1 00:00:03,022 --> 00:00:05,695 - You don't? - No, my lord. 2 00:00:07,822 --> 00:00:09,733 Hmm, very well. 3 00:00:15,702 --> 00:00:17,738 Oh, my God! 4 00:00:17,822 --> 00:00:19,574 How delightful to see you. 5 00:00:19,662 --> 00:00:22,051 - Take my cloak off. - Is it worthwhile? 6 00:00:22,142 --> 00:00:23,336 Of course, sir! 7 00:00:23,422 --> 00:00:28,337 You see, I recently made a resolution not to have visitors on Thursday... 8 00:00:28,422 --> 00:00:29,980 .. between 7 and 9pm. 9 00:00:30,062 --> 00:00:32,781 Glad to hear it. Can't stand interruptions. 10 00:00:32,862 --> 00:00:35,581 - No draught, I hope, in this room? - No, sir. 11 00:00:35,662 --> 00:00:38,381 I feel a draught, sir, I feel it distinctly! 12 00:00:38,462 --> 00:00:41,613 So do I, sir. A dreadful draught. Why don't you go home? 13 00:00:41,702 --> 00:00:45,661 I will come and see you tomorrow. We can talk about anything then. 14 00:00:45,742 --> 00:00:48,381 No, I have called with a definite purpose. 15 00:00:48,462 --> 00:00:52,250 I'm going to see it through at all costs to my health or yours. 16 00:00:52,342 --> 00:00:55,061 Put my cloak down, sir. 17 00:00:55,142 --> 00:00:59,772 I hate seeing things through, Father, especially through someone else's eyes. 18 00:00:59,862 --> 00:01:01,818 Afraid I don't follow you there. 19 00:01:01,902 --> 00:01:05,815 As far as I can make out, you seem to follow me everywhere, Father. 20 00:01:07,142 --> 00:01:08,211 Oh, God! 21 00:01:08,302 --> 00:01:09,860 Good evening, Arthur. 22 00:01:09,942 --> 00:01:13,821 My dear Robert, the fact is I really am horribly busy tonight. 23 00:01:13,902 --> 00:01:16,052 But, Arthur, I must speak with you. 24 00:01:17,622 --> 00:01:19,977 Gertrude has discovered the truth? 25 00:01:20,062 --> 00:01:22,018 Yes, I'm afraid she has. 26 00:01:24,982 --> 00:01:29,214 Come in, Robert. But if you wouldn't mind waiting for a short while,... 27 00:01:29,302 --> 00:01:33,693 .. I am right in the middle of giving my performance of the attentive son. 28 00:01:33,782 --> 00:01:36,819 - Oh, I'm sorry. - Mmm, so am I. 29 00:01:45,942 --> 00:01:47,170 Oh... 30 00:01:47,262 --> 00:01:49,412 God! 31 00:01:49,502 --> 00:01:52,938 When you left this afternoon, my life fell apart. 32 00:01:53,022 --> 00:01:54,978 My love is in ruins. 33 00:01:55,062 --> 00:01:57,018 I need you after all. 34 00:01:57,102 --> 00:01:59,058 I am coming to you now,... 35 00:01:59,142 --> 00:02:00,939 .. Gertrude. 36 00:02:01,022 --> 00:02:04,332 A lady is coming to see me on particular business. 37 00:02:04,422 --> 00:02:07,698 - Show her into the drawing room. - Yes, my lord. 38 00:02:07,782 --> 00:02:10,342 This is a matter of the gravest importance. 39 00:02:10,422 --> 00:02:11,775 I understand. 40 00:02:11,862 --> 00:02:15,332 No-one else is to be admitted. Tell them I'm not at home. 41 00:02:15,422 --> 00:02:17,060 I understand, my lord. 42 00:02:17,142 --> 00:02:20,020 - Arthur... - Yes, Father. 43 00:02:27,942 --> 00:02:29,660 Good evening, Phipps. 44 00:02:30,942 --> 00:02:33,092 How nice to see you again, madam. 45 00:02:38,462 --> 00:02:42,455 His lordship is engaged at present with Lord Caversham, madam. 46 00:02:42,542 --> 00:02:44,294 How very filial. 47 00:02:44,382 --> 00:02:47,340 His lordship told me to ask you, madam,... 48 00:02:47,422 --> 00:02:51,381 .. to be kind enough to wait in the drawing room for him. 49 00:02:51,462 --> 00:02:53,817 His lordship will come to you there. 50 00:02:53,902 --> 00:02:56,496 - Lord Goring expects me? - Yes, madam. 51 00:02:56,582 --> 00:02:58,538 Are you quite sure? 52 00:02:58,622 --> 00:03:00,578 His lordship's directions... 53 00:03:00,662 --> 00:03:03,654 .. on the subject were very precise. 54 00:03:03,742 --> 00:03:07,701 No, I don't care for that lamp. It is too glaring. Light some candles. 55 00:03:07,782 --> 00:03:09,738 Certainly, madam. 56 00:03:10,662 --> 00:03:12,618 Marriage is not a matter... 57 00:03:12,702 --> 00:03:16,092 .. of affection, sir, it is a question of common sense. 58 00:03:16,182 --> 00:03:19,970 But women who have common sense are always so curiously plain. 59 00:03:20,062 --> 00:03:22,053 I'm only speaking from hearsay. 60 00:03:22,142 --> 00:03:24,372 No woman has any common sense at all, sir. 61 00:03:24,462 --> 00:03:27,101 - It is the privilege of our sex. - Quite so. 62 00:03:27,182 --> 00:03:30,572 And we men are so self-sacrificing we never use it, do we? 63 00:03:30,662 --> 00:03:34,814 - I use it, sir! I use nothing else! - Mmm, so my mother tells me. 64 00:03:34,902 --> 00:03:37,700 It is the secret of your mother's happiness. 65 00:03:37,782 --> 00:03:39,738 What was that? 66 00:03:41,222 --> 00:03:43,178 Nothing, Father, nothing. 67 00:03:43,262 --> 00:03:47,016 You are heartless, sir,... very heartless. 68 00:03:47,102 --> 00:03:48,854 Oh, I hope not, Father. 69 00:03:54,142 --> 00:03:56,292 When you left this afternoon,... 70 00:03:56,382 --> 00:03:58,338 .. my life fell apart. 71 00:04:05,062 --> 00:04:07,018 I am coming to you now,... 72 00:04:07,102 --> 00:04:08,660 .. Gertrude. 73 00:04:08,742 --> 00:04:10,698 There we are, madam. 74 00:04:15,822 --> 00:04:17,380 Thank you. 75 00:04:17,462 --> 00:04:19,214 Thank you, madam. 76 00:04:40,142 --> 00:04:43,771 I'm afraid his lordship's not at home this evening, my lady. 77 00:04:47,102 --> 00:04:48,854 I-I see. 78 00:04:48,942 --> 00:04:52,730 - I'm sorry, Lady Chiltern. - Not at all. 79 00:05:02,222 --> 00:05:03,860 As you keep saying! 80 00:05:05,982 --> 00:05:08,337 - Is she in there? - Yes, my lord. 81 00:05:14,462 --> 00:05:16,214 Oh, my dear fellow. 82 00:05:16,302 --> 00:05:19,374 I'm sorry, Arthur, I didn't know where else to go. 83 00:05:27,222 --> 00:05:29,178 I don't know what to do, Arthur. 84 00:05:30,022 --> 00:05:31,375 Robert,... 85 00:05:31,462 --> 00:05:33,817 .. last night you were telling me... 86 00:05:33,902 --> 00:05:38,020 .. how much Gertrude means to you, how much you love her. 87 00:05:38,102 --> 00:05:40,093 More than anything in the world. 88 00:05:41,742 --> 00:05:43,494 There is a wide gulf... 89 00:05:43,582 --> 00:05:46,779 .. between us now and I fear I shall never bridge it. 90 00:05:46,862 --> 00:05:49,251 I fear she will never forgive me. 91 00:05:49,342 --> 00:05:53,654 Surely there must be some sin in her past life, any sin,... 