1 00:03:15,688 --> 00:03:18,973 A holiday. A holiday in Switzerland. 2 00:03:20,358 --> 00:03:25,398 I remember thinking that it was the first real holiday Howard and I had had for years. 3 00:03:25,820 --> 00:03:28,773 He was going to join me there as soon as he could get away. 4 00:03:28,863 --> 00:03:33,690 I was looking forward to it all as though I'd never been out of England in my life before. 5 00:03:50,795 --> 00:03:52,834 White bread. 6 00:03:55,048 --> 00:03:57,086 Lots of butter. 7 00:03:58,008 --> 00:04:00,047 Wonderful coffee. 8 00:04:00,968 --> 00:04:03,007 And cream! 9 00:04:07,806 --> 00:04:09,845 Sunshine. 10 00:04:09,933 --> 00:04:12,470 And below us somewhere was the French coast. 11 00:04:13,852 --> 00:04:17,765 I began to wonder about the hotel we were going to and the people we would meet there. 12 00:04:17,854 --> 00:04:20,938 I wondered. Supposing the room wasn't comfortable. 13 00:04:21,565 --> 00:04:23,604 No, thank you. 14 00:04:25,693 --> 00:04:28,230 It was comfortable, of course. Very. 15 00:04:29,029 --> 00:04:33,155 Howard's secretary had travelled with me, and even she was impressed. 16 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:38,239 - It's lovely. - Thank you, madame. 17 00:04:38,702 --> 00:04:41,156 - It is lovely, isn't it, Joan? - Yes, it is. 18 00:04:41,245 --> 00:04:45,158 - Has mademoiselle's room the same view? - Yes, madame. Along the corridor. 19 00:04:45,248 --> 00:04:48,662 I'll go and see it. I'll meet you downstairs in half an hour. 20 00:04:51,418 --> 00:04:54,288 I suppose I was aware there was an adjoining room - 21 00:04:54,379 --> 00:04:56,122 there often are in hotels - 22 00:04:56,213 --> 00:05:00,957 but I didn't give a thought to who might be in it, or was going to be in it. Why should I? 23 00:05:01,050 --> 00:05:03,089 (Bell rings) 24 00:05:10,515 --> 00:05:14,677 (Bell rings again) Voil, voil! Attends une minute! 25 00:05:16,018 --> 00:05:17,512 (Mutters) 26 00:05:18,270 --> 00:05:20,309 Qu'est-ce que c'est? Bon soir. 27 00:05:20,396 --> 00:05:22,637 �a y est. Merci bien. 28 00:05:22,981 --> 00:05:25,732 Il y a une chambre reserv�e au nom de Stratton. 29 00:05:25,816 --> 00:05:28,271 Oh, yes, sir. Come in, please. 30 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:34,024 - Sorry, sir, we expected you earlier. - I'm very late. 31 00:05:34,114 --> 00:05:37,113 - I missed the connection at Basle. - It does happen. 32 00:05:40,785 --> 00:05:42,824 The room is ready. It's number 6. 33 00:05:44,079 --> 00:05:46,071 - Is it all the baggage? - Yes, that's all. 34 00:05:46,163 --> 00:05:48,202 This way, sir, please. 35 00:05:52,793 --> 00:05:56,540 The kitchen is closed, but if you were hungry I could find you something. 36 00:05:56,629 --> 00:05:59,166 - I had dinner on the train. - Oh, good. 37 00:06:05,468 --> 00:06:09,001 MARY: I remember hearing a faint murmur of voices. 38 00:06:09,095 --> 00:06:10,637 That's all. 39 00:06:10,721 --> 00:06:12,879 I'd been reading in bed. 40 00:06:12,973 --> 00:06:15,012 I must have been half asleep. 41 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:19,596 The curious thing was that although I hadn't seen him for nine years, 42 00:06:19,686 --> 00:06:22,176 I was thinking about him at that very moment. 43 00:06:22,938 --> 00:06:26,720 I wonder what I'd have done if I'd known he was only a few feet away. 44 00:06:28,024 --> 00:06:29,648 Panicked? 45 00:06:29,734 --> 00:06:31,358 Run away? 46 00:06:31,443 --> 00:06:36,400 No. I'd have wanted to see his face and hear his voice. 47 00:06:37,114 --> 00:06:40,861 Instead, I lay there in the dark, thinking. 48 00:06:42,076 --> 00:06:45,325 Thinking of a New Year's Eve nine years ago. 49 00:06:45,828 --> 00:06:47,867 (Clock chimes) 50 00:06:49,539 --> 00:06:51,578 (Cheering) 51 00:06:51,665 --> 00:06:53,704 (Bursting balloons) 52 00:07:05,591 --> 00:07:06,789 Are you happy? 53 00:07:06,884 --> 00:07:08,876 - What? - I said, are you happy? 54 00:07:08,968 --> 00:07:10,925 - Don't I look it? - You look wonderful. 55 00:07:11,011 --> 00:07:14,510 - You haven't told me what you're doing now. - Lecturing at the university. 56 00:07:14,597 --> 00:07:16,636 - Have you conquered the world yet? - What? 57 00:07:16,724 --> 00:07:19,261 It doesn't matter. It's good to see you. 58 00:07:19,434 --> 00:07:22,718 - Where are you? In a box? - Up there. I must go. 59 00:07:22,811 --> 00:07:25,182 Steven, it's been wonderful seeing you again. 60 00:07:25,271 --> 00:07:27,310 - Goodbye, Mary. - Goodbye. 61 00:07:29,482 --> 00:07:31,308 - Happy New Year. - Happy New Year. 62 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:34,104 - How can I reach you? - I'll phone you. 63 00:07:34,777 --> 00:07:35,726 What? 64 00:07:35,820 --> 00:07:37,859 (Bagpipes) 65 00:07:52,873 --> 00:07:55,030 - Happy New Year. ALL: Happy New Year. 66 00:07:57,167 --> 00:07:59,206 I thought I'd lost you. 67 00:08:00,002 --> 00:08:02,041 Happy New Year, my dear. 68 00:08:02,796 --> 00:08:04,622 Happy New Year, Howard. 69 00:08:22,643 --> 00:08:25,429 - Pat! - Steven, I've been looking for you everywhere. 70 00:08:25,519 --> 00:08:27,844 I'm so sorry. I got lost in the Paul Jones. 71 00:08:28,605 --> 00:08:31,095 - Happy New Year, Pat, dear. - Happy New Year. 72 00:08:31,190 --> 00:08:33,431 A very happy New Year. 73 00:08:34,234 --> 00:08:37,352 74 00:08:37,444 --> 00:08:43,315 75 00:08:43,448 --> 00:08:48,785 76 00:08:49,035 --> 00:08:53,245 77 00:08:54,330 --> 00:08:58,955 78 00:08:59,042 --> 00:09:02,540 79 00:09:03,170 --> 00:09:07,000 80 00:09:07,089 --> 00:09:10,872 81 00:09:10,966 --> 00:09:12,757 (Cheering) 82 00:09:28,603 --> 00:09:31,176 Do you know the most extraordinary thing happened? 83 00:09:31,272 --> 00:09:33,310 - What? - I met Mary. 84 00:09:33,398 --> 00:09:35,853 (Band strikes up) - She's here somewhere. 85 00:09:36,567 --> 00:09:39,318 It's funny, isn't it, after all these years? 86 00:09:39,402 --> 00:09:41,441 Let's dance. 87 00:09:46,657 --> 00:09:48,696 It's a curious sight, isn't it? 88 00:09:49,909 --> 00:09:51,865 I wonder how many there are? 89 00:09:51,952 --> 00:09:53,991 Thousands. 90 00:09:54,078 --> 00:09:56,366 - It's a curious noise, too. - Very. 91 00:09:57,998 --> 00:10:02,788 HOWARD: They all look as if they're suspended by invisible wires from the roof. 92 00:10:04,961 --> 00:10:06,751 That makes four. 93 00:10:06,837 --> 00:10:09,161 - Four what? - Men dressed as skeletons. 94 00:10:09,922 --> 00:10:13,705 One of them's dancing with a Gainsborough lady who keeps losing her hat. 95 00:10:14,259 --> 00:10:16,250 Over by the centrepiece there. 96 00:10:17,803 --> 00:10:20,375 It's difficult to pick out anybody in particular. 97 00:10:20,471 --> 00:10:22,463 How was she? 98 00:10:22,556 --> 00:10:24,382 Mary? She's fine. 99 00:10:24,474 --> 00:10:26,216 They're in a box somewhere. 100 00:10:26,308 --> 00:10:28,763 - Would you like to meet her? - Yes, I would. 101 00:10:30,478 --> 00:10:32,802 What's happened to the others? Are they dancing? 102 00:10:32,896 --> 00:10:34,935 They're trying to, I think. 103 00:10:39,817 --> 00:10:43,861 Do you think we ought to go and dance ourselves, or would you sooner watch? 104 00:10:52,742 --> 00:10:54,781 - Enjoying yourself? - Very much. 105 00:10:58,788 --> 00:11:00,579 Here she is. 106 00:11:16,383 --> 00:11:19,169 Steven, it's silly, but do I have to meet her? 107 00:11:19,927 --> 00:11:21,587 No, of course not. 108 00:11:22,637 --> 00:11:23,221 (Horns beep) 109 00:11:23,221 --> 00:11:24,501 (Horns beep) 110 00:11:42,109 --> 00:11:44,777 - Hello, Mary. - Howard, you remember Steven Stratton. 111 00:11:44,861 --> 00:11:46,852 - Of course, how are you? - How do you do? 112 00:11:46,945 --> 00:11:49,862 - You don't know Miss Moore, do you? - How do you do, Miss Moore? 113 00:11:49,947 --> 00:11:53,529 - We met in New York, didn't we? - No, Burnmoor. Five years ago. 114 00:11:53,616 --> 00:11:55,857 Oh, yes, of course. Nice to see you again. 115 00:11:55,951 --> 00:11:57,575 Will you excuse me? 116 00:11:59,329 --> 00:12:02,494 These things get more crowded every year, don't they? 117 00:12:02,581 --> 00:12:05,497 Mary? Mary! Can we drop you anywhere? 118 00:12:05,583 --> 00:12:07,575 No, thanks, we're walking. Good night. 119 00:12:07,667 --> 00:12:09,706 - Good night. - Happy New Year. 120 00:12:09,794 --> 00:12:12,877 MARY: You must dine with us sometime. STEVEN: We'd love to. 121 00:12:12,963 --> 00:12:14,919 Good night. 122 00:12:26,013 --> 00:12:28,384 It's awful. I couldn't remember his name. 123 00:12:29,140 --> 00:12:31,179 It's Justin. He's a banker. 124 00:12:31,266 --> 00:12:34,183 High finance, that sort of thing. He's terribly rich too. 125 00:12:34,268 --> 00:12:36,177 He seemed very nice, I thought. 126 00:12:36,270 --> 00:12:38,309 I hardly knew him. 127 00:12:39,272 --> 00:12:40,979 Are they happy? 