1 00:00:43,650 --> 00:00:45,735 Sit down, dear. 2 00:00:48,571 --> 00:00:51,001 This one is Swiss by nationality. 3 00:00:51,105 --> 00:00:54,525 Two years employment here in London as a Governess- 4 00:00:54,629 --> 00:00:59,081 - piano, drawing, French, of course. 5 00:01:00,833 --> 00:01:03,951 - How old are you, dear? - Twenty two. 6 00:01:04,055 --> 00:01:06,537 - Are you in good health? - Yes. 7 00:01:06,641 --> 00:01:10,957 - Are both your parents still living? - My mother is dead. 8 00:01:11,062 --> 00:01:13,502 What was the cause of your mother's death, dear? 9 00:01:13,606 --> 00:01:15,691 She died in childbirth. 10 00:01:17,015 --> 00:01:20,540 - Ask her to stand. - Stand up, dear. 11 00:01:24,064 --> 00:01:26,149 Turn around. 12 00:01:27,609 --> 00:01:29,694 All the way. 13 00:01:34,199 --> 00:01:36,857 Ask her what the money's for. 14 00:01:36,962 --> 00:01:39,276 Her father is in debt, it seems. 15 00:01:39,381 --> 00:01:43,656 Does she have any other income, any other way of making money? 16 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:46,210 Sit down, dear. 17 00:01:48,754 --> 00:01:52,035 The gentleman asks, do you have no other way to raise the sum that you need? 18 00:01:52,059 --> 00:01:54,958 Does the gentleman have any suggestions? 19 00:01:55,062 --> 00:01:57,794 My dear, you're very pretty. You could marry, you know. 20 00:01:57,898 --> 00:02:01,006 Yes, I could sell myself for life. 21 00:02:01,110 --> 00:02:05,062 The gentleman's needs, as I understand it, are of a shorter duration. 22 00:02:07,564 --> 00:02:10,348 Has she done this before? 23 00:02:10,452 --> 00:02:13,841 - The gentleman asks... - Can the gentleman ask for himself? 24 00:02:15,238 --> 00:02:18,606 You're not to know who he is, my dear. No one is to know. 25 00:02:18,710 --> 00:02:21,650 He need not tell me his name. 26 00:02:21,755 --> 00:02:24,831 I would like to hear his voice. 27 00:02:28,501 --> 00:02:31,712 What can you tell from a voice? 28 00:02:33,839 --> 00:02:36,206 A little. 29 00:02:36,310 --> 00:02:40,126 Have you ever done anything like this before? 30 00:02:40,231 --> 00:02:42,316 No never. 31 00:02:47,102 --> 00:02:49,187 Will you do it? 32 00:02:51,606 --> 00:02:54,296 Of course. Why else am I here? 33 00:02:55,527 --> 00:02:57,779 Shall I look further? 34 00:03:00,406 --> 00:03:03,201 No, this is the one. 35 00:04:33,289 --> 00:04:35,375 Anything else, sir? 36 00:04:41,736 --> 00:04:45,490 - Is everything to your liking, madam? - Yes thank you. 37 00:05:21,357 --> 00:05:24,567 Excuse me, but there is a message for me? 38 00:05:24,591 --> 00:05:26,444 - No, Miss, no. - Good. 39 00:05:26,468 --> 00:05:28,948 If anything, I'm in my room. 40 00:05:28,972 --> 00:05:30,744 - Yes, Miss. - Thank you. 41 00:05:58,744 --> 00:06:02,444 I hope you don't mind, I didn't want to be seen entering the room with you. 42 00:06:09,108 --> 00:06:11,483 I'm afraid I can't introduce myself, as you know. 43 00:06:11,507 --> 00:06:13,154 Yes. 44 00:06:13,258 --> 00:06:17,168 - Did you have a smooth crossing? - For the most part. 45 00:06:17,272 --> 00:06:21,047 - Is the hotel to your liking? - I have no complaints. 46 00:06:21,151 --> 00:06:23,237 Please. 47 00:06:25,645 --> 00:06:29,263 It's of the utmost importance that we're not seen together in public- 48 00:06:29,367 --> 00:06:31,693 - over these next few days. 49 00:06:33,778 --> 00:06:38,241 I have a reputation to protect, not just for myself, but for others. 50 00:06:48,792 --> 00:06:52,827 - Do you understand? - Yes. 51 00:06:52,932 --> 00:06:56,498 We'll meet together each evening after dinner here in your room. 52 00:06:56,602 --> 00:06:58,687 As you wish. 53 00:07:00,679 --> 00:07:02,764 Are we to... 54 00:07:04,412 --> 00:07:06,987 ...to meet this evening? 55 00:07:07,091 --> 00:07:11,314 Yes. We only have three evenings. 56 00:07:13,191 --> 00:07:15,276 When are we to begin? 57 00:07:17,528 --> 00:07:20,562 I thought you might like a little time to accustom yourself. 58 00:07:20,667 --> 00:07:23,565 I have accustomed myself. 59 00:07:23,670 --> 00:07:25,755 I'm ready now. 60 00:07:45,430 --> 00:07:48,423 The fire gives more light than one expects. 61 00:07:48,527 --> 00:07:50,612 Does it trouble you? 62 00:07:51,853 --> 00:07:53,938 No. 63 00:09:22,377 --> 00:09:24,567 Will this do? 64 00:09:28,237 --> 00:09:30,322 Yes. 65 00:10:51,088 --> 00:10:54,341 Perhaps you think I'm no better than him. 66 00:10:57,531 --> 00:10:59,617 I think nothing. 67 00:11:00,659 --> 00:11:03,370 You think what we're doing is wrong? 68 00:11:09,668 --> 00:11:14,360 You at least... are doing it for someone else. 69 00:11:18,051 --> 00:11:20,678 I, too, have a duty to someone else. 70 00:11:22,680 --> 00:11:26,966 Then, sir, since neither of us are here for our own pleasure- 71 00:11:27,070 --> 00:11:30,938 - perhaps what we do isn't so very wrong. 72 00:12:11,227 --> 00:12:15,439 I don't want to know your name. I don't want to know anything about you. 73 00:12:41,277 --> 00:12:44,123 Aren't you afraid to be seen with me? 74 00:12:44,436 --> 00:12:46,594 There is no one to see. 75 00:12:47,929 --> 00:12:50,171 I like it here. 76 00:12:50,275 --> 00:12:53,090 Just sea and sky and... 77 00:12:53,194 --> 00:12:55,280 And nothing. 78 00:12:57,063 --> 00:12:59,263 I like it. 79 00:12:59,367 --> 00:13:02,839 - Makes me want to shout. - Then shout. 80 00:13:24,464 --> 00:13:26,716 No, it's not so easy. 81 00:13:34,974 --> 00:13:37,164 You're very... 82 00:13:41,647 --> 00:13:44,608 ...I didn't expect it to be like this. 83 00:13:47,319 --> 00:13:50,197 What did you expect? 84 00:13:53,742 --> 00:13:55,827 Last night... 85 00:13:58,538 --> 00:14:00,624 ...I thought... 86 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:06,963 For a moment I thought that... 87 00:14:08,381 --> 00:14:10,800 You thought that I liked it? 88 00:14:14,387 --> 00:14:16,264 Did you? 89 00:14:17,348 --> 00:14:19,225 No. 90 00:14:26,565 --> 00:14:28,859 But I could. 91 00:14:56,970 --> 00:14:59,055 Oh, I wish... 92 00:15:00,098 --> 00:15:02,183 What do you wish? 93 00:15:04,393 --> 00:15:06,729 I wish I could shout. 94 00:15:44,348 --> 00:15:47,966 So, Mrs. Jago will see to everything when the time comes. 95 00:15:48,071 --> 00:15:50,677 Yes, I know it all. 96 00:15:50,782 --> 00:15:53,941 We made an arrangement. I accept it. 97 00:15:56,944 --> 00:16:00,270 You won't want to be seen disembarking in my company. 98 00:16:00,374 --> 00:16:02,251 Uh, no. 99 00:16:06,912 --> 00:16:08,997 Goodbye, then. 100 00:16:51,913 --> 00:16:54,124 Over soon, my dear. 101 00:17:19,231 --> 00:17:21,389 - It's a little girl. - Is she all there? 102 00:17:21,494 --> 00:17:23,777 Oh, yes, she's beautiful. 103 00:17:24,903 --> 00:17:27,823 Best to take her away at once. 104 00:17:30,409 --> 00:17:33,703 There, my pet. All over now. 105 00:18:47,107 --> 00:18:49,693 I don't even know your name. 106 00:19:17,219 --> 00:19:20,243 Happy birthday, darling. 107 00:19:25,269 --> 00:19:27,667 I don't forget you. 108 00:19:28,772 --> 00:19:30,701 You are ready? 