All language subtitles for The House of Eliott - S02E05 - Episode Seventeen.eng

I didn't realise that
Jessie was that good.

And who is she?

Isabel Novacks.

Oh Jessie, that was wonderful.

You must be absolutely
exhausted.

Oh, I am.

Look, why don't you come
into my dressing room?

It's not much quieter than
this but it's a bit better.

It's just through here.

But you're thinking too
much about technique

and I want real emotion.

You didn't make me care,

and you certainly didn't
make the audience care.

David, I'm tired.

I'm here, helping
you to improve.

It's a bit late now, isn't it?

No Isabel, it's never too late,

and we have the other
ballet to work on.

Are you sure you still
want me in it?

Why don't you go and
find somebody else?

Come on in.

David, this is Beatrice
and Evie Eliott,

I told you I modelled
their gowns for them.

Oh yes.

Lovely to meet you.

Beatrice's husband, Jack Maddox,

David Devereaux, our
manager and choreographer,

and Isabel Novacks, our
principal dancer.

Hello.

We enjoyed it very much indeed.

Thank you.

I really hope we're
not intruding.

No, not at all.

Would you like a glass of wine?

-Yes please.
-Thank you.

Thank you.

Well I really must
congratulate you,

I thought the show was
quite beautiful.

Thank you, I'm glad you
thought it was beautiful,

I did what I could.

But did you fully understand it?

Can a dancer really communicate
with you as an audience

through a set of tired
classical gestures?

Well what I understood
I enjoyed, nevertheless.

And judging by the
audience reaction

I don't think we were alone.

Forgive me,

as a company we need to
perform the popular classics

because it pays the bills.

So given a free hand,
Mr. Devereaux,

what sort of ballet
would you perform?

Well I do think that to
define it is to confine it.

You create your own work,
like Diaghilev?

In a way.

My ballets are more abstract,

they're about shape and
space, power and fear.

In fact, the piece I'm
working on at the moment

is about relationships.

Oh really?

Yes really, why not?

It's actually going
to be terribly good.

Well I shall look forward
to seeing it.

Yes, yes you should.

We must see that
ballet though.

It sounds fascinating.

Isn't it good to meet someone

who's so committed to
what they're doing?

I find that sort of passion
terribly infectious.

What did you think of him?

Not much,

I thought he was entirely
unpleasant to Isabel.

No amount of passion
and commitment

gives you the right to be
rude to people like that.

Evie, is Mrs. Fairbrother
not here yet?

No, she telephoned to say
she'd be a little late.

I hope she isn't too late,

I really want to get
away early today.

Well I can manage things here.

Are you spending your
anniversary at the cottage?

Yes.

Well you go off and
get yourself ready

and I'll deal with
Mrs. Fairbrother.

All right.

And Bea?

Have a wonderful time.

Right.

Sorry Jack, can I
carry something?

You can take these
if you'd like.

Start as we mean to continue.

Oh Jack.

Hello?

Hello James.

I'm fine, how are you?

How's Frances?

I'm sorry James.

Because, because nothing's
changed.

Why are you making things
so difficult for me?

No.

James, I really think
that it's best

if we don't see each
other again.

Yes, I am sure.

Goodbye James.

Hello.

Happy anniversary

Happy anniversary.

Oh?

What's this?

Oh, that is beautiful.

It's an eternity ring.

Thank you.

Shall we go out and
celebrate tonight?

No.

No?

No, tonight I'm in charge.

Hello?

Oh Jessie, I'm sorry,

I thought it was someone else.

No I'm all right, honestly.

What can I do for you?

I'd love to come to a party.

I don't have an escort though.

Well if you're sure.

No I won't find your
ballet friends boring,

I'll look forward
to meeting them.

This is so Bohemian.

You don't mind?

It's delightful.

You look very happy.

I am.

I'm happy, I'm relaxed,
I'm very well-fed.

Oh Jack, we spend too
much time apart.

I know.

It's good just to be
together like this, isn't it?

Mm.

Pen and I used to love this
place when we were little.

I can imagine.

We used to fill the house
with all kinds of nonsense,

dead fish, skeletons of things,

big buckets full of frogspawn.

What did your parents
say about that?

They encouraged it.

You were so lucky.

