JANET, YOUR FIRST MEETING
AS THE PRESIDENT OF
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHWOMEN.
QUITE AN HONOUR.
OH, I WOULDN'T CALL IT AN HONOUR.
NO ONE ELSE WOULD TAKE THE JOB.
IT SHOWS YOU
HOW CHALLENGING THE POSITION IS.
AND HOW THANKLESS AND TIME-CONSUMING.
OH, DEAR!
I THINK YOU'RE QUITE THE SPORT FOR TAKING IT ON, JANET,
ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW MINISTER COMING IN.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHY I VOLUNTEERED.
I HARDLY HAVE TIME FOR MY OWN WORK.
YOU KNOW YOU DID THE RIGHT THING.
COMMUNITY SERVICE IS, AFTER ALL,
A KING FAMILY OBLIGATION.
[ PLAYING HOW GREAT THOU ART ]
I HAD HOPED TO HAVE THIS PIECE UP TO SNUFF
BY THE TIME THE NEW MINISTER ARRIVES, BUT NEVER MIND.
WE'LL STICK WITH ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS.
NOW, THE REVEREND ELLIOT HAS BEEN A MISSIONARY IN BORNEO.
PROVIDENCE KNOWS WHAT HE HEARD FOR MUSIC THERE.
BUT FOR THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS
HE HAS ALSO BEEN IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS,
WAITING FOR A POSTING.
NOW, I DON'T WANT HIM TO THINK
THAT AVONLEA IS SOME SORT OF UNCULTURED BACKWATER.
SO WHAT WE PLAY, WE PLAY RIGHT.
I'LL EXPECT YOU ALL HERE TOMORROW, AT 4:OO
SHARP!
WELL DONE, EULALIE.
WELL, I GUESS WE CAN GET THINGS UNDERWAY.
I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
THE ELLIOTS WILL BE HERE
BY WEEK'S END, AND I THINK
WE SHOULD PLAN A TEA.
OH, WELL, A TEA WOULD BE NICE, MABEL,
BUT THERE IS A FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS -- THE MANSE.
JANET'S QUITE RIGHT.
A FURNISHED HOUSE IS PART AND PARCEL
OF THE MINISTER'S CONTRACT.
SO IT FOLLOWS THAT, WELL, THE APPEARANCE OF THAT MANSE
IS A REFLECTION ON THE WHOLE TOWN.
WELL, MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK.
IF WE ALL WORK, WE'LL HAVE IT TIP-TOP IN NO TIME.
RIGHT. WHAT NEEDS DOING?
WOULD THE SECRETARY PLEASE CHECK THE LEDGER?
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
IT WAS WALLPAPERED?
LET ME SEE, UM...
OH, IT DOESN'T NEED PAPERING.
I REMEMBER HANGING THAT WALLPAPER. IT'S GOOD AS NEW.
HERE IT IS: JUNE 1882.
JUST AS I SAID.
THE LEAST WE CAN DO IS HANG SOME PAPER EVERY 25 YEARS.
OF COURSE YOU'D SAY THAT, MURIEL.
WE'D HAVE TO BUY THE PAPER FROM YOUR STORE.
I WILL GLADLY GIVE EVERYTHING TO THE CHURCH AT COST.
I COULD HAVE IT IN BY FRIDAY.
GOOD. THEN WE CAN START WORK ON SATURDAY.
I HAVE MUSIC PRACTICE THAT DAY.
WELL, I'D, I'D, I'D, I'D HELP IF
I COULD, BUT MY BACK'S NOT UP TO IT.
I HAVE AN INTERVIEW IN MARKDALE FOR THE PAPER.
I'M SORRY, JANET, BUT I HAVE TO
WORK IN THE STORE -- I'VE GIVEN FELICITY
THE DAY TO PRACTISE WITH EULALIE.
OH, FOR PITY'S SAKE, I'LL DO IT MYSELF.
JANET, YOU CAN'T TAKE A TASK LIKE THAT ON ALL BY YOURSELF.
WELL, I'LL HAVE HELP.
WELL, AFTER ALL, COMMUNITY SERVICE IS
A KING FAMILY OBLIGATION -- ISN'T THAT RIGHT, HETTY?
YES, HMM.
THIS HATEFUL WALLPAPER WILL NOT STICK!
WELL, DON'T BLAME THE WALLPAPER.
CLEARLY, YOU PUT TOO MUCH WATER IN THAT LAST BATCH OF PASTE.
HETTY, YOU SAID WE WERE SHORT ON PASTE
AND THE WATER WOULD STRETCH IT.
WELL, SO IT WILL STRETCH IT.
THEN YOU CAN'T EXPECT IT TO STICK, CAN YOU?
HERE, LET ME DO IT.
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
BUT THIS IS THE LAST TIME I VOLUNTEER FOR ANYTHING.
WELL, AT LEAST YOU VOLUNTEERED.
SARA, I DIDN'T MEAN TO DRAG YOU INTO THIS CHORE.
IT'S NOT THE WALLPAPERING I MIND, BUT AUNT HETTY INSISTS
THAT I LOOK AFTER THE NEW MINISTER'S LITTLE SON
WHEN HE ARRIVES.
NOW, SARA, IT WON'T HARM YOU
TO SHOW THE BOY A LITTLE HOSPITALITY.
YOU MERELY HAVE TO TAKE HIM UNDER YOUR WING
TILL HE LEARNS HIS WAY AROUND, THAT'S ALL.
HOW OLD IS HE?
A ROBUST TEN, ACCORDING TO REVEREND ELLIOT'S
LAST LETTER TO THE ELDERS.
WHY CAN'T DAVEY KEITH SHOW HIM AROUND?
PUTTING DAVEY KEITH IN CHARGE OF THE MINISTER'S SON
WOULD BE LIKE LEAVING A FOX TO MIND THE CHICKEN COOP.
