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00:00If you'd like to follow me into the auditorium.
00:12This way.
00:14The work may not be done, but it is nearly done.
00:19And the first tier, where most of you have taken boxes, needs only its finishing touches.
00:25And now, I give you the grandest opera house in the world.
00:32The new Metropolitan!
00:48Mrs. Winterton, you came.
00:50Your lotto made me curious.
00:52And you're right.
00:53It's very splendid.
00:55Are you thinking of crossing over to our side?
00:57I'm afraid not.
00:59Mr. Winterton values his box at the Academy so highly, as you'll understand better than most.
01:04Mrs. Russell, Mrs. Winterton, would you mind holding that pose for just a second while our artist makes a sketch for the daily graphic?
01:10Not me. I support the Academy.
01:12Just you then, Mrs. Russell.
01:14Of course.
01:16Which box is yours?
01:17Oh, nothing is final yet.
01:19And I'm to believe that.
01:21You're kind to let me come today when you know I'll fail you.
01:28That won't stop me placing temptation in your way.
01:31Is it all progressing smoothly?
01:32I don't see any workmen.
01:34Oh, we must have cleared them for the patron's visit.
01:36Mrs. Russell, did you see the item in a Newport paper recently?
01:39There were no names, but people say it was about your son and a Mrs. Blaine.
01:44He seems to be very fond of her.
01:46We're all fond of Mrs. Blaine.
01:48He's starting out as an architect, and she has commissioned him to renovate her house there.
01:52So I suppose they've come to know each other pretty well.
01:55Yes.
01:55We all know and like Mrs. Blaine.
01:57And now I must go.
01:58What cheek these people have.
02:03I don't know where they get their nonsense.
02:06I'm sure there's nothing to it, but...
02:08But what?
02:09Nothing, really.
02:10I wasn't going to tell you.
02:11It was just that Maude Beaton made a comment when we all went to see that play.
02:15She seemed to think something was going on between them, but it was a joke.
02:18Of course it was.
02:19If I could have a word, Mrs. Russell.
02:21I'm afraid I have bad news.
02:27Does it have anything to do with the absence of any workers?
02:29Precisely.
02:30The money's run out.
02:32We're badly behind in our schedule for selling leases on the boxes.
02:35I'll help with that.
02:37If you can help, Mrs. Russell, please do, and don't waste any time.
02:46I hope Miss Ada realizes that entertaining means a lot of work.
02:49That's for a good cause.
02:50I think she likes the rector.
02:52Oh, she likes him very much.
02:54And she's earned a bit of happiness.
02:56How's the clock coming on?
02:58Good, I think.
02:59I'm going to start testing it this week.
03:01Should we all wear helmets?
03:07Bishop Riley has been a missionary in Mexico City for years,
03:11saving lives and sharing the gospel.
03:14So, I hope I've convinced you to join me in supporting his noble cause.
03:20Calm down.
03:23It wasn't the Gettysburg Address.
03:25What he said was so moving.
03:26Um, the pamphlets on how you may help the mission
03:32are on the table as you pass through to the dining room
03:35where we invite you to join us now for some tea.
03:38I shouldn't have thought that this would be of much interest to you.
03:47I came to support Aunt Ada.
03:49Besides, Miss Beaton is keen to help spread the Christian word.
03:52And how does that sit with you?
03:54I gladly support good causes from the comfort of Fifth Avenue.
03:58That bishop sounds so courageous.
04:01I just wish I were brave enough to do something practical to help.
04:04Why don't I make a donation in your name?
04:07Really?
04:09You continue to surprise me, Mr. Van Ryn.
04:11And you continue to inspire me, Miss Beaton.
04:13I wish I knew what to make of your cousin.
04:21Well, I've never seen him like this with anyone.
04:23You bring out the best in him.
04:25And I'm glad.
04:28We should go.
04:29Are you leaving so soon?
04:30I'm afraid Miss Brooke is expected at my daughter's school tea.
04:35Tell Oscar goodbye for me.
04:36Of course.
04:38Shall we?
04:39Well, there's no need for you to escort me.
04:40I know my way to the school.
04:41It's the least I can do.
04:44Greece was my favorite of all the mission trips.
04:47But that was so long ago.
04:51Why did you stop?
04:54When my father died, my mother was alone.
04:57I looked after her until the end.
04:59Still, you must miss your missionary work.
05:02If I were counting my regrets,
05:05I would put lack of travel as number one.
05:07It's not too late for you to travel.
05:09I shan't argue,
05:12since I hope it's true.
05:14Miss Brooke,
05:16there is so much
05:17that you can still do.
05:19Oh, there you are.
05:34I want to thank both of you
05:35for holding this gathering for me.
05:38We were glad to do it.
05:39Oh, no, no, Ada.
05:40Never happier than when she's doing good works.
05:42You sure you don't want anything else to eat?
05:47What about some more tea?
05:49All right, I'll have another cup of tea.
05:51I've seen Mrs. Montgomery.
05:52Excuse me.
05:54Of course.
05:55Your daughter is charming
05:56and so old for her age.
05:58She is.
05:58And she's just like her father.
06:00I've watched him
06:01when he comes to collect her.
06:02I must say,
06:03you have him wonderfully trained.
06:05She is like her father, yes.
