1 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:18,920 HORN HONKS 2 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:04,320 "My darling sister, it isn't going to be at all what we expected. 3 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:11,240 "The house is old and quaint and altogether delightful - 4 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:12,400 "red brick. 5 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:20,240 "The hall itself is practically a room. 6 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,880 "From there you go right or left into dining room or drawing room. 7 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,960 "Straight ahead there are the stairs going up to the first floor - 8 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:33,360 "three bedrooms there, and three attics above. 9 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:37,200 "There's a very big wych-elm in the field behind the house. 10 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,280 "I quite love that tree already... 11 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,080 "..and, of course, more ordinary trees, 12 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:49,120 "flowerbeds, bluebells, forget-me-nots, 13 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:51,840 "peonies, irises and azaleas... 14 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:55,880 "..and a wisteria and clematis which grows all around the house." 15 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,040 "And now for the family themselves..." 16 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:04,280 CLACKING OUTSIDE 17 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:06,960 "This morning I was awakened by a clicketing sound, 18 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:08,440 "coming from the garden..." 19 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:14,080 Oh, blast! 20 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:18,120 "It was Charles, the older son, practising his croquet on the lawn. 21 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:21,880 "I must stress the word 'practising'. 22 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:25,920 "A bit later I heard more clacketing. 23 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:34,160 "At first I thought they were having a game... 24 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:41,680 "..but no, it was Mr Wilcox, practising HIS croquet. 25 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:44,360 "Mr Wilcox prefers three hoops, Charles, one. 26 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:49,440 "After a bit comes Miss Evie Wilcox. 27 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:56,480 "She does exercises on a callisthenics machine 28 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:58,280 "that is hanging from a pergola. 29 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:04,960 "At last comes Mrs Wilcox, 30 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:08,040 "who is a creature of a very different sort... 31 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,440 "..because, for all their croquet and callisthenics, 32 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:19,200 "Mrs Wilcox seems, of all of them, 33 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:22,800 "to belong most completely to Howards End - 34 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:24,080 "and it to her. 35 00:04:26,280 --> 00:04:28,880 "Paul, younger son, arrives this morning." 36 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:30,240 "Much love..." 37 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:31,520 "Modified love to Tibby..." 38 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:32,880 "..and love to Aunt Juley. 39 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,000 "So good of her to come and keep you company..." 40 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,440 "..but what a bore for you. Burn this." 41 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:39,600 "Will write again Thursday. Helen." 42 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:43,480 But what sort of people are these Wilcoxes, Margaret? 43 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:44,680 I don't understand. 44 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:47,880 - I don't know any more than you do. We met them in Germany. - Oh. 45 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:50,120 We had an awful expedition from Heidelberg to Speyer, 46 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:51,440 to see the old cathedral there. 47 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:53,160 We met the Wilcoxes in the public gardens. 48 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,560 They hadn't any German, and we took some drives together. 49 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:57,680 Then they invited us to visit them when we came home. 50 00:04:57,680 --> 00:04:59,680 Then Tibby got hay fever and Helen went on alone. 51 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:01,080 That's really all I can tell you. 52 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:04,000 Oh, you girls have always been so independent. 53 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,600 Isn't that generally reckoned to be a good thing, Aunt Juley? 54 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:07,720 I'm sure I don't know - 55 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:10,480 but I have always thought that the care of your sister and brother 56 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:14,240 too great a burden to place upon a young woman of your tender years. 57 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,440 Your youth has practically been thrown away 58 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:17,920 on your precious independence. 59 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:19,280 Practically! 60 00:05:19,280 --> 00:05:20,920 Yes, Margaret, it has! 61 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:23,120 Who is to say what the result might have proved by now, 62 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:24,560 had your father left you in my care, 63 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:26,960 which I know your dear mother would have wished, and as I... 64 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:29,560 Oh, dear Aunt Juley, let's not go over that again. 65 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,000 Poor Mother left it up to Papa to decide, Papa left it up to me, 66 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,960 and I don't think I have done so badly after all - 67 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:35,480 and I've always valued your advice. 68 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,360 Yes, but you never take it. 69 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,240 Oh, I'm not saying you've done badly by Helen and Tibby, dear. 70 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:43,000 - Just for yourself. - Aunt Juley! 71 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,120 Excuse me, Miss, but Master Tibby's asking for you again. 72 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:47,440 Thank you, Nancy. 73 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:49,840 Annie, I think you can clear away the breakfast things now. 74 00:05:49,840 --> 00:05:50,880 Yes, Miss. 75 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:24,280 "Dearest Meg, I do wish you were here. 76 00:06:24,280 --> 00:06:26,400 "The Wilcoxes continue to fascinate." 77 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:30,400 Ah - Miss Schlegel. This is my brother Paul. 78 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:32,640 Paul, Miss Schlegel is stopping with us for the week. 79 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:34,640 - How do you do? - How do you do? 80 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:39,440 "Paul, younger brother, is quite the handsomest of the lot, 81 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:41,160 "but not a bit conceited, 82 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:44,760 "nor over-serious, like Charles - older brother. 83 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:49,280 "Mr Wilcox runs the Imperial and West African Rubber Company, 84 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:53,160 "and says the most horrid things so nicely. 85 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:55,640 "When I said I believed in equality between the sexes 86 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:59,480 "he gave me such a setting down as I have never had. 87 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,480 "Like all really strong people, he did it without hurting me." 88 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:04,760 My dear Miss Schlegel, there is no equality among men - 89 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:07,440 how can there be equality between men and women? 90 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:09,120 What civilisation has ever existed 91 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:11,360 on terms of perfect equality among its constituents? 92 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:12,800 What household, for that matter? 93 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,960 "Only Paul tried to come to my rescue, 94 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:17,600 "but he was quite overmatched." 95 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:19,640 But then oughtn't your anti-Suffragists 96 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:21,560 object to being ruled by a woman for 63 years? 97 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:23,360 - Bosh. - 64. - No, it was 63. - But why is it bosh? 98 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:26,040 - Because... - All right, then, 63. - And it's no good saying "bosh" 99 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:28,400 - when someone disagrees with you. - You can if it is bosh. 100 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:30,800 It's bosh because the exception proves the rule - 101 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:32,120 and you will search in vain 102 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:35,160 for as violent an enemy of your Suffragists as the late Queen. 