All language subtitles for CC SRT A1-3

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

ROBSON,
YOUR MASTER IS UNWELL.

WE MUST STOP AT
THE VERY NEXT VILLAGE
YOU COME TO.

RIGHT YOU ARE, MISS.

HE IS ILL.

WE NEED A BEDROOM,
IF YOU PLEASE.

TAKE THE GENTLEMAN
TO THE FIRST FLOOR
FRONT, MARK.

RIGHT, MRS. LUPIN.

SHALL I CALL
A DOCTOR

OR THE APOTHECARY
IN THE NEXT VILLAGE?

NO. NO DOCTORS,
NO APOTHECARIES.

HERE, PA.
BRANDY AND WATER.

THAT'LL DO.
I'M BETTER.

OH!

[LAUGHTER]

AND I HAVE
SOME NEWS FOR YOU.

OH.

I'M GLAD TO REPORT THAT
I'VE FOUND ANOTHER STUDENT

TO REPLACE
THE INGRATE WESTLOCK.

OH, PA!
WHO IS HE?

A YOUNG MAN,
ANXIOUS TO AVAIL HIMSELF

OF THE ELIGIBLE OPPORTUNITY
WHICH NOW OFFERS

FOR UNITING
THE BEST PRACTICAL
ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION

WITH THE COMFORTS OF A HOME
AND A FAMILY

OF THE HIGHEST
MORAL STANDARDS.

AS PER ADVERTISEMENT.

IS HE HANDSOME, PA?

OH, SILLY MERRY.
WHAT'S THE PREMIUM, PA?

GRACIOUS, CHARITY,
WHAT A MERCENARY GIRL
YOU ARE.

GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS.

[BOTH LAUGH]

HE'S WELL-LOOKING ENOUGH.

I DO NOT EXPECT ANY IMMEDIATE
PREMIUM WITH HIM.

HAVE YOU SEEN YOUR
GRANDPAPA LIKE THIS
BEFORE, MISS?

MANY TIMES.

BUT HE'S NOT
MY GRANDFATHER.

FATHER,
I SHOULD HAVE SAID.

HE'S NOT MY FATHER
OR MY UNCLE.

OR MY HUSBAND.

WE ARE NOT RELATED.

OH! UH, WHY IT'S...
A PROVIDENCE

YOU HAVE
THE MEDICINE, THEN.

WE NEVER TRAVEL
WITHOUT THEM.

BRING ME MY WRITING CASE.

AND MOVE THE CANDLE NEARER.

MARTIN, YOU SHOULD REST.

BRING IT,
I TELL YOU!

THE YOUNG LADY'S RIGHT, SIR.
YOU'RE IN NO FIT STATE
TO BE WRITING.

AND WHAT BUSINESS
IS IT OF YOURS, MA'AM?

AHEM. NO BUSINESS, SIR,
EXCEPT COMMON SENSE
AND CHRISTIAN CHARITY.

I WANT TO SEE YOU
GET BETTER.

HMM. VERY SOLICITOUS.

BUT YOU BEGIN TOO SOON.

YOU DO YOUR ERRAND,
AND YOU EARN YOUR FEE.

WHO IS YOUR CLIENT?

MY CLIENT, SIR?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

HUSH, MARTIN.

CONSIDER HOW SHORT A TIME
WE'VE BEEN IN THIS HOUSE

AND QUITE BY CHANCE.

EVEN YOUR NAME
IS UNKNOWN HERE.

DIDN'T YOU SAY
THIS PLACE WAS CALLED
LITTLE HADDING?

AH. THEN THERE IS
SOMEONE HERE

WHO KNOWS MY NAME.

HAS THE REPROBATE
DEPARTED YET?

HE GOES
TO LONDON TONIGHT
BY THE MAIL COACH.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

COME IN.

I--I BEG YOUR PARDON
FOR INTRUDING,
MR. PECKSNIFF.

PRAY BE SEATED, MR. PINCH,
BUT HAVE THE GOODNESS
TO SHUT THE DOOR.

THANK YOU, SIR.

BUT...MR. WESTLOCK
IS HERE, TOO, SIR,

AND, L-LEAVING TONIGHT
FOR GOOD AND ALL,

WISHES TO LEAVE NONE
BUT FRIENDS BEHIND.

OH, MR. PINCH, MR. PINCH,

I HAVE NOT DESERVED
THIS OF YOU.

COME, MR. PECKSNIFF,

DON'T LET THERE BE
ANY ILL WILL

BETWEEN US
AT PARTING.

I BEAR NO ILL WILL
TO ANY MAN ON EARTH.

I TOLD YOU HE DIDN'T.

YOU'LL SHAKE HANDS,
THEN.

NO, JOHN,
I WILL NOT SHAKE HANDS.

I HAVE FORGIVEN YOU.

I HAVE EMBRACED YOU
IN THE SPIRIT, JOHN,

WHICH IS BETTER
THAN SHAKING HANDS.

WHAT DID I TELL YOU?

AS FOR YOUR
FORGIVENESS,

I'LL NOT HAVE IT
UPON SUCH TERMS.

Charity:
FOR SHAME!

OH, BUT YOU MUST.
YOU HAVE NO CHOICE.

I FORGAVE YOU
EVEN AS YOU WRONGED ME
WITH YOUR REPROACHES.

I WRONGED YOU?

HERE'S
A PRETTY FELLOW.

WHAT ABOUT THE �500
YOU HAD FROM ME

FOR TEACHING ME
NOTHING?

OR THE �70 A YEAR
FOR BOARD AND LODGING

WHICH WOULD HAVE
BEEN DEAR AT 17?

I FORGAVE YOU.

JUST AS I FORGIVE
THE THOUGHTLESS PERSON

WHO INTRODUCED YOU
TO MY QUIET HEARTH TONIGHT,

DISTURBING ITS PEACE
AND HARMONY.

MR. PECKSNIFF, I--

NAY.

I BEG THAT INDIVIDUAL
NOT TO OFFER A REMARK
JUST NOW.

IN TIME, I TRUST, I SHALL
HAVE SUFFICIENT FORTITUDE

TO CONVERSE WITH HIM
AS IF THESE EVENTS
HAD NEVER HAPPENED.

BUT NOT NOW.

NOT NOW.

BAH!

COME, PINCH.
IT'S NOT WORTH
THINKING OF.

LADIES, GOOD NIGHT.

A MESSAGE FROM
THE BLUE DRAGON, SIR.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

BOTH HANDS, TOM.
BOTH HANDS.

GOOD-BYE...
MY DEAR FELLOW.

I'LL WRITE TO YOU
FROM LONDON, MIND.

I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE
YOU'RE GOING.

SEEMS BUT YESTERDAY
YOU CAME.

IT WAS 5 YEARS.

5 WASTED YEARS...

BUT FOR THE PLEASURE
OF KNOWING YOU.

GOOD-BYE, JOHN.

GOOD-BYE, TOM.

Man: GET ON!
WHOOPAH!

[HORSE NEIGHS]

GOOD EVENING,
MRS. LUPIN.

GOOD EVENING,
MR. PECKSNIFF.

I--I AM SO VERY GLAD
YOU HAVE COME.

I AM SO VERY GLAD
I HAVE COME, MRS. LUPIN,
IF I CAN BE OF SERVICE.

WHAT IS THE MATTER?

AN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN
TAKEN ILL UPON THE ROAD

HAS BEEN SO VERY BAD
UPSTAIRS, SIR.

A GENTLEMAN TAKEN ILL
UPON THE ROAD

HAS BEEN SO VERY BAD
UPSTAIRS, HAS HE?

WELL, WELL.
AND HOW IS HE NOW?

I AM VERY MUCH AFRAID,
SIR,

THAT HIS CONSCIENCE
IS TROUBLED

BY HIS NOT BEING RELATED
TO...OR MARRIED TO

THE YOUNG LADY
WHO IS WITH HIM.

YOU MEAN YOUNG PERSON,
MRS. LUPIN.

YOUNG PERSON, SIR, YES.
I DO BEG YOUR PARDON.

I HAVE BEEN
SO RUSHED TONIGHT,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I SAY,

BUT TO BE SURE,
SHE LOOKS AND ACTS
JUST LIKE A LADY.

APPEARANCES ARE
OFTEN DECEPTIVE.

I WILL WAIT UPON
THESE TRAVELERS,
MRS. LUPIN.

THIS LOOKS ARTFUL...

VERY ARTFUL,
MRS. LUPIN.

SHALL I KNOCK, SIR?

NO.

[UNLATCHES DOOR]

WHAT GENTLEMAN
IS THIS?

DON'T TROUBLE YOURSELF,
MA'AM.

THIS YOUNG, EH...STRANGER
WILL EXCUSE ME

FOR REPLYING BRIEFLY THAT
I RESIDE IN THIS VILLAGE.

IT MAY BE IN
AN INFLUENTIAL MANNER,
HOWEVER UNDESERVED,

AND I WAS SUMMONED HERE
BY YOU.

I AM HERE AS I AM
EVERYWHERE, I HOPE,

IN SYMPATHY WITH
THE SICK AND SORRY.

YOU ARE MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT!

YES...

I AM MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT.

AND MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT
WISHES YOU WERE HANGED

BEFORE YOU'D COME HERE
TO DISTURB HIM
IN HIS SLEEP.

MY GOOD COUSIN, I--

THERE, WITH HIS
VERY FIRST WORDS,

HE PROCLAIMS
HIS RELATIONSHIP TO ME.

I KNEW HE WOULD.
THEY ALL DO IT.

NEAR OR DISTANT,
BLOOD OR WATER,

IT'S ALL ONE.

UGH!

PRAY...COMPOSE YOURSELF,
MR. CHUZZLEWIT.

AND YOU, MISTRESS,
I KNEW YOU WERE HIS SPY!

A SPY?
MARTIN, HUSH!

DO NOT BE HASTY,
MR. CHUZZLEWIT.

I ASSURE YOU
MRS. LUPIN HAD NO IDEA
WE WERE RELATED.

BAH.

I CAME HERE TO SUCCOR
A STRANGER, SO I THOUGHT,

AND I HAVE JUST THAT AMOUNT
OF INTEREST IN YOU

AS I SHOULD FEEL
IN ANY STRANGER
CIRCUMSTANCED AS YOU ARE,

NO MORE...AND NO LESS.

HMM?

OH, I--
I BEG YOUR PARDON.

I THOUGHT YOU SPOKE.

MRS. LUPIN, I AM NOT AWARE
THAT I CAN BE OF ANY FURTHER
SERVICE HERE.

SHALL WE CONVERSE
AS STRANGERS, THEN?

IF THAT WOULD BE
A RELIEF TO YOU, SIR.

LEAVE US ALONE.

I AM A WEALTHY MAN.

WEALTHIER THAN
MY BROTHER ANTHONY,
FOR INSTANCE.

HE GETS SOME PLEASURE
FROM HOARDING HIS MONEY.

MINE HAS BROUGHT ME
NOTHING BUT MISERY.

IT HAS POISONED
EVERY TIE OF FAMILY
OR FRIENDSHIP.

NO ONE LOVES ME
FOR MYSELF...

ONLY FOR WHAT THEY HOPE
TO GET OUT OF ME.

MR. CHUZZLEWIT,
I CAN ASSURE YOU--

I THOUGHT
WE WERE STRANGERS.

HEAR ME OUT.

FOR YEARS...

I'VE BEEN PESTERED BY
A HORDE OF AVARICIOUS
RELATIVES,

ALL CLAMORING
FOR MY ATTENTION,

ALL STAKING A CLAIM
ON MY ESTATE.

THE YOUNG GIRL,
WHOM YOU SAW JUST NOW...

AND WHOM I SEE
YOU HATE ALREADY...

MY DEAR SIR, I--

SHE IS AN ORPHAN...

WHOM I ADOPTED
TO BE MY COMPANION.

HER NAME
IS MARY GRAHAM.

I HAVE MADE,
AS SHE KNOWS,
A SOLEMN VOW

NOT TO LEAVE HER
SO MUCH AS SIXPENCE
WHEN I DIE.

BUT WHILE I LIVE,
I MAKE HER A MODEST
ANNUAL ALLOWANCE,

SO SHE IS
BOUND TO ME IN LIFE
BY SELF-INTEREST...

BUT HAS
NOTHING TO GAIN
FROM MY DEATH.

THAT'S THE ONLY
KIND OF FRIEND
I HAVE NOW.

OR WILL EVER HAVE.

NOW LEAVE ME.

AND JUDGE HOW POINTLESS
IT WOULD BE

FOR YOU TO RETURN.

I WILL LEAVE YOU, SIR.

BUT BEFORE I GO...

I MUST SPEAK.

I WILL NOT SAY THAT
YOU ARE MISTAKEN IN ME.

WHILE YOU ARE
IN YOUR PRESENT MOOD,
IT WOULD BE IN VAIN.

BUT I OWE IT TO MYSELF
AND TO MY CHARACTER

TO TELL YOU
ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER

THAT YOUR CONDUCT IS WRONG,
UNNATURAL, INDEFENSIBLE...

MONSTROUS.

WHAT OTHER?

YOUR GRANDSON, SIR.

YOUR NAMESAKE,
WHO HAS THE STRONGEST
NATURAL CLAIM UPON YOU

AND FROM WHOM, I BELIEVE,
YOU ARE ESTRANGED.

WHY SHOULD YOU
PLEAD FOR HIM?

IT IS MERE
NATURAL JUSTICE.

YOU MUST PROVIDE
FOR THAT YOUNG MAN.

YOU WILL PROVIDE FOR HIM.

PERHAPS...

YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE SO.

I PRAY YOU HAVE.

GOOD NIGHT, MR. CHUZZLEWIT.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[ROOSTER CROWS]

[CHURCH ORGAN PLAYS]

I WOULDN'T BOTHER GOING
UP THERE IF I WERE YOU.

I BEG YOUR PARDON?

WELL, THE DOOR'S LOCKED,
AND THE KEY IS IN THE KEYHOLE.

ARE YOU INSINUATING
THAT I WOULD STOOP--
WHO ARE YOU?

JUST THE QUESTION
THAT WAS ON THE TIP
OF ME OWN TONGUE.

WELL, YOU CAN'T BE
HIS NIECE'S HUSBAND,

BECAUSE HE'S BEEN
HERE ALREADY.

WHAT?

WAIT A BIT.

ARE YOU THE COUSIN
WHO LIVES IN THIS PLACE?

PECKSNIFF?

THAT IS MY NAME.

I BEG YOUR PARDON, SIR.

MONTAGUE TIGG...

AT YOUR SERVICE, SIR.

YOU BEHOLD IN ME, SIR,

A MAN WHO ALSO HAS AN INTEREST
IN THE GENTLEMAN UPSTAIRS.

ARE YOU...
RELATED TO HIM?

NOT EXACTLY. NO, SIR,

BUT MY FRIEND AND ASSOCIATE,
MR. CHEVY SLYME,

IS HIS NEPHEW
TWICE REMOVED.

YOU KNOW MR. SLYME,
I BELIEVE.

I AM AWARE
OF HIS EXISTENCE.

THEN NOW'S YOUR CHANCE
TO MAKE HIS ACQUAINTANCE.

CHEV!

CHEV...

MR. PECKSNIFF.

MR. PECKSNIFF...
MR. CHEVY SLYME,
ESQUIRE.

NOW,
YOU TWO ARE RELATED,

AND RELATIVES
NEVER AGREE, I KNOW,

BUT IF I MAY BE
SO BOLD,

YOU HAVE EVERYTHING
TO GAIN BY COMBINING
WITH THE OTHERS.

[WHISPERING]

YES, CHEV, I SHALL
COME TO THAT PRESENTLY.

I'M SURE MR. PECKSNIFF
WOULD THINK NOTHING

OF SO TRIFLING A LOAN
AS A CROWN PIECE TOWARD
A MAN OF YOUR TALENTS.

YOU SPOKE OF OTHERS.
WHAT OTHERS?

WELL, THERE'S
ANTHONY CHUZZLEWIT,
HIS BROTHER,

AND HIS SON JONAS,
TO BEGIN WITH.

THEY ARE HERE?

AND THE OTHER
BROTHER'S WIDOW
WITH HER 3 DAUGHTERS...

AND THE SPOTTLETOES.

THE SPOTTLETOES?!

THE SPOTTLETOES, YES.

WORD HAS GOT AROUND,
YOU SEE, MR. PECKSNIFF.

THE WHOLE FAMILY IS
POURING INTO THE VILLAGE
BY THE HOUR.

UPON MY SOUL,
THIS IS SCANDALOUS.

IT IS! SCANDALOUS.

AND THE OLD
GENTLEMAN UPSTAIRS,

AT DEATH'S DOOR
FOR ALL WE KNOW,

HIS GRANDSON
DISINHERITED,

A FORTUNE
GOING BEGGING,

AND WE CAN'T GET
ANYWHERE NEAR HIM.

MEANWHILE,
HE IS POURING
HIS CONFIDENCE

INTO THE BOSOM
OF A STRANGER.

YOU REFER
TO HIS PAID COMPANION
AND NURSE, I PRESUME.

[BOTH SNICKER]

COMPANION AND NURSE.

YOU MAY DEPEND
UPON IT, SIR.

SHE HAS HER EYE
ON THE MAIN CHANCE.

THERE MAY BE SOMETHING
IN WHAT YOU SAY.

OF COURSE THERE IS!

THAT'S WHY WE MUST
COMBINE FORCES

AGAINST
HER INFLUENCE!

CHEV,
MY DEAR FELLOW,

GO OUTSIDE AND SEE
WHAT KIND OF A DAY
IT IS, WOULD YOU?

PERHAPS I SHOULD CONVENE
A FAMILY COUNCIL.

CAPITAL IDEA.

CAPITAL.

[DOOR CLOSES]

MEANWHILE,
YOU HEARD CHEV
WHISPER ME, I THINK.

ONLY A MERE
TRIFLING 5 SHILLINGS

TO BE REPAID
PUNCTUALLY NEXT WEEK,
THAT'S THE BEST OF IT.

YOU HEARD THAT?

YOU'RE NOT IN WANT
OF CHANGE, ARE YOU?

NO, THANK YOU,
I'M NOT.

GOOD DAY TO YOU.

BECAUSE IF YOU HAD BEEN,
I WOULD HAVE GOT IT FOR YOU!

PERHAPS YOU WOULD RATHER NOT
LEND SLYME 5 SHILLINGS.

I WOULD MUCH RATHER NOT.

WOULD YOU HAVE
THE SAME OBJECTION

TO LENDING ME
5 SHILLINGS?

I WOULD.
NOT EVEN
HALF A CROWN?

NOT EVEN HALF A CROWN.

WHY, THEN WE COME TO
THE RIDICULOUSLY
SMALL AMOUNT

OF 18 PENCE.

THAT WOULD BE EQUALLY
OBJECTIONABLE.

THEN LET ME TELL YOU,
MR. PECKSNIFF...

YOU ARE
THE MOST REMARKABLE
AND CONSISTENT MAN

THAT EVER I HAVE MET,

AND I HOPE FOR
THE HONOR OF YOUR
FUTURE ACQUAINTANCE.

BE SURE TO LET US KNOW
ABOUT THE FAMILY COUNCIL.

A MESSAGE WILL ALWAYS
FIND US HERE.

HAS IT STARTED YET?

NO, NOT YET.

THIS DOES ME GOOD.

IT DOES MY DAUGHTERS GOOD.

WE THANK YOU
FOR ASSEMBLING HERE.

YOU ASSUME TOO MUCH
TO YOURSELF, PECKSNIFF.

[MURMURS OF AGREEMENT]

I'M NO STRANGER TO
YOUR PREPOSTEROUS DESIRE

TO BE REGARDED AS
THE HEAD OF THIS FAMILY.

AND I SUPPOSE YOU CLAIM THAT
DISTINCTION FOR YOURSELF,
MR. SPOTTLETOE.

WELL, I--I DON'T SAY--

AS THE WIDOW OF
MR. MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT'S
ELDEST BROTHER--

AND A HAPPY RELEASE
IT WAS FOR HIM, TOO.

COME, GIRLS!

I HAVE NOT COME HERE
TO BE INSULTED

BY A NOTORIOUS DEBAUCHEE!

FRIENDS, FRIENDS,
I BESEECH YOU.

LADIES,
PRAY BE SEATED.

GENTLEMEN, PLEASE.

I'M NOT SORRY THIS LITTLE
INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED.

IT'S GOOD TO KNOW
THAT WE HAVE NO RESERVE
BEFORE EACH OTHER

AND ARE APPEARING FREELY
IN OUR OWN CHARACTERS.

DON'T YOU BE
A HYPOCRITE,
PECKSNIFF!

A WHAT, MY DEAR SIR?

YOU HEARD ME.

A HYPOCRITE.

CHARITY, WHEN I TAKE
MY CHAMBER CANDLESTICK
TONIGHT,

REMIND ME TO BE MORE
THAN USUALLY PARTICULAR

IN PRAYING FOR
MR. ANTHONY CHUZZLEWIT,

WHO HAS DONE ME
AN INJUSTICE.

CAN WE GET DOWN
TO THE BUSINESS
OF THIS MEETING?

QUITE SO. I AM GRATEFUL
TO MR. JONAS CHUZZLEWIT

FOR HIS PERTINENT
INTERVENTION.

OUR BUSINESS IS TO CONSIDER
HOW TO OPEN THE EYES

OF OUR VALUED RELATIVE
TO THE--

TO THE, UM...

GO ON, PA.

WHY, THE--THE TRUTH IS,
MY DEAR,

THAT I'M AT--
I'M AT A LOSS FOR A WORD.

THE NAME OF THOSE FABULOUS
CREATURES--

PAGAN, I REGRET TO SAY--

THAT USED TO SING
IN THE WATERS

QUITE ESCAPED ME.

SWANS?

NO, NOT SWANS.

VERY LIKE SWANS, THOUGH.

OYSTERS.

[SNORTS]

AH, NO, BUT BY NO MEANS
UNLIKE OYSTERS.

AN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION.
THANK YOU.

WAIT.

SIRENS...SIRENS.

YES, I--I WAS GOING TO SAY
THAT WE MUST RELEASE
OUR VALUED RELATIVE

FROM THE SIREN SPELL
OF THIS YOUNG FEMALE

WHOSE POSITION IN REFERENCE
TO HIMSELF IS SO SCANDALOUS.

[MURMURS OF AGREEMENT]

WHAT THEN?

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER
WE'VE GOT RID OF THE GIRL?

I SUBMIT TO YOU,
MY FRIENDS,

WHETHER WE MIGHT NOT REMOVE
MR. CHUZZLEWIT'S DISTRUST
OF US ALL

BY PLEADING THE CAUSE...
OF HIS GRANDSON.

A YOUNG MAN FOR WHOM
I HAVE A DEEP REGARD.

WHAT'S YOUR GAME,
PECKSNIFF?

MY GAME, SIR?

I ASSURE YOU,
I HAVE THE MOST
DISINTERESTED MOTIVES.

SIR, THIS IS
A FAMILY CONFERENCE.

I AM NOT AWARE
THAT YOU ARE A MEMBER
OF THIS FAMILY.

ONLY BY ASSOCIATION
WITH MR. SLYME,
I GRANT YOU.

BUT KNOWING THE SUBJECT
OF YOUR DISCUSSION,

I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT
BE INTERESTED TO KNOW

THAT THE BIRD HAS FLOWN.

WHAT IS
YOUR MEANING, SIR?

ACCORDING TO THE HOSTLER
AT THE BLUE DRAGON,

THE OLD MAN
AND THE YOUNG WOMAN

DEPARTED IN THEIR CARRIAGE
AN HOUR AGO

AND LEFT
NO FORWARDING ADDRESS!

COME, CHEV!

YOU WERE PRIVY
TO THIS, SIR!

