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00:28I'm sorry to
00:29take you all away from your work on what must be a very busy day, but the wedding
00:34is nearly upon us and I wanted to speak to you one more time. What I would ask is that
00:38from now on you act as a single team. When the florists arrive the day before, please
00:42help them. If the kitchen staff need more hands on deck, please help them. As the rooms
00:47are prepared, please help if there is a way for you to do so. Thank you. That is all.
00:55Church, are we prepared for those we've offered transport to?
00:58I believe so, ma'am. I've spoken to Mr. Johnson. I want to see the cake when it's ready,
01:02if I can. You will, ma'am. Are there any other questions? Will Miss Gladys be coming downstairs
01:05today? Miss Gladys has decided to use this time to rest before the event. When she feels
01:10she has rested enough, she will come down. Thank you.
01:16As long as she isn't planning another escape. The moment for that sort of talk has passed,
01:21Mrs. Bruce.
01:26Thank you. Ada, dear. You should have ordered something new to wear.
01:32I don't see why. Oh, yes. It does seem odd that such an insignificant girl should be the center of
01:38New York's imaginings.
01:40Marion-like, sir. Marion is over generous. Mrs. Van Rye, we have your latest bill, but there seems to be
01:46some confusion as to whom it should be sent.
01:48Oh, to me. Mrs. Luke Forte, I will take charge of the bills from now on.
01:55Very good, Mrs. Forte. Yes. Thank you.
01:58I see. Every penny I spend will be scrutinized.
02:01Every penny you spend of mine is to be scrutinized, yes.
02:04When the shoe was on the other foot, did I ever question you?
02:07Yes.
02:09Well, I might have asked why you needed clothes when you never went out.
02:13Well, now we are both to go to the Russell wedding, and I am looking at the bill.
02:18I will pay it, but I suppose I have the right to peruse it before I do.
02:23Can you drop me off at the armory on the way home? I have my charity committee meeting.
02:28Oh, of course. How long do you expect to be?
02:31Oh, a couple of barbers, I should think. I'll be home for lunch. Why?
02:35Oh, no reason.
02:40What did Mr. Russell want?
02:42He got a letter.
02:43Who from? Saying what?
02:45Mr. Weston, the manufacturer. We tried the interest in the clock.
02:48And is he interested?
02:49He didn't say. Just that he wants to meet us again.
02:52Well, you must have some idea if he sounds keen.
02:54He doesn't sound anything. He just gave us a time and place for the meeting.
02:58Perhaps he decided to steal your idea and go it alone.
03:01That's not likely with a patent.
03:03Patents could be broken.
03:04When is this meeting?
03:05The day before Ms. Russell's wedding.
03:08You don't think I should let Mr. Larry go on his own?
03:10No.
03:11Whether the news is good or bad, you must be there to hear it.
03:18What have you got against Marion Brooke?
03:20I have nothing against her. I've invited her to the wedding, haven't I?
03:23I've invited her aunt, I've invited her cousin.
03:25Short of asking her aunt's dog, what more can I do?
03:28And why can't she be a bridesmaid?
03:29She's about the same size as Leonie Jerome.
03:32And who else could take over at a few days' notice?
03:34But we have Carrie Astor, Mary Drexel, Isabel Winthrop.
03:38Mother, Miss Jerome is ill.
03:39And if you want six, you need to find someone who can wear the same dress.
03:43Besides, she and Gladys like each other.
03:45Miss Brotha, have you seen this?
03:52Miss Russell will have her future monogram embroidered in gold on every detail of her corsetry.
03:56Her underwear? This is too much!
03:58How do they get this information?
04:00What if Hector should think we're doing it to attract attention?
04:03I'm not sure I care, but you ought to find out where it's coming from.
04:06But what's wrong with Miss Brooke?
04:09Is she not prominent enough for you?
04:12Since you forced my hand, no, she is not.
04:15After her marriage, Gladys will be one of the most important figures in New York.
04:19Her place in London society will be the same.
04:22Miss Brooke doesn't compare.
04:23Brother, is it really so important?
04:24Don't go to the stake for everything.
04:28Very well, I'll write to Miss Brooke.
04:30A footman can take it over and I hope it makes you happy.
04:33Nothing about this makes me happy.
04:36Have you invited out Monica yet?
04:39No.
04:40Why not?
04:41Would it be fair?
04:42She'd have to come all the way from Albany and she's really not a big city person.
04:45Mother, she's your sister and the only one of your relations that we know.
04:48What is it?
04:49Are you trying to rewrite your own history until it stands up against Mrs. Astor's scrutiny?
04:53Me?
04:54But she'd have to stay here.
04:56And what's the problem?
04:57Is the house too small?
05:06Someone is here.
05:08A lingering soul.
05:11Open your minds and let your hearts be free of doubt.
05:19I have a real sense of suffering, of great loss.
05:23Very great loss.
05:25There is a man, not young, not old either.
05:32A gentleman and loving, loving toward you.
05:38Oh, that must be my husband.
05:48He wants to know.
05:49Yes?
05:50He wants to know.
05:51What?
05:52What does he want to know?
05:54Where is Mrs. Fortin?
05:55She's in the dining room, ma'am.
05:56The dining room?
05:57Yes, but I'm not sure she expects to be disturbed.
