Madness of the Heart (1949)
Approved | 1h 31min | Drama, Romance | 20 September 1950 (USA)
Lydia Garth meets Paul de Vandiere, a French nobleman, but their romance is plagued by Lydia's complaint of recurring spells of blurred vision. Paul leaves for France, promising to return and marry Lydia, but she loses her sight while he is gone. Given no hope of recovery, she enters a convent and quickly finds that she has no vocation for life in a nunnery. She finally marries Paul, but encounters strong opposition from Verite Faimont, a neighbor who is very fond of Paul. The latter constantly plots against Lydia and is successful in temporarily breaking up the marriage, but can a miracle of restored vision be seen?
Director: Charles Bennett
Writers: Flora Sandstrom (novel), Charles Bennett (screenplay)
Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Paul Dupuis, Kathleen Byron
Approved | 1h 31min | Drama, Romance | 20 September 1950 (USA)
Lydia Garth meets Paul de Vandiere, a French nobleman, but their romance is plagued by Lydia's complaint of recurring spells of blurred vision. Paul leaves for France, promising to return and marry Lydia, but she loses her sight while he is gone. Given no hope of recovery, she enters a convent and quickly finds that she has no vocation for life in a nunnery. She finally marries Paul, but encounters strong opposition from Verite Faimont, a neighbor who is very fond of Paul. The latter constantly plots against Lydia and is successful in temporarily breaking up the marriage, but can a miracle of restored vision be seen?
Director: Charles Bennett
Writers: Flora Sandstrom (novel), Charles Bennett (screenplay)
Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Paul Dupuis, Kathleen Byron
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00:06:30Good evening. Dr. Blake has been delayed at the clinic,
00:06:33and he asked me to look after Miss Garth until he could join us.
00:06:36May I come in?
00:06:38Miss Garth.
00:06:40You look charming.
00:06:42In a charming flat, too.
00:06:44Oh, St. Francis.
00:06:46He is an old friend of ours at home.
00:06:48He is the patron saint of our village.
00:06:50Don't say he's yours, too.
00:06:52My name's Lydia Francis.
00:06:54I said we had a lot in common.
00:06:56I'm not at all sure that he's right.
00:06:58Oh, now, Rosa, don't work yourself into a state.
00:07:03This is Rosa. She's looked after me since I was a baby.
00:07:06She knows I really can't afford her, but she just won't go.
00:07:09This is Monsieur de Vandier from France.
00:07:11France?
00:07:13A beautiful country, madame.
00:07:15You must come and see for yourself.
00:07:17Perhaps when Miss Garth comes to stay with us.
00:07:19Oh, so you're going to France, are you?
00:07:21Well, this is the first I've heard of it.
00:07:23Well, I suppose it'll be all right.
00:07:25Have a nice evening, dear.
00:07:28Simon will turn up, of course.
00:07:30Do you think Simon would leave you alone with me when we've only just met?
00:07:34No.
00:07:36Please don't keep her out late, sir.
00:07:38I am sure Dr. Blake will want Miss Garth to go home early,
00:07:41even if I don't.
00:07:44What half-hour was that?
00:07:46Must be half-past twelve.
00:07:48Mm.
00:07:50It's getting late.
00:07:52I was telling you about the chateau.
00:07:55It's perched up there in the sky.
00:07:59The views are so beautiful.
00:08:01It's so beautiful.
00:08:03It's so beautiful.
00:08:05It's so beautiful.
00:08:07It's so beautiful.
00:08:09It's so beautiful.
00:08:12There's a column of trees up there in the sky
00:08:15with the old village glimmering up the hill beside it.
00:08:19At night, you can feel the silence
00:08:23and you can see the dark line of the saprice trees
00:08:27guarding us like sentinels.
00:08:30You'll love it.
00:08:32When you and Rosa come to stay with us,
00:08:36have you ever been to the south of France before?
00:08:39I saw you went to school there, at the convent.
00:08:42You are Catholic.
00:08:43I was in a convent here.
00:08:45No, Father used to take us to Monte Carlo.
00:08:49He took us once too often.
00:08:52Now all I have left is a fur coat,
00:08:55small annuity and Rosa.
00:09:00Why do you suppose Simon didn't join us?
00:09:02Oh, you forgot.
00:09:04I must remember to thank him.
00:09:08That's funny.
00:09:11When I first saw you, you seemed to be in a sort of a haze.
00:09:15Yes, I have been in a haze ever since I've met you.
00:09:20All the evening, nearly all night.
00:09:22It's only half past twelve.
00:09:25By the way, as a point of interest,
00:09:30do you believe in love at first sight?
00:09:34No.
00:09:37Hello? Yes, this is Dr. Blakes.
00:09:40Yes, Mr. Bowers, your appointment is at four o'clock.
00:09:43Perfectly right, Mr. Bowers.
00:09:45And Rosa, you say, was simply furious?
00:09:47Well, it was four o'clock. I thought it was only one.
00:09:50He must be ever so attractive.
00:09:53Hmm.
00:09:54Well, good morning, good morning.
00:09:56Good morning, Doctor.
00:09:57Nasty case last night.
00:09:58Just a state lateral sinus thrombosis.
00:10:00What happened to you?
00:10:02What did happen to you? You never turn up at Luigi's.
00:10:05But we were supposed to meet at the Morocco.
00:10:07Paul said he'd bring you to Luigi's.
00:10:09Oh, oh, he did, did he?
00:10:11It was probably my mistake.
00:10:12I hope you enjoyed yourselves.
00:10:14You must get to know each other better.
00:10:17Or have you?
00:10:19I'd like to see those conference notes again.
00:10:21All right, I'll bring them.
00:10:22Where they deal with the penicillin treatment of sufferative ear conditions.
00:10:25Yes, they're here.
00:10:29I think it was the third day.
00:10:32Page three.
00:10:33Yes, that's right.
00:10:35There was a long analysis by Dr. Cobra on the...
00:10:49What's the matter?
00:10:51It's nothing.
00:10:53If you'd like me to index these...
00:10:54What happened to you last night?
00:10:56Come on, what happened?
00:10:57I don't know.
00:10:58It's the second time.
00:11:00What?
00:11:01Things just sort of go blurred.
00:11:04Probably been overworking.
00:11:06Yes, I'm sure you have.
00:11:09Hello?
00:11:10Oh, Paul!
00:11:12You're sorry about Luigi's, I bet you are.
00:11:15Staying another week.
00:11:17Well, that's fortunate.
00:11:18There's a young woman here who's going to need some entertaining.
00:11:21Hold on.
00:11:22You're starting a week's holidays from now.
00:11:24But Simon...
00:11:25Doctor's orders.
00:11:26Come on.
00:11:28Hello, Paul.
00:11:30So he's staying another week.
00:11:33Are we having lunch?
00:11:34I don't think we are after the way you treated Simon last night.
00:11:38Was it a mistake?
00:11:42Get me Sir Robert Hammond.
00:11:43Yes, sir.
00:11:45I think he's away.
00:11:49He may be back.
00:11:52Sir Robert Hammond, please, for Dr. Blake.
00:11:56Sir Robert is still away.
00:11:58Would you speak to his secretary?
00:11:59Yes.
00:12:02Hello?
00:12:04Oh, Sir Robert comes back on Tuesday.
00:12:07Well, look, I want him to see a close friend of mine as soon as he can.
00:12:10Yes, she complains of a blurring of the eyes.
00:12:14Well, it may be overwork.
00:12:16We've got a chance to check on that.
00:12:18But I'm afraid it's more in Sir Robert's line.
00:12:21Tuesday at three.
00:12:22The name is Miss Garth.
00:12:28You didn't hear that conversation?
00:12:30No, sir.
00:12:34Oh, very well, if you insist.
00:12:36All right, one o'clock.
00:12:37I'll be waiting.
00:12:38Goodbye.
00:12:40Off you go.
00:12:41Oh, Simon.
00:12:42We'll manage without you.
00:12:44And enjoy yourself.
00:12:47I believe I will.
00:12:51Danced till dawn with Paul.
00:12:56Drove to the river with Paul.
00:13:00Paul all day.
00:13:05You still don't believe in love at first sight.
00:13:09There has to be an exception to every rule.
00:13:14And is it this fourth or fifth sight?
00:13:20No blurring of the eyes for a week.
00:13:22It was overwork.
00:13:24Paul leaves today.
00:13:26At 8.20, British European Airways flight to Marsales.
00:13:31Well, passengers holding coach cars...
00:13:33On the coach.
00:13:34This one too.
00:13:35Hurry along, please.
00:13:37We're running it close, sir.
00:13:38You out.
00:13:39Come on, hurry, Paul.
00:13:40But we must go to our rendezvous first.
00:13:41Rendezvous?
00:13:42Yes, you'll see.
00:13:43There it is.
