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<i>Dear Mr. Stevens:</i>

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<i>You will be surprised to hear
from me after all this time.</i>

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<i>You've been in my thoughts since
I heard Lord Darlington had died.</i>

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<i>We read that his heirs
put Darlington Hall up for sale...</i>

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<i>...as they no longer wished
to maintain it.</i>

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<i>As no one would buy
such a large house...</i>

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<i>...the new earl decided to demolish
it and sell the stone for 5000 pounds.</i>

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<i>We also saw some rubbish in the
Daily Mail which made my blood boil:</i>

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<i>"Traitor's nest to be pulled down. "</i>

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One hundred and eighty guineas?

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One hundred and eighty?
Have we done?

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Ladies and gentlemen,
a great highlight of the sale:

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Lot 414...

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<i>...the fine Elizabethan portrait,
A Portly Gentleman.</i>

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I'll start the bidding
at 2000 guineas.

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2000 guineas, thank you.

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2200.

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2400.

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2600.

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2800.

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3000. 3200.

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3400. 3600.

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3800.

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4000 guineas.
Four and a half thousand.

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5000.

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And a half.

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6000.

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And a half.

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7000.

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And a half.

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8000.

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And a half.

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9000.

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And a half.

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10,000 guineas is bid.

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And a half.

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11,000.

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And a half.

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Against you, sir,
at eleven and a half thousand guineas.

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All done at
eleven and a half thousand guineas.

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<i>I was very relieved to read
how an American millionaire...</i>

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<i>...named Lewis saved
Darlington Hall...</i>

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<i>...so you wouldn't be turned out
of your home after all.</i>

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<i>Is it the same Congressman Lewis...</i>

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<i>...who attended His Lordship's
conference in 1936?</i>

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<i>Mr. Stevens, I so often think
of the good old days...</i>

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<i>...when I was the housekeeper.</i>

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<i>It was hard work...</i>

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<i>...and I have known butlers easier
to please than our Mr. Stevens...</i>

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<i>...but those years with you were
among the happiest of my life.</i>

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<i>You must have a completely
different staff now.</i>

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<i>Not many of the old faces
around anymore.</i>

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<i>There's not much need
for the small army of footmen...</i>

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<i>...that Lord Darlington employed.</i>

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<i>My own news is not very cheerful.</i>

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<i>In the 7 years since I last wrote,
I have again left my husband...</i>

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<i>...and, sad to say,
my marriage seems to be over.</i>

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<i>I'm staying at a friend's
boarding house in Clevedon.</i>

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<i>I don't know what my future is.</i>

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<i>Since Catherine, my daughter, got
married, my life has been empty.</i>

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<i>The years stretch before me and
if only I knew how to fill them.</i>

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<i>But I would like to be useful again.</i>

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- Burned again?
- Yes, I'm sorry, sir.

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The rule in the kitchen
has always been...

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...cook cooks the cooked breakfast
while her assistant toasts the toast.

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Why don't we get her a pop-up toaster?

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We need not a new gadget
but a revised staff plan, sir.

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A staff plan, huh?
I didn't know we had one.

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A faulty one, unfortunately.

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Sir, quite recently...

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...you were kind enough to suggest
that I go on a little holiday trip...

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...around the country.

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Absolutely. Certainly, take a break.
See the world.

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Thank you, sir.

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When did you last see the world?

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The world always used to come
to this house, if I may say so.

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You may say so.

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Take off when I'm in London next week.

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I tell you what, you take the car.

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- Take the Daimler.
- Good Lord, sir, I couldn't.

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You and that Daimler belong together.

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You were made for each other.

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That's most kind of you,
I must say, sir. Most kind.

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I'd meant to travel the West, where I
understand we have splendid scenery.

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And I might incidentally be able
to solve our problems while I'm there.

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A former housekeeper, at present
living in Clevedon, has indicated...

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...that she might be prepared
to return to service.

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What's this, your girlfriend?

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Or a former attachment?

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Oh, no, sir.

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No, but a very able housekeeper.

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A most able housekeeper.

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I was just kidding, Stevens.

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Sorry.

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You know what I like best
about your papers?

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These obituaries.

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Every son of a gun gets
this stately funeral oration.

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- It's not an art we have in the States.
- Indeed, sir.

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Thank you, Stevens.

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Mr. Lewis.

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<i>Dear Mrs. Benn...</i>

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<i>...I propose to reach Clevedon
on October 3rd around 4 p. m.</i>

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<i>I'd be grateful for a line from you...</i>

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<i>...to reach me at the post office
at Collingbourne, near Hungerford...</i>

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<i>...where I'm planning to stop.</i>

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<i>Mrs. Benn, I always said you
possess an amazing memory.</i>

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<i>Our new employer is indeed
Congressman Lewis...</i>

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<i>...though he's now retired
from political life in the U.S.</i>

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<i>He's taken up residence at Darlington
Hall, soon to be joined by his family.</i>

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<i>But I regret to say we are woefully
understaffed for a house this size.</i>

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<i>Mrs. Benn, will you permit me
once again to sing your praises?</i>

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<i>Let me state that when you left
to get married...</i>

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<i>...no housekeeper ever reached
your high standard in any department.</i>

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<i>I well remember your arrival
at Darlington Hall.</i>

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<i>You came somewhat unexpectedly,
one might even say impulsively...</i>

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<i>...while we were dead in the middle
of the Charlgrove meet.</i>

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<i>That day is marked in my
memory in another way as well.</i>

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<i>It was the last time His Lordship...</i>

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<i>...was happy to welcome
his neighbours, as in the old days.</i>

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<i>Of course, it had been years since
any of them had coaxed him to hunt.</i>

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<i>It was never a sport His Lordship
enjoyed or approved of.</i>

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- Good morning, Ayres.
- My lord, nice to see you.

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Excuse me, sir.

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<i>I fear I may have been a little
unwelcoming, even a little short.</i>

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<i>You presented the best references
I've ever seen.</i>

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<i>Which proved to be well-deserved.</i>

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<i>Though, I confess, I did have my
doubts, on account of your youth.</i>

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No gentleman callers allowed,
of course.

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Forgive my mentioning it, but we've
had those problems before.

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Inside the house too.

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The previous housekeeper ran off
with the under-butler.

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If two staff members decide to get
married, one can say nothing.

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What I find a major irritation...

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...are those persons who go from
post to post looking for romance.

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Housekeepers are particularly
guilty here.

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- No offense intended, of course.
- None taken.

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I know how a house is at sixes and
sevens once the staff start marrying.

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Yes, indeed.

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- Might I have a word, sir?
- Of course.

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My lord, it's regarding
the under-butler...

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...and the housekeeper
who ran off last month.

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Bad business.
How are you managing?

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I've found two
first-rate replacements.

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Miss Kenton, a young woman
with excellent references.

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Very pleasing demeanour.
Appears to be very able.

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And a man with
considerable experience.

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- Older and happy to be under-butler.
- Name?

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Stevens, sir.

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- Stevens?
- Yes, sir.

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- That's your name.
- He's my father, sir.

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Really?

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Couldn't do better.
I'd like to see him sometime.

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He's outside the door.

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Good. Bring him in.

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Thank you, my lord.

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Father.

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Mr. Stevens, how do you do?

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- My lord.
- Very good man here, your son.

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He serves the house well.
I don't know what we'd do without him.

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- Proud of him?
- Very, my lord.

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Quite right too.

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Glad to have you with us.

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Thank you, my lord.

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What are we at dinner tonight?
14? 16?

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Twelve, sir.

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Right.

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Thank you, my lord.

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- This pitcher seems out of place here.
- Dining room. Well spotted.

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- Hello, William, how are you?
- Good day, Miss Kenton.

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I thought these might
brighten your parlour.

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Beg your pardon?

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They might cheer things up for you.

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That's very kind of you.

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If you like, I could bring in
some more for you.

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Thank you...

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...but I regard this room
as my private place of work...

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...and I prefer to keep distractions
to a minimum.

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Would you call flowers
a distraction, then?

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I appreciate your kindness.
I prefer to keep things as they are.

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But since you are here, there is a
small matter I wanted to mention.

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I happened to be walking past
the kitchen yesterday morning...

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...and I heard you call
to someone named William.

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May I ask who you were
addressing by that name?

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I should think I was
addressing your father.

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There are no other Williams
in this house.

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True.

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May I ask you in future to address
my father as Mr. Stevens?

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If speaking of him
to a third party, you may call him...

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...Mr. Stevens Sr.
to distinguish him from myself.

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So I would be most grateful to you,
Miss Kenton.

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I don't quite understand
what you're getting at.

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I am the housekeeper in this house,
and your father is the under-butler.

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I am accustomed to addressing under-
servants by their Christian names.

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If you would stop to think for a moment,
you'd realize...

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...how inappropriate it is for one such
as yourself to address as William...

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...someone such as my father.

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It must have been very galling for
your father to be called William...

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...by one such as myself.

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My father is a person from whom...

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...if you'd observe him more,
you may learn things.

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I'm grateful for your advice,
but do tell me...

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...what things might I learn from him?

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I might point out that you're...

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...often unsure of what goes where
and which item is which.

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I'm sure Mr. Stevens Sr.
is very good at his job...

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...but I can assure you
that I'm very good at mine.

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- Of course.
- Thank you.

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If you will please excuse me.

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Oh, well.

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My compliments to cook.

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What a lovely piece of crackling.

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I'm sure you said something witty.
Share it with the rest of us.

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I said the sprouts is done the way
I like them. Crisp-like, not mushy.

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Sprouts "are" done, not " is" done.

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Isn't that right, George?

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Yes, Mr. Stevens.

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Forgive the correction,
as I would have done...

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...at your age for the sake
of my education.

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I'm sure even you have ambitions
to rise in your profession.

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Oh, yes. I want to be
a butler, to be called Mister...

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...sit in my own pantry by my own fire,
smoking my cigar.

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I wonder if you realize what it takes
to be a great butler?

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Takes dignity, that's what it takes.

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Thank you, Mr. Stevens.
Dignity, that's right. Dignity.

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<i>The definition from our quarterly
The Gentlemen's Gentleman:</i>

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A great butler must be possessed
of dignity-

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In keeping with his position.

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There was this English butler
in India.

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One day, he goes in the dining room
and what's under the table?

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A tiger.

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Not turning a hair,
he goes to the drawing room.

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" Excuse me, my lord," and whispering,
so as not to upset the ladies:

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" I'm sorry. There appears to
be a tiger in the dining room.

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Perhaps His Lordship will permit
use of the twelve-bores?"

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They go on drinking their tea.
And then, there's three gunshots.

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They don't think nothing of it.
In India, they're used to anything.

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When the butler is back
to refresh the teapots...

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...he says, cool as a cucumber:

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" Dinner will be served
at the usual time, my lord.

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And I am pleased to say there will
be no discernible traces left...

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...of the recent occurrence
by that time. "

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I'll repeat it. "There will be
no discernible traces left...

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...of the recent occurrence
by that time. "

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- Wonderful, Mr. Stevens.
- Thank you, Mr. Stevens.

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Wonderful story. That's the ideal
that we should all aim for. Dignity.

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For you, Mr. Stevens.

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Thank you.

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It's for Mr. Stevens Sr.,
Mr. Stevens.

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Thank you, Miss Kenton.

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Put Mr. Stevens Sr.'s plate
with cook to keep it warm.

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Yes, Miss Kenton.

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Thank you.

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Not at all, Mr. Stevens.

00:21:15.810 --> 00:21:19.030
If you're searching for your dustpan,
it is out on the landing.

00:21:19.563 --> 00:21:20.473
My dustpan?

00:21:20.815 --> 00:21:23.025
You've left it on the landing.

00:21:23.484 --> 00:21:27.204
- I haven't used a dustpan.
- Really? It must be somebody else.

00:21:27.780 --> 00:21:30.800
- I don't follow you.
- My mistake, no doubt. One of many.

00:21:37.874 --> 00:21:38.894
Morning, sir.

00:21:50.595 --> 00:21:53.655
I've invited Giscard Dupont D'Ivry
as the French delegate.

00:21:54.182 --> 00:21:55.632
He'll never come!

00:21:55.975 --> 00:21:58.385
I just had word of his acceptance.

00:21:58.853 --> 00:22:03.483
Dupont is fanatically anti-German.
His speech in Geneva in '33...

00:22:04.109 --> 00:22:06.639
...made me ashamed to be
an ally of the French.

00:22:07.112 --> 00:22:08.632
It's not the English way.

00:22:08.989 --> 00:22:09.939
No, it is not.

00:22:10.282 --> 00:22:14.382
This is the purpose of our conference,
to discuss these matters informally...

00:22:14.995 --> 00:22:17.755
...far from the to-do
of an international conference...

00:22:18.248 --> 00:22:20.278
...in the friendly and relaxed...

00:22:21.376 --> 00:22:23.506
...atmosphere of one's home.

00:22:24.963 --> 00:22:27.563
We may bring round the French
to our point of view.

00:22:28.050 --> 00:22:29.850
And that of the Germans.

00:22:30.260 --> 00:22:34.310
I'm sorry to interrupt, but how can we
associate with the Germans?

00:22:34.932 --> 00:22:38.652
With the Nazi Party! They have torn
up and trampled every treaty...

00:22:39.228 --> 00:22:43.358
...and are a growing threat to Europe,
not to mention a brutal dictatorship.

00:22:44.024 --> 00:22:48.734
My dear boy, when I was in Berlin,
I saw at last a happy German people...

00:22:49.655 --> 00:22:53.595
...with jobs, bread, pride in their
country and love of their leader.

00:22:54.201 --> 00:22:55.951
And what about the Jews?

00:23:02.502 --> 00:23:06.172
Did His Lordship wish to exchange
the Chinaman in the cabinet room...

00:23:06.756 --> 00:23:08.396
...with the one outside the door?

00:23:09.008 --> 00:23:10.378
- Chinaman?
- Yes.

00:23:10.708 --> 00:23:14.738
The Chinaman from the cabinet room is
outside this door. See for yourself.

00:23:15.713 --> 00:23:17.213
I'm busy at the moment.

00:23:18.174 --> 00:23:21.324
Just pop your head outside this door
and see for yourself.

00:23:21.855 --> 00:23:25.525
- I'll look into the matter later.
- You think it's a fantasy?

00:23:26.234 --> 00:23:28.714
A fantasy on my part
due to my inexperience?

00:23:29.237 --> 00:23:32.447
I'm busy in this room, Miss Kenton.

00:23:32.939 --> 00:23:34.089
I shall wait.

00:23:35.275 --> 00:23:36.345
Outside.

00:24:39.298 --> 00:24:40.068
Look!

00:24:40.383 --> 00:24:43.023
- Is that not the wrong Chinaman?
- I am very busy.

