All language subtitles for Persuasion.1971.E02_en_SDH

( Theme music plays )

miss Musgrove
has suffered a severe
concussion of the head,

she's still unconscious.

- henrietta: No.
- You mustn't despair,
the case is far from hopeless.

- thank God.
- Mary: Thank heaven.

I've seen worse injuries
recovered from.

there's nothing else?
Only her head?

nothing whatever.

there's every reason to suppose that she'll make a full recovery.

doctor, I really can't
thank you enough.

you can't imagine what our anxiety has been.

I shall come back
in an hour or two,

she'll probably regain consciousness from time to time.

she must be kept
absolutely quiet.

thank you, doctor.
Thank you, thank you.

good day, captain Harville.

remember, absolute quiet.

yes, doctor.
Thank you.
Good day.

good day.

well, thank God for that.

I daren't tell you what I was afraid he would say.

what are we going
to do now, Charles?

I don't know, we--

we must decide I suppose.

well, one thing is certain,

your sister must
remain where she is.

she mustn't be moved.

my wife is a very
experienced nurse,

- your sister couldn't
be in better hands.
- Oh, I'm sure not.

my nursemaid is excellent.

she's been with me
everywhere for years.

we'll attend to her
day and night.

you've been so kind,
Mrs. Harville.

it isn't kindness to do what we're glad to do.

I think I'll just go up and sit in Louisa's room.

I should like to be there when she does come to.

we're very sorry to involve you

in our troubles, Mrs. Harville.

but that's what
friends are for.

we're delighted we can help.

someone should go
to Uppercross.

ooh, yes, at once.

Charles: Oh, yes, the news must be broken.

someone must go immediately.

Musgrove, it must be
either you or I.

very well then,
it must be you.
I can't leave Louisa.

- Mrs. Harville: Oh, no.
- I'll be as little
in the way as possible,

- but I mustn't leave her
while she is still so ill.
- Of course not.

but I can't leave her either.

I think one of you should tell your parents.

yes, well...

well...

henrietta, I wonder if you'll be very useful here.

you know you can't go into Louisa's room without becoming upset.

I know-- I know--

but I feel so helpless--

but I should like
to be near her.

of course you would.

but think of your
father and mother.

oh, dear yes--
of course you're right.

I suppose if Charles stays
then I really ought to go.

I think you should, henrietta.

yes, very well then.

only let's go at once.

Wentworth: Then it's settled.

you'll stay here, Musgrove, and I'll take care of your sister to Uppercross.

- what about the others?
- Charles: The others?

if one stays
to help Mrs. Harville...

I think it need only be one.

Mrs. Musgrove,
you ought to get
back to your children.

- um... my children, yes.
- But if Anne will stay--

no one so proper,
so capable as Anne.

Charles: Oh, I agree absolutely, Anne must stay.

Mrs. Harville:
Yes, of course she must.

you'll stay I'm sure,
miss Elliot.

you'll stay and nurse her?

I should like to very much.

it is what I was hoping
I should be allowed to do.

if Mrs. Harville will allow me,

I could have a bed on the floor in Louisa's room.

- we can do
a little better than that.
- It's all I need, I assure you.

good, good, then
everything's settled.

there's only
one thing, Musgrove,

it may be a good thing
that your parents will
be forewarned

- by our failure
to get back in time.
- Yes?

we should try
not to alarm them
still more by taking

too long on the road.
Don't you think it will be better if I took

- a chaise from the inn?
Your father's coach is slow.
- Yes, capital idea.

yes, and then we can
send the carriage home
early tomorrow morning

with the news of how Louisa spent the night.

excellent.

I'll go and see to it at once.

perhaps to save time,

Mrs.
Musgrove and henrietta can join me--

- at the inn.
- Henrietta: Oh, yes of course.
We won't be long.

10 minutes

and we can be off.

( sobs )

( henrietta crying )

Charles?

Charles, what is this? I--

I don't think I quite
understand the arrangements.

you and henrietta are going home
with captain Wentworth, Mary.

Anne and I are staying here.

Anne's staying here?

why Anne?

because we think she's the most useful person to be with Louisa.

more useful than I am?

well that's not
very just, Charles,

Anne is nothing to Louisa
and I am her sister.

Mary, that has nothing
to do with it.

oh, indeed it does.

well, if--
if henrietta can't stay
then clearly I must,

and you can't expect me
to go home without you.

my dear, the children.

oh Charles, they'll be quite all right without me for a night.

- but you said only a moment ago-- - no, I shall stay here.

Charles: Mary, you're being very difficult.

Mary:
No I'm not! It's you
who's being difficult!

I ought to stay here, you should have realized that.

oh, do please
make up your minds.

captain Wentworth
will be waiting for us.

my mind is made up.

I shall stay here.

well, Anne can go
if somebody must.

Mary, are you sure
you want to stay?

I would like to nurse
Louisa if I can.

but I have a right
to be here and you don't,

which settles the matter!

you had better go, Anne.

I see.

very well.

- henrietta: We must go.
- Charles: I'll walk you
to the inn.

I'll come with you, I have to get myself a room.

this has been a very distressing day, miss Elliot.

yes, it has.

I hope you will remember
that it did not begin badly.

I hope you will not
think ill of lyme itself.

oh, no.

one mustn't let an accident
spoil a place for one.

- where's Mrs. Musgrove?
- Charles: She's going to stay
instead of Anne.

what?

- but we agreed.
- We decided to--

alter the plan.

- but miss Elliot is
such a very good nurse.
- I know, but...

it seems extremely strange.

we decided it would be more--

more convenient.

- well!
- Henrietta:
Let's get in then.

go as fast as you can!

Anne: Don't I know this road?

we must be almost home.

yes-- yes we are.

I've been wondering what the best thing is to do when we get there.

what do you think?

well, I'm not sure.

I don't think henrietta should go straight in, do you?

- she couldn't stand it.
- No, no she couldn't.

what do you suggest?

well, I was wondering
whether you'd like to stay
in the carriage with her

while I go and break the news
to her parents.

is that a good idea,
do you think?

yes, yes I do.

if you don't mind
being the person--

no, it's my duty.

I think I shall go straight back
to lyme when it's all over.

tonight?

do you think you should?

I feel I must.

( dog barks )

this is a great pleasure,
lady Russell, miss Elliot.

Mrs. croft, I wonder,
have you heard anything
new from lyme?

only that Louisa
is slowly improving.

- admiral: Isn't that good?
- Mrs. croft: When did you
last hear?

Anne: I had a note yesterday, I don't know how it got here.

I expect Frederick brought it.

that's my brother
captain Wentworth,
lady Russell,

- I believe
you've met him.
- Yes.

he was here yesterday very briefly, and then went back to lyme.

he asked after you most particularly, miss Elliot.

- oh.
- Yes, indeed.

he says miss Elliot was superb in the crisis, lady Russell.

I only wish I had been.

and he hopes you're none the worse for all your exertions.

- but I did so little.
- That's not what he says.

indeed it's not.

Charles and Mary will be home tomorrow.

they will tell us
how things are.

- it all seems to have been
a most deplorable business.
- Most deplorable.

of course, Louisa was always a very imprudent girl.

it's a new sort of way
for a young fellow
to be making love

by breaking his mistress' head,

isn't it, miss Elliot?
With his breaking her head

and giving her a plaster,
truly.

I can't imagine
what Frederick he was doing.

I can only to conclude
he wasn't thinking at all.

yeah, a very bad business.

miss Elliot, this must be
a very bad moment for you,

coming and finding us here.

not at all, sir, I assure you.

I declare, I didn't
remember before

- but it must be very bad.
- I don't mind, really.

now don't stand on ceremony.
Get up and go over the whole
house if you want to.

another time, sir,
thank you, not now.

well, whenever it suits you,

you can slip in from the shrubbery at any time.

you'll find we keep our umbrellas hanging up by that door there.

- it's a good place, isn't it?
- Yes, very good.

but miss Elliot won't think so.

you always kept your umbrellas
in the Butler's room.

yes, we did.

aye, so it always is,
I believe,

one man's ways may be
as good as another's,

but we all think
our own the best.

quite.

so you must judge for yourself whether you'd rather go round the house or not.

it's very kind of you, sir, but I think I'd prefer not to today.

mmm.

miss Elliot, when will you be joining your father and sister in bath?

the day after tomorrow.
Until then, I'm staying
with lady Russell.

- how very nice.
- Well, it is for me.

we've made very few changes,
you know, miss Elliot--

very few.
I think we told you
about the laundry door.

- yes, you did.
- That's been a very
great improvement.

indeed it was a wonder
how any family on earth

could have borne
with the inconvenient way

- it opened for so long.
- I expect we were
used to it.

- you'll tell your father
what we've done?
- Certainly.

and that Mr. Shepherd thinks
it's the greatest improvement
the house has ever seen?

indeed I must do ourselves
the justice of saying

that the few--
the very few alterations
that we made

have all been very much
for the better.

I'm sure they have.

- my wife should have
the credit of them really.
- Oh no.

I've done very little myself

except for sending away
some of the large
looking glasses

from what was
your father's dressing room.

Anne: Well, there were a great many.

he's a very good man
and very much the gentleman,
I'm sure,

but I should think,
miss Elliot--

I should think that your father must be rather a dressy man for his time of life.

well--

so many looking glasses.
Uh-- oh, lord.

there was no getting away
from oneself,

and so I got Sophie
to lend me a hand

and we soon shifted
their quarters.

I hope you are quite comfortable now.

I'm very snug now
with my little shaving glass
in one corner--

another great thing
I never go near.

the admirals' used to
smaller quarters at sea,

- you understand?
- Of course.

we've settled here quite to our liking with no fault to find.

none at all.

the breakfast room chimney
smokes a little,
I grant you,

but that's only
when the wind's due north
and blows hard--

which isn't likely to happen more than three times a winter.

- then there's no need
to mention it, my dear.
- No.

no, of course not.

taking it all together
now that we've been in most
of the houses hereabouts

and can judge, there's nowhere we like better than Kellynch hall.

pray tell
your good father that,
miss Elliot,

with my compliment.
He'll be glad to hear it,
I am sure.

there was always so much going on in lyme, you know.

Charles Hayter came over several times to see henrietta.

yes, I saw no need
for that myself.

but there was always
something to do.

we walked to and fro from our lodgings to the Harvilles' and back again.

oh, and I got books
from the library.

