00:00.
00:30.
00:32Mother!
00:34Mother!
00:36It's ready!
00:38Did she alter the sleeve?
00:40Yes, it's perfect.
00:42I'll put it on.
00:44I can't think what the fuss is.
00:46Edwin's wedding isn't till next week.
00:48He's only having fun.
00:50My fun is putting on dresses.
00:52I know, dear Morg.
00:54And it's the first wedding in the family, and I'm the only bridesmaid.
00:56I can hardly wait.
01:00We should have had a bigger wedding.
01:02You know your husband by now.
01:04No ceremonies.
01:06I see the emancipation charity list here.
01:08John's name should be at the top, but it isn't here at all.
01:12He won't have it.
01:14We are content.
01:18No word from Guy?
01:20Not yet.
01:22I only wrote two weeks ago.
01:24I wonder if he'll come for the wedding.
01:26He can't still think badly of Edwin and Louise.
01:28Two years, Phineas.
01:32I long for him.
01:34Shall I write to him?
01:36I'll tell him if he doesn't come home soon, we'll be having Maud's wedding.
01:40And that we're all getting older.
01:42Do not be gloomy, Phineas.
01:44After all, we are still what people call middle-aged.
01:46I'm not gloomy.
01:48I've merely set my face to descend to the hill of life.
01:50Does the thought content you?
01:52Oh, yes.
01:54And I've no doubt who will reach the bottom first.
01:56Are you ready?
01:58Yes.
02:00Oh, yes. I see what she has done.
02:14William!
02:16Hello.
02:18What's that you're wearing?
02:20Well, you shouldn't be seeing it.
02:22It's my bridesmaid's dress, Bradwyn's wedding.
02:24Where have you been?
02:26Oh, here and there.
02:28But nowhere interesting, as usual.
02:30There's nowhere really interesting, is there?
02:32Oh, you're terrible.
02:34What's in the parcel?
02:35It's for your mother.
02:36William Lord Ravenel. Bored as ever.
02:38Why, really?
02:39He's been all over the world, having terrible adventures and yawning his head off.
02:41Maud.
02:42Well, where have you been? What have you been doing?
02:44Mrs. Halifax, I have to hand over this parcel.
02:46For me?
02:47For me?
02:48Yes.
02:49I have to hand over this parcel.
02:50For me?
02:51What's that you're wearing?
02:52What's that you're wearing?
02:53Well, you shouldn't be seeing it.
02:54It's my bridesmaid's dress, Bradwyn's wedding.
02:56I have to hand over this parcel.
02:57For me?
02:58Yes, it's from your son, Guy.
02:59Oh, have you seen him?
03:00Where is he?
03:01He's in Paris.
03:02I saw him there three days ago.
03:03Is he well?
03:04Yes, indeed.
03:05Oh, it's beautiful.
03:06It's Chinese, I think.
03:07No letter?
03:08He gave none separately.
03:09But I wrote to him.
03:10Did he not mention the wedding?
03:11No.
03:12Or coming home?
03:13He did say he'd try to arrange things to be home soon.
03:14Soon.
03:15He's coming, I know it.
03:16He'll surprise us.
03:17He's coming.
03:18He's coming.
03:19I know it.
03:20He'll surprise us.
03:21He's coming.
03:22I know it.
03:23Where did you see Guy?
03:24At my father's house in Compiègne.
03:25Lord Luxmore.
03:26Yes.
03:27I introduced them some time ago.
03:28He likes Guy.
03:29Surely Guy mentioned it in his letters.
03:30No.
03:31Mrs. Halifax, I think you know my father's views and mine differ widely.
03:38They have always differed.
03:39But I'm his only son.
03:40He likes to see me sometimes, and I go.
03:42And my son is there.
03:43Oh, why not?
03:44It's a brilliant circle.
03:45What else matters?
03:46Yes.
03:47Yes.
03:48Yes.
03:49I introduced them some time ago.
03:50He likes Guy.
03:51Surely Guy mentioned it in his letters.
03:52No.
03:53Mrs. Halifax, I think you know my father's views and mine differ widely.
03:56They have always differed.
03:57But I'm his only son.
