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03:14you. Ada, dear, you should have ordered something new to wear. I don't see why. Oh, yes. It does
03:22seem odd that such an insignificant girl should be the center of New York's imaginings. Marion-like,
03:28sir. Marion is over generous. Mrs. Landry, we have your latest bill, but there seems to be some
03:34confusion as to whom it should be sent. Oh, to me. Mrs. Luke Forte, I will take charge of the bills
03:43from now on. Very good, Mrs. Forte. Yes. Thank you. I see. Every penny I spend will be scrutinized?
03:51Every penny you spend of mine is to be scrutinized, yes. When the shoe was on the other foot, did I ever
03:55question you? Yes. Well, I might have asked why you needed clothes when you never went out.
04:03Well, now we are both to go to the Russell wedding, and I am looking at the bill. I will pay it,
04:09but I suppose I have the right to peruse it before I do. Can you drop me off at the armory
04:16on the way home? I have my charity committee meeting. Oh, of course. How long do you expect
04:22to be? Oh, a couple of hours. I should think I'll be home for lunch. Why? Oh, no reason.
04:28What did Mr. Russell want? He got a letter. Who from? Saying what? Mr. Weston, the manufacturer.
04:40We tried the interest in the clock. And is he interested? He didn't say, just that he wants
04:45to meet us again. Well, he must have some idea if he sounds keen. He doesn't sound anything. He just
04:50gave us a time and place for the meeting. Perhaps he decided to steal your idea and go it alone.
04:55That's not likely with a patent. Patents could be broken. When is this meeting? The day before
05:00Miss Russell's wedding. You don't think I should let Mr. Larry go on his own? No. Whether the news
05:07is good or bad, you must be there to hear it. What have you got against Marion Brooke? I have nothing
05:16against her. I've invited her to the wedding, haven't I? I've invited her aunt's. I've invited
05:21her cousin. Short of asking her aunt's dog, what more can I do? And why can't she be a
05:25bridesmaid? She's about the same size as Leonie Jerome. And who else could take over at a
05:30few days' notice? What do we have? Carrie Aster, Mary Drexel, Isabel Winthrop? Mother, Miss
05:36Jerome is ill. And if you want six, you need to find someone who can wear the same dress.
05:41Besides, she and Gladys like each other. Bertha, have you seen this?
05:44Miss Russell will have her future monogram embroidered in gold on every detail of her corsetry.
05:55Her underwear? This is too much. How do they get this information? What if Hector should think
06:00we're doing it to attract attention? I'm not sure I care, but you ought to find out where
06:05it's coming from. But what's wrong with Miss Brooke? Is she not prominent enough for you?
06:10Since you forced my hand, no, she is not. After her marriage, Gladys will be one of the most
06:18important figures in New York. Her place in London society will be the same. Miss Brooke
06:22doesn't compare. Bertha, is it really so important? Don't go to the stake for everything.
06:29Very well, I'll write to Miss Brooke. A footman can take it over, and I hope it makes you happy.
06:35Nothing about this makes me happy. Have you invited Aunt Monica yet?
06:41No. Why not? Would it be fair? She'd have to come all the way from Albany, and she's really
06:46not a big city person. Mother, she's your sister and the only one of your relations that we know.
06:51What is it? Are you trying to rewrite your own history until it stands up against Mrs. Astor's
06:56scrutiny? But she'd have to stay here. And what's the problem? Is the house too small?
07:02Someone is here. A lingering soul. Open your minds, and let your hearts be free of doubt.
07:21I have a real sense of suffering. Of great loss.
07:29Very great loss. There is a man, not young, but not old either. A gentleman, and loving, loving toward you.
07:45Oh, that must be my husband.
07:51He wants to know. Yes? He wants to know.
07:59What? What does he want to know?
08:02Where is Mrs. Fortin? She's in the dining room, ma'am.
08:05The dining room? Yes, but I'm not sure she expects to be disturbed.
08:09That does not apply to me.
08:11What is going on?
08:18You're back much earlier than I thought you'd be.
08:21I didn't attend the meeting.
08:23Why not?
08:23Because you paid the subscription, so you are now listed as a member, and I am out of it completely.
08:29Well, I'm sorry.
08:31Don't be.
08:32Now, who is this?
08:32May I present Madam Dashkova? Madam Dashkova is known to Mrs. Bower for her skills in, um...
08:45I wait with a bated breath.
08:49Her skills in communicating with the dead.
08:54What?
08:55I think you heard.
08:56I was hoping my ears had deceived me.
08:59Please don't say this is about Luke.
09:01Is there someone else I should be speaking to?
09:04These things are hard to understand for the novice.
09:07I understand very well that my sister is grieving, vulnerable, and open to the power of suggestion.
09:13My sister is generous, but she can be narrow when it comes to anything beyond our normal sphere of existence.
09:19It is not the first time that I have encountered this.
09:22Nor will it be the last, I am sure.
09:24Perhaps you would be good enough to leave us.
09:27Bannister!
09:28Oh, I'm sorry.
09:33Will you take my card?
09:36We will meet again.
09:37Your husband has more to say to you.
