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I'm afraid.

Oh! What are you doing?

Carrying you over the finish line.

Venus de Milo meet my Venus Detroit.

Oh, hello.

Mother's turned our old nursery

into a boudoir.

I wouldn't exactly call

it a boudoir, Hilda.

Marvellous. All those grubby memories

of Little Johnnie.

We had no time

to raid the hothouse.

I only hope we can make you

comfortable.

Don't go to any trouble.

We're only staying a few days.

Aren't we, Johnnie?

- Of course.

And for our next surprise...

What on earth is that?

His master's voice!

A wedding gift from us to you all.

How divine! You should've

got married years ago!

#... another June,

another sunny honeymoon

# Another season, another reason

for making whoopee... #

Come on, little blister. Twirl for me.

Oh, a Continental education.

Not all of us have been so fortunate.

An emotional depiction of the French

postal service, Mrs Whittaker.

Come now, not Mrs Whittaker.

It's "Mother" now.

I don't think we're quite ready

for that yet.

Since time is so clearly against us, why

don't you show Larita up to the nursery?

Dinner's at 8:
00.

You didn't tell them?

- One bombshell at a time, darling.

That's not fair! Your poor mother.

How long are we staying?

A few days?

I shoulder the shortcomings of this family

and what do I get in return? A few days!

Look at her. What am I supposed

to do with the bauble of a woman?

Hang her?

- I think she's splendid.

Do you, Hilda? Well, we can all relax.

- She's not what I expected.

She's exactly

what I expected.

Surely not exactly? She wasn't drunk.

- Oh, very funny, Jim.

Reduce this to the burlesque.

- She looks so expensive!

Very.

- Hmm. I like her.

Yes, Jim. We all know what you like.

Mother!

Oh, we have all been sent

to our "wombs".

And so toasty.

- Economics in action.

She keeps half the house closed

to save on heating.

That explains the frosty reception.

Well, darling. Let me warm you up.

Well?

- She's lovely, I'm very proud of you.

Thanks, Father.

John? How long is a few days?

Mother, Larita and I would like

to find a home in London.

But this is your home.

- A home of their own.

But Panda, we need you here.

Since you went off around the Riviera,

we've had to let go of six more people.

If you'd just listened to me

and taken on some machinery.

Wouldn't that be a good idea? I could

run the entire estate single-handedly.

Congratulations on your insight

and your spontaneity.

Sarah and Philip are coming to dinner

tonight, and I have got a table plan

that will take the League

of Nations to unravel.

Tonight? That's absolutely splendid!

- Don't be so fickle in your affections.

Sarah might not be

as accommodating as you expect.

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