0:00:53 > 0:00:55GIRL: 'Once, a beautiful young girl
0:00:55 > 0:00:58'lived in a very cold house in Scotland.
0:01:04 > 0:01:05'The house was cold
0:01:05 > 0:01:08'because someone's grandfather killed himself there.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16'One day, the grandson came to visit the house.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24'He thought the beautiful young girl was an angel come down to Earth.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33'The grandson worked very hard.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42'He read and thought and drew and wrote.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48'He wrote a fairy story just for her.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55'She was 12 years old.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00'Her mother and father were kind
0:02:00 > 0:02:02'but his were wicked.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05'When she grew up...
0:02:06 > 0:02:08'..he married her.'
0:02:20 > 0:02:25- You can't marry him! - Why not, when I love him so much?
0:02:25 > 0:02:29- He's rich and famous and I'll never see you again.- Oh, away with you!
0:02:29 > 0:02:33You'll come and stay in London. London, Sophie!
0:02:33 > 0:02:36I'm leaving dreary old Scotland at last and you'll follow.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40We'll go to parties in beautiful yellow dresses and we'll dance with
0:02:40 > 0:02:42musicians and poets and great artists
0:02:42 > 0:02:44- who will want to paint your picture. - Really?
0:02:44 > 0:02:48Yes, really. It's going to be so exciting. Come on.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53- We need more leaves for our pillows. - Can my dress be pink?- Yes.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58- MAN:- Nature must rule every stroke of your brush.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02Only by representing her as she truly is, selecting nothing,
0:03:02 > 0:03:06scorning nothing, will you reveal God's truth.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09To put it simply, gentlemen, paint what you see.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Draw what you see.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23- MAN:- Give thanks to the Lord for the gift of marriage.
0:03:23 > 0:03:28And we ask for God's grace that the marriage be enriched.
0:03:28 > 0:03:33And in the presence of God and before these witnesses,
0:03:33 > 0:03:36I now pronounce you man...
0:03:37 > 0:03:39..and wife.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50- Blessings to you both, sir. - Thank you so much.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58My friends...
0:03:59 > 0:04:02..consider me a man who is not an artist
0:04:02 > 0:04:05but has nonetheless been granted a muse.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09Consider this man...
0:04:09 > 0:04:11the luckiest of mortals.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15Bound to you in spirit from this moment forth.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Sophie!
0:04:21 > 0:04:23I shall see you in London.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Goodbye.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Do you know what has just occurred to me?
0:04:49 > 0:04:52This is the first time we've ever been entirely alone.
0:04:58 > 0:04:59Close your eyes.
0:05:14 > 0:05:15Perfect.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41HORSE WHINNIES
0:06:33 > 0:06:35- Here we are, sir.- Thank you, Alfred.
0:06:38 > 0:06:39Welcome to Denmark Hill.
0:06:40 > 0:06:41No...
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Welcome home.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Ah, George. There you are.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Here is your new mistress.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Don't be shy, take her by the hand.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02He is an excellent chap, full of wise saws.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Tell her we're here, there's a good fellow.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10- My dearest boy!- Congratulations!
0:07:10 > 0:07:13My darling boy, you're home at last.
0:07:13 > 0:07:14Welcome to the family.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- How happy we are to see you wed at last.- Thank you.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20I trust the journey was tolerable?
0:07:20 > 0:07:22The train journey was dreadfully long and draughty,
0:07:22 > 0:07:25but every discomfort forgot as soon as we got into your carriage.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29That is a most comfortable carriage, is it not? The best on the market.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33- Like a feather bed. - Well, come through.- John?
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Mrs Ruskin is just putting him into a bath.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39She's been aching to get her hands on him. Now, come through.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44- I should change.- Yes, of course, but there's plenty of time for that.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Now, come through and see this.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52Now, this was purchased in celebration of your nuptials.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58John's writing has made Mr Turner so celebrated.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01You know, this painting is already worth a great deal more.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Bless, O Lord, this foison before us.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Make us ever mindful of the wants and needs of others.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Bless us all and keep us from harm, guide and direct us
0:08:15 > 0:08:16through all our days.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18And thank you, Lord,
0:08:18 > 0:08:23for delivering my heart's treasure safely back home.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25- Amen.- Amen.- Amen.- Amen.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33You are well recovered, I hope, Mrs Ruskin.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35We missed you at the wedding.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Yes, it was a shame you couldn't be there.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Never mind, it's all over now.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47- You look a little thinner than last year, my dear.- I've been ill.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Father's difficulties have put a strain upon us all.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54Well, that strain has gone. You will never want for money again.
0:08:54 > 0:08:59You, however, my boy, are somewhat stouter than when you left.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01- The Scotch air must have done you good.- Nonsense!
0:09:01 > 0:09:03One cannot be well in Scotland.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Your cough will last you through the winter, will it not?
0:09:06 > 0:09:10I am much improved. And stronger.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15- I've even started painting again. - John drew me constantly.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19He must have destroyed a fortune in paper and paint.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Who would not with such a subject?
0:09:24 > 0:09:27For you, my dear, in welcome to our family.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31One of my favourite pieces.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34Which you may as well have now
0:09:34 > 0:09:37since it would in any case be left to you when I die.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51RUSKIN COUGHS
0:09:51 > 0:09:53There, there, there!
0:09:53 > 0:09:54Let HER.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56You know what mothers are like.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01- RUSKIN CLEARS HIS THROAT - Take a sip.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02CROCKERY CLATTERS
0:12:02 > 0:12:04WOMAN: Good morning, madam.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06I trust you slept.
0:12:08 > 0:12:09What would you like?
0:12:09 > 0:12:12- Has everyone else already breakfasted?- Oh, yes, madam.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Seven o'clock every morning.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19I was not told.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23- I was so tired I did not hear John. - Not to worry, madam.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26- Eggs?- Thank you.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29- Oh, Anna?- Yes, madam?
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Do you know where John...?
0:12:32 > 0:12:34..where Mr Ruskin is?
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Oh, he'll be working, madam.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Effie... PENCIL FALLS
0:13:40 > 0:13:42John.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47I knew this must be where you work and I've...
0:13:50 > 0:13:51Sorry, I broke it.
0:13:53 > 0:13:54I can see. No matter.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Did you sleep?
0:14:03 > 0:14:05I think you did.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07I watched you.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Did you not sleep? You were so tired.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11I did.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13I did after a while.
0:14:15 > 0:14:16What shall we do?
0:14:18 > 0:14:20What do married people do?
0:14:20 > 0:14:22I have as little idea as you.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25But I think I must work, dearest.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46I shall sit with you and read, then.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Dearest, you will be quite bored here.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Why don't you go and find Mama?
0:14:52 > 0:14:54I think she needs help in the garden.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59CLIPPERS SNIPPING
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Good morning.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Good morning, my child.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12I trust you slept?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Well, thank you.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18And have you breakfasted?
0:15:18 > 0:15:20I have, thank you.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24- John said you needed help. - Me? Oh, no, no, no.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27I never let anyone touch my roses, John knows that.
