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Gold and Clay Age Season 1 Episode 3
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00:00Aurora Fain is organizing another charity.
00:06She must be a glutton for punishment after the last time.
00:10You say that, but the bazaar made over $2,000, which no one's ever heard of.
00:14She and Anne Morris were a laughingstock.
00:17This is interesting.
00:19Do you know a woman called Clara Barton?
00:22No.
00:23Excuse me.
00:24What is it, Miss Scott?
00:25Just a letter for you to sign, but I'd like to get it into the post before luncheon.
00:29Quite right.
00:30Miss Barton has started a branch of the Red Cross in the United States.
00:33She's giving a talk at Aurora's house.
00:35I'd like to hear Miss Barton.
00:37May I come with you?
00:38Of course.
00:40Thank you, Miss Scott.
00:41Oh, look.
00:43Miss Russell is going out.
00:45With a wretched governess.
00:47How can she stand?
00:48I will not criticize Mrs. Russell for her only virtue.
00:51At least she keeps her daughter under control.
00:53Under arrest, more like.
00:56I wonder why her mother hasn't brought her out properly yet.
00:59Because Mrs. Russell is not sure she can fill the ballroom.
01:04You see?
01:05I know more about these things than you give me credit for.
01:07You know I'd lose my job if your mother even suspects.
01:12I know you'll lose your job if she finds out you've been taking brandy from the dining room.
01:15It was purely medicinal.
01:18Who is this young man, anyway?
01:20Archie Bonkwood.
01:21He's very respectable.
01:23His grandfather was an ambassador.
01:24His father was a banker, and so is he.
01:26His mother's people came over on the Mayflower.
01:28If everyone who claimed to be on the Mayflower really was, it would have to be the size of a white star liner.
01:34Where does he live?
01:3535th Street.
01:36And his parents are building a summer home at Newport.
01:39Why not just introduce him to your mother?
01:41He sounds ideal.
01:41It's not as simple as that.
01:43Here we are.
01:43Mr. Pastor's opening the Magic Lantern show at his theater on Broadway.
01:54Your star is this Friday.
01:55Fancy.
01:56Would you like to see it?
01:57On your night off?
01:58What, all alone?
01:59That could be my free night, too.
02:01Mr. Bannister wouldn't mind, not if we aren't entertaining.
02:04I'll have to think.
02:05Don't think too long.
02:07It's only one in a week.
02:08Go on.
02:09You might enjoy it.
02:10Mr. Bannister, you wouldn't mind, would you, if Bridget and I had the same free night?
02:13This week?
02:14I would have to serve dinner alone.
02:16But you do that when I have a free evening anyway.
02:18Today's young live for pleasure.
02:20You don't know what hard work is.
02:22And we don't know what fun is.
02:24What about Friday?
02:25I'd be very grateful.
02:26So would Bridget.
02:27I haven't said I'll go yet.
02:29But you know you want to.
02:36I thought you'd gone hours ago.
02:39I wanted to finish some letters.
02:40Is everything set with a new station?
02:42The bill's been passed.
02:43And the stocks are high?
02:45As high as the sky.
02:46Then what's this about?
02:49What do they mean there's a rumor that the law may be rescinded?
02:51Let me see that.
02:52If it's canceled, will the station go ahead anyway?
02:57No, it can't.
03:01Where's Gladys?
03:02She went out with Miss Grant.
03:03Why?
03:04It isn't right, you know.
03:06Miss Grant may be nice, but she's a jailer.
03:08And Gladys is a grown woman, whether you like it or not.
03:12Girls get married at her age.
03:13And live to regret it.
03:15I know what I'm doing, George.
03:19I should go.
03:24Were you expecting that?
03:26No.
03:26But it doesn't surprise me.
03:34What are you trying to tell me?
03:36There's no need to talk as if I were your chauffeur.
03:38When I've finished, you'll wish you were my chauffeur.
03:41You summoned me here.
03:43You came.
03:44Because if you had not, I would have turned up at your place of business and shouted the truth to anyone who'd listen.
03:48That the aldermen are liars, and you have reneged on your deal.
03:51Come to your office, at your request, to show goodwill, Mr. Russell.
03:55I will not stay and be insulted.
03:58But I agree.
04:00It is time you knew public opinion has moved away from your position.
04:04In other words, you all bought shares on margin, passed the law, and made a fat profit.
04:10Now I imagine you've sold them short.
04:12And you mean to cancel your own law, betting that the value will plummet.
04:14Then you'll buy them again when they hit rock bottom, and in the process, double or triple your ill-gotten gains.
04:19That is pure speculation.
04:21I don't even know if we will cancel the law.
04:25But the idea of having a new rail station in the city isn't as popular as we'd hoped it might be.
04:35I see.
04:36So you're really only concerned with the common good?
04:39The aldermen are public servants.
04:40We must serve the public.
04:45I didn't see this coming.
04:48I admit it.
04:49I thought you were honorable men.
04:52Not too honorable to miss the chance of a fast buck, of course, but not greedy, dirty thieves.
04:57Mr. Russell.
04:57I thought I was the one who might throw a curveball.
05:00And now look.
05:02You've caught me out.
05:06Good day to you, Mr. Russell.
05:09Good day to you, Mr. Morris.
05:11It only remains to say that I hope you can see, as I can, the vast possibilities for building one of the grandest humanitarian institutions the world has ever seen for the relief of people everywhere.
