1 00:00:43,540 --> 00:00:44,880 November in Connecticut. 2 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:51,380 The last glories of an Indian summer are about to give way to winter. 3 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:57,820 A young girl is showing a visitor around the grounds. 4 00:01:03,380 --> 00:01:08,160 I come to the country to get back in touch with nature, the fields, the 5 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:10,160 away from all those false trappings of civilization. 6 00:01:10,990 --> 00:01:13,270 Thunder in the mountains, lightning in the black of midnight. 7 00:01:13,910 --> 00:01:17,390 The wilderness howls and something in me howls with it. 8 00:01:17,950 --> 00:01:20,010 I'm one with the primal chaos. 9 00:01:21,450 --> 00:01:22,730 Is that Walt Whitman? 10 00:01:23,590 --> 00:01:24,650 You like the country. 11 00:01:25,090 --> 00:01:26,170 I hate the country. 12 00:01:26,550 --> 00:01:27,550 I like poetry. 13 00:01:28,610 --> 00:01:30,750 If you hate the country, then why do you come here? 14 00:01:30,950 --> 00:01:31,950 Because I have to. 15 00:01:33,050 --> 00:01:35,010 I'm sorry. This is a bad day. 16 00:01:35,390 --> 00:01:36,390 No, I'm sorry. 17 00:01:36,770 --> 00:01:37,770 Shall I go? 18 00:01:38,990 --> 00:01:39,990 It doesn't matter. 19 00:01:40,590 --> 00:01:42,210 It's going to be a bad day no matter what. 20 00:01:43,630 --> 00:01:45,230 I might as well have some company. 21 00:01:46,350 --> 00:01:51,170 Well, indoors has its pleasures, too. A crackling fire, a book of verse to stir 22 00:01:51,170 --> 00:01:54,330 the soul, fine brandy to warm the innards. 23 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:16,360 Civilization beckons. 24 00:02:17,380 --> 00:02:18,380 Thank you, Vernon. 25 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:21,800 I wonder if Mother's down yet. 26 00:02:22,420 --> 00:02:23,700 It's really cool in here. 27 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:25,320 Shall I get those windows? 28 00:02:26,140 --> 00:02:27,880 Let them stay open, please. 29 00:02:28,500 --> 00:02:30,560 Oh, excuse me, I didn't realize. 30 00:02:31,020 --> 00:02:32,660 I thought I heard voices earlier. 31 00:02:33,260 --> 00:02:34,260 How do you do? 32 00:02:34,920 --> 00:02:37,060 Jane didn't tell me that she was expecting Gap. 33 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,520 I came unannounced. My name is Gregory Sadler. I'm staying at the Pollocks. 34 00:02:40,860 --> 00:02:42,840 They left me your name and suggested that I call. 35 00:02:44,019 --> 00:02:47,460 Jane, you should have told me that Mr. Sadler was here. Oh, Gregory, please. 36 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,500 The least we could do is offer you some refreshment. 37 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:55,040 Vernon took it away almost as soon as he brought it in. Show a little respect, 38 00:02:55,220 --> 00:02:56,220 young lady. 39 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:01,240 Vernon goes a long way back in this family. Oh, Jane has taken great care to 40 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:02,240 entertain me. 41 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:05,660 Jane gets lonely in the country. 42 00:03:06,580 --> 00:03:07,580 Don't you, darling? 43 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:12,720 Well, there's no need to sulk and pout. 44 00:03:13,740 --> 00:03:17,320 My goodness, any smart young lady would give anything in the world to spend a 45 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:18,460 week at leisure in this house. 46 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:20,860 Well, you have no choice in the matter anyway. 47 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:23,540 This is a very special day. 48 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:27,720 You realize that, don't you, Jane? 49 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:31,160 Yes, Mother. 50 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:33,120 It's a ritual. 