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The Gilded Age S03E06
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00:03Welcome to Sydney, Mrs. Russell.
00:05Yes, welcome.
00:06I'm delighted to be here.
00:08Mother, how was the crossing?
00:10Uneventful, I'm glad to say.
00:12You seem to have managed our train service, which is something of a miracle.
00:15You'll want a rest after your journey, Mrs. Russell.
00:19I've put you in the King's bedroom, and Mrs. Owen will show you there.
00:22Perhaps you can sleep for an hour or two.
00:24We meet at eight in the yellow drawing room and dine at half past.
00:28My maid.
00:29She'll be on her way to your room.
00:32Which King? You said the King's room, Hector?
00:34William IV.
00:36He came to launch the Sidmouth Harbour Railway in a plan to expand Sidmouth into a port.
00:41But it failed, and the King died a year later.
00:44Rather sad.
00:46Mrs. Owen?
00:52Careful of the crust.
00:53There's another one today.
00:55It says Mr. Larry has chosen his bride, but his mother doesn't approve.
01:00Orange blossom, maybe, but not many smiles at Russell House.
01:03You're going to keep that to show her?
01:04I think I must, but I'd rather solve it before she gets back.
01:07Is it true that Mr. Russell has moved out?
01:09Mr. Russell has gone to the union club, of course, I don't know for how long.
01:12With the mistress in England, and Mr. Larry in Arizona, who am I cooking for now?
01:15You're cooking for us, Mr. Board, and your fellow workers. Enjoy it.
01:22Have you looked at the clothes for tomorrow, Your Grace?
01:24I'm sure they're fine.
01:26Lady Sarah has approved them.
01:28Lady Sarah has approved your choice of the Duchess's clothes?
01:31For tomorrow, yes, ma'am.
01:32Thank you, boss.
01:33You may go.
01:46Do your maid and Lady Sarah always choose your clothes?
01:50Usually.
01:51Why does he put up with her?
01:53Hector's parents died young, but they weren't much interested in him anyway.
01:56All his life he's followed his sister's orders, and he sees no reason to change now.
02:00Aren't you a reason?
02:01Mother, you wanted your daughter to be a duchess.
02:04You can't talk now as if your chief goal was for me to be happily married.
02:07Of course I want you to be happy.
02:08Or at the very least to be properly treated.
02:11Can't Hector see that?
02:12Why would he?
02:13The house runs smoothly.
02:14She knows how he likes things done.
02:16Why make trouble?
02:17Some of the house feels a little bleak to me.
02:20Hector says they've sold everything good except the portraits.
02:22And now they can afford to buy them back, thanks to you.
02:24Make sure he remembers your role in his family's redemption and acts accordingly.
02:29If you want to cook an omelette, you have to learn to break a few eggs.
02:32Says the woman who hasn't cooked an omelette in 20 years.
02:34I may not have made an omelette, but I have made a future.
02:37And I'm here to help you do the same.
02:57Good of you to come all this way.
03:01I had a summons from J.P. Morgan.
03:03I didn't think I had a choice.
03:04You didn't.
03:06I should prefer to call it an invitation.
03:08My secretary, Mr. Brinkley.
03:10The Merricks.
03:13Mr. Russell.
03:14I don't believe you've met my brother, Edgar.
03:16Mr. Merrick.
03:17I'm glad to be here.
03:18But I suspect I may be less glad when I leave.
03:21Mr. Sage.
03:23Mr. Morgan.
03:24Let me show you all your rooms.
03:26Burn.
03:26If now you have us on your territory, I look forward to hearing your orders.
03:31This is neutral territory.
03:33And you'll hear no orders, only thoughts on the future of our industry.
03:37Like Bismarck's thoughts on the future of Germany.
03:40Or Napoleon's on the future of Europe.
03:41You're too suspicious, gentlemen.
03:44At least, let me give you some dinner.
03:47We can delay our arguments for tomorrow.
03:49I should warn you, there will be no horses kept here.
03:53And civilization is a day's walk away.
03:56And you ask why we're suspicious?
04:00Mr. Russell.
04:01I believe you know my new partner.
04:20Is your room comfortable?
04:22Yes, madam.
04:23And how do you find the staff?
04:25They are pleasant.
04:28Though...
04:28What?
04:30One of the maids said Lady Sarah is trying to wail the new Duchess down and train her like a
04:35puppy.
04:37She used those words?
04:39I'm afraid so, madam.
04:42Thank you, André.
04:44Keep your ear to the ground, but say nothing to her grace.
04:47Of course, madam.
04:50It is a relief to know I'm not fighting my battles alone.
04:59Are you all right?
05:00Um, why do you say that?
05:02I don't know.
05:03You seem very anxious lately.
05:05You never told me what Larry said when he was leaving for Arizona.
05:08Didn't I?
05:11And I'll mention it.
05:12But he, uh...
05:15He thinks she's found Maud Beaton.
05:18Oh my goodness, when?
05:19The same night you became engaged.
05:22Is it somewhere you can go after her?
05:24As long as she's still there.
05:25And actually, I'm going right now.
05:28You'll have to tell Mama I had some business dinner I couldn't get out of.
05:31I'll try to make it convincing.
