The Forsyte Saga | British Drama History Romance 2002 | E03 - video Dailymotion

Beth Freed

#thebuccaneers  #theforsytesaga  #romeoandjuliet https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5domZkB-eRa6BuFOO8OXaQ The Forsyte Saga is a British drama television serial that chronicles the lives of three generations of an upper-middle-class family from the 1870s to 1920s. It was based on the books of John Galsworthy's trilogy The Forsyte Saga. Irene and Bosinney plan to run away together when the house is finished, but Soames takes Bosinney to court due to his overspending and, in a fit of jealous rage, rapes Irene. When the distraught Bosinney finds out, he goes hunting for Soames.  Cast: Soames Forsyte  - Damian Lewis Irene Forsyte (née Heron) - Gina McKee Young Jolyon Forsyte  -  Rupert Graves Frances Forsyte (née Crisson)  - Sarah Winman June Forsyte -  Gillian Kearney Philip Bosinney - Ioan Gruffudd Old Jolyon Forsyte - Corin Redgrave James Forsyte - John Carlisle Emily Forsyte - Barbara Flynn Aunt Ann Forsyte - Judy Campbell Aunt Hester Forsyte Ann Bell Aunt Juley Small (née Forsyte) - Wendy Craig Uncle Swithin Forsyte - Robert Lang Winifred Dartie (née Forsyte) - Amanda Root Montague Dartie  - Ben Miles Imogen Dartie - Alice Patten Valerius Dartie ('Val') - Julian Ovenden Hélène Forsyte - Amanda Ooms Holly Dartie (née Forsyte) - Amanda Ryan Jolyon Forsyte ('Jolly') - Christian Coulson Annette Forsyte (née Lamotte) - Beatriz Batarda Fleur Mont (née Forsyte) - Emma Griffiths Malin Jon Forsyte - Lee Williams Michael Mont - Oliver Milburn George Forsyte - Alistair Petrie Prosper Profond - Michael Maloney

Transcript

00:00He's so committed, to the exclusion of all else.

00:19Some says his career will prosper through the Robin Hill house.

00:21Which I must always remember.

00:23And of course it means we can marry, but there's never a chance to even talk about a date.

00:30I have a plan.

00:32One day next week, we'll arrange for Baines to take us both to Robin Hill.

00:37You could see how the house is coming and I can see Phil, perhaps surprise him.

00:40I don't wish to go there.

00:41Why not?

00:43I'm sorry June, I simply don't.

00:48So I continue to wait.

00:52Does he come here much?

00:59Not very much.

01:03Not to talk about the house?

01:05I think sometimes with Soames.

01:10Then you don't see him?

01:12No.

01:15Why can't he call once in a while?

01:18I do feel for you June, but this time will pass.

01:23But of course it will pass.

01:26How trite you are.

01:28Are we quarrelling?

01:33I don't know why we should be.

01:34No.

01:36No, nor do I.

01:40I think I should be going.

01:48Graham!

01:51I've just been beastly to Irene.

01:53I'll send Baines with a note to make it up.

01:55Lunch perfect?

01:56Yes, sir.

01:57What was your row about with Irene?

02:01I think it was really about Phil, not her.

02:04Not attentive enough?

02:06Not his fault.

02:07Remarkable house, I hear.

02:10Word is you've picked a man of rare talent.

02:16Thank you, Doctor.

02:18This will do.

02:19Here.

02:21Whoa there.

02:22Whoa there, boy.

02:46OK, Dockwood.

02:48Walk on, boy.

02:49Walk on.

03:16I'm not interested in well-being goods.

03:18It has to be perfect in every detail.

03:21I want you to get on with it right away.

03:23Yes, Governor.

03:24Someone to see you.

03:37Well, what do you think?

03:42Seems solid enough.

03:48But you can feel the mood of it.

03:50These rooms will have space, lights.

03:54There's no sense of confinement.

03:57One's spirit can live.

04:00Which is exactly what she wants, isn't it?

04:02Believe me, it's what you will want when you see it.

04:06You find her artistic, don't you?

04:10Yes, I do.

04:13Here are the accounts.

04:20Well, I don't understand.

04:21It's now 9,200 pounds.

04:22That's 700 pounds more than we said.