109 00:19:30,805 --> 00:19:33,963 Madames, messieurs. Give me your bodies, give me your souls. 110 00:19:33,987 --> 00:19:36,072 And let's dance the Polka. 111 00:19:42,746 --> 00:19:44,519 That is it. 112 00:19:44,662 --> 00:19:47,248 Make a window with your legs. 113 00:19:49,375 --> 00:19:51,461 Move from the waist. 114 00:19:52,754 --> 00:19:55,496 Ladies, trust your gentlemen. 115 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:59,833 In the Polka, faith is the virtue that saves. 116 00:19:59,938 --> 00:20:02,961 Shame on you, Mr.Godwin. Not dancing? 117 00:20:03,066 --> 00:20:06,149 You'll have to excuse me, Mrs.Hurst. I'm afraid I don't know the steps. 118 00:20:06,173 --> 00:20:10,479 None of us know the steps, Mr.Godwin. That's the fun of it. We learn together. 119 00:20:12,648 --> 00:20:15,046 As you can see, I'm not dressed for dancing. 120 00:20:16,318 --> 00:20:20,363 - Jenny, I want you. I shall have you. - Oh! 121 00:20:25,910 --> 00:20:29,862 - Seen enough? - You have to admit it's quite a sight. 122 00:20:29,966 --> 00:20:32,260 Quite a cost too. 123 00:20:33,408 --> 00:20:34,972 From the waist. 124 00:20:35,044 --> 00:20:37,359 There's the old monster. 125 00:20:38,798 --> 00:20:42,458 - Want to meet him? - Surely. 126 00:20:42,666 --> 00:20:45,815 The Lady with him isn't exactly his wife. 127 00:20:46,128 --> 00:20:50,809 - You don't exactly surprise me. - Just the latest in a long line. 128 00:20:56,273 --> 00:20:59,221 - Father, I'd like to introduce you to... - You're not dressed, Charles. 129 00:20:59,245 --> 00:21:00,932 Go and get dressed. 130 00:21:00,956 --> 00:21:03,427 - Father. - You're a blot, boy. 131 00:21:03,531 --> 00:21:07,690 Father, may I introduce to you Mr.John Taylor of Ohio? 132 00:21:07,794 --> 00:21:11,850 My father, Lord Clare. Miss Holland. 133 00:21:12,664 --> 00:21:16,584 And what brings you all the way from Ohio, sir? 134 00:21:18,878 --> 00:21:21,537 Your son and I hope to do business together. 135 00:21:21,641 --> 00:21:24,592 - What business? - I'm a sheep farmer. 136 00:21:26,010 --> 00:21:28,095 A sheep farmer. 137 00:21:29,597 --> 00:21:33,517 Get dressed, Charles, or get out. There's a good fellow. 138 00:21:36,979 --> 00:21:40,201 I wouldn't have missed that for the world. 139 00:21:41,243 --> 00:21:42,932 I wish I could laugh. 140 00:21:43,037 --> 00:21:46,394 But my father's London life all has to be paid for. 141 00:21:46,498 --> 00:21:49,272 We don't live like this down in the country. 142 00:21:49,376 --> 00:21:52,567 The boy's not normal. Don't ask me why. 143 00:21:52,671 --> 00:21:55,236 Don't be hard on him, Jimmy. 144 00:21:55,340 --> 00:21:58,072 When you think of his poor wife. 145 00:21:58,176 --> 00:22:00,324 Damn it, Molly, that was ten years ago. 146 00:22:00,428 --> 00:22:03,504 You'd think he'd have found some comfort of a female variety by now, 147 00:22:03,528 --> 00:22:05,371 - but he won't do it. 148 00:22:05,475 --> 00:22:08,300 - Are you sure? - Quite sure. The boy's not normal. 149 00:22:09,343 --> 00:22:12,127 Brought this fellow over from Paris, you know. 150 00:22:12,231 --> 00:22:14,796 First Polka in London. 151 00:22:14,901 --> 00:22:17,518 Come on, Molly. Let's hop. 152 00:23:21,537 --> 00:23:25,281 - You'd be the new Governess. - Yes. 153 00:23:25,385 --> 00:23:28,117 Know about the child, do you, Miss? 154 00:23:28,221 --> 00:23:30,306 I know what I've been told. 155 00:23:30,411 --> 00:23:33,330 Left in a basket on the steps of the Ram Inn. 156 00:23:33,434 --> 00:23:35,520 They tell you that? 157 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:39,044 - No. - No. 158 00:23:39,148 --> 00:23:42,047 They don't tell them that. 159 00:23:42,151 --> 00:23:45,425 I don't suppose you could put something on the fire, could you? 160 00:23:45,529 --> 00:23:50,107 Can't bend, Miss. Wig falls off. 161 00:24:00,950 --> 00:24:03,192 Please to come with me, Miss. 162 00:24:04,130 --> 00:24:06,529 You will be the fourth this year, Miss. 163 00:24:06,633 --> 00:24:10,032 - The fourth Governess? - They don't stay. 164 00:24:10,136 --> 00:24:12,451 Miss Louisa sees to that. 165 00:24:12,555 --> 00:24:14,641 Louisa? 166 00:24:16,882 --> 00:24:19,176 The Governess' room. 167 00:24:21,679 --> 00:24:25,255 Thomas will bring your trunk up when he has time. 168 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:28,466 £25 a year, is it, your pay? 169 00:24:28,571 --> 00:24:30,656 The cook gets £30, 170 00:24:32,147 --> 00:24:34,232 Schoolroom this way. 171 00:24:35,483 --> 00:24:37,767 We don't get many like you at Selcombe, Miss. 172 00:24:37,871 --> 00:24:40,019 - Like what? - Foreigners, Miss. 173 00:24:40,123 --> 00:24:42,209 We're all English here. 174 00:24:43,533 --> 00:24:45,618 The classroom. 175 00:24:50,498 --> 00:24:52,656 Know about Miss Louisa, do you, Miss? 176 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,218 She was left in a basket on the steps of the Ram Inn. Don't you believe it. 177 00:24:55,242 --> 00:24:59,548 Master bought her from a gypsy for half a crown. 178 00:25:01,884 --> 00:25:05,878 Thinks she's quite a little Lady, but she don't fool me. 179 00:25:07,024 --> 00:25:09,109 Where is she now? 180 00:25:09,318 --> 00:25:10,932 I would not know, Miss. 181 00:25:10,956 --> 00:25:13,250 Maybe the gypsies have took her back. 182 00:25:19,985 --> 00:25:22,602 Excuse me. Where would I find Miss Louisa, please? 183 00:25:22,706 --> 00:25:24,791 Oh, she'll be in her lake house. 184 00:25:24,833 --> 00:25:27,116 She's always hiding in there. 185 00:27:39,785 --> 00:27:41,808 Who are you? 186 00:27:44,540 --> 00:27:47,522 Miss Laurier, your new Governess. 187 00:27:55,884 --> 00:27:58,543 You're not English, are you? 188 00:27:59,690 --> 00:28:02,995 - No. - Do you speak English? 189 00:28:04,809 --> 00:28:06,582 Yes. 190 00:28:13,735 --> 00:28:16,195 Then bugger away, Lady. 191 00:28:25,955 --> 00:28:28,614 I see you found your way to Louisa's lake house. 192 00:28:28,718 --> 00:28:32,774 - Yes. - And she ran away from you, I suppose? 193 00:28:33,671 --> 00:28:37,330 - Yes. - That's what she does. 194 00:28:37,435 --> 00:28:39,977 I'm afraid her father's not very strict with her, as you'll discover. 195 00:28:40,001 --> 00:28:42,503 As you will discover. 196 00:28:42,606 --> 00:28:45,964 Mr.Godwin is not at home? 197 00:28:46,068 --> 00:28:49,380 - He's in town at present. - We expect him back tomorrow. 198 00:28:49,404 --> 00:28:51,698 - Mrs. Godwin? - Oh, no. 199 00:28:52,355 --> 00:28:54,128 No. 200 00:28:55,817 --> 00:28:58,872 No. I'm not Mrs.Godwin. 201 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:02,187 My sister, Amelia, married Charles. 202 00:29:02,292 --> 00:29:05,316 So, she is Mrs.Godwin. 203 00:29:05,420 --> 00:29:07,044 But shortly after her marriage- 204 00:29:07,068 --> 00:29:10,405 - she had a serious accident, a riding accident. 