103 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,680 But, well, wasn't that hypocrisy in her? 104 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:38,960 Not at all. 105 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:40,400 - Bosh. - THEY LAUGH 106 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:41,760 There was no hypocrisy in it. 107 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,760 It showed her perfect disinterest in the controversy. 108 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:46,440 "In five minutes he took up everything 109 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:49,000 "we were raised to believe in and ripped it entirely to shreds. 110 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,000 "It was lovely." Oh, dear. 111 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:55,000 One sound man of business does more good to the world 112 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,040 than a dozen of your social reformers. 113 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:58,240 Oh! 114 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:00,160 "But I have saved the best part for last." 115 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:01,200 Well, I dread to hear it! 116 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,440 I do suppose the arguments against women's suffrage 117 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:05,480 are frightfully strong, Mrs Wilcox? 118 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:06,640 Are they? 119 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:08,600 I never follow any arguments. 120 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:10,680 I am only too thankful not to have the vote myself. 121 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:13,440 - Would you pour the coffee, please? - Yes, Miss. - Thank you. 122 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:19,440 "And suddenly the discussion was over. 123 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:21,720 "I was never so much surprised in my life! 124 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:26,640 "So you see, Meg, I've got everything upso-down again. 125 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:31,320 "It is not Mr Wilcox who rules at Howards End, but his wife. 126 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:36,280 "She slams no doors, states no facts, and does no callisthenics. 127 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:39,120 "They worship and obey her. 128 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:41,360 "It makes one worship them in turn." 129 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,080 - JULEY: - But why our Helen should be so charmed 130 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:50,360 to find her deepest convictions so easily disaggregated, 131 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:52,720 I simply cannot imagine. 132 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:55,040 I think she's infatuated with the lot of them. 133 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:58,920 THEY LAUGH 134 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:12,520 Off we go! Onwards! 135 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:25,680 They sound to me quite the wrong sort of people for Helen. 136 00:09:25,680 --> 00:09:27,800 Not our sort of people at all. 137 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,600 They are rather a breath of fresh air. 138 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:32,800 Sometimes I feel that we are swathed in cant, 139 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:35,200 and it is good for us to be stripped of it. 140 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:36,520 Stripped of what, dear? 141 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,520 Cant. Argot. Jargon, hypocrisy, sanctimoniousness. 142 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,760 Sometimes I long for someone dominating 143 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:46,760 to tell me that my ideas are sheltered and academic, 144 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:48,040 that equality is... 145 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:50,280 - Bosh. - Socialism? 146 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:51,960 Dangerous bosh. 147 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:53,320 Art and literature... 148 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:54,560 Oh, Margaret...! 149 00:09:54,560 --> 00:09:55,840 Bosh! 150 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:57,560 This is really too much. 151 00:09:57,560 --> 00:10:00,520 Except of course when conducive to strengthening the character. 152 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:02,160 Of course. 153 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:04,560 You have a strong character, Miss Schlegel... 154 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:07,120 Yes, it has been strengthened by art and literature. 155 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:08,680 Aha! You prove my point. 156 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:12,880 You are really the most peculiar girl. 157 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:18,680 "Yes, my darling Meg, 158 00:10:18,680 --> 00:10:22,920 "one by one my Schlegel fetiches have been overthrown. 159 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:26,480 "The Wilcox men see everything with such freshness 160 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:29,200 "and clarity that nothing seems to muddle them." 161 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:31,960 The ruin dates from the eleventh century. 162 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:34,520 We can stop here for half an hour 163 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:36,400 and still be in time for some cricket. 164 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:51,360 But surely, Margaret, dear, 165 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,320 you can find in yourself no answering feeling 166 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:55,880 for that kind of push? 167 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:57,880 No, but I do sometimes think that the real world 168 00:10:57,880 --> 00:10:59,760 has been marching past us for some time now, 169 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:02,360 and there's nothing wrong with Helen joining in the parade 170 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:03,600 for a week or two - 171 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:07,320 if only to ensure that we're not wholly and entirely left behind. 172 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:09,520 Well, I, for one, have never marched in a parade, 173 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:12,520 and I have no wish to do so now. 174 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:14,720 You and Helen may do as you choose, of course. 175 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:16,360 Oh, don't let's worry about Helen! 176 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:18,000 Her head may be easily turned, 177 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,280 but it does go on turning, if you see what I mean. 178 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:24,000 That's why it's got so much more sense in it than most people's. 179 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:25,560 At least...sometimes it does. 180 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:31,040 Miss Schlegel... 181 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:33,000 I... 182 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,360 - Helen... - Yes, do. 183 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:10,120 "Dearest, dearest Meg. I do not know what you will say. 184 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:13,320 "Paul, younger son, and I are in love." 185 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:14,720 Oh, dear. 186 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:19,960 But this is far too sudden, surely. 187 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:22,560 Has the young man made an offer? 188 00:12:22,560 --> 00:12:24,160 She doesn't say. 189 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:26,760 Our Helen is not a girl to be trifled with - 190 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:28,240 and if he has not made an offer... 191 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:31,000 - She doesn't say, Aunt Juley. - What's to be done? 192 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,280 I don't think anything needs doing but I must go down to see her. 193 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:37,480 Margaret, dear. Quite frankly - you won't be offended? 194 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:39,680 I feel you are not up to this business. 195 00:12:39,680 --> 00:12:42,240 This requires an older person. 196 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:44,000 You Schlegels, you are so impetuous. 197 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:48,320 You see far too many people here. Unshaven musicians. Actresses, even. 198 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:49,560 German cousins... 199 00:12:49,560 --> 00:12:52,520 - Oh, Aunt Juley! - Acquaintances picked up at foreign hotels. - Really... 200 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:54,360 Disaster was bound to come. 201 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:57,040 How lucky that I happened to be on the spot when it came. 202 00:12:57,040 --> 00:12:59,400 You would say the wrong thing. To a certainty you would. 203 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:01,080 In your anxiety for Helen's happiness, 204 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:02,960 you would offend the whole of these Wilcoxes 205 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:04,760 by asking one of your impetuous questions. 206 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:05,840 I shall ask no questions. 207 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:07,440 I have it from Helen that she is in love. 208 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:09,680 There is no question to ask, as long as she keeps to that. 209 00:13:09,680 --> 00:13:11,280 A long engagement, if you like, but... 210 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:13,440 - Is there an engagement? - ..I shall make no inquiries. 