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1783. Six years before the French Revolution,
Louis XVI still ruled - but Wit was King.
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"In this country, vices are without consequence,
but ridicule kills". - Duke of Guines
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Do you remember me, Sir?
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Think hard.
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Have I also changed so much?
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Remember..."Marquis of Stumblebum"?
Ah, there we go.
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You dubbed me that
when I fell dancing at a ball.
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Stumblebum. So very wounding!
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I never lived it down.
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Where is your fine wit now?
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Flown away?
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What a loss for our salons.
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Since my exile,
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I've seen many lands,
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Oh, with far ruder manners.
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Yet I've never forgotten it.
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Sir, I sense I'm tiring you.
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I will wait on Madame and let him rest.
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She is expecting you.
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I fear that in his joy,
Monsieur has forgotten himself.
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- Return home.
- But, Monsieur.
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Chattering teeth, bright eyes,
you know the signs.
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Don't move.
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Sir, we are short of workers.
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His father has the fever.
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They say the King
can cure with a touch.
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All men can work miracles.
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You don't believe me,
but I promise.
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We'll rid this swamp of evil.
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By having masses sung?
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Not with masses...
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we'll build dikes and canals,
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plant trees, sow crops.
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This land will become
beautiful, you'll see.
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You're home.
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When you meet the King,
could he bless my medallion?
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I promise, Leonard.
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You can't go without my blessing.
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Your mother worries about you going to Versailles.
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Sunday, tell them to have hope.
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I preach hope in God.
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At Versailles, one man's will
turned the swamps into gardens.
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The will of a King!
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I'll knock on every door...
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right up to the King.
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Kneel.
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Remove your hat, heavens!
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In the name of...Amen
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Farewell.
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One of the finest wits of our time.
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And what a complexion!
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Milletail!
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Returned from America?
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I missed the poison air of Versailles.
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I'm surprised to find you kneeling here.
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I'd have preferred burying him alive,
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but God decided otherwise.
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We are praying, gentlemen.
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Would you join me for dinner...
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Some fowl would be better company!
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She will be grieving for hours...
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Is this Blayac house?
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Yes. Are you close?
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I have an introduction to Monsieur.
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You came at the right time.
He's receiving presently.
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You'll recognize him by his widow.
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His wit was a shining light.
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My husband valued your opinion.
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The Academy grieves for him.
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He cared for it deeply.
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What a loss.
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Lord, what a loss.
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My sympathies, he was my father's friend.
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My father also.
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I've travelled from the Dombes.
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First visit to Versailles?
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I was born here, as it happens.
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A courtier by birth.
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"One can visit a stable,
without thinking himself a horse."
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Only God can judge us.
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What, friend?
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God forgives thieves
when their children are hungry!
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Now our second meeting...
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No more a pleasure...
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Whom do I have the honour of bleeding?
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Gregoire Ponceludon de Malavoy.
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Marquis of Bellegarde.
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Charlotte, my governess,
and her son Paul.
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Paul is deaf-mute
an idiot, but kindhearted.
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Travellers aren't warned enough,
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about highway robbers around Versailles.
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A good doctor must judge blood...
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the way a gourmet judges wine.
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A hearty red.
Fluid but full-bodied...
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You live in fresh air...
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and eat lean meat.
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I live in foul swamp air, and eat mudfish.
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My God, my plans.
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- Are you a hydrographics engineer?
- Yes sir.
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I came to Versailles to seek aid
for a drainage project.
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Easy to be seen, hard to be heard.
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I will appeal to reason and compassion.
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How are you so ignorant
in the ways of Versailles?
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There now.
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I've bled you dry.
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You need to rest.
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Two days bed rest, proper diet,
with a glass of wine at night.
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Night is for sleeping.
Your efforts will be futile.
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Thank you.
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"Study Addressed to the Regent...
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Concerning Epidemics in the Dombes
and Suggested Remedies"
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By the Marquis de Gora.
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It was never even opened.
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Will your study fare any better?
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Thank you, you're sparing me disappointment.
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I've seen so many gentlemen from the country.
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I'll plead my case orally.
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Here I'll build locks to form a storage pool.
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His Majesty may find such works interesting.
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The King so enjoys technical things.
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Underscore how high fevers kill Dombes residents.
He's said to be compassionate.
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It is his weakness.
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This is why I wouldn't inform His Majesty.
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The same way I say nothing about
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tunnels to England, draining swamps or
mapping expeditions to India.
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Your plan may be very useful,
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but very expensive.
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Drain the marshes at least.
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You mean drain France's treasury!
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I administer budgets.
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Do you see the problem?
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What price a human life?
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Less than France's destiny...
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except to philosophers.
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Goodbye, Sir. I have work to do.
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The King eyes will be
opened to such misery!
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Go ahead!
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These Right Wingers will bankrupt the Kingdom.
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Sir, my work is defence and fortifications.
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Mr. Maurepas is aged and prudent.
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I hoped a younger, more courageous heart...
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My essential duty makes me immune to flattery.
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In the Left Wing
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favouritism is of no avail. Goodbye, Sir.
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However, My advice is...
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write up your project, and I'll have it read.
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The Left Wing is for ministers
who work on the kingdom's needs.
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The Right Wing tends to Court...
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and serve their own needs.
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I only want to see the King.
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"Only"? You're funny.
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At Versailles you're known as salesmen.
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There are...thousands of you.
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Some must succeed?
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Help me.
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Introduce me at Court.
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You'd be more useful back home.
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My project upsets greedy landowners,
Versailles is my last hope.
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You're all the same.
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Dreams full of titles, pensions and grants.
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The Court! The Court!
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The word makes you drunk!
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I doubt you have what it takes.
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Go back home...
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and be grateful.
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I apologize for troubling you.
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Double three...or I'll divulge a Church secret.
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Ah, a secret! Do tell!
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Well then, purgatory does not exist!
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Do I recognize your debtor?
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Fresh from the country, you must have
insights on our ridiculous courtly ways.
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"Judge not,
that ye be not judged."
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If Gospels were of any use
at Versailles, I'd have heard already.
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Join our game if you like,
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we play for 10 sols a point.
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My shoe buckles are my only riches.
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But feel free to admire them
more closely by bowing down.
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What is the goal of your visit?
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Draining the Dombes swamps
to rid them of the mosquitos.
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Our peasants don't live past 35.
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Poor people!
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Doubly cursed as even
their mention evokes ennui.
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Surely you see, peasants feed mosquitoes
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but also the aristocrats.
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He's less stupid than he looks.
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This is how we differ, Sir!
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Her Majesty the Queen!
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Ah Blayac! May I borrow the Abbot?
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Your humble servant, Majesty.
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I am playing piquet with such dull people.
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My game needs a lively wit.
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Thank you. I will return him soon.
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Were you in the middle of something?
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Nothing remotely important.
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Your favored youth seems recovered.
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Have you worked wonders, Marquis?
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Allow me to believe so.
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His tongue is certainly agile.
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You rarely come to my dinner parties.
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I await the pleasure.
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Do you need an invitation?
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Bring your new charge.
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Double six!
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Your first skirmish succeeded.
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We may harbor some hope!
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That nasty abbot is close to the Queen,
and I made him an enemy.
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Wit opens the doors...
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and you're well-stocked.
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Who cares about the Dombes?
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You're alone, certainly, but patience!
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If the Court takes an interest in you
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your Dombes will have a voice in Versailles.
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I've spent a year's money in just days.
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If you do not mind discomfort...
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you might stay as my guest.
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My duty was to dissuade you,
but I now offer my help.
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But why now?
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Righteousness and fine wit very rarely co-exist.
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Too much powder yellows the teeth.
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A young man keeps his natural complexion.
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Just a little rouge to add colour.
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Is the Countess close to the king?
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Serious topics...
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Best avoided!
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I'll be quiet.
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Fine words, sharp tongue,
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malice, even...
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then your region will be cured.
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No puns. We say puns are "the death of wit".
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Voltaire! My Bible.
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One last thing:
Never laugh at your own words.
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Redcurrants!
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I adore redcurrants!
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I'd eat as many as Samson killed Philistines!
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We all adore redcurrents...uh...
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If Samson had...
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If Samson hadn't...
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- Where are your estates?
- The Dombes.
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A land of miserable swamps and disease.
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This is why I'm here.
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What an unpleasant topic!
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Serve some champagne to
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Mr. Ponceludon de Malavoy.
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Baron?
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What did you think of the English?
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Amusing. They have a way of speaking
they call "hew-mah."
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Causing much laughter.
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Is it a form of wit?
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Not really, no.
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- How would you translate?
- It's untranslatable.
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How intriguing, please try!
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Talk causing laughter
must be a form of wit.
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No, it's not exactly wit.
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There is no French word for it.
