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Loosely based on a story by
Denis Diderot

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Madame de Monthabor, Madame de Choisy,
Countesse of Lubac,

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Baroness of Courcelles,
her governess, her chambermaid,

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the Marquise de Montaigu,
her daughter, her other daughter,

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Lady Mary Wortley,

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and her friend, whose name I forget,
but not her pretty face.

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And I forgot the Marquise de Saint Méran
and Madame de Volnay.

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Just a small sample of your collection,

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which has reached my ears here,
away from society.

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Marquis,

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what do you care if my name appears
on your list of conquests?

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Enjoy my friendship,
and drive away this whim.

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Madame, you judge me lightly.

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Isn't your philosophy based
upon lightness?

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How can one reason,

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and escape superstitions,
illusions, complacency,

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without an ethereal, agile,
light-hearted wit?

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Why such inconstancy
in a man with such reason?

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For the sake of honesty.

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Did honesty lead you
to seduce all those women?

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I seduce no one,
I am always the first to be seduced.

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You're so sensitive, marquis.

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Did honesty persuade each of them
of your ardent feelings?

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I persuade no one.

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I merely expressed the sincere feeling
they aroused within me.

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Is it not strange, however,
that your noble feelings

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inevitably evaporate a few days later?

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Nature is fickle.
That is the way of this world.

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It would be dishonest otherwise.

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As for me, nature has made me indifferent
to the agitations of love and the heart.

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It's always seemed to me
to be a predictable, tiresome spectacle.

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Poor marquis, it saddens me to sadden you.

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Despite my indifference to your feelings,

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are you still determined
to stay a few days longer?

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As long as you will allow it, madame.

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You will weary, marquis.
You will weary, you'll see.

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We shall see.
We shall observe it together.

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Good morning, marquis.

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Up already?

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Good morning, madame.

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Tell me, did you love your late husband?

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What an odd question. Of course, marquis.

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You truly loved him?

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As a wife is expected to love her husband.

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Married people sometimes develop
sincere feelings.

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In truth, I was quite fond of him,
until our wedding.

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After it was all worry and strife.

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Do you regret getting married?

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Would you like to know what I think?

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I believe it's a pity
that marriage is available

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to such ill-prepared souls.

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Just as one is taught deportment
and Latin,

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one should be taught about life
as a couple before getting married.

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Love alone can bring such teaching.

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Then I shall never be made
for married life.

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You've never yearned to love and be loved?

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Really loved.

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As a child, yes.

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From an early age,

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I observed those who claimed
to be in love,

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but I soon realized,
they merely put on a show of appearances,

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in order to convince the world,
and thereby themselves.

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I only believe in friendship.

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Love, coupled with flesh,
grows as fragile, and bruises easily.

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Madame, how can you care for love,
if you've never seen anything like it?

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Know that I've witnessed love,
at its most genuine.

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My aunt and uncle, who raised me,
lived in such harmony together

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that it seemed two people became one
and the same person.

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From my tenderest age,
without even realizing it,

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their perfection nurtured my soul.

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Why, nurtured by their example,

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have you had so many affairs
without consequence?

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Because...

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with each encounter,
I thought I recognized,

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if only for an instant,
a glimmer of this ideal.

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An ideal which I have never given up on,

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which will impoverish my life
until it is realized.

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-Must I feel sorry for you?
-Oh, no.

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I have every hope...

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and it grows with each day beside you.

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I give you hope?

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How amusing you are, marquis.
You are told one thing, you hear another.

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Though I do not tire of studying you,
and your lively imagination,

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I tire of repeating myself
to drive this obsession from your mind.

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Not my mind, madame.

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My heart.

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Who knows where the heart hides?

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Yours is so filled with wit,
one may miss it.

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Madame,
before your men set the chairs down,

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please, take one last look at this view,

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where nature expresses itself,
free from us,

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left entirely to its own devices.

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Put that chair just over there.

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Look.

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Do we not imagine someone sitting there,
musing?

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Do we not sense these meditations
taking on nature's colors?

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We no longer behold nature,
but man's encounter with it.

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Marquis, you have struck home.

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But why did you ask to bring two chairs,
when one sufficed?

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Because my demonstration is not finished.

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Put that one over there.

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Don't these two chairs make us imagine
two people,

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sitting silently, side by side,

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their souls united before nature,

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joined by a bond as sacred
as the imperturbable serenity of nature?

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I crossed paths with the marquis.

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Will he be staying much longer?

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I don't know.

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He hasn't left the château
for four months.

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Not one dinner or supper
without his company.

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Several times,
his business has called him away

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to Paris or elsewhere,

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but each time he's chosen to stay here,

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never complaining about the sums
his absence costs him.

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And I suppose, madame, he continues
to court you with the greatest attention,

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to prove his love for you.

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Yes.

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He's so proud, he won't return to Paris,
without having conquered his prey.

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You're pensive.

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Need I fear some
of his flattery has hit home?

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Is your friend wrong?

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Please, let us change the topic.

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Did I come from Paris
for us to keep secrets?

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Remember, our friendship is marked

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by the candor
and liberty of our conversations.

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Has this man broken the bond
we've shared since childhood?

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No, dear,
but I know what you think of the marquis.

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If I confide in you,
I'm afraid it will upset you.

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You know how much your opinion matters
to me.

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Am I to understand
you've given in to the marquis?

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No, I've given in to no one, believe me.

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I believe you.

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But then... whence comes this turmoil?

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My dear,

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the marquis you knew in Paris is
not the same man

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that has been here the past few months.

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A man can change.
I've witnessed it, day after day.

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A man like him would assume any disguise
to reach his ends.

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You know me best of all.
Do you think I'm that naive?

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Madame, how peculiar to offer me something
on the day of my birth.

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It's quite the fashion in England.

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I don't imagine it will catch on here,
but I'm flattered by the thought.

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Thank you, madame.

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Dear marquis, it's been nearly six months

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since you retreated from society,
neglecting your affairs.

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Today, as you turn a year older,

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are you not inclined
to consider time more closely,

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and what madness it has been
to stay here so long?

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It is the life I led up until this moment
which I now consider as madness.

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Your face awakened my reason,
your company strengthened it.

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Marquis,
I've known you more adept at flattery.

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Sincerity is often clumsy.

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It doesn't take the paths...

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of seduction.

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It is vulnerable and innocent,

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struggling to carry, like a child,
what is purest in us.

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One day, you will miss society.

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Crowds tire me.

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And solitude, as well.

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I have found my society,

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the most perfect society,
formed by a man and woman in love.

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Provided you find a woman who loves you.

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Well, I allow myself to hope, madame.

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What's this hope based on?

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The proof you give me each day.

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I give you proof?

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Of course. Each day,
your company fortifies my feelings.

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With all that fortification,
they'll become rock-hard.

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-You mock me.
-I'm sorry.

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No, I...

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It may seem idiotic,
but I love to see you smile.

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Do you still dream
of me giving myself to you?

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More than ever.

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And how, with such fervent impatience,
do you manage to remain so patient?

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I train my patience
to be commensurate with my impatience.

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I must congratulate you
on your self-restraint,

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and for never stealing a kiss.

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I would so fear offending you,

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and losing the pleasure
of your company forever.

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A highly reasonable reasoning
for such an impassioned man.

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You find me too reasonable?

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Did I say you were too much so?

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No, but...

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But...?

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Do you mean...?

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I shall say no more.

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My friend.

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Hello, madame.

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Hello, marquis.

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Madame, I know you are friends
with the marquise.

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I do not wish
that my presence should stop you

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from speaking freely,

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so, allow me
to deprive myself of your company.

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Thank you, marquis, for your attention.

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It may make me regret your absence.

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I wouldn't want
to encumber you with regrets.

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I am off for a stroll.

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But nature will be
but an echo of your grace.

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Know that my natural inclination
for distrust has gone.

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It was a guide,
which let me distinguish true from false.

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Now it's brought me to my destination,
I am freed.

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Oh, my friend, what passion.

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Not all passions are alike.

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Ours is intense without being excessive.

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Our sentiments are as filled
with tenderness as with reason.

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Tell me, what's the news from Paris?

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No news that could affect your remote
and serene life.

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I'm sure if all of Paris talked of you
and the marquis, you wouldn't care.

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You're right. Is it the case?

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-Do you really want to know?
-Yes, amuse me, my dear.

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Now that your union is known,
everyone is amusing themselves

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with betting on the number
of days you have left with the Marquis.

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Love is an insult for those who have none.

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Are they only talking about us?

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Oh, I can tell you a sad story.

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Do tell.

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I don't want my happiness
to hide the world's ills from my soul.

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Do you remember Madame de Joncquières?

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Many years ago, she lived not far from me.

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The daughter of a baron and a countess,

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but conceived out of wedlock,
she had no position to claim.

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She was seduced by a duke,

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and thought her marriage
to him would save her.

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But he deceived her with a fake marriage.

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She gave birth to a daughter,
the fruit of their union.

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She took the duke to trial,

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but having less influence
than the man who betrayed her,

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she lost and was ruined.

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Ever since, we've had no news of her.

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I remember.

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Do you tell me this as a reminder
of the treachery of certain men?

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Oh, no, madame.

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I tell you this
because one of my servants recognized her.

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Where is she now?

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In a place so sordid,
you would have trouble picturing it.

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A sort of vice den,

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where men gather to play and have supper.

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Usually one or two of the guests stay,

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and spend the night with madame,
or her daughter, as they please.

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How old is her daughter?

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Fifteen or 16, perhaps.

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Apparently the girl's beauty is
infinitely delicate and refined, yet...

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lost among such baseness,
no one recognizes it.

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How much crueler it seems

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when misfortune befalls those
who've known our condition.

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For my part, I believe language is correct

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to put "happiness" just a pin drop away
from "hapless."

248
00:18:14,630 --> 00:18:15,755
Madame, you are wrong.

249
00:18:16,463 --> 00:18:19,046
Happiness that doesn't last
is called pleasure.

250
00:20:27,963 --> 00:20:30,088
Soon we'll have
to cut the trees around it,

251
00:20:30,713 --> 00:20:32,838
so, their shade doesn't hinder its growth.

252
00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:35,755
To think this tree will outlive us,

253
00:20:36,630 --> 00:20:39,588
and perhaps will be
the only remaining witness of our union.

254
00:20:41,213 --> 00:20:43,671
You're not listening.
Your thoughts are elsewhere.

255
00:20:43,755 --> 00:20:46,755
I'm sorry, madame.
My thoughts prevented me from hearing you.

256
00:20:47,463 --> 00:20:50,213
What are these thoughts
that have distanced me from you?

257
00:20:50,296 --> 00:20:52,213
I fear they'll displease you,
as much as me.

258
00:20:52,296 --> 00:20:54,838
Let us be displeased together.
We can console each other.

259
00:20:54,921 --> 00:20:55,880
Well...

260
00:20:57,296 --> 00:20:58,671
Business calls me to Paris.

261
00:20:58,963 --> 00:21:00,296
Can't you send a delegate?

262
00:21:00,380 --> 00:21:01,796
Unfortunately not this time.

263
00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:04,463
If the amount wasn't substantial,
I would forget it.

264
00:21:04,921 --> 00:21:06,546
My dear marquis, don't be upset.

265
00:21:06,630 --> 00:21:09,046
Go to Paris.
Settle the matter as quickly as possible.

266
00:21:09,130 --> 00:21:11,713
You consent to me leaving you here
for a few days?

267
00:21:11,796 --> 00:21:14,921
What are a few days compared
to the time we have left together?

268
00:21:15,671 --> 00:21:17,296
And do you need my permission?

269
00:21:17,796 --> 00:21:20,880
Do you feel bound by some authority
I might wield over you?

270
00:21:21,463 --> 00:21:22,338
I could complain.

271
00:21:23,213 --> 00:21:25,546
You are so right, madame,
and when I leave you,

272
00:21:25,630 --> 00:21:28,130
I shall delight in the thought
of seeing you again.

273
00:21:47,338 --> 00:21:49,463
You still haven't told me about your trip.

274
00:21:50,296 --> 00:21:51,796
You haven't given me a chance, madame.

275
00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:54,713
Oh, forgive me. I'll give you your chance.
I'm listening.

276
00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:56,755
I thought of you.

277
00:21:58,088 --> 00:21:59,921
And when you weren't thinking of me?

278
00:22:00,505 --> 00:22:01,921
I thought of your legs.

279
00:22:02,255 --> 00:22:03,088
Marquis...

280
00:22:03,630 --> 00:22:05,505
When you weren't thinking of my legs?

281
00:22:05,963 --> 00:22:06,880
I thought of your back.

282
00:22:06,963 --> 00:22:08,838
-My back?
-Yes. I love it so.

283
00:22:08,921 --> 00:22:10,088
Be serious. Tell me.

284
00:22:10,713 --> 00:22:12,671
I thought of your navel.

285
00:22:13,213 --> 00:22:16,463
Be quiet.
There must've been more during your trip.

286
00:22:21,130 --> 00:22:21,963
Yes.

287
00:22:33,630 --> 00:22:34,838
A thousand building ideas.

288
00:22:37,255 --> 00:22:38,296
Building?

289
00:22:47,921 --> 00:22:49,505
The marquis isn't with you?

290
00:22:49,588 --> 00:22:50,421
He's in Rouen.

291
00:22:50,755 --> 00:22:53,213
With his new taste for business,
he travels a lot.

292
00:22:55,088 --> 00:22:56,505
I know what you're thinking.

293
00:22:56,713 --> 00:23:00,338
I do not doubt his fidelity.
His mind is full of his undertakings.

294
00:23:00,838 --> 00:23:02,088
He inherited a large sum.

295
00:23:02,171 --> 00:23:05,755
Not sure what else to do with the money,
he decided to build townhouses

296
00:23:06,046 --> 00:23:08,213
to leave for posterity.

