The House of Mirth (2000) - full transcript

[ Train Whistle Blows ]

MR. SELDEN. WHAT LUCK.

GOOD LUCK ?
YES.

I'M ON MY WAY TO
THE GUS TRENORS AT BELLOMONT,

AND I'VE MISSED THE 3:15
TO RHINEBECK,

AND THERE ISN'T ANOTHER TRAIN
TILL HALF PAST 5:00.

HOW NICE OF YOU
TO COME TO MY RESCUE.

AND WHAT FORM
SHOULD MY RESCUE TAKE ?

OH, ALMOST ANY.

SHALL WE GO OVER TO SHERRY'S
FOR A CUP OF TEA ?

I'M DYING
FOR A CUP OF TEA,



BUT ISN'T THERE
A QUIETER PLACE ?
I LIVE NEAR HERE.

AT THE BENEDICK
STILL ?
YES, ON THE TOP FLOOR.

IS IT COOL UP THERE ?
COME UP AND SEE.

I'LL TAKE THE RISK.

HOW DELICIOUS TO HAVE A PLACE
LIKE THIS ALL TO ONESELF.

EVEN WOMEN
HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO ENJOY
THE PRIVILEGES OF A FLAT.

GOVERNESSES, YES,
BUT NOT POOR MARRIAGEABLE GIRLS.

I EVEN KNEW A GIRL
WHO ONCE LIVED IN A FLAT.

OH, IF I COULD ONLY DO OVER
MY AUNT'S DRAWING ROOM,

I KNOW I SHOULD BE
A BETTER WOMAN.

IS IT SO VERY BAD ?

THAT SHOWS HOW SELDOM
YOU COME THERE.

WHY DON'T YOU COME OFTENER ?

WHEN I DO COME, IT'S NOT TO LOOK
AT MRS. PENISTON'S FURNITURE.



NONSENSE.
YOU DON'T COME AT ALL.

AND YET, WE GET ON SO WELL
WHEN WE MEET.

CREAM OR LEMON ?
LEMON.

I CAN'T MAKE YOU OUT.

OF COURSE, THERE ARE MEN
WHO DISLIKE ME...

AND OTHERS WHO ARE
AFRAID OF ME.

THEY THINK I WANT
TO MARRY THEM.

BUT I DON'T THINK
YOU DISLIKE ME.

AND YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY THINK
THAT I WANT TO MARRY YOU.

NO, I ABSOLVE YOU FROM THAT.

WELL, THEN ?

WELL, THEN,
PERHAPS THAT'S THE REASON.

THE REASON FOR WHAT ?
THE FACT THAT YOU
DON'T WANT TO MARRY ME.

PERHAPS I DON'T REGARD THAT
AS SUCH A STRONG INDUCEMENT
TO GO AND SEE YOU.

DEAR MR. SELDEN,

IT IS STUPID OF YOU
TO BE DISINGENUOUS,

AND IT ISN'T LIKE YOU
TO BE STUPID.

I HAVE BEEN ABOUT TOO LONG.

PEOPLE ARE GETTING TIRED OF ME.

THEY ARE BEGINNING TO SAY
THAT I OUGHT TO MARRY.

ISN'T MARRIAGE YOUR VOCATION ?
ISN'T IT WHAT YOU'RE ALL
BROUGHT UP FOR ?

I SUPPOSE SO.

SO WHY NOT TAKE THE PLUNGE
AND HAVE IT OVER ?

YOU COLLECT, DO YOU ?

FIRST EDITIONS
AND THINGS ?
MM-HMM.

AND AMERICANA ?
DO YOU COLLECT AMERICANA ?

NO, THAT'S RATHER
OUT OF MY LINE.

AND AMERICANA ARE HORRIBLY DULL,
I SUPPOSE ?
I SHOULD FANCY SO...

EXCEPT
TO THE HISTORIAN.

AND YET THEY DO FETCH
SUCH FABULOUS PRICES,
DON'T THEY ?

ONLY THE VERY RICH
CAN AFFORD TO BUY THEM.

AND YOU KNOW
THAT I AM NOT RICH,

BUT LIFE
IS VERY EXPENSIVE.

DO YOU MIND
NOT BEING RICH ENOUGH...
AND HAVING TO WORK ?

DO YOU MIND THAT ?

THE WORK ITSELF
IS NOT SO BAD.

I'M RATHER FOND
OF THE LAW.

BUT DO YOU MIND ENOUGH TO HAVE
TO MARRY TO GET OUT OF IT ?
GOD FORBID.

AH, YOU SEE,
THERE IS THE DIFFERENCE.

A GIRL MUST,
AND A MAN, IF HE CHOOSES.

PERHAPS YOU'LL MEET YOUR FATE
TONIGHT AT THE TRENOR'S.

I THOUGHT
YOU MIGHT BE GOING THERE.

THOSE BIG PARTIES
BORE ME.

AS THEY DO ME.

THEN WHY GO ?

YOU FORGET.

IT'S PART OF THE BUSINESS.

GOOD LUCK AT BELLOMONT.

[ Man ]
MISS BART ?

WELL, OF ALL PEOPLE.

OH, MR. ROSEDALE.
HOW ARE YOU ?

BEEN UPTOWN
DOING A LITTLE SHOPPING ?
YES.

I CAME UP
TO SEE MY DRESSMAKER.

I DIDN'T KNOW
THERE WERE ANY DRESSMAKERS
AT THE BENEDICK.

IS THAT THE NAME
OF THIS BUILDING ?
YES. I OWN IT.

THE NAME MEANS
"CONFIRMED BACHELOR."
HMM.

I'M JUST ON MY WAY
TO THE TRENORS.

YOU MUST LET ME
TAKE YOU TO THE STATION.
NO. THANK YOU.

YOU ARE VERY KIND,
BUT I WOULDN'T THINK
OF TROUBLING YOU.

AH, MR. GRYCE.

IT'S YOU !

THE SEAT NEXT TO ME IS EMPTY.
DO TAKE IT.

I SUPPOSE YOU'RE GOING
TO BELLOMONT.

YES, FOR A WEEK.

A WHOLE WEEK ?
HOW DELICIOUS.

AND HOW ARE YOU GETTING ON
WITH YOUR AMERICANA ?

I'VE GOT A FEW NEW THINGS.

YOUR UNCLE HAD A VERY FINE
COLLECTION, I BELIEVE.

YES. HE COLLECTED
FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT--

I MUST HAVE THE SEAT
NEXT TO YOU, LILY.

[ Sighs ]

OH, MR. GRYCE.
HOW DO YOU DO ?

I CAME ACROSS THIS MORNING
FROM MOUNT KISCO
IN THE MOTORCAR.

HAD TO KICK UP MY HEELS
AT GARRISONS FOR AN HOUR
WITHOUT EVEN A CIGARETTE.

I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU HAVE
A SINGLE ONE LEFT,
HAVE YOU, LILY ?

WHAT AN ABSURD QUESTION,
BERTHA.

[ Bertha ]
YOU DON'T SMOKE ?

SINCE WHEN HAVE YOU
GIVEN IT UP ?

AND YOU DON'T SMOKE EITHER,
MR. GRYCE ?

AH. HOW STUPID OF ME.

[ Woman ]
IT WAS SIMPLY INHUMAN
OF PRAGG TO GO OFF NOW.

WHEN I WAS IN TUXEDO,
I ASKED A LOT OF PEOPLE DOWN,

AND I'VE MISLAID THE LIST,
AND I CAN'T REMEMBER
WHO'S COMING.

THIS WEEK IS GOING
TO BE A FAILURE TOO.

OH, JUDY,
AS IF ANYBODY IS EVER
BORED AT BELLOMONT.

EVERYTHING HAS GONE WRONG.
NOW BERTHA DORSET
IS FURIOUS WITH ME.

SHE'S FURIOUS WITH YOU ?
WHY ?

BECAUSE I TOLD HER
LAWRENCE SELDEN WAS COMING.

BUT HE WOULDN'T AFTER ALL,
AND SHE'S UNREASONABLE ENOUGH
TO BELIEVE IT WAS MY FAULT.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS ALL OVER.

OH, SO IT IS,
ON HIS SIDE.

I BELIEVE I SHALL CALL UP
LAWRENCE ON THE TELEPHONE
AND TELL HIM HE MUST COME.

OH, DON'T.
GOOD GRACIOUS, LILY.
DO YOU DISLIKE HIM SO MUCH ?

NOT AT ALL.
I LIKE HIM.

I DON'T SAY THERE'S
ANY REAL HARM IN BERTHA,

BUT SHE DELIGHTS
IN MAKING PEOPLE MISERABLE,
ESPECIALLY HER HUSBAND.

POOR GEORGE.

BUT SHE IS DANGEROUS.

AND YOU ARE NOT NASTY.

AND FOR ALWAYS GETTING
WHAT SHE WANTS IN THE LONG RUN,

COMMEND ME TO A NASTY WOMAN.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE
SO FOND OF BERTHA.

OH, I AM.
IT'S MUCH SAFER TO BE FOND
OF DANGEROUS PEOPLE.

DID YOU KNOW
HIS FATHER MADE A FORTUNE
OUT OF INVENTING A DEVICE...

WHICH EXCLUDES FRESH AIR
FROM HOTELS ?

- WHO ?
- WHY TO BE SURE, LILY.
PERCY GRYCE.

BUT HE'S HORRIBLY SHY
AND EASILY SHOCKED.

WHY DON'T YOU SAY IT, JUDY ?

I HAVE THE REPUTATION FOR BEING
ON THE HUNT FOR A HUSBAND.

[ Laughs ]
LILY, I ASKED HIM HERE
ON PURPOSE FOR YOU.

PERCY GRYCE AND I ARE
BECOMING VERY GOOD FRIENDS.

YOU'RE QUITE SURE
YOU WOULDN'T LIKE ME
TO TELEPHONE LAWRENCE SELDEN ?

QUITE SURE.

I DO ENJOY THE QUIET.

DON'T YOU, LILY ?

[ Sighs ]

I WISH THE MEN WOULD
ALWAYS STAY AWAY.

IT'S REALLY MUCH NICER
WITHOUT THEM.

OH, YOU DON'T COUNT,
GEORGE.

ONE NEVER TALKS
TO ONE'S HUSBAND.

BUT WIVES NEVER LIKE
THEIR HUSBANDS TALKING
TO OTHER WOMEN.

ONLY IF THE WOMEN
IN QUESTION ARE SLIGHTLY
TOO ELIGIBLE OR DIVORCED.

WIVES MAY DO AS THEY WISH.

HUSBANDS ARE EXPECTED
TO BE LIKE MONEY:
INFLUENTIAL BUT SILENT.

IF DIVORCEES
WERE MORE ACCEPTABLE,
I MIGHT BE TEMPTED.

GUS. OH, DEAR.
[ Chuckles ]

[ Selden ]
YOU SEE ?
I CAME AFTER ALL.

[ Laughing ]

THANK YOU FOR KEEPING ME
FROM PLAYING BRIDGE TONIGHT,
MR. GRYCE.

NOT AT ALL, MISS BART.
I HAVE NO HEAD FOR THE GAME
OR THE RULES OF BETTING.

I HAVE BEEN DRAGGED INTO IT
IN THE PAST...

AND HAVE LOST
AN APPALLING AMOUNT OF MONEY.

MR. GRYCE,
I HAVE SHOCKED YOU.

WHILST I DO NOT APPROVE
OF CARDS, MISS BART,
I DO APPROVE OF YOU.

I HOPE THAT MEANS
YOU FORGIVE ME...

FOR I AM PENITENT.

WILL YOU GO
TO CHURCH TOMORROW ?
YES.

MAY I ACCOMPANY YOU,
MISS BART ?

OF COURSE,
MR. GRYCE.

GOOD NIGHT.
GOOD NIGHT, MISS BART.

[ Bell Ringing ]

UP !

DEAR ME.
AM I LATE ?

LATE FOR WHAT ?
LATE FOR WHOM ?

PERHAPS YOU HAD
AN EARLIER ENGAGEMENT ?

YES, I HAD.

PERHAPS I AM
IN THE WAY THEN.

