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Oh, how kind!

Thank you, my dear.

We've both had lengthy careers

in academia.

- It adds up to quite a lot of books.

- Most of them hers.

I specialise in Shakespeare.

Dr. Smith is a mathematician.

Where do you go to school, child?

We don't. Garnie, our guardian,

teaches us from home.

Good God! That must be dull.

Although it is quite an adventure,

having relatives by accident.

And such a unique name!

Fossil? I suppose it is.

I always found Smith

such a beast of a moniker.

Try doing anything

remarkable with that.

And heredity is such a burden. If I

made the name Jakes worthwhile...

people would think it was

because of my grandfather.

Who knows what you three

might achieve!

You ought to try and do

something for your country.

"Fossil" would look splendid

in the History books.

What do you think she meant

by "History books"?

I'm not sure.

I suppose they meant giving some

sort of service to our country.

We ought to make a vow.

- A vow?

- To our country?

A promise. To ourselves.

Like this.

Put your hands on mine.

We three Fossils vow...

to put out name

in the History books.

Because it is uniquely ours

and ours alone.

And no-one can say

it 's because of our grandfathers.

We vow.

We vow.

We vow.

- Posy!

- Ow!

Why do you do that?

What 's that?

I shall be out every day

from 8 till 19:
3O.

I bathe 3 times a week

and I never eat breakfast.

Sprung floor!

Was this a ballroom?

Not while I've been living here!

Do you like to dance too, dear?

Perfect!

Come along.

The more the merrier!

Tango!

Come here, little one.

It 's gonna be fun.

Well, Miss Brown, I will take

this room on one condition.

Oh, please, just let them audition!

I've been on the staff for years and

I cannot recommend the place enough.

But I can't afford the fees,

Miss Dane!

Madame Fidolia

is a refugee from Russia!

The Revolution did for her.

She'd been such a favorite of the Czar.

She has a history of taking on girls

from impoverished homes.

She trains them for nothing...

then takes 1O% % of their earnings

when they work.

They'd be sent out to work?

As soon as they're old enough

to have a licence!

But I don't want the children

going on the stage!

And I'm quite sure that

Nana doesn't either.

Whilst I don't care for Miss Dane

casting aspersions on this home...

you might say that Posy

is bound to dance anyway...

given that she came with

her own little ballet slippers.

Pauline does nothing but

look in mirrors and recite...

and as for Petrova, all she thinks

about is aeroplanes and engine parts.

I've been trying to turn her into

a lady for 1O years and got nowhere.

- So if this Madame Folderol...

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