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| [00:01.45] | Chapter 5 An Important Visitor |
| [00:06.52] | I did not want Merrick to live by himself, |
| [00:09.96] | like a man in a lighthouse. |
| [00:13.08] | He read his books, and talked to me, |
| [00:16.50] | but I wanted him to talk to more people. |
| [00:19.90] | And I wanted him to talk to women. |
| [00:24.21] | Merrick read about women in his books, |
| [00:28.21] | but he did not often talk to women. |
| [00:31.60] | He met the nurses every day, |
| [00:34.33] | but they did not talk to him very much. |
| [00:37.48] | For them, he was always a creature, not a man. |
| [00:43.11] | One day, one of my friends, |
| [00:46.88] | a beautiful young woman, came to the hospital. |
| [00:51.39] | I told her about Merrick, and took her to his room. |
| [00:56.68] | She opened the door, and smiled at him. |
| [01:01.53] | 'Good morning, Mr Merrick, 'she said. |
| [01:05.11] | Then she shook his hand. |
| [01:08.05] | Merrick looked at her for a minute with his mouth open. |
| [01:13.36] | Then he sat down on his bed, |
| [01:15.90] | with his head in his hand, and cried. |
| [01:20.36] | He cried for nearly five minutes. |
| [01:23.72] | The tears ran down his face, |
| [01:26.73] | between his fingers, and onto the floor. |
| [01:31.10] | My friend sat on the bed beside him |
| [01:34.71] | and put her hand on his arm. |
| [01:37.86] | She said nothing, but she smiled at him |
| [01:42.19] | and shookhis hand again before she left. |
| [01:46.85] | 'Dr Treves, 'he said to me that night. |
| [01:52.62] | 'That lady was wonderful! |
| [01:57.08] | My mother smiled at me once, |
| [02:00.74] | many years ago, but no women smile at me now. |
| [02:08.28] | But this lady smiled at me too, |
| [02:12.93] | and she shook my hand! |
| [02:16.57] | A beautiful lady smiled at me and shook my hand! ' |
| [02:24.99] | My young lady friend came again the next week, |
| [02:29.68] | and talked to Merrick for half an hour. |
| [02:34.34] | The week after that, she came again with a friend. |
| [02:40.10] | They gave him some books, and had a cup of tea with him. |
| [02:45.39] | It was wonderful for him. |
| [02:48.20] | For the first time in his life, |
| [02:50.49] | he had some friends. He was a very happy man. |
| [02:55.99] | He sat in his room, and read his books, |
| [02:59.53] | and said no more about living on a lighthouse. |
| [03:05.60] | People began to read about Merrick in the newspapers, |
| [03:09.69] | So he had a lot of visitors. |
| [03:12.74] | Everybody wanted to see him. |
| [03:16.00] | A lot of important ladies and gentlemen visited him. |
| [03:20.51] | They smiled at him, shook his hand, and gave him books. |
| [03:26.63] | Merrick liked talking to these people, |
| [03:29.98] | and he began to forget about his ugly body. |
| [03:34.01] | His visitors never laughed at him. |
| [03:37.61] | He began to feel like a man, not a creature. |
| [03:43.18] | One wonderful day, |
| [03:45.25] | a very important lady came to the hospital to visit him. |
| [03:51.15] | I met the lady, and took her to his room. |
| [03:55.38] | Then I opened the door, and smiled at him. |
| [04:00.68] | 'Good morning, Joseph, 'I said. |
| [04:04.56] | 'There is a new visitor to see you today. |
| [04:07.96] | A very famous lady. ' |
| [04:11.58] | Merrick stood up beside his table. |
| [04:15.33] | He did not smile, because his face could not smile, |
| [04:19.82] | but his eyes looked happy. |
| [04:22.84] | 'That's good, 'he said. 'Who is it?' |
| [04:29.55] | I moved away from the door, |
| [04:32.11] | and the visitor walked in. |
| [04:35.32] | 'Your Majesty, this is Joseph Merrick, 'I said. |
| [04:41.17] | 'Joseph, this is Her Majesty, Queen Alexandra, the Queen of England. ' |
| [04:50.04] | Queen Alexandra smiled at him. |
| [04:54.52] | 'How do you do, Mr Merrick, 'She said. |
| [04:58.52] | 'I'm very pleased to meet you. ' |
| [05:01.73] | Then she shook his hand. |
| [05:04.92] | Merrick did not move. |