205 00:29:10,508 --> 00:29:12,823 Charles had no one to run the house for him. 206 00:29:12,927 --> 00:29:15,982 So I came. Thank you. 207 00:29:18,380 --> 00:29:21,592 And, uh, Mrs. Godwin? 208 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:25,846 Amy didn't die. 209 00:29:27,180 --> 00:29:29,954 Her life is over, but she lives on. 210 00:29:32,060 --> 00:29:36,053 And here we are, Charles and I... 211 00:29:36,158 --> 00:29:38,983 ...and Amy and Louisa. 212 00:30:30,491 --> 00:30:32,576 We are home! 213 00:30:42,294 --> 00:30:45,339 - Did you have a pleasant journey? - Yes. 214 00:30:45,964 --> 00:30:49,478 John Taylor, this is my sister-in-law, Miss Skelton. 215 00:30:49,582 --> 00:30:52,439 - Mr.Taylor, welcome. - Mrs.Skelton. 216 00:30:53,065 --> 00:30:56,419 There was no need for you to walk down, John. The carriage would've brought you. 217 00:30:56,443 --> 00:30:59,651 - I'm not an old man yet, Charles. - Ellen, will you help Louisa with her cloak? 218 00:30:59,675 --> 00:31:01,841 - I was waiting for you. - Would you take Mr.Taylor's coat? 219 00:31:01,865 --> 00:31:04,665 John, this is a man you have to meet. Mr.Ames, my farmer. 220 00:31:06,025 --> 00:31:08,194 Mr.Taylor. Mr.Ames. 221 00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:20,633 Do you have any experience with Southdowns, sir? 222 00:31:20,737 --> 00:31:24,387 - Not yet. We run merinos. - Ah, wait till you bring in the Southdowns. 223 00:31:24,491 --> 00:31:26,156 There's no heartier breed in existence. 224 00:31:26,180 --> 00:31:29,038 - We have a new Governess, Charles. - Another one? 225 00:31:29,141 --> 00:31:31,120 Send Miss Laurier down to meet Master. 226 00:31:31,144 --> 00:31:32,917 Thomas, will you come with me? 227 00:31:33,020 --> 00:31:35,001 Look at this girl. 228 00:31:35,105 --> 00:31:39,255 She's so frightening, all the Governesses run from her squealing. 229 00:31:39,359 --> 00:31:41,851 How do you do that, Louisa? Hm? 230 00:31:44,103 --> 00:31:47,471 - I don't want a Governess. - You don't want a Governess. 231 00:31:47,575 --> 00:31:49,431 - Did you miss me? - No. 232 00:31:49,536 --> 00:31:53,331 You must give me some breeding tips, Mr.Ames. I mean to win prizes. 233 00:31:53,435 --> 00:31:57,137 Mr.Godwin's your man. He's our master breeder. 234 00:31:57,554 --> 00:31:59,206 You have to be careful, John. 235 00:31:59,311 --> 00:32:02,527 This breeding business can become something of an obsession. 236 00:32:02,632 --> 00:32:06,250 It's nothing less than the endless pursuit of perfection. 237 00:32:07,668 --> 00:32:11,661 How close do you reckon you've got? To perfection, I mean. 238 00:32:11,765 --> 00:32:15,999 The Selcombe flock is as good as you'll find, sir. 239 00:32:16,103 --> 00:32:18,209 That's what I hear. 240 00:32:18,313 --> 00:32:20,878 What's your secret? 241 00:32:20,983 --> 00:32:23,839 Ah, here's the new Governess. 242 00:32:23,944 --> 00:32:28,427 Uh, this is my brother-in-law, Mr.Godwin. Miss Laurier. 243 00:32:28,531 --> 00:32:30,617 Mr.Godwin. 244 00:32:33,818 --> 00:32:35,880 Miss Laurier is from Switzerland. 245 00:32:35,904 --> 00:32:38,354 But she's been employed in England for many years. 246 00:32:41,242 --> 00:32:43,327 I see. 247 00:32:48,999 --> 00:32:53,170 I'm sure Mr.Taylor needs a drink. I know I do. 248 00:33:04,681 --> 00:33:06,774 You must leave at once. 249 00:33:06,879 --> 00:33:10,006 What are you doing? And what on earth possessed you to come here? 250 00:33:10,030 --> 00:33:12,030 It's taken me seven years to trace my child. 251 00:33:12,054 --> 00:33:13,826 Do not ask me to leave her now. 252 00:33:13,929 --> 00:33:16,703 We had an agreement. You had your money. 253 00:33:16,807 --> 00:33:19,328 I didn't know how it would be when she was born. 254 00:33:19,432 --> 00:33:21,350 All I heard was her cry. I've never forgotten it. 255 00:33:21,374 --> 00:33:23,939 - You were paid to forget. - I tried. 256 00:33:24,043 --> 00:33:26,149 You tried? 257 00:33:26,254 --> 00:33:29,604 - I'd give you back your money if I could. - I don't want the money. 258 00:33:29,632 --> 00:33:33,344 It wasn't for me. It was for my... it was for my father. 259 00:33:33,448 --> 00:33:38,130 - He was in prison and... - I don't want to hear this. I just... 260 00:33:40,966 --> 00:33:44,333 I wanted an heir. I wanted a child. Is that so wrong? 261 00:33:44,438 --> 00:33:47,917 I swear to you, no one will ever learn the truth from me, not even Louisa. 262 00:33:47,941 --> 00:33:51,170 Not even Louisa, not even your own daughter. You couldn't live with that. 263 00:33:51,194 --> 00:33:54,176 I have no choice. I have no home of my own. 264 00:33:54,281 --> 00:33:57,405 - I must be Governess to her or nothing. - She hates Governesses. 265 00:33:57,429 --> 00:33:59,807 She needs me. That's enough. 266 00:33:59,911 --> 00:34:02,872 No. No. It's impossible, the whole thing. You must go. 267 00:34:02,976 --> 00:34:04,801 And there's the end to it. 268 00:34:09,201 --> 00:34:13,226 Ah, yes. Because you have to put the paddles up. 269 00:34:13,330 --> 00:34:17,136 We'll have to get another Governess, Connie. Miss Laurier can't stay. 270 00:34:17,761 --> 00:34:19,534 Why? 271 00:34:20,587 --> 00:34:22,641 Louisa doesn't like her. 272 00:34:23,058 --> 00:34:26,509 Oh, Charles! Louisa doesn't like any Governess. 273 00:34:28,595 --> 00:34:31,195 Can't a man choose who's to educate his own daughter? 274 00:34:33,099 --> 00:34:36,049 - Do you wish her to be dismissed without a character? - No. 275 00:34:36,092 --> 00:34:39,835 Well, then, she must be given at least a month's notice. 276 00:34:40,106 --> 00:34:44,266 A month? Can't she just be paid? 277 00:34:44,370 --> 00:34:47,185 Governesses make their homes with their employers. 278 00:34:47,290 --> 00:34:50,220 She can't leave until she's found a new situation. 279 00:34:51,116 --> 00:34:55,423 A month? A month is an eternity. 280 00:34:55,527 --> 00:34:59,635 - Does she really have no home but this? - That's why Governesses are Governesses. 281 00:34:59,739 --> 00:35:03,472 What happens to them when they aren't wanted as Governesses any more? 282 00:35:03,576 --> 00:35:05,297 I really don't know. 283 00:35:08,508 --> 00:35:12,637 All these huge rooms, and we live our lives within three feet of the fire. 284 00:35:20,561 --> 00:35:22,751 Would you come with me, please? 285 00:35:29,945 --> 00:35:32,156 You're to have one month's notice. 286 00:35:36,577 --> 00:35:39,788 - You said you'd swear to tell no one. - Yes. 287 00:35:46,586 --> 00:35:49,579 Oh! Thank you, Hannah. 288 00:35:49,683 --> 00:35:52,144 - Have I time for my tea, sir? - Yes. 289 00:35:52,248 --> 00:35:55,094 - I'll stay till you return. - Thank you, sir. 290 00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:01,225 Amy, I've brought someone to see you. 291 00:36:03,352 --> 00:36:05,646 This is Miss Laurel. Please. 292 00:36:12,361 --> 00:36:14,686 This is my wife, Amelia. 293 00:36:15,416 --> 00:36:17,428 Mrs.Godwin. 294 00:36:22,663 --> 00:36:25,415 I tell Amy everything. 295 00:36:29,085 --> 00:36:33,079 She knows Louisa's my daughter. 