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MARGO - T. ŁĘCKI'S RISING STAR
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MARGO TRIUMPHS AGAIN!
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THE CROWD CHANTS, "MARGO!"
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WINNING HORSES
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NUMBER OF PRIZES
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WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE WHARF FIRE
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Out of the way!
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I'm betting a fortune today!
A fortune. Out of the way.
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THE DOLL
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S WOKULSKI
DEPARTMENT STORE
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FIRST SHOP LIT UP WITH ELECTRICITY!
NEW LIGHT ON NEW WORLD STREET!
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I'm here to see Miss Łęcka.
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-Maybe I should bring tea.
-Go and rest.
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We will be fine.
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Of course.
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May I offer you some tea?
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Zofia has been arrested.
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-A glass of cognac, then?
-No.
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I came... to ask for help.
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But it is probably a nonsensical idea.
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The writer seeks favours
from the absurd aristocracy?
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If you have connections
among the Russians,
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use them to get her out of the Citadel.
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And if you have the connections
to validate her diploma,
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I will commission
an article from you for The Ivy
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about how Zofia
obtained that diploma... and so on.
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It's a good topic.
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I do have connections.
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We do.
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I will get the diploma.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Florcia,
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where is everyone?
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Why are you attending to our guests?
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The staff want to talk.
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-About money.
-Let them talk.
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They want to talk to you.
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If this continues, we shall soon
have to move out of the flat.
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Shopkeepers are refusing us credit.
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The staff, including me, of course,
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have not received
a single rouble in a month.
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We have not.
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They are waiting
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in the kitchen.
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I hear my father has not given you
a single rouble in a month.
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-Please, don't be angry, Miss, but...
-I know everything.
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Let's see the master of the house.
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In single file, like geese.
I will be the shepherdess.
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All of us.
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Now.
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The master of the house is obliged
to pay the staff who are still here.
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-When will you settle the debt?
-I will settle it.
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Should you wish to dismiss
the remaining staff,
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I shall do the laundry, iron, sweep,
and whatever else they do.
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Warsaw's only noble family without staff?
Even more gossip? Let them talk!
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-So what?
-Marianna, step forward.
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You are the newest arrival.
You are dismissed.
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-Pack your things.
-Stop it.
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I shall not stop
until you start behaving like a father!
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I will settle it.
I will settle it within a month.
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-I promise, I will settle it.
-Leave us, please.
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But I will settle it,
within a month, I promise.
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Florcia, you too.
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Have her stay.
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Flora!
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Why did you stop bringing money
from the races, Father,
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and start drinking heavily again?
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-Why do you no longer see Wokulski?
-He wanted to buy you from me.
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Like a mare from a Gypsy.
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You cried
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because of it, may I remind you.
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Make amends with him, Father.
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Invite him to breakfast
at Aunt Wąsowska's while we can.
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He will come to heel.
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You must ask him for a loan, Father.
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But he will
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want you as his wife in return.
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The more he desires me for his wife...
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the more money
you shall borrow from him, Father.
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The more he will indulge my whims.
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Bite by bite,
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we will devour Mr Wokulski.
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And he will be glad...
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that he can look at me from the plate.
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You will go here.
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-Do you hear me?
-I was let go, Miss. I need not listen.
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Tell Mr Wokulski that I request
he takes you into his service.
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And if he refuses?
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He will do anything for me.
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I would not have you on the streets again.
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Can't you go with me, Miss?
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You shall repay me for this...
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by revealing his true character to me.
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What?
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-A catastrophe.
-I understood that.
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Mr Legrand says
that Mr Rzecki does not speak French,
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that he is entirely ignorant of art,
that he is ill-mannered,
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and that he is devoid of taste,
and that he is...
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And he questions Mr Rzecki's employment.
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-And I shall strike him.
-Hey.
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Mr Legrand insists the opening
be delayed by a fortnight.
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Impossible.
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-He says it will not be ready.
-He must take measures to ensure it is.
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Here. Do you understand this?
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Oui?
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Oui.
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It must be fucking ready.
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Stach, that Frenchman is an idiot.
But he is right. We must postpone.
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-Out of the question.
-Stach.