51 00:03:34,300 --> 00:03:37,500 An annual ritual that means a great deal to me. 52 00:03:42,410 --> 00:03:44,770 Excuse me. My headache is killing me. I've got to get an aspirin. 53 00:03:45,470 --> 00:03:48,330 You know you're expected to dress for dinner, Jane. Yes, ma 'am. 54 00:03:50,710 --> 00:03:52,030 Nice to have met you, Gregory. 55 00:03:53,610 --> 00:03:54,610 I'm sure. 56 00:04:02,090 --> 00:04:03,150 She hates me. 57 00:04:03,590 --> 00:04:04,890 Oh, I'm sure that's not true. 58 00:04:05,630 --> 00:04:08,690 What's this ritual she's talking about? It sounds fascinating. 59 00:04:09,230 --> 00:04:10,230 It's not. 60 00:04:10,910 --> 00:04:11,910 It's... 61 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:14,680 Something I'd rather not talk about, okay? 62 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:20,779 Well... I'd much rather talk about you. 63 00:04:21,779 --> 00:04:23,020 Well, tell me more about yourself. 64 00:04:24,540 --> 00:04:26,280 Unless I'm wrong, you're still in school. 65 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:27,880 No choice. 66 00:04:28,060 --> 00:04:29,060 You don't like it? 67 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:30,400 Oh, sure. 68 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:35,220 I love wearing a white blouse and a blue sweater and a gray flannel skirt to my 69 00:04:35,220 --> 00:04:37,080 knees. Do you play obsession? 70 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:38,640 A uniform? 71 00:04:39,260 --> 00:04:40,780 Your school still has uniforms? 72 00:04:43,020 --> 00:04:45,060 Knee socks and tie shoes. 73 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:47,080 Right up till graduation. 74 00:04:47,460 --> 00:04:48,460 Do you want to play? 75 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:51,080 Oh, I don't know that game. 76 00:04:51,620 --> 00:04:52,680 What about Othello? 77 00:04:53,180 --> 00:04:54,180 Okay. 78 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:59,960 Well, I'm sure you get a very good education for all that. 79 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:02,000 I'd much rather travel. 80 00:05:02,280 --> 00:05:04,900 I have friends in Paris and Istanbul. 81 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:08,000 Really? 82 00:05:08,840 --> 00:05:09,840 I'll go see them. 83 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:11,360 I'll go live there. 84 00:05:13,230 --> 00:05:16,550 I'm not surprised school seems dull, given your cosmopolitan perspective. 85 00:05:19,790 --> 00:05:22,350 Google, I didn't do that very well, did I? 86 00:05:23,530 --> 00:05:25,390 Well, I find ways to amuse myself. 87 00:05:25,610 --> 00:05:26,610 I have friends. 88 00:05:26,830 --> 00:05:27,830 We get together. 89 00:05:28,970 --> 00:05:30,870 Biding my time till I get free. 90 00:05:32,810 --> 00:05:36,190 Look, could we play instead of talking? 91 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:24,440 Could we talk instead of playing? 92 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:25,920 Sure. 93 00:06:26,980 --> 00:06:27,980 What about you? 94 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:29,560 What do you like to do? 95 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:32,000 Oh, my life wouldn't interest you very much. 96 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:33,520 Sure, it would. 97 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:36,680 How old are you? 98 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:45,200 31. 99 00:06:45,420 --> 00:06:47,500 I'm a teacher, or at least I used to be. 100 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:51,960 College? The last place was rather like your school, or so it sounds. 101 00:06:53,620 --> 00:06:54,620 Girls' school? 102 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:56,200 Girls, yes. 103 00:06:56,980 --> 00:06:59,140 Oh, that's how you know about knee socks. 104 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:01,280 My subject was English poetry. 