0:15:28 > 0:15:29Oh.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Well, I shall go and help John.
0:15:33 > 0:15:34SHE SCOFFS
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Help him?!
0:15:37 > 0:15:39With his work.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41You cannot help him with his work.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44I can take notes.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46I can sharpen his pencils, I can...
0:15:46 > 0:15:47My dear...
0:15:48 > 0:15:51..you have married no ordinary man.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56And the best way, the only way,
0:15:56 > 0:15:58in which you can help him
0:15:58 > 0:15:59is by leaving him alone.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Leaving him alone?
0:16:03 > 0:16:05But we're only just married.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09John being able to work undisturbed and unfettered
0:16:09 > 0:16:12affords him the best chance of establishing his name.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13And you, of course,
0:16:13 > 0:16:16want the best position in society that you can reach.
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Then what am I to do?
0:16:19 > 0:16:23Well, I've always found great comfort in my roses.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26And my Bible.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39'Sir, I believe these young artists to be
0:16:39 > 0:16:42'at a most critical period of their career, at a turning point
0:16:42 > 0:16:45'from which they may either sink into nothingness
0:16:45 > 0:16:47'or rise to very real greatness.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51'Their path will depend upon the character of the criticism
0:16:51 > 0:16:53'which their works have to sustain.'
0:16:56 > 0:16:58We'll be late.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Marriage, dear boy, is all about learning how to wait.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05She's ready.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Time for a little word, I think.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53MUFFLED DEBATE
0:17:58 > 0:18:01We're trying to find a...truth,
0:18:01 > 0:18:04and the simplicity from an earlier time...
0:18:06 > 0:18:09..an integrity that I think is lost now.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14MUFFLED CONVERSATION CONTINUES
0:18:14 > 0:18:15The general public...
0:18:16 > 0:18:19..we lead the Academy into disrepute.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21It must not and will not be allowed.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25There is no place, sir, no place for these offensive
0:18:25 > 0:18:28and deformed productions upon the hallowed walls
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- of this great institution. - Gentlemen, please.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36If this most interesting discussion can continue at the table.
0:18:43 > 0:18:44Lady Eastlake.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54And I say that it is incumbent upon you, Sir Charles,
0:18:54 > 0:18:59as president of this academy, to protect us from this ugliness,
0:18:59 > 0:19:00the confusion.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Take down the paintings before the opening, I implore you.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Do not indulge them, sir.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07They are nothing more childish mountebanks and amateur...
0:19:07 > 0:19:11Remove them, sir. Remove them, they disgrace these walls.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Gentlemen, please, please.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Thank you.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18- Now... - RUSKIN: What is the purpose of art?
0:19:18 > 0:19:19Well, really!
0:19:23 > 0:19:24What is the purpose of art?
0:19:25 > 0:19:30To idealise, to sentimentalise? No.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34- Of course not.- The purpose of art is to reveal the truth.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37The purpose of art is to reveal God.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39And not through caricature.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41- Not through ugliness. - Let him speak.- There's the nub.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44- It should be through beauty. - Let us hear what he has to say.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46If God is the creator of nature,
0:19:46 > 0:19:50then God is also the creator of decay, of disease, of ugliness.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52MURMURS OF DISAPPROVAL
0:19:52 > 0:19:57I-I cannot deny that Mr Hunt's Sylvia is not a person with whom Proteus
0:19:57 > 0:20:00or anyone else for that matter is likely to fall in love, but...
0:20:00 > 0:20:03LAUGHTER ..truthfulness, honesty,
0:20:03 > 0:20:07these are more important than mere conventional beauty.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Do you understand? He was painting what he saw.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12But what do you see, Mr Ruskin?
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Tell us what you see.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18I see nothing less than eternal truths.
0:20:20 > 0:20:21I see God.
0:20:23 > 0:20:24And these men, these...
0:20:25 > 0:20:27..visionary men...
0:20:28 > 0:20:33..I see a school of art nobler than the world has produced in 300 years.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35SCOFFING AND MUTTERING Ridiculous!
0:20:35 > 0:20:38- They are imitators. - Medieval copyists.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40- Mr Ruskin.- ..exactly what they are!
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Do you think their painting pleases God?
0:20:48 > 0:20:49All great art...
0:20:51 > 0:20:53..praises God.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01If his own nature pleases him, then it follows,
0:21:01 > 0:21:02so must we.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07I must confess to finding this addiction an antique style
0:21:07 > 0:21:08backward-looking.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10THEY CONTINUE TO ARGUE Well done, my dear.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14That was an interesting question and bravely spoken.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Never mind God - what do you think of their daubs?
0:21:18 > 0:21:20I don't know what I think.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23- That's exactly what I see... - I just like them.
0:21:23 > 0:21:24ARGUING CONTINUES
0:21:24 > 0:21:27- They make me feel happy. - Do you know,
0:21:27 > 0:21:31I cannot remember the last time I felt happy in this place.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Ghastly collection of self-congratulatory males.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38It was such a relief to hear an intelligent female voice.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40How do you do? I am Ef...
0:21:42 > 0:21:45- I mean, Mrs John Ruskin. - I know who you are.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48But who are you when you are not Mrs John Ruskin? I am Elizabeth.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50I am Ef...
0:21:50 > 0:21:52- I mean, Euphemia. - Sad business, isn't it?
0:21:52 > 0:21:53Having to lose your own name
0:21:53 > 0:21:56and then taking your husband's Christian name into the bargain.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Fortunately, I do not have that cross to bear.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00Why is that?
0:22:00 > 0:22:02- Well...- Lady Eastlake.- Thank you.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06- Your husband is...- President of the Academy, yes. Thank you.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09He absolutely hates the pictures, by the way,
0:22:09 > 0:22:13but he respects your husband's opinions, as I respect yours.
0:22:13 > 0:22:14You must have us to dine.
0:22:17 > 0:22:18Good, well, I shall hold you to it.
0:22:20 > 0:22:21It sounds as if it went well.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24As well as can be expected.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27- They have agreed to leave the paintings in place, at least.- Oh!
0:22:29 > 0:22:30Lady Eastlake was so kind.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33And I didn't even know who she was at first.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35- Lady Eastlake? - John, congratulations.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37You've won the fight.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39You must be proud, surely.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41I can scarcely tell.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44All I know for certain is it will take me three days to recover.
0:22:44 > 0:22:49There are so many demands on you from all sides, I'm sure.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Everyone always wanting something.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Intolerable for you, my darling.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56My heart's treasure. Come on.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Oh, I forgot to say.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Lady Eastlake has asked us to invite them to dine here.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Dine here?
0:23:07 > 0:23:08The Eastlakes?
0:23:15 > 0:23:18John.
0:23:18 > 0:23:19Yes?
0:23:20 > 0:23:23We're not poor, are we?
0:23:23 > 0:23:24Poor?
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Not remotely.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29What on Earth made you ask?
0:23:29 > 0:23:32I'm just making sure of something.
0:23:32 > 0:23:33What's that mean?
0:23:34 > 0:23:36That we are not too poor to have children.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40You are but a child yourself yet.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41I am not.
