1 00:03:10,925 --> 00:03:13,675 I'd hoped you were going to church. I wanted to walk with you. 2 00:03:13,758 --> 00:03:17,258 I'm very obliged to you, but I'm not going to church. 3 00:03:19,175 --> 00:03:22,217 Have you any special reason for not going? 4 00:03:22,342 --> 00:03:24,300 Yes, Mr. Brand. 5 00:03:25,467 --> 00:03:27,550 May I ask what it is? 6 00:03:27,675 --> 00:03:30,258 Because the sky's so blue. 7 00:03:33,258 --> 00:03:37,592 I've heard of young ladies staying home for bad weather, but never for good. 8 00:03:37,675 --> 00:03:41,550 I was very wicked just now to my sister. I said things that puzzled her. 9 00:03:41,675 --> 00:03:43,633 On purpose. 10 00:03:44,550 --> 00:03:46,800 You say things that puzzle me. 11 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,008 I always know when I do it. 12 00:03:53,592 --> 00:03:56,592 You asked me to tell you about my... 13 00:03:56,675 --> 00:03:58,758 - My struggles. - Yes, let's talk about them. 14 00:03:58,883 --> 00:04:01,883 - I have so many things to say. - I think you'd better go to church now. 15 00:04:01,967 --> 00:04:03,675 You know I always have one thing to say. 16 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:06,175 Please don't say it now. 17 00:04:07,342 --> 00:04:12,217 We are all alone. All alone in this beautiful Sunday stillness. 18 00:04:14,675 --> 00:04:17,883 Do me a favor and go to church. 19 00:04:19,925 --> 00:04:21,883 May I speak when I come back? 20 00:05:19,300 --> 00:05:21,300 (doorbell) 21 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,633 "She beheld the most beautiful youth she had ever seen. 22 00:05:42,758 --> 00:05:47,092 "And as she softly kissed his sleeping brow, she thought, 23 00:05:47,175 --> 00:05:51,425 'What a marvel of beauty he must be when his eyes are open.'" 24 00:06:24,175 --> 00:06:25,633 Would you kindly tell me 25 00:06:25,717 --> 00:06:28,925 if I have the honor of speaking to Miss Wentworth? 26 00:06:29,050 --> 00:06:31,175 My name is Gertrude Wentworth. 27 00:06:31,300 --> 00:06:33,258 Then I have the honor... 28 00:06:34,883 --> 00:06:37,592 the pleasure of being your cousin. 29 00:06:39,133 --> 00:06:44,050 I had a different plan. I expected that the servant would take in my card, 30 00:06:44,133 --> 00:06:47,425 that you'd all put your heads together and wonder who I was. 31 00:06:47,508 --> 00:06:50,758 I know... I know you come from Europe. 32 00:06:50,842 --> 00:06:55,467 - Oh, you've heard us, then? - We knew we had relations in France. 33 00:06:55,550 --> 00:07:00,217 - Have you ever wanted to see us? - Yes. 34 00:07:00,342 --> 00:07:02,550 We wanted to see you, so we came. 35 00:07:03,758 --> 00:07:06,925 - On purpose? - Well, yes, on purpose. 36 00:07:08,883 --> 00:07:11,258 Won't you come into the house? 37 00:07:30,467 --> 00:07:33,967 I walked all the way from Boston. I walked and I walked. 38 00:07:34,092 --> 00:07:38,675 - It's a good many miles. - Seven and a half. 39 00:07:59,300 --> 00:08:03,383 - Are you all alone? - Everyone has gone to church. 40 00:08:04,717 --> 00:08:07,467 You're not afraid of being alone with me, are you? 41 00:08:10,967 --> 00:08:13,092 What a very pleasant house. 42 00:08:20,633 --> 00:08:24,717 I don't believe you know my name. I'm Felix Young. 43 00:08:24,842 --> 00:08:29,050 Your father is my uncle. My mother was his half-sister. 44 00:08:30,592 --> 00:08:34,217 She turned Roman Catholic and then went to live in Europe. 45 00:08:34,300 --> 00:08:36,675 Oh, you know. 46 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:39,758 She married... then she died. 47 00:08:41,258 --> 00:08:45,633 Your father's family didn't like her husband. 48 00:08:53,383 --> 00:08:56,967 I was born in France, and my sister in Vienna. 49 00:08:58,592 --> 00:09:00,425 So you're French? 50 00:09:00,550 --> 00:09:05,383 No. Though I could easily be French if you'd like. 51 00:09:45,300 --> 00:09:49,758 I really am very hungry. I'm not at all tired, but I'm very hungry. 52 00:09:53,342 --> 00:09:55,300 Tell me about your sister. 53 00:09:55,425 --> 00:09:57,883 Eugenia? 54 00:09:57,967 --> 00:10:00,050 She is the Baroness Munster. 55 00:10:03,967 --> 00:10:06,800 - Why didn't she come, too? - But she did. 56 00:10:06,883 --> 00:10:09,175 She's in Boston, at the hotel. 57 00:10:12,050 --> 00:10:13,800 When will she come? 58 00:10:13,883 --> 00:10:17,008 As soon as you'll let her. Tomorrow? 59 00:10:19,133 --> 00:10:21,592 Tomorrow, yes. 60 00:10:24,175 --> 00:10:27,883 Is she... is she married? 61 00:10:27,967 --> 00:10:30,592 She's married to Prince Adolf... 62 00:10:30,675 --> 00:10:32,633 ...of Silberstadt-Schreckenstein. 63 00:10:33,467 --> 00:10:36,342 Silberstadt-Schleckenstein. 64 00:10:36,425 --> 00:10:38,425 Schreckenstein. 65 00:10:49,133 --> 00:10:50,425 Is she a princess? 66 00:10:50,550 --> 00:10:53,883 No, they made her a baroness. That's all they could do. 67 00:10:55,425 --> 00:10:58,008 Now they want to dissolve her marriage. 68 00:10:58,092 --> 00:11:00,258 Against her will? 69 00:11:00,383 --> 00:11:02,383 Against her right. 70 00:11:05,133 --> 00:11:07,550 She must be very unhappy. 71 00:11:10,383 --> 00:11:12,383 I'm glad she's come to us. 72 00:11:18,550 --> 00:11:19,883 This is the prince. 73 00:11:19,967 --> 00:11:22,925 The Prince of Silverstadt-Schleckenstein. 74 00:11:31,133 --> 00:11:33,342 And the daughters, how many of them are there? 75 00:11:33,467 --> 00:11:36,133 Two. Charlotte and Gertrude. 76 00:11:36,633 --> 00:11:38,800 - Are they pretty? - One of them. 77 00:11:40,342 --> 00:11:42,342 Which one is that? 78 00:11:43,175 --> 00:11:46,883 - Charlotte. - So you're in love with Gertrude. 79 00:11:48,883 --> 00:11:52,342 And is there no one besides the immediate family? 80 00:11:52,425 --> 00:11:54,925 Yes, there's a Mr. Robert Acton. 81 00:11:56,342 --> 00:11:58,800 I think that you'll like Mr. Acton. 82 00:11:58,925 --> 00:12:01,633 He's a man of the world. He's been to China. 83 00:12:01,717 --> 00:12:05,842 A man of the Chinese world. He sounds very interesting. 84 00:12:06,592 --> 00:12:08,883 I have an idea he brought home a fortune. 85 00:12:09,008 --> 00:12:11,092 Ah, that's always interesting. 86 00:12:43,467 --> 00:12:45,133 Whoa. 87 00:12:56,717 --> 00:12:58,758 Be very gracious. 88 00:13:11,508 --> 00:13:12,508 Ah. 89 00:13:14,092 --> 00:13:17,800 I see you've arranged your house, your beautiful house, in the... 90 00:13:18,633 --> 00:13:21,217 in the Dutch taste. 91 00:13:21,342 --> 00:13:23,175 It's a very old house. 92 00:13:23,258 --> 00:13:25,592 General Washington once spent a week here. 93 00:13:25,717 --> 00:13:28,925 Oh, I've heard of Washington. My father used to adore him. 94 00:13:34,008 --> 00:13:36,967 This is my son, Clifford Wentworth. 95 00:13:37,050 --> 00:13:40,300 Why didn't you come out to meet me, Mr. Clifford Wentworth? 96 00:13:41,050 --> 00:13:43,008 I didn't think you'd want me. 97 00:13:43,092 --> 00:13:45,758 One always wants a handsome cousin. 98 00:13:47,092 --> 00:13:49,925 This is my cousin, Mr. Robert Acton. 99 00:13:50,050 --> 00:13:51,925 Your cousin? Not mine? 100 00:13:52,050 --> 00:13:54,883 Certainly yours, if you wish. 101 00:13:54,967 --> 00:13:58,008 Any may I also claim relationship with this charming young lady. 102 00:13:58,092 --> 00:14:00,717 This is my sister, Lizzie. 103 00:14:04,258 --> 00:14:07,300 Now, this is quite another type. 104 00:14:07,425 --> 00:14:10,758 This is a different outline, my uncle, a different character, 105 00:14:10,883 --> 00:14:13,217 from that of your own daughters. 106 00:14:14,550 --> 00:14:17,300 I didn't believe that you'd come back. 107 00:14:17,425 --> 00:14:19,383 Come back? 108 00:14:19,467 --> 00:14:21,842 Why, what did you think would become of me? 109 00:14:22,967 --> 00:14:28,300 I don't know. I thought... I thought you might melt away. 110 00:14:33,842 --> 00:14:37,717 (Eugenia) The gentleman is, I suppose, some sort of ecclesiastic? 