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- Whoa.
- The carriage is here.

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I can't believe you're leaving
on Christmas Eve.

3
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Yes, they need me down in Washington,
and I have to beat the snowstorm.

4
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But we need you here too, Daddy.

5
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How are we gonna have our annual
Christmas dinner party without you?

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It will just mean
more plum pudding for you.

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Okay. Goodbye.

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Austin, take care of the womenfolk for me.

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I will.

10
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And, Dad, do I have your permission

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to sign off on the architect's plans
for the new house?

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He wants to add an extra gable.

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Yes, of course.
Whatever you think is suitable.

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You're the master of that house now,
aren't you?

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Yes.

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I guess I'll be the master of this one
while you're away.

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Well, now...

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Mrs. Dickinson, are you still crying?

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Edward, I have no more tears to shed.

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I will only be gone a few months.

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I will write you faithfully.
You must do the same.

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I don't like to write.

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There's still someone
who hasn't said goodbye to me.

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Emily.

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Emily!

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Well, I'm off.

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Aren't you sad that I'm leaving?

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No.

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I'm sad because
there are no flowers in winter.

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Well, by the time I return,
everything will be green and growing.

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And you will be happy.

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Maybe I won't be here when you get back.

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Where would you go?

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Bye.

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Bye, Dad.

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Bye, Dad.

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I miss you already.

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We better start cooking.
Right, Mrs. Dickinson?

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The guests will arrive by four.

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- I'm going to sleep.
- To sleep?

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But, Mother, it's broad daylight.

42
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And we're expecting a houseful of guests.

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Tell them not to come.

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She's shirking her housewifely duties.

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This is unheard of.

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Oh, my God, this is so embarrassing.

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Jane and the Humphreys
are coming for dinner

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and neither of our parents will be here.

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We have to cancel, you guys.
But how do we cancel? What's our excuse?

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We could tell them
that I ate poisonous bark.

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Again.

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Hello, everyone. Just realizing
how late it is. I'll get out of your hair.

53
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You don't have to go.

54
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I mean, what are your Christmas plans?

55
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Let's see. I might weave some rope,

56
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or... can my January beans.

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Those aren't plans.

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Stay. Stay here for dinner.

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Emily.

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Now you're inviting more people?

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Maggie is home with her family, and Mother
hasn't even started roasting the goose.

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I'll roast the goose.

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- You?
- Sure. Why not?

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- But...
- I'll take care of the whole meal.

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But you hate to cook.

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- That's...
- You refuse to do any chores.

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You once told me
you were allergic to the fabric of aprons.

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Actually, it's not that I hate cooking.

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It's that I don't typically prioritize it.

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When I do make time to be in the kitchen,
I find that I really enjoy it.

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So, Ben...

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will you stay?

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- If it's real...
- Wonderful! Dinner is on.

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This is going to be
a very special Christmas.

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"If your husband brings home company
when you are unprepared,"

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rennet pudding can be made...
at five minutes' notice,

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"provided you keep a piece of calf's rennet
ready prepared, soaking."

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What's calf's rennet?

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Enzymes scraped from a baby cow's
stomach after it's been butchered.

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Cool. Might just do Indian pudding.

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Can I help?

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No. No, of course not, you silly man.
Cooking is women's work.

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But I like to cook.

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Here.

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Let me take that.

86
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You see? Men should spend
a little bit more time in the kitchen.

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- Okay. You have made your point.
- But no...

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Now, please, go sit by the fire
and rest your feet.

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I wanna show you
what a good little woman I can be.

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- Okay. You freak.
- Hey.

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Oh, gosh.

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Okay.

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- What are you doing?
- What?

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Why are you acting like this?

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- Like what?
- Like the frugal little housewife herself.

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Maybe I could be a housewife if I tried.

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You?

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I have to do something, Sue.

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I can't live in my father's house anymore.

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Well, you can't marry Ben.

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Why not?

102
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Emily, he's already married.

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Right. Of course.

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Where is his wife, anyway?

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Shouldn't he be spending Christmas
with her?

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- I don't know. Maybe she's dead.
- Emily!

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Can we get back to work here?

108
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We have to grate a buttload of nutmeg.

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I'm honestly gonna die if we don't
find out who Esther's mother is soon.

110
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It's obviously Lady Dedlock.

111
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Austin, no spoilers!

