Sir.
Thank you.
Andiamo.
I'm sorry, Ma'am. I thought you'd left.
We couldn't all fit in the carriage.
Can I get you something while you're waiting?
Glass of water, maybe.
What did I tell you?
Ah.
Looks like paradise, eh?
If you say so.
For heaven's sake, lighten up a little.
Here.
Go and gamble with someone else's money.
It's liberating when you have nothing to lose.
No.
It's not an imposition.
No, not at all.
Cecil's here.
Alright.
What the hell is he doing here?
Well, I imagine the same as everyone else.
The man's like a bad penny.
He was keeping me company, Cecil.
You haven't been tempted to gamble, then?
No. You know how I feel about gambling.
Oh, good grief. What a puritan you are.
Oh, that's Farrino up there.
Cecil, he looks like a gangster.
He is a gangster,
which is why it would be politic to say hello.
Oh.
I think I'm going to leave that up to you.
- What? - I need to speak to Rose.
Oh, for God's sake, woman.
Rose, darling.
Hey.
Come have a drink with me.
Yes, please.
Yes, yes.
Oh!
Fourteen.
You having a good time? I'm having a great time.
Huh?!
Excuse me!
Let's go.
I brought something to show you.
So, the hotel belongs to you now?
One hundred percent.
Thanks to your rather helpful suggestion.
Let the laundering begin.
Hey, what are you doing up here, huh?
Get down there, spend some money.
Ah, here you two are, eh, hiding away.
Looks like you two could use a refill.
I see you kept the good stuff back.
Yeah. Well, you don't supply me with enough
to do anything else, so...
Not for very much longer.
Confirmation...
of a fivefold increase in our monthly shipment.
Not bad, Cecil. Not bad.
We, uh, are gonna need more.
Oh, uh, of course, of course, yes.
Although I'm a great believer in quality over quantity.
Except quantity matters most
when it comes to making money, right?
You got that right, Danioni.
Hey, why don't you go down there, huh,
go, go have some fun.
Thank you. I intend to.
But before I do, I have a small favour to ask.
Oh yeah?
Name it.
This architect, Johnny, Bonacini,
for reasons I prefer not to go into,
I'm rather keen to teach him a lesson.
Really?
And what kind of lesson did you have in mind?
Let him win a hand or three.
Lull him into overconfidence and then, um...
Stack the deck to give you a handful of kings, right?
Yes.
Take the arrogant so-and-so to the cleaners.
To the cleaners.
- You're very kind. - Yeah.
No one likes an arrogant so-and-so, do they, Cecil?
There's dancing back there.
Oh.
I want you to dance with me.
Not now, Rose, please.
It's always not now with you.
Well, I have some things on my mind.
Or someone, more like.
You don't want to dance with me.
Talk to me. Touch me.
You can barely look at me.
Is there anything you do want to do with me, Lucian?
Rose, you're drunk.
Well done, you noticed.
I'm not doing this right now.
What's wrong with me, Lucian?
- Now is not the time for that. - What's wrong with me?
There's nothing wrong with...
No, tell me, what's wrong with me?
There's nothing wrong with you. I'm just not in love with you.
Oh, Rose.
- I'm sorry, Rose. - Leave me alone.
I shouldn't have said that. You didn't need to propose if you weren't sure.
You didn't need to propose if you weren't sure.
I practically begged you not to.
Gian! Gian, Gian!
I thought I'd never see you again.
You said, 'We belong together.'
Yeah.
Please.
Rose?
There you are.
Oh, my dear girl. What is it? What is it?
What's happened? Is it to do with Lucian?
Yes. I, I've been meaning to find you ever since you arrived.
But what with the inspection and Alice's engagement,
lodgers' arrangements and the hotel extension,
I just keep getting interrupted.
And, and also, I...
well, I, I didn't want to be presumptuous...
um, and jump in, put my foot in it
just to make myself feel better.
I imagine the sensitivities around...
well, the difficulties that you've been having.
I spoke to Julia.
You spoke to my mother?
I thought it best, a- and to Lucian.
He told you?
Well, only by way of seeking advice.
It, it was for you.
Everything?
I, I, I think so.
Did he tell you that he still screams at night?
I thought not.
Rose.
Well, I don't like the looks of that.
