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How lovely she is.

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So much of her mother.

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Do not be afraid.

4
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I am here to take
you to a good life.

5
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A life that
you were born to.

6
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Here.

7
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(CHUCKLES)

8
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(PEOPLE CHATTING INDISTINCTLY)

9
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Elizabeth Murray! Bring yourself
back here this very moment!

10
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(HORSES NEIGHING)

11
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Her mother is dead.

12
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I beg you, Uncle...love her,
as I would were I here...

13
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...and ensure that
she is in receipt

14
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of all that is due to
her as a child of mine.

15
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That is simply
impossible.

16
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What is right...can
never be impossible.

17
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She is black.

18
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She is my blood.

19
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But she is black.

20
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A detail you chose
not to share with us.

21
00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:17,685
In a few hours I am to captain a voyage
to the Indies on a longitude experiment.

22
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After that, who knows?

23
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It is not in my gift to question
the King and his Royal Navy.

24
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Do you have in mind
my position, my reputation?

25
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Sir.
lam the Lord Chief Justice.

26
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Have some sense of propriety, boy, and
understand what it is you are asking.

27
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She is a mulatto.

28
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What has she been named?

29
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She is Belle.
After her mother.

30
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Dido Elizabeth
Belle Lindsay.

31
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She takes your name?

32
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I am not ashamed.

33
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We will call her Dido.

34
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Good Lord, she is thin.

35
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Mary, find her some food.

36
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LINDSAY: Sweet child.

37
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Aship is...

38
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...no place for one
so precious as you.

39
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In these walls...

40
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...yours will be a life
equal to my blood.

41
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And you will not understand
in this moment...

42
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...but know in your
heart you are loved.

43
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Just as I loved your mother.

44
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Are you what they call a 'negro'?
I heard them talking.

45
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Questions, Elizabeth. A most irritating
trait you share with your father.

46
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Papa M?

47
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No! Your birth papa,
Sir David Murray.

48
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You should not always insist on
speaking your mind, you know.

49
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You'll end up an old maid, with only
your own company as entertainment.

50
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Like you, Aunt Mary?
That's what the maids say.

51
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Oh, you little...

52
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(ELIZABETH LAUGHS)
Just wait till I catch you.

53
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Elizabeth, come back
here this moment!

54
00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:08,363
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

55
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There's one of me, too.
Would you like to see it?

56
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William Murray.
1st Earl of Mansfield.

57
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Now...

58
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...this is my nephew.
Do you understand?

59
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It's your uncle...
Sir David Murray.

60
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Elizabeth's papa?

61
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Yes, that's right.
You're very sharp.

62
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(CHUCKLES)

63
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7th Viscount Stormont
who will inherit...

64
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...everything we are standing on...
when I am gone.

65
00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:08,361
(BIRDS CHIRPING)

66
00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:12,969
LADY MANSFIELD:
Born on English soil.

67
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LORD MANSFIELD: Indeed.

68
00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:19,403
He discovered her mother aboard
a captured Spanish slave ship.

69
00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:24,242
So...now we have 2 nieces
in our guardianship.

70
00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,766
Well, Elizabeth was in
much need of a companion.

71
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And that is what we shall
say when questions are asked.

72
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We shall say that, in accordance
with her birthright...

73
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...she is entitled to
live beneath this roof.

74
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That is the nature of order.

75
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And where in that order
should her color be placed?

76
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Above or below her
Murray bloodline?

77
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Marriage?
Impossible.

78
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Any match her 'other origins'
would attract would...

79
00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:06,640
...surely disgrace her
and the family's rank.

80
00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,367
And when we are
no longer here?

81
00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:13,802
No husband... who will
take care of her then?

82
00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:26,162
<i>(SINGING) Ring</i> a <i>ring 0' roses
A pocket full of posies</i>

83
00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:30,360
<i>Atishoo, atishoo
We all fall down!</i>

84
00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:32,169
(BOTH SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)

85
00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:39,890
(BOTH LAUGHING)

86
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Girls!

87
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Will you refrain from shrieking!
Like the blessed French!

88
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(LAUGHING CONTINUES)

89
00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:10,445
I have no experience in the ways
of breaking grave news to you.

90
00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:37,041
I had thought
I should one day...

91
00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:41,407
...have the opportunity to
make his better acquaintance.

92
00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:42,961
Yes.

93
00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:46,730
Yes, I know.

94
00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:51,281
£2,000 a year?

95
00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:58,405
Then you are an heiress.
He has left you your fortune.

96
00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:03,766
My father's new wife wishes him
to leave me not a thing...

97
00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:06,442
...and he obliges her.

98
00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:14,806
I think he might have loved
me more if mama had not died.

99
00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:21,765
I think...love must be
a very complicated thing.

100
00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:25,926
With such a dowry,

101
00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,686
you may marry into any
good family you wish.

102
00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:41,888
We shall be receiving
visitors for dinner.

103
00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:47,646
Visitors? Whoever bothers
to visit us here?

104
00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:50,122
Or leave,
except the dead.

105
00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:51,725
(GIGGLING)
Once again, Dido?

106
00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:55,002
Beds...Aunt Mary.

107
00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:59,521
We should prepare some extra beds
in case our visitors are to stay.

108
00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:01,961
May we wear the new silk?
I will do your hair, Bette.

109
00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:03,451
Say we may wear them,
Aunt Mary.

110
00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:06,205
You will not be
dining with us, Dido.

111
00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:09,086
Of course.

112
00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:12,811
But I mayjoin after
dinner, may I not?

113
00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,482
Yes. Such are the rules
and you know them well.

114
00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:23,208
Papa, how may I be too high in
rank to dine with the servants...

115
00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:26,324
...and too low to dine
with my family?

116
00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:31,685
Dinner with guests is
a formal proceeding, Dido.

117
00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:37,162
We simply can't impose upon visitors
our disregard of those formalities.

118
00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:39,925
But...am I not
wealthy now?

119
00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:44,287
An heiress? Surely
that changes matters.

120
00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,404
Oh, my dear.
If it were so simple.

121
00:12:48,680 --> 00:12:51,081
Finance may go
some way but...

122
00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:54,522
...society has a habit of
disregarding even one of its own...

123
00:12:54,680 --> 00:12:57,411
...when opportunity provides.

124
00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:59,010
But after dinner,

125
00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:02,050
when formality is
of less consequence...

126
00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:03,963
...well...

127
00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:07,089
your presence can raise
no defendable objections.

128
00:13:11,560 --> 00:13:13,881
As you wish...sir.

129
00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:16,882
I would rather
dine with Dido.

130
00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:21,204
What a great pity. Our young gentlemen
guests will miss you, Elizabeth.

131
00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:22,560
BOTH: Young gentlemen?

132
00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:24,131
Very good connections.

133
00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:25,605
And most agreeable
by all accounts.

134
00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:28,321
Now close your mouth
and understand.

135
00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:31,967
There shall be no discussion tonight
in any language but English.

136
00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:36,410
No whispering in gentlemen's
ears, not in Latin, Italian...

137
00:13:36,560 --> 00:13:39,131
...and certainly
not in French.

138
00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:41,329
(CHATTING INDISTINCTLY)

139
00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:48,483
I must say, the entire
country barely breathes...

140
00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:51,644
...awaiting yourjudgment
on the Zong appeal.

141
00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:56,290
Terrified you will destroy
England, no doubt. (CHUCKLES)

142
00:13:56,760 --> 00:13:59,445
I know Lord Ashford is.

143
00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:04,003
He does wonder, however, what
might be taking you so long.

144
00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:10,085
The law, Lady Ashford, it is to be
interpreted not merely administered.

145
00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:13,851
Your husband, of all
people, knows this.

146
00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:24,963
Oh, what a lot of fuss
over dead cargo.

147
00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:26,849
It is a fuss over
the bread and butter of...

148
00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:30,885
...a great many people in
this country, Lady Ashford.

149
00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:34,330
(SPEAKING FRENCH)

150
00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,480
Why, what wonderful French.

151
00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:42,689
Though I have not an
idea of what you said.

152
00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:51,089
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

153
00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:56,125
(GASPING)

154
00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:00,482
BELLE: Wimbridge.
Miss Lindsay?

155
00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:03,007
There are poachers wandering.
(DOORBELL RINGING)

156
00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:09,002
Good evening to you. Uh...
My name is John Davinier.

157
00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:13,011
I believe I may have disturbed a lady
of this house. Ah! There she is.

158
00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:15,242
Please, forgive me,
though you barely...

159
00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:18,403
Sir, I do not believe
we have been introduced.

160
00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:19,521
Indeed.

161
00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:27,763
Please inform the lady of my
apologies for startling her.

162
00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:33,210
I took a shortcut to deliver this
to Lord Mansfield. From my father.

163
00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:34,681
Sir?

164
00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:37,442
Reverend...Davinier.

165
00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:39,522
WIMBRIDGE: I will see that
he gets it immediately...

166
00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:41,808
BELLE: You shall not
interrupt him at dinner.

167
00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:44,042
Immediately after
dinner, sir.

168
00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:46,441
Goodnight.
Goodnight, sir.

169
00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:00,365
(DOOR OPENING)

170
00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:01,720
(PEOPLE CHATTING INDISTINCTLY)

171
00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:03,370
LORD MANSFIELD: Dido, my dear.

172
00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:05,801
Papa?

173
00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:09,407
Good Lord, it's the negro.
She really is...

174
00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:11,568
A lady.
Capital.

175
00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:14,724
I had no idea she
would be so...black.

176
00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:17,884
Did you not listen to the rumors
when you were spreading them, Mama?

177
00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:22,881
May I present the second of my
two nieces: Miss Dido Lindsay.

178
00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:25,088
A pleasure, Miss Lindsay.

179
00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:31,848
ELIZABETH:
James is the eldest.

180
00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:35,083
To inherit the entire
Ashford fortune.

181
00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:38,606
He's also to inherit
from his uncle...

182
00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:41,371
...a healthy man, who shows
little sign of departure.

183
00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:44,000
OLIVER: She is intriguing,
is she not?

184
00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,082
I find her repulsive.

185
00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:54,771
Well, I suppose she is... if you find
a most rare and exotic flower so.

186
00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:57,521
He has much to
recommend him.

187
00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:01,288
And a second fortune in life
should please any wife.

188
00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:06,649
Dido. You are not to
be a coquette with him.

189
00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:08,131
You already have
your fortune.

190
00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:12,404
One does not make a wife of
the rare and exotic, Oliver.

191
00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:16,443
One samples it on the cotton
fields of the Indies. (CHUCKLES)

192
00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:18,801
Why so far when it is
right at my door?

193
00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:22,043
Good Lord,
they are appraising me.

194
00:17:22,120 --> 00:17:27,490
Then find a pure English rose
to decorate one's home.

195
00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:32,808
(PIANO PLAYING)

196
00:17:34,120 --> 00:17:38,808
<i>(SINGING) Britain hail</i>
O <i>hail to thee</i>

197
00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:43,609
<i>Fairest island in the sea</i>

198
00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:47,720
<i>Though my favorite
land shalt be</i>

199
00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:50,323
Is she 'out'?

200
00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:53,290
Not quite.

201
00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:55,844
Any day now.

202
00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:03,642
<i>Though my favorite
land shalt be</i>

203
00:18:05,120 --> 00:18:09,967
<i>Britain hail
All hail to thee</i>

204
00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:14,130
<i>Fairest island in the sea?</i>

205
00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:21,002
You will refrain from any
intercourse with the negro.

206
00:18:22,120 --> 00:18:27,490
They may find it fascinating to have a Lady
mulatto running around in their house...

207
00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:30,365
...but I will not have one
running around in mine.

208
00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:34,889
She is an heiress. Although
exceptions can be made.