06:06I don't think we've met Mrs. Montgomery.
06:08I'm Mrs. Glennie.
06:09I'm not Mrs. Montgomery.
06:10I'm Miss Brooke
06:12and I'm Frances's cousin.
06:15I teach here.
06:16I see.
06:17I do apologize.
06:18Well, you know my daughter,
06:19Sarah Glennie.
06:20Of course.
06:21She's a credit to you.
06:22Yes.
06:23Well, good.
06:25I'd better see that she's all right.
06:30There she is.
06:31What were you saying to Mrs. Glennie?
06:32Nothing much.
06:33Miss Brooke,
06:34we're so happy to see you.
06:35You're her favorite teacher.
06:38But let's keep that to ourselves.
06:39Ah, here's your father.
06:44Why too early?
06:45No, I think it's just breaking up now.
06:48You're very kind
06:49to have given Frances your afternoon.
06:51Oh, I've enjoyed it.
06:52It's nice to see all the girls
06:53and your friends.
06:55Now here we are,
06:57the three of us.
06:59Because we make a rather neat
07:00little family too now, don't we?
07:03You mustn't
07:04frighten Miss Brooke.
07:06You're not frightened, are you?
07:07Of course not.
07:11I've had a lovely time,
07:12but now I should get back.
07:13The carriage is outside.
07:15No, I'll walk.
07:15I usually do.
07:16Nonsense.
07:17No one in our little family walks.
07:19Not when there's a perfectly
07:20good carriage with him.
07:21She's very grateful.
07:23And so am I.
07:24You're not still worried
07:31about that stupid article.
07:33Stupid or not,
07:34we have to be careful.
07:36It was just fizz
07:37for a gossip column.
07:39What does it matter?
07:40Ignore it.
07:41You are a bachelor
07:42sewing your wild oats.
07:44You have nothing to lose.
07:46You worry too much.
07:47No one cares.
07:53People care.
07:58What is it?
08:00Your mother has written to me.
08:04She's asked me to call on her
08:05the next time I'm in New York.
08:08Does she say what?
08:09Well, it seems to be about
08:11getting me to take a box
08:12at the Metropolitan.
08:13Oh, I see.
08:15Yes, it would be.
08:16But why couldn't it wait
08:17until she was back in Newport?
08:19She wouldn't want to wait.
08:21She thinks of nothing else
08:22at the moment.
08:25Will you see her
08:26while you're there?
08:28What reason could I possibly
08:30have for refusing?
08:32Just don't let her worry you.
08:36When will you get back
08:37to Newport?
08:39Thursday.
08:40In time for Mrs. Fisher's dinner.
08:43I'll pick you up at eight.
08:44Should we arrive together?
08:48I'll drop you at the door,
08:49drive around the block,
08:50and come in later.
08:55And for what it's worth,
08:56I'm not sowing any wild oats.
09:01Because I love you.
09:05And I'm very much afraid
09:07that I love you, Mr. Russell.
09:08which is not part
09:11of the original plan.
09:28Are we dining together
09:29this evening?
09:29I don't think so.
09:31That's a pity,
09:32because I have good news.
09:33It's about the Duke of Buckingham.
09:37I wrote to John Burns,
09:39the English chairman of Cunard.
09:41It seems he knows
09:42the Duke well.
09:43We're invited to a reception.
09:45With the Duke?
09:46Of course, with the Duke.
09:49I said you could fix things
09:50if you put your mind to it.
09:51How was your patron's tour
09:52of the opera house?
09:54Did it go well?
09:55Not entirely.
09:57We have a problem.
09:58The work stopped.
09:59Won't they sort it out?
10:00Maybe.
10:01But the opening could be delayed
10:02when it's all arranged.
10:04We could even lose our singers.
10:05Do you want me to look into it?
10:07I'd be grateful if you would.
10:10Apart from that,
10:10did you feel it went well?
10:12I think so.
10:13Although Mrs. Winterton
10:14took the chance
10:15to rub my face
10:16in her membership
10:16in the academy.
10:17And a journalist
10:18asked me about
10:19some gossip
10:20in a Newport paper,
10:21which some people seem to think
10:22is about Larry and Mrs. Blaine.
10:24What did you say?
10:25What could I say?
10:26That he's working for her
10:27as her architect?
10:28Well, that's true.
10:28It's spreading, George.
10:30It'll be all over New York
10:31before too long.
10:31You'll control it.
10:32Is that all I'm good for?
10:34Running around
10:35with a blanket
10:35to put out the fires?
10:37Trying to make sure
10:37Larry stays out of trouble?
10:39Making sure Gladys
10:39meets the right people?
10:41I cover all your backs,
10:42but who's covering mine?
10:43I hope I am.
10:45That's what I mean to do.
10:47For me,
10:48no one living
10:48is more important than you.
10:51I know.
10:52I know.
10:55What do you propose
10:56to do about Larry?
10:57I'm going to talk
10:58to Mrs. Blaine.
10:58What will you say?
11:00Only the truth.
11:02It's usually for the best.
11:09Have you answered
11:10Mr. McNeil's letter yet?
11:12No.
11:13And before you ask,
11:15it's because I don't quite know
11:16what that answer should be.
11:18It must be very difficult for you.
