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This is the saddest story I have ever

heard.

I can't believe it's gone.

I can't believe that that long tranquil

life which was just stepping a minuette

vanished in four crashing days at the

end of 9 years and 6 weeks.

>> He's not talked about very much now. He

was, you know, he was a renaissance man.

He was so talented. Yes, we knew the Ash

Burnhams for nine seasons in Nalheim.

And our intimacy was like a minuette

simply because on every possible

occasion and in every possible

circumstance, we knew where to go, where

to sit, which table we unanimously

should choose.

>> Thanks.

>> Oh, I do believe this water tastes more

dreadful every year. Always

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in temperate sunshine. Or if it rained

in discrete shelters.

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And we would rise and go, all four

together, without a signal from any one

of us, always to the music of the spar

orchestra.

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>> No, indeed it can't be gone.

You can't kill him. And you had to la.

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No.

Thank god that's false.

It wasn't a minuette.

It was a prison. A prison full of

screaming hystericss.

>> Go.

>> Edward only dead 10 days and already

rabbits on the lawn.

Shuttle [ __ ]

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It was a very hot summer in August 194

and Florence had already been taking the

baths for a month.

Nowheim always received us from July to

September.

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You'll come for me at 11, John?

>> Of course, my dear.

>> Florence, you see, had a heart

condition. The doctor said the voyage

from America almost killed her. There

was a dreadful storm the night we set

sail. Our wedding night, as it happens,

we couldn't go back to America. We

couldn't even go to England. We were

imprisoned on the continent by doctor's

orders.

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I don't know how it feels to be a

patient at one of these places, but for

myself, I don't know how I put in my

time. How does one put in one's time?

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>> Ah, good morning, Mr. D. Good morning,

your highness.

>> And Mrs. D, is she any better?

>> Your highness is very good to inquire.

As well as can be expected. Better for

being at Nahheim.

>> Good. Good. Your American jockeyies are

doing very well in England, I hear.

>> Yes. So, I believe, sir.

>> Ah, King Edward would not like that at

all. All his horses beaten by American

jockeyies.

>> Well done, Mr. D.

>> Oh, no. Doing a mine, sir. I've never

been to England.

>> Oh, excellent, Mr. D.

>> Very well done indeed.

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>> Now,

I could find my way around Nowheim

blindfolded. I know the exact distances.

From the fountain, you took 187 paces.

Then turning sharp left-handed. 420 took

you straight up to the hotel.

I have forgotten many things. Whole

castles have vanished from my memory.

Whole cities. But not now. Not our

hotel.

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It was there, you see, that we first met

the Ash Burnhams.

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>> Ashurn.

>> Yes, sir.

>> This we sir. Edward was such a splendid

fellow. fine soldier, excellent

landlord, kind and careful magistrate,

an upright, honest, fair dealing,

fairinking public character.

I liked him so much, so infinitely much.

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Oh, don't stop over by that stuffy old

table, Teddy. Come and sit by these nice

people.

>> Excuse me, madam. Excuse me.

>> We'd have the sun in our eyes over

there.

>> But this table is already taken, madam.

>> I shouldn't think so.

>> It's the Guggenheimrs.

>> Well, they won't mind moving, I'm sure.

>> Ma'am, I'm very sorry, but

>> Oh, why shouldn't we all eat out of the

same trough?

That's a nasty New York saying, but I'm

sure we're all nice, quiet people and

there can easily be four seats at our

table.

>> It really is awfully good of you.

>> Oh, I always try to make the world a

brighter place if I can. It's my reason

for living.

>> How do you do? I'm Leonora Ashurnham.

>> Dal John Dal.

>> I met Mrs. Ashurnham on the way down.

John, so you must be Captain Ashurn.

>> How do you do? How do you do, sir? How

do you do?

>> And so the whole round table is begun.

>> It really is so kind of you.

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Is that fair enough?

>> Thank you.

>> We took everything for granted at once

in the English way. That we were all

good people. That we all like beef

underdone, but not too much underdone.

It never lets you down. The English

habit of taking everything and everyone

for granted.

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The beef

underdone, but not too much underdone.

>> Is that how you like it, Mr. D?

>> Please,

>> Mr. D. Yes, indeed.

>> Though it's really nauseating when you

detest it to have to eat several slices

of thin tepid pink India rubber every

day,

>> please.

>> But these things have to be done.

They're how you can tell whether you are

concerned with good people or those who

won't do.

>> And we were all good people.

A glass of wine. Mrs. Darl, have you

found the rind wines? Pton.

>> Oh, well, I only drink wine with mineral

water. Captain Ashurn,

>> we found the Rezling very pleasant, Mrs.

Ashburn, and do you care for that? It's

very light.

>> Don't consider me, Mr. Darl. I add water

to my wine, too, I'm afraid.

>> A bottle of the woodish rosen garden,

then. and a bottle of Townhouse water.

Christian,

>> thank you.

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>> Are you the one with the heart, Mrs. Ash

Vernum, or is it your husband?

>> Me?

Too much polo, I'm afraid.

Had to come back from India.

>> Ah, with us, it's me. Just a family

heart.

Now, Florence, my wife had the

misfortune to strain her heart in a

storm at sea. Mrs. Ashburam,

>> how dreadful.

>> I say how awful.

>> Oh, and I so love your country, Captain

Ashurnham. I had seven such happy weeks

there once.

>> But now,

>> our travel has had to be considerably

restricted. You understand? Dr. Hman

absolutely forbids any thought of

another sea voyage.

>> Oh, you're with Hman.

>> I long to visit England again. I should

like to visit it just once.

>> As a matter of fact, I should like to

live in England, Captain Ash Burnham. My

ancestors were English.

>> Is that so?

>> Oh, yes. So, my husband's his people

come from Farnum in Surrey. Do you know

Farnum, Mrs. Ashurnham?

>> A little.

>> My people left Farnum in company with

William Penn. Uh,

>> my people now, the Hurlbirds, they come

from near foring Bridge in Hampshire.

Extraordinary.

>> Do you know Foringbridge?

>> It's our local town. That is

extraordinary.

>> Well, well, but Florence is from

Connecticut. You see, you'll often find

good Connecticut people come from round

foring, Hampshire.

>> Perhaps Captain and Mrs. Ash Burnham

know the house my people came from.

