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ARE YOU ENGLISHMEN,
OR ARE YOU A LOT OF FOREIGNERS?

ARE YOU FREE
AND INDEPENDENT CITIZENS,

OR ARE YOU A FLOCK
OF BLOOMING SHEEP?

DO YOU WANT ENGLAND
TO BE RULED BY AN OUTSIDER?

NO.
NO.

NO.

NO, YOU SAYS. THEN WHO
IS THIS HERE DISRAELI

THAT HE SHOULD BE
PRIME MINISTER OF ENGLAND?

A JEW WHOSE GRANDFATHER
WAS AN ITALIAN,

A BLOOMING FOREIGNER.

HEAR, HEAR!

WHAT'S HE DONE
FOR ENGLAND, I ASK?

WHAT'S HE DONE?

NOTHING!

OUR FRIEND HERE
SAYS NOTHING.

HA! HE MUST BE BLIND,
DEAF, AND DUMB

AS WELL AS INTOXICATED.

[LAUGHTER]

AND WHAT DOES HE SAY NOW, HUH?

HE SAYS RUSSIA IS LOOKING AT US
WITH EYES OF YEARNING,

THAT THE CZAR
HAS SET UP IN HIS HEART

TO RULE THE 7 SEAS.

BLOOMING ROT!

I SAYS
DOWN WITH DISRAELI!

GLADSTONE
IS THE MAN FOR US.

[APPLAUSE]

I CONSIDER IT AN AFFRONT
TO EVERY ENGLISH GENTLEMAN

THAT THE DESTINIES OF OUR NATION
SHOULD BE IN THE HANDS
OF A PERSON LIKE DISRAELI,

A MAN WHO POSES
AS A GREAT PATRIOT

BUT WHO IS IN REALITY
AN UNPRINCIPLED POLITICIAN

SEEKING ONLY TO GRATIFY
HIS MAD THIRST FOR POWER.

AHEM. AND NOW HE WANTS
TO INVOLVE US IN SERIOUS
INTERNATIONAL TROUBLE

WITH THIS INFERNAL NONSENSE
ABOUT, UH,

RUSSIA TRYING TO UNDERMINE
OUR POWER IN INDIA.

IF THE FELLOW KEEPS ON,
HE'LL PUT ENGLAND
ON THE ROCKS.

WHAT DOES THE GOVERNOR
OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND SAY?

I SAY HE'S A DREAMER,
A DANGEROUS VISIONARY

REACHING OUT FOR EMPIRE
WITH GREEDY HANDS,

COMMITTING US
TO A FOREIGN POLICY
OF IMPERIALISM

THAT MAKES ME TREMBLE
FOR ENGLAND'S SAFETY.

BUT THANK GOD
FOR GLADSTONE.

HE'S MORE THAN A MATCH
FOR DISRAELI.

A FOREIGN POLICY
SUCH AS THE RIGHT HONORABLE
GENTLEMAN PROPOSES

WOULD NOT ONLY GAIN US,
AND DESERVEDLY,

THE ILL WILL
OF OTHER NATIONS,

BUT WOULD ULTIMATELY INVOLVE US
IN THAT DREAD CALAMITY, WAR!

I SAY THAT IN PROPOSING
SUCH A POLICY,

THE RIGHT HONORABLE GENTLEMAN
HAS BRANDED HIMSELF

AS UNWORTHY TO BE THE COUNSELOR
OF ENGLAND'S SOVEREIGN,

UNWORTHY TO BE THE GUARDIAN
OF ENGLAND'S WELFARE,

UNWORTHY TO HOLD THE HIGH OFFICE
OF PRIME MINISTER!

AND NOW THAT MY HONORABLE
FRIEND MR. GLADSTONE,

WITH HIS CUSTOMARY
ELOQUENCE AND TACT,

HAS EXPRESSED
HIS CUSTOMARY DISAPPROVAL...

[LAUGHTER]

THE ISSUE, GENTLEMEN, IS THIS--

WHETHER YOU ARE CONTENT
TO BE A COMFORTABLE ENGLAND,

MEETING IN DUE COURSE
WITH A SAD, INEVITABLE FATE,

OR WHETHER YOU WILL BE A GREAT
COUNTRY, AN IMPERIAL COUNTRY,

A COUNTRY WHERE YOUR SONS,
WHEN THEY RISE, WILL RISE
TO PARAMOUNT POSITIONS

AND OBTAIN NOT MERELY THE ESTEEM
OF THEIR OWN COUNTRYMEN

BUT THE ESTEEM OF THE WORLD.

HEAR, HEAR.

PERHAPS YOU THINK
THAT BECAUSE NO WAR CLOUDS
DARKEN THE PRESENT HORIZON

THAT THERE IS NO DANGER.

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
ONE OF THOSE MARINE LANDSCAPES
ON THE COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA?

YOU BEHOLD A RANGE
OF EXHAUSTED VOLCANOES.

NOT A FLAME FLICKERS
ON A SINGLE PALLID PEAK.

BUT BENEATH, THERE
IS A DORMANT DANGER

THAT WILL ONE DAY AWAKE!

DIZZY, YOU ARE WORRYING
ABOUT SOMETHING.

NO, NO, MY DEAR.

I SOMETIMES THINK,
BUT I NEVER WORRY.

WELL, I'LL NOT
BOTHER YOU NOW ABOUT
OUR GARDEN PARTY.

BUT I'M DYING TO BE BOTHERED.
MAY I, MY DEAR?

YOUR MORNING TRIBUTE.

THANK YOU, DIZZY.

EVERY MORNING,
WHEREVER WE ARE,
YOU NEVER FORGET.

NONSENSE. YOU KNOW
I MARRIED YOU
FOR YOUR MONEY.

HA HA HA!

LET ME SEE YOUR LIST
OF INVITATIONS.

LADY CLARISSA PEVENSEY.

OH, AND HER FATHER AND MOTHER,
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS
OF GLASTONBURY.

I'M AFRAID
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS
SHIVER WITH CONTEMPT

AT THE VERY NAME
OF DISRAELI.

BUT CLARISSA WILL SEE
THAT THEY COME WHETHER
THEY WANT TO OR NOT.

DEAR CLARISSA.

SHE THINKS YOU ARE
THE GREATEST MAN
IN THE WORLD.

AND SHE'S RIGHT.

SHE'S QUITE RIGHT,
MY DEAR.

OH, YOUNG DEEFORD
WILL CONDESCEND TO COME

IN ORDER TO PROTECT CLARISSA
AGAINST MY DIABOLICAL
INFLUENCE.

I'M QUITE SURE YOUR PARTY
WILL BE A GREAT SUCCESS.

MARY, I WANT YOU
TO INVITE BORSINOV.

YES, DEAR.

THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR.

MOST AGREEABLE GENTLEMAN.

AND, UH...

I ALSO WANT YOU
TO INVITE MRS. TRAVERS.

MRS. TRAVERS?

WHY, WE SCARCELY
KNOW HER.

THAT'S WHY I WANT YOU
TO INVITE HER.

I'M ANXIOUS TO CULTIVATE
HER ACQUAINTANCE.

MARY...

YES, DEAR?

WHERE HAVE I
MET HER BEFORE?

OH, WE'VE MET HER
AT DINNER.

NO, NO. I MEAN
LONG AGO.

I CONNECT HER
WITH SOMETHING...
BLUE AND WHITE.

HA HA HA!

NOW, DIZZY, YOU'RE
OFF ON ONE OF YOUR

WILD-GOOSE CHASES
AGAIN. HA HA HA!

BLUE AND WHITE.

[WHISTLING]

MRS. TRAVERS.

OH, MY DEAR
MRS. TRAVERS.

YOU'RE LOOKING MORE
CHARMING THAN USUAL.

PLEASE, SIT DOWN.

UM, DID YOU
LEARN ANYTHING?

WE'VE NOTHING IMMEDIATE
TO FEAR FROM DISRAELI.

HE CAN'T ACT
WITHOUT PARLIAMENT,

AND PARLIAMENT
HAS ADJOURNED,
THANK THE LORD.

CHEERS. ENGLAND HAS
OBLIGINGLY TIED THEIR HANDS.

ONLY ONE MAN WHO MIGHT HAVE
BLOCKED RUSSIA'S PLANS,

AND LONG BEFORE
HIS HANDS ARE FREE,

WE SHALL HAVE COME
TO TERMS WITH EGYPT.

RUSSIA WILL CONTROL
THE SUEZ CANAL,

AND DISRAELI'S DREAM
OF BRITISH SUPREMACY IN ASIA

WILL STILL BE ONLY A DREAM.

BUT DON'T FORGET--

EVEN WITH HIS HANDS TIED,

DISRAELI CAN STILL GET THINGS
FROM UP HIS SLEEVE.

HE MUST BE WATCHED
AS CLOSELY AS EVER.

HA HA HA!

MR. FOLJAMBE
IS OUTSIDE.

OH. SHOW HIM IN.

HUSBANDS ALWAYS ARRIVE
AT THE WRONG MOMENT.

HELLO, FOLJAMBE.

HELLO.

HELLO, DEAR.

CIGARETTES?

NO, THANKS.

ANYTHING NEW?

THINGS WILL BE
AT A STANDSTILL
AT DISRAELI'S OFFICE

UNTIL HE COMES BACK
FROM HUGHENDON.

I GOT A NOTE FROM HIM
THIS MORNING

TELLING ME I
MIGHT HAVE THE REST
OF THE WEEK OFF

AND THANKING ME
FOR MY--HA!--

MY FAITHFUL ATTENTION
TO HIS INTERESTS.

[LAUGHTER]

I'M AFRAID THE GREAT DISRAELI
IS GETTING OLD.

DEAR CLARISSA.

DEAR LADY BEACONSFIELD.

Man: VISCOUNT DEEFORD.

MY DEAR, YOU
LOOK CHARMING.

HOW DO YOU DO?

THE VERY SPIRIT
OF YOUTH AND BEAUTY.

DEEFORD, BEHOLD.

WINTER HAND IN HAND
WITH SPRING.

INNOCENCE WITH--

GUILE.

EXPERIENCE.
SAME THING.

MAY I BE PERMITTED?

IF SOMETHING WOULD ONLY
HAPPEN TO CHARLES
TO MAKE HIM HUMAN.

PERHAPS SOMETHING
MAY HAPPEN TO HIM,
MY DEAR,

WITH THE HELP
OF CLARISSA.

OHH. HA HA HA!

BUT TO A MAN
OF YOUR SOUND JUDGMENT,

MR. DISRAELI'S IDEAS
MUST SOMETIMES APPEAR...

UTTERLY IMPRACTICAL.
WILDLY FANTASTIC.

THE BANK OF ENGLAND'S MONEY
WILL NEVER BACK ANY OF HIS
CRAZY ENTERPRISES

AS LONG AS I
CAN PREVENT IT.

HOW FORTUNATE ENGLAND
HAS MEN LIKE YOU.

WHY, MRS. TRAVERS.

MAY I BE ALLOWED
TO JOIN YOU?

OH, YES. CERTAINLY.
SIT DOWN, DUKE.

THANK YOU.

WHAT A HEAVENLY
SPOT THIS IS.

THE PRIME MINISTER'S
GARDEN.

[SIGHS]

WHY DO YOU DISLIKE
MR. DISRAELI SO MUCH?

I NEITHER LIKE HIM
NOR DISLIKE HIM.

HE'S NOTHING TO ME.

OH. DON'T YOU
FEEL LONELY?

LONELY?

YOU'RE THE ONLY MAN
IN ALL THE WORLD

WHO NEITHER LIKES
NOR DISLIKES
MR. DISRAELI.

YES, YES. I KNOW HOW MUCH
YOU ADMIRE HIM, BUT WE WON'T
ARGUE ABOUT THAT NOW.

I HAVE SPOKEN
TO YOUR MOTHER,

AND SHE HAS GIVEN ME
HER GRACIOUS PERMISSION
TO ADDRESS YOU.

WAS HER PERMISSION
NEEDED?

WELL, I'M RATHER A STICKLER
FOR FORM, YOU KNOW.

I KNOW.

I CONSIDER IT MY DUTY
TO MARRY.

YES?