05:31Miss Barton, if President Hayes declined to support the establishment of an American Red Cross, and President Garfield never managed to sign either, what makes you think you can find support now?
05:47Well, I'm afraid unfortunate events have altered things in Washington.
05:51And President Arthur may be more enthusiastic.
05:54I have reason to believe so, yes.
05:58This has been an introduction only.
06:01Is that me?
06:02And I thank you for your courtesy.
06:03If you would like to know more, then please keep in touch.
06:06Our thanks to Miss Barton, our very own angel of the battlefield.
06:15She has already achieved a great deal.
06:17And now at the head of the American Red Cross, she is destined to do a great deal more.
06:30Might I present myself?
06:32You're Miss Brooke, I think.
06:33Miss Ada Brooke?
06:33I am, and this is my niece, Miss Marion Brooke.
06:38I am Cornelius Eckhart III.
06:41I thought it was you.
06:43I'm afraid it's been too many years for me to call you Ada.
06:46But this is too touching.
06:48Oh, not really.
06:49We knew each other when we were young, in Pennsylvania.
06:53Before life drove us to the four corners of the earth.
06:56Have you been in New York for long?
06:58No.
06:59I settled in Connecticut.
07:01Oh.
07:01But now I have nothing to hold me there.
07:03And so I came to the city.
07:06What brings you to this gathering?
07:08An interest in the Red Cross?
07:09Not entirely.
07:11Mrs. Morris is my niece.
07:13And when she said you'd be here, I was tempted to see if we might revive an old friendship.
07:19Not very old, surely.
07:21How is your sister?
07:22What is she called now?
07:24She married Mr. Van Ryn almost 40 years ago.
07:30Please give her my regards.
07:32He must call on us and give them himself, mustn't he, Aunt Ada?
07:38Ladies.
07:39Can we persuade you to the cause?
07:45I am persuaded.
07:47But once again, if it's money Miss Barton needs, why don't we ask Mrs. Russell?
07:51Don't speak that name.
07:53Perhaps not when Mrs. Astor's in the room.
07:56Mr. Morris tells me Mr. Russell has insulted him disgracefully.
08:00What?
08:00Why?
08:01Why?
08:02Because he is not a gentleman, my dear, as I keep telling you.
08:10There may be another side to it.
08:13You are too reasonable to live.
08:16And now I must see to my guests.
08:20But how will they make money when the stock falls?
08:22Trust me, they will.
08:24And when they have fallen, they'll buy them again, repass the law, make a third fortune and steal my company.
08:29I blame myself.
08:32My guard was down.
08:33Can't you fight it?
08:34Not in court.
08:35It's not illegal.
08:36There must be other ways.
08:38If I do, I will have to put a large part of our capital at risk.
08:41Very well.
08:42You understand what I'm saying?
08:46All this may be lost.
08:49You've made it once.
08:50You can make it again if you have to.
08:51There are moments, my dear, when you are quite marvelous.
09:02Useless, each without the other.
09:04Are you going up to change?
09:13I am.
09:14And so should you.
09:16The thing is, I have a favor to ask.
09:18You mean you want something and you haven't asked your mother.
09:21I do remember the Eckhards.
09:25They were two boys and a girl.
09:27I seem to recall they sold up not long after I'd left for New York.
09:30He talked like an old beau.
09:32Well, you know, I was just a girl.
09:35Anyway, Eckhart had no money, which did not endear him to Papa.
09:39No money and no prospects.
09:41I'm afraid not.
09:43I wonder what he wants now.
09:45He's lonely.
09:46He's just arrived in the city and he hopes to find some old friends.
09:49So all this time he's dreamed of seeing Ada again?
09:52There's no need to be unkind.
09:53Maybe he has dreamed of seeing Aunt Ada.
09:55What's wrong with that?
09:56Oscar, dear, I didn't expect you.
09:58Oh, I'm dining with Larry Russell.
10:00Where?
10:01At his parents' house, of course.
10:03When you say those words, you stab me on the side.
10:06Then it's lucky you have the skin of a rhinoceros.
10:11Shall we go of it get changed, dear?
10:14Huh?
10:15When will your mistress be done?
10:17In a moment, sir.
10:21Is there something else?
10:23Only that Madam seemed to suggest this is an important time for you.
10:27Did she?
10:29Well, I suppose it is.
10:31I just want you to know that we are all very much on your side.
10:45Were you always drawn to banking?
10:48That didn't come into it.
10:49The United Manhattan Trust was founded in 1797 by Arnold Van Rijn, among others.
10:56We've been at it ever since.
10:57I see.
10:58What a wonderful tradition.
10:59So you don't have to waste your time worrying about what you want to do.
11:02It's already decided.
11:04Mr. Van Rijn is only being modest.
11:05No, I'm not.
11:07Can we talk about Archie Baldwin?
11:09It would be very dull for Mr. Van Rijn.
11:11I don't mind.
11:12I know Archie.
11:13His aunt is my godmother.
11:16But isn't he a little young for you?
11:20He's just a friend.
11:21But father wants to ask him to dine.
11:23What?
11:24I said I had no objection.
11:26But she had to get your permission.
11:28I will decide who comes to dinner in this house.
11:31He's quite respectable.
11:32A forebearer on his mother's side was an officer at the Battle of Yorktown.
11:35Indeed.
11:36Did your ancestors fight at Yorktown, mother?
