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00:01My husband, Norman Henry, was a good man, generally speaking.
00:12But he was also a man riddled with insecurities.
00:15You heard of Thomas Edison?
00:16What are you due for supper?
00:17Anyone here know a chap by the name of Mark Twain?
00:20Self-doubts.
00:21I see how she looks at you.
00:23My wife!
00:25And fear.
00:32Fear that the world was constantly laughing at his every move.
00:36This fear was not unfounded.
00:41You see, when he was just a boy, the world did just that.
00:50You're off-key.
00:52He's off-key.
00:54We've practiced this part over a hundred times.
00:57But some students are simply more gifted than others.
01:01And that's okay, Norman.
01:03Oh, darling, we're not done.
01:08Let's try it again.
01:10I'll admit my husband has a flair for the dramatic.
01:25Whether he was actually laughed at that day or not is quite beside the point.
01:40I'm really sorry about that.
01:41I'm really sorry about that.
01:42I'm really sorry about that.
01:43As if you already didn't have enough to worry about.
01:44I'm really sorry about that.
01:45You're the laughing stock of the entire congregation.
01:46I'm really sorry about that.
01:47I'm really sorry about that.
01:48It's fine.
01:49I'm really sorry about that.
01:50It's fine.
01:51We can't be good at everything.
01:52Well, maybe he can be good at something.
01:53I'm really sorry about that.
01:54I'm really sorry about that.
01:55about that. He would spend his life yearning for approval from a father who would offer him
02:00nothing in return. It's you who's embarrassing us. You know that, don't you? I'm really sorry about
02:12that. I didn't know it then, but the day I met Norman Henry was not one week after his father
02:18had died, leaving him with nothing but a fragility he would never be able to overcome.
02:25Fuck. Of course. You couldn't be any stupider. Norman, you really just could not be any...
02:40Excuse me. That's not a very polite way to speak about yourself.
02:46Oh, hi. Hi. I'm sorry. Was I bothering you? I didn't think anybody would be here. Well,
02:54they, they, they, they told me nobody would be here and that I could just let myself in through
02:58the side door. Am I bothering you? You're not bothering me. I'm not a robber. Well, how could
03:05I trust that statement now? No, really, really, miss. I promise I'm not, I'm not. It appears
03:09as if you're stealing all the cutlery from the dining hall. Um, I'm giving it new life.
03:15The cutlery? It's fallen into neglect. The cutlery. Yeah, cutlery. Yes. Oh. Forks,
03:20knives. Little spoons. I, um, I give them renewed purpose. Oh. You're an artist. No. No. No,
03:39I'm, I'm, I'm an opportunist. But you, you make little sculptures. No, I, I know a guy that makes
03:46little sculptures. Out of cutlery? Out of whatever I give him. My sister's an artist. You seem
03:55passionate like an artist. Yes. Well, I'm sorry to disappoint. You didn't, you didn't disappoint.
04:08The thing, the things I get excited by are, they're not exciting. You're not exciting? I try not to be.
04:21Having just ended my relationship with a certain fraudulent inventor, I was intrigued by this humble
04:29man who saw beauty in the world and wanted no credit for it. A beauty that I had hoped he might find again.
04:38In me, all these years later.
04:46This penultimate chapter, dear reader, is as close as we came to falling back in love again.
05:08Hello?
05:29Hello?
05:30I'm going.
05:40I'm going.
05:47Will you all shut up?
05:55But we was invited.
05:57He wasn't invited.
05:58Oh, I don't work for you, woman.
06:05Excuse me?
06:17Who are you?
06:20Replacing the driver, I hope.
06:22He's about to die.
06:23A creditor?
06:24He's a lawyer.
06:25Says so on his bag.
06:27My occupation and identity are none of your concern.
06:33I am looking for my client's wife, Evelyn Nesbitt Thor.
06:42Who?
06:43If you could show me the way to the main house where the real people are.
06:49Okay.