I remember I brought a frog
in from the garden once

and father told the maid

to take it out and
kill it immediately

before we all caught diptheria.

What?

It's true.

We won't be like that
when we have children,

we won't be stern and stuffy.

We'll bring them down
here every weekend,

my father will love that.

He can take them exploring
by the lake,

with his endless jam jars,

like he used to with me.

And we can...

What's the matter?

Nothing.

God.

This, this is what we
should be working on,

music that's being written now.

Do you have any strong
opinions about this Isabel?

If your opinions are weak,

they're obviously not worth
having in the first place.

I hope you're taking note Evie.

No, I actually quite
agree with him.

I think it's a sad
state of affairs

when there's no passion
in what you do.

Thank you Evie.

I'm surrounded by philistines.

Oh absolute stuff David,

you're surrounded with
dedicated people

working themselves into a
standstill for next to nothing

just to make "Hermitage"
a success.

"Hermitage"?

The new ballet.

I took the title

from a line in a poem
by John Donne,

"Canonization", do you know it?

No.

"Thus invoke us:

'You, whom reverend love
made one another's hermitage,

you, to whom love was peace,

that now is rage."

What said was I didn't
want to have children yet.

Please try and understand
that Jack.

I understand perfectly well,

you don't want children at all.

That is not true,

I want a family, of course I do,

but children are an
enormous commitment, Jack,

you can't just have them

and ignore them while you get
on with the rest of your life.

I know that.

It's the rest of your
life that worries me,

it's always there.

The House of Eliott is
very important to me, Jack.

God, you don't have
to tell me that,

I've lived in its blasted
shadow the last year.

I didn't realise you
resented it that much.

I do not resent it.

What I object to

is always, always coming
a very poor second.

I'm sorry darling,

I just so want us
to have children.

And we're both...

Yes, I'm 35,

and very soon it'll be too late.

Don't be silly.

No it's all right, you're
not far wrong there.

Jack I'm going in,
are you coming?

In a minute.

All right.

We've all seen it, two
people fall in love,

they feel personally fulfilled,
expanded, and God-like,

and everything is possible.

And then comes the time

when they realise their
god's feet are made of clay,

but rather than admit
disappointment or disillusion,

they reach a kind
of tacit truce.

And then the clay
starts to crumble,

and they start clawing
for survival,

and their own needs
cripple the other person,

and the whole relationship
destroys them.

Can you tell me there's
not a ballet in that?

I wouldn't dare.

Seriously Evie, what
do you think?

I think it's a stunning idea,

it's very modern.

Yes, I suppose after
something like that,

"Swan Lake" does seem terribly-

Dull and stale.

What about the
look of the ballet,

would that be contemporary
as well?

Yes, and very simple of course.

Apart from anything else

it's much cheaper that way.

I think the dancers
ought to be dressed

in ordinary, everyday clothes.

Why?

Well because from what
you are saying,

I gather the idea

is to show ordinary,
everyday relationships.

Don't be absurd.

You shouldn't be so
dismissive David,

it could be to your
own advantage.

Excuse me, I'm going to
speak to Charlie Milton.

Whoops, I obviously
have a lot to learn

about contemporary ballet.

Nonsense, I think it's
a very interesting idea.

David does too, I suspect.

He's probably just put out

because he didn't think
of it himself.

Good morning.

How long have you been out here?

An hour or so.

I woke in the middle of the
night and you weren't there.

I fell asleep on the chair.

I'm sorry.

What for?

For spoiling a beautiful
evening,

for spoiling our anniversary.

It doesn't matter.

It does.

There'll be other anniversaries.

Friends?

Friends.

Jack, I can't change my mind

about having children,
not overnight.

I know, I know, I know.

I don't expect you to.

Good morning Joseph.

Good morning Miss Eliott.

You had a pleasant
weekend, I trust?

Quite pleasant yes, thank you.

And you?

Took the family on a picnic.

Joseph, what is this?

I'm afraid
I've no idea.

It is the earring that went
missing at the collection.

How on Earth did it get there?

Well because someone
must have put it there.

A more interesting
question is who.

Good morning Agnes.

Just putting out the braids

for Miss Fairweather
to see, that's all.

Good.

Agnes, I don't suppose you
know anything about this?

No, I mean what is it?

Well it's the earring that
went missing at the collection

someone's just returned it,

and I was just wondering who.

