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00:00Oh ho ho ho!
00:04Oh ho ho ho!
00:06Oh ho ho ho!
00:12Madame Agonies, my dear.
00:14What's happened? The worst.
00:16Disaster. Disaster?
00:18Mr. de Courcy arrived just when he shouldn't have.
00:20Lucy Manor, he had just forced herself
00:22into Mr. Johnson's study to sob her woes.
00:24Has she no pride?
00:26No self-respect?
00:27What an impression she makes.
00:29Bursting from Mr. Johnson's library
00:31wailing like a struck child.
00:33Seeing the letter in your handwriting, she tore it
00:35from Reginald to read aloud.
00:37No. Yes.
00:38Mannering comes this very hour.
00:40And Reginald heard that? He read it himself.
00:44How ungentlemanly.
00:47Shocking, I can't believe it.
00:49Yes, very shocking.
00:50A gentleman entrusted with correspondence marked
00:53private, reads it regardless
00:55and then because of a few confidential remarks
00:58the oblique is mine.
00:59Who has acted badly in this affair?
01:02Only you and I stand innocent
01:03of reading other people's correspondence.
01:06Unluckily, Lady Mannering also worms out
01:08of her husband's servant
01:09that Mannering visited you in private.
01:12Oh.
01:13Facts are horrid things.
01:17Don't worry. I'll make my story good with Reginald.
01:20He'll be a little enraged at first,
01:22but I vow that by dinner tomorrow
01:24all will be well.
01:25I'm not sure.
01:26He was with Mr. Johnson when I left.
01:29Forgive me for saying it,
01:30but I dread to imagine what's being said
01:32in your disfavour.
01:35What a mistake you made
01:36marrying Mr. Johnson.
01:38Too old to be governable.
01:40Too young to die.
02:01Good afternoon, madam.
02:03Of course it might seem outlandish or shocking to others,
02:06but we're not expecting others to read our correspondence
02:09and don't put things for their benefit.
02:12Mannering only visited me as his wife's friend.
02:14Friend?
02:15She herself denies this.
02:17Of course.
02:18I was her friend when she was sane.
02:20Her great enemy since.
02:23Mannering left Langford to escape her deranged suspicions.
02:27In granting him an interview,
02:28my sole motive was to persuade him to return to her
02:31and see what might be done to ease the poor woman's mind.
02:34Yes, but why alone?
02:37Why did you arrange to see him alone?
02:39You cannot divine the motive there.
02:41Servants have ears,
02:42with the unfortunate tendency to repeat
02:45whatever they imagine they've heard.
02:47I dreaded injuring the poor woman's reputation still further.
02:50You imagine I could accept such an explanation?
02:53I can only tell you what I know to be true.
02:57Did you succeed?
02:58What?
02:59Did you convince Mannering to return to his wife?
03:02Yes, I did.
03:04But it seems that her judgement is too deteriorated to allow it.
03:08Her jealous and suspicious condition is not one that will allow reassurance.
03:13You forget?
03:15I saw the letter with my own eyes.
03:17No, I do not forget.
03:19I greatly resent it.
03:20A fault you compounded by misinterpreting what you should never have seen.
03:24Do you think I would have confided a letter to a third party if I thought its contents in any
03:29way dangerous?
03:31Have I not already explained everything which the ill nature of the world could interpret to my discredit?
03:38What could so stagger your esteem for me now?
03:42After all we've discussed and meant to one another that you could doubt my actions, my intentions, my word.
03:50Sorry, Reginald, but I've reflected upon this deeply.
03:52I cannot marry a man with an untrusting disposition. I cannot have it.
03:56What?
03:57We cannot marry.
04:00Whatever commitment was between us is severed.
04:02Any connection impossible.
04:05What are you saying?
04:07Mistrust does not bode well for any union.
04:11I have a great regard for you.
04:14Yes, a passionate one, but I must master it.
04:36Catherine!
04:38Catherine!
04:40Reginald's returned.
04:41He's here!
04:41He's just gone to find your father.
04:43It's not.
04:44No, no.
04:45No, the most happy news.
04:46Our fears were in vain.
04:48What?
04:49The engagement's off.
04:50How?
04:51Lady Susan broke it off herself.
04:53She did?
04:55Reginald's most cast down, but I'm sure he'll soon recover and, dare we hope, cast his look elsewhere.
05:04That woman's a fiend.
05:05What do you mean?
05:06Lady Susan?
05:08She has an uncanny understanding of men's natures.