09:42Goodbye, Mrs. Bower.
09:44And thank you.
09:44Madam Dashkova is going.
09:48You may go too, Mrs. Bower, and please refrain from interfering in this manner again.
09:54Yes, ma'am.
09:56I won't reprimand you, as that would not be appropriate.
10:02I will only say that Luke would not approve of this.
10:06I won't give up.
10:08I believe in a life after death, and so do you.
10:12Yes, but I don't believe in table tapping, and crystal balls, and any of the other nonsense designed to raise your hopes and part you with your money.
10:21Oh, please, let's not go five minutes without talking about money.
10:25At least money is real, unlike the desperate dreams of a lonely woman.
10:29I am lonely.
10:30I miss my husband.
10:32Should I be ashamed of that?
10:34No, but do be ashamed of this childish folder-all that you've been toying with.
10:38There are more things in heaven and earth, Agnes, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
10:44You don't know everything.
10:46No, I don't.
10:47And one of the things I don't know is how you invited that charlatan into our home.
10:51Was she very angry?
11:03Wouldn't you be angry if you saw sketches of your daughter's undergarments being hawked on the corner by newspaper sellers?
11:09She's horrified.
11:10I don't blame her.
11:11The latest article was the last straw.
11:13We must bring it to an end, or there may be consequences.
11:16You mean she could fire whomever she suspects?
11:19She's angry enough to sack us all, just to be sure.
11:22And she's certain it's one of us.
11:23Why must it be a member of the staff?
11:25Why not one of the dressmakers?
11:27That's a point.
11:29Which I will mention when I next see her.
11:32I suppose when the papers want to write about you, there's bound to be a downside.
11:36I can't see the upside.
11:49You'll be glad to hear Miss Brooke accepts and is off to her fitting.
11:58Then I will walk her down the aisle as a groomsman.
12:01She'll walk down the aisle with the others behind Gladys. We're doing it the English way.
12:05You have a visitor, madam, who says she is expected, Miss O'Brien.
12:12What?
12:13Your sister is in the hall, Mother.
12:15But why is she in the house at all?
12:17Hadn't we better go through to greet her?
12:20Hello, Bertha.
12:32Aunt Monica.
12:33Welcome.
12:34Why are you here?
12:35I accepted your kind invitation.
12:38I wrote to Larry since he wrote to me.
12:41But didn't he tell you?
12:43Of course he did.
12:45Church, send Miss O'Brien's bags to the tapestry room and tell Mrs. Bruce.
12:50I take it from Bertha's expression that you're not expecting me.
12:54Of course we're expecting you. You're representing the O'Briens.
12:57You have a very important job to do.
12:59Well, where's Gladys?
13:01She's lying down. The whole thing has worn her out.
13:04I can imagine.
13:06I'll just go see if she's all right.
13:09I'll come, too.
13:12Father, can you look after Aunt Monica?
13:14Come to the drawing room and tell me all your news.
13:20I'm not convinced Bertha is very pleased to see you.
13:23Nonsense. She's delighted.
13:25Nobody loves family more than Bertha.
13:27Why are you so indignant?
13:29Larry said you thought she should come, so he sent her an invitation,
13:32in case it slipped your mind.
13:34Doesn't it occur to you both that she may feel overwhelmed by it all
13:36and thoroughly out-place?
13:38She doesn't seem overwhelmed.
13:40Really? You constantly seek to undermine me.
13:42I thought it was agreed.
13:44It was disgust. It was not agreed.
13:48Will you at least come down to say hello?
13:51I don't think so.
13:55You must come down eventually.
13:57Or what?
13:58You'll dress me by force and drag me to the church in chains?
14:04More lemonade, Mrs. Scott.
14:05Oh, yes, thank you.
14:07It's so nice of you to have us, Mrs. Kerr.
14:10Oh, not at all.
14:11I wanted to see Mrs. Scott again.
14:13William showed me your article in the South.
14:16It seemed a rather angry and violent subject for a young woman to write about.
14:22It is violent, Mother. And angry.
14:25And someone has to write about it.
14:27But not, I would have thought, a young lady.
14:30Oh, well, Peggy's interested in politics.
14:32Oh, really?
14:34Well, this colored woman, she's a long way from the vote.
14:38Oh, it will come. And in my lifetime.
14:41I wish I could be as sure of anything as you are that.
14:44Oh, well.
14:45We must be supportive of the rights of our sex as well as our color.
14:50My goal was to be a good wife and mother.
14:53But I suppose young women don't want that anymore.
14:56Oh, I want to be a good wife and mother who has the vote.
15:00Well said.
15:03My son seems quite persuaded by you, Miss Scott.
15:07He wants me to come hear your talk.
15:09And I will.
15:10Oh, I'm impressed, Mrs. Kirkland.
15:12Any time my son is so taken with a body, I'm bound to be curious.
15:21This is it?
15:22You wanted to know what I'm wearing for the wedding.
15:24I also thought you could use some extra clothes while you're here.
15:26Why?
15:27I'm not a doll for you to dress.
15:28How many clothes do I need?