AH! AH!
HERE WE GO.
NO, NO, SARA, I INSIST THAT YOU DO IT AND THAT'S THAT.
WHAT'S THAT CHARMING
LITTLE TYKE'S NAME?
OH, I BELIEVE IT'S BOOTH.
YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S IT -- BOOTH.
OH, HETTY, PLEASE BE CAREFUL. LOOK, IT'S BACKWARDS, DEAR.
WHOA.
BOOTH, WE'RE HERE.
SO THIS IS AVONLEA?
THIS IS AVONLEA.
YOU FOLKS STAYING LONG?
I HOPE NOT.
OH, THANK YOU.
OH, ISN'T IT WONDERFUL?
WE HOPE TO BE HERE A GOOD LONG WHILE INDEED.
JOHN ELLIOT, AVONLEA'S NEW PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER.
YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME SOONER.
YOU'LL BE SEEING ME AT SUNDAY MEETINGS, BACK ROW,
BUT I'LL BE SINGING LOUD JUST THE SAME.
SIT ON THE FLOOR FOR ALL I CARE -- JUST BE THERE.
YES, SIR, REVEREND. GOOD DAY.
FROM THE LOOKS OF THINGS, IF HE SHOWS UP AND BRINGS A FRIEND,
YOU'LL HAVE HALF THE TOWN IN ATTENDANCE.
WELL, I THINK IT'S A CHARMING VILLAGE.
AT LEAST FATHER'S JOB IS GOING TO BE EASIER.
WHY IS THAT?
WELL, THERE CAN'T BE ANY SIN HERE.
WHERE WOULD A PERSON FIND TEMPTATION?
WELL, I THINK WE'D BETTER
TELL SOMEONE WE'RE HERE.
WE ARE HERE A DAY EARLY, AFTER ALL.
OH, GO TO GRASS! YOU MISERABLE, STUPID NUISANCE OF A THING!
HETTY, WILL YOU MIND?
YOU'LL BREAK YOUR NECK.
WILL YOU PLEASE BE CAREFUL.
HELLO, ALL!
LOOK WHO'S EARLY.
THIS IS HETTY KING,
JANET KING AND SARA STANLEY.
THESE ARE THE ELLIOTS.
OH, REVEREND ELLIOT,
MRS. ELLIOT -- WELCOME.
OH, YES, HOW DO YOU DO?
AND WHO MIGHT THIS STRAPPING LAD BE?
THIS IS OUR SON, BOOTH.
HI.
GOODNESS, YOU WROTE THAT HE WAS A ROBUST TEN.
OH, THAT MUST BE JOHN'S PENMANSHIP.
I MEANT TO SAY THAT HE'S A ROBUST TEEN.
OH, YES, INDEED HE IS.
SARA, HERE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO SHOW BOOTH AROUND TOWN.
OH, YES, BUT SARA--
OH! OH! OH!
I'M CHARMED TO MEET YOU.
"...THAT MY JOY MIGHT REMAIN IN YOU,"
"AND THAT YOUR JOY MIGHT BE FULL."
"THIS IS MY COMMANDMENT: THAT YE LOVE ONE ANOTHER"
"AS I HAVE LOVED YOU."
NOW, THAT REMINDS ME OF A DILLY OF A STORY.
THERE WERE THESE THREE MINISTERS IN A CANOE,
A BAPTIST, A LUTHERAN AND A PRESBYTERIAN.
AND THE BAPTIST SAYS TO THE LUTHERAN...
HMM.
AH, WELL, PERHAPS I'LL JUST SAVE THAT ONE FOR ANOTHER DAY.
YES, MY FRIENDS, LOVE AND JOY,
JOY AND LOVE.
NOW, YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN CALLED UPON TO EXPRESS YOUR LOVE
FOR OUR NEIGHBOURS IN MARKDALE -- AS YOU MAY KNOW,
THEY SUFFER GREATLY FROM AN OUTBREAK OF INFLUENZA.
AND ALTHOUGH I AND MY WIFE VIOLA AND OUR SON BOOTH
HAVE HAD LITTLE TIME TO GREET OUR NEW FRIENDS HERE,
I KNOW YOU WILL JOIN WITH US IN OPENING YOUR HEARTS.
ALL THOSE WHO CAN VOLUNTEER ASSISTANCE IN MARKDALE'S
TIME OF NEED, SPEAK TO ME FOLLOWING SERVICE.
MRS. BUGLE.
AHEM!
SARA!
ONE, TWO THREE.
[ PLAYING ONWARD, CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS ]
GOOD DAY.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE.
THE PLEASURE IS ALL MINE.
WONDERFUL SERMON, REVEREND ELLIOT.
THANK YOU.
MRS. ELLIOT, AS PRESIDENT
OF THE CHURCHWOMEN'S SOCIETY, I'D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE
FOR THE STATE OF YOUR WELCOME.
I TRUST YOUR WALLPAPER IS DRY NOW.
IT WAS SO CHARMING OF YOU
TO GO TO SUCH EFFORT.
I HOPE AFTER YOUR WORLD TRAVELS, YOU'RE NOT TOO BORED IN AVONLEA.
LIFE IS AS MAGICAL AS WE MAKE IT, DON'T YOU AGREE?
OH, ISN'T THIS WEATHER INVIGORATING?
IT'S LIKE BREATHING IN LIFE ITSELF.
OH, HEY!
DAVEY.
HEY, WHAT YOU GOT THERE?
WELL, I GOT US A LITTLE ENTERTAINMENT HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO INDULGE IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC.
SOUNDS GOOD.
HERE COMES DAVEY,
AND HE'S GOT SOMEONE WITH HIM.
HE'S NOT!
DOES HE THINK HE'S COMING IN HERE?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING.
HEY, SARA, LOOK WHO'S HERE!
