1 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:05,760 If you could kindly imagine that you are a loyal Highland wife, 2 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:09,280 who has secured the release of her Jacobite husband. 3 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:22,760 And how has she secured that release? 4 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:24,720 EFFIE: This loyal Highland wife? 5 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:29,880 Well, I imagine by... persuasion of some sort or other. 6 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,680 Perhaps she has traded her virtue for her husband's release. 7 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:37,800 Perhaps she has, that, that would certainly be possible. 8 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:41,680 Does that make her a good woman or a bad woman in your eyes? 9 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:46,360 Well, she has sacrificed her virtue for love. 10 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:51,240 In my eyes, that is the noblest sacrifice any woman can make. 11 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:54,600 Do you think her husband knows, or has guessed? 12 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:56,920 I hadn't really thought about that. 13 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:00,600 -Perhaps he doesn't care. -I can't imagine such a thing. 14 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:04,320 Perhaps he is too full of his own suffering to have time to think of hers. 15 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:06,640 That does happen, doesn't it, between man and wife? 16 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:07,840 Mrs Ruskin... 17 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:11,920 You seem both unhappy and agitated. 18 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:15,040 -Do I really? -Please. 19 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:17,480 I think you should sit down and rest a while. 20 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:19,600 Shall we call for a pot of chamomile tea? 21 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:23,400 I find it settles my nerves when I get all fluttery and bird-like. 22 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:33,520 [HE GRUNTS] 23 00:02:33,640 --> 00:02:37,000 I'm finding it hard to draw under such damned pressure. 24 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:41,440 It's every drawback, every false beginning, 25 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:43,480 reminds me how far behind I have fallen. 26 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:46,680 -Surely it's not a competition? -Is it not? 27 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:48,600 Millais has got Ruskin. 28 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:50,720 Hunt has sold his painting. 29 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,920 -Copied from my idea. -But surely there are other ideas. 30 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:55,080 Agh! 31 00:02:55,920 --> 00:02:58,240 I-I was thinking, 32 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:02,400 perhaps of Dante and Beatrice, but what's the point? 33 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:07,480 I have no money for paint. Or canvas, or, or...food. 34 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:12,520 If you allow me to model for just one painting for Hunt again, 35 00:03:12,640 --> 00:03:15,360 -I could pay for all that. -I will not have you posing for others. 36 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:17,040 And I will come to you each evening 37 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:20,800 -and you can begin your preliminary sketches. -No, I will not have it. 38 00:03:20,920 --> 00:03:23,280 -I cannot stand it. -So your petty jealousy 39 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:29,920 -is of greater weight than your desire to paint a masterpiece! -My masterpiece? 40 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:36,200 Well, that does have a certain ring to it, I suppose. 41 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:39,960 FRED NARRATING: As Rossetti struggles with his muse I struggle to keep at bay 42 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,880 the poisonous image of Lizzie lying in his arms. 43 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:47,800 Hunt, our...King of Pain, finds himself trapped between the demands of Annie 44 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:50,320 and the demands of God. 45 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:55,160 Millais, however, remains blissfully unaware of mental and emotional struggle. 46 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:01,480 I thought it most unusual when Mr Ruskin suggested you modelled for me. 47 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:05,240 If I had thought for one moment 48 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:07,920 -you were in any way unhappy with the arrangement... -The arrangement? 49 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:13,600 It's not for everyone, standing there dressed as a peasant woman, completely still 50 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:17,520 while some dunderhead stares and paints and stares and paints. 51 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:21,040 You really don't know why you're here, do you? 52 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,240 I'm here to paint you. 53 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:26,040 Am I not? 54 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,560 When Hunt arrives let me do the talking. 55 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:40,880 He can afford whatever we ask, he sold his painting. 56 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,640 Miss Siddal, Mr Rossetti. 57 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:47,760 How's the work progressing? 58 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:50,720 Still painting juvenile daubs of no artistic merit? 59 00:04:50,840 --> 00:04:52,880 Are you still hanging them? 60 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:55,760 Not here! Not here! 61 00:04:57,320 --> 00:04:59,200 -It's a Landseer, not a crate of monkeys! -More's the pity. 62 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:00,920 Gabriel. 63 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:02,680 Lizzie? 64 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:04,720 Hello. 65 00:05:04,840 --> 00:05:06,520 I am looking for Christ's hair. 66 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:10,840 Lizzie is reluctant to model for a painting that just features her hair. 67 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:12,280 A shilling an hour, shall we say? 68 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:15,440 Two shillings and six pence at the very least. I am Ophelia. 69 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:19,560 I can walk into any studio and demand double that! 70 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:23,000 I thought the rules of the Brotherhood demanded that we shared what was ours. 71 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:26,360 Hmm, that was before I realised how little I'd have to share. 72 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:28,680 Still... 73 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:32,920 I'm sure you'll find Christ's hair in the Holy Land. Don't forget to write. 74 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:38,080 Very well! Two and six it is. 75 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:40,000 Thank you. 76 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:41,520 Miss Miller. 77 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:43,720 Hunt. 78 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,360 What's this about the bleeding Holy Land, then, eh? 79 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:49,680 [DOOR OPENS] 80 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:56,000 WILLIAM: Annie! 81 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,320 Listen! 82 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:04,400 Sometimes things happen to a man which convince him that God 83 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:05,920 is telling him to do penance. 84 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:09,680 Now it's my intention to follow up on The Awakening Conscience, 85 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,520 exploring more overtly the religious themes. 86 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:15,720 There's no shortage of religious themes right here in this room! 87 00:06:15,840 --> 00:06:18,240 I need to travel to the Holy Land to do this. 88 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:19,960 -For how long? -WILLIAM: Six months or so. 89 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:25,920 -Six months! -You engender in me a constant state of sexual arousal. 90 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:30,200 -Don't try and sweet talk your way out of it. -WILLIAM: I am going to paint. 