128 00:12:41,065 --> 00:12:42,724 I think so. 129 00:12:42,816 --> 00:12:45,816 It's the sort of life Mary wanted, so they ought to be. 130 00:12:45,901 --> 00:12:48,226 Was she very much in love with you, Steven? 131 00:12:48,319 --> 00:12:50,358 I used to think so. 132 00:12:50,446 --> 00:12:52,485 Anyway, she married him. 133 00:12:53,448 --> 00:12:55,487 He's the biologist, isn't he? 134 00:12:55,574 --> 00:12:57,613 I thought you didn't remember him. 135 00:12:57,701 --> 00:12:59,823 Oh, yes, I remembered. 136 00:12:59,911 --> 00:13:01,902 You didn't give that impression. 137 00:13:01,995 --> 00:13:05,493 One should never let the enemy know when he's being observed. 138 00:13:05,581 --> 00:13:07,075 The enemy? 139 00:13:07,165 --> 00:13:09,204 All right, then, dear. Friend. 140 00:13:09,584 --> 00:13:12,204 - Enjoy yourself? - Mm-hm. I think so. 141 00:13:12,294 --> 00:13:15,875 I'd like these affairs better if I didn't have to dress up for them. 142 00:13:15,963 --> 00:13:18,038 Or work the following day. 143 00:13:18,756 --> 00:13:22,171 - Are you warm enough, my darling? - Yes, thank you, Howard. 144 00:14:12,667 --> 00:14:14,494 Will you always love me, Mary? 145 00:14:16,587 --> 00:14:17,997 Always. 146 00:14:20,631 --> 00:14:22,670 (Brakes screech) 147 00:14:53,820 --> 00:14:55,859 STEVEN: Upon the forehead of humanity. 148 00:14:57,155 --> 00:14:59,942 All its more ponderous and bulky worth. 149 00:15:00,032 --> 00:15:02,024 Is friendship... 150 00:15:02,117 --> 00:15:10,158 But at the tip top, there hangs by unseen film an orbed drop of light. 151 00:15:11,373 --> 00:15:13,412 And that is love. 152 00:15:17,711 --> 00:15:19,952 Wake up, darling. We're here. 153 00:15:20,046 --> 00:15:22,168 I wasn't really asleep. 154 00:15:23,673 --> 00:15:26,080 - Happy New Year, Bates. - Thank you, ma'am. 155 00:15:26,175 --> 00:15:29,340 - Good night, Bates. Happy New Year. - Same to you, sir. 156 00:15:44,562 --> 00:15:46,601 (Yawns) 157 00:15:49,982 --> 00:15:51,642 Good night, my dear. 158 00:15:51,733 --> 00:15:53,772 Good night, Howard. 159 00:15:54,985 --> 00:15:57,024 Oh, Happy New Year. 160 00:15:57,112 --> 00:15:59,151 Happy New Year. 161 00:16:06,201 --> 00:16:08,240 (Ticking clock) 162 00:16:58,361 --> 00:17:00,400 163 00:17:17,374 --> 00:17:19,828 I shall never love anyone as much as I love you. 164 00:17:19,917 --> 00:17:21,660 Then why won't you marry me? 165 00:17:21,752 --> 00:17:23,790 Oh, Steven. 166 00:17:24,629 --> 00:17:26,667 I don't quite know. 167 00:17:32,342 --> 00:17:36,173 Even if I did, I don't think you could possibly understand. 168 00:17:37,846 --> 00:17:41,427 If two people really love each other, and want to be together, 169 00:17:41,515 --> 00:17:43,554 they want to belong to each other. 170 00:17:44,850 --> 00:17:46,926 Steven, I want to belong to myself. 171 00:17:47,018 --> 00:17:48,809 Then your life will be a failure. 172 00:17:53,064 --> 00:17:55,815 Dearest Steven, don't be angry with me. 173 00:17:56,650 --> 00:17:59,021 (Thunder rumbles) - I can't help myself. 174 00:18:00,027 --> 00:18:01,569 (Sobs) 175 00:18:01,653 --> 00:18:05,484 Why can't there be love without this clutching and this gripping? 176 00:18:06,281 --> 00:18:08,320 This... 177 00:18:15,454 --> 00:18:17,493 (Clock ticks) 178 00:18:23,042 --> 00:18:25,284 (Recalls) Then your life will be a failure. 179 00:18:29,964 --> 00:18:32,003 (Church clock chimes) 180 00:18:43,181 --> 00:18:45,007 Attention, please. 181 00:18:45,099 --> 00:18:50,340 Will passengers for Berlin please report to Customs and lmmigration immediately. 182 00:18:50,436 --> 00:18:52,890 - I'll be back Thursday. I'll cable you. - Yes, do. 183 00:18:52,979 --> 00:18:54,936 Your luggage has gone through, Mr Justin. 184 00:18:55,022 --> 00:18:58,271 - I've brought this scarf in case it was cold. - Thank you, Miss Layton. 185 00:18:58,358 --> 00:19:00,314 Will you go to the country or stay in town? 186 00:19:00,401 --> 00:19:02,689 Stay in town, I think. I'm not sure. 187 00:19:02,777 --> 00:19:04,354 Goodbye. 188 00:19:05,112 --> 00:19:07,733 - Enjoy yourself. - Goodbye, Howard. Have a good trip. 189 00:19:07,822 --> 00:19:09,861 Thank you. Goodbye, Miss Layton. 190 00:19:11,283 --> 00:19:14,982 The stain is decolourised with five per cent sulphuric acid 191 00:19:15,077 --> 00:19:17,746 and washed with potash, alum and methylin blue. 192 00:19:17,829 --> 00:19:21,446 You can see the bacilli and terminal spores quite clearly. Have a look. 193 00:19:49,725 --> 00:19:53,722 I think I might get away to the country, Joe, for a few days, after all. 194 00:19:53,811 --> 00:19:55,637 I don't know. 195 00:19:55,813 --> 00:19:58,267 (Laughter) Goodnight, Mary. Thank you so much. 196 00:19:58,356 --> 00:20:00,395 Goodnight, Bill. 197 00:21:03,191 --> 00:21:03,608 (Rings) 198 00:21:03,608 --> 00:21:04,521 (Rings) 199 00:21:05,818 --> 00:21:07,228 Hello? 200 00:21:07,319 --> 00:21:08,896 Yes. 201 00:21:08,986 --> 00:21:10,445 Who is it, please? 202 00:21:11,238 --> 00:21:13,277 Just a moment. 203 00:21:23,329 --> 00:21:25,155 - Mrs Justin? - Yes. 204 00:21:25,247 --> 00:21:27,951 - You're wanted on the telephone. - Who is it? 205 00:21:28,041 --> 00:21:29,285 A Mr Stratton. 206 00:21:35,921 --> 00:21:37,960 Thank you, Joan. 207 00:21:52,098 --> 00:21:54,137 Hello, Steven. 208 00:21:54,225 --> 00:21:56,264 What a surprise. 209 00:21:56,351 --> 00:21:58,142 How are you? 210 00:21:58,227 --> 00:21:59,721 Yes, I'm fine. 211 00:21:59,812 --> 00:22:03,476 It was such a funny thing. I just happened to see your number in the phone book. 212 00:22:04,231 --> 00:22:06,270 Yes. Yes, wasn't it? 213 00:22:07,942 --> 00:22:10,397 I expect you're terribly busy, but I wondered if... 214 00:22:13,571 --> 00:22:14,566 When? 215 00:22:14,655 --> 00:22:17,276 Well, yes, I think I am. I'm not sure. 216 00:22:18,074 --> 00:22:20,113 I'm just going to look in my diary. 217 00:22:24,412 --> 00:22:26,450 Yes, that will be fine. 218 00:22:26,538 --> 00:22:28,364 Oh... just a moment. 219 00:22:28,456 --> 00:22:30,448 Saturday... 220 00:22:30,541 --> 00:22:32,579 Yes, that will be wonderful. 221 00:22:34,251 --> 00:22:36,290 (Doorbell rings) 222 00:22:51,555 --> 00:22:53,593 Hello, Mary. Come in. 223 00:22:54,682 --> 00:22:56,092 - Am I late? - Not a bit. 224 00:22:56,183 --> 00:22:59,385 - The taxi man had trouble finding it. - It's a bit out of the way. 225 00:22:59,477 --> 00:23:01,054 In there. 226 00:23:02,145 --> 00:23:05,477 - They've changed the name of the street. - We had to ask a policeman. 227 00:23:06,481 --> 00:23:07,975 What an attractive room! 228 00:23:08,066 --> 00:23:10,058 - Do you like it? - Mmm. 229 00:23:10,150 --> 00:23:13,399 That's the comfortable chair. What would you like to drink? 230 00:23:13,486 --> 00:23:15,312 - Whatever you're having. - Sherry? 231 00:23:15,404 --> 00:23:17,063 Fine. 232 00:23:18,156 --> 00:23:20,195 I didn't think you'd be able to come. 233 00:23:20,282 --> 00:23:22,607 Thought you might be away. I nearly didn't phone. 234 00:23:22,700 --> 00:23:24,609 I'm glad you did. 235 00:23:24,702 --> 00:23:28,070 Lunch is rather difficult for me during the week. During term, anyway. 236 00:23:30,164 --> 00:23:32,203 Thank you, Steven. 237 00:23:36,418 --> 00:23:39,453 - Well... - Lunch is nearly ready. I'll just have a look at it. 238 00:23:39,545 --> 00:23:42,711 - You're cooking the lunch? - Certainly. I'm a wonderful cook. 239 00:23:42,797 --> 00:23:45,466 - Can't I help? - Drink your sherry and get comfortable. 240 00:23:54,096 --> 00:23:56,468 You're still a very unexpected person, Steven. 241 00:23:56,556 --> 00:23:57,967 How do you mean? 242 00:23:58,057 --> 00:24:00,215 Do all university lecturers cook? 243 00:24:00,309 --> 00:24:01,886 Only the biologists. 244 00:24:01,977 --> 00:24:04,015 (Laughs) 245 00:24:09,607 --> 00:24:11,433 Are these all your things? 246 00:24:11,525 --> 00:24:13,102 Yes. 247 00:24:18,946 --> 00:24:21,732 They're well arranged. Did you do it? 248 00:24:21,823 --> 00:24:23,317 Yes. 249 00:24:31,288 --> 00:24:33,659 I never knew you had this photograph of me. 250 00:24:33,748 --> 00:24:36,617 - Oh, that! - What was so funny, I wonder? 251 00:24:36,708 --> 00:24:38,202 Me, I expect. 252 00:24:38,292 --> 00:24:41,376 - Let me at least carry something. - No, no. You sit down. 253 00:24:49,842 --> 00:24:52,462 Oh, Steven, it looks wonderful. 254 00:24:53,302 --> 00:24:55,875 Yes, I must say it does look rather good, doesn't it? 255 00:25:02,267 --> 00:25:04,306 Oh, I've so enjoyed this. 256 00:25:04,393 --> 00:25:06,764 I hope this coffee's going to be all right. 257 00:25:06,853 --> 00:25:08,679 I don't use this thing much. 258 00:25:08,771 --> 00:25:10,597 It looks all right. 259 00:25:10,689 --> 00:25:13,096 Anyway, it smells like coffee. 260 00:25:14,316 --> 00:25:19,689 You still have all your books mixed up, Steven. Sherlock Holmes got in amongst the Aristotle. 