04:25I told you a dozen times there'd be extras.

04:27Well, I assumed a 10-pound note.

04:28Can 700 pounds be called an extra?

04:31Can I tell you something, Forsyte?

04:34You're getting a house that isn't to be

04:36bettered in the county.

04:38But it seems you don't want to pay for it.

04:40You want a first-rate man for a fourth-rate fee,

04:42and that's exactly what you've got.

04:44I'm bound to hunt another stroke of work for you.

04:46When I agree a price, it's what I expect to pay.

04:48Come on.

05:05Well, go over the figures and see how the money's gone.

05:14You know, in the early evening light

05:18it looks even more beautiful.

05:26Yes.

05:48Good evening, Bilston.

05:49Good evening, Miss June.

05:50Mr. Bessinis here.

05:51He's in the garden.

05:52Oh, good.

05:53I'll just go through.

05:54Don't hurry, Mrs. Forsyte.

05:57You can see what it's going to look like.

05:59My own ideas are becoming bricks and mortar

06:01for the very first time.

06:03I'm so excited for you, Somes.

06:05I really am.

06:06Somes doesn't understand what I'm trying to do,

06:08but I know you will.

06:10Come down to the house on Sunday.

06:12Uncle Swithin is taking me to Richmond Park.

06:14Well, that's very near Robin Hill.

06:17Were you talking about the house?

06:20Yes.

06:21Yes, we were.

06:22I still haven't seen it.

06:24Shall we all go down on Sunday?

06:26Swithin is taking me for a drive on Sunday.

06:29You can throw him over.

06:31June, I'm not in the habit of throwing people over.

06:39Shall we go in to supper?

06:41Yes.

06:42Yes.

06:47Madam?

06:48Wasn't it wonderful today?

06:50It was the first day of summer.

06:52Will you serve the wine now, please?

06:53Madam?

06:54Yes.

06:58This is a little sautern I've picked out for us, Bessinia.

07:01I think you'll rather enjoy it.

07:03It's a particular favorite of mine.

07:05These lilies are wonderful.

07:07Yes.

07:08Yes, the scent is extraordinary.

07:10Charlotte looks good.

07:11How can you like the scent?

07:12Serve Mr. Bessinia next.

07:15Wilson, take out the lilies.

07:19No, let them stay.

07:23Wilson.

07:24Let them stay.

07:54Will you bring me some water, please, Wilson?

07:56Yes.

08:01There were those women in the park as I came through.

08:04What women?

08:05You know.

08:07There seem to be more and more of them these days.

08:09I don't think we need to talk about them now.

08:11Don't you?

08:14When should one talk of them?

08:16I can't see the necessity to talk of them at all.

08:18Well, someone should.

08:19Magistrates.

08:20I can't think of who else.

08:21Oh, round them up, I suppose, and lock them away.

08:24And do mention them at dinner.

08:32Sydney, have some brownie.

08:35You're drinking nothing, June.

08:37No.

08:54I think we should leave now.

08:59So soon?

09:00It's been most pleasant, thank you.

09:02Come, Phil.

09:03June, aren't you being rather rude?

09:04Then stay.

09:05I'll go alone.

09:06Please.

09:07Don't.

09:08Really, I must.

09:10Good night.

09:12Thank you for dinner.

09:14Excuse me.

09:19Good night.

09:21Good night.

09:23Good night.

09:26And good luck.

09:42You found me appalling, I suppose.

09:44Yes.

09:48It's just that I never see you.

09:51I know you're desperately busy, but...

09:53We were finally together and you only seemed...

09:58You seemed never to look at me.

10:02I'm sorry, my dear, if that's how it appeared.

10:05You hardly seemed to notice me.

10:08I was merely being polite.

10:15Phil.

10:18I want to say something to you.

10:21Don't give me a chance to be nice to you.

10:23You haven't for ages.

10:27I want to mean everything to you.

10:30And I want to do everything for you.

10:41You could if you took me to your rooms on Sunday.

10:48Perhaps another day.

10:50Not Sunday.

10:52Why not Sunday?

10:54I have an engagement.

10:56With whom?

10:58An engagement which will prevent my taking you to my rooms.

11:00Work.

11:04I'm sorry.

11:18Who are you writing to?

