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Fetch the box.
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What's wrong?
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Merely thinking.
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About what?
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Roasted pheasant.
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Potatoes in butter. Candied carrots.
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Chased by a respectable Madeira.
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And our mission, of course.
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For a young man's instruction,
Paris is the only city.
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Much indulge the senses
but also engage the intellect.
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I thought I was meant to help you.
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No doubt you will, somehow or another.
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How long must we stay?
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Until we win France to our side
and secure our independence.
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Or we are hanged.
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Is there a third choice?
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I suppose there's always treason.
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Out of the way!
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Make way! Move aside!
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Make way!
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Move aside!
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Best to keep the curtains drawn.
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Why?
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Because we've been followed every step
since we've landed.
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So, our presence
is a rather badly kept secret.
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But I would prefer to avoid pandemonium.
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That's it. I can't go any further.
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Do they mean to attack us?
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They mean to see me.
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They have it in their heads
that I invented electricity.
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Who am I to dissuade them?
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Ladies and gentlemen.
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Thank you for such a warm welcome.
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And I am...
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I am thrilled to be here in Paris.
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Follow me, please.
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I am...
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I am impatient to meet you all... later.
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Thank you for the electricity!
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A discreet little entrance.
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You know how I hate a fuss.
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Well, I must say, you look awful.
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Do you speak as a friend
or as a physician?
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- Both.
- How are you keeping, Bancroft?
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Tolerably well.
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And the better for your company,
sudden as it is.
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Well, we'll talk about that in private.
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Temple. Temple.
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Step forward.
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- And stop looking so wide-eyed.
- I...
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This is my grandson.
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- Sorry, I...
- He can actually speak on occasion.
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Dr. Edward Bancroft.
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We worked the American bench together
in parliament.
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No greater patriot or a better man
to raise a glass with.
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Well, in both respects,
I am at best second to your grandfather.
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But, may I ask, what do you think
of French women, young master?
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I... Well, I've yet to meet any, sir.
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My grandfather is keen
on a moral education.
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Don't listen to him.
He's always spouting some nonsense.
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This way.
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I doubt you heard.
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Catastrophe at Fort Washington.
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A complete rout.
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- How many?
- Sixty killed. 3,000 captured.
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We've lost New York.
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Forgive me. A hard blow on arrival.
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All the greater spur for success.
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It's remarkable how one's outlook
is improved by the passing of wind.
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A subject woefully understudied.
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- Perhaps I shall rectify that.
- It can only add to your renown.
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What is electricity compared
to a good fart?
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Young master does not approve?
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Forgive me. My thoughts are elsewhere.
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What is her name?
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America, sir.
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She's in need of some rescue.
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Since we are now forced to be earnest,
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may I rely upon your confidence?
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You have it.
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The Congress has sent me here
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to elicit France
in our war against England.
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No wonder your guts are twisted.
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As an unofficial emissary,
I cannot approach Versailles directly.
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- You're looking for a go-between.
- Someone well placed at court.
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Well, I have some patients of influence.
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You see?
I told you we could rely on Mr. Bancroft.
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Whether they can be persuaded
to oblige themselves...
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I'll do the persuading.
An introduction will suffice.
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America's situation...
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It's not ideal.
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I count the loss of New York as nothing.
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Army is merely regrouping.
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By spring
it will number 80,000 trained men.
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And the deeper the British press into
the continent, the worse they will fare.
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You concur in this opinion, Master Temple?
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Respectfully, sir, we are outmanned,
outgunned and outspent.
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There are many who side with the enemy.
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Including some I, at least, hold dear.
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Remind me to instruct you
in the usefulness of the well-timed lie.
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Does he speak the truth?
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Unless the French court provides us
with men, money and arms,
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the United States will end
before it has begun.
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Good Lord.
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Well, I will aid you as I can.
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Though, I must say,
I'd rather not be hanged.
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Nor would I if I could avoid it.
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Though it certainly would
empty the bowels.
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Dr. Franklin,
Monsieur Bancroft and the boy
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remained at the table
for another 32 minutes.
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The boy retired at 9:27,
Dr. Franklin 46 minutes later.
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The last candle was snuffed out at 11:55.
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Any visitors?
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None managed to secure interviews.
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My agents have verified their identities
and will proceed accordingly.
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Very thorough, lieutenant.
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A good policemen takes certain pride
in the details.
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If that's all, minister?
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We don't need people getting ideas
in their heads
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about this American rebellion, do we?
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A few arrests never hurt.
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Well then...
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You...
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Good.
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I-Is he gone?
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He's heading for his carriage.
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And now my coffee's cold.
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That's what happens
if you work while you eat.
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How do you suppose
Monsieur Lenoir amuses himself?
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I don't know.
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Drinking the tears of children?
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Could you have Ayaz
lay out my red brocade?
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Who are you meeting with?
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Who do you think?
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Well, don't wear that.
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Then what?
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The velvet.
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With the leopard fur.
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You always look good in it.
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I believe, Your Majesty,
that Dr. Franklin has come
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to persuade us
to join America's fight against England.
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The last war cost us Canada
and all our territory east of the...
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Mississippi, Your Majesty.
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To say nothing
of our possessions in India.
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And 20 million livres in debt.
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Why should we play mercenary now?
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To cripple our enemy
by embracing this new nation.
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With what?
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England controls the seas.
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Our navy is being rebuilt
to its former strength.
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The first minister knows that.