06:50Mrs. Nesbitt Thor.
06:51Oh.
06:52Mrs. Nesbitt Thor.
06:55Mrs. Nesbitt Thor.
06:56Oh.
06:57Mrs. Nesbitt.
06:58For the purposes of these legal proceedings, it is preferable for you to identify as your
07:02husband's property.
07:03Uh, well...
07:04Uh...
07:05Mrs. Nesbitt Thor.
07:06Uh...
07:07Mrs. Nesbitt.
07:08For the purposes of these legal proceedings, it is preferable for you to identify as your
07:17husband's property.
07:19property. Ah, well, okay. You are the lawyer. I am. So, let us begin. I'm so sorry. Right
07:34now? Yes, this very instant. We're due back in the city by 4 p.m. for you to be sworn
07:38in. Oh, how exciting. I will be speaking to you as though I were the prosecution, but
07:45rest assured, I am a friendly. It's merely an act for you to be prepared. I'm so sorry.
07:53What's your name? Delphine Delmas. Right, well, you see, I have acquired an audience for my
08:10dress rehearsal, and, um, they're all waiting for us. Waiting for us?
08:18Mm-hmm.
08:19Mm-hmm.
08:29Mm-hmm.
08:30Mm-hmm.
08:32Mm-hmm.
08:36Hello, and welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the first and only dress rehearsal for...
09:01the crime of the century. Isn't that good? We worked on that jingle together. Oh, God,
09:18sorry. This is, uh, this is my lawyer, Mr., uh, Mrs. Delphus Finimus. It's, uh, it's, um,
09:23Delphine Delmas.
09:24Right.
09:25Prickly fellow.
09:26Take a bow!
09:27I'm not your, I'm not her, uh, Laura, um, ma'am, ma'am, ma'am, might I have a word?
09:32Okay.
09:33Um, wouldn't you prefer to do this in, uh, in, in private?
09:39Are you sure you don't want to do this in private?
09:42Mr. Delphus, am I not to testify in front of the entire world tomorrow?
09:48It's Delmas, uh, yes.
09:49I think the name is Demas.
09:50Demas?
09:51Yeah, Demas, Demas.
09:52Uh, okay. It's Delphine Delmas, uh, for those of you who aren't sure. Uh, ma'am, I do implore
10:00you to trust your husband's counsel on this. I believe that we should find a private suite
10:05and rehearse, uh, confidentially.
10:08Oh.
10:09Mr. Delphus.
10:10Come now, I trust these people completely. My friends.
10:15I make, uh, the merde.
10:21Very well.
10:22Very well.
10:37Mrs. Thorpe, Nesbeth Thorpe.
11:04Could we switch them, perhaps?
11:07Thorpe, Nesbeth.
11:09Wouldn't you like that?
11:10I knew you'd understand.
11:13I'll start from the beginning, I suppose.
11:16Yes, of course.
11:19Where were you in autumn of 1901?
11:23New York City, Manhattan.
11:27And were you romantically involved with anyone at that time?
11:31Yes, I was.
11:34Whom?
11:36Oh, um, Stanford White.
11:38Could you explain the...
12:04Could you explain the nature of the relationship to the court, please?
12:11Yes, of course.
12:13Stannie and I loved each other very much for a time.
12:15He was like a father to me.
12:16Mrs. Thaw, isn't it true that you performed sexual favors for Mr. White
12:19in exchange for cash and gifts and travel?
12:28Is this not a little crass for public consumption?
12:34The real prosecution will try to frame you as a common whore.
12:46A whore?
12:51Why?
12:53I mean, why would they try to paint such an ugly picture about a lady like me?
13:00Mrs. Thaw.
13:01Nesbitt.
13:01Mrs. Nesbitt Thaw.
13:05Did Mr. Stanford White have a studio apartment he kept in Midtown
13:09with a velvet swing hanging from a crossbeam?
13:15Yes.
13:16And is it true that you would swing naked from the velvet swing?
