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Langford.

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Langford.

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If only it hadn't been for Langford,

4
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how happy we might have been.

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Manwaring!

6
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Manwaring, don't turn
your back to me, please!

7
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- I can't bear it!
- Lady Susan!

8
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Frederica!

9
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Wait! I beg you!

10
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Catherine, a letter.

11
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It seems Lady Susan will finally visit.

12
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- In fact, she's already on her way.
- What?

13
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Lady Susan Vernon?

14
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Congratulations on being about to receive
the most accomplished flirt in all England.

15
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You misjudge her, Reginald.

16
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How so?

17
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Well, like many women
of beauty and distinction,

18
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our sister-in-law has been a victim
of the spirit of jealousy in our land.

19
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- It's jealousy?
- Yes.

20
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Like anyone, Susan might be
capable of an action

21
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or a remark which is
open to misconstruction,

22
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but I can't help but admire the fortitude

23
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with which she has supported
grave misfortune.

24
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Excuse me. I spoke out of turn.

25
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Why would Lady Susan, who was
so well-settled at Langford,

26
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suddenly want to visit us?

27
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What reason does she give?

28
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Her anxiety to meet me
and to "know the children."

29
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It's never concerned her before.

30
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Your Ladyship.

31
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Susan. Come, hurry.

32
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My dear, such haste. How curious you are.

33
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Mr. Johnson's carriage is
about to come into the street.

34
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Surely that must happen often?

35
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- You didn't receive my letter?
- Letter?

36
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Mr. Johnson forbids my seeing you.

37
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Well, that's preposterous.
By what means "forbids"?

38
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He threatened the severest
punishment imaginable,

39
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sending me back to Connecticut.

40
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To be tarred and feathered?

41
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He claims to have important business
at Hartford

42
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and threatens to settle there
if our connection isn't entirely severed.

43
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And for what possible reason or pretext?

44
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His former ward,
Lucy Manwaring, wrote to him.

45
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Did she?

46
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- A horrid woman.
- I know.

47
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Deranged. If she were going to be jealous,

48
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she should not have married
such a charming man.

49
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I recall thinking,
as I approached Langford,

50
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"I like this man.
Pray heaven no harm come of it."

51
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I was determined to be discreet,
and I have been.

52
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Admitting no one's attentions
but Manwaring's,

53
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avoiding general flirtation entirely,

54
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except for a little notice
bestowed on Sir James Martin.

55
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But if the world knew my motive there,
it would honor me.

56
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- Martin?
- Sir James Martin.

57
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Of Martindale. Vastly rich, rather simple.

58
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Ideal.

59
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Miss Maria Manwaring
has set her cap for him,

60
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considering such an income
too large not to be shared.

61
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But with a little notice,

62
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I detached him and soon
had him in love with Frederica.

63
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If my daughter were not
the greatest simpleton on Earth,

64
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- she would be engaged to him now.
- What?

65
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She refused him.

66
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A baronet with 10,000 a year.
It's all so provoking.

67
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But where will you live?

68
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If there were another place open to me,
I would crawl there on my knees.

69
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The worst spot this side of the ocean.

70
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A country village. Churchill.
My brother-in-law's seat.

71
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Mrs. Cross, a gentlewoman
in straitened circumstances,

72
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will come with me as my companion,

73
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to pack and unpack.
You know, that sort of thing.

74
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And as there's an element
of friendship involved,

75
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I'm sure the paying of wages
would be offensive to us both.

76
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My brother-in-law,
Charles Vernon, is very rich.

77
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Once a man gets his name
on a banking house,

78
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he rolls in money.

79
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So it's not very rational for his lady
to begrudge the sums he's advanced me.

80
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Decidedly irrational, not rational at all.

81
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I have no money and no husband.

82
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Though, in one's plight,
they say, is one's opportunity.

83
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Not that I would ever want
to think in opportunistic terms.

84
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Oh, certainly not. Never.

85
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Churchill coming into view, Your Ladyship.

86
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Heavens. What a bore.

87
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Yes. Decidedly boring.

88
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Charles.

89
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- Susan, welcome to Churchill.
- Exceptional reception.

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Mrs. Cross.

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Mrs. Cross, Charles Vernon.
Welcome to Churchill.

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- Charming. Yellow suits you.
- This is Frederic and Emily.

93
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Good afternoon, Frederic.
Very pleased to meet you.

94
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Mrs. Cross is a friend of Lady Susan
and should be in the adjoining room.

95
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No reason to complain
of Mr. Vernon's reception.

96
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I'm not entirely satisfied with his lady's.

97
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- No?
- No.

98
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She's perfectly well-bred, surprisingly so,

99
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but her manner doesn't persuade me
she was disposed in my favor.

100
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As you might have noticed,

101
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Exceptionally amiable.

102
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In fact, entirely charming.
Excuse me for saying so.

103
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Oh, not at all. It's true.

104
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I wanted her to be delighted with me,
but I didn't succeed.

105
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I can't understand it.

106
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It's true I've always detested her

107
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and that before her marriage,
I went to great lengths to prevent it.

108
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Yet, it shows an illiberal spirit

109
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to resent for long
a plan which didn't succeed.

110
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Decidedly illiberal. Not liberal at all.

111
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My opposing her marriage

112
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and then later preventing her and
Charles from buying Vernon Castle

113
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might have given her
an unfavorable impression of me.

114
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But I've noticed that where
there's a disposition to dislike,

115
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a pretext will soon be found.

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- You mustn't reproach yourself.
- I shan't.

117
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The past is done.
My project will be the children.

118
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I know a couple of their names already.

119
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And I've decided to attach myself
to young Frederic in particular.

120
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Taking him on my lap and sighing over him
for his dear uncle's sake.

121
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Come in.

122
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Mrs. Vernon's compliments, Your Ladyship.

123
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She asks if you and Mrs. Cross
would join her for tea.

124
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With pleasure.

125
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Mrs. Cross would prefer her repose,
but thank Mrs. Vernon.

126
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I'll join her directly.

127
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Yes, Frederic, I see
you have quite an appetite.

128
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You will grow tall and handsome,
like your uncle and father.

129
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Frederic, be good.

130
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Don't touch that.

131
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Frederic, be careful!

132
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- Oh, I'm so... I'm so sorry.
- No, not at all.

133
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Such a family resemblance.
Rather moves me.

134
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You'll want to change.

135
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No, no, let's have our tea
while it's still warm.

136
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Mrs. Cross is a genius with fabrics.

137
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- Are you sure?
- Oh, yes.

138
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How much Frederic reminds me
of his dear uncle.

139
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Do you think there's a resemblance?

140
00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:11,549
Oh, remarkable. The eyes.

141
00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:14,674
Weren't Frederic Vernon's eyes brown?

142
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Well, I refer more to the shape
and slope of the brow.

143
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Oh.

144
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I must thank you for this visit.

145
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I'm afraid the short notice
must have come as a surprise.

146
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Only because I understood you
to be so happily settled at Langford.

147
00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:30,154
It's true Lady Manwaring
and her husband

148
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made me feel very welcome,

149
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but their outgoing dispositions
led them so often into society.

150
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I might have tolerated
such a life at one time

151
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but the loss of a husband such as
Mr. Vernon cannot be borne easily.

152
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To stay with you, here,
at your charming retirement

153
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became my fondest wish.

154
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I was happy to have the chance to meet.

155
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Might I confide something?

156
00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:56,793
Langford was not ideal for my daughter.

157
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Her education has been neglected,
for which I fault myself.

158
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Mr. Vernon's illness prevented me
from giving her the attention

159
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that both duty and affection required.

160
00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:08,753
I've therefore placed her at this
excellent school Miss Summers keeps.

161
00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:11,550
I trust Frederica will visit soon.

162
00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:14,234
Well, a visit, as delightful
as that might be,

163
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would represent so
many hours and days

164
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deducted from the grand
affair of education.

165
00:11:18,680 --> 00:11:22,559
And I'm afraid Frederica
can't afford such deductions.

166
00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:24,437
But she'll come for Christmas?

167
00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,651
Alas, no. Miss Summers
can only give her the

168
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concentrated attention
she requires then.

169
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- I'm so sorry.
- Not at all.

170
00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:34,936
But if you'll excuse me,
I'll give it to Mrs. Cross,

171
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who, when rested, craves activity.

172
00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:39,558
Once she's applied her genius to it,

173
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all traces of little Frederic's
interesting design will disappear.

174
00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:49,636
The fees at Frederica's school
are far too high to even think of paying.

175
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So, in a sense, it's an economy.

176
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Yes, well-arrived with her friend
Mrs. Cross and upstairs resting.

177
00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:20,640
I confess to curiosity to know this lady,
see first-hand her bewitching powers.

178
00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:22,432
Is she as beautiful as they say?

179
00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:24,750
- You worry me, Reginald.
- Don't.

180
00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,833
I understand Lady Susan possesses
a degree of captivating deceit,

181
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- which might be pleasing to detect.
- You truly worry me.

182
00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:33,959
Good evening.

183
00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:35,789
What charming expressions.

184
00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:41,031
Susan, um, let me introduce my brother,
Reginald DeCourcy.

185
00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:44,277
Reginald, may I present
Frederic Vernon's widow, Lady Susan,

186
00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:46,351
and her friend, Mrs. Cross.

187
00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:53,154
Delighted to make your acquaintance.
Your renown precedes you.

188
00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:57,189
I'm afraid the allusion escapes me.

189
00:12:57,360 --> 00:13:00,352
Your reputation as
an ornament to our society.

190
00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:03,510
Oh, what you say surprises me.

191
00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:05,790
Since the great sadness
of my husband's death,

192
00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:07,871
I've lived in nearly perfect isolation.

193
00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:11,917
To better know his family
and to further remove myself from society,

194
00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,672
I came to Churchill.

195
00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:15,796
Not to make new acquaintances
of frivolous sort,

196
00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:19,077
but of course I'm pleased
to know my sister's relations.

197
00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:59,475
I take it you are finding
Mr. DeCourcy's society more pleasurable?

198
00:13:59,560 --> 00:14:00,879
To some degree.

199
00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:04,669
At first, his conversation
betrayed a sauciness and familiarity,

200
00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:05,795
which is my aversion.

201
00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:08,519
But since, I've found
a quality of callow idealism

202
00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:09,999
which rather interests me.

203
00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:12,599
When I've inspired him
with greater respect

204
00:14:12,612 --> 00:14:14,831
than his sister's kind
offices have allowed,

205
00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:16,876
he might, in fact, be an agreeable flirt.

206
00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:18,672
He's handsome, isn't he?

207
00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:19,829
In a calf-like way.

208
00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:22,235
Not like Manwaring, of course, but...

209
00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:25,676
There's a certain pleasure in making
a person pre-determined to dislike

210
00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:27,916
instead acknowledge one's superiority.

211
00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:29,875
How delightful it will be

212
00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,520
to humble the pride
of these pompous DeCourcys.

213
00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:53,678
A letter for you, my dear.

214
00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:55,791
- Letter?
- Yes, from Catherine.

215
00:14:57,680 --> 00:14:59,477
I hope she'll arrive soon.

216
00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:02,913
The season's cheerless
without the children.

217
00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:08,953
Oh, I'm afraid this cold
has affected my eyes.

218
00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:11,270
Save your eyes, my dear. I'll read for you.

219
00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:13,191
- No, that's all right.
- No, I insist.

220
00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:15,439
Here, now.

221
00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:17,679
Let's see.

222
00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,149
Hmm...

223
00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:21,148
Catherine hopes you are well

224
00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:24,038
and asks most particularly
that you give me her love.

225
00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:26,510
- Yes, and?
- Um...

226
00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:33,069
Oh, Reginald has decided to stay
at Churchill to hunt with Charles.

227
00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:34,792
He cites the fine open weather.

228
00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:36,871
What nonsense. Weather's not open at all.

229
00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:39,600
Well, maybe it is there,
or it was when she wrote.

230
00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:41,033
My dear, could you just read?

231
00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:43,199
- Verbatim?
- Yes, the words.

232
00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:45,111
Some of Catherine's voice will be in them.

233
00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:49,910
I'll read every word, comma and dash
if that's what you wish. Here.

234
00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:53,756
"I grow deeply uneasy, comma,
my dearest Mother, comma,

235
00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:55,393
"about Reginald, comma,

236
00:15:55,520 --> 00:16:00,310
"from witnessing the very rapid increase
in her influence, semi-colon..."

237
00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:02,038
Just the words, please.

238
00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:05,516
No punctuation at all? All right.
That's much easier.

239
00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:14,040
Lady Susan?

240
00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:16,390
Yes, Lady Susan has been
visiting Churchill.

241
00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:18,238
- Lady Susan Vernon?
- Yes.

242
00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:22,548
Well, how could Reginald
engage in conversations

243
00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:24,039
with Lady Susan Vernon?

244
00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:26,473
Conversations which are...

245
00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:30,873
What would they talk about?

246
00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:33,696
My eyes have definitely cleared, I
can read it. Don't trouble yourself.

247
00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:36,056
No, no, no, if my son and heir
is involved with such a lady,

248
00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:37,479
I must trouble myself.

249
00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:52,515
Well, I must go.

250
00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:53,749
No! I'll write.

251
00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:56,035
No, no, no.
If this is happening, there's no time.

252
00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:08,951
- Afternoon, sir.
- Thank you.

253
00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:10,109
One, two...

254
00:17:17,120 --> 00:17:18,314
- Father.
- Afternoon.

255
00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:20,271
How extraordinary for you to be here.

256
00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:23,030
- You're in good health, I trust?
- Hmm.

257
00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:24,589
How's Mother?

258
00:17:26,120 --> 00:17:29,032
- What brings you to these parts?
- Take a seat.

259
00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:32,079
I won't dissemble and say
I have business in the district.

260
00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:34,276
What I've come about is more important.

261
00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:36,592
What's of such importance?

262
00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:40,235
I know young men don't admit
inquiry into affairs of the heart.

263
00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:43,392
But as the sole son of an ancient family,

264
00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:47,237
you must know that your conduct
is most important to us.

265
00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:48,719
Your happiness, ours,

266
00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:51,234
the credit of the family name,
its very survival...

267
00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:52,833
- Father...
- No, no, no, hear me out.