Yep.
I only wish we could get a message to them somehow.
Well, perhaps we can, Sir.
You know where Nish is being taken ashore?
I do.
And when.
Oh, come on then, take me to them.
But your mother told me to be ready to take anyone back...
To hell with my mother, Nish is in danger.
Go on, then.
I'll drop you as close as I can.
But you'll have to make your own way back.
Fine.
Bella.
Have you seen Lucian?
Not for some time now.
What about his wife?
No.
You are worried about something?
Is it that obvious?
To me your feelings are always obvious.
Well, then you'll understand the other day.
How you cannot.
Not now.
Not in the current circumstances.
- -Good evening. - Not so fast.
I'd like a word with you.
Say what you have to say.
I know what you're up to.
Then you know more than I do.
I warned you to stay away from my wife.
I'm employed by her.
Not for much longer.
There are going to be changes at my hotel.
If Bella tells me to go, I will go.
But I will not take orders from you.
I've been told you were a gentleman.
And I will make him pay who denies it.
Then why don't we settle this like gentlemen should?
Italians do not fight duels anymore, Mr Ainsworth.
Bless you.
I meant a game of cards.
I bow out first, I scarper back to London.
You bow out before me,
you never see my wife again.
Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to the Casino Santa Margherita.
In the normal run of things, I'd take a hammer to the head
of anyone who got in the way of your gambling.
But I'll make an exception
for our very special guest this evening.
This dame, she's like the casino itself,
beautiful to look at, fabulously dressed,
and always ready to take your money.
Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together
for Miss Claudine Pascal!
♪ You say you're gonna fix me
♪ You say that a man is all I need
♪ I say, honey, just leave me be
♪ You know I don't like to be told
♪ All I need is me...
♪ and a glass of gin, babe
♪ Let's swing
♪ You say that I'm gonna pay the price
♪ You say that I'd better step aside
♪ I say, honey, you're out of line
♪ You know I'll be fine on my own
♪ Welcome to the leading ladies' night
♪ People say that a girl should be polite, be ladylike
♪ I told you, I make the rules tonight
♪ So, welcome to the leading
♪ ladies' night ♪
Ladies and gentlemen, let the good times roll!
Hubert. Oh, oh honey.
What are you doing here?
I wouldn't miss it for the world, baby.
Aw, baby.
Oh, darling, where is everyone?
Hmm, Daddy and Victor are playing cards.
Gosh, that sounds like a recipe for disaster.
Hmm, I did try to intervene.
What's the matter?
Oh, I... I said something to Rose.
I, I think I've hurt her feelings,
and now I can't find her.
Billy's probably driven them both home.
- Oh, there's a thought. - Hmm.
Hmm.
Would you mind terribly going to check?
- Sure. - Thank you.
- No. - Billy, uh, piccolo, boy, no?
Oh, darling, any luck?
Uh, no, I'm trying to talk to the drivers,
but my Italian is as bad as their English, it seems.
Do you really think it's likely that Billy's taken her home?
I'd put money on it.
I'm worried that Daddy and Victor
are going to kill each other. Do you mind if I go check?
- Of course. - Thank you.
There's only one thing for it, Rose.
You have to lie back.
Think of England
and let Lucian have his way.
What if I can't?
Well, then you wave goodbye to your marriage
and to society and don't come crawling back to mummy.
Because mummy will have disowned you.
I missed you so much, baby.
Hey, honey.
Honey.
Come have a drink with us.
No, no. I, I, I'm terribly tired, my dear.
I'd love to, but, um, I think I need to head off home.
You should take Cecil home with you.
He's playing cards with that handsome architect.
And if I know anything about men,
I'd say you were the prize.
Well, well, thank you for the tip.
Er, goodnight, my dear.
Hubert.
Nish.
It's Lucian.
Thank you.
What are you doing here?
Well, they're out in force looking for you.
I came to warn you.
Then let's hope you haven't led them to us like last time.
Then let's hope you haven't led them to us like last time. Gian.
I'll check the truck.
You mustn't worry.
We've given them the slip once, we can do it again.
And how do you propose to do it this time?
Gian knows the back roads.
We'll head for the border.
Get a boat from Marseilles in a week or so.
I wish that I could come.
I wish you could.
It's alright.