261 00:25:19,778 --> 00:25:22,351 Fancy. There are some books of yours here. 262 00:25:23,156 --> 00:25:24,566 So I've noticed. 263 00:25:26,408 --> 00:25:28,898 - I remember this one. - Which? 264 00:25:28,993 --> 00:25:33,120 What you're doing with it, I don't know. You gave it to me for Christmas once. 265 00:25:33,913 --> 00:25:35,323 Black? 266 00:25:35,414 --> 00:25:36,824 Please. 267 00:25:39,083 --> 00:25:42,415 "In the beginning, God gave to every people a cup of clay..." 268 00:25:42,502 --> 00:25:44,873 "...and from this cup they drank their life." 269 00:25:44,962 --> 00:25:47,534 Some things take years to understand, don't they? 270 00:25:53,384 --> 00:25:55,044 It's two sugars, isn't it? 271 00:25:55,135 --> 00:25:56,546 Yes, please. 272 00:25:59,597 --> 00:26:02,300 (Toys with piano) Do you ever play now, Steven? 273 00:26:02,390 --> 00:26:05,011 Very quietly, and for my own private satisfaction. 274 00:26:07,352 --> 00:26:11,218 "From the music they love, you shall know the texture of men's souls." 275 00:26:13,022 --> 00:26:15,228 - Remember that, too? - Of course. 276 00:26:15,315 --> 00:26:16,975 You wrote that to me in a letter once. 277 00:26:17,067 --> 00:26:20,185 I copied it out of a book of Galsworthy's to impress you. 278 00:26:20,277 --> 00:26:21,771 I knew that. 279 00:26:21,861 --> 00:26:23,770 Did you? 280 00:26:23,863 --> 00:26:25,902 I liked it all the same. 281 00:26:35,329 --> 00:26:37,368 (Starts playing melody) 282 00:26:39,165 --> 00:26:41,203 (Stops playing) 283 00:26:59,762 --> 00:27:02,334 It's silly, the things we do when we're young. 284 00:27:03,556 --> 00:27:05,133 Yes. 285 00:27:06,474 --> 00:27:09,842 How we talked about all the things I was going to do in life. 286 00:27:11,394 --> 00:27:13,801 I was to conquer the world. Do you remember? 287 00:27:13,896 --> 00:27:15,935 A knight in shining armour. 288 00:27:16,022 --> 00:27:18,264 I really believed I could be. 289 00:27:18,357 --> 00:27:20,598 What were the things I was never to be? 290 00:27:21,443 --> 00:27:23,351 Grey and grubby... 291 00:27:23,444 --> 00:27:25,483 fat... dull... 292 00:27:26,529 --> 00:27:28,189 ...and there was something else. 293 00:27:28,281 --> 00:27:30,319 Respectable. 294 00:27:30,407 --> 00:27:32,446 Yes, that was it. 295 00:27:36,244 --> 00:27:38,485 It's getting dark very early, isn't it? 296 00:27:38,579 --> 00:27:40,618 We've had a very long lunch. 297 00:27:42,248 --> 00:27:45,616 You'll see the streetlights coming on across the park soon. 298 00:27:45,709 --> 00:27:47,748 I ought to be going. 299 00:27:47,835 --> 00:27:51,120 When I came in the other night, it looked wonderful from here. 300 00:27:51,921 --> 00:27:56,748 There was some coloured floodlighting on the building - made quite a glow in the sky. 301 00:27:58,592 --> 00:28:03,052 I stood and watched it for a time and began to think of all sorts of things I've forgotten. 302 00:28:03,929 --> 00:28:05,968 What things? 303 00:28:06,056 --> 00:28:08,095 Things about you. 304 00:28:09,892 --> 00:28:12,927 Until the other night, I thought I'd forgotten everything. 305 00:28:13,769 --> 00:28:16,010 Now I remember everything. 306 00:28:17,105 --> 00:28:19,144 So do I. 307 00:28:35,659 --> 00:28:37,069 Mary. 308 00:29:14,018 --> 00:29:15,844 MARY: You see what it was. 309 00:29:15,936 --> 00:29:17,429 We knew each other so well 310 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:21,137 that suddenly it seemed as if the intervening years hadn't existed. 311 00:29:22,273 --> 00:29:24,977 When he could get away, we met for lunch in the week. 312 00:29:25,067 --> 00:29:27,308 But Saturday and Sunday were all ours. 313 00:29:28,110 --> 00:29:29,901 Those were wonderful days. 314 00:29:30,737 --> 00:29:32,776 We'd done this before, years ago, 315 00:29:32,864 --> 00:29:36,481 but as the days went by, new things began to happen. 316 00:29:36,574 --> 00:29:38,068 Little things. 317 00:29:38,159 --> 00:29:42,700 I'd never really known the pleasure of walking arm-in-arm with a man before. 318 00:29:43,579 --> 00:29:45,073 Everybody does it. 319 00:29:45,163 --> 00:29:46,574 To me, it was new. 320 00:29:47,332 --> 00:29:49,454 It all seemed so perfectly natural 321 00:29:49,541 --> 00:29:52,956 that I suppose it was easy not to think of the consequences. 322 00:29:53,044 --> 00:29:56,162 We were happy and... that seemed to make it all right. 323 00:29:57,255 --> 00:29:59,081 At least, for a time. 324 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:03,838 I've been thinking. 325 00:30:03,926 --> 00:30:05,420 Yes, I know. 326 00:30:06,761 --> 00:30:08,800 We have to, don't we? 327 00:30:13,766 --> 00:30:15,805 Not just yet. 328 00:30:17,685 --> 00:30:19,511 (Aeroplane engines drone) 329 00:30:24,064 --> 00:30:25,558 The Bank of Rome. 330 00:30:26,775 --> 00:30:28,399 Reichsbank. 331 00:30:29,902 --> 00:30:32,855 Notes on my discussions with Pirana. Very important, that. 332 00:30:32,945 --> 00:30:35,649 Here are my comments on his real status. 333 00:30:37,782 --> 00:30:41,150 Here's some stuff about our own Berlin office. I haven't read that. 334 00:30:41,243 --> 00:30:44,741 All right, Miss Layton, that's the lot. Get it straightened out, please. 335 00:30:44,828 --> 00:30:47,912 - My report is due at the Treasury tomorrow. - Yes, Mr Justin. 336 00:30:48,873 --> 00:30:51,956 Well, darling, what have you been doing? Did you go to the country? 337 00:30:52,041 --> 00:30:54,828 No, I thought I'd go down this week if you still weren't back. 338 00:30:54,918 --> 00:30:57,290 It didn't look as if I would get away yesterday. 339 00:30:57,378 --> 00:30:58,955 Made any definite plans? 340 00:30:59,046 --> 00:31:02,165 Only for tonight. I'm going to the theatre with Steven Stratton. 341 00:31:03,924 --> 00:31:06,960 Oh... Have you been seeing anything of him? 342 00:31:07,051 --> 00:31:08,675 No. 343 00:31:08,761 --> 00:31:10,634 More tea? 344 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:13,590 I haven't finished this yet. What's the show? 345 00:31:13,681 --> 00:31:16,171 Well, that musical comedy at the Royalty. 346 00:31:16,266 --> 00:31:18,139 First Love, I think it's called. 347 00:31:21,019 --> 00:31:22,561 I would like some more now. 348 00:31:27,899 --> 00:31:30,021 You don't mind me going, do you, Howard? 349 00:31:31,443 --> 00:31:34,561 Of course not. I have to do that report, anyway. 350 00:31:34,653 --> 00:31:36,147 What a bore for you. 351 00:31:36,237 --> 00:31:37,565 Yes. 352 00:31:38,656 --> 00:31:41,739 - Who else have you been seeing? - Oh, just the usual people. 353 00:31:43,117 --> 00:31:44,527 Sounds like a bore for you. 354 00:31:46,286 --> 00:31:47,780 Oh, no. 355 00:31:51,081 --> 00:31:53,120 (Jaunty dance music) 356 00:31:57,585 --> 00:31:59,909 After all, it is my responsibility, too. 357 00:32:00,003 --> 00:32:02,126 No. No, Steven, it's... 358 00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:06,165 ...it's wrong somehow. I've got to do this myself. 359 00:32:06,257 --> 00:32:07,585 MAN: Shall we dance? 360 00:32:07,675 --> 00:32:09,584 - It doesn't seem fair. WOMAN: Yes. 361 00:32:09,676 --> 00:32:13,091 - It's fairer to him. MAN: Excuse me. I'm so sorry. 362 00:32:15,847 --> 00:32:18,966 It would be terribly humiliating for him if you were there. 363 00:32:19,892 --> 00:32:21,930 Yes. Yes, I see that. 364 00:32:22,018 --> 00:32:24,342 I'll be all right. Really, I will. 365 00:32:25,270 --> 00:32:27,642 - When will you... - Another liqueur, sir? 366 00:32:27,730 --> 00:32:30,647 - No, thank you. - No, thank you. Bring the bill, please. 367 00:32:32,442 --> 00:32:34,480 When will you tell him? Tonight? 368 00:32:34,568 --> 00:32:38,481 I'm not sure. I shall know the right moment when it comes. 369 00:32:38,571 --> 00:32:40,527 You mustn't worry. 370 00:32:40,614 --> 00:32:42,653 I shall worry all the same. 371 00:32:44,158 --> 00:32:47,360 I know exactly what he'll say. It's what he said before. 372 00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:52,951 That our love - yours and mine - wasn't what I wanted, not in my heart. 373 00:32:54,289 --> 00:32:57,574 And that I can never stand, really, belonging to someone. 374 00:33:03,879 --> 00:33:05,918 I shall belong to you. 375 00:33:10,967 --> 00:33:11,384 Yes. Justin. 376 00:33:11,384 --> 00:33:12,795 Yes. Justin. 377 00:33:13,886 --> 00:33:15,712 But she's left them behind. 378 00:33:15,804 --> 00:33:17,428 Yes. 379 00:33:17,513 --> 00:33:20,762 They're stalls. Row D. Numbers 24 and 25. 380 00:33:22,100 --> 00:33:23,344 Yes. 381 00:33:23,434 --> 00:33:25,805 And you'll let her have them if she asks? 382 00:33:25,894 --> 00:33:29,262 - Thank you so much. Goodbye. - All right. Let's get on, shall we? 383 00:33:31,147 --> 00:33:32,641 Where was I? 384 00:33:32,732 --> 00:33:34,771 "The President said..." 385 00:33:34,858 --> 00:33:35,889 Yes. 386 00:33:42,113 --> 00:33:47,865 "The President said that while the establishment of very low rates of interest by the Reichsbank 387 00:33:47,950 --> 00:33:52,077 would not necessarily keep the rate of investment up to the rate of saving... 