John, it has the oddest name, Branchaw

Tillery.

>> Florence's people's place.

Edward Ash Burnham's place.

My place now.

>> They were the model couple. He was as

devoted as it was possible to be. And

she was so extraordinarily the real

thing. She seemed too good to be true.

>> Good night.

>> To be the county family. To look the

county family. To be so appropriately

and perfectly wealthy. to be so

perfectly in manner, even to the saving

touch of insulence that seems to be

necessary to have all that and to be all

that.

No, it was too good to be true.

Oh, yes. We always come here for July

and August. Well, no one stays in Paris

for the summer. It's far too hot. And

then in the winter when it's far too

cold, we go to Nice.

>> Oh, is it my turn? What do you do?

>> I took you, I'm afraid.

Captain Ash Burnham, what a horrid thing

to do.

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>> Maisy,

I'm so glad you're feeling better.

>> I I thought I might just take a little

stroll before I

>> I think that's very sensible. You've met

Mrs. Dah, haven't you? But not Mr. Dahl.

This is Mrs. Maiden. We all traveled

from India together.

>> How do you do, Mrs. Maiden?

How do you do?

>> Edward, why don't you take Maisie up to

the casino? She ought to have a walk,

and I want Mrs. Style to tell me all

about her family living at Branchaw

before they went to Connecticut.

>> Would you like that, Maisie?

>> Thank you very much. But don't let me

>> Oh, no, no. I want a breath of fresh

air. Will you excuse us, Mrs. Tal?

>> Of course.

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Poor thing. It's so sad.

>> Another heart,

>> I'm afraid, sir. And only 23.

Her poor husband's only 24. He's a

subton in Edward's old regiment.

I don't know whether she'll ever be well

enough to go back to India.

>> Is she really ill then? I mean, really?

It's almost like India, don't you think,

Edward?

>> How's that, my dear?

>> Coming to Nalheim,

it's like going to a hill station.

>> Yes, I suppose it is in the way.

>> Do you remember the dances at Simla?

>> Of course I do.

>> Oh, it was so good of you arranging to

come on the same ship as me.

>> Well, we couldn't let you come on your

own, could we? Poor little rat.

Edward only dead 10 days

and already rabbits on the lawn.

>> Did it never occur to you that ours was

a rather unlikely friendship?

>> No.

Well, you're the proudest creature on

God's earth, of course, and we were only

two casual Yankees. But,

>> well, I suppose it was rather odd.

>> Of course, it was odd.

How on earth do you imagine I ever came

to speak to Florence in the first place?

>> She said she bumped into you in the car.

>> Bumped into me? She caught me boxing

Maisy Maiden's ears.

>> I thought you told me you owed nothing

else anywhere.

>> What?

>> How long has Major Basel been

blackmailing you?

>> Where did you get that?

>> Ever since your affair with his wife.

>> Lora.

>> £300 a year. Why didn't you tell me,

Edward?

Why do you never never tell me?

>> I couldn't bear for you to know that a

brother officer was a black mailer.

>> As you can see, he threatened to divorce

her, citing me. I I wanted to protect

you.

>> You protect me.

How many other people are blackmailing

you?

>> No one.

>> That's what you told me the last time

and the time before.

>> It's true. This is the absolute last.

Honestly,

there isn't anything else against me in

the world, Leon Order. I promise you.

>> You've promised too often.

>> I swear.

>> I don't believe you. What else is there?

>> Nothing.

>> Come on. I've had enough. What else?

>> That was the first proper conversation

we'd had in years.

>> What?

>> We didn't speak.

Not in private except about taking

trains and engaging servants, that sort

of thing. But

how long?

>> Ever since the Killsite case.

Oh, you don't know about that, do you?

Well, it was a long time ago.

Edward was lucky not to go to jail.

>> Whatever for

>> a servant girl on a train.

He was traveling third class because I'd

been scolding him about his

extravagance.

>> Are you all right, my dear?

>> And there was this very sad looking girl

in the carriage.

He could never resist sadness.

>> No, things can't be as bad as that.

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>> Good God.

>> Was awfully bad luck. Actually, she

turned out to be the Lord lieutenant's

nanny.

and he saw you and he wanted to comfort

her. But

at least it cured him of philandering

among the lower classes. I didn't mind

Mrs. Basil or Maisy Maiden half so much.

And of course, Maisie was never actually

his mistress.

Her heart was much too weak for anything

like an impassioned embrace.

I was really very fond of Maisie.

I would almost have welcomed it if she'd

been the love of his life.

would have given me a rest.

>> Um, was it this case, the Killsite case

that made you go to India?

>> Oh, no.

What really smashed us up was

Lulchikita.

>> Who was she?

>> Well, she passed for the mistress of a

Russian Grand Duke, at least in Monte

Carlo. She cost us £40,000 when all was

said and done. She charged rather a high

premium for a month for her society.

>> But what on earth did you do?

We were on the verge of ruin.

So I dealt with his money lenders. I

stopped his subscriptions and his

charities.

And I forced him to settle everything on

me.

I left the house and we went to India

until things were right again.

>> Goodbye.

>> And how long was that?

>> Goodbye.

>> 8 years.

He may not have loved me, but he did

respect me. What I thought he did

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till at nowheim I found the blackmail

letter from Major Basil

and then I thought I was going to have

to go through it all again

scrimping and saving at small hill

stations.

>> You're amazing, Leonora.

>> I was getting things right.

Besides, it meant he could ride decent

polo ponies. He really was very good at

polo, you know. So I never had a decent

dress to my back in all that time.

I couldn't face all that again, John.

I just couldn't face it.

>> There isn't anything else. Nothing. I

swear.

>> I don't believe you.

>> I promise truly.

>> I don't believe you.

Why should I believe you?

>> After all, we had come all the way from

India to follow poor little Maisy

Maiden.

He raved about her, you know, and she,

well, poor little Maisie loved her poor

little husband, of course, but the poor

little husband was in India and Edward

was in Nheim. And

well,

poor little Maisie.

May I help

there?

So awkward of me. I was just trying to

put the comb straight from Mrs. Maiden's

hair. Thank you so much. There.

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Edward. The silliest thing.

How frightful.

Poor little maze.

I gave myself away.

It gave Florence a hold over me.

