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00:00Oh
02:10She's not in the ballroom or any of the rooms on that floor.
02:13She's nowhere to be found, Mr. Church.
02:16I will tell the mistress.
02:17Mother?
02:28Mother, wake up.
02:30What is it?
02:31Gladys is missing.
02:32Her maid went to a room this morning.
02:34The bed hasn't been slept in.
02:35They've checked the whole house.
02:36You don't think she's eloped?
02:38Oh, my God.
02:39Did she say anything to you?
02:41No.
02:42But if she has run away, it's because you left her no choice.
02:44You're blaming me?
02:45How will that help find your sister?
02:47Should we contact the police?
02:48Of course not.
02:49Madam, this just arrived for you?
02:53I need to get dressed.
03:00What does it say?
03:01It says where your sister's been all night.
03:02Where are you going?
03:13The servant's entrance.
03:15No, we have been asked to come here.
03:16We are going through the front door.
03:18Arthur, please, let's not make a fuss.
03:19We need to see our door.
03:21Don't you go down those stairs.
03:23Oh, Dr. Kirkland.
03:29Mrs. Scott.
03:30You are very punctual.
03:33Thank you for coming.
03:35Of course.
03:36Shall we go in?
03:37Yes.
03:40Mrs. Ramon, I am expecting you.
03:42Welcome, Mr. and Mrs. Scott.
03:44I do wish this were under happier circumstances.
03:48Thank you for sending for us.
03:49And, of course, this is good of you, Dr. Kirkland.
03:52We're so grateful.
03:53You have Mr. Scott to thank.
03:55I have a mixture here.
03:57Mrs. Van Ryn wrote that Peggy had a cough.
04:01It's muriate of morphia, powdered acacia, and sub-nitrate abysma.
04:06It will help.
04:07I'd also like some hot water for her feet.
04:09I'll ask the footman to take up a bath, and our maid will bring the hot water.
04:13Marion, show Dr. Kirkland the way to Miss Scott's room.
04:16Of course.
04:17Will you come this way, Dr. Kirkland?
04:17Please.
04:18We can wait in here.
04:19I'm afraid they're in these rooms.
04:21That's quite all right.
04:26There were two cold men in the hall, the doctor and Miss Scott's father.
04:33Well, I've seen it all now.
04:36Miss Scott saved your job out of Christian kindness, and you have nothing in your heart
04:41but prejudice.
04:42The world I have lived in since I was born has been turned on its head.
04:46Can you blame me if I'm shocked?
04:47Yes, Miss Armstrong, I can.
04:49I'm only saying what everyone is thinking.
04:53I wasn't thinking that.
04:54No one is thinking that.
04:55But surely...
04:56That's enough.
04:57I don't want to hear another word out of your mouth unless it's something nice, which it
05:01never is, so I trust you'll keep it shut.
05:04Are you going to let her speak to me in such a manner?
05:07Hmm?
05:08Yes, I believe I am.
05:09We're so grateful Dr. Kirkland was able to treat her.
05:15Yes, and I'm deeply ashamed that our doctor refused.
05:19He's taken care of my family for years, so I was rather stunned.
05:23Why would you be stunned?
05:25Father.
05:26You're a wise woman.
05:29You know how the world works.
05:31I suppose so, but it still saddens me.
05:33It is not how we were raised.
05:35Our father was a patron of the Institute for Colored Youth in Philadelphia, where Miss
05:40Scott studied.
05:41Yes, she told us.
05:42Any word on Peggy?
05:44Not yet.
05:45I'm just going down to ask for more hot water.
05:50He's a good doctor.
05:52I know he is.
05:57That's her now.
05:59This is not how I meant for our engagement to be.
06:01My mother left us no choice.
06:03What if she thinks I kidnapped you in the night?
06:05I'll tell her it was all my doing.
06:07She has to grasp that I mean to stand up to her.
06:09That we both will.
06:11Please come with me.
06:13Please.
06:14Billy, we must be strong and united.
06:16Gladys?
06:17I do love you.
06:18Your mother's here.
06:21Mother?
06:22Mrs. Russell.
06:23We took good care of Gladys.
06:25It was two when she arrived.
06:27They had to wake me up.
06:28It seemed too late to send her back.
06:30Of course.
06:30I made sure my footman took the message first thing this morning.
06:33It was kind of you to look after her.
06:35I want to stay here until father was left.
06:36Wait for me in the carriage.
06:38But I won't.
06:38Now, Gladys.
06:51They were never alone.
06:53I made sure of that.
06:54You have nothing to fear.
06:55I woke to find my daughter gone.
06:56A nightmare for any parent.
06:58She was at the breaking point when she came.
07:00I nearly sent for a doctor.
07:02But not for her mother?
07:03I suggested that.
07:05But you can imagine her reaction.
07:07It's a family matter, Mrs. Carlton.
07:09Mrs. Russell.
07:10Won't you sit down?
07:12Can't we start again?
07:14Meaning what, exactly?
07:15I know Billy got off on the wrong foot, but the children seem well-suited.
07:25Not to me.
07:26I hesitate to pull rank, but my great-grandfather signed the Declaration of Independence.
07:32What were your ancestors doing then, I wonder?
07:35I thought you understood that Gladys is about to be engaged.
07:38It isn't what Gladys said.
07:40Well, according to you, she was out of her mind.
07:44What if they can't be stopped?
07:46But they can.
07:47And they will be.