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What are you reading?

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- Bleak House. It's so good.
- Cool.

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I'm reading that too.
What chapter are you on?

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Twenty-five. How many
chapters do you think there will be?

116
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Well, who knows?
He gets paid by the word, so...

117
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I never want it to end.

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Oh, my God, Ben. Do you think
Esther will marry Mr. Jarndyce?

119
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Gross. He's her guardian.

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So what?
People marry their guardians all the time.

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Oh, my God.

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I'm such an Esther.

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I'm such an Esther, it's insane.

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- Last week you said you were an Ada.
- I know.

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- I'm half an Ada, half an Esther.
- I think you're more of a Mrs. Jellyby.

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Austin!

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Hello.

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Merry Christmas, Evelina.

129
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It's Emily.

130
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- Really?
- Yes. Come on in. How are you, Mr. Conkey?

131
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- Very well. Very well.
- Good.

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It's my first Christmas
since my wife died.

133
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Both my daughters are married now, so...

134
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I'm all alone.

135
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Well, we're happy to see you.

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Go into the parlor.
Help yourself to some spiced wine.

137
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The Humphreys are here!

138
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Why are you being so nice?

139
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Jane, it's Christmas.

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It's lovely to see you,
Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey.

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- Merry Christmas.
- And...

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This is our friend from Concord.
Louisa Alcott.

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- Louisa May Alcott.
- All right.

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- It's nice to meet you.
- Louisa's a published writer.

145
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Really? You're published?

146
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Yeah. My first book just came out.

147
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It's called Flower Fables.

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It sold pretty well.

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- I made $35.
- Wow.

150
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Louisa, you don't have to tell people
exactly how much you made.

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Why not? I did it for the money.

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Okay. Let's go get some snacks.

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I like snacks.

154
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And where is your mother?

155
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She's just upstairs.

156
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Well, go and get her, dear.

157
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Mom. Everyone's here.
Will you come down now?

158
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I'm not celebrating Christmas
without your father.

159
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We don't need him, Mom.

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- You'll see. We'll be just fine with...
- Tell that to my neuralgia.

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Snuff the candle on your way out.

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Emily, darling! Merry Christmas.

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Merry Christmas, Aunt Lavinia.
You're looking well.

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Isn't she? I'm so proud to be named
after you, Aunt Lavinia. You look amazing.

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I have just returned
from the most incredible voyage to Spain.

166
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Spanish men are so virile.

167
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It's because of all the ham they eat.

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I've eaten my share of ham.

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Hello.

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- Joseph, you came!
- What's up?

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Where's the rest of your family?

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At home throwing plates at each other,
like they do every Christmas.

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Esther's mother.

174
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Otherwise how do you explain

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the sense of connection they felt
when they first met each other?

176
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- And what about the documents?
- You guys are reading Bleak House?

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- We're mainlining that shit.
- Me too.

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I'm at the part
where Caddy and Prince Turveydrop

179
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- are about to have their church wedding...
- No spoilers! No spoilers!

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See? This is what I need to write.

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Something people really get hooked on,
you know?

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I mean, that's how you rake in the cash.

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- Louisa.
- Okay, Jane. Seriously, what?

184
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My family's broke.

185
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My dad blew all his money
starting that commune,

186
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and I got to make a living somehow,
and I'm not gonna be a governess.

187
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No, it's not a good option.

188
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Noted.

189
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Jane says that you're a writer too.

190
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Yeah. Yeah, I mean, kind of.

191
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I'm not published.

192
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Okay. Well, I can help with that.

193
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Have you tried using a man's name?

194
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Yeah, once.

195
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That didn't work out.

196
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Well, we should talk.

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Do you wanna go for a run before dinner?

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- A run?
- Yeah, I love to run.

199
00:10:01,935 --> 00:10:04,095
That's, like, an actual fact about me.

200
00:10:04,188 --> 00:10:08,148
My family likes to joke I might be part
horse, but that's beside the point.

201
00:10:08,233 --> 00:10:09,753
Anyways, yeah, we should go for a run,

202
00:10:09,818 --> 00:10:11,568
and I'll give you
some more writing advice.

203
00:10:11,653 --> 00:10:12,653
Okay.

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00:10:13,113 --> 00:10:14,823
Just hope I'm not too fast.

205
00:10:15,741 --> 00:10:17,951
You know, I just,
you know, I get going, and it's...

