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Well,

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my dear.

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So, how are you adapting to the outside
world?

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Very well, I think.

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I've advised her to watch and learn and
be quiet, except when spoken to.

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So, we must see what we can devise for
your amusement.

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You receive him, do you?

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Yes.

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So do you.

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Monsieur le Vicomte de Valmont, my
child, whom you very probably don't

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except that he is conspicuously
charming, never opens his mouth without

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calculating what damage he can do.

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Then why do you receive him, Maman?

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Everyone receives him.

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Madame. Vicomte. What a pleasant
surprise.

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Madame de Valange.

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How delightful to see you.

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You remember my daughter, Cécile?

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Well, indeed, but who could have
foretold she would flower so gracefully?

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I wanted to call on you before leaving
the city.

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Oh? I'm not sure we can allow that. Why
should you want to leave?

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Paris in August, you know.

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And it's time I paid a visit on my aunt.
I've neglected her disgracefully.

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Madame de Rosemonde has been good enough
to invite us to stay at the chateau.

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Won't you please give her our warmest
regards?

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I shall make a point of it, madame.

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I think it's time we took you home.

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I'm used to being in bed by nine at the
convent. So I should hope.

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Your aunt?

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That's correct.

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I thought she'd already made
arrangements to leave you all her money.

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Do you know why I summoned you here this
evening?

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I'd hoped it might be for the pleasure
of my company. I need you to carry out

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heroic enterprise.

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Do you remember when Bastide left me?

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Yes. Went off with that fat mistress of
yours whose name escapes me. Yes, yes.

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No one has ever done that to me before,
or to you, I suspect.

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I was quite relieved to be rid of her,
frankly.

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No, you weren't.

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For some years now, Bastide has been
searching for a wife.

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He was always unshakably prejudiced in
favor of convent education.

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And now he's found the ideal candidate.

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Cecile Valange.

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Very good.

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And her 60 ,000 a year, that must have
played some small part in Bastide's

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calculations.

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None whatsoever.

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Bastide's priority, you see, is a
guaranteed virtue.

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I wonder if I'm beginning to guess what
it is you're intending to propose.

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Bastide is with his regiment in Corsica
for the rest of the year. That should

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give you plenty of time.

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You mean to... She's a rosebud.

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You think so?

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And he'd get back from his honeymoon to
find himself the laughingstock of Paris.

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Well... Yes.

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Love and revenge.

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Two of your favorites.

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What? Really, I can't.

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Why not?

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It's too easy.

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It is.

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She's seen nothing.

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She knows nothing.

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She's bound to be curious.

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She'd be on her back before he'd unwrap
the first bunch of flowers.

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Any one of a dozen men could manage it.
I have my reputation to think of.

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I can see I'm going to have to tell you
everything.

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Of course you are. Yes, well.

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My aunt is not on her own just at the
moment. She has a young friend staying

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with her.

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A Madame de Torval.

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You can't mean it.

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To seduce a woman famous for strict
morals, religious fervor, and the

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of her marriage. What could... possibly
be more prestigious.

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I think there's something degrading
about having a husband for a rival.

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It's humiliating if you fail and
commonplace if you succeed.

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Where is Monsieur de Tauvel, anyway?

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Providing over some endless case in
Burgundy. I don't think you can hope for

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actual pleasure.

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Oh, yes.

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You see, I have no intention of breaking
down her prejudices. I want her to

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believe in God and virtue and the
sanctity of marriage and still.

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not be able to stop herself.

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I want the excitement of watching her
betray everything that's most important

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her. Surely you understand that.

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I thought betrayal was your favorite
word. No, no.

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Cruelty.

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I always think that has a nobler ring to
it.

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How is Belrush? I'm very pleased with
him. And is he your only lover?

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Yes.

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I think you should take another. I think
it most unhealthy, that exclusivity.

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You're not jealous, are you? Of course I
am. Belrush is completely undeserving.

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I thought he was one of your closest
friends.

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Exactly. So I know what I'm talking
about.

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No, I think you should organize an
infidelity.

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With me, for example.

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You refuse me a simple favor, then you
expect to be indulged? It's only because

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it is so simple it wouldn't feel like a
conquest.

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I have to follow my destiny.

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I have to be true to my profession.

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All right, then.

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Come back when you've succeeded with
Madame de Tauvel.

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Yeah. And I will offer you a reward.

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My love.

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But I shall require proof.

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Certainly. Written proof.

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Ah.

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Not negotiable.

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I don't suppose there's any possibility
of an advance?

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Good night, Rico.

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Oh, where have you been?

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Time has no logic when I'm not with you.

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An hour is like a century.

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I've told you before.

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We shall get on a great deal better if
you make a concerted effort not to sound

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like the latest novel.

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God is the Christian God.

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Such a beautiful day. I believe we'll
walk. Yes, my lady.

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You didn't take the sacrament today?

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No.

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May I ask why?

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I have this appalling reputation, as you
may know.

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Yes, I have been warned about you.

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You have? By whom?

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Fran.

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The fact is I've spent my life
surrounded by immoral people. I've

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to be influenced by them and sometimes
even taken pride in outshining them.

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And now?

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Now? What I most often feel is
unworthiness.

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But it is precisely at such moments that
you start to become worthy.

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I certainly believe one should
constantly strive to improve oneself.

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Chevalier.

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I don't believe you know my cousin,
Madame de Boulogne. This is Chevalier D

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'Anthony and Madame's daughter, Cécile.

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Tell us what we should think of the
opera.

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Oh, it's sublime, don't you find?

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Monsieur D 'Anthony is one of those rare
eccentrics who come here to listen to

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the music.

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I do look forward to our next meeting.

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Charming young man.

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Penniless, regrettably.

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He's one of the finest music teachers in
the city.

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Perhaps you should employ him.

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How are you getting on with Madame de
Torval's maid?

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Julie, to tell you the truth, sir, it's
been a bit boring.

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If I wasn't so anxious to keep your
lordship abreast, I think I'd have only

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bothered her once.

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Still, you know what else is there to do
in the country?

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Yes, well, it wasn't so much the details
of your intimacy I was after. It's

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whether or not she's agreed to bring me
Madame de Torval's letters.

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She won't steal the letters, sir. She
won't? You know better than me, sir.

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easy enough making them do what they
want to do.

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It's trying to get them to do what you
want them to do that gives you a

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headache. And them, as often as not. I
need to know who's writing to her about

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me. Oh, I shouldn't worry if I was you,
sir.

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She told Julie she didn't believe you
went hunting in the mornings.

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She said she was going to have you
followed.

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So I'd say it was only a matter of time.

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That... is the terrible noise he's
making.

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He should get the news back to us twice
as quickly. I don't think we should make

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it too easy for him.

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What exactly do you think you're doing?

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I'm impounding these effects, sir.

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Has it not been explained to you that
your armor is not well?

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I don't make the law, sir. I just do
what I'm told.

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Everybody has to pay his taxes.

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How much does he owe?

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Well, uh... How much?

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Fifty -six livres.

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Pay him.

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Yes, my lord.

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Monsieur Armand.

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Excuse me. You don't know me.

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Of course I do.

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Monsieur Le Vicomte.

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Please, don't get up. I have to. They're
taking a bed.

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No, not at all.

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No one's taking anything.

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Please. Please.

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Please. Please.

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Just two.

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All right, you're over, I insist.

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56 livres to save an entire family from
ruin. That seems a genuine bargain.

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These days, my lord, you can find half a
dozen like that any village in the

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country. Really?

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I must say, the family was very well
chosen.

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Solidly respectable, gratifyingly
tearful, no suspiciously pretty girls.

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done. I do my best, sir.

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And all that humble gratitude, it was
most affecting.

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Dijon? That's from her husband.

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This must be from that officious friend
of hers.

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Tell me, where do you and Julie meet?

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Oh, in my room, sir.

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And is she coming tonight?

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Right so.

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I think I may be forced to burst in on
you, see if blackmail will succeed any

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better than bribery. About two o 'clock
suit you?

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I don't want to embarrass you. Will that
give you enough time? I'm full soft.

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Is this true about Monsieur Armand?

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I don't believe I know anyone of that
name. You may as well own that,

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My footman happened to be passing when
you were in the village this morning.

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I don't think you should pay too much
attention to servants' gossip.

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It is true, isn't it?

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Well, yes, it is.

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You dear boy, come and let me give you a
hug.

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I can't understand how someone whose
instincts are so generous could lead

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dissolute life.

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I'm afraid you have an exaggerated idea
both of my generosity and of my

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depravity. If I knew who'd given you
such a dire account of me.

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Since I don't, let me make a confession.

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I'm afraid the key to the paradox lies
in a certain weakness of character.

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I can't see how so thoughtful an act of
charity could be described as weak.

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Because it was simply response to a
strong new influence in my life.

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Yours.

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You see how weak I am.

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I promised myself I was never going to
tell you.

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It's just that looking at you, you
needn't worry.

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I have no illicit intentions.

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I would not dream of insulting you.

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But I do love you.

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I adore you.

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Please help me!

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I rang a number of times. Didn't hear,
sir. I require some hot water.

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Right away, sir.

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Don't... Aslan?

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Sir? Wait for me in my room.

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You know I can't condone this sort of
behavior, Julie.

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I know, sir. But you may rely on my
discretion.

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Thank you, sir. Providing, of course,
that you agree to my price.

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Nothing like that.

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No, all I want is to get to see every
letter that Madame de Torval has

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since her arrival here, and every letter
that she writes from now on.

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But, sir, I can't... Deliver them to
Adeline by midnight tomorrow.

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For your trouble.

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with me to answer Monsieur Dauphine's
letters?

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In the circumstances, yes. In what
circumstances?

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It's not my place to tell you this, my
dear, if I haven't become so fond of

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Go on, please.

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Your marriage has been arranged.

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Who is it?

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Someone I know slightly.

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Monsieur Le Comte de Bastille. What's he
like?

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Well... You don't like him? Well, it's
not that. He's a man of somewhat erratic

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judgment and rather serious.

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How old is he?

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Thirty -six.

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Thirty -six?

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He's an old man.

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Do you know when?

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In the new year, I believe.

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Maybe there's a way to let you write to
Monsieur D 'Anthony.

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Oh, Madame.

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If you were to let me see both sides of
the correspondence, I could reassure

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myself. But I can't show you the letters
I've already sent him.

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I trust you slept well, madame. I wish I
could say that I had. I thought the

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least I could hope for was that you
would respect me. But I do. Of course I

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You've offended me deeply. It's
unforgivable.

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This confirms everything I've been told
about you.

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I'm beginning to think you may have
planned the whole exercise.

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I had no idea you were staying here.