MR. SELDEN
IS AT YOUR DISPOSAL.

I NEVER INTERFERE
WITH MR. SELDEN'S ENGAGEMENTS.

BUT I HAVE NO ENGAGEMENT
WITH MR. SELDEN.

MY ENGAGEMENT WAS
TO GO TO CHURCH,

AND I AM AFRAID
THAT THE CARRIAGES
HAVE LEFT WITHOUT ME.

HAVE THEY LEFT,
DO YOU KNOW ?

YES, I HEARD THEM
DRIVE AWAY SOME TIME SINCE.

THEN I SHALL HAVE TO WALK.

IT'S TOO LATE TO GET THERE.

I SHALL HAVE THE CREDIT
FOR TRYING, AT ANY RATE.

[ Footsteps Approaching ]

YOU MUST BE QUITE BREATHLESS.

HOW FAST YOU WALK.
I THOUGHT I'D NEVER
CATCH UP WITH YOU.

BUT I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE
FOR NEARLY AN HOUR.

WAITING FOR ME, I HOPE.

WAITING TO SEE
IF YOU WOULD COME.

WEREN'T YOU SURE
THAT I WOULD ?

IF I WAITED LONG ENOUGH,

BUT I ONLY HAD A LIMITED TIME
TO GIVE TO THE EXPERIENCE.

WHY "LIMITED" ?
BY MY OTHER ENGAGEMENT.

[ Chattering ]

[ Selden Chuckles ]
NOW I SEE WHY YOU WERE
GETTING UP ON YOUR AMERICANA.

THAT IS WHY
I WAS WAITING FOR YOU:

TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING
GIVEN ME SO MANY POINTS.

YOU CAN HARDLY
DO JUSTICE TO THE SUBJECT
IN SO SHORT A TIME.

WON'T YOU DEVOTE
THE AFTERNOON TO IT ?

WE'LL TAKE A WALK
AND YOU CAN THANK ME
AT YOUR LEISURE.

[ Selden ]
LET US SIT HERE.

[ Groans ]

I HAVE BROKEN
TWO ENGAGEMENTS
FOR YOU TODAY,

AND BOTH OF THEM
WITH PERCY GRYCE.

HOW MANY HAVE YOU
BROKEN FOR ME ?

NONE. MY ONLY ENGAGEMENT
AT BELLOMONT WAS WITH YOU.

YOU REALLY CAME
TO BELLOMONT TO SEE ME ?
OF COURSE I DID.

WHY ?

BECAUSE I ALWAYS LIKE
TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

YOU'RE SUCH
A WONDERFUL SPECTACLE.

NOW THAT YOU ARE HERE,
YOU CAN SEE THE EFFECT
FIRSTHAND.

I DON'T FLATTER MYSELF
THAT MY COMING HERE...

HAS DEFLECTED
YOUR COURSE OF ACTION
BY A HAIR'S BREADTH.

DO GIVE ME ONE.
I HAVEN'T SMOKED
IN DAYS.

WHY SUCH UNNATURAL
ABSTINENCE ?

BECAUSE IT IS
NOT CONSIDERED BECOMING
IN JEUNE FILLE A MARIER,

AND, AT THE PRESENT MOMENT,
I AM A JEUNE FILLE A MARIER.

YOU MUST SUPPOSE ME
A DULL KIND OF PERSON...

IF YOU THINK I NEVER YIELD
TO AN IMPULSE.

BUT I DON'T SUPPOSE THAT.

YOUR GENIUS LIES IN CONVERTING
IMPULSES INTO INTENTIONS.

MY GENIUS ?

MY GENIUS WOULD APPEAR TO BE
MY ABILITY TO DO THE WRONG THING
AT THE RIGHT TIME.

OR VICE VERSA.

IS THERE ANY FINAL TEST
OF GENIUS BUT SUCCESS ?

I CERTAINLY
HAVEN'T SUCCEEDED.

BUT YOU WILL MARRY
SOMEONE VERY RICH.

WHAT A MISERABLE FUTURE
YOU FORESEE FOR ME.

HAVEN'T YOU SEEN IT
FOR YOURSELF ?

OF COURSE.

BUT IT SEEMS SO MUCH DARKER
WHEN YOU SHOW IT TO ME.

WHY DO YOU
DO THIS TO ME ?

WHY DO YOU MAKE THINGS
THAT I HAVE CHOSEN
SEEM HATEFUL TO ME...

IF YOU HAVE NOTHING
TO GIVE ME INSTEAD ?

NO, I HAVE NOTHING
TO GIVE YOU INSTEAD.

IF I HAD, IT SHOULD BE YOURS.
YOU KNOW THAT.

BUT YOU BELITTLE ME
IN BEING SO SURE THEY ARE
THE ONLY THINGS I CARE FOR.

ISN'T IT NATURAL THAT I SHOULD
BELITTLE ALL THE THINGS
I CAN'T OFFER YOU ?

DO YOU WANT
TO MARRY ME ?

NO, I DON'T.

BUT PERHAPS I SHOULD,
IF YOU DID.

IT WOULD BE
A GREAT RISK.

I HAVE NEVER CONCEALED
FROM YOU HOW GREAT.

YOU ARE A COWARD.

NO, IT'S YOU
WHO ARE THE COWARD.

ARE YOU SERIOUS ?

WHY NOT ?

I TOOK NO RISK
IN BEING SO.

WHY IS IT
THAT WHEN WE MEET...

WE ALWAYS PLAY
THIS ELABORATE GAME ?

IT'S GETTING LATE.

LET US GO DOWN.

[ Lily's Voice ]
I THOUGHT MR. GRYCE MEANT
TO STAY ALL WEEK.

[ Judy's Voice ]
HE DID MEAN TO STAY.
THAT'S THE WORST OF IT.

IT SHOWS THAT
HE'S RUNNING AWAY
FROM YOU,

THAT BERTHA'S
DONE HER WORK
AND POISONED HIM.

WHAT WAS IT BERTHA
REALLY TOLD PERCY ?

DON'T ASK ME.
HORRORS.

ALL I CAN SAY IS, LILY,
THAT I CAN'T MAKE YOU OUT.

HE'S NOT COMPLETELY LOST.
THERE ARE WAYS.

WHATEVER YOU DO,
DO NOTHING.

OH, LILY, YOU'LL
NEVER DO ANYTHING
IF YOU'RE NOT SERIOUS.

[ Hoofbeats ]
[ Gus ]
OUT OF SPIRITS ?

[ Lily ]
I'M A LITTLE DULL.

IS YOUR LAST BOX
OF DOUCET DRESSES
A FAILURE...

OR DID MY WIFE ROOK YOU
FOR EVERYTHING
AT BRIDGE ?

I HAVE TO GIVE UP
DOUCET DRESSES AND BRIDGE.

I CAN'T AFFORD EITHER ANYMORE.

AND JUDY THINKS ME A BORE.

THE FACT IS,
SHE IS ANGRY WITH ME.
ANGRY WITH YOU ?

NONSENSE. MY WIFE'S
DEVOTED TO YOU.

SHE IS MY VERY BEST FRIEND.
THAT IS WHY I MIND VEXING HER.

I WANT TO MAKE MY PEACE
WITH HER.

SHE HAS HER HEART SET
ON MY MARRYING MONEY--
A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY.

YOU DON'T MEAN
PERCY GRYCE ?

GOOD LORD.

HOW COULD JUDY
THINK YOU WOULD
DO SUCH A THING ?

SOMETIMES I THINK A MAN
UNDERSTANDS A WOMAN'S MOTIVES
BETTER THAN HER OWN SEX DOES.

GOOD LORD, I COULD HAVE
TOLD JUDY THAT.

BY THE WAY, MISS LILY,

I WISH YOU'D TRY TO PERSUADE
JUDY TO BE CIVIL TO ROSEDALE.

I DID A NEAT STROKE
OF BUSINESS THROUGH HIM
LAST WEEK.

IF SHE'D ONLY ASK HIM
TO COME AND DINE
NOW AND THEN,

I COULD GET
ALMOST ANYTHING OUT OF HIM.

HE'S GOING TO BE RICHER THAN
ALL OF US ONE OF THESE DAYS.

WOULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR ?

- A VERY GREAT FAVOR ?
- WHY, OF COURSE.

I DON'T MEAN TO BORE YOU
WITH ALL OF THIS,

BUT I AM ENTIRELY DEPENDENT
UPON MY AUNT...

AND THOUGH SHE IS
VERY KIND, SHE GIVES ME
NO REGULAR ALLOWANCE.

I HAVE A TINY INCOME OF MY OWN,
BUT IT HAS BEEN BADLY INVESTED.

IT SEEMS TO BRING IN
LESS AND LESS EACH YEAR.

AND RECENTLY
I HAVE LOST MONEY AT CARDS.

I HAVE PAID OFF MY DEBTS,
OF COURSE,

BUT I DARE NOT TELL MY AUNT.

I COULD NO LONGER GO ON
LIVING MY PRESENT LIFE.

AND PERCY GRYCE ?

I CAN'T MAKE
THAT SORT OF MARRIAGE.

SO YOU GAVE HIM THE SACK,
AND THAT'S THE REASON HE LET OUT
BY TRAIN EARLY THIS MORNING.

IF YOU WILL TRUST ME,
I CAN MAKE YOU
A HANDSOME SUM...

WITHOUT ENDANGERING
YOUR CAPITAL.

OH, I AM SO IGNORANT
ABOUT MONEY MATTERS,

AND I WOULD BE SO GRATEFUL
TO HAVE A GOOD ADVISOR.

LEAVE IT TO ME.

I'LL FIND A SOLUTION.

[ Woman ]
REALLY, LILY, YOU'RE
AS CARELESS AND FRIVOLOUS...

AS YOUR POOR PARENTS WERE.

I DON'T SEE WHY YOU GO TO
BELLOMONT IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER
WHAT HAPPENED OR WHOM YOU SAW.

BUT THERE WAS NO ONE NEW,
JUST THE USUAL THRONG.

WAS MR. SELDEN THERE ?

YES, HE CAME LATER.

AND MR. ROSEDALE--
WAS HE THERE ?

NO, OF COURSE NOT.
WHY DO YOU ASK ?

PASSING INTEREST
MERELY.

MR. SELDEN TELLS ME THAT,
SOCIALLY, MR. ROSEDALE
IS VERY UBIQUITOUS NOW.

I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT MEN
LIKE ROSEDALE AND THEIR METHODS
OF GAINING FORTUNES...

WERE, AT BEST, QUESTIONABLE;
AT WORST, CRIMINAL.

TO GROW RICHER AT A TIME
WHEN MOST PEOPLE'S INVESTMENTS
ARE SHRINKING...

STRIKES ME AS BEING
IN VERY BAD TASTE.

BUT SOCIETY
STILL USES SUCH MONEY,
IF ONLY OBLIQUELY.

IF OBLIQUITY WERE A VICE,
WE SHOULD ALL BE TAINTED.

ONLY SOMEONE WITHOUT FAMILY
COULD MAKE SUCH A VULGAR REMARK.

AUNT JULIA,
YOU ARE MY FAMILY.

JUST AS I THOUGHT.

IT'S EXTRAORDINARY
THAT I CANNOT TEACH
THE PARLOR MAID...

TO DRAW THE BLINDS
DOWN EVENLY.

WILL YOU SEE TO IT,
GRACE ?
OF COURSE.

JENNINGS, WE WILL TAKE TEA
IN THE UPSTAIRS SITTING ROOM.

LILY, YOU CAN READ ME
THE OBITUARIES.

OH, AUNT JULIA,
GRACE DOES IT SO MUCH
BETTER THAN ME.

SHE CAN MAKE EVEN THE MOST
INSIGNIFICANT DEATH
SEEM INTERESTING.

I WILL SEE TO THE BLINDS.

VERY WELL.
YOU MAY JOIN US LATER.

[ Door Bell Ringing ]

[ Clock Chiming ]

[ Clock Ticking ]

[ Door Opens ]

IT'S A MRS. HAFFEN, MISS.
SHE WON'T SAY WHAT SHE WANTS.

DO YOU WANT TO SEE ME ?