91 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:33,800 It is my intention to tether a goat 92 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:39,840 in the Desert and to paint it as a symbol of Christ's sacrifice. 93 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:42,760 A goat! 94 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:46,600 You are leaving me for a goat! 95 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:48,480 What's wrong with an English goat?! 96 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:52,240 It's not the goat. It's the light, it's the... 97 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:54,080 it's the thought of Christ's presence! 98 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:58,600 -I see. -You do? 99 00:06:58,720 --> 00:06:59,840 [ANNIE SIGHS] 100 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:04,480 Oh. 101 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:06,040 Annie! 102 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:09,320 No... 103 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:11,840 -ANNIE: You don't mean that. -WILLIAM: I wish I did. 104 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,400 You chose a goat over me. 105 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:19,040 Fine! Go to the Holy Land! 106 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:22,560 But don't you ever think you'll taste my fruits again! 107 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:23,800 [GROANS AND GASPS] 108 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:32,600 So. How are things proceeding, Johnny? 109 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:35,560 She has a difficult head. 110 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:39,720 This is to tide you over 111 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,960 until I am in a position to... sell your painting. 112 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:46,320 I don't know what to say. 113 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:51,920 RUSKIN: I just hope that the three of us, 114 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:54,120 you, myself and Mrs Ruskin 115 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,240 will be very happy together. 116 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:01,280 -JOHN: Indeed, sir, so do I. -So take it. 117 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:05,520 As a sign of my affection and my gratitude 118 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:10,160 and...and indeed, Effie's future gratitude. 119 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:15,960 Oh, and by the way, I'm planning to nominate you as an Associate of the Academy. 120 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:21,200 WILLIAM: An Associate of the Academy?! 121 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:22,440 An Associate?! 122 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,480 Her future gratitude?! 123 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:28,080 But I can't help thinking that I am expected to do something 124 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,720 other than painting to repay Ruskin's loyalty. 125 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:32,560 How long before you're a full member? 126 00:08:32,680 --> 00:08:34,200 I don't know. 127 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:36,680 -And Effie Ruskin said you didn't know why you were there? -I didn't. 128 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:38,800 Well, I did. But I don't now. 129 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:41,600 Will somebody please tell me what is happening in my life? 130 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:45,040 Effie Ruskin gives off the air of a dissatisfied woman. 131 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:46,720 But John Ruskin gives off the air 132 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:51,040 of a man who is interested in mounting paintings and little else. 133 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:54,160 You are young, Johnny, good-looking, 134 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,960 talented and in his debt. 135 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:01,920 What? 136 00:09:03,680 --> 00:09:08,640 You don't think that John Ruskin is inviting you to seduce his wife? 137 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:11,720 This is one of Rossetti's practical jokes, isn't it, Maniac? Isn't it? 138 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:15,680 Lust has finally taken a grip of Gabriel's mind so he can think of nothing else. 139 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:26,680 Two gins, please. 140 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:34,000 Dear Fred, 141 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:37,320 how long before we can be friends again? 142 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,560 How long does a broken heart take to mend? 143 00:09:42,680 --> 00:09:45,000 I know you were sweet on Lizzie. 144 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:47,360 Yet you chose to pursue her. 145 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:50,000 It was almost as if my declaring my love for her spurred you on. 146 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:51,800 And so it did. 147 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:56,080 Lizzie is the kind of person that would destroy a less experienced man. 148 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:01,240 She seems such a gentle soul. 149 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:07,640 You will learn, as you grow wise in the ways of women, dear Fred, 150 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:11,360 that it is the gentle souls who will lure you to your ruin. 151 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,480 Oh, well, 152 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:19,160 perhaps I will take that drink after all. 153 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:22,160 Hey, that's the spirit! 154 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:23,720 BOTH TOGETHER: Cheers. 155 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:38,040 -JOHN: Mr Dickens. -I hear great things are going on behind Mr Ruskin's door. 156 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:39,400 I can't think what you mean. 157 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:42,080 Another masterpiece, I hear. 158 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:43,600 Well, one can only hope. 159 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:51,840 [DOOR OPENS] 160 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:06,720 Are you quite all right, Mr Millais? You seem rather agitated. 161 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:07,880 The other day, 162 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:12,880 you said I had no idea why I was here. 163 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:16,760 Perhaps you would care to explain what you meant by that. 164 00:11:31,680 --> 00:11:33,760 When I was living in Venice with John, 165 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:37,200 I was left to myself, 166 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:39,960 day after day. 167 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:44,360 With John's encouragement I attended balls and parties and dances, 168 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:46,920 always alone. 169 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:48,600 But surely that would have brought you admirers. 170 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:50,520 Only two or three. No, four. 171 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:52,040 Four?! 172 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:55,120 -Did Mr Ruskin not object? -I am not so sure Mr Ruskin 173 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:58,160 did not put them in my path. 174 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:00,600 I am equally certain that cannot possibly be the case. 175 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:02,280 Look at you and I. 176 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:04,120 Left alone. 177 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:06,040 A married woman and a single man. 178 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:11,440 Together,every day for weeks to come. Why do you think he has allowed that? 179 00:12:11,560 --> 00:12:14,720 So that I can better get on with painting your portrait? 180 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:19,200 Of course. Of course. I'm, I'm sure you are right. 181 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:29,480 Erm, if I may. 182 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:46,120 Always best to protect your reputation by pretending that which is, is not. 183 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:47,560 I simply do not believe 184 00:12:47,680 --> 00:12:50,080 that a man of Mr Ruskin's towering character 185 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:52,360 would ever contemplate what you are suggesting. 