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Whoa.

Arr te.

Arr te.

Go on. Get out.

Out!

Well, let us see

what we can do here.

Melmotte.

Melmotte?

Well,

what about him?

Only that

he's brought

his whole business

to london--office, family,

taken a house

in grosvener square.

What is his business?

Money.

Makes it work for him,

makes it sit up and beg

like a circus dog.

Wait a minute,

I've heard of this man.

Didn't his bank collapse

in vienna?

I daresay it did,

but melmotte

got out scot-free

with a cool million.

I've heard

the man's a jew

and a swindler

and a scoundrel,

and I shan't know him.

( Chuckles )

that's all very well,

longestaffe,

but can you afford

not to know him?

I'm damned if I can.

Your five

and another ten.

Apparently

there's a daughter.

What does she look like?

Hardly the point, felix.

She's supposed to be

worth a hundred thousand.

I hear it's twice that.

Anyway, don't look

at the mantelpiece

when you're

stoking the fire, what?

That's caddish,

grendall.

I beg your pardon,

sir felix.

Come on! Are you in

or are you out?

Out.

Out.

I'll see you.

Uh...

damn! Damn and blast!

Perhaps you had better

go and have a look

at miss melmotte

after all!

Yes.

Very amusing.

Lord! What a long face.

( Knock on door )

( knock on door )

( knock )

( knock )

who is it, hetta?

It's mr. Wakeham,

the wine merchant.

At this hour?

That's quite

beyond the pale!

( Knock )

simpson!

Shh!

( Knocking continues )

he's going away.

( Knock on door )

who is that?

It's mr. Broune

and mr. Alf.

The two cleverest men

in london, hetta,

here in my poor

little salon.

No, no, lady carbury,

you're too kind.

Too kind.

Not a bit of it.

Not a bit of it.

Without your great

newspapers to tell us,

how should we know

what to think?

But will you be kind

to my poor little book?

Criminal queens.

"Cleopatra,

mary, queen of scots,

"marie antoinette--

powerful women

as the playthings of love."

Ha ha! Good heavens!

Mr. Alf, I quake already

in anticipation.

Will you be

as cruel to me

as you were to poor

mrs. Effington stubbs?

Will you tell me

i'd much better sit at home

and darn my stockings?

I have to speak

as I find.

Well, no amount

of critical severity

will make me receive you

otherwise than with a smile,

but do, I beg you,

bear in mind that authorship

is my only means

of providing

for my poor children.

I don't see

how it bears

on the literary merit

of the work, ma'am.

As for your son,

I'd have thought

he'd be providing

for himself by now.

He's not crippled

or an imbecile, I take it.

No, no, alf.

Good evening,

lady carbury.

Be gentle with my

literary effort,

as gentle

as you can be.

( Chuckles )

oh, dear.

Just wait a moment,

my dear friend.

There's something I'd like

to consult you about.

I've received

an invitation

from someone

called melmotte.

Madame melmotte

of grosvener square

is holding a ball.

Who is this person,

mr. Broune?

Should one

accept her invitations?

I understand that all london

has been invited,

and all london

intends to go.

The prince will be there.

Shall you be there,

mr. Broune?

I shall indeed,

lady carbury.

Then I shall

follow your lead.

I value

your guidance so much

in this perplexing

modern world.

Supporting my family

single-handedly as I do

with nothing

but my pen,

I sometimes feel so very

alone and unprotected.

You will never be

unprotected

while I am here,

lady carbury.

Oh.

Mr. Broune.

Ha ha ha!

Beg your pardon!

How do you do,

mr. Broune?

Carry on, carry on.

Don't mind me.

Little bit of spooning

don't shock me, you know.

Oh, felix!

I'll take my leave,

lady carbury.

I think it's best.

If you think so.

Bient t, then.

Yes. Yes.

Good night.

Must you, felix?

Yes, hetta, I find I must.

Oh, felix, I wish you'd

leave your tobacco behind

when you come in here.

Well, for you, mother.

Dear boy.

I wonder, mother,

could you let me

have 20 pounds?

I can't afford to pay

the wine merchant.

I'm not giving you

20 pounds

to fritter away

at the beargarden club.

Who said anything

about the beargarden club?

Mother,

I--I am about to recover

the family fortunes.

Aren't you always telling me

i've got to find myself

a nice rich girl

and marry her?

Well, I've found one.

Name's maria melmotte.

Quarter of a million,

guaranteed.

Now, I intend

to try for her,

but I'll need

a little something,

you know, to set up

my shopfront, shan't I?

I can't go round

to grosvener square

like a beggar, can I?

Felix...

hmm?

Do you really think

you can bring this off?

I'll try, mother,

for you...and hetta.

You are a good,

dear boy!

( Chuckles )

ohh!

Yes, hetta, what is it?

Don't you know he'll

go and lose it at cards?

You might as well throw

your money out the window.

Can't a fellow have

a game of cards, now?

I'd be happy for you

to play if you won,

and I'd be happy

for you to lose

if it were

your own money,

but it's all

we have to live on.

And should you

encourage him

to be such a shameless

fortune hunter?

Shouldn't marriage have

something to do with love?

I married

for love, hetta,

and watched the man I loved

turn into a heartless brute.

If your brother

is generous enough

to put his wishes last

so you can have the freedom

to please yourself,

then I think

you should be grateful

rather than otherwise.

Well put, mother.

There's no need

to thank me, hetta.

See you

tomorrow morning, then.

Where are you going to

at this hour?

Urgent,

unfinished business.

Don't forget we're going

to the country tomorrow.

( Sighs heavily )

I'm back!

I'm back!

New blood at the table!

Look lively, lads!

Deal me in.

Count them.

( Raucous chatter )

( distant bell chimes )

well, well, well, well.

Would you believe it?

Lucky at cards,

unlucky in love.

Looks like a damn fine,

clear, cold day.

Fancy a spot of hunting,

felix?

( Groaning )

oh, god.

Are you sure you're

up to it, longestaffe?

Three things I can do

in any condition--

ride, shoot...

I forgot the other one!

Anyway,

what do you say?

Sorry, dolly.

Promised to my cousin

today, your neighbor.

A beastly bore,

but there we are.

Old roger carbury?

Finest fellow in england.

I won't hear a word

said against him--

heart of oak and so on.

Bit of a dull dog,

for all that.

Exactly.

Mind you, there's some

pretty scenery thereabouts.

( Rifle cocks )

( uncocks hammer )

well,

why didn't you shoot?

Why didn't you?

Thank you, bain.

Oh, good lord.

Only just in time.

I'm so glad you could

be here when they came.

Here we are.

You made good time.

The great thing

about the railways is,

they're so reliable.

Lady carbury, do you know

my ward paul montague?

Mr. Montague.

The last time we met you,

you were 12 years old

and getting

into fearful scrapes

at school, as I recall.

And my son, sir felix.

My daughter hetta.

Hello, roger.

Miss carbury.

Mr. Montague.

The last time you saw hetta,

she must have been very small.

Do you think

she's turned out well?

Mother.

Yes.

Well, uh,

shall we go inside?

Ah, carbury,

thought I might borrow

a mount off you,

admire the local scenery.

Yes, certainly,

if you wish.

Why, ruby,

what a pleasant surprise.

Surprise, my foot.

I've been waiting

and waiting for you.

Roger carbury

is the best man I know.

I owe so much to him.

Well, he could see

that oxford and the bar

meant nothing to me.

I wanted

a different life--

get into engineering

and go west.

Go west?

Yes.

New york first,

then the midwest,

then california,

texas, new mexico.

How I should love that!

What did you do there?

Cattle, property,

roads and bridges,

stringing the telegraph

way up

into the sierras.

But railways are still

the biggest thing

out there,

I'm convinced of it.

I've put all my inheritance

into a partnership,

and we're going

to build a railroad

right down into mexico,

from salt lake city

2,000 miles to vera cruz.

And if it weren't

for roger carbury,

I should probably be

cooped up

in some poky chambers

in the city.

( Chuckles )

yes, he is

a dear, good man.

Why do you smile?

I don't know.

Because I'm having

a good time, I guess.

Why do you?

The same, I suppose.

I know she has feelings

of...of fondness for me.

Perhaps

she's still too young

to experience the kind

of passionate attachment

that I feel myself.

No, roger,

don't think she's too young.

In fact, if I were you,

I'd make my bid

as soon as possible,

before anyone else does.

You must take your courage

in both hands,

my dear friend.

Faint heart

never won fair lady.

Yes.

Yes.

What are you doing

in england now

if your business

is in mexico?

We had to meet melmotte.

Hear he's a great man

for raising money.

Melmotte.

Strange that everything

should revolve around him.

Shall you be

at madame melmotte's ball?

Yes, I...I guess so.

Shall you?

Yes, I shall.

Well, I look forward

to seeing you there.

Longestaffe, yes,

father and son.

Grendall, yes.

Nidderdale...

( groans )

yes.

Ah. Prime minister's

declined.

Well, he'll regret that,

but we've got

two cabinet ministers

and a couple of ambassadors.

Here, you make sure you dance

with young nidderdale.

Don't ung nidderdale, pa.

He's got nothing to say,

and he's got a funny neck.

You'll like

who I tell you to like.

His father owns half scotland.

He's land-rich, cash-poor,

like all the rest

of these dukes and lords.

They'll come

cap in hand to melmotte.

But I won't like him,

whatever you say.

Ah, dommage.

( Hisses )

stupid woman!

Cannot you get

one simple thing right?

And as for you...

you'll do as I say,

do you hear?

And you'll like

who I tell you to like,

do you hear?