I AM MUCH INTERESTED
IN THE WORKING MAN.

I HAVE PLANS FOR BUILDING
MODEL COTTAGES

WITH IMPROVED
SANITARY APPLIANCES.

I TRUST MY WIFE AND I
WILL SHOW OUR HUMBLE FRIENDS
A MODEL ENGLISH HOUSEHOLD,

MODEL CHILDREN;
IN SHORT, A MODEL--

ONE MOMENT.

WHAT HAVE ALL THESE
MODELS TO DO WITH ME?

HAVE I NOT
MADE MYSELF CLEAR?

SINCE FIRST
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE
OF MEETING YOU,

I HAVE WATCHED YOU CLOSELY,
AND, CLARISSA...

MAY I CALL YOU CLARISSA?

I HAVE DECIDED THAT IN TIME,
YOU WILL BECOME
ADMIRABLY SUITED

TO OCCUPY THE POSITION
I HAVE ADUMBRATED.

I BEG YOUR PARDON?

ADUMBRATED.
OUTLINED.

OH, THANK YOU.
YOU WILL THINK ME
VERY SILLY, CHARLES.

MAY I CALL YOU
CHARLES?

THANK YOU.

BUT IS THIS...
IS THIS REALLY
AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE?

I HOPED I HAD MADE THAT CLEAR
WITHOUT OFFENSIVE
PLAINNESS OF SPEECH.

HOW WONDERFUL.

OH, BUT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO EXPECT A HIGH
MATRIMONIAL ALLIANCE.

I MEAN THE MANNER
OF YOUR PROPOSAL.

OH, SURELY--

YOU ARE A YOUNG MAN
OF 25.

I AM A GIRL OF 19,

AND YOU COME TO ME
WITH AN ESSAY ON
POLITICAL ECONOMY.

I AM A MAN OF HEAVY
RESPONSIBILITIES,
NOT A HERO OF ROMANCE.

YOU WILL ENTER A FAMILY

OF WHICH THE MEN HAVE
NEVER DONE ANYTHING
TO BE ASHAMED OF.

HAVE THEY EVER
DONE ANYTHING?

NOTHING, THANK GOD,
TO ATTRACT ATTENTION.

WELL...

I THINK THE NEXT THING
WILL BE TO ANNOUNCE
OUR BETROTHAL.

NOT QUITE.

I AM VERY MUCH HONORED,
LORD DEEFORD,

BUT I MUST DECLINE
THE RESPONSIBILITIES
AND THE PRIVILEGES.

I BEG YOUR PARDON?

OH, CHARLES,
YOU'VE MADE A HORRIBLE
HASH OF THE WHOLE THING!

HASH?

YES. FOR PITY'S SAKE,
LET ME TALK PLAIN OR I
SHALL HAVE HYSTERICS.

I DID LIKE YOU.
I LIKED YOU VERY MUCH.

BUT YOUR MODEL COTTAGES
LEAVE ME COLD

BECAUSE I KNOW
THE LABORER WANTS
BREAD, NOT BRICKS.

AND, OH, THOSE
MODEL CHILDREN.

I WANT FLESH-AND-BLOOD
CHILDREN

WHO TEAR THEIR PINAFORES
AND SMEAR THEIR FACES
WITH JAM.

BUT, LADY CLARISSA!

IF EVER I MARRY--
AND I HOPE I SHALL--

I WANT A HUSBAND
WHO IS AT THE BOTTOM
AND IS CLIMBING,

CLIMBING ON HANDS
AND KNEES,

BLEEDING HANDS
AND BLEEDING KNEES,

WITH HIS EYES
FIXED ON THE SUMMIT.

NEVER MIND IF HE
NEVER GETS THERE.

I CAN HELP HIM
TO CLIMB,

AND IF HE FALLS,
I CAN FALL WITH HIM.

BUT--

NO. YOU WERE BORN
AT THE TOP.

YOU SIT IN A RAREFIED
ATMOSPHERE LIKE
THE GODS ON OLYMPUS.

OH!

I SEE I HAVE MADE A MISTAKE.

WELL, YOU
REFUSED HIM, EH?

OH. HOW
DID YOU KNOW?

THAT BACK WAS
ELOQUENT OF REFUSAL.

YOU HAVE NO SYMPATHY
WITH READY-MADE GREATNESS.

YOU REFUSE DEEFORD
BECAUSE HE'S A MERE DESCENDANT
AND NOT AN ANCESTOR.

WELL, AM I
NOT RIGHT?

WELL...

HE MAY BECOME
AN ANCESTOR, YOU KNOW.

TELL ME...

ARE YOU FOND OF HIM?

I LIKE HIM VERY MUCH.

IF HE HAD SIMPLY
SAID, "CLARISSA,
WILL YOU MARRY ME?"

I MIGHT HAVE ANSWERED
JUST AS SIMPLY, "YES."

BUT HE LECTURED ME
ON MODEL COTTAGES
AND A MODEL FAMILY.

YOU KNOW, I HAVE
A VERY HIGH OPINION
OF HIM.

YOU? BUT HE HAS
NO INITIATIVE.

WHO KNOWS? IF
THE OPPORTUNITY OCCURRED,

HE MIGHT RISE TO IT.

A MAN SHOULD MAKE
HIS OWN OPPORTUNITIES.

AND IT'S NO USE TALKING.
I REFUSED HIM,
AND I TOLD HIM WHY.

DID YOU?

QUITE FRANKLY.
DID YOU?

I TOLD HIM I MUST
HAVE A MAN WHO TRIED.

AS HE IS NOW,
I WOULD SOONER
MARRY A BRICKLAYER.

HE DOES LAY BRICKS,
AND HE MAY BUILD
A CATHEDRAL.

DON'T BE HARD ON DEEFORD.
GO ALONG AND TELL HIM
YOU'RE SORRY.

VERY GOOD ADVICE,
MR. DISRAELI,

WHICH I'M NOT
GOING TO FOLLOW.

A TELEGRAM, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

PERSONALLY, I CAN'T
ENDURE THESE DISRAELIS,

BUT CLARISSA WOULD COME.

WELL, I CAN'T STAND
THE FELLOW'S
CONFOUNDED ASSURANCE.

PARDON ME.

SIR MICHAEL,
WILL YOU COME INTO
THE LIBRARY A MOMENT?

THERE'S A LITTLE MATTER
ON WHICH I PARTICULARLY
WANT YOUR ADVICE.

VERY WELL.

YOU'LL EXCUSE ME?

MRS. TRAVERS, DUKE,

I'M SURE YOU'LL FORGIVE ME
FOR TAKING SIR MICHAEL AWAY.

SIT DOWN, SIR MICHAEL.
SIT DOWN.

I'VE JUST HAD
PRIVATE INFORMATION

THAT ISMAIL PASHA
IS IN DESPERATE NEED
OF MONEY.

AS YOU KNOW, HE HOLDS
THE CONTROLLING SHARES
OF THE SUEZ CANAL.

PROBERT, THIS
IS AN UNPARALLELED
OPPORTUNITY FOR ENGLAND.

OPPORTUNITY FOR ENGLAND?

YOU DON'T MEAN THAT
IN EARNEST.

PARDON ME.
IN DEAD EARNEST.

DO YOU SERIOUSLY MEAN THAT
YOU'RE THINKING OF PURCHASING
THE SUEZ CANAL FOR ENGLAND?

I HAVE SELDOM
MEANT ANYTHING
HALF SO SERIOUSLY.

AND YOU ARE ABOUT
TO SUGGEST TO ME THAT THE BANK
OF ENGLAND SHOULD BACK YOU?

I AM.

UNTIL PARLIAMENT
MEETS AGAIN.

THEN LET ME TELL YOU,
SIR, AT ONCE,
I SHALL NEVER CONSENT.

NEVER, SIR.
WAIT A MOMENT.

NO, SIR. THERE'S
NOTHING TO WAIT FOR.

I'LL NOT ALLOW THE BANK
TO PLAY DUCKS AND DRAKES
WITH ITS MONEY

ON AN EGYPTIAN DITCH.

AN EGYPTIAN DITCH.
THAT'S RATHER NEAT.

BUT IT WON'T BE
DUCKS AND DRAKES

BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT
WILL BE AT YOUR BACK.

HOW DO I KNOW THAT?

I SAY SO.

SUPPOSE
THE GOVERNMENT FALLS?

MY DEAR MAN,
IT'S ALWAYS FALLING.

WHAT DIFFERENT
DOES THAT MAKE?

WON'T THE CONSERVATIVES
INVARIABLY GO ON

JUST WHERE THE RADICALS
LEFT OFF, AND VICE VERSA?

BESIDES, IN THIS CASE,
IT HASN'T TIME TO FALL.

THIS THING MUST BE DONE
WITHIN THE NEXT 3 WEEKS,

LONG BEFORE
PARLIAMENT MEETS.

BUT WHY IN SUCH A HURRY?

BECAUSE RUSSIA--

OH, THAT ANCIENT
BUGBEAR.

THAT EVER-PRESENT PERIL

KNOWS OF THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE
THE HIGH ROAD TO INDIA.

THEN WHY HASN'T SHE
PURCHASED IT?

SHE'S NOT READY.
SHE HAS NO FLEET.

BUT SHE'S WATCHING US.
SHE'S WATCHING ME.

SPY MANIA.

AND IF SHE SEES
THE SLIGHTEST MOVE
ON MY PART,

SHE'LL SNAP UP
THE CANAL,
FLEET OR NO FLEET.

A PRETTY WOMAN,
MRS. TRAVERS.

YES.

SUCH PRETTY EARS.

WELL, SIR, AFTER
THAT DELIGHTFUL
INTERLUDE...

NO, SIR. YOUR SCHEME
IS HAREBRAINED,

UNCONSTITUTIONAL,
AND THE BANK WILL
BE NO PARTY TO IT.

I TELL YOU THERE
IS NO TIME--

YOU EXAGGERATE
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE THING.

YOU HAVE THE EASTERN
IMAGINATION.

BECAUSE THIS CANAL
RUNS THROUGH A DESERT,
YOU SEE IT IN A DREAM,

IN A MIRAGE.

NEAT AGAIN.

THE CANAL IS
A CONFESSED FAILURE.

WHATEVER DOESN'T PAY
IS A FAILURE.

THE TONNAGE THAT PASSED
THROUGH IT LAST YEAR--

OH, PLEASE, PLEASE.

AND IT'S FILLING UP, SIR.
FILLING UP.

SOON THE ONLY SHIPS
SAILING ON IT WILL BE THE,
UH, THE SHIP OF THE DESERT.

I MEAN THE CAMEL, SIR.

YES, I THOUGHT
YOU MEANT THE CAMEL.

BEWARE OF THE EAST.
REMEMBER PHARAOH, SIR.
REMEMBER PHARAOH.

YES, BUT WHAT
ABOUT MOSES?

HE WAS A JEW.

THAT IS, UH,
HE WAS PRIVILEGED.

IN SHORT?

IN SHORT, I DISAPPROVE
OF YOUR IMPERIALISTIC IDEAS,
MR. DISRAELI,

AND THE BANK
WILL NOT STIR A FINGER
TO FURTHER THEM.

WHY ARE YOU, UH...

I FEARED YOU WERE
GETTING TOO WARM.

AHH. I REJOICE TO THINK
THAT I HAVE MADE THIS RASH
ENTERPRISE IMPOSSIBLE.

OH, BUT YOU HAVEN'T.

WHERE WOULD YOU GO
FOR THE MONEY?

WHERE PHARAOH WENT.
WHERE ALL CHRISTIANS GO.

I SHALL GO TO MOSES.

AT ANY RATE,
UNDERSTAND, IT WILL BE
NO USE COMING TO ME.

THIS, SIR, IS
DEFINITE AND FINAL.

NOTHING IS FINAL, SIR MICHAEL.
IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT
OF MOSES FAILING ME,

I MAY SEND FOR YOU AGAIN.

AND I SHALL NOT
COME, SIR.

I THINK YOU WILL.

DIZZY, WHAT ARE YOU
AND SIR MICHAEL
TALKING ABOUT?

LADY PROBERT'S
IN A DREADFUL WAY.

