1 00:00:12,300 --> 00:00:15,267 - Morning. - Follow me please, sir. 2 00:01:22,300 --> 00:01:23,533 Good? 3 00:01:23,633 --> 00:01:25,667 Excellent, Mr. Melmotte. 4 00:01:29,700 --> 00:01:30,567 Begin. 5 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:41,600 Good morning, Mr. Wakeham, 6 00:01:41,700 --> 00:01:43,300 shall we go in the morning room? 7 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:44,467 Thank you, Miss Carbury, 8 00:01:44,567 --> 00:01:47,467 I was hoping to see you Lady Carbury, or Sir Felix. 9 00:01:47,567 --> 00:01:50,867 My brother is out and my mother is unwell. 10 00:01:50,967 --> 00:01:52,833 How can I help you? 11 00:01:52,933 --> 00:01:54,500 It occurred to me that perhaps your mother has 12 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:57,733 overlooked the payment of accounts for wines and spirits. 13 00:01:57,833 --> 00:01:59,467 It's been seven months now. 14 00:02:02,467 --> 00:02:03,333 I see. 15 00:02:04,167 --> 00:02:06,500 Sir Felix was kind enough to honour us with another 16 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:08,433 order just the other day. 17 00:02:08,533 --> 00:02:10,333 Sir Felix is expecting to draw a 18 00:02:10,433 --> 00:02:12,867 substantial sum of money very soon, 19 00:02:12,967 --> 00:02:15,833 he has become a director of the Mexican Railway, you know? 20 00:02:15,933 --> 00:02:18,533 Ah, the Mexican Railway. 21 00:02:18,633 --> 00:02:21,167 I had thought of going in for that myself, in a small way. 22 00:02:21,267 --> 00:02:23,867 So you should not have to wait much longer. 23 00:02:23,967 --> 00:02:24,833 If you could give me a definite- 24 00:02:24,933 --> 00:02:26,867 We should be so very sorry to have to go 25 00:02:26,967 --> 00:02:28,433 to another wine merchant. 26 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:34,767 Of course we shall hear from you, 27 00:02:34,867 --> 00:02:35,933 at your convenience. 28 00:02:36,733 --> 00:02:38,767 Thank you, Mr. Wakeham. 29 00:02:44,500 --> 00:02:46,100 - Has he gone? - Yes. 30 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,700 I hate having to do that. 31 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:50,533 Why should the poor man not be paid? 32 00:02:50,633 --> 00:02:52,667 Because we have nothing to be him with. 33 00:02:52,767 --> 00:02:54,467 Yes and we know whose fault that is, don't we. 34 00:02:54,567 --> 00:02:56,200 I think you would see me throw it onto the street 35 00:02:56,300 --> 00:02:57,933 rather than marry your cousin, Roger, 36 00:02:58,067 --> 00:03:00,167 who is a dear good man. 37 00:03:00,267 --> 00:03:02,533 And has loved you ever since you were a little girl. 38 00:03:02,633 --> 00:03:05,067 I wish I could love Roger the way he would like me to, 39 00:03:05,100 --> 00:03:06,333 it would be most convenient, 40 00:03:06,433 --> 00:03:07,433 but I can't, mother. 41 00:03:07,533 --> 00:03:08,667 He's been most generous to us. 42 00:03:08,767 --> 00:03:10,433 He's helped us out with small sums of money 43 00:03:10,533 --> 00:03:12,067 on numerous occasions. 44 00:03:12,167 --> 00:03:13,700 Are you suggesting that he's agreed to buy me 45 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:15,100 in instalments? 46 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,867 I shall marry for love, if I marry at all. 47 00:03:17,967 --> 00:03:20,600 I would rather work the telegraph at a city office, 48 00:03:20,700 --> 00:03:22,267 or be a nurse in a women's hospital, 49 00:03:22,367 --> 00:03:23,533 or be be a writer like you, Mamma, 50 00:03:23,633 --> 00:03:25,667 than marry simply for security. 51 00:03:25,767 --> 00:03:27,433 At least I should be earning my keep honestly. 52 00:03:27,533 --> 00:03:29,933 To marry without love is nothing better than prostitution. 53 00:03:30,067 --> 00:03:30,767 Hetta. 54 00:03:30,867 --> 00:03:32,167 Sorry, but it's what I believe. 55 00:03:32,267 --> 00:03:33,500 You never spoke like this until you met 56 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:35,767 that young adventurer, Paul Montague. 57 00:03:35,867 --> 00:03:38,300 I suppose you imagine yourself in love with him. 58 00:03:44,333 --> 00:03:45,867 Things have changed. 59 00:03:50,933 --> 00:03:55,967 So, you feel nothing for me now. 60 00:03:58,633 --> 00:04:00,933 No, I could never say that. 61 00:04:08,500 --> 00:04:10,133 Well, look at me, 62 00:04:11,367 --> 00:04:13,767 and tell me what it is. 63 00:04:20,733 --> 00:04:22,067 You've met someone else. 64 00:04:22,167 --> 00:04:24,433 That's what it is, isn't it? 65 00:04:24,533 --> 00:04:27,067 A year ago, when we parted, 66 00:04:27,167 --> 00:04:30,067 you promised to follow me to San Francisco, 67 00:04:30,133 --> 00:04:31,633 but you never came. 68 00:04:31,733 --> 00:04:33,467 Not a word. Not a letter. 69 00:04:33,567 --> 00:04:34,833 There were circumstances. 70 00:04:34,933 --> 00:04:37,100 I told you everything about myself, 71 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:38,733 and you told me nothing. 72 00:04:38,833 --> 00:04:39,867 What was I to think except that 73 00:04:39,967 --> 00:04:41,967 you were tired of our affair, 74 00:04:42,067 --> 00:04:43,100 that you had found someone else. 75 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:44,500 There was never anyone else. 76 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:45,767 I told myself that it was over. 77 00:04:45,867 --> 00:04:47,367 I threw myself into my work. 78 00:04:47,467 --> 00:04:50,267 You've become the man I always knew you could be. 79 00:04:52,333 --> 00:04:56,067 - Winifred... - Winifred, at last. 80 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,567 I called you Paul from the first moment. 81 00:05:03,833 --> 00:05:06,867 Well, speak out. 82 00:05:06,967 --> 00:05:08,833 Is there another woman that you love? 83 00:05:11,667 --> 00:05:13,167 Yes. 84 00:05:13,267 --> 00:05:14,133 Yes there is. 85 00:05:15,833 --> 00:05:18,267 And have you promised to marry her as well? 86 00:05:23,067 --> 00:05:24,233 No, not as yet. 87 00:05:24,333 --> 00:05:25,233 But she loves you? 88 00:05:25,333 --> 00:05:27,267 She has never said so. 89 00:05:27,367 --> 00:05:29,400 And you have never told her your love? 90 00:05:30,900 --> 00:05:32,167 Never. 91 00:05:34,133 --> 00:05:36,467 Then there is nothing that binds you to her. 92 00:05:38,233 --> 00:05:40,133 Quite the reverse in our case, 93 00:05:40,233 --> 00:05:42,167 we are bound in every way. 94 00:05:42,267 --> 00:05:43,167 Aren't we? 95 00:05:51,900 --> 00:05:55,200 In't it the case in your country, 96 00:05:55,300 --> 00:05:59,167 that an offer of marriage is binding on the man. 97 00:05:59,267 --> 00:06:01,867 Only the woman may break off the engagement? 98 00:06:04,567 --> 00:06:05,600 Winifred. 99 00:06:08,633 --> 00:06:11,667 I am begging you to release me now. 100 00:06:11,767 --> 00:06:13,833 And I refuse. 101 00:06:15,900 --> 00:06:18,733 Because I know what is good for you 102 00:06:18,833 --> 00:06:21,900 better than you know yourself. 103 00:06:22,067 --> 00:06:26,067 You say I told you nothing of myself, 104 00:06:26,133 --> 00:06:29,900 but I gave you everything a woman has to give. 105 00:06:30,067 --> 00:06:32,533 Can you tell me that meant nothing? 106 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,333 Means nothing to you? 107 00:06:39,133 --> 00:06:40,067 No. 108 00:06:42,100 --> 00:06:45,633 Can you tell me you feel nothing for me? 109 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:51,067 No. 110 00:06:53,167 --> 00:06:54,867 The kiss me, Paul. 111 00:06:56,067 --> 00:06:57,567 In friendship, if nothing more. 112 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:13,267 I must go. 113 00:07:16,967 --> 00:07:18,067 Very Well. 114 00:07:20,567 --> 00:07:22,667 I'll let you go for now, 115 00:07:22,767 --> 00:07:25,233 but I know you're too honourable to make love 116 00:07:25,333 --> 00:07:28,567 to your little English rose while you're still bound to me. 117 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:31,833 And I know you wouldn't be so unkind 118 00:07:31,933 --> 00:07:35,167 as to leave me all alone and friendless in London. 119 00:07:36,567 --> 00:07:38,067 So long as friendship is all you ask. 120 00:07:38,100 --> 00:07:39,067 For the present. 121 00:07:44,233 --> 00:07:46,400 It can be a kind of a game, you see. 122 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:51,367 Your part is to persuade me to release you. 123 00:07:51,467 --> 00:07:54,900 Mine to make you realise you're better off with me. 124 00:07:58,867 --> 00:07:59,733 A game? 125 00:08:03,333 --> 00:08:05,400 You call this a game? 126 00:08:05,500 --> 00:08:09,400 A game with high stakes, played in deadly earnest. 127 00:08:09,500 --> 00:08:12,333 Don't be tempted into treating that lightly, Paul, 128 00:08:12,433 --> 00:08:14,200 or you may wish you had never been born. 129 00:08:18,067 --> 00:08:18,967 There. 130 00:08:21,167 --> 00:08:22,067 Go now. 131 00:08:23,267 --> 00:08:25,833 I know you'll come again soon. 132 00:08:33,667 --> 00:08:37,600 And finally, your chairman is happy to announce formally, 133 00:08:37,700 --> 00:08:39,533 but I suppose you all know, 134 00:08:39,633 --> 00:08:42,367 that the first issue of public shares one week ago, 135 00:08:42,467 --> 00:08:46,500 went, shall we say, according to plan. 136 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:47,567 I should say. 137 00:08:47,667 --> 00:08:49,167 And that at the close were trading yesterday 138 00:08:49,267 --> 00:08:52,467 the value of the shares had gone up by 500%. 139 00:08:53,833 --> 00:08:54,800 Not bad. 140 00:08:56,167 --> 00:08:57,067 Bravo! 141 00:08:57,867 --> 00:09:00,800 So, so if we wanted to cash in our shares now 142 00:09:00,900 --> 00:09:03,233 we'd get 5 times the amount we put in? 143 00:09:03,333 --> 00:09:05,067 Yes you would Mr. Longestaffe, 144 00:09:05,167 --> 00:09:06,400 but the best thing you could do with your money 145 00:09:06,500 --> 00:09:08,400 is to buy more railway shares. 