00:13:44One day they'll hang a plaque with on it the words,
00:13:46Here, Paul fell in love with Lydia.
00:13:50Oh, they've got a news for each of us today.
00:13:52Coach is just leaving, sir.
00:13:53Come on.
00:13:55Darling, I'll be back in two weeks.
00:13:56Till then, I'll telephone you every ten minutes.
00:13:58Make it five.
00:13:59I love you.
00:14:01I will always love you.
00:14:04When I come back, will you marry me?
00:14:07I love you, Paul.
00:14:09Of course I'll marry you.
00:14:10Can't hold the coach, sir?
00:14:11Yes.
00:14:12Goodbye, darling.
00:14:19Attention, please.
00:14:20Mr. Jensen, passenger to Oslo, please to bay number three.
00:14:25Mr. Jensen to bay number three.
00:14:29Taxi.
00:14:33Oh, taxi.
00:14:37Hello, tight lady.
00:14:40I don't know the one on top, miss.
00:14:53Ten minutes, sorry.
00:14:55Madden, where are you going?
00:15:00Won't you take my seat?
00:15:03And one over the eight.
00:15:04All pairs, please.
00:15:05There, miss, please.
00:15:07Hyde Park corner, please.
00:15:09Two and a half, miss.
00:15:13Sorry.
00:15:14It's all right, miss.
00:15:15Sit.
00:15:28Sorry, miss, I seem to be all no thumbs today.
00:15:31What's the matter, miss?
00:15:36I can't see.
00:15:46It is what is known as papillodema.
00:15:49The eye nerves get waterlogged due to the rise of pressure in the skull.
00:15:54One surgeon in a million might give you back your sight,
00:15:57but it is one chance in a hundred that you would live,
00:16:00and then you might live without a mind.
00:16:04Sir Robert, you're one of the best ophthalmic surgeons in the world.
00:16:09What if I take the chance?
00:16:12I'm sorry, I won't take it.
00:16:35Come this way, my child.
00:16:38Sit down.
00:16:39There's a chair a little further to your right.
00:16:43That's it.
00:16:45Thank you, Reverend Mother.
00:16:51It isn't any good, is it?
00:16:53You've been with us for six months, six months of darkness.
00:16:57It's meant no more than that.
00:16:58I haven't said so, Reverend Mother.
00:17:00You don't have to.
00:17:01I've been watching you.
00:17:04You're not ready for your vows yet.
00:17:06Perhaps you never will be.
00:17:08The pull of the world is still in your heart.
00:17:11That's why I have to send you back.
00:17:13Back?
00:17:14I know.
00:17:15Sister Agnes is very afraid for you.
00:17:17She's been talking to me.
00:17:18But I'm not afraid.
00:17:20You'll find what you're seeking.
00:17:23I'm not seeking the world.
00:17:24Some people can't escape from the world.
00:17:27You thought coming back here, where you found happiness as a child, would be a solution.
00:17:32It isn't, you know.
00:17:34I found peace.
00:17:36There can be no peace in a heart which is divided.
00:17:40But you'll look for the solution elsewhere.
00:17:42Perhaps you won't find it.
00:17:44Start all over again.
00:17:49But even without eyes, you must fight your own battles.
00:17:53You'll never win by running away.
00:17:56What am I to do?
00:17:58Feel your way.
00:17:59Seek until you find.
00:18:01Walk until you can run.
00:18:06We'll be praying for you.
00:18:18Not so fast, not so fast.
00:18:19It's all right, Rosa.
00:18:20I know every creak of these stairs.
00:18:22Hey, wait a minute.
00:18:23Let's look at you.
00:18:25I told you you ought to have let me put your lipstick on.
00:18:27Is it all right?
00:18:28Of course, you know the trouble with you.
00:18:29Rosa, stop buzzing.
00:18:30I wouldn't, if you weren't so downright headstrong.
00:18:34Lydia.
00:18:35Gwenny.
00:18:36Well, you look just wonderful, too.
00:18:39Mm, new paint.
00:18:40Only the window frame.
00:18:41Is the furniture still the same?
00:18:42Yes.
00:18:43My desk.
00:18:44Yours?
00:18:45You haven't met Millie, who took my place.
00:18:47This is Lydia.
00:18:48I've been so keen to meet you, Miss Garth.
00:18:50I think you've been so brave.
00:18:52Doctor, she's here, right on the tick.
00:18:55Lydia.
00:18:56Simon.
00:19:00You look splendid.
00:19:02A little thinner, perhaps.
00:19:03Come on in.
00:19:06Not yet.
00:19:07The guest of honour's chair is just where it used to be, facing the desk.
00:19:10I'm so happy you came straight to me.
00:19:12Simon, I thought perhaps you could find me something to do.
00:19:15Why the hurry?
00:19:16I don't want to be a nuisance to Peter.
00:19:18You're not going to be a nuisance to anybody.
00:19:19I've got it all fixed.
00:19:20How?
00:19:21I'll tell you when I come back.
00:19:22Simon, you're not leaving me the moment I arrive.
00:19:24I shan't be a minute.
00:19:25Simon.
00:19:34Who's there?
00:19:46Paul.
00:19:49Lydia.
00:19:51As long as I live, I will never quite forgive you for trying to lose me.
00:20:00Paul, this is crazy.
00:20:01Darling.
00:20:03Let me be yours.
00:20:06No.
00:20:07No, I can't have it this way.
00:20:10Simon's going to help me.
00:20:11There are plenty of things I can do.
00:20:13Yes, plenty.
00:20:15One of them is marrying me.
00:20:18It wouldn't be fair.
00:20:19To you?
00:20:22Blind wife.
00:20:24I love you.
00:20:25Love you.
00:20:27I have waited and waited, even though I thought you would never come back.
00:20:31I shouldn't have come.
00:20:36You will marry me.
00:20:38Because you love me.
00:20:41Didn't Simon once tell you, I never take no for an answer?
00:20:49No.
00:21:20Hello, Lydia.
00:21:21Hello, Lydia.
00:21:22Hello, Paul.
00:21:26Mother.
00:21:27Dear Paul.
00:21:30This is Lydia.
00:21:31Lydia.
00:21:33There are eight steps.
00:21:35Oh, but you are lovely, child.
00:21:37I'm so happy to be here.
00:21:38And I am happy for you and Paul.
00:21:41I'm so happy for you.
00:21:42I'm so happy for you.
00:21:43I'm so happy for you.
00:21:44I'm so happy for you.
00:21:45I'm so happy for you.
00:21:46I'm so happy for you.
00:21:47I am happy for you and Paul.
00:21:49And for myself.
00:21:51This is Félicité, your sister-in-law.
00:21:54She has a lovely big son whom you will see tomorrow.
00:21:56Welcome to Chateau de Vendière, Lydia.
00:21:58Thank you, Félicité.
00:21:59And this is your new father, the Comte de Vendière.
00:22:02But call him Etienne.
00:22:04Enchanted, my dear.
00:22:06For your information, I am tall.
00:22:09Good looking in a disintegrating sort of way.
00:22:11And I am the wickedest man in France.
00:22:13Oh, nonsense.
00:22:14I have known at least too many in my life far more wicked than Etienne.
00:22:18Well, one anyway.
00:22:19Here is the Abimeron, our dear friend.
00:22:22My child.
00:22:23And here are the servants.
00:22:24This is Georges.
00:22:25Madame.
00:22:26Mignon.
00:22:27Henri.
00:22:28Service, Madame.
00:22:29Yvonne.
00:22:30Andre.
00:22:31Griselle.
00:22:32Charlotte.
00:22:33Welcome, Madame.
00:22:34And Joseph.
00:22:35We are all charmed to have you with us, Madame.
00:22:40Have I met everybody now?
00:22:41Ah, not quite.
00:22:43There is still the pièce de résistance.
00:22:45Mademoiselle Verity Piment.
00:22:47No relation, but our nearest neighbor.
00:22:49Do not be deceived by that soft voice.
00:22:51She is a young woman who inevitably gets what she wants.
00:22:54That's not true, and he knows it.
00:22:56I'm so very glad that Paul has found so lovely a bride.
00:23:00How kind of you.
00:23:02But I'm sure Madame de Vendière must be very tired after her long journey.
00:23:05Yes.
00:23:06I am taking her upstairs now.
00:23:07You know, that's the first time anyone's called me Madame de Vendière.
00:23:10Ah, you will get used to it.
00:23:12A step.
00:23:14Another one.
00:23:16Rosa, she arrived last night.
00:23:18She is upstairs waiting for you.
00:23:20I'll join you soon, Sylvia.
00:23:21Yes, Paul.
00:23:22Here are the stairs.
00:23:24How are you? Do you need tea?
00:23:25Oh, Paul, she's lovely.
00:23:27You have my warmest congratulations.
00:23:29The stairs are very wide and circling.
00:23:31But you will get used to these, too.
00:23:33Thank you, of course.
