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[TV static drones]

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[bright tone]

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<i>[spirited orchestral music]</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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<i>[cheerful music]</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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Mr. McAllister has written.

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He's coming to my tea today.

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McAllister is playing
a complicated game.

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I'd like to be there
when Mrs. Astor finds out.

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It's about to get more
complicated than he knows.

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- Why do you say that?
- You'll find out.

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By the way, he's bringing
Mrs. Winterton with him.

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- You mean Turner?
- Yes.

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Into our home?
You'll allow that?

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McAllister thinks some people
will take a box at the Met,

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even if they already have one
at the Academy.

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Wouldn't they be punished?

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Isn't lending status to the
new house a serious crime?

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The point is,
we need the old crowd,

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and Joshua Winterton
is a charter member.

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If they take a box,
any number may follow.

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And you don't object to
courting your former servant?

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I can't afford to object,
even if it sticks in my craw.

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But can she be trusted?

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She won't want anyone to know
she was once a lady's maid.

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I have the upper hand
where that's concerned.

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The flowers are ready
for your inspection, madam.

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Thank you.

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Church, I should explain

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that one of my guests today
may surprise you.

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But please don't show it.

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Of course, ma'am.

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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[horse whinnies]

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What are they up to today?

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I'm not sure, but there is
quite a bustle of arrivals.

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You mean of people?

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Yes, people.

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Well, with the Russells,
one cannot be certain.

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I wouldn't be surprised
if they hired

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Barnum & Bailey's Circus
to perform in the hall.

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It looks like
it's mostly women,

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so probably not the circus.

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Hmm, I'd like
to see the guest list

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before I reach any conclusions.

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Oh, Agnes.

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Don't you miss parties?

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Are you planning something?

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I'd like to invite
the new rector for luncheon.

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We have to listen to him
drone on all Sunday morning.

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Can the Lord really want
more from us than that?

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Although...

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What?

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Your newfound piety may be
put to good use after all.

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My faith is not new.

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Yes, yes.

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But Dashiell Montgomery
has written to me.

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- And?
- I'm glad to say

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he's taken a real interest
in Marian,

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and he wants me
to promote his cause.

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Have you spoken
to Marian about it?

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No.

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He may be a bit older,

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but he's a good match,
and she ought to be grateful.

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But she's stubborn.

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She may dig in her heels.

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We must manage her carefully.

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I don't want to
manage her at all.

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We'll invite him to luncheon
with your reverend.

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He's not mine.

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Let's hope
he finishes the sermon

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before it's time
for the cheese.

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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[indistinct chatter]

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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[gasps]

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Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Howard.

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Mrs. Joshua Winterton.

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- [gasps]
- Are you all right?

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I'm not sure, sir.

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I thought I saw--
- You did.

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So that was Miss Turner?

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I'll manage here.

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Go back downstairs
to the kitchens.

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[sighs]

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<i>[dramatic music]</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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[grunts]
What's the hurry?

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She's here!
I just saw her upstairs!

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Who is?

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Adelheid, you're shaking.

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Calm down.

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No, I must tell you.

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Miss Turner, the mistress's
lady's maid, is here.

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Upstairs.
- Why?

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Does she want her job back?
- No!

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She's here for Mrs. Russell's
opera tea, as a guest!

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What?

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She came in
and handed me her coat,

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and Mr. Church announced her
as Mrs. Winterton.

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- I don't understand.
- Neither do I.

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Wake up.
This is America.

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You can be anything you want.
I should know.

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I see you've all
heard the news.

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Is it really true?

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That Miss Turner is here?
Yes.

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Mrs. Russell warned me,
but not of the specifics.

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I'm as shocked as anyone,
but we've all got a job to do.

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Joshua Winterton
is a very rich man.

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He has a fortune in property.

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How do you know?

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I read the papers.

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It's not for
servants to discuss

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the guests of their employers.

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But Miss Turner
is hardly just another guest.

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Her name is now
Mrs. Winterton,

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and she is a friend
of the mistress.

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- But she's--
- Listen to Mr. Church.

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And there are some linens
that need to be put away,

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unless you're still wanted upstairs.

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It might be best
if she stayed down here.

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Yes.

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I'll talk to her now.

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Thank you.

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- Oh, Mrs. Russell.
- Ah.

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Excuse me.
Mrs. Fish calls.

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- Well, then you better answer.
- [chuckles]

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Mr. Russell, how kind of you
to open your house.

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It's for a good cause.

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A cause that is disrupting
New York society.

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I don't know
if that's good or not.

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Any cause of my wife's
is good.

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[bell rings]

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I'd like to thank you all
for coming.

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For some of you,
I know this took courage.

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But for all of us,
our passion for the arts

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has been curtailed
by the narrow limits

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of the Academy of Music--
until now.

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We need the Metropolitan.

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Not only for ourselves, but so
a great city like New York

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can have the opera house
it deserves.

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Oh, and I thought you would
be interested to hear--

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we have decided to open our
season on the 22nd of October.

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But that's the same date
as the Academy of Music.

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I believe it is.

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So the two opera houses
are to go head to head?

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That's it.

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Head to head,
and one will be the winner.

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Now, I have invited Mr. Gilbert
to join us today.

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He can answer any questions
about the task facing us.

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I echo
Mrs. Russell's welcome,

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and I thought you
might like to know

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that she's accepted
a place on the board

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of the Metropolitan Opera.

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[pleasant laughter
and applause]

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And now, for those of you
who have questions--

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what is our program,
how you can secure a box--

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come and find me.

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[indistinct chatter]

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Ah, Mrs. Winterton.

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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[horse whinnies]

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Of course.
Yes, I do agree with you.

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I'm sorry I'm late.

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I stayed to help
rearrange a classroom.

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So you're moving
furniture, now?

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Has your meeting started yet?

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As you can see,
we're waiting for

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Mrs. Astor
and Mr. McAllister.

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I've asked Miss Scott
to take notes.

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I'm glad you're here.

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I want to ask you
to the opening

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of a new play by Oscar Wilde.

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Oh.
[chuckles]

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And there's a reception afterwards.

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It's next Tuesday.

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Will your employer allow you
time for such frivolities?

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Yes, and I'd love to.
Thank you.

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Maud Beaton will be there.

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She wants to know you better.

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Maud Beaton from Newport?
Why?

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Well, it might have
something to do with Oscar.

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You mean my Oscar,
not the playwright?

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Yes, yours.

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Maud Beaton.
What do we know about her?

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Her mother was a Stuyvesant.

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You should ask
Mrs. Fish's husband.

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His grandmother
was a Stuyvesant.

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Is there any money?

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Really, Agnes.

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Isn't it a little soon
for that?

193
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Well, we're all family here.

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And I think we know
Oscar's priorities.

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I believe there's
a great deal.

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Well, then,
she meets the requirements.

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I should leave it
to Oscar to decide.

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Have you ever known me
to do that?

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[door clicks]
- Mrs. Astor.

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Lina, how nice to see you.

201
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Well, if you don't mind
my saying...

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- Mr. McAllister.
- Mr. Russell.

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- Well done.
- Thank you.

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I can't stay.
I'm meeting Mrs. Astor.

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Thank you for bringing
Mrs. Winterton.

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Are you sure
it's wise to open

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on the same night
as the Academy?

208
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Aren't you asking for trouble?

209
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I'm asking for something.

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I was hoping to go to both.

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And now
you'll have to choose.

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[sighs]

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I should leave.
Goodbye, my dear.

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<i>[exciting music]</i>

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Uh, do you have
a carriage waiting, sir?

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Uh, no.
It's so lovely.

217
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I think I'll just walk.

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

219
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Careful there.
Carriage coming, madam.

220
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Hey, watch it!
Watch it!

221
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- Careful, sir!
- Oh!

222
00:10:03,822 --> 00:10:05,720
I confess that Mrs. Russell

223
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is even more of a fighter
than I had realized.

224
00:10:08,290 --> 00:10:10,159
You mean you thought she
would not fight against you.

225
00:10:10,159 --> 00:10:12,528
No.
Not so bitterly, at any rate.

226
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[bell rings]
[dog barks]

227
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After all, didn't I make her
what she is today?

228
00:10:15,764 --> 00:10:18,167
Gratitude is not a natural
instinct in that class.

229
00:10:18,167 --> 00:10:19,268
Agnes.

230
00:10:19,268 --> 00:10:20,569
Mr. Ward McAllister.

231
00:10:20,569 --> 00:10:22,838
Ah.

232
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How kind you were
to let me summon you.

233
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Did you have to come far,
Mr. McAllister?

234
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Eh, not very, no.

235
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Good.

236
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I want to talk about
Mrs. Russell,

237
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and how to handle her.

238
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And you--well, you know her
better than any of us.

239
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Well, I've just heard some
news that may be of interest.

240
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Don't keep us in suspense.

241
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I'm told she has persuaded
Henry Abbey and the others

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at the Metropolitan
to open on the same night

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as the Academy of Music.

244
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- What?
- Are you serious?

245
00:10:53,470 --> 00:10:54,536
- Mm-hmm.
- Oh, my.

246
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How dare they try to steal
the Academy's thunder.

247
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Our date is sacred.

248
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I suppose, in a way,
this makes it a cleaner fight.

249
00:11:00,976 --> 00:11:02,211
How?

250
00:11:02,211 --> 00:11:03,912
Well, everyone will have to
choose which side they're on.

251
00:11:03,912 --> 00:11:05,147
Why was that necessary?

252
00:11:05,147 --> 00:11:07,917
Thank heavens we are
all united in this house.

253
00:11:07,917 --> 00:11:10,352
There must be room
for two opera houses

254
00:11:10,352 --> 00:11:11,720
in a city like New York.

255
00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:13,623
Nonsense.
Now what can we do?

256
00:11:13,623 --> 00:11:14,656
Give us orders.

257
00:11:14,656 --> 00:11:16,492
In your letter,
you said you had a task for me.

258
00:11:16,492 --> 00:11:17,626
Yes.

259
00:11:17,626 --> 00:11:20,362
Agnes, I would like you to
write to the older members.

260
00:11:20,362 --> 00:11:22,764
Say that you've heard a rumor
that if any of them

261
00:11:22,764 --> 00:11:25,100
are thinking of taking a box
at the Metropolitan,

262
00:11:25,100 --> 00:11:27,002
their box at the Academy
will be removed.

263
00:11:27,002 --> 00:11:28,137
- Goodness.
- Seriously?

264
00:11:28,137 --> 00:11:31,440
I can't do it, as that would
make the threat official.

265
00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:32,507
But you can.

266
00:11:32,507 --> 00:11:33,776
Have got all that,
Miss Scott?

267
00:11:33,776 --> 00:11:34,911
Every word.

268
00:11:34,911 --> 00:11:36,278
We'll begin
the letters at once.

269
00:11:36,278 --> 00:11:37,307
Won't we, Miss Scott?

270
00:11:37,307 --> 00:11:39,481
- Of course.
- Thank you.

271
00:11:39,481 --> 00:11:40,983
I think I'll take my leave

272
00:11:40,983 --> 00:11:43,485
before you start
handing out weapons.

273
00:11:43,485 --> 00:11:45,357
If only it were that simple.

274
00:11:47,958 --> 00:11:50,426
Well, Mrs. Astor's
really looking for a fight.

275
00:11:50,426 --> 00:11:51,693
I heard her.

276
00:11:51,693 --> 00:11:53,896
I wouldn't say
Mrs. Russell has a chance.

277
00:11:53,896 --> 00:11:55,631
I knew Mrs. Van Rhijn
was right.

278
00:11:55,631 --> 00:11:56,931
Things must be heating up

279
00:11:56,931 --> 00:11:59,468
if Mrs. Astor's paying calls
to get people on her side.

280
00:11:59,468 --> 00:12:00,837
Miss Marian supports the Met.

281
00:12:00,837 --> 00:12:02,905
- So do I.
- And where will that get you?

282
00:12:02,905 --> 00:12:04,539
It's what I think,
that's all.

283
00:12:04,539 --> 00:12:06,942
You only think that because
Miss Adelheid Weber does.

284
00:12:06,942 --> 00:12:08,911
The mistress
has got Miss Scott

285
00:12:08,911 --> 00:12:11,113
writing to all
the Academy members,

286
00:12:11,113 --> 00:12:13,149
to make sure they hold firm.

287
00:12:13,149 --> 00:12:14,183
What?

288
00:12:14,183 --> 00:12:16,452
She can't write letters
to that sort of people.

289
00:12:16,452 --> 00:12:17,519
Why not?

290
00:12:17,519 --> 00:12:21,057
When a fight is big enough,
everyone gets sucked in.

291
00:12:21,057 --> 00:12:22,852
So Henderson
is traveling today?

292
00:12:22,852 --> 00:12:26,428
He is, and we have reserved
a suite at the Brunswick.

293
00:12:26,428 --> 00:12:28,164
And a carriage for tomorrow?

294
00:12:28,164 --> 00:12:29,531
Yes.

