01x06 - The Midnight Feast

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Ugh!

Irene better hurry up
and cure herself of sleepwalking.

I can't take this much longer!
Careful!

You'll get yourself an order mark.

But how else can I stop her?

I don't want to listen to this
racket on my birthday!

It's your birthday?

Look.

Whoa, it went right up her nose!

Ah...

ah...

achoo!

Ooh!

What was that?!

Matron, did you smell the ghost?

I think it's Lady Jane, she's here!

There's no such thing as ghosts.

Silly girl!

Oh, come on, stop revising,
get dressed.

The exam isn't for ages.

It's tomorrow.

Like I said, ages.

Hurry up,
there's a surprise at breakfast.

I don't want anyone to miss it.

Look, it's a hamper! There's a card!

Come on, Alicia, please!
What's in it?

Ah! I'll do it.

Oh, my giddy aunt.

What did you just say?

This must be worth two weeks'
ration coupons!

I can't believe Darrell
stayed in the dorm.

Imagine revising
when you could be...

Ah! ..Smelling custard creams!

Sherbet, tinned pears and sardines!

Actually... sardines?

Oh, my, there's a cake. Fruit cake!

All right, all right, listen up -

midnight feast, tonight.

Brilliant!

I'll go tell Darrell.

Bet she can't wait to have her
first North Tower midnight feast.

What do you mean, you can't come?

I have to do well on this exam,
that means I have to sleep.

But you've been working
like a Trojan, getting up early...

I just can't. I promised myself
I'd try my absolute best. Sorry.

Oh, let Darrell be boring
if she wants.

Maybe Darrell's being "boring"

because your parents get the exam
mark at the open day next week.

So, if you've been, say, stupidly

bragging you're top of form,
they will find out.

What?!

Good luck, Gwen!

Right, Darrell, you're not really
going to stay in bed tonight,

are you?

Come on!

Miss Potts?

Miss Potts!

Ugh!

Oh, Miss Potts! A quick word?

As long as it is. It's just, well...

I'm not doing as well as
I should be, academically.

And that's my old governess' fault,
not yours.

It's been very hard
for me, being so behind.

What's this about, Gwen?

The exam tomorrow, I think

I need some more time to catch up
before I do a formal exam...

with public results.

Ah, I see.

I'm mostly thinking of you,
Miss Potts.

A bad mark would reflect
badly on my teachers.

I'll cope.

You are going to do the exam, Gwen.

It'll be good for you.

But...!

Ugh.

Alicia, I said I'm sorry!
It's fine, really.

I'm sorry for asking, I just thought
we were friends... We are!

Well, I'm not sure I want to be
friends with such a trier...

Girls!

What's in there?

Oh, I see.

Well, I will take this. No! Yes.

You silly girls will just
eat at all, make yourself sick.

I'll keep it in the san and dole it
out sensibly, as I see fit.

But that's not fair!

It's Alicia's birthday present.

Hmm.

Mmm.

Happy birthday.

That's the end of my birthday fun.

It's so unfair,
we should just go get it back.

That would be amazing!

How?

I don't know.

Better be quick, or Matron will have
gobbled the whole lot. She wouldn't.

She scoffed those candies
my brother sent, didn't she?

I might have an idea,
but we'll need a diversion.

Leave that to me.
Aw, can I help? Can I, can I?

No-one ever involves me
in this sort of stuff.

Let's do it!

What? It's Jean, Matron! She's got
her finger stuck in a bed spring!

What?

Come on, hurry!

Ugh, wait there.

It's gone white, she can't feel it,
what if it falls off?! Come on!

Just slow down.

Hurry, Matron, come on, come on!

How on Earth have you done this?

Ow, it's stuck, Matron.

Ow! Oh, it's actually really stuck!

Yes, you said. Now, hold on.

Go, I'll be fine.

Gah! Ow!

Remember, if you see Matron...
Yes!