11:20Because I need to be sure
11:21that it's right for her.
11:23Do you think he'll renege
11:24on the terms?
11:25No, he says that he'll
11:27make me comfortable.
11:28I'm sure that he will,
11:29but I need to know
11:30that it's what she wants.
11:32Then tell him.
11:34Write to him
11:35and explain that you need
11:36to hear it from her.
11:38You're right.
11:39I'll do it.
11:44It's an honor to meet you,
11:46Mr. Washington.
11:47My pleasure.
11:47It's quite the journey
11:48from New York.
11:49An important journey.
11:51My wife will be delighted
11:52to have another lady
11:53in the house.
11:54Oh, I look forward
11:55to meeting her.
11:56And I can't wait
11:56to see the campus
11:57of the dormitory.
11:58Yes.
11:58Well, I appreciate y'all
11:59coming down here
12:00to cover this
12:00and give us our time
12:01in the sun.
12:02You deserve a good press.
12:03Oh, I'm going to remind you
12:05of that when you're
12:05writing the article.
12:06How did you convince
12:08Mr. Porter
12:09to make such
12:09a large contribution?
12:12Barely off the training
12:13already at work.
12:14Very good.
12:17Mr. Thompson.
12:19Mr. Washington.
12:20I heard great things
12:21about your new dormitory.
12:23You should be congratulated.
12:25That's kind of you.
12:30Have things changed
12:31that much in the south
12:32or is it just you?
12:33We're making incremental changes
12:35with the clients.
12:36But even bigger changes
12:37for ourselves.
12:38You'll see when we get
12:39to the school.
12:43Would you like to come out
12:44with me and see my father?
12:45I can.
12:46Time to meet my aunt
12:47in the park
12:47right after school.
12:48We're walking home together.
12:52Miss Brooke.
12:53Hello, Miss Barnes.
12:54May I have a word with you?
12:56Of course.
12:58Are you familiar
12:59with Jane Adams?
13:00She's dedicated
13:01to social reform.
13:02We're joining her
13:03in starting some charity classes
13:05for which we need teachers.
13:07I would like you
13:08to help with this cause.
13:10Would I teach painting
13:10at Miss Adams' classes?
13:12No.
13:12They need skills
13:13to give them a chance
13:14in life.
13:15Reading, writing,
13:16basic arithmetic,
13:17that sort of thing.
13:18I see.
13:20Thank you for thinking of me.
13:21Of course.
13:31You hate pears?
13:34No.
13:35Why would you say that?
13:38I've not given flowers
13:40to many women,
13:41but I don't think
13:42you should be worried.
13:44They're lovely,
13:45but I admit
13:48I do wonder
13:49what Agnes will think.
13:52Those flowers
13:53are for you,
13:54Ada Brooke.
13:56No one else.
13:58They're very beautiful.
14:01Oh, thank you.
14:18Oh, my.
14:22What about Marion?
14:23We can't leave without her.
14:25Well, she won't come here
14:27in the rain.
14:28Why don't we go by the school
14:29to see if she's still there?
14:30Oh, yes.
14:38Some gossip has reached me
14:39that I confess
14:40I find disquieting.
14:42I thought I was here
14:43to talk about
14:43the new opera house.
14:45That can wait.
14:46Did you see the article?
14:49About you and Larry?
14:52How can you be so sure?
14:53It gave no names.
14:54Don't think I care
14:55what they write about you,
14:56but I do not want them
14:57to connect you with my son.
14:58Larry is working for me.
15:00You've had your fun.
15:02Isn't it time to end it?
15:03What are you talking about?
15:04What is it that you want from him?
15:07You can't give him an heir.
15:09In 20 years,
15:11when he is in his prime,
15:12you'll be walking with a stick.
15:13Even if he feels too guilty
15:15to leave,
15:15part of him will be waiting
15:16for you to die.
15:17You must remember
15:18what that was like
15:18when you were married
15:19to your husband.
15:20How dare you say such things?
15:22I dare because they're true.
15:23I'm leaving.
15:24Very well.
15:24And about the opera?
15:25I don't care about the opera.
15:26Well, that's good,
15:27because since I wrote,
15:28the boxes have all gone.
15:30So I came here for nothing?
15:31I'm afraid it looks that way.
15:46I enjoyed myself,
15:47despite the rain.
15:50I look forward
15:50to our next meeting.
15:52I suppose
15:53that will be Sunday.
15:54Can I see you soon?
15:56How?
15:56You could come by the church
16:00to discuss
16:01missionary chairs
16:02or
16:04sit with me
16:05for choir rehearsal.
16:07Can you get away
16:08tomorrow evening?
16:10Agnes doesn't keep me captive.
16:12Good.
16:13I don't think
16:13I have the patience
16:14to wait until Sunday.
16:17Till then.
16:18What happened?
16:36You never came to the park.
16:37The headmistress
16:38asked to speak to me
16:39after school
16:39and by then it was raining,
16:40so I caught a cab.
16:42Did the rector
16:42drop you off?
16:44Yes.
16:45Did he give you those?
16:46He did.
16:49Would you take care
16:50of them for me?
16:52I don't have the strength
16:53to explain them to Agnes.
16:57I better change.
17:03I think it'll be worthwhile.
