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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:11,708 THE MISER 2 00:01:04,119 --> 00:01:06,314 What, dear Élise, you grow sad... 3 00:01:06,479 --> 00:01:09,994 ...after having given me such dear tokens of your love. 4 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:13,270 I see you sigh in the midst of my joy. 5 00:01:13,479 --> 00:01:15,595 Can you regret having made me happy? 6 00:01:16,039 --> 00:01:18,428 Do you repent of the engagement which my love has forced from you? 7 00:01:18,639 --> 00:01:21,949 No, Valère, I do not regret what I do for you. 8 00:01:22,119 --> 00:01:24,587 I feel carried on by too delightful a power... 9 00:01:24,759 --> 00:01:27,637 ...and I do not even wish that things should be otherwise than they are. 10 00:01:27,999 --> 00:01:30,388 Yes, I am anxious about the consequences. 11 00:01:30,559 --> 00:01:32,709 I greatly fear that I love you more than I should. 12 00:01:33,119 --> 00:01:35,952 What can you fear from the affection you have shown me? 13 00:01:36,159 --> 00:01:38,514 Alas! A hundred things at a time. 14 00:01:40,399 --> 00:01:42,788 The anger of my father the reproaches of my family... 15 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:44,597 ...the censure of the world... 16 00:01:47,519 --> 00:01:51,273 ...and, above all, Valère, a change in your heart. 17 00:01:51,439 --> 00:01:56,877 I fear that coldness with which your sex repays the too warm proofs of an innocent love. 18 00:01:57,039 --> 00:01:59,837 Do not judge of me by others. 19 00:01:59,999 --> 00:02:03,469 Think me capable of everything, Élise, except of falling short of what I owe to you. 20 00:02:04,519 --> 00:02:06,271 I love you too much for that. 21 00:02:06,439 --> 00:02:08,714 And my love will be as lasting as my life. 22 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:12,111 Ah! Valère, all men say the same thing. 23 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:14,157 All men are alike in their words. 24 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,392 Their actions only show the difference that exists between them. 25 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:21,431 Then why not wait for actions... 26 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,909 ...if by them alone you can judge of the truthfulness of my heart? 27 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:28,437 Do not suffer your anxious fears to mislead you, and to wrong me. 28 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:33,350 Do not let an unjust suspicion destroy the happiness which is to me dearer than life... 29 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:37,229 ...but give me time to show you by a thousand proofs the sincerity of my affection. 30 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:42,076 How easily do we allow ourselves to be persuaded by those we love. 31 00:02:42,640 --> 00:02:45,677 Valère, I feel sure that your heart is utterly incapable of deceiving me... 32 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:49,150 ...that your love is sincere, and that you will ever remain faithful to me. 33 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:53,472 If I grieve, it will only be over the difficulties of our position. 34 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:54,869 But why even this fear? 35 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:58,993 If everybody knew you as I do, I should not have much to fear. 36 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:03,113 I find in you enough to justify all I do for you. 37 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:06,631 My heart knows all your merit... 38 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:08,756 ...and feels, moreover, bound to you... 39 00:03:08,920 --> 00:03:10,273 ...by deep gratitude. 40 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,989 How can I forget that horrible moment when... 41 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:16,037 ...we met for the first time? 42 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:17,599 Your generous courage... 43 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:22,278 ...in risking your own life to save mine from the fury of the waves. 44 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:27,031 Your tender care afterwards, your constant attentions... 45 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:29,589 ...and your ardent love... 46 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:32,593 ...which neither time nor difficulties can lessen. 47 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,399 For me you neglect your parents and your country... 48 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:39,678 ...you give up your own position in life... 49 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:44,311 ...to be a servant of my father. 50 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,160 How can I resist the influence that all this has over me? 51 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,228 Is it not enough... 52 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,153 ...to justify in my eyes my engagement to you? 53 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:56,278 Yet, who knows if it will be enough to justify it in the eyes of others? 54 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,034 And how can I feel sure that my motives will be understood? 55 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:04,033 It is by my love alone that I trust to deserve you. 56 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:08,637 As for your scruples, your father himself justifies you but too much before the world. 57 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:13,476 And his avarice might authorise stranger things still. 58 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,674 Forgive me, my dear Élise, for speaking thus before you... 59 00:04:17,919 --> 00:04:20,592 ...but you know that, no good can be said of him. 60 00:04:21,399 --> 00:04:23,833 However, if I can find my parents, as I fully hope I shall... 61 00:04:23,999 --> 00:04:26,069 ...they will soon be favourable to us. 62 00:04:26,239 --> 00:04:27,194 I am expecting news of them with great impatience... 63 00:04:27,399 --> 00:04:29,594 ...but if none comes I will go in search of them myself. 64 00:04:29,759 --> 00:04:34,071 Oh no! Do not leave me. Try rather to ingratiate yourself in my father's favour. 65 00:04:34,319 --> 00:04:35,832 You can see how I set about it... 66 00:04:35,999 --> 00:04:39,469 ...and the manoeuvres I have had to use in order to introduce myself... 67 00:04:42,759 --> 00:04:44,351 ...into his service. 68 00:04:44,519 --> 00:04:48,068 You know what a part I play to acquire his affection. 69 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:49,753 I succeed wonderfully well... 70 00:04:49,919 --> 00:04:55,357 ...and I feel that to obtain favour with men, pretend to be of their way of thinking. 71 00:04:55,639 --> 00:04:59,268 Fall in with their maxims, praise their defects, and applaud all their doings. 72 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:02,040 One need not fear to overdo it... 73 00:05:02,199 --> 00:05:04,394 ...for however gross the flattery... 74 00:05:04,559 --> 00:05:08,552 ...the most cunning are easily duped. 75 00:05:08,759 --> 00:05:11,671 There is nothing so impertinent or ridiculous... 76 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:14,034 ...which they will not believe, provided it be well seasoned with praise. 77 00:05:14,199 --> 00:05:16,713 Honesty suffers, I acknowledge... 78 00:05:16,879 --> 00:05:19,916 ...but when we have need of men, we must adapt ourselves to them... 79 00:05:20,079 --> 00:05:23,549 ...and if we have no other hope of success, it is not after all the fault of the flatterer... 80 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:25,438 ...but the fault of those who wish to be flattered. 81 00:05:25,639 --> 00:05:27,948 Why do you not try also to gain my brother's goodwill... 82 00:05:28,119 --> 00:05:30,587 ...in case the servant should betray our secret? 83 00:05:30,759 --> 00:05:31,987 I am afraid I cannot humour them both. 84 00:05:32,159 --> 00:05:36,835 The temper of the father is so different from that of the son. 85 00:05:36,999 --> 00:05:39,718 Rather try your brother yourself. 86 00:05:39,999 --> 00:05:41,591 Make use of the love that exists between you... 87 00:05:41,759 --> 00:05:43,715 ...to enlist him in our cause. 88 00:05:43,879 --> 00:05:45,870 I leave you, for he's coming. 89 00:05:48,719 --> 00:05:52,234 Speak to him, sound him, and see how far we can trust him. 90 00:05:52,399 --> 00:05:55,038 I fear I shall never have the courage to speak to him of my secret. 91 00:06:13,719 --> 00:06:16,108 I am very glad to find you alone, sister. 92 00:06:18,039 --> 00:06:19,836 I longed to speak to you and to tell you a secret. 93 00:06:21,399 --> 00:06:24,357 I am quite ready to hear you, brother. What is it you have to tell me? 94 00:06:26,199 --> 00:06:29,316 Many things, sister, summed up in one word... 95 00:06:29,919 --> 00:06:31,318 Love! 96 00:06:32,319 --> 00:06:33,718 You love? 97 00:06:34,119 --> 00:06:35,791 Yes, I love. 98 00:06:36,439 --> 00:06:39,476 But, before I say more, let me tell you I know I depend on my father... 99 00:06:39,639 --> 00:06:41,789 ...and that the name of son subjects me to his will... 100 00:06:41,959 --> 00:06:45,872 ...that it would be wrong to engage ourselves without his consent... 101 00:06:46,039 --> 00:06:49,475 ...that heaven has made him our master and that it is our duty... 102 00:06:49,639 --> 00:06:50,549 ...not to dispose of ourselves but in accordance to their wish. 103 00:06:50,719 --> 00:06:53,517 That their judgment is not biassed by their being in love themselves... 104 00:06:53,719 --> 00:06:56,233 ...that they, therefore, judge better what is good for us... 105 00:06:56,399 --> 00:07:00,551 ...that we ought to trust their experience rather than the passion which blinds us... 106 00:07:00,719 --> 00:07:02,596 ...and that the rashness of youth often carries us... 107 00:07:02,799 --> 00:07:04,232 ...to the very brink of dangerous abysses. 108 00:07:04,399 --> 00:07:05,718 I know all this, my sister, and I tell it you... 109 00:07:05,999 --> 00:07:08,433 ...to spare you the trouble of saying it to me... 110 00:07:08,599 --> 00:07:10,237 ...for my love will not let me listen to anything... 111 00:07:10,399 --> 00:07:12,390 ...and I pray you to spare me your remonstrances. 112 00:07:14,319 --> 00:07:17,436 Have you engaged yourself, brother, to her you love? 113 00:07:17,679 --> 00:07:20,193 No, but I have determined to do so... 114 00:07:20,599 --> 00:07:23,557 ...and I beseech you not to bring orward any reason to dissuade me. 115 00:07:23,719 --> 00:07:25,596 Am I such a very strange person, brother? 116 00:07:25,799 --> 00:07:28,393 No, dear sister, but you do not love. 117 00:07:29,519 --> 00:07:32,556 You know not the sweet power that love has upon our hearts... 118 00:07:32,759 --> 00:07:33,987 ...and I dread your wisdom. 119 00:07:34,239 --> 00:07:37,276 Alas! my brother, let us not speak of my wisdom. 120 00:07:37,519 --> 00:07:39,953 There are very few people in this world who do not lack wisdom and... 121 00:07:40,119 --> 00:07:45,398 ...if I opened my heart to you, you would think me less wise than you are yourself. 122 00:07:45,639 --> 00:07:47,311 Ah! would to heaven that your heart, like mine.... 123 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:51,149 Let us speak of you first, and tell me whom it is you love. 124 00:07:53,559 --> 00:07:57,393 A young girl who has lately come to live in our neighbourhood... 125 00:07:58,119 --> 00:08:01,270 ...and who seems made to inspire love in all those who behold her. 126 00:08:01,999 --> 00:08:04,832 Nature, my dear sister, has made nothing more lovely... 127 00:08:04,999 --> 00:08:07,797 ...and I felt another man the moment I saw her. 128 00:08:08,439 --> 00:08:10,270 Her name is Marianne... 129 00:08:10,639 --> 00:08:13,107 ...and she lives with a good, kind mother... 130 00:08:13,279 --> 00:08:14,951 ...who is almost always ill... 131 00:08:15,119 --> 00:08:18,270 ...and for whom the dear girl shows the greatest affection. 132 00:08:19,599 --> 00:08:22,591 She waits upon her, pities and comforts her... 133 00:08:22,759 --> 00:08:25,353 ...with a tenderness that would touch you to the very soul. 134 00:08:25,839 --> 00:08:28,990 Whatever she undertakes is done in the most charming way... 135 00:08:29,159 --> 00:08:31,673 ...and in all her actions shine a wonderful grace... 136 00:08:31,839 --> 00:08:35,195 ...a most winning gentleness, an adorable modesty, a... 137 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:38,034 Ah, my sister, how I wish you had but seen her. 138 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:40,595 I see many things in what you tell me, dear brother... 139 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:43,672 ...and it is sufficient for me to know you love her for me to understand what she is. 140 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:46,639 I have discovered, without their knowing it that they... 141 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:50,588 ...are not in good circumstances, and have barely enough to cover their expenses. 142 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:53,032 Can you imagine, my sister... 143 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:56,949 ...what happiness it must be to improve the condition of those we love... 144 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,872 ...skilfully to bring about some relief to the modest wants of a virtuous family? 145 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:04,351 And think what grief... 146 00:09:04,560 --> 00:09:06,039 ...it is for me to find myself deprived of this great joy... 147 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:10,234 ...through the avarice of a father, and for it to be impossible for me... 148 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:12,755 ...to give any proof of my love to her who is all in all to me. 149 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:16,112 Yes, I understand, dear brother, what sorrow this must be to you. 150 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:18,351 It is greater, my sister, than you can believe. 151 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:23,153 For is there anything more cruel than this mean economy to which we are subjected? 152 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:26,149 This strange penury in which we are made to pine? 153 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:31,277 What good is it to have a fortune if it only comes to us when we are not able to enjoy it. 154 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:35,469 If now to provide for my daily maintenance I get into debt on every side. 155 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:40,669 If both you and I are reduced daily to beg the help of tradespeople in order to have decent clothes to wear? 156 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:45,352 I wanted to ask you to help me sound my father concerning my present feelings... 157 00:09:45,560 --> 00:09:47,039 ...and if I find him opposed to them... 158 00:09:47,199 --> 00:09:49,508 ...I am determined to go and live elsewhere with this most charming girl... 159 00:09:49,680 --> 00:09:52,035 ...and to make the best of what Providence offers us. 160 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:56,197 I am trying everywhere to raise money for this purpose... 161 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:58,709 ...and if your circumstances, dear sister, are like mine... 162 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,394 ...and our father opposes us... 163 00:10:01,560 --> 00:10:02,913 ...let us both leave him... 164 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:06,755 ...and free ourselves from the tyranny in which his hateful avarice has for so long held us. 165 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:11,750 It is true that every day he gives us more reason to regret the death of our mother, and that.... 166 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:14,356 I hear his voice. Let us go a little farther and finish our talk. 167 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:17,751 We will afterwards join our forces to make a common attack on his hard and unkind heart. 168 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:28,512 Get out of here, this moment. 169 00:13:28,680 --> 00:13:31,319 Be gone out of my house... 170 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:35,354 ...you sworn pickpocket, you veritable gallows' bird. 171 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:37,917 I never saw anything more wicked than this cursed old man... 172 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:40,116 ...and I truly believe that he is possessed with a devil. 173 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:41,435 What are you muttering there between your teeth? 174 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:42,396 Why do you send me away? 175 00:13:42,560 --> 00:13:45,757 You dare to ask me my reasons? Out with you, before I thrash you. 176 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:49,269 What have I done to you? 177 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:52,159 Done this, that I wish you to be off. 178 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:55,398 My master, your son, gave me orders to wait for him. 179 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:57,598 Go and wait for him in the street, then. 180 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:02,311 Don't stay here to see what is going on, and to make your profit of everything. 181 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:04,869 I won't always have before me a spy on all my affair... 182 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:07,793 ...a treacherous scamp, whose cursed eyes watch all my actions... 183 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:12,317 ...covet all I possess, and ferret about in every corner to see if there is anything to steal. 184 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:13,390 How do you want me to... 185 00:14:13,560 --> 00:14:14,197 To steal! 186 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:16,555 Are you a man likely to be robbed ... 187 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:17,948 ...when you put every possible thing under lock and key... 188 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:19,639 ...and mount guard day and night? 189 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:22,758 I will lock up whatever I think fit, and mount guard when and where I please. 190 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:26,071 Did you ever see such spies as are set upon me to take note of everything I do? 191 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,678 I tremble for fear he should suspect something of my money. 192 00:14:32,239 --> 00:14:36,232 Now, aren't you a fellow to give rise to stories about my having money hid here? 193 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:37,549 You have some money hid in your house? 194 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:39,836 No, scoundrel! I do not say that. 195 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:41,069 I am furious! 