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The Gilded Age S03E05 (2025)
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00:17It feels as if we've been in this carriage for days.
00:20Are we nearly there?
00:21What do you mean? We are there.
00:23This is Sidmouth Castle.
00:25This is the park of the castle.
00:27We've been crossing the estate for the past half hour.
00:35Where are these people?
00:37They're my tenants and farm workers welcoming home their new duchess.
00:57Go, Wilbur. Go, Wilbur. Go, Wilbur.
00:59Here we go.
01:00Hey, come on.
01:01What do you know what to do, Wilbur?
01:03What do you know what to do?
01:13Oh, that's your friend on Thursdays.
01:16Technically, he's my accountant and also a friend.
01:19Baseball is more intense than I thought.
01:21All these years your father's store sponsored this team, but you've never come to a game.
01:25I suppose if I'd been a boy, he would have brought me, but I'm not.
01:28No, you are quite the lady.
01:47What a thrill! My goodness. I really just don't know how I miss this.
02:01Miss Scott. Mr. Fortune, what a surprise. This is Dr. William Kirkland, Mr. T. Thomas Fortune.
02:10I'm glad to meet you. I'm a subscriber to the Globe. Thank you for reading. Happy to support.
02:15Are you a baseball enthusiast now? Hardly. I was able to cajole her into accompanying me.
02:20Well, I enjoyed it all the same. Well, I'm glad I ran into you. I read the piece from your
02:23novel.
02:24It was so vivid. I was truly impressed as I always am with you. Thank you.
02:29That means a lot. Have you given up journalism? I'm focused on my novel right now.
02:35Are you familiar with Frances Ellen Watkins Harper? Of course.
02:38I admire her writing and her work to get women the vote.
02:41Well, how would you like to interview Mrs. Harper about these suffrage meetings she's holding?
02:47Oh. Thank you for thinking of me for this. No one else will do the story justice.
02:52Daddy, I'm tired. Okay, all right. You can leave in a moment.
02:56We don't want to keep you. No, it's fine.
02:58Um, Mrs. Harper is based in Philadelphia. I can send you all the details. Are you still
03:02at 61st Street or back in Brooklyn? 61st Street, mostly. All right. I must be off.
03:06Nice to meet you. Come on. I thought I was just bringing you to a baseball game,
03:10not helping you get your next writing assignment.
03:13Sounds like a wonderful opportunity. It is. It is.
03:16You don't seem convinced. It's complicated with Mr. Fortune.
03:21Was he a difficult manager? No, it's not that. I just, I have my other writing work to consider and
03:26I just have to find a balance is all. It's life's ultimate conundrum, isn't it?
03:30You're right. How are we doing with the Illinois Central Line? We've got 30%, maybe a little more.
03:3630%. I need to control the line.
03:39The Merrick family won't sell, nor will Risley Sage. They both want to govern Chicago.
03:43As do I. What about Morenci?
03:48You must understand that they only have those minds. Once they're gone, they will have nothing left
03:52and they don't believe us. Whatever we say.
03:54I hired you to buy that land.
03:56You've hired me to give you wise counsel. You may not like what I'm telling you,
03:59but if you want to buy them out, you need more money.
04:04You don't care, do you? If I'd asked the old Clay to get me those minds,
04:08he'd have trodden on his mother's grave to do it.
04:10All I'm saying is your financial position is not good. Why do you think Morgan pulls out?
04:15Are you finished?
04:18Yes. I agree.
04:22You are finished with me.
04:24Excuse me?
04:25I don't need counsel to tell me what's not possible.
04:28I need someone to help me achieve the impossible.
04:31It's become very clear you are not that person.
04:34You have neither the vision nor the courage to continue working for me.
04:38It isn't my fault you can't face the truth.
04:40You're over-leveraged in driving your company off a cliff.
04:43Wake up before it's too late.
04:47You're fired, Clay.
05:01The news of Mr. Borough and Mrs. Drayton has kept the honeymoon out of the papers,
05:05but they still print gossip of her grace, and not just her. They talk of me and of Mr. Russell's
05:09business. It must stop.
05:11It must be upsetting, ma'am.
05:12I'm not the mistress of my own house anymore. I feel there's a spy around every corner.
05:16You're sure it's a member of staff?
05:17Or as I would call them a traitor.
05:19I'm enlisting the aid of Mrs. Bruce and Mr. Borden to help me find the culprit, madam.
05:23Can they be trusted?
05:25I hope so.
05:26At this point, everyone is suspect.
05:30The public's always curious about the lies of the fortunate few.
05:34Yes, but who's selling the details?
05:37In my experience, it's always the most recent hire who's the guilty one when it comes to leaks.
05:42That makes it hard to narrow it down. We took on several footmen with the Duke's visit and the
05:46wedding. But it's someone with a sharp ear.
05:48This latest story about Mr. Russell buying the Illinois Central Line, is that true?
05:53I should get back.
05:55I don't think I've been much help, but I'll give it thought.
05:57If I have any ideas, I'll tell you.
05:59I'd appreciate it. The truth is, I'm at my wit's end. And worse, so is the mistress.