I HAVE SOMETHING
YOU MIGHT LIKE TO SEE.

YOU HAVE SOMETHING
BELONGING TO ME ?

NOT EXACTLY.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

IF IT IS NOT MINE,
THEN WHY ARE YOU HERE ?

WHEN I WAS WORKING
AT THE BENEDICK,

I WAS IN CHARGE OF CLEANING
THE GENTLEMEN'S ROOMS.

MOST GENTLEMEN
ARE CAREFUL ABOUT
THE LETTERS THEY GET:

BURN THEM IN WINTER,
TEAR THEM INTO BITS
IN SUMMER.

BUT MR. SELDEN...
WASN'T SO PARTICULAR.

I KNOW NOTHING
OF THESE LETTERS.

I-I HAVE NO IDEA WHY YOU HAVE
BROUGHT THEM HERE.

TO SELL THEM.

I SAW YOU COMING OUT
OF MR. SELDEN'S ROOMS.

SO I GUESSED THEY WERE WORTH
MORE TO YOU THAN ME.

[ Bertha's Voice ]
YOU PROMISED ME WE WOULD MEET
WHEN GEORGE WAS AWAY FROM TOWN.

ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE FORBIDDEN ME
TO COME TO YOU, I WILL.

I CANNOT BEAR GEORGE NEAR ME.

WHEN HE TOUCHES ME,
I WANT TO SCREAM.
HIS VERY PRESENCE IS UNBEARABLE.

MY DARLING LAWRENCE,
YOU ARE MY CONSOLATION,
MY ONLY JOY.

IN YOU I FIND
MORE FREEDOM AND SUPPORT
THAN I HAVE EVER KNOWN.

YOUR DEVOTED BERTHA.

WHAT DO YOU WANT ME
TO PAY YOU FOR THEM ?

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY.

- ONE HUNDRED.
- I'VE GOT TO LIVE TOO.

I HAVE OFFERED YOU ALL
THAT I AM PREPARED TO PAY
FOR THESE LETTERS.

ONE HUNDRED.

[ Gasps ]

"IF YOU WOULD
FORGIVE YOUR ENEMY,

FIRST INFLICT A HURT ON THEM."

OH, BERTHA,

HOW COULD YOU HAVE BEEN
SO INDISCREET ?

[ Man ]
I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU
MAN AND WIFE.

[ Laughing ]

[ Chattering ]

I'VE NEVER SEEN YOU
LOOK MORE LOVELY.

OH, GUS.

LILY, I'VE GOT
A CHECK FOR YOU.

ANOTHER DIVIDEND ?

YOU HAVE BOTH ROSEDALE
AND ME TO THANK FOR IT.

I'VE MADE YOU 5,000
ON HIS TIP...

AND REINVESTED FOUR
ON YOUR BEHALF.

AND THERE'S PROMISE
OF ANOTHER BIG RISE.

WELL, I CAN'T
THANK YOU PROPERLY NOW.

I DON'T WANT TO BE THANKED.
I WANT YOU TO BE NICE
TO ROSEDALE AND ME.

I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU
NOW AND THEN.

COME ON OVER TO BELLOMONT.
I'LL SEND THE MOTOR.

REALLY, YOU SAY
THE MOST ABSURD THINGS.

BESIDES,
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

MY AUNT IS BACK IN TOWN,
AND I MUST STAY WITH HER
FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON.

HMM.
YOU MUST COME TO SEE
MRS. PENISTON AND I...

THE NEXT TIME
YOU ARE IN TOWN.

THEN YOU CAN TELL ME
HOW TO BETTER INVEST
MY SMALL FORTUNE.

[ Selden ]
THIS IS LUCK.

I WAS WONDERING IF I SHOULD
BE ABLE TO HAVE A WORD WITH YOU.

I HAVEN'T RECOVERED
MY SELF-RESPECT...

SINCE YOU SHOWED ME HOW POOR
MY AMBITIONS WERE.

ON THE CONTRARY,
I THOUGHT THAT I HAD BEEN
THE MEANS OF PROVING...

THEY WERE MORE IMPORTANT
TO YOU THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

LILY, WE THOUGHT
YOU'D GIVEN US
THE SLIP.

WE'VE BEEN HUNTING
ALL OVER FOR YOU.

MY OBJECT IN HUNTING FOR YOU
WAS TO INVITE YOU...

TO MY BOX AT THE OPERA
ON OPENING NIGHT.

GUS HAS PROMISED
TO COME TO TOWN ON PURPOSE.

HE'S A TREMENDOUS
ADMIRER OF YOURS.

I FANCY HE'D GO A LOT FARTHER
FOR THE PLEASURE OF SEEING YOU.

THE TRENORS
ARE MY BEST FRIENDS.

I THINK WE SHOULD
ALL GO A LONG WAY
TO SEE ONE ANOTHER.

HOW'S YOUR LUCK BEEN GOING
LATELY ON WALL STREET ?

I HEAR THAT GUS PULLED OFF
A NICE LITTLE PILE
FOR YOU LAST MONTH.

I HAD A LITTLE MONEY
TO INVEST,

AND MR. TRENOR
HAS BEEN HELPING ME
IN SUCH MATTERS.

I HAD A LUCKY TURN.

IS THAT WHAT
YOU CALL IT ?

YOU'VE HAD A GREAT MANY
YOURSELF, I BELIEVE.

IS THAT THE LATEST CREATION
OF THAT DRESSMAKER YOU GO
TO SEE AT THE BENEDICK ?

IF SO, IT'S A GREAT SUCCESS.
ISN'T IT, MR. SELDEN ?

THAT'S NICE OF YOU.

IT WOULD BE NICER STILL
IF YOU'D GET ME
A GLASS OF LEMONADE.

PLEASURE.

[ Selden ]
THEY MET SIX WEEKS AGO
AT BERTHA DORSET'S...

AND HAVE BEEN DEVOTED
EVER SINCE.

THE ENGAGEMENT IS
TO BE ANNOUNCED NEXT WEEK.

THEY SAY IT WILL BE JUST
THE NICEST MARRIAGE POSSIBLE.

ONE DULL FORTUNE
MARRYING ANOTHER.

[ Lily ]
EVIE VAN OSBURGH
AND PERCY GRYCE ?

WELL, WELL.

[ Man ]
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

MISS LILY BART
AS "SUMMER" BY WATTEAU.

[ Crowd Gasps ]

SHE HAS NEVER LOOKED
SO RADIANT.

I THINK I LIKE HER BEST
IN THAT SIMPLE DRESS.

IT MAKES HER LOOK
LIKE THE REAL LILY,

THE LILY I KNOW.

THE LILY WE KNOW.

SHE IS HERSELF
WITH A FEW PEOPLE ONLY.

SHE HAS IT IN HER
TO BECOME WHATEVER
SHE IS BELIEVED TO BE.

WE MUST THINK
THE BEST OF HER.

I'LL TELL HER THAT.

SHE ALWAYS SAYS
YOU DISLIKE HER.
[ Chuckles ]

WELL, GRACE,
HOW WAS LIFE AT RICHFIELD ?
QUIET.

AUNT PENISTON SEES
VERY LITTLE COMPANY.

I'M SURE YOUR BEING THERE
GAVE HER MUCH PLEASURE.

YES, I AM AS RELIABLE
AS ROAST MUTTON.

[ Chuckles ]

BUT AUNT JULIA IS NOT ALONE
IN PREFERRING LILY'S
ERRATIC BRILLIANCE.

YOU SHOULD MARRY, GRACE.

WE SHOULD ALL MARRY,
MR. SELDEN.

YOU NEVER SPEAK TO ME.

I'M NEVER NEAR YOU
LONG ENOUGH.

YOU THINK
HARD THINGS OF ME.

I THINK OF YOU...
AT ANY RATE.

THEN WHY DO WE NEVER
SEE EACH OTHER ?

I HAVE MY LAW PRACTICE
AND...

YOU'RE ALWAYS SURROUNDED
BY ADMIRERS.

THERE ARE NO ADMIRERS
AT MY AUNT'S HOUSE.

WELL,

THEN PERHAPS I MIGHT
TAKE TEA WITH YOU...

AT MRS. PENISTON'S
NEXT WEEK ?

YES.

COME AT 4:00 ON FRIDAY.

THEN WE CAN TALK.

I HAVE SO MUCH
TO SAY TO YOU.

I NEED YOUR HELP.

YOU PROMISED ME ONCE
YOU'D HELP ME.

THE ONLY WAY I CAN HELP YOU...

IS BY LOVING YOU.

LOVE ME.

BUT DON'T TELL ME SO.

SELDEN, GOING TOO ?

AREN'T YOU STAYING
FOR SUPPER ?
NO.

WHEN PEOPLE CROWD THEIR ROOMS
SO THAT YOU CAN'T GET NEAR
ANYONE YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO...

I'D SOONER DO WITHOUT.

MY WIFE WAS RIGHT
TO STAY AWAY.

SHE SAYS LIFE IS TOO SHORT
TO SPEND IT IN BREAKING
NEW PEOPLE IN.

THANK YOU.

[ Laughing ]

? [ Classical ]

LILY AND GUS TRENOR,
YOU SAY ?

AUNT PENISTON,
OF COURSE I DON'T MEAN--
THEN WHAT DO YOU MEAN, GRACE ?

DO PEOPLE SAY
HE'S IN LOVE WITH HER ?

PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY
UNPLEASANT THINGS.

IT IS A PITY, THOUGH,
THAT LILY MAKES HERSELF
SO CONSPICUOUS.

"CONSPICUOUS" ?

DOES HE MEAN TO DIVORCE
THEN MARRY HER ?
NO, IT'S--

IT'S A FLIRTATION,
NOTHING MORE.

"A FLIRTATION" ?
WITH A MARRIED MAN ?

SUCH THINGS WERE
NEVER HEARD OF IN MY DAY.

LILY, JUDY AND I HAVE BEEN
IN TOWN FOR WEEKS.

WHEN AM I GOING TO SEE YOU ?
YOU CAN FIND ME
ANY AFTERNOON AT MY AUNT'S.

COME SEE ME THERE,
AND WE CAN HAVE
A QUIET TALK.

YOU PUT ME OFF WITH THAT
AT THE VAN OSBURGH WEDDING.

THE PLAIN TRUTH IS, NOW THAT
YOU'VE GOT WHAT YOU WANTED,
YOU'D RATHER NOT SEE ME.

DON'T BE FOOLISH, GUS.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE ME,
YOU CAN COME TO MY AUNT'S.

WHAT ELSE IS BEING SAID ?

THAT GUS TRENOR
PAYS HER BILLS.

RUBBISH.
LILY HAS HER OWN INCOME,

AND I PROVIDE FOR HER
VERY HANDSOMELY.

THERE ARE
HER GAMBLING DEBTS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN ?

SHE PLAYS BRIDGE.

WHO TOLD YOU THAT MY NIECE
PLAYS CARDS FOR MONEY ?

MRS. GRYCE TOLD ME HERSELF
THAT IT WAS LILY'S GAMBLING
DEBTS THAT FRIGHTENED PERCY.

IN FACT, PEOPLE ARE
INCLINED TO EXCUSE HER
ON THAT ACCOUNT.

"TO EXCUSE HER" ?
FOR WHAT ?

FOR ACCEPTING
THE ATTENTIONS OF MEN
LIKE GUS TRENOR.

THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME,
GRACE,

BUT, I MUST SAY, THIS
UNWELCOME INFORMATION...

HAS COMPLETELY RUINED
THE MOZART FOR ME.

LILY, LET'S LEAVE
BEFORE THE FIRST ACT STARTS.

JUDY'S AS CROSS AS TWO STICKS
WHEN SHE'S AWAY FROM BELLOMONT.

COME TO THE HOUSE NOW.
IS JUDY UNWELL ?

A VISIT FROM YOU MIGHT BE
JUST WHAT'S NEEDED.

VERY WELL, GUS.

I SHALL COME WITH YOU.

? [ Crescendo ]

? [ Ends ]

[ Applause ]

? [ Man Singing
In Foreign Language ]

UP !

DOESN'T IT LOOK AS IF
WE'RE WAITING FOR THE BODY
TO BE BROUGHT DOWN ?