HE'S DECOYED US HERE
WITH THIS CHARADE
OF A MEETING

SO THE PAIR COULD
MAKE THEIR ESCAPE!

I ASSURE YOU, I KNEW
NOTHING ABOUT IT.

TAH! COME, MY DEAR.

LET US NOT LINGER
IN THIS HOUSE OF DECEIT!

OUTRAGEOUS!

[INDIGNANT MURMURING]

Deaf cousin:
WHAT DID HE SAY?

I BELIEVE YOU,
PECKSNIFF.

FOR ONCE!

POOR PAPA!

TO BE INSULTED
BY THOSE ODIOUS PEOPLE.

AND AFTER ALL YOUR EFFORTS
TO POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS.

AND THE OLD MAN,
SPIRITED AWAY
BY THAT HUSSY!

NOBODY KNOWS WHERE!
THAT'S THE WORST OF IT.

NEVER MIND, MY DEARS.

IT MAY BE JUST AS WELL
HE IS NOT IN RESIDENCE

WHEN MY NEW PUPIL ARRIVES.

THE NEW PUPIL!
WHO IS HE?

YOU ARE TO MEET HIM
IN THE KING'S ARMS
AT HALF PAST 1:00.

HIS NAME IS MARTIN.

MR. MARTIN.
RIGHT, SIR.

OH, AND, PINCH...
DON'T SAY ANYTHING

ABOUT THE OLD GENTLEMAN
THAT WAS AT THE BLUE DRAGON.

LEAVE THAT TO ME.

VERY WELL,
MR. PECKSNIFF.

UM...

YOU MAY, UM...
TREAT THE YOUNG MAN

TO, UM...

SOME REFRESHMENT.

AND YOURSELF, TOO.

THANK YOU,
MR. PECKSNIFF.

WALK ON.

[WHISTLING]

MARK TAPLEY.
I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU.

HOW SPRUCE YOU LOOK.
AND IT GOOD SPIRITS, TOO,
BY THE SOUND OF YOU.

OH, WELL, ANY MAN
MAY BE IN GOOD SPIRITS
WHEN HE'S WELL-DRESSED.

IF I WAS VERY RAGGED
AND VERY JOLLY,

THEN I SHOULD BEGIN
TO THINK I'D GAINED
A POINT, MR. PINCH.

I'M GOING TO SALISBURY.
WILL YOU GET IN?

THANK YOU,
MR. PINCH.

WALK ON.

I THOUGHT, SEEING YOU
LOOKING SO SMART, MARK,

PERHAPS YOU WERE GOING
TO BE MARRIED.
NO.

I'M GOING TO LOOK
FOR A NEW POSITION.

YOU'RE LEAVING
THE BLUE DRAGON? WHY?

THERE'S NO CREDIT
TO BE GAINED AT
THE DRAGON, SIR.

ANY MAN COULD BE
JOLLY THERE.

IT'S THE SNUGGEST,
FRIENDLIEST TAVERN
IN THE COUNTRY.

FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD,
YOU YOURSELF HAVE DONE
MUCH TO MAKE IT SO.

YOU ONLY KNOW
THE HALF OF IT, SIR.

I DON'T BELIEVE
THERE WAS EVER A MAN

AS COULD
COME OUT SO STRONG
UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES

THAT WILL KEEP
OTHER MEN MISERABLE
AS I COULD.

IF I COULD ONLY
GET A CHANCE.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK
FOR A MISERABLE POSITION.

THAT'S RIGHT, SIR.

I WAS THINKING
OF SOMETHING IN
THE GRAVE-DIGGING WAY.

GOOD GRACIOUS.

OH, IT'S A GOOD DAMP,
WORMY SORT OF BUSINESS,

AND THERE MIGHT BE SOME
CREDIT IN BEING JOLLY

WITH ONE'S MIND
IN THAT PURSUIT.

ON MY WORD, YOU'RE
THE STRANGEST YOUNG MAN

I EVER MET IN MY LIFE.

WHAT DOES MRS. LUPIN
THINK ABOUT YOU LEAVING?

I HAVEN'T BROKE IT
TO HER YET.

I ALWAYS SUPPOSED YOU AND SHE
WOULD MAKE A MATCH OF IT
ONE OF THESE DAYS.

SO DID EVERYONE
IN THE VILLAGE.

I NEVER SAID NOTHING
AS WAS IN A DIRECT WAY
COURTING-LIKE TO HER.

NOR SHE TO ME.

BUT I DON'T KNOW
WHAT I MIGHTN'T SAY
ONE OF THESE ODD TIMES

AND WHAT SHE MIGHTN'T
SAY IN ANSWER.

WHICH IS ANOTHER REASON
WHY I MUST CHANGE
MY SITUATION...

BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!

IF YOU'D JUST DROP ME
AROUND THE NEXT BEND,
MR. PINCH,

I CAN MAKE MY OWN WAY
TO THE CEMETERY.

[LAUGHTER AND CHATTER]

VERY COLD.
YES, SIR.

NO, DON'T DISTURB
YOURSELF, I BEG.

WE BOTH SEEM TO BE
RATHER PARTICULAR
ABOUT THE TIME.

THE FACT IS, I HAVE
AN ENGAGEMENT TO MEET
A GENTLEMAN HERE.

AND SO HAVE I...

AT HALF PAST 1:00.
AT HALF PAST 1:00.

I AM EARLY, AS YOU SEE.
YOU MUST BE MR. PINCH.

AND YOU MUST BE
MR. MARTIN.

I AM VERY GLAD
YOU TURN OUT TO BE
THE PARTY I WAS EXPECTING.

I WAS THINKING
BUT A MINUTE AGO

I COULD WISH HIM
TO BE LIKE YOU.

I HAD THE SAME THOUGHT.

YOU AND I WILL GET ON
EXCELLENTLY WELL,
I KNOW,

WHICH IS
NO SMALL RELIEF TO ME,

FOR I'M NOT THE SORT OF
FELLOW WHO CAN GET ON
WITH EVERYBODY.

DO ME A FAVOR TO RING
THE BELL, WOULD YOU?

AND ALLOW ME TO ORDER US
A GLASS OF PUNCH APIECE.

WE MAY USHER IN
OUR FRIENDSHIP
IN A BECOMING MANNER.

WITH ALL MY HEART...

BUT I MUST TREAT YOU,
FOR MR. PECKSNIFF
BADE ME DO SO.

[RINGS BELL]

PITY. THAT WAS
CIVIL OF HIM.

HE'S A SORT OF RELATION
OF MINE, YOU KNOW.

NO, I DIDN'T KNOW.
IS MARTIN YOUR
CHRISTIAN NAME, THEN?

OF COURSE. I WISH
IT WERE MY SURNAME,

FOR MINE IS NOT
A PRETTY ONE.

IT TAKES A DEVIL
OF A TIME TO SIGN.

IT IS CHUZZLEWIT.

INDEED! THEN--

WHAT?

TRULY, YOU'RE NOT SURPRISED
AT MY HAVING 2 NAMES?

MOST PEOPLE DO.

NO. HEH.

NO, NOT AT ALL.

[RINGS BELL]

Martin:
THAT'S A PRETTY CHURCH.

ISN'T IT? AND IT HAS
THE SWEETEST LITTLE
ORGAN YOU EVER HEARD.

I PLAY IT FOR THEM.

AND HOW MUCH DO YOU
GET PAID FOR THAT?

OH, NOTHING.
NOTHING?!

WELL, YOU ARE
A STRANGE FELLOW.

WELL, I MEAN,
I GET NO MONEY FOR IT.

I'M WELL REWARDED,
THOUGH,

BECAUSE I GET
A GREAT DEAL OF PLEASURE
OUT OF PLAYING...

AND IT LED
TO SOMETHING ELSE
THE OTHER DAY.

IT LED TO MY SEEING ONE
OF THE LOVELIEST FACES

YOU CAN
POSSIBLY IMAGINE.

A FEMALE ONE,
I PRESUME?

SHE CAME FOR
THE FIRST TIME VERY
EARLY IN THE MORNING,

WHEN IT WAS
HARDLY LIGHT.

I ALMOST BELIEVED HER
TO BE A SPIRIT.

I SAW HER IN THE MIRROR.
SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL.

I WENT ON PLAYING

SO THAT SHE SHOULD NOT
THINK I HAD NOTICED HER,

AND AFTER A WHILE,
SHE GLIDED AWAY.

I WENT ON PLAYING UNTIL
SHE WAS OUT OF HEARING.

AND DID SHE COME BACK?

INDEED SHE DID...
EARLY IN THE MORNING,

SOMETIMES
IN THE EVENING,
ALWAYS ALONE,

UNTIL THE DAY
BEFORE YESTERDAY,
WHEN SHE DIDN'T COME.

AND I HAVEN'T
SEEN HER SINCE.

DIDN'T YOU FOLLOW HER
WHEN SHE LEFT THE CHURCH?

NO. WHY SHOULD
I DO THAT?

[LAUGHS]

IS IT LIKELY
SHE WANTED MY COMPANY?

NO. SHE ONLY CAME
TO LISTEN TO THE ORGAN.

I DON'T SUPPOSE I SHALL
EVER SEE HER AGAIN.

BUT I SHALL
NEVER FORGET HER.

SHE HAD THE SWEETEST
FACE YOU EVER SAW.

I DOUBT IT, PINCH.

WHOA.

[THUMP]

[DOOR UNLATCHES]

Pinch: ...WITH
HIS DAUGHTERS.

JUST FOLLOW ME,
MARTIN.

[APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS]

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

MR. CHUZZLEWIT IS HERE,
MR. PECKSNIFF.

BLESS MY LIFE!
HERE ALREADY.

MARTIN, MY DEAR BOY,
I AM DELIGHTED
TO WELCOME YOU

TO MY HUMBLE ABODE.

AND I AM VERY PLEASED
TO BE HERE.

THESE ARE MY 2 DAUGHTERS,
MARTIN,

LIVING REMINDERS TO ME OF
THEIR DEAR, DEPARTED MOTHER.

CHARITY, WHO IS SOMETIMES
CALLED CHERRY

IN THE INTIMACY
OF THE FAMILY CIRCLE...

MISS CHARITY.

AND HER YOUNGER SISTER
MERCY,

FAMILIARLY KNOWN AS MERRY,
AND VERY APPROPRIATELY, TOO.

OH, PA!

MISS MERCY.

OH.

NAY, NAY, GIRLS.

WHY DO YOU BLUSH
WHEN DETECTED IN YOUR
EVERYDAY PURSUITS?

CHERRY IS
MAKING NIGHTCAPS
FOR THE PARISH POOR,

AND MERRY IS
DRESSING A DOLL
FOR A NEIGHBOR'S CHILD.

WE WERE GOING TO HAVE
A PROPER RECEPTION
FOR YOU, MARTIN,

IN OUR LITTLE ROOM
OF STATE,

BUT I LIKE THIS BETTER.

I LIKE THIS BETTER.

AND HOW HAS OUR FRIEND
HERE BEEN USING YOU,
MARTIN?

VERY WELL, INDEED, SIR.

WE ARE ON THE VERY BEST
OF TERMS, I ASSURE YOU.

TOM PINCH.

HONEST, FAITHFUL
TOM PINCH.

HOW MANY YEARS
HAVE WE WALKED TOGETHER

DOWN LIFE'S PATHWAY?
HMM?

NOT SO MANY
THAT WE'VE TIRED

OF EACH OTHER'S
COMPANY, I'LL WARRANT,
EH, TOM?

OH, NO, SIR.
INDEED NOT, SIR.

WELL, WELL.

NOW, MARTIN, SO THAT
YOU'LL FEEL AT HOME

WITHIN THESE 4 WALLS,

LET ME SHOW YOU
HOW WE LIVE AND WHERE.

THANK YOU.

OUR LITTLE ROOM OF STATE.

VIDELICET,
THE BEST PARLOR.

PORTRAIT OF MYSELF.

BY SPILLER.

BUST...BY SPOKER.

A VERY GOOD LIKENESS.

SO OTHERS HAVE TOLD ME.

I SEEM TO RECOGNIZE
SOMETHING ABOUT THE--

THE LEFT-HAND CORNER
OF THE NOSE, MYSELF.

HMM.

HMM?
HMM.

NO.

BUT THEN AGAIN...
WHY NOT?

MY DAUGHTERS' ROOM.

A POOR FIRST-FLOOR TO US,
BUT A BOWER TO THEM.

VERY NEAT. VERY AIRY.

PLANTS, YOU'LL OBSERVE.

HYACINTHS.

BOOKS...

BIRDS.

CHARMING.

THIS IS A ROOM WHERE
SOME TALENT HAS BEEN
DEVELOPED, I BELIEVE.

SOME ARCHITECTS HAVE
BEEN BRED IN THIS ROOM,
EH, MR. PINCH?

[PANTING]
YES, MR. PECKSNIFF.

INDEED, SIR.

SOME TRACES OF OUR LABORS
HERE, EH, MARTIN?

[CHUCKLES]

SALISBURY CATHEDRAL
FROM THE NORTH,

FROM THE SOUTH...

FROM THE EAST...

[CHUCKLES]

FROM THE WEST...

FROM THE SOUTHEAST...

FROM THE NORTHWEST...

PLANS, ELEVATIONS...

OH, EVERY KIND OF THING.

I CAN'T WAIT
TO START WORK.

IT WAS VERY GENEROUS OF YOU
TO DEFER THE PREMIUM.

OH, EH...

FAMILY FEELING...MARTIN.

FAMILY FEELING.

ONE DAY,
YOU'LL BE RESTORED

TO YOUR PROPER STATION
IN LIFE, I'M SURE.

WELL...

YOUR OWN ROOM
IS NEXT DOOR.

YOU SHARE WITH MR. PINCH.

A SOUTHERN ASPECT...

A CHARMING PROSPECT.

WOULD YOU NOT AGREE,
MR. PINCH?

[PANTING]

[ROOSTER CROWS]

AH, GOOD MORNING, MARTIN.
MR. PINCH.

GOOD MORNING, SIR.

MISS CHARITY.
MISS MERCY.

PRAY, HELP YOURSELF
TO BREAKFAST.

THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU BE SO GOOD
AS TO PASS ME THE BACON?

MARTIN...

THAT IS MR. PECKSNIFF'S
OWN PARTICULAR BACON.

OF COURSE.

I AM SORRY TO DESERT YOU
SO SOON AFTER YOUR
ARRIVAL, MARTIN,

BUT I AM SUMMONED--MM--

I AM SUMMONED TO LONDON.

Martin: OH.
ON BUSINESS.

I UNDERSTAND.

I AM EVEN SORRIER
TO DEPRIVE YOU

OF THE COMPANY
OF MY FAIR DAUGHTERS.

REALLY, PAPA, WHY SHOULD
MR. CHUZZLEWIT MISS US?

BUT I MUST REDEEM A PROMISE
TO TAKE THEM WITH ME.

WE TAKE
THE MAIL COACH TONIGHT.

INDEED. I HOPE
THE YOUNG LADIES
WILL ENJOY THEIR TRIP.

WHY, OF COURSE WE SHALL.
I CAN'T WAIT.

JUST THINK, CHERRY--
THE PARKS, THE SHOPS!

ARDENT CHILD.
HEH HEH HEH.

PERSONALLY, I HAVE
NO GREAT DESIRES

FOR THE VANITIES
OF LONDON, BUT...

I MUST GO,
I SUPPOSE, TO KEEP
MERRY COMPANY.

DON'T INSINUATE
THAT I AM VAIN, CHERRY.

HA HA HA HA.

BUT, MARTIN, UM--AHEM--

HOW WILL YOU...

OCCUPY YOURSELF
WHILE I'M AWAY?

HMM? SUPPOSE YOU
GIVE ME YOUR IDEA...

OF A COWHOUSE?

A COWHOUSE?

OR A LAMPPOST?

I HAVE FOUND
THAT A LAMPPOST

IS CALCULATED
TO REFINE THE MIND

AND GIVE IT
A CLASSICAL TENDENCY.

WHATEVER YOU
THINK FIT, SIR.

STAY.

SINCE YOU ARE AMBITIOUS
AND A VERY NEAT DRAFTSMAN,

AS I'VE SEEN
FROM THE SKETCHES
YOU'VE SENT ME,

YOU SHALL TRY YOUR HAND
AT THESE PROPOSALS

FOR A GRAMMAR SCHOOL,

REGULATING YOUR PLAN
TO THE PRINTED PARTICULARS.

MERELY AS A--
AS AN EXERCISE, OF COURSE.

[LAUGHING]
UPON MY WORD,

IT SHOULD BE
A GREAT AMUSEMENT TO ME

TO SEE WHAT YOU MAKE
OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

MR. PECKSNIFF?
YES, MR. PINCH?

SINCE YOU ARE
GOING TO LONDON,

I WONDER IF YOU
WOULD BE SO GOOD

AS TO DELIVER
A LETTER FOR ME
TO MY SISTER RUTH.

[GIGGLING]

SHE IS GOVERNESS...

TO A COPPER FOUNDER'S FAMILY
IN CAMBERWELL, I BELIEVE.

YES, SIR.
SHE WOULD CONSIDER IT
A GREAT HONOR

TO MAKE YOUR
ACQUAINTANCE, I KNOW.

WELL, IF MY BUSINESS
ENGAGEMENTS PERMIT,

WE WILL CALL UPON HER.

THANK YOU, SIR.
YOU ARE VERY KIND.

OH, MR. PINCH,
WOULD YOU BE SO GOOD

AS TO CARRY
MY TRUNK DOWNSTAIRS
WHEN IT IS PACKED?

AND MINE.

OH, YES, TOM,
AND TAKE MINE, TOO,

AND PUT THE TRUNKS
ON THE GIG, WOULD YOU?

AND TAKE THEM
TO THE CROSSROADS
IN GOOD TIME.

CERTAINLY,
MR. PECKSNIFF.

WHOA. WHOA.

NOW, MIND,
ME AND MY SON GO INSIDE

BECAUSE
THE ROOF IS FULL,

BUT YOU AGREE TO CHARGE
ONLY OUTSIDE PRICES.

IS THAT UNDERSTOOD?

Guard: YES, SIR.

[COUGHING]

OHH.

THAT WAS LUCKY.

IT WAS A GREAT STROKE
OF YOURS TO NOTICE
THE ROOF WAS FULL.

I COULD NEVER HAVE GONE
UP THERE WITH THIS COUGH.

OOH.

[COUGHS]

THERE REALLY IS
NO ROOM IN HERE

FOR A GENTLEMAN
WITH A COLD IN HIS HEAD.

MINE IS ON ME CHEST,
PECKSNIFF.

OH...

OH, I'M SORRY.

I THOUGHT I WAS
ADDRESSING A STRANGER.

IT'S MR. ANTHONY CHUZZLEWIT,
MY DEARS, AND HIS SON JONAS.

I--I--I BEG YOUR PARDON,
MR. CHUZZLEWIT. I--

I DID NOT MEAN
TO BE RUDE.

I MAY BE A HYPOCRITE,
BUT I AM NOT A BRUTE.

AH! WHAT MEANS
THAT WORD?

WE'RE ALL HYPOCRITES
IN OUR FAMILY.

I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
AT YOUR HOUSE
THE OTHER DAY

IF WE WEREN'T.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN YOU AND
THE REST OF US

IS, UH...

SHALL I TELL YOU
NOW, PECKSNIFF?

IF YOU PLEASE, SIR.

WHY, THE ANNOYING
THING ABOUT YOU

IS YOU NEVER
HAVE A PARTNER
IN YOUR JUGGLING.

I CONFIDE IN JONAS,

BUT YOU WOULD
DECEIVE EVERYBODY

AND HAVE
A WAY WITH YOU

AS IF YOU REALLY
BELIEVED YOURSELF.

[COUGHING]

I HOPE YOU'RE NOT
OFFENDED, PECKSNIFF.

OH, NOT IN THE LEAST,
MY DEAR SIR.

BUT I AM SURPRISED

TO FIND YOU AND YOUR SON
STILL IN THE COUNTRY.

OH, WE WERE LOOKING
AT ONE OR TWO
LIKELY INVESTMENTS,

PECKSNIFF, WHILE
WE WERE DOWN HERE.

KILLING 2 BIRDS
WITH ONE STONE.

AH! HA HA!

HA HA!

SO, YOU'RE GOING
TO LONDON, COUSINS?

AHEM. WE ARE
COUSINS, YOU KNOW--

OH, A FEW TIMES
REMOVED.

[GIGGLING]

YES. PAPA
HAS BUSINESS
IN TOWN.

I'LL JOIN YOU,
IF YOU DON'T MIND.

OHH.

LOTS OF BEAUX IN LONDON,
COUSIN.

[GIGGLES]
INDEED.

THEY WON'T HURT US,
I DARESAY.

MERCY, HOW CAN
YOU GO ON SO,
YOU WILD THING?

OH, I DON'T MIND.
I LIKE A GIRL WITH
A BIT OF SPIRIT.

WHAT AN OLD-FASHIONED
FRIGHT.

CHERRY, MY DEAR,
YOU MUST SIT NEXT TO HIM.

I SHALL DIE
IF HE SPEAKS TO ME ANYMORE.

YOU'RE THE SENSIBLE ONE,
AIN'T YA?

MERCY IS A LITTLE GIDDY,
BUT SHE WILL SOBER DOWN
IN TIME.

TAKE A LITTLE MORE ROOM,
WHY DON'T YOU?

I DON'T MIND BEING
CROWDED BY GIRLS.

[GIGGLING]

AHEM.

OHH.

Charity: WHAT PART
OF LONDON IS THIS, PA?

WE ARE QUITE NEAR
THE MONUMENT

AND THE GENERAL
POST OFFICE, MY DEAR.

Mercy: "TODGERS"?

Pecksniff: MRS. TODGERS IS
A MOST RESPECTABLE WIDOW

WITH WHOM I LODGED
IN MY BACHELOR DAYS.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

[DOGS BARKING]

IS THE HOUSEHOLD
STILL ABED, MY MAN?

STILL ABED?
I WISH THEY WAS.

THEY'RE ALL
A-CALLIN' FOR
THEIR BOOTS AT ONCE.

I THOUGHT
YOU WAS THE PAPER.

I WONDERED WHY YOU
DIDN'T PUSH YOUR WAY
THROUGH THE GRATING

AS USUAL.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

KINDLY GIVE THIS
TO MRS. TODGERS

AND THEN SEE
TO THE LUGGAGE.

IF THERE'S A FIRE
IN THE EATING PARLOR,

I KNOW THE WAY
THERE MYSELF.

COME, MY DEARS.

Man: HAVE YOU
CLEANED MY BOOTS?

Second man:
BAILEY!

HOT WATER!

BAILEY!

Third man:
THIS WATER'S COLD!

[CLOCK TICKING]

[KEYS JANGLING]

MR. PECKSNIFF!

[GASPS]

MRS. TODGERS.

OHH!

WHO WOULD HAVE
THOUGHT...

AFTER SO MANY YEARS?

HOW DO YOU DO,
MR. PECKSNIFF?

[LAUGHS]

DON'T TELL ME
THESE 2 YOUNG LADIES
ARE YOUR DAUGHTERS.

THEY ARE.

CHARITY AND MERCY.
CHERRY AND MERRY.

CHARMED TO MAKE
YOUR ACQUAINTANCE,
MRS. TODGERS.

YES, WE ARE.

MY DEAR MISS PECKSNIFFS.

OHH...

YOU DON'T KNOW HOW HAPPY
YOUR PA HAS MADE ME.

MRS. TODGERS,
I KNOW THE RULES
OF THIS ESTABLISHMENT

AND THAT YOU
ONLY RECEIVE
GENTLEMEN BOARDERS,

BUT PERHAPS, UM...

AS A SPECIAL FAVOR,

YOU COULD GIVE
MY DAUGHTERS HOUSEROOM.

