Basil is a 1998 British Historical Drama Movie | Christian Slater, Jaren Leto, Claire Forlani
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A lonely young aristocrat in turn-of the century England struggles to meet the approval of his over-bearing, class-conscious father while trying to please the selfish woman he loves.
Starring: Christian Slater, Jared Leto, Claire Forlani, Derek Jacobi
A lonely young aristocrat in turn-of the century England struggles to meet the approval of his over-bearing, class-conscious father while trying to please the selfish woman he loves.
Starring: Christian Slater, Jared Leto, Claire Forlani, Derek Jacobi
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00:00:00You
00:00:30You
00:01:00You
00:01:30You
00:01:57Of Lindemare nothing remains
00:02:01At least nothing of the Windermere of my youth
00:02:07Nature has taken over
00:02:11The Great Hall is now a ruin just a roost for wild birds
00:02:22By night all life leaves Windermere there are stories of the sad ghosts that haunt the hall
00:02:28Alone in the dark perhaps
00:02:30Windermere herself dreams of the lost days of her glory as I now dream of the lost days of my youth
00:02:44It was a wild and frightful night when the masked man set forth with black murder in his heart
00:02:54What are you talking about
00:02:57The masked man
00:03:00Is a character that Basil has made up a man with a face so hideous that he masks it
00:03:05Basil has been telling us stories about this masked man. His stories are good, sir. They're funny and bold
00:03:12There are no masked men Basil and if you persist in making things up I shall send you back to London for the summer
00:03:19Oh really Frederick
00:03:21They were just harmless make-believe
00:03:24Make-believe is never harmless
00:03:33Look Basil
00:03:36Windermere Hall
00:03:37Windermere Hall if you're a good boy Ralph and behave yourself one day it will be yours
00:03:46And if you're a good boy Basil and behave yourself you will be allowed to visit
00:03:51If you are a good boy, and if I behave myself
00:03:56You
00:04:13Father went to his study to read for a bit your hands are hot mother. Do you have a fever?
00:04:20It's like one perhaps
00:04:25It looks like the masked man mother
00:04:27Is it bad to make believe? I'm not sure but I do want to hear what happened to the masked man when he set forth
00:04:36with black murder in his heart
00:04:43Basil
00:04:45There is a little girl who's going to be living with us
00:04:50She is the daughter of an old friend of your father
00:04:53Little Clara's parents just died in an accident
00:04:56so your father and I thought it would be best if
00:05:00if we took her in
00:05:02I
00:05:29Save some of my supper for you
00:05:33That was very clever
00:05:36What you did with your face
00:05:39Don't you think you should go down and apologize to your father do you think I should good to get it over with
00:05:48But wait your face it's still crooked
00:06:02I
00:06:25Am sorry sir come here
00:06:27Come here
00:06:30Come on come here
00:06:39Can you tell me who that is great-grandfather was an admiral in the Royal Navy and who is that
00:06:47That is his brother
00:06:49personal physician to his late majesty
00:06:52Yeah, that is my grandfather and he served in the House of Lords, are you worthy of your ancestors bezel
00:07:01Do you think they are looking down on you with pride?
00:07:08Your imagination
00:07:11She's a wild horse bezel rain her in tight or she will drag you to disaster
00:07:22I
00:07:25Scurry along to bed
00:07:31Do you need a candle master basil
00:07:39Good night master basil
00:07:51I
00:07:53Will these people on the first Monday of every month the hall is open to the public
00:08:21I
00:08:43Ralph and you do battle see me in my study
00:08:52A
00:08:54Girl who took your fancy tonight is the daughter of a schoolteacher in Windsor. I
00:09:01Spoke to the father. He seems a nice man. He was very grateful to be allowed into the hall
00:09:08He knows his place Ralph. I
00:09:13Trust you know yours as well
00:09:21Oh
00:09:51Oh
00:10:08Sir please
00:10:10You are a father to
00:10:13be merciful
00:10:15Let them be married
00:10:18We will not be able to hide a condition much longer
00:10:39I have a manor on my mother's side in Yorkshire places of wilderness the land barren and inhospitable
00:10:46You will see to it Agnes that his things are packed immediately and that he is dispatched to this
00:10:52retreat I
00:10:55Wash my hands of him. He is not my son
00:11:15I
00:11:45You
00:12:08Did not see what you saw Basil, but I did I saw father did not see that
00:12:14When you are older you will understand I promise
00:12:19But until then
00:12:25Tell me about the masked man Basil make up a story for your mother
00:12:43Oh
00:13:13Oh
00:13:28Take him away
00:13:43I
00:14:05Have only you now Basil
00:14:08My hopes all rest on you
00:14:11the pride of generations
00:14:14rests on you
00:14:17And you have only me Basil so beware
00:14:22If you dash my hopes and damn my pride
00:14:27You will lose the last living soul linked to you by flesh and blood
00:14:44You
00:14:59What are you doing, why are you burning these?