WHERE'S JUDY ?

THE FACT IS, SHE'S NOT UP
TO SEEING ANYBODY.

DO YOU MEAN TO SAY SHE'S
NOT WELL ENOUGH TO SEE ME ?

DEVIL OF A HEADACHE.
QUITE KNOCKED OUT BY IT.

IN THAT CASE, WILL YOU
HAVE THE GOODNESS
TO CALL ME A CAB ?

WHY MUST YOU GO ?

IT IS LATE,
AND WE ARE ALONE.

I MUST INSIST.

IT'S ALWAYS
THE SAME OLD STORY.

YOU CAN'T GIVE ME FIVE MINUTES,
BUT ARE CHARMING TO OTHERS.

I ONLY WENT TO THAT DAMNED
STUPID OPERA TO BE WITH YOU.

I MUST INSIST
THAT YOU CALL ME A CAB.

SUPPOSE I WON'T ?

WHAT THEN ?

IF YOU FORCE ME, I SHALL
GO UPSTAIRS TO JUDY.

SIT DOWN.
I'VE GOT A WORD TO SAY TO YOU.

IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY
TO ME, YOU MUST SAY IT TO ME
AT ANOTHER TIME.

I SHALL GO UPSTAIRS
TO JUDY UNLESS YOU CALL ME
A CAB AT ONCE.

GO UPSTAIRS.
JUDY ISN'T THERE.

DO YOU MEAN TO SAY THAT JUDY
IS NOT IN THIS HOUSE ?
SHE ISN'T EVEN IN TOWN.

I DON'T BELIEVE YOU.
MY WIFE IS STILL
AT BELLOMONT.

IF SHE WERE NOT COMING TO TOWN,
SHE WOULD HAVE TELEPHONED.
SHE DID.

I RECEIVED NO MESSAGE.
I DIDN'T SEND ANY.

HOW DARE YOU COMPROMISE ME
IN THIS WAY !

DON'T TAKE THAT
HIGH TONE WITH ME.

I'VE BEEN PATIENT
LONG ENOUGH.

AFTER ALL, THE MAN
WHO PAYS FOR THE DINNER...

IS GENERALLY ALLOWED
A SEAT AT THE TABLE.

I DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU MEAN.

I DIDN'T BEGIN
THIS BUSINESS,
KEPT OUT OF THE WAY.

BUT I CAN SEE FAST ENOUGH
WHEN I'M BEING
MADE A FOOL OF.

YOU'VE GOT WHAT YOU WANTED.
GUS ISN'T NEEDED ANYMORE.

THAT ISN'T PLAYING FAIR.

YOU'RE DODGING
THE RULES OF THE GAME.

NOW YOU'VE GOT TO PAY.

DO YOU MEAN TO SAY
THAT I OWE YOU MONEY ?

YOU TOLD ME
THAT IT WAS ALL RIGHT !

IT WAS ALL RIGHT.
IT IS ALL RIGHT, LILY.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO ALL OF IT.

I JUST WANT
TO BE THANKED A LITTLE.

I HAVE THANKED YOU !

OR DO YOU WISH
FOR PAYMENT IN KIND ?

[ Gasps ]

IF I OWE YOU MONEY,
I SHALL PAY YOU !

YOU OWE ME $9,000.

NINE THOUSAND ?

I WILL PAY YOU.

I SUPPOSE YOU'LL GO TO SELDEN
OR ROSEDALE FOR IT.

UNLESS YOU'VE SETTLED
THOSE SCORES ALREADY,

AND I'M THE ONLY ONE
LEFT OUT IN THE COLD.

WHAT MORE DO YOU
HAVE TO SAY TO ME ?

GO HOME.

[ Hoofbeats ]

[ Clock Chiming ]

[ Chiming Continues ]

[ Chiming Continues ]

[ Door Opens ]

[ Aunt Julia ]
COME HERE, LILY.
I WISH TO SPEAK WITH YOU.

AUNT JULIA, IT IS VERY LATE,
AND I AM VERY TIRED.

I MUST INSIST, LILY.

[ Door Closes ]

YOU'RE A BAD COLOR, LILY.

THIS INCESSANT RUSHING
ABOUT IS BEGINNING
TO TELL ON YOU.

I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT.

I'VE HAD OTHER WORRIES.

AH.

THE FACT IS...

I OWE SOME MONEY.

I--

I HAVE BEEN FOOLISH.

THERE ARE BILLS--
NOT TRADESMEN--
THAT ARE PRESSING.

I PAID YOUR DRESSMAKER'S BILL
FOR YOU LAST OCTOBER,

BUT IF YOU OWE MADAME CELESTE
ANOTHER THOUSAND DOLLARS,

SHE MAY SEND ME YOUR ACCOUNT.

I OWE A GOOD DEAL MORE
THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS.

"A GOOD DEAL MORE" ?

TO WHOM ?

DO I KNOW THESE PEOPLE ?
SOME BY NAME,
OTHERS BY REPUTATION.

THEN THEY ARE
OF NO CONSEQUENCE.

THESE DEBTS
THAT I SPEAK OF
ARE DIFFERENT.

THE FACT IS...

I'VE BEEN PLAYING CARDS
A GOOD DEAL.

IT'S TRUE THEN !

YOU PLAY CARDS FOR MONEY.

DO YOU PLAY ON SUNDAYS ?

YOU ARE HARD ON ME, AUNT JULIA.

I HAVE NEVER REALLY
CARED FOR CARDS, AND ONE HATES
TO BE THOUGHT OF AS PRIGGISH...

AND ONE DRIFTS
INTO DOING WHAT OTHERS DO.

I HAVE HAD A DREADFUL LESSON.

IF YOU HELP ME OUT THIS TIME,
I PROMISE--

YOU NEEDN'T MAKE ANY PROMISES.
IT'S UNNECESSARY.

WHEN I OFFERED YOU A HOME,
I DIDN'T UNDERTAKE TO PAY
YOUR GAMBLING DEBTS.

AUNT JULIA, YOU DON'T MEAN
TO SAY THAT YOU WON'T HELP ME ?

I SHALL CERTAINLY
NOT DO ANYTHING
TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION...

THAT I COUNTENANCE
YOUR BEHAVIOR.

AUNT JULIA,
I WILL BE DISGRACED !

I CONSIDER THAT YOU
ARE DISGRACED, LILY.

AND NOW I MUST ASK YOU
TO LEAVE ME.

THIS SCENE HAS BEEN
EXTREMELY PAINFUL TO ME,

AND I HAVE MY OWN HEALTH
TO CONSIDER.

AND TELL JENNINGS
THAT I WISH TO SEE NO ONE
UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON,

AND THEN ONLY GRACE STEPNEY.

GRACE ?

YES, AUNT JULIA.

LILY, IT IS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WHAT WILL AUNT JULIA THINK ?

I DON'T CARE.

I COULDN'T GO TO MY ROOM.

I HATE IT SO.

LILY, WHAT HAS HAPPENED ?

CAN'T YOU TELL ME ?

I THOUGHT THAT I COULD
MANAGE MY OWN LIFE,

BUT I HAVE BEEN
FOOLISH, GRACE--

FOOLISH TO THE POINT
OF BEING COMPROMISED.

BY WHOM ?

MR. SELDEN ?

NO, NOT MR. SELDEN.

I HAVE BEEN CARELESS
AND IMPRUDENT ABOUT MONEY.

I AM FRIGHTENED
TO THINK WHAT I OWE.

GRACE, YOU KNOW LAWRENCE.

IF I ASKED HIM
TO HELP ME,

TOLD HIM WHY--

WOULD HE LOATHE ME
IF I TOLD HIM EVERYTHING ?

NO,

YOU MUST NOT DO THAT.

HE IS LIKE OTHER MEN.

THEY HAVE MINDS
LIKE MORAL FLYPAPER.

THEY CAN FORGIVE A WOMAN
ALMOST ANYTHING EXCEPT
THE LOSS OF HER GOOD NAME.

IF YOU WISH TO KEEP
YOUR REPUTATION INTACT, LILY,

TELL HIM NOTHING.

BUT HE MUST HAVE SPOKEN
TO YOU ABOUT ME.

WHAT DOES
HE REALLY THINK OF ME ?

WE HAVE NEVER
DISCUSSED YOU, LILY.

I HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT MR. SELDEN THINKS.

BUT I MUST TRUST
IN HIS GOOD FAITH.

I WILL WRITE TO HIM
AND ASK HIM TO COME.

GOOD NIGHT, GRACE.

GOOD NIGHT, LILY.

[ Sobbing ]
LAWRENCE.

LAWRENCE.

JENNINGS,
IS MY AUNT DOWNSTAIRS ?

NO, MISS BART.

MRS. PENISTON
LEFT FOR RICHFIELD
EARLY THIS MORNING...

WITH MISS STEPNEY.

OH.

THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU SEE THAT
THE BOY DELIVERS THIS AT ONCE
TO MR. SELDEN AT THE BENEDICK ?

YES, MISS.
AND WOULD YOU SERVE TEA AT 4:00
IN THE DOWNSTAIRS SITTING ROOM,

AND SHOW MR. SELDEN IN THERE
AS SOON AS HE ARRIVES ?

YES, MISS BART.
THANK YOU.

[ Clock Chimes Twice ]

[ Clock Chimes Twice ]

[ Clock Chimes Once ]

[ Clock Ticking ]

[ Knocking ]
[ Door Opens ]

MR. ROSEDALE.

PRETTY WELL DONE.

YES,
VERY WELL DONE.

WHY DO YOU PUT UP
THIS KIND OF BLUFF ?

WHY AREN'T YOU
STRAIGHT WITH ME ?

I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN
TIMES WHEN YOU'VE BEEN WORRIED.

A GIRL LIKE YOU
SHOULDN'T HAVE WORRIES.

YOU ARE QUITE RIGHT,
MR. ROSEDALE.

I HAVE HAD WORRIES.

I HAVE BEEN CARELESS
ABOUT MONEY.

I'M OFFERING YOU THE CHANCE
TO TURN YOUR BACK ON THOSE
ONCE AND FOR ALL.

I KNOW YOU'RE NOT
IN LOVE WITH ME.

YOU'RE NOT EVEN
FOND OF ME... YET.

I AM VERY MUCH
FLATTERED BY YOUR OFFER,

BUT I SHOULD BE SELFISH
AND UNGRATEFUL...

IF I MADE
THE REASON FOR ACCEPTING
YOUR GENEROSITY FINANCIAL.

MISS BART, I GENERALLY GET
WHAT I WANT IN LIFE.

I HAVE ATTAINED A CERTAIN
SOCIAL POSITION, AND I HAVE
THE MEANS TO MAINTAIN IT.

NOW ALL I WANT IS THE WOMAN,

THE RIGHT WOMAN
TO SHARE BOTH WITH ME.

NOW, I KNOW YOU HAVE
A FONDNESS FOR LUXURY...

AND AMUSEMENT...

AND TO NOT HAVE
TO SETTLE FOR IT.

I CAN PROVIDE THE STYLE
AND THE MEANS OF SETTLING.

YOU ARE MISTAKEN ON ONE POINT,
MR. ROSEDALE.

WHATEVER I ENJOY,
I AM PREPARED TO PAY FOR.

I HAVE SPOKEN
TOO PLAINLY. I DIDN'T
MEAN TO GIVE OFFENSE.

YOU MUST GIVE ME TIME
TO CONSIDER YOUR KINDNESS.

GOOD-BYE, MISS BART.

YOU WILL CONSIDER
MY PROPOSAL ?
OF COURSE.

[ Footsteps Departing ]

[ Phone Ringing ]

[ Ringing Continues ]

YES ?
[ Bertha ]
ARE YOU ALONE, LILY ?

YES, QUITE ALONE, BERTHA.

EVERYONE HAS GONE AWAY.

MY AUNT TO RICHFIELD,
EVERYONE ELSE TO EUROPE.

EXCEPT LAWRENCE SELDEN
WHO'S GONE TO LONDON.
HOW UNSOPHISTICATED OF HIM.

WILL YOU JOIN US THEN ON
A CRUISE TO THE MEDITERRANEAN ?