00:24:43.511 --> 00:24:45.651
Have you nothing better to do
than stand around?

00:24:46.097 --> 00:24:48.057
Look at it and tell me the truth.

00:24:48.474 --> 00:24:51.344
Keep your voice down.
What would the other servants think...

00:24:51.853 --> 00:24:53.923
...of us shouting about a Chinaman?

00:24:54.355 --> 00:24:56.005
And I would ask you...

00:24:56.399 --> 00:24:59.809
...to turn around
and look at the Chinaman.

00:25:05.909 --> 00:25:07.409
It is a small mistake.

00:25:07.786 --> 00:25:10.886
Your father is entrusted with more
than he can cope with.

00:25:11.372 --> 00:25:12.592
Let me pass.

00:25:12.916 --> 00:25:15.556
Your father left the dustpan
on the floor.

00:25:16.044 --> 00:25:18.684
He left polish on the cutlery
and confused the Chinaman.

00:25:19.172 --> 00:25:21.432
Recognize this before he commits
a major error!

00:25:21.883 --> 00:25:25.253
- You can't talk to me like this.
- I'm afraid I must.

00:25:25.929 --> 00:25:27.989
I'm giving you serious advice.

00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:32.440
Your father should be relieved of a
number of his duties for his own good.

00:25:33.937 --> 00:25:38.037
Whatever he once was, he no longer
has the same ability or strength.

00:25:39.193 --> 00:25:41.453
I thank you for your advice.

00:25:41.904 --> 00:25:43.734
Perhaps now I can go about
my business.

00:25:44.156 --> 00:25:46.566
I never meant to keep you
from your business.

00:25:47.409 --> 00:25:48.509
Thank you.

00:25:52.498 --> 00:25:56.938
It's vital that we've agreed a common
policy before the arrival of...

00:25:58.170 --> 00:26:01.540
- ... your Frenchman. What's his name?
- Giscard Dupont D'Ivry.

00:26:02.133 --> 00:26:04.273
We also expect the
American delegate...

00:26:04.719 --> 00:26:07.439
...Congressman Lewis,
to arrive on the same day.

00:26:08.139 --> 00:26:09.639
Who is he, this American?

00:26:10.433 --> 00:26:14.763
He's an unknown quantity. A young
congressman from Pennsylvania.

00:26:15.354 --> 00:26:18.524
Sits on some sort of powerful
Foreign Affairs Committee.

00:26:19.150 --> 00:26:21.290
Heir to one of those
American fortunes.

00:26:21.736 --> 00:26:23.616
- Meatpacking?
- Trolley cars?

00:26:24.030 --> 00:26:25.560
Or dry goods?

00:26:26.032 --> 00:26:27.752
What are dry goods?

00:26:28.201 --> 00:26:30.611
Something that Americans make
a lot of money in.

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:35.179
No, I think Mr. Lewis' fortune
comes from cosmetics, actually.

00:26:41.131 --> 00:26:42.401
It's old Mr. Stevens!

00:26:44.050 --> 00:26:46.110
Get a cushion, quickly.
A blanket!

00:26:49.890 --> 00:26:51.950
The silver!
The silver!

00:26:53.435 --> 00:26:55.345
Oh, my lord. Sorry.

00:26:56.188 --> 00:26:57.488
You'll be all right.

00:26:58.440 --> 00:27:01.160
Thank you, sir. I'm sorry.
What happened?

00:27:01.652 --> 00:27:04.292
- He tripped with the tray.
- I saw it from the window.

00:27:04.780 --> 00:27:06.660
This has never happened before.

00:27:07.074 --> 00:27:09.684
- May I telephone the doctor?
- Yes, do.

00:27:11.662 --> 00:27:13.382
- I'm sorry.
- Don't worry.

00:27:26.886 --> 00:27:28.686
Your father feeling better?

00:27:29.096 --> 00:27:30.746
He's made a full recovery.

00:27:31.098 --> 00:27:32.468
Good.

00:27:32.808 --> 00:27:36.528
We don't wish to see anything
of that sort ever happen again, do we?

00:27:37.104 --> 00:27:40.054
- I mean, your father collapsing.
- Indeed not, my lord.

00:27:40.566 --> 00:27:42.596
And it could happen anywhere.

00:27:43.486 --> 00:27:44.826
At any time.

00:27:46.155 --> 00:27:49.875
The first of the foreign delegates
will be here in less than a fortnight.

00:27:50.451 --> 00:27:53.291
- We are well prepared, my lord.
- I'm sure you are.

00:27:53.788 --> 00:27:56.428
What happens within this house
could have...

00:27:56.916 --> 00:27:59.866
...considerable repercussions
on the course that Europe takes.

00:28:00.962 --> 00:28:02.452
It means a great deal.

00:28:02.797 --> 00:28:05.747
And it means a great deal
to me personally.

00:28:06.426 --> 00:28:10.406
I had a German friend,
Karl-Heinz Bremann.

00:28:11.014 --> 00:28:13.544
We fought on opposite sides
in the war.

00:28:14.017 --> 00:28:17.537
We always said when it was over,
we'd sit down and have a drink...

00:28:18.104 --> 00:28:19.324
...like gentlemen.

00:28:21.316 --> 00:28:23.676
The Versailles Treaty
made a liar of me.

00:28:24.736 --> 00:28:27.146
Yes, a liar, Stevens.

00:28:27.614 --> 00:28:31.594
Because the terms we imposed were
so harsh that Germany was finished.

00:28:32.870 --> 00:28:34.590
One doesn't do that
to a defeated foe.

00:28:34.997 --> 00:28:38.017
Once your man's on the canvas,
it ought to be over.

00:28:39.168 --> 00:28:42.648
My friend Bremann
was ruined by inflation.

00:28:43.547 --> 00:28:46.227
Couldn't get a job
in postwar Germany.

00:28:47.468 --> 00:28:48.608
Killed himself.

00:28:50.095 --> 00:28:53.465
Shot himself in a railway carriage.

00:28:54.767 --> 00:28:58.787
Since then, I've felt it my duty
to help Germany and to give her...

00:28:59.397 --> 00:29:00.687
...a fair chance.

00:29:01.023 --> 00:29:02.893
So this conference is crucial...

00:29:03.317 --> 00:29:06.567
...and we can't run the risk
of any accidents.

00:29:07.113 --> 00:29:09.093
There's no question
of your father leaving.

00:29:10.199 --> 00:29:12.299
You're simply being asked
to reconsider his duties.

00:29:12.743 --> 00:29:15.343
Of course, my lord.
I understand fully.

00:29:15.872 --> 00:29:16.822
Good.

00:29:17.749 --> 00:29:20.459
I'll leave you to think about it,
then, Stevens.

00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:21.910
Thank you, sir.

00:30:27.278 --> 00:30:31.448
I'm short-handed in the dining room.
I can use you in the servery.

00:30:32.074 --> 00:30:35.284
- Thank you, Mr. Stevens, sir.
- Smarten up. Look sharp.

00:30:43.868 --> 00:30:44.718
Good morning.

00:30:45.296 --> 00:30:46.286
Good morning.

00:30:50.708 --> 00:30:53.548
I might've known you'd be up
and ready for the day.

00:30:54.045 --> 00:30:56.035
I've been up for two hours.

00:30:56.923 --> 00:31:00.373
- That's not much sleep.
- It's all the sleep I need.

00:31:02.981 --> 00:31:05.081
I've come to talk to you.

00:31:05.515 --> 00:31:08.435
Talk, then.
I haven't got all morning.

00:31:08.893 --> 00:31:12.073
- I'll come straight to the point.
- Do, and be done with it.

00:31:12.563 --> 00:31:14.863
Some of us have work
to be getting on with.

00:31:17.402 --> 00:31:21.812
There's to be a very important
conference in this house next week.

00:31:22.407 --> 00:31:25.707
People of great stature will be
His Lordship's guests.

00:31:26.411 --> 00:31:28.631
We must all put our best foot forward.

00:31:30.373 --> 00:31:33.013
Because of Father's recent accident...

00:31:33.501 --> 00:31:36.981
...it has been suggested that you
no longer wait at table.

00:31:41.718 --> 00:31:44.788
I've waited at table every day...

00:31:45.305 --> 00:31:47.765
...for the last 54 years.

00:31:50.143 --> 00:31:53.593
It has also been decided that you
should no longer carry heavy trays.

00:31:54.898 --> 00:31:57.768
Now, here's a revised list
of your duties.

00:31:58.235 --> 00:31:59.685
Look, I fell...

00:32:00.320 --> 00:32:01.970
...because of those paving stones.

00:32:02.364 --> 00:32:03.364
They're crooked.

00:32:04.783 --> 00:32:07.963
Why don't you get them put right
before someone else falls?

00:32:10.372 --> 00:32:13.822
You will read the revised list
of your duties.

00:32:14.376 --> 00:32:16.596
Get those stones put right.

00:32:18.881 --> 00:32:22.411
You don't want those "gentlemen of
stature" breaking their necks.

00:32:25.221 --> 00:32:26.981
No, indeed, I don't.

00:32:46.868 --> 00:32:47.818
What is it?

00:33:12.477 --> 00:33:15.237
You have what we can call
a roving commission.

00:33:15.731 --> 00:33:19.031
In other words, you can exercise
your own judgment...

00:33:19.568 --> 00:33:21.518
...within certain limits, of course.

00:33:21.987 --> 00:33:25.357
Now, here are the mops, and...
Here.

00:33:25.866 --> 00:33:28.356
- Are these me mops?
- Right. Your brushes.

00:33:28.827 --> 00:33:30.207
And me brushes?

00:33:31.705 --> 00:33:33.885
- And me mops.
- That's right.

00:33:36.877 --> 00:33:38.827
What do you want me to do with them?

00:33:39.505 --> 00:33:43.645
I think you know what to do with them,
Father. Look for dust and dirt.

00:33:44.719 --> 00:33:47.179
If I find any dust or dirt...

00:33:47.638 --> 00:33:49.858
...I go over them with this mop.

00:33:50.308 --> 00:33:51.458
That's right.

00:33:51.809 --> 00:33:54.419
Now, I suggest you start off...

00:33:54.896 --> 00:33:56.956
...with the brasses on the doors.

00:33:57.398 --> 00:33:59.958
There's that door there.
Then the door that's open.

00:34:00.443 --> 00:34:02.393
And then there's this door here...

00:34:10.995 --> 00:34:13.135
Here's your polish.
And duster.

00:34:14.374 --> 00:34:18.934
History could well be made under
this roof over the next few days.

00:34:19.546 --> 00:34:21.306
Each and every one of you...

00:34:21.715 --> 00:34:25.515
...can be proud of the role
you will play on this occasion.

00:34:27.220 --> 00:34:29.900
<i>Imagine yourself
the head of a battalion...</i>

00:34:30.390 --> 00:34:33.110
<i>...even if it is only filling
the hot-water bottles.</i>

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:37.009
<i>Each one has his own
particular duty...</i>

00:34:37.481 --> 00:34:40.201
<i>...or her particular duty,
as the cap fits.</i>

00:34:40.692 --> 00:34:44.642
<i>Polished brass, brilliant silver,
mahogany shining like a mirror.</i>

00:34:45.822 --> 00:34:48.732
<i>That is the welcome we will show
these foreign visitors...</i>

00:34:49.243 --> 00:34:51.223
<i>...to let them know
they are in England...</i>

00:34:51.662 --> 00:34:55.112
<i>...where order and tradition
still prevail.</i>

00:35:25.154 --> 00:35:26.294
Thank you, Brian.

00:35:56.811 --> 00:35:58.951
Mr. Lewis, the American,
has arrived.

00:35:59.397 --> 00:36:02.107
He was expected tomorrow.
What have you done with him?

00:36:02.984 --> 00:36:05.244
Mr. Lewis has been shown upstairs.

00:36:08.615 --> 00:36:11.985
My godson, Cardinal, will shortly
become engaged to be married.

00:36:12.494 --> 00:36:14.974
Indeed, sir.
I offer my congratulations.

00:36:15.455 --> 00:36:16.795
Thank you, Stevens.

00:36:18.709 --> 00:36:20.509
I feel very responsible for the boy.

00:36:20.919 --> 00:36:24.979
He is my godson, and his father
was my closest friend, as you know.

00:36:25.591 --> 00:36:27.731
And now that he's gone, well...

00:36:28.385 --> 00:36:30.865
...I feel in place of a father to him.

00:36:31.514 --> 00:36:34.154
I've appointed him as my secretary
at the conference.

00:36:34.600 --> 00:36:37.740
He's been jolly thorough
in helping me to prepare.

00:36:46.112 --> 00:36:50.472
I realize this is a somewhat
irregular thing to ask you to do.

00:36:51.284 --> 00:36:53.424
I'd be glad to be of any assistance.

00:36:53.870 --> 00:36:55.510
I'm sorry to bring this up...

00:36:55.872 --> 00:36:59.392
...but I just can't see how on earth
to make it go away.

00:37:00.543 --> 00:37:02.873
You are familiar with
the facts of life?

00:37:03.463 --> 00:37:05.593
- My lord?
- The facts of life.

00:37:06.049 --> 00:37:08.579
Birds, bees.
You are familiar, aren't you?

00:37:10.845 --> 00:37:12.525
I'm afraid I don't quite follow you.

00:37:12.931 --> 00:37:15.261
Let me put my cards on the table.

00:37:15.684 --> 00:37:18.974
I'm so busy with this conference.
Of course, you are too...

00:37:19.896 --> 00:37:22.226
...but someone has to tell him.

00:37:22.691 --> 00:37:24.981
In a way, it would be easier for you.

00:37:26.142 --> 00:37:27.412
Less awkward.

00:37:27.946 --> 00:37:30.506
I'd find the task rather daunting,
I'm afraid.

00:37:30.991 --> 00:37:34.241
I might not get to it
before Reginald's wedding day.

00:37:34.828 --> 00:37:38.118
Of course, this goes far beyond
the call of duty.

00:37:43.368 --> 00:37:44.398
I shall do my best.

00:37:44.755 --> 00:37:47.665
I'd be grateful if you'd try.
It'd be a lot off my mind.

00:37:48.509 --> 00:37:52.529
There's no need to make a song and
dance of it. Just convey the facts.

00:38:11.647 --> 00:38:12.947
God! Stevens!

00:38:14.858 --> 00:38:16.158
Sorry. Most sorry, sir...

00:38:16.527 --> 00:38:19.627
...but I do have something to convey
to you rather urgently.

00:38:20.155 --> 00:38:22.615
If I may, I'll come to the point.

00:38:23.117 --> 00:38:27.637
Perhaps you noticed this morning the
ducks and the geese by the pond?

00:38:28.289 --> 00:38:30.199
Ducks and geese?
I don't think so.

00:38:31.542 --> 00:38:35.602
Well, perhaps the birds
and the flowers, then...

