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Edward, is Captain James going
into the city this morning?

- Yes, Mrs. Bridges.
- Oh.

Well, he'll want
his breakfast prompt, then.

[ Sobbing ]

Ruby, turn that toast.

You know the master
doesn't like it too well done.

Yes, Mrs. Bridges.

And for goodness' sake,
stop snivelling.

Have you cleared away
our breakfast things yet?

No, Mrs. Bridges.

- I always do that after --
- well, go and do it now.

- Go on.
-[ Sobbing ]

[Sobbing resumes]

That girl.

Carrying on like that.

Anybody'd think...

I don't suppose she exchanged

more than two dozen words
with her ladyship

in the whole of her life.

[ Sobs ]

Toast's burning.

Oh, Rose!

Oh, Rose.
Oh. Oh!

Is there any more news,
Mr. Hudson?

Not since the shipping company

telephoned last night,
Mrs. Bridges.

We must presume
that they've perished.

- Good morning, Miss Forrest.
- Good morning, Mr. Bellamy.

I found those papers
that Lord Londonderry sent.

I put them on the table.

Yes, I-l was
just returning them.

Do you want --

No, I'll add a personal note
at the end.

Yes, sir.

- Are all these letters for me?
- Yes.

I wondered if you would like me

to have some printed
cards of acknowledgment made.

Acknowledgment?
- Of the letters.

Most certainly not.

I shall
answer them all personally.

Then perhaps I should order
some black-edged stationery?

Yes, I suppose so.

Thank you.

Father.

- Good morning, Miss Forrest.
- Good morning, Captain Bellamy.

I'm off now, Father.

Are you sure you won't join me
for lunch in the city?

No, I think I'll have lunch
at my club.

All right.

Will you be home
for dinner, sir?

-Is my father dining at home?
- I believe so, sir.

The master has not said anything
to the contrary.

- Then I will too.
- Very good, sir.

The publishers want an index.

I thought that was
their responsibility.

Well, would you like me
to make out a list of subjects

in alphabetical order?

And then you could see

if it's covered
the most important points.

Yes.
Very well.

About the appendixes...

Appendices.

The plural of appendix
is appendices.

Yes.

Well, you did say
you would decide

which of the correspondence
would go in

as -- as an appendix.

RICHARD: what?

Perhaps you'd rather not be
bothered with that just now.

No, it's got to be done.

I want the book out
as soon as possible,

as a tribute...

I want the book published
as soon as possible.

[ Grunts ]
Here you are, Rose.

- Thank you, Edward.
- Cor.

Contraption. I'd just as soon
use a dustpan and brush.

[Knock on door]

All right, I'll manage.

Marconigram.

Oh. Thanks.

Can you wait?

Marconigram, Mr. Hudson.
For the master.

Here, Rose,
do you think that could be...

RICHARD: ...the conversation
between Lord Southwold

and Mr. Chamberlain --

HUDSON: Excuse me, sir.
It's a marconigram for you.

It's from the white Star Line.

"We regret to confirm

Lady Marjorie Bellamy and
Maude Roberts unaccounted for.

Presumed...

Presumed drowned."

Well...

At least we know now.

See, what I can't understand is,

how a great big ship like that
could go down.

Not just hitting
a little iceberg.

It was not
a little iceberg, Rose.

From all accounts, it was
nearly as tall as the ship.

Well, what I meaned is,
it seems so...

I mean, we build the biggest
ship in the world,

and we say, "It's so big

there isn't anything
can make it go down,"

and then along comes
this iceberg.

I believe it was
the captain who said,

"Even God himself
could not sink this ship."

Tempting providence.

Indeed it was, Mrs. Bridges.

Rose.

Perhaps it may serve
to remind us

that we live
in a transitory world

and that in human affairs
nothing is certain.

ROSE:
Thank you, Mrs. Bridges.

What's this?

More tea, please, Mrs. Bridges.

- You've had two already.
- well, Rose has had three.

Two cups
is quite enough for you.

You keep your place, my girl.

Have you heard about
the marconigram, sir?

Yes.

Is my father back yet, Edward?

No, sir.
Not yet.

[ Typing ]

Oh.

- You're still here.
- I've nearly finished.

It must be dreadfully annoying
for you to hear me tapping away.

No.
No, no, I like it.

The house is so empty.

Yes.

Would you do me a favour?

Well?

Have a glass of sherry with me
before you go?