146 00:09:08,500 --> 00:09:10,067 They're going to go up a great deal higher than that 147 00:09:10,167 --> 00:09:12,300 so you might as well leave your money where it is. 148 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:14,067 And if any of you gentlemen have any other 149 00:09:14,100 --> 00:09:16,500 further available liquidity- 150 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:17,567 What's liquidity 151 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:21,133 Liquidity is ready cash, my Lord. 152 00:09:21,233 --> 00:09:22,300 And if you have any, 153 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:25,867 my advice is to build up your holdings now. 154 00:09:26,733 --> 00:09:31,800 This is the opportunity of the century. 155 00:09:35,167 --> 00:09:39,600 And I'm telling you to beg, borrow, sell all other assets 156 00:09:39,700 --> 00:09:42,933 and get into this now while it's going up. 157 00:09:44,733 --> 00:09:47,367 And then you can tell your grandchildren 158 00:09:47,467 --> 00:09:49,967 that you were in at the very start 159 00:09:50,067 --> 00:09:52,833 of the best thing this century. 160 00:09:54,867 --> 00:09:55,833 Yes, Mr. Montague? 161 00:09:55,933 --> 00:09:58,433 I assume that there is a regular release of funds 162 00:09:58,533 --> 00:10:00,000 into the work itself. 163 00:10:00,100 --> 00:10:01,733 The surveying can go ahead immediately, 164 00:10:01,833 --> 00:10:05,133 and the building itself, as soon after that as possible? 165 00:10:05,233 --> 00:10:06,867 That's it Mr. Montague. 166 00:10:06,967 --> 00:10:08,467 All in hand. 167 00:10:08,567 --> 00:10:10,667 Well, gentlemen. 168 00:10:10,767 --> 00:10:12,800 Could we know what sums have been dispensed, 169 00:10:12,900 --> 00:10:15,367 and how the payments relate to this schedule of works. 170 00:10:15,467 --> 00:10:16,600 It's all in the accounts, Mr. Montague. 171 00:10:16,700 --> 00:10:17,833 Where can these be inspected? 172 00:10:17,933 --> 00:10:21,433 In the company offices, Mr. Montague, in due course. 173 00:10:21,533 --> 00:10:24,200 As I say, the work is all in hand. 174 00:10:25,967 --> 00:10:29,367 And now if there's nothing more to discuss, 175 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:34,833 I declare the meeting closed. 176 00:10:41,133 --> 00:10:43,533 He won't put off so easy, that one. 177 00:10:43,633 --> 00:10:44,900 We'll run him up a set of figures, Croll, 178 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:46,467 set his mind at rest. 179 00:10:46,567 --> 00:10:49,033 I think he really wants his railway, Mr. Melmotte. 180 00:10:49,133 --> 00:10:50,233 So do we, don't we? 181 00:10:51,100 --> 00:10:52,333 Don't we? 182 00:10:53,567 --> 00:10:54,967 If you say so, Mr. Melmotte. 183 00:10:55,067 --> 00:10:59,033 Come on my old Croll, we've seen off bigger fish than him. 184 00:11:08,167 --> 00:11:11,067 You have a beautiful house, sir. 185 00:11:19,067 --> 00:11:22,533 Sir Felix Carbury to see you, Mr Melmotte, at once. 186 00:11:22,633 --> 00:11:27,667 I am expected. 187 00:11:29,833 --> 00:11:32,400 I am expected. 188 00:11:32,500 --> 00:11:33,600 Wait here, sir. 189 00:11:43,067 --> 00:11:44,133 Psst. Psst. 190 00:11:46,333 --> 00:11:48,433 - Are you Sir Felix? - Yes. 191 00:11:52,067 --> 00:11:54,933 I am Didon, come with me. 192 00:11:55,067 --> 00:11:56,067 Come, come, quick. 193 00:11:57,467 --> 00:11:59,400 All right. If you say so. 194 00:12:06,733 --> 00:12:08,833 I have got him for you. 195 00:12:10,933 --> 00:12:12,300 Why didn't you come before? 196 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:14,333 I've been longing and longing for you. 197 00:12:15,933 --> 00:12:17,933 I say, steady on, steady on. 198 00:12:18,067 --> 00:12:19,500 Oh, Didon knows everything. 199 00:12:21,267 --> 00:12:22,333 So, you'll see him? 200 00:12:22,433 --> 00:12:24,067 Man said he was busy. 201 00:12:24,167 --> 00:12:26,900 No, he's in for you, out to everyone else. 202 00:12:27,067 --> 00:12:28,800 Oh, jolly good. 203 00:12:28,900 --> 00:12:31,367 Go now, don't let him bully you. 204 00:12:31,467 --> 00:12:32,200 Come. Come. 205 00:12:32,300 --> 00:12:34,967 Right. Absolutely, absolutely. 206 00:12:45,733 --> 00:12:46,767 In you go. 207 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:54,067 Go. 208 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:29,867 How do you do, Sir Felix? 209 00:13:31,633 --> 00:13:34,567 You come to see the ladies, have you? 210 00:13:34,667 --> 00:13:38,267 Yes, but I thought I'd look in on you, you know. 211 00:13:41,933 --> 00:13:43,567 Very good of you. 212 00:13:48,533 --> 00:13:49,767 Well? 213 00:13:49,867 --> 00:13:52,700 Mr. Melmotte, I'm come to, 214 00:13:54,067 --> 00:13:56,800 I'm come, in short, Mr. Melmotte, 215 00:13:58,533 --> 00:14:00,533 I want to propose myself as a suitor 216 00:14:00,633 --> 00:14:02,100 for your daughter's hand. 217 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:03,567 The deuce you do. 218 00:14:04,833 --> 00:14:05,867 Well yes. 219 00:14:06,867 --> 00:14:08,233 And we hope you'll give us your consent, sir. 220 00:14:08,333 --> 00:14:10,633 "We"? Who's "we"? 221 00:14:10,733 --> 00:14:11,800 Your daughter, and I, sir. 222 00:14:11,900 --> 00:14:13,233 Oh, she knows you're coming then? 223 00:14:13,333 --> 00:14:14,933 Yes. She knows. 224 00:14:15,067 --> 00:14:16,967 I've been attached to her ever since I saw her, 225 00:14:17,067 --> 00:14:18,800 and all that, you know how that kind of thing goes on. 226 00:14:18,900 --> 00:14:20,400 No, I'm damned if I do. 227 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,567 I know how it ought to go on. 228 00:14:24,433 --> 00:14:27,200 The young man ought to speak to the father before the girl. 229 00:14:27,300 --> 00:14:29,433 That's how it ought to go on. 230 00:14:29,533 --> 00:14:32,167 Well of course we know it all depends on you, sir. 231 00:14:34,933 --> 00:14:35,800 Not at all. 232 00:14:40,700 --> 00:14:41,667 She's of age. 233 00:14:44,533 --> 00:14:46,767 She could marry you tomorrow if she chooses. 234 00:14:51,567 --> 00:14:53,533 You're a baronet, I believe. 235 00:14:53,633 --> 00:14:55,267 Yes. I'm a baronet, all right. 236 00:14:57,267 --> 00:14:59,833 No money cares, huh? 237 00:15:01,967 --> 00:15:03,867 Not exactly that, 238 00:15:03,967 --> 00:15:05,300 but I suppose you will give 239 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:06,600 your daughter a fortune, of course? 240 00:15:06,700 --> 00:15:10,300 She don't get a farthing if she marries to please herself, 241 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:11,567 without my consent. 242 00:15:11,667 --> 00:15:13,767 I had rather hoped you would give your consent, sir. 243 00:15:13,867 --> 00:15:15,900 Haven't said I won't. 244 00:15:16,067 --> 00:15:17,067 It's possible. 245 00:15:32,100 --> 00:15:33,800 What's your property, Sir Felix? 246 00:15:33,900 --> 00:15:36,767 Well, it isn't a very large property, you know? 247 00:15:36,867 --> 00:15:39,200 Not like the Marquis of Westminster's then? 248 00:15:40,267 --> 00:15:42,100 No, it's not quite like that. 249 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:43,600 So where's your family seat? 250 00:15:43,700 --> 00:15:45,333 Carbury Hall. 251 00:15:45,433 --> 00:15:48,067 Down in Suffolk, near the Longestaffes. 252 00:15:48,167 --> 00:15:52,100 Carbury Hall, I didn't know that was yours. 253 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:54,833 Well, it isn't, exactly. 254 00:15:54,933 --> 00:15:55,767 Not yet. 255 00:15:55,867 --> 00:15:57,200 But I am the heir. 256 00:15:57,300 --> 00:15:58,167 I see. 257 00:15:59,433 --> 00:16:00,367 The heir. 258 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:04,333 Who's got it now? 259 00:16:04,433 --> 00:16:07,167 My cousin, Mr. Roger Carbury. 260 00:16:14,967 --> 00:16:17,400 And he's an old man, is he? 261 00:16:17,500 --> 00:16:19,500 He's not what you'd call a young man. 262 00:16:24,933 --> 00:16:26,633 He's not very old. 263 00:16:26,733 --> 00:16:30,067 I see. Not very old. 264 00:16:30,100 --> 00:16:35,133 Able-bodied is he? Able to shake a leg? 265 00:16:35,567 --> 00:16:38,433 Well, yes, I suppose he is. 266 00:16:38,533 --> 00:16:40,733 So how would it be if he was to marry and have children? 267 00:16:40,833 --> 00:16:42,067 I don't how that would be. 268 00:16:42,133 --> 00:16:44,667 I don't think it's very likely that he'll marry. 269 00:16:44,767 --> 00:16:48,467 And in the meantime, what is your own property? 270 00:16:48,567 --> 00:16:53,600 Mr. Melmotte, the fact is I love your daughter, 271 00:16:55,567 --> 00:16:56,967 and she loves me. 272 00:16:57,067 --> 00:16:59,533 And I may not be possessed of great wealth, or property, 273 00:16:59,633 --> 00:17:02,200 but I am a Baronet, and a gentleman. 274 00:17:02,300 --> 00:17:03,600 And I'm not, you imply? 275 00:17:03,700 --> 00:17:05,100 No, no, no, no, no. 276 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:06,200 That is not what I meant at all. 277 00:17:06,300 --> 00:17:08,600 I think we understand each other very well. 278 00:17:08,700 --> 00:17:10,167 You are to provide the rank and position, 279 00:17:10,267 --> 00:17:13,267 and I am to provide the money. 280 00:17:13,367 --> 00:17:15,067 That's the bargain. 281 00:17:15,167 --> 00:17:16,867 I buy my daughter a place in society 282 00:17:16,967 --> 00:17:18,667 by paying you to marry her. 283 00:17:18,767 --> 00:17:20,133 That's your understanding of it? 284 00:17:20,233 --> 00:17:21,133 Really sir, I must protest. 285 00:17:21,233 --> 00:17:22,367 One shouldn't cheapen it by- 286 00:17:22,467 --> 00:17:24,733 It's all right, Sir Felix I'll think on it. 287 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:29,400 But don't get your hopes up too high. 288 00:17:29,500 --> 00:17:32,400 Money, expects money, you know. 289 00:17:39,900 --> 00:17:41,433 Isn't he lovely? 290 00:17:41,533 --> 00:17:43,900 He has a very pretty face. 291 00:17:44,067 --> 00:17:46,900 And he's a very good kisser. 292 00:17:47,067 --> 00:17:48,500 I have seen better. 293 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:50,667 And Nidderdale is a real Lord. 294 00:17:50,767 --> 00:17:52,300 But you like this one. 295 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:54,433 Oh, Didon, I do. I do. 296 00:17:56,667 --> 00:17:57,633 I love him. 297 00:18:01,567 --> 00:18:05,200 I never knew Felix Carbury was so fond of the country. 