06:00That does not apply to me.
06:07What is going on?
06:09You're back much earlier than I thought you'd be.
06:12I didn't attend the meeting.
06:13Why not?
06:14Because you paid the subscription, so you are now listed as a member and I am out of it completely.
06:19Well, I'm sorry.
06:20Don't be.
06:21Now who is this?
06:22May I present Madame Dashkova?
06:26Madame Dashkova is known to Mrs. Bower for her skills in, um...
06:35I wait with bated breath.
06:38Her skills in communicating with the dead.
06:42What?
06:43I think you heard.
06:44I was hoping my ears had deceived me.
06:47Please don't say this is about Luke.
06:49Is there someone else I should be speaking to?
06:51These things are hard to understand for the novice.
06:54I understand very well that my sister is grieving, vulnerable, and open to the power of suggestion.
06:59My sister is generous, but she can be narrow when it comes to anything beyond our normal sphere of existence.
07:06It is not the first time that I have encountered this.
07:08Nor will it be the last, I am sure.
07:10Perhaps you would be good enough to leave us.
07:13Bannister!
07:13Oh, I'm sorry.
07:18You take my card.
07:20We will meet again.
07:22Your husband has more to say to you.
07:26Goodbye, Mrs. Bower.
07:28And thank you.
07:29Madame Dashkova is going.
07:32You may go too, Mrs. Bower, and please refrain from interfering in this manner again.
07:38Yes, ma'am.
07:42I won't reprimand you, as that would not be appropriate.
07:45I will only say that Luke would not approve of this.
07:49I won't give up.
07:51I believe in a life after death, and so do you.
07:54Yes, but I don't believe in table tapping, and crystal balls, and any of the other nonsense designed to raise
08:01your hopes and party with your money.
08:03Oh, please, let's not go five minutes without talking about money.
08:06At least money is real.
08:08Unlike the desperate dreams of a lonely woman.
08:11I am lonely.
08:12I miss my husband.
08:13Should I be ashamed of that?
08:15No, but do be ashamed of this childish folder all that you've been toying with.
08:19There are more things in heaven and earth, Agnes, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
08:24You don't know everything.
08:26No, I don't.
08:27And one of the things I don't know is how you invited that charlatan into our home.
08:40Was she very angry?
08:42Wouldn't you be angry if you saw sketches of your daughter's undergarments being hawked on the corner by newspaper sellers?
08:47She's horrified.
08:48I don't blame her.
08:50The latest article was the last straw.
08:52We must bring it to an end or there may be consequences.
08:54You mean she could fire whomever she suspects?
08:57She's angry enough to sack us all just to be sure.
08:59And she's certain it's one of us.
09:00Why must it be a member of the staff?
09:02Why not one of the dressmakers?
09:04That's a point.
09:06Which I will mention when I next see her.
09:09I suppose when the papers want to write about you, there's bound to be a downside.
09:13I can't see the upside.
09:30You'll be glad to hear Miss Brooke accepts and is off to her fitting.
09:33Then I will walk her down the aisle as a groomsman.
09:35She'll walk down the aisle with the others behind Gladys.
09:38We're doing it the English way.
09:41You have a visitor, madam, who says she is expected. Miss O'Brien?
09:46What?
09:47Your sister is in the hall, mother.
09:49But why is she in the house at all?
09:51Hadn't we better go through to greet her?
10:03Hello, Bertha.
10:04Aunt Monica.
10:05Welcome.
10:06Why are you here?
10:07I accepted your kind invitation.
10:09I wrote to Larry since he wrote to me.
10:12But didn't he tell you?
10:15Of course he did.
10:18Church, send Miss O'Brien's bags to the tapestry room and tell Mrs. Bruce.
10:21I take it from Bertha's expression that you're not expecting me.
10:24Of course we're expecting you.
10:26You're representing the O'Briens.
10:27You have a very important job to do.
10:29Well, where's Gladys?
10:31She's lying down.
10:32The whole thing has worn her out.
10:34I can imagine.
10:36I'll just go see if she's all right.
10:39I'll come too.
10:41Father, can you look after Aunt Monica?
10:47Come to the drawing room and tell me all your news.
10:49I'm not convinced Bertha's very pleased to see me.
10:51Nonsense.
10:52She's delighted.
10:53Nobody loves family more than Bertha.
10:56Why are you so indignant?
10:57Larry said you thought she should come, so he sent her an invitation in case it slipped
11:01your mind.
11:01Doesn't it occur to you both that she may feel overwhelmed by it all and thoroughly outplayed?
11:05She doesn't seem overwhelmed.
11:07Really?
11:07You constantly seek to undermine me.
11:09I thought it was agreed.
11:11It was disgust.
11:12It was not agreed.
11:14Will you at least come down to say hello?
11:19I don't think so.
11:21You must come down eventually.
11:23Or what?
11:24You'll dress me by force and drag me to the church in chains?
11:29More lemonade, Mrs. Scott.
11:30Oh, yes, thank you.
11:33It's so nice of you to have us, Mrs. Kirk.
11:35Oh, not at all.
11:36I wanted to see Mrs. Scott again.
11:38William showed me your article in the South.
11:40It seemed a rather angry and violent subject for a young woman to write about.