268
00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:56,515
I know that you'd not deliberately form
an engagement without informing us.

269
00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:02,037
But I can't help fear that you'll
fall into an obligation

270
00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:04,236
which everyone near you must oppose.

271
00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:05,389
What do you mean, sir?

272
00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:07,112
Well, Lady Susan Vernon's age alone...

273
00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:08,519
Father, you astonish me.

274
00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:10,589
What surprises you?

275
00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:13,069
Imputing such ambitions to Lady Susan.

276
00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:14,520
She'd never think of such a thing.

277
00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:18,394
My sole interest has been to enjoy
the lively conversation of a superior lady.

278
00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,355
- Catherine's prejudice is so great...
- Prejudice?

279
00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:26,672
Lady Susan's neglect of her late husband,
her extravagance and dissipation,

280
00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:28,800
her encouragement of other men,
were so notorious...

281
00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:30,398
These are vile calumnies.

282
00:18:32,360 --> 00:18:34,920
I could explain each
but would not so dignify them.

283
00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:39,516
I know you spend little time in society.

284
00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:41,696
- None.
- Should you have frequented it more,

285
00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:45,395
you'd know the astonishing degree
of vile, hateful jealousy in our country.

286
00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:47,636
Do not deprecate our country, sir.

287
00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:53,634
I can't prevent you inheriting
the family estate

288
00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:56,837
and my ability to distress you during
my life is not the kind of revenge

289
00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:58,148
that I would choose to take.

290
00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:00,520
- Father, this is unnecessary.
- No, no, let me continue.

291
00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:05,593
A permanent connection between
you and Lady Susan Vernon

292
00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:09,198
would destroy every comfort of our lives.

293
00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:15,071
It would be the death of the honest pride
with which we've always considered you.

294
00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:19,318
We'd blush to see you,
to hear of you, to think of you.

295
00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:20,469
Father.

296
00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,592
With the utmost humility,
let me say that what you imagine

297
00:19:26,120 --> 00:19:28,111
is impossible.

298
00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:45,576
Poor Mrs. Cross
was obliged to accept

299
00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:47,477
a paid position in Buckinghamshire.

300
00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:50,400
As there was an element
of friendship between us,

301
00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:53,392
I realized the paying of wages
would be offensive to us both.

302
00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:57,632
- You value friendship highly.
- Yes. I hope I was of some help to her.

303
00:19:57,800 --> 00:19:59,597
Your friends don't neglect you.

304
00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:04,832
Thank you, Charles.

305
00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,516
Oh, it's from Frederica's school.

306
00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:16,949
No.

307
00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,913
I can't believe it.
It defies comprehension.

308
00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:22,228
What?

309
00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:25,790
Frederica has run away.
She's run away from school.

310
00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:27,757
- Heavens. Where to?
- Oh!

311
00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:30,269
- They don't know.
- She's lost?

312
00:20:30,360 --> 00:20:34,069
No. They detected her plan
early enough to intercept her.

313
00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:36,056
Oh, folly, where could
she have thought of going?

314
00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:37,115
Surely here.

315
00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:39,350
No, this is the last place she would come.

316
00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:41,593
I mean, rather...

317
00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:43,477
But she must miss you terribly.

318
00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:47,030
Certainly. I just don't think
Churchill would be her object.

319
00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,075
Oh, now... This is outrageous.

320
00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:53,869
Miss Summers requires that
Frederica be removed from school.

321
00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:55,296
Miss Summers must be under the impression

322
00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:57,515
that as a widow without fortune,
I may be bullied.

323
00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:00,354
Evidently, she's forgotten
Frederica is a Vernon.

324
00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:03,157
Well, Charles must put this right.

325
00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:05,073
Confronted with his imposing worth,

326
00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:08,237
even the mistress of a school
must be persuaded to act rightly.

327
00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:21,713
I had no notion of Frederica
being so contrary,

328
00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:23,598
she seemed all Vernon milkiness.

329
00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:26,508
But it confirms the rightness of my plan.

330
00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:28,637
- Did Sir James call?
- Several times.

331
00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:30,153
Excellent.

332
00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:32,037
I followed your instructions,

333
00:21:32,120 --> 00:21:35,317
scolding him roundly for making love
to Maria Manwaring.

334
00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:37,955
He protested that it had only been in joke.

335
00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:40,548
You were right. He's wonderfully silly.

336
00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:43,518
But we must not let Sir James forget
with whom he's in love.

337
00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,273
A man so rich and foolish
will not remain single long.

338
00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:48,709
Sir James is so far from
having forgotten the Vernons,

339
00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:51,189
I'm sure he'd marry
either of you in an instant.

340
00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:53,597
I must go back to Churchill.

341
00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:58,317
But I may need your help finding a school
if Miss Summers won't take Frederica back.

342
00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:00,834
Under no circumstances
will I have Frederica at Churchill.

343
00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:02,148
That's wise.

344
00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:03,873
What do you mean?

345
00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:07,074
The nearness of their ages,
her and Reginald's.

346
00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:10,509
- Oh, how unkind.
- Forgive me.

347
00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:13,074
Forgiven. The fallacy of youth.

348
00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:16,835
Isn't it rather clear that it is we,
women of decision, who hold the trumps?

349
00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:20,793
Lady Susan? Lady Susan Vernon.

350
00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:23,793
- How dare you address me, sir?
- But Lady Susan...

351
00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:25,751
Be gone, sir! Or I will have you whipped.

352
00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:29,788
Outrageous! Have you never met him?

353
00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:32,758
No, I know him well. I would never
speak to a stranger like that.

354
00:22:44,360 --> 00:22:46,590
I hope you will soon know
my friend Alicia.

355
00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:48,034
She's an American,

356
00:22:48,120 --> 00:22:50,554
from the Connecticut branch
of the Delancey family.

357
00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,989
Although even the best-bred Americans
don't sound particularly fine,

358
00:22:55,120 --> 00:22:58,510
there's a freshness to her manner
which I find rather tonic.

359
00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:01,598
Her family were treated outrageously
there during the late war,

360
00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,240
punished for their very
loyalty to the Crown.

361
00:23:04,360 --> 00:23:07,557
Americans really have shown themselves
to be a nation of ingrates.

362
00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:10,916
Only by having children can one
begin to understand such a dynamic.

363
00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:12,035
Yes.

364
00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:22,797
Susan, I've been looking for you.

365
00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,036
The afternoon coach brought this note.

366
00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,589
Perhaps Charles has succeeded
with Miss Summers.

367
00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:35,878
Oh, it's as I feared.

368
00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:38,716
Miss Summers refuses to keep Frederica.

369
00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,598
She says she must think
of her school's reputation.

370
00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:43,995
Preposterous.
I've never heard of her school.

371
00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:52,830
- Could that be them?
- What, Frederica? Here?

372
00:23:54,360 --> 00:23:56,351
Hello, hello. Here we are.

373
00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:58,471
- Is this Frederica?
- Yes.

374
00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:01,838
Allow me to introduce our niece,
charming girl,

375
00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:03,188
uh, Miss Frederica Vernon.

376
00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:06,831
Welcome, Frederica.
We've longed to know you.

377
00:24:07,360 --> 00:24:08,873
My brother, Reginald DeCourcy.

378
00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:10,871
Hello. Pleased to meet you.

379
00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:12,678
Good afternoon, Frederica.

380
00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:14,354
Good afternoon, Mother.

381
00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:19,713
It's as I feared.

382
00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:21,518
Excuse me, I must go to my daughter.

383
00:24:26,120 --> 00:24:27,678
Poor Frederica.

384
00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:29,990
- Poor mother of Frederica.
- What?

385
00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:33,914
The daughter is, I understand,
a troubled girl.

386
00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:35,758
I only saw fear.

387
00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:40,797
She hasn't had tea.
Could be a lack of nourishment.

388
00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:00,359
Where is Frederica?

389
00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:03,000
In our rooms, practicing the pianoforte.

390
00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:05,953
She practices quietly.

391
00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,230
Don't look. Frederica's watching us.

392
00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:10,750
- Watching us?
- Through the window. Don't look.

393
00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:15,077
How odd, to be spied upon.

394
00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:17,236
That's the parent's lot.

395
00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:19,675
We bring these delightful
creatures into the world,

396
00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:21,034
eagerly, happily,

397
00:25:21,120 --> 00:25:24,032
and then before long, they are
spying upon and judging us,

398
00:25:24,120 --> 00:25:25,917
rarely favorably.

399
00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:30,551
Having children is our fondest wish, but
in doing so, we breed our acutest critics.

400
00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:34,838
It's a preposterous situation,
but entirely of our own making.

401
00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:38,117
- I marvel at your good humor.
- Well, what alternative have we?

402
00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:41,033
It's the way of the world.
We must accept it with a smile.

403
00:25:41,120 --> 00:25:43,031
Of course, when the little
ones are very small,

404
00:25:43,120 --> 00:25:44,712
there's a kind of sweetness

405
00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:48,110
which partially compensates
for the dreadfulness which comes after.

406
00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:51,916
- You worry for Frederica's future?
- I worry for her present.

407
00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,629
Acknowledging that the responsibility
for securing her future rests with me.

408
00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:20,390
Go.

409
00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:22,069
Come on.

410
00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:34,635
- Pretty? You think so?
- Yes.

411
00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:38,317
- You don't?
- No, I would not have said that.

412
00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:39,960
But in any case, beauty matters little.

413
00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,878
It's vivacity and a lively intelligence
one looks for,

414
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:44,473
even from the young.

415
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,714
Oh, I'm sorry. Please excuse me.

416
00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:06,916
- I beg your pardon.
- What is it, my dear?

417
00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:10,996
He's here. He is here. Sir James is here.

418
00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:12,553
- Who?
- I'm so sorry.

419
00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:14,079
Please excuse me.

420
00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:18,070
Oh, Frederica...

421
00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:21,557
So sorry to come like this.

422
00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,553
I... I suppose you weren't expecting me.

423
00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:27,393
Sir James, allow me
to introduce my sister-in-law,

424
00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,792
Mrs. Catherine Vernon,
and her brother, Mr. Reginald DeCourcy.

425
00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:33,438
- How do you do?
- How do you do?

426
00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:38,473
How kind of you to ask. Uh, excellent.

427
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:40,516
Truly very well, thank you.

428
00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:43,310
Uh, excuse my hurry in coming.

429
00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:46,233
The lack of notice beforehand,
et cetera, et cetera.

430
00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,558
Truth is, I forgot to write.

431
00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:52,279
Then it was too late, uh, now I'm here.

432
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:56,395
Took the liberty of a relation.
Hoping to be one soon.

433
00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:01,435
I must say, you looked surprised.
You were astonished to see me.

434
00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:05,035
No? Not? Well, that's how it looked.

435
00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:08,357
- Yes, I was astonished and I still am.
- Um...

436
00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:10,836
An impressive establishment
you have here, sir.

437
00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:13,275
My congratulations. Immaculate.

438
00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:17,589
- Mr. DeCourcy is Mrs. Vernon's brother.
- Very good.

439
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:21,514
It's her husband, Charles Vernon,
who has Churchill.

440
00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:22,993
Churchill?

441
00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:24,949
That's how you say it?

442
00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:29,197
All together like that?
"Churchill."

443
00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:31,555
Oh, well, that explains a lot.

444
00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:35,599
You see, I'd heard "church" and "hill,"
but couldn't find either.

445
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:39,036
All I could see was this big house.

446
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,514
Fine name. Churchill.

447
00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:44,591
Marlborough, right? The general?

448
00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:48,309
Showed the French. You must be very proud.

449
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:49,879
No connection.

450
00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:53,191
But I believe I have heard it spoken of.

451
00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:56,791
I... I think you mentioned it. Churchill.

452
00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:58,713
Yes, I think you did,

453
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:04,472
but again, oh, I heard "church" and "hill"
and I couldn't see either.

454
00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:08,277
But I realize I was in mistake

455
00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:11,033
and now stand corrected.

456
00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,316
Happens quite a lot.

457
00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:16,872
Reginald, would you be so kind
as to take Sir James to see Charles?

458
00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:19,336
I think you'll find
Charles very well-versed

459
00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:23,114
in the advanced agricultural methods
in which you've taken such an interest.

460
00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:24,515
Oh, yes!

461
00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:27,672
Advanced agricultural methods,
very much so.

462
00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:31,753
Uh, Collins, who supervises Martindale
for me, speaks of them often.

463
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:35,833
A landowner of the current day
must know all sorts of things.

464
00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:38,030
That is our role.

465
00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:40,834
"Hello, Collins!" I say.

466
00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:44,230
"What advanced agricultural methods
have we today?"

467
00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:47,399
Excellent.

468
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,314
Oh. There you are.

469
00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:54,713
Are you asleep?

470
00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,030
- No, Mama.
- Well, what, then?

471
00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:03,277
You were hiding from me. Please explain.

472
00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:04,759
No.

473
00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:07,871
My strange girl.

474
00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:12,598
- What were you up to back there?
- What?

475
00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:15,680
Rushing out
before Sir James entered the room.

476
00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:17,352
I couldn't bear to see him.

477
00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:21,433
"Couldn't bear."
Ungenerous manner of speech.

478
00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:24,678
Frederica, dear,

479
00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:27,155
Sir James Martin is
a kind-hearted young man

480
00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:31,597
whose only offense seems to be wanting
to provide you with a life of comfort.

481
00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:35,193
Have you nothing to say?

482
00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:41,915
Dear, our present comfortable state
is of the most precarious sort.

483
00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:44,350
We don't live, we visit.

484
00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:47,919
We're entirely at the mercy
of our friends and relations,

485
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,275
as we discovered so painfully at Langford.

486
00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:54,437
Now, here, you seem
to have won your aunt's affections.

487
00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,816
I think I served you well there, for I
believe she'd do anything to spite me.

488
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:00,400
But such a dynamic cannot continue forever.

489
00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:02,989
- But Mama...
- "But Mama."

490
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:06,470
I will not always be here
for you to contradict me.

491
00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:09,712
If a life of comfort such as Sir James
has to offer is not to your taste,

492
00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:11,199
what will you do?

493
00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:12,713
How will you live?

494
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:14,791
- I... I could teach.
- T each!

