As Time Goes By (TV Series)

A Surprise for Jean (1997)

Geoffrey Palmer: Lionel Hardcastle

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• [last lines] 

  Lionel : There it was, all faded in a glass case. A letter from Second Lieutenant Hardcastle to Nurse Jean Pargetter, posted in Korea.

  Jean : But it never arrived. How could it have ended up in the Imperial War Museum?

  Lionel : I haven't the faintest idea.

  Jean : Well, we've got to see it.

  Lionel : No, it's all right. They photocopied it for me.

  Jean : [seeing the copy]  Aah!

  Lionel : There. Sorry it's a bit late.

  Jean : [reading]  My darling Jean.

  [long pause as she reads] 

  Jean : What's that word?

  Lionel : Uh, miracle.

  Jean : [sighs]  If I'd have got that.

  Lionel : No ifs.

  Jean : Oh, it's a beautiful letter, Lionel. You really did love me.

  Lionel : I still do.

• [first lines] 

  Jean : Lionel.

  Lionel : Yes?

  Jean : I'd like to go out.

  Lionel : What, now?

  Jean : No, not now. More often.

  Lionel : We went out today.

  Jean : That was to the cooker showroom. That doesn't count. I mean to dinner, things like that.

  Lionel : We went out for a curry last week.

  Jean : That wasn't last week, that was a month ago.

  Lionel : Are you sure?

  Jean : Well, five weeks ago to be precise.

  Lionel : As long ago as that?

  Jean : Yes.

  Lionel : The weeks just fly by, don't they?