00:38:36.214 --> 00:38:38.324
...or the shrubs, the bees...

00:38:38.758 --> 00:38:40.868
I've not seen any bees.

00:38:41.260 --> 00:38:45.060
- It's not the best time to see them.
- What, the bees?

00:38:46.224 --> 00:38:49.754
What I'm saying is that,
with the arrival of spring...

00:38:50.311 --> 00:38:53.991
...we shall see a most remarkable
and profound change...

00:38:54.566 --> 00:38:55.796
...in the surroundings.

00:38:56.150 --> 00:39:00.060
I'm sure that's right. I'm sure the
grounds are not at their best now.

00:39:00.655 --> 00:39:03.495
I wasn't paying attention
to the glories of nature...

00:39:03.992 --> 00:39:06.022
...because it's worrying...

00:39:06.453 --> 00:39:10.173
Dupont D'Ivry has arrived in a foul
mood, the last thing anyone wants.

00:39:10.749 --> 00:39:14.659
- M. Dupont D'Ivry has arrived?
- Half an hour ago, in a foul mood.

00:39:15.253 --> 00:39:19.393
In that case, excuse me.
I'd better go and attend to him.

00:39:20.008 --> 00:39:22.348
Right you are.
Kind of you to talk to me.

00:39:22.803 --> 00:39:26.833
Not at all. I've one or two words
more to convey on the topic of...

00:39:27.432 --> 00:39:29.572
...as you put it most admirably...

00:39:29.977 --> 00:39:31.157
...the glories of nature.

00:39:31.520 --> 00:39:33.780
But it must wait for another occasion.

00:39:34.231 --> 00:39:37.031
I'll look forward to it.
But I'm more of a fish man.

00:39:37.526 --> 00:39:39.206
- Fish?
- I know all about fish.

00:39:39.570 --> 00:39:40.910
Freshwater and salt.

00:39:42.114 --> 00:39:45.334
All living creatures would be
relevant to our discussion.

00:39:45.868 --> 00:39:49.668
<i>Excuse me. I had no idea that
Monsieur Dupont D'Ivry had arrived.</i>

00:39:50.247 --> 00:39:51.247
Thank you.

00:40:02.802 --> 00:40:04.532
May I be of assistance, sir?

00:40:05.221 --> 00:40:06.601
Oh, the butler.

00:40:07.265 --> 00:40:11.865
I have sore feet, so I need a basin
with warm water and salts, please.

00:40:12.478 --> 00:40:15.198
I'll arrange that with
the housekeeper, sir.

00:40:16.441 --> 00:40:19.351
Warm water and salts
as soon as possible.

00:40:22.614 --> 00:40:24.644
How do you do? But I speak English.

00:40:25.033 --> 00:40:29.093
Good. That's lucky for me.
I'm Jack Lewis, the U.S. delegate.

00:40:29.704 --> 00:40:31.614
Could we speak privately soon?

00:40:32.165 --> 00:40:33.085
Yes, of course.

00:40:33.375 --> 00:40:37.935
But I have blisters due to some
sightseeing they made me do in London.

00:40:38.588 --> 00:40:40.648
I had already seen
the Tower of London.

00:40:42.425 --> 00:40:45.445
I've discovered that things
are not moving...

00:40:45.971 --> 00:40:48.991
...in a direction that I think
you would approve of.

00:41:44.113 --> 00:41:47.183
German rearmament
is a fact to be accepted.

00:41:47.700 --> 00:41:50.800
It's in our own interest to have a free
and equal Germany.

00:41:51.329 --> 00:41:52.899
Not a prostrate nation...

00:41:53.248 --> 00:41:56.698
...upon whom an unfair peace treaty
was imposed 16 years ago.

00:41:57.210 --> 00:41:58.930
Those who've been in Germany...

00:41:59.295 --> 00:42:03.885
...can only thrill, as I have,
to the signs of rebirth.

00:42:04.676 --> 00:42:08.576
- to assist Germany in her virile
struggle for economic recovery...

00:42:09.181 --> 00:42:13.361
...including support for her fair
demand for equality of armaments...

00:42:13.977 --> 00:42:16.847
...and universal military service
for German youth.

00:42:17.856 --> 00:42:20.916
If we, in postwar Europe...

00:42:21.443 --> 00:42:25.853
I need more water.
I need another basin to bathe my feet.

00:42:26.490 --> 00:42:27.330
Follow me, sir.

00:42:34.206 --> 00:42:35.116
Excuse me.

00:42:38.043 --> 00:42:39.763
- We have to talk.
- This way, sir.

00:42:51.807 --> 00:42:56.477
My friend, I am in agony.
Too tight shoes. I blame myself.

00:42:57.146 --> 00:42:58.486
Vanity.

00:43:00.233 --> 00:43:03.953
We must do some fast maneuvering
to restrain the Germans.

00:43:04.529 --> 00:43:06.359
Please come this way, gentlemen.

00:43:15.498 --> 00:43:19.098
Butler, please, could you help me
with my feet- shoe?

00:43:19.669 --> 00:43:21.539
- Yes, of course.
- Take it off.

00:43:21.963 --> 00:43:26.523
What they said about equality of arms
for Germany, military service-

00:43:28.303 --> 00:43:30.023
- Sorry, sir.
- I'll manage.

00:43:30.388 --> 00:43:31.148
What?

00:43:36.770 --> 00:43:39.180
Your father's been taken ill, sir.

00:43:39.606 --> 00:43:42.706
- Where?
- Outside the Chinese bedroom, sir.

00:43:43.235 --> 00:43:47.415
Germany wants peace as much as we do.
She needs peace.

00:43:48.115 --> 00:43:49.985
Here, let me help you with that.

00:43:53.871 --> 00:43:54.941
Thank you.

00:44:08.344 --> 00:44:09.604
Thank you, Charles.

00:44:11.388 --> 00:44:13.448
Take a basin of hot water and salts...

00:44:13.891 --> 00:44:17.101
...to Mr. D'Ivry in the
billiards room. Is that understood?

00:44:17.645 --> 00:44:19.675
- Yes, Mr. Stevens.
- Good. Do it.

00:44:39.667 --> 00:44:40.607
Father?

00:45:25.787 --> 00:45:29.427
I have more time than you to look
after him. I've called the doctor.

00:45:30.000 --> 00:45:31.270
Thank you, Miss Kenton.

00:45:42.721 --> 00:45:44.751
Your father's not so good, I'm afraid.

00:45:47.518 --> 00:45:50.358
If he deteriorates, call me, will you?

00:45:50.854 --> 00:45:52.304
How old is he? 70, 72?

00:45:52.690 --> 00:45:54.370
-75, sir.
- I see.

00:45:55.150 --> 00:45:58.830
- If he deteriorates, let me know.
- I will, sir. Thank you, doctor.

00:46:30.144 --> 00:46:32.284
More haste, less speed.

00:46:53.001 --> 00:46:55.141
There's something missing.

00:46:56.296 --> 00:46:57.066
What is it?

00:46:57.380 --> 00:46:59.910
- The spoon from the cruet set, sir.
- Good.

00:47:01.426 --> 00:47:02.416
Well observed.

00:47:03.303 --> 00:47:06.323
Now, never touch the lip of the glass.

00:47:08.934 --> 00:47:09.704
Good.

00:47:15.232 --> 00:47:16.732
Glass first, and then...

00:47:22.948 --> 00:47:25.168
Is everything in hand downstairs?

00:47:26.994 --> 00:47:29.864
We're preparing the last dinner
of the conference.

00:47:30.956 --> 00:47:32.786
You can imagine the kitchen.

00:47:33.209 --> 00:47:37.269
- But is everything in hand?
- Yes, I think we're up to scratch.

00:47:37.880 --> 00:47:40.170
Are you feeling any better?

00:47:43.469 --> 00:47:45.609
There's something I have to tell you.

00:47:47.932 --> 00:47:51.152
I have so much to do.
Why don't we talk in the morning?

00:47:51.686 --> 00:47:52.606
Jim...

00:47:54.522 --> 00:47:56.702
...I fell out of love
with your mother.

00:47:58.985 --> 00:48:00.595
I loved her once.

00:48:01.696 --> 00:48:06.026
The love went out of me
when I found her carrying on.

00:48:09.704 --> 00:48:11.274
A good son.

00:48:12.791 --> 00:48:14.281
Proud of you.

00:48:17.337 --> 00:48:19.477
I hope I've been a good father.

00:48:21.591 --> 00:48:23.501
I tried me best.

00:48:34.271 --> 00:48:36.451
You better get down there...

00:48:37.399 --> 00:48:41.459
...or heaven only knows
what they'll be up to.

00:48:54.041 --> 00:48:55.221
Go on.

00:48:57.086 --> 00:48:58.106
Go on!

00:49:00.631 --> 00:49:02.541
We'll talk in the morning.

00:49:17.815 --> 00:49:20.455
On the last day of our conference...

00:49:20.943 --> 00:49:24.463
...permit me to say
how impressed I have been...

00:49:25.031 --> 00:49:29.741
...with the spirit of goodwill
that has prevailed.

00:49:30.662 --> 00:49:32.802
Goodwill for Germany.

00:49:33.248 --> 00:49:35.198
And with tears in my eyes...

00:49:35.583 --> 00:49:38.343
...I see that everyone here
has recognized...

00:49:38.795 --> 00:49:43.045
...our right to be, once again,
a strong nation.

00:49:44.509 --> 00:49:46.919
With my hand on my heart,
I declare...

00:49:47.512 --> 00:49:49.342
...that Germany needs peace...

00:49:49.848 --> 00:49:53.218
...and desires only peace.

00:49:54.394 --> 00:49:56.724
Peace with England...

00:49:57.230 --> 00:49:59.290
...and peace with France.

00:50:05.489 --> 00:50:06.939
Thank you very much.

00:50:11.537 --> 00:50:14.527
I, too, have been impressed...

00:50:15.290 --> 00:50:17.500
...yes, deeply impressed...

00:50:17.960 --> 00:50:22.090
...by the genuine desire for peace
manifested at this conference.

00:50:23.799 --> 00:50:25.779
Unlike our American colleague...

00:50:26.218 --> 00:50:29.088
...we in Europe know
the horrors of war.

00:50:29.889 --> 00:50:34.559
And whether we are French
or English or Italian or German...

00:50:35.227 --> 00:50:39.057
...our one desire is to never
have to experience them again.

00:50:40.233 --> 00:50:41.023
Indeed.

00:50:41.359 --> 00:50:43.999
Impressed, or I may say touched...

00:50:44.487 --> 00:50:47.887
...by the words of goodwill
and friendship I have heard...

00:50:48.658 --> 00:50:51.718
...I promise you that I shall do
my utmost...

00:50:52.245 --> 00:50:54.345
...to change my country's policy...

00:50:54.789 --> 00:50:57.119
...towards that nation
which was once our foe...

00:50:57.584 --> 00:50:59.874
...but is now,
I may venture to say...

00:51:00.336 --> 00:51:01.206
...our friend.

00:51:20.273 --> 00:51:21.643
Ladies and gentlemen...

00:51:22.234 --> 00:51:25.754
...the United States doesn't want war
any more than you do.

00:51:26.822 --> 00:51:29.842
On the other hand, neither do we
want peace at any price...

00:51:30.367 --> 00:51:32.817
...because some prices,
you may find...

00:51:33.287 --> 00:51:35.737
...are too outrageously high to pay.

00:51:36.206 --> 00:51:39.496
But let's not get into that now.
We may have to soon enough.

00:51:40.044 --> 00:51:43.524
For the moment, let us raise
our glasses to Lord Darlington...

00:51:44.089 --> 00:51:46.769
...in gratitude for his
magnificent hospitality.

00:52:01.023 --> 00:52:05.123
Lord Darlington is a classic
English gentleman of the old school.

00:52:06.320 --> 00:52:09.720
Decent and honorable and well-meaning.

00:52:10.283 --> 00:52:13.953
So are all of you. All decent,
honorable and well-meaning gentlemen.

00:52:14.537 --> 00:52:17.827
It's a pleasure and a privilege
to visit with you here.

00:52:18.739 --> 00:52:19.579
But...

00:52:20.324 --> 00:52:22.284
...now, excuse me, I must say this...

00:52:22.660 --> 00:52:25.350
...you are, all of you, amateurs.

00:52:26.591 --> 00:52:30.691
And international affairs should
never be run by gentlemen amateurs.

00:52:31.304 --> 00:52:35.474
Do you have any idea of what sort
of a place the world is becoming?

00:52:36.434 --> 00:52:39.754
The days when you could act
out of noble instincts are over.

00:52:40.303 --> 00:52:44.413
<i>Europe has become the arena of
Realpolitik, the politics of reality.</i>

00:52:45.016 --> 00:52:47.966
If you like, real politics.

00:52:48.895 --> 00:52:52.845
What you need is not gentlemen
politicians, but real ones.

00:52:53.441 --> 00:52:56.921
You need professionals,
or you're headed for disaster.

00:52:57.946 --> 00:53:00.206
So I propose a toast, gentlemen...

00:53:00.782 --> 00:53:02.282
...to the professionals.

00:53:11.501 --> 00:53:14.681
Well, I've no wish to enter
into a quarrel...

00:53:15.172 --> 00:53:16.902
...on our last evening together.

00:53:17.299 --> 00:53:21.289
But let me say this.
What you describe as amateurism...

00:53:21.887 --> 00:53:25.527
...is what I think most of us here
still prefer to call honour.

00:53:26.600 --> 00:53:30.160
Miss Kenton would like to see you
concerning your father.

00:53:31.605 --> 00:53:35.135
I suggest that your professionalism
means greed and power...

00:53:36.277 --> 00:53:39.647
...rather than to see justice
and goodness prevail in the world.

00:53:40.614 --> 00:53:44.494
I've never concealed from myself
that what we were asking of Germany...

00:53:45.077 --> 00:53:49.257
...is a complete break from the
tradition of this country. Thank you.

00:54:01.928 --> 00:54:03.958
Mr. Stevens, I'm very sorry.

00:54:04.680 --> 00:54:07.550
Your father passed away
four minutes ago.

00:54:08.351 --> 00:54:09.731
Oh, I see.

00:54:10.812 --> 00:54:12.462
I'm so very sorry.

00:54:14.065 --> 00:54:16.435
I wish there was something
I could say.

00:54:18.027 --> 00:54:19.787
Will you come up and see him?

00:54:20.196 --> 00:54:23.996
Well, I'm very busy at the moment.
In a little while, perhaps.

00:54:25.201 --> 00:54:28.531
In that case, will you permit me
to close his eyes?

00:54:29.080 --> 00:54:31.720
I would be most grateful.
Thank you.

00:54:40.008 --> 00:54:44.298
My father would wish me to carry on.
I can't let him down.