495
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:18,916
Had you been more in school,
you would not consider such a thing.

496
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:22,310
Answer this.
When Our Lord wrote his Commandments,

497
00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:26,268
which did he consider so important
that he put it in the fourth position?

498
00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:28,555
The fourth position?

499
00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:30,471
Yes. The Fourth Commandment.

500
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,831
I know the Commandments,
but not their order.

501
00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:38,316
See? This is what comes
of an irregular education.

502
00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:41,511
Yes, the Fourth Commandment.

503
00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:43,069
"Thou shalt not..."

504
00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:45,628
No, it's not a "shalt not." It's a "shalt".

505
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:48,075
- "Thou shalt"?
- If I had not myself been present,

506
00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:50,549
I would wonder if I were even your mother.

507
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:54,148
"Honor thy father and mother."

508
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:55,835
I'm sorry.

509
00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:58,070
Have I done anything
that's dishonored you or Father?

510
00:31:58,320 --> 00:31:59,912
"To honor" means, among other things,

511
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,639
to listen with respect
to a parent's sincere counsel.

512
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,598
I do listen with respect, Mama.
It's just...

513
00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:09,036
If you will not pay attention to me, then
perhaps you will to a larger imperative.

514
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:11,476
The law of the universe.

515
00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:15,394
An offer as splendid as Sir James's
is not likely to come around again.

516
00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:18,671
He has offered you
the one thing he has of value to give,

517
00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:20,034
his income.

518
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:25,193
I fear and reproach myself,
having shielded you for far too long.

519
00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:29,759
Had I let you starve a little bit more,
you would resist much less.

520
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:32,314
Mama, I was often hungry at school.

521
00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:33,833
Evidently not hungry enough.

522
00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:35,797
In any case, the
starvation of the school

523
00:32:35,810 --> 00:32:37,833
house is nothing like
that of the destitute.

524
00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:40,388
- Is that what you want?
- No.

525
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:43,670
I can see Sir James is a kind man

526
00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:46,672
and if it weren't a matter of marriage,
I'm sure I could like him.

527
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:50,310
But marriage is for one's whole life.

528
00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:52,118
Not in my experience.

529
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:53,760
Meanwhile, I must ask you not to speak

530
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:55,176
to your aunt and uncle about this matter

531
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:56,918
or seek their interference in any way.

532
00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:00,236
I insist. Promise?

533
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:02,879
- Remember the Commandment.
- Yes.

534
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:13,196
Sir James's arrival and its suddenness
requires some explanation.

535
00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,475
You were not too surprised, I hope?

536
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:17,152
It was unexpected.

537
00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:20,118
Certainly. To me as much as anyone.

538
00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:24,269
I'm afraid Sir James's best qualities
are not immediately apparent.

539
00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:27,279
- Certainly, he's no Solomon.
- Solomon?

540
00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:28,998
The wise king in the Bible,

541
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:33,119
who had the idea of dividing the infant
disputed by two mothers in half.

542
00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:36,836
Or in two.
I don't recall the exact wording.

543
00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:38,114
Yes, of course.

544
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:40,077
So, Sir James is no Solomon.

545
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:41,832
How many suitors of great wisdom

546
00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:44,070
can a young woman
expect to find these days?

547
00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:45,718
- I don't know.
- None!

548
00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:47,597
And, I confess, I ask myself,

549
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:50,114
is such a quality
even desirable in a husband?

550
00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:56,113
How jolly! Tiny green balls.

551
00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:03,389
Mmm. Yes. Good-tasting. Quite sweet.

552
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:04,839
What are they called?

553
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:08,313
- Peas.
- Oh, yes. No, I knew that.

554
00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:10,159
I recall now.

555
00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:13,956
I must get Collins
to cultivate these at Martindale.

556
00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:15,871
Novelty vegetables.

557
00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:18,190
Could make quite a packet.

558
00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:21,796
Ah. Tiny.

559
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:27,399
I'm enjoying Sir James's visit.

560
00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:30,358
His conversation is lively,
brings a new angle to things.

561
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:32,976
What would you think if I took him
to see the Fredericksville farm?

562
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,798
He mentioned that he had an interest
in agricultural methods.

563
00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:37,029
Yes.

564
00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:40,673
Frederic, be careful.

565
00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:42,637
Frederic, you must try to be good.

566
00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:52,400
He's utterly ridiculous.

567
00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:55,597
- Well, certainly he's no Solomon but...
- Solomon?

568
00:34:55,720 --> 00:34:59,030
The wise king from the Bible.
I know he's not that.

569
00:34:59,720 --> 00:35:02,518
But any man navigating
the cascades of romantic courtship

570
00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:08,152
and occasionally falling into those foaming
waters is apt not to appear at his best.

571
00:35:08,240 --> 00:35:09,355
What?

572
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:12,989
A simple word, Reginald. "Comprehension."

573
00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:14,433
I admire your cast of mind,

574
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:16,875
but I think you're not entirely sensible

575
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:19,349
at the degree
to which you can intimidate others.

576
00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:21,760
Particularly a young man
over whom you have every advantage

577
00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:23,990
of position, looks and character.

578
00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:27,555
Sir James Martin is a fool because of me?

579
00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:30,279
Yes. Around you, he seems very silly.

580
00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:32,874
- Isn't he silly around everyone?
- No.

581
00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:34,951
I believe he's given everyone
the same impression.

582
00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:37,031
Well, they've only seen him around you.

583
00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:40,315
But you deny Sir James's intentions
toward you?

584
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:42,868
- Toward me?
- He's clearly besotted with you.

585
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:45,315
No, it's with Frederica he's smitten.

586
00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:48,839
- That's not possible.
- Well, he's proposed to her.

587
00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:53,456
How could such a blockhead
even be allowed to court your daughter?

588
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:55,038
It's incomprehensible.

589
00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:58,317
This is the incomprehension
of the rich and easeful.

590
00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:01,676
You can afford to take the high ground
and add another layer to your pride.

591
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:04,274
If you realized the full extent
of ridiculous manhood

592
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:06,715
a young girl without fortune must endure,

593
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:08,756
you'd be more generous to Sir James.

594
00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:18,271
It was so good you could steal away.

595
00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:21,999
We can only meet through such subterfuges.

596
00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:25,993
Mr. Johnson is relentless.
I will not be sent back to Connecticut.

597
00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:28,395
I don't see why he believes
that association with me

598
00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:30,198
would lower your reputation.

599
00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:33,076
But a question.

600
00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:35,799
Did Sir James mention to you
any plans to come to Churchill?

601
00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:37,598
Heavens, no. What folly.

602
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:40,677
How did Mr. DeCourcy react?

603
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:42,995
Well, I had some gratification there.

604
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,510
At first he observed Sir James with an
attention not untinged with jealousy,

605
00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:49,154
but it was impossible
to really torture him,

606
00:36:49,240 --> 00:36:52,357
for I had to finally reveal
that his object was Frederica.

607
00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:54,118
Then he was all astonishment.

608
00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:57,340
Left to ourselves, I had
no great difficulty

609
00:36:57,353 --> 00:36:58,870
in convincing him
I was justified.

610
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:03,397
I don't remember the exact reasoning,
but it was all comfortably arranged.

611
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:06,273
So what's your verdict on young DeCourcy?

612
00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:08,954
Well, he's not stupid
and he has a great deal to say,

613
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:11,719
but I can't help but look
with a certain contempt

614
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:16,271
on the fancies of a heart so doubting
the reasonableness of its own emotions.

615
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:18,828
I vastly prefer
the generous spirit of a Manwaring

616
00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:24,631
who, deeply convinced of one's merit, is
satisfied that whatever one does is right.

617
00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:29,675
I know that no one really deserves you,
but young DeCourcy might be worth having.

618
00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:56,548
Excuse me, Frederica.

619
00:37:57,200 --> 00:37:58,713
When I came down this morning,

620
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:02,236
I, I couldn't help but notice
you were reading a book.

621
00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:05,551
Which book was that?

622
00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:08,911
This volume of Cowper's verse.

623
00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:11,638
Cowper, the poet?

624
00:38:11,720 --> 00:38:15,554
He also writes verse? Most impressive.

625
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:18,038
Yes, he's versatile that way.

626
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:28,869
So, Frederica,
you read both verse and poetry?

627
00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:35,835
In this, I believe, you take after your
mother, who knows a great many things.

628
00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:39,549
Just yesterday, she cited to me
a story from the Bible

629
00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:41,437
about a very wise king.

630
00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:47,389
This reminded me of many such, uh,
accounts one learns in childhood.

631
00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:52,312
Perhaps the most significant
in forming one's principles

632
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:54,994
is that of the old prophet

633
00:38:55,080 --> 00:39:00,154
who came down from the mount with tablets
bearing the Twelve Commandments,

634
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:05,317
which Our Lord has taught us
to obey without fail.

635
00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:07,354
Twelve Commandments?

636
00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:09,040
Mmm.

637
00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:12,271
Excuse me, but
I believe there were only ten.

638
00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:16,555
Really?

639
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:21,117
Only ten must be obeyed?
Excellent!

640
00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:24,151
Well, then, which two to take off?

641
00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:29,268
Perhaps the one about the Sabbath.
I prefer to hunt.

642
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:31,954
- Well...
- After that, it becomes tricky.

643
00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:36,681
Many of the thou-shalt-nots,
don't murder, uh,

644
00:39:36,694 --> 00:39:39,957
don't covet thy
neighbor's house or wife,

645
00:39:40,040 --> 00:39:42,554
one simply wouldn't do anyway.

646
00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:44,790
Because they are wrong,

647
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:48,429
whether the Lord allows us
to take them off or not.

648
00:40:01,720 --> 00:40:03,517
It's so kind of you.

649
00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:07,474
No, delighted.
Honored. My pleasure.

650
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:10,391
Would you like me to sign a note?

651
00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:14,150
Oh, no. No documents.
Uh, no note necessary.

652
00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:17,672
All in the family or,
uh, hoping to be soon.

653
00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:20,512
And the carriage?

654
00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:24,796
Oh, yes, the carriage. Definitely.
Certainly.

655
00:40:25,240 --> 00:40:27,390
My pleasure. Honored.

656
00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:49,557
Oh, hello.

657
00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:52,079
- Good day.
- Good day.

658
00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:55,275
Do you know
where I might find your mother?

659
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:57,590
I believe she has gone out.

660
00:41:57,680 --> 00:41:58,908
Gone out?

661
00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:04,200
- Are you all right?
- Mmm-hmm.

662
00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:05,639
What is it?

663
00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:08,795
Tell me, what's wrong?

664
00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:14,599
Please say.

665
00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:18,633
Sir, I...

666
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:22,236
I do not know to whom I can apply.

667
00:42:22,720 --> 00:42:25,188
What is it? Please, tell me.

668
00:42:25,720 --> 00:42:27,400
I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said anything.

669
00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:32,638
It's just that you're the only one
I think Mother might listen to.

670
00:42:32,720 --> 00:42:34,039
Why would you say that?

671
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:37,496
Well, she pays no one such regard
as she does you, except Lord Manwaring.

672
00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:38,953
What do you mean, Manwaring?

673
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:41,110
No. I'm sorry.

674
00:42:42,240 --> 00:42:47,155
It's just that of all the people,
I thought Mother would listen most to you.

675
00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:51,992
Let me understand this.

676
00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:58,188
It's that you find Sir James's presence
and courtship of you unwelcome.

677
00:42:59,920 --> 00:43:01,280
If his presence here disturbs you,

678
00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:03,436
it's to Charles and my sister
you should apply.

679
00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:05,831
I promised Mother I would not.

680
00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:08,309
I don't understand.
Why would you promise that?

681
00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:11,637
She required it.

682
00:43:11,720 --> 00:43:12,994
What did she require?

683
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:16,113
What?

684
00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:18,830
These silences are vexing.

685
00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:20,990
Mama forbade it.

686
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:22,115
I don't understand.

687
00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:24,576
I promised not to speak
to my aunt and uncle on this subject.

688
00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:26,616
- For what possible reason?
- It's wrong of me to speak now,

689
00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:29,518
and I'd not have if I
weren't at my wit's end.

690
00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:31,079
But I can't marry Sir James.

691
00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:33,589
To what do you object?

692
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:39,797
Well, you must have noticed.
He's very silly.

693
00:43:40,720 --> 00:43:44,190
- But besides that?
- Besides that?

694
00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:48,637
Yes, I confess the first impression
he made on me was also indifferent.

695
00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:51,115
But don't those knowledgeable
of such matters

696
00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:53,191
consider Sir James a good catch?

697
00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:55,356
Or "match" or whatever it is they say?

698
00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:58,675
A man of cheerful temperament,

699
00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:01,320
happy to devote a large income
to a wife's comfort.

700
00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:03,356
I would rather work for my bread.

701
00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:05,237
But what could you do?

702
00:44:05,360 --> 00:44:08,033
- I could teach. I could...
- T each?

703
00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:09,669
Yes.

704
00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:11,796
Must've been very little in school
to think that.

705
00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:15,119
T ell me, how did this happen?

706
00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:18,280
Your mother is a woman
of excellent understanding.

707
00:44:18,320 --> 00:44:21,471
Her concern for you is great,
though wise and clear-eyed.

708
00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:24,675
How could she be
as mistaken as you suggest,

709
00:44:24,760 --> 00:44:26,478
if you truly despise Sir James?

710
00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:31,549
I don't despise Sir James.
And I'm sure he's a kind man.

711
00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:37,789
And he has a charm, of a kind,
and certainly he is likeable.

712
00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:40,915
And I'm sure I could like him
if he were a cousin

713
00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:44,157
or a cousin's cousin
or a friend or a friend's friend

714
00:44:44,240 --> 00:44:45,958
or an in-law or a step-something.

715
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:49,318
I just don't want to marry him.

716
00:44:51,840 --> 00:44:54,513
Come. Tell me the particulars.

717
00:44:55,960 --> 00:44:58,235
If they are as you say,
I can't for the world imagine

718
00:44:58,320 --> 00:45:00,117
your mother would remain
deaf to your wishes.

719
00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:06,393
Thank you.

720
00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:15,113
Catherine.
I'd like to thank you for this visit.

721
00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:17,471
- You're leaving?
- Yes, I must.