Oh, well it wasn't me,

I haven't been near the
office this morning.

Well I did find it
in the office,

but I didn't tell
you that Agnes.

Did you put it there?

I'm not a thief Miss Eliott,

I never done nothing like
that before in me life.

Agnes, why?

I don't know,

it's just all this jewellery,

well I ain't never work
gold before, not real gold.

Well it was just one
little earring,

I tried it on.

I didn't think it'd
be missed, see,

I didn't realise you'd
end up paying for it.

And you thought you'd
just return it

and nothing more would be said?

Oh Agnes.

What are you gonna
do now Miss Eliott?

I don't know Agnes,
I really don't know.

Oh Agnes, what are you
doing with that braid?

Look at it.

I'm sorry.

Well it's not that bad,

there's no need to
start sobbing.

Oh no, what's the matter?

The proper course of action

is to tell the police of course.

Yes I know.

No we can't,

that would ruin her entire life.

Evie, Agnes very nearly ruined

our entire business reputation,

we've barely recovered from
the embarrassment of it.

Yes but we will, and it
was only an embarrassment.

Agnes won't recover if
she's branded as a thief.

No.

Should we just dismiss her then?

People will be bound
to ask for references.

Without lying through our
teeth, what will we say?

Oh, there've been enough lies.

I don't know.

For the moment Joseph

this doesn't go beyond
these four walls.

Of course not.

Come in.

Tilly, what
can I do for you?

Can I have a word Miss
Beatrice, in private?

Thank you Joseph.

What is it Tilly?

It's about Agnes,

she's told me what she's done.

Yes?

It's all right Tilly,
I know all about it.

It's just that she's not
a bad girl, Miss Bea.

Normally, you'd trust
her with anything,

she really isn't a thief.

But she did steal.

Oh she's scared stiff and
breaking her heart down there

over one flipping earring.

It wouldn't even be worth all
that much down the pop shop

all on it's own,

so what good's that to anyone?

Oh I'm sorry.

What do you think Bea?

I think Agnes is lucky to have
a friend as loyal as Tilly.

I will speak to her
myself later,

but for the moment tell her
to get on with her work,

and there will be no police.

Right.

Well go on then.

Yes Miss Evie.

You made the
right decision Bea.

Did I?

Are you still busy Miss Eliott,

or may I have a word?

Is it important?

Yes, I think it is.

What's this?

Invoices, Miss Eliott.

To be accurate, invoices
that have been sent out

but are as yet unsettled.

My first concern is that
these particular debts

have been outstanding
for some time.

Joseph, I had no idea

there was this amount
of money involved.

My point exactly.

You see, we ourselves
owe considerable sums

to various suppliers.

Who?

Heller and Son's, Cameron's,

and I had a letter this morning

from the India Silk
Trading Company,

saying that unless
their account is settled

within seven days,

they'll be forced to suspend
all further dealings with us.

Oh no, can we do it Joseph?

Just about,

but it leaves us precious
little in reserve.

All right, settle the
most pressing bills

then try and give some of the
others something on account.

Very well Miss Eliott.

Thank you.

How serious is the
situation Bea?

Well we have very
few options Evie.

I think the best thing
for us to do

is to convert some of our
investments into cash.

And now we have to convince
Saroyan that that's a good idea.

Miss Eliott, by withdrawing
your investments,

you will receive a 20% return.

That means for every 100
pounds you've invested,

you will receive 20
pounds in cash.

Well I'm sure Sir Desmond

will have found a
way to avoid that?

His advice to us
was that it was-

Was obviously not as
sound as you imagined.

And unless the circumstances
are extremely urgent,

I have to advise most
strongly against a withdrawal.

And if the circumstances
are that urgent?

Then I would have to assume

that there is something
very amiss

with the way that you handle
you affairs, Miss Eliott.

This is purely a temporary
measure, Mr. Saroyan.

If we can't pay our suppliers,

we can't make clothes
and we can't sell them.

Once our clients have
settled their debts

there'll be no problem,

but until then we
have no choice.

There are always choices.

Such as?

You already have a loan
agreement in place,

arranged by Sir Desmond.

It means paying interest,
of course.

How much interest?

A little above the current
lending rate, I'm afraid,

but the money has always
been instantly available.

What other choices are there?