15:30As a rule, I get up into a dress to shop or write letters,
15:33then I change for lunch and are paying calls,
15:35and then I change again sometime after six for dinner,
15:37and perhaps one last time before going to a ball or the opera.
15:40Heavens.
15:41I might change once if someone's coming to break bread,
15:43but that's about it.
15:44What dress will you wear to meet the Duke?
15:46He's coming for dinner tonight.
15:47That's the only one I have that would count as a dress for you.
15:50You wanted to see me, ma'am.
15:52Miss O'Brien will need some more clothes while she's here.
15:55Please show her what I have, let her choose, and alter them if necessary.
15:58But it's not necessary.
15:59I think it is.
16:00I assure you I can dress myself, and I prefer to wear my own clothes.
16:03I will wear the dress to the dinner and the wedding.
16:10Fine.
16:11The Duke is a man.
16:12He won't notice.
16:13Very good, ma'am.
16:18What rules you live by.
16:20But that's you all over.
16:22You always had a right way and a wrong way for everything.
16:25We have our habits.
16:27It's easier for the staff.
16:28So...
16:31Which is the throne room?
16:33What do you mean?
16:34You're royal now.
16:35I assume you have a place to receive your subjects?
16:38The Duke is not royal.
16:40He's noble.
16:41I don't know the difference.
16:42Is that very shocking?
16:46What's he like?
16:48You'll see for yourself this evening.
16:50He's bringing his sister.
16:51He's not staying.
16:52No, he has a room at the union club.
16:54We don't want them to see too much of each other before the wedding.
16:57You mean in case they discover they don't really like each other?
17:01We don't want to diminish the excitement of their romance.
17:04They can get to know each other later.
17:12Oh, Dagnus, I don't often see you up here.
17:15The wedding gown is in the evening paper.
17:18I thought you would be interested.
17:20Mrs. Russell won't like that.
17:23Are you mad?
17:24She probably delivered it herself.
17:27Or maybe it was Gladys.
17:29I'm not sure you understand Mrs. Russell, Dagnus.
17:33You certainly don't understand Gladys.
17:35I've been in New York a long time, my dear such people.
17:37Come and go.
17:40But why do you think Mrs. Russell wanted you to be a part of it?
17:44Because it is a big thing, you know.
17:46Maybe she just wanted to be nice?
17:48Hmm, I don't think so.
17:50Might she be building you up to be a suitable society bride for her son?
17:55Certainly not.
17:57Why else would she give you such a prominent role?
18:00And the boy's keen, isn't he?
18:04Hmm?
18:05I know you talk about such things with Ada and never to me, but my eyes do open and I can't see through them.
18:13I am not what Mrs. Russell wants, believe me.
18:17Mrs. Russell would be lucky to get you.
18:19So have they finished work on your dress? Tell me about it.
18:25It's very pretty.
18:27Hmm.
18:29As pretty as money can buy.
18:37Mr. Weston won't be long.
18:39Can I get you anything?
18:40No, thank you.
18:41None for me.
18:47What should we do if he's just stolen the idea?
18:49Don't be silly.
18:50We have a patent.
18:51Mrs. Armstrong says people can get around patents.
18:53Not often.
18:55Hello, gentlemen.
18:56This is Mr. Eldridge, who helps me with my businesses.
18:59Please.
19:12Hmm.
19:15I won't beat about the bush.
19:16We like your clock.
19:18That is exactly what we wanted to hear.
19:21Of course.
19:23And we feel we have some ideas that we...
19:26I'm sorry to cut you off.
19:27We are not looking for a partnership.
19:29We want to buy the clock and the patent, lock, stock and barrel.
19:34Ah.
19:39Before we answer, may we know how much you are offering?
19:43We were thinking of three.
19:51Or four.
19:58We cannot go higher.
20:00I'm afraid you must.
20:02We were hoping for six.
20:07You know you intend to make many times that.
20:10I suspect you've already discussed this figure.
20:13You have a hard bargain.
20:15Very well, gentlemen.
20:16Six hundred thousand dollars.
20:18What?
20:19I'm sorry.
20:20We cannot go any higher.
20:22Gentlemen.
20:24We have a deal.
20:28And if I may say so.
20:29Well done.
20:30Another article.
20:31This one's about the mistress and Miss Gladys arguing about the wedding dress.
20:44It seems so underhand for them to print it without permission.
20:45You don't know many journalists, then?
20:46The mistress will be in more of a rage than ever.
20:47She'll want blood.
20:48But suppose it was Madame Donovan.
20:49Who?
20:50Madame Donovan made the dress.
20:51Everyone expected it to be Monsieur Worth, but Miss Gladys wanted an American designer.
20:53It might be Madame Donovan.
20:55It might be Madame Donovan.
21:11If she gets enough publicity out of it she'll be made for life.
21:14Have you said that to the mistress?
21:15Careful.
21:16If Mrs. Russell thinks it might be true, she's angry enough to have Madame Donovan done away with.
21:19If Mrs. Russell thinks it might be true, she's angry enough to have Madame Donovan done away with.
21:24Well, at least we'd be off the hook.
21:25That's enough. We have His Grace's sister for dinner this evening.
21:29Every tiny detail must be right.