00:23:34I shall get used to everything.
00:23:36Well, they do say that we're all brothers under the skin.
00:23:39But if you could have heard that lot on the train,
00:23:41jabbering in their foreign lingo.
00:23:43Not that I want to run them down.
00:23:45Where am I now, Rosa?
00:23:46You're the other side of the table, love.
00:23:48Better come back this way, towards my voice.
00:23:51That's right.
00:23:52The doorway's right in front of you.
00:23:54What do you think of the people here?
00:23:56Oh, very polite spoken.
00:23:58Of course, I always take people as I find them.
00:24:00But when it comes to gathering all the servants together,
00:24:03Mind that trunk!
00:24:04What about a servant named Joseph?
00:24:06Oh, that one.
00:24:07Handsome, but a tricky customer.
00:24:09Says he learned English from the American troops.
00:24:12It's not all he learned.
00:24:14Tell me about Verity Faymont.
00:24:17Smart.
00:24:19Quite the lady.
00:24:20Who is quite the lady?
00:24:22We were just talking about Mlle. Faymont.
00:24:24Oh, Verity.
00:24:25She's just been talking about you.
00:24:27Oh?
00:24:28Oh, I see.
00:24:30Verity.
00:24:31She's just been talking about you.
00:24:33Oh?
00:24:34Very complimentary.
00:24:35I'm glad.
00:24:37Do you like it here?
00:24:38Of course.
00:24:40Going to be happy?
00:24:42Always, with you.
00:24:44I think we'll be dining alone together tonight in there.
00:24:48What makes you think that?
00:24:51I know my mother.
00:25:01Good night, monsieur.
00:25:02Good night, monsieur.
00:25:03Good night.
00:25:04Good night, monsieur.
00:25:05Good night, madame.
00:25:06Good night.
00:25:07Good night, madame.
00:25:08Good night, Mignon.
00:25:16You know, before I met you, I thought I knew it all.
00:25:21How a woman should speak.
00:25:23How she should dress.
00:25:25Now I realize I didn't know anything at all.
00:25:29I've shaken your confidence.
00:25:31You've given me confidence.
00:25:34In life.
00:25:35In truth.
00:25:38In eternity.
00:25:40I love you, Paul.
00:25:48For you.
00:25:50Cigarette.
00:25:52I'll be back in one moment.
00:26:23Who's there?
00:26:25Is somebody there?
00:26:27Paul?
00:26:29Who is it?
00:26:32Paul?
00:26:34Paul?
00:26:36Yes, darling.
00:26:38What is it?
00:26:39There's somebody here.
00:26:41At the window.
00:26:53There's nobody here now.
00:26:55What made you think?
00:26:57Can't you smell the perfume?
00:26:59Very delicate perfume.
00:27:01The night is full of perfume.
00:27:03I'm sure I heard something.
00:27:06It could have been the breeze.
00:27:09Perhaps.
00:27:11What's Verite like?
00:27:13You seem to have Verite on your mind.
00:27:15What's she like?
00:27:17Intelligent, sophisticated.
00:27:20Attractive.
00:27:22You're going to like her.
00:27:24Are you sure we're alone?
00:27:26Of course we are.
00:27:28I still have a feeling someone's watching.
00:27:30Nobody is watching us.
00:27:32Not us.
00:27:34Me.
00:27:42There she is.
00:27:47Bravo!
00:27:49Magnificent.
00:27:51It is my firm belief that you can see better than I can.
00:27:56The baby agrees with you, too.
00:27:58This is my little son, Gustave.
00:28:00He's very pleased to see you.
00:28:02Hello.
00:28:04That scarf is not for you.
00:28:06He's always reaching out for bright-looking objects.
00:28:08And taking them, too.
00:28:10His father says he will land himself in jail before he can talk.
00:28:13He's a very handsome boy.
00:28:15How can you tell?
00:28:18All right.
00:28:20Have it, then.
00:28:22He will only eat it.
00:28:24He's a most voracious child.
00:28:26His father says he will soon be as fat as a pig.
00:28:28Well, hello.
00:28:30Good morning.
00:28:32Hello, Jason.
00:28:34Want a gallop?
00:28:36Good morning, dear.
00:28:38You look like a fashion plate with a real outdoor woman.
00:28:40Good.
00:28:42Hello, Lydia.
00:28:44Paul, I want to show you where I've laid down the new vines.
00:28:46I'll come back for the ride, baby.
00:28:48And I want to talk to Lydia.
00:28:50May I?
00:28:52Oh, no, no, Gustave.
00:28:54You must stop chewing that scarf.
00:28:56You know where you are?
00:28:58Yes.
00:29:00The top of the steps.
00:29:02Oh, I wish you could see how beautiful it all is.
00:29:04Paul's described it to me.
00:29:06Anything I can do.
00:29:08Anything to help.
00:29:10I want you to know that I am your friend.
00:29:12That's very kind of you, Verity.
00:29:14Not kind, really.
00:29:16Everybody wants happiness in this world.
00:29:18You and Paul seem to have found it.
00:29:20I'd like to help you to keep it.
00:29:24May I feel your face?
00:29:26Why not?
00:29:38You're lovely.
00:29:44I think I'll take Paul away on that ride.
00:29:50We're going down to the Cypress Walk.
00:29:52It's ever so lovely.
00:29:54I like her, Rosa.
00:29:56Hello, Verity. Are you ready?
00:29:58Yes.
00:30:00Let's get going, then.
00:30:02Have you been talking to Lydia?
00:30:04Yes.
00:30:06Good. I want you to be friends.
00:30:10Guard her, Paul.
00:30:12She's a very capable person.
00:30:14Guard her all the same.
00:30:16Managers carry responsibilities.
00:30:18Yours more than most.
00:30:20I think you're right, Verity.
00:30:22Maybe I shouldn't drive today.
00:30:24That's it. I'll stay here and look after her.
00:30:26Bye-bye.
00:30:28Joseph, take my horse and accompany Miss Verity.
00:30:30Have a good ride.
00:30:32Come on, Joseph.
00:30:38Lydia, don't run away from me.
00:30:40I thought you were riding with Verity.
00:30:42So did she.
00:31:10Look out!
00:31:40We'll go back.
00:32:02Find a stool on your left.
00:32:04I'll go to the left.
00:32:06I'll go to the right.
00:32:08Find a stool on your left.
00:32:12If it's the music that attracts you,
00:32:14continue steering the same course.
00:32:16Slightly to port.
00:32:18That's right.
00:32:20Who are you?
00:32:22Name of Max Folly, with two Fs.
00:32:24Prefer this?
00:32:26Nice.
00:32:28In case you're further interested,
00:32:30I'm a very indifferent painter, and I live in Cassis.
00:32:32And I've been invited over here for the day.
00:32:34Probably because the Count thought
00:32:36that a fellow countryman might make you feel more at home.
00:32:38The Count thought nothing of the kind.
00:32:40But having seen some of your canvases,
00:32:42it occurred to me that perhaps you could do with a square meal.
00:32:44Sir, you must be psychic.
00:32:46Mind if I take Lydia off your hands?
00:32:48Frankly, sir, I do.
00:32:50She'll come back.
00:32:52Fine.
00:32:54I have sent Paul away on a wild goose chase
00:32:56to buy a crop of grapes
00:32:58that I already bought last week.
00:33:00Why did you do that?
00:33:02Well, I wanted to show you around.
00:33:04The corridor to the library.
00:33:06You don't need eyes.
00:33:08It is more the picture gallery, really,
00:33:10than a library.
00:33:12In fact, you are now being scrutinized
00:33:14by 15 generations of Devontaeer females.
00:33:16Approving or disapproving?
00:33:18More curious.
00:33:20You are an unusual person
00:33:22from a Devontaeer standpoint.
00:33:24You worked, did you not?
00:33:26Yes.
00:33:28As a hobby, of course.
00:33:30I needed the money. Anything wrong with that?
00:33:32Of course not, the idea.
00:33:34Only, Devontaeer wives
00:33:36have always been more decorative
00:33:38than serviceable.
00:33:40Not, of course, that you are not decorative.
00:33:42Or that they were.
00:33:44Oh, yes?
00:33:46Take my great-great-great-grandmother,
00:33:48the Countess Rosalba, for example.
00:33:50She died at the early age of 34
00:33:52of what tradition says was dropsy,
00:33:54but which was more likely downright overeating.
00:33:56Are you going to make Paul happy?
00:33:58I think he is happy.
00:34:00A silly question.
00:34:02Now you are being inspected by an excellent lady,
00:34:04the wife of the illustrious Count Charles.
00:34:06The second wife, that is.
00:34:08What happened to the first?
00:34:10Oh, we do not ask.
00:34:12She did not quite conform to the Devontaeer standards.
00:34:14It is said that when she first...
00:34:16Who did you want Paul to marry?
