:05:01
She could manage it because
they were all at different schools...
:05:04
and she wrote letters
incredibly quickly.
:05:06
Three in a single study hall.
She became really famous.
:05:09
It's incredible how naive some guys are.
How do you know Serena?
:05:12
Actually, that might give someone
the wrong impression.
:05:15
She wrote a lot of guys, but I'm sure
she liked some a lot more than others.
:05:18
Oh, you think so? I never noticed that.
How do you know Serena?
:05:23
I was one of her boyfriends.
:05:25
Oh.
You must be Pomfret.
:05:28
- Your letters were really good.
- Yes.
:05:30
- What do you mean?
- They were interesting.
:05:32
Serena let you read my letters?
:05:34
No. She read them aloud.
:05:37
I can't believe it.
:05:39
She only read us the ones
that she thought were really good.
:05:41
Or really bad.
But yours were really good.
:05:43
There was no suggestion of ridicule, if that's
what's worrying you. At least not that I can recall.
:05:47
I remember a long letter you wrote Serena
about agrarian socialism.
:05:50
I think it was one of the first things
to set Alice Dreyer off about Marxism.
:05:53
Since then she's joined
the Red Underground Army.
:05:56
If she blows herself up,
it'll be your fault.
:05:58
It's actually surprising
to see you at something like this.
:06:01
In your letters, you expressed
a vehement opposition to deb parties...
:06:04
and to conventional society
in general.
:06:06
- I take it you've changed your mind.
- No.
:06:08
- I'm just as much opposed to them as ever.
- Then what made you decide to come tonight?
:06:12
He got an invitation.
:06:13
He's right. I got an invitation and didn't
particularly have anything else to do.
:06:18
I think that's the case
with almost everybody.
:06:21
No. Nick goes
whether he's invited or not.
:06:24
Unlike Tom, I'm in favor of these kind of parties,
and I wanna show that support however I can.
:06:28
It's a bit ridiculous for someone to say
they're morally opposed to deb parties...
:06:33
and then attend them anyways.
:06:35
It's - It's untenable.
:06:37
- Everyone does.
- But that's no contradiction.
:06:39
I wasn't trying to.
:06:41
I think it's justifiable to go once,
to know firsthand what it is you oppose.
:06:44
I'd read Veblen, but it was amazing to see
that these things still go on.
:06:47
- You're a Marxist?
- No, I'm a committed socialist, not a Marxist.
:06:51
I favor the socialist model developed by
the 1 9th-century French social critic Fourier.
:06:55
You're a Fourierist?
:06:57
Yes.
:06:59
Fourierism was tried
in the 1 9th century and failed.