1 00:00:11,401 --> 00:00:13,503 JUNE: Phil is the most extraordinary talent, 2 00:00:13,536 --> 00:00:14,871 and so committed... 3 00:00:14,905 --> 00:00:16,339 to the exclusion of all else. 4 00:00:16,372 --> 00:00:17,908 IRENE: Soames says his career will prosper 5 00:00:17,941 --> 00:00:19,509 through the Robin Hill house. 6 00:00:19,542 --> 00:00:21,411 Which I must always remember, 7 00:00:21,444 --> 00:00:23,146 and, of course, it means we can marry. 8 00:00:23,179 --> 00:00:27,317 But there's never a chance to even talk about a date. 9 00:00:27,350 --> 00:00:29,552 I have a plan. 10 00:00:29,585 --> 00:00:32,122 One day next week, we'll arrange for Baynes 11 00:00:32,155 --> 00:00:34,157 to take us both to Robin Hill. 12 00:00:34,190 --> 00:00:35,858 You could see how the house is coming, 13 00:00:35,892 --> 00:00:37,627 and I can see Phil, perhaps surprise him. 14 00:00:37,660 --> 00:00:38,828 I don't wish to go there. 15 00:00:38,861 --> 00:00:40,063 Why not? 16 00:00:41,464 --> 00:00:44,734 I'm sorry, June, I simply don't. 17 00:00:44,767 --> 00:00:47,070 So I continue to wait? 18 00:00:54,277 --> 00:00:56,446 Does he come here much? 19 00:00:58,949 --> 00:01:00,083 Not very much. 20 00:01:00,116 --> 00:01:02,885 Not to talk about the house? 21 00:01:02,919 --> 00:01:07,290 I think sometimes with Soames. 22 00:01:07,323 --> 00:01:09,392 Then you don't see him? 23 00:01:11,194 --> 00:01:12,562 No. 24 00:01:12,595 --> 00:01:14,965 Why can't he call once in a while? 25 00:01:14,998 --> 00:01:18,935 I do feel for you, June, but this time will pass. 26 00:01:21,137 --> 00:01:23,873 But of course it will pass. 27 00:01:23,906 --> 00:01:25,108 How trite you are. 28 00:01:25,141 --> 00:01:28,011 Are we quarreling? 29 00:01:30,580 --> 00:01:32,048 I don't know why we should be. 30 00:01:32,082 --> 00:01:33,583 No. 31 00:01:33,616 --> 00:01:36,352 No, nor do I. 32 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:40,590 I think I should be going. 33 00:01:47,964 --> 00:01:49,632 ( horse snorts ) 34 00:01:49,665 --> 00:01:50,866 Gran! 35 00:01:50,900 --> 00:01:53,236 I've just been beastly to Irene. 36 00:01:53,269 --> 00:01:56,272 I'll send Baynes with a note to make it up. 37 00:01:56,306 --> 00:01:57,407 Lunch, Parfitt. 38 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:58,574 Yes, sir. 39 00:01:58,608 --> 00:02:01,577 What was your row about, with Irene? 40 00:02:01,611 --> 00:02:04,114 I think it was really about Phil, not her. 41 00:02:04,147 --> 00:02:06,716 Not attentive enough, hmm? 42 00:02:06,749 --> 00:02:08,151 Not his fault. 43 00:02:08,184 --> 00:02:10,353 Remarkable house, I hear. 44 00:02:10,386 --> 00:02:12,888 Word is you've picked a man of rare talent. 45 00:02:26,936 --> 00:02:28,638 SOAMES: Thank you, Dockwood, this will do. 46 00:02:28,671 --> 00:02:29,939 Yes, sir. 47 00:02:29,972 --> 00:02:31,941 Whoa there. 48 00:02:31,974 --> 00:02:33,276 Whoa there. 49 00:02:46,256 --> 00:02:47,523 Okay, Dockwood, go on. 50 00:02:47,557 --> 00:02:48,691 Walk on, boy. 51 00:02:48,724 --> 00:02:49,825 Walk on. 52 00:03:12,948 --> 00:03:15,718 BOSINNEY ( in distance ): I'm not interested in the work being good; 53 00:03:15,751 --> 00:03:17,720 it has to be perfect in every detail. 54 00:03:17,753 --> 00:03:19,589 I want you to get on with it right away. 55 00:03:19,622 --> 00:03:20,756 MAN ( in distance ): Yes, governor. 56 00:03:20,790 --> 00:03:22,192 Someone to see you. 57 00:03:33,736 --> 00:03:36,739 Well, what do you think? 58 00:03:37,707 --> 00:03:39,142 ( taps floor with cane ) 59 00:03:39,175 --> 00:03:41,744 Hmm, seems solid enough. 60 00:03:41,777 --> 00:03:45,081 ( hammer pounding, saw scraping wood ) 61 00:03:45,115 --> 00:03:47,117 But you can feel the mood of it. 62 00:03:47,150 --> 00:03:50,953 These rooms will have space and lightness. 63 00:03:50,986 --> 00:03:53,556 There's no sense of confinement, 64 00:03:53,589 --> 00:03:55,891 one's spirit can live. 65 00:03:55,925 --> 00:03:57,927 SOAMES: Which is exactly 66 00:03:57,960 --> 00:03:59,362 what she wants, isn't it? 67 00:03:59,395 --> 00:04:00,496 BOSINNEY: Believe me, 68 00:04:00,530 --> 00:04:02,532 it's what you will want when you see it. 69 00:04:03,766 --> 00:04:05,901 You find her artistic, don't you? 70 00:04:05,935 --> 00:04:07,637 Yes. Yes, I do. 71 00:04:09,539 --> 00:04:10,940 BOSINNEY: Here are the accounts. 72 00:04:16,812 --> 00:04:18,248 Well, I don't understand. 73 00:04:18,281 --> 00:04:21,584 It's now �9,200; it's �700 more than we said. 74 00:04:21,617 --> 00:04:23,753 I've told you a dozen times there'd be extras. 75 00:04:23,786 --> 00:04:25,455 I assumed a ten-pound note. 76 00:04:25,488 --> 00:04:27,390 Can �700 be called an extra? 77 00:04:27,423 --> 00:04:30,092 Can I tell you something, Forsyte? 78 00:04:30,126 --> 00:04:32,462 You're getting a house 79 00:04:32,495 --> 00:04:34,597 that isn't to be bettered in the county, 80 00:04:34,630 --> 00:04:36,666 but it seems you don't want to pay for it. 81 00:04:36,699 --> 00:04:39,202 You want a first-rate man for a fourth-rate fee, 82 00:04:39,235 --> 00:04:40,536 and that's exactly what you've got! 83 00:04:40,570 --> 00:04:41,704 I'm dammed if I'm going to do 84 00:04:41,737 --> 00:04:43,105 another stroke of work for you! 85 00:04:43,139 --> 00:04:45,375 When I agree a price, it's what I expect to pay! 86 00:05:03,493 --> 00:05:04,927 We'll go over the figures 87 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:06,462 and see how the money's gone. 88 00:05:11,801 --> 00:05:14,604 You know... in the early evening light, 89 00:05:14,637 --> 00:05:16,939 it looks even more beautiful. 90 00:05:23,379 --> 00:05:24,480 Yes. 91 00:05:44,767 --> 00:05:46,035 Good evening, Bilson. 92 00:05:46,068 --> 00:05:47,503 Good evening, Miss June. 93 00:05:47,537 --> 00:05:48,538 Mr. Bosinney's here. 94 00:05:48,571 --> 00:05:49,372 He's in the garden. 95 00:05:49,405 --> 00:05:50,773 Oh, good, I'll just go through. 96 00:05:50,806 --> 00:05:52,408 Don't hurry Mrs. Forsyte. 97 00:05:52,442 --> 00:05:55,411 BOSINNEY ( in distance ): You can see what it's going to look like. 98 00:05:55,445 --> 00:05:58,481 ( sounding closer ): My own ideas are becoming bricks and mortar 99 00:05:58,514 --> 00:05:59,915 for the very first time. 100 00:05:59,949 --> 00:06:03,219 IRENE: I'm so excited for you, Phil-- I really am. 101 00:06:03,253 --> 00:06:05,621 BOSINNEY: Soames doesn't understand what I'm trying to do, 102 00:06:05,655 --> 00:06:06,956 but I know you will. 103 00:06:06,989 --> 00:06:09,292 Come down to the house on Sunday. 104 00:06:09,325 --> 00:06:11,227 Uncle Swithin is taking me to Richmond Park. 105 00:06:11,261 --> 00:06:13,529 Well, that's very near Robin Hill. 106 00:06:17,132 --> 00:06:18,768 Were you talking about the house? 107 00:06:18,801 --> 00:06:20,670 Yes. Yes, we were. 108 00:06:20,703 --> 00:06:22,037 I still haven't seen it. 109 00:06:22,071 --> 00:06:23,773 Shall we all go down on Sunday? 