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NO. IT CAN'T BE. I DON'T BELIEVE IT!

MORNING, MR. JINKINS.

BAILEY! IS IT REALLY YOU?

NO, IT AIN'T ME. IT'S ME ELDEST SON.

HE'S A CREDIT TO HIS FATHER, AIN'T HE?

DO YOU KNOW THEM TOP BOOTS WHEN YOU SEE 'EM?

DO YOU KNOW A SLAP-UP SORT OF BUTTON WHEN YOU SEE IT?

I GOT THE RIGHT SORT OF GOV'NOR NOW.

Jinkins: WHO IS HE?

THE SECRETARY'S SALARY, DAVID,

THAT OFFICE NOW BEING ESTABLISHED,

IS �800 PER ANNUM...

HOUSE RENT, COALS, AND CANDLES FREE, OF COURSE.

YOUR 5 AND 20 SHARES YOU CONTINUE TO HOLD.

IS THAT ENOUGH FOR YOU?

UH...WELL, UH... QUITE ENOUGH.

THEN I SHALL PROPOSE IT AT THE BOARD MEETING

IN MY CAPACITY...

AS CHAIRMAN.

BOARD MEETING?

YOU'RE A CAUTION, TIGG.

SAY MONTAGUE, PLEASE, DAVID.

I SHOULD PREFER YOU TO ADDRESS ME

AS MONTAGUE EVEN IN PRIVATE.

AFTER ALL, I AM CHAIRMAN OF THE ANGLO-BENGALEE

DISINTERESTED LOAN AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.

SHALL WE GO DOWN?

HOW'S EVERYBODY AT TODGERS'?

VERY WELL, I THINK. EXCEPT FOR POOR MODDLE.

THE SILLY FELLOW HAS BEEN INCONSOLABLE EVER SINCE

MISS PECKSNIFF'S MARRIAGE TO JONAS CHUZZLEWIT

WAS ANNOUNCED IN THE NEWSPAPER.

MISS CHARITY MARRIED.

WHY, I PRACTICALLY MADE THE MATCH MESELF.

NO, NOT MISS CHARITY.

THAT WAS WHY MODDLE TOOK IT SO HARD-- MISS MERCY.

SO HE MARRIED THE MERRY ONE IN THE END, DID HE?

WELL, WELL, I DON'T THINK THEY'LL BE SUITED.

BAILEY! YES, SIR?

WE'RE GOING TO HEAD OFFICE. I'LL DRIVE.

YES, SIR. WHOA.

NOT BAD, EH?

GIVE ME REGARDS TO ALL AT TODGERS'.

I WILL.

Crimple: WHAT A CHAP YOU ARE, MONTAGUE.

SAY "GENIUS," CRIMPLE. "GENIUS."

IT WAS A CAPITAL IDEA, WASN'T IT--

THE ANGLO-BENGALEE?

MY IDEA, CRIMPLE, MY IDEA.

BUT MY CAPITAL. MOSTLY.

I DESERVE A LITTLE CREDIT IN THE BUSINESS.

AND YOU HAVE IT. THE PLAIN WORK OF THE COMPANY:

BOOKS, FIGURES... CIRCULARS...

SEALING WAX AND WAFERS...

IS ADMIRABLY DONE BY YOU.

BUT THE ORNAMENTAL DEPARTMENT, DAVID,

THE INVENTIVE AND POETICAL DEPARTMENT...

IS ENTIRELY YOURS. I DON'T DISPUTE IT.

THANK YOU, DAVID. THANK YOU.

WHAT ARE THE COMPANY'S ASSETS,

ACCORDING TO THE NEXT PROSPECTUS?

[CHUCKLES] A FIGURE OF 2

AND AS MANY NAUGHTS AFTER IT

AS THE PRINTER CAN GET INTO THE SECOND LINE.

HA HA HA! HA HA HA!

BY YOUR LEAVE. BY YOUR LEAVE THERE.

MAKE WAY FOR THE CHAIRMAN.

MAKE WAY FOR THE CHAIRMAN, I SAY...

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ANGLO-BENGALEE COMPANY.

MAKE WAY, I SAY!

BULLAMY. YES, SIR?

TELL THE MEDICAL OFFICER I SHOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO HIM.

YES, SIR.

HERE I AM, MR. MONTAGUE.

Montague: AH. DR. JOBLING.

WAIT OUTSIDE, PLEASE, BULLAMY.

UH, YES, SIR.

GOOD MORNING, MR. CRIMPLE. HOW ARE YOU?

A LITTLE WORN WITH BUSINESS?

LET ME RECOMMEND SOME LUNCH.

A VERY WHOLESOME THING AT THIS TIME OF DAY

TO SETTLE THE GASTRIC JUICES.

YOU, TOO, MR. MONTAGUE.

[BELL JINGLES]

Montague: LUNCH, BULLAMY.

YES, SIR.

OH! NOT ON MY ACCOUNT, I HOPE.

[CHUCKLES] YOU'RE VERY GOOD.

SO...

THE BOARD...IS MET.

[CHUCKLING]

I AM NOT, OF COURSE, STRICTLY SPEAKING,

A MEMBER OF THE BOARD, GENTLEMEN.

MERELY A MEDICAL CONSULTANT.

YOU'VE EARNED COMMISSION ON 4 NEW POLICIES, THOUGH, I SEE.

JOBLING, DEAR MAN, WELL DONE.

NO. NO, NO, NONSENSE.

UPON MY WORD, I HAVE NO RIGHT TO DRAW THE COMMISSION.

MY PATIENTS ASK ME WHAT I KNOW, AND I TELL THEM WHAT I KNOW.

IF THEY PUT ANY QUESTION TO ME ABOUT THE CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY,

I TELL THEM I HAVE NO HEAD FOR FIGURES.

IF THEY ASK ME ABOUT MR. MONTAGUE,

I TELL THEM I'M PROUD TO NAME HIM AMONG MY FRIENDS.

HOUSE, EVERYTHING BELONGING TO HIM IN LONDON, BEAUTIFUL.

COSTLY FURNITURE ON A MOST ELEGANT AND LAVISH SCALE.

AS TO THE OFFICES, I TELL THEM TO GO AND SEE FOR THEMSELVES.

AND THEY DO. THEY DO.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Montague: COME.

AH, LUNCH.

GOOD MAN, BULLAMY.

Jobling: IT'S A DAMN FINE MADEIRA, SIR.

THE LAST TIME I TASTED ANYTHING AS GOOD WAS AT A FUNERAL.

OOH!

YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING OF THAT PARTY, I SUPPOSE.

IF HE'S DEAD, I'VE NO WISH TO DO SO.

NO. NO, NO. THE FUNERAL WAS FOR HIS FATHER.

HE DIED OF AN APOPLEXY.

"JONAS CHUZZLEWIT, ESQUIRE"?

MR. CHUZZLEWIT IS THE SOLE INHERITOR OF WHAT,

TO JUDGE BY THE STYLE OF THE FUNERAL,

MUST BE A VERY CONSIDERABLE ESTATE.

NATURALLY, I TOLD HIM WHERE TO GO

IF HE EVER THOUGHT OF INSURING HIS LIFE.

VERY CIVIL, JOBLING.

[KNOCK ON DOOR] COME.

GENTLEMAN REQUESTS THE FAVOR OF AN INTERVIEW, SIR.

SPEAK...OF THE DEVIL.

MR. JONAS CHUZZLEWIT.

MY DEAR CHUZZLEWIT, I'M DELIGHTED TO SEE YOU.

NOW, LET ME INTRODUCE OUR CHAIRMAN, MR. MONTAGUE.

MOST WELCOME, MY DEAR SIR.

WHY DO I SAY OUR CHAIRMAN?

HE'S NOT MY CHAIRMAN, YOU KNOW.

SIMPLY BECAUSE I HEAR THE PHRASE

CONSTANTLY REPEATED ABOUT ME.

SUCH IS THE INVOLUNTARY OPERATION OF THE MENTAL FACULTY

IN THE IMITATIVE BIPED--MAN. HA HA!

THIS IS OUR COMPANY SECRETARY, MR. CRIMPLE.

VERY PLEASED TO MAKE YOUR ACQUAINTANCE.

NOW, YOU GENTLEMEN HAVE BUSINESS TO DISCUSS,

I HAVE SEVERAL PATIENTS TO VISIT.

SO I WILL BID YOU GOOD DAY.

I MUST BE GOING, TOO. IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME.

CERTAINLY, CRIMPLE.

MR. CHUZZLEWIT AND I WILL HAVE A COZY T�TE-�-T�TE.

PLEASE SIT DOWN, MR. CHUZZLEWIT.

IF I COME HERE TO ASK A QUESTION OR TWO

AND TO TAKE A DOCUMENT OR TWO TO CONSIDER THEREOF,

IT DOESN'T BIND ME TO ANYTHING, YOU KNOW.

LET THAT BE UNDERSTOOD.

MY DEAR FELLOW, I APPLAUD YOUR CAUTION.

PLEASE.

WHY SHOULD I DISGUISE WHAT YOU KNOW SO WELL

BUT WHAT THE CROWD NEVER DREAM OF?

WE COMPANIES ARE ALL BIRDS OF PREY.

THE ONLY QUESTION IS WHETHER IN SERVING OUR OWN TURN,

WE MAY ALSO SERVE YOURS.

YOU AIN'T A BAD MAN OF BUSINESS, MR. MONTAGUE.

THE TRUTH IS--

DON'T SAY "TRUTH." IT'S HUMBUG.

THE LONG AND THE SHORT THEN.

MUCH BETTER.

IS THAT I DON'T CONSIDER MYSELF VERY WELL USED

BY ONE OR TWO OF THE OLDER COMPANIES

IN SOME NEGOTIATIONS I HAD WITH THEM.

THEY STARTED OBJECTIONS THEY HAD NO RIGHT TO START

AND PUT QUESTIONS THEY HAD NO RIGHT TO PUT.

TUT, TUT.

AND NOW I'VE MARRIED A WIFE.

SHE'S YOUNG AND HEALTHY,

BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WITH THESE WOMEN,

SO I'M THINKING OF INSURING HER LIFE.

VERY PRUDENT.

PROVIDED I CAN DO IT CHEAP AND EASY

AND WITHOUT BOTHERING HER.

FOR IT IS IN A WOMAN'S WAY TO TAKE IT INTO HER HEAD

THAT IF YOU TALK TO HER ABOUT THESE THINGS,

SHE'S GOING TO DIE DIRECTLY.

SO IT IS.

SWEET, SILLY THINGS THEY ARE.

JOBLING RECOMMENDED YOU VERY WARMLY TO ME, MR. MONTAGUE,

BUT HE COULDN'T TELL ME ANYTHING ABOUT COMPANY SECURITY.

THE PAID-UP CAPITAL, MY DEAR SIR, AT THE PRESENT MOMENT--

I KNOW ALL ABOUT PAID-UP CAPITALS.

DO YOU?

I SHOULD HOPE SO.

DO YOU KNOW ME?

WELL, I HAVE BEEN THINKING AS I SAT HERE,

THAT THERE'S SOMETHING FAMILIAR ABOUT YOU, BUT I CAN'T RECALL.

MR. PECKSNIFF'S PARLOR?

BY GAD!

YOU'RE THE FELLOW THAT CAME TO WARN US

OLD MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT HAD GIVEN US THE SLIP.

THE VERY SAME.

EGAD, YOU'VE PROSPERED SINCE THEN.

I HAVE INDEED. AND SO COULD YOU

IF YOU TOOK PREMIUMS INSTEAD OF PAYING 'EM.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

JOIN US.

EH?

COME OVER HERE A MINUTE.

THERE ARE PRINTED CALCULATIONS

WHICH WILL TELL YOU PRETTY NEARLY

HOW MANY PEOPLE PASS UP AND DOWN

THAT THOROUGHFARE IN A SINGLE DAY,

BUT I CAN TELL YOU HOW MANY OF THEM

WILL COME INTO THIS OFFICE TO BUY ANNUITIES,

EFFECT INSURANCES,

BRING ME THEIR MONEY IN A HUNDRED SHAPES AND WAYS,

FORCE IT UPON US,

TRUST US WITH IT AS IF WE WERE THE MINT,

AND YET KNOW NO MORE ABOUT US THAN YOU DO

ABOUT THAT CROSSING SWEEPER THERE.

WHY? SIMPLY BECAUSE WE LOOK THE TICKET.

BULLAMY'S RED WAISTCOAT

IS WORTH �100 TO US A WEEK.

BUT YOU KNEW THAT ALREADY, YOU DOG.

DINE WITH ME TOMORROW IN PALL MALL.

I WILL.

LOOK OVER THESE PAPERS IN THE MEANTIME.

SEE: "B" WANTS A LOAN,

SAY 50 OR �100, PERHAPS MORE.

IT'S NO MATTER.

"B" PROPOSES SELF AND 2 SECURITIES. "B" IS ACCEPTED.

THE 2 SECURITIES GIVE A BOND.

"B" ASSURES HIS OWN LIFE FOR DOUBLE THE AMOUNT

AND BRINGS 2 FRIENDS' LIVES WITH HIM.

IS THAT NOT A GOOD NOTION?

A CAPITAL NOTION. WILL HE DO IT?

DO IT? "B" IS HARD UP AND WILL DO ANYTHING.

"B" PAYS THE HIGHEST LAWFUL INTEREST.

WHICH AIN'T MUCH.

TRUE. BUT WE HAVE HIS POLICY

AND HIS 2 FRIENDS' POLICIES,

AND WE CHARGE "B" FOR THE BOND,

AND WE CHARGE HIM FOR INQUIRIES

BY OUR MR. NADGETT PRIOR TO THE LOAN,

AND WE CHARGE HIM A TRIFLE

FOR THE SECRETARY'S SERVICES.

AND, IN SHORT, MY GOOD FELLOW,

WE STICK IT INTO "B" UP HILL AND DOWN DALE

AND MAKE A DEVILISH COMFORTABLE LITTLE PROPERTY OUT OF HIM.

YES, BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY BEGIN TO FALL IN?

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR POLICIES BEGIN TO DIE?

GOOD QUESTION.

...BOLT.

WHY, YOU'RE AS BOLD AS BRASS.

A MAN MAY WELL AFFORD TO BE AS BOLD AS BRASS, MY GOOD FELLOW,

WHEN HE GETS GOLD IN EXCHANGE.

DINE WITH ME TOMORROW NIGHT.

7:30, HMM? HERE'S MY CARD.

I CAN SEE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO JOIN US.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

THERE'S A GOOD DEAL TO BE LOOKED AT HERE.

AND LOOK YOU SHALL.

TAKE THESE DOCUMENTS. BULLAMY!

UNTIL TOMORROW.

KINDLY SHOW MR. CHUZZLEWIT THE WAY OUT.

IS NADGETT THERE?

AH, NADGETT.

ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PERSON

I SHALL BE GLAD TO HAVE MYSELF.

ANYTHING YOU CAN GLEAN, BRING TO ME.

TO ME, MR. NADGETT.

MAY I TROUBLE YOU TO PASS THE GOOSEBERRY PRESERVE, MY DEAR?

CHERRY, WHAT IS AMISS BETWEEN US?

WHY ARE WE DISUNITED?

DON'T TALK HUMBUG, PA.

HUMBUG?

THIS IS VERY HARD.

HARD?

FOR WHOM?

WILL YOU STATE THE CAUSE, PA, OR SHALL I?

WAS I NOT MADE A CONVENIENCE OF?

WERE MY FEELINGS NOT TRIFLED WITH?

I WONDER YOU DON'T HAVE MORE SPIRIT.

IF MR. JONAS DID NOT CARE FOR YOU,

WHY SHOULD YOU WISH TO HAVE HIM?

"I WISH TO HAVE HIM"?

"I WISH TO HAVE HIM"...

MERCY IS WELCOME TO THE WRETCH.

THEN WHY MAKE ALL THIS FUSS?

BECAUSE I WAS DECEIVED!

BECAUSE MY OWN FATHER AND MY OWN SISTER

CONSPIRED AGAINST ME!

SHH. BE QUIET.

I'VE BEEN MORE SHAMEFULLY USED

THAN ANYBODY EVER WAS IN THIS WORLD.

IN ANY CASE, THAT'S NOT THE ONLY THING.

I'M NOT A TOTAL FOOL, YOU KNOW, PA,

AND I'M NOT BLIND.

ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS THAT I WON'T SUBMIT TO IT.

YOU LABOR UNDER SOME MISAPPREHENSION, MY DEAR,

BUT I WILL NOT ASK YOU WHAT IT IS.

THEN I SHALL TELL YOU.

LET US AVOID THE SUBJECT, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

OH, I WISH TO BE ABLE TO AVOID IT ALTOGETHER, PA,

BY REMOVING MYSELF.

REMOVING YOURSELF?

I MUST ASK YOU TO PLACE ME ON AN INDEPENDENT FOOTING.

I WILL NOT SUFFER ANY FURTHER...HUMILIATION IN THIS HOUSE.

WELL, MY GOOD SIR, AND HOW IS MY DEAR FRIEND?

OH!

IT'S YOU, PECKSNIFF.

I DIDN'T HEAR YOU APPROACH.

I ASKED YOU HOW YOU WERE THIS DELICIOUS MORNING.

SHE'S GONE FOR A WALK IN THE WOODS.

SHE BROUGHT ME HERE FIRST.

NO, NOT MISS GRAHAM. YOU, MY DEAR SIR, YOU. HOW ARE YOU?

EH? OH.

NOT TOO WELL, PECKSNIFF.

I'M NOT THE MAN I WAS.

OH, WELL, I AM SORRY TO HEAR IT.

BUT IT COMES TO US ALL IN THE END.

CHANGE IS THE CONDITION OF HUMAN LIFE.

NOW, FOR INSTANCE, I MUST PART WITH MY DEAR CHERRY.

IS SHE GETTING MARRIED, TOO, THEN?

OH, NO, NO, NO, MY DEAR SIR.

NO, SHE'S NOT BEEN IN THE BEST OF SPIRITS OF LATE,

AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED.

SHE MISSES HER DEAR SISTER.

I THINK OF GIVING HER A RUN IN LONDON,

A GOOD LONG RUN IF I FIND SHE LIKES IT.

I TRUST YOU AND MISS GRAHAM

WILL CONTINUE TO BEAR ME COMPANY WHILE SHE'S AWAY.

I HAVE NO INTENTION OF REMOVING YET AWHILE.

I'M DELIGHTED TO HEAR IT.

WHY, MY DEAR SIR...

DON'T YOU COME AND STAY WITH ME?

