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(CHURCH BELL CHIMES)

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Dear Mr Clennam,
we have crossed the Alps,

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and have just arrived in Venice!

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"Our journey across the Alps
was quite arduous.

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"The track was too steep and narrow
for the carriages,

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"so we had to use mules.

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"Mine was quite a pretty one,"
she says, "and her name was Elena."

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Elena! Oh, once I had
a sweetheart named Elena! Bellissima!

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Maybe it was the same one, eh?

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Stubborn, was she?

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WOMAN: No, no, you don't understand
what he's saying,

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he says he knew a young lady
called Elena, not a mule!

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Si, si, una ragazza!

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"At the mountain hospice,
who should we meet but, er..."

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Yes, well,
the rest need not concern you,

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except that she sends
her very best wishes to you all,

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and she hopes
you haven't forgotten about her.

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Just think of it,
Little Dorrit, so far away...

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In your country, Mr Cavalletto!

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And she don't speak
a word of Italian!

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She should have had me with her,
I'd have helped her out!

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I'm very, very glad you bring me here
the first day. I'm very 'appy here.

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He says he's ver-ry 'ap-py here.

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Glad to hear it.

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I'd never have got what he was
saying, not speaking Italian meself.

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(HE SINGS EXCITEDLY IN ITALIAN)

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(GENTLE CHATTERING)

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Welcome to Venice, Signore. You've
had a pleasant journey, I trust?

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Tolerable, I thank you.
Er, our rooms are ready?

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All ready, Signore...

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That is to say, the small salon
is at present occupied,

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but the lady and gentleman
will be leaving very soon,

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within the half hour.

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You have the audacity, sir,

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to place one of my rooms
at the disposal of another person?

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I beg you, Signore,
not to be offended.

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Signore shall have his rooms.

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The best rooms to be had in Venice.

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Signore... Would Signore
care to speak to the lady?

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She's a very genteel lady...
an English lady.

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I'll hear no more of the lady
and no more of you!

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You've treated my family
with disrespect. I'll ruin you!

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Load up the luggage, I'll not stay
in this man's house a moment longer!

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Signore, I beg you...

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Come, he's said he's sorry,
what more can he do?

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Yes, hold on, Pa.
I want my dinner. I'm starving.

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I don't care, sir!
I'd rather starve than take my bread

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at the hand of a man
who's insulted me!

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(COUGH)

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Ah, Signore!
Is it possible you might...

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Look here, I say, sir!

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Don't take offence
where none intended.

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Edmund Sparkler, sir,
at your service.

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Look here, sir...

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I'm a man of few words and a bad hand
at explanation, but, er, the lady,

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mother of mine in point of fact,
doesn't want a row...

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Well, that's all very well,

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but when you bespeak a lot of rooms
and they belong to you,

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it's not very pleasant
to find other people in 'em.

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Oh, I know! But...
the fauIt's not this chap's.

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It's my mother's.
She's a remarkably fine woman,

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with no begad nonsense about her.

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He tried to tell us
it was time to leave,

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but she was too many for him.

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Regularly pocketed him.

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- Edmund?
- Er...

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I do hope you have
explained to this gentleman

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that the Major-domo
is in no way to blame?

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Doing my best, Mater. Er...

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Is it all right, sir?

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My dear sir, the fault is all mine.

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We are supposed to be leaving
for our new apartments in Murano.

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But I'm afraid our
departure was delayed.

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I throw myself
utterly upon your mercy.

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I say, Pa, what's taking so...?

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Can you find it in yourself
to forgive us, sir?

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Madam, what I supposed an affront,
I now regard as an honour.

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You are very kind, sir.

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Edmund?

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- But Mater...
- Edmund... Edmund... Edmund...

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Do you suppose Mrs Merdle
didn't recognise us, Fanny?

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She knew us all right. She just
decided she wasn't going to let on.

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That's her way out of a difficulty.

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Well, she'll see
two can play at that game,

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if we ever come across her again.

