In Our Time Page #6

Here. Do you think you

can squeeze those in?

Yes, I'll try.

Well, if my corset can

take it, these bags can.

Chaos!

Chaos,

that's what it is!

I was afraid you weren't

going to show up at all.

I thought you'd done

something silly

Like going off with that

young antique you found.

Well, thank goodness you've

got too much sense for that.

Let me tell you, ducky,

if he had gone off

On a tangent and

wanted to marry you,

You'd trip

over his family.

Why, they'd consider you

a common little upstart.

Oh, they wouldn't say so

to your face. Oh, dear, no.

They're too refined

for that.

But they'd know how to

make you feel it, I know.

Before you passed

their inspection,

You'd feel like

tuppenny worth of cheese.

Express for poznan,

berlin, cologne,

Liege, brussels,

and paris...

On track 3!

Have you got

everything?

I think so.

You think so? Well,

what about the tickets?

You took them,

Mrs. Bromley.

I took them? What would I do with them?

Well, I think you

put them in your purse.

Oh, you make me

so nervous, ducky!

Be careful

with that luggage.

I'm not tipping you for

your muscular development.

Yes, ma'am.

Ducky, did you get

my candy?

Oh, I'm sorry,

Mrs. Bromley, I forgot.

You forgot?

How can I face

A trip like this

without candy?

Hurry, ducky. Go upstairs and get it.

And be sure

they're caramels.

Oh, ducky, ducky!

No, not caramels, no.

Marshmallows.

Here, you, you...

pick these things up.

I will, ma'am.

Yes, yes.

Have you any chocolate

marshmallows, please?

Yes, ma'am.

Thank you.

Train to paris--

Which track?

Train to paris?

Yes.

Never mind.

Jenny! Jenny!

Jenny...i got your note.

Why did you run away?

Why didn't you wait for me?

Because there wasn't

any need.

You know that, Stephen.

It wouldn't work out.

I just wanted

to believe it would.

Darling, I know what you've been

through today, but try to understand...

That's my train.

I must go.

Jenny, listen!

Jenny, wait!

Jenny, listen to me!

This is crazy, Jenny.

You can't go.

We love each other,

don't we?

Oh, you know that.

Then nothing else

matters.

But it does, Stephen.

Don't you see? Our lives

wouldn't be our own.

You're obligated to your family,

dependent upon your uncle,

And...well, I just haven't the

right to ask you to change that.

Jenny...

i promise you something.

I promise that

we'll make our own way,

Depend on each other

and no one else.

That is what I want--

What I've always wanted.

And you can help me.

I, help you?

Yes.

I need you.

I've been waiting

for you a long time.

When I got to the hotel

and you weren't there,

It was the first

time in my life

That something

really mattered.

Please stay, Jenny.

Please!

Oh, you don't think

that I want to go.

Then have faith in me. I know

it's right for both of us.

Let me prove it to you.

Stephen, I...i...

Don't say anything.

Conductor:

all aboard!

Ducky! Ducky!

What are you doing?

Do you realize the train

is moving at any moment?

Ducky! Ducky...

It's leaving!

Ducky, hurry, hurry!

It's moving! It's--

I'm not going,

Mrs. Bromley.

You're not going?

Have you lost your mind--

Stranding yourself

in a foreign country?

We're going

to be married.

Married?

But you can't do that!

I thought we'd discussed

all that in the hotel room.

You're making a mistake, ducky.

Get on this train at once.

We're not leaving this

country a moment too soon!

I'm sorry, Mrs. Bromley,

but I'm staying.

At least you can give me

the chocolates. Marshmallows?

Yes.

Thank you for everything!

Good-Bye!

You take care of her,

you...

You opus 11!

Man, on radio:
and now,

with the acquisition

Of Czechoslovakia

and memel,

The general consensus is

that Europe can look forward

To a period of comparative

quiet and security.

Aah!

In fact,

It is the opinion

in well-Informed circles

That hitler's immediate

territorial ambitions are satisfied.

We may even hope--

Nonsense.

"Well-Informed

circles"!

Ha!

Oh, you're here.

Have you seen anything

of Stephen and his wife?

We've been waiting luncheon

for half an hour.

If you are hungry,

eat.

You haven't answered

my question.

No, I haven't

seen them.

They're probably out

for a ride somewhere.

They slip out of the house

every morning before breakfast

And come back late

for luncheon

With never a word of where they've

been or what they've been doing.

Why should they tell

you every move they make?

I realize I am not in their

confidence and that you are.

What's bothering you

now, Janina?

Uncle Leopold, if there is

something going on in this house,

Why shouldn't mother

and I know about it?

My dear girl, Stephen and Jenny

have a right to some privacy.

Heaven knows, you give them

little enough when they're home.

It's she who is

always interfering.

Did you know she'd taken

down aunt jadwiga's portrait?

Oh. My compliments

to her.

Have you ever taken

a good look at jadwiga?

It's not only that.

She's changed the entire room.

Well, it's her room,

isn't it?

You have no right to go

there in the first place.

And in the second place--Ah,

the first place is enough.

What's the matter now?

I'm sorry, Zofya, but

your daughter insists

on making like a character

in a greek tragedy.

Someday you'll see

that I have reasons.

Now you two are

quarreling.

What's happened

to my house?

All I ask is a little

peace, and now lately, you--

[Door closes]

They're here.

You can eat.

Mama!

Sorry we're late.

Forgive us. We really couldn't help it.

It's really

very naughty of you.

It's the third time

we've waited for lunch.

We used to have your

confidence, Stephen.

Now you whisper in corners as though

you were plotting a revolution.

Nonsense. It's nothing of the sort.

No, it's just that Stephen didn't want

to tell you until he was sure himself.

You tell us all

about it at lunch.

Jenny?

After you,

philosopher.

No, pure in heart

first.

That's you.

[Chuckles]

Well, I'm sure you two are

planning a lovely surprise.

Yes, mama,

we've been planning,

And I hope

it will please you.

Good news?

Very good.

We found a way to make

the estate pay,

Not only for itself,

but also for our living.

The idea is to farm

scientifically.

We're going to have a tractor,

a reaper, a threshing machine...

We're going to modernize

the place completely.

Your wife cannot

be expected

To understand

our peasants.

You should

explain to her

That they have always

worked with their hands

And are quite

hardened to it.

That isn't

the question, Janina.

If you want to make the farm

pay, we have to modernize.

Stephen is right.

That's why Poland

is in danger today--

Because we still work by hand

when others have machines,

Because we stick to the cavalry

while others build tanks.

Leopold, please.

No speeches.

And what makes

you think

The peasants

are capable

Of running

these machines?

Janina, why

shouldn't they be?

I'll learn how and

teach them myself.

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