I was always
having to change them.

- we went to over
to charmouth one day.
- Yes, and I bathed.

- we went to church, of course.
- Oh, I'm glad to hear that.

there are far more people to look at at church in lyme than here, you know.

of course
we saw a great deal
of Wentworth--

- capital fellow.
- Yes, Anne.

you know, he felt
it was all his fault

and was very
distressed about it.

he's cheered up a little
as Louisa's gotten better.

but he's insisted on not seeing her in case it upsets her.

- isn't it strange?
- Lady Russell: Very strange.

it's perfectly true.
In fact, now he's left lyme
altogether for a few days.

Benwick's still there
of course.

but Wentworth's gone to visit his brother in shropshire.

- really?
- Mary: Oh, yes.
It's strange behavior.

did Anne tell you about
our extraordinary meeting
with Mr. Elliot, lady Russell?

- yes, she did.
- Wasn't it remarkable?

- oh, I wish you'd
been there to see him.
- I'm very glad I was not.

he is a man I have had
no wish to see

since he declined to be on friendly terms with the head of his family.

- oh, then you
haven't heard.
- Anne: Heard what?

I had a letter
from Elizabeth yesterday.

Mr. Elliot is in bath
and has called on them
three times already.

do you mean he wants to be reconciled with your father?

apparently. Isn't it exciting?

Mary: He's changed completely, it seems.

lady Russell: It's very surprising, if it's true.

oh, but it is.

do you still not want
to see him?

well, if he's really
sought your father out

to be reconciled
with him, then yes,

- I should like
to see him very much indeed.
- And you too, Anne, I'm sure.

well-- I'd certainly
rather see Mr. elliot

than a great many other people
in bath.

I do wish
we were coming with you.

- when are you leaving?
- Tomorrow.

- I hope you enjoy yourselves.
I prefer the country myself.
- Oh, yes, you would.

goodbye. And thank you.

goodbye.

oh, this is the best house
in Camden place, Anne,

there's no doubt about it.

you were very clever
to find it.

well, Penelope helped me look, you know.

how good it is to have you with your family again, miss Anne.

- thank you.
- It'll be very agreeable
to have a fourth when we dine.

I dislike sit down
with only three.

everybody wants to call on us.
We've had to decline all sorts of invitations,

but people we know nothing about at all will keep leaving their cards.

it's not so extraordinary that people should want to know us.

indeed not, sir Walter.

I daresay we're much missed
in the country, Anne.

well... everyone's been
so concerned about
Louisa Musgrove.

yes, you did tell us. How is--

- how are Charles
and Mary and the children?
- They're all very well.

- they send you
their best wishes.
- How kind.

oh, Anne, do look.

- isn't it spacious?
- Very.

they're the best
drawing rooms we've seen
in the whole of bath,

and look how they're furnished.

they're beautiful,
Elizabeth, beautiful.

yes, yes, we're quite pleased.

I daresay you've heard about how we met Mr.
Elliot, Anne,

- my heir?
- Yes, Mary told me.

oh, we like him so much.

he's been here
about a fortnight now.

he was here for 24 hours
in November.

that's when he found out
we were here.

of course he didn't
have time to call then.

of course not, but we see a great deal of him now, Anne.

everything is forgiven
and forgotten.

but what about his marriage?

oh, well, we--

we haven't
spoken directly to him
about it, of course,

but-- well a great friend
of his, colonel Wallis,

has explained everything.

a highly respectable man,
colonel Wallis,

and not ill-looking--
fine military figure.

- though he's Sandy-haired
I'm sorry to say.
- He's a perfect gentleman.

he lives in marlborough buildings in very good style.

he particularly asked Mr. Elliot
if he might be introduced to us.

- oh?
- Yes, and then he explained
the whole story.

Mr. Elliot's wife
was not from any good family,

it's true, but it seems
she was very well educated
and accomplished,

and very much in love with him.

yes, there was the charm
you see, she sought him.

and I'm assured she was
a very fine looking woman.

with a large fortune-- oh, not that her money had tempted him, of course.

no, no, no.
She was in love with him.

- that explains everything.
- Does it?

it's certainly
an extenuation, Anne,

it explains a great deal.

he's called here so often.

we asked him to dine
one evening,

he was delighted by that-- we don't usually give dinner parties.

- no?
- No.

that's why he was
pleased to be asked.

he really does value his connection with us immensely.

oh, yes, miss Elliot, he values it very highly indeed.

I saw him at lyme without realizing who he was.

you did mention it.
Perhaps it was him,
I really don't know.

- it might have
been him I suppose.
- Oh yes, it was.

- there's no
doubt about it.
- Perhaps.

he has a very
gentlemanly appearance,

a great air of elegance
and fashion,

a good-shaped face,
a sensible eye,

but I'm sorry to say he's very much underhung about the jaw.

- even more so than
when we last saw him.
- Dear me.

I can't pretend
that 10 years haven't altered

almost every one one
of his features for the worst.

Mr. Elliot thought
your father hadn't changed
at all, miss Anne.

no, says he didn't.

I was embarrassed not to be able to return the compliment.

however, I don't mean
to complain,

he's much better looking
than most men.

I have no objection to being seen with him anywhere.

colonel Wallis
is very agreeable too.

oh, he was so anxious to meet us.

is there a Mrs. Wallis?

well, yes, but her confinement is due any day now.

we're to meet her
when she's recovered.

- Mr. Elliot says
she's a most charming woman.
- And extremely pretty,

even beautiful.
Oh, I long to see her.

she may make up for the plain faces I'm continually passing on the streets.

are they so very bad, father?

the worst thing about bath is the number of plain women, Anne.

oh, I don't mean
there are no pretty ones,
of course,

but the number of plain ones
is out of all proportion.

- I hope the men
are better.
- The men?

they're infinitely worse.
The streets are full
of scarecrows.

- Anne: Dear me.
- I'm afraid it's obvious how little the women

are used to the sight
of tolerable looks.

a man of decent appearance
produces a very great effect.

I've never walked anywhere
arm and arm with colonel wallis

without observing that every
woman's eyes were on him.

oh, father, you know very well they weren't looking at him.

colonel Wallis was not alone, I think.

( laughing )
Well, it may be.
It may be.

how's Mary looking?
Last time I saw her
she had a red nose.

I hope that
doesn't happen every day.

oh no, that must
have been bad luck.

she's been looking
very well since you left.

if I thought it wouldn't
tempt her to go out in sharp
winds and go coarse,

I'd send her a new hat
and pelisse.

- perhaps a gown wouldn't be quite so dangerous.
- ( Knocks on door )

- wasn't that a knock?
- It's 10:00, who could it be?

Mr. Elliot was dining
in lansdown Crescent.

- do you think
it might be him?
- I do hope so.

I think it did
sound like his knock.

Mr. Elliot.

- good evening, sir Walter.
- Good evening, sir,
good evening.

miss Elliot, I'm sorry
to call on you at such
an unusual hour,

but I couldn't pass by
without making quite sure

that neither you nor your friend
caught cold yesterday.
It was so very wet.

how very kind of you, sir,

but no, we're both
quite well, thank you.

yes, indeed, sir, thank you.

Mr. Elliot must give me
leave to presented him
to my youngest daughter.

how do you do, sir?

but I know her already, sir Walter, in all but name.

surely you were at lyme
this autumn.

- yes, I was.
- Then I must beg you to accept
me as an old acquaintance.

oh, so it was Mr. Elliot
you saw, Anne.

- what, did you know who I was?
- Not until after you'd gone,
I'm afraid.

well...

what an extraordinary
coincidence.

we were at the same inn without either of us knowing it.

- very unusual.
- And to make it stranger still,

the evening of the day
I saw you in lyme

I learned here in bath that your father and sister had settled here.

well, that is odd I must say.

I do regret missing the chance to pay my respects to you.

and my other sister,
Mrs. Musgrove, was there too.

we had all come over
from Uppercross.

I knew you were a party.
I spent a solitary evening

in the next room
listening to you all.
You sounded very merry.

I thought you must be the most delightful people in the world.

- I longed to be with you.
- Well, that evening we were many--

I didn't have
the slightest suspicion.

if I'd asked who you were, the name Musgrove would have told me all I needed to know.

but you said
you were merry that evening.

- I hope nothing happened
to make you anything else.
- Oh yes, I'm afraid it did.

Louisa Musgrove fell down some steps on the Cobb.

- she's still not
fully recovered.
- That's dreadful!

oh, Anne, Mr. Elliot
doesn't want to hear about
Louisa's accident.

tell us about
your dinner party.
Who was there?

you must tell me about it
some other time.

I can see that
I must play the gossip now.

I've been thinking,
miss Elliot,

now that miss Anne is here, you can't want me any longer I'm sure.

why, Penelope, of course I do!

Anne's coming is no reason at all why you should go.

- I can assure you
I don't think it.
- You're very kind.

- she's nothing
to me compared to you.
- Good morning, everyone.

all: Good morning.

sir Walter: My dear madam, you will stay.

you've seen nothing of bath yet.
You were living here
to be useful.

- Elizabeth: You have been.
- Sir Walter: You must
run away from us now.

you must stay and...
And meet Mrs. Wallis--
the beautiful Mrs. Wallis.

I know very well how much your fine mind is gratified by the sight of beauty.

- ( all chuckle )
- Oh, sir Walter.

of course you must stay,
I can't do without you.

- well, if you insist.
- We do, we do.

as a matter of fact,
I need you now.

- would you excuse us, father?
- Of course, my dear.

Anne, you're looking
much better,

- altogether less thin.
- Am I, father?

yes, your cheeks
are plumper.
I compliment you.

your skin, your complexion, greatly improved-- it's clearer, fresher.

I'm delighted you think so.

- having you been using
anything in particular?
- No, nothing.

just Gowland's lotion,
I suppose.

- no father, nothing at all.
- Oh, I'm surprised by that.

still, you can't do better
than go on as you are.

you can't be better than well.

otherwise I recommend gowland-- the constant use of gowland, during the spring months.

- is it so very good then?
- Excellent preparation.