05:35I'll try to make it convincing.
05:57I'll try to make it convincing.
06:01Mrs. Van Ryn says she wants to go to bed straight after dinner.
06:05Miss Armstrong, you need to be ready.
06:06Well, of course I'm ready.
06:09What's that you're doing?
06:11Nothing.
06:13It doesn't look like nothing.
06:14I'm just interested in the various ways of mixing or whipping food.
06:18Here we go again.
06:19You see, you won't stay a footman forever whether you want to or not.
06:23I don't understand why you're allowed to stay on now.
06:26What do you mean?
06:27She means nothing.
06:31I'm going to bed.
06:33That was a delicious dinner.
06:39I'll look in.
06:44I was rather sad to see that you had dismissed Gladys' maid.
06:48Wasn't that always the plan?
06:49Well, yes, I know.
06:50It's just seeing her so far from home.
06:53But her home is here now.
06:55Her new maid understands these houses and the people who live in them.
06:59Don't you want Gladys to have help adjusting to her new life?
07:02Of course I do.
07:02And what did you mean?
07:04That I don't know how to run things?
07:06What I mean is that it's way past our bedtime.
07:23Hello, Mr. King.
07:38Hello, Ms. Beaton.
07:41My name is Dolly Trent.
07:42Come on.
07:43That won't do it for me.
07:45I don't know what you want, mister, but I'm working.
07:47All right, Ms. Beaton.
07:49Do you want me to summon the police because I can?
07:51Don't try anything.
07:53You misjudge me.
07:53I am not angry.
07:55I don't want things to be difficult.
07:58Can I help you, sir?
08:00I want to speak to Ms. Trent.
08:03To spend some time with her.
08:06Does that bother you?
08:07No.
08:09No.
08:10I'll talk to him.
08:11If he'll buy me a drink.
08:13Very good.
08:14Take him to room 12.
08:19Where is room 12?
08:48No, no, no, no, no, no.
08:49I don't want that.
08:51I want to know what happened to the money.
08:54I haven't got it.
08:56Obviously.
09:04You know, I lost it all.
09:06Everything I had.
09:07And everything my mother had, too.
09:10And now I have to live with her while she blames me
09:13for her misery and her ruin.
09:16I should break you in pieces.
09:18At least you don't have to sleep with overweight strangers
09:20who stink of bad breath and sweat.
09:23I want to know what happened to the money!
09:26Crowther.
09:27You remember Crowther?
09:28He was the man behind the whole thing.
09:30I was working for him.
09:31He took me on to...
09:32To what?
09:33To target gullible fools like me?
09:35You weren't alone.
09:36He looked for greedy men with access to money
09:38but without the nerve to steal it.
09:39You were a classic case.
09:43But how did you end up here?
09:46Crowther used me and left me with nothing.
09:50Which explains why I am where you see me now.
09:53But look at you.
09:55You're so elegant.
10:00It means they pay more.
10:02I don't care.
10:07It means they're greedy me.
10:08I'm tough.
10:10My father lost me in a card game when I was 12.
10:19I won't depress you with an account of the years that followed.
10:23This is the best you could do.
10:25I owe the people who run this establishment.
10:28I'm working it off but...
10:30I have food and a place to sleep.
10:34I suppose you hate me.
10:36Of course I hate you.
10:39You ruined my mother and me.
10:42So often I wished the story were true
10:44and we could have married and lived off my mythical fortune.
10:50Have you anywhere to go if you get away from here?
10:54Only a sister and Zandusky who might not even recognize me.
10:57Then we can only hope that Crowther dies in pain.
11:02I don't agree.
11:04This week I fired my office boy who's on three dollars a week
11:07so I found a liar who'd do the work for two.
11:10You're a money-grubbing fool, Risley.
11:11I'm glad the railroad owners will approach the future
11:14in their usual spirit of equanimity.
11:16It'll get worse before it gets better
11:18with talk of another run on the banks.
11:20You saved the Metropolitan, but you can't save them all.
11:23I hear Sage was involved with the collapse of Grant and Ward
11:26on top of the Marine National.
11:30And now Clay's gone over to the enemy.
11:32Like most men in this room, he's always been on one side.
11:36His own.
11:40So, are you ready to explain why you brought us here?
11:43Mr. Russell asks why I brought you here.
11:46The answer is simple.
11:47Mr. Russell.
11:49Or rather, Mr. Russell and the Illinois Central Line.
11:55Key to his plan for a new route between the East and West,
11:59which might spell a brighter future for America
12:02if you're in fighting and price-fixing
12:04when killing your business.
12:06As you all know,
12:08nobody holds a controlling share of the Illinois Central,
12:12so nothing can move forward.
12:14And while that lasts,
12:15the whole railroad industry will be in chaos.
12:18So, I am afraid, gentlemen,
12:22no one leaves this house
12:24until one of you owns at least 51%.
12:34What have you got there?
12:36The second delivery, Mom.
12:37Well?
12:38There are none for you, Mom.
12:39Is there anything for me?
12:41This one.
12:42Well, for whom are all the rest?
12:43Mr. Oscar and Miss Marion?
12:45Perhaps Mr. Russell has written.
12:47I doubt that.