196 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:45,711 I only ask if you do not spread abroad the report that I have some? 197 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:49,190 What does it matter whether you have money, since it is all the same to us? 198 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:52,557 You want to argue, do you? Get out of the house. 199 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:53,470 Very well. I am going. 200 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:57,478 Wait. 201 00:14:57,640 --> 00:14:58,709 Are you carrying anything away with you? 202 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:00,029 What can I possibly carry away? 203 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:01,474 Come here, and let me see. 204 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:04,638 Show me your hands. - There they are. 205 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:05,550 The others. 206 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:07,153 The others? - Yes. 207 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:09,472 There they are. 208 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:11,913 Have you anything hid in here? 209 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:13,559 Look for yourself. 210 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:20,398 These wide knee-breeches are convenient receptacles of stolen goods... 211 00:15:20,559 --> 00:15:23,710 ...and I wish a pair of them had been hanged. 212 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:25,233 How richly such a man deserves what he fears... 213 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:27,072 ...and what joy it would be to me to steal some of his. 214 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:30,231 What? 215 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:31,270 What is it you talk of stealing? 216 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:34,955 I say that you feel about everywhere to see if I have been stealing anything. 217 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:37,037 And I mean to do so too. 218 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:40,634 Plague take all misers and all miserly ways! 219 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:42,316 Eh? What do you say? 220 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:44,715 What do I say? 221 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:47,639 Yes. What is it you say about misers and miserly ways. 222 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:51,315 I say plague take all misers and all miserly ways. 223 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:52,436 Of whom do you speak? 224 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:54,029 Of misers. 225 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:55,993 And who are they, these misers? 226 00:15:56,519 --> 00:15:58,350 Villains and stingy wretches! 227 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:00,198 But what do you mean by that? 228 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:02,073 Why do you trouble yourself so much about what I say? 229 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:03,679 I trouble myself because I think it right to do so. 230 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:04,989 Do you think I am speaking about you? 231 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:08,596 I think what I think, but I insist you tell me to whom you speak when you say that. 232 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:10,512 To whom I speak? I am speaking to the inside of my hat. 233 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:11,908 And I will, perhaps, speak to the outside of your head. 234 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:13,274 Would you prevent me from cursing misers? 235 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:15,789 No, but I will prevent you from prating. Hold your tongue. 236 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:16,710 I name nobody. 237 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:18,199 Another word, and I'll thrash you. 238 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:20,271 He whom the cap fits, let him wear it. 239 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:21,111 Will you be silent? 240 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:22,548 Yes, much against my will. 241 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,393 Just look, here is one more pocket. Are you satisfied? 242 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:35,678 Come, give it up to me... 243 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:39,359 without all that fuss. 244 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:40,191 Give you what? 245 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:41,793 What you have stolen from me. 246 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:43,189 I have stolen nothing at all from you. 247 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:44,315 Are you telling the truth? 248 00:16:44,519 --> 00:16:45,190 Yes. 249 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,035 Good-bye, then, and now you may go to the devil. 250 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:53,518 That's a nice way of dismissing anyone. 251 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:55,955 I leave it to your conscience, remember! 252 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:06,472 This rascally valet is a constant vexation to me... 253 00:17:06,639 --> 00:17:09,153 ...and I hate the very sight of the good-for-nothing cripple. 254 00:17:09,559 --> 00:17:13,108 It is no small anxiety to keep by one a large sum of money... 255 00:17:13,279 --> 00:17:15,668 ...and happy is the man who has all his cash well invested... 256 00:17:15,839 --> 00:17:18,797 ...and who needs not keep by him more than he wants for his daily expenses. 257 00:17:18,959 --> 00:17:22,872 I am not a little puzzled to find in the whole of this house a safe hiding-place. 258 00:17:23,039 --> 00:17:24,995 Don't speak to me of your strong boxes. 259 00:17:25,159 --> 00:17:28,356 I will never trust to them. 260 00:17:28,519 --> 00:17:31,909 Why, they are just the very things thieves set upon. 261 00:17:32,079 --> 00:17:36,994 Meanwhile, I hardly know whether I did right to bury in my garden... 262 00:17:37,159 --> 00:17:40,037 ...the ten thousand crowns which were paid to me yesterday. 263 00:17:40,199 --> 00:17:45,273 Ten thousand crowns in gold is a sum sufficiently... 264 00:17:46,519 --> 00:17:49,113 Good heavens! I have betrayed myself. 265 00:17:49,279 --> 00:17:53,397 My warmth has carried me away. I believe I spoke aloud. 266 00:17:54,999 --> 00:17:55,636 What do you want? 267 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:57,347 Nothing, father. 268 00:18:00,239 --> 00:18:01,672 Have you been here long? 269 00:18:01,839 --> 00:18:02,988 We have only just come. 270 00:18:03,159 --> 00:18:04,558 Did you hear? - What? 271 00:18:04,719 --> 00:18:05,549 There. - What? 272 00:18:05,719 --> 00:18:07,550 What I was just now saying. - No. 273 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:09,873 You did. - I beg your pardon, father but we did not. 274 00:18:10,159 --> 00:18:12,036 I see well enough that you overheard a few words. 275 00:18:12,199 --> 00:18:15,157 I was only talking to myself about the trouble one has nowadays... 276 00:18:15,319 --> 00:18:16,638 ...to raise any money. 277 00:18:16,799 --> 00:18:20,587 And I was saying that he is a fortunate man who has ten thousand crowns in his house. 278 00:18:20,999 --> 00:18:23,274 We were afraid of coming near you, for fear of intruding. 279 00:18:23,439 --> 00:18:26,033 I am very glad to tell you this, so that you may not misinterpret things... 280 00:18:26,199 --> 00:18:29,555 and imagine that I said that it was I who have ten thousand crowns. 281 00:18:29,879 --> 00:18:30,994 We do not wish to interfere in your affairs. 282 00:18:31,879 --> 00:18:34,951 Would that I had them, these ten thousand crowns. 283 00:18:35,159 --> 00:18:36,035 I should not think that... 284 00:18:36,239 --> 00:18:38,355 What a capital affair it would be for me. 285 00:18:38,559 --> 00:18:39,674 There are things... 286 00:18:39,839 --> 00:18:41,318 I greatly need them. 287 00:18:41,479 --> 00:18:42,150 I fancy that... 288 00:18:42,319 --> 00:18:43,672 It would suit me exceedingly well. 289 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:49,628 And I should not have to complain, as I do now, that the times are bad. 290 00:18:58,319 --> 00:19:01,675 You have no reason to complain and everyone knows that you are well enough off. 291 00:19:02,319 --> 00:19:04,833 How? I am well enough off! Those who say it are liars. 292 00:19:04,999 --> 00:19:07,638 Nothing can be more false, and they are scoundrels who spread such reports. 293 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:09,319 Don't be angry. 294 00:19:09,519 --> 00:19:12,272 It is strange that my own children betray me and become my enemies. 295 00:19:12,439 --> 00:19:14,316 Is it being your enemy to say that you have wealth? 296 00:19:14,519 --> 00:19:15,190 Yes, it is. 297 00:19:15,439 --> 00:19:17,430 Such talk and your extravagant expenses will be the cause... 298 00:19:17,599 --> 00:19:19,635 ...that some day thieves will come and cut my throat... 299 00:19:19,799 --> 00:19:21,915 ...in the belief that I am made of gold. 300 00:19:22,079 --> 00:19:23,307 What extravagant expenses do I indulge in? 301 00:19:23,479 --> 00:19:24,594 Is there anything more scandalous... 302 00:19:24,799 --> 00:19:27,108 ...than this sumptuous attire with which you jaunt it about the town? 303 00:19:27,399 --> 00:19:28,514 I was remonstrating with your sister yesterday... 304 00:19:28,719 --> 00:19:30,152 ...but you are still worse. 305 00:19:30,319 --> 00:19:32,708 It cries vengeance to heaven and were we to calculate all you are wearing... 306 00:19:32,879 --> 00:19:35,029 ...we should find enough for a good annuity. 307 00:19:35,199 --> 00:19:37,872 I have told you a hundred times, that your manners displease me... 308 00:19:38,039 --> 00:19:40,394 ...you affect the marquis terribly... 309 00:19:40,559 --> 00:19:43,676 ...and for you to be always dressed as you are, you must certainly rob me. 310 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:44,915 Rob you? And how? 311 00:19:45,159 --> 00:19:48,515 Where else could you find money enough to clothe yourself as you do? 312 00:19:48,879 --> 00:19:50,676 I play... 313 00:19:50,879 --> 00:19:52,995 ...and as I am very lucky, I spend in clothes all the money I win. 314 00:19:53,239 --> 00:19:55,992 It is very wrong. If you are lucky at play, you should profit by it... 315 00:19:56,159 --> 00:19:58,275 ...and place the money you win at decent interest... 316 00:19:58,439 --> 00:19:59,792 ...so that you may find it again some day. 317 00:19:59,959 --> 00:20:02,757 I should like to know, for instance, what need there is for all these ribbons... 318 00:20:02,959 --> 00:20:05,075 ...with which you are decked from head to foot... 319 00:20:05,239 --> 00:20:09,710 ...and if half a dozen tags are not sufficient to fasten your breeches. 320 00:20:09,879 --> 00:20:14,077 What necessity is there to spend money upon wigs, when we have hair of our own growth... 321 00:20:14,239 --> 00:20:15,991 ...which costs nothing? 322 00:20:19,279 --> 00:20:21,873 I will lay a wager that, in wigs and ribbons alone, there are certainly twenty pistoles spent... 323 00:20:22,039 --> 00:20:25,998 ...and twenty pistoles brings in at least eighteen livres six sous eight deniers per annum... 324 00:20:26,159 --> 00:20:27,831 ...at only eight per cent interest. 325 00:20:28,039 --> 00:20:28,676 You are quite right. 326 00:20:29,239 --> 00:20:32,356 Enough on this subject. Let us talk of something else. 327 00:20:37,199 --> 00:20:40,191 I believe they are making signs to one another to pick my pocket. 328 00:20:41,039 --> 00:20:42,518 What do you mean by those signs? 329 00:20:43,599 --> 00:20:46,193 We are hesitating as to who shall speak first... 330 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:48,429 ...for we both have something to tell you. 331 00:20:48,959 --> 00:20:51,268 And I also have something to tell you both. 332 00:20:52,279 --> 00:20:53,598 We wanted to speak to you... 333 00:20:53,799 --> 00:20:55,391 ...about marriage, father. 334 00:20:55,559 --> 00:20:56,594 The very thing ... 335 00:20:56,759 --> 00:20:57,874 I wish to speak to you about. 336 00:20:58,039 --> 00:20:58,994 Ah! my father! 337 00:20:59,399 --> 00:21:03,392 What is the meaning of that exclamation? Is it the word or the thing itself that frightens you? 338 00:21:03,839 --> 00:21:08,037 Marriage may frighten us both according to the way you take it... 339 00:21:08,199 --> 00:21:12,511 ...and our feelings may perhaps not coincide with your choice. 340 00:21:13,239 --> 00:21:15,195 A little patience, if you please. You need not be alarmed. 341 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:16,712 I know what is good for you both... 342 00:21:16,879 --> 00:21:21,191 ...and you will have no reason to complain of anything I intend to do. 343 00:21:21,360 --> 00:21:23,874 To begin at the beginning. 344 00:21:24,479 --> 00:21:27,198 Do you know, tell me... 345 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:29,395 ...a young person, called Marianne... 346 00:21:29,599 --> 00:21:32,352 ...who lives not far from here? 347 00:21:34,759 --> 00:21:35,714 Yes, father. 348 00:21:36,599 --> 00:21:37,236 And you? 349 00:21:37,599 --> 00:21:38,634 I have heard her spoken of. 350 00:21:39,279 --> 00:21:41,713 Well, my son, and how do you like the girl? 351 00:21:42,599 --> 00:21:44,078 She is very charming. 352 00:21:44,279 --> 00:21:45,075 Her face? 353 00:21:45,279 --> 00:21:47,156 Modest and intelligent. 354 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:48,394 Her air and manner? 355 00:21:48,559 --> 00:21:49,753 Perfect, undoubtedly. 356 00:21:49,959 --> 00:21:53,235 Do you not think that such a girl well deserves to be thought of? 357 00:21:54,239 --> 00:21:55,069 Yes, father. 358 00:21:55,239 --> 00:21:56,638 She would form a very desirable match? 359 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:57,875 Very desirable. 360 00:21:58,039 --> 00:22:00,189 That there is every likelihood of her making a thrifty and careful wife? 361 00:22:00,399 --> 00:22:01,070 Certainly. 362 00:22:01,279 --> 00:22:03,873 And that a husband might live very happily with her? 363 00:22:04,199 --> 00:22:05,234 I have not the least doubt about it. 364 00:22:05,919 --> 00:22:06,874 There is one little difficulty. 365 00:22:07,079 --> 00:22:10,435 I am afraid she has not the fortune we might reasonably expect. 366 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:15,476 Riches are of little importance when one is sure of marrying a virtuous woman. 367 00:22:15,679 --> 00:22:16,907 I beg your pardon. 368 00:22:17,079 --> 00:22:20,355 If we do not find as much money as we could wish... 369 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,109 ...we may make it up in something else. 370 00:22:23,279 --> 00:22:24,189 That follows as a matter of course. 371 00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:27,157 I must say that I am very much pleased to find that you entirely agree with me... 372 00:22:27,319 --> 00:22:31,153 ...for her modest manner and her gentleness have won my heart... 373 00:22:32,879 --> 00:22:35,712 ...and I have made up my mind to marry her, provided I find she has some dowry. 374 00:22:38,599 --> 00:22:39,236 What? 375 00:22:39,399 --> 00:22:41,196 You are resolved, you say...? 376 00:22:41,399 --> 00:22:42,115 To marry Marianne. 377 00:22:42,319 --> 00:22:44,071 Who? You? You? 378 00:22:44,279 --> 00:22:46,270 Yes, I, I, I. 379 00:22:48,079 --> 00:22:48,829 What does all this mean? 380 00:22:49,039 --> 00:22:52,554 I feel a sudden dizziness... 381 00:22:53,759 --> 00:22:55,317 ...and I must withdraw for a while. 382 00:22:57,399 --> 00:23:01,074 It will be nothing. Go quickly into the kitchen and drink a large glass of cold water. 383 00:23:01,239 --> 00:23:04,072 There goes one of your effeminate fops, with no more stamina than a chicken. 384 00:23:04,239 --> 00:23:06,230 That is what I have resolved for myself, my daughter. 385 00:23:06,399 --> 00:23:10,074 As to your brother, I have thought of a certain widow, of whom I heard this morning. 386 00:23:10,279 --> 00:23:13,715 And you I shall give to Mr. Anselme. 387 00:23:13,959 --> 00:23:14,869 To Mr. Anselme? 388 00:23:15,039 --> 00:23:15,869 Yes, a staid and prudent man... 389 00:23:16,079 --> 00:23:18,354 ...who is not above fifty... 390 00:23:18,519 --> 00:23:20,430 ...and of whose riches everybody speaks. 391 00:23:20,639 --> 00:23:22,516 I have no wish to marry, father, if you please. 392 00:23:22,839 --> 00:23:26,798 And I, my little girl, my darling, I wish you to marry, if you please. 393 00:23:27,199 --> 00:23:28,154 I beg your pardon, my father. 394 00:23:28,319 --> 00:23:29,752 I beg your pardon, my daughter. 395 00:23:29,959 --> 00:23:32,189 I am the very humble servant of Mr. Anselme... 396 00:23:32,360 --> 00:23:33,475 ...but, with your leave, I shall not marry him. 397 00:23:33,639 --> 00:23:37,109 I am your very humble servant, but you will marry him this very evening. 398 00:23:37,319 --> 00:23:38,593 This evening? - This evening. 399 00:23:38,799 --> 00:23:39,515 It cannot be done, father. 400 00:23:39,719 --> 00:23:40,674 It will be done, daughter. 401 00:23:40,839 --> 00:23:41,589 No. - Yes. 402 00:23:41,799 --> 00:23:43,073 No, I tell you. - Yes, I tell you. 403 00:23:43,399 --> 00:23:44,468 You will never force me to do such a thing. 404 00:23:44,679 --> 00:23:47,637 I will force you to it. 405 00:23:47,799 --> 00:23:49,278 I had rather kill myself than marry such a man. 406 00:23:49,439 --> 00:23:51,111 You will not kill yourself, and you will marry him. 407 00:23:51,319 --> 00:23:54,550 Did ever any one hear a daughter speak in such a fashion to her father? 408 00:23:54,719 --> 00:23:56,755 But did ever anyone see a father marry his daughter after such a fashion? 409 00:23:56,919 --> 00:24:00,514 It is a match against which nothing can be said. 410 00:24:00,719 --> 00:24:03,597 And I know that it will be approved of by no reasonable person. 411 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:05,155 There is Valère coming. 412 00:24:08,559 --> 00:24:11,710 Shall we make him judge in this affair? 413 00:24:11,879 --> 00:24:12,914 Willingly. 414 00:24:13,079 --> 00:24:14,068 You will abide by what he says? 415 00:24:14,239 --> 00:24:15,911 Yes, whatever he thinks right, I will do. 416 00:24:16,079 --> 00:24:17,512 Agreed. 417 00:24:19,039 --> 00:24:19,835 Come here, Valère. 418 00:24:22,919 --> 00:24:26,275 We have chosen you to decide who is in the right, my daughter or I. 419 00:24:26,439 --> 00:24:28,236 It is certainly you, sir. 420 00:24:28,399 --> 00:24:29,434 But have you any idea of what we are talking about? 421 00:24:29,599 --> 00:24:31,908 No, but you could not be in the wrong. You are reason itself. 422 00:24:32,079 --> 00:24:35,037 I want to give her to-night, for a husband, a man as rich as he is good... 423 00:24:35,199 --> 00:24:37,633 ...and the hussy tells me to my face that she scorns to take him. 424 00:24:38,559 --> 00:24:39,389 What do you say to that? 425 00:24:39,559 --> 00:24:40,674 What I say to it? 426 00:24:42,399 --> 00:24:45,357 I say that I am of your opinion, and that you cannot but be right... 427 00:24:45,519 --> 00:24:47,987 ...yet, perhaps, she is not altogether wrong and... 428 00:24:48,159 --> 00:24:51,196 How so? Mr. Anselme is an excellent match. 