11:20Uncle Swithin.

11:22Why?

11:26Because I don't think I should go anywhere on Sunday.

11:28You're not putting him off, are you?

11:30I am, as a matter of fact.

11:34I'm sorry.

11:36I don't think I should go anywhere on Sunday.

11:38You're not putting him off, are you?

11:40I am, as a matter of fact.

11:44I'm sorry.

11:46I'm not.

11:50I think you should go.

11:54Does it really matter to you?

11:56He's my uncle and I happen to know

11:58he's rather looking forward to it.

12:00It's one wifely duty you could manage to fulfil.

12:10Very well.

12:13I must say

12:15I like your hat.

12:17And that frock

12:19fits you like a skin.

12:21Yes.

12:23Tight as a drum.

12:25Now

12:27are you still on for Richmond Park?

12:29A look at the deer

12:31and the chestnut trees?

12:33Richmond is close to Robin Hill, isn't it?

12:35Similar neck

12:37of the woods, my dear.

12:39Uncle Swithin?

12:43Would you be a dear and drive me to Robin Hill?

12:45I haven't yet seen the house, you see.

12:47Certainly.

12:49Certainly, my dear.

12:51Get on, sonny. Get on.

13:13Come on.

13:37Welcome.

13:39Welcome to Robin Hill.

13:41Good afternoon, sir.

13:43I'm so glad you could come.

13:45Good lord.

13:47Extraordinary.

13:49Come. Let me show you around.

13:51Handsome.

13:53You'll be wanting statues.

13:55Bust of a Roman god.

13:57Can't beat a Roman god.

14:01Ah.

14:03That's more like it.

14:05Granite columns.

14:07Excellent space for a billionaire's room.

14:10Oh, no. It's to be an open courtyard

14:12with a glass ceiling.

14:14Glass ceiling?

14:16People who look through?

14:18People on the roof, you mean.

14:22You take my advice, Irene.

14:24Get yourself a billiards table.

14:26I'll gladly play you

14:28a frame or two for a fiver,

14:30but you'll lose.

14:32Ah.

14:34There's a good view from here.

14:36Who needs to go down there

14:39for the view?

14:41Monarch of all he surveys.

14:43I don't think he's surveying much.

14:45He slept for the last two months.

14:47What do you think?

14:51I think it will be beautiful.

15:09Ah.

15:27Irene.

15:31You must know I love you.

15:39Ah.

15:55I don't believe Soames Forsyte

15:57cares for you except as a possession.

15:59I'm not thinking about Soames Forsyte.

16:09Irene.

16:15Uncle Swithin is waiting.

16:17He's asleep.

16:21As is June for you.

16:35You'll never make anything of that house, young fella.

16:37Too new-fangled.

16:39The only good thing

16:41is the wine cellar.

16:43You'll have room

16:45for some six

16:47or seven hundred dozen.

16:51A very pooty little cellar.

16:53Get on, sonny. Get on.

17:01Go on, now.

17:03Get on.

17:06On you go.

17:16Good morning, Mr. Forsyte.

17:18You seeing your young man today?

17:22You ask me that

17:24every day.

17:26Oh.

17:28Won't ask it again, then.

17:36Is he taking you

17:38to the ball?

17:42Of course.

17:44You will be seeing him again, then.

17:46Of course.

17:48You will be seeing him again, then.

18:10Ah!

18:12Who's that?

18:15I'll get it.

18:19Dad.

18:23Hey! Oh, dropped it.

18:25There you go.

18:27Right, all right.

18:29Ah!

18:31Johnny, come over here.

18:37Want some of the drink?

18:39No, thanks. No?

18:41Your wife seems well.

18:44She is well.

18:46Have you tried before?

18:48I can't say so much for June.

18:50No?

18:52Anything I say, she bites my head off.

18:56I'd like to punch

18:58the fella's head.

19:00Is this Bassini?

19:02He never sees her.

19:04When he does, she comes home crying her eyes out.

19:06Perhaps it's better

19:08if it should come to an end.

19:10Well...

19:12I dare say your sympathy's with him.

19:14Both of them.

19:16Has he fallen

19:18for some other woman?

19:20They say so.

19:22And I suppose they've told you

19:24who it is?

19:28Soames's wife.