12:47I didn't look before bringing them up.
12:49I should have.
12:50I apologize.
12:51I don't understand.
12:53I'm there for John, Mom.
12:54What?
12:54The footman John?
12:55Exactly.
12:56Have you found out just how rich
12:58this clock has made our footman?
12:59No, not yet, Mom.
13:01Agnes, really?
13:02Well, I would like to know.
13:04Will it be more than $2,000?
13:07Bannister has already said he doesn't know.
13:10You may go.
13:15Ada?
13:15We really should find out.
13:17We can't ask.
13:19It's impolite.
13:20Is it polite to stay on?
13:22Our Croesus-like footman?
13:24Has your betrothed told you how much?
13:27No, that's not my business.
13:31John, I've been meaning to congratulate you on all your success.
13:35Oh, thanks, Miss Marion.
13:37I hope you enjoyed your celebration with Mr. Russell the other night.
13:40What do you mean?
13:41He told me you were joining him with friends at Delmonico's.
13:44Delmonico's?
13:45Yes.
13:45Isn't that where you went?
13:47Oh.
13:50I don't know.
13:52How could you not know where you were?
13:54Oh, I do.
13:56But I need to get back to work.
13:59Have I said something wrong?
14:01No.
14:01No.
14:03Does this have to do with Maud beaten?
14:05I need to get these downstairs.
14:07Mrs. Bow is waiting.
14:18What will be the fate of Mr. Gladstone's reform bill now the Lords have thrown it out?
14:23He'll bring it back, and he'll get it through by the end of the year.
14:26But do we want a bunch of vagabonds and farm laborers to decide how we are governed?
14:30What do you say, Duchess?
14:32You're the Democrat among us.
14:34I believe everyone should have a say in who forms the government.
14:37Including women, I hope.
14:39Oh, heavens.
14:40Do we have a suffragist among us?
14:42Are you against women voting?
14:43Of course.
14:44Why?
14:45I'm curious.
14:46Do you find women stupider than men?
14:48And not equipped for important decisions?
14:50No.
14:52That is, I think women should stick to their proper sphere.
14:57Then should the Queen have stuck to her proper sphere and refuse the crown?
15:00Bertha, I think we must go easy on my poor sister.
15:03I was just curious, but of course if she'd rather not answer.
15:06I think I should not be so impertinent as to have an opinion about our Sovereign's decisions.
15:19Thank you, Bannister.
15:22Marion, you hardly ate anything at all.
15:26I just have something on my mind.
15:28It's to do with John.
15:30Our footman seems to be the topic of all discourse in this house.
15:34When I asked him about the night at Delmonico's, he turned to Ashton.
15:38And I thought, perhaps it has to do with Maud Beaton.
15:44Are you trying to drive me to an early grave?
15:46No.
15:47Then why mention that name?
15:49It seems Maud Beaton is back in town, Mama.
15:53And will she return my fortune?
15:57No.
15:58How can you be sure?
16:00Because she's working at a sort of club.
16:06A club?
16:07Is it a respectable establishment?
16:13No.
16:16Perhaps we should leave it at that for tonight.
16:27Now that your mother is not present, please tell me where Larry was the night he saw Maud Beaton.
16:34What?
16:35It's not important.
16:36I disagree.
16:38It's important enough for you, John, and even Larry to hide it from me.
16:44That's because Miss Beaton seems to be working in a house of ill repute.
16:57What was Larry Russell doing at that kind of establishment?
17:02Well, I think he was there with a group of friends.
17:05That doesn't answer my question.
17:06Marion.
17:07I'm sure there was no harm in it.
17:08Larry visits a house of ill repute and you think there's no harm in it?
17:11No, no.
17:11There is, as far as I'm concerned.
17:12Marion, I'm certain he was just having a sociable evening time.
17:15Mr. Merrick, you cannot trust Risley Sage.
17:19Why should I trust you?
17:20His deal will only momentarily line your coffers.
17:25I intend to make history with your family's railway.
17:28And I guarantee the Merricks will always have a seat at the table.
17:33A table in which you will now be the majority shareholder.
17:36Oh, God's sake.
17:37Which do you want, Merrick?
17:39For Sage to suck the blood out of your company or for Russell to pump life into it?
17:45You have no third option.
17:47Either you will sign the papers or show to the world that you're a fool.
17:50You have a large shareholding.
17:51But if you don't sign, it is a share of nothing.
17:54Once I have 51%, your family legacy will be safe.
17:58So you keep saying.
18:02Edgar, we need you to sign and shake on it.
18:05But if we are ever to be free of this logjam, Risley Sage will wake up tomorrow and find himself
18:10outflanked.
18:11Something we can all be glad of.
18:14Amen to that.
18:22Very well.
18:23I'll sign.
18:25But in the company of my lawyers, and back in New York, your word is good enough for me.
18:39I'm going to have a rest before I get changed.
18:42You'd better watch out.
18:43You made a fool of Sarah last night.
18:45Good.
18:46I was glad he didn't defend her.
18:48Hector never says anything, either to defend or attack.
18:50He's a frightened man.
18:51You must convince him his welfare is as safe in your hands as it is in hers.
18:54How?
18:55You're not a fool, Gladys.