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The Americans have no chance of winning.
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And the foreign minister knows that.
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They can win.
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With our backing.
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Are these insurgents reliable?
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They are political amateurs
who know nothing of the world.
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They know enough to seek our help.
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And we can use them to our advantage.
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France should be everyone's friend,
but no one's ally.
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Let Britain and America
destroy each other.
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England seeks our ruin.
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Here's a chance to seize her trade
and make her taste submission.
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Perhaps all this talk of liberty
has turned your head.
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I have no care for liberty, Your Majesty.
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Only for France.
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You will have nothing to do
with Dr. Franklin on our behalf.
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If Your Majesty might...
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You may leave us now, Count Vergennes.
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Sire.
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I was right! It was the comte Almaviva.
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I think it's the mischievous Figaro.
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The man himself, my lord.
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Ah, my friend, Figaro!
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Would that we could exchange places.
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Does Your Excellency know
many masters who would make good valets?
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The line is,
"who would be worthy of valets?"
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"Who would be worthy of valets?"
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Say the words precisely!
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When I want you to improvise,
I will tell you what to say!
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Again, please.
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This is a closed rehearsal.
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Remove yourself at once.
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You are...
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I am.
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To what do I owe this honor?
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I was hoping for a private word
after the rehearsal.
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Get out!
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We are very similar,
you know, Dr. Franklin.
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Really?
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How so?
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You are a writer.
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Beaumarchais is a writer.
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Beaumarchais is something new
in the world of theater.
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You are something new in the world of men.
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You are an American.
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And for this, Beaumarchais loves you.
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I hope you will not think me forward
if I trade on that affection.
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Ah, no. Beaumarchais is yours to ravage.
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Do I say this correctly?
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You do!
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You do.
And I am most intrigued by the offer.
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- Dr. Bancroft isn't yet...
- Ah, a splendid man.
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He said nothing of my...
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Only that you're a person
of some standing in Versailles.
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I am secretary to the king
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and lieutenant general
of the Chase of the Tribunal.
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And bailiwick of the Warren of the Louvre.
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I don't know what it means either.
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Tell me, what sort of man
is Foreign Minister Vergennes?
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What sort?
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You see where we are?
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Here, one night, you may play the lover.
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The next, a king.
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After that, a beggar.
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But who are you really?
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You are what the role requires you to be.
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We understand each other perfectly.
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I ask you to commit that to memory.
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I've divulged its contents to no one.
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Not even my associates.
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You may count
on Beaumarchais's absolute discretion.
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100 tons of powder, 100,000 livres.
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80,000 blankets, 56,000 livres.
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100 tons of saltpeter, 110,000 livres.
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Eight ships of the line, 7,730,000 livres.
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The American situation
is worse than I feared.
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In my opinion, it would be prudent
to provide the Americans
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with enough assistance to put them on
an equal level of strength with England.
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Equal, but not superior.
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Statecraft is not stagecraft,
Monsieur Beaumarchais.
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Is there really any difference?
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You should be aware
that His Majesty has made it clear
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this office is to have no communication
with Dr. Franklin.
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Yet, you entertained this audience.
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How did you leave the conversation?
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With promises to introduce Dr. Franklin
to certain suppliers of contraband.
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There might be armaments
in the royal arsenal no longer in use.
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But we have no ships to put them in.
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I may be able to provide the ships.
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I didn't say the armaments were yours.
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I simply said they might exist.
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The longer Dr. Franklin remains in Paris,
the more his presence becomes troublesome.
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Persuade our guest he would be happier
in the country.
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With fewer people to distract him.
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Lovers, beggars and kings.
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You may rely on Beaumarchais.
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Where is it?
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Yeah. No idea what you're trying to say.
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"M-My name is Temple,
but I've come to worship before you."
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Meaning her... Whoever she is.
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It might be best to remain silent
and trade upon an air of mystery.
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Where is it, Temple?
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- Excuse me.
- You're supposed to be guarding it.
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Where is the damned thing?
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The one place
you haven't bothered to look.
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You might have just told me.
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I did. You weren't listening.
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00:25:04,922 --> 00:25:11,261
I would like to present
Dr. Franklin of Philadelphia.
261
00:25:11,887 --> 00:25:14,389
And what on earth are you meant to be?
262
00:25:16,141 --> 00:25:17,309
An American.
263
00:25:32,574 --> 00:25:35,869
Chaumont is one of the richest merchants
in France.
264
00:25:36,495 --> 00:25:38,454
And I might say the greediest.
265
00:25:38,455 --> 00:25:42,125
If he smells money in it,
he will provide all the ships you need.
266
00:25:42,626 --> 00:25:45,796
And what would be the best way
to open his purse?
267
00:25:47,422 --> 00:25:49,132
To play your part with conviction.
268
00:25:49,633 --> 00:25:51,927
I will endeavor to do my best.
269
00:25:52,427 --> 00:25:53,512
What about me?
270
00:25:54,388 --> 00:25:59,560
Be honest and plain, but don't say
anything you cannot take back later.
271
00:26:39,683 --> 00:26:41,393
Perhaps I'm overdressed.
272
00:26:47,941 --> 00:26:49,902
We'll get you a fleet by sunset.
273
00:26:53,322 --> 00:26:56,032
Pardon me, but it's difficult
to understand all of you
274
00:26:56,033 --> 00:26:58,118
when everyone speaks at the same time.
