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[GIGGLING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

ISN'T IT EXTRAORDINARY?

WHAT IS IT, ELIZABETH?
CAN'T YOU READ?

DIDN'T YOU HEAR WHAT EMILY
FOUND OUT ABOUT OUR TEACHER?

I THINK
IT'S ROMANTIC.

YOU DO? I DON'T.
NEITHER WILL MY MOTHER

WHEN SHE COMES BACK
FROM EUROPE.

SHE'S "MADEMOISELLE D".

WHO'S "MADEMOISELLE D"?

HURRY UP.
MISS HAINES IS HERE.

THE FRENCH TEACHER'S NAME IS...

NO, SILLY. HER REAL NAME
IS DESPORTES,

BUT OVER THERE, SHE WAS
KNOWN AS "MADEMOISELLE D."

SHH. GIRLS, BE QUIET.

Miss Haines:
JANE VAN BUREN.

MARGARET VAN RENSSELAER.

DID YOU HEAR WHAT
EMILY FOUND OUT ABOUT
OUR NEW TEACHER?

EVERYBODY'S IN,
MISS HAINES.

THANK YOU, REBECCA.
THIS IS REBECCA JAY.

AGNES BREVOORT.

MARY SIMPSON.

MARIANNA VAN HORN.

ROSE STANTON.

CARA PARKER
AND ELIZABETH WARD.

DOR--YOUNG LADIES,

YOU MAY GO
TO YOUR SEATS.

DORA VANDERBILT.

EMILY SCHUYLER.

LOUISE DURAND.
HELEN LEXINGTON...

GIVE ME THE PAPER.
HERE, BE CAREFUL.

DID YOU SEE
THE LOOK I GAVE HER?

I DON'T THINK
SHE'LL LIKE IT HERE.

Miss Haines: YOU MAY SIT
DOWN, YOUNG LADIES.

NOW I WANT TO SAY THAT
IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE

TO INTRODUCE YOU
TO YOUR NEW INSTRUCTRESS
IN FRENCH--

MADEMOISELLE
HENRIETTE DESPORTES.

I'M GLAD TO WELCOME HER
TO OUR SCHOOL,

AND I TRUST YOU'LL HAVE THE GOOD
SENSE TO PROFIT BY HER TEACHING.

YOU MAY TAKE OVER,
MADEMOISELLE.

THANK YOU,
MISS HAINES.

GOOD MORNING,
YOUNG LADIES.

All:
GOOD MORNING, MISS HAINES.

BONJOUR, MESDEMOISELLES.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

Imagine, Emily, being involved
in such a scandal

and teaching
in our very class.

it's about time we had some
excitement in this school.

AND IN YOUR LANGUAGE,
GOOD MORNING, YOUNG LADIES.

I'VE BEEN APPOINTED
YOUR TEACHER.

I HOPE BEFORE THE YEAR END,
I SHALL HAVE DESERVED
TO BECOME YOUR FRIEND.

[WHISPERING]

WELL, SO MUCH FOR THAT.

WILL YOU TURN IN YOUR
LITERATURE BOOKS TO PAGE ONE?

I WILL SELECT AT RANDOM
FROM THE ROLL.

AGNES BREVOORT.

YES, MADEMOISELLE?

WILL YOU START
READING, PLEASE?

[READING IN FRENCH]

Dora, give it
to Emily.

Yes.

Emily.

Please, Emmy,
the paper.

[AGNES CONTINUES READING]

NOW, MARIANNA VAN HORN
WILL TRANSLATE.

MADEMOISELLE VAN HORN,
YOU WILL TRANSLATE, PLEASE.

I--I DON'T KNOW
THE PLACE.

THE TOP OF PAGE ONE.

PERHAPS HELEN LEXINGTON
HAS BEEN PAYING MORE ATTENTION.

I, MADEMOISELLE?

She'd better never jump on me
like that. I'll show her...

Shh...

[TRANSLATION AND WHISPERING
CONTINUE]

"GEORGE. NO, LET US GO
TO THE WOODS

TO HUNT FOR... FRAIS...
FRAISES?"

YOU CALL THEM
STRAWBERRIES.

FRAISES DES BOIS-- THEY'RE THE
LITTLE WILD STRAWBERRIES

THAT GROW
IN THE WOODS.

HOW DID YOU EVER
FIND OUT?

MOTHER'S MAID, CELESTE,
KEPT ALL THE PARIS PAPERS.

I READ THEM.

ARE YOU SURE?
AM I SURE?

SHE'S THE SAME PERSON,
AND I THINK IT'S WICKED.

MADEMOISELLE SCHUYLER.

I BELIEVE THAT IS YOUR NAME,
EMILY SCHUYLER.

YES, MADEMOISELLE.

YOU'VE BEEN DOING
A LOT OF TALKING.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO
ASK A QUESTION?

YES, MADEMOISELLE,
BUT I'M NOT SURE

THAT YOU WILL LIKE
TO ANSWER.

WELL, COME HERE,
WILL YOU?

WAS THERE SOMETHING
YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW?

COULD YOU TELL ME
HOW TO SPELL CONCIERGERIE?

[GIRLS GASP]

I BEG YOUR PARDON?

I'M ASKING YOU
HOW TO SPELL CONCIERGERIE.

I THINK IT'S THE NAME
OF A FRENCH PRISON.

WHY DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?

I MEAN,
THAT PARTICULAR WORD.

WELL, YOU SAID YOURSELF
WE'RE HERE TO LEARN.

YES. OF COURSE.

C...

O...

N...

C...

I...

E...

R...

AND THEN SHOW US
HOW YOU SPELL THE NAME

PRASLIN.

[HORRIFIED GASPS]

AND NOW, IF YOU WILL ALL
EXCUSE ME, PLEASE.

COME IN, PLEASE.

MISS HAINES, I--

YOU?

YES, IT'S I.

I CAME TO WELCOME YOU
TO YOUR NEW HOME.

I'M AFRAID
YOU'VE COME
FOR NOTHING, HENRY.

MISS HAINES, I MUST LEAVE
AT ONCE. PLEASE ACCEPT
MY RESIGNATION.

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
THEY HAVE FOUND OUT.

I WAS FOOLISH TO THINK
THEY WOULDN'T.

WHAT HAVE THEY
FOUND OUT?

I SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU BEFORE I
ACCEPTED THIS POST
DISHONOURABLY.

I LET YOU TAKE ME IN AS
HENRIETTE DESPORTES...

WHEN YOU'RE ALSO
HENRIETTE DELUZY,

THE NOTORIOUS
"MADEMOISELLE D."
IS THAT IT, MY DEAR?

YOU KNEW?

NATURALLY, WHEN MR. FIELD
RECOMMENDED YOU,
HE TOLD ME EVERYTHING.

WE AGREED THAT
OLD SCANDALS

MIGHT BE FORGOTTEN
IN YOUR CASE.

IT WAS YOU, HENRY.

MISS HAINES, WOULD YOU ALLOW ME
TO SPEAK

TO MADEMOISELLE DESPORTES
ALONE, PLEASE?

CERTAINLY, AND I HOPE
WHATEVER YOU DECIDE

WILL BE FOR THE BEST.

IT ISN'T ANY USE,
HENRY.

THOUGH YOU'VE DONE ME
THIS LAST KINDNESS,

EVEN YOU MUST REALIZE
IT IS HOPELESS.

THAT GIRL ASKED ME
HOW TO SPELL CONCIERGERIE.

THAT CHILD.
ALL THAT IS PAST.

NO, IT'S CROSSED THE OCEAN
AND FOLLOWED ME.
IT'S IN THAT SCHOOLROOM NOW

THE WAY THAT GIRL
LOOKED AT ME.

HENRY, I'VE NOTHING LEFT
TO FIGHT WITH ANYMORE.

YES, YOU HAVE.

IF YOU COULD SEE YOURSELF
AS I KNOW YOU CAN BE,
HENRIETTE--

PROUD, LOOKING UP
WITH CLEAR EYES,

ASHAMED OF NOTHING.

IF YOU CAN FACE YOUR
CONSCIENCE, SURELY YOU CAN
FACE THOSE CHILDREN.

DON'T BEG FOR THEIR RESPECT,
DEMAND IT.

IF I ONLY HAD
YOUR COURAGE.

PLEASE.
PLEASE, HENRIETTE.

I SUPPOSE I OWE IT
TO YOU TO TRY.

[LAUGHTER]

MADEMOISELLE DELUZY.
WE'LL TEACH HER A LESSON.

WHY DO THEY CALL HER
"MADEMOISELLE D"?

HER REAL NAME IS
DESPORTES OR DELUZY
OR SOMETHING.

SHH!

HERE SHE IS.

THE REST OF TODAY'S LESSON
WILL BE CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH.

LAY ASIDE YOUR BOOKS FOR
IT IS TO BE ENTIRELY ORAL.

I AM GOING TO TELL YOU
A TRUE STORY.

PERHAPS I AM WRONG IN
TELLING IT TO YOU,

BUT IN A FEW YEARS,

YOU WILL BE WOMEN OF AN AGE
TO LOVE AND SUFFER

AND FACE DIFFICULT PROBLEMS.

IT WILL NOT
HURT YOU TO LEARN

THAT LIFE IS NOT ALWAYS
THE PRETTY PICTURE
WE MIGHT WISH IT TO BE.

IF THERE ARE ANY OF YOU WHO
DO NOT WISH TO HEAR MY STORY,

YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION
TO LEAVE NOW.

VERY WELL, THEN.

ALL I ASK IS THAT YOU GIVE ME
YOUR WHOLE ATTENTION.

FOR MOST OF OUR STORY,
WE WILL BE IN PARIS

IN A LARGE
AND BEAUTIFUL HOUSE--

WHICH IS THE RESIDENCE OF
THE DUC AND DUCHESSE DE PRASLIN.

IT IS OF THE GOVERNESS
IN THIS HOUSEHOLD

WHICH I WILL TELL YOU.

ON A FEBRUARY MORNING
SOME YEARS AGO,

SHE HAD NOT YET ARRIVED
IN PARIS

WHEN SHE WAS SUMMONED
FOR AN INTERVIEW.

IT WAS A PASSENGER
ON A STEAMER

WHICH WAS MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS
THE FOGGY ENGLISH CHANNEL

FROM SOUTHAMPTON
TOWARD LE HAVRE.

IN THE BAG SHE CARRIED
WAS A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION

FROM HER LAST EMPLOYER.

SHE COULD NOT KNOW INTO WHAT
UNEXPECTED ADVENTURE

THE LETTER WOULD CARRY HER.

AND EVEN MORE,
HOW ANOTHER LETTER

WOULD ONE DAY
BRING HER WORLD DOWN IN RUINS.

SHE ONLY KNEW THAT ONE CYCLE
OF HER LIFE WAS PAST

AND ANOTHER BEGINNING.

AND SHE LOOKED TOWARD
THE DISTANT INVISIBLE SHORES

OF HER NATIVE COUNTRY

WITH MINGLED FEELINGS
OF HOPE AND APPREHENSION.

SHE WAS TRAVELING ALONE.

SHE HAD LEARNED LONG SINCE
TO LOOK AFTER HERSELF.

AND IF SHE WAS LONELY,

SHE HOPED THAT NOTHING
IN HER MANNER GAVE IT AWAY.

I BEG YOUR PARDON.

DO YOU MIND
IF I TALK TO YOU?

SINCE WE SEEM TO BE
THE ONLY ONES HARDY ENOUGH
TO BRAVE THE DECK.

I'VE NEVER GONE UP
TO SPEAK TO
A STRANGER BEFORE.

IF I'VE OFFENDED YOU,
IF YOU WANT ME
TO GO AWAY, I WILL.

I SAW YOU FIRST
ON THE DOCK AT SOUTHAMPTON.

HOW SAD THOSE PEOPLE WERE
WHEN THEY SAID GOODBYE TO YOU.

AFTER 5 YEARS, IT'S DIFFICULT
TO PART FROM THOSE YOU HAVE
LEARNED TO LOVE.

I WAS SAD FOR THEM.
I DON'T KNOW WHY.

THAT LITTLE GIRL--
HOW BITTERLY SHE WEPT.

THAT WAS NINA.
I WAS HER GOVERNESS.

WHEN THE GENTLEMAN TOOK YOUR
HAND AND WISHED YOU HAPPINESS,

THE ODDEST FEELING
CAME OVER ME.

YOU WERE A PERFECT
STRANGER TO ME,

AND YET I FOUND MYSELF WISHING
WITH ALL MY HEART

THAT YOU WOULD BE HAPPY.

I SUPPOSE YOU THINK
THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

NATURALLY.

AND YET IT'S TRUE THAT
YOU'RE NOT HAPPY NOW.

IT'S IN YOUR FACE
AND IN YOUR MANNER.

YOU'RE UNHAPPY
AND YOU'RE RESIGNED TO IT.

A PERSON IN MY POSITION
MUST BE CONTENT WITH PICKING UP

A FEW CRUMBS
OF HAPPINESS

FROM OTHER
PEOPLE'S TABLES.

NOW, I'M SURE
YOU'LL EXCUSE ME.

PLEASE DON'T GO.
I KNOW I'VE BEEN
IMPERTINENT AND RUDE,

BUT I PROMISE I WON'T
PROBE ANY FURTHER.

I WILL TALK ABOUT
THE MOST INNOCENT
GENERALITIES.

IN FACT,
I'LL TALK ABOUT MYSELF.

I'M AN AMERICAN.

I RATHER
GUESSED THAT.

FROM MASSACHUSETTS.
MY NAME IS FIELD--
HENRY FIELD.

AND THERE'S A MARTYN
IN THE MIDDLE,

AND A REVEREND
THAT GOES IN FRONT.

YOU ARE A MINISTER?

WELL, I'M NOT EXACTLY
A FULL-FLEDGED MINISTER YET.

THAT IS, I HAVEN'T TAKEN
A REGULAR PASTORATE.
BUT MY FATHER'S A MINISTER.

I PREACHED
MY FIRST SERMON
WHEN I WAS 15

IN ONE OF HIS
CUT-DOWN COATS.

JUST NOW
I'M BROADENING MYSELF
WITH SOME TRAVEL.

I DON'T SUPPOSE
A LITTLE BROADENING
WILL HURT A MINISTER.

I'M SORRY,
BUT WE DOCK SOON.

THE LUGGAGE
IS BEING SORTED
IN THE LOUNGE.

YES. THANK YOU.

IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME--

BUT I DON'T EVEN
KNOW YOUR NAME.
WHERE WILL I FIND YOU?

WELL, I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE
I'LL BE MYSELF.

GOODBYE, MONSIEUR.

YOU'RE NOT THINKING OF
JOINING THIS HOUSEHOLD,
MADEMOISELLE?

I HOPE TO BE
THE NEW GOVERNESS.

HOPE YOU SAY.

YOU'LL NOT
ENTER THIS HOUSE

OF YOUR OWN
FREE WILL.

YOU FIND THAT AMUSING?

YES. QUITE AMUSING.

YOU SEE, YOUNG LADY.
I'M OLD PIERRE,
THE HANDYMAN.

I NOT ONLY SWEEP
THE COURTYARD,

BUT I WASH
THE WINDOWS,

I SEE
A GOOD DEAL.

I CAN TELL YOU THINGS.
I CERTAINLY CAN.

I AM EXPECTED.

FOLLOW ME,
MADEMOISELLE.

Woman: EVERYONE IN THIS HOUSE
KNOWS THE PLEASURE

YOU TAKE IN
HUMILIATING ME.

Man: I HAVE NO WISH TO
HUMILIATE YOU, FRANCES.

Frances:
ISN'T EVERY DAY OF MY
LIFE A HUMILIATION?

THEO, I'M YOUR WIFE.
WE'RE BOTH YOUNG AND
YET WE LIVE--

FRANCES!
IN THE NAME
OF YOUR PRIDE.

Frances: COME IN.

MADEMOISELLE
HENRIETTE DESPORTES.

YES?

MADAME LA DUCHESSE.

I TRUST I'M NOT
TOO EARLY.

REALLY?
WHAT TIME IS IT?

YOU ASKED ME
FOR 11:00, MADAME.

BUT IF I AM
INCONVENIENCING YOU--

PLEASE MAKE YOURSELF
COMFORTABLE, MADEMOISELLE.

THANK YOU,
MONSIEUR LE DUC.

ALLOW ME.

THANK YOU.

PLEASE ALLOW ME
TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE

FOR THE COMPLIMENT
YOU'VE PAID

IN SUMMONING ME
TO DISCUSS YOUR
CHILDREN'S EDUCATION.

I SENT YOU MY LETTER
OF REFERENCE YESTERDAY.

I HOPE YOU FOUND IT
SATISFACTORY.

THE REFERENCE?
YES, QUITE SO.

AS I REMEMBER,
IT WAS EXCELLENT.

THERE MUST OF COURSE
BE MUCH MORE

YOU'D WISH
TO KNOW ABOUT ME.

I FOR MY PART WISH TO KNOW
MORE ABOUT THE CHILDREN

BEFORE I COULD ASSUME
SUCH A RESPONSIBILITY.

THE REQUIREMENTS
ARE ABOUT THE SAME

AS YOUR LAST POSITION,
MADEMOISELLE DESPORTES.

WE WANT A GOVERNESS
TO TAKE FULL CHARGE

OF THE CHILDREN'S
EDUCATION,

TO SUPERVISE THEIR MUSIC,
DRAWING, AND BEHAVIOR.

I'M AFRAID THEY WILL BE
QUITE A HANDFUL.
WE HAVE 3 GIRLS.

THEY MIGHT BE
A LITTLE DIFFICULT.

YOU SEE, THEY ARE
FROM 8 TO 13.

I UNDERSTAND, MONSIEUR.

THEN THERE IS A BOY,

WHO WAS BORN...

SOME YEARS LATER--

RAYNALD, WHO IS
NOT QUITE 4.

HE IS A BRIGHT
LITTLE FELLOW,

BUT HIS HEALTH--

RAYNALD IS SENSITIVE
LIKE ME.

FOR YEARS BEFORE HE WAS BORN,
I WAS MADE UNHAPPY AND ILL.

HE'LL ALWAYS
BEAR THE MARKS
OF MY SUFFERING.

FRANCES, PLEASE.

I THINK WE CAN BRING
THIS INTERVIEW TO A CLOSE,
MADEMOISELLE DESPORTES

IN VIEW OF YOUR
EXCELLENT REFERENCE,

A TRIAL OF THE POST
IS YOURS,
IF YOU WOULD LIKE IT.

BEFORE YOU COMMIT
YOURSELF, MONSIEUR,

I WAS EXPECTED
TO PROVIDE A LETTER
OF GUARANTEE

FROM MY GRANDFATHER,
MY ONLY
LIVING RELATIVE.

I'M SORRY.
HE HAS REFUSED IT.

ISN'T THAT
RATHER STRANGE?

YOUR OWN GRANDFATHER?

AND FURTHERMORE--

THIS IS
VERY AWKWARD--

IF I COME HERE,
I'LL HAVE TO
ASK YOU TO CALL ME

BY SOME OTHER NAME
THAN DESPORTES.

AM I TO UNDERSTAND THAT
YOUR NAME IS NOT DESPORTES?

MY GRANDFATHER,
THE BARON DESPORTES,

RECEIVED HIS TITLE
FROM NAPOLEON.

SO NATURALLY
HE IS OPPOSED TO MY
ASSOCIATING MYSELF

IN A HOUSEHOLD
OF SUCH
PROMINENT FRIENDS

OF THE PRESENT KING.

I MUST SAY, THIS IS
THIS IS AN AWKWARD SITUATION,
MADEMOISELLE...UH...

DELUZY.

I CHOSE
THAT NAME TO KEEP
MY INITIALS INTACT.

SO, THIS IS
WHAT HAPPENS

WHEN YOU WANT
TO MAKE A CHANGE, THEO.

WOULD YOU TAKE SOMEONE IN
TO TEACH DISLOYALTY
TO OUR CHILDREN?

I GIVE YOU MY WORD,
MADAME.

I WOULD NOT ALLOW
MY POLITICAL BELIEFS

TO AFFECT MY TEACHINGS
OF YOUR CHILDREN.

BUT IF, IF THESE THINGS
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
IN YOUR FEELING,

I WILL, OF COURSE,
UNDERSTAND.

THAT MUST BE
THE CHILDREN.

I ASKED
MADEMOISELLE MAILLARD
TO BRING THEM TO MEET YOU.

DOES THAT SEEM NECESSARY
NOW, THEO?

Raynald:
GOOD MORNING, PAPA.

GOOD MORNING, PAPA.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE DINNER
WITH US LAST NIGHT.

I KNOW.

CHILDREN. CHILDREN!
NOT SO MUCH NOISE.

YOUR POOR
MOTHER'S NERVES
WILL BE SHATTERED.

MADEMOISELLE MAILLARD?

YES, MONSIEUR?

THIS IS
MADEMOISELLE DELUZY.

VERY PLEASED.

HOW DO YOU DO?

I DO HOPE
YOU'RE BETTER TODAY.

COME, CHILDREN.
MAKE YOUR CURTSIES.

THIS LONG-LEGGED COLT
IS ISABELLE, THE ELDEST.

MADEMOISELLE ISABELLE,
YOU ARE ALREADY A YOUNG LADY.

AND MY LITTLE
LOUISE.

