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Vilpana.

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When you hear the title of this story,

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you will naturally assume that it is
about buying or selling certain objects.

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And so it is or seems to be.

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What MTV Sir creates here,
is an opportunity to look deeper

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into the life of a woman through
the activity that is known as a sale.

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In the great marketplace that is life,

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all of us are obliged,
in one way or another,

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to participate in the activity
of giving and receiving.

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Is this not true?

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While the beautiful and educated
Mrs. Gita Parekh

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interacts with the various clients
who arrive at her house,

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her desires and hopes, her triumphs
and defeats are gradually revealed to us.

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Wafting over the Thaannikkunnu hill

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And over the banks of
the silvery Nila river

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O come to me, my lonely dreams

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As you wander continually
over my mindscapes

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Wafting over the Thaannikkunnu hill

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[Old Tamil song plays in radio]

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[Telephone rings]

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- Hello.
- Hello.

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I’m Sunil Das.

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I’m calling about the ad in today’s paper.

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Are you coming by car?

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Besant Nagar.

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Come straight on Seaward Road, number 22.

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- Actually, I want to buy a--
- You can come by 10.30, okay?

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Okay. And...

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May I know your good name?

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That’s not necessary.

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So, I'll...

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Oye!

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Besant Nagar.

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Brother,

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number 22?

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Yes, it’s this.

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I’m Sunil Das.

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I had called you, an hour ago,

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about the newspaper ad.

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Yes, please come.

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Oh, no,

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- Did you step on it?
- No, no!

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Thank God!

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They’re flowers for the puja.

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The maid usually puts them away.

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Are you...

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a Malayali?

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- Yes.
- Come.

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Excuse me,

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one minute.

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Do sit down if you wish to.

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Oh God!

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Shall I help you?

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Yes, please, will you?

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I opened it even yesterday.

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My husband sent this ad
just the day before yesterday.

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Then he suddenly had to go
on an official trip.

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And now it’s I who am in a mess!

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Sorry, it’s not opening.

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Is there something
you need urgently inside?

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No. Just leave it

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[Telephone rings]

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Ugh! It’s been ringing from morning!

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Hello.

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Yes, yes.

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There’s a sofa and a dining table as well.

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Do come and see for yourself.

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22, Seaward Road.

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All these hassles for no purpose at all.

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No sale is going to happen.

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He sent the ad without telling me.

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Now I have to talk to all those
who keep turning up.

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The phone calls began
at 6.30 this morning.

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You said you’re a Malayali?

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Yes.

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What a coincidence!

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I’m Gita. Gita Parekh.

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I’m Sunil Das.

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What’s for sale here?

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A sofa, a dining table, a cot.

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We’re selling off everything!

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You must be...

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You must be leaving Madras?

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Yes, it’s Ahmedabad next.

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A promotion transfer for him.

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What do you want?

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The ad had mentioned a typewriter.

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Oh, that!

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That's gone.

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Someone who works
in the next building came

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and asked for it this morning.

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I gave it to him.

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It was very old.

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That was what I needed.

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So sorry.

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How much is this sofa?

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He wrote down the prices
just as he was leaving,

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on a piece of paper.

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It must be somewhere here.

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Where's it...

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Here...

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4500 for the sofa.

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Four?

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Is that too much?

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We had all this furniture made to order
when we were in Calcutta.

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But now,

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Mr. Parekh thinks that
all these are out of fashion.

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I wonder whether I too
have become outdated!

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Madras is a terrible city.

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It drains the life-force
completely out of you.

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See for yourself...

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It will happen to you as well.

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I love Calcutta.

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It is the most beautiful city in India!

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Calcutta!

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It was so peaceful there.

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Mr Parekh…?

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[Telephone rings]

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[Doorbell rings]

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Please talk to them on my behalf.

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We had called.

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A furniture sale.
Is this the right place?

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Yes. Please come in.

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Please...

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Do you want to hear this caller’s question?

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When I said the cot costs 3000,
he’s asking, what’s so special about it!

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Does he want to know if we’ll give him
something extra along with the cot?

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you please come and have a look.

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Okay, thank you.

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Yes, please come.

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Are you Tamil?

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How much is this dining table?

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Ma’am, 6000.

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it’s as good as new.
Made to order just a year ago.

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but things on sale are usually cheaper,

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right, darling?

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What’s the price of the sofa?

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5000.

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It’s too expensive!

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Yes, but I like the dining table.

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Give them our card.

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This is our card.

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If you reduce the price,
please give us a call.

