1 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:52,320 Your usual, m'Lord. 2 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:53,840 HE GROANS 3 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:00,520 Good morning, m'Lord. 4 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,560 HE GROANS 5 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:12,760 The morning paper, m'Lord. 6 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:14,240 Mm... 7 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:23,320 "Sir Robert Chiltern, a rising star in Parliament, tonight hosts a party 8 00:01:23,320 --> 00:01:26,480 "that promises to be the highlight of the social calendar, 9 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:31,840 "with his wife, Lady Gertrude, who is herself a leading figure 10 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:38,080 "in women's politics. They represent what is best in English public life 11 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:41,880 "and is a noble contrast to the lax morality 12 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:45,280 "so common amongst foreign politicians." 13 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:49,000 They will never say that about me, will they, Phipps? 14 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,480 I sincerely hope not, sir. 15 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:56,760 Bit of a busy day. Distressingly little time for sloth or idleness. 16 00:01:56,760 --> 00:02:02,360 Sorry, sir. Not entirely your fault. Not this time. 17 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:05,480 Thank you, m'Lord. 18 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:08,520 HE YAWNS 19 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:27,560 Good morning, Tommy. Lady Chiltern. 20 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,440 I very much look forward to this evening. 21 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:32,760 Miss Mabel. Tommy. 22 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:37,520 I hope you'll make our appointment, I've something to say to you. 23 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:39,880 Good day, ladies. 24 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:46,280 When he wants to be romantic, he talks to one like a doctor. Ha-ha! 25 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:48,480 Till tonight! 26 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:49,840 Miss Mabel. 27 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,520 Lord Goring. 28 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,120 Lord Goring? 29 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,080 Countess, good morning. 30 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:00,880 Aren't you going to congratulate me? 31 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:02,880 Congratulations. 32 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:05,520 Aren't you going to ask why? Why? 33 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,360 I've made a great decision. I've decided to marry. 34 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:10,480 My God! Who to? 35 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:12,880 That part is still to be decided. 36 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:15,840 Good morning, dear Gertrude. 37 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,280 Good morning, Lady Markby. 38 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:21,080 Allow me to introduce my friend, Mrs Cheveley. 39 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:23,160 Two such charming women should know each other. 40 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:24,480 How do you do? 41 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:27,120 Mrs Cheveley and I have met before. 42 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:29,280 Of course. 43 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:33,800 Gertrude. And to think you married Sir Robert Chiltern. 44 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:36,960 I was hoping to meet your husband. 45 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:38,560 Really? 46 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,800 Yes. But I return to Vienna on Friday. 47 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:43,720 Oh, dear, what a shame. 48 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:50,120 Well, perhaps I might bring her this evening? 49 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:52,040 Yes, by all means. 50 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:54,840 What can I say? I'd be delighted. 51 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:56,520 We'll see you tonight. 52 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:58,200 See you tonight. 53 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:26,400 You see, Phipps, fashion is what one wears oneself. 54 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:31,040 What is unfashionable is what other people wear. 55 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:32,640 Yes, m'Lord. 56 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:36,280 Other people are quite dreadful. The only possible society is oneself. 57 00:04:36,280 --> 00:04:37,680 Yes, m'Lord. 58 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:38,960 To love oneself... 59 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:43,560 ..is the beginning of a lifelong romance. 60 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:45,800 Yes, m'Lord. 61 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,520 Their Graces, the Duke and Duchess of Berwick. 62 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:05,640 Lord Windermere. 63 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:10,440 Countess Basildon. 64 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:15,040 ..it is widely agreed the last truly decent man in London. 65 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:20,000 You're a very personable man, with a most attractive personality. 66 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:25,160 You've brought into British politics an honesty, an integrity, a finer... 67 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:29,240 A nobler atmosphere. A finer attitude and higher ideals. 68 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:32,560 One mustn't believe everything one reads in the newspapers. 69 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:37,280 In the old days, we had the rack. Nowadays, we have the press. 70 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:40,920 Your own newspaper being the exception, Sir Edward. 71 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:45,880 Where truth shines out like a beacon and lies run vainly for the shadows. 72 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:50,920 Bravo. But may I ask, do I detect in your conversation a lyricism 73 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:54,600 not entirely uncommon in your husband's speeches? 74 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:59,080 If you are suggesting that my position owes anything to my wife, 75 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:01,960 you are mistaken. It owes everything to her. 76 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:06,600 Make it known, for without her, I am entirely unexceptional. 77 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:09,400 Without her love, 78 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:11,360 I'm nothing. 79 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:19,200 All I know is, a serious shake-up in the Government looks inevitable. 80 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:22,920 The Prime Minister himself was asking about you. 81 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:26,000 Really? He's afraid you'll take his job! 82 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,440 Lady Markby. Mrs Cheveley. 83 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:38,400 If I had a jewel for every staring eye! 84 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:42,080 I'm glad to say, Lady Markby, you evidently do. 85 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:45,480 Excuse me. Ah, chere Madame, quelle surprise! 86 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:48,880 Lady Markby. I have not seen you since Berlin. 87 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:50,640 Five years ago. 88 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:55,280 You are younger and more beautiful. How do you do it? 89 00:06:55,280 --> 00:06:59,000 By only talking to charming people like yourself. 90 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:03,000 Mrs Cheveley. What do we know about her? 91 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,560 Very influential in Vienna. In the highest circles. 92 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:08,720 A force to be reckoned with. 93 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:10,080 Are you staying long? 94 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,640 It depends on the weather and the cooking 95 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:16,480 and partly on your brother. 96 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:18,480 Sir Robert's been dying to meet you. 97 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:23,960 Everyone is. Our attaches in Vienna write to us about nothing else. 98 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:28,480 An acquaintance that begins with a compliment becomes a friendship. 99 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:32,120 I see you've met my sister. Yes, indeed. 100 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:36,400 My dear child, allow me to introduce you to the Vicounte de Nanjac. 101 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:38,400 Oh. 102 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:43,600 You've a beautiful house. We're very happy here. 103 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:47,160 I'd so love to look around. Allow me. 104 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:48,360 Thank you. 105 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:50,560 Lord Goring. 106 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:58,360 Good evening, young lady. 107 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:02,520 What are you doing here? Wasting your life, as usual. 108 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:05,000 You should be in bed. You keep too late hours. 109 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,520 I heard you were dancing till four. 110 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:08,720 Good evening, Father. 111 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:13,720 Can't make out how you stand London. Nobodies talking about nothing. 112 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:15,320 I love talking about nothing, Father. 113 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:17,400 It's the only thing I know anything about. 114 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:19,720 That's a paradox. I hate paradoxes. 115 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:23,800 So do I, Father. Everyone one meets nowadays is a paradox. 116 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:26,480 Makes society so obvious, hmm? 117 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,480 Do you understand what you say? 118 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:33,680 Yes, if I listen attentively. 119 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:33,680 HE SHUDDERS 120 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:38,920 Oh, conceited young puppy! 121 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:43,040 I have it on good authority that you have Corots. 122 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:44,680 Really? Whose? 123 00:08:44,680 --> 00:08:46,240 Baron Arnheim. 124 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:55,040 Did you know the Baron well? Intimately. Did you? 125 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:59,400 At one time. Wonderful man, wasn't he? Remarkable. 126 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:01,680 A pity he never wrote his memoirs. 127 00:09:01,680 --> 00:09:04,160 They would have been most interesting. 128 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:07,960 Allow me to introduce my dearest friend, the idlest man in London. 129 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:10,960 Good evening, Lord Goring. You've met? 130 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:14,960 I did not think you'd remember me, Mrs...Cheveley. 131 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:17,560 My memory's under admirable control. 132 00:09:17,560 --> 00:09:20,160 The Indian Ambassador. 133 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:21,560 Excuse me. 134 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:29,480 So, my dear Arthur, are you not just a little bit pleased to see me? 135 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:32,720 My dear woman, possibly even less than that. 136 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:38,920 Should you wish to avoid me, I'll be staying at Claridge's until Friday. 137 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:40,560 THEY CHUCKLE 138 00:09:40,560 --> 00:09:42,160 Are you still a bachelor? 