11:46It is violent, Mother.
11:47And angry.
11:49And someone has to write about it.
11:50But not, I would have thought, a young lady.
11:53Oh, well, Peggy's interested in politics.
11:55Really?
11:57Well, this colored woman, she's a long way from the vote.
12:01Oh, it will come, and in my lifetime.
12:04I wish I could be as sure of anything as you are of that.
12:07Oh, well, we must be supportive of the rights of our sex as well as our color.
12:12My goal was to be a good wife and mother.
12:15But I suppose young women don't want that anymore.
12:17Oh, I want to be a good wife and mother who has the vote.
12:21Well said.
12:23My son seems quite persuaded by you, Miss Scott.
12:27He wants me to come hear your talk.
12:29And I will.
12:30Oh.
12:31I'm impressed, Mrs. Kirkland.
12:32Any time my son is so taken with a body, I'm bound to be curious.
12:41This is it?
12:41You wanted to know what I'm wearing for the wedding.
12:43I also thought you could use some extra clothes while you're here.
12:46Why?
12:46I'm not a doll for you to dress.
12:48How many clothes do I need?
12:49As a rule, I get up into a dress to shop or write letters, then I change for lunch and
12:53are paying calls, and then I change again sometime after six for dinner, and perhaps
12:56one last time before going to a ball or the opera.
12:59Heavens.
12:59I might change once if someone's coming to break bread, but that's about it.
13:02What dress will you wear to meet the Duke?
13:04He's coming for dinner tonight.
13:05That's the only one I have that would count as a dress for you.
13:08You wanted to see me, ma'am.
13:10Miss O'Brien will need some more clothes while she's here.
13:12Please show her what I have, let her choose, and alter them if necessary.
13:15But it's not necessary.
13:16I think it is.
13:17I assure you I can dress myself, and I prefer to wear my own clothes.
13:20I will wear the dress to the dinner and the wedding.
13:26Fine.
13:27The Duke is a man.
13:28He won't notice.
13:29Very good, ma'am.
13:33What rules you live by.
13:35But that's you all over.
13:37You've always had a right way and a wrong way for everything.
13:40We have our habits.
13:42It's easier for the staff.
13:43So, which is the throne room?
13:48What do you mean?
13:49You're royal now.
13:50I assume you have a place to receive your subjects?
13:52The Duke is not royal.
13:54He's noble.
13:55I don't know the difference.
13:56Is that very shocking?
13:59What's he like?
14:01You'll see for yourself this evening.
14:03He's bringing his sister.
14:04He's not staying.
14:05No, he has a room at the union club.
14:07We don't want them to see too much of each other before the wedding.
14:09You mean in case they discover they don't really like each other?
14:13We don't want to diminish the excitement of their romance.
14:16They can get to know each other later.
14:23Aunt Agnes, I don't often see you up here.
14:26The wedding gown is in the evening paper.
14:29I thought you would be interested.
14:32Mrs Russell won't like that.
14:34Are you mad?
14:35She probably delivered it herself.
14:37Or maybe it was Gladys.
14:39I'm not sure you understand Mrs Russell, Aunt Agnes.
14:42You certainly don't understand Gladys.
14:44I've been in New York a long time, my dear.
14:46Such people come and go.
14:49But why do you think Mrs Russell wanted you to be a part of it?
14:53Because it is a big thing, you know.
14:55Maybe she just wanted to be nice?
14:57I don't think so.
14:58Might she be building you up to be a suitable society bride?
15:02Or her son?
15:03Certainly not.
15:04Why else would she give you such a prominent role?
15:08And the boy's keen, isn't he?
15:11No.
15:13I know you talk about such things with Ada, never to me.
15:16But my eyes do open and I can't see through them.
15:20I am not what Mrs Russell wants, believe me.
15:23Mrs Russell would be lucky to get you.
15:27So have they finished work on your dress?
15:29Tell me about it.
15:31It's very pretty.
15:34As pretty as money can buy.
15:42Mr Weston won't be long.
15:44Can I get you anything?
15:45No, thank you.
15:46None for me.
15:52What should we do if he's just stolen the idea?
15:54Don't we still?
15:54We have a patent.
15:55Mrs Armstrong says people can get around patents.
15:57Not often.
15:58Hello, gentlemen.
16:00This is Mr Eldridge, who helps me with my businesses.
16:08Please.
16:14Hmm.
16:17I won't beat about the bush.
16:18We like your clock.
16:20That is exactly what we wanted to hear.
16:22Of course.
16:24And we feel we have some ideas that we...
16:27I'm sorry to cut you off.
16:28We are not looking for a partnership.
16:30We want to buy the clock and the patent, lock, stock and barrel.
16:35Ah.
16:39Before we answer, may we know how much you are offering?
16:43We were thinking of three.
16:50Or four?
16:56We cannot go higher.
16:58I'm afraid you must.
17:00We were hoping for six.
17:05You know you intend to make many times that.
17:08I suspect you've already discussed this figure.
17:19You have a hard bargain.
17:22Very well, gentlemen.
17:24Six hundred thousand dollars.
17:26What?
17:27I'm sorry.
17:28We cannot go any higher.
17:31Gentlemen.
17:33We have a deal.
17:36And if I may say so.
17:38Well done.