298 00:18:07,167 --> 00:18:08,333 I know I'm not. 299 00:18:11,300 --> 00:18:13,533 How long are we to be kept here, Father? 300 00:18:14,333 --> 00:18:16,400 I don't know what you mean by being kept here. 301 00:18:16,500 --> 00:18:17,967 This is your home, 302 00:18:18,067 --> 00:18:19,233 you might as well make up your mind to live in it. 303 00:18:19,333 --> 00:18:20,967 But if we're not to be in London for the rest 304 00:18:21,067 --> 00:18:22,867 of the season, we will never meet anyone. 305 00:18:22,967 --> 00:18:24,800 And you know what that means for me. 306 00:18:24,900 --> 00:18:26,767 I have to be in London for the end of the season. 307 00:18:26,867 --> 00:18:28,300 It's my last chance. 308 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:31,067 There's no "have to" about it, Georgiana. 309 00:18:31,133 --> 00:18:33,533 I can't afford it and that's that. 310 00:18:35,433 --> 00:18:39,233 Father, if you won't take me up to town yourself, 311 00:18:39,333 --> 00:18:41,867 could you not let me stay with friends? 312 00:18:41,967 --> 00:18:44,067 The Primeros are in town for the season. 313 00:18:44,933 --> 00:18:47,200 As a matter of fact, I have received an invitation 314 00:18:47,300 --> 00:18:49,867 for you to stay up in London, Georgiana. 315 00:18:49,967 --> 00:18:50,867 You have? 316 00:18:50,967 --> 00:18:51,833 From whom? 317 00:18:52,900 --> 00:18:54,233 The Melmottes. 318 00:18:55,833 --> 00:18:57,900 Those dreadful people. 319 00:18:58,933 --> 00:19:01,100 Well why shouldn't I go to the Primeros, 320 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:02,133 or Julia Monogram? 321 00:19:02,233 --> 00:19:04,800 It's that, or stay in the country, my dear. 322 00:19:05,833 --> 00:19:08,700 Your know your father especially dislikes the Primeros. 323 00:19:10,767 --> 00:19:11,933 Very well then. 324 00:19:12,067 --> 00:19:14,867 I shall go to the Melmottes, if it's to be them or nothing. 325 00:19:14,967 --> 00:19:16,367 And the first man that comes to me with 326 00:19:16,467 --> 00:19:19,067 four or 5,000 a year I'll take him, 327 00:19:19,100 --> 00:19:21,533 even though he came out of New Gate, or Bedlam. 328 00:19:22,333 --> 00:19:25,233 And I shall always say it was Papa's fault. 329 00:19:38,533 --> 00:19:40,967 I wish we could have each other a bit longer, Felix. 330 00:19:41,067 --> 00:19:42,700 So do I, by Jove. 331 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:44,933 I wish you lived in town, then I could see you every day. 332 00:19:45,067 --> 00:19:47,367 You know, wouldn't that be jolly? 333 00:19:47,467 --> 00:19:48,233 Wouldn't it. 334 00:19:48,333 --> 00:19:49,900 And for two pins I'd do it too. 335 00:19:50,067 --> 00:19:51,300 Oh Lord, I must go. 336 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:53,733 Grandfather's asked John Crumb over again. 337 00:19:55,967 --> 00:19:59,133 And who is John Crumb when he's at home? 338 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,233 John Crumb, the Miller, he comes to see me. 339 00:20:03,333 --> 00:20:04,900 So you come back soon 340 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:06,967 or he'll steal a match on you, he will. 341 00:20:09,967 --> 00:20:10,833 Ruby. 342 00:20:22,133 --> 00:20:23,567 Here she comes. 343 00:20:29,767 --> 00:20:31,767 Late again, little hussy. 344 00:20:31,867 --> 00:20:34,200 Ah. She's worth waiting for though. 345 00:20:34,300 --> 00:20:37,000 Oh, why do you always have to say the same thing, John? 346 00:20:37,100 --> 00:20:39,200 Why can't you keep a civil tongue in your head 347 00:20:39,300 --> 00:20:42,033 when the poor man's trying to pay you a compliment, 348 00:20:42,133 --> 00:20:42,900 and where's our supper? 349 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:44,933 We've been sitting here waiting for. 350 00:20:45,033 --> 00:20:45,767 It was all done before, 351 00:20:45,867 --> 00:20:47,267 it only wants bringing out. 352 00:20:47,367 --> 00:20:48,367 You could have done that yourself, 353 00:20:48,467 --> 00:20:50,667 but that's too much for you, I suppose. 354 00:20:50,767 --> 00:20:53,567 A damn good hiding wouldn't do you no harm. 355 00:20:53,667 --> 00:20:56,633 Ah no, Mr. Ruggles, that's not the way. 356 00:20:56,733 --> 00:20:57,900 That's what you think. 357 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,833 I say women is better for a regular beating. 358 00:21:00,933 --> 00:21:04,067 Like carpets, eh. 359 00:21:06,767 --> 00:21:07,633 There now. 360 00:21:08,633 --> 00:21:10,067 Ah, Ruby. 361 00:21:34,500 --> 00:21:35,967 Very tasty Ruby. 362 00:21:36,067 --> 00:21:36,967 Thank you John. 363 00:21:37,900 --> 00:21:39,067 Hold there a moment. 364 00:21:41,700 --> 00:21:44,067 John has something to say to you, Ruby, 365 00:21:45,067 --> 00:21:46,167 haven't you, John? 366 00:21:53,467 --> 00:21:58,233 Only like, I've got the house all ready now, Ruby. 367 00:21:59,267 --> 00:22:01,800 So if you'd like to name the day, 368 00:22:01,900 --> 00:22:04,333 you and I shall be married as soon as you like. 369 00:22:07,333 --> 00:22:09,200 Tomorrow wouldn't be too soon for me. 370 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:13,533 So say you will, and I'll always do my best 371 00:22:13,633 --> 00:22:14,767 to make you happy. 372 00:22:20,767 --> 00:22:22,700 I can't marry you, John. 373 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:25,467 I'm sorry. 374 00:22:27,867 --> 00:22:28,733 What? 375 00:22:31,267 --> 00:22:34,333 But you said you love me, Ruby. 376 00:22:34,433 --> 00:22:37,333 You always said we would be married one day. 377 00:22:37,433 --> 00:22:40,400 Young women is allowed to change their minds, 378 00:22:40,500 --> 00:22:42,167 and I've changed mine. 379 00:22:43,733 --> 00:22:46,200 I'm sorry, John, I can't help it. 380 00:22:59,733 --> 00:23:02,367 Nasty, ungrateful, lying little slut. 381 00:23:02,467 --> 00:23:03,933 Treat a good man like that? 382 00:23:04,067 --> 00:23:05,167 I have a good mind to tan the hide off you. 383 00:23:05,267 --> 00:23:06,200 Don't you touch me. 384 00:23:06,300 --> 00:23:08,867 I can't help it if I love someone else. 385 00:23:08,967 --> 00:23:09,733 And who is that? 386 00:23:09,833 --> 00:23:10,967 Shan't tell you. 387 00:23:11,067 --> 00:23:13,833 I have a good mind to beat thee out. 388 00:23:13,933 --> 00:23:15,267 Come back! 389 00:23:15,367 --> 00:23:16,733 - Come here! - Get off! 390 00:23:16,833 --> 00:23:18,867 If you hit me, it's the last time, I swear it, 391 00:23:18,967 --> 00:23:20,233 you'll never see me again. 392 00:23:27,333 --> 00:23:28,267 Get off me. 393 00:23:49,367 --> 00:23:52,800 To Sir Felix Carbury, the Beargarden Club. 394 00:23:52,900 --> 00:23:56,367 Dear Sir, I have done what I said 395 00:23:56,467 --> 00:23:59,200 sooner than I thought. 396 00:23:59,300 --> 00:24:04,200 I refused John Crumb, and father turned me out the house. 397 00:24:04,300 --> 00:24:06,100 So I'm a come to London. 398 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:08,433 Dear Sir Felix, when shall I see you again? 399 00:24:08,533 --> 00:24:11,200 Papa has said you are not to come to the house again, 400 00:24:11,300 --> 00:24:14,933 but I'm not frightened of him and nor should you be. 401 00:24:15,067 --> 00:24:17,433 You stupid woman. 402 00:24:17,533 --> 00:24:21,667 Why can't you get one simple thing right? 403 00:24:21,767 --> 00:24:23,467 I don't care about money, 404 00:24:23,567 --> 00:24:27,100 and on my word of honour, I'll never marry anyone but you. 405 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,067 Oh Felix, I long for you to take me dancing, 406 00:24:29,133 --> 00:24:31,333 and see the music hall. 407 00:24:31,433 --> 00:24:33,733 From your own loving, Ruby. 408 00:24:33,833 --> 00:24:35,467 Everything in order, Sir Felix? 409 00:24:35,567 --> 00:24:36,967 Hm? 410 00:24:37,067 --> 00:24:38,500 Yes. 411 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:40,067 I don't see why not, Potter. 412 00:24:49,667 --> 00:24:53,067 All to your liking, Miss Longestaffe? 413 00:24:53,167 --> 00:24:56,133 Yes, thank you, Mr. Melmotte, how kind of you to ask. 414 00:24:57,167 --> 00:25:00,200 Well, let's have a little smile on that pretty face then. 415 00:25:08,233 --> 00:25:11,167 I'm buying one of your father's properties, you know, 416 00:25:12,267 --> 00:25:13,467 Pickering Park. 417 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:17,333 To be that little madam's dowery. 418 00:25:17,433 --> 00:25:18,767 Oh, really? 419 00:25:18,867 --> 00:25:21,400 I thought that Adolphus hadn't agreed on the sale. 420 00:25:21,500 --> 00:25:23,133 That's all been dealt with. 421 00:25:24,733 --> 00:25:27,367 When I want the thing, I generally get it, you know. 422 00:25:29,067 --> 00:25:31,133 How would you like to live in Pickering Park 423 00:25:31,233 --> 00:25:33,100 as Lady Nidderdale, eh? 424 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:34,400 I don't care where I live, 425 00:25:34,500 --> 00:25:36,100 but I won't marry Lord Nidderdale. 426 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:40,067 She fancies herself in love with that fop of a Baronet. 427 00:25:46,900 --> 00:25:48,800 What's a Baronet? 428 00:25:48,900 --> 00:25:51,900 I could be a Baronet. Nothing easier. 429 00:25:52,067 --> 00:25:54,200 Oh, I intend going into parliament with Longestaffe, 430 00:25:54,300 --> 00:25:55,500 and when I get a seat 431 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:58,067 all I have to do is spend a bit of money on the proper side, 432 00:25:58,167 --> 00:26:00,333 the conservative side, of course, 433 00:26:00,433 --> 00:26:02,933 throw a few dinners, and the thing is done. 434 00:26:04,167 --> 00:26:07,067 Sir Augustus Melmotte, Baronet. 435 00:26:08,167 --> 00:26:10,167 Well, what do you think about that? 436 00:26:10,267 --> 00:26:11,800 Most interesting. 437 00:26:11,900 --> 00:26:16,467 Oh! 438 00:26:23,733 --> 00:26:24,600 Oh, really. 439 00:26:31,733 --> 00:26:32,600 Please. 