1 00:00:58,330 --> 00:01:03,866 The death of aunt Ann was a blow that hit the Forsyte family uncommonly hard. 2 00:01:03,966 --> 00:01:05,731 It was not so much that she had died suddenly,without warning, 3 00:01:07,354 --> 00:01:10,013 although they did feel it was unreasonable of her to go without a word. 4 00:01:10,634 --> 00:01:11,971 Unlike Ann, somehow, to do that... 5 00:01:13,082 --> 00:01:14,102 but that she had gone at all. 6 00:01:14,302 --> 00:01:16,920 If one Forsyte could let go her grasp of life, 7 00:01:16,940 --> 00:01:19,814 why then, any of them might do the same. 8 00:01:20,014 --> 00:01:22,059 It was unnerving. 9 00:01:23,258 --> 00:01:24,200 Uncle Swithin, I'm told, 10 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:26,832 was so upset by the funeral that all he could take for dinner 11 00:01:27,032 --> 00:01:30,098 was a partridge and an imperial pint of champagne. 12 00:01:32,988 --> 00:01:35,968 But on Forsyte 'change, the living, as subjects for gossip, 13 00:01:36,068 --> 00:01:38,311 take precedence over the dead. 14 00:01:38,807 --> 00:01:41,271 My presence at the funeral caused a considerable sensation. 15 00:01:41,471 --> 00:01:46,499 My father had deliberately stated, in public, that affection is more important 16 00:01:46,913 --> 00:01:48,892 than conventional morality and respectability. 17 00:01:53,784 --> 00:01:56,152 Absorbing too, although I hadn't yet heard the full story, 18 00:01:56,351 --> 00:01:59,568 were the increasing rumors about Soames' wife, Irene, 19 00:02:00,579 --> 00:02:02,751 and the young architect, Philip Bosinney. 20 00:02:05,253 --> 00:02:08,146 Swithin's description of the famous drive to Robin hill began it all, 21 00:02:09,715 --> 00:02:13,195 but since then those two had been seen together, alone, 22 00:02:13,395 --> 00:02:15,329 in the most unlikely places. 23 00:02:26,433 --> 00:02:30,968 Jo. Jo, you really think we should go? 24 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:33,071 Yes, I do. 25 00:02:33,575 --> 00:02:35,487 After all, you and my father pushed me into the first steps. 26 00:02:36,070 --> 00:02:38,126 So for you to visit him at Stanhope's gate is... 27 00:02:38,654 --> 00:02:40,085 well, it's simply the logical development. 28 00:02:40,588 --> 00:02:42,291 But June. What if june's there? 29 00:02:42,795 --> 00:02:44,923 Her attitude is, quite honestly, unimportant. 30 00:02:45,434 --> 00:02:46,907 Yes, I suppose so. 31 00:02:47,554 --> 00:02:49,474 Now that she's getting married, she's going to leave your father anyway. 32 00:02:51,005 --> 00:02:53,541 But Jo, you understand how she must feel towards me. 33 00:02:54,484 --> 00:02:57,400 After all, I took you away from her mother. 34 00:02:57,725 --> 00:02:58,908 Yes, so you did. 35 00:02:59,897 --> 00:03:02,709 You deprived a Forsyte of her property, and that's unforgivable. 36 00:03:02,809 --> 00:03:04,309 You see? She must hate me. 37 00:03:04,596 --> 00:03:06,678 My darling, I was only joking. 38 00:03:06,878 --> 00:03:09,236 Yes, I know you were. But I worry. 39 00:03:09,613 --> 00:03:11,792 Then you mustn't. It was all a long time ago. 40 00:03:11,992 --> 00:03:13,031 June's grown up now. 41 00:03:13,231 --> 00:03:16,179 She has her own life to lead. Yes, of course. 42 00:03:17,822 --> 00:03:19,437 And she did like me once. 43 00:03:20,469 --> 00:03:21,413 Yes, so she did. 44 00:03:22,315 --> 00:03:24,298 If I remember, that's when I began to like you too. 45 00:03:25,940 --> 00:03:27,377 Off you go. 46 00:03:27,597 --> 00:03:28,781 Do your shopping. 47 00:03:28,981 --> 00:03:30,425 And I'll meet you at my father's at 4:00. 48 00:03:31,768 --> 00:03:34,080 Oh, dear.Very well, then. Enjoy yourself. I'll see you later. 49 00:03:37,759 --> 00:03:38,400 Jo... 50 00:03:42,007 --> 00:03:44,483 That woman, so elegant. 51 00:03:45,310 --> 00:03:46,750 Do you think she's beautiful? 52 00:03:47,487 --> 00:03:50,006 Yes. Yes, I do. 53 00:03:51,431 --> 00:03:53,493 There's something about her face. It reminds me of you. 54 00:03:55,052 --> 00:03:57,234 What nonsense, darling. We couldn't be more unlike. 55 00:03:57,643 --> 00:03:59,028 No, no, the expression. 56 00:03:59,228 --> 00:04:02,482 How you used to look sometimes, before we became free. 57 00:04:04,650 --> 00:04:05,736 She's waiting. 58 00:04:06,683 --> 00:04:08,810 For whom, do you think? 59 00:04:09,010 --> 00:04:11,969 Her husband or...or her lover? 60 00:04:12,769 --> 00:04:13,525 My god. 61 00:04:14,473 --> 00:04:15,865 Jo, do you recognize her? 62 00:04:16,415 --> 00:04:17,112 No, but I know him. 63 00:04:17,312 --> 00:04:19,620 My father introduced us after the funeral. His name is Bosinney. 64 00:04:22,290 --> 00:04:22,842 But it can't be. 65 00:04:24,152 --> 00:04:25,749 Why, that's the man that June's going to marry. 66 00:04:25,949 --> 00:04:28,438 Yes, my darling. It is. 67 00:04:29,988 --> 00:04:30,949 But who is she? 68 00:04:31,582 --> 00:04:34,096 I don't know, but look at them. 69 00:04:35,566 --> 00:04:38,488 I am looking. They are in love. 70 00:04:40,122 --> 00:04:42,238 I must go, before he recognizes me. No, wait. 71 00:04:58,335 --> 00:04:59,426 She must be married, 72 00:04:59,626 --> 00:05:02,735 or they wouldn't meet so secretly and for so short a time. 73 00:05:04,844 --> 00:05:05,868 Poor lovers. 74 00:05:07,460 --> 00:05:09,386 Poor June. 75 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:15,848 Cream and sugar? 76 00:05:16,496 --> 00:05:17,904 No sugar, please. 77 00:05:22,829 --> 00:05:24,157 Thank you, june. 78 00:05:24,893 --> 00:05:27,204 Helene? - Thank you. 79 00:05:28,403 --> 00:05:30,170 Try one of those macaroons, won't you? 80 00:05:30,715 --> 00:05:32,153 Cook's rather proud of them. Oh, no. 81 00:05:32,745 --> 00:05:34,337 Oh, yes, yes, yes. 82 00:05:37,872 --> 00:05:39,096 For grandpapa. 83 00:05:39,895 --> 00:05:41,424 No cream, but I expect you remember that. 84 00:05:42,408 --> 00:05:44,118 Mm-hm. Never spoil the flavor of a good tea. 85 00:05:44,718 --> 00:05:46,445 And I agree with you, father, so long as it is a good tea. 86 00:05:47,029 --> 00:05:48,164 Yes. 87 00:05:48,464 --> 00:05:49,225 Do you like it? 88 00:05:49,425 --> 00:05:51,402 Thank you. It has an excellent flavor.. 89 00:05:51,739 --> 00:05:52,857 So it should too. 90 00:05:54,047 --> 00:05:56,357 I resigned from the firm years ago, but I still get my tea there. 91 00:05:57,532 --> 00:05:58,674 I'll send you around a case tomorrow. 92 00:05:59,013 --> 00:06:00,360 You're very kind, but... 93 00:06:00,698 --> 00:06:04,181 father, well you see, Helene swears by bullivants. 94 00:06:05,212 --> 00:06:06,830 Bullivants? 95 00:06:07,262 --> 00:06:09,177 They don't know tea from sawdust. Grandpapa! 96 00:06:09,625 --> 00:06:10,946 I don't care, what's more. 97 00:06:11,126 --> 00:06:13,617 No, my dear, we can't have you drinking such rubbishy stuff. 98 00:06:15,957 --> 00:06:18,414 You've been painting,I hear. Yes, as usual. 