11:39Or were they too busy digging potatoes in Cary?
11:41You will be civil to your mother.
11:43Remember, her ancestors are your ancestors, too.
11:46Yes, father.
11:47How is it going with the new railroad, sir?
11:52Well, these things take time.
11:56Tell me, Mr. Van Rijn,
11:57what do you think of Mr. Post's new building for the Brooklyn Historical Society?
12:02It's all right, I suppose.
12:04But I'm not an admirer of the Romanesque style.
12:07Oh.
12:08Are you, Miss Russell?
12:13I don't know exactly.
12:16Perhaps not.
12:18Then my opinion is reinforced.
12:28Who sent it?
12:29She'll tell us when she's ready.
12:31It's from Mr. Rakes.
12:32He got the job he was here to interview for, so he's living in New York.
12:36And what is that to you?
12:38You can't ask me to cut him dead.
12:39My dear, should you meet Mr. Rakes in the street, then of course not.
12:43But I suggest only that you do not seek him out.
12:45He is not fit to be one of your circle.
12:47He is not a suitable companion, that is all.
12:50Oh.
12:51It seems like a great deal to me.
12:52I do not wish to marry Mr. Rakes.
12:54Then we have no quarrel.
12:55But I don't accept that he's not fit to keep me company.
12:58Certainly, he has behaved like a gentleman to me from our first meeting.
13:01I think I should be lucky to be in his company.
13:03Oh, Henry, Henry, must you live on in your child?
13:06Can you not set her free, for pity's sake?
13:08But what's wrong with him?
13:09He is an adventurer.
13:12Will you concede nothing to my age and experience?
13:14I tell you, he is an adventurer.
13:15And I am never wrong.
13:16Thanks for saving me at dinner.
13:30I didn't want to be cross-examined by that young jackanates.
13:34I don't know what report he'll take home to his mother.
13:37Why did he have to witness all of you pounding me like a trio of prize fighters?
13:41Gladys must make friends, Bertha.
13:42Mr. Baldwin is not what we want.
13:44How do you know?
13:45Because he's not what I want.
13:49Do you think Mr. Van Ryn is interested in Gladys, too?
13:52Who makes you say that?
13:54Instinct.
13:56I think he may be.
13:57But I question his motives.
13:59Gladys will be a very rich young woman.
14:01And if anyone plans to marry her for money,
14:03he'll need much more to offer than ask a Van Ryn.
14:05What do you mean by that?
14:07Have you thought about how to deal with the alderman?
14:09I believe so.
14:10But I can do nothing until they repeal their own law.
14:12What I am planning may take a great many dollars, my dear.
14:16But if I am successful, it will be worth it.
14:19I told you before.
14:21We've made one fortune together, and if needs be, we'll make and spend another.
14:28May I stay with you tonight?
14:29You have only to ask.
14:32What's the matter?
15:00You seem preoccupied.
15:02I am preoccupied, but nothing's the matter.
15:05I think I've met the girl I'm going to marry.
15:11We always knew we were going to have to marry in the end.
15:14Did we?
15:16I suppose we did.
15:17What's the alternative?
15:18To, uh, to live in the shadows.
15:22No, thank you.
15:25Who is she, this girl?
15:28Too early to see.
15:30But she's perfect.
15:33She'll have lots of money, which is essential.
15:37She's an innocent, so she will suspect nothing, and she seems nice.
15:45I think we could be happy.
15:46Really?
15:47John, there are plenty of men who have had to make exactly the same decision.
15:53They can't all be wretched.
15:55And what about us?
16:01Why should it make any difference?
16:04Oh, I see.
16:07Unless I take to it like a duck to water.
16:10You never know.
16:13I'm only teasing.
16:19I'm only teasing.
16:23I'm only teasing.
16:41Bastards.
16:42They've rescinded the law?
16:43Well, that's it.
16:44There will be no new railroad station in New York City.
16:47For now.
16:48What are we going to do?
16:49We buy.
16:51We buy.
16:52Every piece of company stock that comes on the market.
16:54And not a soul is to hear about it.
16:56Hide the purchases.
16:57I don't want them traced back to me.
16:58Not yet.
17:02Miss Ainslie.
17:03You look well this morning, sir.
17:06I feel as well as Washington, looking down at the redoubts outside Yorktown.
17:10He knew a great battle was coming.
17:13A great battle he would win.
17:15He can't have known that.
17:17But he knew it was a battle he could win.
17:25What a wonderful surprise.
17:27Don't worry, I'm not staying.
17:29And it's a little less wonderful.
17:32But come in for a moment.
17:33Please, will you excuse us, Miss Scott?
17:35We shouldn't be in here.
17:51Just for a moment.
17:52I can't stay, really.
17:54I'm meeting on data at a luncheon party.
17:56My loss.
17:58So, what have you been doing since I last saw you?
18:03Are you enjoying your stay in New York?
18:06My stay or my new life?
18:08I'd love to tell you all about it, but I suppose I can't call it your aunt's house.
18:14What about luncheon at Delmonico's?
18:16Madison Square, I mean, of course, not Broadway.
18:19I don't know the difference, but no.
18:21Well, what about coffee?
18:23Where?
18:24In some salubrious hotel.
18:26The St. Cloud.
18:28Or the Metropolitan.
18:29You know your way around already.
18:31I'm a quick learner.
