1 00:01:01,103 --> 00:01:05,314 I returned to Brideshead in the spring of 1924. 2 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:07,984 The Easter party was a bitter time, 3 00:01:08,110 --> 00:01:09,402 culminating in a small 4 00:01:09,528 --> 00:01:12,822 but unforgettably painful incident. 5 00:01:19,288 --> 00:01:21,289 Hadn't you better go up and change? 6 00:01:21,415 --> 00:01:23,124 Five more minutes, Charles. 7 00:01:23,250 --> 00:01:25,459 Look. That's a chow. 8 00:01:25,586 --> 00:01:28,629 Sebastian had been drinking very hard for a week- 9 00:01:28,755 --> 00:01:30,631 only I knew how hard- 10 00:01:30,757 --> 00:01:33,884 and drinking in a nervous, surreptitious way, 11 00:01:34,011 --> 00:01:36,887 quite unlike his old habit. 12 00:01:37,014 --> 00:01:38,889 Most of the guests knew him too slightly 13 00:01:39,016 --> 00:01:41,058 to notice the change in him, 14 00:01:41,184 --> 00:01:42,727 while his own family were occupied 15 00:01:42,853 --> 00:01:45,688 each with their particular friends. 16 00:01:45,814 --> 00:01:47,857 So it was not until the evening of the day 17 00:01:47,983 --> 00:01:49,859 when the main party had left 18 00:01:49,985 --> 00:01:53,195 that he had to face his family at close quarters. 19 00:01:53,322 --> 00:01:56,991 Haven't they brought the cocktails yet? 20 00:01:57,117 --> 00:02:00,494 Where have you been? 21 00:02:00,621 --> 00:02:03,289 Up with Nanny. 22 00:02:07,085 --> 00:02:08,794 I don't believe it. You've been drinking. 23 00:02:08,920 --> 00:02:13,466 I've been reading in my room. 24 00:02:13,592 --> 00:02:16,427 My cold's much worse today. 25 00:02:16,553 --> 00:02:18,888 Just a minute. 26 00:03:03,892 --> 00:03:06,394 Sebastian... 27 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:07,770 Sebastian, let me in. 28 00:03:13,026 --> 00:03:15,027 What's the matter? 29 00:03:17,239 --> 00:03:19,073 Sebastian's drunk. 30 00:03:19,199 --> 00:03:20,449 He can't be. 31 00:03:20,575 --> 00:03:23,577 He's been drinking in his room all afternoon. 32 00:03:23,704 --> 00:03:26,914 How very peculiar. 33 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,709 What a bore he is. 34 00:03:29,835 --> 00:03:31,711 Will he be all right for dinner? 35 00:03:31,837 --> 00:03:35,047 No. 36 00:03:35,173 --> 00:03:36,549 Well, you'll have to deal with it. 37 00:03:36,675 --> 00:03:39,343 It's no business of mine. 38 00:03:43,181 --> 00:03:45,266 Does he often do this? 39 00:03:50,981 --> 00:03:52,648 He has lately, yes. 40 00:03:56,445 --> 00:03:59,155 I suppose it must be something chemical in him. 41 00:04:02,659 --> 00:04:04,410 How very boring. 42 00:04:31,438 --> 00:04:33,439 Hello. 43 00:04:33,565 --> 00:04:35,065 Are you feeling any better? 44 00:04:53,752 --> 00:04:56,086 Charles... 45 00:04:58,048 --> 00:05:00,216 What you said was quite true. 46 00:05:04,888 --> 00:05:07,056 Not with Nanny. 47 00:05:12,854 --> 00:05:14,980 Been drinking whiskey up here. 48 00:05:20,779 --> 00:05:23,113 Feeling rather drunk. 49 00:05:38,421 --> 00:05:41,674 Go to bed. 50 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:45,761 I'll say your cold's worse. 51 00:05:45,887 --> 00:05:49,098 Yes. 52 00:05:49,224 --> 00:05:51,392 Much worse. 53 00:06:30,390 --> 00:06:31,807 I should get into bed. 54 00:06:35,395 --> 00:06:37,938 No. 55 00:06:39,733 --> 00:06:42,192 In a minute. 56 00:06:55,624 --> 00:06:58,375 Put that down. 57 00:06:58,501 --> 00:07:00,961 Don't be an ass, Sebastian. You've had quite enough. 58 00:07:04,758 --> 00:07:08,469 What the devil's it got to do with you? 59 00:07:08,595 --> 00:07:11,597 You're a guest here. 60 00:07:11,723 --> 00:07:14,934 My guest! 61 00:07:15,060 --> 00:07:17,895 I shall drink what I want to in my own house. 62 00:07:19,731 --> 00:07:22,775 All right. 63 00:07:22,901 --> 00:07:25,402 Only, for God's sake, keep it out of sight. 64 00:07:29,157 --> 00:07:31,992 Why don't you mind your own business? 65 00:07:54,099 --> 00:07:57,476 You came here as my friendl. 66 00:07:57,602 --> 00:08:00,646 Now you're spying on me for my mother, I know. 67 00:08:01,898 --> 00:08:04,108 Well, you can get out of here, 68 00:08:04,234 --> 00:08:06,434 and you can tell her from me that I'll choose my friends 69 00:08:06,486 --> 00:08:09,738 and she her spies in future. 70 00:08:28,633 --> 00:08:29,883 Mr. Ryder? 71 00:08:30,010 --> 00:08:31,844 No, thank you. 72 00:08:36,516 --> 00:08:38,350 What's become of Sebastian? 73 00:08:38,476 --> 00:08:40,185 He's gone to bed. 74 00:08:40,311 --> 00:08:42,187 His cold's rather worse. 75 00:08:42,313 --> 00:08:44,189 Oh, dear. I hope he isn't getting flu. 76 00:08:44,315 --> 00:08:46,483 I thought he looked a little feverish lately. 77 00:08:46,609 --> 00:08:47,985 Is there anything he wants? 78 00:08:48,111 --> 00:08:51,447 No, he particularly asked not to be disturbed. 79 00:08:51,573 --> 00:08:53,949 I think he needs a glass of hot whiskey. 80 00:08:54,075 --> 00:08:55,492 I'll go and have a look at him. 81 00:08:55,618 --> 00:08:56,869 No, don't, Mummy. I'll go. 82 00:08:56,995 --> 00:08:58,245 May I go? 83 00:08:58,371 --> 00:08:59,955 Please, Mummy, if he's not well. 84 00:09:00,081 --> 00:09:01,790 I've only just been in to him. 85 00:09:01,916 --> 00:09:04,626 His cold really has come on rather badly. 86 00:09:04,753 --> 00:09:06,962 He says there's nothing that he wants. 87 00:09:07,088 --> 00:09:08,714 I think he just needs to get some sleep. 88 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:10,215 Well, I'll just have a look at him. 89 00:09:10,341 --> 00:09:12,176 He's probably feeling awful. Cordelia... 90 00:09:12,302 --> 00:09:15,804 I promise I won't disturb him if he's sleeping. 