1 00:00:23,294 --> 00:00:28,214 "THE STORY OF ADELE H." 2 00:01:38,974 --> 00:01:42,735 "The story of Adele H. is true. 3 00:01:42,814 --> 00:01:45,615 It is about events that really happened... 4 00:01:45,694 --> 00:01:48,375 and people that really existed. " 5 00:01:50,215 --> 00:01:51,895 The year is 1863. 6 00:01:51,974 --> 00:01:53,855 For 2 years now, the United States... 7 00:01:53,934 --> 00:01:55,215 had been torn apart by a civil war. 8 00:01:55,254 --> 00:01:56,494 Will Great Britain recognize... 9 00:01:56,575 --> 00:01:58,975 the independence of the Southern Confederacy... 10 00:01:59,055 --> 00:02:00,934 and join in war against the Yankees? 11 00:02:01,014 --> 00:02:03,774 Since 1862, British troops have been stationed... 12 00:02:03,855 --> 00:02:06,254 in the Canadian town of Halifax... the capital of Nova Scotia... 13 00:02:06,335 --> 00:02:08,575 formerly the French Acadia. 14 00:02:08,656 --> 00:02:11,094 Halifax, is gripped by a kindoffever. 15 00:02:11,175 --> 00:02:12,415 The town's people are busy worrying... 16 00:02:12,495 --> 00:02:14,135 smuggling goods, and hunting Yankeespies. 17 00:02:14,215 --> 00:02:16,055 While at theport, the British authorities... 18 00:02:16,134 --> 00:02:18,014 maintain a close check on European passengers... 19 00:02:18,095 --> 00:02:19,695 disembarking from the Great Eastern... 20 00:02:19,775 --> 00:02:22,294 the huge steamship also known as the "Floating City. " 21 00:03:39,057 --> 00:03:41,496 - Good evening. Where are you from? - Liverpool. 22 00:03:41,576 --> 00:03:44,416 - Have you any papers? - No, I don't. 23 00:03:44,496 --> 00:03:46,375 - They let you embark in Liverpool? - Yes. 24 00:03:46,415 --> 00:03:49,655 - They let you embark in Liverpool? - They let me. 25 00:03:49,737 --> 00:03:52,295 If you had your papers in Liverpool, why haven't you got them now? 26 00:03:52,376 --> 00:03:54,257 They were taken away from me when I got to New York. 27 00:03:54,296 --> 00:03:57,614 Then we can't let you in. 28 00:03:59,575 --> 00:04:02,096 They may be in New York, but this is Halifax. 29 00:04:02,175 --> 00:04:05,015 We cannot let you in Halifax unless you've got papers. 30 00:04:05,096 --> 00:04:07,056 I don't know the rules. 31 00:04:07,136 --> 00:04:09,456 - I'm within my rights to search you. - Please don't. 32 00:04:09,496 --> 00:04:14,055 If you explain to me what they're for, maybe I won't have to. 33 00:04:14,096 --> 00:04:18,854 It will be up to my superior officer to decide whether they let you in or not. 34 00:04:18,895 --> 00:04:20,616 I need them, sir! 35 00:04:23,536 --> 00:04:25,895 - Right, miss, Hotel Hampstead. - Yes. 36 00:04:25,976 --> 00:04:27,375 Very good. 37 00:04:38,615 --> 00:04:41,096 - Give them to me. - No. Is there anymore? 38 00:04:59,537 --> 00:05:02,697 Whoa, boy, whoa. Hampstead. 39 00:05:03,657 --> 00:05:05,256 Is this the hotel? 40 00:05:05,296 --> 00:05:06,857 This is it, miss. 41 00:05:08,857 --> 00:05:10,857 No, I don't want to stay there. 42 00:05:10,896 --> 00:05:14,377 Apart from the Halifax, there's only the Atlantic... 43 00:05:14,456 --> 00:05:16,257 which is much too expensive. 44 00:05:16,336 --> 00:05:19,017 There isn't another hotel fit for a young lady to stay in. 45 00:05:19,057 --> 00:05:23,056 - You should go to a boarding house. - Oh, yes, please! 46 00:05:31,576 --> 00:05:33,457 "Room And Board" 47 00:05:44,777 --> 00:05:47,817 Good evening, Mrs. Saunders. I have a new lodger foryou, a nice young lady. 48 00:05:47,896 --> 00:05:50,058 Thankyou, Mr. O'Brien. 49 00:05:57,817 --> 00:06:01,738 - You can go in, miss. - Thank you. 50 00:06:05,176 --> 00:06:07,737 - Let me take your case, miss. - Thank you. 51 00:06:07,816 --> 00:06:10,337 - My name is Miss Lewly. - Come in, Miss Lewly. 52 00:06:30,416 --> 00:06:33,417 My name is O'Brien. I'm always about if you want me. 53 00:06:33,456 --> 00:06:35,497 - Thankyou very much. - Good night. 54 00:07:09,458 --> 00:07:11,338 "A. Lenoir - Notary Public" 55 00:07:12,337 --> 00:07:13,658 Good day, sir. 56 00:07:13,737 --> 00:07:16,537 My husband is a doctor, Dr. Lenormand in Paris. 57 00:07:16,617 --> 00:07:18,057 I've just arrived from France. 58 00:07:18,098 --> 00:07:19,536 That's the reason I was sent to you. 59 00:07:20,978 --> 00:07:22,657 I am very glad they did. 60 00:07:22,738 --> 00:07:25,057 You know, I like France very much. 61 00:07:25,136 --> 00:07:30,298 It will be a great pleasure for me to help you. 62 00:07:30,378 --> 00:07:32,258 What exactly is troubling you? 63 00:07:32,337 --> 00:07:35,697 I have a niece in France. 64 00:07:35,778 --> 00:07:37,578 I'm very fond of her. 65 00:07:37,617 --> 00:07:39,697 She's a rather romantic girl. 66 00:07:39,777 --> 00:07:41,418 During a visit to England... 67 00:07:41,458 --> 00:07:43,339 she fell in love with a British officer... 68 00:07:43,376 --> 00:07:47,738 Lieutenant Pinson of the 16th Hussars. 69 00:07:47,817 --> 00:07:50,058 There was even talk of marriage between them. 70 00:07:50,099 --> 00:07:53,297 Our family was not absolutely opposed to it... 71 00:07:53,378 --> 00:07:55,418 but because ofthe troubles in America... 72 00:07:55,498 --> 00:07:57,818 Lieutenant Pinson had suddenly to embark with his regiment... 73 00:07:57,898 --> 00:07:59,258 for Halifax. 74 00:07:59,338 --> 00:08:01,539 And since then, we've had no news of him at all... 75 00:08:01,618 --> 00:08:04,818 and my family wants me to find out what's happened to him. 76 00:08:04,897 --> 00:08:08,097 I find it very upsetting... 77 00:08:08,179 --> 00:08:10,618 because Lieutenant Pinson is of no interest to me. 78 00:08:10,697 --> 00:08:13,258 Lieutenant Pinson is of no interest to me. 79 00:08:13,296 --> 00:08:16,898 All I want is my niece's happiness. 80 00:08:16,979 --> 00:08:19,138 Well, I think you know everything now. 81 00:08:19,218 --> 00:08:22,058 So you want me to look for this lieutenant. 82 00:08:22,098 --> 00:08:23,698 Lieutenant Pinson. 83 00:08:23,779 --> 00:08:26,259 But in a discreet way. 84 00:08:29,258 --> 00:08:31,098 Yes, everyone has been saying so... 85 00:08:31,179 --> 00:08:33,218 even the other offiicers, that we have... 86 00:08:33,299 --> 00:08:35,618 a far better selection here than the military library... 87 00:08:35,698 --> 00:08:38,018 which is quite surprising, since we have far more difficulties... 88 00:08:38,099 --> 00:08:39,897 with the customs than you do. 89 00:08:39,978 --> 00:08:42,418 But anyway, I hope to have those 2 books... 90 00:08:42,499 --> 00:08:44,297 in 1 week or 2 at the most. 91 00:08:44,339 --> 00:08:46,259 Good, good. Thanks. Good-bye. 92 00:08:46,337 --> 00:08:47,418 Good-bye, Lieutenant. 93 00:08:49,378 --> 00:08:51,218 "Book Shop" 94 00:09:08,339 --> 00:09:09,618 Good day, Madam. Can I help you? 95 00:09:09,698 --> 00:09:11,219 - Yes, I'd like some paper. - Some note paper? 96 00:09:11,298 --> 00:09:12,537 No. I need a ream. 97 00:09:12,619 --> 00:09:14,139 I've a lot of writing to do. 98 00:09:16,258 --> 00:09:18,297 I thought I recognized the officer who just left. 99 00:09:18,379 --> 00:09:20,179 Wasn't it Lieutenant Pinson? 100 00:09:20,259 --> 00:09:22,178 That's right, yes. He's a good customer of mine. 101 00:09:24,498 --> 00:09:26,339 I had no idea he was in Halifax. 102 00:09:26,419 --> 00:09:27,858 Oh, he's not been here for long... 103 00:09:27,939 --> 00:09:30,777 but he's already got himself quite a reputation. 104 00:09:30,858 --> 00:09:32,378 Well, that's what they say in town. 105 00:09:32,459 --> 00:09:33,339 Really? 106 00:09:34,498 --> 00:09:36,698 That's what they say in town. 107 00:09:36,778 --> 00:09:38,578 And what else do they say? 108 00:09:38,659 --> 00:09:40,019 Oh, well, as far as I'm concerned... 109 00:09:40,099 --> 00:09:41,379 he's just another client. 110 00:09:41,459 --> 00:09:43,179 But apparently he's been running up a few debts. 111 00:09:43,219 --> 00:09:45,738 Anyway, he always pays cash here. 112 00:09:45,779 --> 00:09:46,978 Pardon me, Madam- 113 00:09:47,059 --> 00:09:48,098 Miss. 114 00:09:48,179 --> 00:09:50,498 Miss. May he be a relation of yours? 115 00:09:50,578 --> 00:09:53,779 Yes. He's my sister's brother-in-law. 116 00:09:53,859 --> 00:09:55,299 But I seldom see him. 117 00:09:55,379 --> 00:09:56,619 I'm not on good terms with my sister. 118 00:09:56,658 --> 00:09:58,139 I understand, yes. 119 00:09:58,218 --> 00:09:59,458 I'll take this one. 120 00:10:02,419 --> 00:10:05,218 Miss, I also have a lending library by subscription. 121 00:10:05,299 --> 00:10:06,458 Oh, really? 122 00:10:06,539 --> 00:10:07,979 But I could always lend you some books... 123 00:10:08,019 --> 00:10:10,019 - even if you don't subscribe. - Thank you. 124 00:10:10,099 --> 00:10:11,059 Good-bye. 125 00:10:11,139 --> 00:10:12,019 Good-bye, Miss. 126 00:10:23,379 --> 00:10:24,459 Good evening, Mrs. Saunders. 127 00:10:24,499 --> 00:10:26,940 Miss Lewly, would you share my supper? 128 00:10:27,019 --> 00:10:28,299 My husband's helping out tonight... 129 00:10:28,340 --> 00:10:31,339 as a waiter at the Officers' Club banquet. 130 00:10:33,740 --> 00:10:35,219 Will the English officers be there? 131 00:10:35,299 --> 00:10:38,059 Yes. After all, the banquet's in their honor. 132 00:10:38,099 --> 00:10:40,019 They're celebrating the arrival of the 16th Hussars. 133 00:10:40,099 --> 00:10:41,698 In that case, my cousin should be there. 134 00:10:41,779 --> 00:10:43,820 Your cousin? You have a cousin in Halifax? 135 00:10:43,859 --> 00:10:45,579 Yes. Lieutenant Pinson. 136 00:10:45,619 --> 00:10:48,619 I call him cousin, but we're not really related. 137 00:10:48,659 --> 00:10:52,258 We grew up together. He's the son of our village clergyman. 138 00:10:52,340 --> 00:10:53,859 To tell you the truth, he's been in love with me... 139 00:10:53,939 --> 00:10:56,299 since we were children. I never encouraged him. 140 00:10:56,340 --> 00:10:58,779 We lost touch years ago. 141 00:10:58,860 --> 00:11:01,459 But this could be an occasion to see him again. 142 00:11:01,539 --> 00:11:03,739 Perhaps I could give you a letter for him, Mr. Saunders... 