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ISN'T IT EXTRAORDINARY?

WHAT IS IT, ELIZABETH? CAN'T YOU READ?

DIDN'T YOU HEAR WHAT EMILY FOUND OUT ABOUT OUR TEACHER?

I THINK IT'S ROMANTIC.

YOU DO? I DON'T. NEITHER WILL MY MOTHER

WHEN SHE COMES BACK FROM EUROPE.

SHE'S "MADEMOISELLE D".

WHO'S "MADEMOISELLE D"?

HURRY UP. MISS HAINES IS HERE.

THE FRENCH TEACHER'S NAME IS.

NO, SILLY. HER REAL NAME IS DESPORTES,

BUT OVER THERE, SHE WAS KNOWN AS "MADEMOISELLE D."

SHH. GIRLS, BE QUIET.

JANE VAN BUREN.

MARGARET VAN RENSSELAER.

DID YOU HEAR WHAT EMILY FOUND OUT ABOUT OUR NEW TEACHER?

EVERYBODY'S IN, MISS HAINES.

THANK YOU, REBECCA. THIS IS REBECCA JAY.

AGNES BREVOORT.

MARY SIMPSON.

MARIANNA VAN HORN.

ROSE STANTON.

CARA PARKER AND ELIZABETH WARD.

DOR--YOUNG LADIES,

YOU MAY GO TO YOUR SEATS.

DORA VANDERBILT.

EMILY SCHUYLER.

LOUISE DURAND. HELEN LEXINGTON...

GIVE ME THE PAPER. HERE, BE CAREFUL.

DID YOU SEE THE LOOK I GAVE HER?

I DON'T THINK SHE'LL LIKE IT HERE.

Miss Haines: YOU MAY SIT DOWN, YOUNG LADIES.

NOW I WANT TO SAY THAT IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE

TO INTRODUCE YOU TO YOUR NEW INSTRUCTRESS IN FRENCH.

MADEMOISELLE HENRIETTE DESPORTES.

I'M GLAD TO WELCOME HER TO OUR SCHOOL,

AND I TRUST YOU'LL HAVE THE GOOD SENSE TO PROFIT BY HER TEACHING.

YOU MAY TAKE OVER, MADEMOISELLE.

THANK YOU, MISS HAINES.

GOOD MORNING, YOUNG LADIES.

GOOD MORNING, MISS HAINES.

BONJOUR, MESDEMOISELLES.

Imagine, Emily, being involved in such a scandal

and teaching in our very class.

it's about time we had some excitement in this school.

AND IN YOUR LANGUAGE, GOOD MORNING, YOUNG LADIES.

I'VE BEEN APPOINTED YOUR TEACHER.

I HOPE BEFORE THE YEAR END, I SHALL HAVE DESERVED TO BECOME YOUR FRIEND.

WELL, SO MUCH FOR THAT.

WILL YOU TURN IN YOUR LITERATURE BOOKS TO PAGE ONE?

I WILL SELECT AT RANDOM FROM THE ROLL.

AGNES BREVOORT.

YES, MADEMOISELLE?

WILL YOU START READING, PLEASE?

Dora, give it to Emily.

Yes.

Emily.

Please, Emmy, the paper.

NOW, MARIANNA VAN HORN WILL TRANSLATE.

MADEMOISELLE VAN HORN, YOU WILL TRANSLATE, PLEASE.

I... I DON'T KNOW THE PLACE.

THE TOP OF PAGE ONE.

PERHAPS HELEN LEXINGTON HAS BEEN PAYING MORE ATTENTION.

I, MADEMOISELLE?

She'd better never jump on me like that. I'll show her..

"GEORGE. NO, LET US GO TO THE WOODS

TO HUNT FOR... FRAIS... FRAISES?"

YOU CALL THEM STRAWBERRIES.

FRAISES DES BOIS... THEY'RE THE LITTLE WILD STRAWBERRIES

THAT GROW IN THE WOODS.

HOW DID YOU EVER FIND OUT?

MOTHER'S MAID, CELESTE, KEPT ALL THE PARIS PAPERS.

I READ THEM.

ARE YOU SURE? AM I SURE?

SHE'S THE SAME PERSON, AND I THINK IT'S WICKED.

MADEMOISELLE SCHUYLER.

I BELIEVE THAT IS YOUR NAME, EMILY SCHUYLER.

YES, MADEMOISELLE.

YOU'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF TALKING.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION?

YES, MADEMOISELLE, BUT I'M NOT SURE

THAT YOU WILL LIKE TO ANSWER.

WELL, COME HERE, WILL YOU?

WAS THERE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW?

COULD YOU TELL ME HOW TO SPELL CONCIERGERIE?

I BEG YOUR PARDON?

I'M ASKING YOU HOW TO SPELL CONCIERGERIE.

I THINK IT'S THE NAME OF A FRENCH PRISON.

WHY DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?

I MEAN, THAT PARTICULAR WORD.

WELL, YOU SAID YOURSELF WE'RE HERE TO LEARN.

YES. OF COURSE.