275
00:27:00,454 --> 00:27:03,372
Welcome, man of the new world.
276
00:27:03,373 --> 00:27:06,792
Dr. Franklin,
allow me the pleasure to present our host,
277
00:27:06,793 --> 00:27:08,920
Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont.
278
00:27:08,921 --> 00:27:11,881
Monsieur Chaumont,
the esteemed Dr. Benjamin Franklin.
279
00:27:11,882 --> 00:27:16,053
You do honor to this house, Dr. Franklin.
280
00:27:16,553 --> 00:27:19,597
Here, you are among friends.
281
00:27:19,598 --> 00:27:21,975
And honored to be so, Monsieur Chaumont.
282
00:27:23,018 --> 00:27:24,520
My wife, Th�rese.
283
00:27:25,020 --> 00:27:26,813
Madame, it's an honor.
284
00:27:28,524 --> 00:27:31,317
I find your hat delightful, Dr. Franklin.
285
00:27:31,318 --> 00:27:32,778
What is it?
286
00:27:33,278 --> 00:27:35,489
The fur of the Canadian marten.
287
00:27:36,615 --> 00:27:39,617
A creature that spends
most of the winter asleep.
288
00:27:39,618 --> 00:27:42,287
A condition that I much admire.
289
00:27:54,424 --> 00:27:57,219
But the splendor of your own adornment...
290
00:27:58,178 --> 00:28:01,890
I call it, "Coiffure de l'Ind�pendance."
291
00:28:02,850 --> 00:28:04,643
You approve?
292
00:28:05,352 --> 00:28:10,732
Madame, I am sorely tempted to climb
aboard and man the cannons myself.
293
00:28:13,068 --> 00:28:18,489
Allow me to introduce
my grandson, Temple Franklin.
294
00:28:18,490 --> 00:28:20,199
What's that on his head?
295
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:23,745
Better check to see
if someone's spaniel's gone missing.
296
00:28:24,621 --> 00:28:26,874
Remind me where America is?
297
00:28:27,374 --> 00:28:30,627
Somewhere between India and purgatory.
298
00:28:31,211 --> 00:28:32,462
I should like to go there.
299
00:28:32,963 --> 00:28:34,047
And do what, madame?
300
00:28:35,048 --> 00:28:37,008
Play piano for the red Indians.
301
00:28:37,009 --> 00:28:39,428
They're all savages.
302
00:28:40,804 --> 00:28:44,057
"Everyone gives the title of barbarism
to whatever is not his practice."
303
00:28:44,558 --> 00:28:46,727
My wife, no doubt, quotes some book.
304
00:28:47,686 --> 00:28:52,608
A practice I have always found
without purpose.
305
00:28:53,692 --> 00:28:54,693
Indeed.
306
00:28:58,238 --> 00:28:59,907
What could be more useless?
307
00:29:01,742 --> 00:29:05,162
You... You are his grandfather?
308
00:29:05,787 --> 00:29:07,706
Yes. I mean, no.
309
00:29:09,333 --> 00:29:13,545
He is my grandson.
310
00:29:16,298 --> 00:29:18,634
I'm-I'm actually more of his associate.
311
00:29:20,135 --> 00:29:21,345
This means what?
312
00:29:22,513 --> 00:29:27,058
We confer on important matters
that I'm not at liberty to discuss.
313
00:29:27,059 --> 00:29:28,352
It is a secret?
314
00:29:29,144 --> 00:29:30,854
And dangerous?
315
00:29:32,898 --> 00:29:35,317
Alas, I-I-I cannot say.
316
00:29:36,985 --> 00:29:39,613
Ladies and gentlemen. Dinner is...
317
00:29:51,250 --> 00:29:53,001
Dr. Franklin.
318
00:29:55,212 --> 00:29:56,213
I'm humbled.
319
00:29:56,713 --> 00:29:58,507
My son. Jacques.
320
00:29:59,675 --> 00:30:01,551
A flair for the dramatic, sir.
321
00:30:01,552 --> 00:30:03,344
Forgive my late arrival.
322
00:30:03,345 --> 00:30:05,388
I was unavoidably detained.
323
00:30:05,389 --> 00:30:07,431
By a lady or by the law?
324
00:30:07,432 --> 00:30:08,934
Possibly both.
325
00:30:10,227 --> 00:30:13,647
Dear parents, I beg indulgence for my...
326
00:30:14,648 --> 00:30:15,982
You smell of drink.
327
00:30:15,983 --> 00:30:17,191
Clean yourself up.
328
00:30:17,192 --> 00:30:19,778
Let's all go inside, yes?
329
00:30:20,821 --> 00:30:21,822
Everyone.
330
00:30:22,322 --> 00:30:23,907
Please. Now.
331
00:30:24,408 --> 00:30:25,617
If you will.
332
00:30:56,607 --> 00:30:59,443
I trust
you're keeping your head about you.
333
00:31:00,569 --> 00:31:03,739
- Why would you say that?
- Because we are here for a purpose.
334
00:31:04,239 --> 00:31:06,116
And I was once 17.
335
00:31:08,410 --> 00:31:10,204
Fill my glass. I'm thirsty.
336
00:31:13,665 --> 00:31:15,709
Quite dashing, isn't he?
337
00:31:18,253 --> 00:31:21,882
One has the oddest desire
to punch him in the nose.
338
00:31:25,177 --> 00:31:27,345
Ladies and gentlemen.
339
00:31:27,346 --> 00:31:28,931
Honored guests.