91 00:10:01,643 --> 00:10:04,853 No, he doesn't want anything. 92 00:10:04,979 --> 00:10:07,314 How was he? 93 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:10,400 I don't know. 94 00:10:10,527 --> 00:10:11,819 But I think he's very drunk. 95 00:10:11,945 --> 00:10:13,570 Cordelial. 96 00:10:16,449 --> 00:10:19,660 Marquis's son unused to wine. 97 00:10:19,786 --> 00:10:23,539 Model student's career at stake. 98 00:10:23,665 --> 00:10:26,208 Cordelia... 99 00:10:26,334 --> 00:10:28,669 Charles, 100 00:10:28,795 --> 00:10:31,547 is this true? 101 00:10:31,673 --> 00:10:32,923 Yes. 102 00:10:38,263 --> 00:10:39,763 Dinner is served, milady. 103 00:10:43,393 --> 00:10:46,395 Thank you, Wilcox. 104 00:10:57,448 --> 00:11:00,450 I don't think Sebastian's been very well for some time. 105 00:11:00,577 --> 00:11:01,952 I first noticed it 106 00:11:02,078 --> 00:11:04,955 when he came home from retreat. 107 00:11:05,081 --> 00:11:06,456 He seemed very depressed, 108 00:11:06,583 --> 00:11:07,833 quite the reverse effect 109 00:11:07,959 --> 00:11:10,919 from what one would have expected. 110 00:11:23,057 --> 00:11:24,308 Benedictus, Benedicat, 111 00:11:24,434 --> 00:11:26,310 per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum. 112 00:11:26,436 --> 00:11:28,270 Amen. 113 00:11:38,698 --> 00:11:41,074 As we sat down to dinner that night, 114 00:11:41,201 --> 00:11:43,911 the subject was not mentioned. 115 00:11:44,037 --> 00:11:46,246 I had no stomach for the food 116 00:11:46,372 --> 00:11:50,709 and silently mourned my friend upstairs. 117 00:12:07,977 --> 00:12:11,355 When Brideshead and I were left alone over the port, 118 00:12:11,481 --> 00:12:14,191 he brought up the subject again. 119 00:12:14,317 --> 00:12:17,527 Did you say Sebastian was drunk? 120 00:12:17,654 --> 00:12:20,948 Yes. 121 00:12:21,074 --> 00:12:22,866 Extraordinary time to choose. 122 00:12:22,992 --> 00:12:25,244 Couldn't you stop him? 123 00:12:27,330 --> 00:12:30,999 No. 124 00:12:31,125 --> 00:12:33,293 No. I don't suppose you could. 125 00:12:35,922 --> 00:12:39,800 I once saw my father drunk in this room. 126 00:12:39,926 --> 00:12:42,761 I can't have been more than ten at the time. 127 00:12:46,307 --> 00:12:48,850 You can't stop people if they want to get drunk. 128 00:12:50,728 --> 00:12:54,273 My mother couldn't stop my father, you know. 129 00:12:58,111 --> 00:13:02,906 I shall ask my mother to read to us tonight. 130 00:13:03,032 --> 00:13:04,741 "Father Brown got to his feet, 131 00:13:04,867 --> 00:13:08,078 "putting his hands behind him. 132 00:13:08,204 --> 00:13:09,913 "'Odd, isn't it?' he said, 133 00:13:10,039 --> 00:13:12,749 "'That thief and a vagabond should repent 134 00:13:12,875 --> 00:13:14,584 "'when so many who are rich and secure 135 00:13:14,711 --> 00:13:16,086 "'remain hard and frivolous 136 00:13:16,212 --> 00:13:18,797 "'and without fruit for God or man? 137 00:13:18,923 --> 00:13:20,257 "'There, if you will excuse me, 138 00:13:20,383 --> 00:13:23,510 "'you trespass a little upon my province. 139 00:13:23,636 --> 00:13:27,014 "'If you doubt the penitence as a practical fact, 140 00:13:27,140 --> 00:13:29,516 "'there are your knives and forks. 141 00:13:29,642 --> 00:13:32,019 "'You are the 12 true fishers, 142 00:13:32,145 --> 00:13:35,188 "'and there are all your silver fish, 143 00:13:35,315 --> 00:13:38,692 "but He has made me a fisher of men.' 144 00:13:38,818 --> 00:13:42,237 "'Did you catch this man?' asked the colonel, frowning. 145 00:13:42,363 --> 00:13:45,574 "Father Brown looked him full in his frowning face. 146 00:13:45,700 --> 00:13:48,243 "'Yes, ' he said, 'l caught him 147 00:13:48,369 --> 00:13:51,413 "'with an unseen hook and an invisible line, 148 00:13:51,539 --> 00:13:52,914 "'which is long enough 149 00:13:53,041 --> 00:13:55,709 "'to let him wander to the ends of the world 150 00:13:55,835 --> 00:14:00,714 "and still to bring him back with a twitch upon the thread.' 151 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:02,716 "There was a long silence. 152 00:14:02,842 --> 00:14:04,384 All the other men present drifted"- 153 00:14:18,149 --> 00:14:20,025 "All the other men present drifted away 154 00:14:20,151 --> 00:14:22,527 "to carry the recovered silver to their comrades 155 00:14:22,653 --> 00:14:24,196 "or to consult the proprietor 156 00:14:24,322 --> 00:14:26,865 "about the queer condition of affairs. 157 00:14:26,991 --> 00:14:28,367 "But the grim-faced colonel 158 00:14:28,493 --> 00:14:30,952 "still sat sideways on the counter, 159 00:14:31,079 --> 00:14:35,540 "swinging his long, lank legs and biting his dark moustache. 160 00:14:35,666 --> 00:14:38,710 "At last, he said quietly to the priest, 161 00:14:38,836 --> 00:14:40,379 "'He must have been a clever fellow, 162 00:14:40,505 --> 00:14:43,048 "but I think I know a cleverer.' 163 00:14:43,174 --> 00:14:46,051 "'He was a clever fellow, ' answered the other, 164 00:14:46,177 --> 00:14:49,221 but I am not quite sure'"... 165 00:14:52,100 --> 00:14:55,936 I've come to- I've come to apologize. 166 00:14:56,062 --> 00:14:57,771 Sebastian, dear, go back to bed. 167 00:14:57,897 --> 00:14:59,398 We can talk about this in the morning. 168 00:14:59,524 --> 00:15:01,191 Not to you. 169 00:15:04,487 --> 00:15:07,072 Come to apologize to Charles. 170 00:15:12,912 --> 00:15:16,123 I was bloody to him, 171 00:15:16,249 --> 00:15:19,376 and he's my guest. 172 00:15:23,339 --> 00:15:26,341 He's my guest. 173 00:15:26,467 --> 00:15:31,304 He's my only friend, and I was bloody to him. 174 00:15:41,149 --> 00:15:44,443 Go back to bed, Sebastian. 175 00:15:52,702 --> 00:15:53,952 It's all right, Bridey. 