with his old sofa cushion.
Doctors are the best friends
of the death watch.
Right. So the aged party
is wheeled in...
Fred and Needles
takes a bit of stuffing...
out of said
same old sofa cushion...
and the death watch persuades
him it's time to turn over...
checkbook, pen,
and signing power.
For this,
the doctor gets 10,000.
It's gone up this season, ma'am.
Dr. McPherson's on retainer
at the Bosworth cottage for 15.
Now, Mr. Simmons,
you're sliding on the ice a bit.
Oh, yes, ma'am.
Our gracious lady
don't believe in naming names.
I do beg pardon, ma'am.
With all this talk
of Newport, ma'am...
I haven't
heard much about you.
There really isn't
very much to tell.
I spent half a century
in the great houses...
both here and abroad,
as have most of my guests.
But now I'm a boarding house
keeper and proud of it.
It's a wonderful place.
Ma'am?
Yes, Mr. North?
Might there be a place
for me here?
A room where I could live?
We're all servants here, Cully.
Them what
lives off the estates...
them what's retired.
I don't make exceptions,
Mr. North.
Nonetheless, should you
ever find yourself...
in a complicated situation...
please do feel free
to call on me.
Will you remember that?
Yes, indeed.
Thank you, ma'am,
for letting me know.
Perhaps you'd like
another weak peppermint tea?
At least not
from that text, please.
You don't like the story about
the grasshopper and the ant?
I prefer stories
with happy endings.
Miss? Perhaps we should
end the lesson early today.
- No.
- Elspeth!
- Hello. May I join?
- Of course.
You've met
my brother Galloper.
Yes, on the tennis courts.
Hello, Galloper.
He's called that because
he never walks when he can run.
My real name's
George Harkness Skeel IV.
- Which do you prefer?
- Galloper.
All right, Galloper.
Your sister and I
were just discussing...
the fables by
Jean De La Fontaine.
- We love animal stories.
- And animals.
Our Aunt Benedickta
has a camp at the Adra...
Adirondacks.
We've seen deer there,
and foxes, even big bears.
And there are no fences.
They're free.
- Mr. North?
- Yes?
Have you ever had a nightmare
about being in prison?
Yes, I have.
It's the worst dream
one can have.
- Want to sit down?
- Yes.
Next year my father
wants me to do...
what they call
"coming out in society."
lt'll be more of a going in
than coming out.
There'll be three dances
every night...
and tea dances,
and being stared at...
by a wall of young men
all the time.
Don't you think it sounds like
being an animal in a zoo?
Every time I think about it,
my head begins to ache.
Don't you have something
to think about...
that would drive away
these nightmares?
We always think about animals
and talk about them.
Yesterday
we had a long talk about...
why nature placed birds' eyes
on the sides of their heads.
We love to think
about the whys of things.
Like your magical hands.
Galloper told me...
Galloper Skeel!
Magical hands, indeed.
But, Mr. North, Elspeth
has such awful headaches.
I'm afraid we haven't been
quite honest with you.
Galloper persuaded Mother
to invite you...
so that I could meet you.
And we thought
if you put your hands...
on Elspeth's head,
that maybe you could...
Galloper, Elspeth...
there's nothing magical
about my hands at all.
I have one of those bodies
that collects electricity.
I store up
an electrical charge.
The next time I touch
something or someone...
there's a spark, that's all.
There's nothing magical
about it.
Won't you try anyway?
It would be silly, pointless.
Mr. North... please?
As you wish.
Did that help?
Here he is, miss.
Sarah Boffin, sir,
from Nine Gables.
Yes, Sarah.
What is it?
I've come to warn you.
You mustn't come near the place.
Please sit down, Sarah.
Why on earth not, Sarah?
Me friends call me Sally.
Sally it is.
A storm's gathering
about your head.
I enjoy flashes of lightning.
This isn't just lightning.
It's Mrs.