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Marian Henry: What is there to say about Thomas Edison

that hasn't already been written?

- [smack] - [Norman yells]

- ? -Marian: Well, let me tell yo.

- [Thomas moaning] - Oh, hey, hey, hey.

Marian: The year was 1867,

and I was the very first female student chosen to participate

at a very prestigious Ivy League institution.

They called this--

The dawn of a new era.

[applause]

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[distant chatter]

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Excuse me, I'm looking for Bioanthropology 215.

I'm curious if any of you lot might be--

Do you mind if I take a look?

Bioanthropology, hmm.

215.

215.

- 215. - Yes, 215.

You can read numbers quite well.

You know, I don't recall where that one is.

Marian: Even though you're holding a bio textbook

right there?

That's for something different.

Oh, I see.

I see.

You know, if the lot of you can't muster up a decent retort,

how do you expect to charm your future wives one day?

Well, we can--we can retort.

Oh, sure, you're telling yourselves it'll be all about

the money, huh?

But the truth is, women all over the country,

the good ones, anyway, they are just like me.

They're challenging themselves to find unique purpose,

to do better, to be better enlightened women.

I don't want enlightened women.

Thomas Edison: I don't think you'll have much say

in the matter after long.

All right.

- Are you disagreeing? - Marian: Yes, they disagree.

It seems they disagree.

Come on. Look at her.

I mean, she's not a serious person.

- Look at her. - Marian: Look at me.

I am.

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Of the 6,072 submissions this year, there were 908 admissions.

Which makes you all very smart and very elite.

But this fine lady--your name, fine lady?

Marian.

Miss Marian here applied against an entirely separate pool

of applicants.

900 applicants, one slot.

I'm sure I don't have to explain how ratios work,

but that makes her even more elite than you.

And I believe that, Marian--may I call you that?

Okay.

I believe the difference between you lot and Marian

is that she doesn't believe that any of this is owed to her.

You see, Marian knows that there are plenty of women

who deserve to be here, but there needs to be

a first, a catalyst that sparks

change throughout the world.

So I suppose what I'm trying to say is that you're absolutely

right about women.

They don't need to be enlightened,

but in fact, most already are,

just simply waiting in the wings for the right moment.

Marian: Rest assured I most certainly was not in need

of his saving.

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Marian: If anything, you might say, that I unknowingly

saved him.

So--

Marian: Dear reader I must warn that if it is indeed

this narrow love story that you yearn for,

I might encourage you to look elsewhere.

- [fire crackling] - [breathless gasping]

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Marian: The story is a bit more complex and sinister.

That was nice.

[fire crackling]

- What's this? - Marian: What's what?

That's nothing.

Nothing, nothing, nothing.

It's nothing.

I--I just mean to say it's--it's--it's not ready, yet.

It's--I don't know, it's far-fetched.

Please--please don't judge me.

I truly am a realist.

You know, I don't expect it to go anywhere.

God, listen to me talking myself in circles.

I should--I should really just shut up

and--and stop talking myself in circles.

But here I am.

It's--it's really nothing.

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On the contrary, Miss Marian.

On the contrary.

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[dog barking]

[rooster crowing]

Maid: You're not allowed in front of the property, Celia.

Celia: Choke on your mother's tit.

Maid: Tell me I didn't just see what I just saw.

Celia: What do you think you saw?

Maid: Don't tell me, Celia.

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Maid: Filthy, filthy place.

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[speaking French]

Marian, I implore you to leave this alone.

Well, I think you're all fucking cunts and leeches.

- That's what I think. - Thomas: Shut up!

Shut up!

Thomas: I never lied to you, please.

Marian, shut up!

A woman was never to be published.

I did you a favor.

They lie to us with their kind eyes.

Thomas: Quite a brazen.

You are never gonna go to Paris.

Norman Henry: Shut up, Marian!

I'm getting the sense this isn't entirely about me.

Norman: Marian!

- [smack] - [Thomas grunts]

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Well, would you look at that?

He's out cold.

[laughs]

Where's my fucking room?

Where is my fucking room?

My chamber!

Norman! Norman!

- Norman! - Where is my fucking room?

Where?

Sir, I'll show you to your room.

This way, sir.

To your right, sir. To your right.

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Maid: Sir?

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- Maid: Sir? - Norman: What?

Maid: Sir?

Edgar: Open, you piece of shit!

The bell is broken, Norman.

Norman: Doctor! Doctor!

I'm trying to tell you that the bell is broken.

The bell is broken, sir.

But you're in a manic spin.

You see, this is why he losall of his businesses.

He can't keep it together under pressure.