143 00:11:03,819 --> 00:11:05,299 a letter to give him. 144 00:11:05,379 --> 00:11:07,019 Yes, of course. 145 00:11:07,059 --> 00:11:10,540 I'll go and write it now. Please wait a few minutes. 146 00:11:12,940 --> 00:11:14,540 Albert, my love... 147 00:11:14,580 --> 00:11:17,180 our separation has destroyed me. 148 00:11:17,259 --> 00:11:20,100 Since you've left, I've thought of you every day. 149 00:11:20,180 --> 00:11:23,140 I know you must be suffering as I am. 150 00:11:23,220 --> 00:11:25,620 I've received none of your letters... 151 00:11:25,699 --> 00:11:29,659 and I'm sure that mine never reached you. 152 00:11:29,740 --> 00:11:31,620 But today I'm here, Albert. 153 00:11:31,700 --> 00:11:34,460 I'm on the same side of the ocean as you are. 154 00:11:34,540 --> 00:11:36,579 Everything will begin anew. 155 00:11:36,660 --> 00:11:40,180 I know that soon your arms will be around me. 156 00:11:40,260 --> 00:11:43,499 I'm in the same city as you, Albert. I'm waiting for you. 157 00:11:43,540 --> 00:11:45,420 I love you. 158 00:11:45,460 --> 00:11:46,980 Your Adele. 159 00:11:51,980 --> 00:11:54,819 Oh, Miss, he must be a famous artist... 160 00:11:54,900 --> 00:11:56,500 the one who made these pictures. 161 00:11:56,579 --> 00:11:58,060 It was my brother. 162 00:11:58,099 --> 00:11:59,580 Do congratulate him. 163 00:11:59,660 --> 00:12:03,059 I don't know anybody who can get a likeness like that. 164 00:12:03,140 --> 00:12:07,140 Honestly, you'd say you were alive. 165 00:12:07,220 --> 00:12:09,941 Oh, what a lovely picture. Is that you? 166 00:12:10,020 --> 00:12:12,060 No. No, it's my older sister. 167 00:12:12,140 --> 00:12:13,820 Does she live in Europe? 168 00:12:13,900 --> 00:12:15,660 She died a long time ago. 169 00:12:15,701 --> 00:12:17,020 I'm sorry. 170 00:12:17,101 --> 00:12:18,539 Leopoldine drowned a few months... 171 00:12:18,580 --> 00:12:21,260 after our mother sketched this portrait. 172 00:12:21,300 --> 00:12:24,101 She was 19. She had just married. 173 00:12:24,179 --> 00:12:26,860 They were out taking a boat ride. 174 00:12:26,901 --> 00:12:28,300 Her husband died with her. 175 00:12:28,340 --> 00:12:30,660 Our father was away when it happened. 176 00:12:30,740 --> 00:12:33,340 He learned the news by chance from a newspaper. 177 00:12:33,420 --> 00:12:35,020 He nearly went mad with grief. 178 00:12:36,180 --> 00:12:37,740 And you... 179 00:12:37,780 --> 00:12:41,220 you must have been very unhappy. 180 00:12:41,299 --> 00:12:43,701 Leopoldine was adored by the whole family. 181 00:12:43,780 --> 00:12:45,620 How lovely she looks. 182 00:12:48,021 --> 00:12:50,420 Her husband did all he could to save her. 183 00:12:50,501 --> 00:12:52,660 And when he realized that she was lost... 184 00:12:52,740 --> 00:12:55,021 he chose to drown with her. 185 00:12:56,460 --> 00:12:58,820 These are her jewels. 186 00:12:58,901 --> 00:13:01,340 I always keep them with me. 187 00:13:03,940 --> 00:13:08,460 Oh, no. No. I could never wear them. 188 00:13:08,500 --> 00:13:10,221 I understand you, Miss Adele. 189 00:13:10,260 --> 00:13:15,500 You know, I always wanted brothers and sisters. 190 00:13:15,540 --> 00:13:17,261 No, you don't understand me. 191 00:13:17,300 --> 00:13:21,621 You don't know how lucky you were to be an only child. 192 00:13:34,621 --> 00:13:36,180 This wind. 193 00:13:36,260 --> 00:13:39,020 - I thought it would never end. - You must be tired. 194 00:13:39,060 --> 00:13:41,101 Yes, quite right. 195 00:13:45,261 --> 00:13:47,540 - I saw your cousin this morning. - You saw him? 196 00:13:47,621 --> 00:13:49,901 - Yes. - How did he look? 197 00:13:49,941 --> 00:13:52,701 Well, he was dressed up to the nines. 198 00:13:52,781 --> 00:13:55,741 Yes, I never have seen anybody looking so elegant. 199 00:13:55,821 --> 00:13:58,860 What was he talking about? Did you hear what he was saying? 200 00:13:58,900 --> 00:14:02,020 He told funny stories. Really funny ones. 201 00:14:02,102 --> 00:14:05,421 He had them all laughing. Even the footmen were in stitches. 202 00:14:05,461 --> 00:14:08,981 The letter. Did you give the letter to Miss Lewly's cousin? 203 00:14:09,060 --> 00:14:10,901 Yes, of course I did. 204 00:14:10,981 --> 00:14:14,261 What are you waiting for? Give Miss Adele her reply. 205 00:14:14,301 --> 00:14:16,181 There was no reply. 206 00:14:16,221 --> 00:14:19,782 The lieutenant read the letter but didn't want to answer it. 207 00:14:22,341 --> 00:14:23,701 Oh. 208 00:14:25,181 --> 00:14:27,181 It doesn't matter. 209 00:14:27,260 --> 00:14:30,261 I didn't really expect a reply. 210 00:14:30,341 --> 00:14:33,501 - What was there on the menu? - It was General Doyle's chef- 211 00:14:33,582 --> 00:14:36,301 you know the one- who thought up the menu. 212 00:14:36,342 --> 00:14:38,941 There was turtle soup, curried chicken... 213 00:14:39,021 --> 00:14:41,581 salmon... 214 00:14:41,621 --> 00:14:44,220 venison steaks... 215 00:14:44,301 --> 00:14:47,021 filet de sole in truffle sauce... 216 00:14:47,061 --> 00:14:49,781 artichokes with pear peppers... 217 00:14:49,861 --> 00:14:52,421 and Scotch grouse in whiskey. 218 00:14:52,500 --> 00:14:55,221 Raspberry ice- 219 00:14:58,300 --> 00:15:00,662 That letter, you know- 220 00:15:00,742 --> 00:15:03,261 the lieutenant didn't even open it. 221 00:15:03,342 --> 00:15:04,622 No. 222 00:15:04,661 --> 00:15:07,382 He looked at the envelope, shrugged his shoulders... 223 00:15:07,461 --> 00:15:11,503 stuffed it into his pocket without reading it. 224 00:15:11,581 --> 00:15:14,501 For a man in love, that's a funny way to behave. 225 00:15:42,262 --> 00:15:44,782 Whoa. Whoa, there. 226 00:15:44,822 --> 00:15:47,982 - This is the bank, Miss Lewly. - Thank you, Mr. O'Brien. 227 00:16:11,342 --> 00:16:14,462 Yes, I'm expecting a draft from Europe. 228 00:16:14,542 --> 00:16:16,902 Yes, madam. The last desk over there. 229 00:16:16,982 --> 00:16:18,342 Thank you. 230 00:16:23,103 --> 00:16:24,982 Can I help you, miss? 231 00:16:25,023 --> 00:16:27,262 Yes, I am expecting some letters and a draft from Europe. 232 00:16:27,342 --> 00:16:29,263 - Your name, please? - Miss Lewly. 233 00:16:34,262 --> 00:16:36,422 - Here we are. - Thank you. 234 00:17:01,622 --> 00:17:04,263 This letter says I am to receive a money order. 235 00:17:04,342 --> 00:17:08,302 I'm sorry, but money orders take longer to come through than ordinary mail. 236 00:17:08,382 --> 00:17:11,703 I think you'll have to come back in about two weeks. 237 00:17:11,742 --> 00:17:13,902 Two weeks. 238 00:17:13,942 --> 00:17:15,302 Thank you. 239 00:17:54,222 --> 00:17:55,823 My dear parents... 240 00:17:55,862 --> 00:17:57,302 if I left without a word... 241 00:17:57,343 --> 00:17:59,183 it was to avoid another one of those discussions... 242 00:17:59,222 --> 00:18:01,902 which even the simplest things seem to provoke in our family. 243 00:18:01,943 --> 00:18:03,742 Were he to leave his post... 244 00:18:03,823 --> 00:18:07,102 Lieutenant Pinson would jeopardize his future. 245 00:18:07,183 --> 00:18:09,944 It is therefore impossible for me to come home now. 246 00:18:09,982 --> 00:18:11,822 You know that I love him. 247 00:18:11,864 --> 00:18:14,744 He loves me, too, and we wish to marry. 248 00:18:14,782 --> 00:18:17,582 But I will do nothing until I receive from each of you... 249 00:18:17,624 --> 00:18:19,342 a reply and your formal consent. 250 00:18:19,383 --> 00:18:21,783 I send you my fondest love. Adele. 251 00:18:21,863 --> 00:18:25,423 My father owes me 2 months' money, May and June. 252 00:18:25,502 --> 00:18:27,543 I know that part of this is being sent to me... 253 00:18:27,623 --> 00:18:29,463 through the British Bank of North America... 254 00:18:29,544 --> 00:18:32,622 but I will certainly need the full amount. 255 00:18:33,982 --> 00:18:36,742 Life in Halifax is very expensive. 256 00:19:13,823 --> 00:19:15,343 The small things in life... 257 00:19:15,384 --> 00:19:16,663 must be treated as if they were important. 258 00:19:16,743 --> 00:19:19,064 I know that moral battles are fought alone. 259 00:19:20,543 --> 00:19:22,423 Thousands of miles away from my family... 260 00:19:22,504 --> 00:19:24,343 I'm learning to look at life differently. 261 00:19:24,383 --> 00:19:26,583 Now I can learn everything all by myself. 262 00:19:26,663 --> 00:19:28,544 But where love is concerned, I have only him. 263 00:19:28,623 --> 00:19:31,183 When I see him, I'll say to him... 264 00:19:31,264 --> 00:19:32,984 "If one of us doesn't love enough... 265 00:19:33,023 --> 00:19:35,063 to want marriage above all... 266 00:19:35,144 --> 00:19:36,784 then it isn't love. " 267 00:19:36,864 --> 00:19:38,384 So many times he has reproached me... 268 00:19:38,424 --> 00:19:39,703 for the violence of my emotions... 269 00:19:39,744 --> 00:19:41,584 that when life brings us together again... 270 00:19:41,624 --> 00:19:44,384 I'm determined to do nothing that will startle him. 271 00:19:46,823 --> 00:19:49,104 I'll be able to win him over through gentleness. 272 00:19:51,263 --> 00:19:52,665 Gentleness. 273 00:19:55,824 --> 00:19:58,783 Good afternoon, Miss Lewly. Your money order has arrived. 274 00:19:58,864 --> 00:20:00,584 Oh, thank you. 275 00:20:02,104 --> 00:20:04,383 - Here we are. - Thank you very much. 276 00:20:14,785 --> 00:20:17,665 - Yes, madam. This way to the cashier. - Right. 277 00:20:25,503 --> 00:20:26,903 Thank you. 278 00:20:32,345 --> 00:20:34,183 - Thank you. - Good day. 279 00:20:35,865 --> 00:20:38,785 We're going home now, Mr. O'Brien. 280 00:20:56,185 --> 00:20:58,023 I'd like to speak to the young lady who lives here. 281 00:20:58,105 --> 00:20:59,865 Miss Lewly, yes. 282 00:20:59,905 --> 00:21:04,184 - What name shall I say? - Tell her it's her friend from Guernsey. 283 00:21:04,224 --> 00:21:06,584 From Guernsey, yes. Come in, sir, please. 284 00:21:11,666 --> 00:21:13,025 Miss Lewly! 