110 00:06:23,806 --> 00:06:27,209 Swithin is taking me for a drive on Sunday. 111 00:06:27,243 --> 00:06:30,012 You can throw him over. 112 00:06:30,045 --> 00:06:31,914 June, I'm not in the habit 113 00:06:31,947 --> 00:06:33,683 of throwing people over. 114 00:06:38,020 --> 00:06:39,655 Shall we go in to supper? 115 00:06:39,689 --> 00:06:40,990 Yes. Yes. 116 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:45,861 Madam? 117 00:06:45,895 --> 00:06:47,797 Wasn't it wonderful today? 118 00:06:47,830 --> 00:06:48,964 It was the first day of summer. 119 00:06:48,998 --> 00:06:50,099 BILSON ( quietly ): Serve the wine now. 120 00:06:50,132 --> 00:06:51,233 BUTLER: Madam? 121 00:06:51,267 --> 00:06:53,168 IRENE: Yes, thank you. 122 00:06:53,202 --> 00:06:55,004 Thank you. 123 00:06:56,606 --> 00:06:57,907 SOAMES: This is a little sauterne 124 00:06:57,940 --> 00:06:59,108 I've picked out, Bosinney. 125 00:06:59,141 --> 00:07:00,443 I think you'll rather enjoy it. 126 00:07:00,476 --> 00:07:02,845 It's a particular favorite of mine. 127 00:07:02,878 --> 00:07:04,547 These lilies are wonderful. 128 00:07:04,580 --> 00:07:05,715 Yes. Yes. 129 00:07:05,748 --> 00:07:07,450 The scent is extraordinary. 130 00:07:07,483 --> 00:07:08,418 SOAMES: The Charlotte looks good. 131 00:07:08,451 --> 00:07:09,919 How can you like the scent? 132 00:07:09,952 --> 00:07:11,186 BILSON ( softly ): Serve Mr. Bosinney next. 133 00:07:12,655 --> 00:07:16,792 Bilson, take out the lilies. 134 00:07:16,826 --> 00:07:18,127 No, let them stay. 135 00:07:20,663 --> 00:07:21,664 Bilson. 136 00:07:21,697 --> 00:07:22,798 Let them stay. 137 00:07:36,045 --> 00:07:38,147 Well... 138 00:07:40,049 --> 00:07:41,150 Sir? 139 00:07:49,124 --> 00:07:50,192 Thank you. 140 00:07:50,225 --> 00:07:51,794 JUNE: Bring me some water, please, Bilson. 141 00:07:51,827 --> 00:07:53,128 BILSON: Yes, Miss June. 142 00:07:57,433 --> 00:08:00,370 There were those women in the park as I came through. 143 00:08:00,403 --> 00:08:01,937 What women? 144 00:08:01,971 --> 00:08:03,105 You know. 145 00:08:03,138 --> 00:08:05,708 There seem to be more and more of them these days. 146 00:08:05,741 --> 00:08:07,910 SOAMES: I don't think we need to talk about them now. 147 00:08:07,943 --> 00:08:09,379 Don't you? 148 00:08:11,180 --> 00:08:12,515 When should one talk of them? 149 00:08:12,548 --> 00:08:14,149 There's no necessity to talk of them. 150 00:08:14,183 --> 00:08:14,984 Well, someone should. 151 00:08:15,017 --> 00:08:16,519 Magistrates. 152 00:08:16,552 --> 00:08:18,087 I can't think who else. 153 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:20,055 Oh, round them up, I suppose, and lock them away 154 00:08:20,089 --> 00:08:22,291 but don't, whatever you do, mention them at dinner. 155 00:08:29,832 --> 00:08:31,133 Bosinney, have some brandy. 156 00:08:31,166 --> 00:08:32,602 Thank you. 157 00:08:32,635 --> 00:08:34,036 You're drinking nothing, June. 158 00:08:34,069 --> 00:08:36,305 No. 159 00:08:53,689 --> 00:08:56,692 I think we should leave now. 160 00:08:59,629 --> 00:09:01,130 So soon? 161 00:09:01,163 --> 00:09:02,598 It's been most pleasant, thank you. 162 00:09:02,632 --> 00:09:04,166 Come, Phil. 163 00:09:04,199 --> 00:09:05,968 BOSINNEY: June, aren't you being rude? 164 00:09:06,001 --> 00:09:07,437 Then stay. I'll go alone. 165 00:09:07,470 --> 00:09:08,738 IRENE: Please... don't. 166 00:09:08,771 --> 00:09:09,539 Really I must. 167 00:09:10,740 --> 00:09:12,241 Good night. 168 00:09:13,676 --> 00:09:14,977 Thank you for dinner. 169 00:09:15,010 --> 00:09:16,111 Excuse me. 170 00:09:18,247 --> 00:09:20,115 IRENE: Good night. 171 00:09:24,253 --> 00:09:26,255 And good luck. 172 00:09:39,535 --> 00:09:41,771 You found me appalling, I suppose. 173 00:09:43,038 --> 00:09:45,174 Yes. 174 00:09:45,207 --> 00:09:47,142 It's just that I never see you. 175 00:09:47,176 --> 00:09:49,144 I know you're desperately busy, 176 00:09:49,178 --> 00:09:54,650 but... we were finally together and you only seemed... 177 00:09:54,684 --> 00:09:57,186 you seemed never to look at me. 178 00:09:59,388 --> 00:10:00,523 I'm sorry, my dear, 179 00:10:00,556 --> 00:10:02,257 if that's how it appeared. 180 00:10:02,291 --> 00:10:04,293 You hardly seemed to notice me. 181 00:10:04,326 --> 00:10:06,762 I was merely being polite. 182 00:10:12,034 --> 00:10:15,104 Phil... 183 00:10:15,137 --> 00:10:17,406 I want to say something to you. 184 00:10:17,439 --> 00:10:20,476 You don't give me a chance to be nice to you. 185 00:10:20,510 --> 00:10:21,844 You haven't for ages. 186 00:10:23,779 --> 00:10:25,848 I want to mean everything to you 187 00:10:25,881 --> 00:10:29,852 and I want to do everything for you. 188 00:10:38,127 --> 00:10:40,696 We could if you took me to your rooms on Sunday. 189 00:10:48,538 --> 00:10:50,105 Perhaps another day. 190 00:10:50,139 --> 00:10:51,907 Not Sunday. 191 00:10:51,941 --> 00:10:52,675 Why not Sunday? 192 00:10:52,708 --> 00:10:54,209 I have an engagement. 193 00:10:54,243 --> 00:10:55,545 With whom? 194 00:10:55,578 --> 00:11:00,482 An engagement which will prevent my taking you to my rooms. 195 00:11:00,516 --> 00:11:02,484 Work. 196 00:11:03,418 --> 00:11:05,154 I'm sorry. 197 00:11:30,913 --> 00:11:32,782 Who are you writing to? 198 00:11:32,815 --> 00:11:34,550 Uncle Swithin. 199 00:11:34,584 --> 00:11:36,251 Why? 200 00:11:36,285 --> 00:11:40,422 Because I don't think I should go anywhere on Sunday. 201 00:11:40,455 --> 00:11:42,191 You're not putting him off, are you? 202 00:11:42,224 --> 00:11:44,093 I am, as a matter of fact. 203 00:11:47,129 --> 00:11:48,864 I think you should go. 204 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:52,602 Does it really matter to you? 205 00:11:52,635 --> 00:11:54,269 He's my uncle, 206 00:11:54,303 --> 00:11:56,538 and I happen to know he's rather looking forward to it. 207 00:11:56,572 --> 00:11:59,408 It's one wifely duty you could manage to fulfill. 208 00:12:06,682 --> 00:12:07,783 Very well. 209 00:12:10,953 --> 00:12:15,190 And I say, I like your hat. 210 00:12:15,224 --> 00:12:19,895 And that frock fits you like a skin. 211 00:12:19,929 --> 00:12:23,498 Yes, tight as a drum. 212 00:12:23,532 --> 00:12:27,402 Now, are you still on for Richmond Park? 213 00:12:27,436 --> 00:12:28,704 A look at the deer 214 00:12:28,738 --> 00:12:31,240 and the chestnut trees? 215 00:12:31,273 --> 00:12:33,308 Richmond is close to Robin Hill, isn't it? 216 00:12:33,342 --> 00:12:36,679 Similar neck of the woods, my dear. 217 00:12:36,712 --> 00:12:38,513 Uncle Swithin... 218 00:12:38,547 --> 00:12:41,016 would you be a dear, 219 00:12:41,050 --> 00:12:42,785 and drive me to Robin Hill? 220 00:12:42,818 --> 00:12:45,154 I haven't yet seen the house, you see. 221 00:12:45,187 --> 00:12:46,756 Certainly. 