NOW THAT CHERRY IS GOING,

MISS GRAHAM COULD HAVE MY GIRLS' ROOM,

WHICH WOULD BE MORE, UM-- PARDON ME FOR SAYING--

MORE SUITABLE THAN HER PRESENT ACCOMMODATION AT THE DRAGON.

THAT IS KIND OF YOU, PECKSNIFF.

OH, MY DEAR SIR, IF I COULD ONLY SAY

HOW DEEP AN INTEREST I TAKE IN YOU

AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL YOUNG COMPANION.

SHE NEED HAVE SOMEONE INTERESTED IN HER.

I SOMETIMES THINK I DID WRONG TO TRAIN HER AS I DID.

WHEN I'M GONE, SHE'LL HAVE NO PROTECTOR BUT HERSELF.

PERHAPS HER POSITION COULD BE ALTERED.

YOU THINK I SHOULD MAKE A GOVERNESS OF HER

OR A SEAMSTRESS?

HEAVEN FORBID! THERE ARE OTHER WAYS.

WHAT OTHER WAYS?

REALLY, I'M SO EXCITED AT THE PROSPECT OF YOUR EXTENDED VISIT

THAT I HARDLY KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

PERMIT ME TO, UM, RESUME THE SUBJECT ON ANOTHER OCCASION.

AS YOU PLEASE.

I THINK I WILL TAKE A WALK TO CALM MY THOUGHTS.

AND I'LL GO AND SIT IN YOUR PARLOR IF I MAY.

I TIRE EASILY THESE DAYS. EXCUSE ME.

OF COURSE.

YOU WOULD LEAVE THE RECOMPENSE TO ME

IF WE ACCEPT YOUR HOSPITALITY.

DO NOT SPEAK OF RECOMPENSE.

THAT IS AN ABSOLUTE CONDITION.

IF YOU INSIST, MY DEAR SIR.

VERY WELL.

COMMUNING WITH NATURE, MISS GRAHAM?

SO AM I.

I--I WAS JUST GOING HOME.

SO AM I.

TAKE MY ARM, SWEET GIRL.

NO. THANK YOU.

WHY SO FAST?

YOU WOULD NOT SHUN ME, WOULD YOU?

YES, I WOULD.

RELEASE ME, MR. PECKSNIFF, PLEASE.

I AM GLAD WE MET.

I AM VERY GLAD WE MET.

I AM NOW ABLE TO EASE MY BOSOM OF A TENDER SECRET.

CAN YOU GUESS WHAT IT IS?

PLEASE LET ME GO!

HEAR ME OUT! I LOVE YOU, MARY.

I LOVE YOU, MY GENTLE DOVE,

WITH A PASSION WHICH IS QUITE SURPRISING,

EVEN TO MYSELF.

ALTHOUGH I AM A WIDOWER,

I AM NOT ENCUMBERED WITH DEPENDENTS.

I HAVE A CHARACTER, I HOPE.

PEOPLE ARE PLEASED TO SPEAK WELL OF ME.

MY MANNER AND PERSON IS NOT ABSOLUTELY

THAT OF A MONSTER, I TRUST, HMM?

I HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT OUR VENERABLE FRIEND

WILL LOOK KINDLY ON OUR UNION.

AND WHEN HE IS WAFTED TO A HAVEN OF REST,

WE SHALL CONSOLE EACH OTHER.

WHAT DO YOU SAY, MY PRETTY PRIMROSE?

I CANNOT LISTEN TO YOUR PROPOSAL, MR. PECKSNIFF.

IF YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF HONOR,

YOU WILL RELEASE ME AT ONCE!

OF COURSE, A CERTAIN MAIDENLY RELUCTANCE IS NATURAL

UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES

AND ONLY ADDS TO YOUR CHARM, MY DEAR.

GREAT HEAVENS! WILL NOTHING MOVE YOU?

MUST I TELL YOU THAT I LOATHE AND DETEST YOU?

IT IS A CURIOUS FACT,

BUT IT IS DIFFICULT, YOU KNOW,

FOR ANYONE TO RUFFLE ME.

MR. CHUZZLEWIT SHALL KNOW OF THIS.

HOW? I SHALL TELL HIM.

NO, YOU WILL NOT.

THERE ARE TWO MARTIN CHUZZLEWITS,

AND YOUR CARRYING YOUR ANGER TO ONE

MIGHT SERIOUSLY AFFECT THE OTHER.

WHAT MORE CAN MY MARTIN SUFFER?

YOUR MARTIN?

OH, YES. I DID HEAR THERE WAS SOME

CHILDISH FONDNESS BETWEEN YOU.

WHEN WE ARE MARRIED, YOU SHALL HAVE

THE SATISFACTION OF DOING HIM SOME GOOD.

I HAVE SOME INFLUENCE

WITH MR. CHUZZLEWIT, I THINK.

HEAVEN KNOWS WHY.

AND HE IS NOT THE MAN HE USED TO BE.

I SEE IN HIM THE SAME SYMPTOMS OF IRREVERSIBLE DECLINE

THAT I OBSERVED IN HIS BROTHER

JUST BEFORE HE DIED.

OH, DON'T SAY THAT.

I BELIEVE THAT HE WILL LISTEN FAVORABLY

TO ANY PROPOSAL I MADE IN HIS GRANDSON'S INTEREST.

AND, OF COURSE, BY THE SAME TOKEN,

I COULD STRENGTHEN HIS PREJUDICE AGAINST THE YOUNG MAN.

YOU WILL CONSENT, MY DEAR.

YOU WILL CONSENT, I KNOW,

WHEN YOU HAVE HAD TIME TO REFLECT.

IN THE MEANTIME,

LET US KEEP THIS LITTLE SECRET TO OURSELVES.

AH, YOU NAUGHTY HAND. [CHUCKLES]

WHY DID YOU TAKE ME PRISONER?

GO. GO.

BANDY OR NOT BANDY? COME ON, PICK.

"BANDY, YOUR GRACE, BY THE LORD HARRY," SAID I.

A TRUE MAN OF THE WORLD, MY DEAR SIR.

FOR A PROFESSIONAL PERSON LIKE MYSELF,

IT'S VERY REFRESHING TO COME TO THIS KIND OF SOCIETY.

MORE WINE?

OH, YES. AS MUCH OF THAT AS YOU LIKE.

I THOUGHT IT BEST NOT TO HAVE A PARTY.

I HOPE YOU APPROVE.

WHY, WHAT DO YOU CALL THIS, THEN?

OH, JUST A LITTLE INFORMAL GATHERING OF FRIENDS.

CRIMPLE SAID TO ME, "YOU'LL HAVE A PARTY FOR CHUZZLEWIT?"

"NO, I WON'T," I SAID,

"HE'LL TAKE US AS WE ARE, IN THE ROUGH."

WELL, IT SEEMS PRETTY SMOOTH TO ME.

AND IT DIDN'T COST YOU A TRIFLE, I'LL WAGER.

IT'S THE WAY I LIKE TO SPEND MY MONEY.

YOU SHAN'T GET RID OF YOUR PROFITS IN THE SAME WAY,

I FANCY.

NO, YOU'RE RIGHT THERE.

NOT THAT I'VE DEFINITELY AGREED TO JOIN, MIND.

OF COURSE NOT.

NO, YOU MUST TAKE YOUR TIME.

BUT LET US NOT SPOIL SUCH AN EXCELLENT WINE WITH TALK OF BUSINESS.

YOUR GOOD HEALTH.

YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, MONTAGUE.

Crimple: IS HE, UH, HOOKED?

ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS REEL HIM IN.

HE SIGNS TOMORROW.

MEANWHILE, BAILEY CAN TAKE HIM HOME.

IN A HACKNEY CAB.

BAILEY? IS IT YOU?

DON'T BE FRIGHTENED.

I BROUGHT HOME MR. CHUZZLEWIT,

BUT HE AIN'T ILL.

ONLY A LITTLE SWIPEY, YOU KNOW.

HAVE YOU COME FROM MRS. TODGERS'?

LOR' BLESS YOU, NOW.

I'VE DONE WITH TODGERS' LONG AGO.

YOUR HUSBAND'S BEEN A-DINING WITH ME GOV'NOR IN THE WEST END.

DIDN'T YOU KNOW?

NO.

DON'T YOU STAND HERE A-CATCHIN' YOUR DEATH OF COLD.

I'LL GET HIM.

Bailey: COME NOW, SIR.

NEARLY THERE.

LOOK AT HER.

YOU'RE A NICE CLOG FOR A MAN TO BE TIED TO

FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

YOU MEWLING, WHITE-FACED CAT.

I KNOW YOU DON'T MEAN IT, JONAS.

BAILEY, MY GOOD BOY, GO HOME NOW.

Jonas: "MEAN IT"?

OH, OF COURSE I MEAN IT.

THINGS HAVE OPENED TO ME NOW

WHERE I SEE I COULD HAVE MARRIED ANYONE I LIKED!

YOU WOULDN'T SAY SUCH THINGS IF YOU WERE SOBER.

BAILEY, PLEASE TAKE THIS FOR YOUR KINDNESS AND BE GONE.

EGAD!

YOU MADE ME BEAR YOUR HUMORS ONCE.

WELL, NOW I'LL MAKE YOU BEAR MINE.

ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE ALL RIGHT?

QUITE SURE. THANK YOU.

TAKE THIS CANDLE WITH YOU

AND PULL THE FRONT DOOR SHUT BEHIND YOU.

Mercy: IT'S LATE, JONAS. WON'T YOU COME TO BED?

Jonas: FETCH ME SOME ALE. I'VE A RAGING THIRST.

YOU'VE HAD ENOUGH TO DRINK TONIGHT. COME TO BED.

LEAVE ME ALONE!

NO, JONAS! DON'T! NO!

STOP THAT MEWLING!

OR I'LL GIVE YOU SOME MORE OF THE SAME MEDICINE!

[MERCY SOBBING]

DOWN YOU GO.

MR. JINKINS, WOULD YOU SEE TO THE LUGGAGE, PLEASE?

OH, THANK YOU.

OH, COME ON.

[MUTTERING]

GOOD MORNING, MRS. GAMP.

AH, MR. MOULD. MRS. MOULD.

OH, FORGIVE ME IF I DON'T CURTSY,

BUT I DON'T KNOW AS I SHOULD BE ABLE TO STRAIGHTEN UP AGAIN.

YOU DO SEEM TO BE SOMEWHAT INCUMBENT.

GIRLS, HELP MRS. GAMP WITH HER BAGS.

OH, THANK YOU, DEARS.

OH, THAT'S VERY KIND OF YOU, SIR.

OH! OH! I'M ONLY GOING AWAY FOR 2 DAYS.

BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU MIGHT NEED IN THE COUNTRY.

THE COUNTRY? THAT'S UNUSUAL FOR YOU.

YES. IT'S ALL ON ACCOUNT OF THAT GENTLEMAN AT THE BULL

WHAT I BEEN NURSING FOR A MONTH OR MORE.

REALLY? HOW IS HE?

OH, DEAR. OF ALL THE TRYING INWALIEGES

IN THIS WALLEY OF THE SHADOW.

HE BEATS YOU BLACK AND BLUE.

A PERSON NEEDS A CONSTITUTION MADE OF BRICKS TO STAND IT.

BUT WHY THE COUNTRY?

OH, MR. WESTLOCK, THE GENTLEMAN WHAT'S LOOKING AFTER HIM,

HE THINKS HE'D BE BETTER OFF IN HERTFORDSHIRE

WHICH IS HIS NATIVE AIR,

SO I'M GOING DOWN IN A COACH WITH HIM THIS MORNING

AND STAY TILL WE GET A COUNTRY NURSE.

YEH. BUT NATIVE AIRS WON'T BRING HIM ROUND.

NOR NATIVE GRACES NEITHER, IF YOU ASK ME.

MY SERVICES MAY BE REQUIRED YET, THEN, MRS. GAMP?

WELL, AS TO THAT, SIR, I DON'T RIGHTLY KNOW.

BUT THERE'S FEVERS OF THE MIND AS WELL AS THE BODY.

YOU MAY TAKE THE SLEEPIN' DRAFTS

TILL YOU FLY THROUGH THE AIR WITH EFFERWESENCE,

BUT YOU WON'T CURE THAT.

THE THINGS HE SAYS IN HIS SLEEP

AS WOULD MAKE YOUR BLOOD CURL, MR. MOULD.

WHOO!

MRS. TODGERS?

OH, MR. MODDLE! YOU MADE ME JUMP.

MRS. TODGERS, DID I DREAM

OR DID I SEE MISS CHARITY ARRIVING EARLIER?

NO, MR. MODDLE, YOU WEREN'T DREAMING.

MISS CHARITY HAS COME TO STAY WITH ME FOR A WHILE.

OH, MRS. TODGERS, DO YOU THINK

SHE WOULD PERMIT ME TO SIT WITH HER SOMETIMES?

I DON'T SEE WHY NOT.

IT WOULD BE A COMFORT TO ME TO CONTEMPLATE HER NOSE.

HER NOSE, SIR?

HER PROFILE IN GENERAL.

BUT PARTICULARLY HER NOSE.

IT'S SO LIKE...

OH! [SOBS]

IT'S SO LIKE HERS WHO IS ANOTHER'S, MRS. TODGERS.

NOW, MR. MODDLE...

IF YOU WANT MISS CHARITY TO BE CIVIL TO YOU,

YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO STOP ACTING LIKE A WATER PUMP

AND GOING ON ALL THE TIME ABOUT ANOTHER'S.

IT IS VERY HARD...

AH-AH!

BUT I WILL TRY.

THAT'S THE SPIRIT, MR. MODDLE.

HEAD UP!

THERE, YOU LOOKS CHARMING.

I FEEL AS IF I WAS IN SOMEONE ELSE'S CLOTHES.

I'M ALL ON ONE SIDE,

AND YOU'VE MADE ONE OF MY LEGS SHORTER THAN THE OTHER.

OH, ALWAYS COMPLAINING!

I SUPPOSE YOU DON'T LIKE THAT, NEITHER!

WHY DO YOU MAKE ME SIT UPON A BOTTLE?

AH! DEUCE TAKE THE MAN

IF HE HADN'T BEEN AND PUT MY NIGHT BOTTLE IN HIS POCKET. HA HA!

MORNING, LADIES. GOOD MORNING, LEWSOME.

ALL READY?

MY DEAR FELLOW, YOU LOOK LIKE A GUY FAWKES EFFIGY.

MR. LEWSOME AIN'T AN EASY GENT TO GET INTO HIS CLOTHES, SIR.

OH, WESTLOCK.

HOW CAN I THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS?

OH, SAY NO MORE ABOUT IT.

I'M GLAD TO HAVE THE MEANS TO HELP YOU.

THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE I HAVE TO SAY TO YOU.

SOMETHING WHICH HAS BEEN A DREADFUL WEIGHT

ON MY MIND THROUGHOUT THIS LONG ILLNESS.

IS IT THE MATTER YOU WISHED TO DISCUSS WITH ME

BEFORE YOU BECAME ILL?

MAY I LEAVE IT TILL I FEEL STRONGER?

MY DEAR FELLOW, OF COURSE.

HERE. THE COUNTRY AIR AND A CHANGE OF SCENERY

WILL MAKE A NEW MAN OF YOU.

THE COACH IS READY.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN MANAGE THE STAIRS TOGETHER, SHALL WE?

ALL RIGHT, GIVE ME YOUR ARM.

PLEASE HOLD THIS.

OOH!

I THANKS YOU.

[SNIFFS]

YOUR DARLING SISTER I'VE ONLY SEEN ONCE SINCE HER MARRIAGE,

AND THEN I THOUGHT HER LOOKING RATHER POORLY.

MY DEAR, I ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU WERE TO BE THE LADY.

OH, DEAR, NO.

NO, THANK YOU, MRS. TODGERS.

THERE WAS NO SUCH INTENTION ON MY SIDE, I ASSURE YOU.

[LAUGHS]

OH. I DARESAY YOU WERE RIGHT.

BUT THE MISERY WE HAVE HEARD FROM THAT MATCH

HERE IN THIS HOUSE, MY DEAR MISS PECKSNIFF, NOBODY WOULD BELIEVE.

HERE?

AWFUL. AWFUL.

YOU REMEMBER MY YOUNGEST GENTLEMEN MR. MODDLE?

OF COURSE.

AND HOW A KIND OF STONY DULLNESS CAME OVER HIM

WHENEVER HE WAS IN YOUR SISTER'S COMPANY?

NO. NO, I DON'T REMEMBER THAT.

OH, MY DEAR, I HAVE SEEN HIM AGAIN AND AGAIN

SITTING OVER HIS PIE AT DINNER

WITH THE SPOON A PERFECT FIXTURE TO HIS MOUTH

GAZING AT YOUR SISTER.

WELL, I NEVER NOTICED IT.

BUT WHEN THE MARRIAGE TOOK PLACE,

WHEN IT WAS IN THE PAPER,

AND READ OUT BY MR. JINKINS AT BREAKFAST,

I THOUGHT HE HAD TAKEN LEAVE OF HIS SENSES, I DID INDEED.

THE EXTRAORDINARY ACTIONS HE PERFORMED WITH HIS TEA

AND THE CLENCHING WAY

IN WHICH HE BIT HIS BREAD AND BUTTER,

THE VIOLENT ABUSE HE HEAPED ON MR. JINKINS--

I SHALL NEVER FORGET IT AS LONG AS I LIVE.

IF HE HADN'T BEEN HELD DOWN BY 3 OF MY GENTLEMEN,

I BELIEVE HE WOULD HAVE HAD MR. JINKINS' LIFE WITH A BOOT-JACK.

HOW ABSURD.

THEN HE WENT INTO A DECLINE.

YOU COULD BRING THE TEARS INTO HIS EYES

BY JUST LOOKING AT HIM.

I HAD SUCH A TURN YESTERDAY

WHEN THE HOUSEMAID THREW HIS BEDROOM CARPET OUT OF THE WINDOW.

I THOUGHT IT WAS HIM. HE'D DONE IT AT LAST.

IT'S A PITY HE DIDN'T.

OH, FIE, MISS CHARITY.

HE SHOULD LIVE TO ENJOY HIS PROSPECTS.

THERE'S NO HARM IN THE POOR LAD.

HE HAS PROSPECTS, DOES HE?

OHH, VERY PROMISING YOUNG LAWYER, I UNDERSTAND.

AND HOW IS YOUR PRINCELY PA?

IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN...

HE HAS HIS EYE ON A NEW PRINCESS.

OH.

I WOULDN'T HAVE BELIEVED.

THAT IS WHY I AM HERE. I WON'T BEAR IT.

QUITE RIGHT, MY DEAR.

WELL, IT ONLY GOES TO SHOW...

THERE'S NO TRUSTING A MAN.

WE'RE ALL PLAYTHINGS OF THEIR PASSIONS.