440 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:43,267 My Lord. 441 00:26:50,300 --> 00:26:51,833 Forgive me, I didn't mean to- 442 00:26:54,167 --> 00:26:56,333 Gentlemen, shall we go where we can talk, 443 00:26:56,433 --> 00:26:58,100 unencumbered. 444 00:26:59,100 --> 00:27:00,633 Follow me gentlemen. 445 00:27:10,433 --> 00:27:11,300 What's all this, Niddey? 446 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:14,067 Marie Melmotte, the stakes are on again. 447 00:27:14,133 --> 00:27:15,833 I say, look here, that's not fair. 448 00:27:15,933 --> 00:27:18,667 Not my fault, old boy, it's the two governors. 449 00:27:18,767 --> 00:27:20,067 I can't do anything. 450 00:27:20,167 --> 00:27:21,067 Andrew. 451 00:27:29,867 --> 00:27:32,067 Come and sit down with us. 452 00:27:32,100 --> 00:27:32,833 No, he must not. 453 00:27:32,933 --> 00:27:34,467 He must go at once. 454 00:27:34,567 --> 00:27:39,367 Melmotte. 455 00:27:40,533 --> 00:27:41,800 But you must go, Sir, 456 00:27:41,900 --> 00:27:42,733 he will kill you. 457 00:27:42,833 --> 00:27:44,133 Well, uh yes, under the circumstances- 458 00:27:44,233 --> 00:27:45,467 No, he shan't go. 459 00:27:45,567 --> 00:27:47,067 Let them kill us if he dare! 460 00:27:47,100 --> 00:27:49,733 I'll never marry Nidderdale, not if he cuts me to bits. 461 00:27:49,833 --> 00:27:52,133 Go down to Papa and tell him now, 462 00:27:52,233 --> 00:27:54,967 he shan't make me marry anyone but you. 463 00:27:55,933 --> 00:27:57,400 Felix, if you would be true to me, 464 00:27:57,500 --> 00:27:59,167 nothing can keep us apart. 465 00:27:59,267 --> 00:28:00,433 You will be brave. 466 00:28:00,533 --> 00:28:01,633 - Oh my God, he's coming back. - Uh, well yes... 467 00:28:01,733 --> 00:28:02,867 He's coming back to kill us all. 468 00:28:02,967 --> 00:28:03,867 Well yes, of course I will, but don't you think- 469 00:28:03,967 --> 00:28:07,200 Now, you be brave, and I will be brave. 470 00:28:07,300 --> 00:28:08,833 Marie, I really- 471 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:30,267 Now listen, you, Sir Felix, 472 00:28:32,267 --> 00:28:35,400 my daughter is engaged to be married to Lord Nidderdale, 473 00:28:35,500 --> 00:28:36,600 all right? 474 00:28:36,700 --> 00:28:38,667 I am not. I won't marry him. 475 00:28:38,767 --> 00:28:40,767 Not if you chop me to pieces. 476 00:28:40,867 --> 00:28:42,567 She will be married to Lord Nidderdale 477 00:28:42,667 --> 00:28:44,933 so you might as well leave right now. 478 00:28:46,067 --> 00:28:47,833 Papa, he's my lover. 479 00:28:47,933 --> 00:28:48,700 Bosh! 480 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:50,133 It is not bosh! 481 00:28:50,233 --> 00:28:52,733 I love him and I won't have anyone else. 482 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:57,267 Hit me if you like, it won't change anything. 483 00:29:00,933 --> 00:29:02,133 You get to your room. 484 00:29:02,233 --> 00:29:04,900 I'll go, but I still love him. 485 00:29:05,900 --> 00:29:06,767 Get out! 486 00:29:18,500 --> 00:29:20,067 I'm very sorry to have had a hand 487 00:29:20,133 --> 00:29:22,600 in causing this disturbance, sir. 488 00:29:34,300 --> 00:29:36,333 You go away and don't come back. 489 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:41,700 You remember this, if she marries without my consent 490 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:43,900 she don't get a single shilling. 491 00:29:46,100 --> 00:29:48,067 Good day to you, Sir Felix. 492 00:29:49,900 --> 00:29:52,767 Happy to see you in the city, any time. 493 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:19,967 It's only me. 494 00:30:20,067 --> 00:30:22,433 My own, own darling Felix. 495 00:30:22,533 --> 00:30:24,567 You won't give me up, will you? 496 00:30:24,667 --> 00:30:25,800 Did you tell him you wouldn't give me up? 497 00:30:25,900 --> 00:30:27,867 Well you see, he says he'll cut us off 498 00:30:27,967 --> 00:30:29,167 without a shilling, so. 499 00:30:33,767 --> 00:30:35,233 I have my own money. 500 00:30:47,667 --> 00:30:50,967 When we were in France Papa put a lot of money in my name, 501 00:30:51,067 --> 00:30:52,933 thousands, and thousands, 502 00:30:53,033 --> 00:30:55,467 so he could tell his creditors he had none. 503 00:30:57,900 --> 00:30:59,367 We could run away together. 504 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:05,800 Good God, there's more to you than meets the eye. 505 00:31:08,967 --> 00:31:11,167 Send me a note by Didon. 506 00:31:45,433 --> 00:31:48,800 It's so unlike life, don't you think? 507 00:31:48,900 --> 00:31:51,433 I wonder whether any girl ever sat and cried like that 508 00:31:51,533 --> 00:31:53,600 because a lover talked to another woman. 509 00:31:55,233 --> 00:31:57,133 Women aren't all made the same. 510 00:31:57,233 --> 00:31:58,333 Luckily for you men. 511 00:32:00,167 --> 00:32:03,067 But you know there's a dash of the 512 00:32:03,100 --> 00:32:05,633 savage princess about most of us. 513 00:32:05,733 --> 00:32:06,733 So watch out. 514 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:10,267 I shall. 515 00:32:12,433 --> 00:32:14,667 Are you going to see me home? 516 00:32:14,767 --> 00:32:15,900 Of course 517 00:32:16,067 --> 00:32:17,267 You needn't, you know, 518 00:32:17,367 --> 00:32:19,367 I'm not afraid of taking a cab by myself, 519 00:32:19,467 --> 00:32:23,600 but I should like a little more your company. 520 00:32:23,700 --> 00:32:25,900 Have you enjoyed this evening? 521 00:32:26,067 --> 00:32:27,467 Yes. Very much. 522 00:32:29,567 --> 00:32:30,967 Good. 523 00:32:31,067 --> 00:32:31,933 So have I. 524 00:32:44,667 --> 00:32:45,967 Come in for one moment. 525 00:32:51,933 --> 00:32:52,667 Good night, Mrs. Hurtle. 526 00:32:52,767 --> 00:32:53,733 Good night, Ruby. 527 00:32:53,833 --> 00:32:54,800 Good night, Sir. 528 00:32:57,967 --> 00:33:00,300 She's a new girl, just up from the country, 529 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:01,900 the landlady's niece. 530 00:33:02,067 --> 00:33:04,333 I don't know what she thinks of me. 531 00:33:05,133 --> 00:33:07,367 I've told them we are engaged to be married. 532 00:33:09,667 --> 00:33:10,767 I hope you don't mind. 533 00:33:12,167 --> 00:33:14,100 Do you think that's wise? 534 00:33:15,133 --> 00:33:19,267 Well, if it avoids unpleasantness and gossip. 535 00:33:26,467 --> 00:33:28,067 Shut the door for one moment. 536 00:33:42,867 --> 00:33:44,333 Paul, I won't be separated from you. 537 00:33:44,433 --> 00:33:46,467 I'll do anything for the love of you, anything but lose you. 538 00:33:49,167 --> 00:33:50,300 Winifred... 539 00:33:55,267 --> 00:33:56,533 No, don't speak. 540 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:01,267 I understand. 541 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:08,433 Go now. 542 00:34:14,567 --> 00:34:15,467 Go now. 543 00:34:30,733 --> 00:34:33,067 My Lords and gentlemen, 544 00:34:34,067 --> 00:34:36,067 I'm able to tell you that we are prospering. 545 00:34:36,167 --> 00:34:37,167 Here, here. 546 00:34:38,267 --> 00:34:39,333 I wish I could show you the balance sheet, 547 00:34:39,433 --> 00:34:41,133 it's a sight for sore eyes. 548 00:34:42,533 --> 00:34:45,967 But in affairs of this nature great discretion is required. 549 00:34:46,067 --> 00:34:48,333 So on behalf of the shareholders at large, 550 00:34:48,433 --> 00:34:51,333 whose interests are in our hands, 551 00:34:52,567 --> 00:34:55,333 I think that any detailed statement should be postponed 552 00:34:55,433 --> 00:34:57,067 just for a short while. 553 00:34:57,167 --> 00:34:59,400 And I therefore move that this meeting be adjourned 554 00:34:59,500 --> 00:35:01,333 to this day, week. 555 00:35:01,433 --> 00:35:02,867 Seconded. 556 00:35:02,967 --> 00:35:04,167 So all those in favour- 557 00:35:04,267 --> 00:35:05,500 Mr. Melmotte? 558 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:07,567 Yes. Mr. Montague. 559 00:35:07,667 --> 00:35:10,367 Could you at least give the board your assurance 560 00:35:10,467 --> 00:35:12,167 that the timetable for the building 561 00:35:12,267 --> 00:35:13,833 of the railway is on schedule. 562 00:35:13,933 --> 00:35:15,933 Thank you, Mr. Montague. 563 00:35:16,067 --> 00:35:16,933 All in favour? 564 00:35:17,967 --> 00:35:19,567 And that all the company accounts and records 565 00:35:19,667 --> 00:35:22,667 be made freely available for inspection by the directors. 566 00:35:22,767 --> 00:35:23,700 Against? 567 00:35:28,067 --> 00:35:28,867 Motion carried. 568 00:35:28,967 --> 00:35:30,467 I think that concludes the business. 569 00:35:30,567 --> 00:35:31,633 Thank you, gentlemen. 570 00:35:43,967 --> 00:35:45,900 I understand. 571 00:35:46,067 --> 00:35:48,200 You are a fine young man Mr. Montague, 572 00:35:48,300 --> 00:35:51,067 and this is a great project and I'm well aware that 573 00:35:51,133 --> 00:35:53,367 it was you who brought it to me in the first place, 574 00:35:53,467 --> 00:35:56,067 and I'm very grateful, but, 575 00:35:57,933 --> 00:36:00,500 you don't understand the business side of a thing like this. 576 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:03,067 You had much better leave it to me. 577 00:36:04,167 --> 00:36:08,867 I'll make you rich and you'll have your railway too. 578 00:36:09,833 --> 00:36:10,700 Trust me. 579 00:36:11,700 --> 00:36:13,067 You won't regret it. 580 00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:18,867 And don't cross me again or you'll be sorry. 581 00:36:23,700 --> 00:36:24,867 Good afternoon to you. 582 00:36:34,167 --> 00:36:35,667 You do think he's all right, old Melmotte? 583 00:36:35,767 --> 00:36:37,200 I'm supposed to be marrying his daughter, you know? 584 00:36:37,300 --> 00:36:40,167 Come on, Nidderdale, we're wasting valuable time here. 585 00:37:03,633 --> 00:37:06,933 You're still here then, Mr. Montague. 586 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:11,567 Well, I'm glad you stayed. 587 00:37:11,667 --> 00:37:13,167 Mr. Montague. 588 00:37:13,267 --> 00:37:15,867 Please, take a seat, Mr. Montague. 589 00:37:15,967 --> 00:37:16,833 No, thank you. 590 00:37:25,833 --> 00:37:27,733 I was a bit short with you just now. 591 00:37:29,433 --> 00:37:31,333 I beg your pardon. 