Not listening.

Do you hear?

Not listening.

Not listening.

It will be magnificent.

They will come.

They will.

( Distant laughter )

( orchestral music plays )

welcome.

Good evening.

You're very welcome.

Mr. Melmotte.

Mr. Melmotte.

Enchantez, madame.

This is my daughter.

Thrilled

to meet you, sir.

Thrilled to meet you.

Is lovely

u.

Oh, no, no. Really.

Andrew!

Good evening.

I hardly know a soul.

Melmotte: Very welcome.

Very welcome.

Please.

Good evening.

You're very welcome.

My daughter.

Very welcome.

( Music ends )

( applause )

miss carbury.

Mr. Montague.

( Orchestral music begins )

may I request

the pleasure of this dance?

Don't think

i know this one.

I'll gladly teach you,

if you like.

Round.

One...two...

three...round.

You're a very quick study,

mr. Montague.

It's easy to learn

with such a good teacher.

( Modest chuckle )

very good.

So, tell me,

what are the balls like

in california and texas?

Not quite so formal.

In texas, they often end

in fisticuffs and gunplay.

( Hetta chuckles )

( music ends )

( applause )

lady carbury, ain't it?

The well-known authoress,

am I right?

Yes?

Mr. Melmotte!

You flatter me.

Oh, no, no, no.

Not at all.

I just

make it my business

to know who's who

and what's what, ma'am.

Very happy to see you

here at grosvener square.

Happy indeed.

...Shadow on the bedsheet,

which looks exactly like...

these fingers here

are the teeth,

and they go up and down

and they chew.

Do you see? I can

make them open and shut.

( Imitates dog barking )

that's

awfully good.

What a strange creature

marie melmotte is.

She seems to have

plenty of admirers.

Should you like

to have so many?

One that I truly liked

would be quite enough.

Shall we dance again?

I've already

danced with you twice.

Is there a law around here

about dancing three times?

Not that I know of.

Is there in texas?

There aren't many laws

of any kind in texas.

Even less in mexico.

I think I'd like

texas and mexico.

I think they'd like you.

( Orchestral music begins )

( gasps )

and carbury goes

into an early lead.

Nidderdale lengthens

to 7-to-2,

grendall, 20s,

longestaffe, nowhere.

Well, good luck to him.

Melmotte won't come up

to my governor's price.

She's a queer

little thing, ain't she?

Thought we'd get

a little fresh air.

How well you dance.

Do I?

No one ever

told me that before.

No one ever

tells me anything--

anything nice, I mean.

Well...let me see.

I'll tell you

what you would like best

in all the world.

And what is that?

Someone who liked you

best in all the world.

But who would like me

best in all the world?

No one, I think.

Oh, yes.

There is someone.

Don't you know?

Can't you tell?

Don't tease me, sir felix.

Nobody will ever like me

best in all the world.

Oh, but you're wrong.

You're wrong.

I do.

Oh, felix!

Felix!

( Music ends )

( applause )

lady carbury.

You--here?

Why not?

The evening pulpit

goes everywhere.

Oh, look.

Here comes the prince.

( Chuckles )

what will they do with him

now they've caught him?

I wouldn't have

missed this for anything.

( Orchestral music plays )

( malevolent chuckle )

lady carbury...

may I have the pleasure?

Would you care to dance?

( Groans )

I really think

i should be going.

Come on, alfred.

One more hand won't hurt you.

It's lord alfred,

if you don't mind.

Call people

by their proper names.

If you want me

to make you rich, alfred,

you'll take me as you find me

and do what I ask of you.

Now...

one more hand?

( Chuckles heartily )

good! Here!

Now...

deal the cards,

my boy.

( Door opens noisily )

( slurring )

there's something wrong

with this door, mother.

Shh!

Roger's in there

with hetta.

Ah! Oh.

'Nuff said.

Fat chance.

( Snickers )

I've loved you

for so long.

I've watched you change

from the loveliest girl

into the loveliest woman

in the world.

Could you love me

as I love you?

Could you be my wife,

the mother of my children?

I'm so sorry, roger.

I don't think I could.

You refuse me.

Roger, I do love you.

I always have done,

ever since

i was a little girl,

but not in the way

that you mean.

But that could grow.

I don't think so.

I don't think I could ever

love you as you would wish,

and it would be wrong

for us to marry

if I didn't love you

in that way.

Perhaps I'm not

one of those girls

who ought to marry

at all.

At any rate,

I should like

to do something with myself,

something in the world,

before I settle down.

What sort of something?

Hetta, are you being

entirely honest with me?

Is there someone else

who has gained your affections?

No.

No one has spoken to me

of love but you.

Then I can still hope?

I wish you would not.

I don't think

you understand me.

All I care about in life

is bound up in you.

Don't say that!

I can't bear...

hear me out, I beg you.

You have to know

that only you

have the power

to make me happy...

and I would move

heaven and earth

to make you happy too.

I can wait,

so long as there is

a shred of hope.

( Door opens )

I have proposed to hetta,

and she has refused.

Silly,

silly girl.

I'm so sorry.

But she has

given me leave to hope.

I shan't give up.

Well, mind you don'T.

Now, would you have

that word with felix,

as you promised?

Please... please...

dear friend.

Very well.

( Door opens )

oh, carbury. 'Morning.

I was just

on my way out, actually.

You can spare ten minutes

from your busy life.

Sit down.

Very well,

but it won't do

any good, you know.

It's all very well,

preaching to people who...

are good,

but nothing will come

of preaching

to people who ain't good.

Water off a duck's back.

Can't be helped.

It can be helped,

and it will.

This can't go on, felix.

You've wasted

all your inheritance,

and now you appear to be set

upon wasting your mother'S.

If you're talking

about the 20 pounds

i had off her

the other evening,

that's laid out

in a very good cause indeed.

Why don't you just

sit down with me

and eat a grilled chop

like a good fellow?

Get any luck with hetta,

by the way?

Never mind that.

I do know that every penny

you lay your hands on

goes straight

into your friends' pockets

at the gaming table.

I know very well

what I'm doing.

Yes.

Bringing your mother

and sister to beggary.

You know nothing

of my affairs.

In fact,

I hope to be able

to support them both

very soon,

and in a finer style

than they have ever known.

I don't suppose you've

heard of miss melmotte?

I've heard of a swindler

called melmotte

who has lately

come over from paris

and is buying his way

into society.

Hmm. Just so.

And he can buy or sell

you or me 100 times over.

Well, I expect, very soon,

to be able to announce

my engagement

to his daughter,

with a fortune

of half a million, all right?

All right, is that

enough to satisfy you?

You're a fool, felix,

if you're setting

all your hopes on that.

If melmotte could buy

anyone he liked

for his daughter,

why on earth

should he choose you?

Because she loves me,

old boy!

And I am a baronet,

after all.

I know, I know.

Virtue ought to triumph

and all that,

but that ain't the way

the world works.

Sorry.

Enjoyed our chat.

You'll ruin your sister

and break

your mother's heart.

( Knocks on door )

ah. For miss melmotte,

from sir felix carbury.

I won't come in.

Pressing affairs of business.

Good day to you.

Merde!

...Tomorrow to set up

the business side of things.

I'll be overseeing

the thing itself--

the planning, surveying,

building the railway.

And you want to get

this melmotte involved?

He's the only man in europe

for raising capital,

so everyone says.

( Sighs heavily )

I don't like

what I've heard of him.

People say

all sorts of things.

He's a bit coarse,

I daresay.

I was at his house

last night. Huge place.

Your cousins were there.

Yes, I know.

What a lovely girl

hetta carbury is.

Yes, she is.

She's the loveliest girl

in england.

There's something

i ought to tell you, paul.

I've offered my hand

to hetta carbury in marriage.

And has she accepted?

No. Not as yet, no.

She needs time

to get used to the idea,

but everything in life

to me depends upon it,

paul.

Oh, uh...sorry.

I think I may count

on your sympathy.

I wish you'd told me this

before, roger.

Before?

Why should I have told you

before? Before what?

Before you introduced us.

Oh, come on!

Come on, paul.

This isn't a joking matter.

I'm not joking, roger.

You've barely spoken

to the girl.

Hetta carbury is

the one and only

love of my life.

And she loves me too.

She said so.

Promise me you will abandon

this fancy, paul.

Anyway, aren't you

involved with a woman

whom you told me you wanted

to marry just as much

only a year ago?

That's all over.

Oh. Hardly a model

of constancy.

Roger, let's not break

our friendship over this.

If hetta really loves you

and wants to marry you,

I shan't try to interfere.

Anyway, I've got

my work cut out

with this railway business.

I shall stay

out of your way for a while.

Fisker! Over here!

( American accent )

here's where we break off

from the san francisco line,

here at salt lake city,

and then it is

down through arizona

and then new mexico

and all the way

through mexico city,

and then out

at the gulf

at vera cruz.

Look at that!

That is one

helluva railway, boy.

And we're really

going to build it.

It's you and me, pal.

And look at this.

You see this?

This is the detailed

business plans,

forward investment

and profit forecasts.

But you don't have to

worry about any of that.

Let me deal with that.

That's my department.

We've got the concession

from the U.S. Congress.

I'm all set up

to open up offices

in mexico city,

vera cruz.

So, when can i

go out there

and get some work started?

Just as soon as we get

our finances sewn up here.

All that we

have to do now

is sell it.

( Distant bells tolling )

"melmotte & company."

Rather poky premises

for the greatest

financier in europe,

don't you think?

These great men have

their own way of doing things.

Good morning,

gentlemen.

