A Bill of Divorcement
- PASSED
- Year:
- 1932
- 70 min
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Do you think it is fair to
Don't be absurd again.
It was only for 10 minutes.
Add, I must give little
attention to my guests.
- Not I a guest?
- Charming, Sr. Humphrey.
- You stay for supper, Won't you?
- You bet I will.
- You're mine for the rest of the night.
- Sounds most improper!
Please Sydney, Can't I have
Lets get out when
nobody is watching.
Not now.
Aunt Hester has an eye on us.
Perhaps later.
Margaret, I think Sydney should
dance with some other young men,
Let Kit Humphrey
not monopolise.
Naturally, Hester.
They are in love.
Well , she's your
daughter, not mine.
- Mother, why aren't you with Gray now?
- No darling, we got to watch.
Come on join the merry here.
Isn't youth glorious, Gray?
I feel young with you.
You, my dear
you're a child still.
Its wonderful to be free,
to have a burden lifted
from one's shoulder.
- You did that.
- With a little piece of paper.
I don't mean by helping
me to get my divorce,
by your strength and courage.
- Its a new life.
- For me too Margeret.
Life only starts
when love comes.
Why should it had
come to us so late?
- It isn't late.
- Oh, Gray!
We've time for everything, still?
Time for everything.
Carol singers, they've come!
You go at the side door.
I go the other way,
hit you at the pond.
Kit...
And another thing, Kit,
I'm counting on youo
- to break up this party early.
- Me?
Sydney had no sense of time.
Miss. Fairfield, shall I give
Not yet, Bassett.
I'll be back directly.
- Where were you?
- I got tired waiting in the cold, come.
- Come in.
- Sorry.
Aunt Hester way laid me.
- We really have to go back o the party.
- Darling we can't wish each
other Merry Christmas in public?
- You're coming to Canad
with me, you know.
- When?
- Anyday you know.
and Gray are married.
Years Day, aren't they?
Look, my mothers engagement ring.
- Kit.
- You'll the bride of 5th
generation to wear it.
- Darling.
- I have made that
your finger will let me.
Mrs. Fairfield, we like to sing
something special in honor
of you and Mr. Meredith.
Thanks! What would
you like to sing?
God bless the master of this house,
Thats very sweet of you!
Margaret!
How can you let them sing that?
Hilary is the master of this
house and no one else!
- Your husband, Hilary.
- Hester, please.
- Do you know the next line?
- "And all the little children..."
"...around the table go."
How many go round the table?
Well, Canad is a wide open space
there's all the room for children.
Say, twenty.
All right, stop at about ten.
All right, all at one batch.
I hope not!
They say two of each
kind and a slight pause...
No,no pauses. Unless one hit on
someone known as as Prime Minister.
How soon can you
telegram Minister?
Almost instantaneous,
they say.
Dear fool!
She's late for that, Mrs. Gray.
I hadn't the haute to waken her.
Because at odd
hours talking to Kit.
- But just now was when he was home.
- He's leaving so soon for Canad.
I must say Margaret,
you are neglecting
your duty as a mother.
Merry Christmas! Everyone,
I'm not late am I?
Good morning, Aunty.
Thanks darling for
the scandalous dress
you put in my room.
I'll wear it at night
and dance with Kit.
See what father Christmas sent Sydney.
And then it's dried you
Sydney for the card case.
Its a cigarette case only, dear.
I thought you send me
another prayer book,
we might do a deal.
I thought so.
Thanks very much. Sweet of you.
Shall we?
- What?
- Swap?
- Sydney darling, thats rather rude.
- Why I have been hinted at.
Its against my principles
to kneel down and say
I'm miserable sinner.
I'm not miserable,
and I'm not a sinner!
Thats the way you let your
daughter speak to me?
- Sydney, dear.
- I'm not better even if
you admire that's the way
...she views us.
- Thats not true, darling.
hasn't she led your lives
since you divorced father?
Hasn't she prevented you
from marrying Gray for years?
As long as my poor
brother Henry is alive,
inspite of God Margaret
is still his wife.
You know, father is
same as dead to us.
- He was in asylum before I was born.
- I've never even seen him.
Shame to you!
He doesn't deserve even
if he was in right mind.
When I used to go and see him,
he didn't even know me.
I know fathers condition is sad,
but it can't be helped.
The war wasn't our fault can't
blame anyone for shellshock.
- Shellshock?
- Hester!
His away we have got.
Let us not go with a
handkerchief to our
eyes all the time.
We got to live.
- You're as hard as ingot.
- No. I hate hypocracy.
I'm at the wrong
side of the family.
I'm the one person
in this house who
remembers poor Hilary!
Darling.
You mustn't say such
things to your Aunt Hester.
You get so excited,
you remind me...
..your father was so excited.
- Why no really.
I needn't that though if I want to.
I just want to run my life.
Mother, I want to
tell you something.
Kit wants me to marry
him right away and
go to Canad with him.
Darling, you're so
young to think of
getting married!
- You were married at my age.
- I know.
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