295
00:12:29,531 --> 00:12:32,067
Hope it doesn't make him think
he has power over us.

296
00:12:32,067 --> 00:12:33,730
He's not the first man
I've dealt with

297
00:12:33,730 --> 00:12:36,071
who has exaggerated ideas
of his own importance.

298
00:12:36,071 --> 00:12:38,641
I humor him to get him
to reveal his price.

299
00:12:38,641 --> 00:12:40,743
Suppose he hasn't got one?

300
00:12:40,743 --> 00:12:42,477
Oh, he has.

301
00:12:42,477 --> 00:12:45,681
He may tease us a little
so we raise our offer,

302
00:12:45,681 --> 00:12:48,150
but every man living
has a price.

303
00:12:48,150 --> 00:12:51,520
<i>♪ ♪</i>

304
00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:52,621
All right.

305
00:12:52,621 --> 00:12:53,923
The first tier has
all been claimed.

306
00:12:53,923 --> 00:12:55,725
However,
there are a few boxes...

307
00:12:55,725 --> 00:12:56,826
Where's Mr. Russell?

308
00:12:56,826 --> 00:12:58,728
At his office.
He slipped away.

309
00:12:58,728 --> 00:13:00,462
Is he enjoying the opera war?

310
00:13:00,462 --> 00:13:02,765
Well, he'd like to know if
you're going to take a box.

311
00:13:02,765 --> 00:13:03,826
So would I.

312
00:13:03,826 --> 00:13:06,268
You need more of the old
crowd in your audience.

313
00:13:06,268 --> 00:13:08,570
Recruit a few of them,
and I'll see.

314
00:13:08,570 --> 00:13:11,073
Now, where do the
Wintertons stand?

315
00:13:11,073 --> 00:13:14,409
She may be new,
but her husband's money is not,

316
00:13:14,409 --> 00:13:16,312
and her social standing
is gathering pace.

317
00:13:16,312 --> 00:13:17,446
Oh?

318
00:13:17,446 --> 00:13:19,114
They spent their
wedding journey in England,

319
00:13:19,114 --> 00:13:21,216
courting the aristocracy.

320
00:13:21,216 --> 00:13:22,985
Thank you
for having me today.

321
00:13:22,985 --> 00:13:24,921
I wish we could sign you up.

322
00:13:24,921 --> 00:13:27,455
I'm afraid we're very happy
at the Academy.

323
00:13:27,455 --> 00:13:30,058
At one time, I knew a woman
who was really desperate

324
00:13:30,058 --> 00:13:32,661
to get on their list, so I feel
it would be most ungrateful

325
00:13:32,661 --> 00:13:34,329
for me not to enjoy it.

326
00:13:34,329 --> 00:13:36,532
Did your friend ever
get their box at last?

327
00:13:36,532 --> 00:13:37,833
No.

328
00:13:37,833 --> 00:13:39,668
But like so many others
who failed,

329
00:13:39,668 --> 00:13:41,136
she now supports the Met.

330
00:13:41,136 --> 00:13:42,238
Oh.

331
00:13:42,238 --> 00:13:44,639
I was just telling Mrs. Russell
of all your friends

332
00:13:44,639 --> 00:13:47,442
you made in Europe, not least
the Duke of Buckingham.

333
00:13:47,442 --> 00:13:49,779
Mr. Winterton has many
friends in England,

334
00:13:49,779 --> 00:13:51,413
the Duke of Buckingham
among them.

335
00:13:51,413 --> 00:13:54,049
He entertained us while we were
there at his place in Devon.

336
00:13:54,049 --> 00:13:55,283
How interesting.

337
00:13:55,283 --> 00:13:57,319
And now
he's coming to America.

338
00:13:57,319 --> 00:13:59,989
Yes, we are to receive him
in Newport.

339
00:13:59,989 --> 00:14:01,323
Oh, would you excuse me?

340
00:14:01,323 --> 00:14:03,359
I want a word with Mrs. Wilson
before she leaves.

341
00:14:03,359 --> 00:14:06,362
But when I get back,
can I please see your ballroom?

342
00:14:06,362 --> 00:14:07,963
Of course.

343
00:14:07,963 --> 00:14:09,464
Mrs. Fish.

344
00:14:09,464 --> 00:14:11,567
Oh, Alice.
I'll join you in the hall.

345
00:14:11,567 --> 00:14:12,962
[laughs]

346
00:14:12,962 --> 00:14:15,571
I heard you were able to fill
that ballroom after all.

347
00:14:15,571 --> 00:14:17,039
It was a special night,

348
00:14:17,039 --> 00:14:19,174
as you'd have seen
if you'd stayed.

349
00:14:19,174 --> 00:14:21,244
Though you would have been
there in a different capacity,

350
00:14:21,244 --> 00:14:24,580
of course.

351
00:14:24,580 --> 00:14:28,350
Well, I hope you'll think
of joining our ranks.

352
00:14:28,350 --> 00:14:30,586
Would you,
if you were in my place?

353
00:14:30,586 --> 00:14:32,715
[scoffs] I understood
the earlier reference.

354
00:14:32,715 --> 00:14:34,790
But you could have a box
in both houses.

355
00:14:34,790 --> 00:14:36,992
Why, when it will take
the Met years

356
00:14:36,992 --> 00:14:39,194
even to begin to compete?

357
00:14:39,194 --> 00:14:41,096
It's a second-rate project,

358
00:14:41,096 --> 00:14:44,900
and it will be second-rate
for both our lifetimes.

359
00:14:44,900 --> 00:14:47,135
Or are you threatening me
with exposure?

360
00:14:47,135 --> 00:14:48,838
[scoffs] I have no wish
to make trouble.

361
00:14:48,838 --> 00:14:50,071
Good.

362
00:14:50,071 --> 00:14:52,908
Because if you make trouble
for me, I will respond in kind.

363
00:14:52,908 --> 00:14:54,376
- I don't understand.
- If I were you,

364
00:14:54,376 --> 00:14:56,111
I would discuss it with George
before you decide

365
00:14:56,111 --> 00:14:57,980
to stir things up.
- George?

366
00:14:57,980 --> 00:14:59,782
You mean Mr. Russell.

367
00:14:59,782 --> 00:15:02,885
So he never told you
about us?

368
00:15:02,885 --> 00:15:04,887
Funny, I thought that was why
I was sacked.

369
00:15:04,887 --> 00:15:07,222
Because you were jealous.
- Jealous of what?

370
00:15:07,222 --> 00:15:10,229
You should ask your husband.

371
00:15:15,734 --> 00:15:17,567
Oh, Mrs. Russell.

372
00:15:17,567 --> 00:15:19,601
I'm ready for my tour.

373
00:15:19,601 --> 00:15:22,171
I still can't believe it.
I had to see her for myself.

374
00:15:22,171 --> 00:15:26,437
So, Miss Turner is now
a great lady in New York.

375
00:15:26,437 --> 00:15:27,743
It makes you think.

376
00:15:27,743 --> 00:15:29,645
If she can do it, anyone can.

377
00:15:29,645 --> 00:15:31,448
I wonder how she managed it.

378
00:15:31,448 --> 00:15:33,282
How do you think?

379
00:15:33,282 --> 00:15:35,684
She saw what she wanted,
and she went for it.

380
00:15:35,684 --> 00:15:37,019
Peter, how do you know that?

381
00:15:37,019 --> 00:15:38,453
She told me.

382
00:15:38,453 --> 00:15:40,823
Have you kept up with her
since she left here?

383
00:15:40,823 --> 00:15:43,159
From time to time.

384
00:15:43,159 --> 00:15:45,427
So Mr. Winterton
was a marked man.

385
00:15:45,427 --> 00:15:47,062
Why do you think
she chose him?

386
00:15:47,062 --> 00:15:49,464
Mm.
I can answer that.

387
00:15:49,464 --> 00:15:51,466
He's been in the newspaper
a lot lately

388
00:15:51,466 --> 00:15:53,836
as one of the greatest donors
to the new Museum of Art.

389
00:15:53,836 --> 00:15:55,871
He gave millions.

390
00:15:55,871 --> 00:15:58,040
That's what
she was looking for.

391
00:15:58,040 --> 00:15:59,575
I wonder how
she pulled it off.

392
00:15:59,575 --> 00:16:01,310
She wrote,

393
00:16:01,310 --> 00:16:03,879
praising his taste
and his philanthropy,

394
00:16:03,879 --> 00:16:05,948
his culture and his wisdom,

395
00:16:05,948 --> 00:16:07,449
and she hoped that one day
they might meet.

396
00:16:07,449 --> 00:16:09,986
And that's all it took?
One letter?

397
00:16:09,986 --> 00:16:12,688
That's not quite all it took.

398
00:16:12,688 --> 00:16:15,425
[all chuckling]

399
00:16:15,425 --> 00:16:16,659
[gavel thunking]

400
00:16:16,659 --> 00:16:18,660
Oh, Miss Scott.

401
00:16:18,660 --> 00:16:21,063
I may be away for a while,
so I've written down some ideas

402
00:16:21,063 --> 00:16:22,831
for you to work on
while I'm gone.

403
00:16:22,831 --> 00:16:24,066
Where are you off to?

404
00:16:24,066 --> 00:16:25,935
Booker T. Washington
is opening a dormitory

405
00:16:25,935 --> 00:16:27,369
at the Tuskegee State
Normal School,

406
00:16:27,369 --> 00:16:29,171
and he's invited me
to cover the event.

407
00:16:29,171 --> 00:16:30,740
You know everyone.

408
00:16:30,740 --> 00:16:31,908
Well, I met Mr. Washington

409
00:16:31,908 --> 00:16:33,710
when he was here last year
raising money.

410
00:16:33,710 --> 00:16:35,011
Tell me about him.

411
00:16:35,011 --> 00:16:36,644
Well, he's intelligent
and driven,

412
00:16:36,644 --> 00:16:39,048
and quite adept
at getting large donations.

413
00:16:39,048 --> 00:16:41,116
Alfred Haynes Porter
funded this dormitory,

414
00:16:41,116 --> 00:16:43,251
so our angle will be
how white Brooklyn money

415
00:16:43,251 --> 00:16:45,187
is building a colored
institution at Tuskegee.

416
00:16:45,187 --> 00:16:46,817
No one would ever know that.

417
00:16:46,817 --> 00:16:48,224
Which is why
we're doing the story.

418
00:16:48,224 --> 00:16:52,161
[laughs]
Well, good for Mr. Washington.

419
00:16:52,161 --> 00:16:55,731
Oh, I suppose now they can
take students from anywhere,

420
00:16:55,731 --> 00:16:57,799
with the new dormitory.
- Well, that's the idea.

421
00:16:57,799 --> 00:17:00,770
But I don't know why
a colored student from New York

422
00:17:00,770 --> 00:17:02,604
would go all the way to Alabama

423
00:17:02,604 --> 00:17:04,706
just to learn
how to be a farm laborer.

424
00:17:04,706 --> 00:17:06,942
Well, I read that
Mr. Washington also trains

425
00:17:06,942 --> 00:17:08,510
the students in teaching.

426
00:17:08,510 --> 00:17:10,212
I know they promise
to be teachers for two years

427
00:17:10,212 --> 00:17:12,147
when they finish,
but after that's done,

428
00:17:12,147 --> 00:17:13,750
it seems they only get offered
the kind of jobs

429
00:17:13,750 --> 00:17:15,117
white people want to give them.

430
00:17:15,117 --> 00:17:16,485
Perhaps Mr. Washington sees

431
00:17:16,485 --> 00:17:18,220
what he's doing
as the first step.

432
00:17:18,220 --> 00:17:20,189
Well, that's what
I need to ask him.

433
00:17:20,189 --> 00:17:22,324
[laughs]
I envy you.

434
00:17:22,324 --> 00:17:24,827
I'd love to write
a story like that.

435
00:17:24,827 --> 00:17:26,061
Where will you stay?

436
00:17:26,061 --> 00:17:27,864
With Mr. Washington
and his wife.

437
00:17:27,864 --> 00:17:29,297
He wants publicity
for the school,

438
00:17:29,297 --> 00:17:31,233
so he's excited
for me to come there.

439
00:17:31,233 --> 00:17:33,168
When were you last
in the South?

440
00:17:33,168 --> 00:17:35,203
Not for many years.

441
00:17:35,203 --> 00:17:37,873
And when I lived there,
I was a slave.

442
00:17:37,873 --> 00:17:40,375
Oh. I see.

443
00:17:40,375 --> 00:17:42,848
No, you don't.
Because you can't.

444
00:17:44,648 --> 00:17:48,184
But somehow,
I have to put that behind me.

445
00:17:48,184 --> 00:17:51,686
When Booker T. Washington
calls, I must go.

446
00:17:51,686 --> 00:17:53,923
Well, I hope you'll consider
his point of view.

447
00:17:53,923 --> 00:17:55,457
So you like the idea

448
00:17:55,457 --> 00:17:58,961
of our highest ambition
being to milk a cow?

