Gold and Clay Age Season 2 Episode 1

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00:00Satsang with Mooji

01:00Are you sure this isn't too much for you, Agnes?

01:04We should have ordered the carriage.

01:05All my life I've walked to church on Easter morning.

01:07Why should I stop now?

01:09Because we're getting older.

01:11You may be getting older.

01:12I am not.

01:15How long will you be in Newport?

01:17Only a few days this time.

01:19Larry says the house is finished and I want to make sure that it is.

01:22Well, I hope it will take your mind off that other business.

01:24I hate to see you upset.

01:26Nothing will take my mind off that other business, as you call it.

01:30As long as we have no box at the Academy, we are not in the front rank of society, or whatever we may pretend.

01:35That's what Carrie Astor says.

01:36Well, she should know.

01:37Her mother will have been consulted and she must have decided to keep us out.

01:40The Academy must have a list of applicants as long as you are.

01:43And I'm sure Mrs. Astor tried to help.

01:45Are you?

01:46I'm not.

01:46What do you see?

01:51I've forgotten how beautiful Philadelphia was.

01:57I hope we're not going to be late.

01:59The church isn't.

02:00So you know.

02:02When I was in school, we'd visit for some events.

02:04It's nice of Mr. Spring to invite us.

02:09I suppose none of this is easy for them.

02:11Of course not.

02:13But the Spring family has asked us to join them in their grief for Easter.

02:17So that is what we shall do.

02:19Well, it's not exactly what I do.

02:26But it's nice of that.

02:27Yes.

02:29Ach pas vous, monsieur.

02:31Or should I say, you first, mister.

02:36It does not offend me that I am a source of humor to you all.

02:38I confess I would like to know how long it must go on.

02:41Until it stops making us smile.

02:43Mr. Borden pretended to be French to get a job.

02:46Is that a crime?

02:47Well, not crime, but quite a good joke.

02:50If the mistress can accept that her chef is from Kansas, surely we can.

02:54If she admits it at all, I bet it's through gritted teeth.

02:57Or should we say, au la dent, ça reste.

03:03Hello.

03:10Miss Weber, isn't it?

03:12How do you know my name?

03:14I asked one of your footmen.

03:16I'm Jack Trotter.

03:17I work for Mrs. Van Ryn across the street.

03:20Then happy Easter, Mr. Trotter.

03:23I was thinking you might like to meet up someday.

03:26Maybe have a cup of coffee?

03:28We're off to Newport tomorrow.

03:30For long?

03:31Only till next Monday.

03:32But we'll go back soon for the season.

03:34When you get home, maybe we could arrange something before you're gone again.

03:38I'd like that.

03:39How pretty they've made it.

03:45There's Mrs. Russell.

03:47Oh, happy Easter.

03:49To all of you.

03:49Leda, come sit down.

03:50Oh, I'm going to tell you, I've had a letter from Dashiell Montgomery.

04:14Oh, how is he?

04:16Who is he?

04:16A nephew of my late husband.

04:18Arnold.

04:19Were you on first name terms?

04:20We weren't, and I was his wife.

04:22What's Dashiell up to?

04:23Well, it seems he's tired of Washington and has moved back to New York with his daughter.

04:28Poor motherless girl.

04:30Motherless?

04:31Dashiell's wife died very young.

04:33Frances must be about 14 now.

04:35I'll invite them for some tea.

04:37Maybe next Thursday.

04:39Not Thursday.

04:40Why not?

04:42No reason, really.

04:44But I'm usually rather busy on Thursdays.

04:47Oh.

04:50As we celebrate the resurrection of our Savior, we know the Lord is close to the brokenhearted.

04:58And we pray for those in our congregation, the sick, the lonely, the bereaved.

05:05And we ask continued prayer for Samuel Spring since the death of his wife and son, who was blessed with two mothers, one of whom is here today.

05:18Our prayers are with you all.

05:22Easter is a time of renewal.

05:24It is through the miracle of Easter that our Savior gives us new life.

05:30Today, we declare our sublime and unshaken faith that Christ did truly rise from death.

05:38And that God, having raised him up, shall also raise us up with him.

05:44Please rise.

05:45Let us ask, O God, that our hearts may be light with heavenly hope.

05:55It may not happen in this world, but it will happen in the sweet hereafter, when we shall rise again and be made like unto Christ in his eternal and glorious kingdom.

06:09Amen.

06:11Amen.

06:12Amen.

06:23Happy Easter.

06:23Happy Easter to you.

06:24I thought he did well, the new rector.

06:28He kept the sermon short, which is something.

06:30Oh, look.

06:31He's over there.

06:31Shall we sing hello?

06:32You can leave it for another time.

06:34Excuse me.

06:34I know exactly who you are, Mrs. Van Ryn and Miss Brooke, who have told me all about you.

06:42You mustn't believe everything you hear.

06:44And this is our niece, Miss Marion Brooke, and Mrs. Van Ryn's son, Oscar.

06:48Pleasure.

06:49That was a lovely sermon.

06:51I hope so.

06:52Half the battle is not to put the congregation to sleep.

06:56Mr. Russell.

06:59I thought I might see you here.

07:01Happy Easter to you, Mr. Triton.

07:02I hear you're having some union difficulties in Pittsburgh.

07:05You could say that.

07:06I ask because we're going through something similar in Cleveland.

07:10And, of course, Jay Gould is having trouble, too.

07:12They say membership of the Knights of Labor is in the hundreds of thousands now.

07:17Never mind the Knights of Labor.

07:19We must deal with the steel workers.

07:21They've elected a new leader, a man called Kenderson.

07:23And I'm afraid he seems to know what he's doing.

07:25The only thing worse than a union man is a clever union man.

07:29We ought to get some of the owners together.