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Not that it would have disturbed me in
the slightest if I had known.

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You see, until I met you, I had only
ever experienced desire.

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Love, never.

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00:28:31,639 --> 00:28:36,020
That's enough. No, no. You made an
accusation. You must allow me the

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to defend myself now. I'm not going to
deny that I was aware of your beauty.

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the point is, this has nothing to do
with your beauty.

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As I got to know you, I began to realize
that beauty was the least of your

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qualities. I became fascinated by your
goodness.

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I was drawn in by it. I didn't
understand what was happening to me.

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And it was only when I began to feel
actual physical pain every time he left

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room that it finally dawned on me.

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I was in love for the first time in my
life. I knew it was hopeless, but that

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didn't matter to me. And it's not that I
want to have you.

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00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:11,960
All I want is to deserve you.

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Tell me what to do. Show me how to
behave.

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I'll do anything you say.

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00:29:19,460 --> 00:29:20,460
Very well, then.

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I would like you to leave this house.

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I don't see why that should be
necessary.

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Let's just say you've spent your whole
life making it necessary.

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And if you refuse, I shall be forced to
leave myself.

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00:29:34,570 --> 00:29:36,350
Well, then, of course, whatever you say.

283
00:29:37,910 --> 00:29:38,910
Thank you.

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00:29:45,810 --> 00:29:49,530
Perhaps I might be so bold as to ask a
favor in return.

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00:29:49,890 --> 00:29:54,010
I think it would only be just to let me
know which of your friends has blackened

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my name.

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00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:57,900
If friends of mine have warned me
against you, I could hardly reward them

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betrayal. I must say you devalue your
generous offer if you want to use it as

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bargaining point. Very well, I withdraw
the request.

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00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:08,340
I hope you won't think I'm bargaining if
I ask you to let me write to you.

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00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:12,000
Well, I... And pray that you'll do me
the kindness of answering my letters.

292
00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:15,340
I'm not sure a correspondence with you
is something a woman of honor could

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permit herself. So you're determined to
refuse my suggestions, however

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00:30:18,420 --> 00:30:22,060
respectable. I didn't say that. And
you'd rather be unjust than risk showing

295
00:30:22,060 --> 00:30:23,060
a touch of kindness.

296
00:30:23,210 --> 00:30:26,690
I would welcome the chance to prove to
you that what lies behind this is not

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00:30:26,690 --> 00:30:29,410
hatred or resentment, but... But what?

298
00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:06,740
He knows exactly how far he may venture
without risk and guarantees his own

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security by tormenting only the safest
kind of victim, women.

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Madame de Valange.

301
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:27,540
Goodbye, aunt. Goodbye, dear boy.

302
00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:35,720
Monsieur, please. I'll write soon.

303
00:31:56,060 --> 00:32:02,900
My dear Madame de Torval, I have

304
00:32:02,900 --> 00:32:09,890
just... come, don't move, I said, to

305
00:32:09,890 --> 00:32:16,410
my death in the middle of a stormy night

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00:32:16,410 --> 00:32:22,930
during which I have been

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taught from exaltation

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00:32:29,750 --> 00:32:35,780
to... exhaustion, and back again.

309
00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:43,500
Yet, despite these torments, I guarantee
that at this moment,

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I am far happier than you.

311
00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:57,380
We'll finish it later, shall we?

312
00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:09,960
Your damned cousin, the Volange bitch,
wanted me away from Madame de Torval.

313
00:33:10,060 --> 00:33:12,800
Well, now I am, and I intend to make her
suffer for it.

314
00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:18,260
Your plan to ruin her daughter, are you
making any progress?

315
00:33:19,780 --> 00:33:21,920
Is there anything I could do to help?

316
00:33:22,900 --> 00:33:24,780
I'm entirely at your disposal.

317
00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:29,100
Well, yes.

318
00:33:30,540 --> 00:33:34,000
I told D 'Ansony you would act as his
confidant and advisor.

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00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:38,560
I need you to stiffen his resolve, if
that's the phrase.

320
00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:43,040
I thought if anyone could help... Help?

321
00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:45,180
He doesn't need help. He needs
hindrances.

322
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:49,720
If he has to climb over enough of them,
he might inadvertently fall on top of

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00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:50,699
her.

324
00:33:50,700 --> 00:33:52,860
I take it he hasn't been a great
success.

325
00:33:53,300 --> 00:33:54,300
I've been disastrous.

326
00:33:55,220 --> 00:33:57,940
Like most intellectuals, he's intensely
stupid.

327
00:34:01,770 --> 00:34:04,970
I often wonder how you managed to invent
yourself.

328
00:34:06,070 --> 00:34:08,409
Well, I had no choice, did I? I'm a
woman.

329
00:34:09,409 --> 00:34:12,610
Women are obliged to be far more
skillful than men.

330
00:34:13,889 --> 00:34:19,130
You can ruin our reputation and our life
with a few well -chosen words. So, of

331
00:34:19,130 --> 00:34:23,969
course, I had to invent not only myself,
but ways of escape no one has ever

332
00:34:23,969 --> 00:34:24,969
thought of before.

333
00:34:26,250 --> 00:34:28,449
And I've succeeded because...

334
00:34:29,190 --> 00:34:34,290
I've always known I was born to dominate
your sex and avenge my own.

335
00:34:36,150 --> 00:34:38,810
Yes, but what I asked was how.

336
00:34:44,909 --> 00:34:47,590
When I came out into society, I was 15.

337
00:34:49,429 --> 00:34:55,190
I already knew that the role I was
condemned to, namely to keep quiet and

338
00:34:55,190 --> 00:34:59,260
what I was told, gave me the perfect
opportunity to listen and observe.

339
00:35:00,220 --> 00:35:05,240
Not to what people told me, which
naturally was of no interest, but to

340
00:35:05,240 --> 00:35:06,880
it was they were trying to hide.

341
00:35:08,300 --> 00:35:10,280
I practiced detachment.

342
00:35:11,660 --> 00:35:15,520
I learned how to look cheerful while
under the table I stuck a fork into the

343
00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:16,520
back of my hand.

344
00:35:18,020 --> 00:35:22,240
I became a virtuoso of disease.

345
00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:25,880
It wasn't pleasure I was after, it was
knowledge.

346
00:35:27,020 --> 00:35:32,780
I consulted the strictest moralists to
learn how to appear, philosophers to

347
00:35:32,780 --> 00:35:36,840
out what to think, and novelists to see
what I could get away with.

348
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:42,080
And in the end, I distilled everything
to one wonderfully simple principle.

349
00:35:43,700 --> 00:35:45,020
Win or die.

350
00:35:47,980 --> 00:35:50,140
So you're infallible, are you?

351
00:35:51,530 --> 00:35:53,270
If I want a man, I have him.

352
00:35:53,930 --> 00:35:56,610
If he wants to tell, he finds that he
can't.

353
00:35:59,170 --> 00:36:00,430
That's the whole story.

354
00:36:02,130 --> 00:36:03,670
And was that our story?

355
00:36:08,350 --> 00:36:10,530
I wanted you before we'd ever met.

356
00:36:11,790 --> 00:36:13,830
My self -esteem demanded it.

357
00:36:22,510 --> 00:36:26,290
It's the only time I have ever been
controlled by my desire.

358
00:36:53,420 --> 00:36:54,860
Madame de Valange.

359
00:37:05,100 --> 00:37:06,900
Your note said it was urgent.

360
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:08,620
It's days now.

361
00:37:08,940 --> 00:37:11,140
I haven't been able to think of anything
else.

362
00:37:11,460 --> 00:37:12,460
Please sit down.

363
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:18,800
I have reason to believe that a... Oh,
how shall I describe it?

364
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,200
That a dangerous liaison...

365
00:37:22,430 --> 00:37:26,810
had sprung up between your daughter and
the Chevalier D 'Anthony.

366
00:37:27,390 --> 00:37:30,550
Oh, no, no, no, no. No, that's
completely absurd.

367
00:37:31,450 --> 00:37:34,930
Cecile is still a child. She understands
nothing of these things.

368
00:37:35,370 --> 00:37:38,790
And D 'Anthony is an entirely
respectable young man.

369
00:37:40,010 --> 00:37:43,870
Tell me, does Cecile have a great many
correspondents?

370
00:37:44,590 --> 00:37:45,610
Why do you ask?

371
00:37:46,050 --> 00:37:50,030
I went to her room at the beginning of
this week. I simply knocked on the door

372
00:37:50,030 --> 00:37:51,030
and entered.

373
00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:55,980
She was stuffing an envelope into the
top right -hand drawer of her bureau, in

374
00:37:55,980 --> 00:37:58,880
which I couldn't help noticing there
seemed to be a large number of similar

375
00:37:58,880 --> 00:37:59,880
letters.

376
00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:05,920
I'm most grateful to you.

377
00:38:11,060 --> 00:38:14,300
Would you think it impertinent if I were
to make another suggestion?

378
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:15,560
No, no.

379
00:38:15,980 --> 00:38:20,460
If my recollection is correct, I
overheard you saying to the Vicomte de

380
00:38:20,890 --> 00:38:25,410
That his aunt invited you and Cecile to
stay at her chateau. She has, yes,

381
00:38:25,410 --> 00:38:26,410
repeatedly.

382
00:38:30,870 --> 00:38:33,870
A spell in the country might be the very
thing.

383
00:38:40,070 --> 00:38:41,070
Thank you.

384
00:38:51,530 --> 00:38:52,970
You asked for hindrances.

385
00:38:54,210 --> 00:38:57,070
You are a genuinely wicked woman.

386
00:38:57,730 --> 00:39:00,330
And you wanted a chance to make my
cousin suffer.

387
00:39:00,590 --> 00:39:06,110
I can't resist you. I made it easy for
you. But all this is most inconvenient.

388
00:39:07,970 --> 00:39:11,170
The contestable you has invited me to
stay.

389
00:39:12,030 --> 00:39:13,950
Well, you'll just have to put her off.

390
00:39:14,790 --> 00:39:18,490
Well, the contest has promised me
extensive use of her gardens.

391
00:39:21,450 --> 00:39:22,610
green as they once were.

392
00:39:23,110 --> 00:39:24,110
Maybe not.

393
00:39:24,330 --> 00:39:27,470
But from what I hear, all his friends
are gardeners.

394
00:39:27,670 --> 00:39:28,670
Is that so?

395
00:39:29,650 --> 00:39:31,930
You want your revenge. I want my
revenge.

396
00:39:32,170 --> 00:39:34,350
I'm afraid there's only one place you
can go.

397
00:39:34,710 --> 00:39:35,870
Back to Monty, eh?

398
00:39:36,370 --> 00:39:37,370
Back to Monty.