18:32Of course we can't meet in a hotel for coffee or anything else.
18:38You don't seem to me to be a person governed by petty rules.
18:41Not governed, I hope, but I must live in the same world as everyone else.
18:46We could bump into each other in Madison Square by Liberty's hand.
18:50What?
18:51The hand from the proposed Statue of Liberty.
18:53It was sent over here six years ago to raise funds, but soon it's going back to France.
18:57That sounds like something I would like to see.
18:59And we'll walk up and down and admire it.
19:01Who'd object to that?
19:02Aunt Agnes?
19:04Well, I'll be there.
19:08When?
19:09Next Monday.
19:11Five o'clock.
19:13You are incorrigible, Mr. Rakes.
19:19And now I must fly.
19:26Miss Scott, come in.
19:33I must tell you, I can confirm your suspicions.
19:35I think if I have no answers for questions...
19:40Have you seen what's happening?
19:58Have you seen what's happening?
19:59I have. And it's true. The stock has gone up.
20:01It makes no sense.
20:03The law's been reversed. The station won't be built.
20:05And the stock has risen.
20:07Not by much.
20:07Not by much yet.
20:09But they haven't even fallen a cent when they should have gone through the floor.
20:12Russell must be behind it.
20:14Buying them as they come on the market.
20:16That's what everyone's saying.
20:18But how much money would one man risk?
20:20How much money has one man got?
20:22And there you have it.
20:23Even George Russell himself can only hold up the crash for a day or two.
20:26Are you sure?
20:30How deeply are you in?
20:33So deep I cannot see the sky.
20:39I bet all I have.
20:42So I won't just lose the money. I'll lose everything I own.
20:46Without the law, the company is ludicrously overpriced.
20:50Delaying the fall will consume his fortune.
20:52I hope to God you're right.
20:54I must be right.
20:56Morris.
21:09What are you doing here?
21:11Well, I've just left a meeting at Charles Fane's office.
21:13Have you heard the rumors about George Russell?
21:16They were saying at the union that he's ruined.
21:18Or if he hasn't yet, he's only ever.
21:19I was trying to maintain the value of his company by buying all the shares as they come out.
21:23And when he lets them go, they'll crash through the floor, taking his fortune with him.
21:26That's what they say.
21:27I better run, but I can't get over it.
21:33George Russell is finished.
21:34Oh, there you are.
21:48I was afraid you were going to miss your lunch.
21:51Oh.
21:51Well, it's just a full lap.
21:53No need to get upset.
21:55It's not that, it's a...
21:56What?
21:57Something in your letter?
21:59Did someone die?
22:00No, no.
22:01Well, how long are you going to keep us in suspense?
22:04It's from the publisher of The Christian Advocate.
22:07Why is he writing you?
22:08He wants to meet to discuss publishing some of my short stories.
22:14What?
22:15I've never known anyone who's had something published in the paper.
22:18Why should you care you don't read?
22:20I get by.
22:20This is very impressive.
22:22One of your own stories in print.
22:24Oh.
22:25Don't spoil it.
22:27Is our luncheon ready?
22:28It is.
22:29Miss Scott just got word that a publisher wants to talk to her about your writing.
22:33Oh.
22:33Congratulations, Miss Scott.
22:36Excuse me.
22:37Oh, but you didn't eat your lunch.
22:42I wonder how long she'll keep working for Mrs. Van Ryn once she gets in the papers.
22:46It is not for us to speculate on such things.
22:49Yes, Mr. Ballister.
22:50Miss Scott isn't the only one around here doing something exciting.
22:53We got tickets to the Magic Lantern show tonight.
22:55That's right.
22:56Well, mind you, come straight back.
22:58Curfew's at ten.
22:59We will, Mr. Ballister.
23:00Definitely.
23:03Well, of course we'll have to raise funds.
23:05There's always fundraising.
23:07But in this instance, we may have to take on the politicians, too.
23:10Goodness.
23:11What will your Aunt Agnes say about such a thing?
23:14Mrs. Van Ryn will know that sometimes a fight can't be avoided.
23:18Bravo.
23:18I'll make a sash for her to wear.
23:20Life, liberty, and the Red Cross forever.
23:22Of course you're joking, but you make me tremble.
23:25I know better.
23:26Miss Ada Brooke would never tremble.
23:28She'd always fight for any cause she believed in.
23:30You may have confused me with my sister.
23:33There's nothing wrong with my memory.
23:35In fact, I'm glad you're here, as it allows me to ask whether I really may call at 61st Street.
23:40Aunt Agnes would like to see Mr. Eckhart again, I'm sure.
23:43Oh?
23:44Well, if you think so.
23:48How long have you lived there?
23:50My brother-in-law built the house in 1850, and I joined my sister there when her husband died ten years ago.
23:56They must have been marooned in a desert when they first arrived.
24:00Mrs. Van Ryn had great foresight.
24:03Not really.
24:03No.
24:04She wanted to buy in Washington Square, but her husband insisted the city would move north.
24:09He bought quite a few lots.
24:11And now New York has crept up the avenue and made them priceless.
24:15It has proved to be sensible.
24:18Yes.
24:19Have you heard about this opera business?
24:21What's that?
24:23A group of the new people mean to challenge the Academy of Music and create another opera house.
24:29They can't.
24:30They think they can.
24:31They met at Delmonico's last week and decided that since they weren't allowed boxes at the Academy,
24:37they were going to build their own house.