111 00:14:37,842 --> 00:14:39,342 He is a minister. 112 00:14:39,467 --> 00:14:42,092 - A Protestant. - I'm a Unitarian, madam. 113 00:14:42,175 --> 00:14:44,675 Ah, I see. Something new. 114 00:14:46,842 --> 00:14:49,133 You've come very far. 115 00:14:49,217 --> 00:14:54,342 Very far. Very... far. 116 00:14:56,383 --> 00:14:58,383 I came to... 117 00:15:00,342 --> 00:15:04,258 to look, to ask... 118 00:15:06,508 --> 00:15:08,467 To try... 119 00:15:12,050 --> 00:15:14,550 I'm very tired. I want to rest. I... 120 00:15:19,258 --> 00:15:21,883 I should like to stay here. Will you take me in? 121 00:15:22,925 --> 00:15:24,717 My dear niece. 122 00:15:41,050 --> 00:15:44,092 Cousin William, do you want to do something handsome? 123 00:15:45,050 --> 00:15:50,133 Make them a present for three or four months of the other house over the way. 124 00:15:50,258 --> 00:15:53,717 Oh, Father, do let them. 125 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:59,217 It would be very interesting. It would be a new place to go to. 126 00:15:59,342 --> 00:16:01,592 It would be a foreign house. 127 00:16:02,842 --> 00:16:05,883 Are we very sure that we need a foreign house? 128 00:16:08,175 --> 00:16:11,800 You talk as if it were a question of the poor baroness opening a wine shop 129 00:16:11,925 --> 00:16:13,883 or a gaming table. 130 00:16:15,258 --> 00:16:17,300 It would be lovely. 131 00:16:22,050 --> 00:16:26,842 You should be careful. You should watch. 132 00:16:28,592 --> 00:16:33,050 We must all be careful. This is a great change. 133 00:16:33,175 --> 00:16:38,092 We're to be exposed to peculiar influences. I don't say they're bad. 134 00:16:38,217 --> 00:16:41,092 I don't judge them in advance, 135 00:16:42,592 --> 00:16:46,967 but we should employ a great deal of wisdom and self-control. 136 00:16:51,133 --> 00:16:53,425 She'll have a boudoir. 137 00:16:56,717 --> 00:17:00,383 And she'll invite us to dinner very late. 138 00:17:02,383 --> 00:17:04,717 She'll have breakfast in her room. 139 00:17:05,300 --> 00:17:08,092 I want you to make me a promise, Gertrude. 140 00:17:09,717 --> 00:17:11,592 What is it? 141 00:17:11,675 --> 00:17:14,967 Not to get... excited. 142 00:17:18,967 --> 00:17:21,633 I don't think I can promise you that, Father. 143 00:17:23,383 --> 00:17:25,508 I'm excited already. 144 00:17:29,342 --> 00:17:31,592 I think they'd better go to the other house. 145 00:17:34,342 --> 00:17:37,050 I shall keep them in the other house. 146 00:18:05,175 --> 00:18:08,008 I don't think she likes us to drop in uninvited. 147 00:18:09,508 --> 00:18:11,508 Why do you think that? 148 00:18:11,592 --> 00:18:14,342 Because of what she said about our house being like an inn, 149 00:18:14,425 --> 00:18:17,175 with people dropping in and out of it all day. 150 00:18:18,425 --> 00:18:20,925 But she said that was charming. 151 00:18:21,758 --> 00:18:23,842 But she meant just the reverse. 152 00:19:12,425 --> 00:19:17,092 I only wish she'd speak in French. It would seem more in keeping. 153 00:19:17,217 --> 00:19:19,175 Mm. 154 00:19:19,258 --> 00:19:23,842 What I'd like to know is... just what the devil has brought her here. 155 00:20:25,883 --> 00:20:27,925 I think if you move back a little... 156 00:20:29,883 --> 00:20:31,925 ...you might get the sun. 157 00:20:32,842 --> 00:20:34,967 Sit down. 158 00:20:38,383 --> 00:20:40,383 Now keep your chin up. 159 00:20:41,925 --> 00:20:44,175 Do you find us good company? 160 00:20:45,342 --> 00:20:47,300 Company for a king. 161 00:20:50,883 --> 00:20:54,425 There must be a thousand different ways to be dreary. 162 00:20:56,258 --> 00:20:59,258 And sometimes I think we make use of them all. 163 00:21:00,925 --> 00:21:05,425 Father? Father, Felix has a great deal of talent. 164 00:21:05,550 --> 00:21:11,467 No, no, nothing at all remarkable. The world will never hear about me. 165 00:21:11,592 --> 00:21:13,425 I'm little more than a featherhead, 166 00:21:13,550 --> 00:21:17,342 a sort of Bohemian, a species of adventure. 167 00:21:18,758 --> 00:21:21,633 No, at bottom, I really a terrible philistine. 168 00:21:23,050 --> 00:21:28,008 I mean, that is to say, a plain, God-fearing man. 169 00:21:29,717 --> 00:21:33,883 I trust I shall enjoy a venerable and venerated old age. 170 00:21:35,050 --> 00:21:39,300 It's natural that one should desire to prolong an agreeable life. 171 00:21:40,717 --> 00:21:44,008 Sir, I would very much like to do your head. 172 00:21:44,925 --> 00:21:47,758 It's very interesting. It's medieval. 173 00:21:49,175 --> 00:21:53,633 The Lord made it. I don't think it's for a man to make it over again. 174 00:21:53,758 --> 00:21:57,133 I could do it as a prelate or an old cardinal 175 00:21:57,217 --> 00:21:59,217 or the prior of an order. 176 00:21:59,342 --> 00:22:02,300 Cardinal? Prelate? 177 00:22:02,425 --> 00:22:05,425 Do you refer to the Roman Catholic priesthood? 178 00:22:06,717 --> 00:22:11,133 Oh. Well, I could do you as an old ecclesiastic 179 00:22:11,217 --> 00:22:14,800 who's lived a very pure and abstinent life. 180 00:22:14,883 --> 00:22:16,925 I take that is the case with you, sir. 181 00:22:18,758 --> 00:22:22,717 I can see it your face. You have been very moderate. 182 00:22:24,425 --> 00:22:27,467 Don't you think one can always see that in a man's face? 183 00:22:28,633 --> 00:22:32,758 You see more in a man's face than I should think of looking for. 184 00:22:45,217 --> 00:22:50,175 I think sitting for one's portrait is only one of the various forms of idleness. 185 00:22:52,842 --> 00:22:55,258 Their name is legion. 186 00:23:33,217 --> 00:23:37,342 I'm sure you find it very strange that I should come to this part of the world. 187 00:23:38,217 --> 00:23:42,050 I am certain you're wondering about my motives. They're very pure. 188 00:23:42,133 --> 00:23:43,717 No, I don't find it at all strange 189 00:23:43,842 --> 00:23:46,258 that a clever woman should turn up in Boston. 190 00:23:46,383 --> 00:23:49,050 Or its suburbs. It's a very fine place. 191 00:23:50,550 --> 00:23:52,592 Especially at this moment. 192 00:23:52,717 --> 00:23:57,092 It was precisely not to hear such things that I came. 193 00:23:58,550 --> 00:24:03,925 I longed to come into those natural relations I knew I should find here. 194 00:24:04,925 --> 00:24:10,550 Over there, I had only... um... artificial relations. 195 00:24:11,717 --> 00:24:14,758 Do you see the difference? 196 00:24:14,842 --> 00:24:19,300 I suppose I'm an artificial relation. Well, there's one way in which 197 00:24:19,383 --> 00:24:22,967 a lady and a gentleman may easily become natural. 198 00:24:24,592 --> 00:24:26,550 Yes? 199 00:24:27,217 --> 00:24:32,550 But nous n'en sommes pas la. Oh, do you understand French? 200 00:24:34,258 --> 00:24:36,633 A little. 201 00:25:02,717 --> 00:25:07,758 You are very beautiful. I didn't think you were at first. 202 00:25:09,300 --> 00:25:11,842 You come to seem more so, little by little. 203 00:25:30,217 --> 00:25:33,175 (? Waltz) 204 00:25:56,342 --> 00:25:58,175 You seem so different from your father 205 00:25:58,300 --> 00:26:02,008 and your sister and from most of the people you've lived with. 206 00:26:02,133 --> 00:26:05,675 They say themselves that I am different. It makes them unhappy. 207 00:26:06,967 --> 00:26:10,800 - Many things make them unhappy. - Yes, that's what strikes me. 208 00:26:10,883 --> 00:26:14,300 I mean, they don't get the pleasure out of life that they might. 209 00:26:15,633 --> 00:26:17,883 Do you mind me saying this? 210 00:26:18,008 --> 00:26:20,425 To me you can say anything. 