13:23It was all in jest.
13:31It was all in jest.
13:31In autumn of 1901, did Mr. Stanford White not drug you?
13:46With your mother in the room and penetrate you through multiple orifices?
14:03She was asleep.
14:12My mother.
14:13That was not my question.
14:17Yes.
14:17Yes, he did this over and over again, day after day, month after month.
14:20And in exchange, he paid for your trips, your schooling, your apartment, your particulars.
14:24That's the very definition of a common whore.
14:35Oh.
14:37Well, there are many words with multiple definitions you'll find.
14:40For example, the word I love you, that is something that means a whole lot more to us women than it does to you men.
14:46And when was Dwight tired of you, did you not turn your attention to Mr. Harry Thaw's fortunes in an act of selfish desperation?
14:55I don't seem to know what this has to do with Harry shooting a man.
14:59That you crafted a surgical campaign to target Mr. Harry Thaw, to fleece him for cash and gifts and trips.
15:11To fleece him?
15:13Like a sheep.
15:18Don't be smart.
15:20A smart young lady doesn't play well with the jury.
15:24Well, what definition are you using to define the word smart?
15:29You see, it's all objective, isn't it?
15:30You traveled to Paris at no expense of your own.
15:35Your mother traveled to Paris at no expense of her own.
15:39So I must ask, what was the currency?
15:50Kindness.
15:52I believe the currency was companionship.
15:56And loyalty.
15:59And friendship.
16:02And the trip was a gift from Harry.
16:04Mm-hmm.
16:08Our gifts are no longer acceptable practice from a husband to his wife.
16:11And come to think of it, I do believe I know where you're going with this, Mr. Ephraim.
16:28And it is downright shameful.
16:32Because my body is and has never been currency.
16:39Not for gifts, for trips, for any other thing.
16:42It is Delmas.
16:48You call it companionship and loyalty.
16:54I call it sex acts and role-play, risque role-play for that matter, which you performed in exchange for a home and a life of status.
17:05So, disguise it as you will, Mrs. Thaw.
17:08But the truth remains that you reek of putrid desperation.
17:16You are as every woman who trolls the Lower East Side of Manhattan between the hours of 10 p.m. and 2 a.m.
17:23I can smell the rancid stench from here.
17:33We all can.
17:35Did you knowingly withhold the fact that you were indeed not a virgin when you met Mr. Harry Thaw?
17:39Did you knowingly withhold this information because you knew that you might be able to swindle him more efficiently?
17:46Did you, in fact, steal money from Mr. Harry Thaw under the false pretense that you were selling him your virginity?
17:52And when he realized that you had been lying to him, he had a mental break, which caused him to fatally injure Mr. Stanford White.
17:57So, in fact, was it not you, Mrs. Thaw, who is to blame for the untimely demise of Mr. Stanford White?
18:10It is your fault.
18:12Because you are a dirty whore.
18:24How dare you?
18:27How dare you?
18:31Me?
18:32Wasn't it me?
18:35Oh, because I didn't want to sleep with Harry.
18:40I didn't want to sleep with him.
18:42Okay?
18:43I didn't want to sleep with him.
18:45He was a beast.
18:46And he hurt me.
18:47And he whipped me.
18:48And I didn't want to sleep with him now.
18:50And I don't.
18:51And I never will.
18:53And he knew that.
18:54Because a woman doesn't always need to be explicit.
19:00She doesn't.
19:03Okay?
19:04Why the fuck does being a woman always have to be so explicit?
19:08Do you think I wanted Paris?
19:14Well, you certainly wanted something.
19:15I didn't want Paris.
19:16You never asked me what I wanted.
19:19I wanted clothes.
19:20And a bed that I might call my own.
19:23And I wanted to stop supporting my whole family.
19:30But I didn't want Paris.
19:34And you can all sit here and judge me.
19:38But I am not a whore.
19:41I am not a whore.
19:42I am a girl.