Yes, I'll shout like anything.

Found the tuck?
Not yet. Quick, help me look.

Thanks for this,
I know you wanted to study.

You're a brick, Darrell Rivers.

Irene? All clear!

Alicia, how come your parents sent
all that food?

I mean, no books or paints
or clothes?

You mean, no real presents?
Well, yes.

I'm full board,
I see them maybe once a year.

Irene? All clear!

It's all clear!

♪ All clear, all clear... ♪

They used to send stuff -
dolls, pink frilly dresses.

You know, all my FAVOURITE things.

♪ All clear. ♪

Hmm, needs woodwind.

So, in the end, I just said,
just send food.

Everybody eats, right?

Absolutely.

And there's yours.

Irene Edwards!

This is why we don't involve
Irene in this sort of stuff!

Malory Towers girls do not loiter!

Sorry, Matron.

Well, seeing as you're here,
you can help me.

I need someone to hold a pair
of pliers. No!

Wing.

Knowing... Jean...

I wonder if we should just keep
that on her finger?

Until it falls off.

Oh, the spring, not her finger.

Whichever goes first, really.

She'll never learn, otherwise.

My stars, girl.

Suffering leads to redemption,
but that's a little extreme.

Now, come on.

Good show! Thoroughly good show!

I can't believe you did that!

You're so brave.

Shh!

Some of us are trying to
study for an exam, you know.

I thought you didn't
care about the "stupid exam"?

You are all right, aren't you, Jean?

Looks worse than it is. I didn't
think I'd actually get stuck.

Must have swollen up
while I was waiting.

A noble w*r wound,
sustained in the line of duty.

And well worth a jar in this feast!

Wait.

Matron, she's sleeping in here,
how are we going to get out tonight?

All sorted.

Betty's come down with
a terrible sore throat.

Oh, no, poor her!

Irene!

Oh, I see, she's faking it.

Matron will be
busy in the san all night.

Right, here's the plan -
Darrell and I will stay up,

we'll wake everyone...
Alicia, I'm still not coming.

I need to sleep or I won't be able
to concentrate tomorrow.

I'm not having the feast
if you don't go.

What? But we went to all that
effort, for nothing?

Darrell, do say you'll come.

Or we'll all miss out.

All right, I'll come. Yes!

But we can't be up till all hours.

We'll be back by one, promise.

This is so exciting!

I can't believe Emily persuaded me
to come and now she's too tired.

Oh, pipe down and have another
crunchy caramel.

Then you dip the prawn in
the sherbet and down it goes.

You're sure about this? Perfectly.

Alicia said it was
frightfully delicious.

Right.

One, two...

three.

That is the most...

horrible, horrible thing!

Ugh, it's fizzy and fishy,
all at the same time!

Alicia said it was delicious!

And you believed me! Irene!

I'm sorry, I said I'm sorry!

Sorry.

Do you think Matron heard?

Who's there?

Quick, pack all this up
and let's go!

We've lost her, keep up!

Oh, cripes.

Back, quick. We won't make it!

Any girl found out of
her bed will be scrubbing bedpans

till the cows come home!

Quick, everyone, in here!

We can't!

It's this or be caught, come on!

Miss Grayling's study!

We can't be in here,
it's totally forbidden.

She lives like a king!

Toasting fork, tea.

Look, bananas!

I haven't seen one of those
since I was tiny.

Oh, let me just... sniff it!

Shh, she's coming!

Phew, she's gone...
That was so close!

She's locked the door.

What a FANTASTIC idea this was!

Don't panic, there must be a key
here somewhere. Everyone look.

"First form general exam."

Aha! Found one!

Well done, Alicia. Yes, let's go.

What's that?

The answers for tomorrow's exam.

Oh, let's look!

We can't! Of course we can't.

Cheating is vile.

Ow!

What was that?

Sounds like someone's hurt.
Wait, stop.

No need for all of us to get caught.