99 00:06:19,126 --> 00:06:21,217 What sort of price would you get now for your things? 100 00:06:22,265 --> 00:06:24,184 When I sell one, what it's worth, I suppose. 101 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:28,095 Not nearly as much. All artists are underpaid.All of them. 102 00:06:29,057 --> 00:06:32,118 When I think of the way people, rich people, treat artists... 103 00:06:32,753 --> 00:06:35,240 well, it's disgraceful. Come on now,I don't know. 104 00:06:35,479 --> 00:06:37,673 There's a market value for art same as any other commodity. 105 00:06:38,521 --> 00:06:40,328 Now I'm as interested in art as the next man, 106 00:06:41,096 --> 00:06:44,915 but it is a luxury,not a necessity like... 107 00:06:45,115 --> 00:06:47,207 like tea, for instance. 108 00:06:47,958 --> 00:06:48,895 Touche. 109 00:06:50,062 --> 00:06:53,780 I still think it's disgraceful. An artist works and slaves 110 00:06:54,388 --> 00:06:57,219 to create something beautiful, and nobody cares whether he lives or dies. 111 00:06:58,563 --> 00:07:00,106 Mr. Soames Forsyte. 112 00:07:02,329 --> 00:07:04,345 Excuse me, sir. I expected you to be alone. 113 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:06,337 But as you see, I am not. 114 00:07:07,647 --> 00:07:09,464 Perhaps I can call and see you another time. 115 00:07:09,664 --> 00:07:10,358 If you wish. 116 00:07:10,553 --> 00:07:14,338 In the meantime, Helene, my dear, this is Jo's cousin, 117 00:07:14,538 --> 00:07:16,751 Soames, my brother James' boy. 118 00:07:17,822 --> 00:07:19,068 My daughter-in-law. 119 00:07:19,780 --> 00:07:21,220 How do you do? 120 00:07:21,795 --> 00:07:24,306 Well, cousin Soames... you don't change much with the years. 121 00:07:24,506 --> 00:07:25,244 If you'll excuse me. 122 00:07:25,444 --> 00:07:27,156 Nonsense, boy. Now you're here. Sit down. 123 00:07:27,844 --> 00:07:29,066 June, give your cousin a dish of tea. 124 00:07:29,516 --> 00:07:30,797 Certainly. Cream and sugar, Soames? 125 00:07:30,997 --> 00:07:32,355 Thank you, but I don't want any tea. 126 00:07:33,105 --> 00:07:35,350 Well then, what do you want? 127 00:07:35,550 --> 00:07:37,193 Nothing.I'd better go. 128 00:07:37,504 --> 00:07:39,910 No, you don't. You came here wanting something. 129 00:07:40,627 --> 00:07:42,242 It isn't business, or you'd deal with it through the office. 130 00:07:43,011 --> 00:07:45,875 It's hardly a social call, or you'd sit down and take your tea like a gentleman. 131 00:07:46,075 --> 00:07:49,343 So, what is it? - A family matter? Eh? 132 00:07:49,542 --> 00:07:54,367 No. Well, yes. I suppose, in a way. 133 00:07:54,992 --> 00:07:56,367 Then speak up. 134 00:07:56,823 --> 00:07:58,103 This is my family. 135 00:07:58,990 --> 00:08:01,660 What concerns me,concerns them. 136 00:08:01,860 --> 00:08:03,045 What about the prospective member? 137 00:08:03,556 --> 00:08:04,781 What? What do you mean? 138 00:08:05,081 --> 00:08:07,101 I think he means Bosinney. Precisely. 139 00:08:07,836 --> 00:08:10,355 Phil? - Is it something to do with the house? 140 00:08:10,547 --> 00:08:11,984 Since you ask, yes. 141 00:08:12,284 --> 00:08:13,804 What is it? What's happened? 142 00:08:14,004 --> 00:08:15,724 Jo, shouldn't we leave? I think, father.. 143 00:08:15,924 --> 00:08:16,775 No, I'd prefer you to stay, 144 00:08:16,975 --> 00:08:18,361 as uncle Jolyon considers you're concerned. 145 00:08:19,111 --> 00:08:20,383 And you may be. 146 00:08:21,492 --> 00:08:22,768 Well? 147 00:08:23,524 --> 00:08:25,410 Our distinguished architect is getting himself into a mess. 148 00:08:26,519 --> 00:08:28,158 The construction of my house is finished, 149 00:08:28,358 --> 00:08:29,718 there now remains the decorations. 150 00:08:30,965 --> 00:08:33,353 The cost so far is much higher than I intended to pay, 151 00:08:33,553 --> 00:08:35,039 much higher than his estimates. 152 00:08:36,034 --> 00:08:39,286 He has totally disregarded all protests and suggestions for economy, 153 00:08:39,580 --> 00:08:40,850 and I've just had to pay up. 154 00:08:41,615 --> 00:08:43,455 Now, as you know it was agreed that he should do the decorations. 155 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:46,482 So..I ventured 156 00:08:46,966 --> 00:08:50,734 to write to him asking for a detailed estimate and urging the strictest economy. 157 00:08:52,119 --> 00:08:53,769 Perhaps you might be interested to hear the gist of his reply. 158 00:08:53,969 --> 00:08:55,612 What's all this got to do with us? 159 00:08:56,844 --> 00:08:58,756 Since he's supposed to be marrying june, 160 00:08:58,956 --> 00:09:00,683 I'd have thought it might have been of some interest. 161 00:09:02,188 --> 00:09:04,338 He says, "if I am to go on with the decoration, 162 00:09:04,538 --> 00:09:07,669 "I should like you to understand that you must give me a free hand. 163 00:09:07,844 --> 00:09:09,776 "You never come down without suggesting 164 00:09:09,976 --> 00:09:12,057 something that goes counter to my scheme. 165 00:09:12,350 --> 00:09:15,663 So please make up your mind whether you want me to decorate or to retire, 166 00:09:15,915 --> 00:09:17,184 which on the whole I'd prefer to do. 167 00:09:17,636 --> 00:09:19,810 "But understand that if I decorate, I do so alone, 168 00:09:20,010 --> 00:09:21,563 without interference of any sort." 169 00:09:22,247 --> 00:09:24,189 Well, that seems clear enough. 170 00:09:24,757 --> 00:09:26,957 Yes. I'm to give a free hand to spend my money like water. 171 00:09:27,565 --> 00:09:28,717 No estimates, no controls. 172 00:09:29,172 --> 00:09:30,308 He gives you an alternative, soames. 173 00:09:30,788 --> 00:09:32,019 He offers to resign. Let him. 174 00:09:32,995 --> 00:09:35,371 No, he mustn'T. That would be wicked. 175 00:09:36,105 --> 00:09:37,444 It's his house. Phil's! I beg your pardon? 176 00:09:38,472 --> 00:09:39,769 I know it's your money, but that's all. 177 00:09:40,851 --> 00:09:42,485 The house is his because he created it, 178 00:09:42,685 --> 00:09:44,780 and it'll still be his when you're dead and gone. 179 00:09:45,697 --> 00:09:48,786 You don't own it any more than you could own a Rembrandt, 180 00:09:48,986 --> 00:09:50,696 however much you paid for it. 181 00:09:50,915 --> 00:09:52,086 You don't know what you're talking about. 182 00:10:00,835 --> 00:10:02,633 For once, Soames, I'm inclined to agree with you. 183 00:10:03,868 --> 00:10:06,367 But Jo's right, if don't trust a man, don't employ him. 184 00:10:07,037 --> 00:10:07,908 It's not so simple. 185 00:10:08,108 --> 00:10:10,306 I'd have to start all over again with a new man, 186 00:10:10,939 --> 00:10:12,368 with new designs, more delay, a lot of extra expense anyway. 187 00:10:14,825 --> 00:10:16,498 Appears to have you in a cleft stick. 188 00:10:17,162 --> 00:10:18,242 No. 189 00:10:18,946 --> 00:10:20,233 I know my remedies, I'm a lawyer. 