92 00:05:53,742 --> 00:05:57,621 .. weakness, perhaps, that might help her to understand yours. 93 00:05:57,702 --> 00:06:00,853 I don't believe Gertrude knows what weakness is. 94 00:06:00,942 --> 00:06:04,332 But she loves you, Robert. She cannot but forgive you. 95 00:06:04,422 --> 00:06:08,017 I feel certain, if she could hear you now,... 96 00:06:08,102 --> 00:06:10,536 .. the regret you feel about your past. 97 00:06:10,622 --> 00:06:12,055 Regret? 98 00:06:13,622 --> 00:06:15,294 Yes, regret. 99 00:06:15,382 --> 00:06:18,135 I feel certain that she would pity you. 100 00:06:18,222 --> 00:06:21,453 Perhaps, even at this moment, she is pitying you,... 101 00:06:21,542 --> 00:06:24,693 .. praying that she might once again be in your arms. 102 00:06:24,782 --> 00:06:26,738 God grant it, but I doubt it. 103 00:06:28,022 --> 00:06:31,378 There is something else I need to tell you about, Arthur. 104 00:06:31,462 --> 00:06:35,421 The debate on the Argentine canal is to begin at 10.30. 105 00:06:36,782 --> 00:06:39,615 I have made up my mind what I'm going to say. 106 00:06:39,702 --> 00:06:42,136 I... have decided... 107 00:06:47,982 --> 00:06:49,574 What was that? 108 00:06:50,542 --> 00:06:52,055 Nothing. 109 00:06:52,662 --> 00:06:56,780 - I heard a noise from next door. - No, no, you didn't. 110 00:06:59,422 --> 00:07:01,378 Is there someone there? 111 00:07:03,662 --> 00:07:05,732 - Arthur. - Robert, you are unnerved. 112 00:07:05,822 --> 00:07:08,575 There is no-one. Sit down, for God's sake! 113 00:07:08,662 --> 00:07:10,653 Do you give me your word of honour? 114 00:07:10,742 --> 00:07:12,300 Oh, yes. 115 00:07:14,542 --> 00:07:16,498 Let me look for myself! 116 00:07:16,582 --> 00:07:19,142 - Robert... - If there is no-one there... 117 00:07:19,222 --> 00:07:21,861 Robert,... there is someone in that room. 118 00:07:26,462 --> 00:07:28,259 I do apologise,... 119 00:07:28,342 --> 00:07:31,493 .. but I must state she is guiltless in this matter. 120 00:07:31,582 --> 00:07:35,052 She is... scheming, devious and deceitful. 121 00:07:35,142 --> 00:07:37,531 - I beg your pardon? - And you! 122 00:07:39,502 --> 00:07:41,458 You are false as a friend... 123 00:07:41,542 --> 00:07:42,895 .. and treacherous. 124 00:07:42,982 --> 00:07:46,133 - Robert... - Good evening, Lord Goring. 125 00:07:46,222 --> 00:07:48,053 Sir Robert. 126 00:07:48,142 --> 00:07:50,576 So how the devil do you explain her presence here? 127 00:07:52,622 --> 00:07:54,578 To be quite honest I can't... 128 00:07:54,662 --> 00:07:58,211 I take it you two have been... planning this for some time! 129 00:07:58,302 --> 00:08:00,293 We have never planned anything! 130 00:08:00,382 --> 00:08:01,656 Except marriage. 131 00:08:01,742 --> 00:08:05,974 You can't have forgotten, we were engaged for at least three weeks. 132 00:08:06,062 --> 00:08:08,860 - Yes, but... - Why did you break it off? 133 00:08:08,942 --> 00:08:12,981 You seem to be... entirely well suited to each other! 134 00:08:13,062 --> 00:08:15,622 - Robert, I give you my word... - No, sir. 135 00:08:17,022 --> 00:08:18,580 Oh, no, sir. 136 00:08:19,662 --> 00:08:23,018 You have lied enough upon your... word of honour. 137 00:08:28,982 --> 00:08:32,054 I appear to have caused something of a commotion. 138 00:08:36,142 --> 00:08:37,894 Goodnight, Sir Robert. 139 00:08:52,542 --> 00:08:53,895 So... 140 00:08:54,622 --> 00:08:58,171 .. you've come here to sell me Robert Chiltern's letter. 141 00:08:58,262 --> 00:09:01,618 To offer it to you on condition. How did you guess? 142 00:09:02,702 --> 00:09:05,535 - What is your price for it? - My price. 143 00:09:06,942 --> 00:09:09,502 I've arrived at the romantic stage. 144 00:09:09,582 --> 00:09:12,779 When I saw you the other night at the Chilterns',... 145 00:09:12,862 --> 00:09:16,298 .. I knew you were the only person I'd ever cared for,... 146 00:09:16,382 --> 00:09:20,455 .. if I've ever cared for anybody, Arthur. 147 00:09:20,542 --> 00:09:22,100 So... 148 00:09:24,422 --> 00:09:26,538 .. on the morning of the day... 149 00:09:26,622 --> 00:09:30,934 .. that you marry me, I will give you Robert Chiltern's letter. 150 00:09:33,502 --> 00:09:35,458 That is my offer. 151 00:09:38,142 --> 00:09:40,292 - Are you quite serious? - Yes. 152 00:09:40,382 --> 00:09:42,338 Quite serious. 153 00:09:42,422 --> 00:09:44,617 My dear Mrs Cheveley,... 154 00:09:46,542 --> 00:09:49,136 .. I'm afraid I should make you a very bad husband. 155 00:09:49,222 --> 00:09:53,374 I don't mind bad husbands. I've had two. They amuse me immensely. 156 00:09:54,902 --> 00:09:58,690 Here is a chance to rise to great heights of self-sacrifice. 157 00:09:58,782 --> 00:10:00,340 I think you should. 158 00:10:00,422 --> 00:10:04,859 The rest of your life, you can spend contemplating your own perfections. 159 00:10:04,942 --> 00:10:06,500 I do that as it is. 160 00:10:06,582 --> 00:10:08,971 For the privilege of being your wife,... 161 00:10:09,062 --> 00:10:12,850 .. I am ready to sacrifice the greatest prize in my possession. 162 00:10:17,422 --> 00:10:19,174 I'm honoured. 163 00:10:23,342 --> 00:10:25,094 - Arthur,... - Mmm? 164 00:10:25,182 --> 00:10:28,174 .. you loved me once. You asked me to be your wife. 165 00:10:28,262 --> 00:10:30,218 Ask me again. 166 00:10:30,302 --> 00:10:32,258 Ask me now. 167 00:10:39,262 --> 00:10:40,820 Bonsoir. 168 00:10:48,822 --> 00:10:51,211 My dear Mrs Cheveley... 169 00:10:51,302 --> 00:10:53,258 My dear Lord Goring. 170 00:10:55,502 --> 00:10:57,891 I'm going to give you some good advice. 171 00:10:57,982 --> 00:11:01,611 Never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening. 172 00:11:01,702 --> 00:11:04,011 I don't seem to be able to stop myself. 173 00:11:04,102 --> 00:11:06,058 I'm going to tell you... 174 00:11:06,142 --> 00:11:07,894 .. that love... 175 00:11:07,982 --> 00:11:10,701 .. about which, I admit, I know so little... 176 00:11:12,302 --> 00:11:15,180 Love cannot be bought, it can only be given. 