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Dear Little Dorrit,

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I wonder where you will be
when you read this letter,

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We were all thrilled
at Happy Cottage

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to hear news ofyour grand tour,

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and Maggy in particular wishes you
to know she has not forgotten you,

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Bleeding Heart Yard
is still greatly excited

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by your family's change of fortune,

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and Pancks remains quite the hero
for mauling it out,

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How strange it seems to me now

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that I ever should have
linked your family misfortunes

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to the House of Clennam,

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A foolish fancy, From now on,
Little Dorrit,

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I shall let the past
lie in the past,

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Amy!

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Amy!

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Eh, Signorina! Buongiorno!

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- Buongiorno...
- Brava!

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Va fare un giro in barca?

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I'm sorry, I don't understand.

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- Fa niente! Arrivederci!
- My dear!

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Come away quickly!
We do not speak to common men.

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Well, you did say
to try and speak Italian.

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With the Professore, dear.

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NOT with common men.

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Shall we try a little conversation?

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Tell me, Miss Dorrit,
are you pleased with Venice?

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It's very beautiful...

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and strange,
with canals instead of streets.

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It makes me feel strange,
as if I were dreaming.

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That is not an appropriate feeling,
my dear.

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Mr Eustace, in his little book,

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compares Venice
very unfavourably with London.

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He says,
"The Rialto is all very fine,

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"but nothing compared
with Blackfriars Bridge."

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Now you would do well
to commit that to memory,

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so that if someone should ask you
what you think of Venice,

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you will have
something worth saying.

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Yes, Mrs General.

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But if someone asks me what I think,

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should I not tell them the truth,
if it offends no-one?

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Conversation in society
is not about unburdening the soul.

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It is about the polite exchange
of correct opinions and sentiments.

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But how am I to know
what is correct?

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That is what I have been
endeavouring to instil in you!

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I am sorry, Mrs General.
I will try to do better.

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Hmm.

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Ah, now we have arrived
at the eastern portals...

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All well with the works, Mr Doyce?

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Well as can be.

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I've made up my mind

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to mount another assault
on the Circumlocution Office.

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Your invention should be put
into production on a great scale.

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It needs to be patented
and it needs to be publicised,

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and it can't be
while the Barnacles of this world

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are burying it
under their heaps of paper.

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They need to make up their minds
what to do with it.

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Or...or know that
we'll take it elsewhere.

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You'll never get an answer out of
them. It's far better to put it by.

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Let me see what I can do, and unless
I have some success to report,

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you'll never hear about it again.
Agreed?

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Agreed.

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You'll regret it, mind.

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First class, beautiful action,
can't be faulted.

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Magnificent horse,
nothing wrong with him.

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So he hands over his money
and the chap says,

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"Just one thing about this horse.
He sits on eggs."

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Well, he thought,
that won't bother him much...

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(CLENNAM COUGHS)

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Oh, Lord...

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Look here, this isn't about
William Dorrit again, is it?

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No, it's about...

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Just wait a while, if you would...

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Can't you see
I'm engaged at the moment?

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So he goes back to the fellow
that sold him the horse and says,

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"What's all this?"
"Ah, forgot to mention,

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"that horse sits on fish as well."

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Well, bless my soul!

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Mr Barnacle?

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If you are at leisure now?

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Precious little leisure here, sir,
I assure you.

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We are extremely busy here.
Now, what was it?

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I believe you have the particulars
for an invention filed here,

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by Mr Daniel Doyce.

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Ah. Stop you there. Wrong department.

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I should give him some forms.

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Here you are.
You can fill these in.

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Won't do any good, mind.

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So, Little Dorrit,
I will fill in their forms,

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I will do exactly as they ask ofme

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and I will force an answer from them
either way,

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As for the rest,
all goes pretty well here,

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The business thrives,

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Iittle Cavalletto
keeps all the children amused

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in Bleeding Heart Yard,

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The Plornishes thrive
in their new shop

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and Pancks gets his rents,
Maggy sends her love,

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and everybody sends
their very best wishes to you,

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including, of course,
your steadfast friend,

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Arthur Clennam,

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You enjoyed that letter
more than Mr Eustace's little book,

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I think, Amy?

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From Mr Clennam?

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Yes.

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Don't tell Papa.