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Here.
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Read this.
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"Department store opening."
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And what else? Read on.
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-Um...
-What's the date?
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-5th July.
-Exactly.
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Yes, but it's 22nd June.
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-Yes.
-Well, we cannot make it.
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Say once more that we shall fail,
and I will hit you.
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What will come of a week or two's delay?
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-Do you not see?
-No.
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Ignacy, do you truly not?
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Those fucking bastards are waiting for it,
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so they can say,
"That Wokulski, he couldn't do it."
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"He's fucking ruined.
He wanted to succeed but fucking failed."
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That will happen if I fail.
And I will not allow it.
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She threw you out?
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Did Starski tattle?
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Speak, damn you.
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Miss Łęcka asks
that you hire me as a servant,
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as the Łęckis have let their staff go.
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Miss asks that you treat me well,
and she hopes for your sympathy.
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As do I. If you do not employ me,
I'll have to go back...
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All right, then. All right.
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You need not go back anywhere.
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Meaning that you will employ me?
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Mr Łęcki is here.
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What brings you here?
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I want to talk
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about business.
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And if you felt offended, then,
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I shall apologize.
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If I felt offended.
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By way of apology,
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my daughter invites you
to a formal breakfast
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hosted by Countess Wąsowska.
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-So who is apologising?
-We both know what I speak of.
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I apologise... for that.
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And for what occurred at the races.
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In the heat of the moment,
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many unnecessary words were uttered.
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It was poor form.
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I accept your apology.
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Regarding the business matters...
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I would like to become your partner.
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I see.
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You would like to invest.
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Yes.
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Yes, and I am prepared to do so even now.
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Right now.
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However...
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the expected
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return from the last race...
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That return...
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How should I put it?
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That... return turned out to be negative.
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My question is,
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if...
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we were to become partners,
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could a portion of our company's profits,
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in which I will soon invest...
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Could that portion of the profits
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be paid out to me now?
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You would like to borrow money.
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No.
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-I thought...
-Mr Łęcki.
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To become your partner...
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It's a risky business.
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The machines you invested in
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burned down.
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I gave you the horse.
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No profits from the races.
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Instead of revenue, only debts.
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Mortgage the tenement house as security.
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Then we can talk about joint ventures.
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I will no longer back you blindly.
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Come in, please.
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Have you been in Miss Łęcka's bedroom?
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Every day.
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Do you recall what was on the walls?
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Describe it all.
The furnishings, the flowers, her tastes.
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-Her tastes?
-What she surrounds herself with.
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The light.
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Big windows. Bigger than these here.
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I will not break down walls.
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I meant no offence.
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And cleaning. She likes cleaning.
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Because the sun comes in
through those big windows,
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and all the dust you normally wouldn't see
bothers the young lady.
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So the big windows and the floor
must be cleaned. But why daily?
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-It's easy when others do it.
-The furniture.
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In the bedroom. Can you list the pieces?
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-Yes. Two bedside cabinets...
-Can you pick similar ones?
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Yes.
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WOMEN'S FASHION HOUSE
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Which one?
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Is this what Miss Łęcka wears?
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Yes.
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Perfect. It fits perfectly.
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So perfectly, it is as though
we have suddenly found ourselves in Paris.
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What do you think?
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I like it.
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Will Miss Łęcka like it?
That is my question.
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But it's you she should like,
not the clothes.
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Directement de Paris. Here you go.
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Horrible.
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What, then?
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Will you help me, Auntie?
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Can I count on your support?
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You have my support, dear.
You have my full support.
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Thank you.
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But I will not help you.
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Why not?
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You said I could count on your support.
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Except my support
will not do you any good.
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To get a person out of the Citadel,
you need someone with more influence
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and stones.
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Someone with stones
and influence, I'd say.
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But... you have stones
and influence, Auntie!
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You need a man.
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With a title. A good title.
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Those are the rules, unfortunately.
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He can be blind, deaf and lame,
but he must have a title.
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And be a man.
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"Duke Tomasz Jan Maria
Wawrzyniec Rudnicki of the Bechcickis
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of House Lis
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"vouches for Zofia Dobska
for a period of fourteen days."