00:34:18Do you think I would attempt to direct my son's life?
00:34:20Yes.
00:34:22I like your frankness.
00:34:24We are going to be friends.
00:34:26I hope so.
00:34:28The first Comte Devontaeer.
00:34:30He fought in the Third Crusade.
00:34:32His left hand withered after the Siege of Acre.
00:34:34He struck it off
00:34:36because he said he would rather have no hand at all
00:34:38than a physical infirmity.
00:34:40Then it is my blindness.
00:34:42You do not want me married to Paul
00:34:44because I am blind.
00:34:46I never said that.
00:34:48If you think I was looking for some dull comparison...
00:34:50Weren't you?
00:34:52Lydia, I admire your courage
00:34:54beyond words.
00:34:56If Etienne is showing her around, she could...
00:34:58Oh, Paul, here she is.
00:35:00Paul!
00:35:02Over here, my darling, by the door.
00:35:04Do you mind if I take her away, Father?
00:35:06Oh, by the way, I inquired about the grapes
00:35:08and they told me you had bought the entire crop last week.
00:35:10Did I, indeed?
00:35:12My memory is not what it was.
00:35:14Maybe not.
00:35:16Your hands are cold.
00:35:18I'm all right.
00:35:20A cigarette?
00:35:24It can irritate a man.
00:35:26It can also irritate a man,
00:35:28given time.
00:35:30You will have plenty of time.
00:35:32Remember the illustrious
00:35:34Count Charles, married twice.
00:35:42What was that?
00:35:44Why did he want to get you alone?
00:35:46Oh, your father hates our marriage.
00:35:48Do you really believe that?
00:35:50I'll show you how wrong you are.
00:35:52Georges, will you please tell Madame de Bardière
00:35:54why you are removing this carpet?
00:35:56Because of the party, Madame.
00:35:58The dance, tomorrow night.
00:36:00Dance?
00:36:02You see, my father hates our marriage so much
00:36:04he is giving a big party to celebrate it.
00:36:06How wonderful of him.
00:36:08Come, I'll show you the shape of the floor.
00:36:10Play us a waltz, Max.
00:36:12This do?
00:36:14Fine, but quicker.
00:36:16Let's have it quicker.
00:36:18Quicker, Max.
00:36:22Quicker.
00:36:44She dances so lightly, like a spirit.
00:36:46She is quite pretty.
00:36:48Well, thanks.
00:36:50I suppose you consider yourself a judge.
00:36:52Yes, I'm a good judge.
00:36:54You are not pretty.
00:36:56And who asked your opinion?
00:36:58But Mademoiselle Faymont,
00:37:00by the door,
00:37:02that is the one for me.
00:37:04The one for you, indeed.
00:37:06As though she'd look at you any more than I would.
00:37:08But you did, Rosa.
00:37:10When you first saw me, there was a look in your eyes
00:37:12that could only mean one thing.
00:37:14And do you know what it was?
00:37:16Thinks it's the answer to a maiden's prayer.
00:37:18Perhaps that's what I was thinking.
00:37:20Now, the Englishman, Monsieur Folliot,
00:37:22is going on the floor.
00:37:24To Monsieur Paul.
00:37:26I think you've overstayed your welcome here.
00:37:28Do you mind if I cut in?
00:37:30Of course not. Go ahead.
00:37:32May I have the honor, Lydia?
00:37:34Allo, Virite.
00:37:36So you lost her to Max.
00:37:38I like Max. He's nice.
00:37:40They dance together beautifully.
00:37:42Oh, Paul, I swear one would never believe she is blind.
00:37:44Perhaps we shouldn't believe it.
00:37:46Perhaps we shouldn't.
00:37:48Not unless it's forced upon us.
00:38:17It's a funny little lilting tune.
00:38:19Yes.
00:38:21I'm so happy.
00:38:24It's called Farrandade.
00:38:26And the dancers and players are native to the South.
00:38:28During the Great Picking,
00:38:30they go from wine festival to wine festival,
00:38:33and they dance and play in the evenings.
00:38:42Do you like it?
00:38:47That's the end of it.
00:38:49They're all dancing off now,
00:38:51like a serpentine.
00:39:03My friends, mes chers amis.
00:39:05Father is going to toast you.
00:39:07I want you all to take glasses.
00:39:09Everybody, please take glasses.
00:39:13Champagne, please.
00:39:15Champagne, monsieur Paul, and for madame.
00:39:17Madame, monsieur.
00:39:19You'll have to answer the toast.
00:39:21Your glass is here. Feel it.
00:39:23Don't take it yet.
00:39:29Has everybody's glass been charged?
00:39:31Yes.
00:39:33My friends,
00:39:35this is one of the happiest evenings of my life,
00:39:38and I want my dear daughter Lydia to know it.
00:39:41So, will you please all join with me
00:39:44in welcoming one of the loveliest,
00:39:47one of the most sincere and friendly people
00:39:50who have ever honored the Devandia family
00:39:52by becoming a part of it.
00:39:55Lydia.
00:40:00To my sister, Lydia.
00:40:02Thank you, Felicity.
00:40:04You know where your glass is?
00:40:05Oh, yes.
00:40:06And may I wish you happiness?
00:40:08Happiness to the bride.
00:40:10Happiness to the bride.
00:40:14I'll have to toast them back.
00:40:16I know.
00:40:18Speech! Speech! Speech!
00:40:21Speech! Speech! Speech!
00:40:24Speech, Lydia! Speech!
00:40:26Answer the toast, darling. Take your glass.
00:40:28Yes.
00:40:31Thank you all.
00:40:33If I may return the toast.
00:40:35Oh!
00:40:38Take mine.
00:40:39The servants will say it is bad luck.
00:40:41Bad luck?
00:40:42Answer the toast, darling.
00:40:45To you all.
00:40:49May I say how very happy.
00:40:53Lydia!
00:40:54Lydia!
00:40:58Did it go on anybody's address?
00:41:00I don't understand.
00:41:01It was nothing.
00:41:03Clumsy. I thought I knew.
00:41:05All English, Paul.
00:41:06Oh, will you dance it with me, Paul?
00:41:08Do you remember the way we used to?
00:41:10Of course.
00:41:11Lydia won't mind.
00:41:13Where's Lydia?
00:41:14She went out to the terrace, Paul.
00:41:16Paul.
00:41:17She's upset about the glass.
00:41:19We're all to blame.
00:41:20We should watch her more closely.
00:41:21Yes.
00:41:22I'll come back, Felicity.
00:41:33I beg your pardon. Have you seen her?
00:41:40Hello, Paul.
00:41:41I followed Lydia out.
00:41:43I thought she might...
00:41:44I thought perhaps...
00:41:45Thank you, Max.
00:41:47So long, Lydia.
00:41:48Don't take that too much to heart.
00:41:54Why did you come out in the dark?
00:41:55How do I know it's dark?
00:41:57Any more than I know how I missed that glass.
00:41:59Come and dance with me, my darling.
00:42:01Paul.
00:42:02They said it was bad luck.
00:42:04The evening spoiled.
00:42:06My poor darling.
00:42:08All that happened is that the glass got upset.
00:42:11But I thought I knew where it was.
00:42:14I shouldn't have come here.
00:42:15I should have known what could happen.
00:42:17The first time anything's happened.
00:42:18But it won't be the last.
00:42:20Aren't you being hysterical?
00:42:22Paul.
00:42:23For the first time, I'm afraid.
00:42:25For the what?
00:42:26Of the dark.
00:42:28What comes with it.
00:42:30That glass wasn't where I thought it was.
00:42:33Perhaps our happiness isn't where I thought it was.
00:42:36Look.
00:42:37If you haven't got sense enough to know that I love you...
00:42:40In spite of my blindness?
00:42:41Lydia.
00:42:42Well, I am blind.
00:42:43Worse than a cripple or a withered hand the crusader would strike off.
00:42:46Don't put that nonsense into your head.
00:42:50I'm sorry.
00:42:52I know everybody's being so kind.
00:42:56But the feeling...
00:42:58I can't put my finger on it.
00:43:01Something or somebody's moving against me.
00:43:05Everybody here is enchanted with you.
00:43:08And I love you.
00:43:11Paul.
00:43:13You're sure I'm not making you unhappy?
00:43:18Come and dance with me.
00:43:24By the way, Max is picking us up tomorrow morning...
00:43:26And we are all going swimming in a cove near Latoya.
00:43:30Lovely.
00:43:46You move so quietly.
00:43:47So did Madame.
00:43:49When she altered the position of that wine glass.
00:43:53But a man has to admire such tenacity of purpose.
00:43:57It's probably time you left here, Joseph.
00:43:59I think I must talk to the Countess of your impertinence.
00:44:02Madame must do what she thinks fit.
00:44:04I'd already half decided to resign my position.
00:44:07To go to Cannes or Monte Carlo?