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And don't let Fanny hear you playing,

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or she'll take
your clarinet away again.

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Oh dear, oh dear,
we do let 'em down, don't we?

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They can't take us anywhere,
can they, Amy!

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(GENTLE MELODY)

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Ah, Amy.

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Mrs General and...

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What is that?

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It's one of your shirts, Father.
I mended it for you.

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How many times must I tell you, Amy?

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You're a lady, now.

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It is not for you to mend shirts.

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Now Mrs General and I have been
in conversation about you,

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and we agree that you scarcely
feel at home here. How is this?

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I think I need a little time,
Father.

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"Papa" is a preferable form of
address. "Father" is rather vulgar.

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Besides, the word "Papa"
gives a pretty form to the lips.

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"Papa", "potatoes",
"poultry", "prunes" and "prism"

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are all very good words
for the lips...

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Especially "prunes" and "prism".

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Pray, my child, attend to
the precepts of Mrs General.

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I will try, Fa...

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Papa.

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You disappoint me, Amy.
You disappoint Mrs General!

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You make her task
a very thankless one.

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I would never wish
to disappoint you.

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In the old days...

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We do not refer to the old days, Amy,

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I demand that you conduct yourself

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in a manner satisfactory
to myself and Mrs General.

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If Miss Amy Dorrit will
direct her attention

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to the formation of a surface,
with my poor assistance,

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Mr Dorrit will have
no further cause for anxiety.

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- Thank you, Mrs General.
- Thank you, Mr Dorrit.

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Amy, why do you habitually hurt me?

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Hurt you?

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I would never hurt you!

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There's a topic...

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A painful topic.

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You mean the old days.

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I...I try not to speak of them,

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but the Marshalsea,
and the people we knew there

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and in the little streets
round about,

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have been my whole life so far.

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I know you want me to be ashamed
of them, Father, but I can't be.

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Papa! Call me Papa!

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I was there, since you must
mention it, all those years.

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I gave my family a position there,
and now I deserve a return.

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I say, sweep that accursed experience

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off the face of the earth
and begin afresh!

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Why can't you do it?

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You, my dearest...

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..my favourite child?

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How can you expose
your father to mockery?

244
00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:12,670
There, there, now, Father.

245
00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:17,191
Nobody laughs at you.

246
00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:21,119
Everybody has a high regard for you,
as they always did.

247
00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:25,794
Come now, hmm?

248
00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:27,319
Dry your eyes.

249
00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:31,675
What would Mrs General think?

250
00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:33,551
There.

251
00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:38,635
Will you kiss me, Father?

252
00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:49,716
It's very hard, Amy.

253
00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:10,716
Why do you paint in the dark...

254
00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:13,073
..my friend...

255
00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:19,556
..when there is so much
natural beauty outside?

256
00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:21,431
Because I know my limits.

257
00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:24,870
Do you expect me to compete
with Titian and Tintoretto?

258
00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:28,230
Best to copy what other men have
done and make myself a few pounds.

259
00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:31,192
Your father, my love, is an excellent
man and generous to a fault,

260
00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:34,277
but his idea of an allowance doesn't
go very far on the tour of Europe.

261
00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:38,352
Would you like me to write
and ask him for some more money?

262
00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:39,674
I'm sure he would like it.

263
00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:41,472
It would give him
ample opportunity to reflect

264
00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:43,670
on what an idle spendthrift
his son-in-law is.

265
00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:45,950
Henry, I'm sure
he doesn't think that.

266
00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,195
Hmm, I'm quite sure he does.

267
00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:51,118
Is there any wine in this place?!

268
00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:53,833
You drank the last of it
this morning, if you recall.

269
00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:58,871
I shall return with reinforcement.

270
00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:03,031
Oh, by the by,

271
00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:07,358
the old man, with the daughters,
is in Venice. Remember him?

272
00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:09,960
Roast man?

273
00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,436
I saw them all this afternoon.

274
00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:14,833
I remember the roast man.

275
00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:18,429
Could we see them, do you think?
I should like to see Miss Dorrit again.

276
00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:20,357
But you would have to see her
anxious, pompous, preening father

277
00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:22,789
and her clown of a brother and
that walking corset of a companion!