186 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:56,360 What if I were to tell you that Mr Ruskin is a giant as an author, 187 00:12:56,480 --> 00:13:00,480 but a poor, weak creature in everything else. 188 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,520 I...I don't know what has got into you, Effie. 189 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:05,440 But you have rendered me into a terrible fug. 190 00:13:05,560 --> 00:13:09,440 I can't stay and hear you attack Mr Ruskin in this way. 191 00:13:09,560 --> 00:13:12,880 He is my friend and my patron, and he is your husband! 192 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:17,160 -Please do not think badly of me! -I think perhaps you are ill. 193 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:19,760 Let us call for Chamomile tea. Perhaps a cold compress! 194 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:21,440 I am not ill! 195 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:24,400 I am afraid you are in the grip of some terrible destructive hysteria. 196 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:27,400 I am not sick! Unless virginity is a kind of sickness. 197 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:31,040 You must desist, Effie. You are babbling like something from Revelations! 198 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:33,600 I am a virgin, John! 199 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:37,680 I have been married for five years and our marriage has not been consummated! 200 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:46,120 Now, perhaps you could explain that to me with reference to Mr Ruskin's towering character? 201 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:54,080 GABRIEL: Is this another one for the walls of the Academy, Maniac? 202 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,400 WILLIAM: If they'll take it. 203 00:13:56,520 --> 00:14:01,120 I doubt I will ever paint anything staid enough for the Academy walls. 204 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:03,360 I'll leave that for the likes of you. 205 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:05,920 If you think the Academy's so stiff, then why do you sulk 206 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:08,480 when Hunty and Johnny Boy get their paintings on the walls? 207 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,600 Since Adam and Eve, every man has wanted what he can't have. 208 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:13,200 ANNIE: I can vouch for that. 209 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:14,760 I'd have starved without it. 210 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:17,000 Well, perhaps, 211 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:19,920 you could model for me while Hunt is in the Holy Land. 212 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:22,000 I'm not going to the Holy Land any more. 213 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:25,600 -Oh? You had second thoughts, did you? -ANNIE: Yes. 214 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:26,880 Lots of them. 215 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:31,000 Oh, I see. Huh. 216 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:33,880 Lizzie! 217 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:36,960 I'm modelling to pay for your paint, 218 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:39,320 but you would rather while away the hours flirting with Miss Miller. 219 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:41,840 Come, come. I was merely making conversation. 220 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:44,440 Have you even as much as picked up a pencil yet? 221 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:46,560 The process is very intense. 222 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:50,040 Because each time I sit down to draw, 223 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:56,600 I realise that, like Beatrice, you are my destiny. 224 00:14:57,520 --> 00:14:59,160 We have met before. 225 00:14:59,960 --> 00:15:01,400 We are 226 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:02,760 Dante and Beatrice. 227 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:05,400 I don't want pretty words. 228 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:07,680 -I want evidence of your work. -You can have both. 229 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:09,400 You have made progress? 230 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:12,920 This is what I'm trying to tell you. 231 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:18,360 The preliminary sketches are of such startling intensity, 232 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:22,960 that I have to take rests at regular intervals. 233 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:26,680 I shall look forward to seeing evidence of your industry when I next call. 234 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:29,720 Good. 235 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:32,520 Good. 236 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:36,120 GABRIEL: I might be ready to go back to them now, actually, 237 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:37,680 as it so happens. 238 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:42,400 Ladies, 239 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:45,000 Maniac. 240 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:49,280 [SHUTS DOOR] 241 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:55,960 I was never told the duties of married persons to each other 242 00:15:56,080 --> 00:16:01,160 and I knew little or nothing about the relations in the closest union on Earth. 243 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:06,600 John eventually avowed no intention of making me his wife. 244 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:08,960 He alleged various reasons. 245 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:12,040 Religious motives, 246 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:14,600 a desire to preserve my beauty... 247 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:19,200 and finally in this last year, 248 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:23,880 he told me that he'd imagined that women were quite different to what he saw. 249 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:31,000 He was disgusted by my person on that first evening. 250 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:33,040 But I find that inconceivable. 251 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:36,120 I shall take that as a compliment. 252 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:38,800 JOHN: I tell you this - 253 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:43,680 if I wasn't British, I might just try and take advantage of your predicament. 254 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:50,600 A virgin?! Since when? 255 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:51,840 Since before the marriage. 256 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:54,320 Are you sure she hasn't made this up? 257 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:57,560 I've decided the best course of action 258 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:00,880 is to tell Mr Ruskin that I can no longer receive his patronage. 259 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,080 -Quite right, Johnny. -No, no, no, no, no. 260 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:05,360 JOHN: It's the only moral course left open to me. 261 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:09,680 Don't start muddying the picture with morality, Johnny Boy. 262 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:11,440 Do you know what I would give to be Ruskin's favourite? 263 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:15,640 Probably a few more inches than Johnny can conjure in his present mood. 264 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:18,240 You seemed determined to make light of my terrible predicament. 265 00:17:18,360 --> 00:17:22,040 You have a rich and influential patron 266 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:25,880 and he has a beautiful young wife who he has permitted you to launch 267 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,400 as and when you please. 268 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:32,080 -What is the predicament? -It would leave me exposed to scandal! 269 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:34,960 My mother would die! 270 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:38,680 Only if Fred here starts writing about it in the Illustrated London. 271 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:43,600 You don't have any choice, Johnny, but to frolic Ruskin's wife. 272 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:45,880 If you don't do it for yourself then you must do it for the Brotherhood. 273 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,760 I am afraid Gabriel's right. 274 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:53,000 If you irritate Ruskin now, then our careers will sink along with yours. 275 00:17:53,120 --> 00:17:54,560 There are other patrons. 276 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:57,680 But there's only one John Ruskin. 277 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:02,360 GABRIEL: Can I have the same again, please? 