06:12Is there any news from Gladys?
06:13No, but no news is good news, George. She's settling into a new life. Don't worry.
06:19I walked her down that aisle. She looked as if she were headed for the guillotine.
06:22If you want to help her, help me find whoever's leaking this nonsense to the papers.
06:25Arthur, 20 or 30 people work in our house. Most of whom we don't know. Of course there are leaks.
06:31Of
06:31course they sell secrets about us. That is the way we live.
06:34So what are you suggesting? That I should be the only woman on the street cooking her own dinner?
06:37I'm suggesting we should try to avoid having too many secrets.
06:41Meanwhile, I need your help with something. Or rather, someone.
06:44Of course. Who?
06:46You know him. Alfred Marek.
06:48He's on the board of the mat.
06:49His family owns shares in the Illinois Central Line, which I need to buy. But they won't sell.
06:53What can I do?
06:55Invite him to dinner. Make a fuss at him. Pull out all the stops.
06:59And charm him into compliance.
07:01I've tried everything else.
07:02I heard raised voices coming from the library earlier. Is everything all right?
07:06Nothing for you to worry about. Just set up that dinner.
07:12It took nearly 10 years to build Seymour's castle.
07:17This gallery was remodeled by the third duke to make a bachelor corridor.
07:22That's our mother.
07:24She's very lovely.
07:25It's a good likeness, but I'm never sure about wedding portraits.
07:30My mother had a portrait of me done by Mr. Sargent. It's in New York.
07:35Best place for it.
07:41What is that contraption?
07:43Haven't you ever seen a maestro before?
07:45You have mice.
07:46Everyone has mice.
07:48Happily, we also have a cat.
07:49You can't expect us to be up to the minute.
07:51We've lived here since 1612.
07:53Why?
07:54I know you Americans like to build new houses for yourselves.
07:57But we would rather stay in one place.
07:59The house has quite a rich history.
08:01While you're away, I noticed how shabby the morning room was looking.
08:04I need some ideas.
08:05I thought I might go to Garrett's for their advice.
08:08Aren't they dead?
08:09One cousin is dead, but the other is working and good with paneling, or so I'm told.
08:13By the way, the mild maids are down here tomorrow and the coathursts.
08:16Who are they?
08:16I've done the menus, but do you still hate scallops?
08:18Bitterly.
08:19Never mind.
08:20Wade will have some ideas.
08:22Gladys?
08:23Aren't you coming?
08:30Is that for us?
08:31I can take them.
08:36I hope this job will be a burden to you as you finish your novel.
08:39Oh, I can manage, ma'am.
08:41In fact, there doesn't seem to be as much post as there used to be.
08:44Yes, I've fallen off of many people's lists.
08:46Well, you do have a second letter here from the New York Heritage Society.
08:50They want money.
08:51They're inviting you to be a founding member.
08:53That's code for a lot of money.
08:55They're impressed with the family's long association with New York.
08:58First they flatter you, then the request comes in and it's always for money.
09:02This arrived as I came in.
09:05Did I read that return correctly?
09:06Is it from Mr. Fortune?
09:08I've agreed to write an article for him on Francis Watkins Harper.
09:11Oh, but I know of her.
09:13That's wonderful.
09:14Is that a train ticket?
09:15She's in Philadelphia.
09:16I leave on Thursday to interview her.
09:18I don't understand.
09:19Is that wise?
09:22Why would it be unwise?
09:25Well, because...
09:26Miss Brooke has the same concerns as you.
09:28My heavy workload.
09:29But this is a real opportunity.
09:31But of course you must go.
09:34Will you be traveling alone?
09:36I know Philadelphia quite well.
09:38Might Dr. Kirkland keep you company?
09:40Why would she need a doctor?
09:41She's made a full recovery.
09:45I was just being silly.
09:52I didn't think an encounter with a footman would bring me a fortune.
09:55He won't be a footman for long.
09:57I should say not.
09:58Now will you tell me why you've asked me in here?
10:00I want you to go to Morency.
10:02Clay failed to make the deal.
10:03Now he's gone.
10:04And I want you to take his place.
10:06You fired Clay.
10:07I have.
10:08And I need this settled right away.
10:09But I can't leave New York.
10:11My investors are skittish.
10:12I must hold their hands.
10:13I don't blame them.
10:14With the markets in chaos and the run on the bank.
10:15Yes, yes.
10:17But I'm counting on you.
10:19I need this land for the railway expansion.
10:23What's in it for me?
10:25What?
10:25I'm not sure I want us to work together.
10:27So before I give an answer, I'd like to know how it could be of advantage to me.
10:33What is it?
10:33I'm always a bit shocked when I see myself in you.
10:37You'll have everything I own in the end.
10:39So if this is a success, it will eventually be yours.
10:43Why did Clay fail?
10:44He said he needed more money.
10:46Which you weren't willing to give him.
10:47No.
10:48But I also feel he squandered what I did give.
10:52What about the mines?
10:53That is not my focus.
10:54Why not?
10:55Because there's no money to be made of them.
10:56If I'm to do this, I have to make sure it's worth my while.