722
00:45:17,720 --> 00:45:18,755
Why?

723
00:45:18,840 --> 00:45:21,877
As you've said, it's important at this
season one of us be with our parents.

724
00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:23,890
You've just decided this now?

725
00:45:23,903 --> 00:45:26,909
Yes, but before going,
I must ask one thing.

726
00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:31,752
I'd be grateful if you could see
justice is done Frederica.

727
00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:34,274
She's a sweet girl who
deserves a better fate.

728
00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:36,920
- I'm glad you now see her worth.
- Yes.

729
00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:39,152
My eyes have opened to many things.

730
00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:48,988
Aunt.

731
00:45:49,400 --> 00:45:52,437
- I did something very wrong.
- Oh, I'm sure not.

732
00:45:52,560 --> 00:45:56,075
No, I did.
And now he and my mother have quarreled.

733
00:45:56,160 --> 00:46:00,073
He is to leave and it is my fault.
Mama will never forgive me.

734
00:46:00,160 --> 00:46:01,559
Don't worry.

735
00:46:01,640 --> 00:46:04,313
If any of what you fear comes to pass,
I'll happily intercede.

736
00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:21,279
Good afternoon, Catherine.

737
00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:23,635
That cough of young Frederic's worries me.

738
00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:26,268
I have from London
some of Dr. Preston's excellent lozenges.

739
00:46:26,360 --> 00:46:29,636
- Would you like them for the dear boy?
- Yes. Thank you.

740
00:46:29,720 --> 00:46:32,359
Also, is it true that
we're losing Mr. DeCourcy today?

741
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:33,555
Yes, it seems that we will.

742
00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:36,032
How remarkable.

743
00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:39,317
When he and I spoke barely an hour ago,
he made no mention of it.

744
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:43,675
But perhaps he did not then know himself.

745
00:46:43,760 --> 00:46:46,797
Young men are so impetuous
in their resolutions.

746
00:46:46,880 --> 00:46:48,757
Oh, I wouldn't say Reginald is impetuous.

747
00:46:48,840 --> 00:46:52,037
Oh, yes, he is.
He's like other young men that way.

748
00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:55,875
Hasty in making resolutions
and then just as quick to unmake them.

749
00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:58,912
I would not be surprised
if he were to change his mind and stay.

750
00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:01,673
- He seemed quite decided.
- Well, we'll see.

751
00:47:03,080 --> 00:47:06,072
Some strangeness also seems
to be affecting Frederica.

752
00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:09,755
I believe the girl's actually fallen
in love, with your brother the object.

753
00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:27,751
Sir, Lady Susan asked
if she might have a word with you.

754
00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:31,435
She asked if you'd be so kind
as to visit her in her dressing room.

755
00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:48,395
Come in.

756
00:47:57,200 --> 00:47:59,077
I beg your pardon for
calling you here, sir,

757
00:47:59,160 --> 00:48:03,233
but I've just learned
of your intention to leave today.

758
00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:05,997
- Is that true?
- Yes, it is.

759
00:48:08,040 --> 00:48:09,109
You may close the door.

760
00:48:15,400 --> 00:48:19,393
I entreat you not, on my account,
to shorten your visit by even an hour.

761
00:48:20,200 --> 00:48:21,349
Well...

762
00:48:22,720 --> 00:48:26,679
I'm perfectly aware that after
what has passed between us,

763
00:48:26,760 --> 00:48:29,228
it would ill-suit either of us
to remain in the same house

764
00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:33,193
but it is I who should go.

765
00:48:34,200 --> 00:48:35,519
No. Why?

766
00:48:36,320 --> 00:48:39,835
My visit has already been
inconvenient for your family.

767
00:48:39,920 --> 00:48:44,232
For me to stay risks dividing a clan
affectionately attached to one another.

768
00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:46,896
Where I go is of little consequence,

769
00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:49,798
whereas your presence is important to all.

770
00:49:02,960 --> 00:49:05,428
It was terrifying
how close I came to destruction.

771
00:49:05,960 --> 00:49:09,191
It all started with Frederica,
in the grip of a madness of some kind,

772
00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:11,669
entreating Reginald
to intercede on her behalf,

773
00:49:11,840 --> 00:49:15,355
as if I was some kind of unkind mother,
not wanting the best for her child.

774
00:49:15,520 --> 00:49:19,718
Next, Reginald appeared at my rooms
with an expression of the utmost solemnity

775
00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:21,677
to inform me of the impropriety

776
00:49:21,760 --> 00:49:24,354
of allowing Sir James Martin
to court Frederica.

777
00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:27,394
I tried to joke him out of it
but he refused to be.

778
00:49:27,520 --> 00:49:29,317
Heavens. Is he really so pompous?

779
00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:30,799
The pomposity I assume.

780
00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:33,474
But it was his disloyalty
which outraged me.

781
00:49:33,560 --> 00:49:34,788
If he held me in true regard,

782
00:49:34,880 --> 00:49:37,872
he would not believe
such insinuations in my disfavor.

783
00:49:37,960 --> 00:49:41,919
A worthy lover should assume one has
unanswerable motives for all one does.

784
00:49:42,040 --> 00:49:44,076
Certainly.

785
00:49:44,720 --> 00:49:45,994
Scarcely an hour had gone by

786
00:49:46,080 --> 00:49:48,548
when I learned that Reginald
was leaving Churchill.

787
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:50,399
Well, something had to be done.

788
00:49:50,480 --> 00:49:53,677
Condescension was necessary,
though I abhor it.

789
00:49:53,840 --> 00:49:55,068
I sent for Reginald.

790
00:49:55,160 --> 00:49:57,096
When he appeared,
he seemed astonished at the summons

791
00:49:57,120 --> 00:50:00,112
and he seemed as though
he were half-fearing, half-wishing

792
00:50:00,240 --> 00:50:01,753
to be softened by what I might say.

793
00:50:02,320 --> 00:50:04,788
The outcome justifies
some portion of vanity, my dear,

794
00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:07,235
for the effect was no less favorable
than immediate.

795
00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:08,833
You brilliant creature.

796
00:50:08,920 --> 00:50:10,751
So, now I have many tasks.

797
00:50:10,840 --> 00:50:13,479
I must punish Frederica
for her application to Reginald

798
00:50:13,560 --> 00:50:16,358
and punish him for
receiving it so favorably.

799
00:50:16,440 --> 00:50:18,192
And I must make myself serious amends

800
00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:20,748
for the humiliations
I've been obliged to undergo.

801
00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:26,717
- Manwaring's in town.
- Manwaring. How is he, the divine man?

802
00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:30,315
Absolutely miserable about you
and jealous of DeCourcy.

803
00:50:30,920 --> 00:50:33,957
To such a degree I can't answer for
his not committing some great imprudence

804
00:50:34,040 --> 00:50:35,519
such as following you to Churchill.

805
00:50:35,600 --> 00:50:36,999
Heavens.

806
00:50:37,080 --> 00:50:39,514
I think I've dissuaded him from it.

807
00:50:39,640 --> 00:50:41,440
If you do follow my advice
and marry DeCourcy,

808
00:50:41,480 --> 00:50:44,040
it will be indispensable
for you to get Manwaring out of the way.

809
00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:46,791
Only you have the influence
to send him home.

810
00:50:46,880 --> 00:50:50,395
And by remaining in town, I'll be able
to reward a long penance at Churchill...

811
00:50:51,560 --> 00:50:53,520
with a little welcome dissipation.

812
00:50:54,360 --> 00:50:56,641
Madam, Lord Manwaring has arrived
and begs to be admitted.

813
00:50:58,560 --> 00:50:59,754
Please ask him to wait.

814
00:51:14,040 --> 00:51:15,155
Miss Vernon.

815
00:51:15,920 --> 00:51:19,230
It's so good to see you here.
Might I help you?

816
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:21,239
Yes.

817
00:51:21,680 --> 00:51:25,832
A friend was asking how,
in accord with Christian teaching,

818
00:51:25,920 --> 00:51:27,990
the Fourth Commandment
should be honored?

819
00:51:28,400 --> 00:51:32,712
The Fourth Commandment? Yes. "Remember
the Sabbath day, to keep it holy."

820
00:51:32,840 --> 00:51:36,469
No. I meant the Commandment
"Honor thy mother and father."

821
00:51:37,160 --> 00:51:39,594
The Fifth Commandment. My favorite.

822
00:51:40,200 --> 00:51:42,430
It's the Church of Rome
that has it as the Fourth.

823
00:51:42,560 --> 00:51:43,640
Yes, the Fifth Commandment.

824
00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:45,910
"Honor thy father and thy mother

825
00:51:46,040 --> 00:51:51,034
"that thy days may be long upon the land
which the Lord, thy God, giveth thee."

826
00:51:51,160 --> 00:51:53,515
Beautiful, profound.

827
00:51:53,600 --> 00:51:57,639
I believe one should apply
this sentiment of gratitude and loyalty

828
00:51:57,760 --> 00:51:59,716
to every aspect of our lives.

829
00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:06,557
We are not born into a savage wilderness
but into a beautiful mansion of the Lord,

830
00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:10,553
that the Lord, and those who have gone
before us, have constructed.

831
00:52:11,440 --> 00:52:16,036
We must avoid neglecting this mansion,
but rather glorify and preserve it,

832
00:52:16,120 --> 00:52:18,839
as we should all of the Lord's creation.

833
00:52:18,920 --> 00:52:23,232
Uh, the superb Baumgarten
has outlined this aesthetic trinity

834
00:52:23,320 --> 00:52:26,312
as beauty, truth and good.

835
00:52:27,480 --> 00:52:30,631
Truth is, uh, the perfect,
perceived by reason,

836
00:52:30,720 --> 00:52:35,714
uh, beauty, by the senses
and the good by moral will.

837
00:52:52,480 --> 00:52:54,516
From where do you come?

838
00:52:54,600 --> 00:52:55,749
Church.

839
00:52:57,240 --> 00:52:58,434
Why were you in church?

840
00:53:00,160 --> 00:53:02,594
Well, it is our religion.

841
00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:07,993
Yes, but this time of day,
neither morning prayer nor vespers.

842
00:53:08,120 --> 00:53:11,032
The sky had clouded over.
I was sure there would be a downpour.

843
00:53:11,120 --> 00:53:12,439
There was.

844
00:53:13,280 --> 00:53:17,558
Oh, you are quite drenched!
You must get into some dry clothes.

845
00:53:17,640 --> 00:53:18,914
Oh, excuse me.

846
00:53:37,040 --> 00:53:39,190
- Dearest, welcome.
- Oh, Mother.

847
00:53:39,400 --> 00:53:42,472
- What joy your letter gave us.
- I wrote too hastily.

848
00:53:42,680 --> 00:53:43,715
What?

849
00:53:43,800 --> 00:53:46,234
I couldn't imagine
that every expectation I had

850
00:53:46,320 --> 00:53:48,595
- would be dashed so quickly.
- You frighten me.

851
00:53:49,040 --> 00:53:52,396
Poor girl. Her one chance to break free.

852
00:53:52,640 --> 00:53:55,074
Who knows what punishment
her mother will now impose?

853
00:53:55,160 --> 00:53:58,436
But Reginald can't be blind
to such a lovely girl.

854
00:53:58,520 --> 00:53:59,999
He's become blind.

855
00:54:00,320 --> 00:54:02,834
Reginald is more securely
Lady Susan's than ever.

856
00:54:04,160 --> 00:54:08,119
Please don't tell your father.
I worry for his constitution.

857
00:54:09,600 --> 00:54:10,635
Tell me what?

858
00:54:32,120 --> 00:54:33,348
Susan, stop!

859
00:54:34,120 --> 00:54:36,588
Dreadful news. Mr. Johnson's been cured.

860
00:54:36,680 --> 00:54:37,795
Oh, how is that possible?

861
00:54:37,920 --> 00:54:40,878
No sooner had he heard you were in London
than he had a cure.

862
00:54:40,960 --> 00:54:43,428
Well, then could you do me
the greatest favor?

863
00:54:43,520 --> 00:54:46,273
Could you go to Seymour Street
and receive Reginald there?

864
00:54:46,400 --> 00:54:48,868
I dare not risk his and
Manwaring's meeting.

865
00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:51,872
Keep him with you all evening, if you can.
Make up anything.

866
00:54:58,920 --> 00:55:00,876
- Good day for it.
- Cheers.

867
00:55:22,920 --> 00:55:27,436
I'm sorry I wasn't there to greet you,
but didn't I provide a charming substitute?

868
00:55:30,120 --> 00:55:31,678
It's strange.

869
00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:35,833
You remain silent but Mrs. Johnson
couldn't stop singing your praises.

870
00:55:35,920 --> 00:55:36,955
Excuse me?

871
00:55:37,040 --> 00:55:41,670
I fear Alicia's rather fallen in love
with you. It's given me quite a scare.

872
00:55:41,880 --> 00:55:43,757
You're joking.

873
00:55:43,840 --> 00:55:45,034
But you did like her?

874
00:55:46,320 --> 00:55:47,639
Of course.

875
00:55:48,680 --> 00:55:50,432
I so admire Alicia.

876
00:55:50,840 --> 00:55:54,037
She has none of the uncouthness
one expects from Americans

877
00:55:54,160 --> 00:55:56,116
but all of the candor.

878
00:55:56,200 --> 00:55:59,351
Her husband, Mr. Johnson,
is older and rather disagreeable

879
00:55:59,440 --> 00:56:02,512
but a word of complaint
never drops from Alicia's lips.

880
00:56:03,000 --> 00:56:04,000
Exemplary.

881
00:56:04,960 --> 00:56:07,599
Only by one's friends
can one truly be known.

882
00:56:07,680 --> 00:56:11,593
That Alicia is mine will, I hope,
help you think better of me.

883
00:56:11,960 --> 00:56:13,234
I already thought well of you.

884
00:56:14,720 --> 00:56:16,950
You were not plagued by doubt?

885
00:56:18,880 --> 00:56:21,348
Some things disconcerted me.
That you were not here...

886
00:56:21,480 --> 00:56:25,155
Please, Reginald, don't be severe.
I can't support reproaches.

887
00:56:25,280 --> 00:56:27,794
- But...
- No, I entreat you. I can't support them.