Mr. Hamilton K. Fisker

and mr. Paul montague

to see mr. Melmotte.

He's expecting you.

( Knocks on door )

the south-central

pacific and mexican railway.

Would anyone want

to take a train

from salt lake city

to vera cruz?

No.

I wouldn'T.

Yes, but there are

thousands who would, sir,

and we're talking about

opening up a whole continent

for trade.

Hmm. That's so.

You have a very nice

turn of phrase,

but I'm just

a plain man of business.

I like to stick

to practical matters.

All right, there, mr. Fisker,

how far have you got?

Well,

we've got the concession

from congress,

in principle.

We're to have the land

for free, of course,

and we are all set up

to float the company

in new york, san francisco,

st. Louis, and chicago,

and I can tell you that

they are going wild.

The price of shares

is forecast to go

right through the roof

as soon as this issue

goes public.

Oh, is it?

So, what do you

want me for?

Ah. Chairman of the english

board of directors, I suppose.

Exactly, sir.

And I can assure you that,

if you gave yourself up

to it heart and soul,

it would be

the finest thing out.

There would be

such a mass of stock.

And the rest

of the board?

Up to you, sir.

Well, we'll get a few names--

lords, dukes, baronets,

that sort of thing.

That's just about

what I thought myself.

This kind of thing...

it can only be brought off

once in a lifetime,

you know.

That's it, sir,

exactly.

That's what's

so splendid about it.

Or, perhaps

one should say,

only once

in each continent.

Hmm.

Ha ha ha!

That's very good,

mr. Montague!

"Once in each continent"!

I would say you were

just about right,

eh, croll?

All right, gentlemen,

I'll look into it.

I won't say any more

just now, but...

if this thing

is properly set up...

we could

do business together.

( Indistinct whispering )

( clicks his tongue

disapprovingly )

what?

It's no good,

mr. Melmotte.

Who says?

It's too big, too risky.

I know it's a big idea.

It's a beautiful idea.

A railway across

half a continent?

I should say.

But the cost

of building it

could soak up

ten times the value

of the capital raised

and bankrupt us all!

It's all a matter

of confidence, croll.

This is the kind

of opportunity

that happens

once in a lifetime,

and who better

than melmotte & company

to bring it off?

I tell you

the truth now,

I can't resist it!

Ha ha ha!

Ha ha ha!

( Chamber music plays )

well, mother,

I'm going to be a director

of the mexican railway.

( Playing halts )

invited

by melmotte himself.

Oh!

Felix, what

wonderful news!

Mr. Melmotte must think

very highly of you.

Ha! I can't think why.

Are you sure they

haven't made a mistake?

I'm rather good with money

and all that sort of thing.

Rather good

at losing it...

very amusing.

And begging for it,

and stealing it out

of other people's purses.

I shan't stay

and listen to this!

I hope

mr. Melmotte's safe

has a stout lock on it!

Really, hetta,

that was rather unkind.

This new post might be

the making of felix.

Now I think it's time

i invited marie melmotte

to call on us.

And...

( chamber music playing )

( indistinct conversation )

( glass dings )

my lords,

gentlemen...

this inaugural dinner

is to celebrate

the formation of the english

board of directors

of the south-central pacific

and mexican railway company.

( Huzzahs )

I'd like to extend

our warmest wishes

to our american partner,

mr. Fisker.

Wish him a safe journey

across the atlantic

to new york,

where he will be

talking up the shares

over there.

Up! Up! Up!

Those of you

who know me

will know that I am

a man of few words.

All I want to say is...

this is going to be...

the biggest thing

ever seen

on either side

of the atlantic

for 50 years!

We'll be making

history, gentlemen...

and making money, too.

Ah! Bravo!

( Huzzahs )

to the south-central pacific

and mexican railway.

To the south-central

pacific

and mexican railway!

You're a good fellow,

montague.

We're all

damn good fellows.

This is a great thing

we're on, you know.

Glad you agree.

Yes, and the great thing

about being directors,

you know, is that we

don't have to work.

Money just comes in

by itself.

It's wonderful,

it's wonderful.

I'm afraid

i'll have to do

quite a bit of work

for my money, actually.

Really?

Really?

Yes.

That's a shame,

good fellow like you.

You're a good fellow.

( Indistinct conversation )

broune: I think she

should be a counsel's writer.

She shows great promise.

I have the utmost respect

for our hostess,

but her book is a bad book.

It is a thoroughly

rotten book,

and I, for one,

refuse to tout it.

I have more respect

for my readers than that.

But to praise

a friend's book--

it's just

the way of the world.

Everyone understands that.

You seem to think

it's the greatest

historical work of the age.

Oh, come, come.

I didn't quite say that.

Mr. Broune,

may I have a word?

I'll never forget

what you've done for me,

never.

No more than my duty.

Much, much more,

and I hope you'll

learn to know

that a woman can

really be grateful.

Hmm.

Mr. Alf?

I forgive you,

and I'm so glad

you feel you can still

come here as my friend.

Madame melmotte.

Your mama's not much

of one for talking, is she?

No, and nobody's much

for talking to her, either.

Anyway,

she's not my mama.

She's my stepmother.

Papa got rid

of my real mama

when I was

just a little girl.

Got rid of her?

I say!

How?

Don't know.

She was there

when we lived in frankfurt,

but we were so poor then,

and then

we were in new york,

but by the time

we were in paris

he was married

to her.

My poor,

sweet darling.

I know

what you need.

You need someone

to take care of you

and love you, don't you?

Yes, I most certainly do.

I'm not sure we should...

come on.

Marie: ( Faintly )

oh, felix!

Will you be

that someone?

Will you love me

and take care of me?

Will I? Yes,

if you want me to.

If it were up to me,

but...

papa settles everything.

Lord, haven't i

done enough?

You must

make sure of her, felix.

Now, madame melmotte

told me

they're going

down to the country

to stay with the longestaffes

for whitsun.

Is that so?

I didn't think

they were that thick.

Lady pomona won't like it,

or georgiana, the biggest

snob in england.

I hope they're not thinking

of adolphus for marie.

Dolly? No, no.

No. Don't think so.

They say at the club

that melmotte

wants to buy

one of their old properties,

pickering park, and dolly's

not so keen to sell.

It's come to him, you see.

Maybe melmotte's thinking

of throwing in marie

as part of the bargain.

But he mustn't!

Well, now that you've...

it's quite distasteful

that the poor girl

should be used

as a bargaining counter

in a property sale!

She has a heart,

and she's entrusted it

to my only son.

I believe she has.

There's no need to make

those faces, hetta.

We shall be there, too.

We can stay with roger

and get ourselves invited

over to caversham for dinner.

You can ask papa then.

All right.

Oh, felix,

you are becoming

quite a treasure.

Dear, dear boy.

I hope you're not expecting me

to come as well, mother.

Of course.

Why not?

It might be

awkward for me,

and for roger, too.

That's nonsense.

You've been going there

since you were a girl,

and if roger

asks you again,

I hope you'll have

the good manners to accept.

Really, hetta,

it's most ungrateful of you,

and it's not as if

you've had other offers, is it?

( Snickers )

no, not as yet,

mother.

Well, then.

Really,

you must learn

to behave

with more consideration...

dear.

He's invited

the melmottes?

All of them?

So I understand,

georgiana.

But that...

foreign woman...

who can barely speak

a word of english,

and that strange,

monkey-faced daughter!

I can understand

going to a crush

at their house in town

when everybody else goes--

one doesn't speak to them,

and one needn't see them

afterwards--

but to have them

in one's own house!

For how long?

A week, I believe.

Well, they are

very wealthy, you know.

It would be an idea

if adolphus could

marry the daughter.

Dolly will never

marry anyone.

He'd never take

the trouble to ask.

I'm sure I don't know

what your papa is to do,

or how there is never

any money for anything.

I don't spend it!

It really is too bad

of papa.

( Door opens )

oh, my dear adolphus!

I didn't think

you'd come down.

Pa wouldn't

leave me alone

till I said I would.

Give him some tea,

georgiana.

I'd sooner have

a soda and brandy.

Oh, lord.

Here's the governor.

Now for a row!

Well, adolphus?

Have you

changed your mind?

Well...

no.

Matter of fact,

I haven't, pa.

Pickering park's

my inheritance,

and I shan't see it sold

to pay debts on caversham.

It ain't right,

and it ain't fair.

Very well, then.

You leave me

with no alternative.

My dear,

we shall not be going

back to london

for the rest

of the season.

We cannot afford

the expense.

But, my dear,

our ball is fixed!

Then it must be

unfixed!

He doesn't mean it.

He can't, can he?

I fear, my love,

he does.

We must be in london

for the rest of the season.

I don't like to be

indelicate,

but if I'm to be married,

I must meet men,

and london is the only place

where they are to be found.

Do you really want me

on your hands

for the rest

of your life, mother?

Oh, dear.

Perhaps, after all,

mr. Melmotte

will do something for us.

Here you are.

This is so kind of you.

What must you think of me,

inviting myself

and my children

without so much

as a by-your-leave?

Only that I am delighted

you should like

to come again so soon.

You can't imagine how

it has raised my spirits.

'Morning, roger.

Still here, then?

There's more to life

than carbury, you know.

You ought to

get out more.

All right if I

borrow a horse?

Perfectly.

Take as long as you like.

Thanks. I will.

( Sounds of passion )

( laughing )

ahh!

Ahh.

Ah, ruby.

You know, I've never

done that before,

not with anyone, ever.

I should be sorry to hear

that you had, ruby.

And you do love me,

don't you?

Of course I do,

more than anything else

in the whole world.