297
00:23:09,088 --> 00:23:10,046
You're not worried?

298
00:23:10,130 --> 00:23:11,088
Oh, not at all.

299
00:23:11,921 --> 00:23:13,880
You may detect a touch of fatigue.

300
00:23:14,255 --> 00:23:16,380
My health has been
somewhat fragile lately.

301
00:23:17,546 --> 00:23:20,546
The marquis' trips
and occupations don't upset you?

302
00:23:20,630 --> 00:23:21,505
Not in the least.

303
00:23:22,505 --> 00:23:25,963
Am I to understand that you
and the marquis still get along,

304
00:23:26,046 --> 00:23:27,130
as perfectly as ever?

305
00:23:27,213 --> 00:23:28,046
Absolutely.

306
00:23:28,838 --> 00:23:29,880
Nothing, even time,

307
00:23:29,963 --> 00:23:32,296
has altered the plenitude
of your feelings?

308
00:23:32,380 --> 00:23:35,671
Nothing. Each day,
they grow stronger and fuller.

309
00:23:37,213 --> 00:23:39,046
Forgive me, then, my suspicions.

310
00:23:42,380 --> 00:23:44,005
It could be, my dear friend,

311
00:23:45,255 --> 00:23:46,838
that I'm beginning to envy you.

312
00:23:47,338 --> 00:23:48,171
Envy me?

313
00:23:49,296 --> 00:23:51,380
Must I wish upon you what happened to me?

314
00:23:52,963 --> 00:23:55,588
Unfortunately,
my overcautious nature won't allow it.

315
00:23:56,838 --> 00:24:00,546
My stubbornness won't let me surrender,
and prompts me to lecture others.

316
00:24:01,380 --> 00:24:04,130
But what can I teach,
when I myself have tasted nothing?

317
00:24:05,463 --> 00:24:08,130
Men have grasped this.
Not a single one courts me.

318
00:24:09,588 --> 00:24:13,296
I have protected myself so thoroughly
that nothing could ever happen to me.

319
00:24:16,296 --> 00:24:17,130
Oh, my dear...

320
00:24:19,796 --> 00:24:22,546
My pride would let you believe
that nothing has changed

321
00:24:22,630 --> 00:24:23,963
between the marquis and I.

322
00:24:25,838 --> 00:24:29,505
But our friendship is too sincere.
I can hide my upset no longer.

323
00:24:31,755 --> 00:24:32,838
Two years ago,

324
00:24:32,921 --> 00:24:36,338
you said the marquis would leave me
for one day, then two,

325
00:24:37,130 --> 00:24:38,255
that little by little,

326
00:24:38,338 --> 00:24:40,213
his business would call him away
more frequently,

327
00:24:40,796 --> 00:24:43,255
that little by little,
he'd return without a word,

328
00:24:43,338 --> 00:24:45,296
settle into his chair, talk to his dog,

329
00:24:46,005 --> 00:24:46,838
and drift off.

330
00:24:49,213 --> 00:24:51,213
I fear your predictions were right.

331
00:24:51,671 --> 00:24:53,296
Tell me what's happened.

332
00:24:54,796 --> 00:24:56,171
The more passionate we are,

333
00:24:56,755 --> 00:24:59,713
the more we exaggerate
the slightest thing.

334
00:25:00,338 --> 00:25:02,421
You know the architect
Claude-Nicolas Ledoux?

335
00:25:02,505 --> 00:25:03,338
Yes.

336
00:25:05,130 --> 00:25:08,255
He was to stay with us one month.
In the end, he stayed three.

337
00:25:09,588 --> 00:25:12,380
He was to work on some
of the marquis' projects.

338
00:25:13,088 --> 00:25:16,588
His presence would make it easier
to discuss certain important matters.

339
00:25:18,130 --> 00:25:20,296
At first, we'd lunch with Mr. Ledoux.

340
00:25:20,380 --> 00:25:21,255
In the afternoon,

341
00:25:21,338 --> 00:25:24,171
the marquis would spend a while
talking with him.

342
00:25:25,588 --> 00:25:28,296
But before long,
we were having all our meals together.

343
00:25:29,630 --> 00:25:32,338
I was excluded from the conversation
without their realizing it,

344
00:25:32,421 --> 00:25:34,338
their passion
for their projects was so great.

345
00:25:35,921 --> 00:25:39,463
From morn till night,
the marquis was at the architect's side.

346
00:25:40,796 --> 00:25:43,505
Their friendship was so intense
that I ceased to exist.

347
00:25:47,171 --> 00:25:48,255
When Mr. Ledoux left,

348
00:25:49,713 --> 00:25:52,380
I thought the marquis would be
less distant, but alas.

349
00:25:53,505 --> 00:25:56,171
He lost himself in countless letters,
books,

350
00:25:56,255 --> 00:25:58,213
and heaven knows what deep thoughts...

351
00:26:00,796 --> 00:26:02,713
that my caresses no longer affect him.

352
00:26:03,588 --> 00:26:06,671
He only addresses me to ask my permission
to take his leave

353
00:26:06,755 --> 00:26:10,046
to deal with cornices,
chimneys, windows, or tiles.

354
00:26:14,588 --> 00:26:17,255
My dear, you are wrong to be alarmed.

355
00:26:18,130 --> 00:26:19,921
You can trust my experience.

356
00:26:20,005 --> 00:26:23,005
What you describe is
but the fate of all unions.

357
00:26:23,671 --> 00:26:24,630
No one escapes it.

358
00:26:25,671 --> 00:26:28,130
I fear that passion cannot last.

359
00:26:28,463 --> 00:26:31,713
They were no ordinary feelings
the marquis vowed to love me with.

360
00:26:33,088 --> 00:26:35,005
I couldn't bear it, if it is so.

361
00:26:35,671 --> 00:26:39,005
Pull yourself together, madame.
Your fear is unjustified.

362
00:26:39,505 --> 00:26:41,630
The marquis is not courting another woman.

363
00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:47,505
Before you torment yourself,
find a way to sound out his feelings.

364
00:26:48,213 --> 00:26:50,005
I'm sure you will be reassured. No?

365
00:27:23,255 --> 00:27:24,255
Dreaming, my friend?

366
00:27:27,963 --> 00:27:29,588
You are dreaming, too, marquise.

367
00:27:30,630 --> 00:27:32,588
It's true, and rather sadly.

368
00:27:32,671 --> 00:27:33,546
What's wrong?

369
00:27:33,630 --> 00:27:34,671
Nothing.

370
00:27:36,380 --> 00:27:37,796
I don't believe you, madame.

371
00:27:39,671 --> 00:27:40,505
Come.

372
00:27:41,671 --> 00:27:42,838
Tell me.

373
00:27:43,796 --> 00:27:46,421
Do you become bored,
when away from your business?

374
00:27:47,588 --> 00:27:49,671
No, but there are days...

375
00:27:49,755 --> 00:27:50,671
When one is bored.

376
00:27:52,046 --> 00:27:52,921
You are mistaken.

377
00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:55,796
Really, you are very much mistaken.

378
00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:59,505
It's just one of those days,
when one is bored.

379
00:28:11,713 --> 00:28:12,546
My friend...

380
00:28:15,088 --> 00:28:17,171
For some time now,
I've wanted to say something,

381
00:28:17,255 --> 00:28:18,880
but I fear it will distress you.

382
00:28:20,380 --> 00:28:21,296
You? Distress me?

383
00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:22,713
Perhaps.

384
00:28:23,963 --> 00:28:25,671
Heaven is witness to my innocence.

385
00:28:25,755 --> 00:28:28,338
It happened unbeknownst to me, by a curse,

386
00:28:28,421 --> 00:28:32,338
to which the entire human race is
apparently subject to,

387
00:28:33,255 --> 00:28:35,046
since I myself have not escaped it.

388
00:28:36,130 --> 00:28:37,046
It comes from you?

389
00:28:37,630 --> 00:28:39,463
You frighten me, madame. What is it?

390
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:41,671
Marquis, it's...

391
00:28:43,171 --> 00:28:44,880
Oh, I'm sorry, it will sadden you.

392
00:28:44,963 --> 00:28:47,088
All things considered,
I'd best keep quiet.

393
00:28:48,005 --> 00:28:48,921
No, madame, speak.

394
00:28:49,838 --> 00:28:52,171
Do you have a secret in your heart?

395
00:28:52,255 --> 00:28:58,171
Isn't our first rule to bare our souls
to each other without reserve?

396
00:28:59,005 --> 00:29:01,588
Haven't you noticed my cheer has gone?

397
00:29:02,421 --> 00:29:05,755
I've lost my appetite.
I eat and drink out of necessity.

398
00:29:05,838 --> 00:29:07,088
I can't sleep.

399
00:29:07,171 --> 00:29:11,546
At night, I wonder, I ask myself,
"Is the marquis less lovable? No.

400
00:29:12,255 --> 00:29:14,171
Do you have any complaints? No.

401
00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:17,671
Are there any suspected liaisons? No.

402
00:29:18,463 --> 00:29:20,880
Has his tenderness for you diminished? No.

403
00:29:20,963 --> 00:29:24,463
Why, when your friend is the same,
has your heart changed?

404
00:29:26,130 --> 00:29:26,963
For it has.

405
00:29:28,046 --> 00:29:29,046
You cannot deny it.

406
00:29:30,921 --> 00:29:33,130
You don't await him
with the same impatience.

407
00:29:34,046 --> 00:29:36,380
You don't have the same pleasure
at seeing him.

408
00:29:37,463 --> 00:29:39,838
The concern when he was slow to return,

409
00:29:40,588 --> 00:29:42,921
the sweet emotion
at the sound of his carriage,

410
00:29:43,005 --> 00:29:45,588
when he appeared,
when they announced his arrival...

411
00:29:47,130 --> 00:29:48,296
You no longer feel it."

412
00:29:51,005 --> 00:29:53,338
-What, madame?
-My dear marquis,

413
00:29:54,046 --> 00:29:57,921
you are the same,
but your friend cannot deny...

414
00:29:59,713 --> 00:30:01,463
that love has gone.

415
00:30:04,546 --> 00:30:08,588
It's a horrible discovery,
but no less real.

416
00:30:33,963 --> 00:30:34,796
Madame, you...

417
00:30:35,921 --> 00:30:38,255
You are an extraordinary woman,
a unique woman,

418
00:30:39,046 --> 00:30:40,255
a woman like none other.

419
00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:43,338
Your frankness and honesty disconcert me.

420
00:30:45,380 --> 00:30:46,505
I should die of shame.

421
00:30:47,588 --> 00:30:49,755
How great I see you,
how small I see myself.

422
00:30:50,463 --> 00:30:52,921
You spoke first,
whereas I was guilty first.

423
00:30:53,796 --> 00:30:55,171
Your sincerity inspires me.

424
00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:57,838
I'd be a monster if I didn't admit

425
00:30:58,255 --> 00:31:00,671
that the story of your heart is also mine,
word for word.

426
00:31:00,755 --> 00:31:02,338
Everything you said, I thought.

427
00:31:03,380 --> 00:31:04,338
Yet I said nothing.

428
00:31:05,796 --> 00:31:06,630
I suffered.

429
00:31:08,630 --> 00:31:10,630
I don't know when I might have the courage
to speak.

430
00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:19,338
-Is that true, my friend?
-Nothing could be truer.

431
00:31:20,546 --> 00:31:22,005
Let us congratulate ourselves

432
00:31:22,088 --> 00:31:25,588
at having both lost this fragile,
deceptive sentiment which united us.

433
00:31:26,380 --> 00:31:29,630
How unfortunate it would be
if my love had endured

434
00:31:29,713 --> 00:31:31,171
while yours had ceased.

435
00:31:31,255 --> 00:31:32,213
Oh, madame, madame,

436
00:31:32,296 --> 00:31:35,380
you have never seemed so beautiful
and charming as right now.

437
00:31:36,963 --> 00:31:41,796
And if past experience hadn't
made me more cautious,

438
00:31:42,338 --> 00:31:44,421
I would think I loved you more than ever.

439
00:31:45,921 --> 00:31:47,588
Marquis, what is to become of us?

440
00:31:48,796 --> 00:31:50,880
Madame, we'll continue to see each other,

441
00:31:51,630 --> 00:31:55,630
and enjoy the confidence
of the most tender friendship.

442
00:31:56,421 --> 00:32:00,338
We shall be spared all the worries
and troubles...

443
00:33:46,421 --> 00:33:48,838
Please, excuse my attire,
and my discomfort.

444
00:33:51,046 --> 00:33:52,671
If your servant hadn't insisted,

445
00:33:52,755 --> 00:33:54,880
I wouldn't have presented myself,
marquise.

446
00:33:55,296 --> 00:33:57,505
My unhappy fate is such
that I've found means

447
00:33:57,588 --> 00:34:00,838
to live away from people of your quality,
as I consider myself...

448
00:34:01,796 --> 00:34:03,630
unworthy of your gaze.

449
00:34:05,505 --> 00:34:08,088
I won't bore you with the tale of my woes.

450
00:34:09,505 --> 00:34:10,588
You aren't boring me.

451
00:34:11,213 --> 00:34:12,463
I'm listening, madame.

452
00:34:15,755 --> 00:34:19,338
You may be aware that I was born
of a union that should never have been.

453
00:34:19,963 --> 00:34:24,088
My mother was Countess de Demontoy,
and my father, Baron Obolensky.

454
00:34:25,338 --> 00:34:29,421
I grew up without parents,
but was given the finest education.

455
00:34:30,463 --> 00:34:31,296
I was very young

456
00:34:31,380 --> 00:34:34,671
when the Duke of Grimaud asked
for my hand in marriage.

457
00:34:34,755 --> 00:34:35,630
I thought I was saved.