MR. ELLIOT, I'M SORRY.
AH, NO, MISS SARA, PLEASE.
SEEING AS YOU'VE BEEN ASSIGNED TO WATCH OVER ME,
THE LEAST YOU CAN DO IS CALL ME BOOTH.
BOOTH, IT WAS VERY THOUGHTFUL OF YOU TO CALL ON US,
BUT NOW IS REALLY NOT A VERY GOOD TIME.
OH, WHY? WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
WELL, NOTHING...IN PARTICULAR, BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT.
WE'RE ALONE. I'M WATCHING THE CHILDREN.
YEAH, I CAN SEE THAT.
IT WOULDN'T BE PROPER FOR YOU TO CALL ON ME RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW THAT TOO, MISS SARA.
BUT THEN AGAIN, I'M CALLING ON DAVEY.
COME ON, SPORT, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT PIANO!
HEY, DAVEY, YOU EVER HEARD OF STRIDE PIANO?
STRIDE PIANO?
YEAH, STRIDE PIANO, RAGTIME.
YOU TELL ME YOU NEVER HEARD IT?
POUNDIN' OUT THEM OLD BASS NOTES,
TICKLIN' THEM OLD HIGH NOTES?
WELL, THEN, I'M JUST GOING TO PLAY SOMETHIN' FOR YOU,
BECAUSE THERE IS NO SENSE ME WEARIN' OUT
THIS TIRED OLD LANGUAGE OF OURS,
TRYIN' TO DESCRIBE A SOUND THAT CAN PICK YOU UP
AND CARRY YOU HALFWAY TO HEAVEN.
WELL, IT WOULD BE LIKE TRYIN' TO DESCRIBE THE COLOUR BLUE.
YOU GO OUTSIDE, OPEN YOUR EYES AND JUST LOOK AT THE SKY.
YOU KNOW THE STREETS OF NEW ORLEANS
ARE BOILIN' OVER WITH THIS STUFF.
SURE, IT'S POURIN' OUT THE DOORS,
THE WINDOWS, THE GAMBLIN' HALLS,
THE GIN JOINTS.
I LEARNED EVERYTHING I COULD
FROM ONE OF THE FINEST TICKLERS IN THE FRENCH QUARTER
DURING THE LAST 8 1/2 MONTHS.
WELL, HAVE I OFFENDED YOU, MISS SARA?
I AM NOT AN INNOCENT BUMPKIN.
I KNOW WHAT A GIN JOINT IS.
I DON'T.
AND I DON'T EVEN CARE TO THINK WHAT A TICKLER MIGHT BE.
UH, A PIANO PLAYER, MISS SARA.
AN IVORY TICKLER.
LISTEN, UH, IF THE PART OF TOWN
MY FATHER FOUNDED HIS MISSION IN DISTRESSES YOU, I AM SORRY.
I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU, MISS SARA, THE GOOD LORD
DESPISES SIN, HOWEVER, HE STILL DOES LOVE A SINNER, TOO.
UH, PLEASE ALLOW ME.
IF MY TALENTS WON'T EXCITE YOU, PERHAPS THIS MAY.
[ ♪♪ ]
WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO BE DOING?
IS MY CAKEWALK THAT BAD?
YOUR WHAT?
MY CAKEWALK.
WELL, IT'S THE SENSATION SWEEPING AMERICA.
IT'S DONE IN ALL THE FINE HOTELS, SHIPBOARD BALLROOMS.
WELL, IT'S EVEN THE LATEST THING IN THE CAPITALS OF EUROPE.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MUCH.
OF COURSE, YOU'RE RIGHT THERE, DAVEY.
IT'S NOT QUITE THE SAME WITHOUT A PARTNER.
MISS SARA?
WHAT'S THE MATTER, SARA? DON'T YOU KNOW HOW?
AH, PLEASE.
LET ME TEACH YOU EVERYTHING ABOUT THE CAKEWALK.
IT WOULD BE FOR THE CHILDREN'S SAKE,
OF COURSE.
UH, I KNOW THIS MUSIC IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT,
BUT IT IS PERFECT FOR INDOCTRINATION.
WOULD YOU PLEASE PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND IN MY LEFT?
AUNT HETTY ALWAYS SAYS THAT IT ISN'T ENTIRELY PROPER
TO DANCE CLOSE CONTACT WITHOUT GLOVES.
AND AUNT HETTY'S PROBABLY RIGHT.
NOW, PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND UP ON MY SHOULDER,
AND MY HAND GOES HERE -- NOW,
COME IN A LITTLE CLOSER THERE, MISS SARA.
COME ON IN A LITTLE CLOSER THERE, MISS SARA.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO POINT AND STEP AND LEAN.
STARTING WITH YOUR LEFT FOOT.
READY?
AND ONE, TWO, THREE AND JUMP.
DID I KICK YOUR ANKLE?
YOU CERTAINLY DIDI'M SORRY.OU?
IT'S ALL RIGHT. I'VE ANOTHER ONE.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PART.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER
AND GO SIDE AROUND.
YEAH, YOU'RE PICKING THIS UP FAST.
HEY, NOW, NO LAUGHING AT MISS SARA, HERE.
SARA STANLEY!
JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?
GODLESS SOCIAL DANCING,
THAT'S WHAT.
OH, NOW, HOLD ON, MISS KING.
WE WEREN'T DOING ANYTHING WRONG.
ME AND MISS SARA, WE WERE JUST
HAVING A LITTLE INNOCENT FUN HERE.
YOUNG MAN, I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE.
WELL, FINE, CAN I...
NOW, IF YOU PLEASE.
GOODBYE.
OH, SARA, SARA.
WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?
I THOUGHT YOU WANTED ME TO BEFRIEND THE MINISTER'S SON.
OH, IT TURNS OUT HE'S QUITE OLD ENOUGH TO FEND FOR HIMSELF.