03:58He likes to see me sometimes, and I go.
03:59But I have always been in a circle.
04:00What else matters?
04:01One learns to take things as they seem without peering below the surface.
04:05There's no point in taking arms against unconquerable evils.
04:08That is not our creed here, Lord Ravenor.
04:12Excuse me.
04:13I must see to Maud's dress.
04:20Pretend you haven't seen me.
04:22I shall be entirely different anyway.
04:24She's seventeen.
04:28Yes.
04:29She wasn't born when I first met you.
04:33No.
04:34I remember it.
04:35You were with your father.
04:36Yes.
04:37That young Muriel at the harpsichord.
04:42You know, Mr. Fletcher, I think that's the only reason Mr. Halifax tolerates me.
04:49Well, it's time when we're going.
04:56Wait just a little.
04:57Well, it's a fair walk to the church here.
04:58What's wrong with my hair?
04:59It's only just over here.
05:00It's a little wrong.
05:01You're a new as well.
05:02Oh, it's a lovely walk.
05:03Oh, is it?
05:04Oh, so are you.
05:05It's Guy.
05:06William.
05:07William.
05:08William.
05:09I'm sorry.
05:10I know it's the wedding day, but I'll call again tomorrow.
05:14Certainly not.
05:15Well, you must come to the wedding, mustn't he, Father?
05:17Yes, of course.
05:18If you would like to.
05:19Mr. Halifax, I'd be most happy.
05:21We thought it was Guy coming home.
05:22We're expecting him.
05:23Have you heard from him since we last saw you?
05:24Is he all right?
05:25I believe so.
05:26He may still come.
05:27Can we not wait just a little?
05:28Yes.
05:29Yes, sir.
05:30Come in and talk to me, William.
05:31If you'd like to come.
05:32I'm sorry.
05:33I know it's the wedding day, but I'll call again tomorrow.
05:34Certainly not.
05:35Well, you must come to the wedding, mustn't he, Father?
05:36Yes, of course.
05:37If you would like to.
05:38Mr. Halifax, I'd be most happy.
05:39We thought it was Guy coming home.
05:40We're expecting him.
05:41Have you heard from him since we last saw you?
05:42Is he all right?
05:43I believe so.
05:44He may still come.
05:45Just a little.
05:46Yes.
05:47Yes, a little.
05:48Come in and talk to me, William.
05:50If young Miss Maud will let you.
05:52I'm so glad William's come.
05:53He's almost like one of the family now, isn't he?
05:54Yes, indeed.
05:55Ten more minutes, Father.
05:56If he's not here by then, you'll have to miss it.
05:57I'm sorry to have brought you such news.
05:58I must go and see for myself.
05:59Go and do it.
06:00Yes, sir.
06:01Yes, sir.
06:02Yes, sir.
06:03Yes, sir.
06:04Yes, sir.
06:05Yes, sir.
06:06Yes, sir.
06:07Yes, sir.
06:08William, we're going to form up in a procession and you'll walk beside me.
06:18Shall I?
06:19I'd like that.
06:20Lord, my child, would you ask your Uncle Phineas to come in for a moment?
06:25What's the matter?
06:26I'll tell you in time.
06:27Call Uncle Phineas, dear.
06:28Come on, William.
06:29Uncle Phineas!
06:30Your son!
06:31Oh!
06:32Shut the door, Phineas.
06:33Lord Ravenel came on business.
06:50I thought so.
06:51John!
06:52Sit down.
06:53I'll get Ursula.
06:54No.
06:55No, no one.
06:56I'm not quite well with Ursula.
06:57I'll get Ursula.
06:58No.
06:59No one.
07:00I know quite well what it is.
07:03Water.
07:04What is it?
07:07Father, we're waiting.
07:08We'll be with you in two minutes.
07:13Innius, I want you to stay away from the church.
07:27I'll make some excuse, or I will fool you.
07:32Write a letter to this address in Paris, and say that Guy Halifax's father will be there
07:40without fail within a week to answer all demands.
07:44All demands?
07:45Repeat it, Phineas.
07:46Guy Halifax's father will be there within a week without fail to answer all demands.