592 00:37:34,867 --> 00:37:36,133 Good. 593 00:37:36,233 --> 00:37:37,267 But the thing is this, 594 00:37:37,367 --> 00:37:40,500 unanimity is everything in a situation such as this. 595 00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:42,267 If you and I quarrel in the boardroom 596 00:37:42,367 --> 00:37:44,833 there's no knowing the amount of evil that we do. 597 00:37:44,933 --> 00:37:47,867 We are carrying the hopes and dreams 598 00:37:47,967 --> 00:37:50,567 of thousands of shareholders on our shoulders. 599 00:37:52,067 --> 00:37:54,733 They're depending on us, Croll knows, 600 00:37:54,833 --> 00:37:56,500 and there is nothing that can be done for them 601 00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:58,700 unless the shares keep rising. 602 00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:02,067 And that's what you have to understand. 603 00:38:02,100 --> 00:38:05,167 You don't want to see the whole thing fall to pieces. 604 00:38:05,267 --> 00:38:06,500 Do you? 605 00:38:10,067 --> 00:38:15,067 Look here, I'm in this to build a railway, 606 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:19,233 and I don't see any signs of it at the moment now. 607 00:38:19,333 --> 00:38:21,767 Now, nevermind the share price, 608 00:38:21,867 --> 00:38:23,067 what about the survey? 609 00:38:24,067 --> 00:38:25,500 The labour, 610 00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:27,267 the purchase of materials, 611 00:38:27,367 --> 00:38:28,700 and the equipment. 612 00:38:32,500 --> 00:38:35,333 Look, all that is in hand. 613 00:38:37,700 --> 00:38:39,467 Look here, Montague, all this that you talk of 614 00:38:39,567 --> 00:38:42,133 is nothing. 615 00:38:43,533 --> 00:38:44,300 It's, what is it? 616 00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:45,833 It's a mere matter of engineering, 617 00:38:45,933 --> 00:38:48,667 it's nuts and bolts, and nuts and bolts. 618 00:38:48,767 --> 00:38:51,300 I could find myself a score to fellows to build me a railway 619 00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:52,733 but some of us have to set our sights 620 00:38:52,833 --> 00:38:54,933 on higher matters than these. 621 00:38:56,867 --> 00:38:59,567 Now what would a mere engineer, like you, 622 00:38:59,667 --> 00:39:01,967 know about the building 623 00:39:02,067 --> 00:39:05,733 of a great business empire? 624 00:39:07,167 --> 00:39:11,433 The you would have no objection if this "mere engineer" 625 00:39:11,533 --> 00:39:14,067 went out to Mexico to see what progress has been made? 626 00:39:14,133 --> 00:39:15,833 No, go, go, go go. 627 00:39:15,933 --> 00:39:17,100 You do what you like, sir, 628 00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:18,367 it's all one to me. 629 00:39:20,133 --> 00:39:21,233 Then I shall. 630 00:39:23,067 --> 00:39:25,633 And if I find that no preparations have been made 631 00:39:26,833 --> 00:39:28,400 I shall start the work myself. 632 00:39:30,367 --> 00:39:32,067 Good day to you, sir. 633 00:39:36,733 --> 00:39:37,900 He will too. 634 00:39:38,067 --> 00:39:39,067 Oh, let him go, Croll, 635 00:39:39,100 --> 00:39:42,567 Mexico is a long way away, and our work is here. 636 00:40:12,033 --> 00:40:13,967 Mr. Montague. 637 00:40:14,067 --> 00:40:16,600 I'm sorry, I hadn't realised you were here alone. 638 00:40:17,467 --> 00:40:19,133 Mamma is out with Roger. 639 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:21,367 Ah, Roger is in town. 640 00:40:21,467 --> 00:40:24,767 Yes. He comes to London much more often now. 641 00:40:30,500 --> 00:40:33,033 It seems so long since we last met. 642 00:40:33,133 --> 00:40:34,933 Yes. Yes, at the Melmotte's ball. 643 00:40:36,500 --> 00:40:38,233 I suppose you've been very busy. 644 00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:41,667 Yes I have. 645 00:40:41,767 --> 00:40:43,200 - With your railway? - Yes. 646 00:40:46,833 --> 00:40:47,867 Come and sit down. 647 00:40:58,433 --> 00:41:00,833 I came to tell you I shall have to go to Mexico 648 00:41:00,933 --> 00:41:02,900 sooner than I had planned, 649 00:41:03,067 --> 00:41:04,067 in two weeks time. 650 00:41:05,233 --> 00:41:06,133 Why do you frown? 651 00:41:06,233 --> 00:41:07,400 Shan't you like that? 652 00:41:09,567 --> 00:41:12,067 I'm not quite sure what I should find there. 653 00:41:13,133 --> 00:41:16,267 I'm beginning to think that Melmotte doesn't know, 654 00:41:16,367 --> 00:41:18,500 or care, much about railways. 655 00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:25,633 But there are things, and people, 656 00:41:25,733 --> 00:41:27,967 I shall be very sorry to leave behind. 657 00:41:31,067 --> 00:41:35,767 Hetta, you must've thought me very remiss 658 00:41:35,867 --> 00:41:37,767 in not coming to see you before now. 659 00:41:39,467 --> 00:41:43,067 Believe me, I have thought of you every day 660 00:41:43,167 --> 00:41:44,333 since we last met, 661 00:41:46,433 --> 00:41:49,133 but I have found myself in difficulties. 662 00:41:49,233 --> 00:41:51,667 There is my friendship for Roger, for one thing, 663 00:41:52,867 --> 00:41:55,400 and other obligations. 664 00:41:56,267 --> 00:41:57,900 I don't think your friendship for Roger 665 00:41:58,067 --> 00:42:00,767 should make you think you can't see me or talk to me. 666 00:42:00,867 --> 00:42:01,733 Why should it? 667 00:42:03,733 --> 00:42:06,500 I promised I wouldn't come between you and him. 668 00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:08,067 He made you promise that? 669 00:42:08,967 --> 00:42:11,067 He had no right to, 670 00:42:11,133 --> 00:42:16,167 I'm not engaged to Roger, though I care very much for him. 671 00:42:17,233 --> 00:42:20,067 Could you love him as much as a woman can love a man? 672 00:42:24,267 --> 00:42:25,967 Because if you can I shall leave England at once 673 00:42:26,067 --> 00:42:27,533 and never return to it. 674 00:42:31,867 --> 00:42:33,200 It is, Mamma. 675 00:42:41,933 --> 00:42:46,200 Mr. Montague, what a very unexpected pleasure. 676 00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:53,733 Yes, I'm going abroad soon so I thought I would 677 00:42:53,833 --> 00:42:55,467 come up and see you before I go. 678 00:42:56,433 --> 00:42:59,100 Roger, I had no idea you were in London. 679 00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:01,367 What brings you here? 680 00:43:01,467 --> 00:43:03,067 A little business, that's all. 681 00:43:03,900 --> 00:43:05,600 Did you have a pleasant evening, Mother? 682 00:43:05,700 --> 00:43:07,133 Very pleasant. 683 00:43:07,233 --> 00:43:08,167 Did you? 684 00:43:08,267 --> 00:43:11,367 No, not at all, until Mr. Montague saved me 685 00:43:11,467 --> 00:43:13,967 from Felix's cigar and brandy bills. 686 00:43:15,667 --> 00:43:19,100 Oh, I hate to be ill-mannered. 687 00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:19,933 Yes, of course. 688 00:43:20,067 --> 00:43:22,067 I, I didn't mean to stay so long. 689 00:43:22,133 --> 00:43:23,500 I'll walk you back to your club. 690 00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:25,067 Goodbye, Mr. Montague. 691 00:43:25,133 --> 00:43:27,567 And if we don't see you again before you leave, 692 00:43:28,467 --> 00:43:29,433 bon voyage. 693 00:43:30,500 --> 00:43:31,400 Thank you. 694 00:43:34,900 --> 00:43:36,267 Goodbye. 695 00:43:36,367 --> 00:43:38,533 Good bye. I shall think of you. 696 00:43:43,633 --> 00:43:45,833 I didn't know you were in the habit of calling on Hetta 697 00:43:45,933 --> 00:43:47,267 and speaking to her alone. 698 00:43:50,767 --> 00:43:51,900 This is the first time I've seen her 699 00:43:52,067 --> 00:43:53,333 since I spoke to you last. 700 00:43:58,733 --> 00:44:00,500 I won't try deceiving you, Roger. 701 00:44:02,700 --> 00:44:04,533 I love her. 702 00:44:13,067 --> 00:44:14,467 What brought him here? 703 00:44:14,567 --> 00:44:15,867 He brought himself. 704 00:44:16,667 --> 00:44:18,900 It wasn't arranged, if that's what you mean. 705 00:44:19,767 --> 00:44:21,267 How long was he here? 706 00:44:21,367 --> 00:44:23,700 Only a couple of minutes before you came in. 707 00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:25,533 There is something between you and that young man, 708 00:44:25,633 --> 00:44:26,533 what is it? 709 00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:31,067 You haven't engaged yourself to him, have you? 710 00:44:31,133 --> 00:44:32,800 - No, I have not. - What then? 711 00:44:35,267 --> 00:44:39,167 I love him, Mother, and I am sure he loves me. 712 00:44:39,267 --> 00:44:41,867 And this on three or four short meetings. 713 00:44:41,967 --> 00:44:42,800 What do you know of that young man? 714 00:44:42,900 --> 00:44:43,767 Nothing. 715 00:44:44,833 --> 00:44:46,900 And what about your poor cousin, Roger? 716 00:44:47,067 --> 00:44:51,467 I'm sorry, but you can't help who you love, can you. 717 00:44:52,900 --> 00:44:54,400 You seem to think you've behaved honourably, 718 00:44:54,500 --> 00:44:56,667 but you promised not to come between Hetta and myself 719 00:44:56,767 --> 00:44:57,800 and you have done. 720 00:44:58,900 --> 00:45:01,100 Have mercy, Paul, for Gods sake, 721 00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:02,867 leave well alone. 722 00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:06,133 Hetta is the only one for me. 723 00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:09,267 For the sake of our friendship, Paul. 724 00:45:10,100 --> 00:45:12,133 Don't, don't take Hetta from me. 725 00:45:12,233 --> 00:45:13,900 I wouldn't do that, Roger, even if I could, 726 00:45:14,067 --> 00:45:16,367 but if she should choose of her own free will- 727 00:45:16,467 --> 00:45:19,067 After all we've been to each other, 728 00:45:19,133 --> 00:45:21,567 you would take her from me, would you? 729 00:45:23,267 --> 00:45:25,700 For God's sake man, she's not a piece of property 730 00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:28,567 for one man to take, or another to keep, 731 00:45:28,667 --> 00:45:31,967 she has a will of her own, and a heart of her own, 732 00:45:33,533 --> 00:45:35,733 and in the end she will decide, 733 00:45:35,833 --> 00:45:37,633 but she may not chose either of us. 734 00:46:02,900 --> 00:46:04,367 Hello John, come in. 735 00:46:06,067 --> 00:46:08,533 Don't mean to disturb you, Squire. 