:03:01
That party on whom we rely
for only everything?
:03:06
Why, we are cut loose again...
:03:09
and we wonder, even dread...
:03:13
whose hands will catch us now.
:03:21
There once lived a man
named Nicholas Nickleby.
:03:25
Unambitious in business...
:03:26
he devoted himself
to the happiness of his family.
:03:30
But he is not the Nicholas Nickleby
you have come to hear about.
:03:35
That Nicholas Nickleby is here.
:03:39
And here.
:03:43
And here.
:03:44
- Said your prayers?
- Yes.
:03:47
I prayed that I should have this day...
:03:49
the same day we had today,
all the rest of my life.
:03:53
But someday you will find someone
who will have...
:03:56
a greater hold on your affections than I do.
:04:00
The most important journey of your life...
:04:03
will be to find her.
:04:06
Nicholas had a younger sister, Kate.
:04:09
Here she is again.
:04:12
And here.
:04:13
Goodness, how it goes.
:04:16
For their father,
these children were a divine burden.
:04:21
Never had money meant less to him...
:04:23
and never had he needed it more.
:04:27
His wife said:
:04:29
Speculate.
:04:31
Since it was well known
that Mr. Nickleby's brother, Ralph...
:04:34
many years his senior...
:04:36
had made his fortune in London
by just this method...
:04:40
so Nicholas Nickleby,
who had never speculated...
:04:45
speculated.
:04:48
It is a particular sort of triumph...
:04:50
that bankers
have made the word "speculation"...
:04:53
synonymous with "adventure"...
:04:56
when, indeed, it means only
that one may gain a great deal...
:04:59
or one may lose a great deal.