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:02:19
The curator agreed to remove
the paintings from the exhibition

:02:22
and sent a letter to the artist
inviting him to submit alternatives.

:02:26
Unfortunately,
the offer was refused point-blank.

:02:29
- He's threatened to go to the press.
- Mr Norman Lindsay, I take it?

:02:33
- You've heard of him.
- Well, I like to keep abreast.

:02:36
The last thing we want is a scandal.
Anyway, here they are.

:02:43
Yes.
:02:49
A case could be made for the
first three. They're merely vulgar.

:02:53
But this one
is certainly blasphemous.

:02:56
- And you want me to talk him round?
- It's on the way to your new parish.

:03:01
I think an outsider has more of
a chance of getting through to him

:03:05
than any of us locals.
:03:06
I gather you were something
of a progressive at Oxford.

:03:09
Don't believe everything you hear
but yes, element of truth in that.

:03:13
He's happy to put you
and your wife up for the night.

:03:16
I think he rather relishes
the idea of a good argument.

:03:20
Well, if his reputation
is anything to go by,

:03:22
he'd love to shock the socks off
any churchman that goes near him.

:03:27
May I introduce you to my wife?
I don't think you've met.

:03:33
Estella, the Bishop of Sydney.
My wife, Estella.

:03:36
- Welcome to Australia.
- Thank you.


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