1 00:00:06,667 --> 00:00:07,900 As returning officer for 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,167 the constituency of Westminster, 3 00:00:10,267 --> 00:00:13,867 I declare that the votes were cast as follows: 4 00:00:13,967 --> 00:00:18,167 Ferdinand Alf, 10,167 votes. 5 00:00:19,833 --> 00:00:24,567 Augustus John Melmotte, 10,443. 6 00:00:25,633 --> 00:00:28,267 I hereby declare that Augustus John Melmotte 7 00:00:28,367 --> 00:00:30,167 is elected Member of Parliament for 8 00:00:30,267 --> 00:00:31,900 the constituency of Westminster. 9 00:01:26,533 --> 00:01:27,500 The house will, I'm sure, agree with me, 10 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:32,067 that the entire English glove-making industry 11 00:01:32,167 --> 00:01:34,167 is in danger of extinction, 12 00:01:34,267 --> 00:01:37,800 if these cheap imports continue 13 00:01:37,900 --> 00:01:40,800 from countries whose citizens have never even 14 00:01:40,900 --> 00:01:42,800 heard of income tax. 15 00:01:44,367 --> 00:01:48,500 And that it is our patriotic duty as Englishmen 16 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:51,100 to demand a levy on these imports. 17 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,067 Exceptional circumstances- 18 00:01:54,167 --> 00:01:56,733 No, no, no. That's all wrong. 19 00:01:56,833 --> 00:02:00,067 Mr Brown here is a city man, and he ought to know 20 00:02:00,133 --> 00:02:02,233 that protectionism don't work. 21 00:02:02,333 --> 00:02:03,900 It never has and it never will. 22 00:02:04,067 --> 00:02:06,267 You cannot stop trade that way- 23 00:02:07,867 --> 00:02:09,733 Off, off, off. 24 00:02:16,233 --> 00:02:17,500 Order. Order. 25 00:02:18,333 --> 00:02:20,200 Off, off, off. 26 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:25,300 Order. Order. 27 00:02:28,233 --> 00:02:30,967 The honourable member is not yet aware 28 00:02:31,067 --> 00:02:33,600 that he should not call a member by his name, 29 00:02:33,700 --> 00:02:37,667 but allude to the honourable member for Whitechapel. 30 00:02:39,067 --> 00:02:40,667 Order. 31 00:02:40,767 --> 00:02:44,700 And when a member is speaking, he should remove his hat. 32 00:02:46,067 --> 00:02:47,833 Order, order. 33 00:02:47,933 --> 00:02:49,833 Proceed, Mr Melmotte. 34 00:02:49,933 --> 00:02:50,800 Proceed. 35 00:02:54,067 --> 00:02:54,833 Enough. 36 00:03:01,933 --> 00:03:04,167 Well, I've had my say. 37 00:03:07,167 --> 00:03:09,367 He's all wrong and he ought to know better. 38 00:03:11,667 --> 00:03:12,500 That's all. 39 00:03:15,167 --> 00:03:17,867 I call on the honourable member for Grimsby. 40 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:22,633 Damn stupid place. 41 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:25,100 I don't know why I went to the trouble to 42 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:26,567 get myself elected. 43 00:03:26,667 --> 00:03:27,967 Order. 44 00:03:33,067 --> 00:03:34,533 Ah, Mr Montague. 45 00:03:34,633 --> 00:03:36,267 Always a pleasure to see you in the city. 46 00:03:36,367 --> 00:03:37,800 Rather busy today, as you can see. 47 00:03:37,900 --> 00:03:39,367 If you would just care to wait for a moment- 48 00:03:39,467 --> 00:03:40,433 No, I wouldn't. I'll go in now. 49 00:03:40,533 --> 00:03:43,933 Ah, you'll go in now. Very good. 50 00:03:44,067 --> 00:03:45,767 Mr Montague. 51 00:03:45,867 --> 00:03:47,400 Back from Mexico. 52 00:03:50,733 --> 00:03:52,700 I gather the work went very well. 53 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:54,467 It's a shame it had to be curtailed. 54 00:03:54,567 --> 00:03:56,433 It had to be curtailed because the funds you promised 55 00:03:56,533 --> 00:03:57,467 never materialised. 56 00:03:57,567 --> 00:03:58,933 That's only temporary. 57 00:03:59,067 --> 00:04:01,467 This sort of thing is quite usual in large undertakings. 58 00:04:01,567 --> 00:04:03,600 We've got many outgoings, liquidity desirable 59 00:04:03,700 --> 00:04:05,067 for many eventualities. 60 00:04:05,133 --> 00:04:07,567 Don't worry, Mr Montague. 61 00:04:08,433 --> 00:04:10,567 You'll get your railway by and by. 62 00:04:10,667 --> 00:04:12,767 No, I won't be put off like that again. 63 00:04:12,867 --> 00:04:15,333 I believe you have been milking the company 64 00:04:15,433 --> 00:04:17,700 to fund a whole number of other schemes you've floated. 65 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:19,667 I also believe you've used the company's money 66 00:04:19,767 --> 00:04:22,200 to buy property for your own personal use, 67 00:04:22,300 --> 00:04:24,533 and to fund your election expenses. 68 00:04:24,633 --> 00:04:25,533 Oh, you do? 69 00:04:26,367 --> 00:04:27,633 Do you? 70 00:04:27,733 --> 00:04:29,400 I'm going to have to make public everything I know. 71 00:04:29,500 --> 00:04:32,100 You don't want to do that, you know. 72 00:04:33,433 --> 00:04:35,067 You're a good sort of fellow, 73 00:04:36,067 --> 00:04:39,700 even though you've been a bit of a thorn in my side. 74 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,733 But we have got a lot in common, you and me. 75 00:04:42,833 --> 00:04:45,400 We can see things the other fellow can't. 76 00:04:45,500 --> 00:04:47,600 We both know it's not about money, it's about 77 00:04:47,700 --> 00:04:51,067 creating something great, changing the world, eh? 78 00:04:51,167 --> 00:04:54,533 Doing something that we'll be remembered for. 79 00:04:55,567 --> 00:04:56,467 Look. 80 00:04:58,100 --> 00:05:01,267 Public confidence is the essence in these things, 81 00:05:01,367 --> 00:05:02,633 and once you've got that, 82 00:05:03,900 --> 00:05:05,433 you can do anything. 83 00:05:09,067 --> 00:05:11,333 Including robbing your own company? 84 00:05:17,433 --> 00:05:19,933 It's not worthy of you, Mr Montague. 85 00:05:22,867 --> 00:05:24,400 I tell you what's in my heart, 86 00:05:25,533 --> 00:05:28,767 and you answer with cheap and petty accusations. 87 00:05:30,500 --> 00:05:32,233 Well, two can play at that game. 88 00:05:32,333 --> 00:05:34,233 Any more along those lines, and you'll find yourself 89 00:05:34,333 --> 00:05:36,867 in court, young man, and in jail soon afterwards. 90 00:05:36,967 --> 00:05:38,867 I've tried to help you. 91 00:05:38,967 --> 00:05:40,433 But if you want to ruin yourself, 92 00:05:40,533 --> 00:05:42,933 you go ahead, harm the company. 93 00:05:43,067 --> 00:05:45,667 Augustus Melmotte is big enough to weather the storm. 94 00:05:48,833 --> 00:05:49,700 Croll. 95 00:05:53,833 --> 00:05:54,900 Show the gentleman out. 96 00:05:55,067 --> 00:05:55,700 I can find my own way. 97 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:58,067 Thank you for your trouble. 98 00:05:58,133 --> 00:05:59,133 Good afternoon, Mr Croll. 99 00:05:59,233 --> 00:06:01,733 Always a pleasure to see you in the city, sir. 100 00:06:07,267 --> 00:06:10,067 He'll do for us, Mr Melmotte. 101 00:06:12,667 --> 00:06:13,800 No, he won't. 102 00:06:15,767 --> 00:06:17,367 We've weathered worse than this. 103 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,500 Allow me to wish you every happiness. 104 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:35,967 Roger, don't say what you don't mean. 105 00:06:36,067 --> 00:06:38,367 You think I would wish to see you unhappy? 106 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:40,833 What's done is done. 107 00:06:42,833 --> 00:06:46,067 I may not be going to marry Paul Montague after all. 108 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:49,467 I don't understand. 109 00:06:51,267 --> 00:06:53,100 That is why I asked you to come. 110 00:06:58,533 --> 00:07:00,933 Felix told me something about Paul. 111 00:07:02,167 --> 00:07:03,433 Something hateful. 112 00:07:04,733 --> 00:07:07,367 He says that Paul keeps a mistress. 113 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:12,067 An American woman, a Mrs Hurtle. 114 00:07:12,133 --> 00:07:13,067 Is it true? 115 00:07:15,367 --> 00:07:18,133 Feeling as I do about you, how can I be fair to him? 116 00:07:18,233 --> 00:07:20,300 Easily. Just tell me the truth. 117 00:07:22,433 --> 00:07:23,367 Very well. 118 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:28,067 Paul Montague was involved with a Mrs Hurtle in America. 119 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:31,933 I believe they were engaged to be married. 120 00:07:34,100 --> 00:07:36,500 He has told me that that engagement is over. 121 00:07:37,967 --> 00:07:40,100 It's true that she is in the country now, 122 00:07:43,367 --> 00:07:45,067 and that they have seen each other. 123 00:07:47,700 --> 00:07:49,667 More than that, I cannot say. 124 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:55,167 Our friendship is over, but I won't slander him. 125 00:08:00,367 --> 00:08:02,200 I think you should ask him yourself. 126 00:08:05,067 --> 00:08:06,400 Well, Mr Montague. 127 00:08:06,500 --> 00:08:09,067 This is just about what I suspected all along. 128 00:08:10,333 --> 00:08:12,133 Though I never expected to be given the evidence 129 00:08:12,233 --> 00:08:14,867 by one of the directors of the company. 