9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Don't be

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
offended,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
but lately we've been on my mind.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And one day we might wake and find

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
a hopeless situation.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
No hurt intended,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
but I have to make a move before

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
we find we're running out of more

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
than time and conversation.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Mind the bend, Darling.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I've driven you to the station

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
everyday,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
for the last fifteen years.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
You don't have to tell me.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Careful, there is another one coming up.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Darling!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I know this road like the back of my hand.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Caroline, keep your eyes on the road.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Good Lord!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
What?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I don't believe it.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
What?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It's unbelievable.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
What is?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
You are so irritating this morning.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
There's been a big shake up at Belmont.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Tony Lloyd has been made MD.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Do you know him?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Tony Lloyd previously spent three years

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
at Ginsberg Publishing,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
where he worked under

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
the Sales and Marketing Director, Donald Fairchild.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
He was my Home Sales Director.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I told him he was out of his mind

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to leave Ginsberg for Belmont,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
because he was in line for my job.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Now he's a Managing Director

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and I'm still there.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It's not your fault, Darling.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
You know, Herman Ginsburg

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
should have stepped down years ago.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I know, you know,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Herman knows.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
He said he'd retire

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
when he was sixty five.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Well,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
he can't go on for ever, can he?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
He's seventy four next week.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I must be mad

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to have stayed with Herman.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Tony Lloyd, MD of Belmont.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
You just hang in there, Darling.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It's only a matter of time.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I know,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I've got another fifteen years

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
before I retire.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Here we are.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ohhh, roll on Friday.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Darling, its only Monday.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Oh, don't forget.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
We've promised to take

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Jonathon for lunch today,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
before he gets his train for Oxford.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Are you sure you've kept it free?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Don't worry, it's in the diary.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
it's not everyday

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
a member of our family

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
goes to University.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm looking forward to it.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
So is Jonathon.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
So am I.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It's yonks since you took me

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
out to lunch during the week.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I know.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Herman is so mean these days

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
it's hard enough to claim

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
the genuine business lunches.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ah, Donald.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I thought I might look for a job.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm going to have

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
a lot of time on my hands.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Well you've still got me

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to look after.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Yes of course, but

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I thought I'd like something

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
more challenging.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
More fulfilling.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I've spent the last

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
twenty odd years

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
looking after you

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and the children.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I want a job.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
But, that is your job.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I want something more, Donald.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I want to go back to work.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Well, a good idea.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
What about that new flower shop

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
in Amersham?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
They're always looking

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
for part time staff.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
No, that's not quite

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
what I had in mind.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Why not?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
You're a jolly good

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
flower arranger.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I bet you could get a job there.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Donald!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I want to pick up my career.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I want to go back

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
into publishing.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Darling, you are quaint.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I must go

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
or I'll miss it.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Don't forget

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to pick up my suit

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
from the cleaners.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Oh and some shaving cream.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lather.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
You got foam last time.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Donald!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Donald, may I remind you.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I had a very successful

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
career in publishing

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
before I bore your children.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Our children.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And it was a promising career.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Alright. Promising.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I was earning

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
more than you.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And it would have been successful

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
if you hadn't got me pregnant

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
every two minutes.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Caroline, I have to travel

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
with these people.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Well, just you remember Donald Fairchild,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
that I'm the one

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
who had to give up my career.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm the one who had to

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
compromise.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm the one who had to

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
deal with all the dirty nappies.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And I'm the one

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
who wants to pick up

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
my career.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
You haven't done any

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
dirty nappies for years.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm talking metaphorically.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
What was the alternative?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
That I should have

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
given up my career?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Well, I was a good editor.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I found the Dartington Trilogy.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Which still sells very nicely,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
thank you very much.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
So don't patronise me.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Darling, I wasn't patronising you.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Yes, you were.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
You called me quaint.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nobody likes being called quaint.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It's patronising.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Sorry, I shouldn't have said that.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It was wrong.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Naive, would have been a better word.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ugh!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
What?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
You are being naive,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
if you think you can