21:31Well, we'll certainly hear about it.
21:33Who do you think is selling our secrets?
21:36Happily, no one will suspect me.
21:50So what happens next?
21:51We drink a toast to ourselves, I suppose.
21:54We couldn't have hoped for a better deal.
21:56But there's no more to be done about the clock?
21:59No more to be done.
22:01Strange.
22:03I thought I'd be working on this the rest of my life.
22:06What do I do now when I want that?
22:08You mean now you're almost as rich as Mrs. Forte and much richer than Mrs. Van Rye?
22:13I won't tell him.
22:15Not yet.
22:16Well, good luck when more time comes.
22:19Jack?
22:35John?
22:37Don't keep us in suspense.
22:39How did it go?
22:41It went well, I think.
22:43You think?
22:44You don't know?
22:49And that's all we're going to know.
22:55For now, at least.
23:00Do not misunderstand me.
23:02The Tuskegee School is a fine institution and provides real opportunity for colored students.
23:09Indeed, Mr. Booker T. Washington is a great man.
23:13But we must be under no illusion.
23:17These new discriminatory laws are an attempt to deprive colored citizens of the rights and benefits of reconstruction.
23:24That we're won the hard way with the Civil War.
23:36It's wonderful to see you.
23:39It's wonderful to see you.
23:39It's wonderful to see you.
23:42Oh, Mr. Cofane.
23:44What a pleasure to see you.
23:46Miss Brooke wrote to tell me you were speaking.
23:48I thought your talk went very well.
23:50Oh, thank you.
23:51I don't think I'd understood the damage these new laws are doing.
23:54You're not alone in that, I'm afraid.
23:56But how are you?
23:57Miss Brooke told me you've been going through some difficult times yourself.
24:01I'm doing as well as I can.
24:03I'm surprised you're not in New York for Miss Russell's wedding.
24:06It seemed better not.
24:10Oh, this is my mother, Mrs. Scott, and our cousin, Mrs. Trumbull.
24:13This is Mrs. Fain, our cousin of Miss Brooke's.
24:16You must be proud of your daughter.
24:18And now, if you'll excuse me.
24:20She seems nice, a bit a little sad.
24:27Her husband's divorcing her.
24:29She's unhappy, but his mind is made up.
24:32Sorry to hear it.
24:33Look, is Dr. Kirkland and his parents?
24:37Yes.
24:38How lovely to see you.
24:40It's so nice of you to join us.
24:42Is Mr. Scott not with you?
24:44Oh, no, he had to go back to the city.
24:46Oh, shame.
24:47But he's not a Newport man, is he?
24:50Not like us.
24:51His history is so very different from ours.
24:54My husband is an honorable man.
24:58A business owner and a proud husband and father.
25:01How different is that than you?
25:03It's the same, and my wife would agree.
25:06Newport is not the center of everyone's world, Elizabeth.
25:10I hope you all enjoyed Peggy's talk.
25:14It was wonderful.
25:15I'm so glad I could hear you speak about your work.
25:18It piqued my curiosity to read your book even more.
25:22But that's still a work in progress.
25:24But it's so kind of you all to come, and I am really glad if you did enjoy it.
25:28Very much.
25:29Well, again, I cannot pretend to understand your choice of subject, but you spoke well.
25:34Well, and now I must go.
25:40William, are you coming?
25:44If you wish, Mother.
25:45Give our best to Arthur.
25:47I will.
25:49Miss Scott, ladies.
25:50The gall of that woman.
25:57I just couldn't decide.
26:00That's what you and Father were arguing about.
26:02Yes, and her other predilections.
26:05Mm.
26:13So, you spend your time at Sidmouth Castle?
26:16Well, we go to London for the season, and to Scotland for the grouse, of course.
26:22Of course.
26:23It sounds admirably regimented.
26:26We Yanks live quite a knockabout life by comparison.
26:29Don't we, Bertha?
26:31Should the ladies go through, or should we have our coffee here?
26:34Here?
26:35Why not?
26:38So, are we all prepared for tomorrow's madness?
26:41Don't exaggerate.
26:43Well, there is a lot of curiosity about the wedding in the papers, but perhaps it's good.
26:49The wonders that can happen for a modern American girl.
26:52I don't like the idea of a wedding becoming a public entertainment.
26:56My sister does not much enjoy public scrutiny.
26:59But what about you?
27:00Are you ready to star in a public show, Duke?
27:03My sister says I must call you Duke.
27:05As my wife's aunt, I hope you will call me Hector.
27:08We are all family.
27:09But will any of your relations be joining us tomorrow, Lady Sarah?
27:13Some cousins who live in New York.
27:16Not your husband or children?
27:18I'm not married.
27:20That's why I live with my brother at Sidmouth.
27:23Will you move out now?
27:25I hope not.
27:27Hector?
27:29I haven't thought about it.
27:30I wonder if Gladys has thought about it.
27:35I would.
27:38I do apologize, Mrs. O'Brien.
27:40I don't understand how that could have broken.
27:43Well, my dress is ruined, that's for sure.
27:46I'm so sorry.
27:47Church, ask Mrs. Bruce to come help Mrs. O'Brien.