I can get my chief accountant

to draw up the agreement now.

Shall I?

Very well, thank you.

My pleasure.

Well I'm sorry you feel
that way, Lady Howgate,

but it is our company's policy,

we must insist

that the accounts from
one commission are settled

before we can arrange
fittings for the next.

And good day to you
too Lady Howgate.

Yes Joseph, what is it?

I was just wondering

if you had the other part
of this loan agreement?

What other part?

It's just that the actual
terms of the agreement

aren't specified here.

I assumed they'd be set out
in more detail elsewhere.

Well they probably are,

most likely they're in Mr.
Saroyan's office, I'm sorry,

perhaps you could follow
that up for us?

Yes of course Miss Eliott.

Thank you Joseph.

Right Evie, who's next?

Mrs. Fairbrother,

she has two commissions
still outstanding.

Excuse me?

It appears that David Devereaux

took your suggestion quite
seriously, Miss Evangeline,

and if you're still interested,

he'd like the House of Eliott

to make costumes for his ballet.

An entire ballet?

Bea, this could be
really interesting.

Evie, I'm just remembering
something you once said.

What was that?

When we were asked to
do that baby party,

you were so adamant

that we shouldn't get a
reputation as a costumiers.

Bea, that was just
a silly baby party,

this is an entire ballet.

And not just any ballet either,

the London Ballet Ensemble

is acquiring a very impressive
reputation.

To be associated with
one of their productions

would do the House of
Eliott no harm at all.

You think so?

It's my professional opinion

that the London Ballet Ensemble

and those that patronise it

are exactly the right
sort of clients

for the House of Eliott.

What are you gonna wear
to Tilly's wedding, Agnes?

I've got this smashing hat,

well I mean it's just
a simple cloche,

but I've been making
these organza roses.

I would like a little
less chatter please,

and for you to get
on with your work.

We are getting on with
our work, Mrs. Ranby,

just as quick as ever we can.

It would be nice

if you put the same enthusiasm
into all our commissions.

Oh I think we do.

Besides, this is a
special commission.

In fact, Tilly's wedding dress

is Miss Evie's own commission.

Personally, Tilly,

I'd have thought
something simpler

would have been more suitable.

Miss Evie's never been wrong
yet about what's suitable,

I can't see her making a mistake

about somebody she's fond of.

Mrs. Ranby?

The wedding's on the
21st at St. Cecilia's.

Everyone else is going,

it'd be nice if you
could be there too.

That's very kind of you Tilly,

but I'm afraid I'm visiting
my niece that weekend.

You're a saint Tilly Watkins,

I wouldn't invite that
woman to her own funeral.

Well I didn't really
think she'd say yes.

Get off.

Now behave yourselves.

Bye Tilly.

What do you think?

It's extraordinary.

Did you compose the music?

Yes.

Of course I must admit
I've been influenced

by Stravinsky's work
with the Ballets Russes.

I found it all very moving.

You see, whatever happens
through the second act,

we must always know there
was love in the first act.

We may regret it,
we may resent it,

it's always there.

Even right at the end,

when they've torn
themselves apart

through unfounded jealousy,

and they've become separate
people again,

you must always know
there was love.

That's a very bleak
view of a relationship.

Is it unrealistic?

No, just bleak.

What Evie said made sense,

everyday clothes for
everyday situations.

I want you to make
me some clothes

that appear ordinary
at first sight.

Could we use colour,

the same dresses

but getting progressively
darker in every act?

Two people in the same
tones to start off with,

and each colour and shape
becoming progressively
different.

Yes.

Do me some sketches.

Yes I, well we will.

So this is
the effect of dye

painted onto the toile
with a brush.

What do you think?

I think it could work
quite well Evie.

What do you think?

I think it looks like a tatty
bit of toile with paint on.

Evie, let's be a bit
more positive.

Toile is cheap, it's
easy to make,

and it takes colour well.

I know it would be wonderful
to use silks and chiffons,

but their budget simply
does not allow for that.

Apart from the creative
challenge,

I'm tempted to ask why we
took this commission at all,

it's not gonna make
us any money.

Evie, you were as keen
on the project as I was.

I know, but when David said
he had limited resources,

I didn't realise he meant
they were nonexistent.

And considering the state of
our resources at the moment.