Mrs. Clay's using it
on my recommendation, you can
see what it's done for her.

oh, I don't think I'd noticed.

haven't you seen how it's quite carried away all her freckles?

no. No, I must look again.

oh, yes, they've almost gone.

all due to my recommendation
of gowland--

very good stuff, gowland.

father!
Oh, father!
Listen to this.

our cousins have arrived.

lady Dalrymple and the honorable miss Carteret.

- here in bath?
- They arrived yesterday.

well, we must introduce ourselves at once, of course.

of course.
You have met them,
haven't you, father?

well, I was in company with the viscount-- the late viscount, once.

I never met the rest
of the family,

they always lived
in Ireland, you know.

I'm sorry to say there's been the most unfortunate lapse between us.

what do you mean?

it may make meeting them
very awkward I'm afraid.

you see,
when the viscount died--
a good many years ago now,

I was very ill myself
at the time,

and by a most
unfortunate oversight,

no letter of condolence
was sent.

oh, dear. Yes, I see.

and when your mother died,

lady Dalrymple
didn't write to me.

it's all a long time ago, but I fear they may consider the relationship closed.

couldn't we do the same?

I don't quite know how
to approach the matter.

no. No, it's very difficult.

I wonder what
the best thing would be.

- mightn't it be
more dignified to do nothing?
- Anne, of course not!

they're our cousins.
Family connections should
always be kept up.

they are so very important.

do you think it would be sufficient if I left my card?

well, father,
I... I don't know.

it might seem a little...

- a little...
- Quite. Quite.

perhaps I'd better
write them a letter?

I think that
would be more proper.

yes, I think our cousins the Dalrymples deserve a letter.

I'll go and--
and draft something.

I think we should send it as soon as soon as possible, don't you?

yes, yes. It won't
be an easy letter
to write.

I shall have to explain and regret-- it won't be easy.

no, father, but it's something that must be done.

- our cousins
the Dalrymples will expect it.
- Yes, I'll go and do it now.

- it may take me some time.
See that I'm not disturbed.
- Of course, father.

how very exciting to have such distinguished cousins here.

- don't you think so, miss Anne?
- No, not very exciting.

we can't ignore our cousins,
if that's what you would like.

I think I probably would,
I'm afraid.

- does Mrs. Smith
live here?
- Mm.

but you still haven't told me
how you knew I was here.

our old governess
heard about you.

did she indeed? Well, well.

I can still hardly believe it.

was it fifteen years ago
we were at school together?

oh, I'm afraid it was.

she told me
about your husband.
I am sorry.

yes, that was two years ago.

I have no difficulty
in remembering that.

- are you quite alone here?
- Oh, yes.

have you-- have you no relations left at all?

I only wish I had.

mt poor husband's affairs are far too complicated for me in my present state.

I can't even
get to the bedroom
by myself,

- since I had
rheumatic fever.
- Oh, I am sorry.

you seem to be
managing wonderfully.

well, I have a great deal
to be thankful for.

Mrs.
Rooke, that's the woman who let you in,

she's been a great comfort.

and now you're here.

I'm really very fortunate.

I admire your courage.

I have more than I used to.

I was a pitiable creature
when I arrived, I'm afraid.

I caught a cold on the journey
and had to go straight to bed,

and I knew no one at all then.

but at least
I was in good hands.

- I wish you'd let me know.
- Oh, no, certainly not.

- I wish you had.
- Oh, no.

I'm not glad I've been ill,
of course,

but I don't altogether
regret it.

it's taught me a great deal.

I can't think what.

well, I've seen enough of the world not to expect very much of it.

but my landlady
has been extremely kind

and Mrs. Rooke
is simply excellent.

- how did you find her?
- She's my landlady's sister.

she's been
absolutely invaluable.

though I'm afraid
she does like to gossip

and know everyone else's
business.

of course, I can hardly
prevent her knowing all mine.

- ( both giggling )
- Anne: No.

oh, you must find it
very constricting

not being able
to go out at all.

I've lived in the world
in my time,

I don't find I miss it.

perhaps there's not
so much to miss.

well, if I'd had a child--

but I didn't, and there's
no point in complaining.

and Mrs. Rooke tells you
all you want to know?

exactly.

it's gossip, if you like,

but she always has something
entertaining for me,

and often something
profitable too,

something to make me
know my own species better.

( giggling ) That's the best justification for gossip there is.

oh, I like to know
what's going on.

to be au fait
with the latest ways

of being trifling and silly.

though I'm afraid
it will only be

the trifling and silly she'll find for me in her new post.

oh? Where is she going?

to a Mrs. Wallis
in marlborough buildings.

- colonel Wallis' wife?
- Yes, do you know her?

no, but the colonel
is a great friend of
my cousin Mr. Elliot.

yes, I believe he is.

everyone says she's charming.

oh, that's not what I've heard.

my sources say
she's only a pretty, silly,

expensive, fashionable woman,

that all I'm likely to hear about is lace and finery.

oh. Well, let us hope
your sources are wrong.

I'm afraid they're not
likely to be.

but I mean to profit by her.
She has plenty of money.

and I plan for her to buy all these high-priced things I'm making.

what are they?

oh, little thread cases,
and pincushions,

and card racks, nothing really.

but they earn me just a little.

so I can help one or two of the very poor families in the neighborhood.

Mrs. Rooke sells
my merchandise for me,
you see.

well, that is
exceptional nursing.

well, it's being a nurse
that makes her so good at it.

she knows when and where to go.

people are always generous when they've just recovered from some illness.

- she sounds very shrewd.
- Ooh, she is.

and there's so little
real friendship in the world--

so few people think seriously
until it's almost too late.

well, perhaps I've
spent too much time

with people who make me think worse of the world than I should.

life hasn't been kind to you.

oh, but people have been.

you are.

oh, I'm so glad
to see you again, Anne.

( sobbing )

oh.

Elizabeth:
Father, I call that
handsome of lady Dalrymple,

very handsome indeed!

- don't you, Mr. Elliot?
- Yes, I do, it's a very
generous gesture.

may I see the letter again?

"lady Dalrymple
is very much honored

and will be happy
in your acquaintance--"

- "happy," she says.
- Her handwriting
is very poor.

the rich are always
respectable, Anne,

whatever their
style of writing.

Penelope: A carriage is stopping outside your door.

oh, someone else we don't want to see, I expect.

but, sir Walter, miss Elliot, I do believe it is your cousin.

what, Penelope?

oh, where? Where?

yes, it is.

- she's leaving her card.
- Oh, yes.

that's only proper.
I left mine in Laurel place

naturally our cousins wished
to return the compliment.

I'm ashamed, lady Russell, simply ashamed.

you have no need to be, my dear.

they're not even
agreeable people.

- there's nothing
to them at all.
- Don't be foolish, Anne.

it is an acquaintance
well worth having.

- I don't see why.
- Lady Dalrymple will be

staying here for three months
and living in style.

when I was here last year everyone said she was charming.

oh, that only means that she smiles a lot and is civil.

and what is wrong that?

my self-respect
has suffered anyway.

you're not being
very sensible, Anne.

oh, surely you agree with me, Mr.
Elliot,

that there's nothing
to our cousins.

well, not in themselves,
perhaps,

but as a family connection,
as good company,

as people who will collect
good company around them,

well, they will
have their value.

- they're not my idea
of good company.
- Ah, what is?

clever, well-informed people

with a great deal
of conversation.

oh, then you're wrong.

that's not good company,
that's the best.

- ( all chuckle )
- Quite right, sir.

for good company, all that's needed is birth, manners, and education.

people aren't too particular
about the education.

and that is exactly
what I mean.

in good company-- a little learning isn't dangerous.

in fact, it will do very well.

- ah, I see you are fastidious.
- Well, I certainly hope I am.

oh, my dear cousin.

you have a better right
to be fastidious,

than almost any woman I know.
But will it make you happy?

I don't see how not being fastidious will make me any happier.

wouldn't it be wiser
to accept the society
of these good ladies

and enjoy the advantages of the connection as much as possible?

but I don't see
any advantages at all.

but I think you will.
They will be moving in the highest society

of bath this winter,
and rank is rank.

people will know
of your connection
and give your family--

our family, let me say,

every consideration
we could hope for.

everyone will know,
no doubt about that.

I don't understand
your attitude, Anne.

I think that
far too much trouble

has been taken to make
the Dalrymples' acquaintance,

and I am certainly too proud to like being welcomed solely for my social position.

( chuckles )

I love your indignation,
it's very natural.

but you're here now,
and the point of coming here

surely was to establish
your father

with all the credit and dignity he ought to have.

well, I suppose so.

of course it is so, Anne.

you say you're proud.

I'm called proud myself.
I wouldn't wish it otherwise.

our prides are not so very different, if you examine them.

- no?
- No.

( shrieking laughter )

on one point at least, my dear cousin, I am sure we feel the same.

every new friend
your father makes, whether
his equal or his superior,

will help to divert his attention from those beneath him.

yes, on that we can agree.

what, Anne, reading?
What's the use of that?

you'll only spoil your eyes.

you should come with us to your cousins' the Dalrymples.

- Elizabeth:
They asked after you.
- Anne: How kind. How are they?

- not very well.
- Lady Dalrymple has a cold.

- Anne: I am sorry.
- But they have asked us

to go there again this evening.
We've accepted, of course.

- oh, I'm afraid
that I can't go.
- What? Why not?

I've arranged to spend this evening with an old school friend.

what old school friend?
Where does she live?

- in Westgate buildings.
- Sir Walter:
Westgate buildings?

and whom is miss Anne Elliot to be visiting at Westgate buildings?

she was a miss Hamilton.
Now she's Mrs. Smith.

- she's a widow.
- A widow Mrs. Smith.

- and who
was her husband?
- Mr. Smith.

one of 5,000
"Mr. smiths" whose name one
sees everywhere, I suppose?

and what is so attractive
about this widow Mrs. Smith?

she's a very old friend
and she is not at all well.

so her attraction is
that she is old and sickly?

- really, Anne.
- Upon my word, Anne Elliot,
you have extraordinary taste.

everything that revolts
other people-- low company,
paltry rooms, foul air,

disgusting associations--
you seem to find inviting.