130 00:08:14,967 --> 00:08:16,200 You will swear to it? 131 00:08:16,300 --> 00:08:17,733 I mean, you won't go back on your word? 132 00:08:17,833 --> 00:08:21,500 No, I shan't. Whatever the consequences. 133 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:23,567 Yeah, well, there will be consequences. 134 00:08:23,667 --> 00:08:27,667 You see, Mr Melmotte, he'll try and muzzle us with the law. 135 00:08:27,767 --> 00:08:29,767 But we shall publish all the same, 136 00:08:29,867 --> 00:08:32,533 and it'll just about knock the city sideways. 137 00:08:32,633 --> 00:08:35,833 Mr Melmotte's pie shall fall right out of the sky. 138 00:08:37,167 --> 00:08:39,400 I imagine you'll have got rid of most of your shares 139 00:08:39,500 --> 00:08:40,833 before the pie starts falling. 140 00:08:40,933 --> 00:08:42,067 No. 141 00:08:42,167 --> 00:08:44,133 It was never a consideration for me. 142 00:08:45,467 --> 00:08:47,433 All I wanted to do was build a railway. 143 00:08:48,367 --> 00:08:49,933 That's still what I want to do. 144 00:08:50,067 --> 00:08:52,733 I'll get one of my best men on this right away. 145 00:08:52,833 --> 00:08:54,267 No railway in Mexico, eh? 146 00:08:54,367 --> 00:08:56,900 Where did the money go? 147 00:08:57,067 --> 00:08:58,567 Not bad. 148 00:08:58,667 --> 00:09:01,167 You've set the cat among the pigeons, you, Mr Montague. 149 00:09:14,900 --> 00:09:17,233 Lady Carbury, Sir Felix, Hetta. 150 00:09:17,333 --> 00:09:18,233 I'm sorry- 151 00:09:18,333 --> 00:09:20,067 Before you say anything more, Mr Montague, 152 00:09:20,167 --> 00:09:22,700 let me tell you that you are not welcome in this house, 153 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:24,300 and you are to have no future conversation 154 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:25,300 with my daughter. 155 00:09:26,333 --> 00:09:28,600 You may regard your engagement at an end. 156 00:09:30,167 --> 00:09:31,800 Hetta, I don't understand. 157 00:09:31,900 --> 00:09:32,667 What's this all about? 158 00:09:32,767 --> 00:09:34,600 You know damn well, sir. 159 00:09:34,700 --> 00:09:37,300 It's about that mistress you keep in Islington. 160 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:38,933 Felix. Mother. 161 00:09:39,067 --> 00:09:40,900 I want to speak to Mr Montague alone. 162 00:09:43,900 --> 00:09:45,567 Is she your mistress, as Felix says? 163 00:09:45,667 --> 00:09:46,533 No, she's not. 164 00:09:47,900 --> 00:09:49,067 Are you engaged to her? 165 00:09:49,133 --> 00:09:51,067 I was engaged to her, more than two years ago. 166 00:09:51,100 --> 00:09:53,067 I swear to you that it was all over between us 167 00:09:53,100 --> 00:09:53,800 before I met you. 168 00:09:53,900 --> 00:09:55,633 Were you in love with her? 169 00:09:55,733 --> 00:09:58,200 I thought I was, but it's over now. I love you. 170 00:09:59,233 --> 00:10:00,600 Then what is she doing in England now? 171 00:10:00,700 --> 00:10:01,700 Why are you still seeing her? 172 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:03,233 I truly thought I would never see her again. 173 00:10:03,333 --> 00:10:04,633 I thought it was over for her, as it was for me. 174 00:10:04,733 --> 00:10:06,500 And so you took her to Lowestoft? 175 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,933 Yes, I did. At her request. It was for her health. 176 00:10:14,967 --> 00:10:16,533 Have you seen her since then? 177 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:19,933 Once, only. 178 00:10:20,033 --> 00:10:22,233 It is truly over, Hetta. You must believe this. 179 00:10:22,333 --> 00:10:24,333 And you never said a word about her. 180 00:10:25,300 --> 00:10:27,333 All the time you were making love to me. 181 00:10:29,133 --> 00:10:30,000 Why should I believe you now? 182 00:10:30,100 --> 00:10:32,200 Because it's the truth. 183 00:10:32,300 --> 00:10:33,900 I thought I could end it with her without you ever 184 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:35,000 needing to find out about it. 185 00:10:35,100 --> 00:10:36,700 I see now that was the wrong thing to do, 186 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:38,400 but Hetta... Hetta, you must acknowledge, 187 00:10:38,500 --> 00:10:42,433 I have tried to do the honourable thing by both of you. 188 00:10:42,533 --> 00:10:44,867 You loved her once and you abandoned her. 189 00:10:46,467 --> 00:10:48,233 How do I know you won't abandon me? 190 00:10:48,333 --> 00:10:50,300 No, I think you'd better go back to your Mrs Hurtle, 191 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:53,033 and tell her that you're ready to honour your engagement. 192 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:55,400 Hetta, you don't mean that. 193 00:10:55,500 --> 00:10:57,500 Why shouldn't I mean it? 194 00:10:57,600 --> 00:10:58,300 Because you love me as I- 195 00:10:58,400 --> 00:10:59,267 No, don't touch me. 196 00:11:01,667 --> 00:11:04,267 You have no right to talk to me about love. 197 00:11:09,767 --> 00:11:11,067 I'd like you to leave now. 198 00:11:14,933 --> 00:11:16,567 You're really throwing me over? 199 00:11:18,467 --> 00:11:19,600 As you did with her. 200 00:11:23,333 --> 00:11:26,333 Goodbye, Mr Montague. 201 00:11:32,767 --> 00:11:34,800 So, you've published the announcement 202 00:11:34,900 --> 00:11:37,067 for you and our Ruby, have you? 203 00:11:37,100 --> 00:11:38,333 Yes, that's it. 204 00:11:39,933 --> 00:11:42,067 Or rather, it'll be in the paper next week. 205 00:11:42,133 --> 00:11:45,533 Well, when we've read it, in black and white, 206 00:11:45,633 --> 00:11:47,133 you can see our Ruby. 207 00:11:47,233 --> 00:11:48,500 Till then, you don't. 208 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:50,867 Auntie. When he's come all this way? 209 00:11:50,967 --> 00:11:52,933 If I were you, Miss Pipkin, I shouldn't take him 210 00:11:53,067 --> 00:11:54,133 at his word. 211 00:11:54,233 --> 00:11:56,367 I found these English gentlemen to take their promises 212 00:11:56,467 --> 00:11:57,500 pretty lightly. 213 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:00,433 I say, look here. Don't take that tone with me. 214 00:12:00,533 --> 00:12:02,467 I know all about you, you know. 215 00:12:02,567 --> 00:12:04,467 You and that fellow, Montague. 216 00:12:04,567 --> 00:12:06,233 That's no business of yours, Sir Felix. 217 00:12:06,333 --> 00:12:08,633 Oh, isn't it? Well, I say it is. 218 00:12:08,733 --> 00:12:10,900 I have my sister's honour to protect, you know. 219 00:12:11,067 --> 00:12:14,533 Your sister's honour is perfectly safe, Sir Felix. 220 00:12:14,633 --> 00:12:17,767 There is no longer anything between me and Mr Montague. 221 00:12:18,867 --> 00:12:20,433 Oh. 222 00:12:20,533 --> 00:12:22,500 Oh, Mrs Hurtle. 223 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:28,433 I think you should go now, Sir Felix. 224 00:12:30,133 --> 00:12:32,767 I'm sure you'll be very welcome when your engagement to Ruby 225 00:12:32,867 --> 00:12:34,600 is made public. 226 00:12:41,367 --> 00:12:45,067 Witness. The great Khalini always escapes. 227 00:13:09,333 --> 00:13:10,700 Good evening, Ma'am. 228 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:12,600 Sorry to bother you so late. 229 00:13:12,700 --> 00:13:16,067 I know who you are. Mr Crumb, the miller, 230 00:13:16,133 --> 00:13:17,533 and you've come to see our Ruby. 231 00:13:17,633 --> 00:13:20,133 That's right, Mrs Pipkin. I am and I have. 232 00:13:25,933 --> 00:13:27,633 They're always so mean about you, Felix, 233 00:13:27,733 --> 00:13:30,067 saying I was a silly girl to believe you. 234 00:13:30,100 --> 00:13:31,933 You will be publishing the announcement of marrying me, 235 00:13:32,067 --> 00:13:32,900 won't you? 236 00:13:33,067 --> 00:13:34,933 Yes, yes. By and by, of course, you know. 237 00:13:35,067 --> 00:13:37,767 Yes, but when? I want to know. 238 00:13:37,867 --> 00:13:38,833 I've got things to get ready. 239 00:13:38,933 --> 00:13:41,100 I haven't even bought my wedding clothes yet. 240 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:43,967 Now, look here, Ruby. I'm just about sick of this game. 241 00:13:44,067 --> 00:13:46,067 I'm very fond of you and all that, 242 00:13:46,100 --> 00:13:50,067 but you never really thought I'd be able to marry you, 243 00:13:50,100 --> 00:13:50,967 did you? 244 00:13:52,367 --> 00:13:53,600 But you promised. 245 00:13:53,700 --> 00:13:56,067 Look, I've got to marry a rich girl. 246 00:13:56,133 --> 00:13:58,200 What am I going to have to live on? 247 00:13:58,300 --> 00:14:00,200 We have a jolly time, don't we? 248 00:14:00,300 --> 00:14:02,067 If Mrs Hurtle can have her fun, then so can we. 249 00:14:02,167 --> 00:14:04,333 Now, stop being so silly and come upstairs like a good girl. 250 00:14:04,433 --> 00:14:05,700 No, I will not. 251 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:08,133 I'm going, and I'm finished with you. 252 00:14:08,233 --> 00:14:10,833 I thought you loved me, but you've just been 253 00:14:10,933 --> 00:14:12,333 playing around with me. 254 00:14:12,433 --> 00:14:13,833 I know a man worth 10 of you. 255 00:14:13,933 --> 00:14:15,533 No, let go, let go. 256 00:14:19,900 --> 00:14:21,667 Ruby. 257 00:14:23,167 --> 00:14:24,067 Ruby. 258 00:14:25,833 --> 00:14:26,733 Ruby. 259 00:14:29,933 --> 00:14:30,667 Ruby. 260 00:14:30,767 --> 00:14:31,500 Leave me alone. 