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Give us an example, it'll be quicker.
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Well... I asked Twickenham
how many mistresses he had.
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he answered me expressionless:
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"How many would constitute several?
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For now the only example coming to mind.
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You mean "comes to mouth"!
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How did Samson kill the Philistines?
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Samson! The Philistines!
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With the jawbone of an ass.
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With the jawbone of an ass!
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"With the same jawbone, Abbot?"
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The jawbone of an ass!
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00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:19,756
I'd have been the talk of the court.
270
00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,195
Two hours too late.
271
00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:28,075
Age is the enemy, Ponceludon.
A few years ago, I'd have had him.
273
00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:31,238
Quick wit escapes anyone.
274
00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:32,879
No, Ponceludon.
275
00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:37,236
Anyway, Bravo!
276
00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:41,559
You scored a point
with your "Comes to mouth."
277
00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:45,831
It's a pity you laughed.
278
00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:50,074
A turtle
279
00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:51,635
an ink bottle
280
00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:53,795
An amethyst
281
00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:55,752
a porcelain cart
282
00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:57,719
a starfish
283
00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:02,033
a book.
284
00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:03,635
Think some more...
285
00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:04,795
A snuffbox!
286
00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:06,598
Wrong again.
287
00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:09,835
Oh, an apple!
288
00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:12,154
How could I forget.
289
00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:14,390
You have strange hobbies.
290
00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:18,270
Children's brains are moist and fluid.
291
00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:20,716
When we age,
292
00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,719
this organ hardens
293
00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,639
and memory deteriorates.
294
00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:34,908
I store every witty remark in here
295
00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:37,839
Double entendres, repartees, quips...
296
00:22:38,120 --> 00:22:40,554
wordplays, retorts, paradoxes.
297
00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:45,639
Your "Comes to mouth" is a repartee.
298
00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:52,551
I had a strange dream. My head was on
the guillotine and the executioner said:
299
00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,230
"One good quip, and your life is spared."
300
00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:01,310
Everyone at Court has that dream.
301
00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:06,790
Do not laugh open-mouthed, it's vulgar.
310
00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:04,234
Is Mr. De Montalieri dissatisfied with you?
303
00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,355
Your letter worried me.
304
00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:10,670
It's a good position, Mathilde.
305
00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:14,276
Being a governess will
help your ambitions later.
306
00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,719
Monsieur is pleased with my teaching.
307
00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:24,835
But...
308
00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:29,869
it would be inappropriate to live
in his wife's home.
309
00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:37,756
"Lord de Montalieri...
310
00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,919
shall have access
to his wife's bed twice a month.
311
00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:47,237
Her refusal
would revoke this contract.
312
00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:51,715
Any breach of contract
313
00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:55,959
would terminate the 2000 of income...
314
00:24:56,320 --> 00:25:00,518
that Mr. DeMontalieri
grants to his future wife.
315
00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:08,758
- Are you sure of this?
- There's no mention of my workshop, for research.
317
00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,953
It is stiplulated in the codicil, Miss.
318
00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:19,077
My future bride defends her interests.
I approve of this...
320
00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:23,839
but let me add one more condition:
321
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:29,638
My betrothed shall not
322
00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:32,994
neither before or after our wedding...
323
00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:35,276
for any reason...
324
00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:37,478
appear in Court.
325
00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:45,559
If she does, I'd be freed of my promise.
326
00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:54,397
Mademoiselle Bellegarde, do you accept this term?
327
00:25:56,120 --> 00:25:58,873
My daughter dislikes corruption at Court
328
00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:00,519
Isn't this so, Mathilde?
329
00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:06,716
I won't mention a wedding date...
330
00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:10,839
since Madame de Montalieri
is still...with us.
331
00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:13,399
How is her health?
332
00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,029
Yesterday, she could not recognize me.
333
00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:28,115
Quick, help me!
334
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,000
It is not completely sealed...
335
00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:39,550
How could it?
You know the water pressure at 100ft?
337
00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:43,300
Exactly 3 ounces per sq. inch.
I've also studied Pascal.
338
00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:47,316
Wise Nature put crabs under water
and young girls at home.
339
00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:49,875
Nature also gave your peasants fever.
340
00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:55,518
- What sealant is that?
- Otter oil. Why?
341
00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:57,795
The seams could be tarred.
342
00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:01,836
And then observation while in use
to identify weaknesses.
344
00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:06,239
Turn around, please.
345
00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:12,471
Do you love this Montalieri?
346
00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:15,394
Love? I don't believe in love.
347
00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:17,634
Then why marry?
348
00:27:17,860 --> 00:27:21,391
What are my options? Poverty or a convent.
349
00:27:21,590 --> 00:27:24,479
Father can't afford my research.
350
00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:31,229
One day, you'll take a lover,
like all well-born women.
351
00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:32,759
You can look.
352
00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:44,950
Don't look at your feet
353
00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:48,197
Now, the twirl!
354
00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:50,515
Twirl!
365
00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:16,276
If only the tyranny of wit had
done away with genealogists!
356
00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:19,789
For months I've tried to see the King
357
00:28:20,120 --> 00:28:24,079
to plead that my family
be restored its historic title.
358
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,514
The Bishop of Caen, my cousin, has intervened.
359
00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:30,516
I think my audience may come soon.
360
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:31,675
I'm happy for you.
361
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:33,319
It's quite important
362
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:37,115
I'd be in line for a post
at the Academy.
363
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:38,998
A highly paid job.
364
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:42,751
Meanwhile, I am short of funds.
365
00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:45,428
That's regrettable.
366
00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,390
But I could give you an I.O.U.
367
00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:51,677
My means don't permit. My apologies.
368
00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:01,190
May I ask what you seek at Court?
369
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:05,359
A grant to drain the marshes.
370
00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:07,153
Do you have sponsors?
371
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:08,395
None.
372
00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:09,879
What about wit?
373
00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:12,955
Only how to speak my mind.
374
00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,439
Your best hope is to see the King...
375
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:20,951
But for this, you must prove
your lineage back to 1399.
376
00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:23,837
We're affiliated to the House of Savoy
377
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:27,000
I see. But you lack proof of family title.
378
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:29,758
We've always had it.
379
00:29:30,500 --> 00:29:33,838
Perhaps. But I am a genealogist.
I need documentation.
380
00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:36,840
I need birth certificates for
6 generations, for the Marquis,
381
00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:38,460
who died in 1507.
382
00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:41,558
Our castle burned around 1680. Papers...
383
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,314
Of course, castles will always burn down.
384
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:46,956
Write to his parish of birth.
385
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:49,834
They may have baptismal records.
386
00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:05,233
Watch this. Galvani is correct.
387
00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:08,751
Electricity affects the animal's wits.
388
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:11,149
You know what I think?
389
00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:15,838
Perhaps electricity and wit
are one and the same.
390
00:30:18,180 --> 00:30:20,113
Ah, such smooth skin...
391
00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:22,759
It's like...
392
00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:27,610
I catch you admiring...
my greatest achievement.
394
00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:35,632
That diving suit is madness,
others have drowned.
395
00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:39,798
Mathilde was born in the time of Rousseau.
396
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:42,789
I've let her choose freely.
397
00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:47,193
So then, she chose this marriage?
398
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:50,952
Her will is hers alone, I told you.
399
00:30:58,400 --> 00:30:59,355
Thank you.
400
00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:01,074
Excuse me.
401
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:05,036
Excellent news!
402
00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:09,431
The Duke de Guines invites us to his table.
403
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:14,913
I told you fine wit opens doors.
404
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:20,155
415
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:22,234
Thank you, Paul.
405
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:31,714
Excuse me, Sir. Is that boy deaf-mute?
406
00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:33,393
Yes, and half-witted.
407
00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:36,960
I think I might help him.
408
00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:39,194
I run a home for such children.
409
00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:40,919
We have a kind of language...
410
00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:43,719
He's quite fine in our home.
411
00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:49,951
Charles Michel de l'Epee.
412
00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:51,999
Quite delighted.
413
00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:25,639
Excuse me!
414
00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:28,072
Age and rank precedes.
415
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:36,077
My lineage is clear. We are cousins.
416
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:39,153
My aunt is named Ballencourt.
417
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:41,716
Ballencourt de Merignac?
418
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:43,679
Ballencourt du Tilleul.
419
00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:45,752
But it's the same family.
420
00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:48,954
Notice our grandfather...
421
00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:51,552
See the resemblance?
422
00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:54,033
Our grandfather?
423
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:58,634
His must be shown mounted by yours.
424
00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:08,758
Then your retort, Sir...
425
00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:13,118
An Academy member needs a worthy wit.
426
00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:22,436
It never befat one worthier than I.
