
The Grass Is Greener
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Darling, you'll love
it when you get there.
And you know on Tuesday, Aunt Rose has
organized a treasure hunt on ponies.
Oh, Mommy.
- Come along, Phillip. Chop to it.
- Emma, Emma.
- Have you?
- Yes, Mommy.
- Let's go, shall we Ms. Mathews?
- Oh Ms. Mathews.
I put your writing
case on the front seat.
The right way up I hope.
In you get.
Come along.
- In you get.
- There you are dear.
Bye, bye, Mommy.
Bye, bye, Sweetie.
Can you write to Aunt Rose to
say I needn't eat milk puddings?
Yes, my darling. I'll
telephone right away.
I'll see to that when we get
there. Now in you go dear.
Emma, look after Phillip, won't you?
Yes, Mommy.
Good, darling. Have a lovely time.
Goodbye, Mommy.
Bye, bye, Daddy.
Oh, I can't really believe it.
We're not going to see Ms. Mathews
for two whole weeks.
I shall wake up and find
it's all a beautiful dream.
The vicar telephoned earlier, my lord.
Asked me to give you
the lessons for Sunday.
Deuteronomy and Mathew.
they're both quite short.
Thank you, Sellers.
Why I beg your pardon, my lord.
What Sellers?
Have you finished with the Times?
Yes, I think so. Why?
Then would you mind if I had it now?
No, what do you want the Times for?
Want to light a fire?
What do you want to light a fire for?
It's much too warm for a fire.
Oh, no. I want to do the crossword.
Oh, well it's over in our quarters.
Doesn't it strike you
as a little odd, my lord.
That your butler should want to borrow the
Times in the middle of a Friday morning?
I mean, it isn't even my day off.
- Yes, I suppose. I hadn't really thought about it.
- Excuse me, my lord.
We've had a meeting.
And we've decided we
must have more help.
Oh well, you know Nanny I don't
have anything to do with that.
I don't employ you personally.
You speak to the government.
You know, you know the place.
The national, uh, you know.
Yes, my lord.
Now, now, where was I Sellers?
Oh, yes!
What do you want to do the
crossword for? Are you bored?
To death, my lord.
But why aren't you working?
I haven't any work to do.
How's that?
I've done the silver.
I've got nothing to do now
except serve your tea at 4:30.
Yes?
Well, you see, my lord.
I feel the most terrible waste of money.
should have a butler at all.
Yes, I don't mean to be impertinent.
What do you mean to be then?
Well, you see, my lord.
You're a contemporary.
Oh, what does that mean?
You're not modern.
You mean I'm an antique.
No, my lord. You're traditional.
Ever since your family first lived in
this house, they've always had butlers.
But nowadays you don't need one.
Don't you see that, my lord?
There's nothing for me to do.
Really, there isn't.
But I...
Well, I.
What Sellers?
Well, I should be much happier if
you were to get rid of me altogether.
three pounds a week.
Now what you're saying is, in
effect, is that I'm old fashioned,
out-of-date, and clinging to a way of
life that's had dry rot in it for years.
No, no, I didn't say that.
Well, you're quite wrong.
This house and these
lands may be mine entitled.
But I regard them as a small part
of England that I hold and trust.
In trust, not only for my son.
But for the future.
Oh, that can't be right, can it?
And I'm preserving things in
the most commercial way possible.
The farm pays.
The market-garden pays.
The hens pay and even the souvenirs pay.
Yes, I do see all that, my lord.
is because I'm well aware
parade through this house
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