222 00:12:46,789 --> 00:12:48,658 Certainly, my dear. 223 00:12:48,691 --> 00:12:50,192 Get on, Sonny, get on. 224 00:13:34,636 --> 00:13:35,838 Ah, welcome. 225 00:13:35,871 --> 00:13:37,406 Welcome to Robin Hill. 226 00:13:37,439 --> 00:13:38,741 SWITHIN: Good afternoon, young man. 227 00:13:38,774 --> 00:13:40,142 Good afternoon, sir. 228 00:13:40,175 --> 00:13:41,744 I'm so glad you could come! 229 00:13:41,777 --> 00:13:42,912 Thank you. 230 00:13:42,945 --> 00:13:45,214 Good Lord. 231 00:13:45,247 --> 00:13:47,216 Extraordinary. 232 00:13:47,249 --> 00:13:48,918 Come, let me show you around. 233 00:13:49,719 --> 00:13:50,820 SWITHIN: Handsome! 234 00:13:50,853 --> 00:13:53,588 You'll be wanting statues. 235 00:13:53,622 --> 00:13:55,524 Bust of a Roman god? 236 00:13:55,557 --> 00:13:58,193 Can't beat a Roman god. 237 00:13:58,227 --> 00:14:04,499 Ah, that's more like it, granite columns. 238 00:14:04,533 --> 00:14:07,803 Excellent space for a billiards room. 239 00:14:07,837 --> 00:14:10,105 Oh, no, it's to be an open courtyard 240 00:14:10,139 --> 00:14:12,241 with a glass ceiling. 241 00:14:12,274 --> 00:14:14,209 Glass ceiling? 242 00:14:14,243 --> 00:14:15,878 People will look through. 243 00:14:15,911 --> 00:14:18,013 What, people on the roof, you mean? 244 00:14:18,047 --> 00:14:19,815 ( Irene chuckles ) 245 00:14:19,849 --> 00:14:22,584 You take my advice, Irene. 246 00:14:22,617 --> 00:14:24,319 Get yourself a billiards table. 247 00:14:24,353 --> 00:14:27,422 I'd gladly play you a frame or two for a fiver-- 248 00:14:27,456 --> 00:14:29,691 but you'll lose! 249 00:14:29,725 --> 00:14:34,163 Ah, there's a good view from here. 250 00:14:34,196 --> 00:14:37,933 SWITHIN: Who needs to go down there for the view? 251 00:14:37,967 --> 00:14:40,602 Monarch of all he surveys. 252 00:14:40,635 --> 00:14:43,705 IRENE ( chuckles ): Oh, I don't think he's surveying much. 253 00:14:43,739 --> 00:14:45,707 He slept for the last two miles. 254 00:14:45,741 --> 00:14:46,842 What do you think? 255 00:14:46,876 --> 00:14:51,246 I think it will be beautiful. 256 00:15:23,178 --> 00:15:24,479 Irene... 257 00:15:27,416 --> 00:15:29,384 You must know I love you. 258 00:15:53,075 --> 00:15:54,776 I don't believe Soames Forsyte cares for you, 259 00:15:54,810 --> 00:15:55,945 except as a possession. 260 00:15:55,978 --> 00:15:58,981 I'm not thinking about Soames Forsyte. 261 00:16:11,026 --> 00:16:12,127 Uncle Swithin... 262 00:16:12,161 --> 00:16:13,495 Is asleep. 263 00:16:13,528 --> 00:16:14,629 Is waiting. 264 00:16:18,133 --> 00:16:20,502 As is June, for you. 265 00:16:30,012 --> 00:16:31,680 ( sighs ) 266 00:16:31,713 --> 00:16:34,283 You'll never make anything of that house, young fellow. 267 00:16:34,316 --> 00:16:36,185 Too newfangled. 268 00:16:36,218 --> 00:16:41,490 The only good thing is the wine cellar-- 269 00:16:41,523 --> 00:16:48,730 you'll have room for some 600 or 700 dozen. 270 00:16:48,763 --> 00:16:50,765 A very pooty little cellar. 271 00:16:50,799 --> 00:16:52,767 Get on, Sonny, get on! 272 00:16:59,608 --> 00:17:00,842 Go on, now! 273 00:17:00,876 --> 00:17:01,977 Get on! 274 00:17:04,179 --> 00:17:05,480 SWITHIN: All you got! 275 00:17:13,622 --> 00:17:15,390 Good morning, Mr. Forsyte. 276 00:17:15,424 --> 00:17:17,692 You seeing your young man today? 277 00:17:21,096 --> 00:17:22,797 You ask me that every day. 278 00:17:24,033 --> 00:17:25,267 Oh. 279 00:17:25,300 --> 00:17:27,236 Won't ask it again, then. 280 00:17:40,315 --> 00:17:42,051 Is he taking you to the ball? 281 00:17:45,020 --> 00:17:46,455 Of course. 282 00:17:46,488 --> 00:17:48,723 You will be seeing him again, then. 283 00:18:11,046 --> 00:18:12,447 JOLYON: How's that? 284 00:18:12,481 --> 00:18:13,882 YOUNG JOLYON: I'll get it. 285 00:18:16,451 --> 00:18:18,520 Dad? Oop! 286 00:18:27,462 --> 00:18:29,298 ( cheering ) 287 00:18:29,331 --> 00:18:30,632 Jolly, come over here. 288 00:18:35,670 --> 00:18:37,006 You want something to drink? 289 00:18:37,039 --> 00:18:37,973 No, thanks. 290 00:18:38,007 --> 00:18:39,408 JOLYON: Your wife seems well. 291 00:18:39,441 --> 00:18:42,077 Yes, she is. 292 00:18:42,111 --> 00:18:44,146 She is well. 293 00:18:44,179 --> 00:18:46,381 I can't say so much for June. 294 00:18:46,415 --> 00:18:47,749 No? 295 00:18:47,782 --> 00:18:51,486 Anything I say, she bites my head off. 296 00:18:54,423 --> 00:18:57,059 I'd like to punch the fellow's head! 297 00:18:57,092 --> 00:18:58,860 It's this Bosinney? 298 00:18:58,893 --> 00:19:00,029 He never sees her. 299 00:19:00,062 --> 00:19:03,265 And when he does, she comes home crying her eyes out. 300 00:19:03,298 --> 00:19:07,202 Perhaps it's better if it should come to an end. 301 00:19:07,236 --> 00:19:10,972 Well... 302 00:19:11,006 --> 00:19:12,774 I dare say your sympathy's with him. 303 00:19:12,807 --> 00:19:13,942 Both of them. 304 00:19:13,975 --> 00:19:17,012 Has he fallen for some other woman? 305 00:19:19,214 --> 00:19:20,315 They say so. 306 00:19:20,349 --> 00:19:23,652 And I suppose they've told you who it is? 307 00:19:26,621 --> 00:19:27,689 Soames's wife. 308 00:19:27,722 --> 00:19:31,160 So Swithin tells me. 309 00:19:31,193 --> 00:19:35,830 She and June were bosom friends. 310 00:19:35,864 --> 00:19:38,100 ( exhales ): Poor little June. 311 00:19:38,133 --> 00:19:41,236 We need to know what his intentions are. 312 00:19:41,270 --> 00:19:43,438 I can't do it, I'd... 313 00:19:43,472 --> 00:19:45,207 But... 314 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:46,641 well, he goes to your club, 315 00:19:46,675 --> 00:19:47,842 doesn't he? 316 00:19:47,876 --> 00:19:48,943 Dad! 317 00:19:48,977 --> 00:19:50,312 Well, what's the matter? 318 00:19:50,345 --> 00:19:51,680 Dad, it's not been many years 319 00:19:51,713 --> 00:19:53,715 since the family closed ranks against me-- 320 00:19:53,748 --> 00:19:58,153 for doing precisely, it seems, what Bosinney is about to do. 321 00:20:01,456 --> 00:20:03,058 I'm sorry, Dad. 322 00:20:08,530 --> 00:20:10,732 And if my son has failings, 323 00:20:10,765 --> 00:20:13,835 could he not improve upon them... 324 00:20:13,868 --> 00:20:15,937 with your help? 325 00:20:15,970 --> 00:20:21,143 It is not his failings; it is him. 326 00:20:25,814 --> 00:20:28,917 Are there not matters that you yourself might alter? 327 00:20:28,950 --> 00:20:33,122 It would be a matter of wishing to. 328 00:20:37,459 --> 00:20:40,028 When you speak together, for example... 329 00:20:40,061 --> 00:20:41,930 We don't speak to any consequence; 330 00:20:41,963 --> 00:20:46,135 he is for the most part silent, and I find that agreeable. 331 00:20:46,168 --> 00:20:48,870 Yes, he's unlike James in that respect. 332 00:20:48,903 --> 00:20:51,005 James has always spoken 333 00:20:51,039 --> 00:20:52,907 rather more than he needed. 334 00:20:59,448 --> 00:21:01,483 To outward appearances, 335 00:21:01,516 --> 00:21:03,918 Soames would seem to be a very good husband. 