She was the only person on earth who had

any idea we weren't perfectly ordinary,

quite good people. And I wanted to show

her absolutely clearly that I wasn't the

least bit jealous of Maisie. How do you

do, Edward?

Why don't you take Maisie up to the

casino? She ought to have a walk, and I

want Mrs. style to tell me all about her

family living at Branch Shaw before they

went to Connecticut.

>> Would you like that, Maisie?

>> Thank you very much, but don't let me

>> Oh, no. I'd like a breath of fresh air.

Will you excuse us, Mrs. Da?

>> Of course.

>> My wife and I knew Captain and Mrs. Ash

Burnham as well as it was possible to

know anybody.

And yet, we knew nothing about them at

all.

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Heat. Heat.

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Good morning.

>> Morning.

>> Changing your books.

>> Well, not mine. Florence's. As you can

see,

>> Luther's table talk.

>> That's right.

>> The history of the popes.

>> Florence is a graduate of the keepsy.

You know, she knows everything.

>> She must do. Oh yes. History,

literature, architecture. She knows it

all. I envy her. She only has to see

something once. She gets all she wants

out of it. Myself.

I always have to go back and take

another look. But not Florence.

Florence has the seeing eye.

>> Breathe deeply. Captain Ash Burnham.

>> I am breathing deeply.

>> Really deeply. You have to get the salt

right down into your lungs.

>> I can't see how it can do people good to

breathe salt.

>> Of course it is. I told you. They drip

the spa water through the branches just

so as you can breathe it. Sticks to the

twigs. Look.

>> Oh, you mean that's salt?

>> Yes. Now do what I say. Breathe.

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>> It's very good for the heart. Yes,

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>> the Nheim Marbeck train is at 2:30.

>> 2:30. That should suit us, don't you

think? Time for lunch and a cup of

coffee and then off we go.

>> Time to change. Perfect.

>> Thank you.

>> Thank you.

>> Wouldn't Mrs. Maiden like to come on our

little expedition?

>> No, no, no. She has to rest every

afternoon. Doctor's orders. I'm sure

she'd like to come, though.

>> I dare say.

>> You know what I think, Captain Ash

Burnham? I think that you should be more

careful with that little girl. I think

that she's fonder of you than she ought

to be.

>> No, I don't think so.

>> I do. And I think that you've encouraged

her, too. And I don't think that you

should have done. She's very young,

Captain Ash Burnham.

>> Yes, of course she is, poor little rat.

But you're quite wrong. You know,

really, you are.

>> Am I?

>> I'm very fond of her, of course. No

doubt she's fond of me, but there's no

more to it than that.

>> I wonder.

>> Oh, no, no, no. Leonora paid for their

passage to come here, you know. She's

very fond of it, too. Of course, we had

to keep it a secret from Maisie or she'd

never have agreed.

>> Oh,

you are good. Both of you.

>> Well, poor little rat.

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No, no, no. Captain Ash Vernon, Philip

the Magnanimus wanted all his wives at

once. Henry VII wanted all his wives one

after the other.

>> Did he by Joe?

>> I can't understand how you can let him

live by your side and be so ignorant,

Mrs. Ashurn.

>> Oh, he thinks it might injure his hand

to know too much, Mrs. D. The hand, you

know, you use for guiding polo ponies.

Doesn't do to be too clever when you're

on a horse.

>> This way.

This way.

You sure this isn't too much for you,

Florence?

>> Quite sure. Thank you.

>> It's wonderful for me to see you so

happy, Mrs. Ashurn.

>> I'm sure.

It was here in this very place that

Luther Swingley Buer and Meankan sat

down together for the very first time.

>> Luther and who?

>> Captain Ash Burnham, I told you you

should listen.

These are the archives.

And here we are.

Definitam

was Martin Luther's bedroom. And here,

just here is where his bed stood.

defense

as for defense.

>> There

there it is. The protest.

>> The what?

>> Well, don't you know that that's why

we're all called Protestants? That's the

protest they all drew up. Look, you can

see the signatures.

It's because of that piece of paper,

Captain Ash Burnham, that you're honest,

sober, industrious, provident, and clean

lived. If it weren't for that, you'd be

papists like the Irish or the Italians

or the Poles, but particularly the

Irish.

I can't stand this. I must get out of

this.

Are you ill?

Are you feeling all right?

>> Don't you see? Don't you see what's

going on?

>> No.

What?

What's the matter?

>> Don't you see that that's the cause of

the whole sorrow in the world

and of the eternal damnation of you and

me and them?

Where are all the bright, happy,

innocent beings in the world?

Where's happiness?

One reads of it in books.

Don't you know that I'm an Irish

Catholic?

>> No.

I didn't know that.

Not at all.

And I know Florence didn't know.

She's Episcopalian, you see.

And I know she'll be extremely sorry

when I tell her how she's offended you

with a foolish, ignorant joke. Mrs.

Ashurn,

I'm a Quaker, you know. I have to put up

with a number of very foolish jokes

myself.

Do accept the situation, Mrs. Ashurnham.

I confess I don't like your religion

myself,

but I do like you

so much.

I don't mind saying I I've never had

anyone to be really fond of.

I don't believe anyone has ever been so

fond of me as I believe you are. Really?

>> Oh, I'm fond of you, Mr. Darl.

Fond enough to say I wish every man was

like you.

But there are others to be considered.

Oh, I accept the situation.

if you can.

Only Florence better not say one word

against my people or my faith.

Oh, there you are. We were wondering

what could have happened to you.

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Maisy.

Oh, Mrs. Ash Burnham, how could you have

done it?

I trusted you. So, you never talked to

me about me and Edward, but I trusted

you.

How could you buy me from my husband?

You knew the world and I knew nothing.

You shouldn't have done it.

Have you seen Mrs. Men.

>> Mrs. Mton has paid her bill. Madame, she

said she must go back to India

immediately. She was going up to the

station to arrange the details.

>> Did you see her come back?

>> I believe so, madam. I'm not sure,

>> but I believe I did.

>> You must find her.

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Mrs.

>> No, madam, she has not been down.

Lord, I promise I'll leave him. I'll

leave Edward and go away. I'll take

Maisy right away from this hideous place

and these hideous people. I'll love her

like my own child. I'll mother her. I'll

get her well and send her back to India.