399
00:39:38,130 --> 00:39:40,630
Where you can also pursue that other
matter.

400
00:39:41,810 --> 00:39:43,950
You have some evidence to procure, have
you not?

401
00:39:50,290 --> 00:39:55,330
Don't you think it would be a generous
gesture, show the proper confidence in

402
00:39:55,330 --> 00:39:58,130
ability, if we were to take that
evidence for granted?

403
00:39:58,650 --> 00:40:00,730
I need it in writing, Vico.

404
00:40:04,270 --> 00:40:05,670
Now you must leave me.

405
00:40:05,890 --> 00:40:06,990
Must I? Why?

406
00:40:08,110 --> 00:40:09,310
Because I'm hungry.

407
00:40:09,550 --> 00:40:11,930
Yes? I've quite an appetite myself.

408
00:40:13,770 --> 00:40:15,350
Then go home and eat.

409
00:40:20,490 --> 00:40:21,490
In writing.

410
00:41:56,880 --> 00:42:02,460
You'll be pleased to hear, my dear, that
Armand is on his feet again and back at

411
00:42:02,460 --> 00:42:03,460
work.

412
00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:09,680
Who?

413
00:42:11,620 --> 00:42:16,740
Monsieur Armand, whose family you helped
so generously.

414
00:42:17,660 --> 00:42:18,760
Oh, yes.

415
00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:25,560
When my nephew was last here, we
discovered quite by chance that he had

416
00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:28,210
into the village. Are you feeling all
right, madame?

417
00:42:28,450 --> 00:42:30,150
I'm sorry to interrupt, Anne.

418
00:42:30,450 --> 00:42:34,310
It seemed to me all of a sudden that
madame de Torval didn't look at all

419
00:42:34,610 --> 00:42:38,810
Perhaps you need some fresh air. Do you
feel constricted in any way? I feel sure

420
00:42:38,810 --> 00:42:42,470
madame de Valence is right, as usual.
Turn around the grounds, perhaps.

421
00:42:42,710 --> 00:42:44,610
Yes, a little walk in the gardens.

422
00:42:44,850 --> 00:42:46,390
It's not too cool, I think.

423
00:42:47,330 --> 00:42:51,790
Fresh air will do you the world of good.
That meal was somewhat heavy, perhaps.

424
00:42:52,250 --> 00:42:54,330
I can't believe that was the cause.

425
00:42:56,680 --> 00:42:57,720
Come back, Thorne.

426
00:43:11,860 --> 00:43:12,860
Mademoiselle.

427
00:43:14,100 --> 00:43:18,500
I have no wish to arouse suspicion, so
I'll be brief. The letter is from the

428
00:43:18,500 --> 00:43:19,500
Chevalier d 'Ancony.

429
00:43:20,440 --> 00:43:25,060
Yes, I... Now, the handing over of such
letters is a far from easy matter to

430
00:43:25,060 --> 00:43:26,060
accomplish.

431
00:43:26,540 --> 00:43:29,300
I cannot be expected to create a
diversion every day.

432
00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:36,640
So... This key resembles the key to your
bedroom, which I happen to know is kept

433
00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:40,240
in your mother's room on the mantelpiece
tied with the blue ribbon. Take it. Go

434
00:43:40,240 --> 00:43:43,720
up now, attach the blue ribbon to it,
put it in the place of your bedroom key,

435
00:43:43,820 --> 00:43:47,100
which you will then bring to me. I'll be
able to get a copy cut within two

436
00:43:47,100 --> 00:43:50,820
hours. Then I can collect your letters
and deliver D 'Antonis without any

437
00:43:50,820 --> 00:43:51,820
complication.

438
00:43:52,660 --> 00:43:53,660
Now.

439
00:43:54,510 --> 00:43:58,390
In the cupboard by your bed, you'll find
a feather and a small bottle of oil so

440
00:43:58,390 --> 00:44:01,530
that you may oil the lock and the hinges
on the entry room door.

441
00:44:02,590 --> 00:44:03,830
Are you sure, monsieur?

442
00:44:04,250 --> 00:44:05,250
Trust me.

443
00:44:09,230 --> 00:44:14,350
Believe me, mademoiselle, if there's one
thing I can't abide, it's

444
00:44:14,350 --> 00:44:15,350
deceitfulness.

445
00:44:40,300 --> 00:44:42,520
I trust you're feeling a little better,
madame.

446
00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:56,080
If I were your monsieur, it would not be
difficult to guess who was responsible.

447
00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:00,980
You can't mean me, dear.

448
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:03,980
You promised to leave here. And I did.

449
00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:06,200
Would you excuse me, madame?

450
00:45:24,570 --> 00:45:25,770
Quick, your mother.

451
00:45:37,770 --> 00:45:39,350
What are you doing?

452
00:45:40,610 --> 00:45:42,510
I just came up to fit your shawl.

453
00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:40,080
Why are you so angry with me? All I can
offer you is my friendship.

454
00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:44,400
Can't you accept it? I could pretend to,
but that would be dishonest.

455
00:46:44,720 --> 00:46:49,600
The man I used to be would have been
content with friendship and then set

456
00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:51,380
trying to turn it to his advantage.

457
00:46:52,240 --> 00:46:53,560
But I've changed now.

458
00:46:54,060 --> 00:47:00,580
I can't conceal from you that I love you
tenderly, passionately, and above all,

459
00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:01,640
respectfully.

460
00:47:04,110 --> 00:47:07,970
So, how am I to demote myself to the
tepid position of friend?

461
00:47:08,210 --> 00:47:10,730
Not that you're even pretending to show
friendship.

462
00:47:12,010 --> 00:47:13,010
What do you mean?

463
00:47:13,170 --> 00:47:14,190
Well, is this friendly?

464
00:47:16,950 --> 00:47:20,010
Why must you deliberately destroy my
peace of mind?

465
00:47:27,710 --> 00:47:30,410
You were wrong to feel threatened by me,
madame.

466
00:47:31,230 --> 00:47:34,510
Your happiness is far more important to
me than my own.

467
00:47:35,370 --> 00:47:37,930
That is what I mean when I say that I
love you.

468
00:47:39,770 --> 00:47:41,750
I think we should end this conversation.

469
00:47:42,710 --> 00:47:45,070
I shall leave you in possession of the
field.

470
00:47:50,010 --> 00:47:54,810
But look, we're to be living under the
same roof at least for a few days.

471
00:47:55,490 --> 00:47:57,890
Surely we don't have to try to avoid
each other.

472
00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:03,880
Of course not, provided you adhere to my
few simple rules.

473
00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:07,320
I shall obey you in this, as in
everything.

474
00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:20,080
Monsieur... What?

475
00:48:22,280 --> 00:48:23,280
Nothing.

476
00:49:38,380 --> 00:49:39,380
Nothing to worry about.

477
00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:41,640
Have you brought a letter?

478
00:49:42,420 --> 00:49:43,420
No.

479
00:49:44,080 --> 00:49:45,080
Then what?

480
00:49:49,340 --> 00:49:55,220
What are you going to tell your mother?

481
00:49:55,860 --> 00:49:58,900
How will you explain the fact that I
have your key?

482
00:49:59,400 --> 00:50:03,900
If I tell her I'm here at your
invitation, I have a feeling she'll

483
00:50:15,660 --> 00:50:16,519
What do you think?

484
00:50:16,520 --> 00:50:18,000
No! All right.

485
00:50:18,220 --> 00:50:21,620
I just want you to give me a kiss.

486
00:50:25,200 --> 00:50:26,200
A kiss?

487
00:50:26,280 --> 00:50:27,280
That's all.

488
00:50:29,060 --> 00:50:30,140
And then will you go?

489
00:50:30,360 --> 00:50:31,098
Then I'll go.

490
00:50:31,100 --> 00:50:32,100
Promise.

491
00:50:58,500 --> 00:51:00,020
No, I mean, will you go now?

492
00:51:00,340 --> 00:51:01,680
I don't think so.

493
00:51:03,740 --> 00:51:05,080
But you promised.

494
00:51:05,420 --> 00:51:09,800
I promised to go when you gave me a
kiss. You didn't give me a kiss. I gave

495
00:51:09,800 --> 00:51:10,499
a kiss.

496
00:51:10,500 --> 00:51:11,940
Not the same thing at all.

497
00:51:13,460 --> 00:51:14,900
And if I give you a kiss?

498
00:51:15,860 --> 00:51:16,940
That's just better.

499
00:51:49,480 --> 00:51:51,660
I'd better go and see what's wrong, if
you'll excuse me.

500
00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:53,660
Of course, my dear.

501
00:51:54,000 --> 00:51:57,520
I shouldn't worry, madame. The young
have such miraculous powers of

502
00:51:57,520 --> 00:51:58,520
recuperation.

503
00:51:59,400 --> 00:52:01,680
I'm sure she'll soon be back in the
saddle.

504
00:52:37,960 --> 00:52:40,580
else can I turn to in my desperation,
madame?

505
00:52:41,140 --> 00:52:43,580
And how can I write the necessary words?

506
00:53:11,540 --> 00:53:13,220
Okay. There's something going on.

507
00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:15,880
Cecile won't tell me. You must speak to
her at once.

508
00:53:17,560 --> 00:53:18,560
Tell me.

509
00:53:19,380 --> 00:53:20,960
You resisted him, did you?

510
00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:22,860
Of course I did.

511
00:53:24,120 --> 00:53:25,180
As much as I could.

512
00:53:26,020 --> 00:53:27,120
But he forced you.

513
00:53:27,520 --> 00:53:28,520
No.

514
00:53:29,560 --> 00:53:30,700
Not exactly.

515
00:53:33,120 --> 00:53:37,560
But I found it almost impossible to
defend myself. Why was that? Did he tie

516
00:53:37,560 --> 00:53:38,560
up? No.

517
00:53:40,540 --> 00:53:43,560
No, he just has a way of putting things.

518
00:53:44,520 --> 00:53:46,280
You can't think of an answer.

519
00:53:46,560 --> 00:53:47,560
Not even no?

520
00:53:48,860 --> 00:53:51,220
I kept on saying no all the time.

521
00:53:54,560 --> 00:53:56,860
But somehow that wasn't what I was
doing.

522
00:54:01,300 --> 00:54:02,460
I'm so ashamed.

523
00:54:09,800 --> 00:54:11,860
You'll find the shame is like the pain.

524
00:54:14,440 --> 00:54:16,080
You only feel it once.

525
00:54:24,680 --> 00:54:26,300
You really want my advice?

526
00:54:35,600 --> 00:54:36,600
Please.

527
00:54:39,210 --> 00:54:44,310
Allow Monsieur de Valmont to continue
your instructions.