105 00:07:01,740 --> 00:07:07,020 She knew the lifelong martyrdom, the weariness, the pain of waiting for a man 106 00:07:07,020 --> 00:07:11,400 come, who ne 'er would come again, and so on and so forth. She was a long 107 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:12,640 fellow. I know. 108 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:18,120 I thought there was something poetic about you when you were talking about 109 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:19,580 wilderness and wild animals. 110 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,040 I could feel your passion. 111 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:26,299 What are you trying? 112 00:07:26,300 --> 00:07:27,300 Never mind. 113 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,680 Oh, come on, show me. Let me see. No, not yet. 114 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:37,960 Why did you leave? 115 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:39,520 What? 116 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:40,800 School. 117 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:44,900 A slight misunderstanding. 118 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:47,280 Nothing, 119 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:49,200 really. 120 00:07:49,860 --> 00:07:51,560 Say I graduated. 121 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:54,480 What are you doing here in the country? 122 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:58,020 I am spending a very special afternoon with you. 123 00:07:59,900 --> 00:08:01,820 I mean, what are you doing here at all? 124 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:03,940 Why are you here at all, not somewhere else? 125 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:07,720 Not... I don't know. 126 00:08:08,620 --> 00:08:10,780 For the very same reason that you are, I suppose. 127 00:08:12,380 --> 00:08:14,160 You have no idea why I'm here. 128 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:15,440 Tell me. 129 00:08:16,340 --> 00:08:17,340 Because of her. 130 00:08:17,420 --> 00:08:18,319 Your mother? 131 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:19,320 Yes. 132 00:08:24,460 --> 00:08:25,580 What's the trouble with her? 133 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:28,440 Why does she talk to you the way she does? 134 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:31,720 She spent all afternoon upstairs. 135 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:37,120 What's going on here? 136 00:08:37,500 --> 00:08:38,679 What's the matter with everybody? 137 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:42,760 It's the anniversary. 138 00:08:43,940 --> 00:08:45,020 Your mother and father? 139 00:08:45,620 --> 00:08:46,620 No, not that. 140 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:49,100 She divorced him years ago. 141 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:50,880 Why? 142 00:08:52,270 --> 00:08:53,930 He was gentle and poetic. 143 00:08:54,730 --> 00:08:56,030 She said he was weak. 144 00:08:58,030 --> 00:08:59,030 What is today? 145 00:09:01,490 --> 00:09:05,090 Apparently, it's something special in this house, and I've come at the wrong 146 00:09:05,090 --> 00:09:06,090 time. 147 00:09:06,710 --> 00:09:08,490 It's the first day of the hunting season. 148 00:09:10,910 --> 00:09:14,950 My mother's second husband, my stepfather, kept this house for sporting 149 00:09:14,950 --> 00:09:16,270 purposes, or so he said. 150 00:09:17,390 --> 00:09:18,390 I don't understand. 151 00:09:19,150 --> 00:09:20,850 I suppose you may as well know. 152 00:09:22,099 --> 00:09:23,580 It's her secret, not mine. 153 00:09:25,580 --> 00:09:26,620 He loved to hunt. 154 00:09:27,500 --> 00:09:28,500 Grouse, especially. 155 00:09:29,860 --> 00:09:33,800 Every year on the first day of the hunting season, he set out at the crack 156 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:34,860 dawn to shoot birds. 157 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:37,360 Oh, my mother would kill me. 158 00:09:37,900 --> 00:09:39,480 I won't tell a soul I hope to die. 159 00:09:41,220 --> 00:09:42,220 That's not the point. 160 00:09:46,700 --> 00:09:48,100 It was three years ago. 161 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:50,300 He had a son, Stanley. 