736 00:46:08,633 --> 00:46:10,067 Were you just off to London again? 737 00:46:10,167 --> 00:46:13,300 No, I felt the need for change of air, 738 00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:14,867 and a bit of solitude. 739 00:46:14,967 --> 00:46:16,933 Oh, I was hoping it might be London, sir. 740 00:46:17,067 --> 00:46:18,200 Why is that? 741 00:46:18,300 --> 00:46:20,067 Well, sir, it's Ruby. 742 00:46:20,133 --> 00:46:21,600 She's run away. 743 00:46:21,700 --> 00:46:24,067 And I reckon it's the London that she's gone. 744 00:46:24,167 --> 00:46:25,467 Ruby's gone you say? 745 00:46:25,567 --> 00:46:26,800 Yes, sir. 746 00:46:26,900 --> 00:46:29,200 She quarrelled with her grandfather. 747 00:46:29,300 --> 00:46:31,500 He don't treat her very kindly, sir, 748 00:46:31,600 --> 00:46:33,800 that's as much his fault as hers, 749 00:46:33,900 --> 00:46:36,233 but he's sorry now, and he want her back. 750 00:46:36,333 --> 00:46:37,833 And so do I. 751 00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:40,833 I don't mean to hold you up, sir. 752 00:46:40,933 --> 00:46:42,500 Well I'll do what I can when I'm next there. 753 00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:44,567 But London's a big place, you know, John. 754 00:46:44,667 --> 00:46:47,167 Aye, sir, I do know that. 755 00:46:47,267 --> 00:46:49,233 But you'll do what you can, aye? 756 00:46:50,067 --> 00:46:51,800 She might precious to me. 757 00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:53,700 I'll do my best. 758 00:46:53,800 --> 00:46:55,467 - I promise. - Thank you, sir. 759 00:47:09,067 --> 00:47:11,100 You won't keep me out too late, will you Felix? 760 00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:13,500 Mrs. Pipkin's awful strict. 761 00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:15,667 Bother Mrs. Pipkin. 762 00:47:15,767 --> 00:47:18,400 She knows there's someone, but I haven't said who. 763 00:47:19,433 --> 00:47:21,100 I think she'd fall down in a faint 764 00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:23,533 if she knew I was walking out with a Baronet. 765 00:47:23,633 --> 00:47:24,767 Shh, not so loud, you know I pass very well 766 00:47:24,867 --> 00:47:27,067 as one of the local ruffians. 767 00:47:27,100 --> 00:47:29,100 Two glasses here, cocky. 768 00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:34,200 Coming up, me Lord. 769 00:47:37,967 --> 00:47:41,800 You know, when I've sold my shares on and profit 770 00:47:41,900 --> 00:47:43,800 I'm gonna set you up in a little place of your own, 771 00:47:43,900 --> 00:47:46,067 then we won't have to bother about Mrs. Pipkin. 772 00:47:46,133 --> 00:47:48,233 And then a place of our own, you mean. 773 00:47:48,333 --> 00:47:49,967 Mm, yes, of course. 774 00:47:51,333 --> 00:47:53,267 Oh Felix, I do love you. 775 00:47:59,700 --> 00:48:02,733 That's for you, and this is for me. 776 00:48:02,833 --> 00:48:05,600 Another one, standing by, please. 777 00:48:11,300 --> 00:48:15,800 My dear friend, Mr. Melmotte's daughter 778 00:48:15,900 --> 00:48:18,867 and my Felix wish to marry. 779 00:48:20,633 --> 00:48:23,300 Though Mr. Melmotte is reluctant to give his consent. 780 00:48:24,967 --> 00:48:26,933 Do you think it would be a good match? 781 00:48:28,700 --> 00:48:30,733 A very good one if they love each other. 782 00:48:34,500 --> 00:48:37,400 But if the young people were to take 783 00:48:37,500 --> 00:48:41,667 the affair into their own hands, so to speak. 784 00:48:41,767 --> 00:48:45,067 If Felix were to run away with her, you mean? 785 00:48:45,100 --> 00:48:46,733 - To elope. - Exactly. 786 00:48:48,067 --> 00:48:52,200 Would Mr. Melmotte forgive his daughter, 787 00:48:52,300 --> 00:48:54,233 and make them an allowance? 788 00:48:55,533 --> 00:48:57,133 Well, yes, I believe he would. 789 00:48:57,233 --> 00:49:00,633 I believe any father who loves his daughter would. 790 00:49:02,100 --> 00:49:07,067 Oh, Mr. Broune, you have set my mind at rest. 791 00:49:07,100 --> 00:49:10,500 I've been so worried about poor Felix. 792 00:49:15,800 --> 00:49:20,067 Lady Carbury, I think you know that I should like 793 00:49:20,100 --> 00:49:22,333 to set all your anxieties to rest. 794 00:49:26,467 --> 00:49:30,700 We are not as young as we used to be. 795 00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:33,400 Indeed we are not, Mr. Broune. 796 00:49:33,500 --> 00:49:37,067 But I like think that we are not too old 797 00:49:38,267 --> 00:49:39,133 to love. 798 00:49:42,467 --> 00:49:43,233 Hello Broune. 799 00:49:43,333 --> 00:49:45,633 At it again? 800 00:49:45,733 --> 00:49:49,633 Felix, what are you doing in that extraordinary costume? 801 00:49:49,733 --> 00:49:52,100 What this? All the rage. 802 00:49:52,200 --> 00:49:55,600 Felix, I've been asking Mr. Broune's advice. 803 00:49:55,700 --> 00:49:59,867 And he agrees, as I do, that it might be best 804 00:50:00,067 --> 00:50:02,767 to take the bull by the horns. 805 00:50:03,633 --> 00:50:04,967 Which bull is this, Mother? 806 00:50:05,067 --> 00:50:06,467 To run away with Miss. Melmotte, 807 00:50:06,567 --> 00:50:10,133 and obtain her father's consent after the marriage. 808 00:50:10,233 --> 00:50:12,100 Oh, I don't know about that, Mother. 809 00:50:12,200 --> 00:50:14,167 He cut up pretty rough when he warned me off, 810 00:50:14,267 --> 00:50:16,167 thought he was gonna bite my head off. 811 00:50:16,267 --> 00:50:17,433 Well, damn it, Broune, 812 00:50:17,533 --> 00:50:20,200 if you also behind me, perhaps I'll go after it after all, 813 00:50:20,300 --> 00:50:21,767 you know, and if Melmotte makes a fuss 814 00:50:21,867 --> 00:50:24,233 I'll, I'll refer him to you, shall I? 815 00:50:24,333 --> 00:50:25,267 No, no, no, no. 816 00:50:25,367 --> 00:50:27,833 My advice was couched in very general terms. 817 00:50:27,933 --> 00:50:30,967 And given to your mother in strict confidence. 818 00:50:44,333 --> 00:50:47,900 All our hopes depend on you now, darling. 819 00:50:49,867 --> 00:50:53,467 If you don't bring this off, we are ruined. 820 00:51:26,500 --> 00:51:28,733 Grosvenor Square, July 2nd. 821 00:51:28,833 --> 00:51:30,667 To Lady Julia Monogram. 822 00:51:30,767 --> 00:51:33,267 Dearest Julia, I wonder that you have not called 823 00:51:33,367 --> 00:51:36,067 to see me or invited me since I have been in London. 824 00:51:37,100 --> 00:51:40,567 There is to be a small soiree here on Tuesday next. 825 00:51:40,667 --> 00:51:43,067 I say small, but large enough so that you need not 826 00:51:43,167 --> 00:51:45,733 speak to the Melmottes' if you should not wish to. 827 00:51:52,633 --> 00:51:55,633 Dearest Julia, how I long to see you, 828 00:51:55,733 --> 00:51:57,300 and all my real friends. 829 00:51:58,300 --> 00:52:01,933 Yours as ever, Georgiana Longestaffe. 830 00:52:02,067 --> 00:52:03,300 Lady Julia Monogram. 831 00:52:05,867 --> 00:52:07,900 Julia, dear, you came. 832 00:52:09,300 --> 00:52:11,200 I can't stop. 833 00:52:11,300 --> 00:52:13,200 Sir Damask doesn't even know I'm here. 834 00:52:14,633 --> 00:52:16,767 Who are all these dreadful people? 835 00:52:16,867 --> 00:52:18,567 They aren't all dreadful. 836 00:52:18,667 --> 00:52:20,567 Look, there's Lord Nidderdale. 837 00:52:20,667 --> 00:52:22,433 I can't bear money grubbing. 838 00:52:23,300 --> 00:52:26,200 Georgiana, you have to understand, 839 00:52:26,300 --> 00:52:28,633 if you stick with these 840 00:52:32,600 --> 00:52:35,733 Melmottes we can't know you. 841 00:52:35,833 --> 00:52:37,267 Nobody can. 842 00:52:37,367 --> 00:52:39,600 You'd much better to go back to the country. 843 00:52:40,633 --> 00:52:42,067 Oh my God. 844 00:52:42,100 --> 00:52:45,167 Who's that dreadful looking man leering at us over there? 845 00:52:45,267 --> 00:52:47,200 He's not so bad as all that. 846 00:52:47,300 --> 00:52:48,267 His name is Mr. Brehgert, 847 00:52:48,367 --> 00:52:50,633 he's the head of a banking firm in the city. 848 00:52:50,733 --> 00:52:52,200 Darling, he looks like a Jew. 849 00:52:52,300 --> 00:52:53,433 Is that so very bad? 850 00:52:53,533 --> 00:52:55,433 The prime minister is a Jew. 851 00:52:55,533 --> 00:52:57,500 Yes, but one wouldn't have him in one's house. 852 00:52:57,600 --> 00:52:59,400 Oh, he's coming over. 853 00:53:00,333 --> 00:53:04,067 Georgiana, I do feel for you. 854 00:53:04,100 --> 00:53:06,200 But if you will let yourself down like this 855 00:53:06,300 --> 00:53:08,933 you can't expect not to be dropped. 856 00:53:09,067 --> 00:53:11,667 Perhaps we'll see each other in the country. 857 00:53:11,767 --> 00:53:12,633 Goodbye. 858 00:53:16,200 --> 00:53:18,067 Would you excuse me? 859 00:53:24,800 --> 00:53:27,100 Good evening Miss. Longestaffe. 860 00:53:27,200 --> 00:53:28,267 Mr. Brehgert. 861 00:53:28,367 --> 00:53:31,133 Might I ask who that lady was? 862 00:53:31,233 --> 00:53:33,367 Her name is Lady Julia Monogram. 863 00:53:33,467 --> 00:53:35,067 She was my oldest friend. 864 00:53:35,100 --> 00:53:37,533 - And she's upset you. - Not at all. 865 00:53:37,633 --> 00:53:41,067 No, I think she has, and that distresses me. 866 00:53:42,200 --> 00:53:44,367 Would it help you at all to speak of it? 867 00:53:46,100 --> 00:53:47,233 You are very kind. 868 00:53:47,333 --> 00:53:48,400 But, thank you, no. 869 00:53:49,533 --> 00:53:50,567 Would you excuse me? 870 00:54:13,933 --> 00:54:14,800 Quickly. 871 00:54:15,967 --> 00:54:17,933 Use the stairs, come, I'll show you. 872 00:54:31,800 --> 00:54:34,467 I say, over here. 873 00:54:35,467 --> 00:54:36,567 Oh, Felix, my love. 874 00:54:48,933 --> 00:54:51,067 You took a deuce long time about it. 875 00:54:51,133 --> 00:54:52,533 I had to go to Papa's horrible party 876 00:54:52,633 --> 00:54:54,200 and talk to Lord Nidderdale. 877 00:54:54,300 --> 00:54:55,067 Ah, poor you. 878 00:54:55,100 --> 00:54:56,200 Good job I had this. 879 00:54:56,300 --> 00:54:57,167 Give it to me! 880 00:55:00,433 --> 00:55:02,167 What is your plan? 881 00:55:02,267 --> 00:55:03,900 Sorry, I don't follow, what plan? 882 00:55:04,067 --> 00:55:05,333 To run away, of course. 