429 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:54,908 He is a nobleman of simple habits, and extremely well off. 430 00:24:55,079 --> 00:24:58,116 He has no children left from his first marriage. 431 00:24:58,279 --> 00:25:00,668 Could she meet with anything more suitable? 432 00:25:00,879 --> 00:25:02,153 It is true. 433 00:25:02,439 --> 00:25:05,749 But she might say that you are going rather fast... 434 00:25:05,919 --> 00:25:10,071 ...and that she ought to have at least a little time to consider... 435 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:12,629 It is an opportunity I must not allow to slip through my fingers. 436 00:25:12,799 --> 00:25:15,233 I find an advantage here which I should not find elsewhere... 437 00:25:15,399 --> 00:25:18,072 ...and he agrees to take her without dowry. 438 00:25:18,959 --> 00:25:19,675 Without dowry? 439 00:25:19,879 --> 00:25:20,675 Yes. 440 00:25:23,799 --> 00:25:25,198 Ah! I have nothing more to say. 441 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:29,068 A more convincing reason could not be found, and she must yield to that. 442 00:25:29,239 --> 00:25:30,797 It is a considerable saving to me. 443 00:25:30,999 --> 00:25:33,467 Undoubtedly, this admits of no contradiction. 444 00:25:33,879 --> 00:25:38,077 It is true that she might represent to you that marriage is a serious affair... 445 00:25:38,599 --> 00:25:40,649 ...that the happiness or misery of a whole life depends on it... 446 00:25:40,679 --> 00:25:43,068 ...and that an engagement which is to last till death ... 447 00:25:43,239 --> 00:25:45,116 ...ought not to be entered into without great consideration. 448 00:25:45,279 --> 00:25:46,598 Without dowry! 449 00:25:46,759 --> 00:25:48,033 You are right. 450 00:25:48,239 --> 00:25:49,194 That must of course decide everything. 451 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:52,237 There are people who might tell you that on such occasions the wishes of a daughter... 452 00:25:52,399 --> 00:25:54,469 ...are no doubt to be considered... 453 00:25:54,639 --> 00:25:56,948 ...and that this great disparity of age, of disposition... 454 00:25:57,119 --> 00:25:59,508 ...might be the cause of many an unpleasant thing in a married life. 455 00:25:59,679 --> 00:26:01,670 Without dowry! 456 00:26:01,839 --> 00:26:04,069 It must be granted that there is no reply to that. 457 00:26:04,239 --> 00:26:06,036 Who in the world could think otherwise? 458 00:26:06,199 --> 00:26:07,518 I do not mean to say but that there are many fathers... 459 00:26:07,719 --> 00:26:10,028 ...who would set a much higher value on the happiness of their daughter... 460 00:26:10,199 --> 00:26:13,111 ...than on the money they may have to give for their marriage... 461 00:26:13,319 --> 00:26:17,551 ...and who would try to see in a marriage that sweet conformity of tastes... 462 00:26:17,719 --> 00:26:20,836 ...which is a sure pledge of honour, tranquillity and joy, and that... 463 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:23,349 Without dowry! 464 00:26:23,719 --> 00:26:26,756 That is true. Nothing more can be said. Without dowry. 465 00:26:26,919 --> 00:26:28,796 How can anyone resist such arguments? 466 00:26:30,759 --> 00:26:32,954 I fancy I hear a dog barking. 467 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:35,155 Is anyone after my money? 468 00:26:40,999 --> 00:26:43,149 Surely, Valère, you are not in earnest when you speak to him in that manner? 469 00:26:43,319 --> 00:26:45,992 I do it that I may not vex him, and the better to secure my ends. 470 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:48,873 To resist him boldly would simply spoil everything. 471 00:26:49,199 --> 00:26:51,952 There are certain people who are only to be managed by indirect means... 472 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:55,998 ...temperaments averse from all resistance, restive natures... 473 00:26:56,159 --> 00:26:58,992 ...who always kick when we would lead them on the right road of reason... 474 00:26:59,159 --> 00:27:01,195 ...and who can only be led by a way opposed to that by which you wish them to go. 475 00:27:01,519 --> 00:27:04,317 Pretend to comply with his wishes. You are much more likely to succeed in the end. 476 00:27:04,479 --> 00:27:05,912 But this marriage, Valère? 477 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:07,313 We will find some pretext for breaking it off. 478 00:27:07,519 --> 00:27:09,749 But what pretext can we find if it is to be concluded tonight? 479 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:12,190 You must feign some illness or other. 480 00:27:12,399 --> 00:27:14,355 But he will soon discover the truth if they call in the doctor. 481 00:27:15,679 --> 00:27:17,829 What do doctors know? 482 00:27:17,999 --> 00:27:22,117 You may complain of anything, the doctor will be at no loss to explain to you what is it. 483 00:27:22,439 --> 00:27:25,909 Flight is the last resource we have left us to avoid all this. 484 00:27:26,079 --> 00:27:29,628 If your love, dear Élise, is as strong as... 485 00:27:37,239 --> 00:27:39,195 Yes, a daughter is bound to obey her father. 486 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:40,917 She has no right to inquire what a husband offered to her is like... 487 00:27:41,079 --> 00:27:43,752 ...and when the most important question, "without dowry", presents itself... 488 00:27:43,919 --> 00:27:46,513 ...she should accept anybody that is given her. 489 00:27:46,839 --> 00:27:48,795 That was beautifully said. 490 00:27:49,079 --> 00:27:52,435 I beg your pardon, sir, if I carry it too far, and take upon myself to speak to her as I do. 491 00:27:52,599 --> 00:27:55,352 I am delighted, and I wish you to have her entirely under your control. 492 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:58,789 I give him all the authority over you that heaven has given me... 493 00:27:59,639 --> 00:28:02,392 ...and I will have you do all that he tells you. 494 00:28:02,559 --> 00:28:04,515 After that, resist all my expostulations, if you can. 495 00:28:04,679 --> 00:28:07,477 I will follow her, sir, if you will allow me, and will continue the lecture I was giving her. 496 00:28:07,639 --> 00:28:08,469 Yes, do so. You will oblige me greatly. 497 00:28:08,639 --> 00:28:10,072 She ought to be kept in with a tight hand. 498 00:28:10,239 --> 00:28:12,275 Do not be afraid, I believe I shall end by convincing her. 499 00:28:12,439 --> 00:28:16,273 Do so. I am going to take a stroll in the town, and I will come back again. 500 00:28:17,079 --> 00:28:20,276 Money is more precious than anything else in the world... 501 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:24,831 ...and you should thank heaven that you have so worthy a man for a father. 502 00:28:24,999 --> 00:28:27,115 When a man offers to marry a girl without a dowry... 503 00:28:27,279 --> 00:28:28,871 ...we ought to look no farther. 504 00:28:29,039 --> 00:28:31,075 Everything is comprised in that, and "without dowry"... 505 00:28:31,279 --> 00:28:35,557 ...compensates for want of beauty, youth, birth, honour, wisdom, and probity. 506 00:28:36,879 --> 00:28:38,710 Ah, the honest fellow! 507 00:28:39,119 --> 00:28:40,677 He speaks like an oracle. 508 00:28:40,839 --> 00:28:44,036 Happy is he who can secure such a servant! 509 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:58,649 How now, you rascal! Where have you been hiding? 510 00:28:59,479 --> 00:29:00,309 Did I not give you orders to...? 511 00:29:00,479 --> 00:29:03,198 Yes, sir, and I came here resolved to wait for you... 512 00:29:03,359 --> 00:29:06,590 ...but your father, that most ungracious of men... 513 00:29:06,759 --> 00:29:08,317 ...drove me into the street. 514 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:09,959 How is our affair progressing? 515 00:29:10,119 --> 00:29:11,552 Things are worse than ever for us... 516 00:29:11,719 --> 00:29:15,234 ...and since I left you, I have discovered that my own father is my rival. 517 00:29:15,799 --> 00:29:16,788 Your father in love? 518 00:29:16,959 --> 00:29:20,713 Yes, and I found it difficult to hide from him what I felt at such a discovery. 519 00:29:21,039 --> 00:29:24,111 He meddling with love! What the deuce is he thinking of? 520 00:29:24,279 --> 00:29:26,429 Is love made for people of his build? 521 00:29:26,639 --> 00:29:29,107 It is to punish me for my sins that this passion has entered his head. 522 00:29:29,599 --> 00:29:31,555 But why do you hide your love from him? 523 00:29:31,759 --> 00:29:36,753 That he may not suspect anything, and to make it more easy for me to stop this marriage. 524 00:29:37,199 --> 00:29:38,393 What answer did you receive? 525 00:29:39,039 --> 00:29:41,599 Sir, those who borrow are much to be pitied. 526 00:29:41,759 --> 00:29:42,669 Then the affair won't come off? 527 00:29:42,839 --> 00:29:45,433 Mr. Simon, the broker who was recommended to us... 528 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:48,353 ...is an active fellow, and says he has left no stone unturned to help you. 529 00:29:48,519 --> 00:29:51,909 He assures me that your looks alone have won his heart. 530 00:29:52,079 --> 00:29:53,432 Shall I have the fifteen thousand francs which I want? 531 00:29:53,599 --> 00:29:58,195 Yes, but under certain trifling conditions, which you must accept. 532 00:30:08,199 --> 00:30:09,917 Of the fifteen thousand francs... 533 00:30:10,079 --> 00:30:13,469 ...the lender will only be able to count down twelve thousand. 534 00:30:13,639 --> 00:30:15,675 Instead of the remaining three thousand... 535 00:30:15,839 --> 00:30:20,674 ...the borrower will have to take the clothing, and jewels from the following catalogue... 536 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:24,719 ...and which the said lender has put in all good faith at the lowest possible figure. 537 00:30:24,879 --> 00:30:25,755 What is the meaning of all that? 538 00:30:25,919 --> 00:30:28,353 I'll go through the catalogue. 539 00:30:28,519 --> 00:30:29,554 First: 540 00:30:29,759 --> 00:30:33,638 A fourpost bedstead, with hangings of Hungary lace... 541 00:30:33,799 --> 00:30:37,394 ...very elegantly trimmed with olive-coloured cloth... 542 00:30:39,159 --> 00:30:43,118 ...and six chairs and a counterpane to match... 543 00:30:43,279 --> 00:30:48,273 ...the whole in very good condition, and lined with soft red and blue shot-silk. 544 00:30:50,439 --> 00:30:52,634 What does he want me to do with all this? - Wait. 545 00:30:53,119 --> 00:30:54,108 Plus: 546 00:30:54,319 --> 00:30:59,188 Tapestry hangings representing the loves of Gombaud and Macée. 547 00:31:02,359 --> 00:31:03,235 Plus: 548 00:31:03,399 --> 00:31:07,028 A large walnut table with twelve columns or turned legs... 549 00:31:07,199 --> 00:31:11,351 ...which draws out at both ends, and is provided beneath with six stools. 550 00:31:13,999 --> 00:31:15,717 I'm furious. - Have patience. 551 00:31:15,919 --> 00:31:16,795 Plus: 552 00:31:16,999 --> 00:31:21,834 A Bologna lute with all its strings, or nearly all 553 00:31:23,399 --> 00:31:24,468 Plus: 554 00:31:24,679 --> 00:31:28,752 A lizard's skin, three feet and a half in length, stuffed with hay... 555 00:31:28,919 --> 00:31:32,548 ...a pleasing curiosity to hang on the ceiling. 556 00:31:33,919 --> 00:31:39,437 The whole of the above-mentioned articles are really worth more than 4500 francs... 557 00:31:39,599 --> 00:31:43,478 ...and are reduced to the value of a thousand crowns through the considerateness of the lender. 558 00:31:43,639 --> 00:31:47,234 Let the plague choke him with his considerateness, the wretch, the cut-throat! 559 00:31:51,119 --> 00:31:55,317 Is he not satisfied with the interest that he must force me to take all the rubbish he picks up. 560 00:31:57,199 --> 00:31:59,918 I shan't get two hundred crowns for all that. 561 00:32:02,159 --> 00:32:05,037 Yet I must bring myself to yield to all his wishes... 562 00:32:05,399 --> 00:32:07,629 ...for he is in a position to force me to accept everything... 563 00:32:07,799 --> 00:32:10,472 ...and he has me, the villain, with a knife at my throat. 564 00:32:11,519 --> 00:32:15,876 I see you, sir on the high-road followed by Panurge to ruin himself... 565 00:32:16,279 --> 00:32:18,998 ...taking money in advance, buying dear, selling cheap... 566 00:32:19,159 --> 00:32:20,751 ...and cutting your corn while it is still grass. 567 00:32:20,919 --> 00:32:21,908 What would you have me do? 568 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:25,271 It is to this that young men are reduced by the accursed avarice of their fathers... 569 00:32:25,639 --> 00:32:28,836 ...and people are astonished after that, that sons long for their death. 570 00:33:01,039 --> 00:33:04,190 Yes, sir, it is a young man who is greatly in want of money. 571 00:33:04,519 --> 00:33:09,070 His affairs force him to find some at any cost, and he will submit to all your conditions. 572 00:33:09,519 --> 00:33:12,431 But are you sure, Mr. Simon, that there is no risk to run in this case? 573 00:33:12,599 --> 00:33:16,478 And do you know the name, the property, and the family of him for whom you speak? 574 00:33:16,799 --> 00:33:19,029 No, I cannot tell you anything for certain... 575 00:33:19,199 --> 00:33:22,111 ...as it was by mere chance that I was made acquainted with him. 576 00:33:22,279 --> 00:33:25,191 But he will tell you everything himself. 577 00:33:25,359 --> 00:33:30,035 And his servant has assured me that you will be satisfied when you know who he is. 578 00:33:30,879 --> 00:33:33,188 All I can tell you... 579 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:38,150 ...is that his family is said to be very wealthy, that he has already lost his mother... 580 00:33:38,799 --> 00:33:41,950 ...and that he will pledge you his word... 581 00:33:42,119 --> 00:33:45,236 ...that his father will die before eight months are passed. 582 00:33:46,519 --> 00:33:48,157 That is something. 583 00:33:48,319 --> 00:33:53,313 Charity, Mr. Simon, demands of us to gratify people whenever we have it in our power. 584 00:33:53,599 --> 00:33:55,032 Evidently. 585 00:34:24,999 --> 00:34:26,637 What does this mean? Mr. Simon talking... 586 00:34:26,839 --> 00:34:27,794 ...with your father. 587 00:34:27,999 --> 00:34:30,274 What? - Your father talking to Simon. 588 00:34:33,879 --> 00:34:35,153 What? 589 00:34:36,279 --> 00:34:38,509 Ah, you are in good time! But who told you to come here? 590 00:34:38,679 --> 00:34:41,955 This is the gentleman who wants to borrow the 15000 francs. 591 00:34:42,119 --> 00:34:46,237 What, miscreant? Is it you who abandon yourself to such excesses? 592 00:34:46,439 --> 00:34:49,272 My father, is it you who stoop to such shameful deeds? 593 00:34:49,479 --> 00:34:51,947 It is you who are ruining yourself by loans so greatly to be condemned. 594 00:34:52,159 --> 00:34:54,593 So it is you who seek to enrich yourself by such criminal usury. 595 00:34:54,799 --> 00:34:56,869 And you dare, after that, to show yourself before me? 596 00:34:57,039 --> 00:34:59,075 And you dare, after that, to show yourself to the world? 597 00:34:59,319 --> 00:35:01,469 Are you not ashamed, tell me, to descend to these wild excesses? 598 00:35:01,679 --> 00:35:04,273 ...to rush headlong into frightful expenses? 599 00:35:04,479 --> 00:35:08,711 ...and disgracefully to dissipate the wealth your parents have amassed. 600 00:35:08,879 --> 00:35:12,474 Are you not ashamed of dishonouring your station by such dealings? 601 00:35:12,639 --> 00:35:16,951 Of sacrificing honour to the insatiable desire of heaping crown upon crown? 602 00:35:17,119 --> 00:35:18,188 And of outdoing the most infamous devices... 603 00:35:18,799 --> 00:35:22,633 ...that have ever been invented by the most notorious usurers? 604 00:35:23,439 --> 00:35:25,907 Get out of my sight, you reprobate! 605 00:35:26,079 --> 00:35:27,671 Who is the more criminal in your opinion? 606 00:35:27,839 --> 00:35:29,750 He who buys the money of which he stands in need... 607 00:35:29,919 --> 00:35:31,591 ...or he who obtains, by unfair means, money for which he has no use? 608 00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:34,712 Begone, I say, and do not provoke me to anger. 609 00:35:45,399 --> 00:35:47,230 I am not very much vexed at this adventure. 610 00:35:47,399 --> 00:35:51,438 It will be a lesson to me to keep a better watch over all his doings. 611 00:36:08,519 --> 00:36:10,874 Sir. 612 00:36:20,199 --> 00:36:23,077 Wait a moment, I will come back and speak to you. 613 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:02,634 Is it you, my poor La Flèche? 614 00:37:02,839 --> 00:37:04,318 How is it we meet here? 615 00:37:05,039 --> 00:37:07,394 It is you, Frosine, and what have you come to do here? 616 00:37:07,559 --> 00:37:09,550 What I do everywhere else. 617 00:37:09,959 --> 00:37:13,235 Profit as much as I possibly can by the small talent I possess. 618 00:37:13,399 --> 00:37:15,117 Have you, then, any business with the master of this house? 619 00:37:15,279 --> 00:37:19,750 Yes. I am transacting for him a matter for which he is sure to give me a reward. 620 00:37:20,039 --> 00:37:23,349 From him? You will be 'cute if you ever get one... 621 00:37:23,519 --> 00:37:26,317 ...and I warn you that ready money is very scarce hereabouts. 622 00:37:26,519 --> 00:37:29,955 But there are certain services which wonderfully touch our feelings. 623 00:37:30,799 --> 00:37:34,030 Your humble servant, but as yet you don't know Harpagon. 624 00:37:34,199 --> 00:37:36,554 Harpagon is the human being of all human beings... 625 00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:37,947 ...the least humane... 626 00:37:38,119 --> 00:37:41,111 ...the mortal of all mortals the hardest and closest. 627 00:37:45,079 --> 00:37:48,435 There is nothing more dry, more barren, than his favour and his good grace... 628 00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:51,108 ...and "give" is a word for which he has such a strong dislike... 629 00:37:51,319 --> 00:37:54,629 ...that he never says "I give", but "I lend, you a good morning". 630 00:37:55,079 --> 00:37:59,869 My God, but I know the art of fleecing men. 631 00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:03,391 I have a secret of touching their affections... 632 00:38:03,599 --> 00:38:06,238 ...by flattering their hearts... 633 00:38:07,839 --> 00:38:11,309 ...and of finding out their weak points. 634 00:38:11,679 --> 00:38:13,158 All useless here. 635 00:38:13,319 --> 00:38:15,275 I defy you to soften, as far as money is concerned... 636 00:38:15,479 --> 00:38:16,753 ...the man we are speaking of. 637 00:38:16,919 --> 00:38:21,470 He loves money better than reputation, honour, and virtue... 638 00:38:21,839 --> 00:38:23,989 ...and the sight of anyone making demands upon his purse sends him into convulsions 639 00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:25,872 It is like striking him in a vital place. 640 00:38:26,079 --> 00:38:28,991 It is piercing him to the heart, it is like tearing out his very bowels. 641 00:38:29,159 --> 00:38:31,275 But he is coming. I will go. 642 00:38:33,279 --> 00:38:34,314 Well, what is it, Frosine? 643 00:38:34,479 --> 00:38:35,707 My God! 644 00:38:36,799 --> 00:38:39,108 How well you look! 645 00:38:40,399 --> 00:38:43,869 You are the very picture of health. 646 00:38:44,039 --> 00:38:44,869 Who, I? 647 00:38:45,079 --> 00:38:49,630 Never have I seen you looking more rosy, more hearty. 648 00:38:49,999 --> 00:38:50,988 Are you in earnest? 649 00:38:51,279 --> 00:38:53,190 What? 650 00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:59,634 You have never been so young in your life... 651 00:39:01,759 --> 00:39:05,035 And I know many a man of twenty-five who looks much older than you do. 652 00:39:05,319 --> 00:39:08,038 And yet, Frosine, I have passed threescore. 