211 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:15,640 I don't know, Auntie. I presume, if they are in love... 212 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:17,200 Well, in that case, dear, why go down? 213 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,240 Because I love her and I must be near her in this crisis in her life. 214 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:24,200 If only to say brava for finding happiness, and, "Here I am, Helen!" 215 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:26,880 If you can't see that, I can't explain it to you. 216 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:29,760 - But... - Aunt Juley, I must go to Howards End myself. 217 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:31,880 I can never thank you properly for offering. 218 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:34,880 I mean to go down tomorrow, if Tibby is well enough, and that's flat. 219 00:13:40,560 --> 00:13:42,080 HE SNEEZES Oh, dear. 220 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:47,080 I told you I was worse. 221 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:49,480 He does seem a bit feverish. 222 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:51,760 I might stop breathing at any moment. 223 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:53,760 I nearly suffocated in my sleep last night. 224 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:56,200 I really ought to have someone with me all the time 225 00:13:56,200 --> 00:14:00,040 and Meg has promised to read to me from Walter Savage Landor. 226 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:01,640 Oh, really, Tibby. 227 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:05,040 - Helen... - I don't think he's in any grave danger 228 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:07,840 but I do recommend that someone keep an eye on him. 229 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:09,160 There! 230 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:21,200 Now, you will remember not to be drawn into any discussions 231 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:23,320 about an engagement, Aunt Juley? 232 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:24,960 Just give my letter to Helen 233 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:27,440 and say whatever you feel yourself to her 234 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:30,200 but only to her, and do keep clear of the relatives. 235 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:31,560 You may depend on me. 236 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:43,560 TRAIN WHISTLE ECHOES 237 00:14:59,960 --> 00:15:01,920 "All over. Wish I had never written. 238 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:04,200 "Tell no-one. Helen." 239 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:05,440 Oh, crikey. 240 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:12,240 I want a house. Its name is Howards Lodge. 241 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:14,000 Do you know where it is? 242 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:15,040 Mr Wilcox...! 243 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:18,880 - Oh, dear. - The lady's wanting Howards End. 244 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:26,840 Excuse me asking, but are you the younger Mr Wilcox, or the elder? 245 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:29,160 The younger. Can I do anything for you? 246 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:32,120 Oh, well... Really. Are you? 247 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:38,240 My niece isn't with you, by any chance? 248 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:39,520 No, I came over with my father. 249 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:41,760 He has gone on north on your train. 250 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:43,600 You'll see Miss Schlegel at lunch. 251 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:45,480 - You're coming up to lunch, I hope? - Mm! 252 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:53,440 Oh, this is very good of you. Very good indeed. 253 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,560 So, you see, we have just heard from Helen last night. 254 00:15:57,560 --> 00:15:59,280 Oh, yes? 255 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:01,960 So, naturally I am very anxious to talk to you. 256 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:17,840 Mr Wilcox, Margaret has told me everything. 257 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:19,360 I have seen Helen's letter. 258 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:21,560 I beg your pardon. I didn't catch. 259 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:24,440 About Helen. About Helen, of course! 260 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:27,280 I'm afraid I don't quite see what you're getting at. 261 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:30,000 Helen, Mr Wilcox. My niece and you. 262 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,120 Miss Schlegel and myself? 263 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:34,120 I trust there has been no misunderstanding. 264 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:35,640 You are Mr Paul Wilcox? 265 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:37,000 I'm not. 266 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,160 Then why did you say so at the station? 267 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:40,800 I beg your pardon, I said no such thing. 268 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:42,280 My name is Charles. 269 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:43,400 Charles! 270 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:46,640 You don't mean to say my brother Paul and Miss Schlegel... 271 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:48,000 Good God! 272 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,480 Mr Wilcox, my niece... 273 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:51,800 But he's going to Africa. The plans have all been made! 274 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:54,880 Well, perhaps they have, Mr Wilcox, but we are not in Africa now. 275 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:56,160 Has he promised to marry her? 276 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:58,400 Well, I have no such information, Mr Wilcox. 277 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:00,200 - Idiot! The idiot! - Why...?! 278 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:01,640 - GEARS GRIND - Oh! 279 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:06,000 Let me tell you, the thing's impossible and must be stopped. 280 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:07,200 Yes. Yes, it is impossible. 281 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:09,000 Yes, it will be stopped and I shall stop it. 282 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:10,320 I warn you, Paul hasn't a penny. 283 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:12,720 There's no need to warn us. The warning is all the other way. 284 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:14,640 - My niece... - He's to make his way out to Nigeria. 285 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:15,840 ..is an exceptional person. 286 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:18,480 - He couldn't think of marrying for years. - I will not stand idle... 287 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:21,160 - When he does, it must be a woman... - ..while she throws herself away 288 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:23,840 - on people who will not appreciate her. Will you let me finish? - No! 289 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:35,960 All I know is, she's spread the thing, and he hasn't. 290 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:38,920 - He was ashamed to tell us. - Will you please let me out of this motor car? 291 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,120 - He knows he's been a damned fool. - Aunt Juley! - Paul! 292 00:17:41,120 --> 00:17:42,480 Oh, my poor Helen...! 293 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:45,920 - I have just had a telegram from Margaret. - Paul! 294 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:49,200 - I-I meant to stop your coming. It isn't - it's over. - Paul! 295 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:50,560 Over? 296 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:52,800 - Aunt Juley, dear, don't, please...! - Paul! 297 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:55,320 Don't let them know I've been so silly. It wasn't anything. 298 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:56,720 Paul, is there any truth to this? 299 00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:58,520 Don't let them know. They are never to know. 300 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:00,400 - I didn't... - Do bear up, for my sake. - I don't... 301 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:02,880 Yes or no, man. Plain question. Plain answer. 302 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:04,440 Did or didn't Miss Schlegel...? 303 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:05,480 Charles? 304 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:15,840 Miss Schlegel, 305 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:18,680 would you take your aunt up to your room, 306 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:21,360 or to my room, if you think that's best? 307 00:18:21,360 --> 00:18:24,560 Paul, do find Evie, and tell her lunch for six 308 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:27,640 but I'm not sure we shall all be downstairs for it. 309 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:36,040 Mother! 310 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:39,240 Are you aware that Paul has been playing the fool with that girl? 311 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:44,480 It's all right. They have broken off their engagement. 312 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:45,720 Engagement?! 