[ORGAN PLAYING]

Tom: I'VE HAD NO MORE LETTERS,

BUT DON'T BE UNEASY ON THAT ACCOUNT.

Mary: I CAN'T HELP WORRYING.

IT IS WEEKS SINCE HE WROTE FROM NEW YORK.

HE WARNED IT MIGHT BE SO.

BESIDES, IT'S A TRUE SAYING

THAT NOTHING TRAVELS SO FAST AS ILL NEWS,

SO YOU MAY DEPEND UPON IT THAT HE'S ALL RIGHT.

YOU WERE A GREAT COMFORT TO ME, MR. PINCH.

I WISH I COULD'VE SERVED YOU MORE IN THAT WAY.

BUT...

BUT WHAT?

IT WILL SEEM VERY FOOLISH...

VERY PRESUMPTUOUS...

AND RIDICULOUS OF ME, BUT...

I FEARED YOU MIGHT SUPPOSE IT POSSIBLE

THAT I SHOULD ADMIRE YOU TOO MUCH FOR MY OWN PEACE.

MR. PINCH...

I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH YOUR SILENT CARE AND FRIENDSHIP

HAVE MEANT TO ME THESE PAST WEEKS.

YOU HAVE BEEN A GOOD ANGEL TO ME.

I'M GLAD OF IT.

IF I, TOO, HAVE SEEMED SOMEWHAT RESERVED,

IT WAS BECAUSE I DIDN'T WISH TO DO YOU AN INJURY WITH YOUR EMPLOYER.

WITH MR. PECKSNIFF?

YOU'VE NO REASON TO BE AFRAID OF HIM.

HE'S NOT A SPY.

I FEAR YOU ARE MISTAKEN.

YOU ASTONISH ME, MISS GRAHAM.

I KNOW WHAT IT IS.

MARTIN HAS PREJUDICED YOU AGAINST HIM.

IT'S THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE,

BUT EVERY STUDENT MR. PECKSNIFF HAS EVER HAD

HAS TAKEN A VIOLENT DISLIKE TO HIM EXCEPT MYSELF.

BUT I KNOW HIM BETTER THAN ALL OF THEM,

AND I CAN ASSURE YOU HE IS THE BEST OF MEN.

MR. PINCH, I HOPE I DON'T OFFEND YOU,

BUT I KNOW YOU ARE MISTAKEN.

NO! IF IS YOU WHO ARE MISTAKEN, MISS GRAHAM!

[MARY SOBS]

MISS GRAHAM! WHAT'S THE MATTER?

HAVE I SAID ANYTHING TO HURT YOU?

PRAY, TELL ME WHAT IS DISTRESSING YOU.

THE PERSON WHOM YOU THINK THE BEST OF MEN...

MR. PECKSNIFF, YES, WHAT OF HIM?

HE'S BEEN... MAKING ADVANCES.

TO YOU?

THE OTHER DAY, HE WAYLAID ME IN THE WOODS

AND FORCED ME TO LISTEN TO A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE.

WHAT?

HE CAUGHT HOLD OF ME AND WOULDN'T LET ME GO,

FONDLED ME IN THE MOST OFFENSIVE WAY.

CAN THIS BE TRUE?

MR. PECKSNIFF?

ABSOLUTELY TRUE. I SWEAR IT.

AND HE SAYS THAT IF I MARRY HIM,

HE WILL USE HIS INFLUENCE WITH MR. CHUZZLEWIT

TO RESTORE MARTIN'S HOPES. BUT IF I REFUSE HIM,

HE WILL MAKE SURE THEY ARE NEVER RECONCILED.

DO YOU BELIEVE ME?

SO THEY WERE RIGHT, THEN.

WHO WERE RIGHT?

JOHN WESTLOCK...

MARTIN...

AND THE OTHERS.

ONLY I WAS FOOL ENOUGH TO BE TAKEN IN.

I KNOW IT IS A SAD BLOW FOR YOU.

I WOULDN'T HAVE TOLD YOU IF I COULD'VE HELPED IT.

YES, YES, OF COURSE.

I MUST GO NOW.

YES.

[HITS LOUD, DISCORDANT NOTE ON ORGAN]

[OUTER DOOR OPENS]

PECKSNIFF, WHAT'S THE MATTER?

I AM DECEIVED, SIR.

DECEIVED? BY WHOM?

BY SOMEONE IN WHOM I PLACED UNBOUNDED TRUST.

BY THOMAS PINCH, OF ALL PEOPLE.

[GASPS] ARE YOU CERTAIN?

QUITE CERTAIN.

BUT THE WORST OF IT IS,

HIS TREACHERY HURTS YOU ALSO, MY FRIEND.

HOW?

YOU ALARM ME, PECKSNIFF.

I'M NOT AS STRONG AS I WAS.

HAVE NO FEAR.

I THINK I KNOW MY DUTY WHEN I SEE IT.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Pecksniff: COME IN.

JANE, HAS MR. PINCH RETURNED FROM HIS...

ORGAN PRACTICE?

NOT YET, SIR.

WHEN HE DOES, TELL HIM I WISH TO SEE HIM.

IMMEDIATELY!

YES, SIR.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

COME IN.

YOU WISHED TO SEE ME, MR. PECKSNIFF?

PLEASE BE SEATED.

WHAT WAS THAT PRETTY PIECE OF MUSIC

YOU WERE PLAYING THIS AFTERNOON IN CHURCH, MR. PINCH?

YOU WERE THERE?

YES, I WAS THERE, SAYING MY PRAYERS.

LULLED BY THE MUSIC, I FELL INTO A SLUMBER

FROM WHICH I WAS AWOKEN BY THE SOUND OF VOICES.

YOUR VOICE AND MISS GRAHAM'S.

FROM THE FRAGMENTS I OVERHEARD,

I ASCERTAINED THAT YOU, MR. PINCH,

FORGETFUL OF ALL TIES OF HONOR AND DUTY

AND REGARDLESS OF THE SACRED LAWS OF HOSPITALITY

HAVE PRESUMED TO ADDRESS MISS GRAHAM

IN UNRETURNED PROFESSIONS OF ATTACHMENT

AND PROPOSALS OF LOVE.

I HEARD EVIDENCE OF OTHER TREACHERY

WHICH I SPARE TO MENTION NOW.

YOU DO NOT DENY IT, I SEE.

NO, I DO NOT DENY IT.

OBLIGE ME BY COUNTING THIS MONEY

AND PUTTING YOUR NAME ON THIS RECEIPT.

IT IS YOUR QUARTER'S WAGES.

A PERSON FROM THE DRAGON

WILL CARRY YOUR LUGGAGE TO WHEREVER YOU PLEASE.

WE PART, MR. PINCH, AT ONCE

AND ARE STRANGERS FROM THIS TIME ON.

I'M GLAD HE'S GONE.

MR. PINCH.

SO IT'S TRUE THAT YOU'VE BEEN DISMISSED.

I WOULDN'T WISH TO STAY HERE ANYWAY, MISS GRAHAM,

EXCEPT TO PROTECT YOU.

WHAT DID HE ACCUSE YOU OF?

OF...

OF MAKING PROFESSIONS OF LOVE TO YOU.

WHAT? THE MAN IS UTTERLY WICKED.

YOU DENIED IT, OF COURSE.

NO.

BUT...

PECKSNIFF OVERHEARD OUR CONVERSATION IN THE CHURCH.

IF I DENIED IT, HE MIGHT HAVE TOLD MR. CHUZZLEWIT

THAT YOU WERE CORRESPONDING WITH MARTIN.

BUT IT'S SO UNJUST

THAT YOU SHOULD SUFFER ON MY ACCOUNT.

WHERE WILL YOU GO?

WELL, THE DRAGON TONIGHT

AND TOMORROW TO LONDON.

I'LL TELL MRS. LUPIN

THAT IF ANY LETTER ARRIVES FROM AMERICA FOR ME,

IT SHOULD BE HANDED TO YOU.

GOOD-BYE, MISS GRAHAM.

I HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN UNDER HAPPIER CIRCUMSTANCES.

GOOD-BYE, MR. PINCH.

AND GOD BLESS YOU.

WELL, I'M OFF, MRS. LUPIN.

AND SORRY I AM TO SEE YOU GO, MR. PINCH.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PERSON IN THE VILLAGE

I COULD MISS MORE-- OUTSIDE OF MARK TAPLEY.

YOU HAVEN'T ANY MORE NEWS OF HIM

OR YOUNG MR. CHUZZLEWIT, I SUPPOSE?

I'M AFRAID NOT. I'M SURE THEY'RE ALL RIGHT.

I DO HOPE SO.

HERE. TAKE THIS WITH YOU.

DO YOU WANT TO DELIVER IT SOMEWHERE IN LONDON?

OH, LORD BLESS YOU, SIR, NO.

IT'S A LITTLE REFRESHMENT FOR THE JOURNEY.

WELL, THIS IS ENOUGH TO FEED THE WHOLE COACH.

NO MATTER. DANIEL WILL TAKE YOU AND YOUR LUGGAGE TO THE CROSSROADS.

YOU'RE VERY KIND, MRS. LUPIN.

GOODNESS ME. WHAT ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE DOING HERE?

I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON IN THE VILLAGE AS WILL MISS YOU, MR. PINCH.

All: � FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW �

� FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW �

� FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW �

� AND SO SAY ALL OF US �

HEY!

� AND SO SAY ALL OF US �

� AND SO SAY ALL OF US �

� FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW �

� FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW �

� FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW �

� AND SO SAY ALL OF US! �

BYE, TOM! BYE, TOM!

GOOD BLESS!

LOOK AFTER YOURSELF!

GOOD BLESS!

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WHY, MR. PINCH!

MISS PECKSNIFF.

WHATEVER ARE YOU DOING HERE, MR. PINCH?

I SEEM TO HAVE RATHER LOST MY WAY.

I HOPE YOU HAVE RUN AWAY.

IS MY...PARENT MARRIED YET?

NO. AND TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, MISS PECKSNIFF,

I DON'T THINK HE IS LIKELY TO BE

IF MISS GRAHAM IS THE OBJECT OF HIS PASSION.

YOU ARE VERY EASILY DECEIVED.

I WAS DECEIVED IN YOUR FATHER, I MUST ADMIT.

BUT I HAVE PARTED FROM HIM FOREVER.

BRAVO. OH, COME AND TELL ME ALL ABOUT IT.

I RESIDE WITH MRS. TODGERS AT PRESENT.

LOOK, JUST ON THE CORNER.

OH, PRAY, COME. YOU'LL FIND MERCY THERE.

I SHOULD LIKE TO, BUT I MUST FIND JOHN WESTLOCK'S CHAMBERS

BEFORE IT GETS TOO LATE.

FURNIVALL'S INN? I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT HERE SOMEWHERE.

YES. WELL, AUGUSTUS SHALL ESCORT YOU.

AUGUSTUS?

MR. AUGUSTUS MODDLE,

MY INTENDED.

COME ON.

[DOOR OPENS]

Charity: OH, MARY, WHO DO YOU THINK I FOUND IN THE STREET

AND BROUGHT TO SEE YOU?

MR. PINCH!

HE HAS QUARRELED WITH PAPA,

AND I HAVE PROMISED

THAT AUGUSTUS SHALL SHOW HIM THE WAY TO FURNIVALL'S INN.

AUGUSTUS!

AUGUSTUS!

MISS MERCY, THIS IS AN UNEXPECTED PLEASURE.

MY GRACIOUS ME.

I WONDER YOU FIND ANY GRATIFICATION

IN SEEING ME, MR. PINCH.

THERE WAS NO LOVE LOST BETWEEN US AT ANY TIME, I THINK.

I HOPED YOU WOULD BE GLAD TO SHAKE HANDS WITH AN OLD FRIEND.

IF I EVER OFFENDED YOU, MISS MERCY, I AM SORRY.

MISS MERCY!

M-M-MRS. CHUZZLEWIT, I SHOULD SAY-- WHAT'S THE MATTER?

PLEASE DON'T CRY. HERE.

EXCUSE ME.

YOU MAKE ME ASHAMED OF MY PAST CONDUCT TOWARDS YOU, MR. PINCH.

ARE YOU GOING?

YES, I MUST.

HOW IS OLD MR. CHUZZLEWIT?

UM, SOMEWHAT FRAIL THESE DAYS, I HAVE TO SAY.

NEXT TIME YOU SEE HIM,

TELL HIM I OFTEN THINK OF OUR CONVERSATION IN THE CHURCH YARD.

CERTAINLY.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN I SHALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT--

I SHOULD LIKE HIM TO KNOW HOW TRUE HIS WORDS WERE.

I WISH I HAD HEEDED THEM.

TELL HIM IF EVER HE SHOULD COUNSEL A VAIN, FOOLISH YOUNG GIRL AGAIN,

TO PERSEVERE JUST A LITTLE LONGER.

I DO NOT BLAME HIM,

BUT IT MIGHT SAVE HER MUCH UNHAPPINESS.

GOOD-BYE, MR. PINCH.

GOOD-BYE, MRS. TODGERS. I MUST GO HOME.

GOOD-BYE, MY DEAR.

COME AGAIN TOMORROW?

THANK YOU. I'LL SEE MYSELF OUT.

MR. PINCH, I WISH YOU GOOD FORTUNE IN YOUR NEW LIFE.

AYE, SIR. YOU'RE AN OLD FRIEND, I SEE.

YES.

BUT SHE TOLD YOU WHAT HER TROUBLES ARE, I'M CERTAIN.

NO, SHE HAS NOT.

BUT I KNOW.

I KNOW.

AND I SAY IT'S A CRYING SHAME.

HERE WE ARE!

MR. THOMAS PINCH, MR. AUGUSTUS MODDLE.

WHERE'S MY SISTER?

SHE HAD TO GO HOME.

OH. HOW VEXING.

I WANTED TO SHOW HER SOMETHING

I'VE JUST BOUGHT FOR MY TROUSSEAU.

HOW DID YOU FIND HER, MR. PINCH?

WELL...

NOT AS I WOULD HAVE HOPED.

SHE'S GREATLY ALTERED NO? SINCE SHE'S BEEN IN A--

SINCE SHE'S BEEN MARRIED.

Charity: MY DEAR AUGUSTUS, WHAT A PROSE YOU ARE.

YOU MUST HAVE SAID THAT 50,000 TIMES IN MY PRESENCE.

NOW MAKE YOURSELF USEFUL

AND SHOW MR. PINCH THE WAY TO FURNIVALL'S INN.

OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MODDLE.

MAY I CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR ENGAGEMENT?

I WISH YOU JOY.

JOY?

THE SCORNER HAS NOT SET HIS SEAL UPON YOU, I SEE.

THE SCORNER?

YOU CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU?

WELL, YES, I MUST ADMIT I DO.

I DON'T.

THE ELEMENTS MAY HAVE ME WHEN THEY PLEASE!

GOOD DAY.

COME IN.

TOM?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

I'M DELIGHTED TO SEE YOU.

COME IN, COME IN. SIT DOWN.

I'LL GET YOU A CHERRY BRANDY.

UH, BISCUIT?

GRAPES?

WHAT'S THE NEWS, EH?

HOW IS PECKSNIFF?

I DON'T KNOW, AND I DON'T CARE.

I'VE LEFT HIM, JOHN.

VOLUNTARILY?

WELL, NO, HE--

DISMISSED ME.

I-I'LL TELL YOU HOW IT HAPPENED ANOTHER TIME

IF YOU DON'T MIND.

BUT YOU WERE RIGHT IN YOUR ESTIMATE OF HIS CHARACTER, JOHN.

UPON MY SOUL.

WHEN I SEE HOW UPSET YOU ARE, TOM,

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO BE GLAD OR SORRY

THAT YOU'VE MADE THIS DISCOVERY AT LAST.

IT'S VERY KIND OF YOU NOT TO CRY, "I TOLD YOU SO."

MY DEAR FELLOW.

NOW, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS?

WHERE'S YOUR BOX?

YOU'LL STAY WITH ME, OF COURSE.

OH, WELL, I DON'T INTEND TO--

NEVER MIND WHAT YOU INTENDED.

WELL...I MUST LOOK FOR A NEW POSITION, OF COURSE.

BUT FIRST OF ALL, I MUST VISIT MY SISTER IN CAMBERWELL.

DOES MISS PINCH LIVE HERE?

MISS PINCH IS THE GOVERNESS HERE.

IS SHE AT HOME?

WELL, I DON'T KNOW, I'M SURE.

WELL, WOULD YOU HAVE THE GOODNESS TO FIND OUT?

I WISH TO SEE HER.

ANY NAME?

SAY HER BROTHER, IF YOU PLEASE.

COME IN.

SIR.

TOM.

WHAT A LOVELY SURPRISE.

RUTH.

OH! BLESS MY SOUL,

WHAT A LOVELY YOUNG WOMAN YOU'VE BECOME.

I SHOULDN'T HAVE RECOGNIZED YOU

IF I PASSED YOU IN THE STREET.

DON'T BE SILLY.

IT'S TRUE.

BUT YOU'VE BEEN CRYING.

NO.

YES, YOU HAVE. WHAT'S THE MATTER?

[SHOUTING IN NEXT ROOM]

I CAN'T TELL YOU NOW.

AREN'T YOU HAPPY HERE?

NO.

NOT VERY HAPPY, TOM.

MR. JONES, MRS. JONES, MISS JONES.

MY BROTHER TOM, SIR.

ARE YOU REALLY MISS PINCH'S BROTHER?

I DON'T OBSERVE ANY RESEMBLANCE, I'M BOUND TO SAY.

MISS PINCH IS ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT HER BROTHER

WHEN SHE SHOULD BE TEACHING ME MY LESSONS.

HOLD YOUR TONGUE, GEORGINA.

MR. PINCH,

YOU COME AT AN OPPORTUNE MOMENT.

I'M SORRY TO INFORM YOU

THAT WE ARE NOT AT ALL SATISFIED

WITH YOUR SISTER.

MAY I ASK ON WHAT GROUNDS?

MISS PINCH IS PERFECTLY UNABLE

TO WIN MY DAUGHTER'S RESPECT.

INDEED.

NATURALLY, MRS. JONES AND I

DESIRE THAT OUR DAUGHTER

SHOULD BE GENTEEL IN HER EXPRESSIONS

AND SUITABLY DISTANT TO HER INFERIORS

THAT BECOMES HER STATION IN SOCIETY.

IMAGINE MY FEELINGS WHEN I HEARD HER ONLY THIS MORNING

ADDRESSING MISS PINCH AS A BEGGAR!

A BEGGARLY THING, DEAR.

A BEGGARLY THING, WHICH IS WORSE.

A LOW, COARSE, DESPICABLE EXPRESSION.