177 00:11:15,262 --> 00:11:19,096 And I sense it is not in my power to give to you... 178 00:11:20,182 --> 00:11:24,733 .. nor is it in yours, I suspect,... at all. 179 00:11:24,822 --> 00:11:27,131 Dear boy, you underestimate us both. 180 00:11:29,942 --> 00:11:31,500 To give... 181 00:11:32,782 --> 00:11:35,774 .. and not expect return,... 182 00:11:35,862 --> 00:11:39,013 .. that is what lies at the heart of love. 183 00:11:40,062 --> 00:11:41,814 I fear, though,... 184 00:11:41,902 --> 00:11:44,336 .. the notion is a stranger to us both. 185 00:11:44,422 --> 00:11:45,980 And yet,... 186 00:11:46,822 --> 00:11:48,380 .. if we are honest,... 187 00:11:48,462 --> 00:11:50,612 .. it is something we both long for. 188 00:11:50,702 --> 00:11:52,454 Something... 189 00:11:52,542 --> 00:11:54,772 .. that it takes great courage to do. 190 00:11:55,782 --> 00:11:57,534 Yes,... 191 00:11:57,622 --> 00:12:00,580 .. that is our dark secret. 192 00:12:00,662 --> 00:12:04,621 Your coming here tonight is the first whisper of it. 193 00:12:06,142 --> 00:12:07,894 And for that, I admire you. 194 00:12:09,582 --> 00:12:11,015 Give me the letter. 195 00:12:12,702 --> 00:12:15,853 Prove your affections to me and give me the letter. 196 00:12:17,782 --> 00:12:21,058 And surrender my position of power? 197 00:12:21,142 --> 00:12:24,771 The future of a great man is in your hands, Mrs Cheveley. 198 00:12:25,462 --> 00:12:28,215 Crush him and your power dies with him,... 199 00:12:28,302 --> 00:12:31,851 .. as will any feeling I've ever had for you. 200 00:12:32,902 --> 00:12:34,858 If you ever loved me... 201 00:12:38,062 --> 00:12:39,893 I did love you. 202 00:12:40,862 --> 00:12:42,853 I know, I know. 203 00:12:49,462 --> 00:12:51,418 But not that much. 204 00:12:53,302 --> 00:12:56,180 I know. I must admit I never thought you did. 205 00:12:57,382 --> 00:12:59,338 Even so, I felt it worth a try. 206 00:12:59,422 --> 00:13:03,051 I understand and respect you all the more for the attempt. 207 00:13:03,142 --> 00:13:05,292 And I take it you reject my offer? 208 00:13:05,382 --> 00:13:07,338 I fear I must... 209 00:13:07,422 --> 00:13:09,572 .. when, tempting as it seems,... 210 00:13:09,662 --> 00:13:11,618 .. in truth,... 211 00:13:11,702 --> 00:13:14,057 .. it's little more than blackmail. 212 00:13:14,142 --> 00:13:15,700 True. 213 00:13:24,142 --> 00:13:26,098 - Gertrude! - Mabel. 214 00:13:26,182 --> 00:13:29,652 I... suddenly remembered you were due to meet Arthur. 215 00:13:29,742 --> 00:13:31,698 At least somebody remembered. 216 00:13:32,622 --> 00:13:34,578 You mean he's not here either? 217 00:13:36,222 --> 00:13:38,178 Oh... strange. 218 00:13:38,262 --> 00:13:42,016 - Gertrude, are you quite well? - Me? Yes, of course. 219 00:13:43,942 --> 00:13:45,898 No, I'm not at all. 220 00:13:47,702 --> 00:13:49,818 Could we talk? 221 00:13:49,902 --> 00:13:54,817 All I have learned leads me to reject and revile him for what he has done! 222 00:13:54,902 --> 00:13:56,858 - And yet... - And yet? 223 00:13:56,942 --> 00:13:59,376 I have never known such joy... 224 00:13:59,462 --> 00:14:01,418 .. as when I'm with him. 225 00:14:02,462 --> 00:14:05,818 I've never felt so... free... 226 00:14:05,902 --> 00:14:07,858 .. as when I'm lying in his arms. 227 00:14:11,382 --> 00:14:15,773 I'll look out for you at the Commons where at least I'll see your friend submit. 228 00:14:15,862 --> 00:14:18,296 I wouldn't be too sure. 229 00:14:18,382 --> 00:14:21,294 Come now. We both know how dearly he values his career. 230 00:14:21,382 --> 00:14:25,057 I look forward to him proving you wrong. I anticipate it keenly. 231 00:14:25,142 --> 00:14:28,100 - In fact, I'd stake my shirt on it. - Your shirt? 232 00:14:28,182 --> 00:14:32,175 Indeed, I'd probably wager my entire wardrobe on his integrity. 233 00:14:32,262 --> 00:14:33,820 What confidence. 234 00:14:33,902 --> 00:14:36,496 Would you stake your liberty? 235 00:14:36,582 --> 00:14:38,140 My liberty? 236 00:14:38,222 --> 00:14:42,101 Mmm, a rather charming little idea has sprung into my head... 237 00:14:42,182 --> 00:14:46,733 .. and, now I consider it, I discover it to be a rather charming big idea. 238 00:14:47,902 --> 00:14:49,654 Go on. 239 00:14:49,742 --> 00:14:52,893 If, as you suggest, he stands by his principles... 240 00:14:52,982 --> 00:14:54,938 .. and condemns the scheme,... 241 00:14:55,022 --> 00:14:58,810 .. then shall I give you his letter to dispose of as you choose. 242 00:14:58,902 --> 00:15:01,655 But if, as I project,... 243 00:15:01,742 --> 00:15:06,862 .. he surrenders to my demands and publicly supports the scheme, then... 244 00:15:06,942 --> 00:15:10,014 - Then I give you my hand in marriage. - Precisely. 245 00:15:10,102 --> 00:15:13,412 - To dispose of as you please. - You must concede... 246 00:15:13,502 --> 00:15:15,697 .. there is a certain thrill to it. 247 00:15:15,782 --> 00:15:20,014 Concede, too, how elegantly I have eased from proposal to proposition. 248 00:15:20,102 --> 00:15:23,492 And with barely any loss of face. I'm most impressed. 249 00:15:23,582 --> 00:15:26,540 We are creatures of compromise, you and I. 250 00:15:26,622 --> 00:15:28,374 I await your response. 251 00:15:28,462 --> 00:15:33,331 Are you less certain of your friend's nature when your own future rests on it? 252 00:15:35,102 --> 00:15:38,651 Not at all. I accept your wager in all confidence. 253 00:15:38,742 --> 00:15:41,210 - You do? - I do. 254 00:15:41,302 --> 00:15:44,055 Oh, Arthur, isn't it remarkable... 255 00:15:44,142 --> 00:15:47,373 .. how those two little words can quicken the heart? 256 00:15:48,862 --> 00:15:51,330 Would you do something for me, Gertrude? 257 00:15:52,422 --> 00:15:54,572 Accompany me to the House of Commons. 258 00:15:54,662 --> 00:15:58,098 I believe there is an interesting debate there tonight. 259 00:15:58,182 --> 00:16:01,652 I believe the Prime Minister himself has taken an interest. 260 00:16:01,742 --> 00:16:03,494 And I believe... 261 00:16:04,662 --> 00:16:08,177 .. that its outcome will prove particularly interesting to you... 262 00:16:08,262 --> 00:16:09,820 .. and to me. 263 00:16:11,662 --> 00:16:13,618 Whatever it may be. 264 00:16:29,262 --> 00:16:30,820 Damn! 265 00:16:49,102 --> 00:16:51,411 The Honourable Member... 