206
00:10:18,035 --> 00:10:21,365
Actually, there are tons
of women publishing nowadays.

207
00:10:21,455 --> 00:10:24,325
That's why Hawthorne called us
"a damned mob of scribbling women."

208
00:10:24,416 --> 00:10:26,706
But Hawthorne can eat a dick, am I right?

209
00:10:27,127 --> 00:10:28,127
Right.

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00:10:28,212 --> 00:10:30,342
You can absolutely make a living
as a writer.

211
00:10:30,422 --> 00:10:31,842
I mean, look at Fanny Fern.

212
00:10:32,925 --> 00:10:35,505
But her stories are so bawdy.

213
00:10:36,094 --> 00:10:38,394
Well, sure.
Bawdy is just code for commercial.

214
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I mean, that shit sells.

215
00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:42,890
God, my father would kill me
if I wrote like Fanny Fern.

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00:10:42,976 --> 00:10:45,976
He won't even let me
publish a recipe for chicken soup.

217
00:10:46,063 --> 00:10:48,903
Well, sure. Your family might disapprove.

218
00:10:48,982 --> 00:10:51,152
I mean, they may never speak
to you again, but so what?

219
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You'll be out there,
making a living on your own.

220
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- On my own.
- You can do it. Anyone can.

221
00:10:57,741 --> 00:10:59,281
You just can't be precious about it.

222
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Write what sells.

223
00:11:00,869 --> 00:11:03,369
Bodice rippers. Ghost stories.

224
00:11:03,455 --> 00:11:04,915
Stuff about ravens.

225
00:11:05,499 --> 00:11:07,169
Keep tabs on the marketplace.

226
00:11:07,251 --> 00:11:08,961
Maybe throw in a line about corn.

227
00:11:09,044 --> 00:11:11,884
Or soap, if you can get
the soap company to pay you.

228
00:11:11,964 --> 00:11:15,134
And the best advice
I can give you is this:

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Never get married.

230
00:11:18,262 --> 00:11:19,262
Don't do it.

231
00:11:19,346 --> 00:11:22,266
Don't throw your life away
on a man who expects you to cook and clean

232
00:11:22,349 --> 00:11:23,979
and pop out little babies.

233
00:11:24,059 --> 00:11:26,769
I mean, in the time
that it takes you to raise one baby,

234
00:11:26,854 --> 00:11:30,234
you can write four, five novels,
and you can sell those novels.

235
00:11:30,315 --> 00:11:33,145
But I don't write novels. I write poems.

236
00:11:33,610 --> 00:11:35,240
Okay, that's another problem.

237
00:11:36,613 --> 00:11:38,743
I have to... Perhaps it's time to stop now?

238
00:11:38,824 --> 00:11:39,954
Whoa! Skirts up!

239
00:11:40,367 --> 00:11:41,367
Log ahead!

240
00:11:57,176 --> 00:12:00,466
Look. Aunt Lavinia,
you're sitting next to me.

241
00:12:00,554 --> 00:12:01,764
How delightful.

242
00:12:02,890 --> 00:12:04,890
Hey, Ben. You're over here.

243
00:12:06,143 --> 00:12:08,023
Isn't that your mother's seat?

244
00:12:08,103 --> 00:12:10,113
Not if she won't come downstairs.

245
00:12:10,189 --> 00:12:12,689
Where is my sister?
I'm getting very concerned.

246
00:12:12,774 --> 00:12:14,194
I'm right here.

247
00:12:14,276 --> 00:12:16,446
Emily, darling.

248
00:12:17,029 --> 00:12:18,569
Where were you?

249
00:12:19,781 --> 00:12:23,791
Well, I wasn't sure
whether I had the strength to come down.

250
00:12:24,411 --> 00:12:29,711
But then I thought,
"It's Christmas, and my family needs me."

251
00:12:30,375 --> 00:12:34,505
Although, by the look of this table,
maybe you don't.

252
00:12:34,588 --> 00:12:35,958
It all looks so nice.

253
00:12:36,048 --> 00:12:38,088
Emily did everything, Mom.
You wouldn't believe it.

254
00:12:38,175 --> 00:12:40,585
And it turns out she's a really good cook.

255
00:12:41,094 --> 00:12:43,604
Well, I guess there's a reason
we named you after me.