388 00:33:52,912 --> 00:33:54,110 ...in a free market... 389 00:33:59,917 --> 00:34:02,288 ...the restrictions imposed by the regime... 390 00:34:03,294 --> 00:34:07,290 ...has ensured a margin of safety... in this respect. 391 00:34:17,095 --> 00:34:22,882 He explained that since other means had been found of stabilising internal price levels... 392 00:34:27,143 --> 00:34:31,305 ...the effect of the natural market had been largely... neutralised. 393 00:34:37,733 --> 00:34:39,891 Throughout this conversation with him, 394 00:34:39,985 --> 00:34:44,941 I had the impression that his earlier protestations had been quite insincere." 395 00:34:55,912 --> 00:34:58,616 I think I'll go on with this in the morning, Miss Layton. 396 00:34:58,706 --> 00:34:59,950 Very well, Mr Justin. 397 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:03,324 - Shall I do what you've given me so far? - No. Leave it till tomorrow. 398 00:35:03,417 --> 00:35:05,907 - Anything else? - Nothing, thank you. Good night. 399 00:35:06,002 --> 00:35:08,041 Good night, Mr Justin. 400 00:35:26,599 --> 00:35:28,805 (Orchestral flourish) 401 00:35:28,892 --> 00:35:32,675 ROMANTIC LEADS: my heart always knew 402 00:35:32,770 --> 00:35:35,805 403 00:35:36,773 --> 00:35:40,187 in Spring time or Fall 404 00:35:40,275 --> 00:35:43,477 405 00:35:43,569 --> 00:35:47,565 406 00:35:47,655 --> 00:35:51,983 407 00:35:52,075 --> 00:35:55,608 it's always been true 408 00:35:55,702 --> 00:35:58,572 409 00:35:59,329 --> 00:36:02,532 410 00:36:02,623 --> 00:36:04,662 (Characters laughing) 411 00:36:10,087 --> 00:36:12,125 (Music finishes) 412 00:36:19,801 --> 00:36:21,840 We're nearly home. 413 00:36:22,637 --> 00:36:24,675 Yes. 414 00:36:24,763 --> 00:36:26,802 Will you telephone me tomorrow? 415 00:36:27,890 --> 00:36:29,929 - About midday? - Mm-hm. 416 00:36:33,852 --> 00:36:35,891 Good night, my darling. 417 00:36:55,950 --> 00:36:57,989 (Car pulls up outside) 418 00:37:10,877 --> 00:37:12,916 Is that you, Mary? 419 00:37:13,712 --> 00:37:14,708 Yes. 420 00:37:14,796 --> 00:37:16,835 Thank you, Steven. I enjoyed it immensely. 421 00:37:16,923 --> 00:37:18,582 - Good night, Mary. - Good night. 422 00:37:18,674 --> 00:37:21,674 We can't let you go like that, Stratton. Won't you come in? 423 00:37:21,759 --> 00:37:24,676 I don't think I will, thank you. My taxi's waiting. 424 00:37:24,761 --> 00:37:27,133 Pay it off. You'll get another at the corner. 425 00:37:27,221 --> 00:37:29,546 - Come in and have a drink. - Yes, do, Steven. 426 00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:31,964 All right. I won't be a minute. 427 00:37:36,227 --> 00:37:38,468 - How much do I owe you? - Three bob on the clock. 428 00:37:43,482 --> 00:37:45,521 - Thank you. - Thank you, sir. 429 00:37:55,073 --> 00:37:57,361 - Let me take your coat. - Thank you. 430 00:37:57,450 --> 00:37:59,489 Mary will join us in a minute. 431 00:38:04,830 --> 00:38:07,995 I expect she's told you I've been away in Germany and Italy. 432 00:38:08,082 --> 00:38:11,366 - Yes, she did. Did you have a good trip? - I wouldn't call it good. 433 00:38:11,459 --> 00:38:14,661 I spent most of the time with members of their governments. 434 00:38:14,753 --> 00:38:16,959 - Interesting, of course. - Must have been. 435 00:38:17,046 --> 00:38:20,544 I think a taste for intrigue is an acquired thing, don't you? 436 00:38:20,632 --> 00:38:22,291 Do sit down. 437 00:38:22,383 --> 00:38:25,667 - What will you have? Whisky and soda? - Thank you very much. 438 00:38:35,975 --> 00:38:38,014 Have a good evening? 439 00:38:38,102 --> 00:38:40,141 Yes, fine. 440 00:38:40,228 --> 00:38:42,267 Shall we have some music? 441 00:38:43,355 --> 00:38:46,557 - Help yourself to a cigarette, Stratton. - Oh, thank you. 442 00:38:49,067 --> 00:38:51,439 (Mellow music on record player) 443 00:38:51,527 --> 00:38:53,105 Where did you dine? 444 00:38:54,238 --> 00:38:56,313 Oh, that French place with the mad waiter. 445 00:38:57,281 --> 00:38:59,487 I do wish they wouldn't keep sending us irises. 446 00:38:59,574 --> 00:39:02,693 I've told them about it before. They're so spiky and unfriendly. 447 00:39:09,539 --> 00:39:12,374 - How was the show? - Fair. 448 00:39:13,459 --> 00:39:14,952 Good seats? 449 00:39:16,836 --> 00:39:18,330 Very. 450 00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:26,172 Sit down, darling. I'll get you a drink. 451 00:39:26,259 --> 00:39:28,298 A small one. 452 00:39:29,636 --> 00:39:32,091 As I was about to say when Mary came in, 453 00:39:32,180 --> 00:39:37,303 the most striking thing about the German people is their pathetic faith in themselves. 454 00:39:37,391 --> 00:39:39,218 Why do you call it pathetic? 455 00:39:39,309 --> 00:39:43,602 The belief of the muscular in their own strength is always pathetic, don't you think? 456 00:39:51,734 --> 00:39:53,014 Ice? 457 00:39:53,819 --> 00:39:55,858 Don't get up. 458 00:40:06,494 --> 00:40:07,904 Here. 459 00:40:14,750 --> 00:40:19,624 Personally, Stratton, I think there's a fault in the Teutonic mind 460 00:40:19,711 --> 00:40:23,209 which shows up whenever they have access to great power. 461 00:40:23,964 --> 00:40:26,668 A sort of romantic hysteria. 462 00:40:26,758 --> 00:40:29,841 Well, perhaps not romantic, 463 00:40:29,926 --> 00:40:31,550 but a hysteria anyway, 464 00:40:31,636 --> 00:40:35,086 which seems to convert them from a collection of sober, 465 00:40:35,180 --> 00:40:39,556 intelligent, rather sentimental individuals... 466 00:40:39,641 --> 00:40:41,847 into a dangerous mob. 467 00:40:41,934 --> 00:40:46,013 A mob which can believe that a big enough lie is not a lie at all... 468 00:40:47,104 --> 00:40:48,598 ...but truth. 469 00:40:48,689 --> 00:40:50,930 - Steven, it's late. - Let him finish his drink. 470 00:40:51,024 --> 00:40:53,478 - Steven, please go. - Aren't you losing your head? 471 00:40:53,567 --> 00:40:56,057 - What is it? - Howard knows we weren't at the theatre. 472 00:40:58,153 --> 00:40:59,695 I see. 473 00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:05,698 I'm sorry you had to find out in this way, but I think you'd better know the truth. 474 00:41:05,784 --> 00:41:07,277 Thank you. 475 00:41:07,368 --> 00:41:09,324 Mary and I have always loved each other. 476 00:41:09,411 --> 00:41:11,070 And we still do. 477 00:41:11,162 --> 00:41:13,201 A mistake was made years ago. 478 00:41:14,289 --> 00:41:16,328 And now you want to put it right? 479 00:41:31,259 --> 00:41:33,298 (Music off) 480 00:41:44,768 --> 00:41:49,512 You know, Stratton, it's quite a shock to find that your wife's in love with another man. 481 00:41:50,397 --> 00:41:54,345 And when you've long believed that your marriage was happy and worthwhile, 482 00:41:54,441 --> 00:41:56,018 the shock is even greater. 483 00:41:56,109 --> 00:41:57,982 Steven, will you go now? 484 00:41:58,068 --> 00:42:00,737 All sorts of strange ideas come into your head. 485 00:42:01,696 --> 00:42:04,980 - You even think of killing. - Steven, please will you go now? 486 00:42:05,073 --> 00:42:07,741 I... I want to talk to Howard alone. 487 00:42:07,825 --> 00:42:10,908 I think Mary's right. You had better go. 488 00:42:11,953 --> 00:42:14,443 - And leave you here? - You'd better go, Steven. 489 00:42:16,331 --> 00:42:18,369 I shall be all right. 490 00:42:18,457 --> 00:42:20,200 Very well. 491 00:42:20,291 --> 00:42:22,082 When shall I see you? 492 00:42:22,168 --> 00:42:23,911 - I don't know. - Get out! 493 00:42:26,796 --> 00:42:28,835 I can't... think for the moment. 494 00:42:29,714 --> 00:42:31,125 Good night, Steven. 495 00:42:32,716 --> 00:42:34,376 Good night. 496 00:42:41,597 --> 00:42:43,340 Well? 497 00:43:19,122 --> 00:43:21,161 Taxi! 498 00:44:06,154 --> 00:44:07,861 - Good morning, sir. - Good morning. 499 00:44:07,947 --> 00:44:10,900 - I'd like to see Mrs Justin. - Will you come in, sir? 500 00:44:12,283 --> 00:44:14,405 Would you mind waiting a moment, sir? 501 00:44:16,411 --> 00:44:18,319 I must apologise for the state of the room. 502 00:44:31,671 --> 00:44:33,461 - Good morning. - Good morning. 503 00:44:33,547 --> 00:44:37,330 I'm so sorry, Mrs Justin isn't at home. Is there anything I can do? 504 00:44:38,425 --> 00:44:42,208 - Is Mr Justin in? - I'm afraid he's very busy. 505 00:44:42,303 --> 00:44:44,295 Can I do anything? 506 00:44:44,387 --> 00:44:47,091 It's a private matter and rather important. 507 00:44:47,181 --> 00:44:50,465 I'm sorry, Mr Stratton. It's quite impossible just now. 508 00:44:50,558 --> 00:44:52,597 I see. 509 00:44:52,685 --> 00:44:54,724 Is there any message I should give? 510 00:44:55,853 --> 00:44:57,892 No. Thank you. 511 00:45:00,523 --> 00:45:03,096 - Good morning, Mr Stratton. - Good morning. 