I promise. Oh Lord, I promise. I swear

with my whole heart. Peggy, I'm Chris.

I'm Dominstrom.

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It is most unfortunate, Mr. Dow. It

seems she had a heart attack while

trying to strap up her port mento.

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She looks so beautiful.

>> Yes.

Why wouldn't you let Edward see her?

>> I wanted to spare his feelings. I never

told him about her letter either. Edward

imagined her death was the most natural

thing in the world.

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And as she wasn't actually his mistress,

his conscience was clear. He soon got

over it. As a matter of fact, it's the

one romance of his he never had much

remorse about at all.

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>> Poor Maisie.

>> Yes, indeed. Poor Maisie.

>> Isn't it odd to think, though, if your

wife hadn't taken her place, if Lawrence

hadn't become Edward's mistress, none of

it might have happened? Yes. You'd

probably never have come here at all,

would you?

>> How does it feel to be deceived? I don't

know. It feels nothing at all.

Is the proper man, the man with a right

to existence, a raging stallion forever

nighing after his neighbors women? I

don't know. And there is nothing to

guide us.

And if everything is so nebulous about a

matter so elementary as the morals of

sex, what is there to guide us in more

subtle morality?

Or are we meant to act on impulse alone?

>> I don't know.

>> For the first few days,

>> when we first came to Nheim, for

instance, a year or two before we met

the Ash Burnhams,

>> was I not a proper man even then?

and the mineral bath daily. Of course,

is there any reason, any special reason

that you should want to go to England,

Mr. D?

>> Well, she's rather set her heart on it,

doctor.

>> Her heart?

>> Yes. Well, no, there's no special

reason, I suppose.

>> And better not, go.

>> Very well. You see, after her experience

of crossing the Atlantic, the mere

association

of sea and steamer, however calm the

channel, might prove too much for her

nerves.

>> Quiet, quiet. The strain might prove

fatal. Her emotions must never be

stirred. Mr. D,

>> I do my best to see they never are.

Doctor,

>> you do of course refrain from

manifestations of affection.

>> Oh, yes, I refrained.

I was Florence's male nurse.

I'd learned the job from a young man

called Jimmy before we met the Ash

Burnham at all.

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I'm sorry. What's that, Jimmy?

>> I said that the Herbird family heart

sure needs careful handling.

>> Oh, yes. Yes, of course.

>> You can't do better than Noim, though.

I'm an expert.

>> I know. When I went around the world

with Florence and her uncle John, we

reckoned that there was no place better

than Noheim for the hurl heart.

>> Quiet.

My trouble with the old man was keeping

him off politics. He was a Democrat, you

know, liked to argue politics with every

American he met. Not good for the heart.

And the trouble I had steering him away

from other Americans.

>> Florence isn't interested in politics.

I thought Florence was never out of my

sight. In fact, she was hardly ever in

it.

But Florence shouldn't have done it. It

was playing it too low down.

>> Hello.

And Edward was sentimental.

All good soldiers are sentimental. Their

profession is full of big words.

Courage, loyalty, honor,

constancy.

He used to read sentimental novels. The

sort where typewriter girls marry

Marquis'.

Oh god, I love that man.

I should never have brought Maisy Maiden

from India.

>> Why ever did you?

>> Because I thought if Edward saw her

every day for a month or two, he'd soon

grow tired of her.

And when she was cured, she'd go off

back to her husband, and Edward would be

cured, too.

And I thought,

if I made him happy,

he might come to love me.

It must be my turn soon. I thought

if he can love all these other women, he

must be able to love me, too.

And he was getting tired of Maisie.

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>> Yes.

>> Have you such a thing as a safety pin?

>> Of course.

here.

>> You're looking very nice tonight, little

girl.

What a pretty dress.

>> Florence helped me choose it in

Frankfurt.

>> It's very pretty.

>> Well, I thought we could afford it now.

>> Why not?

It's nice to have a little to chuck away

again, isn't it?

Nothing I like more. And we can both do

it now.

Thanks to you.

Thank you for the safety pin.

Oh, I knew Florence was making eyes at

Edward,

but then I'd seen so many women do that.

And Edward didn't take much stock in

women who made eyes at him.

And anyway,

I despised Florence from the moment I

met her.

>> Oh, I always try to make the world a

brighter place if I can. It's my reason

for living.

>> I should have preferred Edward to seduce

a parliament.

There are some very decent parliaments.

>> Luther and who?

>> Captain Ashurnham, I told you you should

listen.

>> I didn't take her seriously.

It's because of that piece of paper,

Captain Ash Burnham, that you're honest,

sober, industrious, provident, and clean

lived. And then smashed

>> it all went

>> at Marberg,

but particularly the Irish.

Edward was such a serious person

and so romantic.

Every time he fell in love, he seriously

believed that this at last would be the

woman he'd love forever.

Why didn't you tell me about Edward and

Florence?

I thought they'd both. They didn't. But

we were all damned anyway.

>> You should have told me. But if I had,

you'd have chucked her out, wouldn't

you? I'd have had to run away and I'd

have lost my last chance of ever getting

Edward back.

>> But after all that,

the Killsite girl, that Dolceita, Mrs.

Basil, Mrs. Maiden,

>> I loved him.

I hated him bitterly, too, of course.

Even tried to have a lover of my own

once.

But I had to send him away.

I was actually in his arms.

Such a nice chapter. Rodney Bear. You've

met him.

>> Yes.

>> Well, now I'm in for it. I said to

myself,

I'll really have a good time for once in

my life.

It was in a carriage in the dark.

We were on our way back from Hunt.

11 miles,

but it was no good.

I was spoiled for the good time when it

came.

I burst out crying.

I just cried and cried the whole 11

miles.

Just imagine me crying.

>> Did you ever tell Florence that?

Yes, as a matter of fact.

>> What did she say?

>> Nothing. What could she say? There

wasn't anything to be said. Given the

circumstances, any woman would be

perfectly justified in taking a lover

and presents too.

>> I see.

>> Besides, Florence was too well bred to

talk about my position as such.

Though she did say about a woman in a

similar position that it was a case of

perfectly open riding and that the woman

could just act on the spur of the

moment.

>> Floren said that.

>> Well, no. What she actually said, I

think, was it's up to her to take it or

leave it.