C...

O...

N...

C...

I...

E...

R...

AND THEN SHOW US HOW YOU SPELL THE NAME

PRASLIN.

AND NOW, IF YOU WILL ALL EXCUSE ME, PLEASE.

COME IN, PLEASE.

MISS HAINES, I...

YOU?

YES, IT'S I.

I CAME TO WELCOME YOU TO YOUR NEW HOME.

I'M AFRAID YOU'VE COME FOR NOTHING, HENRY.

MISS HAINES, I MUST LEAVE AT ONCE. PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION.

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? THEY HAVE FOUND OUT.

I WAS FOOLISH TO THINK THEY WOULDN'T.

WHAT HAVE THEY FOUND OUT?

I SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU BEFORE I ACCEPTED THIS POST DISHONOURABLY.

I LET YOU TAKE ME IN AS HENRIETTE DESPORTES...

WHEN YOU'RE ALSO HENRIETTE DELUZY,

THE NOTORIOUS "MADEMOISELLE D." IS THAT IT, MY DEAR?

YOU KNEW?

NATURALLY, WHEN MR. FIELD RECOMMENDED YOU, HE TOLD ME EVERYTHING.

WE AGREED THAT OLD SCANDALS

MIGHT BE FORGOTTEN IN YOUR CASE.

IT WAS YOU, HENRY.

MISS HAINES, WOULD YOU ALLOW ME TO SPEAK

TO MADEMOISELLE DESPORTES ALONE, PLEASE?

CERTAINLY, AND I HOPE WHATEVER YOU DECIDE

WILL BE FOR THE BEST.

IT ISN'T ANY USE, HENRY.

THOUGH YOU'VE DONE ME THIS LAST KINDNESS,

EVEN YOU MUST REALIZE IT IS HOPELESS.

THAT GIRL ASKED ME HOW TO SPELL CONCIERGERIE.

THAT CHILD. ALL THAT IS PAST.

NO, IT'S CROSSED THE OCEAN AND FOLLOWED ME. IT'S IN THAT SCHOOLROOM NOW

THE WAY THAT GIRL LOOKED AT ME.

HENRY, I'VE NOTHING LEFT TO FIGHT WITH ANYMORE.

YES, YOU HAVE.

IF YOU COULD SEE YOURSELF AS I KNOW YOU CAN BE, HENRIETTE.

PROUD, LOOKING UP WITH CLEAR EYES,

ASHAMED OF NOTHING.

IF YOU CAN FACE YOUR CONSCIENCE, SURELY YOU CAN FACE THOSE CHILDREN.

DON'T BEG FOR THEIR RESPECT, DEMAND IT.

IF I ONLY HAD YOUR COURAGE.

PLEASE. PLEASE, HENRIETTE.

I SUPPOSE I OWE IT TO YOU TO TRY.

MADEMOISELLE DELUZY. WE'LL TEACH HER A LESSON.

WHY DO THEY CALL HER "MADEMOISELLE D"?

HER REAL NAME IS DESPORTES OR DELUZY OR SOMETHING.

HERE SHE IS.

THE REST OF TODAY'S LESSON WILL BE CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH.

LAY ASIDE YOUR BOOKS FOR IT IS TO BE ENTIRELY ORAL.

I AM GOING TO TELL YOU A TRUE STORY.

PERHAPS I AM WRONG IN TELLING IT TO YOU,

BUT IN A FEW YEARS,

YOU WILL BE WOMEN OF AN AGE TO LOVE AND SUFFER

AND FACE DIFFICULT PROBLEMS.

IT WILL NOT HURT YOU TO LEARN

THAT LIFE IS NOT ALWAYS THE PRETTY PICTURE WE MIGHT WISH IT TO BE.

IF THERE ARE ANY OF YOU WHO DO NOT WISH TO HEAR MY STORY,

YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION TO LEAVE NOW.

VERY WELL, THEN.

ALL I ASK IS THAT YOU GIVE ME YOUR WHOLE ATTENTION.

FOR MOST OF OUR STORY, WE WILL BE IN PARIS

IN A LARGE AND BEAUTIFUL HOUSE

WHICH IS THE RESIDENCE OF THE DUC AND DUCHESSE DE PRASLIN.

IT IS OF THE GOVERNESS IN THIS HOUSEHOLD

WHICH I WILL TELL YOU.

ON A FEBRUARY MORNING SOME YEARS AGO,

SHE HAD NOT YET ARRIVED IN PARIS

WHEN SHE WAS SUMMONED FOR AN INTERVIEW.

IT WAS A PASSENGER ON A STEAMER

WHICH WAS MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS THE FOGGY ENGLISH CHANNEL

FROM SOUTHAMPTON TOWARD LE HAVRE.

IN THE BAG SHE CARRIED WAS A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION

FROM HER LAST EMPLOYER.

SHE COULD NOT KNOW INTO WHAT UNEXPECTED ADVENTURE

THE LETTER WOULD CARRY HER.