528
00:54:46,250 --> 00:54:52,210
Convince your mother you've forgotten D
'Anthony and raise no objection to the

529
00:54:52,210 --> 00:54:53,790
marriage. But Monsieur de Bastide!

530
00:54:54,290 --> 00:54:57,510
When it comes to marriage, one man is as
good as the next.

531
00:54:57,810 --> 00:55:01,090
And even the least accommodating is less
trouble than a mother.

532
00:55:01,870 --> 00:55:07,930
Are you saying I'm going to have to do
that three different men?

533
00:55:08,280 --> 00:55:12,640
I'm saying, you stupid little girl, that
provided you take a few elementary

534
00:55:12,640 --> 00:55:17,980
precautions, you can do it or not with
as many men as you like, as often as you

535
00:55:17,980 --> 00:55:20,180
like, in as many different ways as you
like.

536
00:55:22,020 --> 00:55:25,860
Our sex has few enough advantages. You
may as well make the best of those you

537
00:55:25,860 --> 00:55:26,860
have.

538
00:55:30,140 --> 00:55:31,320
Now, here comes your mama.

539
00:55:31,900 --> 00:55:34,900
So remember what I've said, and above
all, no snoozing.

540
00:55:44,430 --> 00:55:45,790
How are you feeling now, my dear?

541
00:55:46,110 --> 00:55:47,410
Oh, much better.

542
00:55:47,730 --> 00:55:48,730
Thank you, Mama.

543
00:55:48,810 --> 00:55:51,430
I think you look tired. I think you
should go to bed.

544
00:55:51,690 --> 00:55:53,830
No, I... I think you should do as your
mother suggests.

545
00:55:54,150 --> 00:55:57,890
We can arrange to have something brought
to your room. I'm sure it will do you

546
00:55:57,890 --> 00:55:58,890
good.

547
00:55:59,910 --> 00:56:01,170
Well, perhaps you're right, Madame.

548
00:56:06,030 --> 00:56:08,470
You have such a very good influence on
her.

549
00:56:33,130 --> 00:56:36,150
I don't think I've congratulated you on
your revenge.

550
00:56:36,610 --> 00:56:37,610
So, you know.

551
00:56:37,750 --> 00:56:38,750
Oh, yes.

552
00:56:38,930 --> 00:56:42,410
And I believe from now on you'll find
her door unbolted.

553
00:56:53,370 --> 00:56:54,390
Where is she?

554
00:56:54,850 --> 00:56:56,050
Can't see her at the moment.

555
00:56:59,950 --> 00:57:04,410
Surely I've explained to you before how
much I enjoy watching the battle between

556
00:57:04,410 --> 00:57:05,470
love and virtue.

557
00:57:05,710 --> 00:57:09,630
What concerns me is that you seem to
enjoy watching it much more than you

558
00:57:09,630 --> 00:57:12,090
to enjoy winning it. All in good time.

559
00:57:13,010 --> 00:57:15,490
The century is drawing to its close.

560
00:57:19,890 --> 00:57:25,510
Isn't it a pity that our agreement does
not relate to the task you set me rather

561
00:57:25,510 --> 00:57:28,270
than the task I set myself?

562
00:57:28,970 --> 00:57:34,050
I am grateful, of course, but that would
have been almost insultingly simple.

563
00:57:35,030 --> 00:57:38,310
One does not applaud the tenor for
clearing his throat.

564
00:58:11,850 --> 00:58:12,850
Bye.

565
00:59:59,280 --> 01:00:02,600
As with every other science, the first
thing you must learn is to call

566
01:00:02,600 --> 01:00:04,020
everything by its proper name.

567
01:00:04,240 --> 01:00:08,720
I don't see why we have to talk at all.
Without the correct, polite vocabulary,

568
01:00:08,740 --> 01:00:12,540
how can you indicate what you would like
me to do? Or make me an offer,

569
01:00:12,600 --> 01:00:14,040
something I might find agreeable.

570
01:00:14,460 --> 01:00:18,740
Surely you... You see, if I do my work
adequately, I would like to think you'll

571
01:00:18,740 --> 01:00:22,260
be able to surprise Monsieur de Bastide
on his wedding night.

572
01:00:22,680 --> 01:00:23,760
Would he be pleased?

573
01:00:24,060 --> 01:00:25,060
Of course.

574
01:00:25,680 --> 01:00:29,260
You'll merely assume your mama has done
her duty and fully briefed you.

575
01:00:29,480 --> 01:00:33,580
Mama couldn't possibly talk of anything
of the sort. I can't think why.

576
01:00:33,800 --> 01:00:37,700
She was, after all, one of the most
notorious young women in Paris.

577
01:00:38,460 --> 01:00:43,660
Mama? Certainly. More noted for her
enthusiasm than her ability, if I

578
01:00:43,660 --> 01:00:44,660
rightly.

579
01:00:45,260 --> 01:00:50,780
It was a famous occasion before you were
born. This would have been...

580
01:00:57,000 --> 01:01:01,480
Your mother went to stay with the
Comtesse de Beaulieu, who tactfully gave

581
01:01:01,480 --> 01:01:04,800
room between your father's and that of a
Monsieur Vresac, who was her

582
01:01:04,800 --> 01:01:06,500
acknowledged lover at the time.

583
01:01:07,000 --> 01:01:12,200
Yet, in spite of these careful
arrangements, she contrived to spend the

584
01:01:12,200 --> 01:01:13,200
with a third party.

585
01:01:13,800 --> 01:01:15,860
I can't believe that.

586
01:01:16,180 --> 01:01:17,620
No, no, I assure you it's true.

587
01:01:18,860 --> 01:01:19,940
How do you know?

588
01:01:20,740 --> 01:01:22,500
The third party was myself.

589
01:01:37,930 --> 01:01:41,810
You asked me if Monsieur de Bastide
would be pleased with your abilities,

590
01:01:41,810 --> 01:01:45,670
the answer is education is never a
waste.

591
01:01:53,710 --> 01:02:00,630
Now, I think we might begin with one or
two Latin

592
01:02:00,630 --> 01:02:01,630
terms.

593
01:02:06,430 --> 01:02:13,050
Vita Dulcedo et spes nostra salve. A te
clamamus exulis filii vive. A te

594
01:02:13,050 --> 01:02:17,330
suspiramus gementet et plentet in hat
lacrimarum vale.

595
01:02:20,810 --> 01:02:27,350
Eia ergo advocata nostra illos tuos
misericordes oculos ad nos

596
01:02:27,350 --> 01:02:31,710
converte et Jesum benedictum fructum
ventris tuine.

597
01:02:37,840 --> 01:02:40,320
We go for a walk together almost every
day.

598
01:02:40,860 --> 01:02:45,080
A little further every time down the
path that has no turning.

599
01:02:46,560 --> 01:02:48,140
She's accepted my love.

600
01:02:48,620 --> 01:02:50,120
I've accepted her friendship.

601
01:02:52,060 --> 01:02:55,560
We're both aware how little there is to
choose between them.

602
01:02:55,840 --> 01:03:00,060
I wish you knew me well enough to
recognize how much you've changed me.

603
01:03:00,900 --> 01:03:03,880
My friends in Paris were marked on it at
once.

604
01:03:04,840 --> 01:03:11,780
I've become the soul of consideration,
conscientious, charitable, more

605
01:03:11,780 --> 01:03:12,800
celibate than a monk.

606
01:03:13,240 --> 01:03:17,540
More celibate. Well, you know the
stories one hears in Paris.

607
01:03:19,080 --> 01:03:22,060
I feel she is inches from surrender.

608
01:03:23,000 --> 01:03:24,820
Her eyes are closing.

609
01:03:44,040 --> 01:03:45,820
Madame? Where are you going, monsieur?

610
01:03:46,200 --> 01:03:47,200
To the salon.

611
01:03:47,800 --> 01:03:51,060
There is no one there, the others have
all decided on an early night.

612
01:03:51,720 --> 01:03:53,740
I very much missed our walk today.

613
01:03:54,100 --> 01:03:55,100
Yes.

614
01:03:57,140 --> 01:04:01,400
I fear with the weather as it is, we can
look forward to very few more of them.

615
01:04:02,060 --> 01:04:04,000
This heavy rain is surely exceptional.

616
01:04:04,620 --> 01:04:06,100
Yes. May I?

617
01:04:08,280 --> 01:04:09,280
Of course.

618
01:04:15,880 --> 01:04:19,240
But you see, within a week, I shall have
concluded my business.

619
01:04:24,740 --> 01:04:25,678
I see.

620
01:04:25,680 --> 01:04:28,800
Even so, I'm not sure I'll be able to
bring myself to leave.

621
01:04:29,080 --> 01:04:30,080
Oh, please, you must.

622
01:04:30,220 --> 01:04:33,120
Are you still so anxious to be rid of
me? You know the answer to that.

623
01:04:36,600 --> 01:04:38,540
I rely on your integrity and generosity.

624
01:04:40,200 --> 01:04:43,420
I want to be able to be grateful to you.
Forgive me if I say I don't want your

625
01:04:43,420 --> 01:04:46,580
gratitude. What I want from you is
something altogether deeper.

626
01:04:49,360 --> 01:04:52,940
I know God has punished me for my pride.
I was so certain nothing like this

627
01:04:52,940 --> 01:04:56,600
could ever happen. Nothing like what? Do
you mean love? I can't. You promised

628
01:04:56,600 --> 01:04:59,600
not to speak of it. Yes, of course, I
understand, but I must know. I can't.

629
01:04:59,600 --> 01:05:00,860
Don't you understand? It's impossible.

630
01:05:01,280 --> 01:05:02,280
You don't have to speak.

631
01:05:02,300 --> 01:05:04,140
You don't have to speak. Just look at
me.

632
01:05:46,120 --> 01:05:48,420
You must leave me. You don't want to
kill me.

633
01:05:49,360 --> 01:05:50,640
You must help.

634
01:07:16,270 --> 01:07:18,850
Fetch Madame. Madame de Tauvel has been
taken ill.

635
01:07:38,450 --> 01:07:43,610
I heard something as I was passing. She
seemed to be having difficulty

636
01:07:43,610 --> 01:07:45,890
breathing. Dear, whatever is it?

637
01:07:46,190 --> 01:07:47,190
I'm all right now.

638
01:07:48,330 --> 01:07:50,910
I shall leave her in your capable hands,
Aunt.

639
01:07:51,930 --> 01:07:54,010
We must send for a doctor, my dear.

640
01:07:54,370 --> 01:08:00,850
No, no, please, I don't need a doctor. I
just... Sit with me for a moment.

641
01:08:45,640 --> 01:08:47,420
I'm most desperately in love.