10:59Perhaps I'll invest my own money.
11:01Still, I'm not making any promises.
11:05I admire how you negotiate.
11:07I'll need the information on the mines.
11:09I'll get you the metallurgy report.
11:10And I can't leave for a few days.
11:12You're leaving tomorrow.
11:13I have plans.
11:13What is more important than this?
11:19I'm going to ask Marion Brooke to marry me.
11:21I think she'll accept, but I wanted to wait until after Gladys' wedding.
11:25I was going to tell both of you, but I'm not sure how I'll manage that if I'm
11:29going to be in Morenci for a month.
11:33Congratulations.
11:35You've chosen well.
11:39I'm pleased.
11:40Good.
11:41I'm not sure mother will be so open-hearted.
11:44Leave your mother to me.
11:45We'll announce it when you're back.
11:47She'll be used to the idea by then.
11:50Now, go and get ready.
11:52You leave first thing.
12:01Do you like it?
12:04Very much.
12:05I hope your first dinner party is a success, your grace.
12:08I do too.
12:09Thank you for your help.
12:11It's my job.
12:14But having you here while I'm so far away from home is really comforting.
12:17I suppose getting used to all this will take time.
12:20I'm glad if I've been helpful.
12:22The real problem is Lady Sarah.
12:25I agree, your grace, if I may.
12:27There are so many rules.
12:29I'm keen to learn them.
12:30Being ladies made to a duchess is not something I could ever have imagined.
12:33Nor could I have imagined myself in this rule.
12:46That is wonderful news.
12:49Congratulations.
12:50Well, I have you to thank for Jack.
12:53I simply made an introduction.
12:55John created the clock and the two of you sold it.
12:58That's a true partnership.
12:59Don't diminish your role.
13:02What will it mean for you both?
13:05It means Jack won't be your footman for much longer.
13:08No, I would think not.
13:10Lord knows what Undagnus will make of it all.
13:14Come with me.
13:15I'd like to show you something.
13:17What is this?
13:24As for me, I'm hoping it will make me a married man.
13:29What?
13:30We said we'd wait until after my sister's wedding.
13:33We did?
13:36You know that I love you.
13:39And I intend to spend every day of my life making you happy.
13:44Are you serious?
13:48Marry you, Brooke.
13:51Will you marry me?
14:01Yes.
14:03Yes.
14:04Yes.
14:29I don't know how Undagnus is going to receive the news.
14:34I don't know how Undagnus is going to receive the news.
14:35I don't know how to handle your aunts.
14:43We wanted to speak to you both together.
14:46That sounds serious.
14:47Serious?
14:48Or ominous?
14:51It's good news, isn't it?
14:53Yes.
14:55We want to ask for your permission or your blessing really.
14:59We plan to marry.
15:00Oh, oh, congratulations.
15:02Congratulations.
15:03Oh, we couldn't be happier, could we, Agnes?
15:05Not possibly.
15:06Oh, it's wonderful news.
15:11And this is coming on top of the news of the clock.
15:14Yes.
15:14Oh, what news about the clock?
15:16Jack didn't tell you.
15:18We sold our clock for a large sum of money.
15:20A fortune.
15:21Our Jack is now a man of means.
15:23Well, what sort of means?
15:26He'll be quite rich, Aunt Agnes.
15:28Oh, which is lovely, isn't it, Agnes?
15:31Lovely.
15:32But we must go now.
15:33We're telling my parents.
15:34And then I'm meeting some friends for dinner.
15:37To celebrate your engagement.
15:38Not quite.
15:39My roommate from Harvard is getting married.
15:41And a few of us are going to Delmonico's.
15:44Tonight?
15:44Yes, I promised a few weeks ago.
15:47I would invite you, but it's only men.
15:49Well, that sounds fun.
15:51But I'll miss you.
15:53And you're leaving for Arizona in the morning.
15:54Oh, why Arizona?
15:57Oh, my father's business.
15:58What a pity to have to go so soon after you're engaged.
16:02Well, it's only a month.
16:04And then my life will rarely begin.
16:06Meanwhile, I'll be back for dinner.
16:10Congratulations again.
16:14Shall we?
16:15Yes, Mr. Russell.
16:18Well, I wonder how many more bolts from the blue
16:21I will have to endure before bedtime.
16:23You knew she was fond of him.
16:25Well, I did.
16:26Anyway.
16:27When I asked her if she was interested in him,
16:30she dismissed me.
16:31It seems when I ask someone a direct question in my own home,
16:35I get lied to.
16:36You're blowing this out of proportion.
16:38Besides, Larry is nice, Agnes.
16:40You know he is.
16:41All I know is that woman will claim kinship.
16:44Just see if she doesn't.
16:45We'll have to manage it, I suppose.
16:47I am being asked to manage too much regarding the Russells.
16:50Not only is he marrying our niece, but he's made our footman rich,
16:55which is upsetting to everyone in this household.
16:59Not the footman.
17:03Absolutely marvelous.
17:06May I present my wife, the Duchess of Buckingham?
17:10How do you do, Duchess, and welcome to England.