HE'S TOO OLD TO BE MAKING UNCHAPERONED SOCIAL CALLS
ON YOUNG LADIES.
EULALIE, PLEASE.
NEED I REMIND YOU, SARA, THAT WHILST UNDER THIS ROOF,
YOU ABIDE BY THE RULES OF COMMON DECENCY.
WELL, I'M OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE CALLERS.
WELL, YOU MAY WELL BE OF AGE, BUT YOU'D BEST REALIZE
NOT EVERYONE IN THIS TOWN IS AS BROAD-MINDED AS I AM.
BUT YOU HAVE A REPUTATION TO CONSIDER.
IF HAVING FUN DESTROYS ONE'S REPUTATION,
THEN PERHAPS IT ISN'T WORTH KEEPING.
THAT'S JUST THE START OF TROUBLE.
NOW, DON'T YOU GO SOFT ON HER.
I HAVE THINGS WELL IN HAND.
THANK YOU, EULALIE.
OH...
ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE NOT OVER REACTING HETTY?
WELL, SOCIAL DANCING, LIMB TO LIMB,
WITHOUT GLOVES, CLEARLY I MUST FORBID FROM SEEING
BOOTH ELLIOT EVER AGAIN.
NOW REALLY?
I'M TO BLAME. NO, I SHOULD NEVER HAVE ALLOWED ONE OF THOSE
INFERNAL MACHINES INTO MY HOUSE.
I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO THE OTHERS, MINISTER'S CHILDREN...
WHY, THEY'RE NOTORIOUS FOR THEIR CARRYINGS-ON.
HETTY, MAY I REMIND YOU THAT I AM A MINISTER'S DAUGHTER.
WELL, YES, EXACTLY. NO INSULT INTENDED.
I THINK TOSSING OBSTACLES INTO THE PATH OF BUDDING ROMANCE IS,
WELL IT'S LIKE ADDING TINDER TO THE FIRE.
YES, YOU'RE RIGHT.
YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER HETTY THAT YOU RAISED SARA TO BE A
LEVEL-HEADED YOUNG WOMAN.
I THANK YOU FOR THAT ALEC.
WELL, I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE THAT SHE'LL ACT ACCORDINGLY.
I'LL RETURN THE PHONOGRAPHS TO THE ELLIOTS FOR YOU.
[♪] [LAUGHTER]
I'M GOING TO MAKE A NICE HOT CUP OF COCOA.
DID YOU HEAR THAT?
I THINK IT CAME FROM THE PARLOUR.
[♪] [LAUGHTER]
MOTHER?
OH... CHILDREN. OH, YOU'RE HOME EARLY.
DID YOU JUST COME IN?
OH, ALEC. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE WILD IMPULSIVE
GIRL YOU MARRIED?
SHE'S SITTING RIGHT HERE BESIDE ME.
[LAUGHTER]
THE LOOK ON THEIR FACES!
[LAUGHTER]
BOOTH?
BOOTH, I'M, I'M REALLY SORRY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.
I HOPE I DIDN'T GET YOU IN TOO MUCH TROUBLE.
AUNT HETTY JUST DOESN'T UNDERSTAND.
WELL, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS
THAT AUNT HETTY JUST DOESN'T UNDERSTAND.
YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
COME ON.
CATHERINE.
I THINK THAT WOMAN HAS LIVED
A FEW TOO MANY YEARS IN THE JUNGLE.
OH, PLEASE COME IN.
THANK YOU.
OH, I DO SO ENJOY COMPANY.
GOOD.
I KNOW JOHN WILL BE SORRY TO HAVE MISSED YOU.
HE'S IN MARKDALE AGAIN TENDING TO THE SICK
AND WILL BE GONE MOST OF THE DAY.
I'VE, UH, COME ON BEHALF OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHWOMEN TO--
AS HEAD OF THE COMMITTEE AND ALL I...OH, MY GOODNESS,
YOU CERTAINLY HAVE REDECORATED.
OH, YES.
SOME OF THE OTHER LADIES FROM THE CHURCH
HAVE PAID VISITS, BUT THEY BARELY SAT DOWN.
I HOPE YOU'LL STAY A WHILE LONGER.
OH.
OH, THANK YOU.
WELL, OBVIOUSLY,
I HAVE COME AT A BAD TIME AND...
YOU'RE NOT DRESSED.
OH!
I WAS READING,
TRANSPORTING MYSELF
ON THE SYNTACTICAL FREEDOM OF GERTRUDE STEIN.
WELL, HOW CAN THE IMAGINATION SOAR WHEN THE BODY IS HELD?
HOW CAN THE SPIRIT BE FREE
WHEN THE BEING IS CONSTRICTED WITH CORSET STAYS?
OH, PLEASE, SIT DOWN.
THANK YOU.
HAVE YOU READ THIS?
THREE LIVES?
PLOT IS VIRTUALLY ELIMINATED.
CONVENTIONAL STRUCTURE COMPLETELY DISREGARDED.
ISN'T THAT BRAVE?
DON'T YOU FIND THAT EXHILARATING?
I FIND YOUR...FRANKNESS VERY REFRESHING.
THE REASON I ADMIRE STEIN IS THAT...
SHE DOESN'T FORCE HER IDEAS INTO TIGHT,
UNNATURAL LINES LIKE TURNIPS IN A GARDEN ROW.
HER IDEAS BURST FORTH IN UNFETTERED ABUNDANCE
LIKE WILD FLOWERS IN A SUMMER MEADOW.
IN A PERFECT WORLD, WOULDN'T WE ALL LIVE OUR LIVES THAT WAY?
I REMEMBER MY MOTHER SUFFERING THROUGH THE COMINGS AND GOINGS
OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHWOMEN.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW WE DON'T ALL THINK THE SAME WAY.