- I have made the engagement.
- Surely you could put this
old lady off until tomorrow.

she's not so near her end, I presume, that she can't hope to see another day?

how old is she? 40?

no, she is not yet 31.
And I cannot put her off

because this evening is the only one that suits us both.

she is so very busy then,
in spite of her illness.

she is going
to the warm bath tomorrow,

and as you know, we're engaged
for the rest of the week.

what does lady Russell think of this acquaintance, I wonder?

she sees nothing wrong in it, indeed she approves.

in fact it is she who has
generally taken me there.

indeed. You've certainly
kept this friend of yours
secret.

perhaps we should be grateful.

Westgate buildings
must have been
rather surprised

to see a carriage
drawn up to its pavement.

sir Henry Russell's widow
has no honors to distinguish
her arms,

- still it's
a handsome equipage.
- Well, father!

- it's well known to convey
a miss Elliot, in any case.
- I don't expect so.

Elizabeth:
Of course it is, Anne.

the widow Mrs. Smith,
lodging at Westgate buildings,

a poor widow, barely able
to live, between 30 and 40,

a mere Mrs. Smith,
an everyday Mrs. Smith.

of all people
and all names in the world

to be the chosen friend
of miss Anne Elliot.

yes, father,
that is what she is.

preferred by her to her own family connections amongst the nobility of england and Ireland.

Mrs. Smith. What a name.
Yes, what is it?

- a letter for miss Anne, sir.
- For me?

with compliments of admiral
and Mrs. croft, miss.

- thank you.
- Eh, what's that?

the crofts arrived in bath?
The crofts who rent Kellynch?

what have they brought you?

a letter from Mary, sir.

- oh, how nice.
- Aha!

letters are very convenient
passports,

- they secure an introduction.
- Quite, father.

I'd have visited
admiral croft anyway.
I know what's due my tenant.

and what is the news
of Mrs. Charles and her two
fine little boys, miss Anne?

she says they had
a very dull Christmas.

how is Mary?
And pray what brings
the crofts to bath?

they've come for the admiral.
They think he's gouty.

gout and decrepitude.
Poor old gentleman.

do they know anyone here?

I imagine the admiral
has many friends, don't you?

I suspect that admiral croft
will be best known in bath

- as the man
who rents Kellynch hall.
- Undoubtedly, sir Walter.

how many horses
did he travel with?

I don't know, father.

ah...
Do you think we might venture to present them

to lady Dalrymple, Elizabeth?

no, father, I think not.
We must be very careful not to introduce our cousins

- to anyone they might
not approve of.
- Oh, quite.

if we weren't related it would be different, but we are.

lady Dalrymple might feel scrupulous about anyone she'd met through us.

no, I think we should leave the crofts to find their own level.

yes, yes... there are
several odd-looking men

walking about here
who I'm told are sailors.

let the crofts
associate with them.

- quite.
- Is there any news,
miss Anne?

not unless it is
in the postscript.

- Anne: I've never been
so astonished in my life.
- It's certainly a surprise.

Louisa engaged
to captain Benwick.

no one ever
suspected it at all.

Mr. Musgrove has given
his consent.

captain Benwick is staying at Uppercross already.

and you told me Louisa was in love with captain Wentworth.

yes, I know.
Everyone thought so.

and wasn't this captain Benwick
supposed to be inconsolable

over the death
of miss Harville?

I never quite believed that.
But this is extraordinary.

I can't think how it happened.

Louisa is so high-spirited,
and captain Benwick--

well, he's thoughtful
and sensitive.

hmmm. Well, Anne,

I think it's
time you followed
Louisa's example

and found a thoughtful and sensitive man for yourself.

I would if I could.

- but who?
- You can hardly be unaware

of Mr. Elliot's
admiration for you.

Mr. Elliot?

but he's in mourning
for his wife.

not for very much longer.

and if you should feel
disposed to accept him,

it would be a most
suitable match.

no, no-- Mr. Elliot
is very agreeable

and I think very highly
of him in many respects,

but we wouldn't suit
each other.

you must know your own mind,
of course,

but I should be very pleased to see you as the future mistress of Kellynch.

the future lady Elliot.

lady Elliot?

you would take
your dear mother's place.

no, I could never do that.

lady Elliot...

no, I could never accept.

- what have you against him?
- I don't know.

- his past, perhaps.
- But Anne, he's a changed man.

is he? We don't
know that, do we?

we can tell from the way
he behaves.

oh yes, his manners
are perfect.

but he is not open,
he is too... discreet.

he never seems to feel strongly
about anything.

discretion is usually
thought to be a virtue.

yes, I know. But I like people

who are Frank and eager
and openhearted.

Mr. Elliot never says
a hasty word.

I don't trust people
who never do that.

Anne, I must say,
your attitude--

I find it
rather strange, my dear.

Mr. Elliot is too agreeable.
That's his trouble.

he pleases everyone,
even Mrs. Clay.

how are you, admiral?

ah, is it you?
Thank you, thank you,
good morning.

- this is treating me
like a friend.
- I hope I am one.

- what are you looking at?
- The doctor has ordered me to walk about

to keep off the gout, and I can never get past this window without stopping.

what is it that
attracts you so much?

you see this thing
here by way of a boat?

do look at it.
Did you ever see the like?

is there something
wrong with it?

indeed there is.
Just look at it.

I wouldn't venture
over a horse-pond in it.

where are you bound?
Can I go anywhere for you

or with you?
Can I be of any use?

no, thank you.
Unless you give me

the pleasure of your
company a little way.
I'm going home.

then won't you come in and see Sophie for a minute?

she would like that and it's not out of your way.

what a very nice idea.

so sorry, Sophie
doesn't seem to be here.

I could have sworn she said she wasn't going out this morning.

never mind.

but you've heard
the news about Benwick?
Isn't it extraordinary?

I was absolutely amazed.

but of course he's a very
pleasant young man.

nothing to be said
against James Benwick.

he's only a commander,
of course.

this peace is a bad time
for getting on,

but he is an excellent,
good-hearted fellow,

a very active,
zealous officer, too,

which you might not think from that soft sort of manner of his.

I thought he was
very agreeable.

well... hmm... ladies
are the best judges,
of course.

but he's rather
too piano for me.

Sophie and I can't help thinking Frederick's manners are better than his.

I didn't mean to enter into any comparison between them, admiral.

anyway, the thing
is certainly true.

not a mere bit of gossip, we have it from Frederick himself.

I hope there is nothing in the letter to make you at all uneasy.

- what do you mean?
- It did seem last autumn

as though there was a very definite attachment between Louisa and him.

- indeed they did.
- I hope captain Wentworth
does not feel ill-used.

oh, no, no, no. Not at all.

there is not an oath or murmur from beginning to end.

of course, we did think that she was going to marry him.

oh good. It would be sad
if their friendship were spoiled
by something like this.

you would never guess
from the way he writes

he'd ever thought
of this miss...

- Louisa.
- Louisa, yes...

you would never guess that he ever thought of her for himself at all.

he very handsomely
hopes that...

"they will be happy together."

there's nothing
unforgiving in that.

I'm very glad to hear it.

but, poor Frederick.

now he's got to begin all over again with someone else.

yes, I suppose he has.

we must get him to bath.

Sophie must write and beg him
to come and join us.

there are pretty girls enough
here, I'm sure,

and there is no point in his going back to Uppercross for...

that other miss Musgrove...
What's her name?

- henrietta.
- Henrietta, yes.

she, it seems,
is bespoke by her cousin,
that... young parson.

- Charles Hayter.
- Something like that.

so there are no girls
left there for Frederick.

no, there aren't, are there?

don't you think, miss Elliot, that we better try to get him to come here?

yes, I do. I think
it's an admirable idea.

oh, thank you.

I do hope we don't
have to wait too long.

I don't see anyone we know.

I expect it will stop
raining soon anyway.

do you? But the pavements

will still be very wet.
Oh, Penelope.

I think it would be best if we took lady Dalrymple's carriage.

there won't be room
for all of us.
I shall walk.

but my boots are much thicker
than yours, miss Anne.

and it's hardly raining at all.
I should like to walk,
if I may.

I'm sure Mr. Elliot
would escort me.

- no, no, honestly,
I prefer walking.
- But so do I.

you do have a little bit
of a cold, Penelope.

you shouldn't go walking
on wet pavements.

but my boots
are so thick, really.

no thicker than mine.
And I have no cold at all.

I wonder if it has
stopped raining yet.

Elizabeth:
It doesn't look like it.

I can't see properly
from this window.
I'll go and look.

Wentworth: I think you'll be dry enough in here.

miss Elliot.

but of course, I...
I knew you were in bath.

yes. Have you just arrived?

last night. How very--

how very good to see you again.

so soon.

I was just going to see
if the rain had stopped.

no, no, it hasn't. Not yet.

excuse me.

well...

I needn't ask if you are
feeling well, miss Elliot.
I can see it for myself.

thank you.
You're looking
very well yourself.

I've been staying
with my brother in shropshire.

yes, admiral croft told me.

did he tell you the news
from Uppercross?

about Louisa
and captain Benwick?

yes... I was very surprised.

no more than I was,
I assure you.

oh, I see you're
with your sister.

- yes.
- I'm delighted, of course.

for Louisa, I mean,
and for James, too.

so am I. I hope
they will be very happy.

yes, of course, so do I.

lady Dalrymple for miss Elliot.

at last. I thought
she'd never come.

are you left behind,
miss Elliot?

- I prefer walking, honestly.
- Could I be of any service
to you?

I'm much obliged,
but really not.

are you going to walk
in the rain?

it's very little,
it's nothing, really, I--

although I only arrived yesterday, I am already properly equipped for bath.

yes. You are very wise,
you will need it.

I wish you'd use it, if you are really going to walk.

though I think it
would be more prudent

to let me get you a chair.

no, really not.
Thank you, I--
it will soon stop.

I'm just waiting
for my cousin Mr. Elliot.

he will be here at any moment.

oh.

the one we failed to introduce
ourselves to in lyme.

exactly. Are you going
to the concert tomorrow?

I'm so sorry to keep you waiting, miss Elliot.

the rain has eased off for a moment.

we should go at once before it starts getting worse again.

yes, thank you.

good morning,
captain Wentworth.

good morning, miss Elliot.

we're in very
good time, I think.

but sir Walter, you always are.

( laughs ) I hope so, I hope so.

how do you do,
captain Wentworth?

why, miss Elliot, good evening.

the weather has been very sad since you arrived.

oh...