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- Sure.
- Thank you.

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Both doctors,
with a clinic of their own.

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They must be making good money.

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What sort of family life
do doctors lead, I wonder.

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They can’t hide secrets about their bodies,

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So...

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Can I leave now?

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So quickly?

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Sit down!

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No, I…

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You spoke with such authority,
just like Mr. Parekh.

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It was a blessing from God that you
thought of coming here today.

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If I’d been alone in this plight,
I’d have gone mad.

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Come.

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The view from here is so lovely!

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This city...

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This is not my kind of place.

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I loved my house on Lake Road in Calcutta.

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I was never bored,
no matter how long I stayed by myself.

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Nor did I ever feel afraid.

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What does Mr. Parekh do?

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He’s an executive in Brett and Company.

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The next Indian director.

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What are you doing in Madras?

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I’m a journalist.

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Freelancing now.

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Where do you live?

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Valsaravakkam.

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I’ve only heard of it.
Don’t know the place.

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Family…?

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None. I’m on my own.

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Do you want something else?

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A cupboard, a dining table?

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There’s a good writing table.

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Come, I’ll show you.

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I’d forgotten about it.

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Who is this genius?

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My daughter.

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This was her room.

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Your daughter...

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In London.

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She won a scholarship and went to London
to study Management.

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Then got married and settled down there.

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You have only a daughter?

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Yes.

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When you tire of living here,
you can go to London for a change,

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to your daughter.

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Who knows where she is now.
In London, or somewhere else?

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She last wrote to tell us about
the man she was going to marry.

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That was when I’d just got here...

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Three years ago.

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Your daughter’s husband?

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A German.

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She had sent a photograph.

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It must be somewhere here.

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She was brilliant at studies.

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A first rank in every subject!

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400 persons wrote the scholarship exam
and only two got it.

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My Deepa was one of them!

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Did you like the writing table?

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Yes,

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But...

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Will there be space for it
in my study is doubtful.

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Sold!

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The sale is done.

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The first sale of the day!
Done!

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[Telephone rings]

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I won’t sleep peacefully
until I sell off everything.

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Hello. Yes,

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Only furniture.

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No electronic goods.

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[Doorbell rings]

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Please.

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Hi. We saw an advertisement…

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Yes, yes, come in.

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Okay, okay.

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- Shall I get you something to drink?
- No, nothing now.

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- Hello.
- Hi.

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- What are you looking for?
- We want a cot.

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Alright.

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We have a double cot.
Come and look at it.

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Do we get the mattress along with the cot?

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Sure, take the mattress as well.

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- You like it?
- Yes.

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Just come this side.

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No price has been marked for the mattress.

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What shall I ask for both together?

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You want to sell the mattress?

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Mr. Parekh had decided to sell everything.

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He wants to change all the things
that have grown old.

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If that’s the case,
I’m the most dilapidated of all!

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You didn’t tell us what the price is.

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For the cot, mattress
and pillows together, 2500.

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Oh, that’s way too much.

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Sorry, it’s not like that.
It’s just a little too much for us.

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Okay, do you like the cot?

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And it will suit you?

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Perfectly.

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So then, you tell me.
What would you like to pay?

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1500. 500 in advance,
the rest in six installments

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No! The rest in four installments.

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Deal.

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Give me the advance and take it.

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- Thank you, Ma’am.
- Thank you so much!

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- We’ll take it away tomorrow.
- Okay.

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- Thank you.
- Let's go.

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- Don’t delay!
- Yes.

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Four Bombay Dyeing bedsheets
as well, from me!

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- Thank you, Ma’am!
- Thank you!

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Good thing,
now we won't have to buy bedsheets!

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Poor things! Let it be useful to them.

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So, a sale happened!

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I’m relieved!

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Just a moment.

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Sold!

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[Telephone rings]

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Please attend to that.

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Hello?

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Yes, this is Mr. Parekh’s residence.

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One sofa set, one 8-seater dining table,
and a single cot, all made of wood.

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Yeah. Number 22, Seaward Road.

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Okay

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You’re welcome.

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God sent you here.

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God befriends those who are friendless.

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- Tea?
- No.

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Maybe a drink?

271
00:20:35,039 --> 00:20:37,279
There should be beer, whiskey and gin here.

272
00:20:37,799 --> 00:20:38,759
So early in the day?

273
00:20:39,079 --> 00:20:39,599
No.

274
00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:41,400
Just come.

275
00:20:55,039 --> 00:20:55,880
With your permission…

276
00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:57,039
Please.