00:54:44.888 --> 00:54:46.648
No. Of course.

00:56:02.717 --> 00:56:05.507
I'd really like to continue
our little chat sometime.

00:56:06.263 --> 00:56:07.533
About nature.

00:56:08.140 --> 00:56:11.620
You're right. I should come back
when everything's burgeoning.

00:56:12.185 --> 00:56:13.525
Yes, sir. Indeed.

00:56:13.937 --> 00:56:17.567
As I said before, my main interest
has always been in fish.

00:56:18.150 --> 00:56:21.750
When I was small,
I kept tropical fish in a tank.

00:56:22.321 --> 00:56:24.381
I harboured quite a passion for them.

00:56:25.449 --> 00:56:27.659
I'll have another drop of that,
if you don't mind.

00:56:28.994 --> 00:56:30.174
You all right?

00:56:31.163 --> 00:56:32.463
I'm perfectly all right.

00:56:32.831 --> 00:56:34.321
Not feeling unwell?

00:56:34.708 --> 00:56:36.968
No, sir. A little tired, perhaps.

00:56:58.066 --> 00:56:59.206
Wonderful!

00:56:59.609 --> 00:57:03.629
What a beautiful example of German
culture you've brought to this house.

00:57:04.822 --> 00:57:05.892
Very nice.

00:57:07.700 --> 00:57:09.530
I hope there's no hard feelings.

00:57:09.953 --> 00:57:11.443
Oh, my dear good chap.

00:57:11.913 --> 00:57:15.743
I like a good, clean fight.
Giving as good as one gets, what?

00:57:16.334 --> 00:57:19.554
I have the greatest respect
for the English. I love it here.

00:57:20.088 --> 00:57:23.258
My family brought us here as kids,
so I feel at home.

00:57:23.800 --> 00:57:24.900
Anyway, thank you.

00:57:25.594 --> 00:57:26.544
Excuse me.

00:57:28.305 --> 00:57:29.605
You all right?

00:57:30.724 --> 00:57:32.144
Yes, perfect, my lord.

00:57:34.478 --> 00:57:36.888
You coming down
with a cold or something?

00:57:38.523 --> 00:57:39.703
It's been a long day.

00:57:40.025 --> 00:57:42.855
It's been a hard day for both of us.

00:57:43.320 --> 00:57:44.690
Well done.

00:58:11.724 --> 00:58:13.214
My condolences.

00:58:13.809 --> 00:58:18.439
It was a stroke. A severe stroke.
He wouldn't have suffered much pain.

00:58:19.148 --> 00:58:20.788
Thank you for telling me.

00:58:44.257 --> 00:58:48.657
There's a distinguished foreign
gentleman in the billiard room...

00:58:49.304 --> 00:58:50.404
...in need of attention.

00:58:50.764 --> 00:58:51.674
Urgent?

00:58:52.015 --> 00:58:53.275
His feet.

00:58:53.808 --> 00:58:54.868
Feet?

00:58:58.021 --> 00:59:00.811
- I'll take you to him.
- If it's urgent.

00:59:01.817 --> 00:59:04.417
It is urgent.
The gentleman is in pain.

00:59:06.571 --> 00:59:07.911
My condolences.

00:59:08.282 --> 00:59:10.692
Thank you. That is most kind of you.

00:59:46.393 --> 00:59:47.423
Good afternoon.

00:59:47.770 --> 00:59:50.870
My name is Stevens.
I'm hoping there's a letter for me.

00:59:51.826 --> 00:59:54.656
- I'll just check for you, sir.
- James Stevens.

00:59:57.029 --> 01:00:00.059
- I'd like two apples, please.
- There you are, Mr. Stevens.

01:00:00.992 --> 01:00:04.322
- You are touring in these parts?
- I'm on my way to Clevedon.

01:00:04.881 --> 01:00:07.901
- How much is that?
- That'll be threepence, please.

01:00:08.416 --> 01:00:10.296
And you'd be coming from...?

01:00:10.793 --> 01:00:12.293
- Oxfordshire.
- Whereabouts?

01:00:12.920 --> 01:00:15.490
- Sorry?
- Whereabouts in Oxfordshire?

01:00:15.923 --> 01:00:16.763
Darlington.

01:00:17.216 --> 01:00:20.596
That rings a bell. Wasn't there
a Lord Darlington? Some sort...

01:00:21.137 --> 01:00:22.867
...of Nazi, got us in the war?

01:00:24.307 --> 01:00:26.597
I'm the butler there,
and my employer...

01:00:27.018 --> 01:00:29.088
...is Mr. Lewis, an American gentleman.

01:00:31.689 --> 01:00:33.599
I didn't know the former owner.

01:00:35.151 --> 01:00:36.181
Your change.

01:00:56.798 --> 01:01:01.088
<i>I should be glad to meet you at the
Sea View Hotel, opposite the pier.</i>

01:01:01.720 --> 01:01:05.670
<i>We'll have such a lot to talk about,
and I'll have many questions.</i>

01:01:06.266 --> 01:01:10.066
<i>Except for you, I've lost touch with
all our friends at Darlington Hall.</i>

01:01:10.604 --> 01:01:11.604
<i>But that's no wonder.</i>

01:01:11.939 --> 01:01:15.309
<i>It was long ago and a lot
has happened in between.</i>

01:01:16.110 --> 01:01:19.910
<i>Who could keep track of all the people
His Lordship once employed?</i>

01:01:20.489 --> 01:01:21.759
My lord, you rang?

01:01:22.074 --> 01:01:25.374
- Have the young German ladies arrived?
- They're outside.

01:01:25.911 --> 01:01:28.631
I'd like to say hello to them,
practise my German.

01:01:29.123 --> 01:01:33.033
- They do speak excellent English.
- Good. Well, ask them to come in.

01:01:45.598 --> 01:01:47.658
This is Elsa and this is Irma.

01:01:50.645 --> 01:01:52.325
I'm asking about their journey.

01:01:55.441 --> 01:01:57.011
It was long, my lord.

01:02:02.699 --> 01:02:04.269
I asked if they like the weather.

01:02:04.617 --> 01:02:08.337
We are grateful to you, my lord,
for letting us come here.

01:02:10.332 --> 01:02:12.362
Our parents are very grateful.

01:02:12.751 --> 01:02:15.541
Not at all.
Miss Kenton will look after you.

01:02:16.046 --> 01:02:17.656
- Won't you?
- Indeed, my lord.

01:02:18.048 --> 01:02:19.148
Welcome to Darlington Hall.

01:02:21.593 --> 01:02:23.883
- Thank you, my lord.
- Thank you, my lord.

01:02:26.390 --> 01:02:27.920
Will there be anything else?

01:02:53.918 --> 01:02:54.838
Sir Geoffrey.

01:02:56.587 --> 01:02:57.807
Good to see you.

01:02:58.714 --> 01:02:59.894
How do you do?

01:03:00.716 --> 01:03:01.866
Well, come in.

01:03:03.094 --> 01:03:04.774
- Mr. Benn.
- Mr. Stevens.

01:03:06.222 --> 01:03:08.782
Gentlemen, if you'd like to wait
here for a while.

01:03:16.649 --> 01:03:20.399
- Aren't you still at Stanton Lacey?
- I'm with Sir Geoffrey now.

01:03:21.821 --> 01:03:24.311
- You haven't changed one bit.
- I'll let you get on.

01:03:24.783 --> 01:03:27.193
- Perhaps we'll meet later.
- I hope so.

01:03:29.537 --> 01:03:34.017
But, gentlemen, you speak of Jews
and Gypsies, Negroes and so forth.

01:03:35.085 --> 01:03:38.485
But one has to regard the racial
laws of the Fascists...

01:03:39.047 --> 01:03:42.267
...as a sanitary measure,
much overdue, in my opinion.

01:03:42.801 --> 01:03:45.711
Imagine trying to enforce
such a rule in this country-

01:03:46.179 --> 01:03:49.169
You cannot run a country
without a penal system.

01:03:49.683 --> 01:03:53.933
Here we call them prisons. There,
they call them concentration camps.

01:03:55.564 --> 01:03:57.854
Is there any meat
of any kind in this soup?

01:03:58.317 --> 01:04:00.227
I think it's mushroom stock, sir.

01:04:00.652 --> 01:04:04.252
Mushroom ends and skins,
onion and celery. No meat at all.

01:04:04.823 --> 01:04:07.463
Cold water, and then cook adds sherry.

01:04:08.243 --> 01:04:11.643
I hear you have a Labour fellow
from your constituency.

01:04:12.206 --> 01:04:15.926
Over there, they've got rid of
all that trade union rubbish.

01:04:16.502 --> 01:04:19.902
Believe me, no workers strike
in Germany.

01:04:20.464 --> 01:04:22.414
And everyone's kept in line.

01:04:22.842 --> 01:04:25.602
No wonder this country
is going down the drain.

01:04:26.304 --> 01:04:28.334
It is internally diseased.

01:04:28.764 --> 01:04:31.704
I think there may be butter
in the croutons. Do you know?

01:04:32.226 --> 01:04:34.206
I'm afraid there may be.

01:04:45.448 --> 01:04:47.548
You've made a cozy little nest here.

01:04:47.992 --> 01:04:50.472
Seems to me you must be
a well-contented man.

01:04:53.540 --> 01:04:55.490
In my philosophy, Mr. Benn...

01:04:55.917 --> 01:04:58.327
...a man cannot call himself
well-contented...

01:04:58.795 --> 01:05:00.695
...until he has done all he can...

01:05:01.131 --> 01:05:03.191
...to be of service to his employer.

01:05:03.633 --> 01:05:05.653
This assumes that one's employer...

01:05:06.084 --> 01:05:09.914
...is a superior person
not only in rank or wealth...

01:05:10.505 --> 01:05:11.965
...but in moral stature.

01:05:12.350 --> 01:05:15.750
And in your opinion, what's going on
up there has "moral stature"?

01:05:16.302 --> 01:05:18.062
I wish I could be sure.

01:05:18.941 --> 01:05:19.961
But I'm not.

01:05:20.317 --> 01:05:23.107
I've heard some very fishy things.
Very fishy.

01:05:23.727 --> 01:05:25.607
I hear nothing.

01:05:28.023 --> 01:05:28.863
Listen.

01:05:30.317 --> 01:05:32.197
That's so touching, isn't it?

01:05:36.114 --> 01:05:40.834
To listen to the gentlemen
would distract me from my work.

01:05:50.504 --> 01:05:51.884
It's fresh soda.

01:05:56.385 --> 01:05:57.845
Would you be joining us?

01:05:58.220 --> 01:06:01.820
Thank you, but it's very late
and I have an early start.

01:06:02.349 --> 01:06:03.529
Good night.

01:06:03.893 --> 01:06:06.763
- Good night, Mr. Stevens.
- Good night, Miss Kenton.

01:06:10.649 --> 01:06:12.029
Good-looking woman.

01:06:17.782 --> 01:06:20.582
It was never the same
after she left Stanton Lacey.

01:06:21.077 --> 01:06:23.607
I handed in my own notice
six months later.

01:06:26.082 --> 01:06:27.842
I'd be lost without her.

01:06:31.045 --> 01:06:34.115
A first-rate housekeeper
is essential in a house like this...

01:06:34.632 --> 01:06:38.112
...where great affairs are decided
between these walls.

01:06:43.224 --> 01:06:45.064
- Good morning.
- My lord.

01:07:03.286 --> 01:07:07.276
<i>"We do the Jews no injustice when we
say that the revelation of Christ...</i>

01:07:07.833 --> 01:07:11.283
<i>...is something incomprehensible
and hateful to them.</i>

01:07:11.795 --> 01:07:14.135
<i>Though He apparently sprang
from their midst...</i>

01:07:14.590 --> 01:07:17.890
<i>...He embodies the negation of their
whole nature.</i>

01:07:18.427 --> 01:07:21.757
<i>The Jews are far more sensitive
about this than we are.</i>

01:07:22.306 --> 01:07:26.866
<i>This demonstration of the cleft that
separates us Europeans from the Jew...</i>

01:07:27.519 --> 01:07:30.359
<i>...is not given in order
to let religious prejudice...</i>

01:07:30.856 --> 01:07:33.266
<i>...with its dangerous bias,
settle the matter...</i>

01:07:33.734 --> 01:07:37.144
<i>...but because the perception of
two fundamentally different natures...</i>

01:07:37.696 --> 01:07:39.646
<i>...reveals a real gulf. "</i>

01:07:59.218 --> 01:08:02.238
We have some refugee girls
on the staff now, I believe.

01:08:02.764 --> 01:08:03.864
We do.

01:08:04.224 --> 01:08:06.434
Two housemaids, Elsa and Irma.

01:08:07.435 --> 01:08:09.575
You'll have to let them go,
I'm afraid.

01:08:12.107 --> 01:08:13.407
Let them go, my lord?

01:08:16.027 --> 01:08:18.897
It's regrettable,
but we have no choice.

01:08:19.823 --> 01:08:21.933
You must see the whole thing
in context.

01:08:22.367 --> 01:08:25.317
I have the well-being
of my guests to consider.

01:08:31.251 --> 01:08:32.631
May I say...

01:08:33.003 --> 01:08:34.763
...they work extremely well.

01:08:35.172 --> 01:08:37.812
They're intelligent, polite
and very clean.

01:08:38.300 --> 01:08:41.900
I'm sorry, but I've looked
into this matter very carefully.

01:08:42.471 --> 01:08:44.681
There are larger issues at stake.

01:08:45.349 --> 01:08:47.179
I'm sorry, but there it is.

01:08:49.728 --> 01:08:50.528
They're Jews.

01:08:55.025 --> 01:08:56.015
Yes, my lord.

01:09:01.365 --> 01:09:03.625
I'm amazed you can stand
there as if...

01:09:04.076 --> 01:09:07.636
...you were discussing orders
for the larder. I can't believe it!

01:09:08.164 --> 01:09:10.954
Elsa and Irma are to be dismissed
because they're Jewish?

01:09:11.459 --> 01:09:15.749
His Lordship has decided. There's
nothing for you and I to discuss.

01:09:16.380 --> 01:09:19.370
Without work, they could be
sent back to Germany.

01:09:19.884 --> 01:09:21.064
It is out of our hands.

01:09:21.427 --> 01:09:24.947
I tell you, if you dismiss my girls
tomorrow, it will be wrong!

01:09:25.515 --> 01:09:27.725
A sin, as any sin ever was one!

01:09:37.235 --> 01:09:40.915
There are many things you and I
don't understand in this world.

01:09:41.489 --> 01:09:45.359
His Lordship understands fully and has
studied the larger issues at stake...

01:09:45.910 --> 01:09:47.740
...concerning, say...

01:09:48.705 --> 01:09:50.505
...the nature of Jewry.