I never let
the weather bother me...

unless I'm at sea.

how do you like bath so far?

oh, it seems
perfectly delightful.

I'm told the singer
tonight is very good.

is he? I'm afraid
I've never heard
of him before.

nor had I until yesterday.

I've hardly seen you
since our day at lyme.

I'm afraid you must have suffered very much from the shock of the accident.

oh, no-- no,
I was upset of course,

as everyone was,
but nothing more.

it was a frightful moment--

a frightful day.

however, the day
did have some effect--
some consequences,

- which are not
frightful at all.
- Anne: Yes, I know.

when you had the
presence of mind to send
Benwick for the surgeon,

you could hardly have guessed

the important part it would play on Louisa's recovery.

indeed, I did not,
but it seems--

I think it will be
a happy match, don't you?

well, yes, yes,
they are very fortunate.

they have no difficulties
to cope with at home--

no opposition from parents,
no caprice or delays.

no, so I understand.

all this is very much in favor of their happiness.

more than--

but I must confess, I do think

there's a great disparity
between their minds, I mean.

- well--
- Louisa is a very amiable

sweet-tempered girl
and not stupid.

but Benwick's something more.

he's a clever man.
A man of real feeling.

yes, I know.

a man like that in his situation with a heart almost broken.

Fanny Harville was a very superior woman, you know.

his attachment to her
was an attachment, indeed.

so I have heard people say.

a man does not recover

from such a devotion
to such a woman.

he ought not to. He does not.

good evening lady Dalrymple, good to see you again.

you must excuse me, sir,
this is my party.

of course, perhaps I'll see you in the concert room.

oh, I hope so.

Elliot: Ah, my dear cousin, how are you this evening?

miss Elliot, left alone?

( Italian opera music playing )

( tenor continues )

( singing a capella )

( sings high note )

( music ends )

( applause )

did you like that song?

oh, yes I thought
it was very pretty.

it was, but I couldn't admire it as much as I should.

I didn't understand
a word of it.

oh, well, this is
what he was saying.

"my heart finds no peace

away from my dear beloved.

there remains only pain
to lacerate my breast.

return my beloved
to the arms, which love you

and peace will delight
my soul forever."

is that all?

doesn't seem very much
for such a long song.

well, he says it all several times.
But that's the sense of it,

or rather, the meaning
of the words--

- one must not talk of sense
in an Italian love song.
- Oh indeed not.

but that's as near to the meaning as I can give you.

I don't pretend to understand the language.

I'm a very poor
Italian scholar.

yes, I see you are.
I see you know nothing
of the matter.

you only
understand well enough
to translate at sight

these inverted,
transposed curtailed
Italian lines

into clear, comprehensible elegant English.

you need say nothing
more of your ignorance.
That was complete proof.

Anne:
I never refuse
such polite kindness, sir,

but I would be sorry
to be examined by an expert.

my dear cousin,
I have not had
the pleasure

of visiting
in Camden place
so often,

without finding out something about miss Anne Elliot.

I must tell you,
she is far too modest
for the world in general,

and too highly
accomplished for modesty

to be natural
in any other woman.

for shame-- this is
too much flattery.

( Elliot laughs )

besides, perhaps I've known about you longer than you think.

oh, well how, pray?

unless you heard
my family mention me,

you cannot have known about me before I came to bath.

I heard about you
by report long before that.

I'd heard you described
by an intimate friend.

- oh?
- I've known all about
you for years.

looks, character, accomplishments, everything.

- but how? Who told you?
- Ah-ha.

- oh you must tell me.
- Not now,

some other time,
perhaps, but not now.

- that's not fair.
- No, the fairness
is all on your side.

- you're making it all up - it's perfectly true, I assure you.

you can assure me
as much as you like,

but unless you say who told you these things, I Shan't believe a word.

you may believe it
or not as you choose--

many years ago, I heard
such description of you

that I have wanted
to meet you ever since.

( applause )

( tenor singing )

( singing continues )

( music ends )

( applause )

can I come to tea
with you, Peter?

- I hope you are
enjoying the concert.
- Oh, very much and you?

I confess,
I'm a little disappointed.

oh why?

I just hoped the singing
would be better.

- don't you like
the tenor then?
- Not very much.

to tell you the truth, I shall not be sorry when it's all over.

oh that's too harsh.

there's always some pleasure to be got from music.

the orchestra
is not bad, surely.

no, I suppose not.

you're very good at finding reasons for enjoying things.

I have so few
opportunities of listening
to good music,

- I'm not at all a good judge.
- Oh, you mustn't say that.

it's true, I'm afraid.
But however bad the performance,

I always try to imagine
how good it ought to be.

I don't really listen
properly at all.

( laughs ) You're even clever than I thought.

that means you listen
twice at the same time.

all I was trying to say was

though you're
probably quite right
about the singer,

I'm still enjoying the concert.

oh you shame me.

I must try to be
imaginative like you.

then perhaps I shall
enjoy everything.

I beg your pardon, miss Elliot,

we must apply to you again to know what this next song is about.

miss Carteret:
Mr. Elliot says
you're so good at Italian.

well, let me see.
It's another love song.

ah, it's more pain
and grief, I suppose.

I'm afraid so, yes.

"sweet hope now
returns to my soul

and calm to my sad heart.

you, dear damsel, who have
put so much trust"--

"in me," I suppose--

"you will find one man
faithful in love."

- it's a happy one, then.
- Anne: Yes, it seems to be.

"my heart is content
with its dear object,

which will shine
forever in my breast."

how charming. Is that all?

- yes.
- That's quite enough.

who could ask for more than content in the dear object of his heart?

- thank you, my dear cousin.
- Yes, thank you, Anne.

I must wish you
good night, miss Elliot.

aren't you staying
for the rest of the concert?

no, I--I must be going, I must get home as soon as possible.

oh, but surely this next song is worth staying for.

no, there is nothing
worth staying for here...

for me.

( applause )

( taps )

oh, miss Elliot. Good morning.

good morning, Mrs. Rooke.

well miss Elliot,
we weren't expecting you.

I said yesterday that
I was coming this morning,
Mrs. Rooke.

I know you did. I know you did.

look ma'am, miss Elliot has come after all.

good morning.

I don't understand
what Mrs. Rooke means.

I said yesterday that I was coming, so of course, I have come.

and I'm very grateful.
We really weren't
expecting you.

but why not?

oh, we know all about the concert last night, miss Elliot.

oh, I was afraid you would.

there can't be very much left for me to tell you.

Mrs. Smith:
Ooh, I predict
there is.

I enjoyed myself very much--

although some people were dissatisfied with the singing.

- but not with other things?
- Anne: Not at all.

the orchestra really played
quite well, I thought.

we don't want
to hear about that.
We want to know who was there.

Anne: Oh, well everybody, I suppose.

I saw miss Atkinson
there, I think.

and the little durands--

with their mouths
open to catch the music

like unfledged sparrows
waiting to be fed?

- ( Anne laughs )
- They never miss a concert.

I didn't see them
myself, but Mr. Elliot
said he saw them.

did he now?

oh, you saw enough for own amusement, I dare say.

of course she did, ma'am.

you didn't have to tell me
you had a pleasant evening,

- I could see it
in your eye.
- Oh, yes.

Mrs. Smith:
I can see how
you spent your time.

between the songs
there was conversation--

there was always something agreeable to listen to.

you could see
all that in my eye?

my dear, I can tell
that last night,

you were with the person
you find the most agreeable
in the world--

the person
who interests you
more at the moment,

than all of the rest
of the world put together.

ooh, this is no place
for me, I can see.

excuse me.

I really do appreciate
your kindness

in coming here
this morning, Anne.

you must have so many more pleasant demands on your time.

but how did you know?

ah...

tell me, is Mr. Elliot
aware that you know me?

I mean, does he know
that I'm in bath?

Mr. Elliot?

do you know Mr. Elliot?

well, I used to know him
quite well,

but it's a long time
since we last met.

but you never told me-- if you had, I would have talked to him about you.

that's exactly
what I want you to do--

talk to him about me.
He can be very useful
to me, you see.

and of course, if you ask him anything, it is done.

oh, I am only his cousin,
you know?

I have no great influence
or claim over him.

oh, I beg your pardon,

I've been a little
premature, I see.

I should have waited
for official information.

but tell me, as an old friend, when may I speak?

- next week?
- No.

not next week,
nor the week after

I am not going
to marry Mr. Elliot.

I should rather like to know why you imagine that I am?

well, all men are refused until they offer, of course.

but Mr. Elliot has never
even dreamed of offering.

and if he ever does, I certainly Shan't except him, I assure you.

- no?
- No.

it was not Mr.
Elliot whose presence gave me so much--

I simply can't understand whatever gave you such an idea.

well, it was nurse Rooke.

she got it from Mrs. Wallis,
who seemed a very good
authority.

well, I'm sorry
to disappoint you,

but Mrs. Wallis is quite wrong.

Mrs. Smith: Well.

of course,

I shall still
be very happy
to help you

in any way I can
with Mr. Elliot.

you said you'd known him
a long time?

yes, yes I have.

since before he was married?

yes.

oh do tell me
what he was like then--

was he anything like he is now?

I haven't seen him
for three years.

I'm very sorry, I don't know what to do.

I don't want to seem officious or mischief-making.

you know I would
never think that.

I think you should know

what Mr. Elliot is really like.

- what?
- He's a man without heart
or conscience.

he thinks of no one,
but himself.

he no feelings
for other people whatever.

forgive me.

Mr. Elliot was
the intimate friend
of my dear husband.

he trusted and loved him--

and thought him
as good as himself.

- Anne: Yes?
- Oh yes.

Mr. Elliot was poor
in those days,

but he always had a home with us when he wanted it.

that must be about the time

that he met my father
and Elizabeth in London.

he did something unworthy then.

I don't know what it was,
but he slighted my father

at a time when my father was prepared to be perfectly kind to him.

he wanted to be rich.

to marry money,
not wait to inherit it.

he thought your father
wanted him to marry
Elizabeth--

but that wouldn't
give him his freedom.

so he married--

his wife was a very
low woman, they say.

yes, but money-- money
was all he was after.

her father was a grazier, her grandfather a butcher and he didn't mind.

all he cared about
was her fortune.

as to the honor of his family,

well he used to say
that if baronetcies
were for sale,

anyone could have his for £50.

arms, motto, name
and livery included.