653 00:39:08,399 --> 00:39:12,438 Threescore! Well, and what then? 654 00:39:12,599 --> 00:39:14,590 It's the very flower of manhood... 655 00:39:15,399 --> 00:39:18,471 ...the threshold of the prime of life. 656 00:39:18,639 --> 00:39:24,555 True, but twenty years less would do me no harm, I think. 657 00:39:24,839 --> 00:39:26,477 Nonsense. 658 00:39:27,319 --> 00:39:29,389 You've no need of that... 659 00:39:30,279 --> 00:39:33,191 ...and you are of a build to last out a hundred. 660 00:39:33,359 --> 00:39:34,155 Do you really think so? 661 00:39:35,759 --> 00:39:37,078 Decidedly. 662 00:39:42,479 --> 00:39:44,595 Show me your hand. 663 00:39:48,319 --> 00:39:50,230 No, I can't... 664 00:39:51,799 --> 00:39:55,109 My God, what a line of life there is there. 665 00:39:55,279 --> 00:39:56,075 Where? 666 00:39:56,239 --> 00:39:58,389 Don't you see how far this line goes? 667 00:39:58,559 --> 00:40:00,197 Well, and what does it mean? 668 00:40:00,599 --> 00:40:04,751 Look, look, look... 669 00:40:22,199 --> 00:40:25,350 I said a hundred years... 670 00:40:25,519 --> 00:40:27,157 ...but no, it is one hundred and twenty I ought to have said.. 671 00:40:27,319 --> 00:40:29,708 One hundred and twenty, is it possible? 672 00:40:29,879 --> 00:40:31,312 I tell you they will have to kill you... 673 00:40:31,479 --> 00:40:34,949 ...and you will bury your children and your children's children. 674 00:40:35,119 --> 00:40:36,472 So much the better. 675 00:41:08,319 --> 00:41:10,913 And what news of our affair? 676 00:41:14,679 --> 00:41:16,271 Is there any need to ask? 677 00:41:16,439 --> 00:41:18,999 Did ever anyone see me begin anything and not succeed in it? 678 00:41:19,159 --> 00:41:22,310 I have, especially for matchmaking, the most wonderful talent. 679 00:41:22,479 --> 00:41:27,189 I could make the Grand Turk marry the Republic of Venice. 680 00:41:29,119 --> 00:41:32,270 But we had, to be sure, no such difficult thing to achieve in this matter. 681 00:41:33,839 --> 00:41:35,875 As I know the ladies very well... 682 00:41:36,359 --> 00:41:39,908 ...I told them every particular about you. 683 00:41:40,199 --> 00:41:43,236 And I acquainted the mother with your intentions towards Marianne... 684 00:41:43,399 --> 00:41:45,993 ...since you saw her pass in the street and enjoy the fresh air out of her window. 685 00:41:46,159 --> 00:41:47,069 What did she answer? 686 00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:49,594 She received your proposal with great joy. 687 00:41:49,759 --> 00:41:53,957 And when I told her you wished that her daughter comes to-night to assist at the marriage contract... 688 00:41:54,119 --> 00:41:55,916 ...which is to be signed for your own daughter... 689 00:41:56,079 --> 00:41:59,355 ...she assented at once, and entrusted her to me for the purpose. 690 00:42:00,959 --> 00:42:06,113 But, Frosine, have you spoken to the mother about the dowry she can give her daughter? 691 00:42:06,319 --> 00:42:09,072 Did you make her understand that under such circumstances... 692 00:42:09,279 --> 00:42:13,511 ...she ought to do her utmost and to make a great sacrifice? 693 00:42:13,679 --> 00:42:16,989 One does not marry a girl without her bringing something with her. 694 00:42:17,559 --> 00:42:19,072 What? 695 00:42:19,239 --> 00:42:23,994 She is a girl who will bring you a clear twelve thousand francs a year. 696 00:42:24,319 --> 00:42:26,833 Twelve thousand francs a year? 697 00:42:27,199 --> 00:42:28,393 Yes. 698 00:42:30,039 --> 00:42:31,358 To begin with... 699 00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:34,472 ...she has been nursed and brought up with the strictest notions of frugality. 700 00:42:34,639 --> 00:42:37,756 She is a girl accustomed to live upon salad, milk and cheese... 701 00:42:37,919 --> 00:42:42,276 ...and who consequently will require neither a well served up table... 702 00:42:42,439 --> 00:42:44,953 ...nor all those delicacies that another woman would want. 703 00:42:46,999 --> 00:42:51,356 This is no small matter, and may well amount to three thousand francs yearly. 704 00:42:51,639 --> 00:42:52,754 Besides this... 705 00:42:53,119 --> 00:42:54,916 ...she only cares for simplicity and neatness... 706 00:42:55,119 --> 00:42:59,988 ...she will have none of those splendid, none of that sumptuous furniture... 707 00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:02,628 ...and this is worth more than four thousand francs per annum. 708 00:43:02,799 --> 00:43:03,754 Lastly... 709 00:43:04,399 --> 00:43:06,594 ...she has the deepest aversion to gambling... 710 00:43:06,799 --> 00:43:11,634 ...and this is not very common nowadays among women. 711 00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:13,450 Let us reckon only a fourth of that sum. 712 00:43:13,879 --> 00:43:14,834 Five thousand francs a year at play... 713 00:43:15,679 --> 00:43:17,988 ...and four thousand in clothes and jewels make nine thousand... 714 00:43:19,319 --> 00:43:21,833 ...and three thousand francs which we count for food... 715 00:43:21,999 --> 00:43:24,513 ...does it not make your twelve thousand francs? 716 00:43:27,319 --> 00:43:31,278 That's not bad, but that calculation has nothing real in it. 717 00:43:32,639 --> 00:43:33,788 Excuse me. 718 00:43:33,959 --> 00:43:37,156 Is it nothing real to bring you in marriage a great sobriety... 719 00:43:37,959 --> 00:43:41,429 ...to inherit a great love for simplicity in dress... 720 00:43:41,639 --> 00:43:43,994 ...and the acquired property of a great hatred for gambling? 721 00:43:44,879 --> 00:43:49,907 It is a farce to pretend to make up a dowry with all the expenses she will not run into. 722 00:43:50,959 --> 00:43:53,348 I could not give a receipt for what I do not receive... 723 00:43:53,519 --> 00:43:56,670 ...and I must decidedly get something. 724 00:43:57,519 --> 00:43:59,510 My God. 725 00:44:02,599 --> 00:44:04,988 You will get enough... 726 00:44:05,839 --> 00:44:09,229 ...and they have spoken to me of a certain country... 727 00:44:09,399 --> 00:44:13,551 ...where they have some property, of which you will be master. 728 00:44:13,999 --> 00:44:15,034 We shall have to see to that. 729 00:44:15,199 --> 00:44:16,075 Frosine... 730 00:44:16,319 --> 00:44:19,117 ...there is one more thing that makes me uneasy. 731 00:44:20,839 --> 00:44:22,397 The girl is young, you know... 732 00:44:22,559 --> 00:44:25,949 ...and young people generally like those who are young like themselves. 733 00:44:26,119 --> 00:44:29,236 I am afraid that a man of my age may not exactly suit her taste... 734 00:44:29,399 --> 00:44:32,789 ...and that this may occasion in my family certain complications... 735 00:44:33,559 --> 00:44:34,674 ...that would in nowise be pleasant to me. 736 00:44:34,879 --> 00:44:36,790 Oh, how badly you judge her. 737 00:44:36,959 --> 00:44:39,234 This is one more peculiarity of which I had to speak to you. 738 00:44:39,399 --> 00:44:41,549 She has the greatest detestation to all young men... 739 00:44:41,759 --> 00:44:44,068 ...and only likes old people. 740 00:44:44,999 --> 00:44:45,829 Does she? 741 00:44:46,199 --> 00:44:47,518 Yes, she does. 742 00:44:47,679 --> 00:44:50,318 I should like you to hear her talk on that subject. 743 00:44:50,919 --> 00:44:53,752 She cannot bear at all the sight of a young man... 744 00:44:53,919 --> 00:44:57,309 ...and nothing delights her more than to see a fine old man... 745 00:44:57,479 --> 00:44:59,754 ...with a venerable beard. 746 00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:02,600 The oldest are to her the most charming... 747 00:45:02,879 --> 00:45:05,168 ...and I warn you beforehand not to make yourself any younger than you are. 748 00:45:05,519 --> 00:45:07,828 She wishes for one sixty years old at least. 749 00:45:08,199 --> 00:45:10,588 It is not more than six months ago that on the very eve of being married... 750 00:45:10,759 --> 00:45:12,715 ...she suddenly broke off the match... 751 00:45:12,879 --> 00:45:15,439 ...on learning that her lover was only fifty-six years of age... 752 00:45:15,599 --> 00:45:17,988 ...and did not put on spectacles to sign the contract. 753 00:45:18,199 --> 00:45:19,996 Only for that? 754 00:45:20,479 --> 00:45:22,629 Yes, she says there is no pleasure with a man of fifty-six... 755 00:45:22,799 --> 00:45:23,788 ...and most of all... 756 00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:25,712 ...she has a decided affection for those who wear spectacles. 757 00:45:25,879 --> 00:45:29,758 Well, this is quite new to me. 758 00:45:29,959 --> 00:45:32,757 No one can imagine how far she carries this. 759 00:45:33,039 --> 00:45:35,997 She has in her room a few pictures... 760 00:45:36,160 --> 00:45:38,116 ...and what do you imagine they are? 761 00:45:38,319 --> 00:45:41,117 An Adonis, a Paris, an Apollo? 762 00:45:42,439 --> 00:45:44,953 No, fine portraits of Saturn... 763 00:45:46,399 --> 00:45:48,117 ...of King Priam... 764 00:45:48,719 --> 00:45:49,993 ...of old Nestor... 765 00:45:50,159 --> 00:45:53,356 ...and of good father Anchises on his son's shoulders. 766 00:45:54,319 --> 00:45:57,277 That's admirable. I should never have guessed. 767 00:45:57,439 --> 00:46:01,671 Indeed had I been a woman, I should never have loved young fellows. 768 00:46:03,799 --> 00:46:05,676 I should think not. Fine trumpery indeed, these young men. 769 00:46:05,839 --> 00:46:07,795 Fine jackanapes for a woman to hanker after. 770 00:46:07,959 --> 00:46:11,747 I don't understand how it is that some women dote so on them. 771 00:46:12,439 --> 00:46:13,952 They must be downright idiots. 772 00:46:14,119 --> 00:46:16,474 Can any one be in his senses who thinks youth amiable? 773 00:46:16,639 --> 00:46:19,551 Can those coxcombs be men, and can one get attached to such animals? 774 00:46:19,719 --> 00:46:22,153 Exactly what I say every day! With their effeminate voices... 775 00:46:22,319 --> 00:46:24,549 ...their three little bits of a beard turned up like cat's whiskers... 776 00:46:24,719 --> 00:46:28,473 ...their tow wigs, their flowing breeches and open breasts. 777 00:46:33,599 --> 00:46:37,353 Yes, they are famous guys compared with yourself. 778 00:46:38,599 --> 00:46:40,829 In you we see something like a man. 779 00:46:41,559 --> 00:46:43,515 There is enough to satisfy the eye. 780 00:46:43,879 --> 00:46:47,838 It is thus that one should be made and dressed to inspire love. 781 00:46:48,679 --> 00:46:50,351 Then you think I am pretty well? 782 00:46:50,679 --> 00:46:52,715 What? 783 00:46:53,359 --> 00:46:56,590 You are charming... 784 00:46:56,759 --> 00:46:59,114 ...and your face would make a beautiful picture. 785 00:47:01,479 --> 00:47:04,357 Turn round a little, if you please. 786 00:47:07,319 --> 00:47:10,038 You could not find anything better anywhere. 787 00:47:11,880 --> 00:47:13,632 Let me see you walk. 788 00:47:19,079 --> 00:47:23,277 You have a well-shaped body... 789 00:47:23,479 --> 00:47:26,915 ...free and easy, as it should be... 790 00:47:28,719 --> 00:47:30,869 ...and one which gives no sign of infirmity. 791 00:47:31,079 --> 00:47:32,797 I have nothing the matter to speak of, I am thankful to say. 792 00:47:32,959 --> 00:47:37,157 It is only my cough, which returns from time to time. 793 00:47:38,119 --> 00:47:39,234 That is nothing. 794 00:47:39,399 --> 00:47:43,472 And coughing becomes you exceedingly well. 795 00:47:50,319 --> 00:47:52,594 I have, sir, a small request to make to you. 796 00:47:52,759 --> 00:47:54,511 I am in danger of losing a lawsuit for want of a little money. 797 00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:03,879 You cannot imagine how happy she will be to see you. 798 00:48:04,359 --> 00:48:08,113 Oh! how sure you are to please her. 799 00:48:09,079 --> 00:48:14,517 And how sure that antique ruff of yours is to produce a wonderful effect on her. 800 00:48:17,559 --> 00:48:20,073 Really, sir, this lawsuit is of the utmost importance for me. 801 00:48:20,239 --> 00:48:22,150 If I lose it, I am for ever ruined. 802 00:48:22,319 --> 00:48:24,753 Sir, sir, please. 803 00:48:24,919 --> 00:48:25,908 No, I can't. 804 00:48:26,359 --> 00:48:30,398 I would not importune you so if I were not compelled by necessity. 805 00:48:31,039 --> 00:48:33,997 Do not refuse me the service, sir. 806 00:48:34,159 --> 00:48:39,677 I beg of you. You can hardly believe, sir, the pleasure that... 807 00:48:41,519 --> 00:48:43,555 She will like you! 808 00:48:44,999 --> 00:48:47,069 Sir, sir... 809 00:48:56,399 --> 00:49:00,233 May the fever seize you, you stingy cur, and send you to the devil. 810 00:49:02,359 --> 00:49:05,317 The miser has held out against all my attacks. 811 00:49:05,999 --> 00:49:08,149 But I must not drop the negotiation... 812 00:49:08,319 --> 00:49:12,358 ...for I have the other side, and there, at all events, I am sure of a good reward. 813 00:49:14,399 --> 00:49:15,434 Here, come here, all of you. 814 00:49:15,719 --> 00:49:18,074 I must give you orders for by and by. 815 00:49:18,879 --> 00:49:20,358 Come nearer, Dame Claude. 816 00:49:22,039 --> 00:49:22,789 Let us begin with you. 817 00:49:22,959 --> 00:49:25,109 You are ready armed, I see. 818 00:49:25,479 --> 00:49:27,788 To you I commit the care of cleaning up everywhere... 819 00:49:27,959 --> 00:49:31,838 ...but be very careful not to rub the furniture too hard, for fear of wearing it out. 820 00:49:31,999 --> 00:49:33,318 Besides this... 821 00:49:38,959 --> 00:49:42,031 ...I put the bottles under your care during supper... 822 00:49:42,199 --> 00:49:45,271 ...and if any one of them is missing, or if anything gets broken... 823 00:49:45,439 --> 00:49:48,351 ...you will be responsible for it, and pay it out of your wages. 824 00:49:49,879 --> 00:49:50,789 Go. 825 00:49:55,279 --> 00:49:57,110 To you, Brindavoine, and to you, La Merluche... 826 00:49:57,279 --> 00:49:59,270 ...belongs the duty of washing the glasses... 827 00:49:59,439 --> 00:50:00,588 ...and of giving to drink... 828 00:50:00,759 --> 00:50:03,193 ...but only when people are thirsty... 829 00:50:03,359 --> 00:50:04,474 ...and not according to the custom... 830 00:50:04,679 --> 00:50:08,911 ...of certain impertinent lackeys, who urge them to drink. 831 00:50:09,719 --> 00:50:11,869 Wait until you have been asked several times... 832 00:50:12,040 --> 00:50:15,476 ...and remember always to have plenty of water. 833 00:50:15,679 --> 00:50:16,828 Wine without water gets into one's head. 834 00:50:19,559 --> 00:50:21,948 Be very careful not to spoil your clothes. 835 00:50:22,159 --> 00:50:26,630 You know that one of the fronts of my doublet is covered with a large stain of oil. 836 00:50:28,079 --> 00:50:30,115 And I, sir, that my breeches are all torn behind... 837 00:50:30,319 --> 00:50:31,468 ...and that, saving your presence... 838 00:50:31,639 --> 00:50:32,628 Peace! 839 00:50:34,279 --> 00:50:35,428 Turn carefully... 840 00:50:35,599 --> 00:50:39,069 ...towards the wall, and always face the company. 841 00:50:42,759 --> 00:50:46,388 And you, always hold your hat in this fashion. 842 00:50:49,320 --> 00:50:51,914 As for you, my daughter, you will look after all that is cleared off the table... 843 00:50:52,119 --> 00:50:55,350 ...and see that nothing is wasted. This care is very becoming to young girls. 844 00:50:55,559 --> 00:50:56,628 Meanwhile get ready to... 845 00:50:56,839 --> 00:50:59,034 ...welcome my lady-love, who is coming this afternoon to pay you a visit... 846 00:50:59,479 --> 00:51:01,332 ...and will take you off to the fair with her. 847 00:51:01,559 --> 00:51:02,514 Do you understand what I say? 848 00:51:02,679 --> 00:51:03,395 Yes, father. 849 00:51:03,599 --> 00:51:07,592 And you, my son to whom I have the kindness of forgiving what happened earlier... 850 00:51:07,759 --> 00:51:10,796 ...don't receive her coldly. 851 00:51:10,999 --> 00:51:13,672 Receive her coldly! And why should I? 852 00:51:14,079 --> 00:51:16,912 We know pretty well the ways of children whose fathers marry again... 853 00:51:17,079 --> 00:51:19,752 ...and the looks they give to those we call stepmothers. 854 00:51:20,039 --> 00:51:23,315 But if you wish me to forget your last offence... 855 00:51:23,519 --> 00:51:26,716 ...I advise you, above all things, to receive her kindly... 856 00:51:26,879 --> 00:51:30,269 ...and to give her the heartiest welcome you can. 857 00:51:30,799 --> 00:51:34,155 I cannot promise you that I am very happy to see her become my stepmother. 858 00:51:34,319 --> 00:51:36,116 I would lie if I said otherwise. 859 00:51:36,265 --> 00:51:39,473 But as to giving her a kind welcome... 860 00:51:39,508 --> 00:51:41,971 ...I promise to obey you in that to the very letter. 861 00:51:42,419 --> 00:51:44,645 Be careful you do, at least. 862 00:51:44,949 --> 00:51:47,171 You will see that you have no cause to complain. 863 00:51:47,579 --> 00:51:49,331 You will do wisely. 864 00:51:54,284 --> 00:51:56,354 Good, everybody, let's go... 865 00:51:57,059 --> 00:51:59,254 Valère, help me with this. 866 00:52:00,259 --> 00:52:04,218 Master Jacques, I kept you for the last. 867 00:52:04,422 --> 00:52:08,461 Is it to your coachman or to your cook you want to speak? 868 00:52:08,913 --> 00:52:10,216 For I am both. 869 00:52:10,499 --> 00:52:11,375 To both. 870 00:52:12,299 --> 00:52:13,732 But to which of the two first? 871 00:52:14,060 --> 00:52:15,015 To the cook. 872 00:52:15,739 --> 00:52:17,297 Then wait a minute, if you please. 873 00:52:21,797 --> 00:52:24,066 What the deuce is the meaning of this ceremony? 874 00:52:29,779 --> 00:52:31,259 Now I am at your service. 875 00:52:31,394 --> 00:52:34,345 I have engaged myself, Master Jacques, to give a supper to-night. 876 00:52:34,504 --> 00:52:36,075 Wonderful! 877 00:52:36,219 --> 00:52:38,482 Tell me, can you give us a good supper? 878 00:52:38,682 --> 00:52:40,584 Yes, if you give me money. 879 00:52:40,784 --> 00:52:42,462 The deuce! Always money! 880 00:52:42,687 --> 00:52:45,411 I think they have nothing else to say except money, money, money! 881 00:52:44,339 --> 00:52:47,219 Always that same word in their mouth. 882 00:52:47,499 --> 00:52:50,013 They always speak of money! It's their pillow companion, money! 883 00:52:50,831 --> 00:52:52,504 Never did I hear such an impertinent answer! 884 00:52:53,492 --> 00:52:54,188 Would you call it wonderful... 885 00:52:54,388 --> 00:52:56,682 ...to provide good cheer with plenty of money? 886 00:52:56,717 --> 00:52:57,898 Is it not the easiest thing in the world? 887 00:52:58,339 --> 00:53:00,489 The most stupid could do as much. 888 00:52:59,819 --> 00:53:04,813 But a clever man should talk of a good supper with little money. 889 00:53:05,839 --> 00:53:08,379 A good supper with little money? 890 00:53:08,579 --> 00:53:09,051 Yes. 891 00:53:09,204 --> 00:53:12,654 Indeed, Mr. Steward, you will oblige me greatly by telling me your secret... 892 00:53:12,854 --> 00:53:14,930 ...and also by filling my place as cook... 893 00:53:14,965 --> 00:53:18,884 ...for you keep on meddling here, and want to be everything. 894 00:53:19,084 --> 00:53:21,911 Hold your tongue. What shall we want? 895 00:53:22,111 --> 00:53:25,222 Ask that of Mr. Steward, who will give you good cheer with little money. 896 00:53:26,817 --> 00:53:28,558 I want you to answer me. 897 00:53:28,758 --> 00:53:30,277 How many will there be at your table? 898 00:53:32,260 --> 00:53:33,954 How many will there be at your table? 899 00:53:34,878 --> 00:53:37,194 Eight or ten, but you must only reckon for eight. 900 00:53:37,310 --> 00:53:38,977 When there is enough for eight, there is enough for ten. 901 00:53:39,059 --> 00:53:40,253 That is evident. 902 00:53:41,059 --> 00:53:42,757 Very well then, you must have four tureens of soup... 903 00:53:43,332 --> 00:53:44,514 ...and five side dishes. 904 00:53:45,059 --> 00:53:45,696 Soups. 905 00:53:45,856 --> 00:53:46,632 Entrées. 906 00:53:46,789 --> 00:53:50,426 What, do you mean to feed a whole town? 907 00:53:50,626 --> 00:53:51,568 Roast... 