SHE'S MISSED
HER HUSBAND.

HAS SHE?

HE'S MISSED
HIS OPPORTUNITY.

COME, DEAR. EVERYBODY WILL
WONDER WHAT'S BECOME OF YOU.

ALL RIGHT, MY DEAR.
I MUST GET HOLD
OF HUGH MEYERS.

HUGH MEYERS
THE BANKER?

HUGH MEYERS THE BANKER.
THAT'S THE MAN, MARY.

THAT'S THE MAN.

WILL YOU VERY KINDLY
SEND THAT TELEGRAM?

DIZZY, YOU'RE NOT
WORRYING ABOUT MONEY?

NO, NO, MY DEAR.
PROBERT AND I WERE
JUST TALKING POLITICS.

THERE'S DEEFORD.

YOU KNOW, I TOLD YOU
SOMETHING MIGHT
HAPPEN TO HIM.YES.

WELL, IT HAS HAPPENED.
HE HAS ASKED CLARISSA
TO MARRY HIM.

THAT WILL BE A GOOD
MATCH, I SUPPOSE.

YES, BUT SHE'S REFUSED.

OH!

MARY, I'M GOING TO
PLAY FAIRY GODFATHER
AND BRING THEM TOGETHER.

YOU A MATCHMAKER.

THE PRIME MINISTER
NEGLECTING HIS WORK.

THE LESS A PRIME MINISTER DOES,
THE FEWER MISTAKES
HE'S APT TO MAKE.

THAT'S RATHER GOOD.

I MUST SAY THAT TO GLADSTONE
ONE NIGHT IN THE HOUSE.

HA HA HA!

I'VE BEEN SEARCHING
FOR A YOUNG MAN.

WITH SUCH A PRIZE AS CLARISSA,
CHARLES MAY BECOME
JUST WHAT I NEED.

AND THINK WHAT A SPLENDID
COUPLE THEY'D MAKE.

AH, DIZZY. ALWAYS
DREAMING OF ROMANCE.

AND LIVING ONE, MY DEAR,
WHILE YOU ARE BY MY SIDE.

IS THAT DEEFORD?

YES.

RUN ALONG, MY DEAR.
HE'S EAGER
TO SPEAK TO ME.

I THINK HE
WANTS TO KILL ME.

HA HA HA!

MR. DISRAELI.

AH. I KNOW THAT TONE
OF VOICE SO WELL.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, SIR?

IT'S THE TONE
OF AN ANGRY MAN.

NOW, WHAT CAN HAVE
PUT YOU OUT?

NO, DON'T SPEAK.
INTERRUPTIONS
ARE ANNOYING.

IF THEY HADN'T
INTERRUPTED ME

THE FIRST TIME
I ADDRESSED
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,

I MIGHT HAVE BECOME
A VESTRYMAN
AND RESPECTABLE.

REALLY, MR. DISRAELI,
YOU MAKE IT DIFFICULT
TO TALK TO YOU SERIOUSLY.

I NEVER TALK SERIOUSLY.
KEEP YOUR GRAVE FACE
FOR YOUR JOKES.

I, UH, NEVER
MAKE JOKES.

A MAN WHO NEVER MAKES
JOKES IS A STANDING
JOKE TO THE WORLD.

HUMOR IS OF SEVERAL KINDS.
WE OXFORD MEN HAVE A HUMOR
OF OUR OWN.

I KNOW--
AN UNCONSCIOUS HUMOR.

MR. DISRAELI, CLARISSA
HAS REFUSED ME.

YES?

AND I, SIR,

I ATTRIBUTE HER REFUSAL
TO YOUR INFLUENCE.

I SEE.

I WAS THOROUGHLY
JUSTIFIED IN THINKING
WELL OF YOU.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

YOU HAVE COURAGE,
OR YOU WOULD NEVER
SAY THAT TO ME.

AND WHY SHOULD I
NOT SAY IT?

BECAUSE IT'S TRUE.

AND WHEN
A VERY YOUNG MAN

SPEAKS AN UNPLEASANT
TRUTH TO A VERY OLD ONE,

HE SHOWS ABSOLUTELY
RECKLESS COURAGE.

THERE WAS
NO OTHER WAY.

A HUNDRED. YOU THINK
A GIRL'S NO IS FINAL?

I SUPPOSE SHE KNOWS
HER OWN MIND.

CERTAINLY.
MAKE HER CHANGE IT.

HOW?

I'M GLAD YOU'RE
ASKING ME TO HELP YOU,

BECAUSE I'M
INTERESTED IN YOU.

INTERESTED IN ME?

DEEPLY.

WHY?

BECAUSE ENGLAND STANDS
IN TERRIBLE NEED
OF MEN LIKE YOU.

I CAN'T SEE THAT.

ENGLAND WAS NEVER
SO PROSPEROUS AS NOW.

SHE HAS A WISE
ARISTOCRACY,

AN INDUSTRIOUS MIDDLE
CLASS, A CONTENTED
AND HAPPY PEASANTRY.

BRAVO! BRAVO.

HOW MANY OLD TORY SQUIRES
HAVE I HEARD
TALK JUST LIKE THAT?

AND THAT'S HOW THEY'VE TALKED
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THINGS.

THAT'S HOW THEY TALKED
WHEN WE LOST JAMAICA,

WHEN THE INDIAN MUTINY
BURST UPON US,

WHEN OUR SOLDIERS
FROZE AND STARVED
IN THE CRIMEA,

WHEN WE DESERTED DENMARK,
AND WHEN WE REMAINED IDLE

WHILE FRANCE AND GERMANY
FLEW AT EACH OTHER'S THROATS.

IT'S JUST THAT TALK
THAT HAS LOST US
ALL OUR FRIENDSHIPS.

HO! CONTINENTAL
FRIENDSHIPS?

FROG-EATERS
AND BEER-SWILLERS.

IS THAT HOW YOU TALK
TO CLARISSA?

I DO NOT DISCUSS
POLITICS WITH WOMEN.

I DO.

THINK, MAN. THINK.

ENGLAND IS AS ISOLATED
AS A SHIP LYING OFF THE COAST.

HER CREW KNOW NOTHING OF WHAT
THEY CALL THE LANDLUBBERS.

THEY GO ONSHORE NOW AND THEN
FOR A DEBAUCH,

BUT AS THEY ONLY HUNT OUT
THE VICE, THEY COME BACK
WITH A HEADACHE

AND RIGHTEOUSLY THANK GOD
THEY ARE NOT AS OTHER MEN.

I TELL YOU, A FERMENT IS
AT WORK ALL OVER THE WORLD.

TITANIC FORCES ARE
UNCHAINED IN AMERICA,

FORCES YOU HAVE
NO CONCEPTION OF.

THE SPIRIT OF NATIONALITY
IS AROUSED IN FRANCE,
IN ITALY, IN GERMANY.

NEW WINE HAS BEEN
POURED INTO OLD BOTTLES,

AND AN EXPLOSION MUST
FOLLOW SOONER OR LATER.

I SHALL NOT LIVE TO SEE IT,
BUT I HEAR THE SEETHING
OF THE YEAST.

BUT YOU.

MY GOD, WHAT THINGS
YOU WILL WITNESS.

TAKE CARE YOU
ARE NOT ASLEEP.

ALL THE NATIONS MUST EXPAND,
AND EVERYWHERE OUR EMPIRE
IS IN THEIR WAY.

RUSSIA, FOR INSTANCE.
NOW WHILE ENGLAND
STANDS ALONE,

WHILE FRANCE IS CRIPPLED
AND BEFORE GERMANY
IS RECOVERED,

NOW IS RUSSIA'S OPPORTUNITY
TO SNATCH AT INDIA.

AND WITH INDIA LOST,
THE WHOLE FABRIC CRUMBLES

AND ENGLAND SINKS
INTO INSIGNIFICANCE,

A BELGIUM AT SEA.

NOW DO YOU SEE WHY
CLARISSA REFUSED YOU?

THESE ARE THE THINGS
I'VE SHOWED HER.

DO YOU WONDER SHE
WANTS A MAN OF ACTION?

DO YOU WONDER SHE'S
NOT CONTENT WITH BEING
A MERE DUKE'S WIFE?

I SEE.

I SEE, BUT...
WHAT CAN I DO?

WHAT CAN ANY
ONE MAN DO?

WHAT ONE MAN
HAS ALREADY DONE.

YOU, SIR.

BUT HOW CAN I HOPE
TO EMULATE YOU?

YOU CAN LEARN.
WILL YOU LEARN?

WILL YOU TEACH ME, SIR?

YES.

HOW CAN I BEGIN?

LEAVE YOUR SMALL IDEALS.

OR BETTER STILL,
GROW FROM SMALL IDEALS
TO GREATER.

YOU HAVE BEGUN WELL.
YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR HOUSE
IN ORDER.

NOW PASS ON.
PASS FROM THE PARISH
TO THE EMPIRE.

THE PARISH.
HOW SMALL IT SEEMS,

AND EVERYTHING I'VE
DONE IN POLITICS,

HOW UTTERLY
INSIGNIFICANT.

IN POLITICS, NOTHING
IS INSIGNIFICANT.

CONTRAST IT WITH
THIS QUESTION OF INDIA.

WHETHER WE HOLD IT
OR LOSE IT.

WHAT'S
THE SOLUTION? WAR?

WAR IS NEVER A SOLUTION.
IT'S AN AGGRAVATION.

WHAT THEN IS
THE SOLUTION?

A VERY SMALL THING--
A THING MEN ARE
LAUGHING AT.

WHAT, SIR? WHAT?

A DITCH.

A DITCH DUG IN SAND.

A DITCH?

A DITCH DUG
IN SHIFTING SAND.

YOU MEAN THAT--

I MEAN THAT A DITCH
DUG IN SAND GROWS
THE VERY BEST CELERY.

AH!
MRS. TRAVERS.

WE WERE JUST IN THE THICK
OF A MOST INTERESTING
HORTICULTURAL ARGUMENT.

REALLY?

YES. MARY.

YES, DEAR?

LORD DEEFORD
HAS DONE ME THE HONOR

OF ACCEPTING
A SECRETARYSHIP.

WHAT?

LORD DEEFORD WORKING?

CLARISSA,
ISN'T THAT UNEXPECTED?

NOT ALTOGETHER.

AND HOW HE'LL
HAVE TO WORK.

YOU'LL HAVE SO MUCH
TO TEACH HIM.

MR. DISRAELI HAS
ALREADY BEGUN.

YES. I'VE BEEN
TEACHING HIM

WHAT IT TOOK ME
MANY YEARS TO LEARN.

WHAT IS THAT?

DEAR LADY,
THAT A DITCH
DUG IN SAND

GROWS THE VERY
BEST CELERY.

Mary: DIZZY,
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

CELERY?

HELLO.
MORNING, ROBERT.

MORNING,
MR. DISRAELI.

MORNING, WILLIAM.

MORNING, SIR.

OH. GOOD MORNING,
MR. FOLJAMBE.

GOOD MORNING, SIR.

YOU DIDN'T TELL ME
MR. FOLJAMBE
WAS WAITING.

Man: HE WAS
NOT HERE, SIR.

AH.

THESE ARE READY
FOR DELIVERY, SIR.

THANK YOU, TERLE.

DISPATCHES
FROM RUSSIA.

HELLO, DEEFORD.
THANK YOU.

WELL, YOU MIGHT
LOOK OVER THESE
FIGURES, WILL YOU?

AND, UH, HAVE THOSE
DELIVERED FOR ME.

IS THERE
ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?

NOTHING ELSE,
MR. FOLJAMBE.

OH, MR. FOLJAMBE.

YOU, UH, HAVE
THE FIGURES ABOUT
THE FORTIFICATION?

YES, SIR.

THE--

THOSE ARE THE,
UH, DISPATCHES FROM
RUSSIA, AREN'T THEY?

OH, I BEG
YOUR PARDON, SIR.

OH, QUITE
A NATURAL MISTAKE.

MR. HUGH MEYERS, SIR.

AH!

MEYERS,
HOW DO YOU DO?

WELL?

THE MONEY
IS ON ITS WAY.

FROM--
THE ARGENTINE.

WHEN WILL IT ARRIVE?