139 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:45,800 Resolutely so. He's the result of Boodle's Club. 140 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:47,960 He reflects every credit on it. 141 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:49,440 Thank you. 142 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:04,720 And now, Sir Robert, I have something to say to you. 143 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:06,400 You'll find me an eager audience. 144 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:08,480 I'm so glad. I want to talk to you about 145 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:10,880 a great political and financial scheme, 146 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:13,200 about this Argentine canal company, in fact. 147 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:19,000 What a tedious, practical subject to talk about. 148 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:23,280 I like those. What I don't like are tedious, practical people. 149 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:27,720 I know you are interested in international canal schemes. 150 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:29,720 Yes. 151 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:33,840 But the Suez Canal is a very great and splendid undertaking. 152 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:35,680 It gave us a direct route to India. 153 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:41,720 This Argentine scheme is a stock-exchange swindle. 154 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,720 It is a brilliant, daring speculation. 155 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:48,520 Believe me, Mrs Cheveley, it is a swindle. 156 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:51,920 Let us call things by their proper names. It makes matters simpler. 157 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:59,240 I hope you've not invested in it. You're too clever to have done that. 158 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:01,760 I have invested very largely in it. 159 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:04,200 Who advised you? 160 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:07,320 Your old friend and mine - Baron Arnheim. 161 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:10,720 It was one of the last things he said. 162 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:12,320 Ah. 163 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:22,440 The future of the canal depends on 164 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:25,520 the attitude of Her Majesty's Government. 165 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:26,840 And... 166 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:32,920 ..I'll personally be presenting my report to the House of Commons 167 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:35,400 on Thursday night. 168 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:38,200 I can tell you now that I will be condemning the scheme 169 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:40,160 in no uncertain terms. 170 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:45,960 You must not. In your interests, to say nothing of mine, you must not. 171 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:48,320 My dear Mrs Cheveley, what do you mean? 172 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:51,720 Amend that report to state that the canal 173 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:54,200 will be of great international value. 174 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,040 Will you do that for me? 175 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:01,320 You cannot be serious. 176 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:03,240 I am quite serious. 177 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:06,320 If you do what I ask, I will pay you very handsomely. 178 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:08,160 Pay me? 179 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:13,040 You are a man of the world and you have your price. Everybody has. 180 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:17,840 I will call your carriage for you. You have lived so long abroad 181 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:22,000 that you don't realise that I am an English gentleman. 182 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:27,800 I realise you're a man whose past is less perfect than his reputation. 183 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:32,640 What are you saying? 184 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:36,680 I know the real origin of your wealth and your career, 185 00:12:36,680 --> 00:12:38,640 and I have got your letter, too. 186 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,000 You are very late. 187 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:45,920 Miss me? Awfully. 188 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:48,440 Sorry I did not stay away later. I like being missed. 189 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:50,720 How very selfish. I am very selfish. 190 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:53,280 You're always telling me about your bad qualities. 191 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:55,280 I haven't told you the half of them. 192 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:57,120 Are they very bad? 193 00:12:57,120 --> 00:13:02,400 Quite dreadful. When I think of them at night, I go to sleep at once. 194 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:08,400 I like your bad qualities and I'd not have you part with a single one. 195 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:11,400 This shows your admirable good taste. 196 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:14,000 May I escort you to the music room? 197 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:15,800 I'd be delighted. 198 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,320 As, indeed, would I. Coming? 199 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:21,560 Not if there's any music going on. 200 00:13:21,560 --> 00:13:26,040 The music is in German, so you would not understand it. 201 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:28,560 Quite so, quite so. 202 00:13:28,560 --> 00:13:31,560 Arthur! Gertrude, good evening. 203 00:13:31,560 --> 00:13:34,360 I didn't think you liked political parties? 204 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:38,000 I adore them. They're the only place where people don't talk politics. 205 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:45,200 The affair to which you allude was no more than a speculation. 206 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:49,040 A swindle. Call things by their proper names. It makes it simpler. 207 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:53,280 I'll sell you that letter back, 208 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:57,880 and the price is your public support of the Argentine scheme. 209 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:01,880 I cannot do what you ask me. 210 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:06,880 You're standing on the edge of a precipice. Supposing you refuse? 211 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:08,320 What then? 212 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:13,680 Suppose I pay a visit to a newspaper office and give them this scandal. 213 00:14:13,680 --> 00:14:18,280 Think of the delight they'd have in tearing you down. 214 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:19,840 Think of... Sir Edward? 215 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:22,640 My dear Mrs Cheveley. 216 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:28,160 I hope we have the opportunity to meet up. I enjoy the cut and thrust 217 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:29,680 of continental politics. 218 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:31,760 I shall make it a particular priority. 219 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:33,040 Sir Robert. 220 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:43,640 It is infamous what you propose. Infamous. 221 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:49,120 Oh, no, it is the game of life, Sir Robert. As we all have to play it. 222 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:50,680 Sooner or later. 223 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:16,960 What a charming house. A delightful evening. 224 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:18,640 I'm so glad. 225 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:22,360 I'm so glad you met my husband. 226 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:24,200 Though... 227 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:29,240 ..I confess to some curiosity as to the matter of your conversation. 228 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:31,960 Your carriage is waiting. 229 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:35,600 Thanks. Another time. Good evening. 230 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:37,920 Good evening. 231 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:40,600 Will you see me out, Sir Robert? 232 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:46,000 Now that we have the same interests at heart, we'll be great friends. 233 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,400 Certainly. 234 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,360 Let me have more time to consider your proposal. 235 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:58,120 There is nothing to consider. 236 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:00,400 Support the scheme and I will return the letter. 237 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:03,600 Scandals used to lend charm to a man, 238 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:07,920 nowadays they crush him. Yours is a very nasty scandal. 239 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:12,920 You would be hounded out of public life. You'd disappear completely. 240 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:14,920 My God! 241 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:17,920 What brought you into my life? 242 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:20,200 Circumstances. At some point, 243 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:23,200 we all have to pay for what we do. You have to pay now. 244 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:29,240 I will give you any sum of money you want. 245 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:33,040 Even you are not rich enough to buy back your past. 246 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:34,800 No man is. 247 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:57,720 Father, this is not my day for talking seriously. 248 00:16:57,720 --> 00:16:59,160 I'm very sorry but it is not my day! 249 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:00,800 What do you mean? 250 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:04,880 During the season, I talk seriously on the first Tuesday of the month, 251 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:07,000 between noon and three. 252 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,080 Well, make it Tuesday, sir. 253 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:10,760 That is before noon, Father. 254 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:13,480 I'm sorry, but my doctor said specifically. 255 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:14,680 You are 36. 256 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:16,520 Shh! Father! 257 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:19,040 I only admit to 32. 258 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:23,120 You are 36, you must get a wife. Wife? 259 00:17:23,120 --> 00:17:25,960 HE LAUGHS 260 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:29,800 A shade lacklustre this morning, Chiltern. 261 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:35,120 Mind on other matters, I shouldn't wonder. 262 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:41,160 Mrs Cheveley came by the office last night. 263 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:43,200 Really? 264 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:44,960 Yes. 265 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:49,960 Wanted me to write a piece about this Argentine thing. 266 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:53,520 Quite interesting, really. Mentioned you. 267 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:55,200 Did she? 268 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,040 She did, indeed. 269 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:02,120 What did she say? 270 00:18:02,120 --> 00:18:04,800 Outlined the virtues of the scheme. 271 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:08,040 I wouldn't be surprised if she had shares in it. 272 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:10,680 What did she say about me? 273 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:14,840 About your speech on it. Said I'd be surprised. Wouldn't say what. 274 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:19,000 Can I take it you've changed your position? 275 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:32,360 I wonder what kind of a woman she is. 276 00:18:32,360 --> 00:18:34,040 Who? 277 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:36,600 Mrs Cheveley. 278 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:39,480 Hmm, smallish. 279 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:43,880 The question remains, where to from there, hmm? 280 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:47,280 To the Hartlocks, then the Basildons... 