17:46Another article.
17:47This one's about the mistress and Miss Gladys arguing about the wedding dress.
17:50It seems so underhand for them to print it without permission.
17:53You don't know many journalists then?
17:55The mistress will be in more of a rage than ever.
17:57She'll want blood.
17:58But suppose it was Madame Donovan.
17:59Who?
18:00Madame Donovan made the dress.
18:02Everyone expected it to be Monsieur Worth, but Miss Gladys wanted an American designer.
18:05It might be Madame Donovan.
18:07If she gets enough publicity out of it, she'll be made for life.
18:10Have you said that to the mistress?
18:11Careful.
18:12If Mrs. Russell thinks it might be true, she's angry enough to have Madame Donovan done away with.
18:16Well, at least we'd be off the hook.
18:18That's enough.
18:19We have His Grace's sister for dinner this evening.
18:21Every tiny detail must be right.
18:23Well, we'll certainly hear about it.
18:25Who do you think is selling our secrets?
18:28Happily, no one will suspect me.
18:40What happens next?
18:42We drink a toast to ourselves, I suppose.
18:44We couldn't have hoped for a better deal.
18:46But there's no more to be done about the clock.
18:49No more to be done.
18:50Strange.
18:53I thought I'd be working on this the rest of my life.
18:56What do I do now when I want that?
18:57You mean now you're almost as rich as Mrs. Forte,
18:59and much richer than Mrs. Van Roddy.
19:02I won't tell him.
19:04Not yet.
19:04Well, good luck when the time comes.
19:21Jack?
19:23John?
19:25Don't keep us in suspense.
19:26How did it go?
19:28It went well, I think.
19:30You think?
19:30You don't know?
19:38And that's all we're going to know.
19:41For now, at least.
19:46Do not misunderstand me.
19:48The Tuskegee School is a fine institution
19:50and provides real opportunity for colored students.
19:54Indeed, Mr. Booker T. Washington is a great man.
19:57But we must be under no illusion.
20:00These new discriminatory laws are an attempt to deprive colored citizens
20:05of the rights and benefits of reconstruction.
20:08That we won the hard way with the Civil War.
20:25Mrs. Vane, what a pleasure to see you.
20:28Mrs. Brooke wrote to tell me you were speaking.
20:30I thought your talk went very well.
20:32Oh, thank you.
20:32I don't think I'd understood the damage these new laws are doing.
20:35You're not alone in that, I'm afraid.
20:37But how are you?
20:38Mrs. Brooke told me you've been going through some difficult times yourself.
20:42I'm doing as well as I can.
20:44I'm surprised you're not in New York for Miss Russell's wedding.
20:47It seemed better not.
20:50Well, this is my mother, Mrs. Scott, and our cousin, Mrs. Trumbull.
20:53This is Mrs. Fane, our cousin of Miss Brooks.
20:55You must be proud of your daughter.
20:58And now, if she'll excuse me.
21:02She seems nice.
21:04A bit a little sad.
21:06Her husband's divorcing her.
21:08She's unhappy, but his mind is made up.
21:10I'm sorry to hear it.
21:11Look, it's Dr. Kirkland and his parents.
21:15Yes.
21:16How lovely to see you.
21:18So nice of you to join us.
21:20Is Mr. Scott not with you?
21:22No, he had to go back to the city.
21:24Oh, shame.
21:25But he's not a Newport man, is he?
21:27Not like us.
21:28His history is so very different from ours.
21:31My husband is an honorable man.
21:34A business owner and a proud husband and father.
21:37How different is that than you?
21:39It's the same.
21:40And my wife would agree.
21:42Newport is not the center of everyone's world, Elizabeth.
21:47I hope you all enjoyed Peggy's talk.
21:50It was wonderful.
21:51I'm so glad I could hear you speak about your work.
21:53It piqued my curiosity to read your book.
21:56Oh, but that's still a work in progress.
21:58Yes, but it's so kind of you all to come, and I am really glad if you did enjoy it.
22:03Very much.
22:04Brother Caden, I cannot pretend to understand your choice of subjects, but you spoke well.
22:09And now I must go.
22:15William, are you coming?
22:17If you wish, mother.
22:18Give our best to Arthur.
22:20I will.
22:21Miss Scott, ladies.
22:27The gall of that woman.
22:29I just couldn't decide.
22:32That's what you and father were arguing about.
22:34Yes.
22:35And her other predilections.
22:36Hmm.
22:44So, you spend your time at Sidmouth Castle?
22:48Well, we go to London for the season, and to Scotland for the grouse, of course.
22:52Of course.
22:53It sounds admirably regimented.
22:56We Yanks live quite a knockabout life by comparison.
22:59Don't we, Bertha?
23:01Should the ladies go through, or should we have our coffee here?
23:03Here.
23:04Why not?
23:07So, are we all prepared for tomorrow's madness?
23:10Don't exaggerate.
23:12Well, there is a lot of curiosity about the wedding in the papers, but perhaps it's good.
23:17The wonders that can happen for a modern American girl.
23:21I don't like the idea of a wedding becoming a public entertainment.
23:24My sister does not much enjoy public scrutiny.
23:26But what about you?
23:27Are you ready to star in a public show, Duke?
23:30My sister says I must call you Duke.