Marian, I'm begging you to use discretion.

- Wait. Look at that. - Norman: I am begging you.

I am begging you.

Oh, you don't want Thomas to hear?

Anybody who doesn't need to be here, please go away.

Thomas can't go to the window right now

as it appears that he's truly cold under.

Norman: Doctor, doctor, doctor.

Doctor! Doctor!

Marius: Lily, Lily.

Lily, where are you going?

Lilith: To my tent.

- To wait. - For what?

To be called.

Because I am a whore.

You said I'm a stupid whore.

Because I'm not even paid.

Marius: Oh, don't be so dramatic.

We're all whores.

Lily, don't you do anything brash.

Lily!

Oh, you cunt.

He's nothing but smoke and mirrors.

He's better off dead.

Marian, if you can contribute at least one thing to this family,

it will be to help me revive this man.

Well, um, I think you should get that bell fixed.

Now, that's a meaningful contribution,

if you ask me, 'cause, you know--

- Norman: Doctor! Doctor! - I shall fetch him, sir.

Marian:--you never know when you're gonna need him.

Norman: Doctor! Doctor! Doctor! Doctor!

Doctor! Doctor!

[Thomas grunts]

Oh, hey, hey, hey, hey!

Your wife's a cunt.

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Thomas: Look, please.

This is tremendous foolishness now, please.

How long was he out cold?

Probably ten minutes or so.

Thomas: I have to be on my way, all right?

This is foolishness.

Mr. Edison, please, follow my finger.

Would you like me to lead with my chin or?

No, only the eyes.

- But--okay. - That was the chin.

Well, I wouldn't recommendhe drive tonight.

Norman: Fine, it is settled.

No, nothing's settled.

What's "settled?"

There's something called a cerebral oedema.

Do you know what that is?

Never in my life have I been more accosted.

I was assaulted, really.

My lawyer is going to be my first letter upon my release

from this prison stint, that is this hellscape

that you call Rhode Island.

Oh, Mr. Edison, please.

It was nothing more than the slip.

Let's leave the fine state of Rhode Island, quite out of it.

Oh, it was a slip of nothing.

It was positively intentional.

And she needs a real talking to--

Sir, I would never punch you intentionally.

- What? - What?

What did you say?

Your wife, sir, needs a real talking to.

Call me if you feel any dizziness

or you see black spots.

I should sue is what I should do for libel.

Mr. Edison, it feels a bit brusque.

That feels terse to you, does it?

Can I ask you something?

- Yes. - Honestly.

- Please. - Are you a serious man?

I believe you know the answer to that.

Look around.

I drove for hours to the middle of nowhere

because I was told that you were someone

who would not waste my time.

And for that, I shall write you a big, fat check

at favorable terms, of course.

Yeah, you're going to award me more than that?

Well, what are you implying?

I'm going to need a formal apology from your wife, sir,

before a deal can be done.

And let me tell you something, any deal that could be done,

so it shall be done.

And when it is, it's going to make you more money

than you've ever seen in your life.

And let me tell you, that's saying something,

ask your robber baron friends.

Well, of course, she'll apologize, Mr. Edison.

She's not a--a peasant.

She's a Henry.

She's a Henry, for fuck's sake.

A few other things too.

[chuckles]

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Norman: Marian?

Are you awake?

Yes, Norman. What is it?

You got us into trouble today, Marian.

And I mean that in the most constructive way I can

because I'm your wife.

My husband.

Instigated madness in this house.

Madness that's bled through into my business.

Thomas Edison is not a business dealing.

He is an ass fucker.

I told you that.

You don't tell me what a business dealing is.

You don't tell me what a business dealing is.

Norman, I would ask you to take two big, deep breaths

before you speak to me again.

You're acting with such savagery and barbarism

that it's hard to understand--

Savagery and barbarism, Norman, you're the one who's frothing.

Let me finish.

- I beg you-- - Warthog.

You might think me a dim-witted opportunist,

but you need to set your differences aside now

for the betterment of the Henry name.

Mr. Edison has asked for an apology.

I, for one, think that's a good idea.

I owe him nothing.

And you're the one who punched him.

Norman: Do you know what I think it is?

I think you can't conceive that an uneducated man like him--

- Uneducated. - Norman: Uneducated--

Say that again.

--may try to claw his way out of the rat-infested rungs of--

The rungs of society where he belongs.

Norman: On his own accord and make something of his life

without having to marry up.

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Norman: You will apologize in the morning.

I know you can hear me.

I know you're not asleep yet.

You think you're the first artist who's ever whored herself

for a warm bed and a loaf of stale bread?

You disgust me.

Do you know that I loathe you?