07:32Gould, Morgan, Billy Vanderbilt, if you come.

07:35Shall we go?

07:36Of course.

07:37We'll be in touch.

07:39How are you settling into the city?

07:42Well, New York is very different from Boston.

07:44It's the little things I miss.

07:45Old haunts.

07:47Familiar food.

07:47New York cuisine isn't meeting your standards.

07:49Quite the opposite.

07:51Though I am still searching for an authentic bowl of New England clan chow.

07:54Well, I hope you find it.

07:57But you're managing?

07:58I survived the Easter service today.

08:01And my first wedding is this week.

08:02So I feel I'm getting married.

08:04May we hear who is to be married?

08:07Miss Bingham and Mr. Rakes.

08:10Do you know them by any chance?

08:11No.

08:12Not really.

08:15We should go.

08:16We mustn't keep the rector all to ourselves.

08:18Happy Easter.

08:19Happy Easter.

08:20Magnus, slow down.

08:27We're not in a race.

08:28Speak for yourself.

08:29I couldn't get away fast enough.

08:31Mama, I think I'll say goodbye here.

08:34I need a cow.

08:35But you'll be back for dinner.

08:37I will.

08:45I hope you'll come.

08:47I need a cow.

08:47Are you going to Mrs. Rutherford's ball?

08:50I'm quite surprised I've been invited.

08:52With three bachelor sons?

08:54Mother says she'll have every heiress in New York on the dance floor.

08:59I've been meaning to ask you about your house.

09:01We said it's lovely.

09:02How did you enjoy the service?

09:04I thought it was pretty neat.

09:06I must have.

09:07I'm looking for Denise Rutherford's coffee.

09:09Yes, I do too.

09:10Happy Easter.

09:11Happy Easter.

09:12Happy Easter.

09:13Happy Easter.

09:14Happy Easter.

09:15Happy Easter.

09:16Happy Easter.

09:17Happy Easter.

09:29Happy Easter.

09:30It's been six months.

09:33I should have written sooner.

09:36As soon as I heard you were looking for me.

09:37But by then they were gone.

09:39I wasn't thinking straight.

09:42It's good for you to come today.

09:45We wanted to.

09:46to learn about him.

09:52A loved and loving little boy.

09:55And so he was.

09:58I wish I'd known him.

10:01You're coming home with me

10:02so I can show you his room

10:04and his toys.

10:06Maybe you feel that you do know him a little.

10:09I hope so.

10:16Mother.

10:27Were we right to bring her here?

10:29She deserves the full story

10:30of this short and dear life.

10:34Dorothy.

10:35Please.

10:37You can't blame me for scarlet fever.

10:40I can blame you that we weren't here

10:41before the fever struck.

10:43If you had contacted Miss Wade soon,

10:47our boy might be alive today.

10:49I'll give you a little bit.

10:51I'll give you a little bit.

10:53I'll give you a little bit.

10:56Look at him.

10:57Look at this.

10:58His name is he.

10:58He can't blame him.

10:59Sarah.

11:00He's going home.

11:02Take care, sir.

11:03Have a great day.

11:05Let's do it.

11:06We're celebrating.

11:08Have a great day, sir.

11:09Tell me what he's done.

11:10Everybody, sir.

11:11I'm going to give you a little bit of the day.

11:12I'll give you a little bit.

11:13If you have something.

11:14God, I'll give you a little bit.

11:16Okay, so he's on your back.

11:17Hey, I'll give you a little bit.

11:18Go on him.

11:48Did he like the room?

11:59Mm-hmm.

12:07Did he enjoy his life?

12:09He was a happy child.

12:11Always laughing, always full of fun.

12:15He wouldn't have stopped you seeing him.

12:16I hope you believe that.

12:18Don't be too nice to me.

12:22I'd have taken him away.

12:24I'd have fought the adoption,

12:26and I would have taken him with me if I could.

12:28I wish you had.

12:30You might have saved him

12:31if you'd gotten him out of the city before the fever came.

12:33Don't say that.

12:35Or we'll all go mad.

12:45Oh.

12:46Keep it.

12:46I mean it.

12:50He loved his bear.

12:53His mother should have his favorite toy.

12:58His other mother.

12:59She loved him, you know.

13:03My Carlotta.

13:04She loved him.

13:05She nursed him, and she caught the fever, and she died with him.

13:08Shall we go downstairs for our Easter dinner?

13:13I have a gift for you.

13:17Here's a photograph, if it wouldn't be too painful.

13:21Don't you want to keep it?

13:22I have one of them, taken later, with my wife,

13:26not long before they died, just as I remember them.

13:29I appreciate your kindness.

13:32So do I.

13:34I mean it.

13:34You share a child.

13:37You share a child.

13:38A bond.

13:39No one could even try to understand.

13:41That's why we came.

13:45Please come to the table.

13:46Mrs. Scott.

14:00Slowly, girls.

14:02The food's not going anywhere.

14:07Let's join hands, everyone.

14:09Mother, would you like to say grace?

14:11How was your service, Bridget?

14:18Or should I call it mass?

14:20Good.

14:20I like St. Patrick's.

14:21The new cathedral is a credit to the city.

14:23I'll give you that.

14:24How was yours?

14:25I enjoyed it, with all the ladies showing off the ladies' fashions.

14:29I'm not sure what that has to do with holy worship.

14:32What were you saying to Miss Webber?

14:34When did you see her?

14:36She was at church with the other Russell servants.

14:41Don't you ever get tired of that wretched tapestry?

14:49You're like Penelope waiting for Odysseus to get home.

14:52Aunt Tata likes her needlework.

14:54I like ice cream.

14:55It doesn't mean I eat it 24 hours a day.

14:59Ah.

14:59You rang, Mum.