209
00:18:35,360 --> 00:18:39,160
It is said her father left
her a rather vast fortune.

210
00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:41,967
I mean to say, if that
is your incfinafion.

211
00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:46,728
She is rather soft on the eye. I
have thought no further of it, Mama.

212
00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:50,484
LADY ASHFORD: Where do
you get your information?

213
00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:53,524
Her sister-cousin has
a rather fast tongue.

214
00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:57,841
(ALL APPLAUDING)

215
00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:04,407
JAMES: And what of you,
Miss Lindsay?

216
00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,480
Are we to hear
you play tonight?

217
00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:13,161
BELLE: Well...

218
00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:14,881
Papa?

219
00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:18,044
Oh, do not be selfish with
your good fortune, m'Lord.

220
00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:29,921
This will be
most interesting.

221
00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:31,525
She's never played
in company.

222
00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:57,284
She is...most accomplished.

223
00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:01,205
Hers was a most
diligent governess.

224
00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:06,762
His family name will no doubt
induce her to take him seriously.

225
00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:11,283
She must not delude herself. Such
decisions are not hers to make.

226
00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:13,607
Well, then spell it
out to her...

227
00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:17,486
...before she renders herself sport
to some 'gent' of cruel promises.

228
00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:22,288
LORD MANSFIELD: She has no reason. Her
inheritance leaves her free to marry.

229
00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:24,323
That at least is true.

230
00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:28,483
It is Elizabeth who must
secure her bread and butter.

231
00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:30,401
(BIRDS CHIRPING)

232
00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:32,482
(TAPPING)

233
00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:46,322
ELIZABETH: A portrait?
Are you sure?

234
00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:48,807
Yes. Aunt Mary
has confirmed it.

235
00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:51,287
Good Lord,
how truly wonderful.

236
00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:53,289
But...
But what?

237
00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:57,166
Papa, should he not have wished
to see me before deciding?

238
00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:01,001
Sorry, I did not know you...

239
00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:03,761
LORD MANSFIELD: Mr. Davinier, I believe
you've already had the pleasure.

240
00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:07,208
In some way, yes.
Miss Lindsay.

241
00:21:10,360 --> 00:21:11,691
Decide what?

242
00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:15,850
If he should... should
want to paint me.

243
00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,651
The man is to be paid a fortune.
What is there to decide?

244
00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:23,368
You are simply to sit still, Dido.
Not a very challenging task.

245
00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:25,246
Next to Elizabeth?

246
00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:28,164
As you always are,
right beside each other.

247
00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:31,804
Should not any lady be flattered
to be such a subject?

248
00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:33,405
How should any male
know the ways of a lady

249
00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:35,727
when he has not even mastered
the ways of a gentleman?

250
00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:39,487
Quite. Though one should
be forgiven for thinking...

251
00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:41,050
...he is in
the presence of a lady

252
00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:42,685
when she is, in fact,
still a juvenile.

253
00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:44,802
Papa! May we do this in private?
No, not now.

254
00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:47,565
You may take the books
back to the library.

255
00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:56,203
LORD MANSFIELD: Upon the death of
her husband, a widow may receive...

256
00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:59,244
...her marriage portion and
her inheritance at once.

257
00:21:59,360 --> 00:22:02,045
She has 40 days to leave
her husband's home.

258
00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:05,050
Mr. Davinier, what is the purpose
of the law, in your eyes?

259
00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:07,925
To provide certainty where
there otherwise might be none.

260
00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:09,081
Example?

261
00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:12,606
The Zong ship
and those drowned.

262
00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:20,730
The law is one of the few trades
acceptable to a gentleman.

263
00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:22,683
JOHN: I have little...

264
00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:24,285
...but where my father
relies on the Bible,

265
00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:25,845
I wish to rely
on the law courts.

266
00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:27,843
And you aspire
to the judiciary?

267
00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:28,967
One day, yes, my Lord.

268
00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:34,120
I wish to make the laws, for that is
how I may truly change this world.

269
00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:37,891
That is I...
I mean to say...

270
00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:41,568
...make it a better place.

271
00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:45,123
LORD MANSFIELD:
You have grand ambitions.

272
00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:51,288
A country lawyer you may make if you
pay attention to what you are taught.

273
00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:57,048
But you have neither the rank
nor the finances for any more.

274
00:22:57,280 --> 00:22:59,965
Well if I may, my Lord,
neither did you.

275
00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:02,282
I beg your pardon?

276
00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:04,121
Well...

277
00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:06,803
...as a fourth son...

278
00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:09,607
...you had rank
but not the income

279
00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:11,961
to pay for your
quafificafion to the Inns.

280
00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,447
Without the sponsorship of Lord
Foley and William Hamilton...

281
00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:17,484
...the English courts might not have
benefited from your brilliance...

282
00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:22,242
...and the title Lord Chief Justice
could not be yours today...my Lord.

283
00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,563
And you think you are worthy
of such considerations?

284
00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:29,449
Of that I do not know,
my Lord,

285
00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:32,330
but I do know that a country
life does not suit me.

286
00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:33,441
LORD MANSFIELD: Dido...

287
00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:38,809
...the Reverend Davinier has asked me
to take his son under my tutelage.

288
00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:42,290
What do you think?

289
00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,328
Thank you for your
gracious support.

290
00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:07,128
I neither spoke for or against
you since neither is my place.

291
00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,646
Silence speaks volumes.

292
00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:11,970
ELIZABETH: Papa's new student.

293
00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:14,805
Mr. Davinier...
my cousin, Elizabeth.

294
00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:16,041
A pleasure.

295
00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,567
Papa has never taken
a pupil, you realize?

296
00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:22,002
Someone to keep you company while
you take papa's dictation, Dido.

297
00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:27,047
Truth is, there have been more men here
this week than I've seen in my entire life.

298
00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:29,721
Hopefully we have
not disappointed.

299
00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:31,724
On the contrary.

300
00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:43,846
Mr. Davinier, what...

301
00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:47,405
...what is the importance
of the <i>Zong?</i>

302
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:52,082
Why is the case before papa's
court, the Supreme Court?

303
00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:53,401
Well...

304
00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:55,764
...it is a ship.

305
00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:58,403
I am aware of that.

306
00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:03,926
It is...a human cargo ship.

307
00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:05,961
Oh.

308
00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:11,686
It...it lost most of its slaves
before arriving at its destination.

309
00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:17,606
Drowned by the crew,
on the captain's orders.

310
00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:20,289
But...why?

311
00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:24,444
Miss, your supper is served
now in the ladies' parlor.

312
00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:25,925
Thank you.

313
00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:31,284
Will you be joining us
for dinner, Mr. Davinier?

314
00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:37,771
Uh... Thank you, madam,
but I am promised to

315
00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,531
the company of my
aunt this evening.

316
00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:42,722
Very well, as you wish.

317
00:25:47,360 --> 00:25:49,408
Permit me to ask, but...

318
00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:54,325
...why do you not dine
with your family ever?

319
00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:56,244
That is not correct.

320
00:25:56,320 --> 00:26:00,803
Forgive me but twice now I have seen
you separated from the gathering.

321
00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:02,410
I am confounded.

322
00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:03,481
And well you might be...

323
00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:07,650
...when the son of clergy is permitted
to the table before a lady of the house.

324
00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:11,246
Is that a reminder
of my place?

325
00:26:11,360 --> 00:26:14,011
No. it is a statement of mine.

326
00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:25,765
(EXHALES)

327
00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:58,644
(SOBBING)

328
00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:32,005
(NEIGHING)

329
00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:38,687
<i>JOHN: 132 drowned en route from
Africa to the West Indies.</i>

330
00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:41,923
Your ruling could bring the
slave trade to its knees...

331
00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:45,323
...entirely destroying an
economic foundation of this land.

332
00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:48,165
Is that pressure not
maddening, my Lord?

333
00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:51,449
<i>"Justitia fiat, ruat coelum, "</i>
Mr <i>Davinier.</i>

334
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:55,527
"Letjustice be done,
though the heavens may fall."

335
00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:58,163
The insurance claim states

336
00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,284
the slaves were thrown overboard
for the safety of the ship.

337
00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:05,450
That there wasn't sufficient water
to survive the rest of the voyage.

338
00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:07,767
It does. Then, if I'm
correct, the case hangs on...

339
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:10,082
it hangs on
'absolute necessity'.

340
00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,921
If the killing of the negroes
was truly necessary...

341
00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:17,249
...to save the ship,
as the captain contends.

342
00:28:17,360 --> 00:28:19,840
But is that where it hinges?

343
00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:22,440
No man happily
disposes of his cargo.

344
00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:27,047
Let me ask you:
were you to enter a port...

345
00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:31,808
...with barely one piece of merchandise
left to trade, what would you do?

346
00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:36,803
Swallow financial ruin or seek
recompense from your insurer?

347
00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:41,764
With due respect...

348
00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:47,124
...I should question whether human life
should be insurable as cargo at all.

349
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:56,123
A gentleman rather like him
once showed me great interest.

350
00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:57,891
Mr. Davinier?

351
00:28:58,000 --> 00:28:59,411
Really, Mary?

352
00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:01,642
Well, don't look
at me like that.

353
00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:05,161
It was my mama
who intervened.

354
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:09,169
I thought he had
a very great sense of duty.

355
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,002
A little over-kind
at times but...

356
00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:13,690
LADY MANSFIELD:
He is engaged, you know?

357
00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:16,529
ELIZABETH: Is he?
Engaged.

358
00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:18,449
LADY MANSFIELD:
Mr. Beresford's daughter.

359
00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:22,525
The carriage-maker? He might have
set his sights a little higher.

360
00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:31,649
ELIZABETH: I do love roses.

361
00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:34,127
LADY MANSFIELD: Everything's
a little late this year.

362
00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:52,210
For it is the power of
God unto salvation...

363
00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:55,364
...so sayeth
Christ the Lord. Amen.

364
00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,121
Hymn number 76.

365
00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:20,570
Mr. Davinier.

366
00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:49,441
Wait.

367
00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:56,129
I was curious.

368
00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:02,281
Quite a task...
to sit for so many hours.

369
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:04,411
Of course.

370
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:10,762
I appear the only one to have
just learned of the Zong case.

371
00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:14,291
Perhaps yours is a life less
concerned with such matters.

372
00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:15,970
Why do you judge me so?

373
00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:22,490
It is a fact that I have contemplated
on the matter for many hours and I...

374
00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:26,362
...I do not think
the slaves could have been

375
00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:27,407
drowned in the way
that you say.

376
00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:28,527
(SCOFFS)

377
00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:31,331
Are you at utter disconnect
from everything?

378
00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:34,324
Mr. Davinier, please.

379
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:35,841
(SIGHS)

380
00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:39,768
Tell me what you know.

381
00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:42,571
Tell me.

382
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,641
Do not render me
your amusement.

383
00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:55,127
I can only tell you
what I believe.

384
00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,847
And what...what is that?

385
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:09,365
The slaves were thrown
into the waters...

386
00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:12,931
...chained together as one.

387
00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:16,523
They were diseased...

388
00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:22,685
...worth more as dead insured
merchandise, than as alive spoiled goods.

389
00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:26,966
Miss Lindsay...

390
00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:30,046
But the insurers
are appealing?

391
00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:33,363
They are refusing to pay
for murdered slaves.

392
00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:42,370
Thank you.

393
00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:56,530
You told her they
were wantonly drowned?

394
00:32:56,640 --> 00:33:00,804
They were diseased, but it was essential
that they die on the journey...

395
00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:03,486
...or they would not come under
the insurance consideration.

396
00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:07,531
Neither, too, if they had expired of their
diseases. That is why they were killed.

397
00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:11,008
You have taken advantage
ofconfidenfial matters afforded you.