512 00:45:05,318 --> 00:45:06,728 All right, let's get on. 513 00:45:15,325 --> 00:45:17,945 All right, Miss Layton, I shan't want you for a moment. 514 00:45:22,955 --> 00:45:26,239 Why have you come here? Haven't you received my wife's letter? 515 00:45:26,332 --> 00:45:28,324 Yes, I have. 516 00:45:29,417 --> 00:45:31,908 Did you really imagine I wouldn't see through it? 517 00:45:32,003 --> 00:45:34,374 What do you mean, exactly? 518 00:45:34,462 --> 00:45:37,961 She didn't write that letter herself. You dictated it. 519 00:45:39,257 --> 00:45:40,917 Oh... 520 00:45:41,009 --> 00:45:43,047 Well, didn't you? 521 00:45:43,135 --> 00:45:44,712 As a matter of fact, I didn't. 522 00:45:48,222 --> 00:45:50,048 Now, listen to me, Stratton. 523 00:45:50,140 --> 00:45:53,887 I didn't invite you here and I didn't want to discuss the matter with you. 524 00:45:53,975 --> 00:45:56,975 But since you are here, you're going to know my point of view. 525 00:45:57,061 --> 00:45:59,053 - Sit down. (Phone rings) 526 00:46:02,731 --> 00:46:04,770 Hello? 527 00:46:05,316 --> 00:46:08,400 No. Tell him I'll see him in New York. 528 00:46:10,278 --> 00:46:12,815 And please don't put any more calls through. 529 00:46:15,115 --> 00:46:18,897 You see, if I thought you and Mary could make any sort of a life together, 530 00:46:18,992 --> 00:46:21,447 I might feel very differently about this. 531 00:46:21,536 --> 00:46:22,863 But I don't think you could. 532 00:46:22,953 --> 00:46:24,696 How can you possibly judge? 533 00:46:24,788 --> 00:46:26,329 You say you love Mary. 534 00:46:27,123 --> 00:46:29,328 Yes. I always have. 535 00:46:29,416 --> 00:46:32,369 Well, you may love her, but you don't know her. I do. 536 00:46:33,835 --> 00:46:36,871 Our marriage has been very successful until now. 537 00:46:36,962 --> 00:46:40,212 It's based on freedom and understanding. 538 00:46:40,298 --> 00:46:42,753 And a very deep affection. 539 00:46:42,841 --> 00:46:45,592 It's the marriage Mary and I both wanted. 540 00:46:45,677 --> 00:46:48,249 Your love is the romantic kind. 541 00:46:49,804 --> 00:46:52,211 The kind that makes big demands. 542 00:46:52,306 --> 00:46:54,345 Nearness, belonging, fulfilment. 543 00:46:55,308 --> 00:46:57,347 And priority over everything else. 544 00:46:57,434 --> 00:46:59,510 That isn't the kind Mary really wants. 545 00:46:59,603 --> 00:47:02,140 Although you almost persuaded her that it was. 546 00:47:03,605 --> 00:47:05,977 Don't you see that you two together are dangerous? 547 00:47:06,065 --> 00:47:07,974 I'm not blaming either of you. 548 00:47:08,067 --> 00:47:11,150 You can't help it and you couldn't have changed it. 549 00:47:11,235 --> 00:47:13,690 You just have to keep away from one another. 550 00:47:14,404 --> 00:47:16,977 And in future I'm going to see to it that you do. 551 00:47:17,865 --> 00:47:20,022 I see your point of view. 552 00:47:20,116 --> 00:47:24,693 But it's a cold, bloodless, banker's point of view and I don't believe a word of it. 553 00:47:24,786 --> 00:47:28,913 We're human beings, not joint stock companies, and you can't move us around as if we were. 554 00:47:30,415 --> 00:47:32,620 Mary's going with me to Washington. 555 00:47:32,708 --> 00:47:34,202 We're leaving tonight. 556 00:47:35,877 --> 00:47:37,287 I believe you're afraid. 557 00:47:39,421 --> 00:47:40,452 I am. 558 00:47:42,131 --> 00:47:43,541 I want to see her. 559 00:47:46,801 --> 00:47:48,627 All right. 560 00:48:06,564 --> 00:48:09,101 (Ticker tape machine clicks continuously) 561 00:48:20,365 --> 00:48:22,771 (Wind howls, rain falls) 562 00:48:36,167 --> 00:48:38,040 (Door opens) 563 00:48:39,502 --> 00:48:41,541 Mary. 564 00:48:45,215 --> 00:48:47,123 Are you all right? 565 00:48:47,216 --> 00:48:48,211 Yes. 566 00:48:49,467 --> 00:48:52,384 I tried to speak to you on the telephone, but he wouldn't let me. 567 00:48:53,470 --> 00:48:56,636 And when I came round to see you, they said you were out. 568 00:48:59,808 --> 00:49:01,846 Yes, I know. 569 00:49:07,438 --> 00:49:09,477 I was expecting you to telephone me. 570 00:49:10,606 --> 00:49:14,057 - And when I got that letter... - I shouldn't have written it. 571 00:49:14,151 --> 00:49:16,901 I shouldn't have left you with him. 572 00:49:16,986 --> 00:49:19,025 It was best. 573 00:49:20,029 --> 00:49:22,401 He seems to think you're staying with him. 574 00:49:31,871 --> 00:49:33,364 I am staying, Steven. 575 00:49:35,206 --> 00:49:37,328 I shouldn't have written the letter. 576 00:49:38,333 --> 00:49:41,701 It was a cowardly thing to do. I should have told you. 577 00:49:41,794 --> 00:49:43,288 Told me what? 578 00:49:46,339 --> 00:49:47,880 That I couldn't come with you. 579 00:49:52,509 --> 00:49:55,960 Less than 24 hours ago, you told me that you loved me. 580 00:49:56,053 --> 00:49:57,381 You meant it, too. 581 00:49:57,471 --> 00:49:58,669 Yes, Steven, I did. 582 00:50:00,265 --> 00:50:04,640 Do you remember once, I asked you how you could love me and yet marry someone else? 583 00:50:04,726 --> 00:50:06,765 Yes, I remember. 584 00:50:07,519 --> 00:50:09,760 Your marriage was bound to be a failure. 585 00:50:10,938 --> 00:50:13,891 It hasn't been, Steven. It really hasn't. 586 00:50:13,982 --> 00:50:16,686 But it is now. And you know it. 587 00:50:16,776 --> 00:50:18,814 No. 588 00:50:21,195 --> 00:50:23,234 I'm not a very good person, Steven. 589 00:50:24,489 --> 00:50:29,445 I wanted your love, and I wanted Howard's affection and the security he could give me. 590 00:50:30,576 --> 00:50:33,031 I can give you security too. 591 00:50:33,120 --> 00:50:35,159 And more than affection. 592 00:50:36,163 --> 00:50:38,202 You don't really know me at all. 593 00:50:39,374 --> 00:50:40,916 My love isn't worth very much. 594 00:50:41,709 --> 00:50:43,748 It's all I want. 595 00:50:43,835 --> 00:50:45,294 It's all I'll ever want. 596 00:50:46,254 --> 00:50:49,088 No, Steven, don't. 597 00:50:49,172 --> 00:50:50,998 Don't, please. 598 00:50:51,841 --> 00:50:53,797 I can't come with you. 599 00:50:54,551 --> 00:50:55,630 I can't. 600 00:50:57,261 --> 00:50:59,217 Will you always want to belong to yourself? 601 00:51:17,024 --> 00:51:18,683 (Sobs) 602 00:51:40,665 --> 00:51:42,704 (Continues sobbing) 603 00:52:00,678 --> 00:52:02,717 MARY: That was nine years ago. 604 00:52:05,264 --> 00:52:10,968 Yet even after nine years... I could still go to sleep thinking of him. 605 00:52:12,686 --> 00:52:18,058 Yes, I wonder what I'd have done if I'd known he was only a few feet away. 606 00:52:19,774 --> 00:52:24,731 I suppose that if fate had been kind and gentle we would never have met again. 607 00:52:24,819 --> 00:52:28,021 But fate is not kind and gentle. 608 00:52:28,113 --> 00:52:32,109 It sent us together to a sunlit lake and snow-capped mountains. 609 00:52:32,199 --> 00:52:34,238 And a holiday in Switzerland. 610 00:52:40,997 --> 00:52:42,787 - Bonjour, madame. - Bonjour. 611 00:52:42,873 --> 00:52:44,912 - Your miss is there. - Merci, bien. 612 00:52:47,376 --> 00:52:50,411 - Morning, Joan. - Good morning, Mrs Justin. 613 00:52:50,503 --> 00:52:52,294 There's a cable for you from Mr Justin. 614 00:52:52,379 --> 00:52:55,415 - He hopes to leave London today. - Oh, good. Did you sleep well? 615 00:52:55,506 --> 00:52:56,585 Oh, yes. Quite. 616 00:52:56,674 --> 00:53:00,373 - I think it's going to be warm. - I felt it was going to be a beautiful day and it is. 617 00:53:00,468 --> 00:53:01,630 - Bonjour. - Bonjour. 618 00:53:09,682 --> 00:53:14,592 It's his first real holiday for years and he has to spend the first two days of it working. 619 00:53:14,686 --> 00:53:16,725 It's that Royal Commission again. 620 00:53:26,819 --> 00:53:28,443 Is the coffee good? 621 00:53:28,528 --> 00:53:30,567 - I don't know. I had tea. - Oh. 622 00:53:46,415 --> 00:53:48,123 It's... It's Mr... 623 00:53:50,126 --> 00:53:52,830 - Steven! - It's you! 624 00:53:52,920 --> 00:53:56,287 - Dropped out of the sky. - What on earth are you doing here? 625 00:53:56,380 --> 00:53:58,752 - And you? When did you arrive? - Last night. 626 00:53:58,840 --> 00:54:03,335 Very late. Just a gleam of light and a sleepy porter to greet me. 627 00:54:03,427 --> 00:54:05,465 And now I meet you. 628 00:54:06,887 --> 00:54:09,638 I'm so sorry. This is Miss Layton, my husband's secretary. 629 00:54:09,722 --> 00:54:11,596 - How do you do? - Professor Stratton. 630 00:54:11,682 --> 00:54:13,176 - It is Professor now? - Yes. 631 00:54:13,266 --> 00:54:16,515 - How do you do? We haven't been introduced. - Have your coffee with us. 632 00:54:16,602 --> 00:54:18,558 Voil, monsieur. 633 00:54:18,645 --> 00:54:21,218 - I'm glad you asked me first. (Mary giggles) 634 00:54:21,313 --> 00:54:23,104 Merci. 635 00:54:24,691 --> 00:54:27,940 Steven... we arrived yesterday too. 636 00:54:28,026 --> 00:54:30,351 Have you been here before, Professor Stratton? 