17:12Did you have a good journey?
17:14To be honest, I slept most of the way.
17:19What is that in your hair?
17:21Why?
17:22My mate suggested them and I like the idea.
17:24You don't seem to understand.
17:26This isn't New York.
17:28You're right, I don't understand.
17:30If I can wear a tiara, so can you.
17:33I'm afraid your maid is not up to the task if she thought diamond stars were appropriate.
17:39I like them.
17:40I think they're pretty.
17:41Really, Hector, this is way over your head.
17:43Dinner is served.
17:52Please.
17:56Who did the plasma?
17:58Me.
17:58You don't know who anyone is.
18:00I changed it a little.
18:02I see.
18:04I have been demoted.
18:06Well, she's my wife.
18:13I see you.
18:19I see you.
18:20Oh, come on.
18:21Yes, that's right.
18:25Yes, that's right.
18:29What a treat.
18:31Oh, come on.
18:40Is there news of the clock?
18:42Mrs. Forte mentioned it.
18:43Should I not have said anything?
18:45They were bound to find out.
18:47Find out what?
18:50We sold the clock.
18:51You can't be serious.
18:53You amaze me.
18:55How much did you get?
18:58There we want in the tea.
19:00I'll take it up.
19:08Really?
19:08But why was he asking for his coat?
19:16It's because he confused the valet with the rector.
19:19Do you see?
19:19Oh, Hector, don't be unkind.
19:21You can't expect Gladys to develop an English sense of humour overnight.
19:36Are you staying for some port?
19:43Congratulations.
19:44I wish you all the happiness in the world.
19:47Thank you, Mr. Russell.
19:51What is taking Mother so long?
19:53We really should have waited before we started celebrating.
19:56I waited plenty for her and Gladys to settle the details.
19:59This time, I mean to have more of a hand in it.
20:03Mr. Alfred Merrick.
20:07Well, you are quite a sight.
20:10That's a compliment, I hope.
20:11I apologise for being late.
20:13Nonsense.
20:14I'm just coming down now.
20:16Shall we join the others?
20:20Look who I found in the hall.
20:22Mr. Merrick.
20:24Good of you to join us.
20:26You know our son, Larry, and this is our neighbour, Miss Marion Brooke.
20:30She is more than our neighbour now.
20:33What?
20:33We're getting married.
20:35I told father earlier we should have waited, but father insisted on breaking out the champagne.
20:40Another wedding.
20:41What a joyous time for the Russell family.
20:43What do your aunts make of the news?
20:45They're pleased.
20:46I'm sure.
20:47Why wouldn't they be?
20:49We'll wait for the formal announcement.
20:50Oh, yes.
20:51There's no hurry.
20:51I think it must be after I get back from Renzi.
20:54And why is this news to me as well?
20:56Because it's all just happened today.
20:58The father needs me in Arizona, so I'm catching a train in the morning.
21:01I leave the house for one charity meeting, and it seems as if your entire future is decided in my
21:06absence.
21:06Well, who's to your future?
21:08To you both?
21:09Here, here.
21:16You must see it.
21:17The Vatican?
21:18Yes, and don't miss the Raphael rooms.
21:21Everyone talks of the Sistine Chapel, but Raphael's choice of vibrant colors haunts you, like one of Mrs. Russell's gowns.
21:29I should like to visit Italy.
21:31Speaking of which, the choice to do a season of Italian opera seems to have been a success.
21:35Norma was a stunning production.
21:37George was away for it.
21:38That's right.
21:39I remember you were there without him.
21:40I couldn't miss it.
21:41Many women will not go out to an event like that without a husband.
21:45There aren't many women like my wife.
21:47She is one of a kind.
21:51Have you ever been married?
21:52No.
21:53I was engaged once, but it was called off.
21:57Not by me.
21:58How sad.
21:59What a silly girl.
22:00I'm sorry.
22:01Don't be.
22:01It was years ago.
22:02Count yourself lucky.
22:03If she didn't appreciate you, then she didn't deserve you.
22:05I'm not sure that's quite fair, but thank you for lifting my spirits.
22:09I meant what I said.
22:12Tell me about your daughter, the Duchess, at her castle in England.
22:16I suppose she's written about in the columns, but I never read them.
22:19She's doing well.
22:19Well, we hope she's doing well.
22:22We haven't heard much from her.
22:24It must be interesting for her, whatever else it turns out to be.
22:27Bertha has lofty goals for our children.
22:29I'd say we both do.
22:30This is a house of high ambition.
22:32Your wife wanted an opera box.
22:34Now we have a new opera house, and the Academy of Music is dust.
22:37That was not my intention.
22:39But that was the result.
22:43I must agree with you, Mr. Merrick.
22:45The Russells do not stop until we get what we want.
22:50I'll leave you to your port.
22:58I'm no match for you.
23:00My brother taught me to play when I was quite young.
23:03I've many years of practice.
23:06Is this the brother at the helm of the Illinois Central Line?
23:08Yes.
23:09Edgar, have you met?
23:10No.
23:11But I've done my research.
23:13Your family takes pride in the railway.
23:15We do.