281 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:50,680 Or should we go straight to the ball? 282 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:53,280 I almost wish I were you sometimes. 283 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:55,440 I almost wish you were too. 284 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:59,600 Except that you'd probably do something useful, that'd never do. 285 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:01,720 You could always get married. 286 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:04,120 It's the 'always' bit that alarms me. 287 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:10,600 I could see that he was about to do it again. 288 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:11,800 Poor Mr Trafford. 289 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:14,400 It sounds quite serious. Oh, it is. 290 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:19,920 He proposed to me in broad daylight, in front of the statue of Achilles. 291 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:23,200 The things that go on in front of that are quite appalling! 292 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:25,160 The police should interfere. Ahem... 293 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:30,400 It may not suit a modern girl like you, 294 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:33,040 but there is one effective way 295 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:36,040 to put a stop to his proposals. 296 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:39,280 What would that be? Accept one of them. 297 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:40,720 Oh, no! 298 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:42,320 Ladies! 299 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:47,840 By the way, have you been talking to my father? 300 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:51,240 Should I? Certainly not. 301 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:54,840 He suggested that I model myself on you. 302 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:58,440 Your father has exquisite taste and rare judgment. 303 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:01,440 Hard work, probity, and a good woman. 304 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:07,360 He forgot that you took the last good woman. Took her right out of my arms. 305 00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:11,600 What is that saying about the sea and plenty of fish in it? 306 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:14,760 Yes, but I couldn't possibly marry a fish. 307 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:16,840 I'd be sure to land an old trout. 308 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:22,720 I never change, except in my affection. 309 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:25,000 What a noble nature you have. 310 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,000 LAUGHTER 311 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,800 You told me yesterday. 312 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:34,200 The information I received was prejudiced. 313 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:37,280 Or, at any rate, misinformed. But I... 314 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:40,000 I know believe there may be some benefit to the scheme. 315 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:41,480 Benefit? 316 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:42,720 To whom? 317 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:48,720 This has nothing to do with Mrs Cheveley, does it? 318 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:50,760 LAUGHTER 319 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:59,720 On the contrary. I've now realised, for the first time in my life, 320 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:03,800 the vital importance of being earnest. 321 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:05,360 LAUGHTER 322 00:21:05,360 --> 00:21:07,360 Robert, 323 00:21:07,360 --> 00:21:10,960 you are telling me the whole truth? 324 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:14,640 Why do you ask me such a question? 325 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:19,920 Why do you not answer it? 326 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:21,640 APPLAUSE 327 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:25,920 CHEERING 328 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,600 Ladies and gentlemen, 329 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:35,520 I have enjoyed this evening immensely... 330 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:39,600 Robert, 331 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,960 is there in your life any... 332 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:47,080 ..any secret, any... 333 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:48,960 ..indiscretion? 334 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,600 ..which persuades me 335 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:54,640 that you think as highly of the play as I do. 336 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,360 Ha-ha! You must tell me at once. 337 00:21:57,360 --> 00:22:01,440 There is nothing in my past life that you might not know. 338 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:03,840 APPLAUSE AND CHEERING 339 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:08,920 I was sure of it, my darling. 340 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:10,440 I was sure of it. 341 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,520 UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS 342 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,920 I found it a perfectly charming evening, of course I did. 343 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:44,680 And yours was a perfectly charming performance. 344 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:49,520 The costumes were delightful. But for me, it was the acting. 345 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:55,880 Would you excuse me a moment? 346 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:00,560 Miss Mabel? Good evening, Lord Goring. 347 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,200 Shouldn't you be in bed? Lord Goring! 348 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:06,680 My father is always advising me to go to bed. 349 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:09,680 I always pass on good advice. It's the only sensible thing to do. 350 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:11,640 It's very kind of you to offer. 351 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:13,360 Don't mention it. 352 00:23:13,360 --> 00:23:20,000 The role of elder brother is being adequately performed by my brother. 353 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:21,640 Oh, really? 354 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:25,880 Yes. Charming and delightful performance it is, too. 355 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:29,080 You ought to go to bed straight away. 356 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:32,440 You're ordering me around... 357 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:34,800 It is most courageous of you. 358 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:39,400 Especially as I'm not going to bed for hours. 359 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:02,560 Darling, you will write, won't you, to Mrs Cheveley? 360 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:06,360 Tell her that you cannot support her scheme. 361 00:24:06,360 --> 00:24:10,400 I might see her. Perhaps that would be better. 362 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,400 Oh, no. You must never see her again. 363 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:17,400 I know this woman. We were at school together. 364 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:21,000 I didn't trust her then and I don't now. 365 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,760 She must know at once that she has been mistaken in you. 366 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:31,000 All your life, you have stood apart from others. 367 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,800 To the world, as to myself, 368 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:37,680 you have been an ideal. Always. 369 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:41,640 Be that ideal still. 370 00:24:57,360 --> 00:25:00,080 Claridge's Hotel. No answer. 371 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:01,480 Sir. 372 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:13,080 Oh, I love you, Robert. 373 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:15,320 Oh, love me. 374 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:25,160 Love me, Gertrude. 375 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:30,000 Love me always. 376 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,520 NEIGHING 377 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:34,160 Oi! 378 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:52,800 Madam. 379 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:57,640 What is it that brings you back to London? Business or pleasure? 380 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:03,520 I have some business with Sir Robert Chiltern, which is a great pleasure. 381 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:13,880 And what brings you here tonight? I came because you asked me to. 382 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:16,040 And you were curious? I suppose. 383 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:20,320 Why did you ask me? I was curious to see if you'd come. 384 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:24,520 And you did. You are quite as wilful as you used to be. 385 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:28,200 Far more. I have greatly improved, I have had more experience. 386 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:32,000 Too much experience can be very dangerous, Mrs Cheveley. 387 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,600 Why don't you call me Laura? I don't like the name. 388 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:37,400 You used to adore it. Yes, that is why. 389 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:41,360 To think it was so nearly Laura Goring. 390 00:26:41,360 --> 00:26:44,160 It has a certain ring, don't you agree? Mm. 391 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:45,680 We were quite well suited. 392 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:49,960 You were poor, I was rich, it must have suited you very well. 393 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:54,960 Until you met the Baron. He was richer, that suited you better. 394 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,280 Have you forgiven me yet? 395 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:00,880 It's been so long that I'd all but forgotten you. 396 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:05,840 I'm afraid I really must go. I have an extremely pressing engagement. 397 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:11,360 Really? As you know, I hate to stand between a man and his affairs. 398 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:17,960 NEIGHING AND CLATTER OF HORSES' HOOVES 399 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:25,000 Come on, Bunbury! 400 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:26,880 I can't believe it. 401 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:28,640 You are a deserter, sir. 402 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:32,600 I didn't say I would marry, I was merely debating its virtues. 403 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:35,480 Short debate, sir. 404 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:39,080 We're a dying breed. We should stick together. 405 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:42,240 Would you excuse me, gentlemen? Play the next hand without me. 406 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:55,120 'And now I think it's time you knew the truth.' 407 00:27:55,120 --> 00:27:59,160 That all these riches, this wondrous luxury... 408 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:03,680 ..amounts, finally, to nothing. 409 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:06,560 And that power 410 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:08,760 over other men 411 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:12,600 is the only thing worth having. 412 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:16,360 And this is what I call the philosophy of power. 413 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,840 Gospel of gold. 414 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:25,640 So now the question arises, 415 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:28,040 how do you become powerful? 416 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,520 I mean you, personally powerful... 417 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:31,640 Cigar? 418 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:35,000 Yes, thank you. 419 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:40,800 The answer is simple. 420 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:43,800 The answer is information. 421 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:50,680 Information is the modern commodity 422 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:50,680 that can shake the world. 