0:23:43 > 0:23:44I am not a child.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46I am a married woman.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52- And when we live together as husband and wife...- We are husband and wife.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54I know, but alone.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56I know I shall love to keep house for you,
0:23:56 > 0:23:58our own house,
0:23:58 > 0:24:00with a good-sized nursery,
0:24:00 > 0:24:03in town, to attain some hold of good society.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06I'll be in charge of all our domestic matters.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13I'll become the wife that you desire.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50FABRIC TEARS
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Can I help you, madam?
0:25:08 > 0:25:09Yes, Anna, thank you.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12I was looking for needle and thread for John's shirt.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16- It needs mending. - Oh, I'm sorry, madam.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18I don't know how I could have missed that.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21- Leave it here, I'll do it right aways.- I will do it.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26Madam, it has always been my job to do young Mr Ruskin's mending.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Not any more.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31I am his wife.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33I shall look after his things.
0:25:34 > 0:25:35- I...- Thank you, Anna.
0:25:38 > 0:25:39As you wish, madam.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:25:46 > 0:25:47DOOR BANGS
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Ah, my dear.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53I'm quite an expert mender.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55John's shirt will be as good as new.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01If Mama ever needed anything mending, socks, baby's napkins,
0:26:01 > 0:26:03I was always the one she asked.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05John does not wear baby's napkins.
0:26:07 > 0:26:08No.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10I know that.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13- Of course not, I just meant... - My dear, I'm sure you mean well...
0:26:13 > 0:26:15but do not insult us by suggesting
0:26:15 > 0:26:19that we would make our son wear darned socks.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22You forget where you are.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24No, of course not. Forgive me.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26And you forget who you are.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Anna!
0:26:46 > 0:26:47Argh!
0:27:24 > 0:27:26John?
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Mrs Ruskin says you should take this.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33- What is it?- Messes.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36She swears by it.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38What's in it?
0:28:38 > 0:28:40I do not know, madam.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45She means to poison me.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47I will not take it.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49Mrs Ruskin was most determined.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21Lady Eastlake, Sir Charles.
0:29:23 > 0:29:24You honour us.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28I have been trying unsuccessfully to congratulate your son
0:29:28 > 0:29:30on his wonderful new writings.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33Which are no more than a wretched rant.
0:29:33 > 0:29:34And of course, John,
0:29:34 > 0:29:38we're here to congratulate you on your fascinating new wife.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41Well, new to me at any rate. Where is she?
0:29:44 > 0:29:47Did I shock her so profoundly when we first met?
0:29:47 > 0:29:49Would you excuse me?
0:29:51 > 0:29:53Of course.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Why is she not dressed?
0:30:01 > 0:30:03You will get up and dress - now!
0:30:04 > 0:30:06I'm ill. My head.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09You are not ill, you are just peevish.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11You've had your medicine, now get up.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14She will be dressed and downstairs in five minutes
0:30:14 > 0:30:17or I will want to know the reason why.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20DOOR SLAMS
0:30:22 > 0:30:25DISTANT CHATTER AND LAUGHTER
0:30:33 > 0:30:36Ah, Euphemia, there you are.
0:30:36 > 0:30:40My dear girl, what on Earth is the matter? You're white to the teeth.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42No.
0:30:42 > 0:30:43Indeed I am very well.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47Come, sit down.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52Sir Charles was just telling us about the excellent response
0:30:52 > 0:30:54to John's new book, Euphemia.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56Do continue, Sir Charles.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59Well, as I say, the reaction's been overwhelming.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02It's been called the greatest teacher of our day.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06Forgive me, Charles, but this girl does not need to hear about
0:31:06 > 0:31:08her husband's triumph just now,
0:31:08 > 0:31:10what she needs is a cup of beef tea and bed.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12Do you think so?
0:31:12 > 0:31:14Euphemia, dear, are you so very ill?
0:31:22 > 0:31:26If you'll excuse me. Come, come. Come.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37It's just a headache, your ladyship.
0:31:37 > 0:31:38I'm so very sorry.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41It is just the married life more like.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45Tell me, Effie...
0:31:45 > 0:31:46do you have anyone to talk to?
0:31:49 > 0:31:51I keep thinking I've made a terrible mistake.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58I thought so too at the beginning of my marriage.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03Beginnings are always difficult, my dear.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05But we have not yet begun.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07They won't let us.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10You will not always live here.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12This is a temporary arrangement, surely.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15They want him here, I'm sure of that.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19They've always had him to themselves.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21Did you know that they would not even let him play
0:32:21 > 0:32:23with other children when he was little?
0:32:23 > 0:32:25She took rooms near him at university
0:32:25 > 0:32:28and they saw each other everyday.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30She'll never let him away from her.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34My dear child, it is unreasonable
0:32:34 > 0:32:37for the pair of you not to have a home of your own.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41- Thank you for being so kind to me. - Oh, there, there now.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45You are a strong, wise girl and you will bear up.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48But I must ask you to banish all thoughts
0:32:48 > 0:32:50of having made a mistake from your mind.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52But what if I have?
0:32:53 > 0:32:54Then I'm sorry to say, my dear,
0:32:54 > 0:32:59it is a mistake you will have to live with, there is no going back.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01No.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03No, of course not.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07Of course...
0:33:07 > 0:33:11you know what will set everything to rights quite naturally.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Children.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16They are the glue that binds all marriages.
0:33:25 > 0:33:29- Can you ever forgive me?- Of course.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32But if you ever take me there again, I'll have you thrown in the Thames.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36LADY EASTLAKE LAUGHS
0:33:37 > 0:33:39Hup!
0:33:52 > 0:33:54DOOR OPENS
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Your poor mother is in floods!
0:34:03 > 0:34:05There was nothing I could do.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09God knows we have protected you with every sinew in our bodies
0:34:09 > 0:34:11from childhood, from all the obstructions that
0:34:11 > 0:34:14might've prevented your unique talent from emerging to the full!
0:34:14 > 0:34:16And you succeeded.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19And every talent, however unique, needs its patrons
0:34:19 > 0:34:22and tonight, for the first time...
0:34:24 > 0:34:26..the president of the academy himself,
0:34:26 > 0:34:30the greatest patron any man of the arts could wish for,
0:34:30 > 0:34:32graces our house...
0:34:32 > 0:34:37Your wife is unable or unwilling to make the effort required
0:34:37 > 0:34:39to make it a success.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42Well, careers have foundered on less, John!
0:34:42 > 0:34:45I'm sorry to be a disappointment to you both.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55You were warned about that girl,
0:34:55 > 0:34:58yet you chose to follow your own path.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01Well, it's up to you to ensure that this does not lead to
0:35:01 > 0:35:05the destruction of everything we have wished for you.
0:35:12 > 0:35:16- You look sad. You didn't actually want coffee, did you?- No!
0:35:16 > 0:35:18No, no, it was just...
0:35:18 > 0:35:23It's that poor child I was interested in seeing and she's not happy.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26No more were you at the beginning.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28That's exactly what I told her.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31- Very grim you were. - Well, you were pompous.- True.
