Becky Sharp Page #8

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Do you think he's dead?

Cards never lie.

Now what the devil?

Perhaps we're not welcome.

Here!

Mrs. Crawley.

Becky!

Come in!

Becky! What a time I had finding you.

What happened to you after the theater last night?

Did you fly off in a balloon?

Becky, you mustn't look away.

Amy, how can I face you here, looking like this?

Ah!

Joseph, my gentle friend.

Now, that's better.

Thought you were going to throw me out.

That brush in my stomach wasn't very cordial.

Amy, what are you doing here?

Why did you come?

Nothing could have kept me away.

When Joseph came home and said

that he'd seen you...

I said, "Amy, I've just seen Becky cutting capers."

She said, "You didn't",

I said, "I did, capers."

We'd have gone on arguing for hours,

but Dobbin arrived with a pineapple.

Dobbin? Is he with you?

Are you married to him?

Oh, no, he just happened to accompany us.

He's been happening for years.

What I mean to say is, accompanying Amy.

At this very moment he's down in the caproom

accompanying a mug of beer.

He wouldn't come up, he still remembers.

Don't, Becky, the past must be forgotten.

Not there, dear, it's such a mess!

I've been too sick, too dejected

to put things in order.

It doesn't matter, dear.

We always used to fit on the bed for our talks.

Come sit by me.

Amelia.

Becky...

I still have your little bed from my house.

How would you like to have it again

for your very own?

I offer it to you with all the old affection.

Amelia!

You can't stay here. Come live with me.

Oh, this is a dream.

Dream, eh? Well, it isn't.

Leave us, Jos.

Go down to Dobbin in the caproom.

Becky and I have much to say that's not

for strange ears.

My ears are strange? They're the same ones

I've worn for forty years.

Did you mean what you said?

Do you know what you're doing for me?

You're saving me from myself, from this.

from Pitt, with his leering charity

and his clammy hands.

I've written him a letter, pleading for money.

You have no need of him now.

No, I can go with you.

Oh, for the first time in years I'm happy again.

I can breathe. You've done this for me.

You, Amy, you.

You've been like a sister to me, always.

Come in.

You decided to come up, after all.

Amelia! Joseph has just told me

that you've asked Mrs. Crawley to...

Oh, I knew it. It was too good to last.

That you've asked her to come and live with you.

He told you the truth, William.

Becky is the oldest friend I have in the world.

She wasn't always a friend to you.

I don't care to remember that.

Isn't there such a thing as forgiveness?

Forgive her if you will, help her, give her money,

but don't take her with you.

She needs me.

She's hard, she's selfish, she'll take advantage of you.

As your friend I can't let you do this.

Promise me you won't.

I've given you the devotion of a lifetime.

This is the only favor I've ever asked of you.

If you deny me,

this will mean the end of our friendship.

I must do what's right.

Then, goodbye.

William!

You're in love with the man.

You can't live without him.

It would break your heart to lose him.

Amy, I'm not coming home with you.

I'll not let you do this.

I'll send you back to Dobbin...

no matter how much he's hated me.

Don't give up, love.

Don't let it be taken from you by me or anybody else.

Fight for it, keep it. It doesn't come often.

But you...

Don't worry about me. I'll manage.

Go downstairs, he'll be waiting for you.

Take his hand. Ask him to marry you.

I can't. I'll never marry him.

You will, why shouldn't you?

Because of George.

I must be true to his memory, to his love.

Love, why you fool, you monkey,

he never really loved you.

He did!

I'll prove it to you.

No matter what you say, I think he did.

He was never faithful to you.

He made love to me when you were hardly married.

Your husband in heaven... Here it is.

You know the handwriting. He wrote this to me.

Sent it to me in Brussels right under

your unsuspecting little nose.

Now you know. Now you're free

to forget the past.

Go to the man who really loves you.

Marry him!

Go on, go on!

I say, Amy, did you and Dobbin have a breeze?

Jos, you're drunk.

Drunk? I, drunk?

This is an unjustice.

Am I her only brother?

Similarly, is she my only sister?

Similarly, where is she running to?

To Dobbin. She's going to marry him.

What?

Why, I... think that's beautiful.

What's the matter with you?

What have you lost?

Lost my heart out of my bosom.

To see my sister blessed with such happiness.

Why weep? They'll be happy but they haven't stolen

all the happiness in the world.

I think they have.

Would you like to sit down and be

just as happy as they are?

Yes.

Do you like brandy, Joseph?

How will it sit with the beer in me?

Perfect! Extra fine cognac.

And we have biscuits and golden doughnuts.

We'll have a feast.

Do you mind sharing the plate with me?

No. Quite the contrary.

I'll even share the bottle.

I have only one knife, I'm ashamed to admit.

Isn't it enchanting?

Enchanting? You're enchanting too.

Drink hearty, drink deep.

A million years have passed since we drank together.

Or sat together undisturbed.

Returning glance for glance, smile for smile.

Golden doughnut for golden doughnut.

To the happy two people.

To the memory of the past.

And the joy of the present.

When two people meet again and they agree.

That's it!

Agree!

Honors to our sentiments, Becky!

Think of a a little cottage with the trees,

the stars above...

Honors to the stars above!

And the murmuring of moonlit streams

and the perfume of love...

Does that fetch you, you dear, gay fellow?

It's you that are gay, Becky.

Gay and... gallant.

Come, come closer, Becky.

Jos, you frighten me. You're so intense.

Intense, but honorable, Becky.

Tell me, are you a widow?

Yes, or no, because you must become...

my widow next.

Later, later we'll talk about it.

Now you must help me pack.

I've had enough of all this. We're going!

Going? Where?

Mayfair, India, anywhere! Away from all this.

We can't, Becky, I have no money.

No money? You're poor?

Who dares accuse Joseph "Waterloo" Sedley of poverty?

No, it's just that I have no cash.

We'll have to wait here for a week

until my next month's allowance comes.

But I can't wait.

The landlord will have me jailed by then.

Speak of the devil.

Who's there?

It's I, Rebecca. And Jane.

They're here. My letter, they've come.

What shall I do?

Let me throw them out.

Wait! Perhaps they are a blessing in disguise.

Becky! Sister!

Brother!

The money we need. I'll get it from Pitt.

Oh, darling James. I can't believe it's really you.

One moment. I must make myself presentable.

Climb out the window.

If Pitt finds you here,

I'll never get the money from him.

Climb out!

I can't. The cheers have gone to my head.

I'm almost ready, quite ready.

Here... hurry!

Oh, this bliss, this happiness!

Oh, Jane.

My Jane.

My forgiving kinsman, to see you again.

To feel my hand in yours after such a long time.

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