OH, I KNOW THAT.
IN ALL MY YEARS MARRIED TO JOHN, I HAVE ENCOUNTERED MANY
DEDICATED WOMEN WITH VERY, VERY SENSITIVE SOULS.
YES, BUT STILL, THAT CAN'T MAKE IT ALWAYS EASY.
THE SECRET IS TO TAKE WHAT THE WORLD HAS TO OFFER.
THE FASTEST WAY TO DESTROY A SPIRIT
IS TO BE A SLAVE TO CONVENTIONAL THINKING.
YES, PERHAPS YOU'RE RIGHT.
THERE'S A PHILOSOPHY IN THE ORIENT THAT...
ONE MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE'S OWN SERENITY.
ONE'S SERENITY CAN BE DISTURBED
ONLY IF ONE ALLOWS ITS DISTURBANCE.
TAKE JOY FROM LIFE.
LIVE WHILE YOU'VE LIFE TO LIVE, AND LET THE REST FALL AWAY.
NOW, CAN I GET YOU SOME REFRESHMENT?
TEA.
IF IT'S NOT TOO CONVENTIONAL.
TEA WOULD BE LOVELY.
ONE DAY MY TOMBSTONE WILL READ:
"HERE LIES SARA STANLEY."
"SHE WAS DULL AND THEN SHE DIED."
OH, SARA, YOU'RE NOT DULL, JUST...EARNEST.
IF ONLY YOU KNEW WHAT IT FELT LIKE TO HAVE EVERYBODY THINK
THAT YOU'RE SAFE AND PREDICTABLE AND, AND BORING.
THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT EVERYONE TO THINK.
NO, I DON'T.
SARA, WHAT EXACTLY IS THIS ALL ABOUT?
OR SHOULD I SAY WHO?
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF SOMEONE
NEW AND EXCITING CAME TO TOWN, AND
YOU FELT LIKE YOU KNEW NOTHING BY COMPARISON?
WELL, YOU'VE TRAVELLED, YOU'VE BEEN TO EUROPE.
BUT THAT'S NOTHING LIKE LIVING IN BORNEO OR NEW ORLEANS.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO CAKEWALK.
I SEE.
I THINK WE SHOULD GET TO PRACTICE.
AUNT JANET -- WHY ARE YOU
STILL IN YOUR NIGHTGOWN AND WRAPPER?
OH.
I THOUGHT I'D WAIT TODAY AND GET DRESSED AFTER BREAKFAST.
WHY?
SARA, DON'T BE A SLAVE TO CONVENTIONAL THINKING.
YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN SERENITY.
LET ME GET THAT.
THANK YOU.
MISS KING, I WANT TO, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE
FOR ANY EMBARRASSMENT THAT I MAY HAVE CAUSED
BY DANCING WITH MISS SARA.
AND I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT IT WAS IN NO WAY
YOUR NIECE'S FAULT THAT I WAS THERE AT ROSE COTTAGE.
WELL, BEING NEW TO THE AREA,
I'VE BEEN FEELING A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS
ABOUT MAKING NEW FRIENDS AND ALL, AND I GUESS...
NO, I, I KNOW I OVERSTEPPED MY BOUNDS.
I'M SORRY.
I SEE.
WELL, I'LL CONCEDE -- GIVEN YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES,
I MAY HAVE BEEN A TRIFLE HASTY IN MY JUDGMENT OF YOU.
I SEE YOU HAVE APPLES
AND CINNAMON IN THERE.
I HOPE YOU WEREN'T PLANNING ON BAKING
AN APPLE PIE FOR THE MUSICALE.
AND WHAT IF I AM?
I AM PROVIDING AN APPLE PIE.
I'VE ALREADY BOUGHT THE INGREDIENTS,
SO I HAVE NO INTENTION OF RETHINKING IT.
WHY, THIS MUSICALE TO RAISE FUNDS
FOR ALL THE HARD LUCK CASES IN MARKDALE
HAS ME STRETCHED TO THE LIMIT.
FRANKLY, BETWEEN LOOKING AFTER THE SICKLY OF MARKDALE
AND CONDUCTING THE CHURCH ENSEMBLE,
I'M WORN, WORN TO A FIDDLE STRING.
OH, FOR PITY'S SAKE, EULALIE.
WE'RE ALL WELL AWARE OF HOW PUT UPON YOU ARE.
OH, WELL, AH, MAYBE, MRS. BUGLE, I CAN HELP YOU OUT.
OH?
JUST HOW WOULD YOU PROPOSE TO DO THAT?
WELL, I CAN TAKE OVER THE ENSEMBLE PRACTICE FOR YOU.
OH, WELL... THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL!
I CAN PLAY FOUR INSTRUMENTS, AND I'VE HAD
SOME ARRANGING EXPERIENCE -- NOTHING THAT WOULD COMPARE
TO YOUR BACKGROUND, I'M SURE.
AND I DO KNOW MY CHURCH MUSIC.
WELL, I WAS HOPING TO SHAPE UP
JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE FOR SUNDAY.
YOU'LL FIND THE PARTS IN THE MUSIC HALL.
AND IF YOU PROVE YOUR METTLE, YOUNG MAN, MAYBE,
JUST MAYBE, WE CAN PUT YOU ON THE BILL
FOR THE MARKDALE FUNDRAISING MUSICALE.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MRS. BUGLE, MISS KING.
MAYBE HE'S NOT SO BAD AFTER ALL.
WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT.
[ PLAYING HYMN IN RAGTIME STYLE ]
I BLAME NO ONE
BUT THAT BOOTH ELLIOT.
BUT I MUST SAY, I THOUGHT SARA
HAD THE SENSE GOD GAVE HER.
WE ALL EXPECT MORE
FROM THE KING CHILDREN.
