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BOY: Floy! Wait for me!

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(THEME TUNE MASKS DIALOGUE)

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- Towlinson. Mother.
- Great to see you!

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- Towlinson.
- Sir.

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(SHE CHUCKLES)

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My dear Mr Dombey!

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Trust you are well, madam?

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- Oh, Edith...
- How are you, Mother?

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Thank you.

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(MUTED CONVERSATION)

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- How do you do, Florence?
- I'm pleased to see you, Papa.

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- Florence!
- Mama, welcome!

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- Welcome a thousand times!
- Thank you.

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- Did you have a good journey?
- Yes, a good crossing, Florence.

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And how, my dear Dombey, did you find
that delightfulest of cities - Paris?

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-It was cold.
- Gay as ever, of course?

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No, not particularly. I thought it dull.

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(CHUCKLES)
Why, my dearest Dombey, dull?

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It made that impression upon me, madam.

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I believe Mrs Dombey found it dull also.

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She mentioned once or twice
that she found it so.

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Why, you naughty girl!

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What dreadfully heretical things
have you been saying about Paris?

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- Do you like the decorations, Mama?
- Yes. Florence, I've been...

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Mrs Dombey, you will not be long dressing,
I presume?

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- I shall be ready immediately.
- We'll have dinner in a quarter of an hour.

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Will you have a glass of Madeira,
Mr Dombey?

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DOMBEY: Thank you.

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Florence...you may stay, if you wish to.

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This is not my private room.

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Or you may go, if you have a mind to.

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- Thank you.
- How charmingly these people

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have carried out our every idea and hint!

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They have made a positive palace
out of the place, positively!

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I directed that no expense should be spared.

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Everything that money could do
has been done, I believe.

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- And what can it not do, dear Dombey?
-It is powerful, madam.

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- You here, Florence?
-If I disturb you, I...

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How would you disturb me?
Thank you, Flowers.

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- Thank you.
- Stay and talk to me until it's time for dinner.

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- Tell me what you've been doing.
- Doing, Mama?

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Well, since your papa and I went to Paris.

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I... Oh, Mama, I've had a great sorrow
since that day!

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- You, a great sorrow?
- Yes. Poor Walter is drowned.

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- Walter?
- I had known him a long time.

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Since a little child. I was fond of him.

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He knew my brother Paul!

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Almost at the last, Paul said,
"Take care of Walter, Papa."

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And did he? Did he take care of him?

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Well, Florence?

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He appointed Walter to go abroad.

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He was drowned of shipwreck
on the voyage.

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- Does your papa know that he is dead?
- I cannot tell.

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I have no way of knowing.

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Mama, you have seen that I am not
a favourite child. I never have been.

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I have never known how to be.

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Will you let me learn from you
how to become dearer to Papa? Will you?

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- You...learn from me?
- If you will let me.

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Heaven forbid that I should teach you
how to love or be loved.

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If you could teach me, that were better...
but it's too late.

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Listen to me, Florence.

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I will be your friend always.

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I will treasure you
as much as anyone in this world could.

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But never seek to find in me
what is not there.

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And when you come to know me as I am,
be lenient.

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(GONG RESONATES)

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So, Mr Dombey has returned
from his honeymoon.

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Is that why you go to the office so early,
John?

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No, Harriet. We had news that young Walter
Gay has perished on his way to Barbados.

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- Walter Gay?
- Yes, I mentioned him to you often.

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- The boy who was kind to me?
- Yes, I remember.

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They say his uncle has gone away,
no one knows where,

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but I thought I'd look into the shop,
just in case he may have returned.

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In which case, he will be in need
of words of comfort

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I er...
I shall be back at the usual time, Harriet.

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- Goodbye, John.
- Goodbye.

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Oh... John!

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- John!
- Mm? What?

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Oh! Thank you.

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Wait, whoever you are.

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If you're in need of shelter,
there is little enough of it out here.

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You are welcome to come in and rest.
Won't you come in for a time?

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- Your foot is torn!
- What of it?

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What's a torn foot to such as me?