07:55Write it and post it before we return from the church.
07:58John?
07:59Are you coming?
08:00In a moment.
08:01Phineas, you will be careful.
08:02She must not know.
08:03Not till tonight.
08:04Both our sons gone.
08:05John, do you think that Guy will possibly come home tonight?
08:08No.
08:09Why not?
08:10My letters must have reached him, and he could not say no to the last one.
08:24Lord Ravenel went to Paris and back.
08:25He didn't see Guy, did he?
08:26No.
08:27But Guy wrote to him in Paris.
08:28He brought me the letter this morning.
08:29A letter from Guy?
08:30And you never told me.
08:31Is it to say he's not coming home?
08:33I can bear anything, but not that.
08:34My dear, Guy is well.
08:35And I believe he's safe, but he's had a bad misfortune.
08:40No.
08:41No.
08:42Dear father and mother, I have disgraced you all.
08:45I have been drunk in a gaming house.
08:47A man insulted me.
08:49It was about you, Father.
08:50Yes, Your Father.
08:51No.
08:52And you and I cannot walk that far away.
08:53I can see you in Paris.
08:54Why would you say that Guy?
08:55Why would you tell me that Guy?
08:57But he's never told me.
08:58Is it to say he's not coming home?
09:01I can bear anything but not that.
09:06a man insulted me it was about you father but you will hear all the world
09:11will hear presently I struck him there was something in my hand and the man was
09:17hurt he may be dead by this time I don't know I'm away to America tonight I shall
09:24never come home anymore God bless you all Guy Halifax mother darling forget me
09:34don't let me break your heart
09:49you know this road better than I do are we anywhere near Dover yet another hour
09:56should do it sure guys left France by now pray to God he has in his letter guy said
10:07he struck the man for insulting me what am I to any man in France this was an
10:13Englishman I believe you put him down in an election some years ago sir Gerard
10:18Germany he was denigrating you guy sprang to your defense
10:25so long ago
10:27I heard you come downstairs in the night another sleepless night it is so strange
10:43without him dull empty the life of the house is gone is there no news at all no
10:56no word of guy America I shall put all these letters from John together pray God I may never
11:08need to have more from him in my life
11:10Sir Gerard firmly did not die he's there sporting his wounds he's a hero in their society the main thing is is that guy is not an assassin I knew he was a hero in their society
11:23I knew I prayed so much for him have you had word of him not yet I paid his debts let us hope he will find a place for himself in America Lord Ravenel was most kind and helpful he came back with me poor Ravenel you've always used that epithet of him why poor oh
11:49oh Phineas he believes in nothing he's had such a nameless life
12:05hello
12:07I think if Muriel had lived to be a woman you would have loved her I believe I would
12:22am I like her is that why you care for me if it was so would you be sorry or glad glad and proud too
12:33and if I cared for you for your own sake I hope you do that too
12:40don't you
12:41yes
12:46are you coming to Beechwood
13:00may I
13:02you don't need to ask
13:03maude
13:15bed time
13:17why are you sitting there
13:19is father still in the parlour
13:21yes he's in there with William
13:23and it isn't my bed time
13:25I'm not a child I'm 17
13:27you've got to keep up the roses in your cheeks
13:30off you go
13:31I want to stay and see William
13:32you see him lots of times
13:34go to bed dear
13:35don't be angry maude
13:40what is it
13:53it cannot be a new misfortune I could not bear another
13:56no no
13:57nothing that fathers and mothers would generally consider a misfortune
14:02Lord Ravenel has talked of this and that and then I realized he was leading up to it
14:09he asked me for our maude
14:12oh
14:14but she's only a child
14:17nevertheless he wants to marry maude
14:20he wants
14:21come in a little
14:22oh
14:23John
14:28Mrs. Halifax
14:32Mr. Halifax has told you
14:34he has
14:36may I put my trust in you both and await my answer
14:40it's difficult
14:42extreme suddenness
14:44pardon me
14:45the intention has not been sudden