336 00:21:03,952 --> 00:21:06,721 You are not married to him. 337 00:21:13,362 --> 00:21:14,463 I'm sorry. 338 00:21:17,132 --> 00:21:18,200 Is it... 339 00:21:18,233 --> 00:21:23,138 Is it to do with a certain close area within marriage? 340 00:21:26,808 --> 00:21:27,976 It's not that alone. 341 00:21:28,009 --> 00:21:29,110 You see, 342 00:21:29,144 --> 00:21:32,314 I always rather dreaded the occurrence, 343 00:21:32,347 --> 00:21:36,918 though I have on the whole enjoyed its results; 344 00:21:36,951 --> 00:21:39,321 my children have afforded me much pleasure 345 00:21:39,354 --> 00:21:41,523 and have distracted me 346 00:21:41,556 --> 00:21:44,293 from the relentlessness of marriage. 347 00:21:48,630 --> 00:21:51,500 I wondered if the house in Robin Hill 348 00:21:51,533 --> 00:21:54,536 might not prove congenial in that respect. 349 00:22:00,575 --> 00:22:03,678 Forgive me, my dear, 350 00:22:03,712 --> 00:22:08,049 but you seem so... cold. 351 00:22:08,082 --> 00:22:09,518 I know. 352 00:22:09,551 --> 00:22:12,487 I know I do, and I'm not a cold person. 353 00:22:13,255 --> 00:22:15,657 I am not, Emily. 354 00:22:15,690 --> 00:22:16,858 I know I am not. 355 00:22:16,891 --> 00:22:18,560 This is not me sitting here; 356 00:22:18,593 --> 00:22:24,699 this is... some... wife. 357 00:22:30,472 --> 00:22:32,274 What can I do? 358 00:22:36,378 --> 00:22:38,880 I do not love him. 359 00:22:38,913 --> 00:22:42,183 I cannot love him. 360 00:22:42,217 --> 00:22:44,786 I do not want to love him. 361 00:22:47,822 --> 00:22:49,123 Sorry. 362 00:22:52,026 --> 00:22:53,628 Sorry. 363 00:22:53,662 --> 00:22:55,264 And you do not think that children... 364 00:22:55,297 --> 00:22:56,197 No. 365 00:22:57,366 --> 00:22:59,067 Never. 366 00:23:03,104 --> 00:23:04,473 Down. 367 00:23:12,614 --> 00:23:14,048 SOAMES: This'll do, just here. 368 00:23:14,082 --> 00:23:15,617 DOCKWOOD: Very good, sir. 369 00:23:15,650 --> 00:23:16,951 Whoa, there! 370 00:23:22,324 --> 00:23:23,658 Thank you, Dockwood, onward. 371 00:23:23,692 --> 00:23:25,960 ( clicking tongue ): Walk on, boy. 372 00:23:31,766 --> 00:23:33,635 SOAMES: Morning, Bosinney. 373 00:23:33,668 --> 00:23:35,036 Are you taking a break? 374 00:23:35,069 --> 00:23:37,071 I'm giving you notice to terminate my employment, 375 00:23:37,105 --> 00:23:38,773 as the house is almost finished. 376 00:23:38,807 --> 00:23:40,108 You undertook to decorate; 377 00:23:40,141 --> 00:23:41,242 we have a contract. 378 00:23:41,276 --> 00:23:42,243 ( sighs ) 379 00:23:42,277 --> 00:23:43,745 You've never once come down 380 00:23:43,778 --> 00:23:46,448 without suggesting something that runs counter to my scheme. 381 00:23:46,481 --> 00:23:48,850 If I am to decorate, then I must have a free hand. 382 00:23:48,883 --> 00:23:50,852 I'd say you've had a free hand all along. 383 00:23:50,885 --> 00:23:52,887 I haven't been able to make a single suggestion 384 00:23:52,921 --> 00:23:53,688 that you've agreed with. 385 00:23:55,990 --> 00:23:58,960 Just keep it below �12,000, that's all. 386 00:23:58,993 --> 00:24:00,995 How am I expected to predict to the pound? 387 00:24:01,029 --> 00:24:04,032 If you go over by, say, �50 or so, 388 00:24:04,065 --> 00:24:05,334 there'll be no difficulty between us-- 389 00:24:05,367 --> 00:24:07,402 and in those terms, you may have a free hand. 390 00:24:07,436 --> 00:24:08,903 Will you put it in writing? 391 00:24:08,937 --> 00:24:10,772 Yes, I will put it in writing. 392 00:24:10,805 --> 00:24:11,740 Very well. 393 00:24:11,773 --> 00:24:12,574 Drive on. 394 00:24:12,607 --> 00:24:14,242 ( horse whinnies ) 395 00:24:14,275 --> 00:24:16,177 Bosinney... 396 00:24:16,210 --> 00:24:18,112 ( louder ): Bosinney! 397 00:24:18,146 --> 00:24:19,448 ( horse's clopping fades ) 398 00:24:23,618 --> 00:24:26,120 Dockwood, back to London. 399 00:24:26,154 --> 00:24:29,223 MERCHANT: Hot potatoes-- come and get your hot potatoes! 400 00:25:02,156 --> 00:25:03,525 Phil? 401 00:25:09,731 --> 00:25:11,566 ( bell rings ) 402 00:25:17,872 --> 00:25:18,973 Phil? 403 00:25:35,690 --> 00:25:37,125 Phil? 404 00:26:09,758 --> 00:26:11,392 Hasn't she eaten anything? 405 00:26:11,426 --> 00:26:12,894 I'm afraid not, sir. 406 00:26:16,097 --> 00:26:17,231 Ah. 407 00:26:17,265 --> 00:26:18,633 I was thinking, 408 00:26:18,667 --> 00:26:21,803 if you still haven't heard from young... 409 00:26:21,836 --> 00:26:24,973 from young Bosinney... 410 00:26:25,006 --> 00:26:27,408 maybe one of the aunts could take you? 411 00:26:27,442 --> 00:26:30,044 I'm not going. 412 00:26:30,078 --> 00:26:31,379 You're tired? 413 00:26:31,412 --> 00:26:32,847 I'm not well. 414 00:26:32,881 --> 00:26:34,883 Well, perhaps I should send... 415 00:26:34,916 --> 00:26:36,117 I need to rest. 416 00:27:03,512 --> 00:27:05,680 I want you to take me. 417 00:27:05,714 --> 00:27:06,881 What? 418 00:27:06,915 --> 00:27:08,483 To the ball. 419 00:27:08,517 --> 00:27:11,385 My dear girl, I'm about to go to bed. 420 00:27:11,419 --> 00:27:14,055 I'm sorry, Gran, but I want to go. 421 00:27:14,088 --> 00:27:15,657 I'm all right, now. 422 00:27:15,690 --> 00:27:16,758 No, dear, no. 423 00:27:16,791 --> 00:27:18,092 This is quite foolish. 424 00:27:19,427 --> 00:27:20,662 Then I shall go on my own. 425 00:27:20,695 --> 00:27:22,230 But you can't poss... 426 00:27:22,263 --> 00:27:23,632 Don't be a silly girl! 427 00:27:23,665 --> 00:27:26,067 Parfitt, have the carriage ready. 428 00:27:27,435 --> 00:27:29,370 I thought you were unwell. 429 00:27:31,673 --> 00:27:33,441 Get me some hot water. 430 00:27:33,474 --> 00:27:34,743 I'll have to wash. 431 00:27:34,776 --> 00:27:35,677 Yes, sir. 432 00:27:36,845 --> 00:27:38,079 JOLYON: It's nearly 11:00! 433 00:27:38,112 --> 00:27:39,413 ( orchestra playing a waltz ) 434 00:27:46,821 --> 00:27:48,757 ( murmuring, laughing ) 435 00:27:58,800 --> 00:27:59,934 Seen someone you know? 436 00:27:59,968 --> 00:28:01,603 I see we've got the buccaneer. 437 00:28:01,636 --> 00:28:03,437 So what do we all think? 438 00:28:03,471 --> 00:28:05,106 Is he sweet on Mrs. Forsyte? 439 00:28:05,139 --> 00:28:06,775 Oh, George, don't be so silly! 440 00:28:06,808 --> 00:28:09,911 Rumor is she's interested in him. 441 00:28:09,944 --> 00:28:12,947 Why shouldn't she amuse herself? 442 00:28:12,981 --> 00:28:15,550 Soames is so tiring, 443 00:28:15,584 --> 00:28:17,451 and Mr. Bosinney's rather chic. 444 00:28:18,486 --> 00:28:20,989 But as to doing anything, of course she wouldn't. 445 00:28:21,022 --> 00:28:23,257 Where is June? 446 00:28:30,498 --> 00:28:31,900 I'll see you later. 447 00:28:31,933 --> 00:28:33,534 DARTIE: Old Soames looks put out. 448 00:28:33,568 --> 00:28:35,136 Why's that? 449 00:28:35,169 --> 00:28:36,437 I don't know. 450 00:28:36,470 --> 00:28:38,372 ( snickering ): Could he be jealous? 