We'll just have to meet up in London somewhere.
Someday soon.
I want to hear more about married life.
Oh. Oh.
Uh, I really don't think you do.
We'll find a way, Lucian, to be happy.
Both of us.
I think I have to believe that we shall.
I think I have to believe that we shall. Hmm.
Truck's waiting. We must go.
Yes, of course.
Well, um...
Gianluca, andiamo.
Ooh.
Goodbye.
Would you, um...
would you look after him for me, please?
I will.
Thank you.
130,000 lira.
Or the best part of 1,500 pounds... sterling.
What's going on?
We're playing cards, sweetheart.
Winner takes all.
A gentleman would've given me a chance
to win my money back, but have it your way.
Take it.
What?
Someone obviously can't stand the heat.
Victor, let's go.
What do you say, Victor?
Shall we call it a day, split the pot between us?
Finish the hand.
Sorry?
I see your 130...
and raise you... 50 more.
Wha...
Well, that's not a very sporting way
to treat your future father-in-law, is it?
You know the rules.
Yeah.
What say we bend them a fraction
and I use this... to cover your 50,000?
What are you wagering?
A one hundred percent stake in the Hotel Portofino.
Oh, no you're not!
The game is rigged in my favour.
Don't do this, Ainsworth.
I think we've all had enough fun for tonight, don't you?
Victor, let's go.
What do you say, Victor?
Cash bets only.
Oh, come on.
Well, it's my house, so, my rules.
Ain't that right, Danioni?
Yeah.
As a licensing authority, I will say
we can overlook that just this once.
Knock yourselves out, gentlemen.
Then let's get this over with.
No.
That is impossible.
Oh, God.
You rigged the game against me.
You rigged the bloody game against me!
- Yeah. - I've been double cro...
Don't you say anything that you might regret.
Get him out of here.
Hey.
Excuse me.
Where is that beast?
You were in on it.
Farrino told me of his plans, yes.
Then he did rig the hand.
Mm-hmm.
And in Victor's favour, not yours.
Did Victor know?
He was told to go only in on a full house, aces high.
I thought you were a friend.
Come on, Signor Ainsworth.
We're not friends.
We are accomplices.
What happened to 'cane non mangia cane'?
Dogs don't eat other dogs, Danioni.
You're not a dog.
You know nothing about dogs, Signor Ainsworth.
You're an Englishman.
You had me marked from the start, didn't you?
Farrino will be in touch.
Tell him not to bother.
You still don't understand.
He knows everything. He knows where you live,
where you buy your suits, what club you dine at.
You know, in Italy we say,
'you wanted a bicycle, now pedal.'
If you ever play me again, I will kill you.
Good luck, Signor Ainsworth.
Argh! Oh! Urgh.
Mrs Ainsworth.
Oh Betty, I'm so sorry, did I wake you?
No Ma'am, I... couldn't sleep.
What's the matter?
Ma'am I've been sick with worry.
Oh gosh, yes, you said you wanted to talk to me.
What about?
It's Constance's mum.
She's had a stroke and, um, and since she wrote this,
they reckon she's too poorly to carry on
looking after little Tommy.
Ha-have you told Constance yet?
It's been on the tip of my tongue so many times,
but I've never known how to broach it. Poor love.
And, Mrs Ainsworth, she'll be devastated
if she's got to go back home.
Yes, and we-we-we would be devastated to lose her.
But...
Betty co-could you leave it with me?
Yes, Ma'am.
Oh, there you are.
Are you coming to bed?
No, darling.
I still need to find Rose.
Might I have a word?
Don't you think you've done enough?
Will you let me explain?
What could you possibly have left to say
after all your fine words about
being with the people you loved,
about becoming a better man?
I so wanted to believe you.
How could you, how could you gamble away everything
I've worked for on the turn of a card?
I did it for you, and for the hotel.
The, the game was supposed to be rigged in my favour.
Even now, you cannot bring yourself to say the truth!
You know how much this hotel means to me.
You know how much of myself I have poured into it.
And yet you thought nothing of conniving with Danioni
to swindle it away from me for filthy money laundering?
I thought I could make us a fortune.
Is money the only language you understand?
What language would you prefer I use...
after nine months of bloody silence?
What was I supposed to say after what you did to me?