14:48it's the growth of many months
14:51years even
14:53we are the more grieved
14:55grieved
14:57oh in age do you mean
14:59well I am aware of that
15:00but surely that is not an insuperable bar in marriage
15:03no
15:04as for any other disparity in fortune or rank
15:06William you surely know my husband well enough to know how he would hold such a disparity
15:11but do you not think there is one between the son of the Earl of Luxmore
15:14and the daughter of John Halifax
15:17I am aware of his views
15:19and the Earl my father knows I shall marry for love only
15:23please
15:25may I have your leave to win maude
15:29I wish you'd asked us for something less than possible
15:33Mrs. Halifax does maude have some other attachment
15:36no
15:37is she too young
15:39I wait
15:40two or three years if I must
15:41Mr. Halifax
15:44would it be such a misfortune
15:46if your daughter one day becomes
15:48Countess of Luxmore
15:50I believe it would
15:54may I have your reasons
15:56Lord Ravenel
15:58the distance between us is as wide as the poles
16:01surely you can see that
16:03no
16:05my past life has been aimless and useless I know
16:09but there's nothing in it that has been unworthy of my honor
16:13I see
16:17the sins of the fathers
16:20well I'll detain you no longer
16:21no
16:22no
16:23you don't understand
16:27I hold no man accountable for any shortcomings except his own
16:31but your world
16:33is not our world
16:35you do have our warm interest our friendship
16:38these things will always be yours but
16:41they are external ties
16:42they can exist through many differences
16:46in marriage
16:48there must be perfect unity
16:51one aim
16:53one faith
16:55one love
16:57or else the marriage is incomplete
17:00unholy
17:02a civil contract
17:04no more
17:07I am the same as others
17:08I am only what I was born to be
17:12William
17:14do you recognize what you were born to be
17:18not only a nobleman
17:20but a gentleman
17:22not only a gentleman
17:24but a man
17:26a man made in the image of God
17:28how can you how dare you deny your creator
17:31what have I to thank him for
17:33what has he ever given me
17:35manhood
17:36worldly gifts
17:39rank
17:40riches
17:41influence
17:43things that others have to spend half a lifetime earning
17:46you
17:48you have life in its best prime
17:50with much of youth remaining
17:52you've had grief
17:54wisdom
17:55experience
17:57oh I wish to heaven William I could make you feel all that you are
18:00all that you might be
18:02you mean all that I might have been
18:03it's too late now
18:05too late
18:09which of us
18:11so long as we live
18:13or even at our life's end
18:15dare cry out to the eternal one it is too late
18:22William
18:24forgive anything I may have said that may have hurt you
18:28I would like us to part as friends
18:33part
18:35yes for a time we must
18:37I cannot risk either your happiness or my child's
18:41no
18:43not hers
18:45not hers
18:49Mrs. Halifax
18:51I'm truly sorry William
18:53thank you for all your kindness
18:56try to think as well of me as you can
18:59of course I shall
19:01Mr. Halifax
19:03God bless you William
19:06what will you tell more
19:07nothing
19:09that is best
19:15the Earl of Luxmore
19:17what?
19:19the old man has died
19:21Paris doesn't say how
19:23Sir William
19:24he's the Earl of Luxmore now
19:26there's a list of his titles here
19:28ten lines of them
19:30well let me see you
19:32William Lord Ravenel
19:34Baronet
19:36Baron
19:37Viscount
19:38Ninth Earl of Luxmore
19:40who's this?
19:42had likewise issue Caroline
19:44married 1795 to Richard Brithwood Esquire
19:47later divorced
19:49you should not be reading that
19:51why it's about William
19:52the old Earl has died
19:54who's Caroline?
19:56William never told me he had a sister
19:58did you know her?
19:59yes
20:00mother
20:01um
20:02she was
20:04her husband was a cousin of my father's
20:06divorced
20:08and a strange thing
20:09did you notice
20:10in the next column
20:11the marriages
20:13at the British Embassy
20:14Paris
20:15Sir Gerard Vermily
20:16Baronet
20:17to Caroline
20:19to the young and beautiful daughter of
20:22somebody we've never heard of
20:24where is Caroline?