266 00:16:51,502 --> 00:16:53,379 .. for Witney. 267 00:16:53,462 --> 00:16:56,579 - Good evening, Chiltern. - Good evening, sir. 268 00:16:56,662 --> 00:16:59,620 I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade... 269 00:16:59,702 --> 00:17:01,693 .. to what extent he believes... 270 00:17:01,782 --> 00:17:07,618 .. the projected Argentine canal merits the nation's attention and support. 271 00:17:08,462 --> 00:17:09,861 Mr Speaker... 272 00:17:14,782 --> 00:17:19,378 I believe this excellent scheme represents a genuine opportunity... 273 00:17:19,462 --> 00:17:24,092 .. to extend our trading routes and to stamp our authority... 274 00:17:24,182 --> 00:17:28,937 .. on an increasingly vital portion of the globe. 275 00:17:29,022 --> 00:17:30,978 Excellent speech. 276 00:17:33,742 --> 00:17:35,698 Didn't expect to see you here. 277 00:17:35,782 --> 00:17:39,855 Neither did I, but I have developed a sudden, very singular interest... 278 00:17:39,942 --> 00:17:41,500 .. in politics. 279 00:17:41,582 --> 00:17:45,257 - Married yet? - Ask me again in half an hour. 280 00:17:47,942 --> 00:17:49,057 What? 281 00:17:49,142 --> 00:17:51,610 - Nothing. - The Member for Cheltenham. 282 00:17:51,702 --> 00:17:52,817 - Arthur! - Shh. 283 00:17:52,902 --> 00:17:55,974 I beg to ask the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs... 284 00:17:56,062 --> 00:18:00,101 .. to clarify his position in respect of the proposed scheme. 285 00:18:00,182 --> 00:18:02,377 Hear, hear! Answer, sir! 286 00:18:04,222 --> 00:18:07,373 Let me first of all thank the Honourable Member... 287 00:18:07,462 --> 00:18:10,613 .. for his articulate contribution to the debate. 288 00:18:13,022 --> 00:18:16,378 Since I last addressed this House on the subject,... 289 00:18:16,462 --> 00:18:18,498 .. I have had the opportunity... 290 00:18:18,582 --> 00:18:21,540 .. to investigate this scheme more thoroughly... 291 00:18:21,622 --> 00:18:25,979 .. and to grasp fully the ramifications of our lending it support. 292 00:18:29,502 --> 00:18:31,458 I have to inform the House... 293 00:18:32,902 --> 00:18:34,654 .. that I was... 294 00:18:34,742 --> 00:18:36,095 .. mistaken... 295 00:18:37,662 --> 00:18:39,732 .. in my original perceptions... 296 00:18:39,822 --> 00:18:43,292 .. and that I have now taken a rather different view. 297 00:18:51,942 --> 00:18:53,341 Ow, ow! 298 00:18:56,782 --> 00:19:00,570 I find that now I must agree with my Right Honourable friend... 299 00:19:00,662 --> 00:19:03,051 .. that this is indeed an excellent scheme. 300 00:19:04,942 --> 00:19:07,900 A genuine opportunity. 301 00:19:10,302 --> 00:19:12,372 An opportunity,... 302 00:19:12,462 --> 00:19:15,534 .. particularly if you happen to be a corrupt investor... 303 00:19:20,742 --> 00:19:26,021 A corrupt investor with nothing but self-interest at heart. 304 00:19:29,422 --> 00:19:33,461 Now it is my utter conviction that this scheme never should have had... 305 00:19:33,542 --> 00:19:36,340 .. or should ever have any chance of success. 306 00:19:36,422 --> 00:19:39,653 It is a fraud, an infamous fraud at that. 307 00:19:39,742 --> 00:19:44,497 Our involvement would be a political fraud of the worst possible kind! 308 00:19:47,382 --> 00:19:48,940 This... 309 00:19:49,022 --> 00:19:50,978 .. great nation... 310 00:19:51,062 --> 00:19:54,338 .. has long been a great commercial power. 311 00:19:54,422 --> 00:19:58,654 Now it seems there exists a growing compulsion to use that power... 312 00:19:59,342 --> 00:20:01,902 .. merely to beget more power,... 313 00:20:01,982 --> 00:20:05,816 .. money merely to beget more money,... 314 00:20:05,902 --> 00:20:09,292 .. irrespective of the true cost to the nation's soul. 315 00:20:09,382 --> 00:20:11,134 And it is this sickness,... 316 00:20:11,222 --> 00:20:15,215 .. a kind of moral blindness, commerce without conscience,... 317 00:20:15,302 --> 00:20:19,090 .. which threatens to strike at the very soul of this nation! 318 00:20:19,182 --> 00:20:22,970 The only remedy that I can see is to strike back and to strike now! 319 00:20:23,062 --> 00:20:25,178 Hear, hear! 320 00:20:25,262 --> 00:20:26,934 Hear, hear! 321 00:20:30,942 --> 00:20:32,136 Order! 322 00:20:32,222 --> 00:20:34,577 - Bravo! - As we stand... 323 00:20:34,662 --> 00:20:39,099 As we stand at the end of this most eventful century,... 324 00:20:40,502 --> 00:20:45,815 .. it seems that we do, after all, have a genuine opportunity. 325 00:20:45,902 --> 00:20:47,858 One honest chance... 326 00:20:47,942 --> 00:20:50,740 .. to shed our... 327 00:20:50,822 --> 00:20:52,778 .. sometimes imperfect past. 328 00:20:52,862 --> 00:20:54,978 To start again,... 329 00:20:55,062 --> 00:20:57,371 .. to step unshackled... 330 00:20:57,462 --> 00:20:59,418 .. into the next century... 331 00:20:59,502 --> 00:21:01,458 .. and to look our future... 332 00:21:01,542 --> 00:21:04,215 .. squarely and proudly... 333 00:21:05,062 --> 00:21:07,018 .. in the face. 334 00:21:07,102 --> 00:21:09,138 Hear, hear! 335 00:21:30,422 --> 00:21:33,494 You must agree, it has been a romantic interlude. 336 00:21:33,582 --> 00:21:37,973 You might even confess to some faint and secret regret at its outcome. 337 00:21:38,062 --> 00:21:41,896 For I do indeed feel some slight relief that, in the end,... 338 00:21:41,982 --> 00:21:44,701 -.. Sir Robert has come to no harm. - Really? 339 00:21:44,782 --> 00:21:48,821 Oh, yes, you see, I'm not really quite as wicked as you suppose. 340 00:21:48,902 --> 00:21:51,052 Mrs Cheveley! 341 00:21:51,142 --> 00:21:54,452 And a lady must always honour her bets. 342 00:21:54,542 --> 00:21:56,897 Come back with me, Arthur. 343 00:22:00,102 --> 00:22:02,058 Come back to Vienna. 344 00:22:04,822 --> 00:22:08,178 Bravo, Sir Robert. It seems I underestimated you. 345 00:22:08,262 --> 00:22:10,492 - Robert. - Sorry if I've spoiled your plans. 346 00:22:10,582 --> 00:22:13,938 - Far more than you realise. - Some small satisfaction. 347 00:22:14,022 --> 00:22:17,014 - Look, Robert... - I've nothing to say to you, Lord Goring. 348 00:22:17,102 --> 00:22:19,855 Nor is there anything I wish to hear. 349 00:22:33,102 --> 00:22:35,252 I hope that now you are content. 