256
00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:49,650
- Just sit here. We'll just scoot over.
- Ithamar, thank you.

257
00:12:52,564 --> 00:12:53,574
Mom.

258
00:12:54,107 --> 00:12:56,027
Mom. You okay?

259
00:12:56,109 --> 00:12:57,149
Oopsies!

260
00:12:59,238 --> 00:13:01,698
- I'm fine. Sit!
- Yeah, just scoot over.

261
00:13:01,782 --> 00:13:03,332
- Emily. Sit near me.
- May I...

262
00:13:03,867 --> 00:13:04,907
Okay.

263
00:13:08,413 --> 00:13:11,173
Okay. It's goose time!

264
00:13:14,545 --> 00:13:17,625
Vinnie, my dear, you look so brown.
You look like a roasted ham.

265
00:13:18,590 --> 00:13:20,590
Did somebody say ham?

266
00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,680
It's my trip to Spain, darling.

267
00:13:24,763 --> 00:13:26,813
I feel simply reborn.

268
00:13:26,890 --> 00:13:33,560
As soon as my late husband slash cousin,
Loring died, I just jumped on the ship.

269
00:13:33,647 --> 00:13:35,687
I didn't stop laughing the whole time.

270
00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:39,530
Apparently, I had something called
"widow's euphoria."

271
00:13:42,197 --> 00:13:44,237
Is that what happens
when you marry your cousin?

272
00:13:45,534 --> 00:13:47,664
Maybe I should write a travel book.

273
00:13:48,161 --> 00:13:50,001
You should! You must!

274
00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:52,040
Experience everything.

275
00:13:52,124 --> 00:13:54,174
Live all your dreams.

276
00:13:55,002 --> 00:13:56,802
Yeah, I'm just trying to get paid.

277
00:13:56,879 --> 00:13:58,879
You know,
I'm just about that hustle, so...

278
00:13:58,964 --> 00:14:00,514
Listen, girls, girls.

279
00:14:00,966 --> 00:14:06,176
If you want something in this life,
you just have to reach out and grab it!

280
00:14:07,598 --> 00:14:11,188
Sue, you wouldn't go on a cruise
without me after I died, would you?

281
00:14:11,977 --> 00:14:12,977
I bet she would.

282
00:14:13,061 --> 00:14:15,561
What about a book on a ship?

283
00:14:15,647 --> 00:14:17,267
Like a whaling ship.

284
00:14:17,357 --> 00:14:18,357
Like...

285
00:14:19,401 --> 00:14:21,991
A dude chasing a whale.

286
00:14:23,530 --> 00:14:24,674
No, forget it. That's boring.

287
00:14:24,698 --> 00:14:26,488
Lavinia, can you pass the cranberry sauce?

288
00:14:29,578 --> 00:14:31,868
And shouldn't you two
be having your wedding already?

289
00:14:31,955 --> 00:14:33,955
Yeah, I feel like you've been
planning it for ages.

290
00:14:33,999 --> 00:14:36,379
Well, it takes a while to plan a wedding.

291
00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:38,500
And we're building our own house.

292
00:14:38,587 --> 00:14:42,627
So, I guess I'll be having
my wedding first, then.

293
00:14:43,759 --> 00:14:45,179
- Hear! Hear!
- Congratulations.

294
00:14:45,260 --> 00:14:47,550
- Hear! Hear!
- Yes, yeah, I'm engaged. That's right.

295
00:14:47,638 --> 00:14:49,308
To William Wilkinson.

296
00:14:50,098 --> 00:14:51,678
He's a harness manufacturer.

297
00:14:51,767 --> 00:14:53,137
We're moving to Southwick.

298
00:14:55,812 --> 00:14:56,812
I'm just...

299
00:14:57,814 --> 00:14:59,614
so excited you're getting married.

300
00:15:01,652 --> 00:15:02,822
Congratulations, Jane.

301
00:15:04,905 --> 00:15:06,655
It just makes me so sad.

302
00:15:07,741 --> 00:15:08,871
What makes you sad, Mother?

303
00:15:08,951 --> 00:15:11,251
Emily being left behind.

304
00:15:11,328 --> 00:15:12,328
Mom, not now.

305
00:15:12,412 --> 00:15:16,042
I just don't want you to end up all alone,
and time is slipping away.