I QUITE AGREE. MOST DESPICABLE.

IF I HADN'T KNOWN MISS PINCH WAS AN ORPHAN WITHOUT FRIENDS,

I WOULD HAVE SEVERED OUR CONNECTION ON THE SPOT.

BLESS MY SOUL, SIR,

DON'T ALLOW SUCH CONSIDERATIONS TO INFLUENCE YOU.

SHE IS NOT WITHOUT FRIENDS.

SHE IS READY TO DEPART THIS INSTANT.

RUTH, MY DEAR, GET YOUR BONNET ON.

NICE FAMILY. HE'S HER BROTHER,

THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

AS LITTLE DOUBT, MADAM,

AS THAT THIS YOUNG LADY

IS THE PRODUCT OF YOUR EXAMPLE AND NOT MY SISTER'S.

YOU ARE A VERY IMPERTINENT YOUNG MAN.

ON THE CONTRARY. I STATE THE SIMPLE TRUTH.

HOW CAN MY SISTER COMMAND YOUR DAUGHTER'S RESPECT

WHEN SHE CANNOT COMMAND YOUR OWN OR YOUR WIFE'S

OR YOUR FOOTMAN'S?

THIS IS PRETTY WELL, UPON MY WORD!

IT IS VERY ILL, SIR.

IT IS VERY MEAN AND WRONG AND CRUEL.

MISS PINCH'S MONEY, MY DEAR.

HOW MUCH DO WE OWE HER?

DON'T TROUBLE YOURSELF WITH THAT NOW, SIR.

YOU MAY SEND IT AFTER US ALONG WITH MY SISTER'S BOX.

RUTH, GO AND GET YOUR BONNET.

YES, TOM.

IF YOU IMAGINE, SIR,

THAT THE PAYMENT OF AN ANNUAL SUM OF MONEY

GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO TREAT ITS RECIPIENT WITH CONTEMPT,

THEN YOU VERY MUCH EXAGGERATE ITS POWER AND VALUE.

YOUR MONEY IS THE LEAST PART OF YOUR BARGAIN IN SUCH A CASE.

AND...

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

EXCEPT TO CRAVE PERMISSION TO WAIT IN YOUR GARDEN

UNTIL MY SISTER IS READY TO DEPART.

TOM. YES?

WHERE ARE WE GOING?

BLESS MY SOUL, I DON'T KNOW.

DON'T YOU LIVE ANYWHERE, DEAR?

NOT EXACTLY.

I ONLY ARRIVED IN LONDON YESTERDAY.

I'VE LEFT PECKSNIFF FOR GOOD, YOU KNOW.

I STAYED LAST NIGHT WITH A BACHELOR FRIEND, BUT I CAN HARDLY--

WE MUST FIND SOME LODGINGS.

WHERE SHALL WE GO LOOK FOR THEM?

I HAVE NO IDEA.

IT OUGHT TO BE A CHEAP NEIGHBORHOOD,

NOT TOO FAR FROM LONDON.

SHOULD YOU THINK ISLINGTON A GOOD PLACE?

IT USED TO BE KNOWN AS MARY ISLINGTON ONCE UPON A TIME.

I SHOULD THINK IT WAS AN EXCELLENT PLACE.

DEAR TOM, ANYWHERE WITH YOU WOULD BE A PALACE

COMPARED TO THAT OVER-FURNISHED PRISON HOUSE.

THEN LET US GO TO ISLINGTON.

[PLAYING HARPSICHORD]

[WHISTLING]

Martin: MY DEAREST LOVE,

IT IS MANY MONTHS SINCE I LAST WROTE TO YOU,

AND I KNOW THAT THE LONG INTERVAL WILL HAVE CAUSED YOU GREAT ANXIETY,

BUT THERE WERE REASONS.

OUR JOURNEY WEST WAS LONG AND SLOW,

BY STAGECOACH, WAGON, AND FINALLY, RIVERBOAT.

THE FURTHER WE TRAVELED, THE BLEAKER AND EMPTIER THE PROSPECT BECAME,

YET I CLUNG TO MY BELIEF THAT THERE WAS A GLEAMING WHITE CITY OF STREETS, SPIRES, AND DOMES

AROUND THE NEXT BEND OF THE RIVER.

AT LAST, EARLY ONE MORNING, WE ARRIVED AT OUR DESTINATION.

THE WATER WAS TOO SHALLOW FOR THE PADDLE BOAT TO TIE UP, SO WE WERE ROWED ASHORE.

OH, MY GOD.

KEEP A GOOD HEART, SIR.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS IS OFTEN MISLEADING.

THERE'S AN EDENER. HE'LL GIVE US DIRECTIONS.

NEWCOMERS.

THE VERY SAME.

THIS IS MR. CHUZZLEWIT, AND I'M COLE.

HOW ARE YOU, SIR?

I'VE HAD THE FEVER, VERY BAD.

THESE ARE YOUR NOTIONS, I SEE.

YOU COULDN'T RECOMMEND SOMEONE AS COULD LEND A HAND

TO HELP CARRY THEM UP TO THE TOWN, COULD YOU, SIR?

WHAT TOWN?

WHY, EDEN.

THIS IS EDEN.

[SOBS]

Mark: BEAR UP, SIR. DON'T GIVE WAY.

YOU'VE GOT THE PLAN TO OUR PROPERTY?

Old Man: MY ELDEST SON WOULD HELP YOU IF HE COULD,

BUT HE HAS THE CHILL UPON HIM.

MY YOUNGEST DIED...

LAST WEEK.

I'M SORRY TO HEAR IT, GOVERNOR, WITH ALL MY HEART.

WE'LL CARRY THE BOXES OURSELVES, SIR,

ONE BY ONE.

THERE AIN'T MANY PEOPLE ABOUT THAT TAKE WHAT DON'T BELONG TO THEM.

THAT'S A COMFORT.

NO. YOU MUST LOOK FOR SUCH FOLK HERE.

WE BURIED MOST OF THEM.

THE REST HAVE GONE AWAY.

THE AIR AIN'T QUITE WHOLESOME, I SUPPOSE.

IT'S DEADLY POISON.

DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WHERE PLOT 37 IS?

LAST CABIN UPRIVER.

SAUL POTTER HAD IT.

HE'S DEAD, TOO.

Martin: OUR PROPERTY TURNED OUT TO BE AN ACRE OF WATERLOGGED LAND

AND A MISERABLE HUT WITHOUT EVEN A DOOR TO IT.

WHEN I SAW THAT HOVEL, THE UTTER FOLLY OF MY CONDUCT

AND THE VANITY OF MY DREAMS SMOTE ME TO MY HEART,

AND I LAY MYSELF UPON THE GROUND AND WEPT.

I TRULY BELIEVE THAT IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR MARK,

I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN OUT MY RAZOR AND CUT MY THROAT.

INSTEAD OF REPROACHING ME FOR SQUANDERING HIS SAVINGS ON THIS USELESS PATCH OF SWAMP,

HE SET ABOUT MAKING THE PLACE HABITABLE,

AND SAID THAT NO DOUBT IT WOULD LOOK JOLLIER IN THE MORNING,

BUT BY THEN I WAS ALREADY IN THE GRIP OF FEVER.

I WAS ILL FOR WEEKS, HOVERING ON THE EDGE OF DEATH.

THEN, WHEN I RECOVERED, MARK SUCCUMBED,

AND IT WAS MY TURN TO PLAY THE PART OF NURSE.

I HAD AMPLE TIME FOR REFLECTION AS I WATCHED BESIDE HIS BED.

I REALIZED THAT NOT ONLY MY RECENT CONDUCT,

BUT THE WHOLE OF MY LIFE HAD BEEN CHARACTERIZED BY SELFISHNESS.

AND I SILENTLY RESOLVED THAT, IF EVER I ESCAPED FROM THIS SLOUGH OF DESPOND,

I WOULD BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF OTHERS.

WE BOTH KNEW THAT, ONCE MARK WAS RECOVERED,

WE MUST GET OUT OF EDEN OR DIE THERE,

BUT WE HAD NO MONEY TO PAY FOR THE JOURNEY HOME.

ALL WE HAD WAS YOUR RING.

I HAD VOWED NEVER TO PART WITH IT,

BUT MARK TOLD ME THAT HE KNEW YOU HAD BOUGHT IT WITH YOUR OWN MONEY

FOR JUST SUCH AN EXTREMITY AS THIS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT AFFECTED ME MOST, MY DARLING;

GRATITUDE FOR YOUR GENEROSITY

OR SHAME THAT I HAD NOT RECOGNIZED IT BEFORE.

THE CAPTAIN OF THE PADDLE BOAT TOOK THE RING

AS SURETY FOR OUR PASSAGE BACK TO CINCINNATI,

WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO SELL IT FOR ENOUGH MONEY TO GET TO NEW YORK.

MARK IS HOPEFUL OF OBTAINING THE POSITION OF COOK

ON SOME SHIP BOUND FOR ENGLAND,

AND HIS WAGES WILL PAY FOR MY PASSAGE AS WELL AS HIS.

IF WE ARE LUCKY--

"IF WE ARE LUCKY, WE MAY BE HOME BEFORE THIS LETTER REACHES YOU."

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE FOR DINNER, TOM?

I DON'T KNOW, DEAR. WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST?

I THOUGHT PERHAPS SOME CHOPS.

WELL, WE'VE HAD CHOPS EVERY DAY SINCE WE CAME TO ISLINGTON.

I DON'T KNOW, TOM.

I THINK I COULD MAKE A BEEFSTEAK PUDDING

IF I TRIED.

IN THE WHOLE CATALOG OF COOKERY,

THERE IS NOTHING I SHOULD LIKE SO MUCH AS A BEEFSTEAK PUDDING.

ONLY IF IT SHOULD NOT TURN OUT QUITE RIGHT THE FIRST TIME,

IF IT SHOULD NOT BE A PUDDING, EXACTLY,

BUT A STEW OR A SOUP OR SOMETHING OF THAT SORT,

YOU'LL NOT BE VEXED, WILL YOU?

NO. I PROMISE.

THEN I'LL GO AND BUY THE MEAT.

WHAT ARE YOU WRITING, DEAR?

WELL, JOHN WESTLOCK HAS VERY KINDLY OFFERED

TO LOOK OUT FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME,

SO I THOUGHT I'D PREPARE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION

OF MYSELF AND MY QUALIFICATIONS

SUCH AS HE COULD SHOW HIS FRIENDS.

BUT BLESS ME IF I CAN GET ANY FURTHER

THAN "A RESPECTABLE YOUNG MAN AGED 35."

YOU NEED NOT TROUBLE YOURSELF WITH THAT ANY FURTHER, TOM.

JOHN.

GOOD HEAVENS, COME IN, COME IN.

I BEG YOUR PARDON,

YOUR SISTER'S PARDON ESPECIALLY,

BUT I COULDN'T HELP BUT OVERHEAR AS I WAS COMING UP THE PATH.

RUTH, MY DEAR, THIS IS JOHN WESTLOCK,

OF WHOM I'VE SPOKEN TO YOU SO OFTEN.

HOW DO YOU DO?

I'M DELIGHTED TO MAKE YOUR ACQUAINTANCE, MISS PINCH.

JOHN, MY DEAR FELLOW,

SIT DOWN. SIT DOWN.

I WAS GOING TO CALL UPON YOU TODAY.

I, UH...

I BRING YOU EXCELLENT NEWS.

IT SEEMS YOU HAVE FRIENDS IN LONDON AFTER ALL.

I? WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

AS I WAS HAVING BREAKFAST THIS MORNING,

A GENTLEMAN CALLED ON ME,

A VERY SOBER-LOOKING LAWYER NAMED MR. FIPS.

YOU DON'T KNOW HIM, DO YOU?

NEVER HEARD OF HIM BEFORE IN MY LIFE.

NEITHER HAD I.

HE BEGAN BY SAYING, "I BELIEVE YOU ARE ACQUAINTED

WITH MR. THOMAS PINCH,"

AND I SAID I WAS.

"I UNDERSTAND MR. PINCH

HAS RECENTLY LEFT THE EMPLOY OF A MR. PECKSNIFF

AND HE'S LIVING IN LONDON," HE SAID.

"VERY NEAR LONDON," I SAID.

"IS HE, BY ANY CHANCE, IN SEARCH OF ANOTHER SITUATION?" HE SAID.

"WELL, INDEED HE IS," I SAID.

THEN HE SAID, "I THINK I CAN ACCOMMODATE HIM."

TOM!

GOOD GRACIOUS, ME.

HE SAID HE HAD A CLIENT

WHO WAS IN WANT OF A KIND OF SECRETARY AND LIBRARIAN,

THAT, UH, THOUGH THE SALARY WAS SMALL,

BEING BUT �100 A YEAR--

UH...�100 A YEAR?

STILL, THE DUTIES WERE NOT HEAVY, AND THERE THE POST WAS,

VACANT AND READY FOR YOUR ACCEPTANCE.

DO YOU HEAR, RUTH, �100?

IT'S LIKE A FAIRY TALE.

I CAN TELL YOU, MISS PINCH...

I HALF SUSPECTED HIM OF BEING A SUPERNATURAL AGENT MYSELF,

UNTIL HE TOOK OUT HIS POCKETBOOK AND...

HANDED ME THIS CARD.

"MR. OSWALD FIPS, SOLICITOR, AUSTIN FRIARS."

John: WHERE HE HAS HIS OFFICES AND AWAITS YOUR CALL.

LET US GO THERE AT ONCE. RUTH, MY DEAR, YOU WILL EXCUSE US?

OF COURSE. I'LL GO AND GET YOUR HAT.

WAIT A MINUTE.

WHO IS THIS CLIENT OF MR. FIPS?

I HAVE NO IDEA, TOM. FIPS WOULDN'T TELL ME.

OH, WELL. DOUBTLESS I SHALL FIND OUT.

JOHN, YOU WILL DINE WITH US THIS EVENING.

RUTH IS MAKING A STEAK PUDDING.

I SHOULD LIKE NOTHING BETTER IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.

TOM? YES, DEAR?

YOU WOULDN'T RATHER HAVE CHOPS?

I WOULDN'T.

WHAT ABOUT YOU, JOHN?

STEAK PUDDING IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE DISHES.

VERY WELL, THEN.

THIS IS MY PLACE OF WORK?

IT HAS BEEN RATHER NEGLECTED OF LATE,

AS YOU CAN SEE.

WHAT AN AMAZING NUMBER OF BOOKS.

BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE CAN BE DONE,

WE MUST HAVE THEM PUT IN ORDER,

CATALOGUED,

AND ARRANGED UPON THE BOOKSHELVES, MR. PINCH.

THAT WILL DO TO BEGIN WITH, I THINK.

THAT WILL BE A TASK FULL OF INTEREST FOR ME.

UNTIL MR...

UNTIL MR...

I DON'T BELIEVE YOU MENTIONED THE GENTLEMAN'S NAME.

DIDN'T I?

NO, I DON'T THINK I DID.

WELL, I DARESAY HE'LL BE HERE ONE OF THESE DAYS

TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF.

YOU'LL GET ON VERY WELL TOGETHER, I'M SURE.

YOU HAVE A KEY.

HALF PAST 9:00, YOU KNOW.

LET US SAY

FROM HALF PAST 9:00 TO 4:00.

OR THEREABOUTS.

A LITTLE EARLIER OR A LITTLE LATER,

ACCORDING TO AS YOU FEEL DISPOSED.

YOU WON'T FORGET

TO LOCK THE DOOR BEHIND YOU WHEN YOU LEAVE?

GOOD DAY TO YOU.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

COME IN.

MR. NADGETT, SIR.

SHOW HIM IN, BAILEY.

AH.

WELL, MR. NADGETT.

I THINK I HAVE SOME INFORMATION

THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO YOU, SIR.

GOOD.

I WAS BEGINNING TO FEAR YOU WERE OFF THE SCENT.

WE HAVE TO BE PATIENT IN THIS LINE OF WORK, SIR.

WILL YOU PERUSE MY NOTES?

I WISH YOU WOULD GIVE ME THEIR DRIFT

BY WORD OF MOUTH, MY GOOD FRIEND.

WE DON'T LIKE WORD OF MOUTH, SIR.

WE NEVER KNOW WHO MAY BE LISTENING.

AH.

READ THROUGH TO THE END, SIR.

THERE IS MORE INTEREST AS IT GOES ON.

YOU ARE A REMARKABLE MAN, MR. NADGETT.

I THINK IT IS A PRETTY GOOD CASE, SIR.

IT COST SOME TROUBLE.

THE TROUBLE SHALL BE WELL REWARDED.

THERE IS A DEEPER IMPRESSION

OF SOMEBODY'S HOOF HERE THAN I HAD EXPECTED.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

AND I HAVE REASON TO THINK

THAT THAT IS THE MAN HIMSELF.

HE SAID HE WOULD CALL ON ME THIS MORNING.

I'D BETTER GO.

DON'T LEAVE US ALONE TOGETHER, MR. NADGETT.

SEAT YOURSELF OVER THERE IN THE CORNER.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

MR. CHUZZLEWIT TO SEE YOU, SIR.

SHOW HIM IN, BAILEY.

OH, MY DEAR CHUZZLEWIT, YOU'RE UP WITH THE LARK.

ECOD, I'D RATHER BE UP THAN LYING AWAKE IN BED,

COUNTING DISMAL CHURCH CLOCKS.

YOU DON'T SLEEP WELL?

WELL ENOUGH.

I SEE OLD WHAT'S-HIS-NAME IS HERE,

LOOKING AS IF HE MIGHT SKULK UP AND DOWN THE CHIMNEYS AS USUAL.

HE MAY GO, MAYN'T HE?

OH, LET NADGETT STAY.

HE'S COPYING OUT A REPORT FOR ME.

HE UNDERSTANDS HIS BUSINESS.

WELL, TALKING OF BUSINESS,

I'D LIKE TO HAVE A WORD WITH YOU

BEFORE THE BOARD MEETS TODAY.

I'M NOT SATISFIED WITH THE STATE OF AFFAIRS.

NOT SATISFIED?

WELL, THE MONEY COMES IN WELL ENOUGH, DOES IT NOT?

YES, IT COMES IN WELL ENOUGH,

BUT IT CAN'T BE GOT AT WELL ENOUGH.

I MAY BE CALLED A DIRECTOR,

BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY POWER. YOU HAVE ALL THE MONEY.

I GIVE YOU MY HONOR.

HONOR?

YOU MAY KEEP YOUR HONOR.

WHAT IF YOU TAKE IT INTO YOUR HONORABLE HEAD

TO DISAPPEAR ABROAD WITH ALL THE FIRM'S CAPITAL?

WELL, THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO TO PREVENT IT.