WE CAN HARDLY HOLD KINGS TO BLAME FOR THAT,
THAT TRAVESTY IN THERE.
OH, NO, IT WAS YOU, EULALIE BUGLE,
AS I RECALL, SO EAGER TO TURN YOUR BATON OVER TO THE LAD.
OH, YES, I KNOW ONLY TOO WELL WHAT A SMOOTH TALKER
THAT ELLIOT BOY CAN BE.
YOU'RE WELL AWAY FROM HIM, SARA.
WE ALL KNOW HIS TYPE NOW, DON'T WE?
BUT HE'S--
AH, AH, NOT A WORD.
GOOD DAY.
I GUESS I REALLY MESSED THINGS UP NOW.
I DON'T KNOW.
I SUPPOSE SOME FOLKS LIKED IT.
OH, YEAH, LIKE WHO?
WELL, I DID. LISTEN TO THIS.
[ PLAYING ACADIAN FOLK MUSIC ]
YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD ON THAT THING, ELBERT.
ME? NO.
YOU WANT TO HEAR A REAL SQUEEZE BOX?
I KNOW THIS ACADIAN FELLOW DOWN AT THE OTHER END OF THE ISLAND.
HE CAN RATTLE YOUR TEETH.
OH, WHAT KIND OF FELLOW?
ACADIAN.
FRENCH FOLK -- THEY SPRING FROM THOSE WHO WERE
KICKED OUT OF ACADIA WHEN FRANCE LOST
THE COLONY ABOUT A HALF A CENTURY AGO.
THEY HAVE KIN DOWN IN LOUISIANA WAY.
IN NEW ORLEANS?
YEAH, THEY CALL THEM CAJUNS, DON'T THEY?
HEY, ELBERT, THAT'S NOT CAJUN MUSIC.
NO, IT'S THE NEXT COUSIN.
NEXT WEEK, WE'RE HAVING A REAL TO-DO
IN MY NECK OF THE WOODS.
GRANDMERE ROBICHAUD'S TURNING 100, 100!
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOME REAL MUSIC THEN.
I'D LOVE TO HEAR THAT.
DO YOU THINK I COULD COME
WITH YOU TO HEAR THESE ACADIANS PLAY?
IT WOULD MEAN A LOT TO ME.
SURE, TAG ALONG, YEAH.
HEY.
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I'M SURE THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM
ON THE MUSICALE BILL FOR ALL OF AVONLEA'S GIFTED
VOCALISTS AND MUSICIANS.
WELL, I DON'T THINK--
AND I WILL TAKE IT UPON MYSELF TO TRY
AND ORGANIZE THIS INTO SOME KIND OF PROGRAM.
WELL, DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO PUT EVERYBODY ON THE BILL.
JUST BECAUSE THE BENEFIT'S A RELIEF FOR MARKDALE,
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TORTURE FOR AVONLEA.
EULALIE, WHEN YOU WORK ON A CHARITY,
YOU CAN'T PICK AND CHOOSE.
WELL, NONE OF THAT RAGGEDY-TAGGEDY MUSIC, I HOPE.
WHAT ABOUT SETTING UP
THE CHURCH -- IS THAT ORGANIZED?
OH, YES, DECORATIONS.
HEY, LET'S MAKE SOMETHING OF THIS EVENT!
WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST, MRS. ELLIOT?
IF YOU LADIES WOULD ENTERTAIN THE NOTION OF AN ORIENTAL THEME,
I HAPPEN TO POSSESS SEVERAL VIVID RED PAPER LANTERNS.
OH, YES!
I'M SURE THEY'RE QUITE LOVELY
IN THEIR PLACE, MRS. ELLIOT.
BUT THIS IS A RELIEF BENEFIT, YOU SEE, A SOLEMN OCCASION.
BUT SURELY, THIS IS A CELEBRATION OF LIFE.
WHAT GOOD CAN COME FROM A TRAGEDY OF THIS NATURE
EXCEPT TO REMIND US OF THE PRECIOUSNESS OF LIFE?
BUT RED?
IT'S A CHURCH, NOT A BORDELLO.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE ASSOCIATION OF RED
IS VERY DIFFERENT IN THE ORIENT.
WELL, WE AREN'T IN THE ORIENT, ARE WE?
A WHITE LINEN CLOTH FOR THE SWEET TABLE,
A BOUQUET OF DRIED FLOWERS AND A PICTURE OF THE KING.
THAT'S OUR WAY,
PLAIN AND SENSIBLE.
OH, YES, HEAVEN FORBID WE SHOULD ENTERTAIN ANY NEW IDEAS.
ABSOLUTELY.
I'M SURE THAT YOU LADIES KNOW BEST.
I BOW TO YOUR GOOD TASTE AND EXCELLENT JUDGMENT.
NOW, IF YOU WILL EXCUSE ME,
I REALLY MUST BE GOING.
OH...
"WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST?" SAID MABEL SLOAN.
OH, MR. LLOYD, WOULD YOU?
THE WOMAN WENT ON AND ON.
AN ORIENTAL THEME, SHE SAID!
GOOD GRIEF.
RED PAPER LANTERNS HANGING IN OUR CHURCH.
CAN YOU IMAGINE SUCH A THING?
ACTUALLY I CAN.
OH, YOU CAN, CAN YOU?
OH, SARA, SARA, THESE LAST FEW DAYS,
I SWEAR I HARDLY KNOW YOU.
AUNT HETTY, NOT EVERYBODY
IN AVONLEA IS A SLAVE TO CONVENTIONAL THINKING.
INDEED -- WELL, ARE YOU COMING INSIDE OR,
OR WOULD YOU RATHER THINK UNCONVENTIONALLY
OUT HERE IN THE COLD?
I DON'T FIND IT COLD.
I FIND IT INVIGORATING.
SUIT YOURSELF.
BOOTH!
