:58:01
Perhaps I ought to leave this island, take
Sylvia with me, make a fresh start somewhere.
:58:05
- Do you think that'd be best?
- Do I have any other choice?
:58:08
I can see myself
walking into the club.
:58:10
Anybody for tennis?
There's Fleury.
:58:13
He's perfect for mixed-doubles.
His grandmother's a bit on the dark side, you know.
:58:16
Your roots are here.
Your life is here.
:58:19
Oh, it's easy to talk about making a fresh start.
But what would you do?
:58:23
Where would you go?
:58:25
What do the Fleurys know
except how to run a plantation?
:58:30
Nothing.
:58:33
Think it over.
Talk to Sylvia.
:58:36
Think it over.
Talk to Sylvia.
:58:38
Now, above all,
we must keep our heads.
:58:41
The great thing is
to do nothing hasty.
:58:44
Behave as though nothing
extraordinary has happened.
:58:47
Otherwise people will say,
"Oh, look at the Fleurys.
:58:50
They daren't
hold their heads up in public."
:58:53
Go to the club tonight.
Behave naturally.
:58:56
Don't avoid people, and, uh,
don't send them too many drinks.
:59:00
No. I won't come. I don't want it
to look as if the clan was mustering in force.
:59:04
But behave as though
nothing had happened.
:59:07
- Lunch is ready, ma'am.
- Thank you, Mary.
:59:16
[Chattering]
:59:28
Congratulations.
:59:30
That was a fine series of articles,
the best things I've read about the island.
:59:33
As for that one today,
that was- that was the goods.
:59:36
You said things
that needed saying.
:59:38
From my point of view,
I can't tell you how grateful I am.
:59:41
- In what way?
- In every way.
:59:45
I've not been trusted.
The people here, West Indian...
:59:47
they thought of me as a Fleury, a feudal planter,
bought their ancestors in the marketplace.
:59:51
But now? I'm standing for the legislature.
Why not?
:59:56
I combine black and white, the new and the old.
I've a foot in both camps.