296 00:36:33,183 --> 00:36:36,634 But I promised her that I'll never shame her before the world. 297 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:40,263 No one else knows but you. 298 00:36:41,889 --> 00:36:46,477 - Does she understand what we say? - I choose to believe that she does. 299 00:36:49,897 --> 00:36:54,579 If there's any pity in you for my wife's wasted life- 300 00:36:55,204 --> 00:36:58,155 - swear that you'll keep our secret. 301 00:37:03,327 --> 00:37:05,412 I swear. 302 00:37:13,211 --> 00:37:15,296 Now leave us. 303 00:38:23,904 --> 00:38:26,156 Good morning, Louise. 304 00:38:40,128 --> 00:38:44,090 Do you know your ABC? 305 00:38:53,307 --> 00:38:56,936 This is "L" for Louisa. 306 00:38:58,354 --> 00:39:01,524 This is "L" for Louisa. 307 00:39:03,359 --> 00:39:05,694 Don't go. We have work to do. 308 00:39:07,029 --> 00:39:10,282 Don't go. We have work to do. 309 00:39:15,057 --> 00:39:19,666 - You are poor, I suppose. - Yes. 310 00:39:20,792 --> 00:39:23,711 I don't have to do what you say. 311 00:39:34,388 --> 00:39:36,995 No. You got to hoist them off. 312 00:39:38,017 --> 00:39:40,968 Bugger away, Lady. Bugger away. Gently now. 313 00:39:41,072 --> 00:39:42,886 Come on. Do you see why? 314 00:39:42,990 --> 00:39:45,680 Frankly, I don't. They all look good to me. 315 00:39:45,785 --> 00:39:47,724 You've a superb flock here. 316 00:39:47,828 --> 00:39:51,811 Well, I should have. I've been breeding the imperfections out for 15 years. 317 00:39:51,916 --> 00:39:54,230 This one's a perfect breeding ewe. 318 00:39:54,335 --> 00:39:57,376 See how the chine runs straight from the nape of the neck to the sitting of the tail. 319 00:39:57,400 --> 00:40:01,404 Good wide hips, straight forelegs, plenty of wool between the ears. 320 00:40:01,508 --> 00:40:04,782 Look into her eyes sweet, gentle disposition. 321 00:40:04,886 --> 00:40:07,639 She'll feed well, fatten well and lamb well. 322 00:40:07,743 --> 00:40:09,911 - Go on. - Good morning, Miss Laurier. 323 00:40:09,935 --> 00:40:11,681 Mr.Taylor. 324 00:40:11,705 --> 00:40:14,635 Have you come to admire the Southdowns too? 325 00:40:15,344 --> 00:40:19,421 No, sir. I've come for Mr.Godwin's instructions. 326 00:40:19,526 --> 00:40:21,632 Don't you fight, now. Oh. 327 00:40:21,736 --> 00:40:24,906 - Well? - Am I to teach Miss Louisa, sir- 328 00:40:25,010 --> 00:40:28,409 - if even only for one month? - Yes. 329 00:40:28,513 --> 00:40:31,266 Then I must be able to keep her in the schoolroom. 330 00:40:31,370 --> 00:40:33,831 What forms of discipline am I permitted to use? 331 00:40:33,935 --> 00:40:38,408 None. If her lessons give her no pleasure, why should she endure them? No. 332 00:40:41,807 --> 00:40:44,841 She'll find out soon enough what a hard world we live in. 333 00:40:44,946 --> 00:40:49,043 For these few short years that she's under my care, I want her to be happy. 334 00:40:50,461 --> 00:40:53,548 - Is that clear? - Yes sir. 335 00:40:57,635 --> 00:40:59,720 Steady. 336 00:41:01,681 --> 00:41:04,715 - No. - Fair enough, now? 337 00:41:04,819 --> 00:41:08,719 - A bit and turn around. Come on. Turn around. - Yeah. - That's it. 338 00:41:08,823 --> 00:41:11,346 Let me out! I want to see my father! Let me out! 339 00:41:11,450 --> 00:41:13,849 Come on! You gotta let me out! Let me out! 340 00:41:13,953 --> 00:41:16,747 I want my pa! Come on! I want my pa! 341 00:41:16,851 --> 00:41:19,562 Let me out now! I want my pa! 342 00:41:19,667 --> 00:41:22,826 - Let me out! - After you've done your lessons. 343 00:41:25,745 --> 00:41:28,621 Let me out! I want my pa! Just let me out now! 344 00:41:28,645 --> 00:41:31,043 I want him! Hey! Let me out! 345 00:41:40,801 --> 00:41:45,441 - What's that? - Uh, Miss Louisa, sir, being educated. 346 00:41:46,067 --> 00:41:48,152 I hate you! 347 00:41:52,396 --> 00:41:55,149 No, I never... never! 348 00:41:56,900 --> 00:41:58,767 Papa! 349 00:41:58,871 --> 00:42:03,062 - Open the door. - Papa! Papa! 350 00:42:03,167 --> 00:42:06,743 Miss Laurier, open this door at once! 351 00:42:13,666 --> 00:42:15,717 What do you think you're doing? Open the door! 352 00:42:15,741 --> 00:42:17,410 No sir. 353 00:42:20,214 --> 00:42:24,083 Please, Papa. Come here, please! 354 00:42:24,187 --> 00:42:26,867 I will not have you treat my daughter like this. 355 00:42:27,513 --> 00:42:29,556 Would you have her grow up ignorant and friendless? 356 00:42:29,580 --> 00:42:31,170 I'll not have her imprisoned. 357 00:42:31,194 --> 00:42:33,651 She cares for no one but you, and so no one cares for her. 358 00:42:33,675 --> 00:42:35,975 - Give me the key. - She is unhappy and lonely. 359 00:42:36,011 --> 00:42:39,650 She doesn't know who she is or what she is to do or why. 360 00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:55,947 Papa, help me! Papa, I want you! 361 00:42:56,051 --> 00:42:59,585 I can help her. I know I can. 362 00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:03,589 But first she has to be taught to obey me. 363 00:43:06,175 --> 00:43:08,834 If you harm so much as one hair on her head... 364 00:43:08,938 --> 00:43:12,494 Do you think I, of all people, would ever hurt her? 365 00:43:15,351 --> 00:43:18,009 I'll make you a promise. 366 00:43:18,114 --> 00:43:21,231 Whatever I do to Louisa, I'll do to myself. 367 00:43:24,860 --> 00:43:29,468 You want her to love you. I want her to be loved. 368 00:43:31,658 --> 00:43:33,952 She won't have you forever. 369 00:43:46,297 --> 00:43:48,382 Louisa? 370 00:43:51,218 --> 00:43:53,568 Louisa, I'll see you when your lessons are over. 371 00:43:54,472 --> 00:43:58,350 All right, darling? Louisa? 372 00:43:59,309 --> 00:44:01,395 I love you. 373 00:44:18,620 --> 00:44:22,540 - Lunch, Miss. - Thank you, Ellen. Put it on the table. 374 00:44:26,169 --> 00:44:29,088 - Will that be all, Miss? - Yes. Thank you, Ellen. 375 00:44:35,052 --> 00:44:37,137 Would you like your lunch? 376 00:44:51,902 --> 00:44:53,778 One, 377 00:44:56,031 --> 00:44:57,907 Two. 378 00:45:03,538 --> 00:45:06,916 If you won't eat, then neither will I. 379 00:45:14,799 --> 00:45:18,792 - I'd say you're lucky to have her. - Oh? Why? 380 00:45:18,896 --> 00:45:22,306 She's got pride in herself. Doesn't back down. 381 00:45:24,892 --> 00:45:28,176 And she's lovely. 382 00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:31,012 Don't tell me you haven't noticed. 383 00:45:31,116 --> 00:45:35,360 Miss Laurier is here to teach Louisa. She leaves at the end of the month. 384 00:45:36,862 --> 00:45:39,604 So you won't mind if I speak to her? 385 00:45:39,708 --> 00:45:41,814 What do you mean, speak to her? 386 00:45:41,918 --> 00:45:46,089 Well, she doesn't seem to have a home of her own. 387 00:45:46,506 --> 00:45:50,823 - Do you mean to employ her? - Not exactly. 388 00:45:50,927 --> 00:45:54,816 - I was thinking of marriage. - Marriage? 389 00:45:57,923 --> 00:46:00,009 I could do a lot worse. 