19:30So Svetlana tells me.

19:32Oh.

19:34She and June

19:36were bosom friends.

19:38Oh, poor June.

19:41We need to know what his intentions are.

19:43I can't do it.

19:45I don't know.

19:47But...

19:49He goes to your club, doesn't he?

19:51Dad!

19:53What's the matter?

19:55Dad, it's not been many years

19:57since the family closed ranks against me

19:59for doing precisely, it seems,

20:01what Bassini is about to do.

20:03I'm sorry, Dad.

20:11And if my son has failings,

20:13could he not improve upon them

20:15with your help?

20:19It is not his failings.

20:21It is him.

20:28Are there not matters that do yourself,

20:30my daughter?

20:32It would be a matter of wishing to.

20:34When you speak together,

20:36for example...

20:38We don't speak to any consequence.

20:40He is, for the most part, silent

20:42and I find that agreeable.

20:44Yes, he's unlike James

20:46in that respect.

20:48James has always spoken

20:50rather more than he needed.

20:58To outward appearances

21:00sometimes it's difficult

21:03to see that

21:05Soames would seem

21:07to be a very good husband.

21:09You are not married to him.

21:15I'm sorry.

21:19Is it?

21:21Is it to do with a certain

21:23close area within marriage?

21:29It's not that of a man.

21:32I have always rather dreaded

21:34the occurrence.

21:36Though I have, on the whole,

21:38enjoyed its results,

21:40my children have afforded me

21:42much pleasure

21:44and have distracted me

21:46from the relentlessness

21:48of marriage.

21:52I wondered if the house

21:54in Robin Hill

21:56might not prove congenial

21:58in that respect.

22:02Forgive me, my dear,

22:06but you seem so

22:08cold.

22:10I know.

22:12I know I do

22:14and I'm not a cold person.

22:16I am not, Emily.

22:18I know I am not.

22:20This is not me sitting here.

22:22This is

22:24some

22:26wife.

22:32What can I do?

22:38I do not love him.

22:40I cannot love him.

22:44I do not want to love him.

22:50Sorry.

22:54Sorry.

22:56And you do not think the children

22:58No.

23:00Never?

23:04No.

23:14This will do, just here.

23:16Very good, sir. World it!

23:24Thank you, Doc. Good on with you.

23:26Well done, boy.

23:30Good morning, Bessinia.

23:32Are you taking a break?

23:34I'm giving you notice

23:36to terminate my employment

23:38as the house is almost finished.

23:40You undertook to decorate.

23:42We have a contract.

23:44You've never once come down

23:46without suggesting something

23:48that runs counter to my scheme.

23:50If I am to decorate,

23:52then I must have a free hand.

23:54I'd say you've had a free hand all along.

23:56I haven't been able to make a single suggestion

23:59Just keep it below £12,000, that's all.

24:01How am I expected to predict to the pound?

24:03If you go over by, say,

24:05£50 or so, there'll be no difficulty

24:07between us, and in those terms,

24:09you may have a free hand.

24:11Will you put it in writing?

24:13Yes, I will put it in writing.

24:15Very well. Drive on.

24:17Bessini!

24:19Bessini!

24:25Darkwood, back to London.

24:29Up the window!

24:31Up the window!

24:59Belle?

25:05Belle?

25:21Belle?

25:29Belle?

25:39Belle?

25:59Hasn't she eaten anything?

26:01I'm afraid not, sir.

26:07Ah.

26:09I was thinking

26:11if you still haven't heard

26:13from young...

26:15from young Bessini,

26:17maybe one of the answers

26:19to your question

26:21might be a good one.

26:23I'm afraid not, sir.

26:25I'm afraid not, sir.

26:27Maybe one of the odds could take you.

26:29I'm not going.

26:31Are you tired?

26:33I'm not well.

26:35Well, perhaps I should send for...

26:37I need to rest.

26:57I want you to take me.

26:59What?

27:01To the ball.

27:03My dear girl, I'm about to go to bed.

27:05I'm sorry, Gran,

27:07but I want to go.

27:09I'm all right now.

27:11No, dear, no, this is quite foolish.

27:13Then I shall go on my own.

27:15You can't.

27:17Don't be a silly girl.

27:19Parfitt!

27:21Parfitt!