WELL, THAT WON'T DO.

WON'T DO?

I'M SORRY TO FIND YOU IN THIS HUMOR TODAY, NO, IT WCHUZZLEWIT.

I WAS ABOUT TO PROPOSE

THAT YOU SHOULD VENTURE A LITTLE MORE WITH US.

OH, YOU WERE, WERE YOU?

YES, AND TO SUGGEST THAT YOU MAY PERSUADE SOME OF YOUR FRIENDS

TO JOIN YOU.

VERY KIND OF YOU. AND ALL TO MY ADVANTAGE, I SUPPOSE?

OH, VERY MUCH SO.

AND YOU'LL SHOW ME HOW, OF COURSE.

OF COURSE.

BUT SINCE WE ARE NOT ALONE,

I HAD BETTER WHISPER.

[INAUDIBLE]

HMM.

YOU'LL NOT OBJECT, I THINK,

TO VENTURE A LITTLE FURTHER WITH THIS, MY FRIEND.

NO.

WELL SAID.

I WAS THINKING YESTERDAY

THAT NO DOUBT YOUR FATHER-IN-LAW, PECKSNIFF,

RELYING ON YOUR GREAT SAGACITY IN BUSINESS MATTERS

WOULD JOIN US, TOO,

IF THE THING WERE WELL-PRESENTED TO HIM.

HE HAS MONEY.

YES, HE HAS MONEY. YES.

SHALL I LEAVE MR. PECKSNIFF TO YOU?

I'LL TRY.

A THOUSAND THANKS.

SHALL WE WALK DOWNSTAIRS?

FOLLOW US, NADGETT, IF YOU PLEASE.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[FOOTSTEPS, DOOR CLOSES]

[CHURCH BELL RINGING]

JOHN.

THIS IS A PLEASANT SURPRISE.

UH, MR. WESTLOCK HAPPENED TO PASS BY

AS I WAS WAITING FOR YOU, TOM.

WELL, WHAT A PIECE OF LUCK.

RUTH OFTEN MEETS ME HERE AFTER WORK, JOHN.

YES, I KNOW.

I KNOW NOW.

UH, LISTEN. I HAVE A PROPOSAL TO MAKE.

WOULD YOU BOTH DINE WITH ME?

WHAT, THIS VERY EVENING?

YES. NOTHING ELABORATE, MIND.

YOU MUST TAKE ME VERY MUCH AS YOU FIND ME.

SHOULD YOU LIKE THAT, RUTH?

I SHOULD LIKE IT VERY MUCH, TOM, IF YOU WOULD.

THEN WE ACCEPT WITH PLEASURE.

EXCELLENT. IF YOU WOULD CARE TO STROLL AROUND FOR HALF AN HOUR OR SO,

UH, I SHALL BE READY TO RECEIVE YOU AT HALF PAST 5.

IN THE MEANTIME, WE'LL GO DOWN TO THE RIVER.

THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING TO SEE THERE.

[SHIP'S HORN BLOWS]

Tom: SHE MUST BE LEAVING SOON.

WHERE'S THE BOAT GOING?

ANTWERP.

EXCUSE ME.

EXCUSE ME. IS THIS THE--

IS THIS THE ANTWERP BOAT?

SO I UNDERSTAND.

I DO BEG YOUR PARDON.

I--I AM RATHER INFIRM, AND MY EYES ARE NOT WHAT THEY WERE.

YOU DON'T SEE A GENTLEMAN IN A LARGE CLOAK

AND A LADY WITH HIM IN A SHAWL BOARDING THE BOAT BY ANY CHANCE?

Tom: NO, I'M AFRAID NOT.

PERHAPS THEY'RE ALREADY ON BOARD.

I HAVEN'T SEEN THEM.

UH, FORWARD, THERE, ON THE GANGPLANK.

Ruth: THERE THEY ARE, TOM.

Tom: YES. GENTLEMAN IN A LONG BLACK COAT DOWN TO HIS ANKLES

AND A LADY WITH HIM. IS THAT WHO YOU MEAN?

YEAH. WOULD YOU DO ME A KINDNESS, SIR?

A VERY GREAT KINDNESS.

WOULD YOU PLACE THIS LETTER IN HIS HAND BEFORE THE SHIP SAILS?

I'M CHARGED BY MY EMPLOYERS TO DELIVER IT,

BUT, WELL, I SHOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO GET ON BOARD IN TIME.

OF COURSE.

TOM.

WAIT HERE TILL I GET BACK, RUTH. EXCUSE ME.

EXCUSE ME, PLEASE.

[SHIP'S HORN BLOWS]

SIR.

SIR.

MR. JONAS.

WHAT THE DEVIL ARE YOU DOING HERE?

MR. PINCH.

MISS MERCY.

I MEAN MRS. CHUZZLEWIT.

I WAS ASKED A MOMENT AGO TO GIVE YOU THIS LETTER.

YOU WERE POINTED OUT TO ME AS A MAN IN A CLOAK.

I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS YOU.

WHO GAVE YOU THIS?

THE MAN UP THERE.

Sailor: ANYONE FOR SHORE?

OH, HE'S GONE.

YES, WE'RE COMING!

TAKE YOUR BAG, WOMAN.

GIVE US TIME!

WHERE ARE WE GOING?

I THOUGHT YOU HAD TO GO TO ANTWERP ON BUSINESS.

I'VE CHANGED MY MIND. WE MUST GO BACK.

STOP THERE! WE'RE FOR THE SHORE!

KEEP YOUR NOSE OUT OF MY AFFAIRS, PINCH.

I'VE WARNED YOU ONCE BEFORE.

[SHIP'S HORN BLOWS]

Tom: HE DRAGGED OFF THE BOAT LIKE A MAN POSSESSED--

AND SO VIOLENTLY, I'M SURE HE HURT HER.

THEN HE BUNDLED HER INTO A CAB,

SAID SOMETHING TO THE DRIVER,

AND GOT INTO ANOTHER CAB HIMSELF.

I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF IT.

I'M AFRAID THERE IS SOMETHING DARK AT WORK HERE, TOM.

AND I DON'T LIKE TO THINK THAT MISS MERCY SUSPECTS ME

OF BEING PART OF A PLOT AGAINST HER HUSBAND.

I THINK YOU SHOULD TRY TO SEE HER

AND DISASSOCIATE YOURSELF FROM THIS BUSINESS.

[CLOCK CHIMING]

OH, TOM, YOU'RE NEGLECTING YOUR DINNER

AND KEEPING YOUR SISTER FROM HER DESSERT.

DIDN'T I TELL YOU HE WAS A MOST TREMENDOUS FELLOW AT HIS HOUSEKEEPING.

OH, MISS PINCH, THIS IS THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE

WE BACHELORS LEAD IN A PLACE LIKE THIS.

WE'RE A SAD SET FOR THE MOST PART.

MMM, WELL, I DON'T SEE HOW YOU COULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE.

DO YOU, RUTH?

I THINK MR. WESTLOCK IS PERFECTLY HAPPY HERE.

NO, NO. PERFECTLY MISERABLE, I ASSURE YOU.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

John: UH, EXCUSE ME.

OH, LEWSOME, THIS IS A SURPRISE.

I NEED TO TALK TO YOU.

BUT YOU HAVE GUESTS.

YES. WILL YOU STEP IN AND MEET THEM?

NO. NO. I MUST SEE YOU ALONE.

I'LL COME BACK TOMORROW.

I'M SORRY, MY DEAR FELLOW--

NO, I'VE PUT THIS THING OFF FOR MONTHS.

ANOTHER NIGHT DOESN'T SIGNIFY.

UNTIL TOMORROW, THEN.

NOT HANDSOME, CHUZZLEWIT?

NOT HANDSOME, UPON MY SOUL.

WHY? WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?

SOME CONSIDERATION.

HA.

TRUST, AS BEFITS BUSINESS PARTNERS, AND WHAT DO I GET?

ATTEMPTED FLIGHT.

WHO SAYS I MEANT TO FLY?

OH, COME. SUDDEN DEPARTURE FROM HOME WITH WIFE,

PASSAGE TO ANTWERP,

WRAPPED UP IN CLOAKS LIKE FUGITIVES.

IF YOU DID NOT MEAN TO RUN AWAY,

WHY DID YOU COME BACK UPON RECEIPT OF MY LETTER?

YOU KNOW WHY.

WHY, BECAUSE OF THAT LITTLE SECRET

I WHISPERED IN YOUR EAR THE OTHER DAY?

BECAUSE YOU--

SHUT YOUR MOUTH!

WELL, WELL,

I AM NOT IN THE LEAST AFFECTED

BY ANY LITTLE INDISCRETION

YOU MAY HAVE COMMITTED, YOU KNOW,

AS LONG AS YOU COOPERATE,

FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMPANY.

YOU HAVE TAKEN ALL MY MONEY, AND YOU WANT ME TO BRING IN PECKSNIFF. IS THAT IT?

PRECISELY.

BETWEEN YOU AND ME, MY GOOD FELLOW,

WE'RE IN DESPERATE NEED OF FRESH CAPITAL.

A NUMBER OF POLICIES HAVE FALLEN IN, MOST UNLUCKILY, AT ONCE.

ECOD, THERE'D BE SOME FUN IN CATCHING THAT OLD HYPOCRITE.

SHALL I GO TONIGHT?

NOW THIS IS LIKE BUSINESS.

YOU MUST COME WITH ME NOW.

NO, MY--MY GOOD FELLOW.

I TRUST YOU ALONE.

IF HE CAN'T SEE YOUR OFFICES OR YOUR DINNER SERVICES, THEN HE MUST SEE YOU.

BUT SUPPOSING HE RECOGNIZES ME.

ECOD, YOUR OWN MOTHER COULDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU THESE DAYS.

YOU'LL COME?

I WILL.

I SHALL HIRE A CHARIOT AND PAIR,

AND BAILEY SHALL ACCOMPANY US.

OH, DON'T BOTHER WITH THAT MONKEY.

NO, NO. BAILEY WILL COME WITH US.

I DON'T LIKE TO GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT HIM.

[THUNDER]

WHAT'S THAT?

THUNDER.

IT'S NOTHING. IT'LL PASS.

[THUNDER]

WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT BOTTLE, CHUZZLEWIT?

JUST TAKING A SWIG.

WHY? WHAT ELSE WOULD I BE DOING WITH IT?

I DON'T KNOW.

YOU WERE DREAMING.

DREAMING? HOW CAN ANYONE SLEEP ON A JOURNEY LIKE THIS?

THIS IS NO NIGHT FOR TRAVELING.

HAVE A DRAM.

NO, THANK YOU.

I'M AFRAID BAILEY WILL BE DRENCHED.

PERHAPS WE'D BETTER TAKE HIM INSIDE.

NO, THANK YE.

THERE'S NO ROOM FOR DAMP BOYS IN HERE.

COME, HAVE A DRINK WITH ME.

LET'S HAVE A SONG.

� IT MAY LIGHTNING AND STORM �

� TILL IT HUNT THE RED WORM �

� FROM THE GRASS WHERE THE GIBBET IS DRIVEN �

JOIN IN, JOIN IN!

WHAT DEVIL HAS GOTTEN INTO YOU TONIGHT, CHUZZLEWIT?

JUMP, BOY, JUMP!

AAH!

AAH!

[HORSE WHINNIES]

WHOA.

[HORSE WHINNYING]

Jonas: YA! COME ON!

COME ON! COME ON!

FOR GOD'S SAKE, LOOK OUT!

IS HE STRUCK?

HE'S LUCKY TO BE ALIVE.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

IS ANYONE HURT?

IT DON'T LOOK LIKE IT.

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSE IF I HADN'T COME UP WHEN I DID, SIR.

NEVER PULL AT THE BRIDLE OF A HORSE WHEN THERE'S A MAN DOWN.

I WAS ONLY TRYING TO MOVE THE BEAST OUT OF HIS WAY.

WELL, I WOULDN'T HAVE GIVEN SIXPENCE FOR THE GENTLEMAN'S HEAD

IN A FEW SECONDS MORE.

WHERE'S THE BOY?

ECOD, I'D FORGOTTEN THE MONKEY.

BAILEY!

BAILEY!

BA--

BAILEY.

BAILEY.

HELP!

HELP ME!

OH, GOD.

WE MUST GET HIM TO A SURGEON.

THIS WAS AN ILL-FATED JOURNEY.

WILL YOU LOOK AT THIS BOY?

WHY, WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU?

YOU'RE NOT HIS FATHER, ARE YOU?

I MAY AS WELL BE.

HE HAS NO OTHER.

[THUNDER]

[COWS MOO]

[DOOR LATCH RATTLING]

SERVICE HERE.

Woman: YES, SIR.

A PINT OF THE BEST OLD BEER YOU HAVE.

YOU COME FAR, SIR?

FAR ENOUGH.

WILL THERE BE ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?

YES, THERE WILL.

THERE'LL BE THIS.

AND THIS.

AND THIS.

MARK TAPLEY.

LAST ONE A FAIR ONE, IT MUST BE DONE OVER AGAIN.

LORD, WHAT A TREAT IT IS TO SEE YOU.

ONE MORE FOR LUCK?

OH, MARK.

IS IT REALLY YOU?

OH, WELL, IF IT AIN'T SOME STRANGER HAS TAKEN A POWERFUL LOOK AT YOU,

AND I'LL HAVE THE PLEASURE OF KNOCKING HIM DOWN

WHEN I FINALLY CATCHES UP WITH HIM.

NOW, WHAT WOULD YOU THINK OF CHANGING YOUR NAME TO COLD?

COLD?

OH, MR. CHUZZLEWIT.

ARE YOU BACK SAFE AND SOUND. TOO?

YES. THANK YOU, MRS. LUPIN. DO I MERIT A KISS?

I'M SORRY, MARK, I COULDN'T KEEP MY EARS OUTSIDE ANY LONGER.

I'M IMPATIENT FOR NEWS.

ARE MISS GRAHAM AND MY GRANDFATHER STILL AT PECKSNIFF'S?

Mrs. Lupin: THEY ARE.

AH.

BUT MR. PINCH IS GONE.

PINCH GONE?

DISMISSED.

OH, I'M AFRAID, SIR, I WAS SADLY MISTAKEN IN MR. PECKSNIFF.

IT WAS A SCANDAL THE WAY HE TREATED POOR MR. PINCH.

BUT THERE IT IS.

HE'S A POWER IN THIS VILLAGE. HE CAN DO WHAT HE LIKES.

AND EVER SINCE HE WON THE ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION,

THERE'S BEEN NO HOLDING HIM.

WHAT DID YOU SAY?

PECKSNIFF HAS WON A COMPETITION?

YES, SIR, FOR THE NEW HOSPITAL IN SALISBURY.

WELL, THERE WAS A REPORT ALL ABOUT IT IN THE PAPERS A WEEK OR TWO AGO.

WELL, I WONDER IF I'VE STILL GOT IT.

HERE IT IS.

BUT THAT'S MY GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

PECKSNIFF HAS STOLEN MY DESIGN.

ALL HE'S DONE IS ADD A FEW WINDOWS

AND THE PRETENTIOUS PORTICOS

SO THAT HE CAN CLAIM IT AS HIS OWN.

COLDINGHAM, IS THERE NO LIMIT TO THIS MAN'S KNAVERY?

WHAT WAS THAT YOU SAID ABOUT HIS TREATMENT OF MR. PINCH?

YES, WELL, IT ALL CAME ABOUT

BECAUSE MR. PECKSNIFF WAS PESTERING MISS GRAHAM.

WHAT?!

YES, PAYING HER ATTENTIONS--

I'LL HORSEWHIP THE VILLAIN. I'LL DO IT NOW.

EASY. YOU'RE JUST PLAYING INTO HIS HANDS THAT WAY.

LET ME GO.

PECKSNIFF WOULD LIKE NOTHING MORE

THAN TO HAVE YOU LOCKED UP.

WHAT SHALL I DO?

GO TO THE HOUSE. TRY AND RECONCILE WITH YOUR GRANDFATHER.

BUT DON'T GET INTO A FIGHT WITH PECKSNIFF.

Pecksniff: NO, YOUNG MAN, NONE OF THAT. NO, SIR!

Martin: LET ME PASS.

I WILL NOT!

GRANDFATHER.

STRIKE ME, SIR. LAUNCH YOUR ARROWS AT ME, NOT AT HIM.

GRANDFATHER, PLEASE LISTEN TO ME.

ASSAIL ME. COME ON, SIR. DO YOUR WORST.

PECKSNIFF, CALM YOURSELF.

LET ME SEE WHAT I USED TO LOVE.

YES, YES. IT IS RIGHT THAT YOU SHOULD SEE IT, MY NOBLE SIR,

IN IT'S TRUE PROPORTIONS. BEHOLD IT.

THERE IT IS, SIR. THERE IT IS.

SAY WHAT YOU WISH TO SAY, BUT COME NO NEARER.

MARY, COME HERE.

OH, HIS SENSE OF JUSTICE IS SO FINE THAT HE WILL HEAR EVEN HIM,

THOUGH HE KNOWS BEFOREHAND NOTHING CAN COME OF IT.

GRANDFATHER, I HAVE RETURNED FROM A LONG AND PERILOUS JOURNEY,

FROM THE GRAVE, I MIGHT SAY,

A SADDER AND WISER MAN.

ON THE SUBJECT THAT OCCASIONED OUR QUARREL,

I HAVE NOT--CANNOT CHANGE MY MIND

OR MY HEART.

IT WOULD BE DISHONEST TO PRETEND OTHERWISE,

BUT FOR MY ANGER AND ARROGANCE, I AM SINCERELY SORRY.

DO NOT BE TAKEN IN BY THIS, SIR.

I KNOW IT MUST SEEM THAT I AM ONLY MOTIVATED BY SELF-INTEREST,

BUT THAT IS NOT SO.

TRY ME. HELP ME TO GET HONEST WORK, AND I WILL DO IT.

LET ME BACK INTO YOUR SOCIETY,

AND LET US REBUILD OUR OLD RELATIONSHIP, BUT DON'T REJECT ME.

Pecksniff: SHALL I GIVE EXPRESSION TO YOUR THOUGHTS, MR. CHUZZLEWIT?

YES.

YES, PECKSNIFF, SPEAK FOR ME. THANK YOU.

DO NOT SUPPOSE FOR A MOMENT THAT ANYONE HERE IS DECEIVED BY YOUR PROTESTATIONS.

THE LEOPARD DOES NOT CHANGE HIS SPOTS.

ON THE LAST OCCASION, WHEN I ORDERED YOU FROM MY HOUSE,

STUNG BEYOND ENDURANCE BY YOUR UNNATURAL CONDUCT

TOWARDS THIS NOBLE-MINDED INDIVIDUAL, I BADE YOU NEVER TO RETURN.