350 00:22:36,862 --> 00:22:40,059 - That I didn't disappoint you. - Robert, I... 351 00:22:40,142 --> 00:22:44,294 Let women make no more ideals of men or they may ruin other lives... 352 00:22:44,382 --> 00:22:48,660 .. as completely as you, you whom I have loved so wildly,... 353 00:22:48,742 --> 00:22:50,892 .. have surely ruined mine. 354 00:22:50,982 --> 00:22:52,540 Robert...! 355 00:22:53,382 --> 00:22:55,532 I know there is no hope for us now. 356 00:22:56,982 --> 00:22:58,938 I know you can never forgive me. 357 00:23:01,182 --> 00:23:05,141 Poor man. I almost begin to feel sorry for him. 358 00:23:05,222 --> 00:23:06,177 Sorry? 359 00:23:06,262 --> 00:23:10,414 I can't bear to see so upright and honourable an English gentleman... 360 00:23:10,502 --> 00:23:12,572 .. being so shamefully deceived. 361 00:23:12,662 --> 00:23:15,813 - Deceived? - And on such positively pink paper. 362 00:23:15,902 --> 00:23:17,858 What are you talking about? 363 00:23:17,942 --> 00:23:21,093 "I need you after all. I'm coming to you now. " 364 00:23:22,742 --> 00:23:24,698 You stole Gertrude's letter? 365 00:23:24,782 --> 00:23:27,501 Losing a man is scant cause for concern,... 366 00:23:27,582 --> 00:23:30,494 .. but losing a man to her is another matter entirely. 367 00:23:30,582 --> 00:23:34,336 It's only right Sir Robert should know, as indeed he shall,... 368 00:23:34,422 --> 00:23:38,654 .. when the letter arrives at his office first thing in the morning. 369 00:23:41,262 --> 00:23:45,540 You've got a good man there, Gertrude. You should try to hold on to him. 370 00:23:45,622 --> 00:23:49,979 It occurs to me this whole business is really just about you and me. 371 00:23:54,742 --> 00:23:57,700 - Gertrude, I must speak with you. - Oh, not now. 372 00:23:57,782 --> 00:24:00,171 It's about that letter you wrote to me! 373 00:24:00,262 --> 00:24:03,140 Do come round in the morning. I can't talk now. 374 00:24:04,422 --> 00:24:06,174 Lord Goring. 375 00:24:08,422 --> 00:24:11,459 Miss Mabel, about this evening, I... 376 00:24:11,542 --> 00:24:13,294 Congratulations. 377 00:24:13,982 --> 00:24:15,540 I beg your pardon? 378 00:24:15,622 --> 00:24:18,011 I gather you are to be congratulated. 379 00:24:18,102 --> 00:24:20,775 Nothing I like more than to be congratulated. 380 00:24:20,862 --> 00:24:24,821 I find the pleasure immeasurably increased by knowing what for. 381 00:24:24,902 --> 00:24:28,736 Haven't you heard? You're to be married. Your father says. 382 00:24:28,822 --> 00:24:30,335 Does he? 383 00:24:30,422 --> 00:24:31,980 Yes, he does. 384 00:24:33,022 --> 00:24:35,490 Did he, by any chance, tell you to who? 385 00:24:35,582 --> 00:24:39,495 No, but when we saw you with that woman Mrs Cheeseley,... 386 00:24:39,582 --> 00:24:42,221 -.. we naturally assumed... - Oh, did we? 387 00:24:42,302 --> 00:24:43,496 Yes, we did. 388 00:24:43,582 --> 00:24:47,131 Well, the fact is your assumptions... 389 00:24:47,222 --> 00:24:49,178 .. are presumptuous. 390 00:24:49,262 --> 00:24:50,900 You see,... 391 00:24:52,022 --> 00:24:53,774 .. I'm not sure... 392 00:24:54,622 --> 00:24:58,012 .. that I've seen anything I quite like the look of yet. 393 00:24:58,102 --> 00:24:59,820 Oh, really? 394 00:24:59,902 --> 00:25:02,211 Mmm, really. 395 00:25:02,302 --> 00:25:06,341 In which case, I have something vitally important to say to you. 396 00:25:06,422 --> 00:25:08,094 Oh? 397 00:25:08,182 --> 00:25:10,138 To look at a thing... 398 00:25:10,222 --> 00:25:12,816 .. is quite different from seeing a thing. 399 00:25:13,782 --> 00:25:18,333 And one does not see anything until one sees its beauty. 400 00:25:19,262 --> 00:25:21,014 Oh, really? 401 00:25:21,102 --> 00:25:23,252 Yes... Really. 402 00:25:27,902 --> 00:25:29,654 Oh, Mabel. 403 00:25:31,462 --> 00:25:35,341 Do you have something you wish to say to me, Lord Goring? 404 00:25:39,582 --> 00:25:40,935 Um... 405 00:25:41,022 --> 00:25:43,058 No, no, I don't think so. 406 00:25:49,262 --> 00:25:51,218 Then I don't wish to hear it. 407 00:25:51,302 --> 00:25:52,894 Goodnight. 408 00:25:52,982 --> 00:25:56,816 I'm sure that nice Mr Trafford will have something to say to me... 409 00:25:56,902 --> 00:26:01,180 .. and I'm even surer... I will be quite charmed to listen! 410 00:26:08,982 --> 00:26:10,335 Damn! 411 00:26:18,582 --> 00:26:20,538 It is a great nuisance. 412 00:26:23,702 --> 00:26:25,738 I can't find anyone else to talk to... 413 00:26:25,822 --> 00:26:28,336 .. and I'm so full of interesting information. 414 00:26:28,422 --> 00:26:31,732 I feel like the latest edition of something or other. 415 00:26:32,822 --> 00:26:34,175 Well,... 416 00:26:34,262 --> 00:26:36,332 .. after some consideration,... 417 00:26:37,582 --> 00:26:41,131 .. there's so much to do there's only one thing to be done. 418 00:26:43,022 --> 00:26:46,810 There comes a time in every son's life when he must indeed... 419 00:26:47,862 --> 00:26:49,818 .. follow his father's advice. 420 00:26:51,982 --> 00:26:53,938 I shall go to bed at once. 421 00:26:57,942 --> 00:27:00,536 I do hope we see you in the near future, Mrs Cheveley. 422 00:27:00,622 --> 00:27:02,772 So do I, but I fear, Lady Markby,... 423 00:27:02,862 --> 00:27:05,820 .. that for me the future seems strangely uncertain. 424 00:27:05,902 --> 00:27:07,460 And what of the present? 425 00:27:07,542 --> 00:27:10,102 Well, as a very dear friend once said to me,... 426 00:27:10,182 --> 00:27:13,970 .. "To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. " 427 00:27:14,062 --> 00:27:16,018 Goodbye, dear Lady Markby. 428 00:27:19,382 --> 00:27:22,260 London will be the lesser for your leaving... 429 00:27:22,342 --> 00:27:24,572 .. and sadly lacking in scandal. 430 00:27:24,662 --> 00:27:29,577 Ah, my dear Lady Markby, my personal favourite is shortly to unfold. 431 00:27:29,662 --> 00:27:31,618 Consider it a parting gift. 432 00:27:31,702 --> 00:27:33,658 Thank you, Mrs Cheveley. 433 00:28:11,702 --> 00:28:13,658 May I see it? 434 00:28:13,742 --> 00:28:15,095 Mmm. 435 00:28:24,862 --> 00:28:29,014 So... that is what you were doing with that woman Mrs Cheveley? 