0:35:31 > 0:35:32- And distant.- Mm.
0:35:35 > 0:35:39This is...something more complicated.
0:35:39 > 0:35:44Somehow she has to get him away from their clutches.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47- My heavens, you make them sound like dragons in a fairytale.- Do I?
0:35:47 > 0:35:49I don't mean to but...
0:35:49 > 0:35:52perhaps that's not so far from the truth.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55What was it he was saying to you about Venice?
0:35:55 > 0:35:58Well, he's not taking his parents, I hope.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01THEY LAUGH
0:36:27 > 0:36:29John...
0:36:29 > 0:36:31thank you for bringing us here.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52Lady Eastlake told me I will answer to her for...
0:36:52 > 0:36:54SHE SPEAKS ITALIAN
0:36:54 > 0:36:57We are to look after you.
0:36:57 > 0:36:58Essato.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01- Grazie, thank you sir. - You are most kind, Contessa.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04Oh, not kind.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07It's not often that you have new blood here.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10I'm going to send letters.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13You'd be invited to every party.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17I can see...
0:37:17 > 0:37:19you don't like party.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22I am in Venice to work.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24To write a new book.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26I detest parties.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30In fact, it is impossible for me to go into company without injury.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34My wife will be the hostess for them.
0:37:43 > 0:37:44- No.- No?
0:37:59 > 0:38:00Perfetto.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02What? What's everyone saying?
0:38:04 > 0:38:07They are saying that your husband disapproves of pleasure
0:38:07 > 0:38:09but that you do not.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15CHURCH BELLS RING
0:38:18 > 0:38:21LAUGHTER
0:38:23 > 0:38:26Say you would like to buy some cheese.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28Vorrei comprare del formaggio.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30Vorrei comprare del formaggio.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33- Brava.- Wonderful.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36Your accent is divine. Say it again.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39Vorrei comprare del formaggio.
0:38:39 > 0:38:40Again, again.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Vorrei comprare del formaggio.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45E meravigliosa, eh, mamma?
0:39:00 > 0:39:01Grazie.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05Eh? Ah, si.
0:39:33 > 0:39:34Up you go.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52Not one eye,
0:39:52 > 0:39:54lifted to this splendour.
0:39:57 > 0:39:58Look at this.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03It is like the wind itself could have chiselled it.
0:40:03 > 0:40:04Look how tenderly...
0:40:05 > 0:40:06And that one...
0:40:08 > 0:40:10..is utterly different to this one.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13- The variety itself is joyful, is it not?- Yes.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16Well, look down there.
0:40:17 > 0:40:18What do you see?
0:40:20 > 0:40:21It's very beautiful...
0:40:23 > 0:40:25..but in a regular way.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28A uniform way.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31It's like a world where all the trees are the same shape,
0:40:31 > 0:40:33all the clouds the same size
0:40:33 > 0:40:36and all the people say the same thing, over and over again.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40It's perfectly executed, but...
0:40:41 > 0:40:43..entirely devoid of this...
0:40:44 > 0:40:46..beautiful imperfection.
0:40:48 > 0:40:49If imperfection is your ideal...
0:40:51 > 0:40:53..then you must think me very beautiful.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58BELL TOLLS
0:41:27 > 0:41:29DOOR OPENS
0:41:33 > 0:41:34DOOR CREAKS
0:42:01 > 0:42:02Look what I found.
0:42:08 > 0:42:09Over half a life ago.
0:42:11 > 0:42:12Do you remember?
0:42:20 > 0:42:22'Why is she turning into a tree?'
0:42:24 > 0:42:27She is the nymph, Daphne.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30He is the god, Apollo.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33He wants her, with an overwhelming desire.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35He wants to possess her purity...
0:42:36 > 0:42:38..but she does not want him...
0:42:40 > 0:42:43..and turns herself into a laurel tree, in order to escape.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46That's a clever trick.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48It is. Nymphs are very clever.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12VOICES CHATTER
0:43:16 > 0:43:18LAUGHTER
0:43:36 > 0:43:39It's much more difficult than it looks.
0:43:44 > 0:43:45Help me.
0:43:45 > 0:43:46No, don't.
0:44:09 > 0:44:10You're already working?
0:44:10 > 0:44:11Of course.
0:44:13 > 0:44:14Did you enjoy the ball?
0:44:14 > 0:44:16I did.
0:44:16 > 0:44:19I danced and danced.
0:44:19 > 0:44:20You bloom...
0:44:20 > 0:44:22I would perish.
0:44:30 > 0:44:32What will your book say?
0:44:36 > 0:44:40It will say that Venice was once the most glorious...
0:44:40 > 0:44:42truest...
0:44:42 > 0:44:44most chaste pearl...
0:44:45 > 0:44:47..like Adam's Eve.
0:44:47 > 0:44:50But that now she has fallen from that grace
0:44:50 > 0:44:53and her dissipation and corruption...
0:44:53 > 0:44:54almost complete.
0:44:57 > 0:44:58What do you mean?
0:44:59 > 0:45:02I mean that once, she was a virgin...
0:45:03 > 0:45:05..and now, she is a harlot,
0:45:05 > 0:45:09addicted to nothing but pleasure and the voluptuousness.
0:45:09 > 0:45:11A beautiful harlot...
0:45:12 > 0:45:14..but a harlot, nonetheless.
0:46:33 > 0:46:35You see that?
0:46:35 > 0:46:38They are talking about us.
0:46:38 > 0:46:39I call them "the whisperers".
0:46:43 > 0:46:47Our dancing will be all the news on the Rialto this morning.
0:46:48 > 0:46:50I hope your husband is prepared.
0:46:50 > 0:46:53My husband cannot hear whispers -
0:46:53 > 0:46:55he is so far above them.
0:46:55 > 0:46:59And I never forget my duty to him, not for an instant.
0:46:59 > 0:47:01Anyway...
0:47:01 > 0:47:03I have no talent whatever for intrigue.
0:47:31 > 0:47:33No...
0:47:34 > 0:47:36Bien.
0:47:49 > 0:47:51No.
0:47:51 > 0:47:53No!
0:47:53 > 0:47:55No, stop, stop...
0:47:58 > 0:48:00HE BREATHES HEAVILY
0:48:12 > 0:48:13THUD
0:48:13 > 0:48:15SHE GASPS
0:48:19 > 0:48:21Let's play.
0:48:32 > 0:48:34Effie!
0:49:22 > 0:49:24SHE PANTS
0:49:40 > 0:49:41Are you back already?
0:49:42 > 0:49:44Yes.
0:49:44 > 0:49:46I was tired.
0:49:46 > 0:49:48Why don't you lie down?
0:49:49 > 0:49:51I will.
0:50:02 > 0:50:05BELLS TOLL AND ECHO
0:50:30 > 0:50:31EFFIE SCREAMS
0:50:53 > 0:50:56Mr Ruskin?
0:50:56 > 0:50:57Do you by any chance happen to know
0:50:57 > 0:51:00what was in that treatment of your mother's?
0:51:00 > 0:51:03I do not. She swears by them, always has done.