>> You and Florence talked a lot then.

>> She liked to talk, didn't she?

Oh, yes.

>> Yes, indeed.

>> Who else could she talk to but me?

I love Edward. I admit it. I admit it

freely.

But I would leave him tomorrow. And

thankfully, if I thought you'd only give

him a chance. He loves you. He told me

so. He thinks you so fine a person.

But he needs tenderness. Leonora,

if you could only be more tender to him.

I've brought him round to see his duty.

I've only ever thought of your happiness

truly. And I would give him up tomorrow

if

>> you've come to me straight out of his

bed to tell me that that's my proper

place. I know it. Thank you,

>> Lora.

>> I know the pair of you. You know, I

prefer the situation as it is.

>> But does Edward?

And I know what you think, but I am not

his mistress.

>> I saw him come out of your room at 2:00

in the morning.

>> We were only talking.

>> I do have a heart, you know.

We were talking about you, about how it

would make him so happy if only you

could bring yourself to be more

forgiving.

>> I dare say he would. And it would make

me so happy too if I could think that I

had brought you together again. Oh,

Leonora,

I should think myself defiled if Edward

so much has touched me now he's touched

you.

She reduced me to her own vulgar level.

I could never forgive her for that.

And I hadn't given up my friends and

spent my summers in similar in retreat

to save money so I could share Edward

with anyone.

No, I'd waited.

I could wait again.

What about me?

All those years you were deceiving me.

>> Oh, I treated you very badly. Of course,

I don't deny it for a moment.

But I was in hell the whole time.

And you

you were happy, weren't you, in your

ignorance?

>> Oh, yes. They made me happy.

>> Isn't it?

>> Oh, God. They made me so happy for 9

years and six weeks. so happy. And if

for 9 years I have possessed a goodly

apple that is rotten at the core and

only then discover its rottness, isn't

it true to say that for 9 years I

possessed a goodly apple?

>> Florence and I did the rounds of Paris

and the Riviera while they went back to

England to Branshure. Sometimes Edward

would come to stay with us and always in

the summer we came to Nheim.

The only difference year by year was the

girl.

[Music]

[Music]

It was true. true sunshine, the true

music, the true splash of the fountains.

But truest of all was Nancy,

the girl Edward called her. And she was

a girl when I first saw her. That must

have been 1909 or 10. She was still at

her convent. By 1913, Nancy

Nancy was

Nancy was almost one of us.

I think Uncle Edward must be the bravest

man in the whole of the British Army.

Don't you, Mr. Dal?

>> Well, I really don't know, Nancy. What's

he done?

>> Well, he's got the DSO, hasn't he?

>> Is that good,

>> Mr. Dal? It means he's very brave

indeed.

>> Well, he's never said anything about it

to me.

>> Well, of course not.

His troops simply adored him. Everyone

says so. Do you know when they were

coming back from India, he jumped into

the Red Sea twice to rescue soldiers

who'd fallen overboard?

>> Well, I hope he had him caught Marshall

for carelessness.

>> Of course not. They weren't mad.

People often go mad in the Red Sea.

Uncle Edward got the Royal Humane

Society Medal with clasp for that.

>> Well, I'm blowed.

Good night everyone.

>> Good night.

>> Good night, Uncle Edgewood.

>> Good night, my girl. Good night, Nancy.

>> Good night. Good night.

>> I do wish Nancy wasn't growing up so

fast. I liked it when I was still

allowed to kiss her. Guardian's

privilege, I'm afraid, old chap.

>> I suppose she never sees her father now.

>> Certainly not.

>> What's she really like?

>> Brute.

>> Drink.

>> No, as a matter of fact, not that was

more her mother. Oh dear. Oh dear.

>> Colonel Robert has never needed drink.

Knocks people down cold sober. Which is

why I suppose he's reasonably happy

growing tea and salon.

>> Well, I hope he stays there. I'm sure

she's much happier spending her holidays

with you at Ranchaw. I know I would be.

>> We tried to make a home for her.

>> No wonder she thinks you two the best

man and the best woman on earth.

>> Well, I'd hardly say that.

>> No, it's what she told me. On earth or

in heaven? One club,

>> one heart, no bed,

>> two hearts.

>> The Hazars in battle used to leave 100

bottle cases of champagne out on the

belt.

Five guineies a bottle. Such

extravagance.

Leonora was very against that.

The Northwest Frontier.

Is that where you got your DSO?

>> I beg your pardon?

>> And Nancy says you got the DSO.

>> Oh, well.

>> Well, have you?

>> Yeah, I suppose so.

What is the DSO?

They give it toers

who've supplied the troops in time of

war with adulterated coffee.

you know.

Oh.

[Music]

[Music]

Nice path.

[Music]

>> How was your bath, my dear?

>> Lovely.

The trout will be starting to rise back

home.

>> They won't take though. Not if it's this

warm.

>> It won't be this warm in England.

Sure

you don't want to go to the concert?

>> Well, I wish you would.

I think the time has come for Nancy to

have at least

the appearance of being chaperon when

she goes about with Edward.

You know me bed at 10:00.

>> Well, Fleonora would like me to go.

John,

>> I'll get you a shore.

>> No, I don't think so. Thank you. It's so

warm.

>> I'll take you up there.

>> No, really, John. I'll catch up with him

in a moment.

>> Sure.

>> Positive. Good night, Leonora. Good

night.

>> I'll wait up for you, of course.

>> Thank you.

>> It's really quite tiring looking after

our invalids, isn't it?

>> Exhausting.

You really are very good to Florence,

John.

>> Oh, well.

Hope she appreciates it.

>> I think so. Edward certainly appreciates

you.

>> Oh, well.

>> Now,

>> you were saying only the other night,

Constancy. That's the great virtue.

>> He's a pretty splendid fellow, Edward.

>> Oh, yes. Yes.

>> Nancy was telling me all about him.

>> Splendid in terms of service to one's

fellow man. You mean?

>> Oh, well, there's not a more splendid

fellow in three counties along those

lines. To do him justice, there couldn't

be a better man on earth. Wouldn't be

room for one along those lines.

>> But no other lines count, do they?

>> Is that what you really think?

>> Well, on personal lines, you're not

going to accuse him of not being a good

husband, are you? Or not being a good

guardian to Nancy?