261 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:33,467 Stop being such a damn silly girl. 262 00:14:33,567 --> 00:14:34,667 Yes. 263 00:14:34,767 --> 00:14:36,900 I know now that's what you thought of me all the time. 264 00:14:37,067 --> 00:14:39,933 Well, it's over now, and you shan't see me ever again. 265 00:14:44,133 --> 00:14:45,067 All right, then, let's have you. 266 00:14:45,133 --> 00:14:47,433 I'll give you something to remember me by. 267 00:14:47,533 --> 00:14:48,233 Wait, no. 268 00:14:48,333 --> 00:14:49,633 Get off me, you nasty pig. 269 00:14:49,733 --> 00:14:51,067 All right, shut your silly mouth and open your legs. 270 00:14:51,167 --> 00:14:53,067 Help. Help, police. 271 00:14:53,133 --> 00:14:53,867 Help. 272 00:14:53,967 --> 00:14:55,133 Get off. 273 00:14:55,233 --> 00:14:56,100 Stop. No. 274 00:14:57,167 --> 00:14:58,433 Please, please. 275 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:02,667 Is it Ruby? 276 00:15:04,500 --> 00:15:06,333 I'm here, Ruby. 277 00:15:06,433 --> 00:15:07,767 John? 278 00:15:11,467 --> 00:15:12,433 Now, you. 279 00:15:15,500 --> 00:15:17,900 All right, you blackguard. 280 00:15:19,267 --> 00:15:20,467 Come on, then. 281 00:15:23,267 --> 00:15:25,467 You'n the blackguard, Mister. 282 00:15:35,533 --> 00:15:36,400 John. 283 00:15:40,667 --> 00:15:42,067 Come on. 284 00:15:42,167 --> 00:15:43,367 Get up, you wiper. 285 00:15:43,467 --> 00:15:45,600 No thanks. I've had sufficient. 286 00:15:45,700 --> 00:15:46,700 No, you ain't. 287 00:15:52,833 --> 00:15:54,767 John, don't kill him. 288 00:15:59,533 --> 00:16:01,833 Look after this young lady, officer. 289 00:16:03,100 --> 00:16:04,567 She's very precious to me. 290 00:16:05,933 --> 00:16:07,700 You can arrest me now, if you like. 291 00:16:09,333 --> 00:16:10,267 I done that. 292 00:16:12,300 --> 00:16:13,733 And I ain't sorry. 293 00:16:17,433 --> 00:16:19,633 How many were there this time, Felix? 294 00:16:21,100 --> 00:16:23,567 About six, mother. 295 00:16:24,733 --> 00:16:26,333 Trapped me in a dark alley. 296 00:16:27,467 --> 00:16:30,600 Well, darling, you shouldn't go down dark alleys at night. 297 00:16:30,700 --> 00:16:33,500 No wonder you get attacked. 298 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:35,167 It was all for Hetta's sake. 299 00:16:36,067 --> 00:16:39,133 I saw her, Hetta. Montague's mistress. 300 00:16:39,233 --> 00:16:41,067 She was very rude to me, as a matter of fact. 301 00:16:41,167 --> 00:16:43,700 Told me to mind my own business. 302 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:45,933 I don't care what she said. 303 00:16:46,067 --> 00:16:48,500 She can have Paul Montague or not, as she chooses. 304 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:50,067 I shall never see him again. 305 00:16:51,067 --> 00:16:54,100 Does that mean you'll marry your cousin Roger, after all? 306 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:55,300 No, mother. 307 00:16:57,533 --> 00:17:00,767 How very vexing that girl is. 308 00:17:11,067 --> 00:17:11,867 He's here. 309 00:17:13,467 --> 00:17:14,600 Show him in, Croll. 310 00:17:18,967 --> 00:17:21,200 Ah, Mr Alf. 311 00:17:21,300 --> 00:17:24,800 It's very good of you to come. Please, take a seat. 312 00:17:24,900 --> 00:17:25,733 Thank you. 313 00:17:25,833 --> 00:17:27,133 Daresay you're surprised I sent for you. 314 00:17:27,233 --> 00:17:28,367 Not entirely. 315 00:17:28,467 --> 00:17:31,967 I imagine you're stepping down as member for Westminster, 316 00:17:32,067 --> 00:17:34,167 and you've a statement to make for the press. 317 00:17:34,267 --> 00:17:36,667 No. Then you imagined wrong. 318 00:17:36,767 --> 00:17:38,667 I won that election fair and square, 319 00:17:38,767 --> 00:17:41,433 and I'm not about to step down. 320 00:17:41,533 --> 00:17:42,400 For anyone. 321 00:17:46,967 --> 00:17:48,533 I want you to call your dogs off. 322 00:17:51,233 --> 00:17:52,233 Call my dogs off? 323 00:17:52,333 --> 00:17:54,567 All this nonsense. 324 00:17:54,667 --> 00:17:56,367 It's irresponsible. 325 00:17:56,467 --> 00:17:58,500 Have you seen the share price this morning? 326 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:01,467 Good men are jumping out of windows because of you. 327 00:18:01,567 --> 00:18:04,067 Their widows and children are starving in the streets, 328 00:18:04,133 --> 00:18:05,067 thanks to you. 329 00:18:05,167 --> 00:18:07,600 My paper reports the facts. 330 00:18:07,700 --> 00:18:12,733 The fact is, you undertook to build a railway. 331 00:18:12,933 --> 00:18:15,267 The fact is, you haven't. 332 00:18:15,367 --> 00:18:17,733 But the great fact is, I will. 333 00:18:17,833 --> 00:18:19,467 If you had come to me, man to man, I would have 334 00:18:19,567 --> 00:18:21,167 explained it all to you. 335 00:18:21,267 --> 00:18:23,900 It's all a question of timing, you see? 336 00:18:24,067 --> 00:18:26,733 And between you and me, if you were to buy now, 337 00:18:26,833 --> 00:18:28,467 you'd see the share price go up again, 338 00:18:28,567 --> 00:18:31,067 and those chaps that panicked will be smiling on 339 00:18:31,133 --> 00:18:32,700 the other side of their faces. 340 00:18:34,300 --> 00:18:35,733 I don't think so. 341 00:18:35,833 --> 00:18:39,600 I think I should tell you I've sent a man to Vienna, too. 342 00:18:40,633 --> 00:18:41,500 Ooh. 343 00:18:44,167 --> 00:18:45,633 Look here, Alf. 344 00:18:47,167 --> 00:18:49,400 You and I, we shouldn't be enemies. 345 00:18:49,500 --> 00:18:51,267 We've both come up the hard way. 346 00:18:51,367 --> 00:18:53,700 Always had to fight and struggle in this world. 347 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:57,200 Not like these princes, baronets, dukes and what have you. 348 00:18:58,433 --> 00:19:00,267 We've come from nothing, 349 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:02,900 but made something of ourselves. 350 00:19:03,067 --> 00:19:06,067 Now, I respect you for that, and you should respect me. 351 00:19:06,100 --> 00:19:09,433 I don't care for privilege anymore than you do. 352 00:19:09,533 --> 00:19:13,300 But I do care about honesty, justice and truth. 353 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,200 Yes, and so do I. 354 00:19:15,300 --> 00:19:17,467 But in this world, a man is obliged to cut a few corners 355 00:19:17,567 --> 00:19:19,133 now and then, just to get the job done, 356 00:19:19,233 --> 00:19:20,800 for the good of others. 357 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:23,267 I've never found it necessary, sir. 358 00:19:23,367 --> 00:19:27,733 Well, then, you're either a liar or a fool. 359 00:19:27,833 --> 00:19:31,167 I hope I'm neither. I just use my newspaper 360 00:19:31,267 --> 00:19:34,567 to tell the truth as best I can, 361 00:19:34,667 --> 00:19:37,633 and I don't take kindly to being insulted, 362 00:19:37,733 --> 00:19:39,533 so I'll take my leave now. 363 00:19:39,633 --> 00:19:41,300 You think you're the great, shining sword of truth, 364 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:42,267 do you? 365 00:19:43,133 --> 00:19:44,333 It's easy for the likes of you, Alf, 366 00:19:44,433 --> 00:19:46,567 standing on the sidelines, watching, 367 00:19:46,667 --> 00:19:48,467 while better men than you change the world 368 00:19:48,567 --> 00:19:49,867 and move mountains. 369 00:19:49,967 --> 00:19:52,467 You might find the world a better place if you try to 370 00:19:52,567 --> 00:19:54,200 do something for the good of it. 371 00:19:56,333 --> 00:19:59,333 That might be a fair criticism, Mr Melmotte, 372 00:19:59,433 --> 00:20:03,700 If you did change the world and move mountains. 373 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:07,333 But from what I can see, the only thing you move 374 00:20:07,433 --> 00:20:08,867 is money. 375 00:20:08,967 --> 00:20:12,533 From the pockets of other men into your own. 376 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,100 Good day, Mr Melmotte. 377 00:20:21,233 --> 00:20:23,467 Good afternoon, sir. Always a pleasure to see you 378 00:20:23,567 --> 00:20:24,467 in the city. 379 00:20:33,767 --> 00:20:35,633 They want their money for Pickering Park, 380 00:20:35,733 --> 00:20:37,833 or they want the title deeds back. 381 00:20:37,933 --> 00:20:41,433 And Mr Brehgert, he's very sorry, 382 00:20:41,533 --> 00:20:44,533 but he has to ask to see security for the new loan. 383 00:20:44,633 --> 00:20:45,500 Already? 384 00:20:51,433 --> 00:20:53,567 Feeling a little tired, Croll. 385 00:20:53,667 --> 00:20:55,767 I think I shall go home early. 386 00:20:55,867 --> 00:20:57,533 I should use the back way, sir. 387 00:20:58,533 --> 00:20:59,433 I shall. 388 00:21:03,433 --> 00:21:06,100 Just a little tired, that's all. 389 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:10,800 Just a little tired of keeping it all going, furthermore. 390 00:21:12,167 --> 00:21:15,167 Little gratitude wouldn't come amiss now and then. 391 00:21:15,267 --> 00:21:17,333 I'm grateful, Mr Melmotte. 392 00:21:20,067 --> 00:21:21,300 I know you are, Croll. 393 00:21:22,633 --> 00:21:23,533 I know you are. 394 00:21:25,900 --> 00:21:28,900 Are we going to be all right, Mr Melmotte? 