642
01:08:49,319 --> 01:08:54,200
To leave it the last thing in the world
I want to do, but I'd rather die than

643
01:08:54,200 --> 01:08:55,200
have to live with the guilt.

644
01:08:55,740 --> 01:08:59,180
My dear girl, none of this is any
surprise to me.

645
01:08:59,840 --> 01:09:04,700
The only thing that might surprise one
is how little the world changes.

646
01:09:05,080 --> 01:09:06,760
What should I do? What's your advice?

647
01:09:07,660 --> 01:09:12,220
I remember rightly in such matters, all
advice is useless.

648
01:09:16,520 --> 01:09:21,960
I'm sorry to say this, but those who are
most worthy of love are never made

649
01:09:21,960 --> 01:09:23,399
happy by it.

650
01:09:24,020 --> 01:09:25,600
But why? Why should that be?

651
01:09:26,540 --> 01:09:30,600
Do you still think men love the way we
do?

652
01:09:31,300 --> 01:09:32,300
No.

653
01:09:32,859 --> 01:09:35,520
Men enjoy the happiness they feel.

654
01:09:36,520 --> 01:09:40,240
We can only enjoy the happiness we give.

655
01:09:42,979 --> 01:09:44,359
They're not capable.

656
01:09:45,609 --> 01:09:49,330
of devoting themselves exclusively to
one person.

657
01:09:50,529 --> 01:09:57,310
So to hope to be made happy by love is a
certain cause of grief.

658
01:09:59,730 --> 01:10:05,970
I'm devoted to my nephew, but what is
true of most men is

659
01:10:05,970 --> 01:10:07,770
doubly so of him.

660
01:10:09,510 --> 01:10:13,850
And yet, he could have just now...

661
01:10:17,000 --> 01:10:18,180
He took pity on me.

662
01:10:19,440 --> 01:10:25,720
If he has released you, my dear child,
you must go.

663
01:10:49,070 --> 01:10:50,970
What is it? Madame de Tourval.

664
01:10:51,530 --> 01:10:52,530
What?

665
01:10:55,050 --> 01:10:58,310
I want you to follow her right now. Stay
close to her.

666
01:10:58,590 --> 01:11:00,150
I want to know everything.

667
01:11:00,750 --> 01:11:05,130
Where she goes, who she sees, what she
eats, if she sleeps.

668
01:11:05,930 --> 01:11:06,930
Everything.

669
01:11:13,170 --> 01:11:15,110
That's for bribes. Yours will come
later.

670
01:11:15,350 --> 01:11:16,350
Yes, sir. Now go.

671
01:11:31,430 --> 01:11:37,070
Dear Father Anselm, try as I may, I
cannot see the necessity for the

672
01:11:37,070 --> 01:11:38,070
you suggest.

673
01:11:38,790 --> 01:11:45,270
However, since you insist, I propose you
bring him to see me on Thursday, the

674
01:11:45,270 --> 01:11:47,090
28th at 6 o 'clock p .m.

675
01:11:52,450 --> 01:11:57,990
This is excellent. Thank you, Father
Anselm. What news?

676
01:11:59,710 --> 01:12:00,710
No visitors.

677
01:12:01,580 --> 01:12:04,140
There still hasn't been a single visitor
since she got back.

678
01:12:04,800 --> 01:12:07,320
Bit of soup last night, but didn't touch
the pheasant.

679
01:12:07,800 --> 01:12:08,860
Afterwards, a cup of tea.

680
01:12:09,300 --> 01:12:10,320
Nothing else to report.

681
01:12:12,280 --> 01:12:13,760
Oh, yes, there is.

682
01:12:14,280 --> 01:12:15,840
You wanted to know what she was reading?

683
01:12:16,780 --> 01:12:21,820
The book by her bed is Christian
Thoughts, Volume 2.

684
01:12:27,120 --> 01:12:28,340
How is Julie?

685
01:12:31,310 --> 01:12:33,430
She seems a bit keener than she was in
the concert.

686
01:12:34,050 --> 01:12:35,050
And yourself?

687
01:12:36,210 --> 01:12:37,810
Talk about devotion to duty.

688
01:12:39,530 --> 01:12:40,590
Off you go.

689
01:12:41,810 --> 01:12:42,870
Keep it up.

690
01:12:45,110 --> 01:12:46,650
Madame. Vicon.

691
01:12:52,110 --> 01:12:53,110
Wow.

692
01:12:56,290 --> 01:12:58,110
What a pleasant surprise.

693
01:13:03,950 --> 01:13:05,790
Thank you, monsieur, for everything.

694
01:13:06,250 --> 01:13:09,530
I was afraid I'd been a sad
disappointment to you.

695
01:13:09,850 --> 01:13:10,970
On the contrary.

696
01:13:12,330 --> 01:13:14,690
It's you I have to thank for keeping our
love alive.

697
01:13:15,010 --> 01:13:18,450
Well, as to love, Cecile thinks of
little else. She and her mother are

698
01:13:18,450 --> 01:13:21,270
back to Paris in two weeks, and she is
longing to see you.

699
01:13:21,850 --> 01:13:23,970
I've had the most wonderful letter from
her.

700
01:13:24,230 --> 01:13:26,570
Really? Not like any of her other
letters.

701
01:13:27,650 --> 01:13:32,410
Somehow... quite a different tone of
voice.

702
01:13:34,920 --> 01:13:41,520
My dearest D 'Anthony, I swear

703
01:13:41,520 --> 01:13:48,480
to you... On my chastity, that even if
my mother forces me to go

704
01:13:48,480 --> 01:13:53,480
through with this marriage, I shall be
yours completely.

705
01:13:55,100 --> 01:14:01,460
Your friend, the Bicomte de Valmont, has
been very active on your behalf.

706
01:14:01,620 --> 01:14:03,900
I doubt if you could do more yourself.

707
01:14:06,730 --> 01:14:10,170
I don't know how I could bear to go
another two weeks without seeing her.

708
01:14:10,430 --> 01:14:14,350
We shall have to do our very best to
provide some distraction for you.

709
01:14:15,310 --> 01:14:17,930
Now, if you'd be so kind as to wait in
the carriage, it's a matter I must

710
01:14:17,930 --> 01:14:19,330
discuss with the vicomte in private.

711
01:14:20,830 --> 01:14:21,830
Of course.

712
01:14:22,770 --> 01:14:24,790
I don't know how I can ever repay you.

713
01:14:25,410 --> 01:14:26,830
Don't give it another thought.

714
01:14:30,150 --> 01:14:31,150
It's been delightful.

715
01:14:37,290 --> 01:14:38,370
Poor boy is quite harmless.

716
01:14:39,650 --> 01:14:42,490
Sometimes if he can't, I can't help but
adore you.

717
01:14:42,710 --> 01:14:45,710
I have a piece of news I hope you might
find entertaining.

718
01:14:46,430 --> 01:14:52,090
I have reason to believe the next head
of the house at Bastide may be a

719
01:14:52,430 --> 01:14:53,990
What can you mean?

720
01:14:54,410 --> 01:14:56,150
Cecile is two weeks late.

721
01:14:59,310 --> 01:15:00,310
Aren't you pleased?

722
01:15:00,890 --> 01:15:01,930
I'm not sure.

723
01:15:02,430 --> 01:15:05,150
Your aim was to revenge yourself on
Bastide?

724
01:15:05,550 --> 01:15:09,450
I've provided him with a wife trained by
me to perform quite naturally services

725
01:15:09,450 --> 01:15:11,930
one would hesitate to request from a
professional.

726
01:15:12,170 --> 01:15:14,430
And very likely pregnant as well.

727
01:15:15,810 --> 01:15:16,950
What more do you want?

728
01:15:18,030 --> 01:15:19,610
All right, Vicomte, I agree.

729
01:15:19,950 --> 01:15:21,610
You've more than done your duty.

730
01:15:23,050 --> 01:15:25,350
Shame you let the other one slip through
your fingers.

731
01:15:29,170 --> 01:15:30,270
I let her go.

732
01:15:31,150 --> 01:15:32,150
But why?

733
01:15:32,810 --> 01:15:33,810
I was moved.

734
01:15:34,300 --> 01:15:36,360
Oh, well, then. No wonder you bungled
it.

735
01:15:36,880 --> 01:15:40,680
I have an appointment to visit her on
Thursday, and this time I shall be

736
01:15:40,680 --> 01:15:42,680
mirthless. I'm pleased to hear it.

737
01:15:48,280 --> 01:15:53,500
Why do you suppose we only feel
compelled to chase the ones who run

738
01:15:55,020 --> 01:15:58,740
Immaturity. I shan't have a moment's
peace until it's over, you know?

739
01:15:59,500 --> 01:16:00,500
I love her.

740
01:16:01,340 --> 01:16:02,340
I hate her.

741
01:16:03,460 --> 01:16:05,000
My life is a misery.

742
01:16:07,020 --> 01:16:08,020
Well,

743
01:16:09,760 --> 01:16:12,600
I think I may have kept our young friend
waiting long enough.

744
01:16:12,940 --> 01:16:16,000
I shall call on you sometime soon after
Thursday.

745
01:16:16,320 --> 01:16:19,520
Only if you succeed, Vicomte. I'm not
sure I can face another catalogue of

746
01:16:19,520 --> 01:16:21,060
incompetence. I shall succeed.

747
01:16:21,600 --> 01:16:22,600
I hope so.

748
01:16:23,220 --> 01:16:25,800
Once upon a time, you were a man to be
reckoned with.

749
01:17:26,160 --> 01:17:30,060
I understand Father Anselm has explained
to you the reason for my visit.

750
01:17:30,340 --> 01:17:34,400
Yes, he said you wish to be reconciled
with me before beginning instruction

751
01:17:34,400 --> 01:17:35,318
him.

752
01:17:35,320 --> 01:17:36,320
That's correct.

753
01:17:37,560 --> 01:17:42,240
But I see no need for formal
reconciliation, Monsieur. No.

754
01:17:42,620 --> 01:17:46,440
When I have, as you said, insulted you
and when you have treated me with an

755
01:17:46,440 --> 01:17:47,480
unqualified contempt.

756
01:17:51,820 --> 01:17:55,160
You run away from my aunt's house in the
middle of the night. You refuse to

757
01:17:55,160 --> 01:17:56,820
answer or even receive my letters.

758
01:17:57,180 --> 01:18:01,520
And all this after I have shown a
restraint of which I think we are both

759
01:18:01,920 --> 01:18:04,520
I would call that, at the very least,
contempt.

760
01:18:04,960 --> 01:18:08,420
I'm sure you understand me better than
you pretend, Miss June. It was me you

761
01:18:08,420 --> 01:18:09,420
away from, wasn't it?

