Rumpole of the Bailey - Rumpole and the Age of Retirement (3rd July 1979). Rumpole's colleagues throw him a retirement party - the only problem being that he's decided not to go anywhere ...
"There have been times when I've wondered if I wasn't getting into some sort of rat That's exactly what I've been thinking matched with an aged wife I meet and dole unequal laws unto a savage race that hoard and sleep and feed and No, not me In these moods I must confess I I Have been tempted to Jack it all in to retire and go out to grass very understandable but your support Your affection and above all this very handsome gift have completely changed my mind Talking about the clock uncle Tom is not too late to seek a newer world Newer world I believe he is going after all of course he is Though much is taken much abides and though we are not now that strength which in old days moved heaven and earth That which we are We are what are we what we are uncle Tom? Oh, that's nice to know One equal temper of her lowest heart still makes a good final speech old rompo made weak by time and fate Yet strong in will to strive to seek to find and not to yield This handsome timepiece my dear friends will encourage me to forget all thought of surrender and retirement and Not to yield in all my future cases at the old Bailey London sessions Luton Crown and even before the Uxbridge magistrates And I will never be late This will always get me to the court on time For every bear that ever there was will gather there for certain because Today's the day the teddy bears have their peak Nick Well, I can't understand this Horace rumple hanging on to our clock"
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Rumpole of the Bailey - Rumpole and the Age of Retirement (3rd July 1979). Rumpole's colleagues throw him a retirement party - the only problem being that he's decided not to go anywhere ...