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...the finest Venetian paintings.

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I think if I see another painting,
I might very well

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have to scream, Mrs General.

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I'm quite sure you'd do
nothing so unladylike.

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Don't count on it.

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Here is a painting of...

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How do, Mrs General, Mr Dorrit?
How do, Fanny?

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I thought I told you I didn't
want to see you again

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until Wednesday at the very earliest.

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I know, but dash it, it's only polite
to wish you the time of day!

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- Sparkler?
- Yes?

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Go away.

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Er...

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Right.

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I say...Iook here, Miss Dorrit.

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Yes?

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You're a jolly fine girl,
with no begad nonsense about you.

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Do you think I, er...might
have a look in with your sister?

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Well...

20
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I adore her, you know. I worship
the ground she treads on and all that.

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But...well, the fact is,
she's just sent me packing

22
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and she does that
almost every time we see each other.

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I think she thinks
I'm a bit of a fool, you know.

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Oh, I'm sure she doesn't.

25
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Well, the truth is I'm not up to the mark
on some subjects.

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But I do adore your sister,

27
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and...well, if you could put in
a kind word for me,

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I'd be tremendously obliged.

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It's a rum old business,
this, isn't it?

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All this having to pretend
we never met before.

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Why, I remember you
as well as anything

32
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that night we both turned up
at the theatre.

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And you remember too, don't you?

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Yes, I do.

35
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Well...I'm glad
we had this little chat.

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Oh, there's Mater.

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Better go.

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Miss Dorrit.

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Mater.

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Mrs, um...Merdle.

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So delighted to resume

42
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an acquaintance
so inauspiciously begun.

43
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When you first arrived
in Venice, hmm?

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Our little contretemps
over the rooms?

45
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Of course! Charmed, I'm sure.

46
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My son Edmund tells me
he's already been to call.

47
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He is quite...transported with Venice,
are you not, Edmund?

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Transported, I should say!

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Thanks, in no little measure,
to Mr Dorrit's generous hospitality.

50
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Pray don't speak of it.

51
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We entertain so many people,
it really was less than nothing.

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Except, my dear, except as it
afforded me unusual gratification

53
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to show the high estimation
in which I hold

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so distinguished and princely
a character as Mr Merdle's.

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Mr Dorrit, you are too kind.

56
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Yes, I'm to understand
from Mr Sparkler

57
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that there's no great possibility
of Mr Merdle's coming abroad.

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Why indeed, Mr Dorrit, he is
much engaged and in such demand,

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he hasn't been able to get abroad
in years. You and your family, Mr Dorrit,

60
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must have been abroad
continuously for a long time,

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or we should have made each other's
acquaintance in London society

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Iong since, should we not?

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Why, yes, that is right, Mrs Merdle.
We have been abroad

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for an immense number of years.

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Dash it, I mean to say...

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Beg pardon.

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We think of returning to London
before too long, however,

68
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and there I hope and trust
I shall have the honour

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of becoming known to Mr Merdle.

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It is an honour
I particularly desire

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and shall particularly esteem.

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Mr Merdle, I am sure,
will particularly esteem it, too.

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I am minded to consult with
Mr Merdle as to the disposal

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of my fortune in his new bank,

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of which I have read
so much in the papers.

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I am sure Mr Merdle will be happy
to advise you, Mr Dorrit.

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So pleasant to meet you. Good day. Edmund.

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Edmund!

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Come.

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MRS MERDLE: "My dear Mr Merdle,
I need you to do something for my boy,

81
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"Having got him away from
that little dancer once,

82
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"I now find him in her clutches again,
here in Venice,

83
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"I need you to find him a job,
a post, an occupation,

84
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"The family is rich now,
but leopards don 't change their spots,

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"She has that look in her eye
that clearly announces

86
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"she intends to take
a terrible revenge upon me,

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"In the meantime, I shall expect you
to make arrangements on his behalf,

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"Time is of the essence, "

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Will there be anything further, sir?

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I, um...

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I believe I need to hold a dinner.

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A dinner. Very good, sir.

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Merdle's Bank, Mr Clennam. I've been
into it, I've made the calculations.