15:00Yes, we can't wait for Mr. Oscar any longer.

15:02I don't know what's happened to him.

15:04But if you can tell Mrs. Bower, we'll have dinner.

15:06As soon as she's ready.

15:07Very good, Mum.

15:09Hmm.

15:11Oh.

15:13I expect that's him now.

15:19Oscar!

15:21Oscar, what happened?

15:22Who has done this?

15:23I'm sorry.

15:24I haven't changed.

15:25I just...

15:25Oscar!

15:27Bannister, help me get Mr. Oscar up to the blue room and find an old nightshirt.

15:31Marion, send John for Dr. Lewis.

15:33Ada, do we have any bandages or salves?

15:35No.

15:35Yes, I think they're in the kitchen.

15:37I'll fetch them.

15:38Oh, can you see them?

15:40John?

15:44Yes?

15:45I'm going to Dr. Lewis.

15:46And when you've done that, go to Mr. Oscar's rooms and tell his man to give you what he'll

15:49need for tonight.

15:50Why?

15:50What happened?

15:51Mr. Oscar has been attacked.

15:52Huh?

15:52I need whatever bandages and creams we have here.

15:55I know where they are.

15:56What do you mean, attacked?

15:57What I said.

15:57He's been beaten.

15:58And I dare say robbed.

16:00Here we are.

16:00How are you feeling?

16:08Much better, thank you.

16:10Then we must send for the police.

16:12No, no, not the police.

16:14Why not?

16:15When you've been set upon in the street.

16:17I have nothing to tell them.

16:18I didn't see his face.

16:19It all happened so fast.

16:21And I don't want to be a story on the papers.

16:23Well, I can understand that.

16:25If you really have no evidence.

16:27My mind is a complete blank.

16:29And you did nothing to provoke him?

16:31Why do you say such a thing?

16:33Because I know you.

16:34I've watched you be reckless and rude.

16:36Why were you walking the streets anyway?

16:38Why didn't you hail a cab?

16:40That'll be Dr. Lewis.

16:42I'll go down.

16:46She's just upset.

16:53What you need is rest.

16:55When Dr. Lewis has gone, try to sleep.

16:58Ring the bell.

16:59If you need something in the night, I'll hear it.

17:02You've missed your vocation.

17:11How is he?

17:13Settled.

17:14But you were right about his needing sleep.

17:16He'll feel better in the morning.

17:18What a business.

17:20Yes.

17:20But I really came in to ask how you were feeling.

17:25What do you mean?

17:26When the new rector told us about Mr. Rake's marriage.

17:30Oh.

17:32That.

17:35It was a little bit of a shock, but I'm fine.

17:41Or I will be.

17:42Good.

17:43Because you have so much to look forward to.

17:45I'm sure of it.

17:50I did love him.

17:57I'm glad you used the past tense.

18:00It helps to accept that a thing is finished and done with.

18:06The question is...

18:07What's next?

18:10The right man will come along.

18:12But I don't just want a husband, Aunt Ada.

18:16And anyway, who says he'll come along?

18:18He doesn't always.

18:20That's true.

18:21He never came for me.

18:24But I was very shy when I was your age.

18:27With so much less to offer.

18:30It would have taken someone rare to look inside my shell.

18:33And if he didn't, it was his loss.

18:38Good night.

18:39Good night.

18:41Sleep well.

18:43And dream of all the wonderful things that are waiting to happen.

18:47Look.

18:56It's fine.

18:57I'll go.

18:58Bye.

18:59Bye.

19:03Bye.

19:04Bye.

19:06Bye.

19:10Bye.

19:11Bye.

19:15Bye.

19:16Bye.

19:16How did you know my size?

19:18Mr. White was the one who found it.

19:20Are you familiar with the house?

19:21Not really.

19:22It was built about 30 years ago,

19:24and I believe it was quite social at the start,

19:27but for the past decade,

19:29it was owned by a quiet old lady from Milwaukee

19:32who did not entertain.

19:34So for most people here,

19:35it's going to be a new house on their rounds?

19:37Indeed it will.

19:39I hope you don't think I'm rushing things.

19:41I do not.

19:42You conquered New York.

19:44Now it's time to conquer Newport.

19:46But I haven't conquered New York.

19:48But you go everywhere.

19:50You dine in the best houses.

19:52You have a pew opposite the Astor's and St. Thomas.

19:56But I haven't got a box at the opera.

19:57The Academy's turned us down again.

19:59They can be very trying.

20:01Mrs. Astor can be very trying.

20:03She must have known.

20:04Did she tell you they were keeping us out?

20:09Do you think the new Metropolitan Opera will succeed?

20:12The members of the Academy are very determined it should not.

20:16And if you jump that way,

20:18you'll never take Mrs. Astor with you.

20:21My advice would be to stick with her.

20:23She'll get you into the Academy in the end.

20:26I'm not much good at in the end.

20:28Besides, nothing stays the same forever,

20:30and I can't always be at Mrs. Astor's beck and call.

20:32Why not? I am.

20:34Aren't you coming in?

20:43You see, we've increased the space in here,

20:45and changed the angle of the life.

20:47It's splendid.

20:48My son is a genius.

20:52We can use this room for entertainment.

20:54Come look into the old library next.

20:57It's worked even better than I thought.

20:59You have done well, Larry.

21:03What will you do now?

21:05I expect I'll go to New York and look for some work.

21:07I may have something to suggest in that department.

21:10There is a widow here in Newport

21:13who's planning some alterations and additions to her house,

21:16a Mrs. Richard Blaine.

21:18She's here? Out of season? Why?

21:20She decided to live in Newport after her husband's death.

21:26Has she been alone for many years?

21:28He died about 18 months ago.

21:31Seems rather soon for her to build.