AND EVEN MORE, HOW ANOTHER LETTER

WOULD ONE DAY BRING HER WORLD DOWN IN RUINS.

SHE ONLY KNEW THAT ONE CYCLE OF HER LIFE WAS PAST

AND ANOTHER BEGINNING.

AND SHE LOOKED TOWARD THE DISTANT INVISIBLE SHORES

OF HER NATIVE COUNTRY

WITH MINGLED FEELINGS OF HOPE AND APPREHENSION.

SHE WAS TRAVELING ALONE.

SHE HAD LEARNED LONG SINCE TO LOOK AFTER HERSELF.

AND IF SHE WAS LONELY,

SHE HOPED THAT NOTHING IN HER MANNER GAVE IT AWAY.

I BEG YOUR PARDON.

DO YOU MIND IF I TALK TO YOU?

SINCE WE SEEM TO BE THE ONLY ONES HARDY ENOUGH TO BRAVE THE DECK.

I'VE NEVER GONE UP TO SPEAK TO A STRANGER BEFORE.

IF I'VE OFFENDED YOU, IF YOU WANT ME TO GO AWAY, I WILL.

I SAW YOU FIRST ON THE DOCK AT SOUTHAMPTON.

HOW SAD THOSE PEOPLE WERE WHEN THEY SAID GOODBYE TO YOU.

AFTER 5 YEARS, IT'S DIFFICULT TO PART FROM THOSE YOU HAVE LEARNED TO LOVE.

I WAS SAD FOR THEM. I DON'T KNOW WHY.

THAT LITTLE GIRL-- HOW BITTERLY SHE WEPT.

THAT WAS NINA. I WAS HER GOVERNESS.

WHEN THE GENTLEMAN TOOK YOUR HAND AND WISHED YOU HAPPINESS,

THE ODDEST FEELING CAME OVER ME.

YOU WERE A PERFECT STRANGER TO ME,

AND YET I FOUND MYSELF WISHING WITH ALL MY HEART

THAT YOU WOULD BE HAPPY.

I SUPPOSE YOU THINK THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

NATURALLY.

AND YET IT'S TRUE THAT YOU'RE NOT HAPPY NOW.

IT'S IN YOUR FACE AND IN YOUR MANNER.

YOU'RE UNHAPPY AND YOU'RE RESIGNED TO IT.

A PERSON IN MY POSITION MUST BE CONTENT WITH PICKING UP

A FEW CRUMBS OF HAPPINESS

FROM OTHER PEOPLE'S TABLES.

NOW, I'M SURE YOU'LL EXCUSE ME.

PLEASE DON'T GO. I KNOW I'VE BEEN IMPERTINENT AND RUDE,

BUT I PROMISE I WON'T PROBE ANY FURTHER.

I WILL TALK ABOUT THE MOST INNOCENT GENERALITIES.

IN FACT, I'LL TALK ABOUT MYSELF.

I'M AN AMERICAN.

I RATHER GUESSED THAT.

FROM MASSACHUSETTS. MY NAME IS FIELD. HENRY FIELD.

AND THERE'S A MARTYN IN THE MIDDLE,

AND A REVEREND THAT GOES IN FRONT.

YOU ARE A MINISTER?

WELL, I'M NOT EXACTLY A FULL-FLEDGED MINISTER YET.

THAT IS, I HAVEN'T TAKEN A REGULAR PASTORATE. BUT MY FATHER'S A MINISTER.

I PREACHED MY FIRST SERMON WHEN I WAS 15

IN ONE OF HIS CUT-DOWN COATS.

JUST NOW I'M BROADENING MYSELF WITH SOME TRAVEL.

I DON'T SUPPOSE A LITTLE BROADENING WILL HURT A MINISTER.

I'M SORRY, BUT WE DOCK SOON.

THE LUGGAGE IS BEING SORTED IN THE LOUNGE.

YES. THANK YOU.

IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME

BUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOUR NAME. WHERE WILL I FIND YOU?

WELL, I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE I'LL BE MYSELF.

GOODBYE, MONSIEUR.

♪ KING HENRY OF LANCASTER'S ROSE WAS SO RED ♪

♪ THE WHITE ROSE OF YORK CAME TO REIGN IN ITS STEAD ♪

♪ WHEN HENRY RETURNED, DUKE OF YORK WAS DISMISSED ♪

♪ THE WAR OF THE ROSES BEGAN TO... ♪

BERTHE MY DARLING, THE SONG IS TO LEARN HISTORY TO,

NOT TO DANCE TO.

YES, MADEMOISELLE. I DIDN'T MEAN TO.

I'M VERY SORRY.

AND, LOUISE, YOU ARE OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER.

BUT, MADEMOISELLE, IT'S SO HARD TO REMEMBER

THINGS THAT HAPPENED SO LONG AGO

AND WAY OVER IN ENGLAND, NOT FRANCE.

WHEN I TAUGHT AN ENGLISH GIRL FRENCH HISTORY, SHE SAID THE SAME THING.

THE WAR OF THE ROSES IS VERY SIMPLE IF YOU JUST LEARN THE SONG.