211 00:26:23,050 --> 00:26:25,717 I don't believe you've seen people like us. 212 00:26:25,842 --> 00:26:28,300 How do you know what I've seen? 213 00:26:29,592 --> 00:26:31,675 How can I tell you? 214 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,508 You might tell me a great many things, if only you would. 215 00:26:34,592 --> 00:26:38,258 - What? - Everything. 216 00:26:38,383 --> 00:26:42,217 Now, if you can only keep that look until tomorrow's sitting. 217 00:26:55,300 --> 00:26:57,258 Goodbye. 218 00:27:00,008 --> 00:27:01,967 Au revoir. 219 00:28:05,092 --> 00:28:07,092 Gertrude. 220 00:28:09,217 --> 00:28:11,175 Gertrude. 221 00:28:24,050 --> 00:28:26,383 You're very much preoccupied. 222 00:28:29,133 --> 00:28:31,092 You have new interests. 223 00:28:35,175 --> 00:28:38,800 I love you, Gertrude. I love you very much. I love you more than... 224 00:28:41,883 --> 00:28:44,675 You let me feel that I have an influence over you. 225 00:28:45,967 --> 00:28:49,175 You've opened your mind to me. 226 00:28:49,300 --> 00:28:52,467 I've never opened my mind to you, Mr. Brand. 227 00:28:54,925 --> 00:28:57,925 Then you weren't as frank as I thought. 228 00:28:58,008 --> 00:28:59,883 As we all thought. 229 00:29:00,008 --> 00:29:02,217 I don't see what anyone else had to do with it. 230 00:29:02,342 --> 00:29:03,633 I mean your father and sister. 231 00:29:03,717 --> 00:29:06,883 You know it makes them happy to think you listen to me. 232 00:29:08,217 --> 00:29:10,800 Nothing make them happy. 233 00:29:12,925 --> 00:29:15,050 You're very much changed. 234 00:29:17,508 --> 00:29:20,467 I'm glad to hear it. 235 00:29:20,550 --> 00:29:22,592 I'm not. 236 00:29:22,717 --> 00:29:26,175 I've known you a long time, and I've loved you as you were. 237 00:29:30,633 --> 00:29:32,717 May I walk back with you? 238 00:29:34,508 --> 00:29:37,008 I'm not going back, Mr. Brand. 239 00:30:38,175 --> 00:30:40,133 There are some aunts in there. 240 00:30:41,300 --> 00:30:43,508 I'll take you to meet them. 241 00:30:48,175 --> 00:30:50,800 Must I sit in there? 242 00:30:50,883 --> 00:30:53,300 I see you think it is my natural place. 243 00:31:02,592 --> 00:31:04,217 Would you like to dance, then? 244 00:31:19,592 --> 00:31:21,675 They're very energetic, aren't they? 245 00:31:26,717 --> 00:31:29,592 She doesn't like this sort of dance, either. 246 00:31:38,092 --> 00:31:40,133 Perhaps you'd like to meet Mother now. 247 00:31:40,217 --> 00:31:42,175 That would be delightful. 248 00:32:08,758 --> 00:32:13,967 You Americans are very strange. You never ask anything outright. 249 00:32:14,050 --> 00:32:16,133 We Americans are very polite. 250 00:32:16,217 --> 00:32:18,883 We don't like to tread upon people's toes. 251 00:32:20,717 --> 00:32:24,050 I should think you'd want to know about my marriage. 252 00:32:25,592 --> 00:32:27,842 Yes, I should like that very much. 253 00:32:29,717 --> 00:32:31,467 The prince fell in love with me. 254 00:32:31,592 --> 00:32:35,550 I was very young and, I confess, rather flattered. 255 00:32:35,633 --> 00:32:39,967 I was living with an old countess, a friend of my father's in Dresden. 256 00:32:40,092 --> 00:32:43,008 She encouraged the prince. I was very young. 257 00:32:43,967 --> 00:32:45,925 Lizzie. 258 00:32:46,675 --> 00:32:49,300 I congratulate your brother on his treasures. 259 00:32:50,467 --> 00:32:53,092 I dust them every day. Don't I? 260 00:32:53,175 --> 00:32:55,133 With my own hands. 261 00:32:55,217 --> 00:32:57,592 You must be the perfect little household fairy. 262 00:32:57,675 --> 00:33:00,425 Sometimes I feel like dropping one of them. 263 00:33:00,508 --> 00:33:02,258 Lizzie. 264 00:33:02,342 --> 00:33:05,800 - I'll just go and see if Mother's ready. - Yes, you do that. 265 00:33:16,425 --> 00:33:20,842 - Is she very critical? - She looks down her nose at everybody. 266 00:33:20,967 --> 00:33:22,383 Like this. 267 00:33:23,592 --> 00:33:27,050 Perhaps I should have my lace cap. 268 00:33:27,133 --> 00:33:29,883 She likes Robert, though. 269 00:33:30,008 --> 00:33:32,300 I have a little document in my writing desk 270 00:33:32,383 --> 00:33:36,133 which I have only to sign and send back to the prince. 271 00:33:36,217 --> 00:33:38,050 Then your marriage will be over? 272 00:33:38,175 --> 00:33:41,175 Of course, I shall keep my title. One must have a name. 273 00:33:41,300 --> 00:33:43,592 And I'll keep my pension. Very small. 274 00:33:43,717 --> 00:33:46,592 It's wretchedly small, but it is what I live on. 275 00:33:46,717 --> 00:33:48,883 And you only have to sign that paper? 276 00:33:51,008 --> 00:33:52,967 Do you urge it? 277 00:33:55,508 --> 00:33:57,467 Mother will see you now. 278 00:34:02,925 --> 00:34:05,258 If you go away, I shall never see you again. 279 00:34:05,383 --> 00:34:09,092 - I shall write to you. - Don't. I won't answer you. 280 00:34:09,217 --> 00:34:12,967 Oh, but you can, you know. I'm very discreet. 281 00:34:13,092 --> 00:34:15,133 I'll burn your letters. 282 00:34:15,258 --> 00:34:17,217 Burn my letters? 283 00:34:18,425 --> 00:34:20,592 You do say strange things. 284 00:34:21,300 --> 00:34:26,258 I've tried very hard. I've explained, I've reasoned, but... 285 00:34:28,008 --> 00:34:33,758 Reason does not always penetrate as deeply as... some other emotions. 286 00:34:35,842 --> 00:34:38,508 Gertrude has learned a great deal from you. 287 00:34:40,550 --> 00:34:42,633 We all have. 288 00:34:45,217 --> 00:34:46,675 I've sometimes wished 289 00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,925 that Miss Gertrude had some share of your soundness... 290 00:34:50,050 --> 00:34:52,342 your sense... 291 00:34:52,425 --> 00:34:55,717 your very fine understanding, Miss Charlotte. 292 00:34:56,550 --> 00:34:59,050 I'll keep your letters. 293 00:35:00,758 --> 00:35:04,842 I never write. I don't know how to. 294 00:35:23,592 --> 00:35:27,008 Your sister's not indifferent to her clever companion. 295 00:35:27,133 --> 00:35:30,008 She has the highest opinion of Mr. Brand. 296 00:35:31,842 --> 00:35:35,342 Well, she's not in love with him. She wants him to marry me. 297 00:35:39,467 --> 00:35:42,175 But why did you never tell me this before? 298 00:35:42,300 --> 00:35:44,758 I don't like to speak about it. 299 00:35:46,467 --> 00:35:48,717 You don't want to marry Mr. Brand, then? 300 00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:50,425 No. 301 00:35:50,550 --> 00:35:53,925 But your father and your sister think that you ought to. 302 00:35:54,008 --> 00:35:56,217 I shall never marry Mr. Brand. 303 00:35:59,258 --> 00:36:02,550 If he would address himself to your sister... 304 00:36:03,592 --> 00:36:05,550 I'm sure she'd listen to him. 305 00:36:05,675 --> 00:36:07,633 Oh, Felix. 306 00:36:08,883 --> 00:36:13,508 Well, why shouldn't they marry? Try to make them marry. 307 00:36:15,008 --> 00:36:17,258 Well, I believe she does care for him. 308 00:36:17,883 --> 00:36:20,592 We'll marry them off. That will make them happy. 309 00:36:20,717 --> 00:36:24,425 - It will make everybody happy. - It would make me happy. 310 00:36:24,550 --> 00:36:27,467 - To be rid of Mr. Brand. - Shh! 311 00:36:27,550 --> 00:36:30,383 To see my sister married to so good a man. 312 00:36:38,092 --> 00:36:40,467 What a delightful retreat. 313 00:36:40,592 --> 00:36:45,175 I must admit, I've fallen quite in love with your American arrangements. 314 00:36:45,258 --> 00:36:50,883 Everything is so tremendously natural, primitif, patriarchal. 315 00:36:51,758 --> 00:36:56,050 Even your domestics have an air of style of their own. 316 00:36:57,467 --> 00:36:59,008 That is Hattie. 317 00:36:59,092 --> 00:37:01,342 Yes. I'd love to have one for myself, 318 00:37:01,467 --> 00:37:03,633 but I brought my own maid with me from Paris. 319 00:37:03,758 --> 00:37:06,550 There was a French maid in the play that Robert took me to see. 320 00:37:06,633 --> 00:37:11,758 She wore pink stockings. I suppose your maid's too old to wear pink stockings. 