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"If, after this period,
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the accused fails to present documents
entitling her to practise medicine,
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"she will be held in prison
until the trial."
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There is nothing more to read here.
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-You just need to sign it.
-Oh, sign it?
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Sign it.
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Bela claims it is fashionable
to fight poverty. Do you agree?
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That is not what I said.
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Instead of fashion magazines,
will we have magazines about poverty?
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Maybe.
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Do you live here?
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I work here.
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Terrible.
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Thank you.
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Eat. You are not eating anything.
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My dear,
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Duke Rudnicki told me
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that you surround yourself
with convicted midwives.
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Is it true?
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The person you speak of, Auntie,
is not a midwife, but a female doctor.
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There is no such thing
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as a female doctor.
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She graduated from a university in Zurich,
and for reasons that are incomprehensible,
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she cannot get her diploma
recognised in Poland.
262
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Count Dziemiański,
263
00:23:50,542 --> 00:23:55,500
perhaps you could do something about this
as the president of the Medical Society?
264
00:23:56,458 --> 00:24:00,496
About the woman who cut up
Stanisława Konarska with a kitchen knife?
265
00:24:00,500 --> 00:24:02,917
I am dismayed, my dear.
266
00:24:04,542 --> 00:24:06,208
What does your father think?
267
00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:10,000
Well...
268
00:24:13,083 --> 00:24:14,583
perhaps you are aware,
269
00:24:15,458 --> 00:24:19,792
but Mr Wokulski's new department store
270
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is to be lit by electricity.
271
00:24:25,458 --> 00:24:28,917
By electric... current. Am I correct?
272
00:24:31,042 --> 00:24:33,413
The whole city is talking about it.
273
00:24:33,417 --> 00:24:36,792
Tell us something about it, Mr Wokulski.
274
00:24:37,708 --> 00:24:38,792
Count Dziemiański.
275
00:24:40,708 --> 00:24:46,621
The doctor, whom you discredit so easily,
graduated from a prestigious university.
276
00:24:46,625 --> 00:24:49,708
We reject those universities
and Western influences.
277
00:24:53,458 --> 00:24:55,833
Not all Western influences are bad.
278
00:24:57,250 --> 00:24:59,042
Electric current.
279
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The light bulb.
280
00:25:02,292 --> 00:25:04,579
That is also a European invention.
281
00:25:04,583 --> 00:25:07,542
Are you also in favour
of women wearing trousers?
282
00:25:14,792 --> 00:25:17,292
Do you remember the resistance
283
00:25:17,917 --> 00:25:19,042
to the oil lamp?
284
00:25:21,500 --> 00:25:23,542
It has become commonplace.
285
00:25:25,667 --> 00:25:29,250
Or the printed press. Once unthinkable.
286
00:25:30,417 --> 00:25:32,667
Now it is something we read every day.
287
00:25:34,083 --> 00:25:36,917
And as for wearing trousers,
288
00:25:37,833 --> 00:25:40,000
maybe we should leave that matter
289
00:25:40,750 --> 00:25:41,958
to women themselves?
290
00:25:44,500 --> 00:25:46,042
What else?
291
00:25:49,417 --> 00:25:51,708
Are you interested
292
00:25:52,292 --> 00:25:55,667
in emancipation in general
or just one emancipated woman?
293
00:26:02,542 --> 00:26:04,000
Excuse me.
294
00:26:06,667 --> 00:26:08,792
Should we call a doctor?
295
00:26:09,875 --> 00:26:11,246
A female doctor.
296
00:26:11,250 --> 00:26:12,625
A female doctor!
297
00:26:17,583 --> 00:26:18,917
Are you all right?
298
00:26:25,083 --> 00:26:27,583
I have a question
I require a direct answer to.
299
00:26:28,833 --> 00:26:31,125
Are you courting Miss Łęcka?
300
00:26:33,958 --> 00:26:34,958
Am I?
301
00:26:38,375 --> 00:26:40,708
True, there are certain particularities
302
00:26:41,208 --> 00:26:43,875
in the aristocracy's genealogical trees,
303
00:26:44,583 --> 00:26:46,667
but she is my first cousin.