888
00:56:28,960 --> 00:56:32,748
My absence was to arrange a matter
so that we could be together.

889
00:56:32,840 --> 00:56:35,479
I'm forbidden to say more.
Please don't reproach me.

890
00:56:42,400 --> 00:56:45,790
- Have you considered what I asked?
- I have,

891
00:56:45,920 --> 00:56:49,071
and I believe that our affairs
require a caution and delicacy

892
00:56:49,160 --> 00:56:54,280
that perhaps, in our candid enthusiasm,
we might have insufficiently heeded.

893
00:56:54,760 --> 00:56:55,829
What do you mean?

894
00:56:55,920 --> 00:56:58,912
I fear that our feelings
have hurried us to a degree

895
00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:01,195
which is in ill accord
with the views of the world.

896
00:57:01,360 --> 00:57:04,557
- I'm sure, in time...
- Perhaps, with time,

897
00:57:04,680 --> 00:57:07,592
but given the poignancy of our feelings...

898
00:57:07,680 --> 00:57:09,830
- You no longer wish to marry?
- No!

899
00:57:09,920 --> 00:57:12,070
No, all I'm saying or...

900
00:57:12,240 --> 00:57:15,915
Or hesitantly suggesting is that
we postpone an open understanding,

901
00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:20,039
until the opinion of the world
is more in accord with our inclinations.

902
00:57:23,320 --> 00:57:25,914
- That could mean never.
- No, no.

903
00:57:26,040 --> 00:57:28,031
Perhaps months.

904
00:57:28,760 --> 00:57:31,877
I confess that such delay
is against my every inclination.

905
00:57:31,960 --> 00:57:33,916
- Then let's...
- No, Reginald.

906
00:57:34,000 --> 00:57:36,514
I will not be responsible
for dividing your family.

907
00:57:37,920 --> 00:57:39,990
I thought we'd decided.

908
00:57:40,400 --> 00:57:44,757
I know, such delay is insupportable,
especially when we're both in London.

909
00:57:45,800 --> 00:57:49,918
With separations, only those that are also
geographical can reasonably be tolerated.

910
00:57:51,520 --> 00:57:53,636
- What?
- I'm sorry, Reginald,

911
00:57:53,720 --> 00:57:56,917
but staying in London
would be the death of our reputations.

912
00:57:58,320 --> 00:57:59,514
We must not meet.

913
00:58:00,640 --> 00:58:03,791
And not to meet, we must not be near.

914
00:58:04,720 --> 00:58:07,996
As cruel as it may seem,
the necessity of it must be evident to you.

915
00:58:08,720 --> 00:58:10,119
Where will you go?

916
00:58:10,360 --> 00:58:13,079
Of course, it's necessary
that I remain in London.

917
00:58:13,240 --> 00:58:16,277
There are arrangements that I must make
for us to be together.

918
00:58:17,160 --> 00:58:20,709
But on the contrary,
I know your family crave your company.

919
00:58:20,800 --> 00:58:24,873
Particularly that elderly gentleman
to whom you owe so much.

920
00:58:25,080 --> 00:58:26,991
I would hate to be
the cause of an ?loignement

921
00:58:27,080 --> 00:58:29,594
between you and your father,

922
00:58:29,680 --> 00:58:33,912
who, forgive me, might not have long left.

923
00:58:34,000 --> 00:58:38,278
There's no reason for worry that I know of.
Father's rather in his prime.

924
00:58:38,360 --> 00:58:39,554
Oh, thank heavens.

925
00:58:40,480 --> 00:58:42,198
So he's not in decline?

926
00:58:42,280 --> 00:58:46,114
He has the usual aches and pains
but is overall, I believe, in good health.

927
00:58:47,200 --> 00:58:49,430
In any case, he'd not want
any concern on that account,

928
00:58:49,520 --> 00:58:51,272
which he'd consider so much rubbish.

929
00:58:51,360 --> 00:58:52,634
Ah, mortality.

930
00:58:53,680 --> 00:58:55,238
Our mortality and that of others,

931
00:58:55,320 --> 00:58:56,514
but most particularly our own

932
00:58:56,600 --> 00:59:00,149
is the hardest and most intractable hand
life can deal us.

933
00:59:01,520 --> 00:59:04,114
I long to meet the dear gentleman.

934
00:59:04,200 --> 00:59:07,670
Of course, it's natural that
he would want to ignore or minimize

935
00:59:07,760 --> 00:59:11,150
- the cold, sad end that awaits us all.
- Not at all.

936
00:59:11,240 --> 00:59:12,798
Father's a Christian,

937
00:59:12,880 --> 00:59:15,713
for whom the prospect of the end
is neither sad nor cold.

938
00:59:15,800 --> 00:59:17,279
Ah, yes.

939
00:59:17,360 --> 00:59:19,874
Well, thank heaven for our religion.

940
00:59:19,960 --> 00:59:23,157
So important in this life
and most especially in the next.

941
00:59:24,320 --> 00:59:25,958
Must we really wait?

942
00:59:27,160 --> 00:59:29,151
I entreat you to reconsider.

943
00:59:43,080 --> 00:59:44,080
Lady Manwaring.

944
00:59:44,160 --> 00:59:46,993
Excuse me, I'm in such a state.

945
00:59:47,600 --> 00:59:48,600
I don't know what to say.

946
00:59:48,680 --> 00:59:51,717
Is Mr. Johnson at home?
I must speak with my guardian!

947
00:59:51,800 --> 00:59:54,951
Yes, of course, you poor dear.
I'll let him know you're here.

948
00:59:58,360 --> 01:00:00,237
Lucy Manwaring's here to see you.

949
01:00:00,320 --> 01:00:02,550
- Mr. Johnson!
- Lucy, please go in.

950
01:00:02,640 --> 01:00:04,496
- You must help!
- Dear Lucy, please.

951
01:00:04,520 --> 01:00:06,160
You must help me. Manwaring's left!

952
01:00:12,680 --> 01:00:14,193
Madam. Mr. DeCourcy.

953
01:00:16,360 --> 01:00:18,794
- Oh, good day.
- Mr. DeCourcy.

954
01:00:18,880 --> 01:00:21,952
What a surprise to see you.
So kind of you to call.

955
01:00:22,040 --> 01:00:24,713
I must thank you for last evening,
for setting matters right.

956
01:00:24,800 --> 01:00:28,588
Lady Susan's explained everything.
I'm ashamed to have spoken as I did.

957
01:00:28,680 --> 01:00:31,797
- It was foolish of me.
- No, no, not at all. Most sympathetic.

958
01:00:31,880 --> 01:00:35,111
But you did not have to come to thank me,
courtesy did not dictate it.

959
01:00:35,200 --> 01:00:37,555
In fact, it's not my sole motive.

960
01:00:37,640 --> 01:00:40,313
Lady Susan has entrusted me
with a letter for you.

961
01:00:40,400 --> 01:00:42,709
"Strictly private"? How intriguing.

962
01:00:46,720 --> 01:00:48,551
Has an animal been injured?

963
01:00:48,800 --> 01:00:52,475
No, private theatricals. Medea.
They perform next week

964
01:00:52,560 --> 01:00:55,393
but prefer not to be watched rehearsing.

965
01:00:55,480 --> 01:00:57,232
Thanks again for the charming evening.

966
01:00:57,360 --> 01:01:00,511
She's with him now!
This can't continue! It mustn't!

967
01:01:01,160 --> 01:01:05,073
Lucy, please. Don't.
Stay here, rest. Recover your equanimity.

968
01:01:05,160 --> 01:01:08,357
Equanimity? They're together now!

969
01:01:08,480 --> 01:01:12,075
I implore you, come with me,
talk with Manwaring, reason with him!

970
01:01:12,240 --> 01:01:13,753
As my guardian, won't you help?

971
01:01:13,840 --> 01:01:16,513
Even if I found them,
what good could be done?

972
01:01:16,600 --> 01:01:19,433
Yes, heed Mr. Johnson. His counsel
is excellent in such matters.

973
01:01:19,560 --> 01:01:21,755
What have you? A letter?

974
01:01:21,920 --> 01:01:23,717
- In her hand?
- Return that letter, madam!

975
01:01:23,800 --> 01:01:25,074
- It's not for you!
- Lucy, no.

976
01:01:25,200 --> 01:01:26,519
- Stop!
- Excuse me!

977
01:01:26,960 --> 01:01:27,960
Madam!

978
01:01:28,520 --> 01:01:30,720
I believe you were on the verge
of making a grave error.

979
01:01:33,080 --> 01:01:36,117
You are Lady Manwaring?
Lady Manwaring of Langford?

980
01:01:36,520 --> 01:01:38,988
You've recognized your friend
Lady Susan Vernon's hand

981
01:01:39,080 --> 01:01:40,216
and assumed the letter's for you.

982
01:01:40,240 --> 01:01:44,916
- You think that lady is my friend?
- She is with my husband now.

983
01:01:45,040 --> 01:01:47,918
As we speak, he visits her!

984
01:01:48,000 --> 01:01:51,356
That's not possible, madam.
I've just left her, she is entirely alone.

985
01:01:51,440 --> 01:01:52,714
Even her servant sent off.

986
01:01:52,800 --> 01:01:53,800
Owen!

987
01:01:56,920 --> 01:01:59,878
Owen, come here, stand here!

988
01:01:59,960 --> 01:02:02,030
Tell this gentleman what you've seen.

989
01:02:02,120 --> 01:02:05,237
- No, Your Ladyship...
- Repeat to him what you told me.

990
01:02:05,960 --> 01:02:10,590
Well, sir, Lady Susan sent
her servant away and then you left.

991
01:02:10,680 --> 01:02:14,559
And a few minutes later,
Lord Manwaring arrived

992
01:02:14,640 --> 01:02:16,835
and was received by Her Ladyship.

993
01:02:16,960 --> 01:02:18,632
- Alone?
- Yes, sir, I believe so.

994
01:02:18,920 --> 01:02:20,478
No one else came or went.

995
01:02:20,960 --> 01:02:23,997
No, stop!
The letter's for Mrs. Johnson only!

996
01:02:24,120 --> 01:02:25,519
Here.

997
01:02:25,640 --> 01:02:27,676
"I send Reginald with this letter.

998
01:02:27,800 --> 01:02:30,633
"Keep him there all evening if you can.

999
01:02:30,760 --> 01:02:33,797
"Manwaring comes this very hour."

1000
01:02:34,680 --> 01:02:35,936
That's not possible.

1001
01:02:35,960 --> 01:02:39,635
I must stop this!
Please, sir, come with me.

1002
01:02:39,720 --> 01:02:43,349
What could possibly be gained?
It could even be dangerous.

1003
01:02:43,440 --> 01:02:46,352
This is a matter for your solicitors.

1004
01:02:46,440 --> 01:02:49,238
Mrs. Johnson, this is beyond
what I could have imagined.

1005
01:02:49,320 --> 01:02:52,915
You promised that you would give up
all contact with this woman.

1006
01:02:53,000 --> 01:02:55,798
I have no idea what she writes.
She's gone mad.

1007
01:02:55,880 --> 01:02:58,394
I'm sorry to say, my dear,
that I hear the Atlantic passage

1008
01:02:58,480 --> 01:03:00,357
is very cold at this time of year.

1009
01:03:13,960 --> 01:03:15,279
- Madam.
- Agonies, my dear.

1010
01:03:15,360 --> 01:03:17,635
- What's happened?
- The worst.

1011
01:03:17,720 --> 01:03:19,597
- Disaster.
- Disaster?

1012
01:03:19,680 --> 01:03:21,796
Mr. DeCourcy arrived
just when he shouldn't have.

1013
01:03:21,880 --> 01:03:25,793
Lucy Manwaring had just forced herself
into Mr. Johnson's study to sob her woes.

1014
01:03:25,880 --> 01:03:29,031
Has she no pride?
No self-respect?

1015
01:03:29,120 --> 01:03:31,031
What an impression she makes,

1016
01:03:31,160 --> 01:03:34,516
bursting from Mr. Johnson's library,
wailing like a struck child.

1017
01:03:34,600 --> 01:03:38,149
Seeing the letter in your handwriting,
she tore it from Reginald to read aloud.

1018
01:03:38,240 --> 01:03:39,719
- No!
- Yes.

1019
01:03:39,800 --> 01:03:41,711
"Manwaring comes this very hour."

1020
01:03:41,800 --> 01:03:44,109
- And Reginald heard that?
- He read it himself.

1021
01:03:45,560 --> 01:03:47,039
How ungentlemanly.

1022
01:03:48,560 --> 01:03:50,152
It's shocking. I can't believe it.

1023
01:03:50,240 --> 01:03:52,071
Yes, very shocking.

1024
01:03:52,160 --> 01:03:55,470
A gentleman, entrusted with
correspondence marked "private,"

1025
01:03:55,600 --> 01:03:59,229
reads it regardless and then,
because of a few confidential remarks,

1026
01:03:59,320 --> 01:04:03,199
the obloquy is mine?
And who has acted badly in this affair?

1027
01:04:03,280 --> 01:04:07,637
Only you and I stand innocent
of reading other people's correspondence.

1028
01:04:08,000 --> 01:04:11,117
Unluckily, Lady Manwaring
also wormed out of her husband's servant

1029
01:04:11,280 --> 01:04:13,271
that Manwaring visited you in private.

1030
01:04:13,440 --> 01:04:14,440
Oh.

1031
01:04:14,720 --> 01:04:16,438
Facts are horrid things.

1032
01:04:18,640 --> 01:04:21,950
Don't worry.
I'll make my story good with Reginald.

1033
01:04:22,040 --> 01:04:23,632
He'll be a little enraged at first

1034
01:04:23,720 --> 01:04:26,188
but I vow that by dinner tomorrow,
all will be well.

1035
01:04:26,280 --> 01:04:29,113
I'm not sure.
He was with Mr. Johnson when I left.

1036
01:04:30,160 --> 01:04:31,275
Forgive me for saying it,

1037
01:04:31,360 --> 01:04:34,796
but I dread to imagine
what's being said in your disfavor.

1038
01:04:35,760 --> 01:04:39,435
What a mistake you made
marrying Mr. Johnson.