390 00:46:02,803 --> 00:46:07,068 I leave tomorrow. I don't have that much time. 391 00:46:07,172 --> 00:46:09,893 Well, you'd ask her then. 392 00:46:13,063 --> 00:46:16,285 - I'm cold. - So am I. 393 00:46:16,389 --> 00:46:19,413 - I hate you. - Hate me if you want, 394 00:46:19,517 --> 00:46:21,331 - but you must obey me. 395 00:46:21,436 --> 00:46:23,604 I won't. I'll die first. 396 00:46:23,709 --> 00:46:26,524 Hm. How will you die? 397 00:46:26,628 --> 00:46:28,943 I'll drown myself in the lake. 398 00:46:29,047 --> 00:46:32,175 How will you make your body stay underwater? 399 00:46:32,279 --> 00:46:36,669 - It just will. - No, it won't. Bodies float. 400 00:46:37,628 --> 00:46:39,495 You could put stones in your pockets. 401 00:46:39,599 --> 00:46:41,556 - Do you have any pockets? - Don't talk to me. 402 00:46:41,580 --> 00:46:44,538 Or you could get a good, strong bag and fill it with pebbles. 403 00:46:44,562 --> 00:46:48,952 - I said, don't talk to me. - What do you do in the lake house? 404 00:46:51,808 --> 00:46:54,111 If you come near it, I'll kill you. 405 00:46:54,135 --> 00:46:56,010 - I'll murder you. - How? 406 00:46:56,115 --> 00:46:58,847 With a knife. I'll stab you in the heart. 407 00:46:58,951 --> 00:47:02,475 - Yes, that would do it. - It would. You'd be dead. 408 00:47:02,579 --> 00:47:05,791 - You'd have to bury me. - I won't. I'll just leave you. 409 00:47:05,895 --> 00:47:08,397 I'd rot. I'd smell. 410 00:47:08,502 --> 00:47:10,170 Serve you right. 411 00:47:17,583 --> 00:47:21,003 What are these stupid lessons anyway? 412 00:47:22,630 --> 00:47:24,715 Louisa... 413 00:47:24,809 --> 00:47:28,531 ...loves... Papa. 414 00:47:30,033 --> 00:47:34,662 Louisa... Loves... Grass. 415 00:47:35,642 --> 00:47:37,728 Louisa... 416 00:47:39,771 --> 00:47:43,024 ...Eats... Grass. 417 00:47:45,777 --> 00:47:49,551 Sheep eat grass. 418 00:48:09,383 --> 00:48:12,907 Papa loves sheep. 419 00:48:13,095 --> 00:48:15,722 You see, it's not hard. 420 00:48:20,185 --> 00:48:24,022 - Do you know about firelight? - What about it? 421 00:48:25,815 --> 00:48:28,068 It's a kind of magic. 422 00:48:29,402 --> 00:48:33,271 Firelight makes time stand still. 423 00:48:33,375 --> 00:48:35,481 When you put out the lamps, 424 00:48:35,585 --> 00:48:39,193 - and sit in the firelight's glow... 425 00:48:39,297 --> 00:48:42,164 ...there aren't any rules any more. 426 00:48:51,465 --> 00:48:54,791 You can do what you want, say what you want- 427 00:48:54,895 --> 00:48:57,533 - be what you want. 428 00:48:58,764 --> 00:49:03,164 And when the lamps are lit again, time starts again. 429 00:49:04,436 --> 00:49:08,054 And everything you said or did is forgotten... 430 00:49:08,158 --> 00:49:10,640 ...more than forgotten. 431 00:49:10,744 --> 00:49:13,903 It never happened. 432 00:49:15,446 --> 00:49:18,157 - I can do what I want? - Yes. 433 00:49:19,492 --> 00:49:22,662 - I want to go. - Then go. 434 00:49:24,956 --> 00:49:27,604 It's been unlocked since lunch time. 435 00:50:02,075 --> 00:50:04,160 All right? 436 00:50:05,244 --> 00:50:08,028 To a famous victory. 437 00:50:08,132 --> 00:50:11,073 Don't say that. Louisa's too young to be defeated. 438 00:50:11,177 --> 00:50:14,117 Oh, well. Then we shall drink to you. 439 00:50:14,222 --> 00:50:17,047 - To Miss Laurier. - Miss Laurier. 440 00:50:21,260 --> 00:50:25,420 Governess after Governess has tried to control Louisa and failed. 441 00:50:25,524 --> 00:50:29,507 Only Miss Laurier has realized that first she must control Charles. 442 00:50:29,611 --> 00:50:33,709 Yes. But look at him. He's not at all grateful. 443 00:50:39,444 --> 00:50:42,071 I understand you'll be leaving in a month. 444 00:50:43,865 --> 00:50:46,941 Where do you go? 445 00:50:47,045 --> 00:50:49,860 Another situation. 446 00:50:49,964 --> 00:50:53,363 - Then what? - I don't understand. 447 00:50:53,468 --> 00:50:57,920 Well, the years go by, you're no longer required, then what? 448 00:50:58,462 --> 00:51:00,839 Do you return to Switzerland? 449 00:51:03,717 --> 00:51:06,543 I can't see into the future. 450 00:51:07,064 --> 00:51:10,244 Some say the future is what you make it. 451 00:51:11,391 --> 00:51:14,258 Well, in... in America, certainly. 452 00:51:14,363 --> 00:51:17,762 In America. That's what I mean. 453 00:51:17,866 --> 00:51:19,951 In America. 454 00:51:42,755 --> 00:51:44,840 Good night, darling. 455 00:51:49,011 --> 00:51:51,179 We've begun now. 456 00:52:16,996 --> 00:52:19,947 You asked to see me? 457 00:52:20,051 --> 00:52:24,388 Yes. I wanted a moment alone with you before I go. 458 00:52:24,493 --> 00:52:26,839 Please, have a seat. 459 00:52:30,342 --> 00:52:33,678 Miss Laurier, I won't waste your time. 460 00:52:35,472 --> 00:52:40,091 I'm a single man with 5.000 acres to my name. 461 00:52:40,195 --> 00:52:43,302 If you would consider a life in America... 462 00:52:43,407 --> 00:52:48,036 ...I would be proud to take you there, as my wife... 463 00:52:50,111 --> 00:52:53,656 You pay me a very great compliment, sir. 464 00:52:55,658 --> 00:52:58,108 But the answer's no. 465 00:52:58,212 --> 00:53:00,454 I'm afraid so. 466 00:53:02,289 --> 00:53:06,877 Well... You don't know till you ask. 467 00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:10,589 You're not too disappointed, I think. 468 00:53:12,466 --> 00:53:16,855 Well, I hardly know you, so I can't make out I'll not be able to live without you, 469 00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:22,581 - but, well, a man can get his hopes up pretty high, pretty quick. 470 00:53:23,518 --> 00:53:25,635 I'm sorry. 471 00:53:25,739 --> 00:53:28,690 Just so I know... 472 00:53:29,732 --> 00:53:33,277 Guess I'll be doing something like this again one of these days. 473 00:53:35,321 --> 00:53:38,522 Is it anything I can fix... 474 00:53:38,626 --> 00:53:43,068 ...like my dress or how I talk? 475 00:53:43,172 --> 00:53:45,404 No, Mr.Taylor. 476 00:53:45,508 --> 00:53:48,897 Any Lady would be fortunate to be courted by you. 477 00:53:49,001 --> 00:53:51,837 Any Lady but you. 478 00:54:05,934 --> 00:54:09,395 Louisa, darling, please. You promised me. 479 00:54:11,814 --> 00:54:15,432 - Louisa, I really can't bear this. - That's why she does it. 480 00:54:15,537 --> 00:54:18,686 Damnation, can't I feel for my own child? 481 00:54:18,790 --> 00:54:21,709 Feel for her, Mr.Godwin, but don't pity her. 482 00:54:21,814 --> 00:54:25,202 Louisa, let go. Please. 483 00:54:29,790 --> 00:54:32,584 Go, then. If you want to go, go. 484 00:54:38,924 --> 00:54:43,136 - Will you be all right, darling? - You don't care, so what does it matter? 485 00:54:52,979 --> 00:54:55,354 Now, it's just you and me. 486 00:54:55,378 --> 00:54:58,298 Shall we start our lessons? 487 00:55:00,611 --> 00:55:04,248 I don't have to do what you say. You're just a servant. 488 00:55:04,272 --> 00:55:06,252 That's enough! Be silent. 489 00:55:07,409 --> 00:55:10,193 You will obey me, whether you want to or not. 490 00:55:10,298 --> 00:55:13,819 You will obey me because, poor as I am, I am placed in authority over you. 491 00:55:13,843 --> 00:55:17,993 You will not speak disrespectfully to me or raise your voice to me. 492 00:55:18,618 --> 00:55:23,248 Servant! Servant! Servant! 