:10:00
Of course, I loved him dearly.
He was one of the nicest boys in the world.
:10:05
It's just that
he was so desperately immature.
:10:07
Marriage had been sort of foisted on him,
poor lamb.
:10:10
He just wasn't ready for the responsibility.
:10:12
He tried nobly, but he hadn't really got
the faintest idea what it was all about.
:10:22
Mr. Southgate, you have the reputation
of being something of a lone wolf.
:10:27
Is this a protest against the establishment?
:10:29
It's true I have always preferred...
:10:32
to be a mouse that walked by itself...
:10:35
rather than a member of a group
of literary lions...
:10:40
always licking each other,
washing each other behind the ears...
:10:44
and biting each other.
:10:45
And, as you know,
they're behind bars in a cultural zoo.
:10:52
- They won't let you print that?
- Yes, they will, if I fight.
:10:56
- And will you fight?
- He fights.
:11:00
Something else.
:11:02
Now that you've moved down here
into the country, into virtual isolation...
:11:06
Robert had marvelous tact,
incredible maturity, sensitivity.
:11:11
He had got this funny old bloke
spouting his head off.
:11:14
Fascinating. I'd never met anyone
like old Southgate.
:11:18
Suddenly one felt madly in, you know.
I mean, to think...
:11:22
this is the one of the great writers
of the century, and here I am.
:11:26
It was extraordinary.
:11:28
I don't really remember much anyone said.
But that wasn't really the thing.
:11:33
The thing was they accepted me.
:11:36
- I'm just dying to read your books.
- They're mostly out of print.
:11:40
- Do you mind if I help myself?
- Please do.
:11:43
Thank you.
:11:44
- It's been fabulous meeting you.
- You a truth-teller?
:11:48
- Yes, I think so.
- Is she?
:11:52
- I know she is with me.
- You consider yourself a very lucky man.
:11:57
Yes, I do.