306
00:15:16,124 --> 00:15:18,094
Of course, getting married is no guarantee

307
00:15:18,168 --> 00:15:20,088
- that you won't be lonely.
- Right.

308
00:15:20,170 --> 00:15:24,220
Look at me. I'm married to your father all
these years, and I'm alone on Christmas.

309
00:15:24,299 --> 00:15:25,299
Stop.

310
00:15:25,384 --> 00:15:26,554
I'm sorry.

311
00:15:26,635 --> 00:15:29,345
- I'll just eat more.
- Okay.

312
00:15:32,349 --> 00:15:33,479
Pretty ankles...

313
00:15:33,559 --> 00:15:35,099
Is this grated nutmeg?

314
00:15:35,185 --> 00:15:37,055
- Did you do this?
- I sure did.

315
00:15:37,479 --> 00:15:39,109
- It's lovely.
- Good.

316
00:15:39,606 --> 00:15:42,316
Emily. You're lovely.

317
00:15:42,401 --> 00:15:45,151
Okay, this is it.
This is an idea for a novel.

318
00:15:45,237 --> 00:15:47,237
It's coming to me. It's...

319
00:15:48,574 --> 00:15:50,784
Yeah, okay, okay.
It's something about family.

320
00:15:50,868 --> 00:15:53,578
And it's a family with no father,

321
00:15:53,662 --> 00:15:55,962
just a bunch of sisters and their mom,

322
00:15:56,039 --> 00:15:57,829
and it starts on Christmas.

323
00:15:59,084 --> 00:16:00,504
That doesn't sound like a hit.

324
00:16:00,586 --> 00:16:02,876
Okay, yeah, but stick with me.

325
00:16:02,963 --> 00:16:04,633
What if one of the sisters dies?

326
00:16:09,511 --> 00:16:12,761
That just made me so sad.

327
00:16:29,740 --> 00:16:32,530
- That's the smallest I've ever seen.
- What about... Yep.

328
00:16:33,744 --> 00:16:35,874
You have to stop throwing yourself at him.

329
00:16:35,954 --> 00:16:36,964
What? Who?

330
00:16:37,039 --> 00:16:38,289
He's a married man, Em.

331
00:16:38,373 --> 00:16:39,673
You're embarrassing yourself.

332
00:16:39,750 --> 00:16:40,750
Hey, babe.

333
00:16:41,293 --> 00:16:44,883
Isn't it crazy to think next year we'll be
spending Christmas in our own house?

334
00:16:46,965 --> 00:16:48,375
This has all been so nice.

335
00:16:49,218 --> 00:16:50,508
Thank you for making me stay.

336
00:16:50,594 --> 00:16:52,644
I wouldn't have wanted
to be alone on Christmas.

337
00:16:52,721 --> 00:16:54,771
- Thank you.
- Why aren't you with your wife?

338
00:16:54,848 --> 00:16:57,598
She's traveling at the moment. Abroad.

339
00:16:57,684 --> 00:16:59,314
Traveling? Really?

340
00:17:00,145 --> 00:17:02,665
Let's just hope she's not on a cruise
with a bunch of lusty Spaniards,

341
00:17:02,689 --> 00:17:03,689
like Aunt Lavinia.

342
00:17:04,691 --> 00:17:05,731
No, no.

343
00:17:07,069 --> 00:17:08,279
I hope not.

344
00:17:08,362 --> 00:17:09,862
Hey, I like your cravat.

345
00:17:09,946 --> 00:17:11,696
Oh, thanks.

346
00:17:11,781 --> 00:17:13,911
- Yeah.
- It's my Christmas cravat.

347
00:17:13,992 --> 00:17:15,122
Very cool.

348
00:17:15,202 --> 00:17:16,452
I like this guy.

349
00:17:16,869 --> 00:17:18,539
Even though Dad gave him my promotion.

350
00:17:18,622 --> 00:17:20,042
You're welcome to take my place.

351
00:17:20,123 --> 00:17:21,963
Those law cases are endless.

352
00:17:22,376 --> 00:17:23,916
Like Jarndyce and Jarndyce.

353
00:17:24,336 --> 00:17:25,916
Bleak House reference. Boom!

354
00:17:26,003 --> 00:17:27,423
We're happy to have you, Ben.

355
00:17:42,980 --> 00:17:44,020
I love you, Vinnie.