162 00:09:52,270 --> 00:09:54,670 Ever since Stanley was a little boy, they went hunting together. 163 00:09:55,850 --> 00:09:59,670 He adored my stepfather, looked just like him, acted like him. 164 00:10:00,190 --> 00:10:01,310 They even dressed alike. 165 00:10:03,270 --> 00:10:07,050 That day, my mother and I stood there and watched them tramp across that field 166 00:10:07,050 --> 00:10:08,050 into those woods. 167 00:10:09,230 --> 00:10:12,430 Chase, our dog, had a special little bell so they could always tell where he 168 00:10:12,430 --> 00:10:13,930 was. We could hear it as they went. 169 00:10:15,430 --> 00:10:17,870 They had shotguns and enough provisions for the day. 170 00:10:18,490 --> 00:10:20,470 We didn't expect them home till late afternoon. 171 00:10:21,670 --> 00:10:28,030 They always tried to get the limit My mother went upstairs to rest I don't 172 00:10:28,030 --> 00:10:29,030 remember what I did 173 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:03,540 Sometime later, I remember hearing shots. 174 00:11:04,940 --> 00:11:05,940 But I'm not sure. 175 00:11:07,100 --> 00:11:08,960 Then I know I heard a dog howling. 176 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:10,880 My mother heard it, too. 177 00:11:11,660 --> 00:11:14,120 She came downstairs with a worried look on her face. 178 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:16,340 It was already 5 .30. They weren't home yet. 179 00:11:17,940 --> 00:11:18,980 Was there an accident? 180 00:11:20,180 --> 00:11:22,200 We tried to piece it together later on. 181 00:11:22,740 --> 00:11:23,940 Nobody knows for sure. 182 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,040 It happened at the far edge of those woods. 183 00:11:29,130 --> 00:11:31,390 Maybe my stepfather wanted one more bird. 184 00:11:37,090 --> 00:11:39,050 Maybe he just heard a noise in the brush. 185 00:11:40,550 --> 00:11:41,750 Or maybe he stumbled. 186 00:11:42,630 --> 00:11:44,050 At any rate, he fired. 187 00:11:48,370 --> 00:11:49,790 There was a cry. 188 00:11:50,910 --> 00:11:52,110 A human cry. 189 00:11:53,110 --> 00:11:54,710 He dropped his gun and he ran. 190 00:11:56,790 --> 00:11:57,850 It was Stanley. 191 00:11:58,840 --> 00:11:59,840 Dead. 192 00:12:01,940 --> 00:12:03,540 My stepfather knelt down. 193 00:12:04,420 --> 00:12:05,600 Imagine his feelings. 194 00:12:06,780 --> 00:12:08,360 He'd killed his only son. 195 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:13,040 My mother and I knew there was something wrong when the men didn't come home on 196 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:14,040 time. 197 00:12:14,500 --> 00:12:17,840 We sent the gardener out to check, but nobody could believe it when he came 198 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:22,700 weeping 40 minutes later and said that he'd found Chase whimpering over two 199 00:12:22,700 --> 00:12:23,700 bodies. 200 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:27,140 My stepfather had killed himself. 201 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:35,480 My mother couldn't take it in. 202 00:12:37,220 --> 00:12:40,740 They carried the bodies in canvas sacks right below that open window. 203 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:43,940 My mother stood there and didn't see them. 204 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:50,120 She gazed across the field, into the woods, sure that they would appear at 205 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:54,760 moment, still alive, decked with game, caked with mud, tramping towards us, 206 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:56,240 crying, crack the ice, we're home! 207 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:02,960 That was their great joke. 208 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:04,580 Ice for drinks. 209 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:06,800 Crack the ice, we're home. 210 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:09,740 That's a terrible story. 