449
00:17:58,961 --> 00:18:00,797
I'll tell you
what I do like--

450
00:18:00,797 --> 00:18:02,965
when colored people open doors,

451
00:18:02,965 --> 00:18:05,133
when they help others
to earn a living.

452
00:18:05,133 --> 00:18:07,335
I like independence
and self-reliance.

453
00:18:07,335 --> 00:18:09,671
And even if it's not perfect,

454
00:18:09,671 --> 00:18:14,009
this Tuskegee school seems like
a step in the right direction.

455
00:18:14,009 --> 00:18:16,512
I'll tell Mr. Washington
you said so.

456
00:18:16,512 --> 00:18:20,049
I wish I could
tell him myself.

457
00:18:20,049 --> 00:18:21,383
You know it would
be highly unusual

458
00:18:21,383 --> 00:18:22,985
for us to travel together.

459
00:18:22,985 --> 00:18:24,419
Because I'm a woman?

460
00:18:24,419 --> 00:18:25,988
We must live
in the real world.

461
00:18:25,988 --> 00:18:27,322
But I became a journalist

462
00:18:27,322 --> 00:18:29,495
to cover stories
exactly like this.

463
00:18:33,464 --> 00:18:34,758
I'll think about it.

464
00:18:34,758 --> 00:18:36,502
- Is that a yes?
- Not quite.

465
00:18:39,905 --> 00:18:41,240
All right.

466
00:18:44,575 --> 00:18:45,808
<i>I should get back to work.</i>

467
00:18:45,808 --> 00:18:47,076
Why?

468
00:18:47,076 --> 00:18:49,711
Do you have a cruel mistress
who never allows you time off?

469
00:18:49,711 --> 00:18:52,414
She's an absolute tyrant,
take it from me.

470
00:18:52,414 --> 00:18:54,951
Well, then kiss me again.

471
00:18:54,951 --> 00:18:56,285
I command it.

472
00:18:56,285 --> 00:18:58,320
As you wish,
but this will only delay

473
00:18:58,320 --> 00:18:59,789
the completion of the work.

474
00:18:59,789 --> 00:19:01,123
Good.

475
00:19:01,123 --> 00:19:02,657
[chuckles]
Then you'll be around longer.

476
00:19:02,657 --> 00:19:06,328
And when it is done,
I'll find something else.

477
00:19:06,328 --> 00:19:09,497
You alone are
a full-time job, Mrs. Blane.

478
00:19:09,497 --> 00:19:12,199
But one I'd gladly undertake.

479
00:19:15,939 --> 00:19:18,941
How are your parents enjoying
their first Newport summer?

480
00:19:18,941 --> 00:19:20,476
Actually,
they're in New York.

481
00:19:20,476 --> 00:19:22,677
They left after
Mr. McAllister's party.

482
00:19:22,677 --> 00:19:24,346
You didn't tell me
they were leaving.

483
00:19:24,346 --> 00:19:25,647
She hadn't planned to.

484
00:19:25,647 --> 00:19:27,382
But things changed,
and she stayed on in the city

485
00:19:27,382 --> 00:19:29,284
to give a tea party
for the new opera house.

486
00:19:29,284 --> 00:19:30,786
But they'll be back?

487
00:19:30,786 --> 00:19:32,254
Mother will be.

488
00:19:32,254 --> 00:19:34,056
She means to spend
most of the summer here.

489
00:19:34,056 --> 00:19:36,325
Then we must learn
to be careful.

490
00:19:36,325 --> 00:19:38,127
I saw the way
she was looking at me.

491
00:19:38,127 --> 00:19:40,462
I don't care what she thinks.

492
00:19:40,462 --> 00:19:41,898
I don't care what
anyone thinks.

493
00:19:41,898 --> 00:19:42,799
I do.

494
00:19:42,799 --> 00:19:44,366
I mean to have a lot of fun
this summer,

495
00:19:44,366 --> 00:19:46,401
and to pay no price for it.

496
00:19:46,401 --> 00:19:49,939
My motto has always been
to have my cake and eat it.

497
00:19:49,939 --> 00:19:51,606
What about the servants?

498
00:19:51,606 --> 00:19:53,608
Well, Trent has them
under control.

499
00:19:53,608 --> 00:19:55,177
But who keeps Trent
under control?

500
00:19:55,177 --> 00:19:56,879
Don't worry about that.

501
00:19:56,879 --> 00:19:59,248
My butler and I have been
together a long time.

502
00:19:59,248 --> 00:20:01,779
[chuckles]
I won't worry at all.

503
00:20:01,779 --> 00:20:03,185
Because I'm mad about you,

504
00:20:03,185 --> 00:20:05,420
and I want to shout it
from the housetops.

505
00:20:05,420 --> 00:20:08,157
Then you must learn
to restrain yourself,

506
00:20:08,157 --> 00:20:09,958
in the sure
and certain knowledge

507
00:20:09,958 --> 00:20:12,795
that I will reward you.

508
00:20:12,795 --> 00:20:17,132
<i>♪ ♪</i>

509
00:20:17,132 --> 00:20:19,134
And now I should
really go and check

510
00:20:19,134 --> 00:20:20,469
what the workers are up to.

511
00:20:20,469 --> 00:20:24,306
[laughs]
Yes, you should.

512
00:20:24,306 --> 00:20:26,575
I have to pack anyway
for my own trip to New York.

513
00:20:26,575 --> 00:20:29,011
- You're abandoning me as well?
- Not for long.

514
00:20:29,011 --> 00:20:32,414
I have to settle some property
of my late husband's.

515
00:20:32,414 --> 00:20:33,916
Well, perhaps
I should travel with you.

516
00:20:33,916 --> 00:20:35,317
I'm due in New York next week.

517
00:20:35,317 --> 00:20:37,018
Would that be wise?

518
00:20:37,018 --> 00:20:39,855
Well, anyway, we should get
together while we're there.

519
00:20:39,855 --> 00:20:42,528
You know I'm always ready
to get together with you.

520
00:20:49,100 --> 00:20:52,268
[indistinct chatter]

521
00:20:52,268 --> 00:20:54,370
Leave us.

522
00:20:54,370 --> 00:20:56,575
Of course, madam.

523
00:21:04,916 --> 00:21:05,882
Is something wrong?

524
00:21:05,882 --> 00:21:07,616
You tell me.

525
00:21:07,616 --> 00:21:09,351
I'm not in the mood
for riddles.

526
00:21:09,351 --> 00:21:10,585
I've had some bad news
from Pittsburgh, and--

527
00:21:10,585 --> 00:21:13,756
Well,
I had some bad news, too.

528
00:21:13,756 --> 00:21:15,123
What about?

529
00:21:15,123 --> 00:21:17,292
It's to do with Turner.

530
00:21:17,292 --> 00:21:19,628
The new Mrs. Winterton.

531
00:21:19,628 --> 00:21:21,264
Did you persuade her
to change sides?

532
00:21:21,264 --> 00:21:22,464
No.

533
00:21:22,464 --> 00:21:23,966
She has no intention
of giving her support

534
00:21:23,966 --> 00:21:25,534
to the Metropolitan.

535
00:21:25,534 --> 00:21:28,037
She only came here to taunt me.

536
00:21:28,037 --> 00:21:30,239
Taunt you?
With what?

537
00:21:30,239 --> 00:21:32,575
What happened
between you and Turner?

538
00:21:32,575 --> 00:21:34,043
What did she tell you?

539
00:21:34,043 --> 00:21:36,946
Just answer the question.

540
00:21:36,946 --> 00:21:40,350
[sighs]
Nothing happened.

541
00:21:40,350 --> 00:21:41,851
Except...

542
00:21:41,851 --> 00:21:43,485
Except what?

543
00:21:43,485 --> 00:21:45,120
She came into my room
one night.

544
00:21:45,120 --> 00:21:47,455
At first,
I thought it was you,

545
00:21:47,455 --> 00:21:49,125
but the lamp revealed
that I was wrong.

546
00:21:49,125 --> 00:21:52,161
Was it just your room,
or your bed?

547
00:21:52,161 --> 00:21:54,530
My bed.

548
00:21:54,530 --> 00:21:56,966
Was she clothed?

549
00:21:56,966 --> 00:21:59,602
Answer me!

550
00:21:59,602 --> 00:22:00,736
No.

551
00:22:00,736 --> 00:22:02,138
But I would never betray you.

552
00:22:02,138 --> 00:22:03,239
You already have.

553
00:22:03,239 --> 00:22:04,606
Nothing happened.

554
00:22:04,606 --> 00:22:07,042
As soon as I knew it wasn't
you, I got out of bed.

555
00:22:07,042 --> 00:22:08,176
Did she?

556
00:22:08,176 --> 00:22:09,345
Not immediately.

557
00:22:09,345 --> 00:22:11,313
So I ordered her to leave.

558
00:22:11,313 --> 00:22:12,682
But you never told me.

559
00:22:12,682 --> 00:22:13,983
Because there was
nothing to tell.

560
00:22:13,983 --> 00:22:16,418
It seems to me there was
a great deal to tell.

561
00:22:16,418 --> 00:22:18,487
She didn't matter to me
in the least,

562
00:22:18,487 --> 00:22:20,189
and there was no chance
anything was going to happen.

563
00:22:20,189 --> 00:22:21,256
[scoffs]

564
00:22:21,256 --> 00:22:22,158
But I knew
you depended on her.

565
00:22:22,158 --> 00:22:23,726
It didn't make sense
to blow up the house

566
00:22:23,726 --> 00:22:25,895
because of her stupid mistake.

567
00:22:25,895 --> 00:22:28,998
So you allowed me
to be waited on,

568
00:22:28,998 --> 00:22:32,267
to have my hair arranged,
my clothes chosen,

569
00:22:32,267 --> 00:22:35,505
my bath run by a woman who'd
been naked with my husband?

570
00:22:35,505 --> 00:22:36,906
It's disgusting!

571
00:22:36,906 --> 00:22:38,674
I'm sorry if it
was a bad decision.

572
00:22:38,674 --> 00:22:41,713
Decision?
I call that betrayal!

573
00:22:45,316 --> 00:22:47,414
[door slams]

574
00:22:48,152 --> 00:22:55,127
<i>♪ ♪</i>

575
00:22:56,595 --> 00:22:59,061
Start at the beginning.

576
00:22:59,061 --> 00:23:00,562
It's easily told.

577
00:23:00,562 --> 00:23:02,865
I came to New York as a banker
with some success.

578
00:23:02,865 --> 00:23:05,267
I got married
and Flora was born.

579
00:23:05,267 --> 00:23:07,769
Then things started
to go wrong.

580
00:23:07,769 --> 00:23:09,839
My wife's father wanted her
to get rid of me

581
00:23:09,839 --> 00:23:12,407
before she inherited
his fortunes.

582
00:23:12,407 --> 00:23:13,609
He arranged that
I should suffer

583
00:23:13,609 --> 00:23:15,344
the indignities of a divorce.

584
00:23:15,344 --> 00:23:16,611
And you let him?

585
00:23:16,611 --> 00:23:19,882
They were stronger
than I was.

586
00:23:19,882 --> 00:23:22,585
Anyway, I gave my wife
a large settlement

587
00:23:22,585 --> 00:23:24,419
and retired to lick my wounds.

588
00:23:24,419 --> 00:23:25,753
And what happened next?

589
00:23:25,753 --> 00:23:27,723
I proved her father's
instincts had been correct

590
00:23:27,723 --> 00:23:29,992
when I lost everything
soon after

591
00:23:29,992 --> 00:23:31,293
in the Panic of '57.

592
00:23:31,293 --> 00:23:33,295
And you never
contacted them again?

593
00:23:33,295 --> 00:23:36,299
My former wife was not keen
to maintain a connection.

594
00:23:36,299 --> 00:23:38,867
I can imagine.

595
00:23:38,867 --> 00:23:42,404
I kept track
of Flora's school,

596
00:23:42,404 --> 00:23:44,006
of where they lived, and so on.

597
00:23:44,006 --> 00:23:46,175
I...

598
00:23:46,175 --> 00:23:48,911
I saw the marriage announcement
in the "Times."

599
00:23:48,911 --> 00:23:50,713
Was there no possible return
to banking,

600
00:23:50,713 --> 00:23:52,547
or business, at any rate?

601
00:23:52,547 --> 00:23:56,385
I'd been declared bankrupt,
so no.

602
00:23:56,385 --> 00:24:00,590
I was a failure,
and it was official.

603
00:24:00,590 --> 00:24:03,759
I had no money, no home.

604
00:24:03,759 --> 00:24:06,929
For a time,
I was almost on the streets.

605
00:24:06,929 --> 00:24:09,732
But the one job I understood
was a valet's.

606
00:24:09,732 --> 00:24:11,801
I'd had my own valet.

607
00:24:11,801 --> 00:24:13,035
I knew what the work
consisted of,

608
00:24:13,035 --> 00:24:16,671
so I found a place
and learned the rest.