00:44:09As a paid dance host?
00:44:10If it pays, why not?
00:44:12Life is short.
00:44:13What there is of it should be good.
00:44:15With good clothes.
00:44:16Fine car.
00:44:18Such as yours.
00:44:21Do you think you're entitled to these things?
00:44:23A man is entitled to what he can get.
00:44:26I have a lot to offer.
00:44:28Just as you have a lot to offer.
00:44:31I'm not offering anything, Joseph.
00:44:35Unless our interests coincide.
00:44:38I am sure they will, Madame.
00:44:47Well, you always were obstinate.
00:44:48I suppose you always will be.
00:44:49And I don't want you to hurt yourself, that's all.
00:44:51Five, six, seven, eight, nine.
00:44:55Ten.
00:45:02That was good.
00:45:03Here's something bad.
00:45:05I have to fly up to Paris at the end of the week.
00:45:07Leaving me here?
00:45:09You two ready?
00:45:10Just coming.
00:45:11It's Max and Verite, they come to fetch us.
00:45:13No, I'll be gone only a few days.
00:45:15By the way, Verite will stay here while I'm away.
00:45:18To keep you company.
00:45:19That's kind of her.
00:45:20Well, she's a kind person.
00:45:23Come on, come on.
00:45:24Half the day will be gone.
00:45:26Here we are.
00:45:27Don't forget your swimming togs.
00:45:29I've got them.
00:45:30Towels and all.
00:45:31I'll take care of them.
00:45:32Thank you, Aurora.
00:45:33Have a nice day at the seaside, love.
00:45:34We will.
00:45:35Oh, and don't forget your woolly.
00:45:37If you please, Madame.
00:45:38You forgot your knitting.
00:45:39Madame Dupont is most anxious that nothing dangerous should be left where
00:45:42little Gustave can reach it.
00:45:44Of course, I'm so sorry.
00:45:47Well, there's no harm done.
00:45:48I'll take it.
00:45:49Goodbye, dear.
00:45:50Goodbye.
00:45:51Goodbye.
00:45:59Hello there!
00:46:02Can you hear me?
00:46:06Well, hello.
00:46:09I can hear you.
00:46:13Lydia!
00:46:17Lydia!
00:46:18Verity!
00:46:23What are they doing, Verity?
00:46:25Swimming towards the point.
00:46:27I think they're going a long way out.
00:46:31It's good to be alive.
00:46:33You know, Lydia, I envy you.
00:46:36You live in a dark world.
00:46:38And yet you have a capacity for enjoyment, which is...
00:46:41I suppose it's because you're really happy.
00:46:43I love Paul.
00:46:49They're past the point now.
00:46:54Out of sight.
00:46:57I'm going to swim.
00:46:58Come in again.
00:46:59Oh, I'd better not without Paul.
00:47:01I don't swim very well, and there are rocks out there.
00:47:03I'll keep close to you.
00:47:05Do you think I might?
00:47:07You've got a partner.
00:47:09Can you see them?
00:47:11Not from here.
00:47:13Is there a current here?
00:47:15Backwash from the rocks.
00:47:17Keep away from them.
00:47:24Which way?
00:47:26Heard my voice.
00:47:27Don't go anywhere.
00:47:28I've got a partner.
00:47:29I'm going to swim.
00:47:30I'm going to swim.
00:47:31Don't go anywhere.
00:47:32I've got a partner.
00:47:33I'm going to swim.
00:47:34Don't go anywhere.
00:47:35I've got a partner.
00:47:36I'm going to swim.
00:47:37Heard my voice.
00:47:38Don't lose me.
00:47:40I'm loving this.
00:47:42Which way now?
00:47:44Towards my voice.
00:47:45Towards me.
00:47:48This way.
00:48:02Am I still all right?
00:48:03Verite?
00:48:05Am I still all right?
00:48:09Verite?
00:48:13I don't know where I am.
00:48:16Verite?
00:48:18Where are you?
00:48:21Verite?
00:48:23Help me!
00:48:28Help!
00:48:29Help me!
00:48:33Help!
00:48:37Help!
00:48:38Lydia!
00:48:40Lydia!
00:48:42I'm coming!
00:48:44Verite?
00:48:47Verite?
00:48:48Help!
00:48:51Where are you?
00:48:54Verite?
00:48:57Verite?
00:48:58I can't see you.
00:48:59Help!
00:49:00Help me!
00:49:01I can't!
00:49:13You're all right.
00:49:14All right.
00:49:15What happened?
00:49:17I lost you.
00:49:18The undertow caught me.
00:49:19I thought I'd never catch you.
00:49:22Lydia!
00:49:28Lydia.
00:49:29She's all right, Paul.
00:49:32You brought her in.
00:49:34I don't know how to thank you.
00:49:36But why did you go in without me?
00:49:38Paul, she's nearly out.
00:49:39Oh, mind your own business.
00:49:41But for Verite, you would have been drowned.
00:49:43Listen.
00:49:45As long as you live,
00:49:47you'll never swim again.
00:49:48Do you hear me?
00:49:50Yes, I hear you, Paul.
00:49:54I still have the use of my ears.
00:50:01Good morning.
00:50:25Good morning.
00:50:26Good morning.
00:50:32That's the baron, darling.
00:50:34Yes, darling.
00:50:35I thought you would like to wake up to some music.
00:50:40Look out, darling.
00:50:43Oh, you're going to Paris today.
00:50:45I forgot.
00:50:46In five minutes' time.
00:50:47That's the reason why I woke you up.
00:50:49Only one week.
00:50:52They are coming nearer.
00:50:54Hurry.
00:50:56Hurry.
00:51:01Hurry.
00:51:07What are they doing, Paul?
00:51:08They are dancing up the drive now.
00:51:14I love this tune.
00:51:17And now they are dancing around the players.
00:51:19It's very pretty.
00:51:27Love?
00:51:28Lydia?
00:51:29Mrs. Dupont is asking for you.
00:51:31She says she has to see you.
00:51:32Oh.
00:51:33I suppose she wants to say goodbye to you, Paul.
00:51:35Probably.
00:51:36Well, I don't think it's quite that.
00:51:41Felicity?
00:51:43Lydia.
00:51:45I'm sorry.
00:51:46And you know I'm not one to make a fuss.
00:51:48But I have to speak to you when it's on my mind.
00:51:51You left your knitting needles in the garden again.
00:51:54No.
00:51:55Little Gustave got them.
00:51:56He scratches poor little Cheek.
00:51:58Of course I know you're not like other people
00:52:00and you can't be blamed for not seeing that you're leaving things about.
00:52:03But there's no excuse for downright carelessness.
00:52:06Please, Felicity.
00:52:08Those stupid dancers.
00:52:09I can't hear myself talk.
00:52:12Pardon, monsieur.
00:52:13It is time to go to the airport.
00:52:15May we take your luggage?
00:52:16Yes, it's inside.
00:52:25I'm sorry.
00:52:26I'm sorry, Paul.
00:52:27It's very embarrassing for all of us.
00:52:29But I have to think of little Gustave.
00:52:31Here's your knitting.
00:52:33Have a good trip to Paris, Paul.
00:52:35It's all very well.
00:52:36The poor child might have lost his eyesight.
00:52:39Do you mind, Rosa?
00:52:41I didn't forget my needles.
00:52:42Not this time.
00:52:43Somebody must have put them there.
00:52:44But darling, who would want to hurt a baby?
00:52:47It's not the baby they want to hurt.
00:52:50Do you see how it is?
00:52:51Things keep happening.
00:52:52I don't know how.
00:52:53So, you don't remember leaving your needles?
00:52:55Well, it's only human.
00:52:57All right, let's drop the subject.
00:52:58Lydia...
00:52:59I said drop it!
00:53:03Oh, my dearest, what's happening to us?
00:53:06Pinpricks, irritations...
00:53:07I'm sorry I irritate you.
00:53:09No, it's not that.
00:53:10It's just...
00:53:11Pardon, monsieur Paul.
00:53:18It's just what?
00:53:20Well, the way I lost my temper on the beach.
00:53:24Oh, my darling, I love you so much.
00:53:27If ever I seem unreasonable,
00:53:31it's because I am so afraid you might get hurt.
00:53:35Nothing can ever hurt us if our love is strong enough.
00:53:38You have to go, monsieur Paul.
00:53:40Yes, thank you.
00:53:45Goodbye.
00:53:47Think of me.
00:53:49Love me.
00:53:51You know I always will.
00:54:17Thank you, thank you, doctor.
00:54:18Goodbye.
00:54:19Thank you, madame.
00:54:20A pleasure.
00:54:23Lydia!
00:54:24Well, hello there!
00:54:25It's Max, isn't it?
00:54:26Yes, that's right.
00:54:27What are you doing around these parts?
00:54:29Not ill?
00:54:30Never felt better.
00:54:31Good.