423 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:54,800 And I happen to know it's well within your grasp. 424 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:01,480 And you believed what he said? 425 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:05,480 Certainly. I believed it then and I believe it now. 426 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,200 You've never been poor. 427 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,520 You've never known ambition. 428 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:17,960 Go on. 429 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:20,720 The now Lord Radley was a Cabinet Minister 430 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:25,120 and the Baron knew I was his personal secretary. 431 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:28,360 One night, as usual, I was the last to leave the office. 432 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:39,600 Later that evening, 433 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:44,040 I wrote the Baron a letter containing confidential information. 434 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:46,120 Highly valuable information, 435 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:49,720 regarding the financing of the Suez Canal. 436 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:51,320 A Cabinet secret? 437 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:53,600 Indeed. 438 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:57,960 The Baron made for himself three quarters of a million pounds. 439 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:01,920 And you? 440 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:04,160 I received from the Baron £110,000. 441 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:11,160 You were worth more, Robert. 442 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:13,480 No. No, no, no. 443 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:15,120 I got exactly what I wanted. 444 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:18,360 I entered straight into Parliament, and I've... 445 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:20,960 ..never looked back. 446 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:25,880 Is it fair that some act of youthful folly is brought up against me now? 447 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:27,840 Is it fair? 448 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:32,640 Life is not fair. Perhaps it's a good thing for most of us that it's not. 449 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:34,920 What does Gertrude make of all this? 450 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:40,320 Robert? 451 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:46,000 My dear Robert, secrets from other people's wives 452 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,680 are a necessary luxury in modern life. 453 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:52,280 But no man should have a secret from his own wife. 454 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:54,320 She will find out. 455 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:58,600 If I told her, I'd lose the love of the woman I worship. 456 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:03,640 I couldn't tell her, but it did strike me that perhaps you might. 457 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:07,880 Go on. 458 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:10,880 Perhaps you might...talk with her? 459 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:12,200 Oh, really? 460 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:14,360 Not to tell her, of course. 461 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:16,120 But just to talk with her. 462 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:18,200 HE CHUCKLES 463 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:19,920 I see. 464 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:24,320 It's just that Gertrude can be a little hard-headed. 465 00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:31,080 You are her oldest, closest friend, I thought talking with you might... 466 00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:33,120 Soften her head? Hmm. 467 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:34,720 Well, it has been known. 468 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:42,200 Thank you, Lady Chiltern, that was most inspiring. 469 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:43,360 Oh, I'm so glad. 470 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:48,040 Wonderful speech. 471 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:58,640 I'm delighted to find you showing such interest in women's politics. 472 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:03,800 Ahem... Yes, very keen. I'm afraid I had a late night last night. 473 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:06,920 So I gather. I'm glad to see you. 474 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:10,320 Are you? Yes. I want to talk about Robert. 475 00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:12,200 Really? 476 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:16,000 He seems a little distracted, a little anxious. 477 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:19,040 Yes. You've noticed it too? 478 00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:24,000 I suppose... Yes. In a way. 479 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,640 The life that he's chosen, 480 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:32,400 by its own nature, holds innumerable stresses. Full of compromises. 481 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:34,920 Compromises? Yes. 482 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:40,520 Once a man has set his heart and soul on getting to a certain point, 483 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:45,720 if he has to climb the crag, he has to climb the crag. 484 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:48,520 And if he has to walk in the mire... 485 00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:50,560 Well? 486 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:53,560 ..then he has to walk in the mire. 487 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:58,840 I'm talking in general terms, and on a subject about which I know nothing. 488 00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:02,080 I always thought those are your favourite subjects. 489 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:04,360 Yes, indeed. 490 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:06,360 Indeed. 491 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:10,040 Go on. Oh, yes. No, um... 492 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:15,920 Suppose a public figure, er, Lord Merton or my father, or even Robert, 493 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:18,680 had written some foolish letter. 494 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:22,040 What do you mean by a foolish letter? 495 00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:27,160 Well, a letter gravely compromising one's position. 496 00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:30,320 It's an imaginary case, of course. 497 00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:32,240 I cannot help but feel, Arthur, 498 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:34,960 that you are wanting to tell me something. 499 00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:43,480 What I really want to say, dear Gertrude, is... 500 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:46,760 ..that if, for any reason, you are ever in trouble, 501 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:51,960 come to me at once and know that I will help you in every way I can. 502 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:53,960 Lord Goring, 503 00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:57,440 you are talking quite seriously. 504 00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:01,760 Forgive me, it won't occur again. No, I like you to be serious. 505 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:06,760 Gertrude, please don't say such dreadful things to Lord Goring. 506 00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:09,240 Seriousness would be very unbecoming to him. 507 00:34:09,240 --> 00:34:11,680 Good morning. Pray be as trivial as you can. 508 00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:17,080 I'd like to, but I'm out of practice this morning. Besides, I ought to go. 509 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:21,240 Oh. Will you be there tonight? I have received no invitation. 510 00:34:21,240 --> 00:34:26,800 You have now. I'm sorry, Mabel, I'm not in the mood for modern art. 511 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:31,200 You don't mind, do you, if Arthur escorts you in my place? 512 00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:35,080 As long as he's not too serious, for I've observed a worrying trend. 513 00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:39,320 I swear to be utterly trivial and never to keep my word. 514 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:41,320 Then I shall be delighted. 515 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:43,760 So shall I. Gertrude, thank you. 516 00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:49,120 Remember what I said, won't you? 517 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:52,200 Yes, but I still don't know why you said it. 518 00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:56,200 I hardly know myself. Goodbye, Miss Mabel. 519 00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:57,520 Lord Goring? 520 00:34:59,240 --> 00:35:01,240 Lord Goring? 521 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:06,200 What dreadful manners, leaving as I arrive. You were badly brought up. 522 00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:09,360 Hmm, I was. I wish I had brought you up. 523 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:12,920 I'm sorry you didn't. It is too late now, I suppose? 524 00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:14,960 I shouldn't think so for a moment. 525 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:23,400 So. 526 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:26,960 So. 527 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:26,960 SHE COUGHS 528 00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:30,360 Till tonight, then. 529 00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:34,120 Eight o'clock. 530 00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:35,720 Eight o'clock. 531 00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:45,080 So? 532 00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:47,280 So. 533 00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:54,560 "My dear Sir Robert, I must confess to being not a little disappointed 534 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:59,320 "to learn that my proposition held no interest for you. 535 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:04,120 "Perhaps I failed to present it in attractive or persuasive terms. 536 00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:08,920 "Another time, perhaps. Yours sincerely, Laura Cheveley. 537 00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:11,920 "PS - If I am in the neighbourhood, 538 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:15,520 "I may pay my respects to your charming wife. 539 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,600 "I wonder whether the matter would be of any interest to her?" 540 00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:28,000 Mrs Cheveley, won't you sit down? Thanks. 541 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:31,760 I can't help feeling that this disturbing new thing, 542 00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:34,280 this higher education of women, 543 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:37,160 will deal a terrible blow to happy married life. 544 00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:40,840 Men need higher education, so sadly. 545 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:44,360 They do. But such a scheme would be unpractical. 546 00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:50,280 Man hasn't much capacity to develop. He's got as far as he can. Not far. 547 00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:56,080 With regard to women, modern women understand everything, I'm told. 548 00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:59,440 Except their husbands. That is the one thing they never understand. 549 00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:02,120 And a very good thing too, 550 00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:08,240 it might break up many a happy home if they did. Not yours, Gertrude. 551 00:37:08,240 --> 00:37:11,400 You have married a perfect husband. 552 00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:15,000 And now, dear ladies, I had better set forth. 553 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:18,120 I haven't time to be idling around here, 554 00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:22,120 I should be idling around somewhere else very shortly. 555 00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:26,840 I'll see myself out. No doubt you both have pleasant reminiscences 556 00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:29,320 of your school days to talk over. 557 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:31,680 Goodbye. Goodbye, my dear. 558 00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:39,040 Wonderful woman, Lady Markby, isn't she? 559 00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:43,560 Talks more and says less than anybody I ever met. Now, Gertrude... 