395 00:21:29,067 --> 00:21:33,067 Certainly, we are. 396 00:21:36,500 --> 00:21:39,367 Is it true? Is he really done for? 397 00:21:39,467 --> 00:21:41,533 Don't see how he can come back from it. 398 00:21:42,500 --> 00:21:46,067 It's all that fellow Alf and his evening bolus. 399 00:21:46,167 --> 00:21:48,200 And that fellow, Montague. 400 00:21:48,300 --> 00:21:50,133 How much are the shares down? 50%? 401 00:21:50,233 --> 00:21:53,067 42% of the issue value. 402 00:21:53,133 --> 00:21:55,833 Well, I hope it's not as bad as it sounds. 403 00:21:55,933 --> 00:21:58,700 He still owes us 80 thou on Pickering Park. 404 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:00,533 We haven't seen a penny yet. 405 00:22:00,633 --> 00:22:02,733 Sold your shares yet, Grendall? 406 00:22:02,833 --> 00:22:06,967 No, not I. It's all talk. I'm hanging on. 407 00:22:07,900 --> 00:22:09,233 So should you. 408 00:22:09,333 --> 00:22:12,067 Ha. There speaks a brave man. 409 00:22:25,067 --> 00:22:26,900 Dear Mrs Hurtle, 410 00:22:27,067 --> 00:22:29,300 Mr Paul Montague has referred me to you, 411 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,667 and no doubt he has spoken of me. 412 00:22:34,100 --> 00:22:36,367 I shall be very grateful if you would allow me 413 00:22:36,467 --> 00:22:39,100 to call on you on any afternoon you choose. 414 00:22:47,367 --> 00:22:49,167 Well, Miss Carbury. 415 00:23:07,900 --> 00:23:11,867 Yes. I am glad that you came. 416 00:23:11,967 --> 00:23:16,667 One imagines so many things, but you are very much 417 00:23:16,767 --> 00:23:17,833 as he described you. 418 00:23:19,367 --> 00:23:21,200 Do sit down, Miss Carbury. 419 00:23:26,533 --> 00:23:28,067 So, why did you come? 420 00:23:28,167 --> 00:23:30,800 Was it simply to triumph over me? 421 00:23:30,900 --> 00:23:31,800 No. 422 00:23:33,067 --> 00:23:36,267 I want to know whether you still consider yourself 423 00:23:36,367 --> 00:23:38,067 engaged to Mr Montague. 424 00:23:39,067 --> 00:23:40,067 What does he say? 425 00:23:41,133 --> 00:23:42,833 He says it is all over between you. 426 00:23:42,933 --> 00:23:44,067 Does he? 427 00:23:45,067 --> 00:23:45,933 Then he lies. 428 00:23:47,933 --> 00:23:50,467 He may wish it were all over between us, 429 00:23:50,567 --> 00:23:52,067 but it is not. 430 00:23:52,167 --> 00:23:55,567 Even though he no longer feels for you what he once did? 431 00:23:55,667 --> 00:23:59,133 What do you presume to know about his feelings for me? 432 00:24:00,900 --> 00:24:02,067 I know what he tells me. 433 00:24:02,167 --> 00:24:05,833 You have no business to pry into his feelings for me, 434 00:24:05,933 --> 00:24:07,200 or mine for him. 435 00:24:07,300 --> 00:24:08,533 He loves me now. 436 00:24:11,467 --> 00:24:14,300 What good can come of an engagement where love has gone? 437 00:24:15,167 --> 00:24:19,200 And what makes you think that our love has gone? 438 00:24:19,300 --> 00:24:22,767 If Paul Montague had no feelings for me, 439 00:24:22,867 --> 00:24:24,667 do you suppose he would have visited me here, 440 00:24:24,767 --> 00:24:28,533 again and again? Here, in my private lodgings? 441 00:24:28,633 --> 00:24:31,467 Do you suppose he would have taken me, unaccompanied, 442 00:24:31,567 --> 00:24:35,533 to a seaside place and stayed with me in the same hotel? 443 00:24:35,633 --> 00:24:39,467 He told me that he took you there, at your request, 444 00:24:39,567 --> 00:24:41,067 for the sake of your health. 445 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:46,400 Oh, yes. I imagine he would have put it like that. 446 00:24:46,500 --> 00:24:49,233 You English have a gift for that kind of thing. 447 00:24:51,767 --> 00:24:52,733 Did he... 448 00:24:56,467 --> 00:24:57,967 Did he make love to you there? 449 00:25:02,467 --> 00:25:05,567 Do you think you have a right to ask me that? 450 00:25:05,667 --> 00:25:07,533 I don't know, but I do ask it. 451 00:25:11,633 --> 00:25:12,500 Well, 452 00:25:14,633 --> 00:25:19,633 what do you think generally happens, Miss Carbury, 453 00:25:19,733 --> 00:25:23,900 between a man and a woman staying together as a couple 454 00:25:24,067 --> 00:25:25,800 in a seaside hotel? 455 00:25:27,867 --> 00:25:30,067 I hope you don't want me to go into details. 456 00:25:32,700 --> 00:25:33,567 No. 457 00:25:34,933 --> 00:25:36,800 Thank you, Mrs Hurtle. 458 00:25:40,533 --> 00:25:41,767 Thank you for seeing me. 459 00:25:44,867 --> 00:25:46,333 That is all I wanted to know. 460 00:25:53,867 --> 00:25:54,733 Goodbye. 461 00:26:08,467 --> 00:26:09,600 Mr Brehgert, 462 00:26:09,700 --> 00:26:12,933 do you have any news about the Mexican railway collapse? 463 00:26:13,067 --> 00:26:15,267 Will Melmotte and co. Be hammered, sir? 464 00:26:15,367 --> 00:26:17,500 I don't think it's come to that yet, gentlemen. 465 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:19,800 Every cloud has a silver lining. 466 00:26:19,900 --> 00:26:22,300 Tell him to settle his grocery bills, then. 467 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:23,267 Damn it. 468 00:26:25,567 --> 00:26:29,967 This is a solid company, Mr Brehgert, 469 00:26:30,067 --> 00:26:31,400 founded on rock. 470 00:26:33,967 --> 00:26:35,700 It's solid as the Bank of England. 471 00:26:36,733 --> 00:26:39,533 We shall wipe the grins off their faces, Mr Brehgert. 472 00:26:39,633 --> 00:26:42,533 I'm very glad to hear that, Mr Melmotte. 473 00:26:42,633 --> 00:26:45,067 Even so, though, with a drop in the share prices, 474 00:26:45,133 --> 00:26:48,600 my partners will need to see some security now. 475 00:26:50,100 --> 00:26:54,133 Or we shall, very reluctantly, have to call in the debt. 476 00:26:56,067 --> 00:26:58,933 You don't want to do that, Mr Brehgert. 477 00:27:04,833 --> 00:27:06,233 You might see nothing at all. 478 00:27:06,333 --> 00:27:10,267 Then things really are as bad as everyone fears? 479 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:19,500 Not a bit of it. Come on, I'm joking. 480 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,700 Melmotte's got plenty of money, but it's tucked away. 481 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:23,933 Only he don't like to touch it, that's all. 482 00:27:24,067 --> 00:27:25,900 He's a little superstitious like that. 483 00:27:26,067 --> 00:27:29,300 But you have been a very good friend to Melmotte, 484 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:32,233 and you shall see it. You shall see 485 00:27:32,333 --> 00:27:35,200 that Melmotte and Company are as sound as a bell. 486 00:27:35,300 --> 00:27:36,333 Come on, sit down. 487 00:27:40,733 --> 00:27:42,567 It's Marie's money, do you see? 488 00:27:43,933 --> 00:27:46,433 I put it in the bank in her name, just in case, you know? 489 00:27:46,533 --> 00:27:47,700 And I've added to it every year, 490 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:50,067 it's a very substantial sum, and I've never cared 491 00:27:50,133 --> 00:27:51,333 to dip into it. 492 00:27:51,433 --> 00:27:52,300 That's all. 493 00:27:54,133 --> 00:27:56,933 If the money is there, Mr Melmotte, 494 00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:00,800 then there is no need to dip into it at this stage. 495 00:28:00,900 --> 00:28:05,067 But the bank must see that it is there, 496 00:28:05,100 --> 00:28:07,300 and that it is available to you. 497 00:28:08,267 --> 00:28:09,400 And that's only fair. 498 00:28:13,133 --> 00:28:15,267 And the railway will be built? 499 00:28:15,367 --> 00:28:17,633 I stake my life on it, Mr Brehgert. 500 00:28:22,167 --> 00:28:23,933 Stake my life on that. 501 00:28:25,300 --> 00:28:26,633 Between you and me, 502 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:30,067 we are a little overstretched just now, 503 00:28:31,433 --> 00:28:33,333 because we've got so many opportunities coming 504 00:28:33,433 --> 00:28:35,100 so close together. 505 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:39,200 India, Canada, China. 506 00:28:39,300 --> 00:28:42,633 These are great enterprises, Mr Brehgert. 507 00:28:42,733 --> 00:28:45,233 They could turn this little island into 508 00:28:45,333 --> 00:28:48,633 the greatest trading country in the world. 509 00:28:52,133 --> 00:28:54,733 They should be grateful to me that I chose to 510 00:28:54,833 --> 00:28:56,800 become an Englishman, but they're not. 511 00:28:59,433 --> 00:29:02,833 They're a like a pack of snapping dogs. 512 00:29:14,667 --> 00:29:18,400 We'll put the matter of security in hand immediately. 513 00:29:21,100 --> 00:29:22,233 Mr Melmotte. 514 00:29:26,067 --> 00:29:28,567 You have been very kind to me. 515 00:29:29,567 --> 00:29:31,867 You have been the means of making me acquainted 516 00:29:31,967 --> 00:29:35,133 with the lady that I hope soon to make my wife. 517 00:29:36,667 --> 00:29:39,533 Now, I think you are troubled. 518 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:45,367 Tell me, is there any way in which I could help you? 519 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:56,467 You could write it off as a bad debt and 520 00:29:56,567 --> 00:29:59,867 say nothing about it. 521 00:30:00,067 --> 00:30:01,433 Mr Melmotte, I think you know- 522 00:30:01,533 --> 00:30:04,167 Come on, come on, come on. 523 00:30:04,267 --> 00:30:05,667 I'm only joking. 