00:54:32We'll celebrate that at the Grand Café Le Parc.
00:54:34I'll look after her, Rosa.
00:54:35You have a coffee, Rosa, or an aperitif.
00:54:37Joseph, too.
00:54:42So you will not have a drink with me?
00:54:44Sorry.
00:54:45But I forgot to bring my disinfectant.
00:54:48Do you mind if I say I've never seen you looking so happy, Steph?
00:54:52I am happy.
00:54:53Good.
00:54:54I live here, you know.
00:54:55Room above.
00:54:56Along this waterfront, I've painted fishermen of every colour,
00:54:59from green to bright vermilion.
00:55:02Marcel.
00:55:03Yes, monsieur?
00:55:04Another pastis.
00:55:05What are you painting today?
00:55:06It's a view of the harbour.
00:55:08I think it's a view of the harbour.
00:55:11Max, I want to write a letter.
00:55:13Well, all you need is a pen, some paper, and...
00:55:17Oh, I'm sorry.
00:55:18I can write. I'm not as helpless as that.
00:55:20But I'm never quite sure the lines aren't running into each other.
00:55:23How about me writing it for you?
00:55:25Would you?
00:55:26Certainly.
00:55:27Marcel, writing paper.
00:55:28Yes, monsieur?
00:55:29You can dictate.
00:55:30It's to Paul.
00:55:32Oh.
00:55:34Why not?
00:55:35You know I love him.
00:55:36I shan't be saying much more than that.
00:55:38Right you are.
00:55:40Thank you, Marcel.
00:55:41The pen is poised.
00:55:43My own darling.
00:55:47Who I love more than...
00:55:48Whom I love, with an M.
00:55:50Sorry.
00:55:52Whom I love more than I ever dreamed was possible.
00:55:56I'm counting the hours till you're with me again.
00:56:00With me again.
00:56:03I have something to tell you which is vital to our lives and to our future together.
00:56:07Charmant.
00:56:22Charmant.
00:56:30The letter was never finished.
00:56:32Nor posted.
00:56:34She placed it in her white handbag and...
00:56:37She keeps the bags in a small chest of drawers.
00:56:41Directly across the room from the fire.
00:56:44How do you know, Joseph?
00:56:46The maids know all that goes on in the house and...
00:56:49I know the maids.
00:56:53You are forgetting her telegram.
00:56:57We make a good team, do we not?
00:57:02Very good, Joseph.
00:57:06Directly across the room from the fire.
00:57:13Come in.
00:57:15I have a telegram for you.
00:57:16From Paul. What does he say? Read it to me.
00:57:19It's from England. Signed, Simon.
00:57:21I have an exciting matter to discuss with you and Paul.
00:57:24Are you coming to England soon?
00:57:26I wonder what he wants.
00:57:28I've brought you a little present.
00:57:30Do you mind if I switch this over?
00:57:34Oh, it's the Farrand doll.
00:57:36Thought you'd like it.
00:57:39I look terrible.
00:57:41May I use the mirror?
00:57:43Please do.
00:57:44You're very kind, Verity.
00:57:47It is an attractive tune, isn't it?
00:57:50I've always loved it.
00:57:59It takes me right back to my childhood.
00:58:02One of my earliest recollections.
00:58:08For a moment I felt you could see me.
00:58:10For a moment I felt you could see me.
00:58:13I'm afraid not, Verity.
00:58:24Lydia?
00:58:27Madam. Thank you, George.
00:58:29Sue, Paul is waiting upstairs.
00:58:31Paul, he's back!
00:58:33Careful, Lydia. You'll break your neck.
00:58:36I'm all right, Rosa.
00:58:37Anybody think she could see as well as...
00:58:44Anything wrong?
00:58:51Paul?
00:58:54Paul?
00:58:58Paul, where are you?
00:59:00I'm here.
00:59:02Darling, I didn't expect you back as soon as this.
00:59:05I'm so very happy.
00:59:07You look as if you are.
00:59:09Aren't you going to kiss me?
00:59:12Put your arms around me?
00:59:14We are going away from here today.
00:59:18I can't see your face, but I know it's not happy.
00:59:21Something's happened I don't know about.
00:59:24Something has been happening that I didn't know about.
00:59:27What is it? What's the matter? Tell me!
00:59:30If you insist.
00:59:33What's that?
00:59:35It's a letter.
00:59:38My own darling,
00:59:40whom I love more than I ever dreamt was possible.
00:59:43I am counting the hours till I see you again.
00:59:46There is something I have to tell you
00:59:48which is vital to our lives and our future together.
00:59:52Written by Max.
00:59:54His writing. His hotel paper.
00:59:57Talking about your future and his.
00:59:59Go on. What else have you made of it?
01:00:01Come to me. Come to me as soon as you can.
01:00:04Did you go to him?
01:00:06Oh, why ask? I know Joseph took you there.
01:00:09He took me to Cassie's.
01:00:11How did you get that letter?
01:00:14Oh, does it matter?
01:00:17It was found with your bag.
01:00:19You must have left it around like your knitting needles.
01:00:22It was given to father.
01:00:24I love you. Love you always.
01:00:27I love you.
01:00:28I love you. Love you always.
01:00:32No signature.
01:00:34Not even Max's?
01:00:36Do you think he would commit himself on paper?
01:00:38No, he wouldn't.
01:00:40He wouldn't and do you know why?
01:00:42Because his pen ran out of ink.
01:00:45Silly, isn't it?
01:00:47I'm glad you think it's funny.
01:00:49Poor Paul, who'd write a love letter to a blind woman?
01:00:53Who'd read it to her?
01:00:55That letter was written to you by Max, writing for me.
01:00:59For me, don't you understand that?
01:01:01Then why wasn't it fostered?
01:01:03It would have been.
01:01:06How weak is your service?
01:01:08I took it home to sign myself, but you telephoned, don't you remember?
01:01:12There was nothing in the letter I didn't say on the phone.
01:01:14Do you ask me to believe that...
01:01:16Don't ask you to. You believe the wrong thing already.
01:01:18What does it matter what you believe?
01:01:20I know that I...
01:01:22I know that I love you beyond suspicion or doubt or reason.
01:01:24You love me the same way.
01:01:27Now you'll never be sure whether the child I'm going to have is yours.
01:01:31The child?
01:01:33Why did you think I begged you to come home?
01:01:35What did you think I wanted to tell you?
01:01:37Lydia, if it is the truth...
01:01:39Nothing's the truth anymore!
01:01:41Rosa!
01:01:43Rosa, help me!
01:01:45Lydia!
01:01:47Rosa, let me in!
01:01:49Rosa!
01:01:54Rosa!
01:02:00He went out into the garden.
01:02:02He looked very upset.
01:02:04I wish you couldn't make it up with him, do you?
01:02:07Rosa, it's not the quarrel so much as not knowing who caused it.
01:02:11If only I...
01:02:13If there is something sly going on round here,
01:02:15it's up to Paul to help you find out what it is.
01:02:18Why don't we go and talk to him?
01:02:24I'll go.
01:02:26That's my love.
01:02:33Oh, yes, I see.
01:02:35You mean about Lydia?
01:02:37Well, as we always said...
01:02:50But as long as we work together,
01:02:51I really believe we can achieve the desired result.
01:03:06I don't think, of course,
01:03:08that one has to think about the others.
01:03:22Yes, Doctor?
01:03:27Madame is as well as can be expected.
01:03:30Madame Lacontes will stay with her for a while.
01:03:35I'm sorry.
01:03:37There will be no child.
01:03:39No child.
01:03:41No child.
01:03:43No child.
01:03:45No child.
01:03:47No child.
01:03:49No child.
01:03:52Thank you, Doctor.
01:04:04Who is it?
01:04:07It's Verite.
01:04:09Come in.
01:04:11I've been listening to the rain.
01:04:13It's stopped, hasn't it?
01:04:15Yes.
01:04:17The doctor said you were well enough to see me.
01:04:21Paul will be coming in soon.
01:04:24Lydia, you must be very gentle with him.
01:04:26He's very unhappy.
01:04:28He is.
01:04:30He wanted that child.
01:04:32He needs pity, too.
01:04:34Meaning I need it.
01:04:36Don't twist my words.
01:04:38All right.
01:04:40A tragic thing has happened,
01:04:42and you have convinced yourself
01:04:44that something or somebody is against you.
01:04:46You've even felt that you are not wanted in this house.
01:04:48The house is waiting for me to go.
01:04:49You mustn't say that.
01:04:51Paul would never want you to go
01:04:53because he's fine and he stands by a bargain.
01:04:55Even a bad one?
01:04:57Lydia, I am your friend,
01:04:59and I tell you sincerely,
01:05:01Paul will never fail you again,
01:05:03even if he has to suffer for it.
01:05:06It's Paul.
01:05:08Try to make alliances.
