Lady.Libertine.1984 Subtitles

00:00:01,253 --> 00:00:04,(melancholy music)

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00:01:22,310 --> 00:01:24,- Some years ago on a beautiful evening

00:01:24,670 --> 00:01:26,in the month of April

00:01:26,410 --> 00:01:28,I was riding along a tree-bordered road

00:01:28,300 --> 00:01:30,on my way home from a long
day of partridge shooting.

00:01:37,070 --> 00:01:39,When I saw the solitary figure of a lad

00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:40,who was walking slowly along the road

00:01:40,950 --> 00:01:42,about 100 yards ahead of me.

00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:49,As I was on horseback,
I soon overtook the boy

00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,and was about to pass
him when he spoke to me.

00:01:53,370 --> 00:01:55,- Sir, could you tell me the time please?

00:01:59,910 --> 00:02:01,- It's almost six o'clock.

00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:06,You seem tired.

00:02:08,130 --> 00:02:10,- I'm very tired.

00:02:10,110 --> 00:02:12,I've walked 15 miles today.

00:02:13,670 --> 00:02:15,- That is a long walk.

00:02:15,603 --> 00:02:17,How old are you?

00:02:17,460 --> 00:02:18,- I'm 16, sir.

00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:20,I'm stronger than I look.

00:02:23,290 --> 00:02:25,- Well in any case you can't
go much further this evening.

00:02:28,227 --> 00:02:29,What are you gonna do about food?

00:02:29,740 --> 00:02:31,Where are you going to sleep?

00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:33,- I have a little money.

00:02:33,310 --> 00:02:34,I shall buy some bread and cheese

00:02:34,666 --> 00:02:36,and sleep in a haystack
as I did last night.

00:02:38,610 --> 00:02:40,- Have you run away from school?

00:02:40,890 --> 00:02:43,Don't you think your
parents will be worried?

00:02:43,630 --> 00:02:45,- I don't have any parents, sir,

00:02:45,770 --> 00:02:48,and I haven't run away from school.

00:02:48,510 --> 00:02:50,- Or some other relative or a friend.

00:02:51,770 --> 00:02:54,- I have neither relative nor
friend in the whole world.

00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,- Well you better come along with me.

00:02:59,070 --> 00:03:01,Perhaps my housekeeper will
find you something to eat

00:03:01,970 --> 00:03:03,and a bed for the night.

00:03:05,830 --> 00:03:10,- Well after my mother died,
my father was a mining engineer

00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,and sadly he was killed in an accident

00:03:13,690 --> 00:03:15,in Canada two years ago.

00:03:16,980 --> 00:03:19,I was sent to a school in London

00:03:19,530 --> 00:03:21,where I stayed until about six months ago.

00:03:23,180 --> 00:03:26,And then some people came
to take me away from school,

00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:27,of whom I don't wish to speak.

00:03:29,510 --> 00:03:31,They were not kind to
me because I wouldn't do

00:03:31,150 --> 00:03:32,what they wished.

00:03:32,950 --> 00:03:35,So I left their house.

00:03:35,030 --> 00:03:35,- I knew instinctively

00:03:35,863 --> 00:03:38,that Frank had not told
me the whole truth.

00:03:41,020 --> 00:03:43,But there was something
about the boy I liked

00:03:43,950 --> 00:03:45,and I felt sorry for him.

00:03:45,730 --> 00:03:48,(clock chimes)

00:03:51,890 --> 00:03:53,I suggest you go to bed now.

00:03:54,870 --> 00:03:56,In the morning we will talk again.

00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:01,Perhaps, Frank, you
could stay here a while.

00:04:01,020 --> 00:04:02,You know I have a feeling

00:04:02,180 --> 00:04:05,there's probably a better
future for you here than at sea.

00:04:05,350 --> 00:04:08,- Oh sir, could I really stay here?

00:04:08,210 --> 00:04:10,I'd be so happy.

00:04:10,130 --> 00:04:11,- We'll see in the morning.

00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:14,For the time being, off to bed with you.

00:04:14,020 --> 00:04:14,- Oh yes sir.

00:04:17,020 --> 00:04:18,- [Woman] Come on, my lad.

00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:23,- Goodnight, sir.

00:04:23,780 --> 00:04:24,- Goodnight, Frank.

00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:26,- And thank you.

00:04:26,280 --> 00:04:27,- Please.

00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:40,- [Man] I was still puzzled
but in a strange way excited.

00:04:40,870 --> 00:04:43,Though for the life of
me I wasn't sure why.

00:04:44,370 --> 00:04:45,- Goodnight, my boy.

00:04:45,300 --> 00:04:46,- Goodnight.