356
00:17:44,106 --> 00:17:45,976
- I love you, Emily.
- I love you, Vinnie.

357
00:17:46,066 --> 00:17:47,856
Why don't you play something, Sue?

358
00:17:49,403 --> 00:17:50,743
Come on. For me.

359
00:17:52,364 --> 00:17:53,374
I'll play something.

360
00:17:54,241 --> 00:17:55,241
For Emily.

361
00:19:05,979 --> 00:19:10,279
- What a lovely Christmas Eve, just lovely.
- See?

362
00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:12,189
And we didn't even need Dad.

363
00:19:14,112 --> 00:19:16,952
- Let's get into bed now, Mom.
- Emily, I'm so proud of you.

364
00:19:17,032 --> 00:19:19,492
I'm so proud that you share my name.

365
00:19:20,285 --> 00:19:22,195
I've put too much pressure on you,
haven't I?

366
00:19:22,287 --> 00:19:23,287
Pressure?

367
00:19:23,622 --> 00:19:25,212
About getting married.

368
00:19:25,624 --> 00:19:27,044
I know I have.

369
00:19:27,626 --> 00:19:29,796
But then tonight I realized,

370
00:19:29,878 --> 00:19:33,878
"Well, if she doesn't wanna get married,
why should she have to?"

371
00:19:33,966 --> 00:19:36,636
- Thank you.
- Marriage isn't for everyone.

372
00:19:36,718 --> 00:19:39,558
- And besides, with your father gone...
- Yeah.

373
00:19:39,638 --> 00:19:41,888
I'm gonna need someone
to take care of me.

374
00:19:42,349 --> 00:19:44,809
I never thought that you'd be up for that,

375
00:19:44,893 --> 00:19:46,853
but now I know you will.

376
00:19:48,981 --> 00:19:50,821
It'll be so nice.

377
00:19:51,149 --> 00:19:52,649
You'll stay here with me.

378
00:19:53,151 --> 00:19:57,701
And cook and bake,
and tend to me when I'm feeble.

379
00:19:59,950 --> 00:20:02,870
Emily, when I'm old and sick,
we'll still be here together.

380
00:20:02,953 --> 00:20:05,333
Just like this, you and me. Forever.

381
00:20:10,836 --> 00:20:11,836
Lovely.

382
00:20:13,797 --> 00:20:14,967
Just lovely.

383
00:20:28,187 --> 00:20:29,187
Boo!

384
00:20:31,106 --> 00:20:32,106
Tricked you.

385
00:20:33,150 --> 00:20:35,650
Jesus. Good one.

386
00:20:37,362 --> 00:20:38,362
Hop in.

387
00:20:47,164 --> 00:20:51,294
Okay, so, he's not really married, is he?

388
00:20:52,711 --> 00:20:53,711
No.

389
00:20:54,713 --> 00:20:55,963
The ring is a fake.

390
00:20:56,465 --> 00:21:00,045
Yeah, well,
the way he looks at you, it better be.

391
00:21:04,598 --> 00:21:05,678
I have to tell you...

392
00:21:06,767 --> 00:21:11,057
I never thought I'd be jealous
of a man stealing your heart.

393
00:21:14,525 --> 00:21:15,525
You're jealous?

394
00:21:17,861 --> 00:21:18,901
Maybe.

395
00:21:20,155 --> 00:21:21,155
A little.

396
00:21:23,867 --> 00:21:27,867
I guess it was selfish of me to think
that I could marry Austin

397
00:21:27,955 --> 00:21:32,205
and that you'd just stay here
in this house, like...

398
00:21:33,293 --> 00:21:35,383
like a pet or something.

399
00:21:37,589 --> 00:21:39,299
Like one of Lavinia's cats.

400
00:21:39,383 --> 00:21:43,763
Always there for me to cuddle
when I felt like it.

401
00:21:45,556 --> 00:21:47,136
To forget about when I didn't.

402
00:21:50,853 --> 00:21:51,853
So.

403
00:21:54,523 --> 00:21:55,523
Why him?

404
00:21:56,817 --> 00:22:00,107
I guess I'm learning from him.

405
00:22:00,863 --> 00:22:01,863
Learning?

406
00:22:03,115 --> 00:22:04,115
Learning what?

407
00:22:04,908 --> 00:22:11,078
Well, like, maybe a man and a woman
don't have to get married.