NOW THAT IT HAS BECOME HIS SANCTUARY,

I SAY TO YOU AGAIN WITH EVEN GREATER VEHEMENCE,

BEGONE, AT ONCE, AND FOREVER.

WILL YOU GIVE ME NO ANSWER?

YOU HEARD WHAT HAS BEEN SAID.

I HAVE NOT HEARD YOUR OWN VOICE.

YOU HAVE HEARD HIM.

GO AWAY.

IT'S ALL OVER.

WHOA.

JONAS, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG, I HOPE.

MY CHILD, MY MERRY, SHE IS WELL?

SHE'S WELL ENOUGH.

AH, GOOD.

COME IN, JONAS, COME IN.

WILL YOU STAY TONIGHT?

NO, NO, NO. I'M STAYING IN SALISBURY WITH A FRIEND.

WE HAD A BIT OF AN ACCIDENT ON THE ROAD LAST NIGHT.

BRING YOUR FRIEND WITH YOU?

NO. HE'S A LITTLE TOO NEAR THE TOP OF THE TREE FOR THAT, PECKSNIFF.

OH, SOME YOUNG NOBLEMAN WHO'S BEEN BORROWING MONEY OFF YOU, EH?

WHAT?

MR. MONTAGUE, BORROW?

THAT'S A GOOD ONE.

WHY, WE'D BE LUCKY IF THE PAIR OF US

COULD BUY JUST HIS PLATE AND FURNITURE BY CLUBBING TOGETHER.

INDEED.

I DON'T MIND TELLING YOU I'VE MADE A PRETTY PENNY

SINCE I'VE BEEN IN WITH HIM.

ECOD, PECKSNIFF.

IF I KNEW HOW YOU MEANT TO LEAVE YOUR MONEY,

I COULD PUT YOU IN THE WAY OF MULTIPLYING IT IN NO TIME.

WELL, UH, JONAS, BY FAR THE GREATER PART

OF THE INCONSIDERABLE SAVINGS I HAVE ACCUMULATED

DURING THE COURSE OF A NOT--I HOPE NOT-- DISHONORABLE CAREER

IS BEQUEATHED TO A FAVORITE CHILD,

WHO I CANNOT, WILL NOT, NEED NOT NAME...

WHO IS THIS INTERESTING FRIEND OF YOURS?

DINE WITH US TONIGHT IN SALISBURY, AND YOU'LL FIND OUT.

Pecksniff: VERY GOOD HEALTH, MY DEAR SIR.

YOU KNOW, IT IS VERY STRANGE, BUT I SEEM TO KNOW YOU.

THAT TOWERING FOREHEAD, MY DEAR JONAS,

AND THE CLUSTERING MASSES OF RICH HAIR.

I MAY HAVE SEEN YOU IN SOME SPARKLING THRONG

ON ONE OF MY RARE VISITS TO THE METROPOLIS.

VERY LIKELY. COULD YOU MOVE THE CANDLE, CHUZZLEWIT?

IT DAZZLES ME.

I WISH I HAD HAD THE HONOR OF INTRODUCING YOU TO AN ELDERLY INMATE OF MY HOME

AND A RELATIVE OF OURS, MR. MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT.

YOU SAID NOTHING OF THAT, CHUZZLEWIT.

YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO KNOW HIM, I ASSURE YOU.

OH, COME, COME, JONAS.

IT'S ALL RIGHT FOR YOU, PECKSNIFF.

YOU'LL GET A FORTUNE BY HIM.

OH, IS THE WIND IN THAT QUARTER?

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

YOU--YOU MUSTN'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING MY YOUNG RELATIVE SAYS, MR. MONTAGUE.

ON MY LIFE, MR. PECKSNIFF, I HOPE HE SPEAKS TRUE.

MONEY CAN'T BE TURNED AND TURNED AGAIN QUICKLY ENOUGH

IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF EVENTS.

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE BUILDING A FORTUNE

ON THE WEAKNESSES OF MANKIND.

OH, FIE, MR. MONTAGUE. FOR SHAME.

WE DO IT, ALL THE TIME.

DON'T WE, CHUZZLEWIT?

WE DO VERY WELL OUT OF IT, TOO.

OH, FIE.

I--I'M SURE YOU DON'T...

BUT, UM, TO BE SERIOUS WITH YOU,

IT IS A GREAT COMFORT TO ME TO KNOW

THAT MY SON-IN-LAW IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN ENTERPRISE,

MR. MONTAGUE, WHICH, UM,

AS MUCH AS I UNDERSTAND ITS OPERATIONS,

IS CALCULATED TO DO GOOD.

INDEED,

AND AM I CORRECT IN THINKING

THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF IT?

YOU ARE, SIR.

WELL, I'M BOUND TO SAY THAT THERE NEVER WAS A BETTER MOMENT

TO INVEST A CONSIDERABLE SUM,

AND PROBABLY NEVER WILL BE AGAIN.

I COULD ALLOW YOU IN FOR 10,000.

10,000?

WELL, T-T-THAT'S VERY NEARLY, UM...

PERHAPS 5.

5?

WELL, 5 IS A GOOD ROUND FIGURE.

5,000 SHOULD YIELD YOU 50 IN A YEAR OR 2.

OH, REALLY?

THEN 10,000 WOULD YIELD...

100,000.

THE BUSINESS IS SAFE?

AS SAFE AS LLOYD'S.

PUT ME DOWN FOR 10.

GOOD MAN.

I SHALL NEED YOUR NOTE IN HAND TONIGHT,

AND WE CAN SETTLE THE FORMALITIES TOMORROW.

THE--THE--THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW WOULD BE MORE CONVENIENT.

UH. MY GUESTS ARE LEAVING TOMORROW.

A TEMPORARY ABSENCE, I BELIEVE. MR. CHUZZLEWIT HAS BUSINESS IN LONDON.

WOULD YOU DO ME THE HONOR OF DINING WITH ME THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW?

YOU--YOU COULD STAY OVERNIGHT IF YOU LIKED.

I'LL DINE WITH YOU WITH PLEASURE, BUT I MUST RETURN HERE.

I HAVE A RETAINER, SICK IN THE INFIRMARY.

BAILEY IS STILL UNCONSCIOUS.

THE SURGEON IS NOT HOPEFUL.

I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU BOTHER WITH THAT MONKEY.

THERE'S PLENTY MORE WHERE HE CAME FROM.

I'VE GROWN STRANGELY ATTACHED TO THAT BOY.

I'D RATHER LOSE �1,000.

�10,000.

YOUR HUMANE COMPASSION DOES YOU CREDIT, SIR.

OH.

WELL, THE--TO THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, THEN.

WILL YOU JOIN US, JONAS?

NO. I SHALL RETURN TO LONDON BY THE EARLY MORNING COACH.

OH.

YES. I HAVE SOMETHING TO DO.

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[CONVERSATION INAUDIBLE]

Tom: RUTH, MY DEAR, THERE IS MISS PECKSNIFF

AND THE YOUNG GENTLEMAN TO WHOM SHE IS ABOUT TO BE MARRIED.

Ruth: WHY DOES HE LOOK AS THOUGH HE'S GOING TO BE BURIED?

HE IS OF A NATURALLY MELANCHOLY TEMPERAMENT, I BELIEVE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MISS PECKSNIFF.

OH, GOOD GRACIOUS! MR. PINCH.

OH, HOW VERY, UH...

YOU REMEMBER MY SISTER?

MR. MODDLE, THIS IS MY SISTER RUTH.

REALLY, THERE NEVER WAS SUCH A--OF ALL THE PLACES...

I'VE NEVER BEEN SO ASHAMED IN ALL MY LIFE, MISS PINCH. I--

I'M SURE THERE'S NO NEED TO BE.

WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO MRS. TODGERS, HOPING TO SEE MERCY THERE.

THEN YOU MUST COME WITH US INSTEAD,

FOR WE ARE GOING TO MERCY'S HOUSE FOR TEA!

OH, YOU NEEDN'T WORRY ABOUT JONAS.

HE'S IN THE COUNTRY.

AUGUSTUS, MY SWEET, LEAD THE WAY.

UPON MY WORD, TOO EMBARRASSING.

I WONDER IN THESE CROWDED STREETS

THAT FOOT PASSENGERS ARE NOT RUN OVER MORE OFTEN.

THE DRIVERS WON'T DO IT!

I BEG YOUR PARDON?

THERE ARE SOME MEN WHO CAN'T GET RUN OVER.

THEY LIVE A CHARMED LIFE.

COAL WAGONS RECOIL FROM THEM.

AND EVEN CABS REFUSE TO RUN THEM DOWN.

BLESS MY SOUL.

NOW, AIN'T WE RICH IN BEAUTY HERE

THIS JOYFUL AFTERNOON, I'M SURE.

AND I KNOWS A LADY,

WHAT HER NAME IS HARRIS,

WHO WOULD BE THE LAST TO BLAME ME FOR SAYING SO.

MANY A TIME AND OFTEN I HAVE SAID TO HER,

"OH, MA'AM, YOUR COUNTENANCE IS QUITE AN ANGEL'S."

WHICH, BUT FOR PIMPLES, IT WOULD BE.

BUT IF EVER A WOMAN LIVED AS COULD ADMIRE THEM,

BETTER LOOKIN' THAN HERSELF,

MRS. HARRIS IS THAT HEAVENLY DISPOSITION.

HEH HEH HEH.

ROUSE YOURSELF, MR. CHUFFEY!

LOOK UP! HERE'S COMPANY.

I--I KNOW I'M IN THE WAY, AND I'M SORRY FOR IT.

WHERE IS SHE?

HERE I AM!

AHH. HERE SHE IS.

NEVER MIND HIM.

IT'S HARD TO BEAR,

BUT HE'LL DIE ONE DAY.

THERE ARE 365 DAYS IN A YEAR,

AND ONE MORE IN LEAP YEAR--

HUSH.

YOU'RE A WEARING OLD CREATURE,

THAT'S THE SACRED TRUTH.

IT'S A PITY YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU SAY.

YOU'D WEAR YOUR OWN PATIENCE OUT IF YOU DID

AND FRET YOURSELF INTO A HAPPY RELEASE

FOR ALL AS KNOWS YOU.

WOULD YOU MAKE TEA FOR US, MRS. GAMP?

OH...OH, WHAT HAPPINESS TO BE ASKED.

MY GOOD YOUNG WOMAN,

PERHAPS SOMEBODY MIGHT LIKE A NEW-LAID EGG OR 2,

NOT BOILED TOO HARD.

AND LIKEWISE...

A FEW ROUNDS OF BUTTERED TOAST,

FIRST CUTTING OFF THE CRUSTS

IN CONSEQUENCE OF TENDER TEETH,

AND NOT TOO MANY OF THEM,

WHICH GAMP HISSELF, MRS. CHUZZLEWIT,

AT ONE BLOW STRUCK OUT 4,

BEIN' IN LIQUOR, 2 SINGLE AND 2 DOUBLE,

AS WAS TAKEN BY MRS. HARRIS FOR A KEEPSAKE

AND IS CARRIED IN HER POCKET TO THIS PRESENT HOUR.

WHO'S LYING DEAD UPSTAIRS?!

Mercy: NO ONE.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

THERE'S SOMEONE DEAD... OR DYING.

WHERE'S JONAS?

IN THE COUNTRY.

BE QUIET NOW AND HAVE SOME TEA.

I'M GOING TO SEE.

HIS OWN SON!

[CHARITY SIGHS]

AH, MR. PINCH.

IF MY SISTER HAD NOT BEEN SO PRECIPITATE

AND UNITED HERSELF TO A WRETCH,

SHE WOULD NOT NOW BE BURDENED WITH THAT PATHETIC CREATURE.

SHH. SHE MAY HEAR YOU.

OH, I HOPE NOT.

IT IS FAR FROM MY NATURE TO ADD TO HER TROUBLES

BY GLOATING OVER THEM.

OH, WHEN I THINK OF THE BLESSINGS I NOW ENJOY

AND THOSE... IN STORE FOR ME,

I CAN ONLY FEEL HUMBLE AND CONTENTED.

JONAS!

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU'D GOT A PARTY.

OH, DEAR.

DON'T LET US INTRUDE ON YOUR DOMESTIC HAPPINESS.

AUGUSTUS, MY LOVE, WE WILL GO.

WE HAVE TAKEN TEA HERE, SIR, IN YOUR ABSENCE,

BUT IF YOU WILL BE GOOD ENOUGH TO SEND US

A NOTE OF THE EXPENSE, RECEIPTED, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO PAY IT.

MERCY, MY DEAR, I'M MUCH OBLIGED TO YOU FOR YOUR ADVICE, PLEASE!

BUT I AM NOT HIS SLAVE.

HAH. NOT FOR WANT OF TRYING.

WE KNOW ALL ABOUT THAT.

AUGUSTUS, I FORBID YOU TO RETALIATE!

LET US GO BEFORE THE PROVOCATION IS TOO MUCH

FOR YOUR MANLY PRIDE.

Jonas: AND GOOD RIDDANCE!

WHAT?! YOU HERE, TOO?

BY GOD, I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU MEDDLING IN MY AFFAIRS!

Mercy: JONAS!

GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!

I ONLY CAME HERE TO SAY

THAT I WAS NO PARTY TO THE CONTENTS OF THAT LETTER.

BY GOD, I'LL KNOCK YOUR BRAINS OUT IF YOU SAY ANOTHER WORD!

FOR THE LOVE OF HEAVEN, LEAVE US!

TOM, LET US GO!

Mrs. Gamp: YES! COME ON, MA'AM! OH!

SO...THESE ARE YOUR FRIENDS, ARE THEY, WHILE I'M AWAY?

YOU PLOT AND TAMPER WITH THIS SORT OF PEOPLE, DO YOU?

I'VE ONLY SEEN TOM PINCH ONCE SINCE I LEFT HOME BEFORE TODAY!

WELL, YOU EVER MEET HIM AGAIN, AND YOU WILL REPENT IT.

NOW LISTEN TO ME.

I HAVE BEEN TRAVELING DAY AND NIGHT...

AND I'M TIRED OUT.

PUT MY SUPPER IN THE SPARE ROOM BELOW

AND HAVE THE TRUCKLE-BED MADE UP THERE.

I AM GOING TO TAKE A SLEEPING DRAFT

AND TRY AND SLEEP ALL THROUGH TOMORROW, IF I CAN.

YOU KEEP THE HOUSE QUIET.

DON'T CALL ME--DON'T LET ANYBODY CALL ME.

UNDERSTAND?

YES, JONAS.

IS THAT ALL?

ALL WHAT? MUST YOU ALWAYS BE PRYING AND QUESTIONING ME?!

WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?!

NOTHING...EXCEPT WHAT YOU WISH TO TELL ME.

YOU HAVE BROKEN MY SPIRIT, JONAS.

DON'T BREAK MY HEART, AS WELL.

SEE TO THE BED BELOW.

EGOD, IS THE WHOLE WORLD CAMPED IN MY HOUSE?

WHAT BRINGS YOU BACK HERE?

WHY, JUST INQUIRING AFTER MRS. CHUZZLEWIT'S HEALTH, SIR.

AND MR. CHUFFEY'S.

CHUFFEY...

WHERE IS HE?

HE'S UPSTAIRS, SIR.

HE CRIED OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TEA PARTY,

"WHO'S DEAD UPSTAIRS?!"

WHO'S DEAD UPSTAIRS? HE SAID THAT?

YES, SIR.

SOMEBODY'S DEAD OR DYING, HE SAYS.

AND NOTHING COULD STOP HIM GOING TO SEE FOR HISSELF.

WHY, THE OLD FOOL IS MAD.

THAT'S MY OPINION, SIR, AND I WILL NOT DECEIVE YOU.

I BELIEVE AS MR. CHUFFEY REQUIRES ATTENTION, CONTINUOUS,

IF I MAY MAKE SO BOLD.

COULD YOU LOOK AFTER SUCH AN IDIOT NOW

IN SOME SPARE ROOM UPSTAIRS?

OH, ME AND MY FRIEND COULD DO IT, SIR,

ONE ON, ONE OFF.

BETSY PRIG HAS NURSED MANY LUNACIES,

AND WELL SHE KNOWS THEIR WAYS,

WHICH PUTTIN' 'EM RIGHT CLOSE AFORE A FIRE WHEN FRACTIOUS

IS THE CERTAINEST...

AND MOST COMPOSING.

BRING YOUR FRIEND TO SEE ME--LET ME SEE...

THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW SO WE CAN MAKE A BARGAIN.

BRING HER IN THE EVENING.

OH, YES. Y-YES, SIR.

[THUNDER]

[DOG BARKING]

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

WHO CAN THAT BE THIS EARLY?

JOHN, I SUPPOSE.

I DON'T THINK IT'S HIS KNOCK, TOM.

HOW CAN YOU TELL?

YOU GOOSE.

IT'S NOT MY MYSTERIOUS EMPLOYER, I'LL BE BOUND.

THAT WOULD BE TOO MUCH TO HOPE FOR.

GOOD GRACIOUS HEAVEN.

Young Martin: TOM?

COME IN.

COME IN.

MY DEAR MARTIN!

HOW GOOD IT IS TO SEE YOU!

AND YOU, MY FRIEND.

MARTIN, THIS IS MY SISTER RUTH.

IT'S MR. CHUZZLEWIT, MY LOVE!

HOW DO YOU DO?

AND MARK TAPLEY FROM THE BLUE DRAGON.

HOW ARE YOU, MARK?

UNCOMMON JOLLY, THANK YOU, SIR.

UPON MY WORD, THIS IS WONDERFUL!

SIT DOWN! SIT DOWN! BOTH OF YOU!

HAVE SOME BREAKFAST.

WHEN DID YOU GET BACK FROM AMERICA?

A WEEK AGO.

TOM...I HAVE HEARD ALL YOU HAVE DONE

AND SUFFERED ON MY ACCOUNT.

HOW CAN I EVER THANK YOU?

THERE'S NO NEED.

I'M THE GAINER BY LEAVING PECKSNIFF.

I HAVE A SITUATION, MARTIN, AT A SALARY OF �100 A YEAR.

IMAGINE?

I AM DELIGHTED TO HEAR IT.

MARY TOLD ME. I HAVE SEEN HER, ALL TOO BRIEFLY.

BUT SHE TOLD ME HOW INFAMOUSLY PECKSNIFF TREATED YOU

AND HOW NOBLY YOU BEHAVED.

DID SHE...DID SHE?

THAT WAS KIND.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THE KITCHEN, MARK?

I'M MAKING THE EXTRA BREAKFAST, SIR.