609
00:24:16,671 --> 00:24:20,542
Flora said she saw you
in the street.

610
00:24:20,542 --> 00:24:23,212
I kept an eye on her
for years.

611
00:24:23,212 --> 00:24:24,914
I shouldn't have
revealed myself.

612
00:24:24,914 --> 00:24:28,083
She called me over,
but I should have resisted.

613
00:24:28,083 --> 00:24:30,420
I was not aware that
you knew the Russells.

614
00:24:30,420 --> 00:24:32,655
Why would you be?

615
00:24:32,655 --> 00:24:34,356
I ought to have kept silent.

616
00:24:34,356 --> 00:24:36,125
But you didn't, Mr. Collyer.

617
00:24:36,125 --> 00:24:38,427
And there we have it.

618
00:24:38,427 --> 00:24:40,763
I am a banker,
my wife is a hostess,

619
00:24:40,763 --> 00:24:42,764
and her father is a valet.

620
00:24:42,764 --> 00:24:45,801
It seems to me that we are
in a pretty kettle of fish.

621
00:24:45,801 --> 00:24:48,938
<i>[soft dramatic music]</i>

622
00:24:48,938 --> 00:24:55,982
<i>♪ ♪</i>

623
00:24:57,315 --> 00:24:58,617
[knocking on door]

624
00:25:06,057 --> 00:25:07,756
Can I remind you
that Henderson,

625
00:25:07,756 --> 00:25:10,693
the man who works at my steel
mill, is coming to luncheon?

626
00:25:10,693 --> 00:25:12,195
Have you warned Church?

627
00:25:12,195 --> 00:25:13,562
Yes.

628
00:25:13,562 --> 00:25:15,197
We're rolling out
the red carpet for him.

629
00:25:15,197 --> 00:25:16,432
Isn't he your enemy?

630
00:25:16,432 --> 00:25:18,734
If he is,
I'll be ready for him.

631
00:25:18,734 --> 00:25:20,735
But I need your help with him.

632
00:25:20,735 --> 00:25:23,039
And you did promise me.
- That was before.

633
00:25:23,039 --> 00:25:27,209
Bertha, my business doesn't
stop when we fall out.

634
00:25:27,209 --> 00:25:28,778
You're being jejune.

635
00:25:28,778 --> 00:25:32,447
You know nothing happened.

636
00:25:32,447 --> 00:25:34,283
Am I really to be
held responsible

637
00:25:34,283 --> 00:25:35,484
for Turner's actions?

638
00:25:35,484 --> 00:25:37,486
You're responsible
for your own inaction.

639
00:25:37,486 --> 00:25:40,059
[knocking on door]
What is it?

640
00:25:41,993 --> 00:25:43,593
Yes?

641
00:25:43,593 --> 00:25:44,660
I can come back later.

642
00:25:44,660 --> 00:25:48,095
No.
Say it now or never.

643
00:25:48,095 --> 00:25:50,999
Larry and I have been invited
to a play by Mr. Oscar Wilde.

644
00:25:50,999 --> 00:25:52,768
There's to be
a reception afterwards.

645
00:25:52,768 --> 00:25:54,870
- Who has invited you?
- Aurora Fane.

646
00:25:54,870 --> 00:25:57,106
Though I'll be escorted
by John Adams.

647
00:25:57,106 --> 00:25:58,308
May I go?

648
00:25:58,308 --> 00:26:00,710
If you wish.

649
00:26:00,710 --> 00:26:02,577
So I can go?
Just like that?

650
00:26:02,577 --> 00:26:03,980
Yes.
Is there anything else?

651
00:26:03,980 --> 00:26:05,648
I suppose not.

652
00:26:05,648 --> 00:26:06,953
Thank you.

653
00:26:08,519 --> 00:26:10,047
I'll be down
in a few minutes.

654
00:26:10,047 --> 00:26:11,687
What's the matter?

655
00:26:11,687 --> 00:26:14,026
Your mother's very tired.

656
00:26:17,228 --> 00:26:20,597
<i>♪ ♪</i>

657
00:26:20,597 --> 00:26:22,832
If it interests you,

658
00:26:22,832 --> 00:26:25,735
I do know that I...

659
00:26:25,735 --> 00:26:27,904
made a mistake.

660
00:26:27,904 --> 00:26:30,406
A misjudgment.
An error.

661
00:26:30,406 --> 00:26:34,680
But I do not know what else
I can say on the subject.

662
00:26:39,217 --> 00:26:40,987
[door clicks]

663
00:26:45,624 --> 00:26:48,123
[knocking on door]

664
00:26:48,123 --> 00:26:51,260
Mr. Church,
may I ask your advice?

665
00:26:51,260 --> 00:26:52,595
Of course.

666
00:26:52,595 --> 00:26:54,396
It's about Mr. McNeil.

667
00:26:54,396 --> 00:26:57,036
- Your son-in-law.
- Exactly.

668
00:27:03,235 --> 00:27:05,474
He has made me an offer.

669
00:27:05,474 --> 00:27:07,676
How was the luncheon?
Was he rude?

670
00:27:07,676 --> 00:27:09,345
No.
He was very polite.

671
00:27:09,345 --> 00:27:11,013
You surprise me.

672
00:27:11,013 --> 00:27:12,915
If his tone was friendly,
his offer is not.

673
00:27:12,915 --> 00:27:15,250
What did it consist of?

674
00:27:15,250 --> 00:27:17,653
Well, to start with,
a generous pension.

675
00:27:17,653 --> 00:27:19,454
I believe he's a rich man.

676
00:27:19,454 --> 00:27:21,824
He's certainly
a successful one.

677
00:27:21,824 --> 00:27:24,360
He wants me to move
to the West Coast,

678
00:27:24,360 --> 00:27:25,795
to San Francisco.

679
00:27:25,795 --> 00:27:28,397
San Francisco
is a long way away.

680
00:27:28,397 --> 00:27:29,697
I would consider it,

681
00:27:29,697 --> 00:27:32,134
but I am also to swear
I will make no effort

682
00:27:32,134 --> 00:27:35,165
to see my daughter
or her children

683
00:27:35,165 --> 00:27:37,507
for the rest of my life.

684
00:27:37,507 --> 00:27:38,740
Goodness me.

685
00:27:38,740 --> 00:27:41,338
McNeil will inform me
of their news.

686
00:27:41,338 --> 00:27:42,745
I'm not to answer
his letters

687
00:27:42,745 --> 00:27:44,713
or seek to correspond
with Flora.

688
00:27:44,713 --> 00:27:46,081
But you would
be taken care of?

689
00:27:46,081 --> 00:27:48,684
An apartment
will be purchased.

690
00:27:48,684 --> 00:27:50,753
A bank account will be opened.

691
00:27:50,753 --> 00:27:53,823
I'll have
a manservant and a cook.

692
00:27:53,823 --> 00:27:56,893
So yes,
I will be taken care of.

693
00:27:56,893 --> 00:27:59,161
I suppose
that's not unreasonable,

694
00:27:59,161 --> 00:28:00,996
given their position
in New York.

695
00:28:00,996 --> 00:28:03,599
No, it's not
exactly unreasonable.

696
00:28:03,599 --> 00:28:07,536
Could even be called generous.

697
00:28:07,536 --> 00:28:12,742
But it is heartless...
all the same.

698
00:28:12,742 --> 00:28:19,952
<i>♪ ♪</i>

699
00:28:23,154 --> 00:28:26,155
Mr. Henderson, I believe.
Will you come this way?

700
00:28:26,155 --> 00:28:32,464
<i>♪ ♪</i>

701
00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:37,366
Mr. Henderson.

702
00:28:37,366 --> 00:28:38,868
Hello, Mr. Russell.

703
00:28:38,868 --> 00:28:41,304
Mr. Henderson.
Thank you for coming.

704
00:28:41,304 --> 00:28:43,939
Yeah.

705
00:28:43,939 --> 00:28:47,376
My dear,
may I present Mr. Henderson,

706
00:28:47,376 --> 00:28:49,512
who has traveled all the way
from Pittsburgh to see me.

707
00:28:49,512 --> 00:28:50,712
Happy to know you, ma'am.

708
00:28:50,712 --> 00:28:51,980
I want to welcome you
to the house.

709
00:28:51,980 --> 00:28:53,182
It's good of you to come.

710
00:28:53,182 --> 00:28:55,084
It's good of Mr. Russell
to ask me.

711
00:28:55,084 --> 00:28:56,952
I've never visited
a house like this before,

712
00:28:56,952 --> 00:28:59,087
and I don't suppose
I ever will again.

713
00:28:59,087 --> 00:29:00,856
Then I hope you enjoy yourself.

714
00:29:00,856 --> 00:29:02,124
Was your hotel comfortable?

715
00:29:02,124 --> 00:29:05,027
I've never been
so comfortable before.

716
00:29:05,027 --> 00:29:06,094
Ah.

717
00:29:06,094 --> 00:29:09,268
Our luncheon is ready,
so let us go in and eat it.

718
00:29:11,263 --> 00:29:13,269
[clears throat]

719
00:29:13,269 --> 00:29:15,571
I might be going away
for a few days.

720
00:29:15,571 --> 00:29:17,339
Oh?
Where are you going?

721
00:29:17,339 --> 00:29:19,007
Tuskegee, Alabama.

722
00:29:19,007 --> 00:29:21,978
Mr. Fortune and I are doing
a story on a school down there.

723
00:29:21,978 --> 00:29:23,946
I've already asked
Mrs. Van Rhijn's permission.

724
00:29:23,946 --> 00:29:26,115
You said might be.
So it's not definite?

725
00:29:26,115 --> 00:29:28,283
[sighs] Mr. Fortune hasn't
officially decided,

726
00:29:28,283 --> 00:29:30,719
but I've made
a good case for myself.

727
00:29:30,719 --> 00:29:32,455
I don't believe he'll refuse.

728
00:29:32,455 --> 00:29:33,956
Who else is going?

729
00:29:33,956 --> 00:29:35,390
Well,
he didn't mention anyone.

730
00:29:35,390 --> 00:29:37,226
Well, you can't go
all the way to Alabama

731
00:29:37,226 --> 00:29:38,795
alone with a man.

732
00:29:38,795 --> 00:29:39,995
I've told you.

733
00:29:39,995 --> 00:29:43,265
It is a professional trip,
and Mr. Fortune is my employer.

734
00:29:43,265 --> 00:29:46,102
He's also a man,
and a married one.

735
00:29:46,102 --> 00:29:47,435
[sighs]

736
00:29:47,435 --> 00:29:48,975
Be careful. That's all.

737
00:29:50,908 --> 00:29:52,942
Have you always
lived in Pittsburgh?

738
00:29:52,942 --> 00:29:54,543
No.
I was born in New Jersey,

739
00:29:54,543 --> 00:29:55,878
but I moved there for the work.

740
00:29:55,878 --> 00:29:57,079
But my wife's from Pittsburgh.

741
00:29:57,079 --> 00:29:59,282
How long have
you been married?

742
00:29:59,282 --> 00:30:00,349
23 years.

743
00:30:00,349 --> 00:30:01,917
We have six children
to show for it.

744
00:30:01,917 --> 00:30:03,251
Six! Heavens.

745
00:30:03,251 --> 00:30:04,853
We have all we can
handle with two.

746
00:30:04,853 --> 00:30:06,756
[laughs]
No, Susie works as well.

747
00:30:06,756 --> 00:30:08,024
She's a dressmaker.

748
00:30:08,024 --> 00:30:09,225
Mm. I admire her.

749
00:30:09,225 --> 00:30:11,194
Well, we have
to make ends meet.

750
00:30:11,194 --> 00:30:12,362
Mm.

751
00:30:12,362 --> 00:30:13,462
[clears throat]

752
00:30:13,462 --> 00:30:15,964
Why not take Mr. Henderson
through to the library?

753
00:30:15,964 --> 00:30:18,434
You can speak
more freely there.

754
00:30:18,434 --> 00:30:20,335
[laughter]
- It's true.

755
00:30:20,335 --> 00:30:22,938
And the worst thing is
that Marian has shown up

756
00:30:22,938 --> 00:30:24,907
Frances's other teachers.

757
00:30:24,907 --> 00:30:27,676
In her opinion, they are wrong.

758
00:30:27,676 --> 00:30:29,712
Only Miss Brook can do right.

759
00:30:29,712 --> 00:30:31,013
[all chuckle]

760
00:30:31,013 --> 00:30:32,347
Frances is an adorable child.

761
00:30:32,347 --> 00:30:34,049
But I must ask her
to be more tolerant.

762
00:30:34,049 --> 00:30:36,551
I wish you success,
as she may insist

763
00:30:36,551 --> 00:30:39,021
you take all her lessons,
and not just watercolors.

764
00:30:39,021 --> 00:30:40,656
You paint in watercolors?

765
00:30:40,656 --> 00:30:42,592
She does.
And very well.