01:05:10It hasn't been easy for him, either.
01:05:13May I come in?
01:05:15Yes.
01:05:17She's almost herself again.
01:05:20See you both later.
01:05:42I don't know what to say.
01:05:50I don't know what to say.
01:06:04Funny feeling, isn't it,
01:06:06to be at the mercy of forces beyond your control?
01:06:09Yes.
01:06:12Lydia,
01:06:14somehow,
01:06:16it's been two short years
01:06:18Somehow we lost each other along the way.
01:06:22Can't we find each other again?
01:06:25Forgive.
01:06:27What have you to forgive me for?
01:06:29You shouldn't have gone running around those stairs.
01:06:33Why did you?
01:06:35I heard your father.
01:06:37I know how he's always felt about me.
01:06:38One isn't afraid of what one knows.
01:06:41But he was talking with the other.
01:06:42What other?
01:06:44Oh, not this obsession.
01:06:45Is it an obsession?
01:06:46What if I'm right?
01:06:47Oh, darling, still starting at shadows.
01:06:49You must get this thing out of your mind.
01:06:51It can wreck both our lives.
01:06:55It won't wreck yours.
01:06:58Things haven't been easy for you, have they?
01:07:02I can't complain.
01:07:05I am going to Cassius to see Max.
01:07:07I think he's got right to the whole story.
01:07:11And an apology, too.
01:07:13If you feel it.
01:07:14Yes.
01:07:17Then we start again.
01:07:20With all this behind us.
01:07:22It is behind us.
01:07:25I shan't worry about it anymore.
01:07:29I won't be long.
01:07:38Goodbye, darling.
01:07:47Goodbye.
01:07:59There is not a nip in beer, George.
01:08:00Yes, Monsieur Paul.
01:08:01Well, Joseph, will you come upstairs with me?
01:08:03I may be riding tomorrow morning,
01:08:04and I would like you to take my boots,
01:08:06and I have them boned.
01:08:07Yes, Monsieur Paul.
01:08:12You better as well get the black beer, too.
01:08:13Oh, lady, ah?
01:08:14There's nothing much wrong with them,
01:08:15just get the heels.
01:08:20Lady, ah?
01:08:23Lady, ah?
01:08:24Where are you?
01:08:28She is gone, Paul.
01:08:30Gone?
01:08:32Where?
01:08:34Paris.
01:08:35London, New York.
01:08:36She did not say.
01:08:38She only left word that it would be useless
01:08:40for you to try and find her.
01:08:46Attention, please.
01:08:47Aer Lingus flight to Dublin.
01:08:51We're near the bookstore, aren't we, Rosa?
01:08:53Yes.
01:08:54Do you want anything, dear?
01:08:56Aer Lingus flight to Dublin.
01:08:59She's arrived, Doctor.
01:09:02Lydia.
01:09:03I got your message.
01:09:04You know, you had me on tenterhooks.
01:09:06What with that husband of yours
01:09:07bringing it from the south of France,
01:09:08every half hour.
01:09:09Simon, you didn't tell him I was coming, did you?
01:09:11No, I didn't.
01:09:12And that husband of yours
01:09:13bringing it from the south of France,
01:09:14every half hour.
01:09:15Simon, you didn't tell him I was coming.
01:09:16I didn't tell him a thing.
01:09:17Because you mustn't.
01:09:18Well, you forget about it now.
01:09:19I sit in this chair by the fire.
01:09:21And I'll tell you why I wanted to see you.
01:09:23You got my telegram?
01:09:24Yes.
01:09:25Remember when you were here last?
01:09:27Of course.
01:09:29Paul was...
01:09:32There's somebody there now.
01:09:35Is it Paul?
01:09:36Not this time.
01:09:38This is Doctor Anatole Mathieu
01:09:39of the Lausanne Clinic of Opthalmy.
01:09:41He's been studying your case.
01:09:43Doctor Mathieu?
01:09:45How big a chance will Madame take
01:09:47in order to see again?
01:09:50I was told I had only one chance in a hundred.
01:09:53The odds may be slightly shorter than that.
01:09:56If they are, say, two in a hundred,
01:10:00I will take the risk,
01:10:02if you will.
01:10:05Do you mind if I feel your face?
01:10:08Are not my hands going to be more important?
01:10:12I guarantee nothing.
01:10:15The odds could be perhaps three in a hundred.
01:10:42THE END
01:11:07Wake up for a little while now.
01:11:11Are you awake?
01:11:13Yes.
01:11:15Open your eyes.
01:11:17Open them.
01:11:28Anything, Madame?
01:11:31I'm not sure.
01:11:34It's a sort of a haze.
01:11:36Open them again.
01:11:37Try.
01:11:42THE END
01:11:48The haze is moving.
01:11:51It's like
01:11:53veils falling away.
01:11:56I can see a hand.
01:12:01You can sleep now again.
01:12:04If you have succeeded...
01:12:05If I have succeeded, she can go back to the chateau
01:12:09and perhaps see the answer to her problems.
01:12:12If I have succeeded, she can go back to the chateau
01:12:16and perhaps see the answer to her problems.
01:12:35Madame?
01:12:36We had no idea you were arriving.
01:12:38Joseph?
01:12:39But yes, Madame.
01:12:40Is my voice so different?
01:12:41Your position seems to be different.
01:12:43Who promoted you into butler?
01:12:45Who should?
01:12:46Well, don't keep standing here in the cold.
01:12:48You come in too and shut the door.
01:12:50Is Monsieur Paul upstairs?
01:12:52Monsieur Paul is not here, Madame.
01:12:54Oh.
01:12:55Where is he?
01:12:57He did not make me his confidant.
01:12:59Madame La Comtesse is in Paris with Madame Dupont and the baby.
01:13:02Monsieur Lecomte is far from well,
01:13:04but if you would care to step into the library...
01:13:06Good evening, Madame.
01:13:09Who are you?
01:13:10I am Mignot, Madame.
01:13:11Of course.
01:13:12Lydia.
01:13:13Well, where have you sprung from?
01:13:15Verite.
01:13:16Driving in on such a cold night, why didn't you let us know?
01:13:19Oh, of course, the storm, the wires are down.
01:13:23I'm sorry I sound rather dazed,
01:13:25but your arrival is something of a shock.
01:13:28No, just unexpected.
01:13:30You look wonderfully well.
01:13:32Different somehow.
01:13:34But you must be cold and tired.
01:13:36Do come up.
01:13:37Joseph, look after Rosa and the chauffeur.
01:13:39I will see to it, Madame.
01:13:41You remember the stairs, the curve here, remember?
01:13:44Are you staying here, Verite?
01:13:46Or just helping out?
01:13:47With the Comtesse away and La Comtesse ill,
01:13:49somebody had to act as chatelaine.
01:13:52Your senses are very acute.
01:13:54You realize the kitten was there before I even saw it.
01:13:59Just a few more steps.
01:14:01Your rooms are being repainted.
01:14:03I'm staying in the Empire Suite.
01:14:05This way.
01:14:09In here.
01:14:12Do you know this room?
01:14:13I suppose so, I'm not sure.
01:14:15Come over here by the fire.
01:14:18It's a settee.
01:14:20Do sit down.
01:14:21Thank you, Verite.
01:14:24I've got some fresh coffee.
01:14:29You don't take sugar?
01:14:30No.
01:14:32Now, if it's not being too curious,
01:14:34what brought you back so suddenly?
01:14:36There's something I want to settle in my mind.
01:14:39To do with Paul?
01:14:41Not really.
01:14:43Not that old delusion about someone wanting to hurt you?
01:14:46Yes.
01:14:48My dear, why worry about that now?
01:14:51Coffee?
01:14:53After all, you and Paul can't get together again.
01:14:56Can't we?
01:14:57Well...
01:14:58Where is he?
01:15:00He has business in New York.
01:15:02What made you hesitate?
01:15:04Did I?
01:15:05It wasn't intentional.
01:15:07He'll be away some time.
01:15:09Something to do with the wine exports.
01:15:12And then, of course, he has to readjust his life.
01:15:15I mean, a man has to think of his own future.
01:15:17In what way, Verite?
01:15:19Well, you disappeared so completely.
01:15:21For all he knew, you might have been dead.
01:15:25For all he knows, you could be dead.
01:15:28I suppose so.
01:15:29I suppose so.
01:15:34Let me understand one thing clearly.
01:15:37Is it that you intend to see him again?
01:15:40Don't take the word see too literally.
01:15:42If I could prove our unhappiness had been caused by somebody else,
01:15:45I'd move heaven and earth to make a fresh start with him.
01:15:50You know, for a moment, I almost felt you could see me.
01:15:53You said that once before.
01:15:55The night you bought me the gramophone record.
01:15:58You have a good memory.
01:16:00Of that week?
01:16:01Yes.
01:16:03I remember every moment of it.