24:39Do we know of whom this group of malcontents consists?
24:43The usual.
24:44J.P. Morgan, of course.
24:45The Rockefellers.
24:46The Vanderbilts.
24:47Every opportunist in New York.
24:50My lips are sealed.
24:52No wonder they couldn't get a box at the Academy.
24:55But what is the point of shutting out these men and their families
24:58when they could probably build an opera house that's 20 times better than the one we have now?
25:07Really, Miriam?
25:08I can see we're going to have to take you in hand.
25:11But surely...
25:11That's enough, dear.
25:12Time to let other people speak.
25:14Here you are.
25:22How is this good, Frederick?
25:24Anything else?
25:25Please take a look right now.
25:26Miss Scott, a man was asking for you at the front door.
25:30I asked him to wait in the street, but he said he'd meet you at the park.
25:34What sort of man?
25:35Father.
25:51I thought it was time the mountain came to Muhammad.
25:54I've been here a while.
25:55But not long enough to come and see your father.
25:57I don't want to quarrel.
25:59I won't quarrel if you won't.
26:02Your mother's birthday is approaching.
26:04I know.
26:05I come here to...
26:12You were saying?
26:21We want you to come home.
26:23Father.
26:24Not to stay.
26:25Your mother said you're unmovable on that.
26:28Just for her birthday.
26:31She hadn't been herself since you decided to leave.
26:33She's not the reason I left.
26:35But I can forgive you and get past it all.
26:37Forgive me?
26:38Yeah.
26:40It would make your mother happy if we could sit down and break bread as a family in peace.
26:49I will come home, but just for her birthday.
26:52Your mother mentioned something about working as a secretary?
27:00Yes.
27:01What does that entail exactly?
27:04Writing letters for some old lady?
27:05It's a job for an educated woman.
27:07It could lead to anything.
27:08It could lead to anything.
27:09Really?
27:10Exactly where is your room in that house?
27:14All right.
27:15It's in the servants' quarters.
27:16But I won't be working for Mrs. Van Ryn forever.
27:19And the job allows me time to write.
27:21I don't know why you're bothering with that.
27:23There aren't any colored writers, especially women writers, who can make a living wage.
27:27I will soon find out how much colored women writers make.
27:31How's that?
27:32I have a meeting with the publisher at Carlton and Porter.
27:37They put out the Christian Advocate.
27:38The white newspaper.
27:40Yes.
27:41And Mr. Carlton is interested in publishing some of my stories.
27:45Why didn't you try the New York Globe?
27:47I did, but they never answered.
27:51Well, if it doesn't pan out, I could always come home and work for me.
28:02I should get back.
28:05What's wrong?
28:07What happened?
28:08Nothing.
28:11I can tell your mother to set a place for you?
28:14Yes.
28:16Goodbye, father.
28:32I'm going out, if anyone asks.
28:42I'll be back in time to get him changed.
28:44Where do you go, Mr. Watson?
28:46What do you mean?
28:47Well, you often slip out for an hour in the afternoon.
28:49I wondered where you go to.
28:52Nowhere in particular.
28:54Sometimes the park.
28:55I like to walk.
29:03I may be imagining it, but I think Mr. Watson has a soft spot for you.
29:07Then he's wasting his time.
29:09I've got bigger plans than a broken-down old valet.
29:13That seems rather cruel.
29:15Life can be cruel, Mrs. Bruce.
29:17But I mean to get the better of it.
29:28It seems mad to me not to take Mrs. Russell's money when she has so much of it to give.
29:33Well, or Mrs. Chamberlain's, for that matter.
29:36Whatever her past.
29:38You may have a point when it comes to Mrs. Russell, but not with Mrs. Chamberlain.
29:42No?
29:43They say she's very rich, too, and that she has a real interest in charitable causes.
29:47It may be so, but there are limits.
29:49What is she supposed to have done?
29:53Well, before their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain knew each other.
30:02Don't most people know their wives and husbands before they married them?
30:06Except in some eastern countries, I suppose.
30:07Yes, but their son is older than he ought to be.
30:13I thought he was adopted.
30:15Well, so he is.
30:17In a way.
30:18And it was all a long time ago now.
30:21People have long memories in this town.
30:24Oh, there's Bannister.
30:27Good afternoon, Bannister.
30:28It's Ada.
30:29Miss Marion.
30:30Bannister.
30:31Oh, thank you.
30:34Why couldn't you see it coming?
30:36Because it's always worked before.
30:38Then why isn't it working this time?
30:40Russell has more money than God.
30:42Can't you tell him there'll be no profit in the deal?
30:44We tried to make a fool of him.
30:45He won't find that easy to forgive.
30:48You should get changed.
30:50If he keeps going, I'll lose everything I own.
30:53We?
30:54We will lose everything we own.
30:56It's a pity you and Ann Morris decided to humiliate his wife.
31:00I guess that won't have helped.
31:01That was Ann, not me.
31:02I wanted to use their ballroom for the fair.
31:04Then why didn't you insist?
31:07There must be something you can do.
31:10Appeal to his better nature.
31:12It's a pity you, Boo, boo, boo, boo.
31:14I don't know.
31:19Hello?
31:21The UAE?
31:22Oh, yeah.
31:31Thanks, Jamie.
31:31Climb up.
31:32Yes, see ya.
31:33I want to prepare you personally for help.