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- Do you wish for food?
- Aye! If you've a mind to feed me.

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I know what you're thinking! "She must
have been handsome once." Is that it?

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I believe I was. I know I was!

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Look... Look here! Eh?

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- Are you a stranger in this place?
- Ten or a dozen years a stranger.

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- I've had no almanac where I've been!
- Have you been far?

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Months upon months
over the sea and far away, even then.

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I've been where convicts go.
I have been one myself!

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(CHUCKLES WILDLY) We may be
about the same age, you and me.

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If I am older, it's not above a year or two.
Think of that!

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Where are you going?

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- To London.
- Have you a home there?

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I have a mother. At least, she's as much
a mother as her dwelling is a home.

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(HOOFBEATS)

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(KNOCK AT DOOR)

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Who's there?

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- Who's there?
- One who brings you news.

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- Where from?
- From beyond seas!

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Is it news about her? About my Alice,
my handsome daughter?

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- They... They've been the death of her?
- They've not been the death of her yet.

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If your name is Marvvood, look!
Have I so changed?

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Alice! Oh! It's my gal!

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My handsome daughter
living and come back!

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- Oh, Alice!
- Yes, Mother, I've come back.

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- Now let me go.
- Oh, Alice...

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Don't hold on. Let me go, I say.
What good does this do?

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She's come back harder than she went.

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She don't care for me...

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after all these years
and the wretched life I've lived!

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They've been years for me, as well as you,
and wretchedness also!

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Of course I've come back harder!
What else did you expect?

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Did you think a foreign life like mine
was good for good looks?

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-(CLATTER)
- You're very poor, I see.

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- Bitter poor.
- How have you lived?

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- By begging and...
- And pilfering.

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Sometimes, Ally. Not often.

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(CHUCKLES) I've tramped
around the country, pet,

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and I know what I know...and I've watched.

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- Watched?
- I've hung about a family.

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- Oh, what family?
- Now, don't be angry with me!

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I did it in memory of my poor girl
beyond the seas.

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Listen... Listen, Ally.

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Years ago,
I came across a little child by chance.

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- I brought her here, took her clothes...
- Child? Whose child?

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Oh, no, no, Ally, not his! How could it be?

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- You know he has none.
- Whose, then?

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The child of the man he works for.

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Mr Dombey.

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I've seen them often, that family.
(CHUCKLES BITTERLY)

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- And I've seen him!
- Yes?

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Face to face!

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I offered to tell his fortune
but he sent me away!

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(CHUCKLES) <i>I</i> laughed...

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then I cursed him, body and soul!

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(SCOFFS) He'll thrive, in spite of that!

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- He is thriving.
- Is he married?

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No, Alice,
but his master and friend is married.

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Ho, ho, ho! We may give them joy.

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We may give them all joy! (CHUCKLES)

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- What of him?
- Oh, I know all about him.

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And I know of his brother, John,

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who might have been where you've been
for stealing money,

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and who lives with his sister

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on the north road out of London.

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- Where?
- Near the noflh road, deary!

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Oh, the house isn't much to boast about,
genteel as his own is.

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Tomorrow, if it's fine, I'll show you.

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It's by the milestone,
where the stones are heaped.

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That red house standing by itself? And the
sister's a fair-faced woman with brown hair?

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- That's right.
- I see the shadow of him in her face!

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She gave me money. 18 pence!

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Alice, where are you going?

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Oh, no! Oh, don't!

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Don't give the money back to him,
my darling! We can't afford it!

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Money is money, whoever gives it.

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(\NAILS) Alice!

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(DOOR SLAMS)

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-ls your name Carker?
- Yes.

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Then I want your sister,
the woman who gave me money today!

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- Do you remember me?
- Yes.

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Atorn foot led me to take shelter
in this house today.

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You were kind to me.

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I spit on that kindness!

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(SPITS) And upon your charity!

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-(COINS CLATTER ON FLOOR)
- Harriet, who is this woman?

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Ask your brother who I am.
Ask James Carker!

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No, wait! Come back!