THE KING'S COAT OF ARMS HAD THE RED ROSE OF LANCASTER FOR AN EMBLEM

AND THE QUEEN'S, THE WHITE ROSE OF YORK.

I KNOW.JUST LIKE MAMA AND PAPA.

SHE HAD A CREST OF HER OWN BEFORE SHE MARRIED HIM, ONLY HIS WAS BETTER.

MAMA HAD THE MOST MONEY.

NOT WHEN THEY WERE MARRIED.

SHE HAS NOW... AT LEAST, GRANDFATHER SEBASTIANI HAS.

HE EVEN OWNS THIS HOUSE.

HE LETS US LIVE HERE BECAUSE PAPA MARRIED MAMA.

THAT'S TRUE, MADEMOISELLE. I'LL BET IT MAKES PAPA SIMPLY FURIOUS.

NOW, NOW, LOUISE. SOME OTHER TIME. WE MUST FINISH OUR SONG.

BERTHE, MY DARLING, COME HERE.

THERE.

♪ KING HENRY THE SIXTH, LOCKED AWAY IN THE TOWER ♪

♪ WHEN EDWARD'S DEFEAT PUT THE SEVENTH IN POWER-- ♪♪

BE PATIENT, DARLING. YOU'LL FEEL BETTER IN A LITTLE WHILE.

IF YOU WOULD BRING RAYNALD HIS MIRROR, MONSIEUR,

HE COULD SEE FOR HIMSELF HOW GROWN-UP HE LOOKS.

HE'LL BE GETTING A TALL HAT AND A CANE BEFORE WE KNOW IT.

THANK YOU, MONSIEUR.

THERE.

SHOW PAPA HOW NICE YOU CAN SMILE WHEN YOU WANT TO.

YOU SEE, MONSIEUR.

YOU CAN'T SAY RAYNALD ISN'T A BRAVE LITTLE MAN.

AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR DEJEUNER ON A TRAY

JUST LIKE YOUR MOTHER HAS HERS.

NO. NO. IT HURTS MY NECK.

WELL, LET'S FORGET ABOUT THE CHOCOLATE, THEN. HERE'S A TANGERINE.

♪ SLEEP, MY DARLING ♪

♪ MY PRECIOUS BABY ♪

♪ TILL THE SUN DOTH BID YOU ARISE ♪

IT SEEMS A SHAME TO SHUT OUT THE AIR AND THE SUNLIGHT,

ESPECIALLY WITH THE WARM SPRING COMING.

YES, IT DOES SEEM A SHAME,

BUT THE DOCTOR SAYS THAT--

YES. I KNOW, MONSIEUR.

♪ THE ANGELS ABOVE ♪

♪ WATCH O'ER YOU WITH LOVE ♪

♪ SLEEP, MY BABY ♪

♪ MY PRECIOUS DARLING ♪

MADEMOISELLE.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW GRATEFUL I AM FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

WHEN MADAME UNDERSTANDS,

I'M SURE SHE WILL BE GRATEFUL, TOO.

I'LL BE BACK IN A LITTLE WHILE.

♪ SLEEP, MY DARLING ♪

♪ MY PRECIOUS BABY ♪♪

HE IS TOO LITTLE TO BE FRIGHTENED.

MONSIEUR, MADEMOISELLE DELUZY.

DR. LOUIS.

YES, MADAME. SHOULDN'T I GO IN?

NO, MADAME. I THINK IT'D BE WISE NOT TO. I'M AFRAID YOU MIGHT UPSET HIM.

I? UPSET HIM?

THERE'S GREAT DANGER OF INFECTION.

BELIEVE ME, I'M ONLY SPEAKING FOR YOUR GOOD.

HOW DARE YOU?

MADEMOISELLE, DO YOU THINK IT'S THE KING

WHO STOPS PAPA FROM COMING HERE?

BERTHE, FATHER IS A PEER OF FRANCE

AND HAS A GREAT MANY RESPONSIBILITIES TO ATTEND TO.

WHEN I GROW UP, WILL I BE A PEER?

DARLING, WE'LL DISCUSS IT TOMORROW.

NOW, NOW, INTO BED.

YOU MUST PROMISE ME NOT TO TALK ANYMORE TONIGHT.

YES, MADEMOISELLE.

GOODNIGHT, MADEMOISELLE.

GOODNIGHT, BERTHE. GOODNIGHT, LOUISE.

GOODNIGHT, MADEMOISELLE.

ISABELLE!

DARLING!

TEARS?

I'M SO UNHAPPY.

BUT, ISABELLE, YOU? WHY?

I DON'T KNOW.

IT ISN'T ANYTHING I CAN TELL ANYONE.

OH, I'M SO AFRAID.

SO, MY LITTLE GIRL IS GROWING UP.

I DON'T WANT TO GROW UP.

BUT, DARLING, EVERYBODY GROWS UP.

IT'S NATURAL AND BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S NOTHING TO BE FRIGHTENED ABOUT.