560 00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:46,000 Mrs Cheveley, 561 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:51,160 it is right to tell you that I wish you never to return to this house. 562 00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:54,360 And never attempt to contact my husband. 563 00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:58,920 You have not changed a bit. I hope I never will. 564 00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:02,800 Life's taught you nothing? A person who was once guilty 565 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:04,560 of a dishonest action 566 00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:07,240 may be guilty of it a second time and should be shunned. 567 00:38:07,240 --> 00:38:10,560 Would you apply that rule to everyone? 568 00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:12,880 Yes, without exception. 569 00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:16,480 Then I am sorry for you. Very sorry for you. 570 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,360 I thank you for your sympathy, 571 00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:22,680 but it is your departure I would prefer. 572 00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:27,280 I don't mind your talking morality a bit. 573 00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:31,880 Morality is the attitude we adopt towards people we dislike. 574 00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:35,840 You dislike me. I'm aware of that. And I have always detested you. 575 00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:38,880 Yet, I have come here to give you some advice. 576 00:38:40,240 --> 00:38:42,480 I hold your husband in the hollow of my hand. 577 00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:46,320 If you are wise, you'll make him do what I say. 578 00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:49,720 How dare you class my husband with yourself?! 579 00:38:49,720 --> 00:38:53,920 Leave my house! You are unfit to enter it. 580 00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:58,440 Your house? A house bought with the price of dishonour? 581 00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:03,480 Everything in which was paid for by fraud. Ask HIM about his fortune. 582 00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:08,720 Get him to tell you how he sold to a stockbroker a Cabinet secret. 583 00:39:08,720 --> 00:39:12,560 Learn from him to what you owe your position. 584 00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:15,040 It is not true. 585 00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:18,200 Robert, tell her it is not true. 586 00:39:24,240 --> 00:39:25,520 Go. 587 00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:30,200 Go at once. You've done your worst now. 588 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:42,840 Dear Sir Robert, Lady Chiltern, 589 00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:47,240 unless you meet my terms, you'll find the worst is yet to come. 590 00:39:47,240 --> 00:39:49,640 You have until half past ten tonight. 591 00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:57,560 Tell me it is not true. 592 00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:04,320 Let me explain. Tell me it is not true! 593 00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:06,560 Please. No... 594 00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:09,320 Don't touch me. Listen to me. 595 00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:12,360 How could you do that, Robert?! 596 00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:16,000 You've lied...to the whole world. 597 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:18,400 You will not lie to me. 598 00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:19,960 Please, I must tell you. 599 00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:21,800 Don't say anything. 600 00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:33,360 You were, to me, something apart from common life. 601 00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:36,280 A thing noble, pure. 602 00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:41,640 The world seemed to me finer 603 00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:44,080 because you were in it. 604 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:47,240 Goodness more real because you lived. 605 00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:54,520 I'm sorry. 606 00:40:57,920 --> 00:40:59,400 So very sorry. 607 00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:10,120 I suppose I should go. 608 00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:12,200 Should I? 609 00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:24,040 Go. 610 00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:28,200 Get out! 611 00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:14,560 My second buttonhole. Much better. Do you know, Phipps, 612 00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:17,200 a really well-made buttonhole 613 00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:20,960 is the only link between art and nature. 614 00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:22,560 Yes, m'Lord. 615 00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:28,600 I don't think I quite like this one. 616 00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:31,360 Hmm? No. 617 00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:37,360 Makes me look a little old. Makes me almost in the prime of life, eh? 618 00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:41,600 I don't observe any alteration in your appearance. 619 00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:44,200 You don't? No, m'Lord. 620 00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:48,040 Hmm. Very well. 621 00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:53,920 BELL RINGS 622 00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:55,320 Oh, God! 623 00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:57,560 Father, how delightful to see you. 624 00:42:57,560 --> 00:42:59,160 Take my cloak off. 625 00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:01,640 Is it really worthwhile, Father? Of course it is, sir. 626 00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:06,640 I've recently made the resolution not to have visitors on Thursday, 627 00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:08,600 between seven and nine. 628 00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:12,440 Good. Can't stand interruption. No draught, I hope? 629 00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:14,520 No, sir. 630 00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:17,040 I feel a draught, sir. 631 00:43:17,040 --> 00:43:20,440 So do I, sir. Why don't you go home? 632 00:43:20,440 --> 00:43:23,840 I will come and see you tomorrow. 633 00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:27,200 No, sir. I've called with a definite purpose. 634 00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:30,640 I'll see it through, at all cost to my health or yours. 635 00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:33,480 Put my cloak down, sir. BELL RINGS 636 00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:35,280 I hate seeing things through, Father, 637 00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:38,120 especially through someone else's eyes. 638 00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:40,040 I don't follow you. 639 00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:43,480 You seem to follow me everywhere, Father. 640 00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:46,520 Oh, God. 641 00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:48,520 Good evening. 642 00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:52,240 My dear Robert, I really am horribly busy tonight. 643 00:43:52,240 --> 00:43:54,040 But, Arthur, I must speak with you. 644 00:43:55,720 --> 00:43:58,720 Gertrude has discovered the truth? 645 00:43:58,720 --> 00:44:00,240 Yes, I'm afraid she has. 646 00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:07,400 Come in. But if you wouldn't mind waiting for a while, 647 00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:12,600 I'm right in the middle of giving my performance of the attentive son. 648 00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:14,680 Oh, I'm sorry. So am I. 649 00:44:16,200 --> 00:44:18,240 BELL RINGS 650 00:44:23,560 --> 00:44:25,480 HE SIGHS 651 00:44:25,480 --> 00:44:27,720 God! 652 00:44:27,720 --> 00:44:31,280 "When you left this afternoon, my life fell apart. 653 00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:33,280 "My love is in ruins. 654 00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:39,240 "I need you, after all. I am coming to you now. Gertrude." 655 00:44:39,240 --> 00:44:44,560 A lady's coming to see me. Show her into the drawing room. Understand? 656 00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:46,240 Yes, m'Lord. 657 00:44:46,240 --> 00:44:48,040 It's a matter of grave importance. 658 00:44:48,040 --> 00:44:50,040 I understand. 659 00:44:50,040 --> 00:44:54,040 No-one else is to be admitted. Say I'm not at home. 660 00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:57,040 I understand. Arthur? 661 00:44:57,040 --> 00:44:59,040 Yes, Father. 662 00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:01,080 BELL RINGS 663 00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:07,960 Good evening, Phipps. 664 00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:11,920 How nice to see you again, madam. 665 00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:20,920 His Lordship is engaged with Lord Caversham. 666 00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:22,120 How very filial. 667 00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:30,160 His Lordship told me to ask you to wait in the drawing room for him. 668 00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:32,040 His Lordship will come to you there. 669 00:45:32,040 --> 00:45:34,440 He expects me? 670 00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:36,080 Yes, madam. 671 00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:37,880 Are you quite sure? 672 00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:41,960 His Lordship's directions were very precise. 673 00:45:41,960 --> 00:45:46,000 That lamp is far too glaring. Light some candles. 674 00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:48,600 Certainly, madam. 675 00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:50,920 Marriage is not about affection, sir. 676 00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:53,600 It is a question of common sense. 677 00:45:53,600 --> 00:45:58,200 Women who have common sense are always so plain, aren't they? 678 00:45:58,200 --> 00:46:00,520 That's only hearsay. 679 00:46:00,520 --> 00:46:04,520 Women don't have any common sense. That is a privilege of our sex. 680 00:46:04,520 --> 00:46:07,400 Quite so. Men are so wonderfully self-sacrificing, 681 00:46:07,400 --> 00:46:09,040 we never use it, do we, Father? 682 00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:11,560 I use it, sir. I use nothing else. 683 00:46:11,560 --> 00:46:13,000 Mm. So my mother tells me. 684 00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:15,760 It is the secret of her happiness. 685 00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:17,000 What was that? 686 00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:22,160 Nothing, Father. Nothing. 687 00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:25,600 You are heartless. Very heartless. 688 00:46:25,600 --> 00:46:27,160 I hope not, Father. 689 00:46:32,520 --> 00:46:34,600 "When you left this afternoon, 690 00:46:34,600 --> 00:46:36,680 "my life fell apart. 691 00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:46,640 "I am coming to you now. Gertrude." 692 00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:48,800 There we are, madam. 693 00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:56,680 Thank you. Thank you, madam. 694 00:47:02,280 --> 00:47:04,320 BELL RINGS 695 00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:12,320 BELL RINGS 696 00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:22,080 I'm afraid his Lordship's not at home this evening. 697 00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:28,880 I see. I'm sorry, Lady Chiltern. 698 00:47:28,880 --> 00:47:31,040 Not at all. 699 00:47:40,160 --> 00:47:42,960 As you keep saying. 700 00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:45,960 Is she in there? 701 00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:47,600 Yes, m'Lord. 702 00:47:52,520 --> 00:47:54,200 Oh, my dear fellow. 703 00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:57,360 I'm sorry, Arthur. I didn't know where else to go. 704 00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:01,200 Hmm? 705 00:48:05,640 --> 00:48:08,960 I don't know what to do, Arthur. 706 00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:14,680 Robert, last night, you were telling me how much Gertrude means to you. 707 00:48:14,680 --> 00:48:16,720 How much you love her. 708 00:48:16,720 --> 00:48:19,320 More than anything in the world. 709 00:48:20,400 --> 00:48:25,080 There is a wide gulf between us now. I fear I shall never bridge it. 710 00:48:25,080 --> 00:48:28,080 I fear she will never forgive me. 711 00:48:28,080 --> 00:48:31,920 Surely there must be some sin in her past life, any sin, 712 00:48:31,920 --> 00:48:35,920 weakness that might help her to understand yours. 