458
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:39,255
But he fooled me with a false ceremony.

459
00:34:40,171 --> 00:34:43,005
I found myself with a child
and no husband.

460
00:34:44,296 --> 00:34:48,088
My error was to demand justice,
and put what little I had toward this end.

461
00:34:49,421 --> 00:34:51,630
But as the man who betrayed me had
more influence than me,

462
00:34:52,296 --> 00:34:53,130
I lost my case.

463
00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:58,088
Necessity knows no law.
My daughter and I had to live.

464
00:35:00,796 --> 00:35:03,421
We find ourselves
in the class of contemptible women.

465
00:35:06,255 --> 00:35:09,255
Where is she?
Didn't she accompany you, as I had asked?

466
00:35:37,421 --> 00:35:39,171
Come here, mademoiselle, come here.

467
00:35:46,755 --> 00:35:48,088
Please, sit here.

468
00:35:53,588 --> 00:35:54,421
Sorry.

469
00:35:54,921 --> 00:35:55,838
Sit over there.

470
00:36:12,963 --> 00:36:14,421
Stand up and come to me.

471
00:36:29,088 --> 00:36:30,296
You have beautiful hair.

472
00:36:32,963 --> 00:36:33,880
Thank you, madame.

473
00:36:37,088 --> 00:36:38,171
Could you lift it up?

474
00:36:40,671 --> 00:36:41,505
Yes, madame.

475
00:36:46,796 --> 00:36:48,505
Your neck is even more admirable.

476
00:36:50,296 --> 00:36:51,421
Thank you, madame.

477
00:37:05,963 --> 00:37:09,296
Madame, I'm surprised such a graceful,
delicate creature could find

478
00:37:09,380 --> 00:37:12,296
no better home than the one
you currently find yourself in.

479
00:37:12,755 --> 00:37:15,171
I took her around during
and after my trial,

480
00:37:16,005 --> 00:37:19,588
among magistrates, prelates, dignitaries,
and financiers.

481
00:37:20,213 --> 00:37:23,338
They toyed with her for a while,
then left her.

482
00:37:23,838 --> 00:37:26,171
It is not her angelic beauty
or her refined nature.

483
00:37:26,255 --> 00:37:27,630
She is grace itself, but...

484
00:37:28,671 --> 00:37:31,171
she has nothing of the libertine,

485
00:37:31,630 --> 00:37:35,213
and no talent for stirring the languor
of blasé men.

486
00:37:36,838 --> 00:37:38,671
Would you describe her as an honest woman?

487
00:37:38,755 --> 00:37:40,880
Our profession aside,

488
00:37:42,213 --> 00:37:43,046
the most honest.

489
00:38:42,005 --> 00:38:45,046
I admit, for a few months,
your life will be austere,

490
00:38:45,338 --> 00:38:49,046
but it won't last forever,
and I promise you the finest reward.

491
00:38:49,546 --> 00:38:50,380
Talk it over.

492
00:38:50,838 --> 00:38:53,338
If my demands are beyond you, tell me.

493
00:38:53,630 --> 00:38:55,505
I shall not be offended or surprised.

494
00:38:56,130 --> 00:38:58,213
Madame, we are so flattered by your trust

495
00:38:58,296 --> 00:39:01,088
that each of your demands is
an opportunity

496
00:39:01,171 --> 00:39:02,588
for us to thank you.

497
00:39:06,755 --> 00:39:08,088
Those clothes do suit you.

498
00:39:09,838 --> 00:39:12,005
To give you time to adjust
to your new life,

499
00:39:12,088 --> 00:39:13,630
we'll meet again in a few months.

500
00:39:28,421 --> 00:39:30,755
What a lovely day. Everything is so sweet.

501
00:39:31,255 --> 00:39:33,546
The air, the wine we drank,

502
00:39:34,005 --> 00:39:37,130
the tender sunshine,
and your company, of course.

503
00:39:37,838 --> 00:39:40,255
You say "of course,"
as if you were just being polite.

504
00:39:40,338 --> 00:39:41,838
Not at all. You are mistaken, marquise.

505
00:39:41,921 --> 00:39:44,880
I imagine you would have
preferred sweeter company than mine

506
00:39:44,963 --> 00:39:46,421
to round out your tableau,

507
00:39:47,255 --> 00:39:48,588
like Madame de Bailly's.

508
00:39:48,671 --> 00:39:50,338
I no longer see Madame de Bailly.

509
00:39:50,588 --> 00:39:51,421
Oh, forgive me.

510
00:39:51,755 --> 00:39:55,296
I'd forgotten that relationship was
already two weeks old.

511
00:39:57,838 --> 00:40:00,921
Last time,
you mentioned a young Italian countess.

512
00:40:01,463 --> 00:40:03,296
-I told you about the contessa?
-Yes.

513
00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:05,630
Have her charms lost their effects?

514
00:40:05,713 --> 00:40:08,505
Yes. As soon as she gave herself to me.

515
00:40:08,588 --> 00:40:10,796
It was very embarrassing, I assure you.

516
00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:11,713
I can imagine.

517
00:40:13,588 --> 00:40:18,088
Oh, I'm sorry, my poor marquis.
You're all alone with an old friend.

518
00:40:18,171 --> 00:40:19,005
Don't be sorry.

519
00:40:19,338 --> 00:40:22,130
What is sweeter than friendship
and more perfect than ours?

520
00:40:22,213 --> 00:40:24,421
There is no turmoil between us.
Our hearts are open.

521
00:40:24,505 --> 00:40:27,005
We needn't force ourselves
to hide anything.

522
00:40:28,546 --> 00:40:30,546
-Do you wish to sit?
-No, let's continue.

523
00:40:32,088 --> 00:40:32,921
Where were we?

524
00:40:33,338 --> 00:40:36,296
I was praising our friendship.
But it seems only I enjoy it.

525
00:40:36,380 --> 00:40:39,963
Oh, Marquis, stop asking for tokens.
Am I not here with you?

526
00:40:41,213 --> 00:40:44,463
What would you say
to an opera or comedy this afternoon?

527
00:40:44,838 --> 00:40:47,296
It seems to me,
there is nothing we have not seen.

528
00:40:47,380 --> 00:40:49,880
Why shut ourselves away
on such a perfect day?

529
00:40:51,505 --> 00:40:52,630
If I'm not mistaken...

530
00:40:53,338 --> 00:40:55,755
I think it is them. Yes, that is them.

531
00:40:57,338 --> 00:40:59,963
Madame, do you recognize me?

532
00:41:00,755 --> 00:41:01,671
Is it you, madame?

533
00:41:01,755 --> 00:41:04,213
Yes, it's me. How are you?
What has become of you?

534
00:41:04,296 --> 00:41:07,380
-It's been an eternity.
-Haven't you heard of our misfortune?

535
00:41:07,463 --> 00:41:11,755
We were forced us to live in a way
that suited our small means.

536
00:41:11,838 --> 00:41:13,963
You didn't give me any news.
I could be offended.

537
00:41:14,046 --> 00:41:16,963
An inconvenience of poverty is
the distrust it inspires.

538
00:41:19,421 --> 00:41:21,046
How the young lady has grown.

539
00:41:21,505 --> 00:41:22,630
How it ages me.

540
00:41:23,130 --> 00:41:26,046
When she came to Paris,
she was knee-high to a grasshopper.

541
00:41:26,213 --> 00:41:27,838
But you haven't changed, madame.

542
00:41:28,546 --> 00:41:30,130
Time seems to have ignored you.

543
00:41:30,671 --> 00:41:33,880
I don't believe that,
but you are kind, as ever.

544
00:41:34,505 --> 00:41:36,380
Let's walk and talk.

545
00:41:37,546 --> 00:41:40,755
Oh, sorry, this is the Marquis des Arcis,
my friend.

546
00:41:41,505 --> 00:41:42,963
His presence won't bother us.

547
00:41:49,838 --> 00:41:50,671
Madame,

548
00:41:50,755 --> 00:41:55,171
I understand how one can bear poverty,
as a multitude of men and women do.

549
00:41:55,588 --> 00:41:59,546
But to pass from opulence to necessity,
like you, to have to settle for it,

550
00:42:00,130 --> 00:42:01,880
and find bliss in it...

551
00:42:02,463 --> 00:42:04,463
Today I have no regrets.

552
00:42:05,130 --> 00:42:09,671
A life devoted to piety seems
less restrictive than one of gallantry.

553
00:42:09,755 --> 00:42:12,296
I believe you, more than you can imagine.

554
00:42:12,838 --> 00:42:15,296
If you knew
how much I respect your conduct.

555
00:42:15,380 --> 00:42:17,505
Don't have too much respect for us,
Madame.

556
00:42:18,005 --> 00:42:21,046
Faith rewards us,
well beyond anything you can imagine.

557
00:42:21,838 --> 00:42:25,088
Our life is not a sacrifice,
as many think,

558
00:42:25,588 --> 00:42:26,630
but a blessing.

559
00:42:28,171 --> 00:42:30,046
Excuse us, madame, we must leave you.

560
00:42:30,130 --> 00:42:31,380
So abruptly?

561
00:42:31,463 --> 00:42:34,755
We must go to church.
We can stay no longer.

562
00:42:34,838 --> 00:42:37,130
Go.
I should hate myself if I made you late.

563
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:44,213
So, Marquis? What would you like to do?

564
00:42:44,838 --> 00:42:46,380
No show today? Are you sure?

565
00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:48,005
Who are those women?

566
00:42:48,713 --> 00:42:50,421
I knew the mother long ago.

567
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:54,005
She married a gambler,
he lost their fortune, then died.

568
00:42:54,713 --> 00:42:57,088
She found herself alone
with her young daughter.

569
00:42:57,713 --> 00:43:00,421
Poverty and shame drove her
from our society.

570
00:43:01,255 --> 00:43:03,588
But she seems to feel no regret.

571
00:43:04,463 --> 00:43:06,796
Libertines scoff,
but religion is a good thing.

572
00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:08,713
Yes. Especially for the unfortunate.

573
00:43:08,963 --> 00:43:11,421
It restores the lost prestige
of this mother and her daughter.

574
00:43:11,505 --> 00:43:13,963
Isn't that the Duke de Beauregard
and his wife?

575
00:43:14,046 --> 00:43:15,005
We must greet them.

576
00:43:15,296 --> 00:43:16,130
Come.

577
00:43:32,046 --> 00:43:33,255
-Marquise.
-Yes.

578
00:43:34,213 --> 00:43:37,046
-There's something I don't understand.
-May I be of help?

579
00:43:37,671 --> 00:43:41,213
With such a face as hers, in our society,
one could have anything one desires.

580
00:43:41,296 --> 00:43:42,421
You're speaking of...?

581
00:43:43,130 --> 00:43:44,296
Your friend's daughter.

582
00:43:45,255 --> 00:43:46,630
Is her face that beautiful?

583
00:43:47,338 --> 00:43:50,505
I could only see the child
from so long ago.

584
00:43:50,588 --> 00:43:52,838
She has the face
of one of Raphael's Madonnas.

585
00:43:52,921 --> 00:43:54,046
Why, with such a face,

586
00:43:54,130 --> 00:43:56,713
should she not aim
for a better position in society?

587
00:43:57,088 --> 00:43:59,505
Is it not cruel of a mother
to impose this fate upon her child?

588
00:43:59,588 --> 00:44:02,838
Modesty of means may be preferable
to shameful wealth.

589
00:44:09,671 --> 00:44:10,505
What is it?

590
00:44:10,755 --> 00:44:12,463
I know you, marquis. I know you.

591
00:44:12,546 --> 00:44:13,505
Oh, no, madame, no.

592
00:44:13,963 --> 00:44:16,213
If you believe I'm aroused by
that pious girl,

593
00:44:16,296 --> 00:44:17,296
you don't know me at all.

594
00:44:17,380 --> 00:44:18,380
I don't believe anything,

595
00:44:18,463 --> 00:44:21,838
I was amusing myself with the thought
that religion could tempt you.

596
00:44:23,630 --> 00:44:24,463
But no matter,

597
00:44:25,130 --> 00:44:27,421
as you will soon forget all about her
in one or two weeks...

598
00:44:28,213 --> 00:44:29,921
like that little Italian countess.

599
00:45:00,380 --> 00:45:01,213
Ladies.

600
00:45:16,046 --> 00:45:16,880
Morning, madame.

601
00:45:16,963 --> 00:45:18,921
It's early for you. Couldn't you sleep?

602
00:45:19,005 --> 00:45:20,130
I can't sleep anymore.

603
00:45:20,463 --> 00:45:22,046
Is something worrying you?

604
00:45:22,130 --> 00:45:23,255
Your friends' lot.

605
00:45:24,213 --> 00:45:27,296
-Does that still trouble you?
-I have so little to think about

606
00:45:27,380 --> 00:45:29,380
that the slightest subject worries me
at the moment.

607
00:45:29,463 --> 00:45:31,088
And your building projects?

608
00:45:31,171 --> 00:45:33,046
They're just fine
without me worrying about them.

609
00:45:33,130 --> 00:45:35,088
-Madame, have you seen them again?
-Who?

610
00:45:35,630 --> 00:45:36,463
Your friends.

611
00:45:36,713 --> 00:45:38,213
-No.
-That's not right.

612
00:45:39,130 --> 00:45:40,588
You're rich, they're in need.

613
00:45:40,671 --> 00:45:43,380
You could at least invite them
for the occasional meal.

614
00:45:43,463 --> 00:45:46,421
I invited them ten times, to no avail.

615
00:45:46,838 --> 00:45:48,421
They refuse to come to my home.

616
00:45:48,505 --> 00:45:52,005
Frequenting our society does not
suit their simplicity.

617
00:45:52,088 --> 00:45:53,546
Opulence invites sin.