278 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:05,400 Gabriel. 279 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:12,240 Perhaps you could advise me on the correct way to ask a husband 280 00:18:12,360 --> 00:18:14,560 if he is offering his wife in exchange for patronage 281 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:16,000 or if I have got the wrong end of the stick. 282 00:18:16,120 --> 00:18:20,080 Johnny, Ruskin doesn't want you to acknowledge it. 283 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:24,240 He wants you to proceed on the basis of an understanding. 284 00:18:24,360 --> 00:18:26,920 If you are beasting another man's wife, 285 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:30,000 it is the height of bad manners to point it out to him. 286 00:18:30,120 --> 00:18:32,480 Thank goodness I have you. 287 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:36,560 I find the modern world a most random and confusing place. 288 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:38,280 I am glad to be of help. 289 00:18:40,120 --> 00:18:41,080 If there is any way I can repay you for your counsel, do not hesitate... 290 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:44,320 Well, there is one thing. 291 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:49,840 I was just wondering if you have any old sketches, I may borrow. 292 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:54,600 Of...of young lovers or, anything romantic. 293 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:56,080 Just in the way of research, you understand. 294 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:57,600 Yes, of course, of course. 295 00:19:00,120 --> 00:19:03,120 -And you believed him? -Of course I believed him. 296 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:05,400 I pressed him for the truth and he told me. 297 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:08,080 The prettier a man's speech, the less trustworthy he is. 298 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:11,680 I gave myself to him and he didn't go running off as you predicted. 299 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:15,520 -He didn't go running to the jewellers, either. -Any man can buy a ring. 300 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:20,360 Only Gabriel would paint a picture of us as Dante and Beatrice. 301 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,360 Will it be a masterpiece? 302 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:26,240 Do the sketches fill you with confidence? 303 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:33,680 -You have seen them, haven't you? -Of course I have. 304 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:45,560 -Good morning, Johnny. -Sir, would you care to see the preliminary drawings? 305 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:48,520 No time today, I am going to be late for my train. 306 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:52,280 Your train? Are you and Mrs Ruskin going away somewhere? 307 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:54,840 Just me. To Scotland. 308 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:58,080 I have need of the wildness, so lacking here in Mayfair. 309 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:00,400 You are leaving Mrs Ruskin alone? 310 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:02,200 Well, she won't be alone, Johnny, will she? She'll have you! 311 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:03,640 Alone? 312 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:06,520 Oh, and I was at the Academy last night. With my support, 313 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:09,280 they intend to make you an Associate before the year is out! 314 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:11,400 And what if I was to lose your support? 315 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:14,080 Well, that's not going to happen, Johnny? We both know that. 316 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:17,080 Look after Effie for me! 317 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:20,000 DOORMAN: This way, sir. 318 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:22,600 [DOOR SHUTS] 319 00:20:26,120 --> 00:20:27,320 [DOOR OPENS] 320 00:20:41,120 --> 00:20:45,200 -I hear that congratulations are the order of the day. -For what, exactly? 321 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:50,400 -For becoming an Associate of the Royal Academy. -Yes, yes. 322 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:55,120 Mr Ruskin is a good fellow. 323 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:58,680 But, not of our kind, his soul... 324 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:03,280 always among the clouds and out of reach of ordinary mortals. 325 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:07,080 That is an accurate way of describing him. 326 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:10,600 So perhaps that accounts for his somewhat strange behaviour. 327 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:13,720 In leaving us alone together or... 328 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:16,560 in not expressing his love for me with physical intimacy? 329 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:20,760 I'm sorry! 330 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,080 -I'm sorry! -No, not at all. 331 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,240 Your words are entirely appropriate to our circumstances. 332 00:21:26,360 --> 00:21:29,640 It is I who can't seem to contain the two realities. 333 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:33,000 I find myself in a complete apoplexy of indecision! 334 00:21:33,120 --> 00:21:36,400 I have shamed myself and I've shamed you. I shall go now. 335 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,240 Johnny. I haven't a clue what you are talking about. 336 00:21:39,360 --> 00:21:41,360 Isn't it obvious? I love you! 337 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,400 And I will do everything you can desire of me. 338 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:54,680 Would you, in that case, mind very much kissing me? 339 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:03,200 I cannot. I'm sorry! I cannot! 340 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:05,200 It is true. 341 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:08,760 It is something in me that prevents men from growing intimate. 342 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:10,600 No! 343 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:14,440 My hesitation is entirely due to my misgivings about your marital state! 344 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:16,080 Effie, you must believe me. 345 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:25,040 Mr Millais. 346 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:26,920 Effie. 347 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:30,800 I thought I would call by to see what progress you are making. 348 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:34,080 Oh, well, I think you can see from these sketches that 349 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:37,760 we are capturing something of the agony of a woman, who has had 350 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:41,040 to commit a sacrifice in order to secure her husband's freedom! 351 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:47,080 I have no doubts about your superior abilities as an artist, Mr Millais. 352 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:55,040 I have written you a few appropriate words you might like to utter 353 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,200 to create the right mood. 354 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:01,560 -Thank you, Fred. Considerate as ever. -Oh, you'd erm, 355 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:06,080 you'd better take this 356 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,400 by way of thanks, for these... 357 00:23:10,120 --> 00:23:11,840 GABRIEL: Just rinse it out afterwards. 358 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:16,520 Do you love Effie? 359 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:18,960 I think she is the sweetest creature that ever lived. 360 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:21,280 You are a good man, Johnny. 361 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:26,720 -God has led you to this. -Oh, don't bring God into it, he's nervous enough as it is! 362 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:45,120 When next we meet, 363 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,120 I shall be a changed man. 364 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:57,560 Perhaps one of us should go and rock the bed for him. 365 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:03,000 Effie. 366 00:24:03,120 --> 00:24:06,360 I am a man and you are a woman. 