27:23Parfitt!

27:26Parfitt, have the carriage ready.

27:30I thought you were unwell.

27:34Get me some hot water.

27:36I'll have to wash.

27:38Yes, sir.

27:40It's nearly 11.

27:56I've seen someone you know.

27:58I see we've got the buccaneer.

28:00So what do we all think?

28:02Is he sweet on Mrs. Forsyte?

28:04Oh, George, don't be so silly.

28:06Rumour is, she's interested in him.

28:08Well, why shouldn't she amuse herself?

28:12Soames is so tiring.

28:14Mr. Bessinney's rather sheep.

28:16But as to do anything, of course she wouldn't.

28:20Where is June?

28:22I don't know.

28:25Where is June?

28:33I'll see you later.

28:35Soames looks put out.

28:37Why's that?

28:39I don't know.

28:41He'll be jealous.

28:43He'll be right if he had some cause, eh?

28:47Please, you're holding me too close.

28:49Come on.

28:51It seems to me you like a bit of close work.

28:53He'll do it all to himself.

28:59I wouldn't drink drunk if I were you.

29:01Cousin Soames!

29:03It's not nice in front of the girls.

29:17Phil?

29:19There you are.

29:22Come back inside. They're wondering where you are.

29:24Darcy, please.

29:26Leave her alone.

29:28I say, what's this, a twist?

29:30I said leave her alone.

29:32Now look here, Mr. Barker.

29:34I saw the way you were dancing with her just now.

29:36Just leave her alone.

29:38It's defending her honour, eh?

29:40Isn't that another thing a husband should do?

29:42Get out of here.

29:44Just get out of here before I kill you!

29:46All right, steady on, my chap.

29:48Steady on.

29:52Why did you not bring June?

29:54I didn't want her.

29:56You're engaged to her, Mr. Bessinney.

29:58But I shan't marry her,

30:00Mrs. Forsyte.

30:05Then you should tell her.

30:07And I will.

30:11Why shan't you marry her?

30:15I don't know.

30:17I don't know.

30:19I don't know.

30:21Can't you see what I feel for you?

30:23Are you blind?

30:25I believe you feel the same way.

30:29I'm sure you do not love your husband.

30:33Do you?

30:37I loathe him.

30:39Then come to me.

30:41I am married.

30:43What does that matter?

30:45It matters.

30:47Do you love me?

30:50Do you love me?

30:54Please, don't ask that.

30:56Could you love me?

30:58Don't say June.

31:00Say no if that's what you mean.

31:05Then no.

31:09I do not love you.

31:17Phil?

31:20Phil?

31:28Don't make me say it.

31:42I should give an eye to your wife, old boy.

31:44What?

31:46Might see more than you bargained for.

32:20Phil?

32:22Phil?

32:24Phil?

32:26Phil?

32:28Phil?

32:30Phil?

32:32Phil?

32:34Phil?

32:36Phil?

32:38Phil?

32:40Phil?

32:42Phil?

32:44Phil?

32:46Phil?

32:48Phil?

32:50Phil?

32:52Phil?

32:54Phil?

32:56Phil?

32:58Phil?

33:00Phil?

33:02Phil?

33:04Phil?

33:06Phil?

33:08Phil?

33:10Phil?

33:12Phil?

33:14Phil?

33:17Phil?

33:37June?

33:41June?

33:47June?

33:49June?

33:51June?

33:53June?

33:55June?

33:57June?

33:59June?

34:01June?

34:03June?

34:05June?

34:07June?

34:09June?

34:11June?

34:13June?

34:15Will you let me go?

34:17What?

34:19You promised you would let me go

34:21if our marriage was not a success.

34:25Is it a success?

34:27Behave yourself and it would be.

34:33Will you let me go?

34:35Of course I won't.

34:39Why do you never look at me like you look at him?

34:42What is wrong with me?

34:50I can't believe you're made of stone.

34:56God, I'll drink a beating

34:58and bring you to your senses is what you need.

35:02No!

35:04No!

35:06Oh, I'm sorry.

35:08I'm sorry.

35:11Oh, I'm sorry.

35:13I'm truly sorry.

35:15Let go of me.

35:17Let go!

35:21Forgive me.

35:40Forgive me.