408
00:22:12,291 --> 00:22:17,171
Maybe there are other possibilities,
other ways to share a life.

409
00:22:19,298 --> 00:22:20,758
I don't know what you mean.

410
00:22:22,050 --> 00:22:23,800
I don't exactly know myself.

411
00:22:26,930 --> 00:22:29,140
I just feel like I can be honest with him.

412
00:22:32,227 --> 00:22:36,147
I can trust that when I speak a word,
he hears it.

413
00:22:38,108 --> 00:22:39,568
He gets its meaning.

414
00:22:41,820 --> 00:22:44,620
A poet's definition of love.

415
00:22:51,455 --> 00:22:52,455
Yeah.

416
00:22:55,626 --> 00:22:58,546
And the only person that's ever
made me feel that way before...

417
00:23:01,590 --> 00:23:02,590
was you.

418
00:23:06,136 --> 00:23:07,926
What was that? A ghost?

419
00:23:09,473 --> 00:23:11,353
No. It's probably just a goblin.

420
00:23:24,988 --> 00:23:25,988
Presents!

421
00:23:45,050 --> 00:23:46,180
Yes.

422
00:23:51,098 --> 00:23:52,098
Damn.

423
00:23:52,182 --> 00:23:53,392
Total unwrapping achieved.

424
00:23:53,475 --> 00:23:55,225
Thirty seconds. I think that's a record.

425
00:23:55,310 --> 00:23:56,440
Anything good?

426
00:23:57,229 --> 00:23:58,939
I got the next chapter of Bleak House.

427
00:23:59,523 --> 00:24:01,483
Nice. We'll find out
who killed Tulkinghorn.

428
00:24:03,902 --> 00:24:05,652
Wait, Tulkinghorn dies?

429
00:24:07,072 --> 00:24:08,072
Oops.

430
00:24:10,033 --> 00:24:12,623
Anyway, Dad got you something.

431
00:24:12,703 --> 00:24:13,793
You didn't open it?

432
00:24:13,871 --> 00:24:15,501
He made me promise not to.

433
00:24:22,254 --> 00:24:23,264
What is it?

434
00:24:23,672 --> 00:24:26,092
Looks like a sort of greenhouse.

435
00:24:26,175 --> 00:24:27,715
Look, there's a note.

436
00:24:33,849 --> 00:24:37,229
"For Emily, who thinks flowers
are nicer than people."

437
00:24:37,311 --> 00:24:39,941
The conservatory will be attached
to the house.

438
00:24:40,022 --> 00:24:43,402
So you can grow roses year-round,
and you will always be happy.

439
00:24:43,483 --> 00:24:45,863
"Faithfully, your Father."

440
00:24:46,612 --> 00:24:49,032
Wait, he's building you a conservatory?

441
00:24:49,823 --> 00:24:50,993
I got a magazine.

442
00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:14,680
Let me out!

443
00:25:16,683 --> 00:25:17,683
Hello...

444
00:25:18,894 --> 00:25:20,154
Hello, Dickinsons.

445
00:25:20,854 --> 00:25:21,904
Merry Christmas.

446
00:25:22,773 --> 00:25:24,125
- Merry Christmas.
- I forgot my mittens.

447
00:25:24,149 --> 00:25:25,609
I just came to pick them up.

448
00:25:28,070 --> 00:25:29,070
Excuse me.

449
00:25:29,154 --> 00:25:30,614
That sounds pretty bad.

450
00:25:30,697 --> 00:25:31,697
Are you getting sick?

451
00:25:32,115 --> 00:25:33,575
It's just a little flu, I think.

452
00:25:33,659 --> 00:25:35,869
I stayed up too late last night.

453
00:25:35,953 --> 00:25:37,873
And your dad is working me to the bone.

454
00:25:39,581 --> 00:25:42,171
Well, I'll be off now.

455
00:25:43,001 --> 00:25:44,001
Enjoy your presents.

456
00:25:45,212 --> 00:25:46,212
Wait, Ben.

457
00:25:49,925 --> 00:25:50,925
I'll walk you home.

458
00:25:51,885 --> 00:25:52,885
Okay.

459
00:25:53,512 --> 00:25:54,602
That would be nice.

460
00:25:55,889 --> 00:25:57,139
Let me just grab my coat.