05:11By forcing the rupture herself, she's engaged Reginald's pride.
05:15Uncanny?
05:16I don't understand.
05:17Reginald will start to doubt everything he's heard to her detriment.
05:20A guilty regret will overwhelm him, and slowly, surely he'll convince himself he's wronged her.
05:25You frighten me.
05:26Yes, if Frederick Vernon, renowned for his good sense, let Lady Susan ruin him, what chance has Reginald?
05:32You speak as if your brother were not wise. I'm sure he is. Everyone comments on his lively understanding.
05:39You are the best of mothers, but Reginald has just the sort of sincere nature most vulnerable to a woman
05:44of her genius.
05:45You think she's a genius?
05:47Diabolically so. Like the serpent in Eden's garden.
05:52Does this woman always get her way?
05:55From what I understand, only clever tradesmen are astute enough to see through her stratagems.
06:00Several banded together to send their agents to Interceptor on Seymour Street, obliging her to pawn the last of her
06:05jewels.
06:06Slay the fatted calf, my dear. The prodigal's returned.
06:10What's wrong, my boy? The joy of seeing your aged parents eludes you.
06:15Don't tease him, father.
06:16It's the father's right.
06:17You'll have him fleeing back to London.
06:19No risk of that, I assure you. London holds no charm for me.
06:24Oh, you realise that? Good. Never appealed to me at all. Dirty, noisy, noxious gases, soot.
06:31I don't see the point of turns. Far better to live on one's own land. Everyone should.
06:36I'm afraid this relates to my sister-in-law.
06:38Yes, sister. Congratulations on your entire vindication.
06:42On the contrary, I don't see out of danger at all.
06:45I assuredly am.
06:46What's all this about? What's happened? I don't understand.
06:49Reginald, dear, Frederica has prepared a charming piece. Help me persuade her to sing it for us.
06:54No, you are too kind, Lady de Corsi. I am not ready.
06:57Excuse me, Miss Vernon. Mother, as much as I'd like to, I'm afraid I'm too tired to be a suitable
07:03audience.
07:04If you'll excuse me.
07:05No, you must stay. Frederica's a songbird. Never heard anything like it.
07:10Don't deny us this pleasure, my dear. Reginald, we need you to insist.
07:13As I said...
07:14No, I'm sorry. Excuse me. You must play it, my dear, please.
07:19The Kentish Nightingale, I call her. Voice is remarkable, even to my hearing.
07:23She must have it from her mother's side. Lady Susan's voice is a clear, natural soprano. Lovely.
07:30Beautiful.
07:31It is, is it?
07:32Do you expect visitors, Mother? No. Who would visit us?
07:36Look who's come from London. What an agreeable surprise.
07:40Excuse me for arriving this way. What a delightful family pose.
07:45Yes, it is the season for families to unite, so especially welcome to have you here.
07:49Thank you, Charles.
07:50I do hope that, recognising a mother's anxiety to see her child, you might excuse my abruptness.
07:56Nothing to excuse.
07:58So, Reginald, Lady de Corsi, might I introduce my sister-in-law, Lady Susan Verlan?
08:02Enchalte. Please forgive this intrusion. Now that I'm fixed in town, I can't rest with Frederica away.
08:08Isn't such anxiety new?
08:10Yes, it is. I entirely agree. But now I'm in London, where the instruction Frederica needs can so readily be
08:16found.
08:17Her voice has some promise.
08:19Some? She's a veritable songbird. The Kentish Nightingale, I call her.
08:23Do you? Is this really Kent? Delightful.
08:27You are right, sir. Frederica has the native talent, a bird might, but those few notes can get repetitive.
08:36But, Mama, couldn't I stay?
08:39But, Mama, couldn't I stay? Charming.
08:43I thank you, dear sister, for making Frederica feel so at home and welcome, wherever she goes.
08:50I've secured you a lesson with Signor Veltroni.
08:53Where the grand affair of education is concerned, there's no excuse for half measures.
08:59Isn't it key, sir, to cultivate her voice? A nightingale, didn't you say?
09:04Yes, that's right. The Kentish Nightingale, I call her.
09:09Delightful appellation. And perhaps with a teacher such as Signor Veltroni, it could even become true.
09:15Frederica, have you your things?
09:16Leave for London now? We'd so looked forward to having Frederica with us.
09:20How remarkable. Only a few weeks ago, it was hard to find anywhere for Frederica.