And not because you're an unadulterated cunt,

but because you somehow actually believe that your talent

means something more than all the others.

You believe that you're better than all of us girls,

and you're not.

You're nothing.

You're a passionate nothing.

So don't you fuck us.

Do you hear me?

Don't even think about fucking this all up.

Look at me.

Look at me.

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I had ambition once, too.

You know that, don't you?

I was reviewed byThe Times.

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Marian: When you create something, even if it lasts,

but only for a moment, something you believe

to be truly remarkable and singular in this world--

Maid: Best to stay outside the house.

Wait until you're summoned, Lily.

Do you hear?

Marian:--and then to have it ripped away without an ounce

of acknowledgement by a complete and utter nobody,

you'd think, perhaps, that one might feel rage, bitterness.

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Marian: But the truth is--the truth is,

I could never get past the shame because it was always my fault.

All of it.

Tell me she's a liar.

[Marian breathing heavily]

Lilith: Tell me she's a liar.

I will go to Paris, yes?

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Norman: I will see you on that stage in Paris

if it's the very, very last thing I do.

Marian: Annoying self-hatred that rattles you to your core.

Because deep down, you know that you're better

than the bed you've made.

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Student: Did you hear the news?

He did it.

- Tommy did it! - Tommy did what?

What did Tom do?

Student: He figured the whole damn thing out.

Direct current.

Using direct current, we can generate heat

just like the candles in this very room,

only it is enclosed within a glass tube.

Student: But what does it mean?

Just speak plainly, you louse.

Marian: It's a candle that can burn forever

without ever needing tending.

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Congratulations, Thomas.

I am so very proud of what you have accomplished.

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We'll continue this another day.

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Pardon me, miss.

Oh, it's okay, Ida.

Ida: I--I thought you were asleep by now.

I didn't realize, I--I drew your curtains about half past.

- I'm very sorry. - Marian: It's fine.

I suppose that's the reason.

I'm very sorry, Miss.

Ida?

Are you frightened of me?

Pardon, miss?

I sense a liberal amount of anxiety pulse through your veins

every time I turn a corner.

I see.

Is it like that with Mr. Henry, too?

It's okay. You may go.

I'm not frightened, miss.

You just confused me, that's all.

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Ida: Good evening, ma'am.

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I'll be right back to the west in a jiffy.

You, sit in at the table for me, take my place.

- [dog barking]- Maid: I know.

[Edgar speaking French]

Madame?

[Edgar speaking French]

Maid, are you with hound?

Am I with what?

The poodles.

Are you with the poodles?

Yes, sir.

Their evening walk.

Are they the very same poodles that I paint?

Yes, sir.

Edgar: Oh, they seem less fidgety in the twilight.

Well, I suppose maybe they are perhaps a little more relaxed

in the evening.

So we paint in the evenings.

Ah!

Do you hear? Bon.

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Edgar: What's this fidgety?

[Edgar mumbling]

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Oh mon dieu.

- Oh. - It's--it's all right.

I'm--

Je suis d�sol�.

Um--

Madam.

Bon soir.

Marian: For an artist who painted poodles,

his passion was surprisingly palpable.

Passion I hadn't felt in years.

And for just a moment, I felt like a woman again.

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Marian: A dangerous woman.

With her own thoughts and her own ideas.

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Marian: And quite a bit of power.

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Marian: I asked myself if anyone might hear him

gasping for breath

if I strangled him right then and there with a pillow.

[Edgar speaking French]

[Edgar speaking French and laughing]

[Edgar speaking French and laughing]

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I don't care about you.

I don't care about you.

[heavy breathing]

- Handsome fucker. - [Thomas grunts]

Marian: But the truth remained, I didn't hold the power.

He did.

Oh, how history might have been written differently

had I not lost myself in him.

- Student: Copper wire. - No.

What's inside of a barometer?

Marian: But in both of them.

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Marian: Instead, I sat empty, powerless,

on the floor of a home that was in my husband's name.

A home that we would not be ableto afford without the proceeds

from a deal with this man who had ruined me.

Oof!

I told myself, at no point would I wallow in self-pity

as I write to you.

So I believe it best we break for an intermission

so that I might regain my composure.

[film reel clicks]

Reporter: Come one, come all to the city that never sleeps.

New York City.

Rub shoulders with the high society elite

at the Madison Square Garden Rooftop Theatre,

designed by acclaimed architect Stanford White.

Feast your senses upon the greatest arena

in this world-famous metropolis.

The only building on the island with a rooftop cabaret,

now open Sunday.

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Marian: The following morning was a Tuesday.

I knew this because there had been

a murder in the city the night before.