Evie, I've had an idea,

why don't we use some
of the original fabric

from the impressionist
collection?

No, do it faster.

How does that feel Isabel?

It feels good.

More importantly,
how does it look?

It looks extremely good.

The second design Miss Eliott.

Thank you Florence.

Now you see we keep
the dress the same,

but as the woman's
jealousy deepens,

we start to see the
flashes of colour.

And then in the second act,

this particular dress
darkness to a deep red.

Yes, that's good.

Now what about the man?

We thought he should
take his clothes off.

What?

Not completely,

but if the point you're
trying to make

is that jealousy and passion

strip away conventional
behaviour...

Why don't we let Isabel change

and we can talk further
in my office?

I'll help you out of that.

Thanks.

Rosa?

A lot of artists and theatre
people tend to come in here.

Really?

It's cheap, it's cheerful,

but they don't stint
on the portions.

I'd have thought

that was the last thing
you'd be concerned about,

large portions.

I always thought dancers had
to worry about their shapes.

Yes, well I might not
have to worry about it

for too much longer.

Sorry, I don't understand?

Well Evie, I am in my 30s,

and I've done jolly
well to last this long,

but my engagement with
David's company

does finish at the
end of this ballet,

and he's made it very clear

that I won't be needed again.

That's horrible

No not really.

How would bright, new young
dancers ever get a chance

if creaky old things like me
keep hogging the limelight?

Would you become a
choreographer, like David did?

No I don't think that's for me.

Isabel, that sounds so callous,

to be just discarded like that.

Do you know what you'll do next?

Try and find another job?

Dancing I suppose, if I can.

Bea?

For heaven's sake.

Excuse the chaos,

I'm really not here often
enough to make it nice.

Tea or coffee?

Coffee please.

That's good,

because I think I'm just
about out of tea.

Look, are you sure
this is no trouble?

No.

What you really mean is

are you sure you can afford
to give me a cup of coffee.

It is a bit of a dump, isn't it,

but it is all I can afford.

I had no idea that
dancers were so...

Well I just thought it
was all rather glamorous.

Only on the stage, Evie,

only on the stage.

You see David?

Yes,

I like the overtones of
holiness in the colour.

And it's still keeping
it simple.

Oh yes,

the complexity's
in the movement.

Hello, what are
you doing here?

I thought I'd see if
you had any intentions

of coming home tonight.

Good evening David.

Jack.

Jack, I'm so sorry,

I didn't realise it was so late.

Will you be much longer?

Well...

I'd quite like to finish
Simon's costume

before we call it a day.

I'll go upstairs and see Evie.

Give me a call when
you're finished.

Jack you can't,

she's gone to have supper
with Isabel Novacks.

Right.

Well then I'll wait here.

Right.

You see, if the
movement's like this.

Jack, I really don't know
how long we're going to be.

Why don't you go on home

and I'll get a taxi
when we finish?

As you wish.

I'll see you at home later.

Yes.

Goodnight David.

Goodnight Jack, goodnight.

Well thank you for
a lovely evening Isabel,

I really enjoyed it.

Me too.

Next time you let
me pay, all right?

All right, I will.

Will you be at the
rehearsal tomorrow?

Oh yes, I want to see
how the new dress looks.

All right, I'll see you then.

All right, bye-bye.

Goodnight.

Bye.

Darling, I'm sorry
I'm home so late.

Quite all right.

I've gotten used to it,

I know how very important
your work is to you.

Jack, don't be like that.

Like what?

I know you're trying
to be helpful,

I've grown used to our not
spending our days together,

and now of course I
just have to get used to

not spending our evenings
together.

Oh yes, and how many evenings
have I sat here on my own

while you've had to work?

Jack, I'm trying to
design for a ballet

that may be very
important to us.

The last thing I need
when I get home

is your childish sarcasm.

The last thing you need?

Now what about what I need Bea,

where does that come into it?

At every damned opportunity
Jack,

it's all you ever talk about.

Maybe that should tell you

how important it's become to me.

I'm sorry.

I still have to think about

some suggestions that
David's made.

I'll say goodnight then.

Morning.

Good morning,
can I help you?

Oh yes, good morning,

I'd like to see the
Misses Eliott, if I may.

I'm afraid they're both
out this morning.

Ah.

I'm so sorry, you are Miss?