I have apologised for what I did, repeatedly,
which is more than I can say for you.
There was no affair, Cecil.
You went behind my back with him only yesterday.
I saw you, in Genoa.
We wrote letters.
That's all.
So he told me.
Intimate letters, if the one I read is anything to go by.
And what about Bonacini?
I suppose that relationship's entirely innocent, too?
I may not be clean as a whistle,
but I have never paraded a rival in front of you, Bella.
I needed someone to talk to. I needed a friend.
You haven't wanted to talk to me for years.
Oh, so it's all my fault.
Not when Lucian was injured. Not when Alice lost Alfred.
Not even when Lawrence was taken from us.
Don't.
We lost our boy.
And still, you can't talk about it.
You disappeared.
I didn't only lose him.
I lost a husband as well.
You'd rather I indulged in histrionics like Lucian.
Make my problem everyone else's.
That's not my way.
Never has been.
Anyhow...
it's too late to change now.
What do you suggest we do?
Start packing for London,
assuming Victor throws us out.
I meant you and me.
Our marriage is over.
There's no way back.
If you want to do something for your family, Cecil,
I suggest that you find Victor
and you buy back the deeds that you lost.
Yes, of course.
I accepted an offer from Carlo
to buy my controlling share of the Hotel.
Carlo? What are you talking about?
Well, it had to be a man's name,
according to your fascist friend.
And you've proved yourself to be a liability.
But...
well, the deeds I signed, Claudine witnessed them.
They-they-they're legally binding.
Not strictly speaking.
Claudine Pascal is not her real name.
So, you've only ever owned your minority share.
Oh.
That was a rotten trick.
I learnt from the best.
A good night's work, huh?
I would not call it work.
Then what? Deception?
I have deceived no one.
Except of a woman desiring to be loved.
You are a joke to her, Albani.
You will not have her from me.
But I can take the deeds.
The deeds?
And why would I give you those?
Because I can gift you freedom.
That is my friend, Enzo Colonna,
who works for the Interior Ministry.
He tells me that you're a wanted man
in three jurisdictions
and that you're, you're no Farnese.
And no Victor Michel, for that matter.
Your name is Alfonse Roland
and you're a fraudster and a charlatan
who left a trail of debt, unpaid bills
on both sides of the border.
You have made a wise decision.
Leave them.
I can cover the cost of your unpaid jeweller's bill
for Alice's engagement ring.
Oh, Carlo.
I've told Cecil everything.
And I've been talking to Victor.
Do you think he'll see sense?
He's leaving town in the morning, I'm afraid.
But what about Alice?
She needs to speak to him.
What about the deeds?
But how?
I just wanted to protect you and your family.
Victor could claim that Cecil made the bet in good faith.
Is there anything you don't think of?
Mio amico.
Luce.
- What's happened? - He was out by the gates, Ma'am.
- But what...? - Argh.
- I don't understand. - His ankle.
- Just help me, please. - What have you done, darling?
- I don't understand. - I think it's sprained, or...
Where have you been? I just went to go and make sure that Nish was alright,
I just went to go and make sure that Nish was alright,
but the whole area was crawling with police.
But I thought you'd come back home
when Billy brought Rose.
I didn't bring Rose home, Ma'am.
Well, then who did?
Search me.
Would you, would you go and check on her please, Billy?
Yes.
Ah, Constance, could you grab some ice, two towels
and a bandage? Thank you.
Mrs Ainsworth?
CONSTANCE: Sorry.
Argh, ah.
I know, darling.
There's no sign of her.
Well, could she have risen early?
I doubt it, Ma'am.
That bed doesn't look slept in.
Billy.
Perhaps I ought to send you and Paola into town
to ask some of the friendlier locals
if they'd mind helping search for Rose.
Right away.
Actually, Constance,
I wondered if you'd sit down, my dear.
I have some news for you.
Your mother's not terribly well.
My, my mother?
Betty received a letter.
She's suffered a stroke, Connie, love,
but, but she is on the mend.
I think you ought to go back.
Home?
Yes, to England, to see how she is,
to, to, to make arrangements for Tommy.
Tommy?
Who's looking... where...?
- No. - You knew.
- He's safe. - Well, who's... but...
but who's looking after Tommy, Betty?