436 00:28:29,102 --> 00:28:30,660 Mmm. 437 00:28:30,742 --> 00:28:32,300 Oh. 438 00:28:32,382 --> 00:28:34,532 Well, it certainly didn't look that way. 439 00:28:34,622 --> 00:28:38,501 There's a great deal of difference between looking and seeing,... 440 00:28:38,582 --> 00:28:40,538 .. isn't there, Miss Mabel? 441 00:28:43,062 --> 00:28:45,371 Oh, my dear Arthur,... 442 00:28:45,462 --> 00:28:48,215 .. what a good friend you are to him. 443 00:28:48,902 --> 00:28:50,460 To us. 444 00:28:50,542 --> 00:28:53,136 But the truth is we're not out of danger yet. 445 00:28:53,222 --> 00:28:57,261 There's a rather popular saying about frying pans and fires. 446 00:28:57,342 --> 00:29:00,379 Only this time it is you and I who are to be roasted. 447 00:29:05,262 --> 00:29:07,014 Oh, no, Arthur, I couldn't. 448 00:29:07,102 --> 00:29:09,775 I think it is better he should know the exact truth. 449 00:29:09,862 --> 00:29:12,615 So you want me to tell him... What? 450 00:29:12,702 --> 00:29:15,136 That I intended a... 451 00:29:15,222 --> 00:29:16,974 .. secret... 452 00:29:17,062 --> 00:29:18,734 A secret rendezvous, yes. 453 00:29:18,822 --> 00:29:21,780 With a single man? You want me to tell him that? 454 00:29:21,862 --> 00:29:23,420 It's scandalous! 455 00:29:23,502 --> 00:29:27,381 It's also the truth! In this case, it may be our best option. 456 00:29:27,462 --> 00:29:30,340 - But I couldn't possibly tell him. - Then may I do it? 457 00:29:30,422 --> 00:29:34,973 Certainly not. And you must give me your word that you never will. 458 00:29:35,062 --> 00:29:37,018 You are wrong, Gertrude! 459 00:29:39,382 --> 00:29:41,338 But I will give you my word. 460 00:29:41,422 --> 00:29:44,573 That you will never tell me what, Lord Goring? 461 00:29:44,662 --> 00:29:46,459 Robert. 462 00:29:51,502 --> 00:29:53,458 What does this mean? 463 00:29:57,502 --> 00:30:00,255 Robert, I had meant to give it to you last night... 464 00:30:00,342 --> 00:30:02,492 Last night? 465 00:30:03,782 --> 00:30:06,216 Yes, when Gertrude sent it over,... 466 00:30:06,302 --> 00:30:08,816 .. but you left in such a hurry... 467 00:30:08,902 --> 00:30:10,972 So this letter is intended for me? 468 00:30:13,742 --> 00:30:15,300 Well, of cour... 469 00:30:16,742 --> 00:30:19,176 Oh, my goodness, you didn't think... 470 00:30:19,262 --> 00:30:21,696 You couldn't possibly think that... 471 00:30:23,382 --> 00:30:25,134 The name,... 472 00:30:25,222 --> 00:30:28,055 .. the address on the envelope is yours. 473 00:30:28,142 --> 00:30:32,374 She knew that when you left here you would come to me at once. 474 00:30:32,462 --> 00:30:35,374 Well, it stands to reason, old man. Come on! 475 00:30:37,782 --> 00:30:39,738 It's true, Robert. 476 00:30:39,822 --> 00:30:41,778 I delivered it myself. 477 00:30:42,782 --> 00:30:44,738 You did? 478 00:30:44,822 --> 00:30:47,211 You did? Um... you did. 479 00:30:47,302 --> 00:30:48,815 Certainly. 480 00:30:50,542 --> 00:30:55,093 As you will remember, Gertrude, after my rehearsals, I called in for tea. 481 00:30:55,182 --> 00:30:57,616 When you mentioned the letter,... 482 00:30:57,702 --> 00:31:00,774 .. I remarked I was shortly to meet Lord Goring... 483 00:31:00,862 --> 00:31:03,979 .. as we had an appointment to visit the exhibition... 484 00:31:04,062 --> 00:31:07,771 .. at the Grosvenor which, apart from two studies in grey by Whistler,... 485 00:31:07,862 --> 00:31:09,932 .. was exceedingly forgettable. 486 00:31:10,022 --> 00:31:14,538 And that's exactly what Lord Goring proceeded to do. Namely forget it... 487 00:31:14,622 --> 00:31:17,216 .. before he even saw it, for he never appeared,... 488 00:31:17,302 --> 00:31:22,615 .. a fact which I find most upsetting on behalf of myself and Mr Whistler. 489 00:31:22,702 --> 00:31:25,853 We're both deciding whether or not to forgive him. 490 00:31:25,942 --> 00:31:30,140 In the meantime, I delivered the letter to your office this morning. 491 00:31:30,222 --> 00:31:32,861 And, you know, the fact of the matter is... 492 00:31:32,942 --> 00:31:36,855 .. I still haven't heard a word of apology! 493 00:31:36,942 --> 00:31:38,011 Um... 494 00:31:38,102 --> 00:31:39,455 Sorry. 495 00:31:39,542 --> 00:31:41,612 I forgive you. 496 00:31:41,702 --> 00:31:43,135 Thank you. 497 00:31:44,262 --> 00:31:46,218 Is this true? 498 00:32:00,262 --> 00:32:02,218 "When you left,... 499 00:32:02,902 --> 00:32:04,255 .. my... 500 00:32:05,982 --> 00:32:07,938 .. my life fell apart. " 501 00:32:10,502 --> 00:32:12,458 "I need you after all. " 502 00:32:14,822 --> 00:32:16,972 Your life fell apart, Gertrude? 503 00:32:21,782 --> 00:32:23,215 Yes. 504 00:32:26,542 --> 00:32:28,498 Y-You need me, Gertrude? 505 00:32:30,982 --> 00:32:32,415 Y-Yes. 506 00:32:32,502 --> 00:32:34,857 Why did you not say that you loved me? 507 00:32:35,542 --> 00:32:37,498 Oh, because I love you! 508 00:32:37,582 --> 00:32:39,140 I... 509 00:32:39,222 --> 00:32:44,012 I do not care what punishment or disgrace is in store for me! 510 00:32:44,102 --> 00:32:48,937 This letter of yours... makes me feel that nothing that the world can do... 511 00:32:49,022 --> 00:32:50,580 .. can harm me now! 512 00:32:50,662 --> 00:32:54,098 There is no disgrace in store for you nor any public shame. 513 00:32:59,662 --> 00:33:01,414 Oh, I...! 514 00:33:01,502 --> 00:33:03,458 I-I don't understand! 515 00:33:03,542 --> 00:33:05,851 We have much to thank him for, Robert. 516 00:33:07,502 --> 00:33:10,062 When I finished my speech last night,... 517 00:33:10,142 --> 00:33:12,861 .. I felt sure that my future was in ruins. 518 00:33:12,942 --> 00:33:15,900 When you began it, I wasn't so sure about my own. 519 00:33:15,982 --> 00:33:17,938 I don't know how to thank you. 520 00:33:19,662 --> 00:33:21,732 I'm sure I'll think of something. 521 00:33:22,942 --> 00:33:26,617 In the meantime, I'd be grateful for the return of my hand. 522 00:33:26,702 --> 00:33:28,260 Oh. 523 00:33:31,742 --> 00:33:33,300 Miss Mabel. 524 00:33:37,582 --> 00:33:39,140 Miss Mabel. 525 00:33:39,222 --> 00:33:40,780 Miss Mabel, wait! 526 00:33:44,982 --> 00:33:46,540 I... er... 527 00:33:47,382 --> 00:33:50,613 .. have something very particular to say to you. 528 00:33:50,702 --> 00:33:52,374 Is it a proposal? 