01:09:56.838 --> 01:09:58.438
I warn you...

01:09:59.257 --> 01:10:00.787
...if those girls go...

01:10:01.134 --> 01:10:02.934
...I shall leave this house.

01:10:08.183 --> 01:10:09.253
Please.

01:10:29.997 --> 01:10:32.487
These references,
I have to tell you...

01:10:32.917 --> 01:10:34.367
...are quite reserved.

01:10:35.711 --> 01:10:38.161
Why did you leave
your last employment?

01:10:38.714 --> 01:10:40.974
- They didn't want me anymore.
- Why not?

01:10:41.425 --> 01:10:42.915
I don't know.

01:10:43.636 --> 01:10:45.386
They just didn't want me anymore.

01:10:45.763 --> 01:10:47.253
They say she works well.

01:10:48.641 --> 01:10:50.131
Would you please wait outside?

01:10:58.735 --> 01:11:00.835
- She's unsuitable.
- Not at all. I want her.

01:11:01.279 --> 01:11:03.879
- She'll be under my supervision.
- She's not suitable.

01:11:04.365 --> 01:11:06.465
She'll do well. I'll see to it.

01:11:08.328 --> 01:11:12.198
Well, then, it is entirely
your responsibility.

01:11:14.417 --> 01:11:16.827
Weren't you leaving
because of the German girls?

01:11:19.089 --> 01:11:20.079
I'm not leaving.

01:11:21.925 --> 01:11:24.525
I've nowhere to go. I have no family.

01:11:25.595 --> 01:11:26.355
I'm a coward.

01:11:27.848 --> 01:11:29.568
Yes. I am a coward.

01:11:30.684 --> 01:11:33.014
I'm frightened of leaving,
and that's the truth.

01:11:34.771 --> 01:11:38.791
All I see out in the world
is loneliness, and it frightens me.

01:11:40.569 --> 01:11:43.439
That's all my high principles
are worth.

01:11:45.282 --> 01:11:46.882
I'm ashamed of myself.

01:11:57.378 --> 01:11:59.708
You mean a great deal to this house.

01:12:06.470 --> 01:12:09.300
You're extremely important
to this house.

01:12:13.603 --> 01:12:14.703
Am I?

01:12:21.944 --> 01:12:23.234
Now, look here...

01:12:23.561 --> 01:12:27.781
...if you're really sure about
this young woman, call her back in.

01:12:44.248 --> 01:12:46.938
Miss Hull, we would like you
to start next week.

01:12:47.512 --> 01:12:51.032
You're responsible to Miss Kenton.
She'll explain the house rules.

01:12:51.589 --> 01:12:54.889
Number one: no gentlemen callers,
or other such.

01:12:55.437 --> 01:12:57.037
- Yes, sir.
- Good.

01:12:57.429 --> 01:12:59.619
- Welcome.
- Thank you, sir.

01:13:00.015 --> 01:13:02.155
Well done.
I'll show you to your room.

01:13:58.199 --> 01:14:00.729
I'd forgotten how much petrol
the Daimler uses.

01:14:01.160 --> 01:14:05.370
It's an impractical motor to be
going about the country, Mister...

01:14:05.998 --> 01:14:09.448
Smith. Harry Smith. It's a privilege
to have you here in Moscombe.

01:14:10.003 --> 01:14:12.463
- It's a privilege to be here.
- Your health, sir.

01:14:12.922 --> 01:14:16.872
Dr. Carlisle usually drops in
around now. He'd enjoy meeting you.

01:14:17.427 --> 01:14:19.537
He's a gentleman like yourself.

01:14:19.929 --> 01:14:22.109
I don't know what you call
a gentleman.

01:14:22.557 --> 01:14:25.477
It's a name every man
in this country has a right to.

01:14:26.061 --> 01:14:29.471
There's Harry Smith now, giving
you an earful of his philosophy.

01:14:30.023 --> 01:14:31.203
We English...

01:14:31.566 --> 01:14:34.976
...have the advantage and privilege
of expressing our opinions...

01:14:35.529 --> 01:14:39.249
...and voting for Parliament.
That's what we fought Hitler for.

01:14:39.825 --> 01:14:42.395
Have you had much to do
with politics yourself?

01:14:44.079 --> 01:14:47.829
Not directly as such, no,
particularly in these days.

01:14:48.875 --> 01:14:52.595
Perhaps more so in the early 1930s
and just before the war.

01:14:53.297 --> 01:14:56.087
My concern was more
international affairs.

01:14:56.592 --> 01:14:59.052
Or foreign policy, so to speak.

01:15:01.180 --> 01:15:04.980
Not that I ever held high office,
mind you.

01:15:06.268 --> 01:15:10.148
No, any influence I exerted
was in an unofficial capacity.

01:15:10.731 --> 01:15:12.181
Excuse me, sir.

01:15:12.775 --> 01:15:14.535
Have you ever met Mr. Churchill?

01:15:16.028 --> 01:15:20.168
He came to the house occasionally.
Again, in the early 1930s.

01:15:20.783 --> 01:15:22.283
He was a bloody warmonger!

01:15:22.994 --> 01:15:26.794
Honestly, Harry! We wouldn't have won
the war without him.

01:15:27.373 --> 01:15:30.623
Not content to fight Germans,
he sent troops in against the miners.

01:15:31.169 --> 01:15:33.579
- What about the war?
- Yes, all right.

01:15:34.046 --> 01:15:36.686
He did well in the war,
but he should've stepped down.

01:15:37.175 --> 01:15:40.085
- And Mr. Eden?
- He made a right bugger of Suez!

01:15:40.595 --> 01:15:43.125
Yes, I met Mr. Eden.
Yes, occasionally.

01:15:43.598 --> 01:15:45.508
How do you do? Richard Carlisle.

01:15:45.934 --> 01:15:48.724
Rotten luck about your car,
but nice to have you.

01:15:49.229 --> 01:15:52.979
- Everyone has been most kind.
- He says he knows foreign affairs.

01:15:53.775 --> 01:15:55.305
Is that so, indeed?

01:15:55.735 --> 01:15:57.415
In an unofficial capacity.

01:15:57.988 --> 01:16:00.978
- He knows Mr. Churchill.
- And Mr. Eden.

01:16:01.992 --> 01:16:02.982
Really?

01:16:04.286 --> 01:16:08.426
Yes, well, it was my good fortune
to have consorted...

01:16:08.999 --> 01:16:12.799
...with many men of influence
from Europe and from America.

01:16:18.008 --> 01:16:19.108
Mr. Taylor...

01:16:19.468 --> 01:16:23.448
...I really feel I ought to retire now
because I'm feeling rather tired.

01:16:24.014 --> 01:16:25.924
No wonder, sir.
Running out of petrol...

01:16:26.350 --> 01:16:29.190
...then having to hear Smith's
political opinions.

01:16:30.104 --> 01:16:31.444
Just step this way, sir.

01:16:31.814 --> 01:16:35.414
I'm going to Stanbury in the
morning. I'll give you a lift...

01:16:35.985 --> 01:16:38.595
...and we could pick up
a can of petrol on the way.

01:16:39.071 --> 01:16:43.741
- I'd hate to inconvenience you.
- Not at all. Would 7:30 suit you?

01:16:44.410 --> 01:16:48.130
You'll enjoy talking to Dr. Carlisle.
Watch this step.

01:16:49.040 --> 01:16:49.990
Excuse Harry Smith.

01:16:50.333 --> 01:16:53.403
He will go on about his politics.
I don't mean he's not right.

01:16:53.920 --> 01:16:57.870
Democracy is why we fought Hitler, and
we lost a few lads in this village...

01:16:58.466 --> 01:16:59.886
...including our son here.

01:17:02.053 --> 01:17:03.393
Dunkirk.

01:17:06.140 --> 01:17:07.590
I'll get you a blanket.

01:17:08.309 --> 01:17:10.639
I've left a razor and soap
on the basin.

01:17:45.889 --> 01:17:48.069
Listen to the opinions
of your man in the street.

01:17:48.517 --> 01:17:51.007
They're perfectly entitled
to give an opinion...

01:17:51.478 --> 01:17:53.888
...on politics or whatever questions-

01:17:54.314 --> 01:17:56.224
They've got no qualifications!

01:17:56.608 --> 01:17:58.358
Of course they have!

01:18:00.779 --> 01:18:03.339
Mr. Spencer would like
a word with you.

01:18:04.408 --> 01:18:06.938
My good man,
I have a question for you.

01:18:08.954 --> 01:18:12.094
Do you suppose the debt situation
regarding America...

01:18:12.625 --> 01:18:15.765
...factors significantly in the
present low levels of trade?

01:18:16.295 --> 01:18:17.945
Or is this a red herring...

01:18:18.297 --> 01:18:22.507
...and the abandonment of the gold
standard is the cause of the problem?

01:18:24.637 --> 01:18:28.767
I'm sorry, sir, but I am unable
to be of assistance in this matter.

01:18:29.559 --> 01:18:30.699
Oh, dear.
What a pity.

01:18:31.060 --> 01:18:33.010
Perhaps you'd help us
on another matter.

01:18:34.939 --> 01:18:36.619
Do you think...

01:18:37.025 --> 01:18:40.895
...Europe's currency problem would be
alleviated by an arms agreement...

01:18:41.696 --> 01:18:43.726
...between the French
and the Bolsheviks?

01:18:45.825 --> 01:18:50.105
I'm sorry, sir, but I'm unable
to be of assistance in this matter.

01:18:51.915 --> 01:18:53.485
Very well, that'll be all.

01:18:53.875 --> 01:18:58.355
One moment, Darlington, I have another
question to put to our good man here.

01:18:58.964 --> 01:19:00.414
My good fellow...

01:19:01.216 --> 01:19:03.546
...do you share our opinion...

01:19:04.553 --> 01:19:07.843
...that M. Daladier's recent speech
on North Africa...

01:19:08.390 --> 01:19:09.680
...was simply a ruse...

01:19:10.058 --> 01:19:14.338
...to scupper the nationalist fringe
of his own domestic party?

01:19:15.314 --> 01:19:19.104
I'm sorry, sir. I am unable
to help in any of these matters.

01:19:19.693 --> 01:19:23.823
You see, our good man here is " unable
to assist us in these matters. "

01:19:24.448 --> 01:19:27.088
Yet we still go along
with the notion...

01:19:27.576 --> 01:19:30.786
...that this nation's decisions
be left to our good man here...

01:19:31.330 --> 01:19:33.010
...and a few millions like him.

01:19:33.874 --> 01:19:37.924
You may as well ask the Mothers'
Union to organize a war campaign.

01:19:41.382 --> 01:19:42.792
Thank you.
Thank you, sir.

01:19:46.220 --> 01:19:48.090
You certainly proved your point.

01:19:49.672 --> 01:19:51.862
- Q.E.D., I think.
- No, not at all!

01:19:52.310 --> 01:19:53.800
Oh, yes, he has!

01:19:59.317 --> 01:20:02.867
What did you make of the citizens
of Moscombe? Not a bad bunch.

01:20:03.394 --> 01:20:04.194
No, sir.

01:20:04.520 --> 01:20:07.470
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor
were extremely kind.

01:20:09.400 --> 01:20:13.690
I say, I hope you don't
think me very rude...

01:20:14.322 --> 01:20:17.012
...but you aren't a manservant
of some sort, are you?

01:20:19.911 --> 01:20:21.521
Yes, sir. I am, indeed.

01:20:22.830 --> 01:20:26.740
In fact, I'm the butler
of Darlington Hall, near Oxford.

01:20:27.627 --> 01:20:29.997
It wasn't my intention
to deceive anyone.

01:20:30.463 --> 01:20:32.833
Don't explain.
I can see how it happened.

01:20:34.008 --> 01:20:35.358
Darlington.

01:20:36.177 --> 01:20:38.287
Wasn't there a
Lord Darlington involved...

01:20:38.722 --> 01:20:41.522
...in that appeasement business
that got us into the war?

01:20:42.559 --> 01:20:44.899
Sorry, I never knew
that Lord Darlington.

01:20:45.312 --> 01:20:48.562
My employer's an American
gentleman, Mr. Lewis.

01:20:51.067 --> 01:20:55.667
Lord Darlington was among those who
tried to make a deal with Hitler.

01:20:56.281 --> 01:20:58.891
Then there was a case after the war...

01:20:59.368 --> 01:21:01.278
...where he sued a newspaper
for libel.

01:21:01.703 --> 01:21:04.543
<i>The Express, was it?
News Chronicle?</i>

01:21:05.040 --> 01:21:07.530
- I couldn't say, sir.
- Anyway, he lost.

01:21:09.086 --> 01:21:12.006
He was lucky, really, not to have
been tried for treason.

01:21:13.716 --> 01:21:14.866
There it is, just ahead.

01:21:31.275 --> 01:21:32.805
Sir, I must confess...

01:21:33.194 --> 01:21:35.564
...that I failed to tell
you the truth.

01:21:37.365 --> 01:21:41.775
I did know Lord Darlington, and I can
declare that he was a truly good man.

01:21:42.370 --> 01:21:44.170
A gentleman through and through...

01:21:44.831 --> 01:21:47.851
...to whom I'm proud to have given
my best years of service.

01:21:51.963 --> 01:21:55.143
That should get you
to the next petrol station.

01:21:57.135 --> 01:21:59.775
Thank you very much, sir.
I'm most grateful.

01:22:00.513 --> 01:22:01.963
But did you...

01:22:02.307 --> 01:22:03.487
...share his opinions?

01:22:03.850 --> 01:22:04.920
Who?

01:22:05.477 --> 01:22:06.397
Lord Darlington.

01:22:08.438 --> 01:22:10.848
I was his butler.
I was there to serve him...

01:22:11.316 --> 01:22:13.536
...not to agree or disagree.

01:22:14.069 --> 01:22:15.449
You trusted him.

01:22:16.279 --> 01:22:17.999
Yes, I did. Completely.

01:22:18.949 --> 01:22:23.669
But at the end of his life, he himself
admitted that he'd been... mistaken.

01:22:24.579 --> 01:22:28.449
That he'd been too gullible,
and he'd let himself be taken in.

01:22:29.001 --> 01:22:30.271
I see.

01:22:33.130 --> 01:22:35.500
Thank you, sir.
You've been most kind.

01:22:45.351 --> 01:22:50.061
Just keep going straight up here,
and turn left at the first crossroads.

01:22:51.065 --> 01:22:53.785
I say, I don't want to be a bore,
but I'm intrigued.

01:22:54.276 --> 01:22:56.186
Where do you stand on all that?

01:22:56.612 --> 01:22:59.982
If a mistake was to be made, wouldn't
you rather have made your own?

01:23:01.117 --> 01:23:03.067
Forgive me for being so inquisitive.

01:23:03.494 --> 01:23:04.794
Not at all, sir.