WELL, YOU KNOW
I WOULD DO ANYTHING
TO OBLIGE YOU,

MR. PECKSNIFF.

ANYWHERE WHERE THEY
COULD BE COMFORTABLE,

UH, WITHOUT APPEARING
AT THE, UM...

GENERAL TABLE.

I THINK I KNOW
HOW TO ARRANGE IT.

OHH! HA.

COME, MY DEARS.

LET ME SHOW YOU
AT ONCE.

THE GENTLEMEN
WILL BE HERE DIRECTLY.

WILL YOU COME, TOO,
MR. PECKSNIFF?

NO. NO, NO, NO, NO.

I--I WILL LEAVE THEM
IN YOUR...CAPABLE HANDS.

I MUST GO TO THE POST OFFICE
AS SOON AS IT OPENS.

Man: BAILEY!
HOT WATER!

I WON'T ASK YOU HOW
YOU LIKE LONDON YET.

WE--WE HAVEN'T SEEN
ANYTHING OF IT.

IT--IT WAS DARK
WHEN--WHEN WE ARRIVED.

Man: BAILEY!
WHERE THE DEVIL
ARE MY BOOTS?

Bailey: COMING,
MR. JINKINS!

OH, I BEG YOUR PARDON,
MRS. TODGERS.

GOOD MORNING,
MR. JINKINS.

Bailey: HERE YOU
ARE AGAIN, THEN.

YOU BE CAREFUL,
YOU RUDE BOY!

OHH! OH, EXCUSE ME,
MR. MODDLE.

THANK YOU.

HAVE SOME BREAKFAST,
MARTIN.

I HAVEN'T
ANY APPETITE.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

I'M SORRY, PINCH.

THE FACT IS I'M IN
DEUCED LOW SPIRITS.

I HARDLY SLEPT
LAST NIGHT.

THEN I MUST
CHEER YOU UP.

I DOUBT IF IT'S
IN YOUR POWER.

I HAD A PRIVATE
CONFERENCE

WITH PECKSNIFF
BEFORE HE LEFT.

HE TOLD ME
MY GRANDFATHER
WAS HERE,

IN THIS VILLAGE,
JUST A FEW DAYS AGO.

YES, HE WAS.
I DIDN'T MENTION IT

BECAUSE MR. PECKSNIFF
SAID HE WANTED TO
TELL YOU HIMSELF.

I SUPPOSE YOU KNOW
MY GRANDFATHER HAS
DISINHERITED ME.

WELL, I HAVE
HEARD ALLUSIONS.

MY PARENTS DIED
IN MY INFANCY, YOU SEE?

SO DID MINE.
DEAR ME.

WELL, AS TO THAT, PINCH,
PARENTS ARE ALL VERY WELL
IF YOU HAVE THEM,

BUT AS I HAVE NO RECOLLECTION
OF MINE TO SPEAK OF,

I CAN'T GET VERY
SENTIMENTAL ABOUT THEM.

I WAS BROUGHT UP
BY MY GRANDFATHER,

WHO HAS 2 GREAT FAULTS
OF CHARACTER--

HE IS ABOMINABLY SELFISH
AND ABOMINABLY OBSTINATE.

I AM SORRY TO HEAR IT.

I HAVE BORNE
A GREAT DEAL FROM HIM.

I FELL IN LOVE.

I FELL IN LOVE WITH
ONE OF THE SWEETEST,
LOVELIEST GIRLS

THE SUN EVER SHONE UPON.

INDEED.

UNFORTUNATELY,

SHE IS WHOLLY
AND ENTIRELY DEPENDENT
ON MY GRANDFATHER.

HOW IS THAT?

SHE IS A KIND OF
PAID COMPANION TO HIM.

SHE IS AN ORPHAN
WHOM HE BROUGHT UP
TO THE EMPLOYMENT.

ANOTHER ORPHAN.
DEAR ME.

YOU KNOW THE YOUNG LADY
YOU SAW IN THE CHURCH?

THAT WAS HER.
I'M SURE OF IT.

I KNEW YOU WERE
GOING TO SAY THAT
BEFORE YOU SPOKE.

HER NAME IS MARY.

HAVING SEEN HER,
YOU WON'T BE SURPRISED
I FELL IN LOVE WITH HER.

NO, INDEED.

ANY MAN MIGHT FALL
IN LOVE WITH HER
AT FIRST SIGHT.

NOT ANY MAN, PERHAPS.

AFTER ALL, SHE HAS
NO FORTUNE, NO FAMILY.

SOME MEN WOULD BE
PUT OFF BY THAT.

BUT A CHIEF INGREDIENT
OF MY CHARACTER IS
A MOST DETERMINED...

OBSTINACY?

WHAT A FELLOW
YOU ARE...PINCH!

I WAS GOING TO SAY
RESOLUTENESS.

I BEG YOUR PARDON.

THE DEVIL OF IT WAS
I KNEW MY GRANDFATHER

WOULD BE VIOLENTLY OPPOSED
TO OUR MARRYING.

WHY?

BECAUSE HE INSISTS

THAT MARY MUST NOT BENEFIT
FINANCIALLY FROM HIS DEATH.

THAT'S THE STRANGE
CONTRACT BETWEEN THEM.

THAT'S WHY HE TRUSTS HER.

SO YOU COULD NOT
DISCLOSE YOUR
FEELINGS FOR HER?

OF COURSE I DISCLOSED
MY FEELINGS TO HER.

I KEPT THEM
FROM MY GRANDFATHER.

BUT HE MUST HAVE
SUSPECTED SOMETHING

BECAUSE HE TRIED
TO MAKE ME DENY
ANY ATTACHMENT TO MARY.

I REFUSED.

WE QUARRELED BITTERLY.

HE TORE UP HIS WILL
IN FRONT OF MY FACE.

AND I WALKED OUT
OF HIS HOUSE,

VOWING TO BE INDEPENDENT
OF HIS WHIMS.

AND THE YOUNG LADY--

SHE RECIPROCATES
YOUR FEELINGS?

OF COURSE SHE DOES.

SHE HAD SOME SILLY
SCRUPLES AT FIRST,

BUT HER HEART IS MINE.

ALL WILL BE WELL
IN TIME,

I HAVE NO DOUBT.

I HAVE NO POWER AT ALL,
I NEEDN'T TELL YOU THAT.

BUT IF I COULD EVER
BE OF USE TO YOU...

YOU'RE A GOOD FELLOW,
PINCH, UPON MY WORD,

AND SPEAK VERY KINDLY.

BUT MERCY ON US,

YOU MIGHT AS WELL BE
A TOASTING-FORK
OR A FRYING PAN

FOR ANY HELP
YOU CAN RENDER ME.

EXCEPT
IN THE INCLINATION.

OH, YES.
TO BE SURE.

I VALUE THAT,
OF COURSE.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

OH, WELL,
MY DEARS...

DO YOU THINK
YOU WILL BE COMFORTABLE?

OH!

MRS. TODGERS,
IT'S PERFECT.

OH!
HA HA HA!

THE BED IN THE SIDE ROOM
IS RATHER SMALL,

BUT I THINK
IT WILL SERVE.

AND DURING THE DAY,
YOU MUST TREAT
MY LITTLE PARLOR

AS YOUR OWN.

YOU ARE TOO KIND,
MRS. TODGERS.

IT'S MY PLEASURE.

YOUR PA WAS ONCE
A LITTLE PARTICULAR

IN HIS ATTENTIONS...
MY DEAR.

BUT TO BE YOUR MA
WAS...

TOO MUCH HAPPINESS
DENIED ME.

UH...

IS THIS YOUR PORTRAIT,
MRS. TODGERS?

OH. IT WAS THOUGHT
A LIKENESS ONCE.

BUT PRESIDING OVER
AN ESTABLISHMENT
LIKE THIS

PLAYS SAD HAVOC
WITH THE FEATURES.

THE GRAVY ALONE
IS ENOUGH

TO ADD 20 YEARS
TO ONE'S AGE,
I ASSURE YOU.

LOR!

THERE IS NO PASSION
IN HUMAN NATURE

AS THE PASSION
FOR GRAVY

AMONGST COMMERCIAL
GENTLEMEN.

IT'S NOTHING TO SAY
A JOINT WON'T YIELD
THE AMOUNT OF GRAVY

THEY EXPECT
EACH DAY.

A WHOLE ANIMAL
WOULDN'T YIELD IT.

I'VE NOTICED
THE SAME APPETITE
ON OUR MR. PINCH.

PAPA'S ASSISTANT,
YOU KNOW.

[CHOMPING]

[LAUGHS]
HE HAS A SISTER

WHO'S A GOVERNESS
IN CAMBERWELL.

IF SHE TAKES
AFTER HER FATHER,

SHE MUST BE
A PERFECT FRIGHT.

[CHARITY AND MERCY LAUGHING]

[MRS. TODGERS LAUGHS]

I AM HERE, MISS PINCH,

IN PURSUANCE OF A PROMISE
MADE TO YOUR BROTHER.

THOMAS IS WELL,

AND SENDS HIS LOVE
AND THIS LETTER.

OH. THANK YOU,
MR. PECKSNIFF.

YOU'RE VERY KIND.

I CANNOT SAY,
POOR FELLOW,

THAT HE WILL
EVER BE DISTINGUISHED
IN OUR PROFESSION,

BUT HE HAS A WILL
TO DO WELL,

AND WE MUST
BEAR WITH HIM, EH?

I KNOW
HE HAS THE WILL, SIR,

AND I KNOW HOW KINDLY
YOU CHERISH IT,

FOR WHICH NEITHER
HE NOR I CAN BE
GRATEFUL ENOUGH.

THE YOUNG LADIES,
AS WELL.

I KNOW HOW MUCH
WE OWE TO THEM BOTH.

WE CAN'T TAKE ANY MERIT
TO OURSELVES, PAPA.

MR. PINCH'S BEING
SO WELL PROVIDED FOR

IS OWING TO YOU ALONE.

IT WAS VERY KIND
OF YOU ALL TO COME.

AND HOW DO YOU DO,
MY VERY INTERESTING
YOUNG LADY?

QUITE WELL, THANK YOU.

MISSUS'S COMPLIMENTS
TO MISS PINCH,

AND BEGS TO KNOW
WHAT MY YOUNG LADY
IS A-LEARNING OF JUST NOW.

OH, MY DEARS,
WE ARE INTERRUPTING
THE STUDIES.

LET US GO.

BE SO KIND AS TO
GIVE THIS CARD
TO YOUR MASTER.

GOOD-BYE, MISS PINCH.

GOOD-BYE, SIR.

GOOD-BYE, YOUNG LADY.

[DOOR CLOSES]

IF YOU READ THAT LETTER
DURING MY LESSONS,

I SHALL TELL MAMA.

A MAN OF SUBSTANCE,
CLEARLY.

SUBSTANCE AND TASTE.

WE SHOULD BE GLAD
TO MAKE HIS ACQUAINTANCE.

SOMETHING MAY
COME OF IT. HMM.

IF YOU LOOK, MY DEARS,

AT THE CORNICE
WHICH SUPPORTS THE ROOF,

AND OBSERVE THE AIRINESS
OF ITS CONSTRUCTION,

ESPECIALLY AS IT SWEEPS
THE SOUTHERN ANGLE
OF THE BUILDING,

YOU WILL SEE--

HEY! YOU!

YOUR SERVANT,
SIR.

COME OFF THE GRASS!

I BEG YOUR PARDON?

I SAID,
COME OFF THE GRASS!

YOU SEE THE GRAVEL,
DON'T YOU?

WHAT DO YOU THINK
IT'S FOR?

WE ARE UNWILLING
TO INTRUDE, SIR--

BUT YOU ARE
INTRUDING, SIR!

YOU'RE INTRUDING
ON MY LAWN

AND MY DAUGHTER'S
EDUCATION!

OPEN THE GATE THERE!
SHOW THIS PARTY OUT!

[HUMMING]

WHAT'S THE MATTER,
MARTIN?

IT'S CONFOUNDEDLY DULL
WITH JUST THE TWO
OF US HERE.

WELL...

I HAVE SOME
GOOD NEWS FOR YOU.

WHAT'S THAT?

I DIDN'T LIKE TO
DISTRACT YOU BEFORE--

THIS IS WONDERFUL.

IS THIS
THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL?

WELL, IT'S JUST
A ROUGH SKETCH.

I COULD NEVER
PRODUCE ANYTHING
LIKE THIS

IF I LABORED
FOR 10 YEARS.

WHY, EVEN
MR. PECKSNIFF
HIMSELF--

YOU HAVE
A REAL GIFT.

SO I'VE BEEN TOLD.
WHAT'S YOUR NEWS, THEN?

I HAD ANOTHER LETTER
FROM JOHN WESTLOCK
THIS MORNING.

HE HAS COME
INTO HIS PROPERTY.

HE'S A LUCKY DOG.
I WISH IT WERE MINE.

THERE WAS
A DISPUTED WILL,
I BELIEVE.

BUT NOW...

"THE EXECUTORS
HAVE CASHED UP,"
HE SAYS.

"AND I'M COMING
DOWN TO SALISBURY

TO GIVE YOU A DINNER
ON PURPOSE, PINCH,
TO CELEBRATE."

NOW,
ISN'T THAT KIND?

VERY.
FURTHERMORE...

SINCE I WROTE TO HIM
THAT THERE WAS
A NEW PUPIL HERE

AND WHAT A FINE
FELLOW YOU WERE,

AND WHAT FRIENDS
WE HAD BECOME,

HE SENDS HIS
COMPLIMENTS TO YOU

AND BEGS THAT WE THREE
MAY HAVE THE PLEASURE
OF DINING TOGETHER

AT THE VERY FIRST HOTEL
IN THE TOWN.

VERY WELL.

MUCH OBLIGED TO HIM.
I'M AGREEABLE.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]
COME IN.

MR. PINCH,

THERE'S A GENTLEMAN
ASKING TO SEE YOU.

GOOD MORNING
TO YOU GENTS BOTH.

I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT
YOUR ARCHITECTURAL LABORS.

I'M NOT INDUSTRIOUS MYSELF,

BUT I DO KNOW
HOW TO APPRECIATE
THE QUALITY IN OTHERS.

MY NAME IS TIGG...
MONTAGUE TIGG.

MR. PINCH...

NO, I'M
MR. PINCH.

THIS IS
MR. CHUZZLEWIT.

INDEED.

AHEM. UH...

I'VE, UH...AHEM.

I'VE COME
FOR MY LETTER.

WHAT LETTER?

WHY, THE LETTER THAT
MY GOOD FRIEND PECKSNIFF

LEFT WITH YOU,

ADDRESSED TO MY COMRADE
AND ASSOCIATE

CHEVY SLYME, ESQUIRE.

DID YOU SAY CHEVY SLYME?

I DID INDEED, SIR.

I AM AN AMBASSADOR

FROM THE COURT
OF CHIV.

I KNOW OF NO LETTER
ADDRESSED TO HIM.

WELL, THE MONEY, THEN.

IT IS NOT
SO DELICATELY DONE
BY FRIEND PECKSNIFF

AS I COULD HAVE WISHED,
BUT 'TIS ALL THE SAME.

THE MONEY?

EXACTLY SO.

WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT?

GENTS BOTH,
I WILL TELL YOU.

THERE IS AT THE BLUE DRAGON
IN THIS VILLAGE

A COMMON ALE-HOUSE.

AN INDIVIDUAL
OF WHOM IT MAY BE SAID,

IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE POET,

THAT NOBODY BUT HIMSELF CAN
IN ANY WAY COME UP TO HIM,

WHO IS DETAINED THERE
FOR HIS BILL.

HAD IT BEEN FOR ANYTHING
OTHER THAN A PALTRY BILL,

I COULD HAVE BORNE IT, BUT--

I'M VERY SORRY
TO HEAR

OF YOUR FRIEND'S
PREDICAMENT,
MR. TIGG,

BUT I REALLY DON'T SEE
WHAT IT HAS TO DO WITH
MR. PECKSNIFF.

WHY, THEY ARE
RELATED, SIR!

AS INDEED, I BELIEVE,
IS THIS GENTLEMAN HERE.

WELL, AS SOON AS
MR. PECKSNIFF RETURNS
FROM LONDON--

NO, NO, IT IS
VERY URGENT, MR. PINCH.

WOULD YOU MIND LOOKING
OUT OF THAT WINDOW?

YOU SEE THAT FELLOW
DOWN THERE

IN THE RED NECK CLOTH?

OF COURSE.
THAT'S MARK TAPLEY
FROM THE BLUE DRAGON.

WELL, MARK TAPLEY
NOT ONLY HAD THE GREAT
POLITENESS

TO FOLLOW ME
TO THIS HOUSE,

BUT IS NOW WAITING
TO ESCORT ME BACK
TO THE BLUE DRAGON,

FOR WHICH ATTENTION,
I CAN TELL YOU,
GENTLEMEN,

THAT MARK TAPLEY
HAD BETTER BEEN FED
TO SUFFOCATION

IN HIS INFANCY
BY MRS. TAPLEY

THAN PRESERVED
TO THIS TIME!

DEAR ME.

YES.

MARK!

COULD YOU STEP UP HERE
FOR A MOMENT PLEASE?

SURE.

HOW MUCH
IS THE BILL?

OH, A MERE TRIFLE.

�3.

PINCH...

A WORD WITH YOU.

IT'S TRUE
THAT THIS SLYME

IS A RELATION
OF MINE--

A NE'ER-DO-WELL

THAT I DON'T WISH
TO ASSOCIATE WITH.

HE WOULD BE CHEAPLY
GOT RID OF FOR �3,

BUT...UNFORTUNATELY,
I AM OUT OF FUNDS...

AT THE MOMENT.

YOU DON'T HAPPEN TO
HAVE THAT SUM OF MONEY
ABOUT YOU, I SUPPOSE?

HALF A SOVEREIGN'S
ALL I HAVE IN THE WORLD.

PITY. I WOULD HAVE
BORROWED IT FROM YOU.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

MARK. I'M GLAD YOU'RE
STILL AT THE BLUE DRAGON.

NOW, WHAT'S THE MATTER
BETWEEN MRS. LUPIN
AND THIS GENTLEMAN?

WHAT GENTLEMAN, SIR?

DON'T SEE
NO GENTLEMAN HERE, SIR.

WELL, EXCEPTING YOURSELF
AND THE NEW GENTLEMAN.

AND THERE'S NOTHING
WRONG BETWEEN MRS. LUPIN

AND EITHER OF YOU,
I THINK.

MARK, YOU SEE
MR. TIGG HERE.

OH, HIM.

YES, I SEE HIM.

SHOULD SEE HIM
A LITTLE BETTER

IF HE'D
SHAVE HIMSELF,
GET HIS HAIR CUT.

NOW, MARK, YOU'RE NOT
OUT OF TEMPER, I HOPE.

WHY, NO, SIR.

I'M QUITE JOLLY.

THERE'S A LITTLE
CREDIT--NOT MUCH--
IN BEING JOLLY,

WITH SUCH FELLOWS
AS HIM ROARING ABOUT
LIKE LIONS...

IF THERE IS
ANY BREED OF LIONS
AS IS ALL ROAR AND MANE.

WHAT IS THERE BETWEEN
HIM AND MRS. LUPIN, SIR?

WHY, THERE'S A SCORE
BETWEEN HIM AND HIS
FRIEND AND MRS. LUPIN,

AND I THINK MRS. LUPIN
LETS THEM OFF VERY EASY

IN NOT CHARGING THEM
DOUBLE PRICES

FOR BEING A DISGRACE
TO THE DRAGON.

THAT'S MY OPINION.

I SUPPOSE IF WE WERE
TO GUARANTEE

TO THE LANDLADY
THAT HER BILL
WOULD BE PAID

WHEN MR. PECKSNIFF
RETURNS,

THAT WOULD ANSWER
THE PURPOSE?

I DARE SAY
IT WOULD, SIR.

SHE'D BE GLAD
TO SEE THE BACKS
OF THEM.

THEN LET US ALL GO
DOWN TO THE BLUE DRAGON
AND SETTLE THE MATTER.

SPOKEN LIKE A GENTLEMAN.

THOUGH I WOULD ASK ONLY
THAT YOU TREAT CHEV
WITH DELICACY.

HE HATES TO BE UNDER
AN OBLIGATION TO OTHERS.

THERE YOU ARE
AGAIN, THEN.

WHAT DO YOU WANT,
BAILEY?

JUST PASSING
THE TIME OF DAY.

THERE'S SOUP
FOR SUPPER TONIGHT.

AIN'T SHE A-PUTTIN'
IN THE WATER?

OH, NO.
NOT AT ALL, NEITHER.

YOU LITTLE
VILLAIN!

BAD, FALSE BOY!

NO WORSE THAN YOURSELF.
DO THAT AGAIN, WILL YA?

GO DOWNSTAIRS,
YOU VICIOUS BOY!

OHH! HE IS THE MOST
DREADFUL CHILD.

THE GENTLEMEN
SPOIL HIM SO,

TEACH HIM SUCH THINGS

THAT I DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO WITH HIM.

[SIGHS]

IS YOUR PA OUT?

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

MAY I ENTER
THIS BOWER OF BLISS?

OH! HA HA!

MR. PECKSNIFF!

PRAY, COME IN.

THANK YOU, MY DEAR.

[SIGHS]

I HAVE A ROUND ROBIN
TO DELIVER TO YOU, SIR.

A ROUND ROBIN?
FROM WHOM?

FROM MY GENTLEMEN,
OF COURSE--

DESIRING
THAT YOUR DAUGHTERS,

AS WELL
AS YOUR GOOD SELF,

WOULD HONOR
THE GENERAL TABLE

WITH YOUR PRESENCE
AT DINNER TOMORROW.

OH!

WHAT DO YOU SAY,
MY DEARS?

YES, PAPA!

IF YOU THINK IT
PROPER, PAPA.

I HAVE NO OBJECTION.

TOMORROW EVENING
WILL DO VERY NICELY,
MRS. TODGERS.

THEN I'LL
GO DOWNSTAIRS,

AND I'LL
TELL MR. JINKINS
IMMEDIATELY.

HE'S THE MOVING
SPIRIT IN THIS.

Pecksniff:
MR. JINKINS IS A MAN
OF SUPERIOR TALENTS.

I TAKE HIS DESIRE
TO PAY POLITE ATTENTION

TO MYSELF
AND MY DAUGHTERS...

VERY KINDLY.

YOUR YOUNGEST DAUGHTER
IS AS WITTY

AS SHE IS LOVELY,
MR. PECKSNIFF.

YOUR VERY GOOD
HEALTH.

THANK YOU, SIR.

I'M OBLIGED TO YOU.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

THE PUNCH!

ALL RIGHT! FINE!

WELL DONE, JINKS.

SET IT
ON THE TABLE,

SPLENDID,
SPLENDID GOOD BOY.

LADIES, I SEE
YOU ARE CONCERNED

AT THE SMALLNESS
OF THE BOWL.

REST ASSURED, WE HAVE
ENOUGH INGREDIENTS
IN RESERVE

TO FILL IT
SEVERAL TIMES OVER.

IS IT VERY STRONG?

ABSOLUTELY HARMLESS.

ALLOW ME.
THANK YOU.

THERE WE ARE, MISS MERCY.
AND MISS CHARITY, MAY I?

Charity: JUST A LITTLE.
OF COURSE.

[COUGHS]
GOOD HEAVENS,
IT NEEDS DILUTING.

Men: NO, NO!

OH, DEAR, I SEEM
TO HAVE DROPPED
MY NAPKIN.

[RUSTLING]

HERE IT IS,
MISS PECKSNIFF,

CAUGHT ON YOUR DRESS.

Mercy:
OH, HOW SILLY OF ME.