493 00:55:23,352 --> 00:55:25,437 Servant! Servant! Servant! 494 00:55:25,479 --> 00:55:28,972 Servant! Servant! Servant! 495 00:55:37,897 --> 00:55:39,847 I'm not a servant. I'm a prisoner. 496 00:55:39,951 --> 00:55:42,433 So will you be when you grow up. 497 00:55:42,537 --> 00:55:45,337 The day you come of age, the gates will close around you- 498 00:55:45,425 --> 00:55:47,729 - because you are a woman! 499 00:55:47,834 --> 00:55:51,271 If you marry, everything you own will become the property of your husband. 500 00:55:51,295 --> 00:55:55,487 If you don't marry, every profession will be closed to you but one, 501 00:55:55,591 --> 00:55:59,574 - and that one is a life of loneliness and humiliation. 502 00:55:59,678 --> 00:56:02,035 They lock you up, Louise! 503 00:56:02,139 --> 00:56:04,496 But there's one door they can't lock. 504 00:56:04,600 --> 00:56:07,290 They can't imprison your mind, 505 00:56:07,394 --> 00:56:09,709 - and that's why I want you to learn to read. 506 00:56:09,813 --> 00:56:12,618 I want you to have your own life. 507 00:56:16,226 --> 00:56:19,236 Write and tell me when the Southdowns start winning all the prizes. 508 00:56:19,260 --> 00:56:22,242 - Come and see for yourself. - Maybe I will. 509 00:56:22,346 --> 00:56:26,006 Best grazing in the world. $20 an acre. Think about it. 510 00:56:28,571 --> 00:56:30,729 Did you find time for that other business? 511 00:56:30,833 --> 00:56:33,878 - She turned me down. - She turned you down? 512 00:56:33,982 --> 00:56:36,975 Mm. I guess there's somebody else. 513 00:56:37,204 --> 00:56:39,759 Lucky fellow is all I can say. 514 00:56:39,863 --> 00:56:42,668 Bye, Charles. Bye, John. 515 00:57:21,288 --> 00:57:23,373 Don't go. 516 00:57:26,918 --> 00:57:29,410 Constance will be down directly. 517 00:57:29,515 --> 00:57:31,600 As you wish. 518 00:57:46,729 --> 00:57:51,014 Mr. Taylor tells me he made you an offer and, uh, you refused him. 519 00:57:51,119 --> 00:57:52,891 Yes. 520 00:57:54,820 --> 00:57:57,520 For Louisa's sake I presume? 521 00:57:58,532 --> 00:58:00,305 Yes. 522 00:58:06,039 --> 00:58:09,230 The fire gives more light than one expects, doesn't it? 523 00:58:14,673 --> 00:58:16,341 Yes. 524 00:58:24,724 --> 00:58:28,895 No lamps lit? What's Jane thinking of? 525 00:58:46,870 --> 00:58:49,665 I don't know how much you want to know. 526 00:58:58,965 --> 00:59:01,051 I remember her. 527 00:59:05,263 --> 00:59:07,348 The firelight. 528 00:59:09,976 --> 00:59:12,061 I remember her. 529 00:59:16,774 --> 00:59:18,859 Too much. 530 01:00:07,072 --> 01:00:08,845 Bee. 531 01:00:10,742 --> 01:00:12,515 Tree. 532 01:00:13,870 --> 01:00:15,716 Eye. 533 01:00:15,925 --> 01:00:18,010 See. 534 01:00:20,919 --> 01:00:22,691 Pig. 535 01:00:23,651 --> 01:00:28,259 Dig... Wig... This is stupid. 536 01:00:32,889 --> 01:00:34,703 Bad. 537 01:00:37,768 --> 01:00:39,854 Sad. 538 01:00:43,274 --> 01:00:44,932 Happy. 539 01:00:45,036 --> 01:00:47,278 I suppose it's "glad." 540 01:00:51,615 --> 01:00:54,034 - Mad. - Yes. 541 01:01:06,588 --> 01:01:09,507 When I was young, I had no mother. 542 01:01:10,592 --> 01:01:13,094 She died just after I was born. 543 01:01:14,512 --> 01:01:17,536 I loved my father very much, 544 01:01:17,682 --> 01:01:20,643 - but what I wanted most was a mother. 545 01:01:31,487 --> 01:01:34,815 The sick Lady is not my real mother. 546 01:01:36,408 --> 01:01:40,662 - Yes, I know. - My real mother's not sick. 547 01:01:41,371 --> 01:01:43,238 Where is she? 548 01:01:43,967 --> 01:01:45,980 It's a secret. 549 01:01:48,586 --> 01:01:52,705 - Do you ever see her? - Of course. Every day. 550 01:01:52,809 --> 01:01:55,207 What do you do with her? 551 01:01:57,136 --> 01:01:59,222 Just be with her. 552 01:02:42,054 --> 01:02:44,661 Miss Laurier. "See." 553 01:02:46,642 --> 01:02:49,944 How do you know she doesn't just read the pictures rather than the words? 554 01:02:49,968 --> 01:02:53,774 - She does. - Oh, yes? That's not really reading. 555 01:02:54,358 --> 01:02:56,475 No, it's only pretending, 556 01:02:56,579 --> 01:02:59,863 - but after a while, the pretense becomes a reality. 557 01:03:00,155 --> 01:03:02,240 I see. 558 01:03:09,206 --> 01:03:11,823 Louisa tells me you have some story about firelight. 559 01:03:11,927 --> 01:03:13,595 Yes. 560 01:03:14,043 --> 01:03:16,494 I tell her firelight is a magic time- 561 01:03:16,598 --> 01:03:18,683 - when time stands still. 562 01:03:18,788 --> 01:03:20,998 Why'd you tell her that? 563 01:03:21,102 --> 01:03:23,438 I find it helps. 564 01:03:23,542 --> 01:03:26,827 A time with no rules at the end of the day. 565 01:03:34,438 --> 01:03:36,628 I must ask you to help me. 566 01:03:38,567 --> 01:03:40,444 How? 567 01:03:41,111 --> 01:03:45,407 There was a time... it was a short time... when we were close, you and I. 568 01:03:47,534 --> 01:03:50,620 - Yes? - Do you remember it? 569 01:03:50,954 --> 01:03:52,831 Yes. 570 01:03:57,627 --> 01:04:01,297 Just tell me that time is over and can never come again. 571 01:04:05,301 --> 01:04:07,386 You don't answer. 572 01:04:14,643 --> 01:04:17,438 What happens when time stands still? 573 01:04:19,189 --> 01:04:21,890 The firelight. 574 01:04:21,994 --> 01:04:24,736 You can do what you want... 575 01:04:25,237 --> 01:04:27,896 ...say what you want. 576 01:04:28,000 --> 01:04:30,638 Be what you want. 577 01:04:36,498 --> 01:04:40,095 When the lamps are lit again... time starts again, but... 578 01:04:40,199 --> 01:04:44,495 ...everything you said or did is forgotten. 579 01:04:44,599 --> 01:04:46,997 More than forgotten. 580 01:04:48,342 --> 01:04:50,741 Never happened. 581 01:07:26,453 --> 01:07:30,029 - Thank you. - Oh, God, I hate the country! 582 01:07:30,133 --> 01:07:33,133 It's always so damn cold. Come on, Molly, into the mausoleum. 583 01:07:33,199 --> 01:07:34,429 - Hello, Connie. - Hello. 584 01:07:34,533 --> 01:07:36,928 Terrible journey. The roads get worse every year. 585 01:07:36,952 --> 01:07:39,913 - How are you? - Jimmy, who are all these people? 586 01:07:40,018 --> 01:07:42,207 Fiddlers. 587 01:07:42,729 --> 01:07:46,274 You, more coal on the fire before I freeze to death! 588 01:07:46,378 --> 01:07:49,506 Come on in, Manzini. Herd your fellows in. 589 01:07:49,610 --> 01:07:52,756 We can't have a dance without music, Connie. Everyone knows that. 590 01:07:52,780 --> 01:07:54,678 - Dance? - Fire! 591 01:07:54,782 --> 01:07:58,150 Can't bend, mi Lord. Wig falls off. 592 01:07:58,734 --> 01:08:00,923 - Father. - Yes, yes. Here I am. 593 01:08:00,975 --> 01:08:03,936 - Hello there, little Missy. - Who are all these people? 594 01:08:04,041 --> 01:08:06,835 Christmas cheer. What is it about this house? 595 01:08:06,939 --> 01:08:09,473 The moment I walk in, I want to kill myself. 596 01:08:10,912 --> 01:08:12,966 Damn it, boy, don't preach at me. 597 01:08:13,070 --> 01:08:15,319 You do realize we have to sell one of the farms? 