MADEMOISELLE LOUISE--
WHAT LOVELY HAIR FOR CURLING.

MAY I CURL MY HAIR?
MADEMOISELLE MAILLARD--

CHILDREN,
YOU HAVEN'T SAID
GOOD MORNING TO YOUR MOTHER.

GOOD MORNING,
MOTHER.

GOOD MORNING.

WHERE'S BERTHE?

HERE I AM,
MADEMOISELLE.

GOOD HEAVENS, CHILD,
DON'T SPILL MAMA'S INK.

I'M NOT SPILLING.
I'M DRAWING.

GIVE THAT TO ME.
HOW MANY TIMES
HAVE I TOLD YOU

NOT TO TOUCH THE THINGS
ON MAMA'S DESK?

SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CHILD.

A LITTLE HEADSTRONG,
BUT VERY LOVABLE

IF ONE CAN
WIN HER OVER.

RAYNALD? RAYNALD,
COME AWAY FROM THERE AT ONCE.

YOU BAD, BAD BOY
TO PICK MAMA'S FLOWERS.

JUST FOR THAT,
YOU'LL STAY HOME
FROM THE GUIGNOL TONIGHT,

AND FOR SUPPER, NO BABA--
NOT ONE SPOONFUL.

WHATEVER MADE YOU
DO A THING LIKE THAT?

FOR MADEMOISELLE
TO PUT ON HER DRESS.

THAT WAS KIND, RAYNALD,
A VERY KIND THOUGHT,

BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE ASKED
MAMA'S PERMISSION FIRST.

PERHAPS IF
YOU ASK HER NOW,

SHE'LL LET YOU
GIVE IT TO ME.

BUT I PICKED IT
FOR THE NEW MADEMOISELLE

BECAUSE SHE HAS PINK
RIBBONS IN HER BONNET.

MADEMOISELLE MAILLARD,
IN HEAVEN'S NAME LET HIM
GIVE IT TO HER,

AND TAKE THEM ALL OUT OF HERE.

AS YOU WISH,
MADAME.
COME, RAYNALD.

THANK YOU, RAYNALD.

BUT SINCE IT'S
YOUR MOTHER'S FLOWER,

WOULDN'T IT BE NICER
IF YOU GAVE IT TO HER?

SEE HOW PRETTY IT
WILL LOOK IN HER DRESS.

I'LL PRETEND
I'M WEARING IT HERE
WHEN I GO OUT.

ALRIGHT, RAYNALD?

YES, MADEMOISELLE.

HERE, MAMA.
IT'S FOR YOU.

THANK YOU, RAYNALD.

Theo: ALRIGHT,
CHILDREN, BACK TO
THE SCHOOLROOM.

MADEMOISELLE
MAILLARD,

ISABELLE, LOUISE, BERTHE,
ALL OF YOU--
I'LL SEE YOU AT LUNCHTIME.

DON'T FORGET TO COME.

YOU PROMISED TO GO
RIDING WITH US.

WELL, MADEMOISELLE DELUZY,
ONE NEVER KNOWS

HOW A NEW PERSON WILL
FIT INTO A HOUSEHOLD,

BUT I LIKE YOUR WAY
WITH CHILDREN.
THEY SEEM TO LIKE YOU.

WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE
FOR YOU TO REPORT
IN THE MORNING?

IT IS VERY KIND
OF YOU, MONSIEUR,

BUT I FEEL
I COULD NOT COME AT ALL

WITHOUT MADAME'S APPROVAL
AS WELL AS YOURS.

WELL, IT REALLY DOESN'T CONCERN
ME ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

MONSIEUR HAS TAKEN OVER
THE CHILDREN'S EDUCATION.

HE KNOWS I WAS THOROUGHLY
SATISFIED
WITH MADEMOISELLE MAILLARD

SINCE SHE'S PROVED
HER LOYALTY AND AFFECTION.

I HOPE YOU WON'T MIND
IF SHE STAYS ON WITH ME
AS MY PERSONAL ATTENDANT.

UNTIL TOMORROW,
THEN, MADEMOISELLE,

AND I HOPE YOU WILL
STAY WITH US
FOR A LONG TIME.

THANK YOU, MONSIEUR.

MADEMOISELLE DELUZY.

YES, MADAME?

HOW OLD ARE YOU?

25, MADAME.

SO YOUNG?

THIS WAY,
MADEMOISELLE.

DON'T TROUBLE, MONSIEUR.
I'LL FIND MY WAY OUT.

GOOD DAY, MADAME.
GOOD DAY.

MONSIEUR.

DON'T LEAVE ME, THEO.
OH, HOW ANGRY
YOU ARE WITH ME.

I'M LATE AT THE PALACE, FRANCES.

WE MUST TALK.
I NEVER SEE YOU.

THE KING EXPECTS ME.

DOES EVEN
THE TOUCH OF MY HANDS
FILL YOU WITH AVERSION?

IT MUST BE AVERSION,
SINCE YOU AVOID ME,

NEVER WILLINGLY GIVE ME
A MOMENT'S THOUGHT
OR ATTENTION.

I HAVE NO WISH TO AVOID YOU.

I WOULD TALK TO YOU
BY THE HOUR

IF WE COULD DO SO
WITH CALMNESS AND SANITY,

BUT IT ALWAYS ENDS THE SAME.

WAIT, THEO! WAIT!

OH, HOW CRUEL
YOU ARE, MY DARLING.

TAKE THE CHILDREN. TAKE THEM.
I CARE NOTHING ABOUT THEM,

ABOUT ANYONE
BUT YOU.

THEO, IF I PROMISE
NEVER AGAIN TO TORMENT
YOU WITH MY ANGER OR MISTRUST--

YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

THEO!

THEO!

THEO, COME BACK,
PLEASE!

THEO, COME BACK,
I BEG YOU!

I HATE YOU.

I LOATHE YOU!
YOU'RE WICKED,
WICKED, WICKED!

OH, FATHER GALLARD.

HAVE PATIENCE,
MY CHILD.

"AND ONE DAY,
WHEN THE LITTLE PRINCESS

"WAS WALKING
IN THE ROYAL GARDENS,

"SHE NOTICED
A LOVELY PINK ROSE

"WHICH SHE COULD NOT REMEMBER
HAVING SEEN BEFORE.

"AS SHE LEANED
TO SMELL ITS FRAGRANCE,

"IT SUDDENLY DISSOLVED
INTO THIN AIR,

"AND THERE, IN ITS PLACE,
STOOD THE FAIRY GODMOTHER.

"AND THE FAIRY GODMOTHER
SPOKE TO THE PRINCESS AND SAID,

"MY CHILD,
YOU HAVE BEEN KIND AND GOOD.

"AND I HAVE COME
TO REWARD YOU.

"NOW I HAVE ONLY ONE GIFT
TO BESTOW UPON YOU,

"SO MARK MY WORDS WELL,

"FOR ONCE
YOUR CHOICE IS MADE,

"IT CANNOT BE CHANGED.

"IT IS WITHIN MY POWER

"TO GIVE YOU HAPPINESS
WHILE YOU ARE YOUNG

"OR HAPPINESS
WHEN YOU ARE OLD.

"WHICH SHALL IT BE?

"THE PRINCESS PONDERED
IN DEEP THOUGHT.

"IT IS A HARD CHOICE,
DEAR GODMOTHER,

"BUT IF I SPEND MY SHARE OF
HAPPINESS WHILE I AM YOUNG,

"THEN I SHALL HAVE NOTHING
LEFT TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

"SO LET ME HAVE MY HAPPINESS
WHEN I AM OLD,

"AND MAY HEAVEN
SEND ME PATIENCE.

"THE GODMOTHER
THEN EMBRACED HER.

"YOU HAVE MADE
A WISE CHOICE,

"AND YOU WILL NOT
REGRET IT, DEAR.

GO NOW WITH MY BLESSING."

DO YOU AGREE SHE MADE
THE RIGHT CHOICE?

PAPA!
PAPA!

COME, COME, NOW. I ASKED
YOU A QUESTION.

LOUISE, WAS
THE PRINCESS RIGHT

TO WAIT UNTIL SHE WAS OLD
TO GET HER HAPPINESS?

NO. I THINK
SHE WAS FOOLISH
TO WAIT SO LONG.

COULDN'T
SHE HAVE A LITTLE
WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG

AND A LITTLE
WHEN SHE WAS OLD?

BERTHE SHOWS EARLY SIGNS
OF DIPLOMACY.

BUT IT'S NOT SO EASY AS ALL
THAT, IS IT, MADEMOISELLE?

NO, IT IS NOT
SO EASY AS THAT, MONSIEUR.

HAPPINESS ISN'T
A LITTLE CAKE WE CAN CUT UP

TO FIT OUR APPETITE.

DOESN'T MADEMOISELLE
READ BEAUTIFULLY, PAPA?

SHE DOESN'T READ
LIKE A MADEMOISELLE
AT ALL. DOES SHE?

THE GREAT RACHEL HERSELF
COULD NOT READ BETTER.

PAPA--RACHEL! WILL YOU
TAKE ME TO SEE HER

ON THE STAGE SOMEDAY?

YOU'D LIKE TO SEE RACHEL,
WOULDN'T YOU, MADEMOISELLE?

I WOULD, VERY MUCH.
I NEVER HAVE.

BUT I'M AFRAID
THIS ISN'T ANY TIME--

OH, PLEASE, PAPA.

PERHAPS. NOW, I SHOULD NOT
BE INTERRUPTING.

IT'S TIME FOR LESSONS AGAIN,
ISN'T IT, MADEMOISELLE?

IT CERTAINLY IS.
THE GIRLS HAVE
THEIR HISTORY,

AND RAYNALD
IS ABOUT TO RETIRE
INTO A CORNER

WITH THE ALPHABET
AND HIS SNIFFLES.

WHAT'S THIS?
SNIFFLES?

HOW DID YOU
GET THE SNIFFLES?

RAYNALD DIDN'T INVITE
THEM, PAPA.
THEY JUST CAME.

SEND THEM AWAY,
THEN--

THE SAME WAY
MADEMOISELLE
IS ABOUT TO SEND ME.

DON'T GO, PAPA.
MADEMOISELLE
DOESN'T MIND.

WHY DON'T YOU STAY
AS YOU OFTEN DO?

UNFORTUNATELY THE HOUSE OF
PEERS IS MEETING THIS AFTERNOON.

AND YOUR FATHER
HAS TO MAKE A SPEECH

ABOUT THE ADVANTAGES
OF A TREATY WITH TURKEY.

A SPEECH?
LET TURKEY WAIT, PAPA.

MAY WE COME
AND HEAR YOU?

IF I MAKE A GOOD SPEECH,
MADEMOISELLE WILL ALLOW ME

TO COME ALONG ON YOUR WALK
IN THE PARK.

WHAT IS IT, PIERRE?

THE CARRIAGE
IS READY,
MONSIEUR.

OH, YES. MADEMOISELLE,
I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU.

YES, MONSIEUR.
ISABELLE,
TAKE CARE OF RAYNALD, WILL YOU?

LOUISE, BERTHE,
GET OUT YOUR BOOKS.

Girls: YES, MADEMOISELLE.

COME,
RAYNALD.

YES, MONSIEUR?

TELL ME--
PLEASE.

ABOUT HIS SNIFFLES--

IS IT A COLD,
DO YOU THINK?

IT IS TOO EARLY TO SAY.

HE'LL BE ALRIGHT I THINK.
I'LL KEEP HIM IN TODAY.

GOOD. MADEMOISELLE--
YES, MONSIEUR?

THERE'S SOMETHING
I WANTED TO TELL YOU
FOR A LONG TIME.

IF I HAVE FALLEN SHORT
IN ANY WAY MONSIEUR--

YOU KNOW, WE HAD ALMOST
FORGOTTEN WHAT PEACE WAS
UNTIL YOU CAME HERE.

I CAN'T TELL YOU
HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO ME.

BUT, REALLY, MONSIEUR,
THEY'RE SUCH
GOOD CHILDREN.

HOW FOOLISH
MY FEARS SEEM NOW.

FEARS, MONSIEUR?

ABOUT YOU, BECAUSE
YOU WERE A STRANGER.

FROM NOW ON,
MY ONLY FEAR WILL BE

THAT SOMEDAY YOU'LL TAKE IT
INTO YOUR HEAD TO LEAVE US.

I WOULD NOT BE
SO FOOLISH AS THAT.

FOR AS LONG AS THE CHILDREN
NEED ME AND YOU WISH ME TO STAY.

THANK YOU,
MADEMOISELLE.

♪ KING HENRY OF LANCASTER'S
ROSE WAS SO RED ♪

♪ THE WHITE ROSE OF YORK
CAME TO REIGN IN ITS STEAD ♪

♪ WHEN HENRY RETURNED,
DUKE OF YORK WAS DISMISSED ♪

♪ THE WAR OF THE ROSES
BEGAN TO... ♪

BERTHE MY DARLING, THE SONG
IS TO LEARN HISTORY TO,

NOT TO DANCE TO.

YES, MADEMOISELLE.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO.

I'M VERY SORRY.

AND, LOUISE,
YOU ARE OLD ENOUGH
TO KNOW BETTER.

BUT, MADEMOISELLE,
IT'S SO HARD TO REMEMBER

THINGS THAT HAPPENED
SO LONG AGO

AND WAY OVER IN ENGLAND,
NOT FRANCE.

WHEN I TAUGHT AN ENGLISH GIRL
FRENCH HISTORY,
SHE SAID THE SAME THING.

THE WAR OF THE ROSES
IS VERY SIMPLE IF YOU
JUST LEARN THE SONG.

THE KING'S COAT OF ARMS
HAD THE RED ROSE OF LANCASTER
FOR AN EMBLEM

AND THE QUEEN'S,
THE WHITE ROSE OF YORK.

I KNOW.JUST LIKE
MAMA AND PAPA.

SHE HAD A CREST OF HER OWN
BEFORE SHE MARRIED HIM,
ONLY HIS WAS BETTER.

MAMA HAD
THE MOST MONEY.

NOT WHEN
THEY WERE MARRIED.

SHE HAS NOW--AT LEAST,
GRANDFATHER SEBASTIANI HAS.

HE EVEN OWNS THIS HOUSE.

HE LETS US LIVE
HERE BECAUSE PAPA
MARRIED MAMA.

THAT'S TRUE, MADEMOISELLE.
I'LL BET IT MAKES PAPA
SIMPLY FURIOUS--

NOW, NOW, LOUISE.
SOME OTHER TIME.
WE MUST FINISH OUR SONG.

BERTHE, MY DARLING,
COME HERE.

THERE.

♪ KING HENRY THE SIXTH,
LOCKED AWAY IN THE TOWER ♪

♪ WHEN EDWARD'S DEFEAT
PUT THE SEVENTH IN POWER-- ♪

[DOOR OPENS]

I APOLOGIZE FOR INTRUDING
ON YOUR DOMAIN,
MADEMOISELLE DELUZY.

MADAME, ON THE CONTRARY.
WE WISH YOU WOULD
VISIT US MORE OFTEN.

I'M ONLY HERE NOW BECAUSE I WAS
SURE I WOULD
FIND MONSIEUR HERE.

HE SPENDS
SO MUCH TIME LATELY
WITH THE CHILDREN.

HE LEFT, MOTHER.

HE'S GONE TO MAKE A SPEECH.
ABOUT TURKEY!

I SEE HE LETS HIS PLANS
BE KNOWN IN THE SCHOOLROOM.

WILL IT PLEASE YOU TO JOIN US
IN OUR HISTORY LESSON?

NO. NOT AT ALL.
I'D PLANNED ON TAKING
A DRIVE WITH MONSIEUR.

I'M NOT GOING OUT ALONE
FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE.

DRESS RAYNALD. I'LL BE WAITING
IN THE CARRIAGE.

I'M SORRY, MADAME.
RAYNALD CAN'T GO OUT
THIS AFTERNOON.

WHAT DID YOU SAY?

HE HAS COUGHED
ONCE OR TWICE.
IT MAY BE A COLD.

DO I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU
FORBID ME TO TAKE RAYNALD,
MADEMOISELLE DELUZY?

NO, MADAME, BUT IT IS
SUCH A RAW AFTERNOON,
AND MONSIEUR HIMSELF--

IS IT AMONG THE NUMEROUS
AUTHORITIES CONFERRED
ON YOU BY MONSIEUR,

THAT YOU DICTATE TO ME
CONCERNING MY OWN CHILDREN?

NOT AT ALL, MADAME.
IF I SPOKE HASTILY,

IT WAS OUT OF CONCERN
FOR RAYNALD.

SINCERELY I MEANT NO OFFENCE.

IF YOU'D CHOOSE
ONE OF THE OTHER CHILDREN--

MADEMOISELLE
MAILLARD.

YES, MADAME?

DRESS RAYNALD
AT ONCE.

I WILL DRESS RAYNALD,
MADAME.

BUT, MADEMOISELLE, WAIT.

YOU'RE TAKING PAPA'S PLACE.

WHEN A LADY GOES OUT,
SHE NEEDS A GENTLEMAN
TO ACCOMPANY HER.

NO, RAYNALD.
THE OTHER SEAT.
YOU'LL SPOIL MY DRESS.

NO, MAMA,
PLEASE.

PARDON ME, MADAME, RAYNALD
TELLS ME IT MAKES HIM ILL
TO RIDE BACKWARDS.

CHILDISH NONSENSE.
GO ON, ALBERT.

IT'S A WISE CHICKEN
THAT RUNS TO COVER

AT THE FIRST CLAP
OF THUNDER.

DON'T YOU THINK SO,
MADEMOISELLE?

SHE MADE ME RIDE
BACKWARDS ALL THE WAY.

AND WHEN I GOT SICK,
SHE SCOLDED ME.

YES, CHERIE, I KNOW.

BUT IT'S NOT WORTH CRYING ABOUT.
SUCH A LITTLE THING
ISN'T WORTH TEARS.

WHAT IS THIS I HEAR
FROM MADAME ABOUT RAYNALD?

SHE MADE ME
RIDE BACKWARDS, PAPA.

HE IS SUFFERING
A SLIGHT CHILL.

YES, I KNOW. YOU
TOLD ME YOURSELF
THIS MORNING.

YES, MONSIEUR. WOULD'VE BEEN
BETTER HAD HE NOT GONE OUT.

CERTAINLY. WHY DID
YOU ALLOW IT?

I DID SUGGEST THAT--

NEXT TIME,
YOU WILL PLEASE DO
MORE THAN SUGGEST.

WHEN HIS OWN MOTHER SAYS--

I'VE MADE YOU
RESPONSIBLE
FOR MY CHILDREN.

THERE IS TO BE
NO QUESTIONING
YOUR AUTHORITY.

YOU PLACED ME IN A VERY
DIFFICULT POSITION,

YOU MUST KNOW HOW SUCH AUTHORITY
WOULD BE RESENTED.

Raynald: PAPA.

PAPA, ARE YOU ANGRY
WITH MADEMOISELLE?

NO.

NO, RAYNALD.

I'M NOT ANGRY
WITH MADEMOISELLE.

I'M VERY SORRY.

I UNDERSTAND, MONSIEUR.
I KNOW WHAT THE CHILDREN
MEAN TO YOU.

PARDON ME.

I'VE SPOKEN
TO THE DUCHESS.

I THINK SHE UNDERSTANDS
WHAT I'VE JUST TOLD YOU.

YOU SEE, WE MUST REALIZE THAT
SHE'S SOMETIMES VERY IMPULSIVE.

HER AFFECTIONS RUN AWAY
WITH HER JUDGMENT.

I APPRECIATE
YOUR CONFIDENCE,
MONSIEUR.

AND RAYNALD IS SUCH
A STRONG LITTLE
FELLOW,

HE WILL BE QUITE
HIMSELF BY TOMORROW.
WON'T YOU, DARLING?

I'LL BE BETTER
TOMORROW, MADEMOISELLE.

THIS HURTS, RAYNALD,
I KNOW, BUT JUST ONCE MORE.

MADEMOISELLE.
MADEMOISELLE.

I'M HERE,
DARLING.

[COUGHS]

THERE. WE'RE ALL
FINISHED.

THAT WASN'T
SO BAD, WAS IT NOW?

POOR LITTLE FELLOW.

THE TREATMENT FOR
DIPHTHERIA IS ALWAYS
PAINFUL, MONSIEUR.

MADEMOISELLE, I WANT
THE COMPRESS RIGHT BACK.

YES, DOCTOR.

THE THROAT
IS BADLY INFLAMED.

WE CAN ONLY HOPE
TO CHECK IT
FROM SPREADING.

HE MUST BE KEPT AS QUIET AND
CALM AS POSSIBLE. WHAT ABOUT
THE OTHER CHILDREN?

THEY'RE LEAVING FOR
THEIR GRANDFATHER'S
HOUSE IN CORSICA.

GOOD. I'LL BE BACK
THIS EVENING.

REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD YOU
ABOUT THE WINDOWS.

OH, YES, YES.
OF COURSE, DOCTOR.

GOODBYE.GOODBYE.

MADEMOISELLE,
IT HURTS MY NECK.

THERE WE ARE.

SEE, REYNALD. NOW YOU'RE WEARING
A STOCK LIKE PAPA'S.

AND HERE IS
SOME CHOCOLATE.

NO, NO.
I DON'T WANT IT.