340
00:31:29,431 --> 00:31:32,308
Please join Madame Chaumont and me
341
00:31:32,309 --> 00:31:37,480
in welcoming the esteemed Dr. Franklin
and his grandson
342
00:31:37,481 --> 00:31:40,108
to our little rustic retreat.
343
00:31:48,867 --> 00:31:55,374
Dr. Franklin, know that at this table...
In this kingdom...
344
00:31:56,041 --> 00:32:00,587
You will find universal favor
to your country.
345
00:32:01,338 --> 00:32:03,215
A few words, please?
346
00:32:07,469 --> 00:32:09,763
I thank you all.
347
00:32:10,889 --> 00:32:14,893
I may be one of the ancients,
348
00:32:16,478 --> 00:32:18,564
but I learn that most things,
349
00:32:19,064 --> 00:32:21,441
sex better than war.
350
00:32:38,166 --> 00:32:41,587
A long life has taught me
351
00:32:42,129 --> 00:32:48,719
that diplomacy must never be a siege
but a seduction.
352
00:32:49,595 --> 00:32:52,347
Think of America as a courted virgin.
353
00:32:52,848 --> 00:32:56,810
One that does not solicit favors
but grants them.
354
00:32:58,770 --> 00:33:03,066
And nothing speaks to romance
quite as loudly
355
00:33:03,901 --> 00:33:06,778
as a dowry worth half a hemisphere.
356
00:33:09,323 --> 00:33:10,365
No.
357
00:33:38,644 --> 00:33:42,981
I give you all
a most successful courtship.
358
00:33:47,694 --> 00:33:49,946
To America and victory.
359
00:33:49,947 --> 00:33:52,699
America! America!
360
00:34:50,799 --> 00:34:52,966
May I have a word, please?
361
00:34:52,967 --> 00:34:55,344
Of course. Excuse me.
362
00:34:57,848 --> 00:34:59,933
Chaumont has made an offer.
363
00:35:01,268 --> 00:35:02,895
Money or arms?
364
00:35:03,812 --> 00:35:05,689
For you to be his guest here.
365
00:35:07,566 --> 00:35:09,483
It would be wise to accept.
366
00:35:09,484 --> 00:35:11,695
What about America and victory?
367
00:35:12,779 --> 00:35:16,700
Mon tres cher.
Any seduction worth the name takes time.
368
00:36:15,717 --> 00:36:17,718
I'm sorry, Madame.
369
00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:19,638
I've disturbed you.
370
00:36:20,931 --> 00:36:21,932
Not at all.
371
00:36:22,891 --> 00:36:25,060
I came here for quiet.
372
00:36:26,228 --> 00:36:27,479
Perhaps you have as well?
373
00:36:28,981 --> 00:36:32,109
And two may be as quiet together as one.
374
00:36:50,878 --> 00:36:53,589
You play beautifully.
375
00:36:54,798 --> 00:36:57,676
Maestro Boccherini was a good teacher.
376
00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:00,971
I'm not familiar with the piece.
377
00:37:06,143 --> 00:37:07,518
I only wrote it just now.
378
00:37:07,519 --> 00:37:09,187
So easily?
379
00:37:09,188 --> 00:37:12,149
The feeling gives birth to the idea.
Don't you find?
380
00:37:13,483 --> 00:37:19,780
I wish it were so.
But I must work to be clever.
381
00:37:19,781 --> 00:37:23,368
I think that is
what a clever person would say.
382
00:37:24,244 --> 00:37:27,830
I think madame may be more clever than I.
383
00:37:27,831 --> 00:37:28,916
Oh, no.
384
00:37:29,625 --> 00:37:33,795
I could never be so witty
before so many people.
385
00:37:34,671 --> 00:37:38,132
Is that why you play music
that no one will hear?
386
00:37:38,133 --> 00:37:40,010
But you have heard it, sir.
387
00:37:42,221 --> 00:37:43,722
Isn't that sufficient?
388
00:37:46,517 --> 00:37:48,142
Benjamin Franklin, ma'am.
389
00:37:48,143 --> 00:37:52,146
Late of the printing trade
from the city of Philadelphia.
390
00:37:52,147 --> 00:37:56,109
Anne Louise Brillon de Jouy of Passy.
391
00:37:58,237 --> 00:38:00,531
I am delighted to meet you.
392
00:38:10,832 --> 00:38:14,294
Are you absolutely sure, my boy?
393
00:38:20,050 --> 00:38:21,176
Very good.
394
00:38:26,723 --> 00:38:28,933
- You tricked me.
- I merely asked a question.
395
00:38:28,934 --> 00:38:30,726
You answered as you chose.
396
00:38:30,727 --> 00:38:33,145
- How am I to blame?
- That's sophistry.
397
00:38:33,146 --> 00:38:34,815
It is chess.
398
00:38:37,526 --> 00:38:40,444
Chess teaches a great deal
of useful skills.
399
00:38:40,445 --> 00:38:44,157
Foresight, circumspection, caution...
400
00:38:44,992 --> 00:38:46,535
Never show impatience.
401
00:38:47,035 --> 00:38:49,036
Always think several moves ahead.
402
00:38:49,037 --> 00:38:52,541
Most importantly,
never hurry your opponent.
403
00:38:55,711 --> 00:38:57,337
Then stop tapping the table.
404
00:39:00,632 --> 00:39:02,759
Well, she seemed a charming girl.