01:23:05.162 --> 01:23:07.952
In a very small way,
I did make my own mistake.

01:23:08.457 --> 01:23:10.907
But I might have a chance
to set mine right.

01:23:11.794 --> 01:23:14.814
In fact, I'm on my way
to try and do so now.

01:23:17.175 --> 01:23:18.665
Try the ignition.

01:23:22.430 --> 01:23:25.500
Thank you, sir.
I'm most grateful for your help.

01:23:26.643 --> 01:23:30.093
Good luck.
It's been interesting talking to you.

01:24:04.515 --> 01:24:05.275
Good morning.

01:24:05.599 --> 01:24:08.089
Lord Halifax was impressed
with the silver.

01:24:08.560 --> 01:24:12.120
I told him it was all your doing.
Sent his compliments. Well done.

01:24:17.319 --> 01:24:19.729
I've been meaning to ask you...

01:24:20.156 --> 01:24:23.256
That business last year
about the Jewish maids...

01:24:23.951 --> 01:24:26.441
...I suppose there's no way
of tracing them?

01:24:26.912 --> 01:24:30.712
That would be difficult. I tried
to get them a position in Surrey.

01:24:31.292 --> 01:24:34.852
There was room only for one,
and they didn't want to be separated.

01:24:35.796 --> 01:24:40.006
Well, try anyway. One would like
to do something for them.

01:24:40.760 --> 01:24:42.740
It was wrong, what occurred.

01:24:43.471 --> 01:24:46.301
I'm sorry about it. Very sorry.

01:24:48.977 --> 01:24:50.727
- Good morning.
- Good morning.

01:24:54.732 --> 01:24:56.412
He asked about the Jewish girls.

01:24:56.818 --> 01:24:59.578
- Elsa and Irma?
- He wondered where they were.

01:25:00.071 --> 01:25:02.101
He said it was wrong
to dismiss them.

01:25:02.490 --> 01:25:05.940
I remember you were
as distressed as I was about it.

01:25:06.494 --> 01:25:07.864
As you were?

01:25:08.747 --> 01:25:12.577
You thought it was right and proper
that they should be sent packing.

01:25:13.960 --> 01:25:16.060
Now, really, that is most unfair.

01:25:16.505 --> 01:25:18.645
Of course I was upset.
Very much so.

01:25:19.049 --> 01:25:20.879
I don't like that happening here.

01:25:21.301 --> 01:25:26.011
I wish you'd told me. It would've
helped me to know you felt as I did.

01:25:26.765 --> 01:25:29.675
Why do you always have to hide
what you feel?

01:25:36.025 --> 01:25:38.935
Have you finished the lavender bags?
Good.

01:25:39.653 --> 01:25:40.723
All right.

01:25:54.085 --> 01:25:56.115
I take my hat off to you.

01:25:56.504 --> 01:26:00.134
That girl's come along very well.
You were right and I was wrong.

01:26:02.426 --> 01:26:05.366
- Look at that smile on your face.
- What smile?

01:26:07.348 --> 01:26:09.328
That tells a story in itself.

01:26:09.767 --> 01:26:11.257
Wouldn't you say so?

01:26:12.228 --> 01:26:14.258
What story's that?

01:26:14.647 --> 01:26:16.747
She's a pretty girl, don't you think?

01:26:17.150 --> 01:26:18.220
Is she?

01:26:18.902 --> 01:26:22.422
You don't like pretty girls
on the staff. I've noticed.

01:26:23.615 --> 01:26:27.565
Might it be that our Mr. Stevens
fears distraction?

01:26:28.453 --> 01:26:33.013
Can it be that Mr. Stevens is flesh
and blood and cannot trust himself?

01:26:34.042 --> 01:26:36.062
You know what I'm doing?

01:26:36.503 --> 01:26:39.593
I'm placing my thoughts elsewhere
while you chatter away.

01:26:40.090 --> 01:26:42.190
Why is that guilty smile
still on your face?

01:26:42.634 --> 01:26:46.424
Not guilty, simply amused
by the nonsense you sometimes talk.

01:26:47.014 --> 01:26:50.154
It is a guilty smile.
You can't bear to look at her.

01:26:50.684 --> 01:26:53.044
You didn't want her.
She was too pretty.

01:26:53.520 --> 01:26:55.010
You must be right.

01:26:55.387 --> 01:26:56.807
You always are.

01:27:07.232 --> 01:27:08.072
Charlie!

01:27:22.664 --> 01:27:25.924
Lizzie, aren't you supposed to be
turning down the beds?

01:27:26.460 --> 01:27:28.800
Well, you better get on with it, then.

01:27:35.219 --> 01:27:38.059
Have you told her yet?
You better get on with it, then.

01:27:38.556 --> 01:27:40.816
What can I say to her?
She'd never understand.

01:27:41.267 --> 01:27:44.367
- Why not?
- She's old. She must be at least 30.

01:27:44.895 --> 01:27:46.395
Perhaps she doesn't feel old.

01:27:46.772 --> 01:27:50.152
Who do you think those flowers
are for she's been picking?

01:27:50.735 --> 01:27:53.035
Come here. Give us a kiss.

01:28:05.333 --> 01:28:06.333
Flowers.

01:28:08.044 --> 01:28:08.994
Flowers.

01:28:10.672 --> 01:28:12.172
You're reading.

01:28:12.549 --> 01:28:14.229
It's very dim. Can you see?

01:28:14.634 --> 01:28:15.864
Yes, thank you.

01:28:18.596 --> 01:28:20.016
What are you reading?

01:28:20.682 --> 01:28:21.682
A book.

01:28:22.976 --> 01:28:24.356
Yes, but what sort of book?

01:28:24.728 --> 01:28:27.368
It's a book, Miss Kenton.
A book.

01:28:30.817 --> 01:28:32.237
What's the book?

01:28:35.155 --> 01:28:36.955
Are you shy about your book?

01:28:37.783 --> 01:28:38.963
What is it?

01:28:42.162 --> 01:28:43.342
Is it racy?

01:28:43.830 --> 01:28:44.780
Racy?

01:28:46.333 --> 01:28:48.473
Are you reading a racy book?

01:28:50.671 --> 01:28:54.001
Do you think racy books are to be
found in His Lordship's shelves?

01:28:54.550 --> 01:28:55.930
How would I know?

01:28:57.261 --> 01:28:58.531
What is it?

01:28:59.847 --> 01:29:02.137
Let me see it.
Let me see your book.

01:29:04.393 --> 01:29:05.963
Please leave me alone.

01:29:06.353 --> 01:29:08.413
Why won't you show me your book?

01:29:08.856 --> 01:29:11.196
This is my private time.
You're invading it.

01:29:11.651 --> 01:29:13.031
Is that so?

01:29:13.527 --> 01:29:15.817
I'm invading your private time,
am I?

01:29:17.531 --> 01:29:19.101
What's in that book?

01:29:19.450 --> 01:29:21.330
Come on, let me see.

01:29:22.954 --> 01:29:25.594
Or are you protecting me?
Is that what you're doing?

01:29:26.958 --> 01:29:28.568
Would I be shocked?

01:29:30.545 --> 01:29:32.535
Would it ruin my character?

01:29:35.758 --> 01:29:37.208
Let me see it.

01:30:03.245 --> 01:30:04.425
Oh, dear.

01:30:05.789 --> 01:30:07.359
It's not scandalous at all.

01:30:07.749 --> 01:30:10.539
It's just a sentimental
old love story.

01:30:22.473 --> 01:30:24.233
I read these books...

01:30:24.725 --> 01:30:26.175
...any books...

01:30:26.852 --> 01:30:30.572
...to develop my command and knowledge
of the English language.

01:30:31.106 --> 01:30:34.476
I read to further my education,
Miss Kenton.

01:30:39.240 --> 01:30:41.530
I really must ask you, please...

01:30:42.827 --> 01:30:46.157
...not to disturb the few moments
I have to myself.

01:31:14.484 --> 01:31:15.554
Come in.

01:31:22.492 --> 01:31:23.632
What is it?

01:31:24.327 --> 01:31:26.737
I'm wanting to give you
my notice, please.

01:31:30.667 --> 01:31:31.507
Why?

01:31:33.378 --> 01:31:35.328
Charlie and me, we're getting married.

01:31:38.300 --> 01:31:40.280
Have you thought about this carefully?

01:31:40.761 --> 01:31:42.711
Yes, Miss Kenton, I have.

01:31:44.431 --> 01:31:48.761
You've been getting on well here and
could have a fine career before you.

01:31:49.561 --> 01:31:52.051
Charlie and me's getting married.

01:31:52.731 --> 01:31:53.491
Charlie and I.

01:31:53.816 --> 01:31:56.226
I wish I knew what to say to you.

01:31:56.944 --> 01:31:59.204
I've seen this happen so many times.

01:31:59.655 --> 01:32:03.375
A young girl rushing into marriage
only to be disappointed in the end.

01:32:03.909 --> 01:32:04.979
What about money?

01:32:07.121 --> 01:32:08.301
We don't have any.

01:32:09.749 --> 01:32:10.819
But who cares?

01:32:12.084 --> 01:32:15.684
You'll find it's not easy
to live poor.

01:32:17.256 --> 01:32:18.856
We have each other.

01:32:19.967 --> 01:32:21.917
That's all anyone can ever need.

01:32:28.226 --> 01:32:29.446
Very well.

01:32:30.395 --> 01:32:31.735
If you're so sure.

01:32:33.815 --> 01:32:34.915
Thank you.

01:32:41.364 --> 01:32:42.544
Good luck.

01:32:55.629 --> 01:32:57.609
We did all we could for them.

01:32:58.423 --> 01:32:59.723
I told him...

01:33:00.550 --> 01:33:03.770
...I had my eye on him
as a possible under-butler...

01:33:04.304 --> 01:33:06.174
...in a year or so.

01:33:08.058 --> 01:33:10.308
But, no, Mr. Charlie knows best.

01:33:13.272 --> 01:33:15.332
She's sure to be let down.

01:33:19.028 --> 01:33:20.598
No use crying over spilt milk.

01:33:20.988 --> 01:33:24.198
Besides, we have far more
important matters to discuss.

01:33:24.742 --> 01:33:28.142
- Next week's meeting. Now-
- Must we discuss it tonight?

01:33:28.704 --> 01:33:29.694
Sorry?

01:33:32.208 --> 01:33:35.038
I'm tired.

01:33:36.337 --> 01:33:39.167
I've had a busy day.
Don't you realize that?

01:33:40.591 --> 01:33:42.111
I'm very tired.

01:33:42.635 --> 01:33:44.655
I'm very, very tired.

01:33:45.054 --> 01:33:46.654
Don't you understand?

01:33:55.815 --> 01:33:58.455
I owe you an apology.
I thought...

01:33:58.943 --> 01:34:01.853
...these quiet evening talks
were useful to our work.

01:34:02.353 --> 01:34:04.813
But now I see that they're
a burden to you.

01:34:05.283 --> 01:34:07.613
I was only saying I was tired tonight.

01:34:08.078 --> 01:34:09.338
No, no. You're right.

01:34:10.987 --> 01:34:13.527
Our meetings are a burden
after a long day.

01:34:14.167 --> 01:34:16.957
Perhaps we'd better discontinue them.

01:34:17.504 --> 01:34:19.714
They're useful.
It was only tonight.

01:34:20.132 --> 01:34:21.652
I thank you for the cocoa.

01:34:21.998 --> 01:34:25.098
In the future, we shall communicate
only during the day.

01:34:25.627 --> 01:34:27.767
If necessary, by written message.

01:34:28.838 --> 01:34:30.598
I wish you a very good night.

01:34:35.220 --> 01:34:37.590
I shall be taking my day off tomorrow.

01:34:39.307 --> 01:34:41.147
I'll be back in the house by 9:30.

01:34:42.321 --> 01:34:43.341
Certainly.

01:34:43.895 --> 01:34:45.165
Certainly.

01:34:45.647 --> 01:34:46.827
Good night.

01:35:22.893 --> 01:35:25.183
I'm glad to be out of it,
I can tell you.

01:35:25.646 --> 01:35:28.976
There was something about Sir Geoffrey
and his Black Shirts...

01:35:29.734 --> 01:35:31.234
...gave me the creeps.

01:35:32.028 --> 01:35:34.218
Mr. Stevens says we should
run the house...

01:35:34.655 --> 01:35:37.065
...and leave the rest
where it belongs.

01:35:39.160 --> 01:35:40.920
You don't agree, Mr. Benn.

01:35:43.581 --> 01:35:44.961
Nor do I, really.

01:35:46.251 --> 01:35:49.731
If I don't like something,
I want to say "stuff it"...

01:35:50.296 --> 01:35:52.756
...if you'll pardon the expression,
Miss Kenton.

01:35:53.216 --> 01:35:57.326
But then I suppose I'm not
a real professional, like Mr. Stevens.

01:36:00.348 --> 01:36:02.338
It's Mr. Stevens' whole life.

01:36:03.810 --> 01:36:05.340
Well, it's not mine.

01:36:05.729 --> 01:36:07.569
And to tell you the truth...

01:36:07.981 --> 01:36:10.241
...I don't want to go back in service.

01:36:11.234 --> 01:36:14.684
- What would you do instead, Mr. Benn?
- Tom's the name.

01:36:17.491 --> 01:36:18.641
Tom.

01:36:20.327 --> 01:36:22.207
What employment would you take up?

01:36:22.955 --> 01:36:25.295
I'd really like to be on my own.

01:36:25.749 --> 01:36:29.929
Start a little shop somewhere,
newspapers and tobacco.

01:36:30.546 --> 01:36:34.426
Or a boarding house in the
west country, where I come from.

01:36:35.009 --> 01:36:37.579
Clevedon's a good place for
a boarding house.

01:36:38.053 --> 01:36:39.853
Would I get you another shandy?

01:36:41.348 --> 01:36:43.408
Well, it's almost 9:30...

01:36:43.809 --> 01:36:45.189
Go on!

01:36:45.561 --> 01:36:47.091
It's your day off, isn't it?

01:36:47.438 --> 01:36:49.968
You're not in the army,
due back in the barracks.

01:36:50.441 --> 01:36:52.011
- All right, then.
- Good.

01:36:54.737 --> 01:36:56.117
Half a shandy, please.

01:37:12.005 --> 01:37:14.115
What about yourself, then, Sarah?

01:37:14.549 --> 01:37:16.379
That's a serious sort of a name.

01:37:16.801 --> 01:37:18.911
They called me Sally
when my mum was alive.

01:37:19.345 --> 01:37:20.945
Sally. That's nice.

01:37:25.810 --> 01:37:28.600
Is it your intention
to remain in service?

01:37:29.064 --> 01:37:31.474
It's a good profession,
when you have a position.

