:12:02
You have lived so long abroad...
:12:04
.. that you seem to be unable to realise
you are talking to an English gentleman!
:12:08
I realise I am talking to a man
whose past is less perfect...
:12:11
.. than his reputation would suggest.
:12:16
What are you saying?
:12:18
I am saying that I know the real origin
of your wealth and your career...
:12:22
.. and I have got your letter, too.
:12:27
You are very late!
:12:28
- Did you miss me?
- Awfully.
:12:30
I'm sorry I did not stay away later.
I like being missed.
:12:34
- How very selfish.
- I am selfish.
:12:36
You always tell me
about your bad qualities.
:12:38
- I haven't told you half of them.
- Really? Are the others very bad?
:12:42
Quite dreadful. When I think of them
at night, I can go to sleep at once.
:12:47
Well, I must tell you
that I like your bad qualities...
:12:50
.. and I would not have you
part with a single one.
:12:53
It shows admirable good taste.
:12:55
May I have the pleasure
of escorting you to the music room?
:12:59
- Why, Tommy, I'd be delighted.
- As would I.
:13:02
Are you coming to the music room?
:13:03
Not if there's any music
going on, Miss Mabel.
:13:07
Well,... the music is in German,
so you would not understand it.
:13:11
Quite so, quite so.
:13:14
- Arthur!
- Gertrude, good evening.
:13:16
I didn't think you liked political parties.
:13:19
I adore them. They're the only place left
where people don't talk politics.
:13:26
The affair to which you allude
was no more than a speculation.
:13:30
It was a swindle, Sir Robert.
:13:32
Let us call things by their proper names.
It makes matters simpler.
:13:36
Now I'm going to sell you
that letter back...
:13:38
.. and the price I ask is your public support
of the Argentine scheme.
:13:45
I cannot do what you ask me.
:13:47
You are standing
on the edge of a precipice.
:13:50
- Supposing you refuse...
- What then?
:13:53
Suppose I were to pay a visit
to a newspaper office...
:13:56
.. and give them this scandal
and the proof of it.
:13:59
Think of their joy and the delight
they would have in tearing you down.