23:17And yet,
23:20you keep selling shares to Risley Sage.
23:22We haven't sold a share in years.
23:24It's true.
23:25Edgar made decisions back then that let in Sage,
23:27but that won't happen again.
23:30The Illinois Central goes through Chicago,
23:33and there's no better way to connect the coasts.
23:36Chicago is the key.
23:37That's why Risley Sage wants to control it.
23:39With him, it's a daily struggle.
23:41The instability in the markets
23:43has made your company vulnerable.
23:46But I can change that.
23:47If you sell to me,
23:48I'll transform it.
23:50Make it fit for the future.
23:52Sage would bleed the line of every cent,
23:53and then sell it off piecemeal to the highest bidders.
23:56And you won't do the same?
23:57If you sell to me,
24:00I'll make sure the Merrick's still have a voice
24:02in the most important railroad in the country.
24:07Your speech broke my concentration.
24:09I'm happy if it makes you take my offer seriously.
24:15The reason it's in Chicago
24:16is that was the center of my grandmother's world.
24:19Selling it would be like getting rid of her.
24:21If you allow me a majority,
24:21you'll still have a great many shares.
24:23And I'll always recognize that.
24:24I don't know you, Mr. Russell.
24:26I know your wife, and I like her.
24:28But you didn't become this rich
24:30by making heartwarming promises.
24:32Or if you did, I doubt you kept them.
24:33It's true that none of my competitors
24:34would promise what I have.
24:36Thank you, Mr. Russell,
24:37but we are a proud family.
24:38And Edgar has a plan in place
24:40that will keep him as head of the company
24:41for years to come.
24:43So I don't think there's any offer you could make
24:45that would entice us to sell.
24:48Now I'll say goodnight.
24:53Well, I'm disappointed.
25:07Where'd you meet your husband?
25:11At my first job in New York,
25:13I was a housemaid.
25:15He looked after the accounts for the kitchens.
25:19So he was a hard worker?
25:20A hard worker.
25:21Funny.
25:24Rather good-looking.
25:27And I was young.
25:29Were you happy?
25:31I think so.
25:35We wanted children.
25:38But some things aren't meant to be.
25:43Was that what caused his melancholia?
25:45I used to think so.
25:48But now I'm not so sure.
25:50You still love him?
25:53That's such a hard question.
25:55I withdraw.
25:55No, don't.
25:59I still love the man he used to be.
26:04But whether he loves me...
26:12Well, I love you.
26:16A minute.
26:20And I'm grateful.
26:25I mean that, too.
26:34I think Miss Marion would want us at the wedding.
26:37Are you sure?
26:38When Mrs. Van Ryn is opposed to it.
26:40She may be, but she will attend.
26:42In protest.
26:44What does that mean?
26:44It means she wear a frown and a dark dress.
26:48But we'll be invited.
26:49And so will Jack.
26:50Since Mr. Larry is his business partner.
26:53There will not be a servant at their wedding.
26:55Mrs. Russell won't allow it.
26:56No.
26:57When Jack is probably richer than most of the other guests.
27:01What do you mean?
27:04Yes.
27:04How can John be that rich?
27:06It's not for me to say.
27:08Oh, come on, Mrs. Bower.
27:09Don't tease us like this.
27:11How much was John paid for the clock?
27:16Three hundred thousand dollars.
27:19Oh!
27:30Jack, what are you waiting here for?
27:33Come on.
27:40Welcome to the hay market.
27:49It's anything you want it to be.
27:53Women.
27:54Drinking.
27:56Entertainment.
27:57Men.
27:58Is he fancy?
27:59You want gambling?
28:00There you have it.
28:01Red 29!
28:03Mr. Larry, I'm not sure you can make all this.
28:05It's not complicated.
28:06Enjoy it.
28:07You have money now.
28:08You can afford a more interesting life.
28:10Make sure that you do.
28:11There's my friend at the bar.
28:13Larry!
28:14There you are.
28:15Here, right this way.
28:16Two more for my friends, please.
28:18Have a seat.
28:19This is my partner, Jack Trotter.
28:21We heard about the clock.
28:23Well, I do hope you'll have a good evening, Charlie.
28:27And though I'll have an evening I won't soon forget,
28:29well, you certainly picked the right place to celebrate, huh?
28:33Enjoy yourself, son.
28:35This may be your last night at the hay market.
28:37Oh, I wouldn't say that.
28:38That is a very reasonable woman.
28:41No woman is reasonable about a club like this.
28:44No wife, anyway.
28:46Do you want to buy me a dream?
28:47I'm sorry, no.
28:50Don't apologize.
28:51What about you?
28:52I wouldn't mind discussing it.
29:00Larry!
29:01Has one of them got your attention?
29:05I won't be a minute.
29:16Excuse me, but are you Maude B?
29:21Who's she?
29:23You needn't admit it, of course.
29:25Why should I when my name's Dolly Trent?
29:27Enough.
29:40What happened tonight?
29:42I could ask the same question.
29:43Thank you, Andre.
29:44Yes, madam.
29:45Are you ready for Newport?
29:46I am, madam.