762
01:18:11,360 --> 01:18:12,400
I had to leave.

763
01:18:12,700 --> 01:18:14,280
You have to keep away from me.

764
01:18:22,220 --> 01:18:25,600
I am as unhappy as you could have ever
wanted me to be.

765
01:18:26,920 --> 01:18:28,740
I've only ever wanted your happiness.

766
01:18:29,880 --> 01:18:31,900
How can I be happy without you?

767
01:18:32,900 --> 01:18:34,600
I must have you or die.

768
01:18:46,300 --> 01:18:47,300
Death it is.

769
01:18:53,200 --> 01:18:54,200
Sorry, madame.

770
01:18:55,300 --> 01:18:59,220
All I wanted from this meeting was your
forgiveness for the wrongs that you

771
01:18:59,220 --> 01:19:03,620
think that I've done you, so that I may
end my days in some peace of mind.

772
01:19:03,900 --> 01:19:08,620
I understood you approved of the choice
my duty has compelled me to make. Yes,

773
01:19:08,720 --> 01:19:11,460
and your choice has determined mine.

774
01:19:11,820 --> 01:19:12,820
Which is what?

775
01:19:13,000 --> 01:19:16,200
The only choice capable of putting an
end to my suffering.

776
01:19:16,460 --> 01:19:17,379
What do you mean?

777
01:19:17,380 --> 01:19:18,380
I love you.

778
01:19:19,280 --> 01:19:23,100
You have no idea how much. Just remember
I have made far more difficult

779
01:19:23,100 --> 01:19:25,460
sacrifices than the one I'm about to
make.

780
01:19:26,400 --> 01:19:30,760
Now... Goodbye. No!

781
01:19:57,740 --> 01:20:01,280
Why should you be so upset by the idea
of making me happy?

782
01:20:02,980 --> 01:20:03,980
You're right.

783
01:20:04,440 --> 01:20:06,940
I can't live either unless I make you
happy.

784
01:20:09,400 --> 01:20:12,760
So I promise no more refusals.

785
01:20:42,090 --> 01:20:46,110
Yes, I think you may omit the details of
the seduction. They're never very

786
01:20:46,110 --> 01:20:48,690
enlivening. Just describe the event
itself.

787
01:20:49,070 --> 01:20:50,650
It was unprecedented.

788
01:20:51,530 --> 01:20:58,130
Really? It had a kind of charm that I
don't think I've ever experienced

789
01:20:59,090 --> 01:21:03,510
Once she'd surrendered, she behaved with
perfect candor.

790
01:21:04,130 --> 01:21:09,970
Total mutual delirium, which for the
first time ever with me outlasted the

791
01:21:09,970 --> 01:21:10,970
pleasure itself.

792
01:21:12,080 --> 01:21:13,080
She was astonishing.

793
01:21:14,820 --> 01:21:19,160
So much so that I ended by falling on my
knees and pledging her eternal love.

794
01:21:20,840 --> 01:21:26,460
And do you know that at that time, and
for several hours afterward, I actually

795
01:21:26,460 --> 01:21:27,460
meant it.

796
01:21:29,660 --> 01:21:30,660
I see.

797
01:21:32,640 --> 01:21:34,200
It's extraordinary, isn't it?

798
01:21:35,320 --> 01:21:36,320
Is it?

799
01:21:36,740 --> 01:21:39,180
It sounds to me perfectly commonplace.

800
01:21:39,560 --> 01:21:41,040
No, no. I assure you.

801
01:21:43,080 --> 01:21:48,120
But, of course, the best thing about it
is I am now in a position to be able to

802
01:21:48,120 --> 01:21:49,200
claim my reward.

803
01:21:58,000 --> 01:22:02,380
You mean to say you persuaded her to
write a letter as well in the course of

804
01:22:02,380 --> 01:22:03,380
this awesome encounter?

805
01:22:03,860 --> 01:22:08,120
I didn't necessarily think you were
going to be a stickler for formalities.

806
01:22:10,570 --> 01:22:14,130
In any case, I may have to declare our
arrangement null and void.

807
01:22:19,370 --> 01:22:20,370
What do you mean?

808
01:22:22,670 --> 01:22:24,910
I'm not accustomed to being taken for
granted.

809
01:22:25,130 --> 01:22:26,530
There's no question of that.

810
01:22:27,030 --> 01:22:28,850
You're misunderstanding me.

811
01:22:29,230 --> 01:22:32,470
And I've no wish to tear you away from
the arms of someone so astonishing.

812
01:22:32,710 --> 01:22:36,130
We've always been frank with one
another. And as a matter of fact, I've

813
01:22:36,130 --> 01:22:39,010
taken a new lover who at the moment is
proving more than satisfactory.

814
01:22:39,270 --> 01:22:42,550
Oh, and who is that? I'm not in the mood
for confidences. Don't let me keep you.

815
01:22:45,410 --> 01:22:50,210
You can't seriously imagine I'd prefer
her to you? You may genuinely be unaware

816
01:22:50,210 --> 01:22:53,150
of this, but I can see quite plainly
that you're in love with this woman.

817
01:22:54,930 --> 01:22:55,930
No.

818
01:22:57,650 --> 01:22:58,650
Not at all.

819
01:22:59,340 --> 01:23:03,640
Have you forgotten what it's like to
make a woman happy and to be made happy

820
01:23:03,640 --> 01:23:04,780
yourself? I?

821
01:23:05,980 --> 01:23:06,980
Of course not.

822
01:23:07,160 --> 01:23:09,060
We loved each other once, didn't we?

823
01:23:10,160 --> 01:23:11,440
I think it was love.

824
01:23:12,900 --> 01:23:17,900
And you made me very happy. And I could
again. We just untied the knot. It was

825
01:23:17,900 --> 01:23:18,900
never broken.

826
01:23:19,240 --> 01:23:21,760
Illusions, of course, are by their
nature, sweet.

827
01:23:22,040 --> 01:23:24,760
I have no illusions. I lost them on my
travels.

828
01:23:32,590 --> 01:23:33,590
I want to come home.

829
01:23:44,790 --> 01:23:50,170
As for this present infatuation, it
won't last, but for the moment, it's

830
01:23:50,170 --> 01:23:51,170
my control.

831
01:24:35,210 --> 01:24:40,490
My dear Vicomte, I'm obliged to go away
for a couple of weeks, but I'm well

832
01:24:40,490 --> 01:24:41,830
aware of our arrangement.

833
01:24:43,790 --> 01:24:48,890
On my return, you and I will spend a
single night together.

834
01:24:49,670 --> 01:24:53,370
We shall enjoy it enough to regret it's
to be our last.

835
01:24:53,950 --> 01:24:59,810
But then we shall remember that regret
is an essential component of happiness.

836
01:25:00,730 --> 01:25:06,440
All this, of course, providing you are
able to procure this, famous letter.

837
01:25:11,740 --> 01:25:13,320
It shall be done.

838
01:25:14,720 --> 01:25:18,440
But Paris is so tedious without you.

839
01:25:18,980 --> 01:25:22,000
And I am living like a medieval hermit.

840
01:25:25,100 --> 01:25:30,560
All right, give me a moment.

841
01:25:30,840 --> 01:25:33,040
Um, drink up. What is it?

842
01:25:33,690 --> 01:25:36,330
Someone who may well not appreciate your
presence.

843
01:25:36,650 --> 01:25:37,670
Do you mean a woman?

844
01:25:37,890 --> 01:25:39,610
A lady, we might even say.

845
01:25:40,890 --> 01:25:43,070
Oh, it's not the one we wrote that
letter to.

846
01:25:43,270 --> 01:25:44,270
The very one.

847
01:25:44,390 --> 01:25:45,470
I enjoyed that.

848
01:25:45,750 --> 01:25:47,550
You proved a most talented desk.

849
01:25:49,650 --> 01:25:52,430
I'd like to see what she looks like.
Well, you can't.

850
01:25:56,590 --> 01:26:01,890
On second thought...

851
01:26:02,600 --> 01:26:04,160
I don't see why you shouldn't.

852
01:26:12,480 --> 01:26:14,480
Tell me, do you have plans for this
evening?

853
01:26:14,860 --> 01:26:15,920
Cuban's round for dinner.

854
01:26:16,180 --> 01:26:17,400
And after dinner?

855
01:26:17,680 --> 01:26:18,680
Nothing firm.

856
01:26:19,960 --> 01:26:20,960
Well...

857
01:26:50,000 --> 01:26:51,000
I'll be there.

858
01:27:08,740 --> 01:27:10,660
This is an unexpected pleasure.

859
01:27:12,020 --> 01:27:13,180
I know that woman.

860
01:27:13,420 --> 01:27:15,020
Are you sure? I'd be surprised.

861
01:27:15,480 --> 01:27:17,080
She's been pointed out to me at the
opera.

862
01:27:17,580 --> 01:27:18,920
Yes, well, she's striking.

863
01:27:20,320 --> 01:27:21,620
She's a courtesan, isn't she?

864
01:27:26,720 --> 01:27:29,160
Yes, I suppose, in a manner of speaking.

865
01:27:29,700 --> 01:27:33,500
Well, I'm sorry to have disturbed you.
Of course you haven't disturbed me. I'm

866
01:27:33,500 --> 01:27:37,460
overjoyed. Let's go. You'll never be
received in my house again. I don't want

867
01:27:37,460 --> 01:27:38,460
your lies and excuses.

868
01:27:38,620 --> 01:27:39,620
Sit down.

869
01:27:39,700 --> 01:27:42,200
Just hear me out. That's all I ask. Then
you can judge.

870
01:27:58,250 --> 01:28:02,690
Unfortunately, I cannot unlive the years
I lived before I met you, and during

871
01:28:02,690 --> 01:28:06,610
those years I had a wide acquaintance,
the majority of whom were no doubt

872
01:28:06,610 --> 01:28:08,690
undesirable in one respect or another.

873
01:28:09,030 --> 01:28:14,210
Now, it may surprise you to know that
Emily, in common with many others of her

874
01:28:14,210 --> 01:28:19,390
character and profession, is kind
-hearted enough to take an interest in

875
01:28:19,390 --> 01:28:20,830
less fortunate than herself.

876
01:28:21,130 --> 01:28:26,850
In short, she has the time and the
inclination to do a great deal.

877
01:28:27,400 --> 01:28:28,400
of charity work.

878
01:28:30,240 --> 01:28:33,180
Donation to hospitals, food for the
poor.

879
01:28:36,980 --> 01:28:38,540
Protection for animals.

880
01:28:39,340 --> 01:28:42,140
Anything which touches her sentimental
heart.

881
01:28:43,500 --> 01:28:48,380
From time to time, I make a small
contribution to her purse. That's all.