304
00:26:48,708 --> 00:26:51,542
I tell you in confidence,
I am a tad afraid of her.
305
00:26:52,625 --> 00:26:54,917
You, however, I find very interesting.
306
00:27:01,958 --> 00:27:03,667
What I also find interesting...
307
00:27:04,500 --> 00:27:09,000
Electric current. I read about it.
I researched it. It's fascinating.
308
00:27:10,500 --> 00:27:13,458
Do you know what else
I find extremely interesting?
309
00:27:15,458 --> 00:27:16,458
Flying.
310
00:27:17,375 --> 00:27:18,583
Just think about it.
311
00:27:19,083 --> 00:27:20,667
A flying machine.
312
00:27:22,583 --> 00:27:23,958
I read about it.
313
00:27:24,750 --> 00:27:28,204
What about propellers? Pulling or pushing?
314
00:27:28,208 --> 00:27:32,329
I knew it! I knew there were
interesting people in this sad country.
315
00:27:32,333 --> 00:27:35,167
Pulling, of course.
But what about the engine?
316
00:27:36,292 --> 00:27:39,875
Attempts with a steam engine have failed.
It's too heavy.
317
00:27:40,500 --> 00:27:42,500
But the power is sufficient.
318
00:27:43,208 --> 00:27:44,708
What if the propeller
319
00:27:45,500 --> 00:27:48,292
lifted the machine instead of pulling it?
320
00:27:51,417 --> 00:27:54,250
-Good question.
-That is the future, Mr Wokulski!
321
00:27:58,542 --> 00:27:59,917
Excuse me for a moment.
322
00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:05,000
Hallelujah!
323
00:28:15,667 --> 00:28:19,288
Do you think women
will one day choose their own clothes?
324
00:28:19,292 --> 00:28:23,625
I think you are more agitated
than the clothes deserve.
325
00:28:25,708 --> 00:28:27,704
How would you feel
326
00:28:27,708 --> 00:28:30,625
if you could not walk
in the street by yourself?
327
00:28:31,583 --> 00:28:33,333
Or even the garden?
328
00:28:38,292 --> 00:28:40,288
Men have their limitations too.
329
00:28:40,292 --> 00:28:41,333
Really?
330
00:28:41,833 --> 00:28:46,333
-Would you like to tell me about them?
-Of course, they are lesser.
331
00:28:50,292 --> 00:28:51,958
Do you speak only to please me?
332
00:28:52,750 --> 00:28:54,333
Is that not a dream come true?
333
00:28:59,167 --> 00:29:02,746
From my friends,
aside from progressive thinking,
334
00:29:02,750 --> 00:29:03,833
I expect honesty.
335
00:29:11,833 --> 00:29:13,458
-Mr Wokulski.
-Yes?
336
00:29:15,625 --> 00:29:17,125
Rumour has it...
337
00:29:19,250 --> 00:29:22,000
that you have connections
among the Russians.
338
00:29:25,875 --> 00:29:28,917
It gives me no pride. But yes.
339
00:29:31,250 --> 00:29:34,996
As you can see, my influence is not enough
340
00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:38,125
to help my friend
secure recognition of her diploma.
341
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,042
But perhaps you could help
342
00:29:43,625 --> 00:29:47,042
to find someone of influence
in the Tsarist administration.
343
00:29:49,417 --> 00:29:55,000
As it happens, I am to attend a reception
hosted by the Tsarist magistrate.
344
00:29:57,375 --> 00:30:00,042
Perhaps you would agree to accompany me?
345
00:30:01,083 --> 00:30:03,000
You may come and collect me then.
346
00:30:30,708 --> 00:30:31,917
Ready!
347
00:30:46,875 --> 00:30:48,583
Bravo!
348
00:30:49,708 --> 00:30:51,375
Look!
349
00:30:52,667 --> 00:30:54,246
Fuck, yes!
350
00:30:54,250 --> 00:30:56,583
Oh, it's beautiful.
351
00:31:10,917 --> 00:31:11,792
Shit.
352
00:31:15,250 --> 00:31:17,042
Dressing table by the window.
353
00:31:22,375 --> 00:31:23,625
A bit to the right.
