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The Gilded Age S03E01 (2025)
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00:26You
00:40Deep.
01:09Welcome to Marenzi, Mr. Russell.
01:12I hope you're ready for all of this.
01:15Have you brought your riding clothes?
01:17Of course.
01:18I'm looking forward to seeing you on a bucking bronco.
01:42I'm looking forward to seeing you on a bucking bronco.
01:48Back to work, back to work.
01:50Mr. Judge?
01:52Yes?
01:54Has there ever been snow this close to spring?
01:57I agree.
01:58I was expecting cherry blossom, not this.
02:00What's all the activity?
02:02The mistress has planned a temperance meeting,
02:04but I can't imagine there will be many guests in this weather.
02:07Mrs. Van Rijn is a temperance activist?
02:10Not quite.
02:11I was referring to Mrs. Forte.
02:12But you said mistress.
02:14Yes.
02:15We've had some changes.
02:23Oh, I'm sorry, ma'am.
02:25I should have lit the fire earlier.
02:26Well, it's supposed to be the start of spring.
02:29It won't last long.
02:30Well, you're all dressed up.
02:32Our temperance meeting is today.
02:34Must we keep allowing the frozen tundra wind into my home,
02:38if I can still call it that?
02:40We need to set up.
02:42You can't mean to sponsor this absurd meeting now.
02:45It's nearly a blizzard.
02:47Surely our merry band of teetotlers will stay home.
02:51I doubt it.
02:53Temperance is a cause to which we are all committed.
02:56To which we are all committed now.
02:58But weren't you committed to the Charity Organization Society?
03:01Well, yes, I was.
03:03Before that, hadn't someone cornered you about the Settlement House Movement?
03:06That's true.
03:08But I've been convinced that temperance can bring unique improvements to our society.
03:13So make a donation from your newfound fortune and cancel this gathering.
03:17They will understand.
03:18I am making a donation in addition to holding the meeting here.
03:23Alcohol is the scourge of many families.
03:26And I want to support causes that are close to my heart as a way to honor Luke's memory.
03:32You think invoking your late husband's name will silence me?
03:35It won't.
03:36Luke drank wine and he served it to thousands of communion, just like Jesus.
03:40Find a cause he would have cared about.
03:43The point is, Luke's ministry was important to him.
03:48And I want to continue his legacy by doing works that are important to me.
03:53And if it displeases you, Agnes, then...
03:56Then what?
03:57Then too bad.
03:59I've tried mourning in silence and it nearly killed me.
04:04There were nights I went to bed
04:07and prayed not to wake up.
04:12This gives me a purpose.
04:14And I believe it would make Luke proud.
04:17Had he cared about money, we'd have lived a very different life.
04:20But he cared about people.
04:23And I will too.
04:36I wish you wouldn't do this.
04:38Are the trains across the bridge even running?
04:40There are no cabs.
04:41I must get back to 61st Street.
04:43I've promised Mrs. Forte I'd help her with the temperance meeting.
04:46Your mother shouldn't have kept you last night.
04:48You'd already be there, safe and dry, if she had.
04:51They'll catch a death walking to the station.
04:53You don't think that's a little pessimistic?
04:55I'm going with her, Dorothy.
04:58Well done on the news.
05:01I knew it was big when I saw the envelope.
05:03Have you told Mrs. Van Rye?
05:04How?
05:04When I only opened it last night.
05:12I want fires in every room down here and in all the passengers.
05:15They are not to be allowed to go out.
05:16Very good, ma'am.
05:17Mr. Sergeant comes at three for the city.
05:19It is your responsibility to make sure he gets here.
05:21Send the carriage, send the sleigh, send the 7th Regiment if you have to.
05:24But make sure he's here by three.
05:25Yes, ma'am.
05:26I think you'll find he has everything he needs.
05:28Good.
05:29It must be finished by the time his grace arrives.
05:31But don't mention that to Miss Gladys or Mr. Larry or anyone in the household.
05:35I understand.
05:38Larry and I are going for a walk, sister.
05:40Why?
05:40And where is Larry?
05:41Here I am.
05:43I said we want to see the snow.
05:45If you must go, be careful.
05:47Nothing can go wrong, not now.
05:48What's so special about now?
05:50Nothing.
05:53And don't be late for luncheon.
05:54Your sitting is at three.
06:14He's down there.
06:31Gladys.
06:32Billy.
06:34I'm surprised she let you come.
06:36Only just.
06:37She was frightened by the snow.
06:39These days she seems nervous if I leave the house.
06:41I suppose she doesn't want anything to interfere with her plans.
06:44My chief ambition in life is to interfere with your mother's plans.
06:48Will I see you tonight?
06:49Did Mrs. Fish give you the message?
06:51She did, and I'll try to be there.
06:55Wouldn't it be simpler if I speak to your father as soon as he's back?
06:59As long as you're sure.
07:01Of course.
07:04I can't wait for you to be my wife.
07:09But are you sure?
07:11I love you.
07:12And that makes me sure.
07:16Texas, New Mexico, Arizona.
07:18He's not expected back for weeks.
07:20What's he doing out there?
07:21He's set on a major expansion of his railroads.
07:24All the way to California, maybe even Mexico.
07:26I can't quite imagine Mr. Russell in the Wild West.
07:29I don't know.
07:30He's a pretty sharp shooter when he wants to be.
07:32He's out in the desert, and here we are in what feels like a North Pole.
07:36Will I see you at the opera tonight?
07:37It's too soon for us to be seen together in public.
07:41It's been months.
07:42Yes.
07:43Because it's only months since I broke off my engagement to Dashiell.
07:48I've failed at it twice.