637 00:54:30,445 --> 00:54:32,899 Once or twice. I used to go climbing before the war. 638 00:54:32,988 --> 00:54:36,605 - And what are you doing here now, Steven? - Well, I'm playing truant. 639 00:54:36,699 --> 00:54:40,149 There are places in Switzerland I ought to be but this isn't one of them. 640 00:54:40,243 --> 00:54:42,531 - The university towns, Professor? - Mostly. 641 00:54:42,619 --> 00:54:45,192 I always think they have a special charm, don't you? 642 00:54:45,288 --> 00:54:48,620 - Yes. - Still, I expect you get tired of universities. 643 00:54:48,707 --> 00:54:50,746 Oh, not at all. 644 00:54:52,417 --> 00:54:55,204 If you'll excuse me, I think I'll go and answer these cables. 645 00:54:55,294 --> 00:54:57,333 All right, Joan. 646 00:54:58,880 --> 00:55:01,833 I suppose something like this was bound to happen. 647 00:55:02,674 --> 00:55:04,713 It's been a long time. 648 00:55:05,676 --> 00:55:07,715 Nine years. 649 00:55:10,721 --> 00:55:13,294 I'm glad it's happened at such a lovely place. 650 00:55:14,224 --> 00:55:16,844 It might have happened in London. A station or street. 651 00:55:16,934 --> 00:55:19,768 Do you know what's the most extraordinary thing? 652 00:55:19,852 --> 00:55:21,761 I was thinking about you last night. 653 00:55:21,854 --> 00:55:23,893 But, Steven, I too. 654 00:55:24,772 --> 00:55:26,811 I wonder if we both... 655 00:55:28,108 --> 00:55:29,353 I'm being silly. 656 00:55:30,193 --> 00:55:32,232 You haven't changed, Steven. 657 00:55:32,903 --> 00:55:37,030 But you look tired. Your eyes are tired. Have you been working too hard? 658 00:55:37,114 --> 00:55:38,905 Not really. 659 00:55:38,990 --> 00:55:41,741 But I couldn't resist a day off in the mountains. 660 00:55:47,454 --> 00:55:49,493 Couldn't I come with you? 661 00:55:50,623 --> 00:55:54,999 - That would be breaking the rules, wouldn't it? - But why? This is none of our planning. 662 00:55:55,084 --> 00:55:56,744 No, no, I suppose it isn't. 663 00:55:56,835 --> 00:56:01,412 I've wanted to meet you like this and talk about things, oh, 10,000 times. 664 00:56:01,505 --> 00:56:05,122 This is the only chance we're ever likely to have for the rest of our lives. 665 00:56:05,216 --> 00:56:07,504 The sun is shining and the day is just beginning. 666 00:56:07,593 --> 00:56:09,964 You can't just go off by yourself. I won't let you! 667 00:56:10,595 --> 00:56:12,633 (Roar of motor) 668 00:56:47,244 --> 00:56:49,781 - Where are we going? - Up a mountain. 669 00:56:49,871 --> 00:56:52,242 - What? - Up a mountain! 670 00:56:53,040 --> 00:56:55,364 You said you won't climb the mountains. 671 00:56:55,458 --> 00:56:57,913 - What? - I said... 672 00:57:31,607 --> 00:57:33,646 (Bell rings out) 673 00:57:34,442 --> 00:57:36,481 (Man calls out) 674 00:57:46,742 --> 00:57:48,781 (Man calls out) 675 00:58:24,684 --> 00:58:26,723 When did you get married? 676 00:58:27,603 --> 00:58:29,641 - During the war. - Who is she? 677 00:58:30,563 --> 00:58:32,804 You met her once, at New Year's Eve. 678 00:58:33,690 --> 00:58:35,729 Yes, I remember. 679 00:58:37,651 --> 00:58:41,149 Do you realise, Steven, that we're practically strangers? 680 00:58:42,529 --> 00:58:44,568 I suppose we are. 681 00:58:46,031 --> 00:58:47,573 How did you know I was married? 682 00:58:47,658 --> 00:58:50,527 Oh, I managed to hear about you from all sorts of people. 683 00:58:50,618 --> 00:58:55,278 When the new telephone directory came out after the war, I even looked you up in it. 684 00:58:55,371 --> 00:58:57,778 We're going up into the cloud. 685 00:59:04,043 --> 00:59:05,917 I've been curious about you too. 686 00:59:06,712 --> 00:59:10,080 I've seen pictures of you in magazines with your husband. 687 00:59:11,423 --> 00:59:13,462 You'd better put your jersey on. 688 00:59:13,550 --> 00:59:15,957 - Thank you. - How is he? 689 00:59:16,051 --> 00:59:18,090 Howard? Oh, well and successful. 690 00:59:21,930 --> 00:59:23,673 It's curious, isn't it? 691 00:59:25,850 --> 00:59:27,343 You look like a ghost. 692 00:59:27,434 --> 00:59:31,016 - It'll clear in a minute. - I heard he was going into politics. 693 00:59:31,103 --> 00:59:32,846 He may do. 694 00:59:32,938 --> 00:59:34,977 We've talked about it quite a lot. 695 00:59:37,357 --> 00:59:42,730 You know, Steven, these days... we're closer together and much happier than we used to be. 696 00:59:44,195 --> 00:59:46,234 I'm very glad. 697 00:59:48,073 --> 00:59:50,397 - You have a family, haven't you? - A boy and girl. 698 00:59:50,491 --> 00:59:52,862 - How old are they? - He's six, she's three. 699 00:59:52,951 --> 00:59:55,655 - Are they like you? - The boy is a bit, I think. 700 00:59:55,745 --> 00:59:57,820 - What's his name? - Peter. 701 00:59:57,913 --> 01:00:00,237 They're all on holiday at the sea, at the moment. 702 01:00:00,331 --> 01:00:04,244 He's quite a good swimmer for his age. Pat taught him last summer when I was in America. 703 01:00:05,334 --> 01:00:07,871 They made it a surprise for me when I got back. 704 01:00:07,961 --> 01:00:10,795 You're very happy, aren't you, Steven? 705 01:00:10,880 --> 01:00:13,880 I think I must be. It's clearing. 706 01:00:27,724 --> 01:00:30,677 Look... that's where we make for - up there! 707 01:01:11,462 --> 01:01:13,501 Hungry? 708 01:01:17,507 --> 01:01:20,591 - Do you need any help? - Is that a serious offer? 709 01:01:20,676 --> 01:01:22,715 No! 710 01:01:53,573 --> 01:01:55,612 (Recalls) Will you always love me, Mary? 711 01:01:55,699 --> 01:01:57,158 Always. 712 01:01:57,242 --> 01:01:58,950 For better, for worse? 713 01:01:59,035 --> 01:02:00,659 For better, for worse. 714 01:02:00,744 --> 01:02:03,032 For richer, for poorer? 715 01:02:03,121 --> 01:02:04,579 For richer, for poorer. 716 01:02:04,664 --> 01:02:07,747 - Till death us do part? - Always. 717 01:02:07,833 --> 01:02:10,501 STEVEN: Water, as well as wine. 718 01:02:11,460 --> 01:02:13,867 They're nice people, the Swiss. 719 01:02:13,962 --> 01:02:16,119 Dressing, too. Shall I do the salad? 720 01:02:16,213 --> 01:02:18,252 Yes. 721 01:02:33,433 --> 01:02:35,176 (Thinks) When did you get married? 722 01:02:37,144 --> 01:02:39,385 Married? I'm not married. 723 01:02:40,938 --> 01:02:42,977 I could never marry anyone but you. 724 01:02:46,483 --> 01:02:48,522 Steven... 725 01:02:58,158 --> 01:03:00,399 What are you thinking about? 726 01:03:00,493 --> 01:03:02,319 I'm dreaming. 727 01:03:02,411 --> 01:03:04,035 I'm dreaming nonsense. 728 01:03:04,120 --> 01:03:06,527 Well, come and have lunch. It's all ready. 729 01:03:17,712 --> 01:03:22,207 I always knew we'd meet again one day, but I never imagined it would be quite like this. 730 01:03:22,299 --> 01:03:24,172 Why not? 731 01:03:24,258 --> 01:03:28,586 Well, it wasn't in a station or a street, but it was still somewhere crowded and bustling. 732 01:03:28,678 --> 01:03:29,674 Why crowded? 733 01:03:31,597 --> 01:03:35,214 I don't know, I suppose after last time I thought it would be easier that way. 734 01:03:38,184 --> 01:03:40,260 Was it difficult this morning? 735 01:03:40,353 --> 01:03:42,724 Of course not, it was wonderful! 736 01:03:42,812 --> 01:03:44,223 Is this difficult? 737 01:03:45,064 --> 01:03:46,606 No. 738 01:03:46,690 --> 01:03:49,856 It's probably very indiscreet, but it's certainly not difficult. 739 01:03:51,818 --> 01:03:54,487 - We are very pleased to see you again. - Thank you. 740 01:03:54,570 --> 01:03:56,728 - Have you had your luncheon? - Yes, thank you. 741 01:03:56,822 --> 01:03:58,316 Your key, sir. No.7. 742 01:03:58,406 --> 01:04:00,528 - I'll have your luggage sent up. - Good. 743 01:04:03,201 --> 01:04:05,572 - Hello, Miss Layton. - Good afternoon, Mr Justin. 744 01:04:05,661 --> 01:04:08,827 - We didn't expect you until much later. - I was lucky with the plane. 745 01:04:08,913 --> 01:04:11,830 - Where's my wife? - She's out having lunch, I think. 746 01:04:12,707 --> 01:04:13,905 Where? 747 01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:16,324 She said something about a day in the mountains. 748 01:04:16,418 --> 01:04:19,418 - Did she say when she'd be back? - No, but she'll be in for dinner. 749 01:04:19,504 --> 01:04:20,499 Splendid. 750 01:04:29,427 --> 01:04:30,458 (Engine starts) 751 01:04:31,762 --> 01:04:34,169 - Are you going to be in time? - Yes, I think so. Just. 752 01:04:34,263 --> 01:04:36,967 - Back to the hotel, as quick as you can. - Oui, monsieur. 753 01:04:46,396 --> 01:04:49,183 Will advise you of new position as soon as I'm able. 754 01:04:49,273 --> 01:04:51,064 Yes, that will do. 755 01:04:51,150 --> 01:04:52,691 Sincerely yours. 756 01:04:52,776 --> 01:04:55,313 I suppose I'd better deal with that Arnold business. 757 01:04:56,445 --> 01:04:58,069 Tiresome man. 758 01:04:58,154 --> 01:05:00,111 Yes, Mr Justin. 759 01:05:00,197 --> 01:05:01,572 "My dear Arnold..." 760 01:05:03,366 --> 01:05:06,699 They're quite extraordinary these new binoculars. 