[SIGHS]

THAT WAS
A MELANCHOLY SIGH

FOR SUCH
A FESTIVE OCCASION,
MR. PECKSNIFF.

I AM A MAN,
MRS. TODGERS,

AND A WIDOWER.

THE GAIETY OF THE YOUNG
REMINDS ME OF MY LONELINESS.

SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL,
MRS. TODGERS.

SHE HAD A SMALL...

PROPERTY.

SO I HAVE HEARD.

YOU ARE LIKE HER,
MRS. TODGERS.

DON'T SQUEEZE MY ARM SO,
MR. PECKSNIFF.

THE GENTLEMEN
MIGHT NOTICE.

MY FEELINGS,
MRS. TODGERS,

WILL NOT CONSENT
TO BE SMOTHERED

LIKE THE YOUNG CHILDREN
IN THE TOWER.

THEY ARE GROWN UP,

AND THE MORE I PRESS
THE BOLSTER ON THEM,

THE MORE THEY LOOK
ROUND THE CORNER OF IT.

HUSH, SIR,
YOU MUSTN'T.

SIT DOWN, SIT DOWN.
MR. CHUZZLEWIT,
THIS SIDE.

THANK YOU.

JOHN...

CONGRATULATIONS
ON YOUR GOOD FORTUNE.

MAY YOU ENJOY THE SAME
YOURSELF ONE DAY.

AND YOU, TOO,
MR. CHUZZLEWIT.

I'LL DRINK TO THAT.

MMM. SO YOU REALLY ARE
A GENTLEMAN AT LAST.

I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU CARRY
YOUR OWN BOX TO THE MAIL NOW.

THAT'S ALL YOU KNOW
ABOUT IT.

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE
A VERY HEAVY BOX

FOR ME NOT TO CARRY IT
TO GET AWAY FROM
PECKSNIFF'S.

THERE, I TOLD YOU SO.

THE GREAT FAULT
IN JOHN'S CHARACTER IS
HIS INJUSTICE TO PECKSNIFF.

YOU MUSTN'T MIND A WORD
HE SAYS ON THAT SUBJECT.

HIS PREJUDICE
IS MOST EXTRAORDINARY.

THE ABSENCE OF
ANYTHING LIKE PREJUDICE
ON TOM'S PART, YOU KNOW,

IS PERFECTLY WONDERFUL.

SO I'VE OBSERVED.

IF YOU KNEW MR. PECKSNIFF
AS I DO, JOHN,

YOU'D RESPECT
AND ADMIRE HIM AS I DO.

YOU COULDN'T HELP YOURSELF.

YOU WOUNDED HIS FEELINGS
SORELY WHEN YOU QUARRELED
WITH HIM.

IF I'D KNOWN WHERE
HIS FEELINGS LAY, TOM,

I'D HAVE TRIED MY BEST
WITH THAT END IN VIEW.
YOU MAY DEPEND UPON IT.

BUT SINCE I COULD NOT
WOUND HIM IN WHAT
HE DOES NOT HAVE

AND KNOWS NOTHING OF,

I'M AFRAID I CAN LAY
NO CLAIM TO YOUR COMPLIMENT.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

I CAN'T BEAR IT.

NO, REALLY, I CANNOT.
YOU MUST EXCUSE ME, JOHN.

I HAVE A GREAT ESTEEM
AND FRIENDSHIP FOR YOU,

I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH,
BUT I CANNOT LISTEN TO THIS.

YOU ARE QUITE RIGHT,
AND I AM QUITE WRONG.

I DON'T KNOW
HOW WE STUMBLED UPON
THIS UNLUCKY THEME.

I BEG YOUR PARDON, TOM.

YOU'VE NO NEED
TO ASK MY PARDON.

YOU'VE DONE ME NOTHING
BUT KINDNESS.

WELL, THEN
PECKSNIFF'S PARDON,
ANYBODY'S PARDON,

JUST SO LONG AS
YOU WILL SIT DOWN.
HERE.

WE WILL DRINK
HIS HEALTH.
WILL THAT DO?

THANK YOU.

I'LL DRINK TO THAT
WITH ALL MY HEART.

PECKSNIFF.

GOD BLESS HIM.

WHEREVER HE IS NOW.

All: MR. PECKSNIFF
AND THE MISS PECKSNIFFS.

I AM MOVED.

I AM GREATLY MOVED...

AS A MAN...

AS A WIDOWER...

AS A PARENT.

TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS,

THE ELIGIBLE OPPORTUNITY
NOW OFFERS

FOR UNITING THE BEST PRACTICAL
ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION

WITH THE COMF--

NO! NO, NO.

[MEN LAUGH]

NO, WAIT!

[LAUGHTER CONTINUES]

Pecksniff: NO. UH...

I AM MOVED.

BUT DO NOT REPINE FOR ME.

DO NOT...

WEEP FOR ME, MY FRIENDS.

IT IS...

CHRONIC.

AAH!

OH!

STAND BACK THERE.

GIVE THE MAN
ROOM TO BREATHE.

HERE. LET ME
LOOSEN HIS COLLAR.

Mercy: OH, PA.

SPEAK TO US. PA!

HOW ARE YOU, SIR?

MOVED.

MUCH MOVED.

IT IS CHRONIC.

[SNORES]

Charity: PA!
[GRUNTS]

PA, WAKE UP.

Mercy: DO YOU
HEAR US, PA?

GO AWAY.
I AM INDISPOSED.

PA, THERE'S A LETTER
COME FOR YOU.

SPECIAL DELIVERY!

[GROANING]

GIVE ME THE LETTER.

[READS TO HIMSELF]

THIS MORNING!

WHAT IS IT, PA?

FETCH ME A PINT OF COFFEE,

HOT AND STRONG.

GO!

Pecksniff: THE LETTER
WHICH SUMMONED ME TO LONDON

WAS IN FACT FROM HIM,

INTIMATING I COMMUNICATE
MY ADDRESS

VIA THE GENERAL POST OFFICE.

HOW HE HAS COME
TO CHANGE SO MUCH

IN HIS ATTITUDE TO US,
WE NEED NOT INQUIRE.

WE SHALL NOT BE PROUD...

OR RESENTFUL...

OR UNFORGIVING.

AND IF WE CAN BE
THE MEANS

OF RECONCILING HIM
TO HIS GRANDSON,

THAT WILL BE
ITS OWN REWARD...

EH, MY DEARS?

OLD GENTLEMAN TO SEE YOU,
MR. PECKSNIFF.

GOOD MORNING, PECKSNIFF.

MR. CHUZZLEWIT!

PARDON ME, MY DEAR SIR,

I WAS QUITE LOST
IN DR. WATTS' MORAL SONGS,

ONE OF MY FAVORITE WORKS.

PRAY, SIT DOWN.

THANK YOU.

THAT WILL BE ALL,
BAILEY.

ARE YOU UNWELL,
PECKSNIFF?

NO. NO, IT IS NOTHING.

JUST A TOUCH
OF NEURALGIA

TO WHICH I AM
CONSTITUTIONALLY PRONE
IN DAMP WEATHER.

BUT YOU, MR. CHUZZLEWIT,

I REJOICE TO SEE THAT
YOU ARE QUITE RECOVERED.

I AM VERY WELL, THANK YOU.

I FANCY MY MALADY WAS MORE
OF THE MIND THAN THE BODY.

AND YOUR DAUGHTERS?

THEY ARE VERY WELL,
I'M GLAD TO SAY.

I SHOULD LIKE TO MEET THEM.

ARE THEY NEAR AT HAND?

Pecksniff: INDEED.

MY OWN DARLINGS,
WHERE ARE YOU?

HERE, MY DEAR PAPA.

COME INTO THE DRAWING ROOM
IF YOU PLEASE, MY DEAR.

AND BRING YOUR SISTER
WITH YOU.

IT WAS GOOD OF YOU TO COME
TO LONDON AT MY REQUEST,

AND, I NEED HARDLY ADD,
AT MY COST.

AT YOUR COST, SIR.

IT IS NOT MY HABIT
TO PUT MY RELATIVES
TO ANY PERSONAL EXPENSE

TO GRATIFY MY CAPRICES.

OH, I HARDLY THINK
YOU WOULD INDULGE

IN CAPRICES,
MR. CHUZZLEWIT.

NO, YOU ARE RIGHT.

I AM NOT
A CAPRICIOUS MAN.

I NEVER WAS.

AH, HERE ARE
YOUR DAUGHTERS.

MR. CHUZZLEWIT
HAS DONE US THE HONOR
OF A VISIT, MY DEARS.

CHARITY AND MERCY,
MY DEAR SIR.

MR. CHUZZLEWIT.

PERHAPS YOU HAD BETTER
WRITE YOUR NAMES DOWN
FOR MR. CHUZZLEWIT.

YOUR HUMBLE AUTOGRAPHS ARE
OF NO VALUE IN THEMSELVES,

BUT FAMILY AFFECTION
MAY PRIZE THEM.

YOU NEED NOT TROUBLE
YOURSELVES, GIRLS.

I SHALL NOT FORGET
CHARITY AND MERCY.

I FEAR I WAS SOMEWHAT
LACKING IN BOTH VIRTUES
WHEN WE LAST MET.

OH, MY NOBLE SIR,
SAY NOTHING MORE OF IT.

YOU WERE UNWELL.
YOU WERE NOT YOURSELF.

DID I NOT SAY, MY DEARS,
AT THE TIME,

"HE KNOWS NOT WHAT HE DOES"?

OH, YES, PAPA.
OH, YES, PAPA.

THAT WAS GENEROUS
OF YOU, COUSIN.

AND IT WAS GENEROUS OF YOU
TO DRAW OFF THAT HERD
OF HARPIES FROM ME

AND BE THEIR VICTIM
YOURSELF.

HARPIES, SIR?

MY RELATIVES.
YOU FELT FOR ME

AND DREW THEM OFF
WHILE I MADE MY ESCAPE,

FOR WHICH I OWE YOU
MANY THANKS.

OH, BUT--
NO. SH--

IT WAS NOTHING, SIR.

DO YOU EVER SIT DOWN,
PECKSNIFF?

WHY...YES...SIR,

OCCASIONALLY.

WILL YOU SIT DOWN NOW...

AND YOUR GIRLS, TOO?

SIT.

CAN YOU ASK US,
DEAR MR. CHUZZLEWIT,

WHETHER WE WILL
DO ANYTHING
THAT YOU DESIRE?

ON THAT EARLIER OCCASION,

YOU SPOKE TO ME ON BEHALF
OF A YOUNG RELATIVE OF MINE.

QUITE DISINTERESTEDLY,
I ASSURE YOU.

I DO NOT DOUBT IT.

THE YOUNG MAN HAS SINCE
JOINED YOUR HOUSEHOLD,
I BELIEVE.

THAT IS TRUE. YES.

I FEAR
HE HAS DECEIVED YOU...

AS HE DECEIVED ME.

IN WHAT WAY?

CLEARLY YOU ARE UNAWARE

THAT HE HAS ALREADY MADE
HIS MATRIMONIAL CHOICE.

OHH, NOT WITHOUT HIS
GRANDFATHER'S CONSENT
AND APPROBATION?

YOU CANNOT MEAN THAT.

IN THE TEETH
OF MY EXPRESS DISAPPROVAL.

SHE IS SOMEONE
QUITE UNSUITABLE.

OHH.

HAVE I NOURISHED SUCH
A VIPER IN MY BOSOM?

HAVE I UNWITTINGLY
EXPOSED MY INNOCENT
DAUGHTERS

TO HIS...CONTAMINATION?

I'M AFRAID YOU HAVE.

YOU MUST EXPEL HIM.

CONSIDER IT DONE!

[PIECES DROP]

THERE IS ANOTHER FAVOR
I HAVE TO ASK YOU.

ASK, MY DEAR SIR,
ASK AWAY.

DO YOU REMEMBER
MARY GRAHAM?

OH, INDEED.

THE YOUNG LADY
I MENTIONED TO YOU,
MY DEARS,

AS HAVING INTERESTED ME
SO VERY MUCH.

SILLY GIRLS,
THEY WERE QUITE MOVED
BY HER HISTORY.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT HER.

IT'S A HARD LIFE
FOR A YOUNG WOMAN

LOOKING AFTER
A CRUSTY OLD MAN LIKE ME,

WITH NO FEMALE SOCIETY,

NO PERMANENT HOME.

OH, MY DEAR SIR,
SAY NO MORE.

CONSIDER MY HUMBLE ABODE
YOUR OWN.

VISIT US
WHENEVER YOU PLEASE.

ARE YOU SINCERE?

OH...

YOU WOULD RECEIVE HER
COURTEOUSLY, YOUNG LADIES,

AND BE KIND TO HER?

OF COURSE WE SHOULD,
MR. CHUZZLEWIT.

I AM DYING
TO MEET HER.

THEN I ACCEPT
YOUR GENEROUS OFFER.

I AM...

OVERJOYED.

WILL YOU HAVE A GLASS
OF THIS PORT WINE,
MR. CHUZZLEWIT,

AND A MORSEL
OF THIS HOMELY CAKE?

THANK YOU.

IT MAY BE SOME LITTLE WHILE
BEFORE MARY AND I
CAN VISIT YOU.

I FEAR YOU WILL BE
SUBJECTED TO MUCH CALUMNY

FROM THE REST OF THE FAMILY

WHEN OUR NEW RELATIONSHIP
BECOMES KNOWN.

WE SHALL NOT CARE, SIR.

THEY WILL SAY THAT,
TO PUNISH MY GRANDSON
FOR HIS INGRATITUDE,

AND THEMSELVES
FOR THEIR GREED,

THAT I CHOSE FROM AMONG THEM
THE VERY WORST

AND PAMPERED
AND ENRICHED HIM

AT THE COST
OF ALL THE REST.

CAN YOU BEAR THAT?

OH, MY--MY DEAR
MR. CHUZZLEWIT,

FOR A MAN SUCH AS YOU
HAVE SHOWN YOURSELF
TO BE THIS DAY,

FOR A MAN SO...

UH...

I--I AM AT A LOSS...

TO KNOW WHAT
PRECISE TERM TO USE.

FOR SUCH A MAN,
I AND MY DAUGHTERS,

WOULD BEAR
ANYTHING WHATEVER.

I THANK YOU...

FROM THE BOTTOM
OF MY HEART.

I LITTLE THOUGHT
A MONTH AGO

THAT I SHOULD BE
BREAKING BREAD
AND POURING WINE...

[CHUCKLES]

WITH YOU.

HA HA HA.

[LAUGHS]

[LAUGHING]

BYE-BYE!

SEE YOU SOON!

BYE!
BYE!

GOOD-BYE,
MR. CHUZZLEWIT!

GOOD-BYE!

CAPTIONED BY THE NATIONAL
CAPTIONING INSTITUTE
--www.ncicap.org--

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[KNOCK ON DOOR]
COME IN!

GENTLEMAN DOWNSTAIRS FOR
MISS CHARITY PECKSNIFF.

FOR ME?

OH, MY GRACIOUS.

AH, WOULDN'T I BE
GRACIOUS, NEITHER.

NOT IF I WAS HIM.
HA!

OH, DON'T BE ABSURD,
BAILEY.

I--I DON'T KNOW ANY
GENTLEMEN IN LONDON.

THERE MUST BE
SOME MISTAKE.

DON'T YOU THINK SO,
MERRY?

OBVIOUSLY.

YOU NEED NOT BE
QUITE SO POSITIVE, MERRY.

YOU NEED NOT PRESUME
YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON
IN THE WORLD

TO ATTRACT THE ATTENTION
OF GENTLEMEN.

I WILL SEE
THE VISITOR.

SHOW HIM INTO
THE DRAWING ROOM.

AHEM!

AH. COUSIN.

HERE I AM, YOU SEE.

HOW DO YOU
FIND YOURSELF?

QUITE WELL,
THANK YOU.

AND HOW'S
THE OTHER ONE?

WELL, I BELIEVE.

HMM. DID YOU THINK
I WAS LOST

SINCE WE LAST MET?

I DIDN'T THINK
ABOUT YOU AT ALL.

AH, HEH HEH HEH.

AND WHAT ABOUT
THE OTHER ONE?

I'M SURE I DON'T KNOW.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO
ASK HER YOURSELF?

NO. THERE'S
NO CAUSE FOR THAT.

SIT DOWN.

SHE'D ONLY LAUGH
AT ME, ANYWAY.

SHE'S A TERROR
FOR LAUGHING, ISN'T SHE?

MERCY IS
RATHER LIVELY.
HA HA HA.

WELL, LIVELINESS CAN BE
A PLEASANT THING...

WHEN IT DON'T NEED
SPENDING MONEY.

THAT'S YOUR KIND
OF LIVELINESS, I THINK.

HA HA HA.

I SHOULD HAVE
CALLED ON YOU BEFORE,

BUT, UM...
I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE
YOU WERE STAYING

TILL I HAPPENED TO MEET
YOUR PA IN THE STREET
THIS MORNING.

WHAT A SLEEK,
SLY CHAP HE IS.

BIT LIKE A TOMCAT,
AIN'T HE?

REALLY, MR. JONAS,
I CANNOT ALLOW YOU

TO SPEAK
OF MY FATHER SO...

DISRESPECTFULLY,
EVEN IN JEST.

ECOD! YOU CAN SAY WHAT
YOU LIKE OF MY FATHER.

I THINK IT'S
LIQUID AGGRAVATION

THAT RUNS
THROUGH HIS VEINS,
NOT REGULAR BLOOD.

HOW OLD SHOULD YOU
THINK HE WAS?

WELL...I REALLY
COULDN'T SAY. UH--

80!
INDEED?

HMM.

OH, A FINE OLD AGE.

FINE OLD AGE?
WHERE'S HIS RELIGION,
I'D LIKE TO KNOW,

WHEN HE FLIES IN
THE FACE OF THE BIBLE
LIKE THAT?

3 SCORE AND 10--
THAT'S THE MARK.

AND NO MAN
WITH A CONSCIENCE AND
A PROPER SENSE OF DUTY

HAS ANY RIGHT
TO LIVE ANY LONGER.

[LAUGHING]
OH. TUT, TUT.

[SNORTS]
OH.

YES, WELL...

ENOUGH OF HIM.

I CALLED ROUND TO SEE
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO...

TAKE A WALK...

SEE SOME
OF THE SIGHTS...

COME BACK
TO OUR HOUSE
AFTERWARDS AND...

HAVE A BIT
OF SOMETHING.

PECKSNIFF WILL...

COME ROUND LATER
AND BRING YOU HOME.

HERE'S HIS NOTE.

YOU'LL BRING
THE OTHER ONE,
YOU KNOW,

FOR APPEARANCES'
SAKE.

MM.

[VENDOR YELLS]

[VENDOR YELLS]

[GIGGLING]

I DECLARE, I CAN'T
WALK ANOTHER STEP.

YOU'RE ALWAYS
COMPLAINING, MERRY.

CAN'T WE
TAKE A CAB?

YOU DON'T WANT
TO WASTE MONEY ON CABS.

YOU SEE THE SIGHTS
BETTER ON FOOT.

WHAT SIGHTS?

ANYWAY,
WE'RE NEARLY THERE.

JUST ALONG HERE.

THIS IS
YOUR HOME?

YES. WE LIVE
ABOVE THE SHOP,
YOU MIGHT SAY.

SHALL WE GO IN?

[BELL TOLLING]

CHUZZLEWIT.

WHAT THE DEVIL
DO YOU WANT?

I NEED TO TALK TO YOU.

NOT NOW. CAN'T YOU SEE
I'VE GOT COMPANY?

WHEN, THEN?

TOMORROW
AT THE TAVERN.

USUAL TIME.

DON'T FORGET
TO BRING THE MONEY.

THAT'S WHAT
I WANTED TO--

[DOOR OPENS]

HERE, YOU, UM...

SIT ON MY RIGHT SIDE,
COUSIN.

AND I'LL HAVE THE OTHER ONE
ON MY LEFT.

WILL YOU COME HERE,
OTHER ONE?

Maid:
AHEM, AHEM.

I SUPPOSE I MUST,

THOUGH YOU'RE ENOUGH
TO TAKE AWAY
ONE'S APPETITE.

HA HA.
AIN'T SHE LIVELY?

I REALLY DON'T KNOW.
I'M SICK AND TIRED

OF BEING ASKED SUCH
RIDICULOUS QUESTIONS.

WHAT'S MY AGGRAVATING
FATHER DOING NOW?

I LOST ME GLASSES,
JONAS.

[SIGHS] WELL,
SIT DOWN WITHOUT THEM.

YOU DON'T NEED YOUR GLASSES
TO EAT AND DRINK.

AND WHERE'S
THAT OLD CHUFFEY?

CHUFFEY!

Jonas: OUR CLERK--
OLD CHUFFEY.

[WINE POURING]

IS HE BLIND?

NO.

I DON'T THINK
HE'S BLIND.
IS HE, FATHER?

CERTAINLY NOT.

IS HE DEAF?

NO, I DON'T KNOW
THAT HE'S DEAF.

WELL, WHAT IS HE, THEN?

WELL, HE'S PRECIOUS OLD,
I'LL TELL YOU THAT.

I THINK MY FATHER
MUST HAVE CAUGHT IT OFF HIM.

AND HE DON'T UNDERSTAND
HARDLY ANYONE

EXCEPT HIM.

[SIGHS]

HE'S BEEN A BOOKKEEPER
ALL HIS LIFE.

HA HA HA HA.

[SIGHING]
OH.

20 YEARS AGO,

HE WENT AND TOOK A FEVER.

AND ALL THE TIME
THAT HE WAS ILL,

HE NEVER LEFT OFF
ADDING UP.

AND HE GOT TO
SO MANY MILLIONS AT LAST

THAT I DON'T THINK
HE'S EVER BEEN QUITE
RIGHT IN THE HEAD SINCE.

HELP YOURSELVES
TO VEGETABLES.

AREN'T YOU GOING
TO SERVE HIM?

WELL, HE'LL EAT
WHEN HE'S HELPED.

HE DON'T MIND IF HE WAITS
A MINUTE OR AN HOUR. HA HA.

AND WHEN I'M SHARP SET,
LIKE I AM TODAY,

I COME TO HIM AFTER
I'VE TAKEN THE EDGE
OFF MY APPETITE.

HA HA.

ARE YOU READY
FOR YOUR DINNER, CHUFFEY?

ASK HIM,
WILL YOU, FATHER?

ARE YOU READY
FOR YOUR DINNER,
CHUFFEY?!

YES, YES. QUITE READY,
MR. CHUZZLEWIT.

QUITE READY, SIR.

ALL READY.
ALL READY. ALL READY.

HE'LL BE MOST DISAGREEABLE.
HA HA HA.

HE NORMALLY CHOKES
IF IT AIN'T BROTH.

HA HA HA! HA HA!

DID YOU EVER SEE
SUCH A WALLEYED EXPRESSION

AS HE'S GOT?

I WASN'T GONNA LET HIM
COME TODAY,

BUT I THOUGHT
HE MIGHT AMUSE YOU.

EH, HE'S BETTER
THAN THE WAXWORKS,

AND NO CHARGE
FOR ADMISSION. HA HA!

HA HA!

HA HA HA!

HA HA! UHH!

THEY RETURN TOMORROW MORNING
BY THE OVERNIGHT COACH.

INDEED?

MR. PECKSNIFF WISHES
TO BE MET AT THE CROSSROADS

WITH THE GIG AND A CART
FOR THE LUGGAGE...

AT 6:00.

YOU NEED NOT
COME WITH ME.

NO.

I'LL KEEP YOU COMPANY.

THAT'S VERY KIND.

YOU'RE AN HONEST
FELLOW, TOM.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M
A FAMOUS ARCHITECT,

I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU
INTO MY EMPLOY.

NO. REALLY?
YES.

