MRS LYONS    HELLO, MRS J. HOW ARE YOU?    MRS J.? ANYTHING WRONG?       MRS JOHNSTONE    I HAD IT ALL WORKED OUT.    WITH ONE MORE BABY WE COULD HAVE MANAGED.    BUT NOT WITH TWO, THE WELFARE HAVE ALREADY BEEN ON TO ME.       MRS LYONS    TWINS? YOU'RE EXPECTING TWINS?       NARRATOR    HOW QUICKLY AN IDEA, PLANTED, CAN    TAKE ROOT AND GROW INTO A PLAN.    THE THOUGHT CONCEIVED IN THIS VERY ROOM    GREW AS SURELY AS A SEED, IN A MOTHER'S WOMB       MRS LYONS    GIVE ONE OF THEM TO ME.    PLEASE, MRS JOHNSTONE. PLEASE.       MRS JOHNSTONE    ARE Y'.... ARE Y' THAT DESPERATE TO HAVE A BABY?       MRS LYONS    EACH DAY I LOOK OUT FROM THIS WINDOW    I SEE HIM WITH HIS FRIENDS, I HEAR HIM CALL,    I RUSH DOWN BUT AS I FOLD MY ARMS AROUND HIM    HE'S GONE. WAS HE EVER THERE AT ALL?       I'VE DREAMED OF ALL THE PLACES I WOULD TAKE HIM    THE GAMES WE'D PLAY THE STORIES I WOULD TELL    THE JOKES WE'D SHARE, THE CLOTHING I WOULD MAKE HIM    I REACH OUT. BUT AS I DO, HE FADES AWAY.       MRS JOHNSTONE    IF MY CHILD WAS RAISED I A PALACE LIKE THIS ONE    HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY WHERE    HIS NEXT MEAL WAS COMIN' FROM       HIS CLOTHING WOULD BE    SUPPLIED BY GEORGE HENRY LEE       MRS LYONS    HE'D HAVE ALL HIS OWN TOYS    AND A GARDEN TO PLAY IN       MRS JOHNSTONE    HE COULD MAKE TOO MUCH NOISE    WITHOUT THE NEIGHBOURS COMPLAININ'       MRS LYONS    SILVER TRAYS TO TAKE MEALS ON       MRS JOHNSTONE    A BIKE WITH BOTH WHEELS ON?       MRS LYONS    AND HE'D SLEEP EVERY NIGHT    IN A BED OF HIS OWN       MRS JOHNSTONE    HE WOULDN'T GET INTO FIGHTS    HE'D LEAVE MATCHES ALONE    AND YOU'D NEVER FIND HIM    EFFIN' AND BLINDIN'    AND WHEN HE GREW UP    HE COULD NEVER BE TOLD    TO STAND AND QUEUE UP    FOR HOURS ON END AT THE DOLE    HE'D GROW UP TO BE       MRS LYONS / MRS JOHNSTONE    A CREDIT TO ME       MRS JOHNSTONE    TO YOU?       MRS LYONS    YES.       MRS JOHNSTONE    I WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO SEE HIM EVERY DAY,    WOULDN'T I?       MRS LYONS    OF COURSE       MRS JOHNSTONE    AN'.... AN' YOU WOULD LOOK AFTER HIM,    WOULDN'T Y'?       MRS LYONS    I'D KEEP HIM WARM IN THE WINTER    AND COOL WHEN IT SHINES    I'D PULL OUT HIS SPLINTERS    WITHOUT MAKING HIM CRY    I'D ALWAYS BE THERE    IF HIS DREAM BECAME A NIGHTMARE       MRS JOHNSTONE & MRS LYONS    MY CHILD    MY CHILD    MY CHILD       MRS LYONS    MRS J. WE MUST MAKE THIS A BINDING AGREEMENT.       NARRATOR    IN THE NAME OF JESUS, THE THING WAS DONE,    NOW THERE'S NO GOING BACK, FOR ANYONE,    IT'S TOO LATE NOW FOR FEELING TORN    THERE'S A PACT BEEN SEALED,    THERE'S A DEAL BEEN BORN.