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I had my doubts at first,
it seemed too good to be true,

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but Merdle's bank is solid, genuine,
it is copper-bottom guaranteed,

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and it is yielding 20% per annum.

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Do you think you'd put your £1,000
reward from Mr Dorrit into it?

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I've already done it, sir,
I've already done it.

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Really? Well, you surprise me.

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Yeah, I surprised myself
until I went into it,

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and that's what you should do,
on your own behalf and for the firm.

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You couldn't do better.
Why should we leave all the gains

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to the gluttons, knaves and imposters?

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You owe it to your partner, make him
rich. He deserves it, if anyone does.

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- Go in and win!
- What if it's go in and lose?

106
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Nah, couldn't do it,
I've looked into it.

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Name up everywhere,
immense resources, enormous capital,

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high connections, government influence,
can't be done.

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Well, I'll think it over, Mr Pancks.

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No need to think it over, Mr Clennam,

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cos I've done the thinking for you.
All you have to do is go in and win.

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Rent day!

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That'll do you no good, my friend!

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I'll be back Friday,
you be sure you've got it then!

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(KICKS DOOR)

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What you looking at?!

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Sorry, Mr Pancks!

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Rent!

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All right, Mrs Plornish,
just a social call.

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Not to deceive you, sir,
we can't complain.

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(CLATTERING)

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All going very steady.

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Padrona! Padrona!

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- Hello, old chap.
- Altro, altro!

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What is it?

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I see him!

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(DOOR OPENS)

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Chiusa la porta, per favore!
Close the door, please!

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Steady on, old chap, don't take on.

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E ope you no fright. What 'appen?
Peaka Padrona!

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- I see 'im.
- 'Im? Who 'im?

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He's a bad man.

133
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Why you frightened of this man?

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Because he said he would eat me.

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Stone me, that's a bit rich!

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What's he called, this bad man?

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Rigaud.

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(SHOUTING)

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Patience!
You will all get in by and by!

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Here comes Mr Merdle now. Make way!

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Excuse me, excuse me. Excuse me.

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(SHOUTING)

143
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They've been queuing
for hours, Mr Merdle.

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What, to get their money out?

145
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No, no, no, sir! To get it in!

146
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I'm greatly obliged to you,

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er...Mr Gowan,
for undertaking this commission.

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I can't think why I never had
my portrait painted before.

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If you intend to throw away
1 00 guineas on a portrait,

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you may as well
throw them away upon me.

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I am sure you'll do excellently,
Mr Gowan,

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and I look forward to making
your better acquaintance

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in our characters
of private gentleman.

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GOWAN: Private gentlemen?

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(LAUGHING)

156
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Well put!

157
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You are very good, sir.

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I have not quite forsworn society,
nor been forsworn by it,

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since I became a jobbing painter.

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Then, um...perhaps you and Mrs Gowan
would do me the honour

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of joining us for dinner
this evening.

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Delighted, sir.

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Now, if you would be so kind as to
remain as still and quiet as you can.

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Excellent.

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Excellent.

166
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And how is your
charming French friend?

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Monsieur Blandois
has returned to London.

168
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And good riddance.

169
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He was amusing company for a time,
but he grew wearisome.

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And my dear little wife suspects him
of much more heinous crimes,

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don't you, my love?

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Lion is dead. He poisoned him.

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I'm sure of it.

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I believe he is capable of anything.

175
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Yes, we received another letter
from Pet yesterday.

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She says she's well and happy,
and I suppose we must believe her.

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Why should you not?

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You know very well why not, Clennam.

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We think that she would have been
a good deal happier,

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and we certainly
would have been a good deal happier,

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if she had married you instead.

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Oh, I doubt that, Mr Meagles.

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Well, what is done is done,

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and that's an end of it.

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She's seeing a good deal of
your little friend Miss Dorrit,

186
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whom she cares for very much,
so that's good news.

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Now, what about you?

188
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How's Doyce and Clennam
coming along?

189
00:11:26,304 --> 00:11:28,693
Very well, but I want to ask
your advice about something.

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Fire away.

191
00:11:29,784 --> 00:11:31,581
I'm trying to persuade Doyce
to expand the factory.