IN 3 WEEKS.
GOOD.

TO BE PLACED
AT MY DISPOSAL
IN THE BANK OF ENGLAND.

THE BANK OF ENGLAND?
THAT'S RATHER
HUMOROUS.

WHY?

I WAS THINKING
OF PROBERT.

OH.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

UH, DEEFORD.

THIS IS
MR. HUGH MEYERS,

ONE OF THE WORLD'S
GREATEST POWERS.

WE HAVE TO
RAISE MONEY, YOU KNOW,

FOR THE FORTIFICATIONS
OF THE GULF OF ADEN.

OH, I HOPED
IT WAS SOMETHING

MUCH MORE ROMANTIC
THAN THAT, SIR.

OH? WHAT?

THE SUEZ CANAL.

OH, DID YOU?

YOU'RE QUITE RIGHT.

IT IS THE SUEZ CANAL.

SINCE YOU'VE HIT
ON THE TRUTH,

IT'S BETTER THAT
I SHOULD TELL YOU,

BUT UNTIL I AM READY,
NOT A SYLLABLE
MUST BE BREATHED

ON THIS MATTER.
IS THAT CLEAR?

ON MY HONOR, SIR.

GOOD.

WOULD YOU COME
INTO MY ROOM,
MR. MEYERS?

Foljambe:
EXCUSE ME, SIR.

I FORGOT TO GIVE YOU
YOUR LIST OF ENGAGEMENTS.

OH, THANK YOU,
MR. FOLJAMBE.

UH, MR. MEYERS, THIS
IS MR. FOLJAMBE.
SUCH A WORKER.

LET ME SEE. WHAT WAS
THE EXACT AMOUNT

REQUIRED FOR
THE FORTIFICATIONS
OF THE GULF OF ADEN?

YOU HAVE THE PAPERS,
YOU KNOW.
THE BLUE ONE.

I'LL FIND OUT, SIR.

THANK YOU.
COME, MR. MEYERS.

DO YOU KNOW WHY
MR. MEYERS IS HERE?

I'M VERY BUSY.

HE'S NOT HERE FOR ANY
FORTIFICATION SCHEME.

HE'S HERE
FOR THE SUEZ CANAL.

LADY CLARISSA PEVENSEY
AND MRS. TRAVERS ARE HERE.

HERE'S AN INVASION.

DELIGHTED.

MRS. TRAVERS AND I
WERE DYING TO SEE

HOW YOU LOOKED IN
THE THROES OF TOIL.

WELL, IT HASN'T UNDERMINED
MY CONSTITUTION YET.

WE EXPECTED TO FIND YOU
WITH A WET TOWEL
AROUND YOUR HEAD.

NOW, SO FAR,
I'VE DONE NOTHING
BUT LOOK ON.

IT'S A WONDERFUL
OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU.

THAT'LL BE
A BOMBSHELL
FOR PROBERT.

I'M DELIGHTED.

WELL, WELL, WELL!

COME TO SEE
THE NEOPHYTE, EH?

AH! MRS. TRAVERS.

YOU KNOW, I HALF EXPECTED
THIS VISIT.

UH, ALLOW ME.
MR. HUGH MEYERS,

LADY CLARISSA PEVENSEY,

MRS. TRAVERS.

HOW DO YOU DO?

DEAR LADIES,
YOU'LL EXCUSE US.

WAS THIS
A MOMENTOUS
INTERVIEW?

I REALLY CANNOT
TELL YOU.

AH, THAT MEANS
THAT IT WAS.

HOW EXCITING
TO BE IN ON ALL
THE STATE SECRETS.

OH, BUT I'M NOT.
I AM ONLY AN APPRENTICE.

HA HA HA!

HOW HUMBLY
YOU SPEAK
OF YOURSELF.

I KNOW NOW
THAT I KNOW NOTHING.

THAT'S A GREAT
STRIDE TOWARDS
YOUR GOAL,

ISN'T IT?

IS IT?

I THINK SO.

MAY WE?

PLEASE DO...

BUT LET AN OLD WOMAN
REST HER WEARY BONES.

[KNOCKING RHYTHM]

AGATHA--

SHH. MEYERS?
YES.

ABOUT THE CANAL?
YES.

THEY'RE AGREED.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

BOTH RADIANT.
THEN?

CAIRO.
START NOW.

YES, BUT I--
NOW.

INSTRUCTIONS.

AT TRIESTE.

TRIESTE? HOW?

BY WAY
OF OSTEND.
OSTEND.

OH, HELLO,
MRS. TRAVERS.

OH, MR. FOLJAMBE.

HERE ARE THE PAPERS
GIVING THE FIGURES
YOU ASKED FOR, SIR.

THANK YOU. THE BLUE ONE
AND THE WHITE ONE.

BLUE AND WHITE.

THAT'S CURIOUS.

UH, MRS. TRAVERS,
THIS IS MR. FOLJAMBE.

UH, SUCH A WORKER.

HOW'S YOUR POOR HUSBAND?

NO BETTER, I FEAR.
STILL ABROAD.

TAKING THE WATERS,
YOU KNOW.

WILL YOU KINDLY
MAKE MY EXCUSES
TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE?

THEY'RE OUT THERE.

YOU'RE NOT GOING
SO ABRUPTLY?

I'M SORRY, BUT
DEAR LADY PROBERT IS
ORGANIZING A BAZAAR.

ALWAYS OCCUPIED
IN GOOD WORK.

ALWAYS WITH
YOUR HAND IN SOME
GREAT UNDERTAKING.

IN SECRET, TOO.

HA HA HA! GOOD-BYE,
MR. DISRAELI.

GOOD-BYE,
MRS. TRAVERS.

NO. NOT A STEP,
NOT A STEP.
GOOD-BYE.

GOOD-BYE, MRS. TRAVERS.

OSTEND.

OSTEND.

[KNOCKING RHYTHM]

Foljambe: HA HA HA!

I, UH, I BEG
YOUR PARDON, SIR.

I THOUGHT YOU CALLED.

CHARLES! CHARLES!

VERY SORRY, SIR.

DID FOLJAMBE
MAKE ANY COMMENT
ABOUT MEYERS' VISIT?

WHY, YES. I THOUGHT HIM
RATHER IMPERTINENT.

OH? HOW?
SHALL I GO?

NO, NO, MY DEAR.
YOU'RE WELCOME.

HE ASKED QUESTIONS.
YES?

BUT I SNUBBED HIM.
FINALLY, HE HAD
THE IMPERTINENCE

TO SAY THAT YOU WERE
SEEING MEYERS ABOUT--
WELL?

AM I TO SPEAK IN LADY
CLARISSA'S PRESENCE?
YES, YES. GO ON.

ABOUT THE SUEZ CANAL.
AND WHAT
DID YOU SAY?

NOT A WORD, OF COURSE!

OH.

HOW DID YOU SNUB HIM?

I MERELY STOOD UP
AND LOOKED AT HIM.

AHH!
WHAT, SIR?

WHAT MORE COULD YOU
HAVE TOLD HIM IF YOU'D
TALKED FOR AN HOUR?

DO YOU ACCUSE ME
OF SPEAKING?

NO, SIR. I ACCUSE YOU
OF HOLDING YOUR TONGUE
TOO ELOQUENTLY.

HE'S EASILY MUZZLED.
HOW?

PUT HIM
ON HIS PAROLE.
I'LL FETCH HIM.

YES. FETCH HIM, FETCH HIM.
MR. TERLE! MR. TERLE!

YES, SIR?

SEND FOR THE SENIOR
QUEEN'S MESSENGER
IMMEDIATELY.

YES, SIR.

WELL? HE'S NOT THERE.

HE'S NOT
IN HIS ROOM, SIR.

NO. SHALL I TELL YOU
WHERE HE IS?

HE'S AT VICTORIA STATION,
CATCHING THE 10:30 EXPRESS

ON HIS WAY TO OSTEND,
TRIESTE, AND SO TO CAIRO.

FOR GOD'S SAKE, SIR,
WHO IS HE?

HE'S MRS. TRAVERS'
HUSBAND!

OH!
YES!

HE AND SHE ARE AGENTS,
SPIES RUSSIA HAS SENT HERE

TO DISCOVER
WHAT YOU HAVE TOLD THEM.

HAVE HIM ARRESTED.
HOW? ON WHAT GROUNDS?
WHAT HAS HE DONE?

BUT WHY DID YOU
EMPLOY HIM KNOWING
HE WAS A SPY?

BECAUSE I KNEW IT.
BECAUSE I WANTED TO
HAVE HIM UNDER MY EYE.

FOR WEEKS, HE'S BEEN
SECRETLY ENTERING
THIS ROOM. I KNEW IT.

I PLANTED PAPERS AND
LETTERS FOR HIM TO READ.

I HAD HIM ON THE WRONG
SCENT WHEN YOU--

WHEN I BLUNDERED.

WHEN YOU LOST CONTROL
OF YOUR FEATURES.

WILL YOU TELL US
WHY SILENCE IS
SO IMPORTANT?

HA! NOW IT'S OF
NO IMPORTANCE WHATEVER.

YES. YOU OUGHT TO KNOW
SO THAT IN FUTURE--

FUTURE? WHAT FUTURE
IS THERE FOR ME?

IN FUTURE, YOU MAY LEARN
TO CONTROL YOUR FEATURES,

AS WELL AS YOUR TONGUE.
SIT DOWN.

ISMAIL PASHA,
THE KHEDIVE OF EGYPT,

IS UNDER THE IMPRESSION
THAT HE'S RAMSES THE GREAT,

BUT THE ONLY PYRAMID
HE HAS RAISED

IS A PYRAMID OF DEBT.

EGYPT IS A DRY BONE,
OUT OF WHICH HE HAS SUCKED
THE LAST OUNCE OF MARROW.

THE LAST ASSETS HE HAS
ARE THE CONTROLLING SHARES
IN THE SUEZ CANAL.

THESE HE IS DYING TO SELL
TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER.
FRANCE BUILT THE CANAL,

BUT SHE'S TOO POOR
TO BUY IT.

RUSSIA COVETS IT
AS A MEANS OF SNATCHING INDIA;

ENGLAND, AS A MEANS
OF DEFENDING IT.

BOTH PRETEND
THE PURCHASE

IS THE LAST THING IN THE WORLD
THEY ARE THINKING OF.

BOTH ARE WATCHING
EACH OTHER LIKE CATS,

AND ISMAIL SITS
AND WAITS FOR THE CAT TO JUMP.

THOSE SHARES
I MEAN TO HAVE!

AH.
THE BANK OF ENGLAND
REFUSES TO BACK ME,

BUT TODAY MEYERS HAS
GIVEN ME A BLANK CHECK,

AND I THOUGHT
THE THING WAS DONE,

BUT NOW FOLJAMBE KNOWS,
RUSSIA KNOWS.

IN A WEEK, FOLJAMBE WILL
BE IN CAIRO,

AND WHATEVER SUM I OFFER,
HE WILL DOUBLE.

NOW DO YOU SEE
THE IMPORTANCE OF IT?

IS THERE NO REMEDY?

OF COURSE THERE IS.

WHAT, SIR?
WHAT?

I MUST SEND A MAN TO CAIRO
WITH UNLIMITED POWERS,

READY TO OUTBID ANYTHING,
READY TO POUND THE NAIL.

WHAT MUST BE
THE MAN'S
QUALIFICATIONS?

A STRONG, STERN,
SILENT MAN,

SUBTLE
AND CUNNING,

FIGHTING WILINESS
WITH WILINESS.

HAVE YOU
SUCH A MAN, SIR?

I'VE SENT FOR HIM.
[SOBBING]

WHAT'S THE MATTER,
CLARISSA?

WHAT IS IT, MY DEAR?

I'D HOPED
FOR A MINUTE,

WHILE YOU WERE
SPEAKING,

THAT PERHAPS
CHARLES MIGHT--

OH, DON'T SAY IT,
CLARISSA.
DON'T SAY IT.

YES.

DO SAY IT, CLARISSA.
DO SAY IT,

FOR THERE'S ANOTHER
KIND OF MAN WHO MIGHT
BE TWICE AS USEFUL.

WHAT KIND?