354
00:31:25,125 --> 00:31:25,958
No, left.
355
00:31:27,375 --> 00:31:28,375
A bit more.
356
00:31:29,417 --> 00:31:30,663
Just a little bit.
357
00:31:30,667 --> 00:31:33,496
Just a tiny little bit.
358
00:31:33,500 --> 00:31:34,708
There.
359
00:31:35,917 --> 00:31:36,833
Or no.
360
00:31:37,333 --> 00:31:38,250
Here.
361
00:31:53,500 --> 00:31:54,500
Good?
362
00:31:58,458 --> 00:31:59,417
Oh.
363
00:32:06,542 --> 00:32:07,708
Very good.
364
00:32:46,083 --> 00:32:47,500
I've been waiting.
365
00:32:49,792 --> 00:32:51,000
I know.
366
00:33:16,167 --> 00:33:20,121
Is Stanisław in?
I must discuss an urgent matter with him.
367
00:33:20,125 --> 00:33:21,625
Mr Wokulski has left.
368
00:33:23,583 --> 00:33:24,667
When will he return?
369
00:33:25,958 --> 00:33:27,083
He didn't say.
370
00:33:28,500 --> 00:33:29,667
I'll wait,
371
00:33:30,458 --> 00:33:32,083
if it's no bother.
372
00:34:06,333 --> 00:34:08,292
Did you sell arms during the war?
373
00:34:11,917 --> 00:34:13,542
I have to disappoint you.
374
00:34:14,500 --> 00:34:16,292
So early in the evening?
375
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,833
I traded flour, not arms.
376
00:34:23,167 --> 00:34:24,913
The town says otherwise.
377
00:34:24,917 --> 00:34:26,042
The town?
378
00:34:27,333 --> 00:34:28,583
The town.
379
00:34:30,167 --> 00:34:32,000
What do we care about the town?
380
00:34:35,792 --> 00:34:37,292
What's important to me,
381
00:34:37,958 --> 00:34:40,750
most of all, is what you think about it.
382
00:34:43,083 --> 00:34:45,458
What do you think of me, Miss Izabela?
383
00:34:45,958 --> 00:34:47,667
That is what I dread to hear.
384
00:34:49,583 --> 00:34:52,000
Stanisław!
385
00:35:10,167 --> 00:35:12,000
No plate for yourself?
386
00:35:15,750 --> 00:35:17,250
Then we'll eat from one.
387
00:35:23,958 --> 00:35:25,250
I'll show you
388
00:35:26,375 --> 00:35:28,833
how I learned from the rich
to eat a yeast cake.
389
00:35:39,417 --> 00:35:41,042
With butter?
390
00:35:41,917 --> 00:35:44,083
Dear Lord in Heaven.
391
00:35:49,333 --> 00:35:50,958
That is just the beginning.
392
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:54,625
And now...
393
00:35:58,250 --> 00:35:59,750
some cream.
394
00:36:00,875 --> 00:36:02,792
And finally,
395
00:36:03,542 --> 00:36:07,250
confiture.
396
00:36:08,875 --> 00:36:14,954
I know, you feel obliged to say
that it is too much, too lavish.
397
00:36:14,958 --> 00:36:20,042
That the cake itself is already a luxury.
I know. I once felt the same.
398
00:36:21,042 --> 00:36:22,917
But once you try it,
399
00:36:23,792 --> 00:36:25,750
you ask no further questions.
400
00:36:27,375 --> 00:36:29,250
You only regret
401
00:36:29,958 --> 00:36:32,996
that you have not always
eaten cake in this manner.
402
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:34,000
Here you go.
403
00:37:03,667 --> 00:37:05,292
What do you do after work?
404
00:37:12,125 --> 00:37:13,125
Why?
405
00:37:19,667 --> 00:37:21,208
Do you like the circus?
406
00:37:24,042 --> 00:37:24,958
Very much.
407
00:37:29,625 --> 00:37:30,625
So do I.
408
00:37:34,125 --> 00:37:36,204
After six years of studies.
409
00:37:36,208 --> 00:37:38,038
Six years of sacrifices.