09:25Now the world fights for her company. Astonishing.
09:29Astonishing that she was neglected then or has fought over now.
09:32An excellent observation, dear sister, but I will stop now, because I know how my daughter hates to be praised.
09:40How are you, sir?
09:42I hope well. We should go.
09:45Excuse me, Mama, I must collect my things.
09:48Yes, you must. We cannot buy a new wardrobe for each displacement.
09:56What a poor girl. Did you see her face?
09:59I must talk to her, remind her that she will always have a home with us.
10:02Or with us.
10:03If you are referring to the past, I doubt her mother will again risk misinterpretation.
10:08Henceforth, we can rest assured that Lady Susan will make clear to Frederica the consideration and affection which guide her
10:14actions.
10:28I have not gone to the trouble of retrieving Frederica from Parklands to again be thwarted.
10:32Maria Mannering may sob, Frederica may whimper, and the Vernons may storm, but Sir James will be Frederica's husband before
10:39the winter's out.
10:40You brilliant creature.
10:41Thank you, my dear. I am done submitting my will to the caprices of others.
10:47Of resigning my own judgment in deference to those to whom I owe no duty and have very little respect.
10:53Too easily have I let my resolve weaken. Frederica shall know the difference.
10:58I am too indulgent with the girl. Why let Frederica have him when you could grab him yourself?
11:03Sir James?
11:05Yes, I know your own soldier's nature, but can you afford to bestow Sir James and Frederica while having no
11:10Sir James of your own?
11:13Madam, Mr. Johnson sends word he returns to dine.
11:19Salty. Opposite. I don't doubt your ability to get to Corsi whenever you want him, but is he really worth
11:25having?
11:26Isn't his father just a sort of enraging old man who will live forever?
11:31How will you survive? On the allowance that Frederica as Lady Martin might grant you? As guests at Churchill?
11:37I'd rather be married to my own husband than dependent on the hospitality of others.
11:45We must protect her. Not just for her own sake, but for her dear Nate father's.
11:49What can we do?
11:51We must find the argument to persuade her mother it's in her best interest, which of course is her only
11:57guide.
11:58That will mean a trip to London.
12:00Fortunately Charles must have some business there to justify such a trip.
12:04What a marvellous husband you have my dear. Charles seems to live to oblige.
12:10It's true.
12:11I've been lucky. Charles always seems to have some pretext rather for doing just what's wanted.
12:21Dearest, I believe you have pressing business in London.
12:24Oh, um, yes.
12:28Frederica?
12:31You're so kind to visit. Frederica would be delighted.
12:34And how are the children? Especially my dear Frederic.
12:37Very well, thank you. Frederica, come and see who's here.
12:41I can't express my gratitude for the hospitality you've extended us.
12:45Not at all. Our great pleasure.
12:46Hello Frederica.
12:48Good afternoon my dear. Hope you're well.
12:52It is so good to see you.
12:54Frederica, why don't you go upstairs and play a piece?
12:57Select something charming to show your aunt and uncle what you've studied.
13:01With pleasure.
13:04You'll see the strides she's been making.
13:06Oh, do mind your head. Frederica plays all the new music.
13:10Haydn, Himmel, Bernardini, Carabini.
13:14Do sit down.
13:18So you're happy with the progress she's making?
13:21Yes.
13:23Only in a city such as London, I believe, could she have had such instruction.
13:27Well, if Frederica is making such good progress in London, that complicates matters.
13:32What complication would that be?
13:35We'd hoped that Frederica might return to Churchill.
13:37She is greatly missed, especially by the little ones.
13:40What a moving sentiment of cousinly regard.
13:44But my concern, my obligation, is to see the defects in Frederica's education repaired.
13:50Could we invite one of her teachers to Churchill to continue her lessons there?
13:54What a kind thought.
13:55But these are London's most sought-after masters.
13:59No invitation to a country retreat, even such a delightful one as Churchill, would be in their power to accept.
14:05Perhaps a private tutor, then?
14:07Might I confess something?
14:09Frederica and I have become such great friends, it would be hard for me to part with her.
14:13You might have noticed that for a time there was a strange tension between us.
14:18That has now happily disappeared.
14:22Excuse me, are you well?
14:24Sorry.
14:24We so set our hearts on Frederica's return.
14:28Wow.
14:28I understand completely. She's become an agreeable companion.
14:33Even her tendency to extreme quiet I've grown to find rather soothing.
14:37But there is one factor that concerns me.
14:40Does she look quite well?