405
00:39:03,468 --> 00:39:04,678
Who?
406
00:39:05,262 --> 00:39:07,472
Cun�... Cun�gonde? Is that her name?
407
00:39:08,098 --> 00:39:09,183
How do you know that?
408
00:39:09,766 --> 00:39:12,226
I passed some pleasant moments
with her mother.
409
00:39:12,227 --> 00:39:13,352
Did you?
410
00:39:13,353 --> 00:39:17,191
There might be an opportunity
for you to encounter her more often.
411
00:39:17,691 --> 00:39:18,983
How is that?
412
00:39:18,984 --> 00:39:23,155
Monsieur Chaumont has invited us
to be his guests at the Valentinois.
413
00:39:23,906 --> 00:39:24,906
I like it here.
414
00:39:24,907 --> 00:39:27,491
The Brillons
would be our next-door neighbors.
415
00:39:27,492 --> 00:39:29,744
Just a little stroll away.
416
00:39:29,745 --> 00:39:31,370
You're up to something.
417
00:39:31,371 --> 00:39:36,960
I am plotting to deliver cannons, rifles,
ships and soldiers to the United States.
418
00:39:37,461 --> 00:39:40,171
Monsieur Chaumont
could make that possible.
419
00:39:40,172 --> 00:39:42,007
No, you're up to something else.
420
00:39:42,925 --> 00:39:44,384
"Pleasant moments."
421
00:39:46,178 --> 00:39:49,138
Well, you said you shared
some pleasant moments with her mother.
422
00:39:49,139 --> 00:39:51,516
I spoke imprecisely.
423
00:39:51,517 --> 00:39:53,060
You never do that.
424
00:39:53,644 --> 00:39:56,312
You are a very untrusting young man.
425
00:39:56,313 --> 00:39:58,023
I am your grandson.
426
00:40:01,235 --> 00:40:05,322
It undoubtedly surpasses
any present French cartography.
427
00:40:06,323 --> 00:40:08,867
I'd like you to convey it
to the comte de Vergennes.
428
00:40:10,869 --> 00:40:12,537
I thought Versailles was off-limits.
429
00:40:12,538 --> 00:40:14,289
It is off-limits to me.
430
00:40:14,831 --> 00:40:19,794
But a young American of open countenance,
here to further his education...
431
00:40:19,795 --> 00:40:20,963
Who could refuse him?
432
00:40:21,463 --> 00:40:23,005
The foreign minister could.
433
00:40:23,006 --> 00:40:24,423
He won't.
434
00:40:24,424 --> 00:40:27,886
Monsieur Beaumarchais has made
certain arrangements.
435
00:40:29,638 --> 00:40:32,515
The only question is your own diligence.
436
00:40:32,516 --> 00:40:34,601
- I won't fail you, Grandfather.
- Good lad.
437
00:40:35,102 --> 00:40:36,436
Now give him this.
438
00:40:37,896 --> 00:40:40,732
Place it
in Count Vergennes's hands personally.
439
00:40:41,567 --> 00:40:44,319
His and no one else's.
440
00:40:49,491 --> 00:40:51,618
You understand what we're on about?
441
00:40:55,998 --> 00:40:56,999
We're playing chess.
442
00:41:42,961 --> 00:41:44,671
What business do you have here?
443
00:41:50,844 --> 00:41:52,304
What do you want with him?
444
00:41:54,139 --> 00:41:55,140
The queen!
445
00:42:11,782 --> 00:42:14,201
A needle! A needle!
446
00:42:33,637 --> 00:42:34,638
Over there.
447
00:42:40,185 --> 00:42:41,186
Thank you.
448
00:42:43,730 --> 00:42:47,525
You may be certain Count Vergennes
will receive Dr. Franklin's message.
449
00:42:47,526 --> 00:42:50,695
I'm sorry, sir.
But my grandfather's instructed me
450
00:42:50,696 --> 00:42:53,614
to place the letter
in Count Vergennes's hands m-myself.
451
00:42:53,615 --> 00:42:55,367
The minister is very busy.
452
00:42:57,286 --> 00:42:58,287
Then I'll wait.
453
00:43:08,672 --> 00:43:11,340
- I must see him immediately.
- It's customary
454
00:43:11,341 --> 00:43:14,136
to make an appointment first, Marquis.
455
00:43:14,720 --> 00:43:15,929
If you please.
456
00:43:33,197 --> 00:43:37,576
Sir, we have the grandson of Dr. Franklin.
He is delivering a message.
457
00:43:38,869 --> 00:43:42,206
- The marquis de Lafayette is here as well.
- Shit, him again?
458
00:43:43,373 --> 00:43:44,791
Bring the boy in.
459
00:43:47,878 --> 00:43:50,172
Do you have business with Count Vergennes?
460
00:43:54,176 --> 00:43:55,928
The minister will see you now.
461
00:43:59,515 --> 00:44:00,349
If you please...
462
00:44:00,350 --> 00:44:02,350
Monsieur le Comte,
when will you entertain my request?
463
00:44:02,351 --> 00:44:04,602
In due time, Marquis.
464
00:44:04,603 --> 00:44:06,771
The cause of liberty
cannot be kept waiting forever.
465
00:44:06,772 --> 00:44:10,192
If you'll permit me,
I have business with this young man.
466
00:44:13,654 --> 00:44:15,822
I understand you have a message for me.