1039
01:04:39,560 --> 01:04:42,472
Too old to be governable, too young to die.

1040
01:05:02,640 --> 01:05:03,789
Good afternoon, madam.

1041
01:05:04,560 --> 01:05:07,552
Of course it might seem
outlandish or shocking to others.

1042
01:05:07,640 --> 01:05:10,598
But we're not expecting others
to read our correspondence

1043
01:05:10,680 --> 01:05:12,796
and don't put things for their benefit.

1044
01:05:13,680 --> 01:05:15,989
Manwaring only visited me
as his wife's friend.

1045
01:05:16,080 --> 01:05:18,150
Friend? She herself denies this.

1046
01:05:18,360 --> 01:05:21,955
Well, of course.
I was her friend when she was sane.

1047
01:05:22,040 --> 01:05:23,439
Her great enemy since.

1048
01:05:24,600 --> 01:05:27,990
Manwaring left Langford
to escape her deranged suspicions.

1049
01:05:28,560 --> 01:05:29,656
In granting him an interview,

1050
01:05:29,680 --> 01:05:32,274
my sole motive was
to persuade him to return to her

1051
01:05:32,360 --> 01:05:34,635
and see what might be done
to ease the poor woman's mind.

1052
01:05:34,720 --> 01:05:35,948
Yes, but why alone?

1053
01:05:38,600 --> 01:05:40,272
Why did you arrange to see him alone?

1054
01:05:40,360 --> 01:05:43,830
You cannot divine the motive there?
Servants have ears,

1055
01:05:43,960 --> 01:05:48,556
with the unfortunate tendency to repeat
whatever they imagine they've heard.

1056
01:05:48,640 --> 01:05:51,950
I dreaded injuring
the poor woman's reputation still further.

1057
01:05:52,040 --> 01:05:54,190
You imagine I could accept
such an explanation?

1058
01:05:54,280 --> 01:05:56,157
I can only tell you what I know to be true.

1059
01:05:58,480 --> 01:06:00,118
- Did you succeed?
- What?

1060
01:06:01,120 --> 01:06:03,190
Did you convince Manwaring
to return to his wife?

1061
01:06:03,280 --> 01:06:04,280
Yes, I did.

1062
01:06:05,520 --> 01:06:09,877
But it seems that her judgment
is too deteriorated to allow it.

1063
01:06:09,960 --> 01:06:14,112
Her jealous and suspicious condition
is not one that will allow reassurance.

1064
01:06:15,040 --> 01:06:18,555
You forget,
I saw the letter with my own eyes.

1065
01:06:18,640 --> 01:06:21,791
No, I do not forget. I greatly resent it.

1066
01:06:21,880 --> 01:06:25,316
A fault you compounded by misinterpreting
what you should never have seen.

1067
01:06:26,320 --> 01:06:28,788
Do you think I would have confided
a letter to a third party

1068
01:06:28,920 --> 01:06:31,388
if I thought its contents
in any way dangerous?

1069
01:06:32,360 --> 01:06:33,952
Have I not already explained everything

1070
01:06:34,040 --> 01:06:37,999
which the ill nature of the world
could interpret to my discredit?

1071
01:06:39,840 --> 01:06:42,638
What could so stagger
your esteem for me now?

1072
01:06:44,160 --> 01:06:46,310
After all we've discussed
and meant to one another,

1073
01:06:46,400 --> 01:06:50,916
that you could doubt my actions,
my intentions, my word.

1074
01:06:51,120 --> 01:06:53,634
I'm sorry, Reginald,
but I've reflected upon this deeply.

1075
01:06:53,760 --> 01:06:56,035
I cannot marry a man
with an untrusting disposition.

1076
01:06:56,120 --> 01:06:58,190
- I cannot have it.
- What?

1077
01:06:59,200 --> 01:07:00,315
We cannot marry.

1078
01:07:01,600 --> 01:07:03,556
Whatever commitment
was between us is severed,

1079
01:07:04,120 --> 01:07:05,394
any connection impossible.

1080
01:07:06,320 --> 01:07:08,834
What are you saying?

1081
01:07:08,960 --> 01:07:11,269
Mistrust does not bode well for any union.

1082
01:07:12,920 --> 01:07:15,070
I have a great regard for you.

1083
01:07:15,880 --> 01:07:18,997
Yes, a passionate one,
but I must master it.

1084
01:07:38,080 --> 01:07:39,991
Oh, Catherine! Catherine!

1085
01:07:41,000 --> 01:07:42,911
- Reginald's returned.
- He's here?

1086
01:07:43,000 --> 01:07:44,400
He's just gone to find your father.

1087
01:07:44,480 --> 01:07:46,118
- It's not...
- No, no.

1088
01:07:46,200 --> 01:07:47,792
No, the most happy news.

1089
01:07:47,880 --> 01:07:50,314
- Our fears were in vain.
- What?

1090
01:07:50,400 --> 01:07:52,118
- The engagement's off.
- How?

1091
01:07:52,200 --> 01:07:54,156
Well, Lady Susan broke it off herself.

1092
01:07:55,240 --> 01:07:56,468
She did?

1093
01:07:56,560 --> 01:07:59,916
Reginald's most cast down
but I'm sure he'll soon recover

1094
01:08:00,000 --> 01:08:03,595
and, dare we hope, cast his look elsewhere.

1095
01:08:05,360 --> 01:08:07,191
That woman's a fiend.

1096
01:08:07,320 --> 01:08:09,515
- What do you mean?
- Lady Susan.

1097
01:08:09,640 --> 01:08:12,757
She has an uncanny understanding
of men's natures.

1098
01:08:12,880 --> 01:08:15,997
By forcing the rupture herself,
she's engaged Reginald's pride.

1099
01:08:16,600 --> 01:08:18,079
Uncanny? I don't understand.

1100
01:08:18,160 --> 01:08:21,596
Reginald will start to doubt everything
he's heard to her detriment.

1101
01:08:21,680 --> 01:08:23,432
A guilty regret will overwhelm him

1102
01:08:23,520 --> 01:08:26,830
and slowly, surely,
he'll convince himself he's wronged her.

1103
01:08:26,920 --> 01:08:28,512
- You frighten me.
- Yes.

1104
01:08:28,600 --> 01:08:30,750
If Frederic Vernon,
renowned for his good sense,

1105
01:08:30,840 --> 01:08:33,479
let Lady Susan ruin him,
what chance has Reginald?

1106
01:08:37,360 --> 01:08:39,749
Everyone comments
on his lively understanding.

1107
01:08:40,560 --> 01:08:41,959
You are the best of mothers

1108
01:08:42,040 --> 01:08:44,793
but Reginald has
just the sort of sincere nature

1109
01:08:44,880 --> 01:08:46,950
most vulnerable to a woman of her genius.

1110
01:08:47,560 --> 01:08:49,710
- You think she's a genius?
- Diabolically so.

1111
01:08:50,160 --> 01:08:52,355
Like the serpent in Eden's Garden.

1112
01:08:53,840 --> 01:08:55,990
Does this woman always get her way?

1113
01:08:56,080 --> 01:08:59,197
From what I understand,
only clever tradesmen are astute enough

1114
01:08:59,320 --> 01:09:01,038
to see through her stratagems.

1115
01:09:01,160 --> 01:09:05,278
Several banded together to send their
agents to intercept her on Seymour Street,

1116
01:09:05,360 --> 01:09:07,874
obliging her to pawn the
last of her jewels.

1117
01:09:07,960 --> 01:09:11,396
Slay the fatted calf, my dear.
The prodigal's returned.

1118
01:09:11,520 --> 01:09:12,669
What's wrong, my boy?

1119
01:09:12,760 --> 01:09:16,309
The joy of seeing
your aged parents eludes you.

1120
01:09:16,400 --> 01:09:18,470
- Don't tease him, Father.
- It's a father's right.

1121
01:09:18,680 --> 01:09:20,511
You'll have him fleeing back to London.

1122
01:09:20,600 --> 01:09:24,388
No risk of that, I assure you.
London holds no charm for me.

1123
01:09:25,120 --> 01:09:29,193
Oh, you've realized that? Good.
Never appealed to me at all.

1124
01:09:29,280 --> 01:09:33,114
Dirty, noisy, noxious gases, soot.

1125
01:09:33,200 --> 01:09:35,111
I don't see the point of towns.

1126
01:09:35,200 --> 01:09:37,589
Far better to live on one's own land.
Everyone should.

1127
01:09:37,680 --> 01:09:39,557
I'm afraid this relates
to my sister-in-law.

1128
01:09:39,640 --> 01:09:43,838
Yes, sister.
Congratulations on your entire vindication.

1129
01:09:43,920 --> 01:09:46,309
On the contrary,
I don't see you out of danger at all.

1130
01:09:46,400 --> 01:09:48,834
- I assuredly am.
- What's all this about?

1131
01:09:48,920 --> 01:09:50,400
What's happening? I don't understand.

1132
01:09:50,440 --> 01:09:53,750
Reginald, dear,
Frederica has prepared a charming piece.

1133
01:09:53,840 --> 01:09:55,400
Help me persuade her to sing it for us.

1134
01:09:55,440 --> 01:09:57,954
No. You are too kind, Lady DeCourcy.
I am not ready.

1135
01:09:58,080 --> 01:10:02,471
Excuse me, Miss Vernon, Mother.
As much as I'd like to,

1136
01:10:02,560 --> 01:10:04,710
I'm afraid I am too tired
to be a suitable audience.

1137
01:10:04,800 --> 01:10:06,677
So, if you'll excuse me...

1138
01:10:06,760 --> 01:10:09,399
No, you must stay. Frederica's a songbird.

1139
01:10:09,720 --> 01:10:12,837
Never heard anything like it.
Don't deny us this pleasure, my dear.

1140
01:10:12,920 --> 01:10:14,976
- Reginald, we need you to insist.
- Well, as I said...

1141
01:10:15,000 --> 01:10:16,194
No, I'm sorry.

1142
01:10:17,120 --> 01:10:18,189
Excuse me.

1143
01:10:18,280 --> 01:10:19,936
You must play it, my dear. Please.

1144
01:10:19,960 --> 01:10:21,791
The Kentish Nightingale, I call her.

1145
01:10:22,200 --> 01:10:24,475
Voice is remarkable, even to my hearing.

1146
01:10:24,560 --> 01:10:26,676
She must have it from her mother's side.

1147
01:10:26,760 --> 01:10:29,479
Lady Susan's voice is a clear,
natural soprano. Lovely.

1148
01:10:31,320 --> 01:10:32,320
Beautiful.

1149
01:10:32,360 --> 01:10:33,395
It is, is it?

1150
01:10:33,480 --> 01:10:35,096
Do you expect visitors, Mother?

1151
01:10:35,120 --> 01:10:36,314
No, who would visit us?

1152
01:10:38,240 --> 01:10:41,630
Look who's come from London.
What an agreeable surprise.

1153
01:10:41,720 --> 01:10:44,234
Excuse me for arriving this way.

1154
01:10:44,320 --> 01:10:46,515
What a delightful family pose.

1155
01:10:46,640 --> 01:10:48,489
Yes, it is the season
for families to unite,

1156
01:10:48,502 --> 01:10:50,155
so especially welcome
to have you here.

1157
01:10:50,240 --> 01:10:51,912
Thank you, Charles.

1158
01:10:52,000 --> 01:10:55,515
I do hope that recognizing
a mother's anxiety to see her child,

1159
01:10:55,680 --> 01:10:57,750
you might excuse my abruptness.

1160
01:10:57,840 --> 01:11:00,479
Nothing to excuse.
Sir Reginald, Lady DeCourcy,

1161
01:11:00,560 --> 01:11:03,438
might I introduce my sister-in-law,
Lady Susan Vernon.

1162
01:11:03,520 --> 01:11:04,589
Enchant?e.

1163
01:11:04,680 --> 01:11:06,591
Please forgive this intrusion.

1164
01:11:06,680 --> 01:11:09,558
Now that I'm fixed in town,
I can't rest with Frederica away.

1165
01:11:09,640 --> 01:11:12,916
- Isn't such anxiety new?
- Yes, it is, I entirely agree,

1166
01:11:13,000 --> 01:11:14,752
but now I'm in London,

1167
01:11:14,840 --> 01:11:17,957
where the instruction Frederica needs
can so readily be found.

1168
01:11:18,800 --> 01:11:22,679
- Her voice has some promise.
- Some? She's a veritable songbird.

1169
01:11:22,760 --> 01:11:25,035
- The Kentish Nightingale, I call her.
- Do you?

1170
01:11:25,880 --> 01:11:28,553
Is this really Kent? Delightful.

1171
01:11:29,120 --> 01:11:32,749
You are right, sir, Frederica has
the native talent a bird might,

1172
01:11:32,840 --> 01:11:35,354
but those few notes can get repetitive.

1173
01:11:37,800 --> 01:11:40,314
But Mama, couldn't I stay?

1174
01:11:40,440 --> 01:11:42,192
"But Mama, couldn't I stay?"

1175
01:11:43,720 --> 01:11:46,314
Charming. I thank you, dear sister,

1176
01:11:46,400 --> 01:11:50,359
for making Frederica feel so at home
and welcome wherever she goes.

1177
01:11:51,880 --> 01:11:54,599
I've secured you a lesson
with SignorVoltroni.

1178
01:11:54,680 --> 01:11:56,830
Where the grand affair
of education is concerned,

1179
01:11:56,920 --> 01:11:58,876
there's no excuse for half-measures.

1180
01:12:00,480 --> 01:12:04,155
Isn't it key, sir,
to cultivate her voice?

1181
01:12:04,240 --> 01:12:07,277
- A nightingale, didn't you say?
- Uh, yes, that's right.

1182
01:12:08,720 --> 01:12:11,496
- The Kentish Nightingale, I call her.
- Delightful appellation.

1183
01:12:11,520 --> 01:12:13,954
And perhaps with a teacher
such as SignorVoltroni,

1184
01:12:14,040 --> 01:12:15,951
it could even become true.

1185
01:12:16,240 --> 01:12:19,120
- Frederica, have you your things?
- Leave for London now?

1186
01:12:19,640 --> 01:12:21,949
We'd so looked forward
to having Frederica with us.

