Parnell Page #9

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Let's hear from

Mr. O'brien!

Wait awhile.

Wait awhile till we

hear from Mr. O'brien.

Right. Right.

Take it easy, sir.

Mr. Parnell, sir,

Charlie,

As the oldest member

Of the Irish party,

One whose father fought

with Robert Emmett,

And who himself

is a mere gossoon,

Who was with OConnor

And served a term

in prison,

Aye-

And even been

sentenced to death

In the service

of Ireland,

All my life

I've dreamed

And waited for this day.

It's been long coming,

Almost too long for me.

For 80 years

I carried in my heart

One phrase...

More haunting than any melody in

the harp of Ireland ever played-

The phrase...

Home rule for Ireland.

And you got it

for us, Charles.

And I say an old man

nearly past his time...

Lord...

Now, Lettest thou

Thy servant depart

in peace.

For mine eyes

Have seen the glory...

Take me down, boys.

I can't go on.

God bless you, Charlie.

In the name of Ireland

And all we dreamed

and fought for,

Let god bless you

For this day.

Good evening,

Ellen.

Good evening, Ellen.

The conquering hero

comes.

So they've decided you're

an honest man at last.

Yes.

How did you find out?

Willie is here.

Willie?

Yes. He's been here

about an hour.

He wants to see Charles.

What about?

I don't know. I left

Clara to talk to him.

They're in there.

I'll go and see him.

You send Clara out to me?

Hello, clara.

Hello.

Hello, Parnell.

Hello, Oshea.

Hello, Katie.

Hello, Willie.

Clara, aunt Ben

wants you.

Oh, excuse me.

Well, congratulations.

That was a great

triumph for you today.

You're a bigger power

than ever now.

Thank you.

You wanted to see me.

What about?

About myself.

Isn't it time that

something happened to me?

Happened to you?

Yes.

I should be

something better

Than a mere member

of parliament now.

After all, I am

pretty close to you.

You've been our guest

here now for months.

Everybody knows that.

Don't I deserve

a little recognition?

What kind

of recognition?

Some more

important position.

Such as?

Well, your own parliament

in Ireland is assured now.

What about a seat

in your cabinet?

What?

Willie!

Well, don't I deserve it? No.

I don't think so.

Why do you?

My importance

to the party.

Your importance

to the party.

Why, man,

you've none.

I should be betraying them in

everything that I believe in.

That means no?

I'm afraid so.

That's the thanks I get.

For what?

Befriending you when all

the world was against you.

Letting you stay here.

Willie, Mr. Parnell

has been my guest.

That's a dangerous

admission, Katie.

O'shea! Once again, what do I get?

Nothing until you prove

your worth to Ireland.

I see.

I think you're

making a mistake.

I thought

we could be friends.

If we can't, well,

There are others who don't think

me as unimportant as you do.

The Irish aren't

the only party.

Katie, Ive never

seen you look so lovely.

Thank you.

I'm so excited

about tonight.

Your victory-

Your hard-Earned

victory-

And the best part of it is

that you'll be there to see it.

Well, aunt Ben!

Do you like it?

Is it new?

Oh, the man's

actually noticed!

It's in your honor.

You look ravishing.

Thank you.

I rather thought

so myself.

I swore when I was 70 Id never

attend another political party.

I'm breaking my vow

for you, Charles.

Will you see who it is, Ellen? Yes.

Does miss Kathleen Oshea

live here?

Yes.

I'd like to see her.

She's just going out.

I shan't keep her

a minute.

But I don't think-

What is it? Who are

you? What do you want?

I want to see Mrs. O'shea.

Are you her?

Yes.

I got a paper for you.

I'm sorry.

You're Mr. Parnell,

aren't you?

Yes.

There's one for you, too.

I'm sorry.

All right. You've

served them. Get along.

Yes, sir. Good night. Good night.

Charles.

What is it?

It's Willie. He's suing for divorce.

Divorce?

And naming Charles as corespondent.

Well, he's chosen a good

moment for it, hasn't he?

What are you going to do?

Now?

Nothing.

Go to the reception. It's

the only thing we can do.

Let Gladstone make his

announcement on home rule.

Katie, please,

Say something.

You've sat like that

all the way.

I'm sorry.

There isn't anything

to say...

Except to be thankful

that he's timed it too late

To damage you

tonight.

I wonder.

What do you mean?

Read all about

the political scandal!

What are

those newsboys shouting?

Captain Oshea names

Charles Stewart Parnell

In famous divorce case!

Special edition! Read all

about the famous divorce case!

Yes, boss?

Drive to

the house of commons.

Yes, sir.

Are you sure that you and

aunt Ben will be all right?

Of course.

You don't mind

driving home alone?

Drive back to Eltham.

Irish leader in divorce!

Extra! Extra!

Read all about

Katie Oshea!

Katie, Katie...

My dear Mr. Gladstone,

In view of the announcement

concerning myself

Which appears

in tonight's paper,

I am aware that my

presence at your reception

Might be an embarrassment to you.

It seems to me

imperative, however,

That I should

see you privately

To discuss the situation

with you tonight.

The bearer of this note

Will bring your reply to me

at the house of commons,

Where I shall be waiting

in readiness to comply

With any arrangement

you may...

You've been a long time.

I'm sorry, sir.

I was waiting.

Well?

He sent a message

that there was no reply.

What are you going to do?

Go home.

Shall I make an appointment

with your lawyers in the morning?

What for?

To arrange about your

defense of the divorce.

There will be

no defense.

But, sir, you don't

realize what it will mean.

I heard them

in there just now.

The whole of Ireland

and England, too,

Is waiting

for your answer.

Oh, forgive me, sir,

but you must defend it.

No, Campbell.

My private life

is my own.

I've given Ireland

everything,

My whole life until now.

They can't deny me

the right of every man

To have the woman

he loves beside him.

That's what this means.

There will be

no defense.

Katie.

Katie, Katie.

Charles, I want to

talk to you.

Come, let's sit down.

What I have to say

isn't easy,

So I want you to listen

And listen quietly

until I finish.

All right, dear.

We can't stand by

and do nothing

While Willie ruins

your life out of spite.

Charles, Im going to

defend this suit.

Katie.

You've got to be

cleared at all costs,

Even at the cost of my

denying my love for you.

My darling, you don't

realize what you're saying.

There will be no defense.

I shall not even

employ counsel.

But I shall.

I shall have the best counsel in London.

This is my defense:

Willie and I conspired to

make you fall in love with me.

The whole thing was a plot

from the beginning against you.

That is the story

Im going to tell.

Only to make it

convincing,

You must go away

from here-

From me...

Forever.

Katie, this is fantastic.

It will prevent

there being a divorce.

And you'll be tied to Oshea

for the rest of your life.

I have been for years.

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