277
00:21:05,079 --> 00:21:06,000
It’s noon already.

278
00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:08,559
I didn’t eat anything this morning.

279
00:21:09,559 --> 00:21:10,440
I’ll make something.

280
00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:12,759
You should join me for lunch.

281
00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:15,319
Oh no, don’t bother.

282
00:21:17,039 --> 00:21:18,519
I’m not a great cook.

283
00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:23,079
But we must celebrate the first sale!

284
00:21:25,319 --> 00:21:25,799
Come.

285
00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:52,920
Through the window,
The breeze comes nearer

286
00:21:53,559 --> 00:21:59,400
Chanting playful words,
And I play my little veena

287
00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:07,400
A silver butterfly constantly

288
00:22:07,599 --> 00:22:13,720
comes to borrow the colours

289
00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:36,480
In my ears a songbird
Hums a tune that sketches

290
00:22:36,759 --> 00:22:42,480
The outlines of my heart
Cadence by cadence

291
00:22:48,279 --> 00:22:54,039
The waves of that song

292
00:22:54,039 --> 00:22:58,359
Will flow till day breaks

293
00:22:59,759 --> 00:23:06,440
Like a forgotten time
Returning to me

294
00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:19,799
So, tell me about yourself.

295
00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:21,720
I told you,

296
00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:23,519
I’m a journalist.

297
00:23:24,319 --> 00:23:25,640
My home in Kerala is near Thrissur.

298
00:23:26,839 --> 00:23:28,000
I came here three months ago.

299
00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:31,519
Your family?

300
00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:33,359
You’re not married?

301
00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:36,480
I am.

302
00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:38,240
But...

303
00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:40,359
It didn’t work.

304
00:23:42,079 --> 00:23:43,039
It was no one’s fault.

305
00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:45,480
There must always be a
space between two persons.

306
00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:48,480
That space was lacking.

307
00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:51,599
Gowri is a fashion model.

308
00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:53,680
She needed freedom.

309
00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:55,799
Now, both of us are free!

310
00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:07,839
Is she the one?

311
00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:11,480
She’s beautiful!

312
00:24:23,319 --> 00:24:28,720
The days are so dreary
While I count the minutes

313
00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:34,519
And my eyes keep searching
For the one who’s not yet come

314
00:24:40,599 --> 00:24:46,039
Gathering all the treasure

315
00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:50,599
The sea’s filled in its depths

316
00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:57,400
The winged boat of gold
Will come to anchor here

317
00:25:01,319 --> 00:25:02,400
When will Mr. Parekh be back?

318
00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,319
Maybe tonight. Or tomorrow.

319
00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,720
He said he’d call to tell me
when he’s coming.

320
00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:12,759
Anyway, a sale took place!

321
00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:21,039
His theory is that I do not have
enough common sense to do anything well.

322
00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:26,480
That I can’t manage servants properly,
or even write laundry accounts!

323
00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:34,000
If you go straight ahead from this spot
which country would you reach?

324
00:25:35,519 --> 00:25:36,039
No idea!

325
00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:39,000
Maybe Australia?

326
00:25:42,599 --> 00:25:44,039
If one could go out whenever one wanted,

327
00:25:44,759 --> 00:25:47,279
embark here and cross the sea,
one would reach the other shore.

328
00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:49,640
Right?

329
00:25:51,759 --> 00:25:56,519
I grew up in Bangalore,
as the daughter of an orthodox father.

330
00:25:57,279 --> 00:26:02,240
Satish’s father, G.M. Parekh
was my father’s close friend.

331
00:26:03,279 --> 00:26:05,359
He and his family used to
come to our house very often.

332
00:26:06,319 --> 00:26:08,480
We used to celebrate festivals together.

333
00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:15,720
That was how I grew close to Satish
and how we eventually got married.

334
00:26:17,759 --> 00:26:22,839
At first, he used to say,
‘She’s the ideal one for me’.

335
00:26:23,799 --> 00:26:27,799
I tried my best to adapt
to his preferences.

336
00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:31,839
The first dinner party
I went to after my wedding...

337
00:26:33,559 --> 00:26:34,519
I’ll never forget it!

338
00:26:36,599 --> 00:26:39,319
Someone there insisted
that I drink a gimlet

339
00:26:41,039 --> 00:26:42,400
and I threw up immediately.

340
00:26:43,599 --> 00:26:47,000
When we got home that night
he scolded me...

341
00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:49,559
For not being accustomed to such things.

342
00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:55,599
Now, he scolds me for
drinking in the daytime!