You'd better,

'cause there's

ever such a lot of men

wants to be my sweetheart,

so you better

behave yourself.

Well, don't I always?

I wish you'd come

and see me more often.

Yeah.

Oh, you've got

such soft skin,

soft as a little baby.

Oh, I say, ruby,

draw it mild.

You know what?

I think I'm going

to let you do it again.

I love you that much.

Look here, I'm not at all

sure that I can.

Oh, I am.

I'm certain sure.

I'm afraid

I haven't been able to arrange

much entertainment

for you.

My dear cousin, it was

to escape the eternal parties

that we came down here.

The bishop will be pleased

to come and dine tomorrow.

I shall be glad to see

the bishop once more.

This article is

about mr. Montague.

He left it with me

when he came.

Could I borrow it?

Of course, yes,

if you wish.

I have asked

the longestaffes for friday,

but they won't come.

I daresay they are going

to have guests themselves.

Yes, I did know

they were to have guests.

The melmottes

are coming to them.

The melmottes?

I fancy he wants

a little pecuniary

assistance, roger.

I should have thought

he would have kept

such a man as melmotte

out of his wife's

drawing room.

Why should you dislike

the melmottes so much?

I don'T.

Why should I--

why should I dislike

people I never saw?

No, but I do dislike

those who seek their society

simply

because they are rich.

Meaning me, I suppose.

No. Of course

i don't dislike you,

as you very well know.

No, I meant

the longestaffes then.

But I can't say

i'm happy to discover

that you are come

down to the country

just because you knew

the melmottes

are to be at caversham.

Not just.

You know how I love

to be here.

But I will admit to partly,

not for my own sake--

I should never

run after such a man--

but for my poor son.

Felix has spent every penny

of his inheritance,

as you know, but he does

have other assets.

He's good-looking,

he's a baronet,

and I must say the girl

seems quite in love with him.

So he'll save his bacon

by marrying for money.

Well, what is wrong

with that?

It's nothing less

than stealing her money.

Oh, roger,

how hard you are!

Does he feel anything

at all for the girl?

Well, I never...

it's beside the point,

I suppose.

I have nothing more

to say on the matter.

It's no affair of mine,

but when I'm told a girl

is in the neighborhood,

and that felix has come

to be near his prey,

and that I am asked to be

a party to such a thing,

I can only say

what I think!

Felix is welcome here

because he is your son

and my cousin,

but I wish he'd chosen

some other place

for the work

he has in hand.

If you wish it,

we will return to london.

I had hoped you'd be

glad to see us,

perhaps particularly glad

to see my hetta.

But we have offended you,

and I think we should leave.

You are very harsh,

and it crushes me.

You mustn't leave.

If I've hurt you,

I regret it very much.

Let me beg your pardon.

Please, no more

about going away.

I shall

return to my room.

My head hurts so

i can hardly speak.

Shall I come with you?

No, no.

I shall be well.

Stay with your cousin.

Oh, that was badly done.

No.

You said what you thought,

that was all.

A gentleman should never

be rough to a lady,

and a man should never

be rough to his guests.

I hope

she will forgive me.

Sir felix!

How delightful!

Lady pomona.

Madame melmotte.

Beautiful gardens.

For myself, I don't

care much for gardens,

but if one is to live

in the countryside,

this is the sort of place

one would like.

Carbury's

a very poor place.

For a small place,

carbury is very pleasant

and pretty,

though

it isn't extensive.

No, by jove.

It's as poky as a prison.

You were in prison?

Hmm?

No. No, no.

That was jus--

is that your daughter

there, madame?

I must just...ah...

miss longestaffe.

Miss melmotte.

I'm sure you two would like

to be left together.

She doesn't like me.

She doesn't like

any of us.

How every

imperceptive of her.

I like you

very much indeed.

I wonder--

am I to believe that?

Well, of course you are.

Haven't I come all this way

just to tell you so?

And to ask you again,

will you accept me?

Do you really love me

well enough, felix?

Of course I do.

I'm not good at making

pretty speeches

and all that,

but you know

i love you.

Then I will love you, too.

I will with all my heart.

Ohh, felix,

no one ever

kissed me like you do.

I don't know what papa

will say when we tell him.

Think he'll be angry?

Yes, I expect so.

But you will

speak to him, won't you?

Yes, of course, yes.

( Distant laughter )

well, there he is.

Who's that chap with him?

Lord alfred grendall.

Oh. Spends a lot of time

with old grendall,

don't he?

Papa says he can make

old grendall

do anything he likes.

He says old grendall will

jump through hoops for him.

Does he?

Have to be

pretty big hoops, what?

( Giggles )

you're so funny.

I do love you so.

Look here, I don't think

now is the time

to talk to papa,

not in the country

in another man's house.

It's not quite the thing.

I never know

what the thing is,

but you will speak to him

soon, won't you?

Oh, yes, yes.

Very soon.

Mr. Melmotte's

given his consent?

No, not in

so many words, no,

but it's all settled

apart from that.

Oh, felix.

It's almost

too good to be true.

Darling!

Darling boy!

Oh, leave off, mother, do.

I ain't quite sure I care

about being married

and all that.

You will care very much

when you have enough money

to do anything you like.

I suppose you're right.

So you must come with us

to the longestaffes' tomorrow.

If you run away now,

it will be

an affront to her,

and might set

mr. Melmotte against you

just at a time

when you should be

laying yourself out

to please him.

Oh, bother.

All right, mother,

I'll come.

Dear boy!

Please, please!

Please!

I've had

a very tiring day.

( Dog wheezing )

( indistinct conversation )

lady carbury: There's

your inamorata, felix.

I know, mother.

Why don't you go

and talk to the father now?

Not in front

of all these people.

He might cut me.

Well, if you won't,

I shall.

( Sotto voce )

oh, lord!

Mr. Melmotte.

Lady carbury.

My lords,

ladies

and gentlemen,

dinner is served.

I hope you like

suffolk, mr. Melmotte.

Pretty well.

It's a very nice place

for fresh air.

Thinking of getting a place

down here myself.

I'd sooner be

in london, though.

It's a very nice place,

is london.

It is if you have

plenty of money.

And if you haven't,

it's the best place to get it.

You written any more books?

Wicked women of history,

wasn't it?

How kind of you

to remember.

I know a bit

about wicked women myself,

and girls.

There are books

i could write,

lady carbury,

if I had a mind to.

Your son is

sir felix carbury, ain't he?

Sitting over there

with my daughter?

Happy fellow.

He sits on the same board

with you, I believe.

I trust

he's diligent there?

He don't trouble me much,

I don't trouble him much.

Oh.

I've told mama.

Did she say anything?

Yes. A lot.

She says papa will think

you're not rich enough,

but I don't care

about that.

Talk about something else

or people will hear.

Have you been riding?

Nope. I don't really

know how to ride.

You ride beautifully.

What, on that old screw

of roger's?

I think you do.

When are you going

back to town?

Tomorrow.

We go on wednesday.

You will come

and see me, won't you?

Hmm? Uh, yes,

I expect so.

And you'll go

and see my father.

He's in the city every day.

Best to go there.

Right.

You will stick to it,

though, marie, won't you?

I always stick to things

when I've made my mind up.

Papa knows that.

You're a good girl,

marie.

I'll be a very good girl

to you.

What a lovely couple

they make.

Whatever happens,

we shall always be friends.

Yes. That's

what I want, too.

I shan't tell you

that I love you again.

You know that already.

I shan't press you to make

a sacrifice of yourself.

But I think you may

come to love me...

unless your heart

is already given elsewhere.

What do you mean?

You seem very interested

in my friend paul montague.

Who would not be?

He has done

such extraordinary things,

and may do more.

Yes, but...

he is rather wild,

you know,

and just now he's engaged

in a risky

and possibly

a dishonest venture

in what I regard

as very bad company.

You'd speak this way

about your friend,

your prot g ?

Yes, because I care

very much

about his welfare

and his happiness,

and I care even more

about yours.

Then we must hope

that your fears are misplaced,

mustn't we?

Here you are, sir.

Would you like

anything sent up?

No. Thank you.

I won't be

staying very long.

( Southern accent )

paul.

You came.

You came to me.

I knew you would.

I can't stay very long.

You can't stay long?

I see.

I don't think we have

much to say to each other,

not now.

Paul,

I came 3,000 miles

to see you.

I think you owe me

a little more than that.

Good morning.

Would you follow me,

please, sir?

( Dog barks )

( sighs )

good?

Excellent, mr. Melmotte.

Begin.

Good morning,

mr. Wakeham.

Shall we go

in the morning room?

Thank you,

miss carbury.

I was hoping to see

lady carbury or sir felix.

My brother is out

and my mother is unwell.

How can I help you?

It occurred to me

that perhaps your mother

has overlooked

the payment of accounts

for wines and spirits.

It's been

seven months now.

I see.

Sir felix was kind enough

to honor us with another order

just the other day.

Sir felix is expecting

to draw a substantial

sum of money very soon.

He has become a director

of the mexican railway.

Ah, the mexican railway.

I had thought

of going in for that myself

in a small W.

So you should not

have to wait much longer.

Ould g

we should be so very sorry

to have to go

to another wine merchant.

Of course

we shall hear from you

at your convenience.

Thank you, mr. Wakeham.

( Door closes )

has he gone?

Yes.

Oh, I hate

having to do that.

Why should the poor man

not be paid?

Because we have nothing

to pay him with.

We know whose fault

that is, don't we?

You would see me

throw you onto the street

rather than marry

your cousin roger,

who is a dear good man

and has loved you

since you were a girl.

I wish I could love roger

the way he would like me to.