21:33Isn't she still in mourning?

21:34Not exactly.

21:35But then the late Mr. Blaine was a good deal holder.

21:39You mean she's glad to be rid of him?

21:42Well, she's glad to spend the money that he guarded like a hyena.

21:47I'm very grateful, Mr. McAllister.

21:51You haven't met her yet, but I think it could be managed.

21:54And you'd be in town also.

21:55Mr. Russell.

21:56I'm just going up to check the bedrooms before you see them.

22:02Tell me more about Mrs. Blaine.

22:05If you insist, she was penniless and in a tricky situation

22:09when she met Mr. Blaine.

22:11I do not believe she thought he'd survive for 20 years.

22:15Well, why didn't she go back to New York?

22:17Newport allows her more freedom.

22:20Hmm.

22:30Oh.

22:31Are you hungry?

22:32Dinner won't be long.

22:34And you've been crying again.

22:36Thinking about your father.

22:38We can't keep torturing ourselves.

22:40I was thinking about the first time I ever met him.

22:45He saved my life.

22:47Did I ever tell you that?

22:49No.

22:52I was walking home from church,

22:54and two men started following me, taunting me.

22:58White men?

22:59Yes.

23:00And I rounded a corner hoping to find somewhere to hide,

23:05and I practically ran right into your father's arms.

23:08Thank heavens.

23:10When the two men caught up with me,

23:13Arthur stared them down.

23:17You didn't have to say a word.

23:19And they ran off.

23:20Your father later told me that he saw what they were doing

23:25and wanted to make sure that I got home unscathed.

23:30I never knew that.

23:35I always felt so safe with Arthur.

23:38You sleep in a man's arms for years,

23:43and you think you know all, but...

23:51There you are.

23:58Dinner must be ready now.

24:00How did you hear about my contretemps?

24:07Aurora Fain told me.

24:11Does your presence here mean we're friends again?

24:14Oscar, you and I have known each other far too long

24:16and much too well not to be friends.

24:19If that is the case, I'm delighted.

24:23Good.

24:25Now will you tell me what really happened?

24:28Nothing much.

24:30I saw you at church that morning, by the way.

24:38With someone tall and dark and handsome.

24:42Tell me.

24:46I met a guy in a bar,

24:48and he said he had somewhere we could go.

24:50And so he took you into a dark alley,

24:52and he beat you to a pulp,

24:53and he stole your wallet and your watch?

24:54He didn't take my watch.

24:56I don't know why not.

24:58How long will this go on?

24:59You can't keep putting yourself in danger.

25:02I'm starting to think you may have a point.

25:05Meaning?

25:07I wonder if it isn't time I began to live a more grown-up life.

25:10Don't tell me this heralds the arrival of Oscar van Rijn, family man and pillar of society.

25:16His entrance is rather overdue.

25:17You do know you would be asking a very great deal of yourself.

25:22No more than thousands of other men have asked before me.

25:26No more than you will ask of yourself one day.

25:29Not me.

25:30I've no desire to lock who I am in a box and throw away the key.

25:36I don't think I could anyway.

25:38Then what will your life be?

25:39Friendship.

25:40Companionship.

25:41Perhaps something more if I can learn to live with a little discretion.

25:45It's still a life of lies.

25:46But I won't be lying to myself.

25:49It's different for you.

25:50You've got brothers.

25:52I am the torch bearer of the house of van Rijn.

25:59Don't hate me.

26:00I will never hate you.

26:11Mrs. Bower thought you might both like some coffee, sir.

26:14Oh, uh, please thank her.

26:20Thought we'll manage for ourselves.

26:27Did she see anything?

26:28There wasn't a lot to see.

26:42Would you like anything else?

26:44Just coffee, thank you.

26:46It's good of you to make time for me.

26:48Not at all, but I assume you've come here on a mission.

26:50And you're right.

26:52I hope it wasn't indiscreet of him,

26:54but our friend Mr. McAllister seems to think that you're unhappy.

26:58I hope that the Academy has failed to find a box for you.

27:01When one became available.

27:03But there are people on that list who have waited forever.

27:07Your day will come, my dear.

27:09And the Academy of Music has served New York society for 30 years.

27:14Have they not earned our loyalty?

27:16Yours maybe, but not mine.

27:18Not when they won't let me in.

27:19Why didn't they see this coming and build more boxes when there was still time?

27:23The Academy has been short-sighted.

27:25I'm told there are 120 boxes in the new Metropolitan Opera House.

27:29They can't want it to be exclusive.

27:32They'll fill them, though, with so many new people in the city now.

27:35Mrs. Russell.

27:38You must know how very proud I am of your success in New York.

27:42That's generous.

27:43I mean it.

27:45You worked to be accepted.

27:47And I do hope that I was a help.

27:49You wouldn't want to throw that all away

27:52and find yourself back where you started out on your ear.

27:54I suppose I like to go where I'm valued.

27:58Where people are friendly.

27:59Well, the audience at the new Opera House will be easy to meet.

28:03But you'll find that they are hard to get rid of.

28:08Why don't I give a dinner of opera enthusiasts?

28:11So we can discuss the whole subject.

28:12Would you come?

28:13May I see a list of the guests?

28:15Well, I have one.

28:16But give me a date that works first.

28:18I need you there to be my guide.

28:20I shall take it very seriously.

28:22I wouldn't like to see you pay the price for backing the losing side.

28:27Well, you're right about one thing, Mrs. Astor.

28:29I certainly intend to find myself on the winning side.

28:35Hiding his picture away won't get rid of the pain.

28:39Of course not.

28:40But do you want a daily reminder?

28:42Arthur, we had a grandchild.

28:46His photograph belongs with the pictures of your parents and mine

28:50and all the rest of them.