01:16:05It was the week my letter was stolen.
01:16:07Stolen?
01:16:08Really, Lydia?
01:16:09You're not suggesting that someone would deliberately...
01:16:11Yes, I am, and I intend to prove it.
01:16:16Darling.
01:16:20You're overtired.
01:16:22Imagining things again.
01:16:23Now, come along.
01:16:25Take your hat and coat off and have a little rest.
01:16:28I'll have a meal prepared for you.
01:16:31My bed is straight ahead, through the door.
01:16:37So it was you!
01:16:39You can see.
01:16:40It's the second time you've tried to kill me.
01:16:42You're out of your mind.
01:16:43It was you all along.
01:16:44The cove, the needles, the letter.
01:16:47You wanted to kill me.
01:16:48You wanted to kill me.
01:16:50The cove, then.
01:16:51The needles, the letter.
01:16:52You wanted Paul so much you'd stick at nothing to get him.
01:16:55Of course I wanted Paul.
01:16:56But he loved me.
01:16:57He never loved you.
01:16:58What sort of companion were you?
01:16:59Staying here, spoiling other people's lives.
01:17:01Yours?
01:17:02Of course.
01:17:03I hate you.
01:17:04I always have.
01:17:05I'm what Paul needed.
01:17:06What the family wanted for him.
01:17:08He only married you out of pity.
01:17:09That's a lie.
01:17:10If he wanted you at all, wouldn't he be looking for you now?
01:17:13Perhaps he is.
01:17:14He's going to New York.
01:17:16Then he hasn't left yet.
01:17:17He is looking for me.
01:17:18Lydia, where are you going?
01:17:19Find him.
01:17:20You can't.
01:17:21You don't know where he is.
01:17:22I'll find him wherever he is.
01:17:23Lydia, come back.
01:17:24I want to talk to you.
01:17:26Rosa.
01:17:27Rosa, we're leaving.
01:17:29Hello, Etienne.
01:17:30Lydia.
01:17:31Miraculous.
01:17:32Did you sense my presence here?
01:17:35It's not possible.
01:17:36You can see.
01:17:38Yes.
01:17:40Now I can see you.
01:17:41I wonder why I was ever afraid of you.
01:17:43I have lost a little of my fire, I admit.
01:17:46As you see, I cannot get up.
01:17:48But I can ask you to stay with us for a little while.
01:17:50I'm leaving now.
01:17:51So you are rejecting us.
01:17:52Why not?
01:17:53I was never welcome in this house.
01:17:55You were blind.
01:17:56I wanted my son's wife to be perfect.
01:17:58Like Verite, you mean.
01:18:00Of course, you wouldn't mind the blindness of hate.
01:18:02Hate?
01:18:03Oh, my dear Lydia.
01:18:04It might interest you to know that the perfect Verite has just tried to kill me for the second time.
01:18:10I hope that in regaining your sight, you have not lost your mind.
01:18:13I've found my mind.
01:18:14That's why I'm going to find Paul.
01:18:16You're going to London, eh?
01:18:17London?
01:18:18Of course.
01:18:19Where else would he be?
01:18:20Rosa, hurry.
01:18:21I'll bring the bags.
01:18:22Well, if you like driving on a freezing night, backwards and forwards like a cat on old bricks.
01:18:27Come on.
01:18:33Verite.
01:18:37You are not looking as happy as you did.
01:18:39Is that because she is going to find Paul?
01:18:42He's leaving London tomorrow.
01:18:43He's going to Paris before he sails.
01:18:45She won't find him.
01:18:46Perhaps not.
01:18:47You sound as if you...
01:18:48Verite, come down here to me.
01:18:52That's right.
01:18:53Come down here to me.
01:18:56I want to ask you a question.
01:18:59Do you think that Paul is leaving London because he is tired of searching or because he has given up hope?
01:19:05A man can't search for a lost wife forever.
01:19:08You love Paul, don't you?
01:19:09Well, love is as good a word as any other.
01:19:11You know that I do.
01:19:13You want to marry him and you will let nothing stand in your way.
01:19:16I've never pretended otherwise.
01:19:18No, I suppose not.
01:19:21But I never quite realized how far you would go.
01:19:25If you have nothing more interesting to do than to talk a lot of nonsense about...
01:19:28Ah, but I have something more interesting to do.
01:19:31Joseph, bring me a telegraph phone.
01:19:35You see, I want to send a telegram, but my hand is...
01:19:38You know?
01:19:39Will you write it out for me?
01:19:42If you wish.
01:19:49To Paul de Vendiere, Carriages Hotel, London.
01:19:53And the message is, I am leaving for London immediately.
01:19:57You are?
01:19:58Please continue. Wait for me, my darling.
01:20:00You want me to go to London?
01:20:01No, no, no, I have not finished yet. There is still the signature.
01:20:04I know my name.
01:20:05Ah, but the name is your loving wife Lydia.
01:20:09You!
01:20:11What sort of joke do you think this is?
01:20:13Do you think you can bring Paul and Lydia together?
01:20:15Just a thought.
01:20:16Well, I won't let you to hear me.
01:20:18And if you try to go back on me now, you're going to lose.
01:20:21Because I don't vacillate.
01:20:23I go for what I want in a straight line.
01:20:25And you can't send this telegram anyway. The wires are down.
01:20:28So they are.
01:20:29And I'll meet Paul in Paris tomorrow.
01:20:31Talk to him before you can. He'll listen to me. He always has.
01:20:34Well then, what can I do?
01:20:36Nothing, except sit there like the decrepit old fool you are...
01:20:39...while I see Paul. Get on that ship with Paul.
01:20:41I'm leaving here immediately.
01:20:43Mignon!
01:20:44Mignon, pack my bags.
01:20:46A pleasant journey.
01:20:48Mignon! Mignon!
01:20:50Joseph.
01:20:52Come here, Joseph.
01:20:55Bring me another telegraph form.
01:21:06Everything is ready, madame.
01:21:10What do you want?
01:21:12It is my wish you do not leave without me.
01:21:14Why not? What help have you been...
01:21:23So you still know which side.
01:21:25Will pay me best.
01:21:27Always, madame.
01:21:32Very well.
01:21:34But in this mood, you will drive me away.
01:21:36Very well.
01:21:38But in this mood, you will drive too fast.
01:21:40I would like to drive.
01:21:41It's what I like that counts.
01:21:45As you will.
01:21:53You are driving too fast.
01:21:55Sorry.
01:21:57The speed is dangerous.
01:21:58Lots of things are dangerous.
01:22:01If you slow down, I may change my mind.
01:22:03About what?
01:22:05About which side will pay me best.
01:22:07What do you mean by that?
01:22:08The old man is giving me quite a sum to go to Marseille with you.
01:22:11Why?
01:22:12To send that telegram to Madame Lydia.
01:22:14Telegram?
01:22:15Look out!
01:22:16We're going to be hit!
01:22:35Mr. Thompson to the announcement desk, please.
01:22:59Want to pay for love?
01:23:02The news, please.
01:23:04yes miss. anything else miss? no thank you.
01:23:09what's up Sid? seen her before? I don't know. maybe.
01:23:22oh would you get our luggage please? three pieces. yes madam. evening news
01:23:27please. sorry only one left. I'd like the standard. thank you.
01:23:34that rings a bell. didn't that happen to you once before?
01:23:37one copy left. young lady asking for it too. yes it did.
01:23:41queer how things stick in your mind. she was here a moment ago.
01:23:44who was? well I could be mistaken of course. see a lot of people doing this
01:23:48job. you couldn't mistake this young lady.
01:23:51she's blind. blind? no this one wasn't blind. she picked the paper out herself.
01:23:55well my mistake. you have Paris press? just been flown in sir.
01:24:00and the Figaro? your change sir? the Figaro.
01:24:09oh but yes monsieur. you also have a fondness for the music of Provence?
01:24:13yes I am from Provence. oh myself I'm from Paris.
01:24:17but I love the old folk tunes. they are so gay.
01:24:20so very gay. yes they are.
01:24:25that's me. au revoir.
01:24:27au revoir monsieur.
01:24:29the coach is leaving now.
01:24:31correct. on the nail sir.
01:24:37all right madam. this way.
01:24:43but that's the Farrand doll.
01:24:45but yes madam.
01:24:47don't tell me you know it too.
01:24:49so that makes three of us then.
01:24:51you me and the monsieur from Provence.
01:24:53what monsieur? where?
01:24:55just getting on the bus. over there.
01:24:57it must be Paul.
01:24:59don't be silly Lydia.
01:25:01pardon me.
01:25:03I'm awfully sorry.
01:25:05Paul!
01:25:11Lydia.
01:25:13oh Lydia.
01:25:15it's true. your eyes. you can see.
01:25:17don't.
01:25:21so can everybody else.
01:25:23yes.
01:25:25who cares?
01:25:47you
01:26:17you