00:04:58,439 --> 00:05:01,(clock chimes)

00:05:03,090 --> 00:05:05,- [Man] A batchelor such
as I with neither parents

00:05:05,390 --> 00:05:08,and who lives alone is much
dependent upon his servants.

00:05:09,980 --> 00:05:11,My butler, Watson,

00:05:11,030 --> 00:05:14,who had known me since my childhood,

00:05:14,490 --> 00:05:16,ran the household and
was rarely at the loss

00:05:16,540 --> 00:05:18,for a solution to any problem.

00:05:19,210 --> 00:05:21,He had found among my boyhood possessions

00:05:21,220 --> 00:05:23,a suit which fitted young Frank admirably.

00:05:24,540 --> 00:05:25,Frank had already made friends

00:05:25,830 --> 00:05:27,with some of the other servants

00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:29,who were taken with his good manners

00:05:29,050 --> 00:05:30,and cheerful disposition.

00:05:34,947 --> 00:05:37,(clock chimes)

00:05:44,100 --> 00:05:46,I resolved he should
continue his education

00:05:46,890 --> 00:05:50,and found myself acting
as tutor and guide.

00:06:03,670 --> 00:06:05,I was starting to form an estimate

00:06:05,270 --> 00:06:07,of the boy's character and temperament.

00:06:07,950 --> 00:06:10,He was truthful and very affectionate.

00:06:10,665 --> 00:06:13,(thoughtful music)

00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,But he still continued to puzzle me.

00:06:24,829 --> 00:06:26,He would never accompany me out shooting.

00:06:26,970 --> 00:06:29,He said he couldn't bear
to see the birds killed.

00:06:29,900 --> 00:06:32,It was strange that a
boy who had pluck enough

00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:34,to run away to sea would have shrunk

00:06:34,190 --> 00:06:35,from seeing a partridge shot.

00:06:36,670 --> 00:06:38,Of course he wasn't thoughtless.

00:06:38,850 --> 00:06:41,He had a hasty temper and
liked having his own way.

00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:43,And he was at times liable
to treat the servants,

00:06:43,457 --> 00:06:47,particularly the female
ones in a contemptuous way.

00:06:48,430 --> 00:06:50,Though I believe I have a kindly nature,

00:06:50,350 --> 00:06:52,but there are times when the
exercise of a little discipline

00:06:52,770 --> 00:06:53,is unavoidable.

00:07:02,180 --> 00:07:04,- Good morning, Sir.
- Good morning, Watson.

00:07:07,150 --> 00:07:09,- Oh sir, sir!

00:07:09,210 --> 00:07:10,- [Man] What's the trouble?

00:07:10,043 --> 00:07:11,- It's Mr. Frank.

00:07:11,660 --> 00:07:13,He was in the pantry.

00:07:13,130 --> 00:07:15,He had no business to be there.

00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:17,Oh let alone eating jam.

00:07:17,070 --> 00:07:19,One of the maids told him to leave it.

00:07:19,110 --> 00:07:19,He hit her.

00:07:22,090 --> 00:07:23,- And where is Mr. Frank now?

00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:24,- [Maid] He ran away.

00:07:24,630 --> 00:07:26,God knows where he is.

00:07:27,470 --> 00:07:28,- I see.

00:07:28,610 --> 00:07:30,Watson, do you remember the canings

00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:33,the old man would administer
when I misbehaved?

00:07:33,580 --> 00:07:35,- Yes sir.
- How he's stomp around,

00:07:35,350 --> 00:07:38,swishing it this way and that way?

00:07:38,430 --> 00:07:41,He had me absolutely terrified
before he even started.

00:07:41,726 --> 00:07:43,- Ah, those were the good old days,

00:07:43,538 --> 00:07:45,if you don't mind me saying so.

00:07:45,610 --> 00:07:48,- You think the old
chastiser is still about?

00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:49,- [Watson] No doubt.

00:07:49,090 --> 00:07:50,- Well fetch it.

00:07:50,149 --> 00:07:50,There's a good fellow.

00:07:50,982 --> 00:07:52,This situation calls for six of the best.

00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:56,My library contained a
number of rare volumes

00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:58,which I kept under lock and key.

00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:10,Profusely illustrated
they were in their way

00:08:10,090 --> 00:08:11,classics of erotica.

00:08:12,750 --> 00:08:14,Although strictly forbidden,

00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,Frank had taken advantage of my absence

00:08:16,670 --> 00:08:20,to further, if illicitly,
advance his education.

00:08:31,479 --> 00:08:33,(giggling)

00:08:42,390 --> 00:08:43,- Oh.

00:08:57,684 --> 00:09:00,(whip cracks)

00:09:02,570 --> 00:09:05,- So Frank, this is how you
pass your time whilst I'm away.

00:09:16,410 --> 00:09:18,Have you anything...