14:42Oh, yes.
14:43That was your impression.
14:45London's vaporous air is not, I think, healthy for her.
14:49Does she not seem pale?
14:50She does.
14:51The London air, these smoky gases cannot be salutary for her.
14:57Fresh country air is what the young require.
15:00Yes.
15:01How curious they are.
15:03Does not the town's dank air favor the spread of influenza?
15:08The influenza in London?
15:10Several cases have been reported.
15:12It is, after all, the season for it.
15:14Of all the disorders in the world, the risk of influenza contagion is the one I dread the most for
15:19Frederica's constitution.
15:20Shouldn't we consider then removing her from this danger?
15:23Oh, what you say does give me pause.
15:26But it would be such a hardship to lose my daughter's companionship just when I've grown to rely on it.
15:32And, of course, her studies.
15:51Congratulate me, my dear. Frederica's aunt and uncle have taken her back to Churchill.
15:55I thought you'd grown to enjoy Frederica's company so.
15:59Comparatively, a bit.
16:01But I'm not so self-indulgent as to want to wallow in the companionship of a child.
16:06Lass, I fear this is our last meeting. At least while Mr. Johnson is in life.
16:11His business at Hartford has become extensive. If I continue to see you, he vows to settle in Connecticut forever.
16:16Oh, you could be scalped!
16:21I had a feeling that the great word respectable would someday divide us.
16:25Your husband I abhor, but we must yield to necessity.
16:28Our affection cannot be impaired by it, and in happier times when your situation is as independent as mine, we
16:35will again unite.
16:37For this, I will impatiently wait.
16:40I also.
16:42May Mr. Johnson's next gouty attack end more favorably.
17:11May Mr. Johnson's next gouty attack end more favorably.
17:23May Mr. Johnson's next gouty attack end more favorably.
17:26May Mr. Johnson's next gouty attack end more favorably.
17:36You know where Frederica is?
17:37Lady Susan's written to her.
17:39No.
17:45A letter from your mother.
17:47Thank you, Aunt Catherine.
17:48What does she say?
17:49She's written to you herself.
18:06My mother and Sir James Martin have wed.
18:11What? How could that happen?
18:12How could they possibly marry?
18:14To what do you refer?
18:15Both were free to do so.
18:16He a bachelor, Susan a widow.
18:18Sir James Martin is a fool.
18:19Well, a bit of a rattle, perhaps.
18:21A bit of a rattle?
18:22He's a complete blockhead.
18:24Well, there are three possible explanations, as I see it.
18:28First, perhaps Sir James has more merit than we've allowed.
18:31No.
18:32Well, second, perhaps in order to secure your future Frederica,
18:35your mother thought it necessary to make a prudent match herself?
18:38That could be the case.
18:40Mama has always been concerned for my future.
18:42And the third possible explanation?
18:44That she came to love him.
18:46Well, there is a saying, the heart has its strangeness,
18:50or words to that effect.
18:52The heart is an instrument we possess, but I do not truly know.
18:56Human love partakes of the divine, or at least it has in my case.
19:01You'll find it in the writings of Rousseau, Julie, or the new Eloise, I think.
19:06I will confirm the citation if you're interested.
19:07I just find it incomprehensible that so brilliant a woman could marry such a pea brain,
19:13or peas brain.
19:15This happens all the time.
19:16It strains credulity.
19:17Certainly, as you've said, Sir James is no Solomon,
19:20but if he can give Lady Susan the happiness and insecurity
19:23which the sad events of recent years deprived her of,
19:25then he is someone that I and all of us should value.
19:28I very much agree, Uncle.
19:31We all should.
19:32I wish them every happiness in their life together.
19:52Congratulations, Sir.
19:54On a match I long favoured.
19:56There's a brightness to your being together.
19:58Not that any man could really deserve Lady Susan.
20:01I agree most heartily.
20:03And I've pleasure in adding that double congratulations are in order.
20:08What?
20:08The most beautiful woman in England, present company accepted,
20:13will soon be the most beautiful mother.
20:16Yes, I'm to be a father.
20:18Marvellous.
20:19You certainly don't delay matters.
20:22Congratulations, Sir.
20:23Yes, the very morning after the wedding,
20:25Lady Susan hinted at the happy news,
20:27which was shortly confirmed.
20:30Truly marvellous.
20:32I'm as proud as you can imagine.
20:36What's that?
20:40Such a burden.