1187
01:12:22,040 --> 01:12:24,190
How remarkable. Only a few weeks ago,

1188
01:12:24,280 --> 01:12:28,990
it was hard to find anywhere for Frederica.
Now the world fights for her company.

1189
01:12:29,080 --> 01:12:31,878
- Astonishing.
- Astonishing that she was neglected then

1190
01:12:31,960 --> 01:12:33,188
or is fought over now?

1191
01:12:33,280 --> 01:12:37,239
An excellent observation, dear sister,
but I will stop now,

1192
01:12:37,320 --> 01:12:39,914
because I know how my daughter
hates to be praised.

1193
01:12:41,680 --> 01:12:44,148
How are you, sir? I hope well.

1194
01:12:45,520 --> 01:12:46,589
We should go.

1195
01:12:46,680 --> 01:12:48,557
Excuse me, Mama, I must collect my things.

1196
01:12:49,440 --> 01:12:50,759
Yes, you must.

1197
01:12:50,840 --> 01:12:53,354
We cannot buy a new wardrobe
for each displacement.

1198
01:12:57,440 --> 01:13:00,352
The poor girl. Did you see her face?

1199
01:13:00,480 --> 01:13:03,056
I must talk to her, remind her
that she'll always have a home with us.

1200
01:13:03,080 --> 01:13:04,080
Or with us.

1201
01:13:04,160 --> 01:13:06,037
If you are referring to the past,

1202
01:13:06,120 --> 01:13:09,635
I doubt her mother
will again risk misinterpretation.

1203
01:13:10,000 --> 01:13:12,936
Henceforth, we can rest assured that
Lady Susan will make clear to Frederica

1204
01:13:12,960 --> 01:13:16,396
the consideration and affection
which guide her actions.

1205
01:13:29,440 --> 01:13:31,616
I have not gone to the trouble
of retrieving Frederica

1206
01:13:31,640 --> 01:13:33,631
from Parklands to again be thwarted.

1207
01:13:34,120 --> 01:13:36,554
Maria Manwaring may sob,
Frederica may whimper

1208
01:13:36,680 --> 01:13:38,159
and the Vernons may storm

1209
01:13:38,240 --> 01:13:41,437
but Sir James will be Frederica's
husband before the winter's out.

1210
01:13:41,600 --> 01:13:43,909
- You brilliant creature.
- Thank you, my dear.

1211
01:13:44,960 --> 01:13:48,396
I am done submitting my will
to the caprices of others.

1212
01:13:48,480 --> 01:13:50,710
Of resigning my own judgment
in deference to those

1213
01:13:50,800 --> 01:13:53,439
to whom I owe no duty
and have very little respect.

1214
01:13:54,680 --> 01:13:57,433
Too easily have I let my resolve weaken.

1215
01:13:57,520 --> 01:13:59,272
Frederica shall know the difference.

1216
01:13:59,360 --> 01:14:01,635
You're too indulgent with the girl.

1217
01:14:01,720 --> 01:14:04,757
Why let Frederica have him
when you could grab him yourself?

1218
01:14:04,840 --> 01:14:07,877
- Sir James?
- Yes, I know your unselfish nature,

1219
01:14:07,960 --> 01:14:10,952
but can you afford
to bestow Sir James on Frederica

1220
01:14:11,040 --> 01:14:12,792
while having no Sir James of your own?

1221
01:14:14,480 --> 01:14:17,040
Madam, Mr. Johnson sends word
he returns to dine.

1222
01:14:17,760 --> 01:14:19,910
- Thank you.
- Are you insulting me?

1223
01:14:20,680 --> 01:14:21,829
The opposite.

1224
01:14:22,120 --> 01:14:25,317
I don't doubt your ability
to get DeCourcy whenever you want him.

1225
01:14:25,400 --> 01:14:27,072
But is he really worth having?

1226
01:14:28,040 --> 01:14:30,156
Isn't his father just the sort
of enraging old man

1227
01:14:30,240 --> 01:14:33,471
who will live forever?
And how will you survive?

1228
01:14:33,720 --> 01:14:36,678
On the allowance that Frederica,
as Lady Martin, might grant you?

1229
01:14:36,760 --> 01:14:38,830
As guests at Churchill?

1230
01:14:38,920 --> 01:14:41,022
I'd rather be married
to my own husband than

1231
01:14:41,035 --> 01:14:42,913
dependent on the
hospitality of others.

1232
01:14:46,600 --> 01:14:48,955
We must protect her,
not just for her own sake,

1233
01:14:49,040 --> 01:14:50,996
but for her dear late father's.

1234
01:14:51,080 --> 01:14:52,399
What can we do?

1235
01:14:53,200 --> 01:14:55,998
We must find the argument
to persuade her mother

1236
01:14:56,080 --> 01:14:59,072
it's in her best interest,
which of course is her only guide.

1237
01:14:59,920 --> 01:15:01,956
That will mean a trip to London.

1238
01:15:02,040 --> 01:15:05,589
Fortunately, Charles must have
some business there to justify such a trip.

1239
01:15:06,120 --> 01:15:08,554
What a marvelous husband
you have, my dear.

1240
01:15:08,640 --> 01:15:11,279
Charles seems to live to oblige.

1241
01:15:11,400 --> 01:15:14,278
It's true. I've been lucky.

1242
01:15:14,640 --> 01:15:16,576
Charles always seems
to have some pretext or other

1243
01:15:16,600 --> 01:15:17,953
for doing just what's wanted.

1244
01:15:22,520 --> 01:15:25,990
Dearest. I believe you have
pressing business in London.

1245
01:15:26,120 --> 01:15:28,111
Oh. Um, yes.

1246
01:15:29,320 --> 01:15:30,389
Frederica?

1247
01:15:32,440 --> 01:15:36,035
You're so kind to visit.
Frederica will be delighted.

1248
01:15:36,120 --> 01:15:38,839
And how are the children?
Especially my dear Frederic.

1249
01:15:38,920 --> 01:15:40,558
Very well, thank you.

1250
01:15:40,680 --> 01:15:42,750
Frederica, come and see who's here!

1251
01:15:42,840 --> 01:15:46,037
I can't express my gratitude
for the hospitality you've extended us.

1252
01:15:46,120 --> 01:15:49,078
- Not at all. Our great pleasure.
- Hello, Frederica.

1253
01:15:49,160 --> 01:15:51,216
Good afternoon, my dear.
I hope you're well.

1254
01:15:51,240 --> 01:15:52,275
Thank you.

1255
01:15:53,440 --> 01:15:55,510
Oh, it is so good to see you.

1256
01:15:55,680 --> 01:15:58,240
Frederica, why don't you go upstairs
and play a piece?

1257
01:15:58,320 --> 01:15:59,548
Select something charming

1258
01:15:59,640 --> 01:16:01,520
to show your aunt and uncle
what you've studied.

1259
01:16:02,280 --> 01:16:03,395
With pleasure.

1260
01:16:05,840 --> 01:16:07,910
You'll see the strides she's been making.

1261
01:16:08,040 --> 01:16:09,598
Oh, do mind your head.

1262
01:16:09,680 --> 01:16:15,312
Frederica plays all the new music.
Haydn, Himmel, Bernardini, Cherubini.

1263
01:16:15,880 --> 01:16:16,880
Do sit down.

1264
01:16:20,120 --> 01:16:22,839
So you're happy
with the progress she's making?

1265
01:16:22,920 --> 01:16:26,071
Yes. Only in a city such as London

1266
01:16:26,160 --> 01:16:28,549
I believe could she have had
such instruction.

1267
01:16:29,280 --> 01:16:31,561
Well, if Frederica is making
such good progress in London,

1268
01:16:31,640 --> 01:16:34,029
that complicates matters.

1269
01:16:34,120 --> 01:16:36,395
What complication would that be?

1270
01:16:36,480 --> 01:16:38,520
We'd hoped that Frederica
might return to Churchill.

1271
01:16:38,560 --> 01:16:40,676
She is greatly missed,
especially by the little ones.

1272
01:16:42,120 --> 01:16:44,680
What a moving sentiment of cousinly regard.

1273
01:16:45,560 --> 01:16:48,279
But my concern, my obligation

1274
01:16:48,360 --> 01:16:51,557
is to see the defects
in Frederica's education repaired.

1275
01:16:51,640 --> 01:16:53,710
Could we invite one
of her teachers to Churchill,

1276
01:16:53,800 --> 01:16:56,678
- to continue her lessons there?
- What a kind thought.

1277
01:16:57,040 --> 01:17:00,077
But these are London's
most sought-after masters.

1278
01:17:00,160 --> 01:17:04,312
No invitation to a country retreat,
even such a delightful one as Churchill,

1279
01:17:04,400 --> 01:17:06,118
would be in their power to accept.

1280
01:17:06,200 --> 01:17:08,270
Perhaps a private tutor, then?

1281
01:17:08,360 --> 01:17:09,839
Might I confess something?

1282
01:17:10,720 --> 01:17:12,560
Frederica and I have become
such great friends,

1283
01:17:12,640 --> 01:17:14,835
it would be hard for me to part with her.

1284
01:17:14,920 --> 01:17:19,948
You might have noticed that for a time,
there was a strange tension between us.

1285
01:17:20,040 --> 01:17:21,598
That has now happily disappeared.

1286
01:17:23,680 --> 01:17:25,318
Excuse me, are you well?

1287
01:17:25,400 --> 01:17:28,870
Sorry, we so set our hearts
on Frederica's return.

1288
01:17:30,280 --> 01:17:31,474
Oh, I understand completely.

1289
01:17:31,560 --> 01:17:33,949
She's become an agreeable companion.

1290
01:17:34,040 --> 01:17:37,635
Even her tendency to extreme quiet
I've grown to find rather soothing.

1291
01:17:39,080 --> 01:17:42,038
But there is one factor that concerns me.

1292
01:17:42,120 --> 01:17:44,270
- Does she look quite well?
- Oh, yes.

1293
01:17:44,400 --> 01:17:46,709
That was your impression?

1294
01:17:46,800 --> 01:17:50,918
London's vaporous air is not,
I think, healthy for her.

1295
01:17:51,000 --> 01:17:53,195
- Does she not seem pale?
- She does.

1296
01:17:53,280 --> 01:17:58,593
The London air, these smoky gases,
cannot be salutary for her.

1297
01:17:59,080 --> 01:18:01,958
Fresh country air is
what the young require.

1298
01:18:02,040 --> 01:18:04,270
Yes. How curious they are.

1299
01:18:05,040 --> 01:18:09,909
Does not the town's dank air
favor the spread of influenza?

1300
01:18:10,080 --> 01:18:12,913
- The influenza, in London?
- Several cases have been reported.

1301
01:18:13,040 --> 01:18:14,519
It is after all the season for it.

1302
01:18:14,800 --> 01:18:17,109
Of all the disorders in the world,

1303
01:18:17,200 --> 01:18:19,130
risk of influenza
contagion is the one I

1304
01:18:19,143 --> 01:18:21,273
dread the most for
Frederica's constitution.

1305
01:18:21,560 --> 01:18:24,552
Shouldn't we consider, then,
removing her from this danger?

1306
01:18:24,760 --> 01:18:26,591
Oh, what you say does give me pause.

1307
01:18:27,760 --> 01:18:30,638
But it would be such a hardship
to lose my daughter's companionship

1308
01:18:30,720 --> 01:18:32,597
just when I've grown to rely on it.

1309
01:18:33,720 --> 01:18:35,073
And, of course, her studies.

1310
01:18:51,200 --> 01:18:53,077
Congratulate me, my dear.

1311
01:18:53,680 --> 01:18:55,976
Frederica's aunt and uncle
have taken her back to Churchill.

1312
01:18:56,000 --> 01:18:58,230
I thought you'd grown to enjoy
Frederica's company so.

1313
01:18:58,600 --> 01:19:01,512
Well, comparatively. A bit.

1314
01:19:02,520 --> 01:19:03,953
But I am not so self-indulgent

1315
01:19:04,040 --> 01:19:06,713
as to want to wallow
in the companionship of a child.

1316
01:19:06,800 --> 01:19:09,758
Alas, I fear this is our last meeting,

1317
01:19:09,840 --> 01:19:12,195
at least while Mr. Johnson is alive.

1318
01:19:12,280 --> 01:19:14,396
His business at Hartford
has become extensive.

1319
01:19:14,520 --> 01:19:17,830
If I continue to see you, he vows
to settle in Connecticut forever.

1320
01:19:18,040 --> 01:19:19,632
Oh, you could be scalped!

1321
01:19:22,560 --> 01:19:26,155
I had a feeling that the great word
"respectable" would someday divide us.

1322
01:19:26,320 --> 01:19:29,869
Your husband I abhor
but we must yield to necessity.

1323
01:19:29,960 --> 01:19:33,748
Our affection cannot be impaired by it
and in happier times,

1324
01:19:33,840 --> 01:19:37,753
when your situation is as independent
as mine, we will again unite.

1325
01:19:38,800 --> 01:19:41,553
For this I will impatiently wait.

1326
01:19:41,640 --> 01:19:43,596
I also.

1327
01:19:43,680 --> 01:19:46,672
May Mr. Johnson's next gouty attack
end more favorably.

1328
01:20:28,160 --> 01:20:29,275
Thank you.

1329
01:20:37,400 --> 01:20:40,676
Do you know where Frederica is?
Lady Susan's written to her.

1330
01:20:40,760 --> 01:20:41,760
Oh.

1331
01:20:42,880 --> 01:20:44,199
Frederica?

1332
01:20:45,040 --> 01:20:46,155
Frederica.

1333
01:20:46,880 --> 01:20:48,279
A letter from your mother.

1334
01:20:48,400 --> 01:20:50,755
Thank you, Aunt Catherine.
What does she say?

1335
01:20:50,840 --> 01:20:52,432
Well, she's written to you herself.

1336
01:21:07,720 --> 01:21:10,996
My mother and Sir James Martin have wed.

1337
01:21:11,760 --> 01:21:13,716
What?
How could that happen?

1338
01:21:13,800 --> 01:21:15,233
How could they possibly marry?

1339
01:21:15,320 --> 01:21:17,276
To what do you refer?
Both were free to do so.

1340
01:21:17,360 --> 01:21:18,952
He a bachelor, Susan a widow.