192
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Excellent idea!

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But I need to build up our capital first,
and everyone I speak to says

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Merdle is the man.
What's your opinion?

195
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Well, Merdle is a phenomenon. His stocks
seem to double in value every year,

196
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so I would say
get in while you can, my friend.

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WOMAN: Mr Meagles!

198
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Will you please come directly?

199
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We have a visitor!

200
00:11:54,984 --> 00:11:58,659
And when did you last hear
of my poor dear fellow?

201
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And the dear pretty one, how is
she faring in her delicate condition?

202
00:12:02,624 --> 00:12:05,377
Have you had later news of her
than I have?

203
00:12:05,424 --> 00:12:08,575
Oh, we heard but yesterday,
both well and happy.

204
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I'm sure it's a great comfort
to know that they continue happy.

205
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I suppose they're as poor
as church mice, Papa Meagles?

206
00:12:16,544 --> 00:12:20,503
They have an allowance from me,
which should be quite sufficient.

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I trust they can manage on it.

208
00:12:22,944 --> 00:12:26,573
My dearest Meagles! How can you talk
of managing on their little means?

209
00:12:26,624 --> 00:12:32,972
Well, ma'am, I do have to say that
Henry does anticipate his means.

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Well, of course he does!

211
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Remember that my poor fellow
has always been accustomed

212
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to expectations, and now he is
faced with the announcement

213
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that he is to expect a baby,

214
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with all the expenses
attendant upon that.

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Well, it is to be hoped that Pretty One
will do everything she can

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to keep my poor dear fellow happy.

217
00:12:50,664 --> 00:12:53,622
And also to be hoped
that he does his best to deserve her.

218
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Deserve her?!

219
00:12:57,544 --> 00:12:59,819
Ah-ha! Papa and Mama Meagles,

220
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I think we'd better say
no more about it.

221
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We never did see eye to eye
about the subject,

222
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and I dare say we never shall.

223
00:13:07,664 --> 00:13:10,417
Yes, if we were to say no more
about it, that would be a good idea.

224
00:13:10,464 --> 00:13:13,137
But let us try to be fair.

225
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Don't you pity Henry
and we will try not to pity Pet.

226
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This is not a marriage that any of us
wanted, but it's done now

227
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and we all have to live with it.

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Oh, Mr Meagles, what a deceiver
you are, to be sure.

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We all know very well
how you schemed for this match,

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which I opposed and objected to
from the first to the last,

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and only finally gave
my very unwilling consent,

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- as Mr Clennam knows.
- Oh, really, ma'am...

233
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Mr Clennam knows nothing of the sort.

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Mr Clennam knows
I did my damnedest

235
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to try to prevent my daughter

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from marrying your idle,
scoffing, shallow waster of a son!

237
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And by God, I wish I'd succeeded!

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Oh, dear.

239
00:14:01,504 --> 00:14:04,894
This only goes to show
how impossible it is

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for people from such different
social classes to get along together.

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00:14:09,184 --> 00:14:11,493
It never does, does it?

242
00:14:13,984 --> 00:14:16,259
Good day.

243
00:14:16,304 --> 00:14:20,058
Would you be so kind as to escort me
to my carriage, Mr Clennam?

244
00:14:22,384 --> 00:14:24,500
Thank you.

245
00:14:37,464 --> 00:14:39,182
Ssh.

246
00:14:58,184 --> 00:14:59,583
(WHISPERING) Keep it safe now.

247
00:15:01,864 --> 00:15:03,217
Shall we go?

248
00:15:50,224 --> 00:15:51,942
(KNOCKING)

249
00:16:10,584 --> 00:16:12,779
Mr Clennam, ma'am.

250
00:16:12,824 --> 00:16:15,213
Drat me if he ain't come back again!

251
00:16:15,264 --> 00:16:17,175
Oh, good gracious!

252
00:16:17,224 --> 00:16:20,216
Arthur! Doyce and Clennam -
what a surprise and a start!

253
00:16:20,264 --> 00:16:23,301
Yes.
Um... Where have they gone?

254
00:16:23,344 --> 00:16:28,259
Those dear days never to be spoken
of - where indeed?