440
00:33:23,260 --> 00:33:27,313
"Befat"? Such uncultivated language would...
429
00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:29,755
surely entertain at The Academy.
430
00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:32,078
It would be no surprise, dear.
431
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:34,994
We always entrust the harem to eunuchs.
432
00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:57,314
That guard is watching us.
433
00:33:58,000 --> 00:33:59,149
Obviously...
434
00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:01,438
Since this is a lovers' walk.
435
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:03,636
We seem out of place.
436
00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:05,676
Play the lover, then.
437
00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:11,516
Mathilde, imagine your best years...
438
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:13,518
beside a lecherous old man.
439
00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:15,557
He is very educated.
440
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:20,759
While discussing reproduction,
you might even bear children.
441
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:23,914
I have more important projects.
Don't you?
442
00:34:26,720 --> 00:34:29,029
I am trying to save lives.
443
00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:31,913
You are misguided.
444
00:34:32,720 --> 00:34:35,154
Versailles can't save lives.
445
00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:37,709
Since a rotten tree can't bear good fruit
446
00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:41,558
Finished gathering?
447
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:44,069
Almost.
448
00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:48,396
You think me cold-hearted.
449
00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:50,434
You're young.
450
00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:53,594
You think you don't need anyone.
451
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,195
Harvest successful, let's go.
452
00:35:02,720 --> 00:35:03,994
Let's hurry.
453
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:08,833
You're like a tiny bee carrying pollen.
454
00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:13,476
These haven't gotten any.
455
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,912
Do you oppose my marrying for my goals?
456
00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:26,278
How will you name this new variety?
457
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:33,079
You're not answering.
458
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:36,792
You judge me.
459
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:46,959
It's only the flame of vital impulse
which draws you towards me.
460
00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:54,839
Nothing more.
461
00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:12,717
The portrait session! I forgot.
462
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:40,152
Enough for today, Sir.
The sunlight wanes.
464
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:51,000
I supply key words,
you announce a rhyming scheme.
465
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:54,072
A dull epigram scores against you.
466
00:37:54,240 --> 00:37:57,676
Quips depend on luck,
but epigrams need work.
467
00:37:57,800 --> 00:37:59,233
But effort strangles inspiration.
468
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:02,398
Be bold, but careful.
469
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:05,230
Don't trust the Abbot. He's a snake.
470
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:07,312
When silent, he watches...
471
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:09,317
When he speaks, it's too late.
472
00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:42,432
"Eyes, wise."
473
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:46,550
"Missed, Eucharist."
474
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:49,155
Verse form?
475
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:53,319
Iambic couplets.
476
00:38:55,500 --> 00:38:58,553
The one joy here that I have missed...
477
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:04,472
has been to see our King so wise.
478
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:09,193
But like Jesus in His Eucharist
479
00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:19,156
Our mouths are fed but not our eyes.
480
00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:24,998
What marvelous cleverness.
481
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:28,554
Your turn, Baron.
482
00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:36,675
"Skill, will."
483
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:41,270
"Newcomer, summer"
484
00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:50,236
Allow me, Countess?
485
00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:56,833
Is it from Flanders?
486
00:39:58,000 --> 00:39:59,592
Beautifully worked.
487
00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:01,874
Verse form?
488
00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:03,714
Octosyllables.
489
00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:09,835
The abbot's quick wit has such skill
490
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:14,200
It inspires every newcomer
491
00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:21,277
He entertains at will
two ideas in succession:
493
00:40:21,477 --> 00:40:23,599
One in winter,
494
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:25,359
Next in summer.
495
00:40:34,720 --> 00:40:37,871
The Count of Artois
invited me for chocolate.
496
00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:39,599
You are leaving us?
497
00:40:42,720 --> 00:40:44,039
On with the game!
498
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:49,035
Madame.
499
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:55,759
I see the Abbot trusts
memory more than his wit.
500
00:40:56,990 --> 00:40:59,959
What price for your silence?
501
00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:04,800
Fear not. I would not...
fan the winds of gossip.
515
00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:20,631
You should use seal skins.
503
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:23,318
I will order some.
504
00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:26,039
They come from New France...expensive.
505
00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:29,710
You forget, I'll soon be wealthy.
506
00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:35,637
- I used to swim here.
- You can swim?
507
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:38,874
I'll teach you.
508
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:42,350
Have you seen a drowned person?
It's terrible!
509
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:44,638
Water harms only the frightened.
510
00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:48,913
Nonsense. We have boats and bridges.
Why swim?
511
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:52,273
For fun?
525
00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:58,598
There must be carp here.
512
00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:01,558
What are Court ladies like?
513
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:05,716
I hear that some bathe in powder.
514
00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:09,955
Many caught rich old goats,
but few know how to swim.
515
00:42:10,155 --> 00:42:13,080
Perhaps they had no choice.
531
00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:16,716
Do salesmen also fish for favour there?
517
00:42:19,720 --> 00:42:21,233
You've changed.
518
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:26,397
You seem to enjoy it.
You'll become like them.
519
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:30,549
What are you doing?
520
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:34,834
Archimedes assures me I'll float...
521
00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:37,953
but how do I move forward?
522
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:42,159
Push your arms back,
and kick like a frog.
523
00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:58,194
I stand by my theory,
this is against nature!
524
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:05,000
I've waited over an hour
yet others go ahead of me!
525
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:08,959
Your patience shows nobility.
526
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:15,000
Your case has been resolved.
527
00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:16,558
It's all settled.
528
00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:17,796
But...
529
00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:20,756
what about the birth certificates?
530
00:43:21,240 --> 00:43:25,756
Were proof always required,
our best nobles would be stripped.
531
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:27,353
This are your titles.
532
00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:29,192
Signed and sealed.
533
00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:31,799
Good luck.
534
00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:34,796
I am deeply grateful.
535
00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:37,834
This is Countess Blayac's doing.
536
00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:40,634
Reserve most of your gratitude for her.
537
00:43:50,160 --> 00:43:52,435
A child's piety is a Kingdom's strength.
538
00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:54,618
So often neglected these days.
554
00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:57,036
Your parish will be taken care of.
539
00:43:58,640 --> 00:44:00,790
Now please excuse me, Father.
540
00:44:00,880 --> 00:44:03,075
The Holy Spirit be with you.
541
00:44:08,280 --> 00:44:10,280
Madam, how might I thank you?
542
00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:14,114
Forget it.
I'm sorry you saw me doing charity.
543
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:15,793
Proving your kind heart.
544
00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:17,592
So many give alms for show.
545
00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:20,874
They say my wit is larger than my heart...
546
00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:22,513
you may decide.
547
00:44:22,720 --> 00:44:25,109
They also say you're
interested in engineering?
548
00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:27,595
Since I met you, Mr. Engineer.
549
00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:31,238
Tell me about your project.
550
00:44:31,840 --> 00:44:36,152
Beneath my homeland is a layer of
clay that traps rain. The drainage -
551
00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:43,000
A muddy subject.
Difficult to entertain silt in my salon.
552
00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:45,034
I thought to hear of new machines.
553
00:44:45,520 --> 00:44:48,830
The King could tell better than I.
554
00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:51,875
He does often talk of them.
555
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:56,078
And...you know these tales of woe.
556
00:44:56,240 --> 00:44:58,629
I take leave. I am imposing.
557
00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:01,075
Ingratitude is the only imposition.
558
00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:04,594
Sit down.
559
00:45:08,520 --> 00:45:09,794
Let's chat.
560
00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:13,710
Word is that Miss Bellegarde is charming...
561
00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:15,872
but nobody sees her.
562
00:45:22,280 --> 00:45:25,511
Is our intimacy embarrassing?
563
00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:28,235
You think me clumsy for...
564
00:45:29,280 --> 00:45:32,431
I am torn between respect owed...
565
00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:34,797
and desire inspired.
566
00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:38,034
How convoluted...
567
00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:40,669
for a man of wit!
568
00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:42,876
Must you dine to shine?
569
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:45,036
Countess, don't be so cruel.
570
00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:57,519
I would be flattered
were it not for the fact...
571
00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:01,876
my bedroom is known
to lead to the King.
572
00:46:02,720 --> 00:46:03,755
You misjudge me.
573
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:07,436
Swallow your pride.
Let people help you.
574
00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:11,000
Learn to hide your hidden agenda...
575
00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:14,959
so that I might yield without dishonour.
576
00:46:15,520 --> 00:46:17,954
If only for this...
577
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:20,436
you won't have wasted your time.
580
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:53,629
Quickly, Paul.
581
00:46:59,160 --> 00:47:02,118
Beauve's record is 14 minutes.
We can beat it.
582
00:47:02,320 --> 00:47:04,629
Not "we". You almost drowned!
583
00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:06,956
I forbade you to do it!