- Oh, no, really, thank you.
- Please.

I mustn't stay long.

Oh, for goodness' sake,

leave that beastly typewriting
machine and come here.

Don't call it
a beastly typewriting machine.

It's my good friend.
It makes me independent.

Oh, excuse me, sir.

Do you know what time
the master will be in?

No.

He said he was going
to the House of Commons

and then dining out.

JAMES: Dining out?

Mr. Bellamy informed you, miss,
that he would be dining out?

Yes, when he telephoned.

If you'd only mentioned it
to me, miss,

I could have told Mrs. Bridges,

and she could have modified
her plans for dinner.

I'm sorry.
I thought...

I thought you knew.

Oh, dear.

You see, he didn't telephone
about that at all.

It was something
about the index.

And he just mentioned
that he was

dining with Lady Marjorie's aunt
to break the news to her

and he wouldn't be home
before I left.

If I'd thought Hudson
didn't know, I --

Don't worry about Hudson.

He's -- He's always
getting miffed about something.

Yes.

I suppose they must all be
very upset and unsettled.

Yes, I suppose so.

But I've made
fillets de veau Talleyrand,

the master's favourite.

I made it specially
to tempt his appetite.

I do think
he might have let us know.

It seems the master did inform
Miss Forrest, Mrs. Bridges,

but she didn't think
to mention it.

Well...

She's not stopping to dinner,
I suppose.

Perhaps she's got her eye
on my best fillets de veau.

To the best of my belief,
Mrs. Bridges,

Miss Forrest is not staying.

How comes this, then?

What's she doing drinking sherry
with Captain James?

Tell me, do you parents approve
of your working?

Well, since you ask me...

Which you think I shouldn't.

I think they would prefer
that I just lived at home.

But you think a woman
should be free.

Not free, no.
I mean --

Well, everyone has obligations,

but the obligations
should be reasonable.

And living at home isn't?

Have you ever lived
in Wimbledon?

[Laughing ] No.

No, I haven't.

Washing mother's best china
for her "at home" days

and turning father's
shirt collars and cuffs

and cutting sandwiches
for the tennis-club teas.

Oh, it -- it was all right
when I was younger, but...

Now you prefer to be a...

...a typewriter.

At some point,
someone has got to decide

Whether the typewriter
is the machine

or the woman who operates it.

You're very good
at avoiding questions.

Am I?

- More sherry?
- No. Thank you.

You still haven't answered.

I've forgotten
what you asked me.

Whether you always
wanted to be --

or work -- a typewriter.

Well, we all have to compromise,
you know?

My father, he wanted to be
a chartered accountant,

but he couldn't afford the
training and the examinations.

And what does he do?

Oh, he's an accountant
but not a chartered accountant.

He works for
a small shipping firm.

The Coastal Steamship Company.

He's been there 40 years.
Ever since he was 17.

Oh, it is frightening, really.

Frightening?

To have settled for so little.

He took the job because it would
bring in some money,

and, oh, it's gone on
bringing in some money,

but he's never gone beyond that.

Perhaps it's as well
not to be too ambitious.

My father's ambitious.

But being a parson's son,
he has a conscience as well.

And that makes things
difficult for him.

- what about you?
- Me?

Are you ambitious?

No, no.
I'm nothing much.

That's the trouble.

- Oh, I think...
- Hmm?

I think you're sweet-natured.

Oh, I assure you
I'm no such thing.

Does that mean you like me?

I...

I think I've answered

quite enough questions
for one evening.

Good night.

Thank you
for keeping me company, Hazel.

Hazel?

Yes, Mother.

I was just beginning
to get worried.

[Bell rings]

Where have you been?

Is that strong liquor I smell?

I, uh...
l-l had a sherry before I left.

- with your employer?
- No.

That wasn't very wise, was it?

No, not with Mr. Bellamy.

With Captain Bellamy, his son.

MRS. FORREST:
Hazel, I don't think

you should see too much of him.

You can't be too careful
in your position.

Well, you'd better get ready
for dinner, dear.

I told Elsie to bring it in
as soon as I rang.

I am sorry I'm late.

There's an account here of
the Titanic inquiry in America.

Yes, Father's been
reading to me about it.

Do you know they hadn't
enough lifeboats for everybody?

I think that's dreadful.

My dear,
it's a matter of economics.

Lifeboats take up
a lot of deck space.

