Mrs Brown Page #5

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still be gettin' dressed at 8:00.

She's got an army of people

to get her up and out.

But I'm the only one

she trusts.

She'll blow hot and cold on you,

John. She always does.

- You ought to be careful.

- I get 90 pounds a year.

Plus another 70 for a pile

of old tartan I'd be wearin' anyway.

That's as much as a page

of the back stair gets,

and that's a job for toffs.

## [Bagpipes Playing]

I'm Her Majesty's

Highland servant!

Indoors and out.

There's no stoppin' me now.

## [Bagpipes Continue]

Oh, God, the pipes.

- What are those?

- What?

- Those over there. There.

- Ah... [Speaking Scottish]

[Speaking Scottish] How can I

possibly say that with a straight face?

I'm thinking of publishing

my Highland journals.

- Are they worth readin'?

- I'm told so.

- By whom?

- Sir Henry Ponsonby tells me

they're charming.

What does he know

about the Highlands?

He has been attending

at Balmoral for many years.

Well, that hardly makes him

an expert.

His remarks were directed at the quality

of writing, not at subject.

I don't groom a horse

to have it admired by others.

I groom it

because it needs grooming.

I do not do it for others,

but Ponsonby thinks they are good.

Just say what you have to say, woman!

What other people think

shouldn't matter to you.

Of course I shall say

what I have to say. I always do.

Well, if it's a good opinion

you're lookin' for,

he's the very man

to oblige you.

What Mr Ponsonby was appreciating

was their literary merit,

a skill not intimately associated

with a knowledge of grooming.

Literary appreciation does not begin

and end with Tennyson.

[Sighing]

I mention you in them.

In particular, the occasion

when Albert was alive.

The royal carriage overturned

during a storm,

and you demonstrated

such loyal service...

in returning the Queen

and princesses safely to Balmoral.

For friendship.

She'll be gone between 8:00

and 6:
00 on Friday...

visiting the Grant family

at Glasalt.

In order to make the journey

there and back in one day,

she must have no distractions

the night before.

She'll take a light supper

in her private drawing room

and retire early.

She'll need to sign dispatches

before she retires.

That can wait

until the weekend.

- They're important papers!

- It can wait! Anything else?

Are you sure Her Majesty

is up to such a long journey?

She's only just recovered

from a severe head cold.

If I didn't think she was up to it,

I wouldn't let her go, would I?

Surely it is for the gentleman

to decide when to stop.

It is a disgusting habit.

It should be discouraged.

- Yes, but isn't midnight

a little excessive?

- It's quite late enough.

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