313 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:49,960 - They do not love any longer, if you prefer it put that way. - Hm! 314 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:54,360 Would you please put the car away, and come in for lunch? 315 00:18:57,680 --> 00:18:59,160 Yes, Mother. 316 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:55,160 It was the silliest thing. It was over at once. 317 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:58,400 As soon as I went into the dining room the next morning, 318 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:00,120 I knew it was no good. 319 00:20:00,120 --> 00:20:03,720 There was Evie managing the tea urn - I can't explain - 320 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:06,320 and Mr Wilcox reading The Times, 321 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:10,680 and Charles talking to Paul about stocks and shares, and... 322 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,480 ..he looked so frightened... 323 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:21,280 ..and when I saw all the others so placid, with their newspapers, 324 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:25,400 and Paul mad with terror in case I said the wrong thing... 325 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:27,280 It was awful. 326 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:28,800 Good morning. 327 00:20:30,360 --> 00:20:31,640 Good morning. 328 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:35,040 Oh, Meg, it was too idiotic. 329 00:20:37,360 --> 00:20:42,240 I felt for a moment that the whole Wilcox family was a fraud - 330 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:46,440 just a wall of newspapers and motorcars and golf clubs, 331 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,680 and that if it fell, I should find nothing behind it 332 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:53,920 but panic and emptiness... 333 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:58,480 ..and somehow I saw Mr Wilcox behind the whole miserable affair. 334 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:03,400 Reading his Times, thinking his mercenary thoughts, 335 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:05,480 reclining in his little kingdom 336 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:08,720 with Charles and Evie and Paul his little toy soldiers, 337 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:09,840 and not real people at all, 338 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:13,720 and Mrs Wilcox his only master, and then... 339 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:14,960 Ah, Miss Schlegel, I... 340 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:17,160 If you could just let me... 341 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:20,880 - I'm dreadfully sorry if I... - Oh, please... 342 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:24,960 You see...I leave for Africa in a couple of months. 343 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:26,840 Nigeria, in fact, and... 344 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:30,160 ..I should like you to know that if I were free... 345 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:32,440 ..I should feel obliged to...well... 346 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:35,640 - Please! - It's wrong to lead a girl, 347 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:38,920 - and I was brought up to... - Please don't go on. 348 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:40,200 It was nothing. 349 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:42,640 Paul? Anything wrong? 350 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:52,040 And when I couldn't get to the station to send another telegram... 351 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:56,360 It's been a disgusting business and to think that... 352 00:21:56,360 --> 00:22:00,400 And to think that because you and a young man meet for a moment 353 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:03,480 there must be all these telegrams and anger. 354 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:06,840 Do you think personal relations lead to sloppiness in the end? 355 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:09,080 Oh, Meg, that's what I felt, 356 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,680 only not so clearly, when the Wilcoxes were so...competent, 357 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:15,120 and seemed to have their hands on all the ropes. 358 00:22:15,120 --> 00:22:16,520 You don't feel that way now? 359 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:20,360 I remember Paul at breakfast. 360 00:22:20,360 --> 00:22:22,640 I shall never forget him. 361 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:25,040 He had nothing to fall back upon. 362 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:30,200 Tibby, dear! Are you feeling any better? 363 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:31,720 I suppose so. 364 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:32,880 Hello, Helen. 365 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:34,760 How are all your Wilcoxes, then? 366 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:36,280 Don't tease her, Tibby. 367 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:37,840 I'm sorry. 368 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:39,280 Cheer up, old pal. 369 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:41,600 Someone's bound to marry you one of these days. 370 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:43,640 - No, thanks. - They are. 371 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:45,080 What about me? 372 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:46,600 Am I never to marry, Tibby? 373 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:47,640 Oh, gosh, no. 374 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:49,760 You could. You don't want anyone. 375 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:50,800 Don't I? 376 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:53,240 And soon no-one will want you. 377 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:54,360 Yes, they will! 378 00:22:54,360 --> 00:22:56,040 THEY CHUCKLE But they shan't have her. 379 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:58,040 - Shall they, Tibs? - I shouldn't think so. 380 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:30,080 GENERAL CHATTER 381 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:37,160 Who's that sitting next to Helen? 382 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:38,280 I don't know. 383 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,000 MUSIC: Symphony No. 5 by Beethoven 384 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:33,600 SHE MURMURS APOLOGY 385 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:36,480 I say... 386 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:46,160 - Margaret, is Helen all right? - Oh, yes. 387 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:48,400 She is always running away in the middle of a programme. 388 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:50,080 Excuse me... 389 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:55,920 ..that lady has...quite inadvertently taken my umbrella. 390 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:58,400 Oh, goodness gracious me! I'm so sorry. 391 00:25:58,400 --> 00:25:59,960 Tibby, run after Helen. 392 00:25:59,960 --> 00:26:01,840 I shall miss the Four Serious Songs if I do. 393 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:03,120 It isn't of any consequence. 394 00:26:03,120 --> 00:26:04,280 Of course it is! 395 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:06,680 Tibby, you must go. Tibby! 396 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:11,760 APPLAUSE 397 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:13,160 Well, I can't go now. 398 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:18,480 My sister is so careless. 399 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:20,120 Not at all. 400 00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:22,480 If you gave me your address... 401 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:23,760 Not at all, not at all. 402 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:31,200 That is where we live. 403 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,040 If you preferred, you could call for your umbrella after the concert. 404 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:36,640 Though I don't like to trouble you, when it's been all our fault. 405 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:39,880 - MAN: - 406 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:42,440 Oh, dear, it's the Brahms. 407 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:47,840 408 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:52,720 409 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:57,440 Please, allow me. 410 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:00,400 Oh, that really isn't necessary, thank you. 411 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:04,160 May I carry your programme for you? 412 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:05,880 I'm really quite able... Oh, thank you. 413 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:21,440 It was a fine programme today, was it not? 414 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:24,280 The Beethoven was fine. I don't like the Brahms, though. 415 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:28,800 When my work permits, I attend the gallery for the Royal Opera. 416 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:30,440 Oh? 417 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:32,680 This year I have been three times. 418 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:34,720 To Faust, Tosca, and the Tannhauser. 419 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,080 Mm! 420 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:39,400 But surely you haven't forgotten the sound of the drum 421 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:41,280 steadily beating on the low C, Aunt Juley? 422 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:42,920 No-one could. 423 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:44,720 A specially loud part? 424 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:47,680 No, no - between the scherzo and the finale. 