17:06You must be proud.
17:08It means the headmistress
17:09thinks highly of you.
17:11When does it begin,
17:13teaching these beggars?
17:14Please don't call them that.
17:17I thought tomorrow night
17:18we might try that lamb receipt
17:20from the ladies' home journal.
17:21I've given it to Mrs. Bower.
17:23Oh.
17:24Mrs. Wilson's asked me to dine.
17:25The fains are going.
17:26I accepted
17:27because I thought you'd be out.
17:28My dinner was cancelled.
17:30Mrs. Temple is ill.
17:31I'll have to tell Mrs. Bower
17:32it will just be the two of us.
17:36Actually,
17:37I have plans
17:38for tomorrow evening.
17:41Plans?
17:42What can you mean?
17:43What sort of plans?
17:45I have business
17:46to attend to
17:46at the church.
17:49Presumably,
17:49this is the Reverend
17:50Mr. Forte again?
17:51He wants to discuss
17:53the missionary charities.
17:55He's working all day,
17:56so he asked me
17:57to come in later.
17:58There's to be
17:58a choir practice.
17:59And what will you do
18:00about dinner?
18:01I'm sure he'll see to it
18:03that I don't go hungry.
18:04Marion thinks
18:09you are engaged
18:10in a full-blown flirtation.
18:12What?
18:13You mean with
18:13the Reverend Mr. Forte?
18:15Why?
18:15Are there others?
18:16Of course not.
18:17I never said that,
18:18Aunt Agnes.
18:19I think you did.
18:20Marion likes
18:21to embroider things
18:22to tease me,
18:23to tease us both.
18:24Because it would seem
18:25a poor return
18:25after all these years
18:26if you were
18:27to desert me now.
18:29Agnes,
18:30what has got into you?
18:31So,
18:32Mr. Forte is
18:33nothing?
18:34He is an extremely
18:37nice man
18:38and I like him
18:38very much.
18:40That is all
18:40I feel for him
18:41and I am quite sure
18:42it is all
18:43he feels for me.
18:44But if it were more?
18:46If ifs and ands
18:47were pots and pans,
18:47there'd be no need
18:48for tinkers.
18:49I'm serious.
18:50I refuse to be serious
18:51about this subject.
18:53Bannister,
18:54remove the flowers
18:55and the bead
18:55that inhabits them.
18:58Where did they come from?
19:04They're mine.
19:07They were a present.
19:08From cousin Dejle?
19:11From the parents
19:12of a pupil.
19:15Bannister,
19:16we're done with this.
19:16What on earth
19:22is that noise?
19:24I think
19:25it may be
19:26my clock alarm.
19:28Telling you what?
19:29That it's time
19:29to clear the plates?
19:30Go and turn it off
19:31at once.
19:34I'll fetch
19:34the dessert.
19:35Better not.
19:36It might attract
19:37more bees.
19:38I'm sorry
19:42to summon you here.
19:43I'm rather enjoying it.
19:44It's sometimes
19:45since I've been
19:45in a banker's office.
19:47But I had my own
19:48once.
19:49Please.
19:51How many of your
19:51fellow servants
19:52know why
19:53you've come here?
19:55Just some
19:56of the senior staff.
19:57The butler,
19:58the chef,
19:58the housekeeper.
19:59That's all.
20:00This is exactly
20:01what I cannot have.
20:02The news spreading
20:03through New York
20:04that your father-in-law
20:04is a valet.
20:06I don't expect
20:06you to understand.
20:07But I understand
20:08perfectly.
20:10I'm afraid
20:11it won't be possible
20:12for you and
20:12Mrs. McNeil to meet.
20:14She has asked me
20:15to speak for her
20:16and to thank you
20:17if you decide
20:17to accept our offer
20:18and move to the
20:19West Coast.
20:20I hope that's enough.
20:23No, it's not.
20:25Why not?
20:26Because I must
20:27hear it from her.
20:28I'm sorry.
20:29Do you mean to suggest
20:30that I'm lying?
20:31No.
20:33What else can it be?
20:34I have relayed
20:35her wishes.
20:35I have given you
20:36her decision.
20:36What other reason
20:37can you have
20:38for refusing
20:38to believe it?
20:39I'm not suggesting
20:40anything.
20:41I'm not refusing
20:41anything.
20:42I'm telling you
20:42in as polite
20:43and straightforward
20:44a manner as possible
20:44that I won't
20:46give up my job
20:46or leave the city
20:47without discussing
20:48it with my daughter.
20:51You're a very
20:51stubborn man.
20:53I might say
20:53the same.
20:55Very well.
20:56Flora will be
20:57very disappointed
20:58that her happiness
20:59is of no concern
21:00to you.
21:00I will not
21:04answer that
21:04since you know
21:05it to be
21:05the very reverse
21:06of the truth.
21:07Not just stubborn
21:08men, but also
21:09insolent.
21:10If you will
21:11forgive me,
21:12Mr. McNeil,
21:12I must be getting
21:13back.
21:13I must be getting
21:15back.
21:16I must be getting
21:17back.
21:18I must be getting
21:48Mrs. Bruce?
21:53What are you
21:53doing up here?
21:55Oh, menus,
21:56of course.
21:57What else?
