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I just think

that's what you'd have to do.

You'd have to be imagining

other things.

Please don't tell us

what the working class think,

thanks very much.

I think what the Bishop's

really hoping for

is that we can come to a compromise,

find some other examples

of your work.

The great thing is no... Your chair.

- No one wants to see you excluded.

- Now, that is a comfort.

I hadn't realised the Church's

interest in contemporary painting.

It's just The Crucified Venus

we're uncomfortable with.

- Pooh?

- It's me.

Come in.

Poor old Piglet.

Pru gave you a bit of a working over.

I'll survive.

Did you get anywhere with Mr Lindsay?

He insists it's up to the public

to decide for themselves

if they want to see his pictures.

Of course, they have to see them

first to decide,

by which time

the damage has been done,

but that is a bit of logic

which is lost upon him. Never mind.

I'll have another shot

in the morning before we go.

Do you think the pictures

actually damage people?

I think that the sexual ones

are just rather childish

but I do think

negative images build up

and don't any good in the long run

and I think The Crucified Venus

is offensive and downright arrogant.

- I'm coming, I'm coming!

- Hurry up, stupid!

- I'm running as fast as I can,

you disgusting thing!

My guess is they're tooth fairies.

- Shall we?

- Come on, then.

- Swimming?

- What's the time?

The train doesn't leave until 12.

All right.

Anthony.

What'd you do to him?

He's exhausted.

- Anthony!

- Don't wake him up.

Well, he might be dreaming.

It's dangerous to wake somebody up

if they're dreaming

because you leave part

of your brain behind.

If it happens a lot,

you go feeble in the head.

Yeah. You're living proof.

All right, I'll join you in a minute.

- Are you rich?

- Not very.

- What does your father do for crust?

- Why do you ask?

Well, Pru thinks you're bourgeois,

that's all.

Mine was taken by a shark.

God, how awful!

There wasn't much left of him.

So I was brought up mainly by my mum.

She runs a sweet shop.

But I'm quite ambitious all the same.

I was determined to keep my figure,

which was hard with chocolate wombats

and toffee apples everywhere.

- But as you can see, I succeeded.

- Because you wanted to be a model?

Oh, no.

Modelling is just to get known.

I'm going to be a famous actress.

People will know me through

Mr Lindsay's paintings,

then I'll move on to

stage and screen.

They're just doing it to show off.

They're very common.

They can't help it.

Sheela's got

ten brothers and sisters.

She wants to be an artist like Norman

but poor girl, she's hopeless.

- And Pru wants to be an aviator.

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