18:57Show an interest in the estate.
18:58Show an interest in him.
18:59In this setup, you outrank Lady Sarah.
19:01Just make sure everyone knows it.
19:03I wish she'd give up on me and go.
19:04The only person to make her go is Hector.
19:07That is what he must work on.
19:08Your father is a businessman.
19:10You know how to manage events.
19:12If I do, I learned it from you.
19:13And not from father.
19:14Then put it to good use.
19:16Make him love you.
19:17Make him value you.
19:19That is the answer, but only you can do it.
19:21I can't.
19:22And now I'm going to my room.
19:38You're back.
19:39How is Philadelphia?
19:41Interesting.
19:42What do you know about Francis Watkins' harbor?
19:44Only what you've told me.
19:45She's a woman who believes in universal suffrage.
19:48Why?
19:49Because I've met her now.
19:50Properly.
19:51And she was very inspiring.
19:53She seems like a real force.
19:55Mm-hmm.
19:57I would think this would rouse you even more to the cause, but you seem a little glum.
20:02Mr. Fortune showed up at the train station.
20:04He and William had words.
20:05And it nearly turned physical before Mr. Fortune left.
20:08Oh, my word.
20:10Did you tell Dr. Kirkland about fortune?
20:13There wasn't time.
20:14I had my train to catch, but I owe him an explanation.
20:17You must be completely honest.
20:18Secrets and lies are not any sort of foundation from which to build a marriage.
20:22Take it from me.
20:22What do you mean?
20:24While you were away, Larry and I got engaged.
20:26What?
20:27Oh, but that's marvelous.
20:29It was marvelous until I discovered that on that very same night he visited, um...
20:38I can't say the word.
20:41You don't mean it.
20:42But I do.
20:43He went to a disorderly house.
20:45He told me he was going to Delmonico's with friends, but then I discovered his true whereabouts.
20:50And not from him.
20:52Are you certain of all the facts?
20:54I'm certain that he was there.
20:58We both know what men do at those type of establishments.
21:07It's particularly cruel, as we had just told my aunts and his parents of our engagement.
21:13I'm so sorry.
21:22There goes a very disappointed man.
21:25Life is full of disappointments.
21:28You must know that by now.
21:30He's not in the position he'd like you to think.
21:33Russell is stretched.
21:35His railroad expansion is not as married.
21:37He is stretched.
21:39Tight as a drum.
21:40You are absolutely sure of this?
21:44I really do know where the bodies are buried.
21:46Then as soon as we are back in the city,
21:49I suggest we start digging.
22:17Mr. Russell.
22:18You must be the metallurgist.
22:19Seth Dawson, welcome to Marinci.
22:21I found something that I think will interest you.
22:28Ah, there you are.
22:30I'll tell Bannister we're ready for dinner.
22:33Marion, are you quite all right?
22:35No, I'm really not.
22:37Oh, my dear.
22:38Come and sit.
22:39Come and sit.
22:44It seems I can no longer marry Larry Russell.
22:47Thank goodness.
22:48Agnes.
22:49But what has happened?
22:51It turns out I didn't know Larry as well as I thought.
22:54It seems on the night we got engaged,
22:58he visited a house of ill fame.
23:00What?
23:01Marion.
23:02Well, I hope this means that in the future you will listen to your aunts
23:06and not try to find a handsome hero.
23:10Your husband is not supposed to be a tenor in the opera,
23:13but a wise, well-placed gentleman who can give you a decent life.
23:17Are you absolutely sure about this?
23:21If you ask me, you're making too much of it.
23:23Which is precisely why no one has asked you.
23:25I've thought it through.
23:26There's nothing to do but to call off the engagement.
23:29But shouldn't you give Mr. Russell the chance to speak for himself?
23:33Maybe there was some circumstance that you don't know about.
23:37What kind of circumstance could that be?
23:41Well, maybe...
23:42Don't you see?
23:43Whatever his excuse,
23:45this will be a shadow between us.
23:47Marion is right.
23:51Very well, Mr. Dawson.
23:54You've piqued my curiosity.
23:56Fire away.
23:57Since I got your cable,
23:59we've been exploring the potential of the copper mines.
24:02My father was not convinced they had much value,
24:04but I wanted to make sure.
24:05I know it will be expensive.
24:07It would cost a lot, yes,
24:09but you could gain a lot, too.
24:11We believe they've been mining the wrong areas
24:13without proper research beforehand.
24:15I had my men drill several shafts.
24:17And were there any results?
24:18One shaft near the Atlanta copper mine proved
24:22very interesting.
24:24What are you telling me?
24:26We found a rich seam of first-rate copper,
24:30200 yards down,
24:32enough to last a century or more.
24:34Was it just one shaft?
24:36It's early days.
24:37We've only checked a few sites,
24:39but there will be more.
24:42Possibly much more.
24:43But the deals for the mines haven't gone through yet.
24:45Then get them through,
24:47Mr. Russell,
24:48as soon as you can.
24:49All the deals for all the mines.
24:52And make them generous
24:54if you want to avoid trouble further down the line.
25:04Sorry, I don't mean to disturb you.
25:05No, no, please.
25:07Luncheon is in a minute,
25:09and there's something I wanted to ask you.