22:00When I was out
22:01earlier,
22:02I saw a poster
22:04for a concert
22:05in Central Park.
22:07Oh.
22:08What kind of concert?
22:10Well, it was a medley.
22:11Some opera,
22:12Verdi, Brahms,
22:13Mendelssohn Overture
22:14to a Midsummer Night's
22:15Dream,
22:16that sort of thing.
22:17Um,
22:17would you like
22:20to go?
22:22What?
22:23Together.
22:25That's,
22:26well,
22:27that's the idea.
22:29Yes,
22:30I would.
22:34You've made me glad.
22:36Mr. Joshua Winterton.
22:51You are good
22:52to come.
22:53When Mrs.
22:53Astor summons me,
22:55I know what I must do.
22:57But why was I not
22:58to tell Mrs.
22:59Winterton?
23:00Because I wanted you
23:01to tell her
23:01when you know
23:02what it's about.
23:03please.
23:09This is
23:10very difficult
23:11to say,
23:12but I have
23:13lately learned
23:14more of Mrs.
23:15Winterton's career,
23:16which leads me
23:17to think that
23:18she might not
23:19be entirely happy
23:20at the Academy.
23:21Oh,
23:21she very much
23:22enjoys the Academy.
23:23Oh,
23:23I'm sure she thinks
23:24she does,
23:25but I do not believe
23:27that she will find
23:28the other box holders
23:29congenial
23:29when she gets
23:30to know them better.
23:32Why is that?
23:34There is
23:34too great a contrast
23:36in her journey
23:37through life.
23:38What are you saying?
23:40That Mrs.
23:41Winterton is somehow
23:42unsuited to be
23:43a box holder?
23:44Are you implying
23:45there is something
23:46disreputable
23:46in my wife's past?
23:48Because if you are,
23:49I'm not saying
23:50anything of the sort.
23:52But her history
23:53is quite unlike
23:54that of the other ladies
23:55she will meet there.
23:57I don't know
23:58what you're talking about.
23:59Can you be clearer?
24:02That is for
24:02Mrs. Winterton to say.
24:04But in the meantime,
24:05we must surrender
24:06our box.
24:08If you don't mind.
24:09But I do mind.
24:10I mind very much.
24:12You know,
24:12if we go,
24:13we must transfer
24:14to the new Metropolitan,
24:16and we will take
24:17as many of our old friends
24:18as we can.
24:20Even so,
24:22that might be best.
24:24And this is
24:25a general decision?
24:27The Board
24:28has spoken of it,
24:29yes.
24:29very well.
24:35I cannot fight you
24:36when the blade
24:37has already fallen.
24:39But let me give you
24:40a warning.
24:41I will not forget this.
24:45And nor will you.
24:46He hasn't arrived yet.
25:01How can you be sure?
25:02We'll know.
25:03What do we call him
25:04when we meet him?
25:05Your Highness?
25:06Sir?
25:07Your Grace
25:08is the formal type.
25:09And we're to address him
25:10as your Grace.
25:11You've got to be kidding.
25:12Mr. McAllister
25:13says that
25:14when we meet him socially,
25:15we should just call him Duke.
25:17The only gain
25:18in our fight
25:19for independence
25:19was to dispense
25:20with British titles,
25:21and it was surely worth it.
25:22Mrs. Russell?
25:24What are you doing here?
25:25Oh,
25:26did we need your permission?
25:27I only meant
25:28I wasn't aware
25:29you knew the Duke.
25:31I hear work on
25:32the Metropolitan
25:32has been suspended
25:34for a while?
25:35Well,
25:35that's been sorted out.
25:36There's a slight hitch,
25:37nothing more.
25:38So it won't upset
25:39your plan to open
25:39on the same night
25:40as the Academy?
25:41Good.
25:42I'm looking forward to it.
25:44Me too.
25:44I enjoy competition.
25:50Is that true?
25:52That everything's
25:53back on track
25:53with the Met?
25:54The problem's solved.
25:56Work will start again
25:56in the morning.
25:57What?
25:58How?
25:59I hope you haven't
26:00put your own money
26:01into it when I promised
26:01you wouldn't have to.
26:02No.
26:03It was just bad accounting.
26:04I had Clay look into it
26:05and it's been sorted out.
26:07That is wonderful.
26:12May I help you, ma'am?
26:38No.
26:42I'll see you there.
26:44Ladies and gentlemen,
26:45His Grace,
26:46the Duke of Buckingham.
27:00You're great.
27:01Oh,
27:02he's much younger
27:03than I thought he'd be.
27:04What were you expecting?
27:05Well,
27:05don't most Dukes
27:06inherit in late middle age?
27:08I don't know sufficient Dukes
27:09to make a meaningful comparison.
27:10And so you shall.
27:12Do you know that this
27:13really is a place for me?
27:14I...
27:14I...
27:15I...
27:16I...
27:17Oh,
27:32I just can't get you.
27:34Excuse me, sir.
27:43I believe your wife is at the wrong chair.
27:47You're mistaken.
27:48Mrs. Russell is exactly where she should be.
27:54Ah, Mrs. Russell.
27:56I am pleased.
27:58I've heard all about you from Mr. Burns.
28:04I can't be sitting here.
28:06It seems you are, Mrs. Winterton.