A MAN SO HONEST THAT THE ROGUES
WILL THINK HIM A ROGUE;

SO TRUTHFUL, THEY'LL
SWEAR HE WAS LYING;

SO SIMPLE,
THEY'D NEVER FATHOM--

WHY LAUGH AT ME, SIR?
I FEEL MY FOLLY
BITTERLY ENOUGH.

WHAT'S THE MATTER,
CHARLES?

DISGUST!
UTTER DISGUST

WITH MYSELF
AND DESPAIR.

WHY DESPAIR?

Terle: THE QUEEN'S
MESSENGER!

NOT WANTED!
YOU ARE THE MAN!

I? I TO BE TRUSTED
WITH THIS MISSION
AFTER WHAT I'VE DONE?

WHY NOT?

BECAUSE
I'M A USELESS,
CONCEITED IDLER

AND A PERFECT,
COMPLETE FOOL.

WELL,
GRANTING THAT--

WHAT?
I DIDN'T SAY IT.
BUT GRANTING THAT,

THAT'S A VERY GOOD REASON
FOR SENDING YOU.

BUT I'VE FAILED
ALREADY.

NEARLY ALL MY SUCCESSES
ARE FOUNDED ON PREVIOUS
FAILURES.

ON YOUR OWN SHOWING,
NO ONE WILL SUSPECT YOU.

YOU'VE ONLY TO MEET ALL
THEIR CUNNING WITH THAT STOLID
BRITISH FACE OF YOURS,

AND THE SCHEMES
WILL BE DISARMED.
COME. WILL YOU GO?

WILL I GO!
AHH!

THERE'S YOUR MAN
OF ACTION, CLARISSA.

I WARN YOU,
THERE'LL BE
GRAVE DANGER.

ARE YOU READY
TO MEET IT?

Deeford:
YES, SIR.

I MEAN,
DANGER OF DEATH.

YES, SIR.

DEATH?

EVERY STEP OF THE WAY,
EVERY HOUR OF THE DAY,

DANGER LURKING
IN EVERY DISGUISE.

WHEN ONCE HE IS IN EGYPT,
IF HIS ERRAND BE KNOWN,

HIS LIFE WILL NOT BE WORTH
A MOMENT'S PURCHASE.

OH, I DIDN'T KNOW.
I DIDN'T KNOW.

CLARISSA, MY CHILD,
DO YOU FORBID HIM TO GO?

I? I CANNOT FORBID.

OH, YES, YOU CAN.
HE SHALL OBEY YOU.

BUT THINK A MOMENT.
IF YOU FORBID
AND HE OBEYS

AND I SEND
THAT OTHER MAN,

HOW WILL YOU FEEL?

Deeford:
CLARISSA.

YOU MUST GO.

HA HA! WELL DONE!

IF I SUCCEED.

WHETHER YOU SUCCEED
OR FAIL, EH? GOOD!

NOW THEN...

WHEN CAN YOU BE
READY TO START?

I THINK I COULD START
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW.

CAPITAL. THAT'LL MAKE
THE ENTERPRISE

SO MUCH MORE
INTERESTING.

HOW DO YOU MEAN, SIR?

FOLJAMBE WILL
HAVE A 48-HOUR START
WITH ISMAIL.

YOU MEAN I SHALL BE
TOO LATE?

I AM TRYING TO CONVEY
THAT IMPRESSION.

WELL, TOMORROW, THEN,
IF IT MUST BE.

AH, THAT'S BETTER...

ALTHOUGH FOLJAMBE CAN DO
A GREAT DEAL IN A DAY.

WELL, THERE'S
A NIGHT MAIL
TONIGHT AT 9:00.

NOW.
NOW? YOU DON'T MEAN--

I MEAN IN 10 MINUTES.
BUT MY LUGGAGE.

I SHAN'T EVEN HAVE
A CLEAN COLLAR.
DAMN YOUR COLLAR.

TAKE THE DOVER
EXPRESS DELIVERY
FROM CHARING CROSS.

YOU'LL BE IN MARSEILLES
TOMORROW MORNING

AND IN CAIRO
A DAY AHEAD OF FOLJAMBE.
A DAY AHEAD!

BY JOVE, I'LL DO IT!

OF COURSE YOU WILL!
NOW, CHILDREN...

SAY GOOD-BYE
TO ONE ANOTHER

WHILE I WRITE
YOUR INSTRUCTIONS.

OH.

CLARISSA...

DID YOU HEAR
WHAT MR. DISRAELI
SAID JUST NOW?

THE HOPE HE HELD OUT
OF A REWARD?

IF HE HAD
NOT SAID IT,
I SHOULD HAVE.

THE REWARD
WILL BE MINE
IF I SUCCEED?

OR IF YOU FAIL.

OH, CLARISSA...

DO YOU LOVE ME, THEN?

I LOVE YOU.

TIME'S UP.

READY, SIR.

NOW THEN,
HERE'S ALL YOU NEED--

MONEY, INSTRUCTIONS,
AND THE CODE
FOR TELEGRAMS.

I KEEP THE DUPLICATE.
NOW, BE OFF.

NO, NO. DEPARTURES
SHOULD BE SUDDEN.

GOOD LUCK.
GOOD-BYE.

GOOD LUCK.
GOOD-BYE.

GOOD LUCK!

[DOOR CLOSES]

AND GOD BLESS YOU.

[SOBBING]

WELL, NOW THEN...

OH, WHAT AM I
TO DO? WHAT
AM I TO DO?

WOULD, UH, WOULD YOU
CARE TO GO FOR A DRIVE?

OH, YOU'RE
HEARTLESS! HOW
AM I TO WAIT?

HOW AM I TO WAIT?

YOU? YOU DON'T
LOVE HIM.

NO? THEN
WHY DID I SEND HIM?

LISTEN,
I'VE GOT AN IDEA.
WHAT?

COME INTO THE COUNTRY
AND FEED PEACOCKS.

PEACOCKS?

VERY NOBLE
AND INTELLIGENT BIRDS,
I ASSURE YOU.

PEACOCKS!

[LAUGHING]

WELL, I SAY THEY ARE
INTELLIGENT BIRDS.

HEY, MASTER,
WHERE YOU BE GOING
WITH THAT SPADE?

WHAT?
WHY, BLESS MY SOUL.

AND THEM
DIRTY BOOTS.

SPLENDID MORNING'S WORK,
EH, POTTER?

WELL, DON'T BLAME ME
IF YOU'VE CAUGHT
YOUR DEATH.

CAUGHT MY DEATH?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

'TIS WELL KNOWED
YOU OUGHT TO BE
IN YOUR BED!

WHY? I'M NOT ILL.

YES, YOU ARE.
MORTAL BAD YOU ARE.

SAYS SO IN PRINT.

OH? WHERE?

LAST NIGHT'S GLOBE.
I READ IT WITH
ME OWN EYES.

HA! A HIGHLY
RESPECTABLE SHEET.

AND WHAT DOES IT SAY?

SAYS DR. WILLIAMS
HAS BEEN SEEN GOING
IN AND OUT HERE,

AND THAT BE TRUE,
TOO...

FOR HE JUST DROVE BY
AND LEFT THIS BOTTLE
OF STUFF FOR YE.

FOR ME? NO, NO.

FOR LADY BEACONSFIELD.

VERY KIND OF THEM TO BE
SO ANXIOUS ABOUT ME.

DR. WILLIAMS
HAS BEEN HERE TWICE...

TO SEE LADY BEACONSFIELD,
WHO HAD A FAINTING FIT.

AND THAT'S ALL.

OH, THEM
LONDON NEWSPAPERS!

AH, MY COFFEE.

GOOD MORNING,
MR. BASCOT.

GOOD MORNING, SIR.

IS YOUR MISTRESS
STIRRING?

I BELIEVE SO, SIR.

AND LADY CLARISSA?

YES, SIR.

OH!

MORNING, MR. DISRAELI.

GOOD MORNING,
MY DEAR.

ANY NEWS OF CHARLES?

NOT YET.

OH, NOT YET, NOT YET.

IT SHOULD HAVE COME
DAYS AGO, SHOULDN'T IT?
SHOULDN'T IT?

ARE YOU SO DEEPLY
IN LOVE?

OH, DREADFULLY.

HAVE YOU HAD
BREAKFAST?

BREAKFAST!

TELL ME...
OUR LITTLE SECRET--

ABOUT MRS. TRAVERS?

YES. YOU'VE HEARD
FROM HER?

NOT A SOUND.
SHE'S KEEPING VERY QUIET.

I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE
WHO KEEP QUIET.

SHE MIGHT DO A GREAT
DEAL OF MISCHIEF.

SO LADY BEACONSFIELD
HAS PERSUADED HER
TO COME HERE TODAY.

I WANT TO HAVE THAT
GLORIOUS CREATURE
WHERE I CAN SEE HER.

AH, MARY, MY DEAR.

GOOD MORNING, DIZZY.

HAD A GOOD NIGHT?

OF COURSE I HAVE.
SLEPT LIKE A TOP.

YOU SURE?

NOW, CLARISSA,
LISTEN TO HIM.

HE DOUBTS
EVERYBODY'S WORD.
HE DOUBTS MINE.

I NEVER CAN BELIEVE
ANYTHING YOU SAY
ABOUT YOURSELF, MARY.

YOU KNOW WHAT
THIS FOOLISH WOMAN DID
A LITTLE WHILE AGO?

SHE DROVE WITH ME ONE NIGHT
TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

WHEN I HAD TO MAKE
A VERY IMPORTANT SPEECH.

THE FOOTMAN SLAMMED
THE CARRIAGE DOOR

AND CRUSHED
HER FINGER.
OH!

YES. THAT POOR FINGER.

AND BECAUSE SHE KNEW HOW
DISTRESSED I SHOULD BE,

SHE NEVER UTTERED A SOUND,

BUT BORE THE AGONY
UNFLINCHINGLY,

AND I KNEW NOTHING
ABOUT IT

UNTIL I GOT HOME.

OH, HOW
WONDERFUL.

WAIT TILL YOU'RE MARRIED,
MY DEAR.

YOU'LL BE DOING
JUST AS WONDERFUL THINGS

AND THINKING
JUST AS LITTLE OF THEM.

WELL, IF
YOU'RE TELLING
THE TRUTH...

HA HA!
OH, DIZZY.

YOU SHALL HAVE
YOUR MORNING
OFFERING.

CLARISSA, NEVER
ALLUDE TO MY HEALTH
BEFORE DIZZY, PROMISE.

IT WORRIES HIM,
AND HEAVEN KNOWS

HE HAS WORRIES ENOUGH
WITHOUT THAT.

WELL, IS ANYTHING
THE MATTER?

NOTHING. NOTHING
TO MAKE A FUSS ABOUT.

DR. WILLIAMS SAYS
I MUST BE CAREFUL. I AM,
SO THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

NOW, MIND,
NOT A WORD TO DIZZY.

THE CRUSHED FINGER
AGAIN?

GLADLY. EVERY DAY
FOR HIS SAKE.

THE LAST ROSE
OF SUMMER.

THANK YOU, DIZZY.

TELEGRAM,
SIR.

OH!

THANK YOU,
MR. BASCOT.

OPEN IT,
OPEN IT,
OPEN IT!

MARY, DO LOOK AFTER
THAT SILLY CHILD

WHILE I READ
THIS TELEGRAM
FROM MY TAILOR.

AH!

OH, FOR PITY'S SAKE!

IT IS FROM CAIRO!

WHAT DOES IT SAY?

"THE CELERY
IS RIPE TO CUT."

HA HA HA!

"THE CELERY
IS RIPE TO CUT"?

I MUST SAY, I HARDLY
THINK IT WAS WORTHWHILE
GOING TO THE EXPENSE--

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

A GREAT DEAL MORE
THAN IT SAYS.

LOOK.
WHAT'S THAT?

A COPY OF THE CODE
I GAVE HIM.

SEE? "THE CELERY
IS RIPE TO CUT."

THE PARALLEL SENTENCE:
"THE SUEZ CANAL PURCHASE
IS COMPLETED

AND THE CHECK ACCEPTED"!

DIZZY!
HE SUCCEEDED!

SUPERBLY!

