:23:02
...to which they said no.
:23:04
It has now been three weeks.
She's never come back.
:23:08
And no one will tell me anything about her.
:23:10
They never answer any questions on it,
and discourage the posing of others.
:23:15
This distresses me.
:23:17
Nicholas, have you found
your matching half?
:23:22
Then we must think of how to find her.
:23:26
For when she knows you,
she will love you, too.
:23:30
This is our nephew, Frank.
This is Mr. Nickleby's sister, Kate.
:23:34
My uncle says you're quite a gardener.
May I show you around?
:23:38
Please.
:23:40
Mrs. Nickleby, would you excuse Nicholas?
:23:42
We have a small matter of business
to attend to.
:23:45
Of course.
:23:49
I never thought I'd find fault
with your brother's statements...
:23:52
but he has described you
as exceedingly pretty.
:23:54
May I offer the correction
that such a remark seems inadequate?
:23:59
He has told me much of you...
:24:00
and of how patient
you have been in teaching him.
:24:07
Do you remember the young lady
who fainted in our office?
:24:10
Fainted?
:24:12
Yes.
:24:13
She is the daughter of a lady whom,
when she herself was young...
:24:19
I loved very dearly.
:24:28
You will smile, perhaps,
to hear an old man talk about such things.
:24:32
I have no such inclination.
:24:34
In fact, I'm eager to know
if she returned your affection.
:24:37
She made another choice.
:24:39
A man named Bray.
:24:42
Inconsiderate of all obligations,
except to those of his own leisure...
:24:46
he squandered his fortune, and then hers.
:24:50
Finally, after 20 years of bitter unhappiness,
she came to me...
:24:55
sadly changed. She was dying.
:24:59
And she asked us
to help her daughter, Madeline...