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It is mid-November and winter is nigh. Cyril (Zephryn Taitte) and Rosalind (Natalie Quarry) sit together, quietly exchanging smiles as they open two small boxes containing their wedding rings.
Meanwhile, Miss Higgins (Georgie Glen) storms into Dr. Turner (Stephen McGann) office with news that the council wants all its equipment returned before the maternity home closes. He refuses: the incubator was purchased through funds raised by the community and the beds will stay until the last mother leaves.
Later, at Nonnatus Sister Monica Joan (Judy Parfitt) who has ceased taking her medicine, demands that Nurse Crane (Linda Bassett) summon an undertaker and bring her a pomegranate. Nurse Crane is alarmed but indulges her with fond respect.Â
Bernie Mullucks (Christopher Reilly) wheels Sister Monica Joan through Poplar Market, where stallholders greet her warmly, remembering the babies she delivered decades ago. She delights in their generosity, recalling how the market and its people have endured through war and hardship. Her journey ends in St Anne’s Church, where she asks that her Requiem be held.
Geoffrey (Christopher Harper) and Sister Veronica (Rebecca Gethings) work together on the wedding cake. She confides that she feels exiled — not currently a nun, but not fully part of the world either.
At the Mullucks’ home, Susan (Emily Webb) sits on the stairs while her parents argue in the kitchen about the strain of campaigning for Thalidomide victims. Her brother has heard about new electric wheelchairs that might give Susan more independence and Bernie promises they’ll chase every new opportunity for her.
Poplar is transformed for Rosalind and Cyril’s wedding. Rosalind is radiant, if a little nervous. Confetti rains when the newlyweds descend the stairs, surrounded by friends and family.