176 00:15:54,078 --> 00:15:56,079 Come on. 177 00:16:01,878 --> 00:16:03,420 "'I mean you, ' said the colonel, 178 00:16:03,546 --> 00:16:05,255 "with a short laugh. 179 00:16:05,381 --> 00:16:07,048 "'I don't want to get the fellow jailed. 180 00:16:07,175 --> 00:16:08,425 Make yourself easy'"- 181 00:16:10,136 --> 00:16:11,845 "'But I'd give a good many silver forks 182 00:16:11,971 --> 00:16:14,181 "'to know exactly how you fell into this affair 183 00:16:14,307 --> 00:16:16,808 "'and how you got the stuff out of him. 184 00:16:16,934 --> 00:16:18,810 "'I reckon you're the most up-to-date devil 185 00:16:18,936 --> 00:16:20,645 "of the present company.' 186 00:16:20,771 --> 00:16:22,522 "Father Brown seemed rather to like 187 00:16:22,648 --> 00:16:25,025 "the saturnine candor of the soldier. 188 00:16:25,151 --> 00:16:26,776 "'Well, ' he said, smiling, 189 00:16:26,903 --> 00:16:28,445 "'l mustn't tell you anything 190 00:16:28,571 --> 00:16:31,781 "'of the man's identity or his own story, of course, 191 00:16:31,908 --> 00:16:33,450 "'but there's no particular reason 192 00:16:33,576 --> 00:16:36,286 "'why I shouldn't tell you of the mere outside facts 193 00:16:36,412 --> 00:16:39,289 which I found out for myself."' 194 00:17:29,549 --> 00:17:31,216 Come on up to bed. 195 00:17:43,187 --> 00:17:45,272 Why do you spy on me? 196 00:17:49,151 --> 00:17:52,612 Why do-why do you take their side against me? 197 00:18:01,664 --> 00:18:05,125 I knew it would happen if I let you meet them. 198 00:18:18,306 --> 00:18:20,640 Sebastian. 199 00:18:23,394 --> 00:18:25,562 Sebastian, you'll be better when you come upstairs. 200 00:18:25,688 --> 00:18:28,231 No. 201 00:18:44,081 --> 00:18:46,791 I think I'd like to go to chapel now. 202 00:18:46,917 --> 00:18:48,627 Bridey, Cordelia, 203 00:18:48,753 --> 00:18:50,920 will you come with me? 204 00:18:52,590 --> 00:18:54,924 Yes, of course, Mama. 205 00:20:44,243 --> 00:20:47,162 What's the time? 206 00:20:47,288 --> 00:20:48,621 7:00. 207 00:20:51,792 --> 00:20:54,878 Well? How do you feel? 208 00:20:57,506 --> 00:21:00,008 Rather odd. 209 00:21:03,512 --> 00:21:06,222 I think perhaps I'm still a little drunk. 210 00:21:12,229 --> 00:21:14,856 I've been down to the stables to see if we can get a car. 211 00:21:14,982 --> 00:21:17,025 Everything is locked. 212 00:21:33,876 --> 00:21:36,211 We're off. 213 00:21:36,337 --> 00:21:37,796 Where? 214 00:21:42,301 --> 00:21:44,469 Oh, I don't know. 215 00:21:46,972 --> 00:21:49,808 London, I suppose. 216 00:22:02,571 --> 00:22:04,864 Can I come and stay with you? 217 00:22:04,990 --> 00:22:06,825 Of course. 218 00:22:09,620 --> 00:22:11,496 Well, come on then, get dressed, 219 00:22:11,622 --> 00:22:15,834 and we can get them to send our luggage on by train, hmm? 220 00:22:17,962 --> 00:22:20,672 We can't just go like that. 221 00:22:20,798 --> 00:22:23,424 We can't stay. 222 00:22:28,138 --> 00:22:31,516 There's some smoke coming from some of the chimneys. 223 00:22:31,642 --> 00:22:34,310 The stables must be open by now. 224 00:22:38,983 --> 00:22:40,817 Come on. 225 00:22:42,528 --> 00:22:44,237 I can't go. 226 00:22:44,363 --> 00:22:46,322 I must say good-bye to your mother. 227 00:22:48,742 --> 00:22:50,743 Sweet bulldog. 228 00:22:52,496 --> 00:22:55,456 I don't happen to like running away. 229 00:22:58,752 --> 00:23:01,421 And I couldn't care less. 230 00:23:03,924 --> 00:23:08,011 And I'm gonna go on running as far and as fast as I can. 231 00:23:09,972 --> 00:23:13,182 You can hatch out whatever plot you like with my mother. 232 00:23:13,309 --> 00:23:15,643 I shan't come back. 233 00:23:18,522 --> 00:23:20,732 That's how you were talking last night. 234 00:23:23,569 --> 00:23:26,154 I know, Charles. I'm sorry. 235 00:23:31,327 --> 00:23:33,661 I told you I was still drunk. 236 00:23:36,832 --> 00:23:39,042 If it's any comfort to you, I absolutely detest myself. 237 00:23:39,168 --> 00:23:42,045 It's no comfort at all. 238 00:23:42,171 --> 00:23:45,840 Should be a little, I should have thought. 239 00:23:52,514 --> 00:23:56,392 Well, if you're not coming, give my love to Nanny. 240 00:23:56,518 --> 00:23:58,311 - Are you really going? - Of course. 241 00:23:58,437 --> 00:24:00,980 Will I see you in London? 242 00:24:01,106 --> 00:24:04,317 Yes. I'm coming to stay with you. 243 00:24:22,419 --> 00:24:26,130 I wish I had not seen him. 244 00:24:26,256 --> 00:24:29,676 That was cruel. 245 00:24:29,802 --> 00:24:31,511 I do not mind the idea of his being drunk. 246 00:24:31,637 --> 00:24:34,180 It is a thing all men do when they are young. 247 00:24:34,306 --> 00:24:35,848 I'm used to the idea of it. 248 00:24:35,975 --> 00:24:38,184 My brothers were wild at his age. 249 00:24:38,310 --> 00:24:39,686 What hurt last night 250 00:24:39,812 --> 00:24:42,188 was that there was nothing happy about him. 251 00:24:42,314 --> 00:24:43,648 I know. 252 00:24:43,774 --> 00:24:46,317 I've never seen him like that before. 253 00:24:46,443 --> 00:24:49,195 And last night of all nights, 254 00:24:49,321 --> 00:24:52,532 when there were only ourselves here- 255 00:24:52,658 --> 00:24:54,701 you see, Charles, 256 00:24:54,827 --> 00:24:58,204 I think of you very much as one of ourselves. 257 00:24:58,330 --> 00:25:00,999 Sebastian loves you- 258 00:25:01,125 --> 00:25:02,375 when there was no need 259 00:25:02,501 --> 00:25:06,337 for him to make an effort to be happy, 260 00:25:06,463 --> 00:25:09,507 and he wasn't happy. 261 00:25:09,633 --> 00:25:10,967 I slept very little last night, 262 00:25:11,093 --> 00:25:12,552 and all the time, I kept coming back. 263 00:25:12,678 --> 00:25:15,847 How unhappy he was. 264 00:25:17,933 --> 00:25:21,811 It was horrible. 