524 00:30:08,367 --> 00:30:11,933 Don't worry about Melmotte. You shall get your money. 525 00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:19,567 Now, go and talk sweet nothings to that lovely fiancee 526 00:30:20,067 --> 00:30:21,767 of yours, huh? 527 00:30:21,867 --> 00:30:23,267 Go on. Go, go, go, go. 528 00:30:40,100 --> 00:30:41,067 I long to leave this house. 529 00:30:41,167 --> 00:30:44,100 Then let it be soon, my dearest. 530 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:45,733 Have you had word from your family? 531 00:30:45,833 --> 00:30:49,567 Yes. Papa has been utterly beastly about the whole affair. 532 00:30:49,667 --> 00:30:51,167 I'm not sure I shall ever bring myself to speak to him 533 00:30:51,267 --> 00:30:52,167 again. 534 00:30:52,267 --> 00:30:54,100 Your father has written to me, and in very 535 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:55,600 intemperate language. 536 00:30:56,567 --> 00:30:59,167 Well, I have been used to that in my lifetime. 537 00:30:59,267 --> 00:31:01,833 But the world is changing. 538 00:31:01,933 --> 00:31:03,867 Perhaps, when we are married, he may change 539 00:31:03,967 --> 00:31:05,433 and soften, too. 540 00:31:05,533 --> 00:31:06,600 But if he does not? 541 00:31:07,433 --> 00:31:09,133 Mr Brehgert, you must understand that I may be 542 00:31:09,233 --> 00:31:10,900 cutting myself off from my whole family 543 00:31:11,067 --> 00:31:13,400 and a good part of my friends in marrying a... 544 00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:17,400 In marrying out of my religion. 545 00:31:18,433 --> 00:31:20,267 So, it is vitally important that we are quite clear 546 00:31:20,367 --> 00:31:21,933 about what it is you are offering me. 547 00:31:22,067 --> 00:31:25,700 Of course. I would wish everything to be quite clear, too. 548 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:30,067 As to religion, I am very happy that you should 549 00:31:30,133 --> 00:31:31,633 practise your own, 550 00:31:31,733 --> 00:31:34,133 and that, should we be blessed with children, 551 00:31:34,233 --> 00:31:37,067 they might be brought up subject to your influence. 552 00:31:37,100 --> 00:31:39,233 Oh, I had not thought of that. 553 00:31:39,333 --> 00:31:41,300 As to the children of my first marriage- 554 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:42,800 I don't think I can be expected to have 555 00:31:42,900 --> 00:31:44,700 anything to do with them. 556 00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:47,333 Nothing at all. They have a governess, 557 00:31:47,433 --> 00:31:49,067 but naturally, I was hoping- 558 00:31:49,133 --> 00:31:52,133 Naturally? I don't see what's natural about it. 559 00:31:52,233 --> 00:31:53,267 They're not my children, are they? 560 00:31:53,367 --> 00:31:55,967 No, they are not, but they are mine, Georgiana. 561 00:31:56,067 --> 00:31:58,200 They are, as it were, a part of me. 562 00:31:58,300 --> 00:31:59,767 I would have thought that, when you accept me, 563 00:31:59,867 --> 00:32:02,433 you accept all that I am, and have. 564 00:32:02,533 --> 00:32:04,767 I don't see that at all, Mr Brehgert. 565 00:32:04,867 --> 00:32:06,433 You're not asking me to come and work at the bank with you, 566 00:32:06,533 --> 00:32:07,400 I presume? 567 00:32:07,500 --> 00:32:09,200 No, but that isn't quite the same thing. 568 00:32:09,300 --> 00:32:11,067 Please do not bring up the question of 569 00:32:11,167 --> 00:32:12,333 your children again. 570 00:32:12,433 --> 00:32:14,733 I assume that they will be living at your house in Fulham, 571 00:32:14,833 --> 00:32:16,100 and as we shall have our new house in town, 572 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:17,933 there will be no need for me to see them. 573 00:32:18,067 --> 00:32:19,933 As to that, I am sorry to say- 574 00:32:20,067 --> 00:32:21,733 You are not going back on the London house? 575 00:32:21,833 --> 00:32:23,933 Only for the present, only for the present. 576 00:32:24,067 --> 00:32:26,600 The fact is I am anticipating a very heavy loss 577 00:32:26,700 --> 00:32:28,333 in the next week or so. 578 00:32:28,433 --> 00:32:31,133 I authorised my bank to make a large loan to a business 579 00:32:31,233 --> 00:32:33,200 that is likely to go under very soon. 580 00:32:33,300 --> 00:32:35,067 So, you are to be bankrupt now? 581 00:32:35,133 --> 00:32:38,267 No, no, no. Far from it. 582 00:32:38,367 --> 00:32:43,067 But a second house, a London house in a fashionable location 583 00:32:43,133 --> 00:32:46,100 with all the furniture and servants that you would expect 584 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:47,900 and deserve, 585 00:32:48,067 --> 00:32:50,467 that won't be possible for a year or two. 586 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:53,500 I'm very sorry. 587 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:54,900 Are you telling me that you want me to go and 588 00:32:55,067 --> 00:32:55,867 live in Fulham? 589 00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:59,733 I wish it were not so, Georgiana, but regrettably- 590 00:32:59,833 --> 00:33:02,533 Let me make myself clear, Mr Brehgert. 591 00:33:02,633 --> 00:33:04,367 When we first talked about marriage, a London house 592 00:33:04,467 --> 00:33:05,400 was promised. 593 00:33:06,533 --> 00:33:07,733 Perhaps you did not understand then, 594 00:33:07,833 --> 00:33:10,967 but a proper establishment is an absolute necessity for me. 595 00:33:11,067 --> 00:33:13,167 I must be in town for the season. 596 00:33:13,267 --> 00:33:15,067 I wonder that you should be so obtuse. 597 00:33:15,100 --> 00:33:17,667 It grieves me to disappoint you, Georgiana, but as I say, 598 00:33:17,767 --> 00:33:19,533 it will only be for a while. 599 00:33:19,633 --> 00:33:23,733 Still, you say this. Don't you understand? 600 00:33:23,833 --> 00:33:25,367 It is entirely unacceptable that I should go and 601 00:33:25,467 --> 00:33:29,500 live in Fulham with your Jew children for a week, for a day. 602 00:33:39,133 --> 00:33:41,067 You should not have proposed to me if you were not able 603 00:33:41,100 --> 00:33:43,733 or prepared to make the necessary financial outlay. 604 00:33:45,133 --> 00:33:48,800 No, I should not. I see that now. 605 00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:52,800 Thank you for enlightening me, Miss Longestaffe. 606 00:33:54,100 --> 00:33:56,867 You may regard our engagement as at an end. 607 00:33:58,133 --> 00:33:59,067 What? 608 00:33:59,133 --> 00:34:02,700 May I say that I was never under the illusion 609 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,833 that you had formed a passionate attachment for me, 610 00:34:06,667 --> 00:34:08,433 but I did deceive myself into thinking that 611 00:34:08,533 --> 00:34:12,900 your interest was, shall we say, not entirely mercenary. 612 00:34:14,500 --> 00:34:16,133 It seems we both made a mistake. 613 00:34:19,667 --> 00:34:21,133 I wish you every happiness. 614 00:34:23,567 --> 00:34:25,433 Goodbye, Miss Longestaffe. 615 00:34:32,467 --> 00:34:33,667 Mr Brehgert? 616 00:34:44,700 --> 00:34:45,567 He's gone. 617 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:48,700 It's all over. 618 00:34:50,500 --> 00:34:52,900 I have been jilted by a Jew. 619 00:34:59,500 --> 00:35:02,367 What's the news from Melmotte, sir? 620 00:35:18,467 --> 00:35:20,167 My dearest Hetta, 621 00:35:20,267 --> 00:35:23,067 I cannot bear to think that I have lost you forever. 622 00:35:23,133 --> 00:35:26,167 I have been a fool, and I realise now that I should have 623 00:35:26,267 --> 00:35:27,567 told you the truth from the start, 624 00:35:27,667 --> 00:35:28,900 but I never lied to you. 625 00:35:30,533 --> 00:35:32,200 Whatever past between Mrs Hurtle and me, 626 00:35:32,300 --> 00:35:34,600 my love for her was over before I met you. 627 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:38,167 Hetta, if you really love me, I beg you not to 628 00:35:38,267 --> 00:35:39,600 separate yourself from me. 629 00:35:41,233 --> 00:35:43,167 My love for you is so absolute and intense 630 00:35:43,267 --> 00:35:45,667 that I cannot see my way to living without you. 631 00:35:46,833 --> 00:35:48,800 Paul Montague for Miss Hetta Carbury. 632 00:35:48,900 --> 00:35:49,867 Hetta, you have every right to 633 00:35:49,967 --> 00:35:53,567 be angry with me, but you are breaking my heart, 634 00:35:53,667 --> 00:35:55,767 and, I believe, your own. 635 00:35:55,867 --> 00:35:57,567 Please let me see you again. 636 00:35:58,633 --> 00:36:00,567 Your most affectionate Paul Montague. 637 00:36:15,567 --> 00:36:18,067 Mr Longestaffe senior, Mr Longestaffe junior, 638 00:36:18,133 --> 00:36:19,233 and Mr Squirkham, 639 00:36:19,333 --> 00:36:21,567 to see Mr Melmotte as a matter of urgency. 640 00:36:21,667 --> 00:36:23,267 He's not at home. 641 00:36:24,433 --> 00:36:26,633 Lean on the door, Mr Longestaffe, sir. 642 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:32,700 Thank you. It is a matter of urgency, as I said. 643 00:36:35,167 --> 00:36:36,433 Where is Mr Melmotte? 