YOU COULD BE USEFUL TO ME
IN 100 WAYS--

OVERSEEING THE CONSTRUCTION
OF MY BUILDINGS,

RECEIVING CLIENTS,

KEEPING THE BOOKS,
LIKE YOU DO FOR PECKSNIFF.

OF COURSE,
I'LL BE MARRIED BY THEN.

OF COURSE.

AND MARY WOULD LIKE YOU.

I'M SURE SHE WOULD.

SHE'D SMILE
WHEN FIRST SHE MET YOU,
BUT YOU WOULDN'T MIND THAT.

NO, I WOULDN'T
MIND THAT.

THE BRIGHTEST SMILE
YOU EVER KNEW.

AND ONCE SHE GOT
TO KNOW YOU PROPERLY,

SHE'D TAKE TO YOU
UNCOMMONLY,

NEVER TIRE OF TELLING ME
WHAT A HARMLESS, GENTLE,

WELL-INTENTIONED FELLOW
YOU ARE.

I MUST GET ON
WITH MY BOOKKEEPING.

SO YOU'RE GOING HOME,
WORSE LUCK?

YES, BAILEY,
WE'RE GOING HOME.

AIN'T YOU GONNA LEAVE
NONE OF THE GENTS
A LOCK OF YOUR HAIR?

HA HA HA HA!

CERTAINLY NOT.

IT'S REAL, AIN'T IT?

OF COURSE IT'S REAL.

HERS AIN'T. WHY,
I SEEN IT HANGING UP ONCE

ONE THE NAIL
BY THAT WINDOW.

HA HA HA HA!

HEH HEH HEH.

I SAY, YOUNG LADIES...

WHATEVER YOU MEAN
TO GIVE ME,

YOU'D BETTER GIVE ME
ALL AT ONCE.

IF YOU EVER COME BACK,
I WON'T BE HERE.

WHY NOT?

YOU'RE GOING
TO LEAVE
MRS. TODGERS?

I AIN'T GONNA STAND
BEING CALLED NAMES BY HER
NO LONGER,

NOR BEING KNOCKED ABOUT
WHEN THE GENTLEMEN'S
APPETITES ARE SHARP.

IT AIN'T MY FAULT
IF THEY CONSUME
THE PROVISIONS, IS IT?

BUT WHAT
WILL YOU DO?

I DON'T KNOW.

MAYBE I'LL JOIN THE ARMY
AS A DRUMMER BOY.

I FANCY MYSELF
IN A UNIFORM.

YOU'LL GET
YOURSELF SHOT.

I'D RATHER BE SHOT
WITH A CANNONBALL THAN
HIT WITH A ROLLING PIN.

WELL, BAILEY...

YOU'VE BEEN
AN ENTERTAINMENT
TO US,

I MUST ADMIT.

HERE YOU ARE.
UHH...

OH.
HEH HEH.

AND HERE.

OHH. COR!

THANKS, YOUNG LADIES.

OHH.

[LAUGHING]

Men boarders:
� GO WHERE THE GLORY �

WHAT'S THAT?

� WAITS THEE �

� BUT WHILE FAME
ELATES THEE �

� OH, STILL REMEMBER ME �

� WHEN THE PRAISE
THOU MEETEST �

� TO THINE EAR
IS SWEETEST �

� OH, THEN REMEMBER ME �

� OTHER ARMS
MAY PRESS THEE �

� DEARER FRIENDS
CARESS THEE �

� ALL THE JOYS
THAT BLESS THEE �

� SWEETER FAR MAY BE... �

JONAS IS A SHREWD LAD.

HE APPEARS TO BE
VERY SHREWD.

I TAUGHT HIM
THE FIRST RULE
OF BUSINESS--

"DO OTHER MEN,
OR THEY WOULD DO YOU."

HA HA HA HA!

AND HE'S CAREFUL, TOO.

WITH MONEY, I MEAN.

AN ADMIRABLE QUALITY,
I'M SURE.

LOOK YE, PECKSNIFF,
I THINK HE'S SWEET UPON
YOUR ELDEST DAUGHTER.

OH, TUT-TUT, SIR.

YOUNG PEOPLE,
YOUNG PEOPLE,
NO MORE THAN THAT.

BUT WHAT IF
IT SHOULD BE MORE?

OH, HO HO.

OH, I KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE GOING TO SAY--

THAT YOU NEVER THOUGHT
OF IT FOR A MOMENT,

AND IN MATTERS
AFFECTING THE HAPPINESS
OF YOUR DAUGHTER,

YOU COULDN'T
EXPRESS AN OPINION,
ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

HA HA HA HA HA.

BUT YOU'VE FEATHERED
YOUR NEST PRETTY WELL...

AND SO HAVE I.

OUR FAMILIES
ARE LIKE 2 HALVES
OF A PAIR OF SCISSORS.

TOGETHER WE MIGHT
DO SOMETHING.

I WILL PONDER
VERY CAREFULLY
WHAT YOU'VE SAID.

THANK YE, PECKSNIFF.

GOOD-BYE,
MRS. TODGERS.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN.

OH...

MR. PECKSNIFF.

Men boarders:
� BUT WHEN FRIENDS
ARE NEAREST �

� AND WHEN JOYS
ARE DEAREST �

� OH, THEN REMEMBER ME �

HERE IT COMES!

AT LAST.

Driver: WHOA! WHOA!

MR. PINCH.

DEAR ME, HAVE YOU COME
TO MEET US IN PERSON

ON THIS VERY
INCLEMENT MORNING?

YES, SIR.
AND MR. CHUZZLEWIT,
TOO, SIR.

GOOD MORNING,
SIR.

BE SO KIND
AS TO SEE TO THE TRUNKS,
MR. PINCH, IF YOU PLEASE.

YES, SIR.

GOOD MORNING,
LADIES.

Pecksniff: WALK ON.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

AH, MR. PINCH, COME IN.

TAKE SOME TEA.

AHEM.

YOU MUST BE VERY DAMP
AND COLD.

THANK YOU, SIR.

PRAY, BE SEATED,
MR. PINCH.

SO, HOW HAVE THINGS
GONE ON IN OUR ABSENCE?

YOU WILL BE MUCH PLEASED
WITH MARTIN'S--

MR. CHUZZLEWIT'S DESIGNS
FOR THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

NEVER MIND THAT NOW.
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING,
MR. PINCH?

MR. PECKSNIFF,
IF YOU HAVE QUITE
RECOVERED YOURSELF,

I WOULD BE GLAD
TO HEAR WHAT YOU MEAN
BY THIS TREATMENT OF ME.

HMM? WHAT HAVE YOU
BEEN DOING, TOM?

Martin: DO ME THE FAVOR
OF ANSWERING MY QUESTION.

I WILL TALK TO YOU, SIR,
IN DUE COURSE.

NOW! IN DUE COURSE
WILL NOT DO! NOW!

DO YOU THREATEN ME?

I LAMENT TO SAY IT WOULD
BE ENTIRELY CONSISTENT

WITH YOUR CHARACTER.

YOU HAVE DECEIVED ME.

YOU HAVE OBTAINED
ADMISSION TO MY HOUSE
ON FALSE PRETENSES.

GO ON. I THINK
I UNDERSTAND THIS.
WHAT MORE?

THIS MUCH MORE
SINCE YOU FORCE ME
TO PUBLISH YOUR SHAME

BEFORE A THIRD PARTY.

NOT ONLY HAVE YOU
DECEIVED ME,

YOU'VE DECEIVED
AN HONORABLE, BELOVED,

VENERATED,
VENERABLE GENTLEMAN--

YOUR OWN GRANDFATHER.

I THOUGHT SO. YOU'VE
WORMED YOUR WAY INTO HIS
CONFIDENCE, HAVE YOU?

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST,

YOU HAVE DECEIVED
MY DAUGHTERS

AND EXPLOITED
THEIR INNOCENT TRUST.

YOUR DAUGHTERS?
DO YOU PRETEND

THAT I EVER SHOWED THEM
ANYTHING MORE THAN
COMMON COURTESY,

IN SPITE OF YOUR PUFFING
THEIR ATTRACTIONS TO ME
AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY?

BE GONE, SIR!
I CANNOT HAVE
A SERPENT AND A LEPER

AS AN INMATE OF MY HOUSE.

MARTIN, DON'T DO
SOMETHING YOU'LL REGRET.

PAH! DO YOU THINK
I WOULD SOIL MYSELF

BY LAYING
MY HANDS ON HIM?
LOOK AT HIM THERE!

THE FLOOR IS THE
RIGHT PLACE FOR HIM.

HE'S A MAT
FOR DIRTY FEET,

A CLOTH
FOR DIRTY HANDS.

MARK MY WORDS.
DON'T PRETEND
YOU DON'T HEAR ME.

THE DAY WILL COME
WHEN THE WHOLE WORLD--

EVEN THIS POOR DELUDED,
EXPLOITED FELLOW HERE--

WILL KNOW WHAT
A HYPOCRITE YOU ARE.

[DOOR SLAMS]

MARTIN!

MARTIN!

WHAT NOW?

ARE YOU GOING, MARTIN?

GOING?! GOING?!

LEAVING AT ONCE, I MEAN,
IN THIS WEATHER, ON FOOT,
WITH NO MONEY?

YES, I AM!

TAKE THIS WITH YOU.

A BOOK?
YES.

LOOK LATER WHERE I HAVE
TURNED DOWN THE PAGE.

IT MAY LIFT YOUR SPIRITS
A LITTLE.

WHERE WILL YOU GO?

LONDON, FIRST,
THEN WHO KNOWS?

WHEREVER
OPPORTUNITY BECKONS.

WHAT ABOUT YOUR CLOTHES
AND OTHER THINGS?

PACK THEM UP
AND SEND THEM
TO LONDON, WOULD YOU,

TO BE CALLED FOR
AT THE COACH OFFICE?

WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO?
I DON'T KNOW!

YES, I DO.
I'LL GO TO AMERICA
AND MAKE MY FORTUNE.

NOT AMERICA, MARTIN.

YOUR SITUATION
ISN'T THAT DESPERATE.

GOOD-BYE, TOM.

YOU'RE DETERMINED
TO LEAVE US THEN,
MARK...

EVEN IN THIS WEATHER?

THERE'S A CARTER
FROM SALISBURY WHO'S
GOING TO LONDON TODAY.

SAID HE'D TAKE ME
FOR 6 SHILLINGS.

WHAT WILL YOU DO
IN LONDON?

DON'T KNOW EXACTLY.
SOMETHING WILL TURN UP.

I THOUGHT YOU WAS FOND
OF THE DRAGON.

WELL, SO I AM.

WHY DO YOU LEAVE US
THEN?

I DON'T KNOW
HOW I SHALL MANAGE
WITHOUT YOU, I'M SURE.

DANIEL EVANS WILL DO
THE HEAVY WORK.

HE'S A GOOD MAN.

WON'T BE THE SAME,
THOUGH.

WOULD YOU TAKE SOMETHING
BEFORE YOU GO?

WHAT'LL IT BE?

WHY, IF I TOOK
WHAT I LIKE MOST...

I'D TAKE YOU.

AND NO MAN WOULDN'T
WONDER IF I DID.

OH, MARK TAPLEY,
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

IF THERE'S A BONNIER WOMAN
IN THE WHOLE VILLAGE,

I'D LIKE TO SEE HER.
OR A KINDER.

BLESS MY SOUL
IF I UNDERSTAND
WHAT YOU WANT.

I'LL BE PLAIN
WITH YOU, THEN.

AS LONG AS IT'S UNDERSTOOD,
I AIN'T MAKING NO LOVE,
YOU KNOW?

QUITE UNDERSTOOD.

HADN'T YOU BETTER TAKE
YOUR ARMS AWAY THEN?

WHY? THEY AIN'T DOING
NO HARM, ARE THEY?

LET ME ASK YOU...

WHAT WOULD BE
THE CONSEQUENCES OF
OUR GETTING MARRIED?

I THOUGHT
YOU WEREN'T GOING TO
TALK SUCH FOOLISHNESS.

I'D BE THE ENVY
OF EVERY MAN
IN THE PARISH.

I'D NEVER HAVE A REASON
TO LEAVE THE DRAGON

IN MY WHOLE LIFE.

THEN WHY GO NOW?

I WANT TO TRY MYSELF...

FIND OUT WHAT I'M MADE OF,
DO YOU SEE?

IF WE WERE TO MARRY,
YOU'D ALWAYS BE ON THE FRET,

WORRYING YOU WERE GETTING
TOO OLD FOR MY TASTE,

AND A-PICTURING ME
TO YOURSELF CHAINED UP
TO THE DRAGON DOOR,

WANTING TO BREAK AWAY.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT...

BUT IT MIGHTN'T BE TRUE,

SO I'M GOING NOW...

BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, MARK.

I BELIEVE YOU'VE BEEN
A BETTER FRIEND TO ME
THIS DAY

THAN I'VE EVER HAD
IN ALL MY LIFE.

THAT'S NONSENSE.

Man outside: WHOA!

THERE'S THE CARTER.

GOOD-BYE, DEAR LADY.

STILL RAINING.

WELL...
IT'LL BE MY FIRST TEST

TO REMAINING JOLLY
UNDER TRYING CONDITIONS.

GOOD-BYE,
MRS. LUPIN.

GOOD-BYE, MARK.

GOD BLESS YOU.

[TAPS TWICE WITH CANE]

Carter:
WALK ON TOGETHER.

YOU SEE,
ORNAMENTAL ARCHITECTURE

APPLIED TO
DOMESTIC PURPOSES

CAN HARDLY FAIL TO BE
IN GREAT DEMAND IN AMERICA,

FOR MEN ARE CONSTANTLY
MOVING WESTWARDS THERE,

AND NEW TOWNS MUST BE BUILT
TO ACCOMMODATE THEM.

I SHOULD SAY, SIR,
THAT'S A STATE OF THINGS

AS OPENS ONE OF
THE JOLLIEST LOOKOUTS
FOR DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE

AS I'VE EVER HEARD TELL ON.

AND ALTHOUGH I AM NOT--

STRICTLY SPEAKING--
QUALIFIED YET,

I HAVE DEMONSTRATED
A NATURAL APTITUDE
FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN,

AND THE AMERICANS ARE NOT
LIKELY TO BE OVERPARTICULAR
ON THAT SCORE.

THEY DURSN'T BE, SIR,
FOR THEIR OWN GOOD.

SOME MORE CHEESE?

IF YOU'RE SURE
YOU HAVE ENOUGH.
THANK YOU.

FROM ALL I HEAR,
AMERICA'S A PLACE

WHERE A MAN MIGHT
EARN SOME CREDIT
FOR BEING JOLLY.

MIGHT I BE SO BOLD
AS TO ASK YOU, SIR,

WHY YOU'RE GOING
SO SOON,

INSTEAD OF STAYING
AT MR. PECKSNIFF'S?

WELL...

NOW, WHEN MY GRANDFATHER,
OLD MR. CHUZZLEWIT,

STAYED AT THE BLUE DRAGON,

DID YOU HAVE ANY DEALINGS
WITH THE YOUNG LADY
WHO ACCOMPANIED HIM?

MISS GRAHAM?
INDEED I DID.

SWEETER YOUNG LADY
NEVER BREATHED.

YOU SPEAK THE TRUTH,
TAPLEY.

SHE IS THE REASON

WHY I'M SEEKING
MY FORTUNE IN AMERICA.

INDEED, SIR.
YES.

UM, ARE THERE
LODGINGS HERE, SIR?

OH, YES.
GO ON INSIDE.

HOW MUCH IS IT?

9 SHILLING A WEEK
WITH COALS.

I'LL TAKE IT.

CASH IN ADVANCE, SIR.

OH, UH...

I SHALL HAVE TO, UH...

WOULD YOU KEEP IT FOR ME?
I'LL BE BACK IN AN HOUR.

THANK YOU.

SPARE A SHILLING,
SIR?

SPARE A SHILLING?

SPARE A SHILLING,
SIR?

SPARE A SHILLING?

SPARE A SHILLING?

SPARE A SHILLING?

SPARE A SHILLING?

SPARE A SHILLING, SIR?
SPARE A SHILLING?

Tigg: HOW MUCH
WILL YOU GIVE ME
FOR THIS SHIRT, DAVID?

Pawnbroker:
WHAT I ALWAYS GIVE YOU
FOR IT--2 SHILLINGS.

Tigg: OH,
MAKE IT 2 SHILLINGS
AND SIXPENCE, DAVID.

IT'S A KIND OF MATERIAL
THAT IMPROVES WITH AGE.

Pawnbroker:
HA. A FLORIN.

TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.

WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?

PLEASE TO GIVE ME
THE MOST YOU CAN
FOR THIS WATCH.

I THOUGH I RECOGNIZED
THE VOICE, BY GAD.

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
TREMENDOUS MEETINGS

IN ANCIENT
OR MODERN HISTORY.
HOW ARE YOU, SIR?

WHAT NEWS OF
THE AGRICULTURAL
DISTRICTS?

NOTHING I WISH TO
COMMUNICATE TO YOU.

I UNDERSTAND
YOUR RESERVE, SIR.

OUR LAST MEETING
WAS NOT AUSPICIOUS.

BUT I'VE PARTED FROM SLYME.
MY TALENTS WERE WASTED
ON HIM, YOU KNOW?

IT MATTERS
VERY LITTLE TO ME

WHETHER YOU HAVE
SET UP AS A VAGABOND
ON YOUR OWN ACCOUNT

OR ARE STILL
TRADING ON BEHALF
OF MR. SLYME.

YOU'RE INVOLVED IN
A LITTLE TRADE YOURSELF,

I SEE, SIR.

YES, WELL...

UH, I'M GOING
ABROAD ON A...

SORT OF TOUR.

I NEED TO SUPPLEMENT
MY FUNDS.

WELL, YOU COULDN'T HAVE COME
TO A BETTER PLACE.

DAVID, PAY PARTICULAR
ATTENTION TO THIS GENTLEMAN,

WHO IS A FRIEND OF MINE.

WELL...
A GOLD HUNTING WATCH, DAVID.

ENGINE TURNED, JEWELED,
AND CAPPED.

ESCAPE MOVEMENT,
HORIZONTAL LEVER,

AND WARRANTED TO PERFORM
ACCURATELY

UPON MY PERSONAL OBSERVATION
OVER MANY YEARS.

THAT WATCH, DAVID, IS WORTH
�4 ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.

I AM CERTAIN IT COST
MY GRANDFATHER A GREAT
DEAL MORE THAN THAT.

DID YOU HEAR THAT, DAVID?

HIS GRANDFATHER'S GIFT.

WELL, IT'S WORTH A POUND
FOR SENTIMENTAL VALUE ALONE.

TO HIM PERHAPS...

BUT NOT TO ME.

I'LL LEND YOU �3 ON IT.

IS THAT ALL?

VERY WELL, THEN.

WE ACCEPT
THE OFFER.

ON THE, UH...

USUAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS?

YES. ON THE USUAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.

Pawnbroker:
NAME AND ADDRESS?

MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT,
ESQUIRE.

THE LAMB AND FLAG.
I DON'T KNOW THE NAME
OF THE STREET.

IT'S NEAR CHARING CROSS.

GOOD DAY.

[DOOR SHUTS]

THIS WATCH...

IS WORTH A LOT MORE
THAN 3 OR �4.

OF COURSE IT IS.

IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN,
IT'S A RARITY,

MADE BY A MASTER
WATCHMAKER,

A SWISS.

OHH...

WE COULD RAISE
50 GUINEAS ON
SUCH A WATCH, DAVID.

UH, "WE"?

WELL, GIVE ME
CREDIT FOR SPOTTING
THE OPPORTUNITY.

YOU HEARD
THE YOUNG FELLOW.
HE'S GOING ABROAD.

THERE'S NO RISK
HE'LL REDEEM THE WATCH
FOR SOME WHILE.

HE MAY EVEN FORFEIT IT
ALTOGETHER,

HE'S SUCH A NOVICE
IN THIS SORT OF TRADE.

MEANWHILE, WE CAN
TURN IT INTO CAPITAL.

WE CAN DO A LOT
WITH 50 GUINEAS, DAVID.

RENT AN OFFICE,
PRINT NOTEPAPER,

START UP A COMPANY.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

IS THAT THE BOY
WITH THE COALS?

COME IN.

YOUR SERVANT, SIR.

I HOPE YOU'RE
PRETTY WELL, SIR.

TAPLEY...

HOW DID YOU COME HERE?

RIGHT THROUGH
THE PASSAGE AND
UP THE STAIRS, SIR.

NO, I MEAN,
HOW DID YOU FIND ME OUT?

WELL, SIR,
WHEN YOU AND I PARTED,

I TOOK THE LIBERTY
OF FOLLOWING YOU HERE.

OH, DID YOU INDEED?

YES, SIR, JUST TO SEE
YOU CAME TO NO HARM.

IT WAS STILL DARK NIGHT
WHEN THE CARTER
DROPPED US,

IF YOU REMEMBER, SIR.

VERY WELL.
SIT DOWN, TAPLEY.

THANK YOU, SIR.
I'LL AS LIEVE STAND.

IF YOU WON'T SIT DOWN,
I WON'T TALK TO YOU.

VERY WELL, SIR.

AND WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN
DOING IN LONDON?

NOTHING, SIR.

WHY IS THAT?

WELL, I JUST CAN'T SEEM
TO FIND A PLACE

THAT SUITS ME.

OH, LORD BLESS YOU, SIR.
WHAT'S THE USE OF MY
GOING AROUND AND AROUND

WHEN I CAN COME STRAIGHT
TO THE POINT IN 6 WORDS?

WILL YOU
TAKE ME WITH YOU?

TAKE YOU WHERE?

WHY, TO AMERICA.
HERE I AM,

WITH A LIKING FOR
WHAT'S VENTURESOME,

AND A LIKING
FOR YOU,

AND I WISH
TO COME OUT STRONG
UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES

AS WOULD KEEP
OTHER MEN DOWN.

AS SOON AS YOU
MENTIONED AMERICA,

I SAW CLEAR AT ONCE,
THAT WAS THE PLACE

FOR ME
TO BE JOLLY IN.

I CAN PAY
FOR MY OWN PASSAGE.

WELL, THEN,
YOU'D BETTER DO SO.
GO TO AMERICA ON YOUR OWN.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, SIR?

WELL, I HAVEN'T GOT
ENOUGH MONEY EVEN
TO TRAVEL STEERAGE.

I'VE PAWNED
EVERYTHING I CAN SPARE

JUST TO PAY FOR
MY FOOD AND LODGING.

I'VE APPLIED
TO WORK MY PASSAGE
AS A COMMON SEAMAN,

BUT THE SHIP OWNERS
LAUGH AT ME.

I'VE ADVERTISED
IN THE NEWSPAPER FOR
A POSITION ON SHIPBOARD,

BUT I HAVEN'T HAD
A SINGLE REPLY.

I'VE BEEN IN LONDON
FOR 3 WEEKS NOW

AND I'M NO NEARER
TO ATTAINING MY GOAL

THAN I WAS
WHEN I ARRIVED HERE.

HMM. I THOUGHT
THERE WAS A SCREW LOOSE
IN YOUR AFFAIRS.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

YES, WHAT IS IT?

UH, THIS IS MR. TAPLEY.
MRS. BROWNLOW.

YOUR SERVANT, MA'AM.

OH. A LETTER CAME
FOR YOU

WHILE YOU WERE OUT,
MR. CHUZZLEWIT.

A LETTER.
THANK YOU.

IF YOU'D CARE TO SEND
THE BOY OUT

WITH A SCUTTLE OF COALS,
MRS. BROWNLOW,

THAT WOULD BE
VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

THIS MUST BE A REPLY
TO MY ADVERTISEMENT.

AT LAST.

[OPENING LETTER]

A �20-NOTE!

MY WORD.

SO IT IS.

THERE'S NOT A WORD
OF WRITING TO SAY
WHO THIS COMES FROM.