28:09Is it so terrible a fate?
28:12Good gracious, it's you.
28:14Good evening, Mr. Van Ryn.
28:17I hoped we'd meet again, but I never thought it would be like this.
28:20Life is full of surprises.
28:22I'm sorry if you're disappointed to find yourself next to me.
28:25It's not that exactly, but I was told my place was...
28:31Oh, never mind. We're here now.
28:33We are.
28:34And you have till the next course to describe your ascension.
28:38How did you do it?
28:39I long to hear.
28:42In a way, it's a relief to be with someone who knows my whole story.
28:46But first, is my husband all right?
28:48Who are we looking at?
28:49My husband, Mr. Winterton.
28:51This is Miss Maude Beaton.
28:53Mrs. Winterton.
28:54Mr. Winterton is seated down there.
28:58Next to Lily Langtree, the actress.
29:00I met her when I was in London.
29:01She's bound to know the Duke.
29:03Look, she had a long romance with the Prince of Wales.
29:07I met her when the Duke entertained us at Sidmouth Castle.
29:09How do you two know each other?
29:12We used to be neighbors, in a way.
29:14Is something the matter?
29:24It's the way the Americans lay a table.
29:26I don't get used to it.
29:27Does that make me sound provincial?
29:30I'm sorry they didn't get it right.
29:32If I were hosting the dinner, I can promise you I would.
29:35Is that an invitation, Mrs. Russell?
29:37Oh, let's see how tonight goes.
29:38You have a house in Newport, don't you?
29:43I'm supposed to be visiting there to stay with the Wintertons.
29:48You don't sound very enthusiastic.
29:50To be honest, I don't know how I got roped into it.
29:52But I would like to see the town.
29:54I've heard so much about the place.
29:56Then why not come and stay with us instead?
29:59We have two children, not much younger than you.
30:01If only I could.
30:02Of course you can.
30:04The Wintertons won't mind.
30:06I'll give a dinner and ask them.
30:08They won't be offended.
30:09They'll probably be relieved.
30:10Do you really think so?
30:12Absolutely.
30:16I find the campus invigorating.
30:25It reminds me of my days at the Institute in Philadelphia.
30:28All of the young colored students working towards their dreams,
30:31whether or not they come true, it's still just so full of hope.
30:35That's exactly how you should describe it in your paper.
30:38It's impressive, I agree.
30:39But we must remain impartial and not be unduly influenced by you or this delicious dinner.
30:45Oh, thank you.
30:46I want to persuade Fanny to add a cooking class to our curriculum.
30:49I teach plenty of useful classes.
30:51Like what?
30:52We have a dressmaking division now.
30:54The female students make uniforms that we actually sell.
30:57That's created a source of revenue for the school.
30:59And trains the students for higher paying domestic work,
31:02if they can't get a teaching job.
31:04I'll show you why you're here.
31:06Of course the girls will be in awe of what you're doing.
31:08Well, in awe of the cause.
31:10That's something they can never imagine for themselves.
31:12Well, I blush at the idea that anyone would want to be me.
31:15I was once at a state's dinner for the Bay of Egypt and there was an armed coup just after the pudding.
31:22You can't be serious.
31:23I certainly am.
31:25All the servants vanished and eventually I went to look for the cheese with the wife of the French ambassador.
31:30And instead we were met with bayonets.
31:32Oh, goodness.
31:33I think it's safe to assume you'll make it through tonight's dinner alive.
31:35Are you willing to promise?
31:37I promise we'll get past the cheese.
31:40So the pudding's safe then?
31:44So what did Aurora tell you about me?
31:46Just that your family's complicated.
31:48Like every other family I know.
31:51He is using me to do business and keep his own name out of it.
31:55Can't you just tell him no?
31:57Could you tell your father no when he was alive?
31:59I wish I could help.
32:07I applaud what you're doing.
32:08But can't you teach them to fight?
32:11They may gain a degree here, but in the white world,
32:13these proud students must learn to creep and crawl before they're allowed to exist.
32:17Our lives aren't so different.
32:19Things may be worse in the South, but even in New York, we enter through the back door.
32:23We're not welcome in the white stores or restaurants or anywhere else.
32:26I've been asked to make the characters in my stories white in order to be published.
32:30Maybe, but you can still earn a living as a writer.
32:33What does a colored dairy farmer trained at Tuskegee do when the white man won't pay a fair rate?
32:37Why not sell to a colored man?
32:39Because that man is probably just a sharecropper and can't afford it.
32:42Until we demand our rights as full citizens, we won't get anywhere.
32:45Of course I understand your anger, Mr. Fortune.
32:49Do you think I don't feel it?
32:51But it doesn't work down here.
32:55To build Tuskegee into what it is now, I have had to make peace with the white folk.
32:59The white man terrorized colored folks in these parts, and no one does anything.
33:03I'm not making deals with the white people who terrorize us.
33:06How can you tell the difference?
33:07You were a slave, and so was I.
33:14How do you make peace with people who bought and sold us?
33:18Who branded us like cattle, whipped us on Saturday, then sat in church on Sunday without a morsel of shame.
33:23Some may keep silent, Mr. Fortune, because they tried your way, and they got killed for their trouble.
33:28I don't mean to scare you, Miss Scott.