07:50This time you'll succeed.
07:52I envy your certainty.
07:53I wish you shared it.
07:54I want to.
07:57I just can't handle scrutiny quite yet.
08:00You must understand, with all the rumors surrounding Gladys' engagement to the Duke...
08:04It's my mother's wish, but it's not what Gladys wants.
08:08We'll see, and until we do, we'll face whatever comes together.
08:11But please, don't make me wait too long.
08:18I wish I could kiss you right now.
08:20Restrain yourself, Mr. Russell.
08:22All in good time.
08:26Will that make Mrs. Russell happy?
08:29No.
08:30My father won't mind.
08:31I better go see what Gladys has promised him now.
08:35Yes, Brooke?
08:43Gladys!
08:54Where is this man?
08:55Is he late, or are we early?
08:57Why is he so important?
08:59John Ranger's our middle man.
09:00If I'd have been too sorry, he'll arrange for us to meet the miners.
09:03I want this done.
09:05And done quickly.
09:06I'm still not convinced it's worth a risk.
09:08You can make money without much trouble.
09:09Why not just allow yourself to do that and live well?
09:12You're not seeing the big picture.
09:13Fast freight is the future.
09:14And our route, with one line from New York to Chicago, and the southern route from Chicago
09:18to Los Angeles, will be the fastest way to get across the country.
09:21When it's running, we can charge a huge premium.
09:23And with the grants and subsidies on offer, we can offset more than half the cost to build
09:27it.
09:27Maybe.
09:27But you'll have to risk an enormous amount of cash before you get to that point,
09:31if you ever get to that point.
09:32I'd rather have palaces in New York and Newport and live without Jaegul breathing down my
09:36neck.
09:37He'd be breathing down my neck anyway.
09:38What about the copper?
09:39Forget the copper.
09:40You've read the Metallurgist report.
09:42We need the land for the railway.
09:44Why not just go around the mines?
09:45We'd have to build hundreds of miles of track through the mountains.
09:49We may do something with the mines at some point.
09:52Right now, just get me the land.
09:54The owners have been scrambling for a living for as long as they can remember, so it shouldn't
09:58take much.
09:59Let them rent back the mines if they want, but make sure we own them first.
10:03Mr. Russell.
10:05Ranger.
10:06So glad you could join us.
10:07The cabled you were coming today.
10:09How is New Mexico?
10:10Good.
10:11Please.
10:14So, tell me.
10:17Will they sell?
10:18And who should we approach first?
10:20It's more complicated.
10:22Local mine owners, most of them, want to see you together.
10:26I set up a meeting for Friday evening.
10:29I don't want to meet a bunch of stupid clodhoppers all at once.
10:32I prefer to pick them off one by one.
10:35They may be clodhoppers, but they're not stupid.
10:38They know their copper mines will be the biggest thing in the state if you're involved.
10:44But don't give them any leverage.
10:46The land matters.
10:48The mines don't.
10:49You know.
10:50You were so scary.
10:51I was not.
10:52I was not.
10:53Did you have a good time?
10:54Oh, yes.
10:56It seems so late for snow when spring's almost upon us.
10:59But you had a nice walk.
11:00More of a slide than a walk, but we did.
11:03I feel quite invigorated.
11:05I shall take that as a compliment, seeing as I pushed you into it.
11:08Mr. Sergeant is here.
11:10She'll ring for tea in an hour or so.
11:12And I think you should have a look at this.
11:17Someone must be looking for me.
11:19He asked me to confirm that you worked here.
11:22I suppose it's bad news.
11:23Why do you say that?
11:25This kind of a thing usually is.
11:31Oh.
11:32What are you bringing those back down for?
11:34Put them on the credenta for Mrs. Fortniss Temperance Meeting.
11:38I did, but as I was sending it out, Mrs. Van Ryn said she didn't want her silver used for
11:41the meeting.
11:43What should I do?
11:44Well, it's Mrs. Van Ryn's silver.
11:46But Mrs. Forte pays our wages.
11:48We cannot serve two masters.
11:49But we do.
11:50All right.
11:50I'll speak to both Mrs. Forte and Mrs. Van Ryn.
11:55And you'll get two different answers.
12:01I'm sorry to banish you up here, but at least you don't have to drag the painting along when you
12:05go home.
12:05I'm happy, I assure you.
12:08The light is excellent in here.
12:11What's the point of this?
12:14I dare say Mr. Sargent can answer that.
12:17There's a moment when a young girl turns into a woman.
12:19It doesn't last long, and I'd like it caught on canvas.
12:23You managed it so well with your portrait of Mrs. Burkhart.
12:26I'm glad you liked it.
12:27I liked its dark and its light.
12:29I liked how you showed that youth is complicated and not just pretty.
12:33And that is what you want to see in a picture of Mrs. Russell?
12:35With a hint of what's to come.
12:37When she takes her place in society.
12:40Oh, mother.
12:43Excuse me.
12:47It troubles me that I never mentioned a slight commotion at the Paris Salon this year.
12:54About your portrait of Madame X?
12:57With her loose strap falling away from her naked shoulder?
12:59I had to repaint it back in place.
13:01It will only drive up your price.
13:03I wish I had your confidence.
13:05I wish I'd had my confidence when I was your age.
13:31Oh, Miss Scott.
13:32Oh, I was getting worried.
13:33I hope I'm in time.
13:35I'm afraid my mother persuaded me to stay.
13:37She didn't want me to travel through the snowstorm.
13:39And was the letter that was waiting for you worth the journey?
13:42It was from the editor of the Christian recorder, Mr. Benjamin Tucker Tanner.
13:46He's offered to publish an extract from my novel.