27:50I'll go up to my room.
27:52Send Mrs. Bruce if you want.
27:53But I can climb the stairs on my own.
27:57Well, should we go to the drawing room?
28:00Perhaps I can offer you a glass of whiskey, Hector.
28:02No, I must get Sarah back to our cousin's house.
28:04I'll see you all tomorrow.
28:06And thank you.
28:08Yes, thank you, Mrs. Russell.
28:10You've been very kind.
28:11Call me Bertha now we're related, as Hector said.
28:13Yes, I suppose we are, in a way.
28:16Thank you, Andre.
28:33I can manage.
28:34So, were you pleased with this evening?
28:43I don't know about pleased, but I suppose everything's settled.
28:49Lady Sarah's a cold fish, and she seems to have Hector well under control.
28:53Let's hope Gladys proves to be a match for her.
28:56That's if she comes out of her bedroom tomorrow.
28:58She will.
28:59I'm not dragging her to the church if she doesn't want to come.
29:01So then what?
29:02We spend the rest of our lives getting sneered at every time we leave the house?
29:05You got us into this.
29:07I agreed to go along, but that's all.
29:09Then stick to your agreement.
29:14How's your sister doing?
29:16I looked in on her.
29:17She seems fine.
29:18I hope the coffee didn't burn her.
29:19No, it wasn't hot.
29:20Bertha.
29:26Tell me you didn't.
29:27The dress was hideous, George.
29:29How could I let her appear before the whole of New York looking like a cook on her day off?
29:32It would have been unkind.
29:34So it was an act of mercy.
29:35I've got something picked out from two years ago.
29:38No one will remember me in it.
29:39She'll look lovely.
29:41We're a pretty ruthless pair, aren't we, you and I?
29:44I don't know what you mean.
29:45I like things to be right.
29:46But don't you?
29:47I like things my way, yes.
29:49But what?
29:52I wish I was convinced that what you want is right for Gladys.
29:55So then what would you have wanted for her?
29:58A banker.
29:59With a house on the avenue and a cottage in Newport.
30:02And that would have been enough for you?
30:03If it's enough for her, what do my ambitions matter?
30:06Go to bed, George.
30:08And wake up sensible.
30:19Are you still up?
30:26I couldn't sleep.
30:28Why not?
30:29Did something bad happen at that meeting?
30:31No.
30:33At least I don't think so.
30:35They're buying us out.
30:36Oh, Jack, that's amazing.
30:41So, what's wrong?
30:43I don't know what I'm supposed to do next.
30:45I expect you'll invent something else.
30:48Even more successful.
30:49And you can stay working here until you do.
30:52But can I?
30:54After they've paid me?
30:55Mrs. Forte won't grud you that.
30:58She'll be glad if you've got a little nest egg to see it through.
31:02It's quite a big nest egg.
31:04Now, how big is big?
31:06$300,000.
31:08What?
31:10I'm sorry.
31:11Never mind that.
31:13$300,000?
31:16You need never work again if you don't want to.
31:19But I do want to.
31:21And I don't want to leave.
31:23I've never had a home before, this one.
31:28Not a real home.
31:30Then this must be our secret.
31:33Not forever.
31:35But for now.
31:46Very good, Miss Gladys.
31:53Well, she took the tea and thanked me.
32:06Come with me.
32:07The mistress may have an idea.
32:12Please, come in.
32:16Miss Brooke, you are so good to come.
32:18I was sorry to summon you, but of all the bridesmaids, you were the nearest.
32:22How can I help?
32:23Go and see Gladys.
32:24She hasn't been out of her room in days.
32:26And my housekeeper tells me she's refusing to come out now.
32:28Oh.
32:29Somehow we must help her to grasp this opportunity on offer.
32:32Do you think you can do that?
32:34I can try.
32:37Miss Brooke.
32:38You can't say you didn't know it was coming.
32:47Everyone in the country knew it was coming.
32:49But it was so far in the distance.
32:52And suddenly it's here.
32:53It's now.
32:56I still think I should back out.
32:58Of course you'd find yourself on every front page from Timbuktu to Minsk.
33:02Are you ready for that?
33:03You're not being fair when you're determined to marry for love.
33:06That's true.
33:07I am.
33:08And maybe I'm not being fair.
33:13So you believe I should stop it?
33:15All I know is that Charlotte Astor was burning to marry James Straton.
33:19And now their battles are a scandal on two continents.
33:22While Helen Astor was bullied by her mother into marrying Rosie Roosevelt.
33:26And they're as happy as lovebirds in a tree.
33:31What would you do?
33:33Our positions are so different.
33:36No one beyond my own family much cares what I do with my life.
33:40I think Larry cares what you do with your life.
33:42That's different.
33:44I'm still not a public figure.
33:47You are.
33:48A great heiress destined to be a society leader.
33:52Doing good, I hope.
33:54But doing it in public.
33:57The Duke can give you a safe pedestal for that.
34:00What if I don't want to live on a pedestal?
34:02Well, I'm not hungry.
34:04The mistress wants you to eat properly, Miss Gladys.
34:07She says you won't want any luncheon.