265 00:25:21,937 --> 00:25:24,063 But please don't think that's his usual way. 266 00:25:24,189 --> 00:25:25,440 Mr. Samgrass tells me 267 00:25:25,566 --> 00:25:27,775 he was drinking too much all last term. 268 00:25:27,901 --> 00:25:30,486 Yes, but not like that. Never before. 269 00:25:30,612 --> 00:25:34,240 Then why now? Here? 270 00:25:34,366 --> 00:25:37,326 With us? 271 00:25:37,453 --> 00:25:41,080 All night, I have been thinking and praying 272 00:25:41,206 --> 00:25:42,665 and wondering what to say to him, 273 00:25:42,791 --> 00:25:45,877 and now, this morning, he isn't here at all. 274 00:25:46,003 --> 00:25:47,803 That was cruel of him, leaving without a word. 275 00:25:47,921 --> 00:25:50,256 I don't want him to be ashamed. 276 00:25:50,382 --> 00:25:53,259 It's being ashamed that makes it so wrong of him. 277 00:25:53,385 --> 00:25:57,346 But he's ashamed of being unhappy. 278 00:25:57,473 --> 00:26:01,142 Mr. Samgrass tells me he is noisy and high-spirited. 279 00:26:02,811 --> 00:26:04,854 I believe you and he tease Mr. Samgrass rather. 280 00:26:04,980 --> 00:26:06,230 It's very naughty of you. 281 00:26:06,356 --> 00:26:08,024 I'm very fond of Mr. Samgrass. 282 00:26:08,150 --> 00:26:09,609 And you should be too, 283 00:26:09,735 --> 00:26:13,529 after all he's done for you. 284 00:26:13,655 --> 00:26:18,701 All the same, I think if I were your age and a man, 285 00:26:18,827 --> 00:26:20,161 I might be just a little inclined 286 00:26:20,287 --> 00:26:22,413 to tease Mr. Samgrass myself. 287 00:26:24,291 --> 00:26:27,168 No, I don't mind that. 288 00:26:27,294 --> 00:26:31,380 But last night and this morning were something quite different. 289 00:26:31,507 --> 00:26:35,968 You see, it's all happened before. 290 00:26:36,095 --> 00:26:38,805 Well, I can only say that I've seen him drunk often, 291 00:26:38,931 --> 00:26:41,140 and I've been drunk with him often, 292 00:26:41,266 --> 00:26:43,184 and last night was quite new to me. 293 00:26:43,310 --> 00:26:44,852 I don't mean with Sebastian. 294 00:26:44,978 --> 00:26:47,355 I mean years ago. 295 00:26:47,481 --> 00:26:51,776 I've been through it all before with someone else whom I loved. 296 00:26:51,902 --> 00:26:55,446 Well, you must know who I mean, with his father. 297 00:26:55,572 --> 00:26:59,659 He used to get drunk in just that way. 298 00:26:59,785 --> 00:27:02,370 Someone told me he's not like that anymore. 299 00:27:02,496 --> 00:27:03,830 I pray God it is true, 300 00:27:03,956 --> 00:27:07,708 and I thank God for it with all my heart if it is. 301 00:27:07,835 --> 00:27:12,046 But the running away... 302 00:27:12,172 --> 00:27:15,466 He ran away too, you know? 303 00:27:15,592 --> 00:27:18,803 It was as you said just now. 304 00:27:18,929 --> 00:27:22,431 He was ashamed of being unhappy. 305 00:27:22,558 --> 00:27:27,019 Both of them unhappy, ashamed, and running away. 306 00:27:27,146 --> 00:27:30,022 It's too pitiful. 307 00:27:30,149 --> 00:27:33,860 The men I grew up with were not like that. 308 00:27:33,986 --> 00:27:36,445 I simply don't understand it. 309 00:27:36,572 --> 00:27:40,241 Do you, Charles? 310 00:27:40,367 --> 00:27:43,077 Only very little. 311 00:27:43,203 --> 00:27:44,912 And yet Sebastian is fonder of you 312 00:27:45,038 --> 00:27:46,914 than any of us, you know? 313 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,208 You've got to help him. I can't. 314 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:56,883 Well, if I'm going to catch my train... 315 00:27:57,009 --> 00:27:58,885 Tell me, have you read my brother's book? 316 00:27:59,011 --> 00:28:00,261 It's just come out. 317 00:28:00,387 --> 00:28:03,264 Yes, I glanced through it in Sebastian's room. 318 00:28:03,390 --> 00:28:07,226 I should like you to have a copy. 319 00:28:07,352 --> 00:28:09,854 May I give you one? 320 00:28:17,237 --> 00:28:19,113 They were three splendid men. 321 00:28:19,573 --> 00:28:22,116 Ned was the best of them. 322 00:28:22,242 --> 00:28:24,452 He was the last to be killed, 323 00:28:24,578 --> 00:28:27,955 and when the telegram came, as I knew it would come, 324 00:28:28,081 --> 00:28:31,792 I said to myself, "Now it's my son's turn 325 00:28:31,919 --> 00:28:34,962 to do what Ned can never do now." 326 00:28:35,088 --> 00:28:39,133 I was alone then. He was just going to Eton. 327 00:28:39,259 --> 00:28:43,262 If you read Ned's book, you'll understand. 328 00:28:56,526 --> 00:28:59,904 She had a copy lying ready on her bureau. 329 00:29:00,030 --> 00:29:02,406 I thought at the time, 330 00:29:02,532 --> 00:29:06,619 "She planned this parting before ever I came in." 331 00:29:06,745 --> 00:29:09,789 Had she rehearsed all the interview? 332 00:29:09,915 --> 00:29:12,792 If things had gone differently, 333 00:29:12,918 --> 00:29:15,920 would she have put the book back in the drawer? 334 00:29:27,057 --> 00:29:29,267 Thank you. 335 00:29:29,393 --> 00:29:31,894 I prayed for you too, in the night. 336 00:29:36,858 --> 00:29:39,527 Go on. You'll miss your train. 337 00:29:49,037 --> 00:29:51,080 I was no fool. 338 00:29:51,206 --> 00:29:52,915 I was old enough to know 339 00:29:53,041 --> 00:29:56,043 that an attempt had been made to suborn me 340 00:29:56,169 --> 00:30:01,007 and young enough to have found the experience agreeable. 341 00:30:08,015 --> 00:30:09,682 Will you be seeing Sebastian? 342 00:30:09,808 --> 00:30:11,058 Yes, of course. 343 00:30:11,184 --> 00:30:14,186 Please, will you give him my special love? 344 00:30:14,313 --> 00:30:17,356 Will you remember? My special love. 345 00:30:17,482 --> 00:30:19,358 I won't forget. 