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
go back into publishing,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
just like that.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
You've had no contact

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
for over twenty years.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I shouldn't think

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
you'd even get as far

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
as an interview.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Really?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
No.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
These days, they want young people.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Not middle aged Mums.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Why do you think

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm having such a struggle

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
at Ginsberg?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Why do you think

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
we haven't had

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
a title in the best seller list

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
for five years?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Because, I've got

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
a geriatric chairman,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
who won't spend any money.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And a puritanical

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
editorial director,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
who won't allow

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
so much as a bare bosom

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
on a cover.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And a patronising

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and a pompous

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Marketing Director,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
who is a male chauvinist pig.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Morning. Post.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ginsberg Publishing.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'll see if Mr Ginsberg

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
is free.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I should have

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
been consulted.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
My sales force

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
are going to have

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
a hell of a job

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
selling a book with this cover.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I don' know how

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
you can say that, Donald.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
That is a beautiful

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
still life, by Van Gogh.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
it's beautiful, but

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
it's a waste of money.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It won't help

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Gordon Campion's book.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ya?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Beatrice, ask him to call

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
me later.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm in a meeting

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
with Mr Fairchild

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and Mr McCormack.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The book is about an artist.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I think its a most

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
apposite cover.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It's about a randy

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
young art student.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It's a very funny book.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Herman.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
No thank you, Herman.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Look.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
With the right marketing.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I can get you into

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
the best seller list.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I've already done

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
a marvellous deal

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
with Smiths'.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Donald.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
What have you got in mind?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Well.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
A naked girl.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I know Alistair.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I know.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
But, a pair of boobs

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
can sell an extra

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
two hundred thousand copies.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
No!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
No no.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I've always been

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
a responsible editor.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm not going to

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
demean myself

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
or Ginsberg.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
How about in profile?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
One boob.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And settle for an extra

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
one hundred thousand.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm sorry Herman.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I don't wish to appear

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Puritanical.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
But, I refuse to be associated

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
with anything lewd.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Herman, he's got to go.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
We've gotta get

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
someone young.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Who can change our image

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and get this publishing company

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
into the 80s.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Hopefully, before

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
we're into the 90s.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Don't worry Donald.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
You'll give yourself

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
a coronary.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Gawd, when I got you

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Jeffery Archer.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And you rejected him.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Archer. Smarcher.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
We're not doing too badly.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Herman, we can't survive

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
on our list of dead authors, forever.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The Ginsberg Dickens.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The Ginsberg Shakespeare.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Herman Ginsberg's complete works of

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lewis Caroll.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I might as well

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
be doing the marketing

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
for a firm of undertakers.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Donald.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
You know my philosophy.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
A good author

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
is a dead author.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Especially, if he's been dead

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
fifty years and I don't have to

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
pay him royalties.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Herman.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Don't worry Donald.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Alastair is leaving.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Alright?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Listen.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm seventy four

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
next week.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
You know that.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Yes. Of course.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Tomorrow morning

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm going to make

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
a big announcement.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Herman. Are you announcing

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
your retirement?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I don't want to say anymore now.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Alright?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
No. Certainly.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ha! Right.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Donald.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I've been looking at some of

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
your expenses lately.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Two bottles of (Jouet champagne?)

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
for lunch

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
last Wednesday.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I was negotiating

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
for a big Autumn wine book.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
What were we supposed

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to drink?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Half a bottle of

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
the house plonk?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And did you get

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
the wine book?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
No.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Then the answer is yes.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Right.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Good morning.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Can I help you?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Yes. I've got an interview

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
with Peter Stuart.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And your name is?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Miss Caroline Fielding.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
If you'd like to take a seat

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
over there.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'll phone and let Mr Stuart

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
know that you're here.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Thankyou.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Hello, yes. I've got a Miss...