34:09And she wouldn't want me to faint in church.
34:11Although that's one way out.
34:16Will you take her with you?
34:19Mother says I need a maid who's comfortable with England and the rest of the staff.
34:22The idea is for Adelheid to come with me to train her replacement and return to New York.
34:28Trust your mother to leave nothing to chance.
34:29Eat before it gets cold.
34:42I suppose.
34:48They told me you were here, but why?
34:51You know what day it is.
34:52Mr. Morgan is here.
34:55Mr. Morgan.
34:56I didn't see you.
34:59I don't mean to be unwelcoming, but I'm afraid it's not a good day for me.
35:03My daughter is getting married.
35:05They can't wait.
35:06What is so important?
35:07You don't seem to understand.
35:09Your plan is in chaos.
35:12This crisis is developing into a full-blown panic.
35:17Banks are closing every day.
35:20Our backers are in a state of terror.
35:22You go charging on.
35:25Russell Industries is ready for-
35:27Russell Industries is in trouble.
35:29Well, you spend money you don't have, apparently, until the sky caves in and buries you.
35:35Are you saying you're withdrawing your support?
35:38I won't support you.
35:39Nor will anyone else.
35:41Why should they?
35:42If Russell Industries goes down, we all go down.
35:45Wake up, man.
35:46See the ruin that is lying waiting for you on every side.
35:50I don't accept your analysis.
35:53Yes, there is a banking crisis, but only within New York State.
35:57It'll pass.
35:58And when it does, America will still need the transport system I mean to give her.
36:03Maybe in a different world, but you're putting at risk the city of New York and all our fortunes with it.
36:13I'm out.
36:14I wish you well with your wedding bells, but just remember, if you refuse to change course, your own money will be lost with all the rest.
36:28I don't care what he says.
36:39I'll get the land around Marenzi.
36:41I'll carry Chicago with me.
36:42And when I'm done, this country will be ready for the coming century.
36:46How will you manage it without Morgan?
36:48Well, don't worry.
36:49There's always money if you know where to find it.
36:52And when I do, Morgan will be back.
36:55Maybe.
36:55But not, I think, today.
37:00No.
37:01Today I have to marry my daughter to a man she doesn't like.
37:13Oh, how lovely you look.
37:16I'm glad you're wearing something new after all.
37:19It seemed mean-spirited not to, and I'm sure this will come in handy.
37:24Well, I'm not, but you were right just the same.
37:26Oh, Mama, did I tell you I've got two more clients, so it's over a dozen now.
37:31How splendid.
37:33I'm surprised you could take time off to attend a wedding.
37:36Nonsense.
37:37A packed church and all of them richer than Croesus.
37:40I mean it to be a busy day for me.
37:42How depressing.
37:43Oh, listen to this.
37:46A certain Mr. B has been challenged to a duel by a Mr. D.
37:52Apparently Mrs. D has been having a little too much fun in Paris.
37:57That must be Mr. Burrow and Charlotte Drayton.
38:01Poor Lena.
38:03What a blow.
38:05Mrs. Astor has weathered worse.
38:06But it's so public.
38:08She'll hate that.
38:09Oh, Marion, dear.
38:13How perfectly lovely.
38:16Here, here.
38:17A real stunner.
38:18It's all Mrs. Russell's work, down to the least particular.
38:22I just stood still while they made it fit.
38:25Wish they'd done.
38:28Extremely well.
38:29Don't be coarse.
38:31Everyone will be looking at you.
38:33But you mustn't be late.
38:35Oscar, will you take Marion across the street?
38:38Of course.
38:38Do you have a coat?
38:39Yes, but I don't think I want it.
38:41It'll just be a bore later on.
38:42Then we'll see you at St. Thomas.
38:46Oh.
38:47Oh.
38:48How beautiful she looks.
38:51If only she knew how to use it.
38:55I'm sorry I'm late.
38:56I hope you weren't worried.
38:57I'm not worried.
38:59But I'm afraid I'm going alone.
39:02What's the matter?
39:03I can't take you.
39:05Not with the news of James' duel all over New York.
39:10But he never fought his wretched duel.
39:13He made the challenge because he thought Mr. Borrow was your...
39:16My what?
39:18Your lover.
39:19Really, Mama.
39:21You quite shock me.
39:23Oh, I think it would be quite hard to shock you.
39:26This is fighting talk.
39:28What's the matter?
39:30Is your terror of divorce resurfacing?
39:32You will not divorce.
39:34I won't live as you and father live either.
39:36Separated in every way but legally.
39:38He on his yacht with his pretty companions while you rattle around in this drafty old palace.
39:44You will not have divorced parents.
39:47That I promise.
39:49Poor you.
39:51Father's life seems much more fun than yours.
39:53He's a man, my dear.
39:56Men have more fun.
39:59But in the meantime, I can't come to the ceremony.
40:03I don't much like Mrs. Russell.
40:07But I cannot bring a note of scandal into her daughter's wedding.
40:11That would be unforgivable.
40:14So we're just going to ride it out?
40:16That's right.
40:17I'm going to ride it out.
40:19And you're going to ride along with me.