28:51They're dead, but they're still our family.

28:53All right.

28:54You want me to say it?

28:55I was wrong.

28:56I thought I was right, but I was wrong.

28:59We should have kept the boy.

29:06There.

29:07Are you satisfied?

29:08How can I be satisfied?

29:11My grandson is dead.

29:13We saved you some dinner.

29:22I'm not hungry.

29:25I'm not hungry.

29:29It looks so much like you at that age.

29:32Shall we keep it in here?

29:37I don't think so.

29:42I'll have it in my room.

29:46Oh.

29:48She doesn't want it on display, Dorothy.

29:50Well, if she doesn't or you don't.

29:51If I lie awake at night thinking about how I should have done things differently, I'm sorry.

30:03That's all I can say.

30:07Well, you just have to keep saying it until Peggy can find it in her heart to forgive you.

30:11Or I do.

30:13But don't you see, even if you are sorry, and I do believe that you are, it doesn't change anything.

30:26So you'll hate me all your life?

30:28I don't hate you.

30:31Look, we need a rest from each other.

30:35We have been trapped in this trio of regret for too long.

30:40Now I'm going to bed.

30:42Oh, I wish you would stay. It feels much too soon. I do worry so.

30:58You won't go back to the bank today.

31:00I said I'll be there next week.

31:03Ah, Marion, look after him.

31:05I will.

31:12How are you?

31:17Really?

31:18I'm making progress, as they say.

31:20I could have been so much worse.

31:22Indeed.

31:23I could have been killed, and then what would have been the point of my having lived at all?

31:27Don't say that.

31:28Oh, look, a luncheon party.

31:32No doubt to which I am not invited.

31:34But don't tell me you're still pining for Gladys Russell.

31:37I suppose she's now the signature of all eyes.

31:39Of course.

31:40She's pretty, she's rich, she's out in society, and this is New York.

31:43But are you still a contender?

31:45Haven't you given up?

31:47I should really.

31:48She never answers my letters, and if we do meet, it's very a stealthy.

31:52I'm sure Mrs. Russell has told her not to speak to me.

31:55Well, if you're really in love with her, you must give it another try.

31:58But this time, make a proper plan.

32:02You fill me with resolve.

32:07So, have you told your aunts your secret yet?

32:11No, but I will.

32:14When?

32:15When I can't keep it secret any longer.

32:18What about you?

32:19I just don't know how much longer I can stay with my parents.

32:26What's the remedy?

32:28Is there any chance I could come back to 61st Street?

32:32If Mrs. Van Ryn hasn't found a replacement, I...

32:34I assure you, she has not.

32:36Then can you ask her if she'd meet with me?

32:38Antagnus would welcome you back with open arms, and so would I.

32:42Not everyone in that house is so hospitable.

32:45I think Antagnus regrets keeping Armstrong when she let you go.

32:50If you think you can handle her, please come back.

32:54I'd like to, Miss Armstrong notwithstanding.

32:58I'll speak to Antagnus and write to you.

33:03But why do you need my help?

33:05You know Gladys Russell.

33:06Why can't you arrange to meet her yourself?

33:08Because her mother doesn't want me as a suitor.

33:11Mrs. Russell doesn't like any man she hasn't chosen.

33:14But I don't see what I can do about it.

33:16Now would you like some more coffee, or can I fetch you a sandwich?

33:20I'll do it.

33:22I'm glad to see you're better.

33:24Was it very terrible?

33:27It certainly made me think.

33:30What was I doing wandering around New York when I should have been at home,

33:34dining with my family?

33:35Heavens!

33:36You mean you'd like to settle down?

33:39I suppose I do.

33:41Which brings us back to Miss Russell.

33:44Please help me.

33:45I've helped you before and nothing came of it.

33:48This time I know what to do.

33:49I just need a few minutes alone with her.

33:51Ask us both to luncheon.

33:53No.

33:54That would be too obvious.

33:56But I've been meaning to mark cousin Dashiell's return to New York.

34:00You can come to that.

34:02What reason can you have for asking Gladys but not her mother?

34:05Leave it with me.

34:07I have an idea.

34:09Mrs. Fane is throwing a party for her cousin.

34:11What's wrong with that?

34:12It's on the day of my dinner.

34:14How could she do such a thing?

34:15Perhaps Mr. Montgomery couldn't manage another date.

34:18It starts at half past three.

34:19We'll be home before six with plenty of time to get ready.

34:21I can't come.

34:22I won't be able to leave the house that day.

34:24Then Gladys can go with Miss Brooke.

34:26She'll have been invited.

34:27What will Miss Brooke protect her from men I don't approve of?

34:29Honestly mother.

34:30You say I'm not to speak to men you don't approve of.

34:32But you don't approve of anyone.

34:34She must be allowed to go out.

34:36You can't keep her in a band box.

34:39Oh very well.

34:40I give in.

34:44Do I have to be at the dinner?

34:46Only I have some troublesome business in Pittsburgh I'm dealing with.

34:48I need you there.

34:50I wish I could understand the whole thing.

34:53You don't even like opera.

34:55Not so I've ever noticed.

34:56George the opera is where society puts itself on display.

34:59Not just in New York but all over Europe.

35:02And the leaders take boxes where they meet each other and their children court each other.

35:05And that is how the wheels of society turn.

35:08The Academy tried to stop the Metropolitan from being built.

35:11And they thought they could.

35:13But it'll be open by the end of October.

35:15If you decide to back the bet you know you'll be taking on Mrs Astor.

35:18And?

35:19Of course I love that you're not afraid of her.

35:21I'm glad to be her friend George but not her lackey.

35:26Aurora has written.

35:29She's giving a tea for cousin Dasho.

35:32Weren't we going to manage that?