I'M NOT SURE
THAT I'M ABLE TO.

YOU'LL BE DOING ME
A GREAT SERVICE. YOU'RE
ALWAYS SO ATTENTIVE TO GEORGE,

LISTENING TO HIS OLD STORIES
WHICH HE'S BEEN TELLING
SINCE THE CIVIL WAR.

YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WITH ENOUGH
FORTITUDE TO TAKE AN INTEREST.

[ Lily ]
NONSENSE.
GEORGE CAN BE CHARMING.

[ Bertha ]
GOOD. YOU'LL COME THEN ?

[ Lily ]
YES. IT'LL BE DELIGHTFUL.

GOOD-BYE.

? [ Man, Woman Singing Opera
In Foreign Language ]

? [ Continues ]

? [ Continues ]

? [ Ends ]

[ Bell Tolling ]

MR. SELDEN.
MRS. FISHER.

DO JOIN US.

WHAT BRINGS YOU
TO MONTE CARLO ?

I FINISHED MY BUSINESS
WITH A CLIENT IN LONDON,

SO I DECIDED TO COME DOWN
AND RENEW MY OBJECTIVE
INTEREST IN LIFE.

YOU ARE NOT SO FAR REMOVED FROM
BEING MANIPULATED BY THE STRINGS
OF SOCIETY AS ONE MIGHT THINK.

MRS. FISHER,
NONE OF US ARE.

WE'RE STARVING TO DEATH
BECAUSE WE CAN'T DECIDE
WHERE TO LUNCH.

OF COURSE, ONE GETS
THE BEST THINGS AT THE TERRASSE,

BUT ALL THE AMERICANS
GO THERE NOW.

I DO BELIEVE
THE DORSETS ARE BACK.

[ Man ]
IT'S THEIR YACHT,
THE SABRINA.

OH, YES.

[ Man ]
"JE FAIS SOUVENT CE REVE
ETRANGE ET PENETRANT.

"D'UNE FEMME INCONNUE,
ET QUE J'AIME, ET QUI M'AIME.

"ET QUI N'EST, CHAQUE FOIS,
NI TOUT A FAIT LA MEME.

"NI TOUT A FAIT UNE AUTRE,
ET M'AIME ET ME COMPREND.

"CAR ELLE ME COMPREND,
ET MON COEUR, TRANSPARENT.

"POUR ELLE SEULE, HELAS !
CESSE D'ETRE UN PROBLEME.

"POUR ELLE SEULE, ET LES
MOITEURS DE MON FRONT BLEME.

"ELLE SEULE LES SAIT
REFRAICHIR, EN PLEURANT.

"EST-ELLE BRUNE,
BLONDE OU ROUSSE ?

JE L'IGNORE."

HE'S READING VERLAINE
TO HER NOW.

IN FRENCH !

[ Sighs ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Mrs. Fisher's Voice ]
WELL, WHAT'S THE USE
OF MINCING MATTERS ?

WE ALL KNOW WHAT BERTHA
BROUGHT LILY ABROAD FOR.

THE SILVERTON AFFAIR
IS AT THE ACUTE STAGE.

IT'S NECESSARY THAT
GEORGE BE DISTRACTED,

AND I'M SURE LILY
DOES DISTRACT HIM.

A CLEVER WOMAN
WOULD KNOW JUST WHEN
TO PLAY HER CARDS RIGHT,

BUT LILY'S NEVER BEEN
VERY CLEVER IN THAT WAY.

I DO HOPE THERE
HASN'T BEEN A ROW.

? [ Violins ]

[ Explosions ]
[ Crowd Exclaiming ]

[ Crowd Exclaims, Applauds ]

WHERE THE DEVIL
ARE THEY ?

BERTHA ? BERTHA ?

UP !

[ Chattering ]

HOW DID YOU FIND LONDON,
MR. SELDEN ?

WAS IT MORE AGREEABLE
THAN NEW YORK ?
IN SOME WAYS, YES.

NEVERTHELESS,
I STOPPED OVER TO SEE YOU.

TO SEE ME ?
OR TO SEE AN OLDER FRIEND ?

I BEG YOU
TO LEAVE THE YACHT.
TO LEAVE ?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN ?
WHAT HAS HAPPENED ?
NOTHING.

BUT IF SOMETHING SHOULD,
WHY BE IN THE WAY OF IT ?

HOW WOULD YOU THINK
THAT I WOULD LEAVE BERTHA ?

YOU HAVE YOURSELF
TO THINK OF, YOU KNOW.

NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.

OF COURSE NOT,
I'M SURE.

[ Door Opens ]

HAVE YOU SEEN BERTHA ?

NO. IS SHE NOT UP YET ?

"NOT UP YET" ?

HAS SHE GONE TO BED ?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME
SHE CAME ABOARD THIS MORNING ?

AT 7:00 !
7:00 ?

WAS THERE AN ACCIDENT ?
THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT.
I WAITED FOR THEM ALL NIGHT.

WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL ME
TO SHARE YOUR VIGIL ?

I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD HAVE
CARED FOR THE DENOUEMENT.

THE DENOUEMENT ?
ISN'T THAT TOO BIG A WORD
FOR SUCH A SMALL INCIDENT ?

DON'T !

DON'T.

I ONLY WANT TO HELP YOU.

YOU DO SO BY BEING SWEET
AND PATIENT WITH ME, BUT YOU
CAN'T WANT TO SEE ME RIDICULOUS.

IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR YOU,
I'D HAVE ENDED IT LONG AGO.

- I'LL GO TO SEE SELDEN.
- NO.

NO.

WHY NOT ? ONE LAWYER
WILL DO JUST AS WELL AS ANOTHER.

VERY WELL.
GO AND SEE MR. SELDEN THEN.

YOU SHOULD HAVE TIME
BEFORE DINNER.

I SUPPOSE I OUGHT
TO SAY GOOD MORNING.

I TRIED TO SEE YOU,
BUT YOU WEREN'T UP.

NO, I GOT TO BED LATE.

AFTER WE SEPARATED DURING
THE FETE, WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD
WAIT, BUT WE MISSED YOU.

YOU MISSED US ?

BUT I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T
GET BACK TO THE YACHT
UNTIL THIS MORNING.

WHO TOLD YOU THAT ?
GEORGE.

IS THAT HIS VERSION ?

POOR GEORGE.

HE'S HAD ONE
OF HIS ATTACKS AGAIN.

IT IS VERY BAD FOR HIM
TO BE WORRIED.

WHENEVER ANYTHING
UPSETTING HAPPENS,
IT ALWAYS BRINGS ON AN ATTACK.

ANYTHING UPSETTING ?

YES,

SUCH AS HAVING YOU
SO CONSPICUOUSLY ON HIS HANDS
DURING THE SMALL HOURS.

YOU KNOW, MY DEAR,

YOU'RE RATHER A RESPONSIBILITY
IN SUCH A SCANDALOUS PLACE
AFTER MIDNIGHT.

WELL, REALLY !

CONSIDERING IT WAS
YOU WHO BURDENED HIM
WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY.

A MARRIED MAN SHOULD NOT HAVE
THE BURDEN OF BEING SEEN ALONE
WITH A SINGLE WOMAN.

YES, WE WERE ALONE.

IS THAT SO DREADFUL ?

AFTER ALL, WE LOST YOU
AS MUCH AS YOU MISLAID US.

[ Laughs ]
OH ? HMM.

SO NOW IT IS
MY FAULT FOR NOT HAVING
THE SUPERHUMAN CLEVERNESS...

TO FIND YOU IN
THAT DREADFUL CROWD ?

OR THE IMAGINATION TO BELIEVE
THAT YOU WOULDN'T WAIT FOR US...

ON THE QUAY
UNTIL WE MANAGED TO MEET YOU ?

NO, SIMPLY BY US ALL
KEEPING TOGETHER.

"KEEPING TOGETHER" ?

LILY, YOU ARE NOT A CHILD
TO BE LED BY THE HAND.

NOR TO BE LECTURED, BERTHA.

LECTURE YOU ?

HEAVEN FORBID.

I WAS MERELY TRYING
TO GIVE YOU A FRIENDLY HINT.

BUT USUALLY IT'S THE OTHER WAY
AROUND, ISN'T IT ?

I AM EXPECTED TO TAKE HINTS,
NOT TO GIVE THEM.

HINTS ? FROM ME TO YOU ?

NEGATIVE ONES MERELY.

WHAT NOT TO BE
OR TO DO OR TO SEE.

BUT, MY DEAR,
IF YOU WILL LET ME SAY SO,

I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT
ONE OF MY NEGATIVE DUTIES...

WAS NOT TO WARN YOU WHEN YOU
CARRIED YOUR IMPRUDENCE TOO FAR.

[ Chattering ]

I'D STILL LIKE A BOAT
THAT DOESN'T MOVE SO MUCH.

[ Chattering ]

OH, MY !

DID YOU SEE GEORGE TODAY ?
YES.

WELL, WHAT HAPPENED ?
WHAT WILL HAPPEN ?

NOTHING AS YET,
AND NOTHING IN
THE FUTURE, I THINK.

YOU'RE SURE ?
I'M NOT SURE, BUT
I'M A GOOD DEAL SURER.

NO, THANK YOU.

ASSUME EVERYTHING
IS AS USUAL.

[ Woman Laughs ]

[ Chattering ]

[ Mouths Words ]

[ Woman Laughs ]

BEFORE I GO, I WANT
TO LEAVE YOU THE BRYS.

IT IS CHARMING OF YOU
TO REMEMBER ME.

WHAT YOU REALLY MEAN IS,
YOU'VE SNUBBED THE BRYS,
AND YOU KNOW THEY KNOW IT.

CARRY ?

IF YOU'D EVEN MANAGED
TO HAVE THEM INVITED
TO THE SABRINA ONCE,

ESPECIALLY WHEN
ROYALTY WAS COMING.

STAY OVER
AND I'LL GET THE DUCHESS
TO DINE WITH THEM.

I SHAN'T STAY OVER.

THE GORMERS HAVE
PAID FOR MY SALON-LIT,
AND I LEAVE TONIGHT.

BUT GET THE DUCHESS TO DINE
WITH THEM ALL THE SAME.

I'VE DANCED ALL MY LIFE.
YOU'RE MY HUSBAND.

THEY'D BE MUCH OBLIGED.

DO YOU SING ?
[ Man ]
AYE.

REALLY ?

COME ON, LILY,
IF YOU'RE GOING BACK
TO THE YACHT.

MISS BART IS NOT
RETURNING TO THE YACHT.

[ Chattering Stops ]

BERTHA ?

MISS BART, THERE HAS BEEN
SOME MISUNDERSTANDING,

SOME MISTAKE.

MISS BART REMAINS HERE.

AND I THINK, GEORGE,
WE HAD BETTER NOT DETAIN
OUR GUESTS ANY LONGER.

I HAVE SOME BUSINESS
TO ATTEND TO,

AND IT EASIER FOR ME
TO REMAIN ASHORE FOR THE NIGHT.

MR. SELDEN, YOU PROMISED
TO SEE ME TO MY CAB.

DO YOU KNOW OF A QUIET HOTEL ?

THAT YOU CAN GO TO ALONE ?
IMPOSSIBLE.

IT'S TOO WET
TO SLEEP OUTSIDE.

THERE MUST BE SOMEONE
THAT YOU CAN GO TO.
AT THIS HOUR ?

IF YOU HAD ONLY
LISTENED TO ME.
NOT NOW.

YOU MUST GO IMMEDIATELY
TO THE STEPNEYS.
I CAN'T.

YOU MUSTN'T ASK ME TO.
YOU DON'T KNOW GWEN.

COME. YOU MUST APPEAR
TO HAVE GONE THERE DIRECTLY.

WHAT IF SHE REFUSES ?
SHE WON'T. TRUST ME.

[ Man ]
"I, JULIA GRACE PENISTON,

"BEING OF SOUND MIND AND BODY,
DECLARE THIS TO BE
MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT,

"HEREBY REVOKING AND
DECLARING UTTERLY VOID...

"ALL WILLS AND CLAUSES OF WILLS
HERETOFORE MADE BY ME.