0:51:03 > 0:51:06Mm-hmm. Well, I think there's laudanum in them -
0:51:06 > 0:51:08it's a perfectly sensible treatment.
0:51:09 > 0:51:11But in this case...
0:51:16 > 0:51:19How long has she been unwell for?
0:51:19 > 0:51:21Almost constantly.
0:51:21 > 0:51:24A never-ending succession of minor ailments.
0:51:25 > 0:51:28This particular one...
0:51:28 > 0:51:31came to a head a few months ago.
0:51:31 > 0:51:34Came to a head? And how was it manifested?
0:51:34 > 0:51:36Hysteria, seeing things...
0:51:38 > 0:51:40..growing upon her person.
0:51:40 > 0:51:41Such as?
0:51:41 > 0:51:44Mere phantasms of a disordered brain, doctor, I hardly think...
0:51:44 > 0:51:45Nevertheless, such as?
0:51:47 > 0:51:49Organic matter.
0:51:50 > 0:51:52Bark.
0:51:52 > 0:51:53Tree bark?
0:51:53 > 0:51:54Just so.
0:51:54 > 0:51:56Interesting.
0:51:57 > 0:52:01Well, it's undoubtedly a nervous complaint.
0:52:01 > 0:52:03That would account for the hair loss.
0:52:03 > 0:52:05Hair loss?
0:52:05 > 0:52:06Have you not noticed?
0:52:08 > 0:52:09Here...
0:52:12 > 0:52:13..and here.
0:52:18 > 0:52:19I recommend the following -
0:52:19 > 0:52:21fresh air, exercise,
0:52:21 > 0:52:23a wholesome environment...
0:52:23 > 0:52:27Perhaps away from the influence of the elder Mrs Ruskin.
0:52:28 > 0:52:31She's Scottish by birth, I hear?
0:52:33 > 0:52:37Aha. Well, perhaps sometime in her native land might be beneficial.
0:52:38 > 0:52:40I prescribe...
0:52:40 > 0:52:43An iron tonic for her...
0:52:43 > 0:52:45- ..and for you... - There's nothing wrong with me.
0:52:45 > 0:52:46For you,
0:52:46 > 0:52:49I prescribe a sharper eye and a keener ear.
0:52:51 > 0:52:54In my opinion, there's nothing wrong with your wife...
0:52:55 > 0:52:58..that simple love and attention will not cure.
0:53:46 > 0:53:48SHE GASPS
0:53:59 > 0:54:03THUNDER ROLLS
0:54:39 > 0:54:41What are you looking at?
0:54:43 > 0:54:44Nothing.
0:54:47 > 0:54:50What are you thinking of, then?
0:54:52 > 0:54:53A great many things.
0:54:58 > 0:55:02I was thinking of dancing...
0:55:02 > 0:55:04and excitement.
0:55:07 > 0:55:09And a great many things.
0:55:11 > 0:55:14THUNDER ROLLS
0:55:39 > 0:55:40Wh...?
0:55:40 > 0:55:42SHE PANTS
0:56:13 > 0:56:15Ooh, Mr Millais. Hello.
0:56:15 > 0:56:18I've not seen you grace these halls for some time.
0:56:18 > 0:56:20Are you well? You ought to be
0:56:20 > 0:56:25and I feel great success for which may I congratulate you heartily?
0:56:25 > 0:56:28Thank you, Your Ladyship. I am thriving.
0:56:28 > 0:56:31- Thriving and painting?- Oh, yes. In fact, I'm recently commissioned.
0:56:31 > 0:56:34- Oh, good, that is good.- It is.
0:56:34 > 0:56:38I'm proud to say that I'm to paint our champion himself.
0:56:38 > 0:56:41- I'm to paint Mr Ruskin. - Mr Ruskin? Really?
0:56:41 > 0:56:43I can hardly believe my luck.
0:56:43 > 0:56:46- We are to depart for Scotland shortly.- Scotland?
0:56:46 > 0:56:50- Yes, his wife is from there, you know?- I did know, I did know, yes.
0:56:50 > 0:56:52- How is she?- Well.
0:56:52 > 0:56:54At least I do not know,
0:56:54 > 0:56:57I believe we are to go there for the sake of her health.
0:56:59 > 0:57:01Scotland?
0:58:14 > 0:58:16Ah.
0:58:16 > 0:58:17Get ready.
0:58:19 > 0:58:21Oh, damn.
0:58:25 > 0:58:31Fear not, brave companions. Breakfast is at hand.
0:58:32 > 0:58:37- Don't move.- What? - No, no, I mean it, don't move.
0:58:38 > 0:58:42That light. That's the light I want.
0:58:43 > 0:58:46I'm not posing in the middle of a Scottish loch, Everett.
0:58:46 > 0:58:50No, but that angle, exactly that angle and water
0:58:50 > 0:58:52and exactly that light.
0:58:53 > 0:58:57Excellent. Can I put my shoes on now?
0:58:57 > 0:58:58You may.
0:59:02 > 0:59:07It really is very good of you to come, Everett. You've no idea.
0:59:09 > 0:59:12Perhaps you have. You can see.
0:59:15 > 0:59:17Good of me?
0:59:17 > 0:59:21But for your belief in me, I'd still be starving in my garret.
0:59:21 > 0:59:25Added to which, your father is paying me handsomely for this.
0:59:25 > 0:59:27THEY CHUCKLE
0:59:31 > 0:59:33Euclid, Everett?
0:59:34 > 0:59:36Essential.
0:59:36 > 0:59:39You will start by reading him and then we will further your study.
0:59:39 > 0:59:41KNOCK AT DOOR
0:59:47 > 0:59:50- Ah, Mr McPhail.- Heard you want this? - Thank you. Everett.
0:59:52 > 0:59:57- Let joy be unconfined.- There's the post. Now lunch.- Thank you.
1:00:07 > 1:00:10Not as white as I'd hoped but...
1:00:10 > 1:00:11it will do.
1:00:14 > 1:00:15Shall we?
1:00:15 > 1:00:18Lunch first. Aren't you hungry?
1:00:37 > 1:00:38What is wrong?
1:00:40 > 1:00:42You've had some bad news?
1:00:45 > 1:00:47My poor mother.
1:00:49 > 1:00:51She has lost a child.
1:00:53 > 1:00:54Her seventh.
1:00:57 > 1:00:59I do not know how she bears it.
1:01:02 > 1:01:04I'm so sorry.
1:01:09 > 1:01:11I need to lay out the lunch.
1:01:27 > 1:01:31- How is Effie? - I think she is improving.
1:01:31 > 1:01:34The air and the exercise are doing her good.
1:01:34 > 1:01:38- I mean has she recovered from the news?- What news?
1:01:39 > 1:01:41The loss of the child.
1:01:41 > 1:01:42Child? What child?
1:01:42 > 1:01:46Mrs Gray, her mother, the loss of her child.
1:01:47 > 1:01:49She's lost another, then?
1:01:49 > 1:01:52- What is that now? Five?- Seven.
1:01:52 > 1:01:54Seven? Dear me.
1:01:59 > 1:02:00Did Effie not say?