Oh, I wouldn't dream of saying he's not

the best of husbands

or that he's not very fond of the girl.

>> There's a dance tomorrow night.

>> Going.

>> If you'll come with me, will you?

>> Oh, please. You're such a good dancer.

>> Well, perhaps.

>> Thank you.

>> So awful at the convent having to dance

with each other the whole time. I never

did learn to lead.

>> Yes. Well, that's all over now. You'll

have plenty of dancing this autumn.

>> Will you partner me?

>> Certainly not.

>> He talks about you as if you were one of

the angels of God. You know,

>> I don't doubt he always speaks of me

nicely.

But while he's out enjoying himself,

I think I'll creep quietly off to bed.

Do you mind? No, of course not. I

wouldn't mind bed myself, as a matter of

fact.

>> Good night, John.

>> Night.

>> I heard a letter from Dalton this

morning. Do you remember the sheep

folded by the beach cops?

>> Yes.

>> Well, he says we've got some rats there.

>> There weren't any last year.

>> There are this.

You don't want to go to that ballet

concert, do you?

>> Not if you don't.

>> Let's listen to it from up there.

>> Why not?

[Applause]

[Music]

Good evening, sir. Backshaw.

>> Good evening.

>> Care for a game?

>> Oh, I don't think so. Thanks very much.

nice place. Norheim

been here before?

>> Yes.

>> It's been much as pole tax though, don't

you think? Do we really have to pay?

>> Yes, sir.

>> There's no way a chap.

>> Not that I would know of, Mr. Bag sure.

[Applause]

[Music]

>> I've got a place in Herafordshire, Lllo

Manor. It's near Lebury. I'm afraid I've

never had the pleasure of visiting your

country, Mr. Bagshshire.

>> Oh, I visited yours.

>> Really?

>> Just got back from Los Angeles. As a

matter of fact, I was looking into hops.

>> Hops?

>> There's the most frightful duty on

California hops, you know.

>> I'm afraid I know nothing about it. I've

never been to California.

Well, it's a good place for hops, but

not if they expect you to pay

by Jo Flory Herbert.

Last time I saw her was my house at

Leadbury. 5 in the morning coming out of

the bedroom of a young man called Jimmy.

You saw how she recognized me.

>> I'm sorry. What's that, Jimmy?

>> I said that the Herbird family heart

sure needs careful handling.

>> Oh, yes. Yes, of course.

>> When uh I went around the world with

Florence and her uncle John, we reckon

that there was no place better for the

Hurbird heart than No.

It was August the 4th, 1913,

the anniversary of our wedding day, as

it happens. 9 years to the day since

Maisy Maiden died.

Florence was always superstitious about

August the 4th.

>> She always kept it for her heart.

>> You have a whole height.

>> Of course, Mr. Darling, many hard

patients carry it.

>> She must have felt an attack coming on.

That's why she came running back. She

never ran. Never.

>> Naturally not. It is very sad for you,

Mr. Dar. I'm very sorry for you. Please

accept my sincere condolences.

>> Of course, there's no need for an

inquest, Mr. D.

It is most unfortunate,

most regrettable.

Now I can marry the girl.

>> Of course you might marry her.

>> Who?

>> Nancy.

SP

did she really love Edward

>> in her way?

>> Then why didn't she ask me for a

divorce? I'd have given a warning

gladly.

>> Well, for one thing, it would have meant

your finding out about her and Jimmy.

>> Jimmy?

>> Quite?

She was proud of Edward. Having an

affair with him made her feel like one

of the great lovers of history. But

Jimmy,

your wife shuddered every time she

remembered she'd given herself to that.

She was deeply ashamed of him.

And then divorce.

She could never have lived here as a

divorced woman.

And besides, I wouldn't let her ask you.

>> You needn't have trouble for my sake.

>> It wasn't for your sake.

It's no good. I can't bear it any

longer.

I shall tell John everything.

I'll make a clean breath of it. It's the

only way.

>> Really?

Edward and I can go and live in

California. It'll be better for

everyone. I shall tell John the whole

story.

>> Right from the beginning.

>> Everything.

>> Even about Jimmy.

>> Jimmy has nothing to do with it.

>> I think he does.

After all, you only married John so he

could get to Europe to see Jimmy again.

Isn't that what you told me?

Did you never do anything

when you were young that you're ashamed

of now?

>> Nothing like that.

Nothing [ __ ]

>> I couldn't help myself. I was in love

with him.

>> All [ __ ] say that.

>> Well, all right then.

I will tell John.

I'll tell him.

He was so much less than a man.

But he wouldn't even take me when he

could have done.

I'll tell him.

It was all inevitable as soon as a real

male came along.

>> No, you won't.

>> I shall.

It's time we face the truth. All of us.

Florence,

would you do something for me?

Of course.

Would you tell Edward

that if John Da ever comes to know that

Mrs. Da is having an affair with Captain

Ashenham,

Mrs. Ashpenham will ruin him beyond

repair forever?

Poor Florence.

She did say want to come here and see

the house where her ancestors came from,

but she was completely fixed. She'd

married you to get to Europe and see

Jimmy. And to keep you away from her,

she'd invented a heart that couldn't

even cross the channel.

She never thought it out properly at

all.

>> Invented.

>> There was never anything wrong with

Florence's heart.

Oh, I I dare say it squeaked a bit, but

there lots of hearts do that. There was

nothing really wrong. Then why?

She she came running back for her.

>> She committed suicide.

>> Florence committed suicide.

>> I didn't know.

>> I think it was very stupid of her.

>> I thought you realized.

>> No.

No,

>> she had prostic acid in that file, not

nitrate of amu.

She'd had it for years.

In case you ever found out about Jimmy,

>> I loved Florence once and I looked after

her for years, but she killed herself.

>> And I loved Edward Ash Burnham and he

killed himself.

And I love Nancy

>> and she is mad

[Music]

>> cattle.

[Music]

After Florence died, I went to America

to settle one or two affairs. And while

I was there, I got two telegrams, one

from Edward and one from Leonora, asking

me to come and have a talk. So, of

course, I came. It was my first visit to

England.

>> Is that the house?

>> That's the Kershaw place.

It's for sale, as a matter of fact.

>> Our house is up there.