WELL, HEY, MISS SARA!
AREN'T YOU AFRAID OF BEING SEEN WITH ME?
NO, NO, I'M NOT.
I THINK YOUR MUSIC IS WONDERFUL.
IT'S ABOUT LIFE, AND LIFE IS FOR LIVING.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD MARCH UP
TO THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHWOMEN AND DEMAND A PLACE FOR YOU
ON THE BILL AT THE MARKDALE MUSICALE.
THEY CAN HAVE IT.
I GOT OTHER PLANS THAT NIGHT.
ELBERT'S TAKING ME DOWN TO AN ACADIAN GATHERING.
WE'RE GOING TO LISTEN TO SOME REAL MUSIC.
FIDDLES, SQUEEZEBOX, DO A LITTLE DANCING...
LET ME COME WITH YOU, PLEASE!
I DON'T KNOW. THAT WOULDN'T GO OVER BIG WITH YOUR AUNT HETTY.
LEAVE AUNT HETTY TO ME.
AH, ARE YOU ALL SET?
SARA, COME ON.
ALEC'S HERE TO TAKE US TO THE MUSICALE.
SARA?
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR EARS?
OH, GOOD GRIEF, YOU'RE NOT EVEN DRESSED!
PLEASE, AUNT HETTY, I DON'T FEEL VERY WELL.
OH, YES, YOU'RE WARM.
OH, DEAR, OH, DEAR,
OH, DEAR.
I PRAY IT'S NOT THE INFLUENZA.
NO, I'M FINE, REALLY.
I'M JUST A BIT TIRED AND ACHY.
OH, DEAR, UNDER THE COVERS
WITH YOU, AND BUNDLE UP THERE.
I'LL TELL ALEC TO GO WITHOUT US.
WHAT?
I'LL BE FINE. REALLY YOU HAVE TO GO.
THE CHURCHWOMEN HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.
WHAT TIME WILL YOU BE HOME?
HETTY, COME ON.
JANET'S FREEZING OUT IN THE CUTTER!
I'LL BE BACK
BY 10:00 ON THE DOT.
COMING, ALEC.
TRY TO SLEEP.
HEY, MISS SARA.
I HAVE TO BE HOME BY 10:00.
FINE AND GOOD, SARA STANLEY,
HOPE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I DO.
COME ON, GET IN. ALL RIGHT, FREDDIE!
COME ON, FRED.
GOOD EVENING.
THANK YOU.
OH, THANK YOU, ALEC.
THE KINGS! HOW WONDERFUL!
OH, MISS KING, YOU LOOK SO SMART TONIGHT.
WELL, I FIND A PLAIN BLACK GABERDINE
ALWAYS STANDS ONE IN GOOD STEAD.
I DON'T THINK I EVEN OWN A PLAIN BLACK GABERDINE.
OH, VIOLA, YOU LOOK LOVELY.
NOW, WHERE IS YOUR FAMILY SITTING?
OH, WE'RE RIGHT OVER THERE, ONLY BOOTH ISN'T WITH US TONIGHT.
OH?
YES, HE'S UP TO SOMETHING FUN.
YOU KNOW HOW YOUNG PEOPLE ARE.
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ELBERT, YOU COME!
BRING YOUR FRIEND!
OH, UM, BOOTH, SARA, I'D LIKE
YOU TO MEET CLEMENT PAQUETTE.
BIENVENUE, LA. BIENVENUE.
BUT ELBERT, ELBERT, I MEAN "YOUR FRIEND."
OH!
COME ON.
GRANDMAMA, THESE ARE MY FRIENDS.
♪ ROCK OF AGES CLEFT FOR ME ♪
♪ LET ME HIDE MYSELF IN THEE ♪
♪ LET THE WATER AND THE... ♪
UP TO SOMETHING?
WHAT WOULD BOOTH ELLIOT BE UP TO?
I DON'T KNOW, HETTY, BUT WHEREVER HE IS,
I'D PAY A DOLLAR TO CHANGE PLACES WITH HIM RIGHT NOW.
SHH.
♪ SAVE ME FROM ♪
♪ ITS ILLS AND POWER ♪
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HOW MUCH MORE OF THIS DO WE HAVE TO ENDURE?
ALEC, PLEASE,
I DID HELP ORGANIZE THE EVENT.
WELL, I KNOW THE LORD SOMETIMES LIKES TO TEST US, JANET,
BUT THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHWOMEN MAKE THE TRIALS OF JOB
LOOK LIKE A SUNDAY SCHOOL PCNIC.
I THINK I REALLY
MUST LEAVE AND CHECK ON SARA, SEE IF SHE'S ALL RIGHT.
NO, HETTY, I'M SURE SHE'S RESTING.
ANYWAY, WE CAN'T LEAVE UNTIL AFTER FELICITY'S PIANO SOLO.
WHEN IS THAT?
IT'S RIGHT AFTER INTERMISSION.
THE SECOND INTERMISSION.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS PARTY NEEDS?
A COUPLE OF RED CHINESE LANTERNS.
WELL, WE'VE MOVED SO MANY TIMES.
I TELL YOU, I'VE LIVED IN A LOT OF PLACES.
THAT MUST BE REALLY HARD THOUG
ALWAYS HAVING TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS.
NO, WELL, NOT REALLY.
YOU MAKE FRIENDS, YOU HAVE GOOD TIMES.
THEN, OF COURSE, YOU GOT TO LET GO.
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO LET GO.
THAT'S THE RULE.
MAYBE YOU'LL STAY LONGER IN AVONLEA.
THAT WOULD BE NICE.
TO HAVE SOME PLACE BEGIN TO FEEL LIKE HOME.
MISS SARA,
I'VE NEVER HAD TO THINK OF ANYBODY BUT MYSELF,
EVER...AT LEAST UNTIL NOW AND...