"IT IS MY WILL AND DESIRE
THAT AFTER MY DEATH...

"ALL MY JUST DEBTS
TO WHOMSOEVER...

"SHALL BE PAID BY MY
EXECUTIVES HEREINAFTER NAMED.

SECOND, IT IS MY WILL
AND DESIRE--"

[ Gwen's Voice ]
LILY WILL GET EVERYTHING,
OF COURSE.

[ Man's Voice ]
AUNT JULIA WAS
ALWAYS A JUST WOMAN.

[ Woman's Voice ]
WELL, IT'S ONLY ABOUT 400,000.

[ Man ]
"EIGHT. AND TO MY NIECE,
MISS LILY BART,

"I BEQUEATH
THE SUM OF $10,000.

"NINE. AND THE RESIDUE
OF MY ESTATE I BEQUEATH...

"TO MY DEAR NIECE AND NAMESAKE,
GRACE JULIA STEPNEY.

"GIVEN UNDER
MY HAND AND SEAL,
22nd OF MAY,

1906."

[ Grace Sobbing ]

MY DEAR GRACE.

I AM SO GLAD.

[ Door Opens ]

[ Door Closes ]

WHAT SWEET SHALL
WE HAVE TODAY ?
LILY !

MY DEAR CARRY,
YOU WOULDN'T LET ME HAVE
THE HEADWAITER SEE...

THAT I'VE NOTHING TO LIVE ON
BUT MY AUNT JULIA'S LEGACY ?

THINK OF BERTHA DORSET'S
SATISFACTION IF SHE FOUND US
LUNCHING ON COLD MUTTON AND TEA.

I WAS HORRID TO YOU
IN MONTE CARLO, LILY.

I'M THOROUGHLY
ASHAMED OF MYSELF.

I'VE WANTED TO TELL
YOU SO EVER SINCE,
AND THAT'S THE TRUTH.

WHAT IS TRUTH ?

WHERE A WOMAN IS CONCERNED
IT'S A STORY THAT'S
EASIEST TO BELIEVE.

IF I'D HAVE GOTTEN THE MONEY,
NO ONE WOULD DARE IGNORE ME.

AND IF THEY DID,
IT WOULDN'T MATTER.
I'D BE INDEPENDENT OF THEM.

OH, LILY, IT'S SO UNJUST.

GRACE STEPNEY MUST
FEEL SHE HAS NO RIGHT
TO THAT INHERITANCE.

ANYONE WHO KNEW
HOW TO PLEASE AUNT JULIA
HAS A RIGHT TO HER MONEY.

BUT SHE WAS DEVOTED TO YOU.
BE HONEST, CARRY.

SHE DISAPPROVED OF MY GOING
WITH THE DORSETS, AND SHE HEARD
OF MY BREAK WITH THEM.

AFTER ALL, BERTHA DID
TURN ME OFF THE YACHT.

I MUST KNOW
WHERE I STAND, CARRY.

I MUST KNOW
WHAT IS BEING SAID OF ME.

I DON'T LISTEN.

ONE HEARS SUCH THINGS
WITHOUT LISTENING.

GOOD AFTERNOON,
MRS. FISHER.
HOW DELIGHTFUL TO SEE YOU.

HOW DELIGHTFUL, JUDY.
OH, LILY.

[ Judy ]
WHAT A PLEASURE
IT IS TO SEE YOU.

GUS !
MISS BART.

I MUST SEE
THE HEADWAITER, JUDY.

WHERE JUDY LEADS
ALL THE WORLD WILL FOLLOW.

NOT YOUR REAL FRIENDS.

MEANWHILE, WHAT DO YOU SAY
TO PUTTING A FEW THINGS
IN A TRUNK...

AND SPENDING THE SUMMER
WITH ME AND THE GORMERS ?

[ Laughs ]

TO TAKE ME OUT OF
MY FRIENDS' WAY, YOU MEAN ?

TO KEEP YOU OUT OF THEIR
SIGHT UNTIL THEY REALIZE
HOW MUCH THEY MISS YOU.

BESIDES, THE GORMERS HAVE TAKEN
A TREMENDOUS FANCY TO YOU.

I KNOW THEY'RE NOT QUITE
YOUR SET. THEY'RE KIND OF
A SOCIAL CONEY ISLAND.

BUT ANYONE IS WELCOME
WHO CAN MAKE A LOT OF NOISE
AND DOESN'T PUT ON AIRS.

YES. I SHALL COME.

WELL, WHAT SHALL IT BE ?

COUPE JACQUES
OR PECHES A LA MELBA ?

[ Laughing ]

[ Man ]
SIT. SIT WITH ME.

THE MORE I THINK OF
MY IDEA OF GETTING YOU HERE,
THE BETTER I LIKE IT.

MORE NOISE, MORE COLOR,
MORE SLAPDASH SOCIABILITY.

[ Laughs ]
BUT GREATER GOOD NATURE TOO.
LESS RIVALRY.

YES, IT'S TRUE.

SOON EVERYBODY
WILL BE LEAVING...

FOR NEWPORT AND BAR HARBOR
AND LONG ISLAND.

AND ME TO A HOTEL
IN BROILING NEW YORK.

LILY, YOU MUST MARRY
AS SOON AS YOU CAN.

[ Laughs ]
DO YOU MEAN TO RECOMMEND ME
TO A GOOD MAN'S LOVE ?

NO, I DON'T THINK EITHER
OF MY CANDIDATES WOULD ANSWER
TO THAT DESCRIPTION.

EITHER ?
THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO ?

WELL, PERHAPS I OUGHT
TO SAY ONE AND A HALF.

OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL,
I THINK I SHOULD PREFER
HALF A HUSBAND.

WHO IS HE ?

GEORGE DORSET.
OH--

DON'T FLY OUT AT ME
TILL YOU HEAR MY REASONS.

SINCE THEY GOT BACK FROM EUROPE,
THINGS HAVE BEEN
GOING VERY BADLY.

BERTHA'S BEHAVIOR HAS STRAINED
EVEN GEORGE'S CREDULITY.

THEY'RE OVER AT THEIR PLACE NOW,
BUT I THINK THE END
WILL COME SOON.

THE END WILL NEVER COME.
BERTHA WILL ALWAYS GET HIM BACK
EXACTLY WHEN SHE WANTS HIM.

OH, LILY, HE WOULDN'T STAY
WITH HER TEN MINUTES IF HE KNEW.

"KNEW" ?

IF HE HAD POSITIVE PROOF,
I MEAN.

PLEASE, CARRY,
LET US DROP THE SUBJECT.
IT'S TOO ODIOUS TO ME.

AND THE SECOND CANDIDATE ?
WE MUSTN'T FORGET HIM.

SIM ROSEDALE.

I THINK, CARRY,
I SHOULD LIKE TO GO FOR A WALK.

MISS BART.

I'VE BEEN HOPING TO MEET YOU.
I SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN,
IF I'D DARED.

I WANTED TO APOLOGIZE.
DON'T LET US SPEAK OF IT.

I WAS VERY SORRY FOR YOU.

YOU MUST LET ME EXPLAIN.

I WAS DECEIVED.

I AM STILL MORE SORRY
FOR YOU THEN.

BUT YOU MUST SEE I AM NOT
EXACTLY THE PERSON WITH WHOM
THIS SUBJECT CAN BE DISCUSSED.

WHY NOT ?
IT'S YOU OF ALL PEOPLE
I OWE AN EXPLANATION TO.

NO EXPLANATION IS NECESSARY.
THE SITUATION WAS
PERFECTLY CLEAR TO ME.

MISS BART,
DON'T TURN AWAY FROM ME.

YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT
AFTER EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED
WE CANNOT BE FRIENDS AGAIN.

WASN'T I PUNISHED ENOUGH
AT THE TIME ?

IS THERE TO BE NO RESPITE ?

I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT
YOU HAD COMPLETE RESPITE...

IN THE RECONCILIATION WHICH
WAS EFFECTED AT MY EXPENSE.

DON'T PUT IT THAT WAY.
ALL I ASK YOU
TO UNDERSTAND...

IS THAT...

AFTER THE USE
THAT BERTHA MADE OF ME,

AFTER ALL THAT HER BEHAVIOR
HAS SINCE IMPLIED,

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE
THAT YOU AND I SHOULD MEET.

PLEASE HELP ME.

I AM SORRY.

THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO.

YOU MUST HAVE OTHER FRIENDS,
OTHER ADVISORS.

I NEVER HAD A FRIEND LIKE YOU.

BESIDES, YOU'RE
THE ONLY PERSON WHO KNOWS.

AFTER ALL, YOU WERE THERE
IN MONTE CARLO.

YOU ARE MISTAKEN.

I SAW NOTHING.
I KNOW NOTHING.

JUST SAY WHAT YOU KNOW,
AND THE WAY WILL BE CLEAR
FOR US BOTH.

I KNOW NOTHING.

[ Sighs ]

YOU'RE SACRIFICING
BOTH OF US.

I KNOW NOTHING,

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

[ Child Laughs ]
[ Man Laughs ]

WHO'S GONNA GET YOU ?
[ Laughing ]

[ Laughing Continues ]
COME ALONG.

YOU OUGHT TO BE IN BED.
YES, MOTHER.

GOOD NIGHT, MISS BART.
GOOD NIGHT, EDITH.

[ Mouths Words ]

WHERE ARE THE OTHERS ?

I AM YOUR ONLY FELLOW GUEST,
MISS LILY.

I THINK CARRY WAS
TRYING TO BE SUBTLE.

YOU LOOK TIRED.

I'VE BEEN
SLEEPING BADLY.

IN FACT, I CAME
ESPECIALLY TO SEE YOU...

ON A DELICATE MATTER.

I HOPE YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT.

THANK YOU, MR. ROSEDALE.
I DO BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAY,

AND I AM READY TO
MARRY YOU WHENEVER YOU WISH.

BUT, MISS LILY--

FOR I SUPPOSE
THAT IS WHAT YOU DO WISH.

AND THOUGH I WAS UNABLE
TO CONSENT WHEN LAST
YOU SPOKE TO ME,

I AM READY NOW THAT I KNOW YOU
SO MUCH BETTER TO ENTRUST
MY HAPPINESS TO YOUR HANDS.

MY DEAR MISS LILY,

YOU MADE ME FEEL THAT
MY SUIT WAS SO HOPELESS...

THAT I REALLY HAD
NO INTENTION OF RENEWING IT.

[ Clock Ticking ]

I HAVE NO ONE
TO BLAME BUT MYSELF...

IF I GAVE YOU THE IMPRESSION
THAT MY DECISION WAS FINAL.

BEFORE WE BID
EACH OTHER GOOD-BYE,

I WANT AT LEAST TO
THANK YOU FOR ONCE HAVING
THOUGHT OF ME AS YOU DID.

WHY DO YOU TALK
OF SAYING GOOD-BYE ?

CAN'T WE STILL BE
GOOD FRIENDS ALL THE SAME ?

WHAT IS YOUR IDEA
OF BEING GOOD FRIENDS ?

SEEING ME WITHOUT ASKING ME
TO MARRY YOU ?

WELL, THAT'S
ABOUT THE SIZE OF IT.

I LIKE YOUR FRANKNESS,

BUT I AM AFRAID THAT
OUR FRIENDSHIP CAN HARDLY
CONTINUE ON THOSE TERMS.

MISS LILY, WHAT I MEAN--

WHAT YOU MEAN TO SAY IS THAT
I AM NOT AS DESIRABLE A MATCH
AS ONCE YOU THOUGHT ME.

YES, THAT IS WHAT I DO MEAN.

I DON'T BELIEVE THE STORIES
ABOUT YOU, BUT MY NOT BELIEVING
THEM WON'T ALTER THE SITUATION.

BUT IF THEY ARE NOT TRUE,
DOESN'T THAT ALTER
THE SITUATION ?

YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO
LAST YEAR YOU WOULDN'T
LOOK AT ME.

NOW YOU APPEAR
WILLING TO DO SO.

WHAT'S CHANGED
IN THE INTERVAL ?

YOUR SITUATION.

THEN YOU THOUGHT
YOU COULD DO BETTER.