398
00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:15,529
These 'matters' have been for
public consumption for months.

399
00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:19,044
Miss Lindsay is
no child...no fool.

400
00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:21,083
Her precious care
is in my hands...

401
00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:23,931
...and I will decide when she
is ready for such realities...

402
00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:26,168
...not the son of a vicar!

403
00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:31,726
I will gather my belongings.

404
00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:33,080
Do so.

405
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:45,442
Your Lordship,
a question.

406
00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:46,927
Well?

407
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:49,722
As the mere
son of a vicar...

408
00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:54,921
...I wonder whether the value you extend
to your very precious mulatto niece...

409
00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:59,047
...amounts to
the £30 insurance

410
00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:02,044
the traders are asking for
each life they murdered?

411
00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:05,290
Good day, my Lord.

412
00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:06,720
Mr. Davinier...

413
00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:11,124
...find yourself in
her vicinity again...

414
00:34:11,240 --> 00:34:15,962
...and I will make you rue the
day you ever set eyes on me.

415
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:22,206
(DOOR CLOSES)

416
00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:25,805
ELIZABETH: John Davinier
is leaving very early today.

417
00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:31,450
(DOOR OPENING)

418
00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:32,760
(DOOR CLOSING)

419
00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:00,844
There you are.
We are requested.

420
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:04,527
You: drawing room. I relegated
to the ladies' parlor.

421
00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:07,406
We are to attend
London for the season.

422
00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:08,845
(GASPS)

423
00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:11,531
We are to finally 'come out'?

424
00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:14,003
Elizabeth is to come out.

425
00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:16,444
Dido is not.

426
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:18,400
But...why?

427
00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:21,922
LORD MANSFIELD: You understand the
ways of the world for a female, Dido.

428
00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:23,610
Elizabeth has no income.

429
00:35:23,720 --> 00:35:27,441
You are to meet as many gentlemen as
possible before we make the match.

430
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:31,685
When all this has gone to her father,
there'll be nothing left for her.

431
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:33,245
And...me?

432
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:35,323
LADY MANSFIELD: Any gentleman
of good breeding...

433
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:39,121
...would be unlikely to form
a serious attachment to Dido.

434
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:42,887
And a man without would lower
her position in society.

435
00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:47,641
ELIZABETH: She's not
merely my cousin, Mama.

436
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:49,842
Papa, please.
She is my sister.

437
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:51,843
These are the keys
of the house.

438
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:53,923
I cannot attend
London without her.

439
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:56,042
They have hung at your
aunt's waist for 30 years.

440
00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:59,887
I am not Lady Mary.
lam not an unwanted maid.

441
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:03,482
Lady Mary is too old to continue
in charge of the house.

442
00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:06,564
You may take up your duties
on your return.

443
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:09,809
Lord knows I'll need the two of you
to keep each other out of trouble.

444
00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:16,843
Are you punishing me?

445
00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:19,724
LORD MANSFIELD:
Punishing you?

446
00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:23,403
You are most cherished.

447
00:36:24,720 --> 00:36:26,404
Most loved.

448
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:51,081
I'm so very sorry.

449
00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:02,804
ELIZABETH: Do you think
I may see Mr. James in town?

450
00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:04,521
Perhaps.

451
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:09,004
I could fall in love
with such a man, Dido.

452
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:10,727
Love?

453
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:12,925
Hmm.

454
00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:18,043
Bette, you shall feel
no such sentiment...

455
00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:21,482
...for you shall either
end poor or broken-hearted.

456
00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:29,324
(PEOPLE CHATTING INDISTINCTLY)

457
00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:37,842
ELIZABETH: Aren't you
quietly relieved...

458
00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:39,485
...that you shan't
be at the caprice

459
00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:41,528
of some silly Sir
and his fortune?

460
00:37:49,240 --> 00:37:51,481
The rest of us
haven't the choice.

461
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:55,804
Not a chance of inheritance
if we have brothers...

462
00:37:55,960 --> 00:38:00,124
...and forbidden from any activity
that allows us to support ourselves.

463
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:06,161
We are but
their property.

464
00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:09,086
LADY MANSFIELD:
Girls! Come along now.

465
00:38:13,720 --> 00:38:15,768
Light the fires for dinner,
will you, Thomas?

466
00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:17,046
THOMAS: Certainly, ma'am.

467
00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:19,645
LADY MANSFIELD: Thank you.

468
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:37,365
Some bed-socks for you,
Miss Murray.

469
00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:39,807
MABEL: Miss Lindsay.

470
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:41,843
ELIZABETH: Thank you, Mabel.
How kind.

471
00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:44,440
MABEL: It's not as warm
as we'd hoped tonight.

472
00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:50,927
Can I help you with that,
Miss Lindsay?

473
00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:56,927
You must start
from the ends, miss.

474
00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:07,403
My mam taught me.

475
00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:09,441
See?

476
00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:27,568
(HORSES SNORTING)

477
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:33,130
Promise me you will do something
about that vulgar teal paint...

478
00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:34,690
...if you ever become
lady of this house.

479
00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:36,928
It is positively wanting,
Elizabeth.

480
00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:39,611
Lady Mansfield, Lady Mary
and their nieces, madam.

481
00:39:39,720 --> 00:39:41,802
Ladies.
Lady Ashford.

482
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:44,403
And the gentlemen?
Mr. James?

483
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:46,244
Here, of course.

484
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:51,725
Nothing could have prevented him knowing
that Miss Murray was visiting today.

485
00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:00,321
OLIVER: Papa.

486
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:03,326
LORD ASHFORD: Lord Mansfield's
infamous mulatto.

487
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:09,524
No wonder our Lord Chief Justice knows
not whether he's coming or going.

488
00:40:12,720 --> 00:40:16,725
Well she cannot know your thoughts
unless you offer them to her.

489
00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:22,887
LORD ASHFORD:
Ah, the Ladies Mansfield.

490
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,082
JAMES: Come here.
(CHUCKLES)

491
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:26,887
Careful.

492
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:31,801
Oh, Dido, look, Mr. James has made
me a boat and it has capsized.

493
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:33,922
(ELIZABETH CHUCKLES)
What a dreadful shame.

494
00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:35,971
For you.

495
00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:40,046
(CHUCKLES)

496
00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:48,208
Miss Lindsay, would you do me the honor
of taking some air with me...sometime?

497
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:52,487
Don't you care
what people will say?

498
00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:55,206
What is that to mean,
Mr. James?

499
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:57,363
What should anyone say?

500
00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:02,844
That he would compromise
a lady's reputation...

501
00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:07,204
...by stepping out with her scarcely
having made her acquaintance.

502
00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:10,648
(CHUCKLING) I think you are a
great deal too anxious, brother.

503
00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:13,445
We should merely take
a turn around Vauxhall.

504
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:16,685
I should be delighted,
Mr. Oliver.

505
00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:19,970
Most delighted.

506
00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:23,811
(HORSES NEIGHING)

507
00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:30,047
Are you really
to defy papa?

508
00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:34,651
I did not think I would
ever find a lady

509
00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:37,406
who was not to be
conquered or ignored...

510
00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:40,083
.“unfllyou.
(CHUCKLES)

511
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:44,046
LADY MANSFIELD: lam not at ease with this.
Lord Mansfield would be most aggrieved.

512
00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:45,525
LADY ASHFORD: Oh...
it can do no harm.

513
00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:50,881
We are just two families
spending some time together.

514
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:53,162
Although,
if a desirable match

515
00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:55,681
were a possibility...
(BELLE CHUCKLING)

516
00:41:56,600 --> 00:41:59,683
.“yourdearhusband could have
no objection, could he?

517
00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:08,125
Oh, they've disappeared. People
will think she has no family.

518
00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:11,963
People will think
they are courting.

519
00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:20,884
See how my heart beats?

520
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:24,567
I am utterly taken
with you, Miss Lindsay.

521
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:30,442
Despite such pronounced
protestations from your brother?

522
00:42:30,520 --> 00:42:31,760
(CHUCKLES)

523
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:35,722
He cannot overlook your
mother's origins as I do.

524
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:37,651
Foohsh.

525
00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:41,850
Why should anyone
even pay her regard...

526
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:45,407
...when your better half has
equipped you so well with...

527
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:47,841
...with loveliness
and privilege?

528
00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:50,646
(CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)

529
00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:57,084
What a lovely sound.

530
00:43:00,720 --> 00:43:05,851
You are unrelentingly cultured.
(CHUCKLES) Come, let's find it.

531
00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:14,004
I do hope you know
how well I think of you.

532
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:16,405
As I do you.

533
00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:23,487
I might have only dreamed of
these moments, at one time.

534
00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:25,121
Really?

535
00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:28,522
Then I hope you plan to
honor your attentions...

536
00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:32,886
...as not to would leave me
looking quite foolish.

537
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:36,691
And I should not
call myself a gentleman.

538
00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:49,726
You are much of the
conqueror, Mr. Oliver.

539
00:44:02,680 --> 00:44:04,762
Mr. Davinier.
Miss Lindsay.

540
00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:06,001
How...

541
00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:08,770
...how nice to see you.

542
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:10,530
And you, Miss Lindsay.

543
00:44:13,480 --> 00:44:15,084
Forgive me. Uh...

544
00:44:15,560 --> 00:44:18,564
Mr. Ashford,
may I present to you...

545
00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:25,287
...Mr. Davinier. He is the son
of our vicar at Hampstead.

546
00:44:26,120 --> 00:44:27,804
A clergyman.
(CHUCKLES)

547
00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:31,488
Good evening to you, sir.

548
00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:33,641
Sir.

549
00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:38,209
(CROWD APPLAUDING)

550
00:44:39,840 --> 00:44:41,330
(ALL EXCLAIMING)

551
00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:46,685
(PEOPLE LAUGHING)

552
00:45:00,240 --> 00:45:02,129
(PEOPLE CHATTING INDISTINCTLY)

553
00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:22,086
Miss Lindsay.
You are alone.

554
00:45:22,240 --> 00:45:26,040
I did not have the chance to see you
before you left to convey my apologies.

555
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:27,929
Apologies?
Your pupillage.

556
00:45:28,040 --> 00:45:31,840
Father would never have ended it, you
never would have had to leave Kenwood...

557
00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:36,010
He would make mine a living hell
were he to know of us speaking.

558
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:40,642
I have tried to keep
up with the Zong...

559
00:45:56,760 --> 00:45:57,807
Forgive me.

560
00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:09,446
I have tried to keep
up...with the Zong.

561
00:46:09,560 --> 00:46:11,881
'Tis pitiful. Suchinabflfiy
to simply know

562
00:46:11,960 --> 00:46:14,281
what value to put
on another's life.

563
00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:16,402
What price a worthless negro?

564
00:46:16,520 --> 00:46:18,602
You utterly misunderstand me.

565
00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:21,331
I am saying that no man may
have the value of cargo.

566
00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:26,771
Human beings cannot be priced since we
are priceless. Freemen and slaves alike.

567
00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:30,043
I am with others here.
All students in law...

568
00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:32,083
...applying pressure on
the insurance companies...

569
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:35,050
...to refuse from hereon
to insure slaves on any ship.

570
00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:37,367
But that would require
a change in law.

571
00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:42,162
How can we expect to be civilized when
we live in such a barbaric world?

572
00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:46,889
It is the utter injustice.

573
00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:48,764
It is more than that.

574
00:46:51,040 --> 00:46:53,202
It is the shame of a law
that would uphold

575
00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:56,409
a financial transaction
upon that atrocity.

576
00:46:56,560 --> 00:46:58,642
That is indeed the truth.

577
00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:02,641
I have never heard
anyone speak like you.

578
00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:05,081
Nor I you, Miss Lindsay.