713 00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:39,720 I don't believe Gertrude knows what weakness or temptation is. 714 00:48:39,720 --> 00:48:43,560 But she loves you. She cannot but forgive you. 715 00:48:43,560 --> 00:48:48,840 I wish she could hear you, the regret that you feel about your past... 716 00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:50,400 Regret? 717 00:48:50,400 --> 00:48:56,440 Yes, regret. I feel certain that she'd pity you. 718 00:48:56,440 --> 00:49:00,560 Perhaps at this moment, she is pitying you. Praying that 719 00:49:00,560 --> 00:49:02,920 she might once again be in your arms. 720 00:49:02,920 --> 00:49:06,240 God grant it. But I doubt it. 721 00:49:06,240 --> 00:49:09,680 There is something else I need to tell you. 722 00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:15,000 The debate on the Argentine canal is to begin at 10.30. 723 00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:17,920 I have made up my mind what to say. 724 00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:20,320 I've decided... 725 00:49:20,320 --> 00:49:22,320 CHAIR SQUEAKS 726 00:49:26,520 --> 00:49:28,760 What was that? 727 00:49:28,760 --> 00:49:30,880 Nothing. 728 00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:32,760 I heard a noise from next door. 729 00:49:32,760 --> 00:49:35,080 No, you didn't. 730 00:49:35,080 --> 00:49:36,640 CHAIR CREAKS 731 00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:39,680 Is there someone there? 732 00:49:41,880 --> 00:49:44,160 Arthur? You're excited, unnerved. 733 00:49:44,160 --> 00:49:46,880 There is no-one in that room. Now, sit down! 734 00:49:46,880 --> 00:49:48,960 Do you give me your word of honour? 735 00:49:48,960 --> 00:49:51,400 Yes! 736 00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:54,800 Let me look for myself. 737 00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:59,080 Robert... If there is no-one there, why shouldn't I look? 738 00:49:59,080 --> 00:50:01,200 There is someone in that room. 739 00:50:04,680 --> 00:50:09,880 I apologise, but I must state she is entirely guiltless in this matter. 740 00:50:09,880 --> 00:50:13,360 She is scheming, devious and deceitful. 741 00:50:13,360 --> 00:50:15,840 Pardon? You... 742 00:50:15,840 --> 00:50:21,280 You are false as a friend and treacherous. 743 00:50:21,280 --> 00:50:24,440 Robert! Good evening, Lord Goring. 744 00:50:24,440 --> 00:50:28,880 Sir Robert. How do you explain her presence? 745 00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:34,120 To be quite honest, I can't. 746 00:50:34,120 --> 00:50:36,520 I take it you two planned this? 747 00:50:36,520 --> 00:50:38,680 We have never planned anything! 748 00:50:38,680 --> 00:50:43,360 Except marriage. You didn't forget we were engaged for three weeks? 749 00:50:43,360 --> 00:50:45,120 Yes, but... 750 00:50:45,120 --> 00:50:47,160 I find it hard to see 751 00:50:47,160 --> 00:50:51,280 why you broke it off. You are entirely well suited. 752 00:50:51,280 --> 00:50:55,160 I give you my word... No, sir. 753 00:50:55,160 --> 00:50:56,920 Oh, no, sir. 754 00:50:58,160 --> 00:51:00,960 You have lied enough upon your word of honour. 755 00:51:05,280 --> 00:51:07,280 DOOR CLOSES 756 00:51:07,280 --> 00:51:11,200 I appear to have caused something of a commotion. 757 00:51:14,200 --> 00:51:16,240 Goodnight, Sir Robert. 758 00:51:30,760 --> 00:51:36,480 You've come here to sell me Robert Chiltern's letter. 759 00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:41,280 To offer it to you on condition. How did you guess? 760 00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:43,840 What is your price? 761 00:51:43,840 --> 00:51:47,800 My price... I have arrived at the romantic stage. 762 00:51:47,800 --> 00:51:51,080 When I saw you at the Chilterns', 763 00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:54,600 I knew you were the only person I'd ever cared for. 764 00:51:54,600 --> 00:51:58,760 If I've ever cared for anybody, Arthur. 765 00:51:58,760 --> 00:52:00,280 So... 766 00:52:02,920 --> 00:52:04,840 ..on the morning of the day 767 00:52:04,840 --> 00:52:09,240 that you marry me, I will give you Robert's letter. 768 00:52:11,720 --> 00:52:13,320 That is my offer. 769 00:52:16,200 --> 00:52:17,800 Are you quite serious? 770 00:52:17,800 --> 00:52:20,800 Yes. Quite serious. 771 00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:23,320 My dear Mrs Cheveley... 772 00:52:23,320 --> 00:52:24,760 HE CHUCKLES 773 00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:27,440 ..I'm afraid I shall make you a very bad husband. 774 00:52:27,440 --> 00:52:33,120 I don't mind bad husbands, I've had two. They amuse me immensely. 775 00:52:33,120 --> 00:52:37,720 Here's a chance to rise to great heights of self-sacrifice. 776 00:52:37,720 --> 00:52:40,440 The rest of your life, you could spend 777 00:52:40,440 --> 00:52:42,920 in contemplating your own perfection. 778 00:52:42,920 --> 00:52:45,080 I do that as it is. 779 00:52:45,080 --> 00:52:51,160 I am ready to sacrifice the greatest prize in my possession. 780 00:52:55,680 --> 00:52:57,080 I'm honoured. 781 00:53:01,560 --> 00:53:04,400 Arthur? Hmm? 782 00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:07,360 You loved me once, you asked me to be your wife. 783 00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:09,160 Ask me again. 784 00:53:09,160 --> 00:53:10,800 Ask me now. 785 00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:19,040 Bonsoir. 786 00:53:27,800 --> 00:53:31,040 My dear Mrs Cheveley. My dear Lord Goring. 787 00:53:34,520 --> 00:53:36,400 I'm going to give you some good advice. 788 00:53:36,400 --> 00:53:40,000 Never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening. 789 00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:44,800 I'm sorry, but I don't seem able to stop myself. I'm going to tell you 790 00:53:44,800 --> 00:53:49,400 that love, about which I admit I know so little, 791 00:53:49,400 --> 00:53:52,640 love cannot be bought. It can only be given. 792 00:53:54,400 --> 00:53:58,400 And I sense it is not in my power to give to you. 793 00:53:58,400 --> 00:54:00,960 Nor is it in yours, 794 00:54:00,960 --> 00:54:03,760 I suspect, at all. 795 00:54:03,760 --> 00:54:05,640 Dear boy, you underestimate us both. 796 00:54:08,160 --> 00:54:10,560 To give... 797 00:54:10,560 --> 00:54:14,080 ..and not expect return, hmm? 798 00:54:14,080 --> 00:54:18,080 That is what lies at the heart of love. 799 00:54:18,080 --> 00:54:22,640 I fear, though, the notion is a stranger to us both. 800 00:54:22,640 --> 00:54:26,680 And yet, if we are honest, 801 00:54:26,680 --> 00:54:29,680 it is something we both long for, 802 00:54:29,680 --> 00:54:34,000 something that it takes great courage to do. 803 00:54:34,000 --> 00:54:38,400 Yes, that is our dark secret. 804 00:54:40,240 --> 00:54:43,040 Your coming here tonight is the first whisper of it. 805 00:54:44,360 --> 00:54:46,320 And for that, I admire you. 806 00:54:47,800 --> 00:54:50,920 Give me the letter. 807 00:54:47,800 --> 00:54:50,920 SHE LAUGHS 808 00:54:50,920 --> 00:54:53,480 Prove your affections to me and give me the letter. 809 00:54:55,920 --> 00:54:58,240 And surrender my position of power? 810 00:55:00,400 --> 00:55:03,760 The future of a great man is in your hands, Mrs Cheveley. 811 00:55:03,760 --> 00:55:06,520 Crush him and your power dies, 812 00:55:06,520 --> 00:55:09,600 as will any feeling I've ever had for you. 813 00:55:11,520 --> 00:55:13,400 If you've ever loved me... 814 00:55:16,560 --> 00:55:18,200 I did love you. 815 00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:20,440 I know, I know. 816 00:55:27,720 --> 00:55:29,360 But not that much. 817 00:55:32,280 --> 00:55:35,560 I must admit I never thought you did. 818 00:55:35,560 --> 00:55:38,160 Even so, I felt it worth a try. 819 00:55:38,160 --> 00:55:43,960 I understand and respect you all the more. I take it you reject my offer? 820 00:55:43,960 --> 00:55:48,400 I fear I must when, tempting as it seems, 821 00:55:48,400 --> 00:55:50,400 in truth, 822 00:55:50,400 --> 00:55:52,800 it is little more than blackmail. 823 00:55:52,800 --> 00:55:54,600 True. 824 00:55:54,600 --> 00:55:57,040 THEY BOTH LAUGH 825 00:56:02,600 --> 00:56:05,200 Gertrude. Mabel. 826 00:56:05,200 --> 00:56:08,200 I suddenly remembered you were due to meet Arthur. 827 00:56:08,200 --> 00:56:11,000 At least somebody remembered. 828 00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:12,640 You mean he's not here either? 829 00:56:14,680 --> 00:56:16,480 Oh, strange. 830 00:56:16,480 --> 00:56:18,200 Are you quite well? 831 00:56:18,200 --> 00:56:21,200 Me? Yes, of course. 832 00:56:21,200 --> 00:56:24,120 No, I'm not at all. 833 00:56:25,920 --> 00:56:28,120 Could we talk? 834 00:56:28,120 --> 00:56:34,480 Everything I've learned leads me to reject him for what he did. Yet... 835 00:56:34,480 --> 00:56:35,960 And yet? 836 00:56:35,960 --> 00:56:39,760 I have never known such joy as when I'm with him. 837 00:56:40,760 --> 00:56:43,640 I've never felt so... 838 00:56:43,640 --> 00:56:46,800 ..free as when I'm lying in his arms. 839 00:56:49,520 --> 00:56:52,000 I'll look out for you at the Commons, 840 00:56:52,000 --> 00:56:55,080 where at least I'll see your friend submit to my desires. 841 00:56:55,080 --> 00:56:56,600 I wouldn't be too sure. 842 00:56:56,600 --> 00:56:59,600 We know how he values his career. 843 00:56:59,600 --> 00:57:03,000 I look forward to him proving you wrong. 844 00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:04,600 I'd stake my shirt on it. 845 00:57:04,600 --> 00:57:06,600 Your shirt? 846 00:57:06,600 --> 00:57:10,840 I think I'd probably wager my entire wardrobe on his integrity. 847 00:57:10,840 --> 00:57:14,800 What confidence. Would you stake your liberty? 848 00:57:14,800 --> 00:57:16,320 My liberty? 849 00:57:16,320 --> 00:57:20,400 I've had a charming little idea. 850 00:57:20,400 --> 00:57:25,240 Now I consider it, I discover it to be a rather charming big idea. 851 00:57:25,240 --> 00:57:26,840 Go on. 852 00:57:27,960 --> 00:57:33,640 If he stands by his principles and condemns the scheme in question, 853 00:57:33,640 --> 00:57:37,240 then shall I give you his letter to dispose of as you choose. 854 00:57:37,240 --> 00:57:39,960 But if, as I project, 855 00:57:39,960 --> 00:57:41,640 he surrenders to my demands 856 00:57:41,640 --> 00:57:45,160 and publicly supports the scheme, then... 857 00:57:45,160 --> 00:57:48,320 I'll give you my hand in marriage. Precisely. 858 00:57:48,320 --> 00:57:50,000 To dispose of as you please. 859 00:57:50,000 --> 00:57:54,000 As a betting man, you must concede there is a certain thrill to it. 860 00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:58,880 Concede to how elegantly I've eased from proposal to proposition. 861 00:57:58,880 --> 00:58:01,880 And with barely any loss of face. I'm most impressed, indeed. 862 00:58:01,880 --> 00:58:04,840 We are creatures of compromise, you and I. 863 00:58:04,840 --> 00:58:07,440 I await your response. 864 00:58:07,440 --> 00:58:12,640 Perhaps you're less certain of your friend's true nature now. 865 00:58:13,800 --> 00:58:16,960 Not at all. I accept your wager in all confidence. 866 00:58:16,960 --> 00:58:19,520 You do? I do. 867 00:58:19,520 --> 00:58:21,520 Oh, Arthur, 868 00:58:21,520 --> 00:58:25,200 isn't it remarkable how those two little words can quicken the heart? 869 00:58:27,080 --> 00:58:29,360 Would you do something for me? 870 00:58:29,360 --> 00:58:30,640 Hmm? 871 00:58:30,640 --> 00:58:36,400 Accompany me to the Commons? There's an interesting debate there tonight. 872 00:58:36,400 --> 00:58:39,960 The Prime Minister himself has taken an interest. 873 00:58:39,960 --> 00:58:42,880 And I believe... 874 00:58:42,880 --> 00:58:46,480 ..that its outcome will prove interesting to you. 875 00:58:46,480 --> 00:58:47,600 And to me. 876 00:58:49,760 --> 00:58:51,120 Whatever it may be. 877 00:58:53,600 --> 00:58:54,920 Hmm. 878 00:59:07,520 --> 00:59:09,640 Damn! 879 00:59:28,000 --> 00:59:31,680 The honourable member for Whitney. 880 00:59:31,680 --> 00:59:34,880 Good evening, Chiltern. Prime Minister. 881 00:59:34,880 --> 00:59:40,000 I ask the President of the Board of Trade to what extent he believes 882 00:59:40,000 --> 00:59:42,880 the projected Argentine canal merits 883 00:59:42,880 --> 00:59:46,520 the nation's attention and support? 884 00:59:46,520 --> 00:59:48,160 Mr Speaker... 885 00:59:53,000 --> 00:59:57,680 ..I believe this excellent scheme represents a genuine opportunity 886 00:59:57,680 --> 01:00:00,480 to extend our trading roots 887 01:00:00,480 --> 01:00:05,760 and to stamp our authority on a vital portion of the globe. 888 01:00:05,760 --> 01:00:08,240 ALL: Hear, hear! 889 01:00:08,240 --> 01:00:09,760 Excellent speech. 890 01:00:11,960 --> 01:00:14,560 Didn't expect to see you here. 891 01:00:14,560 --> 01:00:19,400 Neither did I. I've developed a sudden interest in politics. 892 01:00:19,400 --> 01:00:21,480 Married yet? 893 01:00:21,480 --> 01:00:23,560 Ask me again in half an hour. 894 01:00:26,160 --> 01:00:27,600 What? 895 01:00:27,600 --> 01:00:29,960 Nothing. 896 01:00:29,960 --> 01:00:32,080 Arthur! Sh! 897 01:00:32,080 --> 01:00:34,320 I beg to ask the undersecretary 898 01:00:34,320 --> 01:00:38,400 to clarify his position in respect of this scheme! 899 01:00:38,400 --> 01:00:40,680 ALL: Answer, sir. 900 01:00:43,280 --> 01:00:45,960 Let me first of all thank the honourable member 901 01:00:45,960 --> 01:00:48,920 for his articulate contribution to the debate. 902 01:00:51,280 --> 01:00:54,800 Since I last addressed this House on the subject, 903 01:00:54,800 --> 01:00:56,800 I have had the opportunity 904 01:00:56,800 --> 01:00:59,840 to investigate this scheme more thoroughly 905 01:00:59,840 --> 01:01:04,320 and to grasp fully the ramifications of our lending it support. 