346 00:30:19,484 --> 00:30:22,153 - Bye, Charles. - Bye. 347 00:30:42,966 --> 00:30:44,216 Hayter, is my father in? 348 00:30:44,343 --> 00:30:45,843 No, he went out early. 349 00:30:45,969 --> 00:30:48,512 Lord Sebastian has arrived. 350 00:30:48,638 --> 00:30:52,183 Good. Where is he? 351 00:30:52,309 --> 00:30:54,685 Charlesl How are you? 352 00:30:54,811 --> 00:30:56,520 I've been waiting for you for hours. 353 00:30:56,646 --> 00:30:59,690 What kept you? 354 00:30:59,816 --> 00:31:02,693 I'm so glad you're here. 355 00:31:02,819 --> 00:31:04,862 Are you being looked after? Mmhmm. 356 00:31:04,988 --> 00:31:06,238 Is everything all right? 357 00:31:06,365 --> 00:31:08,657 Blissful. Hayter? 358 00:31:11,745 --> 00:31:13,704 By the way, before I forget, 359 00:31:13,830 --> 00:31:17,750 Cordelia sends her special love. 360 00:31:21,630 --> 00:31:24,006 Did you have your little talk with Mummy? 361 00:31:24,132 --> 00:31:26,675 Yes. 362 00:31:26,802 --> 00:31:29,136 Have you gone over to her side? 363 00:31:32,140 --> 00:31:35,643 No, I'm with you. 364 00:31:37,771 --> 00:31:42,608 "Sebastian contra mundum." 365 00:31:43,985 --> 00:31:46,862 Good. Then you'll find me a drink. 366 00:31:46,988 --> 00:31:48,280 Ah. 367 00:31:48,407 --> 00:31:51,409 Well, I don't know whether I am going to be able to. 368 00:31:58,542 --> 00:32:03,421 But the shadows were closing round Sebastian. 369 00:32:03,547 --> 00:32:06,090 We returned to Oxford, 370 00:32:06,216 --> 00:32:08,092 and once again, the gillyflowers bloomed 371 00:32:08,218 --> 00:32:10,094 under my college windows, 372 00:32:10,220 --> 00:32:12,054 and the chestnut lit the streets, 373 00:32:12,180 --> 00:32:13,472 and the warm stones 374 00:32:13,598 --> 00:32:16,976 strewed their flakes upon the cobble. 375 00:32:17,102 --> 00:32:20,146 But it was not as it had been. 376 00:32:20,272 --> 00:32:23,941 There was midwinter in Sebastian's heart. 377 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:28,779 The weeks went by, 378 00:32:28,905 --> 00:32:30,865 and we looked for lodgings for the coming term 379 00:32:30,991 --> 00:32:33,200 and found them in Merton Street, 380 00:32:33,326 --> 00:32:35,536 a secluded, expensive little house 381 00:32:35,662 --> 00:32:37,496 near the tennis court. 382 00:32:40,292 --> 00:32:42,001 Thank you. 383 00:32:42,127 --> 00:32:43,669 Charlesl. 384 00:32:43,795 --> 00:32:45,296 How nice to see you. How are you? 385 00:32:45,422 --> 00:32:46,672 Hello, Mr. Samgrass. 386 00:32:46,798 --> 00:32:48,174 I haven't seen you for long time. 387 00:32:48,300 --> 00:32:49,592 How is Sebastian? 388 00:32:49,718 --> 00:32:50,968 Excuse me. 389 00:32:51,094 --> 00:32:52,344 He's very well. 390 00:32:52,471 --> 00:32:55,222 We've just found some rooms together in Merton Street. 391 00:32:55,348 --> 00:32:57,391 You're sharing digs with Sebastian? 392 00:32:57,517 --> 00:33:00,728 So he is coming up next term? 393 00:33:00,854 --> 00:33:03,397 I suppose so. I don't see why not. 394 00:33:03,523 --> 00:33:04,815 I don't either. 395 00:33:04,941 --> 00:33:07,985 It's just that I somehow thought perhaps he wasn't. 396 00:33:08,111 --> 00:33:09,987 I'm always wrong about things like that. 397 00:33:10,113 --> 00:33:12,656 I like Merton Street. 398 00:33:12,782 --> 00:33:14,492 Schlegell. 399 00:33:14,618 --> 00:33:17,995 Do you know these fascinating essays, Charles? 400 00:33:18,121 --> 00:33:19,413 No. 401 00:33:19,539 --> 00:33:21,999 Don't think me interfering, you know, 402 00:33:22,125 --> 00:33:24,210 but I wouldn't make any definite arrangement 403 00:33:24,336 --> 00:33:26,670 in Merton Street until you're sure. 404 00:33:26,796 --> 00:33:28,088 It's just conceivable 405 00:33:28,215 --> 00:33:31,383 his mother may have different ideas. 406 00:33:33,845 --> 00:33:36,722 Yes. 407 00:33:36,848 --> 00:33:39,183 There's a plot on. 408 00:33:43,438 --> 00:33:46,440 Mummy wants me to live with Monsignor Bell. 409 00:33:48,443 --> 00:33:50,486 Why didn't you tell me before? 410 00:33:50,612 --> 00:33:54,198 Because I'm not going to live with Monsignor Bell. 411 00:33:54,324 --> 00:33:56,992 But I still think you might have told me. 412 00:33:58,828 --> 00:34:00,996 When did it start? 413 00:34:02,499 --> 00:34:05,167 Oh, it's been going on. 414 00:34:13,510 --> 00:34:16,720 Mummy's so clever, you know? 415 00:34:16,846 --> 00:34:20,391 She saw she'd failed with you. 416 00:34:20,517 --> 00:34:22,226 I expect it was the letter you wrote 417 00:34:22,352 --> 00:34:25,771 after reading Uncle Ned's book. 418 00:34:25,897 --> 00:34:27,606 But I hardly said a thing. 419 00:34:27,732 --> 00:34:29,441 Mm. 420 00:34:29,568 --> 00:34:31,277 Well, that was it. 421 00:34:31,403 --> 00:34:32,923 If you were going to be any use to her, 422 00:34:33,029 --> 00:34:34,405 you'd have said a lot. 423 00:34:34,531 --> 00:34:37,032 Uncle Ned is the test, you know? 424 00:34:45,125 --> 00:34:46,375 Uh, Mr. Ryder? 425 00:34:46,501 --> 00:34:47,751 Yes? 426 00:34:47,877 --> 00:34:49,837 - Bye, Charles. - Bye-bye. 427 00:34:49,963 --> 00:34:53,173 This came for you, sir. 428 00:34:53,300 --> 00:34:55,718 "I shall be passing through Oxford on Tuesday 429 00:34:55,844 --> 00:34:58,721 "and hope to see you and Sebastian. 430 00:34:58,847 --> 00:35:00,723 "I would like to see you alone for five minutes 431 00:35:00,849 --> 00:35:02,850 "before I see him. 432 00:35:02,976 --> 00:35:05,311 "Is that too much to ask? 433 00:35:05,437 --> 00:35:08,772 I will come to your rooms at about 12:00." 434 00:35:22,203 --> 00:35:25,581 These ground floor rooms are really most attractive. 435 00:35:27,125 --> 00:35:30,878 My brothers, Simon and Ned, were here, you know? 436 00:35:31,004 --> 00:35:34,882 Ned had rooms on the garden front. 