A Man for All Seasons

-Good evening. 516 00:45:32,360 --> 00:45:34,669 Do you know William Roper, the younger? 517 00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:36,637 By reputation, of course. 518 00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:39,075 -Good evening, Master.... -Rich. 519 00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:47,713 You've heard of me? 520 00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:49,029 Yes. 521 00:45:49,360 --> 00:45:52,636 In what connection? I don't know what you can have heard. 522 00:45:58,280 --> 00:46:00,350 I sense that I'm not welcome here. 523 00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:03,558 Why Richard? Have you done something to make you not welcome? 524 00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:04,959 Cromwell is asking questions. 525 00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:08,316 About you. He's always asking questions about you and your opinions. 526 00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:10,028 Of whom? 527 00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:13,190 Of him, for one. That's one of his sources. 528 00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:17,075 Of course. That's one of my servants. 529 00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:20,238 All right, Matthew. 530 00:46:25,040 --> 00:46:27,349 Well, you look at me as though I were an enemy. 531 00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:31,757 Why Richard, you're shaking. 532 00:46:33,440 --> 00:46:34,668 Help me. 533 00:46:35,560 --> 00:46:36,515 How? 534 00:46:36,640 --> 00:46:37,868 Employ me. 535 00:46:38,560 --> 00:46:39,595 No. 536 00:46:40,120 --> 00:46:41,838 -Employ me! -No. 537 00:46:56,800 --> 00:46:58,552 I would be faithful. 538 00:47:02,160 --> 00:47:06,153 You couldn't answer for yourself even so far as tonight. 539 00:47:17,800 --> 00:47:18,949 Arrest him! 540 00:47:19,080 --> 00:47:20,513 -For what? -He's dangerous! 541 00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:22,318 -Libel. He's a spy! -That man's bad! 542 00:47:22,400 --> 00:47:24,516 -There's no law against that. -God's law! 543 00:47:24,600 --> 00:47:27,068 -Then God can arrest him. -While you talk, he's gone! 544 00:47:27,160 --> 00:47:30,072 Go he should, if he were the Devil, until he broke the law. 545 00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:33,675 -Now you give the Devil benefit of law! -Yes, what would you do? 546 00:47:33,760 --> 00:47:36,194 Cut a road through the law to get after the Devil? 547 00:47:36,280 --> 00:47:39,113 Yes. I'd cut down every law in England to do that. 548 00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:42,878 And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned on you... 549 00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:45,872 ...where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? 550 00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:48,554 This country is planted with laws from coast to coast... 551 00:47:48,640 --> 00:47:51,154 ...Man's laws, not God's, and if you cut them down... 552 00:47:51,240 --> 00:47:52,912 ...and you're just the man to do it... 553 00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:57,312 ...do you really think you could stand upright in the wind that would blow then? 554 00:47:58,240 --> 00:47:59,036 Yes. 555 00:47:59,120 --> 00:48:03,238 I give the Devil benefit of law for my own safety's sake. 556 00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:41,272 -Master Rich? -Yes. 557 00:48:41,400 --> 00:48:42,879 In there, sir. 558 00:48:48,680 --> 00:48:50,636 Rich? Come in. 559 00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:56,556 Taken you long enough to get here. 560 00:48:56,640 --> 00:48:58,278 Have I kept you waiting? 561 00:48:59,440 --> 00:49:00,634 Months. 562 00:49:02,920 --> 00:49:05,036 -Here. -Thank you. 563 00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:07,879 Do you know the news? 564 00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:11,192 -What news? -Sir Thomas Paget is retiring. 565 00:49:12,680 --> 00:49:14,671 And I succeed him. 566 00:49:15,840 --> 00:49:17,512 Secretary to the Council? 567 00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:18,669 You? 568 00:49:19,200 --> 00:49:20,838 'Tis surprising, isn't it? 569 00:49:22,160 --> 00:49:24,833 I mean, one sees that's logical. 570 00:49:26,720 --> 00:49:29,473 Sit down, Rich. No ceremony, no courtship... 571 00:49:29,600 --> 00:49:31,591 ...as His Majesty would say. 572 00:49:34,920 --> 00:49:36,638 You see how I trust you. 573 00:49:37,560 --> 00:49:40,199 I'd never repeat or report a thing like that. 574 00:49:41,440 --> 00:49:44,113 What kind of thing would you repeat or report? 575 00:49:46,120 --> 00:49:47,838 Nothing said in friendship. 576 00:49:48,240 --> 00:49:49,514 Do you believe that? 577 00:49:49,600 --> 00:49:51,511 -Why, yes. -No, seriously. 578 00:49:51,600 --> 00:49:52,919 Well, yes. 579 00:49:53,240 --> 00:49:57,028 Rich, seriously. 580 00:50:02,040 --> 00:50:05,237 That would depend what I was offered. 581 00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:08,598 Don't say it just to please me. 582 00:50:08,680 --> 00:50:11,274 It's true. It would depend what I was offered. 583 00:50:13,280 --> 00:50:16,113 Well, there is another post vacant. 584 00:50:16,560 --> 00:50:18,676 Collector of Revenues for York. 585 00:50:19,280 --> 00:50:20,838 Is it in your gift? 586 00:50:20,920 --> 00:50:22,239 Effectively.