31:34Please help me.
31:35Please help me.
31:37You up.
31:38Let me know.
31:38I'll do it.
31:39that made me jump
32:00don't worry
32:01I'll look after you
32:02not like that
32:03I only
32:05not like that
32:06shh
32:07could you go to him
32:14after the insults
32:15you heaped on his wife
32:16I don't think so
32:17I only did
32:18you only did what you thought was right
32:19I had to follow Aurora's lead
32:21don't insult my intelligence
32:22I don't know what you mean
32:24you saw the fun he had destroying your bazaar
32:26well now he has the chance
32:27to destroy your family
32:29can't be as bad as that
32:32you have to go to Mrs. Russell
32:36ask her forgiveness
32:38crawl
32:38grovel
32:39kiss her feet
32:40do what you have to do
32:41to get her to stop him
32:42Patrick
32:43you can't ask that of me
32:45I'm not asking you
32:46I'm telling you
32:47oh you'll have no position
32:49no house
32:50and no one left to boss around
32:52I thought we might start for an ice cream
33:06maybe
33:06or
33:08just a cup of coffee
33:10you heard Mr. Bannister
33:12we're to go straight back
33:14the curfew's at 10
33:14they don't own us
33:19this is our main world
33:22we don't get many
33:24we can't miss the curfew
33:25and we said we'd go straight home
33:27if that's the way you want it
33:29it is
33:29can I hold your hand?
33:36I told you
33:37I don't like that stuff
33:38now come on
33:41do you want to come to bed?
33:53not yet
33:54I need a drink
33:56what's happened?
33:58nothing
33:59only that my plan
34:03has come apart
34:05and I have to start again
34:06I presume you mean
34:10the perfect girl
34:10about time you knew
34:12her name is
34:15Gladys Russell
34:17George Russell's daughter?
34:19but now
34:20god damn it
34:21the word on the street
34:21is that Russell is finished
34:23or he soon will be
34:26he's trying to hold up
34:28the value of his company
34:29by buying all the shares
34:30but no one could continue that forever
34:33they think you'll be wiped out
34:35in a matter of days
34:36and the girl is not perfect enough
34:38to survive her father's ruin
34:40I can't marry
34:43without money
34:44I must have more money
34:46you'll find another one
34:51maybe
34:51that's not the point
34:53she was perfect
34:56I have this
35:20notice I can bring a light
35:21Miss Scott
35:28but in your letter
35:35you said that you're a secretary
35:37so I am
35:38to a Mrs. Van Hryen
35:39but you never mentioned
35:41you were
35:41I'm not sure
35:44we can see you today
35:44but Mr. Carlton's letter
35:47said he wanted to meet
35:48what is it you expect of us
35:50I'd like your editor
35:52to publish my short stories
35:54wasn't that clear
35:55in the Christian advocate
35:57really
35:58is there a rule
35:59against publishing
36:00the work of people like me
36:01well
36:02not a rule
36:03I read your magazine a lot
36:05I like your editorials
36:07and I liked a recent article
36:09about the importance
36:10of equal rights
36:11I want to test it
36:14Mr. Carlton is very busy
36:16I doubt he'll have time for you
36:18but you're free to wait
36:20I will
36:22Mr. Aubrey
36:29yes
36:31is Mrs. Russell at home
36:39she's in the drawing room
36:40sir with Mrs. Morris
36:41is she indeed
36:42well I won't disturb them
36:44I do not understand
36:50you are suggesting
36:51I should interfere
36:52in my husband's business
36:53well interfere
36:55makes it sound
36:56so very bad
36:57it seems that Patrick
37:02and the other aldermen
37:04have miscalculated
37:05they thought the stock
37:07would go down
37:08but they have gone up
37:10you have neatly
37:10encapsulated the nature
37:12of dealing in stock
37:13you try to guess
37:14which way they'll go
37:14if you're right
37:15you make money
37:16and if you get it wrong
37:16you don't
37:17well of course
37:19I know that
37:20so what is it
37:23you want me to do
37:23I want you to ask him
37:28I want you to ask him
37:28to show a little pity
37:30to show mercy
37:34forgive me
37:36forgive me but this is in payment
37:39I don't understand
37:42you come into my house
37:44you make this strange request
37:45and I'm trying to establish why
37:47do you feel I owe a debt of gratitude
37:49have you granted me a favor
37:51that merits a return
37:52no
37:53no
37:53no
37:54Mrs. Morris
38:01I hesitate to teach the basics
38:03but life is like a bank account
38:05you cannot write a check
38:07without first making a deposit
38:08Mrs. Morris is leaving
38:11yes ma'am
38:12Mr. Carlton
38:23we'll see you now
38:24won't you come into my office
38:39Mrs. Scott
38:40I apologize for making you wait
38:46when Aaron informed me
38:48that you were the writer
38:48we needed a strategy
38:50I see
38:51first
38:52I have a question for you
38:55did you really write these stories
38:58I'm sorry
38:59they are beautifully constructed
39:02and executed
39:03they came back with the strongest recommendations
39:05and I want to be sure you wrote them
39:07well I did
39:08and you're very talented
39:10thank you
39:12as I stated in my letter
39:14we would like to publish one of them
39:17that's wonderful
39:18in fact it's amazing
39:20really
39:21which one?