321 00:37:11,842 --> 00:37:13,842 She must've been with you for ages. 322 00:37:13,967 --> 00:37:15,883 Lizzie. 323 00:37:25,217 --> 00:37:28,883 I regret to say that Clifford has a vice. 324 00:37:29,008 --> 00:37:31,633 You mean that he drinks? 325 00:37:31,717 --> 00:37:33,925 I quite agree. That is a low taste. 326 00:37:34,967 --> 00:37:37,383 Not a vice for a gentleman. 327 00:37:37,508 --> 00:37:40,175 Mr. Brand has undertaken to help him. 328 00:37:40,300 --> 00:37:44,217 Ah, Mr. Brand. Yes, he is an excellent influence. 329 00:37:46,050 --> 00:37:50,383 But perhaps Clifford ought to cultivate the society of some agreeable woman. 330 00:37:50,508 --> 00:37:51,717 A clever, agreeable woman 331 00:37:51,842 --> 00:37:55,383 who would give him a sense of how very ridiculous it is to be fuddled. 332 00:37:56,717 --> 00:37:59,050 What lady would you suggest? 333 00:37:59,133 --> 00:38:02,092 There's a clever woman under your hand. My sister. 334 00:38:03,175 --> 00:38:06,092 Your sister... under my hand? 335 00:38:08,050 --> 00:38:12,008 I have my heart set on having a cook. I must have a cook. 336 00:38:12,092 --> 00:38:14,592 An old Negress in a yellow turban. 337 00:38:14,717 --> 00:38:17,675 I want to look out of the window and see her sitting there 338 00:38:17,758 --> 00:38:19,550 under the crooked little apple tree, 339 00:38:19,633 --> 00:38:22,175 pulling the husks off a lapful of Indian corn. 340 00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:24,883 Now that would be local color, you know? 341 00:38:29,967 --> 00:38:32,758 I fear I'm tiring your mother. 342 00:38:34,383 --> 00:38:38,050 I haven't been used to a great deal of conversation lately. 343 00:38:38,133 --> 00:38:41,883 I see you live a life of the most exquisite retirement 344 00:38:41,967 --> 00:38:44,133 with your flowers, your book. 345 00:38:46,383 --> 00:38:48,342 It's Mr. Emerson. 346 00:38:49,842 --> 00:38:51,800 He is so very... 347 00:38:53,842 --> 00:38:56,342 improving. 348 00:38:56,425 --> 00:38:59,092 You don't need much improving, Mother. 349 00:39:00,633 --> 00:39:03,008 No, it is the rest of us who need that. 350 00:39:03,133 --> 00:39:05,633 We have always been very quiet. 351 00:39:08,633 --> 00:39:11,050 I fear I must tire you no further. 352 00:39:11,175 --> 00:39:13,508 Thank you again for allowing me to come. 353 00:39:19,675 --> 00:39:21,633 I must go. 354 00:39:21,717 --> 00:39:25,550 - Why? What has happened? - I would like to leave. 355 00:39:25,633 --> 00:39:28,008 Please tell me why. 356 00:39:28,092 --> 00:39:31,550 I feel... out of tune. 357 00:39:31,675 --> 00:39:34,675 - I hope not out of temper. - No, no, no, no. 358 00:39:34,758 --> 00:39:39,717 Out of tune. I seem too... loud. 359 00:39:40,675 --> 00:39:43,175 Robert, Mother wants you. 360 00:39:43,258 --> 00:39:45,425 I'm coming directly. 361 00:39:46,258 --> 00:39:49,717 - I like your mother very much. - I'm sure she likes you. 362 00:39:49,842 --> 00:39:53,008 As she said, we've always been very quiet. 363 00:39:53,133 --> 00:39:57,008 Yes. That's what I want now. 364 00:39:57,133 --> 00:40:00,758 Ah, yes. The quiet. 365 00:40:00,842 --> 00:40:03,133 - Robert? - Yes, coming. 366 00:40:03,008 --> 00:40:05,008 Excuse me a moment. 367 00:40:05,133 --> 00:40:08,717 I've almost decided to dispatch that letter. 368 00:40:10,175 --> 00:40:14,258 Well, when you have in fact done so, I hope you'll let me know. 369 00:40:21,550 --> 00:40:25,342 Say a word to Clifford. Give him a hint to come and see her. 370 00:40:25,425 --> 00:40:27,758 To come often. Tell him to be bold. 371 00:40:28,467 --> 00:40:31,383 Do I understand that I am to suggest to my son 372 00:40:31,467 --> 00:40:36,758 to make a profession of affection to Madam Munster? 373 00:40:36,842 --> 00:40:38,967 Yes, yes, a profession. 374 00:40:39,092 --> 00:40:42,217 But as I understand it, Madam Munster is a married woman. 375 00:40:42,342 --> 00:40:47,758 Oh, but of course she can't marry him. But she will do what she can. 376 00:40:52,925 --> 00:40:57,467 I don't think I can undertake to recommend my son any such course. 377 00:40:57,592 --> 00:41:00,217 Would you call a carriage for me, please? 378 00:41:00,300 --> 00:41:03,425 Oh, but the fun is only just starting. 379 00:41:03,550 --> 00:41:06,592 I have a migraine. A headache. 380 00:41:10,883 --> 00:41:12,842 Edward? 381 00:41:28,175 --> 00:41:30,967 Are you sure you wanna go home? 382 00:41:31,092 --> 00:41:33,508 What can you say to make me stay? 383 00:41:35,508 --> 00:41:38,467 We're having ice cream. 384 00:41:38,550 --> 00:41:40,550 You may eat my share. 385 00:41:48,050 --> 00:41:49,758 Encourage Clifford to come and see you. 386 00:41:49,883 --> 00:41:52,633 His tastes at the present are somewhat vulgar. 387 00:41:52,758 --> 00:41:54,592 You mean he gets tipsy? 388 00:41:54,717 --> 00:41:57,508 Inspire him with a taste for conversation. 389 00:41:57,633 --> 00:42:02,092 And even if he should in the process fall in love with you, it doesn't matter. 390 00:42:02,175 --> 00:42:06,133 I am to offer myself as a superior form of intoxication? 391 00:42:06,217 --> 00:42:08,800 A substitute for the brandy bottle, eh? 392 00:42:10,550 --> 00:42:13,550 Truly in this country, one comes to strange uses. 393 00:42:14,592 --> 00:42:17,383 It's unbecoming for Clifford to drink. 394 00:42:17,508 --> 00:42:19,883 After all, he will be, one day, 395 00:42:19,967 --> 00:42:22,842 the principal gentleman in this neighborhood. 396 00:42:22,967 --> 00:42:25,383 Yes. He and Mr. Acton. 397 00:42:26,967 --> 00:42:30,592 Are you, by any chance, offering me a second string to my bow? 398 00:42:32,717 --> 00:42:37,050 "But alas, self-interest, sensuality and passion 399 00:42:37,175 --> 00:42:40,050 "struggle together in the human breast. 400 00:42:40,133 --> 00:42:43,508 "There is a wilderness to be subdued and made fruitful, 401 00:42:43,592 --> 00:42:50,717 "tempests of passion to be calmed, luxuriance of sensuality to be loved. 402 00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:52,842 "All the benefits of a useful education 403 00:42:52,967 --> 00:42:56,925 "may be lost by acquaintance with companions of bad habits. 404 00:42:57,050 --> 00:42:59,300 "Such is the natural propensity of evil. 405 00:42:59,383 --> 00:43:02,133 "So great is the vivacity, the curiosity, 406 00:43:02,217 --> 00:43:06,342 "the love of novelty and the want of caution at a tender age. 407 00:43:06,467 --> 00:43:10,550 "So lively is the sympathy, so active the spirit of imitation, 408 00:43:10,633 --> 00:43:14,967 "that even occasional intercourse with dangerous companions 409 00:43:15,092 --> 00:43:18,175 "will seldom fail to be highly injurious. 410 00:43:19,967 --> 00:43:23,925 "I once was for several weeks with a foreigner of very fair natural abilities, 411 00:43:24,008 --> 00:43:27,300 "but never subjected to the disciplines of early study, 412 00:43:27,425 --> 00:43:31,508 "who would often arrive at his own conclusions by a kind of jump. 413 00:43:31,633 --> 00:43:34,217 In giving you an account of any piece of history..." 414 00:43:34,342 --> 00:43:38,050 "And when my heart doth upward soar 415 00:43:38,133 --> 00:43:40,758 "to fly and float aloft 416 00:43:40,883 --> 00:43:45,217 "and then looks down and sees on Earth 417 00:43:45,300 --> 00:43:49,383 "the spire of our stony church... 418 00:43:51,633 --> 00:43:54,133 fears to be impaled there." 419 00:43:54,217 --> 00:43:56,300 "...lively and sometimes to the purpose, 420 00:43:56,383 --> 00:44:00,550 "but produced by a sort of theatrical exhibition 421 00:44:00,675 --> 00:44:04,883 "and not by a narration of consecutive facts. 