07:49Good day, Mrs. Carlton.
07:50Doctor, how's Penny?
08:14We must act fast, or it may turn into pneumonia.
08:17She should be kept warm.
08:20I've asked Miss Brooke for more blankets, and she needs to keep drinking.
08:23Our cup can make some broth.
08:25I'd like to check back in a few hours and look in again tomorrow.
08:28We'd prefer to take her home, and you can visit her there.
08:31I don't advise moving her not into the cold for a long ride.
08:34She'd be better off staying here.
08:36We'd feel more comfortable to have her back in Brooklyn, where you can...
08:39With Mrs. Van Ryn's permission, she will stay here until you say otherwise.
08:43I'll see you later on, if that's all right.
08:45It's more than all right.
08:46Thank you for everything, William.
08:50We are certainly in your debt.
08:59We weren't expecting you to return so soon, sir.
09:02I have some business that needs my attention.
09:05I'm going up to change.
09:07J.P. Morgan will be here later for a meeting.
09:09Very good, sir.
09:10Where's Mrs. Russell?
09:11She had an urgent matter to seek to concerning Ms. Gladys.
09:16What do you mean?
09:18Mrs. Russell will explain, sir.
09:23A panic's coming.
09:25It's only a matter of time.
09:27Stocks are plummeting.
09:30There's a new firm going under every day.
09:32Grant and Ward just collapsed.
09:34Metropolitan isn't alone.
09:38I couldn't let it fail, saying he was innocent.
09:42And as you just said, run on a bank can be contagious.
09:46I'd have lost more than I care to admit.
09:49But, well, if I have you in my debt, then I have grounds to ask a favor.
09:54My trip out west wasn't about buying copper mines.
09:57I said that because...
09:57Because you wanted me to believe it.
09:59What really you were after was the land that went with the mines.
10:02I have a vision.
10:06A railroad that will transform this country.
10:09And perhaps the world.
10:11An illusory vision.
10:13I want to connect all the major cities of America.
10:16To create a continuous line.
10:18From New York to Chicago, and then from Chicago to California.
10:20Without ten stops along the way.
10:23It can be done.
10:24Perhaps.
10:26But you say it too easily.
10:28This will be a feat to rival Moses' party in the Red Sea.
10:33You think you have a problem getting around Morenci.
10:38Well, till you start trying to rearrange Chicago.
10:42It's ambitious, yes.
10:45But neither of us would be who we are today without ambition.
10:49This line will be built.
10:52It must be.
10:54The only mystery is who will do it.
10:57Your scheme will cost more money than I know you have.
11:02And your timing couldn't be worse.
11:04It's true.
11:06I can't do this alone.
11:09The risks are enormous.
11:12But if we succeed,
11:15the rewards will be enormous too.
11:19All right.
11:20I'll do what I can.
11:22But if you fail, you're on your own.
11:24Was she trying to win us over with talk of her father in the Institute?
11:33I don't know.
11:35Maybe she wants you to think well of her.
11:40Since when have they cared about any of us,
11:42except when it comes to our ability to cater to their every need?
11:46We don't know, Mrs. Van Ryn.
11:49And apart from our daughter,
11:50we are likely the only colored people she has had in her home.
11:56Even so,
11:58Peggy wouldn't have gotten this sick if she was under our roof and we were looking after her.
12:01But this is where she has chosen to be.
12:04And Mrs. Van Ryn is kind to her.
12:06I feel safer knowing our daughter is living in that house if she's not with us.
12:13But we can't blame her for the ills of society.
12:16And at least she invited us through her front door.
12:19Which you didn't want to go with.
12:21But we did.
12:23Now, can we leave it at that?
12:26And it just wants to stay.
12:29Good morning.
12:47Father, are you home?
12:49Well, you left me no choice.
12:50You don't listen to me.
12:52George, when did you get back?
12:55This morning.
12:56Sorry, I should have sent a telegram.
12:57Was that Mr. Morgan outside?
12:59It was.
13:00We had some business, but it's taken care of.
13:03And now I'm home.
13:04I'm glad.
13:05Have you seen this?
13:07I can't control what they write.
13:08I assure you the last thing I want is for our lives to be gossip column father.
13:13Besides, Hector has a right to a modicum of privacy.
13:15And I have a right not to be sold at auction to the highest bidder.
13:18What is this about?
13:18She's being hysterical.
13:19You say that because you've been caught out.
13:21Don't think just because it's in print, it's a fait accompli.
13:23He's your duke.
13:24And you can entertain him on your own.
13:26Gladys has a right.
13:27And I, as her mother, I have...
13:28Isn't this a lovely welcome home?
13:30Father, I prayed you'd come back early and rescue me.
13:33Rescue you from what?
13:34Her mother's plotting.
13:35Look, the paper says we're engaged.
13:39But I don't even know him.
13:40Not really.
13:43How did they get the story?
13:45People gossip and they print it.
13:47The story we should be worried about is your daughter's midnight escape.
13:50What?
13:51She ran off to Billy Carlton's and frightened us to death.
13:54I had to.
13:55There was no other way.
13:57You weren't here to protect me.
13:58From your own mother?
13:59Yes.
14:00Stop being theatrical.
14:01I only want to live my own life.
14:02It's not that much.
14:03Enough!
14:03I have been traveling all night and in meetings all morning.
14:09Let us calm down and reconvene in a more civil atmosphere.
14:13You look tired.
14:22I hope the trip was a success.