13:48What?
13:49But that's incredible.
13:50How did he know about it?
13:52I wrote to him, sent him a few pages and a synopsis, but I never thought I'd hear back.
13:57It's such great news, not just for you, but for a lot of people.
14:01I believe it could be.
14:02We'll see.
14:03You must need warming up after that journey.
14:05Bannister, can you fetch a brandy for Miss Scott?
14:08Of course, ma'am.
14:09Miss Scott has agreed to be part of our temperance meeting.
14:13You have joined this absurd cause.
14:15Mrs. Forte just asked me to take notes.
14:17Because you did such an excellent job with the invitations.
14:20You used my secretary on this nonsense.
14:23Who is in charge here?
14:24That's rather what I...
14:25Agnes, I won't remind you why I have the right to give orders.
14:30Is this enough chairs, ma'am?
14:32Oh, I think we need to create more space first.
14:35Perhaps we could move this table.
14:36How many of them are there?
14:38Have you advertised this meeting to teetotalers in every part of the state?
14:41It may be funny to you, but it's a cause many people feel passionate about.
14:45Well, this is not the Coliseum.
14:47It is a private home.
14:48If there are so many people keen on spoiling the country's fun, you'll need a bigger tent.
14:53Agnes, I ask that you be on your best behavior this afternoon.
14:56And if you cannot manage that, please have the courtesy to stay in your room.
15:00Or go out.
15:01I'm being banished from my own home.
15:03Not exactly.
15:04May I remind you of the time when this house was your only shelter?
15:07I've never been ungrateful.
15:09Until now.
15:13Bridget was given conflicting orders for the silver, ma'am.
15:19What's the problem?
15:20I do not wish for those people to use my silver.
15:24Are you really that petty?
15:26I am discerning there is a difference.
15:30Besides, no one will come in this weather.
15:37Let the sober circus begin.
15:42Alcohol is to blame for crime, violence, and even disease.
15:46We cannot sit idly by while this scourge damages our children's future.
15:53Is it God's will for our great nation to have more saloons than public schools?
15:57I don't believe so.
15:59We must act, or this sin will be our undoing.
16:02We have to save those who can be saved.
16:05What about the ones that won't stop drinking?
16:07The Bible says transgressors will be destroyed.
16:11So I'm afraid those who partake of alcohol are destined to the fury of hell.
16:17I want to thank our new benefactor, Mrs. Forte, for opening her home to our cause, and to
16:23all of you who braved the elements to join us today.
16:31Are we supposed to applaud our eternal damnation if we have wine with dinner?
16:35My applause was in gratitude that she's finally finished.
16:39And now, will you please join us in the dining room for some tea?
16:51I need a real drink.
16:53Have Bannister bring the Decanter up to my room.
16:56I hope you'll come down for dinner.
16:58I might have a tray upstairs.
17:01I must leave, too.
17:02Charles and I are going to the opera tonight.
17:04Thank you for coming, dear.
17:06We must get you over here for dinner sometime.
17:09Not if we aren't serving wine.
17:14I've had a letter from Hector.
17:16Don't say he's coming to New York.
17:18Well, I suppose Dukes are allowed to travel like anyone else.
17:21He asks after you in the letter.
17:23I thought I might invite him to stay.
17:24Why?
17:25I don't like him.
17:26You hardly know him.
17:27Then he hardly knows me.
17:31I'm going to catch the last act of the Met tonight.
17:33Can I go with him?
17:35No.
17:37It's Traviata with Marcella Sembergstein and Violetta.
17:40There's always a good crowd for her.
17:42I know we'll find one of your friends for Gladys to sit with.
17:46I suppose you'll want me to entertain your Duke when he's here.
17:51Oh, very well.
17:53I saw Aurora faint at Mrs. Gowelet.
17:55She said they're going.
17:56Look out for her.
17:57Thank you, Mother.
17:57What can I do when you bully me so?
18:01Oh, there you are.
18:03I've been worried sick.
18:05With all the snow, I had you overturned and it did.
18:07I should have sent a message.
18:09I've eaten, but I can get them to bring a tray while you change.
18:12Or should we abandon the opera?
18:15Of course.
18:16We were going to see the third act of Traviata.
18:18We don't have to.
18:19I think we both know how the story comes out.
18:21I'm just relieved you're home and in one piece...
18:23There's something I need to say.
18:25First, let me have them bring some supper for you.
18:26Aurora, stop.
18:28Just sit and listen.
18:32What is it?
18:38This is extremely hard for me to say, and I'm sorry.
18:41But you will have noticed that for the past few months, I've been away from the house a great deal.
18:45You're very busy, I know that.
18:47I'm busy, yes, but I've also met someone.
18:55And I've been spending a lot of time with her.
18:58But I thought we were happy.
19:01I've been happy.
19:02Haven't you?
19:04Don't make me say something unkind.
19:08The fact is, we've decided to marry.
19:12And for that, I need a divorce.
19:16A divorce?
19:17For me?
19:20Is there someone else I should be divorcing?
19:24Oh, what a fool you must think of me.
19:26What a fool I've been.
19:27You've tried.
19:28I know.
19:29But we don't care about the same things.
19:32Or even the same people.
19:34The fact is, we don't want the same life.
19:40You'll divorce me, of course.
19:42Why?
19:43It's what you want.
19:44I don't.
19:44That's how it's done.
19:45A gentleman doesn't divorce his wife.
19:47Maybe, but he can treat her badly, can't he?
19:51You'll be protected.
19:52Nothing will be done that is not as you would have it.
19:54That's not true, is it?
19:55Because I don't want to be divorced.