278
00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:26,116
But they are wealthy, however.

279
00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:29,391
You might get a decent meal
out of them.

280
00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:31,029
Huh?

281
00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:32,911
(LAUGHS)
Huh?

282
00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:35,793
All right, my love,
if it pleases you.

283
00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:37,956
We shall, er...send our card.

284
00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:41,474
- Thank you.
- Anything to please you.

285
00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:43,674
A bientot.

286
00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:54,557
- If...you really want to please me?
- Yes.

287
00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:59,196
How long must we continue
with Monsieur Blandois?

288
00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:03,552
- You don't care for his company?
- No...and nor does Lion.

289
00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:06,194
Well, I confess I do.

290
00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:08,549
He's a scoundrel, like most men,
but unlike most men,

291
00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:10,352
he makes no bones about it.

292
00:17:11,360 --> 00:17:13,271
I admit it, I find him fascinating.

293
00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:16,352
You don't find ME fascinating?

294
00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,551
I find you perfect, my love.

295
00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:22,398
I wouldn't change
a single thing about you.

296
00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:34,510
Mr and Mrs Henry Gowan would like
to inform you

297
00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:36,835
of their presence in Venice

298
00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:40,589
and to invite you
to their apartments for tea.

299
00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:43,359
I've told you,
let the servants do it.

300
00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:44,992
Who are these people?

301
00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:46,234
Do we know them?

302
00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:48,635
You remember, Papa.
They were at the hospice.

303
00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:51,956
She was unwell and silly little Amy
embarrassed us

304
00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,150
by fussing all over her.

305
00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:55,679
I remember 'em well enough.

306
00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:59,110
Oh, yes.
There was a Frenchman too.

307
00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:01,276
Looked like a villain in a play.

308
00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:02,548
Yes. I do recall.

309
00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:06,673
I think there was an unfortunate
connection with...um...er...

310
00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:12,113
Never mind, perhaps it would be best
if we were not to know these Gowans.

311
00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:13,912
What would be your advice,
Mrs General?

312
00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:19,590
That...would depend very much
upon their connections in society,

313
00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:22,996
and as we are not aware of those,
I cannot pronounce.

314
00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:24,712
They're very thick with the Merdles.

315
00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:26,193
MRS GENERAL: Ah!

316
00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:29,310
I should like to pay
a visit to Mrs Gowan,

317
00:18:29,360 --> 00:18:31,669
and become better acquainted
with her, if...

318
00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:34,280
Papa and Mrs General
do not object.

319
00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:37,312
There you go again. You never
think of anyone but yourself.

320
00:18:37,360 --> 00:18:39,510
You're dead set on showing us up,
I believe, Amy!

321
00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:42,120
"Showing us up" is not
an elegant phrase, my dear.

322
00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:44,833
Nor, I'm afraid, is "dead set".

323
00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:47,474
They suit me well enough,
Mrs General, thank you very much.

324
00:18:49,120 --> 00:18:53,910
It is my view that the Gowans'
acquaintance with the Merdles

325
00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:56,838
puts a completely different
complexion on the matter.

326
00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:59,235
Indeed. Under these circumstances,

327
00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:02,909
I think I express the sentiments of
Mrs General, no less than my own,

328
00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:07,590
when I say that we have no objection,
Amy, to gratifying your desire.

329
00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:12,236
You must do everything that is civil
on my behalf to Mr and Mrs Gowan,

330
00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:14,953
for we will certainly notice them.

331
00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:16,672
Would you excuse me?

332
00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:20,039
Excuse me, Fa...

333
00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:22,469
...Papa.

334
00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:33,070
- Well, honestly...
- Perhaps it would be best...

335
00:19:33,120 --> 00:19:36,078
I protest!
I protest against it!

336
00:19:36,120 --> 00:19:38,509
Frederick, what's wrong?
What's the matter?

337
00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:41,199
"What's the matter?" How dare you!

338
00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:42,798
Th-Th-That is the matter.

339
00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:44,592
And er...how dare you.

340
00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:47,473
Have you no memory?
Have you no heart?