883 00:55:05,433 --> 00:55:06,767 Oh, oh, Lord, well- 884 00:55:06,867 --> 00:55:07,900 We think it will be best to sail 885 00:55:08,067 --> 00:55:09,800 to New York from Liverpool. 886 00:55:09,900 --> 00:55:10,800 Who's we? 887 00:55:10,900 --> 00:55:12,100 Didon and I. 888 00:55:12,200 --> 00:55:13,700 Didon has thought of everything. 889 00:55:13,800 --> 00:55:14,833 She will come with me. 890 00:55:14,933 --> 00:55:16,067 She will be my cousin. 891 00:55:16,100 --> 00:55:18,200 I would go as a French girl, you can be an American, 892 00:55:18,300 --> 00:55:19,433 should you like that. 893 00:55:19,533 --> 00:55:21,633 We will call you Mr. Smith- 894 00:55:21,733 --> 00:55:23,667 I say, that's clever. That's clever. 895 00:55:23,767 --> 00:55:25,667 We must not travel together. 896 00:55:25,767 --> 00:55:27,300 We'll board separately, 897 00:55:27,400 --> 00:55:30,333 and the captain can marry us on board, 898 00:55:30,433 --> 00:55:32,400 they can do that, you know, Didon says, 899 00:55:32,500 --> 00:55:34,333 and then we would be together. 900 00:55:34,433 --> 00:55:35,867 Never apart again. 901 00:55:39,433 --> 00:55:40,967 Look here, Marie, 902 00:55:41,067 --> 00:55:42,933 a thing like this is going to need some ready cash. 903 00:55:43,067 --> 00:55:44,967 Now, should I get your Papa to cash in my shares? 904 00:55:45,067 --> 00:55:47,467 The thing is, he might smell a rat. 905 00:55:47,567 --> 00:55:48,733 Oh, money is nothing. 906 00:55:50,833 --> 00:55:53,600 Papa keeps a great pile of checks in his book room, 907 00:55:53,700 --> 00:55:56,067 made out to cash, a hundred pounds each, 908 00:55:56,133 --> 00:55:57,967 I can take one of those. 909 00:55:58,067 --> 00:56:00,067 I say, that's useful. 910 00:56:00,167 --> 00:56:01,067 That's useful. 911 00:56:01,167 --> 00:56:03,100 Might as well take two while you're there. 912 00:56:03,200 --> 00:56:04,633 So it is settled. 913 00:56:04,733 --> 00:56:06,867 We will go on Wednesday week. 914 00:56:06,967 --> 00:56:09,500 Really? As soon as that, I hadn't actually thought- 915 00:56:09,600 --> 00:56:10,967 But yes, we must. 916 00:56:11,067 --> 00:56:13,567 Papa is saying I must marry Nidderdale in two weeks. 917 00:56:13,667 --> 00:56:14,433 But look here, Marie, 918 00:56:14,533 --> 00:56:15,600 what if you're wrong about the money, 919 00:56:15,700 --> 00:56:16,800 your own money, that is, 920 00:56:16,900 --> 00:56:17,633 and your governor doesn't come round, 921 00:56:17,733 --> 00:56:18,633 where should we be then? 922 00:56:18,733 --> 00:56:21,800 Nothing ventured, nothing have. 923 00:56:21,900 --> 00:56:24,133 Yes, but we might venture everything 924 00:56:24,233 --> 00:56:27,067 and end up with nothing, you know. 925 00:56:27,167 --> 00:56:28,300 You'd have me. 926 00:56:30,967 --> 00:56:32,267 Psst. Come quick. 927 00:56:32,367 --> 00:56:33,600 Sir Felix, you must go now. 928 00:56:33,700 --> 00:56:35,567 Good night, my love. 929 00:56:37,067 --> 00:56:38,467 Marie! 930 00:56:50,700 --> 00:56:53,300 Got Brehgert coming to see me this morning, 931 00:56:53,400 --> 00:56:56,200 Miss. Longestaffe, his firm is brokering a loan for us, 932 00:56:57,200 --> 00:56:58,733 asked if you would be at home. 933 00:57:01,600 --> 00:57:04,867 He's taken a fancy to you, has Brehgert. 934 00:57:04,967 --> 00:57:07,833 I should snaffle him up if I were you. 935 00:57:07,933 --> 00:57:10,133 He's well stuffed, is Brehgert. 936 00:57:10,233 --> 00:57:11,533 He'd see you all right. 937 00:57:11,633 --> 00:57:15,067 Mr Melmotte, I wish you'd avoid such coarse expressions. 938 00:57:16,633 --> 00:57:20,200 Oh, I do beg your pardon. 939 00:57:25,400 --> 00:57:27,900 What should I tell him, Miss. Longestaffe? 940 00:57:28,067 --> 00:57:29,667 Shall I set him home? 941 00:57:30,467 --> 00:57:33,367 You may tell Mr. Brehgert that I am at home, 942 00:57:34,367 --> 00:57:35,400 and at leisure. 943 00:58:25,300 --> 00:58:26,433 What? What? 944 00:58:28,400 --> 00:58:30,067 I want to go there. 945 00:59:23,933 --> 00:59:27,967 Oh, Papa, can you show me where Mexican is, 946 00:59:28,067 --> 00:59:29,667 and where the railroad will go? 947 00:59:34,167 --> 00:59:35,933 Go on, get out of here. 948 00:59:36,067 --> 00:59:38,067 I don't want girls and young women in here. 949 00:59:38,133 --> 00:59:40,067 Go on! I got work to do. 950 00:59:40,133 --> 00:59:41,400 Work to do! 951 00:59:41,500 --> 00:59:43,067 All right, Papa. 952 00:59:55,267 --> 01:00:00,000 Voilà! 953 01:00:01,633 --> 01:00:04,700 Ruby, will you tell Miss. Pipkin we'll be home late. 954 01:00:04,800 --> 01:00:07,833 Night ma'am, night Mr. Montague. 955 01:00:13,033 --> 01:00:16,533 Winifred, I shall be away for some time, 956 01:00:16,633 --> 01:00:17,333 but before I go- 957 01:00:17,433 --> 01:00:19,000 No, don't say it. 958 01:00:19,100 --> 01:00:21,700 Not tonight, not here with all these people around. 959 01:00:23,300 --> 01:00:26,133 I sometimes think I should go mad in this filthy city. 960 01:00:26,233 --> 01:00:28,067 Everything pressing in on one. 961 01:00:29,067 --> 01:00:32,367 I long to see the sky, the sea, 962 01:00:33,933 --> 01:00:35,467 take me with you, Paul. 963 01:00:35,567 --> 01:00:37,033 You know I can't. 964 01:00:37,133 --> 01:00:38,733 It's no place for a woman. 965 01:00:38,833 --> 01:00:40,833 You forget I'm no ordinary woman. 966 01:00:41,833 --> 01:00:46,233 Oh yes, Mrs. Hurtle, who once shot a man in Oregon. 967 01:00:47,800 --> 01:00:50,033 That's how you were first pointed out to me. 968 01:00:52,867 --> 01:00:53,933 I don't regret it. 969 01:00:55,433 --> 01:00:56,933 I'd do it again if I had to. 970 01:00:59,333 --> 01:01:02,067 If we have to say goodbye to each other, 971 01:01:02,167 --> 01:01:06,300 can't it be in some clear, cold place? 972 01:01:06,400 --> 01:01:08,567 With the sound of the sea in our ears. 973 01:01:09,900 --> 01:01:13,100 We've been on such journeys, you and I, 974 01:01:14,633 --> 01:01:17,067 one last little trip to the sea, the real sea. 975 01:01:20,067 --> 01:01:22,267 And then will you release me from my promise? 976 01:01:26,500 --> 01:01:27,467 Perhaps I shall. 977 01:01:30,733 --> 01:01:32,867 Where shall we go? 978 01:01:32,967 --> 01:01:34,267 How far away is Penzance? 979 01:01:35,833 --> 01:01:37,100 Cromer is much nearer, 980 01:01:38,533 --> 01:01:40,067 or Lowestoft, 981 01:01:40,133 --> 01:01:43,067 Roger Carbury used to take me there as a boy. 982 01:01:43,100 --> 01:01:45,067 That's a clear, cold place if you like. 983 01:01:46,633 --> 01:01:48,600 Then Lowestoft it shall be. 984 01:01:50,933 --> 01:01:52,367 I should like to see the place 985 01:01:52,467 --> 01:01:54,167 where you were happy as a boy. 986 01:01:56,333 --> 01:02:00,067 I won't ask you to stay, just to take me. 987 01:02:00,133 --> 01:02:01,333 I can return by myself. 988 01:02:04,667 --> 01:02:07,433 You couldn't refuse me that, could you. 989 01:02:15,400 --> 01:02:17,300 Montague, you say? 990 01:02:17,400 --> 01:02:18,900 Mr. Paul Montague? 991 01:02:19,067 --> 01:02:20,767 Yes, I knew him at once. 992 01:02:20,867 --> 01:02:23,267 I'd seen him at the square ever so many times, 993 01:02:23,367 --> 01:02:25,467 I don't think he knew me, this ways, I hope not. 994 01:02:25,567 --> 01:02:28,067 What the Devil was he doing in Islington? 995 01:02:28,100 --> 01:02:29,133 Same as you. 996 01:02:29,233 --> 01:02:32,100 Comes to see his own friend, Mrs. Hurtle, 997 01:02:32,200 --> 01:02:33,200 the American lady. 998 01:02:33,300 --> 01:02:35,067 Oh, you should see her, Felix, she's a stunner, 999 01:02:35,100 --> 01:02:36,800 great big flashing eyes, and lots of money. 1000 01:02:36,900 --> 01:02:39,133 They're gonna be married, you know? 1001 01:02:39,233 --> 01:02:40,233 Are they? 1002 01:02:40,333 --> 01:02:42,067 Otherwise Mrs. Pipkin wouldn't let him upstairs. 1003 01:02:42,167 --> 01:02:45,433 Upstairs? He goes upstairs, does he? 1004 01:02:45,533 --> 01:02:47,767 Well I'm, damned, Paul Montague. 1005 01:02:48,800 --> 01:02:50,700 The thing is, what if he did know me, 1006 01:02:50,800 --> 01:02:53,100 and tells the Squire, and the Squire comes after me, 1007 01:02:53,200 --> 01:02:54,633 what am I to tell him? 1008 01:02:54,733 --> 01:02:55,600 Tell him to mind his own business. 1009 01:02:55,700 --> 01:02:57,533 Waiter, brandy and water, quick about it. 1010 01:02:57,633 --> 01:03:00,233 I don't think that'll quite do, Felix. 1011 01:03:00,333 --> 01:03:01,633 And what am I to say to Aunt as well, 1012 01:03:01,733 --> 01:03:04,133 I've said nothing all along, just to oblige you. 1013 01:03:04,233 --> 01:03:07,600 But I think you should have something to say to me. 1014 01:03:07,700 --> 01:03:08,800 Oh, I mean it. 1015 01:03:08,900 --> 01:03:12,500 Oh look, if you bother me, I shall cut it, you know. 1016 01:03:12,600 --> 01:03:14,667 - Cut it? - Yes. Cut it. 1017 01:03:14,767 --> 01:03:16,733 Why can't you wait until I'm ready to say something? 1018 01:03:16,833 --> 01:03:19,400 I can't wait much longer. 1019 01:03:19,500 --> 01:03:22,200 Where am I to go if Mrs. Pipkin turns me out? 1020 01:03:22,300 --> 01:03:23,467 Look, Ruby, I've told you, 1021 01:03:23,567 --> 01:03:24,900 I'll find a little place for you. 1022 01:03:25,067 --> 01:03:26,233 Now I've got to go on a trip to New York, 1023 01:03:26,333 --> 01:03:27,733 I'll be back in a month then we'll 1024 01:03:27,833 --> 01:03:29,667 see what's to be done, you know. 1025 01:03:29,767 --> 01:03:32,067 I wanna know whether you'll marry me or not. 1026 01:03:32,167 --> 01:03:35,967 Marry you? 1027 01:03:36,067 --> 01:03:37,200 No, I think not. 1028 01:03:37,300 --> 01:03:39,233 I know a train worth two of that. 1029 01:03:40,100 --> 01:03:44,200 Well you shan't see me ever again then. 1030 01:03:44,300 --> 01:03:46,333 Ruby, I meant not yet. 1031 01:03:46,433 --> 01:03:48,733 Ruby, oh damn. Blast it all. 1032 01:04:20,800 --> 01:04:23,533 Yes. This seems in order. 1033 01:04:23,633 --> 01:04:24,400 Mademoiselle- 1034 01:04:24,500 --> 01:04:26,200 Mademoiselle Racine. 