906 01:01:07,040 --> 01:01:10,040 I have to inform the House... 907 01:01:11,160 --> 01:01:13,000 ..that I was... 908 01:01:13,000 --> 01:01:15,880 ..mistaken... 909 01:01:13,000 --> 01:01:15,880 HE COUGHS 910 01:01:15,880 --> 01:01:18,240 ..in my original perceptions, 911 01:01:18,240 --> 01:01:21,600 and that I have now taken a rather different view. 912 01:01:21,600 --> 01:01:23,760 HE COUGHS LOUDLY 913 01:01:30,240 --> 01:01:31,640 Ow! Ow! 914 01:01:31,640 --> 01:01:33,120 Ow! 915 01:01:35,200 --> 01:01:38,560 I must agree with my Right Honourable Friend 916 01:01:38,560 --> 01:01:41,440 that this is indeed an excellent scheme. 917 01:01:43,720 --> 01:01:46,200 A genuine opportunity. 918 01:01:49,600 --> 01:01:53,840 An opportunity particularly if you happen to be a corrupt investor... 919 01:01:53,840 --> 01:01:56,280 LAUGHTER AND SHOUTING 920 01:01:58,960 --> 01:02:04,320 ..corrupt investor, with nothing but self-interest at heart. 921 01:02:07,680 --> 01:02:11,760 It is my conviction that this scheme never should have had 922 01:02:11,760 --> 01:02:16,880 or should ever have any chance of success. It is a fraud! 923 01:02:16,880 --> 01:02:22,800 Our involvement would be a political fraud of the worst possible kind. 924 01:02:25,640 --> 01:02:29,160 This great nation 925 01:02:29,160 --> 01:02:32,640 has long been a great commercial power. 926 01:02:32,640 --> 01:02:37,400 It seems there exists a growing compulsion to use that power 927 01:02:37,400 --> 01:02:40,200 merely to beget more power. 928 01:02:40,200 --> 01:02:44,120 Money merely to beget more money. 929 01:02:44,120 --> 01:02:47,920 Irrespective of the true cost to the nation's soul. 930 01:02:47,920 --> 01:02:49,720 It is this sickness, 931 01:02:49,720 --> 01:02:53,240 a kind of moral blindness, commerce without conscience, 932 01:02:53,240 --> 01:02:57,720 which threatens to strike at the very soul of this nation! 933 01:02:57,720 --> 01:03:02,000 The only remedy I can see is to strike back, and now! 934 01:03:02,000 --> 01:03:03,480 Hear, hear! 935 01:03:03,480 --> 01:03:05,240 SHOUTING 936 01:03:09,160 --> 01:03:11,440 Order! 937 01:03:11,440 --> 01:03:13,840 As we stand... 938 01:03:13,840 --> 01:03:18,800 As we stand at the end of this most eventful century, 939 01:03:18,800 --> 01:03:24,120 it seems that we do, after all, have a genuine opportunity. 940 01:03:24,120 --> 01:03:28,360 One honest chance to shed our 941 01:03:28,360 --> 01:03:31,400 sometimes imperfect past. 942 01:03:31,400 --> 01:03:33,280 To start again, 943 01:03:33,280 --> 01:03:35,680 to step unshackled 944 01:03:35,680 --> 01:03:41,280 into the next century, and to look our future squarely 945 01:03:41,280 --> 01:03:45,080 and proudly in the face. 946 01:03:45,080 --> 01:03:47,480 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 947 01:04:08,640 --> 01:04:12,200 You must agree, it has been a romantic interlude. 948 01:04:12,200 --> 01:04:16,200 You might even confess to some faint and secret regret at its outcome. 949 01:04:16,200 --> 01:04:17,720 Huh! 950 01:04:17,720 --> 01:04:22,000 I feel some relief that in the end, Sir Robert has come to no harm. 951 01:04:22,000 --> 01:04:23,400 Really? 952 01:04:23,400 --> 01:04:27,520 Oh, yes. I'm not quite as wicked as you suppose. 953 01:04:27,520 --> 01:04:29,560 Mrs Cheveley? 954 01:04:29,560 --> 01:04:32,760 And a lady must always honour her bets. 955 01:04:33,760 --> 01:04:35,760 Come back with me, Arthur. 956 01:04:38,320 --> 01:04:40,360 Come back to Vienna. 957 01:04:43,080 --> 01:04:46,480 Bravo, Sir Robert. Seems I underestimated you. 958 01:04:46,480 --> 01:04:50,360 Sorry if I spoiled your plans. Far more than you realise. 959 01:04:50,360 --> 01:04:54,320 That is some small satisfaction. Look, Robert... 960 01:04:54,320 --> 01:04:58,480 I have nothing to say to you. Nor is there anything I wish to hear. 961 01:05:11,400 --> 01:05:16,640 I hope that now you are content. That I didn't disappoint you. 962 01:05:16,640 --> 01:05:18,360 Robert, I... 963 01:05:18,360 --> 01:05:21,200 Let women make no more ideals of men, 964 01:05:21,200 --> 01:05:23,960 or they may ruin other lives as completely as you. 965 01:05:23,960 --> 01:05:29,200 You, whom I have loved so wildly, have surely ruined mine. 966 01:05:29,200 --> 01:05:31,200 Robert... 967 01:05:31,200 --> 01:05:33,000 I know there is no hope for us now. 968 01:05:35,200 --> 01:05:36,840 I know you can never forgive me. 969 01:05:39,440 --> 01:05:43,440 Poor man, I almost begin to feel sorry for him. 970 01:05:43,440 --> 01:05:44,800 Sorry? 971 01:05:44,800 --> 01:05:48,440 Yes, I can't bear to see so upright a gentleman 972 01:05:48,440 --> 01:05:51,120 being so shamefully deceived. 973 01:05:51,120 --> 01:05:52,440 Deceived? 974 01:05:52,440 --> 01:05:54,800 And on such positively pink paper. 975 01:05:54,800 --> 01:05:56,520 What are you talking about? 976 01:05:56,520 --> 01:06:00,800 "I need you after all, I'm coming to you now." 977 01:06:00,800 --> 01:06:03,440 You stole Gertrude's letter? 978 01:06:03,440 --> 01:06:08,240 Losing a man is scant cause for concern, but losing a man to her 979 01:06:08,240 --> 01:06:12,440 is another matter. Robert should know, as he shall, 980 01:06:12,440 --> 01:06:15,840 when the letter arrives at his office first thing in the morning. 981 01:06:18,760 --> 01:06:23,160 You've got a good man there. You should try to hold on to him. 982 01:06:23,160 --> 01:06:25,800 You know, Laura, it occurs to me this whole business 983 01:06:25,800 --> 01:06:27,560 is really just about you and me. 984 01:06:34,000 --> 01:06:36,400 Gertrude, I must speak with you. Not now. 985 01:06:36,400 --> 01:06:39,280 It's about that letter you wrote to me. 986 01:06:39,280 --> 01:06:41,280 Come in the morning, I can't talk now. 987 01:06:42,920 --> 01:06:44,560 Lord Goring? 988 01:06:47,120 --> 01:06:49,800 Miss Mabel. About this evening, I... 989 01:06:49,800 --> 01:06:53,840 Congratulations. I beg your pardon? 990 01:06:53,840 --> 01:06:56,320 I gather you are to be congratulated. 991 01:06:56,320 --> 01:06:58,960 There's nothing I like more, 992 01:06:58,960 --> 01:07:03,120 but I find the pleasure increased by knowing what for. 993 01:07:03,120 --> 01:07:06,320 Haven't you heard? You're to be married. 994 01:07:06,320 --> 01:07:08,640 Your father says... Does he? 995 01:07:08,640 --> 01:07:11,240 Yes, he does. 996 01:07:11,240 --> 01:07:13,800 Did he tell you to who? 997 01:07:13,800 --> 01:07:17,840 No. But when we saw you with Mrs Cheveley, 998 01:07:17,840 --> 01:07:20,520 we naturally assumed... Oh, did we? 999 01:07:20,520 --> 01:07:21,840 Yes, we did. 1000 01:07:23,120 --> 01:07:25,440 The fact is, your assumptions 1001 01:07:25,440 --> 01:07:29,240 are presumptuous. You see, 1002 01:07:29,240 --> 01:07:34,200 I'm not sure that I've seen anything 1003 01:07:34,200 --> 01:07:36,360 I quite like the look of yet. 1004 01:07:36,360 --> 01:07:38,160 Oh, really? 1005 01:07:38,160 --> 01:07:40,560 Mm, really. 1006 01:07:40,560 --> 01:07:44,680 In which case, I have something vitally important to say to you. 1007 01:07:44,680 --> 01:07:46,440 Oh? 1008 01:07:46,440 --> 01:07:51,440 To look at a thing is quite different from seeing a thing. 1009 01:07:51,440 --> 01:07:57,440 And one does not see anything until one sees its beauty. 1010 01:07:57,440 --> 01:07:59,360 Oh, really? 1011 01:07:59,360 --> 01:08:01,600 Yes. Really. 1012 01:08:06,120 --> 01:08:07,680 Ah, Mabel. 1013 01:08:09,720 --> 01:08:13,680 Do you have something you wish to say to me? 1014 01:08:17,960 --> 01:08:19,600 Erm... 1015 01:08:19,600 --> 01:08:21,400 No. No, I don't think so. 1016 01:08:25,080 --> 01:08:27,520 Ahem... 1017 01:08:27,520 --> 01:08:31,240 Then I don't wish to hear it. Goodnight. 1018 01:08:31,240 --> 01:08:35,160 Goodnight. I'm sure Mr Trafford will have something to say to me. 1019 01:08:35,160 --> 01:08:37,440 I'm even surer... 1020 01:08:37,440 --> 01:08:39,520 ..I will be quite charmed to listen. 1021 01:08:47,160 --> 01:08:48,840 Damn! 1022 01:08:48,840 --> 01:08:50,880 HE SIGHS 1023 01:08:56,840 --> 01:08:59,240 It is a great nuisance. 1024 01:09:02,400 --> 01:09:04,400 I can't find anyone else to talk to, 1025 01:09:04,400 --> 01:09:07,040 and I'm so full of interesting information. 1026 01:09:07,040 --> 01:09:09,720 I feel like the latest edition of something or other. 1027 01:09:11,440 --> 01:09:15,240 Well, after some consideration, 1028 01:09:15,240 --> 01:09:19,000 there's so much to do, there's only one thing to be done. 1029 01:09:21,720 --> 01:09:24,240 There's a time in every son's life 1030 01:09:24,240 --> 01:09:28,280 when he must indeed follow his father's advice. 1031 01:09:28,280 --> 01:09:30,320 HE SIGHS 1032 01:09:30,320 --> 01:09:32,040 I shall go to bed at once. 1033 01:09:35,480 --> 01:09:38,960 I do hope we see you in the near future, Mrs Cheveley. 1034 01:09:38,960 --> 01:09:44,160 So do I. But I fear that for me, the future seems strangely uncertain. 1035 01:09:44,160 --> 01:09:45,800 What of the present? 1036 01:09:45,800 --> 01:09:48,760 As a very dear friend once said to me, 1037 01:09:48,760 --> 01:09:53,440 "To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance." Goodbye. 1038 01:09:57,480 --> 01:10:00,240 London will be the lesser for your leaving. 1039 01:10:00,240 --> 01:10:02,920 And sadly lacking in scandal. 1040 01:10:02,920 --> 01:10:08,240 Lady Markby, my personal favourite is shortly to unfold. 1041 01:10:08,240 --> 01:10:10,360 Consider it a parting gift. 1042 01:10:10,360 --> 01:10:12,400 Thank you, Mrs Cheveley. 1043 01:10:50,560 --> 01:10:51,720 May I see it? 1044 01:10:51,720 --> 01:10:52,880 Mm. 1045 01:11:02,920 --> 01:11:07,280 So...that is what you were doing with that woman, Mrs Cheveley? 1046 01:11:07,280 --> 01:11:09,560 Mm. 1047 01:11:09,560 --> 01:11:11,600 Oh... 1048 01:11:11,600 --> 01:11:13,360 It certainly didn't look that way. 1049 01:11:13,360 --> 01:11:15,560 Yes, but there's a great deal of difference 1050 01:11:15,560 --> 01:11:18,560 between looking and seeing, isn't there, Miss Mabel? 1051 01:11:21,320 --> 01:11:23,720 Oh, dear Arthur. 1052 01:11:23,720 --> 01:11:26,800 What a good friend you are to him. 1053 01:11:26,800 --> 01:11:28,800 To us. 1054 01:11:28,800 --> 01:11:31,480 But we're not out of danger yet. 1055 01:11:31,480 --> 01:11:35,600 There's a popular saying about frying pans and fires, 1056 01:11:35,600 --> 01:11:38,720 but this time, you and I are to be roasted. 1057 01:11:43,520 --> 01:11:45,360 Oh, no, Arthur, I couldn't. 1058 01:11:45,360 --> 01:11:48,120 He should know the exact truth. 1059 01:11:48,120 --> 01:11:51,520 So you want me to tell him...what? 1060 01:11:51,520 --> 01:11:57,080 That I intended a secret... Secret rendezvous, yes. 1061 01:11:57,080 --> 01:12:00,120 With a single man? At such an hour? 1062 01:12:00,120 --> 01:12:02,120 It's scandalous. 1063 01:12:02,120 --> 01:12:05,720 It's also the truth, and it may be our best option. 1064 01:12:05,720 --> 01:12:08,000 I couldn't possibly tell him. 1065 01:12:08,000 --> 01:12:10,720 May I do it? Certainly not. 1066 01:12:10,720 --> 01:12:13,920 You must give me your word that you never will. 1067 01:12:13,920 --> 01:12:16,320 But you are wrong. 1068 01:12:17,840 --> 01:12:19,680 I will give you my word. 1069 01:12:19,680 --> 01:12:22,800 That you will never tell me what, Lord Goring? 1070 01:12:22,800 --> 01:12:24,800 Robert. 1071 01:12:29,760 --> 01:12:31,400 What does this mean? 1072 01:12:35,760 --> 01:12:38,600 I meant to give it to you last night. 1073 01:12:38,600 --> 01:12:40,080 Last night? 1074 01:12:42,200 --> 01:12:47,160 Yes, when Gertrude sent it over, but you left in such a hurry. 1075 01:12:47,160 --> 01:12:48,880 So this letter is intended for me? 1076 01:12:52,000 --> 01:12:54,400 Well, of co... 1077 01:12:54,400 --> 01:12:56,200 Oh, my goodness. 1078 01:12:56,200 --> 01:12:59,440 You didn't think, you couldn't possibly think that... 1079 01:13:01,640 --> 01:13:06,400 The name, the, erm, the address on the envelope is yours. 1080 01:13:06,400 --> 01:13:10,720 She knew that when you left here, you'd come to me at once. 1081 01:13:10,720 --> 01:13:12,440 It stands to reason, come on. 1082 01:13:16,280 --> 01:13:18,000 It's true, Robert. 1083 01:13:18,000 --> 01:13:19,680 I delivered it myself. 1084 01:13:21,880 --> 01:13:23,480 YOU did? 1085 01:13:23,480 --> 01:13:25,560 You DID? Ahem... You DID. 1086 01:13:25,560 --> 01:13:29,600 Certainly. Ahem... 1087 01:13:29,600 --> 01:13:34,360 As you'll remember, Gertrude, after my rehearsals, I called in for tea. 1088 01:13:34,360 --> 01:13:37,120 And when you mentioned the letter, 1089 01:13:37,120 --> 01:13:39,720 I said that I was to meet up with Lord Goring, 1090 01:13:39,720 --> 01:13:42,320 as we were visiting the new modern art exhibition 1091 01:13:42,320 --> 01:13:46,120 at the Grosvenor. Which, apart from two studies 1092 01:13:46,120 --> 01:13:48,120 by Whistler, was forgettable. 1093 01:13:48,120 --> 01:13:51,120 That's exactly what Lord Goring then proceeded to do. 1094 01:13:51,120 --> 01:13:55,560 Namely, forget it, before he saw it. For he never appeared. 1095 01:13:55,560 --> 01:13:58,280 A fact which I find 1096 01:13:58,280 --> 01:14:01,520 most upsetting. Mr Whistler and I 1097 01:14:01,520 --> 01:14:04,400 are both deciding whether or not to forgive him. 1098 01:14:04,400 --> 01:14:08,480 In the meantime, I delivered the letter myself. 1099 01:14:08,480 --> 01:14:13,160 And, you know, the fact of the matter is, I still haven't had 1100 01:14:13,160 --> 01:14:15,520 a word of apology. 1101 01:14:15,520 --> 01:14:17,800 Erm, sorry. 1102 01:14:17,800 --> 01:14:19,960 I forgive you. 1103 01:14:19,960 --> 01:14:22,520 Thank you. 1104 01:14:22,520 --> 01:14:24,080 Is this true? 1105 01:14:38,920 --> 01:14:41,040 "When you left... 1106 01:14:41,040 --> 01:14:43,640 "my life... 1107 01:14:43,640 --> 01:14:46,280 "my life fell apart. 