425 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:49,680 Do you think music is so different to pictures? 426 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:51,200 I... 427 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:53,440 - ..should have thought so, sort of. - So should I. 428 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:55,640 Now, my sister declares they're just the same. 429 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:57,040 Do you agree, Mr Bast? 430 00:27:57,040 --> 00:27:59,200 Oh, thank you. 431 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:01,960 We have great arguments over it. She says I'm dense. 432 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:03,880 I say she's sloppy. 433 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:05,400 Now doesn't that seem absurd to you? 434 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:07,800 What's the point of the arts if they're interchangeable? 435 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:10,600 At the moment, I think music is in a very serious state. 436 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,200 - Yes...! - Of course the real villain is Wagner. 437 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:19,760 Well... I do hope you'll stay for tea, Mr Bast. 438 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:21,080 We should be so glad. 439 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:22,880 We've dragged you so far out of your way. 440 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:25,680 Tibby, do you have the latchkey? Of course I've forgotten mine. 441 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:27,400 - Here. - Oh, never mind. 442 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:32,760 Helen! Let us in! 443 00:28:34,360 --> 00:28:35,720 All right! 444 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:37,280 It's all right, Annie. 445 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:41,560 Helen! You've been taking this gentleman's umbrella 446 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:42,880 from the Prince Regent's Hall. 447 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:44,920 He's had the trouble of coming all this way for it. 448 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:46,640 - Taken a what? Oh! - His umbrella. 449 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:48,240 Helen, you must not be so ramshackly. 450 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:50,320 Oh, I'm so sorry! I do nothing but steal umbrellas. 451 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:51,560 I'm so very sorry. 452 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:52,720 Do come in and choose one. 453 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:56,200 Annie, another place for tea, please. 454 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:59,040 Is yours a hooky or a nobbly? 455 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:01,200 Mine's a nobbly. At least I think it is. 456 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:04,840 Tibby, do tell the maids to hurry tea up. 457 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:06,960 What about this one...? 458 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:12,400 No, it's all gone along the seams. It's an appalling umbrella. 459 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:14,520 - It must be mine. - No. It's mine. 460 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:16,720 Thank you. 461 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:18,440 I'm sorry to have put you to the trouble. 462 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:19,560 Oh, but... 463 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:21,040 Goodbye. 464 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:22,760 - But will you stop...? - Thank you. Goodbye. 465 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:25,600 Now, Helen, how stupid you've been! 466 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:26,680 What ever have I done? 467 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:28,720 Well, don't you see, you've frightened him away? 468 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:29,880 I meant him to stop for tea. 469 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:32,840 You oughtn't to talk about stealing or holes in umbrellas. 470 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:36,800 Well, no, it won't do a bit of good now! 471 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:39,800 Oh, do stop! 472 00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:58,600 Well, I dare say it's for the best. 473 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:00,920 We know nothing about the young man, Margaret. 474 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:03,000 He might have stolen something. 475 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,240 Oh, Aunt Juley! How can you? 476 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:07,360 You make me more and more ashamed. 477 00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:09,200 We could have easily let him have the spoons. 478 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:11,360 If you don't drink the tea now it will lose the aroma. 479 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:14,560 Well, I didn't find the young man especially distinguished. 480 00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:17,920 You girls always have the most extraordinary people here. 481 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:19,960 I just cannot account for it. 482 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:22,400 I don't say he was distinguished. That's just it. 483 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:25,360 He said the most ordinary things imaginable about Faust and Tosca, 484 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:29,440 but he was so keen, and he had such nice, kind eyes. 485 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:31,080 Have you got a cigarette, Meg? 486 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:35,920 I suppose he was very good looking. 487 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:37,360 If only his face were not so thin. 488 00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:39,600 Did you notice his right-hand cuff was frayed, 489 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:41,160 and he kept tucking it in? 490 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:43,280 I never notice the way anyone looks or dresses. 491 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:45,720 That's because you are what is called "attractive". 492 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:48,000 If you weren't, you shouldn't notice anything else. 493 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:49,280 At all events, 494 00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:51,920 I do think we might have taken Mr Bast into the dining room. 495 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:53,840 I am really distressed he had no tea. 496 00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:55,880 One more failure for Helen. 497 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:58,560 Aunt Juley, did you really not hear the drum beating on the low C 498 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:01,400 - all the time? - Oh, shut up, Tibby. - Oh, Tibby, don't go on, will you? 499 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:02,960 But it is unmistakable. 500 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:08,840 MUTED CHATTER 501 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:36,000 Good evening, Mr Bast. 502 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:37,520 Good evening, Mr Cunningham. 503 00:31:58,680 --> 00:31:59,760 Hello? 504 00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:23,040 DOOR OPENS 505 00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:25,280 - Hello, Jacky. - Hello, Len. 506 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:27,600 SHE SIGHS 507 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:29,880 You all right? 508 00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:31,080 Yes. 509 00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:32,760 Give us a kiss, darlin'. 510 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:38,920 Did you hear the concert? 511 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:41,880 I did, yes. 512 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:42,960 What was it? 513 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:47,960 Oh - a classical concert. At the Prince Regent's Hall. 514 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:50,160 - What book is it? - It's just... 515 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:03,160 I love you, Lenny. 516 00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:07,160 Jacky... 517 00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:10,080 You mustn't mind if I... 518 00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:14,680 Well, you mustn't mind me. 519 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:16,400 I don't mind you, darlin'. 520 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:23,880 BOOK FALLS 521 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:26,120 Bookmark. 522 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:03,280 Mr Wilcox! 523 00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:07,720 - Miss Schlegel! - But how extraordinary! How do you do? 524 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:08,920 How do you do? 525 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:12,160 I... Yes, very well, thank you - how does Mrs Wilcox do? 526 00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:14,200 Very well, very well. She's just upstairs. 527 00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:15,800 Upstairs? 528 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:18,280 - But... Has... - We've taken a flat here. 529 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:19,440 A flat? Have you really? 530 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:21,600 Yes, we've just moved in! There's Evie, my daughter. 