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fielding.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fielding, in reception

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
for Peter.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Yep, okay.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Mr Stuart isn't in his office

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
at the moment.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
But his secretary

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
will phone down

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
when he's back.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Well, thank you.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'll wait.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nicky, can you get a courier

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to whiz this over to Heathrow?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'd like it in New York,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
by tomorrow morning.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Right.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Caroline?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Caroline Fielding!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Anthea. Anthea Duxbury.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Good Lord!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It must be over fifteen years.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
More like twenty.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
You look marvellous.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
So do you.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Well what on earth

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
are you doing here?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Oh, I've got an interview

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
with Mr Stuart.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Peter Stuart?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
My God,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
we need someone like you here.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
One just can't find

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
anyone with experience these days.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Really?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ah, you've no idea.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
All we get are graduates.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Hot out of Redwicks'.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Stepped in Malcom Bradbury

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and David Lodge.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
But, they haven't the

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
faintest idea what's

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
commercial in the marketplace.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Really?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
They've no horse sense.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Couldn't spot a

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Harold Robbins

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
if they slept with it.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Really?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
But what about you Caroline?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
What have you been up to?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
This and that.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Freelancing, mostly.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Oh, Peter.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
How clever of you

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to find Caroline Fielding.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Peter Stuart.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Oh how do you do?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Do you two know each other?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I used to be her secretary.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Don't ask me how many years ago.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Caroline was responsible

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
for Dartington Trilogy.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Really?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
My God, we need one like you here.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
What we get are graduates

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
steeped in Malcolm Bradbury and David Lodge.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Yes, I know.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Would you like to

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
come and meet some of our people.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Yes, is Mr Frankland in?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
When could you start?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Are you free for lunch?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The royalties from the

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Dartington Trilogy are still rolling in.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Especially from the States.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Yes, especially from the States.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Really?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
So, he's retiring at last?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'll be in control.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm really gonna turn

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
that company around.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Bring in some new blood.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm so pleased for you Dad.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
You deserve it.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Thanks.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I can't think where

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
you're Mother has got to.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm dying to tell her the news.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Well as I told you.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
When I got up

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
there was a note

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
saying she'd meet us here.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I think you might have

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
had your haircut, Jonathon.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
You're fortunate enough

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to get a place at Oxford,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
the least you can do

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
is arrive with hair

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
at a reasonable length.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I don't think the place

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
was conditional on

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
the length of my hair.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Excuse me, Senor Fairchild.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Yes?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Message from Mrs Fairchild.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
She is unavoidably delayed.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
She will see you at

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Paddington Station.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Oh, thank you Ramana.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Oh.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
You can just see

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
his handkerchief,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
third from the end.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm sorry, Darling.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Well where the hell

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
have you been?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
You missed lunch.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Your youngest child

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
leaves home and

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
you weren't there

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to see him off.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Our youngest child.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And you were there.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Don't be so dramatic.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
We're going to see him

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
at the weekend.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Well, where on earth have you been?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I've got some very exciting news

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'd wanted to tell you over lunch.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Now you've spoiled it.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And I've got some exciting news

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to tell you.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I went for an interview

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
for a job,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and the most amazing thing

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
happened.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
They want me to start tomorrow.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I think the Flowerpot in Amersham

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
or wherever you went,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
could have waited.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Don't you feel

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
it's more important

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
for you to be here,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to see your son off?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
As it happens,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
it's something rather better

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
than that.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Oh, well nevermind

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I want to tell you my good news.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Hermann's announcing his retirement

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
tomorrow.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Don't you want to know

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
what it is?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
What?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The job.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The one I went for

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
this morning.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Don't you want to know

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
what it is?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
O yes. Alright.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
What is it?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
TI'm on the hardware counter

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
at Woolies.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I wish you every success, Donald.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Thankyou Alastair.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm sure we are going to do

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
great things together.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Yes.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Right.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ah, can I have your

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
attention please?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Quiet, please.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Thankyou.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Now kinder,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
some of you may know

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
why I've called you here

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
this morning.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And some of you

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
maybe not.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
But knowing how well secrets

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
are kept at Ginsberg Publishing,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm sure you all know.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I founded this

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Publishing House

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
when I bought this building

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
in 1939.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It has been my life.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
But, as one or two of you

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
may know.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Next week