255
00:16:28,304 --> 00:16:30,579
- No, I meant Miss Wade.
- What?

256
00:16:30,624 --> 00:16:32,421
I came because I am anxious
to speak

257
00:16:32,464 --> 00:16:35,024
with a young woman who is here now,
with Mr Casby no doubt.

258
00:16:35,064 --> 00:16:37,976
Oh! Well, Papa sees so many
and such odd people,

259
00:16:38,024 --> 00:16:41,812
and if it weren't for you,
I should never venture down at all.

260
00:16:41,864 --> 00:16:44,253
But for you, I should go down
in a diving bell!

261
00:16:44,304 --> 00:16:49,617
A young woman? And is she
your young woman, I wonder?

262
00:16:50,944 --> 00:16:56,018
But what is that to do with me?
Those days are long past and forgotten.

263
00:16:58,664 --> 00:17:04,136
I'll go directly. If you'll mind
Mr F's aunt while I'm gone?

264
00:17:24,104 --> 00:17:26,664
None of your eyes at me!

265
00:17:33,104 --> 00:17:35,618
Take that!

266
00:17:35,664 --> 00:17:37,222
Take it!

267
00:17:50,384 --> 00:17:54,093
- Eat it.
- I'm not hungry, ma'am.

268
00:17:54,144 --> 00:17:56,180
Oooh!

269
00:17:56,224 --> 00:18:00,137
He's got a proud stomach, this chap.

270
00:18:00,184 --> 00:18:01,902
Give him a meal of chaff!

271
00:18:01,944 --> 00:18:03,935
She's in fine spirits.

272
00:18:05,504 --> 00:18:07,381
Father will see you now.

273
00:18:07,424 --> 00:18:09,574
- Let me take you down.
- Chaff!

274
00:18:09,624 --> 00:18:11,774
Yes, I'll give him a meal of chaff!

275
00:18:26,824 --> 00:18:29,577
Oh, such an inconvenient staircase!

276
00:18:29,624 --> 00:18:32,218
Would you mind putting
your arm around me, please?

277
00:18:33,784 --> 00:18:35,263
That's better!

278
00:18:38,024 --> 00:18:40,857
(FROM UPSTAIRS) Make him eat it up,
every morsel!

279
00:18:43,464 --> 00:18:44,783
Ooh!

280
00:18:44,824 --> 00:18:48,612
Oh! Oh, I do beg your pardon!

281
00:18:48,664 --> 00:18:51,224
Don't tell Papa, whatever you do!

282
00:18:55,104 --> 00:18:56,583
(KNOCKING)

283
00:19:01,104 --> 00:19:03,857
Ah! Ah, Mr Clennam.

284
00:19:03,904 --> 00:19:06,862
Please do sit down.
Please, do sit down.

285
00:19:17,864 --> 00:19:19,900
Miss Wade has already gone?

286
00:19:28,984 --> 00:19:34,183
Oh, to be sure, Miss Wade.
Yes, Miss Wade has gone.

287
00:19:34,224 --> 00:19:37,057
And you wish to see her?
What a pity. What a pity!

288
00:19:37,104 --> 00:19:41,017
She had an attendant with her.
I particularly wanted to speak to her.

289
00:19:41,064 --> 00:19:42,816
Well, yes.

290
00:19:42,864 --> 00:19:48,336
A fine, full-coloured young woman.
Very dark hair,

291
00:19:48,384 --> 00:19:51,581
very dark eyes. And you wished
to speak to her, did you?

292
00:19:51,624 --> 00:19:53,535
She appeared to be in some distress.

293
00:19:53,584 --> 00:19:56,178
I wanted to know that she was well.

294
00:19:56,224 --> 00:19:59,534
A fine-looking young woman.

295
00:19:59,584 --> 00:20:01,620
Well, well.

296
00:20:01,664 --> 00:20:04,417
What a pity.
If only you had sent in to me

297
00:20:04,464 --> 00:20:08,298
when they were here,
you could have seen for yourself.

298
00:20:15,144 --> 00:20:18,375
(LOUDLY) Goodnight, Mr Clennam!