644 00:36:36,533 --> 00:36:38,267 The master has not risen yet. 645 00:36:39,533 --> 00:36:41,233 Then it's about time he did. 646 00:36:42,100 --> 00:36:43,633 Come on. 647 00:36:45,867 --> 00:36:47,100 Where's his bedroom? 648 00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:48,167 Which way, do you think? 649 00:36:48,267 --> 00:36:49,700 I say, I'm not sure this is quite the thing, 650 00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:51,633 wandering round another man's house. 651 00:36:53,567 --> 00:36:54,933 Ah, gentlemen. 652 00:36:57,867 --> 00:37:00,367 You're very welcome, but isn't it rather early? 653 00:37:00,467 --> 00:37:01,900 Have I mistook the time? 654 00:37:02,067 --> 00:37:05,233 My clients have urgent business with you, Mr Melmotte. 655 00:37:05,333 --> 00:37:06,333 Oh, have they? 656 00:37:09,633 --> 00:37:10,567 And who are you? 657 00:37:10,667 --> 00:37:13,767 Squirkham, sir. Squirkham and co. Solicitors. 658 00:37:13,867 --> 00:37:15,167 Fetter Lane. 659 00:37:17,067 --> 00:37:18,200 Never heard of you. 660 00:37:20,467 --> 00:37:22,333 But you're very welcome. 661 00:37:22,433 --> 00:37:24,300 Come, let's go down to the book room. 662 00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:26,767 Will you take a glass of brandy and water 663 00:37:26,867 --> 00:37:28,233 with me, gentlemen? 664 00:37:28,333 --> 00:37:29,233 Well- 665 00:37:29,333 --> 00:37:31,433 Certainly not. We have come for our money, 666 00:37:31,533 --> 00:37:33,167 the purchase price for Pickering Park, 667 00:37:33,267 --> 00:37:34,767 or the title deeds. 668 00:37:34,867 --> 00:37:37,300 My client put it most succinctly, Mr Melmotte. 669 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:39,300 The money or the deeds. This morning. 670 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:40,300 80,000. 671 00:37:42,467 --> 00:37:43,467 This morning? 672 00:37:43,567 --> 00:37:44,900 Well, if it has to be this morning, it'll have to 673 00:37:45,067 --> 00:37:46,100 be the title deeds. 674 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:49,100 I don't carry that much money in my waistcoat pocket, 675 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:50,067 do I, Croll? 676 00:37:50,867 --> 00:37:52,467 No, indeed, Mr Melmotte. 677 00:37:53,567 --> 00:37:54,567 The deeds it is, then. 678 00:37:54,667 --> 00:37:55,933 I say, hold on. 679 00:37:56,067 --> 00:37:57,400 Have you seen what he's done to it? 680 00:37:57,500 --> 00:37:59,533 He's pulled it half down to rebuild it. 681 00:37:59,633 --> 00:38:01,667 We won't take it back like that. 682 00:38:01,767 --> 00:38:06,600 Then, perhaps you'd consider payment by instalment? 683 00:38:06,700 --> 00:38:07,767 Certainly not. 684 00:38:07,867 --> 00:38:09,367 Hold hard, Squirkham. Let's see 685 00:38:09,467 --> 00:38:10,933 what he proposes. 686 00:38:12,700 --> 00:38:14,867 50,000 on Friday. 687 00:38:18,567 --> 00:38:20,233 The rest the following Friday? 688 00:38:23,067 --> 00:38:24,100 He hasn't got it. 689 00:38:24,967 --> 00:38:27,500 It's all over the city. He's busted. 690 00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:28,800 He's a gone coon. 691 00:38:31,267 --> 00:38:33,967 Then, you'd better take the title deeds, hadn't you? 692 00:38:34,833 --> 00:38:38,067 Will you put it in writing, sir? And sign to it? 693 00:38:39,533 --> 00:38:41,400 With pleasure, gentlemen. 694 00:38:41,500 --> 00:38:42,533 Draw it up, Croll. 695 00:38:44,967 --> 00:38:47,700 What a pleasure, doing business with you gentlemen. 696 00:38:52,767 --> 00:38:53,733 Get in, dear. Get in. 697 00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:00,567 Charlie, getting in? 698 00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:05,300 The most embarrassing day in my life. 699 00:39:06,300 --> 00:39:07,400 Give me the papers. 700 00:39:11,267 --> 00:39:12,733 You better wait here, Croll. 701 00:39:15,300 --> 00:39:18,133 I'll call for you to witness the signatures. 702 00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:31,833 What a pleasant domestic scene. 703 00:39:35,900 --> 00:39:37,733 What do you want, Papa? 704 00:39:37,833 --> 00:39:38,933 Marie, my dear. 705 00:39:41,233 --> 00:39:43,833 You remember, just before we left Paris, I placed 706 00:39:43,933 --> 00:39:46,433 rather a large sum of money in your name? 707 00:39:46,533 --> 00:39:48,067 Yes, Papa. 708 00:39:48,100 --> 00:39:49,867 You wanted me to make sure nobody could get at it 709 00:39:49,967 --> 00:39:51,600 if you got into trouble. 710 00:39:51,700 --> 00:39:53,267 Who says I'm in trouble? 711 00:39:53,367 --> 00:39:55,500 Everybody does. 712 00:39:57,133 --> 00:39:58,633 You will do good, my dear. 713 00:40:00,100 --> 00:40:01,767 Let your Papa speak, dear. 714 00:40:03,233 --> 00:40:07,033 Now, I put it in your name, Marie, 715 00:40:08,033 --> 00:40:10,700 but of course, I never meant to put it beyond my own reach. 716 00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:13,000 It is, after all, my property. 717 00:40:13,100 --> 00:40:14,900 But it's really mine. 718 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:16,200 By a quibble of the law, yes, 719 00:40:16,300 --> 00:40:18,500 but not so as to give you any right to it, my dear. 720 00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:21,867 In any case, this is for your own benefit. 721 00:40:23,267 --> 00:40:25,400 In the matters concerning your forthcoming marriage with 722 00:40:25,500 --> 00:40:26,233 Lord Nidderdale, 723 00:40:26,333 --> 00:40:27,733 settlements must be drawn. 724 00:40:31,133 --> 00:40:34,233 All you need to do is to sign these papers 725 00:40:34,333 --> 00:40:36,733 in one or two places. Mr Croll is waiting outside. 726 00:40:36,833 --> 00:40:39,033 I'll call him in to witness your signature. 727 00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:41,467 No, Papa. 728 00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:51,433 You say no to me? 729 00:40:52,833 --> 00:40:56,267 If I am to be married, what's mine will be my husband's. 730 00:40:56,367 --> 00:40:57,867 Why should I sign it away now? 731 00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:02,367 I don't believe you. I think you've lost your own money, 732 00:41:02,467 --> 00:41:03,933 and now, you want to steal mine. 733 00:41:04,067 --> 00:41:05,700 Steal your money? It was never yours 734 00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:07,800 in the first place, damn you. 735 00:41:07,900 --> 00:41:08,667 In that case, you can do what you like with it, 736 00:41:08,767 --> 00:41:10,200 without my signing. 737 00:41:12,833 --> 00:41:13,700 Marie. 738 00:41:17,067 --> 00:41:18,067 Understand. 739 00:41:19,833 --> 00:41:22,700 I must have this money at my disposal for use 740 00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:24,067 in the city tomorrow. 741 00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:29,467 Or I shall be ruined. 742 00:41:32,233 --> 00:41:35,600 I think of all I have done for you. 743 00:41:35,700 --> 00:41:36,600 Look around you. 744 00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:42,300 We have travelled all this way, from the gutters of Europe, 745 00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:43,300 Marie. 746 00:41:45,067 --> 00:41:47,233 I've lived off scraps like a dog so you should 747 00:41:47,333 --> 00:41:48,733 have the life of a lady. 748 00:41:50,367 --> 00:41:52,067 And look at you now. 749 00:41:54,067 --> 00:41:55,900 About to marry a peer of the realm. 750 00:42:02,700 --> 00:42:04,433 I never wanted the life of a lady. 751 00:42:04,533 --> 00:42:06,367 Ungrateful girl. 752 00:42:08,667 --> 00:42:11,233 Don't tell me about the gutters of Europe. 753 00:42:11,333 --> 00:42:13,333 I was there. I saw it all. 754 00:42:13,433 --> 00:42:17,100 I saw how you cheated and stole and bullied and lied, 755 00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:18,767 and ran away, leaving debt. 756 00:42:18,867 --> 00:42:20,700 For you, for you. 757 00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:24,100 You never loved me. It was all for you. 758 00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:25,300 For yourself. 759 00:42:27,067 --> 00:42:29,100 And what did you do with my mother? 760 00:42:38,067 --> 00:42:40,600 That couldn't be helped. 761 00:42:45,300 --> 00:42:46,167 Marie. 762 00:42:48,267 --> 00:42:50,600 Will you do this one thing for me now? 763 00:42:52,500 --> 00:42:54,167 And save us all from ruin? 764 00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:03,133 No. I won't. 765 00:43:12,667 --> 00:43:14,500 You ungrateful little- 766 00:43:25,767 --> 00:43:27,133 Mr Croll. 767 00:43:27,233 --> 00:43:28,167 Mr Melmotte. 768 00:43:28,267 --> 00:43:29,300 Mr Melmotte. 769 00:43:31,633 --> 00:43:33,067 It's not the way. 770 00:44:24,067 --> 00:44:24,900 Of course, there's no reason why 771 00:44:25,067 --> 00:44:26,833 I shouldn't sign the girl's name myself. 772 00:44:28,133 --> 00:44:30,433 I'm her father. It is my money, after all. 773 00:44:31,633 --> 00:44:35,533 But then, in order to satisfy Brehgert and the rest, 774 00:44:35,633 --> 00:44:38,267 the signature would have to be witnessed. 