908 00:53:51,768 --> 00:53:54,111 Traitor! 909 00:53:54,259 --> 00:53:55,817 You are eating up all my substance. 910 00:53:56,099 --> 00:53:57,498 Entremêts... - More still? 911 00:53:57,819 --> 00:54:00,049 Do you mean to kill everybody? 912 00:53:59,379 --> 00:54:03,504 And has your master invited people in order to destroy them with over-feeding? 913 00:54:04,446 --> 00:54:07,274 Go and read a little the precepts of health, and ask the doctors... 914 00:54:07,474 --> 00:54:10,493 ...if there is anything so hurtful to man as excess in eating. 915 00:54:10,693 --> 00:54:11,596 He is perfectly right. 916 00:54:11,796 --> 00:54:13,879 Know, Master Jacques, you and people like you... 917 00:54:14,079 --> 00:54:16,922 ...that a table overloaded with meat is a real cut-throat... 918 00:54:17,122 --> 00:54:19,411 ...that, to be the true friends of those we invite... 919 00:54:19,611 --> 00:54:22,004 ...frugality should reign throughout the repast we give... 920 00:54:22,204 --> 00:54:24,062 ...and that according to the saying of one of the ancients... 921 00:54:24,262 --> 00:54:27,595 ..."We must eat to live, and not live to eat." 922 00:54:37,647 --> 00:54:40,346 How well the man speaks! 923 00:54:40,381 --> 00:54:43,338 Come near, let me embrace you for this last saying. 924 00:54:45,247 --> 00:54:48,367 The finest sentence that I have ever heard in my life... 925 00:54:49,104 --> 00:54:52,342 ..."We must live to eat, and not eat..." 926 00:54:52,806 --> 00:54:53,823 No, that isn't it. How do you say it? 927 00:54:54,099 --> 00:54:56,977 That we must eat to live, and not live to eat. 928 00:54:55,579 --> 00:54:56,409 Do you hear that? 929 00:54:59,499 --> 00:55:01,057 Who is the great man who said that? 930 00:55:01,419 --> 00:55:02,647 I do not exactly recollect his name just now. 931 00:55:03,179 --> 00:55:04,692 Remember to write down those words for me. 932 00:55:04,579 --> 00:55:06,570 I will have them engraved in letters of gold... 933 00:55:06,259 --> 00:55:08,170 ...over the mantel-piece of my dining-room. 934 00:55:08,419 --> 00:55:09,135 I will not fail. 935 00:55:10,499 --> 00:55:13,297 As for your supper, you had better let me manage it. 936 00:55:11,539 --> 00:55:12,415 Do so. 937 00:55:14,499 --> 00:55:16,888 So much the better. All the less work for me. 938 00:55:15,539 --> 00:55:20,266 We must have some of those things of which it is not possible to eat much. 939 00:55:21,474 --> 00:55:24,160 Some good fat beans... 940 00:55:24,195 --> 00:55:26,891 ...and a pâté well stuffed with chestnuts. 941 00:55:28,612 --> 00:55:30,662 Something that swells up. 942 00:55:33,752 --> 00:55:36,429 Trust to me. 943 00:55:36,464 --> 00:55:39,336 Now, Master Jacques, you must clean my carriage. 944 00:55:42,081 --> 00:55:45,858 Wait a moment. This is to the coachman. 945 00:55:56,389 --> 00:55:58,086 You say? 946 00:55:58,419 --> 00:56:02,652 That you must clean my carriage, and have my horses ready to drive to the fair. 947 00:56:02,852 --> 00:56:05,018 Your horses, sir? 948 00:56:05,218 --> 00:56:07,814 Your horses, let's see. 949 00:56:09,793 --> 00:56:11,698 They are not at all in a condition to stir. 950 00:56:11,898 --> 00:56:15,158 I won't tell you that they are laid up, for the poor things have got nothing to lie upon... 951 00:56:15,654 --> 00:56:17,431 ...and it would not be telling the truth. 952 00:56:17,466 --> 00:56:24,807 But you make them keep such rigid fasts that they are nothing but phantoms, ideas... 953 00:56:25,290 --> 00:56:26,674 ...and mere shadows of horses. 954 00:56:26,831 --> 00:56:28,279 They have nothing to do. 955 00:56:28,299 --> 00:56:31,371 And because they have nothing to do, must they have nothing to eat? 956 00:56:29,699 --> 00:56:34,887 It would be much better for them to work much and eat to correspond. 957 00:56:35,492 --> 00:56:39,071 It breaks my heart to see them so reduced... 958 00:56:40,082 --> 00:56:42,629 ...for I love my horses... 959 00:56:43,300 --> 00:56:45,923 ...and when I see them suffer, it seems as if it were myself. 960 00:56:47,273 --> 00:56:49,238 Every day I take the bread out of my own mouth... 961 00:56:49,523 --> 00:56:54,114 ...and it is being too hard-hearted to have no compassion upon one's neighbour. 962 00:56:54,187 --> 00:56:55,962 They only must go to the market. 963 00:56:56,162 --> 00:56:57,968 No, sir. I haven't the heart to drive them. 964 00:56:57,579 --> 00:57:01,497 It would go against my conscience to use the whip to them in the state they are in. 965 00:57:01,697 --> 00:57:06,000 How can they drag a carriage if they have not even strength to drag themselves along? 966 00:57:06,200 --> 00:57:07,697 Sir. 967 00:57:08,019 --> 00:57:10,801 I will ask our neighbour, Picard, to drive them... 968 00:57:11,001 --> 00:57:12,813 ...particularly as we shall want his help to get the supper ready. 969 00:57:12,913 --> 00:57:15,561 Be it so. I had much rather they should die under another's hand than under mine. 970 00:57:15,761 --> 00:57:17,170 Master Jacques is mightily considerate. 971 00:57:17,370 --> 00:57:19,122 Mr. Steward is mightily indispensable. 972 00:57:19,222 --> 00:57:20,368 Peace. 973 00:57:20,779 --> 00:57:22,178 No, sir. - Peace. 974 00:57:21,979 --> 00:57:24,447 No, no. I can't bear these flatteries. 975 00:57:24,539 --> 00:57:27,472 And I can see that, whatever this man does... 976 00:57:27,610 --> 00:57:31,373 ...his continual watching after the bread, wine, wood, salt, and candles... 977 00:57:31,573 --> 00:57:34,508 ...is done but to curry favour and to make his court to you. 978 00:57:35,341 --> 00:57:37,088 I am indignant. 979 00:57:38,221 --> 00:57:40,838 And I am sorry to hear every day what is said of you... 980 00:57:41,038 --> 00:57:46,671 ...for, after all, I have a certain tenderness for you... 981 00:57:46,871 --> 00:57:49,654 ...and, except my horses, you are the person I like most. 982 00:57:57,760 --> 00:58:01,477 And I would know from you, Master Jacques, what it is that is said of me. 983 00:58:01,663 --> 00:58:06,069 Certainly, sir, if I were sure you would not get angry with me. 984 00:58:06,198 --> 00:58:08,389 No, no, never fear. 985 00:58:10,913 --> 00:58:13,042 Excuse me, but I am sure you will be angry. 986 00:58:13,282 --> 00:58:15,698 No, on the contrary, you will oblige me. 987 00:58:15,733 --> 00:58:19,564 I should be glad to know what people say of me. 988 00:58:32,945 --> 00:58:35,626 Since you wish it, sir... 989 00:58:35,661 --> 00:58:38,735 ...I will tell you frankly that you are the laughing-stock of everybody... 990 00:58:40,168 --> 00:58:42,607 ...that they taunt us everywhere by a thousand jokes on your account... 991 00:58:43,379 --> 00:58:46,883 ...and that nothing delights people more than to make sport of you... 992 00:58:49,248 --> 00:58:52,707 ...and to tell stories without end about your stinginess. 993 00:58:53,534 --> 00:58:57,693 One says that you have special almanacks printed... 994 00:58:58,311 --> 00:59:00,870 ...where you double the ember days and vigils... 995 00:59:01,398 --> 00:59:03,831 ...so that you may profit by the fasts to which you bind all your house. 996 00:59:04,042 --> 00:59:08,485 Another, that you always have a ready-made quarrel for your servants at Christmas time... 997 00:59:08,798 --> 00:59:09,876 ...or when they leave you... 998 00:59:10,076 --> 00:59:13,161 ...so that you may give them nothing. 999 00:59:13,196 --> 00:59:19,099 One tells a story how not long since you prosecuted a neighbour's cat... 1000 00:59:19,299 --> 00:59:22,202 ...because it had eaten up the remainder of a leg of mutton. 1001 00:59:24,183 --> 00:59:29,844 Another says that one night you were caught stealing your horses' oats... 1002 00:59:30,044 --> 00:59:33,132 ...and that your coachman, that is the man who was before me... 1003 00:59:33,332 --> 00:59:38,195 ...gave you, in the dark, a good sound drubbing, of which you said nothing. 1004 00:59:38,851 --> 00:59:40,347 What is the use of going on? 1005 00:59:43,137 --> 00:59:49,030 We can go nowhere but we are sure to hear you pulled to pieces. 1006 00:59:50,078 --> 00:59:53,685 You are the butt and jest and byword of everybody... 1007 00:59:53,885 --> 00:59:56,818 ...and never does anyone mention you but under the names of miser... 1008 00:59:57,018 --> 00:59:59,283 ...stingy, mean... 1009 00:59:59,483 --> 01:00:02,023 ...niggardly fellow and usurer. 1010 01:00:12,021 --> 01:00:17,384 You are a fool, a rascal, a scoundrel, and an impertinent wretch. 1011 01:00:21,802 --> 01:00:23,256 Did not I know how it would be? 1012 01:00:23,699 --> 01:00:26,576 I told you I should make you angry if I spoke the truth? 1013 01:00:27,795 --> 01:00:29,525 Learn how to speak. 1014 01:00:34,315 --> 01:00:38,537 Well, Master Jacques, your frankness is badly rewarded. 1015 01:00:38,833 --> 01:00:42,154 Mr. Upstart, you who assume the man of consequence, it is no business of yours. 1016 01:00:42,493 --> 01:00:45,865 Laugh at your own cudgelling and don't come here and laugh at mine. 1017 01:00:46,074 --> 01:00:49,208 Master Jacques, don't get into a passion, I beg of you. 1018 01:00:51,883 --> 01:00:56,409 I will put on a bold face, and if he is afraid of me, I will pay him back somewhat. 1019 01:00:56,920 --> 01:00:59,397 Do you know, Mr. Grinner... 1020 01:00:59,543 --> 01:01:01,175 ...that I am not laughing? 1021 01:01:01,189 --> 01:01:05,478 And that if you provoke me, I shall make you laugh after another fashion? 1022 01:01:05,765 --> 01:01:06,765 Gently. 1023 01:01:06,766 --> 01:01:09,028 How gently? And if it does not please me to go gently? 1024 01:01:09,227 --> 01:01:10,350 Come. 1025 01:01:10,527 --> 01:01:11,433 You are an impudent rascal. 1026 01:01:11,633 --> 01:01:12,692 Master Jacques... 1027 01:01:12,878 --> 01:01:14,973 None of your Master Jacques here! 1028 01:01:15,146 --> 01:01:18,275 If I take up a stick, I shall soon make you feel it. 1029 01:01:18,508 --> 01:01:20,027 What do you mean by a stick? 1030 01:01:20,150 --> 01:01:22,008 No, I don't say anything about that. 1031 01:01:22,158 --> 01:01:25,732 Do you know, Mr. Conceit, that I am a man to give you a drubbing in good earnest? 1032 01:01:25,922 --> 01:01:26,809 I have no doubt of it. 1033 01:01:27,009 --> 01:01:29,545 That you are nothing but a scrub of a cook? 1034 01:01:29,745 --> 01:01:30,850 I know it very well. 1035 01:01:30,999 --> 01:01:32,684 And that you don't know me yet? 1036 01:01:32,884 --> 01:01:33,787 I beg your pardon. 1037 01:01:33,987 --> 01:01:34,926 You will beat me, you say? 1038 01:01:35,126 --> 01:01:36,978 I only spoke in jest. 1039 01:01:37,101 --> 01:01:39,714 I don't like your jesting. 1040 01:01:45,798 --> 01:01:48,406 I spoke in jest. 1041 01:01:51,234 --> 01:01:52,961 You are but a sorry hand at jesting. 1042 01:01:57,099 --> 01:02:00,258 Plague take all sincerity. It is a bad trade. 1043 01:02:00,388 --> 01:02:02,565 I will cease to tell the truth. 1044 01:02:02,644 --> 01:02:04,876 It is all very well for my master to beat me. 1045 01:02:05,083 --> 01:02:08,222 But as for that Mr. Steward, I will be revenged on him if I can. 1046 01:02:30,960 --> 01:02:33,305 Do you know if your master is at home? 1047 01:02:33,549 --> 01:02:35,653 Yes, he is indeed. I know it but too well. 1048 01:02:35,847 --> 01:02:37,089 Tell him, please, that we are here. 1049 01:03:15,863 --> 01:03:18,318 Frosine, how strange I feel. 1050 01:03:18,488 --> 01:03:21,034 And how I dread this interview. 1051 01:03:21,631 --> 01:03:24,492 Why should you? What can you possibly dread? 1052 01:03:24,692 --> 01:03:26,362 Alas, can you ask me? 1053 01:03:26,988 --> 01:03:31,315 Can you not understand the alarms of seeing the instrument of torture to which one is to be tied. 1054 01:03:31,515 --> 01:03:36,850 I see very well that Harpagon is not the torture you would embrace... 1055 01:03:37,050 --> 01:03:43,195 ...and I can judge that the young man you spoke of to me is still in your thoughts. 1056 01:03:43,317 --> 01:03:46,165 Frosine, it is a thing I do not wish to deny. 1057 01:03:46,952 --> 01:03:51,647 The visits he has paid at our house have left a great impression on my heart. 1058 01:03:51,918 --> 01:03:53,512 But do you know who he is? 1059 01:03:53,919 --> 01:03:55,232 No, I do not. 1060 01:03:55,826 --> 01:03:58,115 All I know is that he is made to be loved. 1061 01:03:58,281 --> 01:04:00,529 That if things were left to my choice... 1062 01:04:00,744 --> 01:04:02,650 ...I would much rather marry him than any other... 1063 01:04:03,776 --> 01:04:07,641 ...and that he adds to the dread that I have of the husband they want to force upon me. 1064 01:04:08,088 --> 01:04:12,459 I fully acknowledge that the senses somewhat clash with the end I propose... 1065 01:04:12,494 --> 01:04:16,250 ...and that there are certain inconveniences to be endured with such a husband... 1066 01:04:16,450 --> 01:04:17,977 ...but all that won't last... 1067 01:04:18,177 --> 01:04:22,840 ...and his death will soon put you in a position to take a more pleasant husband... 1068 01:04:23,040 --> 01:04:24,712 ...who will make amends for all. 1069 01:04:24,843 --> 01:04:30,229 What a strange state of things that we must look forward to the death of another. 1070 01:04:31,526 --> 01:04:33,540 Yet death will not fall in with all the projects we make. 1071 01:04:33,738 --> 01:04:35,075 You are joking. 1072 01:04:36,421 --> 01:04:38,850 You marry him with the understanding that he will soon leave you a widow. 1073 01:04:38,853 --> 01:04:40,992 It must be one of the articles of the marriage contract. 1074 01:04:41,615 --> 01:04:43,999 It would be very wrong in him not to die before three months are over. 1075 01:05:08,759 --> 01:05:12,114 Do not be offended, fair one, if I come to you with my glasses on. 1076 01:05:12,208 --> 01:05:14,489 I know that your beauty is great enough... 1077 01:05:14,222 --> 01:05:18,385 ...to be seen with the naked eye. 1078 01:05:18,585 --> 01:05:22,500 But it is with glasses that we look at the stars... 1079 01:05:22,700 --> 01:05:24,808 ...and I maintain and uphold that you are a star. 1080 01:05:25,003 --> 01:05:28,742 The most beautiful and in the land of stars. 1081 01:05:30,086 --> 01:05:31,890 Here he is, in person. 1082 01:05:31,974 --> 01:05:33,085 O, Frosine, what a sight. 1083 01:05:39,261 --> 01:05:41,734 She does not answer and it seems to me... 1084 01:05:41,872 --> 01:05:44,734 ...shows no joy at the sight of me. 1085 01:05:45,416 --> 01:05:49,238 It is because she is still quite awe-struck... 1086 01:05:49,438 --> 01:05:53,701 ...and young girls are always afraid of showing what they feel. 1087 01:05:54,238 --> 01:05:55,667 You are right. 1088 01:06:01,310 --> 01:06:04,484 My pretty darling, there is my daughter coming to welcome you. 1089 01:06:06,821 --> 01:06:08,792 I am very late in acquitting myself of the visit I owed you. 1090 01:06:09,047 --> 01:06:12,766 You have done what I ought to have done. 1091 01:06:12,966 --> 01:06:15,876 You see what a great girl she is, but ill weeds grow apace. 1092 01:06:16,076 --> 01:06:17,281 Oh, what an unpleasant man! 1093 01:06:17,372 --> 01:06:18,130 What does my fair one say? 1094 01:06:18,330 --> 01:06:19,825 That she thinks you perfect. 1095 01:06:20,016 --> 01:06:23,079 You do me too much honour, my adorable darling. 1096 01:06:25,044 --> 01:06:26,361 What a dreadful creature! 1097 01:06:26,743 --> 01:06:29,845 I really feel too grateful to you for these sentiments. 1098 01:06:31,173 --> 01:06:32,624 I can bear it no longer. 1099 01:06:34,480 --> 01:06:38,659 Here is my son, who also comes to pay his respects to you. 1100 01:06:39,243 --> 01:06:42,705 Frosine, he is the very one of whom I spoke to you. 1101 01:06:42,905 --> 01:06:44,865 Well, that is extraordinary. 1102 01:06:45,498 --> 01:06:47,630 You are surprised to see that my children can be so old... 1103 01:06:46,999 --> 01:06:50,328 ...but I shall soon get rid of both of them. 1104 01:06:50,528 --> 01:06:53,208 Madam, to tell you the truth, I little expected such an event... 1105 01:06:53,243 --> 01:06:57,114 ...and my father surprised me when he told me to-day of his decision. 1106 01:06:57,314 --> 01:06:58,546 I can say the same thing. 1107 01:06:59,067 --> 01:07:01,843 It is an unexpected meeting... 1108 01:07:01,878 --> 01:07:03,974 ...and I certainly was far from being prepared for such an event. 1109 01:07:04,174 --> 01:07:06,481 Madam, my father cannot make a better choice... 1110 01:07:06,659 --> 01:07:08,729 ...and it is a great joy to me to welcome you here. 1111 01:07:09,219 --> 01:07:14,452 But I cannot say that I should rejoice if it were your intention to become my stepmother. 1112 01:07:14,928 --> 01:07:16,256 I must confess that I should find it... 1113 01:07:16,456 --> 01:07:17,372 ...difficult to pay you the compliment... 1114 01:07:17,572 --> 01:07:19,927 ...and it is a title that I cannot wish you to have. 1115 01:07:20,127 --> 01:07:22,323 To some this speech would seem coarse... 1116 01:07:22,523 --> 01:07:25,588 ...but I feel that you understand it. 1117 01:07:25,786 --> 01:07:29,701 This marriage, Madam, is altogether repugnant to me. 1118 01:07:29,736 --> 01:07:32,349 You are not ignorant, now that you know who I am... 1119 01:07:32,549 --> 01:07:33,528 ...how opposed it is to all my own interests... 1120 01:07:33,794 --> 01:07:36,745 ...and with my father's permission I hope you will allow me to say... 1121 01:07:36,780 --> 01:07:39,872 ...that, if things depended on me, it would never take place. 1122 01:07:40,179 --> 01:07:44,186 What an impertinent speech to make and what a confession to make to her! 1123 01:07:44,386 --> 01:07:47,130 And I must tell you that things are much the same with me... 1124 01:07:47,330 --> 01:07:50,105 ...and that, if you have any repugnance in seeing me your stepmother... 1125 01:07:50,305 --> 01:07:52,017 ...I shall have no less in seeing you my stepson. 1126 01:07:52,985 --> 01:07:55,817 Do not believe that it is of my own will that this trouble has come upon you. 1127 01:07:56,419 --> 01:07:58,594 I should be deeply grieved to cause you the least sorrow... 1128 01:07:59,139 --> 01:08:00,699 ...and unless I am forced to it by a power I must obey... 1129 01:08:00,899 --> 01:08:03,624 ...I will never consent to a marriage which is so painful to you. 1130 01:08:03,772 --> 01:08:06,810 She is right. A foolish speech deserves a foolish answer. 1131 01:08:07,010 --> 01:08:08,933 I beg your pardon, my love, for the impertinence of my son. 1132 01:08:09,133 --> 01:08:12,680 He is a silly young fellow, who has not yet learnt the value of his own words. 1133 01:08:12,880 --> 01:08:15,893 I assure you that he has not at all offended me. 1134 01:08:16,093 --> 01:08:20,068 I am thankful that he has spoken so openly. 1135 01:08:20,596 --> 01:08:22,274 I care greatly for such a confession from him. 1136 01:08:22,481 --> 01:08:24,774 If he had spoken differently, I should feel much less esteem for him. 1137 01:08:25,099 --> 01:08:27,852 It is very kind of you to excuse him thus. 1138 01:08:27,699 --> 01:08:31,214 Time will make him wiser, and you will see that his feelings will change. 1139 01:08:31,840 --> 01:08:32,757 No, father... 1140 01:08:32,949 --> 01:08:34,316 ...they will never change... 1141 01:08:34,669 --> 01:08:36,456 ...and I beg of you, Madam, to believe me. 1142 01:08:36,641 --> 01:08:39,798 Did ever anybody see such folly? He is becoming worse and worse. 1143 01:08:39,833 --> 01:08:41,396 Would you have me false to my inmost feelings? 1144 01:08:41,734 --> 01:08:45,179 Again! Change your manners, if you please. 1145 01:08:45,214 --> 01:08:47,648 Very well, since you wish me to speak differently. 1146 01:08:48,328 --> 01:08:53,320 Allow me, Madam, to take for a moment my father's place... 