| [05:08.35] | For nearly half a minute he stood |
| [05:11.30] | and looked at her with his mouth open. |
| [05:14.86] | Then he spoke, in his strange, slow voice. |
| [05:20.14] | 'How… how do you do, Your Majesty, 'he said. |
| [05:30.14] | But I don't think the Queen understood him, |
| [05:33.45] | because he tried to get down on his knees at the same time. |
| [05:38.81] | It was very difficult for him, |
| [05:41.42] | because of his enormous legs. |
| [05:45.17] | 'No, please, Mr Merrick, do get up, 'said the Queen. |
| [05:50.70] | 'I would like to talk to you. |
| [05:54.17] | Can we sit at your table?' |
| [05:57.56] | 'Yes…yes, of course, 'he said. |
| [06:03.81] | They sat at the table. |
| [06:06.80] | She took his left hand, the good hand, in hers. |
| [06:11.97] | She looked at the hand carefully, |
| [06:14.74] | and then smiled at Merrick again. |
| [06:19.21] | 'I often read about you in the newspapers, ' |
| [06:22.49] | she said. 'You are a very interesting man, |
| [06:26.79] | Mr Merrick. You have a very difficult life, |
| [06:31.76] | but people say you're happy. Is it true? |
| [06:36.63] | Are you happy now?' |
| [06:39.52] | 'Oh, yes, Your Majesty, yes! 'said Merrick. |
| [06:46.10] | 'I'm a very happy man! |
| [06:49.92] | I have a home here now, and friends, and my books. |
| [06:57.08] | I'm happy every hour of the day! ' |
| [07:03.26] | 'What a wonderful story! 'she said. |
| [07:07.42] | 'I'm very pleasedto hear it Now, tell me about your reading. |
| [07:14.92] | I see you have a lot of books here. ' |
| [07:18.43] | 'Oh, yes, Your Majesty. I love my books, 'said Merrick. |
| [07:28.32] | And for nearly half an hour they sat and talked about books. |
| [07:35.23] | The Queen gave him a little book, |
| [07:40.57] | and some red flowers, before she left. |
| [07:45.61] | After her visit, Merrick began to sing. |
| [07:50.98] | He could not sing easily, |
| [07:52.70] | of course, because of his mouth, |
| [07:55.56] | but all that day there was a strange, |
| [07:59.23] | happy noise in his room. |
| [08:03.19] | He looked at the flowers carefully, |
| [08:06.18] | and put them on his table. |
| [08:10.11] | He had many visits from the Queen, |
| [08:13.27] | and at Christmas she sent him a Christmas card. |
| [08:19.42] | Windsor Castle |
| [08:21.65] | 20th December 1888 |
| [08:26.78] | Dear Joseph, |
| [08:29.32] | Here is a small Christmas present for you. |
| [08:33.85] | I think it looks like me, doesn't it? |
| [08:37.69] | I do like visiting you very much, |
| [08:41.79] | and I am going to come to the hospital again in the New Year. |
| [08:47.08] | Happy Christmas! |
| [08:49.16] | Your friend |
| [08:50.78] | Alexandra |
| [08:54.41] | The present was a picture of Queen Alexandra, |
| [08:57.85] | with her name on it. |
| [09:00.30] | Merrick cried over it, |
| [09:02.97] | and put it carefully by the bed in his room. |
| [09:07.85] | Then he sat down and wrote a letter to the Queen. |
| [09:12.77] | It was the first letter of his life. |
| [09:18.51] | The London Hospital |
| [09:21.11] | 23rd December 1888 |
| [09:26.99] | My dear Queen, |
| [09:30.07] | Thank you very, very, much for your wonderful card |
| [09:35.54] | and the beautiful picture. |
| [09:39.15] | It is the best thing in my room, the very best, |
| [09:44.37] | the most beautiful thing I have. |
| [09:49.10] | This is the first Christmas in my life, |
| [09:53.41] | and my first Christmas present. |
| [09:57.62] | Perhaps I had a Christmas with my mother once, |
| [10:02.21] | but I do not remember it. |
| [10:06.18] | I have my mother's picture too, |
| [10:09.93] | and she is beautiful, like you. |
| [10:14.23] | But now I know many famous ladies and kind people like Dr Treves, |
| [10:21.47] | and I am a very happy man. |
| [10:25.84] | I am happy too because I am going to see you in the New Year. |
| [10:33.80] | Happy Christmas to you, my dear friend, |
| [10:39.43] | With all my love, |
| [10:42.71] | Joseph Merrick |