00:15:13You
00:15:15You
00:15:39Clara
00:15:42You've grown so thin
00:15:45Have they been feeding you? Well only too well Clara
00:15:49Made me friends this time
00:15:51My studies keep me fully occupied. There is no time for friends
00:15:55No, no, it's good. Friends can be and usually are bad influences
00:16:01well
00:16:02Windermere then
00:16:16Walk on then
00:16:26Do you need a candle sir? I'm fine. Thank you
00:16:45I
00:17:15I
00:17:45I
00:18:15I
00:18:39There we are don't move
00:18:45I
00:19:08We should be safe here for the moment
00:19:11By night all the tides will rise but I expect to have you home by then
00:19:16So look at your leg, shall we
00:19:20It's going to happen
00:19:22We must do this. You'll be left with a limp
00:19:25And we cannot have the future Lord of Windermere Hall limping now can we master battle?
00:19:40My name is John Mannion, sir. I am grateful to you. Mr. Mannion John
00:19:46And I am dazzled to you
00:19:50How did you know who I am
00:19:52I'm staying in the village close by
00:19:55I'm here on holiday
00:19:56Some of the villagers pointed you out to me when you drove by in your carriage. You're not from these parts then
00:20:01No, sir. I'm from London. I
00:20:04Manage accounts for a small linen merchant
00:20:10Not quite the social circle you must be used to I
00:20:13I
00:20:15Do not have a social circle. I
00:20:17Lead a very private life really and have no friends. Is that so?
00:20:23That's a pity sir
00:20:25Basil
00:20:26Every man needs a mate
00:20:30Go ahead sure smoke
00:20:32I
00:20:41Must leave you here and fetch help stay where you are. I'll come back for you. I promise
00:21:02I
00:21:17Promised I would I'm a man of my word. I thought the boat hang on tight. Take a deep breath
00:21:32You
00:21:42And with the tide rising you would surely have drowned Basil I thank you sir
00:21:47It was a very brave thing. You did it was only human sir. No more than you would have done for me. I'm sure
00:21:53Can we offer you a room for the night?
00:21:57Thank you, sir, but I have a room at the village inn
00:22:00sorry
00:22:01Order a carriage to take you back there. Thank you again, sir, but I enjoy walking
00:22:12Good night. Watch out for yourself Basil
00:22:17I
00:22:29Well, there goes a man who knows his place
00:22:33He did a good deed but refused to take advantage of it quite frankly
00:22:38I find it odd that a man would do a good deed for nothing. What kind of a man is that?
00:22:43I wonder a gentleman sir
00:22:46He could have stayed in his place and watched me drown in mine
00:22:51Shall I ring the bell for supper now uncle Frederick? Yes
00:23:16I
00:23:25Came looking for you. How's your leg? It's getting better every day. I'm good
00:23:30Would you do me the honor of joining me for lunch Basil?
00:23:34Yes, thank you
00:23:37So, what did your father say when you said you were coming to see me I
00:23:42Did not tell him
00:23:46He does not want us to have friends us
00:23:50Clara and I oh, yes, Clara. What is it with the women of your class Basil?
00:23:55Why do they like that pale sickly look so much?
00:23:58Perhaps it is to keep their men folk virtuous
00:24:00Maybe their pale sickly look is why the men of your class aren't so virtuous one to wear another to bed. Isn't that your tradition?
00:24:11Forgive me Basil. I was a joke a bad one
00:24:17I
00:24:30Surely you don't mean to tell me you're that inexperienced your mates in college would have told you about such things
00:24:35Well, I forget your father's not that you have mates
00:24:40You're my mate you tell me
00:24:43There's nothing more to tell Basil that's all there is to it what you've done a couple of times you wonder what the fuss was all
00:24:49about
00:24:52Done it
00:24:55Have you John
00:24:57When and with whom
00:25:02Dear
00:25:04You're not going to pounce on poor Clara in your haste to make good on your last prime. Will you daddy? I
00:25:09Think she would die of fright
00:25:12You cannot say until you've tried my friend
00:25:14But if it does not work come and see me in London, and I will see what I can do for you. I
00:25:19leave tonight I
00:25:21Hope you'll visit me in London. I usually dine with my employer. So come and have supper with me at 16 Whitehall Square
00:25:33Bounder come on come on bounder
00:25:41Oh
00:26:11I
00:26:36Am sorry, don't cry
00:26:42Oh, it felt just like bound
00:26:52I'm sorry Basil
00:26:56If you do it again, I promise I'll not love
00:27:01You were a silly inexperienced girl Clara it is clear you have never been kissed by a man before
00:27:07Nor are you likely to be in the future?