1147 01:08:53,355 --> 01:08:57,521 ...and forgive me if I tell you I never saw anybody more charming than you are... 1148 01:08:57,721 --> 01:09:00,046 ...that I can understand no happiness to equal that of pleasing you... 1149 01:09:00,246 --> 01:09:02,333 ...and that to be your husband is a glory... 1150 01:09:02,533 --> 01:09:06,286 ...a felicity, I should prefer to the destinies of the greatest princes. 1151 01:09:06,501 --> 01:09:07,510 Yes, Madame... 1152 01:09:07,710 --> 01:09:10,687 ...to possess you is to possess the best of all treasures. 1153 01:09:10,722 --> 01:09:12,097 ...to obtain you is all my ambition. 1154 01:09:12,146 --> 01:09:13,920 There is nothing I would not do... 1155 01:09:14,147 --> 01:09:15,513 ...for so precious a conquest... 1156 01:09:15,713 --> 01:09:16,985 ...and the most powerful obstacles... 1157 01:09:17,185 --> 01:09:20,110 Gently, gently, my son, if you please. 1158 01:09:21,135 --> 01:09:24,159 These are complimentary words which I speak to her in your name. 1159 01:09:24,194 --> 01:09:28,488 I have a tongue of my own to explain my feelings. 1160 01:09:34,096 --> 01:09:35,896 Bring us some chairs. 1161 01:09:38,304 --> 01:09:40,995 No, it is better for us to go at once to the fair... 1162 01:09:41,195 --> 01:09:44,178 ...in order to be back earlier, and have plenty of time for talking. 1163 01:09:48,077 --> 01:09:50,323 Have the carriage ready at once. 1164 01:09:54,697 --> 01:09:55,971 I hope you will excuse me, my dear... 1165 01:09:56,117 --> 01:09:59,924 ...but I forgot to order refreshments for you, before you went out. 1166 01:10:00,124 --> 01:10:01,380 I have thought of it, father. 1167 01:10:02,456 --> 01:10:05,399 I have ordered to be brought in here some baskets of China oranges... 1168 01:10:05,434 --> 01:10:09,301 ...sweet citrons, and preserves, which I sent for in your name. 1169 01:10:22,754 --> 01:10:25,032 Valère, Valère! 1170 01:10:31,503 --> 01:10:34,558 You are afraid, father, that it will not be enough? 1171 01:10:38,598 --> 01:10:40,638 I hope, Madam, that you will have the kindness to excuse it. 1172 01:10:41,026 --> 01:10:43,501 It was by no means necessary. 1173 01:10:45,751 --> 01:10:50,612 Did you ever see a more brilliant diamond than the one my father has upon his finger? 1174 01:10:53,649 --> 01:10:55,720 You must see it near. 1175 01:10:55,825 --> 01:10:57,013 It is a beautiful one. 1176 01:11:04,081 --> 01:11:05,293 It is very beautiful... 1177 01:11:06,192 --> 01:11:07,761 ...and it possesses great lustre. 1178 01:11:08,114 --> 01:11:10,519 No, Madam, it is in hands too beautiful. 1179 01:11:10,554 --> 01:11:12,564 It is a present my father gives you. 1180 01:11:13,179 --> 01:11:13,916 I? 1181 01:11:14,124 --> 01:11:16,819 Is it not true, father, that you wish her to keep it for your sake? 1182 01:11:17,001 --> 01:11:17,802 What? 1183 01:11:18,002 --> 01:11:19,237 He is making me signs that I am to force you to accept it. 1184 01:11:19,437 --> 01:11:20,126 I would not... 1185 01:11:20,613 --> 01:11:21,450 He would not take it back. 1186 01:11:21,720 --> 01:11:22,812 I am bursting with rage. 1187 01:11:23,012 --> 01:11:24,721 It would be... - No, I tell you, you will offend him. 1188 01:11:24,921 --> 01:11:26,147 Pray... - By no means. 1189 01:11:26,347 --> 01:11:27,539 Plague take.... 1190 01:11:27,739 --> 01:11:29,073 He is perfectly shocked at your refusal. 1191 01:11:29,273 --> 01:11:29,843 Traitor! 1192 01:11:30,043 --> 01:11:31,194 You see he is in despair. 1193 01:11:31,394 --> 01:11:32,427 You villain! 1194 01:11:32,627 --> 01:11:34,668 Father, I do all I can to persuade her to accept it. 1195 01:11:34,772 --> 01:11:35,769 Rascal! 1196 01:11:35,969 --> 01:11:37,886 You are the cause, Madam, of my father scolding me. 1197 01:11:38,073 --> 01:11:39,040 Scoundrel! 1198 01:11:39,240 --> 01:11:41,970 You will make him ill. For goodness' sake, hesitate no longer. 1199 01:11:42,170 --> 01:11:44,875 Keep the ring, since the gentleman wishes you to. 1200 01:11:46,371 --> 01:11:49,419 I will keep it now, sir, in order not to make you angry... 1201 01:11:49,620 --> 01:11:51,535 ...and I shall take another opportunity of returning it to you. 1202 01:11:55,585 --> 01:11:58,386 Sir, there is a gentleman here who wants to speak to you. 1203 01:11:58,421 --> 01:12:00,845 Tell him that I cannot see him to-day. 1204 01:12:01,045 --> 01:12:03,729 He says he has some money for you. 1205 01:12:04,285 --> 01:12:06,015 Pray, excuse me, I will come back directly. 1206 01:12:06,497 --> 01:12:07,628 Monsieur... 1207 01:12:09,384 --> 01:12:11,615 Oh! he has killed me. 1208 01:12:12,017 --> 01:12:14,317 What's the matter, father? Have you hurt yourself? 1209 01:12:16,406 --> 01:12:17,300 The traitor... 1210 01:12:17,415 --> 01:12:19,220 ...must have been bribed by some of my debtors... 1211 01:12:19,420 --> 01:12:20,714 ...to break my neck. 1212 01:12:20,943 --> 01:12:21,608 There is nothing serious. 1213 01:12:21,808 --> 01:12:24,884 I beg your pardon, sir, I thought I had better run fast to tell you. 1214 01:12:24,919 --> 01:12:26,735 What are you here for? 1215 01:12:26,986 --> 01:12:28,799 Your two horses have lost their shoes. 1216 01:12:29,779 --> 01:12:31,593 Take them quickly to the smith. 1217 01:12:31,628 --> 01:12:35,253 In the meantime I will do the honours of the house for you... 1218 01:12:35,453 --> 01:12:37,825 ...and take this lady into the garden, where lunch will be brought. 1219 01:12:37,979 --> 01:12:39,412 No, not in the garden. 1220 01:12:39,808 --> 01:12:41,391 Very well, father. 1221 01:12:49,427 --> 01:12:50,966 Look after all this... 1222 01:12:51,166 --> 01:12:54,903 ...and save as much of it as you can... 1223 01:12:55,103 --> 01:12:57,671 ...so that we may send it back to the tradesman again. 1224 01:12:58,229 --> 01:12:59,481 I will. 1225 01:13:09,216 --> 01:13:11,285 Let us come in here. We shall be much better. 1226 01:13:37,646 --> 01:13:39,439 We can speak openly. 1227 01:13:41,788 --> 01:13:45,277 Yes, Madam, my brother has told me of the love he has for you. 1228 01:13:45,477 --> 01:13:48,639 I assure you that I have the greatest sympathy for you. 1229 01:13:48,839 --> 01:13:52,159 I feel it a great comfort in my trouble to have the sympathy of a person like you... 1230 01:13:52,359 --> 01:13:55,347 ...and I entreat you, Madam, ever to retain for me a friendship... 1231 01:13:55,382 --> 01:13:58,061 ...so capable of softening the cruelty of my fate. 1232 01:14:02,523 --> 01:14:06,544 Frosine, dear Frosine, will you not help us? 1233 01:14:06,960 --> 01:14:09,095 Indeed, I should like to do so, as you know. 1234 01:14:09,217 --> 01:14:11,378 I feel but too ready to help... 1235 01:14:11,578 --> 01:14:12,865 ...when I see young people loving each other... 1236 01:14:13,065 --> 01:14:14,714 ...in all earnestness and honesty. 1237 01:14:16,053 --> 01:14:18,250 What can we do in this case? 1238 01:14:18,374 --> 01:14:19,644 Try and think a little. 1239 01:14:19,844 --> 01:14:20,882 Advise us. 1240 01:14:21,082 --> 01:14:23,062 Invent something to undo what you have done. 1241 01:14:23,262 --> 01:14:25,663 Rather a difficult piece of business. 1242 01:14:26,467 --> 01:14:30,095 The most disheartening part of it all is that your father is your father. 1243 01:14:30,295 --> 01:14:31,184 Yes, so it is. 1244 01:14:31,346 --> 01:14:34,125 I mean that he will bear malice if he sees that he is refused... 1245 01:14:34,325 --> 01:14:36,852 ...and he will be in no way disposed to give his consent to your marriage. 1246 01:14:37,620 --> 01:14:41,062 It would be well if the refusal could be made to come from him... 1247 01:14:41,262 --> 01:14:43,215 ...and you ought to try by some means or other... 1248 01:14:43,415 --> 01:14:45,186 ...to make him dislike you. 1249 01:14:45,360 --> 01:14:46,282 You are quite right. 1250 01:14:46,482 --> 01:14:48,542 Yes, right enough, no doubt. 1251 01:14:49,276 --> 01:14:52,516 But how in the world are we to set about it? 1252 01:14:53,780 --> 01:14:55,831 Wait a moment. 1253 01:14:56,535 --> 01:15:00,362 Suppose we had a somewhat elderly woman... 1254 01:15:00,730 --> 01:15:02,479 ...with a little of the ability which I possess... 1255 01:15:03,634 --> 01:15:05,570 ...and able sufficiently well to represent... 1256 01:15:05,770 --> 01:15:06,974 ...a lady of rank... 1257 01:15:08,969 --> 01:15:11,680 ...of some whimsical title of a marchioness or viscountess... 1258 01:15:11,880 --> 01:15:15,798 ...whom we would suppose to come from Brittany. 1259 01:15:16,072 --> 01:15:17,975 I should have enough power over your father... 1260 01:15:18,859 --> 01:15:23,091 ...to persuade him that she is a rich woman. 1261 01:15:46,804 --> 01:15:50,007 In possession, besides her houses... 1262 01:16:02,128 --> 01:16:07,175 ...of a hundred thousand crowns in ready money. 1263 01:16:12,702 --> 01:16:15,178 That she is deeply in love with him... 1264 01:16:15,371 --> 01:16:19,691 ...and that she would marry him at any cost, were she even to give him all her money... 1265 01:16:19,878 --> 01:16:22,186 ...by the marriage contract. 1266 01:17:01,415 --> 01:17:03,755 I have no doubt he would listen to the proposal. 1267 01:17:03,955 --> 01:17:05,989 For certainly he loves you very much... 1268 01:17:06,421 --> 01:17:08,575 ...but he loves money still better. 1269 01:17:09,179 --> 01:17:13,775 When once he has consented to your marriage... 1270 01:17:11,540 --> 01:17:17,594 ...it does not signify much how he finds out... 1271 01:17:17,794 --> 01:17:19,511 ...the true state of affairs about our marchioness. 1272 01:17:19,711 --> 01:17:21,357 All that is very well made up. 1273 01:17:21,757 --> 01:17:24,742 Depend on my gratitude, Frosine, if you succeed. 1274 01:17:26,248 --> 01:17:27,422 Leave it to me. 1275 01:17:30,520 --> 01:17:31,482 But, dear Marianne... 1276 01:17:31,682 --> 01:17:34,051 ...let us begin by gaining over your mother... 1277 01:17:34,251 --> 01:17:37,338 ...forget not, I beseech you, those sweet persuasions... 1278 01:17:37,538 --> 01:17:41,467 ...those loving caresses to which nothing could be refused. 1279 01:17:41,667 --> 01:17:44,556 I will do all I can, and will forget nothing. 1280 01:17:56,050 --> 01:17:59,104 My son is kissing the hand of his intended stepmother... 1281 01:17:59,139 --> 01:18:02,002 ...and his intended stepmother does not seem much averse to it. 1282 01:18:02,584 --> 01:18:05,707 Can there be any mystery in all this? 1283 01:18:07,130 --> 01:18:08,371 Here comes my father. 1284 01:18:13,882 --> 01:18:16,774 The carriage is quite ready, and you can start when you like. 1285 01:18:16,859 --> 01:18:18,895 Since you are not going, allow me to take care of them. 1286 01:18:19,040 --> 01:18:21,988 No, stop here. They can easily take care of themselves, and I want you. 1287 01:18:38,921 --> 01:18:43,781 All consideration of stepmother aside, what do you think of this lady? 1288 01:18:43,981 --> 01:18:45,611 What I think of her? 1289 01:18:45,811 --> 01:18:48,407 Yes, her figure, her beauty and intelligence? 1290 01:18:49,234 --> 01:18:51,781 So, so. 1291 01:18:51,981 --> 01:18:53,221 What else? 1292 01:18:53,332 --> 01:18:56,937 To tell you the truth, I did not find her such as I expected. 1293 01:18:58,076 --> 01:19:01,245 Her manner is that of a coquette, her figure is awkward. 1294 01:19:01,899 --> 01:19:04,070 Her beauty very middling... 1295 01:19:04,297 --> 01:19:05,821 ...and her intelligence of the meanest order. 1296 01:19:05,867 --> 01:19:10,963 I do not mean to make you dislike her. I like this stepmother as well as any other. 1297 01:19:11,155 --> 01:19:12,422 You spoke to her just now, nevertheless.... 1298 01:19:12,622 --> 01:19:15,683 I paid her several compliments in your name, but it was to please you. 1299 01:19:15,840 --> 01:19:18,276 So then you don't care for her? 1300 01:19:18,476 --> 01:19:21,086 I? Not in the least. 1301 01:19:21,861 --> 01:19:23,144 I am sorry for it... 1302 01:19:24,366 --> 01:19:26,927 ...for that puts an end to a scheme which had occurred to me. 1303 01:19:27,491 --> 01:19:29,851 Since I have seen her here, I have been thinking of my own age... 1304 01:19:30,051 --> 01:19:34,062 ...and I feel that people would find fault with me for marrying so young a girl. 1305 01:19:34,262 --> 01:19:36,440 This consideration had made me determine to abandon the project... 1306 01:19:36,640 --> 01:19:41,000 ...and as I had demanded her in marriage and had given her my promise... 1307 01:19:41,200 --> 01:19:43,585 ...I would have given her to you if it were not for the dislike you have for her. 1308 01:19:43,760 --> 01:19:45,327 To me? - To you. 1309 01:19:45,527 --> 01:19:46,134 In marriage? 1310 01:19:46,334 --> 01:19:47,306 In marriage. 1311 01:19:47,488 --> 01:19:49,826 It is true she is not at all to my taste... 1312 01:19:50,026 --> 01:19:52,543 ...but, to please you, father, I will bring myself to marry her. 1313 01:19:52,578 --> 01:19:56,029 I am more reasonable than you think. I don't wish to compel you. 1314 01:19:56,229 --> 01:19:58,583 Excuse me! I will make an attempt to love her. 1315 01:19:58,783 --> 01:20:01,595 No, no, a marriage cannot be happy where there is no love. 1316 01:20:01,795 --> 01:20:03,810 That, my father, will, perhaps, come by and by... 1317 01:20:04,010 --> 01:20:05,854 ...and it is said that love is often the fruit of marriage. 1318 01:20:06,054 --> 01:20:08,405 No, it is not right to risk it on the side of the man. 1319 01:20:08,605 --> 01:20:10,610 If you had felt any inclination for her... 1320 01:20:10,810 --> 01:20:12,870 ...you should have married her instead of me... 1321 01:20:13,070 --> 01:20:16,289 ...but as it is, I will return to my first intention and marry her myself. 1322 01:20:16,359 --> 01:20:19,979 Well, father, since things are so, I had better be frank with you... 1323 01:20:20,179 --> 01:20:22,334 ...and reveal our secret to you. 1324 01:20:22,534 --> 01:20:26,611 The truth is that I have loved her ever since I saw her one day. 1325 01:20:25,659 --> 01:20:28,949 I intended to ask you today to let me marry her... 1326 01:20:29,149 --> 01:20:34,017 ...and I was only deterred from it because you spoke of marrying her. 1327 01:20:39,702 --> 01:20:42,439 Have you ever paid her any visits? 1328 01:20:42,539 --> 01:20:43,335 Yes, father. 1329 01:20:43,533 --> 01:20:44,975 Many? 1330 01:20:46,436 --> 01:20:48,133 Yes, considering how long we have been acquainted. 1331 01:20:48,333 --> 01:20:50,699 You were well received? 1332 01:20:50,899 --> 01:20:52,679 Very well, but without her knowing who I was... 1333 01:20:52,879 --> 01:20:56,114 ...and that is why Marianne was so surprised when she saw me today. 1334 01:20:56,314 --> 01:21:00,597 Have you told her of your love, and of your intention of marrying her? 1335 01:21:00,797 --> 01:21:04,936 Certainly, and I also spoke a little to the mother on the subject. 1336 01:21:05,136 --> 01:21:07,992 Did she kindly receive your proposal for her daughter? 1337 01:21:08,192 --> 01:21:10,063 Yes, very kindly. 1338 01:21:10,263 --> 01:21:14,014 And does the daughter return your love? 1339 01:21:14,214 --> 01:21:16,896 If I can believe appearances... 1340 01:21:17,619 --> 01:21:19,908 ...she is certainly well disposed towards me. 1341 01:21:20,108 --> 01:21:23,907 I am very glad to have found out this secret. 1342 01:21:24,179 --> 01:21:26,815 It is the very thing I wanted to know. 1343 01:21:27,015 --> 01:21:28,591 Now, look here, my son, I tell you what. 1344 01:21:28,754 --> 01:21:31,729 You will have to get rid of your love for Marianne... 1345 01:21:31,379 --> 01:21:33,097 ...to cease to pay your attentions to a person... 1346 01:21:33,660 --> 01:21:38,259 ...I intend for myself, and to marry very soon the wife I have chosen for you. 1347 01:21:42,406 --> 01:21:44,133 So, father, it is thus you deceive me. 1348 01:21:44,333 --> 01:21:46,439 Since things are come to such a pass... 1349 01:21:47,420 --> 01:21:49,697 ...I openly declare to you that I shall not give up my love for Marianne. 1350 01:21:49,732 --> 01:21:53,752 Henceforth there is nothing from which I shall shrink in order to dispute her with you... 1351 01:21:53,952 --> 01:21:55,763 ...and if you have on your side the consent of the mother... 1352 01:21:55,963 --> 01:21:58,020 ...I shall have some other resources left to aid me. 1353 01:21:58,123 --> 01:22:00,068 You dare to trespass on my grounds? 1354 01:22:00,268 --> 01:22:03,255 It is you who trespass on mine. I was the first. 1355 01:22:03,290 --> 01:22:05,971 Am I not your father, and do you not owe me respect? 1356 01:22:06,171 --> 01:22:08,668 There are things in which children are not called upon to pay deference to their fathers... 1357 01:22:08,868 --> 01:22:09,935 ...and love is no respector of persons. 1358 01:22:10,135 --> 01:22:12,634 My stick will make you know me better. 1359 01:22:12,834 --> 01:22:14,090 All your threatenings are nothing to me. 1360 01:22:14,298 --> 01:22:16,044 You will give up Marianne? - Never. 1361 01:22:18,995 --> 01:22:21,186 Gentlemen, what does this mean? 1362 01:22:21,386 --> 01:22:22,131 I don't care a bit for it. 1363 01:22:22,296 --> 01:22:24,151 Such impudence! - Sir! 1364 01:22:24,477 --> 01:22:25,483 I shall keep to it. 1365 01:22:25,518 --> 01:22:26,759 Let me do it. 1366 01:22:26,959 --> 01:22:28,610 To your son? To me it's different. 1367 01:22:30,743 --> 01:22:34,830 I will make you judge between us, Master Jacques... 1368 01:22:35,030 --> 01:22:36,495 ...so that you may see that I have right on my side. 1369 01:22:36,695 --> 01:22:38,168 I accept. 1370 01:22:52,728 --> 01:22:53,953 Go a little farther back. 1371 01:22:55,259 --> 01:22:57,345 There is a young girl I love and want to marry... 1372 01:22:57,545 --> 01:23:01,010 ...and the scoundrel loves her also, and wants to marry her in spite of me. 1373 01:23:01,210 --> 01:23:02,301 Oh, he is wrong. 1374 01:23:02,501 --> 01:23:05,162 Is it not abominable to see a son who does not shrink from becoming the rival of his father? 1375 01:23:05,362 --> 01:23:09,276 And is it not his bounden duty to refrain from interfering with my love? 1376 01:23:09,476 --> 01:23:10,692 You are quite right. 1377 01:23:11,968 --> 01:23:14,417 Let me go and speak to him. 1378 01:23:16,475 --> 01:23:20,053 If he wants to make you a judge between us, I have no objection... 1379 01:23:20,253 --> 01:23:24,538 ...and I don't mind referring our quarrel to you. 1380 01:23:24,738 --> 01:23:26,803 You do me great honour. 1381 01:23:27,003 --> 01:23:30,253 I am in love with a young girl who returns my affection... 1382 01:23:30,453 --> 01:23:32,122 ...and who receives kindly the offer of my heart... 1383 01:23:32,322 --> 01:23:36,028 ...but my father takes it into his head to disturb our love by asking her in marriage. 1384 01:23:36,228 --> 01:23:37,724 He certainly is wrong. 1385 01:23:37,924 --> 01:23:40,287 Is it not shameful for a man of his age to think of marrying? 1386 01:23:40,487 --> 01:23:42,092 I ask you if it is right for him to fall in love? 1387 01:23:42,292 --> 01:23:44,530 Ought he not now to leave that to younger men? 1388 01:23:44,730 --> 01:23:46,913 You are quite right. Let me speak a word or two to him. 1389 01:23:49,210 --> 01:23:53,734 Your son is not so extravagant as you think, and is amenable to reason. 1390 01:23:53,934 --> 01:23:56,309 He says that he is conscious of the respect he owes you... 1391 01:23:56,509 --> 01:23:59,050 ...and that he only got angry in the heat of the moment. 1392 01:23:59,250 --> 01:24:02,198 He will willingly submit to all you wish... 1393 01:24:02,398 --> 01:24:05,472 ...if you will only promise to treat him more kindly than you do... 1394 01:24:05,672 --> 01:24:09,209 ...and will give him in marriage a person to his taste. 1395 01:24:10,994 --> 01:24:14,758 Tell him that he will obtain everything from me on those terms... 1396 01:24:14,958 --> 01:24:19,769 ...and that, except Marianne, I leave him free to choose. 1397 01:24:21,236 --> 01:24:22,999 Except Marianne? 1398 01:24:23,199 --> 01:24:24,170 Except Marianne. 