467
00:44:28,252 --> 00:44:31,045
Call again tomorrow morning.
You shall have your answer.
468
00:44:31,046 --> 00:44:34,173
Until then,
you can remain here as our guest.
469
00:44:34,174 --> 00:44:37,093
With respect, sir,
I'm expected back in Paris.
470
00:44:37,094 --> 00:44:38,803
I'm sure your guardian will not mind
471
00:44:38,804 --> 00:44:41,139
leaving you in our charge
for a little while.
472
00:44:41,807 --> 00:44:43,349
You will, of course, understand
473
00:44:43,350 --> 00:44:46,269
that you have to say nothing
about the reason for your visit.
474
00:44:46,270 --> 00:44:47,896
Is that understood?
475
00:44:51,149 --> 00:44:52,568
Mr. Secretary.
476
00:44:57,447 --> 00:45:01,242
Marquis, this visitor is new
to France and the court.
477
00:45:01,243 --> 00:45:04,371
I count on you to acquaint him
with our customs.
478
00:45:05,247 --> 00:45:07,248
Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert
du Motier.
479
00:45:07,249 --> 00:45:09,042
The marquis de Lafayette, at your service.
480
00:45:09,543 --> 00:45:11,211
Temple. Temple Fr...
481
00:45:12,671 --> 00:45:14,173
William Temple, sir.
482
00:45:15,007 --> 00:45:16,299
Am�ricain?
483
00:45:16,300 --> 00:45:18,385
Yes. Oui.
484
00:45:19,845 --> 00:45:21,429
Then we must be friends.
485
00:45:21,430 --> 00:45:23,556
Be sure to have him back here promptly
at 12:00 tomorrow.
486
00:45:23,557 --> 00:45:26,185
- On the dot, monsieur.
- Better go this way.
487
00:45:27,686 --> 00:45:29,145
Will you take my plea to the king?
488
00:45:29,146 --> 00:45:30,230
Be back by noon.
489
00:45:33,442 --> 00:45:34,443
Marquis.
490
00:45:48,207 --> 00:45:49,415
My American friend.
491
00:45:49,416 --> 00:45:53,377
They say you can walk for days
in the Ohio forest and never see the sky.
492
00:45:53,378 --> 00:45:54,963
- Is this true?
- It could be.
493
00:45:55,797 --> 00:45:57,966
I will go there and see it myself.
494
00:45:59,259 --> 00:46:01,929
Why do you have so many names?
495
00:46:02,471 --> 00:46:04,848
- Sorry?
- Names.
496
00:46:05,349 --> 00:46:07,434
Joseph, Paul... Names.
497
00:46:09,478 --> 00:46:14,482
So many before me, they...
they make dead in battle.
498
00:46:14,483 --> 00:46:19,279
And so, ma mere,
she want me have protection of Heaven.
499
00:46:19,780 --> 00:46:20,614
And so,
500
00:46:20,615 --> 00:46:23,032
Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert
du Motier.
501
00:46:23,033 --> 00:46:24,825
What do I call you then?
502
00:46:24,826 --> 00:46:25,911
Gilbert.
503
00:46:26,411 --> 00:46:28,412
Gilbert. Temple.
504
00:46:28,413 --> 00:46:30,666
Temple. Temple. Like... Like temple.
505
00:46:31,750 --> 00:46:32,959
Enchant�, Temple.
506
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:34,044
Enchant�.
507
00:46:34,711 --> 00:46:35,796
And what is this?
508
00:46:38,423 --> 00:46:39,550
My clothes.
509
00:46:53,689 --> 00:46:55,273
The proper adjustments, please.
510
00:46:55,274 --> 00:46:57,276
We want the silhouette of a man,
not a slug.
511
00:47:00,779 --> 00:47:02,196
Is the wig here?
512
00:47:02,197 --> 00:47:03,948
No violet. I don't want to see any violet.
513
00:47:03,949 --> 00:47:06,269
Let's try on the green immediately.
It'll work much better.
514
00:47:08,287 --> 00:47:09,288
Yes.
515
00:47:11,039 --> 00:47:14,250
We can take some length away there
for a more striking silhouette.
516
00:47:14,251 --> 00:47:15,502
Because he's not very tall.
517
00:47:27,472 --> 00:47:29,600
Yes. Those could be interesting.
518
00:47:32,019 --> 00:47:33,020
That's nice.
519
00:47:34,021 --> 00:47:36,231
What about these? These could work.
520
00:48:02,007 --> 00:48:03,217
Here, we drink champagne.
521
00:48:03,717 --> 00:48:05,385
We drink champagne.
522
00:48:06,178 --> 00:48:07,595
And...
523
00:48:07,596 --> 00:48:09,431
Don't look at people too much.
524
00:48:09,932 --> 00:48:11,141
We let them look at us.
525
00:48:17,814 --> 00:48:19,942
This way,
Monsieur le marquis de Lafayette.
526
00:48:27,157 --> 00:48:28,950
I will be the one to ask him.
527
00:48:28,951 --> 00:48:30,493
You meet General Washington?
528
00:48:30,494 --> 00:48:32,578
No, but I'd like to. Why?
529
00:48:32,579 --> 00:48:35,498
We... We go to... to America.
530
00:48:35,499 --> 00:48:37,792
S�gur, Noailles, Lafayette.
And we... we fight.
531
00:48:37,793 --> 00:48:39,919
We fight for Washington.
We fight for liberty!