OH, THANK GOD!
THANK GOD!

CLARISSA!

LET HER CRY, MARY.
IT'S WORTH IT.

HOW GLAD YOU MUST BE.

GLAD, FOR NOW THAT
OTHER DREAM OF MINE
WILL BE REALIZED.

WHAT DREAM?

TO MAKE MY SOVEREIGN
EMPRESS OF INDIA.

EMPRESS OF INDIA.

AH, SOUNDS WELL,
MARY, DOESN'T IT?

MARY, YOU USED TO BE
MY MESSENGER WHEN
THE TIME WAS RIPE.

YOU,
LADY BEACONSFIELD,

SHALL CARRY
THE NEWS TO
OUR BELOVED QUEEN,

AND YOU SHALL
BE THERE, AND YOU
SHALL BE PROUD

WHEN I STAND UP
TO ANNOUNCE
THE NEW TITLE

TO HER MAJESTY'S
FAITHFUL COMMON.

YES, DIZZY.
WHEN WILL THAT BE?

OH, SOME TIME'S TO
LAPSE. THIS MUST BE
FORMALLY RATIFIED.

PUBLIC OPINION
MUST BE CREATED.

MAKE HASTE, DIZZY.
MAKE HASTE.

IMPATIENT WOMAN.

WILL CHARLES
COME BACK SOON?

THAT'S ANOTHER
IMPATIENT WOMAN,
MARY.

I MUST TELEGRAPH
MR. MEYERS.

YES.

MEYERS MADE THIS
THING POSSIBLE.

ANOTHER JEW, MARY.

OH.

THERE'LL BE
A PEERAGE FOR HIM.

HOW CURIOUS
OLD PROBERT WILL BE.

HA HA HA!

"HUGH MEYERS,
LONDON WHARF.

THE SUEZ CANAL
PURCHASE IS COMPLETED
AND THE CHECK ACCEPTED."

BUT YOU HAVEN'T
ANSWERED MY QUESTION.

WILL CHARLES
COME HOME SOON?

YES, WITH DRUMS BEATING,
TRUMPETS BLOWING,
FLAGS FLYING.

I DON'T CARE
ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

AND WEDDING BELLS
RINGING.

A STATION CAB.
COULD THAT BE MRS. TRAVERS?

MRS. TRAVERS?
WE CAN'T HAVE
MRS. TRAVERS HERE NOW.

SHE'LL WORM THIS OUT
OF YOU IN NO TIME.

SHE'LL READ IT
ON BOTH OF YOUR FACES.

DIZZY, YOU MADE ME
INVITE HER.

GET RID OF HER.
SEND HER AWAY. KILL HER.

HA HA HA!

PUT YOUR WITS TOGETHER,
BOTH OF YOU.

TELL HER
I'M VERY ILL.

I'M VERY ILL
INDEED.

"HUGH MEYERS."

IT'S HUGH MEYERS!
SHOW HIM IN AT ONCE.

THAT'S SPLENDID.
IS IT POSSIBLE
HE'S HEARD THE NEWS?

COULD CHARLES
HAVE CABLED HIM?

NO, NO, BUT THESE
MILLIONAIRES

KNOW EVERYTHING BY
A SORT OF INSTINCT.

IF HE'S COME TO TELL US,
DON'T SPOIL HIS EFFECT.
DON'T TELL HIM.

I'LL SPRING IT ON HIM
LATER.

AH, MR. MEYERS,
DELIGHTED TO SEE YOU.
GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

HOW DO YOU DO,
MR. MEYERS?

LADY CLARISSA PEVENSEY
YOU KNOW.

WE'RE HAPPY WE--

CAN I HAVE A FEW
MOMENTS IN PRIVATE
WITH YOU, SIR?

OH, THESE LADIES--

FORGIVE ME
IF I INSIST.

WHY, OF COURSE.

MARY.

YOU'LL STAY
TO LUNCHEON?

I'M SORRY. THAT
ISN'T POSSIBLE,

BUT THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.

COME, CLARISSA.

WELL, MR. MEYERS,
I WAS JUST ABOUT
TO SEND YOU--

ONE MOMENT, SIR.

I WANT YOU
TO HEAR ME FIRST.

WHAT I HAVE
TO SAY...

WELL...SIT DOWN.
SIT DOWN.

WELL?

I DON'T KNOW
HOW TO TELL YOU.

IT'S SO MUCH HARDER
THAN I EXPECTED.

COME, COME. TELL ME.

MR. DISRAELI,
I...I...

I AM BANKRUPT.

WHAT? I DIDN'T
QUITE CATCH.

OUR HOUSE IS BANKRUPT.

BANKRUPT?
MEYERS BANKRUPT?

ARE YOU MAD?

I WISH TO GOD
I WERE.

YOU MEAN YOU'RE
TEMPORARILY PRESSED,

YOU'RE IN TEMPORARY
DIFFICULTIES.

I MEAN
WE ARE BANKRUPT.

BUT THAT THING'S
IMPOSSIBLE!

IT'S THE TRUTH.

A HOUSE LIKE YOURS,
AN HISTORICAL FIRM--

YOU MIGHT AS WELL SAY
THE BANK OF ENGLAND!

SO I SHOULD HAVE DONE.

WHAT HAVE YOU
BEEN DOING?

STOP! IT'S NOT
OUR FAULT.

WELL.

FIRST, THE SHIP
WITH THE BULLION
FROM THE ARGENTINE...

YES?

GONE DOWN.

WHAT?

SCUTTLED.

YOU MEAN...

I MEAN PURPOSELY
AND CRIMINALLY SUNK!

ALL THE CREW SAVED.
A CONSPIRACY.

IT WILL TAKE WEEKS AND MONTHS
TO RECOVER THE INSURANCE,

AND THAT IS NOT ALL, ALAS.

FOR A LONG TIME,
EVER SINCE OUR INTERVIEW
IN DOWNING STREET,

RUMORS AFFECTING MY CREDIT
HAVE BEEN SPREAD ABROAD.

AND NOW THIS
MYSTERIOUS WRECK.
I'M BEING PRESSED.

I SEE.

SOME ENORMOUS POWER
HAS BEEN WORKING
IN THE DARK.

MY LIABILITIES
HAVE BEEN BOUGHT UP--

ARGH!

BE AS ANGRY
AS YOU LIKE.
YOU'RE JUSTIFIED.

I'VE BEEN AN HONEST MAN
ALL OF MY LIFE,

AND NOW I COME BEFORE YOU
IN THE LIGHT OF A COMMON
CHEAT. OH!

MR. MEYERS...

I KNOW YOU, SIR.

TELL ME.
YOU SAY SOME POWER
IS BEHIND THIS.

WHOM DO YOU MEAN?

I DON'T KNOW.
THEY'RE WORKING
THROUGH AN AGENT.

BUT WHO IS THAT?

SAMUEL LOUIS.

THE GREAT SOLICITOR?
YES.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE KNOW?

NOT A LIVING SOUL.

I'VE COME TO YOU FIRST
BECAUSE, OF COURSE,

WE CANNOT CARRY OUT
THE CANAL CONTRACT.

THANK HEAVEN
I'M IN TIME.

THANK HEAVEN
THAT HAS NOT...

GONE THROUGH.

WHEN WILL IT
BE KNOWN, MEYERS?

WHEN WILL IT
BE KNOWN?

TONIGHT,
TOMORROW MORNING.

BY THE LORD,
IT SHALL NOT!

GET BACK TO TOWN
QUICKLY.

GET TO YOUR OFFICE.
STAY THERE. I MUST KNOW
YOU'RE THERE.

DON'T BUDGE.
I'M GOING TO KEEP YOU
THERE ALL NIGHT.

BUT--
AND DON'T BREATHE
A WORD OF THIS.

DON'T TELL
ANYONE ELSE.

DON'T GIVE
THE SLIGHTEST HINT
OF ANYTHING UNUSUAL.

TREAT THE WRECK
LIGHTLY.

WATCH YOUR WORDS.
WATCH YOUR LOOKS.

SOMETHING MAY HAPPEN.
SOMETHING SHALL HAPPEN.

WHAT, SIR, WHAT?

GOD KNOWS.

GOD KNOWS.

MR. DISRAELI--

YES. YES.

MARY.

MARY!

YES, DEAR?

I WANT YOU.

WHAT IS IT?

MARY,
YOU STOOD BY ME

IN MANY HORRIBLE
PREDICAMENTS.

I'M IN THE WORST
I WAS EVER IN.

DIZZY!

MEYERS.

MEYERS IS BANKRUPT.

DOES THAT MEAN
WE ARE POOR?

NO. NO. OH, IF THAT
WERE ALL!

THEN?

MEYERS WAS FINDING
THE MONEY FOR THE CANAL.

WAIT. DEEFORD
HAS PASSED THE CHECK.

NOW MEYERS HAS FAILED,
WE CAN'T PAY.

AND YOU?

I?

YES, DEAR.
I WANT TO KNOW HOW
THIS WILL AFFECT YOU.

OH. WHAT DOES THAT
MATTER?

IT'S ALL
THAT MATTERS TO ME.

I HADN'T THOUGHT
OF THAT.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN
TO ME?

DISGRACE. I COULDN'T
DEAL WITH PEOPLE.

THE KIND OF DISGRACE
NO MAN CAN BEAR,

NO MAN CAN LIVE
THROUGH.

DIZZY!

YES! BY HEAVEN,
I WILL BEAR IT!

I'LL FACE THE NATION.
I'LL BEAR IT ALONE.

NOT ALONE, DEAR.

THANK GOD FOR YOU,
MARY.

THANK GOD FOR YOU.

HAVE YOU DONE
ANYTHING YET?

THIS SOON?
WHAT COULD I DO?

SHOULDN'T WE
GO UP TO TOWN?

I CAN'T. I DAREN'T.
I CAN'T MOVE SECRETLY.

THE PRIME MINISTER
CAN'T STIR

WITHOUT SETTING
THE WHOLE WORLD AGOG.

THE PAPERS HAVE SAID
I'M ILL.

IF I WAS SEEN
IN DOWNING STREET NOW,

DURING THE RECESS WHEN
I'M SUPPOSED TO BE ILL,

EVERY NEWSPAPER
IN THE WORLD WOULD GO
HYSTERICAL.

IT'S HORRIBLE, MARY.
I'M BOUND HAND AND FOOT.

MRS. TRAVERS.

WHAT?

MRS. TRAVERS
IN A STATION
CAB, SIR.

I'LL GET RID
OF HER.

GET RID OF HER?
ASK HER TO WAIT.

SHOW HER IN,
AND I'LL RING.

SURELY YOU'LL NOT
RECEIVE HER NOW.

WE MUST KEEP HER HERE.
WHY?

SHE MUST STAY HERE.
WE MUSTN'T LET HER
OUT OF OUR SIGHT.

DIZZY, WHAT IS
THIS PLAY-ACTING?

I'M ILL...
VERY ILL.

THE NEWSPAPERS
HAVE SAID I'M ILL.

SHE SHALL SEE
THE SICKEST MAN SHE
EVER SAW IN HER LIFE.

MRS. TRAVERS IS HERE.
SHALL I SEND HER AWAY?

NO, NO, NO.

CHAIN HER...
HAND AND FOOT.

BUT, MR. DISRAELI--

SHH.

I'M ILL.

VERY ILL.

MRS. TRAVERS.

AH, DEAR LADY
BEACONSFIELD.

I'M SO SORRY.
I HEARD MR. DISRAELI
WAS ILL.

I DIDN'T KNOW
WHETHER TO COME
OR NOT.

I'M SURE YOU CAN'T
WANT TO SEE ME.

IS THAT MRS. TRAVERS,
DEAR?

Mary: YES, DEAR.

OH. HEH HEH HEH.

DEAR MRS. TRAVERS...
IT'S SO GOOD OF YOU.

I'M VERY WEAK...
VERY WEAK.

I'M SO SORRY.
WHAT IS THE MATTER?

WELL, I'M...
I'M VERY WEAK...

BUT I'M VERY GLAD
TO SEE YOU.

YOU'RE SO BRIGHT.
YOU'RE SO YOUNG.
YOU'RE SO...

HOW'S YOUR POOR HUSBAND?