422 00:44:04,967 --> 00:44:08,425 "Let then the schoolteacher make a point of accustoming his pupils 423 00:44:08,508 --> 00:44:10,633 "to reason and regularity, 424 00:44:10,758 --> 00:44:13,925 "and especially his pupils of the female gender, 425 00:44:14,050 --> 00:44:18,092 whose natural volatility most needs this discipline." 426 00:44:46,675 --> 00:44:48,883 (Mr. Brand) I've sometimes wished Miss Gertrude 427 00:44:49,008 --> 00:44:53,050 had some share of your soundness... your sense... 428 00:44:59,258 --> 00:45:02,300 ...your very fine understanding, Miss Charlotte. 429 00:45:35,925 --> 00:45:38,925 Think of all that we owe Mr. Brand. 430 00:45:41,717 --> 00:45:43,758 He's helped you so. 431 00:45:46,008 --> 00:45:48,300 He's helped you struggle with your... 432 00:45:50,383 --> 00:45:52,425 ...peculiarities. 433 00:45:55,217 --> 00:45:58,800 You told me that he taught you how to govern your temper. 434 00:46:01,425 --> 00:46:03,675 I wanna be wicked again. 435 00:46:08,717 --> 00:46:13,508 Charlotte, you're in love with him. 436 00:46:17,175 --> 00:46:19,675 I wish he'd marry you. 437 00:46:25,925 --> 00:46:29,300 This is very cruel of you. 438 00:46:29,425 --> 00:46:33,800 Not if it's true. I do wish he'd marry you. 439 00:46:33,925 --> 00:46:36,342 You mustn't say things like that. 440 00:46:37,967 --> 00:46:40,425 - I mean to tell him so. - Gertrude! 441 00:46:41,342 --> 00:46:44,008 If he speaks to me again about myself, I shall say, 442 00:46:44,133 --> 00:46:47,467 "Why don't you marry Charlotte? She's a thousand times better than I." 443 00:46:47,550 --> 00:46:51,008 You are wicked! You are changed! 444 00:46:58,758 --> 00:47:01,758 You make yourself out worse than you are to please him. 445 00:47:02,800 --> 00:47:05,383 He doesn't care for the things we care for, 446 00:47:05,467 --> 00:47:07,300 for the great questions of life. 447 00:47:08,342 --> 00:47:09,967 Neither do I! 448 00:47:10,092 --> 00:47:14,050 I've been pretending all this time. I've been dishonest. 449 00:47:14,133 --> 00:47:18,925 It's pleasure that I care for. Pleasure and amusement. 450 00:47:22,300 --> 00:47:23,758 Gertrude. 451 00:47:25,217 --> 00:47:26,300 Gertrude! 452 00:47:29,217 --> 00:47:31,425 Am I really losing you? 453 00:47:36,175 --> 00:47:40,342 Charlotte cares for the great questions of life, Mr. Brand. 454 00:47:53,258 --> 00:47:56,800 - When will they be back? - In a week. 455 00:47:56,925 --> 00:47:59,217 Do you think she'll miss him? 456 00:48:01,467 --> 00:48:03,467 Don't you like her? 457 00:48:04,925 --> 00:48:08,842 She thinks that you are the most charming girl in the world. 458 00:48:08,925 --> 00:48:10,883 When did she tell you that? 459 00:48:13,550 --> 00:48:15,675 Anyway, she doesn't. 460 00:48:16,925 --> 00:48:19,383 You think everything she says is to be taken the opposite way? 461 00:48:19,467 --> 00:48:21,675 Yeah, I think that is. 462 00:48:21,758 --> 00:48:23,758 Goodbye, Lizzie. 463 00:48:24,758 --> 00:48:26,717 - Bye. - Goodbye, Robert. 464 00:49:25,842 --> 00:49:27,633 Is this the prince? 465 00:49:37,550 --> 00:49:40,050 - Mount Vesuvius. - Yes. 466 00:49:41,425 --> 00:49:44,050 You must go to Europe and make the tour. 467 00:49:45,300 --> 00:49:47,092 I know some fellas who've been. 468 00:49:47,217 --> 00:49:50,217 They say you can have better fun here. 469 00:49:50,300 --> 00:49:53,133 Your friends probably weren't introduced. 470 00:49:53,217 --> 00:49:57,883 They had no opportunity of going into society. They formed no relations. 471 00:49:58,008 --> 00:50:00,717 Well, they went to a ball in Paris. I know that. 472 00:50:02,300 --> 00:50:05,550 No, you must go. You need it for your manners. 473 00:50:06,717 --> 00:50:10,217 - I haven't got any. - Precisely. 474 00:50:10,342 --> 00:50:12,967 You must go to Europe and get a few. 475 00:51:01,717 --> 00:51:06,967 You must remember... there is no agreeable man 476 00:51:07,967 --> 00:51:10,800 who hasn't been to school to a clever woman. 477 00:51:12,508 --> 00:51:14,883 Usually a little older than himself. 478 00:51:17,258 --> 00:51:19,633 Trust me, Clifford. 479 00:51:23,175 --> 00:51:26,217 Laugh out. Laugh out if I amuse you. I'm here for that. 480 00:51:29,758 --> 00:51:33,258 Are you seriously making love to your little cousin Lizzie? 481 00:51:34,633 --> 00:51:36,842 Those things ought to be known. 482 00:51:38,050 --> 00:51:43,300 I don't care if it's known or not, but I don't want people looking at me. 483 00:51:43,425 --> 00:51:48,217 A young man of your importance ought to learn to be looked at. 484 00:51:48,342 --> 00:51:50,717 And don't tell me you're not a young man of importance. 485 00:51:50,842 --> 00:51:53,633 Oh, no, you don't catch me saying that. 486 00:51:54,258 --> 00:51:56,008 You must come to Europe. 487 00:51:56,133 --> 00:51:58,258 You'll be talked about, of course, with me. 488 00:51:58,342 --> 00:52:00,592 It will be said that you're my lover. 489 00:52:04,550 --> 00:52:07,633 I'll show you how little one may mind that. 490 00:52:07,717 --> 00:52:11,175 - How little I shall mind it. - I'd mind it a good deal. 491 00:52:12,592 --> 00:52:15,217 Not too much, you know. 492 00:52:15,342 --> 00:52:18,050 That would be uncivil. 493 00:53:31,925 --> 00:53:34,508 - What is it? - I thought I heard someone. 494 00:53:36,050 --> 00:53:38,008 Who is it? 495 00:53:38,092 --> 00:53:40,967 No one. I made a mistake. 496 00:53:47,592 --> 00:53:49,092 Why are you so nervous? 497 00:53:49,217 --> 00:53:51,550 I'm not. 498 00:53:51,633 --> 00:53:54,883 Your father doesn't like you coming here. 499 00:53:54,967 --> 00:53:57,633 I thought it was Robert Acton. 500 00:53:57,758 --> 00:54:00,467 Oh, yes, of course. He's expected back tonight. 501 00:54:01,967 --> 00:54:06,050 You never answered my question about his little sister, what's-her-name. 502 00:54:06,175 --> 00:54:10,008 If one is arranging a marriage, you know, one ought to tell one's friends. 503 00:54:10,092 --> 00:54:12,717 I'm not arranging anything. 504 00:54:12,800 --> 00:54:15,092 Then you don't intend to marry your cousin? 505 00:54:15,217 --> 00:54:17,467 Well, I expect I'll do as a choose. 506 00:54:38,883 --> 00:54:40,383 Oh, you're back, Bob. 507 00:54:40,508 --> 00:54:46,050 Aye, half an hour ago. Where are all your companions? 508 00:54:46,133 --> 00:54:50,258 Charlotte's with Mr. Brand in the parlor. Gertrude is, for the hundredth time, 509 00:54:50,383 --> 00:54:53,133 doing the honors of the house to her foreign cousin. 510 00:54:53,258 --> 00:54:54,425 And Clifford? 511 00:54:54,508 --> 00:54:58,592 He is, I suppose, calling on the other foreign cousins. 512 00:54:59,175 --> 00:55:01,758 Hasn't the baroness been to visit you today? 513 00:55:03,008 --> 00:55:05,967 The baroness has not honored us for three days. 514 00:55:06,050 --> 00:55:08,592 - Why? Is she ill? - No. 515 00:55:08,717 --> 00:55:11,550 - I went to see her. - What's the matter with her? 516 00:55:11,633 --> 00:55:14,008 I infer she's tired of us. 517 00:55:19,008 --> 00:55:20,592 It's late. 518 00:55:20,717 --> 00:55:22,675 You going home? 519 00:55:25,675 --> 00:55:29,008 I think I'll go and take a look at the baroness. 520 00:55:32,300 --> 00:55:36,633 If we ever had any virtue among us, we'd better keep hold of it now. 521 00:55:40,217 --> 00:55:43,633 Your cousin Miss Acton is very charming. 522 00:55:43,717 --> 00:55:46,758 She's the prettiest girl in this place. 523 00:55:46,842 --> 00:55:49,175 I'm afraid you're entangled. 524 00:55:49,300 --> 00:55:52,092 - I'm not entangled. 525 00:55:52,175 --> 00:55:54,175 Are you engaged? 526 00:55:55,133 --> 00:55:57,383 - What's the matter? - There is someone. 527 00:55:58,550 --> 00:56:01,050 Oh, it's Robert. Come, come quickly. 528 00:56:04,425 --> 00:56:06,842 No, no, no! This way. 529 00:56:06,925 --> 00:56:08,925 Your hat! 530 00:57:27,633 --> 00:57:31,008 I don't think I ought to tell you to sit down. It's too late to begin a visit. 