23:33As my wife's aunt, I hope you'll call me Hector.
23:35We are all family.
23:36But will any of your relations be joining us tomorrow, Lady Sarah?
23:40Some cousins who live in New York.
23:42Not your husband or children?
23:45I'm not married.
23:46That's why I live with my brother at Sidmouth.
23:48Will you move out now?
23:51I hope not.
23:53Hector?
23:54I haven't thought about it.
23:56I wonder if Gladys has thought about it.
24:00I would.
24:01Oh!
24:02Oh!
24:03I do apologize, Mrs. O'Brien.
24:05I don't understand how that could have broken.
24:07Well, my dress is ruined.
24:10That's for sure.
24:11I'm so sorry.
24:12Judge, ask Mrs. Bruce to come help Mrs. O'Brien.
24:14I'll go up to my room.
24:15Send Mrs. Bruce if you want.
24:17But I can climb the stairs on my own.
24:21Well, should we go to the drawing room?
24:23Perhaps I can offer you a glass of whiskey, Hector.
24:25No, I must get Sarah back to our cousin's house.
24:27I'll see you all tomorrow.
24:29And thank you.
24:31Yes, thank you, Mrs. Russell.
24:32You've been very kind.
24:33Call me Bertha.
24:34Now we're related, as Hector said.
24:36Yes, I suppose we are.
24:37In a way.
24:53Thank you, Andre.
24:54I can manage.
25:01So, were you pleased with this evening?
25:03I don't know about pleased.
25:05But I suppose everything's settled.
25:09Lady Sarah's a cold fish.
25:11And she seems to have Hector well under control.
25:13Let's hope Gladys proves to be a match for her.
25:15That's if she comes out of her bedroom tomorrow.
25:17She will.
25:18I'm not dragging her to the church if she doesn't want to come.
25:20So then what?
25:21We spend the rest of our lives getting sneered at
25:23every time we leave the house?
25:23You got us into this.
25:25I agreed to go along, but that's all.
25:27Then stick to your agreement.
25:31How's your sister doing?
25:33I looked in on her.
25:35She seems fine.
25:35I hope the coffee didn't burn her.
25:36No, it wasn't hot.
25:42Bertha, tell me you didn't.
25:44The dress was hideous, George.
25:46How could I let her appear before the whole of New York looking like a cook on her day off?
25:49It would have been unkind.
25:50So it was an act of mercy.
25:51I've got something picked up from two years ago.
25:54No one will remember me in it.
25:55She'll look lovely.
25:57We're a pretty ruthless pair, aren't we, you and I?
25:59I don't know what you mean.
26:00I like things to be right.
26:01But don't you?
26:03I like things my way, yes.
26:04But what?
26:07I wish I was convinced that what you want is right for Gladys.
26:09So then what would you have wanted for her?
26:11I...
26:12A banker.
26:14With a house on the avenue and a cottage in Newport.
26:16And that would have been enough for you?
26:17If it's enough for her, what do my ambitions matter?
26:20Go to bed, George.
26:22And wake up sensible.
26:36Are you still up?
26:38I couldn't sleep.
26:40Why not?
26:41Did something bad happen at that meeting?
26:43No.
26:44At least I don't think so.
26:46They're buying us out.
26:49Oh, Jack, that's amazing.
26:52So, what's wrong?
26:54I don't know what I'm supposed to do next.
26:56I expect you'll invent something else.
26:58Even more successful.
27:00And you can stay working here until you do.
27:02But can I?
27:04After they've paid me?
27:05Mrs. Forte won't grant you that.
27:08She'll be glad if you've got a little nest egg to seal through.
27:12It's quite a big nest egg.
27:13Now, how big is big?
27:16$300,000.
27:18What?
27:19I'm sorry.
27:20I'm sorry.
27:21Never mind that.
27:22$300,000?
27:25You need never work again if you don't want to.
27:28But I do want to.
27:30And I don't want to leave.
27:33I've never had a home before this one.
27:36Not a real home.
27:37Then this must be our secret.
27:41Not forever.
27:42But for now.
27:53Very good, Miss Gladys.
28:08Well, she took the tin and thanked me.
28:11Come with me.
28:12The mistress may have an idea.
28:17Please, come in.
28:21Miss Brooke, you are so good to come.
28:23I was sorry to summon you, but of all the bridesmaids, you were the nearest.
28:26How can I help?
28:27Go and see Gladys.
28:28She hasn't been out of her room in days, and my housekeeper tells me she's refusing to come out now.
28:32Oh.
28:32Somehow we must help her to grasp this opportunity on offer.
28:35Do you think you can do that?
28:37I can try.
28:40Miss Brooke.
28:47You can't say you didn't know it was coming.
28:49Everyone in the country knew it was coming.
28:51But it was so far in the distance.
28:53And suddenly it's here.
28:55It's now.
28:57I still think I should back out.
28:59Of course, you'd find yourself on every front page from Timbuktu to Minsk.
29:03Are you ready for that?
29:04You're not being fair when you're determined to marry for love.
29:07That's true.
29:08I am.
29:08And maybe I'm not being fair.
29:13So you believe I should stop it?
29:15All I know is that Charlotte Astor was burning to marry James Street, and now their battles
29:19are a scandal on two continents.