618
00:45:53,630 --> 00:45:56,463
-There's nothing we can do to help them?
-Do they need our help?

619
00:45:56,546 --> 00:45:58,921
Is religion not a succor and a treasure?

620
00:45:59,005 --> 00:46:02,463
It is they who fret over our fate,
and pray for our salvation.

621
00:46:02,546 --> 00:46:05,171
If I sent them 20 Louis,
do you think they'd refuse?

622
00:46:05,255 --> 00:46:06,255
I'm sure of it.

623
00:46:06,338 --> 00:46:08,546
Why accept from you
what they refuse from me?

624
00:46:08,630 --> 00:46:10,838
What reason do they have
to refuse a friend's goodwill?

625
00:46:10,921 --> 00:46:14,338
Marquis, we of the world cannot hope
to understand

626
00:46:14,421 --> 00:46:16,921
the scrupulous sensitivities
of pious souls.

627
00:46:17,005 --> 00:46:19,921
So, there's nothing I can do to help them?

628
00:46:20,005 --> 00:46:21,838
No, marquis, nothing.

629
00:46:23,213 --> 00:46:24,130
Now that is cruel.

630
00:46:25,880 --> 00:46:27,255
Yes, cruel is the word.

631
00:46:29,213 --> 00:46:30,046
Oh, no.

632
00:46:30,963 --> 00:46:31,796
Oh, marquise.

633
00:46:32,338 --> 00:46:34,088
A girl I've seen only once...

634
00:46:34,171 --> 00:46:35,630
And whom you won't see again.

635
00:46:38,380 --> 00:46:39,213
Madame,

636
00:46:40,046 --> 00:46:41,255
since you are my friend,

637
00:46:42,005 --> 00:46:45,005
I must confide something.
I concealed an event from you.

638
00:46:46,046 --> 00:46:46,880
An event?

639
00:46:49,755 --> 00:46:50,921
In the King's Garden,

640
00:46:52,546 --> 00:46:56,213
while you talked to her mother,
I walked alongside her, remember?

641
00:46:58,046 --> 00:47:01,213
You can imagine that I couldn't
help myself from staring at her.

642
00:47:01,463 --> 00:47:04,880
With each attempt,
she turned away, and looked down.

643
00:47:05,880 --> 00:47:06,838
But at one point...

644
00:47:08,463 --> 00:47:10,463
your conversation was concluding when...

645
00:47:11,796 --> 00:47:13,588
she finally met my gaze. And...

646
00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:17,380
What an enlightenment, madame.

647
00:47:18,630 --> 00:47:19,755
Her gaze...

648
00:47:20,963 --> 00:47:25,046
so modest, sincere...

649
00:47:25,671 --> 00:47:26,505
a profound gaze,

650
00:47:27,130 --> 00:47:30,838
free from coquetry and convention.

651
00:47:30,921 --> 00:47:31,755
A gaze...

652
00:47:34,880 --> 00:47:36,630
full of a truth that speaks to you,

653
00:47:37,713 --> 00:47:39,213
though you cannot decipher it.

654
00:47:41,671 --> 00:47:42,546
You saw all that?

655
00:47:45,463 --> 00:47:47,671
How long did she look at you?

656
00:47:50,880 --> 00:47:51,713
I couldn't say.

657
00:47:51,796 --> 00:47:52,630
Perhaps not...

658
00:47:53,463 --> 00:47:54,921
a full second, but...

659
00:47:56,171 --> 00:47:59,005
the longest second one could conceive of,

660
00:47:59,088 --> 00:48:01,671
an infinite second,
as it still resonates within me.

661
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:03,713
Marquis.

662
00:48:03,796 --> 00:48:05,921
Your imagination never ceases to amaze me.

663
00:48:06,005 --> 00:48:08,255
A young woman,
embarrassed by your insistence,

664
00:48:08,338 --> 00:48:10,880
glances up,
and you fabricate extraordinary dreams.

665
00:48:11,463 --> 00:48:13,005
You, the man of reason,

666
00:48:13,546 --> 00:48:16,671
the Epicurean,
who believes we are but a mass of atoms.

667
00:48:18,171 --> 00:48:20,505
That's what my reason keeps telling me,
madame.

668
00:48:21,338 --> 00:48:24,005
Yet never has a gaze seemed so true.

669
00:48:25,421 --> 00:48:27,796
Your "nevers" last no longer
than your "always."

670
00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:29,588
I of all people know that.

671
00:48:30,338 --> 00:48:33,088
Maybe your collection lacks a pious woman.

672
00:48:33,671 --> 00:48:34,713
You must be right.

673
00:48:36,213 --> 00:48:37,213
You must be right.

674
00:48:38,088 --> 00:48:38,921
And yet...

675
00:48:39,671 --> 00:48:41,630
Marquis, be on your guard.

676
00:48:42,671 --> 00:48:45,296
Do not confuse this girl
with those you've known.

677
00:48:46,255 --> 00:48:49,130
She cannot be tempted,
seduced, or approached.

678
00:48:49,588 --> 00:48:50,630
You cannot prevail.

679
00:48:52,130 --> 00:48:53,130
Trust me,

680
00:48:53,755 --> 00:48:56,963
if you want to spare yourself suffering,
forget that girl.

681
00:49:01,296 --> 00:49:02,130
My friend.

682
00:49:02,713 --> 00:49:03,796
What madness.

683
00:49:04,255 --> 00:49:07,255
At any rate, your plan is ill-founded.

684
00:49:07,588 --> 00:49:08,421
Why is that?

685
00:49:09,421 --> 00:49:11,963
Why would the marquis grow attached
to this girl in particular,

686
00:49:12,046 --> 00:49:13,963
and not another?

687
00:49:14,046 --> 00:49:17,130
Because the marquis cannot resist
what resists him.

688
00:49:17,213 --> 00:49:21,171
If I inspired lofty sentiments,
they were proportional to my resistance.

689
00:49:22,046 --> 00:49:25,838
Haven't you observed that love grows
when the object of desire escapes us?

690
00:49:27,505 --> 00:49:29,713
You seem quite sure of yourself.

691
00:49:30,130 --> 00:49:32,880
What if I told you
that the marquis visits each day

692
00:49:32,963 --> 00:49:35,463
to nonchalantly inquire
about any news I might have

693
00:49:35,546 --> 00:49:37,255
about the girl and her mother?

694
00:49:38,296 --> 00:49:41,630
I'll admit, I didn't expect the marquis
to be such easy prey.

695
00:49:43,921 --> 00:49:45,838
Nevertheless, I fear that...

696
00:49:46,880 --> 00:49:48,713
your endeavor is excessive.

697
00:49:48,796 --> 00:49:52,630
My endeavor falls short of my pain,
and the blow the marquis dealt me.

698
00:49:53,796 --> 00:49:54,796
Be fair.

699
00:49:55,921 --> 00:49:58,380
Were you not aware
of his inconstant nature?

700
00:49:59,213 --> 00:50:01,921
Why be cross with a dishonest man,

701
00:50:02,005 --> 00:50:03,630
if nature has made him that way?

702
00:50:03,963 --> 00:50:07,130
Would it be fair to allow dishonesty
to roam at leisure?

703
00:50:08,796 --> 00:50:11,088
My anger is filled
with a sense of justice.

704
00:50:12,213 --> 00:50:13,796
I don't seek revenge.

705
00:50:13,880 --> 00:50:15,463
In me, I see the female gender,

706
00:50:15,838 --> 00:50:16,963
and in him, the male.

707
00:50:18,755 --> 00:50:21,630
To do justice, our heart

708
00:50:21,713 --> 00:50:24,713
must be pure, and free from resentment.

709
00:50:25,880 --> 00:50:26,713
Madame...

710
00:50:27,880 --> 00:50:29,296
purity is what drives me.

711
00:50:30,880 --> 00:50:33,046
If no just souls attempt to improve men,

712
00:50:34,255 --> 00:50:36,130
how can we hope for a better society?

713
00:50:37,046 --> 00:50:40,796
It seems uncharitable
to hope for others' suffering.

714
00:50:42,546 --> 00:50:44,755
Open your eyes, my friend,
to the human race.

715
00:50:45,963 --> 00:50:48,755
Only pain helps the spirit recognize
its errors.

716
00:50:51,255 --> 00:50:53,796
Is it thus out of goodness

717
00:50:53,880 --> 00:50:55,713
that you want to make him suffer?

718
00:50:56,088 --> 00:50:56,921
Yes.

719
00:50:58,171 --> 00:50:59,630
I want to enlighten his mind.

720
00:51:22,546 --> 00:51:23,880
Madame, if you will...

721
00:51:59,921 --> 00:52:00,921
What's wrong?

722
00:52:02,880 --> 00:52:03,921
Tell me, talk to me.

723
00:52:05,671 --> 00:52:06,546
Is it a woman?

724
00:52:08,130 --> 00:52:09,671
I can tell it's a woman.

725
00:52:11,130 --> 00:52:13,046
You love her and she doesn't love you?

726
00:52:15,505 --> 00:52:17,255
Love affairs are always like that.

727
00:52:18,171 --> 00:52:20,921
One always loves too much,
and the other, not enough.

728
00:52:22,880 --> 00:52:26,671
My father said nature dislikes equality
and enjoys making us fret.

729
00:52:27,255 --> 00:52:31,796
One always has more and the other, less.
In every realm and matter.

730
00:52:32,338 --> 00:52:33,505
Even pleasure.

731
00:52:37,005 --> 00:52:38,046
Let's play a game.

732
00:52:38,921 --> 00:52:40,796
Close your eyes and think about her.

733
00:52:41,130 --> 00:52:42,880
Imagine that you're with her,

734
00:52:43,421 --> 00:52:45,671
that... I'm her.

735
00:52:55,255 --> 00:52:58,713
-Come, marquis, make an effort.
-No, no, sorry, this won't work,

736
00:52:59,713 --> 00:53:01,546
I can't imagine doing that with her.

737
00:53:02,296 --> 00:53:04,755
It would be an insult
to her purity and modesty.

738
00:53:06,088 --> 00:53:08,588
A saintly woman in bed
with a man is still a woman.

739
00:53:09,755 --> 00:53:10,588
Oh, not her.

740
00:53:35,671 --> 00:53:36,880
Hello, marquis.

741
00:53:40,296 --> 00:53:41,921
You seem
to be doing better than yesterday.

742
00:53:42,130 --> 00:53:45,046
I was afraid you were taking ill.

743
00:53:46,380 --> 00:53:49,755
Look at this little painting.
It would go well in your home. No?

744
00:53:50,796 --> 00:53:52,921
Aren't those little sheep charming?

745
00:53:55,588 --> 00:53:57,296
No, marquis, I have no news.

746
00:53:59,713 --> 00:54:02,046
Madame, do you think
I might have her portrait?

747
00:54:02,630 --> 00:54:05,255
What an idea.
I think you need to rest some more.

748
00:54:06,671 --> 00:54:08,296
I only glimpsed her face once,

749
00:54:08,380 --> 00:54:10,796
and a perfect, albeit vague, image of it

750
00:54:10,880 --> 00:54:13,380
has been engraved upon my mind.

751
00:54:14,171 --> 00:54:16,838
This vagueness is the cause
of all my torment, madame.

752
00:54:17,046 --> 00:54:18,588
Possessing a faithful portrait

753
00:54:19,130 --> 00:54:21,421
might cure the excesses of my imagination.

754
00:54:21,505 --> 00:54:23,963
I might even find some imperfections
to console me

755
00:54:24,046 --> 00:54:25,463
for being unable to see her again.

756
00:54:25,546 --> 00:54:26,880
You are dreaming, marquis.

757
00:54:26,963 --> 00:54:31,421
How could she offer her face to a painter,
when she takes such care to hide it?

758
00:54:31,505 --> 00:54:34,963
It's absurd
that religion drives nature's gems

759
00:54:35,046 --> 00:54:37,421
to hide in the shadows.
Has one ever seen anything so brutish.

760
00:54:37,505 --> 00:54:40,380
Mind what you say.
Some might take offense for a lot less.

761
00:54:40,463 --> 00:54:44,463
I don't care about those who live
in the hope of dying well.

762
00:54:44,546 --> 00:54:47,963
Monsieur, are you sure that you are
in a fit state to lecture

763
00:54:48,046 --> 00:54:49,713
and proudly speak for libertines?

764
00:54:50,130 --> 00:54:52,713
You've dragged about for weeks,
like a sick dog.

765
00:54:54,171 --> 00:54:55,546
I've done everything to forget her.

766
00:54:57,338 --> 00:54:58,296
I tried everything.

767
00:55:00,005 --> 00:55:02,005
The more I tried, the more I remembered.

768
00:55:04,546 --> 00:55:05,921
Madame, grant me one favor.

769
00:55:06,338 --> 00:55:07,963
-What favor?
-Take pity on me.

770
00:55:09,046 --> 00:55:10,255
I want to see her again.

771
00:55:18,338 --> 00:55:19,796
It's a difficult matter.

772
00:55:21,755 --> 00:55:23,963
No, marquis,
I fear I'd lose their friendship

773
00:55:24,046 --> 00:55:24,880
by helping you.

774
00:55:25,171 --> 00:55:26,005
Oh, no.

775
00:55:27,130 --> 00:55:28,046
Do not abandon me.

776
00:55:29,130 --> 00:55:31,130
I won't be accountable for my actions.
I know myself.

777
00:55:31,213 --> 00:55:33,755
These women are dear to you.
Spare them the madness I'm capable of.

778
00:55:34,630 --> 00:55:35,463
I'll find them.

779
00:55:36,130 --> 00:55:40,296
I'll send 10, 20, 100 men to find them,
but I will find them.

780
00:55:41,130 --> 00:55:43,838
I'll force my way in.
I don't know what I'll say or do.