437 00:35:35,008 --> 00:35:36,884 I wanted Sebastian to come here too, 438 00:35:37,010 --> 00:35:41,180 but my husband was at Christchurch, 439 00:35:41,306 --> 00:35:42,681 and as you know, it was he 440 00:35:42,807 --> 00:35:45,809 who took charge of Sebastian's education. 441 00:35:47,729 --> 00:35:49,438 These really are delightful, Charles. 442 00:35:49,564 --> 00:35:51,774 Thank you. 443 00:35:51,900 --> 00:35:54,443 Everyone loves your paintings in the garden room. 444 00:35:54,569 --> 00:35:57,905 We'd never forgive you if you didn't finish them. 445 00:35:58,031 --> 00:36:00,199 Well, I hope. 446 00:36:00,325 --> 00:36:03,369 I expect you've guessed already what I've come to ask. 447 00:36:03,495 --> 00:36:09,333 Quite simply, is Sebastian drinking too much this term? 448 00:36:09,459 --> 00:36:12,836 If he was, I shouldn't answer. 449 00:36:12,962 --> 00:36:16,465 As it is, I can say no. 450 00:36:17,967 --> 00:36:20,177 I believe you. 451 00:36:20,303 --> 00:36:22,346 Thank God. 452 00:36:22,472 --> 00:36:23,847 Is that the time? 453 00:36:23,973 --> 00:36:26,975 Sebastian's expecting us at 1:00. 454 00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:42,241 That night, Sebastian had his third disaster. 455 00:36:42,367 --> 00:36:44,410 Mr. Ryder, sir? Mr. Ryder? 456 00:36:48,039 --> 00:36:50,916 What on Earth is it? 457 00:36:51,042 --> 00:36:53,085 Oakes? Oakes? 458 00:36:53,211 --> 00:36:54,461 What's the time? 459 00:36:54,587 --> 00:36:56,338 It's Lord Sebastian Flyte, sir. 460 00:36:56,464 --> 00:36:58,298 I reckon he was climbing in to see you. 461 00:37:00,343 --> 00:37:02,302 - Where is he? - He's in the back quad. 462 00:37:02,429 --> 00:37:04,471 Had a bit of a nasty fall. 463 00:37:04,597 --> 00:37:07,057 The bulldogs have got him, and the proctors are there. 464 00:37:07,183 --> 00:37:10,227 I believe they've got the principal up too. 465 00:37:10,353 --> 00:37:13,063 But I only left him an hour ago. 466 00:37:13,189 --> 00:37:15,858 He can't have... 467 00:37:18,528 --> 00:37:20,237 Now then, sir, take it quietly, please. 468 00:37:20,363 --> 00:37:21,739 I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 469 00:37:21,865 --> 00:37:24,366 Settle down, sir. 470 00:37:28,788 --> 00:37:33,333 Look, I just- I just wanted to... 471 00:37:33,460 --> 00:37:36,128 I don't seem to be entirely myself. 472 00:37:38,757 --> 00:37:41,049 I seem to have hurt my leg. 473 00:37:41,176 --> 00:37:44,928 There's blood all over my hand. 474 00:37:45,054 --> 00:37:47,473 I'm sorry. I don't think it's very serious. 475 00:37:47,599 --> 00:37:48,932 Sebastian, are you all right? 476 00:37:49,058 --> 00:37:53,228 Charles... 477 00:37:53,354 --> 00:37:54,646 Look, I'm all right. 478 00:37:54,773 --> 00:37:56,356 It's bleeding a lot, but I'm all right. 479 00:37:56,483 --> 00:37:58,483 I just wanted to see you. I just wanted to see you. 480 00:37:58,568 --> 00:38:00,444 All right, all right. It's all right, sir. 481 00:38:00,570 --> 00:38:02,613 He's a friend of mine. I'll take care of him. 482 00:38:02,739 --> 00:38:06,116 I told you-l told you I wanted to see you. 483 00:38:06,242 --> 00:38:07,493 I told you. 484 00:38:33,978 --> 00:38:38,524 Have you been doing that a lot? 485 00:38:38,650 --> 00:38:40,651 Drinking by yourself after I've gone? 486 00:38:43,738 --> 00:38:45,113 About twice. 487 00:38:49,202 --> 00:38:50,953 Well, maybe four times. 488 00:38:56,251 --> 00:39:00,045 It's only when they start bothering me. 489 00:39:00,171 --> 00:39:03,340 I'd be all right if only they'd leave me alone. 490 00:39:07,846 --> 00:39:09,555 They won't now. 491 00:39:09,681 --> 00:39:11,515 I know. 492 00:39:17,814 --> 00:39:19,064 Really, Sebastian, 493 00:39:19,190 --> 00:39:21,430 if you are going to embark on a solitary bout of drinking 494 00:39:21,484 --> 00:39:23,777 every time you see a member of your family, 495 00:39:23,903 --> 00:39:25,779 it's hopeless. 496 00:39:25,905 --> 00:39:28,115 I know it's hopeless. 497 00:39:28,241 --> 00:39:29,658 Well, what do you propose to do? 498 00:39:29,784 --> 00:39:31,034 Nothing. 499 00:39:34,414 --> 00:39:36,582 I shan't do a thing. 500 00:39:38,835 --> 00:39:41,169 They'll do it all. 501 00:39:52,265 --> 00:39:53,515 You must believe 502 00:39:53,641 --> 00:39:55,241 that when I told you he was not drinking, 503 00:39:55,351 --> 00:39:57,686 I was telling you the truth as I knew it. 504 00:39:57,812 --> 00:40:01,106 I know you wish to be a good friend to him. 505 00:40:01,232 --> 00:40:02,482 That's not what I mean. 506 00:40:02,609 --> 00:40:05,485 L-I believed it to be true. 507 00:40:05,612 --> 00:40:08,071 I still believe it to some extent. 508 00:40:08,197 --> 00:40:11,074 I believe he's been drunk two or three times before, 509 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:13,201 no more. 510 00:40:13,328 --> 00:40:14,828 It's no use, Charles. 511 00:40:14,954 --> 00:40:17,539 All you can mean is that you have not as much influence 512 00:40:17,665 --> 00:40:21,126 or knowledge of him as I thought. 513 00:40:21,252 --> 00:40:24,296 It is no good either of us trying to believe him. 514 00:40:24,422 --> 00:40:27,299 I've known drunkards before. 515 00:40:27,425 --> 00:40:31,428 One of the most terrible things about them is their deceit. 516 00:40:31,554 --> 00:40:35,974 Love of truth is the first thing that goes. 517 00:40:36,100 --> 00:40:39,061 But after lunch, when you left, he was so sweet to me, 518 00:40:39,187 --> 00:40:41,897 just as he used to be as a little boy, 519 00:40:42,023 --> 00:40:44,650 and I agreed to all he wanted. 