20:43When Lord and Lady Manoring separated,
20:46Mr. Johnson, who is Lucy Manoring's guardian,
20:48invited her to live with us.
20:50Really?
20:51What upsets her?
20:53The separation still.
20:54She goes on about it.
20:56What?
20:56All this carrying on about a marriage that ended weeks ago.
21:01If a woman fails to please her husband,
21:03why go on about it, advertising one's failure?
21:05Why announce to the world that the man who knows you best
21:08would rather be with someone else?
21:09It seems as if Lady Manoring has failed to consider the difference
21:13between the sexes.
21:15For a husband to wander is not the same as vice versa.
21:18If a husband strays, he's merely responding to his biology.
21:23That is how men are made.
21:25But for a woman to act in a similar way is ridiculous.
21:29Unimaginable.
21:31Just the idea is funny.
21:33Couldn't agree more.
21:35Quite funny.
21:41I rather blame Lady Manoring's scene-making
21:44for driving her husband away.
21:46But her loss has been our gain.
21:48As a result of the trouble her solicitors caused,
21:51we've had Manoring stay with us these past weeks.
21:54That's not inconvenient?
21:56Not at all.
21:57Capital fellow.
21:58Couldn't get on better.
22:00Loves to hunt.
22:01Small and large game.
22:03Excellent.
22:04Excellent to have a guest.
22:05And the talk that comes with it.
22:08Of course, Lady Susan's sharp,
22:10but it's easier to talk with a fellow,
22:13particularly one who shares one's interests.
22:16Before long, we'll have another guest.
22:19Frederica.
22:20No, of course, the baby.
22:22Manoring?
22:24Manoring?
22:25Have you seen my husband?
22:27What have you been saying?
22:28Tell me.
22:28Help, is he?
22:31Well, madam.
22:33Very well, I believe.
22:35Couldn't be better.
22:45Tea?
22:46Quite.
22:47Quite.
22:57Oh!
23:02Look up.
23:05Oh!
23:12Ah, so here's the church
23:16But where's the hill don't see it doesn't seem to be one strange odd
23:47Please excuse me your mother must be very proud and I am enormously grateful to her without her efforts. I
23:56never would have found such happiness
23:59To excuse me and bearing false witness. Oh, no, that would be the ninth
24:05You must be most proud of Frederica
24:08I would not say proud. I'm glad I was able to attend to our education
24:14My daughter has shown herself to be cunning and manipulative. I couldn't be more pleased a Vernon will never go
24:20hungry
24:20We must ask Frederica to sing. That would be delightful. Surrey songbird we call her. What no?
24:27Kentish nightingale always good as that
24:30Surrey songbird nonsense
24:37Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Reginald de Courcy
24:41Over the past months I have continued to be startled by Frederica's loveliness and good heart
24:48I had wanted to write some verses as a memorial to these discoveries
24:53But they are now so extensive they would form a volume. So I'll just read these few lines
25:03Blessed though she is
25:05With every human grace
25:07The mean engaging and bewitching face mean engaging
25:11Oh yes mean appearance or or countenance friends from the French mean I believe I can find you the citation
25:19Yet still and higher beauty is her care
25:23Virtue
25:25The charm that most adorns the fair
25:33Mrs. Reginald de Courcy
25:37As you may already know I take Lady de Courcy's requests as commands
25:41And therefore I will sing this piece
25:44Over the mountains and over the waves
25:52Under the fountains and under the graves
25:58Under floods that are the deepest which Neptune obey
26:06Over rocks that are the steepest love will find out the way
26:18Though I detest imprudence and sincere emotions of all kinds
26:25Where mannering's concerned
26:28And very quickly he was in good humor
26:30I see what you mean our flattery alters a man's spirits
26:33It's delightful
26:35Such a posture resenting a well-meaning parent is apparently common among girls her age
26:41They are perhaps undercooked
26:43Not at all they're perfect
26:44Mmm
26:46Yes
26:47Good tasting
26:48Quite sweet
26:49I shouldn't have said anything at all
26:57She's lovely
26:58No de Courcy should forget the lengths to which Lady Susan went to prevent Charles Vernon marrying Catherine
27:03Which had she succeeded would have ruined your sister's happiness forever
27:06Lady Susan sent her servant away
27:08And then you left
27:10And a few minutes later
27:12Mrs. Johnson
27:14This is beyond what I could have imagined
27:16I'll never forget the trouble he's caused
27:18Thank you my dear
27:19May his next gouty attack be a severe one
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