1:02:00 > 1:02:03Her mother loses children with such ghastly regularity,
1:02:03 > 1:02:06I think she realises it would hardly register with me.
1:02:06 > 1:02:10- That's a little harsh, surely? - Not at all.
1:02:10 > 1:02:13The woman is positively barnyard in her breeding habits,
1:02:13 > 1:02:15she can hardly expect them all to survive.
1:02:17 > 1:02:21Look at that exquisite leafage.
1:02:22 > 1:02:27You'll need to be on your highest mettle, Everett, to capture that.
1:02:34 > 1:02:37EVERETT CHUCKLES
1:02:37 > 1:02:38What?
1:02:38 > 1:02:41You realise I can open the window, close the curtain
1:02:41 > 1:02:44and wash without getting out of bed?
1:02:44 > 1:02:46It's like living in a snuffbox.
1:02:47 > 1:02:51- Do you hear, John? - Should we start out early, Everett?
1:02:55 > 1:02:56Everett?
1:02:58 > 1:03:00Yes. Yes, first thing.
1:03:07 > 1:03:11I can't go on, my fingers are refusing to bend.
1:03:11 > 1:03:13Come on. Let me help.
1:03:15 > 1:03:17I've not done two inches of work.
1:03:43 > 1:03:45DOOR OPENS
1:03:54 > 1:03:56Where's Everett?
1:03:58 > 1:04:01He was just behind me. He fell.
1:04:26 > 1:04:29- What happened? - I slipped off the boat.
1:04:29 > 1:04:31Let's go and have a look.
1:04:31 > 1:04:33I can't break my nose.
1:04:39 > 1:04:42- Am I hurting you?- No.
1:04:42 > 1:04:43No, not at all.
1:04:48 > 1:04:52- Why can't you have a broken nose? - What?
1:04:53 > 1:04:57You said, "I cannot have a broken nose" outside.
1:04:57 > 1:04:59Did I?
1:04:59 > 1:05:00How odd of me.
1:05:02 > 1:05:08But it's only because I use my own face as a model all the time.
1:05:08 > 1:05:11It's cheaper than hiring someone so...
1:05:11 > 1:05:15my nose is quite useful.
1:05:18 > 1:05:20And you need it to smell things with.
1:05:24 > 1:05:25That too, of course.
1:06:05 > 1:06:07SPLASHING
1:06:57 > 1:07:00WIND HOWLS
1:07:08 > 1:07:10There.
1:07:10 > 1:07:12No more.
1:07:12 > 1:07:14The secret is to know when to stop.
1:07:17 > 1:07:19That is exquisite.
1:07:19 > 1:07:22Don't tease.
1:07:22 > 1:07:26I would resent such a talent if you were not so...
1:07:26 > 1:07:27angelic.
1:07:37 > 1:07:39Your nose is perfect again.
1:07:39 > 1:07:41HE CHUCKLES
1:07:41 > 1:07:44Please do not remind me of my inexcusable self-regard.
1:08:07 > 1:08:08Finished.
1:08:11 > 1:08:13My Edinburgh lectures.
1:08:22 > 1:08:25She won't want to come, truly.
1:08:26 > 1:08:28It would bore her.
1:08:28 > 1:08:30Anyway, I'll only be gone for a few days.
1:08:30 > 1:08:32Edinburgh is but a stone's throw.
1:08:32 > 1:08:34But are you not anxious about leaving her alone?
1:08:34 > 1:08:36Why, where are you going?
1:08:36 > 1:08:38I'm not going anywhere.
1:08:38 > 1:08:39Well, then she won't be alone.
1:08:39 > 1:08:42John, you can't leave her on her own with me.
1:08:42 > 1:08:44Yes, I realise it's a bore, Everett.
1:08:44 > 1:08:47No, not at all. I'm talking about the impropriety.
1:08:47 > 1:08:50Oh, for heaven's sake. Look, have Mrs McPhail to stay then,
1:08:50 > 1:08:52if you're worried the locals will take offence.
1:08:52 > 1:08:55I'm not worried about the locals!
1:08:55 > 1:09:00John, you seem to pay no mind to the safety of your wife's reputation.
1:09:00 > 1:09:04To leave her entirely alone with another man...
1:09:04 > 1:09:05A single man.
1:10:15 > 1:10:18I'd have loved this when I was little.
1:10:18 > 1:10:21It was all so flat where I grew up.
1:10:21 > 1:10:23Did you love it very much?
1:10:23 > 1:10:25I did.
1:10:27 > 1:10:29Do you see that little thorn tree?
1:10:31 > 1:10:35Fairies live under those trees. My mother told me.
1:10:35 > 1:10:37I believed her absolutely.
1:10:37 > 1:10:40I'd take my breakfast out and leave it for them.
1:10:40 > 1:10:43And of course in the morning it was always eaten,
1:10:43 > 1:10:44by a fox or some such,
1:10:44 > 1:10:46which only went to prove their existence further.
1:10:48 > 1:10:51One Christmas my mother cooked a ham.
1:10:51 > 1:10:53I felt the fairies should have some
1:10:53 > 1:10:57so I went to the pantry to cut a slice and I couldn't manage it.
1:10:57 > 1:10:59And so I just took the entire hock.
1:11:01 > 1:11:03I was found out, of course and...
1:11:04 > 1:11:05..that was the end of the fairies.
1:11:05 > 1:11:07But happiness for the foxes.
1:12:05 > 1:12:07Over 1,000 at every lecture.
1:12:07 > 1:12:09It was a huge success.
1:12:09 > 1:12:12But the price was crippling headaches.
1:12:24 > 1:12:26I hope Effie was not too trying for you.
1:12:26 > 1:12:28Of course not.
1:12:29 > 1:12:33Women should depend on themselves for engrossing employment.
1:12:33 > 1:12:37Rather than constantly craving companionship and attention.
1:12:37 > 1:12:40EVERETT PUTS HIS CUTLERY DOWN
1:12:42 > 1:12:43Excuse me.
1:12:52 > 1:12:55DOOR OPENS AND WIND HOWLS
1:12:55 > 1:12:58DOOR CLOSES
1:13:02 > 1:13:05DOOR OPENS
1:13:26 > 1:13:28Where have you been?
1:13:28 > 1:13:30I ran.
1:13:30 > 1:13:32Ran where?
1:13:32 > 1:13:34Anywhere.
1:13:34 > 1:13:35Wherever my feet took me.
1:13:39 > 1:13:42For heaven's sake, you must change your clothes.
1:13:42 > 1:13:44You will make yourself sick.
1:13:44 > 1:13:45I am sick.
1:13:46 > 1:13:48I'm sickened by him.
1:13:48 > 1:13:51I don't... I don't know how you bear it.
1:13:54 > 1:13:56I cannot bear to witness any more of your torture
1:13:56 > 1:13:58when I cannot stop it, when I cannot do anything.
1:13:58 > 1:14:00Tell me, Effie, what am I supposed to do?
1:14:00 > 1:14:01What can I do?
1:14:04 > 1:14:05Please.
1:14:08 > 1:14:09There is nothing to be done.