584
00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:08,150
"Forbade?"
585
00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:09,998
Who grants you this right?
586
00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:12,031
Even my father has never spoken the word.
587
00:47:16,200 --> 00:47:18,752
And what if I had died?
What is it to you?
588
00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:21,994
Being widowered again
would kill your fiance.
589
00:47:23,080 --> 00:47:25,116
You heard his wife had died?
590
00:47:30,480 --> 00:47:32,232
Yes, you'll be married soon.
591
00:47:32,680 --> 00:47:35,069
After decent mourning, of course.
592
00:47:35,360 --> 00:47:38,113
He is a kind and patient man,
and his children adore me.
593
00:47:39,720 --> 00:47:43,349
I'm keeping this.
Come see me first next time.
594
00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:46,076
You think this marriage doesn't cost me?
595
00:47:46,680 --> 00:47:49,240
I doubt it. You're cold-blooded.
596
00:47:49,560 --> 00:47:51,710
The company of fish suits you.
597
00:47:52,280 --> 00:47:54,111
Give me back my helmet!
598
00:48:07,720 --> 00:48:09,870
I'll be quite alone without her.
599
00:48:11,760 --> 00:48:14,957
Is there a sweetheart waiting for you?
600
00:48:15,080 --> 00:48:16,672
I have no property.
601
00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:20,839
What can I share, but swamps and fever?
602
00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:22,998
Fine life for a lady.
603
00:48:23,720 --> 00:48:25,756
Only women make us happy.
604
00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:29,836
To them, a man's tears
are never ridiculous.
605
00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:40,357
Watch the hat of
the grey horse's rider.
606
00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:43,838
The King chooses.
607
00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:51,194
Do we have a chance?
608
00:48:51,600 --> 00:48:52,555
Don't jinx it.
609
00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:55,560
Some wait in vain for months...
610
00:48:56,480 --> 00:48:57,879
for example Baron de Gueret.
611
00:49:02,600 --> 00:49:04,556
I prefer swamps to this groveling.
612
00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:08,959
The King heard about your horse quip.
613
00:49:09,200 --> 00:49:10,315
Will it be enough?
614
00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:11,708
Yes, however...
615
00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:15,836
the 'eunuch' joke is also
the talk at Court.
621
00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:55,359
Mr. Ponceludon de Malavoy.
622
00:49:55,480 --> 00:49:57,436
Now mistakes are no longer allowed.
623
00:50:06,320 --> 00:50:08,072
Like Jesus Himself!
624
00:50:12,720 --> 00:50:14,153
Baron De Gueret!
625
00:50:25,640 --> 00:50:27,471
Lend me your shoes!
626
00:50:27,640 --> 00:50:29,358
I'd be ridiculed!
627
00:50:29,600 --> 00:50:31,238
I beg you! I was called!
628
00:50:31,440 --> 00:50:33,192
Get up, people are staring.
629
00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:43,393
Louis of France, it's nobles who made you King
630
00:50:44,440 --> 00:50:47,193
those whom you now humiliate.
631
00:50:47,760 --> 00:50:48,954
We wait in a pen...
632
00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:53,149
while you pin to a savage
the medal of St. Louis!
633
00:50:53,240 --> 00:50:55,629
Come Sir, our place is elsewhere.
634
00:51:20,680 --> 00:51:22,955
The Sioux people are our friends.
635
00:51:34,600 --> 00:51:39,435
Imagine, half naked, wearing a necklace
of bones, and named 'Stinking Bear'.
636
00:51:39,640 --> 00:51:43,394
Yet, for trifling difference,
we would be the ridiculous ones.
637
00:51:44,640 --> 00:51:46,392
Ah, Madame Blayac.
638
00:51:46,520 --> 00:51:48,750
We see you so seldom, the Queen protests
639
00:51:48,840 --> 00:51:51,115
Sire, the Abbot of Villecourt.
640
00:51:51,480 --> 00:51:53,198
Ah yes! "Entrust harems to eunuchs!"
641
00:51:56,520 --> 00:51:58,590
Baron Ponceludon de Malavoy.
642
00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:01,593
They've spoken to me of you.
644
00:53:12,920 --> 00:53:15,798
It's nothing. Only Bellegarde's idiot.
645
00:53:19,560 --> 00:53:20,993
She's arrived, Madam.
646
00:53:21,800 --> 00:53:23,074
Have her come in.
647
00:53:28,520 --> 00:53:30,112
Miss de Bellegarde
648
00:53:30,840 --> 00:53:33,354
Your father praises you...
649
00:53:33,640 --> 00:53:35,153
but hides you away.
650
00:53:36,400 --> 00:53:39,198
Shall we see you at Court someday?
675
00:53:42,480 --> 00:53:45,677
You ordered my father
to send Paul away.
652
00:53:46,280 --> 00:53:47,998
I ask for his pardon.
653
00:53:48,640 --> 00:53:50,551
Alas, the harm is done.
654
00:53:50,800 --> 00:53:52,995
He's only a poor deaf-mute.
655
00:53:53,400 --> 00:53:55,994
He'll be better off with his own kind.
656
00:53:56,200 --> 00:53:57,838
He has always been with us.
657
00:53:58,520 --> 00:54:00,909
You can't have come about this boy.
683
00:54:13,640 --> 00:54:16,234
I am well disposed towards you.
659
00:54:16,640 --> 00:54:18,790
I like your father very much...
660
00:54:19,400 --> 00:54:21,356
and I always help my circle.
661
00:54:22,800 --> 00:54:24,756
One day you will see.
662
00:54:25,880 --> 00:54:27,029
Madame...Paul!
663
00:54:27,560 --> 00:54:29,118
You are still a child.
664
00:54:30,200 --> 00:54:31,952
Forget the half-wit.
665
00:54:33,640 --> 00:54:36,791
How is our Mr. Ponceludon de Malavoy?
666
00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:39,558
Such a brilliant talker!
667
00:54:40,120 --> 00:54:41,439
The very best.
668
00:54:42,320 --> 00:54:43,514
Goodbye, Madam.
669
00:54:43,880 --> 00:54:46,155
I had heard of your learning...
670
00:54:46,320 --> 00:54:51,189
but not of your beauty.
You must be witty as well?
671
00:54:51,680 --> 00:54:52,874
No, Madam.
673
00:55:29,600 --> 00:55:31,875
He'll be fine there.
674
00:55:32,160 --> 00:55:35,118
You said once those places were prisons.
675
00:55:36,640 --> 00:55:40,030
This Abbot of l'Epee
impresses me with his good reputation.
676
00:55:40,720 --> 00:55:42,597
Better bedding? Fewer whippings?
677
00:55:42,840 --> 00:55:47,709
The Countess gives me no choice.
Courtesy demands it.
678
00:55:47,880 --> 00:55:49,154
Courtesy!
679
00:55:55,840 --> 00:55:57,796
Why so gloomy? Smile.
680
00:55:58,000 --> 00:56:00,230
You forget Ponceludon de Malavoy!
681
00:56:00,800 --> 00:56:02,756
He saw us cheat at epigrams.
682
00:56:03,160 --> 00:56:06,596
He needs only a word
to lower me in the King's eyes.
683
00:56:07,360 --> 00:56:08,998
Don't worry.
684
00:56:09,720 --> 00:56:13,872
He'll never sit at the King's table.
Leave it to me.
685
00:56:15,000 --> 00:56:17,434
Do you think I've lost my claws?
686
00:56:21,120 --> 00:56:23,031
What if we held a dinner?
687
00:56:24,280 --> 00:56:28,796
To serve Ponceludon
a dish of burning ridicule?
688
00:56:29,240 --> 00:56:30,639
Yes!
689
00:56:49,480 --> 00:56:50,879
Is this yours?
690
00:56:54,280 --> 00:56:57,352
The Countess won't attend
your rendez-vous.
691
00:56:57,640 --> 00:57:00,598
She's playing piquet
with Madame de Lamballe.
692
00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:06,715
Love's course
is never a straight line...
693
00:57:07,480 --> 00:57:09,198
Mr. Engineer.
694
00:57:09,720 --> 00:57:11,790
I will ponder your geometry, Sir.
695
00:57:14,360 --> 00:57:17,397
But she offers dinner
tomorrow to men of wit.
696
00:57:17,920 --> 00:57:19,512
You have been invited.
697
00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:20,955
Alone.
724
00:57:27,120 --> 00:57:30,032
I don't pretend to inspire passion...
699
00:57:31,000 --> 00:57:33,753
But when Mathilde is 30 years old...
700
00:57:34,320 --> 00:57:35,930
she will be a wealthy widow.
701
00:57:36,240 --> 00:57:37,434
Very wealthy.
702
00:57:39,480 --> 00:57:41,311
With her whole life before her.