285 00:21:16,505 --> 00:21:19,704 - There's someone here to see you. - Someone to see me? Who is it? 286 00:21:19,785 --> 00:21:21,384 I think it's him, the lieutenant. 287 00:21:21,465 --> 00:21:22,864 I'll be right down. 288 00:21:30,305 --> 00:21:34,465 Miss Lewly's coming right away. Please go down and make yourself comfortable. 289 00:21:34,544 --> 00:21:35,666 Thank you. 290 00:21:35,744 --> 00:21:37,624 Will you excuse me if I go on with my work? 291 00:21:37,664 --> 00:21:39,064 Please do. 292 00:21:45,706 --> 00:21:49,385 - You're Lieutenant Pinson, I believe. - Yes. 293 00:21:49,465 --> 00:21:51,784 It's a long time, isn't it, since you saw Miss Lewly? 294 00:21:51,865 --> 00:21:53,626 Yes, it is. 295 00:21:53,704 --> 00:21:57,105 One could hardly say that your cousin's a very cheerful young lady. 296 00:21:57,185 --> 00:22:00,144 But the house is much more lively since she came. 297 00:22:00,225 --> 00:22:02,945 Yes, we love having her with us. 298 00:22:03,024 --> 00:22:07,385 You can see at one that she's refined, well educated... 299 00:22:07,464 --> 00:22:09,306 and she's so pretty. 300 00:22:09,384 --> 00:22:11,345 She's got such beautiful eyes. 301 00:22:11,384 --> 00:22:14,144 Yes, sir, she's going to be so pleased to see you. 302 00:22:33,145 --> 00:22:35,545 I'm sorry. I'll have to go. I'm on duty. 303 00:22:35,585 --> 00:22:38,385 - Please wait. She won't be a moment. - I'm sorry, I don't have time. 304 00:22:38,424 --> 00:22:40,385 Albert. 305 00:22:56,625 --> 00:22:59,225 At last I've found you. 306 00:22:59,305 --> 00:23:01,145 Adele, you mustn't stay here. 307 00:23:01,225 --> 00:23:04,785 There's nothing for you in this country. 308 00:23:04,827 --> 00:23:07,146 I'll go anywhere you want, my love. 309 00:23:07,225 --> 00:23:09,585 I'm ready to obey you in every way. 310 00:23:09,626 --> 00:23:11,306 You know that I belong to you... 311 00:23:11,386 --> 00:23:14,186 that you can do with me whatever you want. 312 00:23:14,266 --> 00:23:16,107 I love you so much. 313 00:23:16,185 --> 00:23:18,946 Adele, I'm sure you've run away. 314 00:23:19,025 --> 00:23:21,266 You're here without your family's permission, aren't you? 315 00:23:21,306 --> 00:23:23,186 That's not true. They know I'm in Halifax. 316 00:23:23,225 --> 00:23:25,146 I wrote and told my father. 317 00:23:25,225 --> 00:23:27,745 And what did the great man say? 318 00:23:27,825 --> 00:23:29,865 Because I'm sure you left without telling him. 319 00:23:29,946 --> 00:23:31,026 Am I mistaken? 320 00:23:31,105 --> 00:23:32,546 I told him I was going to Malta... 321 00:23:32,625 --> 00:23:34,664 and I didn't write him until I got to New York. 322 00:23:34,746 --> 00:23:35,587 To Malta! 323 00:23:37,825 --> 00:23:41,227 Adele, you just told me you're ready to obey my every wish. 324 00:23:41,306 --> 00:23:42,345 Very well. 325 00:23:42,426 --> 00:23:44,186 I'm asking you to return to Guernsey. 326 00:23:45,666 --> 00:23:48,306 Your family must be worried about you. 327 00:23:48,386 --> 00:23:51,066 Think of your father, his reputation. 328 00:23:52,586 --> 00:23:54,705 And you should not follow me. 329 00:23:56,625 --> 00:23:59,625 Albert. There's a way to solve everything. 330 00:23:59,707 --> 00:24:03,065 When I marry, I'll have a fortune of 40,000 francs. 331 00:24:03,146 --> 00:24:04,986 I'll receive an income of 2,000 francs a year. 332 00:24:05,026 --> 00:24:07,266 My family will have no right to tell me how to spend it. 333 00:24:07,346 --> 00:24:10,706 And besides, I know that my father and mother... 334 00:24:10,786 --> 00:24:12,466 have now given their consent to our marriage. 335 00:24:12,546 --> 00:24:13,986 I don't believe it. 336 00:24:14,066 --> 00:24:15,506 Show me this consent. 337 00:24:15,586 --> 00:24:16,865 I'll show it to you. 338 00:24:16,946 --> 00:24:19,385 You don't have it, I'm sure. 339 00:24:19,467 --> 00:24:22,626 Your father has always despised me. 340 00:24:22,706 --> 00:24:24,506 He'll never give his consent. 341 00:24:27,707 --> 00:24:30,467 Anyway, I didn't come to propose marriage... 342 00:24:30,546 --> 00:24:32,746 but to ask you to leave Halifax. 343 00:24:42,067 --> 00:24:43,467 Look at this. 344 00:24:48,787 --> 00:24:51,427 What's this mean? I don't understand. 345 00:24:51,506 --> 00:24:55,426 It's a marriage proposal to me from Canizarro. 346 00:24:55,506 --> 00:24:56,947 Who is he? 347 00:24:57,026 --> 00:25:00,147 He's a friend of my father's, a great Italian poet! 348 00:25:00,227 --> 00:25:01,626 Well, then you'd better marry him. 349 00:25:01,706 --> 00:25:03,907 But it's not him I love! 350 00:25:06,825 --> 00:25:08,466 Don't you love me anymore? 351 00:25:09,667 --> 00:25:10,507 Albert. 352 00:25:13,346 --> 00:25:15,467 Do you love me now? 353 00:25:15,547 --> 00:25:17,427 I did love you, Adele. 354 00:25:19,106 --> 00:25:20,906 Tell me I can hope. 355 00:25:20,986 --> 00:25:23,506 Tell me you'll love me again. 356 00:25:28,347 --> 00:25:30,305 You won't answer. 357 00:25:32,906 --> 00:25:35,427 Then I ask only one thing. 358 00:25:35,507 --> 00:25:38,787 Even if you don't love me, let me love you. 359 00:25:38,866 --> 00:25:40,866 Please, let me love you. 360 00:25:42,906 --> 00:25:44,188 Take care. 361 00:25:44,267 --> 00:25:46,427 If you cast me off, I'll go to your superiors. 362 00:25:46,507 --> 00:25:49,147 I'll show them your letters! I'll do anything to harm you. 363 00:25:49,226 --> 00:25:50,667 I'll tell them how you've behaved. 364 00:25:50,746 --> 00:25:52,106 I'll get you thrown out of the army! 365 00:25:59,147 --> 00:26:01,627 No. No, don't leave. 366 00:26:01,706 --> 00:26:02,907 Here. 367 00:26:02,986 --> 00:26:03,907 What's this? 368 00:26:03,987 --> 00:26:05,787 To pay your gambling debts. 369 00:26:05,866 --> 00:26:08,506 I'd need 10 times as much to pay my debts. 370 00:26:08,587 --> 00:26:12,906 Keep it for the time being, I beg you. 371 00:26:12,987 --> 00:26:15,587 I accept, but not as a gift. As a loan. 372 00:26:15,666 --> 00:26:17,346 Whatever you want, my love. 373 00:26:19,147 --> 00:26:20,588 You will come back, won't you? 374 00:26:20,667 --> 00:26:22,507 We'll see each other again, won't we? 375 00:26:22,587 --> 00:26:24,387 If you prefer, I can meet you in town. 376 00:26:24,466 --> 00:26:27,307 Whatever you want, wherever you want. 377 00:26:33,667 --> 00:26:34,907 You are so handsome! 378 00:26:46,827 --> 00:26:48,107 My love... 379 00:26:50,027 --> 00:26:52,707 I'm so happy we've found one another again. 380 00:26:54,227 --> 00:26:57,028 The worst thing in the world was your absence. 381 00:26:57,107 --> 00:26:58,548 Let's never let a misunderstanding... 382 00:26:58,627 --> 00:26:59,908 come between us again. 383 00:26:59,987 --> 00:27:03,747 Oh, I knew you couldn't forget me. 384 00:27:03,827 --> 00:27:05,828 When a woman like me gives herself to a man... 385 00:27:05,907 --> 00:27:07,388 she is his wife. 386 00:27:07,468 --> 00:27:09,308 I'm no longer crying now. 387 00:27:09,347 --> 00:27:13,148 In one's life, one cannot change father, mother, or children... 388 00:27:13,227 --> 00:27:16,427 no more than one can change wife or husband. 389 00:27:16,508 --> 00:27:18,107 I'm your wife... 390 00:27:18,187 --> 00:27:20,426 forever. 391 00:27:20,508 --> 00:27:22,828 We'll stay together until we die. 392 00:27:40,067 --> 00:27:41,468 Listen. 393 00:27:46,508 --> 00:27:47,867 The poor child. 394 00:27:56,948 --> 00:27:58,309 Are you there, Leopoldine? 395 00:28:00,828 --> 00:28:02,787 Leopoldine, I know you're there. 396 00:28:04,388 --> 00:28:06,829 If you're there, you must help me. 397 00:30:45,349 --> 00:30:47,749 I've no more jealousy and no more pride. 398 00:30:47,829 --> 00:30:49,149 I've gone beyond pride... 399 00:30:49,189 --> 00:30:50,829 but since I can't have the smile of love... 400 00:30:50,909 --> 00:30:52,789 I condemn myself to its grimace. 401 00:30:52,870 --> 00:30:54,550 At present, I want to think of my sisters... 402 00:30:54,630 --> 00:30:56,110 who sufferin bordellos... 403 00:30:56,189 --> 00:30:58,110 and of mysisters who sufferin marriage. 404 00:31:14,510 --> 00:31:17,310 They must be given liberty and dignity... 405 00:31:17,389 --> 00:31:19,789 and thought for their brows and love in their hearts. 406 00:31:19,870 --> 00:31:21,669 I have the religion of love. 407 00:31:23,510 --> 00:31:25,349 I don't give my body without my soul... 408 00:31:25,430 --> 00:31:27,469 nor my soul without my body. 409 00:31:27,549 --> 00:31:28,830 I'm still young... 410 00:31:28,909 --> 00:31:30,750 and yet it sometimes seems to me... 411 00:31:30,829 --> 00:31:33,509 that I've reached the autumn of my life. 412 00:31:38,110 --> 00:31:40,509 Ah, Miss Lewly. But you're not wearing a coat... 413 00:31:40,590 --> 00:31:41,830 and in such weather. 414 00:31:41,909 --> 00:31:43,791 I'll get you something hot, a nice grog. 415 00:31:43,870 --> 00:31:45,310 No, thank you. I have no time. 416 00:31:45,390 --> 00:31:46,630 I've just come for some paper. 417 00:31:46,710 --> 00:31:48,190 How many reams? 418 00:31:48,270 --> 00:31:50,511 Uh, I need two. 419 00:31:50,589 --> 00:31:52,030 Two reams, please. 420 00:31:52,110 --> 00:31:55,109 This morning I was thinking I might see you today. 421 00:31:55,190 --> 00:31:57,590 Since you didn't come last week, I said to myself... 422 00:31:57,670 --> 00:32:02,031 well, usually the young lady comes on Wednesday... 423 00:32:02,110 --> 00:32:04,870 although it's true that in weather like this... 424 00:32:04,950 --> 00:32:07,750 people prefer to stay home. 425 00:32:07,830 --> 00:32:10,150 But still, in case you might come... 426 00:32:10,230 --> 00:32:11,911 I put them aside anyway. 427 00:32:11,990 --> 00:32:13,510 Thank you, Mr. Whistler. 428 00:32:13,591 --> 00:32:15,390 Ah. You remember my name. 429 00:32:15,471 --> 00:32:17,350 As for me, it's not difficult to remember you. 430 00:32:17,430 --> 00:32:20,990 People who write as much as you are rare in Halifax. 