761 01:05:06,785 --> 01:05:08,991 Coated lenses, you know. 762 01:05:09,745 --> 01:05:11,784 Marvellous. 763 01:05:12,664 --> 01:05:17,455 "...whatever... sentimental value you may place upon the shares 764 01:05:17,542 --> 01:05:19,581 their real value is purely nominal. 765 01:05:20,878 --> 01:05:22,953 You speak of goodwill..." No. 766 01:05:23,880 --> 01:05:25,587 Don't say that. 767 01:05:25,673 --> 01:05:27,499 But just a moment. 768 01:05:28,299 --> 01:05:30,540 This is fascinating. 769 01:05:30,634 --> 01:05:32,673 (Distant roar of motor) 770 01:05:39,140 --> 01:05:41,013 Let's see... 771 01:05:41,100 --> 01:05:42,178 Ah. 772 01:05:42,267 --> 01:05:48,469 "I don't think I have to remind you what a doubtful quantity goodwill can be 773 01:05:48,563 --> 01:05:50,602 in a business of this sort." 774 01:05:51,482 --> 01:05:53,520 (Boat motor starts up) 775 01:06:01,572 --> 01:06:05,438 "I think you know me well enough to understand... 776 01:06:05,533 --> 01:06:10,489 that I would never allow myself to be influenced in this or any other matter 777 01:06:11,328 --> 01:06:12,870 by purely... 778 01:06:12,954 --> 01:06:15,361 financial considerations." 779 01:06:20,001 --> 01:06:22,039 Now, where was I? 780 01:06:23,545 --> 01:06:28,122 (Reads) "...in this or in any other matter by purely irrational considerations." 781 01:06:29,340 --> 01:06:30,882 Financial considerations. 782 01:06:33,343 --> 01:06:35,382 - I'm so sorry. - That's all right. 783 01:06:36,136 --> 01:06:38,175 Er... paragraph. 784 01:06:38,888 --> 01:06:41,971 "I'm sure you will have already refreshed your memory 785 01:06:42,057 --> 01:06:45,425 from our earlier correspondence on the subject. 786 01:06:45,518 --> 01:06:50,308 In any case, I do not propose to refer to it again. 787 01:06:52,397 --> 01:06:57,686 The whole matter must now be handed over to our legal advisors and... 788 01:06:58,818 --> 01:07:00,477 accountants - 789 01:07:02,195 --> 01:07:04,401 they're interested only in facts. 790 01:07:04,488 --> 01:07:06,527 Very sincerely yours." 791 01:07:08,199 --> 01:07:10,191 Charming. 792 01:07:10,284 --> 01:07:12,323 (Boat engine idles) 793 01:07:18,039 --> 01:07:21,288 - Is that my wife? - I think it is. 794 01:07:21,375 --> 01:07:22,619 Good. 795 01:07:29,088 --> 01:07:31,080 Yes, it is. 796 01:07:31,173 --> 01:07:33,212 Will you excuse me for a moment? 797 01:07:46,767 --> 01:07:50,384 - Room No.6, as quick as you can. - Oui, monsieur. Tout de suite. 798 01:07:52,979 --> 01:07:57,022 - Will you be in time? - Yes, the station's ten minutes across the lake. 799 01:07:57,774 --> 01:08:00,098 - Could I have my key, please? - Yes, sir. 800 01:08:06,488 --> 01:08:08,527 Oh, thank you. 801 01:08:32,505 --> 01:08:34,544 Excusez-moi, monsieur. 802 01:08:44,305 --> 01:08:46,344 Don't wait. 803 01:08:47,390 --> 01:08:50,177 I wonder how long it will be before we meet again. 804 01:08:51,393 --> 01:08:53,432 I was wondering that too. 805 01:08:54,395 --> 01:08:56,434 Will it be another nine years? 806 01:08:56,521 --> 01:08:57,849 I hope not. 807 01:08:58,898 --> 01:09:01,056 I've loved seeing you and hearing your voice. 808 01:09:01,150 --> 01:09:03,355 - Voil, monsieur. - Thank you. 809 01:09:04,944 --> 01:09:06,651 What were you going to say? 810 01:09:08,404 --> 01:09:10,028 I was going to say... 811 01:09:10,114 --> 01:09:12,153 I'm glad you're happy. 812 01:09:14,909 --> 01:09:16,402 Goodbye, Mary. 813 01:10:16,950 --> 01:10:18,989 (Motorboat passes below) 814 01:11:31,124 --> 01:11:32,583 (Softly) Howard... 815 01:11:53,848 --> 01:11:55,840 (Babble of voices in different languages) 816 01:11:55,933 --> 01:11:58,423 MARY: Hello? Ah, hello? 817 01:11:58,518 --> 01:11:59,715 Hello? Hello? 818 01:11:59,810 --> 01:12:03,225 - Allo? Allo? - Schweizerhof Hotel, Zurich? 819 01:12:03,313 --> 01:12:05,803 - Oui, madame. - I'm speaking from London. 820 01:12:05,898 --> 01:12:08,139 Is Professor Stratton staying there? 821 01:12:08,232 --> 01:12:11,980 No, madame, we have nobody of that name. Sorry. 822 01:12:13,861 --> 01:12:15,023 Hotel Metz-Ropa. 823 01:12:15,112 --> 01:12:19,322 I want to speak to Professor Stratton. This is Mrs Howard Justin. 824 01:12:19,407 --> 01:12:22,027 Oh, I am sorry, madame. He left this morning. 825 01:12:22,117 --> 01:12:24,951 Do you happen to know where he went? It's very important. 826 01:12:25,035 --> 01:12:27,074 I'll make enquiries, madame. 827 01:12:28,413 --> 01:12:31,413 MAN: Yes, madame, you say the professor is a biologist. 828 01:12:31,498 --> 01:12:34,284 But that's a very vague description. Very vague. 829 01:12:35,667 --> 01:12:37,706 - Hello? Yes? - Madame Justin? 830 01:12:38,378 --> 01:12:42,705 The concierge says Professor Stratton is staying in Geneva. 831 01:12:42,797 --> 01:12:45,085 Oh, thank you. Thank you very much. 832 01:12:45,174 --> 01:12:47,000 (Voices overlap) 833 01:12:47,092 --> 01:12:50,294 - Hello, this is Wilson, Maxwell and Wilson. WOMAN: Yes? 834 01:12:50,386 --> 01:12:55,093 I understand that you may know the movements of Mr Steven Stratton. 835 01:12:55,180 --> 01:12:59,722 Ah, Professor Stratton, oui. He is travelling to Paris tonight. 836 01:12:59,808 --> 01:13:02,096 He will arrive in London tomorrow evening. 837 01:13:02,185 --> 01:13:05,683 - Nine o'clock at Victoria Station. - Nine o'clock. Victoria. 838 01:13:05,771 --> 01:13:07,810 (Train whistle) 839 01:13:18,613 --> 01:13:20,652 STEVEN: Darling. 840 01:13:21,698 --> 01:13:23,737 (Tannoy announcement) 841 01:13:30,329 --> 01:13:33,198 - How are the children? - Wonderful. Longing to see you. 842 01:13:33,289 --> 01:13:35,328 - Professor Stratton? - Yes. 843 01:13:35,416 --> 01:13:37,158 That's a petition for divorce. 844 01:13:52,052 --> 01:13:54,090 (Train drowns out Steven's speech) 845 01:13:57,347 --> 01:13:59,386 (Train drowns out speech) 846 01:14:08,438 --> 01:14:11,391 MARY: I don't quite remember what I did or which way I went. 847 01:14:11,481 --> 01:14:15,312 There are some nightmares that you don't wake from, that are reality. 848 01:14:15,401 --> 01:14:18,768 - I think I went into some sort of restaurant. - Thrupence, please. 849 01:14:18,861 --> 01:14:20,900 There was a man who kept asking me for money. 850 01:14:20,988 --> 01:14:23,560 - Thrupence! - I don't... really remember. 851 01:14:23,656 --> 01:14:27,024 All I could think of was that I'd done this thing to Steven. 852 01:14:28,076 --> 01:14:30,233 I had to do something. 853 01:14:30,327 --> 01:14:35,450 I went home, and then remembered it wasn't a home, but only a hotel bedroom. 854 01:14:35,539 --> 01:14:37,365 And I couldn't sleep. 855 01:14:37,457 --> 01:14:40,243 After that I started to walk, faster and faster. 856 01:14:40,334 --> 01:14:44,626 Racking my brains for things to say to the lawyer that hadn't been said already. 857 01:14:44,712 --> 01:14:46,787 He had to do something to stop it. 858 01:14:46,880 --> 01:14:48,753 Something. Anything! 859 01:14:48,839 --> 01:14:51,045 It didn't matter what. He had to, had to... 860 01:14:51,133 --> 01:14:53,457 Aren't you losing your head, Mrs Justin? 861 01:14:53,551 --> 01:14:56,551 No, I'm trying to keep it. This thing has got to be stopped. 862 01:14:56,636 --> 01:15:00,051 I'm sorry, Mrs Justin, but I think you'd better face the facts. 863 01:15:00,139 --> 01:15:04,431 You see, your husband isn't suing for divorce and claiming these damages as an idle gesture, 864 01:15:04,517 --> 01:15:06,176 he's fighting to win. 865 01:15:06,268 --> 01:15:07,678 And he's got a strong case. 866 01:15:07,769 --> 01:15:08,883 But it's absurd! 867 01:15:08,978 --> 01:15:11,550 The earlier associations and the adjoining rooms... 868 01:15:11,646 --> 01:15:16,603 - We didn't know about the adjoining rooms. - Yes. But nobody's going to believe you didn't. 869 01:15:16,691 --> 01:15:18,932 - No, I can see that. - (Clears throat) 870 01:15:19,026 --> 01:15:20,484 I'm sorry. 871 01:15:20,569 --> 01:15:22,691 That was unfair. 872 01:15:22,779 --> 01:15:24,687 Well, er... 873 01:15:25,447 --> 01:15:27,486 What am I to do? 874 01:15:28,407 --> 01:15:30,613 What can I... say to Professor Stratton? 875 01:15:30,701 --> 01:15:33,819 - I hope you're not thinking of meeting him. - Certainly I am. 876 01:15:33,911 --> 01:15:37,493 - I telephoned him at the university this morning. - That's most unwise of you. 877 01:15:41,875 --> 01:15:43,914 I... have to see him. 878 01:15:46,628 --> 01:15:48,667 I have to. 879 01:15:49,380 --> 01:15:51,087 Don't you see, this... 880 01:15:51,173 --> 01:15:52,915 this can mean everything to him. 881 01:15:53,007 --> 01:15:56,920 It's his home, his job, his happiness - everything. 882 01:15:57,010 --> 01:16:00,591 I... can't just not see him. 883 01:16:01,388 --> 01:16:03,427 Mrs Justin... 884 01:16:04,807 --> 01:16:07,178 I suggest you don't keep the appointment. 