STILL ABROAD...
IN SEARCH OF HEALTH,
YOU KNOW.

VERY SAD.

AND YOU'VE COME TO SEE
THE POOR SICK MAN.

ISN'T IT GOOD
OF HER, MARY?

YES, DEAR.

DO SIT DOWN...
THERE...

WHERE I CAN SEE YOU.

MISS CLARISSA,
MORE BEAUTIFUL EVERY DAY.

I SAW THE DEAR DUCHESS,
YOUR MOTHER, YESTERDAY.

SHE SEEMS VERY ANXIOUS
ABOUT LORD DEEFORD.

HE'S ABROAD, TOO,
ISN'T HE?

UH, EGYPT OR SOMEWHERE.

YES, HE IS ABROAD.

YES, HE IS IN EGYPT.

I DO HOPE HE'S NOT
TOO ADVENTURESOME.

CAIRO IS SUCH
A DREADFUL PLACE.

THOSE ORIENTALS,
YOU KNOW--ONE CAN
NEVER TRUST THEM.

NO.

SO SLY.

YES.

AND DECEITFUL.

AH. DEAR SYMPATHETIC
CREATURE.

ISN'T SHE
SYMPATHETIC, MARY?

YES, DEAR.

BUT DON'T BE UNEASY.

WE'VE JUST HEARD
FROM DEEFORD.

INDEED?

MARY.

YES, DEAR?

ISN'T IT TIME
I HAD MY BEEF TEA?

YOU SAY
YOU HAVE HEARD?

HMM?

OH, MRS. TRAVERS...
OH, FROM DEEFORD?

OH, YES.
WE HAD A TELEGRAM.

[COUGHS]

WHERE IS THAT
TELEGRAM, MARY?

ON THE TABLE,
DEAR.

HELP ME UP, DEAR.

WHY, THERE IT IS,
UNDER THE PAPERWEIGHT.

READ IT FOR YOURSELF,
MRS. TRAVERS.

HEAVENS! HOW PALE I AM.

"THE CELERY IS RIPE TO CUT."
HEH HEH. HOW ODD.

YES. WHY ODD?

WELL, THAT ANYONE
SHOULD CABLE ALL THE WAY
FROM EGYPT ABOUT CELERY.

WELL, YOU KNOW,

HE'S ENGAGED
IN A VERY INTERESTING
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT.

YOU REMEMBER, WE WERE
DISCUSSING THAT VERY SUBJECT
AT THE GARDEN PARTY?

OH, YES! AND WHAT
A DELIGHTFUL PARTY THAT WAS.

AND ALL THESE PERSONS--
LORD DEEFORD IN EGYPT,
POOR MR. DISRAELI VERY ILL,

SIR MICHAEL PROBERT
OUT OF TOWN.

PROBERT!

I BEG YOUR PARDON?

A TWINGE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO
REMEMBER HIS NAME ALL DAY.

PROBERT. OF COURSE.

OH!

IS THAT ONE OF
THE FAMOUS PEACOCKS?

YES. DIZZY'S VERY
PROUD OF THEM--
AND OF THE SWANS.

I'VE HEARD SO MUCH
ABOUT THEM. MAY I HAVE
A LOOK AT THEM?

YES.

HE'S GIVEN THEM
SUCH FUNNY NAMES.

SHE HAS THE CODE.
DON'T LET HER READ IT.

FOLLOW HER.
STICK TO HER.

[CHUCKLING]

I'LL SHOW YOU
THEIR HOUSES.

OH, PLEASE DON'T TROUBLE.

NO TROUBLE.

MARY.

YES, DEAR?

YOU KNOW THE PROBERT
COUNTRY PLACE?

YOU CAN DRIVE THERE
IN 3 MINUTES.

I WANT YOU TO FETCH
HIM AT ONCE.

I'LL ORDER
THE CARRIAGE.

WAIT.

IS MRS. TRAVERS' CAB
STILL THERE?

YES.

WELL, YOU CAN
TAKE THAT.

BUT IF HE REFUSES TO COME?

YOU TELL HIM
IT'S A MATTER OF
LIFE AND DEATH.

BUT MRS. TRAVERS--

MARY!
YES, DEAR?

TAKE CLARISSA WITH YOU.
I WANT THAT WOMAN ALONE.

THAT MUST BE SIGNED.

[WOMEN GIGGLING]

YES, THEY
ARE BEAUTIFUL--
AND SO TAME.

I'M SO GLAD
YOU LIKED THEM.

DO COME AND SIT DOWN.

BUT I REALLY
OUGHT TO BE GOING.

OH, NO.
DO SIT DOWN.

LADY BEACONSFIELD
AND CLARISSA HAVE TO
GO AND MEET THE SPECIALIST.

WE SHALL BE GONE
ONLY A VERY FEW
MOMENTS.

COME, CLARISSA.

SPECIALIST?
OH, ARE YOU SO ILL?

YEAH, BUT HE'LL CURE ME.
HE'LL CURE ME.

AND YOU SHALL STAY
AND NURSE THE POOR
SICK MAN.

I'M DREADFULLY SORRY,
BUT--

OH, YOU MUST STAY...

TILL THEY COME BACK.

BUT MY CAB IS WAITING.

NO. I SENT THAT AWAY.

REALLY?

NOW, DON'T BE ANGRY.

WHAT A DAINTY HAND.

SUCH SUPPLE FINGERS...

SO LONG AND THIN...

SO EXQUISITELY SHAPED.

OH, PLEASE.

THEY'RE SO QUICK
TO GRASP THINGS--

UNCONSIDERED TRIFLE,

SCRAPS OF PAPER.

OH, LET ME GO.
YOU'RE HURTING ME.

YOU'RE IN SUCH A HURRY
TO GET AWAY FROM
THE POOR SICK MAN?

TO GET AWAY AND READ...

THE CODE?

WELL, WHAT OF IT?

AH. THAT'S BETTER.
THAT'S HOW I REMEMBER YOU.

REMEMBER ME?

SO STRANGE...

WHEN WE FIRST MET
AT THE DUKE
OF GLASTONBURY'S,

I REMEMBERED YOU,
BUT I COULDN'T
PLACE YOU.

I CONNECTED YOU
WITH SOMETHING
BLUE AND WHITE.

MILK AND WATER?

NO. SNOW AND WATER.

MONT BLANC
AND THE LAKE OF GENEVA.

GENEVA IN THE SIXTIES.

RUSSIAN REFUGEES AND THEIR
ENGLISH SYMPATHIZERS.

A MAN CALLED LUMLEY
AND HIS RAVISHING--
SHALL I SAY, WIFE?

NO. COMRADE...
THAT WAS THE TERM.

CHARMING RELATIONSHIP,
DELIGHTFUL COUPLE,

SO GOOD TO THE UNHAPPY
EXILES,

BUT PEOPLE ARE CRUEL.

THEY SAY THE GOOD MR. LUMLEY
AND HIS CHARMING COMRADE
WERE AGENTS--

DECOYS IN RUSSIAN PAY
ENGAGED IN WORMING OUT
THE SECRETS OF THE REFUGEES

AND TEMPTING THEM BACK
TO RUSSIA, TO SIBERIA...
TO DEATH.

OH!

AND, PRAY, WHAT HAS ALL
THIS TO DO WITH ME?

AH. WHAT INDEED?

WITH YOU, THE FRIEND
OF DUKES AND BANKERS.

GOOD MR. LUMLEY
AND HIS CHARMING COMRADE
WERE DRIVEN OUT OF GENEVA

BY THE SLANDERERS.

AND WHERE DO YOU THINK
I SAW HIM NEXT?

IN DOWNING STREET.

HE HAD CHANGED HIS NAME
TO FOLJAMBE.

I WAS SO SORRY FOR HIM
THAT I GAVE HIM WORK.

BUT YOU DID MORE.
YOU GAVE HIM INSTRUCTION...

[TAPPING TABLE]

TO HURRY TO TRIESTE.

NOW DO I KNOW YOU,
DEAR MRS. LUMLEY
TRAVERS FOLJAMBE?

WELL...
AND WHAT NEXT?

ADMIRATION.

PROFOUND ADMIRATION...

UNTIL THIS MOMENT.

TODAY YOU'VE
DISAPPOINTED ME.

WHY STEAL THAT?

WEAK...VERY WEAK.

YOU HAD ONLY TO ASK ME,
AND I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU.

"THE CELERY IS RIPE TO CUT"
MEANS THE SUEZ CANAL PURCHASE
IS COMPLETED

AND THE CHECK ACCEPTED.

HA HA HA!

POOR DEAR LUMLEY
HAS HAD ALL THAT TIRESOME
JOURNEY FOR NOTHING.

HA HA HA!

I CONGRATULATE YOU.

YOUR APPLE-FACED BOY
HAS FLOUNDERED
INTO SUCCESS.

WELL, THAT'S ALL ANY
OF US DO, MRS. TRAVERS.

A SUCCESS THAT WILL
COST YOU DEAR.

THAT'S THE SORT OF THING
GLADSTONE WILL SAY.

IT'S WHAT THE WORLD
WILL SAY WHEN IT KNOWS
THAT MEYERS IS BANKRUPT.

WHEN IT KNOWS WHAT?

MEYERS IS BANKRUPT,
BANKRUPT, BANKRUPT.

MRS. TRAVERS, I--
I'M VERY WEAK.

DON'T--DON'T JEST
WITH ME.

MEYERS IS BANKRUPT,
AND HIS CHECK,
WASTEPAPER.

WAIT, WAIT.

IT'S EASY FOR YOU
TO TELL ME THIS,

BUT WHY SHOULD
I BELIEVE YOU?

BECAUSE IT WAS
MY INVENTION.

YOU THOUGHT
TO CIRCUMVENT ME

WITH YOUR
APPLE-FACED BOY.

HA HA HA! WHAT
DO YOU SAY NOW,
MR. DISRAELI?

YOU CAN'T EXPECT ME
TO SAY MUCH.

I AM A CHILD
IN YOUR HANDS.

OH, MR. DISRAELI,

I'M SORRY TO HEAR
THAT YOU ARE ILL.

I'M SO MUCH BETTER.

MRS. TRAVERS'
STIMULATING COMPANY--

SIR MICHAEL PROBERT.

Probert: HOW DO YOU DO?

BUT HE'S NOT A--

A SPECIALIST?

OH, YES, HE IS.

WHY, WHAT'S GOING ON?

IF YOU'RE NOT ILL,
WHY HAVE YOU SENT FOR ME?

PROBERT, SIT DOWN.

I WANT TO TELL YOU
A LITTLE STORY.

NO, DON'T GO,
MRS. TRAVERS.

THIS MAY INTEREST YOU, TOO.

I REPEAT, WHY HAVE YOU
SENT FOR ME?

I TOLD YOU I MIGHT
SEND FOR YOU.

WHEN? WHAT
DO YOU MEAN?

WHEN WE HAD OUR LAST
DELIGHTFUL INTERVIEW.

HA HA! I THOUGHT AS MUCH.
YOUR HAREBRAINED SCHEME.

MOSES HAS FAILED YOU,
AND YOU HAD TO GIVE IT UP.

WELL, IT'S NO USE
APPEALING TO ME.

MOSES HAS NOT
FAILED ME,

AND I'VE CARRIED
THE SCHEME THROUGH.

WHAT?

DO YOU MEAN TO TELL ME
THAT YOU HAVE PURCHASED
THE SUEZ CANAL?

THE POWER AND THE GLORY
OF MY COUNTRY
WERE AT STAKE.

I HAD TO ACT QUICKLY,
AND I HAD TO ACT ON
MY OWN RESPONSIBILITY.

THEN LET ME TELL YOU, SIR,
YOU HAVE COMMITTED A CRIME.

PARLIAMENT
WAS NOT SITTING
TO VOTE THE MONEY.

I HAD TO SEEK IT
ELSEWHERE.

5 MILLION STERLING.
YOU REFUSED ME.

I DID, AND I'M
PROUD OF IT.

SO I WENT TO
THE WEALTHIEST PRIVATE
FIRM--TO HUGH MEYERS.

HA! A JEW.