431 00:32:21,069 --> 00:32:24,229 I hope I wasn't being imprudent in preparing this for you. 432 00:32:25,910 --> 00:32:28,470 Oh, I'm sorry. I don't have enough for both of them. 433 00:32:28,550 --> 00:32:29,950 Just give me one. 434 00:32:29,990 --> 00:32:32,670 Oh, no. Take them both. You can pay another time. 435 00:32:32,751 --> 00:32:34,230 No. I don't want to. 436 00:32:34,310 --> 00:32:36,351 Yes, yes. It's my pleasure. 437 00:32:36,429 --> 00:32:37,390 Thank you. 438 00:32:43,710 --> 00:32:45,150 Good-bye, Mr. Whistler. 439 00:32:45,231 --> 00:32:46,390 Good-bye, Miss Lewly. 440 00:32:56,590 --> 00:32:58,672 Oh, what's happened? 441 00:32:58,750 --> 00:33:00,150 She's fainted. 442 00:33:01,950 --> 00:33:04,669 Let me give you a hand. Coachman! 443 00:33:15,910 --> 00:33:17,790 I'll go to Madam Saunders'. 444 00:33:17,871 --> 00:33:19,590 She may need a doctor. 445 00:33:33,550 --> 00:33:36,631 - Mr. Whistler, do come in. - Good afternoon, Mrs. Saunders. 446 00:33:36,671 --> 00:33:38,910 How is Miss Lewly's health? 447 00:33:38,992 --> 00:33:40,991 Well, she's better, but she's still in her room. 448 00:33:41,072 --> 00:33:42,591 Oh, yes. 449 00:33:42,671 --> 00:33:45,991 This is the paper she usually takes. She must've run out by now. 450 00:33:46,070 --> 00:33:49,311 - Thank you. - Don't go. I'll tell her you're here. 451 00:33:49,351 --> 00:33:53,150 - She'll be so pleased to see you. - Ah, yes. That's fine. 452 00:34:15,991 --> 00:34:17,990 Miss Adele thanks you very much for the paper... 453 00:34:18,071 --> 00:34:19,911 but she's too tired to see anyone. 454 00:34:19,991 --> 00:34:22,831 - But she'd like- - No, it doesn't matter. 455 00:34:22,910 --> 00:34:26,391 - I was only passing and I thought- - Thank you. 456 00:34:26,431 --> 00:34:28,471 - Of course. - Sorry to have troubled you. 457 00:34:28,550 --> 00:34:32,271 - Good-bye, Mrs. Saunders. - Good-bye, Mr. Whistler. Thank you. 458 00:34:32,352 --> 00:34:33,911 My dear parents... 459 00:34:33,992 --> 00:34:36,391 it is a trembling engaged girl who writes you. 460 00:34:36,471 --> 00:34:38,191 Mr. Pinson is resolved to marry me... 461 00:34:38,272 --> 00:34:39,671 but only on the condition... 462 00:34:39,752 --> 00:34:42,151 that he receive both your consents to the marriage. 463 00:34:42,231 --> 00:34:44,832 I am practically without money, for one can't live in Halifax,... 464 00:34:44,911 --> 00:34:46,752 on less than 400 francs a month... 465 00:34:46,831 --> 00:34:48,711 and I could never stand owing money... 466 00:34:48,791 --> 00:34:50,592 to the people where I'm staying. 467 00:34:50,630 --> 00:34:52,392 My health is excellent. 468 00:34:52,471 --> 00:34:54,631 My dear parents, I send my love to you all. 469 00:34:54,712 --> 00:34:58,472 Don't forget to send me news about my music album. 470 00:34:58,552 --> 00:35:00,991 You've given it to the editor, haven't you? 471 00:35:03,872 --> 00:35:05,191 The doctor's arrived. 472 00:35:05,272 --> 00:35:06,711 It's Dr. Murdock. 473 00:35:06,792 --> 00:35:08,991 Send him in. Oh, wait, Mrs. Saunders. 474 00:35:09,071 --> 00:35:10,752 Could your husband mail this letter? 475 00:35:10,831 --> 00:35:12,673 I'd like it to go out today. 476 00:35:12,711 --> 00:35:14,872 Of course. Doctor, you can come in. 477 00:35:16,151 --> 00:35:18,193 Dr. Murdock, Miss Lewly. 478 00:35:18,271 --> 00:35:19,552 Good day, Miss Lewly. 479 00:35:19,631 --> 00:35:20,832 Good day, Doctor. 480 00:35:24,031 --> 00:35:25,672 Give me your hand, please. 481 00:35:33,991 --> 00:35:35,872 How is she, Doctor? 482 00:35:35,911 --> 00:35:40,272 It's a little more serious than a simple chill. A touch of pleurisy. 483 00:35:40,351 --> 00:35:42,552 But only if she'll let herself be looked after- 484 00:35:42,632 --> 00:35:45,592 Oh, she'll be well-looked after, Doctor, I promise you. 485 00:35:46,752 --> 00:35:48,992 Yes, but our patient seems rather headstrong. 486 00:35:49,072 --> 00:35:50,912 Her recovery may be long- 487 00:35:50,953 --> 00:35:54,431 uh, two, three weeks, perhaps longer. 488 00:35:54,513 --> 00:35:56,471 Ah, if only spring would come. 489 00:35:56,553 --> 00:36:00,153 - Could you post this letter for me? - Of course. 490 00:36:00,231 --> 00:36:04,312 I'd ask Mr. Saunders to post it, but he won't be in until late. 491 00:36:09,313 --> 00:36:11,992 Who in this house can be writing letters to Victor Hugo? 492 00:36:12,073 --> 00:36:13,992 Miss Lewly. 493 00:36:14,072 --> 00:36:17,632 Miss Lewly? What do you know of this young lady? 494 00:36:19,073 --> 00:36:21,632 Well, she hasn't told me very much about herself... 495 00:36:21,711 --> 00:36:23,512 but I know she's French. 496 00:36:23,552 --> 00:36:26,392 She did say her sister was drowned at the age of 19. 497 00:36:28,351 --> 00:36:30,912 Drowned at 19. 498 00:36:32,232 --> 00:36:34,433 That's Leopoldine. 499 00:36:34,512 --> 00:36:37,473 Do you realize that your lodger... 500 00:36:37,553 --> 00:36:40,193 is the second daughter of Victor Hugo? 501 00:36:42,352 --> 00:36:44,191 But this Victor Hugo- 502 00:36:44,272 --> 00:36:47,392 Victor Hugo is the greatest living poet... 503 00:36:47,474 --> 00:36:50,592 like- I don't know- Homer, Dante, Shakespeare. 504 00:36:50,672 --> 00:36:53,633 He's also a political figure who was persecuted for his ideas. 505 00:36:53,712 --> 00:36:55,553 At the risk of his life... 506 00:36:55,633 --> 00:36:58,433 he opposed the coup de tat which overthrew the French Republic. 507 00:36:58,512 --> 00:37:02,072 His two sons were imprisoned, and he had to seek refuge in Brussels. 508 00:37:02,113 --> 00:37:05,593 Now he lives in Guernsey, an island between the coast of France and Britain. 509 00:37:05,632 --> 00:37:08,153 She did tell me about that island. 510 00:37:08,194 --> 00:37:10,953 I assure you, madam, this man is a genius. 511 00:37:11,033 --> 00:37:12,393 Incredible. 512 00:37:14,273 --> 00:37:17,913 I am very proud to have examined this young woman. 513 00:37:17,952 --> 00:37:19,792 Do you realize, Mrs. Saunders... 514 00:37:19,873 --> 00:37:23,273 that your lodger is the daughter of the most famous man in the world? 515 00:37:23,352 --> 00:37:26,872 - Should we tell her we know who she is? - Oh, no, Doctor. 516 00:37:26,954 --> 00:37:29,314 If Miss Adele's hiding under an assumed name... 517 00:37:29,352 --> 00:37:32,314 she's got a very good reason for doing so. 518 00:37:32,392 --> 00:37:34,552 No, she's an honest person... 519 00:37:34,592 --> 00:37:37,233 incapable of doing anything wrong. 520 00:37:37,312 --> 00:37:41,872 If she wants to conceal her identity, we must respect her wishes. 521 00:37:41,952 --> 00:37:44,712 You're quite right. We must keep this to ourselves. 522 00:37:44,793 --> 00:37:47,192 Just a moment. I want to make a note of the address. 523 00:37:47,273 --> 00:37:49,154 You never know. 524 00:37:50,232 --> 00:37:55,194 "Monsieur Victor Hugo... 525 00:37:56,952 --> 00:37:58,872 Hauteville House... 526 00:38:02,113 --> 00:38:03,672 Guernsey... 527 00:38:05,153 --> 00:38:06,873 Channel Islands. " 528 00:38:58,873 --> 00:39:00,673 Remember to think of me. 529 00:39:07,914 --> 00:39:09,154 I tremble with love. 530 00:39:09,232 --> 00:39:10,794 You cannot desert me. 531 00:39:29,953 --> 00:39:32,114 I am not myself without you. 532 00:39:37,233 --> 00:39:39,233 At this moment, I don't loveyou. 533 00:39:44,313 --> 00:39:46,154 Our secret is hard for me to keep. 534 00:39:46,233 --> 00:39:49,075 Don't be surprised if you see me in the street someday... 535 00:39:49,154 --> 00:39:50,875 speaking out my love for you. 536 00:39:53,793 --> 00:39:55,394 Atwell! 537 00:39:55,474 --> 00:39:57,595 - Yes, sir. - Where was this coat cleaned? 538 00:39:57,674 --> 00:39:59,833 - At the usual place, sir. - Did anybody touch it? 539 00:39:59,914 --> 00:40:02,274 - Not that I know of, sir. - All right. Thank you. 540 00:40:07,155 --> 00:40:09,474 "British Bank Of North America" 541 00:40:12,433 --> 00:40:14,633 - Here's your mail, miss. - Thank you. 542 00:40:20,394 --> 00:40:22,274 What are you doing? 543 00:40:24,595 --> 00:40:26,433 - What's your name? - David. 544 00:40:26,514 --> 00:40:29,915 Oh, David. That's a lovely name. 545 00:40:29,994 --> 00:40:32,955 - What's your name? - Mine? 546 00:40:32,993 --> 00:40:34,874 Mine is Leopoldine. 547 00:40:42,074 --> 00:40:43,714 "Your mother is very ill. 548 00:40:43,794 --> 00:40:45,034 Don't forget, when you write her... 549 00:40:45,115 --> 00:40:47,595 that she can only make out large handwriting. 550 00:40:50,514 --> 00:40:53,115 I'm sending you 700 francs through the Bank of Halifax... 551 00:40:53,193 --> 00:40:55,194 plus both of our consents to your marriage. " 552 00:40:56,555 --> 00:40:59,275 I, VictorHugo, former peer of France... 553 00:40:59,353 --> 00:41:01,674 authorize my daughter Adele to marry. 554 00:41:02,994 --> 00:41:04,235 "But hear me, Adele... 555 00:41:04,315 --> 00:41:05,755 I'm telling you formally... 556 00:41:05,834 --> 00:41:07,994 either marry right away or return immediately. " 557 00:41:15,754 --> 00:41:19,195 I lied to you. My real name is Adele. 558 00:43:25,716 --> 00:43:28,675 I don't understand you, Adele. What are you doing here? 559 00:43:42,196 --> 00:43:44,036 You're wearing disguises to spy on me now? 560 00:43:44,115 --> 00:43:47,316 On the contrary. I dressed like this so as not to embarrass you. 561 00:43:47,396 --> 00:43:49,196 Well, thanks, Adele. Thank you. 562 00:43:51,396 --> 00:43:54,196 Albert, I absolutely had to see you. 563 00:43:54,276 --> 00:43:57,476 I've received the consent from my parents. Look. 564 00:44:06,356 --> 00:44:08,196 So your father changed his mind. 565 00:44:08,276 --> 00:44:09,916 I wouldn't have believed it. 566 00:44:09,996 --> 00:44:11,876 So you see, we can be married now. 567 00:44:11,917 --> 00:44:14,437 I've already told you, Adele, it's out of the question. 568 00:44:29,836 --> 00:44:31,876 How you've changed, Albert. 569 00:44:34,476 --> 00:44:37,157 You can't have forgotten the letters you wrote to me. 570 00:44:40,077 --> 00:44:41,636 I haven't forgotten them. 571 00:44:45,477 --> 00:44:48,276 In some of them, you mentioned marriage. 