579
00:47:07,720 --> 00:47:10,724
You should return.
They will be anxious.

580
00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:15,003
Goodbye, Miss Lindsay.

581
00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:19,004
Goodbye...Mr. Davinier.

582
00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:27,405
JOHN: Miss Lindsay...

583
00:47:28,480 --> 00:47:32,963
...we commune at the coaching
inn, Kentish Town...

584
00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:35,409
...most evenings.

585
00:47:37,360 --> 00:47:38,361
Quite.

586
00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:51,005
LADY ASHFORD: Elizabeth
is a determined spirit.

587
00:47:51,480 --> 00:47:55,166
She will need a gentleman
who can temper her.

588
00:47:56,440 --> 00:47:58,329
Quite a task.

589
00:47:58,440 --> 00:48:01,728
Do I sense that an address
is finally to be made?

590
00:48:01,840 --> 00:48:04,127
She is an exquisite girl.

591
00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:07,201
And since there
is no male heir...

592
00:48:07,360 --> 00:48:11,445
...it will fall upon
Elizabeth and her husband...

593
00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:15,326
...eventually, to inherit
Kenwood and all its lands.

594
00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:20,728
I realize that there will be many
worthy addresses to consider.

595
00:48:24,400 --> 00:48:26,562
Lady Mansfield, what is it?

596
00:48:28,240 --> 00:48:29,480
Pennfless?

597
00:48:29,560 --> 00:48:32,006
Without an inch of property
or a shilling to her name.

598
00:48:32,680 --> 00:48:37,447
Do you hear that, James? A lady's
good breeding alone will not do.

599
00:48:37,600 --> 00:48:40,683
Your brother needs a wife
who can bring him more land...

600
00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:45,249
...if he is ever to exert more political
influence than your father has!

601
00:48:45,600 --> 00:48:46,931
But what of
her own father?

602
00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:50,721
The 7th Viscount Stormont
is a scoundrel.

603
00:48:51,560 --> 00:48:56,726
Ensconced in Vienna with that girl's
vicious step-mama and his new offspring...

604
00:48:56,840 --> 00:49:00,208
...who, lam told,
is to inherit everything.

605
00:49:01,480 --> 00:49:04,404
I must say, pen-ni-less!

606
00:49:04,760 --> 00:49:07,161
Though, thankfully,
her cousin is not.

607
00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:10,204
Each time I set eyes on that
girl she becomes more beautiful.

608
00:49:10,320 --> 00:49:12,607
She has the coloring
of a farmer.

609
00:49:12,760 --> 00:49:16,970
James, you are my first boy - blessed
by law to inherit your father's wealth.

610
00:49:17,080 --> 00:49:19,287
Be sympathetic
to your brother.

611
00:49:19,400 --> 00:49:21,687
Like the unfortunate
Miss Murray...

612
00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:26,169
...good family name and empty
pockets will only get him so far.

613
00:49:35,840 --> 00:49:37,888
(CUTLERY CLATTERING)

614
00:49:53,640 --> 00:49:54,926
(DOOR CREAKS)

615
00:49:55,040 --> 00:49:56,485
(DOOR CLOSES)

616
00:49:57,960 --> 00:50:00,008
ls Mabel a slave?

617
00:50:01,080 --> 00:50:02,764
I beg your pardon?

618
00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:06,607
Is Mabel a slave?

619
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:11,607
She is free and
under our protection.

620
00:50:11,800 --> 00:50:14,041
Oh, like me.

621
00:50:14,720 --> 00:50:16,245
Hardly, Dido.

622
00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:19,570
And paid a very
respectable wage.

623
00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:24,761
How is the fraud
appeal, Papa?

624
00:50:24,840 --> 00:50:25,841
Fraud?

625
00:50:26,520 --> 00:50:30,206
The marine insurance.
It is a fraud case, is it not?

626
00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:34,209
It depends on
who you speak to.

627
00:50:34,280 --> 00:50:35,486
To cull your 'cargo'?

628
00:50:36,280 --> 00:50:37,725
Solely to claim insurance...

629
00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:40,087
...because it was too diseased to
achieve a good price at market...

630
00:50:40,200 --> 00:50:41,611
...if not fraud,
then what?

631
00:50:41,720 --> 00:50:42,881
Do you speak on my behalf?

632
00:50:43,240 --> 00:50:45,527
Will you please stop!

633
00:50:47,720 --> 00:50:51,042
This is a vulgar subject
to discuss at breakfast.

634
00:51:01,680 --> 00:51:06,686
I learned yesterday...
Mr. Davinier is in town.

635
00:51:08,960 --> 00:51:13,966
I'm not surprised Dido is beginning
to sound very much like him.

636
00:51:16,200 --> 00:51:17,611
Excuse me.

637
00:51:23,720 --> 00:51:25,802
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

638
00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:30,525
LORD ASHFORD: I had the pleasure of
laying eyes on your adopted girl.

639
00:51:31,200 --> 00:51:36,570
You have raised a lovely young lady and
though I understand she is kept under...

640
00:51:37,320 --> 00:51:40,642
...interesting rules,
she raises questions.

641
00:51:40,840 --> 00:51:42,285
Oh?

642
00:51:42,440 --> 00:51:47,128
Her introduction to society comes at
a key time in the insurance appeal.

643
00:51:47,400 --> 00:51:49,448
Parliament is nervous
that the situation

644
00:51:49,560 --> 00:51:51,642
in your family will
color your judgment.

645
00:51:51,760 --> 00:51:54,047
I will not have
pressure put on me,

646
00:51:54,200 --> 00:51:56,407
either from the inside
or the outside.

647
00:51:56,520 --> 00:51:59,205
You are the highest
judgeintheland.

648
00:51:59,320 --> 00:52:03,041
In you they see a man who is of the
persuasion and the power to bring down...

649
00:52:03,160 --> 00:52:07,768
...the greatest trade of our time and
the commercial health of this country.

650
00:52:07,880 --> 00:52:09,689
Some will say that,
next to our King,

651
00:52:09,800 --> 00:52:11,609
you're the most
powerful man in England.

652
00:52:11,720 --> 00:52:15,247
And the same will ask how you,
our Chief Justice, can be fair?

653
00:52:15,400 --> 00:52:18,688
There are rules in place
which dictate how we live.

654
00:52:18,760 --> 00:52:19,761
If that were
not the case...

655
00:52:19,840 --> 00:52:21,046
...I would not have
had the mandate

656
00:52:21,120 --> 00:52:23,168
to give shelter to
my nephew's daughter.

657
00:52:23,240 --> 00:52:25,641
She is his blood and mine...

658
00:52:25,760 --> 00:52:29,446
...and is rightfully entitled to be
brought up on the family estate.

659
00:52:29,560 --> 00:52:32,848
If the law supports
the Zong slave owners...

660
00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:37,085
...as strongly as Murray blood runs
through the veins of Dido Belle...

661
00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:41,888
...then make no mistake, the
insurers will be forced to pay.

662
00:52:44,160 --> 00:52:45,889
I believe you.

663
00:52:46,720 --> 00:52:51,282
I, uh, have reason to speak
with you on another matter.

664
00:52:51,400 --> 00:52:52,526
Yes?

665
00:52:52,960 --> 00:52:57,648
I have a wish to seal the bond between
the Ashford and Mansfield names.

666
00:53:03,120 --> 00:53:06,647
Whatever did happen
in the end, Aunt Mary?

667
00:53:06,720 --> 00:53:08,404
With your gentleman friend.
(DOOR OPENS)

668
00:53:09,160 --> 00:53:11,049
MARY: He never married.

669
00:53:11,720 --> 00:53:12,846
(DOOR CLOSES)

670
00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:14,849
He died last year...

671
00:53:16,040 --> 00:53:17,963
...after a long illness.

672
00:53:18,520 --> 00:53:20,363
Oh, Aunt Mary.

673
00:53:21,840 --> 00:53:23,330
MABEL: Pardon me.

674
00:53:23,760 --> 00:53:26,161
Mr. Ashford is
here for you, miss.

675
00:53:27,600 --> 00:53:29,329
BOTH: Which Mr. Ashford?

676
00:53:30,080 --> 00:53:32,447
(DOOR CLOSES)
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

677
00:53:40,080 --> 00:53:43,926
(WHISPERING) You need worry about nothing.
Papa has been dealt with.

678
00:53:48,640 --> 00:53:50,085
(DOOR CREAKING)

679
00:53:56,040 --> 00:53:57,610
OLIVER: Miss Lindsay.

680
00:53:58,000 --> 00:53:59,490
BELLE: Mr. Oliver.

681
00:53:59,960 --> 00:54:01,450
I think...

682
00:54:02,160 --> 00:54:04,162
...well, I know...

683
00:54:04,280 --> 00:54:06,965
...that we make
a rather good match.

684
00:54:07,200 --> 00:54:11,330
Father has purchased me a
commission in the Navy as Captain.

685
00:54:11,440 --> 00:54:13,124
All that remains...

686
00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:16,650
(CLOCK CHIMING)

687
00:54:18,480 --> 00:54:23,646
Uh, I cannot offer you a title
for the next Lady Ashford...

688
00:54:23,720 --> 00:54:26,849
...well that title must
fall to my brother's wife.

689
00:54:27,360 --> 00:54:30,682
What I'm trying
to say is, uh...

690
00:54:31,240 --> 00:54:33,561
...is I can,
without doubt...

691
00:54:34,800 --> 00:54:39,249
...offer you all that is due
to Mrs. Oliver Ashford...

692
00:54:39,360 --> 00:54:42,728
...and trust that this will
be acceptable to you...

693
00:54:43,080 --> 00:54:46,243
...since it would very much
be my privilege...

694
00:54:47,520 --> 00:54:51,241
...my honor, if you would
agree to become my wife.

695
00:54:52,240 --> 00:54:53,890
(WHISPERING) lcannotsee! Shh!

696
00:54:54,360 --> 00:54:55,885
Good Lord.

697
00:54:56,920 --> 00:54:58,729
Mrs. Ashford.

698
00:55:02,560 --> 00:55:03,561
L...

699
00:55:05,040 --> 00:55:06,405
.HcannoLH

700
00:55:08,240 --> 00:55:09,685
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

701
00:55:10,360 --> 00:55:12,249
What are you doing?
Quiet, Elizabeth.

702
00:55:12,720 --> 00:55:14,927
...cannot think
of anything...

703
00:55:15,680 --> 00:55:17,444
...more wonderful.

704
00:55:18,080 --> 00:55:19,127
(CHUCKLES)

705
00:55:19,240 --> 00:55:21,083
Oh! She has agreed.

706
00:55:22,080 --> 00:55:23,241
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

707
00:55:23,360 --> 00:55:25,249
Mama, we are engaged.

708
00:55:26,080 --> 00:55:27,809
Oh, my darling.

709
00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:29,331
(KISSES)

710
00:55:29,560 --> 00:55:32,040
BELLE: (WHISPERING) it is a
good thing, is it not, Mama?

711
00:55:32,400 --> 00:55:34,971
LADY MANSFIELD:
Oh, it is a wonderful thing.

712
00:55:43,600 --> 00:55:44,886
(WHISPERS) Dido.

713
00:55:46,600 --> 00:55:47,806
Yes?

714
00:55:48,560 --> 00:55:50,927
Was there any message for me?

715
00:55:52,040 --> 00:55:53,610
No, Bette.

716
00:55:54,920 --> 00:55:57,127
But I'm sure
it won't be long.

717
00:56:07,280 --> 00:56:09,601
What does it feel like, Dido?

718
00:56:11,600 --> 00:56:13,409
To be engaged?

719
00:56:14,120 --> 00:56:15,690
Perfect, Bette.