410
00:37:38,042 --> 00:37:42,042
I cannot even fathom how hard
it must have been for Zofia Dobska.
411
00:37:42,792 --> 00:37:47,038
The head of department in Zurich
asked her to remain in Switzerland,
412
00:37:47,042 --> 00:37:49,454
but she chose to return here.
413
00:37:49,458 --> 00:37:50,667
To Warsaw.
414
00:37:51,333 --> 00:37:53,083
To treat her people.
415
00:37:53,917 --> 00:37:55,500
What was her reward?
416
00:37:56,417 --> 00:37:57,913
Backwardness.
417
00:37:57,917 --> 00:37:59,000
Torment.
418
00:38:05,917 --> 00:38:08,625
Do you wish to help your friend?
419
00:38:11,083 --> 00:38:12,204
Da.
420
00:38:12,208 --> 00:38:13,208
Yes.
421
00:38:14,083 --> 00:38:17,292
And you have found a man
who will help you with this.
422
00:38:24,167 --> 00:38:25,167
Yes.
423
00:38:28,208 --> 00:38:29,292
And
424
00:38:30,625 --> 00:38:35,292
does that mean that if this... Zofia
425
00:38:35,792 --> 00:38:40,954
wants to treat people,
she will also be looking for a man?
426
00:38:40,958 --> 00:38:43,667
A doctor to help her treat people?
427
00:38:44,292 --> 00:38:45,583
I do not understand.
428
00:38:46,083 --> 00:38:48,000
Now she does not understand.
429
00:38:49,833 --> 00:38:52,458
Perhaps Mr Wokulski can explain, hmm?
430
00:38:53,167 --> 00:38:55,621
What did you and your friend decide?
431
00:38:55,625 --> 00:38:58,371
That you would come to me,
and I should agree,
432
00:38:58,375 --> 00:39:01,458
because idle young ladies
are prone to foolish whims?
433
00:39:03,083 --> 00:39:04,792
Medicine
434
00:39:06,542 --> 00:39:09,000
is a man's pursuit,
435
00:39:10,250 --> 00:39:13,167
just as public office is.
436
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:15,833
Have you ever seen
437
00:39:16,583 --> 00:39:18,333
a female clerk?
438
00:39:20,333 --> 00:39:21,375
Well, that's...
439
00:39:22,167 --> 00:39:25,500
And every female clerk
440
00:39:26,292 --> 00:39:29,333
would require a male clerk to assist her.
441
00:39:33,875 --> 00:39:35,792
Oh, that would be expensive!
442
00:39:49,250 --> 00:39:53,875
Mr Aleksandr,
let's discuss this matter in private.
443
00:39:54,625 --> 00:39:55,917
Oh, come now!
444
00:39:58,708 --> 00:40:00,417
Please excuse us, miss.
445
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:26,625
In Moscow, women can be doctors.
446
00:40:27,750 --> 00:40:29,458
Then go to Moscow.
447
00:40:54,500 --> 00:40:56,250
So much money
448
00:40:57,667 --> 00:40:59,625
to fuck a girl.
449
00:41:01,875 --> 00:41:03,792
I hope she's worth it.
450
00:41:12,500 --> 00:41:13,996
Good evening.
451
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:20,079
Why are you wilting here alone,
like some dry heather?
452
00:41:20,083 --> 00:41:23,204
It is improper, you know,
especially in a place like this.
453
00:41:23,208 --> 00:41:25,500
You accepted
the Russians' invitation, Baron?
454
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,917
Yes, I did, but with the utmost distaste.
455
00:41:29,500 --> 00:41:30,542
Excuse me.
456
00:41:33,750 --> 00:41:35,083
Miss Izabela.
457
00:41:38,792 --> 00:41:40,163
It is done.
458
00:41:40,167 --> 00:41:41,250
Well done.
459
00:41:41,958 --> 00:41:45,250
What a pair of lovebirds.
460
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:51,375
The ugly duckling
and our beautiful peacock...
461
00:41:51,875 --> 00:41:53,583
Female peacocks are grey.
462
00:41:54,417 --> 00:41:56,621
It's the males who parade their tails.
463
00:41:56,625 --> 00:41:58,375
-Is that so?