00:27:11You
00:27:28How do you feel Basil not too good, I'm afraid
00:27:36You don't seem to have a fever
00:27:38I bet you can't come with us to the opera today. Come Clara. Goodbye Basil
00:28:08I
00:28:38I
00:28:59John
00:29:08You
00:29:38I
00:30:08I
00:30:16Came to see John Mannion
00:30:20He is not here now
00:30:23When do you expect him I
00:30:27Do not know
00:30:30May I wait for him
00:30:34If you choose
00:30:39I will wait downstairs that
00:30:44Let me come with you
00:30:59Look this is my house in Cornwall
00:31:02my family's rather
00:31:06Mr. Mannion gave us that painting
00:31:09What did you say your name is?
00:31:11Basil
00:31:13And yours
00:31:15Julia
00:31:17Have you been to Windermere Hall?
00:31:20No, but mr. Mannion has and he has told us a lot about it
00:31:26You can wait here though, I do not know mr. Mannion will be back
00:31:33If you see the maid you may ask her for some tea
00:31:38I
00:31:51Penny for your thoughts
00:31:54My thoughts
00:31:57They aren't worth a penny they are just as dull and drab as everything here
00:32:03pardon me Basil I
00:32:06Do not think it is dull or drab
00:32:09There are families all out together. I think it is quite wonderful
00:32:16Someday you will learn to appreciate life's simple moments battle that sounds like a curse
00:32:31I
00:32:33Am sorry Laura I was rude
00:32:40Basil isn't that the man who rescued you in Cornwall?
00:32:45Go on home tell father I had an errand to run, please
00:32:58John
00:33:04Oh
00:33:06Hi, I came looking for you
00:33:09Julia Sherwin tells me you came to see me yesterday. Is that a surname Sherwin? Yes, I came to the house shortly afterwards
00:33:17Why didn't you wait for me? It did not seem to matter to her if I stayed or not
00:33:22Julie I thought you'd come to see me
00:33:26So I did
00:33:29She's an insolent ill-mannered girl I
00:33:32Found her to be warm and affectionate perhaps you mistook her shyness for rudeness. I do not think I did I
00:33:41Would like to see her again John I
00:33:44Thought you found a disagreeable. Well, I do
00:33:48But I want to show her that two can play the game. I
00:33:51Can be just as indifferent to her and just as rude
00:33:57Life has been kind to you hasn't it? Everything is but a game
00:34:02All right, you shall get to show Julia just how disagreeable you can be I shall arrange for a suitable meeting
00:34:17Relax Basil. She should be here any moment
00:34:20She comes every Thursday when the new shooting of cloth arrives. She likes to have first choice of fabric for her dresses
00:34:29There she is
00:34:32I
00:34:43Julia mr. Mannion, I believe you've met Basil haven't you? Yes. How do you do?
00:34:50Well
00:34:57What do you think does it suit me
00:35:00Perfectly child shall I have someone cut and send you a piece? Yes consider it done
00:35:06Basil would you care to walk miss Sherwin to the door? I have some work to attend to
00:35:20I
00:35:37Well, well what well nothing
00:35:50I
00:35:54Was a disaster a
00:35:57total disaster
00:35:59What's wrong? I could not say a word. She said well, and what did I say? Well what?
00:36:06God she must think me an embassy around basil. Nobody's worth such torment who said I am tormented. I am perfectly at peace
00:36:14I
00:36:19Must see her again John I must
00:36:24Show her
00:36:27Let me see what I can do my friend
00:36:34Wind me a hole
00:36:35long ride up a winding tree line drive the first glimpse of the hall rising up from a sea of
00:36:41jade green grass
00:36:44skyabards and the sea beyond
00:36:48Because I've never been to windy me of all I go for what John here tells me more tea gal make it quick
00:36:54But I have had the pleasure of seeing your house in London
00:36:57What a grand house that is. I once saw your father right off in his carriage. I suppose he was on his way to the Parliament. Oh
00:37:06Yes, mr. Sherwin
00:37:09Where
00:37:11Is Julia mr. Sherwin that was my next question, where is the child? It's not every day we have such distinguished company for tea
00:37:20What's keeping Julia ask her to hurry please sir, miss Julia is not home. You mean girl not home. She has gone out sir. Oh
00:37:29well
00:37:30John told me you wanted to meet me about shipping in cloth from the Far East to furnish your home in London. I
00:37:36Go to the Far East when the best cloth is to be found right here in England
00:37:40Oh
00:38:03Why would you not come to tea told the maid to lie because I wanted you to feel my absence
00:38:09Keenly as keenly as I felt your presence in the house
00:38:30When may I see you again
00:38:32I
00:38:37Am here with my birds this time every day
00:38:41My father isn't usually home not unless he has fancy company for tea
00:39:02I
00:39:27Do not know if you do
00:39:32Do not know what you feel for me
00:39:38It is getting tiresome you're sneaking in here every night like a thief
00:39:47Makes me feel cheap
00:39:50As
00:39:58Hermes once took to his feathers light when lulled Argus baffled swooned and slept
00:40:05So on a Delphic read my idle sprite so played Basil
00:40:12Where have you been all evening
00:40:15Out on a walk sir go back to Oxford in a week's time I
00:40:20Want you to spend what time you have left with us?