ALRIGHT, MAXINE,
YOU MAY GO.

BE PATIENT, DARLING.
YOU'LL FEEL BETTER
IN A LITTLE WHILE.

IF YOU WOULD BRING RAYNALD
HIS MIRROR, MONSIEUR,

HE COULD SEE FOR HIMSELF
HOW GROWN-UP HE LOOKS.

HE'LL BE GETTING
A TALL HAT AND A CANE
BEFORE WE KNOW IT.

THANK YOU, MONSIEUR.

THERE.

SHOW PAPA HOW NICE
YOU CAN SMILE
WHEN YOU WANT TO.

YOU SEE, MONSIEUR.

YOU CAN'T SAY RAYNALD
ISN'T A BRAVE LITTLE MAN.

AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE OUR DEJEUNER ON A TRAY

JUST LIKE YOUR
MOTHER HAS HERS.

NO. NO. IT HURTS
MY NECK.

WELL, LET'S FORGET ABOUT
THE CHOCOLATE, THEN.
HERE'S A TANGERINE.

AS I PEEL IT,
YOU MUST GUESS HOW MANY
PIECES THERE ARE.

DO YOU KNOW
HOW MANY?

NO, BUT WE'LL SOON SEE.

NOW, COME ON.

LET'S COUNT.

Both: 1...

2...

3...

IT'S NOT MY PLACE
TO SUGGEST, MONSIEUR

BUT MIGHTN'T IT BE BETTER
IF I STAYED WITH RAYNALD

AND LET SOMEONE ELSE
TAKE THE GIRLS AWAY?

10, 11, 12.

NOW, LET'S TRY
THIS ONE FIRST.

IT'S NICE AND COOL.
JUST LET THE JUICE
RUN DOWN YOUR THROAT.

I THOUGHT
I COULD GET SOMEONE

FROM ONE OF
THE HOSPITALS.

THERE, THAT DIDN'T HURT
VERY MUCH, DID IT?

NOT VERY MUCH.

NOW HERE'S ANOTHER.

I'M SURE I COULD FOLLOW
THE DOCTOR'S TREATMENT.

THAT'S VERY KIND
OF YOU, MADEMOISELLE.

I'LL SEND THE GIRLS
AWAY WITH MAXINE, THEN.

MY HEAD HURTS,
MADEMOISELLE.

WILL IT FALL OFF
LIKE BERTHE'S DOLL

THAT GOT LEFT
IN THE RAIN

AND ALL THE SAWDUST
SPREAD OUT?

NO. WE'LL HOLD IT
ON TIGHT.

BESIDES, YOUR HEAD ISN'T
FILLED WITH SAWDUST.

IT'S FULL OF GOOD SENSE
AND BRAVERY.

WILL I DIE AND HAVE TO TAKE
NASTY MEDICINE?

WHAT AN IDEA!

YOU'LL HAVE
TO TAKE MEDICINE

TO MAKE YOU BETTER,

BUT WE DON'T
THINK ABOUT DYING.

BUT MY WHITE
RABBIT DIED,

AND I LOVED IT
BETTER THAN

THE BROWN ONE
THAT DIDN'T.

HUSH, MY DARLING.

YOU'RE GOING TO SLEEP NOW.

YES, MADEMOISELLE.

♪ SLEEP, MY DARLING ♪

♪ MY PRECIOUS BABY ♪

♪ TILL THE SUN
DOTH BID YOU ARISE ♪

IT SEEMS A SHAME
TO SHUT OUT THE AIR
AND THE SUNLIGHT,

ESPECIALLY WITH
THE WARM SPRING COMING.

YES, IT DOES SEEM A SHAME,

BUT THE DOCTOR SAYS THAT--

YES. I KNOW, MONSIEUR.

♪ THE ANGELS ABOVE ♪

♪ WATCH O'ER YOU
WITH LOVE ♪

♪ SLEEP, MY BABY ♪

♪ MY PRECIOUS DARLING ♪

MADEMOISELLE.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW
HOW GRATEFUL I AM
FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

WHEN MADAME UNDERSTANDS,

I'M SURE SHE WILL
BE GRATEFUL, TOO.

I'LL BE BACK
IN A LITTLE WHILE.

♪ SLEEP, MY DARLING ♪

♪ MY PRECIOUS BABY ♪

[MAN PRAYING IN LATIN]

[PRAYING CONTINUES]

HE IS TOO LITTLE
TO BE FRIGHTENED.

MONSIEUR,
MADEMOISELLE DELUZY.

DR. LOUIS.

YES, MADAME.
SHOULDN'T I GO IN?

NO, MADAME. I THINK
IT'D BE WISE NOT TO.
I'M AFRAID YOU MIGHT UPSET HIM.

I? UPSET HIM?

THERE'S GREAT DANGER
OF INFECTION.

BELIEVE ME, I'M ONLY SPEAKING
FOR YOUR GOOD.

HOW DARE YOU?

ISN'T A MOTHER'S PLACE
BY HER HUSBAND AND HER CHILD?

THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO.
YOU MUST THINK
OF YOUR OWN HEALTH.

WHY SHOULD
I CONSIDER MYSELF?
NO ONE ELSE DOES.

EITHER MY WISHES OR MY
HEALTH OR ANYTHING ABOUT ME.

MY, DEAR, YOUR WELFARE IS MOST
IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US.

FATHER--
IF YOU'LL GO TO YOUR ROOM.
I'LL SEE YOU LATER.

MY ROOM? I SUPPOSE
THAT'S WHERE

THEY'D LIKE ME
TO STAY.

WATCH HIM. KEEP HIM QUIET
AND WELL-COVERED.

THAT'S ALL ANYONE
CAN DO NOW.

I EXPECT THE ULTIMATE CHANGE FOR
BETTER OR WORSE BEFORE NIGHT.

WE CAN ONLY HOPE HIS STRENGTH
WILL CARRY HIM
THROUGH THE CRISIS.

YES, MONSIEUR.
BELIEVE ME, IT WILL.

BUT HE HAS NO STRENGTH.

HE'S ALWAYS BEEN FRAIL...

WITH A FRAILNESS
THAT IS A REPROACH TO ME.

WHY DO YOU SAY THAT?

DO YOU REMEMBER
THAT FIRST DAY YOU CAME?

I SPOKE OF 3 CHILDREN,

AND THEN OF ONE WHO WAS
BORN SEVERAL YEARS LATER.

YES.

DOES THAT NOT TELL YOU
ALL THERE IS TO KNOW?

HE'S A SYMBOL
OF COLD EMBERS

WHICH SHOULD NEVER
HAVE BEEN REVIVED,
EVEN FOR--

MONSIEUR, PLEASE.

I'D RATHER
YOU DIDN'T.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

THEO?
OH. FATHER GALLARD.

I HOPED IT
MIGHT BE THEO.

I'VE COME TO BRING YOU
WHAT COMFORT I CAN.

WHAT COMFORT CAN
THERE BE FOR ME

IN A HOUSE WHERE
I'M PUSHED ASIDE
LIKE DIRT?

OH, FATHER. I DON'T KNOW
HOW MUCH LONGER
I CAN ENDURE THIS AGONY.

HAVE PATIENCE, MY CHILD.

HUMILIATE YOUR SOUL
AND ENDURE WITH CALM
THE DELAYS OF GOD.

THE DAYS I SPEND
ALONE, THINKING
ONLY OF HIM.

THE NIGHTS, I WEEP.

MY TEARS MIX
WITH INK AS I WRITE
HIM LETTERS--

LETTERS WITH ONLY
THE BAREST HOPE

THAT HE'LL SO MUCH
AS READ THEM.

I STAND OUTSIDE
OF HIS DOORWAY

NOT DARING TO ENTER
FOR FEAR HE'LL REPROACH ME.

GOLD AND SILVER ARE
PURIFIED BY FIRE,

BUT THOSE WHO GOD
RECEIVES AS HIS

ARE PROVED BY
HUMILIATION AND SORROW.

YOU'RE MY FATHER CONFESSOR,
AND IN YOU I TRULY CONFIDE.

WE'RE STILL YOUNG,
THEO AND I,

YET FOR 3 YEARS
WE'VE LIVED--

OH, FATHER, IS IT A SIN FOR ME
TO LOVE A MAN SO MUCH?

MARRIAGE IS SANCTIFIED
IN THE FULLNESS OF THE CLAIMS

BETWEEN MAN
AND WOMAN.

THEN TELL HIM HE'S WICKED. THAT
HE SINS. ONLY I AM REPULSED.

EVEN THE GOVERNESS COMES
AND GOES WHERE SHE CHOOSES.

IT MAYBE THE NECESSITIES
OF RAYNALD'S ILLNESS--

NO. SHE'S NOT REPULSED.

SHE RECEIVES HIM EVEN IN HIS
DRESSING GOWN IN HER ROOM--
OR SHE'S IN HIS.

I'LL NOT HAVE MY PLACE IN THIS
HOUSE USURPED BY THAT WOMAN--

THAT SERVANT!

DAY AND NIGHT,
AT ANY HOUR.
THOSE TWO.

THEY'RE ALWAYS TOGETHER.

DON'T BE TOO
DESPAIRING, MONSIEUR.

THE CRISIS MUST
COME SOMETIME.

ONLY I WISH--

Mademoiselle.

YES, DARLING?

It's too dark
in here.

May I see
the garden?

THE DOCTOR THINKS
NOT YET, DARLING.
PERHAPS TOMORROW.

WHAT IS IT HE WANTS SO MUCH?

HE COMPLAINS
OF THE DARK
AND THE CLOSENESS.

YES. IT IS STIFLING.

HE WON'T BELIEVE ME WHEN
I TELL HIM HOW GREEN
THE GARDEN HAS GROWN,

THAT THE ALMOND TREE
IS REALLY IN BLOOM.

HE BEGS TO LOOK OUT.
IF I HAD MY WAY,
I'D LET HIM.

PLEASE.

PLEASE. THE GARDEN, PAPA.

SICK OR WELL, WE'RE NOT MEANT
TO SUFFOCATE IN THIS WORLD.

JUST ONE TIME?
PLEASE?

IT'S A MILD DAY,

AND SUCH A LITTLE
THING TO ASK.

IT WILL GIVE HIM A
NEW INTEREST IN LIFE
TO SEE THE GARDEN.

AFTER ALL, SUN AND AIR
ARE GOOD FOR EVERY LIVING THING.

I DON'T KNOW WHY
I SHOULD HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE

IN YOUR WORD
THAN THE DOCTOR'S,

YET I DO.

THANK YOU, MONSIEUR.

THERE WE ARE.
PAPA WILL CARRY YOU.

ALRIGHT, MY BOY.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE
A LOOK AT THE GARDEN.

SEE, RAYNALD?
THE ALMOND TREE
BREATHES IN THE SUNSHINE

AND THE WARM SPRING AIR,

AND EVERY DAY GROWS MORE
STRONG AND BEAUTIFUL.

AND THAT IS HOW
YOU MUST GROW--

STRONG AND BEAUTIFUL.

THEO!

ARE YOU MAD? DO YOU WANT
TO KILL HIM, MADEMOISELLE?

THEO, LET ME GO.
YOU'RE HURTING ME!

THEN DO GO.

IF HE DIES TONIGHT,
IT'LL BE
YOUR PUNISHMENT.

GOD WILL VISIT HIS REVENGE
ON THIS HOUSE.

COME, DARLING.

WE WILL LOOK AT THE ALMOND
TREE AGAIN TOMORROW,

IF YOU WILL PROMISE TO TRY
TO GET WELL AS HARD AS YOU CAN.

MADEMOISELLE, LOOK!
YOU SEE? I CAN RUN FASTER
THAN PAPA NOW.

OF COURSE YOU
CAN, DARLING.

ISN'T IT WONDERFUL,
MADEMOISELLE?

YES, IT IS WONDERFUL.

LET'S NOT HAVE TOO MUCH RUNNING
FOR THE FIRST DAY.

HE'S COMPLETELY
OUT OF HAND.

ISN'T HE,
THOUGH?

MADEMOISELLE,
WHY DON'T YOU COME DOWN?

Servant:
MAY I COME IN,
MADEMOISELLE?

YES.
THIS IS FROM MADAME.

MADAME, I HOPE
I HAVE NOT COME

AT AN INOPPORTUNE MOMENT.

I COULD NOT WAIT ANY
LONGER TO SAY MY THANKS

FOR YOUR CHARMING GIFT.

THE BROOCH? OH, YES.

SMALL SOUVENIR. I'M GLAD
IF IT PLEASES YOU.

MADAME, I WOULD APPRECIATE
VERY MUCH A FEW WORDS
WITH YOU ALONE.

OH, REALLY?
WELL, I'M QUITE BUSY NOW.

THE DUKE AND I
ARE GOING AWAY TOGETHER
THIS AFTERNOON.

I HOPE THE OTHER CHILDREN
ARE WELL AND HAPPY.

YES. WE'RE GOING TO CORSICA
TO JOIN THEM.

THE DUC AND I.

I PROMISE I'LL
NOT KEEP YOU LONG.

IS THAT HIS VOICE?

YES. HE'S PLAYING
WITH RAYNALD.

MADEMOISELLE MAILLARD.
YES, MADAME.

ASK HIM TO COME HERE.
YES, MADAME.

YOU KNOW, THE POOR MAN CAN
HARDLY WAIT TO GET AWAY--

FROM EVERYTHING.

MADAME, I HAVE FELT
FOR A LONG TIME

THE NEED OF COMING TO
A CLOSER UNDERSTANDING WITH YOU.

YOUR KIND MESSAGE AND THIS
EXPRESSION OF YOUR GOODWILL

MADE ME FEEL THIS
WAS THE RIGHT MOMENT.

REALLY, MADEMOISELLE DELUZY

I'VE NEVER FELT THE NEED
FOR ANY CONVERSATION
WITH YOU.

IT IS JUST THAT
I WISH HARMONY
BETWEEN US ABOVE ALL THINGS.

AND EVEN DURING
RAYNALD'S ILLNESS,

I COULDN'T HELP BUT
FEEL SOME RESENTMENT,
SOME DISAPPROVAL.

MADEMOISELLE, SINCE BY SOME
MIRACLE RAYNALD HAS SURVIVED,

AND ACCORDING
TO YOUR NOTIONS

YOU'VE TENDED
HIM FAITHFULLY,

LET US SAY
NO MORE ABOUT IT.

MADAME, EVEN THOUGH
THE CHILDREN ARE UNDER
MONSIEUR'S CHARGE,

I WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH
TO FOLLOW YOUR WISHES, TOO.

THEN I SHALL REPEAT
WHAT ANY WOMAN
HAS A RIGHT TO EXPECT--

THAT SHE COME FIRST
IN HER OWN HOUSE
WITH HER OWN CHILDREN...

AND WITH HER HUSBAND.

TRULY, MADAME,
NO OTHER THOUGHT HAS
EVER BEEN IN MY MIND.

IF I HAVE OVERSTEPPED
MY POSITION,

IT HAS BEEN
UNINTENTIONAL,

AND, I ASSURE YOU,
I'LL BE MORE CAREFUL
IN THE FUTURE.

FUTURE?

OH. YES.

WHO KNOWS?

MADEMOISELLE?

YES, MY LITTLE
SLEEPYHEAD?

I WISH WE DIDN'T HAVE
TO GO SOUTH NEXT WEEK.

I WISH PAPA
WOULD COME HERE.

I MISS PAPA.
DON'T YOU, MADEMOISELLE?

YES, RAYNALD.

I MISS PAPA
AND MAMA, TOO.

I DON'T--VERY MUCH.

WHAT A THOUGHTLESS
THING TO SAY!

MAMA LOVES YOU VERY MUCH.

DIDN'T SHE SEND YOU
A BOX OF TOY SOLDIERS
ONLY YESTERDAY?

SHE MAKES ME
RIDE BACKWARDS.

SUCH A LITTLE THING.

YOU DON'T MAKE ME
RIDE BACKWARDS,

BUT I THINK I COULD
IF YOU ASKED ME TO.

I THINK I COULD
RIGHT NOW.

DARLING, I WISH YOU
WOULDN'T EVEN TRY.

BUT I WANT
TO SHOW YOU.

IT REALLY ISN'T NECESSARY.
HENRIETTE KNOWS
YOU LOVE HER.

I WON'T GET SICK.
I WON'T GET SICK.
I WON'T. I WON'T. I WON'T.

PIERRE, I'M RIDING
BACKWARDS!

WHAT DO YOU
THINK OF THAT?

WHO HAS
ARRIVED HOME?

THAT'S FOR ME TO KNOW
AND YOU TO FIND OUT.

I DIDN'T GET SICK.

MADEMOISELLE!
MADEMOISELLE, WE CAME HOME.

LOUISE!

PAPA!

PAPA!

WELL, WELL.
HOW IS MY LITTLE BOY?

I RODE BACKWARDS.

YOU DID?
HOW WONDERFUL.

MADEMOISELLE.
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?

DON'T YOU
NOTICE ANYTHING?

WELL, WHATEVER--
LOOK AT ME.

WHAT HAPPENED?
MY TOOTH.

IT ACHED AND ACHED.

PAPA SAID HE'D BRING ME
HOME TO THE DENTIST.

MAMA SAID TO GO
TO ONE THERE

BUT PAPA TRUSTS NOBODY
BUT DR. DUPONT.

I DID IT
FOR MADEMOISELLE

ALL THE WAY HOME
FROM THE PARK.

RAYNALD LOOKS SPLENDID.

LISTEN, IF I'M VERY BRAVE
AT THE DENTIST,

PAPA HAS PROMISED
A SURPRISE.

WE PLANNED IT ON THE TRAIN AND
YOU'LL NEVER GUESS.

I DIDN'T GET SICK ONE BIT.
DID I, MADEMOISELLE?

WE'LL WEAR
OUR BEST CLOTHES,
SIT IN A BOX,

AND NOT GO TO BED
UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

NOW CAN'T YOU GUESS?

I REMEMBERED
YOU'D NEVER SEEN RACHEL.

DID I, MADEMOISELLE?

OH, BUT HOW KIND.

MADEMOISELLE, WHY DON'T
YOU TELL PAPA I DIDN'T?

Louise:
IT WAS PAPA'S IDEA.

SHE PLAYS
TOMORROW NIGHT.

IT'S THE VERY LAST TIME
SHE APPEARS AS PHEDRE.

AFTER THAT, SHE'S
GOING BACK TO ENGLAND,

WHERE YOU CAME FROM.

Raynald:
DID I, MADEMOISELLE?

[ORCHESTRA PLAYING]

LOOK. I DIDN'T KNOW
THE DUKE DE PRASLIN WAS IN TOWN.

FLOWERS,
MADEMOISELLE.

ISN'T IT PERFECT
TO BE OUT

WITH A HANDSOME
MAN WHO BUYS
US FLOWERS?

HERE IS A PROGRAM,
MADEMOISELLE.

THANK YOU,
MONSIEUR.

I WONDER WHO SHE IS.

A FRIEND OF
THE DUCHESS, PERHAPS?

I HEAR THEY HAVE
A MOST ATTRACTIVE
GOVERNESS.

IF THEY HAVE,
AND THEY SEEM TO HAVE,
SHE IS MOST ATTRACTIVE.

I MEAN, AS A GOVERNESS.

I'M SO EXCITED,
I CAN HARDLY
READ MY PROGRAM.

AREN'T YOU GLAD
I MADE YOU WEAR
YOUR NEW DRESS?

SHE DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE A GOVERNESS
AT ALL, DOES SHE?

NOT AT ALL.

I WONDER WHAT BROUGHT
THE DUKE BACK TO PARIS
SO SUDDENLY.

I HEARD THE DUCHESS
WAS IN CORSICA ALONE...
WITH HER FATHER.

YES? HOW VERY
CONVENIENT.

PAPA!
MADEMOISELLE!

LOOK! ISN'T
THAT THE KING?

[ROYAL FANFARE]

LOOK, MADEMOISELLE.
HE'S GREETING US.

DO SIT DOWN.

I THINK I'M
GOING TO DIE
RIGHT HERE.

IMAGINE. MY FIRST VISIT
TO THE THEATER.

THE KING BOWS
TO ME, AND LOOK,

EVERYONE IS
STARING AT US.

LOUISE, THE CURTAIN'S
ABOUT TO GO UP.

WHY THE MUSIC,
MADEMOISELLE?

I THOUGHT THEY
ONLY PLAYED MUSIC
IN THE OPERA.

IT'S A MUSICAL PROLOGUE.
QUIET, DARLING. PLEASE.

Louise:
YES, MADEMOISELLE.

[PLAYING
FAST-PACED SONG]

OH, I BEG
YOUR PARDON.

WHAT IS IT?

NOTHING, MONSIEUR.
NOTHING.

I JUST WONDERED
ABOUT THE NOISE.

SORRY TO DISTURB
YOU, MONSIEUR.

GOODNIGHT.

DON'T STOP, PAPA.
I LOVE TO DANCE
WITH YOU.

IT'S QUITE LATE.
I'D BETTER SAY
GOODNIGHT.

OH, PAPA!

IT'S LONG PAST
MIDNIGHT, LOUISE.

MUST WE STOP?
IT'S BEEN SO WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU, PAPA.

THANK YOU,
DEAR MADEMOISELLE.

NOW I'M SORRY I THREW
AWAY MY VIOLETS.