I can give you full proof.

you see that inlaid box
on that desk there?

- would you
give it to me?
- Yes, of course.

thank you.

this is the letter Mr.
Elliot wrote to my poor husband

before we were married.

here it is.
You better read it
yourself.

"dear Smith,

your kindness
almost overpowers me.

I wish nature had made such hearts as yours more common.

at present, believe me,
I have no need of your
services--

being in cash again."

oh, my husband
lent him so much.

"give me joy,

I have got rid of sir Walter and miss Elliot.

they have gone back to kellynch

and almost made me swear to visit them this summer.
"

this is quite true.
We expected him,
but he never came.

go on, Anne.

"but my first visit
to Kellynch will be
with a surveyor

to tell me
how I can bring it
under the hammer

to the best advantage."

- oh, it's too much.
- There's more.

"the baronet is even worse
than last year.

I wish I had any name
but 'Elliot.'

I am sick of it." ( Sighs )

I thought you
should see it.
It shows you the man.

yes. Thank you.

this proves that everything you've said is true.

except...

why does he want
to know us now?

oh, he really does
want to marry you.

it seems he is quite
sincere about it.

how do you know all this?

you haven't seen him for three years you said.

no, but colonel Wallis
sees him every day

and Mr. Elliot
tells him everything.

- and colonel Wallis
tells Mrs. Wallis--
- Mrs. Rooke, I see.

there's another thing, too.

well? What is it?

Mrs. Clay,
your sister's friend.

Mrs. Clay?
Well, what is she
to do with it?

I'm told she has
every intention

of marrying your
father if she can.

well, yes, I think that is probably true.

your sister may not realize it, but other people do.

and Mr. Elliot is older
now than he was when
he wrote this.

he has the greatest respect for titles and connections these days.

- he has all the money
he wants already.
- Is this true?

oh yes. He's set
his heart on being
"sir William" now.

of course, if your
father marries again,

well, Mr.
Elliot may have to remain 'mister'

for the rest of his life.

I see.

Mrs. Wallis
has an amusing idea--

that it is to be put into your marriage articles with Mr.
elliot

that your father
is never to marry
Mrs. Clay.

I don't find that very funny.

well, as Mrs. Rooke says

it wouldn't stop him marrying someone else, would it?

what a very silly woman
Mrs. Wallis must be.

well...

I'm very glad
you told me all this.

I shall know
exactly how to behave
to Mr. Elliot in future.

I thought you should know.

( sighs )

but you still haven't told me
how I could help you.

oh, it's very simple.

once Mr. Elliot was married,
he was rich--

he led my husband into expenses far beyond his means.

I see.

fortunately, he died before he knew the whole story.

- he made Mr. Elliot
his executor.
- And what has he done?

nothing, that's the trouble-- he's refused to act.

look, here's one
of his letters.

he refuses to help me
at all, you see?

that's his notion of gratitude.

then why did you
praise him to me?

what else could I do?

I thought it was all arranged.

I couldn't tell you the truth if you were engaged to him.

I think you should have done.

he didn't love his first wife.

I thought he did love you.

and if you loved him, well, I thought you might do better.

well, I hope I shall.

ah...

and you still haven't told me why I was wrong.

who is he, Anne?

ask Mrs. Rooke.

can I do anything for you while I'm out, Elizabeth?

- oh, are you
going out, too?
- Yes.

you might have said so earlier.
You could have

saved Penelope the trouble of going for me, but it's too late, she's gone.

I'm really only
going to see lady Russell.
Can I give her any message?

no, just my love.

and mine.

kindest regards.

say I'll call her,
one day soon or two.

I didn't know you were planning to call on her, father.

- I'm not. I shall
only leave my card.
- Elizabeth: Oh, I see.

sir Walter:
A morning visit
isn't fair,

to a woman of her age who makes herself up so little.

if only she'd wear some Rouge,

she wouldn't need to be so afraid to being seen.

- oh, is she afraid?
- Oh yes.

the last time I called, the blinds were lowered immediately.

- ( knocking ) - Oh, I wonder who that is.

Mr. Elliot, I expect,
he comes at all hours.

oh Anne, you know
perfectly well

Mr. Elliot's gone
to thornberry park.

he won't be back in bath until our party tomorrow evening.

it's just
someone else,
I dare say,

who wants to know us, who we don't want to know.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Musgrove.

Anne: Charles! Mary!

what a wonderful surprise.

- Charles: You weren't
expecting us, were you?
- No, we were not. Mary...

- how are you sir?
- Very well, indeed.

- and you, Elizabeth?
- Very well.

why didn't you tell us
you were coming?

there was no point in writing.

besides, we weren't
sure we coming or who
was coming with us

till the day before yesterday.

so you're a party, are you?

Mrs. Musgrove, henrietta,
captain Harville and us,

if you can call that a party.

we're here to buy wedding clothes for henrietta and Louisa.

- I see. Where are you staying?
- At the white hart.

oh good, I was afraid--

we could hardly put you up here, though we would have liked to.

I wish you could,
Elizabeth, our drawing
room at the inn,

isn't nearly so
handsome as this.

( laughs ) I dare say not.

this is only half of it, Mary, do come and see the rest.

oh dear.

bath--

I never like it,

- but it's good
to see you again, Anne.
- And you.

did you say you'd come to buy clothes for henrietta and Louisa?

- oh yes.
- Can Charles Hayter
afford to marry?

yes, he has a temporary living.

he and henrietta
will be getting married

about the same time
as Louisa and James Benwick.

oh, how very nice.
Where is the living?
Anywhere near Uppercross?

- not far, about 25 Miles.
- I am glad this has happened.

henrietta and Louisa
have always been such
good friends,

- I really am glad.
- It's a very fair
match for nowadays.

and I've liked Charles
all my life.

you're all very lucky,
you know?

your parents have never been interested in anything except your happiness.

but is Louisa fully
recovered again now?

oh yes-- well, I think so.

she's recovered
physically, I mean,

but she seems to have altered.

oh?

you remember how
she used to run around
and jump about

and laugh and dance?
Well, there is no
more of that.

if you so much
as shut the door
a little too hard,

she starts and wriggles like a young dab chick in the water.

- really?
- Yes, and Benwick sits there reading poetry to her,

and whispering things
into her ear all day long.

( laughs ) Well you wouldn't like that, I know.

Benwick's a good
fellow really--

as a matter of fact, I've got to know him better recently.

we had a splendid
set-to last Monday,

rat hunting in my father's great barn.

he did very well. ( Laughs )

what are you laughing at, Anne?

Charles, have you
ever seen such China?

hmm? Oh yes, yes, very fine,

very fine, indeed.

and the mirrors--
what a lot of mirrors.

Elizabeth: Yes, we're rather pleased with the house, ourselves.

oh, I do wish we had a beautiful place like this, Charles.

oh, it's no bigger than uppercrust cottage, really, is it?

- oh, Charles...
- I do hope you can come
to our party tomorrow evening.

- yes, Elizabeth,
we'd love to.
- Happy to.

I'm so glad.
Our cousins, lady Dalrymple
and miss Carteret will be here.

how exciting.
I do so want
to meet them.

isn't that exciting, Charles?

hmm? Oh yes, yes, very, very.

we only came to let you know we were here.

we really ought to be getting back, if you'll excuse us.

- of course, my boy.
- Did you say Mrs. Musgrove
would be there?

- yes, I expect so.
- May I come with you?
I should like to see her.

capitol! Come along, Mary.

- we'll see you
and Elizabeth later.
- Sir Walter: Indeed.

Mary:
Goodbye, Elizabeth.
Goodbye, papa.

- Charles: Goodbye, sir.
- Elizabeth: Goodbye, Charles.

I thought it
best to ask them
for an evening, father

rather than to dinner.
So few people give
dinner parties here.

and besides, they will be meeting our cousin, lady Dalrymple.

quite-- the widow
of a viscount.

that'll give them something to talk about when they get home.

they'll boast about that at Uppercross, you may be sure.

exactly.

I don't think we need do anything more for them, do you?

- no, no, certainly not. - No.

yes, miss Anne, the living came at the right moment.

I'm so happy
for you, henrietta.

oh, I know you are, Anne.

well, you've always been so understanding.

now you're going to have to spend your whole time with us.

you must tell us
where to go and
what to do

and who to see, everything.

I'll try, but the last time
I bought wedding clothes
for anyone

when was when Charles
and Mary got married.

- ( laughs ) - Mary: What are you saying about me?

have you seen our view, Anne?

we're just opposite
the pump room.

- look.
- Well, so you are.
How very convenient.

we can see the whole of fashionable bath without stirring an inch.

here we are.

oh captain Wentworth, I'm so glad Charles managed to find you.

- good morning, ma'am.
- Good morning.

- miss Musgrove?
- Good morning, sir.

good morning, captain Wentworth how are you?

very well, thank you ma'am.

- good morning,
miss Elliot.
- Good morning, sir.

Mrs. Musgrove,
I must know,
how is Louisa?

- quite recovered now,
thank heavens.
- Thank heavens, indeed.

I suppose you
and captain wentworth

have seen a good deal of each other in bath.

Anne: A little, yes.

- Anne! Come here quickly!
- Why? What is it?

there's Mrs. Clay
standing under
the colonnade.

- Mrs. Clay?
Your sister's friend.
- Anne: Yes.

there's a gentleman with her.

they just came round the corner from bath street.

- they seem very
deep in talk.
- Oh?

Mary:
Anne, do come
and tell me who it--

good heavens,
I know who it is.
It's our cousin, Mr. Elliot.

- oh...
- Anne: No,
it can't be, Mary.

- Mr. Elliot left
bath this morning.
- Mary: But it is.

are you telling me

I cannot recognize
the family features?
Of course it is Mr. Elliot.

henrietta: I'm sure you could tell us for certain.

Mary: Yes, come and see for yourself, Anne.

but quickly, they're parting.

there.

Anne: Why yes, you're right, Mary.

he must have changed his plans.

or else, I misunderstood them,

I wasn't really
listening properly.

mother, I've done something

that's going to make you very pleased with me.

- oh?
- I've got a box for
the theater tomorrow night.

now, aren't I a good boy?

good heavens, Charles, how could you think of such a thing?

have you forgotten we said we'd go to my father's tomorrow?