29:48Marion Brooke is not the kind of girl I have in mind for Larry.
29:51Keep out of it, Bertha.
29:52I won't let you do to Larry what you did to Gladys.
29:54I learned he is to marry without my consent.
29:56He is of age and does not require your consent or your approval.
29:59I approve.
30:00And I'm still the head of this house.
30:02Though your behavior tonight has made me think.
30:04What do you mean?
30:05I felt like a cuckold at my own dinner table.
30:07You were the one who begged me to charm him.
30:09You didn't need to be as charming as that.
30:11Should I have sulked in silence?
30:12They won't sell anyway, so it was all a waste of time.
30:14I'm sorry, but I did what you asked.
30:16Really?
30:17Because I've never seen you behave like that with anyone.
30:19You cannot be angry with me if you were unable to close a business deal.
30:22I am not at fault.
30:23Of course not, Bertha.
30:24Bertha, you are as pristine as a Raphael fresco.
30:33Might you have done something to offend Lady Sarah?
30:37Not that I can think of.
30:39But she seems to offend easily.
30:41That's true enough.
30:43Mr. Fox told me there'd be a ticket for my passage back to America.
30:47But can she fire me if I work for you?
30:50Let me see what I can do.
31:00How can you dismiss my maid for no reason?
31:03I had my reasons.
31:05And she was never meant to be permanent.
31:07Maybe.
31:07But she was to stay to train her replacement.
31:09I'm afraid she's not equipped to train a new maid.
31:12Not for life at Sidmouth, at any rate.
31:15In your opinion?
31:17Yes, in my opinion.
31:18Your opinion is not the only one to be considerate.
31:20Surely even you concede that I know a little more about how things are managed in England.
31:32Why couldn't she keep her maid?
31:34Hector, I'm trying to turn her into an English duchess.
31:37It's hard work and she's unpromising material, but I'm doing my best.
31:41It was you who told me I must save the family with a Yankee heiress.
31:45I suppose it never occurred to me that you'd have to bring her home.
31:51This is to be sent to New York immediately.
31:54Tell no one.
31:55Yes, Your Grace.
32:02Thank you, William.
32:03Larry.
32:05The metallurgist report you asked for.
32:12There's not much here.
32:13Because the mines are worthless.
32:14Focus on getting the land.
32:16I'll do my best.
32:18I need you to do better than that.
32:22Ah.
32:25Let me say my goodbyes and then I'll be on my way.
32:33You're leaving now?
32:35I'll be back as soon as I can.
32:37I'll miss you every day.
32:39I'll miss you every moment.
32:43No, no.
32:44Don't mind me.
32:47I should be on my way, too.
32:55Oscar.
32:57I'm glad I caught you.
33:00You ought to know.
33:02I saw Maude beat me last night.
33:08Maude beat me?
33:10Are you certain?
33:11She was working at the hay market.
33:13What do you mean?
33:14What sort of work?
33:16What sort of work to women generally undertake in those kinds of establishments?
33:21I've got to go.
33:23I've got to go.
33:23And don't worry, I've told you, but I won't tell anyone else.
33:38Oh, I've dropped my saw.
33:39I'll get it.
33:44Miss Scott.
33:47Mr. Fortune, what are you doing here?
33:52Mr. Kirkland.
33:52Dr. Kirkland.
33:54What's this?
33:55I'm joining Miss Scott for our interview.
33:57That's not what your letter said.
33:58I had a change of heart.
33:59I cabled Mrs. Harper, so it's all set.
34:01Well, you've given this assignment to Miss Scott.
34:04She's capable.
34:05Why do you need to be there at all?
34:07Why don't you write your questions down, and I'll ask them for it.
34:10There's no time for that.
34:11We'll miss our train.
34:12There's no we.
34:13I will do this alone or not at all.
34:16I don't understand what the problem is.
34:18She just told you.
34:22Let's not make a scene.
34:23Fortune, you should leave.
34:29I don't like your tone.
34:30It's too bad because I was being polite.
34:32Please stop this.
34:33There's no need for this.
34:35Miss Fortune, I will write the piece alone or I can go home now.
34:40I see.
34:43Have a good trip.
34:45I look forward to reading your article.
34:51I understand why you said things with Mr. Fortune are complicated.
34:55There's more to tell you.
34:56I'll be here when you get back.
35:04I told you, I have to find shares elsewhere.
35:07In the end, Risley Sage is a businessman.
35:09Risley Sage is a horrible human being.
35:11I only meant that if Mr. Merrick won't sell, then surely Mr. Sage...
35:13We'd overpay by a factor of ten, and we don't have that kind of money.
35:17Go and find something else.
35:23What was that?
35:25Brinkley.
35:26He's replaced Clay.
35:28Where's Mr. Clay?
35:29I fired him.
35:31What?
35:32Why?
35:33He couldn't close on the Morenci deal or the Illinois Central Line.
35:36Why didn't you tell me?
35:37I don't tell you everything.
35:38I wish you would.
35:40But what is going on with your business?
35:42There's a recession and some panic in the market.
35:45I'm aware of that.
35:46Will it affect you?