Alice Burgoyne, Mrs..

Enchanted.

May I help you?

Regrettably no,

but if the Misses
Eliott are out,

I could always see Wint,
the bookkeeper?

And who shall
I say is here?

Ralph Saroyan.

Very good.

Excuse me.

Enough.

I understand you told
Miss Beatrice

that there was some kind
of financial problem

with the business?

I am her bookkeeper.

Yes, well she seemed
very confused

when she came to see me.

Perhaps you didn't explain
the situation fully.

I think I did.

Then it's perhaps
I who was confused

by her explanation
of the situation.

It really doesn't matter,

I'm quite sure if I
look at the books,

it would become quite clear.

The accounts for this quarter
and the last, if you please.

I'm afraid I can't do
that Mr. Saroyan.

I beg your pardon?

I can't release any
ledgers to you

without Miss Eliott's
permission.

You're aware that I am a
director of this company

and I have a right
of access to them.

I'm sure you do Mr. Saroyan,

it's just that I'm afraid
the king himself

wouldn't get a look
at those books

without Miss Eliott's say-so.

I couldn't take the
responsibility.

Well if you're so frightened
of taking the responsibility,

I shall take it upon myself.

What are you hiding Wint?

Nothing.

You may me trust me or
not as you please.

Thankfully, I am no longer
in your employ.

The House of Eliott is now
directly under my control,

so you are still in my
employ, for the moment.

You may tell Miss Eliott
that I shall return,

and we shall go through
the books together.

Good day.

I hardly dare ask
if you're ready.

I'm ready.

-Hello Jack.
-Hello Evie.

Before you go Miss Eliott,

could I have a word please?

Is it important?

Mr. Ralph Saroyan called
to see you today.

Oh I'm sorry Joseph,

it really will have to
wait, I want to get away.

Yes of course.

Thank you darling.

House of Eliott?

Yes she is, one minute.

Bea, it's David for you.

Hello?

What sort of changes?

Does that involve the costume?

No it's all right, I shall
be there straightaway.

Sorry, what did you say David?

I missed that.

Evie?

Yes?

Jack!

Jack, don't rush off,

she can't help it.

I can see that.

This work is
terribly important to Bea.

And how important is
David Devereaux to her?

What?

What's going on Evie?

Jack, there's nothing going on.

Tell her not to bother about
supper, I'm dining out.

Tell her I'll see
her at home later.

Oh, I thought you
would be asleep.

Thought or hoped?

Why on Earth would I hope
for you to be asleep Jack?

Save you the trouble of
explanations, I suppose.

Jack, there's nothing
to explain.

you know what happened
as well as I.

There are things
to apologise for,

and yes I'm sorry we didn't
spend the evening together,

but there's nothing to explain.

So a good evening had by all?

David had made some changes
to the ending of the ballet.

I worked out how to change
the costumes to fit.

So yes, in one way,

we had a good evening.

Is there anything else
you want to tell me Bea?

I beg your pardon?

I wondered if there
was anything else

you wanted to tell me
about you and David?

What?

I don't suppose you
do want to tell me.

Jack, I don't want to tell you

because there's nothing to tell.

Listen, what am I
supposed to think?

You can think what you like,

nothing I can say will make
the slightest difference

so I shan't bother
saying anything.

Barman, a large whiskey
if you please.

Certainly Sir.

It's marvellous.

They hate it.

Well they have only
seen the first act.

The second act won't
be so surprising.

What do you think Jack?

I think it's very interesting.

Well excuse me, I must
speak to Isabel.

What do you really think Jack?

I'll get some drinks.

I thought he'd at least make
some effort to understand.

Well Bea, you must admit
it is rather different.

I think I'd be confused

if I wasn't involved
from the beginning.

Would you?

I thought it was all very
direct and expressive.

Well the costumes do look good.

Yes, but if people don't
like the ballet.

Bea, anything that's different
takes a while to sink in.

Or sink altogether.

Well?

It's horrible.

"A confusing jumble of
ill-expressed, trivial ideas

masquerading as a piece
of modern art.

Only the imaginative and
aesthetically-pleasing costumes

by the House of Eliott

redeems this ballet from
its pretentious tedium."

That's all right,

your reputation remains
untarnished.

Jack, that's not important,

poor David will be devastated.