451 00:28:38,406 --> 00:28:40,141 Be all right if he had some cause, eh? 452 00:28:43,311 --> 00:28:44,345 IRENE: Please-- 453 00:28:44,378 --> 00:28:45,980 you're holding me too close. 454 00:28:46,014 --> 00:28:47,015 DARTIE: Come on-- 455 00:28:47,048 --> 00:28:48,449 seems to me you like a bit of close work. 456 00:28:48,482 --> 00:28:51,720 Why should the buccaneer have it all to himself? 457 00:28:58,092 --> 00:29:00,595 Cousin Soames! 458 00:29:00,629 --> 00:29:02,897 ( people chattering ) 459 00:29:02,931 --> 00:29:04,365 ( women laughing ) 460 00:29:14,242 --> 00:29:15,276 Phil? 461 00:29:15,309 --> 00:29:17,145 ( waltz ends ) 462 00:29:17,178 --> 00:29:18,880 There you are! 463 00:29:18,913 --> 00:29:20,248 Now, come back inside. 464 00:29:20,281 --> 00:29:21,549 They're wondering where you are. 465 00:29:21,582 --> 00:29:23,017 Dartie, please. 466 00:29:23,051 --> 00:29:23,785 Leave her alone! 467 00:29:23,818 --> 00:29:25,586 I say, what's this, a tryst? 468 00:29:25,620 --> 00:29:27,288 I said leave her alone! 469 00:29:27,321 --> 00:29:28,556 Now look here, Mr. Buccaneer... 470 00:29:28,589 --> 00:29:30,258 I saw the way you were dancing with her just now-- 471 00:29:30,291 --> 00:29:32,593 just leave her alone. 472 00:29:32,627 --> 00:29:33,427 Defending her honor, eh? 473 00:29:33,461 --> 00:29:35,063 Isn't that what a husband should do? 474 00:29:35,096 --> 00:29:36,397 Get out of here, just get out! 475 00:29:36,430 --> 00:29:38,232 Get out of here before I kill you! 476 00:29:39,467 --> 00:29:42,203 Right. Steady on, old chap. 477 00:29:42,236 --> 00:29:44,272 Steady on. 478 00:29:58,352 --> 00:30:00,822 IRENE: Why did you not bring June? 479 00:30:00,855 --> 00:30:02,156 I didn't want her. 480 00:30:02,190 --> 00:30:04,292 You are engaged to her, Mr. Bosinney. 481 00:30:04,325 --> 00:30:08,429 But I shan't marry her, Mrs. Forsyte. 482 00:30:11,099 --> 00:30:12,266 Then you should tell her. 483 00:30:12,300 --> 00:30:14,035 And I will. 484 00:30:14,068 --> 00:30:15,369 ( sighs ) 485 00:30:16,504 --> 00:30:18,306 Why shan't you marry her? 486 00:30:21,175 --> 00:30:23,044 Can't you see what I feel for you? 487 00:30:23,077 --> 00:30:24,578 Are you blind? 488 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:28,516 I believe you feel the same way. 489 00:30:30,151 --> 00:30:32,186 I'm sure you do not love your husband. 490 00:30:33,254 --> 00:30:34,355 Do you? 491 00:30:37,525 --> 00:30:39,360 I loathe him. 492 00:30:39,393 --> 00:30:41,963 Then come to me. 493 00:30:41,996 --> 00:30:43,131 I am married. 494 00:30:43,164 --> 00:30:44,465 What does that matter? 495 00:30:44,498 --> 00:30:46,768 It matters. 496 00:30:46,801 --> 00:30:48,737 Do you love me? 497 00:30:49,904 --> 00:30:52,874 Please don't ask that. 498 00:30:52,907 --> 00:30:55,143 Could you love me? 499 00:30:55,176 --> 00:30:56,310 June... 500 00:30:56,344 --> 00:30:57,445 Don't say June. 501 00:30:57,478 --> 00:30:59,280 Say no if that's what you mean! 502 00:31:02,150 --> 00:31:03,885 Then... no. 503 00:31:06,721 --> 00:31:08,823 I do not love you. 504 00:31:14,262 --> 00:31:15,396 Phil? 505 00:31:15,429 --> 00:31:16,898 Phil. 506 00:31:25,273 --> 00:31:27,075 Don't make me say it. 507 00:31:36,550 --> 00:31:40,321 ( orchestra playing lively piece ) 508 00:31:40,354 --> 00:31:42,156 You should give an eye to your wife, old boy. 509 00:31:42,190 --> 00:31:43,057 What? 510 00:31:43,091 --> 00:31:44,692 Might see more than you bargained for. 511 00:31:44,725 --> 00:31:46,427 ( music ends, people chatter) 512 00:32:02,443 --> 00:32:05,179 ( orchestra begins playing a Strauss waltz ) 513 00:32:34,608 --> 00:32:38,679 ( Strauss waltz continues ) 514 00:33:33,902 --> 00:33:35,269 JOLYON: June! 515 00:33:38,239 --> 00:33:39,740 June! 516 00:33:39,773 --> 00:33:41,375 ( Strauss waltz continues ) 517 00:34:15,276 --> 00:34:16,577 Will you let me go? 518 00:34:16,610 --> 00:34:19,047 What? 519 00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:21,916 You promised you would let me go 520 00:34:21,950 --> 00:34:23,851 if our marriage was not a success. 521 00:34:26,054 --> 00:34:27,155 Is it a success? 522 00:34:27,188 --> 00:34:28,589 Behave yourself and it would be! 523 00:34:33,261 --> 00:34:34,495 Will you let me go? 524 00:34:34,528 --> 00:34:36,197 Of course I won't! 525 00:34:38,499 --> 00:34:41,069 Why do you never look at me like you look at him? 526 00:34:46,007 --> 00:34:47,341 What is wrong with me? 527 00:34:52,613 --> 00:34:55,016 I believe you're made of stone. 528 00:34:58,752 --> 00:35:02,123 A damned good beating to bring you to your senses 529 00:35:02,156 --> 00:35:03,891 is what you need! 530 00:35:05,826 --> 00:35:07,028 No. No! 531 00:35:07,061 --> 00:35:08,096 ( door shuts ) 532 00:35:08,129 --> 00:35:09,597 Oh, I'm sorry. 533 00:35:09,630 --> 00:35:10,731 I'm truly sorry. 534 00:35:10,764 --> 00:35:11,899 Let go of me. 535 00:35:11,932 --> 00:35:13,034 ( whispers ): I'm sorry. 536 00:35:13,067 --> 00:35:14,368 Let go of me! 537 00:35:19,207 --> 00:35:20,308 Forgive me. 538 00:35:24,378 --> 00:35:25,679 Forgive me. 539 00:36:05,086 --> 00:36:06,187 Irene. 540 00:36:08,389 --> 00:36:10,358 Irene, unlock the door. 541 00:36:11,559 --> 00:36:14,095 Irene. 542 00:36:14,128 --> 00:36:15,729 ( knocks on door ) 543 00:36:17,831 --> 00:36:19,533 Unlock the door, Irene. 544 00:36:25,439 --> 00:36:28,476 ( begins breathing heavily ) 545 00:36:37,218 --> 00:36:38,119 ( grunts ) 546 00:36:38,152 --> 00:36:39,453 Let me in, Irene! 547 00:36:39,487 --> 00:36:41,055 Let me in! 548 00:36:41,089 --> 00:36:43,023 I demand you open this door! 549 00:36:44,758 --> 00:36:45,993 Will you! 550 00:36:46,026 --> 00:36:47,761 ( grunting ) 551 00:36:47,795 --> 00:36:49,463 ( panting ) 552 00:36:56,304 --> 00:36:57,238 ( knocking lightly ) 553 00:36:57,271 --> 00:36:59,340 ( calmly ): Irene? 554 00:36:59,373 --> 00:37:01,942 Unlock the door, Irene. 555 00:37:05,012 --> 00:37:06,380 ( quietly ): Irene. 556 00:38:03,070 --> 00:38:05,005 ( music playing; children giggling ) 557 00:38:12,813 --> 00:38:14,715 WOMAN: Thank you, ma'am. 558 00:39:00,761 --> 00:39:02,062 Ah, good afternoon, Bilson. 559 00:39:02,095 --> 00:39:03,197 Madam. 560 00:39:08,168 --> 00:39:09,537 Thank you, Bilson. 561 00:39:27,388 --> 00:39:30,224 ( waltz playing ) 562 00:39:53,581 --> 00:39:55,148 I heard from Father 563 00:39:55,182 --> 00:39:57,851 that Old Jolyon took June off to the Alps this morning. 564 00:39:57,885 --> 00:40:01,054 Recuperation from her recent disappointment. 565 00:40:01,088 --> 00:40:02,623 Did you go along and say good-bye? 566 00:40:02,656 --> 00:40:04,191 No. 567 00:40:04,224 --> 00:40:06,226 No, I rather thought not. 568 00:40:06,260 --> 00:40:07,895 Excuse me. 569 00:40:07,928 --> 00:40:09,263 Bilson tells me you've been out all day. 570 00:40:09,297 --> 00:40:10,398 Yes. 571 00:40:10,431 --> 00:40:11,565 Where did you go? 572 00:40:11,599 --> 00:40:12,900 Robin Hill. 573 00:40:12,933 --> 00:40:13,867 Oh. 574 00:40:13,901 --> 00:40:16,036 Why would you have gone there? 