766
00:30:42,592 --> 00:30:44,459
- Thank you.
- How pleasing.

767
00:30:44,459 --> 00:30:46,929
The showy oil paintings
of the masters

768
00:30:46,929 --> 00:30:48,864
normally get all the attention,

769
00:30:48,864 --> 00:30:51,033
but watercolors
have a champion in me.

770
00:30:51,033 --> 00:30:53,501
Oh, me too.
I just love them.

771
00:30:53,501 --> 00:30:56,205
Really, Ada?
I'd never heard you say that.

772
00:30:56,205 --> 00:30:58,975
Which watercolorist
do you especially favor?

773
00:30:58,975 --> 00:31:02,211
[laughs]
I know you mean to catch me out,

774
00:31:02,211 --> 00:31:04,079
but it happens
that I admire

775
00:31:04,079 --> 00:31:06,882
the German painter
Adolph Menzel.

776
00:31:06,882 --> 00:31:08,350
A marvelous fellow.

777
00:31:08,350 --> 00:31:11,253
He works in such
a range of styles.

778
00:31:11,253 --> 00:31:13,489
Aren't they mounting
a Menzel exhibition here?

779
00:31:13,489 --> 00:31:15,525
What is this?

780
00:31:15,525 --> 00:31:16,959
Soup.

781
00:31:16,959 --> 00:31:18,961
Soup? At luncheon?

782
00:31:18,961 --> 00:31:21,296
Wasn't it George IV
who decreed

783
00:31:21,296 --> 00:31:23,599
that no gentleman drinks soup
in the middle of the day?

784
00:31:23,599 --> 00:31:24,967
[laughter]

785
00:31:24,967 --> 00:31:27,069
This is New England
clam chowder.

786
00:31:27,069 --> 00:31:29,137
I thought it would
be a surprise.

787
00:31:29,137 --> 00:31:31,139
And so it is.
How did it get on my table?

788
00:31:31,139 --> 00:31:33,241
I conspired with Mrs. Bauer.

789
00:31:33,241 --> 00:31:34,837
And why was that, Aunt Ada?

790
00:31:34,837 --> 00:31:37,312
The Reverend mentioned
that he was in search

791
00:31:37,312 --> 00:31:40,516
of an authentic bowl of chowder
here in New York.

792
00:31:40,516 --> 00:31:42,184
I believe I did.

793
00:31:42,184 --> 00:31:44,419
So I set our cook
to the task.

794
00:31:44,419 --> 00:31:46,989
We went through
quite a few receipts.

795
00:31:46,989 --> 00:31:49,659
I hope you agree
with her choice.

796
00:31:49,659 --> 00:31:51,293
It smells delicious.

797
00:31:51,293 --> 00:31:53,829
Well, if we discuss the soup
any longer,

798
00:31:53,829 --> 00:31:55,631
it won't be fit to drink.

799
00:31:55,631 --> 00:31:57,503
Quite right, Mrs. Van Rhijn.

800
00:32:00,070 --> 00:32:02,038
I'm looking forward to the
evening with Oscar Wilde.

801
00:32:02,038 --> 00:32:04,306
Oh, I've read nothing
about the play.

802
00:32:04,306 --> 00:32:07,776
But we know him a little from
one of our visits to England.

803
00:32:07,776 --> 00:32:09,477
He's such an entertaining man.

804
00:32:09,477 --> 00:32:11,780
And Miss Beaton
will be in the party.

805
00:32:11,780 --> 00:32:13,716
I'm glad. I like her.

806
00:32:13,716 --> 00:32:15,250
And I think she likes you.

807
00:32:15,250 --> 00:32:17,319
But you must promise me
not to break her heart.

808
00:32:17,319 --> 00:32:19,821
You have a very
poor opinion of me.

809
00:32:19,821 --> 00:32:22,058
Are there more New England
treats waiting in the wings?

810
00:32:22,058 --> 00:32:24,226
No. Just the soup.

811
00:32:24,226 --> 00:32:26,661
- How kind of you, Aunt Ada.
- I agree.

812
00:32:26,661 --> 00:32:30,566
And it is kindness that does
the most good in the world.

813
00:32:30,566 --> 00:32:32,368
Well said, Reverend.

814
00:32:32,368 --> 00:32:35,474
- More wine, ma'am?
- Definitely.

815
00:32:37,008 --> 00:32:38,173
Where shall we start?

816
00:32:38,173 --> 00:32:40,409
Why not begin with
the simple facts?

817
00:32:40,409 --> 00:32:41,476
[grunts]

818
00:32:41,476 --> 00:32:43,278
Your average steel man
works 12 hours a day,

819
00:32:43,278 --> 00:32:45,915
six days a week,
and all for a pittance.

820
00:32:45,915 --> 00:32:47,549
When the bell sounds
their release,

821
00:32:47,549 --> 00:32:50,686
they're too broken for anything
more than a mouthful of food

822
00:32:50,686 --> 00:32:52,254
and sleep.

823
00:32:52,254 --> 00:32:55,057
It's an existence.
It's not a life.

824
00:32:55,057 --> 00:32:56,626
You know I cannot
pay my workers

825
00:32:56,626 --> 00:32:57,927
more than the normal rate.

826
00:32:57,927 --> 00:32:59,428
- Why not?
- It would upset the markets,

827
00:32:59,428 --> 00:33:01,759
which would not benefit anyone.

828
00:33:01,759 --> 00:33:04,266
I dare say, in time,
wages will rise.

829
00:33:04,266 --> 00:33:05,868
But you must let
these things evolve.

830
00:33:05,868 --> 00:33:09,500
And working conditions, hmm?

831
00:33:09,500 --> 00:33:10,639
Must they evolve too,

832
00:33:10,639 --> 00:33:12,741
while men are maimed and killed
through bad practice?

833
00:33:12,741 --> 00:33:16,078
Life is a dangerous business,
Mr. Henderson.

834
00:33:16,078 --> 00:33:18,346
I'm a patron of the
Brooklyn Bridge,

835
00:33:18,346 --> 00:33:20,449
and more than 20 men have died
in its construction.

836
00:33:20,449 --> 00:33:22,184
Would you rather
it had not been built,

837
00:33:22,184 --> 00:33:23,819
and New York was forever
a divided city?

838
00:33:23,819 --> 00:33:26,255
- No.
- No.

839
00:33:26,255 --> 00:33:28,825
We cannot make the world
a padded cell,

840
00:33:28,825 --> 00:33:30,359
even for the comfort
of your workers.

841
00:33:30,359 --> 00:33:32,127
Things are changing,
Mr. Russell.

842
00:33:32,127 --> 00:33:33,829
Unions are stronger, now.

843
00:33:33,829 --> 00:33:35,064
They will grow stronger still,

844
00:33:35,064 --> 00:33:36,298
and you will have
to deal with them.

845
00:33:36,298 --> 00:33:38,100
I am a man of business.

846
00:33:38,100 --> 00:33:40,502
And I have jobs to offer
in my mills,

847
00:33:40,502 --> 00:33:42,871
in my factories,
and on my railroads.

848
00:33:42,871 --> 00:33:44,606
And I pay the going rate.

849
00:33:44,606 --> 00:33:46,809
If your men don't want
to work for me,

850
00:33:46,809 --> 00:33:48,343
then I suggest they step aside

851
00:33:48,343 --> 00:33:49,878
and make way
for the many who do.

852
00:33:49,878 --> 00:33:50,913
Is that all you have to say?

853
00:33:50,913 --> 00:33:52,047
Did I come to New York
to hear that?

854
00:33:52,047 --> 00:33:55,484
Not quite.

855
00:33:55,484 --> 00:33:57,685
What if I offered you
a job in management?

856
00:33:57,685 --> 00:33:59,656
Is there any chance
that you might take it?

857
00:33:59,656 --> 00:34:02,124
[scoffs]
Why would I?

858
00:34:02,124 --> 00:34:03,926
To see your
children healthy,

859
00:34:03,926 --> 00:34:06,462
well fed,
and in the best schools.

860
00:34:06,462 --> 00:34:09,264
To let your wife give up her
sewing, if she so wishes.

861
00:34:09,264 --> 00:34:13,335
To be a figure in the community,
valued and admired.

862
00:34:13,335 --> 00:34:15,037
So it would be
to my own advantage?

863
00:34:15,037 --> 00:34:16,272
Indeed it would.

864
00:34:16,272 --> 00:34:17,973
And how would that
help the workforce?

865
00:34:17,973 --> 00:34:21,043
Oh, I see how it is.

866
00:34:21,043 --> 00:34:23,545
You are Saint Michael
with a flaming sword,

867
00:34:23,545 --> 00:34:26,014
and I am just
a greedy robber baron.

868
00:34:26,014 --> 00:34:28,751
[chuckles]
You used the phrase.

869
00:34:28,751 --> 00:34:30,620
Not I.

870
00:34:30,620 --> 00:34:32,716
<i>[soft tense music]</i>

871
00:34:32,716 --> 00:34:35,557
You're very good, you know.

872
00:34:35,557 --> 00:34:38,126
They were right to send you
as their spokesman.

873
00:34:38,126 --> 00:34:39,327
All we're asking
is for you to do

874
00:34:39,327 --> 00:34:41,596
the right thing, Mr. Russell.

875
00:34:41,596 --> 00:34:43,165
I pay you the compliment
of being sure

876
00:34:43,165 --> 00:34:45,334
that you know what
the right thing would be.

877
00:34:45,334 --> 00:34:47,569
I hope you believe me.

878
00:34:47,569 --> 00:34:51,373
I believe in your sincerity,
Mr. Henderson, I do.

879
00:34:51,373 --> 00:34:53,441
But do you believe workers
can win against capital?

880
00:34:53,441 --> 00:34:57,680
Of which I blush to say
I have a great deal.

881
00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:00,282
Ah.

882
00:35:00,282 --> 00:35:03,251
Now I understand why
you brought me here.

883
00:35:03,251 --> 00:35:05,420
But you're wrong, Mr. Russell.

884
00:35:05,420 --> 00:35:08,390
You have miscalculated.

885
00:35:08,390 --> 00:35:11,360
The future is on our side.

886
00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:14,497
And now I should go.

887
00:35:14,497 --> 00:35:18,800
<i>♪ ♪</i>

888
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,403
Well, I've never been
west of the Mississippi.

889
00:35:21,403 --> 00:35:23,871
I'd like to see
the Pacific Ocean.

890
00:35:23,871 --> 00:35:26,642
I read that the California
winter is like our fall,

891
00:35:26,642 --> 00:35:29,812
except the leaves
don't change their color.

892
00:35:29,812 --> 00:35:31,380
I think I'd miss that.

893
00:35:31,380 --> 00:35:34,183
You'll go to San Francisco, then?

894
00:35:34,183 --> 00:35:37,019
[sighs]
I'm still undecided.

895
00:35:37,019 --> 00:35:38,787
It's a strange thing,

896
00:35:38,787 --> 00:35:42,458
to be forced out
of your child's life twice.

897
00:35:42,458 --> 00:35:45,194
Of course, when I first left,
she was just a little girl.

898
00:35:45,194 --> 00:35:46,361
It wasn't her fault.

899
00:35:46,361 --> 00:35:48,463
So you think she had a hand
in this proposition, then?

900
00:35:48,463 --> 00:35:50,532
Well, I can't imagine
that he would

901
00:35:50,532 --> 00:35:52,801
banish her own father to the
other side of the country

902
00:35:52,801 --> 00:35:54,202
without consulting her.

903
00:35:54,202 --> 00:35:55,438
I suppose.

904
00:35:55,438 --> 00:35:57,473
Maybe it was her idea.

905
00:35:57,473 --> 00:36:00,410
He just served
as the executioner.

906
00:36:00,410 --> 00:36:02,111
I don't have children,

907
00:36:02,111 --> 00:36:03,979
so I can't speak
to how it must feel.

908
00:36:03,979 --> 00:36:07,282
But you are still,
and will always be, her father.

909
00:36:07,282 --> 00:36:09,685
No one can change that.

910
00:36:09,685 --> 00:36:11,620
Maybe.

911
00:36:11,620 --> 00:36:15,024
But they are certainly trying
to erase any reminder of it.

912
00:36:15,024 --> 00:36:16,625
How did it go, Mr. Church?

913
00:36:16,625 --> 00:36:19,361
Well, I'm not used to serving
horny-handed sons of toil,

914
00:36:19,361 --> 00:36:20,695
but it seemed to go
fairly well.

915
00:36:20,695 --> 00:36:22,532
Did the mistress turn up
in the end?

916
00:36:22,532 --> 00:36:23,766
Oh, yes.

917
00:36:23,766 --> 00:36:24,666
Cool as a cucumber.

918
00:36:24,666 --> 00:36:26,101
Butter wouldn't melt
in her mouth.

919
00:36:26,101 --> 00:36:27,502
What's the argument about?

920
00:36:27,502 --> 00:36:29,304
I don't know,
but she hasn't forgiven him.