531 00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:24,440 Oh, Evie - I've been longing to meet her. 532 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:25,680 Evie! Ah. 533 00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:27,000 Evie! 534 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:28,080 Ah, well. 535 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:30,920 - But, Mr Wilcox, you know we live just up the road? - Yes, I know. 536 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:32,600 I know - how does your sister do? 537 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:34,240 Helen? Oh, yes, very well. 538 00:34:34,240 --> 00:34:35,880 Please remember me to her. 539 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:37,640 We must pop round once we've settled in. 540 00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:39,560 Evie will be so glad to make your acquaintance. 541 00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:40,640 Oh, yes - you must. 542 00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:43,960 Yes, well. This is jolly. 543 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:45,040 Yes! 544 00:34:45,040 --> 00:34:47,040 Will you excuse me? My wife will be expecting me. 545 00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:48,080 There's so much to do. 546 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:50,280 Yes, of course. Please give her my regards. 547 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:51,640 - Indeed. Good morning. - Hm! 548 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:04,120 But what a dreadful coincidence! Imagine the evenings. 549 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:05,920 You turn on an electric light here or there, 550 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:08,760 and it's almost the same room. 551 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:11,400 One evening they may forget to draw their blinds down, 552 00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:14,520 and you'll see them, and they'll see you... 553 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:17,240 Impossible to water the plants or even to speak! 554 00:35:17,240 --> 00:35:18,840 Does Helen know? 555 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:21,120 They've only just moved in. 556 00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:23,320 But suppose Helen were to meet Paul on the street. 557 00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:24,960 She cannot very well not bow. 558 00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:26,160 Of course she must bow. 559 00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:30,520 We must bow, and pay calls and leave cards - but the other thing is dead. 560 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:32,760 Helen doesn't mind, neither must we. 561 00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:35,320 Oh, if only I had not to go home to Swanage tomorrow, 562 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:37,680 just when you girls are wanting me the most. 563 00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:40,160 What's dead, and what doesn't Helen mind? 564 00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:43,640 Oh, my poor, dear broken-hearted girl. 565 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:45,480 Am I? What's the matter? 566 00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:47,320 It's the Wilcoxes again. 567 00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:49,880 They've taken a flat across the street. 568 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:51,720 Have they? Well, that's... 569 00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:54,520 I... 570 00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:58,680 Oh, Helen! 571 00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:00,640 You don't mind them coming, do you? 572 00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:02,240 Of course she does! 573 00:36:02,240 --> 00:36:03,800 Of course you do! 574 00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:04,920 Of course I don't mind. 575 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:07,440 Only you and Meg are being so grave about it 576 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:09,520 when there's nothing to be grave about at all. 577 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:17,800 Are you all right? 578 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:19,000 I'm fine. 579 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:23,200 JAUNTY MELODY PLAYS ON PIANO 580 00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:29,920 - Bye! - Bye! 581 00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:31,760 - Bye-bye! - Goodbye, Aunt Juley! - Bye! 582 00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:54,240 583 00:36:54,240 --> 00:36:58,160 584 00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:01,560 585 00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:05,000 586 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:08,120 587 00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:11,560 588 00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:14,120 - - Mrs Wilcox has left this. 589 00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:16,080 590 00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:20,200 591 00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:21,720 Oh, bother, the whole family! 592 00:37:23,240 --> 00:37:25,800 Why won't this woman leave us alone? 593 00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:28,160 Mrs Wilcox has called. 594 00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:30,720 Oh! Well, I am going to Germany with Frieda, 595 00:37:30,720 --> 00:37:33,360 so, even if I were still in love with Paul, 596 00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:35,160 I should be perfectly safe. 597 00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:37,200 Fortunately, I am not - 598 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:40,040 but you may be sure I will bob up and down in the street 599 00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:42,800 - like a jack-in-the-box whenever I meet the devils... - Oh, Helen! 600 00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:45,520 ..blushing all the while for acting the fool at Howards End... 601 00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:46,960 Helen, you know I don't think that. 602 00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:48,520 ..managing as best I can all the same, 603 00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:50,960 until the occasion of my next colossal blunder. 604 00:37:52,240 --> 00:37:53,280 All right. 605 00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:03,200 - Auf Wiedersehen! - Auf Wiedersehen! 606 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:07,760 "Dear Mrs Wilcox, 607 00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:09,760 "I have to write something discourteous. 608 00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:12,080 "It would be better if we did not meet. 609 00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:13,320 "As far as I know, 610 00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:16,640 "Helen no longer occupies her thoughts with your son. 611 00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:19,760 "Both my sister and my aunt have given displeasure to your family, 612 00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:22,640 "and it is therefore right that our acquaintance, 613 00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:26,000 "which began so pleasantly in Germany, should end. 614 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:29,480 "Believe me, yours truly, Margaret Schlegel." 615 00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:41,800 "Dear Miss Schlegel, 616 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:44,240 "you should not have written me such a letter. 617 00:38:44,240 --> 00:38:46,680 "I called to tell you that Paul has gone abroad. 618 00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:47,840 "Ruth Wilcox." 619 00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:00,000 TIBBY: I say, Meg? 620 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:01,520 Will you turn the pages for me? 621 00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:40,200 Good morning, Miss Schlegel. 622 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:43,160 Oh, Mrs Wilcox, I have made the baddest blunder. 623 00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:46,720 I am more, more, more ashamed and sorry than I can say. 624 00:39:46,720 --> 00:39:49,800 I knew Paul was going to India in November, but I forgot. 625 00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:53,440 He sailed on the 17th for Nigeria, in Africa. 626 00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:54,880 I knew - I know. 627 00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:57,040 I have been too absurd all through. 628 00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:59,720 I am more sorry than I can say, and I hope you can forgive me. 629 00:39:59,720 --> 00:40:01,680 It doesn't matter, Miss Schlegel. 630 00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:03,640 It is good of you to have come round so promptly. 631 00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:04,880 It does matter! 632 00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:07,760 I have been rude - and my sister is not even at home, 633 00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:10,000 so there's not even that as an excuse. 634 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,320 - Indeed? - She's just gone away to Germany. 635 00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:16,360 She's gone, as well... 636 00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:18,800 I see. 637 00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:21,360 You've been worrying, too! I can see that you have. 638 00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:25,760 I did think it best that they didn't meet again. 639 00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:27,040 Now, why? 640 00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:28,840 That is a most difficult question. 641 00:40:31,040 --> 00:40:32,760 I think you put it best in your letter - 642 00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:35,560 it was just an instinct, which may be wrong. 