36:10Irene, unlock the door.

36:14Irene?

36:20Unlock the door, Irene.

36:40Let me in! Let me in!

36:42I demand you open this door!

36:46Will you?

36:58Irene?

37:02Unlock the door, Irene.

37:06Irene.

37:10Irene.

37:40Irene.

38:10Thank you, Mom.

39:04Good afternoon, Madam.

39:10Thank you, Wilson.

39:40I heard from Father that old Jolyon took June off to the Alps this morning.

40:00Recuperation from her recent disappointment.

40:02Did he go along and say goodbye?

40:04No.

40:06No, I rather thought not.

40:08Excuse me.

40:10Wilson tells me you've been out all day.

40:12Yes.

40:14Where did he go?

40:16Robin Hill.

40:18Why would he have gone there?

40:20The house is finished.

40:22Yes, I'm aware of that.

40:24And a house needs furnishing before one can live in it.

40:26I went to see what might suit.

40:32Does that mean you may be reconciled to living there?

40:38Wait.

40:52There.

40:58My mother says Florence isn't chanting at this time of the year.

41:04Would it not be refreshing to holiday there?

41:08You cannot leave now, surely?

41:10Why not?

41:12The house needs your attention.

41:14You've spent all this money.

41:16It wouldn't be prudent.

41:22Sales!

41:24It's much more imposing than I'd imagined.

41:28The country will give a new perspective.

41:30And it will prove, I think, that life does not begin and end in London.

41:36Come on, boys.

41:38Yes, we're counting the days to the end of the week.

41:40When the architect moves out, Lirene and I move in.

41:42How long is the walk from the station?

41:44You'll be in a carriage, I suppose.

41:46Just here, thank you, Dockwood.

41:48What will the train fare set you back, Mr. Barana?

41:50Oh, much less than you'd think.

41:52People forget about these things.

41:54Now, if you'll all just wait here.

41:56I did send word ahead, but, um,

41:58we don't want you tripping over buckets and the like.

42:00I thought it was finished.

42:02All but, all but.

42:04All but. Right here.

42:06He's like a child with a new toy.

42:08Ha-ha! Welcome.

42:10Welcome to Robin Hill.

42:12Mother, mind the steps.

42:14Are you pleased with your new home, Irene?

42:16It's a work of art.

42:18Soames has always had good taste.

42:20I'm quite envious, Mr. Bosinney.

42:22You look alarmed at the prospect, sir.

42:24She wouldn't last five minutes in the country.

42:26Emily, look at this.

42:28Inspired!

42:30Room for your entire art collection.

42:32Yes, and more besides.

42:34And the light!

42:36The best views from the Verona.

42:38Come and see.

42:40I should worry about the clothes.

42:42I should worry about the bills.

42:44Hot water pipes everywhere.

42:46On a good day, one can see right across to...

42:48I shouldn't mention that...

42:50They are entranced by it.

42:52Despite themselves.

42:54Exactly. And this is just the beginning.

42:56You're going to be the toast of every drawing room in town.

42:58Come away with me forever.

43:02Mr. Bosinney,

43:04won't you be my guide?

43:06Of course.

43:08Forgive me. Excuse me.

43:10Come through.

43:12I'm rather intrigued about this central part.

43:14You will not make the effort

43:16to leave him for my parents.

43:18I'm here, aren't I?

43:20Yes, why is that?

43:22The truth is you care nothing for this house.

43:24You couldn't be more wrong.

43:26So much light in the centre of the house.

43:28It's almost like a courtyard, if you like.

43:30Yes, an internal courtyard.

43:32Uncle Swithin suggested a billiard table.

43:34Something to be said for that.

43:36Had Soames requested a games room?

43:38He'd have built me a table out of ebony

43:40and had the pockets lined with gold.

43:42The Queen herself might request that to no avail.

43:44Gold stands for everything I despise in decoration.

43:46£12,400, Bosinney,

43:48against an agreed starting figure of eight.

43:50Just remind me

43:52how we arrived at that figure?

43:54I'm rather tired of that conversation.

43:56We revised that sum.

43:58Yes, three times.

44:00Usually after the fact.

44:02You confirmed it in writing.

44:04£12,000 with a leeway of up to £50

44:06for accidents and your fastidiousness.