1035 01:04:26,300 --> 01:04:28,467 This is my cousin, Madame de Duras. 1036 01:04:30,400 --> 01:04:34,133 Forgive me, Mademoiselle, do you have any identification? 1037 01:04:34,233 --> 01:04:35,467 Why should I need it? 1038 01:04:35,567 --> 01:04:37,300 The check is made out to bearer. 1039 01:04:42,067 --> 01:04:46,333 Yes of course, perhaps I should ask Mr. Melmotte 1040 01:04:46,433 --> 01:04:49,167 to confirm the check by telegraph. 1041 01:04:49,267 --> 01:04:51,533 It is rather a large sum. 1042 01:04:51,633 --> 01:04:53,400 Not to Mr. Melmotte. 1043 01:04:53,500 --> 01:04:54,667 And I think he would be very angry 1044 01:04:54,767 --> 01:04:56,767 to be bothered about so small a matter. 1045 01:05:05,700 --> 01:05:06,600 Of course. 1046 01:05:08,600 --> 01:05:12,600 Would Mademoiselle like the money in bank notes? 1047 01:05:12,700 --> 01:05:13,767 Notes of 10 pounds. 1048 01:05:15,433 --> 01:05:18,767 £250 in 10 notes. 1049 01:05:36,833 --> 01:05:38,367 Merci, Monsieur. 1050 01:05:53,833 --> 01:05:55,067 There you are. 1051 01:05:56,267 --> 01:05:58,367 Now, it is all arranged. 1052 01:05:58,467 --> 01:05:59,633 Didon has got our tickets. 1053 01:05:59,733 --> 01:06:01,500 We will leave on Wednesday for Liverpool. 1054 01:06:01,600 --> 01:06:04,067 You can catch a train at seven o'clock. 1055 01:06:05,067 --> 01:06:06,067 Right, seven o'clock. 1056 01:06:06,133 --> 01:06:06,867 Why aren't I coming with you? 1057 01:06:06,967 --> 01:06:09,067 It would be the act of a fool 1058 01:06:09,133 --> 01:06:10,700 to let ourselves be seen together before the boat sails. 1059 01:06:10,800 --> 01:06:13,267 Ah, right. That's just what I thought myself. 1060 01:06:13,367 --> 01:06:15,100 I have brought all my wedding clothes, Felix. 1061 01:06:15,200 --> 01:06:16,067 Oh have you? Jolly good. 1062 01:06:16,100 --> 01:06:17,733 They'll go ahead in my box, 1063 01:06:17,833 --> 01:06:19,933 but I shall keep all my jewels with me. 1064 01:06:20,067 --> 01:06:22,733 Now here's the money for your ticket. 1065 01:06:22,833 --> 01:06:24,833 And when we get to New York we can telegraph 1066 01:06:24,933 --> 01:06:27,667 and write to Papa, and of course he'll make the best of it. 1067 01:06:27,767 --> 01:06:28,533 Do you think he will? 1068 01:06:28,633 --> 01:06:29,533 He's a pretty savage old bird. 1069 01:06:29,633 --> 01:06:31,233 Yes, he will. He will have to. 1070 01:06:32,733 --> 01:06:33,900 Now, remember, the Liverpool train, 1071 01:06:34,067 --> 01:06:35,900 seven o'clock, on Wednesday. 1072 01:06:36,067 --> 01:06:38,067 Liverpool train, seven o'clock, Wednesday. 1073 01:06:42,133 --> 01:06:43,067 Don't be late. 1074 01:06:48,600 --> 01:06:50,867 Oh, Felix, you're going through with it. 1075 01:06:50,967 --> 01:06:52,800 Seeing as he was so set on it, Ma. 1076 01:06:53,700 --> 01:06:57,333 It's not fair to lay all the responsibility on me. 1077 01:06:57,433 --> 01:06:59,367 You and that fellow, Broune. 1078 01:06:59,467 --> 01:07:02,067 Don't worry about that, Felix Carbury is man enough 1079 01:07:02,100 --> 01:07:05,067 to take the consequences when it's an affair of honour. 1080 01:07:05,100 --> 01:07:08,067 I suppose the worst Melmotte can do is shoot me 1081 01:07:08,100 --> 01:07:08,800 through the heart. 1082 01:07:08,900 --> 01:07:11,367 Oh darling boy, don't say that. 1083 01:07:13,067 --> 01:07:15,900 Now what can you do for me about money, mother. 1084 01:07:16,067 --> 01:07:17,333 But I have none. 1085 01:07:17,433 --> 01:07:18,933 There's isn't £20 at the bank altogether. 1086 01:07:19,067 --> 01:07:22,800 Well, well they'd let you overdraw for 50 or 60. 1087 01:07:22,900 --> 01:07:24,433 Not any more, Felix. 1088 01:07:24,533 --> 01:07:26,567 I've done that once too often for you. 1089 01:07:26,667 --> 01:07:28,233 Well. Well. 1090 01:07:28,333 --> 01:07:30,600 That is a, that is a blue lookout, I must say, 1091 01:07:30,700 --> 01:07:32,833 when a fellow's own mother wouldn't help him out. 1092 01:07:32,933 --> 01:07:35,533 Nevermind, nevermind, I must try elsewhere. 1093 01:07:37,867 --> 01:07:39,733 I can let you have a check for 30. 1094 01:07:43,167 --> 01:07:45,200 I suppose that'll have to do. 1095 01:07:45,300 --> 01:07:46,667 Could you have my luggage sent over 1096 01:07:46,767 --> 01:07:48,200 to the Beargarden tomorrow? 1097 01:07:48,300 --> 01:07:50,833 I've got one or two affairs I want to settle there. 1098 01:07:50,933 --> 01:07:51,967 When do you leave? 1099 01:07:52,867 --> 01:07:53,800 In the evening. 1100 01:07:55,467 --> 01:07:57,067 Take care my darling. 1101 01:07:57,100 --> 01:08:00,867 All my heart and hopes go with you. 1102 01:08:07,067 --> 01:08:08,900 That's it, just over there will do. 1103 01:08:11,167 --> 01:08:12,800 They won't be in your way for long, Herr Vossner, 1104 01:08:12,900 --> 01:08:13,700 I shall be off this evening. 1105 01:08:13,800 --> 01:08:15,700 No trouble at all, Sir Felix. 1106 01:08:15,800 --> 01:08:17,567 Hello Felix, what's all this? 1107 01:08:17,667 --> 01:08:19,367 - Taking a trip? - That's it. 1108 01:08:20,233 --> 01:08:24,067 Matter of fact, not a word to anyone, 1109 01:08:25,233 --> 01:08:28,933 I'm running off with Marie Melmotte. 1110 01:08:29,067 --> 01:08:30,667 The deuce you are. 1111 01:08:31,800 --> 01:08:33,567 That's one in the eye for Nidderdale. 1112 01:08:33,667 --> 01:08:34,900 Keep it under your hat. 1113 01:08:35,067 --> 01:08:37,267 It's still a few hours before I leave. 1114 01:08:37,367 --> 01:08:38,467 Oh, are you coming to the card room? 1115 01:08:38,567 --> 01:08:40,167 Have a few hands before you go. 1116 01:08:40,267 --> 01:08:43,200 I don't really care to play for money, not today. 1117 01:08:43,300 --> 01:08:44,067 I've only just got enough for 1118 01:08:44,167 --> 01:08:46,167 my passage and expenses, you see? 1119 01:08:49,733 --> 01:08:50,933 Oh, come on. 1120 01:08:51,067 --> 01:08:53,200 Couple of hands won't hurt you, will they. 1121 01:08:54,300 --> 01:08:58,367 Well, all right then, but just for half an hour mind. 1122 01:08:58,467 --> 01:09:00,100 - Good man. - All right. 1123 01:09:07,767 --> 01:09:12,200 Perfect. I can breath here. 1124 01:09:12,300 --> 01:09:14,367 Here I feel really alive again. 1125 01:09:15,533 --> 01:09:17,433 Well thank you for bringing me, Paul. 1126 01:09:20,233 --> 01:09:21,100 I'm glad I did. 1127 01:09:21,200 --> 01:09:22,333 Are you, truly? 1128 01:09:22,433 --> 01:09:23,600 No, don't answer that. 1129 01:09:25,067 --> 01:09:29,133 Look at that funny man, striding along with his head down. 1130 01:09:29,233 --> 01:09:31,200 I don't believe he sees anything. 1131 01:09:31,300 --> 01:09:33,633 Might as well be walking along a city street. 1132 01:09:37,200 --> 01:09:38,700 - Oh God. - What? 1133 01:09:40,267 --> 01:09:41,700 For God's sake, what is it? 1134 01:09:41,800 --> 01:09:43,300 It's Roger Carbury. 1135 01:09:51,800 --> 01:09:52,700 Roger. 1136 01:09:56,300 --> 01:09:59,067 That lady, I take it, is Mrs. Hurtle. 1137 01:09:59,167 --> 01:10:01,433 Yes, yes, let me introduce you. 1138 01:10:01,533 --> 01:10:02,733 No. 1139 01:10:02,833 --> 01:10:05,633 I never thought you were without fault, Paul, 1140 01:10:05,733 --> 01:10:08,433 but I am surprised to discover that you're a liar, 1141 01:10:08,533 --> 01:10:09,700 and a scoundrel. 1142 01:10:09,800 --> 01:10:10,667 Good day. 1143 01:10:23,200 --> 01:10:24,000 Roger. 1144 01:10:26,433 --> 01:10:27,300 Please, Roger. 1145 01:10:28,133 --> 01:10:29,533 This is not what you think it is. 1146 01:10:29,633 --> 01:10:30,700 Well what is it then? 1147 01:10:30,800 --> 01:10:32,167 You tell me it's all over between you and that woman, 1148 01:10:32,267 --> 01:10:34,433 and a week later I find you here together. 1149 01:10:34,533 --> 01:10:35,400 It is all over. 1150 01:10:35,500 --> 01:10:38,300 I wrote to her asking her to release me. 1151 01:10:38,400 --> 01:10:39,733 She came to England. 1152 01:10:39,833 --> 01:10:41,500 She sent for me. 1153 01:10:41,600 --> 01:10:44,100 She begged me not to desert her in her loneliness. 1154 01:10:44,200 --> 01:10:45,000 What was I to do? 1155 01:10:45,100 --> 01:10:46,767 So you intend to marry her after all? 1156 01:10:46,867 --> 01:10:47,933 No, don't you understand? 1157 01:10:48,033 --> 01:10:50,867 I am trying to separate myself from her, honourably. 1158 01:10:50,967 --> 01:10:53,133 You go about it in a very strange way. 1159 01:10:53,233 --> 01:10:56,100 Bringing her to a seaside hotel as if she were a... 1160 01:10:58,700 --> 01:11:00,733 Has she no regard for her character? 1161 01:11:01,800 --> 01:11:02,700 Have you? 1162 01:11:03,533 --> 01:11:05,733 Or perhaps theses things don't matter anymore. 1163 01:11:05,833 --> 01:11:08,733 What do I know about the way people live now? 1164 01:11:09,967 --> 01:11:12,133 Roger, I can't simply abandon her 1165 01:11:12,233 --> 01:11:13,533 until she accepts that it is over between us. 1166 01:11:13,633 --> 01:11:15,733 And meanwhile you offer yourself as a lover 1167 01:11:15,833 --> 01:11:18,733 to a pure, innocent girl, like Hetta Carbury. 1168 01:11:18,833 --> 01:11:20,900 Have you told Hetta about this woman, 1169 01:11:21,067 --> 01:11:22,433 and your relations with her? 1170 01:11:24,467 --> 01:11:26,433 - No. - No I thought not. 1171 01:11:26,533 --> 01:11:29,167 Do you think she'll be happy to be dragged into this, 1172 01:11:30,267 --> 01:11:33,400 this mess that you have made for yourself? 1173 01:11:33,500 --> 01:11:35,067 You think so little of me? 1174 01:11:36,733 --> 01:11:39,933 Are you so proud of her own dealings with Hetta? 1175 01:11:41,467 --> 01:11:42,667 What do you mean by that? 1176 01:11:42,767 --> 01:11:47,633 You think of her, and speak of her, as a child, Roger. 1177 01:11:48,433 --> 01:11:51,100 All your intercourse with her has been as a grown man 1178 01:11:51,200 --> 01:11:55,667 with a child, and now you offer yourself to her as a lover. 1179 01:11:56,600 --> 01:11:58,867 How could you regard your advances to her 1180 01:11:58,967 --> 01:12:02,367 with anything but embarrassment and disgust? 1181 01:12:04,900 --> 01:12:05,900 That's what I mean. 1182 01:12:08,967 --> 01:12:12,333 I don't see how our friendship could survive this, Paul.