520 00:40:44,776 --> 00:40:46,936 You know I had doubts about his sharing rooms with you. 521 00:40:47,028 --> 00:40:49,863 I know you'll understand me when I say that. 522 00:40:49,989 --> 00:40:51,698 You know how fond we all are of you 523 00:40:51,824 --> 00:40:54,618 apart from your being Sebastian's friend. 524 00:40:54,744 --> 00:40:56,119 We would miss you so much 525 00:40:56,245 --> 00:40:59,247 if you stopped coming to stay with us. 526 00:40:59,374 --> 00:41:01,458 But I want Sebastian to have all sorts of friends, 527 00:41:01,584 --> 00:41:04,461 not just one. 528 00:41:04,587 --> 00:41:05,963 Monsignor Bell tells me 529 00:41:06,089 --> 00:41:08,632 he never mixes with the other Catholics, 530 00:41:08,758 --> 00:41:11,760 rarely goes to church even. 531 00:41:11,886 --> 00:41:15,097 Heaven forbid he should know only Catholics, 532 00:41:15,223 --> 00:41:17,599 but he should know some. 533 00:41:17,725 --> 00:41:20,602 It takes a very strong faith to stand entirely alone, 534 00:41:20,728 --> 00:41:23,855 and Sebastian isn't strong. 535 00:41:23,982 --> 00:41:25,357 But I was so happy at luncheon 536 00:41:25,483 --> 00:41:27,192 that I gave up all my objections. 537 00:41:27,318 --> 00:41:29,438 I went round with him to see the rooms you had chosen. 538 00:41:29,529 --> 00:41:31,530 They are charming. 539 00:41:31,656 --> 00:41:33,031 We decided on some furniture 540 00:41:33,157 --> 00:41:36,994 you could have sent from London to make them nicer. 541 00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:41,456 And then, on the very night after I had seen him... 542 00:41:41,582 --> 00:41:46,294 No, Charles, it's not in the logic of the thing. 543 00:41:46,421 --> 00:41:49,923 Well, have you a remedy? 544 00:41:50,049 --> 00:41:52,759 The college are being extraordinarily kind. 545 00:41:52,885 --> 00:41:54,594 They've said they will not send him down 546 00:41:54,721 --> 00:41:57,097 provided he goes to live with Monsignor Bell. 547 00:41:57,223 --> 00:41:59,266 It's not something I could have suggested myself. 548 00:41:59,392 --> 00:42:01,101 It was the Monsignor's own idea. 549 00:42:01,227 --> 00:42:02,769 Lady Marchmain, can't you see 550 00:42:02,895 --> 00:42:05,605 that if you want to turn him into a drunkard, 551 00:42:05,732 --> 00:42:08,650 that's the way to do it? 552 00:42:08,776 --> 00:42:12,738 Any idea of his being watched would be fatal. 553 00:42:12,864 --> 00:42:14,156 Oh, dear, it's no use. 554 00:42:14,282 --> 00:42:17,659 Protestants always think Catholic priests are spies. 555 00:42:17,785 --> 00:42:22,581 That's not what I mean. He must feel free. 556 00:42:22,707 --> 00:42:26,918 But he's been free, always, up till now, 557 00:42:27,045 --> 00:42:29,880 and look at the result. 558 00:43:00,203 --> 00:43:02,871 I'm going to cable Papa. 559 00:43:04,874 --> 00:43:08,210 He won't let them force me into that priest's house. 560 00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:17,928 What if they make it a condition of your coming up? 561 00:43:18,054 --> 00:43:20,388 I shan't come up. 562 00:43:24,519 --> 00:43:28,021 Can you imagine me serving at mass twice a week... 563 00:43:32,318 --> 00:43:35,862 Helping at tea parties for shy Catholic freshmen... 564 00:43:39,450 --> 00:43:41,993 Dining with a visiting lecturer 565 00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:43,662 with Monsignor Bell's eye on me, 566 00:43:43,788 --> 00:43:46,706 just to make sure I don't get too much port... 567 00:43:50,795 --> 00:43:52,254 Being explained away 568 00:43:52,380 --> 00:43:54,422 as the rather embarrassing local inebriate 569 00:43:54,549 --> 00:43:58,051 who's been taken in because his mother is so charming? 570 00:44:11,023 --> 00:44:13,817 I told her it wouldn't do. 571 00:44:17,238 --> 00:44:20,782 Charles, let's get really drunk tonight. 572 00:44:23,202 --> 00:44:25,871 It's the one time it could do no conceivable harm. 573 00:44:30,376 --> 00:44:33,628 Promise me you haven't gone over to their side. 574 00:44:33,754 --> 00:44:37,632 "Contra mundum"? 575 00:44:37,758 --> 00:44:40,093 "Contra mundum." 576 00:44:42,847 --> 00:44:45,724 Bless you, Charles. 577 00:44:45,850 --> 00:44:48,518 There are not many evenings left to us. 578 00:45:15,796 --> 00:45:18,340 Damn Monsignor! 579 00:45:38,611 --> 00:45:40,737 Ohl Ohl. 580 00:46:07,640 --> 00:46:13,019 The next day, Lady Marchmain left Oxford, 581 00:46:13,145 --> 00:46:17,315 taking Sebastian with her. 582 00:46:17,441 --> 00:46:19,150 Brideshead and I went to his rooms 583 00:46:19,277 --> 00:46:22,904 to sort out what he would have sent on 584 00:46:23,030 --> 00:46:26,032 and what to leave behind. 585 00:46:33,666 --> 00:46:37,210 It's a pity Sebastian doesn't know Monsignor Bell better. 586 00:46:37,336 --> 00:46:39,546 He'd find him a charming man to live with. 587 00:46:39,672 --> 00:46:43,258 I was there myself my last term. 588 00:46:46,762 --> 00:46:49,222 My mother believes Sebastian is a confirmed drunkard. 589 00:46:49,348 --> 00:46:51,391 Is he? 590 00:46:51,517 --> 00:46:54,227 He's in danger of becoming one. 591 00:46:59,734 --> 00:47:01,276 I believe God prefers drunkards 592 00:47:01,402 --> 00:47:02,694 to a lot of respectable people. 593 00:47:02,820 --> 00:47:05,196 Oh, for God's sake. 594 00:47:05,323 --> 00:47:08,700 Why do you have to bring God into everything? 595 00:47:08,826 --> 00:47:11,202 Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot. 596 00:47:11,329 --> 00:47:13,663 But, you know, that's an extremely funny question. 597 00:47:13,789 --> 00:47:15,582 Is it? 598 00:47:15,708 --> 00:47:18,251 Oh, to me, not to you. 599 00:47:18,377 --> 00:47:22,589 No. Not to me. 600 00:47:24,925 --> 00:47:26,634 It seems to me that without your religion, 601 00:47:26,761 --> 00:47:29,471 Sebastian might have had a chance 602 00:47:29,597 --> 00:47:32,599 to be a happy and a healthy man. 603 00:47:35,144 --> 00:47:38,938 It's arguable, I suppose. 