OH, I WILL SEE TO THAT, MR. TAPLEY.

LEAVE HIM, MISS PINCH. HE'S INCORRIGIBLE. DOWN.

THE BEST OF MARK TAPLEY IS KNOWN ONLY TO ONE MAN,

WHO BUT FOR HIM WOULD NOT BE ALIVE TO TELL IT.

MARK, SIT DOWN AT ONCE, OR I'LL SWEAR AT YOU.

THERE'S NO CREDIT IN BEING JOLLY WITH YOU, MR. PINCH.

THERE'S NOTHING SHORT OF GOING TO THE UNITED STATES FOR A SECOND TRIP

AS WOULD MAKE IT AT ALL CREDITABLE TO BE JOLLY AFTER SEEING YOU AGAIN, SIR.

YOUR VENTURE WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL, THEN.

IT WAS A TOTAL CATASTROPHE.

I DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS, EXCEPT TO TRY TO EARN MY LIVING.T ARE YOUR PLANS?

AND, TOM...

WITH MY FIRST WAGE TO REPAY THE HALF SOVEREIGN YOU GAVE ME

WHEN I LEFT PECKSNIFF'S.

I DON'T NEED IT, MARTIN. �100 A YEAR.

NEVERTHELESS, YOU SHALL HAVE IT BACK.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE TO GIVE ME ABOUT GETTING A SITUATION,

I WOULD BE MOST GRATEFUL.

ADVICE? GOODNESS ME, I DON'T--WAIT! I KNOW.

TOM, MY DEAR FELLOW.

AND MR. CHUZZLEWIT.

WE CAME TO ASK YOUR ADVICE, BUT I SEE YOU HAVE A VISITOR.

YES.

YOU COME VERY OPPORTUNELY.

I NEED SOME ADVICE MYSELF,

AND THE MATTER CONCERNS RELATIVES OF YOURS, MR. CHUZZLEWIT.

OF MINE?

LEWSOME AND I WERE SCHOOLFELLOWS TOGETHER.

HE'S BEEN VERY ILL RECENTLY,

AND I'VE KEPT HIM HERE WITH ME THESE LAST FEW DAYS.

LEWSOME, TELL THESE GENTLEMEN YOUR STORY

AS IF YOU WERE IN A COURT OF LAW.

IT MAY WELL COME TO THAT.

I AM AN APOTHECARY...

ASSISTANT TO A SURGEON IN THE CITY.

I NEVER PROSPERED.

I WASTED MY TIME AND MY MONEY IN TAVERNS.

ONE OF MY DRINKING COMPANIONS WAS JONAS CHUZZLEWIT.

HE...GAINED A HOLD ON ME THROUGH SOME GAMBLING DEBTS.

HE ASKED ME ONE DAY...

IF I COULD SUPPLY HIM WITH SOME DRUGS.

I ASKED HIM WHAT KIND OF DRUGS.

HE SAID...

HE SAID...HIS FATHER WAS SUFFERING

FROM A PAINFUL AND FATAL ILLNESS

AND THAT IT WOULD BE A KINDNESS

TO MIX SOMETHING WITH HIS COUGH SYRUP THAT WOULD EASE HIS DEATH.

YOU SAID "SPEED HIS DEATH" BEFORE.

GOD FORGIVE ME.

I PROCURED HIM THE DRUGS.

THE POISON, I SHOULD SAY.

WELL DONE, LEWSOME.

WE'LL LEAVE YOU ALONE TO RECOVER YOURSELF.

I NEVER HEARD THAT MY GREAT-UNCLE WAS SUFFERING

FROM ANY PAINFUL, FATAL ILLNESS.

NOR I. IT WAS SAID HE DIED OF A STROKE.

QUITE SO.

HIS OWN FATHER.

IS IT POSSIBLE?

HIS OWN SON.

John: WHAT?

I JUST REMEMBERED SOMETHING OLD MR. CHUFFEY SAID YESTERDAY.

IF SOMEONE ELSE HAS THIS INFORMATION,

THAT WOULD ACCOUNT FOR JONAS' CONDUCT ON THE STEAMBOAT THAT DAY.

THE SAME THOUGHT HAD OCCURRED TO ME, TOM,

BUT I AM AT A LOSS TO KNOW HOW TO PROCEED.

YOUR GRANDFATHER MUST BE INFORMED.

HE'S THE DEAD MAN'S BROTHER. HE SHOULD DECIDE WHAT TO DO.

WILL YOU LAY THIS MATTER BEFORE HIM?

NO, I CAN'T.

HE IS STILL UNDER THE SPELL

OF THAT VILLAIN PECKSNIFF.

EVEN IF I COULD MANAGE TO SEE HIM,

I SHOULD BE SUSPECTED OF TRYING TO WORM MY WAY BACK INTO HIS FAVOR

BY BLACKENING THE CHARACTER OF JONAS.

I COULD WRITE TO HIM.

HE MIGHT BELIEVE ME.

DO.

MARK, WOULD YOU BE PREPARED

TO TAKE A LETTER DOWN TO THE COUNTRY FOR US IMMEDIATELY?

LEAVE IT WITH ME, SIR.

COME WITH ME TO THE TEMPLE, MARK. I'LL WRITE IT THERE.

I'M LATE FOR WORK AS IT IS.

STRANGE...

OH, IT'S NOT LOCK--

I THINK THERE MAY BE AN INTRUDER.

GOOD MORNING, MR. PINCH.

WHAT KIND OF TIMEKEEPING DO YOU CALL THIS?

MR. CHUZZLEWIT!

ARE YOU--ARE YOU MY EMPLOYER?

I INTENDED TO BE WITH YOU SOONER,

BUT YOU'VE OCCUPIED THE TIME WELL.

IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE I'VE LIVED IN THIS PLACE.

I NEVER KNEW IT LOOKED SO INVITING.

WHAT ARE YOU STARING AT, MR. PINCH?

YOU, SIR.

YOU LOOK SO DIFFERENT.

I HOPE I DO.

I WAS NOT WHAT I SEEMED... IN THE COUNTRY.

AH. WHO IS THIS?

MARK TAPLEY, SIR, FORMERLY OF THE BLUE DRAGON.

I HAVE A FAVORABLE RECOLLECTION OF YOU, MR. TAPLEY.

YOU CAN BE OF SERVICE TO ME, PERHAPS.

MR. PINCH, I SHALL WANT YOUR ASSISTANCE

IN SUMMONING A FAMILY CONCLAVE.

GLADLY, SIR, BUT--

DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WHERE MY GRANDSON IS?

WELL, I--

I DO, SIR.

YOU DO?

EXCELLENT. HE WILL BE THE FIRST TO BE INVITED.

BUT ON NO ACCOUNT TELL HIM THE REASON.

WELL, THAT WON'T BE DIFFICULT, FOR I DON'T KNOW IT MYSELF.

QUITE.

LET'S GET TO WORK, THEN.

SIR, I'M SORRY TO DELAY YOUR PURPOSE,

BUT I HAVE SOME VERY SERIOUS AND URGENT INTELLIGENCE

TO CONVEY TO YOU.

BETSY...

I WILL PROPOSE A TOAST.

TO MY FREQUENT PARTNER, BETSY PRIG!

WHICH, ALTERING THE NAME TO SAIRAH GAMP...

I DRINK.

[COUGHS]

[COUGHING]

NOW...

WHERE IS THIS CASE IN WHICH YOU WANT ME?

IT AIN'T MRS. HARRIS, IS IT?

NO, BETSY PRIG, IT AIN'T.

WELL, I'M GLAD OF THAT! [LAUGHING]

I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE GLAD, BETSY.

I'VE KNOWN THAT SWEETEST OF WOMEN

EVER SINCE AFORE HER FIRST,

WHICH MR. HARRIS, WHO WAS DREADFUL TIMID,

WENT AND STOPPED HIS EARS IN AN EMPTY DOG KENNEL

AND NEVER CAME OUT TILL HE WAS SHOWED THE BABY.

BUT I NEVER KNOWED AS YOU HAD OCCASION TO BE GLAD, BETSY,

ON ACCOUNT OF MRS. HARRIS NOT REQUIRING YOU.

REQUIRING YOU SHE NEVER WILL, NEITHER,

BECAUSE HER CONSTANT WORDS IN SICKNESS IS, "SEND FOR SAIREY."

WELL, IF IT AIN'T HER, WHO IS IT, THEN?

IT'S MR. CHUFFEY.

THAT OLD LOONY YOU TOLD ME OF?

MR. CHUFFEY'S FRIENDS IS PROPOSING

THAT HE IS TAKEN CARE OF, DAY AND NIGHT,

AND THEY ASKED ME, WOULD I UNDERTAKE IT BY MY OWN SELF?

"NO," I SAYS,

"BUT I AM ACQUAINTED WITH A FRIEND.

"HER NAME IS BETSY PRIG [LAUGHS]

AND SHE IS ALWAYS TO BE TRUSTED UNDER ME."

AH! EH, BETSY...

DRINK FAIR, NOW.

MRS. HARRIS ONCE SAID TO ME--

BOTHER MRS. HARRIS!

I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S NO SUCH PERSON!

WHAT?

HAVE--HAVE I KNOWED MRS. HARRIS FOR 5 AND 30 YEARS

TO BE TOLD AT LAST THAT THERE'S NO SUCH PERSON?

HAVE I STOOD HER FRIEND IN ALL HER TROUBLES, GREAT AND SMALL,

TO COME AT LAST TO SUCH AN END AS THIS?

GO ALONG WITH YOU!

I WAS ALREADY A-GOIN'!

YOU WAS OFFERIN' TO TAKE ME "UNDER YOU," WAS YOU?

HOW VERY KIND!

WELL, DEUCE TAKE YOUR IMPERTINENCE!

I WILL NOT DEBASE MYSELF BY BARGAINING WORDS WITH YOU! BE OFF!

YOU CAN KEEP YOUR MAD CHUFFEYS TO YOURSELF!

I WON'T HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH HIM!

YOU NEVER SAID A TRUER WORD! GO ALONG WITH YOU!

[SOBBING]

[COUGHING]

[SOBBING]

WELL, MY DEAR SIR.

GOOD NIGHT, PECKSNIFF.

THANKS FOR DINNER.

YOU MUST ALLOW ME TO RETURN THE HOSPITALITY IN PALL MALL.

I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

WHEN YOU COME TO TOWN TO COUNT YOUR PROFITS.

AH HA HA HA HA HA!

WELL, GOOD NIGHT.

DRIVE CAREFULLY.

COME ON, MOVE.

[HUMMING AND CHUCKLING TO HIMSELF]

HERE YOU ARE, MR. CHUFFEY.

Mercy: JONAS. YOU'RE AWAKE AT LAST.

WHAT TIME IS IT?

9:00 IN THE MORNING.

YOU'VE SLEPT FOR A DAY AND 2 NIGHTS,

YET YOU DON'T LOOK RESTED.

I'M FINE.

DID NO ONE KNOCK ON MY DOOR THEN YESTERDAY?

NO. YOU SAID YOU WERE NOT BE BE DISTURBED.

QUITE RIGHT.

[KNOCKS ON TABLE]

BUTTER.

OH, A MR. NADGETT CALLED.

NADGETT?

WHAT THE DEVIL DOES HE WANT?

SOME TROUBLE AT THE OFFICE, HE SAID.

I TOLD HIM YOU'D GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS NOT TO BE DISTURBED,

SO HE WENT AWAY.

WELL, I MUST CALL AT THE OFFICE.

I HAVE TO GO OUT ANYWAY.

THERE'S NOBODY HERE! WILL YOU PLEASE GO HOME?!

[CROWD YELLING]

WHAT'S GOING ON?

HAVEN'T YA HEARD? THE COMPANY'S SMASHED.

WHAT?!

IT'S A COMPLETE SWINDLE.

DID YOU HAVE A POLICY WITH THEM?

MORE THAN A POLICY. MY GOD!

YOU CAN SAY GOOD-BYE TO IT.

CRIMPLE THE SECRETARY RUN OFF WITH THE MONEY THAT WAS LEFT.

WHAT'S MORE, MONTAGUE HIMSELF CRIMPLE?IS REPORTED MURDERED.

ALREADY?

I MEAN, COULDN'T CRIMPLE DISGUISE HIS CRIME BETTER THAN THAT?

IT'S OBVIOUS CRIMPLE KILLED MONTAGUE.

YOU MAY BE RIGHT.

[GATES CLANGING]

[GLASS SHATTERING]

Jonas: NEL!

[FOOTSTEPS ON STAIRS]

WHERE'S MY WIFE?

GONE TO MRS. TODGERS, SIR.

SHE IS ALWAYS STEALING OFF TO THAT WOMAN.

GO AND TELL HER TO COME HOME.

TELL HER I WANT HER HERE NOW.

YES, SIR.

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH HER?

NOTHING, YOU OLD FOOL!

IF YOU HURT A HAIR OF HER HEAD,

YOU SHALL ANSWER FOR IT!

I'LL NOT KEEP SILENT AGAIN!

WHY? WHAT BEDLAM FIT IS UPON YOU NOW?

I'M STRONG ENOUGH TO CALL OUT FOR THE NEIGHBORS.

GIVE HER UP!

GIVE HER UP TO ME, OR I'LL CALL OUT!

CALL OUT, WILL YOU?

THEN YOU MUST BE LOCKED UP WHERE NOBODY WILL HEAR YOU!

[CREAKING]

WHO'S THAT?

OH, GOOD EVENING, SIR!

OH, IT'S YOU, MRS. GAMP.

YOUR MAID LET ME IN ON HER WAY OUT.

OH, IT'S A PLEASANT EVENING, THOUGH WARM,

WHICH WE MUST EXPECT WHEN COWCUMBERS IS 3 FOR TUPPENCE.

HA HA.

NOW...MR. CHUFFEY...

HOW DO YOU FIND YOURSELF THIS EVENING?

IS SHE COME HOME?

OH, SHE'LL BE HOME DIRECTLY.

OH, HE'S ALL OF A-TREMBLE, POOR OLD THING.

WELL, HE MAY BE, AFTER ALL THE MAD THINGS HE'S BEEN SAYING.

OH, DEAR.

TSK, TSK, TSK. MR. CHUFFEY.

HE'S NOT FIT TO BE LEFT ON HIS OWN ANY LONGER.

LET'S GET THIS BUSINESS DONE.

I'VE FORGOTTEN THE OTHER WOMAN'S NAME.

I MENTIONED BETSY PRIG, SIR.

SHE'S TO BE TRUSTED, IS SHE?

NO, SIR, THAT SHE AIN'T,

NOR HAVE I BOUGHT HER.

BUT I HAVE GOT ANOTHER FRIEND

WHAT ENGAGES TO GIVE SATISFACTION.

WHAT...IS HER NAME?

WHAT'S HER NAME?

HER NAME, SIR, IS...

MRS. HARRIS.

AND YOU HAVE AGREED WITH HER

TO TAKE CARE OF HIM BETWEEN YOU?

YES, SIR.

GOOD. WELL, BRING HER IN.

T'OTHER PERSON, SIR?

YES, YES, THIS... MRS. HARRIS.

WELL, GO ON, WOMAN.

IT'S MR. CHUZZLEWIT'S WISHES TO SEE MRS. HARRIS, IS IT?

YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!

WELL, AS A MATTER OF FACT, SIR, I--

LOR', WHAT'S THE MATTER, SIR?

WHO THE DEVIL D'YOU MEAN

CREEPING ABOUT INTO MY HOUSE LIKE THIS, UNCLE?

HMM?

EGOD, I THOUGHT I'D SEEN MY FATHER'S GHOST.

AS WELL YOU MIGHT.

HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE? HOWEVER IT WAS, YOU CAN LEAVE THE SAME WAY.

I BORROWED A KEY FROM YOUR WIFE,

WHO IS NOW UNDER MY PROTECTION.

PROTECTION?

PROTECTION FROM WHAT?

FROM YOU.

WHY, I'VE A GOOD MIND TO THROW YOU DOWN THE STAIRS.

I WOULDN'T DO THAT IF I WERE YOU,

MUCH AS I'D RELISH KICKING YOU DOWN AFTER HIM.

ARE THERE ANY MORE OF YOU, THEN?

THERE ARE.

BRING HIM IN.

IS THAT THE MAN?

IT IS.

WHY, I KNOW THAT MAN.

HE'S THE WORLD'S GREATEST LIAR.

WHAT'S HIS LATEST TALE?

HIS SIGNED DEPOSITION, WRETCHED MAN,

IS THAT YOU OBTAINED FROM HIM LETHAL DRUGS

WITH WHICH YOU POISONED MY BROTHER

AND BROUGHT ABOUT HIS DEATH.

IS THAT CORRECT?

Lewsome: YOU CAN SEE IT WRITTEN IN HIS FACE.

NO! NO!

IT'S TRUE. HE CAUSED HIS FATHER'S DEATH,

BUT NOT AS YOU THINK.

HE MIXED THE POWDER WITH MY MASTER'S MEDICINE,

BUT MY MASTER SAW HIM DOING IT.

HE TOLD ME OF IT.

AND WE THREW THE POISONED MEDICINE AWAY AND REPLACED IT,

BUT JONAS THOUGHT HE WAS STILL TAKING IT.

HE KNOWS HE DID!

IT BROKE MY MASTER'S HEART

TO THINK THAT HIS OWN SON

WANTED HIM DEAD SO BAD HE WOULD MAKE AWAY WITH HIM.

THAT'S WHAT KILLED HIM.

"I HAVE SOWN... AND I MUST REAP," HE SAID.

"SAY NOTHING, CHUFF, NOT NOW OR AFTER I HAVE GONE."

AND I HAVEN'T UNTIL THIS MOMENT.

NO.

YOU SATISFIED NOW?

THIS STORY IS NO MORE CREDITABLE TO YOU THAN THE OTHER.

YOU STILL WISHED TO KILL YOUR FATHER.

[SNICKERS]

YOU CARRY IT WITH A HIGH HAND, UNCLE.

[CHUCKLES] IT'S NOT A HANGING OFFENSE, I THINK,

FOR A MAN TO KEEP A PENN'ORTH OF POISON ABOUT HIS PERSON

AND THEN HAVE IT TAKEN FROM HIM BY 2 CRAZY OLD JOLTER-HEADS

WHO THEN GO AND ACT A PLAY ABOUT IT. HMM? HMM?

DO YOU SEE THE DOOR?

THIS IS NO PLACE FOR YOU TO REMAIN, OLD FRIEND.

COME WITH ME.

JUST LIKE MY MASTER'S VOICE.

I COULD ALMOST BELIEVE HE'S ALIVE AGAIN,

BUT I CAN'T COME WITH YOU.

I MUST STAY, FOR HER SAKE.