531 00:57:31,092 --> 00:57:33,925 It's too early to end one. 532 00:57:34,050 --> 00:57:36,717 I went first to the big house. I expected to find you there. 533 00:57:36,800 --> 00:57:38,842 No, I haven't been to the big house. 534 00:57:38,967 --> 00:57:41,883 Not yesterday, nor the day before, eh? 535 00:57:42,008 --> 00:57:44,383 Oh, I don't know how many days it's been. 536 00:57:44,508 --> 00:57:48,217 You're tired of us. I expected something of the kind. 537 00:57:51,717 --> 00:57:54,217 I hope you enjoyed your journey. 538 00:57:54,342 --> 00:57:57,383 I'd much rather have been here with you. 539 00:57:57,508 --> 00:57:59,425 I never get tired of people I like. 540 00:58:00,467 --> 00:58:04,967 But you're not a poor, wicked foreign woman with irritable nerves. 541 00:58:06,800 --> 00:58:09,425 Something's happened to you since I went away. 542 00:58:13,008 --> 00:58:15,842 If you're bored, you needn't be afraid to say so. To me, at least. 543 00:58:18,008 --> 00:58:20,342 I know we've made you lead a very dull life here. 544 00:58:25,925 --> 00:58:28,675 - Is someone there? - No, no, no, it's only my maid. 545 00:58:29,883 --> 00:58:33,217 She always chooses the middle of the night to arrange her things. 546 00:58:33,300 --> 00:58:36,842 It's one of those odd French habits. 547 00:58:44,717 --> 00:58:48,675 You know that document you were to send to Germany? 548 00:58:48,758 --> 00:58:53,133 You call it your renunciation. Did you ever send it? 549 00:58:54,425 --> 00:58:56,300 Why do you ask me that now? 550 00:58:56,425 --> 00:59:00,633 I've wanted to ask you many times. I thought you might tell me yourself. 551 00:59:04,050 --> 00:59:06,800 I think I've told you too much. 552 00:59:09,092 --> 00:59:13,633 I wish you'd ask something of me. Isn't there anything I can do for you? 553 00:59:13,717 --> 00:59:16,717 If you can't stand this dull life anymore, let me amuse you. 554 00:59:17,967 --> 00:59:20,050 You're very strange tonight. 555 00:59:20,133 --> 00:59:23,592 Would you like to travel about, see something of the country? 556 00:59:23,675 --> 00:59:27,758 Won't you go to Niagara? You should see Niagara, you know. 557 00:59:27,842 --> 00:59:31,300 - With you, do you mean? - Well, I'd be delighted to take you. 558 00:59:31,425 --> 00:59:32,967 You alone? 559 00:59:33,092 --> 00:59:35,800 Well, yes, we might go alone. 560 00:59:37,800 --> 00:59:41,425 I think I ought to feel insulted. 561 00:59:45,092 --> 00:59:47,550 You'd much better come to Niagara with me. 562 00:59:51,175 --> 00:59:54,675 Is that the extent of what you're offering me? 563 00:59:57,758 --> 01:00:00,842 Have you sent that document to Germany? 564 01:00:07,508 --> 01:00:09,383 He was in Felix's studio. 565 01:00:09,508 --> 01:00:11,842 He wanted to see some of his sketches. 566 01:00:11,925 --> 01:00:14,133 You didn't have much light in there. 567 01:00:15,425 --> 01:00:19,133 - I didn't have any. - Oh, your candle went out, eh? 568 01:00:20,217 --> 01:00:23,092 I didn't have a candle. 569 01:00:23,175 --> 01:00:25,467 You didn't give me any. 570 01:00:25,592 --> 01:00:28,258 You had much better go home. Good night. 571 01:00:30,842 --> 01:00:32,842 Good night. 572 01:00:37,508 --> 01:00:40,008 What's the matter with him? He seemed rather muddled. 573 01:00:40,092 --> 01:00:42,258 Was he, uh...? Do you think...? 574 01:00:42,383 --> 01:00:47,008 Oh! He doesn't drink anymore. I've cured him of that. 575 01:00:47,133 --> 01:00:50,592 And in return, he's in love with me. 576 01:00:53,967 --> 01:00:57,883 He wasn't in the studio. I invented that at the moment. 577 01:00:58,008 --> 01:01:00,175 He has an idea of being romantic. 578 01:01:00,300 --> 01:01:06,342 He's adopted the habit of coming to see me. At midnight. 579 01:01:06,425 --> 01:01:09,133 Stealing in by the back way. It seems to amuse him. 580 01:01:14,258 --> 01:01:18,258 They're still sitting up at the big house. You can see the lights. 581 01:01:18,342 --> 01:01:22,550 Ah, at the big house. I don't know what they do up there. 582 01:01:24,758 --> 01:01:28,967 I'm a quiet little humdrum woman. 583 01:01:35,425 --> 01:01:37,425 So good night. 584 01:01:43,633 --> 01:01:45,633 Good night, Eugenia. 585 01:01:54,633 --> 01:01:57,133 She said the younger one begins, the better. 586 01:01:58,467 --> 01:02:00,258 And what did she mean by that? 587 01:02:00,383 --> 01:02:05,050 She called me a dear young Puritan and said not to be afraid. 588 01:02:05,175 --> 01:02:08,467 She wants to introduce me to her circle of charming friends. 589 01:02:08,592 --> 01:02:11,675 And just what is her circle of charming friends? 590 01:02:27,133 --> 01:02:29,342 Catch a cold? 591 01:02:32,258 --> 01:02:34,967 What were doing at Madam Munster's last night? 592 01:02:37,467 --> 01:02:41,508 Well, what did she tell you? I'd want to tell you the same. 593 01:02:47,175 --> 01:02:50,258 I thought you were my father. 594 01:02:50,342 --> 01:02:53,175 - So you ran away? - 'Cause she told me to. 595 01:02:54,342 --> 01:02:59,550 But I felt ashamed to be hiding away in the dark like a coward... 596 01:03:01,425 --> 01:03:03,383 so I came back. 597 01:03:04,758 --> 01:03:07,467 It was a surprise to see you. 598 01:03:09,092 --> 01:03:12,633 But Eugenia carried it off, didn't she? 599 01:03:12,758 --> 01:03:14,717 Beautifully. 600 01:03:15,967 --> 01:03:18,175 What was her story? 601 01:03:21,133 --> 01:03:24,883 She said that she couldn't imagine what had got into you... 602 01:03:26,967 --> 01:03:30,467 ...that you appeared to have taken a violent dislike to her. 603 01:03:31,133 --> 01:03:32,383 What? 604 01:03:34,383 --> 01:03:36,300 And that whenever you come to the house, 605 01:03:36,425 --> 01:03:40,133 all you do is lock yourself up in Felix's studio 606 01:03:40,258 --> 01:03:43,133 and look at his sketches. 607 01:03:44,425 --> 01:03:46,425 Ah, g... Ah... 608 01:03:47,967 --> 01:03:51,175 - What? It's not true? - What do you think? 609 01:03:52,217 --> 01:03:57,633 - Well, the baroness wouldn't tell a lie. - Wouldn't she? 610 01:03:57,758 --> 01:03:59,633 Have you ever known her to tell an untruth? 611 01:03:59,758 --> 01:04:02,217 Yes, lots of them. 612 01:04:03,800 --> 01:04:06,925 She knew it wasn't Father coming in. She knew it was you. 613 01:04:08,217 --> 01:04:10,175 She knows everything. 614 01:04:11,758 --> 01:04:17,008 Are you, by any chance... the least bit sweet on her? 615 01:04:18,300 --> 01:04:20,258 No, sir! 616 01:05:15,717 --> 01:05:18,050 I have a very bad conscience. 617 01:05:19,383 --> 01:05:24,342 We oughtn't to be together this way, not until I've got your father's consent. 618 01:05:24,425 --> 01:05:26,425 I don't understand you. 619 01:05:27,758 --> 01:05:31,550 You very often say that. Considering how little 620 01:05:31,675 --> 01:05:35,550 we understand each other, it's a wonder we get on so well. 621 01:05:36,592 --> 01:05:39,925 We've been alone together ever since you came. 622 01:05:40,050 --> 01:05:42,800 The first time I ever saw you, we were alone. 623 01:05:44,633 --> 01:05:47,133 Why is it different now? 624 01:05:47,258 --> 01:05:49,758 Is it because everyone's at church? 625 01:05:51,800 --> 01:05:54,050 The difference is, Gertrude... 626 01:05:56,258 --> 01:05:58,717 the difference is I love you more. 627 01:06:00,550 --> 01:06:02,550 More and more. 628 01:06:48,133 --> 01:06:50,842 Oh, bonte divine, what a climate. 629 01:07:11,925 --> 01:07:14,133 - Oh, Christine... - Oui, madame. 630 01:07:16,800 --> 01:07:19,633 It appears no one will be calling on us today. 631 01:07:30,050 --> 01:07:32,425 Were you expecting someone? 632 01:07:32,508 --> 01:07:35,050 Whom should I be expecting in this place? 633 01:07:37,633 --> 01:07:40,175 What expectations could there be? 634 01:07:41,842 --> 01:07:45,633 I hope you don't think I'm reduced to waiting for a Mr. Robert Acton. 