211 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:11,600 Now you know. 212 00:13:18,860 --> 00:13:20,380 Were you very close to them? 213 00:13:22,020 --> 00:13:23,020 No. 214 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:25,160 My stepfather was arrogant. 215 00:13:25,620 --> 00:13:27,660 I don't know how my mother could have married him. 216 00:13:27,940 --> 00:13:28,940 Why did she? 217 00:13:29,560 --> 00:13:31,620 For the money, the position. 218 00:13:32,490 --> 00:13:33,490 This house? 219 00:13:35,230 --> 00:13:37,110 My real father cared about people. 220 00:13:37,870 --> 00:13:39,290 He cared about life. 221 00:13:40,870 --> 00:13:42,370 My mother couldn't stand that. 222 00:13:43,270 --> 00:13:44,790 And that's not the worst part. 223 00:13:45,170 --> 00:13:48,750 For the past three years, we've had to come back to this house for a whole 224 00:13:50,750 --> 00:13:53,090 I've begged her to sell it. She knows I hate the place. 225 00:13:53,330 --> 00:13:54,550 She knows they're dead. 226 00:13:55,810 --> 00:13:59,590 But on this day, she throws open the windows at dawn and then goes upstairs 227 00:13:59,590 --> 00:14:01,170 wait for their headaches. 228 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:05,320 I think she's waiting for them to come back. 229 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:08,220 But that's insane. 230 00:14:08,860 --> 00:14:10,000 Still here, Gregory. 231 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:12,840 Yes. 232 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:15,640 Jane must be particularly captivating today. 233 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:19,680 Well, she can be very charming when she tries. 234 00:14:20,060 --> 00:14:23,160 And today is a very special occasion. 235 00:14:24,900 --> 00:14:28,400 You know, Gregory, grouse hunters are a very dedicated lot. 236 00:14:29,070 --> 00:14:33,030 Some people might even think they're insane, all that waiting around and so 237 00:14:33,030 --> 00:14:34,270 little to show for it. 238 00:14:35,190 --> 00:14:39,670 But when you marry into a household like this, you have to learn to cope. You 239 00:14:39,670 --> 00:14:43,710 know, to rise to the occasion and catch a little of the excitement. I have. 240 00:14:44,690 --> 00:14:46,570 Jane, of course, has not. 241 00:14:47,070 --> 00:14:48,070 Oh, yes. 242 00:14:48,530 --> 00:14:52,290 My husband, Stuart, and his son, Stanley, love to hunt. 243 00:14:53,010 --> 00:14:54,550 It's all they ever talk about. 244 00:14:54,890 --> 00:14:56,350 Not for it, in fact. 245 00:14:57,420 --> 00:15:00,420 They've been out all day now, but they'll be back soon. 246 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:05,360 Coming out of those woods, across that field, covered with mud and gore, and 247 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:06,880 grinning from ear to ear. 248 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:10,800 You'll know it's them when you hear the dog's bell, and then you'll hear their 249 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:13,080 great cry, Crack the ice, we're home! 250 00:15:13,460 --> 00:15:14,840 Thirsty for drinks, you see. 251 00:15:15,260 --> 00:15:16,620 Crack the ice, we're home! 252 00:15:19,140 --> 00:15:20,520 Why didn't you stay for dinner? 253 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:22,300 Oh, no, I couldn't. 254 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:26,640 The Pollocks were kind enough to leave our name. You were nice enough to use 255 00:15:26,660 --> 00:15:28,000 The least we can do is look after you. 256 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:30,560 Oh, I really wouldn't want to put you in any bother. 257 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:35,440 Oh, it's no bother at all. We can always find room for another one for dinner. 258 00:15:36,140 --> 00:15:37,140 Uh, Jane! 259 00:15:37,860 --> 00:15:39,560 I see you've made quite a hit with Jane. 260 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:41,340 Mother, how can you? 261 00:15:42,020 --> 00:15:43,020 What? 262 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:45,900 Never mind. I'm in a party mood. 263 00:15:47,220 --> 00:15:50,200 Every now and again, I enjoy the company of men like you, Gregory. 