921
00:36:29,304 --> 00:36:30,438
Not yet.
- She will.

922
00:36:30,438 --> 00:36:31,774
Has the union man gone?

923
00:36:31,774 --> 00:36:33,075
Yes, and good riddance.

924
00:36:33,075 --> 00:36:34,443
All unions do
is make everything

925
00:36:34,443 --> 00:36:36,912
worse than it was before.

926
00:36:36,912 --> 00:36:39,381
I'm not sure that's quite
the whole picture, Mr. Church.

927
00:36:39,381 --> 00:36:41,950
What if they started
a servants' union?

928
00:36:41,950 --> 00:36:43,385
Would you join it?

929
00:36:43,385 --> 00:36:45,921
I'd rather be struck dead
by lightning.

930
00:36:45,921 --> 00:36:48,494
I take it that's a no.

931
00:36:52,797 --> 00:36:56,131
Thank you for today.

932
00:36:56,131 --> 00:36:57,866
He hasn't backed down.

933
00:36:57,866 --> 00:37:00,069
I can only hope I've given him
something to think about.

934
00:37:00,069 --> 00:37:03,272
Good.

935
00:37:03,272 --> 00:37:05,141
Are you going up to dress?

936
00:37:05,141 --> 00:37:09,245
No.
I'll have a tray in my room.

937
00:37:09,245 --> 00:37:10,546
Will the children
dine with me,

938
00:37:10,546 --> 00:37:12,048
or have you made other plans?

939
00:37:12,048 --> 00:37:15,484
This is our quarrel,
not theirs.

940
00:37:15,484 --> 00:37:17,353
But they're both going
to the theater tonight,

941
00:37:17,353 --> 00:37:19,489
so you'll eat on your own.

942
00:37:19,489 --> 00:37:21,690
<i>[soft somber music]</i>

943
00:37:21,690 --> 00:37:23,291
How long will it be
like this?

944
00:37:23,291 --> 00:37:24,760
I don't know, George.

945
00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:27,729
Betrayal is not like
a case of influenza.

946
00:37:27,729 --> 00:37:30,232
No, it feels more like
a death sentence.

947
00:37:30,232 --> 00:37:33,636
Won't you allow me
to make things up to you?

948
00:37:33,636 --> 00:37:37,674
<i>♪ ♪</i>

949
00:37:37,674 --> 00:37:39,478
[cries softly]

950
00:37:44,382 --> 00:37:47,044
Open in the name
of the Emperor!

951
00:37:47,044 --> 00:37:50,319
Brothers, be masked,
all of you!

952
00:37:50,319 --> 00:37:53,856
Have you not noticed
the proclamation, fellows?

953
00:37:53,856 --> 00:37:55,290
Nay, sir.

954
00:37:55,290 --> 00:37:57,159
Let me see who you are.

955
00:37:57,159 --> 00:38:00,162
Take off those players' masks.

956
00:38:00,162 --> 00:38:03,766
Stand back, I say,
General Kotemkin!

957
00:38:03,766 --> 00:38:07,802
His Imperial Highness,
the Tsarevich!

958
00:38:07,802 --> 00:38:10,768
Is this the most boring play
in the world,

959
00:38:10,768 --> 00:38:12,202
or just in New York?

960
00:38:12,202 --> 00:38:13,509
You'd better think
of something to praise

961
00:38:13,509 --> 00:38:14,977
when we meet
the playwright later.

962
00:38:14,977 --> 00:38:16,611
That's rather testing.

963
00:38:16,611 --> 00:38:18,313
I wonder why
he thinks he can write.

964
00:38:18,313 --> 00:38:19,847
He does know how to talk.

965
00:38:19,847 --> 00:38:21,812
I met him at a dinner
when he was here last year,

966
00:38:21,812 --> 00:38:23,719
and I was in stitches.

967
00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:25,354
He may be witty,
but clearly

968
00:38:25,354 --> 00:38:27,456
he hasn't learned
how to harness it.

969
00:38:27,456 --> 00:38:29,858
I'm not sure that's the
compliment we're looking for.

970
00:38:29,858 --> 00:38:31,727
[both laugh]

971
00:38:31,727 --> 00:38:32,965
Shh!

972
00:38:34,332 --> 00:38:37,703
Well, good night,
Your Highness.

973
00:38:39,505 --> 00:38:41,437
Good night.

974
00:38:41,437 --> 00:38:44,574
Good night, General!

975
00:38:44,574 --> 00:38:47,109
Saved! And by you!

976
00:38:47,109 --> 00:38:50,880
Brothers,
do you trust me now?

977
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:52,748
<i>[stirring music]</i>

978
00:38:52,748 --> 00:38:55,821
[applause]

979
00:39:01,325 --> 00:39:02,659
Shall I fetch you
a drink of something?

980
00:39:02,659 --> 00:39:04,159
We've got time.
- No.

981
00:39:04,159 --> 00:39:06,624
Let's just stay here.

982
00:39:06,624 --> 00:39:07,729
[sighs]

983
00:39:07,729 --> 00:39:09,698
Are you going on
to the party later?

984
00:39:09,698 --> 00:39:12,067
Well, Aurora has asked me,
so I suppose so.

985
00:39:12,067 --> 00:39:13,836
Mm.

986
00:39:13,836 --> 00:39:16,839
Unless I take you
back to your house.

987
00:39:16,839 --> 00:39:18,608
No one would know.

988
00:39:18,608 --> 00:39:20,710
Or is that a wicked suggestion?

989
00:39:20,710 --> 00:39:23,946
That's certainly
a tempting one.

990
00:39:23,946 --> 00:39:26,916
I don't think too much
of this play.

991
00:39:26,916 --> 00:39:28,218
Do you?

992
00:39:28,218 --> 00:39:29,818
[sighs]

993
00:39:29,818 --> 00:39:32,454
What on Earth are we going
to say to Mr. Wilde?

994
00:39:32,454 --> 00:39:35,190
Would you mind terribly
if I didn't come?

995
00:39:35,190 --> 00:39:36,625
To the party, I mean.

996
00:39:36,625 --> 00:39:38,426
We don't have to stay
for the second act...

997
00:39:38,426 --> 00:39:40,223
[both laugh]
If you'd rather not.

998
00:39:40,223 --> 00:39:43,298
[chuckles]
But is everything all right?

999
00:39:43,298 --> 00:39:45,300
Oh, Frances had
a difficult day.

1000
00:39:45,300 --> 00:39:47,302
Well, she seemed fine
in class.

1001
00:39:47,302 --> 00:39:48,636
Yes, but as you know,

1002
00:39:48,636 --> 00:39:51,173
the school is putting on
a mother-daughter tea.

1003
00:39:51,173 --> 00:39:52,542
And as her mother is--

1004
00:39:52,542 --> 00:39:54,877
I understand.

1005
00:39:54,877 --> 00:39:57,745
My own mother died
when I was very young.

1006
00:39:57,745 --> 00:40:01,083
I fool myself that we're
doing so well, Frances and I.

1007
00:40:01,083 --> 00:40:05,688
And then all of a sudden,
life... catches us out.

1008
00:40:05,688 --> 00:40:07,724
I'm sorry to burden you.

1009
00:40:07,724 --> 00:40:09,492
May I propose something?

1010
00:40:09,492 --> 00:40:10,693
Of course.

1011
00:40:10,693 --> 00:40:12,061
I'm hardly a substitute,

1012
00:40:12,061 --> 00:40:14,897
but I'd be glad to accompany
Frances to the tea,

1013
00:40:14,897 --> 00:40:17,399
if it would help.

1014
00:40:17,399 --> 00:40:21,237
It would help a great deal.

1015
00:40:21,237 --> 00:40:23,473
And Frances would be delighted.

1016
00:40:23,473 --> 00:40:25,007
[laughs]

1017
00:40:25,007 --> 00:40:26,676
Thank you.

1018
00:40:26,676 --> 00:40:28,578
Now I am twice in your debt.

1019
00:40:28,578 --> 00:40:30,012
What do you mean?

1020
00:40:30,012 --> 00:40:31,446
The tennis wager.

1021
00:40:31,446 --> 00:40:34,484
- [laughs]
- I haven't forgotten.

1022
00:40:34,484 --> 00:40:37,920
[indistinct chatter]

1023
00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:40,522
Where is young Mr. Russell?
Has he gone?

1024
00:40:40,522 --> 00:40:43,292
He's taken Mrs. Blane home.
She had a headache.

1025
00:40:43,292 --> 00:40:45,493
Oh, how convenient.
And what fun.

1026
00:40:45,493 --> 00:40:48,296
Oh, no, no.
It's nothing like that.

1027
00:40:48,296 --> 00:40:49,998
Mr. Oscar Wilde.

1028
00:40:49,998 --> 00:40:51,334
Oh.

1029
00:40:51,334 --> 00:40:54,540
[applause]

1030
00:40:55,606 --> 00:40:57,705
How very kind you are,
Mrs. Fane,

1031
00:40:57,705 --> 00:40:59,507
to let me throw off the chains
of the theater

1032
00:40:59,507 --> 00:41:01,310
so that I may step
into society,

1033
00:41:01,310 --> 00:41:03,112
as if I were not damaged goods.

1034
00:41:03,112 --> 00:41:04,780
Oh, nonsense, Mr. Wilde.

1035
00:41:04,780 --> 00:41:06,816
You honor us
with your presence.

1036
00:41:06,816 --> 00:41:08,684
We are delighted
to celebrate you.

1037
00:41:08,684 --> 00:41:10,353
And how I love
being celebrated.

1038
00:41:10,353 --> 00:41:11,386
[laughter]

1039
00:41:11,386 --> 00:41:13,255
Now let me introduce you
to some of our guests.

1040
00:41:13,255 --> 00:41:14,857
This is Miss Maud Beaton.

1041
00:41:14,857 --> 00:41:15,890
Pleasure.

1042
00:41:15,890 --> 00:41:19,261
And your namesake,
my cousin, Oscar van Rhijn.

1043
00:41:19,261 --> 00:41:21,498
We Oscars must
stick together.

1044
00:41:21,498 --> 00:41:23,432
How do you find America?

1045
00:41:23,432 --> 00:41:25,635
Well, I can manage
almost everything

1046
00:41:25,635 --> 00:41:27,503
but the food and the wallpaper.

1047
00:41:27,503 --> 00:41:29,138
[laughter]

1048
00:41:29,138 --> 00:41:31,908
Were you pleased
with how the play went?

1049
00:41:31,908 --> 00:41:33,608
An audience
is seldom pleasing.

1050
00:41:33,608 --> 00:41:35,344
It's a bonus if they
don't disappoint.

1051
00:41:35,344 --> 00:41:37,513
But what's your verdict?

1052
00:41:37,513 --> 00:41:39,348
It was interesting.

1053
00:41:39,348 --> 00:41:40,548
- Interesting...
- Mm-hmm.

1054
00:41:40,548 --> 00:41:42,652
Is a weasel word,
and generally used

1055
00:41:42,652 --> 00:41:45,621
to avoid giving a real opinion.

1056
00:41:45,621 --> 00:41:47,323
I liked Marie Prescott.

1057
00:41:47,323 --> 00:41:48,457
Yes.

1058
00:41:48,457 --> 00:41:49,425
She's, uh--
she's glamorous enough

1059
00:41:49,425 --> 00:41:50,826
to take our minds off the text.

1060
00:41:50,826 --> 00:41:52,594
But I don't think it'll run.

1061
00:41:52,594 --> 00:41:53,696
Well, you will run,
Mr. Wilde.

1062
00:41:53,696 --> 00:41:55,465
As long and as far
as you care to.

1063
00:41:55,465 --> 00:41:56,565
And you are?

1064
00:41:56,565 --> 00:41:59,168
John Adams.
How do you do?

1065
00:41:59,168 --> 00:42:02,070
And uh, this is our new
friend, Miss Gladys Russell.

1066
00:42:02,070 --> 00:42:03,005
Oh.

1067
00:42:03,005 --> 00:42:05,307
I hope you enjoyed the play,
Miss Russell.

1068
00:42:05,307 --> 00:42:08,010
Is "enjoy" the right word
when a tsar is murdered,

1069
00:42:08,010 --> 00:42:10,478
and the evening ends with
the heroine stabbing herself?

1070
00:42:10,478 --> 00:42:13,015
Oh!
So young, and already a critic.

1071
00:42:13,015 --> 00:42:15,651
[laughter]

1072
00:42:15,651 --> 00:42:18,453
So you've met
the charming Miss Beaton?

1073
00:42:18,453 --> 00:42:20,789
I suppose it was only
a matter of time.

1074
00:42:20,789 --> 00:42:23,358
I like her very much.

1075
00:42:23,358 --> 00:42:25,161
Are you here with
Gladys Russell?

1076
00:42:25,161 --> 00:42:26,562
As a friend.

1077
00:42:26,562 --> 00:42:28,296
What if she wants
more from you?

1078
00:42:28,296 --> 00:42:31,237
She'll be disappointed,
as I'm already spoken for.