If they had lifeboats
for everyone on board,

there wouldn't be any room
on deck

for the first-class passengers.

No, dear.
I suppose not.

MR. FORREST: They couldn't carry
the steerage passengers

at the low rates they do

unless the
first-class passengers

were prepared
to pay luxury prices.

And you can't expect them to do
that without luxury conditions.

It's all a matter of money.

-[ Clinking ]
- There's the soup.

All right, Elsie.
I'm coming.

Well, dear.
Come along.

I've no wish to intrude,

but it occurred to me that you'd
need to consider your position.

RICHARD: I hadn't really
thought about it.

GEOFFREY:
I think you should.

You're familiar, of course,

with the terms
of Lady Marjorie's will,

which were, to a large extent,

conditioned by the terms
of the marriage settlement.

Yes.

But I wonder
if you're fully aware

of the consequences
of its provisions.

The main source of income
for yourself and your late wife

has been the interest
on the £100,000

of the marriage settlement.

That, of course,
was tied to the children

and is now inherited
by James and Elizabeth

in equal parts of £50,000.

Yes, of course.

Your own personal income
is not large.

I'm aware of that, Geoffrey.

Hardly enough to maintain
this household as it should be.

No.

I am afraid
the inevitable result

of marrying
into one of the great families

is that one tends to...

Live beyond one's means.

Yes, it was very stupid of me
not to have considered.

You see, I never thought of it
as her money or my money.

We always planned
our expenditure together,

according to our joint means.

Naturally so.

In any ordinary marriage,

the husband and wife
sink or swim together.

I am so sorry.
Do forgive me.

I wish to God we had.

- we are talking about money.
- Yes.

Well, it seems I shall have to
consider my future.

Will you continue in politics?

I don't know if I can afford to.

At least if I do, I shall be
able to follow my own conscience

Without being hampered
by considerations

of Lady Southwold's patronage.

Well...

I must be on my way.

Yes.

Of course, the lease
of this house will be yours.

It was made over to you
and Lady Marjorie

under a deed of gift,

so, naturally,
it will now belong to you.

So if things do get difficult,

you can always sell the house,
get rid of your servants,

and rent a flat somewhere.

So don't be too downhearted,
old chap.

Goodbye to you.

There have been
several matters lately

in which I found myself
agreeing with the government

and differing
with my own party --

the Parliament Act, home rule.

Well, you wouldn't
cross the floor.

I've thought about it.

Father, you couldn't possibly.

It'll put you in the company
of the hooligans --

people like winston Churchill,

who are simply out
for their own ends.

I know a lot of people
dislike winston.

He's a cad,
apart from anything else.

But at least he has
the courage of his convictions.

Don't you think
you owe something

to the people who elected you?

And to the family.

I haven't decided anything yet.

I just felt I ought to warn you

that with the third reading of
the Home Rule Bill coming up...

You're not gonna vote
with the Liberals?

Yes.
I probably shall.

Well, I hardly think that Mother
would have liked that.

HAZEL:
Good morning.

It's Mr. Stallinbrass.

Oh, drat!

Come for his money,
and I haven't got it.

- Come in, Mr. Stallinbrass.
- Morning, Mrs. Bridges.

Good morning, Mr. Stallinbrass.

Um...

I have your book here.

I didn't like to bother
the master with it last week.

We've had a tragedy
in this house, you know?

Yes, indeed.
Very sad.

You've my condolences.
She was such a fine lady.

She was indeed, yes.

Well, I'll have your money

ready for you tomorrow,
Mr. Stallinbrass,

and send it 'round.

Ruby can take it.
Give her something to do.

No hurry, Mrs. Bridges.
No hurry at all.

How were the chump chops?

- Oh, they ate lovely.
- Ah.

Now, what can
I send you 'round today?

Well, the master and Mr. James
is going to be out.

But if you had a nice bit
of brisket,

we could have braised beef
for our dinner tomorrow.

Nice piece of brisket.
About six pounds.

Yeah.
Oh, well, not too big.

Four pounds will be all right.

Four -- Four to five pounds.
Right.

Now, how about some nice pork
chops for your supper tonight?

Ooh.

Got to keep your strength up,
you know, in these sad times.

Oh, all right, Mr. Stallinbrass.

Five nice pork chops.

- Five pork chops.
- Not too fat, mind.

Not too fat it is.

