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How are you, Spratt? Well, I hope.
Everyone has their troubles, m'lady.
Oh, dear.
Spratt has been helping to train my new maid, Denker.
I'd say she takes after the dachshund, m'lady.
In what way?
She's quite untrainable.
[disapproving] Spratt.
You needn't pretend. Your positions have changed. You the widow in the Dower House, Isobel a great lady presiding over a great house. But you simply have to be bigger than that.
Is that what you think of me? That I care about her change of rank?
Well, you're not exactly pleased, are you?
[soft] No. But that is not the reason.
Then what is?
Well, if you must know, I've got used to having a companion. A friend. You know, someone to talk things over with.
Well, you'll still have us.
You have your own lives and so you should. But Isobel and I had a lot in common [wistful] and I shall miss that.
Edith is obsessed with that child.
She's a dear little thing.
So she is. But as a matter of fact, there is something about her.
About Marigold? What?
I don't know. A sense of déjà vu. Can't quite put my finger on it.
Daddy, Mummy, this is Atticus.
How do you do?
What a peculiar name. [walks away]
Tell me, do you find it difficult these days to get staff?
Not very. But then, we're Jewish, so we pay well.
I've realized today what it is about Marigold that keeps catching my eye.
Oh, yes? What's that?
She reminds me of Michael Gregson. Just tell me if I'm wrong.
You're not wrong. Don't tell Edith you've guessed.
Why not? It certainly makes things a little clearer than they were.
Just don't, not yet. Mary doesn't know either nor Tom. Please let it be Edith's secret a little while longer.
Very well. I must say it's an unusual sensation to know there's a secret in this house I'm actually privy to. But I'll be silent if you wish.
And you'll love her? Your new granddaughter?
I think, and perhaps to my surprise, I rather think I will.
I don't know why you're making such a fuss, Mama. You'd visit Denker if she were locked up.
Only to check if the locks were sound.
The English have strong principles except when it comes to good shooting or eating well.
I think you'll enjoy Paris.
Many of our countrymen have settled there. Of course, they've lost everything, but so have we.
Including the will to live.
I will never again receive an immoral proposition from a man. Was I so wrong to savor it?
Papa? Is something the matter?
No, nothing's the matter, and that's what I want to make clear.
I don't understand. What's this about?
Marigold.
I see. And what do you have to say about Marigold?
I think you know what I want to say--what I want you to say.
I can't give her up.
No, of course not.
...
I want your forgiveness, Papa. Am I allowed to say that still?
It's not the way I would have things. I won't lie to you about that, but this is what's happened. I believe Michael Gregson was an honorable man.
Oh, he was, Papa! He really was. He would have married me as soon as he could. I know that!
I think so, too. So now we must do our best for his child. For his sake as well as yours.
That's so lovely of you.
But I think we should keep it in the family. Even in 1924, there are plenty of people who might be unpleasant.
But do you forgive me, Papa?
Oh, my darling, I'm sure I need your forgiveness quite as much as you need mine.
No burning ambitions?
Not really. I'm always jealous of those chaps who fly the Channel or invent a cure or something. What about you? Are you pining for some unfulfilled dream?
Not today. Today I feel very happy.
Be a sport and forgive me. I'm here for the night and I don't want you scowling at me through dinner.
I shall scowl if I think you deserve it.
[regarding Rose] She'll love you forever, if you'll let her. That's who she is.
I know that now. How stupid not to have seen it before.
You'll be pleased to hear that I am not about to have a heart attack. Your father has an ulcer.
Oh, that's a relief!
Well, yes, it is a relief, but you've got to be good with your diet.
Well said, we'll take it seriously. White fish, chicken, no alcohol--
Steady on!
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