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| [00:01.45] | Chapter 5 An Important Visitor |
| [00:06.52] | I did not want Merrick to live by himself, |
| [00:09.96] | like a man in a lighthouse. |
| [00:13.08] | He read his books, and talked to me, |
| [00:16.50] | but I wanted him to talk to more people. |
| [00:19.90] | And I wanted him to talk to women. |
| [00:24.21] | Merrick read about women in his books, |
| [00:28.21] | but he did not often talk to women. |
| [00:31.60] | He met the nurses every day, |
| [00:34.33] | but they did not talk to him very much. |
| [00:37.48] | For them, he was always a creature, not a man. |
| [00:43.11] | One day, one of my friends, |
| [00:46.88] | a beautiful young woman, came to the hospital. |
| [00:51.39] | I told her about Merrick, and took her to his room. |
| [00:56.68] | She opened the door, and smiled at him. |
| [01:01.53] | ' Good morning, Mr Merrick, ' she said. |
| [01:05.11] | Then she shook his hand. |
| [01:08.05] | Merrick looked at her for a minute with his mouth open. |
| [01:13.36] | Then he sat down on his bed, |
| [01:15.90] | with his head in his hand, and cried. |
| [01:20.36] | He cried for nearly five minutes. |
| [01:23.72] | The tears ran down his face, |
| [01:26.73] | between his fingers, and onto the floor. |
| [01:31.10] | My friend sat on the bed beside him |
| [01:34.71] | and put her hand on his arm. |
| [01:37.86] | She said nothing, but she smiled at him |
| [01:42.19] | and shookhis hand again before she left. |
| [01:46.85] | ' Dr Treves, ' he said to me that night. |
| [01:52.62] | ' That lady was wonderful! |
| [01:57.08] | My mother smiled at me once, |
| [02:00.74] | many years ago, but no women smile at me now. |
| [02:08.28] | But this lady smiled at me too, |
| [02:12.93] | and she shook my hand! |
| [02:16.57] | A beautiful lady smiled at me and shook my hand! ' |
| [02:24.99] | My young lady friend came again the next week, |
| [02:29.68] | and talked to Merrick for half an hour. |
| [02:34.34] | The week after that, she came again with a friend. |
| [02:40.10] | They gave him some books, and had a cup of tea with him. |
| [02:45.39] | It was wonderful for him. |
| [02:48.20] | For the first time in his life, |
| [02:50.49] | he had some friends. He was a very happy man. |
| [02:55.99] | He sat in his room, and read his books, |
| [02:59.53] | and said no more about living on a lighthouse. |
| [03:05.60] | People began to read about Merrick in the newspapers, |
| [03:09.69] | So he had a lot of visitors. |
| [03:12.74] | Everybody wanted to see him. |
| [03:16.00] | A lot of important ladies and gentlemen visited him. |
| [03:20.51] | They smiled at him, shook his hand, and gave him books. |
| [03:26.63] | Merrick liked talking to these people, |
| [03:29.98] | and he began to forget about his ugly body. |
| [03:34.01] | His visitors never laughed at him. |
| [03:37.61] | He began to feel like a man, not a creature. |
| [03:43.18] | One wonderful day, |
| [03:45.25] | a very important lady came to the hospital to visit him. |
| [03:51.15] | I met the lady, and took her to his room. |
| [03:55.38] | Then I opened the door, and smiled at him. |
| [04:00.68] | ' Good morning, Joseph, ' I said. |
| [04:04.56] | ' There is a new visitor to see you today. |
| [04:07.96] | A very famous lady. ' |
| [04:11.58] | Merrick stood up beside his table. |
| [04:15.33] | He did not smile, because his face could not smile, |
| [04:19.82] | but his eyes looked happy. |
| [04:22.84] | ' That' s good, ' he said. ' Who is it?' |
| [04:29.55] | I moved away from the door, |
| [04:32.11] | and the visitor walked in. |
| [04:35.32] | ' Your Majesty, this is Joseph Merrick, ' I said. |
| [04:41.17] | ' Joseph, this is Her Majesty, Queen Alexandra, the Queen of England. ' |
| [04:50.04] | Queen Alexandra smiled at him. |
| [04:54.52] | ' How do you do, Mr Merrick, ' She said. |
| [04:58.52] | ' I' m very pleased to meet you. ' |
| [05:01.73] | Then she shook his hand. |
| [05:04.92] | Merrick did not move. |
| [05:08.35] | For nearly half a minute he stood |