MEYERS NOT
BEING A PARTY MAN
BUT A PATRIOT

SAW THE GREATNESS
OF THE IDEA
AND STOOD BY ME.

I SENT DEEFORD
TO ISMAIL.

SPIES GOT WIND
OF WHAT I WAS DOING
AND RUSSIA KNEW,

SO DEEFORD HAD
TO GO IN A HURRY,

A RACE
FOR AN EMPIRE.

HE HAS SUCCEEDED.
UNDERSTAND ME?

I PUT THE MATTER
QUITE SIMPLY.

DEEFORD HAS
BOUGHT THE CANAL

AND HAS PAID FOR IT
WITH MEYERS' CHECK DRAWN
ON THE BANK OF ENGLAND.

WAIT!

MEANWHILE, RUSSIA
HAS BEEN AT WORK
BY THE INTERMEDIARY

OF ONE OF THE MOST
CHARMING WOMEN
OF MY ACQUAINTANCE.

MEYERS IS BANKRUPT.

WHAT?

YES. RUSSIA
HAS RUINED HIM.

MR. DISRAELI,
I WARNED YOU OF THIS.

I FORESAW IT.
YOUR HIGH-HANDED ACTION

HAS LANDED YOU JUST WHERE
I SAID IT WOULD.

YOU MUST GET OUT OF IT
AS BEST YOU CAN.

IT'S NO USE
APPEALING TO ME.

NO? THEN I WILL NOT
APPEAL TO YOU.

I WILL COMMAND YOU.

WHAT?

YOU WILL SIGN THIS
NOTE GIVING MEYERS
UNLIMITED CREDIT.

I? ARE YOU MAD?

I WAS NEVER MORE
SANE IN MY LIFE.

IF MEYERS'
POSITION IS SAVED,
WE CAN GAIN TIME.

THE BANK OF ENGLAND
MUST GIVE HIM
UNLIMITED CREDIT

TODAY, NOW.

YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

YOU DON'T KNOW TO WHOM
YOU'RE SPEAKING.

I REFUSE--
YOU CAN'T!

I REFUSE EMPHATICALLY.

YOU HAVE MISTAKEN
YOUR MAN.

I AM AN ENGLISHMAN,
THE HEAD OF A GREAT
NATIONAL INSTITUTION,

AND I AM NOT
TO BE ORDERED ABOUT
BY A...BY AN ALIEN!

A JEW.

THE ALIEN, THE JEW,
HAPPENS TO BE
THE BETTER CITIZEN.

MOREOVER, HE HAPPENS
TO BE PRIME MINISTER.

DO YOU THREATEN ME?

YES, IF YOU'LL
FORCE ME TO IT.

OH, EMPTY THREATS.

YOU THINK SO?

YOU SAY THE BANK
IS A NATIONAL
INSTITUTION?

WHAT BECOMES OF THAT
TITLE IF IT REFUSES
TO SAVE THE NATION?

WHAT BECOMES
OF YOU--

MR. DISRAELI.

WHEN IT IS KNOWN THAT
THE LACK OF PATRIOTISM
OF ONE MAN

HAS PLACED OUR COUNTRY
IN THE POSITION
OF A PERSON

WHO IS TRYING TO PASS
A FRAUDULENT CHECK?

EXPOSED THE NATION
TO THE RIDICULE
OF THE WORLD,

LOST THE CANAL,
LOST INDIA,

BAFFLED ENGLAND,
BEAT HER, DISGRACED HER,

DRAGGED HER
THROUGH THE MUD!

WHAT BECOMES
OF THE BANK?

YOU CAN'T TOUCH
THE BANK.

I'LL SMASH THE BANK!

PARLIAMENT GRANTED
THE BANK ITS CHARTER.

PARLIAMENT
CAN WITHDRAW IT

AND SHALL WITHDRAW IT
AT MY BIDDING.

YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
WILL BE SWEPT AWAY,

YOUR SHAREHOLDERS
BANKRUPTED,
THE BANK RUINED,

AND YOU DISGRACED!

I AM PRIME MINISTER.
I CAN DO THIS,

AND IF YOU DON'T SIGN,
BY GOD, I WILL.

NOW.

THERE.

TAKE THE PAPER.

I'VE SIGNED IT.

I'VE SIGNED IT
TO SAVE THE BANK.

IT'S AN OUTRAGE

THAT A MAN LIKE YOU
SHOULD HAVE SUCH POWER.

OH, MR. DISRAELI,
THANK GOD YOU HAVE
SUCH POWER.

I HAVEN'T, DEAR CHILD,
BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW THAT.

OH!

[LAUGHTER]

SHE MUST ON NO ACCOUNT
BE DISTURBED.

LET HER SLEEP
AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.

YES, SIR.

WELL?

I CAN'T TELL.

I'M VERY HOPEFUL
OF THE RESULT
OF THIS DEEP SLEEP,

BUT I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING MORE
AT PRESENT.

I CAN'T GO. I CAN'T
LEAVE HER LIKE THIS.

MR. DISRAELI,
I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL,
BUT YOU MUST GO.

I FEEL BOUND TO REMIND YOU
THAT QUEEN VICTORIA IS GOING TO
ATTEND YOUR RECEPTION IN PERSON.

THAT IS AN HONOR
SHE HAS NEVER BEFORE PAID
TO A PRIME MINISTER.

ALL THE COURT WILL BE THERE.
EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
WILL BE REPRESENTED,

AND ALL TO PAY HOMAGE
TO YOU.

MARY WON'T BE THERE.

YOU KNOW
SHE ALWAYS LOVED PEOPLE
TO FLATTER ME.

AND ALL ENGLAND
WILL BE AT YOUR FEET
TONIGHT.

MARY WON'T BE THERE.

I PROMISED HER THAT
WE WOULD MEET THE QUEEN
HAND IN HAND.

HOW CAN I
GO THROUGH WITH IT?

THE GLITTER, THE MUSIC,
THE DANCING,

AND WORST OF ALL...
THE CONGRATULATIONS,

ALONE.

YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN
A FIGHTER, MR. DISRAELI.

IF IT WERE POSSIBLE
FOR YOU TO STAY,
I WOULD ADVISE IT.

BUT YOU CANNOT BREAK FAITH
WITH HER MAJESTY.

THE QUEEN
WOULD UNDERSTAND,
AND PARLIAMENT,

BUT YOU ARE RIGHT.

I CANNOT BREAK FAITH
WITH THE NATION.

I MUST GO.

IF THERE'S ANY CHANGE
FOR THE WORSE,

I'LL SEND YOU A TELEGRAM,
AND YOU CAN BE HOME
IN A FEW HOURS.

HOME.

WITHOUT HER...
I HAVE NO HOME.

WHEN SHE WAKES,
GIVE HER THIS...

FROM ME.

WHAT A DAY THIS HAS BEEN
FOR DIZZY, EH, MELINDA?

IT'S ALL VERY
ASTONISHING.

THEY SAY THE QUEEN IS DELIGHTED
WITH HER NEW TITLE,
EMPRESS OF INDIA,

AND HOW DISRAELI
SWAYED THE HOUSE
WHEN HE ANNOUNCED THE NEW TITLE.

EVEN GLADSTONE WAS TOUCHED.

DIZZY IS A GREAT MAN.

OH, FATHER, SO YOU'VE
COME ROUND TO THAT
AT LAST.

WELL, THERE'S NO USE
DENYING IT NOW.

I NEVER DENIED
HIS GREATNESS.

WELL, MEYERS,
ON YOUR LEGS AGAIN.

THANKS TO YOU,
SIR MICHAEL.

YES, YES.

GREAT PATRIOTIC IDEA.

DIZZY AND I TALKED IT OVER
LONG BEFORE YOU CAME INTO IT.

SO HE TOLD ME.

AND THE BANK, AS A GREAT
PATRIOTIC INSTITUTION,
COULDN'T LET IT DROP.

HOW FORTUNATE YOU
SAW IT IN THAT LIGHT.

GLAD TO HELP YOU.
GLAD TO HELP YOU.

MR. MEYERS.

LADY CLARISSA.

THE VISCOUNT DEEFORD
HAS COME HOME?

YES, BUT THINK OF IT--
I'VE NOT BEEN ALLOWED
TO SEE HIM YET.

TOO BAD. TOO BAD.
WHY NOT?

WELL, HE ONLY ARRIVED
HALF AN HOUR AGO

AND HAD TO COME STRAIGHT
TO DOWNING STREET.

NATURALLY.

THEY SAY LADY BEACONSFIELD
IS ILL.

MR. MEYERS, I'M
DREADFULLY ANXIOUS.

NOTHING SERIOUS,
I HOPE?

I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW.

AND I DAREN'T ASK
MR. DISRAELI.

HER ABSENCE TONIGHT
IS SUCH A HORRIBLE
DISAPPOINTMENT FOR HIM.

OF COURSE, OF COURSE.

MR. DISRAELI'S HERE.
MR. DISRAELI'S HERE.

DISRAELI'S COMING.

MR. DISRAELI'S COMING.

[TALKING STOPS]

DEAR MR. DISRAELI.

LADY PROBERT.
CHARMED. CHARMED.

SO SORRY DEAREST
LADY BEACONSFIELD
CANNOT BE HERE TONIGHT.

SO IS SHE,
AND SO AM I.

SO AM I.

NO DOUBT
ONLY A PASSING
INDISPOSITION.

I TRUST SO.

MY DEAR CHILD.

HOW IS SHE,
REALLY?

DON'T ASK ME.

I DAREN'T TRUST
MYSELF TO SPEAK.

I AM HORRIBLY
ANXIOUS.

DR. WILLIAMS
REASSURED ME

OR I SHOULDN'T
BE HERE NOW,

NOT EVEN TO MEET
THE EMPRESS
OF INDIA.

[TRUMPET FANFARE PLAYS]

HER MAJESTY IS ON HER WAY.

BEFORE SHE ARRIVES,

I WANT TO THANK THOSE MEN
WHO HAVE SO SPLENDIDLY
STOOD AT MY SIDE

AND MADE OUR ENTERPRISE
SUCCESSFUL.

FIRST THERE IS MY FRIEND
MR. HUGH MEYERS.

MR. MEYERS...

CONCERNING WHOSE SERVICES
I CANNOT SPEAK TOO HIGHLY.

NEXT THERE IS
SIR MICHAEL PROBERT.

AT A MOMENT OF GRAVE CRISIS,
HE CAME TO MY AID
AGAINST HIS--

SHALL I SAY, UH, PREJUDICES.

MR. MEYERS,
SIR MICHAEL PROBERT,

IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO INFORM YOU
THAT IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR
PATRIOTIC ACTION,

YOUR SOVEREIGN HAS BESTOWED
A PEERAGE UPON EACH OF YOU.

MY CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

MAY I ADD MINE?

YOUR GRACE
IS MOST KIND.

LASTLY, YOU WILL BE GLAD TO KNOW
THAT MY YOUNG FRIEND,

WHO CARRIED THROUGH
THESE DELICATE NEGOTIATIONS
WITH SUCH CONSUMMATE TACT--

I REFER TO CHARLES
VISCOUNT DEEFORD--

ARRIVED IN LONDON
HALF AN HOUR AGO.

Man: VISCOUNT DEEFORD!

AHH.

CHARLES.

OUR MAJESTY DESIRES
TO CONFER THE RIBBON
OF THE BATH UPON YOU

WITH HER OWN HANDS.

CLARISSA.

CHARLES.

MY DEAR.

OH, HANG
ALL THESE PEOPLE.

WHY DIDN'T YOU
COME EARLIER?

WELL, I HAD TO SEE DIZZY
AND GET INTO THIS RIG.

MY DEAR MR. MEYERS.

I BEG YOUR PARDON, SIR,
BUT THIS TELEGRAM
HAS BEEN WAITING.

CHARLES, I'M FRIGHTENED.

LADY BEACONSFIELD
HAS BEEN VERY ILL.

YOU DON'T MEAN...

IT MAY BE...
NEWS OF HER DEATH.

DIZZY?

MARY.

I DIDN'T KNOW.

BUT THE DOCTOR SENT YOU
A TELEGRAM, DEAR.

YOU'RE--

[GOD SAVE THE KING PLAYING]

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