35:34Aurora can do it. She's his cousin.

35:36We'll all go and Marion can meet some more suitable young people.

35:40Although I'm never sure that your definition of suitable is quite the same as mine.

35:43If it isn't it should be.

35:44I hope you're not still pining after that tedious Mr Rakes.

35:50Oh Agnes.

35:52There's no need to bring that up.

35:54Not really Aunt Agnes.

35:56They were bound to marry us on stage.

35:58All I hope is that next time you will listen to us and not assume we know nothing.

36:02I shall be more sensible.

36:04If there is a next time.

36:06That's all we ask isn't it Ada?

36:07Some respect for our advice.

36:09All I want is for Marion to be happy.

36:11I need you to confirm this is the final list for ordering.

36:26Give it to me.

36:28How's it coming on?

36:30Will we be ready in time?

36:31I think so but planning is the key.

36:33I do have a favor to ask.

36:35As you know Mrs Russell loves to put on quite a show so we're borrowing some footmen from various households.

36:39And do you want me to swell their number?

36:41Not exactly.

36:42I don't mind as part of my job.

36:43No.

36:44I need you more as an under butler to take care of the wines.

36:48We'll go through them together of course but if you proceed to their opening, decanting, icing and serving throughout the evening.

36:54I'm flattered.

36:56Do you really think that she'll side with a new metropolitan?

36:59It's beginning to look like it.

37:01Won't Mrs Aster kick up her stink?

37:02Mrs Russell doesn't lack courage.

37:04Come with us.

37:05Papa?

37:06Go on.

37:07It's Daschle.

37:08How very good to see you.

37:09Except you should have called on us the moment you got to New York.

37:11Indeed I should have done, Aunt Agnes.

37:12I hope you can forgive me.

37:13Of course we can.

37:14You know Oscar.

37:15Oscar?

37:16Oscar.

37:17Good heavens.

37:18We're both rather older than when we last met.

37:19We'll see you.

37:20Come with us.

37:21Come with us.

37:22Papa?

37:23Go on.

37:25It's Daschle.

37:26How very good to see you.

37:27Except you should have called on us the moment you got to New York.

37:32Indeed I should have done, Aunt Agnes.

37:35I hope you can forgive me.

37:37Of course we can.

37:38we can. You know Oscar? Oscar, good heavens. We're both rather older than the one we last

37:45met. Don't remind me. And this is our niece, Marion Brooke, who lives with us now. Does

37:51that make us cousins? Almost, but not quite. Where is Frances? Is she here? She is, but

37:57she found a group of young, and so she escaped me. Cousin Dashiell, welcome. Come, shall

38:05we have our tea? Dashiell, good to see you. Oscar, why don't you show Miss Russell

38:15Charles' new library? Ah, my pride and joy. Shall I? If you wish. I'm so pleased you're

38:25well again. I'm not quite dancing yet, but when I do, I hope you'll be my partner. Is

38:31your mother here? No. Why wouldn't they talk to you? I'm glad she's not. Well, at least

38:39I know now why you've never answered my letters. Mother wouldn't see that keeping them for me

38:43was wrong. I suppose she thinks I don't have enough to offer, which is why I asked Aurora

38:50to give this party, so I could make the offer myself. What? I know there are men out there

38:56who are younger and richer than I am, but we would live well. You could choose your own

39:01friends, run your own house, manage your own life. Isn't that what you want? Very much

39:05so. And I'm not a bully. I'd never force you to echo my opinions and parrot all my views.

39:10Of course not. Most men would. That's true, I suppose. I am happy to be hand-packed.

39:18As long as you're doing the packing. We'd have fun, Gladys. I know we would. I want us

39:26to be happy. Very happy, and I believe we could be.

39:36Don't answer now. Just know that I love and admire you more than I can say, or more than

39:41I've ever felt for any other woman. But you don't know me. Not really.

39:45I know you to be intelligent, and fine, and independent when you're allowed to be, and

39:50witty. You have every quality that I admire, truly.

39:55Shouldn't you be saying these things to my father?

39:57I'll write to him.

39:58Oscar? Gladys?

40:00Oh.

40:01You mustn't miss the tea.

40:03Of course not.

40:09Gould. How are things going with the Knights of Labor?

40:12Better for me than for them.

40:14I should expect nothing less.

40:15The demands are outlandish.

40:17The leader powderly says he wants all workers to be in partnership with their employers.

40:22He can want what he likes, Mr. Gould. He won't get it.

40:24Have you sustained any damage?

40:26Have you?

40:27This isn't a competition, gentlemen.

40:29Mr. Gould is not cornering the gold market.

40:31Mr. Russell is not bankrupting a railroad.

40:34For once, we're on the same side.

40:37He's right.

40:37Let us enjoy the sensation.

40:41Well, they tried to target my freight traffic and shut some down.

40:45But you didn't give in.

40:46We can't give in.

40:47The list of what they want will grow with every concession.

40:50Houses, medical care, less work, more pay.

40:53They want an eight-hour workday, for God's sake.

40:56Safety measures that make a child's nursery look dangerous.

40:59The point is, we can't back down, or we'll lose control of everything we've spent our lives building.

41:04For once, we must stand together and introduce change when we decide, not them.

41:10They're a rabble, so treat them like a rabble.

41:13If it comes to how high a half the working class to kill the other half.

41:20Goodbye, Aurora.

41:21And thank you both.

41:22This has been lovely.

41:23Everything was so charming.

41:25Oh, our pleasure.

41:26We're so glad you could come.

41:27Aunt Agnes, could I hold you back for one more minute?

41:30I've found Frances, and she wants to say hello.

41:33How nice to see you, my dear.

41:35Aunt Agnes, Aunt Ada, how are you?