44:08Oh, Soames.

44:10There's nothing accidental about £400.

44:12But there is stained glass instead of clear.

44:14There is ebony instead of pitch pine.

44:16Granite instead of sandstone.

44:18There is breach of contract.

44:20There is invention instead of imitation.

44:22Who's behest?

44:24It's my name on the deeds

44:26and mine for which the house will be remembered.

44:28Your name, sir, is as worthless as your word.

44:30Look, I'm here to design,

44:32not to listen to your insults.

44:34You've broken your contract.

44:36I have the right to recover my money.

44:38You have here a house which will be the envy of your friends

44:40and at a rate which will never be repeated.

44:42Now, good afternoon to you, sir.

44:46Don't walk away from me.

44:48I have said my piece.

44:50You could force my hand, if you dare.

44:52To do what?

44:56To resort to the law.

44:58Soames.

45:00It would cost you more to bring the case

45:02than you could ever hope to win.

45:04I am arguing about the principle.

45:06Principle?

45:08There isn't a single person in this room

45:10who believes that is your motive.

45:12Least of all yourself.

45:20Come.

45:38Three hundred and fifty pounds.

45:40It's a mere trifle. It's quite beneath your contempt.

45:42No!

45:44No, you are beneath my contempt

45:46if you persist with this when you know

45:48that's nothing. Phil.

45:50How long have you been saying you want him out of your life?

45:52This binds you together for months.

45:54I will not see that man make a fool of me.

45:58No.

46:00You are quite capable

46:02of doing it by yourself.

46:06Will it really get to court?

46:08Soames is adamant it will.

46:10Brush your best togs off. It will be a standing room only in the gallery.

46:12I doubt it.

46:14Quite the joey where your brother is concerned.

46:16Quit to a bloater.

46:18She'd be hanging off the grapevine.

46:20It's a dull contractual wrangle, Monty.

46:22It's not Norton versus Lord Melbourne.

46:24There have been wars fought over less.

46:26Less than the hand of a woman?

46:28No, dear, keep up.

46:30It was Bessinie's sunken bath that did it.

46:32It was a marble flower tub, Julie,

46:34amongst other things.

46:36It was a woman.

46:38A marble woman?

46:40Irene Forsyte.

46:42No.

46:46What's 350 to a man like Soames?

46:48He's marking the buccaneers' guard

46:50just as his will be prosecuted.

46:54We must have heard the whispers

46:56when you said they danced

46:58at Swithin's Ball.

47:00You thought she meant a waltz.

47:02But Soames is the perfect husband.

47:04I can't believe it.

47:06Oh, you want to. Both of you admit it.

47:08Oh, please. One can see how men might find

47:10any charming.

47:12Monty's always failed to see the attraction.

47:14But quiet.

47:16If anything, a shrinking violet.

47:18I rather fear

47:20she's been plucked.

47:28And I rather fear we're going to be late.

47:30Come, dear. Late?

47:32Goodbye. Bye, dear.

47:34We have another call this afternoon, the chum of Monty's.

47:36Goodbye, dear. Do forgive us.

47:40Goodbye, ladies.

47:44Freddie, they love all the tattle.

47:46Well, I don't.

47:50I wish Winifred would leave that man at home.

47:52Don't you?

47:54Implying that I enjoy his tittle-tattle.

47:56Enjoy it?

47:58I could barely understand it.

48:00The Queen's English is a foreign language to him.

48:02Mm.

48:06Whatever shall we say to Soames?

48:08How on earth should we say it?

48:10No, we shall simply pass it over.

48:12We might.

48:14But with the likes of Montague Doughty.

48:16Quite the joey, indeed.

48:20And what did the solicitor say?

48:22He told me exactly what I knew.

48:24I have a case. Every bit as strong as Soames.

48:26Now people will see him for what he is.

48:28He is a solicitor.

48:30The son of a solicitor.

48:32He knows how to construct a case.

48:34Oh, as does my own fellow.

48:36He's instructed Jobling and Boulder,

48:38one of the best in the field.

48:40And I might be intimidated if I didn't have Wright on my side.

48:44You do believe that, don't you?

48:46Of course I do, Phil.

48:48But money speaks,

48:50even in a court of law.

48:52I have money.