781
00:55:44,130 --> 00:55:46,338
Beware of the violent state I'm in.

782
00:55:49,963 --> 00:55:50,796
You're right.

783
00:55:51,255 --> 00:55:53,755
It's not for you I shall take action,
but for them.

784
00:55:54,380 --> 00:55:56,963
I hope at least, Most Honorable Marquis,
that you will give me time.

785
00:55:58,796 --> 00:56:00,171
As little as I can, madame.

786
00:56:01,005 --> 00:56:01,963
As little as I can.

787
00:56:03,880 --> 00:56:04,713
Thank you.

788
00:56:05,880 --> 00:56:06,963
Thank you, my friend.

789
00:56:30,130 --> 00:56:32,505
Ladies. Oh, please, stay seated. Eat.

790
00:56:33,380 --> 00:56:36,713
Drink some more wine to console yourselves
for all the deprivations

791
00:56:36,796 --> 00:56:38,921
that this penitent's
life imposes upon you.

792
00:56:39,505 --> 00:56:41,630
Make the most of the marquis' absence.

793
00:56:43,421 --> 00:56:46,588
I wouldn't be surprised
if his impatience made him arrive early.

794
00:56:47,921 --> 00:56:50,588
I can't wait
to see the scene he'll put on for us.

795
00:56:51,546 --> 00:56:54,338
In any case,
I'm certain I'll appreciate yours, ladies.

796
00:56:54,421 --> 00:56:57,130
My daughter and I have been preparing
for several days.

797
00:56:57,213 --> 00:56:59,171
Rest assured that we will do our best.

798
00:57:05,755 --> 00:57:07,255
These clothes suit you so well

799
00:57:08,338 --> 00:57:11,338
that it's hard to imagine you,
just a short time ago...

800
00:57:17,755 --> 00:57:21,255
Ladies,
the marquis' carriage is approaching.

801
00:57:23,755 --> 00:57:25,838
The Marquis des Arcis asked me
to announce his arrival.

802
00:57:26,671 --> 00:57:28,338
He's here. Show him in.

803
00:57:30,005 --> 00:57:32,255
I told him to be surprised
to find you here,

804
00:57:32,338 --> 00:57:34,546
and to make polite excuses
before accepting my invitation

805
00:57:34,630 --> 00:57:35,755
to join us for dinner.

806
00:57:36,546 --> 00:57:38,671
Let's see how good an actor he is. Do eat.

807
00:57:43,796 --> 00:57:44,796
Marquis.

808
00:57:44,880 --> 00:57:45,713
You, here?

809
00:57:46,463 --> 00:57:49,463
I didn't know you were dining.
I'm not dressed appropriately.

810
00:57:49,546 --> 00:57:52,630
I was visiting a friend who wishes
to part with his estate not far from here,

811
00:57:52,713 --> 00:57:57,296
and on the way back to Paris I thought
that if you found out I had passed by

812
00:57:57,380 --> 00:57:59,588
without greeting you, you'd scold me.

813
00:58:00,130 --> 00:58:02,546
You did well, marquis.
You are more than welcome.

814
00:58:02,838 --> 00:58:05,088
Do you know Madame de Joncquières
and her daughter?

815
00:58:06,463 --> 00:58:07,713
Oh, have you forgotten?

816
00:58:07,796 --> 00:58:10,380
We met them on a walk
in the King's Garden.

817
00:58:10,463 --> 00:58:11,630
No, I remember.

818
00:58:13,130 --> 00:58:15,588
Ladies, I do not wish
to interrupt you any longer.

819
00:58:15,671 --> 00:58:16,630
Allow me to retire.

820
00:58:17,005 --> 00:58:18,380
Are you leaving, marquis?

821
00:58:19,338 --> 00:58:21,380
I do not wish to be importunate, madame.

822
00:58:21,463 --> 00:58:24,213
What if I was vexed
to see you leave so soon?

823
00:58:25,421 --> 00:58:27,880
Madame, vexing you is
the last thing I wish to do.

824
00:58:35,671 --> 00:58:36,921
Before your interruption,

825
00:58:37,005 --> 00:58:39,505
we were talking about
these libertine philosophers.

826
00:58:39,588 --> 00:58:41,338
Your timing seems to be perfect.

827
00:58:45,546 --> 00:58:46,671
Why me?

828
00:58:47,088 --> 00:58:48,046
Yes.

829
00:58:48,130 --> 00:58:49,755
You've studied them, haven't you?

830
00:58:50,880 --> 00:58:51,713
No.

831
00:58:52,713 --> 00:58:54,296
-Don't be modest.
-Madame.

832
00:58:54,380 --> 00:58:55,588
No, I-- You...

833
00:58:55,671 --> 00:58:56,546
You are mistaken.

834
00:58:57,005 --> 00:58:59,588
Didn't you study them
to denounce them better?

835
00:59:00,213 --> 00:59:02,171
Oh, yes, yes, yes. Of course, well...

836
00:59:03,296 --> 00:59:04,380
A little.

837
00:59:04,463 --> 00:59:07,130
Then, marquis,
tell us why you think they're so awful.

838
00:59:07,213 --> 00:59:09,005
Know that all of us here think
the same as you.

839
00:59:09,088 --> 00:59:09,921
But I...

840
00:59:12,505 --> 00:59:15,796
-I don't...
-We were saying that many libertines agree

841
00:59:15,880 --> 00:59:19,171
their philosophy has an advantage
over religion

842
00:59:19,255 --> 00:59:21,588
in making man happier.
What do you say to that?

843
00:59:28,255 --> 00:59:29,088
Well...

844
00:59:30,963 --> 00:59:32,880
-We're listening.
-Yes. So...

845
00:59:32,963 --> 00:59:35,713
Pleasure-- The quest for pleasure...

846
00:59:36,421 --> 00:59:39,005
is the source of all our misfortunes.

847
00:59:40,255 --> 00:59:41,505
Libertines are children.

848
00:59:43,546 --> 00:59:45,671
They think merely
of instant gratification.

849
00:59:47,463 --> 00:59:48,921
But for a moment of pleasure,

850
00:59:49,796 --> 00:59:51,171
how many tears and cries?

851
00:59:52,880 --> 00:59:54,713
What a fine image. Isn't it, madame?

852
00:59:55,171 --> 00:59:56,171
Yes, and very true.

853
00:59:56,963 --> 01:00:01,463
Pleasure calls for pleasure.
These men are eternally unsatisfied.

854
01:00:01,546 --> 01:00:03,296
And eternally fickle, no?

855
01:00:03,380 --> 01:00:04,671
And eternally sad.

856
01:00:04,755 --> 01:00:07,255
Eternally distraught with their desire?
Right?

857
01:00:08,546 --> 01:00:09,380
Indeed.

858
01:00:09,755 --> 01:00:11,296
Monsieur, allow me a question.

859
01:00:12,505 --> 01:00:15,588
Just yesterday my daughter asked
if the search for the sublime

860
01:00:15,671 --> 01:00:17,296
was a passion to be fought.

861
01:00:18,296 --> 01:00:19,630
I didn't know what to say.

862
01:00:27,296 --> 01:00:28,130
Mademoiselle...

863
01:00:29,713 --> 01:00:31,838
everything sublime depends on our Creator.

864
01:00:33,255 --> 01:00:35,588
The sublime is not a passion,
it is an emotion.

865
01:00:38,505 --> 01:00:41,505
An emotion which crosses our soul,
and which, in an instant,

866
01:00:42,046 --> 01:00:43,005
for a dizzy moment,

867
01:00:44,630 --> 01:00:46,255
transports us to absolute truth.

868
01:00:50,005 --> 01:00:52,755
You hear all the subtleties
of divine love,

869
01:00:53,630 --> 01:00:57,005
as if your only food had been
the Scriptures.

870
01:00:57,088 --> 01:00:59,421
Weren't you tempted to join holy orders?

871
01:01:04,338 --> 01:01:05,380
Forgive me, madame.

872
01:01:05,755 --> 01:01:08,171
I had forewarned
that this dinner would be brief,

873
01:01:08,255 --> 01:01:09,671
our days are so ordered.

874
01:01:10,838 --> 01:01:13,005
Don't worry, you did warn me.

875
01:01:13,088 --> 01:01:16,171
I would regret if you were
to neglect your duty because of me.

876
01:01:16,755 --> 01:01:20,880
But first, madame, I want to give you
this text I told you about earlier.

877
01:01:21,838 --> 01:01:22,671
Come with me.

878
01:01:45,588 --> 01:01:46,421
Mademoiselle...

879
01:01:48,921 --> 01:01:50,588
I hope I answered your questions.

880
01:01:53,671 --> 01:01:54,505
Yes, monsieur.

881
01:01:57,046 --> 01:01:59,588
You know,
souls who are interested in the sublime

882
01:02:00,713 --> 01:02:01,546
are the finest.

883
01:02:05,380 --> 01:02:06,213
Mademoiselle.

884
01:02:07,421 --> 01:02:09,005
Your mother is waiting for you.

885
01:02:10,880 --> 01:02:11,713
Goodbye, madame.

886
01:02:12,130 --> 01:02:13,046
Goodbye, monsieur.

887
01:02:13,921 --> 01:02:15,046
Goodbye, mademoiselle.

888
01:02:19,046 --> 01:02:20,421
What a wonderful child.

889
01:02:20,880 --> 01:02:21,963
Yes, I agree.

890
01:02:23,796 --> 01:02:26,213
-How was I?
-You were perfect, marquis,

891
01:02:26,296 --> 01:02:29,005
I was delighted
and almost convinced by your arguments.

892
01:02:29,088 --> 01:02:31,713
Why did they leave so soon?
Couldn't you have made them stay a while?

893
01:02:31,796 --> 01:02:33,963
Well, criticism is my only reward.

894
01:02:34,421 --> 01:02:36,755
What woman in Paris would do as much?

895
01:02:36,838 --> 01:02:38,796
Oh, sorry, madame.
There is not another like you.

896
01:02:38,880 --> 01:02:42,380
You're my only true friend in this world.
I'm a monster of ingratitude.

897
01:02:42,463 --> 01:02:44,088
What is the state of your heart?

898
01:02:45,255 --> 01:02:46,380
I must have that girl,

899
01:02:47,338 --> 01:02:48,213
or I will perish.

900
01:02:49,213 --> 01:02:52,255
My friend,
I advise you to drive out that thought.

901
01:05:14,088 --> 01:05:16,838
Ladies, we've met before, haven't we?

902
01:05:17,671 --> 01:05:20,171
Yes, we dined together
at Madame de La Pommeraye's.

903
01:05:28,630 --> 01:05:29,546
I say, ladies.

904
01:05:31,213 --> 01:05:32,463
What a happy coincidence.

905
01:06:05,713 --> 01:06:08,713
We left it sealed,
so you could read it first.

906
01:06:08,796 --> 01:06:10,338
The priest gave it to you?

907
01:06:10,421 --> 01:06:11,296
Yes, madame.

908
01:06:11,380 --> 01:06:13,130
He gave it to her after confession,

909
01:06:13,213 --> 01:06:15,213
requesting she open it in secret.

910
01:06:16,505 --> 01:06:18,755
How did this man of God justify
his gesture?

911
01:06:19,796 --> 01:06:22,463
He said her charms are one
of the most dangerous gifts

912
01:06:22,546 --> 01:06:23,671
God can give a woman,

913
01:06:24,213 --> 01:06:25,796
no man would be left indifferent to them,

914
01:06:25,880 --> 01:06:28,213
and men will all try
to lead her into temptation.

915
01:06:29,046 --> 01:06:32,338
Then he said
only an honest man could protect her.

916
01:06:33,130 --> 01:06:35,171
What a rogue. And what did you say?

917
01:06:35,921 --> 01:06:37,380
I remained silent, madame.

918
01:06:38,713 --> 01:06:41,046
He added that the Lord watched over her,

919
01:06:41,130 --> 01:06:43,921
as a gentleman known to him,
with the finest of souls,

920
01:06:44,005 --> 01:06:46,838
had noticed her,
and been moved by her gracious devotion.

921
01:06:48,630 --> 01:06:51,421
Dear marquis,
that is how you finance the Church.

922
01:07:14,338 --> 01:07:16,671
Good. Very good. I'm pleased.

923
01:07:17,838 --> 01:07:20,755
Keep going to church.
If the priest asks you for an answer,

924
01:07:20,838 --> 01:07:22,505
say that you gave the letter
to your mother,

925
01:07:22,588 --> 01:07:23,755
who burnt it in front of you.

926
01:07:24,630 --> 01:07:28,046
What an imbecile I was.
I'm desperate, madame.

927
01:07:31,338 --> 01:07:33,963
I beg you. I need you.

928
01:07:35,130 --> 01:07:38,546
Advise me. How do I approach
and talk to them without offending them?

929
01:07:39,005 --> 01:07:41,505
Rest assured,
I'll do nothing without your consent.

930
01:07:41,588 --> 01:07:43,421
Marquis, there's nothing more to do.

931
01:07:47,796 --> 01:07:49,921
You won't have that girl. It's all over.

932
01:08:47,338 --> 01:08:50,005
Madame, forgive me,
for coming here in this way.

933
01:08:50,088 --> 01:08:52,088
But I knew no other way to speak to you.

934
01:08:53,463 --> 01:08:56,546
I can imagine how embarrassed my letter
to your daughter made you, but...

935
01:08:57,630 --> 01:09:01,338
please, believe me when I say
it was inspired by the most sincere

936
01:09:02,046 --> 01:09:03,296
and most honest feelings.

937
01:09:03,671 --> 01:09:06,796
Know that my intention is
to offer your daughter

938
01:09:07,505 --> 01:09:08,713
the finest surroundings.

939
01:09:09,796 --> 01:09:12,171
I wish to keep her pure soul safe

940
01:09:12,255 --> 01:09:15,963
from this world full of cruelty
and vice, madame.