25:11Really?
25:11What's that?
25:13Would you mind if I learned more about the estate?
25:16Well, I normally let Sarah deal with the farms and everything.
25:18But surely it would be good for us to know what's going on.
25:21If only so that you could manage if Lady Sarah were indisposed.
25:24I agree.
25:25It wouldn't be a bad idea.
25:26I thought I'd ask Mr. Forrester to drive me around.
25:29Explain about the different tenancies
25:30as well as what we farm in hand.
25:33I'd like to meet the tenant farmers and their wives.
25:35Well, they'd certainly like to meet you.
25:37What's this?
25:39Gladys is curious about the estate.
25:41She's going to get Forrester to explain it all.
25:42The tenants, the crops, you know.
25:45Why?
25:45I just want to understand how an English estate works.
25:48Have you put her up to this?
25:49Sarah, Gladys lives here now.
25:50She's entitled to be interested.
25:58We were curious downstairs as to why Miss Marion has finished with Mr. Mary.
26:03You really do know everything that goes on in this house, don't you?
26:06We try to.
26:07Yes, ma'am.
26:08I'm not the person to ask.
26:10What I don't understand is why she took up with him in the first place.
26:17Is there something else?
26:18There is, ma'am, but I don't want to bother you with it.
26:20You'll find a way.
26:22It's the footman John, ma'am.
26:24He seems to think he's to live on here as long as he wants when his circumstances have quite changed.
26:29Don't remind me.
26:30It's hard on the rest.
26:31They're afraid he's taking advantage.
26:33Are they?
26:34You can see why they're not happy.
26:36They feel belittled by his staying on here when he doesn't need the work.
26:40He's just play-acting when it's their real life.
26:43Well, I'm sure he'll soon make other plans, but since we do not know the size of his fortune,
26:47I don't suppose we can simply throw him out on the street.
26:50But we do know the size.
26:51Now, if I asked Bannister to inquire, he did not give me an answer.
26:55Perhaps he was fearful it might agitate you.
26:58And I trust you are not?
27:00He was paid $300,000.
27:03What?
27:07It is hard to believe there is a God in heaven when such things happen on earth.
27:11Please ask Mrs. Forte to come to my room at once.
27:15Mrs. Forte!
27:19Agnes?
27:21Agnes, are you all right?
27:23No.
27:24I have just heard news from which I may never recover.
27:27This clock venture has earned a tremendous amount of money for John.
27:32We knew it was a success.
27:33A $300,000 success?
27:36Oh.
27:37What do you plan to do about this?
27:40Must I do anything?
27:41Well, can't you see it's ridiculous?
27:43I sit here nursing my ruin while our footman could buy us out in an hour and not notice the
27:48difference.
27:49How am I responsible?
27:50Well, all this is happening under your watch.
27:53Manage your house.
27:54It's my house when things go awry.
27:57So it would seem.
27:58And I do not wish to feel that I should hold out the dish while my footman helps himself.
28:03Hmm.
28:14Clay's done this.
28:16Ian Sage.
28:17There are things in the coverage that only Clay could have known.
28:20For you, sir.
28:21Thank you, Jones.
28:23What's happening now?
28:25Shares of Russell Industries are starting to plummet.
28:28That's not all.
28:30The Merricks are pulling out.
28:32Damn, Clay!
28:33Stand into hell!
28:35I should have had him killed.
28:37I'm sure you don't mean that.
28:38Are you?
28:39Our two primary banks are teetering on the brink of failure.
28:42Everything I've built is on the verge of collapse.
28:46We need to stabilize the stock.
28:48How?
28:49Without more capital...
28:50I'll get the money.
28:50But if we don't lose...
28:51I said I'd find the money.
28:56Mrs. Forte.
28:59I hope this means you received my note.
29:02Yes.
29:06Did you feel a light breeze as you came in?
29:11I believe I did.
29:13That was your husband.
29:15Arriving to keep you company.
29:17I'm so glad.
29:18I have many questions for Mr. Forte.
29:20He was so wise.
29:22I miss his judgment very much.
29:24Ask him.
29:27Darling.
29:28I need your guidance.
29:30I seem to be in charge of a house that is falling apart.
29:35I don't know what to do.
29:37Mr. Forte says to follow your good, pure heart, and that will lead you to make the right decisions.
29:47He says to think about his favorite biblical verse.
29:52Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto
29:58thine own understanding.
29:59Oh, he says, esattamente.
30:04Does he?
30:05Does he?
30:06Yes.
30:06How strange.
30:07He couldn't speak Italian.
30:09He never learned it.
30:10That's hard to believe of someone called Luca Forte.
30:14He wasn't called Luca.
30:16His name was Luca Forte.
30:19That was a misprint in the Times.
30:31Oh, none of this is true, is it?
30:37You just read his name in the Times.
30:40Mrs. Forte, I assure you that...
30:43You read the papers, and you asked around, and the rest I've given you myself.
30:51Stupid, babbling fool that I am.
30:53I would never ask around.
30:55I loved my husband more than you can know, and so I longed to believe that there was a way
31:02I could still reach him.
31:03And you can.
31:04Mr. Forte is here right now.