- Good day, Mrs. Bridges.
- Good day, Mr. Stallinbrass.

Ruby.

No, I must write that out
in longhand.

Yes, sir.

Oh, excuse me, sir.

You asked to see Mrs. Bridges'
housekeeping books.

Oh, yes, Hudson.
Put them on the desk, will you?

- I'll attend to them later.
- Very good, sir.

Oh, Mrs. Bridges,
just look at this sheet.

Captain James must have
put his foot right through it.

I'll have to put on a new one.

You'll have to do that
sides to middle.

You don't know when
Miss Thorpe's coming, do you?

There's an awful lot
of sewing up there.

Her ladyship usually writes...

Used to write to her
when she wanted her.

Yes.

Oh, I'm gonna put it
in the ragbag.

I hate sleeping on
sides-to-middle sheets.

- Oh, Mrs. Bridges?
- Yes?

You're getting ever so short
on lump sugar and tea.

Oh. All right.

I'll ask Mr. Hudson to get
the key of the big storecupboard

from the master.

There.

Miss Forrest?

Would you please type that
and send it to The Times?

Yes, Mr. Bellamy.

Oh, Lady Southwold

wanted a memorial service
in westminster Abbey,

but I'm sure my wife would have
preferred her own parish church.

Oh. These letters can have
the card of acknowledgment.

Very well.

These, I'm afraid,
I must answer with my own hand.

Lady Marjorie
must have been greatly loved.

Yes.

Yes.

Oh, good heavens,
is that the time?

I must fly.
I have a meeting at the House.

Yes.

It's an important day today,
isn't it?

The third reading
of the Home Rule Bill.

Are you interested in politics?

Only since I've been working
for a member of Parliament.

- You know, I --
- Yes?

Doesn't matter.

You're very cautious,
Miss Forrest.

I don't mean to be.

What were you going to say?

It's just that I never realized
that members of Parliament

were, well, real people before.

Well, if by "real"
you mean "fallible,"

I'm afraid
We're a great deal too real.

Especially when confronted
with a problem like Ireland.

Will you vote for home rule?

Oh, yes, I think so.

My father says that if there was
an Irish parliament,

the Catholics would treat
the Protestants unjustly

and bring in laws
which were unfair to them.

Just as in the past we have
treated the Catholics unjustly.

Yes.
I suppose so.

Strange,
the capacity of human beings

to make each other unhappy
when there is

so much inescapable misery
in the world.

Yes.

Very strange.

Miss Forrest,

I'm very grateful for
all you've done these past days.

It's meant a great deal to me.

Thank you, Mr. Bellamy.

I wonder,
would you do me a favour?

The tradesmen's books
are on the desk.

Would you see Mrs. Bridges

and give her the money
to settle them?

Well --

There's a cashbox in the
right-hand drawer of the desk.

I have the key here.

And I shan't be back again
until late tonight.

Thank you very much.

[Bell rings]

[ Door opens ]

You rang, miss?

Yes.

Mr. Bellamy will be out to lunch
and to dinner.

So I understand, miss.

The master did mention

that he would be taking luncheon
at the House

and would be dining there
as well.

Mr. Hudson?

Yes, miss?

I wonder,
would you ask Mrs. Bridges

to come up, please?

Mrs. Bridges?

Yes.

Mr. Bellamy asked me to see her
about the tradesman's books.

Perhaps you would like me to
give the money to Mrs. Bridges

so that she can settle
the accounts.

No, thank you.

I think I would prefer
to see her myself.

Very well, miss.

There seems to be a mistake
in the addition here.

Oh?

The bills seem higher
this week and last than bef--

Well...

Chump chops.
They are expensive.

Lady Marjorie never grudged

good-quality meat
for the kitchen.

No, of course not.
I'd...

Well...

£5 will cover it?

Oh, yes.

[Coins clinking]

There, Mrs. Bridges.

And perhaps you could let me
have the change in a day or two.

If I might have the key of
the large storecupboard, miss.

Storecupboard?

I'm getting low
on tea and sugar.

I also want some tinned salmon.

I think the master
keeps the key in there now.

Perhaps you'd like me
to come down with you --

That will not be necessary.

I know you have your work to do.

I will get the stores out and
return the key to the master.

Perhaps you could return it
to me.

Mr. Bellamy won't be back
till very late tonight.

Cheek!

"I'd better take the things
out of the storecupboard.

I don't trust you,
Mrs. Bridges."