572 00:44:48,357 --> 00:44:50,756 I could show them to those women... 573 00:44:50,837 --> 00:44:52,757 to all your mistresses. 574 00:44:52,837 --> 00:44:54,196 Albert, you haven't forgotten? 575 00:44:54,277 --> 00:44:56,357 All right, it's true. I did consider marrying you. 576 00:44:56,436 --> 00:44:57,876 I'm no longer thinking of it. 577 00:44:57,956 --> 00:45:02,837 What's the harm in that? 578 00:45:02,916 --> 00:45:05,317 But, Albert, it wasn't I who pursued you. 579 00:45:05,397 --> 00:45:07,277 It was you who sought me! 580 00:45:07,356 --> 00:45:09,557 It was you who wanted me! 581 00:45:09,637 --> 00:45:12,036 It was you who took advantage of my father's soirees... 582 00:45:12,117 --> 00:45:13,396 to touch my arm. 583 00:45:13,477 --> 00:45:15,916 It was you who caressed me in the hallways. 584 00:45:15,996 --> 00:45:18,756 I gave myself to you. You have to keep me. 585 00:45:18,837 --> 00:45:21,676 Do you hear me? You have to keep me. 586 00:45:21,757 --> 00:45:24,597 You can't be serious. I knew women before you. 587 00:45:24,677 --> 00:45:27,196 I've known women since you, and I'll know still more. 588 00:45:30,557 --> 00:45:34,037 But when we're married, you can have the same freedom. 589 00:45:36,477 --> 00:45:39,117 You can see all the women you want. 590 00:45:39,197 --> 00:45:40,357 You see... 591 00:45:40,437 --> 00:45:44,117 I saw you with that woman and her dogs. 592 00:45:44,197 --> 00:45:45,837 She looks charming. 593 00:45:45,917 --> 00:45:48,556 Have you told her about me? 594 00:45:50,157 --> 00:45:52,997 There are times I wonder what goes on in your head. 595 00:45:55,677 --> 00:45:59,037 I want so much for us to be as we were in London... 596 00:45:59,117 --> 00:46:02,917 in that room where I came to you in secret. 597 00:46:02,957 --> 00:46:05,597 Foryou, I've trampled on everything... 598 00:46:05,677 --> 00:46:06,917 I've abandoned everything. 599 00:46:06,997 --> 00:46:08,637 I spurned my parents' affection. 600 00:46:08,717 --> 00:46:10,357 I betrayed the man who wanted to marry me... 601 00:46:10,438 --> 00:46:11,877 the only man who loved me. 602 00:46:11,958 --> 00:46:14,797 Listen, Adele, I won't tolerate black mail between us. 603 00:46:14,877 --> 00:46:17,956 But I love you. Is that so hard to understand? 604 00:46:18,037 --> 00:46:19,517 I love you. 605 00:46:19,597 --> 00:46:22,077 If you really loved me, and not in this selfish way... 606 00:46:22,157 --> 00:46:24,717 you wouldn't try forcing me to marry you. 607 00:46:24,797 --> 00:46:26,997 If you love someone, you allow him to be free. 608 00:46:28,678 --> 00:46:30,477 Adele, if you really love me... 609 00:46:30,557 --> 00:46:32,838 you'll leave Halifax and go back to Guernsey. 610 00:46:35,598 --> 00:46:37,797 Tell me you love me. 611 00:46:37,877 --> 00:46:39,517 Adele. 612 00:46:39,598 --> 00:46:40,436 Please. 613 00:46:41,837 --> 00:46:43,317 I'm ready to go away. 614 00:46:43,397 --> 00:46:46,197 I'm prepared to never see you again... 615 00:46:46,277 --> 00:46:48,477 but I only ask you for just one thing... 616 00:46:48,558 --> 00:46:50,038 before we part forever... 617 00:46:50,118 --> 00:46:52,838 to say if you could still love me. 618 00:46:59,158 --> 00:47:00,717 Kiss me. 619 00:48:40,438 --> 00:48:41,918 My dear parents... 620 00:48:41,999 --> 00:48:43,798 I have just married Lieutenant Pinson. 621 00:48:43,878 --> 00:48:46,878 The ceremony took place Saturday in a church in Halifax. 622 00:48:46,959 --> 00:48:48,999 I need money for my trousseau. 623 00:48:49,078 --> 00:48:50,478 I must have 300 francs immediately... 624 00:48:50,558 --> 00:48:52,158 in addition to my allowance. 625 00:48:52,238 --> 00:48:54,358 If you'd taken care of my music as I've asked you 100 times... 626 00:48:54,438 --> 00:48:56,278 that would bring me in some money... 627 00:48:56,358 --> 00:48:58,198 and I wouldn't have to behave like a beggar. 628 00:48:58,279 --> 00:49:00,118 From now on, you will write my address as follows... 629 00:49:00,198 --> 00:49:02,399 Madam Pinson, 33 North Street... 630 00:49:02,479 --> 00:49:03,958 Halifax, Nova Scotia. 631 00:49:04,039 --> 00:49:06,438 I request that you write "Madam" on all letters... 632 00:49:06,519 --> 00:49:07,958 clearly on the address. 633 00:49:08,039 --> 00:49:11,159 I hope this good news reaches you soon in Guernsey. 634 00:50:20,200 --> 00:50:21,639 What are you all doing here? 635 00:50:21,721 --> 00:50:23,558 We're waiting to see Mr. Victor Hugo. 636 00:50:23,640 --> 00:50:25,840 Mr. Victor Hugo isn't well and won't be along today. 637 00:50:25,919 --> 00:50:27,239 Really? Oh. 638 00:50:40,679 --> 00:50:42,879 "The Guernsey Press Co. Ltd. " 639 00:50:51,799 --> 00:50:54,359 I'd like to see the editor of the paper, please. 640 00:51:03,120 --> 00:51:04,999 Here's a letter from Mr. Victor Hugo... 641 00:51:05,080 --> 00:51:07,120 to put an announcement in the paper, please. 642 00:51:12,360 --> 00:51:15,719 Ah, so Victor Hugo's daughter married an Englishman? 643 00:51:15,799 --> 00:51:17,680 Yes. Lieutenant Pinson. 644 00:51:37,640 --> 00:51:39,720 Pinson, the colonel's waiting foryou. 645 00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:50,799 Ah, Pinson. Listen to this. 646 00:51:50,881 --> 00:51:54,119 "Married in Paris on September 17... 647 00:51:54,200 --> 00:51:58,801 Mr. Albert Pinson, of the 16th English Hussars... 648 00:51:58,880 --> 00:52:02,320 who fought with distinction in the Crimean War... 649 00:52:02,400 --> 00:52:05,159 to Mademoiselle Adele Hugo... 650 00:52:05,200 --> 00:52:07,560 daughter of Victor Hugo... 651 00:52:07,601 --> 00:52:09,760 officer of the Legion of Honor... 652 00:52:09,801 --> 00:52:11,760 one time peer of France... 653 00:52:11,841 --> 00:52:15,561 and former people's representative under the republic. 654 00:52:15,600 --> 00:52:17,640 Member of the Academies Francais... 655 00:52:17,720 --> 00:52:21,321 and knight in the order of Charles llI of Spain. 656 00:52:21,400 --> 00:52:24,440 Domicile in St. Peter Port, Guernsey. " 657 00:52:24,520 --> 00:52:29,240 Well, Pinson, so, become the pick of us, have you? 658 00:52:29,320 --> 00:52:32,161 While you're here, drilling in Halifax... 659 00:52:32,240 --> 00:52:35,199 your double is off in Paris... 660 00:52:35,240 --> 00:52:38,441 marrying Victor Hugo's daughter. 661 00:52:38,520 --> 00:52:41,920 And where did you fight in the Crimean War? 662 00:52:41,959 --> 00:52:44,161 In Baden-Baden or in Monte Carlo? 663 00:52:44,201 --> 00:52:47,641 Colonel, I assure you, this is some kind of a joke. 664 00:52:47,720 --> 00:52:50,641 It's true, I often visited the Hugo family in exile. 665 00:52:50,720 --> 00:52:54,240 Miss Hugo is a highly strung young lady. 666 00:52:54,279 --> 00:52:56,682 I did hear that she left her father's house... 667 00:52:56,760 --> 00:52:59,240 but I've no idea where she is now. 668 00:52:59,322 --> 00:53:01,961 And I give you my word of honor as an officer... 669 00:53:02,041 --> 00:53:04,840 that I had nothing what so ever to do with this announcement. 670 00:53:04,880 --> 00:53:07,761 Come to the point. Are you married or aren't you? 671 00:53:07,840 --> 00:53:09,760 No, Colonel, I am not married. 672 00:53:09,840 --> 00:53:12,800 I'm prepared to believe you. 673 00:53:12,840 --> 00:53:16,321 But if your behavior were beyond reproach... 674 00:53:16,360 --> 00:53:21,200 you would not be exposed to mishaps of this kind. 675 00:53:21,281 --> 00:53:26,560 You will do me the pleasure of clearing up this misunderstanding without delay. 676 00:53:26,641 --> 00:53:31,761 One more escapade, and I shall have you brought before a court-martial. 677 00:53:32,840 --> 00:53:35,002 Very well. You are dismissed. 678 00:53:48,241 --> 00:53:50,322 - Good afternoon, miss. - Good afternoon, sir. 679 00:53:50,400 --> 00:53:53,160 - I have a letter for you. - Oh. 680 00:53:53,202 --> 00:53:55,561 - There you are. - Thank you very much. 681 00:54:01,321 --> 00:54:04,641 Adele, we are extremely disappointed. 682 00:54:04,722 --> 00:54:06,241 You deceived us. 683 00:54:06,320 --> 00:54:09,682 You're not married, and there's no hope you ever will be. 684 00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:11,240 Mr. Pinson has written us. 685 00:54:11,322 --> 00:54:13,162 He informs us he'll never marry you. 686 00:54:13,201 --> 00:54:17,001 Your mother wanted to go to Halifax, to bring you home. 687 00:54:17,082 --> 00:54:18,920 It was very difficult to dissuade her. 688 00:54:18,961 --> 00:54:21,202 Such a journey could prove fatal to her. 689 00:54:21,281 --> 00:54:23,721 Her health is getting worse everyday. 690 00:54:23,801 --> 00:54:26,962 I'm sending you 600 francs to pay your fare back. 691 00:54:27,041 --> 00:54:28,521 If you decide to come back... 692 00:54:28,602 --> 00:54:31,001 your brother will meet you in Liverpool. 693 00:54:31,082 --> 00:54:32,322 I love you. 694 00:54:32,401 --> 00:54:34,281 You have your father's heart felt love. 695 00:54:34,362 --> 00:54:36,201 Adele, think of your mother. 696 00:54:36,241 --> 00:54:38,001 Think of us. Come home. 697 00:54:59,681 --> 00:55:03,042 My dear parents, you're right. 698 00:55:03,121 --> 00:55:05,322 I wasn't able to marry Lieutenant Pinson... 699 00:55:05,402 --> 00:55:09,362 since he failed to keep his promises. 700 00:55:09,443 --> 00:55:12,602 He wrote me many letters asking me to marry him... 701 00:55:12,681 --> 00:55:16,083 and I had a chest made to lock them in. 702 00:55:16,162 --> 00:55:17,603 I don't agree with your idea... 703 00:55:17,682 --> 00:55:21,642 of having the lieutenant sued for breach of promise. 704 00:55:21,721 --> 00:55:24,122 If you really want to write him... 705 00:55:24,201 --> 00:55:25,441 let him know... 706 00:55:25,522 --> 00:55:27,922 let him know how happy you would be... 707 00:55:28,003 --> 00:55:30,241 to accept him into the family. 708 00:55:30,322 --> 00:55:35,642 And tell him that he wouldn't find a more loving wife. 709 00:55:35,721 --> 00:55:37,563 I love my mother and father. 