It's obvious the critics
didn't understand

a thing that was going on.

I fear there's two.

I must go and talk to him.

Would you drop me off
at the rehearsal rooms?

If that's what you want.

Hello Jack.

-Hello Evie.
-Come in.

I'm glad I caught you

before you went down
to the office,

I wanted to have a word.

What, about Bea?

No.

No, about Isabel
Novacks actually.

Oh yes?

It's what you were
saying yesterday

about her needing
something to do

when she leaves the company.

That's right, she does,

what about it?

Well I'm about to
start on a film

that has some rather
unusual sequences in it,

dreams, that sort of thing.

I've been thinking of filming
them as some sort of dance,

it's all rather vague,

but having seen Isabel,

well you know her
better than I do,

do you think she'd
be interested?

Interested?

Jack, she'd love to.

Really?

Of course.

Here, let me give
you her address.

Good.

You had a very wary
look on your face

when you asked if I
wanted to talk about Bea.

Did I?

Do you know what's
going on Evie,

between her and David?

Only what I see when
we're working,

and that's just work, isn't it?

The whole thing was wonderful,

but the adagio was too slow,

the dancers were
waiting for you.

Beatrice, thank you
so much for coming.

Whether it was worth it or not,

I really couldn't have
done it without you.

You're welcome.

I'm just so glad to see
you're so philosophical

about those ghastly reviews.

I'd have been very upset

if they hadn't reacted
enough to be critical.

There'll be other ballets,

and other fools to
miss the point.

I hope you'll involve
me next time as well.

Of course, thank you.

Thank you so much for coming,
I really appreciate it.

I must talk to Peter.

I don't know what to say.

Well the scenes I'd want you
for would be mainly dance,

or dance-orientated anyway.

I'm sorely tempted.

Then give in to it.

And of course you'd be
paid in real money.

Doing something I enjoy
and being paid for it?

Oh goodness, whatever next?

Yes, yes I'd love to.

Good.

Who have you got to
do the choreography?

Shall I ask David?

No, no I think you and
I can manage on our own.

You don't like David
very much do you?

I hardly know the man.

I suppose I do object

to the very obvious closeness
between him and Beatrice.

Well as long as you don't worry

there's anything else
between them.

Is that what's concerning you?

Jack, David's not like that.

Like what?

Well you know, he's not
interested in women.

Are you sure?

I was very embarrassed.

I suppose that makes
two of us then.

This is important Miss Eliott.

Joseph, I have a million
and one things to do.

All right, what is it?

Bea, I just thought you might
want to see these designs.

Sorry, am I interrupting
something?

No.

It's about this loan
you've taken out

with Gillespie-Saroyan.

Sit down Joseph.

I told you I wasn't happy

with the written agreement
that was given to you,

so I telephoned them

and asked for copies of all
other papers relating to it.

And then after Mr. Saroyan
came in the other day,

I started to look at-

I'm sorry?

What do you mean after Mr.
Saroyan came here the other day?

I tried to tell
you at the time, but-

Morning,

I'm so glad to find
you both here.

We have some urgent
business to discuss.

Thank you Joseph,
that will be all.

Mr. Saroyan, how dare you just
come marching into my office.

There are times

when business must take
priority over courtesy.

Not in the House of Eliott.

Yes, perhaps if courtesy
and affection

hadn't played quite
such a large part

in the way you run
your business.

And what do you mean by that?

Well until I've made
a proper examination

of all your accounts,

I don't know the full
extent of the position,

but judging from the advice

given to you by your
late godfather,

and now finding his protege
in charge of your books,

well quite frankly, nothing's
going to surprise me.

Protege?

You mean Joseph?

You are aware that it was I

who terminated his employment
with Gillespie and Saroyan

for dishonesty and
improper practise?

-No.
-No?

No, I daresay Sir Desmond
wouldn't have mentioned that.

Well no matter,

the Joseph Wints of this
world are easily replaced.

I shall have a real bookkeeper
here within the month.

I'm sorry Mr. Saroyan,

but you cannot do that,

you cannot just walk in

and dictate how we
should run our business.

Miss Eliott,

at the moment your
business exists

only because my business
allows it to.

Now my bank has invested
heavily in the House of Eliott,

and it's my duty to protect
the investment as I see fit.

Do we understand each other?