643 00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:39,840 I am always so anxious to protect Helen 644 00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:42,880 when really it is we that should be protected from her. 645 00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:45,520 I don't mean that she's foolish, or thoughtless, 646 00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:48,560 but her mind goes along so quickly, and she rushes in everywhere. 647 00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:50,440 Rather as I am now. 648 00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:54,280 I've raised her, you see, and her brother, 649 00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:56,920 ever since our father died, when they were still quite young, 650 00:40:56,920 --> 00:41:01,120 and I was quite young myself, as I didn't wholly understand. 651 00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:06,040 Oh, I shouldn't have sent my aunt away on such a commission. 652 00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:09,360 I would have come myself, only Tibby was in bed with hay fever - 653 00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:11,480 but I do hope it's perfectly all right now. 654 00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:15,560 - Yes. - KNOCK AT DOOR 655 00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:17,720 - DOOR OPENS - Yes, I'm sure it is. 656 00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:23,200 I must be going - you'll be getting up. 657 00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:24,880 No, please stop a little longer. 658 00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:28,440 I am taking a day in bed. 659 00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:30,200 Now and then I do. 660 00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:32,320 I thought of you as one of the early risers. 661 00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:33,720 At Howards End, yes. 662 00:41:33,720 --> 00:41:35,880 There's nothing to get up for in London. 663 00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:37,520 Nothing to get up for? 664 00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:41,160 What with all the winter exhibitions and Ysaye playing in the afternoon? 665 00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:42,680 Not to mention people. 666 00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:44,960 The truth is, I'm a little tired. 667 00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:47,840 First came the wedding, and then Paul went off, 668 00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:50,720 and instead of resting yesterday I did a round of calls, 669 00:41:50,720 --> 00:41:53,440 and now my family have gone to Yorkshire for a fortnight - 670 00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:55,280 so you find me quite on my own. 671 00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:56,480 Wedding? 672 00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:58,920 Yes, Charles, my older son, is married. 673 00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:00,440 - Indeed! - Yes. 674 00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:03,000 There's a photograph of Charles and Dolly - 675 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:06,400 that is the name of his wife - in the double frame. 676 00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:07,960 Oh! 677 00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:16,440 She's very pretty. 678 00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:20,600 Her father and Charles belong to the same club 679 00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:22,760 and are both devoted to golf. 680 00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:26,640 Dolly plays golf, too, though I believe not so well. 681 00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:29,040 They first met in a mixed foursome. 682 00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:31,560 Your family are so wonderfully athletic. 683 00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:32,920 Do you play golf, Mrs Wilcox? 684 00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:34,160 Good heavens, no. 685 00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:36,000 But it amuses them. 686 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:38,000 And your husband is away? 687 00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:39,840 All my family are away. 688 00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:43,880 Are you quite sure I'm not interrupting? 689 00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:45,360 Yes. 690 00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:46,680 Quite. 691 00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:52,400 I do hope you'll like Wickham Place, Mrs Wilcox. 692 00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:54,400 I love our little house... 693 00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:57,520 ..though it's not half so glamorous as your lovely flat. 694 00:42:57,520 --> 00:42:59,000 I should like to see it. 695 00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:01,120 I should love to show it you! 696 00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:03,120 It's a lovely old house. 697 00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:05,240 We've lived there all our lives. 698 00:43:05,240 --> 00:43:07,440 Our father came from Germany, you see, 699 00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:09,760 just after the unification, and... 700 00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:16,280 "My dear Mrs Wilcox. 701 00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:18,920 "I wonder if I might tempt you to come to a little luncheon party 702 00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:21,360 "I should like to give in your honour, next Thursday, 703 00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:23,760 "to welcome you to Wickham Place. 704 00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:26,080 "I should so like for you to meet my friends, 705 00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:28,960 "and they are very keen to make your acquaintance. 706 00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:31,600 "So, you see, I do hope you will join us. 707 00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:34,360 "Yours truly, Margaret Schlegel." 708 00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:36,800 - ALL CHATTER - ..C-sharp minor as it passes... 709 00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:39,080 The people at Stettin drop things into boats... 710 00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:41,520 ..affectation to compare the Rhine to music. 711 00:43:41,520 --> 00:43:45,160 - ..more liberty of action... - ..out of overhanging warehouses. 712 00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:46,960 But - but I should like to say something! 713 00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:49,880 Now, don't say the Germans have no taste, or I shall scream. 714 00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:53,520 They haven't, but they take poetry seriously. 715 00:43:53,520 --> 00:43:55,920 The German is always on the lookout for beauty. 716 00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:57,160 My blood boils - 717 00:43:57,160 --> 00:43:59,800 well, I'm half German, so put it down to patriotism - 718 00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:02,840 when I listen to the tasteful contempt of the average islander 719 00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:04,240 for things Teutonic. 720 00:44:04,240 --> 00:44:05,720 What do you think, Mrs Wilcox? 721 00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:08,720 I'm not sure. 722 00:44:08,720 --> 00:44:12,880 I think perhaps I am too old to discuss anything, 723 00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:15,120 with or without humility. 724 00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:17,800 We never discuss anything at Howards End. 725 00:44:17,800 --> 00:44:19,040 THEY LAUGH 726 00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:24,440 And I sometimes think - but I cannot expect your generation to agree... 727 00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:27,960 - No, never mind us. Do say! - Please say! - Do say! 728 00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:33,800 I think Miss Schlegel puts everything splendidly... 729 00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:35,880 ..but I sometimes think it is wiser 730 00:44:35,880 --> 00:44:39,080 to leave action and discussion to men. 731 00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:47,800 What an interesting life you live in London. 732 00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:50,320 No, we don't. We lead the lives of gibbering monkeys. 733 00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:52,520 Don't pretend you enjoyed your lunch, 734 00:44:52,520 --> 00:44:54,760 Mrs Wilcox, for you loathed it! 735 00:44:54,760 --> 00:44:58,240 But forgive me by coming again, alone, or by asking me to you. 736 00:44:58,240 --> 00:44:59,880 I am used to young people, 737 00:44:59,880 --> 00:45:03,080 and I enjoyed my lunch very much, Miss Schlegel, dear - 738 00:45:03,080 --> 00:45:05,480 I'm not pretending! 739 00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:08,240 I hear a great deal of chatter at home, 740 00:45:08,240 --> 00:45:12,200 only with my family it's more sport and politics. 741 00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:15,320 I only wish that I could have joined in more - 742 00:45:15,320 --> 00:45:20,240 but you younger people, you move so quickly that it dazes me. 743 00:45:20,240 --> 00:45:22,840 Oh, Mrs Wilcox, I like you so much! 744 00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:27,080 - Goodbye. - Goodbye. 745 00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:31,000 "Dear Miss Schlegel, 746 00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:34,280 "would you like to join me tomorrow for some Christmas shopping? 747 00:45:34,280 --> 00:45:38,000 "I have needed to take several days in bed and feel behindhand, 748 00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:41,080 "and am anxious to make up for lost time. 749 00:45:41,080 --> 00:45:43,880 "As ever, your friend, Ruth Wilcox." 750 00:45:44,920 --> 00:45:47,800 First of all, we must make a list and tick off people's names. 751 00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:49,200 Do you have any ideas? 752 00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:50,360 I am not a good shopper. 