264 00:15:50,540 --> 00:15:51,740 You have a certain... 265 00:15:52,030 --> 00:15:53,030 air about you. 266 00:15:53,290 --> 00:15:57,850 Stuart and Stanley would be so sorry to miss you. You mustn't disappoint them. 267 00:15:58,130 --> 00:16:00,630 The first day of the hunt is such a thrill. 268 00:16:00,870 --> 00:16:02,810 They come home full of excitement. 269 00:16:03,450 --> 00:16:06,390 They love an audience to regale with their adventures. 270 00:16:07,750 --> 00:16:09,370 It's settled. I'll go tell the cook. 271 00:16:13,590 --> 00:16:14,790 What's wrong with her? 272 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:18,600 And I do. She's my mother. She'd be lost without me. She's lost already, believe 273 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:21,440 me. I've got experience in these matters. I know more than you think. 274 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:25,280 before she pulls you down with her. What? Come away with me now, this 275 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:26,439 That's crazy. 276 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:27,440 Don't be shocked. 277 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:31,340 It's your only hope. Seize this chance while you've got it. I understand what 278 00:16:31,340 --> 00:16:32,560 you're going through, and I want to help. 279 00:16:33,180 --> 00:16:34,180 But run away? 280 00:16:34,220 --> 00:16:38,100 I was in a situation just like this. When I was teaching, I felt cornered, 281 00:16:38,100 --> 00:16:39,740 trapped. The pressure was insane. 282 00:16:39,940 --> 00:16:42,800 Only I didn't have your chance to escape, so I cracked from the pressure. 283 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:44,260 You what? I had a nervous breakdown. 284 00:16:44,940 --> 00:16:45,940 Oh, my God. 285 00:16:45,980 --> 00:16:47,620 Well, it doesn't show because I've had extensive treatment. 286 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:51,760 That's why I've come to the country to have a peaceful, quiet place to stay. 287 00:16:52,500 --> 00:16:56,100 When I get out of the... Well, for the past year, I've been in an institution. 288 00:16:57,660 --> 00:16:58,840 You mean you're really sick? 289 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:01,280 Wise, please. I'm better now. 290 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:05,000 I tell you this because of what you told me so that you'll understand that I 291 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,359 know what you're going through and can help. 292 00:17:08,579 --> 00:17:10,099 It began with these tension headaches. 293 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,640 What I needed was good physical exercise, and I wasn't getting it. 294 00:17:15,420 --> 00:17:17,119 The problem was that I couldn't sleep. 295 00:17:17,619 --> 00:17:21,060 But I'm over that. What about the headaches? 296 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:22,400 They're gone. 297 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:27,300 It was only with all that girlish laughter, that hubbub. 298 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:30,020 But I'm afraid my teaching suffered. 299 00:17:30,260 --> 00:17:31,300 That's why I left. 300 00:17:31,660 --> 00:17:38,200 My best girls, seniors, came to me after class for clarification. I wasn't being 301 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:39,200 clear. 302 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:42,960 I had always been known for my utter clarity and precision. 303 00:17:43,300 --> 00:17:45,200 I don't understand. Why did this happen? 304 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:46,560 It's not important. 305 00:17:46,900 --> 00:17:47,900 It's over. 306 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:49,620 Look, you can see, I'm fine. 307 00:17:49,860 --> 00:17:53,020 No signs of strain. My doctors are proud of me. You need my help. 308 00:17:53,340 --> 00:17:54,600 I can't run away with you. 309 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:56,400 I'm too young. 