29:21While Helen Astor was bullied by her mother into marrying Rosie Roosevelt, and they're as
29:25happy as lovebirds in a tree.
29:30What would you do?
29:32Our positions are so different.
29:35No one beyond my own family much cares what I do with my life.
29:38I think Larry cares what you do with your life.
29:40That's different.
29:42I'm still not a public figure.
29:44You are a great heiress destined to be a society leader.
29:49Doing good, I hope.
29:51But doing it in public, the Duke can give you a safe pedestal for that.
29:56What if I don't want to live on a pedestal?
29:59I'm not hungry.
30:01The mistress wants you to eat properly, Miss Gladys.
30:03She says you won't want any luncheon.
30:05And she wouldn't want me to faint in church.
30:07Although that's one way out.
30:11Will you take her with you?
30:14Mother says I need a maid who's comfortable with England and the rest of the staff.
30:18The idea is for Adelheid to come with me to train her replacement and return to New York.
30:22Trust your mother to leave nothing to chance.
30:28Eat before it gets cold.
30:34I suppose.
30:41They told me you were here, but why?
30:43You know what day it is.
30:45Mr. Morgan is here.
30:48Mr. Morgan, I didn't see you.
30:51I don't mean to be unwelcoming.
30:53But I'm afraid it's not a good day for me.
30:55My daughter is getting married.
30:57They can't wait.
30:58What is so important?
30:59You don't seem to understand.
31:01Your plan is in chaos.
31:03This crisis is developing into a full-blown panic.
31:08Banks are closing every day.
31:10Our backers are in a state of terror.
31:14You go charging on.
31:16Russell Industries is ready for-
31:17Russell Industries is in trouble.
31:19While you spend money you don't have apparently until the sky caves in and buries you.
31:25Are you saying you're withdrawing your support?
31:27I won't support you.
31:29Nor will anyone else.
31:30Why should they?
31:31If Russell Industries goes down, we all go down.
31:34Wake up, man!
31:35See the ruin that is lying waiting for you on every side!
31:39I don't accept your analysis.
31:41Yes, there is a banking crisis, but only within New York State.
31:45It'll pass.
31:46And when it does, America will still need the transport system I mean to give her.
31:51Maybe in a different world, but you're putting at risk the city of New York and all our fortunes with
31:57it.
32:00I'm out.
32:03I wish you well with your wedding bells.
32:06But just remember, if you refuse to change course, your own money will be lost with all the rest.
32:22I don't care what he says.
32:24I'll get the land around Marinci, I'll carry Chicago with me and when I'm done, this country will be ready
32:29for the coming century.
32:30How will you manage it without Morgan?
32:32Well, don't worry.
32:33There's always money if you know where to find it.
32:35And when I do, Morgan will be back.
32:39Maybe.
32:41But not, I think, today.
32:43No.
32:44Today I have to marry my daughter to a man she doesn't like.
32:56Oh, how lovely you look.
32:58I'm glad you're wearing something new after all.
33:01It seemed mean-spirited not to.
33:04And I'm sure this will come in handy.
33:06Well, I'm not, but you were right just the same.
33:08Oh, Mama, did I tell you I've got two more clients, so that's over a dozen now.
33:12How splendid.
33:14I'm surprised you could take time off to attend a wedding.
33:17Nonsense.
33:18A packed church and all of them richer than Croesus.
33:20I mean it to be a busy day for me.
33:22How depressing.
33:23Oh, listen to this.
33:26A certain Mr. B has been challenged to a duel by a Mr. D.
33:31Apparently Mrs. D has been having a little too much fun in Paris.
33:36That must be Mr. Burrow and Charlotte Drayton.
33:40Poor Lena.
33:42What a blow.
33:43Mrs. Astor has weathered worse.
33:45But it's so public, she'll hate that.
33:48Oh, Marion dear.
33:50How perfectly lovely.
33:54Hear, hear.
33:55A real stunner.
33:56It's all Mrs. Russell's work, down to the least particular.
33:59I just stood still while they made it fit.
34:02Wish they'd done.
34:05Extremely well.
34:06Don't be coarse.
34:07Everyone will be looking at you, but you mustn't be late.
34:11Oscar, will you take Marion across the street?
34:14Of course.
34:14Do you have a coat?
34:15Yes, but I don't think I want it.
34:16It'll just be a bore later on.
34:18Then we'll see you at St. Thomas.
34:24How beautiful she looks.
34:26If only she knew how to use it.
34:30I'm sorry I'm late.
34:31I hope you weren't worried.
34:32I'm not worried.
34:33But I'm afraid I'm going alone.
34:36What's the matter?
34:38I can't take you.
34:39Not with the news of James' duel all over New York.
34:44But he never fought his wretched duel.
34:46He made the challenge because he thought Mr. Borrow was your...
34:50My what?
34:51Your lover.
34:53Really, Mama.
34:54You quite shock me.
34:55Oh, I think it would be quite hard to shock you.
34:58This is fighting talk.
35:01What's the matter?
35:02Is your terror of divorce resurfacing?
35:04You will not divorce.
35:05I won't live as you and father live either.
35:08Separated in every way but legally.
35:10He on his yacht with his pretty companions while you rattle around in this drafty old palace.
35:15You will not have divorced parents.