341
00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:48,635
Why? What have I done?

342
00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:51,274
How dare you set yourself up
as superior to your sister,

343
00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:54,118
after all she has done for you?
For all of us?

344
00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:57,357
For shame, you false girl,
for shame!

345
00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:58,435
I love Amy!

346
00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:01,916
I don't deserve to be treated so!
I was never so wickedly wronged!

347
00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:03,916
And only because I'm anxious
for the family credit!

348
00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,520
To hell with the family credit!

349
00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:10,075
It's all pride and pretension!

350
00:20:10,120 --> 00:20:14,716
I don't give a fig for the family
credit, if it causes that girl...

351
00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,433
one moment of unhappiness!

352
00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:31,671
I couldn't possibly
have let you go

353
00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:33,870
to the Gowans' on your own,
darling Amy!

354
00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:36,434
You'd never have made it here
by yourself.

355
00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:37,595
Thank you, Fanny.

356
00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:39,756
I am very glad to have your company.

357
00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:42,275
Here...

358
00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:46,039
...a small token...

359
00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:48,310
from your wicked sister.

360
00:20:48,360 --> 00:20:51,636
There, that's brightened you up
a bit, you little mouse.

361
00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:07,638
Mrs Gowan!

362
00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:11,593
Papa was extremely sorry
to be engaged elsewhere.

363
00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:13,915
Thank you for coming to see me.

364
00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:16,633
We have been charmed to understand
that you know the Merdles.

365
00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:18,511
We met Mrs Merdle in Venice.

366
00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:21,597
- You know, a delightful woman.
- I've never met her.

367
00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:23,631
They are friends
of Mr Gowan's family.

368
00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:26,797
So I understand. Is Mr Gowan here?

369
00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:29,274
Yes, and would be
very glad to see you.

370
00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,555
But are you well...since that night?

371
00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:35,398
Quite well, thank you. And you?

372
00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:37,795
I am always well.

373
00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:41,360
Will you come through?
Henry is working.

374
00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:44,358
You will excuse the disorder
of a painter's studio?

375
00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:48,712
Oh, we should be enchanted,
shouldn't we, Amy? Is it this way?

376
00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:50,796
- Oh, lovely.
- You look very well.

377
00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:54,549
Oh, Amy, I can't tell you how much
I was hoping you would come.

378
00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:56,989
Oh!

379
00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:05,115
GOWAN: Don't be alarmed.
It's only Blandois.

380
00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:07,799
He's er...doing duty
as a model today.

381
00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:09,512
It saves me money and...

382
00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:11,835
well, we poor painters
have little to spare.

383
00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:14,110
A thousand pardon, ladies.

384
00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:17,470
I would kiss your hands,
but I am forbidden to stir.

385
00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:20,159
Don't you think he makes
an admirable brigand?

386
00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:21,872
Admirable.

387
00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:23,751
I'd say he was born for the role.

388
00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:25,552
(DOG BARKS AND GROWLS)

389
00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:27,875
(WHISPERING) I don't think the dog
quite approves, though.

390
00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:29,273
(HE GROWLS)

391
00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:32,317
(HE GROWLS LOUDER)

392
00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:37,359
I'll teach you to disobey me!

393
00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:38,389
(DOG WHIMPERS)

394
00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:39,429
Where's my whip?

395
00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:42,836
I beg you, sir!
Don't punish him any more.

396
00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:45,189
See how gentle he is now.

397
00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:49,033
Well, you're in luck, Lion,
you have a charming defender.

398
00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:50,559
(DOG WHIMPERS)

399
00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:53,955
I know you don't like Blandois,
few people do,

400
00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,594
but you must always obey your master.

401
00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:00,275
It's a good rule for dogs
and for wives too, eh?

402
00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:02,788
(FANNY LAUGHS)

403
00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:27,193
Mademoiselle Dorrit.
You are a connoisseur?

404
00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:30,118
I... Not at all, sir.

405
00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:41,555
Perhaps you learned to appreciate

406
00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:47,675
fine things
at Mrs Clennam's house? Hmm?

407
00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:53,158
We are both friends
of the House of Clennam.