31:06Please don't lie to me anymore.
31:10I'm ashamed of my sentimental folly.
31:12But you should be ashamed of your existence.
31:21Dr. Kirkland.
31:22This is very nice of you.
31:25Please sit.
31:28Miss Ellen, can we have some tea?
31:38I mustn't take up too much of your time, but...
31:40I wanted to hear how you'd got on in Philadelphia.
31:43Well, my main achievement was to persuade Frances Ellen Watkins Harper to come and speak in Brooklyn.
31:48Does she need all those names?
31:51She's going to host a suffrage event here.
31:53Oh, do you expect a large crowd?
31:54No, she does these smaller meetings to introduce women to the cause so that, hopefully, they'll spread the word.
32:00It's a sort of ladies' tea, but with a purpose.
32:04Well, can men come too, if they agree?
32:07There are no rules against it, but I'm not sure you'd be comfortable.
32:11Well, maybe you could include my mother.
32:15Is Mrs. Kirkland interested in women's voting rights?
32:19To be honest, it didn't seem so to me.
32:22Well, she'll be interested in a women's gathering with tea.
32:25Okay, well, we will, of course, invite her.
32:32There is something I wanted to put straight, or try to, if you have time.
32:37Of course.
32:39That scene with Mr. Fortune...
32:42You really don't have to explain.
32:43No, I do.
32:47Mr. Fortune gave me a job at the Globe.
32:50It was a wonderful opportunity, and I am grateful for it to this day.
32:56But in time, he did become something more to me, and I think he would say the same.
33:04But as a married man, is he entitled to say the same?
33:08I don't want to suggest that this was his fault.
33:11It was both our faults.
33:12If anyone, it was my fault saying yes to accepting a new assignment.
33:16You'll know that's not how I'd see it.
33:18But we all have a past, and I'm glad you've told me.
33:23I see now that we can't or shouldn't work together.
33:26Which will save me from having to engage in any more fisticuffs.
33:31Is that a risk?
33:32Oh, indeed.
33:33When someone's as important in a man's life as you are to me,
33:37then I'm bound to fight if I must.
33:42That's not everything.
33:43It may not be, but I don't need everything.
33:46What matters to me is the present.
33:59Oh, Ada.
34:04Ada.
34:08My goodness.
34:11Does this have to do with Mary and her beau?
34:16It's Luke.
34:18I feel so near to him.
34:22So very near.
34:24Of course you do.
34:28Listen, Luke is everywhere you are.
34:31Because he's in your heart.
34:35Thank you, Agnes.
34:40Oh, darling.
34:42I know you miss him.
34:49Sir Forrest has looked after you.
34:51He's been so patient, for which I'm really grateful.
34:54And do you plan any changes?
34:56Too early for that.
34:58But there is an area by the bridge on the South Lake
35:00where I thought we might plant a copse of indigenous English trees
35:03and dedicated to Her Majesty's 50th anniversary.
35:06How charming.
35:07Eh, Hector?
35:08What's that?
35:09The Duchess is planning a new wood to mark the Queen's next anniversary.
35:13Oh, no need.
35:14Everything for that is already arranged.
35:19Ladies, I'm catching your eye.
35:26Sarah?
35:30Are you quite well?
35:32Why shouldn't I be?
35:34I thought, when you stood without waiting for me, you must be ill.
35:45I'm so glad if I was wrong.
35:52As I was saying, your family must have been farming here for many years.
35:56We were given the land by King William III for doing up his shoelaces or something.
36:01Well done.
36:04What was that about?
36:06Why did you stand without waiting for her?
36:08I've always decided when the women go through.
36:11That was before.
36:12There was no Duchess then.
36:14Now there is one, and you should have waited.
36:20Right.
36:30I have always supported Negro suffrage.
36:33Frederick Douglass and I believed deeply in the urgency behind the 15th Amendment.
36:38But of course, men are not the only ones with real claims to the vote.
36:43Women deserve the right to the ballot, too.
36:45Yes.
36:46Well said.
36:46Bravo.
36:47Yes.
36:48As women, I think we should be about God's work, educating our children.
36:52Leave the vote for the next generation.
36:54I am the next generation.
36:56And I think we should fight for it now.
36:58Exactly.
36:59We have to keep pushing.
37:00But aren't we trying to do too much too soon?
37:02It's barely a minute since emancipation.
37:04Let's fight to protect the rights of our husbands to vote.
37:07They will give us a voice in the government.
37:09My husband's dead.
37:11Do I still have a say in the government?
37:13Complacency will yield nothing.
37:15We need more voices like yours, Miss Scott.
37:18Oh.
37:19It's not going to happen all at once.
37:22It's best to pick our battles.
37:24I respectfully disagree.
37:26We must act so that we have a voice.
37:28Oh, I don't know.
37:30In my day, a lady's tea would consist of sharing recipes, talking about our children.
37:36I'm sorry.
37:37I thought William would have told you that this was a suffrage meeting.
37:40Sometimes my son leaves out the details.
37:45Mrs. Harper, we are so grateful for your time.
37:48I'm curious to know how you manage it all.
37:51You have children, yes?
37:53Well, now that they're grown and I don't have a husband to look after,
37:56there's more time to write and pursue this cause.