39:23we'll start with the story
39:24about the little girl
39:25who lives by the bay
39:26now there are adjustments
39:28we'd ask you to make
39:29so that your work is more palatable
39:30to our readers
39:31of course
39:32the little colored girl
39:33would need to be changed
39:34to a poor white child
39:36but why?
39:38our readers
39:39will not identify
39:40with a colored girl's story of redemption
39:41but you said
39:43my stories came back
39:44with the strongest recommendations
39:45were those from white people?
39:47of course
39:48but then wouldn't their reaction
39:49be indicative of your readers?
39:51why would you change
39:53an integral part of the story?
39:56because it would cost us
39:57most of our readership
39:58in the south
39:58I don't approve
40:01of the system
40:02I can say that
40:03but once gone
40:04those people
40:05would not be back
40:06I see
40:07you said adjustments
40:11what other changes
40:13must I make
40:13to be published?
40:15your name is fine
40:15it does not suggest
40:17anything about your background
40:18so we can keep it
40:19but your race
40:20would have to remain concealed
40:22how would that work?
40:25we'd have you sign a document
40:26that you accept our policy
40:27which would prevent you
40:28divulging publicly
40:29that you are the writer
40:30of any stories
40:31we might publish
40:32my own stories?
40:34once we buy them
40:36they would be ours
40:37so
40:40you understand
40:42what I'm saying?
40:43I think so
40:44good
40:44the Christian advocate
40:46is asking me to lie
40:48it's the best arrangement
40:53I can offer
40:54you'd be paid handsomely
40:56more than you could make
40:57at any colored publication
40:59I realize that
41:00there are at least
41:02two white men
41:03sitting in a bar
41:04around the corner
41:04drinking away their sorrows
41:06because I turned them down
41:08they'd kill to be
41:10in your position
41:10but they'd never be
41:14in my position
41:15did I make a mistake?
41:20I could have my stories
41:22published in a newspaper
41:24right now
41:24but you'd never be able
41:25to claim them
41:26and no
41:27you did not make a mistake
41:28it was a disgraceful thing
41:29for him to ask
41:30the worst part
41:31is my father was right
41:32now he'll gloat
41:34and insist that I come
41:35and work for him
41:36but you have a job
41:37it doesn't matter
41:38his way and his word
41:40trumps anything
41:41I say or want to do
41:43at least in his mind
41:44there must be other papers
41:46there are
41:47but I haven't heard back
41:48from any of them
41:49somewhere there's an open door
41:50and you're going to
41:51walk through it
41:52if that's her hand
41:56what size will the
41:57Statue of Liberty be?
41:58big
41:59huh
42:00Mr. Brace
42:03so when it goes to France
42:05and gets stuck onto
42:06the statue's arm
42:07then it will come back here?
42:08that's the idea
42:09but they still haven't
42:10got enough money
42:11for the plinth
42:11the government refuses
42:13they'll find it
42:14would you like to
42:16walk with us Miss Scott?
42:18no thank you sir
42:19so
42:24tell me about
42:26your adventures in the city
42:27I'm enjoying myself
42:29life in New York
42:30is very much to my taste
42:31can I come to 61st Street yet?
42:34not quite
42:35is your aunt still
42:37being unreasonable?
42:38who said she was
42:39ever reasonable?
42:41that's a shame
42:42I have things
42:44I want to say to her
42:44to them both
42:46what things?
42:47well now
42:48let me see
42:49I could start by admitting
42:51that I'm no great catch
42:52socially
42:52things are improving
42:54in that direction
42:54Mr. Brace
42:56of course I have no fortune
42:57but
42:57I've got a good job
42:59and excellent prospects
43:00there's nothing wrong
43:02there's nothing wrong
43:02with being a lawyer
43:02in New York
43:03certainly not
43:04but
43:05do you hear that?
43:08no
43:08and if it's devotion
43:16they need to be sure of
43:17then I can say
43:19hand on heart
43:19there's no man living
43:22who cares more for you
43:23than I
43:23let me spend
43:27what remains to me
43:28of life
43:28in the sole cause
43:29of making you happy
43:30Mr. Rakes
43:35we've only met
43:35a handful of times
43:37you see
43:37for me
43:38I knew it once
43:39when you came to my office
43:40for help that time
43:41I could have asked you then
43:44but
43:44now I'll keep on asking
43:46until you say no
43:47what if I say yes?
43:50then I'll stop
43:51I should get back
43:55send me a message
44:01when you want to see me
44:11are you alright?
44:18what happened?
44:19he proposed
44:20I'm quite breathless
44:23what did you answer?
44:25nothing
44:25nothing of any purpose
44:27he didn't tell him no?
44:29I didn't tell him anything
44:30but he didn't tell him no
44:32I'm sorry to miss
44:40your pretty niece
44:41she's gone to the park
44:43Mr. Eckhart
44:44where are you living now?
44:46well right now
44:47I'm down on 4th street
44:48but it's only temporary
44:49I see
44:50what a beautiful house
44:52you have here
44:52Mrs. Van Ryn
44:53thank you
44:54do I remember
44:55some of these pieces
44:56from your old home
44:57when I used to call there
44:58with my parents?
45:00not really
45:00these are my husband's things
45:02my brother sold
45:04most of my parents' possessions
45:05indeed
45:06that must have been hard
45:07I'm not sure
45:08I recall your parents visiting
45:09but perhaps they did
45:11I think I remember them
45:13there's not much
45:15Miss Ada Brooke
45:15forgets
45:16of that I'm sure
45:18yes
45:19yes
45:20Ada dear
45:22go down and tell
45:23Mrs. Bauer
45:23we will be three for tea
45:25won't she already know?