-Yes!
464
00:41:59,375 --> 00:42:03,246
Well, that is a rather strange
and convoluted notion, is it not?
465
00:42:03,250 --> 00:42:05,375
What do you think, Mr Wokulski?
466
00:42:05,958 --> 00:42:07,000
Where is your tail?
467
00:42:22,583 --> 00:42:23,875
Are you not happy?
468
00:42:27,500 --> 00:42:30,500
After all, everything has turned out
as you desired.
469
00:42:32,583 --> 00:42:33,458
Yes.
470
00:42:35,333 --> 00:42:37,542
But was such humiliation necessary?
471
00:42:42,500 --> 00:42:43,833
I'm sorry, Miss Izabela.
472
00:42:45,583 --> 00:42:48,375
Aleksandr's remarks
were highly inappropriate.
473
00:42:49,125 --> 00:42:52,417
I desired only
to secure a happy conclusion.
474
00:42:54,833 --> 00:42:57,750
And you would endure
any humiliation to secure it?
475
00:42:59,625 --> 00:43:00,750
Congratulations.
476
00:43:02,333 --> 00:43:04,417
And I pity your future wife.
477
00:43:47,667 --> 00:43:50,833
THE STORY OF DR ZOFIA DOBSKA
BY IZABELA ŁĘCKA
478
00:43:53,917 --> 00:43:54,917
Thank you.
479
00:44:10,667 --> 00:44:12,542
I do not know how you managed this...
480
00:44:15,083 --> 00:44:17,042
but I want you to know
481
00:44:18,083 --> 00:44:19,792
that I am truly grateful.
482
00:44:22,167 --> 00:44:25,875
If you are ever in need of anything,
I will be there.
483
00:44:39,708 --> 00:44:41,250
Where is that fucking man?
484
00:44:42,500 --> 00:44:44,163
What if he doesn't know?
485
00:44:44,167 --> 00:44:48,163
If he doesn't know, then no one knows.
486
00:44:48,167 --> 00:44:50,875
The entire human race will be cursed.
487
00:44:55,375 --> 00:44:56,667
Show me this marvel!
488
00:45:07,375 --> 00:45:08,792
So what do you think?
489
00:45:09,375 --> 00:45:10,542
She's beautiful.
490
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:13,538
Can you fix it?
491
00:45:13,542 --> 00:45:14,542
No.
492
00:45:15,750 --> 00:45:17,000
But I will learn.
493
00:45:17,792 --> 00:45:19,917
We've little time left for learning.
494
00:45:20,417 --> 00:45:21,500
I learn quickly.
495
00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:57,167
I think...
496
00:46:00,250 --> 00:46:01,792
there is a serious fault.
497
00:46:08,250 --> 00:46:09,792
I must go there now
498
00:46:10,833 --> 00:46:13,708
to endure the foulest humiliation
in the history
499
00:46:14,875 --> 00:46:16,000
of this city...
500
00:46:18,458 --> 00:46:19,708
this country...
501
00:46:22,417 --> 00:46:24,375
and the entire fucking continent.
502
00:46:53,500 --> 00:46:56,958
I lack expertise,
but these lamps are not electric, surely?
503
00:46:57,625 --> 00:46:58,750
Miss Izabela...
504
00:46:59,250 --> 00:47:00,167
Yes?
505
00:47:01,417 --> 00:47:02,417
I'll say this.
506
00:47:03,458 --> 00:47:09,250
Someone shall burn with shame today.
Is that not so, Mr Wokulski?
507
00:47:25,875 --> 00:47:27,792
I saved the light for you.
508
00:47:30,583 --> 00:47:32,208
It is a fine establishment.
509
00:47:52,375 --> 00:47:53,500
Ladies and gentlemen.
510
00:47:56,125 --> 00:47:57,250
Ladies and gentlemen.
511
00:47:58,542 --> 00:47:59,708
Quiet.
512
00:48:04,583 --> 00:48:07,250
Dear guests, ladies and gentlemen.
513
00:48:12,375 --> 00:48:15,579
I thank you all for assembling
in such great numbers,
514
00:48:15,583 --> 00:48:18,996
and for taking part in my new venture,
515
00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:22,417
which, I hope, will make
our city famous throughout Europe.