367 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:09,400 That much is apparent even to me. 368 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:18,640 Can I help? 369 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:19,920 No! 370 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:22,880 No. 371 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:27,400 I have found over the years of 372 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:29,360 plentiful womanising 373 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:33,320 that it...it is better if the man undresses himself. 374 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:39,600 -Oh. -Thereby saving the woman the shock of... 375 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:41,760 freeing the member rampant. 376 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:47,200 Of course. That is most considerate of you, Johnny. 377 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,360 It is so reassuring to me that you seem 378 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,160 so well acquainted with lovemaking. 379 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:57,120 Not just the destination itself, but also the journey. 380 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:03,560 A traveller is only as stimulated as the landscape is beautiful. 381 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:08,400 -Out of interest... -Yes. 382 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:13,360 Which side does Mr Ruskin normally occupy? 383 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:16,280 The one you are on. 384 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:18,760 -Do you mind if I... -No, no, of course not. 385 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:27,480 [CHATTERING AND LAUGHING] 386 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,480 -So where's Johnny? -He's otherwise engaged. 387 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,240 By now... 388 00:25:43,360 --> 00:25:48,840 yes, he, he should be visiting a new and interesting landscape. 389 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:54,000 He's covering his first mare. 390 00:25:54,120 --> 00:25:57,960 For goodness sake, Gabriel, Annie is being trained up to be a lady. 391 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:00,520 Oh, really? And how's that progressing? 392 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:02,680 So he's got a sweetheart, has he? 393 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:07,920 Better than that. He's been invited by Ruskin to deflower his wife. 394 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:10,160 They've been married for years, haven't they? 395 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:12,080 I don't think there'll be much deflowering going on. 396 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:16,560 You would think so, but it transpires that Effie Ruskin is still a virgin. 397 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:18,920 -Are you sure? -Mm-hm. 398 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:20,680 Johnny is easily confused. 399 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:23,120 -Surely he's made some mistake. -No. It's true, my love. 400 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,640 Even Ruskin's mother has given her encouragement and blessing. 401 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:30,480 Well, that settles it, then. He is being taken for a fool. 402 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:32,720 It's a role he was born to play. 403 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:37,520 People don't ask you to screw their wives for no reason. 404 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:40,400 If Ruskin and Ruskin's mother 405 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:43,520 are encouraging Johnny to commit adultery with Effie, 406 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:47,200 then it is so he can be named on the divorce certificate. 407 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:48,760 [GABRIEL LAUGHS] 408 00:26:49,360 --> 00:26:51,000 It's nonsense, 409 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:53,960 isn't it? 410 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:56,640 GABRIEL: Isn't it? 411 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,000 Then...when you feel the moment, 412 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:15,640 let your desire run its course. 413 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:37,040 -Ow! -Don't, don't, don't move! 414 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:38,840 Well, I'm not moving. 415 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:40,120 -But... -Just don't... 416 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:41,360 [EFFIE EXCLAIMS] 417 00:27:45,120 --> 00:27:47,360 -Quick, we'll be too late! -It's Millais' first time. 418 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:50,720 He'll be so nervous he'll need a splint to get his fellow to attention! 419 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:55,240 -Impotence is our only hope! -Fred, write that down, make it our motto! 420 00:27:55,360 --> 00:27:57,240 -The light's still on. -Quick! 421 00:27:57,360 --> 00:28:00,160 -FRED: Johnny! -He left the candles burning. 422 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:01,760 I would never have thought that of him. 423 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,640 WILLIAM: Johnny! Johnny it's a trap... 424 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:06,360 -FRED: Johnny... -GABRIEL: Johnny it's a trap! 425 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:09,760 -It sounds like your friends. -No, no, no. 426 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:12,360 They're, they're probably just trying to encourage me. 427 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:15,720 You'll both be ruined! 428 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:21,120 Well, that would explain the bolts. 429 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:23,640 What? 430 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:27,200 Oh, surely no man of such sensitivity would hatch such a heinous plan. 431 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:30,680 The Ruskins have used their influences against me for all my years of marriage. 432 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:34,600 You mean, he wanted me to be in his wife's society 433 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,760 in order to preserve his good name by blackening Effie's? 434 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:41,520 If he divorced me for adultery, I would be ruined. 435 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:45,440 Well... He has outflanked me on this occasion, that is for sure. 436 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:49,080 As surprising as it is that John Ruskin has beaten you intellectually, 437 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:51,960 we have to know if you've entered Effie's grotto. 438 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:56,080 -Gabriel! Show some delicacy. -That was me showing delicacy. 439 00:28:56,200 --> 00:29:01,400 Mr Rossetti, I assure you my honour remains intact. 440 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:04,080 There was an unfortunate incident with some beads. 441 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:09,600 If Mr Ruskin is such a plotting and scheming fellow, 442 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:12,320 then such a quiet scoundrel ought to be ducked in a mill pond. 443 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:14,000 I don't know for certain what he intended. 444 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:17,240 Well, at the very least, his conduct is incomprehensible. 445 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:21,880 Effie. 446 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,920 There is only one thing for it. 447 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:26,440 I must never see you again. 448 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,440 So I stopped a man from making love to a woman 449 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:35,080 and he actually thanked me for it. 450 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:38,440 -I think Gladstone himself should shake my hand! -Indeed. 451 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:42,680 Although, my guess is that he probably wouldn't have got to the starting line 452 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:46,760 before his horse died, so to speak. 453 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:48,920 It places Effie in a most precarious position. 454 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:51,120 Though less precarious than the one Millais had in mind. 455 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:53,760 Can you not see how serious this is? 456 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:56,920 If Effie and Millais had succumbed, Millais would not have faced ruin. 457 00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,760 -Effie would have been branded an adulteress. -Of course I see. 458 00:29:59,880 --> 00:30:01,400 Why did you think we stopped them? 459 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:03,240 Because your friend Millais would have faced the inconvenience 460 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:04,920 of being named in a divorce case. 461 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:07,920 Well, he may well have lost his patron, whichever path he chooses. 