19:57Evora, the only accepted cause for divorce is adultery,
20:00and I can't very well accuse you.
20:01No, because I have been faithful.
20:03And I have not.
20:04Which I freely admit, so you must bring the charge.
20:06Well, I won't.
20:07I don't want to ruin my life.
20:09Why should I?
20:11Things are not as they used to be.
20:13Among our people, things are very much as they used to be.
20:15So you want us to go to war?
20:17You march in here and tell me my life is over,
20:20and I'm supposed to agree?
20:21I don't mean to be unreasonable.
20:22Then stop being unreasonable.
20:24And the answer is no, I won't do it.
20:27You'll be unhappy as well as me.
20:29And so will your inamorata, I suppose.
20:32Who is she?
20:33May I know?
20:34Elsa Lipton.
20:35Carter Lipton's widow.
20:36Oh, I knew it would be someone shady.
20:38There's no need to be unpleasant.
20:39It's the truth.
20:40With her history, it would just be one more battle score,
20:43when it would ruin me.
20:44You exaggerate.
20:44Really?
20:46Do you think I would be welcome in the circles where I am welcome now,
20:49as a divorced woman?
20:55I never thought I would be glad to have no children.
21:01I'm going up.
21:04How strange.
21:05When I bedecked myself in these gigas,
21:07I was looking forward to your coming home.
21:11Little did I know.
21:20I'm so sorry Oscar didn't come down to dinner again.
21:24I hope he's not ill.
21:26I think he's just tired.
21:27He had a tray in his room.
21:29Nurse, it must have been exhausting, ruining me.
21:32Agnes, he paid a high price.
21:35He's lost his place at the bank.
21:37He's given up his rooms and his valet.
21:40I'm afraid he's just given up.
21:42He never comes out of his room.
21:44Do you mind him living here?
21:45Should I ask him to move out?
21:47How can he?
21:48He has no money.
21:49Well, I know what that's like.
21:50Anyway, I don't want him to.
21:53But he does need to find a plan.
21:56Marion, may I ask you something?
21:58Of course.
21:58It might be helpful for Oscar to see more of young Mr. Russell.
22:03He must have plenty of money to play with, but he works away.
22:06I don't think Mr. Russell gives him much money, but he certainly does work hard.
22:10Better and better.
22:10Would you invite him to dinner, say, Tuesday night?
22:13You do remember he's in business with John, trying to sell the clock.
22:16Which will only render the evening more interesting.
22:20I'm not sure I agree.
22:23Invite him.
22:46Oh, wow.
22:48That was magnificent.
22:50Thank you for including us.
22:51Of course.
22:51My son was keen to see Miss Russell.
22:54Yes, I could hear the whispers all the way through the second act.
22:58We cannot contain young love.
23:01If you'll excuse me.
23:02Of course.
23:05If you want to marry me and I want to marry you, we're already engaged.
23:08So why not just tell her?
23:10I can't while father's away.
23:12And you have to ask him first.
23:14I want it settled before her dupe gets back to New York.
23:16What?
23:17How did you know about that?
23:19I read it.
23:20It's on paper.
23:21She's not going to win.
23:23Not against my father.
23:24I promise.
23:26His mother seems to think they're in love.
23:28She would not be wrong.
23:29Don't tell Bertha that.
23:31I assume she was not aware that Billy Carlton would be here.
23:35We never said we were meeting you.
23:37She finds out the truth.
23:39I'll pay.
23:40She can't keep Gladys locked up forever.
23:42Not forever, no.
23:43Just for long enough.
23:45Why?
23:46What's mother done now?
23:47She started to leak the details of the duke's next stay.
23:50An outing here, a dinner there.
23:52Soon, if it doesn't come off, it'll look as if Gladys has failed to land him.
23:56I thought the newspaper articles were planted against her wishes.
24:00Less dignified ones, maybe.
24:01But she plays a long game, your mother.
24:04I don't dislike her.
24:06Not at all.
24:06But she's sure this is for Gladys' good.
24:09And she won't let her daughter wreck her own future.
24:12Let us pray your father gets back in time.
24:23Jack, you need more light.
24:25It's very late for that.
24:27Mr. Larry needs him for the presentation.
24:29This clock, it'll never live and apparently it'll never die.
24:33Oh, Mrs. Van Ryan gave me the menu for the dinner on Tuesday.
24:38Oh, but Mrs. Fortes gave me quite a different one.
24:41Oh, this can't go wrong.
24:42We all need to know who we're working for now.
24:45That's your job, Mr. Bannister.
24:47You have to get it settled.
24:49I wonder who will win in the end.
24:50Mrs. Forte or Mrs. Van Ryan?
24:52Miss Ada has the money now.
24:54But does that mean she'll have the final say?
24:55Mrs. Van Ryan won't give that up.
24:57She always speaks quite loudly.
25:01Will you go to the presentations?
25:03I'm sure Miss Ada will let you.
25:04Probably.
25:05She's soft enough.
25:07Find out the date.
25:11Oh, it's Mr. Oscar for Jack.
25:13Again?
25:14Jack was just up there.
25:15You'll want another glass of whiskey?
25:16What does he do all day?
25:18Just lie around and drink?
25:19It is not for us to comment.
25:23If you'll excuse me, I'll go up.
25:25Are you quite well?
25:26My mother was right.
25:28I must have caught a chill on my way to the train.
25:29I'll make you hot lemon and honey.
25:31Oh, thank you.
25:32Good night.
25:33Good night.
25:34Good night.
25:37Good night.
25:59I don't understand.
26:01Which bit is not clear?
26:03None of it is clear.
26:04I suppose Charles has been unhappy.
26:07Unhappy?