00:40:23There will be no more
00:40:25Solitary promenades you understand Basil while on that subject, sir. I
00:40:32Do not want to go back to Oxford this time. I would like to spend more time here in London, sir
00:40:37You
00:40:42Will leave for Oxford in a week's time as planned Basil there is no more to be said
00:40:50I
00:41:01What is it you have to say say it quickly my father will be coming back any minute I return to Oxford next week
00:41:09We cannot see each other until I come back to London for Christmas I
00:41:17Will miss you
00:41:21I
00:41:25Will you promise me to not receive any other suitor in my absence
00:41:30Right do you have to ask me that a?
00:41:33Few kisses and you think you own me I
00:41:36Know your sort
00:41:38You use me as a plaything and then run off and marry some milk face miss from one of the best families
00:41:44No, that is not true. I am NOT like that go away
00:41:50She'll do as I please that is my father's carriage coming down the lane go
00:42:20I
00:42:29Need to talk to you all right come with me
00:42:50I
00:43:00Do not want to lose Julia do not have her my friends loser, then I must have her
00:43:07How do you propose to have by proposing marriage marriage? Yes, why not?
00:43:16It's to rest step dazzle for it's a permanent one
00:43:20Yours is a passing fancy for a girl who has piqued your curiosity, but once she's yours and wholly familiar
00:43:25Then I will love her all the more
00:43:31Cannot live without her John, but you will and you must
00:43:36Only a love that can let you live with or without it can endure
00:43:40How do you know
00:43:43She's the first image of my mind when I rise and the last when I go to sleep
00:43:48She fills my waking hours nor my dreams free from her
00:43:53There is but one thought in my head one theme to my life. Have you felt this way about anyone?
00:43:59Do not presume to know more about me than you do
00:44:14Listen to me
00:44:18Forget Julia Sherwin and flee Basil flee where
00:44:27Those whom I have loved have fled me
00:44:31My father
00:44:36He took me away from my mother's bedside during her last moments he sent Ralph away and has kept us brothers
00:44:45apart for all these years
00:44:48For long I feared loving anyone for fear. He would come like a like a praying falcon and take them away
00:44:56Now I must face that fear and face him. I
00:45:02Will not let him come between Julia and me I
00:45:12Remember this moment my friend I told you to flee and you would not
00:45:17I
00:45:22May help you now
00:45:33Can you arrange for me to speak to her father your wish is my command the djinn said to Aladdin
00:45:41So you wish to marry my little Julia that's strange flattering
00:45:47strange nevertheless
00:45:50Why do you wish to wed her? I told you I love her but you hardly know her unless you've been meeting her on the sly
00:46:00John had nothing to do with it. I
00:46:02Met her a few times on my own. We're all grown men here master Basil. Please speak the truth. You've not violated her have you no
00:46:09Of course not
00:46:11What did your good father say master Basil?
00:46:13I told you didn't I that I saw him once in a grand carriage on his way to the Parliament
00:46:17Yes, you did several times and no my good father knows nothing of this
00:46:21And how do you propose to marry Julia without your father's knowledge? I am of age so is she that may be true
00:46:27But your father will not accept this marriage
00:46:30Which is why you want to marry my child without your father's knowledge
00:46:33And how do you propose to support her and your children there will be children they come quick in cases of youthful zest such as yours
00:46:40You vastly underestimate your father master Basil. He will make sure nobody has anything to do with you
00:46:45You will be cut off from all decent folk without employment or funds
00:46:49Is that the life you propose for my only child the life of an outcast?
00:46:55Still all the world loves a lover and I want you to have what you want
00:47:00At what age do inherit your share of the family fortune master Basil?
00:47:04In three months when I turn 21. What exactly do you inherit?
00:47:08The sum of thirty thousand pounds and Windermere Hall. The rest of the estate will be bequeathed to me upon my father's passing
00:47:15If he so desires
00:47:1830,000 pounds and Windermere Hall should do fine for you and Julia Julia can be a very charming girl when she puts her mind to it
00:47:24The two of you will make him come around before he passes on he will leave you the rest of the estate mark my words
00:47:3030,000 pounds and Windermere Hall is not bad to start off with not bad at all. I would like you to marry Julia straightaway
00:47:37We cannot let your good father hear of it or he will cut you off from your inheritance
00:47:41immediately
00:47:42Until you turn 21 the marriage must be a secret Julia will continue to live here and you will live with your father
00:47:51By the way, you are welcome to visit Julia here, but your visits will be chaste not the visits a husband pays his wife you understand?