YOU THINK YOU CAN ?

YES, I DO.
I'VE DONE VERY WELL.

I'VE PLACED WALL STREET
UNDER OBLIGATIONS THAT
ONLY FIFTH AVENUE CAN REPAY.

AND I KNOW THE QUICKEST WAY
TO QUEER ONESELF
WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE...

IS TO BE SEEN
WITH THE WRONG ONES.

I WANT TO AVOID MISTAKES.

I UNDERSTAND.

GOOD-BYE, MR. ROSEDALE.

WHY DON'T YOU USE
THOSE LETTERS OF HERS ?

DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW
YOU BOUGHT THEM. I KNOW.

AND I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU BOUGHT
THOSE LETTERS SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU
WANTED TO COLLECT AUTOGRAPHS.

YOU SEE, I KNOW
WHERE YOU STAND.

YOU HAVE BERTHA
COMPLETELY IN YOUR POWER.

YOU WISH TO BE
REHABILITATED SOCIALLY,

AND YOU HAVE THE MEANS
OF YOUR REDEMPTION.

IN A DEAL LIKE THIS,
NOBODY COMES OUT WITH
PERFECTLY CLEAN HANDS.

IF YOU'RE GOING
TO FIGHT BERTHA,

DON'T INFLICT
AN OPEN INJURY.

REDUCE IT TO
A PRIVATE TRANSACTION.

GIVE AND TAKE, YOU MEAN ?

YES, AS IN BUSINESS.

- OR POLITICS.
- YOU SEE HOW SIMPLE IT IS ?

THERE'S NO POINT
FRIGHTENING BERTHA INTO LINE.

YOU HAVE TO KEEP HER THERE.

THAT'S MY PART
OF THE BUSINESS.

THAT'S WHAT
I'M OFFERING YOU.

TO RECONCILE WITH BERTHA
AND THEN YOU WILL MARRY ME ?

WHAT DO YOU SAY, MISS LILY ?

YOU ARE MISTAKEN
IN BOTH THE FACTS AND
WHAT YOU INFER FROM THEM.

WELL, I'LL BE DAMNED.

I SUPPOSE IT'S BECAUSE
THE LETTERS ARE TO HIM.

I THOUGHT WE
UNDERSTOOD EACH OTHER.

WE DO NOW.

[ Knocking ]

COME IN.

IT'S SUCH A BLESSING TO HAVE
A QUIET FEW WEEKS HERE.

THANK YOU FOR
INVITING ME HERE, CARRY.

I DO LOVE IT IN TUXEDO.
YES.

IT'S A PLEASANT HOUSE,

ONE OF MY FEW
TREASURED POSSESSIONS.

HOW ARE THE BRYS ?

LOUISA BRY IS
A STERN TASKMASTER.

TALK ABOUT LOVE
MAKING PEOPLE JEALOUS.

IT'S NOTHING
TO SOCIAL AMBITION.

BY THE WAY, I HAD A VISIT FROM
MATTIE GORMER THE OTHER DAY.
HMM.

SHE WAS WITH BERTHA DORSET,
OF ALL PEOPLE.

NO DOUBT THE RABBIT
ALWAYS THINKS IT IS
FASCINATING THE ANACONDA.

NOW THAT THEY'RE FAST FRIENDS
I THINK MATTIE WILL SACRIFICE
ANYTHING FOR HER.

INCLUDING ME ?

MY DEAR,

THE WORLD IS VILE.

[ Door Opens ]

- LILY.
- MRS. HATCH ! I'M NOT DRESSED.

LILY, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
THIS IS THE 20th CENTURY,
NOT THE DARK AGES.

AS SOON AS YOU'VE EATEN,
COME TO MY ROOMS.

WE'VE JUST GOT TO GO
THROUGH MY SCHEDULE.

I'M LEAVING IN 20 MINUTES,
SO PLEASE BE QUICK.

I CANNOT FIND
MY PRESCRIPTION, LILY.
DO YOU HAVE IT ?

I'M ALWAYS LOSING THEM.
YOU USUALLY LEAVE THEM
ON YOUR BUREAU, MRS. HATCH.

OF COURSE I DO.
GET IT FILLED FOR ME TODAY.

IF I DON'T HAVE MY CHLORAL
AT NIGHT, I NEVER SLEEP.

AND I HAVE TO SEE MY BEAUTY
DOCTOR TODAY, OTHERWISE
I CANNOT FACE SOCIETY.

THE MANICURE WILL HAVE
TO WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW.

I'M JUST NOT UP TO IT TODAY,
SO PUT HER OFF.

DON'T LOOK SOUR, LILY.
SHE WON'T MIND.
SHE NEVER MINDS.

AFTER LUNCH, I SHALL GO
TO SHERRY'S FOR TEA.

THEN THIS EVENING
I'M PLAYING BRIDGE WITH
MY LAWYER. 8:00, I THINK.

I'LL TRY TO GO FOR
MY FITTING TOMORROW MORNING,

BUT ONLY IF IT DOESN'T INTERFERE
WITH THE ART EXHIBITION AT 4:00.

THEN SUPPER-- NO, THE
THEATER FIRST, THEN SUPPER.

BUT IF YOU DON'T TELL ME
IN ADVANCE OF THESE CHANGES,

HOW SHALL I BE ABLE
TO KEEP YOUR DIARY ACCURATELY ?

ENGAGEMENTS ARE MADE
TO BE BROKEN, ESPECIALLY
WITH TRADESPEOPLE.

THEY EXPECT IT.
YES, MRS. HATCH.

BY THE WAY, LILY, ON FRIDAY I'M
DINING WITH MELVILLE STANCY...

AND SOME PEOPLE
CALLED THE GORMERS.

YES, MRS. HATCH.

AND DON'T FORGET
MY PRESCRIPTION, LILY.
IT'S ON THE BUREAU.

MRS. FISHER WAS ANXIOUS TO KNOW
HOW YOU WERE GETTING ON.

WHY DIDN'T SHE LOOK ME UP
HERSELF THEN ?

SHE WAS AFRAID
OF BEING IMPORTUNATE.

YOU SEE, NO SUCH SCRUPLES
RESTRAINED ME.

THEN YOU HAVE COME
TO BE OF SOME USE TO ME ?

YES.

SO WHAT AM I
TO DO WITH YOU ?

YOU COULD TALK THINGS
OVER WITH ME.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK
I HAVE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR
TO TALK ABOUT ?

MY INITIATIVE DOESN'T GO BEYOND
PUTTING MYSELF AT YOUR DISPOSAL.

I SHOULDN'T HAVE COME
IF I'D THOUGHT I COULD BE
OF NO USE TO YOU.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE ?

OF COURSE I KNOW WHERE I AM !

YOU MUST LET ME
TAKE YOU AWAY FROM HERE.

IF YOU HAVE COME TO SAY
DISAGREEABLE THINGS
ABOUT MRS. HATCH--

IT IS PRECISELY
YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH HER THAT CONCERNS ME.

MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MRS. HATCH
IS ONE THAT I HAVE NO REASON
TO BE ASHAMED OF.

SHE HAS HELPED ME EARN A LIVING
WHEN MY OLD FRIENDS WERE
QUITE CONTENT TO SEE ME STARVE !

NONSENSE. STARVATION
IS NOT THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE.

I HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT
YOUR AUNT'S LEGACY COULD
MAKE YOU MODESTLY INDEPENDENT.

WELL, WHAT YOU DON'T
HAPPEN TO KNOW...

IS THAT I OWE EVERY PENNY
OF THAT LEGACY.

GOOD GOD.
EVERY PENNY.

AND MORE BESIDES.

I HAVE NO MONEY
EXCEPT MY SMALL INCOME,

AND I NEED TO EARN MONEY
IN ORDER TO KEEP MYSELF ALIVE.

I SHOULD BE HAPPIER
TO SEE YOU OUT OF
THIS PARTICULAR EMPLOYMENT.

BUT I SHOULD NOT.

I SIMPLY WISH TO POINT OUT
TO YOU THE FALSE POSITION
YOU HAVE PLACED YOURSELF IN.

I SUPPOSE BY THAT
YOU MEAN MY BEING ON
THE OUTSIDE OF SOCIETY.

BUT I HAVE LONG
BEEN EXCLUDED FROM IT.

I REMEMBER YOUR ONCE
TELLING ME THAT IT WAS
ONLY THOSE ON THE INSIDE...

WHO TOOK THE DIFFERENCE
SERIOUSLY.

THE QUESTION IS, MRS. HATCH'S
DESIRE TO BE INSIDE MAY PUT YOU
IN THE POSITION I CALL FALSE.

YOU CANNOT WANT THIS !

YOU ALREADY TOLD ME...

THAT THE SOLE OBJECT
OF MY UPBRINGING WAS
TO TEACH ME TO GET WHAT I WANT.

NOW, WHY NOT ASSUME THAT THAT IS
PRECISELY WHAT I AM DOING NOW ?

I HAVE NEVER THOUGHT OF YOU
AS A SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLE
OF THAT KIND OF UPBRINGING.

WELL, GIVE ME
A LITTLE MORE TIME.

I MAY STILL DO CREDIT
TO MY TRAINING.

THAT WAS UNDIGNIFIED.

WHERE DOES DIGNITY END
AND RECTITUDE BEGIN ?

GOOD DAY, MISS BART.

GOOD DAY, MR. SELDEN.

[ Voices Overlapping ]

[ Women Chattering ]

[ Woman's Voice ]
IT'LL BE READY RIGHT OFF.

SHE ASKED ME
TO ALTER THE VIROT HAT.

SHE'S TALL, SLIGHT,
AND HER HAIR'S FRIZZED OUT.

IT'LL BE READY RIGHT OFF.

SHE ASKED ME
TO ALTER THE VIROT HAT.

[ Voices Overlapping ]

TO ALTER THAT VIROT HAT.

SHE'S TALL, SLIGHT,
AND HER HAIR'S FRIZZED OUT.

[ Voices Overlapping ]

THAT VIROT HAT.
SHE'S TALL, SLIGHT,
AND HER HAIR'S FRIZZED OUT.

[ Chattering ]

[ Woman's Voice ]
IT'LL BE READY RIGHT OFF.

SHE ASKED ME
TO ALTER THE VIROT HAT.

SHE'S TALL, SLIGHT,
AND HER HAIR'S FRIZZED OUT.

[ Woman ]
SHE GOT FIVE DOLLARS
AND HER PICTURE IN THE PAPER.

[ Woman #2 ]
THE HAT ? NO,
SHE GOT THAT YESTERDAY.

THE ONE WITH THE GREEN PARADISE.
IT'LL BE READY RIGHT OFF.

MADAME ASKED ME
TO ALTER THAT VIROT HAT.

YOU KNOW, SHE'S TALL, SLIGHT,
BUT HER HAIR'S ALL FRIZZED OUT.

[ Woman ]
A LOT LIKE MARY LEACH.
[ Women Laugh ]

ONLY THINNER.

[ Women Chattering, Laughing ]

MISS BART.

LOOK AT THESE SPANGLES. EVERY
ONE OF 'EM SEWED ON CROOKED.

I'M SORRY.
I'M AFRAID I'M NOT WELL.

IF YOU CAN'T DO BETTER, I'LL
GIVE THE HAT TO MISS KILROY.

GO BACK TO BINDING EDGES.

[ Women Laughing ]

[ Bell Ringing ]

[ Woman ]
MISS BART.

GOOD NIGHT.
[ Chattering ]

MISS BART, I MUST DRAW
YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FACT...

THAT YOUR WORK IS POOR
AND YOUR ATTENDANCE IRREGULAR.

MISS HAINES IS RIGHT.

I AM CLUMSY AND SLOW TO LEARN.

I HAVE BEEN INDISPOSED LATELY,
BUT I WILL TRY TO IMPROVE.

IT'S TOO LATE FOR THAT.

I TOOK YOU ON
AS AN UNTRAINED APPRENTICE
AS A FAVOR TO MRS. FISHER...

BUT AGAINST
MY BETTER JUDGMENT.

AS THE SEASON IS NEARLY OVER,
I'M AFRAID THAT I WILL HAVE
TO DISPENSE WITH YOUR SERVICES.