604 00:47:39,065 --> 00:47:41,524 Do you think Sebastian will need this elephant's foot again? 605 00:48:10,679 --> 00:48:11,930 Hello. 606 00:48:12,056 --> 00:48:14,808 I haven't seen you all term. 607 00:48:14,934 --> 00:48:17,227 Why have you deserted the smart set? 608 00:48:20,815 --> 00:48:23,942 I'm the loneliest man in Oxford. 609 00:48:26,278 --> 00:48:29,447 Sebastian Flyte's been sent down. 610 00:48:37,581 --> 00:48:40,208 Have you got digs for next term? 611 00:48:40,334 --> 00:48:42,210 I'm sharing with Tyngate. 612 00:48:42,336 --> 00:48:44,712 There's one room we still haven't let. 613 00:48:44,839 --> 00:48:46,172 Barker was coming in, 614 00:48:46,298 --> 00:48:48,591 but now he's standing for President of the Union. 615 00:48:48,717 --> 00:48:52,303 He feels he ought to be nearer. 616 00:48:52,430 --> 00:48:55,306 Where are you going? 617 00:48:55,433 --> 00:48:58,810 I was going to Merton Street with Sebastian, 618 00:48:58,936 --> 00:49:02,021 but that's no good now. 619 00:49:13,117 --> 00:49:15,618 I'd better go and do my packing. 620 00:49:17,455 --> 00:49:19,664 I hope you find someone for lffley Road. 621 00:49:19,790 --> 00:49:23,376 I hope you find someone for Merton Street. 622 00:49:59,914 --> 00:50:02,624 That very good-looking friend, 623 00:50:02,750 --> 00:50:05,919 is he not with you? 624 00:50:06,045 --> 00:50:07,754 No. 625 00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:11,257 I'm sorry. I liked him. 626 00:50:25,606 --> 00:50:29,943 Father, do you particularly want me to take my degree? 627 00:50:30,069 --> 00:50:31,319 I want you to? 628 00:50:31,445 --> 00:50:33,321 Good gracious, why should I want such a thing? 629 00:50:33,447 --> 00:50:34,989 No use to me. 630 00:50:35,115 --> 00:50:38,451 Not much use to you either, as far as I've seen. 631 00:50:38,577 --> 00:50:42,205 That's exactly what I was thinking. 632 00:50:42,331 --> 00:50:44,171 I thought perhaps it was rather a waste of time 633 00:50:44,250 --> 00:50:48,378 going back to Oxford. 634 00:50:48,504 --> 00:50:50,380 You've been sent down. 635 00:50:50,506 --> 00:50:52,215 My brother warned me of this. 636 00:50:52,341 --> 00:50:53,883 No, I've not. 637 00:50:54,009 --> 00:50:58,054 Well, then, what's all the talk about? 638 00:50:58,180 --> 00:51:01,307 Everyone stays up at least three years. 639 00:51:01,433 --> 00:51:02,684 I knew one man who took seven 640 00:51:02,810 --> 00:51:04,477 to get a pass degree in theology. 641 00:51:10,734 --> 00:51:12,026 I only thought that 642 00:51:12,152 --> 00:51:14,152 if I wasn't going to take up one of the professions 643 00:51:14,238 --> 00:51:15,947 where a degree is necessary, 644 00:51:16,073 --> 00:51:20,285 it might be better to start now on what I intend doing. 645 00:51:20,411 --> 00:51:23,454 I intend being a painter. 646 00:51:23,581 --> 00:51:24,831 You'll need a studio. 647 00:51:24,957 --> 00:51:26,207 Yes. 648 00:51:26,333 --> 00:51:27,584 Well, there's no studio here. 649 00:51:27,710 --> 00:51:29,670 I'm not going to have you painting in the gallery. 650 00:51:29,795 --> 00:51:31,254 No, I never meant to. 651 00:51:31,380 --> 00:51:34,090 Nor will I have undraped models all over the house 652 00:51:34,216 --> 00:51:37,427 or critics with their horrible jargon. 653 00:51:37,553 --> 00:51:40,263 And I don't like the smell of turpentine. 654 00:51:40,389 --> 00:51:42,890 I presume you intend to do the thing properly 655 00:51:43,017 --> 00:51:46,102 and paint with oils? 656 00:51:46,228 --> 00:51:50,481 Well, I probably shouldn't paint much in the first year. 657 00:51:50,608 --> 00:51:52,609 Anyway, I should be at a school. 658 00:51:52,735 --> 00:51:53,985 Abroad? 659 00:51:54,111 --> 00:51:58,656 There are some excellent schools abroad, I believe. 660 00:51:58,782 --> 00:52:01,826 Well, abroad or here. 661 00:52:01,952 --> 00:52:04,162 I shall have to look round first. 662 00:52:04,288 --> 00:52:06,831 Look round abroad. 663 00:52:11,045 --> 00:52:14,088 Anyhow, you agree to my leaving Oxford? 664 00:52:14,214 --> 00:52:19,010 Agree? Agree? My dear boy, you're 22. 665 00:52:19,136 --> 00:52:21,471 20, father. 666 00:52:21,597 --> 00:52:25,475 21 in October. 667 00:52:25,601 --> 00:52:27,810 Is that all you are? Ha. 668 00:52:27,936 --> 00:52:30,688 It seems much longer. 669 00:52:48,082 --> 00:52:51,959 I did not see Sebastian again that year. 670 00:52:52,086 --> 00:52:53,795 Towards the end of the summer, 671 00:52:53,921 --> 00:52:57,632 I took up a place in a small art school in Paris 672 00:52:57,758 --> 00:53:01,135 and found rooms in the lle Saint-Louis. 673 00:53:01,261 --> 00:53:06,140 A letter from Lady Marchmain completes this chapter: 674 00:53:06,266 --> 00:53:08,893 "My dear Charles, 675 00:53:09,019 --> 00:53:12,897 "Sebastian's stay here has not been happy. 676 00:53:13,023 --> 00:53:14,899 "Mr. Samgrass has kindly consented 677 00:53:15,025 --> 00:53:16,567 "to take charge of him, 678 00:53:16,694 --> 00:53:18,903 "and they go together to the Levant, 679 00:53:19,029 --> 00:53:21,364 "where Mr. Samgrass has long been anxious 680 00:53:21,490 --> 00:53:25,535 "to investigate a number of orthodox monasteries. 681 00:53:25,661 --> 00:53:27,370 "I hope your arrangements for next term 682 00:53:27,496 --> 00:53:29,872 "have not been too much upset 683 00:53:29,998 --> 00:53:33,167 and that everything will go well with you." 684 00:53:40,175 --> 00:53:43,219 "I went to the garden room this morning 685 00:53:43,345 --> 00:53:46,180 and was so very sorry."