1:25:03
- Carol's 18 and that boy's not 20.
- Yes, they are young.
1:25:06
I think I should tell you frankly:
I hope to persuade Carol to wait.
1:25:10
- You think she may change her mind?
- Frankly, yes.
1:25:13
- Perhaps make a better match.
- There's always that possibility.
1:25:17
Of course,
it may be just maternal vanity...
1:25:19
...but I don't think Carol will find
anyone nicer than Vin.
1:25:23
- I don't believe she'll change her mind.
- It's a matter of opinion.
1:25:26
- Her age is a matter of fact.
- Isn't that Beldon tradition...
1:25:30
...to marry young?
1:25:31
- I don't know what you mean.
- My daughter Judy...
1:25:34
You've not met Judy. She had to write
a composition on the Crusades.
1:25:37
She brought a small book home
from the library...
1:25:40
...called A Friend
of King Richard the Lion-Hearted.
1:25:43
- It was a life of an ancestor of yours.
- Really, I fail to see...
1:25:47
It was a fascinating book.
I got quite interested in it myself.
1:25:50
It was full of stories
of the Beldon family.
1:25:53
I trust you satisfied yourself
we were worthy of the alliance.
1:25:56
Well, there were one or two things
that rather surprised me.
1:26:00
Did you know that the
12th Lord Beldon was hanged?
1:26:03
He was beheaded.
1:26:04
Such things happen in the best families.
1:26:06
- Usually in the best families.
- In fact, what interested me most...
1:26:10
...was the extreme youth of the
Beldon brides. This Gilbert Beldon...
1:26:14
...who went on the Crusades, married an
Isabelle Du Something-or-other, age 12.
1:26:18
I did not come here to chatter pedigrees.
I'm old-fashioned. I believe in breeding.
1:26:23
- That's neither here nor there.
- Your point is, they're too young.
1:26:26
I've said so, haven't I?
1:26:29
We're at war, Lady Beldon.
And Vin's a flyer.
1:26:32
It's no excuse for rushing into
an ill-considered marriage.
1:26:35
But in war, time is so precious
to the young people.
1:26:39
- How old were you when you married?
- I?
1:26:42
It's no use telling fibs...
1:26:44
...because I looked you up.
- Oh, well, if you've looked me up...
1:26:48
...I suppose you know that I was 16.
1:26:52
- Sixteen. And did your parents approve?
- That's beside the point.
1:26:56
Oh, forgive me. Is it?
1:26:58
You married very young,
without your parents' consent...