33:32You're only telling the truth.
33:34But what if you ever stop playing their game?
33:36If you stop being calm and keeping the peace?
33:39We are opening the largest building in Tuskegee.
33:43It will hold offices, a kitchen, living space for students and faculty.
33:48You don't get that about pigeon fights.
33:50I think that the Tuskegee School is a political argument in itself.
33:54Can't you see that you both want the same things?
33:57It's only your methods that differ.
33:59I just know I'm unwilling to make nice with people who lynch at will.
34:06Mrs. Washington, this is delicious.
34:08You have outdone yourself.
34:28Oh, um, I'm sorry to wake you so early.
34:37Is something wrong?
34:38No, no.
34:39I just had a thought last night.
34:41It's about a new angle for our article.
34:43Well, what is it?
34:44You know, everyone we've talked to so far has had to speak in front of Mr. Washington.
34:49What if we speak to some of the students without him there so they can say what they really think about what a day at Tuskegee means to them and how their education will affect them later in life?
34:57You see, Miss Scott, I knew I brought you down here for a reason.
35:00Well, the students' day at Tuskegee starts now.
35:04So you all do this every morning?
35:19Only on the mornings when we want to eat, sir.
35:23Is dairy farming your main study?
35:25We get to do a bit of everything.
35:27I'm only just back on farming.
35:29Before, I was building the new dormitory y'all are here for.
35:32You built it yourself?
35:33Me and the other students.
35:35It's part of our masonry class.
35:36So it was an actual assignment?
35:38Yeah, it's how it tends to work at the school.
35:41For instance, we plant the crops in the morning and then examine the soil that afternoon.
35:46You ain't been around a cow before?
35:48Not this close.
35:50New Yorkers like to look at animals, but they don't touch them much.
35:53Would you like me to teach you to milk her?
35:55Oh, I don't think so.
35:57We're only here to write an article.
35:58Go for it, Miss Scott.
36:00When are you ever going to get another chance?
36:02Certainly not on 61st Street.
36:04All right.
36:11So you have to pull real hard.
36:13Don't worry.
36:15You won't hurt.
36:19I did it.
36:21You sure did.
36:24What's your name?
36:25David Sturt, ma'am.
36:27Well, thank you, David.
36:34You'd never think a clock had so many pieces.
36:39I would.
36:40Shouldn't you just give it up and buy a new one?
36:43You wait.
36:44It may have gone off during dinner, but now he knows why.
36:48Don't you check?
36:49Is she right, John?
36:50Are you on track of the answer?
36:53I think so.
36:53I think the problem is with the escape wheel.
36:57What they call the escapement.
36:59If the oil is thickening on it, it could be slowing down the movement.
37:02You're talking like a scientist.
37:03He's talking like a clockmaker, which is more to the point.
37:07But what can you do about it?
37:08I'm trying to improve the escape wheel so it runs without oil.
37:11Good luck with that, I don't think.
37:14Not so fast.
37:15Let's just be patient and see how it turns out.
37:20I'm off, my dear.
37:25Where are you off to?
37:27I have a fitting at 11, so I'll see you at luncheon.
37:29Before you go, there's something I've been meaning to tell you.
37:34I would have said it sooner, but I didn't want to spoil the dinner with the Duke.
37:38I'm listening.
37:40Mrs. Astor has asked us to surrender our box at the Academy.
37:44What?
37:45Why?
37:45Something about your past career being too different for the wives of the other box holders.
37:51But how did she know them?
37:53How did she know what?
37:56That I worked at one time as a sort of companion to Mrs. Russell.
38:02Mrs. George Russell?
38:04I'd no money.
38:06I had to survive somehow.
38:08I thought I told you.
38:10Maybe you did.
38:12But what is wrong with being a companion anyway?
38:15Many ladies of insufficient means do exactly the same.
38:18Of course they do.
38:20But why did Mrs. Russell need a companion when she had her husband to keep her company?
38:26Well, that was why I left.
38:28I suppose she must have mentioned it.
38:34But she couldn't have known Mrs. Astor would react so badly.
38:38No.
38:38She can't have expected that.
38:44It was my boyhood dream.
38:46To be a Duke.
38:47More than I wanted to be king.
38:49Of any particular country.
38:51I hadn't worked out the details.
38:54I was eight.
38:54You do make me laugh, Mr. Ben Ryan.
38:59Oh, how I need that after a day of contracts and stock certificates.
39:03My head is spinning.
39:05I hate being a part of it.
39:08I even thought of doing what you said.
39:10Remind me of my sage advice.
39:13To tell him no.
39:15I just have to summon the courage to do it.
39:18I don't know.
39:24What if I could help?
39:27How?
39:28I am a banker.
39:29I might be able to do something.
39:40Are you facing a strike in Pittsburgh, Mr. Russell?
39:47Will you keep on ignoring your work as demands?
39:49Murder!
39:51You have blood on your hands, Mr. Russell!
39:53Why must I be the villain in every story?
40:02I employ thousands of men.
40:04I have lifted whole towns out of poverty.
40:07And yet I'm the tyrant who crushes the faces of the poor.
40:13I'm told they have a date set for the strike.
40:15Pinkerton's men say the same.
40:17And it'll be soon.