310 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:00,740 But you said yourself you hate this house. Your mother's out of her mind. 311 00:18:00,940 --> 00:18:03,540 School has nothing to offer you. I could teach you so much more. We'll get away 312 00:18:03,540 --> 00:18:05,280 tonight. I'm sick and tired of this awful country. 313 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:07,660 This peace and quiet is driving me crazy. 314 00:18:08,350 --> 00:18:09,350 All those trees. 315 00:18:10,050 --> 00:18:11,190 Red and gold. 316 00:18:11,590 --> 00:18:15,190 Awful. We'll travel. London, Paris, even Istanbul. 317 00:18:15,630 --> 00:18:18,170 You name it, we'll go there. Don't even bother to pack. 318 00:18:18,670 --> 00:18:19,710 I'll buy you new clothes. 319 00:18:20,750 --> 00:18:24,270 You'll be safe with me. You'll be happy with me. Quick, before your mother comes 320 00:18:24,270 --> 00:18:25,189 back. Say yes. 321 00:18:25,190 --> 00:18:26,270 I don't know what to say. 322 00:18:32,330 --> 00:18:37,750 I'm very sorry. 323 00:18:38,860 --> 00:18:42,220 I meant it, but I am really very sorry. 324 00:18:45,020 --> 00:18:46,020 All set. 325 00:18:49,860 --> 00:18:50,860 What? 326 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:54,160 Coke says we have plenty to eat. We'll set another plate. 327 00:18:55,020 --> 00:18:56,660 Oh, yes. 328 00:18:57,300 --> 00:18:58,300 Dinner. 329 00:18:58,720 --> 00:18:59,720 Dinner? 330 00:19:00,220 --> 00:19:01,340 I've got to go upstairs. 331 00:19:03,460 --> 00:19:04,460 And change. 332 00:19:06,700 --> 00:19:07,700 Well. 333 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:11,300 You've certainly had a wonderful effect on that young lady. 334 00:19:11,740 --> 00:19:15,440 That's the first time I've ever heard her volunteer to go and change without 335 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:16,520 insistent complaining. 336 00:19:17,380 --> 00:19:21,860 Really, she provokes me into being such a shrew. And I'm not. Really, I'm not. 337 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:26,680 You know, I think she's a little infatuated with you. 338 00:19:26,940 --> 00:19:28,060 Oh, I hadn't considered that. 339 00:19:28,420 --> 00:19:29,760 No, of course you haven't. 340 00:19:30,100 --> 00:19:31,460 You're an adult, mature. 341 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:33,000 She's still a child. 342 00:19:35,660 --> 00:19:37,240 Tell me about yourself, Gregory. 343 00:19:38,250 --> 00:19:39,250 Who are you? 344 00:19:39,910 --> 00:19:41,090 Oh, there's nothing much to tell. 345 00:19:41,950 --> 00:19:42,950 Where do you live? 346 00:19:44,410 --> 00:19:45,410 Nowhere, really. 347 00:19:46,810 --> 00:19:49,030 Yes, of course, but you must have an address. 348 00:19:51,490 --> 00:19:53,110 I spent the last year in Switzerland. 349 00:19:53,830 --> 00:19:55,830 Really? How marvelous. 350 00:19:56,070 --> 00:19:58,170 Skiing? Oh, no, no, no. Nothing like that. 351 00:19:58,970 --> 00:19:59,990 I should say resting. 352 00:20:00,990 --> 00:20:02,650 Oh, you lucky man. 353 00:20:04,790 --> 00:20:07,090 I keep saying to my husband, Stuart, we... 354 00:20:07,340 --> 00:20:10,980 We really must get away for a long, long vacation together. 355 00:20:11,820 --> 00:20:13,020 Just the two of us. 356 00:20:13,780 --> 00:20:18,300 And unfortunately, he hasn't been able to get away for the last three years. 357 00:20:18,820 --> 00:20:22,640 Oh, thank you, Vernon. 358 00:20:27,580 --> 00:20:29,820 What did you do before you went abroad, Gregory? 359 00:20:30,780 --> 00:20:31,780 It's not important. 360 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:33,900 Don't be shy. 361 00:20:35,150 --> 00:20:36,670 You've piqued my curiosity. 362 00:20:37,850 --> 00:20:40,050 I was a teacher. English, poetry. 363 00:20:40,270 --> 00:20:43,250 She knew the lifelong martyrdom, the weariness, the pain. 364 00:20:46,630 --> 00:20:48,390 And so on and so forth. 365 00:20:50,290 --> 00:20:51,290 Longfellow. 