1399 01:24:24,313 --> 01:24:25,616 Leave that to me. 1400 01:24:27,838 --> 01:24:30,434 Your father is not so unreasonable as you make him out to me... 1401 01:24:30,634 --> 01:24:33,963 ...and he tells me that it is your violence which irritated him. 1402 01:24:34,163 --> 01:24:39,057 He only objects to your way of doing things, and is quite ready to grant you all you want... 1403 01:24:39,257 --> 01:24:42,136 ...provided you will use gentle means... 1404 01:24:42,336 --> 01:24:46,993 ...and will give him the deference and respect that a son owes to his father. 1405 01:24:47,193 --> 01:24:50,618 Master Jacques, you can assure him that if he grants me Marianne... 1406 01:24:50,818 --> 01:24:53,372 ...he will always find me the most submissive of men... 1407 01:24:53,572 --> 01:24:56,659 ...and that I shall never do anything contrary to his pleasure. 1408 01:24:58,581 --> 01:25:00,347 He consents to what you say. 1409 01:25:00,547 --> 01:25:01,677 Nothing could be better. 1410 01:25:03,697 --> 01:25:05,711 He is satisfied with your promises. 1411 01:25:05,911 --> 01:25:06,985 Heaven be praised! 1412 01:25:08,923 --> 01:25:10,808 Gentlemen, you have nothing to do but to talk quietly together. 1413 01:25:11,699 --> 01:25:15,278 You are agreed and yet you were on the point of quarrelling. 1414 01:25:15,478 --> 01:25:18,125 My poor Master Jacques, I shall be obliged to you all my life. 1415 01:25:18,325 --> 01:25:19,483 Don't mention it. 1416 01:25:19,683 --> 01:25:23,140 You have given me great pleasure and deserve a reward. 1417 01:25:29,678 --> 01:25:32,641 I will remember it, I promise you. 1418 01:25:32,841 --> 01:25:34,250 I'll kiss your hands. 1419 01:26:08,762 --> 01:26:11,309 I beg your pardon, father, for having been angry. 1420 01:26:11,509 --> 01:26:13,540 It is nothing. 1421 01:26:16,253 --> 01:26:18,782 I assure you that I feel very sorry about it. 1422 01:26:18,982 --> 01:26:23,257 I am very happy to see you reasonable again. 1423 01:26:21,620 --> 01:26:25,686 How very kind of you so soon to forget my fault. 1424 01:26:25,886 --> 01:26:29,650 One easily forgets the faults of children when they return to their duty. 1425 01:26:30,782 --> 01:26:33,548 What, you are not angry with me for my extravagant behaviour? 1426 01:26:33,748 --> 01:26:37,598 By your submission and respectful conduct you compel me to forget my anger. 1427 01:26:37,798 --> 01:26:39,825 I assure you, father... 1428 01:26:39,939 --> 01:26:43,397 ...I shall for ever keep in heart the remembrance of all your kindness. 1429 01:26:43,597 --> 01:26:46,911 And I promise you that, in future, you will obtain all you like from me. 1430 01:26:49,021 --> 01:26:51,391 I ask nothing more. 1431 01:26:51,591 --> 01:26:53,973 It is sufficient for me that you give me Marianne. 1432 01:26:54,259 --> 01:26:55,175 What? 1433 01:26:55,375 --> 01:26:57,085 I say that I am only too thankful already... 1434 01:26:57,285 --> 01:27:00,876 ...and that when you give me Marianne, you give me everything. 1435 01:27:01,564 --> 01:27:03,895 Who talks of giving you Marianne? 1436 01:27:04,062 --> 01:27:05,085 You, father. 1437 01:27:05,285 --> 01:27:05,933 I? 1438 01:27:06,033 --> 01:27:06,950 Yes. 1439 01:27:07,150 --> 01:27:08,619 Is it not you who promised to give her up? 1440 01:27:08,819 --> 01:27:10,183 I, give her up? - Yes. 1441 01:27:10,383 --> 01:27:11,004 Certainly not. 1442 01:27:11,204 --> 01:27:12,533 Did you not give up all pretensions to her? 1443 01:27:12,733 --> 01:27:14,922 On the contrary. 1444 01:27:15,122 --> 01:27:17,301 What, scoundrel! Again? 1445 01:27:17,501 --> 01:27:18,654 Nothing can make me change my mind. 1446 01:27:18,854 --> 01:27:20,185 Let me get at you again, wretch! 1447 01:27:20,385 --> 01:27:22,810 You can do as you please. - I forbid you ever to come within my sight. 1448 01:27:23,010 --> 01:27:23,724 As you like. 1449 01:27:23,924 --> 01:27:24,767 I abandon you. 1450 01:27:24,967 --> 01:27:25,690 Abandon me. 1451 01:27:25,890 --> 01:27:28,488 I disown you. - Disown me. 1452 01:27:28,688 --> 01:27:29,470 I disinherit you. 1453 01:27:29,670 --> 01:27:30,711 As you will. 1454 01:27:30,911 --> 01:27:33,341 I give you my curse. 1455 01:27:33,620 --> 01:27:35,286 I want none of your gifts. 1456 01:28:02,200 --> 01:28:05,311 Sir, you are just in the nick of time. Quick, follow me. 1457 01:28:05,511 --> 01:28:07,118 What is the matter? - Follow me, I say. 1458 01:28:07,318 --> 01:28:08,103 How? 1459 01:28:13,732 --> 01:28:15,065 Here is all you want. 1460 01:28:15,265 --> 01:28:16,823 I have watched for this all day. 1461 01:28:17,023 --> 01:28:19,276 What is it? - Your father's treasure. 1462 01:28:19,476 --> 01:28:20,710 How did you manage it? - I will tell you all about it. 1463 01:28:20,910 --> 01:28:22,012 Thieves! 1464 01:28:22,212 --> 01:28:23,590 Let us be off. I can hear him calling out. 1465 01:28:24,084 --> 01:28:26,308 Thieves! Assassins! 1466 01:28:26,508 --> 01:28:28,612 Justice, just heavens! 1467 01:28:28,812 --> 01:28:31,106 I am undone, I am murdered. 1468 01:28:31,306 --> 01:28:33,863 They have cut my throat, they have stolen my money. 1469 01:28:34,063 --> 01:28:36,345 Who can it be? What has become of him? 1470 01:28:36,539 --> 01:28:39,305 Where is he? Where is he hiding himself? 1471 01:28:39,340 --> 01:28:42,473 What shall I do to find him? Where shall I run? 1472 01:28:42,673 --> 01:28:44,364 Where shall I not run? 1473 01:28:44,422 --> 01:28:46,018 Is he not here? 1474 01:28:47,927 --> 01:28:49,845 Is he not here? 1475 01:28:53,788 --> 01:28:58,557 Who is this? Stop! Give me back my money, wretch! 1476 01:28:58,757 --> 01:29:00,157 Ah...! it is myself. 1477 01:29:01,200 --> 01:29:05,520 My mind is wandering, and I know not where I am, who I am, and what I am doing. 1478 01:29:05,802 --> 01:29:08,161 My poor money... 1479 01:29:08,619 --> 01:29:11,478 My poor money... 1480 01:29:12,770 --> 01:29:15,879 My dearest friend, they have bereaved me of thee... 1481 01:29:16,079 --> 01:29:18,559 ...and since thou art gone, I have lost my support... 1482 01:29:18,759 --> 01:29:21,132 ...my consolation, and my joy. 1483 01:29:21,344 --> 01:29:23,273 I have nothing more to do in the world. 1484 01:29:23,473 --> 01:29:26,405 Without thee it is impossible for me to live. 1485 01:29:26,605 --> 01:29:29,786 I can bear it no longer. 1486 01:29:30,796 --> 01:29:32,455 I am dying... 1487 01:29:32,655 --> 01:29:36,088 I am dead, I am buried. 1488 01:29:37,778 --> 01:29:41,910 Is there nobody who will call me from the dead, by restoring my dear money to me... 1489 01:29:42,110 --> 01:29:43,566 ...or by telling me who has taken it? 1490 01:29:43,766 --> 01:29:46,685 What is it you say? It is no one. 1491 01:30:09,144 --> 01:30:11,303 Whoever has committed the deed... 1492 01:30:11,503 --> 01:30:13,778 ...must have watched carefully for his opportunity... 1493 01:30:13,978 --> 01:30:18,055 ...and must have chosen the moment when I was talking with my miscreant of a son. 1494 01:30:18,255 --> 01:30:22,222 I must go. I will demand justice, and have the whole of my house put to the torture... 1495 01:30:22,422 --> 01:30:25,761 ...my maids and my valets, my son, my daughter, and myself too. 1496 01:30:26,715 --> 01:30:31,548 I see no one who does not rouse suspicion in me. 1497 01:30:31,583 --> 01:30:33,483 Everyone seems to be my thief. 1498 01:30:33,683 --> 01:30:37,579 What are they speaking of there? Of him who stole my money? 1499 01:30:37,779 --> 01:30:40,630 What noise is that up yonder? Is it my thief? 1500 01:30:41,059 --> 01:30:45,858 If you know anything of my thief, I beseech you to tell me. 1501 01:30:47,153 --> 01:30:49,649 Is he hiding there among you? 1502 01:30:53,427 --> 01:30:55,642 They all look at me and laugh. 1503 01:30:55,842 --> 01:30:58,719 We shall see that they all have a share in the robbery. 1504 01:30:58,919 --> 01:31:01,720 Quick! magistrates, police, provosts... 1505 01:31:01,920 --> 01:31:05,358 ...judges, racks, gibbets, and executioners. 1506 01:31:05,558 --> 01:31:07,171 I will hang everybody... 1507 01:31:07,371 --> 01:31:11,482 And if I do not find my money, I will hang myself afterwards. 1508 01:31:11,692 --> 01:31:13,387 Enough! 1509 01:31:16,325 --> 01:31:19,026 Leave that to me. I know my business. 1510 01:31:19,226 --> 01:31:21,518 This is not the first time I have been employed in finding out thieves... 1511 01:31:21,718 --> 01:31:25,928 ...and I wish I had as many bags of a thousand francs as I have had people hanged. 1512 01:31:25,963 --> 01:31:29,767 Every magistrate must take this affair in hand... 1513 01:31:29,967 --> 01:31:32,717 ...and if my money is not found... 1514 01:31:32,917 --> 01:31:36,676 ...I shall call justice against justice itself. 1515 01:31:38,491 --> 01:31:41,557 We must take all needful steps. 1516 01:31:41,757 --> 01:31:43,267 You say there was in that casket? 1517 01:31:43,467 --> 01:31:45,308 Ten thousand crowns in cash. 1518 01:31:45,508 --> 01:31:46,355 Ten thousand crowns? 1519 01:31:46,555 --> 01:31:48,069 Ten thousand crowns. 1520 01:31:48,269 --> 01:31:54,016 There is no punishment great enough for the enormity of the crime... 1521 01:31:54,216 --> 01:31:58,982 ...and if it remain unpunished, the most sacred things are no longer secure. 1522 01:31:59,182 --> 01:32:01,252 In what coins was that sum? 1523 01:32:01,651 --> 01:32:06,134 In good louis d'or and pistoles of full weight. 1524 01:32:08,637 --> 01:32:10,112 Whom do you suspect of this robbery? 1525 01:32:10,312 --> 01:32:11,277 Everybody. 1526 01:32:11,477 --> 01:32:14,453 I wish you to take into custody the whole town and suburbs. 1527 01:32:14,653 --> 01:32:16,787 You must not, if you trust me, frighten anybody... 1528 01:32:16,987 --> 01:32:18,841 ...but must use gentle means to collect evidence... 1529 01:32:19,041 --> 01:32:23,479 ...in order afterwards to proceed with more rigour for the recovery of the sum. 1530 01:32:25,076 --> 01:32:28,456 I am coming back. Have his throat cut at once... 1531 01:32:28,656 --> 01:32:30,874 ...have his feet singed... 1532 01:32:31,074 --> 01:32:32,858 ...put him in boiling water... 1533 01:32:33,058 --> 01:32:34,435 ...and hang him up to the ceiling. 1534 01:32:34,635 --> 01:32:36,504 What! Him who has robbed me? 1535 01:32:36,704 --> 01:32:38,990 I was speaking of a sucking pig... 1536 01:32:39,190 --> 01:32:41,204 ...that your steward has just sent me. 1537 01:32:41,404 --> 01:32:44,405 This is no longer the question... and you have to speak of something else to this gentleman. 1538 01:32:44,605 --> 01:32:45,911 Don't get frightened. 1539 01:32:46,481 --> 01:32:50,048 I am not a man to cause any scandal, and matters will be carried on by gentle means. 1540 01:32:50,248 --> 01:32:51,172 Is this gentleman coming to supper with you? 1541 01:32:51,372 --> 01:32:54,041 You must, in this case, my good man, hide nothing from your master. 1542 01:32:54,241 --> 01:32:56,409 Sir, I will show you all I know... 1543 01:32:56,609 --> 01:32:58,053 ...and will treat you in the best manner I possibly can. 1544 01:32:58,253 --> 01:33:01,401 That's not the question. 1545 01:33:01,601 --> 01:33:03,785 If I do not give as good fare as I should like... 1546 01:33:03,985 --> 01:33:08,010 ...it is the fault of your steward, who has clipped my wings with his economy. 1547 01:33:08,210 --> 01:33:11,110 Rascal! We have other matters to talk about than supper... 1548 01:33:11,310 --> 01:33:15,641 ...and I want you to tell me what has become of the money which has been stolen from me. 1549 01:33:15,825 --> 01:33:16,522 Some money has been stolen from you? 1550 01:33:16,722 --> 01:33:17,621 Yes. 1551 01:33:17,821 --> 01:33:21,485 And I'll have you hanged if you don't give it me back again. 1552 01:33:24,340 --> 01:33:26,451 Don't be hard upon him. 1553 01:33:27,800 --> 01:33:30,749 I see by his looks that he is an honest fellow... 1554 01:33:30,949 --> 01:33:33,581 ...and that he will tell you all you want to know... 1555 01:33:33,781 --> 01:33:36,279 ...without going to prison. 1556 01:33:36,479 --> 01:33:38,109 Yes, my friend... 1557 01:33:38,309 --> 01:33:40,552 ...if you confess, no harm shall come to you... 1558 01:33:40,752 --> 01:33:43,611 ...and you shall be well rewarded by your master. 1559 01:33:44,135 --> 01:33:46,675 Some money has been stolen from him... 1560 01:33:47,258 --> 01:33:50,961 ...and it is not possible that you know nothing about it. 1561 01:33:54,658 --> 01:33:57,799 The very thing I wanted in order to be revenged of our steward. 1562 01:33:57,999 --> 01:34:00,420 Ever since he came here, he has been the favourite. 1563 01:34:00,620 --> 01:34:02,881 His advice is the only one listened to. 1564 01:34:03,168 --> 01:34:05,905 Moreover, I have forgotten neither the cudgelling of to-day nor... 1565 01:34:06,105 --> 01:34:07,362 What are you muttering about there? 1566 01:34:07,562 --> 01:34:09,584 Leave him alone. He is preparing himself to satisfy you. 1567 01:34:09,784 --> 01:34:11,621 I told you that he was an honest fellow. 1568 01:34:11,821 --> 01:34:12,638 Sir... 1569 01:34:12,838 --> 01:34:15,470 ...since you want me to tell you what I know... 1570 01:34:15,670 --> 01:34:18,497 ...I believe it is your steward who has done this. 1571 01:34:18,697 --> 01:34:19,820 Valère? 1572 01:34:20,020 --> 01:34:21,342 Yes. 1573 01:34:21,542 --> 01:34:23,630 He who seemed so faithful to me! 1574 01:34:23,830 --> 01:34:28,060 Himself. I believe that it is he who has robbed you. 1575 01:34:28,260 --> 01:34:29,744 And what makes you believe it? 1576 01:34:29,944 --> 01:34:31,918 What makes me believe it? - Yes. 1577 01:34:32,118 --> 01:34:34,780 I believe it... because I believe it. 1578 01:34:34,980 --> 01:34:37,510 But you must tell us the proofs you have. 1579 01:34:37,710 --> 01:34:39,828 Did you see him hanging about the place where I had put my money? 1580 01:34:40,028 --> 01:34:42,345 Yes, indeed. Where was your money? 1581 01:34:42,545 --> 01:34:44,418 In the garden. - Yes, I saw him in the garden. 1582 01:34:45,977 --> 01:34:48,765 And in what was your money? A casket? 1583 01:34:48,965 --> 01:34:50,642 The very thing. I saw him with a casket. 1584 01:34:52,507 --> 01:34:54,920 And this casket, what was it like? I shall soon see if it is mine. 1585 01:34:55,120 --> 01:34:56,794 What it was like? - Yes. 1586 01:34:56,994 --> 01:34:59,163 It was like... like a casket. 1587 01:34:59,363 --> 01:35:01,843 Of course. But describe it a little, to see if it is the same. 1588 01:35:02,043 --> 01:35:04,056 It was a large casket. 1589 01:35:04,256 --> 01:35:06,078 The one taken from me is a small one. 1590 01:35:06,278 --> 01:35:08,972 Yes, small if you look at it in that way... 1591 01:35:09,172 --> 01:35:10,709 ...but I call it large because of what it contains. 1592 01:35:10,909 --> 01:35:12,325 And what colour was it? 1593 01:35:13,103 --> 01:35:14,635 What colour? - Yes. 1594 01:35:15,305 --> 01:35:17,382 Of a colour... 1595 01:35:17,582 --> 01:35:20,734 ...of a certain colour.... Can't you help me to find the word? 1596 01:35:20,934 --> 01:35:21,826 No. 1597 01:35:23,603 --> 01:35:24,701 Red, isn't it? 1598 01:35:24,901 --> 01:35:26,456 No, grey. 1599 01:35:26,656 --> 01:35:28,726 Yes, reddish-grey. That's what I meant. 1600 01:35:28,926 --> 01:35:31,134 There is no doubt about it, it's my casket for certain. 1601 01:35:31,334 --> 01:35:34,705 Write down his evidence, sir! 1602 01:35:34,905 --> 01:35:38,475 Heavens! whom can we trust after that? 1603 01:35:38,675 --> 01:35:39,860 We must never swear to anything... 1604 01:35:40,060 --> 01:35:44,770 I believe now that I might rob my own self. 1605 01:35:50,520 --> 01:35:54,540 There he is coming back. I beg of you not to tell him that it was I who let it all out. 1606 01:36:01,168 --> 01:36:03,077 Come near. 1607 01:36:07,963 --> 01:36:10,658 Confess the most abominable action. 1608 01:36:10,739 --> 01:36:14,254 The most horrible crime, that was ever committed. 1609 01:36:19,893 --> 01:36:20,906 What do you want, sir? 1610 01:36:21,106 --> 01:36:23,702 Wretch! you do not blush for shame after such a crime? 1611 01:36:25,529 --> 01:36:26,974 Of what crime do you speak? 1612 01:36:27,174 --> 01:36:29,816 Of what crime I speak? Villain, as if you did not know. 1613 01:36:30,016 --> 01:36:32,033 It is in vain for you to try to hide it. 1614 01:36:32,233 --> 01:36:34,011 The thing is discovered. 1615 01:36:34,211 --> 01:36:36,616 How could you thus abuse my kindness. 1616 01:36:36,816 --> 01:36:40,550 Introduce yourself on purpose into my house to betray me. 1617 01:36:40,750 --> 01:36:46,790 Since everything is known to you, I will neither deny nor will I find excuses. 1618 01:36:46,990 --> 01:36:50,407 Have I guessed the truth? 1619 01:36:52,227 --> 01:36:54,010 I intended to speak to you about it... 1620 01:36:54,210 --> 01:36:56,931 ...and I was watching for a favourable opportunity. 1621 01:36:57,131 --> 01:37:01,017 But, as this is no longer possible, I beg of you to hear my motives. 1622 01:37:01,217 --> 01:37:04,215 And what fine motives can you possibly give me? 1623 01:37:07,749 --> 01:37:09,641 I do not deserve these names. 1624 01:37:09,841 --> 01:37:13,081 I am guilty towards you, but my fault is pardonable. 1625 01:37:13,281 --> 01:37:16,114 How pardonable? Such an assassination as this! 1626 01:37:16,314 --> 01:37:18,119 I beseech you not to be so angry with me. 1627 01:37:18,319 --> 01:37:20,338 You will see that the harm is not so great as you make it out to be. 1628 01:37:20,538 --> 01:37:24,993 The harm not so great as I make it out to be. What, my heart's blood, scoundrel! 1629 01:37:26,507 --> 01:37:28,784 Your blood, sir, has not fallen into bad hands. 1630 01:37:28,984 --> 01:37:31,434 My rank is high enough not to disgrace it... 1631 01:37:31,634 --> 01:37:33,742 ...and there is nothing in all this for which reparation cannot be made. 1632 01:37:33,942 --> 01:37:36,614 It is, indeed, my intention that you should restore what you have taken from me. 1633 01:37:36,814 --> 01:37:38,919 Your honour, sir, shall be fully satisfied. 1634 01:37:39,119 --> 01:37:42,751 Honour is not the question in all this. Tell me what made you commit this deed? 1635 01:37:42,951 --> 01:37:44,092 Do you ask it? 1636 01:37:44,292 --> 01:37:45,574 Yes, I should rather think that I do. 1637 01:37:45,774 --> 01:37:50,565 A god who carries with him his excuses for all he makes people do: Love. 1638 01:37:51,477 --> 01:37:52,682 Love? 1639 01:37:52,882 --> 01:37:54,218 Yes. 1640 01:37:54,418 --> 01:37:57,999 Fine love that! Fine love, indeed. the love of my gold. 1641 01:37:58,199 --> 01:37:59,232 No, sir. 1642 01:38:08,276 --> 01:38:11,286 It is not your wealth that has tempted me. 1643 01:38:11,486 --> 01:38:15,066 I swear never to pretend to any of your possessions, provided you leave me what I have. 1644 01:38:15,266 --> 01:38:17,503 In the name of all the devils, no, I shall not leave it to you. 1645 01:38:17,703 --> 01:38:20,316 Such villainy! He wishes to keep what he has robbed me of. 1646 01:38:20,516 --> 01:38:21,794 Do you call that a robbery? 1647 01:38:21,994 --> 01:38:24,192 If I call that a robbery? A treasure like that! 1648 01:38:24,392 --> 01:38:28,280 I acknowledge that it is a treasure, and the most precious one you have... 1649 01:38:28,480 --> 01:38:30,685 ...but it will not be losing it to leave it to me. 1650 01:38:30,885 --> 01:38:33,325 I ask you on my knees for this treasure so full of charms... 1651 01:38:33,525 --> 01:38:34,886 ...and if you do right, you will grant it to me. 1652 01:38:35,086 --> 01:38:37,434 I will do nothing of the kind. What in the world are you driving at? 1653 01:38:37,634 --> 01:38:39,912 We have pledged our faith to each other, and have taken an oath. 1654 01:38:40,112 --> 01:38:42,585 The oath is admirable, and the promise strange enough. 