HAS ANYONE BEEN TELLING YOU THINGS?

EVER SINCE FATHER SEBASTIANI CAME,

HE AND THE ABBE--

THIS MORNING, WHEN I WENT TO CONFESSION,

THE ABBE SAID-- HE SAID--

OH, I CAN'T.

DARLING,

DON'T YOU KNOW YOU CAN TRUST ME?

HE SAID IN A YEAR OR 2,

I'D BE OLD ENOUGH TO GET MARRIED

AND THAT I HAD TO PREPARE MYSELF.

OH.

WELL, WHAT DID HE SAY, ISABELLE?

HE TALKED ABOUT THE DUTIES OF MARRIAGE...

SUBMISSION, AND...

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT HE MEANT.

BUT THE ABBE DIDN'T MEAN TO FRIGHTEN YOU.

SOMETIMES WHEN WE ARE YOUNG, LIFE FRIGHTENS US.

SOMEDAY, WHEN YOU ARE IN LOVE

AND ARE LOVED IN RETURN,

YOU WILL FIND OUT THEN NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.

IF THERE ARE THINGS YOU WANT TO KNOW,

GO TO YOUR MOTHER AND ASK HER.

I COULDN'T DO THAT!

WHEN I MARRY, I DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE MAMA.

ISABELLE, YOU SHOULDN'T SAY...

BUT THAT'S WHAT FRIGHTENS ME...

SEEING MAMA THE WAY SHE IS.

I COULDN'T EVEN TALK TO HER.

BUT YOU... I WISH YOU'D TELL ME.

WHY, ISABELLE,

THERE ISN'T VERY MUCH I CAN TELL YOU.

I HAVE NEVER BEEN MARRIED, YOU KNOW.

HAVEN'T YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE?

WELL, I'VE HAD THE LOVE OF MY CHILDREN.

BUT I MEAN THE OTHER KIND OF LOVE.

DOES IT ALWAYS MAKE PEOPLE UNHAPPY?

WHAT CAN I SAY?

IF LOVE IS RIGHT, IT IS THE MOST

PRECIOUS GIFT IN THE WORLD.

BUT YOU MUST BE SURE,

VERY SURE, THAT IT IS RIGHT,

FOR IF IT ISN'T,

THERE IS NO WORSE AGONY,

NOTHING MORE BITTER,

NOTHING MORE LONELY TO BE IMAGINED.

THANK YOU, DEAR MADEMOISELLE.

I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER ALREADY.

I'M SORRY I WAS SUCH A BABY.

OH, BUT YOU WEREN'T, DARLING.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT MORE TOMORROW, IF YOU WANT TO.

GO TO SLEEP NOW, ISABELLE.

I WILL, MADEMOISELLE.

GOODNIGHT.

GOODNIGHT, MADEMOISELLE.

ISABELLE! LOUISE!

WHERE ARE YOU?

ISABELLE! LOUISE!

IT'S GETTING DARK, MADEMOISELLE.

I WISH WE'D BROUGHT THE DOGS.

NOW, REALLY, CHILDREN. IT'S GETTING LATE.

YOU KNOW LOTI IS WAITING FOR US.

WHERE ARE YOU?

WELL, I SUPPOSE WE'D BETTER KEEP ON LOOKING FOR THEM.

ISABELLE! LOUISE!

MADEMOISELLE?

YES, DARLING.

WHAT SHOULD WE DO IF WE MEET A GHOST?

WELL, I SUPPOSE THERE ARE GOOD GHOSTS AS WELL AS BAD ONES.

NO, NOT ON ALL HALLOWS' EVE.

JUST THE DEVIL AND THE WITCHES.

MADEMOISELLE, LET'S GO HOME.

BOO! I'M A GOBLIN! I'M A WITCH! I'M A GHOST!

YOU FRIGHTENED ME.

WE COULD HARDLY KEEP FROM LAUGHING WHEN YOU PASSED RIGHT PAST US.

I THOUGHT THE GOBLINS HAD GOTTEN YOU.

COME ON. LOTI IS WAITING.

WE WERE RIGHT BEHIND YOU ALL THE TIME.

YOU NEARLY SAW US.

♪ SALT AND BREAD ♪

♪ WE'VE SET FOR YOU ♪

♪ AND WE'VE SCATTERED ASH AND RUE ♪

♪ NOW WE'LL SAY A PRAYER FOR YOU ♪

MADEMOISELLE, DID PAPA LIKE IT?

BERTHE, BE QUIET.

COME HERE, DARLINGS.

WHAT HAPPENED, MADEMOISELLE?

IS ANYTHING WRONG, MADEMOISELLE?

PAPA SEEMED SO STRANGE.

I'M AFRAID I HAVE SOME BAD NEWS FOR YOU.

DID PAPA BRING IT? IS THAT IT?

NO. IT'S JUST I HAVE TO GO AWAY.

GO AWAY?

WHERE?

MADEMOISELLE...

ARE YOU ILL?

YOU LOOK ILL.

NO, I'M NOT ILL.

IT'S...