190 00:10:21,882 --> 00:10:24,406 I came around because someone ought to warn Bosinney, 191 00:10:24,606 --> 00:10:26,595 in his own interests, not to go too far. 192 00:10:27,413 --> 00:10:28,534 I thought a word from you would carry weight. 193 00:10:29,431 --> 00:10:31,298 No, you can manage your own affairs. 194 00:10:31,498 --> 00:10:33,157 I'll have nothing to do with it. 195 00:10:33,341 --> 00:10:35,044 You can leave me out of it. 196 00:10:35,273 --> 00:10:36,214 And me, I'm afraid. 197 00:10:36,414 --> 00:10:38,086 He's unlikely to listen to anything I might say. 198 00:10:42,170 --> 00:10:46,884 I should like to ask a question if I may, 199 00:10:47,184 --> 00:10:49,077 because no one has mentioned it. 200 00:10:49,277 --> 00:10:53,369 Now this house is finished, the construction, of course. 201 00:10:55,047 --> 00:10:56,438 Are you pleased with it? 202 00:10:56,918 --> 00:11:00,061 I mean, do you approve of what the architect has done? 203 00:11:01,373 --> 00:11:02,773 Yes, I suppose so. 204 00:11:03,437 --> 00:11:05,499 And your wife, does she like it? 205 00:11:06,547 --> 00:11:08,015 I believe so. 206 00:11:08,366 --> 00:11:10,744 And forgive me, but you are not a poor man. 207 00:11:10,944 --> 00:11:13,268 This extra cost will not cripple you. 208 00:11:14,197 --> 00:11:14,948 No? 209 00:11:16,357 --> 00:11:17,569 Then I think you should be content. 210 00:11:19,137 --> 00:11:20,945 How seldom can one find the perfect thing? 211 00:11:22,569 --> 00:11:26,561 When you do, you should be content, whatever you have to pay. 212 00:11:29,443 --> 00:11:30,975 I'm obliged to you. 213 00:11:31,687 --> 00:11:33,873 I'm exceedingly obliged to you all. 214 00:11:34,494 --> 00:11:36,040 Good day. 215 00:11:39,311 --> 00:11:40,508 It's intolerable. 216 00:11:40,743 --> 00:11:42,896 That infernal young jackanapes coming in here, upsetting everybody! 217 00:11:42,984 --> 00:11:47,257 What did he mean, gran, when he spoke of remedies? 218 00:11:47,291 --> 00:11:49,605 Can he do anything to phil? 219 00:11:49,635 --> 00:11:51,745 Of course not. Lawyer's claptrap. 220 00:11:52,715 --> 00:11:55,386 All the same, my dear, he's an ugly customer, 221 00:11:56,081 --> 00:11:57,736 especially where property's concerned. 222 00:11:58,321 --> 00:12:01,846 Perhaps you had better have a word with young Bosinney. 223 00:12:02,446 --> 00:12:05,965 Tell him not to go too far. Tell him not to drive Soames. 224 00:12:06,065 --> 00:12:08,576 Tell him? How can I? 225 00:12:08,776 --> 00:12:12,023 How can I tell him anything? I never see him. 226 00:12:12,906 --> 00:12:14,499 I haven't seen him for weeks. 227 00:12:17,730 --> 00:12:19,365 Oh, Jo...? Yes, please, please.Please do. 228 00:12:24,691 --> 00:12:26,074 June. 229 00:12:28,186 --> 00:12:29,729 June, dear. Don't touch me. 230 00:12:32,201 --> 00:12:33,673 But can't I help you? 231 00:12:34,737 --> 00:12:36,207 I'd so like to. 232 00:12:37,151 --> 00:12:38,522 I don't need help. 233 00:12:38,722 --> 00:12:42,228 Not from anyone, and especially not from you. 234 00:12:46,244 --> 00:12:47,643 Jo, my dear boy. 235 00:12:48,259 --> 00:12:50,139 I don't know what to make of him. 236 00:12:51,490 --> 00:12:54,345 They tell me he works hard, but I see no good coming of it. 237 00:12:54,937 --> 00:12:56,256 He's impractical, no method. 238 00:12:58,906 --> 00:13:00,187 He never comes here now, 239 00:13:00,387 --> 00:13:03,696 but when he did, he never looked at June the way he ought to. 240 00:13:05,350 --> 00:13:06,684 He's not after her money. 241 00:13:07,292 --> 00:13:08,972 He'd be off tomorrow with his bargain, if she gave a sign. 242 00:13:10,067 --> 00:13:12,875 But she won't. She'll stick to him, never let go. 243 00:13:14,627 --> 00:13:17,459 Well, I've persuaded her to come away with me for a month. 244 00:13:17,659 --> 00:13:18,255 Switzerland. 245 00:13:19,300 --> 00:13:20,868 She used to like the mountains. 246 00:13:20,903 --> 00:13:22,881 She's gone to her room. 247 00:13:24,815 --> 00:13:29,000 Father, I regret to have to say this, but there's a rumor going around. 248 00:13:29,199 --> 00:13:32,041 You've heard it too? 249 00:13:32,061 --> 00:13:34,728 At the club. Do you know it? 250 00:13:35,094 --> 00:13:36,956 Helene? Oh, yes. 251 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:39,224 There's always gossip and scandal. 252 00:13:39,424 --> 00:13:41,728 I don't believe a word of it. But it's true. 253 00:13:44,209 --> 00:13:47,055 How do you know? We saw them together. 254 00:13:47,255 --> 00:13:50,004 Today in the gardens, when I was painting. 255 00:13:55,837 --> 00:13:57,326 So it is true. 256 00:13:57,868 --> 00:13:59,093 And I'm afraid it's the real thing, father. 257 00:13:59,661 --> 00:14:01,356 Real? What do you mean? - Not a summer flirtation. 258 00:14:01,980 --> 00:14:04,835 They are in love, seriously and deeply. 259 00:14:05,588 --> 00:14:07,043 How can you tell? 260 00:14:08,562 --> 00:14:11,089 By their attitude towards each other, 261 00:14:11,768 --> 00:14:14,176 by their faces, hers especially. 262 00:14:15,175 --> 00:14:18,150 We think she must be married, but whoever she is... 263 00:14:18,782 --> 00:14:21,269 What? You don't know? 264 00:14:23,133 --> 00:14:25,499 They haven't told you that, Jo,at the club? 265 00:14:25,698 --> 00:14:25,973 No. 266 00:14:25,993 --> 00:14:28,374 Well, I will. 267 00:14:28,583 --> 00:14:31,036 Her name is irene forsyte. 268 00:14:31,236 --> 00:14:33,463 Oh, no. Soames' wife. 269 00:14:34,233 --> 00:14:35,216 Oh, my god. Yes. 270 00:14:35,416 --> 00:14:38,609 That's what they've been chattering about for weeks. 271 00:14:38,809 --> 00:14:40,445 Pretty, isn't it? 272 00:14:44,438 --> 00:14:46,263 Jo, I want you to go along and see this young Bosinney. 273 00:14:46,463 --> 00:14:47,714 Father, what can I do? 274 00:14:49,039 --> 00:14:50,871 We must know what he intends. The thing can't just drift. 275 00:14:51,565 --> 00:14:52,757 Surely I'm the last person... you're the only one. 276 00:14:52,957 --> 00:14:54,750 I'd lose my temper, rap him over the knuckles. 277 00:14:54,950 --> 00:14:56,783 It wouldn't do. 278 00:14:58,826 --> 00:15:01,525 I'm sorry, but can you honestly see me playing the heavy, father? 279 00:15:01,725 --> 00:15:06,106 Asking a man his intentions, bringing him up to the mark? 280 00:15:06,306 --> 00:15:08,431 It's a distasteful thing to have to do anyway, 281 00:15:08,631 --> 00:15:10,236 but for me,it's simply ludicrous. 282 00:15:10,436 --> 00:15:13,091 Bosinney would just laugh in my face. 283 00:15:13,870 --> 00:15:16,453 Jo, darling, it's a very small thing to be laughed at. 284 00:15:17,944 --> 00:15:20,925 June's your daughter, and she needs help. 285 00:15:21,475 --> 00:15:23,101 She's fretting,there's no doubt about it, 286 00:15:23,301 --> 00:15:24,451 fretting herself to a shadow. 