710 00:55:37,641 --> 00:55:40,401 I love my brothers. I love you all. 711 00:55:40,483 --> 00:55:43,323 But no human power can make me leave Halifax... 712 00:55:43,402 --> 00:55:45,122 as long as the lieutenant is here. 713 00:55:51,883 --> 00:55:53,922 Miss. I have a package foryou. 714 00:55:56,441 --> 00:55:58,642 It's a gift. 715 00:55:58,723 --> 00:56:00,561 I'd put it aside for some time... 716 00:56:00,642 --> 00:56:02,803 but I hesitated to give it to you. 717 00:56:09,081 --> 00:56:10,042 There. 718 00:56:12,162 --> 00:56:13,402 It's for me? 719 00:56:13,482 --> 00:56:14,562 Yes. 720 00:56:14,642 --> 00:56:16,523 Open it. 721 00:56:16,602 --> 00:56:18,122 I'll wrap it up again. 722 00:56:41,603 --> 00:56:43,283 I thought- 723 00:56:43,362 --> 00:56:44,682 Someone said- 724 00:56:44,763 --> 00:56:46,683 Someone's been telling stories, and you listened. 725 00:56:49,323 --> 00:56:50,963 I will not be spied upon. 726 00:56:52,722 --> 00:56:55,403 There must be another bookshop in this town. 727 00:57:44,297 --> 00:57:46,696 - Lieutenant Pinson? - Yes? 728 00:57:46,777 --> 00:57:48,857 This for me? 729 00:57:48,938 --> 00:57:50,898 Albert, my love... 730 00:57:50,977 --> 00:57:52,658 Do you like the young woman who brought you this note? 731 00:57:52,737 --> 00:57:56,857 If you do, keep her with you until morning. 732 00:57:56,938 --> 00:57:58,458 You are so handsome, Albert. 733 00:57:58,538 --> 00:58:01,097 You deserve to have all the women on Earth. 734 00:58:01,137 --> 00:58:03,258 Please accept my gift. 735 00:58:07,178 --> 00:58:11,018 It's all right. You can relax. 736 00:58:11,058 --> 00:58:15,018 You can lie down again. Go to sleep again. It's all right, Miss Tillie. 737 00:58:15,058 --> 00:58:19,698 Everything is all right now. It's fine. 738 00:58:19,778 --> 00:58:22,738 It's all right. Okay- 739 00:58:26,657 --> 00:58:30,059 It's all a lie. It's just a big fake. All a big fake. 740 00:58:30,098 --> 00:58:34,058 - And now, ladies and gentlemen- - No good. Just a big fake. 741 00:58:34,099 --> 00:58:38,499 - Get off the stage! - Who are you? Come over here. 742 00:58:38,577 --> 00:58:41,738 - If you're so clever, please do. - Yes, I'll come and show you now. 743 00:58:41,778 --> 00:58:44,737 Nah, it's a big act. 744 00:58:47,058 --> 00:58:50,098 - Yes, come over. I'm waiting. - It's easy. Anybody can do that. 745 00:58:50,177 --> 00:58:53,178 That's easy. Cushy. It's simple. 746 00:58:53,258 --> 00:58:55,257 - Sir, you are the clever one, are you? - Yes. 747 00:58:55,339 --> 00:58:59,738 How are you? Nice to see you here. Stay here for a moment, will you? 748 00:58:59,818 --> 00:59:02,618 Madams, mademoiselles, monsieurs... 749 00:59:02,697 --> 00:59:06,418 I will now take my partner, Miss Tillie Wong... 750 00:59:06,499 --> 00:59:09,419 out of her state of hypnosis. 751 00:59:09,458 --> 00:59:13,139 When I count three, she will be awake. 752 00:59:13,178 --> 00:59:14,939 Now, one... 753 00:59:16,098 --> 00:59:19,578 two, three! 754 00:59:19,658 --> 00:59:24,418 - It's finished now. - Simple! Anybody can do that. 755 00:59:24,498 --> 00:59:26,778 A round of applause, ladies and gentlemen, for Miss Tillie. 756 00:59:26,858 --> 00:59:29,417 Thank you. 757 00:59:31,859 --> 00:59:34,739 - What is your name? - Ralph Williams, mounted police. 758 00:59:34,818 --> 00:59:37,658 - Would you mind repeating this? - Ralph Williams, mounted police! 759 00:59:37,738 --> 00:59:41,259 I see. Well, since you are so well mounted, would you mind sitting down? 760 00:59:43,299 --> 00:59:46,697 Make your self at home. Relax. 761 00:59:46,738 --> 00:59:48,859 I will have to put you to sleep, of course, first... 762 00:59:48,939 --> 00:59:52,298 since you are willing to experiment with me. 763 00:59:52,339 --> 00:59:55,057 And may I take your hat off? 764 00:59:55,138 --> 00:59:58,259 Now, you just relax, Mr. Williams. 765 00:59:58,298 --> 01:00:01,019 Just forget about other things. Listen to me carefully. 766 01:00:01,098 --> 01:00:05,019 Concentrate and follow every one of my orders. 767 01:00:05,098 --> 01:00:09,378 You're very tired. Very tired, Mr. Williams, very tired. 768 01:00:09,457 --> 01:00:11,738 Your hands, your arms... 769 01:00:11,818 --> 01:00:14,419 are very heavy. 770 01:00:14,499 --> 01:00:18,539 Your legs are heavy like lead. 771 01:00:18,579 --> 01:00:21,179 Within a few moments you're going to fall into deep sleep. 772 01:00:21,259 --> 01:00:26,219 Now, at "one," your eyes are falling down heavily. 773 01:00:26,259 --> 01:00:30,058 At "two," your eyes are closed. 774 01:00:30,098 --> 01:00:34,939 At "three," you are fast asleep, Mr. Williams. 775 01:00:35,019 --> 01:00:37,539 Madams, mademoiselles, monsieurs... 776 01:00:39,780 --> 01:00:41,618 It's a beautiful day. 777 01:00:41,698 --> 01:00:45,180 Mr. Williams is rowing on a beautiful lake. 778 01:00:45,259 --> 01:00:48,259 It's very hot, and he's rowing. 779 01:00:48,340 --> 01:00:52,139 Hard, Mr. Williams! Hard! More! 780 01:00:52,179 --> 01:00:56,620 You've got a long way to go. Hasn't he? Very hot today, Mr. Williams. 781 01:00:56,659 --> 01:00:58,539 It's very hot. 782 01:00:58,578 --> 01:01:01,459 You can unbutton your coat, Mr. Williams. 783 01:01:01,539 --> 01:01:04,299 Now, you're rowing very hard. Harder! 784 01:01:04,339 --> 01:01:07,059 And harder and harder. 785 01:01:07,138 --> 01:01:11,179 Now you can even undo your trousers, Mr. Williams. 786 01:01:11,219 --> 01:01:14,419 Madams, mademoiselles, monsieurs... 787 01:01:14,459 --> 01:01:19,499 if I wanted to, I could force this man to leave the police... 788 01:01:19,539 --> 01:01:22,338 and finish his life in a monastery. 789 01:01:22,419 --> 01:01:24,900 But we are not going to go that far. 790 01:01:24,979 --> 01:01:28,299 That's enough. Enough, Mr. Williams. 791 01:01:28,380 --> 01:01:30,660 Madams, mademoiselles, monsieurs... 792 01:01:30,738 --> 01:01:33,579 when I count "two"... 793 01:01:33,659 --> 01:01:38,419 Mr. Williams is going to get up, wake and go away. 794 01:01:38,499 --> 01:01:40,340 Now, then- 795 01:01:40,419 --> 01:01:43,059 one, two. 796 01:01:44,380 --> 01:01:46,739 Stop, Mr. Williams! Your clothes! 797 01:01:46,779 --> 01:01:49,620 Your clothes. Yes, Mr. Williams, here you are. 798 01:01:49,699 --> 01:01:51,540 There you are. 799 01:02:03,179 --> 01:02:05,900 Thank you very much. Thank you. 800 01:02:30,460 --> 01:02:33,419 Sir, may I come in? 801 01:02:33,500 --> 01:02:35,179 Please do. 802 01:02:35,220 --> 01:02:37,700 I was in the theater. I just saw the show. 803 01:02:41,539 --> 01:02:43,780 It was remarkable. 804 01:02:46,260 --> 01:02:48,300 I was very impressed. 805 01:02:50,420 --> 01:02:53,420 But I'm not here just to tell you that. 806 01:02:53,500 --> 01:02:55,540 I would like to propose a business offer. 807 01:02:55,619 --> 01:02:58,061 Oh? Business? You have a theater? 808 01:02:58,140 --> 01:03:00,780 No. That's not what I meant. 809 01:03:00,821 --> 01:03:02,700 I'm listening. 810 01:03:06,260 --> 01:03:08,220 Well? You're not saying anything. 811 01:03:09,939 --> 01:03:13,140 I am very intrigued by your power. 812 01:03:13,180 --> 01:03:14,660 You are very kind. 813 01:03:14,740 --> 01:03:16,940 I am only doing my work. 814 01:03:16,979 --> 01:03:19,459 I am just an instrument of a force... 815 01:03:19,540 --> 01:03:21,220 coming from elsewhere. 816 01:03:21,300 --> 01:03:23,500 Does this power have any limits? 817 01:03:23,541 --> 01:03:25,420 Oh, yes. Space, for example. 818 01:03:25,460 --> 01:03:28,900 I cannot act on subjects outside of my presence. 819 01:03:28,980 --> 01:03:31,581 But tell me. Are you a journalist? 820 01:03:31,660 --> 01:03:33,580 No. I'd like to employ your talents for a personal matter. 821 01:03:33,620 --> 01:03:35,500 - To cure someone sick? - No. 822 01:03:35,540 --> 01:03:37,020 I've done it before, you know. 823 01:03:37,101 --> 01:03:38,820 No. It's not for that. 824 01:03:38,901 --> 01:03:41,700 Could you change someone's feelings? 825 01:03:41,781 --> 01:03:43,301 What do you mean? 826 01:03:43,380 --> 01:03:44,580 I mean... 827 01:03:44,661 --> 01:03:46,340 for example, change love to hate... 828 01:03:46,420 --> 01:03:48,220 or vice versa? 829 01:03:48,300 --> 01:03:51,140 No, I'm sorry. I- No, I can't. 830 01:03:51,220 --> 01:03:53,620 I can only work on the bodies, not the souls. 831 01:03:53,700 --> 01:03:56,260 All I can do with hypnosis... 832 01:03:56,340 --> 01:03:59,540 is to force certain people to act against their will... 833 01:03:59,620 --> 01:04:01,541 and I do mean certain people only. 834 01:04:01,621 --> 01:04:04,180 Occasionally, there are subjects who do not respond. 835 01:04:04,261 --> 01:04:08,820 Listen, sir, could you compel a man to marry a woman? 836 01:04:08,900 --> 01:04:12,421 - Against his will? - Yes. 837 01:04:15,781 --> 01:04:18,422 Oh, yes. Why not? 838 01:04:18,501 --> 01:04:21,302 Provided one can lure him to a certain prearranged place. 839 01:04:21,381 --> 01:04:22,861 And then one would need... 840 01:04:22,900 --> 01:04:24,981 all that's necessary for the ceremony- 841 01:04:25,060 --> 01:04:26,901 a minister, of course... 842 01:04:26,981 --> 01:04:28,861 and then two witnesses. 843 01:04:30,781 --> 01:04:33,420 Well, on careful consideration... 844 01:04:33,460 --> 01:04:35,341 it's not easy... 845 01:04:36,340 --> 01:04:38,221 but it's not impossible. 846 01:04:39,220 --> 01:04:41,300 It's only a matter of money. 847 01:04:42,461 --> 01:04:44,661 I have money. 848 01:04:44,740 --> 01:04:48,861 Tillie. Come on out. Hurry. Come on. 849 01:04:48,941 --> 01:04:50,781 Come on. Hurry. 850 01:04:59,381 --> 01:05:01,941 - So you have money? - My father has. 851 01:05:02,021 --> 01:05:07,021 - Where is your father? - In Europe. He's a rich and famous man. 852 01:05:07,061 --> 01:05:08,500 In Europe? 853 01:05:08,541 --> 01:05:11,020 Then I can write him, and he'll send me the money? 