19:45I'm just a girl.
19:47I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm Evie.
19:50Mama, I'm Evelyn.
19:54My name is Evelyn Nesbitt.
19:57It's not Thaw.
19:58It's Nesbitt.
19:59So do you hear me?
20:01Delfus or Dingus or whatever it is they call you.
20:04It's fucking Nesbitt.
20:06We've heard enough.
20:11We've heard enough.
20:12No, no, we're not done.
20:15We're not nearly done.
20:16I shall only say it once more.
20:21We are done now.
20:26That performance was pathetic.
20:28See how easily she was broken.
20:29She is far from trial ready.
20:33I implore you to release this young woman.
20:39I believe the shame felt in this room.
20:42Is enough for her soul.
21:00Man's life hangs in balance.
21:03A murderer.
21:03She is his whore.
21:08That's enough.
21:11That's enough.
21:12that means, and the last one.
21:26A murderer.
21:27You'll remember.
21:30I won't do everything.
21:31카락
21:31You're visto.
21:32You're done.
21:33I can't believe it when I knew you were fille.
21:34All right, let's go.
22:04Back to work, a lot of you.
22:14Up, back, out.
22:16Everybody out.
22:16Go, go, go.
22:18Go, out, out.
22:34Norman would hold her for hours that day.
22:51Intent on being the parent that neither of them had.
22:54Oh, my God.
23:24walks unannounced she told us to send word when her mother arrived back at the
23:38estate and they'd have Harry's driver pick her up
23:43but Mrs. Nesbitt never returned to the house
23:51nor would she see her daughter not ever again
24:01I do believe after the mock trial the atmosphere in our home had changed
24:13ever so slightly a lingering air of forgiveness and gratitude
24:18albeit brief a blow through with the wind
24:21I do appreciate your kindness with me these past few days Mr. Henry
24:34and you too Mrs. Henry
24:43the time has come Mrs. Nesbitt talk
24:49chin up
24:56gets better
24:59Mr. Henry
25:03you've got nothing to worry about
25:07I'm the girl on the swing
25:11I believe you're much more than that
25:14yes so do I
25:19all right
25:34look I shall only say this once so listen with your hearts
25:39the next time you see me it shall be my name in lights
25:47and when you do I urge you to remind yourselves as of why
25:52it is because I will have broken free
25:55at all costs
26:01Evelyn Nesbitt would soon see her name in lights
26:05she would in fact fulfill her promise to her mother
26:19she'd become the most famous in the entire world
26:23I will be a great big stage actress
26:26and everyone will love me mother
26:28they will not love me
26:29but what she truly desired was unconditional love
26:33and it was this that would elude her
26:35until her dying day
26:37Evelyn had gifted us a valuable lesson that day
26:42that our destiny resides solely
26:45in our will to break free
26:47after that speech really
26:53okay
26:57so
26:59are you looking to ask me something
27:01well it's just that it's Christmas Eve
27:11well um
27:18I don't celebrate
27:20sadly my family perished
27:22oh
27:24you said you had a sister
27:27she's an artist
27:32I don't celebrate either
27:40but for other reasons
27:42ah yes
27:47yes
27:47right
27:48so um
27:51are you
27:53looking to ask me something
27:55well um
28:01we could
28:04not celebrate together
28:06okay
28:10Norman are you awake
28:15thank you
28:28if you're listening to me
28:30I don't know
28:32I don't know
28:34I don't know
28:35you
28:36I don't know
28:36I don't know
28:37I don't know
28:38I don't know
28:39but I don't know
28:39I don't know
28:40All right.
29:06You're okay.
29:08Yeah.
29:09Go back to sleep, Norman.
29:12What's wrong?
29:13Nothing.
29:14We're going to be okay.
29:17We're going to be okay.
29:24But unfortunately, this could not have been further from the truth.
29:36Is it true?
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30:34We had entered a dream-like state, one of companionship and happiness and trust.