- but if there's a choice--
- we've been asked specially,
Mrs. Musgrove.

to meet our cousins,

lady Dalrymple
and miss Carteret
and Mr. Elliot.

it's all the principal
family connections,

I don't know what Charles was thinking of.

what's an evening party?
Nothing ever worth
remembering.

if your father really wanted to see us, he should have asked us to dinner.

Mrs. Musgrove, I appeal to you.

yes, well, we better put the play off, Charles.

- there.
- You better change
the box to Tuesday.

we don't want to be divided.

and if there's a party
at her father's tonight,

miss Anne won't be able to come to the play, will she?

and neither henrietta
or I would like it

if miss Anne wasn't there.

you're very kind ma'am.
If I were free to choose for myself,

I'd much rather
go to the theater.

- Mary: Anne?
- - I don't really like evening parties,

- but as Mary seems so anxious to go-- - thank you.

well, I'll get you all
another box for Tuesday.

but I shall still go to the theater tomorrow night myself.

- Charles, you will not.
- I most certainly shall.

no!

Mary, I do believe Charles may be teasing you.

- ( laughter )
- What?

oh Charles, you are.

Charles: You're so gullible, Mary, you'll believe anything.

I see you still haven't
been in bath long enough

to get a taste for its social life, miss Elliot.

and I hope I never shall.

parties mean nothing
to me, usually.

- I don't play
cards, you know?
- No.

no, you never did,
I remember now.

you used not to like cards,

but time makes many changes.

it is a long time, indeed.

81/2 years is a long time.

yes, Penelope, everyone we want is coming.

- yes miss Elliot.
- Lady Dalrymple,
miss Carteret.

- lady Russell.
- Mrs. Musgrove
and henrietta.

oh, you have forgotten,
Mr. Elliot. I'm sure
miss Anne hasn't.

- I?
- Elizabeth:
I counted him already.

he's almost part of the family.

oh, I do so like to see him and my father together.

he looks at sir Walter
with such respect.

oh delightful, just like a son to his father.

dear miss Elliot, may I not say "a son to his father"?

oh Penelope, you will have such ideas.

Mrs. Clay?
I was so surprised
this morning--

I thought Mr. Elliot
was at thornberry,

but I could have sworn
I saw him with you.

oh dear, very true.

Elizabeth: What's this, Penelope?

I meant to tell you,
I met him in bath street.

I was never more
astonished in my life.

he turned back and walked with me to the pump room.

what made me him
change his plans?

something or other
stopped him getting off
when he meant to--

I forget what.
I was in a hurry and not
paying much attention.

besides,

all he talked about was getting back in time for your party.

oh, did he?

yes, he was most anxious
to know how early he
could come tomorrow--

he was full of tomorrow.

but why didn't you tell me this before, Penelope?

I was so full of tomorrow myself that I forgot all about it.

( weak laugh )

- good morning, miss Anne.
- Good morning, Mrs. Musgrove.

- good morning, ma'am.
- Mrs. croft: Good morning.

Harville, Wentworth:
Good morning.

Mary and henrietta
will be back in a moment.

do sit down, my dear,
they'll only be a moment.

I'll write that letter now, Harville.

well, Mr. Musgrove
and my brother Hayter,

met again to talk
it all over, you see?

and the young people
would not be denied.

Mrs. croft:
I can understand that.
After all,

Mr., Hayter isn't so
very young, is he?

Mrs. Musgrove:
They were quite wild
about it, you know?

and we thought it better than a long engagement.

Mrs. croft:
That's just what
I was going to say.

it's good
for young people to
struggle a little together

on a small income-- much better than a long engagement.

my dear Mrs. croft,
there is nothing I abominate
more than a long engagement.

- look at this,
miss Elliot.
- What is it?

a portrait.
Do you know
who that is?

- it's captain Benwick.
- Right, so you can guess
who it's for.

- Louisa?
- Naturally.

- but it wasn't
done for her.
- Oh?

no, no, Benwick met some clever young German at the cape.

sat to him for my poor sister.

- she wanted a picture
of him, you see?
- Yes, of course.

do you know what he wants me to do now?

get it set properly for Louisa.

I'm rather shocked that he should be so insensitive.

yes.
I'm not sorry to hand the task over to someone else--

I can tell you-- Wentworth's writing about it now.

- oh, I see.
- Harville: Poor Fanny.

- she wouldn't have
forgotten him so soon.
- I can well believe that.

it wasn't
in her nature.
She doted on him.

it wouldn't be in the nature of any woman who truly loved.

do you claim so much
for your sex?

oh, certainly.
We don't forget men
as soon as you forget us.

- Harville: Hmm...
- We can't help ourselves.

we live at home,
quiet and confined.

we have so much time to let our feelings prey on us.

you imagine men's feelings don't prey on them?

but men are always
doing things.

you have your professions and occupations.

there's always
some business or other

to take you back again
into the world at once.

no, your feelings
aren't as strong as ours.

Harville: Well, I believe the opposite.

I believe there's
a real correspondence

between our minds
and our bodies.

as men have stronger bodies than women, they have stronger feelings, too.

ah, then if our bodies
are weaker,

you must grant
our feelings are tenderer.
They are more susceptible.

- perhaps.
- There's no
question about it.

you don't know what is to feel like a woman...

and it would be too much for you if you did.

- too much?
- Oh, yes.

men have so many
physical difficulties

to struggle with
in their lives.

if they had
to struggle as we do
with feelings as well,

it would be too much
altogether.

- we shall never agree--
- ( Inkwell clatters )

have you finished that letter?

a few lines more.
I shall be done
in five minutes.

there's no hurry on my side.

I'm in good Anchorage here.

we shall never
agree, I'm afraid.

perhaps no man
or woman ever could.

Harville: Let me at least try to persuade you.

all history is against you, you know?

and all literature--
prose and verse.

Anne: No, no proof from literature.

men have every advantage in giving their side of the story.

- oh, now why
do you say that?
- Because it's true.

men have always had a much better education than women.

their hand has held
the pen, not ours.

no, I won't allow you
any proof from books.

then where shall we find proof?

- nowhere.
- I do believe you're
trying to get out of it.

oh, no.

women lead quiet lives.

their knowledge is drawn
from their observation

of their own little circle.

if I were to give you my proof,

I would be
betraying confidences.

Harville: Ah, yes, I see.

if you put it like that, of course.

we must simply agree to differ.

very well, but...

if I only could
make you understand

how a man suffers...

when he takes
his last look at his wife
and children,

when he watches the boat
that he sent them
away in

for as long as
he can still see it...

and then when
he turns away and says

"God knows whether
we shall ever meet again."

I think I do understand.

the only privilege
I claim for my own sex--

and it's not
a very enviable one,
you needn't covet it--

is that of loving longest when life or hope are gone.

Harville: You're a good soul, I Shan't quarrel with you.

and when I think of Benwick, well, my tongue is tied.

well, Frederick, you and I part company here, I think.

what...? What?

I'm going home.
And you have an engagement
with your friend.

oh, yes, yes. We separate here.

we shall all meet again
at your party, miss Elliot.

- we had your
sister's card yesterday.
- I'm so glad you're coming.

and Frederick's
coming too, aren't you?

yes, very true.
What are you going?

haven't you heard
a word I've said?

Harville and I will soon be after you-- if you're ready, Harville?

I'll only be half a minute.
I know you want to be off.

- goodbye,
Mrs. Musgrove.
- Goodbye.

Mrs. Elliot.

miss Elliot, I shall try to persuade you more this evening.

I think I was only saying

perhaps captain Benwick does not have a mind to affliction.

ah, perhaps so.

- let's go, Harville.
- Very well.

goodbye, miss Elliot.

- Mrs. Musgrove?
- Sir.

God bless you.

I beg your pardon, ma'am,
I forgot my gloves.

by all means, by all means.

I don't know where Mary and henrietta can be.

it's all right, mama,
I'll just wait here
by the--

that's right.
Amuse yourself,
my dear.

Wentworth's voice: "I can listen in silence no longer.

I must speak to you as I can.

you Pierce my soul.
I'm half agony, half hope.

don't tell me I'm too late--

that such precious feelings
have gone forever."

too late...?

"I offer myself
to you again with a heart

which is even more your own

than when you almost broke it, eight and a half years ago.

never say that men forget
sooner than women--

that their love
is the first to die.

I have never loved
anyone but you.

I may have been unjust,

I may have been weak
and resentful,

but never inconstant.

I only came to bath
because of you.

I think and plan only for you.
Have you not seen this?

can you fail
to understand what I want?

I would not have waited
even these last 10 days
to speak,

if I only could have
guessed your feelings,

as I am sure you
have guessed mine."

I will only be a moment.

I must just go and post this--

well, well, bless me.

"oh, I can hardly write.

every moment you say something which overwhelms me.

your voice sinks,

but I can hear every syllable
when others cannot.

oh, you are too good,
too excellent.

you do us justice, indeed.

you do believe
there is true love and
true constancy among men--

believe them to be
most fervent--

most undeviating...

in Frederick Wentworth.

I must go,
uncertain of my fate,

but I shall come back here,

or follow you
as soon as possible.

a word, a look will be
enough to decide

whether I enter your father's house this evening...

or never."

oh, Frederick.

Frederick, Frederick.

oh...!

Mrs. Musgrove:
Come along, my dears.

( overlapping chatter )

here they are
at last, miss Anne,

- you can put
your book away now.
- My book?

you should have gone with us, we had such a good time.

shopping!
That's all women
ever think about.

oh Charles, be quiet.

aren't the new fashions beautiful, Anne?

I mean to wear nothing but long sleeves for the evening from now on.

- long sleeves?
- Henrietta: Yes,
and short petticoats.

colored and with braces.

I had no idea of the fashions, living at Uppercross.

and a good thing too,
I should say.

I pity my poor cousin

if he's going to have to keep you in colored petticoats all his life.

( henrietta laughs )
With braces.

do you like the new
shortwaist, Anne?

- I'm not sure that I do.
- The what?

aren't you feeling well?

- I-- no, henrietta--
- you do look rather ill.

my poor miss Anne.

it's nothing ma'am,
it will soon pass.

would you like to lie down here for a minute?

- I think I better go home.
- By all means, my dear.
Go home at once

and take care of yourself, or you won't be well for the party.

you must be all right for that.