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
SARA, I LIKE YOU A LOT.
UH-HUH.
I THINK YOU'RE WONDERFUL AND PRETTY AND...
I'M GLAD.
IT'S...
IT'S GETTING LATE. WE GOT TO GET YOU--
♪ BECAUSE GOD MADE THEE MINE ♪
♪ I'LL CHERISH THEE ♪
♪ THROUGH LIGHT AND DARKNESS ♪
♪ THROUGH ALL TIME ♪
♪ TO BE AND PRAY THIS LOVE MAY BE OUR LOVE DIVINE ♪
♪ BECAUSE GOD MADE THEE ♪
♪ MINE ♪
THANK YOU!
WE HAD A GREAT TIME.
IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENING.
MERCI, MERCI. BONSOIR, ALORS!
COME ON, FREDDIE.
COME AGAIN!
SO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF
A BIT OF A COMEDIAN, REVEREND?
AH, WELL, I HAVE HAD ONE OR TWO
SATIRICAL STORIES PUBLISHED IN
THE PRESBYTERIAN ADVOCATE.
WELL, THAT WAS AN EVENING.
A LONG ONE. ALEC'S JUST BRINGING THE CUTTER AROUND.
YES, WE SHOULD BE GETTING HOME AS WELL.
WELL, HEAVENS, THE HOUR.
OH, VIOLA, THANK YOU.
WHATEVER FOR?
FOR NOT OWNING A BLACK GABERDINE,
AND FOR RED PAPER LANTERNS,
AND FOR REMINDING ME
THERE'S STILL A SPIRIT LEFT INSIDE HERE.
THANK YOU.
COME ALONG, VIOLA. HOMEWARD BOUND.
JANET, COME ON!
COME ALONG, WILL YOU?
HEAVENS TO MOLLY, WE'RE WAITING. GET IN!
HETTY, WHAT IS THE HURRY?
ALEC, GO, GO, GO!
GOOD NIGHT, ELBERT.
UH...HE'S, HE'S GONE TO SLEEP.
I HAVE TO GO.
IT'S ABOUT TIME.
I WAS GETTING A CRINK IN MY NECK.
STOP, ALEC! STOP! OH!
OH, HETTY!
I'M QUITE ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
GOOD NIGHT.
AUNT HETTY?
IS THAT YOU?
OH, YES, IT IS ME.
GO BACK TO SLEEP, CHILD.
SWEET DREAMS.
[ ROOSTER CROWING ]
'MORNING, DEAR.
FEELING BETTER FOR A GOOD NIGHT'S REST, ARE YOU?
DID YOU HAVE
A NICE TIME LAST EVENING?
WE MAY HAVE SUFFERED MORE
THAN THE POOR FOLK WITH INFLUENZA.
HERE, THERE YOU ARE.
OH, NEVER MIND.
COME ALONG NOW, SIT YOURSELF DOWN.
YOU'RE SURE YOU'RE ALL RIGHT?
YOU DON'T LOOK ALL THAT WELL TO ME.
I'M FINE, REALLY.
WELL, ALL RIGHT.
I'D HAVE MADE EGGS AND BACON.
BUT WHEN YOUR STOMACH'S UPSET,
THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS SIT WELL, DOES IT?
WELL, YOU JUST TRY TO EAT A FEW BITES AT LEAST,
AND THEN YOU CAN CLIMB STRAIGHT BACK INTO BED.
I'LL GO OVER TO THE GENERAL STORE, THAT'S WHAT I'LL DO.
I'LL GET YOU A BRAND NEW BOOK TO READ.
OH, YES, MURIEL STACEY SAYS
SHE HAS TWO COPIES OF A ROOM WITH A VIEW.
AND I DARESAY YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH NOW TO--
COULD YOU SIT DOWN, PLEASE?
YOU NEEDN'T RUN YOURSELF RAGGED TENDING TO ME.
I LIED TO YOU.
I WASN'T UNWELL.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT, AND I'M SORRY.
I SUPPOSE I CAN'T BLAME YOU
FOR EXCUSING YOURSELF FROM THE MUSICALE, OH!
A LOT OF OLD LADIES WARBLING AWAY.
I ASKED BOOTH ELLIOT TO TAKE ME WITH HIM TO HEAR ACADIAN MUSIC.
ELBERT WERTS WAS THERE,
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IT WAS ALL PERFECTLY RESPECTABLE.
AND BOOTH IS A GENTLEMAN.
HE HAS A GOOD HEART, AND I LIKE HIM VERY MUCH.
AND I AM GOING TO SEE HIM AGAIN.
I SEE.
I HAVE BROUGHT YOU UP BEST I KNOW HOW, SARA.
I HOPE I'VE GIVEN YOU GOOD VALUES,
A SENSE OF WHAT'S RIGHT AND WHAT'S WRONG.
BUT THAT'S IT.
I CANNOT, I WILL NOT STAND GUARD OVER YOU EVERY HOUR OF THE DAY.
PLEASE, JUST SAY IT'S ALL RIGHT FOR ME TO SEE BOOTH AGAIN.
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DECEIVE YOU IN ORDER TO SEE HIM.
OH, YOU'RE DETERMINED, AREN'T YOU?
I SEE THAT IN YOU ALWAYS,
LIKE YOUR MOTHER BEFORE YOU.
LIKE YOUR AUNT OLIVIA, TOO, FOR THAT MATTER.
JUST PLEASE SAY I CAN SEE BOOTH.
WHAT AM I TO DO WITH YOU, CHILD?
HERE YOU ARE, WILFUL ENOUGH TO DEFY ME;
HONEST ENOUGH TO ADMIT IT.
I'LL NOT FORBID IT...
YOUR SPENDING TIME WITH HIM IF YOU WISH.
THANK YOU, AUNT HETTY.
OH, THERE, THERE, THERE.
SARA!