This was one of those unconnected events

that would ultimately contribut to my husband's untimely demise.

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Cook: Is there anything interesting?

There's been a killing in the city.

Oh, I fucking hate the city.

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Oh!

Cunt.

Oh!

Cunt.

Oh!

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[speaking French]

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[speaking French]

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Maid: Hey, Maria.

Hey, you know, I think that the missus

was shagging Mr. Edison yester eve.

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Edison: Oh, deplorable.

Absolutely deplorable.

- Have you seen this? - Huh? What?

Thomas: The murder of Stany White.

Absolutely unbelievable.

He was so proud of the--the rooftop at the Garden.

Have you been up there?

- ? - Evelyn Nesbit: Harry! Harry!

Madison Square Garden?

Of course, of course.

Yeah, but have you been up top to the cabaret there?

The--it's absolutely wonderful.

A view of the city in every direction.

Mr. Edison, I've just said I've been.

I wasn't exactly sure if you had.

What made you unsure?

I think it was your tone, sir.

Norman: Mm.

- Good morning, Marian. - Marian: Morning.

- Morning, Marian. - Marian: Morning.

Norman: Have you heard?

Uh, yes, it's deplorable.

It is absolutely deplorable.

Harry always struck me as a man I'd never want to find myself

alone in a room with.

Norman: Well, of course not.

You're a married woman.

Oh, yes, I agree with that.

Married women should definitely not be left unattended in rooms

and such.

Well, he has just murdered a man,

so I imagine it's more than just,

you know, the married woman thing,

wouldn't you think?

I'm sorry.

- Do you know the murderer? - Yes, yes, we do.

Well, you know, he is an associate of, um, Norman's

to some degree or other.

So we've had them over, and they've had us over,

you know the way it goes.

Well, isn't thata little bit troubling?

I'm one signature away from being the associate

of an associate of a murderer.

Norman: We're just mere acquaintances.

Harry's always had a screw loose.

Darling, you remember the time--

Marian: At the race horses?

Yeah, but, you know, was that even his real mother?

Well, not when he was done with her.

Well, not when he was done with her.

- Mr. Henry, sir?- Yes.

This message came in for you, sir.

Marian: It was a note on prison letterhead

from the murderer himself.

Take care of poor Evelyn until it's time for her

to testify on my behalf.

I'm afraid she's my only way out of this mess.

This mess? Murder?Misunderstanding?

Write that, "misunderstanding."

Thomas: May I suggest that you distance yourself

Thomas: May I suggest that you distance yourself

from this person?

I mean, he's a madman, isn't he?

Playing devil's advocate a moment because--

Weren't you meant to be on your way?

I was meant to, yes.

Stanford White did rape her, if I'm not mistaken.

Marian: The incident happened--

- Norman:--plenty of times-- - --before they even met.

So why linger?

Norman: What's a man to do, idly sit by?

Well, it's morning out here, Marian.

Norman: But a raping is a raping, if you ask me.

Marian: Yeah, but Harry is a murderer.

Do you not find your wife's tone a little bit of trouble?

Why are you still here?

Tone, Marian.

- Marian: I-- - Tone, tone.

Thomas: You just seem so bitter, Marian.

So very bitter, and yet, apparently,

you've been handed the world.

How dare you?

You just don't seem happy, Marian.

Well, I am happy.

Well, you sure there's not an ounce of regret?

Not a shred.

Nothing?

Wow.

You bitter, lonely little man.

Is that all you have left?

Is it?

The need to placate your wrongdoings

by trying to force me

to admit that I might have been better off?

I'm not following.

- What does "placate" mean? - What?

- To--to--to-- - It's to mollify.

Marian: To appease.

Norman, I have told you what this man is.

Why won't you believe me?

I mean, I knowI am--I am tempestuous,

but have you ever known me to be a liar?

What the fuck does "mollify" mean?

Thomas: What am I, Marian?

Hm?

No, what am I?

- Step away from me. - Norman: Don't shout, Marian.

Marian: I'm not shouting.

I'm calm.

I am completely calm and collected.

You know he's the man who invented the light bulb.

For heaven's sake, give him some respect.

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- [glass shatter] - Norman: Jesus fucking Christ!

Don't touch that glass.

You don't touch that glass, Gretchen.

It's not your mess to clean up.

No, you're right about that.

You are absolutely right about that.

Well, I guess that's my cue.

Norman, he did not invent the light bulb.

Oh, Marian, for fuck's sake.

Norman, please.

He did not invent the light bulb.

I suppose you know who did.

[Norman scoffs]

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Look at me.

Look at me.

