinner,' she said. |
[01:30.92] | Everyone stood up and went to the table. ' The table looks nice, Jackie. |
[01:40.88] | What wonderful flowers!' Diane said. |
[01:45.83] | She was a beautiful girl, with long black hair and dark blue eyes. |
[01:53.52] | She wore a long red dress. Albert sat down next to Roger. |
[02:02.80] | Roger was Molly' s son, her second child. |
[02:08.41] | He lived in Cambridge, in an expensive house. |
[02:13.67] | ' Someone called Peter stopped me down the road,' Albert said. |
[02:22.02] | ' Who is he? He' s very angry with you, Molly.' |
[02:28.74] | ' That' s Peter Hobbs, from the house across the road,' Jackie said quickly. |
[02:35.23] | She looked across the table at Molly. ' |
[02:40.22] | He lost his job last week and he' s angry with everyone.' |
[02:45.29] | ' It' s Molly he doesn' t like,' Albert said. |
[02:51.26] | Molly said nothing. Everyone began to eat. ' How is Aunt Annie?' Jackie asked. |
[03:01.37] | ' She' s much worse now,' Albert said. ' She stays in bed all the time. |
[03:09.70] | She needs a nurse twentyfour hours a day.' ' I am sorry.' Molly said. |
[03:20.20] | Albert stopped eating and looked at Molly. |
[03:25.61] | ' It' s very difficult and very expensive, you know. |
[03:31.11] | Annie feels very unhappy because you don' t visit her, Molly. |
[03:37.23] | She loves you very much. You are her little sister you know.' |
[03:44.01] | Molly closed her eyes for a minute. ' I know that, Albert. |
[03:51.06] | I am fifty years old, but I am always her " little" sister. |
[03:58.38] | Well, we can talk about it later.' Albert laughed. ' Oh yes, we can talk later. |
[04:10.43] | It' s always later with you, Molly. Always tomorrow. Never today.' |
[04:18.73] | Jackie watched her mother. Her mother was angry with Albert. |
[04:26.01] | Molly never liked talking about her sister Annie |
[04:31.50] | and she did not like visiting her because she was very ill. |
[04:35.87] | ' That' s a beautiful dress, Diane. Is it new?' Jackie asked. |
[04:44.51] | ' Thank you, Jackie. Yes, it' s new, and very expensive. I got it on Wednesday,' |
[04:52.81] | Diane said. She smiled at Jackie.' All your things are expensive,' Jackie said. |
[05:01.77] | She remembered the phone call on Thursday about the train ticket. |
[05:08.21] | ' I don' t like cheap things,' Diane said. ' And I' m going to need more money soon. |
[05:18.21] | I want to go to America. Can you help me, Roger?' |
[05:23.93] | ' Oh no,' Roger said. ' Nobody wants to help you, Diane. |
[05:30.75] | You don' t like working, we all know that, but we all want you to get a job.' |
[05:40.61] | Diane laughed. ' It doesn' t matter, Roger. I don' t need your help. |
[05:48.42] | Mother always helps me. Mother loves me best.' |
[05:54.25] | She suddenly smiled, a quick, beautiful smile. But her eyes were cold. |
[06:03.69] | Jackie looked at her mother. Molly' s face was white. Jackie did not understand. |
[06:13.79] | Was her mother afraid of Diane? Jackie wanted her mother to be happy today. |
[06:22.66] | ' Would you like some more meat, Uncle Albert?' Jackie asked. |
[06:28.95] | ' Roger, can you give everyone some more to drink?' |
[06:34.43] | Roger got up and began to give more wine to everyone. |
[06:40.40] | ' This is good wine.' he said. Molly smiled for the first time. |
[06:48.35] | ' Yes, your father loved this wine. He often drank it.' |
[06:55.54] | ' Yes,' Albert said, and looked at Molly. ' Expensive, too.' |
[07:04.03] | ' Would you like to meet Mr Briggs this weekend, Roger? Jackie asked quickly. |
[07:11.62] | ' He' s the new man at the farm. He wants to meet you.' |
[07:17.94] | ' Briggs? Briggs?' Molly said, suddenly angry. ' Don' t talk to me about that man. |
[07:27.09] | I don' t like him. He wants half my garden for his farm. |
[07:34.37] | He needs more land, he says. I don' t want him in my house. |
[07:40.93] | He' s always dirty and he has bad teeth.' Jackie stood up and got her bag. |
[07:51.56] | ' Excuse me, I want a cigarette.' ' Cigarettes! Always a cigarette in your mouth,' |
[08:01.33] | Molly said. ' I don' t like it. Cigarettes aren' t good for you.' |
[08:09.51] | Jackie began to smoke. She felt angry but she said nothing. |
[08:18.06] | She wanted her mother to be happy this evening, but it was very difficult. |
[08:25.07] | Roger drank some more wine. ' Well, Mother, perhaps Mr Briggs is right. |
[08:35.07] | The garden is very big, you know,' he said. ' It' s a lot of work for you . |
[08:44.47] | The house is big, too. You' re fifty now. You need to be more careful.' |
[08:52.71] | ' Roger! I don' t need a nurse, you know! |
[08:58.96] | I work in the garden every day I feel happy there.' Molly stood up. |
[09:08.32] | ' I know you all want my money. You come here for a free dinner, |
[09:16.60] | you don' t want to see me. You don' t love me. |
[09:24.29] | You want my house, and my money. Well, you can all wait. |
[09:33.56] | Nobody is getting more money from me, not before I die!' |
[09:41.46] | ' Don' t say that, Mother!' Jackie cried. Molly walked across the room to the door. |
[09:50.83] | ' I feel ill now. I' m going upstairs to bed.' Molly left the room. Nobody moved. |
[10:06.66] | ' One day I' m going to kill that woman,' Diane said quietly. |
[10:15.26] | Roger looked at Diane but said nothing. Albert moved his head slowly up and down. |
[10:24.70] | ' Ill! She' s angry, that' s all,' he said. ' Molly always gets angry about money. |
[10:34.99] | Why can' t she be good to her sister? Annie' s going to die soon. |
[10:43.67] | Molly knows that.' Jackie finished her cigarette and stood up. |
[10:52.54] | ' Would everyone like some coffee? Come into the kitchen and let' s drink it there.' |