01:37:31.942 --> 01:37:35.422
- Mr. Stevens says we're fortunate-
- We're not talking about him.

01:37:35.987 --> 01:37:37.937
We're talking about you.

01:37:38.657 --> 01:37:40.187
Supposing...

01:37:40.534 --> 01:37:45.124
...someone asked if you'd like to come
in on a boarding house by the sea?

01:37:45.789 --> 01:37:47.129
What would you say?

01:37:48.834 --> 01:37:50.214
Well, I don't know.

01:37:50.544 --> 01:37:54.024
It's a theoretical question,
so I haven't given it any thought...

01:37:54.590 --> 01:37:56.420
- ... Mr. Benn.
- Tom.

01:37:57.259 --> 01:38:00.399
Supposing it wasn't theoretical...

01:38:01.680 --> 01:38:02.550
...Sally?

01:38:04.892 --> 01:38:07.802
It's been years since I've been
called that. It feels funny.

01:38:08.270 --> 01:38:09.490
Nice, though?

01:38:37.342 --> 01:38:38.642
It's very late.

01:39:23.639 --> 01:39:25.319
Will there be anything else?

01:39:25.724 --> 01:39:26.674
What?

01:39:31.563 --> 01:39:34.583
- Thank you. Good night.
- Good night, my lord.

01:39:50.249 --> 01:39:51.429
Mr. Cardinal, good evening.

01:39:51.792 --> 01:39:53.282
- How are you?
- Very well.

01:39:53.669 --> 01:39:56.459
- Delighted. And your wife?
- Very well too, sir.

01:39:58.049 --> 01:39:59.689
- How are you?
- Very well, sir.

01:40:00.051 --> 01:40:03.421
I've gone and got myself in a bit
of a mess with arrangements.

01:40:03.972 --> 01:40:05.652
Would His Lordship put me up?

01:40:06.057 --> 01:40:07.807
I'll tell him you're here.

01:40:08.560 --> 01:40:10.310
I hope there's nothing special tonight.

01:40:10.687 --> 01:40:13.097
His Lordship expects
some gentlemen after dinner.

01:40:13.523 --> 01:40:17.273
I'll keep my head down, then.
I've got to write my column anyway.

01:40:17.861 --> 01:40:20.961
- You're in time for dinner, if you like.
- I hoped I would be.

01:40:21.489 --> 01:40:23.289
How is my godfather? Fit?

01:40:23.700 --> 01:40:25.570
Very well. Some refreshment?

01:40:25.994 --> 01:40:28.254
Thank you.
Some whisky would be lovely.

01:40:28.705 --> 01:40:32.255
- Who's he expecting tonight?
- I am unable to help you there.

01:40:32.793 --> 01:40:33.743
What, no idea?

01:40:34.044 --> 01:40:35.794
No idea at all, sir.

01:40:37.255 --> 01:40:41.125
- I'll keep my head down all the same.
- I think it's a good idea, sir.

01:40:44.221 --> 01:40:45.241
Come in.

01:40:49.810 --> 01:40:52.750
Mr. Cardinal has just arrived,
out of the blue.

01:40:53.272 --> 01:40:55.102
He'll expect his usual room.

01:40:56.442 --> 01:40:59.152
- I'll see to it before I leave.
- You're going out?

01:40:59.612 --> 01:41:00.552
I am indeed.

01:41:00.905 --> 01:41:01.745
It's Thursday.

01:41:02.239 --> 01:41:04.369
Of course. I'd forgotten. Sorry.

01:41:04.825 --> 01:41:06.275
Is something the matter?

01:41:09.246 --> 01:41:12.106
Some visitors are arriving,
but it doesn't involve you.

01:41:12.708 --> 01:41:15.498
We agreed that Thursday
is my day off...

01:41:15.993 --> 01:41:18.183
...but if you need me urgently-

01:41:18.631 --> 01:41:20.841
No, it's perfectly all right.
Thank you.

01:41:25.221 --> 01:41:27.021
I have something to tell you.

01:41:29.642 --> 01:41:30.552
My friend...

01:41:32.478 --> 01:41:34.608
...the man I'm meeting, Mr. Benn.

01:41:35.398 --> 01:41:37.298
Mr. Benn. Of course. Yes.

01:41:41.936 --> 01:41:44.196
He has asked me to marry him.

01:41:48.568 --> 01:41:50.098
I am thinking about it.

01:41:50.914 --> 01:41:52.134
I see.

01:41:53.990 --> 01:41:56.250
He's moving to the west country
next month.

01:42:04.000 --> 01:42:06.030
I'm still thinking about it.

01:42:07.587 --> 01:42:10.277
I thought you should be informed
of the situation.

01:42:14.386 --> 01:42:15.566
Yes, thank you.

01:42:16.721 --> 01:42:18.021
That's most kind of you.

01:42:24.104 --> 01:42:27.094
I trust you'll have
a most pleasant evening.

01:42:41.497 --> 01:42:43.457
Is there something special tonight?

01:42:45.167 --> 01:42:46.667
Are your visitors special?

01:42:48.462 --> 01:42:51.262
Can't tell you, my boy.
Strictly confidential.

01:42:51.966 --> 01:42:54.656
- So I can't sit in on it?
- On what?

01:42:55.344 --> 01:42:58.564
- Whatever it is that's taking place.
- Absolutely not.

01:42:59.765 --> 01:43:02.945
Can't have someone like you sticking
your nose in. A journalist.

01:43:03.477 --> 01:43:05.537
What do you call it, a " newshound"?

01:43:06.355 --> 01:43:07.965
No, it wouldn't do at all.

01:43:08.816 --> 01:43:11.996
Once you've had your food,
you'd better make yourself scarce.

01:43:13.696 --> 01:43:15.756
It sounds pretty special to me.

01:43:46.188 --> 01:43:48.018
Good evening, prime minister.

01:43:48.440 --> 01:43:50.430
- Sorry, we've been delayed.
- I understand.

01:43:50.859 --> 01:43:52.039
Lord Halifax.

01:43:53.153 --> 01:43:55.793
- Very nice to see you.
- This is Mr. Fraser.

01:44:08.043 --> 01:44:09.723
Good evening, Your Excellency.

01:44:15.843 --> 01:44:19.293
Please wait here, Your Excellency.
I'll inform His Lordship.

01:45:10.440 --> 01:45:13.920
We don't intend to involve
the whole British Empire in a war...

01:45:14.486 --> 01:45:17.886
...simply because of a quarrel
in a faraway country...

01:45:18.448 --> 01:45:21.748
...between people of whom
we know nothing.

01:45:22.536 --> 01:45:24.866
To my mind, the whole
of Czechoslovakia...

01:45:25.330 --> 01:45:27.740
...isn't worth a single
one of our own young men.

01:45:28.166 --> 01:45:30.576
We have a small, noisy
and corrupt war group here...

01:45:31.044 --> 01:45:35.684
...who don't realize that you Germans
are marching into your own back yard.

01:45:38.010 --> 01:45:41.760
<i>The Führer is a man of peace
to the depth of his soul...</i>

01:45:43.015 --> 01:45:45.855
...but he won't allow
a small second-rate country...

01:45:46.352 --> 01:45:49.952
...to thumb its nose
at the 1000-year German Reich.

01:46:05.580 --> 01:46:06.490
I'll get it.

01:46:08.166 --> 01:46:09.386
Come on, wake up!

01:46:10.376 --> 01:46:11.286
Stay awake!

01:46:19.344 --> 01:46:22.444
Could you confirm that this lady
is on the staff here?

01:46:22.972 --> 01:46:25.732
Yes, of course.
She's the housekeeper.

01:46:26.226 --> 01:46:27.326
Thank you, sir.

01:46:28.603 --> 01:46:29.443
- May I?
- Of course.

01:46:29.771 --> 01:46:31.071
Sorry to have alarmed you.

01:46:31.439 --> 01:46:33.389
Just security, miss.

01:46:38.697 --> 01:46:40.837
I trust you've had a pleasant evening.

01:46:44.286 --> 01:46:46.816
Well, did you have a pleasant evening?

01:46:47.289 --> 01:46:48.739
- Yes, thank you.
- Good.

01:46:49.082 --> 01:46:51.802
Would you like to know
what took place?

01:46:53.253 --> 01:46:55.163
I have to return upstairs.

01:46:55.547 --> 01:46:58.537
There are important events
taking place tonight.

01:47:00.928 --> 01:47:02.268
When are there not?

01:47:06.058 --> 01:47:08.268
I accepted his proposal.

01:47:09.728 --> 01:47:12.088
I accepted Mr. Benn's proposal
of marriage.

01:47:13.274 --> 01:47:14.264
My congratulations.

01:47:14.608 --> 01:47:16.438
I am prepared to serve out my notice.

01:47:16.902 --> 01:47:20.072
But if you'd release me earlier,
I'd be grateful.

01:47:20.656 --> 01:47:24.096
Mr. Benn is planning to leave
for the west country in two weeks.

01:47:24.910 --> 01:47:26.280
I'll do my best.

01:47:27.288 --> 01:47:28.808
Now, please excuse me.

01:47:36.005 --> 01:47:40.215
After all the years I have been here,
you have nothing else to say?

01:47:42.553 --> 01:47:45.343
You have my warmest congratulations.

01:47:48.810 --> 01:47:51.340
You've been a very important figure...

01:47:51.813 --> 01:47:53.303
...for Mr. Benn and me.

01:47:54.566 --> 01:47:56.086
Oh, in what way?

01:47:56.901 --> 01:47:59.541
I tell him all sorts
of things about you.

01:48:00.238 --> 01:48:03.218
I tell him stories about you.
About your habits.

01:48:04.618 --> 01:48:06.218
About your mannerisms.

01:48:06.620 --> 01:48:09.530
He finds it very funny,
especially when I show him how...

01:48:10.081 --> 01:48:12.911
...you pinch your nose
when you put pepper on your food.

01:48:13.418 --> 01:48:15.778
That always has us in stitches.

01:48:21.510 --> 01:48:23.110
Does it, indeed?

01:48:28.225 --> 01:48:29.485
Well, please...

01:48:30.060 --> 01:48:31.890
...excuse me, Miss Kenton.

01:48:33.230 --> 01:48:34.140
Good night.

01:48:57.964 --> 01:48:58.954
Thanks.

01:49:03.386 --> 01:49:05.406
We've been friends a long time,
haven't we?

01:49:07.004 --> 01:49:09.764
I always look forward to a chat
when I come here.

01:49:10.341 --> 01:49:12.561
Would you care to join me in a drink?

01:49:13.146 --> 01:49:15.126
That's most kind of you,
but no, thank you.

01:49:15.554 --> 01:49:16.784
You all right?

01:49:17.098 --> 01:49:18.328
I'm perfectly all right.

01:49:18.683 --> 01:49:20.593
Not feeling unwell, are you?

01:49:22.103 --> 01:49:23.373
A little tired, perhaps.

01:49:23.688 --> 01:49:26.298
I bet you're tired.
What is it, about 1:00?

01:49:26.774 --> 01:49:27.844
Come on.

01:49:28.484 --> 01:49:29.784
I want you to sit down.

01:49:30.278 --> 01:49:31.578
Well, sir, I really-

01:49:39.454 --> 01:49:41.104
I didn't come here by accident.

01:49:41.498 --> 01:49:42.608
You know that.

01:49:43.917 --> 01:49:45.447
I had a tip-off, you see...

01:49:45.794 --> 01:49:48.864
...about what's going on now
in the library.

01:49:51.424 --> 01:49:53.684
I wish you'd sit down.
I'm your friend...

01:49:54.135 --> 01:49:57.615
...and you're holding that tray
as if you're about to wander off!

01:49:58.181 --> 01:50:00.021
Now, come on.
Sit down, damn it!

01:50:03.311 --> 01:50:04.381
That's better.

01:50:06.106 --> 01:50:10.316
Now, look, I don't suppose the prime
minister is in the library, is he?

01:50:11.194 --> 01:50:12.494
Prime minister, sir?

01:50:13.822 --> 01:50:15.962
In the library-
You don't have to confirm it-

01:50:16.366 --> 01:50:20.356
- are our prime minister, our foreign
secretary and the German ambassador.

01:50:21.789 --> 01:50:24.659
- Any idea what they're talking about?
- I'm afraid not.

01:50:25.167 --> 01:50:27.627
Tell me, Stevens,
don't you care at all?

01:50:28.087 --> 01:50:30.077
Aren't you in the least bit curious?

01:50:30.631 --> 01:50:33.271
It's not my place to be curious
about such matters.

01:50:33.759 --> 01:50:35.209
Not your place.

01:50:35.970 --> 01:50:38.110
And supposing I told you
that His Lordship...

01:50:38.556 --> 01:50:40.666
...is trying to persuade
the prime minister...

01:50:41.058 --> 01:50:44.308
...to enter into a pact with that
bunch of criminals in Berlin?

01:50:44.937 --> 01:50:48.577
I'm certain His Lordship is acting
from the highest and noblest motives.

01:50:49.150 --> 01:50:52.370
Don't you see? That's exactly
what makes it so abominable!

01:50:52.862 --> 01:50:56.692
Twisting these high and noble
motives to their own foul ends!

01:50:57.241 --> 01:51:00.491
You do, please, realize
that His Lordship's been the most...

01:51:01.037 --> 01:51:04.257
...valuable pawn that the Nazis
have in this country...

01:51:04.791 --> 01:51:07.401
...precisely because he is good
and honourable?

01:51:08.253 --> 01:51:10.973
If I weren't so drunk,
I could make you understand!

01:51:12.298 --> 01:51:13.168
Sir...

01:51:13.883 --> 01:51:15.383
...I do understand.

01:51:16.594 --> 01:51:19.354
His Lordship is working
to ensure peace in our time.

01:51:19.848 --> 01:51:22.638
Peace in our time
on their beastly terms!

01:51:23.143 --> 01:51:25.603
Remember that American here
at the conference?

01:51:26.021 --> 01:51:28.811
Called Lord Darlington an amateur,
out of his depth?

01:51:29.316 --> 01:51:30.416
Well, he was right.

01:51:30.776 --> 01:51:32.116
He was dead right.

01:51:32.944 --> 01:51:36.344
I hardly have to tell you
how I feel towards His Lordship.

01:51:36.907 --> 01:51:40.127
I care about him deeply,
and I know you do too.

01:51:40.619 --> 01:51:41.649
Yes, I do indeed.

01:51:41.995 --> 01:51:45.295
Then aren't you desperate
to see him make this mistake?

01:51:45.999 --> 01:51:50.709
He's being tricked! Don't you see?
Or are you as deluded as he is?

01:51:52.715 --> 01:51:54.705
Oh, dear. Now I've probably
offended you.

01:51:55.676 --> 01:51:56.976
No. Not at all, sir.