1341
01:21:19,160 --> 01:21:20,912
Sir James Martin is a fool.

1342
01:21:21,000 --> 01:21:22,718
Well, a bit of a rattle, perhaps.

1343
01:21:22,800 --> 01:21:25,473
"A bit of a rattle"?
He's a complete blockhead.

1344
01:21:25,560 --> 01:21:29,314
Well, there are three
possible explanations, as I see it.

1345
01:21:29,480 --> 01:21:32,392
First, perhaps Sir James
has more merit than we've allowed.

1346
01:21:32,480 --> 01:21:33,515
No.

1347
01:21:33,840 --> 01:21:36,798
Well, second, perhaps in order
to secure your future, Frederica,

1348
01:21:36,880 --> 01:21:39,758
your mother thought it necessary
to make a prudent match herself.

1349
01:21:39,840 --> 01:21:41,558
That could be the case.

1350
01:21:41,640 --> 01:21:43,756
Mama has always been concerned
for my future.

1351
01:21:43,840 --> 01:21:45,910
And the third possible explanation?

1352
01:21:46,000 --> 01:21:47,752
That she came to love him.

1353
01:21:47,880 --> 01:21:49,552
Well, there is a saying,

1354
01:21:49,640 --> 01:21:53,030
"The heart has its strangeness,"
or words to that effect.

1355
01:21:53,160 --> 01:21:57,073
The heart is an instrument we possess
but do not truly know.

1356
01:21:57,160 --> 01:22:00,869
Human love partakes of the divine,
or at least it has in my case.

1357
01:22:02,960 --> 01:22:04,680
You'll find it in the writings of Rousseau.

1358
01:22:05,280 --> 01:22:07,157
Julie, Or The New Heloise, I think.

1359
01:22:07,240 --> 01:22:08,776
I will confirm the citation
if you're interested.

1360
01:22:08,800 --> 01:22:12,076
I just find it incomprehensible
that so brilliant a woman

1361
01:22:12,160 --> 01:22:16,517
could marry such a pea-brain,
or peas-brain.

1362
01:22:16,600 --> 01:22:17,736
It happens all the time.

1363
01:22:17,760 --> 01:22:18,976
It strains credulity.

1364
01:22:19,000 --> 01:22:21,195
Certainly, as you've said,
Sir James is no Solomon,

1365
01:22:21,280 --> 01:22:24,272
but if he can give Lady Susan
the happiness and security

1366
01:22:24,360 --> 01:22:26,256
which the sad events
of recent years deprived her of,

1367
01:22:26,280 --> 01:22:29,113
then he is someone
that I and all of us should value.

1368
01:22:30,040 --> 01:22:33,032
I very much agree, Uncle.
We all should.

1369
01:22:34,200 --> 01:22:36,794
I wish them every happiness
in their life together.

1370
01:22:54,000 --> 01:22:57,470
Congratulations, sir,
on a match I long favored.

1371
01:22:57,560 --> 01:22:59,949
There's a rightness to your being together.

1372
01:23:00,040 --> 01:23:03,112
Not that any man could really
deserve Lady Susan.

1373
01:23:03,200 --> 01:23:05,031
I agree most heartily.

1374
01:23:05,120 --> 01:23:09,272
And I've pleasure in adding
that double congratulations are in order.

1375
01:23:09,400 --> 01:23:10,400
What?

1376
01:23:10,440 --> 01:23:14,479
The most beautiful woman in England,
present company excepted,

1377
01:23:14,560 --> 01:23:17,358
will soon be the most beautiful mother.

1378
01:23:17,440 --> 01:23:19,715
Yes, I'm to be a father.

1379
01:23:19,800 --> 01:23:21,313
Marvelous!

1380
01:23:21,400 --> 01:23:23,356
You certainly don't delay matters.

1381
01:23:23,440 --> 01:23:24,634
Congratulations, sir.

1382
01:23:24,720 --> 01:23:26,756
Yes. The very morning after the wedding,

1383
01:23:26,840 --> 01:23:31,356
Lady Susan hinted at the happy news,
which was shortly confirmed.

1384
01:23:31,440 --> 01:23:33,670
How truly marvelous.

1385
01:23:33,760 --> 01:23:36,115
I'm as proud as you can imagine.

1386
01:23:38,040 --> 01:23:39,393
What's that?

1387
01:23:41,840 --> 01:23:42,909
Such a burden.

1388
01:23:45,080 --> 01:23:46,877
When Lord and Lady Manwaring separated,

1389
01:23:47,000 --> 01:23:49,514
Mr. Johnson,
who is Lucy Manwaring's guardian,

1390
01:23:49,600 --> 01:23:51,318
invited her to live with us.

1391
01:23:51,400 --> 01:23:54,472
Really? What upsets her?

1392
01:23:54,560 --> 01:23:56,949
The separation still. She goes on about it.

1393
01:23:57,040 --> 01:23:58,109
What?

1394
01:23:58,200 --> 01:24:01,112
All this carrying on about a marriage
that ended weeks ago.

1395
01:24:02,400 --> 01:24:07,155
If a woman fails to please her husband, why
go on about it, advertising one's failure?

1396
01:24:07,240 --> 01:24:09,216
Why announce to the world
that the man who knows you best

1397
01:24:09,240 --> 01:24:10,719
would rather be with someone else?

1398
01:24:10,800 --> 01:24:13,598
It seems as if Lady Manwaring
has failed to consider

1399
01:24:13,680 --> 01:24:16,274
the difference between the sexes.

1400
01:24:16,480 --> 01:24:19,950
For a husband to wander
is not the same as vice versa.

1401
01:24:20,080 --> 01:24:24,153
If a husband strays,
he's merely responding to his biology.

1402
01:24:24,240 --> 01:24:26,276
That is how men are made.

1403
01:24:26,360 --> 01:24:30,512
But for a woman to act
in a similar way is ridiculous,

1404
01:24:30,600 --> 01:24:31,635
unimaginable.

1405
01:24:32,760 --> 01:24:35,115
Just the idea is funny.

1406
01:24:35,200 --> 01:24:37,111
Couldn't agree more. Quite funny.

1407
01:24:42,600 --> 01:24:45,194
I rather blame
Lady Manwaring's scene-making

1408
01:24:45,280 --> 01:24:47,236
for driving her husband away.

1409
01:24:47,400 --> 01:24:49,868
But her loss has been our gain.

1410
01:24:49,960 --> 01:24:52,793
As a result of the trouble
her solicitors caused,

1411
01:24:52,880 --> 01:24:55,155
we've had Manwaring stay with us
these past weeks.

1412
01:24:55,440 --> 01:24:57,556
That's not inconvenient?

1413
01:24:57,640 --> 01:24:58,709
Not at all!

1414
01:24:58,800 --> 01:25:01,189
Capital fellow. Couldn't get on better.

1415
01:25:01,360 --> 01:25:03,874
Loves to hunt, small and large game.

1416
01:25:04,920 --> 01:25:09,232
Excellent. Excellent to have a guest.
And the talk that comes with it.

1417
01:25:09,320 --> 01:25:14,553
Of course, Lady Susan's sharp,
but it's easier to talk with a fellow,

1418
01:25:14,640 --> 01:25:17,154
particularly one who
shares one's interests.

1419
01:25:17,240 --> 01:25:20,118
Before long, we'll have another guest.

1420
01:25:20,200 --> 01:25:21,428
Frederica.

1421
01:25:21,520 --> 01:25:23,909
No. Of course, the baby!

1422
01:25:24,000 --> 01:25:25,877
Manwaring? Manwaring?

1423
01:25:26,840 --> 01:25:28,478
Have you seen my husband?

1424
01:25:28,600 --> 01:25:30,511
What have you been saying? Tell me.

1425
01:25:30,600 --> 01:25:32,511
How is he?

1426
01:25:32,600 --> 01:25:35,478
Well, madam. Very well, I believe.

1427
01:25:36,880 --> 01:25:38,029
Couldn't be better.

1428
01:25:46,840 --> 01:25:48,319
- Tea?
- Mmm. Quite.

1429
01:26:02,400 --> 01:26:03,400
Oh!

1430
01:26:04,520 --> 01:26:05,520
Look out!

1431
01:26:08,920 --> 01:26:10,876
Right.

1432
01:26:13,360 --> 01:26:15,749
Ah! So, here's the church.

1433
01:26:18,480 --> 01:26:20,357
But where's the hill?

1434
01:26:20,440 --> 01:26:21,759
Don't see it.

1435
01:26:22,720 --> 01:26:24,073
Doesn't seem to be one.

1436
01:26:25,440 --> 01:26:28,512
Strange. Odd.

1437
01:26:39,720 --> 01:26:41,119
God bless you all!

1438
01:26:49,080 --> 01:26:50,160
Please excuse me.

1439
01:26:52,360 --> 01:26:53,998
Your mother must be very proud.

1440
01:26:54,080 --> 01:26:56,469
And I am enormously grateful to her.

1441
01:26:56,560 --> 01:26:58,960
Without her efforts, I never
would have found such happiness.

1442
01:27:00,760 --> 01:27:02,352
Do excuse me.

1443
01:27:02,440 --> 01:27:04,112
And bearing false witness?

1444
01:27:04,400 --> 01:27:06,834
Oh, no, that would be the Ninth.

1445
01:27:07,120 --> 01:27:09,270
You must be most proud of Frederica.

1446
01:27:09,600 --> 01:27:11,989
Well, I would not say proud.

1447
01:27:12,320 --> 01:27:14,311
I'm glad I was able to attend
to her education.

1448
01:27:15,600 --> 01:27:18,637
My daughter has shown herself
to be cunning and manipulative.

1449
01:27:18,720 --> 01:27:21,917
I couldn't be more pleased.
A Vernon will never go hungry.

1450
01:27:22,000 --> 01:27:23,797
We must ask Frederica to sing.

1451
01:27:23,880 --> 01:27:25,074
That would be delightful.

1452
01:27:25,160 --> 01:27:26,798
The Surrey Songbird, we call her.

1453
01:27:26,880 --> 01:27:29,917
What? No. Kentish Nightingale.

1454
01:27:30,000 --> 01:27:31,336
Always called her that.

1455
01:27:31,360 --> 01:27:34,750
Surrey Songbird? Nonsense.
Rubbish. Ridiculous.

1456
01:27:38,680 --> 01:27:42,593
Ladies and gentlemen,
Mr. Reginald DeCourcy.

1457
01:27:42,680 --> 01:27:45,797
Over the past months,
I have continued to be startled

1458
01:27:45,880 --> 01:27:49,031
by Frederica's loveliness and good heart.

1459
01:27:50,360 --> 01:27:55,354
I had wanted to write some verses
as a memorial to these discoveries.

1460
01:27:55,840 --> 01:27:58,877
But they are now so extensive
they would form a volume.

1461
01:27:59,000 --> 01:28:00,360
So I'll just read these few lines.

1462
01:28:11,560 --> 01:28:12,913
"Mien engaging"?

1463
01:28:13,040 --> 01:28:15,838
Oh, yes, "mien," appearance or countenance.

1464
01:28:15,920 --> 01:28:18,275
It's from the French "mien," I believe.

1465
01:28:18,400 --> 01:28:19,879
I can find you the citation.

1466
01:28:34,680 --> 01:28:37,399
Mrs. Reginald DeCourcy.

1467
01:28:38,760 --> 01:28:40,056
As you may already know,

1468
01:28:40,080 --> 01:28:43,516
I take Lady DeCourcy's
requests as commands

1469
01:28:43,600 --> 01:28:45,158
and therefore, I will sing this piece.

1470
01:28:46,240 --> 01:28:49,312
Over the mountains

1471
01:28:49,440 --> 01:28:52,955
And over the waves

1472
01:28:53,760 --> 01:28:56,558
Under the fountains

1473
01:28:56,680 --> 01:29:00,468
And under the graves

1474
01:29:00,560 --> 01:29:04,109
Under floods that are the deepest

1475
01:29:04,200 --> 01:29:07,795
Which Neptune obey

1476
01:29:08,200 --> 01:29:12,273
Over rocks that are the steepest

1477
01:29:12,880 --> 01:29:16,589
Love will find out the way

1478
01:29:20,880 --> 01:29:25,112
Though I detest imprudence
and sincere emotions of all kinds,

1479
01:29:26,440 --> 01:29:28,112
where Manwaring's concerned...

1480
01:29:30,280 --> 01:29:32,191
And very quickly
he was in good humor?

1481
01:29:32,360 --> 01:29:35,158
I see what you mean,
how flattery alters a man's spirits.

1482
01:29:35,240 --> 01:29:36,719
It's delightful.

1483
01:29:36,840 --> 01:29:39,354
Such a posture,
resenting a well-meaning parent,

1484
01:29:39,440 --> 01:29:41,635
is apparently common among girls her age.

1485
01:29:43,080 --> 01:29:45,216
- They are perhaps undercooked.
- No, not at all.

1486
01:29:45,240 --> 01:29:47,674
- They're perfect.
- Mmm. Yes!

1487
01:29:49,080 --> 01:29:50,638
Good-tasting. Quite sweet.

1488
01:29:50,840 --> 01:29:52,360
I shouldn't have said anything at all!

1489
01:29:58,520 --> 01:29:59,953
She's lovely.

1490
01:30:00,200 --> 01:30:02,919
No DeCourcy should forget
the lengths to which Lady Susan went

1491
01:30:03,040 --> 01:30:05,235
to prevent Charles Vernon
marrying Catherine,

1492
01:30:05,320 --> 01:30:06,435
which, had she succeeded,

1493
01:30:06,520 --> 01:30:08,456
would have ruined
your sister's happiness forever.

1494
01:30:08,480 --> 01:30:11,870
Lady Susan sent her servant away
and then you left.

1495
01:30:11,960 --> 01:30:13,632
And a few minutes later...

1496
01:30:14,200 --> 01:30:17,636
Mrs. Johnson, this is beyond
what I could have imagined.

1497
01:30:18,000 --> 01:30:19,831
I'll never forgive the trouble he's caused.

1498
01:30:20,000 --> 01:30:21,433
Thank you, my dear.

1499
01:30:21,640 --> 01:30:23,870
May his next gouty attack be a severe one.