- Because I have to go... - He's safe.
He's being looked after.
Betty, I have to go home.
Don't worry. Don't worry.
Don't worry.
Leaving without saying goodbye?
Oh, Alice, uh, well, I, I have planned to, to write to you.
Oh, a letter, how thoughtful.
Well, I, I, I have been unavoidably called away
on, on urgent business.
I imagine it is quite urgent business, avoiding arrest.
Oh, don't get into a flap.
I'm not here to cause a scene or cause any trouble.
That's very decent of you.
I'm actually here to thank you.
- To thank me? - Hmm.
For letting me escape from myself for the last few weeks.
I really needed it.
But I realise that is all I ever needed from you.
That and my bracelet.
Goodbye, Victor.
Get up.
He needs medical assistance.
Oh.
He will get later when we arrive in Turin.
Now get up! Get up!
Argh, argh!
You're taking us to Turin?
Of course.
To await trial, no?
No, Gian!
What are you doing? No! No!
All those people to look for one silly girl.
- I'm going to look this way. - Bella, wait, wait.
- We will find her. - I need to keep looking. I...
- Please, please. - I have to keep looking.
What?
I can only apologise for my behaviour last night.
I want to explain why I did what I did.
Marco, I don't care.
I don't care about anything.
I'm just glad you are here.
I will always be here for you...
if you need me.
Oh, Mother.
I intercepted the post boy.
Oh, thank you, darling.
There's no sign of Rose?
No. And I'm starting to get very worried.
No, maybe it's just a cry for attention.
Well, I wouldn't blame her.
What can I do?
Oh, darling, would you...
would you mind looking after the guests?
I, I'm feeling so distracted.
Of course, of course.
- Alice. - Yes?
How was it with Victor? Was it dreadful?
Oh...
I lost an honest, kind man in the trenches.
I'm not gonna get cut up over some fraud.
Darling.
Would you excuse me?
Come on Elliot, race you to the hotel room.
Last one there's a slow coach.
- Morning. - Good morning.
Oh, please don't be such a stickler.
We all work for you now.
No... that's not true.
Let's say that, as an Italian citizen,
I just can offer Bella a measure of protection
against men like Danioni, that's all.
What about men like my father?
I fear he will never forgive me.
It should be him that's asking for forgiveness.
It's a beautiful thing.
It is.
And I think I'm starting to realise
how much it means to me.
Here we are.
How much further... to Turin?
We won't make it that far.
Get out.
Get out! Now.
Get out! Out!
Out! And walk.
Just walk.
Walk.
Keep walking.
Get on your knees.
On your knees.
Get on your knees.
Why are you doing this?
Why am I doing this?
Because I do not like to be made a fool.
Because I do not like to be made a fool. That's why.
Because people like you do not deserve to live.
And because I can.
Si.
Rose knows.
Well, what makes you say that?
She's been acting funny.
- That doesn't prove anything. - Trust me.
She knows.
She knows that I'm not in love with her.
- CONSTANCE: You told her that? - I had to say it.
I'm in love with you, Constance.
She's... she's giving us her blessing.
It's more like a curse.
I'm going home, Lucian.
My dear Mrs Ainsworth.
I am sending this from Genoa,
where my mother and I have journeyed after Portofino.
The Hotel Leonard is well appointed,
but it cannot hold a candle to your own establishment.
I'm writing to apologise for an oversight on my part.
Before we left, I had meant to inform you
that I would be writing a review of the Hotel Portofino
for the Green Guide.
I enclose a copy in the hope
it will make up for this rudeness on my part.
P.S. Please note I will be submitting my review for
publication under my pen name,
The Intrepid Lady Tourist.
'If your plans to visit Italy do not include Portofino,
then you must revise them.
Nestled along the coast from its colourful harbour
is the Hotel Portofino,
a family-run guest house
that offers a slice of English heaven
under blue Italian skies.
The views are breath-taking.
The rooms exquisitely comfortable.
The staff as welcoming as the beds.
The food delicious, and made with love.
Whilst every taste is catered for,
your stay will be relaxing,
invigorating,
possibly surprising.
Maybe even life-affirming.
In a dark and dangerous world,
when an unknown fate awaits us all,
to encounter honest, decent people
who take pride and show care
is the most that we can ask for.'