00:00There was much speculation in the hotel carriage as we travelled towards the charming little
00:27lakeside chapel about whether Lady Frances would be as good as her word, and those of us foolish enough to doubt her were soon rebuked by the sight of the skiff moored in the shallows, and by the stern gaze of its captain when she greeted us within.
00:48Surprisingly jolly sermon, Vicar. Not like a cat.
00:52She appears to care not a jot what her fellow guests make of her, and seems quite insensible to the vivid impression she creates wherever she goes.
01:06We were all amused, certainly at the sight of her trying to board the skiff, but since she had accomplished the outward journey with such skill, we had no reason to suppose that her return voyage would present her with any greater difficulty,
01:18or that it would end in the way that it did.
01:21I had decided to walk back across the fells, so I was not amongst those who waited in the way that it did.
01:22I had decided to walk back across the fells, so I was not amongst those who waited to cheer Lady Frances.
01:26I had decided to walk back across the fell so I was not amongst those who waited to cheer Lady
01:52Francis on her return I arrived a little later at exactly the moment when tragedy threatened to strike
01:58I was helpless my dear Holmes helpless I have never felt so powerless in my life as powerless
02:21so I thought as the old soldier in his wheelchair who had only been able to shout it seemed for help
02:26as with many men I have noticed a weakness in one part of the body is compensated by great strength
02:33elsewhere unable to walk Schlesinger was yet able to swim powerfully with his arms alone
02:40reinforcements arrived in due course from the hotel and tragedy was happily averted now all parties are
02:56recovered it is reported that the Lady Francis is resentful of her rescue as if her suffragette
03:02principles had been somehow compromised all agree at any rate that major Schlesinger is the hero of the
03:10the hour miss Calder's attentions are now translated into patent adoration no doubt further praise will
03:19be in order when he lectures on his missionary activities at the hotel tomorrow he is by the
03:25way the British representative of the mission Church of Christ the hero whose theater of works in the high
03:31and he's approved good morning major Schlesinger is avoiding me poor man is embarrassed by his own heroism
03:51perhaps he now thinks I'm obliged to contribute to his work and then have such extraordinary weaknesses
04:00don't you think
04:02oh hi yes certainly you do of course I agree
04:06would you care to take a turn by the lake doctor
04:10major Schlesinger works tirelessly for his church does he not I understand the need for funds is considerable
04:33he's lecturing on his cause tomorrow here in the hotel hoping to raise some money
04:38he'll do well local matronate will happily part with half a guinea each for the company of such a man
04:43albeit in public
04:45do I shock you
04:48not at all
04:49I shock my brother
04:50as the Earl of Rufton I think he feels it is his duty to be shocked
04:54oh it's very beautiful here isn't it
04:58I spent every summer of my childhood here by this lake
05:03it's very beautiful
05:07it is indeed
05:09he's to visit me tomorrow
05:13who?
05:15my brother
05:15that is duty too of course
05:18stand here
05:22ah lady francis
05:47what a pleasant surprise
05:50I must confess that her behaviour continues to fascinate me
05:55I grant that her reaction to this unknown horseman was extreme
06:00but many of her reactions are
06:03had she known him I wonder
06:05what lies in her past to prompt this fear of him
06:09in looking for an explanation
06:12I am placing some hopes in the visit we expect this afternoon from her brother
06:16the Earl of Rufton
06:17by all accounts his oddities are of an entirely different order from those of his sister
06:23where she flouts convention
06:25he has raised the conventions of a former era to the status of a faith
06:29as for myself I notice an increasing indifference to the natural beauty which lies about me
06:37my thoughts return constantly to the lady francis
06:41there is something about her life which prompts my sympathy
06:45some unhappiness I can sense which I would dearly like to dispel
06:49it is to be hoped that her spirits will be lifted by her brother's visit
06:54for she remains subdued from yesterday's strange encounter
06:58who is he Holmes
07:02why does he not wish to make himself known
07:06why indeed
07:11Watson you're a brick
07:35I came here Fanny to see how you were
07:39not to be lectured
07:40it's not a lecturer it's a request
07:41sounds like a lecture
07:42it's quite simple
07:43I need some money
07:44just like that
07:45I suppose you've been overdoing it again
07:48haven't you
07:48I do not overdo it John
07:50if I have ever overspent the wretched allowance you give me
07:53it's because someone has been in need
07:55oh yes
07:56your famous heart of gold
07:57except that it's my money
07:59and there isn't any
08:00you know perfectly well there isn't
08:02the hall's falling to bits
08:03there's a family of owls in the east wing
08:06and you think
08:07what is it this time
08:09helping penniless poets in Islington
08:12you only know how to be cruel don't you
08:15when have you ever cared for what I want
08:18the last 15 years of my life have been wretched
08:21and now at last I have a chance to make something of it
08:24doesn't that have any meaning for you
08:26good afternoon
08:36the difference it makes is that I haven't been told what to do
08:41you know I loathe it
08:43the trouble is you won't even take advice will you
08:45you've been offered everything
08:46you've turned it all down
08:48what have I been offered
08:48marriage
08:49good marriages
08:50to be the unpaid slave of a titled yokel
08:55who hasn't even read a book
08:58who thinks bark is something terriers do
09:00all right
09:01all right
09:01what have you got against me doing this
09:04what
09:04I want to get out of this miserable mess my life is in
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