40:18We're ready whenever it comes.
40:19We have defenses around the mills, across the river.
40:22And we have enough scabs to keep production running.
40:24Let me be clear, Mr. Russell.
40:26The strikers will do whatever it takes to keep the scabs out.
40:29The governor has given me his word.
40:31His militia will get the scabs into the mills.
40:34We hope.
40:35They won't fight against armed men.
40:38They will if they're armed themselves.
40:40Hello.
40:47Mrs. Blaine is expecting me.
40:48We can take care of Mr. Russell.
40:50I'm sorry I'm late.
40:51But I've got the carriage right here, and Mrs. Fish won't mind.
40:56You haven't changed.
40:57I'm not going to the dinner.
40:59What is it?
41:01Are you ill?
41:03And why are we standing in the doorway?
41:04Can't I come in?
41:05I'd rather you didn't.
41:09And then may I have an explanation?
41:12I think we should call a halt.
41:15I don't understand.
41:16We should stop seeing each other.
41:18No damage has been done, nothing that won't be forgotten within a week.
41:22But if we continue as we were, things might get complicated.
41:26Yes.
41:26They will get complicated, because we're going to be married and live together until we die.
41:32Please, Larry, you're making this more difficult than it needs to be.
41:35I think it needs to be damn difficult.
41:37What prompted it?
41:39Tell me!
41:42Was this because of my mother?
41:45Do you want me to take her on? Because I will.
41:47Don't.
41:48It won't be any good.
41:50Then what can I do?
41:51Nothing.
41:53There's nothing to be done.
41:55We had a fling.
41:56And we enjoyed it.
41:59At least I did.
42:01Now it's time for us to move on with our lives.
42:04Here I was, thinking we had a future.
42:07But no.
42:08Bye, Larry.
42:10Look after yourself and...
42:12Please try to be kind when you think of me.
42:16Wait!
42:16For the beauty of the earth, for the glory of the skies.
42:46For the earth, for the earth, for the earth, for the earth, for the earth, for the earth.
42:50In church.
42:52The Lord likes to see you laugh.
42:54I know I do.
42:55It feels sacrilegious.
42:58I promise you, he won't mind.
43:02Do you know Mr. and Mrs. Robert Duncan?
43:06They sit about three pews behind you and your sister.
43:09Do you know where all of your parishioners sit?
43:14Mostly.
43:16Yes.
43:18What was it you were saying about the Duncan?
43:21Oh, they offered me their box for the Academy of Music next Tuesday.
43:26How generous.
43:28It is generous.
43:29And it makes me feel like a real New Yorker.
43:32Mmm.
43:36I was wondering if you would like to come.
43:42Goodness.
43:45How kind.
43:46It's to be Aida.
43:49Have you heard it?
43:51I...
43:51I know it's very moving.
43:54It's a love story.
43:56Well...
43:57Of course, it's a tragic love story.
44:01Mmm.
44:05What do you say?
44:06Well...
44:06I ought to check with Agnes.
44:13But...
44:13I'd love to come.
44:21Thank you very much.
44:26Good.
44:27So, I'll collect you at six.
44:31Hmm.
44:35Forgive me.
44:36I have another question to ask you.
44:41What is it?
44:44I was going to ask you after the opera.
44:48But...
44:48I can't wait.
44:53What are you...
44:54Will you marry me, Miss Aida Brooke?
45:04Yes.
45:06Yes, Mr. Monforte.
45:11Yes, I will.
45:12Let's go.
45:42Please, give my compliments to Mrs. Bower.
45:50I will, ma'am.
45:53Thank you, Bannister.
45:54Thank you, Bannister.
46:24These people are at death's door, and even then they may take up their beds and walk.
46:28You've never said if you liked him.
46:30To be honest, it doesn't take much to make a duke likable.
46:33But yes, I like him.
46:34He's young, unstuffy, and more polite than I expected.
46:38And what will Mrs. Winterton make of all this?
46:41Or don't you care?
46:43Should I care about the feelings of a former lady's maid who attempted to seduce my husband?
46:49May I find hope in your use of the word attempted?
46:53It was never her claim that hurt me, but your silence.
46:57Will you forgive me now?
46:58If I do enjoy it, there will be no more forgiveness if you hide any such thing from me again.
47:06I've missed you, my darling.
47:21I can't know how much.
47:24I haven't been anywhere.
47:25Oh, yes, you have.
47:31Oh, yes, you have.
47:31Oh, yes, you have.
48:01Aurora, my dear, look at this.
48:06We'd better get our skates on, Mr. Borden, if we're to host the Duke of Buckingham.
48:12Oh, my.
48:15What is it?
48:16Apparently, Mrs. Russell is to entertain an English duke at her home in Newport.
48:21Please.
48:23He is to be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. George Russell in Newport.
48:28She's giving a dinner in his honor.
48:31Perhaps we'll be invited.
48:33First, she has me thrown out of the academy.
48:36And now this?
48:37My dear, please don't upset yourself.
48:40I will upset myself.
48:41And I'll upset Mrs. George Russell if it's the last thing I do.
48:45Enid, there will be other dukes.
48:48I am one of the dukes.
48:49I want this duke.
48:51We found him.
48:52And he's mine.
48:53I'm one of the dukes.
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