14:25I have piqued Mr. Morgan's interest.
14:27Good.
14:28And I need your help.
14:29If her antics leak to the paper, she'll ruin everything.
14:34You've put her in this position.
14:36A position that will make her the envy of every woman living.
14:40And to make her life a misery.
14:41Is that what you want?
14:43When there are children, they will be among the highest ranking people on earth.
14:48Do you really want that wrecked by Billy Carlton?
14:51I said she could marry for love.
14:54George, I'm building her future.
14:56A golden life.
14:58Isn't that worth more than a hasty promise?
15:06They got back to you there?
15:08They did.
15:09And was it bad news?
15:12It was.
15:14But not for me.
15:16Well, if you don't want to say...
15:19Oh, forgive me, Mr. Church.
15:20I don't mean to be elliptical.
15:22My wife is dead.
15:25I'm very sorry to hear it.
15:27Well, we were separated for years.
15:29Many years.
15:30Have you told Mrs. Bruce?
15:35I'm just waiting for the right moment.
15:44Hello, Wilson.
15:46Just come to pick up some things.
15:48Oh, you've come home.
15:50Only to get some clothes.
15:52I wrote to you at the club.
15:53I know.
15:54Then why didn't you answer?
15:56We are hosting the Young Women's Christian Association benefit this Friday.
16:01I've been making excuses for your absence for weeks.
16:03It's getting rather tiresome.
16:05Oh, I'm sure it's tiresome.
16:06But I've told you what I want.
16:08But if you won't answer my letters...
16:10The truth is, Aurora, you will not convince me to change my mind.
16:13Our marriage is over.
16:14You do understand that I will be finished when the news gets out?
16:19I should have sent Robeson for the clothes.
16:21I will next time.
16:22You'd prefer to send your valet rather than risk being in my presence?
16:26Please don't make me say things I'll regret.
16:28I want a divorce.
16:29I need you to accept that.
16:31I'm to accept the end of my world.
16:34With the sky crashing to earth in flames.
16:40Don't you care at all?
16:44Break the rosary in a pearly rain and gather what we let fall.
16:52What is this?
16:53Do I sense a rebellion in our midst?
16:56I've asked to see the staff.
16:58May still be part of a mutiny.
17:01What is it about, Ondeda?
17:04You're not giving the president's annual message.
17:07Just talk.
17:10Good afternoon.
17:11You will all see my signature here on this pledge for temperance, which is a cause I support in memory of the late Reverend Forte.
17:22We have sickness in our house.
17:24Is this really the time to bother them with this poppycock?
17:28Miss Scott remains in my prayers, and she supported my meeting.
17:32Did you give her any choice?
17:33I am asking all members of this household to join me in taking the pledge.
17:42I'm sure I need not explain the merits of temperance to you all.
17:47Ada, now you have gone too far.
17:50Agnes, what do you think our temperance meeting was about?
17:54Mrs. Graves told us...
17:55I stopped listening to that woman the moment she opened her mouth.
17:58You cannot force my staff.
17:59Our staff.
18:01My staff.
18:02Actually.
18:03And I'm not forcing anyone.
18:05It is up to them to make their own choice.
18:08As long as it is.
18:09As I was saying, the pledge hereby reads,
18:15we agree that we will not buy, sell, or drink intoxicating liquors,
18:23and we will use our best endeavors to prevent the sale and use of the same by others.
18:33Take charge of it, Bannister.
18:39While His Grace the Duke is in New York,
18:43he will be entertained by Mr. and Mrs. George Russell.
18:46But will he soon be more than a guest?
18:48Do you think that's what drove Miss Gladys to run away?
18:51It's not our place to comment.
18:53Her wedding would affect us all.
18:55If she moves to England, who will go with her?
18:57She'll need a maid.
18:58I wonder if they'll hold the reception here.
19:00What do you think, Mr. Church?
19:02The mistress will have a plan prepared.
19:04She usually does.
19:05Well, I feel sorry for Miss Gladys.
19:07Really?
19:07She'll be famous around the world.
19:10Her picture will appear in every paper.
19:12Her clothes will be copied and her jewels.
19:15But she won't have chosen the man she married.
19:17Plenty of people who have a free choice live to regret it.
19:20What are you doing?
19:29I'm going back over the details.
19:31Why?
19:32You know it works.
19:33Not quite.
19:34I'm sure it will work.
19:35There's a difference.
19:37But Mr. Larry wrote to me today.
19:40He wants me at the meetings.
19:42Of course you must be there.
19:44He was foolish not to see it before now.
19:46You thought you'd put your foot in it, but you were right to ask.
19:49I don't want to go so bad, but now that he wants me there, I feel nervous.
19:53I have to give Miss Ada an answer on the temperance pledge.
19:56And not Mrs. Van Ryn?
19:58Mrs. Forte pays our wages these days, and that must mean something.
20:02So, what will you do?
20:04Let them fight it out together?
20:06This can't go on.
20:07Would you rather I went up and had it out with them?
20:10No.
20:10Well, someone has to.
20:13And anyway, I have a beer most evenings.
20:16Is that unreasonable?
20:18We work all the hours God sends, and now we can't relax on our time off.
20:24I don't see how I can refuse Mrs. Forte when she's been so kind about the clock.
20:28Mrs. Van Ryn will never give up her wine, so it may never come to it.
20:33Eh, Miss Armstrong?
20:34Don't include me.
20:35I've signed it.
