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[DELAY]0 [CD TRACK]0 [COMMENT] [END INFORMATION] [SUBTITLE] [COLF]&HFFFFFF,[STYLE]no,[SIZE]10,[FONT]Arial 00:00:19.76,00:00:57.84 Michael: When a forsyte decides 00:00:57.88,00:00:58.49 to buy something, 00:00:58.50,00:00:58.45 00:00:59.60,00:01:00.06 it is part of his nature 00:01:00.04,00:01:00.64 to pretend he doesn't want it. 00:01:00.63,00:01:02.85 But when my father-in-law goes 00:01:02.83,00:01:03.47 to buy a picture, 00:01:03.46,00:01:05.97 he is caution personified. 00:01:05.96,00:01:07.86 In his opinion, 00:01:07.91,00:01:08.46 all modern painters 00:01:08.51,00:01:10.70 will be dead before he is. 00:01:10.73,00:01:12.38 So t thefe thingngo do 00:01:12.45,00:01:13.32 is to buy one of those 00:01:13.37,00:01:13.76 already dead, 00:01:13.79,00:01:14.82 and what's more, only those of 00:01:14.87,00:01:15.49 the dead who are sure to live. 00:01:15.53,00:01:19.46 My fatin-ls ind 00:01:19.50,00:01:20.18 that morland is one of those, 00:01:20.23,00:01:23.29 and he's most probably right. 00:01:23.39,00:01:41.35 Oh, I was looking at the tail, 00:01:41.33,00:01:41.88 some good painting in that. 00:01:41.95,00:01:46.58 Yes, m forteof ce. 00:01:46.56,00:01:47.18 We've met before. 00:01:47.20,00:01:48.25 Yes, my grandfather bought it 00:01:48.23,00:01:48.83 from the painter. 00:01:48.82,00:01:51.69 There's a note on the back. 00:01:51.73,00:01:52.66 I don't want to part with it, 00:01:52.67,00:01:53.16 but these are lean years. 00:01:53.18,00:01:56.92 Would you like to see the back? 00:01:56.94,00:01:58.37 Oh, I always look at the back. 00:01:58.38,00:01:59.22 So do I. It's sometimes 00:01:59.24,00:01:59.77 the best part of the picture. 00:01:59.78,00:02:03.17 Will you give me a hand? 00:02:03.19,00:02:03.81 Yes. 00:02:03.85,00:02:04.37 There's just a hook... 00:02:04.39,00:02:07.21 ah, yes. 00:02:07.25,00:02:08.23 That's right. 00:02:08.27,00:02:09.39 Thank you. 00:02:09.42,00:02:12.76 You know, mr. Forsyte, 00:02:12.77,00:02:13.75 there's something 00:02:13.76,00:02:14.37 in the hereditary principle 00:02:14.36,00:02:16.05 when it comes 00:02:16.07,00:02:16.77 to the sale of heirlooms. 00:02:16.77,00:02:18.56 One knows the provenance. 00:02:18.59,00:02:19.51 Oh, yes, I dare say. But I can 00:02:19.51,00:02:20.09 see it's genuine without that. 00:02:20.07,00:02:23.02 "George morland 00:02:23.05,00:02:23.59 to lord george ferrar. 00:02:23.62,00:02:26.43 For value received, 00:02:26.44,00:02:27.00 80 pounds, 1797." Yes. 00:02:27.04,00:02:32.70 He came into the title later. 00:02:32.71,00:02:33.90 Hm? 00:02:33.92,00:02:34.43 My grandfather, I mean. 00:02:34.45,00:02:36.42 Ah, yes. 00:02:36.40,00:02:38.41 I'm glad morland got his money. 00:02:38.42,00:02:41.14 Great rips, our grandfathers, 00:02:41.18,00:02:41.41 mr. Forsyte. 00:02:41.43,00:02:44.25 Days of great rips, those. 00:02:44.28,00:02:45.95 Oh, he was a great rip, 00:02:45.96,00:02:46.50 morland. But he could paint. 00:02:46.50,00:02:48.42 You know in those days, people 00:02:48.43,00:02:48.92 could buy with confidence. 00:02:48.93,00:02:51.22 They can't now. 00:02:51.24,00:02:52.02 Oh, not so sure. 00:02:52.04,00:02:52.42 Not so sure. 00:02:52.44,00:02:54.92 The electrification of art 00:02:54.94,00:02:55.53 may be a necessary process. 00:02:55.54,00:02:58.41 We're all moving, 00:02:58.41,00:02:58.93 mr. Forsyte, very fast. 00:02:58.95,00:03:01.37 Yes, well, 00:03:01.38,00:03:01.83 the pace doesn't matter, 00:03:01.85,00:03:04.56 as long as it leads somewhere. 00:03:04.60,00:03:05.97 You know, 00:03:06.00,00:03:06.57 it's astonishing how seldom 00:03:06.60,00:03:07.22 anyone says anything to me 00:03:07.22,00:03:09.97 of any interest. 00:03:09.99,00:03:11.30 Well, now. What do you think 00:03:11.33,00:03:11.94 would be a fair price? 