MY GRANDFATHER IS ILL.

BUT YOU NEVER EVEN TOLD US

YOU HAD A GRANDFATHER.

WELL, I DIDN'T THINK IT CONCERNED YOU, DEAR.

BUT, MADEMOISELLE,

EVERYTHING THAT CONCERNS YOU CONCERNS US.

Berthe: WHEN MUST YOU GO?

TONIGHT. NOW.

MADEMOISELLE?

MADEMOISELLE, DON'T GO AWAY.

REALLY, YOU CAN'T.

HOW LONG WILL YOU BE GONE?

I'M AFRAID FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

PLEASE DON'T CRY.

ISABELLE, YOU ARE THE ELDEST.

I RELY ON YOU TO LOOK AFTER THE LITTLE ONES.

MADEMOISELLE.

I'LL WRITE.

IS MADEMOISELLE COMING BACK?

I DON'T KNOW, RAYNALD.

I HOPE SHE WILL.

YOU ASK ME QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, BUT YOU WON'T TELL ME ANYTHING.

WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DECEASED.

FROM THE TESTIMONIES AND ESPECIALLY LETTERS AND OTHER PAPERS

IT APPEARS THAT YOU'VE BEEN GUILTY OF THE GRAVEST WRONGS TOWARD HER.

THAT YOU DID NOT HAVE REGARD FOR HER AND ON THE CONTRARY

YOU TRIED TO TAKE AWAY FROM HER THE AFFECTIONS OF HER HUSBAND AND CHILDREN.

NO, THAT IS NOT TRUE.

WHEN I CAME INTO THE HOUSE THINGS WERE ALREADY BAD.

THERE WAS VERY LITTLE AFFECTION BETWEEN MOTHER AND CHILDREN.

THERE WERE CAUSES OF DISSENTION BETWEEN THE DUC AND THE DUCHESSE.

WHICH IT WAS NOT IN MY POWER TO END.

IF LATER THE DUCHESSE SAID I WAS THE CAUSE OF HER UNHAPPINESS.

IT ONLY GOES TO SHOW THE WORKINGS OF A MIND

SO TORTURED BY THE MOST HORRIBLE AND UNREASONABLE JEALOUSY.

IF YOU HAD KNOWN HER OR LIVED IN HER HOUSE YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND.

WHATEVER YOUR INTERPRETATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOU AND THE DUCHESSE...

YOU'RE REFERRING TO CERTAIN SCANDALS WHICH WERE NOT TRUE.

TRUE ENOUGH TO RESULT IN YOUR DISMISSAL. IN MY LEAVING.

BUT NOT TO GIVING UP YOUR INFLUENCE ON CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THAT FAMILY.

HOW MANY TIMES HAD YOU SEEN THE DUC SINCE THEN?

3 TIMES. ALONE?

NO, HE ALWAYS CAME WITH THE CHILDREN.

WHAT IS BECOME OF THE CHILDREN?

ONLY ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT TO TELL FROM THE SOUND OF A FRENCH MOB

IF THE PEOPLE ARE INCITING A REVOLUTION OR HAVING A GOOD TIME.

ON THIS OCCASION I'M AFRAID IT IS ALL TOO CLEAR.

WE CAN'T AFFORD TO DELAY LONGER, YOUR MAJESTY.

I HESITATE TO SAY IT BUT THERE IS ALREADY MUCH DISSATISFACTION.

AND NOW COMES THIS SCANDALOUS CRIME CASTING BLOOD ALL OVER.

THE DUC AND THIS WOMAN MUST BE BROUGHT TO JUDGMENT.

AND QUICKLY. POOR THEO.

TO SHIELD HIM WILL COST THE THRONE OF FRANCE.

YES, THE PEOPLE DEMAND THEIR BLOOD.

CAN YOU GET A CONVICTION? YOU MUST.

THERE ARE CERTAIN DIFFICULTIES, YOUR MAJESTY.

IN ORDER TO CONVICT WE MUST ESTABLISH A MOTIVE.

IF I MAY SAY SO, IT LIES IN THE SINFUL RELATION BETWEEN THE TWO.

YES, BUT WHERE CAN WE TURN FOR CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE?

TO SCANDALOUS ARTICLES? TO THE GOSSIP OF SERVANTS?

TO THE LETTERS OF A WIFE WHO NEVER DIRECTLY ACCUSED HER HUSBAND?

WHAT WE MUST HAVE IS AN ADMISSION FROM THE ACCUSED.

BOTH OF THEM OR ONE OF THEM, OF THEIR GUILTY LOVE.

THEN YOU MUST GET THIS ADMISSION IN ANY WAY YOU CAN.

BARON PASQUIER.

AS CHANCELLOR OF FRANCE AND PRESIDENT OF THE HOUSE OF PEERS.

IT WILL BE YOUR DUTY TO QUESTION THEM BOTH BEFORE A COMMISSION.

IF HE IS FOUND GUILTY YOU WILL BIND HER TO BE TRIED IN THE PUBLIC COURTS.