1079
00:42:33,872 --> 00:42:35,103
Have he and I met?

1080
00:42:35,103 --> 00:42:36,606
No.

1081
00:42:36,606 --> 00:42:38,974
But I'll introduce you soon.

1082
00:42:38,974 --> 00:42:42,177
Oh.

1083
00:42:42,177 --> 00:42:43,445
Are you happy with him?

1084
00:42:43,445 --> 00:42:45,614
Oscar, I'm happy with me.

1085
00:42:45,614 --> 00:42:49,285
That's as much as
I need or hope for.

1086
00:42:49,285 --> 00:42:51,587
I rather envy you.

1087
00:42:51,587 --> 00:42:53,489
Who is Miss Russell?

1088
00:42:53,489 --> 00:42:55,724
One of your famous heiresses,
I suppose?

1089
00:42:55,724 --> 00:42:57,760
How clever you are,
Mr. Wilde.

1090
00:42:57,760 --> 00:43:00,723
Yes, one of the
greatest of her year.

1091
00:43:00,723 --> 00:43:03,933
Well, it seems we're in
a room full of young heiresses.

1092
00:43:03,933 --> 00:43:06,102
Which is your cousin
sounding out?

1093
00:43:06,102 --> 00:43:08,603
I shouldn't admit it,
but of course you're right.

1094
00:43:08,603 --> 00:43:10,973
He has his eye on
Miss Beaton now.

1095
00:43:10,973 --> 00:43:13,308
And the young man with him?

1096
00:43:13,308 --> 00:43:16,546
John Adams.
He's an old friend of Oscar's.

1097
00:43:16,546 --> 00:43:17,879
Is he, indeed?

1098
00:43:17,879 --> 00:43:19,615
Yes, I can see that
getting rather complicated.

1099
00:43:19,615 --> 00:43:21,650
I don't know what you mean.

1100
00:43:21,650 --> 00:43:25,157
Nor should you.
You're far too well brought up.

1101
00:43:30,761 --> 00:43:32,094
Have you not heard
of the opera battle

1102
00:43:32,094 --> 00:43:33,463
that's being waged
at the moment?

1103
00:43:33,463 --> 00:43:34,797
No, indeed, I have.

1104
00:43:34,797 --> 00:43:36,065
Though it seems
strange to me to wage

1105
00:43:36,065 --> 00:43:38,000
a war over that
yellow brick brewery

1106
00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:39,735
on Broadway and 39th Street.

1107
00:43:39,735 --> 00:43:41,203
Is that fair?

1108
00:43:41,203 --> 00:43:42,504
No, you're quite right.

1109
00:43:42,504 --> 00:43:43,973
If it were actually
a brewery,

1110
00:43:43,973 --> 00:43:45,673
someone might hope
to get some pleasure from it.

1111
00:43:45,673 --> 00:43:49,378
We're proud of our opera,
Mr. Wilde.

1112
00:43:49,378 --> 00:43:50,445
It has been my experience

1113
00:43:50,445 --> 00:43:52,014
that you are proud
of many things

1114
00:43:52,014 --> 00:43:55,084
that would not translate
to the old world.

1115
00:43:55,084 --> 00:43:57,219
- Hmm.
- But is the old world better?

1116
00:43:57,219 --> 00:44:00,359
Not better, exactly.
Just more tested by time.

1117
00:44:03,228 --> 00:44:04,163
[chuckles]

1118
00:44:05,530 --> 00:44:07,029
You're back so soon.

1119
00:44:07,029 --> 00:44:08,530
I thought you were
in Newport all summer.

1120
00:44:08,530 --> 00:44:10,400
I went with Mr. Church
and Mr. Watson,

1121
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:11,599
the master's valet.

1122
00:44:11,599 --> 00:44:12,635
But we all came back
much sooner

1123
00:44:12,635 --> 00:44:14,136
than Mr. Church expected.

1124
00:44:14,136 --> 00:44:16,271
What's the Newport house
like?

1125
00:44:16,271 --> 00:44:17,906
Gracious and grand.

1126
00:44:17,906 --> 00:44:19,575
They called it a cottage.

1127
00:44:19,575 --> 00:44:21,977
It's not like a cottage to me.

1128
00:44:21,977 --> 00:44:24,246
I like the town, though.
We'll go back soon.

1129
00:44:24,246 --> 00:44:25,748
We're only here for
the mistress's tea party.

1130
00:44:25,748 --> 00:44:27,249
How'd it go?

1131
00:44:27,249 --> 00:44:29,818
Do you know about Miss Turner,
the lady's maid?

1132
00:44:29,818 --> 00:44:32,387
She turned up at the party
as a guest.

1133
00:44:32,387 --> 00:44:34,256
- What?
- It's true.

1134
00:44:34,256 --> 00:44:37,092
She's married
a rich old property man,

1135
00:44:37,092 --> 00:44:38,494
and now she's
the talk of the town.

1136
00:44:38,494 --> 00:44:40,429
What does Mrs. Russell
say to that?

1137
00:44:40,429 --> 00:44:41,731
There's not much
she can say,

1138
00:44:41,731 --> 00:44:43,098
but I don't think she likes it.

1139
00:44:43,098 --> 00:44:44,494
Not one bit.

1140
00:44:44,494 --> 00:44:45,900
Mrs. Van Rhijn
wouldn't like it much

1141
00:44:45,900 --> 00:44:48,771
if Miss Armstrong left and
came back as Mrs. Rockefeller.

1142
00:44:48,771 --> 00:44:50,640
- [laughs]
- Anyway.

1143
00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:52,640
I'd better get back.

1144
00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:54,880
Hurry now.
Don't let that fall.

1145
00:45:00,185 --> 00:45:03,385
I have some contributions
for the rummage sale.

1146
00:45:03,385 --> 00:45:05,454
In there?
Thank you so much.

1147
00:45:05,454 --> 00:45:07,657
- I understand.
- Not one bit.

1148
00:45:07,657 --> 00:45:09,258
[sighs]

1149
00:45:09,258 --> 00:45:11,327
Miss Brook!

1150
00:45:11,327 --> 00:45:12,662
Is everything all right?

1151
00:45:12,662 --> 00:45:15,463
Oh, Mr. Dawson
had a low opinion

1152
00:45:15,463 --> 00:45:17,299
of how we give out communion.

1153
00:45:17,299 --> 00:45:19,168
What part of it
was he criticizing?

1154
00:45:19,168 --> 00:45:21,003
The part where
I offer communion

1155
00:45:21,003 --> 00:45:23,572
to those he deems undeserving.

1156
00:45:23,572 --> 00:45:25,407
What you must
have to put up with.

1157
00:45:25,407 --> 00:45:29,011
Let's just say some of God's
children can be very tiresome.

1158
00:45:29,011 --> 00:45:31,847
[laughs]
Are you allowed to say that?

1159
00:45:31,847 --> 00:45:33,315
Can't I, to you?

1160
00:45:33,315 --> 00:45:35,485
Of course you can.

1161
00:45:35,485 --> 00:45:36,753
We're friends.

1162
00:45:36,753 --> 00:45:40,457
Good.
[both chuckle]

1163
00:45:40,457 --> 00:45:42,725
I enjoyed luncheon.

1164
00:45:42,725 --> 00:45:44,660
And I was truly touched
that you had

1165
00:45:44,660 --> 00:45:45,962
your cook prepare the chowder.

1166
00:45:45,962 --> 00:45:48,996
Oh, I'm happy
if you enjoyed it.

1167
00:45:48,996 --> 00:45:52,168
I think everyone did,
except possibly Mrs. Van Rhijn.

1168
00:45:52,168 --> 00:45:54,136
Oh, my sister.

1169
00:45:54,136 --> 00:45:56,806
Pleasing her can be
little short of a miracle.

1170
00:45:56,806 --> 00:45:58,308
Well, I'm in the
miracle business.

1171
00:45:58,308 --> 00:45:59,341
[laughs]

1172
00:45:59,341 --> 00:46:01,010
Do you remember when we
talked about watercolors,

1173
00:46:01,010 --> 00:46:02,479
you mentioned Adolph Menzel?

1174
00:46:02,479 --> 00:46:04,046
I do.

1175
00:46:04,046 --> 00:46:06,348
I found the exhibition
of his work that I mentioned.

1176
00:46:06,348 --> 00:46:09,818
It's at the Ross Gallery
on West 42nd.

1177
00:46:09,818 --> 00:46:13,489
I thought maybe
we might go together.

1178
00:46:13,489 --> 00:46:15,124
Oh.

1179
00:46:15,124 --> 00:46:18,561
I'll be there
on Saturday at 4:00,

1180
00:46:18,561 --> 00:46:20,663
in case you can join me.

1181
00:46:20,663 --> 00:46:23,633
<i>[cheerful music]</i>

1182
00:46:23,633 --> 00:46:29,472
<i>♪ ♪</i>

1183
00:46:29,472 --> 00:46:31,040
[laughs]

1184
00:46:31,040 --> 00:46:33,976
Because I believe I could
make the story better--

1185
00:46:33,976 --> 00:46:37,216
better for your paper,
better for your readers.

1186
00:46:39,445 --> 00:46:40,817
That's all I have to say.

1187
00:46:40,817 --> 00:46:43,555
I won't bother you anymore
about it.

1188
00:46:46,491 --> 00:46:47,457
A train ticket?

1189
00:46:47,457 --> 00:46:49,658
We leave on Monday.

1190
00:46:49,658 --> 00:46:50,793
Pack light.

1191
00:46:50,793 --> 00:46:53,463
It's humid in Alabama.

1192
00:46:53,463 --> 00:46:55,131
[laughs]

1193
00:46:55,131 --> 00:47:01,507
<i>♪ ♪</i>

1194
00:47:08,479 --> 00:47:10,713
I've been waiting
for you to get back.

1195
00:47:10,713 --> 00:47:12,314
Why, particularly?

1196
00:47:12,314 --> 00:47:14,751
I need an excuse
to leave the house

1197
00:47:14,751 --> 00:47:16,919
for a couple of hours
on Saturday.

1198
00:47:16,919 --> 00:47:19,154
Are there any errands
I could run?

1199
00:47:19,154 --> 00:47:21,456
[sighs]
None that I can think of.

1200
00:47:21,456 --> 00:47:25,494
Well, I might just
go anyway, by myself.

1201
00:47:25,494 --> 00:47:31,032
If Agnes wonders where I am,
you could say Bloomingdale's.

1202
00:47:31,032 --> 00:47:33,870
Well, this all sounds very
cloak and dagger, Aunt Ada.

1203
00:47:33,870 --> 00:47:36,042
What's going on?

1204
00:47:38,670 --> 00:47:40,109
You mustn't say
a word to Agnes,

1205
00:47:40,109 --> 00:47:42,178
or even Miss Scott.

1206
00:47:42,178 --> 00:47:44,346
But the Reverend Mr. Forte
has invited me

1207
00:47:44,346 --> 00:47:48,318
to meet him at an art gallery
on 42nd Street.

1208
00:47:48,318 --> 00:47:50,385
How intriguing.

1209
00:47:50,385 --> 00:47:52,888
Then again,
there may be nothing to it.

1210
00:47:52,888 --> 00:47:54,323
Perhaps I shouldn't go.

1211
00:47:54,323 --> 00:47:56,459
Nonsense.
Of course you must go.

1212
00:47:56,459 --> 00:47:57,693
I want to.

1213
00:47:57,693 --> 00:48:01,798
But Agnes will ask, and then
I'll stumble all over myself.

1214
00:48:01,798 --> 00:48:04,434
- Why don't I go with you?
- [gasps]

1215
00:48:04,434 --> 00:48:05,735
Would you?
- Mm-hmm.

1216
00:48:05,735 --> 00:48:07,069
I won't stay.

1217
00:48:07,069 --> 00:48:08,771
I'll just accompany you
to the gallery,

1218
00:48:08,771 --> 00:48:10,139
to throw Aunt Agnes
off the scent.

1219
00:48:10,139 --> 00:48:11,807
And if she asks where
we're going, let me speak.

1220
00:48:11,807 --> 00:48:14,176
You would do that for me?

1221
00:48:14,176 --> 00:48:16,212
Look who's scheming now,
Aunt Ada.

1222
00:48:16,212 --> 00:48:19,216
- Oh, stop!
- [laughs]

1223
00:48:19,216 --> 00:48:22,746
<i>♪ ♪</i>

1224
00:48:22,746 --> 00:48:24,887
I didn't know
you were coming home.

1225
00:48:24,887 --> 00:48:28,057
I need more
of my summer clothes.

1226
00:48:28,057 --> 00:48:30,693
I suppose that means you'll
be staying on 61st Street

1227
00:48:30,693 --> 00:48:32,228
through the end of the summer?

1228
00:48:32,228 --> 00:48:33,562
Maybe.

1229
00:48:33,562 --> 00:48:36,165
But I need the clothes to visit
the new colored school

1230
00:48:36,165 --> 00:48:40,202
in Tuskegee, headed by
Mr. Booker T. Washington.