287 00:15:25,599 --> 00:15:26,893 Very well. I'll think about it. 288 00:15:27,093 --> 00:15:30,571 But if I do decide to go see him, don't expect anything to come of it. 289 00:15:31,559 --> 00:15:32,742 From what I've heard today, 290 00:15:32,942 --> 00:15:37,282 this young mr. Bosinney is not the easiest man to deal with. 291 00:15:37,878 --> 00:15:39,175 And therefore,as you request, 292 00:15:39,375 --> 00:15:41,345 I give you a free hand with the decorations. 293 00:15:41,545 --> 00:15:43,297 But I want it clearly understood 294 00:15:43,317 --> 00:15:45,628 that the total cost of the house, 295 00:15:45,828 --> 00:15:49,609 inclusive of your fee, must not exceed 12,000 pounds. 296 00:15:50,663 --> 00:15:52,844 This gives you an ample margin and, 297 00:15:53,044 --> 00:15:56,469 as you know, is far more than I originally contemplated. 298 00:16:13,019 --> 00:16:14,066 "Dear Forsyte: 299 00:16:14,698 --> 00:16:16,520 If you think that in such a delicate matter as decoration 300 00:16:17,049 --> 00:16:19,951 I can bind myself to the exact pound, I'm afraid you're mistaken. 301 00:16:20,151 --> 00:16:23,942 I can see that you are tired of the arrangement and of me, 302 00:16:24,227 --> 00:16:25,777 and therefore I had better resign." 303 00:16:44,894 --> 00:16:47,038 "Dear Bosinney, in both our interests it is undesirable 304 00:16:47,238 --> 00:16:48,978 that matters should be left at this stage. 305 00:16:50,331 --> 00:16:52,373 I did not mean to say that if you should exceed 306 00:16:52,573 --> 00:16:54,305 the sum named in my letter by 10 or 20 307 00:16:54,612 --> 00:16:57,401 or even 50 pounds, there would be any difficulty between us. 308 00:16:58,290 --> 00:17:00,561 This being so, I should like you to reconsider your answer. 309 00:17:01,576 --> 00:17:04,358 You have a free hand in the terms of this correspondence." 310 00:17:11,181 --> 00:17:12,515 Pompous ass. 311 00:17:14,451 --> 00:17:15,763 Well, you've read the letters. 312 00:17:16,987 --> 00:17:19,203 There's his latest one. 313 00:17:22,657 --> 00:17:24,151 "Dear Forsyte, very well. 314 00:17:24,791 --> 00:17:26,337 Philip Bosinney." 315 00:17:27,014 --> 00:17:30,189 There it is, in writing. Can't go back on that,can he? 316 00:17:30,452 --> 00:17:32,265 He'd better not. No, even he must realize i mean what I say. 317 00:17:34,376 --> 00:17:36,837 Your mother and I would like to see the house. 318 00:17:37,565 --> 00:17:38,813 When do you think we can come? 319 00:17:40,325 --> 00:17:41,411 Any time you like. 320 00:17:42,299 --> 00:17:43,747 Should we say saturday fortnight? 321 00:17:43,911 --> 00:17:45,308 I shall be down in southampton on friday, 322 00:17:45,508 --> 00:17:46,958 but I could come up from there to meet you. 323 00:17:47,386 --> 00:17:48,897 Then we'll drive down and take Irene. 324 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:52,520 I daresay she'll have plenty to say about the decoration. 325 00:17:53,488 --> 00:17:55,734 You can ask her, but I doubt if she'll go. 326 00:17:56,638 --> 00:17:58,638 Won't go? - What's the meaning of that? 327 00:17:59,117 --> 00:18:00,469 She's going to live there, isn't she? 328 00:18:01,989 --> 00:18:03,356 I don't know, they don't tell me, 329 00:18:04,796 --> 00:18:06,603 but I don't know what's come to women nowadays. 330 00:18:07,178 --> 00:18:08,365 I never used to have any trouble with them. 331 00:18:08,866 --> 00:18:10,177 But now, "won't do this, won't do that." 332 00:18:10,662 --> 00:18:12,442 You mark my words,she's had too much liberty. 333 00:18:12,642 --> 00:18:13,649 She's spoiled. 334 00:18:13,841 --> 00:18:15,573 I won't have anything said against her. 335 00:18:15,773 --> 00:18:17,727 No? Well, there's too much talk altogether. 336 00:18:18,175 --> 00:18:19,395 Talk? 337 00:18:23,176 --> 00:18:24,033 What about? 338 00:18:24,576 --> 00:18:25,904 What about? How should I know what about? 339 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:27,396 Now you take my advice. 340 00:18:27,596 --> 00:18:28,828 Don't you listen to anything they say at Timothy's, 341 00:18:29,028 --> 00:18:29,866 or anywhere else for that matter. 342 00:18:29,921 --> 00:18:30,557 I don't. 343 00:18:31,121 --> 00:18:33,310 She's a good little thing at heart. Your mother's quite sure of that. 344 00:18:34,849 --> 00:18:36,419 That's very kind of mother. And so am I. 345 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:40,319 But she ought to settle down a bit, away from distractions. 346 00:18:40,519 --> 00:18:43,312 Yes, Robin hill's the place. 347 00:18:44,061 --> 00:18:46,277 But I knew how it'd be. 348 00:18:46,625 --> 00:18:49,003 Unless a woman has children and responsibilities... 349 00:18:49,854 --> 00:18:52,009 mr. Soames, sir Herbert's here to see you. 350 00:18:52,863 --> 00:18:53,863 I'll come. 351 00:19:07,186 --> 00:19:08,393 Your mother-in-law couldn't come. 352 00:19:09,385 --> 00:19:10,593 She's got a sore toe. 353 00:19:11,081 --> 00:19:12,320 I'm sorry. 354 00:19:14,687 --> 00:19:15,927 You look peaky. 355 00:19:16,639 --> 00:19:18,350 The drive down will do you good. 356 00:19:24,028 --> 00:19:25,770 Soames is very fond of you. 357 00:19:26,603 --> 00:19:28,059 He won't have anything said against you. 358 00:19:29,498 --> 00:19:31,465 Why don't you show him more affection? 359 00:19:32,857 --> 00:19:34,344 I can't show what i haven't got. 360 00:19:35,529 --> 00:19:36,719 I don't know what you're about. 361 00:19:37,271 --> 00:19:38,847 He's a very good husband. You're not married to him. 362 00:19:39,310 --> 00:19:40,169 What's that? Eh? 363 00:19:41,675 --> 00:19:43,306 He gives you everything you want, takes you everywhere. 364 00:19:43,722 --> 00:19:45,098 And now he's built you this house in the country. 365 00:19:46,524 --> 00:19:49,152 It's not as if you had anything of your own. No. 366 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:52,926 I'm sure we've all tried to be kind to you. 367 00:19:53,447 --> 00:19:54,574 And we're all fond of you. 368 00:19:55,030 --> 00:19:57,046 If you'd only behave... 369 00:19:57,909 --> 00:19:59,952 I mean, if you'd only be more of a wife to him. 370 00:20:04,300 --> 00:20:05,960 Well, now the house is finished, I suppose 371 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,374 June and that young fellow will be getting married, eh? 372 00:20:09,111 --> 00:20:10,447 I don't know. You should ask her. 373 00:20:10,998 --> 00:20:13,158 I hear she's away in Switzerland with her grandfather. 374 00:20:13,573 --> 00:20:15,037 Does she write to you? - No. 375 00:20:15,917 --> 00:20:17,604 But I thought you and she were such great friends. 376 00:20:17,928 --> 00:20:19,303 Again, I suggest you ask her. 377 00:20:22,342 --> 00:20:23,862 Well, it's very odd. 378 00:20:24,853 --> 00:20:26,493 I can't get a plain answer to a plain question, but there it is. 379 00:20:28,747 --> 00:20:29,863 Well, don't say i haven't warned you. 380 00:20:30,063 --> 00:20:30,970 Soames doesn't talk much, 381 00:20:31,170 --> 00:20:33,529 but he won't put up with a great deal more of this sort of thing. 