854 01:05:11,061 --> 01:05:14,382 No. I don't want his name mixed up in this. 855 01:05:15,461 --> 01:05:17,901 Listen, my dear, it will never work out. 856 01:05:17,981 --> 01:05:22,300 It's much too serious a matter for me to rush blindly into. 857 01:05:22,381 --> 01:05:25,141 Besides, why should I trust you? 858 01:05:26,901 --> 01:05:29,220 Who is your father? 859 01:05:50,420 --> 01:05:53,381 Either you are completely unrelated to the man you claim to be your father... 860 01:05:53,461 --> 01:05:56,100 and you'll never succeed in getting enough money- 861 01:05:56,181 --> 01:05:58,823 for I should need a great deal- 862 01:05:59,861 --> 01:06:01,861 or else you are really his daughter... 863 01:06:01,941 --> 01:06:05,181 in which case, I cannot afford the risk. 864 01:06:05,262 --> 01:06:07,302 So you're saying you refuse? 865 01:06:07,381 --> 01:06:08,861 I refuse. 866 01:06:09,943 --> 01:06:12,462 I won't do it... 867 01:06:12,501 --> 01:06:14,661 unless- 868 01:06:19,222 --> 01:06:22,782 Listen. I'll need 5,000 francs... 869 01:06:22,861 --> 01:06:24,701 in advance. 870 01:06:24,781 --> 01:06:27,622 I'll have the money in a week. 871 01:06:27,701 --> 01:06:30,102 Fine. Well, can we- 872 01:06:30,181 --> 01:06:33,582 Excuse me, guv. Where'd you want this uniform? Over there? 873 01:06:41,501 --> 01:06:44,941 Madam- Look what you've done, you stupid idiot. Get out of here! 874 01:06:45,022 --> 01:06:47,461 - You ignorant- - Ow! Ow! 875 01:06:47,542 --> 01:06:49,382 Get out! Go on, get out! 876 01:06:53,302 --> 01:06:56,782 I denounce the lying of legal status... 877 01:06:56,822 --> 01:06:58,861 the swindle of identity. 878 01:07:00,342 --> 01:07:04,141 Born of father unknown... 879 01:07:06,901 --> 01:07:09,142 Born of father unknown. 880 01:07:11,503 --> 01:07:13,742 I was born... 881 01:07:13,781 --> 01:07:16,863 of father unknown... 882 01:07:18,061 --> 01:07:20,462 of a father completely unknown. 883 01:07:22,063 --> 01:07:23,303 But I don't know my father... 884 01:07:23,382 --> 01:07:25,182 if I was born of unknown father. 885 01:07:41,623 --> 01:07:45,022 Ayoung married couple is buried in the same coffin. 886 01:07:46,783 --> 01:07:49,223 Not even death can separate them. 887 01:07:50,782 --> 01:07:53,064 The dress of the young dead woman... 888 01:07:53,142 --> 01:07:54,901 is displayed in her parents' home. 889 01:07:56,943 --> 01:07:59,582 But it's mine, too. 890 01:07:59,663 --> 01:08:00,982 It's my home. 891 01:08:03,862 --> 01:08:05,743 The dress of the young bride... 892 01:08:05,782 --> 01:08:10,382 is displayed like a relic for all visitors. 893 01:08:10,422 --> 01:08:12,222 And what about me? 894 01:08:14,222 --> 01:08:16,103 What am I to do? 895 01:08:16,182 --> 01:08:18,983 Oh, my eyes are aching. 896 01:08:19,062 --> 01:08:20,462 My eyes. 897 01:08:24,823 --> 01:08:26,622 I can't look at them any longer. 898 01:08:26,704 --> 01:08:29,182 I can't stand to see that trunk of clothes any longer. 899 01:08:30,703 --> 01:08:32,983 My sister's clothes will have to be thrown away! 900 01:08:33,022 --> 01:08:35,304 They'll have to be burnt... 901 01:08:35,383 --> 01:08:36,783 or given away! 902 01:08:40,503 --> 01:08:43,342 I can't stand the sight of those dresses! 903 01:08:43,383 --> 01:08:46,222 Oh, my eyes can't stand them! 904 01:08:48,982 --> 01:08:50,222 Oh, my eyes! 905 01:08:59,383 --> 01:09:02,863 Miss Adele! Let me in! What's the matter? 906 01:09:08,223 --> 01:09:10,863 How can he do this? 907 01:09:10,903 --> 01:09:13,423 He can't do this! 908 01:09:13,503 --> 01:09:16,263 Johnstone. 909 01:09:16,344 --> 01:09:19,023 Agnes Johnstone. 910 01:09:19,064 --> 01:09:21,945 O'Brien, do you know Mount Emiliamena? 911 01:09:22,023 --> 01:09:25,903 - Yes, Miss Lewly. - Take me to it. I want to go there. 912 01:09:25,944 --> 01:09:28,703 But I'll have to turn 'round. It's the other side of town. 913 01:09:31,342 --> 01:09:32,703 Whoa. 914 01:09:37,464 --> 01:09:40,344 Wait. Wait for me. 915 01:09:47,782 --> 01:09:50,703 - Yes, mademoiselle? - I should like to see Judge Johnstone. 916 01:09:53,743 --> 01:09:55,744 - I must see the judge. - You cannot come in here, miss. 917 01:09:55,824 --> 01:09:57,823 - Yes, I can! - You must have an appointment! 918 01:09:57,904 --> 01:10:00,343 Who is it, George? 919 01:10:00,423 --> 01:10:02,424 It's all right, Miss Agnes. 920 01:10:02,504 --> 01:10:05,863 There's a young lady who wishes to see the judge, but she has no appointment. 921 01:10:05,943 --> 01:10:10,224 Don't make such a fuss. I'll go to my father. I'm sure he'll see her. 922 01:10:10,303 --> 01:10:13,784 I must see him. 923 01:10:14,904 --> 01:10:15,984 Absolutely. 924 01:10:20,384 --> 01:10:22,384 My father will see you now. 925 01:10:27,223 --> 01:10:29,504 Thank you for agreeing to see me when you don't know who I am. 926 01:10:29,584 --> 01:10:32,743 You're French, it would seem. 927 01:10:32,823 --> 01:10:35,864 Yes. I'm the daughter of Victor Hugo. 928 01:10:35,943 --> 01:10:38,983 The author. I do not share his political ideas... 929 01:10:39,065 --> 01:10:40,864 but I admire his courage. 930 01:10:40,945 --> 01:10:42,663 Sir, I'll come right to the point. 931 01:10:42,744 --> 01:10:44,623 I've just read of your daughter's engagement... 932 01:10:44,664 --> 01:10:46,543 and I have to tell you that Lieutenant Pinson... 933 01:10:46,585 --> 01:10:48,864 is absolutely unworthy of becoming part of your family. 934 01:10:48,943 --> 01:10:51,183 I don't know, Miss, if you appreciate... 935 01:10:51,225 --> 01:10:53,264 the seriousness of what you're saying. 936 01:10:53,304 --> 01:10:54,824 I am perfectly aware of it. 937 01:10:54,904 --> 01:10:58,023 I have known Lieutenant Pinson for some years. 938 01:10:58,104 --> 01:10:59,384 He was cunning enough to insinuate himself... 939 01:10:59,423 --> 01:11:01,104 into the good graces of my family. 940 01:11:01,145 --> 01:11:02,665 He courted me, discreetly but persistently... 941 01:11:02,744 --> 01:11:04,985 and I must admit that I responded to him. 942 01:11:05,024 --> 01:11:07,024 I had little experience of the world... 943 01:11:07,103 --> 01:11:09,304 for two years of exile had kept me from it. 944 01:11:09,344 --> 01:11:12,183 This young man knew how to charm a naive young girl... 945 01:11:12,224 --> 01:11:13,584 and I was indeed naive. 946 01:11:13,624 --> 01:11:15,505 I was so naive that I broke off my engagement... 947 01:11:15,544 --> 01:11:17,465 with Mr. Auguste Vacquerie, a friend of my father. 948 01:11:17,504 --> 01:11:19,423 I had only one thought: that of marrying Lieutenant Pinson. 949 01:11:19,505 --> 01:11:20,823 But your parents? 950 01:11:20,865 --> 01:11:22,385 My parents were strongly opposed to this marriage. 951 01:11:22,423 --> 01:11:24,145 My mother, who suspected I was meeting Lieutenant Pinson... 952 01:11:24,185 --> 01:11:25,863 in secret, found out about him. 953 01:11:25,945 --> 01:11:27,984 He never was the son of a clergyman. 954 01:11:28,064 --> 01:11:30,624 He was imprisoned for his debts. As he couldn't pay them... 955 01:11:30,703 --> 01:11:32,584 he was given the choice between prison and the army. 956 01:11:32,665 --> 01:11:33,944 He chose the army. 957 01:11:33,984 --> 01:11:35,624 But because of my determination... 958 01:11:35,705 --> 01:11:38,545 my parents gave their consent, and our marriage took place. 959 01:11:38,585 --> 01:11:40,423 Lieutenant Pinson even signed the contract. 960 01:11:40,504 --> 01:11:41,384 Have you any proof? 961 01:11:43,745 --> 01:11:45,265 Of course. Here. 962 01:11:45,305 --> 01:11:48,104 Here are some clippings from the Guernsey newspaper... 963 01:11:48,185 --> 01:11:50,224 announcing our engagement and marriage. 964 01:11:50,303 --> 01:11:53,864 If this lieutenant is as bad as you say he is... 965 01:11:53,945 --> 01:11:56,384 how can you still be his wife? 966 01:11:56,464 --> 01:11:59,264 Do you think people can always control their feelings? 967 01:11:59,344 --> 01:12:01,585 One can be in love with a man... 968 01:12:01,624 --> 01:12:03,505 and still despise everything about him. 969 01:12:03,544 --> 01:12:05,345 And besides... 970 01:12:08,225 --> 01:12:10,545 I'm expecting his child. 971 01:13:27,066 --> 01:13:28,905 You're ridiculous. 972 01:13:30,265 --> 01:13:31,904 Left wail! 973 01:14:05,785 --> 01:14:08,266 - Evening, George. - Miss Agnes is not at home, sir. 974 01:14:08,346 --> 01:14:12,346 - But she's expecting me. - Miss Agnes is not at home. 975 01:14:12,426 --> 01:14:16,145 - Then I'll have a word with the judge. - The judge is not at home, sir. 976 01:14:16,186 --> 01:14:18,544 But his carriage is in the drive. 977 01:14:18,586 --> 01:14:21,424 I'm very sorry, sir. There's no one at home. 978 01:14:29,306 --> 01:14:31,826 I intend to have that woman deported. To hell with the scandal. 979 01:14:31,906 --> 01:14:34,786 Come now, Lieutenant. Calm down. There is a way. 980 01:14:34,865 --> 01:14:37,826 - Have I ever given you bad advice? - All right, I'm listening. 981 01:14:37,906 --> 01:14:41,787 If I've got it right, all this woman has to do is leave Halifax... 982 01:14:41,865 --> 01:14:44,947 - and your troubles are over. - But how do I get her to go? 983 01:14:44,986 --> 01:14:47,625 I've tried everything- threats, prayers, promises. 984 01:14:47,707 --> 01:14:50,627 I've even begged her. Nothing works. 985 01:14:50,707 --> 01:14:54,706 She follows you like a dog. She won't leave Halifax until the day you do. 986 01:14:54,785 --> 01:14:56,946 That's a lot of help. Thank you very much... 987 01:14:56,986 --> 01:14:59,746 since there's no question of me leaving. 988 01:14:59,826 --> 01:15:02,426 Well, sir, I've heard differently. There's a rumor going around... 989 01:15:02,506 --> 01:15:05,026 that the regiment might be sent away very soon. 990 01:15:11,587 --> 01:15:13,466 We're going to miss you... 991 01:15:13,506 --> 01:15:16,947 but I'm happy you've made the right decision. 992 01:15:16,986 --> 01:15:19,786 And your parents will be so happy... 993 01:15:19,866 --> 01:15:22,706 to see you again after all this time. 994 01:15:22,746 --> 01:15:24,027 I hope that... 995 01:15:24,066 --> 01:15:26,507 May I speak of Lieutenant Pinson? 