1655 01:38:42,785 --> 01:38:45,590 Yes, we are engaged to each other for ever. 1656 01:38:45,790 --> 01:38:47,970 I know well how to disengage you, I assure you of that. 1657 01:38:48,170 --> 01:38:49,635 Nothing but death can separate us. 1658 01:38:49,835 --> 01:38:53,337 You must be devilishly bewitched by my money. 1659 01:38:53,537 --> 01:38:54,345 I have told you already, sir... 1660 01:38:54,545 --> 01:38:56,499 ...that it is not self-interest which has prompted me. 1661 01:38:56,699 --> 01:38:58,978 It was not that which prompted my heart... 1662 01:38:59,178 --> 01:39:01,092 ...a nobler motive inspired me. 1663 01:39:01,292 --> 01:39:05,929 We shall hear presently that it is out of Christian charity. 1664 01:39:11,780 --> 01:39:15,931 But justice, impudent rascal, will soon give me satisfaction. 1665 01:39:16,131 --> 01:39:19,397 You will do as you please, and I am ready to suffer all your violence... 1666 01:39:19,597 --> 01:39:22,989 ...but I beg of you to believe that if there is any harm done, I am the only one guilty... 1667 01:39:23,189 --> 01:39:25,034 ...and that your daughter has done nothing wrong in all this. 1668 01:39:25,234 --> 01:39:26,250 I should think not. 1669 01:39:26,450 --> 01:39:28,946 It would be strange, indeed, if my daughter had a share in this crime. 1670 01:39:29,146 --> 01:39:30,876 But I will have that treasure back again... 1671 01:39:31,076 --> 01:39:34,112 ...and you must confess to what place you have carried off what you stole. 1672 01:39:34,312 --> 01:39:36,103 I have not carried it off, and it is still in your house. 1673 01:39:36,303 --> 01:39:39,726 O my beloved casket! My treasure has not left my house? 1674 01:39:39,926 --> 01:39:40,915 No, sir. 1675 01:39:42,216 --> 01:39:44,852 Then, tell me, have you taken any liberties with...? 1676 01:39:48,016 --> 01:39:49,624 Liberties? 1677 01:39:49,918 --> 01:39:51,894 You wrong us both. 1678 01:39:52,094 --> 01:39:55,507 The flame with which I burn is too pure, too full of respect. 1679 01:39:55,707 --> 01:39:56,983 He burns for my casket. 1680 01:39:57,183 --> 01:40:00,102 I had rather die than show the least offensive thought. 1681 01:40:00,302 --> 01:40:01,780 I found too much modesty for that. 1682 01:40:01,980 --> 01:40:03,277 My cash-box modest. 1683 01:40:03,477 --> 01:40:05,789 All my desires were limited to the pleasures of sight... 1684 01:40:05,989 --> 01:40:08,695 ...and nothing criminal has profaned the passion those fair eyes have inspired me with. 1685 01:40:08,895 --> 01:40:10,033 The fair eyes of my cash-box. 1686 01:40:10,761 --> 01:40:13,709 He speaks of it as a lover does of his mistress. 1687 01:40:13,909 --> 01:40:17,072 Dame Claude knows the truth, and she can bear witness to it. 1688 01:40:17,272 --> 01:40:20,438 My servant is an accomplice in this affair? 1689 01:40:22,800 --> 01:40:24,803 I say, I say... 1690 01:40:26,364 --> 01:40:28,751 Yes, sir, she was a witness to our engagement... 1691 01:40:28,953 --> 01:40:33,599 ...and she helped me to persuade your daughter to engage herself to me. 1692 01:40:34,428 --> 01:40:37,087 Has the fear of justice made him lose his senses? 1693 01:40:37,563 --> 01:40:39,659 What rubbish are you talking about my daughter? 1694 01:40:39,767 --> 01:40:44,107 I found it most difficult to make her modesty consent to what my love asked of her. 1695 01:40:44,478 --> 01:40:45,193 The modesty of whom? 1696 01:40:45,393 --> 01:40:46,348 Of your daughter... 1697 01:40:46,548 --> 01:40:49,995 ...and it was only yesterday that she signed our promise of marriage. 1698 01:40:50,859 --> 01:40:53,401 My daughter has signed a promise of marriage? 1699 01:40:53,601 --> 01:40:54,957 Yes, sir, and I have also signed. 1700 01:40:56,179 --> 01:40:57,855 O heavens! Another misfortune! 1701 01:40:58,055 --> 01:40:59,657 Write, sir, write. 1702 01:40:59,857 --> 01:41:03,637 Aggravation of misery! Excess of despair! 1703 01:41:03,672 --> 01:41:06,101 Sir, discharge your duty... 1704 01:41:06,292 --> 01:41:09,034 ...and draw me up an indictment against him as a thief and a suborner. 1705 01:41:09,234 --> 01:41:11,826 These are names which I do not deserve, and when you know who I am... 1706 01:41:18,604 --> 01:41:22,037 Guilty daughter! Unworthy of a father like me. 1707 01:41:22,171 --> 01:41:24,394 Is it thus that you put into practice my lessons? 1708 01:41:24,594 --> 01:41:26,444 You give your love to an infamous thief... 1709 01:41:26,644 --> 01:41:28,716 ...and engage yourself to him without my consent. 1710 01:41:28,916 --> 01:41:30,435 But you shall both be disappointed. 1711 01:41:30,635 --> 01:41:32,936 Four strong walls will answer for your conduct in the future... 1712 01:41:33,072 --> 01:41:36,105 ...and good gallows shall do me justice for your audacity. 1713 01:41:36,305 --> 01:41:38,700 Your anger will be no judge in this affair... 1714 01:41:38,900 --> 01:41:41,189 ...and I shall at least have a hearing before I am condemned. 1715 01:41:41,389 --> 01:41:47,837 I was wrong to say gallows... you shall be broken alive on the wheel. 1716 01:41:49,565 --> 01:41:50,926 Father! 1717 01:41:51,482 --> 01:41:53,641 Be more merciful, I beseech you... 1718 01:41:53,841 --> 01:41:56,644 ...and do not let your paternal authority drive matters to extremes. 1719 01:41:56,844 --> 01:41:59,544 Do not be carried away by the first outburst of your anger... 1720 01:41:59,744 --> 01:42:02,324 ...but give yourself time to consider what you do. 1721 01:42:02,524 --> 01:42:05,468 Take the trouble of inquiring about him whose conduct has offended you. 1722 01:42:05,668 --> 01:42:07,636 He is not what you imagine. 1723 01:42:07,836 --> 01:42:12,392 Know that without him you would long ago have lost me for ever. 1724 01:42:12,592 --> 01:42:16,409 Yes, father, it is he who saved me from the great danger I ran in the waters... 1725 01:42:16,609 --> 01:42:18,139 ...and to whom you owe the life of that very daughter who... 1726 01:42:18,339 --> 01:42:21,445 It would have been much better for me if he had suffered you to be drowned... 1727 01:42:21,645 --> 01:42:23,024 ...rather than do what he has done. 1728 01:42:23,224 --> 01:42:24,551 My father, I beseech you, in the name of paternal love... 1729 01:42:24,751 --> 01:42:28,431 I will hear nothing, and justice must have its course. 1730 01:42:28,631 --> 01:42:30,678 You shall pay me for the blows you gave me. 1731 01:42:30,878 --> 01:42:33,736 What a perplexing state of affairs! 1732 01:42:36,373 --> 01:42:39,284 You are quite upset, Mr. Harpagon. 1733 01:42:39,484 --> 01:42:42,146 Mr. Anselme... 1734 01:42:42,346 --> 01:42:44,630 ...you see in me the most unfortunate of men... 1735 01:42:44,830 --> 01:42:48,324 ...and you can never imagine what vexation is connected with the contract you have come to sign. 1736 01:42:48,524 --> 01:42:51,529 I am attacked in my property. I am attacked in my honour... 1737 01:42:51,729 --> 01:42:55,105 ...and you see there a scoundrel who has violated the most sacred rights... 1738 01:42:55,305 --> 01:42:58,449 ...who has introduced himself into my house in order to steal my money... 1739 01:42:58,649 --> 01:43:00,726 and seduce my daughter. 1740 01:43:00,926 --> 01:43:03,297 Who ever thought of your money? 1741 01:43:03,497 --> 01:43:07,155 They have given each other a promise of marriage. 1742 01:43:07,355 --> 01:43:08,609 This insult concerns you, Mr. Anselme... 1743 01:43:08,809 --> 01:43:10,846 ...and it is you who ought to be plaintiff against him... 1744 01:43:11,046 --> 01:43:15,139 ...and who ought to prosecute him to the utmost, in order to be revenged. 1745 01:43:15,339 --> 01:43:18,440 It is not my intention to force anybody, and to lay claim to a heart already bestowed. 1746 01:43:18,640 --> 01:43:22,763 But as far as your interests are concerned, I am ready to espouse them as if they were my own. 1747 01:43:22,963 --> 01:43:25,510 This is the gentleman, an honest commissary... 1748 01:43:25,710 --> 01:43:29,513 ...who will omit nothing of what concerns the duties of his office. 1749 01:43:29,713 --> 01:43:35,444 Charge him as he ought to be, and make matters very criminal. 1750 01:43:36,702 --> 01:43:40,062 I do not see what crime they can make of my passion for your daughter... 1751 01:43:40,262 --> 01:43:44,303 ...nor the punishment you think I ought to be condemned to. When it is known who I am... 1752 01:43:44,503 --> 01:43:46,110 I don't care a pin for all those stories. 1753 01:43:46,310 --> 01:43:48,637 The world is full, nowadays, of those pretenders to nobility... 1754 01:43:48,837 --> 01:43:51,518 ...of those impostors, who take advantage of their obscurity... 1755 01:43:51,718 --> 01:43:55,433 ...and deck themselves out with the first illustrious name that comes into their head. 1756 01:43:55,633 --> 01:43:58,958 Know that I am too upright to adorn myself with a name which is not mine... 1757 01:43:59,158 --> 01:44:02,654 ...and that all Naples can bear testimony to my birth. 1758 01:44:02,854 --> 01:44:04,910 Take care of what you are about to say. 1759 01:44:05,110 --> 01:44:06,935 You risk more than you think. 1760 01:44:07,135 --> 01:44:10,014 You speak before a man to whom all Naples is known... 1761 01:44:09,860 --> 01:44:13,011 ...and who can soon see if your story is true. 1762 01:44:12,379 --> 01:44:14,370 I am not the man to fear anything... 1763 01:44:15,739 --> 01:44:17,942 ...and if all Naples is known to you, you know who was Don Thomas d'Alburci. 1764 01:44:18,142 --> 01:44:22,024 Few people know him better than I do. 1765 01:44:22,224 --> 01:44:25,585 I care neither for Don Thomas nor Don Martin. 1766 01:44:25,785 --> 01:44:28,176 Have patience. We shall soon know what he has to say of him. 1767 01:44:28,376 --> 01:44:30,678 That it is to him that I owe my birth. 1768 01:44:32,057 --> 01:44:34,669 To him? - Yes. 1769 01:44:34,869 --> 01:44:35,881 You are laughing. 1770 01:44:36,081 --> 01:44:38,726 Try and make out a more likely story... 1771 01:44:38,926 --> 01:44:41,706 ...and don't pretend to shelter yourself under such a piece of imposture. 1772 01:44:41,906 --> 01:44:43,153 Consider your words better before you speak. 1773 01:44:43,353 --> 01:44:47,481 It is no imposture, and I say nothing here that I cannot prove. 1774 01:44:49,216 --> 01:44:50,760 What? 1775 01:44:50,960 --> 01:44:52,574 You dare to call yourself the son... 1776 01:44:52,774 --> 01:44:54,280 ...of Don Thomas d'Alburci? 1777 01:44:54,480 --> 01:44:58,521 Yes, I dare to do so, and I am ready to maintain the truth against anyone. 1778 01:44:58,721 --> 01:45:00,638 This audacity is marvellous. 1779 01:45:00,838 --> 01:45:02,628 Learn to your confusion... 1780 01:45:02,828 --> 01:45:07,121 ...that it is sixteen years ago since this man died in a shipwreck at sea with his wife and children... 1781 01:45:07,321 --> 01:45:12,095 ...when he was trying to save their lives from the persecutions in Naples... 1782 01:45:12,295 --> 01:45:14,515 ...and which caused the banishment of several noble families. 1783 01:45:14,655 --> 01:45:17,832 But learn to your confusion... 1784 01:45:18,032 --> 01:45:21,417 ...that his son, seven years of age, was, with a servant... 1785 01:45:21,617 --> 01:45:23,155 ...saved from the wreck by a Spanish vessel... 1786 01:45:23,355 --> 01:45:26,656 ...and that this son is he who now speaks to you. 1787 01:45:28,012 --> 01:45:32,754 The captain of that ship befriended me... 1788 01:45:32,954 --> 01:45:34,867 ...and brought me up as his own son. 1789 01:45:35,067 --> 01:45:37,884 ...and that the profession of arms has been my occupation ever since I was fit for it. 1790 01:45:38,084 --> 01:45:41,573 Lately I heard that my father is not dead. 1791 01:45:41,773 --> 01:45:45,539 Passing this way to go and find him out, an accident, arranged by heaven... 1792 01:45:45,739 --> 01:45:48,205 ...brought to my sight the charming Élise. 1793 01:45:49,529 --> 01:45:52,058 The sight of her made me a slave to her beauty... 1794 01:45:53,512 --> 01:45:57,004 ...and the violence of my love and the harshness of her father... 1795 01:45:57,204 --> 01:46:01,966 ...made me come into his house and send some one else to look after my parents. 1796 01:46:02,166 --> 01:46:05,000 But what other proofs have you besides your own words... 1797 01:46:05,200 --> 01:46:07,909 ...that all this is not a fable based by you upon truth. 1798 01:46:08,874 --> 01:46:11,146 The captain of the Spanish vessel... 1799 01:46:12,348 --> 01:46:14,581 ...a ruby seal which belonged to my father... 1800 01:46:14,781 --> 01:46:17,763 ...an agate bracelet which my mother put upon my arm... 1801 01:46:17,963 --> 01:46:20,932 ...and old Pedro, that servant who was saved with me from the wreck. 1802 01:46:21,132 --> 01:46:24,275 I can answer here for what you have said, that you do not deceive us... 1803 01:46:24,475 --> 01:46:27,456 ...and all you say clearly tells me that you are my brother. 1804 01:46:28,437 --> 01:46:30,966 You my sister? 1805 01:46:33,200 --> 01:46:36,527 Yes, my heart was touched as soon as you began to speak. 1806 01:46:36,727 --> 01:46:40,446 Our mother often told me of the misfortunes of our family. 1807 01:46:40,646 --> 01:46:42,774 Heaven spared us also in that dreadful wreck... 1808 01:46:42,974 --> 01:46:46,001 ...but our life was spared at the cost of our liberty. 1809 01:46:46,201 --> 01:46:49,863 My mother and myself were taken up by pirates from the wreck of our vessel. 1810 01:46:50,063 --> 01:46:53,312 After ten years of slavery a lucky event gave us back to liberty... 1811 01:46:53,512 --> 01:46:54,937 ...and we returned to Naples... 1812 01:46:55,137 --> 01:46:58,610 ...where we found all our property sold, and could hear no news of our father. 1813 01:46:58,810 --> 01:47:03,914 We embarked for Genoa, where my mother went to gather a disputed family estate. 1814 01:47:04,114 --> 01:47:06,948 Leaving her unjust relatives... 1815 01:47:07,148 --> 01:47:09,993 ...she came here, where she has lived but a weary life. 1816 01:47:10,193 --> 01:47:13,619 O heaven! how wonderful are thy doings! 1817 01:47:13,819 --> 01:47:19,010 How true it is that it only belongs to thee to work miracles. 1818 01:47:19,210 --> 01:47:21,800 Come to my arms, my children. 1819 01:47:22,000 --> 01:47:25,439 Share the joy of your happy father. 1820 01:47:25,639 --> 01:47:27,293 You are our father? 1821 01:47:29,199 --> 01:47:31,259 It was for you that my mother wept? 1822 01:47:31,459 --> 01:47:32,288 Yes, my daughter. 1823 01:47:32,488 --> 01:47:34,067 Yes, my son. 1824 01:47:38,238 --> 01:47:40,957 I am Don Thomas d'Alburci... 1825 01:47:41,157 --> 01:47:44,009 ...whom heaven saved from the waves... 1826 01:47:44,209 --> 01:47:46,769 ...and who believing you all dead... 1827 01:47:46,969 --> 01:47:49,289 ...after 16 years, was preparing... 1828 01:47:49,489 --> 01:47:54,147 ...after long journeys, to seek the consolations of a new family... 1829 01:47:54,347 --> 01:47:56,573 ...in marrying a gentle and virtuous woman. 1830 01:47:57,391 --> 01:48:00,120 The little security there was for my life in Naples... 1831 01:48:00,320 --> 01:48:01,904 ...has made me abandon the idea of returning there... 1832 01:48:02,104 --> 01:48:04,857 ...and having found the means of selling what I had... 1833 01:48:05,057 --> 01:48:06,930 ...I settled here... 1834 01:48:07,130 --> 01:48:11,487 ...where, under the name of Anselme, I wished to forget the sorrows... 1835 01:48:11,687 --> 01:48:15,786 ...of a name associated with so many and great troubles. 1836 01:48:16,365 --> 01:48:18,269 He is your son? - Yes. 1837 01:48:18,469 --> 01:48:21,890 I make you responsible for the ten thousand crowns that he has stolen from me. 1838 01:48:22,090 --> 01:48:23,903 He steal anything from you! - Yes. 1839 01:48:24,103 --> 01:48:25,887 Who said so? - Master Jacques. 1840 01:48:28,135 --> 01:48:29,625 You say that? 1841 01:48:29,825 --> 01:48:31,538 You see that I am not saying anything. 1842 01:48:31,738 --> 01:48:34,574 He certainly did. 1843 01:48:34,774 --> 01:48:38,215 There is the officer who has received his deposition. 1844 01:48:38,415 --> 01:48:40,330 Yes. 1845 01:48:42,159 --> 01:48:44,813 Can you really believe me capable of such a base action? 1846 01:48:45,013 --> 01:48:48,401 Capable or not capable, I must find my money. 1847 01:48:48,601 --> 01:48:51,512 Do not grieve for your money, father... 1848 01:48:51,712 --> 01:48:53,669 ...and accuse any one. 1849 01:48:53,869 --> 01:48:56,230 I have news of it... 1850 01:48:56,430 --> 01:48:58,231 ...and I come here to tell you... 1851 01:48:58,431 --> 01:49:01,496 ...that if you consent to let me marry Marianne... 1852 01:49:01,696 --> 01:49:03,940 ...your money will be given back to you. 1853 01:49:06,435 --> 01:49:07,174 Where is it? 1854 01:49:07,374 --> 01:49:08,614 Do not trouble yourself about that. 1855 01:49:08,814 --> 01:49:12,276 It is in a safe place, and I answer for it. 1856 01:49:12,311 --> 01:49:14,901 It is for you to decide... 1857 01:49:15,101 --> 01:49:16,757 ...and you have the choice... 1858 01:49:16,957 --> 01:49:19,658 ...either of losing Marianne... 1859 01:49:19,858 --> 01:49:22,021 ...or your cash-box. 1860 01:49:23,228 --> 01:49:24,644 Has nothing been taken out? 1861 01:49:24,844 --> 01:49:26,440 Nothing at all. 1862 01:49:26,640 --> 01:49:29,436 Is it your intention to agree to this marriage... 1863 01:49:29,636 --> 01:49:32,925 ...and to join your consent to that of her mother... 1864 01:49:33,125 --> 01:49:37,602 ...who leaves her at liberty to do as she likes? 1865 01:49:43,423 --> 01:49:46,315 But you do not know that this consent is no longer sufficient... 1866 01:49:46,515 --> 01:49:48,776 ...and that heaven has given me back a brother at the same time... 1867 01:49:48,976 --> 01:49:51,411 ...that it has given me back a father and you have now to obtain me from him. 1868 01:49:51,611 --> 01:49:55,185 Heaven has not restored you to me to oppose your wishes. 1869 01:49:55,385 --> 01:49:58,678 Mr. Harpagon, you must be aware that the choice of a young girl... 1870 01:49:58,878 --> 01:50:00,704 ...is more likely to fall upon the son than upon the father. 1871 01:50:00,904 --> 01:50:03,219 Do not force people to say to you what is unnecessary... 1872 01:50:03,419 --> 01:50:06,326 ...and consent, as I do, to this double marriage. 1873 01:50:06,799 --> 01:50:11,882 In order for me to be well advised, I must see my casket. 1874 01:50:12,082 --> 01:50:14,781 You shall see it safe and sound. 1875 01:50:14,981 --> 01:50:19,643 I have no money to give my children in marriage. 1876 01:50:19,843 --> 01:50:22,297 Never mind, I have some. Do not let this trouble you. 1877 01:50:22,497 --> 01:50:26,930 Do you take upon yourself to defray the expenses of these two weddings? 1878 01:50:27,130 --> 01:50:29,483 Yes, I will take this responsibility upon myself. 1879 01:50:29,683 --> 01:50:31,485 Are you satisfied? 1880 01:50:31,685 --> 01:50:37,402 Yes, provided you order me a new suit of clothes for the wedding. 1881 01:50:37,602 --> 01:50:39,410 Agreed! 1882 01:51:25,809 --> 01:51:29,555 Let us go and enjoy the blessings this happy day brings us. 1883 01:52:06,121 --> 01:52:08,799 Stop, sirs, stop. 1884 01:52:08,999 --> 01:52:10,546 Who is to pay me for my writing? 1885 01:52:10,746 --> 01:52:12,805 We have nothing to do with your writing. 1886 01:52:13,005 --> 01:52:16,804 Indeed, and yet I do not pretend to have done it for nothing. 1887 01:52:33,808 --> 01:52:36,586 There is a fellow you can hang in payment. 1888 01:52:38,117 --> 01:52:40,886 What is one to do? 1889 01:52:41,086 --> 01:52:43,338 I receive a good cudgelling for telling the truth... 1890 01:52:43,538 --> 01:52:45,661 ...and now they would hang me for lying. 1891 01:52:45,861 --> 01:52:49,629 Mr. Harpagon, you must forgive him this piece of imposture. 1892 01:52:49,829 --> 01:52:51,273 You will pay the officer then? 1893 01:52:51,377 --> 01:52:52,471 Let it be so. 1894 01:53:27,546 --> 01:53:30,616 To see my dear casket. 1895 01:53:40,493 --> 01:53:42,335 Harpagon. 1896 01:53:48,838 --> 01:53:53,226 Good luck, dear Harpagon. 164462