:19:01
So your interest
doesn't center on cars anymore, Vin?
:19:05
Well, this last year at Oxford, I've rather
changed my outlook on things.
:19:09
- You don't say.
- Yes. I think I've grown a little.
:19:12
Matured in my conception
as to what life's about.
:19:15
- Do you know what Oxford taught me?
- What, dear?
:19:18
- That I know nothing about anything.
- Rather a waste of time and money.
:19:22
Not at all, because it's shown me
just what I want out of life.
:19:26
- And what's that, Vin?
- To learn.
:19:28
I want to encompass all the knowledge
I can in my brief span.
:19:31
- What's "span," Vin?
- It's a bridge.
:19:34
- A bridge?
- I think of the amount of knowledge...
:19:36
...in the world: Scientific knowledge,
philosophical, sociological.
:19:40
And when I realize the infinitesimal part
of this I possess, it makes me shudder.
:19:45
And apart from all that, Mother, I think
I've developed a social consciousness.
:19:49
- What's that, Vin?
- It's the recognition of my fellow man.
:19:53
Where are there free men today...
:19:55
...any more than in
the 9th to the 15th centuries?
:19:58
Front door, Gladys.
:19:59
Look, the 9th to 15th centuries,
when the lords held all the land...
:20:03
...and parceled out what they wished
to their vassals.
:20:06
Look about. What have we?
:20:07
As pure a feudalistic state as there ever
was in the 9th through 15th centuries.
:20:11
When I think about it, I'm appalled,
genuinely appalled.
:20:15
I tell you, Father...
:20:16
when I think of the class
system that exists in this country to...
:20:20
- What is it, Gladys?
- Oh, it's Miss Beldon to see you, ma'am.
:20:24
Well, show her in, Gladys.
:20:26
Miss Beldon.
I wonder what that means.
:20:29
Probably brought the latest ultimatum
from her illustrious grandmother.
:20:33
I scarcely know Lady Beldon.
:20:34
The perfect example
of what I've been saying.
:20:37
Lady Beldon is the living proof of the
survival of the feudal system today.
:20:42
You can't escape the Beldon influence.
It contaminates the entire village society.
:20:47
- Just as in the 9th to the 15th centuries.
- Exactly.
:20:52
How do you do, Mrs. Miniver?
I'm Carol Beldon.
:20:55
How do you do, Miss Beldon?
This is my husband.
:20:58
- How do you do?
- And my son Vincent.