FOR WHOSE SAKE?

THEY USED TO CALL HER MERRY.

SHE'S SAFE WITH ME.

YOU'D BETTER SEND HER HOME STRAIGHT, OR I'LL HAVE THE LAW ON YOU.

THE LAW IS HERE ALREADY.

THAT'S THE MAN.

SECURE HIM.

Old Martin: WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

Nadgett: MURDER, THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS.

WHO ARE YOU?

MY NAME IS NADGETT.

HE'S NOTHING. HE'S NOBODY.

MY CALLING IS TO WATCH PEOPLE,

TO WATCH THEM, FOLLOW THEM,

AND TO, UH, REPORT ON THEM,

SOMETIMES TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T LEAVE THE COUNTRY.

YOU. HA HA HA.

YOU SENT PINCH ON BOARD THE BOAT WITH A LETTER.

REMINDING YOU THAT THE SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES OF YOUR FATHER'S DEATH,

INVOLVING THIS MAN HERE,

WERE, IF COMMUNICATED TO THE POLICE,

ENOUGH TO WARRANT YOUR ARREST UPON THE RIVER.

YES, I...I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THIS MAN FOR A LONG TIME.

HE HAS NO IDEA HOW LONG.

I'M ONLY SORRY I WASN'T WATCHING

WHEN HE SLIPPED AWAY FROM THIS HOUSE

THE NIGHT BEFORE LAST.

IF I HAD BEEN, I MIGHT HAVE SAVED A LIFE.

BUT I WAS WATCHING WHEN HE RETURNED IN DISGUISE EARLY THIS MORNING.

AND I WAS WATCHING LATER WHEN HE TRIED TO SINK A BAG UNDER LONDON BRIDGE--

DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU!

WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RECOVERED

AND FOUND TO CONTAIN...

A COUNTRYMAN'S CLOTHES STAINED WITH BLOOD

AND ANSWERING TO A DESCRIPTION OF A MAN

SEEN ALIGHTING FROM A COACH ON SALISBURY PLAIN

EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING,

NOT 15 MILES FROM THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.

WHAT CRIME?

THE MURDER OF MR. TIGG MONTAGUE.

FORMERLY... MONTAGUE TIGG.

I THOUGHT OUR PATHS WOULD CROSS AGAIN ONE DAY,

BUT I LITTLE THOUGHT

I SHOULD BE ARRESTING A KINSMAN OF MINE FOR HIS MURDER.

WHY DO YOU CALL HIM KINSMAN?

FOR THE SAME REASON THAT I MIGHT CALL YOU.

ME?

MY NAME'S CHEVY SLYME.

IF IT BE SOME DISGRACE TO SEE YOUR OWN BLOOD EMPLOYED THIS WAY,

I'M READY TO BE BOUGHT OUT.

NO.

NO, DO YOUR DUTY.

ROBERTS, DALTON, BRING ROUND THE COACH,

AND WE'LL TAKE HIM TO THE GAOL.

GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOUL.

MERCY? IS SHE COME HOME YET?

COME WITH ME, OLD FRIEND.

I'LL BRING YOU TO HER.

COME HERE.

WHAT IS IT?

PUT YOUR HAND IN MY POCKET,

MY INSIDE BREAST POCKET.

THERE'S 100 POUNDS IN THERE.

NO. I CAN'T. I DAREN'T.

NOT TO LET ME ESCAPE.

I KNOW THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

JUST FOR 5 MINUTES ALONE IN THE NEXT ROOM.

100 POUNDS FOR 5 MINUTES... ALONE.

TO DO WHAT?

ARE YOU GUILTY?

IT MUST END SO AT LAST...THEN.

LESS DISGRACE ON THE FAMILY.

[HANDCUFFS CLANGING]

[ANKLE RESTRAINTS CLANGING]

STOP.

WILL YOU ENGAGE TO SAY A...

A PRAYER NOW OR SOMETHING OF THAT SORT?

[DOOR OPENS]

YOU'RE TOO SOON.

ONE MINUTE MORE.

Officer: HERE...

TAKE YOUR MONEY BACK.

NO.

[CONVULSING]

[JONAS GASPS AND GAGS]

ROBERTS! DALTON! HELP HERE.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

[DOOR CLOSES]

MORNING, SIR.

WHY ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE HERE?

'CAUSE YOUR GRANDFATHER INVITED 'EM.

[CLOCK CHIMING SOFTLY]

[CLOCK TOLLING]

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

[DOOR CLOSES]

MR. CHUZZLEWIT, MY VENERABLE FRIEND,

IS THIS WHAT HAPPENS

AS SOON AS YOU LEAVE THE PROTECTION OF MY HUMBLE ABODE?

THESE BLOODSUCKERS,

THESE VERMIN BEGIN TO SWARM AROUND YOU AGAIN.

IT IS TOO BAD, REALLY IT IS.

IT SHAKES ONE'S FAITH IN HUMAN NATURE.

FOR SHAME!

LEAVE HIM ALONE!

LEAVE HIM, I SAY.

FEAR NOT, MY DEAR SIR.

YOU HAVE NOT SUMMONED ME IN VAIN.

I WILL DEFEND YOU FROM THESE SWARMERS.

PECKSNIFF, IS THAT A SOVEREIGN ON THE FLOOR BEHIND YOU?

A SOVEREIGN?

I THINK NOT.

JUST THERE, IN FRONT OF YOU.

AAH!

[GASPS]

DRAG HIM AWAY!

TAKE HIM OUT OF MY REACH! VILLAIN!

[PECKSNIFF SCREAMS]

HYPOCRITE!

I AM NOT--I AM NOT ANGRY.

I AM HURT.

I AM INJURED IN MY FEELINGS,

B-BUT I AM NOT ANGRY.

I AM ANGRY, SIR.

I AM ANGRY...

BUT MY ANGER IS NOT ONLY DIRECTED AT YOU.

THE CURSE OF THIS FAMILY IS THE LOVE OF SELF.

IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN.

I SEE IT STILL IN SOME OF YOUR FACES.

BUT, GOD FORGIVE ME, I DID NOT RECOGNIZE IT IN MYSELF.

THERE IS A KIND OF SELFISHNESS

WHICH IS CONSTANTLY ON THE WATCH

FOR SELFISHNESS IN OTHERS...

AND, HOLDING OTHERS AT A DISTANCE

BY SUSPICIONS AND DISTRUSTS,

WONDERS WHY THEY DON'T APPROACH...

AND DON'T CONFIDE.

THUS...I ONCE DOUBTED THOSE DEAREST TO ME.

MARTIN, COME HERE.

MARY, MY DEAR...

THIS IS MY GRANDSON,

WHOM I HAVE BROUGHT UP TO BE MY HEIR.

THIS IS THE ORPHAN GIRL WHOM I BROUGHT UP TO BE MY COMPANION,

BUT WHO BECAME MORE LIKE A DAUGHTER TO ME.

HOW DID I THINK MARTIN

COULD BE EXPOSED TO THE SUNSHINE OF HER SWEET NATURE

WITHOUT FALLING IN LOVE WITH HER?

WELL, PERHAPS I DID ANTICIPATE SUCH A UNION,

BUT I WANTED IT TO BE OF MY MAKING...

MY GIFT.

WHEN MARTIN MADE HIS CHOICE WITHOUT CONSULTING ME,

WE QUARRELED BITTERLY, AND I DISINHERITED HIM.

I REPENTED MY ACTION... ALMOST AT ONCE.

I EVEN REDRAFTED MY WILL IN HIS FAVOR.

BUT THEN THIS SNAKE PECKSNIFF CAME ON THE SCENE...

PRETENDING TO BE HIS FRIEND.

THIS MADE ME SO SUSPICIOUS I DESTROYED THE NEW WILL.

I DECIDED TO TEST PECKSNIFF'S SINCERITY.

IN FRONT OF HIS OWN CHILDREN,

I ASKED HIM TO DISMISS MARTIN

INSTANTLY FROM HIS HOUSEHOLD.

HE AGREED WITHOUT A SECOND'S HESITATION.

I RESOLVED TO TEST HIS DUPLICITY TO THE LIMIT.

I PUT MYSELF ENTIRELY IN HIS HANDS,

BUT EVERY TIME I THOUGHT I GOT TO THE BOTTOM OF HIS EVILDOING,

NEW DEPTHS REVEALED THEMSELVES.

IT BECAME A FASCINATION TO ME

TO SEE HOW FAR HE WOULD GO.

BUT WHEN MY GRANDSON RETURNED FROM A PERILOUS VOYAGE

SEEKING RECONCILIATION WITH ME

AND THIS VILE HYPOCRITE

PRESUMED TO SEND HIM PACKING IN MY NAME,

THEN I THOUGHT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

PECKSNIFF...

I HAVE BROUGHT YOU HERE TODAY

NOT MERELY TO DENOUNCE YOU,

BUT MAKE YOU WITNESS THE HAPPINESS

OF THOSE YOU SOUGHT TO INJURE.

I HAVE MADE A NEW WILL.

[MURMURING]

EVERYONE HERE PRESENT, EXCEPT PECKSNIFF,

WILL BE NAMED AS A BENEFICIARY

FOR A MINIMUM OF 50 POUNDS.

ANYONE WHO ADDRESSES A SINGLE WORD

TO ME ON THE SUBJECT OF MONEY

FROM THIS TIME ON, IMMEDIATELY FORFEITS

HIS OR HER RIGHT TO A LEGACY.

SOME WHO HAVE BEEN STALWART AND SELFLESS FRIENDS

TO MARTIN AND MARY

WILL RECEIVE MUCH MORE GENEROUS BEQUESTS--

MR. TAPLEY...

AND MRS. LUPIN--

WHO IS, I UNDERSTAND, SHORTLY TO CHANGE HER NAME

TO TAPLEY.

MR. PINCH--

TOM PINCH--

WHOM I MISJUDGED AT FIRST,

BUT WHOSE GOODNESS ACTED LIKE SUMMER RAIN UPON MY HEART

IN MY LONG CONFINEMENT AT PECKSNIFF'S.

MRS. TODGERS HAS BEEN REWARDED

FOR HER KINDNESS TO MRS. CHUZZLEWIT.

MERCY HERSELF, I PROPOSE TO TAKE UNDER MY OWN PROTECTION.

THE BULK OF MY ESTATE...

I HAVE BEQUEATHED... TO MY GRANDSON MARTIN,

ON CONDITION THAT HE MARRY MY WARD MARY GRAHAM.

MAY GOD BLESS YOU BOTH.

YOU MAY PLIGHT YOUR TROTH IN THE USUAL FASHION.

[KISS]

NOW LEAVE THIS PLACE, PECKSNIFF,

AND POISON MY SIGHT NO LONGER.

YOU HAVE PARTAKEN OF MY HOSPITALITY, MR. CHUZZLEWIT.

AND PAID FOR IT.

YES, THANK YOU.

THAT SAVORS OF YOUR OLD FAMILIAR FRANKNESS.

I WAS ABOUT TO MAKE THE SAME REMARK MYSELF.

BUT YOU...

HAVE DECEIVED ME.

TO BE DECEIVED IMPLIES A TRUSTING NATURE.

I WOULD RATHER HAVE A TRUSTING NATURE

THAN A DOUBTING ONE.

I CAME HERE TODAY...

ALREADY WEIGHED DOWN BY MISFORTUNE.

BECAUSE OF AN UNFORTUNATE SPECULATION, COMBINED WITH TREACHERY,

I FIND MYSELF BANKRUPTED.

THE CHILD OF MY BOSOM

IS A WIDOW IN CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEEP DISGRACE.

I HAVE BEEN UNJUSTLY STRIPPED OF AN ARCHITECTURAL PRIZE.

I WAS RECEIVED HERE WITH BLOWS, BLOWS TO MY FRAME,

BUT MUCH MORE HURTFUL, PAINFUL BLOWS TO MY HEART.

AND YET...

I FORGIVE YOU.

GOOD MORNING TO YOU, SIR.

OW!

OH, DRAT THE BOY.

BAILEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

THERE'S NO PERSUADIN' HIM TO WALK IN A STRAIGHT LINE

LIKE AN ORDINARY CHRISTIAN.

HE ARRIVED ON YOUR DOORSTEP, MA'AM, HALF AN HOUR AGO,

SAYIN' HE'D LOST HIS MEMORY ON ACCOUNT OF AN ACCIDENT,

AND THE ONLY THING HE COULD REMEMBER

WAS THE NAME OF TODGERS--

TODGERS.

WHICH AN HONEST CABBY KNEW WHERE IT WAS

AND DELIVERED HIM LIKE A PARCEL.

BAILEY, DO YOU KNOW ME?

I KNOWS YOUR VOICE.

IT REMINDS ME OF THE SMELL OF BOOT POLISH.

WAS YOU EVER MARRIED TO A MAN CALLED JINKINS?

[TITTERS] OH, GRACIOUS, BAILEY,

HAVE YOU ACQUIRED SECOND SIGHT IN PLACE OF A MEMORY?

SIT DOWN HERE. BE QUIET.

MRS. GAMP, WASN'T MRS. CHUZZLEWIT

LEFT IN YOUR CHARGE?

YES, SIR, BUT SHE TOLD ME

TO BRING THE LETTER TO HER SISTER AT ONCE,

IN CASE IT WAS IMPORTANT.

A LETTER FOR ME?

YES, MA'AM. IT'S FROM A MR. MODDLE.

IT SAYS SO ON THE OUTSIDE-- FROM TILBURY.

BUT AUGUSTUS IS AT HIS OFFICE IN CHEAPSIDE.

HE SPECIFICALLY TOLD ME THAT HE WOULD BE THERE ALL DAY.

OHH...

OHH!

AAH.

"EVER-INJURED MISS PECKSNIFF:

"BEFORE THIS REACHES YOU,

"THE UNDERSIGNED WILL BE-- IF NOT A CORPSE--

"AT SEA, BOUND FOR TASMANIA.

"SEND NOT IN PURSUIT.

"I WILL NOT BE TAKEN ALIVE.

"I LOVE ANOTHER. SHE IS ANOTHER'S.

"EVERYTHING APPEARS TO BE SOMEBODY ELSE'S.

"OH, MISS PECKSNIFF, WHY DIDN'T YOU LEAVE ME ALONE?

"BUT I WILL NOT REPROACH,

"FOR I HAVE WRONGED YOU.

MAY THE FURNITURE MAKE SOME AMENDS."

FURNITURE? DOES HE MEAN FUTURE?

NO. I BELIEVE THE ALLUSION

IS TO A FOUR-POSTER BED, SIR.

"FAREWELL.

"BE THE BRIDE OF A DUCAL CORONET AND FORGET ME.

"UNALTERABLY, NEVER YOURS...

AUGUSTUS."

POOR MISS PECKSNIFF. I WOULDN'T HAVE BELIEVED IT.

OH, UH, TRY THESE SMELLING SALTS, MA'AM,

FAILING WHICH, BURNING BROWN PAPER UNDER THE NOSE

IS A SOVEREIGN REMEDY.

AH, OH, SHE'S COMING ROUND.

[SIGHING]

HER SISTER IS WIDOWED, SIR.

MRS. HARRIS, WAS KNOWED ME MANY YEARS,

WILL TELL YOU SHE CAN'T DO BETTER,

AND SHE MAY DO WORSE.

THEN LET ME WAIT UPON HER...PERMANENT.

MR. TAPLEY. YES, SIR?

HAS THIS GOOD PERSON BEEN PAID FOR THE TROUBLE WE GAVE HER?

I PAID HER IN ADVANCE, SIR. LIBERAL.

THEN HERE WE WILL CLOSE OUR ACQUAINTANCE, MRS. GAMP.

I WOULD NOT ADVISE YOU TO COME TO ME FOR A TESTIMONIAL.

ALLOW ME MERELY TO RECOMMEND THAT IN FUTURE

YOU TAKE A LITTLE LESS LIQUOR...

AND A LITTLE MORE CARE OF YOUR PATIENTS.

GOOD DAY TO YOU.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

WELL, MY DEARS,

ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, EH?

IF I HAD LESS REASON TO REPROACH MYSELF, GRANDFATHER,

I MIGHT REPROACH YOU FOR ALL POOR MARY

HAS SUFFERED BY YOUR DECEPTION.

IT WAS NOT MUCH, MARTIN.

IN MY HEART, I NEVER DOUBTED THAT YOUR GRANDFATHER

WOULD COME TO HIS SENSES ONE DAY.

NO, HE'S RIGHT, MY DEAR.

IT WAS CRUEL OF ME TO KEEP YOU IN THE DARK FOR SO LONG.

SELFISHNESS AGAIN.

CAN YOU FORGIVE ME?

I NEVER ENTIRELY REJECTED YOU, MARTIN, IN MY HEART.

DO YOU REMEMBER RECEIVING A 20-POUND BANK NOTE?

YOU SENT IT? HOW DID YOU KNOW WHERE I WAS?

I SAW YOUR ADVERTISEMENT IN THE NEWSPAPER--

"CARE OF CHUZZLEWIT" DID NOT DECEIVE ME.

IF I HAD KNOWN IT CAME FROM YOU,

I WOULD NEVER HAVE GONE TO AMERICA.

I HOPED TO BRING YOU BACK TO ME PENITENT...

AND HUMBLED,

BUT I WAS TOO PROUD TO REVEAL MY OWN HAND.

HUMPH.

WELL, THAT'S ALL PAST, YES...

MY BOY?

GRANDFATHER.

TOM?

OH, RUTH.

WHAT A MORNING FOR REVELATIONS, EH?

INCLUDING ONE THAT WAS NEVER UTTERED.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

YOU LOVE HER, DON'T YOU?

OH, TOM...

I FEEL SO FOR YOU.

COME, COME.

THIS IS NO CRYING MATTER.

BY HER OWN CHOICE, SHE IS BETROTHED TO MARTIN

AND WAS LONG BEFORE EITHER OF THEM

KNEW OF MY EXISTENCE.

AND DO YOU THINK, EVEN IF SHE'D NEVER SEEN HIM,

SHE WOULD'VE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH ME?

YES, SHE WOULD'VE. OF COURSE SHE WOULD'VE.

IT'S SO UNFAIR.

YOU THINK OF ME, RUTH--

AND IT IS VERY NATURAL THAT YOU SHOULD--

AS IF I WERE A CHARACTER IN A BOOK,

AND YOU MAKE IT A KIND OF A POETICAL JUSTICE

THAT I SHOULD, BY SOME IMPOSSIBLE MEANS OR OTHER,

COME AT LAST TO MARRY THE PERSON THAT I LOVE.

BUT THERE IS A HIGHER JUSTICE

THAN THE POETICAL KIND, MY DEAR.

I DON'T GRIEVE FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE.

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