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I celebrate my

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
seventy fourth birthday.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Thankyou.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Thankyou.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
We best not be

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
premature.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I ain't go there yet.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
But it does not take

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
mathematical genius

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to work out

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
that I have been

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
selling and publishing books

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
for more than

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
forty five years.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
That's a lot of books

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and a lot of years.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And I have to admit

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
that these days

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I sometimes get a bit

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
tired.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
In other words

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
there comes a time

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to step down.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
To pass the business over.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
That time has come.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I do not feel unhappy.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Because I know that Ginsberg Publishing

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to be in safe hands.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It is going to be taken over

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
by a man, who will bring

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
the company into the 80s.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Hopefully before we are in the 90s.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
A dynamic man.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
For who, I am proud to step down.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I am delighted

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to introduce to you,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The President of Oasis Publishing.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Edgar Frankland, the third.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Thankyou Herman.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Thankyou.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And may I say

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
how delighted I am

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to have this opportunity

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
of meeting you all.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And in due course,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I will be meeting

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
each and every

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
one of you individually,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to explain the

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
various ramifications

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
of this take over bid.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And what it will

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
mean to you financially.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I don't know how

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
you can be so callous.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
You gave no indication

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
that we were subject to

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
a take over bid.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Donald, I told you yesterday

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I was going to make a big

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
announcement.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Yes. To tell us

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
you were retiring.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I am retiring.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I know Herman.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
What about me?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Am I supposed to retire?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Or shall we use the real phrase?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Be made redundant.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Mr Fairchild.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Donald.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
No one's been made

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
redundant.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
At least not at

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
board level.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Especially not you.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I want you at Oasis.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I beg your pardon?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I need you.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm over here

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
merely to cover

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
this transition period.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
We're gonna need someone

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to succeed me.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And I think you

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
could be that someone.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Herman's told me

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
all about you.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And one of the

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
two main conditions

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
of this take over.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Is that you join us

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
at Oasis, with

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
the usual stock options.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I hope you'll

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
at least

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
consider it.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Yes, sure, I...

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'll consider it.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
What was the other

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
main condition?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
That I got

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
three million

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
for the property.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Well, that's the reception.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
We change our display

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
periodically.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Mostly it's titles

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
from the Bestseller List.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Of which

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I am delighted to say,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
there are many.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Number one,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Sixteen Weeks.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nicky is responsible

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
for the display.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nicky, this is

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Mr Fairchild,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
who will be joining us

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
as a Senior Executive.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Hello.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Good Afternoon, Mr Fairchild.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Don, come on through

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and let me introduce you

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to some of the key

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
personnel who will

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
be working under you.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Thankyou.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Very impressive, Edgar.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I knew you'd like it.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ah. Peter.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Meet our new

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Sales and Marketing Director.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Donald Fairchild,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
who comes to us

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
from Ginsberg Publishing.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Peter Stuart, Personnel.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Delighted you are joining us.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
We need

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
someone like you here.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Thankyou.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And Anthea Duxbury,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
your Export Sales Director.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
How do you do?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Mr Fairchild.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm so glad

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you're joining us.

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So am I.

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And someone

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you are going to

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be working

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
very closely with.

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Your Editorial Director...

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See you later.

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Caroline Fielding.

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Miss Fielding

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only joined us yesterday.

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How do you do?

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Mr Um?

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Fairchild.

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Donald Fairchild.

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We are damn lucky

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to have her.

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Do you know

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Fielding is responsible

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for one of our big sellers

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in the States.

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The Dartington Trilogy.

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Is that so?

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Yes.

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Well, I'm sure you two

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are going to get along

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famously.

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Yeah, I'm sure we shall.

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Don't be offended,

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that lately we've

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been on my mind.

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And one day

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we might wake and find

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a hopeless situation.

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Nothing has ended.

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I'll still be here

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or here abouts.

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And you won't suffer

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any doubts

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
or lack communication.

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All the ? are forever

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All the best

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that is yet to come.

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Merely

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suspended.

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So you'll remember

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why we fell

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in love.