35:18That I promise.
35:20Poor you.
35:21Father's life seems much more fun than yours.
35:24He's a man, my dear.
35:26Men have more fun.
35:29But in the meantime, I can't come to the ceremony.
35:34I don't much like Mrs. Russell.
35:36But I cannot bring a note of scandal into her daughter's wedding.
35:40That would be unforgivable.
35:43So we're just going to ride it out?
35:44That's right.
35:46I'm going to ride it out.
35:48And you're going to ride along with me.
35:54Right.
35:54That's all the bridesmaids gone.
35:56You're next.
35:57Are you ready?
35:58How can I go and we don't know if she'll even come out of her room.
36:01She'll be down in a minute.
36:02I'll go up.
36:03Your carriage is ready, ma'am.
36:06You go.
36:07I'll see the glass.
36:20I shall say hello to Nina.
36:22Oh!
36:23Good morning to you both.
36:25Agnes, Ada, Oscar.
36:26I wasn't sure I'd see you here.
36:28If only we could have avoided it.
36:30What nonsense, Mama.
36:32Curiosity alone would have you sleeping on the sidewalk to get a good seat.
36:35Marion showed us the dress she's wearing.
36:37It's very pretty.
36:38I can't help feeling that asking Marion to be a bridesmaid was a rare sign of good taste on Mrs.
36:44Russell's part.
36:45Not to be unkind.
36:46Unkind, but not necessarily untrue.
36:49Wasn't there something in the paper that we wanted to ask you about?
36:54Magnus?
36:57Well, I like Mrs. Russell and I've decided from now on I'm only going to say nice things about everyone.
37:06Quite an adjustment for you.
37:08Don't make me change my mind.
37:09We'll speak at the reception, my dear.
37:11Well, I'm afraid I can't stay long.
37:13My daughter Charlotte isn't well.
37:15I must look in on her.
37:17I understand.
37:18What do you understand?
37:21I didn't mean anything by it, Lena.
37:25Shall we be seated?
37:32This wedding is not my doing.
37:34I know.
37:35And I would have supported you if you'd refused to go ahead when I first got home.
37:38But the time for that has passed.
37:41Backing out now, humiliating Hector in public, would damage you far more than him.
37:46You tried the story with you for the rest of your life.
37:51So I need to pull myself together?
37:53Gladys, I take no pleasure in this.
37:55In fact, I apologize with all my heart.
37:59You think I've failed you.
38:02And I think I've failed you.
38:06But I can't see a way out of it.
38:15I understand.
38:20That's it.
38:21I have nothing more to say.
38:26The decision must be yours.
38:28I will wait downstairs.
38:30If you're not there in ten minutes,
38:32I will send word to the church, and that will be that.
38:53The Duel
38:54Is it true?
38:55The Duel
38:55Good day to you, Mrs. Winnerton.
38:57And now, is what true?
39:00That Charlotte Astor's husband challenged Altar Borough to a duel.
39:04Who won?
39:05The duel was never fought.
39:08What had she done?
39:09Nothing.
39:09Mrs. Drayton and Borough were both in Paris,
39:13and they went to a couple of exhibitions together.
39:15A couple more than Mr. Drayton would have liked, obviously.
39:19Always a pleasure.
39:22Where's your husband?
39:23He's not well, I'm afraid.
39:25I thought nothing short of death's door would keep him away from this.
39:28Well.
39:55Is there anything you'd like, sir?
39:58Nothing that you can give me.
39:59Miss Gladys will be down soon, and then you can stop worrying.
40:02I wish I could be as sure of that as you.
40:18Heavens, what a crush.
40:20Oh, Mrs. Aston, so nice of you to come.
40:22Carrie looks so lovely.
40:24Is Mrs. Drayton here?
40:25No.
40:26She woke with a headache.
40:28Oh, I'm so sorry.
40:30Are you Mrs. Russell?
40:32Mrs. Ruck.
40:33Excuse me.
40:35What did that mean?
40:36Haven't you seen the paper?
40:38Don't bother.
40:39The story meant nothing at all.
40:41Who's this lovely lady?
40:43Oh, that's my sister, Mrs. O'Brien.
40:44Have we met?
40:46I doubt it.
40:46I live in Albany.
40:47Will you come this way, Monica?
40:52But how fascinating.
40:54What is fascinating?
40:56She's Mrs. Russell's sister, so she can talk about their early years.
40:59It's strange.
41:00I've never met her.
41:02Why?
41:03When would you have met her?
41:08Take your seat now before we get overrun.
41:10Bertha, are you sure this will turn out well?
41:13You've been saying that since I was three.
41:15And has it turned out well?
41:16Look around you.
41:18I might say the same.
41:27Should I send someone up to check on her, sir?
41:30No.
41:31We'll know soon enough.
41:32She's coming!
41:35Come in!
41:37Thank God.
41:58Three cheers for Ms. Gladys.
42:00Hip, hip, hip, hooray!
42:01Hip, hip, hooray!
42:03Hip, hip, hooray!
42:10Hip, hip, ass, hip, hooray!
42:15Shout, hip, hooray!
42:19Thank you!
42:34Oh, you've done a wonderful job.
42:37I hope so.
42:43Are you all right?