35:48Can you find the money you need?
35:49Had your friend Mr. Merrick taken my offer, we'd be in a better position.
35:53How bad a position are we in?
35:54I don't have time for this.
35:56Just tell me how I can help.
35:57Find out how our daughter is really doing in England.
36:00Gladys is fine, and I'm leaving for Newport tomorrow.
36:02There's a charity.
36:03I don't need the details of your social calendar.
36:05I only mean that I'll be away, and with Larry gone, you'll be on your own.
36:09Good.
36:12George, what is happening?
36:13Everything's at stake.
36:15I've no time to soothe your guilt or calm your fears.
36:18I must get back to work.
36:28Do you ever think of Walt Beaton?
36:31Certainly not, and nor should you.
36:33Only my neighbor Larry Russell came across it not long ago.
36:37I suppose she's living it up spending your mother's money.
36:43She's working at the hay market.
36:45So, I don't suppose she's exactly living it up.
36:50Goodness.
36:51That's not what I expected at all.
36:55Will you go and see her there?
36:56I'm not sure.
36:59Maybe.
36:59For what purpose?
37:00It can't be revenge.
37:02If she's at the hay market, justice has already been served.
37:05Oh, I'd still like answers.
37:07She left me penniless.
37:09Yes, but...
37:09There's a but.
37:11The deception was mutual.
37:14She may have stolen your money,
37:15but if you had married her,
37:17you would have stolen her entire life.
37:19Neither of you was being honest.
37:21It's easier not to think of it that way.
37:24She got her just desserts.
37:26Now, thanks to your hard work,
37:28so have you.
37:33Mrs. Forte, please, come upstairs.
37:36Mrs. Forte, please, come upstairs.
38:05The spirits told me I would see you again.
38:08Oh, I've brought his watch.
38:11It's all in good time.
38:13Now, we will begin with Mrs. Forte, please.
38:17Lay your hands flat on the table.
38:20Yes.
38:36I'm glad you did not give up.
38:38Your husband has a message for you.
38:41He does?
38:41He wants you to know he loved you
38:44more than he loved anyone else.
38:47He did?
38:48And he knows how much you loved him.
38:51Let me see the watch.
38:53Oh, yes.
38:56Here it is.
39:05Your marriage wasn't long.
39:08No.
39:09Sadly, it wasn't.
39:11And your husband?
39:13He died quickly.
39:17Yes, Mr. Forte wants you to know
39:20that he wants you to have peace
39:22while on this earth
39:23and know that you will be reunited again.
39:28He told you all of this?
39:29Yes.
39:30He is here.
39:34He is?
39:38May I speak to him?
39:40Go ahead.
39:44Darling, I miss you so.
39:47Well, some mornings I still reach out
39:51hoping to find you next to me.
39:54I'm so utterly lost without you.
39:58It pains, Mr. Forte, to hear you say that.
40:01But he is very proud of the way you have conducted yourself
40:04since he's been gone.
40:06No.
40:07He is?
40:08He loves your pure heart.
40:11And he prays for your happiness
40:13while you are still in this world.
40:24How was your temperance meeting?
40:27Good.
40:28Rewarding, really.
40:30You sound quite perky.
40:31I'm glad.
40:33I've been thinking.
40:34I might start wearing a little more color.
40:37I only mean half mourning.
40:40Lilac, violet.
40:42But it's less sad than black.
40:45It certainly is.
40:49You rang, Mom.
40:50Ah, yes.
40:51Bannister.
40:53Mrs. Forte and I feel we have a right to know
40:56how much money our footman will make
40:58from his clock endeavor.
40:59Do not include me in this.
41:00Will you find out?
41:02Yes, Mom.
41:04Agnes, that was too intrusive a question.
41:06Not with John living under my roof.
41:08I know you have the money now,
41:10but this was my house
41:11for much longer than it's been yours.
41:14Oh.
41:17Oh, it's beautiful.
41:19He chose it himself.
41:21Oh, my lord.
41:23Is it public yet?
41:24Not quite.
41:25Larry went to Arizona on business for his father.
41:27He wants it announced as soon as he returns.
41:29Oh, well done.
41:31You're the first person who's been able to cheer me up.
41:34I'm happy to see you smile.
41:35I haven't done it in so long.
41:36It feels strange.
41:39I'm thrilled at your news.
41:40And so pleased you could come.
41:43At least I'll have one friend to talk to at Mrs. Fisher's party.
41:46So Newport is as hard on divorcees as everywhere else?
41:49The locals are kinder.
41:52But this is the season's first big event
41:54with summer people from New York.
41:56They say that Mrs. Astor's coming,
41:58but I don't think she can be.
41:59Mrs. Fish wouldn't have asked me if she were.
42:01How is Mrs. Astor with you?
42:03I haven't seen her since the news broke.
42:05I've been here.
42:06She has troubles of her own.
42:08You heard her daughter's husband
42:09challenged her lover to a duel.
42:11I've read all about it in the papers.
42:13I confess, I don't often feel sorry for Mrs. Astor.
42:16Well, at least it should make her kinder towards you.