BUT I WAS SO EXCITED,
AND THE OTHERS
THREW THEIRS.

EVEN YOU, MADEMOISELLE.
YOU THREW YOURS.

BUT I WISH I'D KEPT THEM
TO REMEMBER TONIGHT.

MAY YOUR GENTLEMAN
OFFER HIS FLOWERS

AS A SUBSTITUTE?

YOU'RE SO NICE, PAPA.
THANK YOU.

GOODNIGHT, DEAR.
GOODNIGHT, PAPA.

MAY I THANK YOU,
MONSIEUR?

I ENJOYED IT SO MUCH.

I'M GLAD YOU DID.

AS FOR MYSELF,
I PREFER COMEDY.

IT'S A SIGN OF
AGING, THEY SAY,
BUT I CAN'T HELP IT.

THERE'S TRAGEDY
ENOUGH IN THE WORLD.

WE SHOULDN'T HAVE
TO BUY OUR TEARS.

GOODNIGHT,
MADEMOISELLE.

GOODNIGHT,
MONSIEUR.

Louise:
MADEMOISELLE.
MADEMOISELLE.

YES, LOUISE?

DO YOU KNOW WHAT?
I WAS JUST THINKING.

I'M GOING TO GIVE
YOU THE FLOWER.

OH, NO, DEAR.
YES, MADEMOISELLE.

WE NEVER HAD
SUCH A GOOD TIME
BEFORE YOU CAME.

WE NEVER HAD
ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

EVEN PAPA WAS NEVER SO GAY.
YES. YOU TAKE THE FLOWER,
MADEMOISELLE.

PAPA GAVE IT TO YOU,
AND YOU SHOULD KEEP IT.

BELIEVE ME,
MADEMOISELLE--

ALRIGHT. SUPPOSE WE'LL
KEEP IT 'TIL MORNING

AND PRESS IT
IN A LARGE BOOK.

OH, I'LL PUT IT
IN MY DIARY
UNDER JUNE 11, 1846.

WHY, DARLING?

BECAUSE
THAT'S TODAY.

YOU KNOW WHAT
I'LL WRITE UNDER IT?

"THIS WAS
THE HAPPIEST DAY
OF MY LIFE."

YOU'RE SO EXCITED.
WOULDN'T YOU LIKE
ME TO SIT WITH?

NO, THANK YOU.

SOMEHOW OR OTHER,
I'D RATHER BE ALONE.

GOODNIGHT,
DEAR MADEMOISELLE.

GOODNIGHT, LOUISE.

MADEMOISELLE?

YES, LOUISE?

I JUST WANTED
TO TELL YOU

I LOVE YOU ALMOST
AS MUCH AS PAPA.

AND I LOVE YOU, TOO,
VERY MUCH, DARLING.

SLEEP WELL.

I WILL.

WE EXPECTED TO STAY
UNTIL SEPTEMBER,

BUT SUDDENLY MAMA SAID
WE WERE COMING HOME
THAT VERY DAY.

SHE SEEMED UPSET.

SHE'D GET ANGRY,
THEN CRY,

THEN GRANDFATHER
SEBASTIANI WOULD
PAT HER HAND.

OH, I'M GLAD
TO SEE YOU.

ME, TOO,
MADEMOISELLE.

I'VE MISSED YOU
BOTH VERY MUCH.

WHY DID GRANDFATHER
SEBASTIANI COME
BACK WITH US?

HOW WOULD I KNOW,
ISABELLE?

THERE'S SOMETHING
VERY FUNNY ABOUT IT

BECAUSE HE HASN'T
BEEN HERE FOR YEARS.

ON THE TRAIN, WHENEVER
HE AND MAMA WERE TALKING

AND ONE OF US CAME UP,
THEY'D SAY, "SHH!"

AND TALK
ABOUT THE SCENERY.

MADEMOISELLE DELUZY.
YES?

THE MARECHAL SEBASTIANI
IS WAITING TO SEE YOU
IN HIS APARTMENT.

WHY DOES GRANDFATHER
WANTS TO SEE YOU?

I'LL TELL YOU
AFTER I KNOW MYSELF.

KEEP YOURSELVES BUSY
WHILE I AM GONE.

IT'S ALMOST
BEDTIME, YOU KNOW.

I WONDER WHY HE
WANTS TO SEE HER.

YOU THINK
SOMETHING'S WRONG?

THERE MUST BE,

OR GRANDFATHER
WOULDN'T HAVE
SENT FOR HER.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

COME IN.

MADAME LA DUCHESSE.

HOPE YOU HAD
A PLEASANT JOURNEY.

I DID.
THANK YOU.

FATHER GALLARD.

MADEMOISELLE DELUZY,
I AM THE MARECHAL
SEBASTIANI.

I'M PLEASED TO MEET YOU.

I'VE HEARD SO MUCH
OF THEIR GRANDFATHER
FROM THE CHILDREN.

I HAVE ENJOYED
THE SAME SORT OF
ACQUAINTANCE WITH YOU.

I COULD HAVE HOPED
THAT OUR FIRST MEETING
MIGHT HAVE OCCURRED

UNDER PLEASANTER
CIRCUMSTANCES.

OH, FATHER,
LET'S GET THIS OVER WITH.

MADEMOISELLE DELUZY,

HAS THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
COME TO YOUR ATTENTION?

WE ARE WAITING FOR
YOUR EXPLANATION.

ONE EVENING, AS GOVERNESS,
I ACCOMPANIED
LOUISE AND HER FATHER

TO DINNER AND THE THEATER.

DOES THAT REQUIRE
AN EXPLANATION?

DO YOU REALIZE
WHAT THIS MEANS?

SOME PEOPLE WRITE TRASH,
AND OTHERS READ IT.

EVER SINCE YOU CAME,
YOU'VE MADE AN EFFORT
TO STEAL EVERYTHING I LOVE.

BUT YOU DARED PLAN
THIS LAST INSULT--

YOU FLAUNTED YOUR INFLUENCE
OVER MY HUSBAND

FOR THE KING
AND ALL OF PARIS TO SEE.

LET ME SPEAK
FOR MYSELF.

I RESENT THIS SLANDER
AS MUCH OR MORE THAN YOU.

DO YOU REALIZE
WHAT THIS IMPLIES?

'TIS ALL TOO CLEAR.

THEN YOU ADMIT IT.

I ADMIT NOTHING!
IF YOU DO NOT CHOOSE
TO BELIEVE ME,

THEN YOU MUST
BELIEVE FACTS.

IN THIS HOUSE,
WHICH IS INFESTED
BY YOUR SPIES,

MY EVERY MOVEMENT
IS KNOWN.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
JUST A MOMENT, FRANCES.

LET US NOT BE HASTY.

PERHAPS THERE'S BEEN NOTHING
ACTUALLY WRONG BETWEEN YOU.

I DON'T BELIEVE MY HUSBAND WOULD
ABANDON HIMSELF
WITH A SERVANT.

BUT IF YOUR ACTIONS
HAVE THAT APPEARANCE,
IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SO.

THERE IS EVERY DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN APPEARANCE AND FACT.

IF, AS THIS ARTICLE
IMPLIES,

IT APPEARS YOU AND MONSIEUR
ARE NOT ON GOOD TERMS,

ARE WE ALSO TO
ACCEPT THAT AS A FACT?

WHAT?

I'LL NOT TOLERATE THIS
ANY LONGER!

NOR WILL I, MADAME.
HAVE I YOUR PERMISSION
TO LEAVE?

NOT YET.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

COME IN.

I'M SORRY, BUT MADAME
ASKED ME TO TELL HER.

MADEMOISELLE DELUZY,
MY DAUGHTER MEANS
A GREAT DEAL TO ME.

ALTHOUGH I HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO BUY HER
MUCH HAPPINESS

I INTEND TO SPARE HER
ALL THE HUMILIATION I CAN.

WE MUST FIND A WAY OUT OF
THIS DIFFICULT SITUATION.

MONSIEUR,
IT IS SO SIMPLE.
I WILL PACK MY TRUNK.

THAT WOULD BE AS UNWISE
AS IT IS HASTY.

WHY, SINCE THE DUCHESS
MAKES NO SECRET

OF HER DISSATISFACTION
WITH ME

AND HER HAPPINESS
IS YOUR ONLY CONCERN?

WERE YOU TO LEAVE NOW,
IT WOULD GIVE CREDENCE
TO THIS UGLY GOSSIP.

MY SON AND DAUGHTER
WILL BE SEEN TOGETHER
OFTEN IN PUBLIC,

AND THIS GOSSIP
WILL DIE AWAY.

YOU WILL LIVE HERE,
APPARENTLY ON THE BEST
OF TERMS WITH BOTH.

ALL I REQUIRE
IS YOUR PROMISE

OF MORE PRUDENT CONDUCT
IN THE FUTURE.

MY CONDUCT WILL BE
NO CONCERN OF YOURS
IN THE FUTURE.

Duchess:
ISN'T IT ENOUGH THAT YOU
HUMILIATE ME AT HOME?

MUST YOU DO IT
IN PUBLIC AS WELL?

THE ENTIRE COURT,
ALL OF PARIS
IS TALKING ABOUT IT!

THEY KNOW
YOU HAVE A WIFE,

YET YOU SAY
IN YOUR ACTIONS
THAT YOU PREFER

THE COMPANY
OF A SERVANT.

ISN'T IT ENOUGH THAT SHE'S
MY CHILDREN'S GOVERNESS

WITHOUT MAKING HER
YOUR COMPANION?

YOU MUST
PUT AN END TO IT!

MADEMOISELLE,
YOU MUSTN'T LEAVE.

YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE
COME HERE, MONSIEUR.

THERE IS ENOUGH
TROUBLE ALREADY.

PLEASE REMEMBER
THE CHILDREN.

DON'T, MONSIEUR.

RAYNALD
OWES YOU HIS LIFE.

LOUISE, BERTHE, ISABELLE
HAVE LEARNED TO TRUST YOU.

THEY ARE YOUNG.
THEY WILL FORGET.

SOME THINGS
ARE USELESS
TO FIGHT AGAINST,

AND ONE OF THEM
IS ANOTHER WOMAN'S
JEALOUSY.

SHE HATES ME.
IT WILL BE BETTER
FOR ALL OF US.

SHE WILL BE HAPPIER.

PERHAPS, IN TIME,
YOU AND SHE--

NEVER!
SHE LOVES YOU.

WHAT KIND OF LOVE,
THAT DRIVES ONE
TO MADNESS?

SHE TORTURES YOU
BECAUSE SHE IS GOADED
BY HER PASSION.

BEING A WOMAN,
I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I HOPE YOU NEVER
UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS

TO BE SLOWLY SMOTHERED
BY A LOVE WHICH HAS
BECOME INSUFFERABLE.

MONSIEUR,
I SHOULDN'T
HAVE PRESUMED

TO SPEAK ABOUT
LOVE AT ALL.

I HAD NO RIGHT.
PLEASE FORGET IT.

I'M GLAD YOU DID.

I'VE WANTED YOU TO KNOW.
IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME--

DEMANDING, DEMANDING,
LETTERS, TEARS.

I LIVE IN FEAR OF THE DAY WHERE
I DO SOMETHING DESPERATE.

YOU MUSTN'T EVEN
THINK SUCH THINGS.

I KNOW WHAT I'M ASKING.

I KNOW THE SLIGHTS
AND HUMILIATION
YOU HAVE TO PUT UP WITH.

I SHALL DO WHAT I CAN
TO MAKE IT EASIER.

I'LL GIVE THEM
THEIR PRETENSE
OF RECONCILIATION--

THEIR PRECIOUS APPEARANCES
THEY THINK SO IMPORTANT.

MADEMOISELLE,
YOU HAVEN'T IT IN YOUR HEART

TO DENY THE CHILDREN AND ME
THE ONLY SANCTUARY WE HAVE.

BUT, MONSIEUR,

I'VE ALWAYS HAD TO
FEND FOR MYSELF,

AND IT'S TAUGHT ME
TO BE PRACTICAL.

LET'S BE
PRACTICAL, THEN.

SHE IS ONLY ONE REASON
TO MAKE YOU WANT TO GO.

THERE ARE 5 REASONS
TO KEEP YOU HERE.

FIVE?
YES, MADEMOISELLE--

4 YOUNG ONES
AND THEIR FATHER.

SHALL I COUNT THEM
ON MY FINGERS FOR YOU?

NO, MONSIEUR.
YOU NEEDN'T TROUBLE.

YOU HAVE ASKED ME,
AND THAT IS ENOUGH.

IF YOU HAD
TRIED TO BRIBE

OR DRIVE A BARGAIN
WITH ME,

I SHOULDN'T BE YIELDING
AGAINST MY BETTER JUDGMENT.

TO BE LOVED AS YOU ARE
IN THIS HOUSE
IS ABOVE ALL BARGAINS.

[WALTZ PLAYING]

ISN'T IT WONDERFUL?

LOOK--
IT'S VICTOR HUGO!

WHEN I GROW UP,
I'LL GIVE A BALL
EVERY NIGHT.

THERE'S LAMARTINE,
THE GREAT POET.
HE'S TALKING TO CHOPIN.

I HOPE
HE'LL PLAY TONIGHT.

HAS THE KING
ARRIVED YET?

NO, SILLY. EVERYONE
WILL BE HERE, EVEN RACHEL.

I SAW RACHEL, YOU KNOW.

YES, WE HEARD
ABOUT THAT.

LOOK, IT'S PAPA.

NO ONE DANCES
AS BEAUTIFULLY AS PAPA.

DOESN'T PAPA
LOOK HANDSOME?

I WISH I COULD
DANCE WITH HIM.

I DANCED WITH HIM.

YOU DID?

YES. LOOK. THIS IS
HOW HE HELD ME.

LOUISE! BERTHE!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

I PUT RAYNALD TO BED
AND LOOKED EVERYWHERE FOR YOU.

DON'T BE ANGRY.

IT'S SO EXCITING!

WE WERE
ONLY LOOKING.

IN YOUR NIGHTIES!
NOBODY'S SEEN US.

ONLY PAPA.
HE LOOKED UP ONCE.
I KNOW HE SAW US.

THEN HE LOOKED AWAY WITH THE
ODDEST
LOOK--SO LONELY.

MADEMOISELLE,

WHY DOESN'T PAPA COME
TO THE NURSERY ANYMORE?

YES, WHY?

WELL, HE DOES
WHENEVER HE CAN.

NOT AS HE USED TO--
NEVER TO HAVE FUN.

HE COMES IN WITH MAMA
AND ASKS POLITELY
ABOUT OUR STUDIES.

WHY ISN'T PAPA HAPPY?
DO YOU KNOW?

YOU SEE, YOUR FATHER
IS WORKING VERY HARD.

THESE ARE TROUBLESOME DAYS
FOR THE KINGDOM.

IF HE APPEARS WORRIED
AND A LITTLE STRANGE,

IT IS BECAUSE
HE HAS SUCH BIG PROBLEMS
OF STATE ON HIS MIND.

WELL, MAMA
IS MUCH PLEASANTER,
AND I GUESS WE CAN'T HAVE...

MADEMOISELLE, LOOK!
THE KING!
YOUR MAJESTY!

I WANT HIM
TO BOW TO US.

THEN ISABELLE
WILL BELIEVE ME.

COME ALONG.
YOU HAVE SEEN THE KING.

MAXINE WILL WASH
YOUR FACES FOR BED.

SCAMPER ALONG.

IS THE KING
A BAD MAN?

PIERRE SAYS THE PEOPLE WILL CUT
OFF HIS HEAD SOMEDAY.

HE'S NOT BAD.
HE'S PAPA'S FRIEND
AND MY FRIEND

AND MADEMOISELLE'S,
TOO.

[RECITING AVE MARIA
IN LATIN]

MADEMOISELLE, DO YOU
THINK IT'S THE KING

WHO STOPS PAPA
FROM COMING HERE?

BERTHE, FATHER
IS A PEER OF FRANCE

AND HAS A GREAT MANY
RESPONSIBILITIES
TO ATTEND TO.

WHEN I GROW UP,
WILL I BE A PEER?

DARLING, WE'LL
DISCUSS IT TOMORROW.

NOW, NOW, INTO BED.

YOU MUST PROMISE ME
NOT TO TALK ANYMORE
TONIGHT.

YES, MADEMOISELLE.

GOODNIGHT,
MADEMOISELLE.

GOODNIGHT, BERTHE.
GOODNIGHT, LOUISE.

GOODNIGHT,
MADEMOISELLE.

[SOBBING]

ISABELLE!

DARLING!

TEARS?

I'M SO UNHAPPY.

BUT, ISABELLE,
YOU? WHY?

I DON'T KNOW.

IT ISN'T ANYTHING
I CAN TELL ANYONE.

OH, I'M SO AFRAID.

SO, MY LITTLE GIRL
IS GROWING UP.

I DON'T WANT
TO GROW UP.

BUT, DARLING,
EVERYBODY GROWS UP.

IT'S NATURAL
AND BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S NOTHING TO BE
FRIGHTENED ABOUT.

HAS ANYONE BEEN
TELLING YOU THINGS?

EVER SINCE
FATHER SEBASTIANI CAME,

HE AND THE ABBE--

THIS MORNING,
WHEN I WENT TO CONFESSION,

THE ABBE SAID--
HE SAID--

OH, I CAN'T.

DARLING,

DON'T YOU KNOW
YOU CAN TRUST ME?

HE SAID
IN A YEAR OR 2,

I'D BE OLD ENOUGH
TO GET MARRIED

AND THAT I HAD TO
PREPARE MYSELF.

OH.

WELL, WHAT DID
HE SAY, ISABELLE?

HE TALKED ABOUT
THE DUTIES OF MARRIAGE--

SUBMISSION, AND...

I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT HE MEANT.

BUT THE ABBE DIDN'T MEAN
TO FRIGHTEN YOU.

SOMETIMES
WHEN WE ARE YOUNG,
LIFE FRIGHTENS US.

SOMEDAY,
WHEN YOU ARE IN LOVE

AND ARE LOVED
IN RETURN,

YOU WILL
FIND OUT THEN
NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.

IF THERE ARE THINGS
YOU WANT TO KNOW,

GO TO YOUR MOTHER
AND ASK HER.

I COULDN'T DO THAT!

WHEN I MARRY,
I DON'T WANT TO BE
LIKE MAMA.

ISABELLE,
YOU SHOULDN'T SAY--

BUT THAT'S
WHAT FRIGHTENS ME--

SEEING MAMA
THE WAY SHE IS.

I COULDN'T
EVEN TALK TO HER.

BUT YOU--
I WISH YOU'D TELL ME.

WHY, ISABELLE,

THERE ISN'T VERY
MUCH I CAN TELL YOU.

I HAVE NEVER BEEN
MARRIED, YOU KNOW.

HAVEN'T YOU
EVER BEEN IN LOVE?

WELL, I'VE HAD
THE LOVE OF MY CHILDREN.

BUT I MEAN
THE OTHER KIND OF LOVE.

DOES IT ALWAYS
MAKE PEOPLE UNHAPPY?

WHAT CAN I SAY?

IF LOVE IS RIGHT,
IT IS THE MOST

PRECIOUS GIFT
IN THE WORLD.

BUT YOU MUST
BE SURE,

VERY SURE,
THAT IT IS RIGHT,

FOR IF IT ISN'T,

THERE IS
NO WORSE AGONY,

NOTHING MORE BITTER,

NOTHING MORE LONELY
TO BE IMAGINED.

THANK YOU,
DEAR MADEMOISELLE.

I FEEL SO MUCH
BETTER ALREADY.

I'M SORRY
I WAS SUCH A BABY.

OH, BUT YOU WEREN'T,
DARLING.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT
MORE TOMORROW,
IF YOU WANT TO.

GO TO SLEEP NOW,
ISABELLE.

I WILL,
MADEMOISELLE.

GOODNIGHT.

GOODNIGHT,
MADEMOISELLE.

MONSIEUR.

I'M SORRY.

I STOOD IT DOWN THERE
AS LONG AS I COULD--

THE SMILES AND BOWS
AND HYPOCRISY.

HOW ARE THE CHILDREN,
ACTUALLY?

VERY WELL, MONSIEUR.
THEIR STUDIES--

I MISS THEM.

THEY MISS YOU.
THEY THINK ABOUT YOU.

THEY WONDER...

I WISH I KNEW
IF I WAS RIGHT
WHEN I AGREED--

HAS MADAME
TOLD YOU OUR PLANS
ABOUT NEXT SATURDAY?

NO.
I HAVEN'T SEEN HER.

I'M GLAD SHE DIDN'T,
THOUGH IT'S GOOD NEWS.

WE'RE TAKING THE CHILDREN
TO MELUN FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

I'VE HEARD SO MUCH
ABOUT MELUN
FROM THE CHILDREN.

IT IS YOUR HOME.

YES. YES, IT'S MY HOME.

IT MUST BE BEAUTIFUL
IN THE COUNTRY
IN THIS SEASON.

HOW GOOD IT WILL BE
TO GET AWAY FROM...

FROM HERE.

THE FIRST SNOW!

YES. IT'S COME EARLY
THIS YEAR.

HOW LIKE A FAIRYLAND
IT MAKES
THE GARDEN LOOK.

WHY ARE YOU SMILING?

MAY I SHARE WHATEVER
PLEASES YOU SO MUCH?