462 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:09,760 Oh, the poor boy! 463 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:11,680 Never mind that Effie would have been condemned 464 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:13,840 to a choice between destitution and prostitution! 465 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:17,760 I know it's serious. I am most sensitive to a woman's plight. 466 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,840 Yet you fail to reflect how vulnerable my own position is. 467 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:22,880 -It is entirely different. -LIZZIE: Why?! 468 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:25,920 I'm a model, after all! 469 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:29,840 And a mistress, and unless we marry, I will face a dilemma 470 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:33,000 every bit as serious as Effie's. 471 00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:35,680 -We will marry. -When? 472 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:39,920 When I am in a financial position to do so. 473 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:51,520 What am I to make of your promises when you have already proved yourself a liar? 474 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:59,320 You promised to teach me to draw, after all. 475 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:01,360 I will start today. 476 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:04,120 You promised me sketches of Dante and Beatrice. 477 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,000 Which you have already. 478 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:12,880 Do you really not think I would recognize Millais' work? 479 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,680 I'm sorry. 480 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:23,240 I was desperate to give the impression of hard work and application. 481 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:26,040 I was desperate to show you how much I had changed! 482 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:30,680 Yet, in doing so, you show me you have not changed at all! 483 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:48,880 So... 484 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:51,320 I finish the painting? 485 00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:53,640 Mm, finish the painting but do not pursue your affair with Effie. 486 00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:59,080 That way he cannot accuse you and her of adultery and he can continue to be your patron! 487 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:03,160 There is a problem. 488 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:06,880 I am in love with Effie and she with me. 489 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:11,160 -We want to run away together. -That is lunacy. 490 00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:13,080 GABRIEL: No. No. No. 491 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:15,440 It might just be a solution! 492 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:19,800 Effie should act first and sue Ruskin for an annulment on the grounds of non-consummation, 493 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:23,320 before he starts divorce proceedings against her. 494 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:26,280 -That way, your name won't get mentioned. -What? 495 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:28,480 That's brilliant. But if she is to sue 496 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:32,600 for non-consummation, then there'll have to be a virginity test, first. 497 00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:35,760 -I'm not sure I want to go through that. -FRED: For her, Johnny. 498 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:40,000 All you have to do is make sure you don't mount her by accident before the annulment. 499 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:43,920 -There will still be a scandal, will there not? -Yes. But if our good friend 500 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,920 Fred here leaks the story to Effie's advantage, then... 501 00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:49,720 it'll be Ruskin's scandal, not yours. 502 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:52,480 And the whole of London will be talking about his limp dick. 503 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:55,920 -Are you happy to do that, Fred? -GABRIEL: Fred is like a true Brother to us. 504 00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:58,400 We can count on Fred, can't we? 505 00:32:58,520 --> 00:32:59,960 -Of course. -GABRIEL: There we go. 506 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:04,760 Then this calls for strong hearts and strong drink. 507 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:08,160 Fred! Do the honours, a bit of a tin shortage this end of the table! 508 00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:10,840 Is there any problem you can't manage, Gabriel? 509 00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:15,720 Oh, she's a fiery red-head with a kiss like a suction pump. 510 00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:18,240 GABRIEL: Goes by the name of Lizzie. 511 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:20,680 It's funny. 512 00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:24,120 Now that I know I'm not allowed to be intimate, 513 00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:26,040 I want it more than I did before. 514 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:30,480 -Welcome to manhood. -You need to remember your love for her, Johnny, at all times. 515 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:33,680 Well, that's usually enough to put any man off sex. 516 00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:37,880 Just remember to not wear out your painting hand. 517 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:42,520 You need to keep working as normal. Ruskin needs to suspect nothing. 518 00:35:09,720 --> 00:35:11,800 GABRIEL: Hey, Fred! 519 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:13,200 Fred! 520 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:15,720 You must be thrilled! 521 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:19,600 -It's on the front page! -I know! 522 00:35:19,720 --> 00:35:23,280 You've relegated the Crimean War to page five! 523 00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:27,720 WILLIAM: "Mrs Effie Ruskin is seeking an annulment of her marriage 524 00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:30,080 "based on non-consummation." 525 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:33,200 It mentions my name! I understood it wasn't going to mention my name! 526 00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:36,200 It mentions all our names! 527 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:46,240 GABRIEL: "Mrs Ruskin has recently been modelling for John Millais, 528 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:48,240 "a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood 529 00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:50,160 "who have a philosophy which entails 530 00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:53,400 "capturing the extraordinary beauty in the everyday. 531 00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:56,720 "They number amongst their members William Holman Hunt, 532 00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:58,480 "painter of The Awakening Conscience, 533 00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:02,920 "and are led by the enigmatic revolutionary Dante Gabriel Rossetti." 534 00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:04,440 Could be worse, I suppose. 535 00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:07,240 -"Enigmatic revolutionary"! -FRED: But the detail. 536 00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:10,720 Ruskin will be able to track it back to me. He will never speak to me again. 537 00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:15,120 Fred, firstly, it's the first time you have made the front page of the Illustrated London, 538 00:36:15,240 --> 00:36:16,840 so you should be celebrating. 539 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:21,040 Secondly, it nails Ruskin but manages to keep us in the public eye 540 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:24,840 without showing us in a bad light at all, really! 541 00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:30,440 [KNOCK AT DOOR] 542 00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:31,880 Come in. 543 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:48,920 I will send my account book on to you. 544 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:51,760 It contains a full statement of this year's accounts 545 00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:55,440 and an explanation of the moneys received and spent by me. 546 00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:58,720 -You don't need to give me accounts. -I feel I do. 547 00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:02,400 It helps to establish the nullity of our marriage. 