703
00:57:50,400 --> 00:57:53,153
A drummer boy
at the battle of Fontenoy...
704
00:57:53,360 --> 00:57:57,319
who had half his head shot off
by a cannonball...
705
00:57:57,600 --> 00:58:00,637
managed to shout out laughingly...
706
00:58:01,000 --> 00:58:03,434
"I fear I've lost my mind!"
734
00:58:04,800 --> 00:58:06,836
Now that's witty repartee!
708
00:58:09,040 --> 00:58:10,917
A carriage at this hour?
709
00:58:12,800 --> 00:58:13,949
It's for me, Sir.
710
00:58:14,920 --> 00:58:16,876
A lover's tryst?
711
00:58:20,400 --> 00:58:25,474
I'll leave a lantern out for you.
Good evening.
712
00:58:34,320 --> 00:58:37,073
How unlucky! We are 13 at the table!
713
00:58:38,600 --> 00:58:41,990
We should ask a footman to dine with us.
714
00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:46,959
A killing cure! Sit with a footman?!
715
00:58:47,400 --> 00:58:49,277
We'd be a laughingstock!
716
00:58:50,280 --> 00:58:52,350
Then one of us must leave.
717
00:58:52,960 --> 00:58:54,678
Le the least titled bow out.
718
00:58:54,880 --> 00:58:56,836
I suggest instead a contest.
719
00:58:57,000 --> 00:59:01,391
Whoever shows the least wit
when the soup arrives must go.
720
00:59:02,200 --> 00:59:04,634
A tournament of wit!
721
00:59:17,800 --> 00:59:18,550
The gauntlet is thrown.
722
00:59:19,240 --> 00:59:20,958
Let the contest begin!
723
00:59:22,320 --> 00:59:24,311
How is your wife, Monsieur?
724
00:59:24,880 --> 00:59:27,269
Asking a man about his wife...
725
00:59:27,440 --> 00:59:29,954
is like asking about
yesterday's fashions.
726
00:59:32,600 --> 00:59:34,989
I sleep back home every month...
727
00:59:35,120 --> 00:59:38,076
to prevent gossip
if my wife became pregnant.
729
00:59:40,240 --> 00:59:44,559
Sleeping with one's husband...
That's a labour in itself.
758
00:59:46,240 --> 00:59:48,231
Why not stay at home?
731
00:59:48,680 --> 00:59:51,433
The good company is like any other...
732
00:59:52,000 --> 00:59:54,116
and the bad company is excellent.
733
00:59:56,000 --> 00:59:57,399
I've decided...
734
00:59:58,840 --> 01:00:02,799
To stop consorting with prostitutes.
735
01:00:03,000 --> 01:00:05,194
They're as depraved as gentlewomen.
736
01:00:06,440 --> 01:00:10,513
It's easier to die for a woman
than to find one worth dying for.
737
01:00:12,080 --> 01:00:17,415
I marry only virgins. Costly...
For treasure all men have keys to.
738
01:00:18,160 --> 01:00:22,119
Ever notice women's confessors
always become Archbishops?
739
01:00:22,360 --> 01:00:24,191
Women are more direct.
740
01:00:24,600 --> 01:00:28,354
And when sinners lack wit,
the confessor suffers the penance.
741
01:00:30,240 --> 01:00:32,475
Monsignor, leave some for others.
743
01:00:32,525 --> 01:00:35,554
At risk of tiring
with those who have none.
772
01:00:39,760 --> 01:00:44,593
A man of wit who stays silent...
thinks no less of it.
775
01:00:44,960 --> 01:00:47,918
Yet silent fools think nothing of it.
746
01:00:48,640 --> 01:00:50,949
Ah, don't denounce the dull.
747
01:00:51,240 --> 01:00:54,073
It's the plains that give up
their beds to mountains.
748
01:00:54,440 --> 01:00:57,034
Wait! Ponceludon hasn't spoken.
749
01:01:02,800 --> 01:01:06,076
Wit is like money.
The less we have, the happier we are.
750
01:01:08,560 --> 01:01:10,949
"Wit is the opposite of money".
751
01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:14,117
"The less we have, the happier we are."
Voltaire.
752
01:01:16,000 --> 01:01:18,798
Looters should study those they pillage.
753
01:01:20,720 --> 01:01:22,312
The contest is over.
754
01:01:27,400 --> 01:01:28,628
I hunger.
755
01:01:29,240 --> 01:01:31,800
Please serve me with the footmen.
756
01:01:32,480 --> 01:01:35,040
We are judged by the company we keep.
757
01:01:36,480 --> 01:01:40,439
An error, Sir.
Judas kept excellent company.
758
01:01:46,640 --> 01:01:48,835
Sorry I'll be missing your wedding.
759
01:01:49,240 --> 01:01:51,231
You're can't wait to leave me?
760
01:01:51,760 --> 01:01:52,590
Yes.
761
01:01:56,080 --> 01:01:59,595
A woman who throws herself at a man
has no hope of pleasing him.
762
01:02:10,840 --> 01:02:14,230
You'd accept a lower station by
forsaking your water-flowers for me.
763
01:02:14,960 --> 01:02:18,919
Why forsake them?
We'd join forces.
764
01:02:20,360 --> 01:02:23,318
You'd share my estate drowning in debt...
765
01:02:23,520 --> 01:02:25,750
your dreams could not abide it.
766
01:02:27,200 --> 01:02:29,270
If only I'd never met you!
767
01:02:30,600 --> 01:02:33,194
I could still pretend
I wasn't being bought.
768
01:02:35,800 --> 01:02:37,518
The painter awaits,
I bid you farewell.
769
01:02:39,240 --> 01:02:42,198
When he's done,
might we take one last walk?
770
01:02:43,000 --> 01:02:46,116
I must reach a relay before night.
771
01:02:51,600 --> 01:02:53,556
Was admitting your love so hard?
772
01:02:53,800 --> 01:02:55,392
You and I are alike...
773
01:02:55,680 --> 01:02:58,114
Our goals must come first.
774
01:03:08,720 --> 01:03:11,678
Was admitting your love so hard?
775
01:03:12,920 --> 01:03:15,920
How convoluted, for a man of wit!
776
01:03:15,920 --> 01:03:19,196
You've changed.You'll become like them.
777
01:03:19,360 --> 01:03:21,430
You'd be more useful back home.
778
01:03:21,840 --> 01:03:25,276
Doubly cursed as even
their mention evokes ennui.
779
01:03:25,520 --> 01:03:27,238
Drain France's treasury!
780
01:03:27,400 --> 01:03:29,277
I dread this marriage!
781
01:03:29,400 --> 01:03:32,358
I've seen so many gentlemen from the country.
782
01:03:54,000 --> 01:03:56,150
A wit so fine
783
01:03:56,440 --> 01:03:58,874
in this era of tokens
784
01:03:59,440 --> 01:04:03,592
Was seen as heaven-sent treasure
785
01:04:04,440 --> 01:04:09,036
Wit opened doorsto the company of Lords
786
01:04:09,640 --> 01:04:13,679
And the tasting of noble pleasure
787
01:04:14,520 --> 01:04:19,051
In the past it was ableto put food on the table
819
01:04:19,760 --> 01:04:22,718
But those days are gone forever
789
01:04:22,960 --> 01:04:27,274
A witty rebuff, a verse off the cuffAre no more the coin of the clever
823
01:04:30,720 --> 01:04:32,312
Why are you here?
792
01:04:34,320 --> 01:04:37,949
You're giving up 2,000?
Are you mad?
793
01:04:39,400 --> 01:04:40,799
I renounce this engagement.
794
01:04:46,440 --> 01:04:47,873
On a whim?
795
01:04:48,120 --> 01:04:50,634
There's still time
to beg his forgiveness.
796
01:04:52,560 --> 01:04:54,516
No, Father. I'm determined.
797
01:04:55,640 --> 01:04:58,359
I couldn't bear to marry him now.
798
01:05:00,560 --> 01:05:02,391
It's Ponceludon, isn't it?
799
01:05:09,880 --> 01:05:14,440
- No income from woodlands?
- I sold those five acres...
833
01:05:14,520 --> 01:05:17,398
We needed a horse,
and to rebuild the bridge.
801
01:05:20,080 --> 01:05:21,593
My poor Gregoire.
802
01:05:21,920 --> 01:05:23,797
You'll inherit only these ruins.
803
01:05:24,720 --> 01:05:26,676
But how was Versailles?
804
01:05:26,920 --> 01:05:29,753
- You saw the King?
- He's a busy man, but...
805
01:05:31,160 --> 01:05:32,991
has a kind word for everyone.
806
01:05:33,520 --> 01:05:35,112
Young Leonard has the fever.
807
01:05:35,360 --> 01:05:36,190
Since when?
