1:37:04
This is not your appointed night.
1:37:06
That story you told me, how did it end?
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l am not sure l know what you mean.
1:37:10
Once this friend of yours had taken
the advice of his lady-friend...
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...did she take him back?
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Am l to understand?
1:37:17
The day after our last meeting,
l broke with Madame de Tourvel...
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...on the grounds that it was
''beyond my control.''
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You didn't!
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l certainly did.
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But how wonderful of you.
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You kept telling me
my reputation was in danger...
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...but l think this may well turn out
to be my most famous exploit.
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l believe that it sets a new standard.
1:37:42
Only one thing could possibly
bring me greater glory.
1:37:46
What is that?
1:37:50
To win her back.
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You think you could?
1:37:54
l do not see why not.
1:37:56
l'll tell you why not.
1:37:59
Because when one woman strikes at
the heart of another, she seldom misses...
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...and the wound is invariably fatal.
1:38:05
-ls that so?
-Oh, yes.
1:38:09
l am also inclined to see this
as one of my greatest triumphs.
1:38:12
There is nothing a woman enjoys
so much as victory over another woman.
1:38:16
Except you see, Vicomte,
my victory wasn't over her.
1:38:19
Of course it was, what do you mean?
1:38:20
lt was over you.
1:38:23
You loved that woman, Vicomte.
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What's more, you still do.
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Quite desperately.
1:38:30
lf you had not been so ashamed of it...
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...how could you have
treated her so viciously?
1:38:36
You could not bear even the vague
possibility of being laughed at.
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And this has proved something
l have always suspected.
1:38:45
That vanity and happiness...
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...are incompatible.
1:38:51
Whatever may or may not be the truth
of these philosophical speculations...
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...the fact remains,
it is now your turn to make a sacrifice.