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Pardon, ma'am.

Norman: I'm so very sorry that you've had to endure

such preposterous ridicule.

You have my sympathy for what you have to put up with

on a daily basis.

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[Marian screaming from outside]

[Marian screaming from outside]

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[Marian screaming]

Crazy twat.

[screaming]

Thomas: You left your books.

Just leave them.

Thomas: Here, you will need these, I assure you.

- Just leave them. - Marian!

Just fucking leave them!

Marian, you need to calm down.

The nerve.

And I want to say, men, the nerve of men.

But no, I've come to the realization

that you are not men.

No, no, you are so much worse.

You are an abomination.

And you can take this entire institution

and fuck it.

What am I even saying?

You're not even a member of this institution.

You're a squatter, a research assistant.

Yeah, you're nothing.

How can you do that after what you just did to me?

You smile?

You stand there with a smugness that permeates to my very core

and makes me want to take up boxing.

I'm very sorry, Marian, but I'm entirely confounded

by this behavior.

It's not very ladylike at all, I'm afraid.

Oh, you're confounded.

Are you dumb?

Are you mentally retarded?

Keep your voice down.

I said, "Are you mentally fucking retarded?"

Marian, I would just watch my tone if I were you.

Mariam: Or what?

Marian, I was always gonna add your name to the work,

but you know as well as I--

--that women can't publish on their own.

Yes, but they will.

I will.

You've stolen my work, Thomas.

- We're a team, you and I. - No, no, we are not.

We are not a team at this.

My mind, my thoughtsare not communal.

They are holy mine!

- Thomas: Marian-- - No!

Marian, will you--will you just--just marry me?

[Marian scoffs]

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I will never, ever marry you, Thomas.

Not ever!

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[bird squawks]

[Marian screams]

[Marian screams]

[speaking French]

Shut up!

[screaming continues]

Ah, merde!

[speaks French]

Shut up!

- [screaming] - [yelling in French]

Shut up!

- [screaming] - [yelling in French]

- Shut up! - [smack]

Don't you ever speak to me like that.

Do you hear me?

Ever!

I have had quite the morning of abuse.

And I will not be spoken to by a fake fucking artist

who paints fucking poodles?

Do you hear me?

Do you hear me?

Oui, I hear you.

I hear you.

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- [door closes] - [bird squawks]

Everything all right?

Lilith: Lookie look.

Now he comes to rescue her from the crazy Frenchman.

He's so possessive of her.

- Oh, he doesn't love her. - Lilith: I believe he does.

Well, you're stupid.

Honey, if he loved her, why would he be parading you around

like his little pony?

He is a complicated man.

The painting is finished.

- It is? - It is?

Would you like to see it?

She thinks it a foolish venture, my commissioning poodles.

Yes, well, I don't usually paint poodles.

What do you usually paint?

Marius: Oh, look at her.

She's just begging to be fucked.

You see how she looks at the artist?

She can't help herself.

This, we both agree on.

Why don't you have the painting brought to my study,

and then we'll settle up and get on your way.

Now, now.

Good time, now.

Now, please.

Marius: Oh, she's a terrifying woman.

I mean, I can understand why he can't,

you know, make the whole thing work.

Are you scared of powerful women?

Not all of them.

She's the reason I'm not whizzing back to Paris.

I can't understand that logic.

She doesn't believe I deserve to succeed.

She'd rather seem trapped in a cage with her

living in a circle of hell over and over again.

Oh, darling, it just doesn't add up.

If it were up to Marian, she would have sent you back to

Paris months ago.

She hates you, Lily.

All right.

Les Saisons,Gunther, please.

From the top.

You know, for a smart girl, you're really quite daft

about the dynamics here in the country.

Norman: Marian.

[sighs] Yeah?

I'm sorry.

What for?

For not understanding you and the way a husband should,

I suppose.

I do wish sometimes, just sometimes,

you could simply speak truth and honesty

instead of--instead of dancing around your thoughts like

a romantic.

Maybe I am a romantic.

Well, you're not French, thank God.

I told you the truth, Norman.

In simple terms, I told you the truth.

He left Marian.

You can quit the charade.

He's gone about his business.

All done now.

Truth doesn't matter anyway.

You're my wife, you know?

Here we are.

Marian: Ironically, the feeling of resignation that sat

squarely between his eyes that day was the very same emotion

that I had wrestled with for most of our marriage.

Well, um--

[sighs]

I appreciate that, Norman.

Uh, you know, for--for trustingme on this one.

Thank you.

Marian: There will be other deals, I promise.

But unfortunately the truth was for Norman Henry,

there would be no other deals.

Not ever again.

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