20:36Does this mean everywhere or just in the house?
20:41When you sign the pledge, you sign the pledge.
20:48You look better than you did yesterday.
20:50Oh, yesterday's rather a blur.
20:53That's due to the fever.
20:55I do remember my parents were here.
20:57They sent for me.
20:59Do you work with my father?
21:01In the way of things.
21:02My father used to get treatment for arthritis at your father's pharmacy.
21:08Often I'd go with him and watch Mr. Scott mix up his potions.
21:12When I found out he owned the store and heard him advise patrons about which medicine to take,
21:20my world was cracked open.
21:24I don't recall seeing you around the store.
21:28I went to school in Philadelphia, so I wasn't there much.
21:35Good.
21:36Now I can listen to your lungs.
21:40Breathe normally.
21:46Sounds better.
21:47But you still have that cough.
21:52How is she today?
21:53Much improved.
21:55Pulse is stronger and her fever's broken.
21:57But she'll need to rest for a few days.
21:59We don't want to relapse.
22:01No, that is quite forbidden.
22:06Look what I brought.
22:07Oh, my shaft.
22:09Just delivered.
22:11We'll celebrate when you're feeling better.
22:13Your parents mentioned you're a writer.
22:14Is it an instalment from a novel?
22:17Yes, but I'm very behind on my work.
22:22May I?
22:24Oh.
22:26Yes.
22:29Sure.
22:30Sure.
22:44Your mother was very worried.
22:51Only because I'd ruin her plan.
22:56Please don't scold me.
22:57I don't agree with your methods.
22:59Nor your mother's.
23:02But I understand her intention.
23:04And that is to give you an astonishing opportunity.
23:07But an opportunity for what?
23:09To be one of the most influential women of your generation.
23:13I don't want to be influential.
23:15And I refuse to be mother's project.
23:16Let me be my own person.
23:18Marriage is the one way you can do that.
23:21And this marriage would give you the power to change lives.
23:24You promised I could marry for love.
23:26And I'm in love with Billy Carlton.
23:28If you and Billy think the best way to pursue this is by running away,
23:31then neither of you is ready to marry.
23:34What if he were to ask you now?
23:36You'll be at Mrs. Fane's party.
23:37Very well.
23:40I'll hear his arguments.
23:47I only want what's best for you.
23:49But you think that's the Duke?
23:51I think you should consider all of your options.
23:54Including Hector.
24:00And how was Miss Scott faring today?
24:02Much better.
24:03It is such a relief.
24:04I'm so pleased.
24:05Our prayers have been answered.
24:07And you will send us your bill?
24:08Mr. Scott has taken care of that.
24:11Oh, good.
24:12Well, Doctor, we remain in your debt.
24:18Aurora.
24:19I can't help wondering.
24:21Does Charles drink?
24:22It could explain his behavior.
24:24Not in that way.
24:27But it might seem better if he did.
24:29It would be less of an outright rejection.
24:31Oh, don't talk like that.
24:32Charles is the fool here.
24:34Bannister, is there any news on the pledge?
24:38Will the servant sign?
24:39Well...
24:40Bannister, please ignore Mrs. Forte.
24:43Let the matter drop.
24:45I will not let it drop.
24:47This is my staff.
24:48I believe I have a right to ask for their support.
24:50Mrs. Forte, ma'am...
24:52And do you have the right to tell them what to eat for luncheon or where to worship on Sunday?
24:56Well...
24:56I think it's perfectly simple...
24:58Mrs. Van Ryn!
25:00Mrs. Forte.
25:02What is it, Bannister?
25:04I'm very sorry, but we must know downstairs who is in charge of the house now.
25:11Well...
25:12Well, why must things change?
25:13For a very good reason.
25:15That is...
25:17I...
25:19You are quite right, Bannister.
25:21Things have changed.
25:24Mrs. Forte is the head of the household now.
25:27Well, in a way, I suppose Mrs. Forte will give the orders from now on.
25:36Thank you, Mrs. Vane.
25:38I will tell them.
25:39They will be relieved.
25:41Thank you, Bannister.
25:46It's good to have a decision.
25:49But can we live with it?
25:52I need a decision, too.
25:54I can't cancel the benefit this late.
25:56But what excuse will I make for Charles' absence in our own home?
26:00Say he is ill.
26:02Lack of moral judgment is a sort of illness.
26:05I swore till death us do part.
26:07And I meant it.
26:09Well, it would be easier for you if he were dead.
26:13I'm not sure how helpful that is, Agnes.
26:15But just know we are very much looking forward to your party.
26:22Are you?
26:23I'm not sure where I am.
26:24The plans are terrific.
26:28I'm glad you do it.
26:29You've done so much work here, but I'll still need your help with some specific things.
26:34The key is the importance of the escapement.
26:37I'll do the talking, but you must check that I don't miss any details.
26:41Miss Brooke, can I get you a nissi?
26:44No, thank you.
26:44I didn't know you were stopping by.
26:47I came through the servant's entrance to see Jack.
26:49We're preparing for our meeting, Miss Marion.
26:51I'm sorry to do that here.
26:52I don't mind.
26:53We all believe in John's clock, but shouldn't he be the one to explain how it works?
26:59Oh, no.
27:00Mr. Larry knows how to talk to businessmen.
27:02Jack, the coffee.
27:05I better get this upstairs.
27:07I'll see you again before the meeting.
27:09Just let me know when.
27:10We're nearly there.