720
00:56:17,760 --> 00:56:18,761
Perfect.

721
00:56:23,800 --> 00:56:25,643
(CUTLERY CLATTERING)

722
00:56:28,640 --> 00:56:29,971
(MOUTHING)

723
00:56:31,560 --> 00:56:33,164
(DOOR OPENS)

724
00:56:34,280 --> 00:56:35,486
(DOOR CLOSES)

725
00:56:36,320 --> 00:56:37,765
Papa?

726
00:56:44,640 --> 00:56:46,165
Thank you.

727
00:56:52,840 --> 00:56:54,569
(CUTLERY CLATTERING)

728
00:56:56,640 --> 00:56:59,450
We are to make many
calls today, Elizabeth.

729
00:56:59,560 --> 00:57:04,168
Acquainting oneself with the most
eligible gentlemen is not light business.

730
00:57:04,680 --> 00:57:08,526
Should we not wait a day
or two ...for Mr. James?

731
00:57:08,680 --> 00:57:12,844
Elizabeth, a word of advice.
Wait for no man, dear.

732
00:57:14,680 --> 00:57:16,523
LADY MANSFIELD:
Will you join us, Dido?

733
00:57:20,840 --> 00:57:21,841
Dido?

734
00:57:25,680 --> 00:57:29,480
Oh. lam terribly light-headed
this morning, Mama.

735
00:57:29,560 --> 00:57:33,042
I should like to take rest,
if it would not displease you.

736
00:57:33,160 --> 00:57:37,882
Oh, dear. Unwell? And just as we're
about to announce your news.

737
00:58:02,400 --> 00:58:03,401
Papa.

738
00:58:04,360 --> 00:58:06,727
Let's see that smile.
Come along.

739
00:58:08,000 --> 00:58:09,570
(DOOR OPENS)

740
00:58:10,880 --> 00:58:12,530
(HORSE NEIGHING)

741
00:58:14,480 --> 00:58:16,084
(DOOR CLOSES)

742
00:58:21,640 --> 00:58:24,769
Harry.
Harry, I need your help.

743
00:58:25,200 --> 00:58:28,090
I need you to take me somewhere.
Alone, miss?

744
00:58:28,240 --> 00:58:30,607
I shall not be alone.
I shall be with you.

745
00:58:35,440 --> 00:58:37,044
(MAN SHOUTING)

746
00:58:53,280 --> 00:58:55,408
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

747
00:58:58,800 --> 00:59:00,802
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

748
00:59:09,480 --> 00:59:11,130
JOHN: This is
written anonymously.

749
00:59:11,240 --> 00:59:14,642
I have a list of those who have
not yet indicated their position.

750
00:59:14,760 --> 00:59:16,125
HARRY: Mr. Davinier?

751
00:59:18,600 --> 00:59:20,090
(DOOR OPENS)

752
00:59:25,120 --> 00:59:26,326
Mr. Davinier.

753
00:59:27,040 --> 00:59:29,008
Miss Lindsay. I...

754
00:59:29,120 --> 00:59:32,761
it is said all of the ship's
papers have been lost. But here...

755
00:59:32,880 --> 00:59:34,370
...I found these
in papa's library.

756
00:59:34,480 --> 00:59:36,005
What are they?

757
00:59:39,360 --> 00:59:41,840
Papa's notes on
the ship's log.

758
00:59:42,320 --> 00:59:45,130
It seems the first mate
has come forward with it

759
00:59:45,200 --> 00:59:47,646
- one Mr. Stubbs.

760
00:59:48,840 --> 00:59:50,569
I could not find
the log itself

761
00:59:50,640 --> 00:59:52,961
but look at papa's markings.

762
00:59:53,040 --> 00:59:55,042
See the map positions.

763
00:59:55,160 --> 01:00:00,405
Captain Collingwood and his men directed
the ship past no less than 8 ports...

764
01:00:00,520 --> 01:00:02,602
...where there was
every opportunity

765
01:00:02,720 --> 01:00:04,802
to replenish
the ship's water supplies.

766
01:00:04,880 --> 01:00:07,201
Good Lord.
And they did not.

767
01:00:07,320 --> 01:00:10,642
They either ignored the possibilities
or they were never in need.

768
01:00:13,520 --> 01:00:15,204
This is remarkable.

769
01:00:16,200 --> 01:00:18,043
Perhaps if you could

770
01:00:18,120 --> 01:00:20,248
make these facts known,
Mr. Davinier.

771
01:00:20,360 --> 01:00:22,362
This places you in
an impossible position

772
01:00:22,440 --> 01:00:24,204
with Lord Mansfield.

773
01:00:24,920 --> 01:00:26,888
What is the alternative?

774
01:00:31,200 --> 01:00:33,202
Walk with me, Miss Lindsay.

775
01:00:33,400 --> 01:00:36,165
The back of the inn is safe
from anyone who may know you.

776
01:00:36,240 --> 01:00:38,925
There's no-one but blind
and crying drunks. (CHUCKLES)

777
01:00:41,520 --> 01:00:44,046
BELLE: Papa would rather
I see no ill, as though

778
01:00:44,200 --> 01:00:46,680
by ignoring it,
it somehow escapes me.

779
01:00:46,760 --> 01:00:49,240
Perhaps by position but not...

780
01:00:50,360 --> 01:00:51,885
...not by blood.

781
01:00:52,240 --> 01:00:54,242
The fault was
never with you.

782
01:00:57,280 --> 01:01:00,966
Justasinlfie, we are no
better in paintings.

783
01:01:06,240 --> 01:01:07,765
You were afraid.

784
01:01:08,760 --> 01:01:09,761
Afraid?

785
01:01:09,920 --> 01:01:11,684
To be painted
beside Miss Murray,

786
01:01:11,760 --> 01:01:13,922
and I ridiculed you.

787
01:01:15,120 --> 01:01:16,929
I feel ashamed.

788
01:01:17,040 --> 01:01:19,042
Do not feel ashamed.

789
01:01:21,440 --> 01:01:24,603
Elizabeth said something
when we arrived in London.

790
01:01:24,920 --> 01:01:28,163
"We women are but
the property of gentlemen."

791
01:01:28,280 --> 01:01:30,760
But it came into my
head that I have been

792
01:01:30,840 --> 01:01:33,286
blessed with freedom
twice over.

793
01:01:34,160 --> 01:01:36,640
As a negro and as a woman.

794
01:01:37,920 --> 01:01:39,160
I suppose you have.

795
01:01:39,280 --> 01:01:40,566
Or have I?

796
01:01:41,600 --> 01:01:45,810
Must not a lady marry
evenifsheis financially secure?

797
01:01:46,800 --> 01:01:49,849
For who is she without
a husband of consequence?

798
01:01:49,960 --> 01:01:53,123
It seems silly -
like a free negro

799
01:01:53,200 --> 01:01:55,601
who begs for a master.

800
01:01:55,840 --> 01:01:56,841
Well...

801
01:01:57,280 --> 01:01:59,965
...unless...
she marries her equal.

802
01:02:00,640 --> 01:02:03,962
Her true equal.
A man who respects her.

803
01:02:09,160 --> 01:02:11,640
I remember my father's eyes.

804
01:02:12,480 --> 01:02:15,165
They were kind, gentle.

805
01:02:16,200 --> 01:02:18,202
A little like yours. Mine?

806
01:02:18,760 --> 01:02:20,967
I mean...in color.

807
01:02:22,600 --> 01:02:26,605
He showed me much love though
I only knew him a few hours.

808
01:02:29,840 --> 01:02:31,330
What of your
own mother?

809
01:02:33,160 --> 01:02:34,286
I know very little of her

810
01:02:34,360 --> 01:02:35,407
other than the color

811
01:02:35,520 --> 01:02:36,681
she has given me.

812
01:02:37,960 --> 01:02:40,645
Well then, at least you
know she was beautiful.

813
01:02:46,800 --> 01:02:50,202
I am to marry...shortly.

814
01:02:55,360 --> 01:02:57,044
Mr. Ashford.

815
01:02:57,800 --> 01:02:58,801
Oh.

816
01:02:59,680 --> 01:03:03,241
He is amiable
and of good family.

817
01:03:05,040 --> 01:03:07,566
Is it...
what you want?

818
01:03:13,200 --> 01:03:15,123
The alternative is
to replace Lady Mary

819
01:03:15,200 --> 01:03:16,929
in her responsibilities
at Kenwood.

820
01:03:17,000 --> 01:03:18,001
But she's a spinster.

821
01:03:18,160 --> 01:03:20,003
Papa did not trust I
could achieve a match

822
01:03:20,080 --> 01:03:22,686
that would raise my rank
or even equal it.

823
01:03:27,760 --> 01:03:31,606
You are above reducing
yourself for the sake of rank.

824
01:03:38,600 --> 01:03:41,968
I pray he would marry you
without a penny to your name...

825
01:03:43,080 --> 01:03:45,970
...for that is a man
who would truly treasure you.

826
01:03:51,200 --> 01:03:52,326
<i>Gsmnwxe)</i>

827
01:03:52,400 --> 01:03:56,450
What if I shall never find someone
so incomparably suitable?

828
01:03:56,800 --> 01:03:58,484
And wealthy?

829
01:04:01,080 --> 01:04:04,801
What if he is suitable but you
do not feel 'yourself' with him?

830
01:04:04,920 --> 01:04:08,720
Oh, Dido. He understood me.

831
01:04:09,720 --> 01:04:14,726
And whenever he looked at me I
somehow felt better in this world.

832
01:04:14,800 --> 01:04:16,643
I am convinced his
affections are growing

833
01:04:16,760 --> 01:04:18,603
and I feel certain
of my own love.

834
01:04:18,760 --> 01:04:20,524
Oh, stop it!
It is not love.

835
01:04:20,640 --> 01:04:22,449
You stop it.

836
01:04:23,720 --> 01:04:27,247
You know no more of love
than I myself, do you?

837
01:04:28,640 --> 01:04:30,449
Do you, Dido?

838
01:04:33,160 --> 01:04:34,161
No.

839
01:04:34,760 --> 01:04:37,127
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

840
01:04:38,320 --> 01:04:41,688
LADY ASHFORD: Oliver and Miss
Lindsay make a blissful match.

841
01:04:42,480 --> 01:04:46,121
Exactly when is she due
to receive her inheritance?

842
01:04:46,280 --> 01:04:48,806
And tell me,
are you an only son?

843
01:04:49,440 --> 01:04:50,965
I have 6 brothers, madam.

844
01:04:51,080 --> 01:04:55,210
Six? Goodness.
And...are they all...

845
01:04:55,800 --> 01:04:58,167
Older, madam? Yes.

846
01:04:59,520 --> 01:05:03,525
Oh, do look. Here comes
the Baroness in her boat.

847
01:05:04,160 --> 01:05:07,846
Oh, how dreadfully wonderful,
Lady M.

848
01:05:08,000 --> 01:05:13,291
Your girl is a picture. An utter picture.
With her intended?

849
01:05:13,360 --> 01:05:14,566
Indeed, Baroness Vernon.

850
01:05:14,680 --> 01:05:17,047
And I see the other
does not give up.

851
01:05:17,120 --> 01:05:19,327
So terribly endearing.

852
01:05:19,480 --> 01:05:22,529
You must meet the Mansfield girl.
(CHUCKLES)

853
01:05:22,600 --> 01:05:24,523
Still available.

854
01:05:25,160 --> 01:05:27,401
ELIZABETH: Mama,
Mr. Vaughn approaches.

855
01:05:27,520 --> 01:05:30,126
LADY MANSFIELD: I have checked,
he has no London home...

856
01:05:30,200 --> 01:05:33,807
...but he achieves an income
of no less than £4,000 a year.