529 00:33:54,182 --> 00:33:55,740 Well,... 530 00:33:55,822 --> 00:33:57,778 .. yes, it is. 531 00:33:57,862 --> 00:33:59,773 It is? 532 00:34:01,542 --> 00:34:03,498 Er, well, I think it is. 533 00:34:03,582 --> 00:34:05,812 - Well, yes or no? - Well... 534 00:34:05,902 --> 00:34:09,372 - Actually, yes, I'm afraid it is. - I am so glad. 535 00:34:09,462 --> 00:34:12,022 - That makes the second one today. - What? 536 00:34:12,102 --> 00:34:14,218 - Oh dear, not... - Tommy Trafford. 537 00:34:14,302 --> 00:34:16,657 It is one of Tommy's days for proposing. 538 00:34:16,742 --> 00:34:20,371 He proposes on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the season. 539 00:34:20,462 --> 00:34:23,454 - Ah, but today is Friday. - I know. 540 00:34:23,542 --> 00:34:25,498 Today is special. 541 00:34:27,182 --> 00:34:29,138 You didn't accept him, did you? 542 00:34:29,222 --> 00:34:33,613 I shall be in the conservatory under the second palm tree on the right. 543 00:34:35,742 --> 00:34:37,698 Second palm tree on the right? 544 00:34:37,782 --> 00:34:39,738 The usual palm tree. 545 00:34:41,182 --> 00:34:43,138 And then we'll see how you do. 546 00:34:44,222 --> 00:34:45,780 Usual? 547 00:34:46,582 --> 00:34:48,777 Well, sir, what are you doing here? 548 00:34:48,862 --> 00:34:51,695 Wasting your time, as usual. 549 00:34:51,782 --> 00:34:54,342 My dear father, when one pays a visit,... 550 00:34:54,422 --> 00:34:57,812 .. it is for the purpose of wasting other people's time. 551 00:34:57,902 --> 00:35:01,019 - Why are you here? - I've important news for Chiltern. 552 00:35:04,262 --> 00:35:07,060 - A seat in the Cabinet! - You well deserve it, too. 553 00:35:07,142 --> 00:35:11,579 You have got what we want so much in political life - high character,... 554 00:35:11,662 --> 00:35:14,017 .. high moral tone, high principles. 555 00:35:14,102 --> 00:35:17,651 Everything that you have not got, sir, and never will have. 556 00:35:27,422 --> 00:35:28,775 I... 557 00:35:28,862 --> 00:35:31,774 .. cannot accept this offer, Lord Caversham. 558 00:35:32,822 --> 00:35:34,778 I have decided to decline it. 559 00:35:34,862 --> 00:35:36,773 Decline it, sir? 560 00:35:36,862 --> 00:35:40,332 It is my intention to retire at once from public life. 561 00:35:40,422 --> 00:35:43,175 Decline a seat in the Cabinet and retire? 562 00:35:43,262 --> 00:35:47,221 I never heard such damned nonsense in the course of my existence! 563 00:35:47,302 --> 00:35:51,898 I beg your pardon. Will you prevent your husband from making such a... 564 00:35:51,982 --> 00:35:55,258 I think my husband is right. I agree with him. 565 00:35:55,342 --> 00:35:57,094 You agree? 566 00:35:57,182 --> 00:35:59,742 - Good heavens! - I admire him for it. 567 00:36:00,782 --> 00:36:02,738 I admire him immensely for it. 568 00:36:04,902 --> 00:36:06,574 I shall write at once... 569 00:36:06,662 --> 00:36:08,812 .. to the Prime Minister. 570 00:36:08,902 --> 00:36:12,019 If you'll excuse me for a moment, Lord Caversham. 571 00:36:12,102 --> 00:36:13,660 Lord Caversham. 572 00:36:16,022 --> 00:36:18,252 What is the matter with this family? 573 00:36:19,342 --> 00:36:21,492 There's something wrong here, eh? 574 00:36:21,582 --> 00:36:24,779 Idiocy? Hereditary, perhaps. Both of them, too. 575 00:36:26,742 --> 00:36:28,300 Very sad indeed. 576 00:36:28,382 --> 00:36:30,498 They're not an old family. 577 00:36:32,582 --> 00:36:34,095 Can't understand it. 578 00:36:34,182 --> 00:36:36,855 I suppose I'd better go back to the Prime Minister... 579 00:36:36,942 --> 00:36:39,775 .. and tell him Chiltern won't take the seat. 580 00:36:39,862 --> 00:36:42,660 Not yet. I'd rather you took a seat yourself. 581 00:36:42,742 --> 00:36:46,417 - What are you prattling on about? - Go in there for a while, Father. 582 00:36:46,502 --> 00:36:50,256 Second palm tree to the right. The usual palm tree. 583 00:36:50,342 --> 00:36:53,140 - I want you to talk to somebody. - What about? 584 00:36:53,222 --> 00:36:55,178 About me, sir, hmm? 585 00:36:56,222 --> 00:36:59,373 Not a subject on which much eloquence is possible. 586 00:37:06,222 --> 00:37:07,974 Gertrude... 587 00:37:13,982 --> 00:37:17,258 Yes, Arthur. It is Robert who wishes to retire from public life. 588 00:37:17,342 --> 00:37:19,298 - Really... - It was he who first said so. 589 00:37:19,382 --> 00:37:22,419 Rather than lose your love, he would do anything. 590 00:37:22,502 --> 00:37:25,778 - Has he not been punished enough? - We've both been punished. 591 00:37:25,862 --> 00:37:27,454 I set him up too high. 592 00:37:27,542 --> 00:37:30,500 Do not, then, set him down now too low! 593 00:37:30,582 --> 00:37:34,370 It is not the perfect but the imperfect who have need of love. 594 00:37:34,462 --> 00:37:37,932 You seem to know a great deal about everything all of a sudden. 595 00:37:38,022 --> 00:37:40,582 Oh,... well, I hope not. 596 00:37:40,662 --> 00:37:42,380 All I do know... 597 00:37:42,462 --> 00:37:46,375 .. is that it takes courage to see the world in all its tainted glory... 598 00:37:46,462 --> 00:37:48,020 .. and still to love it. 599 00:37:48,102 --> 00:37:50,980 Even more courage to see it in the one you love. 600 00:37:51,062 --> 00:37:52,290 Dear Gertrude,... 601 00:37:52,382 --> 00:37:55,260 .. you have more courage than any woman I know. 602 00:37:55,342 --> 00:37:57,298 Do not be afraid to use it. 603 00:38:21,182 --> 00:38:23,138 Thank you, Father. 604 00:38:23,222 --> 00:38:25,452 Can't say I hold out much hope, old man. 605 00:38:54,502 --> 00:38:56,333 Lord Goring,... 606 00:38:56,422 --> 00:38:58,333 .. you have something... 607 00:38:58,422 --> 00:39:01,141 -.. you wish to say to me? - Um... ahem. 608 00:39:03,502 --> 00:39:05,493 Marry me, M-M... 609 00:39:10,062 --> 00:39:12,132 Marry me, Miss Mabel. 610 00:39:14,102 --> 00:39:19,051 Well, Lord Goring,... I must say this comes as quite a surprise. 611 00:39:19,142 --> 00:39:22,134 Oh, well, if you need time to consider, I'll just... 612 00:39:22,222 --> 00:39:25,180 No! No, I don't need time... I need a reason. 