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- What does he tell you? - That he is in love. 444 00:43:10,506 --> 00:43:15,259 You can't be that obtuse. It's my belief your brother lives off you. 445 00:43:15,260 --> 00:43:19,473 Now he means to live off my poor Catherine, and she's too simpleminded to see it. 446 00:43:22,559 --> 00:43:26,646 If that is truly what you believe, then your path is a simple one: 447 00:43:26,647 --> 00:43:29,315 Don't let her marry him. 448 00:43:29,316 --> 00:43:31,734 You have daughters? Yes. 449 00:43:31,735 --> 00:43:36,072 When young men come a-courting, you will be concerned with their moral character. 450 00:43:36,073 --> 00:43:38,407 Catherine is ill-equipped to look after herself. 451 00:43:38,408 --> 00:43:42,537 I can't stand by and see her make so great a mistake. 452 00:43:42,538 --> 00:43:47,542 If I'd throw him back on you, the least I can do is help with the burden. 453 00:43:47,543 --> 00:43:50,169 I shall take the liberty of placing in your hands... 454 00:43:50,170 --> 00:43:52,505 an amount for your brother's support. 455 00:43:52,506 --> 00:43:55,550 No wonder you have such a great concern about money. 456 00:43:55,551 --> 00:43:58,554 You believe it can buy anything. 457 00:43:58,595 --> 00:44:00,263 Mama! 458 00:44:00,264 --> 00:44:02,431 You'll forgive me for telling you: 459 00:44:02,432 --> 00:44:06,519 It's easy to say when one has not experienced purchasing power. 460 00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:10,439 People talk greatly about it: Plain, stupid girl... 461 00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:12,441 with a large fortune... 462 00:44:12,442 --> 00:44:15,319 marrying a handsome, worldly man without a penny. 463 00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:18,406 Don't they, Doctor? Imagine the indignity. 464 00:44:18,407 --> 00:44:22,285 Why, people might even think that you had been taken for a fool. 465 00:44:22,286 --> 00:44:25,455 It's more than a man in your position should ever have to bear. 466 00:44:26,748 --> 00:44:29,709 You do me a grave injustice. Do I? 467 00:44:29,710 --> 00:44:34,381 Time will tell the truth of it. Excuse me. 468 00:45:21,803 --> 00:45:25,306 Mr. Townsend, I hope you weren't waiting too long. 469 00:45:25,307 --> 00:45:27,892 You can only approximate how long these things take. 470 00:45:27,893 --> 00:45:31,437 Oh, no. It's a wonderful thing to have a profession. 471 00:45:31,438 --> 00:45:35,942 Ah, but it's not only a thing one has. It's a thing one must apply daily. 472 00:45:35,943 --> 00:45:39,654 Yes, but there is tremendous satisfaction in that application. 473 00:45:39,655 --> 00:45:43,950 As much as in scaling an alp or riding in a gondola? 474 00:45:43,951 --> 00:45:46,702 Well, I'm sure I wouldn't know, never having had a profession. 475 00:45:46,703 --> 00:45:48,996 So we're at an impasse, as they say, 476 00:45:48,997 --> 00:45:54,001 For I've never scaled an alp for being occupied with applying my profession. 477 00:45:54,002 --> 00:45:57,297 I wish to marry your daughter, Sir. 478 00:46:00,968 --> 00:46:04,553 She is simply one of the most delightful... 479 00:46:04,554 --> 00:46:07,723 and charming individuals I've ever encountered. 480 00:46:07,724 --> 00:46:10,643 Mr. Townsend, you must be very susceptible. 481 00:46:10,644 --> 00:46:14,313 As Catherine's father, I have, I trust, a just... 482 00:46:14,314 --> 00:46:18,025 and tender appreciation of her many good qualities. 483 00:46:18,026 --> 00:46:21,946 But I don't mind telling you, I've never thought of her as delightful or charming... 484 00:46:21,947 --> 00:46:25,658 and never expected anyone else to either. 485 00:46:25,659 --> 00:46:29,453 Well, I'm sure I don't know what I'd think of Catherine if I were her father. 486 00:46:29,454 --> 00:46:33,708 I can't put myself in that place. I speak from my own point of view. 487 00:46:33,709 --> 00:46:35,710 And you speak very well. 488 00:46:35,711 --> 00:46:39,297 Keep talking, sir, for I feel sure you'll be telling me next of her beauty and wit. 489 00:46:39,298 --> 00:46:41,716 Dr. Sloper, I don't pretend to know... 490 00:46:41,717 --> 00:46:45,511 what alchemy is at work here, 491 00:46:45,512 --> 00:46:50,016 but the fact is, I've never been happier than these ten weeks. 492 00:46:50,017 --> 00:46:53,060 To introduce magic to a man of science in the course of a dialogue... 493 00:46:53,061 --> 00:46:57,690 signals that common ground has long departed. 494 00:46:57,691 --> 00:47:00,860 Well, then... then let me speak a language you will understand. 495 00:47:00,861 --> 00:47:05,407 I've lived long enough to learn certain truths about myself. 496 00:47:05,449 --> 00:47:08,784 One is that my vanity requires an audience. 497 00:47:08,785 --> 00:47:11,371 Now, this is not the most attractive of traits, 498 00:47:11,663 --> 00:47:13,957 and women are quick to acknowledge this.