27:13We've got all the sketches.
27:14What else do you need?
27:16Oh, uh, Jack, we should go over the presentation until we know it by rote and can anticipate their questions.
27:22Thinking about their questions makes me nervous.
27:24Just look at you.
27:25You're turning into a proper businessman before our eyes.
27:30Speaking of which, you do have a suit, don't you?
27:33I do, but it doesn't fit me anymore.
27:35I'll take you to my tailor.
27:37I couldn't let you do that.
27:38Consider it part of my investment.
27:40Jack, the coffee.
27:46May I steal you away for a moment?
28:03How is Gladys getting on?
28:05The war continues.
28:07My mother is a formidable opponent.
28:08What about Billy Carlton?
28:11Forbidden.
28:12She won't accept defeat easily.
28:14No.
28:15In fact, I'm quite impressed at the strength of her resistance.
28:18But she sees this as an existential battle.
28:21Her survival is at stake.
28:25Mr. Russell, where are you taking me?
28:27I need a hat and coat.
28:31I should get back to Miss Scott.
28:33I should get back to Miss Scott.
28:33No coat needed.
28:37I was only looking for a little privacy.
28:45This is not appropriate.
28:47I wanted to kiss you the moment I saw you.
28:49So it's more appropriate than kissing you in front of your cook on your foot.
28:55You do know that I'm in love with you, Miss Scott.
29:02Where can I take you, sir?
29:04Oh, uh, right here.
29:06We're getting it.
29:12Goodbye.
29:12I hope you didn't mind our little scene with Bannister.
29:25Well, I can see why Aurora felt she had to get involved.
29:28But she was right.
29:30It must be very puzzling for the service.
29:32Oh, please.
29:32They have food, lodging, and pay.
29:34What more do they want?
29:35And very difficult for you.
29:37Now that I have the money and you don't.
29:39I thought you didn't like talking about money.
29:41Aurora, hello, my dear.
29:44Thank you for coming.
29:45Well, of course.
29:47Hello, Agnes, Ada, Nina.
29:49Mrs. Fane, what a pretty dress.
29:51Will Mr. Fane be joining us today?
29:54Charles sends his apologies.
29:56He's got rather a chill.
29:57Oh, well, these freezing winds we had could have killed us all.
30:02He wouldn't let me cancel the benefit.
30:04How good of him.
30:06And you.
30:07Ladies.
30:10Very well done.
30:12Of course you would.
30:15Would you ever do this?
30:17Kelly.
30:17Let's get up.
30:19Please manage your sister.
30:25Charlie.
30:27Have you met Miss Gladys Russell?
30:29How do you do, Miss Russell?
30:30Hello.
30:31Mother wants us to mix a bit more.
30:34She can be so tedious sometimes.
30:35She just wants you to stop talking to Mr. Burrow.
30:39Is your husband here?
30:41Don't be ridiculous.
30:43That's the kind of talk she wants to avoid.
30:47Congratulations.
30:48You've assembled quite a crowd.
30:50I believe you've Mrs. Russell to thank.
30:52I do.
30:53They say the Duke of Buckingham's back in New York to see Mrs. Russell again.
30:58They all hoped you'd bring him with you today.
31:01We are expecting him tomorrow.
31:02Oh, he's staying with you?
31:04Yes, he is.
31:05Oh.
31:06Well done, Mrs. Russell.
31:09Excuse us.
31:10May I speak with you, Rory?
31:13Is he?
31:15I thought that was just gossip.
31:18We'll talk about it later, George.
31:24That's smart.
31:26Should the waist be a bit tighter?
31:27No.
31:28Give him a little more room.
31:30And can you narrow these lapels?
31:32I like them.
31:34They're too showy.
31:36A gentleman never looks as if he's trying to be smart.
31:38He simply is smart.
31:40Without making any effort to be so.
31:42Do you wear a handkerchief in the top pocket?
31:44Not often.
31:45And if I do, you won't see much of it.
31:49Again, no signals.
31:53We're after understated elegance.
31:55It's complicated, isn't it?
31:57Not really.
31:58Unless you're a show-off.
32:00Are you a show-off, Jack?
32:03I don't think so.
32:05But I never had much to show off until now.
32:09And that'll change if things go well for us.
32:11Thank you, Mr. Beard.
32:12Of course.
32:13Oscar.
32:15Oscar.
32:17How are you?
32:19Awful.
32:20You don't look awful.
32:21If that is true, it's all I have in my favor.
32:24Is it the Metropolitan National Bank that concerns you?
32:27Because it's up and running now, and I'm told it's thanks to Mr. Russell.
32:30I have no money in any bank.
32:36I have no clients because I can't be trusted.
32:40And I live with my mother and my aunt, who's joined the Temperance League.
32:45In short, I am in the innermost circle of hell.
32:54You find my pain amusing.
32:56Don't pout.
32:57Why haven't you come to see me before now?
33:04Why?
33:06To inflict my misery on you.
33:08Because I love and believe in you.
33:10If I could only take that to the market.
33:13You can.
33:14I'll write a check for you to invest.
33:16And when I talk about it, others will follow.
33:19Would you do that for me?
33:20I'd do anything for you.
33:24I, uh...
33:26I don't know what to say.
33:28Say that you'll double my money.
33:33I mean it, and I will.
33:44Mrs. Russell.
33:46I'm glad to see you.
33:48After what happened the other day, I wonder.
33:51Can we just wipe the slate clean?