It would be most convenient.

But I can'T.

He's been

most generous to us,

helped us with small sums

on numerous occasions.

Are you suggesting he's agreed

to buy me in installments?

I shall marry for love

if I marry at all.

I would rather work

the telegraph or be a nurse

in a women's hospital

or be a writer like you

than marry

simply for security.

At least I should be

earning my keep honestly.

To marry without love is nothing

better than prostitution.

Hetta!

It's what I believe.

You never spoke like this

until you met

that young adventurer

paul montague.

I suppose you imagine yourself

in love with him.

Things have changed.

So...

you feel nothing

for me now?

No, I could never

say that.

Well, look at me

and tell me what it is.

You've met someone else.

That's what it is, isn't it?

A year ago,

when we parted,

you promised to follow me

to san francisco,

but you never came.

Not a word,

not a letter.

There were circumstances.

I told you everything

about myself.

You told me nothing.

What was I to think except

that you tired of our affair,

found someone else?

There was never

anyone else.

I told myself it was over,

threw myself into my work.

You've become the man

i always knew you could be.

Winifred--

winifred.

At last.

I called you paul

from the first moment.

Well, speak out.

Is there another woman

that you love?

Yes. Yes, there is.

And have you promised

to marry her as well?

No. No, not as yet.

But she loves you.

She has never said so.

And you have never

told her of your love?

Never.

Then there's nothin'

that binds you to her.

Quite the reverse,

in our case.

We are bound

in every way, aren't we?

Isn't it the case

in your country

that an offer of marriage

is binding on the man?

Only the woman

may break off the engagement.

Winifred...

I'm begging you

to release me now.

And I refuse

because I know

what is good for you

better than you know

yourself.

You say I told you

nothin' of myself,

but I gave you everything

a woman has to give.

Can you tell me

that meant nothing,

means nothing, to you?

No.

Can you tell me

you feel nothing for me?

No.

Then kiss me, paul,

in friendship

if nothin' more.

I must go.

Very well.

I'll let you go for now,

but I know

you're too honorable

to make love

to your little english rose

while you're

still bound to me,

and I know

you wouldn't be so unkind

as to leave me all alone

and friendless in london.

So long as friendship

is all you ask.

For the present.

It can be a kind

of a game, you see.

Your part is to persuade me

to release you,

mine to make you realize

you're better off with me.

A game?

Hmm?

You call this

a game?

A game with high stakes,

played in deadly earnest.

Don't be tempted into

treatin' it lightly, paul,

or you may wish

you had never been born.

Do you hear?

Go now.

I know

you'll come again soon.

And finally, your chairman

is happy to announce formally

what I suppose

you all know--

that the first issue

of public shares one week ago

went, shall we say,

according to plan...

I should say.

And that at the close

of trading yesterday,

the value of the shares

had gone up by 500%.

Not bad.

Bravo!

So if we wanted to cash in

on our shares now,

we'd get five times

the amount we put in?

Yes, you would,

mr. Longestaffe,

but the best thing you could do

is to buy more railway shares.

They're going to go

a great deal higher.

You might as well

leave your money where it is.

If any of you gentlemen have

further available liquidity...

what's liquidity?

Liquidity is ready cash,

my lord,

and if you have any,

my advice is

to build up your holdings now.

This is the opportunity

of the century,

and I'm telling you to beg,

borrow, sell all other assets

and get into this now

while it's going up,

and then you can tell

your grandchildren

that you were in

at the very start

of the best thing

this century.

Melmotte:

Yes, mr. Montague.

I assume that there is

a regular release of funds

into the work itself.

The surveying

can go ahead immediately

and the building itself

as soon after that as possible.

That's it, mr. Montague.

All in hand.

Well, gentlemen?

Could we know what sums

have been dispensed

and how the payments relate

to the schedule of works?

It's all

in the accounts.

Where can these

be inspected?

In the company offices

in due course.

As I say, the work

is all in hand.

And now if there's

nothing more to discuss...

I declare the meeting

closed.

Bravo!

Bravo!

He don't put off

so easy, that one.

Run him up

a set of figures, croll,

set his mind at rest.

I think he really wants

this railway, mr. Melmotte.

So do we, don't we?

Don't we?

If you say so,

mr. Melmotte.

Come on, my old croll.

We've seen off

bigger fish than him.

I saw her.

You have

a beautiful house, sir.

( Gargles )

sir felix carbury

to see mr. Melmotte at once.

I'm expected.

I am expected.

Wait here, sir.

Psst.

Psst.

( Whispers )

are you sir felix?

Felix: Yes.

I am didon.

Oh.

Come with me.

Come, come, quick!

All right,

if you say so.

I have got him

for you.

Why didn't you

come before?

I've been longing

and longing for you.

I say, steady on,

steady on.

Oh, didon knows

everything.

So you'll see him?

Man said

he was busy.

No, he's in for you,

out to everyone else.

Oh, jolly good.

Go now.

Don't let him bully you!

No. Right. Absolutely.

Absolutely.

In you go.

( Whispers ) go!

( Snoring )

how do you do, sir felix?

You come to see the ladies,

have you?

Yes, but I thought

i'd look in on you, you know.

That's very good of you.

Well?

Mr. Melmotte,

I'm come to--

I'm come--

oh, in short,

mr. Melmotte,

I want to propose myself

as a suitor

for your daughter's hand.

The deuce you do.

Well, yes,

and we hope you'll give us

your consent, sir.

We? Who's "we"?

Your daughter and I, sir.

Oh, she knows

you're coming, then?

Yes. I've been attached

to her

ever since I saw her

and all that.

You know how

that kind of thing goes on.

No, I'm damned if I do.

I know how it ought

to go on.

The young man ought to speak

to the father before the girl.

That's how it ought

to go on.

Of course we know

it all depends on you, sir.

Not at all.

She's of age.

She can marry you tomorrow

if she chooses.

You're a baronet,

I believe.

Yes, I'm a baronet,

all right.

No money cares, eh?

Not exactly that.

I suppose you will give

your daughter a fortune.

She don't get a farthing

if she marries to please herself

without my consent.

I had rather hoped you would

give your consent, sir.

Haven't said I won'T.

It's possible.

What's your property,

sir felix?

It isn't a very large

property, you know.

Not like the marquis

of westminster's, then.

No, it's not

quite like that.

Where's

your family seat?

Carbury hall,

down in suffolk

near the longestaffes.

Carbury hall?

I didn't know

that was yours.

Well, it isn't,

exactly, not yet.

But I am the heir.

I see. The heir.

Who's got it now?

My cousin.

Mr. Roger carbury.

And he's an old man,

is he?

He's not what you'd call

a young man.

( Laughs nervously )

he's not very old.

I see.

Not very old.

Able-bodied, is he?

Able to shake a leg?

Well, yes,

I suppose he is.

How would it be if he was

to marry and have children?

I don't know how

that would be.

I don't think it's very likely

that he'll marry.

And in the meantime,

what is your own property?

Mr. Melmotte,

the fact is,

I love your daughter,

and she loves me.

And I may not be possessed

of great wealth or property,

but I am a baronet

and a gentleman.

And I'm not, you imply?

No! That is not

what I meant at all.

I think we understand

each other very well.

You are to provide

the rank and position,

and I'm to provide the money.

That's the bargain.

I buy my daughter

a place in society

by paying you to marry her.

That's your understanding

of it?

Sir, I must protest.

One shouldn't cheapen it--

it's all right, sir felix.

I'll think on it.

But don't get your hopes

up too high.

Money expects money,

you know.

Marie: Isn't he lovely?

Didon: He has

a very pretty face.

And he's

a ve good sser.

I have seen better,

and nidderdale

is a real lord.

Oh!

But you like this one.

Oh, didon, I do. I do.

I love him.

I never knew felix carbury

was so found of the country.

I know I'm not.

How long are we

to be kept here, father?

I don't know what you mean

by being "kept here."

This is your home.

You might as well make up

your mind to live in it.

If we're not in london,

we will never meet anyone.

You know what

that means for me.

I have to be in london

for the end of the season.

It's my last chance.

There's no "have to"

about it, georgiana.

I can't afford it,

and that's that.

Father, if you won't take me

up to town yourself,

could you not let me

stay with friends?

The primeros are in town

for the season.

As a matter of fact,

I have received an invitation

for you to stay

up in london, georgiana.

You have? From whom?

The melmottes.

Those dreadful people.

Why shouldn't I go

to the primeros

or julia monogram?

It's that or stay

in the country, my dear.

You know your father

especially dislikes

the primeros.

Very well, then.

I shall go to the melmottes

if it's to be them or nothing.

And the first man

that comes to me

with 4,000 or 5,000

a year, I'll take him,

even though he came

out of newgate or bedlam,

and I shall always say

it was papa's fault!

Move!

( Sighs )

I wish we could have

each other a bit longer.

So do I, by jove.

I wish you lived in town.

I could see you every day.

Wouldn't that be jolly?

Wouldn't that?

For two pins,

I'd do it, too.

Oh, lord, I must go.

Grandfather's asked

john crumb over again.

And who is john crumb

when he's at home?

John crumb the miller.

He comes to see me.

So you come back soon,

or he'll steal a match

on you, he will.

Ruby!

( Thunder rumbling )

( door opens )

here she comes.

Late again,

little hussy?

Ah, she's worth

waitin' for, though.

Why do you always have to

say the same thing, john?

N't keep

a civil tongue in your head

when the poor man's tryin'

to pay you a compliment?

And where's our supper

we've been waitin' for?

It was all done before.

It only wants bringin' out.