26:08What is this babble?
26:10You have a nice house.
26:12You have money.
26:13People come to your dinners.
26:14You're invited everywhere.
26:15What more is there?
26:16Some people want more.
26:18I know I do.
26:19Take a ride around Five Points or Hell's Kitchen and tell me you're not satisfied with your life.
26:24But what about this Mrs. Lipton?
26:26These things can be managed without the horses skidding off the road.
26:31Really, Agnes, you sound like Madame de Pompadour.
26:33But she would have known how to sort this out.
26:36What do you propose?
26:37He wants me to establish residency in Newport.
26:40I've told him no.
26:41He wants you to sit quietly in Newport, waiting to be ruined.
26:45We're trying to be helpful, Agnes.
26:47I'm ruined already, to be honest.
26:48Or I will be when the rumors start.
26:50But why do you have to do anything?
26:52He has no grounds.
26:54He needs me to divorce him.
26:55That's what the law states.
26:57And if it comes to it, Newport is better.
27:01It can be settled in private there.
27:03In New York, the press is allowed into the court.
27:05Oh.
27:06Let's hope it doesn't come to that.
27:09Try to save the marriage, if you can.
27:11There's no logic in this at all.
27:13You haven't done anything wrong.
27:14Society is not known for its logic.
27:18Especially where women are concerned.
27:20We'll still ask you.
27:22Aunt Agnes, you'll ask Aurora to your dinners, won't you?
27:26Well, if the divorce goes through, she may not want to come in a group.
27:30She may be happier alone.
27:37Well, I've told him no.
27:40So now we just have to see what happens.
27:43I hope my intentions are clear.
27:45Sure.
27:46You intend to buy our mines cheap, make a pile of money, and go back to New York to spend
27:50it.
27:50And you represent?
27:52Arizona Central Mining Company.
27:53What, Mr. Russell, wants?
27:54Your businesses are underfunded.
27:56Your transport belongs to the last century.
27:58There's hardly a mine owned by any of you that hasn't gone bust in the past 20 years.
28:02And you think you can change that?
28:04Why do you need all of them?
28:05What's your mine?
28:07Mahazuma.
28:07Here's the thing, Mr. Russell.
28:09They may not be much to you, but these mines are all we have.
28:12We won't give them up easy, and we don't want to waste your time.
28:15You need to find a way to make us all rich alongside you.
28:17Not as rich as you, maybe, but rich.
28:20Come up with that?
28:21We'll reconvene.
28:28They know who you are.
28:30They also know you're their only chance.
28:32Indeed.
28:33A cable for Mr. Russell.
28:40I must go home.
28:41Why?
28:42What's happened?
28:43There's a run on the Metropolitan National Bank.
28:45They've accused the president of stealing funds.
28:46What?
28:47We've only just survived the failure of the Marine National, and John Eno taking millions from
28:52the Second National.
28:53What's going on?
28:53I know George Seney.
28:54He's an honest man.
28:56And I'll lose a fortune if that bank goes down.
28:58What about the negotiations?
28:59You want your cut, don't you?
29:01Clay will stay here.
29:02Pay them.
29:03Make sure I keep the lion's share and all the power.
29:06When you succeed, bring the contracts and outside.
29:08Well, suppose we don't succeed.
29:09Then you won't get your money.
29:11And Clay will be out of a job.
29:12You don't mean that.
29:14Mr. Russell is a one-man band.
29:17The rest of us are disposable.
29:19Now find me a coach to get me to Yuma.
29:21I can get a train for that.
29:23Shall we get something to eat?
29:25Could they manage a steak?
29:27You won't like it, but...
29:29All right.
29:29Barkeep!
29:31Two steaks and more beer.
29:32Full house!
29:38He's enjoying himself.
29:48Are we the first?
29:49Oh!
29:50I made Marion take a bath.
29:52She's been in the cold,
29:53and I don't want her coming down with something.
29:56Very sensible.
29:58How are you getting on?
30:00Have you managed to find any new prospects?
30:03I must confess it is quite hard
30:05to create the right impression.
30:08Meaning what, exactly?
30:11Well, I'm up against all these fellows
30:13with money and position.
30:14You have position,
30:16even if you don't have money.
30:18But that's the thing.
30:18Without money, you just don't count.
30:20Well, then you must find a way to make some.
30:23It's not quite as easy as all that.
30:25I'm sure, but it can be done.
30:28They say Mr. Gould started
30:29with scarcely a dollar to his name.
30:35So you won't give me an allowance?
30:39Oscar, I will house you
30:42and feed you
30:43and even clothe you.
30:44You are safe from real poverty,
30:47which is the curse of millions,
30:49but the rest you must do for yourself.
30:51You might be inspired by young Mr. Russell.
31:01More wine, no?
31:03Thank you, Bannister.
31:06This is so kind of you, Mrs. Forte.
31:09We want to hear about all your new projects
31:11that Marion talks about.
31:13And how your father supports you.
31:16He does where he can, yes.
31:19How nice it must be
31:20to feel that everyone is on your side.
31:22We'd all be on your side
31:23if you tried to find a job.
31:25What draws you to a new idea?
31:27Like our footman's claw.
31:29Yes.
31:29Well, that's easy.
31:31Mr. Trotter is a genius.
31:32His clock is unique in the market
31:34and I have meetings planned
31:35over the coming weeks,
31:36which is exciting.
31:37You won't mind if John
31:38has some time off for that,
31:39will you, Anteta?
31:40No, of course not.
31:41Oh, no.
31:42I'm going to go alone at this stage.
31:43I don't want to overwhelm them.
31:45Oh.
31:46Well, we look forward to hearing
31:48how it all comes out.