575 00:40:16,069 --> 00:40:17,638 The house is finished. 576 00:40:17,671 --> 00:40:18,939 Yes, I'm aware of that. 577 00:40:18,972 --> 00:40:22,543 And a house needs furnishing before one can live in it. 578 00:40:22,576 --> 00:40:24,378 I went to see what might suit. 579 00:40:29,116 --> 00:40:33,387 Does that mean you may be reconciled to living there? 580 00:40:36,590 --> 00:40:37,891 Wait. 581 00:40:51,271 --> 00:40:52,773 There. 582 00:40:52,806 --> 00:40:54,107 Thank you. 583 00:40:55,809 --> 00:40:59,413 My mother says Florence is enchanting 584 00:40:59,447 --> 00:41:01,782 at this time of the year. 585 00:41:01,815 --> 00:41:04,918 Would it not be refreshing to holiday there? 586 00:41:08,522 --> 00:41:10,458 You cannot leave now, surely. 587 00:41:10,491 --> 00:41:11,425 Why not? 588 00:41:11,459 --> 00:41:14,161 The house needs your attention. 589 00:41:14,194 --> 00:41:16,163 You've spent all this money. 590 00:41:16,196 --> 00:41:18,198 It wouldn't be prudent. 591 00:41:22,636 --> 00:41:23,904 EMILY: Soames! 592 00:41:23,937 --> 00:41:29,577 It's much more imposing than I'd imagined. 593 00:41:29,610 --> 00:41:31,412 The country will give a new perspective. 594 00:41:31,445 --> 00:41:32,846 And it will prove, I think, 595 00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:35,549 that life does not begin and end in London. 596 00:41:35,583 --> 00:41:36,717 Thank you. 597 00:41:36,750 --> 00:41:37,951 Dockwood, on. 598 00:41:37,985 --> 00:41:39,219 DOCKWOOD: Come on, boy. 599 00:41:39,252 --> 00:41:40,688 Yes, we're counting the days till the end of the week, 600 00:41:40,721 --> 00:41:43,156 when the architect moves out, and Irene and I move in. 601 00:41:43,190 --> 00:41:45,158 JAMES: How long is the walk from the station? 602 00:41:45,192 --> 00:41:46,827 You'll be in a carriage, I suppose. 603 00:41:46,860 --> 00:41:47,928 Just here, Dockwood. 604 00:41:47,961 --> 00:41:49,463 JAMES: What will the train fare set you back? 605 00:41:49,497 --> 00:41:51,365 Much less than you'd think. 606 00:41:51,399 --> 00:41:52,600 People forget about these things. 607 00:41:52,633 --> 00:41:54,868 Now, if you'll all just wait here. 608 00:41:54,902 --> 00:41:56,470 I did send word ahead, 609 00:41:56,504 --> 00:41:59,507 but we don't want you tripping over buckets and the like. 610 00:41:59,540 --> 00:42:01,108 I thought it was finished. 611 00:42:01,141 --> 00:42:02,843 All but... all but. 612 00:42:02,876 --> 00:42:04,645 Wait here. 613 00:42:04,678 --> 00:42:06,480 He's like a child with a new toy. 614 00:42:06,514 --> 00:42:07,981 Welcome. 615 00:42:08,015 --> 00:42:09,450 Welcome to Robin Hill. 616 00:42:09,483 --> 00:42:10,784 SOAMES: Mother, mind the steps. 617 00:42:10,818 --> 00:42:13,253 EMILY: Are you pleased with your new home, Irene? 618 00:42:13,286 --> 00:42:14,722 IRENE: It's a work of art. 619 00:42:14,755 --> 00:42:16,757 EMILY: Soames has always had good taste. 620 00:42:16,790 --> 00:42:19,359 I am quite envious, Mr. Bosinney. 621 00:42:19,393 --> 00:42:21,395 BOSINNEY: You look alarmed at the prospect, sir. 622 00:42:21,429 --> 00:42:23,897 JAMES: She wouldn't last five minutes in the country. 623 00:42:23,931 --> 00:42:25,533 Emily, look at this-- look. 624 00:42:27,367 --> 00:42:28,436 Inspired. 625 00:42:28,469 --> 00:42:30,738 Room for your entire art collection. 626 00:42:30,771 --> 00:42:32,172 Yes, and more besides. 627 00:42:32,205 --> 00:42:33,474 And the light! 628 00:42:33,507 --> 00:42:35,476 The best view is from the verandah. 629 00:42:35,509 --> 00:42:36,810 Come and see. 630 00:42:38,111 --> 00:42:40,080 EMILY: I should worry about the cold. 631 00:42:40,113 --> 00:42:43,083 JAMES: I should worry about the bills-- hot water pipes everywhere. 632 00:42:43,116 --> 00:42:46,720 SOAMES: On a good day, one can see right across to Epsom. 633 00:42:46,754 --> 00:42:49,623 ( whispers ): They are entranced by it. 634 00:42:49,657 --> 00:42:50,824 Despite themselves. 635 00:42:50,858 --> 00:42:51,925 Exactly. 636 00:42:51,959 --> 00:42:53,427 And this is just the beginning. 637 00:42:53,461 --> 00:42:56,630 You're going to be the toast of every drawing room in town. 638 00:42:56,664 --> 00:42:58,499 Come away with me forever. 639 00:42:58,532 --> 00:42:59,900 ( footsteps approaching ) 640 00:43:01,969 --> 00:43:05,439 Mr. Bosinney, won't you be my guide? 641 00:43:05,473 --> 00:43:06,840 Of course. 642 00:43:06,874 --> 00:43:08,008 Forgive me. 643 00:43:08,041 --> 00:43:09,142 Excuse me. 644 00:43:09,176 --> 00:43:10,444 Come through. 645 00:43:10,478 --> 00:43:14,114 EMILY: I'm rather intrigued about this central part. 646 00:43:14,147 --> 00:43:15,683 You will not make the effort, 647 00:43:15,716 --> 00:43:16,850 not even for my parents. 648 00:43:16,884 --> 00:43:18,051 I am here, aren't I? 649 00:43:18,085 --> 00:43:19,853 Yes, why is that? 650 00:43:19,887 --> 00:43:21,522 The truth is you care nothing 651 00:43:21,555 --> 00:43:22,956 for this house. 652 00:43:22,990 --> 00:43:24,892 You couldn't be more wrong. 653 00:43:24,925 --> 00:43:28,195 ( all conversing in next room) 654 00:43:31,865 --> 00:43:34,267 IRENE: Uncle Swithin suggested a billiard table. 655 00:43:34,301 --> 00:43:35,669 JAMES: There's something to be said for that. 656 00:43:35,703 --> 00:43:37,437 BOSINNEY: Had Soames requested a games room... 657 00:43:37,471 --> 00:43:39,072 He would have built me a table of ebony 658 00:43:39,106 --> 00:43:40,674 and had the pockets lined with gold. 659 00:43:40,708 --> 00:43:43,877 The queen herself might request that to no avail. 660 00:43:43,911 --> 00:43:46,580 Gold stands for everything I despise in decoration. 661 00:43:46,614 --> 00:43:50,083 �12,400, Bosinney, against an agreed starting figure of 8,000. 662 00:43:50,117 --> 00:43:53,921 Just remind me how we arrived at that figure. 663 00:43:53,954 --> 00:43:56,123 BOSINNEY: I'm rather tired of that conversation. 664 00:43:56,156 --> 00:43:57,491 We revised that sum. 665 00:43:57,525 --> 00:43:58,526 SOAMES: Yes, three times. 666 00:43:58,559 --> 00:43:59,760 Usually after the fact. 667 00:43:59,793 --> 00:44:01,094 You confirmed it in writing. 668 00:44:01,128 --> 00:44:02,229 �12,000, 669 00:44:02,262 --> 00:44:03,897 with a leeway of up to �50 670 00:44:03,931 --> 00:44:06,166 for accidents and your fastidiousness. 671 00:44:06,199 --> 00:44:07,167 Soames... 672 00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:10,137 There's nothing accidental about �400. 673 00:44:10,170 --> 00:44:12,973 There is stained glass instead of clear. 674 00:44:13,006 --> 00:44:15,809 There is ebony instead of pitch pine, 675 00:44:15,843 --> 00:44:18,045 granite instead of sandstone. 676 00:44:18,078 --> 00:44:19,547 There is breach of contract. 