You could have done that

yourself,

but that's too much for you,

I s'pose!

A damn good hidin'

wouldn't do you no harm!

Ah, no, mr. Ruggles.

That's not the way.

That's what you think.

I say women is better

for a regular beatin'.

Like carpets, eh?

Ho ho ho.

What?

Ho ho ho.

There now.

Oh, what's this?

Ah, ruby.

( Thunder rumbling )

very tasty, ruby.

Thank you, john.

Hold there a moment.

John has something

to say to you, ruby.

Haven't you, john?

Only, like, I've got the house

all ready now, ruby.

So if you'd like

to name the day,

you and I shall be married

as soon as you like.

Tomorrow wouldn't be

too soon for me.

So say you will,

and I'll always do my best

to make you happy.

I can't marry you, john.

I'm sorry.

What?

But you said

you loved me, ruby.

You always said

we would be married one day.

Young women is allowed

to change their minds,

and I've changed mine.

I'm sorry, john.

I can't help it.

Nasty, ungrateful

lyin' little slut!

Treat a good man

like that?

I've a good mind

to tan the hide off you!

Don't you touch me.

I can't help it

if I love someone else.

Who is that?

Shan't tell you!

I have a good mind

to beat you!

Come here! Come back!

Come back.

If you beat me,

it's the last time,

I swear it.

You'll never

see me again!

Come here. Right!

No!

You'll tell me.

No!

You'll tell me!

( Ruby screams,

mr. Ruggles shouts )

( snoring )

( door creaks )

give us a kiss.

( Snoring )

( door creaking )

ruby: "To sir felix carbury,

the beargarden club.

"Dear sir,

I have done what I said,

"and sooner than I thought.

"I refused john crumb.

"Grandfather turned me

out the house,

so I'm a-come a-london..."

marie: "Dearest felix,

when shall I see you again?

"Papa has said you are not

to come to the house again,

but I'm not frightened of him,

and nor should you be."

Melmotte: You stupid woman!

Why can't you get

one simple thing right?!

"I don't care about money,

and on my word of honor,

I'll never marry anyone

but you."

Ruby: "I long for you

to take me dancin'

"and to see the music hall.

From your own loving ruby."

Everything in order,

sir felix?

Hmm?

Yes. I don't see

why not, vossner.

All to your liking,

miss longestaffe?

Yes, thank you, mr. Melmotte.

How kind of you to ask.

Well, let's have a little smile

on that pretty face, then.

Ha ha ha ha.

( Grunts )

oh!

I'm buying one of your father's

properties, you know.

Pickering park.

It's to be

that little madame's dowry.

Oh, really?

I thought that adolphus

hadn't agreed on the sale.

Ah, that's all

been dealt with.

When I want a thing,

I generally get it, you know.

Yes, miss, how would you like

to live in pickering park

as lady nidderdale, eh?

I don't care where I live,

but I won't marry

lord nidderdale.

She fancies herself

in love with that fop

( burps )

ha ha ha ha.

( Burps )

ha ha ha.

What's a baronet?

I could be a baronet.

Nothing easier.

I intend going into parliament,

miss longestaffe.

When I get a seat,

all I have to do

is spend a bit of money

on the proper side--

the conservative side,

of course--

throw a few dinners,

and the thing is done.

Sir augustus melmotte,

baronet.

Well, what do you think

about that?

Most interesting.

( Slurps )

oh, dommage.

Hey!

Oh, really.

Please.

Melmotte: No, no, no, no.

Oh, lord.

I'm so proud.

Forgive me.

I didn't mean to--

gentlemen, shall we go

where we can talk--

unencumbered?

Follow me,

gentlemen.

( Whispering )

what's all this, niddy?

Marie melmotte.

The stakes are on again.

I say, look here.

That's not fair.

Not my fault, old boy.

It's the two governors.

I can't do anything.

Andrew!

Come and sit down

with us.

No, he must not.

He must go at once.

Melmotte le tuera!

Monsieur, il faut

que vous retirez.

Qu'elle est m chante.

But you must go, sir.

He will kill you.

Well, yes,

under the circumstances--

no, he shan't go!

Let him kill us if he dare!

I'll never marry nidderdale,

not if he cuts me into bits!

We'll go down to the parlor

and tell him now.

He shan't make me marry

anyone but you.

Oh, mon dieu!

Felix, if you will

be true to me,

nothing can keep us apart.

Mrs. Melmotte:

Oh, my god. He's coming.

He's coming back

to kill us all.

Now you be brave,

and I will be brave.

Marie, I really--

felix.

No, no, no.

Now listen, you.

Sir felix,

my daughter is engaged

to be married

to lord nidderdale.

All right?

I am not.

I won't marry him,

not if you chop me

to pieces.

She will be married

to lord nidderdale,

so you might as well

leave right now.

Papa,

he is my lover.

Bosh.

It is not bosh!

I love him, and I won't

have anyone else.

You...

hit me if you like.

It won't change

anything.

You get to your room.

I'll go,

but I still love him.

Get out!

I'm very sorry

to have had a hand

in causing

this disturbance, sir.

You go away

and don't come back.

And you remember this--

if she marries

without my consent,

she don't get

a single shilling.

Good day to you,

sir felix.

Happy to see you

in the city anytime.

Eh--oh.

It's only me, my own--

own darling felix.

You won't give me up,

will you?

Did you tell him

you wouldn't give me up?

He says he'll cut us off

without a shilling, so...

I have my own money.

When we were in france,

papa put a lot of money

in my name,

thousands and thousands,

so he could tell his creditors

he had none.

We could run away

together.

Good god, there's more to you

than meets the eye.

Send me a note by didon.

Ohh.

( Woman singing opera )

it's so unlike life,

don't you think?

I wonder whether any girl

ever sat and cried like that

because her lover talked

to another woman.

Women aren't

all made the same.

Luckily for you men.

But, you know,

there's a dash

of the savage princess

about most of us,

so watch out.

I shall.

Are you going

to see me home?

Of course.

You needn't, you know.

I'm not afraid

of taking a cab by myself.

But I should like

a little more of your company.

Have you enjoyed

this evening?

Yes, very much.

Good.

So have I.

Come in

for one moment.

Ruby: Good night,

mrs. Hurtle.

Good night, ruby.

Good night, sir.

She's a new girl

just up from the country,

the landlady's niece.

I don't know

what she thinks of me.

I've told them we are

engaged to be married.

I hope you don't mind.

Do you think that's wise?

Well, if it avoids

unpleasantness and gossip...

shut the door

for one moment.

( Door closes )

I won't be separated

from you.

I'll do anything

for love of you,

anything but lose you.

Winifred.

No, don't speak.

I understand.

Go now.

Go now.

My lords and gentlemen,

I'm able to tell you

that we are prospering.

Men: Hear, hear.

I wish I could show you

the balance sheet.

It's a sight

for sore eyes.

But in affairs of this nature,

great discretion is required,

so, on behalf

of the shareholders at large

whose interests are

in our hands,

I think that any

detailed statement

should be postponed

just for a short while,

and I therefore move

that this meeting be adjourned

to this day week.

Man: Seconded.

So all those

in favor--

mr. Melmotte.

Yes, mr. Montague.

Could you at least

give the board your assurance

that the timetable for

the building of the railway

is on schedule?

Thank you, mr. Montague.

All in favor?

And that all the company

accounts and records

be made freely available

for inspection by the directors.

Against?

Motion carried. I think

that concludes the business.

Thank you, gentlemen.

( Applause )

( indistinct conversation)

I understand.

You are a fine young man,

mr. Montague.

This is a great project,

and I'm well aware

that you brought it to me

in the first place,

and I'm very grateful,

but you don't understand

the business side

of a thing like this.

You had much better

leave it to me.

I'll make you rich,

and you'll have

your railway, too.

Trust me.

You won't regret it.

And don't cross me again

or you'll be sorry.

Good afternoon to you.

You do think he's

all right, old melmotte?

I'm supposed to be marrying

his daughter, you know.

Come on, nidderdale. We're

wasting valuable time here.

Um...

( door opens )

what, you're still here,

then, mr. Montague?

Well, I'm glad

you stayed.

Croll: Mr. Montague.

Please, take a seat,

mr. Montague.

No, thank you.

( Chuckles )

I was a bit short

with you just now.

I beg your pardon.

Good, but the thing

is this--

unanimity is everything

is a situation such as this.

If you and I quarrel

in the boardroom,

there's no knowing

the amount of evil that we do.

We are carrying

the hopes and dreams

of thousands of shareholders

on our shoulders.

They're depending on us.

Croll knows.

And there is nothing

that can be done for them

unless the shares

keep rising,

and that's what

you have to understand.

You don't want to see

the whole thing fall to pieces,

do you?

Look here...

mm.

I'm in this

to build a railway,

and I don't see any signs

of it at the moment.

Now, never mind

the share price.

What about the survey?

Mm.

The labor?

Mm.

The purchase of materials,

the equipment?

( Laughs )

oh, look,

all that is in hand.

Look here, montague,

all this that you talk of

is--is nothing!

It's--what is it?

A mere matter of engineering.

It's nuts and bolts

and nuts and bolts.

I could find a score of fellows

to build me a railway,

but some of us

have to set our sights

on higher matters

than these.

Oh, what would

a mere engineer like you

know about the building

of a great business empire?

Then you would have

no objection

if this mere engineer

went down to mexico

to see what progress

has been made?

No. Go, go, go, go.

You do what you like, sir.

It's all one to me.

Then I shall.

And if I find that no

preparations have been made,

I shall start

the work myself.

Good day to you, sir.