WELL, THAT SOLVES
THE PROBLEM OF
YOUR FARE, SIR.

TAPLEY, DO YOU KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THIS MONEY?

NOT A THING, SIR.
ON MY WORD OF HONOR.

THEN WHO ON EARTH
HAS SENT IT?

WHO KNOWS I'M HERE
APART FROM YOU?

THE PAWNBROKER.

THERE WAS A PAWNBROKER

WHO GAVE ME A MISERABLE �3
FOR MY GRANDFATHER'S WATCH.

HE MUST HAVE SUFFERED
A TWINGE OF CONSCIENCE

AND SENT THIS
TO MAKE UP FOR IT.

A TWINGE OF CONSCIENCE?

A PAWNBROKER?

WELL, THERE'S
NO OTHER EXPLANATION.

IF I WERE YOU, SIR,

I WOULDN'T LOOK
A GIFT HORSE
IN THE MOUTH.

GET ROUND TO
THAT SHIPPING OFFICE
AS SOON AS YOU CAN.

I WILL.

I KNOW THERE'S A BOAT
LEAVING FROM LIVERPOOL
IN A WEEK'S TIME.

AND YOU WILL
TAKE ME WITH YOU?

TAPLEY, IN SPITE
OF THIS WINDFALL,

I CAN'T AFFORD
TO KEEP A MANSERVANT.

BUT WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR
FORTUNE, THEN YOU'D WANT
A SERVANT, WOULDN'T YOU?

WHY, YES.

WELL, I HAVE
A LITTLE MONEY SAVED UP

THAT SHOULD LAST ME
FOR A YEAR OR SO.

TAPLEY, THIS IS
VERY GENEROUS OF YOU,

BUT IS IT PRUDENT?

LORD, SIR, IF PRUDENCE
CAME INTO IT,

I'D BE SITTING
BY THE FIRE AT
THE BLUE DRAGON NOW.

YOU'LL FIND SOME WAY
OF SAYING GOOD-BYE TO
MISS GRAHAM, I EXPECT.

HOW CAN I,

WHEN I DON'T KNOW
WHERE MY GRANDFATHER
HAS TAKEN HER?

I CAN TELL YOU WHERE.

YOU CAN?

WHERE SHE WAS, ANYHOW.
BROWN'S HOTEL, MAYFAIR.

THE HEARD
THE OLD GENTLEMAN
TELL HIS DRIVER

WHEN THEY HAD TO LEAVE
THE DRAGON SO SUDDENLY.

THIS IS WONDERFUL.
YOU MUST GO TO THE HOTEL
IMMEDIATELY.

IF THEY ARE STILL THERE,
DO YOU THINK YOU COULD GET
A MESSAGE TO MISS GRAHAM

WITHOUT MY GRANDFATHER'S
KNOWLEDGE?

LEAVE IT TO ME, SIR.

I AM VERY GLAD
YOU CAME, TAPLEY.

MY LUCK HAS CHANGED.

I'M SURE OF IT.

MARTIN.

MARY.

THANK YOU, MARK.

RIGHT YOU ARE, SIR.

YOU LOOK MORE BEAUTIFUL
THAN EVER.

BUT YOU LOOK CAREWORN.

THAT'S HARDLY
SURPRISING.

I'M AFRAID YOU'VE PAID
A DEAR PRICE FOR
A POOR HEART.

DON'T SAY THAT.

YOU'RE WORTH
EVERY SACRIFICE
I HAVE MADE.

IS IT REALLY TRUE,
AS MR. TAPLEY TOLD ME,

THAT YOU ARE GOING
TO AMERICA?

IT'S THE ONLY SOLUTION
TO OUR PROBLEMS.

IT'S A LAND
OF OPPORTUNITY.

BUT IT'S SO FAR AWAY.

WHEN SHALL I
SEE YOU AGAIN?

AS SOON AS I HAVE A CHANCE
TO ESTABLISH MYSELF.

A YEAR OR SO.

A YEAR?
PERHAPS LESS.

AS SOON AS I CAN
CLAIM YOU AS MY WIFE

AND FREE YOU
FROM YOUR DEPENDENCE

ON THAT
MALEVOLENT OLD MAN.

MARTIN, SINCE
THE DAY YOU LEFT,

HE HAS NEVER SAID
AN UNKIND WORD TO ME
ABOUT YOU.

NOR A KIND ONE NEITHER,
I'LL BE BOUND.

WELL, WHAT'S THE MATTER?

IT JUST MAKES ME
FEEL SO WRETCHED

TO BE THE CAUSE
OF DIVISION
BETWEEN YOU.

I CAN NEVER FORGET
THAT HE TOOK ME OUT
OF THAT ORPHANAGE.

PURELY FOR HIS OWN
SELFISH ENDS.

NEVERTHELESS,

EVEN BEING HERE
WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE

MAKES ME UNEASY.

YOU DO LOVE ME,
DON'T YOU, MARY?

OF COURSE I DO, MARTIN.

BUT PERHAPS IF YOU WERE
TO APPEAL TO HIM--

NO. I HAVE
MY PRIDE, TOO.

[BELL TOLLING]

THERE'S MY GIRL...

MY LITTLE WIFE-TO-BE.

AHEM.

EXCUSE ME, SIR,
BUT, UM...

THE HORSE GUARD'S CLOCK
HAS JUST STRUCK
THE QUARTER.

I ONLY MENTION IT

BECAUSE THE YOUNG LADY
PARTICULARLY
ASKED ME TO.

QUITE RIGHT.
I DID.

I DARE NOT STAY
FOR LONG.

THEN LET ME BE BRIEF.

YOU KNOW MY RELATIVE
PECKSNIFF?

YES. YOUR GRANDFATHER
HAS SPOKEN OF HIM

A GREAT DEAL LATELY.

IT SEEMS
HE IS A BETTER MAN
THAN WE SUPPOSED.

[SCOFFS]

WE ARE GOING
TO STAY WITH HIM
AND HIS DAUGHTERS.

PECKSNIFF IS A SCOUNDREL,

IN THOUGHT AND DEED
AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AS FOR HIS DAUGHTERS,

WELL, I WILL ONLY SAY
THAT THEY ARE DUTIFUL
YOUNG LADIES

AND TAKE AFTER
THEIR FATHER.

I'M SORRY TO HEAR IT.

I WAS HOPING
THEY WOULD BE FRIENDS.

THAT IS THE VERY POINT
I'M COMING TO.

IN PECKSNIFF'S EMPLOY,

THERE IS A MAN
CALLED TOM PINCH.

REMEMBER THE NAME.

TOM PINCH.

A POOR, STRANGE,
ODD-LOOKING FELLOW,

BUT VERY HONEST
AND WITH A SPECIAL
REGARD FOR ME.

I LIKE HIM ALREADY.

HE ALSO KNOWS YOU, TOO,
IN A SENSE.

YOU USED TO VISIT
THE PARISH CHURCH WHERE
HE PLAYED THE ORGAN.

THE ORGANIST?

YES, AND HE GETS
NOTHING FOR IT, EITHER.

THERE NEVER WAS
SUCH A SIMPLE FELLOW,

BUT A VERY GOOD SORT OF
CREATURE, I ASSURE YOU.

WHEN I WRITE TO YOU
FROM AMERICA,

I WILL SEND THE LETTERS
CARE OF PINCH.

AND WHILE I'M GONE,

IT WILL BE A GREAT
CONSOLATION TO YOU

TO HAVE SOMEONE
TO TALK TO.

ABOUT ME, YOU KNOW.

I'VE WRITTEN A LETTER TO HIM
WHICH EXPLAINS ALL THIS.

AHEM.
EXCUSE ME, SIR.

THE HALF HOUR.

I MUST GO AT ONCE.

GOOD-BYE, MARY.

MARTIN, ARE YOU SURE
THIS IS WISE?

ABSOLUTELY.

DO YOU HAVE
ENOUGH MONEY?

DO YOU THINK I WOULD
SET OFF ON SUCH A VENTURE
OTHERWISE?

PUT YOUR PURSE AWAY.

GOOD-BYE, MY LOVE.

GOOD-BYE, MARTIN.

MR. TAPLEY, I WANT
TO GO TO BOND STREET

BEFORE WE RETURN
TO THE HOTEL.

YES, MISS.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

WELL, MARK?

WELL, SIR, I SEEN
THE YOUNG LADY
SAFE HOME.

SHE SENT A LOT OF
KIND WORDS, SIR...

AND THIS...

FOR A KEEPSAKE.

DIAMONDS.

AND SPLENDID ONES.

MY GRANDFATHER MUST HAVE
GIVEN HER THIS, MARK.

SIR, YOU DON'T
THINK, UH...

SHE MIGHT HAVE
BOUGHT IT HERSELF
SO TO GIVE TO YOU

SO YOU'D HAVE
SOMETHING OF VALUE
FOR A RAINY DAY?

NO, NO, NO. THIS WAS
MY GRANDFATHER'S GIFT.
DEPEND ON IT.

I'M SURE
YOU KNOW BEST, SIR.

I SHOULD WEAR IT...

ON...

THIS FINGER.

AND THERE IT SHALL STAY

UNTIL THE DAY
WHEN I PUT IT BACK
ON HER OWN DEAR HAND.

SHE IS QUITE WORTHY OF
THE SACRIFICES I HAVE MADE.

JOLLY!

[MAN GROANING]

[MAN COUGHING
GROTESQUELY]

LET THE FIRE BE!

IT'S A COLD SPRING!

[WHINY VOICE]
"WASTE NOT, WANT NOT."

[CHUCKLING]

THERE'S LITTLE TIME LEFT
FOR THAT, JONAS.

FOR WHAT?

FOR ME TO COME TO WANT.

HE'S YOUR OWN SON,
MR. CHUZZLEWIT.

YOUR ONLY SON, SIR.

YES, YES, CHUFFEY,

HE'S A CHIP
OFF THE OLD BLOCK.

[ANTHONY CHUCKLES]

IT'S A VERY OLD BLOCK NOW,
CHUFFEY.

NO, NO, NO,
MR. CHUZZLEWIT,

NOT OLD.
NOT OLD AT ALL.

HE'S GETTING WORSE,
FATHER.

HOLD YOUR TONGUE!

HE SAYS YOU'RE WRONG!

TUT, TUT, I KNOW BETTER.

I SAY HE'S WRONG.

HE'S JUST A BOY,
THAT'S WHAT HE IS.

SO ARE YOU,
MR. CHUZZLEWIT.

COMPARED TO ME,
YOU'RE BOTH BOYS.

[CHUFFEY LAUGHING]

WHAT'S POSSESSED
THE OLD MOLE?

I HAVEN'T HEARD HIM
SAY SO MUCH IN YEARS.

I GROW DEAF, CHUFFEY.

WHAT IF YOU DO?

I'VE BEEN DEAF
THIS 20 YEARS.

AND BLINDER, TOO.

IT'S A GOOD SIGN.

THE BEST SIGN
IN THE WORLD.

YOU SAW TOO WELL
BEFORE.

OH, I SEE
WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

YOU'RE LEGACY-HUNTING,
MR. CHUFFEY, ARE YOU?

WELL...

YOU'RE WASTING
YOUR TIME.

NOT...

AT ALL.

�30 YOU GET, CHUFFEY.

�30 A YEAR MAINTENANCE,
OLD BOY.

AND THE REST...

TO HIS ONLY SON...
JONAS.

SO YOU NEEDN'T
BOTHER YOURSELF TO BE
TOO AFFECTIONATE--

WHAT ARE YOU DOING PEERING
AND PRYING AROUND FOR,
PECKSNIFF?

WHY DIDN'T YOU KNOCK?

SO I DID,
BUT NOBODY HEARD IT.

THE DOOR BEING OPEN,
I CAME UP.

I'M AFRAID
I STARTLED YOU
IN YOUR, UM...

READING.

ECOD, IT'S ENOUGH
TO STARTLE A MAN
TO SEE A FELLOW

LOOKING DIRECTLY AT HIM
WHO HE THOUGHT WAS
80 MILES AWAY!

I AM SUMMONED TO LONDON
BY A LITTLE MATTER
OF BUSINESS.

I CAME TO PAY
MY RESPECTS.

OH, IS THAT ALL?

WELL, YOU'D, UH,
BETTER HAVE SOME TEA.

WAKE UP, FATHER.
PECKSNIFF'S HERE!

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

OH, I'M EXPECTING
A PARCEL.

YOU MUST EXCUSE ME,
PECKSNIFF.

ADD SOME MORE BOILING
WATER TO THE TEAPOT.

THERE'S PLENTY
OF STRENGTH LEFT
IN THE LEAVES.

NOW THAT
WE ARE ALONE...

I AM RIGHT IN THINKING

THAT, UH,
METAPHYSICALLY SPEAKING,

OUR DEAR FRIEND
MR. CHUFFEY HERE

IS WHAT IS JOCULARLY
CALLED A DUMMY?

HE NEITHER SEES
NOR HEARS YOU.

POKE UP THE FIRE,
WILL YOU, PECKSNIFF?

I FEEL A CHILL ON ME
LIKE THE INSIDE
OF A TOMB.

I WAS NEVER SO SURPRISED
IN MY WHOLE LIFE

WHEN I RECEIVED YOUR LETTER
ASKING TO SEE ME

WITHOUT JONAS' KNOWLEDGE.

JONAS IS SWEET
UPON YOUR DAUGHTER.

SO YOU OBSERVED
THE LAST TIME WE MET.

HAVE YOU THOUGHT
ON WHAT I SAID THEN?

YES. AND FIND MUCH
TO RECOMMEND IT.

CHARITY IS A CHARMING GIRL
WHOM ANY MAN--

SHE'S NOT YOUNG...

AND HEEDLESS.

SHE COMES FROM A GOOD,
GRIPING STOCK,

I GRANT YOU THAT.

AS LONG AS SHE DON'T
EXPECT LOVE...

OR TENDERNESS

OR ANYTHING
OF THAT SORT.

REALLY, SIR,
YOU SHOCK ME.

MATRIMONY
IS SURELY INSEPARABLE

FROM THE MUTUAL REGARD
OF THE SPOUSES,
THE EXTREME--

YOU ALWAYS WAS
A HYPOCRITE, PECKSNIFF.

WELL, DON'T SAY LATER
I DIDN'T WARN YOU.

I MEAN, WHEN I'M--

[COUGHING]

WHEN I'M DEAD.

WARN ME? WHAT ABOUT?

WHEN I PROPOSED
THE MATCH,

I THOUGHT I HAD PLENTY
OF YEARS AHEAD OF ME.

I SEE THINGS...

DIFFERENTLY NOW.

[WHEEZING GRUESOMELY]

MR. CHUZZLEWIT...

OH.

OHH...
THE BOTTLE OF PHYSIC.

OHH.

ONE SPOONFUL?

[WHEEZES]

MR. CHUZZLEWIT.

MR. CHUZZLEWIT,

I AM AT A LOSS
TO UNDERSTAND YOU.

WHEN YOU HAVE
RECOVERED YOURSELF,
WE MUST SPEAK FURTHER.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

YOUR FATHER HAD
A BAD COUGHING FIT.

I--I GAVE HIM
SOME OF THIS MEDICINE.

I--I HOPE I DID RIGHT.

OH, YES.

YES. YES, YOU DID RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, NOW,
MR. JONAS,

I--I DON'T WISH
TO ALARM YOU,

BUT IT SEEMS TO ME
THAT HE IS, UM...

SINKING.

NO, NO. YOU DON'T KNOW
HOW TOUGH HE IS.

HE'S HAD THAT COUGH
ALL WINTER.

COME, LET US SIT DOWN

AND HAVE SOME BREAD
AND BUTTER.

AHH.

SO, HOW IS CHARITY?

BLOOMING.

AND THE OTHER ONE?

AH, MY VOLATILE
HUMMINGBIRD.

WELL, WELL.

WOULD SHE WERE
A LITTLE LESS GIDDY.

IS SHE SO VERY,
VERY GIDDY THEN?

BESIDES HER SISTER CHERRY,
SHE SOMETIMES SEEMS SO.

[DEEP-TONED TICKING]

MY WORD, THAT IS A MOST
EXTRAORDINARY CLOCK.

MASTER!

[THROAT CLUCKING]

[JABBERING INCOHERENTLY]

HE SEEMS TO BE TRYING
TO SAY SOMETHING.

[WHEEZES]

OH, DEAR ME!

I FEAR HE MAY BE, UM...

I'LL FETCH A DOCTOR.

DON'T GO, PECKSNIFF.

Pecksniff: NO, NO, NO,
OF COURSE NOT.

IT WAS A MERCY
YOU WERE PRESENT.

SOMEONE COULD SAY
IT WAS MY FAULT!

YOUR FAULT,
MR. JONAS?

WELL, PEOPLE SAY
SUCH THINGS.

I USED TO JOKE, YOU KNOW,
BUT I NEVER WISHED HIM DEAD!

SIT HIM UP IN HIS CHAIR.
HE'LL SOON BE BETTER.

SOON BETTER. SOON BETTER.

SOON BETTER.

CAPTIONED BY THE NATIONAL
CAPTIONING INSTITUTE
--www.ncicap.org--

[BABY CRYING]

[TAPPING]

KNOCK AT THE WINDOW,
SIR,

KNOCK AT THE FIRST FLOOR
WINDOW.

DON'T LOSE MORE TIME
THAN YOU CAN HELP.

MAY I BORROW
YOUR WHIP, MY MAN?

HE'S AS PALE
AS A MUFFIN.

WELL, HE OUGHT TO BE,
IF HE'S ANY FEELINGS.

[WINDOWSILL SQUEAKS]

MRS. GAMP?

IS IT MRS. PERKINS?

NO, NO,
NOTHING OF THE SORT.

OH, DON'T SAY IT'S YOU,
MR. WHILKES--

AND THAT POOR CREATURE
MRS. WHILKES WITH NOT
EVEN A PINCUSHION READY.

NO. NO, IT IS NOT
MR. WHILKES.

MY NAME IS PECKSNIFF.
A GENTLEMAN IS DEAD,

AND SOME PERSON BEING
WANTED IN THE HOUSE,

YOU HAVE
BEEN RECOMMENDED

BY MR. MOULD
THE UNDERTAKER.

OH. OH, I--I'LL BE DOWN
DIRECTLY.

OH. OH,
YOU MUST EXCUSE ME

BEING A-BED
WHEN YOU CALLED, SIR,

BUT I WAS SUMMONED
LAST NIGHT

TO ASSIST IN A CASE
OF TWINS.

WAS IT A CLOSE RELATION
OF YOURN, SIR,

THE DECEASED, SIR?
OH, DEAR, OH, DEAR.

OH, WHEN MR. GAMP
WAS CALLED TO
HIS HOME ON HIGH

AND I SEEN HIM A-LYIN'
IN GUY'S HOSPITAL

WITH A PENNY PIECE
ON EACH EYE

AND HIS WOODEN LEG
UNDER HIS LEFT ARM,

OOH, I THOUGHT I SHOULD
HAVE FAINTED AWAY.

BUT I BORE UP.
OH, I EXPECT YOU THINK

I'M INDIFFERENT
TO SUCH SIGHTS
BY NOW, SIR.

[SNIFF SNIFF]

AH-CHOO!

BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU,

IF IT WASN'T
FOR THE NERVE

THAT A LITTLE SIP
OF LIQUOR GIVES ME,

I COULDN'T GO THROUGH

WITH WHAT I SOMETIMES
HAS TO DO.

"MRS. HARRIS," I SAYS,

AT THE LAST CASE
I WAS EVER IN,

WHICH IT WAS BUT
A YOUNG PERSON, OH.

"MRS. HARRIS," I SAYS,

"LEAVE THE BOTTLE
ON THE CHIMNEY PIECE.

"DON'T ASK ME
TO HAVE NONE,

"BUT LET ME PUT
MY LIPS TO IT

"WHEN I'M SO DISPOSED,

"AND THEN I WILL DO WHAT
I WAS ENGAGED TO DO,

ACCORDING TO THE BEST
OF MY ABILITY."

OH.

"OH, MRS. GAMP,"
SHE SAYS,

"IF EVER THERE WAS
A SOBER CREATURE

"TO BE GOT FOR
18 PENCE A DAY"--

WORKING FOLK,

3 AND 6,
GENTLE PEOPLE,

AND NIGHT WATCHING
AN EXTRA CHARGE--

"YOU ARE THAT
INVALUABLE PERSON."

WELL, MRS. GAMP.

AND HOW ARE YOU?

OH, PRETTY WELL,
THANK YOU, SIR.

YOU'LL BE VERY PARTICULAR
HERE, MRS. GAMP.

THIS IS NOT A COMMON CASE.

OH, I SHALL BE, SIR.

YOU KNOW ME OF OLD,
I HOPE, SIR.

I DO.

THIS PROMISES TO BE ONE
OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE
FUNERALS, SIR,

THAT I HAVE SEEN
IN THE WHOLE COURSE

OF MY PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE.

INDEED.

OH. SUCH--SUCH
AFFECTIONATE REGRET, SIR.

SUCH--SUCH FILIAL FEELING
I NEVER SAW.

THERE IS NO LIMITATION,

POSITIVELY NO LIMITATION
IN POINT OF EXPENSE.

I HAVE ORDERS, SIR,

TO PUT ON MY WHOLE
ESTABLISHMENT OF MUTES.

AND MUTES COME VERY DEAR,
MR. PECKSNIFF. HA HA!

NOT TO MENTION
THEIR DRINK.

[FOOTSTEPS ON STAIRS]

MY FRIEND MR. JONAS
IS AN EXCELLENT MAN.

AH! HERE HE IS.

MR. JONAS,
THIS IS MRS. GAMP.

UM, WOULD YOU CARE
TO SHOW HER
THE, UH...

WELL, CAN'T MOULD, SIR?

OH, BE A PLEASURE,
MR. CHUZZLEWIT.

OH, THANK YOU, SIR.

I'LL SEE MYSELF OUT
AFTERWARDS.

THIS WAY, SIR.

YOU'LL STAY FOR
THE FUNERAL, PECKSNIFF?

OF COURSE, MY DEAR SIR.

IS THERE ANYONE
YOU'D LIKE TO ASK?

NO, I--I THINK NOT,
MR. JONAS,

BUT, UM...

THANK YOU FOR YOUR
HOSPITABLE THOUGHT.

THEN YOU, ME, CHUFFEY,
AND THE DOCTOR

WILL BE JUST
A COACHFUL.

THE DOCTOR?

MM. JOBLING.
AN EXCELLENT MAN.

HE SAYS HE DIED
OF A STROKE, YOU KNOW?

WOULD YOU CARE FOR
A LITTLE SOMETHING?

OH, THANK YOU.

A LITTLE GLASS OF BRANDY
WOULD BE MOST WELCOME.

I WAS WONDERING
WHETHER YOU WOULD CARE

TO PAY US A LITTLE VISIT
IN WILTSHIRE

AFTER THE FUNERAL.

BY GAD, YES.

YES. I COULD DO
WITH A CHANGE OF AIR.

IT WOULD, I THINK,
BE RESTORATIVE

AFTER THE STRAIN
OF RECENT EVENTS.

MY DAUGHTERS
WOULD BE GLAD
TO WELCOME YOU,

ESPECIALLY, I THINK
I MAY SAFELY SAY,
CHARITY.

SHE WOULD, EH?

MRS. GAMP.

I HAVE BEEN IN MANY
PLACES IN MY TIME,
GENTLEMEN,

AND I HOPES I KNOWS
WHAT MY DUTIES IS.

I HAVE SEEN
A DEAL OF TROUBLE
MY OWN SELF,

AND I CAN
FEEL FOR THEM

WHAT HAS THEIR
FEELINGS TRIED,

BUT I AM NOT
A RUSSIAN

NOR A PRUSSIAN,

AND CONSEQUENTLY
I CANNOT SUFFER

TO HAVE SPIES
SET OVER ME.