382 00:20:33,804 --> 00:20:34,978 What sort of thing? 383 00:20:35,661 --> 00:20:36,839 Well, how should I know? 384 00:20:38,959 --> 00:20:40,470 Let me tell you, you'll have nobody but yourself to blame. 385 00:20:40,950 --> 00:20:43,413 What's more, you'll get no sympathy from anyone. 386 00:20:43,613 --> 00:20:48,668 Thank you.I'll bear that in mind. 387 00:20:49,404 --> 00:20:51,267 Whatever happens, I'm to get no sympathy. 388 00:20:52,716 --> 00:20:54,242 It's a long time since I expected any. 389 00:21:21,198 --> 00:21:22,629 Well, how do you do, mr. Forsyte? 390 00:21:22,857 --> 00:21:24,180 Come down to see for yourself? - How are you? 391 00:21:24,729 --> 00:21:26,010 Soames here yet? - Not yet. 392 00:21:26,613 --> 00:21:28,044 Will you excuse me, please? 393 00:21:30,859 --> 00:21:33,187 Well, very impressive. 394 00:21:35,881 --> 00:21:38,034 You've been spending money pretty freely here, I should say. 395 00:21:38,861 --> 00:21:40,437 Now what did that cost? 396 00:21:41,619 --> 00:21:42,819 What would you think? - I? 397 00:21:43,284 --> 00:21:45,674 I have no idea. Two or three hundred,I dare say. 398 00:21:45,702 --> 00:21:47,001 The exact sum. 399 00:21:55,553 --> 00:21:58,841 That tree out there,that ought to come down. 400 00:21:59,041 --> 00:22:00,312 Oh, you think so? 401 00:22:00,512 --> 00:22:02,347 You think with that tree in the way, 402 00:22:02,547 --> 00:22:04,842 you don't get enough view for your money, eh? 403 00:22:06,483 --> 00:22:07,546 Well, I don't see what you want with a tree. 404 00:22:09,295 --> 00:22:11,067 It shall come down tomorrow. Don't say I thought it should come down. 405 00:22:11,139 --> 00:22:13,258 I know nothing about it. No? 406 00:22:13,489 --> 00:22:15,803 Nothing to do with me. You do it on your own responsibility. 407 00:22:16,595 --> 00:22:18,371 But you'll allow me to mention your name? - Certainly not. 408 00:22:20,251 --> 00:22:22,537 Better leave the tree alone. It's not your tree. 409 00:22:26,607 --> 00:22:28,316 You must have spent a deuce of a lot on these columns. 410 00:22:28,516 --> 00:22:29,589 Now what did they cost? 411 00:22:30,324 --> 00:22:33,681 Can't tell you offhand, but I know it was a deuce of a lot. 412 00:22:34,792 --> 00:22:37,890 I should think so. I should... 413 00:22:38,458 --> 00:22:42,121 the picture gallery lies behind these curtains, worked by these ropes. 414 00:22:44,127 --> 00:22:46,759 This one to open them, and this one to close them. 415 00:22:48,903 --> 00:22:52,900 The ropes cost ten and six a yard, including the tassels. 416 00:22:54,037 --> 00:22:55,973 Well, you've certainly spread yourself here. 417 00:23:00,374 --> 00:23:02,424 I had no idea you were coming down today. 418 00:23:02,524 --> 00:23:03,542 I'm glad. 419 00:23:04,010 --> 00:23:06,792 I nearly didn't, but I couldn't forgot the chance of seeing you. 420 00:23:07,466 --> 00:23:08,124 And now? 421 00:23:08,465 --> 00:23:09,089 I'm glad too. 422 00:23:10,827 --> 00:23:13,181 I was lectured all the way down, but it was worth it. 423 00:23:13,381 --> 00:23:15,544 When shall I see you again? Soon. 424 00:23:16,974 --> 00:23:18,347 Bosinney! 425 00:23:21,409 --> 00:23:22,919 I want a word with you. 426 00:23:26,824 --> 00:23:28,597 Have you seen these latest accounts? 427 00:23:28,797 --> 00:23:29,783 Yes, I believe so. 428 00:23:29,793 --> 00:23:31,256 And you realize what you've done? 429 00:23:31,455 --> 00:23:33,338 Yes I've finished your house for you. 430 00:23:34,805 --> 00:23:36,757 Here it stands, beautiful, a work of art, 431 00:23:37,139 --> 00:23:39,101 ready for you to take possession. 432 00:23:39,528 --> 00:23:41,565 And I suppose you're quite satisfied with yourself. 433 00:23:42,901 --> 00:23:44,828 I'll tell you what you've done. You've put yourself in queer street. 434 00:23:45,277 --> 00:23:47,402 And if you don't know it now you will, before you're very much older! 435 00:23:47,602 --> 00:23:48,780 What's the matter? What's all this? 436 00:23:49,502 --> 00:23:52,556 Our young friend has exceeded his instructions again, that's all. 437 00:23:53,216 --> 00:23:54,677 So much of the worse for him. 438 00:23:59,868 --> 00:24:01,930 Tomorrow? 439 00:24:04,836 --> 00:24:06,394 There's a storm coming up. 440 00:24:07,026 --> 00:24:08,383 Shouldn't we go home? Yes. 441 00:24:08,583 --> 00:24:10,746 We can't take you,I suppose, mr. Bosinney? 442 00:24:11,016 --> 00:24:12,490 No. Well then, goodbye. 443 00:24:14,869 --> 00:24:16,245 Goodbye, mr. Forsyte. 444 00:24:22,483 --> 00:24:25,685 Mr. Forsyte, don't you get caught in any storms, will you? 445 00:24:55,788 --> 00:24:57,155 Thank you, Bilson. 446 00:24:57,394 --> 00:24:59,250 We shan't need anything more tonight. You may go to bed. 447 00:24:59,473 --> 00:25:01,592 Thank you, madam.Good night. 448 00:25:01,792 --> 00:25:02,625 Good night. 449 00:25:17,980 --> 00:25:20,260 Where are you going? To bed. 450 00:25:22,555 --> 00:25:24,146 You haven't spoken a word all evening. 451 00:25:25,122 --> 00:25:28,944 You rarely do nowadays, to me. 452 00:25:32,587 --> 00:25:34,074 What do you think about? 453 00:25:41,495 --> 00:25:42,943 No, don't go. 454 00:25:46,622 --> 00:25:49,517 I've been looking up my correspondence with your friend,the buccaneer. 455 00:25:51,261 --> 00:25:53,100 He's made a fool of himself,and he'll have to pay. 456 00:25:54,627 --> 00:25:56,779 I don't know what you're talking about. You soon will. 457 00:25:57,425 --> 00:25:59,401 It's a mere trifle, of course, quite beneath your contempt. 458 00:26:00,288 --> 00:26:02,009 A matter of 400 pounds. 459 00:26:03,271 --> 00:26:04,541 Are you saying you're going 460 00:26:04,741 --> 00:26:07,046 to make him pay that towards this hateful house? 461 00:26:07,783 --> 00:26:08,710 I am. 462 00:26:09,341 --> 00:26:10,540 And you know he's got nothing? - Yes. 463 00:26:10,965 --> 00:26:12,348 Then you're even meaner than I thought. 464 00:26:16,139 --> 00:26:17,770 What is your idea of a wife's duty? 465 00:26:19,360 --> 00:26:20,849 I've never known. 466 00:26:21,608 --> 00:26:25,671 Soames, do you remember the day I agreed to marry you? 467 00:26:26,607 --> 00:26:29,168 I promised then to do my utmost to be a good and loving wife to you. 468 00:26:29,268 --> 00:26:30,445 And I've tried to keep that promise. 469 00:26:32,017 --> 00:26:33,272 My god, soames.How I've tried! 470 00:26:34,301 --> 00:26:35,684 Been very little sign of it. 471 00:26:36,164 --> 00:26:37,397 But you made a promise too. 472 00:26:38,403 --> 00:26:40,023 You said that if our marriage weren't a success you'd let me go. 473 00:26:40,091 --> 00:26:41,605 Is it a success? 474 00:26:41,801 --> 00:26:44,845 It would be, if you behaved yourself. 475 00:26:45,092 --> 00:26:47,155 You promised. 476 00:26:47,175 --> 00:26:49,522 I did no such thing! You swore it, Soames, on your honor. 