882
01:28:52,080 --> 01:28:53,220
Is that true?

883
01:28:54,280 --> 01:28:58,920
My relations with Emily have been for
some years now quite blameless.

884
01:28:59,520 --> 01:29:02,920
She's even done a little secretarial
work for me on occasion.

885
01:29:04,500 --> 01:29:05,720
Why did she laugh?

886
01:29:06,300 --> 01:29:07,400
I've no idea.

887
01:29:09,260 --> 01:29:10,560
Does she know about me?

888
01:29:11,580 --> 01:29:16,440
No doubt she made what, in view of my
past, must be regarded as a fair

889
01:29:16,440 --> 01:29:17,440
assumption.

890
01:29:23,560 --> 01:29:29,100
I want to believe you I knew you were
coming up you were announced

891
01:29:53,000 --> 01:29:54,460
Now it's I who must apologize.

892
01:29:56,460 --> 01:29:58,700
It was most insensitive of me.

893
01:30:05,020 --> 01:30:08,280
I didn't think it was possible for me to
love you more.

894
01:30:10,260 --> 01:30:11,680
But your jealousy...

895
01:30:34,640 --> 01:30:36,440
When will you start writing to me again?

896
01:30:50,220 --> 01:30:57,020
My dear Vicomte, I don't believe this
self -denial can be good for you.

897
01:30:57,740 --> 01:31:01,520
I hope it doesn't mean you're neglecting
your little pupil.

898
01:31:11,640 --> 01:31:16,400
I told you, I have all my people out
looking for him. There's no trace of

899
01:31:30,960 --> 01:31:31,960
It's only the wind.

900
01:31:37,070 --> 01:31:38,070
Where are you?

901
01:31:38,770 --> 01:31:40,790
There's nothing to be frightened about.

902
01:31:41,130 --> 01:31:42,410
Yes, there is.

903
01:31:44,890 --> 01:31:45,890
I'm bleeding.

904
01:32:52,590 --> 01:32:56,090
Your porter seems to be under the
impression that you're still out of

905
01:32:57,550 --> 01:33:00,650
I have, in fact, only just returned.

906
01:33:00,890 --> 01:33:04,790
Without attracting the attention of your
porter, I think it may be time to

907
01:33:04,790 --> 01:33:06,290
review your domestic arrangements.

908
01:33:06,610 --> 01:33:11,390
I'm exhausted. Naturally, I instructed
the porter to inform any casual callers

909
01:33:11,390 --> 01:33:12,390
that I was out.

910
01:33:13,650 --> 01:33:17,250
And you here as well, my dear young
friend.

911
01:33:20,360 --> 01:33:23,540
The porter appears to be having a
somewhat erratic evening.

912
01:33:23,940 --> 01:33:26,940
Oh, well, I... Yes?

913
01:33:28,200 --> 01:33:30,660
As a matter of fact, it's you that I'm
looking for.

914
01:33:31,000 --> 01:33:32,000
Is it?

915
01:33:33,400 --> 01:33:37,640
Mademoiselle Cecile returns to Paris
after an absence of over two months.

916
01:33:37,720 --> 01:33:41,360
what do you suppose is uppermost in her
mind? Answer, of course.

917
01:33:41,900 --> 01:33:45,080
The longed -for reunion with her beloved
Chevalier.

918
01:33:45,440 --> 01:33:49,600
Biconte, this is no time to make
mischief. Nothing could be further from

919
01:33:49,600 --> 01:33:50,600
mind, madame.

920
01:33:51,100 --> 01:33:52,100
Go on.

921
01:33:52,760 --> 01:33:56,380
Imagine her distress and alarm when her
loved one is nowhere to be found.

922
01:33:57,060 --> 01:34:02,440
I've had to do more improvising than an
Italian actress. But how is she? Is she

923
01:34:02,440 --> 01:34:04,120
all right? Oh, yeah. Well, no.

924
01:34:04,640 --> 01:34:07,880
To be quite frank, I'm sorry to tell you
she's been ill.

925
01:34:08,360 --> 01:34:10,400
Ill? Calm yourself, my friend.

926
01:34:10,680 --> 01:34:13,580
The surgeon has declared her well on the
road to recovery.

927
01:34:13,820 --> 01:34:17,700
But you can well imagine how desperate
I've been to find you.

928
01:34:18,010 --> 01:34:19,010
Of course.

929
01:34:19,490 --> 01:34:21,790
My God, how could I have been away at
such a time?

930
01:34:22,530 --> 01:34:23,990
How can I ever forgive myself?

931
01:34:27,790 --> 01:34:32,470
But look, all is well now with Cecile, I
assure you, and I shan't disturb you

932
01:34:32,470 --> 01:34:33,470
further.

933
01:34:35,050 --> 01:34:38,070
It's only that I have a little something
to show the Marquis.

934
01:34:50,170 --> 01:34:51,610
Wait in my dressing room.

935
01:34:53,170 --> 01:34:54,750
It's through there. I know where it is.

936
01:35:05,090 --> 01:35:07,530
I see she writes as badly as she
dresses.

937
01:35:09,010 --> 01:35:11,370
Is it really true the little one has
been ill?

938
01:35:12,010 --> 01:35:14,490
Not so much an illness, more a
refurbishment.

939
01:35:14,790 --> 01:35:15,688
What do you mean?

940
01:35:15,690 --> 01:35:16,690
Miscarriage.

941
01:35:18,760 --> 01:35:19,760
I'm so sorry.

942
01:35:20,040 --> 01:35:22,080
Your son and Bastide's heir.

943
01:35:27,680 --> 01:35:31,820
Isn't there something else that we
should be discussing? I do hope you're

944
01:35:31,820 --> 01:35:35,700
going to be difficult about Dawson. I
know Bell Ross was pretty limp, but I do

945
01:35:35,700 --> 01:35:39,520
think you could have found a livelier
replacement than that mawkish schoolboy.

946
01:35:39,620 --> 01:35:41,860
Mawkish or not, he's completely devoted
to me.

947
01:35:42,200 --> 01:35:47,520
And I suspect better equipped to provide
me with happiness and pleasure than you

948
01:35:47,520 --> 01:35:48,520
are.

949
01:35:48,650 --> 01:35:49,870
In your present mood.

950
01:35:50,690 --> 01:35:51,690
I see.

951
01:35:54,950 --> 01:36:01,530
If I thought you would be your old,
charming self, I might invite you to

952
01:36:01,530 --> 01:36:02,730
me one evening next week.

953
01:36:03,890 --> 01:36:04,890
Really?

954
01:36:05,310 --> 01:36:06,930
I still love you, you see.

955
01:36:08,950 --> 01:36:11,510
In spite of all your faults and my
complaints.

956
01:36:22,280 --> 01:36:26,660
Are you sure you're not going to impose
some new condition before you agree to

957
01:36:26,660 --> 01:36:27,660
honor your obligation?

958
01:36:38,180 --> 01:36:42,000
I have a friend who became involved with
an entirely unsuitable woman.

959
01:36:43,800 --> 01:36:49,440
Whenever any of us pointed this out to
him, he invariably made the same feeble

960
01:36:49,440 --> 01:36:50,440
reply.

961
01:36:51,440 --> 01:36:53,780
It's beyond my control, he would say.

962
01:36:54,700 --> 01:36:57,360
He was on the verge of becoming a Latin
star.

963
01:36:58,700 --> 01:37:04,080
At which point, another friend of mine,
a woman, decided to speak to him

964
01:37:04,080 --> 01:37:05,080
seriously.

965
01:37:05,900 --> 01:37:10,340
She explained to him that his name was
in danger of being ludicrously

966
01:37:10,340 --> 01:37:12,260
with his phrase for the rest of his
life.

967
01:37:13,160 --> 01:37:14,480
So, do you know what he did?

968
01:37:14,860 --> 01:37:17,020
I feel sure you're about to tell me.

969
01:37:19,180 --> 01:37:22,880
He went round to see his mistress and
bluntly announced he was leaving her.

970
01:37:23,560 --> 01:37:26,560
Well, in fact, she protested
vociferously.

971
01:37:27,260 --> 01:37:33,320
But to everything she said, to every
objection she made, he simply replied,

972
01:37:33,700 --> 01:37:36,780
It's beyond my control.

973
01:38:11,760 --> 01:38:13,800
You're only five minutes late, but I get
so frightened.

974
01:38:14,060 --> 01:38:16,800
I become convinced I'm never going to
see you again. My angel.

975
01:38:17,180 --> 01:38:18,600
Is it like that for you, too?

976
01:38:22,420 --> 01:38:23,420
Yes.

977
01:38:24,280 --> 01:38:28,820
At this moment, for example, I'm quite
convinced I'm never going to see you

978
01:38:28,820 --> 01:38:29,820
again.

979
01:38:30,860 --> 01:38:31,860
What?

980
01:38:32,900 --> 01:38:34,220
I'm so bored, you see.

981
01:38:35,140 --> 01:38:36,460
It's beyond my control.

982
01:38:43,050 --> 01:38:44,930
Well, after all, it's been four months.

983
01:38:45,270 --> 01:38:49,050
So what I said, it's beyond my control.

984
01:38:53,450 --> 01:38:55,190
Do you mean you don't love me anymore?

985
01:38:55,470 --> 01:38:58,410
My love had great difficulty outlasting
your virtue.

986
01:38:59,010 --> 01:39:00,330
It's beyond my control.

987
01:39:02,710 --> 01:39:06,510
It's that woman, isn't it? You're quite
right. I have been deceiving you with

988
01:39:06,510 --> 01:39:07,510
Emily, among others.

989
01:39:08,330 --> 01:39:11,090
It's beyond my control.

990
01:39:13,450 --> 01:39:14,670
Why are you doing this?

991
01:39:16,830 --> 01:39:19,650
There's a woman. Not Emily. Another
woman.

992
01:39:20,170 --> 01:39:21,690
A woman I adore.

993
01:39:22,910 --> 01:39:25,910
And I'm afraid she's insisting that I
give you up.

994
01:39:29,630 --> 01:39:31,270
It's beyond my control.

995
01:39:40,140 --> 01:39:43,800
And it's like your fidelity, a fact of
life, no more nor less irritating.

996
01:39:44,600 --> 01:39:46,540
Certainly beyond my control.

997
01:39:46,780 --> 01:39:48,400
Stop it. Don't keep saying that.

998
01:39:50,740 --> 01:39:52,560
Sorry. Beyond my control.

999
01:39:56,100 --> 01:39:57,960
Why don't you take another lover?

1000
01:40:01,900 --> 01:40:02,900
Whatever you like.

1001
01:40:03,900 --> 01:40:05,320
It's beyond my control.