343
00:26:55,839 --> 00:26:56,880
What else can I do?

344
00:26:57,759 --> 00:27:00,119
I could care for my daughter
until she grew up.

345
00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:02,880
She’s gone her way now.

346
00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,079
What can I do in the daytime?

347
00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:11,799
I sit idle for hours, sleep a lot.

348
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,599
At night, he comes back with his friends

349
00:27:16,319 --> 00:27:18,160
and they party until day breaks.

350
00:27:22,799 --> 00:27:27,039
You can do many things,
take up a job, do social service…

351
00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:31,839
[Doorbell rings]

352
00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:32,880
I’ll go and see.

353
00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:35,440
Pour me another drink.

354
00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:37,680
Now you can have one too, can’t you?

355
00:27:46,559 --> 00:27:47,759
- Greetings, Amma!
- Who are you?

356
00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:49,759
Are you going to vacate the house?

357
00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:51,039
Who are you?

358
00:27:51,279 --> 00:27:52,400
I’m Balu, a broker.

359
00:27:52,839 --> 00:27:54,680
Are you going to sell the house
or rent it out?

360
00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:57,640
I don’t know all that.
Come tomorrow and speak to Sir.

361
00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:00,200
Two bedrooms or three?

362
00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:02,640
Not now, I have a guest, okay?

363
00:28:02,759 --> 00:28:05,200
Listen to what I’m saying, Amma.
You’ll get a good rent here.

364
00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:06,160
It’s sea-facing, right?

365
00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:07,759
I’ll close the deal in a week!

366
00:28:07,759 --> 00:28:09,640
Please go away! Come tomorrow.

367
00:28:09,759 --> 00:28:11,400
Please go. Come later…

368
00:28:13,559 --> 00:28:14,680
What a nuisance!

369
00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:16,160
[Door knocking]

370
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:21,519
Hello.

371
00:28:22,039 --> 00:28:23,440
I am Mrs. Ramaswamy.

372
00:28:23,839 --> 00:28:25,200
Furniture sale. Is it here?

373
00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:26,920
- Yes, please come in.
- Come, Ammu.

374
00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:35,640
Are you a Malayali?

375
00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:37,559
Yes, and you?

376
00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:42,359
That’s good. I’m Girija.

377
00:28:43,319 --> 00:28:44,880
I’m from Palakkad.

378
00:28:45,559 --> 00:28:46,799
This is my granddaughter.

379
00:28:48,519 --> 00:28:49,559
Please come.

380
00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:53,839
What I want is a sofa.

381
00:28:54,599 --> 00:28:56,079
This sofa is for sale.

382
00:28:56,599 --> 00:28:57,400
Sit on it, see how it feels.

383
00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:13,559
Aunty, please sit down.

384
00:29:16,599 --> 00:29:17,160
Do you like it?

385
00:29:18,039 --> 00:29:19,720
What is the price?

386
00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:23,240
My husband said it’s 4500.

387
00:29:23,599 --> 00:29:26,200
Isn’t that a little too much?

388
00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,839
Ok, aunty, what’s your budget?

389
00:29:30,079 --> 00:29:31,559
It’s not a very big budget.

390
00:29:32,519 --> 00:29:34,599
There’s my husband’s small pension

391
00:29:35,119 --> 00:29:38,000
and I’ve rented out part of the house.

392
00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:42,079
Still, you must have
a rough budget in your mind.

393
00:29:42,319 --> 00:29:44,559
Honestly, I don’t know what to say.

394
00:29:48,359 --> 00:29:49,640
This is our problem.

395
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:53,279
We women never have budgets.

396
00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:54,519
No accounts.

397
00:29:56,200 --> 00:30:00,640
That’s why the men of the house
have to slog so hard.

398
00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:03,920
We give them so much trouble.

399
00:30:05,279 --> 00:30:06,119
Is that not correct?

400
00:30:09,079 --> 00:30:11,200
Men suffer losses too,

401
00:30:12,359 --> 00:30:15,759
in business and at cards.

402
00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:21,599
Losses can happen if there’s
a pretty secretary around too!

403
00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:24,759
None of these things really
affect men that much though.

404
00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:30,160
But if the budget at home
happens to go wrong...

405
00:30:32,079 --> 00:30:33,160
it’s the end of everything!

406
00:30:38,119 --> 00:30:40,319
Learn all this as you grow up.

407
00:30:41,279 --> 00:30:42,079
Don’t forget!

408
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:19,160
So I sold the sofa!