857
01:05:33,880 --> 01:05:35,882
Miss Murray.
Lady Mansfield.

858
01:05:36,320 --> 01:05:40,211
I trust your stay in London is
proving pleasant, Miss Murray.

859
01:05:40,360 --> 01:05:42,169
Oh, most certainly.

860
01:05:42,800 --> 01:05:48,011
I wonder if you might permit me to
call upon you at home...some time?

861
01:05:48,720 --> 01:05:49,721
Oh.

862
01:05:50,160 --> 01:05:52,891
With her Ladyship's
permission?

863
01:05:53,000 --> 01:05:55,002
I will make
arrangements.

864
01:06:11,720 --> 01:06:13,085
JAMES: Miss Lindsay.

865
01:06:14,240 --> 01:06:16,242
Not husband hunting, are we?

866
01:06:22,600 --> 01:06:24,682
Good Lord,
I forgot...

867
01:06:25,040 --> 01:06:27,361
...you have ensnared
my brother.

868
01:06:30,080 --> 01:06:34,608
Tell me, are you to share his
dining room as well as his bed?

869
01:06:36,400 --> 01:06:40,883
Oh, Mr. James, your manners are as
poor as your brother's finances.

870
01:06:40,960 --> 01:06:43,884
And you are foolish enough to marry him.
I, on the other hand...

871
01:06:43,960 --> 01:06:46,964
...have no further use for
your impoverished cousin.

872
01:06:49,600 --> 01:06:52,922
Though she does make
for rather amusing sport.

873
01:06:53,520 --> 01:06:54,806
(CHUCKLES)

874
01:06:57,720 --> 01:07:00,007
That is painful, sir!

875
01:07:00,120 --> 01:07:01,531
Have you never
been manhandled?

876
01:07:01,600 --> 01:07:02,681
It is not in my repertoire

877
01:07:02,760 --> 01:07:05,081
to keep company with beasts.

878
01:07:20,560 --> 01:07:22,130
(EXCLAIMS)
(GRUNTS)

879
01:07:28,080 --> 01:07:29,889
(BREATHING HEAVILY)

880
01:07:34,320 --> 01:07:36,163
(SOBBING) How dare you!

881
01:07:37,320 --> 01:07:38,810
With ease.

882
01:07:52,800 --> 01:07:54,643
(WHISPERING)
You will destroy us.

883
01:07:55,360 --> 01:07:59,160
You will destroy the entire
order of our family.

884
01:08:08,120 --> 01:08:13,331
<i>JOHN: I'd never imagined myself to be
married, but my aunt is determined.</i>

885
01:08:14,640 --> 01:08:19,646
If one were to count, I have not even
been acquainted with Miss Beresford on...

886
01:08:20,000 --> 01:08:21,684
...3 occasions.

887
01:08:21,840 --> 01:08:25,845
Is she not terribly disappointed that
you will not return to Hampstead?

888
01:08:26,000 --> 01:08:27,570
My aunt?
(BOTH CHUCKLING)

889
01:08:29,040 --> 01:08:33,045
JOHN: Well, I doubt Miss Beresford has
any more wish to marry me than I her.

890
01:08:33,200 --> 01:08:36,727
I should rather make a nuisance
of myself alone in London...

891
01:08:36,880 --> 01:08:40,009
...than in an unwanted marriage
in Hampstead. (LAUGHING)

892
01:08:40,360 --> 01:08:43,569
Where is everyone, Mabel?
All the carriages are gone.

893
01:08:43,720 --> 01:08:47,930
The ladies and Miss Murray are
out calling, Your Lordship.

894
01:08:48,040 --> 01:08:49,849
Is Dido with them?

895
01:08:50,200 --> 01:08:51,804
Um...
(MOUTHING) Shh.

896
01:08:54,160 --> 01:08:55,844
I believe so.

897
01:08:56,360 --> 01:08:58,169
Were you a curious child?
(CHUCKLES)

898
01:08:58,600 --> 01:09:02,446
Completely. Elizabeth always
asked the questions for me.

899
01:09:09,720 --> 01:09:12,246
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
Dear, dear Bette.

900
01:09:23,960 --> 01:09:26,884
BELLE: Papa is to finally
speak in a few days and...

901
01:09:26,960 --> 01:09:31,409
JOHN: I fear, despite persuasive
argument, your papa has not been moved.

902
01:09:31,560 --> 01:09:34,928
I'm not certain he is ready
to go against the traders.

903
01:09:35,040 --> 01:09:38,442
They are some of the most
powerful in these isles...

904
01:09:38,600 --> 01:09:41,285
...and theirs are the finances
that hold up England, after all.

905
01:09:41,440 --> 01:09:45,411
The enemies of any man who stood
against the trade would be vicious.

906
01:09:45,920 --> 01:09:49,129
And yet,
if he does...stand up...

907
01:09:50,640 --> 01:09:54,645
...if he speaks the words
and condemns the trade...

908
01:09:55,320 --> 01:09:59,166
<i>...the Lord Chief Justice of England,
then it may be impossible...</i>

909
01:09:59,280 --> 01:10:03,604
...for the slave laws of England and
its colonies to remain absolute.

910
01:10:03,800 --> 01:10:05,325
That is a fact.

911
01:10:30,640 --> 01:10:32,165
(HORSE NEIGHING)

912
01:10:45,000 --> 01:10:46,490
(CAWING)

913
01:10:49,160 --> 01:10:50,810
(PIANO PLAYING)

914
01:11:36,440 --> 01:11:39,569
I've heard nothing from him
since Vauxhall, Dido.

915
01:11:42,160 --> 01:11:47,530
I was certain an announcement was to be
made any day...that he meant it this time.

916
01:11:50,000 --> 01:11:52,685
Then he is not
a man of his word.

917
01:11:59,880 --> 01:12:03,089
I will help you find the kindest,
most wonderful of husbands.

918
01:12:03,160 --> 01:12:04,571
(SOBBING)

919
01:12:06,000 --> 01:12:07,001
And...

920
01:12:07,480 --> 01:12:11,326
...I shall ask papa to use a portion
of my inheritance for your dowry.

921
01:12:14,520 --> 01:12:16,329
You would do that?

922
01:12:16,400 --> 01:12:19,768
Bette...anything for you.

923
01:12:21,240 --> 01:12:22,605
(SIGHS) Dido...

924
01:12:24,040 --> 01:12:27,408
...I have been of the mind
these last few days that...

925
01:12:27,520 --> 01:12:31,525
...it is my little means that has
delayed James in making his approach.

926
01:12:32,760 --> 01:12:34,171
I think you
may be right.

927
01:12:34,240 --> 01:12:36,447
Then I cannot
thank you enough.

928
01:12:36,560 --> 01:12:37,607
Bette?

929
01:12:37,760 --> 01:12:41,128
I will ask papa to write
immediately to Lady Ashford.

930
01:12:41,280 --> 01:12:42,281
No?

931
01:12:42,720 --> 01:12:44,563
(BREATHING HEAVILY)

932
01:12:45,360 --> 01:12:50,048
James Ashford is not kind.
He is not appropriate.

933
01:12:51,800 --> 01:12:53,131
Appropriate?

934
01:12:54,200 --> 01:12:57,886
The brother of the man you are to
marry is not appropriate for me?

935
01:12:57,960 --> 01:13:00,486
He does not desire you, Bette!

936
01:13:01,040 --> 01:13:05,728
Or at least, even if he does, you
would regret such a mistake.

937
01:13:07,440 --> 01:13:08,487
He...

938
01:13:10,280 --> 01:13:14,649
...laid his hands on me, Bette...in
the most ungentlemanly fashion.

939
01:13:14,880 --> 01:13:16,120
Why should you
say such a thing?

940
01:13:16,200 --> 01:13:17,201
He hurt me.

941
01:13:17,320 --> 01:13:18,970
You are a liar!

942
01:13:19,400 --> 01:13:22,006
Why would I lie to you?
I don't know.

943
01:13:22,560 --> 01:13:27,168
Have you never been able to see?
He would never touch you!

944
01:13:27,320 --> 01:13:29,641
Bette...
You are beneath him!

945
01:13:32,600 --> 01:13:34,602
I am beneath him?

946
01:13:34,840 --> 01:13:35,921
Yes.

947
01:13:37,280 --> 01:13:40,170
Yes! You are...
What?

948
01:13:40,280 --> 01:13:41,964
Tell me what I am, Bette!

949
01:13:42,040 --> 01:13:44,042
You are...

950
01:13:45,480 --> 01:13:47,642
...you are illegitimate!

951
01:13:49,840 --> 01:13:53,526
Have you never wondered why you were
not permitted to eat with our guests?

952
01:13:56,360 --> 01:13:59,364
My mother and father never
married, you are correct.

953
01:14:00,000 --> 01:14:02,844
But my father acknowledged
me as his child.

954
01:14:03,760 --> 01:14:08,368
It is yours who refuses to legitimize your
position and that is why you are poor.

955
01:14:08,480 --> 01:14:13,520
And that is why it is not me who is
beneath Mr. James. It is not me.

956
01:14:50,320 --> 01:14:51,890
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

957
01:14:52,480 --> 01:14:54,164
(HORSE NEIGHING)

958
01:14:55,240 --> 01:14:56,207
HARRY: Whoa.

959
01:14:56,280 --> 01:14:57,964
(HORSE WHINNYING)

960
01:15:10,200 --> 01:15:11,611
(DOOR CLOSES)

961
01:15:29,960 --> 01:15:33,123
Papa. This man's
ambition includes you.

962
01:15:33,240 --> 01:15:37,370
You will endure shame and risk your
position for a man without name...

963
01:15:37,440 --> 01:15:40,967
...who will sully yours and drag
your reputation into the gutter.

964
01:15:41,080 --> 01:15:45,210
I take great offense at your summation
of my character without even knowing me.

965
01:15:45,280 --> 01:15:47,089
Where is your right?
I have every right.

966
01:15:47,200 --> 01:15:50,647
Not until you cease from
judging the entire world

967
01:15:50,720 --> 01:15:52,404
as those above
and those below...

968
01:15:52,480 --> 01:15:54,562
...and begin to see
people as people.

969
01:15:54,640 --> 01:15:56,005
Human beings who think

970
01:15:56,080 --> 01:15:58,082
and feel no more
or less than you do.

971
01:15:58,240 --> 01:15:59,526
I know there is
a lady in Belsize

972
01:15:59,600 --> 01:16:00,726
who is waiting
to be your wife.

973
01:16:00,800 --> 01:16:02,962
No, I have an ambitious
aunt in Belsize...

974
01:16:03,120 --> 01:16:05,726
...who, like you, assumes
that wealth and reputation...

975
01:16:05,800 --> 01:16:06,801
...are all that
life depends on...

976
01:16:06,880 --> 01:16:07,881
...and despises love

977
01:16:08,000 --> 01:16:09,001
as though it were

978
01:16:09,080 --> 01:16:10,081
the devil's own creation!

979
01:16:10,160 --> 01:16:12,766
You claim love...
Yes! Yes...

980
01:16:13,160 --> 01:16:14,969
...I love her!

981
01:16:15,280 --> 01:16:18,284
I love her with
every breath I breathe!

982
01:16:26,920 --> 01:16:28,524
BELLE: Go, John.

983
01:16:30,240 --> 01:16:32,641
You do not deserve this.

984
01:16:46,960 --> 01:16:50,521
Captain Sir John Lindsay would
never have behaved like this.

985
01:16:50,800 --> 01:16:55,840
He would never have behaved like
this because he was never here!

986
01:16:59,120 --> 01:17:01,361
You are destroying
your possibilities

987
01:17:01,440 --> 01:17:04,808
with the only gentleman
who will consider you.

988
01:17:05,720 --> 01:17:07,848
Is that what you want?