00:48:00Nothing sets tongues wagging quicker than an unwed girl's swelling
00:48:04And your visits will be strictly supervised
00:48:07still
00:48:09Three months is not unendurable
00:48:13Those
00:48:15Are my terms take them or leave them your choice I
00:48:20Take the mr. Show and as you well know I have no choice
00:48:29The day of my wedding I felt my mother's presence close to me I
00:48:34Heard the rustle of her skirts. I felt the touch of her hands. I even fancied. I heard her calling to me
00:48:43But her voice seemed to recede when I strained for it
00:48:46You have tamed him thoroughly haven't you he is putty in your hands
00:48:53Chlorite
00:48:55I
00:48:57Am
00:48:59I
00:49:01Am
00:49:03I
00:49:05Am
00:49:07I
00:49:09Am
00:49:11I
00:49:13Am
00:49:15Clara
00:49:19Will you be my friend
00:49:22No matter
00:49:24What happens?
00:49:26You know I will Basil
00:49:33Wish me luck
00:49:45Oh
00:49:56That is that
00:49:58You must be off must I mean Basil you leave tonight for Oxford
00:50:04Come come remember the rules
00:50:07Say goodbyes and leave
00:50:09May I kiss my bride sir one chaste kiss
00:50:16I
00:50:30Congratulations Basil good luck I
00:50:36Am not going to Oxford tonight I will leave tomorrow, but I must see Julia before I go
00:50:42Then you will have to see mr. Sherwin as well. He will not let you see her alone
00:50:46He will if you are present with us instead I
00:50:53Would feel so much more relaxed with you in the room instead of him he trusts you John
00:51:00At least you will have the decency not to look at us
00:51:05What
00:51:09Let me see what I can do my friend
00:51:12And so began my strange life as a husband need I say I did not go back to Oxford
00:51:24But you cannot see us
00:51:30All right, you can't touch me if you give me five pounds
00:51:38Do you know what kind of woman sells herself for money
00:51:43You
00:51:46Take it or leave it
00:51:54Take it
00:52:01This is what your five pounds bought do you like it
00:52:08Very much
00:52:12What
00:52:14I'm trying
00:52:16To think of a fitting price for a good show
00:52:19You are truly your father's daughter
00:52:22That I take as a compliment
00:52:24Did not raise a fool
00:52:30Can I ask me money for these flawless limbs name your price
00:52:43It is a much-valued family heirloom
00:52:53But anything that is mine is yours
00:53:13I
00:53:14Did you mean that
00:53:16Mean what?
00:53:18That anything that you own is mine
00:53:23Do you doubt me
00:53:33Ask them
00:53:36Ask anything
00:53:39I
00:53:41Come on
00:53:47In a few weeks you turn 21
00:53:51When do my heart be yours
00:53:54Do you promise to give it to me then vessel
00:54:08I knew you wouldn't
00:54:13Then you do not know me
00:54:19It is yours when the Mayhole is yours you have my word
00:54:38I
00:55:08Please forgive me
00:55:38Basil I
00:55:40Was just telling Clara. It's them a while since we received a letter from you
00:55:46I presume you're home for the weekend. Not the whole weekend. I'm afraid sir
00:55:51There is much studying to do. I must return to Oxford on Sunday
00:56:02Is anything the matter Basil
00:56:06No, sir, nothing at all
00:56:09I
00:56:14Basil
00:56:16This came two days ago addressed to your father. I
00:56:20Intercepted it before your father could see it. I had a sense. He shouldn't see it
00:56:26Forgive me Basil, but I read the letter
00:56:29It's from your professor
00:56:31He's written to say that you've been absent from classes for two weeks
00:56:35He's worried about you no one at Oxford has any idea where you've been I
00:56:39Must leave for Oxford immediately and pacify my professor before he raises a hue and cry puzzle. I
00:56:46Promised you I'll be your friend
00:56:48Tell me what's going on?
00:56:50Julia Julia you helped me best by not needling me with questions
00:56:57Clara I
00:56:59Know you mean well
00:57:02But I cannot burden you with my problems
00:57:10Trust me to take care of my own affairs
00:57:17My dear John urgent business requires me to go to Oxford I
00:57:21Will be back as soon as possible. Please tell Julia and give her my love
00:57:31I
00:58:01I
00:58:31Oh
00:59:01I
00:59:31I
00:59:38How long have I been ill
00:59:41two weeks to the day Basil
00:59:43You were found unconscious in the East End someone went through your pockets and found your father's card. They sent for us
00:59:52You've had pneumonia Basil, but the doctor says you're better now
00:59:55Do you have the newspapers from them?
01:00:01Oh
01:00:24Dear master Basil we have not seen you or heard from you in quite a while
01:00:29I would have sent John Mannion to your house to find out what the matter is, but he has suddenly left my employee
01:00:34I do not want to precipitate matters by coming to your house myself
01:00:37So I trust that you will do the right thing by my daughter your wife and come to see us immediately
01:00:5121 years
01:00:53You are now officially a man and the new master of Windermere Hall
01:00:59That of course you inherit from your mother's side for mine. There is an inheritance of 30,000 pounds
01:01:06But you realize you cannot touch it without my approval
01:01:11Sir those are the terms of the inheritance Basil. I am the guardian of the fund.