( Door closes )

croll: He will, too.

Oh, let him go, croll.

Mexico's a long way away,

and our work is here.

( Crystal beads ringing )

mr. Montague.

I'm sorry. I hadn't realized

you were here alone.

Mama is out with roger.

Oh. Roger is in town.

Yes. He comes to london

much more often now.

It seems so long

since we last met.

Yes. Yes,

at the melmottes' ball.

I suppose

you have been very busy.

Yes, I have.

With your railway?

Yes.

Come and sit down.

I came to tell you I shall

have to go out to mexico

sooner than I planned,

in two weeks' time.

Why do you frown?

Shan't you like that?

I'm not quite sure

what I shall find there.

I'm beginning to think

that melmotte doesn't know

or care much

about railways.

But there are things

and people

i shall be very sorry

to leave behind.

Hetta...

you must have thought me

very remiss

in not coming

to see you before now.

Believe me, I have

thought of you every day

since we last met,

but I have found myself

in difficulties.

There is my friendship

for roger, for one thing,

and...other obligations.

I don't think

your friendship for roger

should make you think

you can't see or talk to me.

Why should it?

I promised I wouldn't come

between you and him.

He made you promise that?

He had no right to.

I'm not engaged to roger,

though I care very much for him.

Could you love him as much

as a woman can love a man?

Because if you can,

I shall leave england at once

and never return to it.

( Door opens )

it is mama.

( Indistinct

conversation )

ahem.

Mr. Montague, what a very

unexpected pleasure.

Yes, I'm going abroad soon,

so I thought I would come up

and see you before I go.

Roger. I had no idea

you were in london.

What brings you here?

A little business,

that's all.

Did you have

a pleasant evening, mother?

Very pleasant.

Did you?

No, not at all,

until mr. Montague saved me

from felix's cigar

and brandy bills.

( Fakes yawn )

I hate

to be ill-mannered.

Yes, of course. I...

I didn't mean to stay so long.

I'll walk you back

to your club.

Good-bye, mr. Montague,

and if we don't see you

again before you leave,

bon voyage.

Thank you.

Good-bye.

Good-bye.

I shall think

of you.

I didn't know you were in

the habit of calling on hetta

and speaking to her alone.

This is the first time

i've seen her

since I spoke

to you last.

I won't try

deceiving you, roger.

I love her.

What brought him here?

He brought himself.

It wasn't arranged,

if that's what you mean.

How long was he here?

Only a couple of minutes

before you came in.

There is something

between you and that young man.

What is it?

You haven't engaged yourself

to him, have you?

No, I have not.

What, then?

I love him, mother,

and I'm sure he loves me.

And this on three

or four short meetings?

What do you know

of that young man? Nothing!

And what about

your poor cousin roger?

I'm sorry,

but you can't help

who you love, can you?

Roger: You seem to think

you've behaved honorably,

but you promised not to come

between hetta and myself,

and you have done.

Have mercy, paul,

for god's sake.

Leave well alone.

Hetta is the only one

for me.

For the sake

of our friendship, paul,

don't--don't take hetta

from me.

I wouldn't do that,

even if I could,

but if she should choose

of her own free will--

after all we've been

to each other,

you would take her

from me, would you?

For god's sake, man,

she's not a piece of property

for one man to take

or another to keep.

She has a will of her own

and a heart of her own,

and in the end,

she will decide,

and she may not choose

either of us.

Ahem.

Hello, john.

Come in.

Don't mean

to disturb you, squire.

Were you just off

to london again?

No, I felt the need

for a change of air

and a bit of solitude.

Oh, I was hoping

it might be london, sir.

Why is that?

Well, sir, it's ruby.

She's run away,

and I reckon it's to london

that she's gone.

Ruby's gone,

you say?

Crumb: Yes, sir. She quarreled

with her grandfather.

He don't treat her

very kindly, sir.

Perhaps it's as much

his fault as hers.

But he's sorry now

and he want her back,

and so do I.

I don't mean

to hold you up, sir.

I'll do what I can

when I'm next there.

London's a big place,

you know.

Aye, sir.

I do know that.

But you'll do

what you can, eh?

She very precious to me.

I'll do my best,

I promise.

Thank you, sir.

( Cheering, drumroll )

( giggles )

you won't keep me out

too late, will you, felix?

Mrs. Pipkin's awful strict.

Bother mrs. Pipkin.

She knows there's someone,

but I haven't said who.

( Giggles )

I think she'd fall down

in a faint

if she knew I was

walking out with a baronet.

Shh. I pass very well

as one of the local ruffians.

Two glasses here, cocky.

Comin' up, me lord.

( Drumroll )

( giggles )

you know, when I've sold

my shares at a profit,

I'm going to set you up

in a place of your own.

Then we won't have to

bother about mrs. Pipkin.

A place of our own,

you mean.

Mm.

Yes, of course.

Oh, felix, I do love you.

( Drumroll,

cymbals crash )

( cheers and applause )

that's for you...

and this is for me.

Another one

standing by, please.

My dear friend,

mr. Melmotte's daughter

and my felix wish to marry,

though mr. Melmotte is

reluctant to give his consent.

Do you think

it would be a good match?

A very good one

if they love each other.

But if the young people

were to take the affair

into their own hands,

so to speak...

if felix were to run away

with her, you mean, to elope?

Exactly.

Um, would mr. Melmotte

forgive his daughter

and make them

an allowance?

Well, yes,

I believe he would.

I believe any father

who loved his daughter would.

Oh, mr. Broune,

you have set my mind

at rest.

I have been so worried

about poor felix.

Lady carbury,

I think you know

that I should like

to set all your anxieties

to rest.

We are not as young

as we used to be.

Indeed we are not,

mr. Broune.

But I like to think

that we are not too old

to love.

Felix: Hello, broune.

At it again?

( Laughs )

felix, what are you doing

in that extraordinary costume?

What, this?

All the rage.

Felix, I've been asking

mr. Broune's advice,

and he agrees,

as I do,

that it might be best

to take the bull

by the horns.

Which bull

is this, mother?

To run away

with miss melmotte

and obtain her father's

consent after the marriage.

Oh, I don't know

about that, mother.

He cut up pretty rough

when he warned me off.

Thought he was gonna

bite my head off.

Well, damn it, broune,

if you're so behind me,

perhaps I'll go after it

after all, you know,

and if melmotte makes a fuss,

I'll refer him to you.

Shall I?

No, no, no.

My advice was couched

in very general terms

and given to your mother

in strict confidence.

All our hopes depend

on you now, darling.

If you don't

bring this off,

we're ruined.

( Piano playing )

georgiana: Grosvenor square,

july 2nd.

To lady julia monogram.

Dearest julia, I wonder that

you have not called to see me

or invited me

since I've been in london.

There is to be a small soiree

here on tuesday next.

I say small, but large enough

so that you need not

speak to the melmottes

if you should not wish to.

No, no, no, no.

( Speaks foreign language )

all: ( Laugh )

dearest julia,

how I long to see you

and all my real friends.

Yours as ever,

georgiana longestaffe.

Lady julia monogram.

Julia, dear,

you came.

I can't stop. Sir damask

doesn't even know I'm here.

Who are all these

dreadful people?

Oh, they aren't

all dreadful.

Look, there's

lord nidderdale.

I can't bear

money-grubbing.

Georgiana,

you have to understand

if you stick

with these...

melmottes,

we can't know you.

Nobody can.

You'd much better

go back to the country.

Oh, my god, who's that

dreadful-looking man

leering at us

over there?

He's not so bad

as all that.

His name is mr. Brehgert.

He's the head of

a banking firm in the city.

Darling, he looks

like a jew.

Is that so very bad?

The prime minister is a jew.

Yes, but one wouldn't

have him in one's house.

Oh, he's coming over.

Georgiana,

I do feel for you,

but if you will

let yourself down like this,

you can't expect

not to be dropped.

Perhaps we'll see each other

in the country. Good-bye.

Would you excuse me?

Yes, of course.

Good evening,

miss longestaffe.

Mr. Brehgert.

Might I ask

who that lady was?

Her name is

lady julia monogram.

She was my oldest friend.

And she's upset you.

Not at all.

No, I think she has,

and that distresses me.

Would it help you at all

to speak of it?

You are very kind,

but thank you, no.

Would you excuse me?

( Panting, sobbing )

( door slams )

( sobbing )

( whispers )

quickly!

Use these stairs. Come.

I'll show you.

Mais, o est lui?

Je ne comprends pas.

Il devrait tre la.

Il n'est pas la.

Marie: He is not there.

I say.

Over here.

Oh, felix, my love.

You took a deuced

long time about it.

I had to go to papa's

horrible party

and talk

to lord nidderdale.

Ah, poor you.

Good job I have this.

Give it to me.

( Chuckles )

what is

your plan?

Sorry. I don't follow.

What plan?

To run away.

Oh, lord.

We think it best to sail

to new york from liverpool.

Who's "we"?

Didon and I. Didon has

thought of everything.

She will come with me.

She will be my cousin.

I will go

as a french girl.

You can be an american,

should you like that.

We will call you

mr. Smith.

I say, that's clever.

We must not travel

together.

We'll board separately,

and the captain

can marry us onboard.

They can do that, you know.

Didon says.

And then we would be together,

never apart again.

Look here, marie.

This is going to need

ready cash.

Should I get your papa

to cash in my shares?

He might smell a rat.

Oh, money is nothing.

Papa keeps a great pile

of checks in his book room

made out to "cash,"

100 pounds each.

I can take one of those.

I say, that's useful.

That's useful.

Might as well take two

while you're there.