677 00:44:19,580 --> 00:44:21,615 There is invention instead of imitation. 678 00:44:21,649 --> 00:44:23,216 At whose behest? It's my name on the deeds. 679 00:44:23,250 --> 00:44:25,519 And mine for which the house will be remembered. 680 00:44:25,553 --> 00:44:28,155 Your name, sir, is as worthless as your word. 681 00:44:29,523 --> 00:44:32,560 Look, I am here to design, not to listen to your insults. 682 00:44:32,593 --> 00:44:33,894 You have broken your contract. 683 00:44:33,927 --> 00:44:35,362 I have the right to recover my money. 684 00:44:35,395 --> 00:44:36,597 BOSINNEY: You have here a house 685 00:44:36,630 --> 00:44:38,198 which will be the envy of your friends, 686 00:44:38,231 --> 00:44:40,868 and at a rate which will never be repeated. 687 00:44:40,901 --> 00:44:43,103 Now, good afternoon to you, sir. 688 00:44:44,437 --> 00:44:45,973 Don't walk away from me. 689 00:44:46,006 --> 00:44:48,075 I have said my piece. 690 00:44:48,108 --> 00:44:50,077 You force my hand if you do. 691 00:44:50,110 --> 00:44:51,411 To do what? 692 00:44:54,882 --> 00:44:56,216 To resort to the law. 693 00:44:56,249 --> 00:44:57,350 Soames. 694 00:44:58,986 --> 00:45:00,821 It would cost you more to bring the case 695 00:45:00,854 --> 00:45:02,322 than you could ever hope to win. 696 00:45:02,355 --> 00:45:03,891 I am arguing about the principle. 697 00:45:03,924 --> 00:45:05,358 Principle? 698 00:45:05,392 --> 00:45:07,728 There isn't a single person in this room 699 00:45:07,761 --> 00:45:09,362 who believes that is your motive, 700 00:45:09,396 --> 00:45:11,932 least of all yourself. 701 00:45:35,623 --> 00:45:37,858 Three hundred and fifty pounds. 702 00:45:37,891 --> 00:45:39,693 It's a mere trifle, it's quite beneath your contempt. 703 00:45:39,727 --> 00:45:41,729 No! 704 00:45:41,762 --> 00:45:43,063 No, you are beneath my contempt, 705 00:45:43,096 --> 00:45:44,732 if you persist with this 706 00:45:44,765 --> 00:45:46,166 when you know Phil has nothing. 707 00:45:46,199 --> 00:45:47,434 Phil! 708 00:45:47,467 --> 00:45:50,103 How long have you been saying you want him out of your life? 709 00:45:50,137 --> 00:45:52,773 This binds you together for months. 710 00:45:52,806 --> 00:45:55,809 I will not see that man make a fool of me. 711 00:45:57,477 --> 00:46:01,949 No, you're quite capable of doing it by yourself. 712 00:46:03,917 --> 00:46:05,786 WOMAN: Will it really get to court? 713 00:46:05,819 --> 00:46:07,387 WINIFRED: Soames is adamant it will. 714 00:46:07,420 --> 00:46:08,789 DARTIE: Brush your best togs off. 715 00:46:08,822 --> 00:46:10,658 Be standing room only in the gallery. 716 00:46:10,691 --> 00:46:11,892 I doubt it. 717 00:46:11,925 --> 00:46:13,794 Quite the joey where your brother's concerned. 718 00:46:13,827 --> 00:46:15,629 Anyone else-- quid to a bloater, 719 00:46:15,663 --> 00:46:16,997 she'd be hanging off the grapevine. 720 00:46:17,030 --> 00:46:19,800 WINIFRED: It's a dull contractual wrangle, Monty, 721 00:46:19,833 --> 00:46:22,102 not Norton versus Lord Melbourne. 722 00:46:22,135 --> 00:46:24,304 There've been wars fought over less. 723 00:46:24,337 --> 00:46:26,039 Less than the hand of a woman? 724 00:46:26,073 --> 00:46:27,107 JULEY: No, dear, keep up. 725 00:46:27,140 --> 00:46:29,643 It was Bosinney's sunken bath that did it. 726 00:46:29,677 --> 00:46:32,612 It was a marble flower tub, Juley, amongst other things. 727 00:46:32,646 --> 00:46:33,681 It was a woman! 728 00:46:33,714 --> 00:46:36,016 A marble woman?! 729 00:46:37,284 --> 00:46:38,485 Irene Forsyte. 730 00:46:41,755 --> 00:46:43,490 ( whispering ): No! 731 00:46:43,523 --> 00:46:46,126 What's 350 to a man like Soames? 732 00:46:46,159 --> 00:46:48,128 He's marking the buccaneer's card-- 733 00:46:48,161 --> 00:46:50,764 "trespassers will be prosecuted." 734 00:46:52,332 --> 00:46:53,901 Well, you must've heard the whispers. 735 00:46:53,934 --> 00:46:58,605 When you said they danced at Swithin's ball... 736 00:46:58,638 --> 00:47:00,073 You thought she meant a waltz. 737 00:47:00,107 --> 00:47:02,075 JULEY: But Soames is the perfect husband. 738 00:47:02,109 --> 00:47:03,043 I can't believe it. 739 00:47:03,076 --> 00:47:04,077 Oh, you want to, 740 00:47:04,111 --> 00:47:05,112 both of you, admit it. 741 00:47:05,145 --> 00:47:06,146 Oh, please. 742 00:47:06,179 --> 00:47:09,850 One can see how men might find Irene charming. 743 00:47:09,883 --> 00:47:11,952 Though Monty's always failed to see the attraction. 744 00:47:11,985 --> 00:47:15,422 WOMAN: But quiet-- if anything, a shrinking violet. 745 00:47:17,024 --> 00:47:20,060 I rather fear she's been plucked. 746 00:47:26,033 --> 00:47:28,101 And I rather fear we're going to be late. 747 00:47:28,135 --> 00:47:28,936 Come, dear. 748 00:47:28,969 --> 00:47:29,970 Late? 749 00:47:30,003 --> 00:47:31,071 Bye, dear. 750 00:47:31,104 --> 00:47:33,807 We have another call this afternoon, chum of Monty's. 751 00:47:33,841 --> 00:47:34,875 Good-bye, dear. 752 00:47:34,908 --> 00:47:35,943 Do forgive us. 753 00:47:37,878 --> 00:47:39,179 Ladies. 754 00:47:40,881 --> 00:47:42,850 Freddie, they love all the tattle. 755 00:47:42,883 --> 00:47:44,217 Well, I don't. 756 00:47:47,988 --> 00:47:50,523 I wish Winifred would leave that man at home. 757 00:47:50,557 --> 00:47:51,691 Dartie? 758 00:47:51,725 --> 00:47:54,094 Implying that I enjoy his tittle-tattle. 759 00:47:54,127 --> 00:47:55,528 Enjoy it? 760 00:47:55,562 --> 00:47:57,330 I could barely understand it. 761 00:47:57,364 --> 00:48:00,600 The Queen's English is a foreign language to him. 762 00:48:00,633 --> 00:48:02,836 Mm-hmm. 763 00:48:02,870 --> 00:48:05,505 Whatever shall we say to Soames? 764 00:48:05,538 --> 00:48:06,840 Nothing. 765 00:48:06,874 --> 00:48:08,675 How on earth should we say it? 766 00:48:08,708 --> 00:48:11,111 No, we shall simply pass it over. 767 00:48:11,144 --> 00:48:14,547 We might, but will the likes of Montague Dartie? 768 00:48:14,581 --> 00:48:18,318 "Quite the joey," indeed. 769 00:48:18,351 --> 00:48:20,087 And what did the solicitor say? 770 00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:22,389 He told me exactly what I knew-- I have a case, 771 00:48:22,422 --> 00:48:24,057 every bit as strong as Soames'. 772 00:48:24,091 --> 00:48:25,258 Now people will see him 773 00:48:25,292 --> 00:48:26,459 for what he is. 774 00:48:26,493 --> 00:48:29,229 He is a solicitor, the son of a solicitor. 775 00:48:29,262 --> 00:48:31,999 He knows how to construct a case. 776 00:48:32,032 --> 00:48:34,301 Oh, as does my own fellow. 777 00:48:34,334 --> 00:48:36,503 He's instructed Jobling and Boulter, 778 00:48:36,536 --> 00:48:37,637 one of the best in their field. 