01:01:17I can withhold it from you if I deem you unfit
01:01:20Good
01:01:27Speaking of which
01:01:29I'm very curious to know why a son of mine was found lying like some wastrel on a village street
01:01:36But I am not an unreasonable man. I'm prepared to wait until you are well and strong
01:01:41Then perhaps you will repay my patience by telling me the truth and mr. Sherman to see master Basil, sir
01:01:48He says he wants to wish you happy birthday, sir, tell him to go away I will see him later
01:01:52That is extremely rude Basil
01:01:56Have him come in
01:02:07Happy birthday master Basil
01:02:10You've received my letters I must see you. Can you come to the house?
01:02:15I'm not well
01:02:17Neither is my daughter. Thanks to you
01:02:21In a few months
01:02:24I will be a grandfather
01:02:27And so will your dear father here you have done us proud
01:02:33So that was not their first or only time what
01:02:39It is not my child she is carrying it is John Mannion's child how dare you
01:02:47We are not high and mighty folk, but we are decent and God-fearing think mr. Sherwin
01:02:52Where is John Mannion account for his sudden disappearance? I came upon them together
01:02:58They have deceived us both. This is neither the time nor the place
01:03:05I will come and see you as soon as I get the chance. I promise you and your promises. I
01:03:11Cursed the day I set eyes on you
01:03:17I
01:03:48I
01:04:07Did you love him I
01:04:09I
01:04:14Did and I do how long have you and he for two years
01:04:25So, why did you marry me because he asked me to
01:04:30He asked me to receive your courtship
01:04:34Why
01:04:36I do not know
01:04:42Nearly did what he asked of me
01:04:51So he did not love you did he
01:04:55If he had loved you
01:04:58Would he have let you marry another did not say that he loved me
01:05:04Spoke for myself
01:05:06I love him
01:05:08Why waste your love on one who did not love you?
01:05:12Why indeed
01:05:16Perhaps it was because he did not love me
01:05:21Heart can be perverse
01:05:24What is within reach and available sometimes seems worthless
01:05:30But John never had him
01:05:33I
01:05:35Not in the sense that matters
01:05:39He was eluded my grasp
01:05:43Something else seemed to obsess him like he obsessed me
01:05:51I obsessed you
01:05:52What a terrible circle
01:05:55It's just like a snake choking on its own tail
01:05:58Where is he I do not know I know that he was taken to the London Memorial Hospital
01:06:04Tried to go visit him once I could not bear to see him. I was scared of what I might find
01:06:13What you had done to him what you had done to his face
01:06:22So
01:06:25Here I am
01:06:28I've lost my husband
01:06:32And my lover
01:06:35And my father will soon cut me loose
01:06:39For he is a typical specimen of his class
01:06:44Fears scandal and sin
01:06:49Since there is already talk about
01:06:51Our child
01:06:54John Mannion's child is to know that I am your legally wedded wife
01:06:58and you cannot expose me without first exposing yourself and your family to
01:07:04Gossip and ridicule. I am to be an outcast
01:07:08But at least I will not be homeless
01:07:10For I do have Windermere Hall
01:07:14I know that you have now turned 21 and the hall is now yours
01:07:19And the hall is now yours you going to deny that you promised to give it to me Basil no I
01:07:27Have given you my word
01:07:32It is yours
01:07:39Knew you would keep your word
01:07:43You are a typical specimen of your class
01:07:49A gentleman
01:08:03Sir please I
01:08:09Must speak to you
01:08:11When supper is over Basil no sir
01:08:16No, I may lose my nerve
01:08:18Please
01:08:33Very well then speak stay Clara
01:08:42Sir forgive me for what I'm about to tell you
01:08:46If only you knew how much I have suffered speak but spare us this unbecoming self-pity I
01:08:55Do not pity myself, sir. I
01:08:59Deserve all that I now have to bear
01:09:04Do you remember mr. Sherwin sir yes steal yourself sir
01:09:11For I have married his daughter
01:09:14But she was unfaithful to me and is with child by another in a moment of passion I
01:09:22Promised her Windermere Hall
01:09:26Now I have lost the hall as well
01:09:32All I have left is you and whatever mercy you choose to show me
01:09:43I know I have disappointed you sir
01:09:57Forgive me
01:10:03You have not disappointed me Basil you have lived down to all my expectations
01:10:11every one
01:10:14I always knew you would wallow in muck
01:10:17But your mind was filth
01:10:20Your every impulse low and carnal
01:10:26This is where your instincts have naturally led you
01:10:31You have but followed your Piper uncle Frederick did not follow my Piper sir I
01:10:39Merely followed your example
01:10:42Beautiful son that I am
01:10:45You did not know I saw you did you you and your lover by the sea at Windermere
01:10:54God you sullied that place for me, and I am glad I have given it away and mother knew about your seaside tryst
01:11:06Leave this house
01:11:09You and I cannot live under the same roof
01:11:12But where will he go I do not know or care you cannot do that if you take his side Cara
01:11:17You must leave with him
01:11:22Though I raised you gave you a home when you were orphaned
01:11:30You owe me your life Clara
01:11:33It is your duty to stay here and be my daughter
01:11:37Now that I have no sons
01:12:02Go Basil
01:12:06May God go with you
01:12:26It would be awkward to say the least for us to employ you
01:12:30You see your father is one of this bank's most important clients
01:12:34And we do not want to offend him your father's made generous donations to this library
01:12:40And we would risk losing his goodwill by letting you work here
01:12:44My advice to you is to go back to your father and work things out. You do not have an employment history
01:12:51That means you've never worked for you living. You're probably very rich
01:12:55Who are you?