>> And is all this yours?

>> Yeah, it's more. Come on. Hold up.

[Music]

[Music]

So glad you could come.

>> You sent for me. How could I refuse?

[Music]

Thank you.

>> How did you like America after all this

time?

>> It was just what I needed.

>> Thank you.

>> Tea,

Leonora, this is magnificent.

You seem better in yourself.

>> Well, you know, looking after Florence

all those years, I was becoming a bit of

an old maid. I needed to see a little

real life for a change.

>> And did you find it?

>> Yes, I did. I felt I'd come out of a

museum and into a fancy dressed ball.

>> You're going to find us dreadfully,

darling, I'm afraid, after that.

>> Not if NY's here.

Mr. Dal, how are you?

>> Fine, fine. How are you? Catch any

foxes?

>> None.

>> It is nice you've come. Come on.

[Music]

They plowed the 10 acre today.

>> That's very early, isn't it?

>> Earlier than usual.

>> Such a lovely autumn.

>> Yes.

We'll be wanting rain soon.

>> Yes.

Yes.

[Music]

Thou art to all lost love the best. The

only true plant found

where with young men and maids

distressed and left of love are crowned.

Then once her lover's rose is dead or

laid aside for long,

then will all go spout the head bew with

tears a warm

cigar.

Thank you.

>> Enjoying yourself

>> enormously.

>> The tranquility, Edward. The peace

>> rather.

>> I could imagine you in a convent with a

white veil framing that pretty face of

yours.

>> Never.

>> Well, I'm glad to hear it. But

>> I've thought about it, of course, but I

have no vacation.

simply isn't there.

[Music]

>> Good shot

>> now. We go this way.

>> Right.

[Music]

Not much scent for you, I'm afraid,

today, Nancy.

>> No, but we had a very good run.

>> How far?

>> Rockborne. Almost down.

>> Not bad. Not bad at all.

[Applause]

>> Nancy will be going to salon tomorrow to

be with her father.

>> Oh, good.

You You know I want to marry her.

>> You did say so.

>> Look here.

Do you think I've got a chance?

>> Oh, I'm sure she's very fond of you.

>> And isn't it rather a waste of time and

money letting her go to salon?

>> Ah, well, now you know how very fond of

you I am, John.

I can't think of anyone who would make

Nancy a better husband.

>> Well, then

I shall be taking her away from you,

Leonora. If she agrees to have me, that

is.

>> H

>> I've been thinking I'd buy that house

that's for sale, the Kershaw place. We'd

be our nearest neighbors almost.

>> I can't think of anything nicer.

But I do think that Nancy is a little

young to marry. I think that she ought

to see a bit more of life first. I love

her very much. You know,

>> I know you do.

But she's not going to salon forever.

>> Ah, perhaps I could follow her.

>> Perhaps you could

>> in 6 months or so.

>> I'd give it a year. The summers there

really are quite unbearable, you know.

>> All right, then. A year. I do think you

might have warned me. Were you afraid I

might propose if I knew she was leaving?

>> Perhaps.

after bed.

>> I have so much packing. My trunks have

to be sent ahead tomorrow morning.

>> Well, good night.

>> Good night.

Help

[Music]

yourself.

>> Thank you.

>> Look here, old man.

I wish you'd drive with Nancy and me to

the station tomorrow.

>> I'll be delighted.

I'm so desperately in love with Nancy,

I'm dying of it.

I'd always thought of her as my

daughter.

Well,

Leonard's daughter. You don't want to go

to that bad concert, do you?

>> Not if you don't.

>> Let's listen to it from up there.

>> Why not?

[Applause]

>> I didn't mean to talk of anything but

polo ponies and party frocks, that sort

of thing.

I didn't touch her, not so much as her

hand.

Do you know that?

>> Before I spoke to her that night, there

was nothing.

>> Do you really?

>> Afterwards,

>> it was all there was.

>> Believe me,

>> I care for you more than for anyone in

the world.

[Music]

I didn't realize till I'd said it. It

had never occurred to me. But once said,

I was in love with her more than I'd

been with any woman in my life. Nancy

had no idea at all. She just thought I

meant I cared for her more than for

anyone else except Leon and order.

How Nora could even imagine I tried to

corrupt Nancy.

I could tell at once Edward was in love

with Nancy. I could always tell with

Edward. I knew Edward inside out and I

wasn't having it.

>> I never let them out of my sight. All

the time we stayed at Nahheim

with no children of my own. I always

loved Nancy too much perhaps

>> and I was determined to protect her.

>> But Edward was still my husband and I

had to respect him.

>> When the three of us got back to

Branshaw,

I think I must have had what they call a

breakdown.

any better.

Let me bathe your head again.

Thank you.

perhaps Aunt Leonora will come to the

meet tomorrow.

>> Yes.

>> Must be awful for her day after day.

Such dreadful headaches.

>> Yes.

You don't sound as though you minded

very much, Uncle Edward.

What?

>> I'm sorry, Nancy.

I'm a very dull companion, I'm afraid.

>> Don't be so silly.

>> Still know better.

>> A little

Will you ever marry Nancy?

>> I don't know.

>> Don't know if anyone will want to marry

me.

>> Several people do already. Well, I don't

want to marry. I don't think

I'd like to go on living here with you

and Uncle Edward.

>> I see

you wouldn't like to marry Mr. Dao.

>> If you wanted me to,

but I'd really rather go on living here.

If I do marry anyone,

I should like him to be just like Uncle

Edward.

I wish to God he was your husband.

>> Oh God, am I never going to have a

chance?

The

two

lost love the best.

The only true plant found

where with young men

and maid distressed

and left of love

are crowned.

When once

the lovers

rose is dead

and laid the side

for

[Music]

Edward.

Uncle Edward.

Fore! Foreign! Foreign!

[Music]

[Music]

Hello.

I'm feeling a bit better tonight. I

think I'll come down.

[Music]

Aren't you having any wine, Nancy?

>> No, thank you.

I've been thinking

>> yet.

It's time Nancy did more for her father.

He's getting an old man.

>> I've written to your father, Nancy,

saying, "I think you should join him in

salon."

How dare you?

How dare you?

Oh, my sweet savior, help me.

This is the most atrocious thing you've

done in your whole atrocious life.

