Madame Curie Page #9

there are things

you just must accept it

If I only knew why we fail.

I think that the failure itself

I wouldn't mind

so much about it

but the reason for it.

Months and months and months ago

you did find

the right process to use.

At the very end

why should it suddenly fail?

I don't know. I don't know.

Pierre, that stain on the saucer.

Yes.

We didn't even test it, did we?

No, we didn't.

What we are expecting to find

was a definite amount of radium

wasn't it?

Something we could see and feel.

Not as much as a pinch of salt

you said

Yes.

Pierre, what if it's...

a merely a question of amount?

What does so little radium

in proportion

to the amount of material

that we use

that we now we couldn't see it.

What if that stain?

Even with the merest

merest breath...

Go on.

Pierre, could it... be that

that stain is radium?

Pierre. It's there. Our radium.

It's there. It's there.

Pierre.

Pierre. It's there. It's there.

It's there.

Oh, Pierre.

Where are they?

Are they in Paris or go

wherever they are.

I am not going to tell you

where they are.

But, Dr. Curie

I am the representative

of the London Times

and there are

representatives here

from the presses of all the great

nations in the world.

Don't Dr.

and Madame Curie realize

they can't hide from the press?

The whole world is on fire

from their discovery.

The publics want to know

about them.

We have heard that

they had refused

to take in money for their radium

that they are giving it

to the world.

The Nobel Prize to a woman.

These are important matters

Dr. curie

and the world must be told

about them.

Yes, the public must know.

Did they give it for free?

Where are they now?

Gentlemen

all that I know is Pierre

and Marie are very tired.

They have been interviewed

so much that

I can't see there is any more to

tell that

the public would be interested in.

They're sick.

They've gone away

on a holiday to rest.

Now, it's utterly impossible

for any newspaperman

in the world to try to interview

Dr. or Madame Curie

at the present time

I'm sorry.

Excuse me.

I am from The Courier

the newspaper in Grandovland.

Do you think

I could see Madame Curie?

I'm afraid you can't see her.

They've come here to rest.

It's their first holiday

in five years.

You wouldn't want to disturb them.

Perhaps you could

tell me something about her.

I can't go back without

some sort of story.

Would you like to have something

for your paper

that very people know yet?

Oh, I certainly would.

Well. Put in your newspaper that

the University has granted Dr.

and Mme. Curie

a splendid new laboratory with

many rooms

the latest equipment

many assistants.

It will be presented to them in

a formal ceremony next week.

Next week?

There. Fair enough.

That's fine, Madame.

That's wonderful.

I don't know how to thank you.

I can tell you

I was scared of meeting Mme. Curie

but it was rather important to me.

You see

this is my first assignment

if I could have

gotten the interview

it would help a lot.

Well, monsieur.

You can tell your newspaper that

you got your interview

with Mme. Curie.

Madame. Good bye.

Are you... are you Mme. Curie?

Yes. And this is my daughter

Irene.

It's a new bicycle so she has to

show it off.

And now... Mommy...

Oh, yes. My baby. This is E.

She's been a good baby?

Very good, Madame.

Been very good, darling?

Yes. Wei, Madame.

Did she drink her milk?

Yes.

Alright... Wei, Madame.

Well, keep her out

in the airy deck.

Alright. Off you go.

Now she made a grand tour

of the garden

And now

you'll excuse me. Good bye.

Good bye.

Know what I'm doing? Pierre.

I thought you were asleep.

No. I'm walking through

the new laboratory.

Don't imagine it too grand.

It might not come up

to your expectations.

And at the moment, I'm walking down

the long white hall.

And I'm with you?

Yes, you are with me.

Now

I'm examining your work table.

I don't believe it's large enough.

How's yours?

Oh, yes. I haven't got there yet.

It will be exciting, won't it?

When we walk in the first time.

Yes. It will be wonderful to

get back to work again.

We lost so much time.

Oh, Pierre.

The time we spent here

hasn't been lost

We got our strength back.

Yes, that's true.

We were ill, both of us

more than we knew.

You know, when we first came here

I used to

have fantastically morbid

thoughts sometimes.

What do you mean?

Well, everyday that passed seem

so completely lost.

I have a feeling that

I didn't have much time to lose,

that my days were... well, it...

that I mustn't waste them

that I have to drive ahead quickly

in order to have time

to finish everything

I wanted to finish

It's odd how one's mind would...

Why, Marie.

What a horrible thought to have.

It's just because I was so ill.

How could such a thought

entered your mind.

Oh, darling.

Don't take it so seriously

It frightens me.

I'm sorry I mentioned it.

It was nothing.

It's because I was so worn out.

You know, Marie, how tired I was.

Pierre. If one of us

should ever go

the other couldn't go on alone.

Couldn't be expected of us

could it?

Oh, Marie. I've upset you.

Could it, Pierre?

You were wrong, Marie.

Whatever happens

if one should go

the other must stay on.

One must work just the same.

But I for one had no intention of

going anywhere

except to our

wonderful new laboratory.

Only one more week.

Just think of it.

After all this waiting

only one more week.

Pierre?

Yes, dear.

Come back here.

Ha?

Come back.

What is it?

I want to tell you something.

Sit down.

Well? What is it?

So hard.

I just can't find the words.

Pierre, are you proud of me?

Marie.

Because I'm so proud of you.

I'm so proud that sometimes

I think I'll burst.

You're a very great man, Pierre.

Not the way the world means.

Just you.

Your kindness, your gentleness

and your wisdom.

I love you, Pierre, so deeply.

I never dreamed...

I'm so thankful, Pierre.

That's what I wanted to tell you.

That's what I thought

you'll always know.

France sees it fit to bestow

the famous scientific couple

a truly great honor

in reward for their services

to science and to mankind.

Well, are you truly impressed?

The president and faulty of

the University of Paris

will present Pierre and

Mme. Curie with a fully

equipped laboratory

with which to carry on

their many experiments

they have opened the gateway to.

At 6:
30 on 19th, April

that's today, you know.

There will be

a formal presentation

of the laboratory at which

the world famous couple

will appear.

Not bad, eh? Not bad.

Good morning. Good morning.

Good morning, Father.

Good morning

Good morning, children.

What's the matter

with this place today?

After all

it was no different than

any other day, isn't it?

This house is in a turmoil.

Everything is upside down

topsy turvy

nothing in its place.

Where is your mother?

I haven't seen her for hours.

I don't know how I'm going to

remember everything.

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