I'VE ALREADY PREPARED FOR THIS ORDER.

IT ONLY NEEDS YOUR MAJESTY'S SIGNATURE.

HE WAS MY FRIEND.

THERE IS A VISITOR WAITING FOR YOU IN YOUR CELL.

A VISITOR? FOR ME?

YES, MA'AMSELLE.

PERHAPS YOU DON'T REMEMBER ME.

YES.

I REMEMBER.

MISTER...

HENRY FIELD.

YOU ARE THE AMERICAN MINISTER.

I HOPED YOU'D REMEMBER.

HOW DID YOU GET IN? I'M NOT ALLOWED VISITORS.

THEY CAN'T DENY YOU THE CONSOLATION OF A MINISTER.

WHEN I READ OF YOUR TROUBLE, I CAME AS FAST AS I COULD.

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU CAME BECAUSE YOU HEARD I WAS IN TROUBLE.

THAT MUST SURPRISE YOU.

BUT SOME IMPULSE STRONGER THAN MY WILL COMPELLED ME.

PERHAPS IT WAS BECAUSE THAT OTHER TIME WE MET

IN SUCH A BRIEF ENCOUNTER. I SAW THAT EVEN THEN YOU WERE UNHAPPY.

I HAD WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING TO YOU.

I'VE REGRETTED THAT I WAS AFRAID TO.

WHAT COULD YOU HAVE HAD TO SAY TO ME THEN...

OR EVEN NOW?

JUST A WORD OF FAITH THAT MIGHT BE SOME COMFORT.

ALL MINISTERS HAVE THEIR FAITHS,

AND MOST PREACH THAT ONE MUST ENDURE WITH PATIENCE

THE MISERIES OF THIS WORLD IN ORDER TO EARN HAPPINESS IN ANOTHER.

BUT I BELIEVE THERE IS A HEAVEN ON EARTH FOR EACH OF US,

IF WE CAN ONLY FIND IT.

A WOMAN IS DEAD.

CHILDREN I LOVED ARE ORPHANED.

I'M AFRAID I CAN'T BELIEVE IN YOUR HEAVEN ON EARTH, MR. FIELD.

YOU MUST TRY NOT TO BE BITTER.

DON'T YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T HELP ME

BUT WILL ONLY HARM YOURSELF?

YOU ARE A MINISTER, AND I...

DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT ME?

BUT IT ISN'T TRUE. WHAT IF IT IS?

IT WILL MAKE NO DIFFERENCE.

YOU ARE A FOOL.

I WENT TO YOUR LODGING AND GATHERED SOME OF YOUR BELONGINGS.

I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE GLAD TO HAVE THEM.

THEN I WENT TO THE FAMILY RESIDENCE

THINKING YOU'D WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE CHILDREN.

I TALKED TO A SERVANT NAMED PIERRE.

WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE CHILDREN?

THEY ARE IN CORSICA WITH THEIR GRANDFATHER.

THEIR MOTHER IS TO BE BURIED THERE.

I COULDN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE TO DO EXCEPT COME HERE

AND LET YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A FRIEND.

YOU HAVE BEEN VERY KIND.

I'M SORRY I WAS RUDE JUST NOW. I UNDERSTAND.

THE PAPERS SAY YOU'LL BE QUESTIONED BEFORE THE HOUSE OF PEERS THIS AFTERNOON.

ARE YOU WELL PREPARED? HAVE YOU GOOD LEGAL COUNSEL?

NO, I DO NOT WISH A LAWYER.

I WILL TELL THEM ALL THEY WANT TO KNOW.

AFTER ALL, I HAVE THE TRUTH TO RELY ON.

SHE WAS FREE AT LAST...

FREE OF EVERY PRISON EXCEPT THAT OF HER MEMORIES.

THIS IS WHAT HE HAD COME TO...

A GRAVE IN AN UNCONSECRATED GROUND,

A NUMBER ON HIS TOMBSTONE SUCH AS CONVICTS WEAR IN LIFE.

THIS IS ALL THAT REMAINED OF THE NOBLE DUC DE PRASLIN.

AND THEIR LOVE...

THWARTED IN LIFE, TWISTED INTO AN UGLY HORROR...

IT HAD TAKEN HIS DEATH

TO GIVE IT EVERLASTING LIFE AND BEAUTY.

YES, SHE WISHED THAT SHE MIGHT DIE,

BUT THAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE.

SHE WAS ALIVE, AND SHE MUST GO ON LIVING.

A FRIEND WITH GREAT TENDERNESS

TALKED TO HER OF HER FUTURE.

BUT WHAT FUTURE WAS THERE FOR HER

IN A COUNTRY WHERE SHE WAS HATED,

WHERE THE MOBS WOULD GLADLY HAVE TORN HER APART?

AND SO, HE TALKED TO HER OF A NEW COUNTRY,

A LAND FAR AWAY TO WHICH HE MIGHT ARRANGE TO TAKE HER.

HE TRIED TO MAKE HER SEE

THAT IT WAS NOT SAFE FOR HER TO REMAIN IN FRANCE.