48:54Or will have.

48:56There's the House of Wilson, and there'll be more work after that.

48:58My reputation's growing.

49:02What then?

49:04What should I do?

49:06Not fight? Just flee?

49:08We could do that.

49:10We could not.

49:12I could set up in Liverpool or Glasgow or Paris if I wanted to.

49:14I'm a free man.

49:16Soames cannot stop me from working.

49:18He could try.

49:20If I were with you, he would try.

49:22I don't think you should leave.

49:26You've done nothing wrong.

49:34You've done nothing wrong.

50:04Welcome home.

50:06Welcome home, sir.

50:08Lovely weather you're having, Parfitt.

50:10Yes, sir. Pleasant journey, sir.

50:12Truth to tell, I need another holiday to recover from the holiday.

50:14Hello, Parfitt.

50:16Miss June. I see you have been busy.

50:18We took a detour to Paris.

50:20Gran indulged me with a little shopping.

50:22Tell me, how I lived so long without knowing the difference

50:24between the rich and the poor.

50:26Well, it's a long story, isn't it?

50:28Well, it's a long story, isn't it?

50:30Well, it's a long story, isn't it?

50:32How I lived so long without knowing the difference

50:34between Buccleuch and Chenille.

50:36Don't start all that again, Gran.

50:38So Miss June is returning home refreshed.

50:40Like a new woman, Parfitt.

50:46Give me some tea on the study, Parfitt.

50:48Right away, sir.

50:50The convention would be to close this off.

50:52A wall here, a door here.

50:54I propose a hinged partition.

50:56A wall here, a door here.

50:58A huge folding door, if you like.

51:00Privacy and intimacy when you need it.

51:02But the etched glass panels

51:04means you lose none of the light.

51:06This I like.

51:08But I am still unconvinced about the veranda.

51:10But I am still unconvinced about the veranda.

51:12You did something similar in the house of Robin Hill.

51:14You did something similar in the house of Robin Hill.

51:16Well, similar, not the same.

51:18I should like to see it for myself.

51:20Well, it's clearer on here.

51:22Constructed.

51:24I need a better sense of the proportions.

51:26I no longer have access.

51:28You can speak to the owner, surely.

51:30I'm in dispute with the owner.

51:32Small matter, soon to be resolved.

51:34But I can show you an example of this type of thing.

51:36And if you're agreeable,

51:38I can have contracts drawn up by the end of the week.

51:40What kind of dispute?

51:42Oh, it's nothing. A few hundred pounds.

51:44You are owed.

51:48You owe?

51:50He says.

51:52I wish I'd known of this earlier.

51:54It has no bearing on the job. You have my word.

51:56Really, Mr. Wilson,

51:58I do assure you it's nothing.

52:00I suggest you come back to me

52:02when the matter is resolved.

52:04Well, if it's characters you require,

52:06I can provide them.

52:08When you're in a position to proceed, come back to me.

52:10Good day.

52:16He thinks I'm a thief.

52:18He wants to commission you.

52:20After the court case,

52:22once he knows I can be trusted,

52:24any client I approach now will feel the same.

52:26If he'd only signed the contract,

52:28I'd have borrowed against it.

52:30I could have withstood a loss in court.

52:32You won't lose.

52:34But if I do, I lose everything.

52:36Not everything.

52:38Home, business. It would bankrupt me, Irene.

52:40Not everything.

52:42Here.

52:46My father's.

52:50I cannot take this.

52:52We have to take our lead from Soames.

52:54Play this purely as a legal matter.

52:56We shall act the dutiful wife

52:58and the wronged architect.

53:00They shall know nothing of our plans.

53:02Even a hint of scandal

53:04could turn the judge against you.

53:06We shall behave like hypocrites.

53:08We shall behave discreetly.

53:12Just a few more weeks.

53:14It will be worth it in the end.

53:16But you doted on your father.

53:18I am offering you the watch.

53:20Memories are not for sale.

53:48Moments are given,

53:50then gone.

53:52Come have this dance

53:54with me, darling.

53:56I'll hold you tight

53:58till the dawn.

54:00Let the night

54:02see how I love you.

54:04So the moon

54:06can tell the sun.

The Forsyte Saga | British Drama History Romance 2002 | E03

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