808
01:05:36,360 --> 01:05:39,113
Two weeks ago.
He drank swamp water...
809
01:05:40,480 --> 01:05:41,754
You worked in the marshes?
810
01:06:06,200 --> 01:06:07,394
Here, Leonard.
811
01:06:16,400 --> 01:06:18,152
The King blessed it for you.
812
01:06:19,000 --> 01:06:20,069
He wanted me to tell you
813
01:06:20,680 --> 01:06:22,636
He loves all children of France.
814
01:06:26,640 --> 01:06:28,790
Now, the priest will say prayers.
815
01:06:29,520 --> 01:06:30,919
God will hear them.
816
01:06:38,840 --> 01:06:41,115
Why would God send this curse?
817
01:06:43,400 --> 01:06:45,436
Draining the damned marsh would lift it!
818
01:06:46,280 --> 01:06:47,759
Don't blame yourself.
819
01:06:48,280 --> 01:06:50,999
You gave all you had to Versailles.
820
01:06:54,600 --> 01:06:56,750
Does our cause progress?
821
01:06:58,560 --> 01:06:59,356
Yes...
822
01:07:00,120 --> 01:07:02,190
But keep praying, you never know.
823
01:07:04,720 --> 01:07:09,555
"I am everything that is, was,
and ever shall be."
824
01:07:10,320 --> 01:07:13,596
Egyptians who carved
those words on their temples...
825
01:07:13,720 --> 01:07:16,109
believed only one effect...
826
01:07:16,280 --> 01:07:19,113
could be asked the cause of.
827
01:07:20,720 --> 01:07:24,679
The Universe unfolded to these pagans
828
01:07:24,840 --> 01:07:26,432
as one powerful cause...
829
01:07:26,640 --> 01:07:27,356
Show-off!
830
01:07:27,440 --> 01:07:30,079
Who says there are no great preachers?
831
01:07:30,320 --> 01:07:34,518
The prime cause of everything
needs be absolute...perfect!
832
01:07:34,720 --> 01:07:37,871
Thus, two perfect beings cannot be...
833
01:07:38,160 --> 01:07:39,513
or they'd be redundant.
834
01:07:39,720 --> 01:07:41,472
The perfect Being...
835
01:07:41,640 --> 01:07:43,153
is indivisible.
836
01:07:43,400 --> 01:07:44,753
What is in itself...
837
01:07:44,960 --> 01:07:46,279
does not change, thus,
838
01:07:46,480 --> 01:07:48,311
Time ts the measure of change.
839
01:07:48,480 --> 01:07:50,516
Perfection cannot change!
840
01:07:50,720 --> 01:07:53,792
One, unchanging and eternal...
841
01:07:54,000 --> 01:07:56,000
It is He! God!
842
01:07:56,000 --> 01:07:58,798
Causa sui. He is His own cause!
843
01:08:02,000 --> 01:08:04,036
Bravo, Villecourt! Luminous!
845
01:08:12,760 --> 01:08:17,718
It's nothing. This evening I've proven
the existence of God.
880
01:08:18,960 --> 01:08:19,836
But...
847
01:08:21,120 --> 01:08:25,272
I could as well prove the opposite
if His Majesty so pleases!
848
01:08:29,640 --> 01:08:31,915
You'll end up in the Bastille, Philosopher!
849
01:08:32,000 --> 01:08:34,560
Majesty? It was but jesting wit!
850
01:08:39,240 --> 01:08:41,231
Blaspheming before the King!
851
01:08:42,240 --> 01:08:45,118
Sophistic braggart!
852
01:08:46,520 --> 01:08:48,476
To fail so close to the goal.
853
01:08:49,200 --> 01:08:50,155
Ah, Madam...
854
01:08:52,720 --> 01:08:54,756
The king seems ill-humored today.
855
01:08:55,920 --> 01:08:57,672
I hope you'll plead for me.
856
01:08:57,800 --> 01:09:00,075
- I can't help you.
- But it was worthy wit!
857
01:09:00,360 --> 01:09:02,078
Where did I go wrong?
858
01:09:02,720 --> 01:09:05,598
Our art is to shine in one's place.
859
01:09:26,240 --> 01:09:27,116
Baron...
860
01:09:28,080 --> 01:09:31,709
Numerous women might blushat the endearments I've tendered...
861
01:09:32,600 --> 01:09:35,558
yet you left with no farewell.
862
01:09:36,000 --> 01:09:39,754
Be aware I've forsakenthe Abbot of Villecourt for you...
863
01:09:39,960 --> 01:09:41,279
my confessor...
864
01:09:41,400 --> 01:09:44,500
Who took offenseto my praise of you...
865
01:09:44,760 --> 01:09:46,034
throughout my House.
866
01:09:46,520 --> 01:09:49,900
I would acquit your
putting my soul in peril
867
01:09:50,100 --> 01:09:53,151
for some small sign of forgiveness...
903
01:09:54,120 --> 01:09:56,748
Your sex would have little advantage
869
01:09:57,160 --> 01:10:00,835
if not for influence at Court,
870
01:10:01,240 --> 01:10:07,949
I've made inroads towards making you
the most-favoured absentee at Versailles.
871
01:10:15,680 --> 01:10:17,636
Who would ring at this hour?
872
01:10:17,880 --> 01:10:21,395
Ponceludon, he wishes to see you.
873
01:10:23,120 --> 01:10:24,758
Have him come in, hurry!
874
01:10:24,880 --> 01:10:26,313
Already done, Madame.
875
01:10:33,360 --> 01:10:35,316
The child died in my arms.
876
01:10:36,720 --> 01:10:37,914
How dreadful.
877
01:10:40,880 --> 01:10:42,279
To your canals.
878
01:10:42,960 --> 01:10:44,359
To your locks.
915
01:10:58,400 --> 01:10:59,719
What are you doing?
880
01:11:33,000 --> 01:11:34,194
You sent for me?
881
01:11:34,320 --> 01:11:36,834
I had a fit of palpitations.
882
01:11:36,960 --> 01:11:40,555
My apologies for calling so early.
I was so afraid.
883
01:11:40,760 --> 01:11:42,716
Only importance is to
set your heart at rest.
884
01:11:43,000 --> 01:11:44,672
Do you get them often?
922
01:11:51,680 --> 01:11:53,557
I believe we are amongst friends.
886
01:11:55,520 --> 01:11:57,556
Allow me to take my leave.
887
01:12:00,720 --> 01:12:04,759
Care for Madame's heart.
Her "palpitations" worry me.
888
01:12:55,000 --> 01:12:58,515
What do you stare like
a Devil before the Cross?
889
01:13:05,840 --> 01:13:08,160
Mrs. Montalieri is not back at home?
890
01:13:08,360 --> 01:13:09,793
Miss Bellegarde?
891
01:13:10,000 --> 01:13:13,789
Ah, you were in your home
when she broke her engagement.
893
01:13:20,280 --> 01:13:22,599
Your cunning surely has no equal.
894
01:13:23,600 --> 01:13:27,878
Patience. You'll thank me eventually.
895
01:13:35,520 --> 01:13:39,035
Why is the deaf-mute isolated by nature?
896
01:13:39,235 --> 01:13:42,440
Incapable of conversing with others?
897
01:13:42,640 --> 01:13:45,598
Does he not perceive objects as we do?
935
01:13:46,000 --> 01:13:49,117
Why does he remain stupid?
898
01:13:50,000 --> 01:13:52,230
And why do we become intelligent?
899
01:13:52,680 --> 01:13:55,194
"In the beginning was the Word!"
900
01:13:58,680 --> 01:14:00,636
Socrates said through Plato...
901
01:14:01,000 --> 01:14:05,118
"If we could not speak
and wanted to communicate...
902
01:14:05,640 --> 01:14:07,756
would we not copy the mute?
903
01:14:07,960 --> 01:14:10,349
And impart with our hands, heads...
904
01:14:10,720 --> 01:14:11,789
and the rest of the body?"
905
01:14:12,720 --> 01:14:13,994
Here is Simon...
906
01:14:14,720 --> 01:14:16,676
the son of a merchant, aged 25,
907
01:14:16,920 --> 01:14:18,512
born deaf and dumb.
908
01:14:19,000 --> 01:14:21,275
He came to us at 15.
909
01:14:22,200 --> 01:14:24,919
Thanks to sign language, he can read,
910
01:14:25,080 --> 01:14:26,399
write, and count.
911
01:14:26,640 --> 01:14:28,358
He has the soul of an artist.
912
01:14:29,760 --> 01:14:32,354
Here are Antoine, Pierre...
913
01:14:32,880 --> 01:14:34,836
and Therese, age 19.
914
01:14:35,000 --> 01:14:38,959
With us for 3 years,
she solves 4-figure sums in her head.