1231
00:48:40,202 --> 00:48:42,170
Tuskegee in Alabama?

1232
00:48:42,170 --> 00:48:44,106
Is there another one?

1233
00:48:44,106 --> 00:48:46,008
W-Why do you have to go there?

1234
00:48:46,008 --> 00:48:48,444
Mr. Fortune gave me
an assignment.

1235
00:48:48,444 --> 00:48:51,113
We're covering the opening
of a new dormitory.

1236
00:48:51,113 --> 00:48:53,816
It's a real opportunity.

1237
00:48:53,816 --> 00:48:55,217
I understand that, but--

1238
00:48:55,217 --> 00:48:56,880
Then what's the matter?

1239
00:48:56,880 --> 00:48:59,822
The matter is that
you have never been south

1240
00:48:59,822 --> 00:49:02,324
of the Mason and Dixon line.

1241
00:49:02,324 --> 00:49:04,326
We're staying with
Mr. Washington and his wife.

1242
00:49:04,326 --> 00:49:06,362
They have a big house,
and some of the teachers

1243
00:49:06,362 --> 00:49:08,497
from the school live there too.

1244
00:49:08,497 --> 00:49:10,767
It'll be all right.
- It's dangerous.

1245
00:49:10,767 --> 00:49:13,235
Mother.
[sighs]

1246
00:49:13,235 --> 00:49:16,338
We came to New York
for a different kind of life--

1247
00:49:16,338 --> 00:49:20,209
a life that colored people
can't have down there.

1248
00:49:20,209 --> 00:49:21,911
Does your father know
where you're going?

1249
00:49:21,911 --> 00:49:23,913
No, ma'am.
It all just happened.

1250
00:49:23,913 --> 00:49:26,115
But you don't seem
to understand

1251
00:49:26,115 --> 00:49:30,886
that once you cross that line,
you are no longer human.

1252
00:49:30,886 --> 00:49:33,823
<i>[soft dramatic music]</i>

1253
00:49:33,823 --> 00:49:35,190
<i>♪ ♪</i>

1254
00:49:35,190 --> 00:49:38,861
Now, you must promise me
to always stay with your group.

1255
00:49:38,861 --> 00:49:40,563
Never go out alone.

1256
00:49:40,563 --> 00:49:42,098
I can promise that.

1257
00:49:42,098 --> 00:49:45,496
Do not make eye contact
with any white folks.

1258
00:49:45,496 --> 00:49:46,768
And don't speak to them.

1259
00:49:46,768 --> 00:49:50,834
Even the slightest gesture
or look can be misconstrued.

1260
00:49:50,834 --> 00:49:52,074
You're telling me
to be subservient?

1261
00:49:52,074 --> 00:49:55,344
I'm telling you
how to stay alive.

1262
00:49:55,344 --> 00:49:57,747
And if it were up to me,
you would not be going at all.

1263
00:49:57,747 --> 00:50:00,783
Well, I have to go.

1264
00:50:00,783 --> 00:50:03,052
I need this.

1265
00:50:03,052 --> 00:50:04,420
I need to show the world

1266
00:50:04,420 --> 00:50:06,622
that there are
young colored people

1267
00:50:06,622 --> 00:50:08,658
really making something
of their lives.

1268
00:50:08,658 --> 00:50:10,192
It gives me a purpose.

1269
00:50:10,192 --> 00:50:13,295
And if I can put
my whole self into my work,

1270
00:50:13,295 --> 00:50:14,997
then I won't have
a spare second

1271
00:50:14,997 --> 00:50:18,901
to think about my poor boy!

1272
00:50:18,901 --> 00:50:22,071
Oh, my darling girl.
I know.

1273
00:50:22,071 --> 00:50:24,406
I know. I know.
- [sobs]

1274
00:50:24,406 --> 00:50:27,009
I am so sorry
you are going through this.

1275
00:50:27,009 --> 00:50:29,111
But listen to me.

1276
00:50:29,111 --> 00:50:32,514
The South is no place
to find refuge,

1277
00:50:32,514 --> 00:50:36,188
and I wish
you would reconsider.

1278
00:50:40,891 --> 00:50:44,026
Apparently, this Duke
is arriving in two weeks' time

1279
00:50:44,026 --> 00:50:46,962
aboard the RMS Servia,
one of the Cunard ships.

1280
00:50:46,962 --> 00:50:48,964
You have contacts at Cunard.

1281
00:50:48,964 --> 00:50:50,967
A couple.

1282
00:50:50,967 --> 00:50:52,034
This is the Duke of Buckingham?

1283
00:50:52,034 --> 00:50:53,969
Yes.

1284
00:50:53,969 --> 00:50:56,972
Can you find out where he'll
be staying when he gets here?

1285
00:50:56,972 --> 00:50:58,874
What reason would I give?

1286
00:50:58,874 --> 00:51:00,109
Can't you say it's business?

1287
00:51:00,109 --> 00:51:02,177
But it's not business, is it?

1288
00:51:02,177 --> 00:51:04,379
If word got back to him
and I couldn't justify it,

1289
00:51:04,379 --> 00:51:06,382
how would that make me look?

1290
00:51:06,382 --> 00:51:08,117
What do we know about him, anyway?

1291
00:51:08,117 --> 00:51:09,685
We know he's a real duke,

1292
00:51:09,685 --> 00:51:12,020
and Turner means to use him
to dazzle Newport.

1293
00:51:12,020 --> 00:51:14,790
What else do we need to know?

1294
00:51:14,790 --> 00:51:16,191
I still don't understand.

1295
00:51:16,191 --> 00:51:18,794
I want to put Turner's nose
out of joint.

1296
00:51:18,794 --> 00:51:19,929
You have to trust me.

1297
00:51:19,929 --> 00:51:22,264
I do trust you.

1298
00:51:22,264 --> 00:51:23,833
More than you trust me,
I think.

1299
00:51:23,833 --> 00:51:25,600
Then prove it.

1300
00:51:25,600 --> 00:51:28,304
There must be someone at Cunard
who could help.

1301
00:51:28,304 --> 00:51:31,506
And if I succeed,

1302
00:51:31,506 --> 00:51:34,576
will I be forgiven
for my failings?

1303
00:51:34,576 --> 00:51:37,714
Find the Duke,
get me an introduction,

1304
00:51:37,714 --> 00:51:39,014
and then we'll talk.

1305
00:51:39,014 --> 00:51:41,050
Very well.

1306
00:51:41,050 --> 00:51:43,689
I'll do my best.

1307
00:51:46,590 --> 00:51:48,457
I told him
he was wrong about us.

1308
00:51:48,457 --> 00:51:51,260
I told him we're united,
and that we'll stand together,

1309
00:51:51,260 --> 00:51:53,162
no matter what.
- Here, here.

1310
00:51:53,162 --> 00:51:54,964
But did he listen to you?

1311
00:51:54,964 --> 00:51:56,498
Oh, he thought
I could be bought off.

1312
00:51:56,498 --> 00:51:58,100
But I think he knows now
that won't happen.

1313
00:51:58,100 --> 00:52:00,197
So what's next?

1314
00:52:00,197 --> 00:52:01,736
All right, his first objective
will be to divide us.

1315
00:52:01,736 --> 00:52:04,206
- He'll offer some of us money.
- Exactly.

1316
00:52:04,206 --> 00:52:05,640
No doubt Mr. Clay will
come up with more money

1317
00:52:05,640 --> 00:52:08,144
for the catchers and roughers,
and more for the American-born

1318
00:52:08,144 --> 00:52:09,711
over the immigrants.
- Yeah.

1319
00:52:09,711 --> 00:52:12,014
They'll do anything they can
to split us into factions.

1320
00:52:12,014 --> 00:52:13,849
And they'll use that
to destroy us.

1321
00:52:13,849 --> 00:52:15,017
No, they won't.

1322
00:52:15,017 --> 00:52:16,751
'Cause we won't
let them succeed.

1323
00:52:16,751 --> 00:52:19,354
Does Mr. Russell know
we're prepared to strike?

1324
00:52:19,354 --> 00:52:21,556
Is he ready for that?
- He knows we could strike.

1325
00:52:21,556 --> 00:52:23,459
But he won't be gentle
in his arguments,

1326
00:52:23,459 --> 00:52:25,160
I can promise you that.

1327
00:52:25,160 --> 00:52:26,628
Mr. Russell is not a weak man,

1328
00:52:26,628 --> 00:52:28,731
and there's no point
pretending otherwise.

1329
00:52:28,731 --> 00:52:29,965
Then we should prepare.

1330
00:52:29,965 --> 00:52:33,435
And when the time comes,
we must be ready to strike.

1331
00:52:33,435 --> 00:52:35,037
- Right.
- Ready to fight.

1332
00:52:35,037 --> 00:52:36,471
[all agreeing]
- Exactly.

1333
00:52:36,471 --> 00:52:40,309
And if it comes,
we have to be ready to die.

1334
00:52:40,309 --> 00:52:42,144
- That's right.
- Yeah.

1335
00:52:42,144 --> 00:52:43,279
That's right.

1336
00:52:43,279 --> 00:52:46,585
[indistinct chatter]

1337
00:52:47,719 --> 00:52:50,953
<i>[gentle music]</i>

1338
00:52:50,953 --> 00:52:53,855
[gasps]
He's here.

1339
00:52:53,855 --> 00:52:57,663
I'll go for a walk outside
while you enjoy the exhibition.

1340
00:53:02,668 --> 00:53:04,867
Mm.

1341
00:53:04,867 --> 00:53:11,877
<i>♪ ♪</i>

1342
00:53:14,078 --> 00:53:16,412
Miss Brook.
How lovely to see you.

1343
00:53:16,412 --> 00:53:18,041
I'm sorry I'm late.

1344
00:53:18,041 --> 00:53:20,282
But you're not.
You're right on time.

1345
00:53:20,282 --> 00:53:22,518
I just started to look
at the pictures because

1346
00:53:22,518 --> 00:53:24,653
I wasn't certain you'd come.

1347
00:53:24,653 --> 00:53:25,988
Oh.

1348
00:53:25,988 --> 00:53:29,057
I like this one, don't you?

1349
00:53:29,057 --> 00:53:31,497
It's so vibrant and busy.

1350
00:53:35,934 --> 00:53:39,335
Menzel is quite
a solitary man, you know.

1351
00:53:39,335 --> 00:53:43,339
Very short,
literally 4'6",

1352
00:53:43,339 --> 00:53:48,143
with a large head,
which may have made him shy.

1353
00:53:48,143 --> 00:53:51,047
[chuckles]
He certainly never married.

1354
00:53:51,047 --> 00:53:54,683
But we mustn't hold that
against him.

1355
00:53:54,683 --> 00:53:56,518
You make me wish
I'd known him.

1356
00:53:56,518 --> 00:54:00,456
He's still alive,
but quite old now.

1357
00:54:00,456 --> 00:54:02,958
Maybe too old
to make new friends.

1358
00:54:02,958 --> 00:54:05,628
Especially single ladies
from Fifth Avenue.

1359
00:54:05,628 --> 00:54:07,730
[both laugh]

1360
00:54:07,730 --> 00:54:09,832
His hero
is Frederick the Great,

1361
00:54:09,832 --> 00:54:12,568
that military genius,
which seems odd...

1362
00:54:12,568 --> 00:54:13,468
Mm.

1363
00:54:13,468 --> 00:54:14,437
Really,
but Frederick figures

1364
00:54:14,437 --> 00:54:16,371
in many of his pictures.

1365
00:54:16,371 --> 00:54:18,741
I so enjoy your knowledge,

1366
00:54:18,741 --> 00:54:20,743
if that doesn't sound
too forward.

1367
00:54:20,743 --> 00:54:24,045
I take it
as a great compliment.

1368
00:54:24,045 --> 00:54:28,450
What did your sister make of
your agreeing to meet me here?

1369
00:54:28,450 --> 00:54:32,220
Oh.
Well, you've met Agnes.

1370
00:54:32,220 --> 00:54:34,323
She always has an opinion
at the ready.

1371
00:54:34,323 --> 00:54:37,326
[chuckles]
Mm.

1372
00:54:37,326 --> 00:54:39,194
I hope she has
a good opinion of me.

1373
00:54:39,194 --> 00:54:40,762
Of course.

1374
00:54:40,762 --> 00:54:44,100
We're both so grateful
you were appointed.

1375
00:54:44,100 --> 00:54:46,468
Really, we couldn't
be more pleased.

1376
00:54:46,468 --> 00:54:50,339
I--I'm grateful too,
Miss Brook.

1377
00:54:50,339 --> 00:54:53,709
For several reasons.

1378
00:54:53,709 --> 00:54:55,681
[chuckles]

1379
00:54:57,514 --> 00:55:00,953
Oh, look at this one.
Isn't it lovely?

1380
00:56:13,925 --> 00:56:15,927
[bright tone]