41:38You have a good memory, that's clear.

41:41Miss Brooke, what are you doing here?

41:43How do you know Miss Brooke?

41:45She's my teacher at St. Mary's.

41:47What?

41:49I teach watercolors at St. Mary's.

41:55On Thursdays.

41:56The day is immaterial.

41:59Did you know you were teaching Dashiell's daughter?

42:02How could she?

42:03We've only just met.

42:05Oh, yes.

42:06We should go home.

42:08But it's good to see you all.

42:09Come and call on us.

42:13So you and Mrs. Bauer would have been on opposite sides of the War of 1866?

42:17Yes.

42:18I'm from Hannover, which fought with Austria.

42:21And Miss Weber is from Berlin, the capital of Prussia.

42:24Why can't Europe be like America?

42:26Because Europe is nothing like America.

42:27I hope you don't mind my saying so, but she seemed very young to be a lady's maid to Mrs. Russell.

42:32I'm standing in until she finds a new one.

42:35I'm Miss Gladys' maid.

42:36Now she's out and enjoying the season, you must be dressing her in glamorous ball gowns every night.

42:40Mrs. Russell keeps her daughter on a tight rein.

42:42I suppose she's afraid of fortune hunters.

42:45Of which there are plenty in New York.

42:47Name and no names.

42:48They're back.

42:51I better go.

42:52Thank you for my coffee, Mrs. Bauer.

42:54Bye.

42:56I hope we meet again.

42:57I'd like that.

43:00St. Mary's is an old school and very well respected.

43:04I don't care if it's where George Washington learned to read.

43:07I teach nice young ladies to paint.

43:09What could be more respectable?

43:10If you thought so, then why did you keep it a secret?

43:12Because I knew you'd be angry.

43:14Ada, why didn't you stop her?

43:15Me?

43:16What could I have done?

43:17When did you find out about it?

43:18This afternoon, like you.

43:20So your contempt for us both was at least consistent?

43:23I don't have contempt for anyone.

43:26And it doesn't seem to bother Cousin Dashiell that I teach at his daughter's school.

43:29Or Aurora.

43:30They feel sorry for you, that's all.

43:36You're wrong.

43:37Not everyone is as cruel and mean-spirited as you.

43:40Oh?

43:41Marion.

43:41Is it cruel to mind it when you stamp on our name and drag her in the mud?

43:45Now get out of my way!

43:47I suppose you have to drop it now.

43:56No!

43:57I won't.

43:58I've given my word to the headmistress and I'm not going to break it.

44:00Then things may be uncomfortable.

44:02So what?

44:03I won't be put in a cage.

44:12Is everything all right, Miss Ada?

44:14Yes, Bannister.

44:15Only I heard shouting, which is unusual in this house.

44:18It was unusual, yes.

44:20But every now and then I wonder if it isn't good to shout a little and let off steam.

44:28You sent for me, ma'am.

44:37I should be changing, but I need you to tell me that everything's taken care of.

44:41Everything is taken care of, ma'am.

44:43We did a dry run the night that you dined with Mrs. Cushing.

44:45And the deliveries?

44:46The extra footmen?

44:47They've all arrived?

44:48Madam, please go up and change and leave this to me.

44:54I am such a fool to have agreed to a souffle.

44:57We'll have to keep making new batches at ten minute intervals, then only serve them as

45:01they're wanted and throw the rest away.

45:03Mr. Watson, are you ready?

45:05I think so.

45:06I may have decanted too much of the claret, but better too much than too little.

45:09Mr. Church, I'm doing a final check.

45:11How nice you look.

45:19I'd say that I fear it may harm you to be seen in that company, but I know you will only

45:24think me cruel and mean-spirited.

45:28Marion didn't mean what she said.

45:30Really?

45:33I spoke too harshly.

45:35I admit that.

45:38Agnes is sorry, too.

45:41Aren't you?

45:43Bannister will escort you across the street.

46:05Miss Marion Brooke.

46:09Isn't she lovely?

46:10Aurora.

46:11Ah, hello.

46:12Mr. Montgomery.

46:13Miss Brooke.

46:13You never said you were coming to this.

46:15He didn't know.

46:16But Charles was summoned to Washington for a last minute meeting tomorrow.

46:20I asked Asher to take his place.

46:21I must say the Van Ryn connection makes you all into quite a club.

46:25Of which you are a member.

46:26By marriage.

46:28Not by blood.

46:29Oh, there's nothing wrong with that.

46:30Good evening, Miss Brooke.

46:31Mrs. Russell.

46:32Gladys enjoyed her tea with you.

46:34I'm sorry you couldn't come, but of course I quite understand.

46:38Well, I've met your cousin now anyway.

46:40Thank you for letting me bring him.

46:42Nonsense.

46:42He saved me from finding another man at the last moment.

46:45Charles was wretched.

46:46He says you have the best French chef in New York.

46:49Oh, that's funnier than you know.

46:50Is this dinner in aid of the new opera house?

46:54Why do you say that?

46:55I thought it was for opera lovers in general, but I see Mr. Gilbert's here.

46:59And isn't he in charge of preaching the gospel of the Met?

47:02I suppose that's true.

47:04You do know I won't go against Mrs. Asher.

47:07I know you think you won't.

47:09But don't worry.

47:10We shan't fall out.

47:12Mr. and Mrs. Robert McNeil.

47:14Mr. Russell, good evening.

47:17Mr. McNeil.

47:18Mrs. McNeil, how good have you to come?

47:20My daughter, Gladys.

47:21How do you do?

47:22How do you do?

47:23Gladys.

47:23Oh, please excuse me.

47:25I gather Mr. Gilbert's presence means the dinner is to support the Metropolitan?

47:30If so, count us in.

47:33Has he written to your father yet?