YOU WILL THINK I AM
VERY SILLY, I'M AFRAID

BUT STANDING HERE
LIKE THIS WITH
THE SNOW FALLING

REMINDS ME
OF SOMETHING
I USED TO KNOW.

DO YOU REMEMBER
THE LITTLE ROUND
GLASS GLOBES THAT--

OH, YES, I KNOW--
WITH A SNOW SCENE INSIDE.

WE HAD A PAPERWEIGHT
LIKE THAT.

YOU SHOOK IT,
AND THE SNOW WHIRLED
OUT FROM NOWHERE

IN A BLINDING STORM.

YES. THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT I MEAN.

THEN, IF YOU LOOKED
CLOSELY ENOUGH,

THE WHOLE REST
OF THE WORLD

SEEMED TO BE OBLITERATED
AND SHUT OUT.

I'LL TELL THE CHILDREN
ABOUT MELUN.

I'M SURE
THEY'LL BE DELIGHTED.

THANK YOU, MADEMOISELLE.
GOODNIGHT.

GOODNIGHT, SIR.

GOOD EVENING,
MONSIEUR.

I TRUST YOU HAD
A PLEASANT TIME.

WHO ARE YOU?

I'M CHARPENTIER,
YOUR NEW VALET,
MONSIEUR.

SINCE WHEN ARE YOU
MY NEW VALET?

SINCE THIS EVENING,
WHEN THE MARECHAL SEBASTIANI
ENGAGED ME.

OH, THE MARECHAL
ENGAGED YOU?

YES, MONSIEUR.

HOW THOUGHTFUL
OF THE MARECHAL.

SHALL I PREPARE YOU
FOR BED?

NO, THANK YOU.

I'M CAPABLE OF PREPARING
MYSELF FOR BED.

IS THERE ANYTHING
I CAN DO?

YES. YOU CAN GET OUT.

TELL YOUR MASTER
I'LL REPORT MY ACTIVITIES
IN THE MORNING.

BUT--
GOODNIGHT.

GOODNIGHT, MONSIEUR.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

WHO IS IT?

IT'S ONLY ME.

OUGHTN'T YOU
TO BE SLEEPING?

I OUGHT TO,
BUT I COULDN'T.

WHAT ABOUT YOU?

OUGHTN'T YOU TO,
OR COULDN'T YOU,
EITHER?

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

THIS IS FROM THE MASTER.
NOW, NOW,
NOT SO EAGER.

YOU STAND THERE
ON TENTERHOOKS

FOR A MINUTE OR 2.

WAS THAT MEANT
FOR HUMOR, PIERRE?

HUMOR'S
A WONDERFUL THING,

AND WE SHOULDN'T
WASTE ANY OF IT
THAT COMES OUR WAY.

FOR INSTANCE,
THERE'S HUMOR

IN THE MASTER SENDING
ME OUT IN THE NIGHT

TO BUY TRINKETS FOR
THE PRETTY GOVERNESS.

THERE IS NO HUMOR
IN IMPERTINENCE, PIERRE.

THAT'S ANOTHER THING--
IMPERTINENCE.

IT'S A PRIVILEGE
THAT COMES WITH OLD AGE

AND PARTLY MAKES UP
FOR OTHER LOSSES.

I'LL GIVE YOU
A LITTLE BIT

OF IMPERTINENT BUT GOOD
ADVICE, MA'AMSELLE--

RUN.

RUN OUT OF THIS HOUSE
FOR YOUR LIFE,
IF IT'S NOT TOO LATE.

I HAVEN'T THE LEAST IDEA
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

I'M TALKING ABOUT
A MAN WHO HAS A WIFE.

HOW DARE YOU.

YOU MUST FORGIVE
AN OLD MAN
FOR TALKING SO PLAINLY,

BUT I WATCHED YOU COME
INTO THIS
DIFFICULT HOUSEHOLD,

AND I KNOW WHAT
YOUR PRESENCE HAS MEANT
TO THE CHILDREN

AND TO MONSIEUR.

I'VE LOVED HIM
EVER SINCE
HE WAS A LITTLE BOY

RUNNING 'ROUND AT MELUN.

HE'S A FINE GENTLEMAN,
MA'AMSELLE.

YES, HE IS, PIERRE.

AND I THINK YOU'RE
A FINE PERSON, TOO.

THAT'S WHY I DARE TO
SPEAK TO YOU LIKE THIS.

THERE HAS NEVER BEEN
ANYTHING BETWEEN US

THAT COULDN'T BE SHARED

BY ALL THE SPYING EYES
IN THE WORLD.

BUT YOUR FEELINGS--
COULD THEY BE SHARED?

YES, OF COURSE.

THEN WHY DO YOU STAND
AT THIS WINDOW--

NOT NOW, BUT SO OFTEN?

WHAT IS IT
YOU SEE FROM HERE?

IS IT, PERHAPS,
THE LIGHTS IN THE OTHER
WING OF THE HOUSE?

LOOK, MA'AMSELLE.

THERE ON THE LEFT,

THE LIGHTS IN HER ROOMS
ARE BURNING,

AND THERE ON THE RIGHT,

THE LIGHTS IN HIS ROOM
ARE BURNING,

AND BETWEEN THEM
IS THAT LONG PASSAGE

WHERE THE LIGHTS NEVER BURN.

SUPPOSE SOME NIGHT YOU SAW
THAT PASSAGE LIGHTED.

COULD YOU SHARE
YOUR FEELINGS THEN
WITH ALL THE WORLD?

YOU HAD BETTER
GO NOW, PIERRE.

YEAH. YEAH. I'LL GO.

I'LL GO, BECAUSE
I SEE IT'S TOO LATE

TO GIVE YOU
ANY WARNING.

YOU'RE CAUGHT
IN THE NET,

AND YOU DON'T
EVEN WISH TO ESCAPE.

GOODNIGHT, MA'AMSELLE.

Theo: THEN, IF YOU
LOOKED CLOSELY ENOUGH,

THE WHOLE REST OF THE WORLD

SEEMED TO BE OBLITERATED
AND SHUT OUT.

LOOK AFTER THE DUKE
AND THE DUCHESS.

YOU TAKE CARE
OF MA'AMSELLE
AND THE CHILDREN.

PUT THE MASTER'S LUGGAGE
IN THE OTHER CARRIAGE.

HASN'T MADAME'S LUGGAGE
COME DOWN YET?

NOT YET, MONSIEUR.

I'LL SEE ABOUT IT.

I HOPE THERE'LL BE
LOTS OF SNOW.

HELLO. ALL READY?

ARE WE REALLY GOING?
WE MOST CERTAINLY ARE,

AS SOON AS YOUR
MOTHER IS READY.

MADEMOISELLE,
DID YOU PACK ENOUGH
WOOLEN STOCKINGS?

I HOPE WE'LL GO
SLEIGH-RIDING.

FRANCES,
THE CHILDREN ARE WAITING.

I UNDERSTAND, MADAME.
MAY I GO NOW?

YES. YES.

EXCUSE ME,
MONSIEUR LE DUC.

MAY I HAVE PIERRE COME
FOR YOUR LUGGAGE?

THEO, LAST NIGHT
I POURED MY HEART OUT
TO YOU IN A LETTER.

I CREPT TO YOUR DOORWAY
I'M FORBIDDEN TO ENTER
AND STOOPED IN HUMILITY

AND PUSHED IT
UNDERNEATH.

I RECEIVED IT,
FRANCES.

BUT LOOK--
YOU DIDN'T EVEN OPEN IT.

THEO, DO YOU SUPPOSE
THIS EMPTY PRETENSE
IS WHAT I'D HOPED FOR?

LAST NIGHT, I BEGGED YOU
TO COME TO ME.

I'D HOPED WE MIGHT START
THIS JOURNEY TODAY

UNITED AS WE ONCE WERE.

HAVE YOU COMPLETELY
FORGOTTEN THE LIFE
WE ONCE SHARED TOGETHER?

IF YOU'RE UNHAPPY,
I'M TRULY SORRY.

I NEVER INTENDED YOU
ONE MOMENT'S PAIN.

OH, NO,
YOU ONLY SAY THAT.

IN REALITY, YOU DELIGHT
IN TORTURING ME,

AS ONE DAY,
HEAVEN WILLING,
I WILL TORTURE YOU.

WE'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU
IN THE CARRIAGE, FRANCES.

YOU NEEDN'T TROUBLE.
I'M NOT GOING.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
YOU'RE NOT--

NOT GOING TO MELUN?

I'LL NOT STEP ONE FOOT
OUT OF THIS HOUSE

WITH THAT WOMAN!

THE CHILDREN WILL HEAR!
LET THEM!

IT'S TIME THEY REALIZED HOW YOU
CONSPIRED AGAINST THEIR MOTHER.

YOU TWO HAVE
TURNED THEM AGAINST ME.

FRANCES, IF YOU DON'T STOP--

SOMEDAY THEY'LL
REALIZE HOW I LOVED
THEM WHEN I'M DEAD.

BUT IT'LL BE TOO LATE.
IN HEAVEN'S NAME!

AAH! THEO! LET ME GO!
LET ME GO!

I'LL PUT MYSELF
OUT OF YOUR WAY.

I'LL NEVER
TROUBLE YOU AGAIN!

PAPA,
DON'T LET HER!

MADEMOISELLE!

[SOBBING]

MAY I HAVE
THE BAGGAGE, PLEASE?

WHAT'S THE MATTER?
DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME?

I'VE GOT TO TAKE
THE BAGGAGE OUT.

CERTAINLY, PIERRE.
COME, CHILDREN.
GET UP.

MADEMOISELLE,

WHY DOES MAMA
HATE EVERYBODY?

SHH, BERTHE.

BUT SHE DOES!

YOU'RE WRONG
ABOUT THAT.

REMEMBER THAT YOUR MAMA
IS OFTEN ILL AND TIRED.

BUT--

INTO THE CARRIAGE
WITH YOU, CHILDREN.

BUT, PAPA!

MOTHER'S QUITE ALRIGHT.
DON'T LOOK SO FRIGHTENED.

SHE DOESN'T FEEL
UP TO TRAVELING,

BUT YOU AND MADEMOISELLE
ARE TO GO TO MELUN.

ARE YOU COMING?
NOT THIS TIME.

BUT, PAPA!

LET'S NOT HAVE
ANY ARGUMENT.

YOU'LL MISS YOUR TRAIN.
COME, NOW.

HURRY, CHILDREN.

YOU WILL COME SEE US,
WON'T YOU?

YOU MUST.
PLEASE, PAPA!

YES, PERHAPS.
MONSIEUR--

PIERRE, TAKE THEM
INTO THE CARRIAGE,
THEN TAKE DOWN MY LUGGAGE.

YES, MONSIEUR.

YOU ARE TELLING
THE TRUTH?
SHE DIDN'T--

NO, SHE DIDN'T
HARM HERSELF.

THANK HEAVEN.
MONSIEUR, WE CAN'T
GO ON LIKE THIS.

HERE ARE THE TICKETS.

I'M SURE YOU WILL
GIVE THE CHILDREN
AS GOOD A TIME AS POSSIBLE.

SEE THAT THEY WRITE
TO THEIR MOTHER.

I SHALL THINK
OF ALL OF YOU
DURING THE HOLIDAYS.

WHAT'S HAPPENED?
IT'S NOTHING.

WHY DO YOU KEEP
YOUR HAND HIDDEN, THEN?

I DIDN'T WANT TO
FRIGHTEN THE CHILDREN.

IT'S NOTHING, REALLY,
ONLY A SLIGHT CUT.

A LETTER OPENER.

THE BLADE WAS SHARPER
THAN I THOUGHT.

YOU'RE SURE
IT'S NOTHING SERIOUS?

SHALL I SEND
THE BAGGAGE CART
ALONG, MONSIEUR?

YES, PIERRE.

Henriette:
ISABELLE! LOUISE!

WHERE ARE YOU?

ISABELLE! LOUISE!

IT'S GETTING DARK,
MADEMOISELLE.

I WISH WE'D BROUGHT
THE DOGS.

NOW, REALLY, CHILDREN.
IT'S GETTING LATE.

YOU KNOW LOTI
IS WAITING FOR US.

WHERE ARE YOU?

WELL, I SUPPOSE WE'D BETTER
KEEP ON LOOKING FOR THEM.

ISABELLE! LOUISE!

MADEMOISELLE?

YES, DARLING.

WHAT SHOULD WE DO
IF WE MEET A GHOST?

WELL, I SUPPOSE
THERE ARE GOOD GHOSTS
AS WELL AS BAD ONES.

NO, NOT ON
ALL HALLOWS' EVE.

JUST THE DEVIL
AND THE WITCHES.

MADEMOISELLE,
LET'S GO HOME.

BOO! I'M A GOBLIN!
I'M A WITCH! I'M A GHOST!

YOU FRIGHTENED ME.

WE COULD HARDLY KEEP
FROM LAUGHING WHEN
YOU PASSED RIGHT PAST US.

I THOUGHT
THE GOBLINS
HAD GOTTEN YOU.

COME ON.
LOTI IS WAITING.

WE WERE RIGHT BEHIND YOU
ALL THE TIME.

YOU NEARLY SAW US.

[SPOOKY VOICE]
♪ SALT AND BREAD ♪

♪ WE'VE SET FOR YOU ♪

♪ AND WE'VE SCATTERED
ASH AND RUE ♪

♪ NOW WE'LL SAY
A PRAYER FOR YOU ♪

HA HA HA HA HA!

♪ MAY YOU REST
IN PEACE ♪

MADEMOISELLE,
LET'S GO HOME.

HUSH, DARLING.
IT'S ONLY AN OLD SONG.

A GHOST!

MADEMOISELLE,
A GHOST!

NOW, BERTHE.

BUT, REALLY,
MADEMOISELLE.

LOOK OVER THERE.
IT'S A GHOST!

A PRETTY SOLID GHOST,
I MUST SAY.

DON'T YOU KNOW
YOUR OWN FATHER?

PAPA!

HOW DID YOU
FIND US?

I KNEW WHERE
TO FIND YOU.

YOU KNOW,
LOTI ROASTED APPLES FOR ME

WHEN I WAS NO BIGGER
THAN RAYNALD.

Loti:
THAT'S RIGHT.

Louise:
FIX PAPA AN APPLE.

YES, MADEMOISELLE.

WE WERE SO UNHAPPY
YOU WEREN'T HERE.

WHATEVER MADE MAMA
CHANGE HER MIND?

MAMA IS NOT HERE.
I ASKED HER TO COME,

BUT SHE PREFERRED
TO REMAIN IN PARIS

WITH YOUR GRANDFATHER.

AND YOU CAME ALL ALONE
ON THE TRAIN?

HEAVENS, NO.
I HAD PIERRE TO PROTECT ME.

I HADN'T INTENDED
TO COME AT ALL,

BUT AS THE HOLIDAYS
APPROACHED

AND I THOUGHT OF ALL OF YOU,

I COULDN'T RESIST.

WELL, MADEMOISELLE?

DO YOU LIKE
ALL HALLOWS' EVE AT MELUN?

YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE--

YES, VERY MUCH,
MONSIEUR.

HERE, MONSIEUR.

WON'T YOU JOIN US
AT THE FIRE?

PLEASE DO, PAPA.

I'D LIKE TO JOIN
THIS FAMILY VERY MUCH

IF I AM WELCOME.

I CAN GO BACK TO PARIS
IF THERE ARE ANY OBJECTIONS.

OH, NO!
YOU MUSTN'T LEAVE.

AND YOU, MADEMOISELLE?

WHATEVER YOU THINK
BEST, MONSIEUR.

YOU'RE SURE THE CHILDREN
ARE ALRIGHT?

PIERRE IS
WITH THEM.

WE PROMISED THEY
COULD SEE THE PUPPET SHOW.

IT'S LATE, AND IT'S
A LONG DRIVE HOME.

GOOD EVENING,
MONSIEUR.

GOOD EVENING, JEAN.
HOW IS MADAME GAUTHIER?

FINE, THANK YOU.
OH, HERE SHE IS.

BLESS MY EYES,
IF IT ISN'T MONSIEUR LE DUC.

MADAME GAUTHIER,
HOW GOOD TO SEE YOU.

HOW WE HAVE
MISSED YOU.

THE CHILDREN,
ARE THEY WITH YOU?

THEY'LL BE HERE
PRESENTLY.

MADEMOISELLE DELUZY,
MADAME GAUTHIER.

WHAT HAVE YOU GOT
TO WARM US?

HOW ABOUT A BOTTLE
OF MY SPECIAL BRANDY?

WE ALWAYS HAVE SOME,
MONSIEUR. JEAN, QUICK.

WHY NOT SIT
BY THE FIRE, MADEMOISELLE?

IT'S A LONG TIME
SINCE I SAW YOU.

MADAME GAUTHIER,
YOU HAVEN'T
CHANGED A BIT.

MAY I HELP YOU
WITH YOUR COAT?

THANK YOU.
MONSIEUR, I WAS COLD.

HOW THE CHILDREN
MUST HAVE GROWN.

WAIT TILL YOU SEE.
HERE'S YOUR BRANDY.

JEAN, TAKE THIS.
IT WILL BE NICE
TO SEE THEM--

RAYNALD WITH
HIS BIG EYES,
BERTHE, LOUISE...

ISABELLE MUST BE
OF AN AGE FOR MARRYING.

Jean:
MADAME GAUTHIER.

COMING.
EXCUSE ME.

THERE. YOU SEE?
I CAN'T HIDE ANYTHING.

EVEN AN OLD FRIEND
REMINDS ME

THAT I'M
ALMOST A GRANDFATHER.

DON'T BE RIDICULOUS,
MONSIEUR.

HERE AT MELUN,
YOU'RE THE YOUNGEST
OF THEM ALL.

WHY SHOULDN'T I BE?

DO SIT DOWN.
LET ME HAVE YOUR BOOTS.
THANK YOU.

MADEMOISELLE, DON'T YOU THINK
WE ALL LIKE TO GO BACK

TO THE TIME
WHEN WE WERE HAPPIEST?

YOU SEE, HERE AT MELUN,
I CAN FORGET.

BUT WHAT ABOUT YOU?

WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED
ABOUT THE CHILDREN.

IT'S BEEN
"MADEMOISELLE THIS"
AND "MONSIEUR THAT,"

AND THERE'S SO MUCH
I'VE WANTED
TO KNOW ABOUT YOU.

WHAT SHALL I SAY?

TELL ME
ABOUT YOURSELF.

WERE YOU HAPPY
AS A CHILD?

WELL, I WAS ALONE,

EXCEPT FOR
MY GRANDFATHER,

AND HE NEVER
QUITE FORGAVE ME

FOR HAVING BEEN BORN.

HE HAD HIS REASONS.

WAS THAT WHY YOU
BECAME A GOVERNESS--

BECAUSE YOU WERE ALONE?

I'VE OFTEN WONDERED.

SINCE
I LOVE CHILDREN,

WHAT BETTER?

MARRIAGE? YOU COULD
GRACE ANY HOME.

I SHOULD NEVER
MARRY, MONSIEUR.

MAY I ASK
WHY YOU SAY THAT?

WELL, THERE'S SOME
MYSTERY IN MY BIRTH.

JUST WHAT, GRANDFATHER
WOULDN'T TELL ME.

IT HASN'T ALWAYS
BEEN PLEASANT

LIVING WITH THIS
BLANK IN MY LIFE.

I SOMETIMES FEEL
LIKE A SILHOUETTE

ARTISTS CUT
FROM BLACK PAPER

AND PASTE AGAINST
A WHITE CARD--

JUST THE OUTLINES
OF A PERSON STANDING
AGAINST NOTHING.

HOW AWFUL FOR YOU.

OH, PLEASE
FORGIVE ME.

DO NOT FEEL
SORRY FOR ME.

I HAVE THE CHILDREN.

EVEN THOUGH
THEY'RE NOT MINE,

I SOMETIMES
IMAGINE THEY ARE.

WHEN I
TUCK THEM IN BED

AND KNOW THEY WILL
WAKE UP LOVING ME,

LIFE IS GOOD.

THOUGH I SHOULDN'T
QUARREL WITH THE FORTUNE

THAT BROUGHT YOU
TO OUR HOUSE,

AS YOUR FRIEND,

I COULD WISH YOU
SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT.

MAY I ASK WHAT?

IT WOULD MAKE ME
MOST HAPPY TO THINK OF YOU

SITTING BEFORE
YOUR OWN FIRE

WITH YOUR OWN CHILDREN
PLAYING NEAR AT HAND

AND YOUR OWN HUSBAND
LOOKING AT YOU

AND COUNTING HIS BLESSINGS.

IT'S LATE.
HADN'T WE BETTER--

OH, PLEASE DON'T GO.

DON'T EVEN MOVE.

WHY?

I MIGHT SAY
DON'T MOVE BECAUSE,

AS YOU SIT THERE,
THE FIRELIGHT IS
SO BEAUTIFUL ON YOUR HAIR.

I MIGHT SAY DON'T MOVE
BECAUSE IT IS
ALL SOULS' DAY,

AND YOU MUSTN'T
DISTURB THE SPIRITS.

AND AGAIN,
I MIGHT SAY DON'T MOVE

BECAUSE
THIS IS A MOMENT

SO FULL
OF UNDERSTANDING

THAT I CAN'T BEAR
TO SEE IT COME TO AN END.