I-IF I UNDERSTAND
THIS GOOD LADY,

MR. CHUFFEY IS
TROUBLESOME TO HER.

WOULD YOU BRING HIM
DOWN, PECKSNIFF?

OH, CERTAINLY,
MR. JONAS.

UM... MAY I?

OH, THANK YOU, SIR.

[SOBBING QUIETLY]

COME, MR. CHUFFEY.
COME WITH ME.

3 SCORE AND 10.

SOME MEN LIVE
TO 4 SCORE.

4 TIMES NAUGHT
IS NAUGHT,

AND 4 2s ARE 8...

80!

WHY DIDN'T HE LIVE
TO 4 SCORE AND 10?

WHY DID HE HAVE TO DIE

BEFORE
HIS POOR OLD SERVANT?

HUSH, MR. CHUFFEY.

OH, WHAT A WALE
OF GRIEF.

I LOVED HIM.

HE WAS GOOD TO ME.

TAKE HIM AWAY...

AND WHAT REMAINS?

MR. JONAS REMAINS,
MY DEAR SIR.

HIS ONLY SON.

[SOBBING]

[BELL TOLLS]

GLOVES, EH?

UPON MY WORD,
MR. PECKSNIFF,

YOUR NEPHEW'S DOING
THE THING IN STYLE.

HE IS INDEED,
DR. JOBLING.

HE HAS BEEN AFFECTED
BY HIS FATHER'S DEATH

TO AN EXTENT THAT HAS
SURPRISED EVEN MYSELF.

COME ALONG,
MR. CHUFFEY,

HOLD YOUR FINGERS
STRAIGHT.

YOU WANT TO BE
PROPERLY DRESSED

FOR YOUR MASTER'S
FUNERAL, DON'T YOU?

MY POOR MASTER.

NOW, COME, COME.
STOP THAT.

BE A MAN,
MR. CHUFFEY.

Mrs. Gamp:
WHERE'S YOUR HANKY?

OH. WHAT'S THE USE
OF KEEPING IT THERE?

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HOLD
IT UP TO YOUR FACE

SO PEOPLE IN THE STREET
CAN SEE YOU'RE GRIEVING.

HE'S NOT RIGHT
IN THE HEAD,
YOU KNOW?

I SHOULDN'T
BE SURPRISED

IF HE WERE TO TALK
SOME PRECIOUS
NONSENSE TODAY.

BUT DON'T YOU
MIND HIM,

ANY OF YOU.

MY FATHER LEFT HIM
TO MY CHARGE.

AND WHATEVER
HE MAY SAY OR DO,

THAT'S ENOUGH.

I'LL TAKE
CARE OF HIM.

WHICH DOES YOU
CREDIT, SIR.

INDEED IT DOES.

OH, SEE...

SEE HOW NEAT
HE CAN LOOK, SIR,

WITH A LITTLE HELP?

ARE YOU READY,
MR. MOULD?

QUITE READY, SIR.

THEN LET US NOT LOSE
ANY MORE TIME.

MY POOR MASTER.

TSK.

I'M THE MASTER NOW,
MR. CHUFFEY.

WHOSE FUNERAL IS THIS?

OLD ANTHONY CHUZZLEWIT'S.

CHUZZLEWIT?

NO.

YES. HE DIED SUDDENLY
LAST MONDAY.

SUDDENLY?

A STROKE, THEY SAY.

WHY, WHAT'S THE MATTER, MAN?
YOU LOOK PALE AS A GHOST.

GOOD LORD.

PECKSNIFF, WHAT DO YOU INTEND
TO GIVE YOUR DAUGHTERS

WHEN THEY MARRY?

OH, MY DEAR JONAS,
WHAT A VERY
SINGULAR INQUIRY.

OH, NATURALLY,

IT WOULD DEPEND
IN GREAT MEASURE

WHAT KIND OF HUSBANDS
THEY MIGHT CHOOSE.

WELL, SUPPOSE ONE OF THEM
WAS TO CHOOSE ME.

AH. I SEE WHICH WAY
THE WIND IS BLOWING.

OH, MY DEAR CHERRY,
MY STAFF, MY TREASURE.

WELL, IT IS IN
THE NATURE OF THINGS

THAT ONE DAY
I MUST PART WITH HER.

I AM PREPARED FOR IT.

YOU'VE BEEN PREPARED
A PRETTY LONG TIME,
I SHOULD THINK.

OH, MANY HAVE TRIED
TO BEAR HER AWAY,

BUT SHE SAID TO ME
ONE DAY,

"I WILL NEVER
GIVE MY HAND, PAPA,

UNTIL MY HEART
IS WON."

THOSE WERE
HER VERY WORDS.

SHE HAS SEEMED
PREOCCUPIED OF LATE.

I DON'T KNOW WHY.

YOU STILL HAVEN'T
ANSWERED MY QUESTION.

YOUR QUESTION?

HOW MUCH?

OH, HO HO!

YOU'VE RECOVERED
YOUR OLD ENERGY
AND DIRECTNESS,

I SEE, MR. JONAS.

WHY, THEN, UM...

TO BE PLAIN
WITH YOU,

IF SOMEONE AS
ELIGIBLE AS YOURSELF

WERE TO PROPOSE FOR
MY DAUGHTER'S HAND,

I WOULD ENDOW HER
WITH, UM...

�4,000.

WOULD YOU NOW?

I SHOULD SADLY PINCH
AND CRAMP MYSELF
TO DO SO,

BUT THAT WOULD
BE MY DUTY.

FOR MYSELF,

MY CONSCIENCE
IS MY BANK.

I HAVE A TRIFLE
INVESTED THERE,
MR. JONAS,

A MERE TRIFLE,

BUT I PRIZE IT
AS A STORE
OF GREAT VALUE.

OH, UH...I'M SURE
YOU DO, PECKSNIFF.

ARE THE GALS
EXPECTING US?

NO. I THOUGHT
IT MIGHT BE AMUSING

TO SURPRISE THEM. HA HA!
I HAVE NOT SENT WORD.

MRS. GAMP, COME IN.

OH, THANK YOU, SIR.

TAKE A SEAT.

AND, UH...

AND HOW ARE YOU?

OH, ALL THE BETTER

FOR SEEING MRS. MOULD
JUST NOW

AND LOOKING SO WELL.

AND THEM 2 HANDSOME
YOUNG LADIES

WHAT I'VE KNOWED
SINCE AFORE

A TOOTH IN THEIR
PRETTY HEADS WAS CUT.

OH, AND MANY A DAY

I'VE SEEN 'EM PLAYING AT
BURYIN'S IN THE SHOP.

BUT ALL THAT'S PAST
AND OVER NOW, SIR,
AIN'T IT?

YOUNG LADIES
WITH SUCH FACES

THINKS ABOUT
SOMETHING ELSE
BESIDES BURYIN'S.

HEH HEH!

I'M SURE I DON'T KNOW,
MRS. GAMP.

WELL, I KNOWS, SIR,

EVEN THOUGH
THE BLESSINGS

OF A DAUGHTER
WAS DENIED ME,

WHICH IF WE HAD
HAD ONE,

GAMP WOULD HAVE DRUNK
ITS LITTLE SHOES

RIGHT OFF ITS FEET,

SAME AS HE DID
OUR PRECIOUS BOY.

SO, WHAT'S YOUR NEWS,
MRS. GAMP?

HOW'S MR. CHUFFEY?

OH, MR. CHUFFEY, SIR,
WELL, UM...

HE'S JUST AS USUAL.

HE AIN'T NO BETTER,
HE AIN'T NO WORSE.

BUT...THERE IS
ANOTHER GENT, SIR,

WHAT WAS TAKEN ILL
AT THE BULL IN HOLBORN,

AND HE'S BAD ABED.

NOW THEY HAS A DAY NURSE,
AND WELL I KNOWS HER,

HER NAME
BEING MRS. PRIG--

OH, BEST OF CREATURES--

BUT THEY ARE IN WANTS
OF A-NIGHT WATCHING,

AND BETSY PRIG HAS OFFERED
TO PUT MY NAME FORWARD,

SEEING AS HOW I COULD
UNITE THE WORK

WITH LOOKING AFTER
MR. CHUFFEY BY DAY.

"NOT," I SAYS,

"NOT UNBEKNOWNST
TO MR. MOULD

"WHO RECOMMENDED ME
TO MR. JONAS CHUZZLEWIT.

"BUT, UH, I WILL GO
AND ASK MR. MOULD,
IF YOU LIKE."

NIGHT WATCHING, EH?

YES, SIR. 8:00 TO 8:00.
AND THEN QUITE FREE

TO ATTEND
TO MR. CHUFFEY.

I WILL NOT DENY, SIR,

THAT I AM
BUT A POOR WOMAN,

AND, UH...
MONEY IS AN OBJECT.

BUT DON'T LET THAT
SWAY YOU, MR. MOULD.

RICH FOLK MAY
RIDE ON CAMELS,

BUT IT AIN'T
SO EASY FOR THEM

TO SEE OUT
OF A NEEDLE'S EYE.

THAT'S MY COMFORT.
I HOPES I KNOWS IT.

WELL, I DON'T SEE
ANY OBJECTION

TO YOUR EARNING
AN HONEST PENNY UNDER
SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES.

OH, THANK YOU, SIR.

BUT I WOULDN'T MENTION IT
TO MR. CHUZZLEWIT

WHEN HE RETURNS
FROM THE COUNTRY,

UNLESS IT WAS
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

THEM VERY WORDS WAS
ON MY OWN LIPS, SIR.

GOOD DAY TO YOU,
MRS. GAMP.

MY DUTIFUL GIRL IS DOING
THE HOUSEKEEPING ACCOUNTS.

A PLEASANT PICTURE,
IS IT NOT?

PLEASANT
TO A FATHER'S HEART.

SHALL WE LET HER KNOW
WE ARE HERE, MR. JONAS?

YOU'D BETTER,

UNLESS WE'RE
TO SPEND THE NIGHT
IN THE WOODSHED.

OH! OH!

AH!

WHO IS IT?

SPEAK, OR I WILL
CALL MY PA!

MY DEAR CHERRY.

PA. OH!

IT WAS THOUGHTLESS
OF US, MR. JONAS.

MY DAUGHTER, YOU SEE,
I AM NOT ALONE.

MR. JONAS.

EVENING, COUSIN.

WHERE IS MERRY?

READING IN HER ROOM,
I THINK.

READING? OH, THE CARELESS
PLEASURES OF YOUTH.

PA!
WHAT A SURPRISE.

YOU HERE, TOO, FRIGHT?

YOU'RE AS LIVELY
AS EVER, I SEE.

WHAT'S IT TO YOU?

MY DEARS, LET US
ALL HAVE SOME TEA.

RING FOR JANE, CHARITY.

HMM.

NO SIGN OF MR. PINCH?

HE'S PRACTICING
AT HIS ORGAN.

AH, YES.

WELL, UM...

IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME
FOR HALF AN HOUR,

THERE ARE SOME LETTERS
AWAITING MY ATTENTION.

AND I MUST GET BACK
TO MY BOOK.

DON'T GO.

OH, I DARE SAY,
YOU'RE VERY ANXIOUS

I SHOULD STAY,
AREN'T YOU, FRIGHT?

YES, I AM.

UPON MY WORD, MERRY,
I WONDER AT YOU.

THERE ARE BOUNDS EVEN
TO ABSURDITY, MY DEAR.

MANY THANKS FOR
THE ADVICE, SISTER.

OH! DO LEAVE ME ALONE,
YOU MONSTER, DO.

NOW I HAVE BOTH ARMS
FULL, HAVEN'T I?

PINCH HIM FOR ME,
CHERRY, PLEASE.

I NEVER HATED ANYBODY
SO MUCH IN MY LIFE

AS THIS CREATURE.

NO, DON'T, BECAUSE I WANT
TO TALK SERIOUSLY.

I SAY, COUSIN CHARITY.

WELL, WHAT?

SHE'S NOT GOING TO BELIEVE
WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY,

IS SHE, COUSIN?

HOW SHOULD I KNOW?

WELL, YOU SEE HER WAY
ALWAYS BEING TO MAKE
GAME OF PEOPLE,

I KNOW SHE'LL LAUGH
OR AT LEAST PRETEND TO.

BUT YOU CAN TELL HER
I'M IN EARNEST, COUSIN,

CAN'T YOU?

NO ONE KNOWS LIKE YOU

HOW MUCH I TRIED TO GET
INTO HER COMPANY

WHILE YOU WERE BOTH
IN LONDON

WITHOUT SEEMING
TO WISH IT. HMM?

I ALWAYS ASKED YOU ABOUT HER
AND HOW SHE WAS

AND SAID HOW LIVELY SHE WAS
AND ALL THAT, DIDN'T I?

I KNOW YOU'LL TELL HER
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T
DONE SO ALREADY.

COUSIN MERCY,

YOU'VE HEARD
WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING.

SHE'LL CONFIRM IT,
EVERY SINGLE WORD.

WILL YOU HAVE ME
FOR YOUR HUSBAND, EH?

YOU...

YOU...

YOU D...

OH...

NO...PLEASE...

PLEASE, NO!

[SOBBING]
NO! NO!

I MUST GO TO HER.

NOT TILL YOU SAY YES.
WILL YOU HAVE ME
FOR YOUR HUSBAND?

NO, I WON'T.

I CAN'T BEAR
THE SIGHT OF YOU.

BESIDES, I ALWAYS
THOUGHT YOU LIKED
MY SISTER BEST.

WE ALL THOUGHT SO.

NO, YOU DIDN'T.
I DID.

YOU NEVER COULD THINK
I PREFERRED HER
WHILE YOU WERE BY!

LET ME GO TO HER.

SAY YES, AND I WILL.

IF EVER I BROUGHT MYSELF
TO SAY SO,

IT SHOULD ONLY BE
THAT I MIGHT HATE AND
TEASE YOU ALL MY LIFE.

WELL, THAT'S AS GOOD
AS SAYING IT RIGHT OUT.

IT'S A BARGAIN, COUSIN.

WE'RE A PAIR.

DON'T...COME...
NEAR...ME...

YOU TREACHEROUS
LITTLE VIXEN!

DON'T COME NEAR ME,
BECAUSE THIS TIME--

I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU
FOR THIS!

Mercy: IT'S NOT
MY FAULT!

[SOBBING]
YOU'VE BROKEN MY HEART!

I DIDN'T KNOW HE MEANT
TO CHOOSE ME!

[SOBBING]
I CAN'T BEAR IT!

YOU'RE ALWAYS
DOING THIS TO ME,

BUT THIS TIME,
YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR!

YOU LED HIM ON.

NO, I DIDN'T.

YES, YOU DID!
YOU KNOW YOU--

GIRLS.

DAUGHTERS.

WHAT IS THIS?

[SOBS]

OH, THAT WRETCH,

THAT MEAN, FALSE,
ODIOUS VILLAIN

HAS PROPOSED TO MERCY
BEFORE MY VERY FACE!

WHO HAS PROPOSED TO MERCY?

THAT THING
DOWNSTAIRS. JONAS.

[SOBS]

INDEED.

"INDEED."

I-IS THAT ALL
YOU CAN SAY?

"INDEED."

AM...AM I TO--

AM I TO BE
DRIVEN MAD?

HE HAS PROPOSED
TO MERCY

AND NOT TO ME!

AAAHHH!

[SOBS AND CRIES OUT
INDISTINCTLY]

OH, FIE.
FOR SHAME, CHARITY.

CAN THE TRIUMPH
OF A SISTER

MOVE YOU TO THIS
TERRIBLE DISPLAY,
MY CHILD?

OH, REALLY,
THIS IS VERY SAD.

MERCY, MY CHILD.

BLESS YOU.

SEE TO HER.
SEE TO HER.

YES, PAPA.

[SOBS]

UHH!

JONAS!

THE DEAREST WISH
OF MY HEART
IS NOW FULFILLED.

MMM. I'M GLAD
TO HEAR IT.

YOU AIN'T SURPRISED
BY MY CHOICE THEN?

A LITTLE. JUST A LITTLE,
MY DEAR BOY.

BUT THE IMPORTANT THING
IS THAT OUR TWO FAMILIES
ARE TO BE UNITED.

AS IT AIN'T THE ONE
YOU'RE SO FOND OF,

YOU MUST COME UP
WITH AN EXTRA
THOUSAND, PECKSNIFF.

IT'S WORTH THAT TO KEEP
YOUR LITTLE TREASURE
TO YOURSELF, YOU KNOW?

HA HA HA HA!

YOU JEST, JONAS.

NO, I DON'T.
NEVER JEST ABOUT MONEY.

MR. PECKSNIFF!

MR. PINCH?

I BEG YOUR PARDON,
SIR, FOR COMING IN
WITHOUT KNOCKING--

BETTER BEG THIS
GENTLEMAN'S PARDON,
MR. PINCH.

JONAS, THIS
IS MY YOUNG MAN.

I DO BEG
YOUR PARDON, SIR.

COULD I SPEAK
A WORD WITH YOU, SIR,
IF YOU PLEASE?

IT IS RATHER PRESSING.

PLEASE, UH,
EXCUSE ME
FOR A MOMENT.

WHAT IS THE MEANING
OF THIS ROUGH INTRUSION?

WELL, SIR, WHILE I WAS
IN THE CHURCH JUST NOW,

TOUCHING THE ORGAN
FOR MY OWN AMUSEMENT,

A GENTLEMAN AND A LADY
CAME INTO THE CHURCH
AND SAT DOWN TO LISTEN.

I KNEW THE YOUNG LADY AT ONCE,
SO I WENT ON PLAYING.

SHE WAS KIND ENOUGH
TO THANK ME AFTERWARDS.
THE OLD GENTLEMAN, TOO.

IN FACT...THEY SAID,
"DELICIOUS MUSIC."

OR AT LEAST SHE DID.

MR. PINCH, OF WHOM
ARE YOU SPEAKING?

OH, I--I BEG
YOUR PARDON, SIR,
BUT I'M RATHER FLURRIED.

I'M AFRAID I'VE WANDERED
RATHER FROM THE POINT.

IF YOU WOULD COME
BACK TO IT, MR. PINCH,

I SHOULD BE
MUCH OBLIGED.

WELL, SIR, THEY ASKED ME
IF THERE WAS A FOOTPATH

FROM THE CHURCH
TO YOUR HOUSE.

I TOLD THEM THERE WAS,

SO THEY SENT THEIR
CARRIAGE TO THE DRAGON

AND SAID THEY WOULD
WALK HERE, IT BEING
A FINE EVENING--

WHO IS WALKING HERE?

WHY, OLD MR. MARTIN
CHUZZLEWIT, SIR,

AND THE YOUNG LADY
WHO ATTENDED HIM

LAST TIME THEY WERE
STAYING AT THE DRAGON.

MR. CHUZZLEWIT!

YES, SIR.
I RAN ON AHEAD.

THEY SHOULD BE HERE
AT ANY MOMENT.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

[GLASS BREAKS UPSTAIRS]

Charity:
I HATE YOU!

YOU'VE ALWAYS
DONE THIS TO ME,

BUT THIS TIME
YOU'VE JUST GONE TOO FAR!

[HUSHED VOICE]
MR. PINCH, RUN UPSTAIRS

AND TELL MY DAUGHTERS
WHO IS HERE.

SAY "SILENCE.
SILENCE IMMEDIATELY,

OR I DISINHERIT THEM
ON THE SPOT."
YOU UNDERSTAND?

YES, SIR.
[KNOCKING]

HELLO, PECKSNIFF.

ISN'T SOMEBODY
A-GOING TO ANSWER

THAT PRECIOUS
OLD DOOR OF YOURS?

[SCREAMING UPSTAIRS
CONTINUES]

IMMEDIATELY.
IMMEDIATELY, JONAS.

PRAY, UH, REMAIN
IN THIS ROOM QUIETLY

UNTIL I REJOIN YOU.

THIS IS VERY STRANGE.

Pecksniff:
� LITTLE TOM COBLEY
AND ALL �

AH!

[DOOR OPENS]

� ALL �

MR. CHUZZLEWIT!

CAN I BELIEVE
MY EYES?

I--I THOUGHT I HEARD
A KNOCK ON THE DOOR
FROM THE GARDEN,

BUT NEVER DID I DARE TO
HOPE THAT IT MIGHT BE...

WALK IN, MY DEAR SIR.

WALK IN, MISS GRAHAM.

YOU WILL EXCUSE
MY GARDEN DRESS,
I KNOW.

IT IS AN ANCIENT PURSUIT
WHICH I FIND SOOTHING
TO THE SPIRIT.

PRAY, COME IN TO OUR
LITTLE-ROOMED ESTATE.

MY DAUGHTERS WILL BE
DELIGHTED TO SEE YOU,
MR. CHUZZLEWIT,

AND TO MEET
THEIR FAIR YOUNG FRIEND,

FOR FRIEND
SHE WILL SURELY BE.

I TRUST I FIND HER WELL?

VERY WELL, THANK YOU.

I'M SORRY IF WE TOOK YOU
BY SURPRISE, PECKSNIFF.

I THOUGHT MR. UH, MR.--

PINCH.

MR. PINCH WOULD HAVE
ARRIVED BEFORE US.

HE DID. AND WAS,
I DARE SAY,

ABOUT TO WARN ME
OF YOUR APPROACH

WHEN I BEGGED HIM
FIRST TO KNOCK ON
MY DAUGHTER'S CHAMBER

AND INQUIRE ABOUT
THE HEALTH OF CHARITY.

WHO IS NOT AS WELL
AS I COULD WISH.

AH! HERE IS HE.

PRAY, COME IN.

THOMAS IS A FRIEND OF MINE
OF RATHER LONG STANDING,

MR. CHUZZLEWIT.

HOW IS
MY DAUGHTER, TOM?

A LITTLE BETTER, SIR.

GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.

WOULD YOU BE SO KIND,
MR. PINCH,

AS TO TELL HER AND MERRY

THAT OUR GUESTS WILL BE
STAYING FOR SUPPER?

DON'T PUT
YOURSELF OUT,
PECKSNIFF.

WE HAVE DINED WELL
AT THE BLUE DRAGON.

WE SHALL STAY THERE,
YOU KNOW.

MRS. LUPIN MADE US
VERY COMFORTABLE
LAST TIME.

NAY, MY GOOD SIR,
I INSIST.

THANK YOU, TOM.

YES, SIR.

[HARPSICHORD PLAYS]

PECKSNIFF...

I WAS MUCH...SHOCKED...

BY THE NEWS
OF MY BROTHER'S DEATH.

YOUR FEELINGS
DO YOU CREDIT, SIR.

WE HAD BEEN STRANGERS
MANY YEARS...

ENEMIES,
I MIGHT ALMOST SAY.

BUT WE WERE
PLAYFELLOWS ONCE.

THOSE MEMORIES WILL
BE A SOLACE TO YOU,
MR. CHUZZLEWIT.

AND THE EVENING
OF YOUR BROTHER'S LIFE
WAS MADE HAPPY

IN THE AFFECTIONATE CARE
OF HIS EXCELLENT SON JONAS--

A PATTERN, MY DEAR SIR,
TO ALL SONS.

WHAT?

A PATTERN OF GREED
AND IMPATIENCE,
YOU MEAN.

WHY, HE BEGRUDGED
HIS FATHER EVERY DAY
AND EVERY HOUR

THAT STOOD BETWEEN HIM
AND HIS INHERITANCE.

OH, NO, SIR,
YOU WRONG HIM.

EVEN UNDERTAKERS
AND COFFIN MAKERS

WERE MOVED BY THE GRIEF
HE EXHIBITED.

MUTES HAVE SPOKEN
IN HIS PRAISE.

YOU WENT TO HIS FUNERAL?