31:49And I hope you'll all be glad to hear
31:51I have a new position, too.
31:53What?
31:54Where?
31:55The female normal and high school.
31:58That sounds like a mistranslation.
32:00Why can't you keep teaching watercolors
32:02to nicely brought-up young ladies?
32:04That was bad enough.
32:05Honestly, Aunt Agnes,
32:06you chastised me for working
32:07and Oscar for not working.
32:08Which is it?
32:09Well, you are a lady.
32:10Oscar is not.
32:12Well, it's only three times a week.
32:14Agnes, the normal school is special.
32:16It educates young women
32:17of every race, class, and religion.
32:20We should be very proud of Marion.
32:22But won't she need a bodyguard?
32:24You'd be surprised
32:25at what we all have in common.
32:26Such as?
32:27Suffrage, for one.
32:28A group of women have organized
32:29to support ASA.
32:30ASA?
32:31What's that?
32:32The American Woman Suffrage Association.
32:37Omar, you astound me.
32:38It is a cause that interests me.
32:40Really?
32:40Why?
32:41Am I not allowed to have my causes?
32:43You have so many.
32:44I should think suffering
32:45more important than suffrage.
32:47Oh.
32:48I apologize for having principles.
32:50Does this mean you approve
32:51of Marion's new position?
32:53No.
32:54Oh.
32:55By the way, Jack,
32:57Mr. Weston wrote today.
32:59He's definitely interested.
33:01That's good, sir.
33:03I'm glad for this Mr. Weston,
33:04whoever he may be.
33:06But can we revert to traditional ways
33:08and allow the footman
33:09to bring round more sauce?
33:11Of course not.
33:15That sounds rather awkward.
33:17It was unusual.
33:18I can say that.
33:20It's wrong you're not
33:21at the meeting's check.
33:22He doesn't know how it works.
33:24Not really.
33:25He'll have the drawings.
33:26But he's not enough.
33:27You keep saying Mr. Larry
33:29is your partner,
33:30so better not like a partner
33:31and show you some respect.
33:34Mrs. Van Ryn
33:35and Mrs. Forte
33:35were at it again tonight.
33:36Oh, you must get things settled.
33:39You think it'll go away,
33:40but it won't.
33:41I know.
33:42Miss Scott's not coming down
33:43so we can start supper.
33:44She's no better then?
33:46I'm afraid not.
33:47She looks worse.
33:52How was your evening?
33:54I enjoyed it.
33:55But they'll never make a worker
33:56out of Oscar Van Ryn.
33:58That was a lucky escape for me.
34:00Did Mother say anything more
34:01about when Father was coming home?
34:03No.
34:03She's so taken with getting ready
34:05for her wretched Duke.
34:06Doesn't it worry?
34:08I'll be safe once Father's back.
34:10He won't let her force me.
34:11I promise.
34:12She can be awfully persuasive
34:14when she wants to be.
34:15Mrs. Fish says that...
34:16Mrs. Fish loves the drama.
34:18She's longing to see Father
34:19and the Duke tussle it out
34:20in Union Square.
34:22You don't think you should
34:23elope with Billy
34:24to some state
34:25where it would be legal?
34:28Would you elope with Marion?
34:32You may be keeping it secret,
34:34but I can tell.
34:35You love her.
34:38It's different for us.
34:40Marion and I just have to wait,
34:42but you're running out of time.
34:45Will you plead my case with Mother?
34:46I'll try,
34:47but don't hold out much hope.
34:49When Mother's made her mind up,
34:51it takes an act of Congress
34:52to change it.
34:57Are you headed for the bathroom?
34:59No, no, no.
35:00You go.
35:01I'm in no hurry,
35:02although this seems like
35:03an early bedtime for you.
35:04That's my new life.
35:06Early bed
35:07and queuing for the bathroom.
35:11Oscar.
35:12Oscar.
35:15I'm sad if you don't like Mr. Russell.
35:18He's nice enough.
35:20The fact is,
35:21we're not cut from the same cloth.
35:23I was born to be rich.
35:25I was not born to make a fortune.
35:28It's a different gift.
35:30I need another way.
35:32Well,
35:33we know of one other way,
35:34which you've tried twice now,
35:36without success.
35:38Ouch.
35:39Don't remind me.
35:41Will you have another go?
35:42I have less to offer these days,
35:44penniless as I am.
35:45Something will turn up.
35:47And besides,
35:47Aunt Ada won't let you starve.
35:48No, I won't starve,
35:50but you'd like me to work
35:50for every mouthful.
35:52Are you going to Miss Scott?
35:54Yes, Miss.
35:55I'll take that.
36:03Oh, you shouldn't have done that.
36:04Bridget was on her way up,
36:06but I wanted to see how you are.
36:08Oh, I've been better.
36:09I just can't seem to shake it.
36:12Aunt Agnes was asking after you.
36:15Perhaps you should see a doctor.
36:16Oh, no.
36:17It's such an expansive.
36:18It's just a cold.
36:20Promise me you'll sleep when I go.
36:22They have asked for another chapter
36:23that I haven't written yet.
36:25Then they'll just have to wait.
36:29Oh, wait.
36:30How was your dinner?
36:33Aunt Ada hoped that Larry
36:34would inspire Oscar
36:36to throw himself
36:36into the world of work,
36:38which only shows
36:39how little she knows him.
36:40I thought you might have
36:42announced your engagement
36:43to young Mr. Russell.
36:45There's plenty of time for that.
36:47So you're not in a hurry, then?
36:49I've made two mistakes.
36:51The first, because I was blind.
36:53The second, because I thought
36:54I could settle
36:54for something less than perfect.