366 00:20:52,310 --> 00:20:54,990 No wonder Jane's infatuated with you. 367 00:20:55,550 --> 00:20:58,530 My first husband, her father, was the poetic type. 368 00:20:59,430 --> 00:21:03,030 All thighs and moony glances. 369 00:21:03,740 --> 00:21:09,980 No time for the basic bedrock of getting and spending that makes the world go 370 00:21:09,980 --> 00:21:10,980 round. 371 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:15,900 She's never forgiven me for divorcing her father. 372 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:18,020 Yes, she mentioned something about it. 373 00:21:18,420 --> 00:21:20,980 She said that you had been rather under a strain. 374 00:21:21,860 --> 00:21:22,860 Did she? 375 00:21:23,120 --> 00:21:24,260 No, Richard. 376 00:21:24,900 --> 00:21:26,060 I wish she'd come down. 377 00:21:27,460 --> 00:21:30,040 Of course, I didn't mean that the way it sounded. 378 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:38,320 It's perfectly natural for her to love her father and take a passing fancy to 379 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:39,320 you. 380 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:43,660 But I need her. 381 00:21:45,500 --> 00:21:47,040 She's growing up too fast. 382 00:21:49,420 --> 00:21:51,160 I respect her true essence. 383 00:21:51,660 --> 00:21:53,160 I couldn't stand that. 384 00:21:55,900 --> 00:21:57,980 Maybe we should change her school. 385 00:21:58,420 --> 00:22:00,020 Or take her out of school altogether. 386 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:01,880 To run wild? 387 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:03,980 Absolutely not. 388 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:07,220 Though a change is possible. 389 00:22:08,100 --> 00:22:09,740 Perhaps your school's too rigid. 390 00:22:10,700 --> 00:22:13,560 What about your school? Are you going back there? 391 00:22:13,860 --> 00:22:14,860 I don't know. 392 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,300 I couldn't say. 393 00:22:18,780 --> 00:22:21,600 Oh, it's going to be a magnificent sunset. 394 00:22:24,100 --> 00:22:27,200 Dinner after the first day of the hunt is always such a feat. 395 00:22:28,300 --> 00:22:32,200 With any luck at all, they'll come across that field absolutely covered in 396 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:33,200 birds. 397 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:38,680 First time I saw them, I was in shock, I can tell you. I thought, what have I 398 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:44,100 married? My husband looking like some kind of savage, all covered in blood and 399 00:22:44,100 --> 00:22:45,100 feathers. 400 00:22:49,220 --> 00:22:50,520 I've got to get out of here. 401 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:53,780 Of course not. You're staying for dinner. I can't. 402 00:22:54,380 --> 00:22:56,540 Please, come with me. 403 00:22:57,050 --> 00:22:58,950 But we've been all through that, Gregory. 404 00:22:59,150 --> 00:23:00,530 We're going to have such fun. 405 00:23:01,550 --> 00:23:03,830 Please, I can't handle this by myself. 406 00:23:58,600 --> 00:23:59,600 Good evening, Brent. 407 00:23:59,920 --> 00:24:00,920 At last. 408 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:04,720 My, don't you two look a sight. 409 00:24:05,180 --> 00:24:07,440 Gregory, come meet the hunters. 410 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:10,600 Jane, where's Gregory? 411 00:24:11,340 --> 00:24:13,760 What's the matter with that man? He was supposed to stay for dinner. 412 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:15,400 It was Chase, Mother. 413 00:24:15,940 --> 00:24:18,940 I should have warned him. Gregory was terrified of dogs. 414 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,940 He told me he was walking with a girl in the country once, and they were 415 00:24:22,940 --> 00:24:24,600 attacked by a pack of wild dogs. 416 00:24:25,360 --> 00:24:27,180 He ran, but she got caught. 417 00:24:28,140 --> 00:24:29,560 The dogs ripped her apart. 418 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:33,520 Gregory loved that girl. No wonder he was upset. 419 00:24:35,120 --> 00:24:36,480 Did you have a good time?