20:27I wish you had not let her read that
20:29she isn't a baby
20:31no
20:33and you know why Lord Luxmore lived abroad
20:35to escape being haunted by the hundreds he had ruined
20:37just poor tradespeople Mr Halifax
20:39who knew that the only chance they had a payment was during the old man's lifetime
20:43you see the whole property was entailed on the son
20:47so he couldn't be sold off to pay his creditors
20:49the son Lord Ravenel came to know of it
20:51and one week before the old man died
20:53he made him cut off the entail so that the whole property became saleable
20:56and did he sell it?
20:58no
21:00but that is what the new earl has done
21:02everyone is paid
21:04and he
21:06he has succeeded to an empty title
21:08to beggary Mr Halifax
21:10where is he now?
21:12well he gave me an address but I must tell no one
21:15he left one instruction concerning your interests as his tenant
21:19the Andalimu?
21:20yes
21:21he has preserved that portion of the Luxmore estate intact
21:25he says the rent you pay will be sufficient income for him
21:28and while your lease lasts no other landlord can injure you
21:32very thoughtful of him
21:34very thoughtful indeed
21:36when did you last see him?
21:38last night
21:40he stayed with me last night
21:42we talked into the night and I tried to show him what a frantic act it was
21:46to himself and to his heirs
21:49but he could not see it
21:51he said there never would be heirs
21:54he did not intend ever to marry
21:56to marry
22:17father
22:19what did the Colton people mean about William?
22:22he has sold his possessions to pay his father's debts
22:24he's made himself poor is that it?
22:27so that others won't suffer?
22:28yes
22:29it's a noble act
22:31yes very noble
22:33it's the noblest act I ever heard of
22:36when is he coming to Beechwood?
22:40when is he coming to Beechwood?
22:43I don't know
22:45then write to him father do write
22:48I cannot
22:50why? he's poor and he must be in trouble
22:52why can't you write to him?
22:55is there something wrong?
22:57don't you care for him as much as you used to?
22:59more if possible
23:00then please write to him
23:01ask him to come to Beechwood
23:03say we want to see him
23:05I want to see him
23:07ask him to come and stay for a long time
23:09I cannot Maud
23:11I do not think that he will visit Beechwood again for some time
23:15how long?
23:17six months?
23:19a year?
23:21it may be several years
23:23something is the matter
23:25you're not friends with him anymore
23:27he's poor
23:29more of my child
23:31can you listen?
23:32Lord Ravenel and myself had
23:38some conversation of very painful nature the last night he was with us and
23:45afterwards we both considered it was wise that he should not call again
23:50not for the present anyway
23:53had you quarrelled?
23:55no no we had not quarrelled
23:56then what is it?
23:58Maud you must not ask for indeed I cannot tell you
24:01you can't tell me
24:03me his dear
24:07I don't understand
24:10neither do I often my poor Maud
24:13but I liked William so much and he was so fond of me
24:16it is
24:19it is often easiest to lose those we are fond of
24:23because in a sense
24:26we can never really lose them
24:28nothing in this world or I believe in any other
24:32can ever part those who truly and faithfully love
24:35it is
24:39so
24:40that
24:43is
24:45a
24:48I
24:49I
24:50I
24:51I
24:53I
24:55I
24:57I
24:59I
25:00I
25:01I
25:02I always hated your Norton Berry.
25:32My carriage.
25:37I shall go home.
25:41My carriage!
25:44Go away!
25:46I am Lady Caroline Brithwood.
25:57Coachman, I am your mistress.
26:02Drive out of here, fool!
26:04Here.
26:07That's the constable.
26:09Take that woman to the watch house.
26:11Are you the constable?
26:40Hush.
26:41Do not be afraid, cousin.
26:43Cousin Caroline.
26:47Come with us.
26:53Madame.
26:54Monsieur.
26:55You are very kind.
27:01I believe I have had the pleasure of seeing you before.
27:07Your name is...
27:10Is...
27:11Ursula Halifax.
27:13Please let us help you up.
27:16Don't you remember?
27:17Not exactly, but...
27:20Yes, sir, I shall.
27:25Au revoir, madame.
27:26My wife wants to take you home, Lady Caroline.
27:35Lady?
27:39I understand.
27:46I shall be happy.
27:48Most happy.
