My Cousin Rachel Page #6

And this.

This.

And this.

And

This.

This is impossible darling.

o. This is right.

They belong on you.

And as to this.

You can read it later.

What is it?

Take it.

o Philip.

This home. This land. Everything.

Which had always been yours anyway.

Philip darling.

If I owned the world it would be yours too.

And all I have for you

Is a little pin for your cripethet.

Blessed creature.

Remember once I told you

There was nothing else I needed in the world but

The warmth and comfort of these four walls.

I remember.

I was wrong.

I know now that it is something else.

Are you very sure of that?

More sure than of anything else on earth

Of all his willfulness

Of all that he provokes and bewilders me at times

My regard for you Philip only increases with the years.

Your errors have never been mean nor selfish

My guardianship is ended today but I rejoice to think

You will never cease to be my godson.

To your five and twenty years dear boy.

Long life and happiness.

To you Philip Philip.

Thank you ladies.

My dear Louise. My dearest Rachel.

ow i too have a toast that I wish you to drink tonight.

Since this morning I've been the happiest of men.

I want you godfather and you Louise

To drink to Rachel who is to be my wife.

Have you lost your senses Philip?

Uh..

I'm sorry if it was premature to break the news but

It's my birthday and these are my oldest friends.

I hope you can forgive this piece of schoolboy folly

And forget it if you can.

The day and the wine seem to have gone to Philip's head.

He'll apologize for his insuffigate.

Shall we go to the drawing room

I thought you'd gone to bed.

ot before I had begged your forgiveness.

Then you may go now

Before you think up some other mischief to do.

I won't betray us believe me.

Betray us. What a shameful thing to say.

You make me feel like a backstairs servant creeping up to some attic with a groom.

Will you let me pass.

You know better than that I'm sure.

I said will you let me pass?

obody said you were ashamed or angry last night when you gave me your promise.

What promise?

To marry me of course.

I promised to marry you last night?

But you couldn't possibly have misunderstood.

What else could i've been asking that meant everything in the world to me.

Whatever you may have thought. I gave you no such promise

or anything like it.

Then then let me ask you now in the plainest of language.

Will you marry me?

o Philip and you may take that as final and forever.

ow will you let me pass?

But you loved me. I know you did. It couldn't have been pretense.

That was last night Philip and you had given me the jewels.

I was trying to be what else handicaff.

You have my heart my mind the property the money the jewels

My name you already had.

ow leave me. You understand?

What are you going to do lecture me?

o. I just thought you might want to talk about it.

It was my fault last night.

I don't believe that.

What you said was the truth. Otherwise you wouldn't have said it.

I know that.

I misunderstood her.

You may have

But not I. Ever.

How d'you mean that?

Why do you think she came here

All that long distance from Florence?

I should think all that was obvious.

It was a pilgrimage to Ambrose's home.

o no Philip. It wasn't sentiment

And it wasn't idle curiosity.

She'd quite another purpose in mind and now it's accomplished.

I don't know what you're talking about.

If you had been older or stronger she'd have never stayed here.

She'd have called in my father settled for a sum and gone on her way.

Can't you see that yet?

If that's what you asked me here to tell me there's not need to continue this discussion.

You've never liked her from the day she arrived.

Then why has she been sending her allowance

Out of the country month after month this whole winter?

How can you say a thing like that? When you couldn't possibly know it for a fact.

But I do say it and it is a fact.

Do you suppose my father and the bank

Don't know what she's been doing with her money?

But what if she did?

She had debts in Florence. I've known that all along.

But now don't you see she no longer any need to bleed you bit by bit.

Because suddenly you've given her exactly what she set out to get.

Everything.

May I see you to your carriage?

Do you really love her then that much?

I've already asked her to marry me twice.

And when the time is right I intend to ask her again.

I simply cannot believe...

She'll never marry you Philip.

Perhaps not.

Do you know why she brought that document to my father?

Yes. Some of it wasn't altogether clear to her.

One point in particular.

Which was that?

The conditions of remarriage.

There can't have been any misunderstanding about that.

It states simply that if she

Remarries while i'm alive the estate simply reverts to me.

If she married me the condition would have no meaning actually.

Why wouldn't it?

Because she'd still share in it? It would be ours together.

You're certainly can't be suggesting that she'd refuse to marry me

Because she'd no longer own the whole property.

o but remember this

A wife may cannot take her husband's money into another country such as Italy.

or can she herself wander away whenever the impulse seizes her.

Beyond that I suggest nothing.

Good day.

Oh Philip how can you be so blind?

How can you let yourself be torn and shamed and humiliated?

How can I tell you? Don't you understand?

Because I love her and nothing else!

It isn't a little loving. It isn't a fancy.

It isn't something you'd turn on and off.

It's everything I think and feel and want and know.

And there's no room in me for anything else

And never will be again.

ow is it clear to you!

Why three?

The mistress said there'd be a third for dinner sir.

Come in.

Come in.

Oh look Philip.

Mrs. Ashley has found the most exquisite design for the sunken garden.

It's Italian of course but

This should be could very well be the one below this house. Don't you think?

Won't you look at it?

She's so clever really to have found an arrangement so suitable.

Quite nice and charming.

You'll be pleased to hear that Mary's going to be with us for a while now.

Oh and such a surprise Philip.

When she came to fetch me the others were quite green with envy.

Do you play cribbage?

I'm afraid not.

Well then i'll teach you.

I'll teach you both. You'll be wild for it.

Tonight after dinner if you wish.

May I speak to you alone?

I don't see the need.

You're quite free to say anything you wish in front of Mary.

Oh oh i'm sorry. I must go to my room anyway.

You needn't really.

Oh but I must to get ready for dinner.

Will you leave the doors open please so you can hear if I call?

Why yes indeed I will.

Why have you done this?

You know perfectly well why.

You know quite as well it was not in the least necessary.

One such display of violence is enough thank you.

I don't think I care to be alone with you again.

There are matters here that can't be settled

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