1:14:18 > 1:14:21JOHN SNORES LIGHTLY
1:15:32 > 1:15:34We will return to London.
1:15:34 > 1:15:37The Venice engravings for my book are ready.
1:15:38 > 1:15:40I cannot go back.
1:15:40 > 1:15:41We will leave on Monday.
1:15:43 > 1:15:45I cannot go back.
1:15:51 > 1:15:54The pains of eternal torment could be no worse
1:15:54 > 1:15:57than returning to Denmark Hill with you.
1:15:58 > 1:15:59I did not ask your opinion,
1:15:59 > 1:16:01I merely informed you of our leaving.
1:16:03 > 1:16:05I cannot go back.
1:16:05 > 1:16:08Do not think for a moment that your behaviour here
1:16:08 > 1:16:11has escaped my attention. It has not.
1:16:11 > 1:16:13I have seen what you try to hide.
1:16:14 > 1:16:17Do you really want to lose your reputation in the world?
1:16:17 > 1:16:21You would make a great piece of work for your bankrupt father.
1:16:23 > 1:16:27Do not push me any further, Euphemia,
1:16:27 > 1:16:29for your own sake.
1:16:34 > 1:16:36I hate you.
1:16:52 > 1:16:55WHISPERING: He's been listening, he's been watching.
1:16:55 > 1:16:56He knows.
1:16:56 > 1:17:00Does he mean to ruin me? To compromise me?
1:17:02 > 1:17:04I can never visit you in Denmark Hill.
1:17:07 > 1:17:10You need to have someone with you.
1:17:10 > 1:17:11Can you think of anyone?
1:17:12 > 1:17:14I don't know.
1:17:15 > 1:17:17Perhaps my sister, Sophie.
1:17:18 > 1:17:20Her visit would not arouse suspicion.
1:17:20 > 1:17:22Then you must arrange it.
1:17:28 > 1:17:30Mr McPhail, we are ready.
1:17:30 > 1:17:31Aye. Ready, sir.
1:17:38 > 1:17:39Everett, would you help my wife?
1:18:13 > 1:18:16THEY SLURP
1:18:26 > 1:18:29Don't do that, dear.
1:18:30 > 1:18:32Makes you sound like an imbecile.
1:18:39 > 1:18:40Well, the New Year is upon us,
1:18:40 > 1:18:44and we have yet to receive Mr Millais' portrait.
1:18:44 > 1:18:48I think in January, I may find some time to sit for him.
1:18:48 > 1:18:51All right, no matter, I am but truly eager to see it.
1:18:51 > 1:18:56Perhaps, my dear, you can mention it next time you write to him.
1:19:00 > 1:19:02I do not write to him.
1:19:11 > 1:19:12Ah.
1:19:14 > 1:19:15Aha.
1:19:15 > 1:19:18This is a new addition to our cellar, my dear.
1:19:22 > 1:19:25I thought we'd better start to educate our palettes
1:19:25 > 1:19:29to the nuances of the German wines before our trip.
1:19:29 > 1:19:30My boy.
1:19:30 > 1:19:33We're going on a trip?
1:19:33 > 1:19:35We are all going.
1:19:35 > 1:19:37I am to come?
1:19:37 > 1:19:39But no-one said...
1:19:39 > 1:19:42Let us not start discussing something that was settled months ago.
1:20:14 > 1:20:18I don't know why you feel Sophie needs to see the sights in town.
1:20:18 > 1:20:20What on Earth's wrong with Peckham?
1:20:20 > 1:20:22She said she wanted to see St Paul's.
1:20:24 > 1:20:26- No, I didn't.- Ssh!
1:20:26 > 1:20:28She might hear you.
1:20:28 > 1:20:30HORSEMAN: Ya!
1:20:37 > 1:20:39We're going to see a friend of mine.
1:20:40 > 1:20:42Everett?
1:20:43 > 1:20:45What have they said of him?
1:20:45 > 1:20:46Nothing.
1:20:46 > 1:20:50John just said that you've made Everett unhappy.
1:20:50 > 1:20:52Just as you've made him unhappy.
1:20:54 > 1:20:56Who is Everett?
1:20:57 > 1:20:58A friend.
1:20:58 > 1:21:01- But not the friend we're going to see.- Sophie...
1:21:01 > 1:21:03please.
1:21:05 > 1:21:07HORSES NEIGH
1:21:07 > 1:21:09Yeah, I'll have one.
1:21:09 > 1:21:12DISTANT BELL RINGING
1:21:16 > 1:21:17Here, you too!
1:21:29 > 1:21:33But John must have talked to you, surely, he must have...
1:21:39 > 1:21:43Let me understand you, you are telling me that...
1:21:43 > 1:21:47you still, to this day, do not...
1:21:47 > 1:21:49understand the...
1:21:49 > 1:21:52details of the most intimate relation within marriage?
1:21:52 > 1:21:57- You have not experienced them? - He has never so much as touched me.
1:21:57 > 1:22:01Never made me his wife.
1:22:01 > 1:22:03Because he was disgusted...
1:22:03 > 1:22:06with my body that first evening.
1:22:09 > 1:22:12After that, he said we should wait until I was 25.
1:22:12 > 1:22:17By then, he said that I'd professed such a dislike for him that it would be a sin
1:22:17 > 1:22:21and an even further sin to have children.
1:22:21 > 1:22:23Because I was wicked.
1:22:23 > 1:22:25And probably insane.
1:22:26 > 1:22:27Oh...
1:22:29 > 1:22:31LADY EASTLAKE SIGHS Um...
1:22:32 > 1:22:34And he... LADY EASTLAKE CLEARS HER THROAT
1:22:34 > 1:22:37..has never after that moment...
1:22:37 > 1:22:40sought relations?
1:22:40 > 1:22:41Never.
1:22:43 > 1:22:47I have never, I've never heard of such cruelty. The man must be...
1:22:55 > 1:23:00If he has not made you his wife physically, then I should think
1:23:00 > 1:23:02that you are not his wife.
1:23:02 > 1:23:04But I have no knowledge of such matters,
1:23:04 > 1:23:09I will make enquiries, legal and social. Discreetly, of course.
1:23:09 > 1:23:13I would implore you not to have a scene with him just yet.
1:23:15 > 1:23:16I must have read all his books,
1:23:16 > 1:23:19and I've always thought him quite the eccentric, but now...
1:23:22 > 1:23:23Most peculiar.
1:23:24 > 1:23:26I'm perfectly thunderstruck.
1:23:28 > 1:23:31You may sit up, Mrs Ruskin.
1:23:34 > 1:23:36He must be mad.
1:23:39 > 1:23:40Oh.
1:23:41 > 1:23:43Who's that from?
1:23:46 > 1:23:47Effie.
1:23:56 > 1:23:59My dear, there's nothing more you can do.
1:23:59 > 1:24:01You must let events take their course now.
1:24:05 > 1:24:07Do come in.
1:24:09 > 1:24:10Please, sit down.
1:24:13 > 1:24:14Forgive me.
1:24:20 > 1:24:25I have Dr Lee's report here.