01:12:57Basil Brown's not your real name is it no we cannot give you a job. This is a small stockbroking firm
01:13:03We're not willing to step into murky waters
01:13:23Will you trade your clothes for mine my friend
01:13:26You
01:13:28you
01:13:30you
01:13:31You rest of you back tomorrow
01:13:38Right get to work
01:13:55Oh
01:14:05Watch your step
01:14:07Oh
01:14:24Yes, where are you going? I'm going to Yorkshire
01:14:28Yorkshire
01:14:29Could I come with you?
01:14:31My brother lives in Yorkshire
01:14:34Yeah, that's all right
01:14:37I
01:15:00Is Ralph at home and who may you be sir his brother Basil
01:15:08I
01:15:10Don't you recognize me
01:15:18I've changed that much. I see from your face my wife
01:15:23Anna and my children Morgan and Matthew
01:15:27It's a pity father's cast you out as well basil a pity for him
01:15:32He's without his own flesh and blood now
01:15:34fast approaching his twilight years
01:15:38When I first came here this house was an abandoned ruin and the farmer wilderness
01:15:45Then I met Anna
01:15:47Her father and brothers are farmers here with their help. We've made a home for ourselves and
01:15:53Farmer out of me
01:15:56My exile has been a gift in disguise basil. I'm truly blessed
01:16:00I
01:16:06Still I found this it must have fallen out of your pocket
01:16:20My dear basil would you believe me if I told you I began writing this letter before I ever met you
01:16:30I had marked you as my victim long ago basil. I
01:16:36Watched and waited for my chance to make my move
01:16:44And bless you basil
01:16:48You gave it to me
01:16:50Did your father know who I was when I finally saw him face to face man to man?
01:16:55It came as a shock basil, but he did not
01:16:58He did not remember me
01:17:01And then it seemed all the more monstrous
01:17:04The random manner in which he had crushed us. So I resolved yet again to crush him
01:17:11But let me begin at the beginning. I'm the son of a schoolteacher
01:17:15Like you I lost my mother when I was a child
01:17:18Unlike yours. My father was a warm and kindly soul. The three of us were tightly knit myself my father
01:17:26And my older sister Emma
01:17:40My father absent-minded poor soul hardly noticed what was going on with Emma not until it was too late
01:18:25It is out now, isn't it? I got it all out
01:18:46We should be blessed in this grave father will her soul rest in peace the church grave is not for her
01:18:52So they have decreed there is nothing left in Windsor for us now is the Johnny they do not want me teaching at their school
01:19:00The school at Halesworth needs a mathematics teacher
01:19:03Halesworth it is
01:19:06There's one thing the Halesworth experience has taught us it is that we should be very discreet Johnny people will check up on us
01:19:13Like they did in Halesworth
01:19:15Hmm
01:19:17Now Worthington is a far superior town
01:19:21You'll love it there, I promise
01:19:27Knightsbridge it shall be our home
01:19:30The position is just a tutor, but never mind. I'm a good teacher Johnny. I
01:19:36Work hard
01:19:38And I'm conscientious
01:19:40Now why isn't that enough?
01:19:45It's a small world Johnny small and mean
01:19:49We must not trust our fellow man, I think we should assume a new surname how about Mannion
01:19:57Why not?
