: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?
:08:00
And he'd get back from his honeymoon...
:08:02
...to find himself the laughing stock
of Paris.
:08:05
-Well....
-Yes.
:08:07
Love and revenge. Two of your favourites.
:08:14
No, l can't.
:08:16
What?
:08:17
Oh really, l can't.
:08:19
-Why not?
-Oh, it's too easy.
:08:24
lt is.
:08:25
She's seen nothing.
:08:26
She knows nothing.
She's bound to be curious.
:08:29
She'd be on her back...
:08:31
...before you'd unwrapped
the first bunch of flowers.
:08:35
Any one of a dozen men could manage it.
:08:37
l have my reputation to think of.
:08:48
l can see l'm going to have
to tell you everything.
:08:51
-Of course you are.
-Yes.
:08:54
My aunt is not on her own
just at the moment.
:08:56
She has a young friend staying with her.