548 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:05,000 Is that what you consider it to be? A nullity? 549 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:12,640 It was clear the day we married you never wished to make me your wife. 550 00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:15,480 That is not true. I was worried about your health. 551 00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:19,520 Oh, yes, 552 00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:21,880 your touching accusations of insanity! 553 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:27,120 Did you never stop and think of the agony that I might be enduring! 554 00:37:27,240 --> 00:37:31,480 For the first five years of our marriage I thought of little else! 555 00:37:34,240 --> 00:37:36,600 I'm done with ranting and 556 00:37:36,720 --> 00:37:38,120 tearing out my hair. 557 00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:42,600 The worst of it for me is long past. 558 00:37:42,720 --> 00:37:45,240 In which case, 559 00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:48,200 there can be no impediment to you agreeing to an annulment 560 00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:51,840 without me having to undergo the degrading and humiliating physical examination 561 00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:53,600 to establish my virginity. 562 00:37:54,840 --> 00:37:59,240 Paulizza and Brown and Forster from Venice 563 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:02,800 and now from London, dear Johnny Millais. 564 00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:06,040 Need I say more? 565 00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:09,680 They were friendships, only. 566 00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:14,680 And then only because, your personal cruelty and 567 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:18,800 daily heaping of insult upon insult drove me to seek those friendships. 568 00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:22,200 At least the whole world knows that well enough now! 569 00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:28,440 Yes! The whole world knows! And for the present must have its full swing! 570 00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:32,080 That is all you have to say on the subject of our pretend marriage? 571 00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:34,480 Be assured, I shall neither be subdued 572 00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:37,440 nor materially changed by this matter. 573 00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:40,920 I don't believe you are as cold as this. 574 00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:43,000 You know the truth. 575 00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:44,520 I know the truth. 576 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:49,120 If you have any feelings for me then let us just 577 00:38:49,240 --> 00:38:51,200 quietly seek an annulment. 578 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:53,600 My good name is already the subject of ridicule, Effie. 579 00:38:53,720 --> 00:38:56,320 I have no reason to seek a quiet annulment. 580 00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:02,480 Goodbye, John. 581 00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:14,560 [FOOTSTEPS] 582 00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:51,680 I cannot believe that anyone, however twisted, 583 00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:54,080 would want to write such a thing about you, John. 584 00:39:54,200 --> 00:40:00,080 If I can do anything to track down the beast who betrayed you in this way...! 585 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:02,360 It's good of you to come and see me in person, Gabriel. 586 00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:06,720 I want everyone to know I consider you the injured party in all this. 587 00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:11,640 And if standing by you brings disgrace to my name, then so be it, sir. 588 00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:14,680 I cannot leave the house, of course. 589 00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:17,600 Everywhere I go there are pointing fingers and wagging tongues. 590 00:40:17,720 --> 00:40:19,520 John... 591 00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:21,560 And your reputation as a critic will be unharmed. It's good of you to say so. 592 00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:26,280 And your reputation as a critic will be unharmed. 593 00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:27,880 It's good of you to say so. 594 00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:32,080 And so and so and so. 595 00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:35,000 I have my work, you see, always my work. 596 00:40:37,240 --> 00:40:39,480 These show a new intensity, Gabriel. 597 00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:42,560 An intensity triggered by an aching heart, Sir. 598 00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:45,760 I am sure you are familiar with that feeling. 599 00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:49,360 Quite. 600 00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:52,000 Are you aware if Hunt is still searching for a patron? 601 00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:56,200 I am afraid Hunt is dead set on this insane trip to the Middle East. 602 00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:59,760 Surely he sees that he will paint things there that he will be ashamed of in seven years. 603 00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:03,280 I have said the very same thing to him, sir. The very same! 604 00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:06,320 I fear I have misjudged you. 605 00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:09,920 I've always considered you to be irredeemably superficial. 606 00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:13,960 Whereas now you consider me to be redeemably superficial, perhaps? 607 00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:17,440 Is that mill owner still buying your work? What was his name? Mr Chadwick? 608 00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:19,960 Yes, Mr Chadwick and I 609 00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:26,600 have decided to go our separate ways, sir. I felt I could not paint to his requirements, sir. 610 00:41:26,720 --> 00:41:29,760 Patrons a little thin on the ground at the present moment. 611 00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:34,040 Well, when this story dies down I will pay a visit to your studio. 612 00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:37,600 And we'll see if I can't do something about that, shall we? 613 00:41:37,720 --> 00:41:41,240 I'm sure the story will die down sooner than you think, sir. 614 00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:43,600 A storm in a teacup. 615 00:41:43,720 --> 00:41:45,720 And so Ruskin visited you in person? 616 00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:48,520 Yes. In person. He's as tortured as Johnny 617 00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:50,000 by the way this whole thing has unravelled. 618 00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:51,760 Did he mention me at all? 619 00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:55,360 He said that your trip to the Holy Land might have you producing work 620 00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:58,760 -that you will still be proud of in seven years' time! -And me... 621 00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:00,760 I put him right on you, Fred. 622 00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:04,760 -I told him your true character. -So he thinks I should travel to the Holy Land? 623 00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:08,560 And although I'll miss you like my own soul, 624 00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:10,040 I find myself in agreement with him. 625 00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:12,800 -But I thought you were so against it. -I was wrong. 626 00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:15,480 You'll come back a better artist. 627 00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:17,760 And what about Johnny, though? If I left now it would break his heart. 628 00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:21,480 I think Johnny might be preoccupied with other matters. 629 00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:26,240 How will I break it to Annie, Gabriel? 630 00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:29,520 Annie will understand. If she loves you, she'll understand. 