HE WAS RIGHT.

THE PEOPLE WERE ANGRY.

THEY FELT THEY HAD MANY GRIEVANCES

AND THAT THE KING AND THE COURTS

COULD LET THIS WICKED WOMAN GO WAS THE LAST STRAW.

SO THEY FOUGHT THE REVOLUTION OF 1848

AND PULLED THE KING FROM HIS THRONE.

IT IS STRANGE HOW THE FATE OF ONE GOVERNESS

COULD SO AFFECT HISTORY.

THEN, AFTER MANY MONTHS, THERE CAME FROM AMERICA

A SURPRISING EMPLOYMENT OFFER. SHE COULD NOT KNOW THEN

THAT HER KIND FRIEND HAD ARRANGED THAT, TOO.

I CANNOT TELL YOU HER EMOTIONS

AS SHE APPROACHED THIS STRANGE, NEW COUNTRY.

SUPPOSE THE TERRIBLE THINGS THAT SHE WANTED SO MUCH TO FORGET SHOULD FOLLOW HER.

PEOPLE CAN BE AS CRUEL IN ONE COUNTRY AS ANOTHER.

THEY CAN FIND COPIES OF OLD NEWSPAPERS

AND STIR UP WHAT IS BEST FORGOTTEN.

THEY CAN EXCHANGE SIDE GLANCES AND WHISPERS.

AND THOUGH PERHAPS THEY MAY MEAN NO HARM,

THE UGLY STORY GROWS AND SPREADS

UNTIL THERE IS NO PEACE FOR HER,

NO, NOT EVEN IN AMERICA.

OH, PLEASE, MADEMOISELLE. DON'T GO ON.

WELL..

IT IS FOR YOU TO TELL ME THE END OF MY STORY.

DOES THIS GOVERNESS DESERVE TO SUFFER THE REST OF HER LIFE,

OR HAS SHE EARNED THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE HER WORK

IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE SO MANY BEFORE HER HAVE FOUND REFUGE?

I THANK YOU.

I THANK YOU WITH ALL MY HEART,

BUT YOU, EMILY SCHUYLER,

YOU HAVE SAID NOTHING.

THAT SURPRISES ME.

I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE THE FIRST TO ASK A QUESTION.

I--I HAVEN'T ANY QUESTION, MADEMOISELLE.

EMILY, I'M QUITE READY TO ANSWER ANYTHING.

NO, MADEMOISELLE.

NO.

YOU NEEDN'T TELL US ANY MORE.

I GUESS YOU KNOW HOW WE FEEL.

WE'RE JUST-- JUST PLAIN SKUNKS.

WHY EMILY SCHUYLER, IF MISS HAINES HEARD YOU SAY THAT WORD,

WE'D BE SENT HOME FOR GOOD.

THAT'S WHAT WE ARE, AND I DON'T CARE WHO HEARS ME.

I'M GOING TO BURN THOSE NEWSPAPERS

AND NEVER MENTION A WORD OF THIS TO ANYONE.

LET'S ALL CROSS OUR HEARTS AND HOPE TO DIE IF WE DO.

WE'RE SO SORRY!

PLEASE FORGIVE US! PLEASE FORGIVE US!

PLEASE, MADEMOISELLE, I'M SURE EMILY DIDN'T MEAN IT.

WE'LL NEVER FORGET THIS DAY.

PLEASE SAY YOU'LL FORGIVE US.

OH, I DO. I DO.

ALRIGHT, MESDEMOISELLES.

WE WILL RESUME OUR LESSONS TOMORROW.

YOU MAY NOT HAVE LEARNED MUCH FRENCH TODAY,

BUT I THINK YOU HAVE LEARNED

A LITTLE PATIENCE AND TOLERANCE,

AND THAT IS THE SAME IN EVERY LANGUAGE. HURRY, NOW.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW, MADEMOISELLE.

WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

OH, MADEMOISELLE, WE'RE SORRY.

MADEMOISELLE,

I... I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU

THAT WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN STANDING THERE?

LONG ENOUGH TO SEE YOUR TRIUMPH.

YOU'VE WON THEIR LOVE FOREVER.

DO YOU THINK SO?

YES.

THEN I'M CONTENT WITH THE FUTURE.

IF YOU COULD SEE INTO YOUR FUTURE,

YOU WOULD SEE THERE IS SO MUCH MORE THERE WAITING...

IF YOU WILL ACCEPT IT.

THE FIRST SNOW.

Theo: THEN IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY ENOUGH,

THE WHOLE REST OF THE WORLD

SEEMS TO BE OBLITERATED AND SHUT OUT.

HENRIETTE,

THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF LOVE POSSIBLE

BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.

PEACE AND GENTLENESS AND COMPANIONSHIP

ARE NOT THE LEAST OF THESE.

I PROMISED YOU ONCE THAT YOU'D FIND HEAVEN ON THIS EARTH.

I'LL KEEP THAT PROMISE

IF IT TAKES A LIFETIME OF DEVOTION.