27:49How long will this visit be?
27:57For as long as you want to stay.
27:59Kayla?
28:00Have you had a nice sleep?
28:25Where have all the flowers come from?
28:33They're roses.
28:34It's the summertime.
28:36No.
28:37No, there weren't any flowers.
28:39It was...
28:41Twigs.
28:47Twigs.
28:47Well, that was the wintertime.
28:50Hmm.
28:51And snow.
28:53No, there was hardly any snow last winter.
28:59Well.
29:01Well, where's the little girl?
29:03Little Louise?
29:04Oh, she's gone with the others to Rose Cottage.
29:06Just for the summer.
29:07She'll be back.
29:08We decided to stay here.
29:10Because there's more room and because you like it here.
29:12Oh.
29:13Oh.
29:14A little blind girl playing by a stream.
29:18I remember.
29:20My sister, Muriel.
29:22That was a long time ago.
29:27Hmm.
29:31You are very kind to me, my sheen-feen.
29:34When I am in Paris, I shall buy you a dress.
29:44You would like that.
29:46I'm not sure the Paris fashion would go well at Beechwood.
29:49Oh, messeurs d'amour.
29:50Oh, messeurs d'amour.
29:51Oh, messeurs d'amour.
30:01Oh, j'ai chaud.
30:03All right, guys.
30:09William!
30:13He's gone.
30:20I'll fetch the doctor.
30:24Oh, it's...
30:27Did you hear them around the churchyard?
30:38Oh, is she dead at last?
30:40Oh, yes.
30:41And the butcher's wife saying,
30:42Oh, what a relief.
30:44And how kind of Mr. and Mrs. Halifax.
30:47She was my cousin.
30:48All the same.
30:50Maude, you nursed her.
30:51It must surely be a blessing.
30:53I was fond of her,
30:55but she had no mind left.
30:57No gratitude.
30:58No repentance.
31:00From time to time she was clear.
31:02And at the end, I'm sure she was.
31:03Thank you, Hannah.
31:05Have you heard from Guy, Mother?
31:07Yes.
31:07I had a letter today.
31:09Does he talk yet of coming back?
31:11Not yet.
31:12He will let us know when he's ready to come.
31:15His business is going well.
31:17And he's been collecting the facts
31:18on working children in America,
31:20as I've been doing here.
31:21And abolition of slavery, of course.
31:23I'm very proud of him.
31:25He does seem to have settled.
31:27Yes, he's taken a partner.
31:29Guy Halifax and Company of Boston, United States.
31:32I do wish he were home, though.
31:34When he comes,
31:34you'll be able to stand as the new member
31:35for Norton Berry, since you won't.
31:38Well, the reform bill is through,
31:40and I'm too old.
31:41Old?
31:42Mother.
31:43That's your father's decision.
31:52Six months.
31:54Still no news.
31:55He was always such a thoughtless boy
31:57about his correspondence.
31:59I did address the last package of letters
32:01to Mrs. Guy, Halifax and Company,
32:04so that in the case of his having made a sudden journey,
32:06his partner could open and forward it.
32:09John!
32:09Yes, in here, Phineas.
32:12What is it?
32:13It's from Guy.
32:14Just been delivered.
32:23Dear father and mother,
32:25I've had unexpected good fortune
32:27and have determined to come home at once.
32:29I shall most likely sail by an American merchantman,
32:32the Stars and Stripes,
32:33your loving son, Guy.
32:35Guy coming home.
32:37When shall we see him?
32:39Well, the liners are a month in sailing,
32:41but this is a merchantman,
32:42which takes longer.
32:43What's the date?
32:44The 2nd of September.
32:46We should have had that letter two months ago.
32:49Ah, shouldn't it be uneasy?
32:51No, not surprised.
32:54Guy does not say when the ship was to sail.
32:56She may be still on her voyage.
32:58Doesn't give the name of the owners,
33:00but I can write to Lloyd's.
33:02Cheer up, mother.
33:04We shall have that wandering boy of yours home again soon.
33:06In my shawl.
33:16Oh, fetch it.
33:17In our bedroom.
33:18All right.
33:25Are you comfortable?