1:24:25 > 1:24:30You say he told you he thinks your husband mad.
1:24:31 > 1:24:36Interesting, but madness, unfortunately,
1:24:36 > 1:24:39is not sufficient grounds for divorce.
1:24:39 > 1:24:40If it were,
1:24:40 > 1:24:44half the marriages in London would be in jeopardy.
1:24:48 > 1:24:52But, the crux is this...
1:24:52 > 1:24:59"We found the usual signs of virginity are perfect.
1:24:59 > 1:25:05"And that she is naturally and properly formed."
1:25:07 > 1:25:09So...
1:25:09 > 1:25:10there we have it.
1:25:10 > 1:25:13I must say, in all my years...
1:25:15 > 1:25:18It is an unprecedented case, Mrs Ruskin,
1:25:18 > 1:25:22but I'm certain we can receive an annulment of your marriage
1:25:22 > 1:25:25on the grounds of non-consummation.
1:25:25 > 1:25:30However, we must be circumspect.
1:25:30 > 1:25:35Best to keep away from your husband as much as you can to prevent...
1:25:35 > 1:25:37Prevent what?
1:25:37 > 1:25:39Let us just say,
1:25:39 > 1:25:45do not make more than a usual effort to encourage...
1:25:45 > 1:25:47relations.
1:25:53 > 1:25:57- You spend a great deal of time writing.- I do, my angel, I do.
1:26:01 > 1:26:06I have written two books about modern painting.
1:26:06 > 1:26:08One about architecture.
1:26:09 > 1:26:11And this one.
1:26:12 > 1:26:14About Venice.
1:26:23 > 1:26:25It's a very big book.
1:26:26 > 1:26:30And then I shall write a book so big...
1:26:32 > 1:26:36..and it will be all about your sister's conduct.
1:26:36 > 1:26:38About her wickedness.
1:26:39 > 1:26:41But don't tell her.
1:26:41 > 1:26:43For then she would hate you.
1:26:45 > 1:26:47Let it be our little secret.
1:27:10 > 1:27:12Do not worry, lambkin.
1:27:12 > 1:27:14It doesn't hurt.
1:27:17 > 1:27:18Ah...
1:27:22 > 1:27:23Thank you, George.
1:27:25 > 1:27:27Um...
1:27:27 > 1:27:29FOOTSTEPS
1:27:29 > 1:27:30George!
1:27:45 > 1:27:47What in God's name have you done?
1:27:47 > 1:27:49I have done nothing.
1:27:50 > 1:27:54Tidy yourself up this instant before my mother sees you.
1:27:55 > 1:27:57I will not.
1:28:01 > 1:28:02You disgust me.
1:28:04 > 1:28:05I have had a letter.
1:28:07 > 1:28:09From mother.
1:28:10 > 1:28:15She misses Sophie too much and asks me to return her to Scotland.
1:28:15 > 1:28:17Then I suggest you start packing.
1:28:24 > 1:28:25What does Mama say?
1:28:28 > 1:28:31It is not from Mama.
1:28:59 > 1:29:03Now go have one last look in your room to make sure nothing is forgotten.
1:29:18 > 1:29:19Thank you, George.
1:29:20 > 1:29:22I wish you happiness, ma'am.
1:29:24 > 1:29:27A great collection of bags for a short visit.
1:29:29 > 1:29:33- George, you will not tell. - It's John, actually.
1:29:33 > 1:29:34FOOTSTEPS
1:29:34 > 1:29:37- Where is Sophie?- She's upstairs.
1:29:39 > 1:29:41We can't have two Johns in the house,
1:29:41 > 1:29:44so the master chose George for me.
1:29:44 > 1:29:46I didn't mind.
1:29:46 > 1:29:49You should have.
1:29:49 > 1:29:53- He took away your name.- Sophie! You will miss the train!
1:29:55 > 1:29:58Look lively with those bags, George.
1:30:13 > 1:30:16There is no point in you accompanying us.
1:30:16 > 1:30:20Alfred can find me a porter and I know you have work to do.
1:30:25 > 1:30:26Hm...
1:30:34 > 1:30:37Will you be so kind as to hand me in, John?
1:30:48 > 1:30:51HORSEMEN: Ha! Come on, boy!
1:31:02 > 1:31:04What are you doing?
1:31:12 > 1:31:14Put it here.
1:31:16 > 1:31:18What are you going to do with that?
1:31:18 > 1:31:21Leaving it there.
1:31:21 > 1:31:24They'll find it when Alfred takes the carriage back.
1:31:24 > 1:31:25Won't they be cross?
1:31:41 > 1:31:47It's quite simply one of the remarkable pictures in the world.
1:31:47 > 1:31:50- DOOR CLOSES - You must be very proud.
1:31:53 > 1:31:55Mr Ruskin, sir...
1:31:56 > 1:31:59..there is a gentleman at the door for you.
1:31:59 > 1:32:00Hm.
1:32:18 > 1:32:20Where are we?
1:32:21 > 1:32:23You'll have to help me, lambkin.
1:32:23 > 1:32:26Mr John Ruskin?
1:32:26 > 1:32:27Yes.
1:32:27 > 1:32:30I have a citation to court.
1:32:30 > 1:32:32- To court?- From whom?
1:32:32 > 1:32:34Mrs Euphemia Ruskin.
1:32:36 > 1:32:40The defendant must receive the papers himself, sir.
1:32:40 > 1:32:42It is a matter of law.
1:32:48 > 1:32:50And this is concerning...?
1:32:50 > 1:32:53It... It is a private matter, sir.
1:32:53 > 1:32:55You may illuminate.
1:32:55 > 1:32:57Very well.
1:32:57 > 1:33:01Petitioning for the annulment of your marriage, sir.
1:33:04 > 1:33:06On what grounds?
1:33:08 > 1:33:10It is a very delicate matter, sir.
1:33:10 > 1:33:14- I don't...- My parents are privy to all my affairs.
1:33:14 > 1:33:15Nonetheless...
1:33:15 > 1:33:19I demand to know, on what grounds?
1:33:21 > 1:33:25On the grounds of impotency, sir.
1:33:52 > 1:33:54Hello!
1:33:54 > 1:33:56Who are you?
1:33:56 > 1:33:57I'm Sophie.
1:33:57 > 1:33:59What's happened?
1:34:08 > 1:34:10You're not to go to her.
1:34:10 > 1:34:13She says you're forbidden.
1:34:13 > 1:34:16She said it would ruin her, and you.
1:34:25 > 1:34:27She said I was to tell you this...
1:34:30 > 1:34:33She says she loves you very much,
1:34:33 > 1:34:36but she says she's not fit to marry for a time,
1:34:36 > 1:34:38without much deliberation.
1:34:38 > 1:34:40Because... Wait...
1:34:40 > 1:34:43Because it would never do to be wretched twice.
1:34:56 > 1:35:02He said, "Tell her that I look forward to her..." No...
1:35:02 > 1:35:04"..to making her very happy."
1:36:00 > 1:36:01SHE SIGHS
1:36:07 > 1:36:09Would you like a game of cards?