753 00:45:51,560 --> 00:45:53,480 Take my notebook, then, 754 00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:56,520 - and write your own name at the top. - Oh, hooray! 755 00:45:56,520 --> 00:45:58,320 How kind you are to start with me! 756 00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:00,400 But I don't want a Yuletide gift, Mrs Wilcox. 757 00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:02,000 I should like to give you something 758 00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:04,240 worth your acquaintance, Miss Schlegel. 759 00:46:04,240 --> 00:46:07,120 In memory of your kindness to me during my lonely fortnight, 760 00:46:07,120 --> 00:46:08,840 with all my family away. 761 00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:11,120 You have stopped me from brooding. 762 00:46:11,120 --> 00:46:15,120 I am too apt to brood when Mr Wilcox is away. 763 00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:17,120 I suppose it may be reckoned a fault. 764 00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:19,680 To be fond of one's husband? I shouldn't think so. 765 00:46:19,680 --> 00:46:21,520 To be too dependent. 766 00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:23,640 I'm desperately dependent on Helen - 767 00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:26,080 but if I have been of use to you, which I didn't know, 768 00:46:26,080 --> 00:46:28,520 you can't repay me with anything tangible. 769 00:46:28,520 --> 00:46:30,320 But one would like to. 770 00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:34,040 Perhaps I shall think of something as we go about. 771 00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:37,160 I suppose Mr Wilcox is quite independent, himself? 772 00:46:37,160 --> 00:46:38,800 Mr Wilcox? 773 00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:41,640 Well, he has such a strong character. 774 00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:45,640 A very fine nature, really. Has he not? 775 00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:48,280 You are so intellectual. 776 00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:49,480 Am I? 777 00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:50,920 Yes. 778 00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:52,480 I admire you for it. 779 00:46:56,560 --> 00:46:58,920 Well, usually we put the tree in the powder closet, 780 00:46:58,920 --> 00:47:01,800 and draw a curtain when the candles are lighted - it's quite pretty. 781 00:47:01,800 --> 00:47:04,280 I do wish we might have a powder closet in the next house. 782 00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:06,080 Of course, the tree will have to be small, 783 00:47:06,080 --> 00:47:08,320 and the presents don't hang on it. 784 00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:10,920 Then you are leaving Wickham Place? 785 00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:14,280 Yes. Quite soon, when the lease expires. 786 00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:15,440 We must. 787 00:47:17,240 --> 00:47:20,040 But couldn't you get the lease renewed? 788 00:47:20,040 --> 00:47:24,560 No, they mean to pull down Wickham Place and build flats like yours. 789 00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:27,560 I had no idea you had this hanging over you. 790 00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:30,600 Howards End was nearly pulled down once. It would have killed me. 791 00:47:30,600 --> 00:47:32,640 I lived there long before Mr Wilcox knew it. 792 00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:33,680 I was born there. 793 00:47:33,680 --> 00:47:35,840 It must be a very different sort of house to ours. 794 00:47:35,840 --> 00:47:38,600 We are fond of it, but there's nothing distinctive about it. 795 00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:40,240 We shall easily find another. 796 00:47:40,240 --> 00:47:41,800 So you think. 797 00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:46,640 Again, my lack of experience, I suppose! 798 00:47:47,720 --> 00:47:50,840 I wish I could see myself the way you see me. 799 00:47:50,840 --> 00:47:53,600 Wonderfully well read, but incapable of... 800 00:47:54,840 --> 00:47:56,280 SHE LAUGHS 801 00:47:57,760 --> 00:48:01,240 That's not at all how I see you, Miss Schlegel. 802 00:48:01,240 --> 00:48:03,440 Come down with me now to Howards End. 803 00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:04,680 I want you to see it. 804 00:48:04,680 --> 00:48:06,880 Oh, Mrs Wilcox... 805 00:48:06,880 --> 00:48:08,880 Later on, I would love it... 806 00:48:08,880 --> 00:48:11,720 ..but it's hardly the weather for such an expedition. 807 00:48:11,720 --> 00:48:13,960 Might I come again some other day? 808 00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:19,560 We can find a carriage back to Wickham Place. 809 00:48:19,560 --> 00:48:22,120 A thousand thanks for all your help, Miss Schlegel. 810 00:48:22,120 --> 00:48:23,320 Well... 811 00:48:23,320 --> 00:48:24,720 Not at all. 812 00:48:27,720 --> 00:48:29,640 But if I married and moved to Scotland, 813 00:48:29,640 --> 00:48:31,880 would you call my son a Scot or an Englishman? 814 00:48:33,040 --> 00:48:34,760 I haven't the faintest idea. 815 00:48:34,760 --> 00:48:37,120 But it's the same question put a different way. 816 00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:49,960 Now, take a Jew... 817 00:48:49,960 --> 00:48:51,240 I shall go mad. 818 00:49:02,080 --> 00:49:03,200 Mrs Wilcox! 819 00:49:33,120 --> 00:49:34,160 Mrs Wilcox! 820 00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:42,360 Forgive me, I came, I'm so sorry! 821 00:49:42,360 --> 00:49:44,400 Thank you, Miss Schlegel! 822 00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:45,880 I will come if I still may. 823 00:49:45,880 --> 00:49:48,480 Yes - and you are coming to sleep, too, dear. 824 00:49:48,480 --> 00:49:51,280 - Oh, but I haven't got my things... - We have everything you need. 825 00:49:51,280 --> 00:49:53,360 You must see my house in the morning. 826 00:49:53,360 --> 00:49:54,880 These London fogs never stray far. 827 00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:58,040 I dare say they are sitting in the sun in Hertfordshire - 828 00:49:58,040 --> 00:50:00,280 and you will never repent joining them. 829 00:50:00,280 --> 00:50:02,120 I will never repent joining you. 830 00:50:02,120 --> 00:50:04,400 - Mother? Mother! - Evie! 831 00:50:04,400 --> 00:50:06,640 - Father, I say! - Evie, my pet! - Look who's here! 832 00:50:06,640 --> 00:50:08,120 Why aren't you in Yorkshire? 833 00:50:08,120 --> 00:50:10,400 - No - motor smash - the plans were changed. - Why, Ruth! 834 00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:12,800 What in the name of all that's wonderful are you doing here? 835 00:50:12,800 --> 00:50:15,280 Henry, dear! Here's a lovely surprise. 836 00:50:15,280 --> 00:50:16,600 You know Miss Schlegel. 837 00:50:16,600 --> 00:50:19,120 Oh, yes, of course, Miss Schlegel. How do you do? 838 00:50:19,120 --> 00:50:20,600 - How do you do, Mr Wilcox? - Yes! 839 00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:24,320 - Evie. - Miss Schlegel has been so kind to me in your absence, Henry. 840 00:50:24,320 --> 00:50:26,760 Has she? Well, I'm very much indebted to you, Miss Schlegel. 841 00:50:26,760 --> 00:50:28,400 - But how's yourself, Ruth? - Oh, I'm fine. 842 00:50:28,400 --> 00:50:30,400 So are we - so was our car, before Ripon. 843 00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:33,280 This wretched horse and cart with a foolish driver... 844 00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:35,920 Miss Schlegel, our little outing must be another day. 845 00:50:35,920 --> 00:50:37,840 As I was saying, this fool of a driver, 846 00:50:37,840 --> 00:50:39,520 as the policeman himself admits... 847 00:50:39,520 --> 00:50:41,360 Another day, Mrs Wilcox, of course. 848 00:50:41,360 --> 00:50:43,560 As we're insured against third-party risks, 849 00:50:43,560 --> 00:50:44,920 it won't matter so much... 850 00:51:12,360 --> 00:51:16,720 Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust. 851 00:51:16,720 --> 00:51:18,200 I am so dreadfully sorry. 852 00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:21,000 Miss Schlegel, you are very good to come. 853 00:51:23,120 --> 00:51:24,160 The post's come. 854 00:51:24,160 --> 00:51:25,880 Who is Miss Schlegel? 855 00:51:25,880 --> 00:51:27,160 I don't understand. 856 00:51:27,160 --> 00:51:29,880 Your mother cannot have been herself when it was written. 857 00:51:29,880 --> 00:51:32,000 - Bad news? - Oh, it's only a letter reminding us 858 00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:34,440 that the lease has expired and we need to clear out. 859 00:51:34,440 --> 00:51:36,040 You will make it all right, won't you? 860 00:51:36,040 --> 00:51:37,880 Haven't I said so, a dozen times? 861 00:51:37,880 --> 00:51:39,320 That is your card, is it not? 862 00:51:39,320 --> 00:51:40,480 Yes, an old one. 863 00:51:40,480 --> 00:51:41,840 Then will you please oblige me 864 00:51:41,840 --> 00:51:43,680 by explaining how my husband came to have it - 865 00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:45,200 and where he might be at this moment? 866 00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:47,200 I thought I recognised your voices. 867 00:51:47,200 --> 00:51:49,520 Oh, what an age it has been since I last saw you, Mr Wilcox. 868 00:51:49,520 --> 00:51:51,000 Am I never to marry, Tibby? 869 00:51:51,000 --> 00:51:52,640 Oh, gosh, no. 870 00:51:52,640 --> 00:51:54,280 You could. You don't want anyone. 871 00:51:54,280 --> 00:51:55,840 Don't I? 872 00:51:55,840 --> 00:51:58,840 It's from Evie Wilcox, inviting me to lunch at Simpson's tomorrow. 873 00:51:58,840 --> 00:52:01,560 Perhaps it is a ploy to drive you into the arms of her father. 874 00:52:01,560 --> 00:52:03,520 Miss Schlegel - come round my side. 875 00:52:04,840 --> 00:52:06,080 I like Mr Wilcox. 876 00:52:06,080 --> 00:52:07,240 He is in love with you. 877 00:52:07,240 --> 00:52:09,160 Oh, really! Why should he be in love with me? 878 00:52:09,160 --> 00:52:10,280 "Dear Miss Schlegel... 879 00:52:10,280 --> 00:52:12,520 "I have decided to give up the house in Ducie Street..." 880 00:52:12,520 --> 00:52:14,280 "..and to let it out on a yearly tenancy." 881 00:52:14,280 --> 00:52:16,480 He's a beast. He has no human feeling. 882 00:52:16,480 --> 00:52:17,760 He is not a beast. 883 00:52:17,760 --> 00:52:19,120 I thought him rather splendid.