461
00:26:00,894 --> 00:26:02,694
Emily, he's married.

462
00:26:02,771 --> 00:26:04,361
No, he's not.

463
00:26:08,735 --> 00:26:09,735
Cool.

464
00:26:11,738 --> 00:26:12,738
Look at the light.

465
00:26:13,407 --> 00:26:14,907
The way it slants through the trees.

466
00:26:15,492 --> 00:26:20,332
You only see light
as sharp as that in winter.

467
00:26:34,678 --> 00:26:35,678
Hey, babe.

468
00:26:42,519 --> 00:26:44,269
Austin, I have to talk to you.

469
00:26:45,105 --> 00:26:46,105
Okay.

470
00:26:48,442 --> 00:26:51,112
Do you think
we can be really honest with each other?

471
00:26:53,530 --> 00:26:54,570
I hope so.

472
00:26:54,656 --> 00:26:59,656
Do you think when I speak,
you understand what I mean?

473
00:27:02,831 --> 00:27:05,631
I'm not sure
that's what's happening right now.

474
00:27:14,968 --> 00:27:16,298
Austin, I'm scared.

475
00:27:17,095 --> 00:27:18,095
Of what?

476
00:27:19,348 --> 00:27:21,018
I'm afraid of having children.

477
00:27:24,394 --> 00:27:25,484
What do you mean?

478
00:27:25,896 --> 00:27:29,016
I'm just so afraid. I don't even know
how to tell you how afraid I am.

479
00:27:30,108 --> 00:27:31,898
What's scary about kids?

480
00:27:32,653 --> 00:27:36,953
I mean, they're annoying,
but they're nothing to fear.

481
00:27:37,032 --> 00:27:40,082
My mother died giving birth to me.

482
00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:44,409
She pushed me out, and it killed her.

483
00:27:45,624 --> 00:27:47,464
I've spent my whole life
terrified of that.

484
00:27:47,543 --> 00:27:48,883
What if it happens to me?

485
00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:00,970
I had no idea.

486
00:28:02,307 --> 00:28:03,767
I needed you to know.

487
00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:08,360
I don't wanna lose you, Austin.

488
00:28:15,696 --> 00:28:18,906
You have no idea
how good that makes me feel.

489
00:28:23,662 --> 00:28:25,082
You can tell me anything.

490
00:28:26,039 --> 00:28:27,039
You know that?

491
00:28:28,750 --> 00:28:31,500
And we don't have to have kids.

492
00:28:33,964 --> 00:28:36,054
- We don't?
- Not if you don't want to.

493
00:28:36,133 --> 00:28:39,893
- You'd really marry me, even if I...
- Sue...

494
00:28:41,638 --> 00:28:44,058
all I want is to marry you.

495
00:28:47,853 --> 00:28:48,853
And...

496
00:28:51,815 --> 00:28:52,855
I'm just...

497
00:28:54,568 --> 00:28:57,148
really glad you were born.

498
00:29:46,328 --> 00:29:47,658
Thanks for walking me home.

499
00:29:47,746 --> 00:29:48,866
You're welcome.

500
00:29:50,332 --> 00:29:52,462
Walking in silence was nice.

501
00:29:54,211 --> 00:29:55,341
It was.

502
00:29:55,420 --> 00:29:57,840
You know... being with you...

503
00:30:01,885 --> 00:30:02,885
Yeah?

504
00:30:05,264 --> 00:30:06,684
It's a lot like being alone.

505
00:30:20,362 --> 00:30:22,032
Oh, God, I am so sorry.

506
00:30:23,907 --> 00:30:26,447
Don't apologize. It's okay.

507
00:30:28,537 --> 00:30:29,747
I don't wanna get you sick.

508
00:30:32,249 --> 00:30:34,079
I've never felt better in my life.

509
00:30:49,933 --> 00:30:51,853
{\an8}There's a certain Slant of light,

510
00:30:52,936 --> 00:30:54,476
{\an8}Winter Afternoons -

511
00:30:56,481 --> 00:31:00,651
That oppresses, like the Heft
Of Cathedral Tunes -

512
00:31:03,405 --> 00:31:05,445
{\an8}Heavenly Hurt, it gives us -

513
00:31:06,909 --> 00:31:08,369
{\an8}We can find no scar,

514
00:31:09,661 --> 00:31:11,291
{\an8}But internal difference -