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(RETREATING FOOTSTEPS THUD)

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(BUZZ OF CONVERSATION)

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Mrs Dombey and I
were most pleased to see you.

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How unfortunate it is that you must leave
so early. Ah! Here is Mrs Dombey now.

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Edith, several of our friends are leaving.

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Good bye.

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Good night.

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(CHATTER)

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Mr Hansbury, how very good of you
to have honoured us.

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Mrs Dombey and I look forward
to your fuflher acquaintance.

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Upon my life, it's not worth repeating!
It's merely an anecdote of Jack Adams,

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a little man with a cast in his eye
and a slight impediment in his speech.

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- He sat for somebody's borough.
- Always wore hessian boots.

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Exactly. Well, no doubt
you've heard the story.

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I shall know
when I've heard Your Lordship tell it.

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Well, the fact is, Jack was invited
down to a marriage in Berkshire.

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- Shropshire.
- Oh...was it?

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Oh. Oh, well. It was the marriage
of an uncommonly fine young girl

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with a man for whom
she didn't care a button

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but whom she...accepted on account
of his property, which was immense.

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Well, when Jack returned to town,

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a man he knew, meeting him
in the House of Commons, says,

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-"Well, how are the ill-matched couple?"
-(CLEARS THROAT)

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"Ill-matched?" says Jack. "Not at all!
It's a perfectly free and equal transaction.

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Sh-sh-she is regularly bought

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and you may take your oath,
he is as regularly sold!" (LAUGHS)

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(CONTINUES TO LAUGH,
THEN PAUSES ABRUPTLY)

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(STONY SILENCE)

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- Very good. It's very good.
- Yes, isn't it?

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Oh, by Jove, Dombey, look at the hour.
I must be off.

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A charming dinner, my dear fellow.
Deeply grateful.

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Pray, don't see me to the door.

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Er...Cousin Edith, a splendid evening.
Most enjoyable!

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Excellent dinner, excellent wine...

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My dear aunt...

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My dear Mrs Dombey, enchanting evening.

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What a damned faux pas!
(CHUCKLES AWK\NARDLY)

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I say, this makes an even better story
than the one about Jack Adams!

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(GUESTS LAUGH)

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(LAUGHTER CONTINUES)

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I, too, must take my leave.

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I trust that the fatigues
of this delightful evening

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will not inconvenience
Mrs Dombey tomorrow.

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Mrs Dombey has sufficiently
spared herself fatigue

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to relieve you from any anxiety of that kind.

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I am sorry, madam, that you should not
have considered it your duty

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to have received my friends
with a little more...deference!

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Some of those whom you have slighted
in so marked a manner

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confer a distinction upon you, Mrs Dombey,
in any visit they pay you!

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- Do you know there <i>is</i> someone here?
- Mr Carker possesses my confidence.

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<i>He does not possess mine!</i>

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I must entreat... I must beg to be released.

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Slight and unimportant
as this difference is...

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Our excellent friend Mr Carker speaks truly.

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Any difference between you two,

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with the excessively charming bond
of feeling that there is between you,

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must be slight and unimportant.

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You are a witness, Carker,
that I have pointed out to Mrs Dombey

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what I object to in her conduct
thus early in our married life

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and which I request may be corrected.

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Carker, good night to you.

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Mrs Skewton, ma'am.

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Edith!

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I think I'm a little nervous this morning,
Flowers. My hand quite shakes.

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You were the life of the party last night,
ma'am, you know,

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and you'll suffer for it today.

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-(KNOCK AT DOOR)
- Come in.

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-Is the carriage waiting?
- Yes, ma'am.

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- Come along, then, Florence.
- Beg pardon, ma'am,

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-but a gentleman sends his card.
- I'm going out. Tell him so.

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My dear love, how very odd to send that
message without first seeing the name.

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Let me see it, Towlinson. Thank you.

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Dear me, my love! Mr Carker.

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That very sensible person!

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Tell him that Mrs Dombey is going out.

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Ma'am, Mr Carker sends
his respectful compliments

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and begs you would spare him a minute,
if you could, for business, ma'am.

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Really, my love, if you'll allow me
to offer a word, I do recommend...