989
01:17:12,040 --> 01:17:13,530
Arrogant parasite!

990
01:17:14,040 --> 01:17:16,281
FilIs her head
with worthless ideals.

991
01:17:16,440 --> 01:17:18,727
Wants to 'make the world
a better place'.

992
01:17:18,880 --> 01:17:24,330
And his childish campaign simply
adds to the ridicule aimed at me...

993
01:17:24,400 --> 01:17:26,209
...in those
contemptible pamphlets.

994
01:17:26,320 --> 01:17:30,166
And now, like some kind of
saint, immune from reproach...

995
01:17:30,240 --> 01:17:32,891
You said something
idenficalonceu.

996
01:17:34,000 --> 01:17:36,651
...that you wanted
to change the world.

997
01:17:37,720 --> 01:17:41,088
Quite some time before you entered
your chambers, of course.

998
01:17:42,560 --> 01:17:45,370
Defiant, principled...

999
01:17:45,480 --> 01:17:49,610
...desperate to secure your position
amongst the Establishment but...

1000
01:17:49,720 --> 01:17:51,404
...always a little
too radical for them.

1001
01:17:51,560 --> 01:17:53,210
I never broke the rules.

1002
01:17:53,320 --> 01:17:56,688
You simply became powerful
enough to make new ones.

1003
01:18:04,400 --> 01:18:05,811
(SIGHS)

1004
01:18:08,560 --> 01:18:12,565
I always felt that
you already loved me...

1005
01:18:13,760 --> 01:18:16,081
...when I gave
you my hand.

1006
01:18:16,960 --> 01:18:19,611
That we were a good match
was never a doubt...

1007
01:18:20,440 --> 01:18:23,808
.“butldon% think I could
have married a gentleman...

1008
01:18:24,200 --> 01:18:26,806
...without that
light in his eye.

1009
01:18:27,640 --> 01:18:32,089
Without knowing, privately, that
my heart stopped a moment...

1010
01:18:32,560 --> 01:18:34,801
...each time that
he looked at me.

1011
01:18:43,480 --> 01:18:47,644
It is possible
that even you...

1012
01:18:48,160 --> 01:18:50,811
.“cannotfightchange,
my darling.

1013
01:18:52,440 --> 01:18:56,286
Sometimes you cannot fight it
because you are a part of it.

1014
01:19:00,640 --> 01:19:02,324
Do you love her?

1015
01:19:07,480 --> 01:19:10,643
As though she were
created of you and me.

1016
01:19:13,680 --> 01:19:15,045
(INHALES)

1017
01:19:15,840 --> 01:19:17,524
And that is why...

1018
01:19:19,320 --> 01:19:23,006
...I simply will not
see her diminished.

1019
01:19:24,280 --> 01:19:27,443
The niece of
the Marquis of Winchester.

1020
01:19:29,080 --> 01:19:34,644
Mr. James Ashford is to marry the
niece of the Marquis of Winchester.

1021
01:19:38,160 --> 01:19:40,049
I'm reading it here.

1022
01:19:41,000 --> 01:19:45,369
Well, that will render your future
mother-in-law ecstatic, Dido.

1023
01:19:49,080 --> 01:19:50,684
(SOBBING)

1024
01:19:52,720 --> 01:19:54,051
Shh.

1025
01:19:57,160 --> 01:19:59,561
Don't you dare
say a word.

1026
01:20:00,040 --> 01:20:01,565
I won't.

1027
01:20:01,720 --> 01:20:03,165
(SNIFFLES)

1028
01:20:03,560 --> 01:20:04,561
(SOBBING) Why...

1029
01:20:06,400 --> 01:20:09,051
...why do they always do that?

1030
01:20:09,880 --> 01:20:11,484
Who, Bette?

1031
01:20:11,720 --> 01:20:12,721
Men.

1032
01:20:14,880 --> 01:20:17,724
They just leave
and never come back.

1033
01:20:18,920 --> 01:20:20,285
(SNIFFLES)

1034
01:20:20,400 --> 01:20:22,129
(SOBBING CONTINUES)

1035
01:20:24,360 --> 01:20:27,045
ELIZABETH: I saw you
with Mr. Davinier...

1036
01:20:27,560 --> 01:20:29,528
...at the pleasure garden.

1037
01:20:33,080 --> 01:20:34,730
You said nothing.

1038
01:20:35,080 --> 01:20:37,321
I wanted you to tell me.

1039
01:20:39,000 --> 01:20:40,684
To trust me.

1040
01:20:44,760 --> 01:20:46,410
I should have.

1041
01:20:47,400 --> 01:20:48,765
You know...

1042
01:20:50,520 --> 01:20:52,522
...if I had your choice...

1043
01:20:53,760 --> 01:20:56,127
...I would choose
the man I loved.

1044
01:20:57,280 --> 01:20:59,760
I simply hope he's worth it.

1045
01:21:03,120 --> 01:21:06,283
I am not in the habit of requiring
an explanation more than twice...

1046
01:21:06,440 --> 01:21:08,602
...but on this occasion
you will have to forgive me.

1047
01:21:08,800 --> 01:21:10,370
There is little
point in repetition.

1048
01:21:10,440 --> 01:21:13,444
Then let me be
clear I understand.

1049
01:21:13,520 --> 01:21:16,285
Your charge,
your mulatto charge...

1050
01:21:16,440 --> 01:21:19,250
That is enough! Is it not
true, Your Ladyship?

1051
01:21:19,360 --> 01:21:21,567
...whose unfortunate
circumstances,

1052
01:21:21,680 --> 01:21:23,808
at birth,
we chose to forgive...

1053
01:21:23,960 --> 01:21:27,646
...has decided she no longer
wishes the match with my son...

1054
01:21:27,760 --> 01:21:30,081
...a gentleman and an officer?

1055
01:21:33,080 --> 01:21:34,445
Why...

1056
01:21:35,040 --> 01:21:36,565
...Miss Lindsay?

1057
01:21:39,320 --> 01:21:44,645
Do you feel I have any lesser need to ensure
my child's wellbeing and future than you?

1058
01:21:48,320 --> 01:21:49,526
Does she still have a tongue?

1059
01:21:49,600 --> 01:21:52,410
I have a tongue...madam.

1060
01:21:53,240 --> 01:21:56,926
Though yours explains well enough
why I may not marry your son.

1061
01:21:57,920 --> 01:22:01,242
You view my circumstances
as unfortunate...

1062
01:22:01,320 --> 01:22:03,926
...though I cannot claim even a
portion of the misfortune...

1063
01:22:04,000 --> 01:22:06,685
...to those whom I
most closely resemble.

1064
01:22:09,360 --> 01:22:12,682
My greatest misfortune would
be to marry into a family...

1065
01:22:12,840 --> 01:22:15,207
...who would carry
me as their shame...

1066
01:22:17,320 --> 01:22:20,483
...as I have been required
to carry my own mother.

1067
01:22:22,360 --> 01:22:25,045
Her apparent crime
to be born negro...

1068
01:22:27,040 --> 01:22:29,042
...and mine to
be the evidence.

1069
01:22:33,280 --> 01:22:37,046
Since I wish to deny her no more
than I wish to deny myself...

1070
01:22:37,200 --> 01:22:38,804
...you will pardon me
for wanting a husband...

1071
01:22:38,880 --> 01:22:40,405
...who feels 'forgiveness'
of my bloodline...

1072
01:22:40,480 --> 01:22:43,927
...is both unnecessary
and without grace.

1073
01:22:48,200 --> 01:22:49,690
(DOOR CLOSES)

1074
01:22:51,480 --> 01:22:53,289
(BREATHING HEAVILY)

1075
01:23:07,440 --> 01:23:09,568
(MAN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)

1076
01:23:14,360 --> 01:23:16,249
(BIRDS CHIRPING)

1077
01:23:18,400 --> 01:23:20,368
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

1078
01:24:18,080 --> 01:24:19,969
LORD MANSFIELD:
It will hang at Kenwood.

1079
01:24:22,040 --> 01:24:23,565
BELLE: Will it?

1080
01:24:25,160 --> 01:24:27,162
Why should that
surprise you?

1081
01:24:28,120 --> 01:24:29,963
Why should it not?

1082
01:24:33,720 --> 01:24:35,006
LORD MANSFIELD:
What are you reading?

1083
01:24:35,080 --> 01:24:37,560
BELLE: A gentleman
named Thomas Day.

1084
01:24:37,640 --> 01:24:41,087
He speaks of a slave who agreed
to marry an English lady.

1085
01:24:43,760 --> 01:24:45,762
A voice for people...

1086
01:24:46,840 --> 01:24:48,842
...people like
my mother...

1087
01:24:50,320 --> 01:24:52,004
...who do not have one.

1088
01:24:53,320 --> 01:24:56,005
Do you find yourself
in such writing?

1089
01:24:57,840 --> 01:25:00,525
I don't know that I
find myself anywhere.

1090
01:25:03,320 --> 01:25:05,322
What do you want, Dido?

1091
01:25:07,000 --> 01:25:09,685
What precisely are
you looking for?

1092
01:25:10,440 --> 01:25:13,364
I have enabled every
rule of convention...

1093
01:25:13,480 --> 01:25:16,768
...so that you would know
exactly where you belong...

1094
01:25:17,280 --> 01:25:20,284
...and yet little appears
enough for you.

1095
01:25:21,720 --> 01:25:24,371
And what if there
were not a rule, Papa?

1096
01:25:26,120 --> 01:25:30,125
What if the rule that allowed
you to take me did not exist?

1097
01:25:32,040 --> 01:25:34,691
Would you have returned
me to the slums?

1098
01:25:38,520 --> 01:25:40,682
You are courageous.

1099
01:25:42,560 --> 01:25:46,724
When it comes to the matters you believe
in, society is inconsequential.

1100
01:25:46,840 --> 01:25:51,050
You break every rule when it matters
enough, Papa. lam the evidence.

1101
01:25:51,800 --> 01:25:54,485
This painting
is the evidence.

1102
01:26:01,480 --> 01:26:03,209
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

1103
01:26:09,280 --> 01:26:12,921
Look at them. For and Against
at each other's throats.

1104
01:26:13,720 --> 01:26:17,202
How on earth did the damn
Quakers find their way in here?

1105
01:26:17,560 --> 01:26:18,561
(CHUCKLES)

1106
01:26:18,640 --> 01:26:23,601
You are a brave man, negotiating these
quarters on the eve of yourjudgment.

1107
01:26:23,720 --> 01:26:27,725
Finally you are to speak. If England
is destroyed, we shall blame you.

1108
01:26:27,800 --> 01:26:30,280
...religion not being the only
guardian of our morality.

1109
01:26:30,400 --> 01:26:32,721
Of course not.
There is self-responsibility.

1110
01:26:32,800 --> 01:26:36,009
And failing that,
does the law not have a duty?

1111
01:26:36,120 --> 01:26:41,286
Does the Bench and Parliament not have a
duty to uphold and create the laws...

1112
01:26:41,400 --> 01:26:44,563
...that progress our
morality not retard it?

1113
01:26:44,640 --> 01:26:48,804
If not to protect us from others
then to protect us from ourselves.

1114
01:26:48,960 --> 01:26:53,966
Laws that allow us to diminish the
humanity of anybody are not laws.

1115
01:26:54,080 --> 01:26:56,128
They are frameworks for crime.

1116
01:26:56,280 --> 01:27:00,968
I do not care if you, as an individual,
are without character or conscience.

1117
01:27:01,120 --> 01:27:04,283
But a land whose laws
sanction, not control...

1118
01:27:04,360 --> 01:27:06,442
...the barbarous
among its citizens,

1119
01:27:06,560 --> 01:27:08,608
that is a country
whose hope is lost.