36:55I was wrong both times.
36:57I don't want to be wrong again.
36:58I like Mr. Russell.
37:01So do I.
37:04Very, very much.
37:08But I felt the same
37:09for Mr. Rakes.
37:10He is not Mr. Rakes.
37:12He's honorable,
37:13for one thing.
37:13and kind-hearted,
37:15and he's always been my friend.
37:20But there's no rush.
37:22All right.
37:24Now finish that
37:24and get some sleep.
37:34Mrs. Russell is serving coffee
37:35for her committee
37:36in the drawing room.
37:37She thought you'd like some, sir.
37:39I'm sure we both would.
37:41You mean,
37:42Mr. Trotter is to have
37:43a cup of coffee, too.
37:44I'm sure that's what
37:44Mrs. Russell intended.
37:48I don't need any coffee.
37:49Of course you'll have coffee.
37:50Thank you, James.
37:55You'd think we were
37:56at the Court of Franz Josef of Austria.
37:58I suppose it takes
37:59some getting used to for him.
38:00You'll have your own footman
38:01before I'm finished with you.
38:03And your own house
38:04on 61st Street.
38:06I won't fight you on that.
38:09Now, can you make one drawing
38:10concentrating on the new element?
38:13I did that here.
38:16Oh.
38:18Yes.
38:19I didn't see it.
38:21And so,
38:22this bit here
38:23is the same as that?
38:26You sure you don't want
38:27me to be there?
38:28In case they ask
38:29any technical questions?
38:30I think I can manage.
38:36Thank you, Mr. Bevan.
38:43We should be pleased.
38:44We're in good shape
38:45for next season,
38:45and we're already established
38:47as one of the key opera houses
38:48in the world.
38:53I agree.
38:54Well done, Alice.
38:55It's something to celebrate.
38:57Yes.
38:57I'm rather hoping
38:58that Mrs. Russell and I
38:59will soon have another cause
39:00for celebration.
39:03What's this?
39:04I was saying you and I
39:06may soon be drinking a toast
39:08for a different reason.
39:10I'm sorry.
39:10I don't follow you.
39:11Well, from what Billy said.
39:13You mean your son, Billy?
39:15He was talking the other night
39:16when he got back from the opera.
39:18Talking about what?
39:19Gladys.
39:21He'd seen her there
39:22with Mrs. Fish,
39:23but I don't want you
39:23to misunderstand.
39:24We're all devoted to Gladys.
39:26We couldn't like her more.
39:28What's this?
39:28They met with you?
39:29The young were milling about.
39:30Larry brought Gladys
39:31to sit with me,
39:32and the others
39:33came in and out of the box.
39:35You know how it is.
39:35I don't know anything
39:36of the sort.
39:38Mrs. Gardner,
39:39are you leaving?
39:42I'll suffer for that.
39:44But Billy,
39:45I was so sure.
39:46What about the Duke
39:46of Buckingham?
39:47I know there was talk,
39:49but I thought that was gossip
39:51and Billy had been accepted.
39:52We were just waiting for him
39:54to speak to Mr. Russell.
39:55In this house,
39:57nothing is accepted
39:58that isn't proposed
39:58by Newstess Russell.
40:10Hello, Adelheid.
40:11Your meeting's done then?
40:13Yes.
40:14And do you have a date set
40:15for the manufacture
40:16of the great clock?
40:18We're still looking
40:18for investors.
40:23Mr. Larry's playing with you
40:24like a doll, Jack.
40:26He won't help you
40:27to make your clock.
40:28I don't agree.
40:30Of course he needs to...
40:31Why'd you have to make a fool?
40:32of Mr. Bevan.
40:33What's he done to you?
40:35I didn't make a fool of him.
40:37He offered me a cup of coffee.
40:39Mr. Larry offered you coffee.
40:40And you should have refused
40:42and not made Mr. Bevan
40:43wait on a junior footman
40:44from a smaller house
40:46across the street.
40:49In America,
40:49you don't have to live
40:50like your parents lived.
40:53Maybe I'm on my way to that.
40:59You're getting above yourself, Jack.
41:02Mr. Larry may invite you
41:03for dinner and the night
41:04for all I care.
41:06But you're not in favor
41:07downstairs.
41:24Good.
41:25We can talk on our own.
41:27What about?
41:28Thank you, Andrew.
41:31Mrs. Carlton was here
41:32this morning.
41:33She thinks we're about
41:33to announce Gladys' engagement
41:35to her son.
41:36She told you about the opera?
41:37She didn't know why
41:38it should be a secret.
41:39Nor do I,
41:40unless it's because
41:41it's not happening.
41:43Let her live her own life,
41:45Mother.
41:46If I had been given
41:46what I've planned for Gladys,
41:48I would have finished up
41:49Queen of the World.
41:50Do you think Father would agree?
41:52When I've explained
41:53things to him?
41:54I'm not so sure.
41:56You were wrong
41:56to involve Mrs. Fish
41:57in your schemes.
41:58She'll spread it all over
41:59New York and Newport.
42:00I don't think so.
42:01She likes Gladys.
42:02She likes gossip.
42:03You're young.
42:04And you're foolish.
42:06I don't hold it against you
42:07since the two go together.
42:08But I'm neither.
42:09And I see that your sister
42:10can live a powerful,
42:11interesting life.
42:12Do you know what it means
42:13to be the Duchess of Buckingham?
42:15She can influence politics,
42:17shape events,
42:17set fashions in clothing
42:18and art or anything else.
42:20But to do this,
42:21she has to be sensible
42:22now and avoid stupid choices.
42:23A stupid choice
42:24like Billy Carlton?