477 00:26:52,239 --> 00:26:53,391 Will you let me go? 478 00:26:53,888 --> 00:26:55,207 How can I? We're married! 479 00:26:56,332 --> 00:26:57,923 Well then, don't talk such nonsense. Never, do you hear me? 480 00:26:58,739 --> 00:26:59,859 Never again. I won't put up with it. 481 00:27:01,137 --> 00:27:03,211 Then you won't let me go? 482 00:27:03,461 --> 00:27:04,496 What would you do if I did? 483 00:27:04,905 --> 00:27:06,245 You've got no money. I could manage somehow. 484 00:27:07,227 --> 00:27:09,225 Once and for all, I will not have you say such things. 485 00:27:09,969 --> 00:27:15,384 It's wrong and impossible, so never speak of it again. 486 00:27:18,523 --> 00:27:19,732 Don't you understand? 487 00:27:21,084 --> 00:27:22,683 Do you still refuse to believe it? 488 00:27:24,498 --> 00:27:25,946 I loathe you, Soames. 489 00:27:28,664 --> 00:27:30,311 I loathe the very sight of you. 490 00:28:00,782 --> 00:28:01,990 There you are. 491 00:30:01,715 --> 00:30:02,986 Unlock this door. 492 00:30:03,771 --> 00:30:05,233 You hear me? - Unlock this door! 493 00:30:07,505 --> 00:30:09,345 Let me in at once! 494 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:12,712 I insist that you let me in! 495 00:30:47,878 --> 00:30:49,443 Irene? 496 00:30:53,985 --> 00:30:55,625 Irene? 497 00:31:22,271 --> 00:31:23,383 Who are you? 498 00:31:23,943 --> 00:31:25,510 Oh, yes, I remember. You're a Forsyte. 499 00:31:26,245 --> 00:31:27,605 I've seen you at the club. 500 00:31:28,101 --> 00:31:29,940 Yes, and we were introduced after the funeral. Come in. 501 00:31:30,596 --> 00:31:31,860 Thank you. 502 00:31:33,331 --> 00:31:35,578 My name is Jo, short for Jolyon. 503 00:31:36,626 --> 00:31:40,354 Ah, yes, the senior branch. 504 00:31:41,424 --> 00:31:42,744 Yes, I suppose so. 505 00:31:43,552 --> 00:31:44,679 And unless I've been misinformed, 506 00:31:45,278 --> 00:31:47,194 the ex-prodigal twig? 507 00:31:47,741 --> 00:31:49,612 You could say that. 508 00:31:50,588 --> 00:31:51,797 I say, look here, forgive the mess. 509 00:31:52,308 --> 00:31:54,172 I'm having my annual cleanup. 510 00:31:54,372 --> 00:31:56,906 I've had to sack my cleaning woman. Was she dishonest? 511 00:31:57,431 --> 00:31:58,462 On the contrary, no. 512 00:31:58,662 --> 00:32:01,447 It was I who was sorely tempted to steal... her wages. 513 00:32:01,647 --> 00:32:03,313 I'm stony broke. 514 00:32:03,392 --> 00:32:06,621 I see. I understand.I sympathize. I know how it feels. 515 00:32:06,821 --> 00:32:08,726 You? A Forsyte knows how it feels? 516 00:32:09,174 --> 00:32:10,360 I assure you. 517 00:32:11,008 --> 00:32:14,431 Well... but then you escaped from them, didn't you? 518 00:32:14,955 --> 00:32:15,811 Yes. 519 00:32:16,547 --> 00:32:18,701 Why? - I'm sorry.I shouldn't ask, but... 520 00:32:20,521 --> 00:32:23,063 if ever we get to know each other properly, I'll tell you the whole story. 521 00:32:24,526 --> 00:32:26,053 I'll hold you to that. 522 00:32:26,998 --> 00:32:28,597 And now, if you'll excuse me, I simply must get on. 523 00:32:29,188 --> 00:32:30,429 Yes, of course. Let me help you. 524 00:32:31,005 --> 00:32:32,472 No, you don't know my methods. 525 00:32:32,672 --> 00:32:34,578 No, you just follow me around and talk. 526 00:32:36,570 --> 00:32:38,867 You can begin by telling me why you came here. 527 00:32:39,067 --> 00:32:39,676 Let me. 528 00:32:40,482 --> 00:32:41,931 Thank you. 529 00:32:45,508 --> 00:32:47,187 You didn't come here just to look at a starving architect, now, did you? 530 00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:53,999 Your father asked you to come. In a way. 531 00:32:55,142 --> 00:32:56,398 Yes. 532 00:32:57,575 --> 00:32:58,934 You know, I like him. 533 00:32:59,725 --> 00:33:01,677 He's a stuffy old philistine, but he's honest. I like him. 534 00:33:02,197 --> 00:33:03,515 He'd be gratified to hear it. 535 00:33:04,123 --> 00:33:05,578 Don't you be pompous. It doesn't suit you. 536 00:33:06,170 --> 00:33:07,667 Is the house finished? - Yes. 537 00:33:08,898 --> 00:33:10,313 Excuse me. Is it good? 538 00:33:10,826 --> 00:33:13,041 I'm nearly satisfied. I congratulate you. 539 00:33:13,129 --> 00:33:14,852 Oh, I don't know. No? 540 00:33:15,975 --> 00:33:17,431 I'd have thought you'd be glad to get a long job off your hands. 541 00:33:18,134 --> 00:33:20,834 But I suppose you feel as I feel when I sell a painting, 542 00:33:21,034 --> 00:33:22,556 a child has grown up and gone. 543 00:33:24,542 --> 00:33:26,101 Yes. Something's gone out of you, and... 544 00:33:27,205 --> 00:33:28,772 yes, gone. 545 00:33:30,024 --> 00:33:32,099 I didn't know you painted. Only watercolors, I'm afraid. 546 00:33:33,003 --> 00:33:35,208 It's a very difficult medium. Any fool of an amateur can paint in oils. 547 00:33:36,184 --> 00:33:38,136 You just slap it on, slap it on. 548 00:33:38,336 --> 00:33:40,776 If you don't like it,slap some more on. 549 00:33:41,985 --> 00:33:44,318 I've known politicians who can paint quite respectably in oils. 550 00:33:45,749 --> 00:33:46,757 Do you paint well? 551 00:33:47,461 --> 00:33:49,388 Oh, I improve. But the hard thing for me is to believe in it. 552 00:33:49,912 --> 00:33:51,968 Then how can you do it? 553 00:33:52,383 --> 00:33:53,885 Work's no good unless you believe in it. 554 00:33:54,344 --> 00:33:55,733 That's exactly what i've always said. 555 00:33:59,484 --> 00:34:00,748 You want to how I manage it, I'll tell you. 556 00:34:01,970 --> 00:34:03,390 I'm a forsyte, so I concentrate. 557 00:34:05,014 --> 00:34:07,173 Painting's the only thing i'm fit to do, so I do my damndest. 558 00:34:08,344 --> 00:34:10,480 Always hoping, of course, at the back of my Forsyte mind, 559 00:34:11,206 --> 00:34:13,693 that I'll be successful, and sell my paintings well 560 00:34:14,302 --> 00:34:16,629 and finish up as president of the royal society of watercolor artists. 561 00:34:18,085 --> 00:34:21,732 A Forsyte, whatever his name may be, is not an uncommon animal. 562 00:34:22,685 --> 00:34:23,942 How do you recognize him? 563 00:34:25,133 --> 00:34:26,549 By his sense of property. 564 00:34:27,317 --> 00:34:29,620 A Forsyte, as I see him, is a slave to property. 565 00:34:30,651 --> 00:34:32,123 He knows a good thing. He knows a safe thing. 566 00:34:33,226 --> 00:34:34,859 And he keeps a firm hold on his property 567 00:34:35,864 --> 00:34:37,864 whether it be houses, money, reputation, 568 00:34:39,312 --> 00:34:40,864 or wives. 569 00:34:42,903 --> 00:34:44,562 Yes. 570 00:34:45,494 --> 00:34:46,718 Plenty of Forsytes in my profession. 571 00:34:47,317 --> 00:34:49,573 Architects? Yes, plenty. And musicians, painters, 572 00:34:50,325 --> 00:34:53,970 writers, clergymen, journalists, business and professional men. 573 00:34:55,210 --> 00:34:59,193 The majority of sound, able, three-percent respectable citizens are Forsytes. 574 00:35:00,832 --> 00:35:02,232 You should patent the word. 575 00:35:02,848 --> 00:35:04,471 Yes. I should like to lecture on the subject. 