45:28I want to gossip
45:28with Mr. Eckhart
45:29your sister is a fine woman
45:46shall I tell you
45:47what I think
45:47Mr. Eckhart
45:48I think you heard
45:50from Mrs. Morris
45:51Ada was still unmarried
45:52and you saw a way
45:53to mend your fences
45:54now wait a minute
45:55I may be wrong
45:56of course
45:57and your feelings
45:57may come from the heart
45:59they do
45:59I've seen her
46:01in my mind's eye
46:02so many times
46:03over the years
46:04still I believe
46:04I should tell you
46:05my sister has little money
46:06of her own
46:07and in the joyful event
46:09of her marrying
46:10she would be obliged
46:11to move out
46:13and take care of herself
46:14I'm too old
46:15to live with a man
46:16I assure you
46:17you've mistaken
46:17my intentions ma'am
46:19have I?
46:21then I apologize
46:22just so you understand
46:25that marrying Ada
46:26would bring
46:26neither income
46:27nor a place to live
46:29you see
46:31you never knew
46:31why my father
46:32turned you down
46:33all those years ago
46:34you thought it was
46:34your lack of prospects
46:36but you'd been heard
46:37boasting in a bar
46:38that you were about
46:40to marry a meal ticket
46:42you were wrong
46:45about that too
46:46ah
46:49here we are
46:52it was on its way up
46:54my dear Miss Ada
46:58I'm afraid
46:58I've only just noticed
46:59the time
47:00I'm already late
47:00for an appointment
47:01but you've come
47:03all the way
47:04from 4th Street
47:04and now he has
47:06to get back
47:06but surely
47:09you can stay
47:10for a few minutes
47:11nothing
47:11would give me
47:12more pleasure
47:12sadly
47:16it's just not possible
47:17I am sorry
47:18Bannister
47:19will you see
47:20Mr. Eckhart out
47:21we can manage here
47:22yes ma'am
47:23ladies
47:24right this way
47:24Mr. Eckhart
47:25what a very strange thing
47:31I don't remember him
47:33as rude
47:34oh I think
47:35he's just
47:36a very busy man
47:37never mind
47:38I want your help
47:39with the menus
47:40tomorrow
47:40and please
47:43choose something
47:44that you really like
47:45I want to spoil you
47:48for once
47:48I can't think why
47:51I can
47:52but I do not understand
48:07why I should stop
48:08buying what's on
48:09the open market
48:09I like the company
48:12I have more faith
48:13in it than you
48:14won't you do
48:16the decent thing
48:17and is that
48:18what you all did
48:19to me
48:19Mr. Fane
48:20the decent thing
48:22but if they will agree
48:24to pass the law now
48:25you mean to pass
48:26the law again
48:27to pass it
48:28for a second time
48:29you've made your point
48:30Mr. Russell
48:31we've taken you
48:32for a fool
48:33when it is we
48:33who are the fools
48:34I won't fight you
48:35on that one
48:36if you want me
48:42to kneel
48:42I'll kneel
48:43if you want me
48:50to beg
48:50I am begging
48:52now
48:52we've already
48:54lost enough
48:55to make us poor
48:56but if it goes on
48:58for much longer
48:58there's some
48:59among us
49:00facing ruin
49:02please
49:06end it
49:08I won't say
49:19I feel no pity
49:20because I do
49:22but you have not only
49:25tried to get
49:25the better of me
49:26you and Mrs. Mars
49:28have snubbed
49:30and belittled
49:30my wife
49:31how could I allow
49:34that to go
49:35unpunished
49:35I don't suggest
49:40that you men
49:41committed every crime
49:42that I'm avenging here
49:43but to employ
49:44a modern phrase
49:45I'm afraid
49:47you must face
49:48the music
49:48my secretary
49:51will see you out
50:05there you are
50:24I thought I heard
50:25the front door
50:26are we expecting
50:29any of the children
50:29for dinner
50:30Will's here
50:31of course
50:32and Louise
50:33is on her way
50:33but I don't think
50:34she's staying
50:35she's a good girl
50:37they're all good people
50:39I'm happy to say
50:40what brought this on
50:42why
50:43must I have a reason
50:44to tell you
50:45how proud I am
50:45of my family
50:46you have made me
50:48happy
50:49and proud
50:50you
50:51most particularly
50:53enough
50:54I shall be
50:56weeping in a minute
50:57come in and sit with me
50:59we've got time
51:00before we change
51:01in a moment
51:01there's something
51:02I must do first
51:03is this just for me
51:19it is
51:20I'm a lucky fellow
51:22how's it all going
51:27they've offered
51:29to repass the law
51:30and let me build
51:31my station
51:32so I won't have
51:33to scrub floors
51:34doesn't look like it
51:36is it finished then
51:50not quite
51:51but almost
51:52it'll be a long time
51:53before the aldermen
51:54try to get the better
51:55of me again
51:55but I think
51:57I've punished them enough
51:58that sounds very
51:59forbearing of you
52:00I'd like to do
52:01the right thing
52:02if I don't lose
52:03any money by it
52:04you
52:15you
52:16I don't know
52:18you
52:22you
52:25you
52:27you
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