915
01:14:39,240 --> 01:14:40,639
She is quite pious.
955
01:14:45,120 --> 01:14:47,076
And here is Paul, aged 17
917
01:14:47,200 --> 01:14:48,394
a very gifted subject.
918
01:14:48,720 --> 01:14:50,358
He learned my sign language
919
01:14:50,520 --> 01:14:53,717
in less than two months.
He can already hold a conversation.
920
01:14:54,280 --> 01:14:55,793
Next spring...
921
01:14:55,920 --> 01:14:58,115
I will unite Therese and Paul before God
922
01:14:58,280 --> 01:15:01,113
You mock holy matrimony
with these unfortunate creatures!
923
01:15:01,800 --> 01:15:03,950
In Paris I once saw Romeo and Juliet
924
01:15:04,080 --> 01:15:05,911
played by an ape and a poodle!
925
01:15:07,400 --> 01:15:10,358
Can the groom even read that clock?
926
01:15:23,640 --> 01:15:25,278
It's 3 minutes fast.
927
01:15:25,720 --> 01:15:26,914
Bravo, Paul!
928
01:15:27,160 --> 01:15:29,799
Louder, Miss. He didn't hear you!
929
01:15:31,840 --> 01:15:35,469
Ask him Father, what a violin does.
930
01:15:59,220 --> 01:16:02,900
Watteau said he preferred
seeing one to hearing one.
931
01:16:03,400 --> 01:16:04,992
Tell me, Abbot...
932
01:16:05,160 --> 01:16:07,879
Do they suffer from their disgrace?
933
01:16:18,600 --> 01:16:19,749
What did he answer?
934
01:16:21,920 --> 01:16:26,755
It's untranslatable to us.
It was a "play on signs."
935
01:16:31,360 --> 01:16:32,998
How do you say, "Bravo"?
936
01:16:33,160 --> 01:16:34,354
Like this!
937
01:17:05,480 --> 01:17:06,799
Out of bed, friend!
938
01:17:07,360 --> 01:17:09,510
I present Il Signor Panella.
939
01:17:09,640 --> 01:17:11,835
You need a court suit, my dear.
940
01:17:12,640 --> 01:17:15,029
Mine are fine, I need nothing!
941
01:17:15,600 --> 01:17:19,559
At 11:00 tomorrow morning,
you'll be at the Diane stairs.
942
01:17:20,400 --> 01:17:22,994
The King and some courtiers
will chance upon you.
943
01:17:24,000 --> 01:17:26,599
It'll be your turn to play.
944
01:17:26,799 --> 01:17:29,994
He's all yours, Signor.
946
01:17:37,560 --> 01:17:40,950
Isn't this the young man you spoke of?
947
01:17:41,120 --> 01:17:43,076
Mr. Ponceludon de Malavoy, Sire.
948
01:17:44,200 --> 01:17:47,910
They say you have much wit.
949
01:17:48,120 --> 01:17:49,553
- Sire?
- Indeed!
950
01:17:49,800 --> 01:17:52,109
The Countess praises you highly.
951
01:17:52,560 --> 01:17:53,993
Show us this.
952
01:17:54,800 --> 01:17:56,870
Say something witty, right here!
953
01:17:59,680 --> 01:18:01,193
Describe me, for example.
954
01:18:02,040 --> 01:18:04,554
Sire, the King is no mere subject.
955
01:18:06,200 --> 01:18:08,350
"The king is no mere subject!"
956
01:18:08,640 --> 01:18:09,390
Admirable.
957
01:18:10,480 --> 01:18:11,629
Not a pun, I hope?
958
01:18:11,800 --> 01:18:14,189
No, Sire. A play on words.
959
01:18:16,400 --> 01:18:17,469
This deserves to remain.
960
01:18:18,720 --> 01:18:20,472
Let De Malavoy join us!
961
01:18:35,720 --> 01:18:37,358
Approach, Baron de Malavoy.
962
01:18:38,000 --> 01:18:39,911
You who are an engineer.
963
01:18:47,560 --> 01:18:48,993
Beautiful design, Sire.
964
01:18:49,960 --> 01:18:52,076
However, if I may be allowed...
965
01:18:52,400 --> 01:18:54,516
a sprocket here would...
966
01:18:54,680 --> 01:18:56,113
maintain elevation between shots.
967
01:18:57,320 --> 01:18:58,719
What a find!
968
01:18:59,680 --> 01:19:01,398
Didn't you think of it, Chevernoy?
969
01:19:02,320 --> 01:19:05,630
I hear you have
a hydrographic project.
970
01:19:05,800 --> 01:19:08,234
To drain the Dombes swamps, Sire.
971
01:19:08,800 --> 01:19:12,119
Would you speak with me about it?
972
01:19:12,800 --> 01:19:14,753
See to this with my secretary.
973
01:19:15,920 --> 01:19:16,955
Gentlemen.
974
01:19:18,360 --> 01:19:22,319
We'll call it the "Ponceludon" gun:
Both have butts wider than mouths.
975
01:19:23,160 --> 01:19:24,070
Come again?
976
01:19:24,600 --> 01:19:27,353
Your butt is wider than your mouth.
977
01:19:29,000 --> 01:19:30,513
I'll seek satisfaction, Sir.
978
01:19:53,440 --> 01:19:56,750
Forgive me.
I had to see you again.
979
01:19:59,800 --> 01:20:01,518
I'm listening.
1020
01:20:03,240 --> 01:20:04,878
No matter what happens...
981
01:20:06,560 --> 01:20:07,709
Let us remain friends.
982
01:20:08,520 --> 01:20:10,272
Is my friendship important?
983
01:20:12,880 --> 01:20:15,314
You made the suit watertight?
984
01:20:16,880 --> 01:20:18,836
Promise me you'll be careful.
985
01:20:20,440 --> 01:20:22,829
I didn't know about you and Montalieri.
986
01:20:23,120 --> 01:20:25,554
And when you heard?
Did you come running?
987
01:20:25,760 --> 01:20:30,276
To explain I'd bedded the Countess
to get the King's ear?
988
01:20:32,400 --> 01:20:34,914
Only for your peasants' lives,
I would have approved.
989
01:20:37,080 --> 01:20:39,230
Your reasoning is impeccable.
990
01:20:41,720 --> 01:20:45,790
I'll strive to be faithful from now on.
991
01:21:13,840 --> 01:21:15,353
Why these instruments?
992
01:21:15,800 --> 01:21:17,392
I'm attending to a duel.
993
01:21:18,080 --> 01:21:18,796
Ponceludon...
994
01:21:18,960 --> 01:21:20,757
and Colonel de Chevernoy.
1036
01:21:24,280 --> 01:21:27,556
If you came to any harm,
I would die.
996
01:21:29,000 --> 01:21:30,069
Flee.
997
01:21:30,800 --> 01:21:33,314
Go to my house at St. Bauzile.
998
01:21:33,480 --> 01:21:34,879
I'll join you there.
999
01:21:36,400 --> 01:21:39,039
If not for me, then for your peasants.
1000
01:21:39,720 --> 01:21:41,597
You must live for them.
1001
01:21:48,080 --> 01:21:49,877
Have my bags packed.
1002
01:21:51,200 --> 01:21:54,077
Victor will hitch the carriage.
1003
01:21:56,480 --> 01:21:58,914
Return only for the King's audience.
1004
01:22:05,720 --> 01:22:06,675
Madame...
1005
01:22:08,600 --> 01:22:12,559
If I should die, carry myhat and spurs to my mother.
1006
01:22:13,000 --> 01:22:14,638
Give the rest to your poor...
1007
01:22:15,160 --> 01:22:19,550
except for those Court suits,which add insult to their misery.
1050
01:22:21,520 --> 01:22:23,397
I was to drive you to St. Bauzile!
1009
01:22:23,520 --> 01:22:24,919
I know, I know!
1010
01:22:27,000 --> 01:22:29,000
Don't worry, Victor. You may return.
1012
01:22:30,640 --> 01:22:35,916
The wily lover then dies,felled by a gunshot.
1014
01:22:36,600 --> 01:22:38,795
Where's the moral in all this?
1015
01:22:40,280 --> 01:22:44,239
Perhaps I erred byseeking fruit from a rotten tree.
1016
01:22:45,700 --> 01:22:47,672
This lover has no regrets.
1017
01:22:48,000 --> 01:22:50,798
I am grateful to have known you.
1018
01:22:51,440 --> 01:22:54,477
If you have wasted somecredit on my behalf...
1019
01:22:54,920 --> 01:22:57,559
Your memory dispels any bitterness.
1020
01:22:57,760 --> 01:23:00,354
As no apology has been proffered
1021
01:23:01,000 --> 01:23:03,195
We shall now draw lots.