775 00:44:44,833 --> 00:44:46,900 We've known each other a long time, Walt. 776 00:44:50,100 --> 00:44:51,867 Well, it's a small thing to put your name 777 00:44:51,967 --> 00:44:54,700 to a piece of paper to say I can have my own money. 778 00:45:03,167 --> 00:45:05,567 Oh go on, then, go. Go back to the city. 779 00:45:05,667 --> 00:45:07,867 I think I shall be able to persuade her. 780 00:45:09,633 --> 00:45:12,333 In any case, I'll come to you in half an hour. 781 00:45:19,867 --> 00:45:22,500 English gentlemen, to the last. 782 00:45:53,700 --> 00:45:55,067 No. 783 00:45:56,700 --> 00:45:59,067 We haven't come to you yet. 784 00:46:08,533 --> 00:46:10,067 Give this to Mr Brehgert, 785 00:46:10,167 --> 00:46:11,133 at Todd, Brehgert and Goldstein, 786 00:46:11,233 --> 00:46:13,600 and make sure he gets it before close of business. 787 00:46:30,467 --> 00:46:32,767 Of course nothing can be expected of him, 788 00:46:32,867 --> 00:46:33,733 but Hetta? 789 00:46:34,567 --> 00:46:36,833 That she should be so stubborn. 790 00:46:36,933 --> 00:46:38,067 Oh, Mr Broune. 791 00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:40,567 I see nothing but ruin for us all. 792 00:46:42,733 --> 00:46:44,800 Felix, where are you going? 793 00:46:45,600 --> 00:46:47,700 Just thought I'd take a little air, Ma. 794 00:46:53,700 --> 00:46:56,533 Oh, Mr Broune. What am I to do? 795 00:46:57,633 --> 00:46:59,833 I must bear it as best I can, I suppose. 796 00:47:02,133 --> 00:47:04,067 At least I still have my pen. 797 00:47:04,133 --> 00:47:05,933 I shall begin a new book. 798 00:47:06,067 --> 00:47:09,467 What do you think of Great Mothers of History? 799 00:47:11,433 --> 00:47:13,067 Lady Carbury, I can no longer bear 800 00:47:13,133 --> 00:47:15,233 to stand by and see you suffer alone. 801 00:47:16,200 --> 00:47:20,367 Will you let me be the one to take your troubles from you? 802 00:47:20,467 --> 00:47:21,500 Mr Broune. 803 00:47:22,367 --> 00:47:24,700 You are a kind and generous man, but I cannot allow you 804 00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:26,500 to shoulder such burdens. 805 00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:29,967 I assure you, they will be as light as feathers to me. 806 00:47:30,067 --> 00:47:31,333 I seem as though to have fallen through 807 00:47:31,433 --> 00:47:32,567 in everything I do. 808 00:47:34,967 --> 00:47:37,133 I do not see what I can give you in return. 809 00:47:38,533 --> 00:47:39,400 Yourself. 810 00:47:41,933 --> 00:47:42,967 Mr Broune. 811 00:47:43,933 --> 00:47:45,133 Do you really mean... 812 00:47:45,233 --> 00:47:48,633 If only you knew how long and devoutly 813 00:47:48,733 --> 00:47:52,067 I have admired your beauty, your courage, 814 00:47:53,067 --> 00:47:54,433 you would not need to ask. 815 00:47:56,433 --> 00:47:57,833 But I have no money. 816 00:47:59,367 --> 00:48:01,567 I'm not proposing to you for your money. 817 00:48:03,100 --> 00:48:04,633 I have enough for both of us. 818 00:48:05,867 --> 00:48:07,433 And the children? 819 00:48:08,333 --> 00:48:10,200 Your daughter I can love as my own, 820 00:48:11,133 --> 00:48:13,633 and it is proof of my devotion to you if I say 821 00:48:14,700 --> 00:48:16,800 I can attempt the same for your son. 822 00:48:17,767 --> 00:48:20,567 Do you really think you can deal with Felix? 823 00:48:21,967 --> 00:48:22,833 I'm sure of it. 824 00:48:24,867 --> 00:48:25,867 If you will let me. 825 00:48:29,567 --> 00:48:30,567 Mr Broune. 826 00:48:33,133 --> 00:48:38,167 How good you are. 827 00:48:53,200 --> 00:48:55,100 Hello, Felix. 828 00:48:55,200 --> 00:48:57,333 Come to apologise, Grendall. 829 00:48:57,433 --> 00:49:00,233 About the cheating. I take it all back. 830 00:49:01,267 --> 00:49:02,600 What do you say? 831 00:49:02,700 --> 00:49:04,400 Let bygones be bygones? 832 00:49:07,367 --> 00:49:10,967 Come on, Grendall. Chap can't say fairer than that. 833 00:49:12,300 --> 00:49:13,433 Shake hands, what? 834 00:49:28,067 --> 00:49:29,100 Going to play, Carbury? 835 00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:30,300 Don't mind if I do. 836 00:50:26,500 --> 00:50:28,467 Mr Felix Carbury? 837 00:50:28,567 --> 00:50:29,733 Yes. What of it? 838 00:50:29,833 --> 00:50:30,767 You're off on a short trip, sir. 839 00:50:30,867 --> 00:50:31,867 What? 840 00:50:31,967 --> 00:50:32,700 To the continent. 841 00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:33,567 In here. 842 00:50:33,667 --> 00:50:34,633 How dare you? 843 00:50:34,733 --> 00:50:37,000 Dover port. Don't stop on the way, driver. 844 00:51:07,133 --> 00:51:10,333 Mr Brehgert sent for me last night, 845 00:51:10,433 --> 00:51:14,100 and he told me to take this back to you. 846 00:51:22,967 --> 00:51:26,067 He says you forgot to get one signature. 847 00:51:27,833 --> 00:51:28,700 This one. 848 00:51:30,067 --> 00:51:32,333 It should say, "W. Croll". 849 00:51:32,433 --> 00:51:34,300 Here as well. 850 00:51:46,633 --> 00:51:49,400 It's a pretty strong order, Mr Melmotte. 851 00:51:51,600 --> 00:51:53,433 Brehgert knows it's a forgery. 852 00:51:55,067 --> 00:51:56,233 I think he does, sir. 853 00:51:57,367 --> 00:51:59,700 And he's not going to the police? 854 00:52:02,133 --> 00:52:03,767 And nor shall I, Mr Melmotte. 855 00:52:06,800 --> 00:52:09,333 But I shan't be back in the lane anymore. 856 00:52:17,067 --> 00:52:20,367 Will you not back at the office, Croll? 857 00:52:20,467 --> 00:52:23,167 I think not. No. 858 00:52:25,467 --> 00:52:26,700 So, you're leaving me? 859 00:52:30,333 --> 00:52:32,067 There's a little money owing. 860 00:52:33,333 --> 00:52:35,367 But you'll send it, no? 861 00:52:40,733 --> 00:52:42,500 Goodbye, Mr Melmotte. 862 00:52:55,433 --> 00:52:56,433 Oh, Hetta. 863 00:52:59,067 --> 00:53:01,133 There's a lady waiting for you in the sitting room. 864 00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:14,833 Forgive the intrusion, Miss Carbury. 865 00:53:14,933 --> 00:53:17,267 I'm going back to the States, and I wanted to see you 866 00:53:17,367 --> 00:53:18,367 before I go. 867 00:53:20,233 --> 00:53:23,433 You're leaving with Mr Montague? 868 00:53:24,967 --> 00:53:26,300 I am travelling alone. 869 00:53:32,067 --> 00:53:35,400 I've been doing some thinking since last we met. 870 00:53:37,633 --> 00:53:41,133 I guess I've been playing a bad hand for too long. 871 00:53:42,067 --> 00:53:46,233 He's yours, Miss Carbury, if you want him. 872 00:53:46,333 --> 00:53:48,467 I should take him, if I were you. 873 00:53:48,567 --> 00:53:50,600 Tell him he has nothing to fear from me. 874 00:53:51,467 --> 00:53:54,167 I've put away my pistols and my whips. 875 00:53:55,200 --> 00:53:57,567 I shan't be taking my revenge. Not this time. 876 00:53:59,533 --> 00:54:02,333 I only wish I could have made him love me 877 00:54:02,433 --> 00:54:04,167 as he did a long time ago. 878 00:54:05,700 --> 00:54:08,400 But when I came to see you before- 879 00:54:08,500 --> 00:54:13,267 Miss Carbury, when I spoke to you before, 880 00:54:14,300 --> 00:54:17,100 I let you think that Paul Montague and I made love 881 00:54:17,200 --> 00:54:18,133 at Lowestoft. 882 00:54:25,233 --> 00:54:29,767 I want to tell you now that that wasn't true. 883 00:54:31,367 --> 00:54:33,767 I asked him to spend one last night with me, 884 00:54:33,867 --> 00:54:36,600 but he refused. 885 00:54:38,300 --> 00:54:39,467 For your sake. 886 00:54:43,467 --> 00:54:44,300 There. 887 00:54:46,200 --> 00:54:47,967 When I spoke to you before, I couldn't bear 888 00:54:48,067 --> 00:54:49,500 letting you triumph over me, 889 00:54:50,467 --> 00:54:51,767 but now I find I can. 890 00:54:53,467 --> 00:54:55,633 I don't want to triumph over you. 891 00:54:55,733 --> 00:54:56,600 Why not? 892 00:54:57,500 --> 00:55:00,767 You've got him. Are you telling me you don't want him now? 893 00:55:00,867 --> 00:55:03,700 It's so messy, 894 00:55:03,800 --> 00:55:06,533 and complicated and compromised. 895 00:55:12,067 --> 00:55:17,100 When I first fell in love with him, I though he was perfect. 896 00:55:17,233 --> 00:55:20,833 None of them are. None of us, come to that. 897 00:55:20,933 --> 00:55:23,800 But as men go, he's about as good as they come. 898 00:55:23,900 --> 00:55:25,967 Roger Carbury is entirely good. 899 00:55:28,300 --> 00:55:29,167 Maybe. 900 00:55:30,333 --> 00:55:33,367 But what use is a man like that to you or me? 901 00:55:34,200 --> 00:55:38,433 No passion, no spirit, no badness. 902 00:55:39,467 --> 00:55:42,100 He might as well be stuffed in a museum. 903 00:55:42,200 --> 00:55:45,400 An English country gentleman, circa 1870. 904 00:55:47,067 --> 00:55:50,267 Paul wants you. Take a chance on him. 905 00:55:51,100 --> 00:55:54,100 It might not work out, but at least you'll have 906 00:55:54,200 --> 00:55:55,233 an interesting ride. 907 00:55:57,933 --> 00:56:00,367 And I wish you every happiness. 908 00:56:02,167 --> 00:56:04,500 Goodbye, Miss Carbury. 909 00:56:06,067 --> 00:56:07,433 I am glad to have met you. 910 00:56:18,067 --> 00:56:20,233 You better pack up your jewels. 911 00:56:20,333 --> 00:56:22,400 Is something going to happen, Melmotte? 912 00:56:22,500 --> 00:56:23,600 Pack them up small. 