42:18I'm not sure.
42:20Lena Astor has her own ways of seeing things.
42:26So will you live here in Newport now?
42:28Maybe.
42:29The lawyers say I'll get the houses when it all goes through.
42:32How have they managed that?
42:33Charles is the adulterer, so the court favors me.
42:37I get the houses.
42:39But of course, he gets our friends
42:42and the life we live together.
42:44Oh.
42:46As soon as I think I have no more tears to shed, they come.
42:52Anyway, enough of all that.
42:56Let's talk of happier things.
42:58All right.
42:59But we should do it in the carriage,
43:01or we'll be late to Mrs. Fish.
43:06Mrs. Astor, can we expect your daughter, Mrs. Drayton, to join us?
43:10Ah, no, I'm sorry.
43:11She won't be coming.
43:12That's too bad.
43:13Why is that?
43:14I wanted to thank her.
43:15She spoke to Gladys about life in Europe.
43:17Her advice was very helpful.
43:19Sometimes with Charlotte, we go back to Europe and make a life there.
43:23That might help us all.
43:24Miss Marion Brooke and Mrs. Faye.
43:31Miss Brooke, Mrs. Faye.
43:34I wasn't sure you'd come.
43:36I accepted the invitations.
43:38Well, you might not want to stay.
43:40If you'll excuse me, Miss Brooke.
43:43Mrs. Astor is here.
43:45I wasn't sure she was going to make it from New York when I asked her.
43:50All right.
43:51How could this happen?
43:52She's not very good.
43:54How are you?
43:55How are you?
43:58Aurora, you look well.
44:00Thank you for saying that.
44:02I feel like a pariah.
44:04I'm sorry.
44:05It's not your fault.
44:07I suspect Mrs. Astor may use you as a distraction from the gossip about her daughter's marital woes.
44:12I sympathize with them both.
44:13We're all so quick to see the moat in someone else's eye and forget the plank in our own.
44:18Bless you.
44:19I wish I could do more.
44:20You've done so much already.
44:23Luncheon is served.
44:26Shall we?
44:30I must understand.
44:32Mrs. Fane, I apologize.
44:34This is all very difficult and I'm not quite certain what I should do.
44:38Then I'll tell you.
44:38You should show Mrs. Fane to her seat.
44:40Please don't put me on the spot.
44:41I'll leave.
44:42I don't want to be the source of any trouble.
44:43Then I'll leave with you.
44:44But you can't.
44:45You're our main patron.
44:46If you go, then we'll run for the doors.
44:48You should have thought of that.
44:49No, Bertha.
44:50I don't want to ruin the party for anyone.
44:52How will that help?
44:53I'll go.
44:54I can take Aurora home.
44:55That's so good with you, Miss Brock.
44:57Very well.
44:58If you're sure.
44:58Yes.
44:59Come.
45:05I was invited to this when I was Mrs. Charles Fane.
45:08Now I'm no one.
45:09Oh, Aurora.
45:16Another lovely gathering, Mamie.
45:18I'm grateful to have this moment alone, though you may not be pleased with what I have to say.
45:23That sounds worrying.
45:24You're digging your own grave if you think you can bury Aurora Fane when Charlotte is headed for the divorce
45:29courts.
45:29Oh, Charlotte.
45:30Charlotte was always an unruly child, but I thought she'd grow out of it.
45:34We even let her choose her own husband, but unfortunately marriage didn't steady her.
45:39Now her failings have become fodder for the gossip mills.
45:42If you know that, then why are you stalking Mrs. Fane?
45:45Stalking?
45:47Charlotte is not getting a divorce.
45:49Mrs. Fane is.
45:51Even if Charlotte were to reconcile with Mr. Drayton, now that he has challenged her lover to a duel, they
45:56have opened a Pandora's box.
45:58Mamie, you must understand.
46:02I cannot weaken on this matter.
46:04Well then, you have one question to answer.
46:08And what is that?
46:09Are you willing to exile your own daughter from society?
46:13If not, you cannot exile Mrs. Fane.
46:20You have a difficult choice to make, Lena. I do not envy you.
46:24How was Newport, ma'am?
46:26I hope you had an enjoyable stay.
46:28It was interesting.
46:29Any news of our spying traitor?
46:31Not yet, ma'am.
46:31I was right.
46:34Gladys is miserable.
46:35I should never have allowed you to bully her like that.
46:37What are you talking about?
46:38Read it.
46:42What's your great plan now, Bertha?
46:44This can be fixed and I'll see to it.
46:46I'll go to England.
46:47I don't know if I'm angrier at you or myself.
46:50You made me weak.
46:51And I find that hard to forgive.
46:55Someone said the Galiah set sail the day after tomorrow.
46:58What will you say to her when you get there?
47:00You can't make her love him.
47:01I can fix this, believe me.
47:03That's the problem.
47:04I don't think I do believe you anymore.
47:05I can solve this sooner than you think.
47:07I'll be there before Larry even sets foot in Marenzi.
47:09I'll make everything right.
47:11Do what you want.
47:13Don't expect me to be here when you get back.
47:29I'll be there when you get back.
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