941
01:09:17,463 --> 01:09:20,338
No other face ever inspired
such goodness in me.

942
01:09:21,630 --> 01:09:23,630
Madame, here is a letter of guarantee,

943
01:09:23,713 --> 01:09:26,296
which entitles you
to an income of 600 Louis.

944
01:09:29,088 --> 01:09:31,755
You may dispose of it as you wish.

945
01:09:31,838 --> 01:09:34,421
If not for your comfort,
which you despise,

946
01:09:34,963 --> 01:09:39,255
you may spend it on the unfortunates,
for whom you pray so much.

947
01:09:40,880 --> 01:09:41,713
Mademoiselle...

948
01:09:43,088 --> 01:09:46,630
for you, here are some diamonds,
chosen for their purity...

949
01:09:48,838 --> 01:09:50,921
as a token of the purity of my affection.

950
01:09:55,880 --> 01:09:56,713
Goodbye, ladies.

951
01:10:01,921 --> 01:10:03,171
My life is in your hands.

952
01:10:16,546 --> 01:10:18,671
Madame, don't you think we should accept?

953
01:10:21,255 --> 01:10:22,630
Are you inclined to accept?

954
01:10:23,088 --> 01:10:25,588
Yes, Madame, with your permission.

955
01:10:31,046 --> 01:10:32,880
No. We're not there yet.

956
01:10:37,421 --> 01:10:39,338
What more can we hope for?

957
01:10:40,546 --> 01:10:43,130
It's a lot for women like us.

958
01:10:43,546 --> 01:10:44,630
No, it's not enough.

959
01:10:45,255 --> 01:10:47,713
This income would ensure
our happiness, Madame.

960
01:10:47,796 --> 01:10:49,588
Well, I say it's not sufficient.

961
01:10:50,088 --> 01:10:52,588
I fear it is risky to hope for more.

962
01:11:07,838 --> 01:11:09,130
Sit down.

963
01:11:09,213 --> 01:11:10,421
Take this pen and paper,

964
01:11:10,505 --> 01:11:13,338
and write a reply to him,
full of pride and indignation.

965
01:11:14,338 --> 01:11:15,463
I will give it to him.

966
01:11:19,755 --> 01:11:20,588
Say nothing.

967
01:11:20,671 --> 01:11:22,046
I'm just too kind, marquis.

968
01:11:22,421 --> 01:11:24,546
You're plotting behind my back,
and I should keep quiet?

969
01:11:24,921 --> 01:11:28,171
If you'd seen how offended
those poor ladies were by your gesture.

970
01:11:29,130 --> 01:11:30,463
I introduced you as...

971
01:11:31,171 --> 01:11:33,130
my friend, and the most honest of men.

972
01:11:34,380 --> 01:11:35,963
I felt so ashamed.

973
01:11:38,421 --> 01:11:39,380
Forgive me, madame.

974
01:11:40,130 --> 01:11:42,380
Madame. Do forgive me, I beg you.

975
01:11:42,463 --> 01:11:46,046
As this girl is beautiful and virtuous,
must you become her persecutor?

976
01:11:47,171 --> 01:11:49,338
How did I deserve
to become your accomplice?

977
01:11:50,463 --> 01:11:53,546
Come, marquis, throw yourself at my feet,
beg for forgiveness,

978
01:11:53,880 --> 01:11:56,088
and promise
to leave my sad friends in peace.

979
01:11:56,171 --> 01:11:57,880
Forgive me, madame. A thousand pardons.

980
01:11:59,130 --> 01:12:00,213
Help me, I beg you.

981
01:12:00,838 --> 01:12:02,838
Love is a curse. It changes our nature.

982
01:12:03,338 --> 01:12:05,505
I must have that girl. I must have her.

983
01:12:05,588 --> 01:12:06,963
Look at what I have become.

984
01:12:07,630 --> 01:12:09,255
Have pity, please. Help your friend.

985
01:12:09,338 --> 01:12:11,921
I already told you.
Nothing can be done. Forget her.

986
01:12:16,088 --> 01:12:17,755
Here are the deeds to two houses,

987
01:12:17,838 --> 01:12:20,630
and an income three times greater
than the previous one.

988
01:12:21,921 --> 01:12:22,755
Well, madame?

989
01:12:23,796 --> 01:12:24,713
What do you think?

990
01:12:26,296 --> 01:12:30,796
Madame, can you not tell me something
which lets me hope, or despair?

991
01:12:32,463 --> 01:12:34,130
Madame, is it too little for you?

992
01:12:36,505 --> 01:12:37,963
When I left you last time,

993
01:12:38,838 --> 01:12:40,921
I told you that my life depended on you.

994
01:12:41,921 --> 01:12:45,046
Maybe I should have specified,
it wasn't just about my destiny,

995
01:12:46,713 --> 01:12:48,088
but about my entire health.

996
01:12:52,630 --> 01:12:54,338
May God let me see you again soon.

997
01:13:12,713 --> 01:13:14,421
Stop those tears. Write, madame.

998
01:13:16,130 --> 01:13:18,630
I beg you, madame, I beg you.

999
01:13:19,755 --> 01:13:23,171
He's sacrificing half his fortune.
Isn't that enough?

1000
01:13:23,255 --> 01:13:25,338
Only a prince could be as generous.

1001
01:13:26,046 --> 01:13:28,588
The offer is too much for you,
too little for me.

1002
01:13:28,671 --> 01:13:29,505
Just write.

1003
01:13:30,005 --> 01:13:31,921
Have mercy, madame, please.

1004
01:13:34,338 --> 01:13:37,213
Start writing, madame.
You will be rewarded, I assure you.

1005
01:13:53,921 --> 01:13:56,338
Marquise, you've driven this man crazy.

1006
01:13:58,213 --> 01:14:00,755
You can congratulate yourself
on your vengeance.

1007
01:14:01,963 --> 01:14:03,255
Congratulate myself now?

1008
01:14:04,505 --> 01:14:05,755
When my goal is so close?

1009
01:14:07,005 --> 01:14:08,838
Why? Haven't you achieved it yet?

1010
01:14:11,546 --> 01:14:12,380
No.

1011
01:14:14,088 --> 01:14:15,546
You're being very mysterious.

1012
01:14:17,588 --> 01:14:20,588
Do you seek to persuade him
to give away more of his fortune?

1013
01:14:20,963 --> 01:14:22,171
Do you seek to ruin him?

1014
01:14:23,296 --> 01:14:24,421
What more do you want?

1015
01:14:28,921 --> 01:14:32,171
I don't know what you have in mind,
but you seem sure of yourself.

1016
01:14:32,921 --> 01:14:33,755
Be careful.

1017
01:14:34,963 --> 01:14:38,671
Savor this victory over the marquis,
and don't ask for more, trust me.

1018
01:14:39,963 --> 01:14:42,588
How many kings have perished
from too much assurance?

1019
01:14:43,963 --> 01:14:45,338
Madame, I'm already dead.

1020
01:14:47,296 --> 01:14:48,671
What more is there to fear?

1021
01:15:18,505 --> 01:15:19,338
Marquis.

1022
01:15:20,171 --> 01:15:22,005
You're already back from your lands.

1023
01:15:22,588 --> 01:15:24,546
Didn't you intend to stay a year?

1024
01:15:25,171 --> 01:15:26,755
Do solitude and books bore you?

1025
01:15:26,838 --> 01:15:29,421
Madame, the three weeks there were
like three years.

1026
01:15:29,505 --> 01:15:30,671
I'm not happy anywhere.

1027
01:15:31,296 --> 01:15:34,796
I've decided to commit the greatest folly
for a man of my age and rank.

1028
01:15:35,755 --> 01:15:37,505
Madame, I shall wed.

1029
01:15:40,380 --> 01:15:44,546
Marquis. The matter is serious,
and calls for careful thought.

1030
01:15:44,755 --> 01:15:48,588
I have but one tenacious thought.
I can't be more unhappy than I am now.

1031
01:15:48,671 --> 01:15:49,713
You could be wrong.

1032
01:15:50,755 --> 01:15:52,338
This is why I'd like you...

1033
01:15:53,296 --> 01:15:55,005
to negotiate on my behalf, madame.

1034
01:15:55,880 --> 01:15:58,796
Go and see the mother and daughter,
question the mother,

1035
01:15:58,880 --> 01:16:01,588
sound out the girl's heart,
and tell me what their intentions are.

1036
01:16:01,671 --> 01:16:02,921
Tread carefully, marquis.

1037
01:16:03,713 --> 01:16:06,255
You're engaging your fortune
and reputation.

1038
01:16:06,713 --> 01:16:08,088
There's no going back.

1039
01:16:09,130 --> 01:16:11,255
Think of the mockery of those close to you

1040
01:16:11,338 --> 01:16:14,046
and those who won't understand why
you're marrying an impecunious girl.

1041
01:16:15,046 --> 01:16:18,505
Know that you'll never be able to promise
to wed any other woman,

1042
01:16:19,213 --> 01:16:20,546
as you so often did.

1043
01:16:21,838 --> 01:16:24,755
Bear in mind,
this young woman's charms will fade.

1044
01:16:25,588 --> 01:16:30,755
You don't know what her true character is,
and yet you will have to suffer it

1045
01:16:30,838 --> 01:16:32,546
for the rest of your life.

1046
01:16:32,630 --> 01:16:35,505
Madame, I've been over it in my mind,
time and time again.

1047
01:16:37,546 --> 01:16:38,796
You are a good friend

1048
01:16:40,046 --> 01:16:42,713
to want to rip this unfortunate passion
from my heart.

1049
01:16:44,296 --> 01:16:46,088
But to do that,
you'd have to rip out my heart.

1050
01:16:56,796 --> 01:16:59,296
Thank you, madame, thank you.

1051
01:17:02,838 --> 01:17:04,338
Congratulations, mademoiselle.

1052
01:17:13,171 --> 01:17:14,380
Madame was right.

1053
01:17:14,713 --> 01:17:17,338
Our patience has been rewarded
a thousand times over. My child.

1054
01:17:18,213 --> 01:17:19,838
The marquis wishes to marry you.

1055
01:17:22,880 --> 01:17:23,921
Why this look, my child?

1056
01:17:24,921 --> 01:17:26,255
Rejoice with me.

1057
01:17:29,713 --> 01:17:30,713
What's worrying you?

1058
01:17:31,505 --> 01:17:34,005
Not only are we gaining a fortune,
but also a name.

1059
01:17:34,088 --> 01:17:34,921
Mother.

1060
01:17:36,213 --> 01:17:38,296
There was never any question of marriage.

1061
01:17:38,880 --> 01:17:40,296
I thought Madame just wanted

1062
01:17:40,380 --> 01:17:42,505
to make the marquis pay
for his fickleness.

1063
01:17:42,588 --> 01:17:43,588
Madame loves us.

1064
01:17:43,671 --> 01:17:46,963
Her goodness to you has overcome
her resentment for the marquis.

1065
01:17:48,380 --> 01:17:49,213
Forgive me.

1066
01:17:50,213 --> 01:17:52,713
You want me to be grateful to her,
but I can't.

1067
01:17:54,463 --> 01:17:57,005
-I don't like that woman.
-How dare you say that?

1068
01:17:58,838 --> 01:18:01,921
Wasn't Madame touched by our misfortune?
Has she not been good to us?

1069
01:18:02,005 --> 01:18:03,463
But aren't we good to her?

1070
01:18:04,838 --> 01:18:07,380
My girl, don't forget where we come from.

1071
01:18:07,880 --> 01:18:08,880
I haven't forgotten.

1072
01:18:09,921 --> 01:18:13,130
But at least there our clients weren't
fooled about what we were.

1073
01:18:14,088 --> 01:18:16,421
Madame devised this marriage
for your own good.

1074
01:18:16,630 --> 01:18:19,505
What good do you see
in marrying a man we're deceiving?

1075
01:18:20,296 --> 01:18:22,130
You'll secure an honorable position.

1076
01:18:23,421 --> 01:18:27,755
Is it honorable to betray a sacrament,
and spend one's life lying to a man?

1077
01:18:30,213 --> 01:18:31,338
Forget the sacrament.

1078
01:18:32,171 --> 01:18:34,338
Every marriage is an arrangement,

1079
01:18:34,713 --> 01:18:36,546
and there's nothing wrong with that.

1080
01:18:37,046 --> 01:18:39,213
It will restore your dignity,
your freedom.

1081
01:18:39,505 --> 01:18:41,380
What dignity in pretending to love?

1082
01:18:44,921 --> 01:18:47,463
Arrangements give rise,
over time, to feelings.

1083
01:18:47,963 --> 01:18:49,463
Your heart may grow fonder.

1084
01:18:50,713 --> 01:18:52,213
If I grew fond of the marquis,

1085
01:18:52,296 --> 01:18:54,588
my destiny would only be
all the more painful.

1086
01:18:54,755 --> 01:18:55,755
Why do you say that?

1087
01:18:57,880 --> 01:18:59,463
If it's cruel to deceive an innocent man,

1088
01:18:59,546 --> 01:19:02,005
it's all the worse
to deceive a man whom you love.

1089
01:19:02,838 --> 01:19:04,671
Can one love someone and lie to him?

1090
01:19:06,171 --> 01:19:07,005
Mother...

1091
01:19:08,088 --> 01:19:10,171
if only the marquis knew who we were...

1092
01:19:11,255 --> 01:19:12,588
He might kill us.

1093
01:20:37,171 --> 01:20:38,005
Madame.

1094
01:20:40,296 --> 01:20:42,755
You've said nothing all day.
You seem so far away.

1095
01:20:44,130 --> 01:20:45,213
Forgive me, monsieur.

1096
01:20:46,880 --> 01:20:48,213
Did you like the ceremony?