40:26Right.
40:26That's all the bridesmaids gone.
40:28You're next.
40:30Are you ready?
40:31How can I go when we don't know if she'll even come out of her room?
40:33She'll be down in a minute.
40:35I'll go up.
40:36Your carriage is ready, ma'am.
40:39You go.
40:40I'll see to Gladys.
40:44I shall say hello to Nina.
40:56Oh.
40:57Good morning to you both.
40:59Agnes, Ada, Oscar.
41:01I wasn't sure I'd see you here.
41:03If only we could have avoided it.
41:05What nonsense, Mama.
41:07Curiosity alone would have you sleeping on the sidewalk to get a good seat.
41:10Marion showed us the dress she's wearing.
41:12It's very pretty.
41:14I can't help feeling that asking Marion to be a bridesmaid was a rare sign of good taste on Mrs. Russell's part.
41:21Not to be unkind.
41:22Unkind, but not necessarily untrue.
41:25Wasn't there something in the paper that we wanted to ask you about?
41:31Agnes?
41:31Well, I like Mrs. Russell, and I've decided from now on, I'm only going to say nice things about everyone.
41:44Quite an adjustment for you.
41:46Don't make me change my mind.
41:48We'll speak at the reception, my dear.
41:50Well, I'm afraid I can't stay long.
41:52My daughter Charlotte isn't well.
41:53I must look in on her.
41:55I understand.
41:57What do you understand?
42:00I didn't mean anything by it, Lena.
42:04Shall we be seated?
42:09This wedding is not my doing.
42:14I know.
42:15And I would have supported you if you'd refused to go ahead when I first got home.
42:19But the time for that has passed.
42:20Backing out now, humiliating Hector in public, would damage you far more than him.
42:27You'd drag the story with you for the rest of your life.
42:33So I need to pull myself together.
42:35Gladys, I take no pleasure in this.
42:37In fact, I apologize with all my heart.
42:41You think I've failed you.
42:44And I think I've failed you.
42:49But I can't see a way out of it.
42:50I understand.
43:03That's it.
43:05I have nothing more to say.
43:10The decision must be yours.
43:12I will wait downstairs.
43:15If you're not there in ten minutes,
43:17I will send word to the church,
43:19and that will be that.
43:19Is it true?
43:41Good day to you, Mrs. Winnerton.
43:43And now, is what true?
43:47That Charlotte Astor's husband challenged Alsop Borough to a duel.
43:51Who won?
43:52No one.
43:53The duel was never fought.
43:55What had she done?
43:56Nothing.
43:57Mrs. Drayton and Borough were both in Paris,
44:01and they went to a couple of exhibitions together.
44:03A couple more than Mr. Drayton would have liked, obviously.
44:06Always a pleasure.
44:10Where's your husband?
44:12He's not well, I'm afraid.
44:14I thought nothing short of death's door would keep him away from this.
44:18Well.
44:18Is there anything you'd like, sir?
44:34Nothing that you can give me.
44:51Mr. Lattice will be down soon,
44:52and then you can stop worrying.
44:54I wish I could be as sure of that as you.
44:56To heaven, what a crush.
45:13Oh, Mrs. Astor, so nice of you to come.
45:16Carrie looks so lovely.
45:18Is Mrs. Drayton here?
45:19No.
45:20She woke with a headache.
45:22Oh, I'm so sorry.
45:23Are you Mrs. Russell?
45:27Mrs. Ruck.
45:28Excuse me.
45:29What did that mean?
45:31Haven't you seen the paper?
45:33Don't bother.
45:34The story meant nothing at all.
45:36Who's this lovely lady?
45:38That's my sister, Miss O'Brien.
45:40Have we met?
45:41I doubt it.
45:42I live in Albany.
45:43Will you come this way, Monica?
45:47But how fascinating.
45:50Work is fascinating.
45:52She's Mrs. Russell's sister,
45:53so she can talk about their early years.
45:56It's strange.
45:57I've never met her.
45:59Why?
46:00When would you have met her?
46:05Take your seat now,
46:06before we get overrun.
46:08Bertha, are you sure this will turn out well?
46:10You've been saying that since I was three.
46:12And has it turned out well?
46:14Look around you.
46:16I might say the same.
46:17Should I send someone up to check on her, sir?
46:29No.
46:30We'll know soon enough.
46:32She's coming!
46:36Thank God.
46:37Three cheers for Miss Gladys.
47:01Hip, hip, hooray!
47:03Hip, hooray!
47:04Hip, hooray!
47:06Get out of your way!
47:06Cheers!
47:11of Ho' hath
47:17.
47:21.
47:23.
47:31Oh, you've done a wonderful job.
47:41I hope so.
47:48Are you all right?
47:52Well, since you asked, there is something I have wanted to say to you for quite a while now.
47:56I was building up the courage.
48:01Go on, then.
48:02I would like to ask you to be my wife, Mrs. Bruce.
48:06As a matter of fact, I've been carrying this around for weeks.
48:11Your wife's ring.
48:13I prefer to think of it as my mother's.
48:17You don't have to give me an answer right away.
48:19The truth is, I will answer you right now only because I don't want you to get your hopes up.