299
00:20:18,424 --> 00:20:19,743
(WHISPERING)
I suppose they were really gone?

300
00:20:19,784 --> 00:20:21,661
Oh, yes. She don't stay long
when she comes.

301
00:20:21,704 --> 00:20:23,057
What do you know about Miss Wade?

302
00:20:23,104 --> 00:20:24,901
She don't know much about herself.

303
00:20:24,944 --> 00:20:28,334
She's someone's child, but as to whose,
she got no more idea than I have.

304
00:20:28,384 --> 00:20:29,737
Never did, never will.

305
00:20:29,784 --> 00:20:31,536
Somebody's left money
in trust for her.

306
00:20:31,584 --> 00:20:33,939
And he doles it out.
That's what she come here for.

307
00:20:33,984 --> 00:20:34,973
I saw her with a man,

308
00:20:35,024 --> 00:20:36,821
as if she was doing
some kind of business.

309
00:20:36,864 --> 00:20:40,300
If it's a contract,
I hope he's exact in it. (SNORTS)

310
00:20:43,984 --> 00:20:47,101
I wouldn't trust myself with her
if I had wronged her.

311
00:21:05,824 --> 00:21:08,657
Good God.

312
00:21:08,704 --> 00:21:12,379
May I know your name, sir,
and your business here?

313
00:21:12,424 --> 00:21:15,177
I might ask the same of you,
my impetuous friend.

314
00:21:15,224 --> 00:21:17,021
I am Blandois of Paris,

315
00:21:17,064 --> 00:21:20,454
here on a matter of confidential business
with the old lady. And you?

316
00:21:20,504 --> 00:21:21,619
Oh, Lor'!

317
00:21:21,664 --> 00:21:24,861
Ah, the beautiful Mrs Flintwinch!

318
00:21:24,904 --> 00:21:30,137
Mrs Flintwinch,
Blandois has returned!

319
00:21:30,184 --> 00:21:32,698
Madame will wish
to see me immediately.

320
00:21:32,744 --> 00:21:34,302
Who is it, Affery?

321
00:21:34,344 --> 00:21:36,300
It's Mr Arthur, ma'am,
and that man again.

322
00:21:38,024 --> 00:21:40,697
Monsieur Arthur? The son and heir?

323
00:21:40,744 --> 00:21:42,655
My compliments to you, monsieur!

324
00:21:42,704 --> 00:21:44,854
I am delighted to know you!

325
00:21:44,904 --> 00:21:46,462
Let them both come up!

326
00:21:46,504 --> 00:21:48,381
After you, monsieur!

327
00:21:52,344 --> 00:21:55,620
I saw you earlier this evening, sir,
in the company of two ladies

328
00:21:55,664 --> 00:21:59,498
of my acquaintance - a Miss Wade
and her attendant, Miss Tattycoram.

329
00:21:59,544 --> 00:22:01,535
Might I ask what your business was
with them?

330
00:22:01,584 --> 00:22:04,940
Private business, monsieur.

331
00:22:04,984 --> 00:22:09,853
A gentleman never tells of
his business with the ladies.

332
00:22:20,544 --> 00:22:23,183
My dear Mrs Clennam!

333
00:22:23,224 --> 00:22:26,899
May I beg you
to present me to your son?

334
00:22:26,944 --> 00:22:29,742
I fear he is suspicious of me.
He is not polite!

335
00:22:29,784 --> 00:22:32,218
If I were master of this house,
I'd make sure

336
00:22:32,264 --> 00:22:34,459
you never set foot in it, sir.

337
00:22:34,504 --> 00:22:38,622
But you are not, Arthur.
You have resigned from the business,

338
00:22:38,664 --> 00:22:43,135
and who comes to the house and who
does not has nothing to do with you.

339
00:22:45,744 --> 00:22:47,621
Ah!

340
00:22:51,904 --> 00:22:53,701
Charmant! My little pig!

341
00:22:53,744 --> 00:22:57,703
And now, Arthur, perhaps
you would leave us to our business.

342
00:22:57,744 --> 00:23:00,383
I am reluctant to leave you
with this man.