779 00:48:37,670 --> 00:48:38,772 And I might be intimidated, 780 00:48:38,806 --> 00:48:40,107 if I didn't have right on my side. 781 00:48:42,876 --> 00:48:44,912 You do believe that, don't you? 782 00:48:44,945 --> 00:48:47,414 Of course I do, Phil. 783 00:48:47,447 --> 00:48:50,250 But money speaks, even in a court of law. 784 00:48:50,283 --> 00:48:51,718 I have money. 785 00:48:51,751 --> 00:48:53,987 Or will have. 786 00:48:54,021 --> 00:48:55,188 There's the house for Wilson, 787 00:48:55,222 --> 00:48:56,623 and there'll be more work after that. 788 00:48:56,656 --> 00:48:57,958 My reputation's growing. 789 00:49:01,561 --> 00:49:03,363 What, then? 790 00:49:03,396 --> 00:49:05,498 What should I do? 791 00:49:05,532 --> 00:49:07,300 Not fight, just flee? 792 00:49:07,334 --> 00:49:08,468 We could do that. 793 00:49:08,501 --> 00:49:09,602 We could not! 794 00:49:09,636 --> 00:49:12,305 I could set up in Liverpool or Glasgow 795 00:49:12,339 --> 00:49:14,041 or Paris if I wanted to. 796 00:49:14,074 --> 00:49:15,542 I'm a free man. 797 00:49:15,575 --> 00:49:16,877 Soames cannot stop me from working. 798 00:49:16,910 --> 00:49:18,078 He could try. 799 00:49:18,111 --> 00:49:21,181 If I were with you, he woul try. 800 00:49:21,214 --> 00:49:24,051 I don't think you should leave. 801 00:49:24,084 --> 00:49:26,920 You've done nothing wrong. 802 00:50:12,365 --> 00:50:14,667 Welcome home. 803 00:50:14,701 --> 00:50:15,835 Welcome home, sir. 804 00:50:15,869 --> 00:50:17,370 What lovely weather you're having, Parfitt. 805 00:50:17,404 --> 00:50:18,471 Yes, sir. 806 00:50:18,505 --> 00:50:19,606 A pleasant journey, sir? 807 00:50:19,639 --> 00:50:21,108 If truth to tell, I need another holiday 808 00:50:21,141 --> 00:50:22,275 to recover from the holiday. 809 00:50:22,309 --> 00:50:23,276 Hello, Parfitt. 810 00:50:23,310 --> 00:50:24,344 Miss June. 811 00:50:24,377 --> 00:50:25,845 I see you have been busy. 812 00:50:25,879 --> 00:50:27,380 We took a detour to Paris. 813 00:50:27,414 --> 00:50:29,249 Gran indulged me with a little shopping. 814 00:50:29,282 --> 00:50:31,151 Tell me how I lived so long 815 00:50:31,184 --> 00:50:34,154 without knowing the difference between boucl� and chenille. 816 00:50:34,187 --> 00:50:35,923 Don't start all that again, Gran. 817 00:50:35,956 --> 00:50:38,558 So Miss June is returning home refreshed? 818 00:50:38,591 --> 00:50:40,127 Like a new woman, Parfitt. 819 00:50:40,160 --> 00:50:42,695 MAN: A pile of packages and the like inside the carriage, Mary. 820 00:50:42,729 --> 00:50:44,431 MARY: Right you are, John. 821 00:50:44,464 --> 00:50:46,266 Give me some tea in the study, Parfitt. 822 00:50:46,299 --> 00:50:48,001 Right away, sir. 823 00:50:48,035 --> 00:50:50,938 BOSINNEY: The convention would be to close this off-- 824 00:50:50,971 --> 00:50:53,306 a wall here, a door here. 825 00:50:53,340 --> 00:50:56,676 I propose a hinged partition-- 826 00:50:56,709 --> 00:50:59,346 a huge folding door, if you like. 827 00:50:59,379 --> 00:51:01,714 Privacy and intimacy when you need it, 828 00:51:01,748 --> 00:51:04,584 but the etched glass panels 829 00:51:04,617 --> 00:51:07,054 means you lose none of the light. 830 00:51:07,087 --> 00:51:08,621 This, I like. 831 00:51:08,655 --> 00:51:10,857 But I am still unconvinced 832 00:51:10,890 --> 00:51:12,425 about the verandah. 833 00:51:12,459 --> 00:51:14,361 You did something similar 834 00:51:14,394 --> 00:51:16,029 in the house at Robin Hill? 835 00:51:16,063 --> 00:51:17,931 Similar, not the same. 836 00:51:17,965 --> 00:51:19,933 I should like to see it for myself. 837 00:51:19,967 --> 00:51:21,501 It's clearer on here. 838 00:51:21,534 --> 00:51:22,669 Constructed. 839 00:51:22,702 --> 00:51:24,537 I need a better sense of the proportions. 840 00:51:24,571 --> 00:51:27,440 I... no longer have access. 841 00:51:27,474 --> 00:51:29,642 You can speak to the owner, surely. 842 00:51:29,676 --> 00:51:31,011 I am in dispute with the owner. 843 00:51:31,044 --> 00:51:32,579 A small matter, soon to be resolved. 844 00:51:32,612 --> 00:51:34,614 But I can show you an example 845 00:51:34,647 --> 00:51:36,984 of this type of thing, and if you are agreeable, 846 00:51:37,017 --> 00:51:39,219 I can have contracts drawn up by the end of the week. 847 00:51:39,252 --> 00:51:40,687 What kind of dispute? 848 00:51:40,720 --> 00:51:42,522 Oh, it's nothing-- a few hundred pounds. 849 00:51:42,555 --> 00:51:44,124 You are owed? 850 00:51:47,227 --> 00:51:48,361 You owe? 851 00:51:48,395 --> 00:51:49,596 He says. 852 00:51:49,629 --> 00:51:52,532 I wish I had known of this earlier. 853 00:51:52,565 --> 00:51:53,700 It has no bearing on the job. 854 00:51:53,733 --> 00:51:54,667 You have my word. 855 00:51:54,701 --> 00:51:56,369 Really, Mr. Wilson, 856 00:51:56,403 --> 00:51:58,638 I do assure you it's nothing. 857 00:51:58,671 --> 00:52:02,509 I suggest you come back to me when the matter is resolved. 858 00:52:02,542 --> 00:52:04,844 If it's characters you require, 859 00:52:04,877 --> 00:52:06,613 I can provide them. 860 00:52:06,646 --> 00:52:09,182 When you are in a position to proceed, come back to me. 861 00:52:09,216 --> 00:52:10,317 Good day. 862 00:52:15,655 --> 00:52:16,789 BOSINNEY: He thinks I'm a thief. 863 00:52:16,823 --> 00:52:19,292 IRENE: He wants to commission you. 864 00:52:19,326 --> 00:52:20,693 After the court case, 865 00:52:20,727 --> 00:52:22,395 once he knows I can be trusted. 866 00:52:22,429 --> 00:52:25,265 Any client I approach now will feel the same. 867 00:52:25,298 --> 00:52:27,034 If he had only signed the contract! 868 00:52:27,067 --> 00:52:28,668 I'd have borrowed against it. 869 00:52:28,701 --> 00:52:30,470 I could have withstood a loss in court. 870 00:52:30,503 --> 00:52:31,604 You won't lose. 871 00:52:31,638 --> 00:52:33,906 But if I do, I lose everything. 872 00:52:33,940 --> 00:52:35,175 Not everything. 873 00:52:35,208 --> 00:52:38,445 Home, business-- it would bankrupt me, Irene. 874 00:52:38,478 --> 00:52:39,779 Not everything. 875 00:52:40,947 --> 00:52:42,049 Here. 876 00:52:45,352 --> 00:52:46,753 My father's. 877 00:52:48,888 --> 00:52:50,023 I cannot take this. 878 00:52:50,057 --> 00:52:51,058 You must. 879 00:52:51,091 --> 00:52:53,460 We have to take our lead from Soames-- 880 00:52:53,493 --> 00:52:56,229 play this purely as a legal matter. 881 00:52:56,263 --> 00:52:59,699 We shall act the dutiful wife and the wronged architect. 882 00:52:59,732 --> 00:53:02,869 They shall know nothing of our plans. 883 00:53:02,902 --> 00:53:05,972 Even a hint of scandal could turn the judge against you. 884 00:53:06,005 --> 00:53:08,708 We shall behave like hypocrites. 885 00:53:08,741 --> 00:53:11,044 We shall behave discreetly-- 886 00:53:11,078 --> 00:53:13,613 just a few more weeks. 887 00:53:13,646 --> 00:53:15,982 It will be worth it in the end. 888 00:53:16,015 --> 00:53:20,787 But you doted on your father. 889 00:53:20,820 --> 00:53:22,922 I am offering you the watch. 890 00:53:22,955 --> 00:53:25,125 The memories are not for sale.