ARE YOU A LEGATEE, THEN?

YOU DO NOT QUITE
UNDERSTAND MY NATURE
YET, SIR, I FIND.

YES, I WENT TO HIS FUNERAL.

AT THE RISK OF
OFFENDING EVEN YOU, SIR,

YES, I DID IT.

WITH JONAS I SAT
BESIDE HIS BED...

AND WITH JONAS
I STOOD BESIDE HIS GRAVE.

BUT I AM NOT A LEGATEE,
AND I NEVER EXPECTED TO BE.

OH, I BEG YOUR PARDON,
PECKSNIFF,

BUT YOUR ACCOUNT
OF JONAS AMAZES ME.

THE YOUNG MAN IS EVEN
NOW IN THIS HOUSE,

SEEKING
IN A CHANGE OF SCENE

THE PEACE OF MIND
HE HAS LOST.

JONAS IS HERE?
LET ME SEE HIM.

IN A FRIENDLY SPIRIT,
I HOPE?

I WILL SHAKE HIS HAND
IF HE WILL SHAKE MINE.

OHHH...

MY GOOD SIR.

I--I WILL BREAK
THIS HAPPINESS TO HIM,

IF YOU WILL EXCUSE ME
FOR A MOMENT...

GENTLY.

[BELL TOLLS]

NO BETTER,
THEN?

WORSE,
MR. WESTLOCK.

OH,
MUCH WORSE.

POOR FELLOW.

UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE
NO IDEA WHAT FRIENDS
OR RELATIONS HE MIGHT HAVE

OR WHERE
THEY MAY LIVE.

WE APPLIED TO YOU, SIR,
WHEN HE WAS TAKEN ILL,

'CAUSE
WE FOUND YOUR LETTER
BY HIS BEDSIDE.

YES. HE WROTE TO ME
THE OTHER DAY

REQUESTING A MEETING,
AND I REPLIED, BUT...

I HAVE NOT SEEN HIM
FOR YEARS,

NOT SINCE WE WERE
SCHOOLFELLOWS TOGETHER.

WELL, AS THE DOCTOR SAYS,

THE FEVER MUST TAKE
ITS COURSE.

NOTHING CAN BE
DONE JUST NOW

BEYOND CAREFULLY
ATTENDING HIM

UNTIL SUCH TIME
AS HE CAN GIVE US
SOME INFORMATION.

I WILL UNDERTAKE TO PAY
THE DOCTOR AND THE NURSES.

A REAL GENTLEMAN!

Landlady: THIS IS
THE NIGHT NURSE, SIR.

UH, MRS. GAMP
OF KINGSGATE
STREET, SIR,

WELL BEKNOWN
TO MRS. PRIG,
THE DAY NURSE.

I WAS BEGINNING TO THINK
YOU WEREN'T A-COMING.

OH, IT SHALL BE
MADE GOOD TOMORROW
NIGHT, BETSY.

HONORABLE.
I HAD TO FETCH
ME THINGS.

YEH.
HOW'S THE PATIENT?

OH, HE'S QUIET NOW,
BUT HIS WITS IS GONE.

OH. ANYTHING ELSE
TO TELL AFORE YOU GOES,
MY DEAR?

THE PICKLED SALMON
IS DELICIOUS.

BUT DON'T HAVE NOTHING
TO DO WITH THE COLD MEAT,

FOR IT TASTES
OF THE STABLE.

THE DRINKS IS ALL GOOD.

THE EASY CHAIR
AIN'T SOFT ENOUGH,

SO YOU'LL WANT
HIS PILLOW.
I'LL BE OFF, THEN.

I'LL SEE YOU
IN THE MORNING.

YOU MIGHT
TELL THE MAID
ON YOUR WAY OUT

IF THEY DRAWS
THE BRIGHTON
OLD TIPPER HERE,

I TAKES THAT ALE
AT NIGHT,

IT BEING CONSIDERED
WAKEFUL BY THE DOCTORS.

HEH HEH HEH.

THERE.

OH, I'M GLAD TO SEE
THERE'S A PARAPETS
IN CASE OF FIRE.

LOTS OF ROOFS
AND CHIMNEY POTS
TO WALK UPON.

AHHH...

[SNIFFING]

AH-CHOO!
[SNORTS]

MAKE A LOVELY CORPSE.
HEH HEH.

[THUD]

MR. CHUZZLEWIT!

HERE IS JONAS.

WELL, NEPHEW.

YOU'VE BEEN
A DUTIFUL SON,
I HEAR...

A PATTERN
TO ALL SONS.

I'VE BEEN AS GOOD A SON
AS EVER YOU WERE
A BROTHER, I THINK.

OH...HEH.

MR. CHUZZLEWIT
KNOWS YOUR FONDNESS
FOR REPARTEE, JONAS.

HE WILL NOT BE
OFFENDED.

YOU SPEAK
IN THE VIOLENCE
OF YOUR GRIEF.

GIVE ME YOUR HAND.

COME IN, COME IN,
MY DEARS.

THOMAS,
PRAY COME IN.

WHAT A DAY THIS IS.

WE SHALL ALL
SIT DOWN AT TABLE
IN PEACE AND HARMONY.

JONAS, UH,
WILL YOU TAKE MERCY
TO THE DINING ROOM,

AND WE'LL FOLLOW.

I DON'T MIND,
PECKSNIFF.

[SOBS]

[PECKSNIFF LAUGHS
NERVOUSLY]

IT'S--IT'S MERELY

AN HYSTERICAL
AFFECTION,
NOTHING MORE.

I'M NOT UNEASY.
SHE WILL RETURN.

SO. LET'S GO IN
TO SUPPER, AND,
UH, AFTERWARDS

I WILL
ESCORT YOU
AND MISS GRAHAM

BACK
TO THE DRAGON.

NO, NO.
LET MR. PINCH DO THAT,

SINCE HE SHOWED US
THE WAY HERE.

WHATEVER YOU WISH, SIR.

AND YOU ARE
QUITE CONTENT

WITH YOUR
SITUATION HERE,

ARE YOU,
MR. PINCH?

YES, INDEED, SIR.
I'M UNDER MANY OBLIGATIONS
TO MR. PECKSNIFF.

I COULDN'T REPAY THEM
IN A LIFETIME.

A LIFETIME,
INDEED.

AND HOW LONG
HAVE YOU KNOWN
MY NEPHEW?

YOUR NEPHEW, SIR?
YOU DON'T MEAN--

MR. JONAS CHUZZLEWIT.

OH, DEAR ME.
TO BE SURE.

I NEVER SPOKE TO HIM
BEFORE THIS EVENING.

PERHAPS HALF A LIFETIME
WILL SUFFICE

FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT
OF HIS KINDNESS.

THE PATH IS NARROW,
AND THE GRASS IS WET.

YOU GO AHEAD, MARY.

TAKE MR. PINCH'S ARM.

MAY I?

OF COURSE.

GOOD NIGHT,
MISS GRAHAM.

GOOD NIGHT, SIR.

[WHISTLING]

HA! GOODNESS ME,
MR. JONAS.

WHAT ARE YOU
DOING HERE?

I SUPPOSE I HAVE
AS MUCH RIGHT
TO BE HERE AS YOU,

MR. PITCH...OR STITCH...

OR WHATEVER IT IS
YOUR NAME IS.

UH, CERTAINLY.
BUT MY NAME IS PINCH.

HAVE THE GOODNESS
TO CALL ME BY IT.

HA HA HA!
HOITY-TOITY.

PAUPER APPRENTICES
ARE LOOKING UP.

WE MANAGE 'EM
MUCH BETTER
IN THE CITY.

LET ME PASS, PLEASE.

NOT SO FAST.

LET ME GIVE YOU
A WORD OF ADVICE,
MY FRIEND.

IF YOU ESCORT
MY UNCLE HOME,

THEN YOU WALK
BEHIND HIM...

LIKE ANY OTHER
SERVANT.

THAT'S
A DESPICABLE REMARK.

BUT THE LESS I SAY,
THE BETTER.

THE LESS YOU SAY.

[CHUCKLES]

YOU SAY VERY LITTLE,
DON'T YOU?

ECOD, I'D LIKE TO KNOW
WHAT THERE IS

BETWEEN YOU AND
A CERTAIN VAGABOND
MEMBER OF MY FAMILY.

IF YOU MEAN
YOUR UNCLE'S NAMESAKE,
HE IS NO VAGABOND.

AND ANY COMPARISON
BETWEEN YOU AND HIM

IS IMMEASURABLY
TO YOUR DISADVANTAGE.

HA HA! INDEED.

AND WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF HIS BEGGARLY LEAVINGS,
EH, MR. PINCH?

IT LOOKED TO ME

AS IF YOU'D BE QUITE HAPPY
TO TAKE HER OFF HIS HANDS.

LET ME PASS.

I HAVEN'T FINISHED YET.

ARE YOU BADLY HURT?
I'M SORRY FOR IT.

GO TO HELL.

I'M SURE I NEVER
GAVE YOU ANY CAUSE
TO QUARREL WITH ME.

HERE.

YOU'D BETTER STAY
OUT OF MY WAY
IN FUTURE, PINCH.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

[KNOCK KNOCK]

MR. PINCH...
TELL ME THE TRUTH.

JONAS CAME BACK
JUST AFTER YOU

WITH A WOUND
TO HIS HEAD,

SAYING HE HAD RUN
AGAINST A TREE,
BUT I THINK

THAT THERE WAS SOME
QUARREL BETWEEN YOU
AND YOU STRUCK HIM.

WAS IT SO, OR NOT?

I WAS VERY MUCH
PROVOKED.

THEN IT WAS.

WE HAD A STRUGGLE
FOR THE PATH, BUT I DID
NOT MEAN TO HURT HIM.

DON'T SAY THAT.
IT WAS BRAVE OF YOU.

OH, I HONOR YOU FOR IT.

IF YOU SHOULD EVER
QUARREL WITH HIM AGAIN,

DON'T SPARE HIM
FOR THE WORLD.

[ROOSTER CROWS]

[HARPSICHORD PLAYS]

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

[PLAYING STOPS]

I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT
YOUR PLAYING, MISS GRAHAM.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

YOU PLAY SO BEAUTIFULLY.

THANK YOU.

I'M SURPRISED HOW WELL
THIS INSTRUMENT
RESPONDS NOW,

COMPARED TO WHEN
I FIRST TRIED IT.

I THINK SOME KIND PERSON
HAS SPENT MANY HOURS
TUNING IT.

WELL, HE WAS WELL
REWARDED THEN.

MISS GRAHAM...

I HAVE A LETTER FOR YOU.

FROM MARTIN?

IT WAS DELIVERED
TO THE DRAGON

ENCLOSED IN ONE
ADDRESSED TO ME.
THANK GOD.

HE'S REACHED AMERICA
SAFELY, THEN?

YES. HE WRITES
FROM NEW YORK.

GIVE ME THE LETTER.

OH.

PLEASE EXCUSE ME.

THANK YOU, MR. PINCH.

Martin: MY DEAREST LOVE,

WE ARRIVED HERE A WEEK AGO

AFTER A VOYAGE THAT TESTED
EVEN MY RESOLUTION.

THE WEATHER WAS BAD,

THE CONDITIONS BELOWDECKS
VERY SHOCKING.

AT LAST,
AFTER 5 WRETCHED WEEKS,

WE REACHED THE MOUTH
OF THE RIVER HUDSON

AND THE ISLAND
OF MANHATTAN.

ON THE PADDLE BOAT
THAT TOOK US TO THE WHARF,

I MADE THE ACQUAINTANCE
OF AN AMERICAN GENTLEMAN:

A GENERAL DIVER, WHO HAD
COME OUT TO MEET OUR SHIP.

HE HAD NO IDEA THAT
I HAD TRAVELED IN STEERAGE,

AND WE GOT ON FAMOUSLY.

LUCKILY FOR US,
HE TURNED OUT TO BE
A SHAREHOLDER

IN THE EDEN LAND
CORPORATION,

EDEN BEING THE NAME OF
A THRIVING NEW COMMUNITY

AT THE JUNCTION OF THE OHIO
AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS.

HE WAS THUS ABLE
TO INTRODUCE ME

TO THE AGENT OF THE COMPANY
AT THEIR NEW YORK OFFICE.

WHY, I HAD NO IDEA
IT WAS A CITY.

OH, IT'S A CITY,
ALL RIGHT.

DEAR ME, IT'S A MOST
IMPORTANT-LOOKING
PLACE.

LOOK AT THIS, MARK.

THERE'S
A MARKETPLACE,
A CHURCH, A THEATER.

THE ONLY THING IS,

I'M NOT SURE THERE'S
ANYTHING LEFT
FOR ME TO DO HERE.

WELL, IT AIN'T
BUILT YET.
NOT QUITE.

AH. GOOD.

THE MARKETPLACE, NOW.
IS THAT BUILT?

THAT? LET ME SEE.

NO. THAT AIN'T BUILT.

RATHER A GOOD JOB
TO BEGIN WITH.

I SUPPOSE THERE ARE
SEVERAL ARCHITECTS
THERE?

NO, THERE AIN'T
A SINGLE ONE.

DO YOU HEAR THAT?

BUT WHOSE WORK
IS THIS BEFORE US,
THEN?

THE SOIL BEING
VERY FRUITFUL,

PUBLIC BUILDINGS
GROW SPONTANEOUS,
PERHAPS.

MARK.

NEVER MIND WHOSE WORK
IT IS OR ISN'T.

MAYBE HE CLEARED OFF
HANDSOME WITH
A HEAP OF DOLLARS.

MAYBE THAT DESK
AND STOOL AIN'T MADE
FROM EDEN LUMBER.

MAYBE NO END OF SETTLERS
AIN'T GONE OUT THERE.

MAYBE THERE AIN'T
NO SUCH LOCATION

IN THE TERRITORY OF
THE GREAT UNITED STATES.
OH, NO.

WE BEG YOUR PARDON,
MR. SCADDER.

TELL THEM ABOUT
THAT LITTLE LOT
OF 50 ACRES

WITH THE HOUSE
UPON IT, SCADDER--

THE ONE THAT'S
JUST BECOME AVAILABLE.

YOU'RE A GREAT DEAL
TOO OPENHANDED

WITH THE COMPANY'S
ASSETS, GENERAL.

YOU KNOW
AS IT'S A LOT
WE HAD CONCLUDED

TO RESERVE
FOR PARTICULAR
FRIENDS.

BUT THESE ARE
MY PARTICULAR FRIENDS.

WHERE IS THIS LOT?

Martin: THE PRICE
WAS VERY REASONABLE,

BUT ALAS BEYOND MY MEANS.

I CONSEQUENTLY INVITED MARK
TO BECOME MY PARTNER

AND TO INVEST HIS SAVINGS
IN A JOINT BUSINESS

TO BE CALLED
CHUZZLEWIT & TAPLEY.

THE GOOD FELLOW
WAS HIGHLY DELIGHTED

AND MODESTLY REQUESTED
THAT WE SHOULD BE KNOWN
AS CHUZZLEWIT AND CO.,

SAYING, "I OFTEN THOUGHT
AS I'D LIKE TO MEET A CO.,

BUT I LITTLE THOUGHT
AS I SHOULD LIVE TO BE ONE."

BY THE TIME
YOU RECEIVE THIS,

MARK AND I WILL BE
ON OUR WAY WESTWARD

TO TAKE POSSESSION
OF OUR PROPERTY.

DON'T EXPECT TO HEAR FROM ME
AGAIN FOR SOME TIME.

I KISS THIS LETTER
AND THROUGH IT, YOU.

YOUR EVERLOVING MARTIN.

IS THAT YOU,
GRIFFIN?

HAVE YOU COME
TO BOTHER ME
AGAIN?

OH, I BEG
YOUR PARDON,
MR. CHUZZLEWIT.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE
THAT IMPOSSIBLE MAN
OF MINE.

[BELL TOLLS]

WHEN ARE YOU
TO BE MARRIED?

OH, GOODNESS ME,
I DON'T KNOW.

NOT YET AWHILE,
I HOPE.

COME, MERCY.
I THINK MR. JONAS
IS GROWING IMPATIENT.

YOU MUST HAVE
SOME HEART.

I HAVEN'T GIVEN IT
ALL AWAY YET,
I CAN TELL YOU.

HAVE YOU PARTED
WITH ANY OF IT?

LOR, MR. CHUZZLEWIT.
YOU DO ASK SUCH
ODD QUESTIONS.

IS IT SO ODD TO INQUIRE
WHETHER YOU LOVE THE MAN
YOU'RE ENGAGED TO MARRY?

I TOLD THE WRETCH
WHEN HE ASKED ME THAT
IF EVER I DID MARRY HIM,

IT WOULD ONLY BE
THAT I MIGHT HATE AND
TEASE HIM ALL MY LIFE.

FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE,
CHILD, SPEAK
AND THINK FOR ONCE

LIKE A REASONABLE
CREATURE.

ARE YOU BEING FORCED
INTO THIS MATCH BY...

ANYONE?

NO. I DON'T KNOW
THAT I AM.

I'M TOLD HE WAS AT
FIRST SUPPOSED TO BE
YOUR SISTER'S ADMIRER.

OH, GOOD GRACIOUS,
MR. CHUZZLEWIT.

POOR DEAR CHERRY
IS THE VAINEST DARLING.

IT WAS
HER MISTAKE, THEN?

I HOPE IT WAS.

AND YOU'RE QUITE HAPPY
IN YOUR ENGAGEMENT?

I DON'T MIND IT.

HAS IT EVER
OCCURRED TO YOU--

EXCUSE ME FOR
BEING SO BLUNT,

BUT I HAVE YOUR
INTEREST AT HEART--

THAT A MARRIAGE
WITHOUT LOVE

MAY PERHAPS BE FULL
OF BITTERNESS...

AND MOST UNHAPPY?

GOOD GRACIOUS, MR. CHUZZLEWIT,
WHAT VERY SHOCKING WORDS.

OF COURSE I SHALL
QUARREL WITH HIM.

MARRIED PEOPLE ALWAYS
DO QUARREL, I THINK.

BUT I DON'T SEE WHY
I SHOULD BE MISERABLE...

UNLESS HE ALWAYS GETS
THE BEST OF IT.

AND I MEAN TO HAVE
THE BEST OF IT MYSELF.
[GIGGLING]

I ALWAYS DO NOW,

FOR I MAKE
A PERFECT SLAVE
OF THE CREATURE.

[GIGGLES]

VERY WELL.

I SOUGHT TO KNOW
YOUR MIND, MY DEAR...

AND YOU HAVE
SHOWN IT TO ME.

I WISH YOU JOY.

JOY.

OH!

HA HA HA!

OH, YOU HIDEOUS
CREATURE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN
BY FRIGHTENING PEOPLE
OUT OF THEIR WITS?

DON'T YOU DARE
SIT DOWN BESIDE ME,
GRIFFIN.

WHAT'S MY UNCLE BEEN
A-TALKING ABOUT?

ABOUT YOU.

HE SAYS YOU'RE NOT HALF
GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME.

HA HA!
I DARESAY.

HE MEANS TO GIVE YOU
SOME PRESENT WORTH
HAVING, I HOPE.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

ONLY GIVING YOU
A SQUEEZE.

THERE'S NO HARM
IN THAT, I SUPPOSE.

THERE'S A GREAT DEAL
OF HARM IN IT

IF I DON'T CONSIDER IT
AGREEABLE.

AND I DON'T.

KINDLY TAKE
YOUR ARM AWAY.

I SAY, NOW...

WHEN IS IT TO BE?

OUR WEDDING, I MEAN.

I CAN'T CARRY ON
DAWDLING ABOUT DOWN HERE
HALF MY LIFE, YOU KNOW.

WHAT DO YOU SAY
TO NEXT WEEK?

NEXT WEEK?

IF YOU HAD SAID
NEXT QUARTER,

I SHOULD HAVE WONDERED
AT YOUR IMPUDENCE.

BUT I DIDN'T SAY
NEXT QUARTER.

I SAID NEXT WEEK.

IF IT'S NEXT MONTH,
THAT'S THE VERY EARLIEST.

AND IF YOU FOLLOW ME ABOUT
AND WON'T LEAVE ME ALONE

AND DON'T DO EVERYTHING
I ORDER YOU TO,

IT SHALL NEVER BE
AT ALL, SO THERE.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME,
GRIFFIN?

SHOW YOU DO BY NOT
FOLLOWING ME NOW.

ECOD, MY LADY...

YOU SHALL PAY FOR THIS
WHEN WE ARE MARRIED.

Mrs. Gamp:
THINGS HAVE BEEN MADE
AS COMFORTABLE

AS THEY COULD BE,
MY PRETTY DEAR.

BUT THERE'S MANY
YOU'LL HAVE TO ALTER
YOUR OWN SELF

WHEN YOU'VE HAD TIME
TO LOOK AROUND.

SO THERE YOU ARE,
MR. CHUFF.

STILL IN THE LAND
OF THE LIVING, I SEE.

SO HE IS, AND HAS YOU
TO THANK FOR IT.

MANY A TIME
I'VE TOLD HIM.

WE SHAN'T
BE NEEDING YOU
ANYMORE, MRS. GAMP.

I'LL BE GOING
IMMEDIATE, SIR.

UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING
I CAN DO FOR YOU, MA'AM.

NO, THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU BE SO GOOD,

MY DARLING DOVEY
OF A DEAR YOUNG
MARRIED LADY,

AS TO PUT THIS SOMEWHERE
WHERE YOU CAN KEEP IT
IN YOUR MIND?

GAMP'S THE NAME.
LIVING QUITE HANDY.

I'LL BE SO BOLD
AS TO CALL IN
NOW AND AGAIN

TO INQUIRE
ABOUT YOUR HEALTH

AND YOUR SPIRITS,
MY PRETTY CHICK.

GOOD DAY, SIR.

OH, IT'S NOT
GOOD ENOUGH
FOR YOU, I SUPPOSE.

IT IS A LITTLE
DREARY, JONAS.

PERHAPS WITH
SOME NEW FURNITURE.

NEW FURNITURE?

WHY, THESE PIECES
ARE GOOD ENOUGH
FOR ANOTHER 50 YEARS.

YOU'RE A NICE ARTICLE
TO TURN SULKY

ON YOUR FIRST
COMING HOME.

THE WOMAN'S DOWNSTAIRS.
RING THE BELL FOR SUPPER

WHILE I TAKE OFF
MY BOOTS.

ARE YOU THE ONE
THEY CALL MERRY?

YES.

YOU'RE NOT MARRIED,
ARE YOU?

NOT MARRIED
TO JONAS?

YES, OF COURSE, I AM.

OH!

WHY, GOOD HEAVENS,
WHAT IS THE MATTER?

OH, WOE, WOE UPON
THIS WICKED HOUSE.

[SNORING]

Lewsome: OHH!

[SNORTS]
AHH, SHH...

OH, I THOUGHT
I WAS A...

A-SLEEPING TOO
PLEASANT TO LAST.

OHH! [COUGHS]

DON'T MAKE NONE OF
THAT NOISE IN HERE!

OOH.
IT'S A CHILLY NIGHT.

[SHIVERING]
LOOK THERE.

DO YOU SEE THEM?

SEE WHO?

THE MEN PASSING
THROUGH THIS ROOM.

IN AT THE WINDOW
AND OUT AT THE DOOR.

ALL OF THEM
WEARING BLACK CREPE
AROUND THEIR HATS.

LET ME BE SURE OF THIS!

TOUCH ME!

YOU'LL HAVE
YOUR SLEEPING DRAUGHT

AS SOON AS I'VE MADE
A KETTLE BOILED,

AND YOU'LL GET
TOUCHED THEN

IF YOU DON'T
TAKE IT QUIET.
NO, NO!

CHUZZLEWIT!

CHUZZLEWIT?

NO!

NO!

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