1097
01:20:49,171 --> 01:20:50,005
Yes, monsieur.

1098
01:20:50,838 --> 01:20:52,671
You look pale. Are you well?

1099
01:20:54,296 --> 01:20:55,130
Yes, monsieur.

1100
01:20:57,130 --> 01:20:58,880
I'll let you go back to your rooms.

1101
01:20:59,713 --> 01:21:01,255
Send for me whenever you wish.

1102
01:21:06,213 --> 01:21:07,046
Wait.

1103
01:21:10,630 --> 01:21:11,630
May I see you smile?

1104
01:21:19,088 --> 01:21:19,921
Thank you.

1105
01:21:31,713 --> 01:21:33,421
Please, leave me with my daughter.

1106
01:21:39,421 --> 01:21:41,838
One last precaution, my girl.
I brought you this.

1107
01:21:43,005 --> 01:21:45,713
Don't forget
that the marquis thinks you're pure.

1108
01:21:46,671 --> 01:21:49,713
Feign innocence as much as you can,
and take this,

1109
01:21:49,796 --> 01:21:53,005
so, he has no suspicions,
concerning your virginity.

1110
01:21:54,046 --> 01:21:55,421
Put some on the sheets.

1111
01:22:02,630 --> 01:22:03,463
My girl...

1112
01:22:04,713 --> 01:22:05,963
I don't understand.

1113
01:22:07,671 --> 01:22:10,671
Haven't you been through
far greater trials than this?

1114
01:22:11,713 --> 01:22:12,546
No, Mother.

1115
01:22:14,296 --> 01:22:16,088
I've never known anything worse.

1116
01:22:18,713 --> 01:22:19,546
I think...

1117
01:22:20,338 --> 01:22:23,171
the Lord is punishing me
for playing his devoted servant.

1118
01:22:23,296 --> 01:22:24,380
Keep your voice down.

1119
01:22:26,421 --> 01:22:27,796
Leave the Lord out of this.

1120
01:22:29,380 --> 01:22:31,838
He doesn't bother to come to our rescue
when we implore him.

1121
01:22:31,921 --> 01:22:34,255
Why would he concern himself
with punishing us?

1122
01:22:35,630 --> 01:22:36,796
What are you afraid of?

1123
01:22:38,755 --> 01:22:41,088
I thought the marquis wasn't detestable
to you.

1124
01:22:43,880 --> 01:22:46,171
I suffer from finding myself detestable.

1125
01:22:47,546 --> 01:22:48,713
Pull yourself together.

1126
01:22:50,213 --> 01:22:51,088
And listen to me.

1127
01:22:53,088 --> 01:22:58,296
I don't glory in all these arrangements,
but put aside this disgust of lies,

1128
01:22:58,880 --> 01:22:59,796
and deceit.

1129
01:23:00,713 --> 01:23:03,296
The world is built on lies.

1130
01:23:04,880 --> 01:23:07,505
It's how it was made.
We must make the best of it.

1131
01:23:08,755 --> 01:23:11,338
Generations of men
and women have managed before us.

1132
01:23:12,213 --> 01:23:13,255
You'll manage, too.

1133
01:23:15,005 --> 01:23:15,838
I'm sure of it.

1134
01:23:53,838 --> 01:23:54,671
Madame...

1135
01:23:55,963 --> 01:23:57,963
from one day to the next,
you suddenly find yourself

1136
01:23:58,046 --> 01:24:00,505
in the house and bed
of a man who is still a stranger to you.

1137
01:24:01,171 --> 01:24:02,005
Don't worry.

1138
01:24:05,838 --> 01:24:08,546
The purity you have preserved
won't be taken from you.

1139
01:24:10,921 --> 01:24:12,005
Not before you feel the same

1140
01:24:12,088 --> 01:24:15,505
sweet inclination as myself,
which transports two lovers in pleasure.

1141
01:24:16,796 --> 01:24:20,130
I will not do anything, madame,
to force your sensibility, nothing.

1142
01:24:22,713 --> 01:24:23,546
Get to know me.

1143
01:24:54,255 --> 01:24:55,546
Hello, my dear friend.

1144
01:24:57,755 --> 01:24:59,630
You are very cheerful, marquis.

1145
01:25:00,088 --> 01:25:02,255
My modesty forbids me
from asking the cause.

1146
01:25:02,505 --> 01:25:03,588
No, you are wrong.

1147
01:25:04,671 --> 01:25:07,463
Is it the effect of her delicacy,
or her noble soul?

1148
01:25:08,130 --> 01:25:11,213
I refused to be the vulgar husband,
eager to enjoy his rights.

1149
01:25:14,421 --> 01:25:15,380
You are mocking me.

1150
01:25:15,463 --> 01:25:17,380
On the contrary. I'm rejoicing.

1151
01:25:17,921 --> 01:25:20,588
It would seem that purity is contagious.

1152
01:25:21,588 --> 01:25:24,630
Or there's a delight
in delaying one's satisfaction.

1153
01:25:24,713 --> 01:25:25,671
Yes, indeed.

1154
01:25:26,630 --> 01:25:30,088
One's satisfaction is often equal
to one's patience.

1155
01:25:31,505 --> 01:25:34,588
You haven't forgotten that I've come
to take you and your little family away.

1156
01:25:34,671 --> 01:25:37,338
No, I was expecting you.
I found it such a sweet idea.

1157
01:25:37,421 --> 01:25:41,005
I can't wait to be in the King's Garden.
That is where you're taking us?

1158
01:25:41,088 --> 01:25:43,921
Yes. That's where
I'll give you my wedding present.

1159
01:25:44,005 --> 01:25:45,880
I'm proud to remember

1160
01:25:46,171 --> 01:25:48,546
that you met your wife
in that very garden.

1161
01:25:49,088 --> 01:25:49,921
My wife.

1162
01:25:51,088 --> 01:25:53,255
That word still seems very strange
and new.

1163
01:25:54,046 --> 01:25:55,255
You will get used to it.

1164
01:25:57,046 --> 01:25:58,588
Why don't you get married?

1165
01:25:59,380 --> 01:26:00,213
To whom?

1166
01:26:00,463 --> 01:26:02,338
And who will swear fidelity to me?

1167
01:26:02,838 --> 01:26:05,380
It seems one can do
without a husband's fidelity.

1168
01:26:05,463 --> 01:26:07,755
Yes, but if mine were unfaithful,

1169
01:26:07,838 --> 01:26:10,213
I may be strange enough
to take exception to it.

1170
01:26:11,296 --> 01:26:12,713
And I'm vindictive.

1171
01:26:12,880 --> 01:26:14,921
You would get revenge, naturally.

1172
01:26:15,546 --> 01:26:18,296
Anyway, we could get a mansion together.

1173
01:26:18,380 --> 01:26:20,671
The four of us would be
the most pleasant company.

1174
01:26:20,755 --> 01:26:23,255
That sounds wonderful,
but I'm not getting married.

1175
01:26:24,838 --> 01:26:27,630
The only man I might have been tempted
to marry is...

1176
01:26:32,088 --> 01:26:32,921
Me?

1177
01:26:34,546 --> 01:26:36,713
I can admit it to you now,
without any fear.

1178
01:26:38,130 --> 01:26:39,296
Why didn't you tell me?

1179
01:26:39,380 --> 01:26:40,921
It appears I did well not to.

1180
01:26:42,130 --> 01:26:45,213
The one you married suits you better
in every way.

1181
01:26:51,296 --> 01:26:52,130
My dear wife.

1182
01:26:54,088 --> 01:26:56,463
You haven't forgotten
that the marquise has a surprise for us?

1183
01:26:56,546 --> 01:26:58,713
She's taking us
for a walk down memory lane.

1184
01:27:00,130 --> 01:27:00,963
Well, let's go.

1185
01:27:08,921 --> 01:27:09,755
Well, marquise,

1186
01:27:09,838 --> 01:27:11,755
I found the ceremony yesterday was
very beautiful,

1187
01:27:11,838 --> 01:27:12,838
and a great success.

1188
01:27:14,380 --> 01:27:17,171
There was a blend of simplicity,
grace, and gravity,

1189
01:27:17,255 --> 01:27:19,255
which gave it a very special glow.

1190
01:27:20,255 --> 01:27:21,921
Did you feel it
from where you were sitting?

1191
01:27:22,005 --> 01:27:22,838
Yes, marquis.

1192
01:27:22,921 --> 01:27:25,921
You can be proud of the ceremony.
It made a great impression.

1193
01:27:26,546 --> 01:27:28,796
I hope you'll remember it for a long time.

1194
01:27:28,880 --> 01:27:30,255
No doubt about it.

1195
01:27:35,380 --> 01:27:38,088
Which way is your coachman going
to get to the King's Garden?

1196
01:27:38,171 --> 01:27:39,796
Don't worry, he knows shortcuts.

1197
01:27:51,880 --> 01:27:55,338
Without wishing to vex you,
I assure you, your coachman misheard you.

1198
01:27:55,713 --> 01:27:57,088
He heard me very well.

1199
01:27:57,838 --> 01:27:59,546
Be patient, we're almost there.

1200
01:28:15,380 --> 01:28:16,213
There.

1201
01:28:16,880 --> 01:28:17,713
We have arrived.

1202
01:28:20,755 --> 01:28:22,088
Madame, what joke is this?

1203
01:28:22,796 --> 01:28:25,713
What are you playing at?
Why are we in front of this hovel?

1204
01:28:26,005 --> 01:28:26,838
What's wrong?

1205
01:28:27,921 --> 01:28:29,838
Why the long faces? What's wrong?

1206
01:28:29,921 --> 01:28:31,088
-Madame.
-Yes?

1207
01:28:35,005 --> 01:28:36,338
Ladies, you get out first.

1208
01:28:36,838 --> 01:28:39,005
-Please, Madame.
-Out, you two.

1209
01:28:39,338 --> 01:28:41,671
Madame, what tone is that
to use to my family?

1210
01:28:42,588 --> 01:28:45,088
The tone that is suitable for such women.

1211
01:28:46,463 --> 01:28:47,921
It's time to get out, ladies.

1212
01:28:49,296 --> 01:28:50,338
Go on.

1213
01:29:14,338 --> 01:29:15,713
What is the meaning of all this?

1214
01:29:15,796 --> 01:29:18,671
To see where your wife
and mother-in-law plied their trade

1215
01:29:18,755 --> 01:29:22,046
for several years,
as Madame and Mademoiselle d'Aisnon.

1216
01:29:22,130 --> 01:29:23,880
Madame, I do not understand.
Explain yourself.

1217
01:29:23,963 --> 01:29:26,713
Your family can explain perfectly well
themselves.

1218
01:29:45,796 --> 01:29:46,630
Madame?

1219
01:29:49,588 --> 01:29:50,421
Madame?

1220
01:29:54,338 --> 01:29:56,005
Did the marquise speak the truth?

1221
01:30:00,213 --> 01:30:02,088
-Do you know this vice den?
-No.

1222
01:30:05,255 --> 01:30:07,380
Monsieur, let me explain.

1223
01:30:08,213 --> 01:30:10,255
My father was the Baron Obolensky,

1224
01:30:10,963 --> 01:30:13,088
and my mother was
the Countess of Demontoy.

1225
01:30:14,921 --> 01:30:17,380
I was to be married
to the Duke of Grimaud, but...

1226
01:30:17,671 --> 01:30:18,505
I...

1227
01:30:19,463 --> 01:30:20,296
Yes, monsieur.

1228
01:30:22,880 --> 01:30:24,046
Madame spoke the truth.

1229
01:30:28,255 --> 01:30:29,838
My mother and I worked here.

1230
01:30:33,796 --> 01:30:34,755
Not you, my wife.

1231
01:30:37,463 --> 01:30:38,296
Yes, monsieur.

1232
01:30:42,880 --> 01:30:44,130
And what did you do here?

1233
01:30:50,380 --> 01:30:51,213
Answer me.

1234
01:30:53,796 --> 01:30:56,171
Whoever so wished could spend the night
with us.

1235
01:31:03,380 --> 01:31:05,630
If you're all playing a trick on me here,

1236
01:31:08,630 --> 01:31:10,255
it's most inappropriate, madame.

1237
01:31:11,005 --> 01:31:11,838
Inappropriate?

1238
01:31:12,296 --> 01:31:13,130
You think so?

1239
01:31:14,255 --> 01:31:15,630
You gained an honest woman,

1240
01:31:16,255 --> 01:31:17,338
and you tired of her.

1241
01:31:18,630 --> 01:31:19,546
That woman was me.

1242
01:31:20,838 --> 01:31:23,463
Out of charity,
I made you marry one worthy of you.

1243
01:31:25,338 --> 01:31:26,380
You did all this...?

1244
01:31:28,005 --> 01:31:30,838
If other women in my situation had
enough self-esteem,

1245
01:31:30,921 --> 01:31:32,005
they'd do the same,

1246
01:31:33,046 --> 01:31:34,963
and men like you would be less common.

1247
01:31:37,421 --> 01:31:40,296
-But, Madame, what about our friendship?
-What friendship?

1248
01:31:41,213 --> 01:31:42,046
Marquis,

1249
01:31:42,880 --> 01:31:44,380
your desires keep you so busy,

1250
01:31:44,463 --> 01:31:47,130
you don't know how to see
into others' hearts,

1251
01:31:47,963 --> 01:31:50,838
You can't see past the veil
that modesty imposes upon us.

1252
01:31:51,088 --> 01:31:53,546
If a tormented soul smiles at you,
you smile back,

1253
01:31:54,005 --> 01:31:56,380
without imagining the distress
which devours it.

1254
01:31:59,338 --> 01:32:00,588
So, it was all an act?

1255
01:32:01,046 --> 01:32:03,130
Rest assured, it will amuse all of Paris.