598 01:08:15,343 --> 01:08:18,948 Never sell land, Charles. The one sensible thing my father ever said to me. 599 01:08:18,972 --> 01:08:21,537 Why borrow money if all you mean is to give it back? 600 01:08:21,641 --> 01:08:23,831 Where's Molly? She can't still be dressing. 601 01:08:23,935 --> 01:08:26,059 - Are there any more charges on the estate? - Well, what do I know? 602 01:08:26,083 --> 01:08:28,183 I'm not a bank clerk. I just live my life. 603 01:08:28,272 --> 01:08:31,001 All for the sake of a few short years of passing pleasure. 604 01:08:31,025 --> 01:08:34,755 Passing pleasures are all we have, boy. All we have between us and the grave. 605 01:08:34,779 --> 01:08:38,345 - Hello. Who are you? - This is Miss Laurier. 606 01:08:38,449 --> 01:08:41,097 This is, uh, my father, Lord Clare. 607 01:08:41,201 --> 01:08:43,892 Miss Laurier is Louisa's Governess. 608 01:08:43,996 --> 01:08:47,165 Never had Governesses like you in my day. What are you, French? 609 01:08:47,270 --> 01:08:49,480 No, I'm from Switzerland. 610 01:08:49,584 --> 01:08:53,401 Sacrifice your life if you want, Charles. I mean to enjoy mine. 611 01:08:53,505 --> 01:08:56,164 Miss Laurier, is it? Do you Polka? 612 01:09:27,068 --> 01:09:30,989 Well done, Charles. She is lovely. 613 01:09:31,698 --> 01:09:35,076 - What? - Your Swiss Governess. 614 01:09:35,514 --> 01:09:39,434 Oh. Yes. She's an excellent teacher. 615 01:09:40,248 --> 01:09:42,333 Well, I'm glad to hear it. 616 01:09:44,961 --> 01:09:47,327 - Connie? - Yes, yes. 617 01:09:47,432 --> 01:09:49,493 What do you say to a quick turn around the room? 618 01:09:49,517 --> 01:09:51,175 Why not? 619 01:10:02,811 --> 01:10:06,200 Oh! Oh, Lord Clare, are you all right? 620 01:10:06,304 --> 01:10:08,741 - Of course I'm all right. - I'm so sorry. Was it me? 621 01:10:08,765 --> 01:10:11,014 I'll see to him, Miss Laurier. Please don't trouble yourself. 622 01:10:11,038 --> 01:10:13,370 Look, I tell you, I'm all right. I want to dance, damn it. 623 01:10:13,394 --> 01:10:14,989 Why didn't you say? 624 01:10:24,248 --> 01:10:27,616 I never thought I'd get you onto a dance floor, Charles. 625 01:10:27,720 --> 01:10:30,171 There's a first time for everything. 626 01:12:30,369 --> 01:12:32,788 You sent for me, sir? 627 01:12:34,582 --> 01:12:37,574 Well, are you or aren't you? 628 01:12:37,679 --> 01:12:41,171 - Am I what? - Diddling Charles. 629 01:12:43,465 --> 01:12:45,916 Molly says you are. 630 01:12:46,020 --> 01:12:48,710 She can usually spot these things, you know. 631 01:12:48,814 --> 01:12:51,390 You judge everyone by yourself, sir? 632 01:12:53,809 --> 01:12:56,047 Well, at least you understand what I'm talking about. 633 01:12:56,071 --> 01:12:58,321 You're not gonna sue him or anything, are you? 634 01:12:59,606 --> 01:13:02,400 - No. - And you're wrong, Missy. 635 01:13:03,318 --> 01:13:07,363 I don't judge everyone by myself, least of all Charles. 636 01:13:08,072 --> 01:13:11,179 I know he's not like me 'cause he's just like my father. 637 01:13:12,452 --> 01:13:15,371 The old bastard never thought much of me. 638 01:13:16,706 --> 01:13:18,999 Duty this, duty that. 639 01:13:21,377 --> 01:13:23,462 And now Charles. 640 01:13:26,173 --> 01:13:29,656 Odd to have your own son acting like your father, you know. 641 01:13:32,638 --> 01:13:35,171 He must have been a child once. 642 01:13:35,276 --> 01:13:38,101 But of course he was a child once. 643 01:13:41,855 --> 01:13:43,940 Well, you're right there. 644 01:13:46,442 --> 01:13:49,904 When he was a little fellow. I'd forgotten that. 645 01:13:52,031 --> 01:13:54,383 You know, when Charles was about 16 years old, 646 01:13:54,488 --> 01:13:58,193 - he stood up before me and he said... "Father, I can't respect for a man- 647 01:13:58,298 --> 01:14:00,216 - which lives only his own pleasure." 648 01:14:00,320 --> 01:14:03,323 - You know what I answered? - What? 649 01:14:03,428 --> 01:14:06,278 My boy, you've no right to speak to your father like that- 650 01:14:06,326 --> 01:14:09,027 - until you've got yourself well and truly fucked. 651 01:14:09,715 --> 01:14:13,677 Well... now he has. 652 01:14:19,891 --> 01:14:21,977 Good for you, Missy. 653 01:14:23,311 --> 01:14:25,084 Good for you. 654 01:14:28,691 --> 01:14:30,985 And you're right, of course. 655 01:14:33,279 --> 01:14:35,573 He's my boy. 656 01:15:46,057 --> 01:15:50,291 - She pretends she has a mother there. - I know. We're all pretending. 657 01:15:51,959 --> 01:15:56,600 When you come into a room, I pretend that I haven't noticed you. 658 01:15:56,912 --> 01:16:01,551 And then I look, and there's nothing in the world but you. 659 01:16:04,784 --> 01:16:07,724 Sometimes I think, "Why don't we just go away?" 660 01:16:08,579 --> 01:16:11,874 You, me, Louisa. Would you come with me? 661 01:16:13,083 --> 01:16:15,680 Why ask? It's only pretending. 662 01:16:15,784 --> 01:16:19,204 You can't leave. I don't think I can bear it. 663 01:16:19,308 --> 01:16:23,604 You have your duty to your estate, to your family, to your wife. 664 01:16:23,708 --> 01:16:26,211 How can you be so calm? 665 01:16:26,315 --> 01:16:28,192 Not calm. 666 01:16:34,625 --> 01:16:39,275 Stay with me tonight. All night. 667 01:17:52,262 --> 01:17:54,180 Louise! 668 01:17:55,640 --> 01:17:58,205 Come back! It is not safe! 669 01:18:00,895 --> 01:18:03,502 Louisa, don't leave me! 670 01:19:16,801 --> 01:19:20,055 Sleep, darling. Sleep. 671 01:19:52,419 --> 01:19:54,713 I'll never leave you. 672 01:19:55,672 --> 01:19:57,445 Never. 673 01:20:47,805 --> 01:20:49,891 They're making an inventory. 674 01:20:51,643 --> 01:20:54,593 Charles left for town at first light. 675 01:20:54,698 --> 01:20:57,607 Mr.Dodds tells me the estate is to be sold. 676 01:21:04,363 --> 01:21:07,053 I wonder what will become of us all. 677 01:21:08,575 --> 01:21:12,892 Who knows? Maybe it's for the best. 678 01:21:14,373 --> 01:21:17,282 Sometimes this house feels like a prison. 679 01:21:17,595 --> 01:21:20,337 Mr.Godwin loves it very much. 680 01:21:20,921 --> 01:21:23,006 Yes, he did once. 681 01:21:25,175 --> 01:21:28,824 But the house died the day Amy... 682 01:21:28,887 --> 01:21:31,201 ...didn't die. 683 01:21:32,765 --> 01:21:35,268 I wish she had died. 684 01:21:35,977 --> 01:21:38,062 Does that shock you? 685 01:21:39,522 --> 01:21:41,399 No. 686 01:21:44,026 --> 01:21:48,603 There's a law, of course, that forbids a man- 687 01:21:48,708 --> 01:21:51,658 - from marrying his deceased wife's sister. 688 01:21:52,117 --> 01:21:55,047 But it's an absurd law, so easily evaded. 689 01:21:55,151 --> 01:21:59,520 You think if Mrs. Godwin were to die, you and Mr.Godwin would marry? 690 01:22:04,838 --> 01:22:08,237 I don't pretend he loves me as he loved Amy. 691 01:22:11,219 --> 01:22:14,034 But ten years is a long time. 692 01:22:16,599 --> 01:22:19,519 We've grown older together. 