She never said that, did she?

She implied it.

Oh, Rose, I shall want
some more demerara sugar.

Oh, that is, of course,
if miss has no objection.

Ooh!

Going through my books.

"This is too expensive.
That's too expensive."

Perhaps she'd like to
pay our wages

and out a few shillings
off them.

Well, I don't think the master
should have asked her.

It's not right.

Putting her
in Lady Marjorie's place.

Now, Rose,
it's not for us to criticize.

I'm sure we all
want to make things

as easy as we can for the master
in this sad time.

Oh, I think Miss Forrest
is trying to take over,

and I don't think it's right.

- Have you had your dinner?
- Yes, thank you, Mother.

It's really not fair, you know,

expecting Elsie to keep
your dinner hot every night.

Mother, it was only twice.

- Three times.
-[ Thunder rumbles]

Why were you late tonight?

I had to help Mr. Bellamy

with the letter of condolences
for Lady Marjorie's death.

And then the arrangements
for the memorial service.

And, oh, one or two
household things.

Household?

Do you mean to say you've been
working in the house?

Oh, no, Mother.
Nothing like that.

It's just there were
the tradesman's books to see to

and one or two accounts
in the desk

I thought ought to be settled.

But that wasn't what you were
employed for, dear, was it?

Well, no.

I think you should be careful
in your situation.

I mean, a young woman
going out to strange houses,

doing typewriting
for anyone who asks her.

Well, I never liked it.

Never.

I know how these aristocratic
families take advantage.

You don't have to be unpleasant
about it.

Just say,
very calmly and firmly,

"I'm sorry, but that wasn't
what I was engaged for."

They'll think
all the more of you.

Of course they will.

Otherwise, they'll just
encroach and encroach.

And before you know
Where you are,

you'll be scrubbing
the kitchen floor.

Oh, Mother.
It isn't like that.

Lady Marjorie has died
very suddenly,

and the household --

And you can't
take her place, dear.

And you shouldn't try.

[Rain falling]

[Thunder rumbling]

I remember the first time
that ever she spoke to me.

It was at Southwold.

She was out riding.

My father
was opening the gate to her,

and I went out to help him.

Can't have been more than 5.

She leant down from her horse
and said,

"You must be little Rose."

And I remember that
clear as anything.

I mind well my first meeting
with her ladyship,

when I was a raw young lad
from Scotland.

She was no older than I was,

and I was able to do her
some slight service.

She'd got her dress muddy
when Lady Southwold had guests,

and I helped her
to get up by the back stairs

before anyone saw her.

She said to me, "You must be
the new footman."

I forgot myself, and I said,
"Aye, I am that,"

Whereas what I should have said
was, "Yes, my lady."

She smiled and said,

"I hope you're not
too homesick for Scotland."

Ah, there's not many
young ladies of her age

that would have considered
the feelings of a servant.

I always think of her
as she looked

when I first saw her when
she come here as a young bride.

She had on a pink hat
with feathers in it.

When she and the master
came here after their honeymoon.

Mr. Hudson had us all lined up
in the hall.

Do you remember, Mr. Hudson?

Aye. I do.

And said, "May I make so bold

as to wish your ladyship
and the master

every happiness
in your new home."

And her ladyship said,

"I hope you will all think of it
as your home too.

I'm sure
We're all going to be...

...very happy here."

[ Sobbing ]

[Doorbell rings]

Ruby, see who that is.

Who on earth can that be
at this hour?

Edward, you better go with her.

Yes, Mr. Hudson.

RUBY: Aah!

Miss Roberts!

[Thunder crashes]

[ Door opens ]

You decided to vote
with the government.

Yes, James.
I had to follow my conscience.

Your mother
would have understood that.

I'm sorry.

No. No, no, no.
It's I who should apologize.

I should never have said
what I did.

You heard about Roberts?

Yes. Yes, Edward told me.
Why wasn't she on the list?

She was picked up
by the Carpathia

in a state of shock, and they
couldn't discover her name.

Where's she been?

They put her in a hospital
in New York.

When she was well enough,

she begged
to be sent back to England.

She made her way straight off
the ship and then came here.

Poor woman.

I suppose this is
the only home she's got.

What will you do with her?

I've no idea. I've got to
see her this morning.

Well, at least we shall know
a bit more.

Yes.

And there was this great noise,

like a thousand trains
letting off steam.