If you really imagine, I don't know,

you're in love with the girl.

If you want me to divorce you,

I will.

Marry her.

She's in love with you.

I've put up with too much from you,

Edward.

I've saved your name. I've saved your

house. I saved your land. I've saved you

from yourself.

I've done enough.

What on earth do you imagine my life has

been like all these years?

Edward was gone from me for good. There

was no point in hoping he'd ever come

back to me now.

And I wanted him to suffer as I'd

suffered.

I wanted him to be in agony. I wanted

him to know what it was like to live in

hell.

I wanted the girl to stay just to go on

torturing him

because he was no good.

And then I decided I'd been wrong.

It was I who was no good.

I'd failed in everything.

And suddenly I was afraid.

I I didn't imagine I'd find Nancy here.

[Applause]

What are you doing up so late?

Just thinking

Edward's dying of love for you.

>> I know.

And so am I for him.

You can't let him go to ruin, Nancy.

You must belong to him.

You must be his.

I'll divorce him. Church doesn't allow

divorce.

Marriage is a sacrament.

You're married or you're not married.

The same way you're alive or dead.

I forbid you to talk of these things.

Nancy will stay here till I hear from

her father. Then she will go.

>> No.

>> There'll be no more talk.

You're so good.

That's why he loves you.

It's sinful to be as good as you are and

make men love you.

You must pay the price.

You must stay here. You must stay here.

>> No,

I shall go as soon as Edward hears from

my father.

>> No,

>> I'm sorry. I can't discuss it. Edward

does not wish it.

Oh, my poor dear.

[Laughter]

My poor dear.

Ah, there you are, Edward.

We've been talking about you.

Would you like to know what we've

decided?

We've decided that to all intents and

purposes, you might as well have broken

into Nancy's convent and removed her by

force.

We've got to face it, all of us.

>> She's told me

about Mrs. Dal,

Mrs. Maiden, the girl in the train, all

of them.

And I thought you were the most

wonderful man in the world.

[Applause]

You're not going to get out of it like

that.

>> You can't go on like this, Edward, day

after day.

You must face the issue.

>> What issue? What you want?

What you really want?

>> I've told you Nancy must go back to her

father.

>> I don't mean that. I mean, what do you

really want?

If only we knew that, we could get

somewhere.

What in your heart do you really want?

>> Oh, God.

All I want in my life is

to be able to pick myself up

and go on with running this place again.

And

>> and

>> I should like to feel Nancy could go on

loving me. That's all. I don't ask God

for anything more.

Just that she should go on loving me in

her heart.

>> She can't love you now.

here or salon or anywhere. She can't.

You do realize that

whatever she says or does, she can never

love you now.

[Applause]

Nancy,

what the devil are you doing?

>> I cannot love you now. I know the kind

of man you are.

I will give myself to you to save your

life, but I can never really love you.

>> Go back to your room at once.

Go back to your room.

Go on.

Go.

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

[Applause]

And then they sent for me.

>> So glad you could come.

>> You sent for me. How could I refuse?

>> Mr. D, how are you?

>> Fine. Fine. How are you? Catch any

foxes?

>> No. She's nice to come.

Nancy will be going to Salon tomorrow to

be with her father.

>> Oh,

good.

It was incredibly selfish wanting her to

go 5,000 miles and stay in love with

him.

>> He was a monster of selfishness, Edward.

He wanted her to ruin her young life for

him.

>> It isn't selfish, is it? I mean, you

wouldn't call it selfish.

The knowledge that she loves me is the

only thing that's keeping me alive.

I shan do anything to encourage her. I

shan even. I shan reply if she writes to

me.

That isn't selfish, is it?

[Applause]

>> And he's going well,

>> isn't he? Just

[Applause]

I can't think why the train's Nate.

>> Isn't it market day at Swindon?

>> Ah, so it is

[Applause]

We must get Nancy a carriage with a

respectable lady.

[Applause]

Thank you.

>> Goodbye, Mr. D.

>> Goodbye, Nancy.

[Music]

>> So long.

>> So long.

[Applause]

[Music]

Yeah.

[Music]

And then a holy peace like the peace of

God which passeth all understanding

descended on Branch Shore.

It's very odd, but I think I should tell

you, Darl. I haven't any feeling at all

about Nancy. It's 3 weeks now, and it's

all over.

You didn't worry about me. I'm all

right.

I'm very glad, Edward.

Very glad.

I suppose it was just a flash in the

pan.

Those two women, you know, they sent me

backwards and forwards like a parcel.

Nobody wanted to pay the postage on.

Did he say that?

Nancy said she felt like a shuttlecock

between Edward and me.

As a matter of fact, I felt they picked

me up and threw me down as suited them.

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>> Don't think much of this, do you?

>> Too good.

>> I don't like to look at things

generally.

We really must try and get the

territorials up to proper strength.

>> How many would that be?

>> Well, I'd like to get that up to at

least 2,350.

Oh, for Hampshire alone. Is that

>> That's right. Hamampshire alone.

>> Captain Nashburn.

>> Yes.

>> Telegram for you, sir.

>> Thank you.

>> Yes. 2350 should be the absolute

minimum.

[Applause]

Safe. Brendy having rattling good time.

Nancy,

you might just take that wire to lay an

order.

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So long, old man.

I must have a bit of rest, you know.

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When Nancy got to Aiden, she read of

Edward's suicide. She went mad. And

Leonora wouldn't go and bring her back.

She didn't want to see Nancy ever again.

She wanted to get married to the man she

tried to have the affair with. and she

married him.

So it was I who went to Aidenum

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omnipotent

>> and now here I am very much where I

started 13 years ago. I am the attendant

not the husband of a beautiful girl who

pays no attention to me.

Are all men's lives like the lives of us

good people? Ashurnhams, Rufffords,

Dows, broken, tumultuous, agonized, and

unromantic, punctuated by screams,

imbecilities, agonies, and death. Who

knows?

Perhaps society can only exist if the

passionate, the headstrong, and the too

truthful are condemned to suicide and

madness.

I don't know who the devil knows.

Why can't people have what they want?

The things were all there to content

everybody, yet everybody got the wrong

thing.

I don't know. It's beyond me.

It's all a darkness.

Heat. Heat.

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Heat. Heat.

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Heat. Heat.

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