38:00I see.
38:09I want to finish a letter before dinner.
38:13Bannister?
38:15One minute.
38:16It has come to my attention that you knew what John made, but you chose not to tell me.
38:21Well, Mom, I...
38:22You thought it might interfere with your digestion, Mama.
38:25I know it's played havoc with mine.
38:27Bannister, I want you to know we all support John and wish him well.
38:32And we do not seek to pry into his secrets.
38:35I do.
38:36Thank you, Bannister.
38:38But what do you plan to do about John?
38:41Or are you happy to share your house with a Rockefeller in livery?
38:45Oscar.
38:46It does seem odd, Aunt Ada.
38:48And is it right for John?
38:52Let me think about it.
38:57I don't think she enjoyed herself.
38:59Didn't you tell her what this meeting was about?
39:01She wouldn't have come if she knew.
39:04Well, she does not believe in woman's suffrage.
39:06Not now, anyway.
39:08Not when the colored man's vote is under threat on every side.
39:10She has a point.
39:11Yes, she has a point, but it's not the main point.
39:15What we need is for every adult, colored, white, man, woman to have the vote.
39:20You all believe in justice, wherever your priorities lie.
39:24Anyway, it won't have hurt her to hear Miss Harper's views.
39:28And yours.
39:30Mrs. Kirkland has asked for her purse.
39:33I'm sure she has.
39:40I understand that you find, Miss Scott, interesting and forceful.
39:44Certainly forceful.
39:47Do you see her finding time in her busy life to support your work, to run your house, to
39:55rear your children?
39:56I'd be proud of a wife who fought for reform and equality.
40:01No.
40:03You'd be proud of a woman who fought for those things.
40:07A wife is something different.
40:12I'm too ambitious, too busy, too committed.
40:15Oh, and I'm not the right color.
40:18Well, she's not the only one with reservations.
40:22Your father and I like William, but when you marry, you take on the whole family.
40:29Are you sure you're ready for that?
40:32I have to be Mama.
40:37I feel more for him than I've ever felt before.
40:42I'm glad to hear it.
40:45But is he strong enough, do you think, to take on his mother and fight for his wife?
40:51Mm-hmm.
40:52That's what you need to be sure of.
41:02I'm sorry, ma'am.
41:03I thought you'd all gone to bed.
41:04Oh.
41:05I came for the Lance, but I can get him later.
41:07Oh.
41:07Well, if you could stay for just a minute, and please sit.
41:20I gather the payment for the clock has been received.
41:25Yes, ma'am.
41:26Mrs. Van Ryn and I believe it's time you made your way in the world.
41:35You mean handed my notice?
41:37Your life is different now, John.
41:39In a good way, a fine way.
41:42Through your own hard work.
41:44It's praiseworthy.
41:46There's nothing sad about it.
41:48Except this house is the closest thing to a home I've ever known.
41:52The people I work with have been like my family.
41:55I've never had that before.
41:57And they'll go on being your family and taking pride in you.
42:02So you think it's wrong for me to continue as your footman?
42:05Not wrong, exactly, but somehow not quite truthful.
42:09You've made a different place for yourself in the world.
42:12A good place.
42:13And now it's time for you to occupy it.
42:16We're all so very proud of you.
42:23I'll leave tomorrow morning if you really think it's best.
42:26I do.
42:28And so will you when you've had time to consider it.
42:31I hope so, ma'am.
42:34But I'll miss you.
42:37You'll miss everyone.
42:42And John...
42:47We're all very proud.
43:05I got your message.
43:06So I see.
43:10Here is your ticket to Sandusky.
43:13And a hundred dollars.
43:16What?
43:19I steal everything you have and you give me a hundred dollars.
43:23And a ticket to Ohio.
43:25But why?
43:27I don't know exactly.
43:29But it seems to me...
43:32I was ready to spend my life with you.
43:36Surely I should get you out of trouble now.
43:38Or I should try to, at least.
43:41You're a strange man.
43:44Where did you find the money?
43:46I'm working.
43:47I'm a broker again.
43:49Despite certain setbacks.
43:53You better go or you'll miss your trade.
43:58I don't know how to thank you.
43:59No.
44:01No, don't try.
44:03But stay away from New York.
44:05And find a better life.
44:31Miss Brooke.
44:32Will you please give this to Mr. Russell when he returns from her NC?
44:35Of course.
44:36It may be some time you wouldn't rather cable him.
44:39No.
44:39The letter explains things properly.
44:59Goodbye, Mrs. Bauer.
45:01You have been very good to me in my years here.
45:04You're so good.
45:06But no, Jack.
45:08I hate to see you go home.
45:21Thank you, Mr. Bannister.
45:23You'll let us know when you settle.
45:25I'll be at a hotel first.
45:27Mistress likes the Brunswick on Fifth Avenue.
45:29It's very grand.
45:31You might try Merchant's Hotel on Cortland near Wall Street.
45:34It's quite reasonable.
45:35I will.
45:39Have you nothing to say, Miss Armstrong?
45:42He's done well.
45:44Good luck to him.
45:46I suppose that's more than you've ever said before.
45:54Bridget, could I have a minute?