613 00:39:25,262 --> 00:39:26,217 What? 614 00:39:27,582 --> 00:39:30,813 A reason why you think I should marry you. 615 00:39:32,862 --> 00:39:34,420 Oh... um... 616 00:39:39,182 --> 00:39:41,138 Um... a reason, you say? 617 00:39:41,222 --> 00:39:43,178 A good one, yes. 618 00:39:43,262 --> 00:39:45,218 - Oh. - Robert. 619 00:39:48,462 --> 00:39:50,020 May I? 620 00:39:50,622 --> 00:39:52,419 Of course. 621 00:39:58,222 --> 00:39:59,575 Gertrude! 622 00:39:59,662 --> 00:40:02,301 It is enough to know you would sacrifice it... 623 00:40:02,382 --> 00:40:03,940 .. when I asked. 624 00:40:04,622 --> 00:40:09,537 We have, all of us, feet of clay, Robert. Women as well as men. 625 00:40:13,742 --> 00:40:15,698 Can it be that... 626 00:40:16,222 --> 00:40:18,372 .. you've forgiven me? 627 00:40:20,502 --> 00:40:23,062 Oh, I-I suppose it must be that. 628 00:40:24,862 --> 00:40:26,818 Oh, goodness! 629 00:40:28,382 --> 00:40:30,134 Hold me, Robert! 630 00:40:34,462 --> 00:40:36,020 Forgive me. 631 00:40:37,062 --> 00:40:38,620 Gertrude! 632 00:40:41,822 --> 00:40:43,938 Gertrude, my wife! 633 00:40:51,702 --> 00:40:53,897 - I love you. - I love you. 634 00:40:56,262 --> 00:40:58,218 I love you. 635 00:40:59,742 --> 00:41:01,698 Is that your reason? 636 00:41:01,782 --> 00:41:03,340 Mmm. 637 00:41:03,422 --> 00:41:05,378 I love you. 638 00:41:07,382 --> 00:41:10,340 - Mabel, I said... - I-I-I know. 639 00:41:11,702 --> 00:41:13,055 Well,... 640 00:41:14,062 --> 00:41:15,814 .. couldn't you... 641 00:41:16,862 --> 00:41:19,217 .. love me just a little bit in return? 642 00:41:20,782 --> 00:41:23,774 Arthur,... you silly! 643 00:41:24,902 --> 00:41:28,531 If you knew anything about anything, which you don't,... 644 00:41:28,622 --> 00:41:31,420 .. you'd know I absolutely adore you. 645 00:41:31,502 --> 00:41:33,458 - Really? - Mmm. 646 00:41:34,702 --> 00:41:37,170 Well, why didn't you mention it before? 647 00:41:38,662 --> 00:41:40,618 Because, dear boy,... 648 00:41:41,742 --> 00:41:43,892 .. you never would've believed me. 649 00:42:09,982 --> 00:42:12,735 What the devil's going on in this house? 650 00:42:19,542 --> 00:42:22,375 Congratulations! If the country doesn't go to the radicals,... 651 00:42:22,462 --> 00:42:24,418 .. we shall have you Prime Minister! 652 00:42:24,502 --> 00:42:28,814 Thank you. Arthur, I wish there was something I could do to repay you. 653 00:42:28,902 --> 00:42:31,621 Well, Robert, as a matter of fact, there is. 654 00:42:32,502 --> 00:42:36,973 You are your sister's guardian. I'd like your consent to our marriage. 655 00:42:37,062 --> 00:42:40,657 - Oh, I'm so glad! - You wish to marry Mabel? 656 00:42:40,742 --> 00:42:42,573 Yes. 657 00:42:42,662 --> 00:42:46,098 - It's quite out of the question. - Oh, Robert! 658 00:42:46,182 --> 00:42:49,060 I have to consider Mabel's future happiness. 659 00:42:49,142 --> 00:42:53,135 As much as I care for you, Arthur, I don't think her happiness... 660 00:42:53,222 --> 00:42:55,178 .. would be safe in your hands. 661 00:42:55,262 --> 00:42:58,857 But I love Mabel. No other woman has a place in my heart. 662 00:42:58,942 --> 00:43:00,500 Darling,... 663 00:43:00,582 --> 00:43:04,291 .. if they truly love each other, why should they not be married? 664 00:43:04,382 --> 00:43:06,338 I shall tell you. 665 00:43:06,422 --> 00:43:09,459 When I called on Lord Goring yesterday evening,... 666 00:43:09,542 --> 00:43:12,136 .. Mrs Cheveley was concealed in his rooms. 667 00:43:12,222 --> 00:43:16,056 I then discovered that they were at one time engaged to be married. 668 00:43:16,142 --> 00:43:18,098 I'm very sorry, Mabel,... 669 00:43:18,182 --> 00:43:21,254 .. but how can I possibly allow you to marry him... 670 00:43:21,342 --> 00:43:23,981 .. when he's involved with another woman? 671 00:43:24,062 --> 00:43:25,973 I'm sorry, Arthur. 672 00:43:26,062 --> 00:43:28,018 It would be wrong of me. 673 00:43:29,502 --> 00:43:31,458 It would be unjust to her. 674 00:43:40,662 --> 00:43:42,539 Very well. 675 00:43:42,622 --> 00:43:44,374 - But, Arthur... - Shh. 676 00:43:45,302 --> 00:43:46,860 Mabel,... 677 00:43:48,542 --> 00:43:50,498 .. there is nothing I can say. 678 00:43:57,262 --> 00:43:58,900 Robert,... 679 00:44:04,302 --> 00:44:06,657 .. Arthur was as surprised as you... 680 00:44:06,742 --> 00:44:09,381 .. to find Mrs Cheveley there last night. 681 00:44:09,462 --> 00:44:11,418 He was expecting... 682 00:44:13,662 --> 00:44:15,618 .. quite another woman. 683 00:44:15,702 --> 00:44:18,375 Another woman? You mean... 684 00:44:18,462 --> 00:44:20,418 Well, the truth is... 685 00:44:20,502 --> 00:44:24,654 .. the business about Mabel and Mr Whistler... 686 00:44:24,742 --> 00:44:29,099 You see, that was just... my friends being kind... 687 00:44:29,182 --> 00:44:31,332 .. and... um... protecting me. 688 00:44:32,502 --> 00:44:36,654 Er, well, the truth is,... when I agreed to the story... 689 00:44:36,742 --> 00:44:42,021 .. about the letter being intended for you and... not for Arthur,... 690 00:44:42,102 --> 00:44:43,251 .. well,... 691 00:44:43,342 --> 00:44:45,298 .. you see,... 692 00:44:45,382 --> 00:44:46,940 .. the truth is... 693 00:44:51,222 --> 00:44:53,861 The truth... is... 694 00:44:56,782 --> 00:44:58,340 .. I lied! 695 00:45:02,382 --> 00:45:04,100 Bravo. 696 00:45:09,862 --> 00:45:11,261 Father! 697 00:45:24,422 --> 00:45:26,174 I need a drink! 698 00:45:26,262 --> 00:45:28,253 Me too! 699 00:45:46,302 --> 00:45:48,941 If you don't make her an ideal husband,... 700 00:45:49,022 --> 00:45:51,172 .. I'll cut you off with a shilling. 701 00:45:51,262 --> 00:45:54,652 An ideal husband? Oh, I don't think I should like that. 702 00:45:54,742 --> 00:45:57,210 What do you want him to be, then, my dear? 703 00:45:57,302 --> 00:45:59,657 I think he can be whatever he chooses. 704 00:45:59,742 --> 00:46:01,698 You don't deserve her, sir. 705 00:46:01,782 --> 00:46:05,491 My dear father, if we men married the women we deserved,... 706 00:46:05,582 --> 00:46:07,891 .. we should have a very bad time of it. 707 00:46:07,982 --> 00:46:11,213 You are heartless, sir, quite heartless. 708 00:46:11,302 --> 00:46:13,258 Oh, I hope not, sir,... 709 00:46:13,342 --> 00:46:15,298 .. I hope not. 710 00:46:21,902 --> 00:46:25,133 Visiontext subtitles: Pamela Atkinson