408
00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:57,637
But you, you are
a special friend, I think.

409
00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:01,238
Specially favoured?

410
00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:04,989
Mrs Clennam has shown me
great kindness, sir...

411
00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:06,393
if that's what you mean.

412
00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:12,788
But there is another connection,
I think. Between you and her, no?

413
00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:18,438
(WHISPERS) Do not forget.

414
00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:19,595
Hmm?

415
00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:26,436
Monsieur Blandois...I take it that
you are alluding to my family's past?

416
00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:28,277
Yes.

417
00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:31,232
I am not ashamed to tell you
that I was at one time,

418
00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:33,589
employed as a seamstress
by Mrs Clennam.

419
00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:39,555
She employed you as a seamstress?

420
00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,594
I don't know what you mean, sir.
Excuse me.

421
00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:47,198
(WHISPERS) She doesn't know
what I mean.

422
00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:52,435
No matter.

423
00:24:54,120 --> 00:24:55,712
Toujours gaie, hmm?

424
00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:58,119
Toujours gaie.

425
00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:03,318
Charming.

426
00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:09,835
Oh, no! What's he doing here?

427
00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:11,199
Who?

428
00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:13,356
Young Sparkler, of course!

429
00:25:14,360 --> 00:25:17,636
Did you ever see such a fool?

430
00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:21,434
Now his mother's seen how rich
we are, she's let him off the leash!

431
00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:23,789
And...do you mean
to encourage him, Fanny?

432
00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:27,276
No, I don't mean to encourage him.
But I'll make a slave of him.

433
00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:29,356
And if I don't make his mother
subject to me too,

434
00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:31,118
then it won't be my fault.

435
00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:35,392
I intend to humiliate her
the way she humiliated me.

436
00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:39,391
Oh, lord, look at him now!

437
00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:41,396
(THEY GIGGLE)

438
00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:44,391
Honestly!

439
00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:48,193
Mr Sparkler...

440
00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:52,189
Hello, sir...

441
00:25:57,440 --> 00:25:58,998
(THEY LAUGH)

442
00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:01,590
We're going to the opera
this evening.

443
00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,518
We'd be gently honoured
if you'd join us.

444
00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:06,551
Delighted, sir.

445
00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:08,909
Overwhelmed by happiness.

446
00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:14,072
Mr Sparkler, you are acquainted
with Mr Gowan, I believe?

447
00:26:14,120 --> 00:26:16,554
Pray, does he paint portraits?

448
00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:19,797
I believe he'd paint anything, sir,
if you got him the job.

449
00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:21,239
Amy and I could have
told you that, Papa.

450
00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:24,590
We were there watching him paint
a portrait this very afternoon.

451
00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:28,758
Indeed. Do you know, I think I might
engage him to paint my portrait?

452
00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:30,518
I think, if I were you sir,

453
00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:35,554
I'd get him to paint a portrait
of Miss Dorrit here. She's, um...

454
00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:38,797
she's a damn fine girl
with no begad nonsense about her.

455
00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:40,159
I thank you, sir.

456
00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:45,193
You are very kind.

457
00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:57,071
And now, with heavy heart,
I must leave you, my dear friends.

458
00:26:57,120 --> 00:27:01,318
But we have had a pleasant jaunt, no?
But the business calls.

459
00:27:01,360 --> 00:27:05,239
I have had intelligence today
that calls me back to London.

460
00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:07,111
Chere madame.

461
00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:10,072
Cher monsieur!

462
00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:13,639
Adieu!

463
00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:15,591
Who knows when we shall meet again?

464
00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:23,918
Well! That was sudden!

465
00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:24,949
Very strange.

466
00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:27,229
Lion!

467
00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:30,635
Here, boy!

468
00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:33,749
Lion?

469
00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:35,749
Lion, come on.

470
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:41,719
Come on, boy.

471
00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:44,518
Oh, God!

472
00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:46,709
Lion!

473
00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:48,671
- What's the matter?
- Lion?!

474
00:27:50,360 --> 00:27:53,352
(HE BARKS)

475
00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:58,676
(HE WHISTLES)