I said, "My lady, they say
we ought to go on deck."

And her ladyship said,

"No, no, it's much too cold
on deck, Roberts.

I'm going to sit
in the gymnasium."

Then the stewardess said,

"You've got to wear
your life belts."

And I said, "I don't want to
wear that nasty, bulky thing."

And her ladyship said,

"Yes, Roberts,
of course you must wear it.

Help me into mine,
then you put on yours."

Mrs. Bridges.

Shh! Be quiet.

Then her ladyship sat
with Lord Southwold

and the young Lady Southwold in
a wicker chair in the gymnasium.

It got very quiet.

Her ladyship said,

"Hugo, go and find out
what's happening

and see if we can
go back to bed."

And his lordship came back
and said,

"We've got to
get into the boats."

So we went out on deck.

Everyone was running about,

and there was
a little girl crying,

and her ladyship said, "What's
the matter, little girl?"

And the little girl said,
"I can't find my mother."

And her ladyship said,
"I'll help you to find her."

And her ladyship gave me
her jewel case and said,

"Keep this for me, Roberts."

Took hold of the little girl's
hand and went away.

I never saw her again.

[ Sobbing ]

Where is it?
W-W-Where is it?

Where is it?!
Where --

It's here, Miss Roberts.

We put it here
Whilst you had your tea.

I -- I want --
I want to hold it.

How did you come in to get
into a boat, Miss Roberts?

There was an officer
and two sailors, and they said,

"You've got to
get into the boats."

I said, "No, I must wait
for my lady,"

but they picked me up,
threw me into the boat,

lowered it into the water,
and rowed away.

Weren't more than 15 people
in the boat,

and I said, "No, we must go back
for my lady."

But they said, "No, if we go
near the ship when it goes down,

we'll go down too," and...

...they kept rowing away.

Couldn't you have made them
go back?

I tried to!
I tried to!

I said, "We must go back
for my lady!"

T-T-There was a lady in the boat
next to me, and she said,

"Are you mad, woman?
If we go back, we'll be killed."

S-She said to the sailors,
"Keep rowing,"

and they -- they kept
rowing away.

[ Sobbing ]

Did you see the Titanic: go down,
Miss Roberts?

There was a great roar,

-- like it was
a football ground, and...

...then there was a crash
and a lot of smoke.

Then there was...

Like it was a great black finger

pointing down
into the sea, and...

Then it went down
and took my lady with it.

[Sighs]

Mr. Bellamy asked me to make a
list of Lady Marjorie's jewellery.

I suppose they need it
for probate.

Yes.

I am sorry.

Hmm?

Well, it can't be very pleasant
for you to see someone going --

well, going through
her personal things.

It can't be.

I wanted to do it
when Miss Roberts wasn't here,

so I waited till she went
downstairs to have her tea.

Oh, no, don't worry.

I'd rather it was you
than anyone else.

Thank you.

She left lists, you know,
of everything she took with her

and what she left behind
and where it is.

It's as though she wanted
to make everything

as easy as possible
for everyone.

She always did.

I must go and change.

I'm going out to dinner.

I wish...

I wish I was having dinner
with you.

What are you doing here?

Oh, Miss Roberts.

Mr. Bellamy asked me to go
through Lady Marjorie's things.

That's my job.

Her things are mine.
I look after them.

Yes, of course.

There was a sable stole
on the list. Is this --

Give that to me.

Lord Southwold gave that
to her ladyship

for 25th anniversary.

Miss Roberts, I wonder --

ROBERTS:
What are you doing here?

You've got no business here
in my ladyship's room.

G-G-G-Go away.
Go away.

[Bells tolling]

Hazel, are you ready, dear?

Yes, Mother.

Well, did you speak
to Mr. Bellamy?

Hmm?

About him asking you to do
menial tasks.

You know, Mother,
I've learned something

since I've been working
at Eaton Place.

The people who live there
and the people who work there,

sometimes they're snobbish
and ridiculous.

But they do care
about each other.

I think that's more important
than standing on your rights.

We must hurry, Mother.

It's all right, my lady.

I'll look after your things
just as I promised I would.

This is your Ascot dress.

I'll hang it up again for you.

What do you want?

Just come to do the room,
Miss Roberts.

- Oh, go away.
- Here, I'll give you a hand.

No, don't touch it!

Nobody touches
my ladyship's things but me.

