1:25:01
Not enough character,
as the Good Book says.
1:25:05
Still, he's learned to make less mess
in public than any man living.
1:25:09
Of course, that's only a negative virtue.
1:25:11
It doesn't fool a wife for very long.
1:25:14
What do you know?
I hit the bull's eye.
1:25:17
So all things considered, he's thinking
of giving his wife a divorce.
1:25:21
- You think that's a reasonable solution?
- Victor, stop it.
1:25:25
- Why don't you.
- There's nothing to stop.
1:25:27
- Rumor has it otherwise.
- Only rumor?
1:25:30
No backstairs gossip?
No anonymous letters?
1:25:33
I'm sorry, Helen...
1:25:35
...rumor is a dubious
and rather nasty authority.
1:25:44
What can this boy give you?
Suppose you do marry him...
1:25:47
...how long would it last?
1:25:48
How long before you get tired
of him, or he of you?
1:25:51
You know yourself better
than anyone else, Helen.
1:25:54
Can you change now?
1:25:56
And if you don't, do you really
believe he'll change?
1:25:59
He doesn't know
what it means to be soft.
1:26:01
Nothing means anything
to him but music.
1:26:03
- I never said I wanted to marry him.
- Do you love him?
1:26:09
You say you've loved me, Victor.
1:26:11
But what kind of a love has it been?
1:26:13
I know you've always been courteous
and always remembered my birthday.
1:26:18
But is that the final sum and substance
of our marriage? Courtesy and greetings?
1:26:24
I know what I am.
1:26:25
I know what I've become.
1:26:28
I've never had the chance to love.
You don't like emotions.
1:26:31
They're wearing. They make demands.
They interfere with the pleasant life.
1:26:37
So I've learned to hide away love
and hate and everything strong in me.
1:26:42
I've tucked them away
where they wouldn't bother us.
1:26:45
We've hung a sign on our lives,
"Do Not Disturb."
1:26:49
You can have the divorce, Helen.