33:54I do hope so.
33:55And I assure you, Billy will speak to your husband properly this time.
33:59He won't make the same mistake again.
34:01I do not know how many times I have to tell you this, Mrs. Carlton.
34:04But Gladys will not marry your son.
34:06Isn't it out of our hands?
34:08Let me speak clearly.
34:10If you keep this up,
34:12Mr. Russell will see that Billy never gets another job.
34:14And we will disinherit Gladys.
34:16You do that to your own child?
34:19What sort of a person are you?
34:21As a rule, I'm the sort of person who gets what she wants.
34:26How are you?
34:27I'm so glad to see you, Andy.
34:30I couldn't hide away forever.
34:44Well, you must be pleased that everyone's come.
34:50That Mr. Fane has made such a recovery.
34:54What?
34:55Your husband just came in with the bell party.
34:59Oh.
35:01Is that Mrs. Lipton?
35:04I thought he was upstairs.
35:06He's been staying at the club, so I wouldn't catch his cold.
35:09That seems rather drastic.
35:14He wanted to be prudent.
35:16Do I gather with all of this that you'll be spending more time in Newport?
35:23Are you all right, Aurora?
35:24I think so.
35:26Mrs. Fane, I hope you don't catch your husband's chill.
35:30And with that, I will take my leave.
35:38That was sudden.
35:40Charles has driven her away.
35:42Together with his mistress.
35:43Shh, my dear.
35:44Don't let him get the better of you.
35:46He already has.
35:47I'm so glad you've come.
35:55I hope it means you're feeling better.
35:57Excuse us.
35:59How could you have brought her here?
36:01We go everywhere together.
36:03Take her out of my house.
36:04It's my house, too.
36:06And she didn't want to come.
36:07I made her.
36:08And she was right, and you are cruel.
36:10Get used to it.
36:10We'll be seen all over town, wherever you go.
36:13Come away, Aurora.
36:14Can't you persuade her, Aunt Agnes?
36:16I am not your Aunt Agnes anymore.
36:24I shot a peacock once on a hunting expedition.
36:27Did you have it stuffed?
36:28As I remember, our chef stuffed it with figs and brandy.
36:31It was delicious.
36:32But, of course, I was the butt of a good many jokes.
36:35Mrs. Russell, have you met Mr. Merrick?
36:37Oh, you should.
36:38He's so interested in the new opera house,
36:40and such an admirer of yours.
36:42I've seen him at the Met,
36:43but I never had the nerve to speak.
36:45I love your ideas because they so exactly mirror my own.
36:49High praise from a man.
36:51More than merited.
36:52May I ask,
36:53is it true your daughter's going to marry the Duke of Buckingham?
36:56If it were, I suppose you'd disapprove.
36:59Why?
36:59I'd say it would give her a position
37:00from which she can achieve great things.
37:02I read in the paper that it's official now.
37:05That article was silly guesswork.
37:06If she does marry him,
37:08what will your title be?
37:09Why would I have one?
37:10Well, there must be something.
37:11You call the mother of a duchess.
37:13One lucky woman.
37:14I admire many things about the English,
37:20but they can't hold a candle
37:21when it comes to your party's message.
37:23Mr. Merrick.
37:30It's happening.
37:32Billy is asking my father.
37:34You're very confident in the face of the ground on the banks.
37:39The banks are like women.
37:41Panic at the unimportant
37:43and ignore the essentials.
37:46Mr. Carlton,
37:47can we help you?
37:48Excuse me.
38:02That was peculiar.
38:07Arthur, didn't you know my wife?
38:08I don't mean to interrupt.
38:10I came to say hello to Billy Carlton,
38:12but he seems to have gone.
38:13He's changed his mind.
38:14You don't know that.
38:17Billy.
38:25Billy, what happened?
38:27Couldn't do it.
38:27What?
38:29I couldn't do it.
38:31Good.
38:32Forget about Miss Russell.
38:34They're new money people.
38:35She was using you.
38:36That's what they do.
38:37That doesn't make sense.
38:38You'll find another girl
38:39who won't cost you your future.
38:42I regard it as a lucky escape.
38:45What a ghast I'm gathering.
38:47Yes!
38:48It's true that he's coming to New York.
39:00It's true that I've arranged
39:01some parties for him.
39:02What else can I tell you?
39:04Did you think I would just stay in Arizona
39:06until everything was arranged?
39:08George, life goes on
39:09even when you're away on business.
39:11The fact remains,
39:12Billy Carlton has not had an opportunity
39:13to present his argument.
39:15She says she loves him.
39:17Shouldn't we listen to her?
39:19George, she's 18.
39:20She still has her dolls in her room.
39:22She ran away like a petulant child.
39:25Should we let her choose failure over triumph?
39:27She's not choosing failure.
39:29That's where you're wrong.
39:31The whole of New York society
39:32has decided he's coming back here to propose.
39:35Who thinks that?
39:36Mrs. Fish, Mrs. Astor, Mrs. Drexel,
39:39Mrs. Van Ransselaer, all of them.
39:41Because you leaked it to the newspapers yourself.
39:43The point is, if we don't announce an engagement,
39:46they'll assume she's failed.
39:47And forever after,
39:48she'll be the girl who didn't land her duke.
39:50We can say she turned him down.
39:51They'll never believe us.
39:55Even so,
39:56rushing her into it does not seem right.
40:00George, I don't expect you to understand this
40:02because you're not a woman,
40:03but I am trying to empower her.