45:59What is it?
46:01After I'm gone, will you give these to everyone?
46:05There's one for all of you and the ladies upstairs.
46:08Of course.
46:10You'll keep in touch.
46:11You'll let us know where you'll be.
46:13I will.
46:14Goodbye, Bridget.
46:16Goodbye, Jack.
46:44I've tried every bank in New York.
46:48Have you even cabled my contacts in London?
46:50No one is willing to part with a shilling.
46:52But Mr. Morgan?
46:54He hasn't even answered.
46:57He said there would be chaos, and he wasn't wrong.
47:00If this triggers a panic,
47:02it could be 1873 all over again.
47:04If you've exhausted all other avenues,
47:07perhaps you should consider selling the Illinois shares to Risley Sage.
47:11Never.
47:13I refuse to let that spineless turncoat, Richard Clay,
47:15be the instrument of my demise.
47:17I'm only suggesting...
47:18There is no compromise, Mr. Brinkley.
47:21If I can't save my company,
47:26then I'll let it burn.
47:29Well, I've given the letter for Larry to Mr. Church,
47:32so I suppose it's done now.
47:34Oh, Marion.
47:36I wish there was another way.
47:38Clearly there isn't.
47:39But Marion has handled the situation as she should have,
47:43and we ought to commend her.
47:44Apologies for not having informed you sooner,
47:46but I have a meeting at the Union Club.
47:48Your presence at our table is so infrequent,
47:51perhaps you should only inform us when you will be joining us.
47:56Didn't you already bring the morning men?
47:58John the footman.
48:00Ask these be delivered to you.
48:02Well, what's going on?
48:04But what is this?
48:08This is so much more than we lent him.
48:12He's very grateful for our help,
48:14and he wants to show it.
48:15I wish I'd lent him some.
48:16I only hope that Armstrong didn't drive him away.
48:20I don't think so, Mom.
48:21We all knew that John needed to move forward with his life,
48:24and so did he.
48:25Thank you, Bannister.
48:30Imagine that.
48:38I've distributed the envelopes upstairs,
48:40so I suppose we should open ours.
48:43Oh, at last.
48:44If I had to wait another minute, I think I'd burst.
48:46I expect he's just returning our investment in his patent.
48:55Oh, this is 20 times that I gave him.
48:58I don't understand.
48:59Why have I got one?
49:00I never gave him anything.
49:01Because he's a lovely, generous young man,
49:04which you never saw.
49:05Oh, this is beyond generous.
49:07But given the man we know Jack to be,
49:10not surprising.
49:11Oh, when I think of the young boy who first came here,
49:15I'm bursting with pride.
49:22Fox said you wanted to see me.
49:24I'd like a word before I go.
49:27What is it, André?
49:29The cases are in the carriage, madame.
49:36Gladys will miss you.
49:37She's loved having you here.
49:39Try to value her, Hector.
49:41She has a good heart and a good mind,
49:43and she can help you in many ways.
49:45I'm sure that's true.
49:46But let her see that this is her house now,
49:49yours and hers.
49:51Sarah doesn't mean any harm.
49:52She may not, but she causes it.
49:55Face her down now and she'll be fine.
49:57Leave the reins in her hands and misery lies ahead.
50:00I'll do my best.
50:01Your best is all that I ask.
50:03And if I were you, I'd get Adelheid back as her maid.
50:06I'll see what I can do.
50:07There you are.
50:08The carriage is waiting.
50:10Will Gladys go to the station with you?
50:13Or might it be best to get the sobbing done first?
50:15I think Gladys should decide where she wants to say goodbye.
50:17Don't you agree, Hector?
50:19I certainly do.
50:28I've been staring at these until I'm blue in the face.
50:31Details of the mistress's wardrobe,
50:33details of Miss Gladys's wardrobe,
50:35subjects discussed between Mr. and Mrs. Russell
50:37about what they both think about Mr. Larry,
50:39about Miss Brooke.
50:41What are you saying?
50:42It has to be Miss Andre.
50:44Don't you think?
50:46So, what happens now?
50:47We must find a time to convince Mr. Church,
50:50and then we can all tackle Mrs. Russell when she gets back.
51:01It's better to say goodbye here.
51:05I'm so proud of the woman you're becoming, Gladys.
51:34I like this new version of Oscar Van Rijn.
51:37I like this new version of Oscar Van Rijn.
51:38I think I was foolish.
51:39I think you were kind.
51:41I didn't get the money back.
51:42She wasn't to blame, not really.
51:44Crowther was the thief.
51:46And he tricked her just like he tricked you.
51:48So we're both Crowther's victim.
51:51Aren't you?
51:52She probably won't change her ways,
51:54but she might.
51:55And if she does,
51:57it will be you she has to thank.
51:59Well done.
52:04Are you pleased with your investment?
52:07Very.
52:07I'll invest more.
52:10Just like that?
52:11Just like that.
52:12You've defied the odds.
52:17This is where we part.
52:20I'll see you on Tuesday,
52:21where I will produce Mr. Hightower
52:23for you to charm
52:24into becoming your latest lucky client.
52:30You are my savior.
52:32I am.
52:35I thank you
52:37with all my heart.
52:44I thank you.
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