:28:03
Rupert, you're the same as ever.
It's awfully good to see you again.
:28:06
- Why?
- Uh, well...
:28:09
Don't mind me.
Very pleased to see you again.
:28:12
And that bears a curious
resemblance to champagne.
:28:15
- It is.
- Very good champagne.
:28:17
- What's the occasion?
- I told you on the phone.
:28:20
It began as a little party for Mr Kentley
so he could look over the first editions.
:28:24
Then it turned out Phillip
and I were going to the country -
:28:26
Yes, you told me that too, Brandon.
:28:28
- Did I?
- Yeah.
:28:30
Well, I thought I'd make it
sort of a farewell for Phillip.
:28:33
- Therefore, champagne.
- Yes.
:28:35
- I see.
- Well, it's true.
:28:38
You always did stutter
when you were excited.
:28:41
Well, I-I guess I'm always excited
when I give a party.
:28:44
- Really?
- Mr Cadell.
:28:46
Oh, Mrs Wilson.
:28:48
Well, what have we here?
:28:51
(Whispering)
I got that special pâté you like.
:28:52
(Whispering) - I don't like it anymore.
- Oh, no!
:28:54
No, I'm just teasing, just teasing.
:28:57
- You're awful.
- Thank you. Thank you.
:29:00
You'd better get along with the carving.
:29:02
The rest of the things'll be here
in two shakes.
:29:04
Oh, Mr Brandon, I found it.
:29:06
I haven't the least notion
what it was she lost.
:29:09
Wonderful Mrs Wilson.
:29:12
I may marry her.
:29:14
It looks heavenly.
I hope David gets here soon.
:29:17
- Yes, where is David?
- I haven't the faintest idea.
:29:19
But he's so late,
Mr Kentley's getting annoyed.
:29:22
- And you?
- Me? I'm hungry?
:29:25
Brandon, exactly what is this?
:29:27
- A cassone I got in Italy.
- No, I mean why are we eating off it?
:29:31
Oh, I've turned
the dining room into a library.
:29:34
Trust you to find a new use
for a chest.
:29:36
One was always turning up in the
bedtime stories he told in prep school.
:29:40
''The Mistletoe Bough,''
that was your favourite tale, wasn't it?
:29:45
- What was that one about?
- I don't quite remember how it started.
:29:48
- It was about a lovely, young girl -
- She was a bride-to-be.
:29:51
On her wedding day,
she playfully hid herself in a chest.
:29:54
- Yes, that's right.
- Unfortunately, it had a spring lock.
:29:57
Fifty years later,
they found her skeleton.
:29:59
- I don't think I'll get that playful.
- Would you all please help yourselves?