33:29They did say...
33:30Yes.
33:31They had...
33:32Yes.
33:33They had no recollection
33:36of anyone
33:38by the name of Halifax.
33:41No recollection.
33:44There might have been
33:45someone of that name on board.
33:49Might.
33:50Or might not.
33:53You mustn't tire yourself, Ursula,
33:56going over and over it.
33:59Lean back.
34:00Let's come what may.
34:06Phineas.
34:10Phineas.
34:11If anything should happen to me,
34:13you will comfort John.
34:27Yes?
34:28Is it business?
34:28Do you want to see my father?
34:33Yes, please.
34:35Would you like to take a seat?
34:44Maud.
34:48Maud.
34:49Don't you know me?
34:51Guy!
34:53Where's mother?
34:53Oh, my son.
35:20Not the Stars and the Stripes.
35:23We missed that.
35:24Another ship called the Rose.
35:26She sailed a fortnight later.
35:28Went on the rocks
35:28and we had to make do for a month.
35:30A month?
35:31And we were picked up.
35:32We knew we would be.
35:34And here we are back home again.
35:36I'm as penniless now
35:37as I was when I set out
35:38seven years ago.
35:39Not penniless, Guy.
35:40Oh, yes, mother.
35:41It will take months
35:42before we get the whole story out of him.
35:44I've had hard times, yes.
35:46I've been ill.
35:47But I always thought of coming home.
35:49Who is your partner?
35:50Was it an Englishman?
35:52That's a long story.
35:54I don't want to think of anything just now
35:56except being at home
35:57and being with mother.
35:58You must get well now.
36:02Promise.
36:04I'll never leave you again, mother.
36:06No, Guy.
36:07Or you, Father.
36:09I've had an idea, Guy.
36:11I want you and Edwin
36:12to take over the business.
36:13There's time enough for that.
36:15Well, I think it should be now.
36:18Come on.
36:20Come to me, little one.
36:23Here's your Uncle Guy.
36:25Say hello, Uncle Guy.
36:27Uncle Guy.
36:29What's your name?
36:30Louise.
36:31Little Louise.
36:33You know, you're very like...
36:38Louise.
36:39Your little daughter's made friends with me already.
36:43Hello, Edwin.
36:43Hello, fellow.
36:44Welcome home.
36:46It was harder for him than for me.
36:48He is older than I am.
36:51He knew nothing whatever a business
36:52when he offered himself as my clerk.
36:54Since then, though, he's worked like a slave.
36:57In a fever I had, he nursed me.
37:00He's been to me these three years
37:01the best, the truest friend.
37:04He saved me from death.
37:07He's the noblest fellow, fellow.
37:10Well, Guy,
37:11invite the gentleman to Beachwood.
37:14You still have not yet told us his name.
37:16I didn't tell you because he didn't want me to.
37:20Not until you understood him as well as I do.
37:23You knew him yourself once.
37:26But he's dropped his title now.
37:28Since he came over to me in America,
37:29he's been only Mr. William Ravenel.
37:36Father, have I done wrong?
37:38I didn't know it was on her side, too.
37:40No, Guy.
37:42But it's strange.
37:45All things seem so now.
37:48William came to America to throw in his lot with me.
37:51It was later I discovered
37:52that it was because I was Maud's brother.
37:56Father, if you only knew.
37:58My knowing and my judging
37:59seem to have been of little value.
38:00I'm getting an old man.
38:06Guy, it was high time you came home.
38:08Father, your decision was right.
38:11William says it was.
38:13Though he loves her still,
38:15he declares that his loss of her
38:17has proved his salvation.
38:19Where is he now?
38:20At Nortonbury.
38:22Nothing would induce him to come here
38:23unless certain that you wanted it.
38:24.
38:31.
38:36.
38:36.
38:42.
38:43.
38:44.
38:50.
38:51.
38:51.
38:53Oh, my God.
39:19My God.
39:23You must try and forget all you've seen.
39:38What is it?
39:41Nothing to be afraid of.
39:49Pain is unpleasant while it lasts.
39:51But it goes away again, as you can see.
39:58In fact, I'd much rather not talk about it.