[CHILDREN SHOUTING
AND LAUGHING]

DO YOU THINK WE'LL
BE ABLE TO VISIT
MADAME GAUTHIER TOMORROW?

I THINK WE CAN MANAGE.
SHE MAKES WONDERFUL
HORS D'OEUVRE.

I THINK THE PASTRIES
ARE MUCH BETTER.

MADEMOISELLE,
YOU MUSTN'T
COME IN WITH US.

WHY EVER NOT?
WE'VE BOUGHT A SURPRISE,
AND IT ISN'T WRAPPED.

SO YOU MUST
PROMISE TO STAY OUT HERE
FOR 5 MINUTES.

PLEASE,
MADEMOISELLE.

SEE SHE OBEYS,
PAPA.

I SURELY WILL.

NOW GIVE US
A FEW MINUTES.

YOUR PATIENCE
WILL BE REWARDED.

PUT THAT AWAY, WILL YOU?
DON'T WORRY, I WILL.

IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY.
YOU MUST BE TIRED.

NO, I'M NOT TIRED.

I'M FRIGHTENED.

WOULD YOU HAVE PREFERRED
I HADN'T COME HERE?

NO. AND I CAN'T DENY
IT'S BEEN BEAUTIFUL

TO HAVE YOU HERE
THESE LAST FEW DAYS,

AND I'VE TRIED
NOT TO THINK OF...

OF THE ACCOUNTING
YOU AND I WILL
HAVE TO GIVE.

WHATEVER COMES,
I PROMISE

YOU WON'T
HAVE TO FACE IT.

I FEEL THIS TIME
YOU WILL PAY DEARLY.

I ALWAYS PAY.
SOMETIMES I PAY MOST
FOR WHAT I NEVER HAD.

IT IS NOT UNFAIR IF,
FOR A FEW DAYS,
I'VE HAD...

WHAT I CAN
NEVER PAY FOR.

PLEASE, MONSIEUR.

THESE FEW HOURS,
THIS LITTLE GLIMPSE

OF WHAT LIFE
MIGHT HAVE BEEN,

I HADN'T ASKED
FOR MORE.

NO.

IF IT HAD BEEN
ONE HOUR.
ONLY ONE MINUTE,

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WORTH
THROWING AWAY
EVERYTHING FOR.

KNOWING IT COULD
NEVER LAST?

IT WILL LAST

AS LONG AS IT
IS REMEMBERED.

MONSIEUR,
IF YOU WOULD
STEP INTO THE STUDY...

WOULD YOU TELL THE CHILDREN
I'LL BE UP SOON
TO SAY GOODNIGHT.

MADEMOISELLE DELUZY,
JUST A MOMENT.

BUT, MADAME,
I'M SUPPOSED TO--

MONSIEUR IS DOWNSTAIRS.
WHATEVER IS TOLD HIM
DOWNSTAIRS,

I AM HERE
TO MAKE SURE
YOU UNDERSTAND.

THIS TIME,
YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR.

LEAVE THIS HOUSE
INTO WHICH

YOU'VE BROUGHT
EVIL AND SIN.

YES, MADAME,
THERE IS EVIL
IN THIS HOUSE,

BUT IT WAS HERE
BEFORE I CAME.
I DIDN'T BRING IT.

WHAT INTRIGUE THERE IS
BENEATH THAT
MASK OF INNOCENCE.

IT WAS NOT ENOUGH
BEING A GOVERNESS.
NO.

YOU HAD TO BECOME
THE MISTRESS
OF MY HOUSEHOLD,

TO STEAL
FROM ME EVERYTHING,

INCLUDING
THE AFFECTIONS
OF MY CHILDREN!

AFFECTIONS CANNOT
BE STOLEN, MADAME.

THEY ARE GIVEN FREELY
OR NOT AT ALL.

IF YOU'D EVER BEEN
A MOTHER TO YOUR CHILDREN

IF YOU'D EARNED THEIR LOVE,
INSTEAD OF
DRIVING THEM AWAY

I COULDN'T HAVE TURNED
THEM AWAY FROM YOU--

YOU USED THEM
SHAMELESSLY
TO ATTRACT HIM,

TO SEPARATE HIM
FROM ME.

YOU'VE FINALLY
DECEIVED YOURSELF
INTO BELIEVING THAT?

HAVE YOU NOT ONE
SHRED OF DECENCY?

HOW DARE
YOU'D ENTICE HIM
TO COME TO YOU HERE,

TO CONFESS
THAT YOU AND HE
TO ADMIT THAT YOU...

WHY DO YOU STOP?

I CHALLENGE YOU
TO ACCUSE ME
OF SOMETHING FALSE.

I'M NOT HERE TO CHALLENGE YOU
IN A MATTER THAT'S PERSONAL
BETWEEN ME AND MONSIEUR LE DUC.

I'M HERE TO DISMISS
AN UNSATISFACTORY
SERVANT.

MADEMOISELLE...

MADEMOISELLE,
IF YOU WILL AGREE

TO LEAVE
WITHOUT MAKING
A DISTURBANCE,

I AM PREPARED
TO DEAL GENEROUSLY
WITH YOU.

I WILL...I WILL
GIVE YOU A LETTER

CLEARING YOUR NAME
OF ALL SCANDAL,

PRAISING YOU AS
THE MOST EXCELLENT
OF GOVERNESSES,

AFFIRMING
THAT YOU'RE LEAVING

OF YOUR OWN
FREE WILL.

MADAME, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO SAY.

WHAT OF THE CHILDREN?

I PROMISED
MONSIEUR LE DUC...

YOU NEEDN'T HOPE
THAT THIS TIME
HE WILL PROTECT YOU.

A MAN WHO HAS
FOUND IT EASY
TO REPLACE A WIFE

WILL NOT
FIND IT DIFFICULT TO
REPLACE A GOVERNESS.

MADEMOISELLE,
WE'RE NOT READY YET.

OH, I HAD FORGOTTEN.
WON'T BE BUT A SECOND.

MAY I HELP YOU
WITH YOUR COAT?

OH, YES.
THANK YOU, LOUISE.

YES, WE'RE NEARLY READY.

IT'S A SURPRISE,
MADEMOISELLE.

WE CAN'T WAIT
FOR YOU TO SEE IT.

ARE YOU READY?
NOT QUITE.

HURRY UP.
ONE LITTLE SECOND...
READY!

READY!
NOW YOU MAY LOOK.

THERE,FOR YOU.

YOU MUST OPEN IT
ALL BY YOURSELF.

YOU'LL NEVER GUESS
WHAT'S INSIDE.

WE'VE BEEN
PLANNING IT.

THAT'S WHY WE
WANTED YOU TO GO TO
MADAME GAUTHIER'S.

WE NEVER WENT
TO THE PUPPET SHOW.

SEE, MADEMOISELLE?
ANOTHER BOX!

NOW OPEN THIS ONE.

WHY DIDN'T PAPA
COME UP AND SEE?

YES, MADEMOISELLE,
WHY DIDN'T HE?

WELL, HE'LL BE HERE
PRESENTLY.

AND HERE'S
ANOTHER ONE!

WAIT TILL YOU
SEE WHAT'S IN THIS ONE!

OH, DO HURRY,
MADEMOISELLE!

HA HA HA!

THIS IS THE VERY LAST.
OPEN IT QUICKLY.

THERE IT IS!

WE HOPE YOU'LL LIKE IT.

WE KNEW
YOU DIDN'T HAVE ONE.

WE BOUGHT IT
WITH OUR
POCKET MONEY.

IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.

AREN'T
YOU PLEASED?

WE DIDN'T TELL A SOUL,
NOT EVEN PAPA.

WASN'T IT FUNNY?

BUT, MADEMOISELLE,
YOU HAVEN'T
OPENED IT YET.

YES, MADEMOISELLE.
WE HAVE WRITING INSIDE

LIKE ON
MAMA'S JEWELRY.

READ IT OUT LOUD.

"LOVE
TO MADEMOISELLE.

ISABELLE, LOUISE,
BERTHE, RAYNALD."

NOW YOU
MUST TURN IT OVER.

"MELUN,
NOVEMBER 2, 1846."

WE PICKED IT OUT
OURSELVES.

WE GOT IT SO YOU'D
ALWAYS REMEMBER

TODAY AND US
AND MELUN.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

COME IN.

MADEMOISELLE,
IF YOU WILL
STEP DOWNSTAIRS, PLEASE?

TELL THEM I WILL TALK
TO MADEMOISELLE.

DO AS I SAY.

LOOK WHAT WE
BOUGHT, PAPA.
SHOW HIM.

JUST ONE MINUTE.
I MUST TALK
TO MADEMOISELLE.

CHILDREN,
IT'S TIME FOR BED.

DON'T YOU WANT
TO SEE IT?

WHAT HAS
HAPPENED, PAPA?

NOTHING, ISABELLE.
DO AS MADEMOISELLE SAYS.

HELP THE
LITTLE ONES UNDRESS.
I'LL BE A MOMENT.

QUICKLY CHILDREN.
I'LL BE BACK SOON.

AREN'T YOU COMING--
ISABELLE WILL HELP.

MONSIEUR.

YOU SHOULD
HAVE HEARD THEM.

TO BELIEVE THAT YOU AND I,
WITH THE CHILDREN HERE...

THEY AND EVERYONE ELSE,
APPARENTLY.

MARECHAL SHOWED ME
THE PARIS PAPERS.

YOU CAN IMAGINE
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING--

FULL OF PITY
FOR A WIFE DESERTED

WHILE HER HUSBAND
OPENLY CARRIES ON.

UGH. SHAMEFUL.
I BEG YOU, MONSIEUR.

RIGHT YOU WERE
TO CALL IT MADNESS--

MY MADNESS
TO THINK WE COULD ESCAPE,

EVEN FOR ONE MOMENT,
FROM THEIR PIOUS HYPOCRISY!

HENRIETTE. TELL ME.

SAY SOMETHING TO ME.

DON'T JUST STAND THERE!

HELP ME!

IF THERE WERE
ANYTHING I COULD SAY

OR DO TO HELP YOU,
I WOULD.

I'M SORRY.

SOMETIMES I THINK
THEY'LL NEVER STOP
UNTIL I'M TRULY MAD.

I BEG YOU
TO FORGIVE ME.

MY DEAR FRIEND,

WE HAVE BOTH KNOWN
HOW IT HAD TO END.

YES.

WE'VE BOTH KNOWN.

DEEP IN OUR HEARTS,
WE'VE KNOWN THAT
IF EVER YOU GO AWAY,

I WILL GO, TOO.

NO, MONSIEUR.

WHEREVER YOU GO,
I WILL GO.

YOU ARE DESPERATE.
I, TOO, AM.

IT WOULD BE SO EASY
TO DO SOMETHING WE
WOULD BOTH REGRET.

TO STAY HERE AND
TO SEE YOU GO,
THAT I WOULD REGRET.

TO BE HERE
AND HAVE YOU GONE,

SAY YOUR NAME
AND NOT HAVE YOU ANSWER.
DON'T LEAVE ME.

IF YOU WERE TO COME
AWAY WITH ME,

WHAT COULD WE SAY,
HAVING
MADE THEM RIGHT?

EVEN IF I STAY,
WHAT MIGHT NOT
HAPPEN BETWEEN US?

NO. I MUST GO NOW,
MONSIEUR, BUT YOU...

ONCE BEFORE
WHEN I WAS LEAVING,
YOU ASKED ME TO STAY.

IT WAS BECAUSE OF
THE 4 IN THERE
YOU ASKED.

LOVING THEM,
WE MUST THINK
OF THEIR FUTURE.

ISABELLE, LOUISE,
AND BERTHE

IN A FEW YEARS
WILL BE READY
FOR MARRIAGE

AND MUST NOT
GROW UP DISGRACED

IN THEIR SOCIETY
AND CHURCH

BY OUR DOING.

NONE OF THIS
IS THEIR FAULT.

THEY ALONE ARE
INNOCENT, ACTUALLY.

AS FOR OURSELVES...

I CAME
INTO YOUR HOUSE,
MY DEAR FRIEND,

AND IN YOUR UNHAPPINESS,
YOU REACHED OUT
YOUR HAND FOR HELP.

AND IN
MY LONELINESS,
I TOOK IT.

AND WE HAVE HAD
SUCH A FRIENDSHIP

THAT IS GIVEN
TO VERY FEW.

BUT WHERE WILL YOU GO?

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

I HAVE MY WORK.
THERE ARE OTHER
POSITIONS,

OTHER CHILDREN.

AFTER ALL, EVERYONE
CAN'T EXPECT
IN ALL THIS WORLD

TO BE ONE SINGLED OUT
TO HAVE ONE'S
HEART'S DESIRE.

OH, SEE, MONSIEUR.

THEY WANTED ME
TO SHOW IT TO YOU.

"LOVE TO MADEMOISELLE,

ISABELLE, LOUISE,
BERTHE, RAYNALD."

"MELUN,
NOVEMBER 2, 1846."

I WISH MY NAME
WERE INCLUDED HERE.

IT IS.

IT ALWAYS WILL BE.

WOULD IT BE ANY COMFORT
TO YOU TO KNOW
THAT WHEN YOU'RE GONE,

MY ONLY HAPPINESS
WILL BE IN KNOWING

THAT I'M SHARING
YOUR LONELINESS?

BLESS YOU.

WILL YOU SAY GOODBYE
TO THE CHILDREN
FOR ME?

IF YOU WISH.

NO.

I MUST.

BUT I DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO TELL THEM.

MADEMOISELLE,
DID PAPA LIKE IT?

BERTHE,
BE QUIET.

COME HERE,
DARLINGS.

WHAT HAPPENED,
MADEMOISELLE?

IS ANYTHING WRONG,
MADEMOISELLE?

PAPA SEEMED
SO STRANGE.

I'M AFRAID I HAVE
SOME BAD NEWS FOR YOU.

DID PAPA BRING IT?
IS THAT IT?

NO. IT'S JUST
I HAVE TO GO AWAY.

GO AWAY?

WHERE?

MADEMOISELLE...

ARE YOU ILL?

YOU LOOK ILL.

NO, I'M NOT ILL.

IT'S...

MY GRANDFATHER
IS ILL.

BUT YOU NEVER
EVEN TOLD US

YOU HAD
A GRANDFATHER.

WELL, I DIDN'T THINK
IT CONCERNED
YOU, DEAR.

BUT, MADEMOISELLE,

EVERYTHING
THAT CONCERNS YOU
CONCERNS US.

Berthe:
WHEN MUST YOU GO?

TONIGHT. NOW.

MADEMOISELLE?

MADEMOISELLE,
DON'T GO AWAY.

REALLY, YOU CAN'T.

HOW LONG
WILL YOU BE GONE?

I'M AFRAID
FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

PLEASE DON'T CRY.

ISABELLE,
YOU ARE THE ELDEST.

I RELY ON YOU TO LOOK AFTER
THE LITTLE ONES.

MADEMOISELLE.

I'LL WRITE.

IS MADEMOISELLE
COMING BACK?

I DON'T KNOW,
RAYNALD.

I HOPE SHE WILL.

ALL I CAN SAY IS
I CAN'T WAIT
ON AND ON.

I'M SORRY
ABOUT THE RENT.

I NEVER INTENDED
TO BE A BURDEN.

I NEVER INTENDED
TO LET YOU.
MONTH AFTER MONTH.

THERE HAS TO BE
A FIRST TIME FOR
EVERY FOOLISHNESS.

IF YOU WISH ME
TO LEAVE...

NONSENSE.
WHERE WOULD YOU GO?

HENRIETTE,
LET'S BE PRACTICAL.

YOU'RE IN A FIX.
I KNOW IT TOO.

A GOVERNESS HAS
ONE STOCK IN TRADE--
HER GOOD NAME.

YOU'VE THROWN
YOURS AWAY.

SURELY YOU DON'T
BELIEVE IT.

WHEN I WAS YOUNG,

THEY SAID PEOPLE
ONLY THREW STONES

AT TREES
LOADED WITH FRUIT.

BUT I'M YOUR OLD FRIEND
AND BELIEVE YOU
INSTEAD OF GOSSIP,

BUT NO ONE ELSE
WILL BELIEVE YOU

WITHOUT A LETTER
FROM THE DUCHESSE.

SHE PROMISED
SHE'D SEND ME ONE.
YOU'VE TOLD ME.

THAT WAS NOVEMBER.
THIS IS AUGUST.

IT'S A LONG TIME TO
BELIEVE IN A PROMISE.

I COULD GIVE YOU
A POSITION TUTORING
MY STUDENTS,

BUT EVEN
THIS ESTABLISHMENT

HAS ITS REPUTATION
TO THINK OF.

I'VE WRITTEN HER
OVER AND OVER.

I STILL BELIEVE
SHE INTENDS TO SEND IT.

HAND ME SUCH A LETTER,
AND I'LL PUT YOU
TO WORK AT ONCE.

WITHOUT IT, YOU'LL
NEVER WORK HERE
NOR ANYWHERE.

I KNOW.

I OUGHT TO KNOW.

HENRIETTE,
YES?

WHAT DOES MONSIEUR LE DUC
HAVE TO SAY?

I'VE NEVER TOLD HIM.
HE THINKS I HAVE
A POSITION HERE.

YOU'VE LET HIM
COME HERE WITH
THE CHILDREN TWICE,

AND YOU'VE
NEVER TOLD HIM

ABOUT THE DUCHESSE'S
PROMISED LETTER?

NO.

THAT'S WHY YOU'VE ALWAYS
ASKED FOR THE PARLOR

INSTEAD OF BRINGING
HIM UP HERE.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW
HE WOULD GUESS
THAT EVERYTHING

IS NOT AS RIGHT WITH YOU
AS YOU PRETEND.

I'D RATHER NOT
DISCUSS IT.

OH. WELL, YOU'D BETTER
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

MADAME LE MAIRE,
WILL IT TROUBLE
YOU TOO MUCH

IF I ASK FOR THE PARLOR
AGAIN TODAY?

OH. IS THE DUC
COMING AGAIN?

YES. I HAD A LETTER
FROM LOUISE.

"I HOPE YOU ARE WELL.
WE MISS YOU VERY MUCH.

"PAPA SAYS THAT
ON THE 17th OF AUGUST,

WE WILL VISIT YOU
ON OUR WAY FROM MELUN."

TODAY IS THE 17th.

I SEE. BEST DRESS
AND EVERYTHING.

USE THE PARLOR,
BUT THIS TIME,

USE IT
TO SOME PURPOSE.

YOU ARE GOOD TO ME,
REALLY.

DON'T GET
SENTIMENTAL.
I HATE IT.

I MUST SAY
ONE THING FOR YOU.

THE PURSE IN WHICH
YOU KEEP YOUR COURAGE

IS NOT AS EMPTY
AS THE PURSE

IN WHICH YOU
KEEP YOUR MONEY.

[CHILDREN SHOUTING]

WE WERE AFRAID
YOU MIGHTN'T WAIT
FOR US.

YOU KNEW I WOULD.

THIS IS SUCH
A PLEASURE.

WE HAD TO TAKE
A LATER TRAIN
FROM MELUN.

IT WAS SO SWEET OF YOU
TO BRING THEM ALL.

YOU DON'T KNOW
HOW GLAD I AM TOO.

HOW ARE YOU?

THANK YOU, NEVER BETTER.
AND YOU, MONSIEUR?

IT HAS BEEN
SUCH A LONG TIME
SINCE YOUR LAST VISIT.

ME? THE DAYS GO BY
ONE AFTER THE OTHER.

COME, MADEMOISELLE,
AND SEE WHAT
WE'VE BROUGHT YOU.

LET'S GO
INTO THE PARLOR.

IF ONLY YOU COULD
SEE MELUN NOW.

YES, IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.

MONSIEUR LE DUC.

MAY I HAVE A SERIOUS
WORD WITH YOU?

WITH ME?
YES. IT CONCERNS
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND.

Henriette:
WHERE IS PIERRE?

HE WASN'T
FEELING WELL.

I WOULD HAVE LOVED
TO HAVE SEEN HIM.

AND, RAYNALD, ROSES
AND FORGET-ME-NOTS,

AND, BERTHE,
YOU REMEMBERED
I LOVE MIGNONETTE.

YES, AND FERNS
FROM THE WOODS, TOO.

AND FRUIT,
MADEMOISELLE--
GRAPES AND PEACHES.

THE VERY LARGEST
PEACHES.

LOOK AT MY BASKET,
MADEMOISELLE.

THESE ARE
ALL FOR YOU.

THE STRAWBERRIES WERE GONE.
IT'S TOO EARLY
FOR BLACKBERRIES,

AND THIS MELON
ISN'T RIPE YET.

IT'S THE FIRST
OFF THE VINES.
LOOK.

OH, HOW SWEET
OF ALL OF YOU
TO REMEMBER ME.

WHEN ARE YOU COMING
BACK, MADEMOISELLE?

WE MUST GO, CHILDREN.
SAY YOUR GOODBYES.

PAPA, WE ONLY
JUST CAME!

I WISH TO SPEAK
TO MADEMOISELLE.
WAIT IN THE CARRIAGE.

MAY WE
COME AGAIN?

YES, YES.
NOW RUN ALONG.

WE'LL COME BACK
AS SOON AS WE CAN.

GOODBYE,
MADEMOISELLE.