631 00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:42,720 So you are really going, then? 632 00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:45,640 It has no reflection on you, Annie, 633 00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:49,360 no reflection at all. 634 00:42:49,480 --> 00:42:53,320 I love you. And I feel nothing but respect for your working class soul. 635 00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:56,400 However, there are those out there, 636 00:42:56,520 --> 00:43:00,480 who would judge you for your coarse ways and foul mouth. Not me. 637 00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:02,440 But others. 638 00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:07,800 And for that reason, while I'm away, you will receive the training that you need 639 00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:12,400 in order to be accepted by my family as my bride. And then, 640 00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:15,480 when I return, 641 00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:18,080 we shall be married 642 00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:19,680 straightaway. 643 00:43:20,440 --> 00:43:22,560 And I promise you that. 644 00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:29,040 Well, I suppose I've had worse offers. 645 00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:30,520 [SHE SNIFFS] 646 00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:43,080 Before you go to that Holy Land, would you care to take one more visit to this Holy Land? 647 00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:51,640 I have a confession to make. 648 00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:58,040 When I boasted before about 649 00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:00,800 the number of women I have been intimate with, 650 00:44:03,720 --> 00:44:06,040 I may have exaggerated their number. 651 00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:07,360 Oh. 652 00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:11,440 So, not so many then? 653 00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:13,040 Not so many, no. 654 00:44:15,560 --> 00:44:18,080 In fact, none. 655 00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:23,840 So we have both passed our virginity tests? 656 00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:28,320 I suppose, yes, I suppose that's right! 657 00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:43,360 [SHE GASPS] 658 00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:52,200 Perhaps if you were to move a little. 659 00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:54,880 Back and forth. 660 00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:57,000 That would be pleasurable. 661 00:44:57,120 --> 00:44:58,360 Oh. 662 00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:00,400 Yes. 663 00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:10,720 So it is. 664 00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:13,440 So it is. 665 00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:18,760 There is nothing wrong with you at all. 666 00:45:19,480 --> 00:45:22,240 You are perfect. 667 00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:25,680 Absolutely perfect! 668 00:45:27,240 --> 00:45:29,360 If I could get hold of the people who wrote such nonsense 669 00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:32,640 I would personally horsewhip their buttocks to a rosy hue. 670 00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:34,880 I would parade them through town with their trousers down, 671 00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:37,040 exposed to the ridicule of the baying mob. 672 00:45:37,160 --> 00:45:41,000 -Have their been many enquiries about Millais' new painting? -Some. Why? 673 00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:43,240 I'd hoped there would be. It's a marvellous piece of work. 674 00:45:45,240 --> 00:45:48,320 We can't confuse our feelings about the artist with the art. 675 00:45:48,440 --> 00:45:52,080 That would leave us only able to admire work by those we like. 676 00:45:59,960 --> 00:46:02,840 Are you occupied on Tuesday? 677 00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:04,480 No. 678 00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:07,480 But I should like to be, if sexual congress is on offer. 679 00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:11,120 [SHE CHUCKLES] 680 00:46:11,240 --> 00:46:13,720 Well, it is certainly customary afterwards. 681 00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:15,520 After what? 682 00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:18,240 After the Wedding. 683 00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:21,720 Wedding? 684 00:46:25,200 --> 00:46:28,960 There is no other way to preserve my reputation than we marry quickly. 685 00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:32,480 That had occurred to you, had it not? 686 00:46:34,600 --> 00:46:37,360 Of course! Of course! 687 00:46:58,160 --> 00:46:59,400 It was... 688 00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:02,920 it was just as you described, Gabriel. 689 00:47:04,240 --> 00:47:05,640 Every bit as enjoyable. 690 00:47:07,360 --> 00:47:11,480 -I can quite see why you find it so distracting. -Good. 691 00:47:13,240 --> 00:47:15,400 I've lost Ruskin, of course. 692 00:47:15,520 --> 00:47:17,000 He refuses to speak with me. 693 00:47:17,120 --> 00:47:21,760 What do you want from the man? He has already made your career. 694 00:47:21,880 --> 00:47:26,160 You are an Associate of the Academy on his recommendation. 695 00:47:26,280 --> 00:47:30,800 -At least The Order of Release has been sold. -What? 696 00:47:30,920 --> 00:47:35,040 -When did you hear this? -This afternoon. 500 Guineas. 697 00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:37,000 So I suppose that's something. 698 00:47:37,120 --> 00:47:39,160 I see. 699 00:47:39,280 --> 00:47:40,920 That should soften the blow. 700 00:47:43,080 --> 00:47:45,200 Oh, look, the boys have come to see you off. 701 00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:48,760 Anybody would think you three were sweethearts, the way you carry on. 702 00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:55,480 Now, you have the list of who Annie can and can't sit for. 703 00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:58,760 -Of course, Maniac. -And she sits for Rossetti under no circumstances. 704 00:47:58,880 --> 00:48:01,320 I would think her virtue was safer with him than any man. 705 00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:03,040 He is besotted with Lizzie. 706 00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:06,440 Mr Rossetti has no more control over his libido than a dog in the street. 707 00:48:06,560 --> 00:48:10,080 -And I say that as his best friend in the world. -I understand. 708 00:48:12,360 --> 00:48:14,000 Boys. 709 00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:16,600 I spotted Annie 710 00:48:16,720 --> 00:48:18,960 like a pebble on the beach 711 00:48:19,080 --> 00:48:21,160 and set about to polish her. 712 00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:23,240 Now I have not been polishing her these last few weeks 713 00:48:23,360 --> 00:48:25,960 for another man to pop her in his pocket on a whim! 714 00:48:27,320 --> 00:48:28,760 Do I make myself clear? 715 00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:32,120 -Completely. -Good. 716 00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:38,080 Goodbye. 717 00:48:39,040 --> 00:48:42,880 I shall return...a better man. 718 00:48:43,640 --> 00:48:46,320 I'm sure you will! 719 00:48:46,440 --> 00:48:50,480 The Divine Master in Syria never ceased to have claimed my homage. 720 00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:53,120 Art should serve Christ. 721 00:48:56,360 --> 00:48:59,720 Don't go lifting any veils you shouldn't, hey? 722 00:49:01,280 --> 00:49:02,720 My love. 723 00:49:09,720 --> 00:49:11,480 Keep up with the lessons, my darling. 724 00:49:14,040 --> 00:49:15,720 When you return, 725 00:49:17,560 --> 00:49:19,400 I'll be so sophisticated I'll be able to come in three different languages. 726 00:49:28,840 --> 00:49:30,120 [HORSE NEIGHS] 727 00:49:35,960 --> 00:49:39,800 FRED: I would like to report that Gabriel feels a smidgen of remorse 728 00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:42,040 at packing his friend off to the Holy Land 729 00:49:42,160 --> 00:49:45,560 in order to clear the path between him and Ruskin. 730 00:49:45,680 --> 00:49:49,400 Or at the very least, that his deceptive ways have lost him 731 00:49:49,520 --> 00:49:53,160 the one thing he truly values. 732 00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:55,920 But no. 733 00:49:56,040 --> 00:49:59,840 He seems to have no idea that Lizzie's love for him is both 734 00:49:59,960 --> 00:50:02,800 undeserved and unfair. 735 00:50:14,200 --> 00:50:15,880 Hunt, meanwhile, 736 00:50:17,680 --> 00:50:19,160 begins his pilgrimage in the spirit of a man who is giving up drink, 737 00:50:21,160 --> 00:50:23,800 but then happens upon a jug of gin he has forgotten about beneath his bed. 738 00:50:23,920 --> 00:50:27,600 And Effie, determined to make up for years of a sexless marriage 739 00:50:27,720 --> 00:50:30,040 has Millais pleasure her around the clock. 740 00:50:30,160 --> 00:50:33,240 And Millais, is left wondering, once again, 741 00:50:33,360 --> 00:50:36,240 when life will be something that stops happening to him. 742 00:50:36,360 --> 00:50:38,400 When life will finally become something 743 00:50:38,520 --> 00:50:40,840 that he can do something about