01:19:59It's got a name as any other
01:20:01It would do for Tiverton
01:20:04In the town of Tiverton my father hanged himself this Basil
01:20:09It's the beginning of my tale. I swore to his corpse. I would settle the school
01:20:14Then I was free to hunt down your father
01:20:19I
01:20:20Kept my flame alive within me as I grew up and took my place in the world
01:20:23I took great pains that I should remain on the surface
01:20:29modest unassuming man a
01:20:31very quiet man
01:20:41Mr.. Sherwin was looking for an accountant and I responded to his advertisement in the paper I
01:20:47Began working for him a dreary dull job
01:20:51But I worked hard and conscientiously like my father had taught me
01:20:55All the while I was biding my time
01:20:58Sharpening my mind against my image of your father
01:21:02Odd that you took such a fancy to Sherwin's girl. She was to be my Trump
01:21:10At first she was nothing more to me than the boss's spoiled daughter
01:21:14Still I was a man with a man's appetites
01:21:22You cannot say I did not warn you Basil
01:21:26Forget Julia Sherwin remember the night. I asked you to flee Julia Sherwin
01:21:44I need you to do me a great favor
01:21:48Anything
01:21:51Marry Basil
01:22:01And let him caught me because you asked me to
01:22:07Marriage
01:22:10You will not marry Basil you cannot have me
01:22:22If I marry him things will continue between us as they are
01:22:39I
01:22:41Felt so close to your father that night Basil
01:22:45He's the first image in my mind when I rise and the last one I go to sleep
01:22:50He fills my waking hours nor am I dreams free from him. There's been one thought in my head one theme to my life
01:22:59Your sentiments Basil I knew precisely how you felt hate is but loves twin
01:23:10Oh watch your step I
01:23:13Bless you with a long life Basil as you suffer and struggle you drag your father down from his lofty heights
01:23:20Alive you blight his days give meaning to mine
01:23:25Until we meet again
01:23:30You must remember him sister a man with badly mutilated face John Mannion by name
01:23:37Our nurses dropped in her faint when the bandages were removed
01:23:41He refused to see himself
01:23:43We removed all mirrors from his sight
01:23:48Where is he now?
01:23:50How do I know but with that face?
01:23:53Where can he go? He's doomed the life of a freak
01:24:00I'm looking for a man with a mutilated face put the word out. I've got to find him
01:24:06I
01:24:36I
01:25:06I
01:25:19Do come in no, I must leave I was just passing by
01:25:28Moss man, I always keep this with me these days. I hid this page when you were burning your stories long ago
01:25:37How is he
01:25:40well
01:25:42It was awful Basil the things people said
01:25:47Your father hardly goes out now. He's a
01:25:51broken man I
01:25:53Read in the paper
01:25:54Windermere Hall has been given away must have been an old paper Basil for that's old news
01:25:59she
01:26:02Your wife came and asked for the hall your father could have refused
01:26:06she had nothing in writing, but he gave her the hall a
01:26:10Promise is a promise he said
01:26:15Julia is living in Windermere then yes
01:26:18She's to have a child any day now, but all the old servants have left. They're loyal to the family
01:26:24Won't you come in and see your father Basil? No
01:26:28What upset him then you still have much to learn Basil
01:26:33There is no greater joy to a man than his child
01:26:36I
01:27:06I
01:27:36I
01:28:06I
01:28:18You're sinking fast Julia, can you hear me?
01:28:27Do you know I am at your side
01:28:36I
01:29:03Child
01:29:07Forgive me
01:29:14Now remember me as I was
01:29:36I
01:30:06I
01:30:20Mean take my child and leave in peace
01:30:25That is very generous of you
01:30:29Given that you have taken everything that was mine. I do not want to harm you
01:30:36I
01:31:06I
01:31:36Oh
01:32:06I
01:32:36I
01:33:06We left England together their child and I we set sail for Ireland
01:33:14It was in Ireland that I began to tell her my story
01:33:18There was plenty there to tickle a child's fancy
01:33:22mansions and maidens monsters and men
01:33:37With the telling came the desire to put my words on paper
01:33:41Line by line the lines leading to pages as I fumbled for a key to the puzzle of my life
01:34:02England
01:34:05After more than a decade I was homeward bound
01:34:10My attempts to tell a tale on the page had captured the eye of a publisher in England
01:34:21Why are you laughing?
01:34:26Someone once cursed me that I would one day learn to appreciate life's simpler moments
01:34:34Which a
01:34:38Good one
01:34:57Clara
01:35:04Oh
01:35:23My child
01:35:26And
01:35:29What is her name it is the name I have given her a name
01:35:36Dear to my heart
01:35:50Clara and Clara are going to have a cup of hot chocolate
01:35:55And you Basil
01:36:00You're going to say hello to your father
01:36:25You
01:36:35Good evening father
01:36:42Good evening bezel
01:36:44I
01:36:53Loved her deeply. I want you to know that
01:37:03Your mother I
01:37:06Loved her
01:37:09I was in my prime and she grew ill I
01:37:14I needed her as a man needs a woman, but she could not she was too sick
01:37:24Loved her deeply
01:37:27But maybe I didn't love her enough
01:37:35You were a man though my son I can speak to you of a man's passions
01:37:43I
01:37:46Saw the same seed in you and your brother
01:37:50It was as if you both had held a mirror up to me
01:37:55Then who among us
01:37:58Can bear to see his soul so truly reflected
01:38:13I
01:38:21London's wonderful father. Do we have to go home?
01:38:37We are here to stay Clara we have come home
01:38:43you
01:39:13You
01:39:43You
01:40:13You
01:40:43You