01:51:58.304 --> 01:51:59.404
Not at all.

01:52:05.186 --> 01:52:06.366
You must excuse me.

01:52:07.521 --> 01:52:10.771
There are other gentlemen
calling for me, sir.

01:52:41.181 --> 01:52:44.981
You mustn't take anything
I said to heart.

01:52:46.811 --> 01:52:49.371
I was very foolish a little while ago.

01:52:53.902 --> 01:52:56.082
I haven't taken anything
you said to heart.

01:52:56.488 --> 01:53:00.618
In fact, I can hardly recall
anything you did say.

01:53:01.368 --> 01:53:03.088
I was just being very foolish.

01:53:04.037 --> 01:53:08.517
I simply haven't time to stand here
with you, engaging in idle talk.

01:53:10.794 --> 01:53:13.434
I suggest you go to bed now.
You must be very tired.

01:53:13.922 --> 01:53:15.182
Good night.

01:53:57.884 --> 01:53:59.304
Oh, damn it!

01:53:59.761 --> 01:54:00.671
Blast!

01:55:13.961 --> 01:55:16.061
I'd been wanting to tell you...

01:55:17.381 --> 01:55:20.931
It's the small alcove outside
the breakfast room.

01:55:22.178 --> 01:55:24.048
It's the new girl, of course...

01:55:25.306 --> 01:55:28.556
...but I find it has not
been dusted in some time.

01:55:32.522 --> 01:55:34.652
I'll see to it.

01:55:35.483 --> 01:55:36.503
Thank you.

01:55:37.360 --> 01:55:39.920
I knew you would have wanted
to be informed.

01:57:28.630 --> 01:57:29.630
Hello, Sally.

01:57:29.923 --> 01:57:30.953
Hi, Tom.

01:57:32.092 --> 01:57:33.362
You all right, then?

01:57:33.843 --> 01:57:35.023
How are you?

01:57:35.345 --> 01:57:36.415
I'm good.

01:57:39.975 --> 01:57:42.845
Could we talk for a moment, please?
Just for a moment.

01:57:43.353 --> 01:57:45.493
We'll have to be quick
because I'm going out.

01:57:45.939 --> 01:57:47.319
It won't take long.

01:57:48.775 --> 01:57:51.185
All right, then.
We'll have to go into the lounge.

01:57:56.867 --> 01:57:57.817
Afternoon.

01:58:03.874 --> 01:58:05.704
Nice little place, isn't it?

01:58:06.585 --> 01:58:10.115
The sort of quiet little
boarding house I had in mind for us.

01:58:12.466 --> 01:58:15.566
Like other things, it didn't work out.

01:58:16.095 --> 01:58:17.975
What did you want to say?

01:58:20.182 --> 01:58:23.742
I saw Catherine yesterday.
She had some interesting news.

01:58:26.105 --> 01:58:27.095
She's expecting.

01:58:27.440 --> 01:58:28.310
Oh, my goodness!

01:58:33.988 --> 01:58:36.448
She wants us both over
for tea on Sunday.

01:58:38.951 --> 01:58:40.671
I could come and get you.

01:58:42.246 --> 01:58:44.236
We could go together on the bus.

01:58:45.458 --> 01:58:47.258
Yes, well, we'll see about that.

01:58:50.672 --> 01:58:52.582
House is that empty without you.

01:58:55.218 --> 01:58:56.518
I can't tell you.

01:59:00.432 --> 01:59:01.962
You cut yourself shaving.

01:59:02.601 --> 01:59:03.901
Oh, yeah. I know.

01:59:04.644 --> 01:59:06.634
Can't seem to do anything right
these days.

01:59:16.156 --> 01:59:18.796
<i>I so often think
of the good old days...</i>

01:59:19.284 --> 01:59:21.574
<i>...when I was housekeeper
at Darlington Hall.</i>

01:59:21.995 --> 01:59:24.985
<i>Those years with you
were the happiest of my life.</i>

01:59:25.499 --> 01:59:26.949
Would you like more tea?

01:59:28.001 --> 01:59:29.421
Yes, please. Thank you.

01:59:30.254 --> 01:59:32.084
Miss Kenton.
I'm sorry, Mrs. Benn.

01:59:32.506 --> 01:59:35.066
- Sorry, I was delayed.
- That's all right.

01:59:35.551 --> 01:59:36.391
Please sit down.

01:59:39.597 --> 01:59:41.967
- I've ordered some fresh tea.
- Lovely.

01:59:42.391 --> 01:59:44.191
Would you like some cake?

01:59:44.602 --> 01:59:47.132
- Sure?
- All right. It's a special occasion.

01:59:47.563 --> 01:59:48.323
Good.

01:59:49.190 --> 01:59:50.140
Waitress?

01:59:51.400 --> 01:59:53.960
- Could we have some cake?
- Yes, of course.

01:59:57.114 --> 01:59:58.794
- It's been a long time.
- Yes, indeed.

01:59:59.200 --> 02:00:00.770
You haven't changed at all.

02:00:02.954 --> 02:00:04.404
A little, perhaps.

02:00:04.747 --> 02:00:06.277
We've all changed, I think.

02:00:06.624 --> 02:00:08.384
I'd have known you anywhere.

02:00:14.090 --> 02:00:16.000
How long's it been?
Twenty years?

02:00:16.426 --> 02:00:17.796
Yes, just over, I think.

02:00:18.678 --> 02:00:20.398
The tea should be along.

02:00:43.120 --> 02:00:45.070
We read about the suit for libel.

02:00:45.497 --> 02:00:47.027
It's a shame...

02:00:47.833 --> 02:00:51.313
...calling His Lordship a traitor.
Those papers will print anything.

02:00:51.879 --> 02:00:53.789
They should have lost the case.

02:00:55.340 --> 02:00:57.290
When His Lordship went to court...

02:00:57.718 --> 02:01:00.588
...he sincerely expected
he would get justice.

02:01:02.389 --> 02:01:05.299
Instead, the newspaper increased
its circulation, and His Lordship's...

02:01:05.809 --> 02:01:07.909
...good name was destroyed forever.

02:01:10.231 --> 02:01:12.441
Afterwards, in his last years, well...

02:01:13.359 --> 02:01:15.419
...quite honestly, Mrs. Benn...

02:01:16.487 --> 02:01:17.557
...his heart was broken.

02:01:18.531 --> 02:01:22.891
I'd take him tea in the library,
and he'd be sitting there...

02:01:23.536 --> 02:01:26.676
...and he wouldn't even see me,
so deep was he in his own thoughts.

02:01:29.792 --> 02:01:33.582
And he'd be talking to himself,
as though he was arguing with someone.

02:01:34.213 --> 02:01:36.163
There was no one, of course.

02:01:37.050 --> 02:01:38.730
No one came to see him anymore.

02:01:40.053 --> 02:01:43.653
What about his godson,
young Mr. Cardinal?

02:01:44.182 --> 02:01:46.442
Mr. Cardinal was killed in the war.
Waitress.

02:01:46.893 --> 02:01:48.493
May I have my bill, please?

02:01:51.106 --> 02:01:52.366
I'm very sorry.

02:02:02.075 --> 02:02:05.365
I know you remember Darlington Hall
in its best days...

02:02:05.912 --> 02:02:09.862
...and that's how His Lordship
deserves to be remembered.

02:02:10.417 --> 02:02:13.557
But perhaps the good days are back,
now that Mr. Lewis is here...

02:02:14.087 --> 02:02:15.997
...and Mrs. Lewis is arriving shortly.

02:02:16.423 --> 02:02:19.063
Very fortunate to have you
running the house.

02:02:19.551 --> 02:02:23.801
We still have problems, Miss Kenton.
I'm sorry. Mrs. Benn.

02:02:24.390 --> 02:02:28.440
- We still have staff problems.
- You mentioned it in your letter.

02:02:30.521 --> 02:02:34.191
Frankly, I've been thinking
of going back in service.

02:02:34.900 --> 02:02:35.960
Good-

02:02:36.902 --> 02:02:39.612
But now the situation
has changed for me.

02:02:40.114 --> 02:02:42.524
If I take up any work,
it will have to be...

02:02:42.950 --> 02:02:45.080
...here in the west country...

02:02:45.703 --> 02:02:49.523
...because Catherine, our daughter,
is expecting a baby.

02:02:51.876 --> 02:02:53.706
So I would like to be near her.

02:02:54.128 --> 02:02:55.118
Of course.

02:02:56.297 --> 02:02:59.007
And to be near our grandchild
as he grows up.

02:02:59.509 --> 02:03:03.719
- Naturally.
- Or her, if it's a little girl.

02:03:12.105 --> 02:03:14.635
When I left Darlington Hall,
all those years ago...

02:03:15.056 --> 02:03:18.086
...I never realized I was really,
truly leaving.

02:03:19.404 --> 02:03:22.774
I believe I thought of it
as simply another ruse...

02:03:23.272 --> 02:03:24.572
...to annoy you.

02:03:26.943 --> 02:03:30.123
It was a shock to come out here
and find myself actually married.

02:03:30.655 --> 02:03:32.565
For a long time, I was...

02:03:32.991 --> 02:03:34.491
...very unhappy.

02:03:35.994 --> 02:03:39.174
But then Catherine was born,
the years went by and one day...

02:03:39.664 --> 02:03:41.804
...I realized I loved my husband.

02:03:43.043 --> 02:03:45.383
You see, there is no one...

02:03:46.379 --> 02:03:50.179
...no one in the world who needs me
as much as he does.

02:03:52.427 --> 02:03:54.267
But still there are times...

02:03:55.806 --> 02:03:59.636
...when I think I made a terrible
mistake with my life.

02:04:02.896 --> 02:04:05.506
I'm sure we all have these thoughts...

02:04:05.941 --> 02:04:07.241
...from time to time.

02:04:42.937 --> 02:04:47.047
People always cheer when they turn
the lights on in the evening.

02:04:47.608 --> 02:04:48.708
I wonder why.

02:04:50.445 --> 02:04:51.675
They do say...

02:04:52.613 --> 02:04:56.213
...that for many people, the evening's
the best part of the day.

02:04:57.076 --> 02:04:59.256
The part they most look forward to.

02:04:59.954 --> 02:05:01.564
Is that so?

02:05:03.249 --> 02:05:06.239
What do you most look forward to?

02:05:11.007 --> 02:05:13.297
Getting back to Darlington Hall,
principally...

02:05:13.760 --> 02:05:16.100
...and straightening out
our staff problems.

02:05:16.638 --> 02:05:18.978
You were always able to do that.

02:05:20.058 --> 02:05:23.048
And you had quite a few
to straighten out, as I remember.

02:05:27.065 --> 02:05:29.705
Always was work, work
and more work...

02:05:30.444 --> 02:05:33.164
...and will continue to be so,
I have no doubt.

02:05:46.669 --> 02:05:50.199
Mr. Stevens, don't you wait!
That bus is always late.

02:05:50.714 --> 02:05:52.394
Come in out of the wet.

02:06:00.516 --> 02:06:02.346
You must take good care of yourself.

02:06:03.394 --> 02:06:06.994
- You too, promise me that.
- Oh, yes, I promise.

02:06:07.607 --> 02:06:12.017
Do all you can to make these years
happy for yourself and your husband.

02:06:13.154 --> 02:06:15.064
We may never meet again, Mrs. Benn.

02:06:15.490 --> 02:06:18.790
That is why I am being personal,
if you will forgive me.

02:06:20.745 --> 02:06:22.575
Thank you, Mr. Stevens.

02:06:23.039 --> 02:06:25.529
Oh, here it comes.
It's on time for once.

02:06:47.731 --> 02:06:50.491
Thank you. And thank you
so very much for coming.

02:06:50.984 --> 02:06:52.664
It was so very kind of you.

02:06:53.070 --> 02:06:54.410
It was so nice to see you.

02:06:54.905 --> 02:06:57.745
It was a pleasure to see you again.
Goodbye.

02:06:58.700 --> 02:06:59.650
Take care.

02:07:48.042 --> 02:07:50.142
You scared me.
Where'd you come from?

02:07:51.880 --> 02:07:52.900
You like the suit?

02:07:53.214 --> 02:07:54.314
Very good, sir.

02:08:02.640 --> 02:08:03.400
Good.

02:08:07.854 --> 02:08:09.384
Watch the chandelier there.

02:08:20.867 --> 02:08:24.237
You're really getting things
going here. This is wonderful!

02:08:26.290 --> 02:08:30.080
I've had to ask another three girls
from the village to come up.

02:08:30.669 --> 02:08:33.889
And I can promise you that
the house will be ready...

02:08:34.423 --> 02:08:36.633
...and in shape by the time
Mrs. Lewis arrives.

02:08:37.092 --> 02:08:38.772
That sounds good.

02:08:40.179 --> 02:08:42.969
I'm expecting a possible
new housekeeper this afternoon.

02:08:43.474 --> 02:08:44.994
A Mrs. Ruth Muspratt.

02:08:45.392 --> 02:08:49.982
Excellent references. She was matron
at a boys' school in Sussex.

02:08:50.689 --> 02:08:51.829
A matron?

02:08:53.984 --> 02:08:56.244
Sounds like she'll keep us
from misbehaving.

02:08:56.654 --> 02:08:59.444
- I certainly hope so, sir.
- Good.

02:08:59.949 --> 02:09:01.749
Good, Stevens. Very good.

02:09:02.159 --> 02:09:05.329
This is where we had that banquet
back in '35. Remember?

02:09:05.830 --> 02:09:09.380
We all stood up and delivered
ourselves of our principles.

02:09:09.959 --> 02:09:13.359
God knows what I said.
Sure got worked up about it, though.

02:09:14.172 --> 02:09:16.002
What did I say, anyway?

02:09:17.884 --> 02:09:20.334
I'm sorry, sir,
I was too busy serving...

02:09:20.803 --> 02:09:22.713
...to listen to the speeches.

02:09:29.062 --> 02:09:30.582
We got a visitor here.

02:09:31.982 --> 02:09:33.272
Be very careful.

02:09:33.650 --> 02:09:35.630
Come here.
That's a boy. Come on.

02:09:37.737 --> 02:09:39.107
Okay. Easy does it.

02:09:42.284 --> 02:09:43.194
Come on!

02:09:46.538 --> 02:09:48.178
You don't want to startle it.

02:09:48.874 --> 02:09:49.974
It'll come down.

02:09:54.504 --> 02:09:56.454
I think if we
leave the window open...

02:10:02.846 --> 02:10:03.686
Good.

02:10:04.431 --> 02:10:05.421
Very still.

02:10:05.766 --> 02:10:07.716
Go on. Out!
Come on. Out!

02:10:09.395 --> 02:10:10.615
Well done.

02:10:14.650 --> 02:10:15.910
Well done, sir.

02:10:15.934 --> 02:10:35.934
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