996 01:15:26,585 --> 01:15:29,387 I hope you've put him right out of your mind. 997 01:15:29,465 --> 01:15:31,307 He's not worthy ofyou. 998 01:15:31,386 --> 01:15:33,585 Who does he think he is... 999 01:15:33,626 --> 01:15:35,105 refusing to marry you? 1000 01:15:35,187 --> 01:15:36,506 You're mistaken, Mrs. Saunders. 1001 01:15:36,547 --> 01:15:39,947 I'm the one who didn't want to get married. 1002 01:15:40,026 --> 01:15:42,827 I think marriage is degrading for a woman... 1003 01:15:42,906 --> 01:15:45,106 especially for a woman like me. 1004 01:15:45,146 --> 01:15:47,626 My work requires solitude. 1005 01:15:47,705 --> 01:15:49,906 And think about my name, Mrs. Saunders. 1006 01:15:49,947 --> 01:15:52,747 Think about my father. 1007 01:15:52,827 --> 01:15:56,466 I could never give up the name of Miss Hugo. 1008 01:15:56,506 --> 01:15:58,986 Yes. Yes. I understand. 1009 01:16:21,627 --> 01:16:23,187 This incredible thing... 1010 01:16:23,225 --> 01:16:24,267 that a young girl... 1011 01:16:24,346 --> 01:16:25,547 whose only bread today... 1012 01:16:25,626 --> 01:16:27,587 depends on herfather's good charity... 1013 01:16:27,667 --> 01:16:30,226 still suffering from hatred after 4 years... 1014 01:16:30,307 --> 01:16:32,146 this thing I willdo. 1015 01:16:32,188 --> 01:16:34,066 This incredible thing, that a young girl... 1016 01:16:34,107 --> 01:16:36,546 should step over the ocean, pass from the old world to the new... 1017 01:16:36,627 --> 01:16:39,747 and join her lover- this thing I will accomplish. 1018 01:16:42,586 --> 01:16:45,185 Miss Adele, I have a present foryou. 1019 01:16:45,267 --> 01:16:48,427 It's a cape. It's too pretty for me. 1020 01:16:48,507 --> 01:16:50,866 It'll look so much lovelier on you. 1021 01:16:53,307 --> 01:16:56,267 You'll keep it in memory of us. 1022 01:17:03,507 --> 01:17:05,427 Thank you, Mrs. Saunders. 1023 01:17:06,747 --> 01:17:08,506 Thank you so much. 1024 01:17:10,388 --> 01:17:11,827 Au revoir, Miss Adele. 1025 01:17:24,547 --> 01:17:28,386 Write to me when you get home. 1026 01:17:35,547 --> 01:17:37,387 Where to, miss? 1027 01:17:38,867 --> 01:17:41,907 I don't know. I don't know anymore. 1028 01:17:41,988 --> 01:17:44,706 Why don't you stay with Mrs. Saunders a few more days? 1029 01:17:44,787 --> 01:17:48,188 I can't. I don't want to see her again. 1030 01:17:49,308 --> 01:17:51,668 Shall we go to the hotel? 1031 01:17:51,706 --> 01:17:53,948 I have no money left. 1032 01:17:54,027 --> 01:17:58,148 Well, I do know a place where you wouldn't have to pay. 1033 01:19:02,308 --> 01:19:03,508 Don't touch that. 1034 01:19:05,188 --> 01:19:06,388 It's my book. 1035 01:19:53,588 --> 01:19:57,428 Please- Please, do you have my mail? 1036 01:19:57,468 --> 01:20:01,189 - I don't know who you are. - But I always get my mail here. 1037 01:20:03,068 --> 01:20:04,909 I'll go and find out. 1038 01:20:27,709 --> 01:20:29,189 No. 1039 01:20:44,949 --> 01:20:48,389 I am sorry, miss, but these people are new here. They don't know who you are. 1040 01:20:48,469 --> 01:20:51,149 I'll just see if there's a letter foryou. 1041 01:20:52,869 --> 01:20:55,068 - Yes. - Thank you. 1042 01:21:01,469 --> 01:21:04,109 Adele, here are 700 francs for your return passage. 1043 01:21:04,189 --> 01:21:06,989 If you persist on staying in Halifax,... 1044 01:21:07,069 --> 01:21:10,069 I will regard this money as an advance on your pension. 1045 01:21:10,109 --> 01:21:12,749 You complain of my slowness in getting your music published. 1046 01:21:12,829 --> 01:21:14,669 For the present, it would be better... 1047 01:21:14,749 --> 01:21:16,588 for you to avoid attracting attention to yourself. 1048 01:21:16,669 --> 01:21:19,309 Your mother is so ill that we keep your letters from her... 1049 01:21:19,389 --> 01:21:21,189 in order not to aggravate her condition. 1050 01:21:21,270 --> 01:21:24,069 She has left Guernsey and settled in Brussels... 1051 01:21:24,150 --> 01:21:26,949 so I am staying alone in Hauteville House. 1052 01:21:27,030 --> 01:21:28,269 Adele, my dear one... 1053 01:21:28,349 --> 01:21:30,190 my arms are opened to you. 1054 01:21:30,268 --> 01:21:32,149 I am old. My greatest joy... 1055 01:21:32,189 --> 01:21:34,429 would be to have all of you by my side. 1056 01:22:58,671 --> 01:23:00,472 "Morning Herald" 1057 01:23:04,031 --> 01:23:05,391 "Brussels. 1058 01:23:05,469 --> 01:23:07,910 We have learned of the death of Mrs. Victor Hugo... 1059 01:23:07,991 --> 01:23:09,750 "wife of the famous French poet. " 1060 01:23:14,470 --> 01:23:16,310 "We here by announce that the 16th Hussars... 1061 01:23:16,350 --> 01:23:17,670 stationed in Halifax... 1062 01:23:17,749 --> 01:23:19,430 will be moving on February 15, 1864... 1063 01:23:19,511 --> 01:23:20,870 to the Barbados Islands. " 1064 01:24:00,710 --> 01:24:01,991 Move aside. 1065 01:24:02,070 --> 01:24:03,911 Leave the French lady alone. 1066 01:25:22,031 --> 01:25:24,830 Excuse me, Mrs. Pinson. I have to have a word with the captain. 1067 01:25:24,872 --> 01:25:26,431 Of course. 1068 01:25:35,351 --> 01:25:37,751 There's something you ought to know. 1069 01:25:37,831 --> 01:25:40,071 I was in the Negro Quarter this morning... 1070 01:25:40,150 --> 01:25:44,352 and at the market place I saw a European woman who was causing quite a scene. 1071 01:25:44,391 --> 01:25:46,872 I got nearer, and it was her- Miss Hugo. 1072 01:25:46,952 --> 01:25:49,911 - What? - Yes, and I've got worse news than that. 1073 01:25:49,992 --> 01:25:52,151 She's going by the name of "Mrs. Pinson. " 1074 01:25:56,351 --> 01:26:00,631 We have to find her. What happened in Halifax mustn't happen here. 1075 01:26:07,231 --> 01:26:09,712 What did he want? 1076 01:26:09,791 --> 01:26:13,232 Oh, it's nothing, really. It's nothing. 1077 01:29:48,235 --> 01:29:50,874 I'll read the letter for you. I've changed it a little. 1078 01:29:50,954 --> 01:29:52,713 You can tell me if it's all right. 1079 01:29:52,793 --> 01:29:55,674 "Sir, I am only a simple woman from the Barbados Islands. 1080 01:29:55,754 --> 01:29:59,354 I don't know how to read, but I know the name of Victor Hugo. 1081 01:29:59,433 --> 01:30:01,274 Ten years ago, I was still a slave... 1082 01:30:01,313 --> 01:30:03,233 and I know that you are the friend and defender... 1083 01:30:03,273 --> 01:30:04,674 of the oppressed on Earth. 1084 01:30:04,714 --> 01:30:06,634 I had noticed in the streets of Bridgetown... 1085 01:30:06,714 --> 01:30:08,554 a woman dressed like no one else... 1086 01:30:08,634 --> 01:30:10,913 who seemed to be poor and marked by destiny. 1087 01:30:10,953 --> 01:30:13,755 Children made fun of her in the streets... 1088 01:30:13,792 --> 01:30:15,074 and this distressed me. 1089 01:30:15,154 --> 01:30:18,714 One day, I felt obliged to protect her. 1090 01:30:18,753 --> 01:30:21,353 I brought her to my house and took care of her. 1091 01:30:21,434 --> 01:30:23,314 I have learned that she is your daughter... 1092 01:30:23,395 --> 01:30:25,154 that she was abandoned by an officer... 1093 01:30:25,233 --> 01:30:28,554 whom she followed to Halifax and then here, to Barbados. 1094 01:30:28,633 --> 01:30:30,874 Sorrow has broken her, body and soul. 1095 01:30:30,914 --> 01:30:34,674 If her body is now healed, her soul is perhaps lost. 1096 01:30:34,754 --> 01:30:38,394 Adele needs to return home to the warmth of her family. 1097 01:30:38,434 --> 01:30:41,233 I could, if you agree, Mr. Victor Hugo... 1098 01:30:41,314 --> 01:30:43,553 bring your daughter back to Europe. 1099 01:30:43,634 --> 01:30:44,874 Mr. Werder, of Martinique... 1100 01:30:44,952 --> 01:30:46,634 will advance me the money for the journey. " 1101 01:30:48,354 --> 01:30:52,554 And so Adele returned to France, accompaniedby Madam Baa. 1102 01:30:52,634 --> 01:30:54,515 Major changes had taken place in Europe. 1103 01:30:54,595 --> 01:30:56,035 The fall of Napoleon III... 1104 01:30:56,114 --> 01:30:57,954 had permitted the return of Victor Hugo... 1105 01:30:58,035 --> 01:31:00,433 who went home to France after 18 years of exile. 1106 01:31:00,514 --> 01:31:01,953 Reunited with his daughter Adele... 1107 01:31:02,034 --> 01:31:03,873 he had to place her in a private clinic in Saint-Mande... 1108 01:31:03,955 --> 01:31:05,994 where she lived for 40 years. 1109 01:31:06,073 --> 01:31:08,355 There, she enjoyed gardening, played the piano... 1110 01:31:08,434 --> 01:31:09,875 and continued to write her journal... 1111 01:31:09,954 --> 01:31:11,554 in her own secret language. 1112 01:31:13,754 --> 01:31:15,594 Adele outlived all her family. 1113 01:31:15,674 --> 01:31:18,434 Her father died on May 22, 1885. 1114 01:31:18,515 --> 01:31:22,674 His last words were, "I see a black light. " 1115 01:31:22,755 --> 01:31:24,433 The day of Victor Hugo's funeral... 1116 01:31:24,514 --> 01:31:26,435 was a day of mourning for all of France. 1117 01:31:32,355 --> 01:31:34,194 Victor Hugo's body lay in state all night... 1118 01:31:34,274 --> 01:31:35,714 under the Arch of Triumph. 1119 01:31:35,794 --> 01:31:37,634 And the next day, two million Parisians... 1120 01:31:37,715 --> 01:31:39,515 followed his coffin from the Place de I'Etoile... 1121 01:31:39,554 --> 01:31:40,914 to the Pantheon. 1122 01:31:53,635 --> 01:31:56,675 The death of his daughter Adele on April 25, 1915... 1123 01:31:56,755 --> 01:31:57,995 passed almost unnoticed... 1124 01:31:58,075 --> 01:31:59,995 in the turmoil of the First World War. 1125 01:32:05,715 --> 01:32:08,555 Fifty years earlier, as she was about to leave Guernsey... 1126 01:32:08,635 --> 01:32:10,475 Adele had written in her journal... 1127 01:32:10,555 --> 01:32:12,395 "This incredible thing, that a young girl... 1128 01:32:12,474 --> 01:32:13,953 should step over the ocean... 1129 01:32:14,035 --> 01:32:15,753 leave the old world for the new world... 1130 01:32:15,835 --> 01:32:16,955 to join her lover- 1131 01:32:16,994 --> 01:32:19,035 this thing will I accomplish. " 1132 01:32:35,634 --> 01:32:38,315 "This was the story of Adele H. "