576 00:35:09,805 --> 00:35:12,486 Well, now you've got it all there. 577 00:35:12,685 --> 00:35:14,888 What are you going to do with it? - God knows. 578 00:35:30,172 --> 00:35:31,956 Well? What's the message? 579 00:35:34,092 --> 00:35:36,138 It's dangerous to go against the majority. 580 00:35:37,379 --> 00:35:39,395 Never let anything carry you away. 581 00:35:40,342 --> 00:35:42,269 A house. A painting. 582 00:35:43,956 --> 00:35:45,901 A woman. 583 00:35:46,101 --> 00:35:47,076 They tell me you did. 584 00:35:47,726 --> 00:35:49,295 You forget, I'm a forsyte. I hold on. 585 00:35:50,798 --> 00:35:52,998 But I wouldn't recommend every man to go my way. 586 00:35:55,100 --> 00:35:56,742 Thanks. 587 00:35:57,358 --> 00:35:59,476 It's very kind of you. But you're not the only people who can hold on. 588 00:36:01,901 --> 00:36:04,547 That's my message, in case anyone's interested. 589 00:36:04,970 --> 00:36:06,555 Now you really must excuse me. As you can see, I'm busy. 590 00:36:08,023 --> 00:36:10,637 Problems to solve, property to dispose of. 591 00:36:16,509 --> 00:36:18,489 My regards to your father. 592 00:36:19,104 --> 00:36:20,968 Well, come in. 593 00:36:26,219 --> 00:36:28,068 Good afternoon. 594 00:36:40,726 --> 00:36:42,086 I thought you'd come today. 595 00:36:42,870 --> 00:36:44,641 No, I knew it. Did you? 596 00:36:45,581 --> 00:36:47,056 So I've been trying to tidy up. 597 00:36:49,715 --> 00:36:51,243 You're not very good at it, are you? 598 00:36:53,554 --> 00:36:55,745 It's rather one of the many things I do badly. 599 00:36:57,512 --> 00:37:00,384 Who was that man? Who?- Him. 600 00:37:01,310 --> 00:37:02,909 Oh, him. Nobody that need concern us. 601 00:37:07,813 --> 00:37:08,938 Is this the day? 602 00:37:09,603 --> 00:37:11,577 Is it? At last? 603 00:37:12,215 --> 00:37:13,542 Yes, Philip. 604 00:37:22,265 --> 00:37:25,233 It's been so long, my darling, so long. 605 00:37:25,687 --> 00:37:27,591 Your fault,your fault... of course, my fault, 606 00:37:28,694 --> 00:37:30,222 but how should I know? 607 00:37:31,845 --> 00:37:33,630 You knew from the very beginning. Yes, yes, I knew. 608 00:37:34,557 --> 00:37:36,101 No other man but you, no other love. 609 00:37:37,251 --> 00:37:38,579 But I had to be sure. 610 00:37:39,243 --> 00:37:40,898 Oh, no, not of you, but of myself. 611 00:37:41,538 --> 00:37:44,041 And now at I am. Completely and utterly sure. 612 00:37:45,009 --> 00:37:49,432 All my doubts and indecisions and fears are gone, like a child's bad dream. 613 00:37:50,607 --> 00:37:52,406 I never thought it could happen, but it has. 614 00:37:54,181 --> 00:37:57,565 I'm deeply in love, oceans deep. 615 00:38:00,761 --> 00:38:03,472 So kiss me, Philip, and love me. 616 00:38:05,119 --> 00:38:07,527 Nothing else in the whole world is of any importance. 617 00:38:18,462 --> 00:38:20,477 And that's their defense. 618 00:38:21,580 --> 00:38:22,694 And you'd better read it. 619 00:38:22,894 --> 00:38:23,903 I will. 620 00:38:24,103 --> 00:38:26,677 What line are they taking? - They admit the facts. 621 00:38:27,498 --> 00:38:31,794 But on the question of the letters between us, they raise a point. 622 00:38:31,994 --> 00:38:33,914 Briefly, they say, that "to speak of a free hand" 623 00:38:34,114 --> 00:38:36,274 in the terms of this correspondence is an irish bull. 624 00:38:37,386 --> 00:38:38,470 That cat won't jump. 625 00:38:39,333 --> 00:38:40,725 Any judge will make short work of that. 626 00:38:41,390 --> 00:38:42,652 Have you taken an opinion on it? 627 00:38:43,252 --> 00:38:44,516 Yes, waterbuck, Q.C. 628 00:38:45,018 --> 00:38:46,731 He says it's a nice point. 629 00:38:48,297 --> 00:38:50,122 An able fellow, Waterbuck. Are you briefing him? 630 00:38:51,001 --> 00:38:51,426 Yes. 631 00:38:51,626 --> 00:38:55,515 Well, I shouldn't have thought the case was open and shut, but I can't tell. 632 00:38:56,874 --> 00:38:58,154 If Waterbuck talks of a nice point... 633 00:38:58,260 --> 00:39:00,355 Excuse me, father. We'll talk about it later, I have to go. 634 00:39:03,635 --> 00:39:04,562 Gradman. 635 00:39:05,593 --> 00:39:07,233 Gradman, do we know who the judge is yet? 636 00:39:07,705 --> 00:39:09,872 Forsyte versus bosinney? - Yes, mr. Soames. 637 00:39:10,704 --> 00:39:12,376 Mr. Justice Bentham, I heard this morning. 638 00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:14,943 He's a strong judge. Stands no nonsense. 639 00:39:15,559 --> 00:39:18,055 All the better. Well, Soames. 640 00:39:19,261 --> 00:39:21,029 Your precious house is finished, I hear. 641 00:39:22,043 --> 00:39:23,516 But you're not living in it, eh? 642 00:39:24,626 --> 00:39:26,355 Excuse me. I hear other things too. 643 00:39:26,811 --> 00:39:28,113 And I don't like what I hear. 644 00:39:28,545 --> 00:39:30,010 Excuse me! 645 00:39:30,212 --> 00:39:32,684 Is Mr. Forsyte free, Gradman? - Yes, I believe so, sir. 646 00:39:33,548 --> 00:39:34,934 Then I'll go in. 647 00:39:38,071 --> 00:39:39,356 How are you, Jolyon? 648 00:39:40,028 --> 00:39:42,083 Haven't seen you for an age. Two months. 649 00:39:42,628 --> 00:39:44,650 You've been to Switzerland, they tell me. 650 00:39:45,194 --> 00:39:47,121 What's this I hear about Soames and young Bosinney? 651 00:39:48,201 --> 00:39:50,553 Well, Bosinney's got himself into a mess. 652 00:39:50,839 --> 00:39:52,277 I knew how it'd be. 653 00:39:52,755 --> 00:39:54,364 Soames warned him time and time again. 654 00:39:54,739 --> 00:39:57,143 Well, he took no notice and Soames lost his patience in the end. 655 00:39:57,464 --> 00:39:58,864 You can't blame him. How much?- Eh? 656 00:39:59,957 --> 00:40:01,123 How much was he over? - Three hundred and fifty. 657 00:40:01,823 --> 00:40:03,287 Soames did the right thing. He paid all the bills... 658 00:40:03,966 --> 00:40:06,781 Soames is suing Bosinney for the amount. He's a fool. 659 00:40:07,061 --> 00:40:08,064 You've no business to say so. 660 00:40:08,896 --> 00:40:10,344 Who brought that fellow into the family? Tell me that. 661 00:40:11,159 --> 00:40:12,990 He hasn't a penny, and now he'll probably go bankrupt. 662 00:40:13,518 --> 00:40:15,978 Soames'll lose his money and his costs, I shouldn't wonder. 663 00:40:16,078 --> 00:40:17,499 Serve him right. 664 00:40:17,596 --> 00:40:18,984 I don't know why he's worried over a few 100 pounds. 665 00:40:19,184 --> 00:40:20,138 I thought he was a man of property. 666 00:40:20,764 --> 00:40:22,428 Whatever he is, that's not the point. It isn't the money. 667 00:40:27,466 --> 00:40:28,935 I hope you know what you're at. 668 00:40:30,822 --> 00:40:33,085 You must manage your own affairs, but if you take my advice, 669 00:40:33,788 --> 00:40:35,275 you'll settle out of court. 670 00:40:36,342 --> 00:40:40,082 I've come for my will. 671 00:40:40,101 --> 00:40:40,763 Your will? 672 00:40:40,963 --> 00:40:42,696 Are you going to change your arrangement? - My concern. 