You lot take the food back,
I'll go see what's happened.

I'll come with you. Ow!

Ow, ow, ow.

Are you all right?

My ankle, I can't... What happened?

I was coming to find you. But this
isn't the way to the common room?

No, but I saw something.

A hooded figure.

I was so scared that I ran this way,
and then I tripped. Ow.

I can hear you! Do not move!

Girls!

Matron, thank goodness
you're here!

Emily's hurt. Can you help her?

Why on Earth are you out of bed?

Emily heard a noise, Matron.

So she went to investigate.

And she saw someone in a hood.

The ghost!

So she ran. And I fell.

We heard her from our dorm,
so we came to find her.

We were coming to find you next.

Luckily, you found us.

I see.

Well, that is exactly why

you are supposed to stay
in your dorms at night.

Yes, Matron.

Come along. Back to bed.

There.

That'll do for the time being.

You come to the san in the morning.
Yes, Matron.

And you two - bed, now.

Yes, Matron.

I can't believe it. Phew!

What happened? Are you in trouble?

Emily saw someone wearing
a hooded cloak.

Lady Jane's ghost rides again!

Alicia talked her way out of it.

I can't believe it.

Gwen?

You ran off, you horrid things!

You're too unfit to keep up,
you mean?

Right, everyone, to bed.

It's half-past three!

What?

My brain's going to be
scrambled for tomorrow's exam!

The second form papers are
in the sideboard,

I'll get the first form...

Miss Grayling hates wafers.

She has impeccable taste.

And she doesn't leave her
desk drawers open.

Mam'zelle, please tell the first
from their exam will be delayed.

Why are they so late in starting?

It'll be fine.

You could do this in your sleep.

Which is lucky, cos...

Why are you looking so smug?

I'm pretty sure I'm going
to ace this test.

Girls, I am shocked.

Last night, someone entered
Miss Grayling's study.

Further, we believe that they
looked at today's exam paper.

I would have sworn that no
Malory Towers girl would ever cheat.

But I would also have sworn that
none of you would

invade the privacy
of the headmistress' room.

We have no choice but to change
the paper to a new test.

If no-one owns up after the exam,

I'm afraid parents' open day
will be cancelled.

Cheating will not be
tolerated at Malory Towers.

You may begin.

Jeepers, Gwen!

If that's how you ace a test,
I'd hate to see you flunk one.

This is so unfair!

We put the exam back.

This is Darrell's fault!

She was the one who took
us in there.

Where is Darrell?

You were the girl in
Miss Grayling's study?

Yes, Miss Potts,
and I am very sorry.

And I am very disappointed, Darrell.

Shh!

Cheating!

I would not have expected...
I didn't cheat.

I saw the paper, I touched it,
I thought about looking,

but I didn't, I didn't, I promise.

What were you doing in there, then?

I... Who was with you?

Well?

Who else was there?

Alicia?

Emily?

It was just me, no-one else.

I was there! I was in the study!

And Darrell didn't cheat, I promise.

Miss Potts,
I too would like to own up.

We had a midnight feast.

Prawns, and then we hid,
but no-one cheated, no-one.

Miss Potts...

Let me guess, you were all there too
and no-one cheated?

Uh-huh.

Yes, that, yes.

You didn't need to do this.

Of course we did. Shh.

You made a grave error of judgment.

But, given your honesty
and loyalty you've shown...

I no longer believe
any of you are cheats.

I won't cancel your open day.

You can see your parents.

But you're restricted to grounds
only until I say otherwise.

Now, out.

Never thought I'd be
so happy to be grounded.

Now we've just got one problem left,

what to do with all those leftovers!

These are my favourites!
I love these!

So good, so good.

The way you all ran in,
thank you so much. That's all right.

Says the last one through the door.

You know, a midday feast is not
quite as exciting

as a midnight feast,
but it's a lot less scary.

To Darrell!

Good show, Darrell.

To us all.