1108 01:14:48,640 --> 01:14:50,800 "I need you, after all." 1109 01:14:53,160 --> 01:14:55,040 Your life fell apart, Gertrude? 1110 01:14:59,760 --> 01:15:01,600 Yes. 1111 01:15:05,280 --> 01:15:06,800 You need me, Gertrude? 1112 01:15:08,560 --> 01:15:10,760 Yes. 1113 01:15:10,760 --> 01:15:13,200 Why did you not say that you loved me? 1114 01:15:13,200 --> 01:15:15,840 Oh, because I love you. 1115 01:15:15,840 --> 01:15:19,960 HE LAUGHS 1116 01:15:15,840 --> 01:15:19,960 I do not care what 1117 01:15:19,960 --> 01:15:25,280 punishment or disgrace is in store for me. This letter of yours... 1118 01:15:25,280 --> 01:15:28,880 ..makes me feel that nothing that the world can do can harm me now. 1119 01:15:28,880 --> 01:15:32,400 There is no disgrace in store for you, nor any public shame. 1120 01:15:35,160 --> 01:15:38,080 HE HUMS 1121 01:15:38,080 --> 01:15:39,680 Oh! I... 1122 01:15:41,320 --> 01:15:42,600 I don't understand. 1123 01:15:42,600 --> 01:15:45,680 We have much to thank him for, Robert. 1124 01:15:45,680 --> 01:15:51,600 When I finished my speech, I felt sure my future was in ruins. 1125 01:15:51,600 --> 01:15:54,800 When you began it, I wasn't so sure about my own. 1126 01:15:54,800 --> 01:15:58,280 I don't know how to thank you. Arthur. 1127 01:15:58,280 --> 01:16:01,280 I'm sure I'll think of something. 1128 01:16:01,280 --> 01:16:04,800 In the meantime, I'd be grateful for the return of my hand. 1129 01:16:04,800 --> 01:16:06,400 Oh. 1130 01:16:09,360 --> 01:16:11,000 Miss Mabel? 1131 01:16:15,320 --> 01:16:17,520 Miss Mabel? 1132 01:16:17,520 --> 01:16:19,160 Miss Mabel, wait! 1133 01:16:23,400 --> 01:16:25,840 I, er... 1134 01:16:25,840 --> 01:16:28,200 ..have something very particular to say to you. 1135 01:16:28,200 --> 01:16:30,800 Oh. Is it a proposal? 1136 01:16:32,920 --> 01:16:36,160 Well... Yes, it is. 1137 01:16:36,160 --> 01:16:38,120 It is?! 1138 01:16:39,960 --> 01:16:41,840 I think it is. 1139 01:16:41,840 --> 01:16:44,160 Well, yes or no? 1140 01:16:44,160 --> 01:16:46,320 Actually, yes, I'm afraid it is. 1141 01:16:46,320 --> 01:16:47,880 I'm so glad. 1142 01:16:47,880 --> 01:16:50,360 That is the second one today. What? 1143 01:16:50,360 --> 01:16:52,560 Not...? Yes. 1144 01:16:52,560 --> 01:16:58,720 Tommy Trafford. Tommy always proposes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. 1145 01:16:58,720 --> 01:17:00,560 Today is Friday. 1146 01:17:00,560 --> 01:17:01,800 I know. 1147 01:17:01,800 --> 01:17:02,840 Today is special. 1148 01:17:04,560 --> 01:17:07,480 You didn't accept him, did you? 1149 01:17:07,480 --> 01:17:09,480 I shall be in the conservatory, 1150 01:17:09,480 --> 01:17:11,800 under the second palm tree on the right. 1151 01:17:14,480 --> 01:17:16,040 Second palm tree on the right? 1152 01:17:16,040 --> 01:17:18,760 The USUAL palm tree. 1153 01:17:18,760 --> 01:17:21,040 And then we'll see how you do. 1154 01:17:22,480 --> 01:17:24,000 The usual? 1155 01:17:25,840 --> 01:17:31,480 Well, sir, what are you doing here? Wasting your time, as usual? 1156 01:17:31,480 --> 01:17:34,120 My dear Father, when one pays a visit, it is for the purpose 1157 01:17:34,120 --> 01:17:36,440 of wasting other people's time and not one's own. 1158 01:17:36,440 --> 01:17:37,680 Why are you here? 1159 01:17:37,680 --> 01:17:39,400 I've important news for Chiltern. 1160 01:17:42,680 --> 01:17:44,320 A seat in the Cabinet. 1161 01:17:44,320 --> 01:17:46,440 You well deserve it. You have got 1162 01:17:46,440 --> 01:17:49,920 what we want in political life. High character, 1163 01:17:49,920 --> 01:17:54,360 moral tone, principles. Everything that you have not got, sir! 1164 01:18:06,400 --> 01:18:11,120 I cannot accept this offer, Lord Caversham. 1165 01:18:11,120 --> 01:18:13,400 I have decided to decline it. 1166 01:18:13,400 --> 01:18:15,120 Decline it, sir?! 1167 01:18:15,120 --> 01:18:17,800 It is my intention to retire at once from public life. 1168 01:18:17,800 --> 01:18:21,520 Decline a seat and retire from public life?! 1169 01:18:21,520 --> 01:18:26,800 I never heard such damned nonsense! I beg your pardon, Lady Chiltern. 1170 01:18:26,800 --> 01:18:30,240 Prevent your husband from making a... 1171 01:18:30,240 --> 01:18:33,600 I think my husband is right, I agree with him. 1172 01:18:33,600 --> 01:18:36,400 You agree? Good heavens. 1173 01:18:36,400 --> 01:18:41,000 I admire him for it. I admire him immensely for it. 1174 01:18:44,000 --> 01:18:46,480 I shall write at once to the Prime Minister. 1175 01:18:48,560 --> 01:18:50,360 Do excuse me for a moment, Lord Caversham. 1176 01:18:50,360 --> 01:18:51,840 Lord Caversham. 1177 01:18:54,520 --> 01:18:56,560 What is the matter with this family? 1178 01:18:56,560 --> 01:18:59,560 There's something wrong here, eh? 1179 01:18:59,560 --> 01:19:03,160 Idiocy. Hereditary, perhaps. Both of them, too. 1180 01:19:05,000 --> 01:19:09,400 Very sad. Very sad indeed. They're not an old family. 1181 01:19:10,840 --> 01:19:15,200 Can't understand it. I'd better go to the Prime Minister 1182 01:19:15,200 --> 01:19:17,400 and tell him Chiltern's a fool! 1183 01:19:17,400 --> 01:19:21,000 No, not quite yet. I'd rather you took a seat yourself. 1184 01:19:21,000 --> 01:19:22,320 What now? 1185 01:19:22,320 --> 01:19:24,800 Go in there for a while. 1186 01:19:24,800 --> 01:19:27,360 The second palm tree to the right. The usual palm tree. 1187 01:19:27,360 --> 01:19:28,600 What?! 1188 01:19:28,600 --> 01:19:30,320 There's somebody I want you to talk to. 1189 01:19:30,320 --> 01:19:33,000 What about? About me, sir. Hmm? 1190 01:19:35,000 --> 01:19:38,000 Not a subject on which much eloquence is possible. 1191 01:19:44,320 --> 01:19:46,000 Gertrude? 1192 01:19:50,760 --> 01:19:52,240 Oh. 1193 01:19:52,240 --> 01:19:55,600 Yes, it is Robert himself who wishes to retire from public life. 1194 01:19:55,600 --> 01:19:57,680 Oh, really! He said so. 1195 01:19:57,680 --> 01:20:00,600 Rather than lose your love, he would do anything. 1196 01:20:00,600 --> 01:20:02,160 Has he not been punished enough? 1197 01:20:02,160 --> 01:20:05,800 We've both been punished. I set him up too high. 1198 01:20:05,800 --> 01:20:08,800 Do not then set him down now too low. 1199 01:20:08,800 --> 01:20:12,720 It is not the perfect, but the imperfect who need love. 1200 01:20:12,720 --> 01:20:17,360 You know a great deal about everything, all of a sudden. 1201 01:20:17,360 --> 01:20:18,920 Oh, I hope not. 1202 01:20:18,920 --> 01:20:22,400 I do know that it takes great courage 1203 01:20:22,400 --> 01:20:26,360 to see the world in all its tainted glory and still to love it. 1204 01:20:26,360 --> 01:20:30,640 And even more courage to see it in the one you love. 1205 01:20:30,640 --> 01:20:35,640 You have more courage than any woman I know. Do not be afraid to use it. 1206 01:20:43,520 --> 01:20:45,520 HE HUMS 1207 01:20:47,160 --> 01:20:49,160 LAUGHTER 1208 01:20:49,160 --> 01:20:51,200 CHATTERING 1209 01:20:57,160 --> 01:20:59,880 Lady Caversham need never know. 1210 01:20:59,880 --> 01:21:01,480 Thank you, Father. 1211 01:21:01,480 --> 01:21:03,840 Can't say I hold out much hope. What?! 1212 01:21:08,880 --> 01:21:10,920 HE SIGHS 1213 01:21:32,800 --> 01:21:34,320 Lord Goring. 1214 01:21:35,880 --> 01:21:37,920 You have something you wish to say to me? 1215 01:21:37,920 --> 01:21:39,480 Um... 1216 01:21:41,600 --> 01:21:43,840 Marry me, M... 1217 01:21:48,280 --> 01:21:50,480 Marry me, Miss Mabel. 1218 01:21:50,480 --> 01:21:52,760 SHE SIGHS 1219 01:21:52,760 --> 01:21:57,400 Well, Lord Goring, I must say, this comes as quite a surprise. 1220 01:21:57,400 --> 01:22:01,280 If you need time to consider, I'll... No! 1221 01:22:01,280 --> 01:22:03,840 I don't need time, I need a reason. 1222 01:22:03,840 --> 01:22:05,880 What? 1223 01:22:05,880 --> 01:22:09,520 A reason why you think I should marry you. 1224 01:22:11,280 --> 01:22:13,080 Oh, um... 1225 01:22:18,600 --> 01:22:20,000 A reason, you say? 1226 01:22:20,000 --> 01:22:21,520 A good one. Yes. 1227 01:22:21,520 --> 01:22:22,920 Hmm. 1228 01:22:22,920 --> 01:22:24,520 GERTRUDE: Robert. 1229 01:22:26,800 --> 01:22:28,480 May I? 1230 01:22:28,480 --> 01:22:30,040 Of course. 1231 01:22:37,440 --> 01:22:38,880 Gertrude! 1232 01:22:38,880 --> 01:22:42,880 It is more than enough to know that you would sacrifice it. 1233 01:22:42,880 --> 01:22:45,640 We have, all of us, feet of clay, Robert. 1234 01:22:46,880 --> 01:22:48,720 Women, as well as men. 1235 01:22:51,520 --> 01:22:53,280 Can it be that... 1236 01:22:54,880 --> 01:22:56,720 ..you've forgiven me? 1237 01:22:58,920 --> 01:23:01,560 Oh, I...I suppose it must be that. 1238 01:23:03,920 --> 01:23:06,520 Oh, goodness. 1239 01:23:06,520 --> 01:23:08,160 Hold me, Robert. 1240 01:23:12,640 --> 01:23:15,280 Forgive ME? 1241 01:23:15,280 --> 01:23:17,000 Gertrude! 1242 01:23:19,880 --> 01:23:22,280 Gertrude, my wife! 1243 01:23:22,280 --> 01:23:24,320 HE LAUGHS 1244 01:23:30,920 --> 01:23:32,240 I love you. 1245 01:23:32,240 --> 01:23:33,560 I love you. 1246 01:23:34,840 --> 01:23:36,440 I love you. 1247 01:23:38,200 --> 01:23:39,680 Is that your reason? 1248 01:23:39,680 --> 01:23:41,520 Mm. 1249 01:23:41,520 --> 01:23:43,440 I love you. 1250 01:23:45,040 --> 01:23:47,560 Mabel, I said... 1251 01:23:47,560 --> 01:23:50,040 I...I know. 1252 01:23:50,040 --> 01:23:53,440 Well, couldn't you... 1253 01:23:55,240 --> 01:23:58,920 ..love me just a little bit in return? Hmm? 1254 01:23:58,920 --> 01:24:02,640 Oh, Arthur, you silly. 1255 01:24:02,640 --> 01:24:07,000 If you knew anything about anything, which you don't, 1256 01:24:07,000 --> 01:24:10,240 you'd know that I absolutely adore you. 1257 01:24:10,240 --> 01:24:11,600 Really? Mm. 1258 01:24:13,240 --> 01:24:16,640 Well, why didn't you mention it before? 1259 01:24:16,640 --> 01:24:21,720 Because, dear boy, you never would have believed me. 1260 01:24:21,720 --> 01:24:23,000 Hmm. 1261 01:24:39,920 --> 01:24:42,280 HE CLEARS THROAT 1262 01:24:48,720 --> 01:24:51,080 What the devil's going on in this house?! 1263 01:24:56,960 --> 01:24:59,160 Congratulations! 1264 01:24:59,160 --> 01:25:04,160 If the country doesn't go to the dogs, we'll have you Prime Minister. 1265 01:25:04,160 --> 01:25:07,960 Thank you. Arthur, I wish I could repay you. 1266 01:25:07,960 --> 01:25:10,960 Well, as a matter of fact, there is. 1267 01:25:10,960 --> 01:25:13,080 You are your sister's guardian. 1268 01:25:13,080 --> 01:25:15,840 I should like your consent to our marriage. That is all. 1269 01:25:15,840 --> 01:25:17,840 Oh, I'm SO glad! 1270 01:25:17,840 --> 01:25:19,760 You wish to marry Mabel? 1271 01:25:19,760 --> 01:25:22,320 I'm sorry but it's quite out of the question. 1272 01:25:22,320 --> 01:25:24,440 THEY ALL LAUGH 1273 01:25:24,440 --> 01:25:28,480 I have to consider Mabel's future happiness 1274 01:25:28,480 --> 01:25:34,080 and, as much as I care for you, her happiness isn't safe in your hands. 1275 01:25:34,080 --> 01:25:38,840 I love Mabel. No other woman has a place in my heart. 1276 01:25:38,840 --> 01:25:42,640 They truly love each other, why should they not marry? 1277 01:25:42,640 --> 01:25:44,680 I shall tell you. 1278 01:25:44,680 --> 01:25:48,120 When I called on Lord Goring yesterday evening, 1279 01:25:48,120 --> 01:25:50,480 I found Mrs Cheveley concealed in his room. 1280 01:25:50,480 --> 01:25:54,400 I then discovered that they were at one time engaged. 1281 01:25:54,400 --> 01:25:57,400 I'm very sorry, Mabel. 1282 01:25:57,400 --> 01:25:59,520 How can I allow you to marry him 1283 01:25:59,520 --> 01:26:02,440 when he's involved with another woman? 1284 01:26:02,440 --> 01:26:04,320 I'm sorry, Arthur. 1285 01:26:04,320 --> 01:26:05,920 It would be wrong of me. 1286 01:26:08,120 --> 01:26:09,560 It would be unjust to her. 1287 01:26:19,360 --> 01:26:20,920 Very well. 1288 01:26:20,920 --> 01:26:23,560 But, Arthur... Sh. 1289 01:26:23,560 --> 01:26:24,920 Mabel... 1290 01:26:27,200 --> 01:26:29,000 ..there is nothing I can say. 1291 01:26:35,760 --> 01:26:37,240 Robert? 1292 01:26:42,400 --> 01:26:47,720 Arthur was as surprised as you to find Mrs Cheveley in his rooms. 1293 01:26:47,720 --> 01:26:50,640 He was expecting... 1294 01:26:52,360 --> 01:26:53,960 ..quite another woman. 1295 01:26:53,960 --> 01:26:57,120 Another woman? What do you mean? 1296 01:26:57,120 --> 01:27:00,480 Well, the truth is, 1297 01:27:00,480 --> 01:27:04,480 the business about Mabel and Mr Whistler, you see, 1298 01:27:04,480 --> 01:27:10,160 that was just my friends being kind and, erm, protecting me. 1299 01:27:10,160 --> 01:27:13,160 Er, well, the truth is, 1300 01:27:13,160 --> 01:27:15,840 when I agreed to the story about 1301 01:27:15,840 --> 01:27:19,920 the letter being intended for you and not for Arthur, 1302 01:27:19,920 --> 01:27:23,640 well, you see, 1303 01:27:23,640 --> 01:27:25,160 the truth is... 1304 01:27:29,480 --> 01:27:32,200 ..the truth is... 1305 01:27:35,040 --> 01:27:36,720 ..I lied! 1306 01:27:40,680 --> 01:27:42,440 Bravo! 1307 01:27:42,440 --> 01:27:45,800 THEY ALL LAUGH 1308 01:27:48,000 --> 01:27:49,600 Father! 1309 01:27:54,400 --> 01:27:56,480 THEY ALL LAUGH 1310 01:28:03,040 --> 01:28:04,440 I need a drink. 1311 01:28:04,440 --> 01:28:05,760 Me, too. 1312 01:28:25,680 --> 01:28:27,880 If you don't make her an ideal husband, 1313 01:28:27,880 --> 01:28:29,640 I'll cut you off with a shilling. 1314 01:28:29,640 --> 01:28:33,080 An ideal husband, I don't think I should like that. 1315 01:28:33,080 --> 01:28:35,920 What do you want him to be, then? 1316 01:28:35,920 --> 01:28:38,520 I think he can be whatever he chooses. 1317 01:28:38,520 --> 01:28:41,320 You don't deserve her, sir. My dear Father, 1318 01:28:41,320 --> 01:28:43,960 if we men married the women we deserved, 1319 01:28:43,960 --> 01:28:46,880 we should have a very bad time of it. 1320 01:28:46,880 --> 01:28:49,920 Your heart is quite heartless. 1321 01:28:49,920 --> 01:28:53,360 Oh, I hope not, sir. I hope not.