So, it is settled.

We will go

on wednesday week.

Really?

As soon as that?

I hadn't

actually thought--

we must. Papa is saying I must

marry nidderdale in two weeks.

What if you're wrong

about your own money

and your governor

doesn't come round?

Where should we be then?

Nothing venture,

nothing have.

Yes, but we might

venture everything

and end up with nothing,

you know.

You'd have me.

Didon: Psst!

Come quick!

Sir felix,

you must go now.

Marie: Good night,

my love.

Marie!

Vite!

Oui, je viens!

D p chez-vous!

Got brehgert coming

to see me this morning,

miss longestaffe.

His firm is brokering

a loan for us.

Asked if you

would be at home.

( Crunches )

( slurps )

he's taken a fancy

to you, has brehgert.

I should snaffle him up

if I were you.

He's well stuffed,

is brehgert.

He'd see you all right.

Mr. Melmotte,

I wish you'd avoid

such coarse expressions.

Oh, uh,

I do beg

your pardon.

( Chuckles )

what shall I tell him,

miss longestaffe?

Shall I set him on?

You may tell mr. Brehgert

that I am at home

and at leisure.

( Chuckles )

il faut se d p cher.

Oui. Oui.

Attends la porte.

D'accord.

Attends la porte!

Shoo!

Oui.

Oh, papa.

What?

What?

I want to go there.

Tout de suite!

Il arrive!

( Whispers )

d pchez-vous.

( Footsteps )

( whispers ) merde.

( Closing drawer )

( sings in french )

bonjour, monsieur.

( Sings in french )

( humming )

( sniffing )

oh, papa, can you show me

where mexico is

and where

the railway will go?

Go on.

Get out of here.

I don't want girls

and young women in here!

Go on!

I got work to do.

Work to do!

All right, papa.

One.

( Giggling )

( giggling )

ruby, will you tell mrs. Pipkin

we'll be home late?

Good night, ma'am.

Good night,

mr. Montague.

Winifred, I shall be away

for some time,

but before I go--

no, don't say it,

not tonight, not here

with all these people round.

I sometimes think

i shall go mad

in this filthy city,

everything pressing in on one.

I long to see the sky,

the sea.

Take me with you, paul.

You know I can'T.

It's no place

for a woman.

You forget

i'm no ordinary woman.

Oh, yes--mrs. Hurtle,

who once shot a man

in oregon.

That's how you were

first pointed out to me.

I don't regret it.

I'd do it again

if I had to.

If we have to say good-bye

to each other,

can't it be

in some clear cold place

with the sound of the sea

in our ears?

We've been on such journeys,

you and I.

One last little trip

to the sea, the real sea.

And then will you release me

from my promise?

Perhaps I shall.

Where shall we go?

How far away is penzance?

Cromer is much nearer.

Or lowestoft.

Roger carbury used to

take me there as a boy.

That's a clear cold place,

if you like.

Then lowestoft

it shall be.

I should like to see the place

where you were happy as a boy.

I won't ask you to stay,

just to take me.

I can return by myself.

You couldn't

refuse me that, could you?

( Lively music playing )

ruby: ( Giggling )

felix: Montague,

do you say?

Mr. Paul montague?

Yes, I knew him at once.

I'd seen him with the squire

ever so many times.

I don't think he knew me.

Leastways, I hope not.

What the devil was he doing

in islington?

Same as you.

He comes

to his own friend--

mrs. Hurtle,

the american lady.

You should see her.

She's a stunner.

Great big flashin' eyes

and lots of money.

They're gonna be married.

Are they?

Otherwise mrs. Pipkin

wouldn't let him upstairs.

Upstairs? He goes

upstairs, does he?

Well, I'm damned.

Paul montague.

The thing is,

what if he did know me

and tells the squire,

and the squire comes after me?

What am I to tell him?

Mind his own business.

Brandy and water, quick.

I don't think

that'll quite do, felix.

What am I to say

to aunt as well?

I've said nothin' all along

just to oblige you,

but I think you should have

somethin' to say to me.

Oh, I mean it.

If you bother me,

I shall cut it, you know.

Cut it?

Yes, cut it.

Why can't you wait till

i'm ready to say something?

I can't wait much longer.

Where am I to go

if mrs. Pipkin turns me out?

I've told you I'll find

a little place for you.

I've got to go to new york.

I'll be back in a month.

Then we'll see

what's to be done.

I want to know whether

you'll marry me or not.

M-marry you?

( Laughs )

no, I think not.

I know a trick

worth two of that.

Well, you shan't see me

ever again then.

Ruby, I meant not yet.

Ruby! Oh, damn.

Blast it all.

Yes, this seems

in order, mademoiselle...

mademoiselle racine.

And this is my cousin,

madame du tours.

You'll forgive me,

mademoiselle.

Do you have

any identification?

Why should I need it?

The check is made out

to "bearer."

Yes, of course.

Perhaps I should ask

mr. Melmotte

to confirm the check

by telegraph.

It is rather

a large sum.

Not to mr. Melmotte.

And I think

he would be very angry

to be bothered

about so small a matter.

Of course.

Would mademoiselle

like the money in bank notes?

Notes of ten pounds.

250 pounds

in 10-pound notes.

( Counting notes )

merci, monsieur.

There you are.

( Kisses felix )

now it is all arranged.

Didon has got

our tickets.

We will leave on wednesday

for liverpool.

You can catch a train

at 7:00.

Right. 7:00. Why aren't i

coming with you?

It would be

the act of a fool

to be seen together

before the boat sails.

Right.

Just what I thought.

Marie: I have bought

all my wedding clothes.

Have you?

Jolly good.

They'll go ahead, but I shall

keep all my jewels with me.

Now, here's the money

for your ticket.

When we get to new york,

we can write to papa.

Of course he'll make

the best of it.

Do you think he will?

He's a savage old bird.

Yes, he will.

He will have to.

Now, remember,

the liverpool train,

7:00 on wednesday.

Liverpool train,

7:00, wednesday.

Don't be late.

Oh, felix, you're

going through with it.

Seeing as you were

so set on it, ma.

Now, it's not fair

to lay all

the responsibility on me.

You and that fellow broune,

but don't worry about that.

Felix carbury is man enough

to take the consequences

when it's an affair

of honor.

I suppose the worst

melmotte can do

is shoot me

through the heart.

Oh, darling boy,

don't say that.

Now, what can you do for me

about money, mother?

But I have none.

There isn't 20 pounds

at the bank altogether.

Well, they'd let you

overdraw 50 or 60.

Not anymore, felix.

I've done that

once too often for you.

Well, well, that is

a blue lookout, I must say,

when a fellow's own mother

won't help him out.

Never mind. Never mind.

I must try elsewhere.

I can let you have

a check for 30.

I suppose

that'll have to do.

Could you have my luggage

sent over

to the beargarden

tomorrow?

I've got one or two affairs

i want to settle there.

When do you leave?

In the evening.

Take care, my darling.

All my heart and hopes

go with you.

Felix: That's it.

Just over there will do.

They won't be in your way

for long, herr vossner.

I shall be off

this evening.

No trouble at all,

sir felix.

Dolly: Hello, felix.

What's all this?

Takin' a trip?

That's it.

Matter of fact...

not a word to anyone.

I'm runnin' off

with marie melmotte.

The deuce you are.

That's one in the eye

for nidderdale.

Keep it under your hat.

Still a few hours

before I leave.

Oh, are you coming

to the card room?

Have a few hands

before you go?

I don't really care

to play for money, not today.

I've only enough for my passage

and expenses, you see.

Oh.

Oh, come on.

Couple of hands

won't hurt you, will they?

Well...

all right, then, but just

for half an hour, mind.

Good man!

All right.

Mrs. Hurtle: Perfect.

I can breathe here.

Here I feel

really alive again.

Well, thank you

for bringing me, paul.

I'm glad I did.

Are you truly?

No, don't answer that.

Oh, look at that funny man

stridin' along

with his head down.

I don't believe

he sees anything.

Might as well be walkin'

along a city street.

Oh, god.

What?

For god's sake,

what is it?

It's roger carbury.

Roger!

That lady, I take it,

is mrs. Hurtle.

Yes.

Yes, let me

introduce you.

No.

I never thought you were

without fault, paul,

but I am surprised

to discover

that you're a liar

and a scoundrel.

Good day.

Paul: Roger!

Please, roger. This is not

what you think it is.

You tell me it's all over

between you and that woman.

A week later,

I find you here together.

It is all over.

I wrote to her,

asking her to release me.

She came to england,

sent for me,

begged me not to desert her

in her loneliness.

What was I to do?

So you intend

to marry her after all?

No. Don't you understand?

I am trying to separate myself

from her honorably.

You go about it

in a very strange way,

bringing her

to a seaside hotel

as if she were a--

has she no regard

for her character?

Have you?

Perhaps these things

don't matter anymore.

What do I know

about the way people live now?

Roger, I can't

simply abandon her

until she accepts

that is over between us.

Meanwhile

you offer yourself

as a lover to a pure, innocent

girl like hetta carbury.

Have you told hetta

about this woman

and your relations

with her?

No.

No, I thought not.

Do you think she'll be happy

to be dragged into this--

this mess that you have made

for yourself?

You think

so little of me.

Are you so proud of your own

dealings with hetta?

What do you mean

by that?

You think of her

and speak of her

as a child, roger.

All your intercourse

with her

has been as a grown man

with a child,

and now you offer yourself

to her as a lover.

How could she regard

your advances to her

with anything but--

but embarrassment and disgust?!

That's what I mean.

I don't see how our friendship

can survive this, paul.