48:23I cannot marry you, Mr. Borden.
48:27Oh.
48:28I'm already married.
48:33But you told me you were single.
48:36I barely knew you then, and I didn't want to share my history.
48:42Please share it now.
48:43My husband suffers from acute melancholia, and as a result, he's been confined in an asylum since 1877.
48:56An asylum?
48:58In Larchmont.
48:59He has enough money to pay the charges.
49:02Leaving you to support yourself?
49:04Oh, don't make me the victim here.
49:07He is the victim.
49:08I am not.
49:09How long has he been ill?
49:14Looking back, I suppose I refused to see the signs until they became impossible to ignore.
49:22That was about ten years ago.
49:24And you can't divorce?
49:26The only acceptable reason for divorce in New York is adultery, which clearly does not apply.
49:33No.
49:34I couldn't afford it anyway.
49:38And somehow, I don't want to abandon him, not in his hour of need.
49:43You think me foolish.
49:45On the contrary, I think you noble.
49:54Wow.
49:58I should check the rooms are ready for their return.
50:00Lady Sarah, Hector.
50:14At this rate, I may never meet the famous Gladys.
50:17You look very handsome, Hector.
50:19Only I thought you might be in a guardsman's uniform.
50:21It's not done if you marry out of England.
50:22Well, we mustn't do anything that's not done.
50:24How is Gladys this morning?
50:26I assume she's come out of her room.
50:28She was right behind me as I left the house.
50:29Yes. They must have got caught in the traffic.
50:31The crowds are quite large.
50:32I pray they're not disappointed.
50:35I hope we can entertain you again while you're in New York.
50:38I'm afraid not.
50:39I leave tomorrow.
50:40Oh, what a shame.
50:41Wouldn't you have liked to see more of the city?
50:43Not really.
50:44There's a lot going on at home.
50:46At Sidmouth Castle?
50:47At Sidmouth and in London.
50:49And we go to Scotland soon.
50:51For the grounds.
50:52Hmm.
50:53So Lady Sarah said last night.
50:59You should sit down.
51:05All right.
51:07Just try not to laugh.
51:08The carriage has arrived.
51:24What a relief.
51:25People were starting to look anxious.
51:26They'd look more anxious if they knew the truth.
51:28So, what happens now?
51:47Dear father, I love you.
51:50But as you said earlier, we're past the point of no return.
52:53Who gives this woman to be married to this man?
53:10I do.
53:11Well, here goes.
53:22What a triumph for Mrs. Russell.
53:26Strange, really.
53:27And you think that three years ago, none of us ever heard of her?
53:34Please be seated.
53:35I hope she knows what she's doing.
53:49I hope she knows what she's doing.
53:50Nobody knows what they're doing when they get married.
53:53In the face of God, in the face of this company, to join together this man and this woman in
53:58holy matrimony, which is an honorable estate, instituted of God in the time of man's innocency,
54:05signifying unto us the mystical union that is betwixt Christ and his church.
54:09If any man can show just cause why they may not lawfully be joined together, let him now speak, or else hereafter forever hold his peace.
54:18I require and charge you both, as you will answer at the dreadful day of judgment, when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed,
54:28that if either of you know any impediment why you may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony, you do now confess it.
54:35For be ye well assured, that if any persons are joined together otherwise, then as God's word allows, their marriage is not lawful.
54:48I pray you're right about this.
54:52George, our daughter is about to be the Duchess of Buckingham.
54:56At one time, that would not have seemed likely.
55:00Let me enjoy it.
55:01To live together after God's ordinance in the holiest state of matrimony, would thou obey him and serve him,
55:15love, honor, and keep him in sickness and in health,
55:18and forsaking all others, keep thee only unto him so long as ye both shall live?
55:22I will.
55:36I will.
55:52Thank you, Adelaide.
56:02You can leave me.
56:09Have you got a nice cabin?
56:11Very nice, Miss...
56:14Your Grace.
56:15We sail any moment now?
56:26Yes.
56:30Is there anything you need?
56:32No.
56:33I have everything.
56:34Look, um, I suppose your mother would have told you that the duties of a wife include more than is expected of an unmarried woman.
56:50Yes, she's explained it to me.
56:53Good.
56:54That makes things easier.
57:01She said it would hurt.
57:02But only once.
57:10Only the first time.
57:13After that, you may even come to enjoy it.
57:15People do.
57:16Aren't you tired?
57:18After such a long day?
57:20There's no rush after all.
57:22It'll be embarrassing for us both, of course.
57:25But plenty of men and women have managed it before now.
57:30So you don't want to wait, then?
57:32You're right.
57:34That I'm tired.
57:36But I'm not too tired.
57:39And I prefer to get awkward things done and settled.
57:44That way we can wake up tomorrow as a proper man and wife.
57:47Turn it over.
57:49Just a moment.
57:54Look at me.
57:55More.
57:59So...
58:03You better know?
58:06See you later.
58:06Hear you later?
58:06Hear you later.
58:07Hear you later.
58:08Hear you later.
58:12Hear you later.
58:13Hear you later.
58:15Hear you later.
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