| [05:11.30] | and looked at her with his mouth open. |
| [05:14.86] | Then he spoke, in his strange, slow voice. |
| [05:20.14] | ' How how do you do, Your Majesty, ' he said. |
| [05:30.14] | But I don' t think the Queen understood him, |
| [05:33.45] | because he tried to get down on his knees at the same time. |
| [05:38.81] | It was very difficult for him, |
| [05:41.42] | because of his enormous legs. |
| [05:45.17] | ' No, please, Mr Merrick, do get up, ' said the Queen. |
| [05:50.70] | ' I would like to talk to you. |
| [05:54.17] | Can we sit at your table?' |
| [05:57.56] | ' Yes yes, of course, ' he said. |
| [06:03.81] | They sat at the table. |
| [06:06.80] | She took his left hand, the good hand, in hers. |
| [06:11.97] | She looked at the hand carefully, |
| [06:14.74] | and then smiled at Merrick again. |
| [06:19.21] | ' I often read about you in the newspapers, ' |
| [06:22.49] | she said. ' You are a very interesting man, |
| [06:26.79] | Mr Merrick. You have a very difficult life, |
| [06:31.76] | but people say you' re happy. Is it true? |
| [06:36.63] | Are you happy now?' |
| [06:39.52] | ' Oh, yes, Your Majesty, yes! ' said Merrick. |
| [06:46.10] | ' I' m a very happy man! |
| [06:49.92] | I have a home here now, and friends, and my books. |
| [06:57.08] | I' m happy every hour of the day! ' |
| [07:03.26] | ' What a wonderful story! ' she said. |
| [07:07.42] | ' I' m very pleasedto hear it Now, tell me about your reading. |
| [07:14.92] | I see you have a lot of books here. ' |
| [07:18.43] | ' Oh, yes, Your Majesty. I love my books, ' said Merrick. |
| [07:28.32] | And for nearly half an hour they sat and talked about books. |
| [07:35.23] | The Queen gave him a little book, |
| [07:40.57] | and some red flowers, before she left. |
| [07:45.61] | After her visit, Merrick began to sing. |
| [07:50.98] | He could not sing easily, |
| [07:52.70] | of course, because of his mouth, |
| [07:55.56] | but all that day there was a strange, |
| [07:59.23] | happy noise in his room. |
| [08:03.19] | He looked at the flowers carefully, |
| [08:06.18] | and put them on his table. |
| [08:10.11] | He had many visits from the Queen, |
| [08:13.27] | and at Christmas she sent him a Christmas card. |
| [08:19.42] | Windsor Castle |
| [08:21.65] | 20th December 1888 |
| [08:26.78] | Dear Joseph, |
| [08:29.32] | Here is a small Christmas present for you. |
| [08:33.85] | I think it looks like me, doesn' t it? |
| [08:37.69] | I do like visiting you very much, |
| [08:41.79] | and I am going to come to the hospital again in the New Year. |
| [08:47.08] | Happy Christmas! |
| [08:49.16] | Your friend |
| [08:50.78] | Alexandra |
| [08:54.41] | The present was a picture of Queen Alexandra, |
| [08:57.85] | with her name on it. |
| [09:00.30] | Merrick cried over it, |
| [09:02.97] | and put it carefully by the bed in his room. |
| [09:07.85] | Then he sat down and wrote a letter to the Queen. |
| [09:12.77] | It was the first letter of his life. |
| [09:18.51] | The London Hospital |
| [09:21.11] | 23rd December 1888 |
| [09:26.99] | My dear Queen, |
| [09:30.07] | Thank you very, very, much for your wonderful card |
| [09:35.54] | and the beautiful picture. |
| [09:39.15] | It is the best thing in my room, the very best, |
| [09:44.37] | the most beautiful thing I have. |
| [09:49.10] | This is the first Christmas in my life, |
| [09:53.41] | and my first Christmas present. |
| [09:57.62] | Perhaps I had a Christmas with my mother once, |
| [10:02.21] | but I do not remember it. |
| [10:06.18] | I have my mother' s picture too, |
| [10:09.93] | and she is beautiful, like you. |
| [10:14.23] | But now I know many famous ladies and kind people like Dr Treves, |
| [10:21.47] | and I am a very happy man. |
| [10:25.84] | I am happy too because I am going to see you in the New Year. |
| [10:33.80] | Happy Christmas to you, my dear friend, |
| [10:39.43] | With all my love, |
| [10:42.71] | Joseph Merrick |