WHY DIDN'T
YOU TELL ME?

IF ONLY MADAME LE MAIRE
HADN'T INTERFERED.

IT WAS TIME
SOMEONE INTERFERED.

YOU WOULD GO ON LYING,

PRETENDING YOU HAD
A POSITION HERE.

YOU HAVE
ENOUGH TROUBLE.

IF YOU'D TOLD ME
IT WAS ONLY A MATTER
OF A LETTER...

I WAS HOPING
AFTER I WROTE
SO MANY TIMES.

WHEN DID
YOU WRITE LAST?

WHAT DID SHE SAY?
WHAT DARE'D SHE SAY?

SHE NEVER REPLIED.
SHE ANSWERED
NOTHING.

NOTHING?
IS NOTHING AN ANSWER?

YES.

NOTHING WOULD BE
AN ANSWER

WHEN THE WEAK
ARE ALSO CRUEL.

WE SHOULD
BEWARE OF THEM,
MY FRIEND.

THE WEAK KNOW
HOW TO USE THEIR POWER.

THEY HAVE
SOFT WHITE HANDS

WITH WHICH TO SQUEEZE
AND SQUEEZE.

MONSIEUR,
YOU FRIGHTEN ME.

I? FRIGHTEN YOU?

THAT LOOK
ON YOUR FACE.

OH.

IS IT AS
NOTICEABLE AS THAT

THAT I'M GOING MAD?

OH, PLEASE.
LET'S FORGET THE LETTER.

I'LL MANAGE.

COME TO THE HOUSE
TOMORROW AT 2:00.

I'LL GO BACK
TO ENGLAND.
I'LL DO ANYTHING.

COME TOMORROW.
COME AT 2:00.

YOU'LL HAVE THE LETTER.

THEO, WHEN YOU
BURST IN HERE
THIS LATE.

AND THREATEN ME
WITH YOUR ANGER,

YOU'RE ONLY
ACTING FOOLISHLY.

I'M SORRY, FRANCES.

I HAD NO IDEA
THE LETTER WAS
ALREADY WRITTEN.

PERHAPS THERE'S
AN APOLOGY DUE
FROM ME, TOO.

I HAVE BEEN
THOUGHTLESS.

POOR
MADEMOISELLE DELUZY
MUST HAVE SUFFERED.

HAS SHE SUFFERED?

WELL,
SURELY YOU KNOW.

YOU WENT TO SEE HER
TONIGHT, DIDN'T YOU?

YOU LEFT ME AT THE TRAIN
AND TOOK MY CHILDREN
TO SEE HER?

YES, I SAW HER,

AND YES,
SHE HAS SUFFERED.

AND YOU HAVE SUFFERED,
TOO, POOR THEO.
HAVEN'T YOU?

JUST GIVE ME
THAT LETTER.
BUT WAIT!

I'LL READ IT
TO YOU.

I MUST BE SURE
IT MEETS WITH
YOUR APPROVAL.

"AUGUST 17, 1847.

"TO WHOM
IT MAY CONCERN,

"I HEREBY RECOMMEND
MADEMOISELLE
HENRIETTE DELUZY

"FOR THOSE
EXCELLENT QUALITIES

"OF MIND AND CHARACTER

"BY WHICH SHE HAS
ENDEARED HERSELF TO US

"ALL DURING HER SERVICE
AS GOVERNESS
IN MY HOUSEHOLD.

"SHE LEFT
WITH MUTUAL REGRET

AND AT HER OWN REQUEST."

SIGNED, FRANCES
DUCHESSE DE PRASLIN.

DO YOU FIND THAT
SATISFACTORY, THEO?

OH, IT'S MORE
THAN SATISFACTORY,
FRANCES.

IT IS GENEROUS.
I WAS UNFAIR
TO YOU, FRANCES.

AH, BUT WAIT. I HAVE
WRITTEN ANOTHER ALSO.

PERHAPS YOU'LL
LIKE IT EVEN BETTER.

THIS LETTER
IS SO IMPORTANT TO YOU
AND MADEMOISELLE DELUZY,

I MUST BE SURE
YOU'RE ENTIRELY PLEASED.

"TO WHOM
IT MAY CONCERN.

"I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT
MADEMOISELLE HENRIETTE DELUZY

"WAS EMPLOYED
IN MY HOUSEHOLD

"AS GOVERNESS
OF MY CHILDREN

"AGAINST THE UNHEEDED PLEADINGS
OF ME, THEIR MOTHER.

"FIRST, SHE CONSPIRED
TO DEPRIVE ME

"OF EVERYTHING
I HOLD DEAR.

"MY CHILDREN,
SHE TAUGHT TO HATE ME.

"WITH MY HUSBAND,
SHE CONSORTED.

"FINALLY, I HAD HER SENT
FROM MY HOUSE
NEVER TO RETURN.

"AND ALL THIS I CERTIFY
TO BE GOD'S TRUTH,

FRANCES
DUCHESSE DE PRASLIN."

WHICH LETTER DO YOU LIKE
THE BEST, THEO?

TO THINK THAT
I ALMOST BELIEVED YOU.

OH, I'M ONLY OFFERING YOU
YOUR CHOICE, DEAR THEO.

BUT THEN, PERHAPS
IT DOESN'T MATTER,

FOR THERE'S REALLY
VERY LITTLE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THEM.

YOU SEE?
HA HA HA!

HA HA HA!

I'LL TELL YOU
SOMETHING MORE.

NO LETTER
WILL I EVER WRITE

EXCEPT ONE THAT WILL
PREVENT HER
DOING TO ANOTHER WOMAN

WHAT SHE'S DONE TO ME.
SHE WON'T BE SAFER
IN ANOTHER COUNTRY.

SHE'S MISTAKEN.
IF SHE
GOES TO ENGLAND,

I'LL WRITE
TO ENGLAND.

IF SHE CHOOSES
ANOTHER COUNTRY,

MY HATRED
WILL FOLLOW.

EVEN IF SHE
CROSSES THE OCEAN,
I WON'T SPARE HER.

IF SHE GOES
TO THE ENDS
OF THE EARTH,

MY HATRED
WILL FOLLOW HER!

THEO.

THEO!

THEO!

I...
I DIDN'T MEAN IT.

I...

NO. NO!

NO! THEO,
YOU COULDN'T!

YOU WOULDN'T!
HAVE MERCY.

YOU'RE MAD, THEO!
NO, THEO!
I DIDN'T MEAN IT!

THEO, NO!
NO, THEO!

THEO, HAVE MERCY!
HAVE MERCY!

THEO! THEO!

NO, THEO!

AAH!

OH, DEAR ME.
OH, SO IT'S
COME TO THIS.

GENDARMES IN MY HOUSE.

SCANDAL!
NOTORIETY! RUIN!

WHERE?

YES. HERE IT IS.

DON'T KNOCK.
OPEN THE DOOR.

ARE YOU HENRIETTE
DELUZY-DESPORTES?

WHAT?

THE DUCHESSE DE PRASLIN
HAS BEEN MURDERED!

THIS IS WHAT
YOU'VE BROUGHT ON ME!
NO MORE TALK!

GET INTO YOUR CLOTHES.
DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING.

I KNEW SOMETHING
TERRIBLE WOULD HAPPEN!

YOU CAN'T ARREST ME
WITHOUT TELLING ME
SOMETHING.

I'M HERE TO TAKE YOU
TO THE CONCIERGERIE.

MOVE BACK!
STEP BACK!

[CROWD SHOUTING]

MURDER!
DUCHESSE DE PRASLIN!

MURDER!

MYSTERY VICTIM!

DUCHESSE DE PRASLIN
MURDERED!

IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE NIGHT

WHEN MADEMOISELLE MAILLARD
AND I RAN
TO THE DUCHESSE'S APARTMENT

AND POUNDED
ON THE DOORS.

THEY WERE
ALL LOCKED.

THEN WE RAN
ROUND THE GARDEN
AND UP THE OUTSIDE STAIRS.

THERE, WE FOUND
A DOOR UNLOCKED.

IT WAS TOO LATE.

THE DUCHESSE WAS
LYING AT THE FOOT
OF THE BED.

IN A FEW MOMENTS,
SHE DIED IN MADEMOISELLE
MAILLARD'S ARMS

WITHOUT HAVING SAID
A SINGLE WORD.

POOR MADAME.
SO GOOD, SO KIND.

I THINK THAT GOVERNESS
IS AT THE BOTTOM
OF THIS.

ANYTHING FURTHER?
YES, MONSIEUR.

WHEN I SAW THERE WAS
NOTHING TO BE DONE,
I WENT TO SUMMON THE DUC.

HALFWAY THERE,
I MET HIM.
HE FOLLOWED ME HERE.

WHAT WAS HIS BEHAVIOR?
HE WAS EXTREMELY AGITATED.

WHAT WERE
HIS FIRST WORDS?
THIS IS IMPORTANT.

WELL, HE ASKED ME
3 QUESTIONS--

"DID SHE SPEAK?

WHAT DO YOU
THINK OF IT?"

AND "HAVE YOU
SEEN ANYTHING?"

AND AS HE SAID THIS,
HE SEEMED
VERY UNEASY.

WHY DON'T YOU
QUESTION HIM,
NOT ME?

WILL YOU SIGN
YOUR DEPOSITION?
RIGHT THERE.

NEXT, MADEMOISELLE
HORTENSE MAILLARD.

PLEASE DO NOT
LEAVE THE ROOM.
I MAY QUESTION YOU AGAIN.

MADEMOISELLE MAILLARD,

YOUR TESTIMONY
IS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE

TO THIS INVESTIGATION.

WHEN I HEARD THE CRIES
OF THE SERVANTS,
I TOOK A PISTOL,

THEN WENT IN
THE DUCHESSE'S BEDROOM
TO FIND WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW.

HAVE YOU ANY EXPLANATION
WHICH MAY ACCOUNT
FOR THIS TRAGEDY?

NO. NO.
PERHAPS THE INTRUDER?

THAT WAS OUR
FIRST THOUGHT--ROBBERY,

BUT SINCE THERE'S
NOTHING MISSING,
WE'VE DISMISSED IT.

DID THE DUCHESSE
HAVE ANY ENEMIES
WHO WISHED TO HARM HER?

NO. ONE DOES NOT
WISH DEATH TO ANYONE.

I'M NOT SO SURE
OF THAT, MONSIEUR.

WOULD YOU CARE TO
EXPLAIN THE BLOODSTAINS

ON THE CLOTHING
YOU WERE WEARING?

THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE.

SHE WAS COVERED WITH BLOOD.

WHEN YOU RETURNED
TO YOUR ROOM,

DID YOU ATTEMPT TO
WASH THE BLOOD OFF?

YES. I WANTED
TO SEE THE CHILDREN

AND TO TELL THEM THE...

GOD HELP THEM.

THIS TESTIMONY
OF THE VALET
IS VERY STRANGE

CONCERNING THE DOORS
TO THE DUCHESSE'S ROOM.

IT APPEARS THEY WERE
LOCKED AT FIRST.

THEN, MYSTERIOUSLY,
THEY WERE
NO LONGER LOCKED.

I REMIND YOU THAT
AS A PEER OF FRANCE

I'M NOT ACCOUNTABLE
TO POLICE OFFICERS.

RIGHT, MONSIEUR.
ACCORDING TO THE LAW
YOU ARE ACCOUNTABLE

ONLY TO
THE HOUSE OF PEERS.

I WONDER HOW
SOMEONE MUST FEEL

WHO IS NOT
FORTUNATE ENOUGH
TO FIND HERSELF

IN SUCH
A LOFTY POSITION.

WHOM DO YOU MEAN?
WHAT ARE YOU LEADING TO?

AN INVESTIGATING
JUDGE DOESN'T LEAD
TO ANYTHING.

HE FOLLOWS WHERE
THE EVIDENCE LEADS.

IN THIS CASE,
POSSIBLY TO
THE CONCIERGERIE,

TO THE CELL OF
A "MADEMOISELLE D."

I BELIEVE YOU KNOW
HER VERY WELL.

SHE CAN HAVE
NO POSSIBLE CONNECTION
WITH THIS AFFAIR.

NO POSSIBLE CONNECTION.
LEAVE HER OUT OF IT.

YOU ASK ME QUESTIONS,
QUESTIONS, BUT YOU
WON'T TELL ME ANYTHING.

WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE DECEASED.

FROM THE TESTIMONIES
AND ESPECIALLY LETTERS
AND OTHER PAPERS

IT APPEARS THAT YOU'VE
BEEN GUILTY OF THE
GRAVEST WRONGS TOWARD HER.

THAT YOU DID NOT HAVE REGARD
FOR HER AND ON THE CONTRARY

YOU TRIED TO TAKE AWAY
FROM HER THE AFFECTIONS
OF HER HUSBAND AND CHILDREN.

NO, THAT IS NOT TRUE.

WHEN I CAME INTO THE HOUSE
THINGS WERE ALREADY BAD.

THERE WAS VERY LITTLE
AFFECTION BETWEEN MOTHER
AND CHILDREN.

THERE WERE CAUSES
OF DISSENTION BETWEEN
THE DUC AND THE DUCHESSE.

WHICH IT WAS NOT
IN MY POWER TO END.

IF LATER THE DUCHESSE
SAID I WAS THE CAUSE
OF HER UNHAPPINESS.

IT ONLY GOES TO SHOW
THE WORKINGS OF A MIND

SO TORTURED BY THE
MOST HORRIBLE AND
UNREASONABLE JEALOUSY.

IF YOU HAD KNOWN HER
OR LIVED IN HER HOUSE
YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND.

WHATEVER YOUR INTERPRETATION
OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
YOU AND THE DUCHESSE--

YOU'RE REFERRING TO
CERTAIN SCANDALS
WHICH WERE NOT TRUE.

TRUE ENOUGH TO RESULT
IN YOUR DISMISSAL.
IN MY LEAVING.

BUT NOT TO GIVING UP
YOUR INFLUENCE ON
CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THAT FAMILY.

HOW MANY TIMES
HAD YOU SEEN THE DUC
SINCE THEN?

3 TIMES.
ALONE?

NO, HE ALWAYS
CAME WITH THE CHILDREN.

WHAT IS BECOME
OF THE CHILDREN?

ONLY ANSWER
THE QUESTIONS.

DID YOU SEE HIM
ON AUGUST 17?

YES. HE CAME WITH
THE 4 CHILDREN.

DID YOU SEE HIM ALONE
ON THAT OCCASION?

FOR A FEW MINUTES.
WHY?

TO CONSOLE
EACH OTHER IN
YOUR SEPARATION?

NO, WE DISCUSSED
A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION
THE DUCHESSE PROMISED ME.

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND
THIS LINE OF QUESTIONING.

HAVE YOU NOT LEARNED.
THERE ARE VERY
GRAVE INDICATIONS

ACCUSING THE DUC
OF HAVING KILLED
HIS WIFE.

NO.

NO.

THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE.

HE--HE WHO COULD NEVER BEAR
TO SEE ONE OF HIS
CHILDREN SUFFER.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

TELL ME IT ISN'T TRUE!
I BEG YOU!
TELL ME!

HE COULDN'T.

HE WAS SO GENTLE.

[CRIES]

I WISH I COULD
TAKE YOU
INTO A CERTAIN ROOM.

THERE WOULD SEE
WRITTEN IN BLOOD

THE RECORD OF A STRUGGLE
A WOMAN PUT UP FOR HER LIFE--

HANDPRINTS GOING
FROM WALL TO WALL,
FROM BELLPULL TO BELLPULL

AS SHE STRUGGLED
HELPLESSLY TO
ESCAPE THE BLOWS

OF THE ASSASSIN
WHO STRUCK HER DOWN.
LISTEN TO ME.

HE COULD NEVER
HAVE DONE THIS
DREADFUL THING,

IF HE HAD ANY
PART IN IT,

IT IS I
WHO AM GUILTY.
I ASKED TOO MUCH.

I WAS WRONG.
I SEE IT ALL NOW,
NOW IT'S TOO LATE.

HE MUST'VE GONE
TO THE DUCHESSE

DEMANDING THE LETTER
SHE PROMISED ME.

SHE MUST HAVE
REFUSED, AND THEN--

YOU SEE
I AM GUILTY!

WRITE DOWN IN YOUR
RECORDS "GUILTY."

I ALONE. NEVER HIM!

MADEMOISELLE HENRIETTE
DELUZY-DESPORTES,

YOU ARE HELD FOR COMPLICITY
IN THE DUCHESSE'S MURDER.

TAKE HER OUT.
PLEASE BELIEVE ME!
I ALONE AM GUILTY.

COME. THIS WAY.

SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT
TO TELL FROM THE SOUND
OF A FRENCH MOB

IF THE PEOPLE ARE
INCITING A REVOLUTION
OR HAVING A GOOD TIME.

ON THIS OCCASION
I'M AFRAID
IT IS ALL TOO CLEAR.

WE CAN'T AFFORD
TO DELAY LONGER,
YOUR MAJESTY.

I HESITATE TO SAY IT
BUT THERE IS ALREADY
MUCH DISSATISFACTION.

AND NOW COMES
THIS SCANDALOUS CRIME
CASTING BLOOD ALL OVER.

THE DUC AND THIS WOMAN
MUST BE BROUGHT
TO JUDGMENT.

AND QUICKLY.
POOR THEO.

TO SHIELD HIM
WILL COST
THE THRONE OF FRANCE.

YES, THE PEOPLE
DEMAND THEIR BLOOD.

CAN YOU GET
A CONVICTION?
YOU MUST.

THERE ARE CERTAIN
DIFFICULTIES, YOUR MAJESTY.

IN ORDER TO CONVICT
WE MUST ESTABLISH A MOTIVE.

IF I MAY SAY SO,
IT LIES IN THE SINFUL
RELATION BETWEEN THE TWO.

YES, BUT WHERE CAN WE TURN
FOR CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE?

TO SCANDALOUS ARTICLES?
TO THE GOSSIP OF SERVANTS?

TO THE LETTERS OF A WIFE
WHO NEVER DIRECTLY
ACCUSED HER HUSBAND?

WHAT WE MUST HAVE
IS AN ADMISSION
FROM THE ACCUSED.

BOTH OF THEM
OR ONE OF THEM,
OF THEIR GUILTY LOVE.

THEN YOU MUST
GET THIS ADMISSION
IN ANY WAY YOU CAN.

BARON PASQUIER.

AS CHANCELLOR OF FRANCE
AND PRESIDENT OF
THE HOUSE OF PEERS.

IT WILL BE YOUR DUTY
TO QUESTION THEM BOTH
BEFORE A COMMISSION.

IF HE IS FOUND GUILTY
YOU WILL BIND HER TO BE TRIED
IN THE PUBLIC COURTS.

I'VE ALREADY
PREPARED FOR THIS ORDER.

IT ONLY NEEDS
YOUR MAJESTY'S SIGNATURE.

HE WAS MY FRIEND.

"AND IN VIEW OF ARTICLE 29
OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHARTER

"REQUIRING THAT
NO PEER BE ARRESTED

"EXCEPT BY AUTHORITY
OF THE CHAMBER,

"WE HAVE ORDERED
THE FOLLOWING--

"ARTICLE ONE--THE COURT OF PEERS
SHALL BE CONVENED.

"ARTICLE 2--THE COURT
WILL PROCEED WITHOUT DELAY

"TO THE INVESTIGATION
AND JUDGMENT

"OF THE CRIME IMPUTED TO
THEOBOLD, DUC DE PRASLIN.

DONE AT THE PALAIS DEUX,
AUGUST 19, 1847."

SIGNED, LOUIS PHILIPPE.

SO BE IT.

IT'S BEEN DECIDED
TO IMPRISON YOU HERE

RATHER THAN RISK
TRANSPORTING YOU
TO A PRISON.

THE PEOPLE ARE ENRAGED,
OF THIS FOUL ACT AGAINST
A RELIGIOUS WOMAN THAT

IT WOULD BE UNSAFE
TAKING YOU THROUGH
THE STREETS.

I APPRECIATE YOUR
SOLICITUDE FOR MY SAFETY.

I IMPLORE YOU
FOR AN OPEN
AND FULL CONFESSION.

DID YOU COMMIT
THE CRIME OF WHICH
YOU ARE ACCUSED?

WHO CAN SAY
WHAT A CRIME IS?

DO YOU AFFIRM
YOU ARE NOT GUILTY?

SINCE YOU'VE COME WITH
A CONVICTION OF MY GUILT,

NOTHING I SAY WILL
CHANGE YOUR OPINION.

YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS
WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE

THAT YOU WERE DRIVEN
TO THIS ACT BY PASSION
WHICH YOU NOW REGRET

WERE YOU NOT URGED
BY THE EVIL ADVICE
OF SOMEONE ELSE?

I RECEIVED NO ADVICE.

ONE DOESN'T GIVE ADVICE
IN SUCH MATTERS.

WE ARE PREPARED
TO DEAL WITH YOU

AS LIBERALLY
AS WE CAN.

ONLY SAY THAT YOU
WERE FORCED INTO IT,

AND PERHAPS YOU
WILL SAVE YOURSELF.

CERTAINLY YOU WILL
SAVE THE THRONE
AND ALL OF US.

WHAT IS ONE WOMAN'S LIFE
COMPARED TO THESE?

YOU MAKE ME ASHAMED
THAT I KNOW YOU.