40:05You think you're helping by caving in,
40:08but she's young.
40:09She doesn't know anything about
40:10love or the world or anything else.
40:14I'm trying to protect her future.
40:18Won't you help me?
40:20Bertha,
40:21you cannot expect her to marry a man
40:24she doesn't like.
40:25She doesn't know him.
40:27If she gives him a chance,
40:28she'll like him well enough.
40:30I just want to know
40:31when I get a say in our daughter's life.
40:35The day I'm in your boardroom
40:37giving you my ideas
40:38on the railroads and the steel mills.
40:40Until that day,
40:43I won't question your business
40:45if you don't question mine.
40:49Have you told me everything?
40:51Of course.
40:52You look so nice.
41:03Is there a special occasion
41:04for the dinner?
41:06I think it's really
41:07to welcome the Duke
41:08back to America.
41:09You've been spending
41:10quite a bit of time
41:12with the Russells.
41:14Yes.
41:15And young Mr. Russell
41:17seems very taken with you.
41:18He thinks he's in love with me.
41:22Oh!
41:23Bye!
41:25And how do you feel?
41:29Cautious.
41:29Because you don't share his feelings?
41:31Because I want to wait
41:32until things in his family
41:33are calmer
41:34and I need to be sure.
41:36But look at Cousin Aurora.
41:38Perhaps it's foolish
41:38to look for certainty in love.
41:43Your Uncle Luke would say
41:45there's very little
41:46we could be certain of
41:47except God.
41:49So pray
41:50and the right path
41:51will become clear.
41:54Oh!
41:55Hmm?
41:55Which reminds me
41:56you've been hearing me
41:59speak about the pledge.
42:01Yes.
42:02I just wondered
42:04if you'd given it any thought.
42:06I have.
42:08But I'm afraid
42:09I struggle to see
42:10what's wrong
42:10with having a glass of wine
42:12at dinner
42:13or Jack wanting some beer
42:15on his day off.
42:16Hmm.
42:16I thought you'd
42:18might say that.
42:20I'm sorry
42:20if that makes you unhappy.
42:23Oh!
42:23The Scots
42:24are upstairs
42:25visiting their daughter.
42:27Oh, I'm glad to hear it.
42:29I should get changed.
42:34Marion!
42:36Do you think
42:37Miss Scott
42:38might sign the pledge
42:39when she gets better?
42:40Maybe.
42:41I should get to the Russell's.
42:42I don't want to be late.
42:43Are you going to harass
42:45their duke
42:45into signing the pledge
42:46as well?
42:48He might be interested.
42:50Please, he's English.
42:51His loyalty is to the queen
42:53and to the bottle.
42:54Not necessarily
42:55in that order.
42:59It's Cousin Athena's
43:00women's group
43:01in Newport.
43:02I think you'd enjoy it
43:04and I know
43:05they'd enjoy you.
43:06I suppose I always
43:07think of myself
43:08as a writer
43:08and not a sneaker.
43:10Athena says
43:11that your Tuskegee article
43:13as well as
43:14the excerpt
43:15from your novel
43:16has caused
43:17a lot of chatter
43:18up there.
43:19They want to
43:20celebrate your work
43:21and she'd like
43:22for us to stay with her.
43:23Us?
43:24Well, I thought
43:26it'd be a nice
43:27respite
43:27for us both.
43:28Ocean air
43:30will do you good.
43:31Dr. Kirkland said so.
43:33I guess it
43:34wouldn't hurt
43:35and I'd like
43:36to see the ocean.
43:37Will you come?
43:38If I can get away.
43:40And they want me
43:41to speak next month?
43:42Oh, it's an open invitation.
43:44We can get out
43:45of New York,
43:46we can eat
43:46some good food,
43:48visit family.
43:49We're not working
43:50for the Globe anymore, huh?
43:51Yes.
43:52Well, I'd have to ask
43:53Mrs. Van Ryn,
43:54but you're right.
43:57When shall we leave?
43:58How is she?
44:18Oh, it's much better.
44:22Oh, good.
44:23Please, come and sit.
44:25Are you all
44:29on your own?
44:30Oh, my sister
44:31is upstairs changing
44:32and my niece
44:33is across the road
44:34dining with our neighbors.
44:38May I ask you something?
44:40We have an invitation
44:42from a cousin
44:43in Newport
44:43to take Peggy
44:44there for a while
44:45and I...
44:46Oh, of course,
44:46you must go
44:47and stay until
44:48she is ready
44:49to come back.
44:50How very gracious.
44:54Mrs. Van Ryn,
44:55forgive me
44:56for saying this,
44:57but your attitude
44:59is not what
45:00we are used to,
45:01especially on Fifth Avenue.
45:03I'm sorry to hear that.
45:05But you know it
45:06to be true.
45:07Maybe,
45:08but it is not
45:08how we were raised.
45:10We were brought up
45:11to be well-mannered
45:12towards everyone,
45:14and that is what
45:15I believe in.
45:16Simple good manners.
45:18I agree.
45:20I'm not convinced
45:21good manners
45:22will prove
45:22an effective cure
45:23for two and a half
45:25centuries of slavery.
45:28No, I suppose not.
45:30And good manners
45:32did not oblige
45:32your doctor
45:33to treat our daughter
45:34when she was
45:34dangerously ill.
45:36I know,
45:37and I'm very sorry
45:37about that,
45:38but I thought...