30:51All of my experiences, had they led me here? To this moment?
30:57To a moment of grace and love where my husband might be willing to accept the impossible?
31:04I did not invent the light bulb.
31:07I suppose you know who did.
31:09This secret I had held so deeply within.
31:13I had even convinced myself it was not true.
31:16But for the first time, I had felt like maybe he could hear my truth and set me free.
31:34I had no idea what you're waiting for.
31:37I don't know what you're waiting for!
31:40I don't know what you're waiting for!
31:41I don't know what you're waiting for!
31:42I don't know what you're waiting for!
31:43I don't know what you're waiting for!
31:44I don't know what you're waiting for!
31:46I don't know what you're waiting for!
31:47Pochette…
31:50Couteau…
31:51Quillère
31:53I don't know what you're waiting for!
31:57Fox!
31:58While I would grapple with the right moment to confide my secrets to Norman
32:04Edgar and Lilith were grappling with a truth of their own
32:12That they might never return to Paris
32:28The way in which she is now
32:33You're upset
32:33Of course, I'm an artist
32:39She doesn't like it, you have to be on the card
32:41What are you, of your feelings, or of mine
32:48How dare you to say my feelings
32:54You don't know
32:57This mounting desperation paired with Edgar's obsessions
33:10Had begun to weigh heavily on me
33:12How much longer could I protect my husband
33:16I don't get it
33:17From the inevitable
33:18Well, you don't read very often
33:19No, I just don't get the hyperbole
33:23It's not hyperbolic
33:27Do you ever know what that means, Norman?
33:29No
33:30Just sounded good for the moment
33:32Excuse me
33:41Pardon?
33:43Yeah
33:43Hello
33:44Yes
33:47Will he be here today?
33:53Of course
33:53I'm not sure
33:55He said he'd fit it in as he could
33:58Well, I've been waiting very, very patiently for days
34:02Very, very patiently
34:03I would like to go home
34:04I've been waiting very patiently
34:06Well, you are still occupied on a project, or are you not?
34:11My wife told me about your portfolio, your work
34:15Sounds quite exhaustive
34:17Happy to hear you're intrigued with our ballerina
34:21Lilith?
34:22Lilith, yes, Lilith
34:23No, I have decided against it
34:25Which is why I'm here inquiring about the appraiser
34:28I just said
34:31I will no longer be painting a ballerina
34:34Um, and why very well not?
34:39What happened to your, uh, passions and desires and, and, and, um, passions?
34:46It seems that passion and desires are very, um, fleeting in this house
34:56Uh, um, they change on a whim
34:58Like hobbies, eh?
35:04I beg your pardon
35:05My wife is nothing of a hobbyist
35:07No, no, no, quite the contrary
35:09I know, Mr. Henry
35:11I know your wife very well
35:14Um, that's a very inappropriate statement
35:19Don't you think, artist?
35:21Sooner or later
35:22We will all come to terms with this, uh, masque charade
35:27We
35:28We will all come to terms with this
35:31With this masque charade
35:34Masque charade
35:37He was not wrong
35:44We would soon all come to terms
35:47With the house of cards my husband had built
35:49But at this moment
35:51I was concerned
35:52That for Edgar Degas
35:54The statement was far more nefarious
35:57Norman?
36:11Norman, are you awake?
36:13I hear a sound from your vicinity
36:23Are you awake?
36:24Are you sleeping?
36:27Oh my god, you've been killed
36:29Come out, you fucking coward
36:44Marion
36:44Is that you?
36:51Marion
36:52If you're trying to kill me, there are simpler ways
36:55He was right
36:57There were easier ways to see him in a box
37:00Six feet under
37:01But nothing would come easy for Norman Henry
37:04Not even his death
37:05What I can divulge
37:07Is that the sword was sharp
37:09And the cut was quick
37:11And clean
37:12Now you have me getting ahead of myself
37:16This chapter
37:17Was about love
37:19To be continued
37:20To be continued
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