THEN I HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE
BUT HAND YOU OVER TO THE KING'S
PROSECUTOR.

WHAT WERE YOUR RELATIONS
WITH HENRIETTE DELUZY?

SHE WAS ONCE GOVERNESS
TO MY CHILDREN.

AND TO YOU,
MONSIEUR?

SHE WAS MY CHILDREN'S
GOVERNESS.

SHE BROUGHT THEM
PEACE AND ORDER

WHERE ONCE THERE HAD BEEN
FRIGHT AND CONFUSION.

SHE GAVE THEM THE LOVE
THAT HAD BEEN DENIED THEM.

BUT TO YOU YOURSELF?

ONCE, SHE SAVED
MY SON'S LIFE.

DID YOU KNOW THAT?

HOW QUEERLY WE REWARD
THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL.

YOU PERSIST
IN SPEAKING ONLY
OF THE CHILDREN.

WE DEMAND AN HONEST
ANSWER TO A PLAIN QUESTION.

DID YOU LOVE THIS WOMAN?

LOVE? DO YOU KNOW
THE MEANING OF THE WORD?

I BELIEVE WE
ARE ALL THINKING
OF THE SAME THING.

I DID NOT LOVE HER.

I GIVE YOU
ONE LAST CHANCE
TO SAVE YOURSELF.

YOU WILL GIVE
A TRUTHFUL ANSWER
TO THAT QUESTION.

WE'VE ONLY BEGUN.

IF IT TAKES DAYS,
WE'LL GET IT
FROM YOU.

ARE YOU QUITE SURE?

WHAT DID YOU SAY?

I WAS JUST THINKING

THAT THERE IS MORE THAN
ONE ANSWER TO A QUESTION.

I DON'T
UNDERSTAND YOU.

I DID NOT INTEND
THAT YOU SHOULD.

MADEMOISELLE
HENRIETTE DELUZY.

MADEMOISELLE
HENRIETTE DELUZY.

YES?

FOLLOW ME.

THERE IS A VISITOR
WAITING FOR YOU
IN YOUR CELL.

A VISITOR?
FOR ME?

YES, MA'AMSELLE.

PERHAPS YOU DON'T
REMEMBER ME.

YES.

I REMEMBER.

MISTER...

HENRY FIELD.

YOU ARE
THE AMERICAN MINISTER.

I HOPED
YOU'D REMEMBER.

HOW DID YOU GET IN?
I'M NOT ALLOWED VISITORS.

THEY CAN'T DENY YOU
THE CONSOLATION
OF A MINISTER.

WHEN I READ
OF YOUR TROUBLE,
I CAME AS FAST AS I COULD.

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU CAME
BECAUSE YOU HEARD
I WAS IN TROUBLE.

THAT MUST SURPRISE YOU.

BUT SOME IMPULSE STRONGER
THAN MY WILL COMPELLED ME.

PERHAPS IT WAS BECAUSE
THAT OTHER TIME WE MET

IN SUCH A BRIEF ENCOUNTER.
I SAW THAT EVEN THEN
YOU WERE UNHAPPY.

I HAD WANTED TO SAY
SOMETHING TO YOU.

I'VE REGRETTED
THAT I WAS AFRAID TO.

WHAT COULD YOU HAVE HAD
TO SAY TO ME THEN...

OR EVEN NOW?

JUST A WORD OF FAITH
THAT MIGHT BE SOME COMFORT.

ALL MINISTERS
HAVE THEIR FAITHS,

AND MOST PREACH
THAT ONE MUST ENDURE
WITH PATIENCE

THE MISERIES OF THIS WORLD
IN ORDER TO EARN
HAPPINESS IN ANOTHER.

BUT I BELIEVE
THERE IS A HEAVEN
ON EARTH FOR EACH OF US,

IF WE CAN ONLY FIND IT.

A WOMAN IS DEAD.

CHILDREN I LOVED
ARE ORPHANED.

I'M AFRAID I CAN'T BELIEVE
IN YOUR HEAVEN
ON EARTH, MR. FIELD.

YOU MUST TRY NOT
TO BE BITTER.

DON'T YOU KNOW
YOU CAN'T HELP ME

BUT WILL ONLY
HARM YOURSELF?

YOU ARE A MINISTER,
AND I--

DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT
THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT ME?

BUT IT ISN'T TRUE.
WHAT IF IT IS?

IT WILL MAKE
NO DIFFERENCE.

YOU ARE A FOOL.

I WENT TO YOUR LODGING
AND GATHERED SOME
OF YOUR BELONGINGS.

I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT
BE GLAD TO HAVE THEM.

THEN I WENT TO
THE FAMILY RESIDENCE

THINKING YOU'D
WANT TO KNOW
ABOUT THE CHILDREN.

I TALKED TO A SERVANT
NAMED PIERRE.

WHAT HAS BECOME
OF THE CHILDREN?

THEY ARE IN CORSICA
WITH THEIR GRANDFATHER.

THEIR MOTHER IS
TO BE BURIED THERE.

I COULDN'T THINK
OF ANYTHING ELSE TO DO
EXCEPT COME HERE

AND LET YOU KNOW
YOU HAVE A FRIEND.

YOU HAVE BEEN
VERY KIND.

I'M SORRY I WAS RUDE
JUST NOW.
I UNDERSTAND.

THE PAPERS SAY YOU'LL BE
QUESTIONED BEFORE THE
HOUSE OF PEERS THIS AFTERNOON.

ARE YOU WELL PREPARED?
HAVE YOU GOOD
LEGAL COUNSEL?

NO, I DO NOT WISH
A LAWYER.

I WILL TELL THEM ALL
THEY WANT TO KNOW.

AFTER ALL,
I HAVE THE TRUTH
TO RELY ON.

I CALL
YOUR ATTENTION

TO THE FACT
THAT YOU MADE
A VIOLENT AVOWAL

OF YOUR GUILT
IN THIS CRIME.

I SAID I SHOULD NOT HAVE
ASKED FOR THE LETTER.
I SHOULD'VE ACCEPTED MY FATE.

IN THAT I WAS GUILTY.
WHEN YOU SENT HIM
FOR THE LETTER--

I DID NOT SEND HIM.
I BEGGED HIM TO FORGET IT.

THAT'S SO MUCH WORSE.
IT DEMONSTRATES THE SPELL
YOU HAD HIM UNDER,

THE POWER
YOU HELD OVER HIM

WHICH COULD HAVE
RESULTED ONLY FROM
YOUR GUILTY PASSION.

WE ALWAYS RETURN
TO THAT, DON'T WE?

YES. WE WILL
ALWAYS RETURN.

THEN I'LL TELL YOU AGAIN.

I DID NOT BRING SIN
INTO THAT HOME.
SINCE THAT IS IN YOUR MIND.

I COULD'VE DONE IT,
IF ONLY OUT OF RESPECT
FOR THE CHILDREN.

I COULD NEVER HAVE
KISSED THEIR PURE BROWS
IF I'D BEEN GUILTY OF THAT.

THEY WERE LIKE
MY OWN CHILDREN. PERHAPS
I WAS WRONG TO THINK THAT.

CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT IT IS POSSIBLE
TO LOVE HONESTLY?

CAN YOU CALL IT
AN HONEST LOVE

WHEN IT RESULTS
IN A VIOLENT CRIME?

YES, MONSIEUR,
IT WAS HONEST.

THERE HAS NEVER BEEN
ANYTHING EVIL

BETWEEN THE DUC
AND MYSELF IN THE PAST

NOR WAS ANY FUTURE
EVIL INTENDED.

I AM TELLING THE TRUTH,
AND YOU MUST BELIEVE ME.

CANNOT THE TONE OF A VOICE
CONVINCE YOU OF THAT?

MADEMOISELLE, I HAVE NEWS
THAT WILL MAKE YOU SPEAK.

WHAT MORE CAN I SAY?

I ADVISE YOU TO PREPARE YOURSELF
FOR A SHOCK.

THE DUC DE PRASLIN
HAS TAKEN POISON.

OH, NO.

YES, MADEMOISELLE.
HE IS DYING.

THE DOCTOR SAYS IT'S
A MATTER OF HOURS.

IT HAS
BUT ONE MEANING.

BY THIS, HE ADMITS HIS GUILT.
HE HAS JUDGED
AND CONDEMNED HIMSELF.

TO YOU, IT MUST
HAVE A FRIGHTFUL
SIGNIFICANCE

AND I ASK
YOU TO CONSIDER IT WELL.

PLAINLY, MADEMOISELLE,
HE DESERTS YOU.

HE SEEKS TO
EVADE THE JUSTICE

HIS CONSCIENCE
MADE HIM FEAR.

HE TAKES
A COWARD'S COURSE.

YOU, HE LEAVES
TO SUFFER THE ANGER
OF THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE.

I ASK YOU IN THIS
AWFUL MOMENT

TO SOFTEN
THE CONSEQUENCES
FOR YOURSELF.

ADMIT THE SINFUL
PASSION THAT LED
TO THE MURDER.

DENOUNCE THIS MAN
WHO BETRAYED YOU.

REBUKE HIS COWARDICE
THROUGH YOUR CONFESSION.

[CRIES]

I DO NOT KNOW HOW YOU HAVE
DRIVEN HIM TO THIS ACT.

I DO NOT KNOW IF
HE HAS ABANDONED ME.

I CAN ONLY TELL YOU
WHAT I HAVE SAID BEFORE.

YOU DRIVE ME
TO A COURSE I HAD
HOPED TO AVOID--

THAT OF BRINGING
THE TWO OF YOU
FACE-TO-FACE.

I BEG YOU, MONSIEUR.

DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK?
ONLY FOR HIM.

IF HE IS DYING, AT LEAST
LET HIM DIE IN PEACE.

CAPTAIN, ORDER
A LARGE GUARD.

IT WILL BE NEEDED.
YES, SIR.

SERGEANT, DOUBLE YOUR ESCORT.
TAKE THE PRISONER

TO THE HOUSE OF
THE DUC OF PRASLIN.

[SHOUTING]

Pierre:
YOU'RE NOT THINKING

OF JOINING THIS HOUSEHOLD,
MA'AMSELLE.

YOU'LL NOT ENTER THIS HOUSEHOLD
OF YOUR OWN FREE WILL.

Raynald:
I DID IT FOR MADEMOISELLE

ALL THE WAY HOME
FROM THE PARK.

Theo: RAYNALD LOOKS SPLENDID,
MADEMOISELLE.

Louise:
I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU

I LOVE YOU
ALMOST AS MUCH AS PAPA.

WE NEVER HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME
BEFORE YOU CAME.

WE NEVER HAD
ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

EVEN PAPA
WAS NEVER SO HAPPY.

Theo: TO BE LOVED AS YOU ARE
IN THIS HOUSE

IS ABOVE ALL BARGAINS.

MAY WE GO IN,
DOCTOR?

SURELY YOU DON'T INTEND
TO QUESTION HIM NOW?

HE'S DYING.
HE'S IN FRIGHTFUL AGONY.

LET US GO IN.

MADEMOISELLE DELUZY
WILL WAIT HERE
TILL WE CALL HER.

WE COME TO QUESTION YOU
FOR THE LAST TIME.

I ASK FOR THE TRUTH,
THAT YOUR REPENTANCE
MAY BE AS PUBLIC

AS YOUR CRIME HAS BECOME.

I HAVEN'T ANY STRENGTH
TO SAY ANYTHING.

IT WOULD TAKE
SUCH A LONG TIME

TO TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH.

WE DON'T ASK THE WHOLE TRUTH.
WE ONLY WANT A YES OR NO.

ARE YOU GUILTY
OF THE MURDER
OF YOUR WIFE?

TO SOME QUESTIONS...

THERE ISN'T ANY
YES OR NO.

YOUR SUICIDE
IS YOUR ANSWER.

WE REQUIRE A CONFESSION
OF YOUR MOTIVE.

WAS IT YOUR
GUILTY ENTANGLEMENT

WITH HENRIETTE DELUZY
THAT DROVE YOU

TO THE MADNESS
THAT POSSESSED YOU?

MY STRENGTH FAILS ME.

SOME OTHER TIME.

BRING THE WOMAN IN.

WHO?

DID YOU--DID YOU
BRING HER HERE?

YOU STILL HAVE
A CHANCE TO SPEAK,
MONSIEUR.

Guard:
BRING HER IN.

YOU'RE GOING TO
MEET YOUR CREATOR.

DO NOT ADD FURTHER
GUILT TO YOUR SOUL

BY SHIELDING
ANOTHER WHO'S
EQUALLY GUILTY.

DID YOU LOVE
THIS WOMAN?

I--I CANNOT ANSWER
ANY MORE QUESTIONS.

IS NOT YOUR BODILY PAIN
LESS THAN YOUR SOUL'S?

DID YOU LOVE HER?

WILL YOU NEVER
BE SATISFIED?

I AM DYING.

WHAT MORE DO
YOU WANT OF ME?

THE LAST CHANCE
COMES TO YOU.

HAVE YOU ANYTHING TO SAY
TO THIS MAN?

THERE'S NOTHING
I NEED TO SAY.

IT'S USELESS
TO TRY FURTHER.

TAKE HER AWAY.

I'VE DONE EVERYTHING
POSSIBLE TO HELP YOU,

BUT I SEE
IT'S BEEN IN VAIN.

MAY GOD HAVE
MERCY ON YOU.

PIERRE.

MONSIEUR?

GET CLOSE.

LISTEN CAREFULLY.

I HAVE LITTLE TIME.

I WANT YOU TO TELL
HER SOMETHING--

WHY I TOOK POISON.

SHE MAY THINK
I WAS AFRAID,

BUT I WASN'T AFRAID
FOR MYSELF.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

NO, MONSIEUR.

YOU SHOULD HAVE
HEARD THEM--

EVEN NOW.

"DID YOU LOVE HER?"

"DID YOU LOVE HER?"

I COULDN'T HAVE
BORNE IT FOR LONG.

I WOULD HAVE SAID IT
TO THEIR FACES.

"YES. YES, I LOVE HER.

"WITH EVERY DROP OF BLOOD IN ME,
I WORSHIP HER.

"SHE'S MY HEART.

SHE'S MY LOST SOUL
I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR."

THEY WOULD HAVE SENT HER
TO HER DEATH.

I'LL TELL HER,
MONSIEUR.

YES. YES, PIERRE.

TELL HER.

SAY THE WORDS I COULD
NEVER SAY TO HER.

PERHAPS SHE KNEW.

I THINK SO.

I THINK SHE KNEW.

THEY CAN NEVER
HARM HER NOW.

Henriette:
SHE WAS FREE AT LAST--

FREE OF EVERY PRISON EXCEPT
THAT OF HER MEMORIES.

THIS IS WHAT
HE HAD COME TO--

A GRAVE
IN AN UNCONSECRATED GROUND,

A NUMBER ON HIS TOMBSTONE
SUCH AS CONVICTS WEAR IN LIFE.

THIS IS ALL THAT REMAINED
OF THE NOBLE DUC DE PRASLIN.

AND THEIR LOVE--

THWARTED IN LIFE,
TWISTED INTO AN UGLY HORROR--

IT HAD TAKEN HIS DEATH

TO GIVE IT EVERLASTING LIFE
AND BEAUTY.

YES, SHE WISHED
THAT SHE MIGHT DIE,

BUT THAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE.

SHE WAS ALIVE,
AND SHE MUST GO ON LIVING.

A FRIEND
WITH GREAT TENDERNESS

TALKED TO HER
OF HER FUTURE.

BUT WHAT FUTURE
WAS THERE FOR HER

IN A COUNTRY
WHERE SHE WAS HATED,

WHERE THE MOBS WOULD GLADLY
HAVE TORN HER APART?

AND SO, HE TALKED TO HER
OF A NEW COUNTRY,

A LAND FAR AWAY TO WHICH
HE MIGHT ARRANGE TO TAKE HER.

HE TRIED TO MAKE HER SEE

THAT IT WAS NOT SAFE FOR HER
TO REMAIN IN FRANCE.

HE WAS RIGHT.

THE PEOPLE WERE ANGRY.

THEY FELT THEY HAD
MANY GRIEVANCES

AND THAT THE KING
AND THE COURTS

COULD LET THIS WICKED WOMAN GO
WAS THE LAST STRAW.

SO THEY FOUGHT
THE REVOLUTION OF 1848

AND PULLED THE KING
FROM HIS THRONE.

IT IS STRANGE HOW THE FATE
OF ONE GOVERNESS

COULD SO AFFECT HISTORY.

THEN, AFTER MANY MONTHS,
THERE CAME FROM AMERICA

A SURPRISING EMPLOYMENT OFFER.
SHE COULD NOT KNOW THEN

THAT HER KIND FRIEND
HAD ARRANGED THAT, TOO.

I CANNOT TELL YOU
HER EMOTIONS

AS SHE APPROACHED
THIS STRANGE, NEW COUNTRY.

SUPPOSE THE TERRIBLE THINGS
THAT SHE WANTED SO MUCH
TO FORGET SHOULD FOLLOW HER.

PEOPLE CAN BE AS CRUEL
IN ONE COUNTRY AS ANOTHER.

THEY CAN FIND COPIES
OF OLD NEWSPAPERS

AND STIR UP
WHAT IS BEST FORGOTTEN.

THEY CAN EXCHANGE
SIDE GLANCES AND WHISPERS.

AND THOUGH PERHAPS
THEY MAY MEAN NO HARM,

THE UGLY STORY
GROWS AND SPREADS

UNTIL THERE IS
NO PEACE FOR HER,

NO, NOT EVEN IN AMERICA.

OH, PLEASE, MADEMOISELLE.
DON'T GO ON.

WELL...

IT IS FOR YOU TO TELL ME
THE END OF MY STORY.

DOES THIS GOVERNESS DESERVE
TO SUFFER THE REST OF HER LIFE,

OR HAS SHE EARNED THE RIGHT
TO CONTINUE HER WORK

IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE SO MANY
BEFORE HER HAVE FOUND REFUGE?

[EVERYONE
TALKING AT ONCE]

I THANK YOU.

I THANK YOU
WITH ALL MY HEART,

BUT YOU, EMILY SCHUYLER,

YOU HAVE SAID NOTHING.

THAT SURPRISES ME.

I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE THE FIRST
TO ASK A QUESTION.

I--I HAVEN'T ANY
QUESTION, MADEMOISELLE.

EMILY, I'M QUITE READY
TO ANSWER ANYTHING.

NO, MADEMOISELLE.

NO.

YOU NEEDN'T
TELL US ANY MORE.

I GUESS YOU KNOW
HOW WE FEEL.

WE'RE JUST--
JUST PLAIN SKUNKS.

WHY EMILY SCHUYLER,
IF MISS HAINES HEARD
YOU SAY THAT WORD,

WE'D BE SENT HOME
FOR GOOD.

THAT'S WHAT WE ARE,
AND I DON'T CARE
WHO HEARS ME.

I'M GOING TO BURN
THOSE NEWSPAPERS

AND NEVER MENTION
A WORD OF THIS
TO ANYONE.

LET'S ALL CROSS
OUR HEARTS AND HOPE
TO DIE IF WE DO.

WE'RE SO SORRY!

PLEASE FORGIVE US!
PLEASE FORGIVE US!

PLEASE, MADEMOISELLE,
I'M SURE EMILY
DIDN'T MEAN IT.

WE'LL NEVER FORGET
THIS DAY.

PLEASE SAY
YOU'LL FORGIVE US.

OH, I DO. I DO.

ALRIGHT,
MESDEMOISELLES.

WE WILL RESUME
OUR LESSONS TOMORROW.

YOU MAY NOT HAVE LEARNED
MUCH FRENCH TODAY,

BUT I THINK
YOU HAVE LEARNED

A LITTLE PATIENCE
AND TOLERANCE,

AND THAT IS THE SAME
IN EVERY LANGUAGE.
HURRY, NOW.

WE'LL SEE
YOU TOMORROW,
MADEMOISELLE.

WE'LL LOOK
FORWARD TO IT.

OH, MADEMOISELLE,
WE'RE SORRY.

MADEMOISELLE,

I--I JUST WANTED
TO TELL YOU

THAT WE LOVE YOU
VERY MUCH.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU
BEEN STANDING THERE?

LONG ENOUGH TO
SEE YOUR TRIUMPH.

YOU'VE WON
THEIR LOVE FOREVER.

DO YOU THINK SO?

YES.

THEN I'M CONTENT
WITH THE FUTURE.

IF YOU COULD SEE
INTO YOUR FUTURE,

YOU WOULD SEE
THERE IS SO MUCH
MORE THERE WAITING--

IF YOU WILL
ACCEPT IT.

THE FIRST SNOW.

Theo: THEN IF YOU LOOK
CLOSELY ENOUGH,

THE WHOLE REST OF THE WORLD

SEEMS TO BE OBLITERATED
AND SHUT OUT.

HENRIETTE,

THERE ARE MANY KINDS
OF LOVE POSSIBLE

BETWEEN A MAN
AND A WOMAN.

PEACE AND GENTLENESS
AND COMPANIONSHIP

ARE NOT THE LEAST
OF THESE.

I PROMISED YOU ONCE
THAT YOU'D FIND HEAVEN
ON THIS EARTH.

I'LL KEEP THAT PROMISE

IF IT TAKES
A LIFETIME OF DEVOTION.