1256
01:32:17,338 --> 01:32:18,380
Marquis.

1257
01:32:39,338 --> 01:32:40,171
Marquis.

1258
01:32:41,338 --> 01:32:42,171
Marquis.

1259
01:32:42,380 --> 01:32:44,005
Madame, how dare you come to me?

1260
01:32:44,296 --> 01:32:47,255
Monsieur, walk on me, crush me,
for I have deserved it,

1261
01:32:47,671 --> 01:32:49,213
do anything you will, but listen to me.

1262
01:32:49,296 --> 01:32:51,171
Madame, withdraw, or fear for your life.

1263
01:32:51,255 --> 01:32:53,088
-Have mercy. Listen.
-I wish to hear no more.

1264
01:32:53,171 --> 01:32:55,088
-Monsieur, give me a moment...
-Madame.

1265
01:32:57,171 --> 01:32:59,546
Don't touch me, nor come near me again...

1266
01:33:00,755 --> 01:33:02,421
or I won't answer for my actions.

1267
01:33:16,421 --> 01:33:17,255
Madame...

1268
01:33:27,296 --> 01:33:28,130
Why?

1269
01:33:31,088 --> 01:33:32,213
Why did you betray us?

1270
01:33:32,880 --> 01:33:34,255
I didn't betray you.

1271
01:33:34,796 --> 01:33:37,880
Do not worry. I'll keep my promise.
A handsome sum awaits you.

1272
01:33:38,088 --> 01:33:39,755
I'm talking about our honor.

1273
01:33:40,838 --> 01:33:42,046
My daughter's honor,

1274
01:33:42,380 --> 01:33:44,046
you promised you would save.

1275
01:33:44,130 --> 01:33:46,921
Isn't it a great honor
to have been my accomplices?

1276
01:33:47,588 --> 01:33:49,380
You, who were betrayed by a man,

1277
01:33:49,463 --> 01:33:52,005
rejoice that you have been part
of this plan.

1278
01:33:52,838 --> 01:33:55,088
Tell yourself
that if all women acted like us,

1279
01:33:55,963 --> 01:33:58,130
the honor
of being a woman would be greater.

1280
01:34:28,046 --> 01:34:30,380
Marquis, I sympathize with you.

1281
01:34:30,755 --> 01:34:34,213
I also find it unfair that these women,
who are so often honored,

1282
01:34:34,630 --> 01:34:36,130
can dishonor you thus.

1283
01:34:37,171 --> 01:34:38,713
Don't let it get you down.

1284
01:34:39,338 --> 01:34:41,338
Shake off this serious frown,
forget what people say,

1285
01:34:41,421 --> 01:34:43,338
become your old light-hearted self.

1286
01:35:03,296 --> 01:35:05,880
Move out of the way.
Out of the way. Out of the way.

1287
01:35:05,963 --> 01:35:08,505
Let me into my own home. Let me through.

1288
01:35:23,046 --> 01:35:24,755
These men just brought her back.

1289
01:35:25,296 --> 01:35:28,046
They fished her out of the Seine.
She's still breathing.

1290
01:35:30,921 --> 01:35:33,421
What are you waiting for?
Get all these people out.

1291
01:35:34,338 --> 01:35:36,546
I believe these men are waiting
for a reward.

1292
01:35:46,171 --> 01:35:48,088
It's a lot to pay for a whore.

1293
01:35:49,171 --> 01:35:50,213
I had her for less.

1294
01:35:52,463 --> 01:35:53,755
I hope she looked better.

1295
01:35:54,713 --> 01:35:55,588
Go on, gentlemen.

1296
01:35:57,713 --> 01:35:58,546
Get out.

1297
01:36:01,213 --> 01:36:02,046
Out.

1298
01:36:21,171 --> 01:36:22,838
I'm hungry. Serve me some food.

1299
01:36:47,963 --> 01:36:48,963
What now?

1300
01:36:50,838 --> 01:36:51,671
What?

1301
01:36:52,046 --> 01:36:55,296
She recovered for an instant,
then passed out again almost immediately.

1302
01:36:55,755 --> 01:36:58,255
For now,
the doctor doesn't know if she'll survive.

1303
01:37:08,005 --> 01:37:08,838
Stop.

1304
01:37:10,463 --> 01:37:11,755
Something else, please.

1305
01:37:22,921 --> 01:37:23,755
No.

1306
01:37:25,088 --> 01:37:25,921
Something else.

1307
01:38:19,338 --> 01:38:20,421
Go see what that was.

1308
01:38:24,171 --> 01:38:25,421
Monsieur, it's Madame.

1309
01:38:26,130 --> 01:38:28,171
She ran away while a chambermaid slept.

1310
01:38:28,713 --> 01:38:31,505
-You let her get away?
-We soon took her back to bed.

1311
01:38:32,421 --> 01:38:35,171
-You're sure she wanted to run away?
-Certain, monsieur.

1312
01:38:37,630 --> 01:38:40,588
Light my study. Tell my wife,
I wish to see her immediately.

1313
01:38:53,296 --> 01:38:54,130
Come in.

1314
01:39:05,130 --> 01:39:07,546
I thought if you had enough strength
to run away,

1315
01:39:08,255 --> 01:39:10,171
you might still have some left
to listen to me.

1316
01:39:14,630 --> 01:39:17,588
My honor prevents me
from leaving my wife and her mother

1317
01:39:17,671 --> 01:39:20,088
with no money or roof over their heads
on the streets of Paris.

1318
01:39:20,421 --> 01:39:21,880
You may tell your mother,

1319
01:39:22,255 --> 01:39:24,713
she will be given a house in Rouen
and an income.

1320
01:39:29,005 --> 01:39:30,588
Thank you, monsieur. Thank you.

1321
01:39:32,213 --> 01:39:33,171
I am not finished.

1322
01:39:37,171 --> 01:39:38,338
Come here and sit down.

1323
01:39:44,921 --> 01:39:46,046
No, monsieur, I can't.

1324
01:39:49,546 --> 01:39:50,463
I'm not worthy...

1325
01:39:52,213 --> 01:39:54,505
to come near you,
or for you to approach me.

1326
01:39:55,838 --> 01:39:58,005
-You said so yourself.
-Madame, I regret it.

1327
01:40:00,046 --> 01:40:01,463
I don't think you're wicked.

1328
01:40:02,380 --> 01:40:05,338
You were led into a vile act,
out of weakness and authority.

1329
01:40:06,505 --> 01:40:09,213
Didn't you lie and agree to marry
through constraint?

1330
01:40:09,296 --> 01:40:10,130
Yes, monsieur.

1331
01:40:13,213 --> 01:40:16,505
My reason and my principles aren't
those of all my contemporaries.

1332
01:40:18,630 --> 01:40:20,713
I'm opposed to union without inclination.

1333
01:40:22,630 --> 01:40:24,088
I give you back your freedom.

1334
01:40:27,005 --> 01:40:29,338
You may keep my name,
and live where you wish.

1335
01:40:31,421 --> 01:40:33,421
Think it over, and let me know.

1336
01:40:35,255 --> 01:40:36,296
Monsieur...

1337
01:40:37,755 --> 01:40:41,671
Give me the darkest corner of your house,
where you would let your wife reside.

1338
01:40:42,296 --> 01:40:43,963
I'll stay there without a murmur.

1339
01:40:46,130 --> 01:40:47,755
Madame, you don't understand.
You are free.

1340
01:40:50,921 --> 01:40:53,713
I'll only be free
when you can judge my behavior...

1341
01:40:56,796 --> 01:41:00,255
when you can look into my heart,
and see how much I hate lies.

1342
01:41:03,130 --> 01:41:06,463
I'll be free the day you see
how far from me my past faults are.

1343
01:41:15,421 --> 01:41:17,671
Madame, I believe you are sincere.

1344
01:41:20,171 --> 01:41:21,755
And if my mouth ever uttered...

1345
01:41:23,213 --> 01:41:24,838
a single humiliating word...

1346
01:41:26,963 --> 01:41:27,921
I am sorry, madame.

1347
01:41:29,838 --> 01:41:30,671
Rest assured...

1348
01:41:32,421 --> 01:41:33,380
that never more...

1349
01:41:34,838 --> 01:41:37,338
will my wife hear another hurtful word.

1350
01:41:37,796 --> 01:41:39,713
I can hide from your view forever.

1351
01:41:41,213 --> 01:41:42,421
Say the word, I will go.

1352
01:41:43,046 --> 01:41:45,463
Your happiness isn't compromised.
Just forget me.

1353
01:41:46,505 --> 01:41:48,505
Madame, I have forgiven you, I told you.

1354
01:41:53,213 --> 01:41:54,588
I see you don't believe me.

1355
01:42:04,005 --> 01:42:04,838
Madame.

1356
01:42:11,671 --> 01:42:12,880
Madame. Madame.

1357
01:42:13,546 --> 01:42:14,463
Madame, I beg you.

1358
01:42:15,838 --> 01:42:16,713
Madame, stand up.

1359
01:42:17,421 --> 01:42:19,546
Come now, marquise. Come, madame.

1360
01:42:19,630 --> 01:42:21,005
Come. Come.

1361
01:42:34,088 --> 01:42:34,963
Madame des Arcis.

1362
01:43:08,130 --> 01:43:09,755
Wait for me, I'll be right back.

1363
01:43:16,755 --> 01:43:17,588
Madame.

1364
01:43:19,005 --> 01:43:20,463
-Are you leaving Paris?
-Well, madame,

1365
01:43:20,546 --> 01:43:22,963
has Madame de La Pommeraye
sent you to spy on me?

1366
01:43:23,880 --> 01:43:25,296
You must be joking, marquis.

1367
01:43:25,546 --> 01:43:27,588
You know I am a friend of the baroness.

1368
01:43:27,671 --> 01:43:29,296
There's no need to spy on you.

1369
01:43:29,713 --> 01:43:31,421
The rumors are so full of details.

1370
01:43:32,296 --> 01:43:34,046
Marquis, you should know me better.

1371
01:43:34,880 --> 01:43:38,296
My friendship with Madame de La Pommeraye
does not make me her accomplice.

1372
01:43:38,380 --> 01:43:41,046
Your misfortune does not delight me
in the slightest.

1373
01:43:41,713 --> 01:43:43,546
My wife and I are leaving Paris
for the country.

1374
01:43:43,630 --> 01:43:46,463
We will stay till we can return
without any repercussions

1375
01:43:46,546 --> 01:43:47,796
for either her or myself.

1376
01:43:47,963 --> 01:43:49,671
Fresh scandal chases away the old.

1377
01:43:49,921 --> 01:43:52,088
Be patient, marquis.
People will forget you.

1378
01:43:52,880 --> 01:43:53,796
Thank you, madame.

1379
01:43:57,046 --> 01:43:57,880
I nearly forgot.

1380
01:43:58,630 --> 01:44:00,630
If you see Madame de La Pommeraye again,

1381
01:44:01,255 --> 01:44:02,088
thank her.

1382
01:44:03,046 --> 01:44:03,880
Thank her?

1383
01:44:04,213 --> 01:44:06,171
By taking revenge, she did me a favor.

1384
01:44:07,005 --> 01:44:10,463
-What favor are you talking about?
-The best one can do to two people.

1385
01:44:10,921 --> 01:44:13,838
I'd be a fool to blame
Madame de La Pommeraye's resentment.

1386
01:44:14,338 --> 01:44:16,338
Without it, I wouldn't have met my wife.

1387
01:45:12,755 --> 01:45:14,421
Oh, I...

1388
01:45:14,838 --> 01:45:17,046
I went to see the baroness last week.

1389
01:45:17,463 --> 01:45:19,838
Oh, really? How is she?

1390
01:45:21,171 --> 01:45:22,255
Very well. Very well.

1391
01:45:23,255 --> 01:45:24,630
I haven't seen her in ages.

1392
01:45:27,880 --> 01:45:29,463
Is she in the same house?

1393
01:45:30,296 --> 01:45:31,130
Oh, yes.

1394
01:45:31,213 --> 01:45:34,296
The one opposite the Marquis des Arcis.

1395
01:45:34,380 --> 01:45:35,338
That's right.

1396
01:45:43,171 --> 01:45:45,213
In fact, I came across him that day.

1397
01:45:46,046 --> 01:45:46,880
Who?

1398
01:45:47,630 --> 01:45:48,546
Well, the Marquis.

1399
01:45:49,296 --> 01:45:50,130
Really?

1400
01:45:55,671 --> 01:45:56,921
Did you speak with him?

1401
01:46:02,713 --> 01:46:04,546
Maybe I'm being too curious, but...

1402
01:46:06,380 --> 01:46:07,255
you're my friend.

1403
01:46:09,255 --> 01:46:13,630
He was leaving to go to the country.
He was just getting into his carriage.

1404
01:46:14,380 --> 01:46:15,630
He came over to greet me.

1405
01:46:18,588 --> 01:46:19,421
Was he alone?

1406
01:46:25,505 --> 01:46:26,630
Was his wife with him?

1407
01:46:29,213 --> 01:46:30,046
No.

1408
01:46:33,255 --> 01:46:35,171
I heard his wife was accompanying him.

1409
01:46:36,421 --> 01:46:38,546
I remember it clearly. He was alone.

1410
01:46:39,671 --> 01:46:42,255
People will invent anything
to spread rumors.

1411
01:46:42,921 --> 01:46:43,755
He was alone.

1412
01:46:44,505 --> 01:46:46,296
As alone as you are here.

1413
01:46:51,380 --> 01:46:54,338
If he'd been with his wife,
it wouldn't have mattered to me.

1414
01:46:58,088 --> 01:46:59,171
My heart is at peace.

1415
01:50:01,213 --> 01:50:03,713
Subtitle translation by
Audrey Prieur-Drevon