693 01:22:19,727 --> 01:22:22,855 There's a kind of closeness in that. 694 01:22:35,534 --> 01:22:37,411 Fire? 695 01:22:45,710 --> 01:22:47,587 God. 696 01:22:54,010 --> 01:22:57,148 - Hat. - What's that word? 697 01:22:57,253 --> 01:23:00,422 - Hat. - How do you know? 698 01:23:00,527 --> 01:23:03,133 Because of the picture. 699 01:23:07,857 --> 01:23:10,088 How do I know? 700 01:23:59,031 --> 01:24:01,794 - Charles, you're back. - Hello, Connie. 701 01:24:01,898 --> 01:24:05,756 - Is everything going to be all right? - No. 702 01:24:05,860 --> 01:24:07,873 Nothing's going to be all right. 703 01:24:11,501 --> 01:24:14,108 Are there so very many debts? 704 01:24:15,839 --> 01:24:17,715 Yes. 705 01:24:19,425 --> 01:24:22,564 Yes, the damage is well and truly done. 706 01:24:22,668 --> 01:24:25,098 The estate will have to go. 707 01:24:27,266 --> 01:24:29,352 Oh, Charles. 708 01:24:30,770 --> 01:24:32,928 I am so sorry. 709 01:24:33,032 --> 01:24:35,806 But it's not right. Something should be done. 710 01:24:35,910 --> 01:24:38,767 No, it's not right, 711 01:24:38,871 --> 01:24:41,509 - but nothing will be done. 712 01:24:46,618 --> 01:24:49,121 What will become of us? 713 01:24:52,541 --> 01:24:54,626 Who knows? 714 01:25:18,857 --> 01:25:21,256 It's a cold night, Amy. 715 01:25:22,361 --> 01:25:24,446 Bitter cold. 716 01:25:25,489 --> 01:25:28,784 I've often thought that this is a kind of prison for you, 717 01:25:31,641 --> 01:25:36,249 - and that if you could speak, you'd ask me to... 718 01:25:41,463 --> 01:25:44,278 You'd ask me to let you go. 719 01:25:45,925 --> 01:25:48,740 I have to know that you want it. 720 01:26:00,689 --> 01:26:03,296 Show me what you want, Amy. 721 01:26:09,615 --> 01:26:12,221 Show me what you want. 722 01:27:39,826 --> 01:27:43,246 Lord, from you we come, to you we must return. 723 01:27:50,336 --> 01:27:52,818 Take my beloved wife. 724 01:28:46,765 --> 01:28:49,591 Sometime in the night, I'd say. 725 01:28:49,695 --> 01:28:51,916 It was a very cold night. 726 01:28:55,315 --> 01:28:58,256 I understand that the fire had gone out. 727 01:28:59,403 --> 01:29:01,279 Yes. 728 01:29:01,571 --> 01:29:04,230 That was unfortunate. 729 01:29:04,334 --> 01:29:07,734 It wasn't me, sir. I swear on the Good Book. 730 01:29:07,838 --> 01:29:09,715 Nobody's blaming you, Hannah. 731 01:29:11,039 --> 01:29:13,645 It's been ten years. 732 01:29:14,667 --> 01:29:18,775 - At least now she's at peace. - Indeed. 733 01:29:21,632 --> 01:29:23,718 Indeed. 734 01:29:28,639 --> 01:29:31,558 I think we should leave. 735 01:30:16,518 --> 01:30:20,480 - You haven't eaten. - No, I... 736 01:30:23,775 --> 01:30:26,226 Are you all right, Charles? 737 01:30:26,330 --> 01:30:29,072 Am I all right? Yes, I think so. 738 01:30:35,703 --> 01:30:38,310 I loved Amy dearly... 739 01:30:40,375 --> 01:30:42,460 But I know... 740 01:30:45,213 --> 01:30:48,028 ...I know that this is for the best. 741 01:30:51,260 --> 01:30:53,888 You really believe that? 742 01:30:55,222 --> 01:30:57,308 Yes, I do. 743 01:31:01,520 --> 01:31:04,054 Dear Connie. 744 01:31:04,158 --> 01:31:07,359 You've been good to me all these years. 745 01:31:10,237 --> 01:31:13,021 And you've been good to me, Charles. 746 01:31:13,125 --> 01:31:16,722 So much is changing. What's to become of us all? 747 01:31:18,953 --> 01:31:21,769 As your friend Mr.Taylor said... 748 01:31:22,707 --> 01:31:25,251 ..."The future is what we make of it." 749 01:31:49,274 --> 01:31:51,922 - I'm sorry. - No, don't speak. 750 01:31:52,652 --> 01:31:54,738 I... 751 01:31:56,197 --> 01:31:59,367 - ...didn't mean... - Well, it's just a mistake, that's all. 752 01:32:03,871 --> 01:32:06,791 Uh, sorry to have disturbed you. 753 01:32:11,879 --> 01:32:13,964 Connie. 754 01:32:16,717 --> 01:32:18,802 Yes, Charles? 755 01:32:26,727 --> 01:32:29,354 You know how much I loved her, don't you? 756 01:32:31,273 --> 01:32:33,358 Yes, Charles, I do. 757 01:32:41,908 --> 01:32:46,100 Behold, I show you a mystery. 758 01:32:47,246 --> 01:32:51,532 We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed- 759 01:32:51,636 --> 01:32:55,119 - in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye- 760 01:32:55,223 --> 01:32:57,339 - at the last trump. 761 01:32:58,466 --> 01:33:00,415 For the trumpet shall sound, 762 01:33:00,520 --> 01:33:03,919 - and the dead shall be raised incorruptible... 763 01:33:04,023 --> 01:33:06,671 And we shall be changed. 764 01:33:06,776 --> 01:33:10,884 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, 765 01:33:10,988 --> 01:33:13,697 - and this mortal must put on- 766 01:33:13,721 --> 01:33:16,432 - immortality. 767 01:33:16,535 --> 01:33:20,351 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, 768 01:33:20,455 --> 01:33:24,021 - and this mortal shall have put on immortality- 769 01:33:24,126 --> 01:33:26,542 - then shall be brought to pass- 770 01:33:26,566 --> 01:33:29,069 - the saying that is written... 771 01:33:29,172 --> 01:33:33,249 Death is swallowed up in victory. 772 01:33:33,833 --> 01:33:37,284 O death, where is thy sting? 773 01:33:37,388 --> 01:33:41,799 O grave, where is thy victory? 774 01:34:07,991 --> 01:34:10,076 Does he love you? 775 01:34:13,121 --> 01:34:14,997 Yes. 776 01:34:17,750 --> 01:34:20,200 Do you love him? 777 01:34:20,305 --> 01:34:22,181 Yes. 778 01:34:25,674 --> 01:34:28,364 I would have made him happy. 779 01:34:33,056 --> 01:34:35,434 Love him for me too. 780 01:35:03,711 --> 01:35:05,588 Was it you? 781 01:35:08,549 --> 01:35:10,113 Yes. 782 01:35:44,500 --> 01:35:47,107 I guess it's what she wanted. 783 01:35:48,295 --> 01:35:50,798 But I'll never know. 784 01:35:55,469 --> 01:35:57,554 I must live with that. 785 01:36:00,682 --> 01:36:02,559 As must I. 786 01:36:03,977 --> 01:36:06,813 - You? You've done nothing. - Nothing? 787 01:36:10,191 --> 01:36:12,558 I've wanted you and Louisa- 788 01:36:12,662 --> 01:36:16,656 - with all my mind and heart and will for seven long years. 789 01:36:17,949 --> 01:36:19,690 It seems to me that my desire- 790 01:36:19,794 --> 01:36:22,537 - has destroyed everything that stood in its way: 791 01:36:23,246 --> 01:36:26,895 Your wife, your house, your world. 792 01:36:28,334 --> 01:36:31,337 I never knew there was so much power in desire. 793 01:36:33,088 --> 01:36:37,280 And if it was so... are you sorry? 794 01:36:37,468 --> 01:36:39,240 No. 795 01:36:48,812 --> 01:36:51,314 Then we deserve each other. 796 01:36:56,819 --> 01:36:59,676 May God have mercy on us. 797 01:38:08,305 --> 01:38:10,911 Why did you give me away? 798 01:38:14,269 --> 01:38:18,398 I didn't. I sold you. 799 01:38:31,744 --> 01:38:33,725 How much for? 800 01:38:35,206 --> 01:38:37,583 £500. 801 01:38:38,876 --> 01:38:43,213 - Is that a lot? - It's a fortune. 802 01:38:55,058 --> 01:38:57,873 I'm glad it was a lot. 803 01:39:13,701 --> 01:39:15,786 Mama. 804 01:39:18,831 --> 01:39:23,523 - Mama. - Oh, my pretty. My pretty. 805 01:39:23,877 --> 01:39:25,754 Mama. 806 01:39:30,217 --> 01:39:32,094 Mama. 807 01:39:33,595 --> 01:39:35,472 Mama.