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| [00:01.45] | Chapter 5 An Important Visitor |
| [00:06.52] | I did not want Merrick to live by himself, |
| [00:09.96] | like a man in a lighthouse. |
| [00:13.08] | He read his books, and talked to me, |
| [00:16.50] | but I wanted him to talk to more people. |
| [00:19.90] | And I wanted him to talk to women. |
| [00:24.21] | Merrick read about women in his books, |
| [00:28.21] | but he did not often talk to women. |
| [00:31.60] | He met the nurses every day, |
| [00:34.33] | but they did not talk to him very much. |
| [00:37.48] | For them, he was always a creature, not a man. |
| [00:43.11] | One day, one of my friends, |
| [00:46.88] | a beautiful young woman, came to the hospital. |
| [00:51.39] | I told her about Merrick, and took her to his room. |
| [00:56.68] | She opened the door, and smiled at him. |
| [01:01.53] | ' Good morning, Mr Merrick, ' she said. |
| [01:05.11] | Then she shook his hand. |
| [01:08.05] | Merrick looked at her for a minute with his mouth open. |
| [01:13.36] | Then he sat down on his bed, |
| [01:15.90] | with his head in his hand, and cried. |
| [01:20.36] | He cried for nearly five minutes. |
| [01:23.72] | The tears ran down his face, |
| [01:26.73] | between his fingers, and onto the floor. |
| [01:31.10] | My friend sat on the bed beside him |
| [01:34.71] | and put her hand on his arm. |
| [01:37.86] | She said nothing, but she smiled at him |
| [01:42.19] | and shookhis hand again before she left. |
| [01:46.85] | ' Dr Treves, ' he said to me that night. |
| [01:52.62] | ' That lady was wonderful! |
| [01:57.08] | My mother smiled at me once, |
| [02:00.74] | many years ago, but no women smile at me now. |
| [02:08.28] | But this lady smiled at me too, |
| [02:12.93] | and she shook my hand! |
| [02:16.57] | A beautiful lady smiled at me and shook my hand! ' |
| [02:24.99] | My young lady friend came again the next week, |
| [02:29.68] | and talked to Merrick for half an hour. |
| [02:34.34] | The week after that, she came again with a friend. |
| [02:40.10] | They gave him some books, and had a cup of tea with him. |
| [02:45.39] | It was wonderful for him. |
| [02:48.20] | For the first time in his life, |
| [02:50.49] | he had some friends. He was a very happy man. |
| [02:55.99] | He sat in his room, and read his books, |
| [02:59.53] | and said no more about living on a lighthouse. |
| [03:05.60] | People began to read about Merrick in the newspapers, |
| [03:09.69] | So he had a lot of visitors. |
| [03:12.74] | Everybody wanted to see him. |
| [03:16.00] | A lot of important ladies and gentlemen visited him. |
| [03:20.51] | They smiled at him, shook his hand, and gave him books. |
| [03:26.63] | Merrick liked talking to these people, |
| [03:29.98] | and he began to forget about his ugly body. |
| [03:34.01] | His visitors never laughed at him. |
| [03:37.61] | He began to feel like a man, not a creature. |
| [03:43.18] | One wonderful day, |
| [03:45.25] | a very important lady came to the hospital to visit him. |
| [03:51.15] | I met the lady, and took her to his room. |
| [03:55.38] | Then I opened the door, and smiled at him. |
| [04:00.68] | ' Good morning, Joseph, ' I said. |
| [04:04.56] | ' There is a new visitor to see you today. |
| [04:07.96] | A very famous lady. ' |
| [04:11.58] | Merrick stood up beside his table. |
| [04:15.33] | He did not smile, because his face could not smile, |
| [04:19.82] | but his eyes looked happy. |
| [04:22.84] | ' That' s good, ' he said. ' Who is it?' |
| [04:29.55] | I moved away from the door, |
| [04:32.11] | and the visitor walked in. |
| [04:35.32] | ' Your Majesty, this is Joseph Merrick, ' I said. |
| [04:41.17] | ' Joseph, this is Her Majesty, Queen Alexandra, the Queen of England. ' |
| [04:50.04] | Queen Alexandra smiled at him. |
| [04:54.52] | ' How do you do, Mr Merrick, ' She said. |
| [04:58.52] | ' I' m very pleased to meet you. ' |
| [05:01.73] | Then she shook his hand. |
| [05:04.92] | Merrick did not move. |
| [05:08.35] | For nearly half a minute he stood |