I TRUST YOU'LL FIND A POSITION
MORE SUITED TO YOUR SKILLS.

THANK YOU.

[ Door Opens ]

HOW ARE YOU, GRACE ?

HER MEMORY IS EVERYWHERE.

THE WHOLE HOUSE.

AND YOU, LILY ?

HOW ARE YOU ?

YOU LOOK DREADFULLY TIRED.

I DON'T SLEEP AT NIGHT.

SINCE WHEN ?

I DON'T--

I CAN'T REMEMBER.

THERE ARE OTHER WORRIES.

DREADFUL THINGS.

WHAT THINGS ?

POVERTY.

I CAN'T THINK OF
ANYTHING WORSE, CAN YOU ?

I CAN'T GO ON THIS WAY
MUCH LONGER.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHEN THE LEGACIES WILL BE PAID ?

NO, LILY.

NO ONE HAS RECEIVED THEM YET.

NOT EVEN ME.

THE TRUTH IS,
I NEED MONEY, GRACE.

WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO LEND ME
THE AMOUNT OF MY LEGACY ?

YOU MUST BE PATIENT.

REMEMBER HOW BEAUTIFULLY PATIENT
AUNT JULIA ALWAYS WAS ?

BUT YOU WILL GET
EVERYTHING, GRACE.

IT WOULD BE SO EASY
FOR YOU TO BORROW TEN TIMES
THE AMOUNT I AM ASKING FOR.

"BORROW" ?

I AM AT THE END
OF MY TETHER !

YOU IMAGINE FOR A MOMENT
THAT I WOULD RAISE MONEY...

UPON MY EXPECTATIONS
FROM AUNT JULIA ?

WHY, LILY,
IF YOU MUST KNOW THE TRUTH,

IT WAS THE IDEA OF
YOUR BEING IN DEBT THAT
BROUGHT ON HER LAST ILLNESS.

YOU WON'T HELP ME THEN ?

IF THERE IS ANYTHING
I CAN DO TO MAKE YOU REALIZE
THE FOLLY OF YOUR COURSE...

AND HOW DEEPLY
SHE DISAPPROVED OF IT,

I SHALL FEEL IT IS
THE TRUEST WAY OF MAKING
UP TO YOU FOR HER LOSS.

THANK YOU, GRACE.

IT WAS GOOD OF YOU TO SEE ME.

GOOD-BYE.

[ Door Bell Jingles ]

CAN I HELP ?

MRS. HATCH ?

YES.

YOU MUSTN'T INCREASE
THE DOSE, MRS. HATCH.

OF COURSE NOT.

MISS LILY ?

WHAT'S THE MATTER ?
AH, I'M A LITTLE TIRED.

IT'S NOTHING.

[ Moans ]

STAY WITH ME
A MOMENT, PLEASE.

[ Train Passing ]

WE CAN'T STAY HERE.

LET ME TAKE YOU TO
THE LONGWORTH FOR SOME TEA.

HMM.

TAKE YOUR TEA STRONG.

I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN AGES.

I-- I WONDERED
WHAT HAD BECOME OF YOU.

I HAVE JOINED
THE WORKING CLASSES.

I WAS TRYING TO LEARN
TO BECOME A MILLINER.

YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS.
PERFECTLY SERIOUS.

I UNDERSTOOD THAT
YOU WERE WITH MRS. HATCH.

SHE DISMISSED ME
TWO MONTHS AGO.

AFTER SHE HAD
GOTTEN INTO SOCIETY,

IT SEEMS MY REPUTATION
HAD BECOME A SOCIAL LIABILITY.

SINCE THEN, I HAVE BEEN
OBLIGED TO WORK FOR MY LIVING.

WELL, THAT WASN'T
FOR YOU ANYHOW.

- I MUST GO.
- NO, NO, NO.
REST A LITTLE LONGER.

WHAT ON EARTH DID YOU MEAN
WHEN YOU SAID YOU WERE LEARNING
TO BECOME A MILLINER ?

JUST WHAT I SAID.

I AM AN APPRENTICE
AT MADAME REGINA'S.

I WAS AN APPRENTICE
AT MADAME REGINA'S.

BUT I UNDERSTOOD THAT
YOU HAD RECEIVED A LEGACY
FROM YOUR AUNT.

TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.

BUT IT ISN'T PAID UNTIL SPRING,
AND, ANYWAY, I OWE IT ALREADY.

- THE WHOLE 10,000 ?
- EVERY PENNY.

I THINK GUS TRENOR SPOKE TO YOU
ONCE ABOUT HAVING MADE ME
SOME MONEY IN STOCKS.

HE MADE ME ABOUT $9,000.

I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT BUSINESS.

I... THOUGHT THAT
HE HAD INVESTED MY OWN MONEY.

IN FACT, WHAT HE HAD MADE
HE HAD GIVEN ME.

IT WAS MEANT IN KINDNESS,

BUT IT WAS NOT
THE SORT OF OBLIGATION
I COULD REMAIN UNDER.

I WAS INCREDIBLY STUPID.

I SPENT THE MONEY
BEFORE I REALIZED MY MISTAKE.

AND SO MY AUNT'S LEGACY
MUST GO TO PAY IT BACK.

THAT IS WHY--

THAT IS WHY I MUST NOW WORK.

THAT WILL CLEAN YOU OUT
ALTOGETHER.

ALTOGETHER. YES.

MISS LILY, IF YOU
WANT MY BACKING, I--

THANK YOU.

YOUR TEA HAS BEEN
A TREMENDOUS BACKING.

I FEEL EQUAL TO ANYTHING NOW.

SURELY THIS ISN'T THE PLACE.

YES. I HAVE
ROOM AND BOARD HERE.

I HAVE LIVED TOO LONG
ON MY FRIENDS.

YOU CAN'T GO ON LIVING HERE.

I HAVE GONE OVER
MY EXPENSES VERY CAREFULLY,

AND I RATHER THINK THAT
I SHALL BE ABLE TO MANAGE IT.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEAN.

IT IS WHAT I MEAN.

I SHALL BE OUT OF WORK NOW.

WHAT A WAY FOR YOU TO TALK.

YOU IN A PLACE LIKE THIS.

MY SITUATION
IS NOTHING EXCEPTIONAL.

BUT YOU ARE.

IT'S AN OUTRAGE.

LOOK HERE.
IT'S NONE OF MY BUSINESS,

BUT YOU MUST ACCEPT HELP
FROM SOMEBODY.

YOU SPOKE TO ME OF YOUR DEBT
TO GUS TRENOR.

I'LL LEND YOU THE MONEY
TO PAY HIM. LET ME FINISH.

IT'LL BE PURELY
A BUSINESS ARRANGEMENT.

HOW CAN YOU HAVE
ANYTHING AGAINST THAT ?

ONLY THIS.

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT
GUS TRENOR PROPOSED.

ONCE THE DEBT IS PAID,
I SHALL HAVE NO SECURITY.

I HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED ONCE.
I CANNOT BE SO AGAIN.

I AM VERY GRATEFUL
FOR YOUR KINDNESS,

BUT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE.

YOU MUST SEE THAT.

WE MUST TRY TO THINK
OF YOUR FUTURE.

IF YOU ONLY KNEW
WHAT LITTLE DIFFERENCE
THAT MAKES NOW.

AT LEAST LET ME TELL SELDEN
WHERE YOU'RE LIVING.

IT WILL DO NO GOOD.
PLEASE.

VERY WELL.
YOU MAY TELL HIM IF YOU WISH.

IF ONLY YOU WOULD
LET ME HELP YOU,

YOU COULD WIPE
YOUR FEET ON THEM.

[ Door Opens ]

[ Door Closes ]

[ Footsteps ]

? [ Woman Vocalizing ]
[ Footsteps On Stairs ]

[ Rosedale's Voice ]
WHY DON'T YOU USE THE LETTERS ?

IT WOULD BE SO SIMPLE.

? [ Vocalizing Continues ]

IT IS SO SIMPLE.

? [ Woman Singing In Foreign
Language On Phonograph ]

[ Children Chattering ]
[ Dog Barking ]

[ Thudding ]

[ Chattering ]

[ Child ]
I TOLD YOU
THEY'RE NOT HOME RIGHT NOW.

[ Chattering Continues ]

[ Man ]
HERE TODAY I WILL TELL YOU
ABOUT THE PLIGHT...

OF THE POOR PEOPLE
OF RUSSIA UNDER THE TSAR !

[ Shouting, Cheering ]

[ Bell Ringing ]

WOULD YOU PLEASE
INFORM MRS. DORSET...

THAT MISS LILY BART
WISHES TO SPEAK WITH HER ?

MRS. DORSET IS NOT
AT HOME, MISS BART.

THEN I SHOULD LIKE
TO SPEAK WITH MR. DORSET.

I'M SORRY, MISS BART,
BUT MR. AND MRS. DORSET LEFT
FOR THE COUNTRY TWO DAYS AGO.

OH.

SHALL I TAKE A MESSAGE ?

NO. NO MESSAGE.

[ Thunder Rumbling ]

[ Thunder Rumbling ]

I CAN RECOMMEND
THE ARMCHAIR.

I CAME TO SAY THAT I AM SORRY
FOR THE WAY WE PARTED.

FOR WHAT I SAID TO YOU
THAT DAY AT MRS. HATCH'S.

I WAS SORRY TOO.

YOU LOOK TIRED.

DO SIT DOWN.

WHY, YOU'RE DRENCHED.
LET ME MAKE YOU SOME TEA.

NO. I MUST GO
IN A MOMENT.

I MUST GO.

I MAY NOT SEE YOU AGAIN
FOR A LONG TIME.

AND I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT I
HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN THE THINGS
YOU SAID TO ME AT BELLOMONT.

THAT THEY HAVE HELPED KEEP ME
FROM BECOMING THE PERSON THAT
MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT ME TO BE.

I'M GLAD.

BUT NOTHING I HAVE SAID HAS
REALLY MADE THE DIFFERENCE.

THE DIFFERENCE IS IN YOURSELF.

NO, DON'T SAY THAT.

THAT IS ALL THAT
I HAVE LIVED ON.

DON'T TAKE THAT FROM ME.

WE RESIST
THE GREAT TEMPTATIONS,

BUT IT IS THE LITTLE ONES
THAT EVENTUALLY PULL US DOWN.

I REMEMBER YOUR SAYING
THAT SUCH A LIFE
COULD NEVER SATISFY ME,

AND I WAS ASHAMED
TO ADMIT THAT IT COULD.

THAT IS WHAT I WANTED
TO THANK YOU FOR.

I HAVE TRIED !

I HAVE TRIED HARD !

BUT LIFE IS DIFFICULT,

AND I AM A USELESS PERSON.

AND NOW I AM
ON THE RUBBISH HEAP.

[ Sobs ]

LILY, CAN I HELP YOU ?

YOU TOLD ME ONCE THAT YOU COULD
HELP ME ONLY BY LOVING ME.

WELL, YOU DID LOVE ME
FOR A MOMENT,

AND IT HELPED ME.

BUT THAT MOMENT IS GONE,

AND I LET IT GO,

AND ONE MUST GO ON LIVING.

[ Sobbing ]

LILY, YOU MUSTN'T
SPEAK THIS WAY.

THINGS MAY CHANGE, BUT...

YOU COULD NEVER
GO OUT OF MY LIFE.

LET US BE FRIENDS.

THEN I SHALL FEEL SAFE...

WHATEVER HAPPENS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN ?
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ?

NOTHING. NOTHING
IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

BUT I SHOULD
LIKE SOME TEA NOW.

[ Clock Ticking ]

GOOD-BYE, LAWRENCE.

[ Footsteps Approaching ]
[ Knocking ]

TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.

TEN... THOUSAND DOLLARS.

[ Paper Rustles ]

OH, LILY !

[ Knocking ]

LILY--

MISS BART ?

[ Woman ]
IT'S A GREAT MERCY.

MAY I--
MAY I SEE HER ALONE ?

WILL IT TAKE LONG ?
IT WON'T TAKE LONG.

OH.

LILY.

OH, LILY.

I LOVE YOU.