516
00:48:24,542 --> 00:48:30,083
I made every effort
to keep the selection optimal,
517
00:48:31,667 --> 00:48:34,500
and the decor suitable and... and...
518
00:48:36,708 --> 00:48:38,167
and elegant.
519
00:48:44,292 --> 00:48:48,000
The shop counters are made of glass.
520
00:48:48,583 --> 00:48:50,204
The most expensive available,
521
00:48:50,208 --> 00:48:54,121
just like the wood
from which the panelling was made,
522
00:48:54,125 --> 00:48:55,704
imported from Spain.
523
00:48:55,708 --> 00:48:57,371
Mr Wokulski,
524
00:48:57,375 --> 00:49:01,500
you must not forget the cost of nails.
525
00:49:03,250 --> 00:49:06,167
None of this would be possible
without one person.
526
00:49:07,625 --> 00:49:09,167
Old Mrs Mincel.
527
00:49:10,750 --> 00:49:12,954
-Thirty thousand roubles.
-Precisely!
528
00:49:12,958 --> 00:49:14,917
He received that in cash.
529
00:49:17,208 --> 00:49:19,792
She inspired me to think further...
530
00:49:21,750 --> 00:49:24,250
deeper, on a grander scale.
531
00:49:28,417 --> 00:49:30,000
Miss Izabela Łęcka.
532
00:49:33,917 --> 00:49:34,917
Thank you.
533
00:49:46,958 --> 00:49:47,958
Do you like it?
534
00:49:49,167 --> 00:49:50,667
Ladies and gentlemen.
535
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Today, Warsaw has witnessed a debut
of which no one has ever dreamed.
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In addition, this spacious market stall
is now open.
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In any event,
my wonderful cousin, Izabela Łęcka,
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if you can imagine,
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has published her first article
in The Ivy magazine today.
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And I hope, Bela, that you will forgive me
541
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if I take the liberty
of quoting a few words.
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"When I look out of my bedroom window,
I see, especially in early spring,
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a forsythia bush - sad, brown,
and thorny as the crown of our Saviour."
544
00:50:30,792 --> 00:50:34,583
"However, this writer knows
that it only takes time
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for it to bloom with flowers
that please the eye and the soul."
546
00:50:40,042 --> 00:50:42,704
"Such are my thoughts
on Zofia Dobska's story,
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which I am about to unveil
to the readers..."
548
00:50:46,042 --> 00:50:47,454
"With the help..."
549
00:50:47,458 --> 00:50:51,833
"Will understand
that female doctors exist."
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00:50:53,625 --> 00:50:57,579
"And women shall be permitted
to practise this arduous
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00:50:57,583 --> 00:51:00,958
yet noble profession."
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"Yours faithfully,
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Izabela Łęcka."
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How did you like it?
555
00:51:27,625 --> 00:51:28,667
The article?
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Very much.
557
00:52:05,208 --> 00:52:06,250
Pardon.
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Mr Wokulski,
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will you,
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in the wake of
this whole suffrage movement,
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order Miss Łęcka a pair of trousers?
562
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Obviously, made from the most
expensive materials, sewn in Paris.
563
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How beautiful
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was your story of the female doctor.
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The forsythia...
566
00:52:30,208 --> 00:52:31,538
Speaking of which,
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how does one become a... female doctor?
568
00:52:35,792 --> 00:52:39,079
You did not write a word
about the Russian magistrate,
569
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yet aren't such matters
decided there, Mr Wokulski?
570
00:52:42,625 --> 00:52:47,329
How many Russian roubles did you pay
so that Miss Łęcka could write
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this sentimental melodrama
for that frivolous women's paper?
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00:52:52,250 --> 00:52:53,583
Mr Krzeszowski,
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you have insulted Miss Łęcka.
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I must demand satisfaction.
575
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-What do you demand?
-I challenge you to a duel.
576
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Have you...
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Unless "honour"
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is a foreign word to you.
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Let me oblige you.
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That being so, please send your seconds,
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if you can find any among men of honour.
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Subtitle translation by: Mikołaj Kopczak