885 01:16:38,746 --> 01:16:40,785 (Rumble of train approaching) 886 01:16:57,133 --> 01:16:59,172 (Screech of brakes) 887 01:17:07,724 --> 01:17:09,762 Mind the doors! 888 01:17:11,685 --> 01:17:14,435 Mind the doors. Mind the doors. 889 01:17:52,337 --> 01:17:55,372 - Steven. - I was afraid you weren't coming. 890 01:17:56,381 --> 01:17:58,752 - You're crying. - Yes. 891 01:17:58,841 --> 01:18:01,675 It's all right, Steven. It's all right. 892 01:18:01,760 --> 01:18:03,586 There'll be no divorce. 893 01:18:06,179 --> 01:18:08,930 I've... I've just seen the lawyer. 894 01:18:09,014 --> 01:18:11,053 Howard has stopped the case. 895 01:18:11,933 --> 01:18:13,972 Mary... 896 01:18:16,561 --> 01:18:18,600 Let's... Let's go into the park. 897 01:18:21,731 --> 01:18:25,941 Well-brought-up women aren't really supposed to smoke in the street. 898 01:18:28,611 --> 01:18:30,769 It's all right. This isn't the street. 899 01:18:36,658 --> 01:18:39,574 - Did he give the lawyer any explanation? - No, I... 900 01:18:39,660 --> 01:18:43,241 I suppose he must have decided to believe me, after all. 901 01:18:43,329 --> 01:18:45,321 That's really all I know about it. 902 01:18:52,752 --> 01:18:55,159 You've had a rotten time, haven't you? 903 01:18:55,254 --> 01:18:58,419 Don't be too nice to me, Steven, I... don't deserve it. 904 01:18:59,506 --> 01:19:02,257 - It wasn't your fault. - Yes, it was. In a way. 905 01:19:03,676 --> 01:19:07,624 All my life, Steven, I've... I've been hard. 906 01:19:07,720 --> 01:19:09,131 I've been a little hard. 907 01:19:09,221 --> 01:19:11,260 No. You haven't. 908 01:19:15,225 --> 01:19:16,340 You... 909 01:19:16,434 --> 01:19:19,221 You are happy, aren't you? 910 01:19:19,311 --> 01:19:21,138 Yes, I am. 911 01:19:22,021 --> 01:19:25,224 - What about you? - I just wanted to make sure. 912 01:19:25,315 --> 01:19:28,683 You haven't answered my question. What about you? 913 01:19:31,569 --> 01:19:34,902 - Are you going back to him? - I... 914 01:19:34,988 --> 01:19:37,479 I don't quite know. I... 915 01:19:37,573 --> 01:19:40,028 I don't know... what I'm going to do yet. 916 01:19:40,117 --> 01:19:41,314 He... 917 01:19:41,409 --> 01:19:43,152 He's been away. I... 918 01:19:43,244 --> 01:19:45,283 I think he's coming back today. 919 01:19:46,996 --> 01:19:49,237 I remember in Switzerland... 920 01:19:49,331 --> 01:19:52,913 you told me you two were closer together than you'd ever been. 921 01:19:54,001 --> 01:19:56,752 I wonder what... what made him start this action. 922 01:19:56,836 --> 01:19:58,875 And then give it up so suddenly. 923 01:19:59,713 --> 01:20:03,413 It doesn't sound like him. Not the way I remember him, anyway. 924 01:20:03,507 --> 01:20:05,334 Are you quite sure? 925 01:20:05,425 --> 01:20:08,591 Oughtn't you to telephone your wife and tell her it's all right? 926 01:20:08,678 --> 01:20:10,716 There's a call box over there. 927 01:20:11,805 --> 01:20:13,133 Yes. 928 01:20:13,222 --> 01:20:15,261 I won't be a minute. 929 01:20:15,349 --> 01:20:16,593 Steven... 930 01:20:16,683 --> 01:20:18,805 - I have to go. - Oh. 931 01:20:18,893 --> 01:20:20,932 We'd... better say goodbye. 932 01:20:25,022 --> 01:20:27,310 Goodbye, Mary. 933 01:20:27,398 --> 01:20:30,067 - Think of me sometimes. - Yes. 934 01:20:30,150 --> 01:20:32,189 I will. 935 01:20:37,447 --> 01:20:39,486 I will. 936 01:21:54,623 --> 01:21:56,615 (Door opens) 937 01:21:57,500 --> 01:21:59,539 What is it, Smith? 938 01:22:05,130 --> 01:22:07,169 I had to see you. 939 01:22:13,594 --> 01:22:15,467 Well... come in. 940 01:22:26,895 --> 01:22:29,100 I only got back today. 941 01:22:29,188 --> 01:22:30,765 I was held up in Madrid. 942 01:22:30,856 --> 01:22:34,105 Yes, Joan told me. Did you have a good trip? 943 01:22:35,775 --> 01:22:37,814 Yes. Yes, I think so. 944 01:22:40,946 --> 01:22:42,984 Several people asked after you. 945 01:22:43,989 --> 01:22:46,028 Oh... 946 01:22:48,617 --> 01:22:51,617 - Will you have a coffee or anything? - No, thank you. 947 01:22:52,495 --> 01:22:54,534 I saw the lawyer. 948 01:22:54,621 --> 01:22:56,660 I know I shouldn't have come here, really. 949 01:22:58,541 --> 01:23:00,580 Oh, that's all right. 950 01:23:02,960 --> 01:23:05,285 - Aren't you going to sit down? - No, I... 951 01:23:08,422 --> 01:23:09,833 Howard... 952 01:23:09,923 --> 01:23:11,547 I've come to ask you something. 953 01:23:11,633 --> 01:23:14,301 Anything you need? I told Maxwell to see if there was. 954 01:23:14,385 --> 01:23:16,423 No, it's... it's not that. 955 01:23:18,137 --> 01:23:20,176 I've really come to appeal to you. 956 01:23:21,598 --> 01:23:24,681 - Oh... - It's about Steven. 957 01:23:28,477 --> 01:23:29,473 Yes? 958 01:23:31,604 --> 01:23:34,688 You know, Howard, in Switzerland, whatever you may think, 959 01:23:34,773 --> 01:23:37,773 however bad it may have looked to you, there was nothing wrong. 960 01:23:38,817 --> 01:23:40,809 - I think you'd better go. - Please listen. 961 01:23:40,902 --> 01:23:43,855 I'll go away, I'll never bother you again. I'll do anything. 962 01:23:43,946 --> 01:23:45,772 Listen. 963 01:23:46,823 --> 01:23:49,692 I knew you didn't marry me because you loved me. 964 01:23:49,783 --> 01:23:51,822 But because you liked me. 965 01:23:51,910 --> 01:23:55,491 And the money and the position that went with me - I didn't mind that. 966 01:23:55,579 --> 01:23:59,741 Because I liked those things too and I thought we'd enjoy them together. 967 01:23:59,831 --> 01:24:01,455 I didn't expect love from you. 968 01:24:02,291 --> 01:24:04,449 Or even great affection. 969 01:24:04,543 --> 01:24:07,543 I'd have been well satisfied with kindness and loyalty. 970 01:24:09,046 --> 01:24:12,165 You gave me love and kindness and loyalty. 971 01:24:12,256 --> 01:24:15,007 But it was the love you'd give a dog. 972 01:24:15,092 --> 01:24:16,965 And the kindness you'd give a beggar. 973 01:24:17,051 --> 01:24:19,541 And the loyalty of a bad servant. 974 01:24:23,055 --> 01:24:25,261 Perhaps it's my fault. 975 01:24:25,348 --> 01:24:27,139 It probably is. 976 01:24:27,225 --> 01:24:30,260 I wanted this marriage, but now I don't. 977 01:24:30,352 --> 01:24:33,933 So I'm getting rid of it - with the rest of the things I don't want. 978 01:24:34,730 --> 01:24:36,058 You were my wife. 979 01:24:36,147 --> 01:24:39,895 And you made me hate and despise myself and I don't want you any more. 980 01:24:41,026 --> 01:24:42,768 Do you understand? 981 01:24:42,860 --> 01:24:44,603 I don't want anything from you. 982 01:24:44,695 --> 01:24:46,900 I don't even want your gratitude. 983 01:24:46,988 --> 01:24:49,110 I just want to be left in peace. 984 01:24:49,198 --> 01:24:50,857 Now get out! 985 01:24:51,741 --> 01:24:53,069 (Vase shatters) 986 01:25:00,539 --> 01:25:02,577 I'm sorry. I'm... sorry. 987 01:25:04,750 --> 01:25:06,872 I didn't mean all that. I lost my head. 988 01:25:08,586 --> 01:25:10,624 It's unfair. 989 01:25:11,713 --> 01:25:13,621 You see... 990 01:25:14,715 --> 01:25:18,414 ...there was one thing I didn't bargain for in our relationship. 991 01:25:19,218 --> 01:25:21,340 And I didn't know it until a few weeks ago. 992 01:25:24,388 --> 01:25:29,593 It's a... curious sort of apology to make for behaving so badly now. 993 01:25:32,226 --> 01:25:34,265 But I... 994 01:25:35,353 --> 01:25:37,392 I fell in love with you. 995 01:26:03,372 --> 01:26:04,368 Mary? 996 01:26:05,248 --> 01:26:07,287 (Car horn toots) 997 01:26:33,225 --> 01:26:35,264 (Rumble of train) 998 01:26:45,192 --> 01:26:45,973 Miss? 999 01:26:48,736 --> 01:26:50,194 Hey, miss! Ticket. 1000 01:26:53,114 --> 01:26:55,152 Ticket! 1001 01:27:16,379 --> 01:27:18,418 (Low chatter) 1002 01:27:22,633 --> 01:27:24,672 (Man whistling) 1003 01:27:43,355 --> 01:27:45,394 (Rumble of distant train) 1004 01:27:50,318 --> 01:27:52,394 (Train approaching) 1005 01:28:08,122 --> 01:28:09,402 (Roar of train) 1006 01:28:12,500 --> 01:28:14,539 (Screech of brakes) 1007 01:28:21,089 --> 01:28:23,377 It's all right. It's all right. 1008 01:28:23,465 --> 01:28:25,504 Hold up. 1009 01:28:26,843 --> 01:28:28,918 Is anything the matter? Can I help? 1010 01:28:29,011 --> 01:28:30,718 No, thank you. It's nothing. 1011 01:28:30,804 --> 01:28:32,843 (Conductor shouts out) 1012 01:28:35,932 --> 01:28:37,971 You'd better sit down. 1013 01:28:39,601 --> 01:28:41,640 (Train moves off) 1014 01:28:56,571 --> 01:28:58,610 (Struggles for breath) 1015 01:29:02,450 --> 01:29:04,489 You're all right now. 1016 01:29:05,285 --> 01:29:07,443 It's all right. 1017 01:29:07,536 --> 01:29:09,575 There's no hurry. 1018 01:29:18,002 --> 01:29:20,041 (Sobs) 1019 01:29:26,466 --> 01:29:28,007 Here, Mary. 1020 01:29:28,801 --> 01:29:30,839 - Mary. - (Continues sobbing) 1021 01:29:38,015 --> 01:29:40,054 Mary. 1022 01:29:41,684 --> 01:29:43,226 Shall we go home now? 1023 01:29:59,946 --> 01:30:00,942 Home? 1024 01:30:02,448 --> 01:30:04,606 If you want to, that is.