1022
01:23:06,120 --> 01:23:08,315
Mr. De Chevernoy fires first.
1023
01:23:12,600 --> 01:23:16,349
We succumbed without passionand we part without regret.
1025
01:23:16,920 --> 01:23:19,650
But I choose to believe,that between them...
1026
01:23:19,800 --> 01:23:22,953
carnality loses its rankto friendship.
1070
01:25:35,400 --> 01:25:38,039
Baron Ponceludon has killed de Chevernoy.
1028
01:25:40,600 --> 01:25:41,919
He's here with you?
1029
01:25:42,320 --> 01:25:46,279
He left the field with Miss de Bellegarde.
1030
01:25:52,720 --> 01:25:54,039
He'll pay for this!
1031
01:25:58,480 --> 01:26:00,118
A carriage.
1032
01:26:00,680 --> 01:26:06,076
Callers, madam. Baroness Boisjoli,
Baron Malenval and de Milletail.
1077
01:26:06,800 --> 01:26:07,949
So soon?
1034
01:26:09,000 --> 01:26:11,036
They came to see me suffer.
1035
01:26:13,200 --> 01:26:15,950
Tell them I suffer cruelly.
1036
01:26:21,360 --> 01:26:22,588
Illness?
1037
01:26:22,880 --> 01:26:24,836
- Could it be smallpox?
- No, Madam.
1038
01:26:25,000 --> 01:26:27,639
A lady's honor foiled by a fox.
1039
01:26:27,880 --> 01:26:29,836
A fox who is now dear to the King.
1040
01:26:30,000 --> 01:26:31,956
Soon we'll be courting him.
1041
01:26:32,240 --> 01:26:34,435
He made a faux pas, I know the Countess.
1042
01:26:35,760 --> 01:26:39,196
Back home, if a mad dog is loose,
we sound the alarm.
1043
01:27:00,480 --> 01:27:03,153
You did it!
You broke Beauve's record!
1044
01:27:03,760 --> 01:27:06,593
You'll take on water! Come up!
1045
01:27:08,240 --> 01:27:10,231
I love you, Gregoire!
1091
01:27:36,000 --> 01:27:39,629
His Majesty cannot meet
privately with a man...
1047
01:27:39,760 --> 01:27:42,194
who killed his officer in a duel.
1048
01:27:42,520 --> 01:27:44,158
Not for now, at least.
1049
01:27:45,720 --> 01:27:48,234
A gentleman must defend his honour.
1050
01:27:48,720 --> 01:27:50,472
You did your duty.
1051
01:28:08,240 --> 01:28:09,958
You're too strong.
1052
01:28:11,760 --> 01:28:15,833
Versailles won't help you.
Your land needs you... Us.
1053
01:28:16,000 --> 01:28:18,309
Give up after stooping so low?
1054
01:28:18,480 --> 01:28:21,233
We'll work the land,
fever will recede.
1055
01:28:21,480 --> 01:28:22,799
I'll see the King.
1056
01:28:23,480 --> 01:28:25,516
It's only a delay.
1057
01:28:26,560 --> 01:28:28,516
You're not one of them.
1058
01:28:29,200 --> 01:28:31,998
I'm still welcome at Court.
Do you doubt it?
1059
01:28:36,000 --> 01:28:39,549
Lovers of the fall,Come to the mystery ball.
1060
01:28:39,880 --> 01:28:42,030
Welcome to the clever-witted.
1061
01:28:42,600 --> 01:28:44,431
Dullards not admitted.
1062
01:28:46,800 --> 01:28:48,119
We are invited.
1063
01:28:49,480 --> 01:28:51,994
And if a Countess' bed
is again called for?
1064
01:28:52,720 --> 01:28:54,039
Mathilde.
1065
01:28:54,520 --> 01:28:56,158
You will be my date tomorrow.
1066
01:29:30,800 --> 01:29:32,870
It's the red beak.
1067
01:29:36,800 --> 01:29:38,518
The red beak.
1068
01:30:13,880 --> 01:30:16,836
May I borrow him for this dance?
1069
01:30:23,000 --> 01:30:24,479
You wore my colours.
1070
01:30:26,000 --> 01:30:28,877
A tribute to pleasures you gave me?
1116
01:30:30,040 --> 01:30:31,598
Now trip him.
1072
01:31:07,200 --> 01:31:09,156
How shall we dub this nimble dancer?
1073
01:31:10,720 --> 01:31:12,920
Accept the Title of...
1075
01:31:13,220 --> 01:31:15,429
"Marquis Antipodes."
1076
01:31:15,629 --> 01:31:18,034
A well-earned honour!
1077
01:31:18,280 --> 01:31:20,236
Like Antipodeans...
1078
01:31:20,400 --> 01:31:22,709
He dances with head facing downward.
1079
01:31:24,920 --> 01:31:27,878
Marquis Antipodes. How clever!
1080
01:31:27,920 --> 01:31:29,114
Worthy of Voltaire!
1081
01:31:29,320 --> 01:31:30,958
We'll find out who you are.
1082
01:31:31,158 --> 01:31:33,512
The costumer will tell us.
1083
01:31:35,480 --> 01:31:37,118
Don't trouble yourselves.
1084
01:31:45,000 --> 01:31:49,630
Children will die tomorrow
because you smear me with ridicule.
1085
01:31:51,600 --> 01:31:53,556
You envy Voltaire's mordant wit.
1086
01:31:54,520 --> 01:31:56,112
The great man would have wept.
1087
01:31:56,640 --> 01:31:59,518
For he was ridiculously compassionate.
1088
01:32:00,000 --> 01:32:01,831
Whose turn is next?
1089
01:32:03,080 --> 01:32:05,799
Who gets lashed with wit so sharp...
1090
01:32:06,080 --> 01:32:08,036
his entire family is ruined?
1091
01:32:08,640 --> 01:32:09,595
You?
1092
01:32:11,200 --> 01:32:12,394
Perhaps you?
1093
01:32:15,640 --> 01:32:20,236
Unless you have the chance
to lash your neighbour first.
1094
01:32:21,760 --> 01:32:22,829
Monsieur.
1095
01:32:23,840 --> 01:32:25,239
Remove your mask!
1096
01:32:25,760 --> 01:32:29,719
All want to know who coined
"Marquis Antipodes."
1097
01:32:45,000 --> 01:32:48,549
I'm returning to my rotted lands,
my place is there.
1098
01:32:49,320 --> 01:32:51,629
I'll build canals, dams,
1099
01:32:52,200 --> 01:32:55,397
with my bare hands if I must.
1149
01:33:48,725 --> 01:33:54,849
1794. France's nobility flees
to England to escape the Revolution.
1101
01:33:57,200 --> 01:34:02,109
Ah, wit was the very air we breathed!
1102
01:34:03,080 --> 01:34:06,231
Now the bloated rhetoric
of Danton and the unjust...
1103
01:34:06,720 --> 01:34:08,438
rules in place of wit.
1154
01:34:10,200 --> 01:34:11,918
But you'll like it here.
1105
01:34:12,760 --> 01:34:16,275
On a clear day you can
see the French coast.
1106
01:34:20,280 --> 01:34:22,236
Mathilde and Gregoire stayed behind.
1107
01:34:23,280 --> 01:34:27,353
She's helping him drain the Landes.
Or is it the Dombes?
1108
01:34:27,600 --> 01:34:28,635
I can't remember.
1160
01:34:32,640 --> 01:34:34,517
May this turmoil spare them.
1110
01:34:36,240 --> 01:34:37,992
What talents do you have?
1111
01:34:38,360 --> 01:34:41,909
I can teach children French...
1112
01:34:42,000 --> 01:34:45,151
science, physics, physiology.
1113
01:34:45,920 --> 01:34:47,876
My hat! It is lost!
1114
01:34:48,240 --> 01:34:49,958
Better your hat than your head.
1115
01:34:51,560 --> 01:34:53,073
Ah, humour!
1116
01:34:53,160 --> 01:34:55,435
Ah, this is humour.
1117
01:34:56,040 --> 01:34:57,439
It's a wonderful thing.
1118
01:35:00,000 --> 01:35:03,000
I kept a list of witty remarks
1119
01:35:03,000 --> 01:35:07,000
Divided into "humour and wit",
"attack by insinuation" etc.
1120
01:35:07,000 --> 01:35:10,000
Filed by category
Repartees, Quips, Paradoxes...
1121
01:35:10,500 --> 01:35:13,700
Draining the Dombes marshes began in 1793,
Decreed by the National Convention.
1122
01:35:13,900 --> 01:35:20,000
An initiative of Citizen Gregoire Ponceludon
- Hydrographer and Civil Engineer.
1123
01:37:52,900 --> 01:37:59,000
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