1002
01:40:16,080 --> 01:40:17,080
Listen to me.

1003
01:40:17,880 --> 01:40:19,600
You've given me great pleasure.

1004
01:40:20,160 --> 01:40:23,840
But I simply cannot bring myself to
regret leaving you.

1005
01:40:24,300 --> 01:40:25,600
It's the way of the world.

1006
01:40:26,500 --> 01:40:28,260
Quite beyond my control.

1007
01:41:12,910 --> 01:41:15,010
Tomorrow morning, early. Yes, my lord.

1008
01:41:16,690 --> 01:41:22,890
This is not your appointed night.

1009
01:41:23,890 --> 01:41:27,170
That story you told me, how did it end?
I'm not sure I know what you mean.

1010
01:41:27,610 --> 01:41:32,210
Well, once this friend of yours had
taken the advice of his lady friend, did

1011
01:41:32,210 --> 01:41:33,210
take him back?

1012
01:41:34,390 --> 01:41:35,450
Am I to understand?

1013
01:41:35,710 --> 01:41:41,190
The day after our last meeting, I broke
with Madame de Torval on the ground that

1014
01:41:41,190 --> 01:41:48,050
it was beyond my... control you didn't i
certainly did but

1015
01:41:48,050 --> 01:41:53,390
how wonderful of you you kept telling me
my reputation was in danger but i think

1016
01:41:53,390 --> 01:41:58,230
this may well turn out to be my most
famous exploit i believe it sets a new

1017
01:41:58,230 --> 01:42:04,550
standard only one thing could possibly
bring me greater glory

1018
01:42:04,550 --> 01:42:10,510
what's that to win her back

1019
01:42:11,440 --> 01:42:12,500
You think you could?

1020
01:42:13,500 --> 01:42:14,740
I don't see why not.

1021
01:42:15,780 --> 01:42:17,120
I'll tell you why not.

1022
01:42:18,820 --> 01:42:23,400
Because when one woman strikes at the
heart of another, she seldom misses, and

1023
01:42:23,400 --> 01:42:25,180
the wound is invariably fatal.

1024
01:42:25,520 --> 01:42:26,520
Is that so?

1025
01:42:26,680 --> 01:42:27,680
Oh, yes.

1026
01:42:29,600 --> 01:42:33,880
I'm also inclined to see this as one of
my greatest triumphs. There's nothing a

1027
01:42:33,880 --> 01:42:36,800
woman enjoys so much as victory over
another woman.

1028
01:42:37,020 --> 01:42:39,300
Except you see, Vicomte, my victory
wasn't over her.

1029
01:42:39,560 --> 01:42:40,960
Of course it was. What do you mean?

1030
01:42:41,420 --> 01:42:42,420
It was over you.

1031
01:42:44,120 --> 01:42:46,080
You loved that woman, Vicomte.

1032
01:42:47,200 --> 01:42:50,240
What's more, you still do, quite
desperately.

1033
01:42:51,540 --> 01:42:55,080
If you hadn't been so ashamed of it, how
could you have treated her so

1034
01:42:55,080 --> 01:42:56,080
viciously?

1035
01:42:57,180 --> 01:43:01,320
You couldn't bear even the vague
possibility of being laughed at.

1036
01:43:02,900 --> 01:43:08,860
And this has proved something I've
always suspected, that vanity and

1037
01:43:08,860 --> 01:43:09,860
happiness...

1038
01:43:10,570 --> 01:43:11,830
are incompatible.

1039
01:43:13,510 --> 01:43:20,510
Whatever may or may not be the truth of
these philosophical speculations, the

1040
01:43:20,510 --> 01:43:24,290
fact remains it is now your turn to make
a sacrifice.

1041
01:43:24,510 --> 01:43:25,510
Is that so?

1042
01:43:25,530 --> 01:43:26,670
Duncany must go!

1043
01:43:26,970 --> 01:43:27,970
Where?

1044
01:43:28,290 --> 01:43:33,250
I have been more than patient with this
little whim of yours, but enough is

1045
01:43:33,250 --> 01:43:36,550
enough! One of the reasons why I never
remarried is despite a quite bewildering

1046
01:43:36,550 --> 01:43:37,550
range of offers.

1047
01:43:37,690 --> 01:43:40,370
was a determination never again to be
ordered around.

1048
01:43:40,990 --> 01:43:45,470
I must therefore ask you to adopt a less
marital tone of voice.

1049
01:43:45,770 --> 01:43:47,350
She is ill, you know.

1050
01:43:47,670 --> 01:43:50,250
I have made her ill for your sake.

1051
01:43:50,510 --> 01:43:57,450
So the least you can do is get rid of
that colorless... Haven't you had

1052
01:43:57,450 --> 01:43:59,850
enough of bullying women for the time
being?

1053
01:44:00,250 --> 01:44:03,350
I see I shall have to make myself very
plain.

1054
01:44:03,570 --> 01:44:09,180
I have come to spend the night. I shall
not... Take it all kindly to being

1055
01:44:09,180 --> 01:44:10,180
turned away.

1056
01:44:10,580 --> 01:44:11,600
I am sorry.

1057
01:44:12,360 --> 01:44:13,580
I've made other arrangements.

1058
01:44:15,760 --> 01:44:17,740
Yes, I knew there was something.

1059
01:44:19,260 --> 01:44:20,260
What?

1060
01:44:25,260 --> 01:44:26,380
Daphne isn't coming.

1061
01:44:26,860 --> 01:44:27,860
Not tonight.

1062
01:44:28,540 --> 01:44:30,080
What do you mean? How do you know?

1063
01:44:34,830 --> 01:44:37,710
No, because I've arranged for him to
spend the night with Cecile.

1064
01:44:41,830 --> 01:44:45,990
Come to think of it, he mentioned he was
expected here.

1065
01:44:46,570 --> 01:44:51,890
But when I put it to him that he would
really have to make a choice, I must say

1066
01:44:51,890 --> 01:44:52,890
he didn't hesitate.

1067
01:44:53,570 --> 01:45:00,430
He's coming to see you tomorrow to
explain and to offer you... Do I

1068
01:45:00,430 --> 01:45:02,670
have this right? Yes, I think I do.

1069
01:45:03,110 --> 01:45:04,110
It's eternal.

1070
01:45:04,350 --> 01:45:08,670
Friendship. As he said, he is entirely
devoted to you.

1071
01:45:10,670 --> 01:45:12,050
I may not walk on.

1072
01:45:12,970 --> 01:45:14,570
You're absolutely right.

1073
01:45:16,570 --> 01:45:17,710
Shall we go up?

1074
01:45:18,890 --> 01:45:20,770
Shall we... what?

1075
01:45:21,110 --> 01:45:22,170
Go up.

1076
01:45:22,470 --> 01:45:27,470
Unless you prefer this, if memory
serves, rather purgatorial sofa. I think

1077
01:45:27,470 --> 01:45:29,350
time you were leaving. No, I don't think
so.

1078
01:45:29,920 --> 01:45:33,760
We made an arrangement I really don't
think I can allow myself to be taken

1079
01:45:33,760 --> 01:45:36,000
advantage of for a moment longer.

1080
01:45:36,380 --> 01:45:38,460
Remember, I'm better at this than you
are.

1081
01:45:38,680 --> 01:45:43,580
Perhaps, but it is always the best
swimmers who drown. Now, yes or no?

1082
01:45:44,300 --> 01:45:45,620
It's up to you, of course.

1083
01:45:46,080 --> 01:45:51,300
I will merely confine myself to
remarking that a no will be regarded as

1084
01:45:51,300 --> 01:45:52,560
declaration of war.

1085
01:45:57,100 --> 01:45:59,100
A single word is all that's required.

1086
01:46:33,840 --> 01:46:40,340
My dear Chevalier D 'Anthony, I
understand you spent last night with

1087
01:46:40,340 --> 01:46:41,480
Cécile Valland.

1088
01:46:42,240 --> 01:46:49,220
I learnt this from her more regular
lover, the Vicomte de Valmont.

1089
01:48:06,440 --> 01:48:08,720
I'm dying because I wouldn't believe
you.

1090
01:49:58,730 --> 01:49:59,930
No, no.

1091
01:50:00,170 --> 01:50:01,470
Do as I say!

1092
01:50:10,510 --> 01:50:11,610
Enough of your time?

1093
01:50:16,070 --> 01:50:21,690
Two things, a word of advice, which, of
course, you may ignore, but it is

1094
01:50:21,690 --> 01:50:25,270
honestly intended and a request.

1095
01:50:27,150 --> 01:50:28,150
Go on.

1096
01:50:29,330 --> 01:50:33,070
The advice is, be careful of the Marquis
de Metoy.

1097
01:50:33,930 --> 01:50:38,630
You must permit me to treat with
skepticism anything you have to say

1098
01:50:39,190 --> 01:50:44,470
Nevertheless, I must tell you, in this
affair, we are both her creatures.

1099
01:50:50,510 --> 01:50:54,090
As I believe her letters to me will
prove.

1100
01:51:05,320 --> 01:51:06,320
And the request?

1101
01:51:09,900 --> 01:51:16,880
I want you somehow, somehow, to get to
see Madame de

1102
01:51:16,880 --> 01:51:17,880
Touseau.

1103
01:51:20,220 --> 01:51:21,940
I understand she's very ill.

1104
01:51:22,400 --> 01:51:25,180
That is why this is most important to
me.

1105
01:51:27,860 --> 01:51:33,300
I want you to tell her that I cannot
explain why I broke with her.

1106
01:51:36,140 --> 01:51:39,320
Since then, my life has been worth
nothing.

1107
01:51:41,900 --> 01:51:45,440
I push the blade in deeper than you just
have, my boy.

1108
01:51:46,380 --> 01:51:48,820
Now I need you to help me withdraw it.

1109
01:51:51,780 --> 01:51:54,860
Tell her it is lucky for her that I have
gone.

1110
01:51:56,120 --> 01:51:58,980
And I am glad not to have to live
without her.

1111
01:52:01,040 --> 01:52:02,320
Tell her her love.

1112
01:52:03,280 --> 01:52:06,340
was the only real happiness that I have
ever known.

1113
01:52:11,500 --> 01:52:13,000
Will you do that for me?

1114
01:52:14,560 --> 01:52:15,560
I will.

1115
01:52:19,960 --> 01:52:21,960
It's all very well, Phyllis. Sorry, no.

1116
01:52:23,060 --> 01:52:24,060
Let him be.

1117
01:52:27,080 --> 01:52:28,560
He had good cause.

1118
01:52:32,940 --> 01:52:37,680
I don't believe that's something anyone
has ever been able to say about me

1119
01:54:59,050 --> 01:55:00,350
Ooh! Ooh!