1120
01:27:08,680 --> 01:27:10,648
(INAUDIBLE)

1121
01:27:15,160 --> 01:27:16,810
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

1122
01:27:27,840 --> 01:27:30,446
Why does it matter
to you so much?

1123
01:27:37,000 --> 01:27:40,163
M'lord...l have
seen your notes!

1124
01:27:41,360 --> 01:27:44,011
If they had wanted water,
they could have had it.

1125
01:27:45,360 --> 01:27:46,850
Dido took them.

1126
01:27:56,800 --> 01:27:59,849
JOHN: M'lord! If you
find for the traders...

1127
01:28:00,040 --> 01:28:04,045
...you will be formalizing in law the
concept of insuring human cargo.

1128
01:28:04,200 --> 01:28:05,690
That's correct.

1129
01:28:06,360 --> 01:28:07,361
Drive.

1130
01:28:10,320 --> 01:28:14,848
Then know that when you are gone, your
legacy will be to have left Miss Lindsay...

1131
01:28:14,920 --> 01:28:18,049
...in a world where she may be
worth more dead than alive.

1132
01:28:18,160 --> 01:28:20,049
Miss Lindsay is not a slave.

1133
01:28:20,160 --> 01:28:22,162
By the very grace of God.
(BANGING)

1134
01:28:23,000 --> 01:28:24,809
This is not
about Miss Lindsay.

1135
01:28:24,880 --> 01:28:26,405
Of course it is.

1136
01:28:26,720 --> 01:28:28,722
It's about all of us.

1137
01:28:29,560 --> 01:28:33,201
It's about everything.
Everything that's important.

1138
01:28:41,120 --> 01:28:42,724
Mr. Davinier...

1139
01:28:44,040 --> 01:28:46,930
...the world is
a devastating place.

1140
01:28:48,560 --> 01:28:52,087
You must learn to
protect your emotions...

1141
01:28:52,240 --> 01:28:54,925
...if you wish to prevent
matters both of law...

1142
01:28:55,400 --> 01:28:58,449
.“andlove,
from devastating you.

1143
01:29:04,920 --> 01:29:06,251
(HORSE NEIGHING)

1144
01:29:32,440 --> 01:29:33,726
(DOOR CLOSES)

1145
01:29:42,160 --> 01:29:43,810
(HORSE NEIGHING)

1146
01:29:45,160 --> 01:29:46,969
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

1147
01:29:54,000 --> 01:29:55,684
Good to see you, John.

1148
01:29:58,000 --> 01:29:59,650
(INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES)

1149
01:30:05,680 --> 01:30:08,365
Silence in the court! Silence!

1150
01:30:09,520 --> 01:30:12,000
The Appeal Court
of the King's Bench

1151
01:30:12,160 --> 01:30:14,640
- case of Gregson
versus Gilbert.

1152
01:30:16,280 --> 01:30:18,009
I am here today...

1153
01:30:18,320 --> 01:30:22,120
...to rule on
certain matters...

1154
01:30:22,320 --> 01:30:25,005
...referred to me
from the Lower Court...

1155
01:30:25,360 --> 01:30:28,364
...in the case of
the slave ship Zong.

1156
01:30:28,680 --> 01:30:31,001
LADY MANSFIELD: How kind
of you to come, Mr. Vaughn.

1157
01:30:31,120 --> 01:30:32,929
ELIZABETH: I have thought
of nothing else but showing

1158
01:30:33,000 --> 01:30:35,287
you Aunt Mary's
chrysanthemums.

1159
01:30:35,360 --> 01:30:37,362
What a pleasure,
Miss Murray.

1160
01:30:38,880 --> 01:30:40,405
You too, Mama.

1161
01:30:41,840 --> 01:30:43,604
(DOOR CLOSES)
(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)

1162
01:30:49,680 --> 01:30:51,091
ELIZABETH: Aunt Mary?

1163
01:30:53,240 --> 01:30:57,245
LORD MANSFIELD: Whether the enslaved
cargo was jettisoned in emergency...

1164
01:30:57,360 --> 01:31:01,160
...to save captain and crew
from certain death...

1165
01:31:02,240 --> 01:31:06,882
...when the extended journey
threatened shortage of drinking water.

1166
01:31:07,000 --> 01:31:08,764
No. Never again.

1167
01:31:08,880 --> 01:31:10,689
Then allow me to
take the reins.

1168
01:31:10,760 --> 01:31:12,762
LORD MANSFIELD:
Now let me be clear.--...

1169
01:31:12,880 --> 01:31:18,046
...the loss of water on a ship constitutes
a singularly dangerous affair.

1170
01:31:20,720 --> 01:31:24,202
Insurrection of thirsty
and hostile slaves...

1171
01:31:24,280 --> 01:31:27,602
...at <i>its extreme,
and an impossible task...</i>

1172
01:31:27,720 --> 01:31:33,090
...to <i>share diminished water reserve
amongst all those living, at best.</i>

1173
01:31:34,240 --> 01:31:39,929
Each implies a severe threat
to the lives of the seamen.

1174
01:31:40,080 --> 01:31:41,047
(CROWD CHEERING)

1175
01:31:41,120 --> 01:31:44,886
And in such
emergency circumstances...

1176
01:31:44,960 --> 01:31:49,443
...our law is transparent
and unequivocal.

1177
01:31:50,760 --> 01:31:55,288
The jettisoning of
enslaved cargo is legal!

1178
01:31:55,360 --> 01:31:56,805
(ALL CHEERING)

1179
01:31:57,440 --> 01:32:01,047
And it beholds the insurers
to pay losses.

1180
01:32:01,480 --> 01:32:02,561
No!
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

1181
01:32:02,960 --> 01:32:04,928
Silence in court!

1182
01:32:05,080 --> 01:32:07,128
Gentlemen, silence in court!

1183
01:32:07,240 --> 01:32:08,241
However...

1184
01:32:09,440 --> 01:32:12,125
...these were not the
circumstances of the Zong.

1185
01:32:13,920 --> 01:32:18,289
Slaves were not jettisoned
because water supplies ran low.

1186
01:32:19,480 --> 01:32:24,850
Indeed, evidence shows the
ship sailed past 8 ports...

1187
01:32:25,760 --> 01:32:29,287
...without pausing to
restore water supplies.

1188
01:32:29,360 --> 01:32:30,361
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

1189
01:32:31,440 --> 01:32:34,967
My finding is
that the slaves...

1190
01:32:35,080 --> 01:32:40,120
...were jettisoned, killed,
because the Zong ship's owners...

1191
01:32:40,320 --> 01:32:44,962
...chose a tight packing fashion
to transport their slaves.

1192
01:32:45,320 --> 01:32:49,484
They knew the risk since this
fashion of transportation...

1193
01:32:49,600 --> 01:32:54,288
...is well-known to
cause disease in slaves.

1194
01:32:54,600 --> 01:32:57,126
(SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY) Disease
that rendered the Zong slaves

1195
01:32:57,200 --> 01:32:59,123
impossible to sell.

1196
01:32:59,200 --> 01:33:02,329
Silence in the court!
Gentlemen, silence!

1197
01:33:02,480 --> 01:33:05,370
It is not legal...

1198
01:33:06,000 --> 01:33:10,005
...to discharge lives from
a ship into the waters...

1199
01:33:10,120 --> 01:33:13,647
...to facilitate
insurance compensation.

1200
01:33:13,720 --> 01:33:16,405
Whether they be
the lives of horses...

1201
01:33:17,680 --> 01:33:22,561
...or human beings,
slaves or otherwise...

1202
01:33:23,520 --> 01:33:25,204
...it is not legal...

1203
01:33:27,560 --> 01:33:30,689
...neither is it right.

1204
01:33:31,360 --> 01:33:33,203
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

1205
01:33:36,160 --> 01:33:39,881
it is clear that a fraud
has been committed...

1206
01:33:40,040 --> 01:33:44,364
...in claiming insurance
on slaves who were drowned...

1207
01:33:45,000 --> 01:33:48,368
...solely for financial gain.

1208
01:33:48,440 --> 01:33:50,044
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

1209
01:33:53,680 --> 01:33:55,205
It is my opinion...

1210
01:33:58,880 --> 01:34:01,565
...that the state
of slavery...

1211
01:34:02,840 --> 01:34:05,411
...is so odious a position...

1212
01:34:09,120 --> 01:34:12,442
...that nothing
may support it.

1213
01:34:12,600 --> 01:34:14,250
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

1214
01:34:22,080 --> 01:34:24,401
Let justice be done...

1215
01:34:25,080 --> 01:34:27,731
...though the heavens
may fall.

1216
01:34:28,080 --> 01:34:29,081
(SIGHS)

1217
01:34:30,560 --> 01:34:33,769
I find in favor
of the insurers...

1218
01:34:33,840 --> 01:34:35,683
Ah!
(JEERING)

1219
01:34:35,920 --> 01:34:39,049
...and overturn the decision
of the Lower Court.

1220
01:34:39,240 --> 01:34:40,924
CLERK: All rise!
(INDISTINCT YELLING)

1221
01:35:27,320 --> 01:35:29,641
You may not blame
Mr. Davinier.

1222
01:35:30,960 --> 01:35:34,646
My attendance today is
absolutely at my own volition.

1223
01:35:36,320 --> 01:35:38,322
I'm fully aware, Dido.

1224
01:35:38,440 --> 01:35:41,762
My Lord, lam inspired
by your decision today.

1225
01:35:42,640 --> 01:35:44,642
We will not go
backwards from here.

1226
01:35:45,160 --> 01:35:49,006
History will judge whether
your optimism is warranted.

1227
01:35:51,120 --> 01:35:53,122
You're a man
of conviction.

1228
01:35:55,520 --> 01:35:57,284
I'm trying to be.

1229
01:36:00,840 --> 01:36:05,368
I've not changed my mind.
She is to marry a gentleman.

1230
01:36:06,400 --> 01:36:09,210
And Mr. Davinier
is not a gentleman?

1231
01:36:09,680 --> 01:36:11,170
He is, indeed.

1232
01:36:11,240 --> 01:36:12,844
My affections
are with him, Papa.

1233
01:36:13,000 --> 01:36:16,641
And that is why he should have
an occupation befitting one.

1234
01:36:16,720 --> 01:36:19,724
I wish for nothing
if not to be his wife.

1235
01:36:25,360 --> 01:36:29,729
Mr. Davinier, I would like you to
attend my chambers in the morning.

1236
01:36:29,880 --> 01:36:32,201
There are some matters
you can assist me with.

1237
01:36:32,320 --> 01:36:35,403
Your Lordship? And, if you
think it's a good idea...

1238
01:36:35,560 --> 01:36:39,565
...I would like to facilitate your
entry into the Inns of Court.

1239
01:36:40,720 --> 01:36:43,405
I think it is a very
good idea, my Lord.

1240
01:36:58,200 --> 01:36:59,725
Can it be true?

1241
01:37:00,400 --> 01:37:04,450
Of course. He sees what I see.
His words were as clear as...

1242
01:37:04,560 --> 01:37:05,561
No.

1243
01:37:08,760 --> 01:37:11,570
No, that your feelings
for me are so?

1244
01:37:13,760 --> 01:37:15,410
That you would be my wife?

1245
01:37:16,720 --> 01:37:20,645
Because I cannot conceive
of a life without you.

1246
01:37:24,200 --> 01:37:25,884
I love you...

1247
01:37:26,960 --> 01:37:29,327
...for all that you are...

1248
01:37:30,280 --> 01:37:31,770
...and with all...

1249
01:37:32,960 --> 01:37:34,644
...all that I am.

1250
01:37:45,080 --> 01:37:46,809
(HORSE NEIGHING)