532
00:48:39,920 --> 00:48:41,796
- And mostly glory.
- Don't forget honor.
533
00:48:41,797 --> 00:48:43,256
Yes, honor. And...
534
00:48:43,257 --> 00:48:44,340
To kill British!
535
00:48:44,341 --> 00:48:47,260
My country cousin. He is very hot-blooded.
536
00:48:47,261 --> 00:48:48,470
He has very hot blood.
537
00:48:50,848 --> 00:48:52,850
We hate British.
538
00:48:53,433 --> 00:48:56,853
British, they... they kill my father.
539
00:48:56,854 --> 00:48:59,231
Oh, don't be so morbid, Gilbert.
540
00:48:59,731 --> 00:49:02,067
So, tell me, Temple. Do you like Paris?
541
00:49:03,735 --> 00:49:05,695
But I've only been here a few weeks, so...
542
00:49:05,696 --> 00:49:07,321
There is nothing for us here.
543
00:49:07,322 --> 00:49:09,740
Nothing but the court
and its stupid rituals.
544
00:49:09,741 --> 00:49:12,159
The king... The king, he... How do you say?
545
00:49:12,160 --> 00:49:16,039
- He say no.
- He say no to go to America and fight.
546
00:49:16,540 --> 00:49:17,583
But I...
547
00:49:18,625 --> 00:49:20,251
I have buy a ship.
548
00:49:20,252 --> 00:49:23,172
You talk too loud, Gilbert.
Anyone here could be a "nose".
549
00:49:25,883 --> 00:49:27,049
Hey, spies!
550
00:49:27,050 --> 00:49:30,387
Say hello to our friend from America!
551
00:49:43,817 --> 00:49:46,444
The wags are convinced
you've abandoned America
552
00:49:46,445 --> 00:49:49,864
and come to Paris
to finish your days as a Frenchman.
553
00:49:49,865 --> 00:49:51,866
Conjectures do me no harm,
554
00:49:51,867 --> 00:49:54,578
so I've never found it necessary
to correct them.
555
00:49:58,081 --> 00:50:01,293
If it's another favor-seeker,
say that I'm indisposed.
556
00:50:04,421 --> 00:50:05,838
Well, well, well.
557
00:50:05,839 --> 00:50:07,925
Enter, young nobleman.
558
00:50:08,425 --> 00:50:09,426
Where have...
559
00:50:13,764 --> 00:50:15,223
What are you wearing?
560
00:50:15,224 --> 00:50:16,807
It is a gift from Gilbert.
561
00:50:16,808 --> 00:50:20,144
Well, who is Gilbert
and why is he giving you clothes?
562
00:50:20,145 --> 00:50:23,564
He is a marquis or a count. I forget.
563
00:50:23,565 --> 00:50:25,608
But he is a fine fellow.
564
00:50:25,609 --> 00:50:28,152
And all he talks about
is coming to America to fight.
565
00:50:28,153 --> 00:50:31,448
- He's gonna buy this...
- Do you bring Monsieur Vergennes's reply?
566
00:50:37,538 --> 00:50:40,082
And go change into something
more suited to your station.
567
00:50:40,999 --> 00:50:42,583
Th-This is the dress of court.
568
00:50:42,584 --> 00:50:45,754
We're not at court,
and we're not Frenchmen.
569
00:50:46,964 --> 00:50:48,464
Maybe I should wear a fur cap.
570
00:50:48,465 --> 00:50:51,008
Keep at it,
and you'll be wearing leg-irons.
571
00:50:51,009 --> 00:50:53,595
The letter. The letter.
572
00:50:57,057 --> 00:51:01,478
Minister Vergennes welcomes
the opportunity for an interview.
573
00:51:07,234 --> 00:51:09,361
A midnight assignation.
574
00:51:10,445 --> 00:51:11,446
What?
575
00:51:12,531 --> 00:51:13,866
You rogue.
576
00:51:26,587 --> 00:51:28,087
Perhaps you misunderstood.
577
00:51:28,088 --> 00:51:31,008
The instructions were quite clear.
578
00:51:35,888 --> 00:51:38,890
Look, the last occasion I engaged
in such hugger-mugger,
579
00:51:38,891 --> 00:51:42,643
I wound up with a cutpurse
and a vile bout of crabs.
580
00:51:42,644 --> 00:51:45,147
You must tell me about it sometime.
581
00:51:52,112 --> 00:51:54,280
Here comes old Diogenes.
582
00:51:54,281 --> 00:51:59,203
If he's still searching for an honest man,
he will be disappointed.
583
00:52:02,539 --> 00:52:03,539
Dr. Franklin?
584
00:52:03,540 --> 00:52:05,083
This way, please.
585
00:52:06,168 --> 00:52:07,169
Alone.
586
00:52:13,091 --> 00:52:16,053
I'll keep myself amused.
587
00:52:43,914 --> 00:52:45,499
Did he come alone?
588
00:52:46,083 --> 00:52:47,668
He came with a gentleman.
589
00:52:48,961 --> 00:52:52,464
Serve him tea,
and make sure he stays in the carriage.
590
00:52:53,549 --> 00:52:54,550
Yes, sir.
591
00:52:58,595 --> 00:53:02,474
I trust you did not send this as a jest.
592
00:53:03,892 --> 00:53:05,727
Why would I do such a thing?
593
00:53:06,228 --> 00:53:10,107
To remind France
of what it no longer possesses?