42:47Well, since you asked, there is something I have wanted to say to you for quite a while now.
42:51I was building up the courage.
42:55Go on, then.
42:56I would like to ask you to be my wife, Mrs. Bruce.
43:00As a matter of fact, I've been carrying this around for weeks.
43:05Your wife's ring.
43:06I prefer to think of it as my mother's.
43:10You don't have to give me an answer right away.
43:12The truth is, I will answer you right now only because I don't want you to get your hopes up.
43:16I cannot marry you, Mr. Borden.
43:20Oh.
43:21I'm already married.
43:25But you told me you were single.
43:28I barely knew you then, and I didn't want to share my history.
43:33Please share it now.
43:37My husband suffers from acute melancholia.
43:41And as a result, he's been confined in an asylum since 1877.
43:48And Larchmont, he has enough money to pay the charges.
43:52Leaving you to support yourself?
43:53Oh, don't make me the victim here.
44:05Oh, don't make me the victim here.
44:08He is the victim.
44:12And you can't divorce?
44:14The only acceptable reason for divorce in New York is adultery, which clearly does not apply.
44:19No.
44:21I couldn't afford it anyway.
44:25And somehow, I don't want to abandon him, not in his hour of need.
44:30You think me foolish.
44:31On the contrary, I think you noble.
44:43I should check the rooms are ready for their return.
44:57Lady Sarah, Hector.
44:58At this rate, I may never meet the famous Gladys.
45:01You look very handsome, Hector.
45:03Only I thought you might be in a guardsman's uniform.
45:05It's not done if you're married out of England.
45:06Well, we mustn't do anything that's not done.
45:08How is Gladys this morning?
45:09I assume she's come out of her womb.
45:11She was right behind me as I left the house.
45:13They must have got caught in the traffic.
45:14The crowds are quite large.
45:15I pray they're not disappointed.
45:18I hope we can entertain you again while you're in New York.
45:20I'm afraid not.
45:22I leave tomorrow.
45:23Oh, what a shame.
45:24Wouldn't you have liked to see more of the city?
45:25Not really.
45:26There's a lot going on at home.
45:27At Sidmouth Castle.
45:29At Sidmouth and in London.
45:30And we go to Scotland soon.
45:32For the grounds.
45:34Hmm.
45:34So Lady Sarah said last night.
45:45You should sit down.
45:46All right.
45:47Just try not to laugh.
46:01The carriages arrived.
46:03Oh, what a relief.
46:04People were starting to look anxious.
46:05They'd look more anxious if they knew the truth.
46:17So...
46:19What happens now?
46:24Dear father, I love you.
46:27But as you said earlier, we're past the point of no return.
46:30That's a big boy.
46:33Bye.
46:37Bye.
46:42Bye.
46:46Bye.
46:49Bye.
46:51Bye.
46:54Bye.
47:37Who gives this woman to be married to this man?
47:41I do.
47:49Well, here goes.
47:52What a triumph for Mrs. Russell.
47:56Strange, really.
47:57And you think that three years ago, none of us ever heard of her?
48:04Please be seated.
48:15I hope she knows what she's doing.
48:18Nobody knows what they're doing when they get married.
48:21In the face of this company, to join together this man and this woman in holy matrimony,
48:27which is an honorable estate instituted of God in the time of man's innocency, signifying
48:32unto us the mystical union that is betwixt Christ and his church.
48:36If any man can show just cause why they may not lawfully be joined together, let him now
48:41speak, or else hereafter forever hold his peace.
48:46I require and charge you both, as you will answer at the dreadful day of judgment when
48:51the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed, that if either of you know any impediment
48:56why you may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony, you do now confess it.
49:00For be well assured that if any persons are joined together otherwise, then as God's word
49:05allows, their marriage is not lawful.
49:12I pray you're right about this.
49:16George, our daughter is about to be the Duchess of Buckingham.
49:19At one time, that would not have seemed likely.
49:23Let me enjoy it.
49:28I will.
49:30To live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of matrimony,
49:34will thou obey him and serve him, love, honor, and keep him in sickness and in health,
49:40and forsaking all others, keep thee only unto him so long as ye both shall live?
49:56I will.
50:19Thank you, Adelaide.
50:21You can leave me.
50:28Have you got a nice cabin?
50:29Very nice, Miss...
50:31Your Grace.
50:41We sail any moment now.
50:43Yes.
50:46Is there anything you need?
50:49No. I have everything. Thank you.
50:54Look, um...
50:56I suppose your mother would have told you
50:58that the duties of a wife
51:00include more than is expected
51:02of an unmarried woman.
51:05Yes. She's explained it to me.
51:08Good.
51:09That makes things easier.
51:15She said it would hurt.
51:18But only once.
51:24Only the first time.
51:26After that, you may even come to enjoy it.
51:28People do.
51:29Aren't you tired?
51:31After such a long day?
51:33There's no rush after all.
51:35It'll be embarrassing for us both, of course.
51:38But plenty of men and women have managed it before now.
51:42So you don't want to wait, then?
51:45You're right.
51:45But I'm tired.
51:48But I'm not too tired.
51:50And I prefer to get awkward things done
51:52and settled.
51:55That way we can wake up tomorrow
51:56as a proper man and wife.
52:25And I prefer to get汗.
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