47:35It was only this afternoon.

47:36What the hell do you say when he does?

47:38That depends.

47:39I want to get away from my mother.

47:40Of course.

47:41But do you really want to be Mrs. Oscar van Rijn?

47:46You do know that Mrs. Astor would like the Metropolitan blown up from its foundations?

47:52Don't worry.

47:52I have a plan.

47:54And this evening, I simply want her to understand the competition the Academy will face.

47:58Here she is.

48:00Mrs. Astor, thank you for coming.

48:02I'm delighted to see you.

48:03You have guests I wasn't expecting.

48:06You never said you'd invited the McNeils.

48:08I'm afraid that they have spent a long time on our waiting list.

48:12Much longer than you.

48:14Several guests here have spent time on your list.

48:16Have you combed to the city for the disenchanted rich who couldn't get a box at the Academy?

48:20Mrs. Astor, the Academy board may think they can keep out the new people with impunity,

48:24but you're clever enough to know they're wrong.

48:26While the Metropolitan would welcome the old guard if they want to come,

48:30why not take a box in both houses and see how it plays out?

48:32Perhaps you do not value loyalty.

48:36I am different.

48:37I should scold you, Mrs. Fish,

48:39but I know that you're just playing with matches, as you like to do.

48:43Ah, may I present Mr. Gilbert?

48:44Or do you know him?

48:45I know of him.

48:47He is in charge of grubbing up the cash for the new house.

48:50Not flattering, but true.

48:53I was hoping your presence here was a sign you were open to argument.

48:57I am open to fetching my coat.

49:00Where's Carrie?

49:03Please don't.

49:05We can't have a falling out and be a story in the morning papers.

49:09If I stay, it will be under duress, and only to avoid a scandal.

49:15You should be very grateful.

49:19Oh, look, we're going in.

49:21Mrs. Astor?

49:23I must not delay our no-doubt excellent dinner,

49:31but as a parting treat,

49:33let me announce the singers we can look forward to hearing

49:36in our first season.

49:38Sofia Skalki,

49:40Marcella Sembrich,

49:41Giuseppe del Puente,

49:43Andrea Romano,

49:44Italo Campanini,

49:46Roberto Stagno,

49:47and, of course, the great Christina Nielsen,

49:50who will perform on the opening night.

49:52If any of you can sleep after hearing those names,

49:57then I hope you dream of music.

50:04But Nielsen always performs at the Academy.

50:08The Academy is her home in New York.

50:11She can't be singing.

50:12Well, she is.

50:13And surely, even if they sell every seat in the house,

50:17they won't have enough money for that cast.

50:20They won't expect to run at a profit for the first few years.

50:23I don't understand.

50:25What does that mean?

50:26I guess it means they have plenty of money at their disposal.

50:29But they can't plan to run at a loss.

50:33That isn't fair.

50:34Well, the audience will have the chance

50:35to hear every major singer in the world.

50:38Isn't that fair?

50:39What are you doing?

50:57I was thinking.

50:59About Miss Webber?

51:01What are you talking about?

51:03You like her.

51:04Are you making plans?

51:08No.

51:10But I won't be a footman all my life.

51:14What would you like to do?

51:15I'm interested in a lot of things,

51:17but I'm not sure how to turn any of them into a living.

51:22Perhaps Miss Webber could help.

51:24I'm going inside.

51:26It's cold.

51:26So you feel the Academy is finished?

51:41It seems to me the Academy wants it every which way.

51:44They refuse to build more boxes,

51:46and they won't spend the money to secure the best singers,

51:49but they don't want anyone else to do so either.

51:54Mrs. McNeil, are you all right?

51:55Flora?

51:59What is it?

52:01Nothing.

52:02That is, I must have bitten my tongue.

52:05Or something.

52:06Or something?

52:08I bit my tongue.

52:15Mrs. Brown, what do you think of the choice of flowers

52:17over the season?

52:21Yes, Mrs. McNeil is also an admirer.

52:24Aren't you, my dear?

52:25Aren't I what?

52:27An admirer of Roberto Stagno.

52:29What?

52:31The tenor?

52:33You admire him.

52:37I suppose I do, yes.

52:39I hope it is not a disappointment

52:53that we won't leave the gentlemen to their port.

52:56Instead, would you like to join me in the hall?

52:57What was that?

53:17Why were you looking at him?

53:19That man is my father.

53:20That man is my father.

53:22Did you know he was a servant?

53:24My mother said he had come down in the world,

53:26but I wasn't sure her account was honest.

53:28How did you recognize him after all this time?

53:30He used to come to the house and watch me from across the street.

53:33When at last I asked why, he told me.

53:36What can we do?

53:37Except hope it doesn't get out, I suppose.

53:41Oh, I think we can do more than that.

53:43When was this all done?

54:06During dinner.

54:07When do you think?

54:08But that's impossible.

54:13You know now that the new opera house

54:18will open in October

54:19with the production of Gounod's Faust.

54:21And as you heard, we're lucky enough

54:23that Miss Christina Nielsen

54:24will sing the part of Marguerite.

54:26But we are perhaps even luckier than that this evening

54:29because Miss Nielsen has traveled to New York

54:31to give you a taste of things to come.

54:34I bid you welcome to Marguerite's Garden.

54:43Marguerite's Garden

54:57Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

55:27I begin to grasp your plan, and you seem to have won the first battle.

55:57I intend to win the war.

55:58Oh, oh, oh, oh.

56:00Oh, oh, oh, oh.

56:02Oh, oh, oh.

56:04Oh, oh, oh.

56:06Oh, oh, oh.

56:08Oh, oh, oh.

56:10Oh, oh, oh.

56:12Oh, oh.

56:14Oh, oh.

56:16Oh, oh.

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