1:11:01
The people that founded Hope
are my ancestors!
1:11:04
- Good heavens!
- I know. I couldn't believe it. It's amazing.
1:11:08
But that's just the start.
1:11:10
- There's more?
- Yes.
1:11:14
You know there's this annual Cannon Ball
thing that happens on Saturday?
1:11:18
Apparently that's when they choose
the new Queen of Hope.
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Queen of Hope?
1:11:23
Doug chooses who will represent the town
as its queen.
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The ridiculous thing is, he thinks, because
of my family history, I should apply.
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- To be queen?
- I know! It's preposterous, isn't it?
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I mean, it's absurd, even for me.
Isn't it?
1:11:38
- Is it?
- I don't know, you see.
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Is it something
I should really contemplate doing?
1:11:44
I don't know.
What does being Queen of Hope involve?
1:11:48
It's just a week of engagements
and things like that.
1:11:51
And they want the queen to
promote the new mineral water this year.
1:11:54
He wants to build a whole ad campaign
around it. TV spots, public appearances.
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- Her picture on the label.
- Presumably you'd have a crown?
1:12:02
There's a whole special outfit.
He showed me lots of old photographs.
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- Of lots of old queens?
- Of former incumbents.
1:12:12
I know we're having major differences,
but I could really use your advice on this.
1:12:21
I can't do this.
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- I can't go on with this.
- Go on with what?
1:12:26
This. This joke. It's all a joke, Vera.
1:12:29
- What do you mean, a joke?
- This is just a fake. I made it up.
1:12:33
The family-tree thing, anyway. The queen
thing was a Doug Reed embellishment.
1:12:38
I was just so pissed off with you,
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with all your tricks and the way
you've been buggering things up for me.
1:12:45
That is so bloody typical of you.
1:12:48
You have never, ever, been able
to share in my excitement about anything.
1:12:53
- It's a fake, Vera.
- It is not a fake, Colin.
1:12:56
It is a fake. Look. "Kendall",
even spelt wrong the way I spell it wrong.