| [05:11.30] | and looked at her with his mouth open. |
| [05:14.86] | Then he spoke, in his strange, slow voice. |
| [05:20.14] | ' How how do you do, Your Majesty, ' he said. |
| [05:30.14] | But I don' t think the Queen understood him, |
| [05:33.45] | because he tried to get down on his knees at the same time. |
| [05:38.81] | It was very difficult for him, |
| [05:41.42] | because of his enormous legs. |
| [05:45.17] | ' No, please, Mr Merrick, do get up, ' said the Queen. |
| [05:50.70] | ' I would like to talk to you. |
| [05:54.17] | Can we sit at your table?' |
| [05:57.56] | ' Yes yes, of course, ' he said. |
| [06:03.81] | They sat at the table. |
| [06:06.80] | She took his left hand, the good hand, in hers. |
| [06:11.97] | She looked at the hand carefully, |
| [06:14.74] | and then smiled at Merrick again. |
| [06:19.21] | ' I often read about you in the newspapers, ' |
| [06:22.49] | she said. ' You are a very interesting man, |
| [06:26.79] | Mr Merrick. You have a very difficult life, |
| [06:31.76] | but people say you' re happy. Is it true? |
| [06:36.63] | Are you happy now?' |
| [06:39.52] | ' Oh, yes, Your Majesty, yes! ' said Merrick. |
| [06:46.10] | ' I' m a very happy man! |
| [06:49.92] | I have a home here now, and friends, and my books. |
| [06:57.08] | I' m happy every hour of the day! ' |
| [07:03.26] | ' What a wonderful story! ' she said. |
| [07:07.42] | ' I' m very pleasedto hear it Now, tell me about your reading. |
| [07:14.92] | I see you have a lot of books here. ' |
| [07:18.43] | ' Oh, yes, Your Majesty. I love my books, ' said Merrick. |
| [07:28.32] | And for nearly half an hour they sat and talked about books. |
| [07:35.23] | The Queen gave him a little book, |
| [07:40.57] | and some red flowers, before she left. |
| [07:45.61] | After her visit, Merrick began to sing. |
| [07:50.98] | He could not sing easily, |
| [07:52.70] | of course, because of his mouth, |
| [07:55.56] | but all that day there was a strange, |
| [07:59.23] | happy noise in his room. |
| [08:03.19] | He looked at the flowers carefully, |
| [08:06.18] | and put them on his table. |
| [08:10.11] | He had many visits from the Queen, |
| [08:13.27] | and at Christmas she sent him a Christmas card. |
| [08:19.42] | Windsor Castle |
| [08:21.65] | 20th December 1888 |
| [08:26.78] | Dear Joseph, |
| [08:29.32] | Here is a small Christmas present for you. |
| [08:33.85] | I think it looks like me, doesn' t it? |
| [08:37.69] | I do like visiting you very much, |
| [08:41.79] | and I am going to come to the hospital again in the New Year. |
| [08:47.08] | Happy Christmas! |
| [08:49.16] | Your friend |
| [08:50.78] | Alexandra |
| [08:54.41] | The present was a picture of Queen Alexandra, |
| [08:57.85] | with her name on it. |
| [09:00.30] | Merrick cried over it, |
| [09:02.97] | and put it carefully by the bed in his room. |
| [09:07.85] | Then he sat down and wrote a letter to the Queen. |
| [09:12.77] | It was the first letter of his life. |
| [09:18.51] | The London Hospital |
| [09:21.11] | 23rd December 1888 |
| [09:26.99] | My dear Queen, |
| [09:30.07] | Thank you very, very, much for your wonderful card |
| [09:35.54] | and the beautiful picture. |
| [09:39.15] | It is the best thing in my room, the very best, |
| [09:44.37] | the most beautiful thing I have. |
| [09:49.10] | This is the first Christmas in my life, |
| [09:53.41] | and my first Christmas present. |
| [09:57.62] | Perhaps I had a Christmas with my mother once, |
| [10:02.21] | but I do not remember it. |
| [10:06.18] | I have my mother' s picture too, |
| [10:09.93] | and she is beautiful, like you. |
| [10:14.23] | But now I know many famous ladies and kind people like Dr Treves, |
| [10:21.47] | and I am a very happy man. |
| [10:25.84] | I am happy too because I am going to see you in the New Year. |
| [10:33.80] | Happy Christmas to you, my dear friend, |
| [10:39.43] | With all my love, |
| [10:42.71] | Joseph Merrick |
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