45:39You thought he would
45:40set aside his prejudice
45:42because he was frightened.
45:44I don't know.
45:45Maybe,
45:46but I...
45:46I believed he would
45:48act when he saw
45:49the urgency.
45:50When did you
45:51see the urgency?
45:56Well, I know
45:57we were slow
45:58to grasp
45:59just how ill
46:00Miss Scott was,
46:01but after I'd seen her,
46:03I did everything
46:04I could.
46:05I'm sure you did.
46:07I know what it's like
46:08when your child
46:09is sick.
46:11I shall never forget
46:12when Oscar was
46:13diagnosed
46:14diagnosed with typhoid.
46:16He was only ten.
46:19And Mr. Wernrein
46:20was away,
46:20and I was here alone
46:22with just the servants
46:24and a doctor
46:24who tried his best,
46:26but, of course,
46:28could do nothing.
46:29Well, how terrible for you.
46:31Was there really
46:32no treatment to be had?
46:34No, just some medicines
46:36with mercury,
46:38but nothing.
46:39No, nothing, really.
46:43All we could do
46:44was nurse him
46:45and, uh,
46:45and pray.
46:48I spent a whole day
46:51thinking that I'd
46:52lost him.
46:56She'll never forget it.
47:03I'd say that we've
47:04both had our scares
47:07over the years,
47:08but I think that children
47:09were mainly sent
47:10to frighten you.
47:13Isn't that the truth?
47:14We should be, uh,
47:18going, man.
47:27Thank you
47:28for your care of Peggy.
47:31I should have known
47:32that as a mother
47:32you would understand.
47:38Goodbye,
47:39Mrs. Van Ryn.
47:41Goodbye,
47:41Mr. and Mrs. Scott.
47:43I'm delighted
48:03you could join us,
48:04Miss Brooke.
48:04Larry was kind
48:05to invite me.
48:07Will you see
48:08what's giving your sister?
48:08Okay.
48:13There's someone here
48:22to see you
48:23and Miss Gladys.
48:25He's waiting
48:25at the servant's entrance.
48:29Thank you, Church.
48:34He'll be right outside.
48:36I'll wait for you.
48:36Okay.
48:37Okay.
48:37Okay.
48:37Okay.
48:37Okay.
48:37Okay.
48:43I don't have much time.
48:53I was hoping you'd write,
48:55but this is much better.
48:58Billy,
48:59will you come in
49:00and speak to my father now?
49:02No.
49:04Why not?
49:05Because I don't have
49:06the strength
49:07to fight anymore.
49:07What did my mother say?
49:15It's not what she said
49:16so much as what
49:17my own mother told me.
49:19What does that have
49:19to do with our engagement?
49:21Gladys,
49:21I'm a tiny cog
49:22in the wheel of industry.
49:25I cannot afford
49:26to challenge
49:26the people driving it.
49:28I see your parents
49:29talking with
49:30the biggest decision makers
49:32on Wall Street
49:32and
49:33I know I'm not
49:35in that league
49:35and never will be.
49:36You shouldn't be afraid
49:38of my father.
49:39When I'm trying
49:40to thwart his plans
49:41for his daughter,
49:43I've been a fool.
49:46The newspapers
49:47practically say
49:48you're engaged.
49:49It was the main topic
49:49of conversation
49:50at the party.
49:50But I'm not engaged
49:52and my father promised me
49:53I could marry for love
49:55so you see
49:55I have every right.
49:56Things are different now
49:57and our love
49:57is no longer practical.
50:04The plain truth
50:05is Gladys.
50:06I'm not the man
50:07you need me to be.
50:18Sorry to make you cry.
50:21Please try not
50:22to hate me.
50:28How can I hate you
50:29when I still love you?
50:30Let's go.
50:42Let's go.
50:42I'm sorry.
50:55I'm sorry.
50:56Is Grace the Duke of Buckingham?
51:22Mr. and Mrs. Russell.
51:24How nice to see you.
51:26I'm sorry I'm so late.
51:27You're right on time.
51:29I hope you had
51:29an easy journey.
51:30It was long
51:31and then we were delayed.
51:34We?
51:34Yes, I brought along
51:35my attorney,
51:36Mr. Dobbs.
51:37You brought a lawyer?
51:39Well, I suppose
51:39we still have some things
51:40to talk about.
51:42And of course,
51:42you remember Gladys.
51:43Gladys,
51:43Gladys,
51:46we have much
51:47to look forward to.
51:53May I present
51:54Miss Marion Brooke?
51:56Ah,
51:56Miss Brooke,
51:57how do you do?
51:58Why has he brought
51:59a lawyer from England?
52:00What did you promise him?
52:01Nothing.
52:02What did you say?
52:03I only suggested
52:04you may have some things
52:04to discuss.
52:05You shouldn't have suggested
52:07anything at all.
52:08I asked if you had
52:09told me everything.
52:10Now I have.
52:13Ditter is served.
52:17Shall we go in?
52:30Father,
52:30what does this mean?
52:32I'm as surprised
52:33as you are.
52:35But I'll take care of it.
52:40I'll take care of it.
53:10I'll take care of it.
53:40Again,
53:42we'll give a minute.
53:43Look,
53:44see if I told you guys
53:45too.
53:46Bye-bye.
53:47Bye-bye.
53:49Bye-bye.
53:52Bye-bye.
53:52Bye-bye.
54:06Bye-bye.
54:06Bye-bye.
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