343
00:23:00,424 --> 00:23:03,894
Allow me to know what is best for
the business that you abandoned.

344
00:23:03,944 --> 00:23:05,423
Good night.

345
00:23:12,824 --> 00:23:20,538
You see, Monsieur Clennam?
I am a friend here, a trusted friend.

346
00:23:20,584 --> 00:23:22,381
I think you are a scoundrel, sir.

347
00:23:32,184 --> 00:23:34,823
Were you anyone else,

348
00:23:34,864 --> 00:23:39,016
I would have struck you dead
for those words.

349
00:23:40,584 --> 00:23:44,463
But, as you are the son
of this honoured lady here,

350
00:23:44,504 --> 00:23:47,780
I wish you goodnight, my dear sir.

351
00:24:04,664 --> 00:24:07,542
Affery, what in Heaven's name
is going on here?

352
00:24:07,584 --> 00:24:08,733
I don't know.

353
00:24:08,784 --> 00:24:10,342
I don't know!

354
00:24:10,384 --> 00:24:12,375
You're not to ask me anything!

355
00:24:12,424 --> 00:24:13,937
You mustn't ask me, Arthur!

356
00:24:13,984 --> 00:24:16,942
Go away!

357
00:24:23,064 --> 00:24:27,660
I believe
you have something to hide, madame.

358
00:24:29,224 --> 00:24:31,533
And so,

359
00:24:31,584 --> 00:24:34,656
what I have to sell...

360
00:24:34,704 --> 00:24:36,217
is my silence...

361
00:24:37,784 --> 00:24:39,502
...my discretion.

362
00:24:48,144 --> 00:24:52,581
Goodbye, my dear old Flintwinch!

363
00:24:56,944 --> 00:25:01,620
Now, tell your mistress
she must think again,

364
00:25:01,664 --> 00:25:05,862
or Blandois will bring
her house to ruin.

365
00:25:05,904 --> 00:25:11,217
£1,000, not a penny less.

366
00:25:11,264 --> 00:25:14,973
You know what I have. Hmm?

367
00:25:18,704 --> 00:25:21,662
Make the old lady see sense,

368
00:25:21,704 --> 00:25:26,494
or the House of Clennam,
it comes tumbling down!

369
00:25:26,544 --> 00:25:29,012
Bonne nuit,

370
00:25:29,064 --> 00:25:30,543
Iittle Flintwinch!

371
00:25:44,584 --> 00:25:45,903
Is he gone?

372
00:25:45,944 --> 00:25:48,253
Yes, he's gone.

373
00:25:48,304 --> 00:25:51,296
Will she be wanting
her beef tea, Jeremiah?

374
00:25:52,864 --> 00:25:54,582
No, she won't want her beef tea.

375
00:25:54,624 --> 00:25:58,902
Now, just stay down here and stay
out of me way, unless I call for you!

376
00:26:01,904 --> 00:26:03,735
- (BANGING)
- Come up here!

377
00:26:17,744 --> 00:26:22,898
Flintwinch, that man is not to
be admitted to this house again.

378
00:26:22,944 --> 00:26:24,172
Is that wise?

379
00:26:24,224 --> 00:26:27,455
Why should it not be?
What can he know, after all?

380
00:26:27,504 --> 00:26:28,778
Nothing.

381
00:26:28,824 --> 00:26:32,214
Those papers in the box
were destroyed long since.

382
00:26:32,264 --> 00:26:33,253
Weren't they?

383
00:26:33,304 --> 00:26:36,774
- Of course they were.
- Then we have nothing to fear.

384
00:26:36,824 --> 00:26:40,419
We might give him the thousand -
for the sake of peace and quiet.

385
00:26:40,464 --> 00:26:44,298
Flintwinch,
have you taken leave of your senses?

386
00:26:44,344 --> 00:26:46,539
The man knows nothing.

387
00:26:46,584 --> 00:26:51,863
He is not to be seen here again,
Flintwinch. Or heard of again.

388
00:26:51,904 --> 00:26:54,543
Do I make myself clear?

389
00:26:55,624 --> 00:26:57,057
Quite clear.

390
00:26:57,104 --> 00:26:58,662
Good.