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Don't be

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offended,

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but lately we've been on my mind.

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And one day we might wake and find

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a hopeless situation.

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No hurt intended,

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but I have to make a move before

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we find we're running out of more

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than time and conversation.

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Mind the bend, Darling.

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I've driven you to the station

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everyday,

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for the last fifteen years.

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You don't have to tell me.

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Careful, there is another one coming up.

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Darling!

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I know this road like the back of my hand.

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Caroline, keep your eyes on the road.

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Good Lord!

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What?

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I don't believe it.

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What?

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It's unbelievable.

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What is?

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You are so irritating this morning.

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There's been a big shake up at Belmont.

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Tony Lloyd has been made MD.

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Do you know him?

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Tony Lloyd previously spent three years

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at Ginsberg Publishing,

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where he worked under

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Sales and Marketing Director,

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Donald Fairchild.

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He was my Home Sales Director.

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I told him he was out of his mind

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to leave Ginsberg for Belmont,

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because he was in line for my job.

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Now he's a Managing Director

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and I'm still there.

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It's not your fault, Darling.

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You know, Herman Ginsburg

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should have stepped down years ago.

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I know, you know,

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Herman knows.

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He said he'd retire

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when he was sixty five.

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Well,

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he can't go on for ever, can he?

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He's seventy four next week.

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I must be mad

0:01:51.419,0:01:52.733
to have stayed with Herman.

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Tony Lloyd, MD of Belmont.

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You just hang in there, Darling.

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It's only a matter of time.

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I know,

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I've got another fifteen years

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before I retire.

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Here we are.

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Ohhh, roll on Friday.

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Darling, its only Monday.

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Oh, don't forget.

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We've promised to take

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Jonathon to lunch today,

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before he gets his train for Oxford.

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Are you sure

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you've kept it free?

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Don't worry, it's in the diary.

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It's not everyday

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a member of our family

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goes to University.

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I'm looking forward to it.

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So is Jonathon.

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So am I.

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It's yonks since you took me

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out to lunch during the week.

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I know.

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Herman is so mean these days

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it's hard enough to claim

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the genuine business lunches.

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Ah, Donald.

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I've been thinking.

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I thought I might look for a job.

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I'm going to have

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a lot of time on my hands.

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Well you've still got me

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to look after.

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Yes of course, but

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I thought I'd like something

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more, challenging.

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More fulfilling.

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I've spent the last

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twenty odd years

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looking after you

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and the children.

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I want a job.

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But, that is your job.

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I want something more, Donald.

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I want to go back to work.

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Well, a good idea.

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What about that new flower shop

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in Amersham?

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They're always looking

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for part time staff.

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No, that's not quite

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what I had in mind.

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Why not?

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You're a jolly good

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flower arranger.

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I bet you could get a job there.

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Donald!

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I want to pick up my career.

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I want to go back

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into publishing.

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Darling, you are quaint.

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I must go

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or I'll miss it.

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Don't forget

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to pick up my suit

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from the cleaners.

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Oh and some shaving cream.

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Lather.

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You got foam last time.

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Donald!

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Donald, may I remind you.

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I had a very successful

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career in publishing

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before I bore your children.

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Our children.

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And it was a promising career.

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Alright. Promising.

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I was earning

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more than you.

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And it would have been successful

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if you hadn't got me pregnant

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every two minutes.

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Caroline, I have to travel

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with these people.

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Well, just you remember Donald Fairchild,

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that I'm the one

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who had to give up my career.

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I'm the one who had to

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compromise.

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I'm the one who had to

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deal with all the dirty nappies.

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And I'm the one

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who wants to pick up

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my career.

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You haven't done any

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dirty nappies for years.

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I'm talking metaphorically.

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What was the alternative?

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That I should have

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given up my career?

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Well, I was a good editor.

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I found the Dartington Trilogy.

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Which still sells very nicely,

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thank you very much.

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So don't patronise me.

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Darling, I wasn't patronising you.

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Yes, you were.

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You called me quaint.

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Nobody likes being called quaint.

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It's patronising.

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I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that.

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It was wrong.

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Naive, would have been a better word.

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Ugh!

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What?

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You are being naive,

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if you think you can

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go back into publishing,

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just like that.

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You've had no contact

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for over twenty years.

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I shouldn't think

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you'd even get as far

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as an interview.

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Really?

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No.

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These days, they want young people.

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Not middle aged Mums.

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Why do you think

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I'm having such a struggle

0:05:04.348,0:05:05.064
at Ginsberg?

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Why do you think

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we haven't had

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a title in the best seller list

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for five years?

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Because, I've got

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a geriatric chairman,

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who won't spend any money.

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And a puritanical

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editorial director,

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who won't allow

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so much as a bare bosom

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on a cover.

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And a patronising

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and pompous

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Sales and Marketing Director,

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who is a male chauvinist pig.

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Morning. Post.

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Ginsberg Publishers.

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I'll see if Mr Ginsberg

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is free.

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I should have

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been consulted.

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My sales force

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are going to have

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a hell of a job

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selling a book with this cover.

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I don' know how

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you can say that, Donald.

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That is a beautiful

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still life, by Van Gogh.

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it's beautiful, but

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it's a waste of money.

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It won't help

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Gordon Campion's book.

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Ya?

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Beatrice, ask him to call

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me later.

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I'm in a meeting

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with Mr Fairchild

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and Mr McCormack.

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The book is about an artist.

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I think its a most

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apposite cover.

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It's about a randy

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young art student.

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It's a very funny book.

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Herman.

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No thank you, Herman.

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Look.

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With the right marketing.

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I can get 'Pasture's New' into

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the best seller list.

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I've already done

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a marvellous deal

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with Smiths'.

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Donald.

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What have you got in mind?

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Well.

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A naked girl, for start.

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Oh!

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I know Alistair.

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I know.

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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.

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Thankyou.

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And Anthea Duxbury,

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your Export Sales Director.

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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

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
you're joining us.

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

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And someone

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

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
be working

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

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Your Editorial Director...

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See you later.

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

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Miss Fielding

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
only joined us yesterday.

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How do you do?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Mr Um?

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

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

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
We are damn lucky

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to have her.

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Do you know

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fielding is responsible

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
for one of our big sellers

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
in the States.

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

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Is that so?

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

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Well, I'm sure you two

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are going to get along

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
famously.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Yeah, I'm sure we shall.

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Don't be offended,

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that lately we've

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
been on my mind.

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And one day

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
we might wake and find

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

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nothing has ended.

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I'll still be here

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
or here abouts.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And you won't suffer

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
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

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
that is yet to come.

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Merely

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
suspended.

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So you'll remember

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
why we fell

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
in love.