Goodbye, Mr. Chips Page #3

- Yes, sir.

You have to stay there until fetched.

Now you have to do it again.

Please, sir, it wasn't my fault, sir.

Alderdyce is innocent in this.

Alderdyce, go to bed.

Put some dry clothes on, Alderdyce.

Did you halt the barrelling?

- Interest omnium recte facere.

- Speak English!

It is for the good of all

to do right.

I am Alderdyce's housemaster,

not you!

(Whispers) Good luck, Hawthorne.

Ah, Chipping.

Beastly this waiting, isn't it?

The housemaster thing.

Not for me.

I've no wish to spend every day

of every week, month, year, decade

mollycoddling the little beasts.

Can you imagine?

Runny noses, stomach aches - urgh!

Not for me,

I've told the headmaster as much.

- Oh?

- Oh, no, I didn't mean...

- It'd be quite the thing for you.

- Oh, no. Yes.

Hey! Give it back!

- Give it back!

- Over here!

It's not funny!

(Excited laughter and shouting)

- Oh, no!

- We've lost that.

(Boy) What's going on?

(2nd boy) Someone's on the roof!

(3rd boy) Come on,

you're nearly there!

(Boy) Oh, well done!

- Hang on, Sexton!

- Be careful!

(Cheers)

- Sexton!

- (Screams)

(Yells)

- He's safe, sir.

- Well, fetch a ladder! Quickly!

Sexton! Are you all right?

- Yes!

- Hold still! Do not move a muscle!

(Boy) Sexton, hold on!

(Excited chatter)

Here! What is going on?

A patch of misdemeanour, Headmaster.

A boater, a roof

and a boy who ought to know better.

Address it, would you, Mr Chipping?

I shall want to know.

Headmaster.

Main prep room, Sexton. Ten minutes.

Yes, sir. Thank you, sir.

(Knock at door)

Come!

Close the door, Sexton.

Come and stand in front of me.

Put your boater down.

Raise both arms and hold them out

with the palm upward.

(Coughs)

Now, it is a distinct contravention

of Brookfield rubric to climb a roof.

Why, Sexton?

Because danger lies inherent.

Therefore I must address

this wilful misdemeanour of yours.

You heard the Headmaster, hm?

Very well.

(Yelps)

(Sobs)

(Whispers) Get out, Sexton.

Thank you, sir.

(Door opens, closes)

Sir!

Sir...

I'm in! Cambridge has accepted me.

- I'm in.

- Oh, well done, Hawthorne.

- That's wonderful news. Well done!

- No, sir, well done to you.

In life there are matters of

character and matters of behaviour.

Passing that examination

was a matter of good character.

Highest praise, Hawthorne.

- (Knock at door)

- Er, come in!

- You sent for me, Headmaster?

- Ah, yes, Chipping.

Do sit down.

I sent for you regarding the position

of the new housemaster.

- Yes, Headmaster.

- It's a position of some gravity.

The position requires

an egregious range of values.

Duties in a house extend

far beyond those of a classroom.

A different dedication,

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