913 00:56:26,833 --> 00:56:28,133 Keep them ready to hand. 914 00:56:29,700 --> 00:56:31,533 You might have to travel without me. 915 00:56:32,900 --> 00:56:34,567 And Marie, too? 916 00:56:34,667 --> 00:56:37,833 No. The girl's all right. 917 00:56:41,500 --> 00:56:43,067 She has her own money. 918 00:56:48,333 --> 00:56:50,667 Are we ruined, Melmotte? 919 00:56:50,767 --> 00:56:52,067 Pretty much. 920 00:56:53,233 --> 00:56:54,333 We stayed too long. 921 00:56:56,667 --> 00:56:58,467 I enjoyed it too much, 922 00:57:01,133 --> 00:57:02,800 being an English gentleman. 923 00:57:08,367 --> 00:57:11,200 Perhaps I should have built that damn railroad after all. 924 00:57:12,400 --> 00:57:13,767 I don't understand. 925 00:57:17,067 --> 00:57:18,867 Shares are at nothing. 926 00:57:21,400 --> 00:57:23,067 I owe hundreds of thousands. 927 00:57:26,933 --> 00:57:28,300 With nothing to pay with. 928 00:57:44,367 --> 00:57:46,667 So, what are you staring at? 929 00:57:46,767 --> 00:57:47,733 What will you do? 930 00:57:50,433 --> 00:57:51,900 Will they send you to prison? 931 00:57:59,633 --> 00:58:00,967 If it comes to it. 932 00:58:06,133 --> 00:58:08,067 I shall go down to the house. 933 00:58:12,167 --> 00:58:13,367 And if I fall, 934 00:58:16,833 --> 00:58:18,833 they should see I will fall like a man. 935 00:58:56,533 --> 00:58:58,067 Order. 936 00:58:59,133 --> 00:59:01,433 A statement to the house from 937 00:59:01,533 --> 00:59:03,967 the Chancellor of the Exchequer. 938 00:59:07,333 --> 00:59:11,533 Mr Melmotte, do you wish to raise a point of order? 939 00:59:36,100 --> 00:59:38,233 Order. Order. 940 00:59:40,100 --> 00:59:40,933 Order. 941 00:59:42,333 --> 00:59:44,800 Will the house come to order? 942 00:59:53,900 --> 00:59:54,767 Order. 943 01:00:10,433 --> 01:00:12,000 Order. 944 01:02:43,900 --> 01:02:45,167 Prussic acid. 945 01:02:59,600 --> 01:03:03,067 See your own doctor, if you want money. 946 01:03:03,133 --> 01:03:06,633 No, no, please. I wouldn't dream of it. 947 01:03:06,733 --> 01:03:07,900 I... 948 01:03:11,067 --> 01:03:14,467 It's all right. I understand. 949 01:03:14,567 --> 01:03:16,767 The engagement's all over. 950 01:03:19,333 --> 01:03:20,967 What a life it has been. 951 01:03:24,200 --> 01:03:25,400 Now it's over. 952 01:03:27,833 --> 01:03:29,967 I don't suppose I shall see you again. 953 01:03:32,400 --> 01:03:34,733 I don't know why you should think that. 954 01:03:34,833 --> 01:03:36,167 Yes, you do. 955 01:03:36,267 --> 01:03:38,633 You like me well enough, but you have to marry fortune, 956 01:03:38,733 --> 01:03:40,067 like all the rest. 957 01:03:42,233 --> 01:03:43,667 Come, let's not pretend. 958 01:03:45,867 --> 01:03:46,733 It's all right. 959 01:03:47,767 --> 01:03:48,667 You can go now. 960 01:04:20,267 --> 01:04:21,100 Papa. 961 01:04:23,633 --> 01:04:26,067 It was a bad shame, you know. 962 01:04:27,800 --> 01:04:28,933 Too many things. 963 01:04:30,067 --> 01:04:32,333 If he'd stuck to the railway, he might have 964 01:04:32,433 --> 01:04:33,400 come out right. 965 01:04:35,867 --> 01:04:38,800 Mr Fisker arrived in London yesterday. 966 01:04:40,100 --> 01:04:41,833 He can deal with the creditors. 967 01:04:45,100 --> 01:04:49,067 Mademoiselle, your money is safe. 968 01:04:50,667 --> 01:04:54,667 Nobody can touch it, not if he was in debt millions. 969 01:04:55,567 --> 01:04:57,200 You are still a rich young lady. 970 01:05:00,400 --> 01:05:01,700 You can... 971 01:05:03,367 --> 01:05:04,800 Look after that one, no? 972 01:05:09,433 --> 01:05:13,100 If I choose to. Thank you, Mr Croll. 973 01:05:23,167 --> 01:05:26,133 I feel as if I have to start my life all over again. 974 01:05:28,300 --> 01:05:31,400 I didn't love my father, but life will be 975 01:05:31,500 --> 01:05:33,200 so strange without him there. 976 01:05:35,400 --> 01:05:36,667 What about you? 977 01:05:36,767 --> 01:05:38,833 Are you happy with the man you love? 978 01:05:40,200 --> 01:05:42,767 No, I have broken with him. 979 01:05:44,100 --> 01:05:47,467 I found he was involved with another woman. 980 01:05:47,567 --> 01:05:49,667 No. The beast. 981 01:05:51,067 --> 01:05:53,233 Does he love this other woman and not you? 982 01:05:54,067 --> 01:05:55,900 No. I think he loves me. 983 01:05:58,167 --> 01:05:59,567 And I still love him. 984 01:06:01,100 --> 01:06:03,400 Then take him. You must. Don't be a fool. 985 01:06:05,133 --> 01:06:05,867 You don't understand. 986 01:06:05,967 --> 01:06:07,467 I understand this; 987 01:06:08,333 --> 01:06:11,067 that we women must take our fates in our own hands. 988 01:06:12,300 --> 01:06:14,167 I will never be like that woman in there, 989 01:06:14,267 --> 01:06:15,400 or my poor mother. 990 01:06:17,100 --> 01:06:18,733 I will live my life to the full. 991 01:06:20,133 --> 01:06:20,967 So must you. 992 01:06:29,567 --> 01:06:30,433 Paul. 993 01:06:31,567 --> 01:06:33,167 It is great to see you. 994 01:06:34,300 --> 01:06:35,833 How is everything? 995 01:06:35,933 --> 01:06:36,733 I'm surprised you have the nerve 996 01:06:36,833 --> 01:06:38,067 to show your face here, Fisker. 997 01:06:38,133 --> 01:06:40,133 Hey, hold hard, partner. 998 01:06:40,233 --> 01:06:42,333 Listen, I understand that things weren't so good 999 01:06:42,433 --> 01:06:44,300 the last time that we met. 1000 01:06:44,400 --> 01:06:46,433 But you can't blame me for that. 1001 01:06:46,533 --> 01:06:49,233 Things are a damn sight worse now, I suppose. 1002 01:06:49,333 --> 01:06:51,400 No doubt you've come over to wind up the company. 1003 01:06:51,500 --> 01:06:52,533 Are you crazy? 1004 01:06:53,700 --> 01:06:57,100 Have you not seen the price of the American stock? 1005 01:06:57,200 --> 01:06:59,367 Paul, we're going to build the railway. 1006 01:07:00,933 --> 01:07:02,800 Come here, come here. Sit down. 1007 01:07:04,300 --> 01:07:05,133 Look. 1008 01:07:06,367 --> 01:07:08,733 This is the new schedule of works. 1009 01:07:08,833 --> 01:07:09,800 Take a look at it. 1010 01:07:11,533 --> 01:07:12,867 No, go on. Check it out. 1011 01:07:14,567 --> 01:07:17,900 After all, you're going to be the one who's in charge of it. 1012 01:07:18,067 --> 01:07:19,533 If that's still what you want. 1013 01:07:20,600 --> 01:07:22,967 Didn't I tell you? It always pans out like this. 1014 01:07:23,067 --> 01:07:25,200 First wave of investors lose their shirts, 1015 01:07:25,300 --> 01:07:28,133 but the second wave, they make their fortunes. 1016 01:07:29,800 --> 01:07:32,367 It's too bad that old Melmotte got in too deep. 1017 01:07:32,467 --> 01:07:34,800 I had a lot of time for that man. 1018 01:07:34,900 --> 01:07:36,667 He made his mark on the world, all right, 1019 01:07:36,767 --> 01:07:39,633 but he had to always push that just a little bit too far. 1020 01:07:39,733 --> 01:07:41,433 I hope you held onto your shares. 1021 01:07:42,533 --> 01:07:45,067 So, come on, Paul. 1022 01:07:46,067 --> 01:07:47,167 What's it going to be? 1023 01:07:48,133 --> 01:07:50,100 Are you in or are you out? 1024 01:07:52,133 --> 01:07:53,767 Why should I believe a word you say? 1025 01:07:53,867 --> 01:07:56,367 First, because we are partners. 1026 01:07:57,800 --> 01:07:59,133 That's why. 1027 01:07:59,233 --> 01:08:02,333 Then second, because it is guaranteed, in black and white, 1028 01:08:02,433 --> 01:08:06,733 page 29, construction is to begin in one week's time, 1029 01:08:07,567 --> 01:08:10,600 and the money, it is in the bank. 1030 01:08:13,100 --> 01:08:16,267 What's it going to be? Are you in or are you out? 1031 01:08:18,433 --> 01:08:21,200 Hey, I thought that you wanted to build a railway. 1032 01:08:33,800 --> 01:08:35,400 No, Mr Montague. 1033 01:08:35,500 --> 01:08:37,600 I'm afraid that's out of the question. 1034 01:08:37,700 --> 01:08:40,667 Then, would you tell her I came to say goodbye? 1035 01:08:41,567 --> 01:08:43,600 I am leaving the country shortly. 1036 01:08:44,467 --> 01:08:45,533 Probably forever. 1037 01:08:47,333 --> 01:08:50,333 I made a mess of things with your daughter, Lady Carbury, 1038 01:08:51,700 --> 01:08:53,900 and I daresay she'll be as glad to see the back of me 1039 01:08:54,067 --> 01:08:54,867 as you will. 1040 01:08:56,067 --> 01:08:58,067 I don't deserve her, and I know that. 1041 01:09:00,200 --> 01:09:02,100 But I never meant to make her unhappy. 1042 01:09:03,967 --> 01:09:06,067 It's a strange and complicated life, 1043 01:09:06,167 --> 01:09:08,067 the way we live now, 1044 01:09:08,100 --> 01:09:11,900 and things aren't always as clear cut 1045 01:09:12,067 --> 01:09:13,333 as we'd like them to be. 1046 01:09:17,067 --> 01:09:19,067 But one thing is as clear as day for me; 1047 01:09:21,333 --> 01:09:22,367 I love Hetta, 1048 01:09:23,933 --> 01:09:24,900 and I always will. 1049 01:09:27,267 --> 01:09:29,300 Will you tell her that for me? 1050 01:09:29,400 --> 01:09:31,200 And that I hope she'll be happy, 1051 01:09:33,500 --> 01:09:35,767 and that I shall be thinking of her 1052 01:09:35,867 --> 01:09:37,300 every minute of every day. 1053 01:09:39,300 --> 01:09:41,800 Goodbye, Lady Carbury. 1054 01:09:41,900 --> 01:09:43,100 Goodbye, Mr Montague. 1055 01:09:50,967 --> 01:09:51,833 Paul. 1056 01:09:54,700 --> 01:09:55,567 Hetta. 1057 01:09:59,567 --> 01:10:00,833 Paul. 1058 01:10:09,067 --> 01:10:10,500 Take me with you.