673 00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:45,003 I'm taking it out of your hands. 674 00:40:45,706 --> 00:40:46,881 What? - Yes. 675 00:40:47,337 --> 00:40:49,332 And I'm moving the business of my companies away from this firm. 676 00:40:50,895 --> 00:40:52,159 Away from the family? 677 00:40:52,583 --> 00:40:54,862 High time. I need an independent legal advisor. 678 00:40:56,590 --> 00:40:57,861 And let me add this, James. 679 00:40:58,485 --> 00:41:02,196 I have no use for a lawyer that brings legal actions for the sake of petty revenge. 680 00:41:09,685 --> 00:41:12,036 Oh, hello. 681 00:41:12,627 --> 00:41:14,204 I didn't know you were here. 682 00:41:15,178 --> 00:41:16,258 Hello. 683 00:41:16,707 --> 00:41:18,977 How was Switzerland? Mountainous. 684 00:41:22,073 --> 00:41:23,319 June. 685 00:41:23,967 --> 00:41:26,679 Yes? - Don't you think you ought to give up? 686 00:41:27,222 --> 00:41:29,185 - Give up? Of course not. 687 00:41:32,076 --> 00:41:33,324 Anyway, give up what? 688 00:41:34,619 --> 00:41:36,579 Fighting battles you can't win. 689 00:41:37,394 --> 00:41:38,746 I don't know what you mean. I think you do. 690 00:41:39,354 --> 00:41:42,290 However, no matter. It's not for me to advise you. 691 00:41:42,559 --> 00:41:44,197 With that, I agree. 692 00:41:44,872 --> 00:41:46,711 But I think I'll take a chance, just this once. 693 00:41:47,814 --> 00:41:49,421 You're very young. Your whole life ahead of you. 694 00:41:50,149 --> 00:41:51,894 It can be full and happy. 695 00:41:52,500 --> 00:41:54,547 Don't wear yourself out in a hopeless struggle. 696 00:41:55,875 --> 00:41:57,425 And it is hopeless, believe me. 697 00:41:57,921 --> 00:41:59,937 I don't believe you. Why should I? 698 00:42:00,865 --> 00:42:02,756 What do you know? 699 00:42:02,956 --> 00:42:06,071 Ah, Jo, thanks for coming. 700 00:42:07,524 --> 00:42:09,183 June, you're not going? 701 00:42:09,781 --> 00:42:11,453 I'm going to see mrs. Smeech. 702 00:42:12,308 --> 00:42:13,917 Yes. Well, see you for dinner? 703 00:42:14,332 --> 00:42:15,748 Yes, gran, of course. 704 00:42:21,453 --> 00:42:23,749 Mrs. Smeech, a worn-out old washerwoman with bad legs, 705 00:42:24,693 --> 00:42:27,028 lives in Paddington, one of June's lame ducks. 706 00:42:27,724 --> 00:42:30,555 She collects them. What good it does, I can't tell. 707 00:42:31,455 --> 00:42:34,088 She has a warm heart, and a fine hot temper to go with it. 708 00:42:35,369 --> 00:42:37,648 Yes. She takes after your mother. 709 00:42:38,702 --> 00:42:39,685 Well, Jo? 710 00:42:40,365 --> 00:42:42,300 Did you see young Bosinney? - Yes, I saw him. 711 00:42:43,045 --> 00:42:45,717 He's a strange chap, a little too bohemian for me. 712 00:42:46,356 --> 00:42:47,835 And for me too, by a long chalk. 713 00:42:48,929 --> 00:42:50,705 Still... that's in his nature. 714 00:42:51,592 --> 00:42:53,728 Who are we to criticize, if it makes him a better artist? 715 00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:56,976 That's your damned tolerance, Jo. I've no patience with it. 716 00:42:57,583 --> 00:42:59,446 Well, he has his own virtues. What? 717 00:42:59,950 --> 00:43:01,936 Different from ours maybe. 718 00:43:02,135 --> 00:43:03,881 He's as far removed from me as I am from from uncle James. 719 00:43:04,641 --> 00:43:05,832 What virtues, may I ask? 720 00:43:06,489 --> 00:43:08,234 A keen intelligence, humor, 721 00:43:09,130 --> 00:43:10,585 complete dedication to his work. 722 00:43:11,452 --> 00:43:13,831 Does that make him the right husband for June? 723 00:43:14,815 --> 00:43:17,462 No, the worst possible. Disastrous, I'd say. 724 00:43:18,806 --> 00:43:20,935 Besides, he's out of love with her. 725 00:43:22,205 --> 00:43:25,356 Did he say so? No, never mentioned her name. 726 00:43:26,415 --> 00:43:27,494 I had an odd feeling about that. 727 00:43:27,975 --> 00:43:30,287 Almost as if he'd forgotten her existence. 728 00:43:30,894 --> 00:43:32,182 Damn the man. Damn him. 729 00:43:33,173 --> 00:43:35,211 How dare he come here, make love to June, 730 00:43:35,411 --> 00:43:38,194 steal her affections and then sneak off without a word? 731 00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:41,846 Because he's obsessed, totally, completely obsessed with someone else. 732 00:43:43,381 --> 00:43:44,972 It's like having an accident,falling under a train. 733 00:43:46,331 --> 00:43:47,425 He doesn't know where he is. 734 00:43:47,969 --> 00:43:49,584 That's fanciful. 735 00:43:49,784 --> 00:43:51,600 Was she mentioned? 736 00:43:52,818 --> 00:43:55,343 No. I shan't go into details, but it's quite obvious. 737 00:43:56,510 --> 00:43:58,238 These two are lovers. 738 00:43:58,853 --> 00:44:01,109 What's to be done, Jo? - What's to be done? 739 00:44:02,006 --> 00:44:03,773 How can we protect june? 740 00:44:04,324 --> 00:44:05,748 It'll all come out, you know. 741 00:44:06,227 --> 00:44:09,184 Soames is vindictive. And there's legal action coming up. 742 00:44:09,276 --> 00:44:10,262 Does june know about that? 743 00:44:10,715 --> 00:44:13,757 The whole family it's the talk of Timothy's,confound the lot of them. 744 00:44:15,931 --> 00:44:18,818 But the odd thing, when I spoke to June about it, 745 00:44:19,950 --> 00:44:20,960 it seemed to brighten her up 746 00:44:21,718 --> 00:44:23,677 as though it might do her some good. 747 00:44:24,262 --> 00:44:26,030 She'll have some mad scheme in her head, no doubt. 748 00:44:27,189 --> 00:44:28,525 Well, I don't know. 749 00:44:29,124 --> 00:44:31,305 I don't know how it's all going to end. 750 00:44:57,462 --> 00:44:59,415 Phil! Phil! 751 00:45:00,735 --> 00:45:02,212 If you're there, Phil, let me in. 752 00:45:07,770 --> 00:45:09,161 Where are you, Phil? 753 00:45:10,581 --> 00:45:12,283 Where are you? 754 00:47:23,699 --> 00:47:25,314 Very pretty. 755 00:47:29,433 --> 00:47:33,160 I don't like that blouse. It's a shapeless thing. 756 00:47:33,679 --> 00:47:34,967 Don't touch me. Where have you been? 757 00:47:35,350 --> 00:47:36,701 Tell me at once. Where have you been? 758 00:47:37,325 --> 00:47:39,229 In heaven, out of this house. 759 00:47:48,354 --> 00:47:49,490 Soames, don't. 760 00:47:50,195 --> 00:47:51,482 Kill me if you like, but don't. 761 00:47:52,137 --> 00:47:53,960 I'd rather you killed me. Kill you? Why should I? 762 00:47:54,552 --> 00:47:55,817 There's no need to kill you. 763 00:47:56,040 --> 00:47:57,455 Anybody can have you. Can't they? 764 00:47:57,771 --> 00:48:00,157 No... can't they?! 765 00:48:00,510 --> 00:48:02,558 Well I can too! 766 00:48:02,922 --> 00:48:05,769 You're my wife. You're my wife! 767 00:48:05,984 --> 00:48:08,723 No! You're my wife! 768 00:48:09,305 --> 00:49:09,683 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org 769 00:49:09,733 --> 00:49:14,283 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0