Nobody.
Go away! Go away!

Miss Forrest hasn't checked the
contents of the jewel case yet.

I think it should be put
in the bank as soon as possible.

And if you'd let me have
a list of the contents.

Yes, I'll see to that.

Oh, Hudson, would you fetch
her ladyship's jewel case here?

Yes, sir.

Would Sir Geoffrey care
for a glass of Madeira, sir?

Oh, no, thank you.
I can only stay a moment.

Sir.

I have some news which I thought
might please you.

- Oh. Sit down.
- Hmm.

Lady Southwold
has a number of shares

in a large tobacco company

of which Hugo Southwold
was on the board.

His directorship is now,
of course, vacant,

and she wondered
Whether you'd care to have it.

Well, that is a...

Lady Southwold
would make over to you

a substantial proportion
of her shares,

and in addition you'd receive
quite a handsome director's fee.

Well, that is very generous
of her.

Lady Southwold realizes
you might find yourself

in some financial embarrassment,
and she thought this might help.

It will indeed.

I have some papers here

which you might care to
glance through at your leisure.

And if I have your agreement
in principle,

I can draw up
the necessary documents,

and perhaps you'd call
at my office one day next week.

The income involved
should be more than enough

to take care
of the upkeep of this house.

Well, this is a great weight
off my mind.

Lady Southwold
was rather distressed

to hear that you voted
with the government last week.

She felt it reflected upon
the honour of the family

for one of its members --

I'm not exactly
a member of the family.

Oh, come, Richard.

If were not a member
of the family,

Lady Southwold would hardly

be offering you
financial assistance.

Let's get this clear --

Is it a condition of these
shares and this directorship

that I should always vote
with the Conservative Party?

Well, if you wish to put into
words something which I --

I do.

Then I must say
that a certain loyalty

is customary in such cases.

Then I'm afraid I must refuse.

I think you should take longer
to consider this.

After all, it would make you
financially independent.

Yes, but not politically.

Well, you could
remain in politics

and use your influence
as you thought right,

as long as you voted
with the party.

After all, this situation
might never happen again.

A member of Parliament's vote

is his only
independent source of power.

He should never surrender it
to anyone,

least of all his mother-in-law.

Please tell Lady Southwold

I'm very grateful
for her kind offer,

but the terms are unacceptable.

[ Door opens ]

And you'll let me have a list
of that jewellery tomorrow?

Yes.
Edward, where's Hudson?

Upstairs, I think, sir.

Well, would you like to wait
until we --

No, no, no.
If you'll just post it to me.

Yes, very well.

[ Door closes]

[indistinct talking, shouting]

Hudson?

Edward,
what's this disturbance here?

Hudson, what is going on
up there?

I'm sorry, sir.
It's Miss Roberts.

We're having trouble.

Her ladyship's jewel case.
She refuses to part with it.

You shan't ever get it!
You shan't have it!

Roberts, would you please
control yourself?

Hudson, would you kindly
explain, please?

I'm sorry, sir.
Perhaps if Edward...

You're not going to have it.
You're not going to have it.

Oh, Roberts,
I am glad you're here.

We need your help.

Lady Marjorie
left a list of her jewellery,

and you're the only one
who can tell us

Whether it's all there or not.

No, no.

Now, Lady Marjorie left
a spare key with the master,

and she wanted you
to open the jewel case.

Now, I have the list
and the key.

I wonder, would you open
the case for us?

Well, if that's what
her ladyship wanted.

Yes. It is.

Rose will hold the case
steady for you.

Won't you, Rose?

Yes, I will, miss.

[Sobbing ] Oh, my lady.

M-My -- My lady.

I tr-- I tried to save her.

I-I-I tried to save her.

Of course you did.

I -- I tried to!
I tried to!

- I tried! [Sobbing]
- Oh, Roberts,

Oh, Roberts.

It's all right, Roberts.

Would you care for
a cup of coffee, Miss Forrest?

Oh, yes, please, Mr. Hudson.

Just Hudson, miss.

Would you care for it in here
or in the morning room?

In here, please.

Very good, miss.

Rose?
In here, if you please.

Thank you, Rose.

Um, excuse me, miss.

Do you think you could write

and ask the sewing woman
to come next week?

Only there's an awful lot of
sheets and that need mending.

Yes.

Very well, Rose.

Thank you, miss.

All right, Rose?

Of course, Mr. Hudson.

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