635 01:07:50,217 --> 01:07:53,592 How long do you propose to remain in this lovely spot? 636 01:07:54,592 --> 01:07:57,258 Why? You don't want to go away already? 637 01:07:57,383 --> 01:07:59,092 "Already" is delicious. 638 01:08:03,967 --> 01:08:06,425 Do you intend to spend the rest of your life 639 01:08:06,508 --> 01:08:08,842 making love to Gertrude Wentworth? 640 01:08:08,967 --> 01:08:09,925 Yes. 641 01:08:12,508 --> 01:08:16,383 Unfortunately, her father wants her to marry Mr. Brand. 642 01:08:16,508 --> 01:08:18,967 I know nothing about it. 643 01:08:19,050 --> 01:08:21,425 Please to put on a log. 644 01:08:31,758 --> 01:08:34,758 I think you're the most heartless person living. 645 01:08:40,342 --> 01:08:42,800 Don't you see that I'm in trouble? 646 01:08:48,800 --> 01:08:50,633 Robert Acton wants to marry me. 647 01:08:53,592 --> 01:08:56,383 Don't you believe me? 648 01:08:56,467 --> 01:09:00,967 - Why does it make you unhappy? - Because I can't decide. 649 01:09:01,092 --> 01:09:04,633 Accept him. Accept him. 650 01:09:07,342 --> 01:09:09,717 He's immensely in love with me. 651 01:09:28,300 --> 01:09:31,592 There's a party at the Barretts' next Saturday. 652 01:09:31,675 --> 01:09:34,883 Well, I'm sure you'll be one of the principal ornaments. 653 01:09:35,008 --> 01:09:39,675 Everyone's tired of seeing me in my same old blue. Or my green. 654 01:09:40,883 --> 01:09:44,967 Miss Koffen has some pretty new patterns no one else has seen. 655 01:09:45,050 --> 01:09:47,217 Then you better hurry before they do. 656 01:09:47,342 --> 01:09:51,008 She promised not to show them till I've had first choice. 657 01:10:03,633 --> 01:10:05,508 Will that do? 658 01:10:05,633 --> 01:10:07,883 There's a bonnet, too. 659 01:10:14,592 --> 01:10:16,592 What's this? 660 01:10:17,758 --> 01:10:20,342 - It's a present for someone. - Who? 661 01:10:23,050 --> 01:10:26,383 I hope you're not giving gifts to that baroness, Robert. 662 01:10:27,883 --> 01:10:29,925 You're not in love with her? 663 01:10:31,133 --> 01:10:33,508 I don't know. 664 01:10:34,758 --> 01:10:36,758 That means you're not. 665 01:10:36,883 --> 01:10:41,217 I like to be with her. I think of her a great deal. 666 01:10:43,842 --> 01:10:48,092 But if this is love, it's overrated. 667 01:10:50,467 --> 01:10:52,467 No, it's not. 668 01:10:57,050 --> 01:11:00,425 Wouldn't you like to get married? 669 01:11:00,508 --> 01:11:03,342 To someone really nice? 670 01:11:03,425 --> 01:11:06,175 That's what I'm trying to decide. 671 01:11:07,508 --> 01:11:10,092 I'll find her for you. 672 01:11:10,217 --> 01:11:14,633 The prettiest, the best girl in all this place. 673 01:11:15,592 --> 01:11:17,633 That's you. 674 01:11:17,758 --> 01:11:19,925 I mean second to me. 675 01:11:26,883 --> 01:11:28,842 It's for you. 676 01:11:29,800 --> 01:11:32,092 I bought it for you. 677 01:11:47,425 --> 01:11:49,383 Thank you, Robert. 678 01:11:52,925 --> 01:11:56,258 I want to go. I have to. 679 01:11:56,342 --> 01:11:58,175 Go where? 680 01:11:58,300 --> 01:12:03,300 Did you know that Felix was an actor with a troupe of strolling players? 681 01:12:03,383 --> 01:12:06,217 They went everywhere and played Shakespeare. 682 01:12:06,300 --> 01:12:10,800 They went to France and Poland and Italy. 683 01:12:21,675 --> 01:12:23,758 I can't endure it. 684 01:12:25,717 --> 01:12:27,883 I think I wish to scream. 685 01:12:42,675 --> 01:12:45,633 (muffled scream) 686 01:13:05,300 --> 01:13:08,383 Have you been preaching one of your beautiful sermons? 687 01:13:21,175 --> 01:13:24,967 Did you bring me over here for the purpose of making that inquiry? 688 01:13:25,050 --> 01:13:29,133 No, no, not for that, no. I wanted to tell you something. 689 01:13:29,217 --> 01:13:34,217 Only, as it's rather private, I thought perhaps we might go into my studio. 690 01:13:38,883 --> 01:13:41,800 It's very delicate, what I want to say. 691 01:13:41,883 --> 01:13:44,342 Please to say it as quickly as possible. 692 01:13:44,467 --> 01:13:46,842 It's only because you're a clergyman, you know. 693 01:13:46,925 --> 01:13:50,633 I don't think I'd venture to say it to a common man. 694 01:13:50,717 --> 01:13:52,342 If it's a question of resenting an injury, 695 01:13:52,467 --> 01:13:54,883 I'm afraid I'm a very common man indeed. 696 01:13:57,883 --> 01:14:02,258 Both my sister and I have taken a great fancy to our cousin Charlotte. 697 01:14:03,383 --> 01:14:06,508 - Cousin Charlotte? - We fell in love with her from the first. 698 01:14:08,050 --> 01:14:10,008 You fell in love with Charlotte? 699 01:14:10,133 --> 01:14:12,467 Well, she's a very charming person. 700 01:14:12,592 --> 01:14:16,342 But she's not happy, Mr. Brand. She's not happy. 701 01:14:21,133 --> 01:14:24,050 Charlotte is in love. 702 01:14:24,133 --> 01:14:26,092 With you? 703 01:14:26,925 --> 01:14:29,217 She's in love with you. 704 01:14:31,675 --> 01:14:34,342 Is that what you wanted to say to me? 705 01:14:34,467 --> 01:14:36,758 Well, I told you it was very delicate. 706 01:14:46,050 --> 01:14:48,217 Don't let her languish. 707 01:14:49,842 --> 01:14:51,800 I congratulate you. 708 01:14:53,383 --> 01:14:55,633 It's in your interests. 709 01:14:57,758 --> 01:14:59,717 You've interfered with me. 710 01:15:00,883 --> 01:15:03,633 I won't pretend I don't know what you mean. 711 01:15:05,050 --> 01:15:08,300 But with one person, you've lost nothing. 712 01:15:08,425 --> 01:15:10,967 And think of what you've gained with another. 713 01:15:13,050 --> 01:15:16,467 It seems to me that I'm the proper judge on both sides. 714 01:15:16,550 --> 01:15:17,550 Good day. 715 01:15:39,967 --> 01:15:42,008 My dear cousin. 716 01:16:03,508 --> 01:16:06,508 - Charlotte, I want you to help me. - Help you? 717 01:16:06,592 --> 01:16:09,550 I mean, with your father and with the world in general. 718 01:16:09,675 --> 01:16:12,592 - Including Mr. Brand. - Poor Mr. Brand. 719 01:16:12,717 --> 01:16:17,050 No, don't say "poor Mr. Brand." Well, I don't pity him at all. 720 01:16:25,675 --> 01:16:29,550 Well, it ought to be enough for any man that you take an interest in him. 721 01:16:31,842 --> 01:16:34,508 Oh, Charlotte, take pity on me. 722 01:16:34,633 --> 01:16:37,342 Say a good word about me to your father. 723 01:16:37,425 --> 01:16:39,383 Because... 724 01:16:40,758 --> 01:16:43,842 Well, because I'm terribly in love with your sister. 725 01:16:45,633 --> 01:16:48,092 In love, Charlotte! In love! 726 01:16:55,883 --> 01:16:59,675 There is no great hope that we shall any of us advance much 727 01:16:59,800 --> 01:17:02,217 till we make religion a matter of business. 728 01:17:02,342 --> 01:17:05,217 - Father... - Character is no dead capital. 729 01:17:05,342 --> 01:17:10,967 It bears interest. Like the pound in the parable, it gains ten pounds. 730 01:17:11,050 --> 01:17:13,050 Father, I have... 731 01:17:15,217 --> 01:17:17,342 As it multiplies more, 732 01:17:17,425 --> 01:17:22,633 like an immense property, it makes incalculable increase. 733 01:17:26,258 --> 01:17:28,383 Father, I have something to say to you about Gertrude. 734 01:17:34,175 --> 01:17:37,467 I ought to have brought a bouquet. In France, they always do. 735 01:17:38,383 --> 01:17:40,675 We are not in France. 736 01:17:41,758 --> 01:17:43,592 Dear Uncle, 737 01:17:43,717 --> 01:17:48,217 I desire very earnestly to marry your daughter Gertrude. 738 01:17:52,425 --> 01:17:56,383 Ah... you don't like it. 739 01:17:59,342 --> 01:18:02,050 I was afraid. 740 01:18:02,175 --> 01:18:05,342 Well, I know I'm not the sort of man you might have looked for. 741 01:18:05,425 --> 01:18:07,758 I have no position and no fortune. 742 01:18:07,883 --> 01:18:10,550 I can give Gertrude no place in the world. 743 01:18:10,633 --> 01:18:13,008 She'll be hiding her light under a bushel. 