:06:03
l think it's time we took you home.
:06:07
l'm used to being in bed
by nine at the convent.
:06:09
So l should hope.
:06:29
Your aunt?
:06:30
That's correct.
:06:31
l thought she'd already made
arrangements to leave you all her money.
:06:40
Do you know why l summoned you
here this evening?
:06:42
l'd hoped it might be for
the pleasure of my company.
:06:45
l need you...
:06:46
...to carry out an heroic enterprise.
:06:50
You remember when Bastide left me?
:06:53
Yes.
:06:54
And went off with that fat mistress
of yours whose name escapes me.
:06:57
Yes, yes.
:06:58
No one has ever done that to me before.
Or to you, l suspect.
:07:01
l was quite relieved to be rid of her,
frankly.
:07:03
No, you weren't.
:07:08
For some years now,
Bastide has been searching for a wife.
:07:11
He was always unshakably prejudiced
in favour of convent education.
:07:16
And now he's found the ideal candidate.
:07:20
Cécile Volanges.
:07:22
Very good.
:07:27
And her 60,000 a year.
:07:28
That must have played some small part
in Bastide's calculations.
:07:33
None whatsoever.
:07:35
Bastide's priority, you see...
:07:37
...is a guaranteed virtue.
:07:40
I wonder if I'm beginning to guess
what it is you're intending to propose.
:07:47
Bastide is with his regiment in Corsica
for the rest of the year.
:07:50
That should give you plenty of time.
:07:55
You mean to...?
:07:58
-She's a rosebud.
-You think so?