Charles, ring
and order a chair.
Miss Anne must not walk.

no, ma'am, I'd rather walk,
it's what I need.

Mrs. Musgrove:
You may catch cold.

my head--
I want to clear it.
Fresh air is what I want.

you haven't fallen down recently-- slipped and bumped your head?

no, no, no, nothing like that.

good, I expect you'll be all right again by this evening.

yes, thank you, Mrs. Musgrove.

- we're looking forward
to it so much.
- Ha!

Charles!

I'm afraid, ma'am--

I hope
it is perfectly
understood that--

that what, my dear?

you will tell
the other gentlemen

that we expecting them
this evening, too?

- I'm afraid there might
have been some mistake.
- I don't think so.

we are expecting captain Wentworth as well as captain Harville?

captain Harville has every intention of coming, I assure you.

do you think so?
I'm afraid I should be so sorry if--

you will mention it to him when you see them again, won't you?

- you will see them again.
Please promise me.
- To be sure, my dear.

Charles, if you see
captain Harville,

remember to give him
miss Anne's message.

- Charles: Of course, mama.
- There's no need to be uneasy.

captain Harville considers
himself quite engaged.
I'll answer for it.

- but captain Wentworth?
- And captain Wentworth, too.

yes, yes, Anne, they'll be both be there.

now let me take you home.

no thank you, Charles, I shall be quite all right by myself.

don't be so foolish.
Of course I shall
take you.

I don't like bath.
There's too much
smoke and confusion.

give me the country every time.

oh, hello, Wentworth.

- may I join you?
- Please.

of course, of course.

which way are you going?
Just to gay street,

or are you going on
further up to town?

I-- I hardly know.

are you going
as high as belmont?

- anywhere near
Camden place?
- Yes, I could be.

if you are, I have
no scruple in asking you
to take my place

- and give Anne your
arm to her father's.
- It will be a pleasure.

she's rather done for
this morning.

- she can't be
home on her own.
- I shall be delighted.

I really ought to be at that fellow's in the marketplace.

- which fellow's is that?
- The gunsmith fellow's.

you know.
He promised to show me a capital gun

he's sending off to somebody.

he said he wouldn't pack it until the last moment, so I could look at it.

if I don't go now,
I shall miss it.

then Charles, you must go.

thank you for bringing me so far.

- yes, you must hurry.
- Yes.

- it's a splendid
piece, he says.
- I'm sure it is.

it sounds like
that second size
double-barrel of mine

you shot around
winthrop one day.
Do you remember?

oh yes. An excellent gun.

you must hurry,
or you'll miss it.

yes-- oh, yes!

I'll leave Anne to you then, Wentworth.

I shall look after her to the very best of my ability.

yes, good.

I hope you'll soon be feeling well again, Anne.

I must say you're looking a good deal better already.

and feeling it.

goodbye, Charles and thank you.

goodbye, then.

well, miss Elliot...?

well, sir?

- where shall we go?
- Anywhere you like,

so long as it's
not to my father's.

( birds chirping )

eight and a half years.

it's enough
to have changed every pore
of one's skin

and every feeling
in one's heart.

and yet, our feelings
haven't changed.

no.

mine never altered ever,

except to grow deeper.

I never dared to imagine it.
What I did imagine
was so terrible.

and I never imagined
you imagining such a thing--

not till the concert.

oh, that concert.
I didn't hear a note.

( laughs softly )

you should have known me
better than to be
jealous of Mr. Elliot.

- but everyone was saying--
- everyone was wrong.

( both chuckle )

I've never loved
anyone but you, Anne.

nor I anyone but you.

( children yelling )

I tried to forget you.

I even thought I succeeded.

I thought I was indifferent, but I was only angry.

well, perhaps you were right.

I was still angry when we met again at Uppercross.

and I was still
bitterly regretful.

and then-- at lyme,
I suddenly realized--

I thought you were
in love with Louisa.

I tried to be.

I knew it was impossible, but I did try.

and then at lyme I realized I'd never stopped loving you.

I didn't know what to do.

everyone thought, like you,

that I was
virtually engaged
to Louisa, and then--

( sighs )
And then the accident--
and then--

oh God.

I had to get away,
so I went to my brother's.

it was through him
we first met.

yes.

do you know what he asked me?

had you "altered much,"
he wanted to know.

- and what did you say?
- To my eye, you could
never alter, Anne.

is that what you told him?

- ( laughs )
- Not quite.

oh, that concert...

with your
cousin sitting
on one side of you

and lady Russell on the other.

- lady Russell...
- She's a very good
woman, Frederick.

oh, is she?

she persuaded you
once, don't forget.

I thought she was
trying to persuade you
to marry Mr. Elliot.

I thought everything
was against me.

I'm not a girl now, you know?

you are to me.

I was wrong
to yield to her then,

but I thought
I was doing my duty.

a very strange sort of duty.

she could never
have persuaded me
to do the opposite--

to marry a man I didn't like.

well, I suppose
I should have
known better,

but you could imagine my fears.

you had yielded
to her once,
after all,

and there she was still sitting next to you.

how was I to know she couldn't persuade you again?

Frederick,

no one will ever persuade me to do anything again...

except you.

your cousin and captain Wentworth seem very deep in talk, Elliot.

cousin? Which cousin?

Anne. Look at them.

anyone would think
they were engaged.

- captain Wentworth?
- Yes.

- but I thought you were--
- I told you I wasn't
attracted by Mr. Elliot.

you should have believed me.

my dear...
I don't know
what to say.

there's nothing to say now.

my dear, my dearest Anne...

I only did what
I thought was right.

I know.

now I hope that
I can persuade you.

not that you were wrong then, but I am right now.

it will take
some getting used to,

but all I've ever wanted is for your happiness, you know.

then you won't find it hard to love Frederick too.

you must begin
tonight at our party.

I shall make you.

come on.

- but my things--
- what do you need with them?

I'll buy new ones,
better ones. Come on.

London.

- I congratulate you, Anne.
- Oh thank you, ma'am.

you have deceived us all.

our thoughts lay in quite another direction.

yes, Anne, where's
Mr. Elliot tonight?

I don't know.

and I don't care.

- Charles: Very good party.
- Guest: Hello, Charles.
Are you enjoying yourself?

I can't understand it
father. She seems
to have disappeared.

Penelope? That's not like her.

- perhaps
she's not feeling well.
- But she's not in her room.

odd. Very odd.

good evening, lady Russell.

well, Walter, were you
as surprised as I was?

surprised?
Oh, by Anne,
you mean?

- no, no, no,
not surprised.
- Are you pleased?

he's not a bad match for Anne, even though he is a sailor.

- not at all ill-looking. - No.

I've seen him by daylight,
I've eyed him well.
He'll do for Anne.

- good evening, sir.
- Who's that?

well, well, you gave us
no warning of this.

surprise is always the best form of attack.

about time you were married.
You're not as young as all that.

thank you.

thank you.

what?

captain Wentworth,
I must ask you
to accept

my very best wishes.

you're very kind, ma'am.

I think you know I've always loved Anne like my own daughter.

yes, ma'am, I have had reason to know it.

I hope you will
believe me when I say

that it was always
her happiness that I was
thinking of,

and of which I am
still thinking now.

yes, ma'am-- and thank you.

well ma'am, are you
as pleased as I am?

I don't know
how pleased that is,

but I'm very pleased
for myself.

and so am I.
I've always liked Anne,
she's so sensible.

she's the most interesting of those three sisters, don't you agree?

oh yes. And the one
with the sweetest nature.

it's so obvious
she'll make a good wife,

I can't understand why no one's asked her to marry them before.

well, and about time, too,
that's what I say.

I thought we were
never going to get
Frederick married

when Benwick went off with-- what's that girl's name?

- my sister, Louisa?
- That's right, Louisa.

well, thank heavens he's off our hands at last.

admiral, couldn't you
be a little more--

no, Mary, he's perfectly right.

everybody should get married as soon as possible.

all this hanging about never does any good at all.

I'm delighted to have been of some service to you, admiral.

so you have, but we
shall expect to see

a good deal of you both
at Kellynch, of course.

indeed we shall.

I don't believe it,
it's not possible.
Mr. Elliot's my heir.

- but it's here--
in black and white.
- Let me see.

I'd rather not show it to you, sir.
It's not entirely respectful,

- but I felt
you should know.
- Yes, thank you, sir.

is something
the matter, father?

yes, my dear.
Thank you, Wallis,
thank you.

it isn't about Penelope, is it?

I'm afraid so.

she's run off
with your cousin--

my heir, Mr. Elliot.

I thought he was Irish
when I first saw him.

I'm delighted.

captain Wentworth
is much richer

than either captain Benwick or Charles Hayter.

- he's a capital shot.
- Is he?

she's a girl
after my own heart.

isn't it wonderful?
We're all getting
married now.

but father, what are we going to do about it?

nothing. We must behave

as though nothing
has happened, or will happen.

yes, you're quite
right, of course.

we are very
ill-used, Elizabeth.

very ill-used indeed,
but we mustn't show it.

no.

well, shall I get them to sit down to cards, now?

yes, yes, excellent idea.

shall we all sit down now?

( guests' voices overlap )

no cards?

you're sure you
haven't changed?

quite sure.

Frederick...

I've been thinking
about the past.

for all we've suffered,
I was right, I think.

I mean, I was only obeying my conscience.

I can't reproach myself for that, can I?

it's not a bad thing in a woman to have a strong sense of duty.

ah, but duty to whom?

I hope you're going to try and forgive lady Russell.

not yet, but perhaps in time.

- please, Frederick?
- Oh yes, I'll try.

I may even succeed.

I've been thinking, too, Anne.

I've been wondering
if someone may not
have been

an even worse
enemy to me than
lady Russell--

I mean myself.

tell me, if I
had written to you
18 months after you--

after our engagement was broken, would you have answered me?

would I? Why didn't you write?

( sighs )

because I was too proud to ask you again.

I didn't understand you, or do you justice.

oh, Frederick.

you and I are going to have to make an agreement.

to do what?

never to reproach ourselves,

or each other--
with what might
have been,

or we shall make a sad pair.

yes.

yes, agreed.

there.

I shall just have to learn

to put up with being
far happier than I deserve.

( theme music plays )