[JEAN]
I imagined the medals they'd give me
When this was all through

[HESTER, spoken]
You imagined the–?

[JEAN]
Medals, I know

[HESTER, spoken]
Right

[JEAN]
And then Winston goes–

[HESTER, spoken]
Winston Churchill?

[JEAN]
"We'd be lost without you!"

[HESTER, spoken]
Right, and where is this?

[JEAN]
The Palace
[HESTER, spoken]
Oh, of course

[JEAN]
And I'd bow and salute
The King knows we're the reason we won

[HESTER, spoken]
Oh, the King's there, is he?

[JEAN]
And there's so many medals
And the crowds, they'd assemble
And demand to hear just what we've done

[HESTER, spoken]
And Mr Churchill says...?

[JEAN]
Hе says...
"Yes, it's all true, though you'd nevеr believe it
They did what they could do, and though you'd never see it
They worked and they prayed, and it wasn't in vain
They knew pain could be strength, and that strength could be pain
They forced enemy forces to fly
They banished the planes from the sky
And they did something useful"
[HESTER, spoken]
Well, I look forward to the wireless event

[JEAN, spoken]
What about you?

[HESTER, spoken]
What about me?

[JEAN, spoken]
What's the dream scenario?

[HESTER, spoken]
Miss Leslie!

[JEAN, spoken]
How about... a statue!

[HESTER, spoken]
Oh, for goodness' sake!

[JEAN, spoken]
"Here lies Hester Leggett!"

[HESTER, spoken]
Oh, good, I'm dead!
[JEAN, spoken]
Oh Jesus, what is wrong with me?

[HESTER & JEAN]
Perhaps just a small plaque
Go on
Something tasteful and small
Of course
Nothing over the top
People don't stand and stop
'Cause just one look and their tears start to fall
Oh, Lord
I can see it! With flowers
Pride of place in a garden
A garden?
Or a grand royal park
Ah, thank you
And it's silver
Gold
Gold, and it shines
Or dazzles
Boldly, and they'll see you did more than your part
"For Hester, who served her nation"
Yes! "A timeless inspiration"
Jean!
You are

And they'll say it's all true, though you'd never believe it
She did what she could do, and though you'd never see it
She worked and she prayed, and it wasn't in vain
She knew pain could be strength, and that strength could be pain
She forced enemy forces to fly
She banished the planes from the sky
And she did something useful

[HESTER, spoken]
Yes, we've done good work

[JEAN]
And you can't ask the people who can do all of that
To just go home and pace through the rooms of a flat
Feeling she's travelled right back to the start
Stuck at home with her mother, feeling useless and
Smothering the light that kept out the dark
(spoken)
I hate that he sees me as some silly little woman

[HESTER, spoken]
That might be exactly what we need

[JEAN, spoken]
What?

[HESTER, spoken]
The mission might be in danger
There's something strange going on between Montagu and his brother

[JEAN, spoken]
What? Surely he wouldn't...

[HESTER, spoken]
But until he drops his guard and starts talking, we can't know

[JEAN, spoken]
But he won't talk to me
He hates me, I'm the last person he'd talk to!

[HESTER, spoken]
You can do this, Jean
And... we need you to
Even if dear Winston never finds out about it

[JEAN, spoken]
So you're saying... no medals?

[HESTER, spoken]
No medals

[JEAN & HESTER]
No statues, no plaques?
No flowers for Hester and Jean?
I don't think that it's people like you or me
That the crowds come to see
And if there's one thing I know
It's that I'm no good with things that need help to grow
I'm afraid I disagree
You've done a pretty good job with me

[HESTER, spoken]
Thank you

[JEAN, spoken]
Thank you
(sung)
I think that when people meet in the middle of a war
It feels like it means something more

[HESTER & JEAN, together]
So who needs a medal?
It's this that we'll keep fighting for

[JEAN]
That we'll keep fighting for

[HESTER & JEAN]
And yes, it was true, though they'd never believe it
They'll say it's all true, they'll never believe it
We did all we could do, and if they never see it
We did what we do, and they'll never see it
We worked and we prayed, and it wasn't in vain
And we'll keep on going
We knew pain could be strength, and that strength could be pain
Even though they'll never know we

[HESTER & JEAN, together]
Forced all their forces to fly
We banished their planes from the sky
And they'll see that we were useful
And if they don't, we'll know we're useful
What matters is that we do something useful

[HESTER, spoken]
Back to work, Miss Leslie

[JEAN, spoken]
Yes, ma'am!