409
00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:21,559
How much did you sell it for?

410
00:31:22,759 --> 00:31:24,440
Don’t ask me that. I sold it!

411
00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:29,039
A nice woman.
Poor thing, let her be happy.

412
00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:32,920
Let her welcome her visitors
and invite them to sit on her lovely sofa.

413
00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:36,519
- Cheers!
- Cheers!

414
00:31:45,599 --> 00:31:48,599
It was not right of us
to have sent those doctors away.

415
00:31:50,359 --> 00:31:51,319
Where is that card?

416
00:32:04,559 --> 00:32:05,519
Dr. Rajagopal?

417
00:32:06,519 --> 00:32:07,000
Yes.

418
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,640
Didn’t you come today,
for a furniture sale?

419
00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:11,839
In the morning, to Besant Nagar?

420
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:27,279
Sold everything!

421
00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:29,160
Simply grand!

422
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:31,480
The doctor was delighted.

423
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:35,599
Have you seen Ahmedabad?

424
00:32:36,319 --> 00:32:36,839
No.

425
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:39,640
You can come, to Ahmedabad.

426
00:32:40,839 --> 00:32:42,640
Journalists are paid for their time,
aren’t they?

427
00:32:45,839 --> 00:32:47,839
You can interview Mr. Parekh
and write about him.

428
00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:53,680
The story of how an ordinary salesman
became a company director.

429
00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:57,119
What do you say?

430
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:03,279
All stories of victories are magical.

431
00:33:21,519 --> 00:33:23,240
What is there left to sell?

432
00:33:24,799 --> 00:33:29,079
You must stay here until
everything is taken away.

433
00:33:33,359 --> 00:33:33,960
Please!

434
00:33:35,799 --> 00:33:36,839
I am alone, right?

435
00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:50,400
It was God who sent you.

436
00:34:04,039 --> 00:34:04,839
This sale...

437
00:34:05,759 --> 00:34:07,319
is it a pastime for rich people?

438
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:23,039
I must sell everything and empty the house.

439
00:34:27,679 --> 00:34:30,079
I must trouble you just a little more.

440
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:34,199
One last favour.

441
00:34:39,199 --> 00:34:40,480
Even after all this is taken away,

442
00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:42,559
people will still keep coming.

443
00:34:45,199 --> 00:34:47,800
At that point, I will lie down
on the floor and keep very still.

444
00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:51,039
You must write a price on a piece of paper,

445
00:34:51,599 --> 00:34:53,480
attach it to a thread
and hang it around my neck.

446
00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:58,280
Any price you please.

447
00:35:06,079 --> 00:35:06,920
This is not a joke.

448
00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:10,679
What price will you write?

449
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:12,880
You’re an intelligent man.

450
00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:14,039
Tell me,

451
00:35:15,159 --> 00:35:16,440
what will my price be?

452
00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:27,679
I didn’t sleep last night.

453
00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:32,440
I wasn’t able to sleep
even after I took three sleeping tablets.

454
00:35:41,079 --> 00:35:44,400
What price will you write
on the tag on my neck?

455
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:51,079
[Doorbell rings]

456
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,519
Please give them
whatever you please,

457
00:35:57,039 --> 00:35:58,320
for whatever price they quote.

458
00:36:13,039 --> 00:36:14,280
Yes, please come in.

459
00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:21,519
This way, Sir.

460
00:36:26,079 --> 00:36:27,280
Most of the pieces are sold.

461
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:29,360
I don’t know what’s left.

462
00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:42,000
You can ask her.

463
00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:48,039
Welcome!

464
00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:54,960
I am Mrs. Parekh

465
00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:57,880
and this is Mr. Parekh.

466
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:03,559
We’re selling all our old things
and getting new ones.

467
00:37:05,159 --> 00:37:06,440
I’ll tell you what everything costs,

468
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:09,920
you can quote a price
for everything...

469
00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:14,199
including this!

470
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:22,039
Behave!

471
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:23,800
Learn to behave!

472
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:32,800
Congratulate me!

473
00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:35,280
I have done it!

474
00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:16,719
The days are so dreary

475
00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:19,960
While I count the minutes

476
00:38:20,199 --> 00:38:22,400
And my eyes keep searching

477
00:38:22,679 --> 00:38:25,519
For the one who’s not yet come

478
00:38:31,719 --> 00:38:36,920
Gathering all the treasure

479
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:41,679
The sea’s filled in its depths

480
00:38:43,239 --> 00:38:49,039
The winged boat of gold
Will come to anchor here