744 01:18:13,092 --> 01:18:14,592 I being the bushel. 745 01:18:15,633 --> 01:18:20,133 Now, I know that you like me. Well, you've shown that. 746 01:18:20,258 --> 01:18:23,342 But you think I'm frivolous, penniless and shabby. 747 01:18:24,633 --> 01:18:29,092 Well, granted, granted, granted, a thousand times granted. 748 01:18:29,217 --> 01:18:33,050 I've been a loose fish. I've been a fiddler, 749 01:18:33,175 --> 01:18:36,425 a painter, an actor. 750 01:18:36,550 --> 01:18:38,550 I've been a Bohemian. 751 01:18:38,633 --> 01:18:42,425 But in Bohemia, I always pass for a gentleman. 752 01:18:42,508 --> 01:18:44,883 Now I find I can earn a living, a very fair one, 753 01:18:44,967 --> 01:18:48,092 from going about the world and painting bad portraits. 754 01:18:48,217 --> 01:18:50,800 Gertrude declares she's willing to share my wanderings 755 01:18:50,883 --> 01:18:53,092 and help to pose my models. 756 01:18:53,175 --> 01:18:57,258 Well, that brings me to my third point: Gertrude likes me. 757 01:18:57,383 --> 01:19:00,217 Encourage her a little, and she'll tell you so. 758 01:19:02,592 --> 01:19:06,258 - We've been talking about you. - I know it. That's why I came. 759 01:19:06,383 --> 01:19:08,883 It is better you should be present. 760 01:19:09,008 --> 01:19:11,258 We were discussing your future. 761 01:19:11,383 --> 01:19:14,800 Well, you've never had any confidence in me. Never! 762 01:19:14,925 --> 01:19:16,008 I don't know why. 763 01:19:16,133 --> 01:19:18,258 I have never seen you so passionate. 764 01:19:21,425 --> 01:19:23,633 You have not profited as we had hoped. 765 01:19:23,717 --> 01:19:25,633 I have profited. 766 01:19:25,717 --> 01:19:28,550 You wanted to form my character. Well, it's formed. 767 01:19:28,675 --> 01:19:31,050 I know what I want. I've chosen. 768 01:19:32,258 --> 01:19:34,883 I'm determined to marry this gentleman. 769 01:19:36,300 --> 01:19:38,925 Come in, sir. You should be here. 770 01:19:40,092 --> 01:19:41,842 You had better consent, sir. 771 01:19:45,008 --> 01:19:47,717 I'm not sure that I understand. 772 01:19:47,842 --> 01:19:51,342 Mr. Brand asks you to let Felix take me away. 773 01:19:51,467 --> 01:19:54,383 Isn't this rather a change, sir? 774 01:19:54,508 --> 01:19:58,133 Yes, sir. Yes, sir. 775 01:20:01,592 --> 01:20:04,425 Where are our moral grounds? 776 01:20:07,800 --> 01:20:14,300 I should like, in my ministerial capacity, to unite this young couple. 777 01:20:15,508 --> 01:20:18,967 Oh, that's very beautiful of you, Mr. Brand. 778 01:20:19,050 --> 01:20:23,717 I should like to marry you. It would give me great pleasure. 779 01:20:23,842 --> 01:20:25,800 That is very nice. 780 01:20:26,800 --> 01:20:28,758 And very handsome. 781 01:20:31,133 --> 01:20:33,550 Father, consent. 782 01:20:40,217 --> 01:20:42,175 I consent... 783 01:20:42,300 --> 01:20:45,258 since Mr. Brand recommends it. 784 01:20:48,633 --> 01:20:50,175 They tell me you were so comfortable here, 785 01:20:50,300 --> 01:20:52,800 that you've got such a beautiful little house. 786 01:20:52,883 --> 01:20:56,342 And my son is so fond of going to see you. 787 01:20:56,467 --> 01:20:58,925 I'm afraid my son will miss you. 788 01:20:59,008 --> 01:21:01,092 Ah, dear madame, 789 01:21:01,217 --> 01:21:05,133 I can't stay in America... for your son. 790 01:21:05,258 --> 01:21:07,217 Well, I... 791 01:21:08,008 --> 01:21:14,133 I want to see my children cheerful and... happy. 792 01:21:15,883 --> 01:21:18,800 My daughter will probably marry her cousin. 793 01:21:20,175 --> 01:21:23,050 Two such interesting young people. 794 01:21:23,133 --> 01:21:26,550 You seem to me all so happy here, just as you are. 795 01:21:27,675 --> 01:21:30,550 So I wish you would stay. 796 01:21:30,633 --> 01:21:34,508 It would... it would be so pleasant for Robert. 797 01:21:40,092 --> 01:21:44,675 Goodbye, dear madame. I must remember your strength is precious. 798 01:21:44,800 --> 01:21:49,550 Oh, you have been happy here, haven't you? 799 01:21:49,675 --> 01:21:53,092 And you like us, don't you? 800 01:21:53,175 --> 01:21:57,717 So I wish you'd stay in your beautiful little house. 801 01:21:57,800 --> 01:22:02,883 Yes, my house is beautiful, though not to be compared with yours. 802 01:22:03,967 --> 01:22:05,925 Goodbye, madame. 803 01:22:25,633 --> 01:22:27,675 Comme c'est bien. 804 01:22:50,758 --> 01:22:54,717 He wasn't in Felix's studio. I invented that at the moment. 805 01:22:55,925 --> 01:22:59,133 He has an idea of being romantic. 806 01:22:59,258 --> 01:23:03,508 He's adopted the habit of coming to see me at midnight, 807 01:23:03,633 --> 01:23:06,008 stealing in by the back way. 808 01:23:29,758 --> 01:23:34,508 Excuse my ridiculous position. I was, uh, thinking of you. 809 01:23:35,467 --> 01:23:37,383 The occupation of extreme leisure. 810 01:23:37,508 --> 01:23:41,508 No, I'm delighted. I'm honored. Won't you come into the house? 811 01:23:42,592 --> 01:23:46,175 I've just come out of it. I've been calling on your mother. 812 01:23:47,425 --> 01:23:49,383 Bidding her farewell. 813 01:23:50,800 --> 01:23:52,925 I'm going away. 814 01:23:53,050 --> 01:23:55,008 When? 815 01:23:56,175 --> 01:23:58,258 As soon as possible. 816 01:24:06,883 --> 01:24:09,133 Why haven't you been to see me? 817 01:24:11,425 --> 01:24:13,550 Must you go straight home? 818 01:24:17,258 --> 01:24:19,842 Why don't you answer my question? 819 01:24:22,592 --> 01:24:26,008 - Let me walk with you. - Do as you like. 820 01:24:27,675 --> 01:24:30,508 If you really are going away, it's very serious. 821 01:24:31,883 --> 01:24:33,883 Why are you going? 822 01:24:37,550 --> 01:24:41,717 I, uh, had hoped you would stay. 823 01:24:46,550 --> 01:24:50,092 I asked you a question the other night, but you haven't answered. 824 01:24:50,883 --> 01:24:53,633 Have you sent off that document to Germany? 825 01:24:58,342 --> 01:25:00,300 Yes. 826 01:25:03,133 --> 01:25:05,217 What could I say to keep you? 827 01:25:09,133 --> 01:25:11,633 Tell me a reason why I should stay. 828 01:25:16,300 --> 01:25:18,467 We all admire you so. 829 01:25:21,133 --> 01:25:23,758 That's no reason. 830 01:25:23,842 --> 01:25:25,467 I'm admired also in Europe. 831 01:25:55,675 --> 01:25:59,133 - I will see you in Europe. - In Europe. 832 01:26:08,550 --> 01:26:12,925 It is the continent for really superior women. 833 01:26:13,008 --> 01:26:15,217 We are appreciated there. 834 01:26:30,758 --> 01:26:34,717 You must wear this to the opera in Paris. 835 01:26:42,092 --> 01:26:44,717 Shall we go often to the opera? 836 01:26:44,842 --> 01:26:47,175 Yes, to the opera very often. 837 01:26:53,217 --> 01:26:56,050 We had hoped that your brother's marriage might detain you. 838 01:26:56,175 --> 01:26:59,592 I think I've grown rather tired of marriages. 839 01:27:02,133 --> 01:27:06,342 Well, since you are determined to leave us, may I have one last request? 840 01:27:08,842 --> 01:27:12,800 I would like to put my carriage at your disposal for your departure. 841 01:27:12,883 --> 01:27:15,217 It would give me great pleasure. 842 01:27:16,175 --> 01:27:21,383 It gives me even greater pleasure to accept your kind proposal. 843 01:27:26,675 --> 01:27:28,092 Thank you, Mr. Acton. 844 01:28:00,133 --> 01:28:04,175 "The path of the railroad runs through rocks and hills, 845 01:28:05,383 --> 01:28:08,383 just so mu..." 846 01:28:08,508 --> 01:28:09,883 "Must the path..." 847 01:28:09,967 --> 01:28:14,425 "...just so must the path of salvation cleave its way 848 01:28:14,550 --> 01:28:17,508 "through the wilderness of our passions 849 01:28:17,633 --> 01:28:23,300 "and to awaken, to stir up another soul to this necessity. 850 01:28:23,425 --> 01:28:28,800 - "That... that is a nobler exertion... - "Nobler exertion... 851 01:28:28,883 --> 01:28:35,175 ...a higher power, a greater ambition than seasons."