40:05You're not reading.
40:07What are you thinking about?
40:11About your father.
40:12Do you remember him?
40:17I mean, do you remember how he died?
40:21Yes.
40:23Why should we talk of it now?
40:25Why not?
40:27It was a happy death.
40:29Painless.
40:32Instantaneous.
40:33A sudden passing from life present to life eternal.
40:37Why do you say this to me?
40:39Perhaps my death will not be unlike your father's.
40:43John, no man can settle the manner or time of his death.
40:46No, I may live ten or twenty years.
40:50But, you see, I'm not afraid of death.
40:54No one knows about these attacks but you.
41:02And I almost wish I hadn't told you.
41:06She has not the least idea.
41:08I have often resolved to tell her, but then changed my mind.
41:17And since she's been ill, I have thought.
41:22Indeed, I have almost hoped that she would not need to be told at all.
41:26You mean...
41:27Yes, yes.
41:30I would rather that of the two, she went away first.
41:33She would suffer less.
41:38And it would be such a short party.
41:43However,
41:45these things wrestle with the Almighty.
41:50I'm very glad that Guy has come home.
41:54I'm very glad my little Maud is so happily settled.
42:03Oh, it's beautiful.
42:19Come on, let's go and show the others.
42:22Bye-bye.
42:22Here we are.
42:27All those bells never stop ringing.
42:30It is a day of days, my love.
42:33Slavery abolished in all the colonies.
42:35Well, you have fought the good fight, John.
42:38Bands and bowers everywhere.
42:39You can't move in Nortonbury.
42:41Schoolchildren having feasts all over.
42:44Have you seen the medal, Mother?
42:45Yes, I've just put one on a ribbon around little Louise's neck.
42:49I'm going to the mill for the work people's holiday.
42:51Are you coming, Father?
42:53No, I think I'll take a walk around the garden.
42:56I shall take Grace Oatower with me.
42:58I'm so glad, Guy.
42:59Oh, Mother, you see how it will end.
43:03All our young birds will soon be flown.
43:06There'll be nobody left but you and me.
43:07But we're all round you, Father.
43:09I shall be back before dark.
43:10Have a happy time at the mill.
43:12I shall.
43:13Never mind, John.
43:17What?
43:18Once there were only our two selves.
43:21Now there will be only our two selves again.
43:24We shall be very happy.
43:26We only need one another.
43:29Only one another, my darling.
43:30I think sometimes, John, that those two, William and Maud, will be the happiest of all the children.
43:56If we go to Rose Cottage next summer, there won't be room for all the grandchildren.
44:03I'll have to build a nursery at the back.
44:05I see you mean to have children everywhere.
44:09Yes, for you to teach Latin.
44:10Do you remember, Phineas, how he used to lie on the grass in his father's garden?
44:28Watch the sun setting between the abbey trees.
44:31Edwin told me the new tenants are going to turn the old house into an inn.
44:38Turn the lawn into a bowling green.
44:43Change, it's a universal law.
44:48You know, I never feel the day is quite complete until I've seen the sunset.
44:52You know, I never feel the day is quite complete.
45:22Hasn't it grown too cold for him?
45:45Don't you think we ought to wake him?
45:49Father?
45:49Father?
45:52Uncle Phineas?
45:54Uncle Phineas?
45:55He once told me, in case...
46:23of this, that he would rather I did not come and look at him.
46:35But I can, you see.
46:41Mother, come.
46:43Presently, Guy.
46:45Presently.
46:45I was a girl, younger than any of you, when I first met your father.
47:02Next month we shall have been married 33 years.
47:06No one but me, no one but himself ever knew how dearly I loved your father.
47:26We were more precious to each other than anything on earth.
47:31Except his service, who gave us to one another.
47:38Mother, mother, darling, come.
47:41Go away, all of you.
47:43For a little.
47:47I would like to be left alone with my husband.
47:49I would like to be left alone with my husband.
47:49I would like to be left alone with my husband.
48:13John?
48:17John?
48:17Mother, you must get some rest now.
48:47Mother, you must get some rest now.
49:17Mother, you must get some rest now.
49:47Mother, you must get some rest now.
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