594
00:53:11,650 --> 00:53:13,694
Does France need reminding?
595
00:53:14,736 --> 00:53:17,780
I would welcome you
with pleasure, Dr. Franklin,
596
00:53:17,781 --> 00:53:19,907
were you actually to be here.
597
00:53:19,908 --> 00:53:23,828
And I would be honored to make
your acquaintance, Count Vergennes,
598
00:53:23,829 --> 00:53:25,747
were we ever to meet.
599
00:53:27,499 --> 00:53:30,960
But since this conversation
is wholly imaginary,
600
00:53:30,961 --> 00:53:34,589
are we not free
to discuss anything we like?
601
00:53:34,590 --> 00:53:38,801
A prudent man
should temper even his fantasies.
602
00:53:38,802 --> 00:53:42,430
Well, then by all means
let us speak realistically.
603
00:53:42,431 --> 00:53:43,515
Very well.
604
00:53:44,099 --> 00:53:46,601
The last time you visited our country,
605
00:53:46,602 --> 00:53:49,980
you were a loyal subject
of the British Crown,
606
00:53:50,480 --> 00:53:53,524
quite convinced of English superiority.
607
00:53:53,525 --> 00:53:57,613
What use is experience
if a man cannot learn from it?
608
00:53:58,197 --> 00:54:00,156
And what have you learned?
609
00:54:00,157 --> 00:54:05,661
That I prefer freedom to servitude
and citizenship to vassalage.
610
00:54:05,662 --> 00:54:08,040
La France is no republic.
611
00:54:08,540 --> 00:54:11,751
Why should our king
be preferable to yours?
612
00:54:11,752 --> 00:54:15,631
Well, His Majesty, King Louis,
can help us defeat the English.
613
00:54:16,131 --> 00:54:20,594
That will benefit us both.
Monarchy and republic.
614
00:54:22,179 --> 00:54:23,180
If I may?
615
00:54:26,350 --> 00:54:31,062
20 years ago, all this was New France.
616
00:54:31,063 --> 00:54:33,148
Lost in wars to Great Britain.
617
00:54:35,067 --> 00:54:40,531
Nothing in life is quite as satisfying
as a humiliation repaid.
618
00:54:42,699 --> 00:54:47,036
And what might be the price
of this satisfaction?
619
00:54:47,037 --> 00:54:52,584
A treaty of alliance,
a loan of two million livres,
620
00:54:53,418 --> 00:54:56,003
and the friendship of a grateful nation.
621
00:54:56,004 --> 00:54:58,382
But America is not a nation.
622
00:54:59,299 --> 00:55:03,971
Merely a string of little towns trapped
between an ocean and the edge of a forest.
623
00:55:04,471 --> 00:55:06,431
And what are the English without us?
624
00:55:06,932 --> 00:55:08,851
Shopkeepers on an island?
625
00:55:09,685 --> 00:55:11,727
We'll flourish in their absence,
626
00:55:11,728 --> 00:55:16,191
and they will wither
without their monopoly on our commerce.
627
00:55:18,068 --> 00:55:20,237
With us, you can trade.
628
00:55:20,988 --> 00:55:22,823
With them, you will only fight.
629
00:55:25,534 --> 00:55:31,123
Do you really wish me to believe
that you haven't concluded this already?
630
00:55:33,125 --> 00:55:34,126
Your son.
631
00:55:37,129 --> 00:55:38,129
Pardon?
632
00:55:38,130 --> 00:55:40,174
Monsieur Temple's father.
633
00:55:41,592 --> 00:55:44,135
He is in an American prison, is he not?
634
00:55:44,136 --> 00:55:46,930
If you know his fate,
then why do you ask me?
635
00:55:47,514 --> 00:55:50,392
Guilty of loyalty to the English king.
636
00:55:50,976 --> 00:55:52,895
A traitor to your Congress.
637
00:55:53,812 --> 00:55:56,106
Will you petition to see him hanged?
638
00:55:58,734 --> 00:56:00,818
Do you say this to wound me, sir?
639
00:56:00,819 --> 00:56:03,780
What is your true allegiance,
Dr. Franklin?
640
00:56:04,823 --> 00:56:08,827
How do I know it will not change
yet again with experience?
641
00:56:09,411 --> 00:56:13,332
I come here tonight
not as anyone's father,
642
00:56:13,957 --> 00:56:16,960
but as a representative
of the United States.
643
00:56:17,711 --> 00:56:20,005
I have seen no letter from your Congress.
644
00:56:20,756 --> 00:56:22,549
You carry no title.
645
00:56:23,634 --> 00:56:27,136
There is only secrecy and go-betweens.
646
00:56:27,137 --> 00:56:32,392
And your army has lost
nearly every campaign it has fought.
647
00:56:33,143 --> 00:56:36,146
What position would you take
if you were me?
648
00:56:37,856 --> 00:56:40,942
I would enumerate
my opponent's weaknesses.
649
00:56:40,943 --> 00:56:44,153
Expose the futility of his pursuit.
650
00:56:44,154 --> 00:56:49,701
And scheme how I might best work
the situation to my advantage.
651
00:56:52,037 --> 00:56:58,377
Dr. Franklin, I have long admired you,
and I look forward to the day we meet.
652
00:57:18,939 --> 00:57:19,939
Do we have an alliance?
653
00:57:19,940 --> 00:57:23,026
No, we have a battle.
654
00:57:26,026 --> 00:57:30,026
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