- [Fred places Jenny's suitcase in the car, while Trixie, Cynthia, Sr. Monica Joan, Sr. Evangelina, and Sr. Julienne gather to say goodbye]
- Sister Monica Joan: [quoting Leigh Hunt's poem] Jenny kissed me when we met, jumping from the chair she sat in. Time, you thief, who love to get. Sweets into your list put that in!
- Sister Evangelina: You make sure you eat three square meals a day and a proper breakfast. I have my spies. Hear me?
- Cynthia Miller: We will write often. And you must write, too.
- Trixie Franklin: Yes. We want to hear every titbit of enthralling news from the Motherhouse!
- [Cynthia, Trixie, and Jenny embrace, as Sr. Winifred rushes out of the house]
- Sister Winifred: We've had a call from Joy Higgins in Orient Buildings. Looks like baby's on the way!
- Trixie Franklin: I should go. I'm first on call.
- Sister Winifred: Oh! You stay and wave Nurse Lee off.
- Cynthia Miller: You sure?
- Sister Winifred: Never more so.
- [Sr. Winifred leaves, as Sr. Julienne takes Jenny's hands]
- Sister Julienne: May you find peace, my dear.
- [Fred helps Jenny get inside the car. Sr. Monica Joan leans through the open window]
- Sister Monica Joan: [quoting Leigh Hunt's poem] Say I'm weary, say I'm sad. Say that health and wealth have missed me. Say I'm growing old, but add Jenny kissed me.
- [Sr. Monica Joan kisses Jenny's hand. Sr. Evangelina leads Monica Joan away from the car. As the car drives away, the group on the steps wave goodbye]
- Mature Jenny: [narrating] The doors to Nonnatus House were still wide open but my heart had closed. All I could do was try to keep living until I felt alive again.
- [first lines]
- Mature Jenny: To the young it seems no door is closed. And as though all hearts are open, everything is possible, and love comes so easily. I loved my work and the freedom that it brought me. I loved the teeming streets, the families I encountered. I loved it all, and I thought the joy would last for ever.