42:26Do you not think it enough
42:27that Gladys just wants
42:28to be happy?
42:31Happiness is a byproduct
42:32of a well-ordered life
42:33may last.
42:34As a goal,
42:35it is invariably doomed
42:37to failure.
42:47Miss Scott?
42:51Oh, Mrs. Van Rine,
42:52you should have come
42:53all the way up here.
42:54I can still climb the stairs.
42:56I can know better
42:57and it's clearly
42:57much more than a cold.
42:59Indeed.
42:59I shall call the doctor.
43:01Oh, please don't.
43:03I'm just a little tired
43:04and I think I caught
43:05a little cold
43:05on top of that.
43:13try and sleep.
43:19Can we send
43:20for the doctor now?
43:21I'll write to
43:21Dr. Lewis at once.
43:23Dr. Lewis?
43:23Oh, he knows her
43:24and he won't want
43:25to get on the wrong
43:26side of me.
43:33You must be glad
43:34how it's going.
43:35I'm glad.
43:36You don't look very glad.
43:38It was something
43:38Adelheid said.
43:40What do we have
43:40to thank her for now?
43:41It was when I was leaving.
43:43She said I'm getting
43:44above my station.
43:46She thinks I made
43:47a fool of myself.
43:48Have you said this
43:48to Mr. Larry?
43:50No.
43:51Do you think I should?
43:51I do not.
43:52Not one syllable of it.
43:54This is your chance, chap.
43:55And there's no room
43:56for doubt.
43:57I don't doubt the clock.
43:59It's good.
44:00And someone will
44:00see that one day.
44:01I just wonder
44:02about my own part in it.
44:05When Mr. Larry was here
44:06and I was holding a dish
44:07for him to serve himself,
44:08it did make me think.
44:09It should only make you
44:11think of the road ahead.
44:12We believe in you.
44:13And Miss Marion,
44:14Mrs. Forte,
44:15and even Mrs. Van Ryn.
44:17Everyone's ready
44:17to celebrate.
44:18Except Miss Armstrong.
44:20Maybe.
44:21But everyone else.
44:30Dr. Lewis.
44:32How very good of you, doctor.
44:34My pleasure.
44:35Marion, would you
44:35escort him upstairs?
44:37Of course.
44:42It might be wise
44:43to write to Miss Scott's
44:44parents, Mama.
44:46Marion seems to think
44:46she's really ill.
44:47Of course.
44:48Her father runs a pharmacy.
44:50I wish we'd written
44:51before now.
44:52What is it, Bannister?
44:54Should Mrs. Bower
44:55continue to hold dinner, Mom?
44:56Yes, we should wait
44:57for Miss Marion
44:58and Dr. Lewis
44:59to come back down.
45:00I agree.
45:00Otherwise, we might have
45:01to ask him to join us.
45:04Well, that was very quick.
45:06Have you discovered
45:07what is wrong with her?
45:09Dr. Lewis is refusing
45:10to treat her
45:10because she is colored.
45:12You said in your note
45:13she was your secretary.
45:15Miss Scott is my secretary.
45:16And she is colored.
45:17You have met her before.
45:18I must have forgotten.
45:19I'm afraid I do not
45:21take colored patients.
45:22Good evening to you.
45:24Oh.
45:25Isn't that against
45:26the Hippocratic oath?
45:27When he's here already?
45:29What are we to do now?
45:30Send for her parents.
45:32And quickly.
45:32I'll write a letter
45:33and have John
45:34deliver it tonight.
45:35I hope Dr. Lewis
45:36regrets his choice
45:37when he realizes
45:38what it will cost him.
45:40John, take this
45:42to Brooklyn right away
45:42to Mr. and Mrs. Scott.
45:44I'll find you a cab.
45:46Mrs. Van Ryn
45:47must have known
45:47the doctor wouldn't treat her.
45:48She thinks rules
45:49don't apply to her.
45:50You can't ask people
45:51to change their ways
45:52at a moment's notice.
45:53They should have sent
45:54for her parents before now.
45:59You married father for love.
46:00You chose your husband.
46:02Why can't I?
46:03Because I was nothing special.
46:04You're George Russell's daughter.
46:05You need someone worthy of that.
46:06I'm not like you, mother.
46:07I don't want to be
46:08at the head of society.
46:09But you already are.
46:10And that is why
46:11you cannot be ruled
46:11by infatuation.
46:12What I feel for Billy
46:13is real.
46:14Billy will never achieve
46:15anything of note
46:16and he will grow
46:17to resent you
46:17for his own shortcomings.
46:19He's from a good family.
46:20Three years ago
46:20you would have begged
46:21to be invited
46:21into their drawing.
46:22We've overtaken them now.
46:23My sweet girl.
46:24I'm not a girl.
46:26Not anymore.
46:26When will you see that?
46:28You're a girl if I say.
46:29And I pray that's why
46:30you have no judgment.
46:32Please, God,
46:32you'll grow out of it.
46:33Well, you have no values.
46:35Will you grow out of that?
46:36Why?
46:37Do you think
46:37I should stand aside
46:38and watch you marry
46:39some worthless non-entity?
46:41Don't you know
46:42a bad marriage is a prison?
46:44I couldn't agree more.
46:46Good night.
46:48Gladys.
46:51Gladys.
46:53Gladys.
47:19Gladys.
47:20Gladys.
47:24Gladys.
47:25Gladys.
47:25Gladys.
47:26Gladys.
47:27Gladys.
47:27Gladys.
47:27Gladys.
47:28Gladys.
47:28Gladys.
47:29Gladys.
47:29Gladys.
47:30Gladys.
47:33Gladys.
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