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- Show him in here, Towlinson.
- Yes, ma'am.

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- In here?
- As he comes at your recommendation,

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let him come here, to your room.

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Mama, may I... Shall I go?

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Will you wait for us in the carriage? I do not
think Mr Carker will detain us unduly.

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Miss Dombey.

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I have presumed to solicit an interview

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and have ventured to refer to it
as one of business because...

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Perhaps you were charged by Mr Dombey
with some message of reproof.

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You possess his confidence in such an
unusual degree, it would not surprise me.

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I have no message to the lady
who sheds a lustre upon his name.

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In that case, your business, sir.

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Edith, my pet, Mr Carker is standing!

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Oh, Mr Carker, take a seat, I beg you.

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May I be allowed to address
what I have to say to you alone, ma'am?

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To be sure, Mr Carker! I shall retire,
seeing as it is a matter of delicacy.

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Flowers, help me.

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-(GIGGLES COQUETTISHLY) Mr Carker...
- Ma'am.

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- Well, sir?
- What I have to say concerns Miss Dombey.

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Concerns Florence?

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Miss Florence's position
has been an unfortunate one.

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As one who is devoted to Mr Dombey,

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may I say - without of fence
to your tenderness as a wife -

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that Miss Florence has unhappily
been neglected by her father?

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- May I say by her father?
- I know it.

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You know it. Ah!
It removes a mountain from my breast.

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Miss Florence has been left to the care
of servants and mercenary people.

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For want of guidance and good example,

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she has been indiscreet
and forgotten her station.

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There was some folly about one Walter,

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a common lad
who is, fortunately, dead now...

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...and some very undesirable association,
I regret to say,

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with a retired sailor of anything but
good repute and a runaway old bankrupt.

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I have heard the circumstances, Mr Carker,
and I know that you pervert them.

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Pardon me, but I believe
that nobody knows them so well as I.

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I think that you are greatly interested
in Miss Florence.

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- I am.
- But of course you are!

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Everything connected with Mr Dombey
must be dear to you.

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As I have said, Miss Florence has been
indiscreet in her choice of companions.

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If her father knew this,
he might take certain measures.

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He might even send her away from here.

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- I think not.
- He is already ill-disposed towards her.

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And you would tell him?

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I am his servant, ma'am.
It is a question of loyalty, of duty.

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Then why do you come to me?

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If you were to request me to do so,
I would be silent.

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- If I were to request you?
- For Miss Florence's sake.

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You are very obliging, Mr Carker.

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I believe that,
when two persons are married,

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they share one head and one mind.

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To convey information to one
is to convey it to both.

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Naturally, in this case,
I would select you as the recipient.

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Or would you prefer that I should seek
an audience with Mr Dombey?

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I do not think that will be necessary.

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Then my conscience is acquitted. Good.

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- We...have an understanding?
- If you think so.

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And I may take it
that my confidence is accepted...

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...and that I am relieved
from my responsibility?

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The matter is at an end, sir.
It goes no farther.

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I am much obliged, ma'am...

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...and delighted that we are
on terms of agreement, at last.

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Do I continue to remind you of someone,
Mr Carker?

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The person is far away
and perhaps no longer living.

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Her name was Marvvood - Alice Marvvood.

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(DOOR OPENS)

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If you please, ma'am... I beg your pardon,
but I can't do nothing with the Missis.

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- What do you mean?
- Well, ma'am, I hardly know.

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She's making faces.

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Mother? Mother! What is wrong?

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Why do you stare so?
Why don't you speak to me?

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I fear the poor lady is paralysed.

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I should be honoured if you would
allow me to fetch a doctor.

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Oh, help me, Flowers.

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- Onto the bed, Flowers.
-(CROAKS FAINTLY)

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Spare a few pence, fine gentleman.
Afew pence to buy supper.

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I've nothing for you. Be off with you!

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There! That was 'im, deary! Did you see?

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Yes. He's the same. Only I've changed.

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He won't be the same
when I've done with him.

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Come away, Mother.
No good looking at his horse. Come away.