:31:03
I see.
:31:05
It's just that Gertrude can sometimes
be a little... hard-headed.
:31:09
You are her oldest... and closest friend...
:31:12
.. and I just thought talking
with you might perhaps...
:31:16
- Soften her head a little.
- Mmm.
:31:18
Well, it has been known.
:31:24
Thank you, Lady Chiltern,
that was most inspiring.
:31:27
Oh, I'm so glad.
:31:31
Wonderful speech!
:31:38
Well, I must say, Arthur,...
:31:40
.. I'm delighted to find you showing
such a keen interest in women's politics.
:31:45
Oh, yes, very keen.
:31:47
I had a bit of a late night last night.
:31:49
So I gather. I'm so glad to see you.
:31:52
- Are you?
- Yes.
:31:53
I wanted to talk to you about Robert.
:31:55
Really?
:31:57
He seems a little distracted of late,
a little anxious.
:32:01
Yes.
:32:02
You've noticed it, too?
:32:05
I suppose I...
:32:07
Yes... In a way.
:32:09
I mean,... the life that he's chosen
for himself, by its own nature,...
:32:13
.. must hold innumerable stresses,
full of countless compromises.
:32:18
- Compromises?
- Yes.
:32:20
What I mean is, once a man
has set his heart and soul...
:32:23
.. on getting to a certain point,...
:32:27
.. if he has to climb the crag,
he has to climb the crag.
:32:31
If he has to walk in the mire...
:32:33
Well?
:32:35
Well, then, he has to walk,
my dear Gertrude, in the mire.
:32:39
Of course, I'm only talking
in the most general terms...
:32:42
.. on a subject about which
I know absolutely nothing.
:32:45
I thought those were
your favourite subjects, Arthur.
:32:48
Yes, indeed.
:32:50
Indeed.
:32:52
Go on.
:32:53
Oh, yes... No...
:32:55
Supposing a public figure, any public
figure, my father or Robert even,...