00:03:11.96,00:03:15.93 Oh, well, why not 00:03:15.92,00:03:16.33 get another opinion? 00:03:16.33,00:03:18.33 Oh, demetrius? 00:03:18.33,00:03:19.45 Oh, that haymarket man? 00:03:19.47,00:03:20.99 Is his opinion better 00:03:21.00,00:03:21.25 than yours? 00:03:21.27,00:03:23.29 That I can't say. 00:03:23.30,00:03:24.29 He'd probably value the picture 00:03:24.32,00:03:24.75 at five guineas and make 00:03:24.78,00:03:25.06 you an offer. 00:03:25.07,00:03:27.20 Well, I don't care for it to be 00:03:27.22,00:03:27.79 known that I'm selling pictures. 00:03:27.81,00:03:32.06 Well, I wouldn't want you 00:03:32.08,00:03:32.59 to get less than you might. 00:03:32.63,00:03:35.06 Now if I were to ask demetrius 00:03:35.09,00:03:35.46 to buy me a morland, 00:03:35.49,00:03:38.20 well, 500 00:03:38.22,00:03:38.57 would be my limit. 00:03:38.60,00:03:40.90 Well, shall we say six? 00:03:40.94,00:03:41.36 Oh, that would be 00:03:41.36,00:03:41.90 too generous, perhaps. 00:03:41.94,00:03:44.31 Five-fifty? 00:03:44.35,00:03:45.76 Oh, we won't haggle. Six. 00:03:45.77,00:03:46.94 Now, you can have a check, 00:03:46.97,00:03:47.52 and I'll take it away with me. 00:03:47.53,00:03:51.36 It'll hang in my gallery 00:03:51.37,00:03:51.77 at mapledurham. 00:03:51.77,00:03:53.69 Well, I'm really obliged to you, 00:03:53.71,00:03:55.48 and I'm delighted to think it 00:03:55.48,00:03:55.93 will go to a good home. 00:03:55.94,00:03:59.30 Near the river, I believe. 00:03:59.32,00:03:59.43 Yes. 00:03:59.45,00:04:01.28 Have you your own 00:04:01.28,00:04:01.70 electric plant there? 00:04:01.72,00:04:05.44 Yes. 00:04:05.47,00:04:10.69 You know, if you hang those 00:04:10.68,00:04:11.21 still-lifes a little closer, 00:04:11.23,00:04:14.58 this won't be missed. 00:04:14.60,00:04:17.69 You think so? 00:04:17.70,00:04:19.35 Michael: So much 00:04:19.38,00:04:19.91 for my father-in-law, 00:04:19.93,00:04:22.48 efficient as ever. 00:04:22.50,00:04:24.26 But my other forsyte? 00:04:24.28,00:04:26.42 Not so predictable. 00:04:26.44,00:04:27.60 When two people live together, 00:04:27.61,00:04:28.33 and one of them is in love, 00:04:28.34,00:04:31.21 he's bound to be sensitive 00:04:31.21,00:04:31.91 to the emotions of the other. 00:04:31.91,00:04:34.57 But fleur, restless, 00:04:34.61,00:04:35.20 was no new thing, 00:04:35.22,00:04:38.24 and what she 00:04:38.25,00:04:38.84 was really feeling, 00:04:38.86,00:04:39.74 she concealed as well from me 00:04:39.76,00:04:40.24 as from everyone else. 00:04:40.26,00:04:53.56 Oh. Oh, it's you. 00:04:53.57,00:04:55.19 Oh, come in. 00:04:55.20,00:04:55.56 Thank you. 00:04:55.57,00:04:57.59 I expected you last week. 00:04:57.61,00:04:59.24 Well, I've been rather busy. 00:04:59.24,00:05:00.96 I dare say. 00:05:00.98,00:05:01.86 Though what you find 00:05:01.88,00:05:02.26 to do all day... hm. 00:05:02.28,00:05:04.80 Jon and anne are in town. 00:05:04.84,00:05:05.93 Oh, harold's painting 00:05:05.95,00:05:06.44 a beautiful thing of her. 00:05:06.45,00:05:08.40 It'll be quite unique. 00:05:08.43,00:05:10.17 Well, what do you think of her, 00:05:10.19,00:05:10.57 now you've met? 00:05:10.59,00:05:12.57 Anne? 00:05:12.59,00:05:14.45 A nice little thing. 00:05:14.46,00:05:16.07 Pretty too. 00:05:16.09,00:05:18.34 Jon's obviously devoted. 00:05:18.36,00:05:20.18 And mr. Blade? 00:05:20.20,00:05:20.52 Oh! 00:05:20.55,00:05:22.18 Has he been bowled over? 00:05:22.20,00:05:23.39 No, no, no. 00:05:23.40,00:05:24.02 Harold sees her merely 00:05:24.05,00:05:24.58 as a composition, you know. 00:05:24.57,00:05:27.02 In white. 00:05:27.05,00:05:28.42 Shades of whistler. 00:05:28.46,00:05:29.42 Hm? 00:05:29.46,00:05:30.28 Oh. Now, fleur, if you wouldn't 00:05:30.28,00:...
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